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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-09
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.
By TELEGRAPH.
New York Money and stock Market,

New York Money and Stock Market.
New YORK, May S-Financial mat
tiers quiet. ..
MoNEY-Opened at : per cent gold,
but the same became abundant at GaT rRr
cent and before the close Of bank hours
loaned at 4a5 per cent.
STERLING ExcnANGE-Dull and heavy;
1OSta1OSs for sixty days and 1C9ta1O0s
for sight.
GOLD-Alternately strong and weak,
ranging between lit and 117s, closing
at 1174a1l7s. Loans at 2ta7 per cent for
carrying and 1-1G to flat for borrowing.
Clearings $7e,OOO,OOO Treasury disburse.
ments 1856, 200. Mr.. ...s
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-09

BALTIMORE, May 8.-Flour-Unchaug.
ed. Wheat-Dull; mixed western 04A64i.
Oats-Firm; southern 50a53c; western
mixed Soc; white 51a52c. Rye-Unchang'
cd. Provisions-Quiet and q shade
easier: mess pork nominal at $1S 5Oa$l9.
Bulk Meats-Shoulders scarce and firm
at n: rib sides %; clear rib sides %. Ba'
con-In fair demand; shoulders StaSti
rib sides 10c; clear rib sides 10tal09c.
Sugar cured Hams, 14al0c. Lard-Very
dull; nominally 93a9ic. Western butter
Unchanged. Whisky-Flrm and scarce
at CSC.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-09

CHICAGO, May s-Flour-More active
extra spring $5 00a6 80. Wbeat-No. 9
spring 81 28s. Corn-NO.2 mixed 9sic.
0atsSNo 2, Sic; white SIC. Rye-No
Q, G9fa70c. BArley-Fall No, 2, zoo,
Pork-sGles at $l7 80. Lsrd-NominSl
Bulk meats and bacon-Quiet and IN
changed In every respect no sales
Whisky-SSic.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-09

These pills are composed exclusively Of
vegetable Ingredients, although they en-
tirely supersede the use Of mercury, do
not leave any Of It's injurious effects.
They act directly upon the liver, and are
q valuable remedy in all cases Of derange.
ment resulting from a disordered state Of
that organ, Liver Complaint, Bilious
Disorders, Indigestion, Sick Headache,
Typhoid FeVers, &C., &C., all succumb to
the free use Of Schenck's Mandrake Pills.
For sale by all Druggists and Dealers.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-26

grateful people. Their offcnse would bavo
been no less, but we should have judged them
with lenient partiality. instead OF being IN
danger. as Mr.. Ames thinks we are now, or
being governed by passion and prejudice. lie
shrewdly reminds us of the fact ana MS
statement of it is tersely put.
But interesting as is his story, piausiOie as
is his presentation Of the argument Tor the de-
fensc, he begs the question. II the question
is whether he shall go out alone or be accom-
panied in his disgrace by the Congressman VINO
have been proven to have held the stock which
he ia charged to have distributed with cor
rupt design, he has made out his
case. His argument on that head is unan-
sycrable. But he has only barely touched
the prayamen of the charge. His elo-
ouent recital of the benefits which have
accrued to the country from the building OF
the road, and his story Of the diihc'lltles en-
countered by its projectors do not come near
the ouestiOn. Mr. Oakes Ames stands charged
with distributing this stock for corrupt pur-
nose-tbat ia, to influence the action OF mem
hers of Congress That this was his design is
sufficiently shown by his letter to McComb of
Feb. %, 1868, the authenticity of which he does
NOT DENY. in which he says, speaking of this very
distribution and the reasons for 1t: we
"want more friends in This Congress, and II
:" man will look into the law, and it is diih-
az cult TO get them to do it unteSs they mare an
interest TO do so, he cannot help being con-
WINGED that we should not be lnteriered
"witbr No Interpreter is needed for this.
The purpose of the distribution could not be
made palmer. His only defense to this
is a very weak bit of twaddle about
not being judged by "casual and con-
"fidential letters "hung off hastily
"in the instant press of business and the free
"dom of that personal confidence ordinarily ex-
"isting between parties jointly concerned in
Financial schemes or enterprises of public
Improvement" Which means, we presume,
that confidential letters disclosing criminal
intent are not proper to be used III evidence.
Aud to this he adds his personal protest that
he had no corrupt mOtive-which comes en-
tirely too late.
There is his confession. That alone is suf-
fcient to convict him. But joined with 1t are
all the shameful details of fact and circum-
stance which have combined in the course OF
the investigation Ito disclose not only the
corrupt purpose of the distributor, but the
guilty knowledge of those to whom this stock
was distributed. Mr.. Ames establishes very
clearly the point that he is not alone in this
oirense that no fair or honest tribunal Will
punish him and let the rest go free. If he is
to be expelled for bribery, the men
who wero bribed should go with him.
Perhaps be was content to make that point
clear, feeling satisfied that if all were proven
guilty none would be punished 1t is safe to
say that the author of Mr.. Oakes Ames's
defense has not been all his life shovel
maker. He must have had some practice in
| criminal law.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-26
O4RES dUFS,S DEFENSE

Mr.. Cakes Ames has offered an ingenious
defense. His story Of the building of the
Union Pacific Railroad, of the obstacles it en-
countered at every step, the timidity of capi-
talists who were urged but refused to invest
in the enterprise, of the legislation that was
necessary and was accorded by Congress in
its promotion. of his own connection With it
and the difficulties in which it involved him,
of the intense public interest felt in its prog
ress and completion after the labOrs of its
projectors had created a belief in its practical
bility and some degree of confidence in its
success, and of the enthusiastic congratulations
which followed its opening, is very interesting.
So far as he goes he makes good points. He
is especially effective when he appeals from
the prejudice and passion of the hour to the
entirely different feeling that pervaded all
classes during the progress of the work and
Immediately after its completion. Could he
be Judged by the sentiment of Congress and
the people at that time, he says he would rest
his case with confidence. There is something of
truth in this. Whoever remembers the Cir
cumstanees he has recalled and they are
quite fresh in the recollection of most men
will have no difficulty in apprehending the
force of his argument. The completion of the
road, and the uniting thereby of the
Atlantic and Pacific, found the country iii a
sentimental mood In an impulsive heartiness
we gushed toward Mr.. Ames and his assO
ciates, and endowed them with the name of
benefact0rs just then they might have been
discovered in the questionable transactions
now brought 30 light and been pardOned by a
New-York tribune., 1873-02-26
CHEAP LITERATURE.

Prof. Tyndah remained with us too brief a
time, and did not penetrate far enough into
the interior, to comprehend fully the estlma-
tion in which he was held. Immense audi
ences here, in Boston, and i'll Brooklyn ;
pleasant public receptions at Yale and by the
scientists of this city, and the circumstances
of his departure from our shores, surrounded
by admirers he had won, gave him gratifying
assurances that he was well and fayorably
known where his mOdesty had led him to
fear he was a stranger. Had he remained un-
I'll now, The TRIBUNE'S letter files might
have furnished him with unexpected proofs OF
his extended reputation, and at the same time
have gratified him with an extraordinary Illus
tration of the hold which the study OF his
fayonte science has taken upon the
American people. At the same time they
could have proved, what will delight all
educators to know, that there exists demand
for cheap, solid, informing literature almost
wholly unsuspected. We have known, of
course. that the people of the United States,
narticularly those of the Eastern and Middle
States, excel all Others in the consumption of
LIGHT literature the success of scores of weekly
papers of really mean and fiimsy material has
proved this, much to the disgust OF many sem
sible and serious persons. But our re-
cent experience in publishing in extra foIm
the lectures of Messrs. Tyndall, Beecher, Phil
Ips. Bellows, and the scientific course of the
American Institute, has shown that the demand
for wholesome and enlightening literature is as
great as that for the more trivial reading which
merely amuses without instructing.
William Chambers, in his memoir Of his
brother Robert, mentions the sale of fifty
thousand copies of the first number of Cham
bers' Journal as unprecedented; when at the
tbird number the sale reached eighty thousand,
he remarks that all the other cheap papers
Immediately disappeared. The Journal was
originally devoted to light romances hunting
adventures, sketches of travel, &C.; it was in
no sense scientific journal. Yet the sale of
the Tyndall scientific lectures, published at the
same price though containing four times the
amount of matter as The Journal, and having
nothing of what is usually called popular read
ing. more than doubles the highest sale ever
reached by Chambers Some time ago, in
noticing the sale of our extra sheet, we
alluded to the disposal of the extraordinary
number of fifty thousand copies; since that
time the demand has regularly increased, and
we expect eventually to sell more than two
hundred thousand copies. Indeed, it looks now
as if the extras were to have constant sale as
standard works, in spite of the fact that their
form is not adapted to preservation. In some
instances scientific weekly journals have copied
our reports and run them through successive
numbers as serial. Had we printed
them in pamphlet form, as we could have done
at little additional expense, We might have
New-York tribune., 1873-02-26
destitute of interest as the proceedings OF o
village club.

Although the evidence III the Pomeroy case
was considered closed on Monday, the Sena-
torial defendant seems TO have reserved his
grand coup for yesterday. His defense, as now
finally put forth, amounts to this: He prom
ised TO lend friend 81. A. Page money
enough to start National Bank; he sent the
money to Page by York, giving him $4,000 at
one time, and $4,000 at another, in different
rooms, at a hotel; this money was borrowed by
him for this purpose; be took no note or re-
ceipt from York he had only verbal agree
ment with Page; he took no note or receipt
from Page; expected none; asked for none
This statement is supported by Page, who
swears that PomerOy promised HIM that
amount of money. That is the whole case
Of course neither Page nor any other man
(unless it was Pomeroy or York; knew that
the $1,000 which York received from PomeroY
was intended to be delivered to Page. we
have York's sworn statement that the S7,OOO
was a bribe Page says that Pomeroy says
that the money was part of that with winch
he was to start his National Bank. This de-
tense is wholly irreconciable with all the
evidence on beth sides, except that OF Page
and POmerOy.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-26
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Of what he proposes to do If Congress shall
adjourn without recognizing one or the other
of the claimants. 1t is proposed to continue
in power, as far as Federal support can do 1t,
a pretended government, which the only com
petent investigating authority, composed OF
majority of devoted Administration Senator'S
has declared already put in power by plain
violation of every principle of right and JUS
tice. This promise should spur Congress to
Immediate action in the case of louisiana
New-York tribune., 1873-02-26

sold an immense edition at several times tho
present charge; persons ordering tho sheets
as now printed seldom send for less than
three copies the smallest amount OF money
remitted buys the whole set; and in hundreds
of cases twenty-five cents is sent with re-
quest TO forward Nos. and 5, though no an
Douncement of such sheets has been hereto
fore made. We daily receive from one hundred
and twenty-five TO one hundred and hfty let
ters inclosing money and orders trom
three all the way uD to one thousand
copies of these extra sheets. Instead Oh
injuring the sale of our sheet, pnDncatioh
in other journals seems to have only adVer-
tised our enterprise; and were the lectures
published in book form we do not doubt thcy
would attain very remarkable sale.
Since the publication of the Tyndall shect'
we have given two other extras. One of these
contained four lectures on popular subjects
and two particularly entertaining letters by
Mark Twain. The other sheet contained four
lectures on scientific subjects. And though
the second sheet was calculated for the gen
eral public, containing as it did dissertations
by Wendell Phillips on lost mechanical arts,
studies by Fields of personal characteristics Of
Bellows, and remarkable essay on Compm-
sorry Education by Mr.. Beecher It's sale baS
been only about quarter OF that OF the lyn-
dali sheet, and will not exceed that OF the
third sheet Of scientific lectures. These facts
certainly seem to justify the faith of Mr. Jyn-
dali that wc no longer deserve the censurc OF
De Tocqueville ~ people indisposed to en-
courage the study or the students of science.
To our mind, cur little experience in this
matter encourages us to believe, what we
hope some of our cOtemporareS may DO III
duced to learn, that no book and no news
paper can be written too well or conducted
on too elevated standard for American ap-
probation.
We now take pleasure in announcing two
other Lecture Sheets as in preparation, one OF
them to be almost wholly composed OF the
Scientific Course of the Cooper Union, and to
be published as soon as the season ends,
some time in April. The other, No. 4, to be
ready about March 6, will be OF more gen
eIal character, containing, among other good
reading, the six lectures of tho Rev. John
Weiss on Shakespearean Studies-one OF the
most original and entertaining series OF dis
courses ever delivered in this city, remarkable
alike for the research they display and the
fund of illustrative anecdOte which they con-
tain. These will fill moro than one-half the
sheet. In addition will b. seven lectures on
Art from the course of the National School OF
Design, embracing the discourses of William
Page, President of t9e National Academy
C. p. Cranch, N. A.; Parke Goodwin, Russell
Sturges, jr., William j. HOppln, and Prof
Ogden n. Rood. Besides, the same sheet will
contain a synopsis OF Bret Harte's admirable
sketch of frontier life, "Ihe Argonauts OF ~"
and John Hays "Daybreak in SPAIN and
Heroic Life in Washington The price for
the new sheets will remain as for the others
three cents per single copy, or five cents ii by
mail, and orders may be sent in at opce'
New-York tribune., 1873-02-26
amroemenie, e.s., Ghis Guenilia.

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W. }. Fioreacc ,,, -,
Gr,YD OPrR, HOUSE," Roughing IT. Mrs John
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Csfs Morrs.
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wut,cn's TuFATER. David GarTick." J.. a.
Sothen
ST JAMES rEATER.-San Francisco Minstrel~
Tony PAsroR's OPERA HoUsE.-Varieties.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-26
2tetu'22ork Daily Gribmare.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1873.
A new MINISTRY has boen seleotod By tho SPANISH

new Ministry has been selected by the Spanish
Assembly.
The CrGlt Mobier resolutions were discussed In the
House. Oakes Ames made an elaborate plea In MS
own behalf == Senator Pomeroy explained that S7coO
transaction ==== President Grant sent a message to
Congress touching Louisiana affairs. The Repub-
can Charter was sent back TO the Committee for amend
uent
An Anti.Chalter meeting was held at Cooper Union
- ". j. Hoppin lectured on Contemporary Art in
Europe" at the Academy Of Design. === A medical
examination was refused by the deonse in the scannel
murder case === Progress il making on the Gilbert
Elevated Railroad. Gold, 1145 114b. Thermometer,
no. Giio 2Io.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-26

If there yet exist any doubts as to the in
tentions aud good faith of the projectors of
the Gilbert Rapid Transit scheme, the reports
which we publish, to-day, ought to dispel
them. There are so much anxiety and so
Ecitude on the general subject of rapid
transit. that the statements made to our re-
porter win be received with satisfaction.
These aie circumstantal and explicit enough
to justify the conclusion that at least one
legislative charter for rapid transit road
will be used faithfully and with energy.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-26

Our Washington reports show that the Gre
dit Mobilier debate in the House yesterday
was a comedy of Great Expectations. The
women's invasion must have detracted very
much from the dignity of the Occasion-if any
were possible and the participants were not
from the great orators of the House. Sum-
ming up the opinions so far as we
have report, there is considerable indica-
ton of a merciful (nOt to say weak intent
In the House That the Poland Committees re-
port satisfies only few members is clear;
but we cannot see how any substitute for
their conclusions viii satisfy even majority
of those who are finally to vote on the matter.
The failure of the report to investigate
thoroughly and courageOusly fix response
bility for stock -jObbing where it belonged
leaves the House in the guandary of
being afraid OF unable now to do justice to
the accused. Mr.. Merrick made fair de-
Tense of the work of the Committee so far as
1t fixed guilt anywhere; he failed to touch
the question Of the guilt or innocence of the
other members. Judge Polands speech was
not so strong; and Mr.. FarnswOrthis unex-
pected defense of Messrs. Brooks and Ames
was special rather than Of general application
TO the principles underlying the whole case.
Save the episode of Gen. Hawley's reluctant
disayoWal of the truth of lis defense OF
Senator Wilson, the evening session was as
New-York tribune., 1873-02-26
bnslnees Noilres.

OVER S200O,000 IN BENEFITS, para Dy the
TsAvEixRs LirE AND ACCiDENr lNsuRAScs OoNFANh
TnE TRmUNE ALMANAC for 1873 Is now
reaiy. Price % SsTen for 81
DIR. II. FRANK PALMER-Patent ARMS and
JnIs COO Csonui-s.. Philadelphia; 81 GreonfA Bos'oa
New-York tribune., 1873-02-26

The Ncw-Jersey prospect bIightens. The
demand of public sentiment throughout the
State is 50 overwhelming that there seems
some reason to hope that the Assembly Rail-
road bill may be carried through the Senate.
While We sincerely trust the hope may be
realized, we beg the Senators to remember
that in any case their decision concerns them
selves quite as much as the State If the bill
does not pass now, better one is sure to
pass next year; while the men who delay the
triumph merely insure their own Punishment
from public life.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-26

A correspondent writing from Washington sug-
gests that perhaps injustice done Senator Upton
of Nebraska IN recent issue of The TRIBUNE by
quoting remark of his in the York-Pomeroy debate
in such connection to leave the inference that
he was among the assailants Of MI York. Senator
Tipton's name was not mentioned in the article re-
erred to- and Of course it is unnecessary to say that
he was among those who favored thorough nyesti-
cation and defended Mr. York from the attacks Of
Pomeroy's friends
New-York tribune., 1873-02-26

A touching incident Is reported from staten
Island Touching incidents it ought to be SAID, are
of freducnt occurrence in that marine retreat.
Fo0s arise, for example, and make tho generous
islander stay at homo precisely when 1t IS most
essential that lie should sail abroad. Dogs arise
also whenever no il out after dark and make him
wish that he might stay at home forever Holes IN
the sidewalk lio in wait for him. to break his
ankles-so that, III mere discretion, he must weight
his thoughts by committing the very pavement 10
memory The sibilant goose accosts him IN the
highway aud seems to indicate the current OF pri-
vate opinion-usual i'll country paceS-respecting
himself and his affairs. The he-g0at OCCASIONALLY
charges Oh him from some rocky eminence, and puts
him to precptate and undignifed flight. The local
tradesman likewise charges on him in a way-meta-
phorically speaking-to make his hair curl. HIber-
nian or Teutonic boys secure in hidden coigns Of
vantage admonish him with tho frequent missile
of stone or of snow or soothe him with ahectiOnate
inquiry as to his maternal relatives knowledge of
his whereabouts In Winter he is blasted with the
Boreal winds and petried with the chill of the
whole Atlantic Ocean. In Summer, musketoes
clad in striped trousers and spotted jackets crowd
him off of the sidewalk and bite him in the gutter
Altogether therefore-though he enjoys good air.
good lager beer holy calm. and expansive Views
his lot it will be seen is not deficient in the element
of pathos The particular case Of Staten Island
pathos last reported is that of venerable horse
who. being past labor was turned out to die, and
dog who voluntarily followed him and his fortunes
II is added that when tho aged beast expired his
comrade could by no means be induced to quit the
remains. In such weather lately afflicted this
region, it is comfort to reflect that neither the
feeble horse could have wandered far. the faith
full dog have kept his vigil long.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-26

IL must be confessed that the situation in
Congress is rather alarming. The session is
within four or five days of its close, and sew
eral important appropriation bills are yet un-
finished. 10 the Senate bill to drag $4,000
DO from the Treasury-called the Agri-
cultural College bill-blocks the way. Sena-
tors seem 10 care more for their
share Of this grab than for the business of the
country. The important legislation which is
yet pending is hindered by just such things as
this and even the appropriations which have
gone through are loaded down with jobs Of
the most doubtful character. 1t is more than
likely that an extra session will be required
to provide ways and means for carrying on the
Government. 1t was not necessary; but the
dilatoriness of Congress has made il so.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-26

Congressmen seem this Winter to be utterly
incapable of learning anything. With the
disastrous effects of the attempt to keep ses
cret the Credit Mobilier investigation still be-
fore their eyes, they are now trying to keep
secret the investigation into the Pacific Mail
Steamship subsidy. They do not deceive their
own body, and we do not believe they will
deceive the country by this unworthy effort
to suppress the truth. Whatever it is, it must
como out sooner or later, and if the subsidy
was procured by bribery, whether million
and half or a tenth part of that sum were
used, it is very likely to be repealed.
Congressman may think they will resist alike
the investigation and the repeal, but the cOun-
try is not in mood for trifiing with things
of this sort at present and they will soon
fnd themselves only too eager to be permitted
TO turn with the tide.