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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-12-08
The Mexican Question In The
Cabinet.

WASHINGTON, December THE af-
fairs on the Rio Grande and our rela.
lationS with Mexico formed the Cabinet
consideration to-day. The Secretary Of
War said measures had been taken re.
garding the disposition OF troops on the
Texan berder, Nothing was intimated at
the meeting regarding the fear Of serious
trouble, as all the advices from Mexico
are OF friendly character. The removal
Of the Mexican troops near to the border
is in the interest of peace. The question
Of the recognition oi the Diaz government
will soon be taken up and considered.
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steamer l!crIin Not Yet In-NO
Fears For Her Safety.

New York, December 7.-The steamer
City OF Berlin has not yet been reported
arrived out, She is but three days over.
due, however, and her owners and agents
here have no fears for her safety. They
say her machinery may have been disabi.
ell and she Is making port under sail,
or at that speed. The City OF Berlin is one
oil the staunchest shipS,and Is commanded
by Capt. Kennedy, Commodore OF the
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WARRINGTON.
star Mail Service.

WASHINGTON, December THE House
Committee on Appropriations to-day had
under consideration the Senate amend
ment to the deficiency bill In advocacy oil
the Senate provision for postal rail.
way clerks. Second Assistant Post.
master General Brady sends his views in
regard to the amendment making an ad-
ditiUnal appropriation Of $500, 900 for the
Star Mail Service. II appears that the
Postmaster General and Brady don't con.
slider the Star appropriation Of pressing
Importance at the present time, and the
committee will probably report against
concurrence.
A FEMALE ATTORNEY.
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, an attorney
Of this city, made an argument 10, day be-.
fore the House Committee on Judiciary
advocating the passage OF a bill author
izing women TO practice as attorneys in
the U.S Supreme Court.
TIE MESSAGE.
The House Committee on Ways and
Means to-day after preparing resolu.
tion for reference to the appropriate
committees Of the various subjects EN-.
braCed in the Presidents message, took
up the question as to what scope should
be given for investigation by the present
House. Considerable discussion ensued
and the subject went over until the next
meeting.
REPUBLICAN, CAUCUS.
The Republican Senators went into
caucus to-day, 10 consider the PROPOSE.
ton for the election Of a new Sergeant.
alarms. Charges were submitted against
General French, to the effect that he had
displaced Republican employees and given
their places 10 Democratic friends. The
friends Of Gen. French denied that there
was anything in the charges, and asked
for committee to investigate them. The
suggestion was agreed to, and Messrs.
Jones, Howe, and Cameron, OF Pennsyl.
vania, were appointed to make the inves.
tigatior.
NOMINATIONS.
The President sent the following nomi.
nations to the Senate: Envoy Extraor.
dinary Of the United States to Brazil,
Henry ". Hilliard, Of Georgia; U. S.
Consul General at Montreal, John G.
Smith, Of Ohio; U. s. Consul at O,aken
and Hinga, JnlinS StaheI, of New York;
Secretary Of U. S. Legation in Spain,
Dwight T. Reed, Of New York.
our MEXICAN RELATIONS.
The House Committe on Foreign Al.
fairs to day took mp for consideration the
question Of our relations with Mexico, as
Affected or likely to be affected BY The
military policy OF having raiding parties
into Texas, pursued across tho border
and punished by American troops on
Mexican soil, Brig. Gen. Ord reiterated
his statement to the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs.
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BoToN, December 7.--The will Of The
late Gardner Chilson beqnCathT sci. .OOG
each 10 the American Bn rtiat Home Mis-,
aionary Society, American Baptist Mia
sion Union and ths Baptist Publication
Society, $1,000 to the Society for tho Re,
liel Of lndigent Baptist Ministers, and
$1,000 to The Mansfield Baptist Church.
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CLEVELAND, O., December 7.-Last
night man named Finney, living near
Mansfield, Ohio, wnR brntally murdered;
and his wife, daughter-in-iaw and son
were also badly injured. A negro named
Webb is suspected Of the murder; also, a
larm hand living near by, who has been
ARRESTED. The negro il sliIl at large. II
is supposed that fisney had considerable
money in the house which the mnrderers
werO after.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL,

A RUNoR was in circulation in the
Eighth Ward yesterday that man named
Henry Klebacll had hung himself near
Boggs' Run. Investigation proved the
report 10 be n canard.
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NEW YORK. December 7.-Business was
Light in nearly all departments. Cotton
goods quiet and steady. Amoskeag and
Pearl River tickingS and denimS advanced
Hc by agents. Prints quiet and steady,
Ginghams and dress goods less active,
Woolens in moderate demand. Foreign
goods dull.
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TUE second number Of The Lindsley
Bulletin, printed monthly by the students
OF the Lindsley Institute, has been placed
upon our table. 1t is a neat specimen Of
typography, and credit to the boys.
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CINCINNATI, December Wv. W.
Leonard, Of Boston, II drummer for a
house In that city, shielded AT the Gibson
House this afternoon, by shooting him.eli
in the breast with u pistol.
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CLERK ADAMS, OF the State Superin.
tendent oI Schools office, is busy making
up the report OF the Superintendent for
the School year ending August 81, 1877
Four or five weeks will be required ia
complete the work.
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Condition OF the National Trust
Company.

New YORK, December 7.-An exami-
nation OF the condition Of the National
Trust Co. shows, assets 81, 3,7S2, 200; lia-
cilities SS,S75,7S0 surplus S3O,S6l. The
trustees believe that with the confidence
OF few stockholders their interests will
be protected,
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Weather indications.
WAN DKPARTAkRT, }
UHYICR oP THK CHEZ SIUHAL OYBICRR,
WAsnlNSTON, D. C., Dec 81 1. y.

WARRINGTON, d. C., Dee. 81 I. y.
PROBAHILITIGa.
For the Lower Lakes, falling followed
by rising barometer, fresh TO brisk south
winds veering to westerly or north winds,
and warmer clear or partly cloudy
weather, are probable, succeeded by fall.
ing temperature.
! or Tennessee, Ohio Valley and Upper
Lakes, rising barometer, southwest to
northwest winds, colder and generally
clear weather, except in the last district
occasional light SHOWS, and followed in
the western portions by falling barometer.
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The New Episcopal bishop OF
This Diocese:

ANAN ASAVOVSSs
AfIer three ballots in the Episcopal
Convention at Charleston on Wednesday,
the Rev. DR.. James a. EccIeson, OF New.
ark, New Jersey, was selected to lIll the
newly created bishopric of West Vir.
ginia, TO most persons in the Episcopal
communion in the State the reverend
gentleman must be stranger, but not
withdrawing that fact the selection was
not made without abundant testimony
from we'll known church officials ~ to
his entire fitness to preside over the new
diocese. DR.. ECcleson, although living
in Newark, New Jersey, is a Maryland
manly birth, and lis particular church
views are understood to I've those
held by the great body of Episcopal peo.
pie in this State and in Virginia. Bishop
Lee, Of Delaware, in the course OF re-.
cent letter to gentleman in this city
spoke Of him in the highest terms, and,
said that West Virginia might certainly
be considered fortunate il she secured
him for her Bishop. He endors.
ed bin as qualified in every respect TO
lefll the position.
A former rector Of st. Matthews,
i Fho is well acquainted with the rever.
y pd gentleman, speaks OF him as follows:
] have no delicacy in saying that of MI
the clergymen know the Rev. DR.. Ec.
cleson is in my opinion the best man
that you could get, intellectually, social
ly and in every other way that can
think Of"
Alter the death Of the late Bishop Lee
ot Iowa, Dr.. Eecleson was elected Bishop
Of ihat diocese but declined 10 accept,
md it ia notknown certainly that he will
accept the bishopric of West Virginia.
He has the reputation cf being All eIo.
quent preacher. lie ia SAID also to he a
man Of some pecu mary means and not
wholly dependent therefore on his salary.
As we remarked The other day, the se.
lection thus made by the Convention Of
West Virginia must needs run the gaunt-
let OF the various stSndlng committees Of
the church throughout the United States
Every diocese haS It's standing committee
and each committee will vote on the seIec.
ton. II a majority approve it the candi,
date will be Consecra!ed Bishop of the
diocese, but il, az in Da KovenI case, q
majority vote mon pIacet," he will 70
main aSnow a simple presbyter of the
church.
In this connection we may nppropri
ateIy notice letter in the New York
Tribune, from the Rev. DR.. Hopkins, ir
regard to the hierarchy Of the Ephcopal
Church in thia country, present and pros
pecIiVe, in which he argues from the
events Of the last few yCara, cuIminati ne
in the late general convention, that ritu
alism Is advancing in the Protestan,
Episcopal Church. He enumerates hon
Ors TO DR.. DeKoven and DR.. Seymour
each ol them now at the head Of prin
CipAl seminaries OF the church, and each
Of them delegates to the late convention
lie points out that Rev. DR.. Grain, who
had siVnaliZed hilnsplf nv nnnnsiiior 4,
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John Z. Collins, alias Harvey n.
Thorpe, was hung in the Auburn, N. Y,
jail, yesterday, for the murder Of a fellow
convict.
Two attempts having been made by
prisoners to escape from the boy ylestown,
Pa, jail, on Thursday evening, the mill.
tary were called out TO assist The guard.
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BALTIMORE, December 7.-'rhIrtCen Of
the July rioters were sentenced 10 day to
ak aud eight months In Jail. Forty
more are awaiting trial.
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Erie Canal Closed for the winter.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, December THE
Middle Division Of the Erie Canal was
closed to day. All the boats reached
their destination.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
WAR NOTES.
Another Victory Reported Tor the
Turks.

CoNsTANTrSoPLE, December 1T is
reported that SuleimAn Pasha has gained
another victory between Elena and Tir.
nova.
Ghazi Mukhtar PAsha's army Numbers
25,OOO men. This Ia considered insult.
cient 10 hold Erzeroum.
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NHAS. E. DWIGHT,
PRACTICAL CHEMIST,

ls prepared to make careful and complete apalyE,
81 Iron Ores, LimestOnOs Mineral Waters, eIc,
Laboratory cor. 2ith and Chapllne street,
Au22 WhOelInV W Va
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FIRE RECORD.
!scporled Elre al alsweCo. hal

NcpuFieu FIFe Ot uSWeE0, MtCll.
DETROIT, December IA dispatch
from OAwtgo, Mich, reports large fire
there this morning, which burned tho
greater portion ot the business part Of
the town.
INCENDIARY FGRE--BODY FOUND IN THE
RUINS.
ToLEno, December 7.-Last evening
the dwelling Of Wm. Tainor, in Spring.
field Township, this county, burned 10
the ground, and this morning portions Of
the remains Of Tainor were found in the
ruins. The FIRE is supposed to be the
work of an incendiary. As he was quite
wealthy foul play is suspected. lie
was 75 years oi age and bachelor.
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RAILROAD poSps-Quiet but general.

bWOOk,
Stair BoNDS-Steady.
SToCES-LcSs active and without impor.
tant features, although the fluctuations
were frequent they were generally con fined
within narrow limits, aud tho tone Of the
market at the close wns steady aud firm.
Transactions aggregated 10000 shares,
oL which 2,4O0 were New York Central,
$1,000 Lake shore, 5000 Northwestern,
5000 St Paul common, 1900 preferred,
3 900 I.Ackawannn, 5000 Delaware & Hud.
son, 9,4OO Pacific Mail, ll,C0J' Western
Union, aud 1000 Kansas Pacific.
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IheNttelliqenctr,

The Wellsburg Ncr repels with
warmth The recent di'parnging remarks
by a correspondent Of the Register in re.
gard 10 Mr., Rodgers, the agent Ht-ofthe Z,
& p. Railroad at Lagrange. We thor
onghly endorse the defense Of Mr.. Rod.
gers by tho Nep. No more unexcep'
tiOnable gentleman lives along the line Of
the road.
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VIZ alluded on Wednesday to the fact
that 1t wOs expected that 3GOOO,OOo
cigars would be made in Wheeling this
year. These cigars pay u tax Of 60 cents
per hundred, consequently Wheeling will
pay to the government from Cigars alone
$2lG,O0O this year. The cigar and tObac-
co interest Of the whole country paid last
year sum total Of$4l ,1OG,54G O2. Large
a. is the manufacture in this city, it is
not drop in the bucket as compared
with New York, where at least 10000
operatives are employed, and where the
factories paid ont every week, prior 10
the strike, sl2O,OOO for wages.
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J J 5H'srADoao's HA'a DrE

tlIosAIc.l And tho best, Il instantaneous In liz
aclGn, aud II prUdUcos tho most natural ahR LIS Vi
hIhSk or lroWU, d0cs not stAiu the skin, anal il
easily applied. II iHR standard preparation, nnJ 4
hNnrIlr nIon every wrll.appOlniNi toilet for lady
or gentleman. For SAlO by all DrllHyiSls and iI1ir
DTcssCrs. JOSEPH CRISIAO. .RO, PtoprEIsr, =,
y. oot <IIe. nea Ioh. RplG-S
CAROLINA RlCE--bO TIERCES
~ TCCClvCa' dINCt from Charleston, liz store and
Tor G'o ny N, REILLY,
lN19 and ISIIMaIn STREET,
DUrONAC hEkklnH.--2h Halt Hatrrs NO.
L just received aud Tor ui,I0 by
lSl n, REILLY, IG0O aud 1911 Main st.
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FINANCIAL.
".."..S2bo,ooo


i, This Bank Is orEauIzed and prepared 10 transact
the business Oi banking In all is details,
u succeeds the First National Bank Of Wheeling,
Is owned by the same shareholders aud is under I69
same management.
By carefully regarding the Interests Of Its Cor.
InslohItnis and Deposil0rs, and by a prompt and
their esteem and confidence.
Notes and Bills discounted,
- Collections made OH all points throughout tho
Deposit Accounts subject TO check At sight 70.
cc'yGd from Banks, Bankers, Finn, Corporations
ard Individuals.
Certificates Of Depo,it Issued payable on demand
or at hxed dates.
Interest allowed on Special Deposits.
DIRECTORS;
John K. Botsiord, WIN, r. SInp.on
Jacob y. Rhodes, VIM. A, Turner.
WIN. A. IBetL, John |. HObbS,
A. N. Adams, q, c, DeWsy.
Henry NJ, HRrpRr. my2t-JAv
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WIZ IL R~ennnnsihian

Bacon, the head waiter of the Peabody
Hotel, who so artistically carved the
waiter Ellsworth a few nights since, has
not as yet been arrested by the police.
When he came out of the hotel arm in
arm with the white man Burns he ex.
pected 10 be arrested, and was ready to
surrender himself, but when he passed
the officers ~unrecognized he concluded
to keep out of the way. The officer
who had charge of the police squad.
showed great ineficisncy in permitting
the would be murderer to make his
escape. The police manual, which every
policeman should study and lave with
him, on page q, section 5000, says: To
make an arrest, either with or without a
warrant, the officer may break open any
outer or inner door or window of a
dwelling house, if after notice of bis
office, authority aud purpose, he is re.
fused admission" Officers and men oil
the police force should be more on the
alert, more active and more efficient
when such emergencies occur, and all
blunderiDg should be dispensed With
The escape of Bacon reflects no credit
upon the efficiency of the present police
system.
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The I~nrnn,ictds ease

The colored school teacher, Virginia
Miller who was arrested on the charge
Of infanticide (killing her own child, is
still ia Jail and under medical attend.
ance She denies all knowledge of the
crime, but says that when the child was
born the lights were put out in the room
and the child was carried away by some
person unknown to her. The negro man
Wesley, at whose house on ne Raleigh
road the affair oocGrted, is also in Jail.
His wife 10 at home sick in bed, and
proves that when the infaniieide took
place she was. sick in bed in another
room, and bad waiting upon her several
members OF her society, the oolored Sis.
tiers of Zion. The affair Is wrapped up
in much mystery, and the question,
How did the infant get in the bayou,
where it was found, may neve be salts
factorily answered. Deputy Coroner
Britt is still at work trying to solve the
mystery.
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Oae by one the writer's of paragraphs
are being drawn into matrimony, and.
doubtless for prudential reasons. the
great American mothe. .in-law is permit.
ted to occupy a less prominent position
bsfore the reading public;-[worcester
Press
ne was mAF:"g a call, and they we're
talking Of literature. The Pilgrims
Progress she remarked, always seems
to me painful. Of course you are
familiar with Bunyan2' He said he had
one on each foot, and they troubled him
a good deal.
An ola Indian woman, the last PEN
s'oner of the SchaghticSke tribe, died at
Old Farms near Bridgeport, Connecticut,
last week. Sac was eighyttvo years Of
age, and leaves several descendants.
The S~chaghticoke tribe formerly lived in
Northwestern Connecticut,
We can all find traabls without going
very far and very likely, too, we can all
be like the old colored woman in New
York, who, hearing the Jubilee melody,
Nobody knows the trouble I've seem"
said, Yes, and nobody knows how
much less trouble we might see if we
would only stop looking for it,"
A mar applies to a lady who is sum
mering at Etretat for employment. "But.
my good man" replies the lady, f" have
brought my servants with me. I have
nothing Tor you to do" "Ah, madam.
if you only knew how little it would take
to occupy mel'
Society would much improve in the
pleasantness Of its intercourse were its
members to restrict their communica-
(were such o thing possible), to the
expression of their more cheerful feel
'hRs u'gestlng their evil moods in silence.
some engines are made to consume
own smoke.
1t we discount our allotted portion of
pleasure, and live upon the capital in.
stead of the interest, at the outse. Of
lie, we must expect to be bankrupts at
close. If we cut down the tree for
sake of the spring blossoms, we CEN
not apply to it for fruit in autumn or
in winter.
A New England philosopher has nm
a new theory of tho canss Of the
appetite for stimulanis. He SAYS tho
euatom OF dressing 10 black is respcbsj-
bic for the craving o. drink. and that II
people would dressi in whiio the sun would
furnish the nerves all the aiimulants 70.
unirad - Ra1tt~c.o p.u.t:.
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MEMPHIS August Is, 1877.

rhisi august % loV.
To the Editor Of the Ledger;
A few days since you published that
one Of the murderers Of Mr., Thomas B.
Stockley was hung, en- route to the Jail.
He vas not hung, for the reason that he
implicated others. and was kept in Jail
Tor this purpose. The trial will come of
in September, when we are satisfied they
will have justice. The citizens are leAv-
ing nothing undone to discover the &C.
tors in this awful tragedy.
How long are we TO live in this state
OF affairs 2 What is to be done with the
tramps and lawless negroes who steal
our mules and horses, and kill our cattle
and hogs and sheep2 None Of us are
safe from the midnight assassin. In
Gods name give us a government that
will protect US.
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CITY CIRCULATION.
THE CITY.
MEMPHIS:
Tuesday Evening, Aug. 2s, 1877.

The Public Ledger at Five Cents.
The PUBLIC LEDGER will be supplied
on all trains and at all stations on the
following railways, at FIVE CENTS per
copy, by the agents of the Southern
Railway News Company, viz:
Memphis and Louisville railway.
Memphis and Little Rock railway.
South and North Alabama railway.
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
railway.
Memphis and Charleston railway,
MISSISSIPPI N TENNESSEE AND PADUCAH
AND MEMPHIS RAILWAYS.
Mr.. John Epperson, or employees, will
supply the PUBLIC LEDGER at five cents
on the above named railways.
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Personal.

John G. Sick has returned from a sum.
mer tour and can be found at his old
stand, S66 Main street, ready to wait
upon his old friends and customers who
need articles in the harness or saddlery
line.
Mr. Frank S Davis, president Of the
First National Bank, has returned from
a trip North, looking greatly improved
by his recreation and rest from duty.
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the law would afford them ample protee.
ton. He succeeded in getting them to
promise to remain quiet and be law.
abiding. The inquest was held, aud a
verdict of murder was rendered against
Williams and others.
SHERIFF ANDERSON SETTLES THE NATTER.
Deputy Sheriffs MCGOWAN and Taylor
communicated the facts to Sheriff An
derson, and the latter with an armed
posse went out to Bartlett on Saturday,
and at one repaired to the house Of
McGowan. When Sheriff Anderson ap.
preached the house, Mack Williams saw
him and retreated toward a tree. Sheriff
Anderson in a determined tone of voice
called upon him to surrender. Deputy
Sheriff MCGOWAN explained that Mr..
Williams had agreed to surrender on
terms, but Sheriff Anderson said that he
should surrender without terms, which
he did Immediately and without Offering
any resistance. The sheriff returned to
Memphis with his prisoner and placed
him in the county Jail.
THE OTHER SIDE.
Mr.. Williams and his friends give a
different version of the affair. They
state that the negroes in the Sixth civil
district became excited over the tragedy
and at once Determined to lynch Will
liams. They summoned their friends,
beat drums, ard not only gave evidence
that they intended to execute their de.
signs, but made no coneealment Of their
efforts. Williams surrendered to Deputy
Sheriff M'Gowan, and was allowed to re.
main at his house to await a preliminary
trial Monday. he was anxious to get a
trial at once, and said be was unwilling
to be put in jail at Bartlett, as he feared
the negroes would kill him. 1t is further
said that Davis and his friend had come
10 murder Williams, but the latter dis
covered their object and fred, killing the
former; that Davis had raised his gun to
FIRE, but that Williams was too quick for
him. 1t is due the accused that these
facts should be published.
This afternoon at two o'clock the case
of Mack Williams will be heard before
Esquire Galloway at his office on Madi.
son street, between Main and Second
A large crowd of negroes are in attend.
ance as witnesses and spectators. The
affair is q big sensation for the Big
creek country, and public opinion
seems to be divided on the subject.