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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-07-12

The investigation directed by the
Washington authorities into the murder
Of the ScOtchman Mcclellan in the KEN.
per county Miss massacre, which was
made nt the request OF the British minis.
ter, on the supposition that he was
British subject, only makes more plain
the cold.blooded character Of the slaugh.
Ter. II seems established that the charge
of completely in killing Gully was trump.
ed up against Judge Chisholm and four
other Republicans simply as blind, in
order to get them into the hands Of u
Democratic mob, nearly half Of whom
had been indicted at their instance for
otfenses against the election laws last
November, with the purpose Of killing
them of and so escaping the serious dan.
gers Of pending trial in the United
States Court. As for Mcclellan, who was
born in Scotland but had lived in Missis.
sippi for twenty years, he always claimed
to be a British subject, but enlisted in
some 6O-days troops early in the rebel.
lion, and was subsequently refused pro.
lection by the British consul at Mobile
on the ground that he had thereby for.
felted all his claims. Nothing more is
heard Of any action by the State authori.
ties against the murderers, and probably
nothing serious will ever be attempted.
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THE SAENGERFEsr AT LOUIS.
VILE.
Successful Beyond Expectations.
Its unequaIsd Excellence as a
Musical Entertainment.
The Hall Packed to 0veraOwlng.

LOUISVILLE, July 1.-THE saengeriest
is even q greater success than at frat
thought II would be, and II is no exagser-
alton 10 say that its musical excellence
has never been equaled by any similar
one in America.
The hall tonight Is packed to overflow.
ing. The $500 seats are all occupied,
and the number standing will swell The
attendance to at least $500.
The programme tonight contains one
hundred pieces, and the number Of sing.
ers in the chorusses Is stated at eight
hundred. Nine. Eugenia Pappenheim
sang the "star Spangled Banner" and so
great was the enthusiasm that the ap.
plause broke an encore before II was
completed. A better adjective than grand
cannot be applied to Nine. Pappen6eim's
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The Oranscmcn will Not Parade
To-day.

Our Montreal dispatch Ahows that the
apprehenled collision between the
Oiapgemen and Catholics Of that city
and vicinity to-day, has been provided
against. There will DO no procession Of
tn, Orangemen and consequently there
will be no collision. Wethink that the
decision arrived at was wise. A parade
ia certainly not worth bloody riot, and
itseems almost certain that there would
have been u riot had the contemplated
denomination taken place.
We cannot say that we admire this way
Of purchasing peace in free country.
All orders and associations that are law.
iul in their character should be free TO
pArad, the streets, one as well aS an
other. There is therefore something Of
humiliation in the fact that any body Of
respectable citizens should be compelled
to forego parade for feArof being set
upon on the streets by mob. II recalls
the old times when auti.slavery men in
this country were compelled not to hold
public meetings because their principles
were so obnoxious to their fellow citizens
asto provoke maltreatment.
The great American principle is that
one mans opinions and creed are just as
good as another's, and no show Of brute
force is in order for the purpose Of over.
aWiug a lawful expression on the part OF
any sect or organization. The fact there.
fore that an Orange society is not as free
in Canada or this country as Hiberniun
or St. Patrick society is something which
Is not creditAble to the timcs in which we
live.
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No Formal Parade OF Orange

MONTREAL, July 1l.-At an Orange
mass meeting last evening to decide
whether the 0rangemen should parade on
the 18th, Colonel Grant, Deputy County
Master, in the chair, it was decided by a
vote Of 62 to IS that the Orangemen as a
body should not parade, but that such
individual members as saw fit might walk
to the Knop Church, where special SER
vices are TO be held; but that they should
do so without regalia. 1t is understood
that this decision was arrived at through
the influence OF joint meeting OF the
National Temperance and Benevolent
Societies Of this city. The President and
Secretary Of the 0rangemen attributes the
result OF the vote to the influence OF u
subcommittee appointed by these socie.
ties. A vote Of thanks to the Orangemen
OF the city Of Montreal was passed BY the
different societies when they received the
result Of the vote.
In announcing the decision arrived at
by the Orangemen TO the committee Of
the National Societies, Mr.. Grant, County
Master, said there had been u large at.
tendance Of the members Of the order,
who, after discussion, had come to res.
olution, which had been carried by 4
small majority, not to make a public
demonstration. The society reserved the
right to march when they pleased, but
there would be no procession on the 18th
Of July this year. Tho members would
proceed to the church about 1l:30 A. NJ.
and he trusted there would be no disturb.
ance or endeavor TO hinder them in the
discharge Of the privilege aud duty Of
going TO church.
A vote Of thanks was passed to the
Orangemen and all who had co.operated
to this good result.
On the announcement being made TO
the Irish Catholics, after the discussion,
it was resolved:
l. That the Irish Catholic societies &C.
cept the report just made by Mr.. Deylin
and receive ngood faith the undertaking
made by the Orange society OF their
abandonment OF the parade on the 18th,
and that our thanks are due to the
priests OF the local societies, Protestant
and Catholic, whose efforts brought about
this end, so desirable in the preservation
Iot the public peace and in perpetuating
good feeling in our community.
QUEBEC, July lib battery is under
orders to leave by train tonight for Mon.
treal. The 0rangemen Of this city de-
cided not to parade tomorrow, but will
hold grand picnic.
MONTREAL, July 1.-THE city wears a
peaceable aspect tonight. The Chief Of
Police and other leading authorities
think no disturbance will occur during
the day, but fear trouble may arise in
the evening from indulgence in drink,
The Irish Catholic Union is holding a
private session tonight.
Orders were received from Ottawa to.
day for all the volunteer regiments to
hold themselves in readiness for any
emergency.
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The Internal Commerce OF the
United States,

Perhaps no report that will come from
the departments at Washington will at
tract more universal and interested at.
tention than that bearing upon the inter.
nal commerce Of the United States as
related to its Railroad system. With our
magnificent rivers and grand chain Of
inland seas we have been accustomed to
associate the vast bulk Of our inter State
traffic, and il will no doubt be a matter
OF surprise to even our best informed
business men to learn how completely our
railway system, new as it il, has revolu-
tionised our carrying system, and the i'm
mense disparity in values between our
railroad and water shipping inter estF,
both domestic and foreign, as well as the
percentage of business done by both.
From the first annual report OF the
internal commerce Of the United States,
just delivered by the Public Printer, we
learn among other things, that the "vnlue
Of the railroads Of the United States is
about twenty.three times the value Of the
shipping engaged in our foreign com.
merce, and that the value Of our internal
commerce is twenty-five times the value
Of our foreign commerce; that 81 per cent
ofthe grain shippedirom the West to the
sesboard during the last year wa, trans.
ported on the rail lines, and that over 90
per cent Of the entire internal commerce
of the country is on the railroads, Al
though the total amount Of contributions
Of the government, up to the close Of the
year of 1875, in the aid Of railroad CON
struction, amounted TO sl44OO0,OOO,
embracing the land grants and subsidies
to the Pacific railroads, yet this sum is
only three per cent Of the entire cost of
the railroad system OF the country"
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Deserted by their Counsel.

SpRINoFTELD, MASS, July 1l.-In the
trial Of the bank burglars at Northamp-
ton to-day, 7. H. Sweetzer, Of Boston,
senior counsel for the defense, withdrew
at the beginning Of the morning session
because Of the ruling Of the Judge depriv.
ing the defense Of an exception taken.
After the introduction OF witnesses the
prosecution rested, and the defense as
tonished everybody by declining to pre-
sent any evidence or plea, although they
had summoned large number OF wit
nesses. The counsel for the Common
wealth argued the case, and the Judges
charge to the jury was postponed until
to.morroM.
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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 1l.-Wm. o. Gil.
bert, brakeman, was killed this morning
while coupling cars, 80 miles south oi
here, on the Jacksonville Railroad.
New ORLEANS, July ll,-Mrs. Eliza
0'Connell, wife Of tCharles O'Connell, with
her child, and Mrs. Mary OConner, wife
Of Thomas B. o'Conner, and her two
children, were drowned Ut Baton Rouge
while attempting to cross the river in a
skif.
NASHVILLE, July i1.-A special 10 the
American from Bowling Green saws The
body Of Miss Burton, who had been miss.
ed from her home at Point Oliver, Allen
county, Ky, had been found near the
residence Of her brother.iR.law, George
Stark, with two bullet holes in her head
and her body in an advanced state Of de.
composition. Stark was arrested as her
murderer and placed under guard at
ScottSville. He was taken out last eve.
ming and hung. He was suspected Of
criminal intimacy with Miss Burton,
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Spanish Outrage on American
WhaleFS.

BosroN, July ll.-A letter from Capt.
Taylor, Of the whaling schooner Rising
Sun, states that on the Goth Of May he
was cruising off the South Keys OF Cuba,
on the look out for whales. About 0 A.
NJ. a school was sighted, and Capt. Taylor
and his chief mate, Atkins, killed two
small whales, and were pursuing others,
when he was fired upon by a Spanish
cruiser and his chief mate taken prison.
er and held as hostage until the arrival
Of Spanish gunboat. The mate was
detained five days on board the cruiser,
when the guntoat arrived and declared
his papers correct. His detention at
this particular time, in the midst OF a
school ot whales, was serious loss to
Capt. Taylor's vessel.
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OF Nail Men at Pitts.
burgh.

The regular monthly meeting Of the
Western Nail Association was held yes.
terday in Pittsburgh and was attended by
representatives Of all the mills In this
city.
We learn from the gentlemen who re.
turned last evening that nothing but
the routine business Of the association
was attended to. No changes what
ever were made either in shadow
or substance and the card remains
at the figures which have ruled all spring
and summer. Perhaps this will have a
wholesome effect on the markets in that
it relieves buyers from any Hpprehen.
sions that there will be any decline in
prices in the near future. It willsteady
the tone Of the marke! and even tend to
stimulate the trade TO greater activity.
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THE PETROLEUM TRADE.
Some Startling Facts and Figures
Production, stocks, Export
md COnSnmntiOu,

The Titusville Herald Of Tuesday gives
some facts and figures concerning the
present status Of the oil trade, which
will be read with interest, It says
"During the first three months Of the
year the average production Of the en-.
tire region was 1880 barrels per day.
In April, May and June $4,000 barrels
per day, or an average production for
the first halfo the year OF 29,sOO barrels
per day. According to all existing indi-
cations Butler will, during the last half,
steadily decline, as also will Bradford
and Warren. Clarion will not increase,
and Bullion, II not extended, must
fall of to average territory inside
Of ninety days, and will show
production within that time not to
exceed 5000 barrels per day. Contin-
gently, therefore, there must be most
positive and radical change In the yield
Of the entire region which, with little
figuring, can readily be approximated.
The probable average for July will be S5,.
600 barrelo per day, for August 81 600
barrels, for September 8, 1000 barrels, or
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New YORK, July III. Clark, Viii.
son & Co., hardware commission mer.
chants, have suspended. Liabilities $780,
coo.
CINCINNATI, July 1.-THE National
Bank Examiner for Indiana has closed
the First National Bank Of Delphi, Ind,
on account OF run upon the bank, owing
to the failure Of Dugan, Case & Spears,
OF Chicago, Dugan being President OF the
bank. Assets said to be $50, O,OOOin excess
Of liabilities.
ST. LOUIS, July 11.-Priyate dispatches
report the suspension Of the Pike County
Bank, at Louisiana, Mo-, to-day. It is
said the deposltors will be paid, but there
will be little left for the stockholders.
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a wife Murderer Hung by a Mob.

ST LOUIS, July lion Friday last
Mrs. John Green, living near Roanoke;
Randolph county, was shot by her hus.
band and MORALLY wounded. Green
claimed that it was an accident, but Mrs.
Green asserted it was not, and shortly
afterwards died. Her father had Green
arrested and he was taken 10 Huntsville
for an examination. Monday night some
fifty men took Green from the custody OF
the Constable and hung him to a tree
near by. 1t Is said that Green's intimacy
with another woman caused him TO mur.
der his wife. They leave seven children.
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WHAT A CouRr SAYS ABOUT ExrRAvA.
CANT FuNERAIs.-The practice Of i'm
pOverishiug the estates Of decedents by
means of imposing and extravSgant fu.
nerals, is severely criticized in recent
opinion delivered by Judge Rheme, Of
the Orphans Court OF Luzernc county,
Pa. In a case in which the personal es.
tate ot the deceased was proven to be but
1851 50, an administrator sought to have
the Court allow the sum Of SlSO 10 for
the expenses Of burial, which was one
fourth Of the whole personal estate. This
allowance Judge Rheme refused to grant,
and, in his decision, after saying that
"pOmpous professions of great length,
glisIening silyer.plated caskets and carved
marble monuments, are unnecessary for
Christian burial" he sums up his view
Of the law on the subject in the following
words; "SuCh parades as are called Zine
tuncrals' may crafty the vanity Of the
living, but no respect for the dead de-
mands them, and when decedents estate
hIiniIed and his debts are mot paid, or
where he leaves family Of helpless chill
dFen, the expenses Of such burials will
not be allowed out Of his estate. Those
who contract for and enjoy such luxuries
nu't pay for them themselves" 4
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Iowa Greenbackers In Conyen.
lion.

DEs MoIHEs, July 1.-THE State
Greenback Convention met here to-day,
There were about one hundred delegates
In attendance.
NC. Gates was made temporary chair.
man.
Following gentlemen were chosen as the
Committee on Platform: Daniel Camp
bell, D. J. Spangler, A. butcher, +. s.
Mann, George w. Hammer, Wm. Runci.
man, John Zeley and A. McCready.
After the appointment Of Committee
on Credentials and Permanent OrRaniza.
tion the convention adjourned to . P. NJ.
The convention, on reassembliug in the
afternoon, adopted platform declaring
that labor, the creator Of wealth, is either
denied lis Just reward, or is unemployed,
and The productive industries are para.
lyzed by the miSmanagement Of the Ma.
tional finances; that the old political par
ties afford no hope, therefore:
l. The specie resumption clause should
be repealed forthwith and contraction
abandoned.
.. The government should issue legal
lenueF paper money, receivable lOr all
debts, and National banks should be aboI.
ished.
8. The silver dollar should be remoue.
tized and made legal tender for the pay
meut Of all government bonds and other
debts.
A. Equitable taxation.
5. Civil Service should be reformed.
Q. All class legislation should be re-
peated and equal rights prevail.
7. Alcoholic traffic should be eradicated.
8. Opposes all subsidies.
0. Demands railroad legislative con.
troll, not as enemies Of the public, but as
friends Of the country and people.
10. General reduction in salaries. The
platform was adopted without dissent.
The following ticket for State officers
was then nominated: Governor, Daniel
II. Stubbs, Of Jefferson county; Lieutenant
Governor, A. H. McCready, Of Woodbury.;
Supreme Judge, John Porter, Of Hardin;
Superintendent Of Public Instruction, s.
I. Ballard, Of Davis county. Adjourned.
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THE TURF.


SPRINGFIELD, July 1l.-At Hampdeu
Park to-day Lady Smell won the untin-
ished 2:23 race Of yesterday in 2:94, with
White Stocking second, Honest Harry
third, and Charley Mack fourth.
Glass 2:19, purse $1,000. Albemarle
!, ], l; Great Eastern, 2, 9, .; Martha
Washington, S,S, 3. Time, 2:23, 2:25!
2:23.
Glass 2:27, purse $500. Won by Al.
ley, Damon second, King Phillip third
and Dan Bryant fourth. Time, 2:27, 2::26,
2:24, 2:24. Damon won the first heat and
King Philip the fourth.
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The Amount Returned by the
Wheeling Banks and the
Amount Assessed ON them
by the County aud City

The banks claim that only The amounts
above returned by them were in taxa
BILE shape on the lat day OF February last.
On the other hand, the City and County
Assessors claim that the amounts return.
ed are VIGOROUSLY deficient, and repre-.
sent deductions which will not stand the
test in law. The Committee OF Equal.
zation on the part OF the city have decided
to allow the banks to verify their returns
under oath, and IL thus verified to receive
them without further question. What
the County Board Of Commissioners will
do remains to be seen.
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Lake Side Encampment.

TOLEDO, O., July 1l.-Lake Side Sun.
day School Encampment opened last
evening in the Grand Tabernacle, Super.
intendent Worden presiding, with sing.
ing, led by Prof. Bishop, Of the Presby.
terry OF Washington City, and addresses
were made by DR.. Cushing, Of Cleveland;
Rhodes, Of Evansville, and Halbert Nc.
Claskie, OF New Jersey. The last named
exalted Lake Side, in natural advantages,
as being far above Chnutauqua, Sea Cliff
and Ocean Grove.
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A Berryiug Party Killed by aLo.
comOtIYe.

GREESF1ELD, Mass, July 1l.--An ez.
ira engine and caboose, running towards
Greenfield on the Fitchburg Railroad at
Wendall station, ran into 4 team which
was crossing the railroad at that point
killing Ira Davis, Mrs. Jonah Davis, Mrs.
Ira Wakefield, Mrs. Eugene Brown and
Miss Nellie Lacri. Mrs. Brown lived
half an hour and the others were killed
instantly and badly cut up. The locomo-
tive was potrunningyery fast. The par
" were returning home from berrying.
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Arrest OF Railroad Thieyes.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, July Sheriff
Meldrane arrested a gang OF railroad
thieves at Warmers Station, Central Rail-
road, while in the act Of throwing val.
liable case OF silks out Of freight car.
The gang Is composed OF Edward Wait,
engineer on the Central road, William
Sprung and Coville Dickerson, brakemeu.
1t is believed the rest Of the gang will
be caught. The modus operandi has
been for the employees OF the road to
throw of valuable cases OF goods from
freight trains in the night, which were
secreted by accomplices. Thousands Of
dollars worth Of goods have been stolen
inthis way.
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Terrible Mine Explosion.

CLEVELAND, July 1l.-It is reported
that between l and . o'clock this after.
noon an explosion occurred in the mines
Of the Brookfeld Coal Co., located near
Wheatland, Pa, on the line Of the Erie
& Pittsburgh railroad, between Sharon
and Newcastle, Pa. Fourteen bodies have
already been recovered. There is said to
have been between 80 and 10 men at work
at the time Of the explosion. Full par.
ticnlars as soon as possible.
The Brookfeld coal mine explosion, at
Wheatland, Pa, was not so bad as first
reported. Later news from there places
the number ofdead at six. Their names
are as follows: Robt. Williams, Miles
Davis, John Jones, David Jenkins, Rich.
ard Jones and John Barter. Twenty
seven more men we're nearly sudocated
The coal from Brookfeld mine Ia hauled
by a locomotive engine, and this morning
the managers Of the mine ordered an.
thracIte coal burned in the engine fur.
nance instead ofsoft coal, heretofore used
About II o'clock the enSine passed into
the Slope, and after being in short time
the men in charge Of the engine became
suddenly affected by the gas from the'hard
coal, causing them to fall to the ground.
The engineer managed to make his way
back to the mouth OF the bank and gave
the alarm, at which large number Of
men rushed in to rescue their com.
rades. One after another rushed in, but
were almost Immediately overcome by
the gas, and they, too, fell insensible. Al
ter they had thus fallen gang organized
to rescue those who went in last, and
squads Of four or five passed In until
they came TO a fallen comrade, when they
would take him in their arms and carry
him out. In this way thirty.six men
were brought out, six Of whom were
either dead before reaching the mouth o
the bank or died Immediately thereafter.
Wheatland ia a small town on the Erie &
Pittsburgh Railroad, two miles east o.
Sharon. The telegraphic facilities are
meagre.
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MINOR TELEG RAMS.

The New York Open Board Of Bro.
kers dissolved yesterday afternoon.
Henry Merritt, the Engish Art
Critic died on Tuesday las! in London.
Cincinnati is entertaining a large
delegation Of merchants from Southern
Illinois and Missouri.
The Louisiana Levee Company have
sued that State for $70s,OOO, alleged to be
due for work on levees.
Frank Wilson (colored) was execu.
ted at Harrisburg, Pa. yesterday, for the
murder Of John B, Rudy in Jan. 1875.
He confessed his crime.
--Advices from Camp Supply, Indian
Territory, say the Officers quarters at
that Post were burned few DAYS ago
and scarcely anything was saved.
The liabilities OF the German Bank
OF ST. Louis which has suspended busi.
ness, are said to be $4,000, but it is be.
lieved that the assets will be ample to
meet all demands.
-Bowdoin College, Me-, yesterday con.
leEIeu Tue ueSEee VI LsLhDs on Ion.
Alpheus Felch, of the class OF 1927, ex.
Governor, ex.United States Senator, and
ex.Judge Of Michigan.
1t is reported that band Of Sioux
Indians forcibly took large quantity Of
powder and ball from traders, near the
Morzourkes river. They left Immediate
ly for the Black Hills.
Henry Langfelder, u Saloon keeper
in Cleveland, after saturating all the in.
flamable matter in his room and setting
fire to it, shot himself in the mouth with
a Navy revolver about seven o'clock yes.
terday morning, and died instantly.
The Georgia Constitutional Conyen.
ton met yesterday and organized, Chas. ]
Jenkins was chosen President.
The President in his address said: at
is Unnecessary 10 caution you against
doing anything that would infringe on
the rights Of the negro race" This was
received with applause.