The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-11
OUR ENGLISH LETTER.

TIade-Fagging in the Public
schools Suicide of n PupII-The
POTATO Bug-EngIish Parliament
whereabouts of WheeIingites,
LANCASTER, July 70, 1877.
Editors OF the X, glster.
The news OF the riots attending the
railroad strikes, with the loss OF lite, and
destruction of property, has created an
immense sensation here. All the papers
have leading articles on the subject, de-
ploring me state OF affairs, and consider
1t as the most serious event occurring in
the United States since the outbreak o!
the late civil war. There is one thing
connected with it which :hey can not ia,
derstand and that is the tact OF the State
troops and citizens traternlzlng with
rioters; Tor whatever the provocstiOn
may have been, people here do not con
slider that sufficient excuse for taking
the law into their own hands snd de-
stroying private property and while
moo may not be expected to consider the
matter in that light, citizens generally
should, and further, that the troops owe
At least the first duty of soldier to his
officers, obedience.
There Is u strong indication OF a com
mon policy, between Grea, Britain ana
austro- Huu-ery having been arrived ~,
and it also appears "a If Italy had deter
mined 10 cast IN her lot with Russia and
Germany. this be so, IN the event OF
n genera. war the Italian navy may pay
u most important part, tor il not only has
several very dne IRON clads, but has on
some Of them several armstrong lO0tou
guns, the largest ever made.
The Germab fleet also comprises ie "
of the best war vessels OF course you
have seen that the British Government
are rein orcing the Mediterranean garrl.
sons, and it is within my own knowledge
that they have been storing up m i'm.
mense amount OF supplies at Malta, tor
the last three months at least
Trade is still very dull. The Scotch iron
masters nave just decided 10 reduce their
yield by one third and have commenced
u blow out their furnaces. | have been
10 the Birmingham and South Wales
District u great deal lstely; the former
place feels the falling Oh in the Amor.
can trsde very keenly, and the latter
feels the same thing 10 u great extent, It's
trade, a't.r coal and iron, being priGCi-
pally the making of tin plate, OF which
we u. SD much. had long talk with
two OF the managers OF tin plate works,
after being shown over one OF their e.-
ADJUSTMENTS, and from what | learned
10 not see why the tin plate works start
ID near Weiisvile some short time ago
,noud be stopped; 1t would appear as II
there was very fair margin OF profit,
If the works were properly managed.
The brutal system of. tagging still OBJ
Gains in most OF the public schools here;
The suicide OF u poor little fellow OF about
IA, at The Blue Coat School, in London,
after repeated tioggIngs, and from fear OF
more, has brought the matter painfully
before the public.
After the railroad strikes and the war,
the Colorado beetle and the Irish OBJ
s,ructionists in Parliament, nave about
evenly divided the public attention. Our
DID acquaintance the potato bug has had
is portrait circulated far and wide with
many and sometimes absurd directions
20 give ita warm reception upon its land
ing on these hOspitable shores. So tar all
the alarms about It's arrival, have been
false ones.
A few Irish members have Contrived
to keep the House OF Commons IN an up
roar tor some time By observing the
rules OF the House, they have prevented
the passage OF bills when in their later
stages, after opposition had ceased and
IN some cases where the principle OF the
bill was agreed upon by all, the only
points unsettled being few unimportant
details. A short time ago Mr.. Biggar,
member for Belfast, and few fellow
mem bers, kept the House in session until
near seven In the morning, the usual hour
tor opening beng four in the afternoon.
THIS was done 10 punish the Government
Tor bringing in public business after
twelve ut night, which has been made
necessary by the approaching close OF
Parliament, ard the number OF bills yet
to be acted upon. The same kind Of
thing has been done on several Occss ions
since, large amount OF tine being
wasted by iruitless divisions where the
numbers will be from five To thirteen on
the one side, and running up to near
Two hundred on the other. As soon ~
the House is resolved into committee OF
the whole they interrupt by motions to
report progress, and attempts 10 count
out urul lhey have exhausted even the
pa.leace OF their own friends, Mr.. Butt,
the leader OF the Home Rulers and
the O'DOnoghue openly repudlating
them. But the best part Is where they
reprcach the Chancellor of the Exchec'
uuer one Of the miidest % men-ior be-
ING so much behind with the govern
ment bills, and they succeeded last night
In making him lose MS temper. One Ct
the three most prominent members IN
these disturbances has been IN House OF
Commons this session for the first time,
vet he occasionally instructs everyone
from the speaker down, how things
should be conducted. There has been no
great amount OF love lost between one OF
our well known citizens and his cousin
Mr.. Bigger. and there will probably be
less after this
Most of our Wheeling FRIENDS are Oh
the Continent. and heard the other
dsy that MIR. Hobbs was travelling with
Mr.. Thomas Reilly; the former has de
cided to make longer stay than he at
first contemplated.
The LONDON season is nearly at an end
and a few mOrseIs of scandal are going
the rounds. The widow OF the Earl who
II sde the iamou: cavalry charge At Bsls'
clava. married again but short time
since and now she is forced 10 advertise
that she will not be responsible tor her
husbands debts; and there will be st
least separations in Two noblemens taml-
lies. in one case the husband, and IN the
other the wife, being the ofendingp party
besides which there is the more romantic
elopement Ct n Scotch helress with a
Young farmer on her fathers estate the
mother arriving just too late to prevent