The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-01-11
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DOMESTIC NEWS.


DOMESTIC NEWS.
The Mayor and Council OF New
Orleans Contradict Sheridan.
NEW ORLEANS, January 9.-Mayor
| Leeds in his message to Council to-day,
called attention to the published dis
patch of General Sheridan to the Secre-
taiy of War, by which the community
has been illuminated, and advising the
| Council 10 make an emphatic denial of
| this most uniustlfable libel. Council
adopted a resolution, saying: "We know
/ that such charges are unfounded, in fact,
and unjust, and appealing to the sense OF
! Justice of the citizens of our sister States,
! who have been among us, to stlgmatlze.
! rs they deserve, the unwarranted charges
and aspersions thus brought against us
! by Lieutenant General Sheridan.
News Items
The public schools will reopen on
Monday.
Seven policemen who refused to re-
port ut the State House on Monday to
/ bear arms, if necessary were to-day dis
missed from service.
The Kellogg Legislature House clerk,
! announced IS members present and u
| quorum. ,.
A memorial of Conservative members
TO Congress WA, criticized and pronounced
/ incorrect in several respects and com
mittee WAS appointed to prepare coun-
. ter statement to Congress.
Interviews Betwcen BishoP Wilmer
and Sheridan.
Bishop Wilmer and General Sheridan
had an interview this afternoon upon the
subject Of the condition Of affairs in
Louisiana They failed TO agree, consc-
quently the interview was long and
somewhat stormy.
The Bishop explains that in his testi-
mony before the Congressional Commit
tee. wherein he stated there was no secu-
rity, he meant no security under the
Courts against theft, SC, of which he
WAS speaking.
The slips of Dibble's manifesto fur
nished the Associated Press and city pa
pers yesterday evening, were from the
Republican Office Its ncn-appearance in
the Republican to day. created much sur
prise.
Action of the Tennessee Senate.
MEMPHIS. january 9-The ApyeaI $
Nashville special of this date says that
Senator Boyd presented the following
resolution in the Senate to-day:
ResoIred, That our Senators are in
structed and Representatives are request
ed to support and insist on such guaran-
tees as will immediately restore to Louis
lana her rights under the Constitution as
a sovereign State of the Federal Union,
There are no new developments re-
! gardng the Senatorial question.
Arkansas Senators. Merchants and
Union Soldiers. Contradict Sheri-
| dan.
LITTLE Rock, January 9.-The mer-
! chants of the city, held II public meeting
this evening, and passed resolutions de-
nving General Sheridan's dispatch to the
Secretary of War, in so far a It refers to
! Arkansas. A resolution was introduced
| in the Senate to-day, and referred to the
/ Committee on Federal Relations, also
DENYING the Lieut.. Generals statement.
A large number of officers and soldiers
of the Union during..the late war, publish
q statement to the same effect.
To-day has been the coolest of the
season. The river is partially frozen
over this morning.
FURRY I'm the Gold Room.
New YORK, January "a bogus re-
port in regard to the state of bullion
in England, caused furry in the Gold
Room to-day, and advanced the premium
temporarily. A committee of the Gold
Exchange appointed to make an investI-
ration. censurcd one gold and stock
! telegraph company, and recommended
| that its instruments be removed from IN"
Gold Room. A reward was offered for
the detection of the person who furnished
/ the bogus report.
/ Thomas HAYES, who shot Thomas ID.
Delaney on the seventh of September last,
was found guilty to day of murder in the
| second degree.
Rumored Dissension In the Cabinet.
WAsUINGTor, January l0-Rumors Of
dissensions i'll the Cabinet on account Of
the policy Of the administration in regard
To the Louisiana troubles, are argued re-
peated in we'll informed circles and il was
stated tonight that Secretary Fish had
rendered his resignation to the President.
! The Secretary, however, denies the truth
of the report, and stating that he had
not resigned, though as 10 what would
/ take place he did not know. Ther"
| seems to be every indication that nj least
| three of the members of the Cabinet arc
| not thoroughly in accord with the PreS'-
dent on this troublesome question ard
have iutimated to him that they VIII re-
sign. 1t ia known that several promh-
ent Republican Senators were IN consult
talon with Secretary Fish to-day. and
this fact has given rise TO the rumor that
an effort is being made to reconcile any
difficulties which may have taken place
between him and the President.
Action orthe Virginia Senate Regard
ing Louisiana.
RICHMOND. January 9. 1.-The follow
ing resolutions were introduced in the
State Senate to-day:
Resoired, by the General Assembly OF
/ the Commonwealth of Virginia; That
/ the Governors of States, comprising the
/ United States of America, be. and are
/ hereby earnestly requested to convene
rs soon aS possible the Legislatures of
their respective States, in order that they
may consult together, and advise with
each other respecting the late interfer-
enee OF the army Of the United States
with the Legislature of Louisiana, and
determine simultaneously to defend and
preserve the independence and anatomy
Resoired. That the Governor of tins
Commonwealth be, and he Is hereby
requested to forthwith telegraph these
resolutions to the Governors OF the sew
eral States, and request an immediate re-
ply. ,;.,,,.;o,
An animated and prolonged discussion
then ensucd, in which the spirit oil i''ot-
,ba leading SpnNt-