The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-28
NEW YORK.
News Items.

News Items.
New YORK. August 27.-Prof. Pierre
Blot. the famous culinary artist, died
Yesterday at his residence in Jersey City.
Governor Dix has pardsned Christian
Maver. who was sent to prison for par
ticipating in the Tompkins square labor
! disturbance
George Kershien, who was arrested on
Tuesday charged with sbsconding from
Culin, Germany, with lS0, 900 thalers be-
longing to bank in that city, and other
property, was yesterday discharged from
custody as far as that case was concerned,
no instruction having been received from
Germany, or the German Consul General
making no application for his arrest
Kershien was Immediately rearrested on
Supreme Court order, on a complaint
of man here, who charges him with
swindling him out of 5000 in Culin, in
December last. He was committed to
Jail. 2
The steamship City Of Peking, with
excursiOnistS on board, reached here at
one o'clock this morning. The President
and the party left the steamer about 8
o'clock for their excursion 70 harthaS
Vineyard.
The shipments of specie to Europe to-
day were $2l7 900, of which sl5O,OO9 was
gold coin.
1t is believed that the losses Of Jones
tS SonnebOrn, the oil merchants who
suspended yesterday, will reach 10000.
The Secretary of the Treasury to-day
awarded $lOO,O0O,0O0 in gold at lO9.6O
to l09Gj.
A dispatch received to-day by the edit
or of the G,'ouista from SenOr DE Canto,
who had the duel with the Cuban Rasado
states, IL have satisfied my cOuntrys
honor and nv own. The duel was accord
ing to the code and | have been wound
ed slightly No date is given to the dis
patch, but it is supposed TO be Paris.
Another Hanging for Murder.
John Baker, who was executed at
Shaste Yesterday, confessed homicide" but
claimed he acted in self defense. HE
robbed the victim of large amount OF
money. He said he would make no state
mcnt on the sCatfold.
"Thc Report" Coming.
The Bcechcr Investigating Committee
had four hours session at the office OF
one of the members here yesterday, dur
ing which time the report previously pre-
pared was read over and carefully revlS-
ed, and is now ready to be submitted to
the Examinining Committee Of the
church on Friday evening, and will be
previously printed so as to furnish it cor
rcctly to the press.
Fenian brotherhood.
The thirteenth annual convention of
the Fcnian Brotherhood, which opened
Tuesday, was resumed yesterday. More
than one hundred delegates were present,
including some of the most prominent
citizens in the United States. The OBJ
icct Of the Convention is to seek close
union between the Fenians of this coun-
try and those of Ireland. The Convcn-
tiOn will be in session until Saturday
next.
The Beecher Investigating Commit
tee.
The Plymouth Church Investigating
Committee met in secret session this
afternoon. This was their final meeting
and AT its conclusion they announced
that their labors were finished SO far as
their report was concerned, and that it
was ready to be submitted at the Ply
mouth Church meeting tomorrow even
ing.
Libel Suits.
Henry G.. Bowen, to-day, instituted
proceedings in libel against the Brooklyn
Eaqle, in which damages are laid at
100000. The complaint is based on
the interview published in the Eagle
purporting to have taken place between
Bowen and an Eagte reporter, which
Bowen claims to be false in every partc-
ular, and upon three editorial articles
Immediately following the publication of
the same. \ civil suit for libel also has
been instituted by Bowen against the
reporter who wrote the interview. The
damages claimed amount to $4,000.
Dcmss Barnes, proprietor of the Argus,
was arrested to-day for libel at the in
stance of Henry {. Bowen and his son
for the publication Of an alleged inter-
view with Henry VI. Smith. Barnes
wa, released on his own recognition to
appear Tomorrow and make arrange
m"nts for bail.