The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-30
Postal Arrangement Between the U
s. and Canada.

. WASHINGTON, December 29.-For the
purpose of placing communications by
post between the United States and the
Dominion of Canada upon the most liber-
al and advantageous basis, the following
arrangements have been agreed upon to
be carried into effect on. the lst of
January, 1875, or as soon thereafter as
the necessary measures can be perfected
| for putting them into operation:
First-Unification of the two countries
in respect to correspondence exchanged
between each country, and forward and
deliver, free of charge, correspondence of
all kinds, written or printed, received
! from each other, which correspondence
must in all cases be prepaid at the estab-
lished domestic rates of the country Of its
origin.
Second-That each country will
transmit the domestic mail of others
in closed pouches through its territory
flee of charge by its ordinary mail
routes.
Third-No account shall be kept be-
tween the postottice department of two
countries, in respect to ointernational-eor-
respondence Of any kind exchanged be-
tween them, each department retaining
to its exclusive privilege, all postage it
collects on mail matter sent to others for
delivery.
Fourth-It is understood to be the de-
sire and intention of our respective post
office departments that provisions to this
Agreement shall extend TO an international
money order exchange as soon as prsc-
ticable.
Fihh-The provisions Of this agree
ment as far rs relates to the rate of letter
postage, will be carried into effect on the
first of February, 1875.
Sixth-All provisions of the existing
Postal Convention inconsistent with this
arrangement are hereby abrogated.
Scventh-Formal articles embOdying
the provisions Of this agreement shall be
prepared for execution as soon as possible.
GSignedl w. Ii. GRIFFIN,
Deputy Postmaster General Canada, act
ing for, and subject to the approval Of
the Postmaster General of Canada.
MARSHALL JEWELL,
Postmaster General.
New Railroad.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 29.-The articles
of the Association of the Wabash and
Kokowa Railroad Company, with a cap
ital stock of SS00,0O0 have been filed
with the Secretary of State. The north
ern terminus of the road is at the city Of
Wabash, from which point it extends
southwest through the counties of
Wabash, Mama and Howard, terminal
ing ut Kokowa. The estimated length
of said road is twenty-cigbt miles, and
Calvin COgwell, President Of the COM
pany, heads the Dictatorship with +. NJ.
Eagle, Secretary.
COIorcd Prayer for thelCiviI Rights
bill.
CLEVELAND, December 29.-The COL
,orcd citizens of Oberlin, Ohio, held
meeting this evening and adopted rcsolu-
tions protesting against the adoption of
the civil rights bill rs reported by the
Judiciary Committee Of the House of
Representatives, and against all legisla.
tion admitting unjust determinations
toward any class of citizens. Praying
Congress to pass the Senate supplement
tsry civil rights bill, which passed the
Senate last session, or one equally COM
prehcnsive. A committee was appoint.
cd to send Il copy Of the proceedings to
the representatives in Congress.
The ByerIy Homicide.
New ORLEANS, December DE. I.
Jewell was arrested, charged with being
about To- fight duel. and breach Of the
pence, and bonded in $1,000. This will
not prevent the meeting in Alabama, if
Yarmouth is released.
The corOncrs jury in the case Of ID. {.
Bycrly, found, after n post mortcm c1-
animation by the city physician, that
Bycrly came to his death from the effect
of wounds inflicted upon him with sharp
instrument, to-wit: A spring knife i'll
the hands Of II. e. Yarmouth, now in the
parish prison. The coroner will max"
affidavit to- morrow, charging Yarmouth
with the murder.
Failure Of u Pittsburgh Iron Firm
PlTTsBURGH. December 29.-Wharton
Bros. Il Co, iron manufacturers, to-day
filed IA petition in bankruptcy. The
assets of the firm are given as $393,5i7,
and their liabilities aggregate S2l9.53l.
The low price of manufactured iron the
dullncss in trade and the backwardness
Of customers in paying up, are assigned
n the causes for this step.
Archbishop of Cologne has again been
fined 10000 thalcrs, and will probably
hn i,nDrisonrd aVain