The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-04-14
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brate the shooting festival SIM
ultaneously with the celebration Of the
Jubilee OF the Federal Shooting Society
ir Switzerland. The time fixed for the
celebrat on is the Goth, 2lst, 22d, and
23d of July at the Union Schuezen
Park, New York.
President WATSON stated to-day that
the charges made by ex-Auditor Dur
ran were false and slauderous. and that
the report Of the misunderstanding be-
tween the Erie and Atlantic d Great
Western Companies was absolutely with
out foundation and started by the
Gould, Treat Duran combination.
Hard on Bio- An Iutcresting
Church Scene.
A Boston dispatch says that in the
course OF his sermon Yesterday, the
Rev. \. ". Harkett, [ Unitariau cler-
gymar, sail .Dio Lewis career in Boz.
ton and i,s nsrghborhooj, had lot i'm
pressed the people with his devouIness
or his reliance on prayer, nor could we
believe he would ever have embarked
in this enterprise had it not been for
the remuneration he is said to enjoy.
The womans crusade was the work OF
PRAYER aud prob bitory legislation was
interference with Divine intention to
give man rree choice between good
aud evil. He wished his voice might
be heard by these men and women
who were using Incorporate means TO
suppress intemperanCe.
DR.. Lewis, who happened TO be pres
ent, rose from his seat and asked TO be
heard 4 Committeeman told him he
could TO; lie allowed 20 speak. The
beuediction was then PRONOUNCED aod
amid loud cries OF Take the platform,
DR.. Lewis stepped up in one OF the seats
and wac proceeding to sprak, amid great
confusion, when the Committeeman
again called on him to stop. Another
exci,qdIy exclaimed, "Tne Ferson
coward, ard 50 they all are" Kisses
and continued cries o. Take the plat
form" Speak Doctor" The Commit
teeuan laid, III you will hire ball,
Mr.. Lewis, we shall be very glad TO
hear you." Col. Warlwell said, "Broih-
ers AID sisters, it isu't the spirit OF the
Master" The organ here drowned his
voice, and he exclaimed, play on, We
devils" The organ played on aud the
meeting dispersed.
- Cheap transportation.
\ dispac;h rom Washington sayS
the select committee o0 transportation
routes to tie seaJoagd met Thursday
ni,n. and Senator Windor' chairman,
expects to submit d report this week
The Senator will take this position: ::
Cheap transportation is to be obtained
only through competition, and compe-
litioa 10 be effective must operate
through cheaper char nels OF commerce
than are DOW provided, and must be
goveraed by power With which comhl-
nation is impossible. The committee
have passed over the idea OF obtaining
cheap transportation by the regulation
Of freights, and it may be set down
conclusively that between the two al
ternatives OF freight railroads and water
lines, that the committee will favor
water lire.. 1t is estimated by the en-
giueers who have conducted the sur
veyg, that the expenditure OF about
100000 would connect the Missis.
sippi river with the lakes, and required
Improvement OF the Erie Canal TO g
magnitude corresponding with the con
templated grand connections, would re-
ouire about Sl0,0OOO00, while about
$I2 100000 would connect Lake
Champlain with deep water on the
Hudson, securing ship canal capable
of passing vessels OF one hundred tons.
Chief Justice Waite who arrived on
Saturday, met Mrs. Waite and daughter
and started with them for Washington
last evening.
The Lost steamer Enrope-
The steamer Greece from Liverpool,
March ojtb, with 2S cabin and j24
steeragc passengers, and . cabin a"d
lS2 steerage passengers Q: he steamer
Europe, arrived This evening. She re-
ports that on April "a, in latitude 4S
degrees and 81 minutes, longitude 81
degrees and 80 minutes at II O. m, she
sighted : large steamer to southwark,
bound west. A. 1 o'clock ?. m
she came quite near, showing
signals Of distress. We,bore down and
found her 10 be the French steamer
Europe, from Havre for New York, IN
sinking coddition and wishing us to
send our boats aud assist in taking oil
the passengers and crew. Immediately
bosIs Nos. 8 and S were lowered aud
sent away in charge OF Mr.. Buck, chiti
officer, and Mr.. Hubbard, second Off
Ger, and with the assistance OF the
French, boats, saved al on board, cons
sisting of 3 cabin passengers, lS2 steer
ace passengers and l6O OF e crew, With
out auv serious accident, though there
WAS q mountainous sea and both
steamers were rolling very heavily
slso succeeding in saving toe mails. At
six o clock p. N. Captain LowsEie came
on board with his officers aud reported
that his chip had sprung q leak in the
epeine. snI he did not con-
sider it sale to proceed in her
t6.3OP. NJ, Buck, the chief officer
and Douglass the chief engineer OF tht
Greece went on board the Europe apc
examined her, and on their return re-
ported that there was about seven iee'
OF water in the engine room, and tha
they could not discover any water II
any other part OF the ship. The Greco,
Law by the Europe all night and at
o'clock next morning, Buck and Doug
lass again went on board the Europ'
for further examination, sud upoI
their return reported that there wa