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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-08

WILLIAMSON 4 CO., eSusral Eastern AssntI,
$50 Br0sdEay, New York.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-25

War, when he incurred the fatal enmity OF
Russia for dcserting faithful ally. lie
loss of the Italian provinces and the over
throw of, Austrian supremacy in Germany
were the consequences of that defection.
During the past year he has earned the eratl-
tude of the Car. and he may soon have an
opportunity to retrieve the misf0rtuheS Oh
his reign by occupying Bosnia and Herzeso-
vina, and making the Beys Austrian Prhces
Bismarck has already urged Andrassy 10
adopt this policy, and undoubtedly the oppO-
sition of the Magyars to the acquisition OF SLAVIC
provinces can be overcome. The Congress
may not be as ready to sanction tins proceeo-
ing as the Triple Alliance already is. These I'M
perial bonds have enabled Austria to regain
much Of her influence on the Continent, ana
cooperation with Great Britain for diplomatic
ends would expose her to many dangers.
While she is hesitating, one day nervous,
reckless the next, the allies of Magenta and
Solferino are listless ard indifferent. Italy
may be disposed to put Greece in possession
of Constantlnople as European trustee ana
France is not without sympathy for her
former ally in the Crimea, although she Is not
ready to acquiesce in the occupation OF Egypt;
but whether the Congress be on or of, neither
the one nor the other will offer serious resist
ance to tho pacification of the East on the
Russian basis.
What, then, is the prospecti VIII the Con-
gress 90 to pieces after all7 We think not:
While Russia is clamoring for the withdrawal
of the fleet to Besika Bay, and Great Britain
is straining every nerve TO place herself on q
war footing, there is one Court that has the
military prestige to enforce general peace
and the diplomatic tact to bring the Powers
together in Congress. Although the Chan-
cellor has disclaimed the office OF European
arbiter, it is the crowning glory of United
Germany that she is now in position, not
only TO seek peace and ensuc it. but II need
be. even TO command it. But it will not bo
necessary to do that. BY REFRESHING Russian
zeal and humoring British prejudice, she can
open way for European council, which VIII
take up time, if 1t does nothing else; and In
time the rawness of national irritation will be
removed.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-25
Jnoef TO Advertisements.

AMusEMESrs-3d Paoe-5th and 9th column: ,,.
BANKISG HOUSES AND BANKERS-7m PGGe-oen oo'u"i"'
BOARD AND RooMs-6th Pdge-3d column.
BUSINESS CHANcEs-7h PdGe-6th Column
BUSINESS NoTICEs--4th PdGe-1st column.
CORPORATION NoTICEs-6h Pdoe-Zd coIuihn'
COUNTRY BOARD-6h PdQe-3d column.
DIVIDEND NcIICEs-7M I00e-6tn column. ..,......
DRY GooDs-3d Pa0e1st. 3D. 81 4th ana OH i Uo'''N''
EUROPEAN ADvERTIsEAEHTS- Pdge-4th cOI'lun
FINAScIAJ-8H PaGe-5th and 9th column
FISE AUTs--6h Pd0e-3d column
TURNrTIJRl-3d PaQe-5th column.
CRATES AND TENDERS 7h PdQe-6th coIumn.
UOUsFs AND FARMS WANTED 6M Page ~0th column'
UELP W,NTRD-3d PdOc-4th column.
ICE CRFAM-3d PdQe-5th column
ISsrHUCTION-6M Pd0e-lst and 20 column:
LECTURES AND MEETSGs-3d Pd0e-5th cOlumh.
MARBLr AND SLATE MANTELs,-3d Pd1e-3th column.
MARRIAGES AND DEATHs-3th Pdge-6th column.
MILLIYERY-3C Pdae-5th column -, ~, a..
MIsCELLANEOUS-6h Fdge-3d column; oM 1"9e-f'"
5th and 9th columns. 49, -.
NEW BIICATIONs-6M PdQe-1st column.
RAJ ESTATE FOR SALE-CrTY-6M PGge-5th column
BRoOKIYE--6M PaGe-5th cOiumn CoUNTRf16W
Pq0c-5th aud 9th columns AUCTION SALEs-Gth rage
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sALKs ny AUCTIoN-6M PdGe-6th column
SAVINGS BANKs-7h PG0e-Gth column
SPECIAL NOTICES-5N Pdge-6th column. as, 49,,
SITUATIONS WANTED-MALES-3d Pdde-3d ana 4tH COZ
umn FFMALEs-3d PGCe-1st, I'd and 80 columns
STEAMBOATS, AND RAILROADs-6h PdGe-3d ana 4tn
columns. ~, ,
srT ,MERs OCEAN-7h Page-6th column.
IFACHRPs-6M Paced column.
To LET-CIY PROPERTY--6m PGGc-Otn coiuHin :
COUNTRY-6ti Pd0e-6th column.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-25
Mr.. OLEARY'S LITTLE UALE.

The American Eagle. after the disgrace of his carl
cature on the new dollar would have won rccupcr-
atiye honor at slington last Saturday, only it hap
pens that Mr.. Daniel OLeary, the victorious pre-
destination man." to borrow Mrs Partingtons word,
was born in Cork. Nevertheless, Mr.. OLeary is not
only an American citizen by naturalization, but
citizen of Chicago. which of implies that he
is an American of the fastest sort. lie is, to-day,
the only man in the world who has walked 800
miles and 450 yards IN five days and nineteen
hours. 1t is great feat. whatever may
be thought of its practical utility. If this modern
Olympic has won, not crown, but $500 and belt,
he showed real pluck, wonderful powers OF endur
ance, and 1rst-rate physical constitution in doing
so.
There will bo people. without morsel of enthu
New-York tribune., 1878-03-25
THE OLD STORY.

The explosion on board the Magenta will be
n three days topic of indignant and commits
Grating remark. Public sympathy will be
aroused for the wrctched victims; public JUS
tice will demand rigorous inquiry into the
cause of the disaster, and sharp punishment
for anybody who may be proved at fault.
The Coroner has begun his investigation; the
steamboat inspectors viii make theirs. And
then, after much sharp talk, the case will be
forgotten, and the tickle community will turn
its mind to something else. Such, at any rate,
has been the history of nearly all similar
catastr0phes, and we see no reason to believe
that this one will prove an exception to the
general rule.
A few weeks ago vessel steamed away from
her wharf in Philadelphia bound for Brazil,
and but few hours after she left the mouth
of the Delaware the country was startled 10y
the tidngs that she was broken TO pieces
on the North Carolina coast, and more than
a hundred lives were lost. Then came
thick rIlmOrs that the "accident" was not
altogether unexpected. 1t had been predicted
by many careful men that she would never
reach her destination. She was old and
"unlucky" She had been cut in two and
representation that she had been broken
up and built over, she was given Il
new name to shake off the memory Of her
unfortunate history. She had been pro-
nounced staunch and seawOrthy. but it was
by officials in this city, where it was claimed
that a certificate is not always guarantee of
q rigid and trustworthy survey, and her extra
and unusual bracing and support ought to
have aroused suspicious of her weakness.
Now, none of these circumstances tended to
heighten the mystery of this particular vista
ton of Providence. but they all added inten-
sity to the popular excitement, and the news
papers which helped to kindle the feeling gave
voice to its varying phases every day. and
there arose universal demand that
something should be done about it,"
As usual, the Government advertised that
n thorough investigation should be made.
and, as usual, nothing came of the
promise. Then some underwriters and others
began to investigate, and we were treated to
what the captain had said and what he de-
MED that he had said, and to what great
many other people had said and done, and
what they denied saying and doing. The
Life Saving Service was once moro criti-
New-York tribune., 1878-03-25

changing his political basis last Fall won him tho
name of GoneOver, declares that he once wrote
letter favOring the nomination OF Mr.. Greeley for
the Presidency In instice to Mr.. Greeley it sboud
be said that he was helpless in the matter.
Louisiana submits that she is entitled TO peacs
after her decade of incessant political agitation, and
no one will deny the justice Of her claims. Whether
she is quiet or not depends largely upon herself. Il
her inhabitants will drop politics and attend n
business all will be well. In the terse language Of
a philosopher in the office of The indianapolis
Journal what they need to do is to raise less
hell and more sugar"
Senator Coke, of Texas, leaps into the public eva
suddenly as great modern fnancier whose heart is
with the people. He says that it will be political
death to every man who opposes the repeal Of tho
Resumption Act. for when the crash comes next
January, as it will come, if resumption is attempted
then the people Will never forgive those who pre-.
vented us from avertlng the storm The cloud
which Coke has his eye on Is black with wind only
Mr. Hereford. of Virginia, who is trying to hurry
up the deliberations of tho Senate Finance Commit
tee on the bill to repeal the Resumption Act does not
believe tho President would veto the bill if it werc
passed, bnt no clearly enough is convinced that a
veto would kill it for this session. There IL not an
intatonist in either House who believes that tlle
bill can DO passed over yeto yet the whole crowd
of them keep up the agitation just the same.
Governor Hampton seems TO have q unanimous
party behind him yet in South Carolina. The Demo.
Gratis in the Legislature which adjourned on Friday,
passed without dissent resolution recognizing the
"sagacity. wisdom and eminent ability he has cx.
hibited in the administration Of his high Office
under circumstances Of great public difficulty and
trial. and declaring hat the honor and interests Of
the State are safe IL his hands Backbone is popu.
lar in all parties
There is a loud complaint in Indiana about the
failure Of Voorhees, do what was expected of him
in the Senate. He was sent there TO strike terror
into the hearts of the minions of the money
power" and he fails to strike. He was expected to
repeal the Resumption Act and secure unlimited
greenbacks within week after taking his seat but
he has done nothing OF the kind and has prospect
of dong il. On the stump in Indiana, with plenty
of room to SWING his hair and yell, Voorhees, was q
power, and he was what seemed to be great but in
the Senate he dwindles into that smallest of small
American products cheap demagogue, without
influence or respect.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-25
BAD CIVIL SERVICE REFORM AGENTS.

A part of the hostility to Secretary Schurzs
timber policy in the Territories has grown out
of the character of some of the men he has
employed as agents. The notorious Hester,
already referred to, is a native of North Caro-
lima. He was a sailor on board the pirate
Alabama under Semmes. lie was said to have
murdered man in an Italian port, and
Semmes dismissed him as too bad n character
for the Confederate Navy. Since the war he
has been all things on all sdes-preachcr
and layman, Republican and Democrat, ku-
kluy. and then bctrayer of the Klan. Mr..
Schulz has picked him up ms an agent, and his
course throughout the South has certainly
been ndefensiblc, if not infamous. lie is said
to have driven one man from his homestead in
Florida and entered it for himself at the
Land Office. To make sure that he was dis
covering great frauds on the Government land
In Florida, he reported that he found three
thousand wood-choppcrs on the Govern
mcnt lands and so many vessels loading
with stolen timber at Pensacola that ii
required $500 stevcdores TO attend to their
cargoes. AS the total population of Pensacola
scarcely exceeds 5,000-embracing only about
900 male adults-the $500 stevedores was
a tremendous draft upon the faith of even the
most credulous of Secretaries. But Mr.. Schurz
has seemed ready to believe any bad report,
and so he accepted as official and trustworthy
this laughable absurdity, resting solely on the
word of such a man as Hester.
Another of Mr.. Schurz's agents in the timber
business is A. b. Newcombe. who was SO dis
crcditably mixed up with the shameful plot
of the Washington Safe Burglary. lie was
the close confederate of Nettlcship in that
whole business, and did some of the worst
work in the conspiracy. His participation in
that niquity is spread ont full length in a
report to the Senate by an investigating COM
mittee, and Newcombes mcrcilcss examination
on the witness stand by Senator Sherman is
freshly remembered i'll Washington to this
day. This is the scoundrel who was sent out
to prosecute settlers on the public lands at
the West. Friends Of Mr.. Schuz have taken
pains to explain these facts TO him, so that the
appointment and support of these men cannot
be regarded as an inadyertencc.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-25
GENERAL NOTES.

Shall the Coroner presume TO instruct an
English rector ecclesiastical law An innkeeper v-
ing near Consett poisoned himself short time ago The
Jury pronounced him insane ut the tine but though the
coroner pointed ont TO the vicar that tAe deceased was
entitled to receive the rites OF the church, the reverend
gentleman persists In his refusal to read the burial SER
vice
The telephone has begun its pretty prattle
In Persia. railroads in the empire, hut tho
wires of the Indo-European Telegraph Company run
from end end. Soon after tdings o. Professor Bells
invention received in TabIeez, OF the officers
welshman to work TO make the instrument ana 20
well did he succeed that he has conversed satisfactorily
with another officer nearly 400 miles Tho export
mcnts were made in the middle OF the night when gu
was quiet and traffic had ceased. aud his friend M I'M.
heard mis- voice and 9nswered all his questions Ihcy
only talked, but sang, the music being heard very
distinctly
The barristers of the ancient city of Lyons
are strike. Three weeks ago young advocate
while pleading in the Court OF Appeals, was pulled up
with short turn by the President after this manner;
NJ Met you abuse the patience or tho court ana the
confidence your client places Ia you Surely when you
only get brief once month you might have leisure
enough TO frame something like methodical argument
instead OF the crude and unintegible observations
with which you have been wearying fOr a long time"
The bar a body. took up the case. The Council OF
Discipline resolved THAI the profession at large had been
nsnlted by the judge, ana that unless he ade written
apology they would decline 10 attend his court. Tho
president refused to comply with THIS requisllo' anu
acc0rngly when the list called no advocate
appeared. The court adjourned ior week, giving an
ntmaon that II at the end OF that time the Dairisers
did appear in their places, the attorneys would DO
called upon TO plead.
The old superstition about the fatal number
thirteen has accepted acardnal doctrine Of faith
In the circles at Wyoming, in this state Last sea-
son charming young lady, who had been recently
graduated from seminary. visited some friends M their
Summer residence, Hillside" One dag, on returning
from ride she found twelve persons ut table, ana az
she took her seat of her friends reminded her that
she made unlucky thirteenth, and laughngly sg'
gested that she would better sit at sidetabe by her
self. The suggestion unheeded. aud few days
afterward she taken sick, and was soon on Der
deathbed The day before her death her physician oc
cuped her seat and happened to be the thirteenth az
the table few days aerward brother of the hostes
a Southern planter, entered the dningroom when
twelve were seated. The guests begged him TO bress
the spell by occupying seat at another taoe put ne
laughed at their and persisted IN ieGann!
with them On his way home, Few weeks iaer IN 'as
New-York tribune., 1878-03-25

siasm in their natures, who will ask OF what I'M
portance it is to establish the fact that man can
walk 500 miles, to say nothing of the supplementary
Yards in five days. to say nothing OF the nineteen
hours C,i bono? they will sneerDgly inquire, es-
pecially if they have won no money on the event.
If everybody could walk in that magnificent way
would it advance the moral, religious. material nap
piness of mankind Can Mr.. OLeary with ms mlrac
ulous legs, be regarded as benefactor OF MANKIND
Sometimes there is mania for this and sometimes
for that. few years ago, Mr.. WinshIp was aston
ishng everybody by lifting enormous dump-peiis
but. although considerable excitement was occa-
stoned the match between specific gravity and avolr
dupois became neither permanent nor general ino
world contents itself with averages.
The world has no special use for man WHO can
walk an almost incredible distance without breaHihg
down vet there is lesson III such feat WHICH Is
worth considering. 1t Is true. undoubtedly, that
the ease of modern civilization has led to physicai
deceneratlon but is equally true that the average
of mortality has decreased. The Homeric hero VINO
could throw stone which six men Of 1878 would
be unable to lift was likely to meet another
Homeric hero capable of throwing much
bigger stone, and that, too, with fatal pre-
cision, We have so little use for enormous
physical strength that have forgotten the health
of which it is the outward and visible slgn IL Is
well occasionally to consider the possible power
which sleeps in these muscles of ours tho exquisite
machinery by the operation of which we live ana
move, and by the arrangement of which we suffer
and die The professional athlete shows OF what
the human frame is capable We can do better than
bet our money upon bis achievements. Wecan imi-
tate in measure the short lived example ofrational
living which his preliminary training affords.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-25

cjsed and vindicated, and Congress was
again arraigned for niggardly appropriations
In this way the popular attention was dissi-
pated. and soon the popular interest began 10
die natural death, until. when we were toid
that fragments of the wreck, picked up along
the shore, were so rotten that they couih De
picked to pieces with the fingers, everybody
listened to the story as matter OF course
and wondered if the President would veto the
Silver Bill.
All this happened but yesterday, and yet it
now sounds like chapter of Ancient history,
and exctes no more interest than the story OF
the loss of the Royal George. A theatre or
factory or tenement-hOuse burns down, anu as
the ghostly list of the dead appears Id
the papers, there is a clamor TOR more
stringent legislation for the protection
of human life, and demand that some one
should be held responsible. But the dead are
buried out of sight and the newborn zeal soon
burns itself out or lies smOuldering and lneifect-
i've. to be rekIndled into brief activity by the
next calamity. Could we be reasonably aston
shed if tomorrow brought with it repeu-
ton of the piano factory horrorf HOW
much safer are our public resorts than they
were before the Brooklyn fire. Have no uh-
seaworthy and oyerladen vessels left our ports
since the wreck of the Metropolis But few
days ago complaint was entered against
Staten Island ferry boat for carrying more pas
sengers than erliccnse permitted, but even tnis
was not done as a protest against the 'ioii-
ton of law and the imperilling OF liie' put
only for the purpose Of forcing the company
into granting some transit privileges. Ii
proved, however, what everybody knew al
ready, that the safeguards which law has
tried to throw around human life are wantonly
violated every day. 1t would seem that
reasonable amount of attention is given
to these matters only so long as the news
papers keep up the discussion which some dis
aster excites, and in view of this it may be
desirable for the press to do some work
between times as q preparation for the next
slaughter.
In other matters we are growing wiser.
The recent imprisonment of some Insurance
presidents in this State, and the punishment
of some bank officers and treasurers,
and the prosecution of some more presidents
of insurance companies in New-Jersey, will
have tendency to make corporate property
more secure. Human lives will be safer
as soon as some ono is punished for
sending men to sea in rotten shlps, or
packing them by hundreds in little ferry boats,
or shutting them up IN tinder-boxes to be
roasted. But no one will be punished IL all
notice OF these periodical saughters drops out
of the newspapers. and therefore ont OF the
public mind, as soon as the funeral services
nIc oyer
New-York tribune., 1878-03-25

The London Tablet reproduces from The German'a
an apparently authentic account of the proceedings
of the recent conclave, from which 1T would appear
that the details received in this country by telc-
graph were largely incorrect. Cardinal Pecci LED
all other candidates decidedly from the very be-
ginning that he alone could be said to have party
At the first ballot. on Tuesday morning February
10, he had Is votes. Cardinal Bilio q, Cardinal
Franchi 8, and Cardinal Panebianco2 the rest
of the 60 were scattered This scrutiny" was cam
celed, on account of a slight informaity. At tho
second, held on the afternoon OF tho same
day, Cardinal Peccps vote was 26, and lie
gained more by accession" 1t VIII be
remembered that, at the conclusion of " scru-
uny" if no ono has received two-thrds sec
ond ballot is taken, when each Cardinal has a
right to change his vote by acceding" to any of the
other names proposed, but new candidates must not
be introduced at this stage OF the proceedings ana
those who do not wish to change their ballot vote
blank. In the voting Of Tuesday evening, then, the
figures were az follows:
New-York tribune., 1878-03-25
nlissit

As n deficiency producer the Reform party is an
unadulterated success.
The Interior Department has been hit by some
thing worse than a second cOnilagration.
General Ewing allows nothing to shake his con-
viction that he is the only great fnancicr of this
unenlightened age.
The Democratic party shows signs of burdening
itself with fresh bunder by getting in front OF
the progress toward resumption.
Amid the crash of fraud platforms and the wreck
of doorkeepers, he great reform work of cutting
down clerical salaries goes on forever. 1t is no.
bic spectacle.
Whitaker has been decorated with another coat
of whtewash and is now reformer of hrst-class
standing. Still pardon from Governor Nichols
would put on an extra polish.
Senator Conover. of Florida, whose agility Ia
New-York tribune., 1878-03-25
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Fopy1Gy.-General Csarareo Guillermo is at the
head Of provisional government In Santo Domingo
There was violent gale with snow through
ont ENGLAND Yesterday - The training g-ship
Eurydicc, with about 400 persons on board, has
been lost of the Isle of Wight - 1t is supposed
that the Car is seeking to establish Russo-Turk-
ish alliance - OLeary won the first prize in the
pedestrian contest.
DoMrsr1s.-Senator Howe will deliver a speech
to-day, attacking the political policy OF the Admin
istration. - A runor prevails in Washington as
to a coming Cabinet change. - Minister Lowell
is negotiating a treaty Of commerce with Spain.
g. Further testimony was taken IN reference TO
the McGarrahan claim, Saturday; the lawyers of
the two parties to the suit INDUCED in persona-
ties. - report has been made that in
the recent collision with the ferry-boat James
Fisk. jr., the schooner was to blame -
The schooner General Miller was capsized on the
Pacific. and Colonel Woods, United States Collector
for Alaska is supposed to have been lost. - Heavy
snow storms are reported from Western New-York.
- Father Walsh again threatened the illegal
rum-sellers of Long Branch from the pulpit.
CITY AND SUBURBAN-Bishop Lynch, of South
Carolina, made an address, yesterday, on Plus TX.
and Leo XIII. - William Cullen Bryant spoke
on temDerance. The steamer Wyoming, with
exhibits for Paris, returned to this port leaking
- An explosion on the Hudson River steamboat
Magenta on Saturday. killed three persons, injured
eight, and one is missing. 80 The question OF a
loan by the Western Union to the Atlantic and Pa
cific Telegraph Company is under discussion. -
Professor J. W. s. Arnold lecured on hearing and the
phonograph Saturday. =Abo bookeeper was robbed
in Brooklyn of $500. - Gold, lois 1O1is
1O1ls. Gold value of the egal-tender dollar at the
close, 08o1o cents. Stocks less active but generally
firm, closing steady.
THE EWEATHER.-TRIBUNB local observations ndi--
cate clearing and cold weather with high winds; fol-
lowed by somewhat warmer weather and less wind
Thermometer yesterday, 500. 400, 2o0; at mid
night. 210.