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BLISHED AUGUST 24. 1852. WHEELING. WEST VA.. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 16.1880. VOLUME xxvni.?NUMBER 199. I " **d *???. "xufutoJleAvTi0/ifaia week booms I fc. Col Alec. Campbell, 0/ Brooke county, I luCocirf1""" ll,l> district. j? fepoblicans of Brooke county meet | jj ffelliborg to-morrow to Mod delegates I Oil#Sute Convention here on the 12th - - fix people of liarnesville ere moving I wra?i;,r for the building of 1 railroad 10 I aita lot< that will connect them with the I Toon"' Valley road. A meeting on I iielobjectii announced in the SnUijirw. to reorganized Bellaire and St. Clairs-! I die nilroad is now called aimply the St. I Ckiftrille railroad. The Bellaire Indel Ifnlnliinotpleued at the dropping oil I lie olJ tame, and claimi that three I lovJt1 of its business came from Bellaire. . I?iH?rri?n county (0.) wool growere, Jiiteeir last meeting at Cadii, discussed | ueijoalion: "Is it good policy or will I f B pay to keep unproductive Umber land I [ u prweDt rales of taxation?" It teemed I '? be the opinion of the association that I naber lands must eventually command/ l^ber prices in this part of the country.! Erea tor they are of great val oe as a shel-I le for Mock, and as a means of prevent-1 * (booth. * the Grant boom than the lb0 le*din|< DT' ?Tr?r o( Obio. It has no difficulty ^ taring out Grant's nomina easily distance Blaine and ^Jlimbiood.andit has no doubt Still be nominated on the first bal Sf All opposition to Grant la pooh >, I h? STe Bwaiw ? rellly ol n0 ac' It is rejoiced over the result in l- and Missouri on Wednesday, C lothe trouble o! editorialising ?fi???? in0rdert? Ltbtthe Grant boom is moving re *S1 os, coopering |and to cona??r. ?I'e?k? ,or"the 1>rgS ?Z foijd Democrats when it thus attempts rwule.be opposition among Repnbli a,, to a third term. No.obwrvmg Mend ol the itepablican party can lail to dia ote,thit there is.the greatest anxiety at to time among Democrats to see Grant Moiiuted at Chicago. They had every jKOtoa to bis strength in the conven tba with is much satisfaction as the moat irient third termersthemselves. No per iocs will he more rejoiced to be able at larJ, to count up enough votes to nom isatebitn. Conkling is not more anxious fcr the flgnre?. . So* why should this be the vase 7 It is because there is any change of teel luoatbepartof the Democracy towards tot. It is not that they want to see lio President again. Far from it It ia jjnlj because they are thoroughly con viaced that Grant's nomination will be a firebrand in the Republican party Irom the Hart, and they expect to profit by the dtmonliiition and alienation that will rault Irom it. They know that there is uontaniufion in New York called the Eepohlican Independent* or Scratcbera, who have declared against Grant, and who all, as in the case of Cornell last fail, Bike it their business to divert thousands d rotes frotn him if he ia nominated. Tb?r purpose to this end has been diatinct ljianoonced, and they will take the field ri..i mm from the aurt This organUm tion U deeply hostile to Conkling and hta -uschine," and they regard Conkling and the third term as convertible terms. Tbej will therefore strike at both. The Democracy know that this ia the ligation in Sew York, and it is therefore with great satisfaction that they look for ward to the possibility of Grant's nomina tion at Chicago. They rejoice with the lajvinr over the result in Kentucky and Mtaowi, and affect to believe that Grant ia well ou bis road to a certain nomina tion. Grant is able thuafar to eount 185 votea is the convention (counting New York sad Pennsylvania solid for him) and it will itqnire 37!) to nominate him. We are act ibis to loot up the necessary number tor him. The pressure on his behalf baa ?o? pretty well expended itself, and a re action in tbo North is at work. Miwchaaettfl declared for Edmunds yesterday, and in all New England Giant can count bat two votes, And yet these are the States that are re lihi on to elect him if nominated. Only one Htate has thus far instructed for him that is reasonably aare to vote for him if nominated, viz: Pennsylvania, and it is a BUine State at heart to-day. By the power of the Cameron machine it was wrenched from Blaine, and it is by no meana certain that the bogus expreaalon thua obtained at Harriabnrg will not be ttbuked at Chicago by a large number of delate*, who will asaert their right, aa they did at Cincinnati in 1870, to vote| their true sentiments. I The Democracy are aware of the Repub lican aitoation in N'ew York and Pennayl tania, and therefore they naturally desire to iee Grant nominated. They expect to ?? a great recoii from his support, not only In those two States, but alao in Ohio, ?ad they hope to reap a rich harvest of tot? from that recoil. Forewarned ia forearmed. The Repub lican party can not plead ignorance of the powliilitr of a great diaaater If they abut tbeir eyea to the danjters of their situation, and do that which their enemies, above all things, de?ire them to do. tVhftt * CHIcago Jew Did. Cmc.%00, April 15.-It is atated that Uwith, a Jew of pleaaant address, *bo Uao old resident, and who baa been ?'Peculator and cigar dealer by tarns, has diuppeared, leaving; fraudulent debta {?bind to an amount o! nearly $5,000. on frauds are in the nature of forgeries Leopold Mayer's iBank, on Prairie ?{*te I.iue and havings Bank. He has ?ttmade collections for two or three firms I wrv, (or which he baa rendered no ac fwtjt. He is put the prime ol U(t and s daughter in Australia, wber? hs la opposed to have gone. AT THE CAPITAL. Still Picking at the Tariff Bone. Another Deadlock In tba W>y> tod Menu Committee-A Seleot Committee Will Have a Tuetle With the Qieetlio? Exodue Inquiry?General New*. a TABirr picsic. Ttae 8prlnx??-Dounelly DliHcaliy. Washington, April 15. flpadal D it patch to tba IuUlligeucer. A delegation of working men, of the Amalgamated Iron and Steel Association, arrived to-day to make arrangements for a tariff picnic in Beaver county, Pa., op posite Freedom, on theObio river, on the third Saturday of May. The Governors of West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and Senator Blaine, are expected, with other speakers, to be present. The House elections committee was about to take a vote on investigating into the authorship of the letters to Springer, urging him to vote for Donnelly, when twelve o'clock arrived and the committee was obliged to adjourn. It ia expected the investigation, will be ordered next Tuesday. Bf Western A?ocUt?d Pfru. TABIPF MATTERS. WAfiuxoTON, April 15.?In the session of the Ways and Means Committee of the House to-day, Kepresentative Tucker, made a motion to place a duty on all hoop, scroll and band iron at 85 per cent ad valorem. Thedcntyesulted: Yeas?Messrs.' Tucker, Milla, Carlisle, Morrison, Feltonand Wood?G. Nays?Messrs. Garfield, Kelly, Phelps, Frye^ Dunnell and Conger?6. The understanding Is, that Representa tive Gibson, upon his return to the city, will be allowed to vote upon the proposi tion. A resolution was then offered and adopt ed, that matters now pending before this committee, relating to tariff upon import- I ed goods and all other matter pertaining to tariff, be referred to a select committee of five members, with instruction to report to this committee, in whole or in parti at I its meeting on Thursday next. The chair man appointed as the committee, Carlisle, Tucker, Mills, Garfield and Dunnell.' PETROLEUM STATISTICS. rne vaiue ui iuo c*|iuuo m <cuucu troleum illuminating oil daring March, 1880, was SI,977,90S; for March 1879, $1, 1554,481; for the nine mouths ending March 1880, $20,889,914; for the nine months ending March, 1879, $20,940,900. THE PACIFIC RAILROADS. The Senate Committee on Railroads to day heard further arguments on the bill to extend the time for the completion of the Texas Pacific Railroad, and adjourned until Saturday, when action is expected. O. P. Huntington and ex-Congressman Jeremiah M. Wilson, representing the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, of California^ were heard to-day in opposi tion to the bill; and Governor Brown, of Tenn., briefly rejoined. XXODCS INQUIRY. The Senate Exodus Committee to-day Bxamined M. W. Reynolds, President of the Parsons, Kb., branch of the Kansas Freedmen's Belief Association. He said that the exodus had not yet damaged Kansas, but thought that if it continued at the same rate as in the past year it might in time prove damaging to the whites of Kansas, more so than to the colored immigrants. ^ + The Presidential Content. Washington, April 14.?It is reliably learned from New England to-day that Grant will get only two votes from all of these six States on the first ballot. This is an immense falling off from what has been calculated, and it is having a wet blankety effect upon the Grant boom. Letters have been received here from the interior of New York, from two dele gates to Chicago, who appear to be some what demoralized. They bint strongly at a bolt. There seems to be indications of an open rebellion against Conkling's dic tation in New York, and to Cameron in Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvana the Blaine sentiment is very strong and growing. Of sixty-five county Republican papers, about one-half have the name of Blaine at the head'of their columns. The Blaine boomers in this city claim to be able to turn the unit rules in Penn sylvania against Cameron and upset the whole programme when the proper time comes. Blaine will have all the Pacific Slope except Nevada, and the indications are that he will have one-half of Illinois. Grant will have only Nevada on the Slope, and in the South be will fall to get more than 125 votes. Sherman is already assured of 100 votes from the Southern States, which is almost as many as Grant will get. It is now regarded as settled among close calculators here that Grant can not be nominated on the first or any other ballot. FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Wabhixoton, April 15. ME2VATE. Mr. McMillan from the Committee on Commerce reported, with amendments, he Senate joint resolution introduced by klr. Cameron, of Pa., providing for a com* niseson to consider and report what Iegis ation is needed for the better regulation >f commerce among the States, and asked ts present consideration. Mr. Davis, of W. Va., objected. He thought either the Commerce Committee )r Transportation Committee competent to consider such subjects, if any inquiry was necessary. He would oppose the re lolution if it ever came up. The resolu* tion was placed on the calendar. On motion of Mr. Withers, chairman of the Committee on Pensions, pending and all prior orders were postponed, and the Senate considered the pension hills on the calendar, favorably reported. The Geueva award bill waa then taken up and discussed. HOC1K. Evening M?ion m ordered tor Thnre day next, for con?idir*Uon ot the emigra-1 lion bill. Regular order being demanded, the ipeaker announced the pending ques tion to be npon the paeeage ot the bUl re ported lut evening troin the Committee ot the Whole, providing * construction tund tor the navy. Withoot debate, the bUl pueld, u (m alao the bill to equip an ex pedition to the Arctic 8eaa. The morning hour vu then diapenaea with ?nil the Boom went Into a Commit tee of the Whole, Mr. Whitthorne In the chair, on the Indian appropriation bill. Mr. Baker moved to amend by increas ing from $130,000 to $150,000 the appropri ation for the purchase of clothing for the different tribes of Sioux. Adopted. Mr. Baker submitted an amendment in creasing to the extent of $95,000 the ap propriation for the subsistence of the Sioux. Rejected. Mr. Ryan (Kansas) submitted an amend ment providing that all bids for provisions for Indians and for transportation of the same shall be opened and contracts award ed at some suitable place in the Mississip pi Valley or in tbe Missouri Valley. Fending discussion on a point of order the committee rose and the House took a recess until 7:80, the evening session to be for the consideration of bills reported from the Committee on Naval affairs. XVJQfXHO SESSION. Tbe House went into committee of tbe whole, Mr. Stevenson in the chair, on the state of the Union for the consideration of bills reported from the Committee on Naval Afliirs. On discussing the bill relative to me chanics in the Navy, Mr. Conger said his idea to close the corporations of the Naval Academv and the West Point Academy had changed somewhat within the last few days and he began to believe it was possible that the remarks of his Demo cratic friends relative to these institutions were true. I^might seem almost incredi ble (laughter); it might be that tbe Gov ernment was edacating a class of men who ielt themselves so much above Senators and Representatives that they consider it unwortliy of them to associate with their fellows, if they differed from tbem in color, religion or previous condition of servitude. He might want to take these remarks back if he found tbe Government was able to control the unruly, highly educated gen tleman at West Point. The committee tben rose and reported several bills to the House and they were passed, with the exceotion of the bill rela tive to machinists in the Navy, upon which the main question was ordered. A bill regulating the mode of purchasing tobacco fer the Navy was passed, and the House adjourned. OUR MARTYR PRESIDENT. Fifteenth Annivarsary of Lincoln's] Death; Memorial Servloes at the Catacomb or Hlsj Monument at Springfield, III., Yes terday? Interesting and Sol emn Exercises. SpaijfariBLD, III., April 15.?The newly organized Lincoln Guard of Honor held memorial services at the catacomb of the Lincoln monument this morning, in com memoration of the fifteenth anniversaji of Abraham Lincoln's death. The services began promptly at 7:22 o'clock, the time of the President's death at Washington, ibout 3,000 persons being present, not withstanding the early hour and uncom fortable atmosphere. Major G. S. Dana, President of the Guard, presided, and the jervices begun with impressive prayer by Rev. James A. Reed, of the First Presby terian Church. TKft=?rM. C. A. quintette gang "The sleep of the brave," when Lincoln's farewell address to his Spring field friends on starting for Washington, was read by Rev. Albert Hale. Lincoln's famous letter to Mrs. Eliza P. Guerney, written in September, 1804, was read by John Carroll Palmer. The quin tette club sang the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," and Clinton L. Conkling read President Lincoln's second inaugural ad dress, after which Rev. Wm. B. Affleck, of York, spoke eloquently. In conclud ing his speech he said: ''Guards of honor, may God bless you for organizing to guard the fair fame and the good name of honest Abraham Lincoln. Yours is a sacred trust. This is a tine monument. Its sparkling granite making it imperish able in its coastruction, but finally sym bolizes the enduring loyalty of our own Lincoln to truth, goodness and God. In England we teach our children to love its Cromwell; in Scotland they teach their children to love its William Wallace: in Ireland they teach their children to love its Daniel O'Connell; in Switzerland they teach their children to love its Winkelried; in Italy they teach their children to love its Garibaldi; in America, humanity's refuge and freedom's hope and home, teach oh, teach your children to love, ever love its Washington, the securer, and Lincoln the conservator of a nation prosperous and free." "Then heart to hoart and hand to band, Bound together let ui eland, Storua art gathering o'w the land, Man j frUudaaie none? fittll wo never are a!on?, Still tha battle mu>t be non, Still we bravely watch right on, Right on. Eight on." Gov. Cullurn was then called upon and spoke without preparation, but warmly and heartily of the life and character of the deceased patriot. Mrs. Edward 6. Johnson then recited Lincoln's favorite poem, "Ob I why should the spirit of mortal be proud," and the benediction was pronounced by Rev. J. H. Noble, of the.Eks^ M. E. Church. jii.vsorm. Slate Iminlrmlion Convent lou. 8t. Louis, April 15.?The Immigration Convention held a session last nigbt, at which the written reports and description of the principal features of connties were submitted from about three-fourths of the counties in the State. These were placed on file, and with other papers on special subjects heretofore read, will be edited, and the most important and inter esting information contained in thsm will be published in pamphlet or book form and be distributed throughout the country and in Europe. Very interesting papers have been retd on the islands, rivers and water power of.Missoun, culture of tobac co, migration of people, geology of North Missouri, stock raising, water transfer and improvement of the Mississippi and Mia souri rivers. All the papers presented to the convention have been prepared by the gentlemen specially invited for the pur pose. and eminently qualified to treat the subjects assigned them, and probably no State in the union has ever had such a vast amount of accurate and statistical in formation put into popular form for publi* cation. Burned to Death. Haxrisdubo, April 15.? While some! men were working in a pit underneath a large vessel, which contained molten metal, in the Penn 8teel works, near the city, the racbet broke and the contents of the vessel poured into the pit George Yost and A. Westbrooke were fatally ourned. Normal Miller, Simon Martin Geo. Homing and one-or two others seriously burned. ?bertaan In Florida. Key W*st, April 15.?At the Monroe county convention this afternoon Sher man delegates were elected, and E. L, Alare was nominated for Congress, THE BAY STATE SPEAKS. Her Preference It for Senator Edmunds. An Enthusiastic Convention?Hayes' Ad mlnlitratlon Endorsed at a Model to Patlera Afler, aad Secretary 8h?r ?an Conies Id for a Fall Sbare of Merited Praiit. WoEcnmta, Mia., April 15.?The B6 publican State Convention met to-day. U. 8. Senator Dawes was chosen permanent ch airman ,arter which the nana] committees I were appointed. In his address Senator Dawes presented J In a forcible manner the hiatory ol the Republican party, and hia arraignment of the Democratic party elicited frequent ap planae. It waa voted that all resolutions should be referred to the Committee on Resolu* tions without debate. Three hundred and eighteen cities and towns were repreaented by 1,116 delegates and twenty-eight towns were not repre sented. Senator Hoar moved to ballot for fonr delegates at large to Chicago. Adopted. Col. W. B. G. Hopkina, of Worcester, Mid he believed that thegreat majority of the Convention was in favor of the nomina tion of George F. Edmunda, of Vermont [Applause.] If this is so, the Convention would wish to have delegatea to Chicago who would represent their sentiment A committee recommended to a caucus of three hundred men In favor of the dec Don of Edmunds, a ticket which he de ilred to read, as follows: For Presi dent. George F. Edmunds, of Vermont. Ddegates: George F. Hoar, Worcester; Julius H. Seelye, Amberst; Charles a Codman, Boston; John E Sanford, Taun ton. Alternates: Eben F. Stone, New buryport; Jamw M. Barker, Pittsfield, Newton Boeton: Robert R. Bishop, Parker C. Chandler, of Boston, said that it the request of the frienda of Hon. John Sherman, of Ohio, he arose to sec Jnd, the nomination of these ni.mes lot whomsoever these genUemen, with others, ibould nominate at Chicago, the frieods )f both Sherman and Edmunds would lupport him. Gen. N.P. Banks asked leave to make aomlnauona of delegates to Chicago. In iccordauce with the request of gentie nen with whom he baa been in confer ince he recommended the following dele [?"? " J*/*81 Al?- H- Rice.EoochR fudge, of Swampscott, Chas. I. Stott. of Lowell, L. L, Brown, of Adams. Who iversbould be nominated the gentlemen meriog the names would give to him heir fidl support. This ticket will vote, ?1 believe, for the candidacy of General jrant. [Applause.] Mr. Banks closed by laying whatever shall be reachcd by the Republican Convention at Chicago it shall eceive my earnest support. * Governor Boutwell seconded the nomi lations made by Mr. Banks, and in the nurse of his speech said: There are two gentlemen more prominently mentioned or the chief magistracy than any other*. rbey are General Grant, [applause], and jenator Blaine, [subdued whistle]. Three ourths of the delegatea to assemble at 3,,PW> Senator Hoar bad said in a letter, *?TOr of General Grant or Sen itor Blaine. The only thing remaining a Massachusetts is the choice between hese two. [Cries of doubt] After a varm eulogy of Blaine, Mr. Boutwell :loaed by expressing the belief that all )ur interests are bound up in the nomina Jon of General Grant. The Chairman announced that the Re jubllcaus of Iowa, in convention assem bled, telegraphed greeting to the Bepub icans ol Massachusetts. Tbesubstanceof he telegram was that the State of Iowa jad endorsed the candidacy of Senator Slaine live to one. Rev. Freeman Clarke aroee and was re ceived with great enthusiasm. He said if Joutwell bad prophesied before the last National Convention he would certainly lave said somebody else besides Hayes vould be nominated, and that candidate Jaa done his work nobly and satisfactorily. Cheers and applause] Some partisans laid after the last convention that the noral Influence of Massachusetts killed senator Blaine and this was true. I have no doubt Blaine will receive the nomina tion from the South, but I donbt verj. much if they can elect him if we do not jet the State of New York. We cannot elect our candidate as that State will be aat to the party if Grant is nominated. When we remember that he went into of fice with a tremendous majority and left it with scarcely any following, I fail to see why he should be recommended to .the Republicans of Massachusetts. Mr. Bout well speakaabout threatening revolution. I do not fear one nor believe it is to come, and bow little it is apprehended abroad is apparent by thefact that we are able tosell our 4 per cents above par. [Immense ao plause.] It waa voted to ballot for delegates at large and adjourn for dinner. Pending the vote, the following resolu tions were offered and referred to the Committee on Resolutions: By Mr. Boutwell? ftio/mf, That the Republican party of Maasachnsetts. by its delegates In conven tion assembled, hereby tenders to the Re publican party of the country assurance that the candidates who may be nomi nated at Chicago in June next for Presi dent and Vice President of the United States shall receive the cordial and earnest support of the Republican party of this I Commonwealth. By Mr. Minor, of Andover? That we denounce as thorough ly reprehensible the doctrine openly ad vecated by the leaders of the Democratic party-that to the victors belong the spoils; and that we stand ready to rive our hearty and enthusiastic support to any nominee of the Republican National Convention who has a firm faith in the practicability andJd^irabUity of civil ser vice reform. By Mr. Churchill, of Hiltord? Kaolttd, That the Republicans of Mas* cahuaetts demand as their candidate for the Presidency, a man of stainless char* acter, of unblemished public record, and one who will not put the party on the de tensive from the moment the nomination is made* A billot (or delegateewas then Uken mil the result announced immediately after the recess, waa aa follows: Whole number of votes, l.OiO; neceaeary (or a choice, 631; Geo. F. Hoar, 709; Chaa. K. Codman, 030; John E. Sanfjrd, 672; Jalina U. Seeleye. 581. Tbo remaining votes weredutrlbuted among 10 candidates.. Tbe following were unanimonaly cboaen alternates: Ebon. T. Stone, Jamee M. Barker, Oharlee Allen and Robt. B. Biahop. mi soot.tmon. John E. Sanford, Irom the Committee on Beaolntlona, read the following: Flrat?We declare onr ateadlaat adher ence to the ideal and principles ol govern ment and policy which have made the Re publican party distinctively the party ol freedom and equal rights; of patrioticde votton to the Union; ol progress and re form. Second?We believe in an honest cur rency, with every dollar equal in value to every other dollar in our financial sy? tem, which shall sacredly guard the na tional faith and credit, and aware the con tinuance of specie payments, and we con gratulate the administration and country on the conspicuous success with which resumption has been accomplished, com mercial confidence restored and the pub lic debt refunded and reduced nnder the ahle management of the present Secretary the Treasury. Third?We believe in the inviolable sovereignty of the National Union as es tablished by the Constitution over all the States and all the people, and in the doty of the National Government by wise laws, efficiently executed to protect the ballot in all national elections, and to maintajri and vindicate the constitutional rights of all citizens of the United States, where ever and under whatever fiction of State sovereignty or otfcor pretence such rights may be asserted. Fourth?We .hold that free and honest elections are essential to to the stability and auccess of the Government by the people, and that any attempt to thwart the will of the majority, whether by pre venting the lawful exercise of the right of suffrage by fraud,in casting|or in counting votes, or by unseating for partisan pur pose fairly elected members of Congress or State legislature,is a crime which will not be tolerated by free people. Fifth?Grateful for what has been done dnring the administration of President Hayes to improve tho tone and methods of the civil service, we again invoke Con gress to complete the work by necessary legislative enactment, iu order that there may be adequate and permanent security against the misuse of the public service as the machinery of party organization and personal influence, so that, iu the lan guage of a distinguished Senator, "the holders of office may feel they are servants of the law and not personal tenants at will in their places of either heads of de partments or Congressmen." Sixth?We have one country and com mon interest as a nation. We deplore the existence of aecttonal strife and the ani mosity of parties bounded by territorial lines. We earnestly desire that the re sources of the South, as well as the North and West, may be developed under just and harmonious policies, by the united energies of our people. To this end there must be the actual recognition of the equal rights of all by all; the privileges of citi zenship must everywhere be respected. The results of the settlement of past issues that have been reached at great cost and once accepted must not again be brought into question, and we hold that they who seek to reverse or set them aside, er re vive past controversies for political effect, are unwise statesmen and dangerous po litical leaders, justly responsible for dis turbing the peace and obstructing the welfare of the country. Seventh?The duty of all Republicans loyally to support the candidates of the party and the duty of the nominating conventions to present candidates who are acceptable to all Republicans, are reciprocal duties of equal forc6 and obli gation. Profoundly sensible of the im portance of impending elections to the nation's safety, honor and well being, the Republicaus of Massachusetts demand of their delegates to the National Conven tion that they use all proper efforts for the nomination of a candidate who, hav ing the requisite qualifications for the high office of President, will also have tbe confidence and approval of all who have hitherto ac'ed with the Republican party, and who'will invite the support of other patriotic citizens desiring good govern ment more than party success, whose nomination will be most expedient be cause the most worthy and the least ob jectionable, and whose triumphal election, to which we pledge our hearty and united efforts, will give assurance of the con tiuuauce (of sound and beneficent poli cies of administration and of interrupted and growing national prosperity. Eighth?While we uo not instruct our delegates, we recommend to their consid eration a Republican statesman who pos sesses in an eminent degree such qualities and requisites for the nomination, the lion. Geo. F. Edmunds, of Vermont. The resolutions were unanimously adopted amid loud applause, and upon motion of Geo. S. Boutwell, the convention ad journed. ODOIl OF P1312*. VVal'ifd Inlo New Tork from the Fire* lu Sew Jeraejr, Nsw York, April 15.?The city has been pervaded by an aromatic odor of the pines and cedars burning in the great forest fire which broke out Tuesday morning in Ocean county, New Jersey. It is esti mated that 3,000 acres of timber land are destroyed. Several villages were reported on fire last night Many cows, horses and other stock were bnrned to death, and birds suffocated by hundreds. The lire has died out about Bricksburg, hav ing expended its force between Nionas quan river and the ocean. It is now reported, however, a?, working toward Shark river, in Monmouth county, to the northward. This is in the direction of Long Branch. The district over which the Are has swept is spareely populated, al most the only inhabitants being charcoal burners and wood choppers, whose huts have been burned. No human lives re ported lost yet, but the value of property destroyed is very great. Exclifimeut In toeTuncarnwiuft Valley. Massillox, Ohio, April 14.?Notwith standing the warlike dispatches in the Cleveland Leader this morning, there is not the slightest indication here of any con templated outbreak by the miners. Under instructions from Adjutant-General, the armory of Company D, Eighth Regiment, is guarded by six soldiers, which is regar ded as a useless precaution. With the ex ception of a few drunken minors, the men say they propose to accomplish their aims Seacefullv. Since the mass-meeting Mon ay, the warmington mine-men have not returned to work, but informed the Sup erintendent that they would do so in a few days. Camp Creek diggers did not stop work. He Won't Buy mm llnoh Now. Sedalia, Mo., April 15.?As the St Louis express train wa* leaving here last night Mr. Jones, a large cattle dealer from I Colorado, en route for Kentucky to pur chase fine stock, wai suddenly assaulted j by four men, aud before be could give an afarm they robbed him of S5.20J cash and a certificate of deposit on the Drovers' Bank of Chicago for $1,086. In their baste the robbers overlooked $2,500 in money add some $15,000 worth of checks, drafts and notes in an inside vest pocket. The robbers are supposed to have come from Kansas City and u is thought they have gone West with their booty. Accident ou top Olilo nn?l HiMlMlppI KMliroMd. Cincinnati, April 15.?A train on the Ohio and Mississippi road due here thii morning didn't arrive 011 2 o'clock, hav ing been thrown off Hie track at Shoals, Indiana. The engine and all the can were more or less damaged. None of th< passengers were badly injured. Amonf ! those hurt are Ben. Kobinaoa, Cincinnati , Thomas Thomas, Youngatown; T. A Stevenson and wife, Cincinnati; Mrs. J Brevalor, Miasouri; John J. Everett Gin clnnati; J. C. Bain, Greenville, Texas ? 0. Q. A. Boa, New York City. ACROSS THE OCEAN. A Valuable Ocean Vessel Scuttled To Prevent an Exploilon-Russian Students Sentenced to Imprisonment?Tbs War of the Religion! In Francs General Foreign News. FRANCE. Paris, April 15.?Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte, nephew of Napoleon I, has written from London to J alee Amignes, a French journalist, saying that he has read with the utmost satisfaction the protests of his negbews, Cardinal Bonaparte and Prince Charles Napoleon, against the ap probation given by Prince Jerome Na poleon to the decrees against religious con gregations; that he . is happy to associate himself with the protest, which he thinks will not be disapproved of by Princes Victor and Louis, nor by the great major ity of the Bonapartists. Nineteen socialist propagandists, Ger mans and others, have been required to leave France. Cardinal Guibert, Archbishop of Paris, in his protest against the decrees respect ing unauthorized religious congregations, says: 4,The decrees at present are onlv a menace, but should thev be executed it is to be feared they wUl lead to painful conflicts between law and conscience, and that France may enter upon a period of internal troubles of which no man can foresee the end." A sermon will be preached at the Church of the Madeline on Sunday next for the relief of the Irish sufferers. Car dinal Guibert, Archbishop of Paris, will participate in the ceremony. The offer tory will be collected by the wife of ex President McMahon and other distin guished ladies. A COXTIt A U A M D CARGO. London*, April 15.?Hamburg newspa pers state that on Saturday last the British steamer Aluwiclc Castle, bound for Vene zuela, entered the river Elbe. The vessel, from the nature of her cargo, attracted the attention of the Peruvian Consul. She had a large quantity of war material and intended to take in one hundred tons of powder at Hamburg and then proceed to Valpariso. While at anchor she-took fire and was scuttled to prevent an explosion. The ship and cargo, which included a number of Krupp guns, were insured in London and Hamburg for 137.000 pounds. The Peruvian Consul is about to proceed again&t the owners of the vessel. EXGLAXD. London, April 15.?The vote for mem bers of Parliament in Cork county was declared as follows: William Shaw nomi nal Home Rule leader re-elected, 5.840; Col David Catthurst, Home Rule, re-elect ed, 3;584; Kettle Parnellite defeated, 3,430. The nomination of Kettle was made es pecially to contest the return of Col Cat thurst. } The Queen conferred the decoration of Knight of the GramKJross, Order of Bath, on Sir Stafford Northcote and Lord John Manners. The Queen appointed Rev. John Charles Rvle Bishop of the newly constituted See oi Liverpool. BtlMU. St. Petersburg, April 15.?A large num ber of convicts that departed to Saghalien in 1879, have escaped. There are still 200 convicts there. Odessa, April 15.?Nineteen persons, mostly students, have been tried by court martial for various political offences. Two were acquitted and the others sentenced to hard labor. In the Government of Orenburg, Russia, thousands of families can neither obtain food, nor means to earn it, as there is a scarcity of work as well as food. PAB.1ELL EECCIVCM Tilt FREEDOM OF COHK. Core, April 15.?The freedom of the city was given to Parnell at the court house to-day. The building was thronged, but only a third of the members of the city corporation were present. The mayor, in his address, commented on Parnell's labors in America on behalf of the distressed Irishmen. Parnell replied, thanking the mayor for the freedom of the city, and compared the municipal institu tions of Ireland with those of the United States. TOBEEY. London, April 15.?A dispatch from Constantinople says that the Russian representative has sent a note to the Porte demanding proceedings in the case of the assassin of the Russian Col. Com onoff be at once brought to a conclusion, if consistent with justice, and declaring that Russia will hold the Porte respon sible if the assassin should escape or fur ther outrages should be committed. F1KK BIX'ORU. DISTILLERY consumed. Pittsburgh, April 15.?This morning he distillery of J. T. Mass, near Smithton, ?a., caught fire from a spark of a passing mgine and the building together with the government books and considerable cash | arere entirely consumed. Loss $20,000; 10 insurance. AT PERBYVILLE, O. Cincinnati, April 15.?A Commercial ipecial from Perry ville, Ohio, says a fire J loing damage to the amount of $25,000, jccurred to-day. Among the losers are J. Coulter, hardware store; Humphrey & Son, dry goods; D. Clough, clothing store: Fulmer & Bros., bakory, and the post jffice. Total insurance $13,000. Savs lie lint! Uood t?uw. Montrose, Pa., April 15.?To-night Fred. Warren shot and instantly killed Mason Wilson. Both were respectable young married men. Tho cause is un known. Warren says be hid good reason [or killing. He fired four ehots, two after Wilson fell. B. ?V O. Jl. It. Iiivldrn.I Baltimore, April 15?The Baltimore ind Ohio Railroad baa declared a dividend d( four per cent for the past half year on their main stem, and five per cent for the uime time on the Washington branch. Ocean VenMli. New York, April 15.?Arrived: Lessing, from Hambure; City of Limerick, from Liverpool, and Muriel, from London. The steamship Solunto, from Mediter ranean, reports tbat on April 5tb, in lattitude 30, 18, longitude 40, 33. she spoke the steamer Para, from Southamp ton for the West Indies, with 212 passen gers. She had a shaft broken, and one of her after compartments full of water. She wanted no assistance. Baltimore. April 15 ?The steamer Cast Bourne, for London, with a general cargo, inclading a deck load of cattle, put back with the cargo ahifted. The vessel en< I countered a gale Sunday night I Hew York, April 15.?Arrived: 8t Laur? I ent, from Havre. THE WEUT POINT OUTRAGE. Itewurd Tor the Detection or WlilttAksr's ?mm ilant ?. W*st Point, April 15.?General Schs fleld says the public have got a wrong im pression that the present investigation by the Court of Inquiry is the first. The fact is that upon the presumption that the guilty parties were in the corps of cadets, the commandant of the corps had used ail his power in a thorough and exhaustive in vestigation, and then sent his report of failure to ferret out the perpetrators to the Superintendent. Gen. Scnofield then ordered a court of inquiry to investigate the imputation cast upon whittaker. The court was occupied this morning in read ing all the evidence ol| Whittaker, he being present. The following card explains itself: I am authorized by a wealthy citizen of New York City to offer a reward of $1,000 for the detection and conviction of the person or persons who committed the out rage on cadet Whittaker on the ntybtof April 5th. I assume tho responsibility of payment at the request of the gentleman referred to. (Signed) Mabtih I. Townsko). Mr. Townsend questioned Whittaker at length upon his social standing in the corps: He said be had no associates in the corps; he never had social conversa tion with any of them, and that has been so ever since he first arrived at the the post in 1876. The cadets have out door sports, but he never participated in them, and the jroung men in his class never visited his room, except officially. He also told Townsend how how he had been ignored in the mess-room bv the waiters; dishes on being passed arouud would be passed by him. He said his standing at the last annual examination was 47 In a class of 58. Up to April 5th he had not known or suspected any change which he supposed would endanger his passing at the coming examinatiou. When the testimony was concluded Whittaker's counsel said Mr. Whittaker desired, voluntarily, to make a statement Wittaker rose ana said: "Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Court: 1 wish simply to make a remark concerning a statement in a newspaper of to-day, say ing that I did not expect to get justice frum this court. In justice to mynonorand inasmuch as it touches upon the honor of the court, I would say that the statement is as base and cowardly as it is false and 1 & renounce it to be a malicious and arrant Jsehood." When Whittaker uttered the last word there was applause among the specta tors. FR1UUTE3IKU AT T11E TIDE Dr Opponttlon ARiilnit Grant-Sleeting of That Geutleuinu's Ad wire rw ?t Chi ego. Chicago, April 15.?The movements in Illinois of late having caused some appre hension on the part of the friends of Gen. 3rant that the State might be carried for Blaine in the National Convention, a mass neeting in the interest of Grant was held n Central Music Hall this evening, at vhlch nearly 3,000 people were present, ill the available room being closely occu lied, Robert E. Lincoln was chairman. A nnmber ol ladles were in the audience ind a number of prominent politicians oc :upied seats on the platform. The speakers of the evening were Emory A. Storrs, whose speech was re plete with humor which was heartily ap preciated by the audience, S. A.Douglass, Jr.,E. C. Larned and others. General Logan who had not known of the arrange ments for the meeting until bis arrival, be ing urgently requested, spoke substantially as follows: "We meet to-night to ask ourselves why It is when a nomination for President is tendered to a distinguished citizen of Illi nois by the Republicans of other States that we should hesitate. For myself 1 snswer that I do not. I am for General Grant for President and I will tell you the reason. First, his personal integrity is not questioned by any man. Second, his qualifications are undisputed. They have been tested and found equal to all emergen cies. He has always responded to the call of his country. He is a citizen of our State and one of whom all parties should be proud of. Some object to his nomination, they say when ho was President he made mistakes in his appointments. It is true, but you may search his unequalled career and this is all the fault you can su bstantiate. OBA.Vri3i AKHASttAM. lie Administer* n Done or Taffy to the People. Little Rock, April 15.?At 10 o'clock this morning a procession was formed and marched to the vacant block on Third, between Ringo and Cross streets, when Messrs. Clayton, Roats, Adams and others of the reception committee presented Gen. Grant to Mayor Fletcher, and afterwards the Governor welcomed him in neat but brief terms, to which Gen. Grant respond ed as follows: Gentlemen, Mayor of the city of Little Rock, and cititens of the State of Arkan ?a??I come here at the invitation of your Mayor ami citizens. On tint landing on the soil of your State and at every stop ping place on tho road the people from the country Hocked aronnd and greeted me. I saw by their greeting that the feel ings of the past were gone. You have a ?reat State and a great future, and noth tig will advance your prospects as much as an entire absence of sectionalism. ] have noticed in my travels that sectional ism is passing away, and the countries of the world are reluming to that broad tield of liberality which is progress. You have a soil that will make you a great State, and the latitude that will enable you to produce a vast amount of one of the sta ?les of the world, namely, cotton. You ave not enough people, but I have no doubt that the resources of your State will attract inhabitants, that all new comers may be received as I have been to-day, and that they may make good citizens oi Arkansas and aid in developing the coun try is my wish. From 15,000 to 20,000 people were mass ed at the reception grounds. The enthu siasm was general, great and cordial. New Baltimore mid ohlo I.I or. PmsBUBOu, April In.?Atthroe o'clock this afternoon there was a meeting of the friends of the Baltimore and Chicago Kailroad, the line which is to extend from Beaver Falls to Chicago Junction. A number of prominent gentlemen from Ohio, who propoee to put their money into the new road, are at the meeting. Among the mare Messrs. Shafer, Anltman and Miller, of Canton; D. D.Miller and Capt. Kauk.of Wooster; Judge Straugn, of Fort Wayne; Judge Clark, ot New Lisbon, and many others equally well known. The object of the meeting ia to decide upon the course to take in building the road, and also the line of the route. 8ev eral places, such as New Lisbon, Canton and Wooster, want the road to paas through their limits, and this has created considerable rivalry. Several mape of the different rentes have been prepared and were ahown the meeting. It is said that there will be a final decision as to the route to-day, and that a lull representa tion of the stockholders will be on hand. Devastating Sew Jetty. Trenton, N. J., April 15.-^rickabarf reports that forest fire* in tb?t sectfcn burned over a tract of 000 square miles. Thousands of acres have been barned ovt r in the neighborhood Tillage of Tom'aBiver. Most of the wood land burned is cedar,and loss is estimated at $1,000 per acre. Tom's River, N. J., April 15 ?The forest (ire is spreading towards Tuckerton Beach and the residence of Judge Jeffrey, one of the finest in the countv has been barned. Four other dwellings are reported destroy ed and a farm hand burned to death. An Exeuralou nutl a Free Lnncta Dr? mandril-We Will All to Over. Bridgeport Blv?nl<l? Pi ml Every citizen, and especially every bu siness man, of Bridgeport should take an enthusiastic interest in the proposed jolli fication over the completion of tho new railroad. We look upon this as a most I important moment for the business inter ests of our town, and it becomes our citi zens, if for no other reason than that prompted by selfishness, to take advantage of their present opportunities. The open ing of the 0. T. V. & W. road will bring a large section of country in close proximity to Bridgeport which has heretofore gone to other cities for its supplies: and if we wish to secure the trade which this road brings to our door, the present opportuni ty must be improved. Arrangements should be made at once for a free excur sion over this end of the road, and invi tations sent out for the people living along the line to come and visit our town. And then it should be the duty of every citixen to make it pleasant for our visitors; show them through our mills and manufactor ing establishments, oyr wholesale and re tail stores; give them a free lunch, aud send them back to their homes with the impression that Bridgeport is the best place that the sun shines upon, aud thus create in them a d?sire to return to our thriving town whenever an opportunity presents itself. Haynvllle and 111* Sandy Hal I rotul. Cincinnati, April 15.?The Kentucky Legislature has pawed the bill amending the charter of the Uaysville and Big San dy Railroad Company, so as to authorise the company to build a road from Oattletts burg to Newport and Covington, making a connection for the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. ^QUEEN "or / TABLE/ WATERS/; . ( aplS-MWs AMUSEMENTS. Soiree Musicale IN NEW WEI8EL HALL, (i(eLainar~ Buildlnr,) Friday Evening, April 16, 1880, By VM. ARMSTRONG, Ptanltt, kindly aulsted by Un.O<o B Caldwell, Soprano, lire. M. ?. Wnltuker, fuprano, Pio(. Karl Herrmann, Pianist, Prof, Herman Scborkey, Violinist, Mr. a Y. imcam, Baritone. Admltalon 60s. Ti< keia for ula at Lnta' Muile Store and Bruee A CoOtx'i. aplt-awtt OPERA HOUSE-?WHEELING. THREE GRAND PERFORMANCES. Friday and Saturday Evrnlogi, April 16 and I7-Mdtinea Saturday at 2:30 P. M. Under the Management of JOHN ABEKCROUBIB, Tbe Great, the Ocl j, the Otitis*! ANTHONY &. ELLIS' MAMMOTH UNCLE TOM'S CABIN COMPANY. .10 ARTIST*. JO The largest and beet Unele Tout's Cabin Compuy la the World. Kxc.dall. ImlUtanone. Appearance of tbe P. til* and accomplished Actrras, MISS MINNIE FOSTER. Tbegrrateail ting '-Topey," In b?r orl^nxl a?d ittowDf iendilion of lopir, with So-ga, Daucta aod Banjo Solos. *upportoiby a inagullicent cui. Tbe ?.nly geuul >e Georgia Jubilee Singers, In tbe treat Plantation. Cotton Picking Scene. THE CO GO ME!.OI>i?jT*.o NewOTjeatB. The grewt knowing donkey 1'ttUftO will appmu etery prrlorujanrr. I'ejplf'n Popular Priffa.?Rraervrd Peats, Mj and 60c. Matinee, IV and 2k. Gall-try, Me. KHkD 1) ol'KAl- KIN. Bualneaa Agent. Reserved Seats for Hale tt Lutsu' Music Stote. apl2 GENERAL NOTICES. VTOTICE TO SALOON KEEPERS.-I i_N hereby notlff hi I p?rs<ns nal to HI my bu? band,hifpbfn Qulen, liquor*of an/ kind, aa 1 will prot*cu.e ail ufleiidois tu ibe fulUstantof ibe lav. apU* CA MURINE QuI.NN, ^"OTICE. There ?III be a meeting of tbe Stockholders of tbo Wheeling Ubrary Astoc atinn, April 27,18*0, at 1J4 ?'clock p. M . at tbe Library Hoo ii, In ibiCipltOl Building, Wheeling, W. V*., loomalder a |.r?p^itloo from tbe L 0.0. K. Lodges fur the purchase of tbe Lodges for the purchase < ?no*. Per ader B*nl of Managers. aptf-rrm H BVACK. ^ CARD. 7b the Voter# <tf OkU County: la At candidate for tbe Republican nomination for Pro?ecutln< Attorney id Ohio > ouuty, aud rcspett iully ft>licit your influence and ro e* aplO T. J. 11UQU8, ^OTIOE 1 hare bought Robert CowatTa atock o\ Orcecrlts and ProrUloos, No. 1748, corner Tfclrty*lghih acd Jacoo stroets, Eighth Ward, and will continue In the mine line of bntioew. A abare ot public fafor vlli be thankfully recclnd and appnvl <ud. tpv> edward wg*TWpot>. gEALE] D PROPOSALS. Ciuut'i Ownct Poamd or Connuniowtn,i WiuiUM, April !i, iH J Sealed Proposal* will be le-fteJ at ihli office until Tuesday, April JO, IS*), lo cIom at 4 o'clock r. m , lor tbe following ciunty roa-t work: North Kora of hbort Creek, between (hi fork and Wtld-man'a Mills?1.UC0cubic yard* ol ca^vjilon, 60 cubic yaid? luatAory, aecond ilaas, lal I ary. p<tilna ila road, from city bridge lo Pulton bridge ?M4> cubic yard* of aa.arfamlalug. By order of the KoarJ. ?PlO CHA8. H. PKITER*. a?rk. TAISSOLUTION OF THE CON YEN U tion oil costPAiv r. r?otl v la hemby r?u tUt a meet Ins of tbe ttock bolder* of the M'd Convention till CVmpany aaa held in tbe taw. ffl a of Denial reck, *40i cbaidlne rreet. City of Wneelln;, nateot W?*t Vl'glnta, ou the 31*t day of March, I MO, a ar?f majority of me atock of tbe aald <ou|-any Ulng rr|'r??-i.iftJ, a d aald tance majority of aald elocKIwlhg v<*dallwat JU*fr*d, That the butli<c*a ot the r?ri>oraiion to, and the aanin la beredi'coailnaeii, aid limt tae pro* I per nolle* be published In tbe doily 1?tki.umi>?c?ji lurala to-aec?iure ?r*U oocw a wetk; and that a certificate of aoch dlacouilnoanee be made by the Kreetdeot to tbe ttwcnui? ai nta) o It a as alto That nil of the corporation pr..p rty be ?ild b? Id. Really, upon due no lo*, on tb? fervun ? ol aucb property on ewb tormaaahtmay Ju. geiortbe 1 teneatof the mid atoekhotd.rs la tbe aalu cwriott* lion. II. Ri ll.LV, aprt?r PraeidtnL