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established august 24,1m WHEELING., WEST VA., MONDAY MORNING, MAY 17.1880. VOLUME XXYm -NUMBER '225. glit Jnttl%nar 37 Konrleenlii ?w?l. ***? =rf5^Ch? Jamee Faulkner, Demo Jiandid.te for Gofernor, and the u!h Dan. Lucas, candidate for Congre? lTdUtrict, will address the people 2 Prawn county to-day at Klngwood. in th. vote fored ? Iment o" 'he 31,t 00 S"ord,y 1"t' ^^Tol Ben. Wilaon and Col. Ben. Mar . against adjonrnment, while SaTtTin the affirmative. This M*tmto indicate that Kenna i? I^ oilooa about the condition of hia ^ tb?n either of the two Colonel* r?m the number of addressee that Walk I jmiiini! in'he Third diatrict and the ?MM that he la giving Kenna in hie Miipaper. we do not wonder (M the lultr il ?nliou? to come home. Gov puarourr, of Fairmont, will go to . Chicago Contention if able to leave JL, It that time. He ia one of the moat JkuM anti-third termers In the country, will take ? vigorona hand in the fight Chicago. The old Governor ia a man ?bo strikes out straight from the ahonl when be goes into a contest HU ottoaire acquaintance with the leading pnof the Republican party, and his ex -jlent record aione of the most devoted virion that West Virginia produced in [hewar.wil! igsure him m favorable hear jafin delegation he may addrese. We know of no man Irom any of the Demo niic Jutes whose presence ia more likely ? ^ It at Chicago, and we tope that it will be poeaible for him to attend. V. M. Lowar.Fish Commissioner for the jj ff. Vs. district, publishes the following .olice >nlht P'P'? of lll,t dijtrict: ?I will have a lot of Carp, soon, which hire been recently imported from Europe. idiom having suitable ponds for these ?? on get them by applying to me at UiBlon and paying charges, If any, of transportation irom the nearest point on lie Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad to the jondi". We are glad to see such notices appear j,. a the press of the State. It indicatee u increasing interest in the all im portant subject of fish culture In West Virpnia. Tile carp la the coming gjh f ir gtneral use, because more than uyrtr-.rnally good fish it can bado 7w.tiL.u-u m i^onds. To IU> necldrd TbU Week. The list of the Republican State con ran lone will be held this week, and they wJl ieod 100 delegates to Chicago. They Lt si foiiows: MlMlnnwoU ....... 10 ; ... ? e uotl errllory?-.?. 2 42 ? fcjMKhUMtU. - *1 Total ~.~.104 up to this time the number of delegates chosen is 650, iod a fair division of them, according to the latest revelation? from Ksv York and Pennsylvania,indicates that they itaod aa follows: ftlM -2?8 EtlmnDd?....?~......~..~. 54 tonne...? ?235 Wuhburoe ? 16 ? 97 ToU] 650 The Springfield Republican gives Grant SS instead of 235 votes as set down above. The Republican is generally liberal in its concessions to opponents, and if we adopt its estimate it is still true that Grant lacks 101 jotes of a majority, and he nut carry all but seven of the delegates jet to be chosen. We do not see how it ii possible for him to do this. Our fear ii that the game will be to capture dele gates at Chicago. There ia point in the remarks of the New York Sun on this lead. "It Is reasonable to assume that ten per ten*' ol those delegates are composed of terr slippery materials, inclined to slide into the bands of that syndicate at Chica go which will pay the highest price for them. There ia no good ground for doubt ing that the wine rule will be applicable to the 10b delegates who are yet to be ap pointed. Therefore it is safe to say that so oo# can tell with certainty for whom at least seventy-five members of the Chi cago Convention will throw their ballots, until they have themselves cast them. Howaid Cabboll, of the New York Tntf?kwfta in Cincinnati on Saturday night, to route from the South to Springfield, Illinois, to write up the Illinois Republi can Convention which is to come off on the 19th at that place. He is the gentle man who came to Wheeling after the Presidential election of 1870, and wrote up onr West Virginia politics, and from here vent on South. Inasmuch as he became known to a number of the Republicans lereabouts during his sojourn in our ?idst,the following interview with him by a reporter of the Cincinnati Enquirer of JMterday will no doubt be read with in terest: "Howard Carroll, "H. O." of the New ' " ? ? - > ?? ?: i-.? ?? irt*8Il irom BQ CJkUCujQ uvuuiw.a ?-r aad known more than most people in re gard u? what the Cotton States will do in the Chita0 meeting. "H. O." objects to heing inte.-viewed except by the readers of the Timet, but our reporter was able to wn irom him, in his own emphatic wgnage, that John Sherman has otad all the power of the Government and muoh money to capture delegates from the Sooth; that lie will lose most of them *od that they will go for Grant when! they I W into the Convention. Alabama, Mr. wroll says, will send twentv delegates inuructed lor Grant, the Louisiana dele tion will stand eight for Grant and ?i|ht for sale; and Mississippi will on the ballot cast, in spite of Sherman's *hemeri, seven votes for Grant. Mr. Car roll predicts with the utmost confidence "tt John Sherman will never receive 120 in the Convention, and that if Grant ji not nominated some "dark horse" will <*? savs, in addition, that beyond qnation "Jim" Blaine is among the Toongmen the most popular .Republican ?the country." Stumuip Wbi Vikqinu.?The agents ol the Glugov and Mew York Steamship Coropaojr have been inrited to name the Cca;>4E.r'a new it earner now being ballt. teueli compoeing thialine all bear the uuesol States ol the American Union. The namo o! Weet Virginia hu been Bent in by the Wheeling agent ol the line, and kttieoarStk'te ii honored bj the adop tion o( in uma on the new ateamer, the ?*lit ol the luggeru'on *11 belong?? Mr' Jaoea Jepeon, book-keC."' *' whols' ?I' grocery ho (lie of Mi chats.1 Reiliy, Esq., ollhiidiy. lniubmitting the to the Steamship Company, Mr. Jepson has accompanied it with a brief history of West Virginia, and alio ol the Industries of Wheeling. Hie letter is spoken of as highly creditable to Wheeling and to the State, and we understand that it was warmly endorsed by Governor Mathews. We hope that our Scottish friends will he sufficiently impressed with what Mr. Jepson has set forth on our behalf to give the name of West Virginia to their new steamer. Certainly they could not choose a prettier name, nor one that, as far as the American 8tatea are concerned, could be more appropriate for a British steamer. Virginia was named after England's Virgin* Queen, and the name of West Virginia represents that spirit of loyalty to the conservation of good government that ia so dear to the hearts of Scotchmen the world over. Lord Mansfield long ago decided that no man could breathe the air of Britain and remain a slave. The motto of Weet Virginia?111 ilvntani Semper Libfri"?in scribed on the side of the steamer, would be a constant reminder of that grand en uncia tion of thegreat British jurist. Therefore, in every way, it would be strikingly appro priate that the new steamer should bear the name of West Virginia. ADDmONALLO C AL. ubape ukowihu. Proaprels for ? Larce Crop <hU Tear Very rialterlar-Where and flow Oar GrtpM are Produced. The raising and cultivating ol grapee and the manufacturing of wines have be come a very important feature around this city, in late years, and are annually becoming more important. Besides the numerous vineyards that clothe the bills on this side of the river our, neighbors of Bridgeport and Martin's Ferry attracted by the incomparable natural facllites they possess have gone into this business ener getically,and now all the bills that Incline to the river and "face" this city are utilized by their owners as vineyards and grapeyards. The vineyards on the Ohio aide are much older than any on this side of the river and at the same time are much larger and generally much better cultivat ed. The products of these vines are dis posed of in this city and in Cincinnati in the shape of wine, only a small proportion of the grapes grown be ing used for table purposes. Many conjectures have been made re cently as to whether or not the frosts bad Injured the young grapes and also the small fruits, and to ascertain the state of these fruits and grapes an Ix TKLLiGKSCEit man yesterday made a tour of some of the Vineyards across the river. He first stopped at the large gar den, fruit and vegetable farm and vine yard of Mr. A. D. Newland, behind Mar tin's Ferry. Unfortunately. Mr.Newlaud was not at home, but his wife very kindly gave us the following points: "The grapes at present are in excellent condition; indeed, better that they have been for many years, and, unless the dry weather w'e are now having is pro tracted too long, we shall have a large and fine crop of all kinds of grapes. As io the small fruits, tbefrosts n iopes the early blossoms, but subsequent blos soms have appeared, and X thiok we shsll have an abundance of all sorts of berries. Gardens are also coming on famously just now, and all that we need is a shower or two to have one of the most abundant seasons ever known." Proceeding further down the river, we came to the fine vineyard and orchard of Mr. McSwords, and passing through them on our way to the house. Here, too, we found unmistakeable evidences that, unlets some unforseen obstacle should arise, a heatiful supply of grapes and trulls was assured this season. Mr. McSwords also was absent, and we were compelled to seek for information from other sonnies, and in a lew minutes found Capt Richard Crawford, of /Etnaville, at home, and willing to give ua the results of a lifetime of experience as an agri nnlturiat and urape-grewer. "The grape crop promises 10 00 larger and finer thin year than it baa for the last three yean. The. past winter has been very faverrble to grape vines, and I pre dict an immense crop. The Isabella grape, which has rather a tender and delicate bod, has profited by the clemency of the elements and will torn oat very large ly. The Concords, of coarse, are accli mated, and.there will be a large crop. The UataWbas are shooting well, and will aver age three bunches of grapes to a bud. This is the result of the mild weather." "Are there not other varieties?" "Oh, yes; there are the Delawares, the lyes, and we did attempt to introduce the Iona, but as it is a very fine and delicate vine, the harshness of this climate dis couraged the attempt; but take them all through and the Catawba is tfie most re liable and the best. The Concord is a fine table grape, but palls sooner on the taste than soma others." "Is not this section admirably adapted to the cultivation of grapes?" "These hills that slope to the river are very well adapted to the purposes of grape culture. They have the eeseptial quali ties of soil and exposure to tfce sun, and I do not think these qualities are possessed to the same degree by many other sec tions. By the deflection of the river here a natural cove is formed which protects these hills. Alkali, a very essential ele ment in the oulture of the grape, is abund-1 ant The morning sun and the noonday and afternoon rays of the sun strike these hill facings, and we generally have good crops. "There is all the difference In the world in the plans in .which vineyards are lo cated," continued Mr. Crawford. "I have shown you the admirable adaptation of these bills to the purposes of grape grow ing. Persons very frequently have fields up a creek exposed to the sun, and, as they think, well adapted to the purpose of grape growing. No worse place, however, could be selected. From the nature of those places the hollow formed by a creek is generally narrow and funnel shaped, and through it the winds pass eontinually, and as a result the grapes mature alowly and frequently mildew. Then again, oak lands [ are often selected. Alkali Is always want ing in these lands, and unless this is an element there can be no success attending any attempts. It is said that garden veg etables, Ac., mature two weeks earlier on this side of the river than they do on the other side from the reason of our exposure to the sun. 'Vineyards and farms could be rendered much more produotive and prolific if their owners would give a little attention to the matter of fertilising. There are large deposits of marl which are readily accessible, and if loads of this ma terial were scattered over the vineyards s very material increase of grapes would re sult" Capt Crawford thoroughly understands the theory of grape culture and baa been very successful in his efferts in this direc tion, and his idess on the subject can b? utilized bv growers with great profit. Mr. 0. Hayes, of this city, has been in terested for some ysars in a vineyard of the hill above Bridgeport, and says that i the prospects are unusually good foi ?fSPSB ot dsscriptions. Other smaller grape growers report fa vonble indications of good crops, ant . ;ho ?tr*wb?rtiM, rtup ' btirriw, NEWS AT THE CAPITAL. Army Officers on the Retired List. The Adjournment of Coojrtu-Tln Tine Fixed by the Hum Likely to be Re ooBeUered?Tbe Vote oo the Ques tion?West Vlrjleli'e Share In the River and Harbor Bill Likely to 60 By tbe Board. BXTIMD ABHY OFflCIlU. WaeiiisoTOK, May 16,-There is an In diapoeitlon on tbe part of Congreea to further lncrea?e( the retired liat ol the army. Since the creation ol this liat there haa been paid out to retired office? the earn of $7,649,791 14. Tbe link ia now longer than ever, and promisee to increase rapidly, aa the army, like the navy, ia top heavy with officere, and the moat of those who reach the requisite age will undoubt edly retire when the time cornea. It ie understood that General Sherman himself propoeee to retire next April. Up to tbe date of the death of General Heintielman, a few daya ago, there were five Major Generala upon the retired liat, each receiving$5,625 per annum. Thetol lowing are the names and the total amount received by each, since having been placed on the retired list. ;???"! r. BdMalau Ml as John U Roblnaou......^ 57 ai7 31 Dmnl*l E alcklo ^ 33 8M 07 Samuel 6. I'arroll 41*191 15 Jautw B. RkkalU-. Of Brigadier Generals on the list there are eighteen. The salary of each is $1,125. The names of these retired Brigadier Gen erals and the total sum received by each since retirement is as follows: Wm. 3. Hirnwr IW.OM 00 Philip 8l Georg* Cook . 25 -MO 42 OKmDIUnu.7 Joseph Ho t..... .. .. id $43 75 Benjamin W.Brlce 23 000 Oj Ardrew A. Hutnphrera 2032 50 Thomat J. Wood.......; ?7.W7 79 William H. Emorf 14 436 66 Gabriel R Paul ci 767 01 Hatnuid W. CrawfjrJ^. .... 26 777 08 John B Mclatoib S'au 4a Josrph H. Klildoo....^.^..^ 37's * trf Itichard W. Johnion..... MM6 J7 Thoiuaa W. tiWMney 40 613 73 Mania D Uanlln.... I.. 3.^8 87 Frmncia Famndan 47, 24 n Ell Long 37,007 58 Of Colonels on tbe list there are tlfty seven, and two Professors with the rank of Colonel. The pay of a Colonel on the retired list is $3,375 per annum. Of Lieutenant-Colonels there are thirty six who receive $3,060 each annually. Of Majors there are fifty-one, each of whom receives $2,625 annually. Of Captains there are 136 on the list, receiving an average pay of about $2,000 each per annum. Of First Lieutenants there are eighty three, with an average pay of $1,300 an nually. Of Second Lieutenants there are fif. teen, with an average pay of $1,200 each per annum. Of Chaplains there are eight on the re tired list,who are paid from $1,485 to 11,800 each annually, which is more than the average minister earrfs when in active duty, and generally with no prospect of pay when active duty ceases. CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT?TnE_ HOUSE AGREES TO DISBAND ON THE S1W. The House has done its share toward ending tbe present session of Congress with the present month, tho resolution fixing noon of May 31 as the time for final adjournment beinjjadopted this afternoon, Blackburn relinquished his threatened at tempt at filibustering, and the opponents of the proposition interposed no obstacle to the vote beyond an unsuccessful at tempt to lay the matter on tbe table. _ half-hour's discussion was" allowed before the final vote, which was equally divided between the two sides, and called outsome very telling speeches, Tucker, Stevenson and Dunnell making the strongest protests against an early adjournment, and Gar field putting arguments in it* favor most forcibly. The roll call resulted in the passage of the resolution by a vote of 121 to 90. The negative vote included eight Republicans, from Indiana, Illinois. Kansas, Minnesota, Colorado and Nevada. With the excep tion of these Northern Republicans, fif teen Democrats from the same section ,and tbe Greenback contingent, the negative vote came entirely from the South, and included all the Representatives from tbe several States. The whole Republican side, except the eight members just refer red to, was reinforced in voting for the reeolution by all but two of the Demo crats from the Eastern and Middle States, the whole of the South Carolina delega tion, five from Ohio, four from Missouri, two from Louisiana, and enough scattering votes from a half-dozen otberStates to make thirty-six in all, or nearly one-third of the affirmative vote. Morrison, Tucker. Car lisle?indeed nearly all leading Demo crats. opposed the resolution, bat they could not rally ? the party behind them, and tbe curious spectacle waa thus pre sooted of the minority in the House dic tating the course of proceedings. The op ponents ot early adjournment made earn est appeals for action on some other sub ject* than the Appropriation Bills*, and especially for legislation on the tariff, and some method for counting the Electoral votes next winter, but Garfield made a very effective reply when he urged that Congress would do nothing important if it should continue in session, butthut it would only be transformed into a political debating society after the second of June. Other motive* operated to swell the affir mative vote, as the desire of most Repub licans and many Democrats to escape the tariff ajgitation. but the controlling con sideration with thoughtful men was the general conviction that tbe public business would be little better off if Congress should sit another month, and that tbe best thing for the country would be to "adjourn the concern," 49 one advo cate of the resolution put it Having resolved to close the session only sixteen days hence, the House, with that remarkable inconsistency in whfoh it is so consistent concluded to waste what waa left of one of those days, and as it was 3 o'clock vhen this subject had been disposed of, straightway adjourned. The I reoolntlon now goes to the Senate, which will take it up In its deliberate way.but the probabilities are that it will concur, as the Republicans in .that body are quite as ready to adjourn as those in the House, and many Democrats are with them. Were there no political copventiona Just a head, a majority could not be secured In either branch to close the session, in which practically nothing bftfl thus far been done for a fortnight Hence, aa it ia, there ia a strong feeling that nothing can be secured in the direction o( sound legia lation by prolonsrinn the farce, and that more applause is to be gained from the eountry pv ringing down the curtain. It if still possible, however, that the end may not be reached this month. Should work drag in the House next week, so that it appears doubtful whether absolutely necessary legislation oan be completed in time, the Senate will not be exposed to pass the reeolution. Tbe facta that Chairman Atkins, aa well aa other members of tbe appropriation! Committee, upon which so much will de pend, voted against tbe reeolution to-day, and that Blackburn is ol the same con) rnittee, and a bitter opponent of an early adjournment, are therefore naturally re garded aa unfavorable signs. TO Bl RXCON8DXRXD. A caucus of "Democratic Representa tives was held this evening for the pnr pose of interchanging vie#s upon the ad journment question. Steele presided, and upon motion of Springer it was resolved that, in the opinion of those present, the vote by which the House to-day decided in favor of adjournment on the 31st of May should be reconsidered; that the question of adjournment should be post poned until importaut legislation now pending and neccessary business of Con f;ress has been disposed of. Speeches fol owed, deprecating the movement for early adjournment, which the calendar of the House shows one thousand bills, many of them of great importance to the country, awaiting action; and the private calendar is crowded with bills which de mand some consideration. THK RIVER AND HARBOR DILL?IT IS POSSIBLK THAT WEST VIRGINIA WILL NOT GET THAT $300,000. There is a possibility that the River and Harbor bill may be defeated, and eight millions of dollars saved to the Treasury. Strong opposition to it has developed. Mr. Reagan will attempt to call it up Monday and pass i( under a suspension of the rules, but there is a possibility of defeat ing this by calling for the reading of bills, which will consume the entire day. If, however, the bill should pass, there is a atrong probability that the President will, veto it on Constitutional grounds. In this bill there are appropriations for creeks which are nearly all in one county. Such wasteful appropriations out of the Nation al Treasury are not regarded as coming under the clause in the Constitution em powering Congress to regulate commerce between the States. THE i'ULUUKD CADET. He l? Pat on the Aland mid < 'lonely Ques tioned- i be llnmlnriling <?oe? lo bbotr '1 Inn he Bmllnled Hlm?el? West Point, N. Y., May 15.?Joseph E, Paine, expert, was recalled, and testified to striking similarities in one of the set of pairs viewed by the other experts with the note of warning. The testimony was,in the main, corroborative of other experts. The court-room was filled with people, it being stated that Cadet Whittaker would under go severe examination. Cadet Whittaker was called, and in re ply to questions he said he had heard be fore he came to the academy of the way in which colored cadets were treated. The prospects were not encouraging, but he had in many respect been treated better than he expected. A copy of Lieutenant Flipper's book on "The Colored Cadet of West Point" was shown Whittaker. The book contained an extract from a letter from Whittaker, in which be spoke of his treatment as "bully." Whittaker said the extract was a correct one, and that it was a true state ment of his sentiment at the time it was written. He thought from iaccounts that some colored cadets had been treated worse than he had. Q. Has there been anything improper in their treatment that would lead a sen sible man to mutilate or make himself sick? A. fio, not 1! tie was a man. Whittaker paid when the wrongs done him were reported to the authorities, they had been redressed. He bad no clue to the perpetrators of the outrage. He now bad some suspicions of Cadets Blake and McDonald. He suspected Blake on ac count of the manner in which Blake treat ed him a few days before the outrage. He bad on Blake's cap by mistake one day in coming out of the academy, and Blake was very angry about it. He also Buspected Blake bccause of the scornful manner in which Blake moved off one day when he (Whittaker) waslesvingthe Commissary's. Question?Do you think this scorn was sufficient to lead a man to mutilate another and run the risk of being dismissed from the army of the United States, and being confined in the penitentiary. A.?I know a sensible man wonld not do it, but I know some men could be so debased and so biased that they could be led to such an act. He did not entertain these suspicions at the time of his previ ous examination. They were afterthoughts. He suspected McDonald from the fuss he had with him when thev were plebs. He bad bad knowledge of this fues before before the investigation began, bnt since his previous testimony he had thought the matter all over, including his treatment by the various cadets, and he had now reached the conclusion just given. He bad seen some evidences of aversion towards bim by several other ca dets, but not like that of Blake. He did not remember that he had told Lieutenant Knight of bis suspicions. Question?If you have not told him, do you think you have done your duty to your counsel and yourself?. Answer?I think I have, if I did not think of it when talking with him. If he had not told Lieutenant Knight, perhaps the suspicions were not strong enough. The Recorder showed Whittaker a let ter and asked: "Is that your writing?" Whittaker said he could not tell till he read the letter, and he reached out for it The Recorder would not let him take it, but said: "You see the letter; is that your writing?" Whittaker refused to say wheth er the writing was his or not till be had examined the letter more closely, and reached for it again, and again the Re corder withdrew it, when Lieutenant Knight stepped up and took the Record er's cbair, and turning about, banded it to Whittaker, who read it very carefully. This took considerable time, the letter cov ering many pages. Recorder Sears seem ed nettled, and his course caused consid erable criticism by the spectators. He must have overheard some remarks, for as he again took his cbair be said: "I ask if any one not connected with the Court makes remarks, that they be required to leave the room, I have not made any ob jections before, but 1 now make this re quest." President Mordecai said if any Jne makes remarks they will be required to leave the room. The letter was finally read aloud by Mr. Whittaker. In it the cadet said he felt himself utterly forlorn and friendless. He could hardly nave dreamed that someday the cadets would do him injury. He re ferred to the outrage as "barbarous," and said as be thought of it in his "anger even boiled within his breast." He stated the circumstances of the atUck in detail, say ing bis injuries might be superficial, as they had been.termed, yet they would re main with him forever. It was not the slight scratohes that he had received, but the outrage iuelf that be cared about. He spoke of it as an act so fiendish and oow ardly that savages would even bide tbelr heads with shame; that it was an act of spirits so cowardly and base as were not fit to grace society of the lower regions. He sud it cast a beautiful reputation upon one of the bluest schools of the oountry, and he felt the day of retribution must come to his cowardly persecutors, and ex pressed his faith in heaven. His resding of the letter was intensely dramatic, init Ing his yoico and manner to the written sentences. The letter was written to a i colored man named Weston, in New York city. In one portion of the letter was a , sentence, reading in substance as follows: ' "And yet this is what I have suffered at on* of your schools boasting of honor, Recorder Sears asked bow he reconcil ed the statements in his letter with the testimony he had recently given, Whitta ker replied: "Those were utterances of my heart,and they were my feelings when I wrote, and I cling to them to-day, sir, just as tenaciously as when they were ut tered " The Recorder aaked him if the marks on his earn remain, aBd he replied in the affirmative, and turned his hesd so that the Court could see his ears. There are yet slight marks on them. The Recorder next cross-examined the witness on his former evidence and first statement, and the discrepancies were tri vial. He was questioned closely as to his knowledge of how they mark hogs down South, and how the negroes in South Carolina were mutilated by the Ku-Klux. To the latter he answered he had heard of shooting them, killing them, burning them, &c. He never heard of their lips being slit or esrs cropped. In reply to questions, he said he had written two or ttfree stories, but hadn't sent them to a magazine; he had written two or three simply for amusement in leisure hours; he had written one or two love stories, and had read some sensational literature, but not much. Question?Do you or have you consider ed that you have a special mission to per form for the social elevation of your race, more than any other intelligent or educated man? Answer?Not more than any other in telligent or educated man. Wbittaker had six handkerchiefs, but only four were found. Couldn't tell where the other two were. If his necktie could not be found he supposed it was lost. He always uaed a plllewcase on his pillow, and couldn't tell how his knife cam? to be on the floor of his room. If the door was locked in the bath-room when he was there, he didn't know it. He didn't think it was found locked. It may have been. He was handed a letter he wrote to his mother on the day of the outrage, and he read it aloud. Recorder?Why do you say in that let ter, "I shall see that justice is done if I have t apply to Congress?" Answer?Well, sir, I know I am in nocent, and I wanted a full investigation. I never had a doubt but the authorities would investigate it. He was questioned closely about the burnt paper found on his floor, and then again described minutely how he had laid upon the floor. He was afraid to cry out, fearing he would be killed. His Bible was intact the night before, and he could not account for the fact that the leaves had been carefully cut out, and that the cuts were of the length of his scissor blades. He had no suspicion who the third cadet might be. He was smaller than Cadet Blake, and taller than McDonald. Flip per had sent him a telegram suggesting that McDonald might be one oi his asail ants. No one else has suggested the name of e cadet. He had spoken to Detective Fisher and other detectives about Blake and McDonald, and in reply to a question added, "No one suggested I should men tion their names to the court I think I have done justice in not mentioning them before I was asked why. I do not think it justice to myself -to mention and bus- 1 picions unless 1 have perfect grounds." i The Recorder?How can you justify i yourself in coming into Court and bring ing the names of these men into disrepute? i Answer?You asked me; 1 have a right to tell you. The Recorder then asked him if he still adnered to his statement that he knew i nothing about the note of warning, and he < replied he did. _ i Suppressed portions of the reports of ex- 1 perts were read by the Recorder, showing J that each expert fixed upon the hand writing of Cadet Whittaker as the hand writing of the person who wrote the note of warning. The experts' statements all ' bore severely against Whittaker. ' The suppressed portion of Expert South- 1 worth's report, presented at the secret i session of the Court, was read. He says: ( You will no doubt be surprised when I , tell you I have a sheet which I have mark- t ed "A" in two placee out of Set 1 from j which the paper upon which the anony- ] mous notej is written was torn. The fact j is easily discernible to an ordinary vision | with the naked eve. This paper cut of set t "one," marked by me "A" twice with j blue pencil, has subject matter connected j with another sheet which I have marked "C" twice. Thus by facta mathematically demonstrable the anonymous note is one of four links, three of which are papers of set "One." I have great satisfaction in , discovering this point,which discovery will do much toward settling the whole affair 1 as far as the authorship of the anonymous 1 note is concerned. Truth stands forth to i all interested, triends and foes, if there be t any, beyond doubt or cavil that this most | perplexing and annoying question has , been solved. I have to the best of my ability arranged two frames of glass so as j to exhibit my discovery to any one who , may properly examine. Number one is , the questioned note placed in juxtaposi tion with part of the sheet from set one j marked "A" in two places. We first no tice the cut of the paper on top, as arrang ed and cut at the paper mills; next, rul ings and then ragged edges in juxtaposi tion, where it was separated perhaps with i a paper cutter. No matter in what way, . so long as an indented spot upon one edge 1 has its corresponding tooth opposite. So ' of No. 2, which is out of set 1, and mark- i ed as above described and placed as I have described heretofore as "No. 1." I This testimony created a sensation, < which was greatly increased when it was ' announced that the piece of paper on which the anonymous note was written was torn from a sheet on which Whitta ker had started to write a letter to his mother, which sheet the expert had taken from Set 1, and marked "A" in two places. 1 Every one of the experts, five in all, iden tilled the handwriting of Whittaker as the i handwriting in the note of warning, three of them being poaitlve. Wbittaker was not questioned after the above conclu sions were announced, and the Court ad journed till Monday. WHAT WHITTAKER BATS. liefillll Believe* In lll? Own Innocence? Prof. Greener Promises a Revelation Soon. West Point, May 10.?In an interview to-day Cadet Whittaker stated that last evening he was Invited to Gen. Schofield's house, the latter saying he had sent for him to say that there was considerable hard feeling against him, and asked him if he bad nothing more to say, or wished to make a confession, and if he did that it would be a good time to do it Whittaker replied that he had nothing to say; that be had told all he knew, and it was the truth, and that if he hadn't told the troth, and desired to oonfesa anything, Gen. Schofield would be the first man he would go to on account of the General's uniform kindness toward him. Whittaker said the General had ad vised hira to collect all the letters he had written lately,because In that way it might be possible to ascertain who it waa that simulated hi? handwriting. He-said the General told him he had his best wishes, and Whittaker judges from thst remark that the General believes be is innocent, or be never wonld have said it. Whittaker was aaked how he accounted for some of the discrepancies in his state t ments. He said he could not account for them, and argued that the presence of dis crepancies showed that be was honest, for, said he, "If I had invented the story I would have learned it by heart snd then there would hsve been no discrepancies." He was asked how it was that he never noticed the writing in the note of warn ing was like his own. He said he never thought of it, and if he bad written it he would not have exhibited it to fonr or five persons. He was asked what be thought of the expert's discovery that both of the sheets were of one psper. He said that didn't amount to anything because all cadets ose the same kind of paper, and that he wanted to say he found the note of warning on his cbair by the side of his table in the evening. He was in a habit of tearing whole sheets into halves to write on, and the person who wrote the note might have come to his room and ta ken a piece of his paper. and with many samples of his handwrit ing before him might have forged the note. Gen. Schofield's says as the report of the Court is to be presented to him, he does not want to say anvthing on the sub ject Any reports of fears of disorderly action by the cadets sgainst Whittaker are premature, as it is the understanding among them to allow the court to take care of the whole case. Prof. Greener claims Whittaker is innocent, and says he baS some important points he intends to make known over his own signature, but not to the court BROUGHT BY THE CABLE. The Land Leaguers of Ireland Quarreling Among Themselves on the Land Queitlon-A Terrible -Boiler Explo sion In Englnnd?The Situation of Affairs Between the Pope and Germany-English Labor Trouble!? General Foreign News. CESTBAL A JILKIl'A. Panama, May 16.?Ernest Diehrman, U. S. Minbter resident in Columbia, has srrived. In an interview With the Presi dent of the State be condemned the Isth mus Canal project as undertaken by the French and English. His explana tion of the coaling station and the claim of the United States thereto was very unsatisfictory; and the result of the whole interview, as far as its etlect on the President and Sec retaries were concerned, was exceedingly unsatisfactory. The commanders of the United States men-of-war, Kearsage and Adams, have been notified that if they still remain in Territorial waters they must suspend surveys and other opera tions in which they are engaged. 'BEAUTIES OF MIH1LUX. London, May 15.?A terrible incident from Nihilist life is reported from the Russian district of Putiloff. At the mo ment of his srrest a young nobleman was shot by his own father. The father then shot himself. * Russian students, who in many in stances are men past twenty, have been prohibited from marrying. Their "sweet hearts" are suspected of even a more un-; compromising radicalism than is attrib uted to the students themselves. A like :barge is preferred against female students, % class recently created, because the num ber of educated men is too small for the professional work of the country. GEBXA3Y ASI> THE VATICAN. London, May 15.?A Berlin correspond ent says: "Hundreds of parishes are with out priests, and no new ones can be nomi nated until the Bishops are willing to sub nit the names of candidates to the Gov ernment It is therefore believed in Gov ernment circles that the Pope is inclined \a give in, as he fears the power of Papacy in Europe might be shaken by longer de lay. To re-establish this power the Pope is said to be willing to make, for the mo ment some sacrifices, and also some im portant concessions. In this policy, how ever, the Pope will encounter resistance from the Jesuits." IK I.MI PABTY IN P4BLIAXENT. London, May 15.?Oar correspondent :elegrapha that from what has taken place it the recent conference of the Irish mem bers, there is some danger of a division in Lhe party over the land question and tne selection of a sessional Chairman. Mr. Parnell and Mr. Shaw have been sug gested, bat Mr. Parnell will not accept the poat, but will probably pat forward one of bis supporters. If Mr. Parnell would ac cept, he could be elected, as there is a :lear majority pledged to him, but if he persists in his refusal, it is believed his nomination will be beaten by Mr. Shaw. L4BOB DIMPCTEM. London, May 15.?The lockout at Black barn to-day will make 30,000 operatives idle. The mills were not to be reopened until the operatives in a body are ready to resume work. Employers in the Acerington District have determined that if the Blackburn strike continues to stop their mills on rhursday, Friday and Saturday of each week. DEADLY BOILER EXPLMIO.T London, May 15.?A boiler explosion it Birchilis Hall iron works this morning, killed fifteen persons. Twenty-five per sons were taken to the hospital, some in a dying condition. The explosion at Berchlll's Hall Iron Works yesterday, was more destructive than at first reported. Twenty-five per sons were killed, and about sixty injured. BAD FOB XEHP1IIM. Supreme Co art D*rl*lon Rtinrdlai Old Debts. Memphis, May 15.-Considerable stir was made in legal and official circles here to-day by a decision of the State Supreme Court, a full bench sitting, making the present city government the successor of the defunct government as defendant in various suits pending when the State Legislature abolished the former govern ment fifteen months sgo. The present authorities have ignored in toto all suc cession of their predecessors or their debts of more than $4,000,000. The impression in many circles now is that the Court will compel the new government to provide or become liable for the old debt. A case is new before the 8upremsCoart at Washington, but an expected decision has not yet been promulgated. The 8tate Supreme Court to-day also re versed the lower Court's action condemn ing-Charles Woods and Blank Parker, colored, to death for the alleged marder ot Mrs. W. C. C. Foster, three miles east of this dty, sixteen months ago. Woods has had two trials, both resulting in death sentences. Each time the testimony was purely circumstantial, but very strong, and tne murder was especially atrocious, the lady's brains being beat out as she sat alone in front of her hearth-fire. NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS. BELU1U. Tbe Hlller ArtMtn fnnf-A.Vw Phwln (be JUiUr-rire-Local Aewi and Go* ?> p. Miss Annie Hoge, of St Clairsville, wu visiting in town Saturday. The membra ol company D. are order ed to meet at their armory Saturday even ing next, at half paat seven o'clock, to elect company officers. Some changes will be made in the manner of voting, and the election will be held for a Captain'to take the place of W. H. Brown, and in the event of Lieutenant Little's being elected Captain, an el&tion will immediately be held for First Lieutenant, etc., until the commissioned officer's roster be full. This will necessitate the members remaining until the whole is concluded, to get a vote on each officer. .< Rev. Gaston preached a temperance sermon Sunday morning. The congrega was a large one, there being no M. E. services. The gravel of soldiers buried in our cemetery are not to be forgotten on Deco ration Day. A novel preventive for loafers pro voked smile from the passers Sunday. A much-afflicted stairway on Belmont street had the steps carefully and thickly coated with chalk. James Hali, now teaching in West Wheeling, was in town Saturday. The young folks of that village will give an en tertainment in the school house Friday evening for the benefit of the Methodist Sunday School. The St. Lawrence lay at the wharf boat here Saturday evening until half-past aeven o'clock. We were treated to some excellent music from the band that ac companied the excursionists. Several per sons from here went along. The end of the trial of 8.1. Miller for burning, or attempting to burn, his brothers store was made by the grand jury, which did not find enough evidence to warrant them in finding a true bill. But it turned out that Max Miller, who had instituted the suit against his brother for arson, has never been married, and a bill was found against him for unlawfully cohabiting with Henrietta, "bis wife." About half past twelve o'clock 8unday morning an alarm of fire for the First ward was sounded from the school house bell. It was a double house of Jacob Ueather inston's, about two hundred yards below the lower coal works, near Finch run. The hose of the First Ward Hose Com pany was too short to reacn the fire, and the other companies could do no good by coupling hose together, as the fire was six hundred yarda or so below the lowest tire-plug. The house was entirely con sumed. As the house was vacant at the time, it is supposed the fire was the work of an incendiary, though there is nothing else to warraut such a suspicion. The house was an old one. Quite a crowd of Wheeling's young men walked down through our town Sunday afternoon with a good deal of loud talk and a few oaths to show ua they were from the city. The burial of Joseph Long took place at Old Wegee Cemetery Sunday, the fun eral leaving here in the afternoon. The funeral of Clem Bowman took place on Rose Ilill Sunday afternoon. Our streets are so extremely dusty that some method of street sprinkling has be come almost a necessity instead of a luxury. Among those selected by the Bellaire nailers to represent them in the base ball contest with the boilers, we have heard mentioned Milt Stewart. Charles Balxell, Thomas Wilson. Gus. Hardenstein, Dave Steward,JohnWier, Aaron Mills, Samuel Simmons. Messrs. Stewart and Harden stein were well known ball players some few years ago. Mrs. J. W, Tripp is in town. Among the Bellaire beer advertisements in Saturday's Regitter is a mention of "Rev. Gaskins, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church;" Miss Henderson is said to be "Mrs. McDonald's sister;" Will Zilch is assigned to the orchestra at the Wheeling 0{>era House; and one or two more minor errors are noted, We would refer the Regiiler local to Mathew vii. 5, in connec tion wirh his fondness for noticing the mistakes of others. tliAlftnilliLCn Conrt Proceeding* LmI Knlardny. St. Cunoriu.*, M?y 16. Editon Iatellltfenoer. The Grand Jury having finished the hearing of testimony brought before them, brought in a report this morning at 8 o'clock. They examined one hundred and fifteen witnesses and fonnd eleven true bills. One of theee was' against Joseph Iddings for forgery. Two were liquor cases. They brought in a not true bill against S. L Miller, who, it will be re membered, was tried before the Mayor of Belliire on a charge of arson, and bound I over to Court. John B. Wallace, accused of obtaining money under false pretenses, not true bill 0. S1IOBT CHEEK. Tbe Month or flnj-eid Time* nnd Jfew ?The Went tier nnd tbe ?rop?-Nbeep Kbenrliiff?'Tbe Price or Wool thl* &en Mon-Pcraonnl .Venn, Shoet Cbxkk, May 15. Kditon Intelligencer. Among our British and Saxon ancestors, May was hailed as the genial harbinger ot approaching summer and celebrated some time with religious observances and at others with general festivity. In "Merrie England" and even in our own country in former times the country lads and lasses left their homes at early dawn. On i May morning, to fetch in May there too was erected npon the village green or in some lovely rural nook the "May-pole," painted in various bright colors, dressed with garlands and festoons flowers, and with gav Btreamers and ear mounted bv a floral crown. Then the loveliest maiden w.s selected as "Queen of the May," he village fiddler played his liveliest tunes ana all tbe youths and maidens danced and skipped around tbe May-pole in pastoral innocence and sim plicity. But these "good old times" have passed away?and we read of such May j day celebrations as things that have long since vanished and are now only shadowy remembrances. Allowing tbe "dead past to bury its dead" turn we now to tbe all-absorbing present. During the past few weeks we have bad many changes, the temperature has been variable, tbe thermometer going up to 65? and even to 75? occasionally, and then falling to 45?. Most of tbe corn is planted ?Oata and Barley are coming up and look ing well, the grasa has fairly started, but, spring growth is waiting for rain, which is needed badly. Tbe wheat in places shows the drough, but much of it is look ing finelyw after corn planting and seed > ing generally. Then comes sheep wash ing and shearing?a few farmers are through with Doth. There seems to be some anxiety mani fested in reaard to probable prices for ; wool this id ring. Farmers naturally wish to get the best prices, but do not want to hold their dipe above the probable mar Miss Louisia Johnson, of Indiana, if visiting Mrs. Page, on the Oranford farm. | Mrs. John Carmichael, of Wheeling, ifl visiting frienda and relatives in the neigh borhoed. Miaa Becky Wilson, a student at the Wheeling Female College, was home a few days last week. She waa accompani ed by Misses Maddie Palmer and Mary Gist, also students of the same institution. We are glad to learn of the appointment of Mr. O. G. Sawtell as census enumerator for this district We know of some appli* cants for the same, who are disappointed. Robert R, Bane, who is a student at Franklin College, New Athens. Ohio, is home for a few days vacation. The "Dr." is looking well. N*wt. ILLINOIS AMU U It AST. Everything Depend* on Her ?Ute Con vention, mo Fmr iin III* Snore** Is Con cerned. Spbihqfixld, III., May 15.?From this point already the outposts of the two Re publican armies, which join battle here on Wednesday next, are in sight Spring field is the base of operations of the lead ing candidates for State officers, and here they are now centering their strength to, if possible, reconcile the Presidential fac tions, in order that the State ticket may not be endangered thereby. This element will work for a compro mise of any kind that will avoid two con ventions, for in that event State candidates will be at a loss to know at which to soli cit nominations. Indeed some suggest the calling of a second Convention to nomi nate Sute officers. Preparations have been madeand are making for an immense crowd. Harlow. Secretary of Sute (Grant) telegraphed from Chicago yesterday to erect bunks in the new State house for all it would hold. The "anties" have engaged the old State house, and will put in sleeping fixtures. From indications both tactions will bring from Chicagoa special train of bum mers and howlers. The Grant men con trolling the State-house, will bunk them there, and fill the galleries and lobbies of the hall before the Convention meets,and they will thus be ready to howl down any thing against their man. The color of the State Convention out side of Cook county is in doubt, though it is believed to be for Grant For two weeks it has been impossible to get any expression from rural delegates. Even those inltracted hesitate to talk about it At the bottom the majority would forsake Grant if they thought he would be beaten at Chicago, but they have a terrible fear of the silent man, which they do not en tertain of the Plumed Knight. The fact is, in this State the Grant movement is the only one with ahead. It is a com pact well organized machine, which will act under the touch of the operator to a given end short sharp and deciaively. The policy to be adopted by the Grant men will be easily seen by the fact that they have engaged e xtensive apartments fer delegates at the hotels, and the chiefs are already coming in. So soon arf dele gates arrive they will be met and kept in company with Grant men until the end. The bummers and claquers from Chicago will endeavor to give tne "popular" tone to the third term movement Local Republican politicians consider the outlook as very unpromising of good results, and Democrats are elated at the prospect of a row in the hitherto compact ranks of the enemy. Orant Reaction la (be Ea<l. Philadelphia, May 15.?Certainly there la observable here, among the thoughtful Republicans, a feeling so decided against more of the Grant nonsense, that it amounts to actual disgust. This is his stronghold, it may be said?at least, so far is hero-worship was concerned; that was the status on the 16th of December, 1879 ?but many thousands of those who swell ed that vast "procession" now say that bis disposition Is too porcine; that he has ilready been paid more honor than he de served, and that never will they vote for bim, under any possible circumstances. River New*. The marks last evening indicated 4 feet 3 inches and falling. Business only moderate. The local packets will be on hand to day as usual. The St. Lawrence left Saturday for Gin cinnati with colors flying, the band play ing and a jolly crowd of excursionists on board. Her freight list included 3,000 kegs ofjiails from Wheeling mills.. The Salt Valley passed up Saturday night and the Stockdale yesterday morn ing, both en route for Pittsburgh. The Hudson waa due down last night en route from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati The Andes is due to day from Cincin nati. She taken an excursion to tjie Cin cinnati Musical Festival to-morrow even ing. Excursionists will find the Andes all that could be desired for comfort and a pleasant time. Capt. Charley Muhle man commands, and Clerk Ed. Muhle man presides at the office. A St. Louis dispatch says: The Dakota has arrived and may lie up here for the present. She was obliged to give bond to-day for (500 for carrying coal oil from below Marietta to this city. The Captain was not aware of the existence of the law prohibitiqg boats from carrying this class of freight The new dredgeboat Ohio, brought around from St. Louis by the Laura L. Da vis to receive her machinery, has an iron bull. Her dimensions are: Length, 92 feet; beam, 31 feet 0 inches; hold, 0 feet. Designed by E. J. Carpenter, Superintend ent of Dredges, for Col. W. K. Merrill. Built at St. Lonis by the Western Iron Boat Building Company. This is the eighteenth iron boat built by this compa ny, who employ from 150 to 200 men in the construction of iron boats, boilers, bridges, ?Cincinnati Commercial. The Cincinnati Commercial of yesterday says: At 11 o'clock Saturday morning a fire was discovered in the pilot-house of the steamer Robert Mitchell, lying at the Central Transit VV harf boat, foot of Main street. An alarm was immediately sound ed on board and the boat's pumps and hose set to work. In the meantime the Fire Department was called out *nd the engines were soon throwing three or four steady streams of water on the flames, whicn speedily subdued them and placed the boat out of danger. The damage will amount to $200. N TABLE X' WATERS/^ ( aplft-xws DOOK AND JOB PRINTING?AT THE D Dally r&talligmotr Job OOm you can nt all klada of Book and Job PrlaUof on thaahortaat notice at Um lovat prioa and laUiaba* atykol the art Mos. M aad 17 FswtMatb A,