The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-04
NEW YORK CITY.
THE AGITATION IN WALL SrRERr,

Try inviting them 10 submit a bid for ih
new D per cents. In the meantime, he re
ceived number Of uninvited bids. anI
among them one from Van Holman (
20, which was NOT however, the hfRhes
OF them received. The Secretary de.
cllned 10 accept any till all had an oppor.
tunity 10 make their offers. In the mean
time, Van Hoffman & 20. Withdrew thei
bid IN the interest, as II Is believed, O
another house, whose bid the Secretar,
was strongly urged TO accept at once,
BUstNRss SUSPENDED.
The business at the Freedmens sayipf
Bank In this city has been entirely aus.
pended. A number Of persons applied
yesterday for the payment of dralts made
upon the bank by depositors. No appli
cation has yet been made for the appoint
ment Of q receiver. The attorney ior iht
bank has put ina notice oi the appearance
ln a suit OF Arabella MAPPING, who sue,
Tor her deposits and Is entitled 10 six daVJ
time, which limit will not expire before
Monday next. The counsel Tor the plaln.
III asserts that the officers OF the bank by
allowing themselves 10 be sued on a iust
and equitable claim have voluntarily pul
themselves into bankruptcy. :
EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS IN SOUTH CAR
oLISA,
A letter from Columbia on the educa-
lional interests Of South Carolina saws
the present common school system Of the
State isexceediDgly good, and although
the money collected for school purposes
has often been appropriated to corrupt
uses or squandered by ignorant officials.
the number Of schools and school chill
dren has been constantly on the increase
since the close Of the war. During the
past i've years II Is estimated that 200 900
children were In attendance at the public
schools and received the elements OF an
English education. OF this number a
little over halt were colored. The State
Superintendent Of Schools, IN a converse.
tton with the writer OF this letter, said his
department lRbored under difficulties.
Among the most serious OF these was the
loose and Irregular way in which It an.
pears the Board OF School Commissioners
are elected. Rice.feld hands and other
negroes, who can neither read nor write.
are elected to the Office Of Commissioner.
They in turn appoint trustees and exami.
ners who don't know one letter from an.
other and the result Ia that teachers are
selected who should themselves be pupils
In some primary schools. Churches In
most instances are characterized as mere
political machines, in proof OF which
1t Is stated that large portion OF
the members Of the Legislature are
ministers in negro churches. " -
THE CASE OF HoYT, sPRAeUE q co.
The United States Court has granted
an order TO show cause why an adIu-
dication Of bankruptcy should NOT be
made In the case Of the firm Of Hoyt,
Sprague d Co, petitioner rS. E. Ran
dolph, OF Philadelphia.
TO BIZ ABlRNr TEN DAYs.
A Washington dispatch states that
Secretary Btistow will leave to-day for
Louisville TO attend the funeral Of an
Uncle ofhis wife and will be absent about
ten days.
AA0ALA AaSghbO.
During dispute among some thieves
last evening, at 162 Elizabeth street, over
The division OF the proceeds OF a robbery.
J as. Harris was probably fatally ipiured.
His assailant was arrested. ,sjs Il
A suRPR1sE TO WALL sTRRET-ruE
FUNDED LOAN. ..zt fs9.z
The leading bankers were surprised
this morning TO receive circular from
the Secretary of the Treasury inviting
Tor the remaining $4,000 600
or any part thereof Of the funded loan,
bearing interest payable quarterly and
yearly, the interest payable in coin, and
exempt from taxation as authorized bv
The act OF July, 1870. and the act amend
ing the same, approved January 20, 1871,
Proposals will be received till noon of the
Esd inst. The new FIVE per cent bonds
are to-day quoted in gold in the market
OF l0s4, l03 and fiat. Bankers generally
are puzzled at the circular, and various
theories are held, one being that the
Secretary has already concluded neeotia.
lions with some Syndicate Ior a
part or all Of these bonds on
condition that he should offer them To
the public, and provided they did moi bid
more, the syndicate should have them AZ
the price, whatever may be agreed upon.
The tost says II no arrangement has
been made with any syndicate, tho move
OF tho Secretary Is astonishing, for the
Secretary cannot expect that the bsnkers
will take part oil the loan when the
larger part may 60 at Q price below what
they pay, and which would DESTROY their
market Tor selling.
TELEGRAPH PRIVILEGE ooNcRpRp.
The Governor Of Porto Rico has con-
oeded TO tho use Of the government. land
lines Tor telegraphing the weather reports
from 81, Thomas, Barbados and GuadA.
loupe 10 Jamaica, and thence TO Wash.
iueton for the Signal Service. IL
BANK STATEMENT.
Bank statement; loans, increase, s5..
O3O, zoo; specie, increase, 1890 900; legal
tenders, increase, $7S7, 800; deposits, IN.
crease, $S5l6, 800; circulation, decrease
SU41, ,4OOi reserve, increase, $s2s, ,225.
FATALLY BEATRN.
James McGohey and wife, aged 10 and
6s. were probably fatally beaten early this
morning BY O. II. Pierce, mIlkman who
has stable In the rear OF Met Gohey's res.
idence In Brooklyn. The old couple had
objected TO Pierce making a great noise
while Harvesting. 1TS5ST-'
ADMITTED TO BAIL. sl ~, I'd
Andrew L. Roberts, recently tried on a
charge OF forging Central Railroad bonds,
has been admitted to bail in the sum Of
eib ono tF49Sa q a 70 = : = 80 4
PITTSBURGH. as@
oprwv,,,i is,,,r,,o,, .s,it