The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-23
The President and Party.

PITTSBURGH, October 22.-President
Grant and party arrived at 4 clock this
afternoon by special train from Cleve-
land They remain at the Monongahela
House until tomorrow morning, when
they leave for Washington by the Penn
sylvania Central Railroad. The Presi-
dent is accompanied by Mrs. Grant, Sec
retary Borie, wife and daughter, Major
Babcock and Alexander Sharpe.
Louisiana Affairs.
New ORLEANS, October 22.-The At
torney Generals opinion of the legality
of naturalization, before the Second Dis
trict Court, will not be officially deliver
ed until tomorrow. but he to-day ex-
pressed the conviction that all the natur-
allied papers issued from that court since
1864, are null and void.
The Picay,ne says that the question
! has been submitted to the District At
torney and to all other Judges. and that
there is only one idea on the subject.
All the great legal minds that this State
has ever produced, have failed to discover
any legality in this naturalization. 1t
was leff for our present Attorney
General to spring the question just before
| the election. The Conservatives estimate
! the number of voters involved at four
! thousand 4
At half.past eight o'clock this morning
solemn requiem high mass was celebrated
in the Church of Immaculate Concep-
ton, at the request Of the relatives Of
the citizen soldiery who fell in the late
| conflict.
The Third Ward Conservative Colored
Club now has lS0 members.
The following special is from Demo-
cratic sources, dated Shreveport:
''On the authority of Gen. Merrill and
Commissioner Levissee, we learn that
warrants are preparing for the arrest of
merchants and Others, which will take
place probably Tomorrow.
The Times in an extra advises submis-
sion to arrest by the United States SOL
diers, but advises the parties so arrested
not to give bond. The card on which
! the arrests are to be made is getting ad
ditional signatures to-day, and our people
show no signs of weakening.
Arrest OF Louisiana Merchants.
SHREy October 22.-The ques-
! ton rs to whether warrants were to be
| issued for the arrest of the siyty-nine
merchants who pledged themselves not
to retain in their employ persons who
support the Radical party in the pending
contest was to-day settled in the atiirma-
tive upon the authority of General
| Merrill, L. S. a., commanding this de-
partment, and \. B. Levcssce,
United States Commissioner, who
| stated that the papers were being
prepared, and the arrests would probably
be made tomorrow. Since the first an
nounccmcnt on Monday Of the intention
of the authorities to make these arrests,
the temper of the people has greatly i'm
| proved, and it is not now, probable that
J any of the parties will endeavor to cvade
or resist arrest The parties interested
! have consulted several leading attorneys,
who advise them that their pledge is not
! in violation of the enforcement Act, in
/ that it! does not threaten any
| one on account Of race, color
or previous condition of scrvitudc,
and that a general declaration to employ
no one upon certain conditions. furnishes
no grounds for specific charge of in
/ timidating certain persons. Immediately
after the authoritative announcement of
Gen. Merrill and Judge Icvcssc's Opin-
| ion this morning the pledge was again
put in circulation, and received one hum
! dred and eighty additional signatures.
! These names include the representatives
/ of nearly every business establishment III
! the city, and copies of the pledge were
! also sent to the country, and are said TO
have received the signatures Of planters
! in all parts of the parish. 1t is not known
! vet whether any others than the original
siXty-nine Signers will be arrested or not.
Bankruptcy Of Pacific II. X. 90.
| SAN FRANCISco, October 22.-The pc
! tition to place the Pacific Railroad Com
pany in bankruptcy, presents about the
! same facts as stated in the case OF
! Reese rs Latham et at. concerning the
companys transactions as before report
| cd.
Omaha Items.
OMAHA, September 22.-There is con-
! siderable excitement throughout the
State over the act of Governor Furna,
having pardoned the notorious swindlcr
and forger, j. L, Weber, which was done
despite the earnest protestations OF the
citizens. Furnas was burned in effigy at
Fremont last night. The papers Of the
State without regard to politics, den"unce
| the act.
A Young man named Hcnruser, acCi-
dentally stabbed himself in the arm a
few days ago, and died from the effects
of the wound near Papillon, yesterday.
! General Harney arrived from the west
to-day.
Z. b. Chandler, Secretary Of State,
states that there are from 200 to 1000
people who will need To be fed the com
! ing winter. The citizens Of this State
are doing all they can but will fall short.
Arkansas Masonic Grand Chapter.
LITTLE Rock, October 22.-The Ar
kansas Masonic Grand Chapter to-day
elected the following officers for the ell
suing year: Sam. W. Williams, Grand
High Priest; John T. Hill. ID. e. II. 7;
Goe. Thornburg, Grand King; l.. f.
|
The Indictment OF Cannon.
SALT LAKE, October 22 As regards
the indictment of George q. Cannon,
Congressional delegate, for lascivious CO.
| habitatiOn, under the territorial statutes,
its is claimed that the court dare not in
dict him under the polygamy act Of Con-
gress, passed i'll 1862, because the United
| States statute of limitations, bars all such
prosecutions, and the Poland bill would
allow writ Of error 10 the Supreme
Court, whereas the prosecution under the
territorial law, would not admit Of such
appeal. No more arrests have been made
The Lepine Murder Trial.
ST. PAUL October pa Fort Garry
special to the Press, reporting the pro
gress of the trial of Lepine, for alleged
! completely in the murder Of Scott, says
Richat was sworn and examined. H.
rocitpi tha history pf his aDr,1jutment a.