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GkeGntelIigenrer.
Tho Capital Meeting Tonight.

An adjourned meeting takes place al
the Court House this evening to consider
the proprlety Of sending delegates to the
Grafton Convention next Wednesday
The meeting last Saturday afternoon was
so slimly attended that those present did
not feel warranted in transacting any bust.
ness. and accordingly adjourned over un-
I'll this evening in tho expectation Of &C.
curing larger gathering. No doubt we
shall have larger meeting tonight. The
hour, seven o'clock, Is one that will suit
business men better than an afternoon
meeting, and as the majority Of them feel
an interest in the Capital question thereis
no reason, after duo publicity, why there
should not be large and influential at
tendance tonight. Tho day got for the
Convention is now go close at hand that
wemust act at once. We therefore call
upon all our citizens who feel an interest
In the objects Of tho Convention to turn
out at the ringing Of the Court House bell
this evening.
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Cen,eun,alCon,ra

PHILADELPHIA, May 29.-At a meeting
OF the Centennial Commissioners 10.
the Chairman Of the Finance Committee
reported contracts for the art gallery and
museum soon TO be given out. This will
cost 81 100000, which Is provided for by
the appropriations ol this city and State.
The conservatory Is TO cost 5000, 900, and
isprovided for by city appropriation; the
machinery Of the hall will cost $s0O,000,
which is also provided for. The main ex.
hibition building will cost $a00OO 900, and
the agricultural hall $25O,0OO. The two
latter being only partly provided for,
which with the grading and contiugen.
cies, make the total amount .unprovided
for nearly $9000000.
a resolution was presented by the com.
mittee authorizing the abandonment Of
the plans for the main building and the
adoption Of modified plan. After some
discussion the whole report was recon.
mitted.
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TIE HousR MIXES THE scuoo1s,

The Committee on Judiciary, of the
House, have had the Civil Rights bill un.
der consideration to-day, and agreed to
the clause giving blacks all the privileges
of schools enjoyed by the whites, in
other words, mixed schools.
AN INVITATION THAT INVOLVES no RE.
sPoNsIBnITY.
A bill requesting the President to ex.
tend in the name Of the United States, an
invitation 10 foreign Governments to take
a part in the international Exposition In
Philadelphia in 1876, was reported back
to-day from the Senate Committee on Ap.
propriations with the following proviso.
That the United States shall not be liable
directly or indirectly for any expense at.
tending tho exposition or by reason Of the
same.
The Senate consideration Of the Civil
Rights bill was resumed and Mr.. Stock.
ton concluded his argument begun yes.
terday.
SECRETARY FISH BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.
Secretary Fish was before the Commit.
tee on Appropriations to-day with refer.
ence to the appropriation to carry out the
plan for reorganization Of the Department
Of State. The committee will report 70.
vorably.
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TIE Commissioners appointed to assess
the railroad property will meet in this
city on Monday next and enter upon their
duties. The officers OF the B. & o. r. R.
have already made the report required by
the Code TO the State Auditor for the
main stem and ParkCrsburg branch, and
the Pennsylvania Company for the Pan
handle. The HempGeld and Laurel Fork,
the Winchester branch, the small portion
Of the Martinsburg and Potomac road
within the State, and the Chesapeake
and Ohio roads, have as yet failed to re.
port Tho last named road claims ex-
emption from taxes by virtue Of o provis.
ion In their charter to that effect; but, on
the other hand, it Is claimed that the
exempting provision is clearly unconsti
tutional, and that 1t is the duty OF the
Commissioners to assess it and lot the
question oEtaxation be adjudicated by the
Courts. We are not advised as to what
course the Commission will take in the
premises.
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Nellie Grant and her Husband. .


LFrom tho Washington starl
Miss Nellie Grant has grown up in
this city, and her appearance Is well
known to most OF our citizens. She Is
very popular among her friends, and
will b verv much missed in society.
She Is quito young, not yet nineteen,
and is noted for her selr.possession and
modesty. Mr. Algernon Q. F. sartoris
Is the only son OF Mr.. Edward Sartoris,
OF Hampshire, England. He is only
twenty-five years Of age. BE and Miss
Grant met for the first time on the Rus.
sIs, when Miss Grsnt was returning from
her European tour eighteen months ago.
From the New York World
Mr.. Sartorls Is the grandson Of a
wealthy resident OF sceaux and Paris,
whose family, we believe, was either Of
Greek or Italian origin. His father, Mr.,
Edward sartorls, was educated at Cam
bridge, and married, about thirty ycarl
ago, Adelaide Kemble, tho younger sister
ofthe famous actress, Miss Fanny KEN
bic. From the English point Of view,
such match for a bride who during her
visit to England was pompously adulated
in the London Times as the "frst young
lady in America" Is at least as great q
coudescension as the marriage Of the
Princess Louise with the Marquis oil
Lorne. We should be very sorry, how
ever, to have 10 fear that it was likely 10
entail upon either oil the young couple
one.half Of the social irritations and
sights which British and German eti-
quette have poured fourth 30 proIusely
upon the daughter OF Victoria and her
spouse. From the American point Of
view the President has behaved like a
man Of sense In allowing his daughter tc
marry the man Of her choice; and his bit
terest political enemies will heartily wish
his child and her husband long lilc anG
all sorts Of happiness.
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A Card from a DIEconsolate Cigar
Maker at MOrgantown.
MoRaANTowN, May 10

MoR0ANTowN, May 10.
Itske this method to inform my many
friends and patrons, as well as the public,
that from May 1st, 1874, cannot carry
on the manufacture Of cigars, because l
cannot give bond to the United States
Government in tho sum Of $4,000. A
person with small means, and even with
large means cann0t-unless he has rich
re.atives-carry on the manufacture OF
cigars any longer. The Government
with the prepaid cigar stamps, the month.
ly returns OF the manufacturer, and the
imposition ot heavy penalty Of fine and
imprisonment in the penitenliary-is still
not satisfied, but must 10 addition de-
mand n bond Of tho manufacturer, the
minimum Of which Is $2,600-even II he
does not want to employ more than onG
hand 70 make cigars, although he is al
lowed TO employ twenty hands under
said bond, Liberty has fed from the
lAnd-the slaves Rre free, but the manu-
faclurers arc shackled.
H Respectfully,
DANIEL 8. WINaRR,
Late Manufacturer Of Cioar,.
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BOuuty to ,he pOlaris suryIvorS.,

WA ,WN,AIsTISOToS, May 2s.-The bill re.
ported BY ME. Sargent, from lhe Senate
Eommittee on Naval Affairs, tor ihe "a.
llei OF the survivors Of The Polarh nro.
ytdes Tor giving TO the survivors of the
pclarts expedition under command of
Capr Hall, or their widows or minor
children, one years additional pay, TO.
ge!her win 1870 each to Joe and Han.
nsn, tne Two Equimaux who rendered
such valuable assistance 10 that part Of ths
ships crew who were rescued from tbe
Ice foe. The bill also provides for Nh.
Hall the two years pay Of her Husband.
To-day there was Q semi Centennial
anniversary meeting Of tho Bible and
Publication Society of the Baptist Church
In the Calvary Baptist Church. There
was a large number Of delegates present
from various parts Of the country and
mahy leading Baptists.
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Accident from the Breaking OF a Cal
Wheel.

CINCINNATI, May pa special from
Wabash, Ind, says that last night the
accommodation train on the Toledo, Wa,
bash & Western Railroad, a short distance
east Of Wabash, broke q wheel and The
passenger car was detached. Mr.. Swift
was instantly killed, and Mrs. Robbins
was slightly injured. The skull Of her
son, q small child, was fractured. The
brakeman, a man named Page, was IA
tally Injured, and Conductor Nudge was
injured in the back, The passengers were
sllghtIy hurt The car was turned over
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Wan DEPARTMENT.,
ORF1o1 or TnE CH1EF SIaNGL OFF1cHR,
WAsHIAGToA. D. O., May 22,-GO0 r. r.
PR0RABILITIRs,

For tho New England and Middle
States and eastern portion of the Lower
Lake region, clear or partly cloudy
weather and north or west winds will
prevail with but slight change in tenn.
perature, and stationary or rising baron.
eter.
For tho South Atlantic States. partly
cloudy weather and light rain near the
Coast, with northeast to southeast winds,
slight fall oil temperature and falling
barometer during Saturday.
For the Gulf States and Tennessee and
Ohio Valley, generally clear and warm
weather, casterly or southerly winds
and slowly falling barometer.
For the Upper Lake region and North.
west, generally cloudy weather and light
rain, southeast or southwest winds, sta
tiOnary or rising temperature In the
Upper Mississippi Valley and Upper Lake
region and falling barometer.
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LITTLE ROCK.
$4,000 FIRE.

P3VIVVV hAhA'
! LITTLE ROCK, May 2e-Aflre at Forest
City to-day destroyed about one.iourth oi
the place. Loss about $4,000.
RRsPrrED FOR THIRTY DAYS.
The Governor to-day respited the SEN
tence of Cass Matlock, who was sentenced
to be hung Tuesday next, for thirty days,
RESOLUTION OF THANKS TO PRRsIDENT
GRANT.
The House today passed by a vote oI
AZ TO Z a resolution Of thanks TO President
Grant for his action In the Arkansas case,
FLooKING TO THE sPRINes.
Invalids and visitors are docking to the
hot springs from ell parts Of the country
at the rate Of Atty per day.
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Attempted Burglary at WelIsburg,
LAGRANGE, May q. 1874.

Special Dispatch to the IntClllgeuCcr.
An attempt was made las! night to
burglarizs the dry goods stores OF Apple
gate g. Son and D. W, Sier s. Co, in
Wellsburg. At one store they bored
three holes through the door near the
lock, at the other they got a window
shutter open, but did not get into either
store. 1t would seem that they had not
made this particular work specially.
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Brutal Murder for o..

CINCINNATI, May 29.-At Seymour,
lad, yesterday two brothers named Fleet.
wood were convicted for the murder Of
q little German boy ono year ago, and
were sentenced 10 the penitentlary for life.
Tho evidence showed that they enticed
the boy into field, beat his brains out
with club, cut his throat and then threw
the body into creek all for g..
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Saloon Blown I'm.

EyANsvrILR, Nay ga Journal sne.
ga! says that some unknown party nipht
neiore last blew up q drinking saloon h
Fancis county, near Princeton, Ind., by
pniung q match 10 q can OF gunpowder,
Nobody was hurt but tho building Was
aeim1Gllshed, iei The saloon keeper had q 10,
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Marriage OF Assistant Postmaster
General Routt.

ST. LOUIS, May 29.-oolonel John L.
Routt, Of Bloomington, H., Second Assist,
ami Postmaster General, was married
yesterday at Decatur, ILL.,, to Miss Lila F.
Plckrell, Of that city, The newly welded
couple passed through here last night,
en- route for Washington.
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NEW MINISTRY FoRStRD AT LAsr.

PARIS VIA LONDON, May 29-Midnipht.
"a Ministry has been constituted, as iol.
lows: Gen. De CissieY, Minister Of War
and Vice President of Council; Duke De
Oazss, Foreign Affairs; N. De Fourtaci,
Interior; n. Pierre Msgee, Finance; ii.
Eugene Caillsux, Public Works; M. Louis
Grivart. Commerce Vilcount; De Cumont,
Public Instruction; NJ. Adrien FaIlhand'
Minister Of Justice.
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SPAIN.


LONDON, MSy 2i.-A dispatch from
Bayonne says that engagements take
place daily between the CaTlists and Re
publicans for possession OF tho heights
commanding Bilboa. It Is claimed that
the CarlIsts have gained some successes
MADRID, May 29.-Gen. Concha has
entered VittorIa.
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Tho Competitive Plan Adopted 10
Public Constitution.

, COLUMBUS, May 2s.-Attorney General
Little has sent q written opinion to
the Secretary Of State that where there
are two or more pSpers Of the same po.
iltical party IN one county, which apply
Tor printing the new Constitution, that It
Will be proper Tor the Secretary 10 invite
competition. This plan will DO adopted.
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A SPECIAL meeting Of the West vir.
gIuia Historical Society takes place at
Morgantown next Thursday, the 29Ih.
AT the regular meeting on the 17th Of
June the Hon. CHAs. ]. FAULKNER will
present q paper. Col. B. II. SMITH, oI
the Ksnawha Valley, has been invited
and is expected to present a paper at the
same time. y.
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Dispatches from Paris on the Minis.
terial Crisis are confused and contradic.
tory: A Times dispatch says that the
Cabinet intends TO give the assembly the
dissolution.
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FOREIGN.
FRANCE,
RRsuLT 0F TIIE nnR1.

LONDON, May GA special dispatch
rom Paris states that in the duel between
Prince Metterninch and Count D'Eman.
te6ello, 1t was the former who was slight.
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Large crowds visited the east room al
the Executive Mansion today, where the
floral decorations OF the wedding sill re-
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VERsAILIEs, May 29.-Further com,
olnattons entered into 10 day for the form
alton Of a Ministry having failed, PresI-
dent Mcmahon has decided to form ont
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WASHINGTON.

AND FAMILY GONE TO NEW
YORK.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-Thc President
and family left Washington this forenoon
for New York, to bid goodbye 10 Mrs.
SArtoria
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ENGLAND.


LONDON. May 2S.-The names Of the
American students recently drowned IN
Lake Geneva are given as VIM. Wood.
bury, John Crane and Jas. Gaul.
ELECTION ANNuLLRD FOR BRIBERY.
Tho Parliamentary election in Durham
mas been annnlled on account Of bribery
and the election In Galway on account ol
an intimidation OF electors.
ApPenheim q Schroeder, merchants,
aaye as nod I9iIed. There liabilities estimated
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County Comm issioneI's Jailed.
CHARLRsToN, =. O, May 2e--The
County Commissioners OF Barnwell
county were arrested and lodged in lall
yesterday, upon an indictment for NAL
teasance In Office.
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OMAHA, May 22.-A large party Of
Russian emigrants passed through here
ior sultan. Nebraska, where they have
formed q Colony.
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M'MAHoN WILL FORM A MINISTRY 70
uIMRRIR
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TIE RRsRRyorR

Driving over as rough piece Of road
as ever met with in West Virginia, l ar,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-07
THE UTAH CONTESTED ELEC.
TON.


The seat Of Bishop Cannon, Delegate
from the Territory of Utah, has been con-
tested upon the ground that he is ineligible.
He is acknowledged to be a polygamous
Mormon, with four living wives, in defiance
of the law Of Congress prohibiting plu-
rality of wives within the Territories of the
United States. 1t is commended that his
oath as bishop of the Mormon Church
takes precedence with him of his cath to
support the Constitution of the United
States, and. living as he does, in constant
violation of laws made in pursuance
thereof, he is incapable of being proper
Delegate. Did he reside in a community
where the laws were strictly enforced he
would be q convicted felon. As 1t is, be-
cause Mormon jury viii not convict him,
he is sent here by polygamists to represent
them in Congress in defiance Of its laws.
He was selected as the candidate because
he was polygamist and an elder holding
an elevated position in the Mormon Church.
The Fortieth Congress determined that
votes cast for ineligible candidates, the cleo
tors knowing them to be ineligible, should
not be counted. and that the eligible candi-
date having the highest number Of votes
should be entitled to the seat. Upon this
state of facts the seat now occupied by Mr..
Cannon Is claimed by General Maxwell, the
present United States marshal Of the Terri
tory and the Republican candidate. The
General received little short of two thou
sand votes, and the Bishop received over
twenty thousand. But there Is Terrific
rial law allowing women to vote, and the
Bishop received the votes of nearly all the
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sPAsNODJC VIRGINIA WRITE

1t is difficult, indeed, to learn from their
own explanations of their peculiarities what
the heightened chiyalry of Virginia really
do think of themselves. For instance, the
Richmond Dispatch propounds the follow
ing conundrum: "Do we expect to impose
"upon the world by our game of playing
"poor, when our own statistics show that
"our assets immensely exceed our liabili-
"ties, and that the money zoe spend in
"iDhisky toouId pay the entire public debt
Gin three or four ysars" And the Wing
ofthe same city and same date calls upon
1.-THE young men of promise and ambition"
to avoid the wine cup, &c, as the greatest
scourge of the age. 1t goes on then " for
quantity" to denounce the prevalent use of
intoxicating beverages by the people, be-
cause cit is impoverishing the wealthy and
making beggars of the poor; it is de-
"throning intellects and sullying the repu-
cations of men whose honor in moments
"of sanity none would dare impeach; it is
dragging down and casting into felons'
"cells those who have stood high in public
"esteem; it is filling our jails and peniten-
"tiaries with thieves and murderers; 1t is
"peopling Cod acres everywhere through
"out the land with those whom Holy Writ
assures US never shall enter the King
"dom of Heaven it is leaving countless
thousands of widows and orphans to
"mourn as those who cannot be comforted. I"
We rather admire this style of self-casti-
CATION. 1t shows that recent events of q
most solemn character, dragging the fair
fame of the State in the mire of filthy cor
ruption has had an awakening influence;
but at the same time 1t sounds so strangely,
coming from such unexpected sources, that
we cannot refrain from doubts as to its sin
cerity. We are afraid that it is spasm of
virtue, fleeing feeling of contrition, and
that in the end, or when next election
day occurs, the morality-so like Puritanic
New England-which inspires this sober
advice, will be laid aside in the presence of
that stronger Virginia motive, the prestige
of wealth and family tradition. "What but
q family disgraced, and a gnawing worm in
his own bosom, can any man expect who
keeps property that honestly belongs to
another" asks the Dispatch, and without
explaining whether it Is q 'tstill' worm to
which it alludes or q worm still gnawing,
leads its readers TO believe that 1t refers to
both From, all Of which we are 10th to
infer that Yirginians do not habitually pay
for their liquor, although they habitually
drink it. Now, If they are all in the same
category, excepting, of course, the two vir-
tuous editors from whose articles we quote,
we repeat that on election day they will,
notwithstanding these sdmonitions, repeat
the plumbers of the past by chosing as their
leaders men whose prominence is only
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-07

periods when it was written and when he
died he made a hundred speeches The floor,
as q Senator, in open or in secret session.
was always his to make personal explana-
ton If he thought Il was necessary; but he
never did it. Who has dared to rise In his
yet untitled seat and make that which he did
not deem it necessary or important to makei
Let us have the name Of the ghoul who Is
rifiing his private papers and letters to see
what he can find in them by way Of assault
and attack upon General Grant, upon Sec
rotary Fish and upon his fellow-members
of the Senate. s.. .-. -.f.. a.
The whole proceeding is cold, cowardly
-unmerciful to the memory of Mr. Sum
ner. This will, we are certain, be the judg-
ment of the country. The comments of
the Tribune are simply f1endish in their
malignity towards the President and Mr..
Fish. We do not know all the facts in the
case, and are not now authorized to speak
for anyone. But in justice to all parties who
are named-to Mr.. Sumner primarily, to
the President and the Secretary of State
it is to be regretted that the speech was not
allowed to remain in the oblivion where its
author intended it should remain. The
publication gratifes the malice of small
men like Reid, but every sincere friend of
Mr.. Sumner will regret that he should be
made the instrument of their vindictiveness,
and now that he is dead be made to say
what he could not have been induced to
say while he was living.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-07
GOODTNG Us WILSON

A correspondent sends us the contested
case of David s. Gooding VS.. Jeremiah s.
Wilson, in the Fourth Congressional district
of Indiana, dated April II, 1871. He says:
Wilson only claimed a majority of four
votes out of more than twenty-five thou
sand; and upon this doubtful showing
secured his seat by the report Of Aaron F.
Perry, of Cincinnati in his favor. Perry
staid in Congress only few months, and
then, although very rich man, drew his
salary for the whole of the two years and
resigned, Col. Ozro Dodds, succeeding
him, got the salary over again, Congress
feeling that Perry had violated the decency
of the place and drawn his pay on false
pretenses. Among the three affirmants for
Gooding, claiming that he had seventeen
clesr majority, was W. N. Merrick, now a
counsel for the memorialists, the other two
having been w. E. Arthur and E. Y. Rice
what want to know" continues our
correspondent ''is why man. who thus
dropped into Congress by the hair of his
teeth is investigating human nature forf"
We do not see that this inquiry needs
any reply, except that every man has his
forte The Judge" is now ascertsining
whether anybody ever hauled any dirt, and
he has his Congressional privilege.