The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-04
AN ARREST FOR FRAUD.
The Cholera in New York!
MEXICAN INTELLIGENCEL

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MEXICAN INTELLIGENCE.
Gen. BriseOe,s CaSe--Trade between
The United Sthtes and Canatla..-The
AndePSonVllle, Tailor Case Stln un.
der Advtsement---.EEIrz not to- be
Hung.-Gen. L.ongstreet DESTROYS OF
MISUNDERSTANDING or Clerks feOm
the Treasury DepaFtment-.-Sea Race
between the Algonquin and RInOs-
kIs-Arrestetl for Fraud-...SaleA OF
Army Wagons stopped.
NEW YORK, Nov. g. The Times
Washington special, of the I'd, says:
General Briscoe's case is still before
the Secretary of War.
Brigadier General HenryA. Barnum,
formerly of tho Goth army corps, and
now commanding one of the districts
of the Department of the East
has been fbreveted Major General OF
volunteers iioiA 'iis
Secretary AIcCulloch and the Com
missioners of Internal Revenue have
under consideration a circular regula-
ting trade between, the United States
and Canada. The circular will be is
sued in a day or two. si
The Tunisian embassy entertained a
large number of officers last night in
this city.
The record in the Wirz case reached
the President this evening; but has not
been acted upon yet. iE,rf
A special TO the Herald dated WASH
ington, Nov. I'd, says:
The conservative people take heart at
the prevalent fumors in reference to the
sentence of Wtrz. Statements are made
that the President had the Anderson
vile iailors case under close adviser
ment, with view to mitigate as much
as possible his punishment, Since Wirz'
trial did not bring out so much as was
expected to implicate the rebel author
tiles in the AndersonVille atrocities, the
trial was sort of failure. According
to the views of the radicals, those who
seem to know the feelings Of the exec
utive autho critics, say WiTz' punishment
will not be death by hanging.
!, a Tribune's special says: u,
!Wirz has lately been fed on hospital
diet. AT the Old Capitol yesterday he
was put back upon the regular army
rations, in consequence of the Surgeon
pronouncihg him recovered. When
breakfast was presented he flew into
the greatest rage, and pronounced the
feeding of a prisoner with such food an
outrage upon him and disgraeeful to a
great nation.
The freedmen's affairs on the western
frontier, (Arkansas) is represented us
unfavorable.
Garrett Davis and Brutus Clay, Of
KY, having sued Gems. Palmer and
Brisbane for abducting slaves, counter
suit has been brought before the Freed
mans Bureau against Davis and Clay
for holding blacks to labor without pay,
in violation of tho laws of the United
States. y m
It is understood that Gen. Longstreet,
u
day, is anxtOusly DESTROYS of obtaining
a pardon in order that lie may be u can
didate for the Goyernorship of his State
or be President of an Express Company.
One hundred females and tHenty-fouI
males were discharged from the Treas.
ury Department on Wednesday,, partly
from lack of work and partly to make
vacancies for the soldiers. A similar
discharge followed yesterday from
Gen. Leslie, Chief Paymaster of the
district of tho east.
The Words special dated Washing.
ton I'd, says:
The Navy Department has ordered
by telegraph, the sea race to take place
between the Algonquin and WinosSi
as soon as the formers engines can be
! put in order.
The Pestoftce Department yesterday
transferred the great Southern mail IL
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Pc.
tomac line, by which it reaches Rich
mond some hours sooner than by any
other route So
Gen. Spinner to-day decided that the
tax upon deposits of a defaulting nn-
tonal bank company censes the mo.
ment the bank fails to pay disabilities
Up to the present time, but one has
failed.
The Richmond correspondent of the
Herald states that b. Fabian, charged
with fraud in the New. York. custom
house, has been arrested there. It IL
alleged that he was connected with the
recent unlawful shipments offalCohol.
Paymaster Binney has boen offered
the alternative of restoring to the Gov
eminent certain funds and being hon
orably discharged, or to take tho chan-
ces of n trial. % y
ThePoint De CALI correspondent OF
the Herald states that the gunboat Wy
omtng arrived there September 18th.
The Herald's Washington special
says directions have been issued by the
War Department to. stop all sales of
army wagons and everytliink else IN
the line of transpo rtation.- These direc-
tions are received as indicating that
an emergency may soon arise when
army wagons will again be required !,
Judge Gray, of Texas, received exec.
udve pardon last night. The document
| being endorsed with a statement that IL
had been granted Mt the request Of Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher. On the occasion
of the late visit of Henry Ward BeecIi-
er to Washington, Secretary Stanton
presented himwith a brevet Lieut.. Col.
for his son, who is serving as LIST Lieu
tenant in the 4th regular artillery regi-
ment. fi5
The Herald's Washington special
says great complaint Is made of the
| quality of the rations issued TO the u. s.
troops in Texas, the climate and bad
food, having a pernicious effect upon
the army in that State. 80 81
i The MISSOURI LesIsIatnre.
ST.. LOUIS, Nov. IA caucus of the
radical members ofthe Legislature set
night. They nominated A. j. Harlan
] of AndraNR nnnnkK for that I,nsfEinrn nnd