The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-11-10
NEW YORK CITY.


Panama Railroad directors was held yes
terdsy, at which report Of the conditio
Of the company was presented Of iavol
able nature. It Is said q resolution wa
passed requesting the resignation Of Pres
dent Stockwell, but he positively refuse,
to comply with the sense Of the meeting
II Is understood 0 resolution will be pass
ed that the position oi Preeident will b
made,merely honorary and that the Vic
President iand Treasurer be intrustet
with the management Of the business.
According TO the estimates Of the sew
eral departments passed yesterday by thl
Board Of Apportionment 1t will cos
eight and half million dollars more Il
carry on the city and county government
in 1874 than It did In 1873.
The steamship City Of Richmond
which o London dispatch announces %
over due, LEFT this port two weeks ago 10
day. She Is one Of the largest vessels en-
tering the port and one Of the latest ad-
ditions to the Inman feet. The agents o.
the Inman. line In this city say no anxiety
need be felt concerning the safety Of the
vessel, as the delay In her arrival is prob
ably due 10 some accident 10 her ma
chinery.
Royal Sammis, indicted for murder in
the second degree, In connection with
the Kelsey case, surrendered himself to.
day to the sheriff Of Queens county and
was taken TO Brooklyn with his brother,
previously arrested on similar indict.
ment. The prisoners made application,
through counsel, 10 be released on bail
and they went TO prison.
The situation to-day Is more cheerful,
owing to the absence Of unfavorable news
from London. The stock market has
been very quiet and the changes slight,
except In lew instances, as compared
with last nights closing quotations. The
market advanced I to It per cent, but
this has since been partially lost Erie
sold OF 3Sa404, against SO last evening,
though the price after reacted to 88.
The Directors Of the Union Trust Com.
pany were in session to-day considering
their organization, but adjourned to Mon.
day, without coming to any conclusion.
The officers and receiver OF the Union
Trust Company have taken possession Of
q house and lot and certain other property
in Brooklyn, which belonged to Carleton.
The bankruptcy case Of Kenyon, Cox
& Co. has been settled satisfactorily to
all concerned, and legal proceeding stop
ped.
A strike Of the bricklsyers and laborers
continues, but builders who desire 10 carry
on their work are able TO find sufficient
number oil men who are willing to labor
at reduced rates, and 1t Is not unusual to
find mechanics applying for work Of an
unskilled laborer. In some instances the
substitutes for the men on strike have
been induced to leave work, the society
men promising all the money needed for
their support. The workingmen have re.
solved to petition Congress to repeal the
tariff on hatterssilk plush, and tomorrow
they will consider their own condition In
this city, with view TO its improvement.
About 400 men are employed on the post.
Office building, working under the eight
hour law, and It is intended to keep the
force up to this number during the whole
winter.
J. B. Mauch and ]. Booth, two OF the
Polaris crew, have arrived, and will 60
to Washington immediately.by the direc.
tion OF the Secretary Of the Navy. The
remaining member of the expedition Mr..
Bryan, astronomer, Is expected here next
week. The crude boat on which twenty
five Of the party put 10 sea, and construc-
ted from the steam launch Of the Polaris
will be sent to Washington.
Joseph Arch left to-day for England,
also Mark Twain who only arrived from
there two days ago.
Gen. Queseda and several other promi-
nent Cubans It Is said will take immediate
steps to hold meeting In this city to ex.
press their indignation at the recent exc
cution Of their friends in Cuba. It Is also
said that Gen. Aguileras will soon have
in readiness six hundred men to lead into
active service.
Police Commissioner Charlick was ex-
PEELED from Tammapy Hall the other
night, on the motion Of John Morrissy,
and now the Commissioner has issued
an order to have all the gambling houses
and policy shops Of this city closed up
Immediately. under pain Of dismissal from
the police department, Of fthecaptain who
does not see that the order Is carried out
TO the letter. He says If the Tammany
Hall General Committee wants o chance
to reform the city, they shall have II, II
the Police Department can give It to
them. It was expected that Tammany
would to-day formally prefer charges
against Commissioner Charlick, and do.
mand his removal by Mayor Havemyer.
The allegations that gross frauds were
committed in certain districts, where the
Commissioner hada grudge that the in
Spectors Of elections were changed when
thought necessary to defeat candidate;
policemen were used before and on
the day Of election to intimidate
voters; and that even street sweep.
ers were dismissed from the en-
ploy Of the city when thought friendly
10 obnoxious candidates. Il is also said
that serious charges are TO be preferred
against Police Superintendent Watsell, In
10 his management and alleged
oielection returns, in using
the police force to effect his purpose. The
curious phase Of this fight Is, 1t Is alleged,
that Commissioner Oharlick owes his
place In the Police Board To John Nor
rissey, and that he could not have been
confirmed without his consent, and was
only put In nomination by the Mayor af-
ter Morrissey had been consulted by q
a telegram to spanish paper in this
city says that FIVE OF those, captured on
board the Virginius, were shot, and that
the fifth was Santa Rosa, age SO, whose
release from arrest on the charge Of piracy
was obtained last summer by Secretary
Fish. BE was engaged In the capture Of
q Spanish war vessel, Commandatora.
The annual Convention Of the Metho-
dist Bishops for the year, begun ia session
at Newark to-day.
Victim Of jealousy.
CINCINNATI, Nov. s.-A special to the
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