The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-09
NEW YORK.
Proceedings Against the Mayor.

Ing the convicted follee Com mniosloners
has been so vigorously conducted ths
at late hour last night he concluded
that discretion was the better part o
vslor and surrendered the resignation
OF the Objectionable Commissioners
Charlick and Gardner, which was recelv
ed and accepted, and Geo. W. Malzell
Superintendent Of Pslice, and John r
VOORHEES,, Excise Commissioner
were appointed to fill the vacancies
! The resignation OF the commissioners
followed the failure OF the attempt to
re-elect Gardner president. Two MEM
orisls will be presented to the Cover
nor to-day, at his country seat, and ap-
peas will be made tor the removol oil
Msvor Havemyer. One OF these claims
al the action oil the mayor in reap
pointing the convicted commissioners
was a gross outrage upon public de-
cency while the other empaaslzes the
illegality OF this latest movement oi
Mayor Havemyer The Tribune says
at will be accepted by thoughtful cit
izeus az An insult" The Times Gays
at would be absurd to credit the mayor
with.the slightest regard for the public
interest" The Herald says: HE has
only empaas z.d his offence and more
than proved his unfitness for the office
he now holds"
The Mayor to-day appointed ex'
Police Commissioner, Hugh Gardner,
excise commisslonsr in place o! John
R. VOORHEES, who was last night ap.
pointed police commissioner in place OF
Gardner.
News Items.
1t is stated here that the British
Government demands SS,O00,00O from
Spain for the massacre Of sixteen Eng
ish subjects captured on board OF the
Virginius and executed at Santiago de
Cuba.
James Gordon Bennett and George
Lorillard will shoot pigeon match at
Long Island tomorrow, Tor $1,000 a
s,de, 100 birds each, at thirty yards
and use English guns
A letter from Havana, dated July
4th, says there is a great deal OF sick
ness prevailing there. Many cases OF
small pox and yellow fever have oc-
Cured. Psblc places for vaccination
have been established throughout the
CITY. Business is very dull; only Y about
six hundred boxes Of sugar were cold
during the week,
The shipments of specie to-day were
s300,1S7, OF which $4,000 is gold coin
and the remainder in silver. The
specie engagements for to.morrow's
steamers amounted at one o'clock to-
day to 100000 in gold coin.
Thos. J. Meson, cashier for Morrill,,
Tilvey Il Co., bsnkers and brokers was
arrested yesterday on charge OF hav-
ing robbed HE mployers Of q large sum
OF money, probably reaching 125,O 900.
He acknowledges 10 have taken SSOOO
which he lost In gold speculation.
The Board of Aldermen this after
noon passed resolutions requesting Gov
ernor Dix to remove Mayor Hsvemyer
for committing acts unbecoming pub
lie officer, in his support OF the con-
victed police commissioners.
The President and Mrs. Grant, and
Senator Jones family, arrived here
from Loog Branch this afternoon.
In game OF tasc bail to-day the
Atlantics scored IL aud the Philadel-
phias 5.
Morals in Cnba.
A letter giving an account OF the cel-
bration OF St. johns day at Puerto Priu-
cipe, Cuoa. says: The insurrection is
fast finishing what once existed Of vir-
tue. 1t has worn down to threads OF
aimsey texture all social virtue ,aad eI.
cept among few o. the best educated
and most refined people, there is little
attempt made at any shew o. tenn
inine delcacy and modesty. Bands OF
young, rolIickine fellows stop under the
long grated windows and balconies, and
sirg the rudest songs with the most in
decorous illusions, and women and
girls will flock TO the windows and
laugh and enjoy it.
The Beecher-Tilton Case.
The Golden Age tomorrow publishes
the following editorial: Plymouth
Church las adopted a policy OF silence.
1t has seen cunning tissue Of misrep.
reseutstiors and iusiuuations, woven for
the injury OF one man aDd the protection
of another, swept away al q single
blow, leaving its srtifCe exposed to the
eve, and vet, in tue face OF universal
demand Tor an explanation. il holds its
peace. Il sees the character Of one
whose good name 1t is bouud 10 defend
from every aspersion brought under
grave and terrible suspicion, snd while
millions are IN an agony ot sympathy
for him and entrest il 10 open lts lips
aud speak one assuring word,
it pers stently holds its tongue. The fact
speaks IN trumpet tones. The Ame!i-
can people asked for one word in behalf
OF a man they revered and loved more
than any other man. One singl la
bic OF assurance from the lip, that have
moved millions and have q witchery OF
persuasiveness possessed by 90 other
man on earth, would have satisfied
them. There vas splendid occasion
aud there stood the man 10 fill it with
a voice which would have gone, like
Englands drum beats around the
word. They listened in deatblike still
ness and were treated to silence
that wss almost audible. The tact sd.
mits OF olny one construction and wbo-
ever thinks draws the inevitable couclu.
sion. There is a silence more oppres-
sive and omiuous than that OF death
The American people now show what
that silence is.
ST. LOUIS.