The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-12-06
from WASHINGTON.
o.,rnsat of the January Coupons
,.ggling on Canadian Border
i,reral Land Office Returns,
The Indian Troubles in Kansas


N''T W. January coupons will be anticipated
W, .~,ng to a large accumulation OF coin
"1'-s.hled soldiers in various depart
~. of the government will petition
r'.,rss. L'D, TO allow them same bounties
Vvl1 hers of their class not in govern
nfut employ
0rite a sensation was Occasloned IN
u'.biuOt0n Yesterday by report of the
r,syalence OF yellow fever on board the
S,snswall. She has been towed into the
Ian ,r.ao and is being thoroughly cleaned
S,,naratol Y to the reception of visitors.
The Commissioner of Customs is con-
..1caJ from the character of the reports
',5i,b he is daily receiving from the Ca
'aaian frontier, that his action in en-
1I,rinp female detectives there, was ju-
5,c;ous and will be of great benefit in
.Ls eyposure and arrest of the female
,srroiers who have recently been so eX-
,.n.IycIy engaged in the cOntrabani
,,oJ, between Canada and the United
l,,tss Not one female smuggler now
cr,,s,. the line where twenty crossed be-
fare and merchants along the border
,nsusctrd oG having formerly been enga-
as5 N the contraband trade, ara closing
'bsl stores and selling out. Another
.murgl,ug dodge has just been detected.
Anunusal number of cOffins have been
Lropgbt across the line of Canada for in
tsrmqDt on the American side. Last
week the Now York Revenue officers in
,prcted one. after the coffin was landed,
against the earnest protest of the strick-
en- relatives, when instead OF a defunct
body. the coffin was found filled with
costly silks
TwopeTcent of all the fractional cur
Dcyrecelved at the Treasury is cOun-
terftit This comes to the department.
from bankers and others deemed expert
in iudLing money, and two per cent es-
Gaping tho detection of such parties.
The Supreme Court met at twelve
o'clock to-day, all the Judges being pres
ent. They proceeded in body to the
White House, and after paying their
resr ects to the PRESIDENT, ADJOURNED un-
tN Tomorrow wheu they Will enter up
On the huslucSS of the term.
UC Dmaut. the Vice PRESIDENT ana
general manager of the Union Paclnc
Railroad is now in Washington making
ARRANGEMENTS for the examination and
acceptance by the Government COM
missiouers Of the first forty miles OF the
main line Since the decision of the
President approving the amended loca-
ton OF the line the work has progressed
very lapIgl!
The Times Washington special cou-
tsirs the following: A motion has been
called in tho Supreme Court by \. j.
CoOdlaud Esq, OF Arkansas, to be per-
mittcd to practice in Court without TAX
ing the oath as prescribed by acts of
Congress of July I'd. 1862, and January
24th, l,65 The motion will he argued
probably on Wednesday. Directly after
the adjournment of the Supreme Court
yesterday, a meeting of the members OF
tie bar ofthe Cou,t was convened for
The purpose Of paving proper respect to
the memory Of the late Judge Catron,
who died since the adjournment of the
Court last spring Judge Black, former
ly Attorney General, presided, and elo-
GUCnt speeches were made by Hon.
Caleb Gushing IIon Montomery Blair and
others. y committee was appointed to
draft resolutions expressive of the sense
OF the meeting, The resolutions We're
pTepaledand adopted and the commit
zee desired topleSent copy thereof 10
The Court to-day t" he placed on the
lOmnal
The Herald'S Washington correspon-
dent says: The general land office re-
CeIyvO Yesterday The following returns:
Lasl sales Of public lands during the
Hllth Of Oct0hcr3 at Marysyiile, Calitor-
"a amounted to nearly $1,000 accom-
paMeU with an actual settlement on
Iy0J acres under the homestead law In
iae same month at Nancouvers, Wash
hs'"u territory, nearly 1900 acres were
,ahtn upwith cash sales amounting to
DJIl The land otfce at Iowa reports
settlement under homestead law of near
y 1000 acres OF pubhr lands with cash
'ycelptS of N2l0U
lhe Hera!d's Washington dispatch
@iS; Commissioner Cooley, of the In
dian Bureau, received this morning
'ommlnlcation from the Superintendent
gitnr Indian Agency in Kansas. giving
ue'N'3 information of the belligerent
Sa'e oi the Indians in that section The
!eFo'' mat has been previously obtained
~ .Tsaruto the burning Of Il stage coach
y lle CheyenDes and Apaches on the
SuVNe tilil ronte, on the 10Th of NoYem-
~ ~ .a>1 Is tully sustained, together with
VT y. Massacre of F. Mcrrin aud five 9th
T' 'heh travelling in the coach 1t is
,I. N ''pics"nted that after committing
~. ,s |u'i"se and murder, the whole force
',a,AeH 'uccesSiycly five mail stations
gTs Ile route, which they destroyed,
"hing possession of the live stock
T.'s Tue line of their devastation, de-
';IO III a southeasterly direction.
T.. worlds Washington special says :
Of VIII commission to settle the claims
ofGS 1lled States and the government
Som ''uaoa have had submitted to them
L;r. Senty cases The commission
vlcl f'>>ed upon large number OF
miss; de most Important The COM
lay "@. adjourned yesterday until Mon
Der ,l1, JSA' IN order to pass on the remain
nD1n. nave been submitted
ssrs. commercials Washington special
BGpr. Inc Senate committees are an
,bs Ieu Nh FeSsenden is chairman of
No,n..ou .ounlitee on finance. Governor
,ea San Is transferred to the commit
miE,ou hnance from the committee on
man al al Affairs. Senator Dixon is chair
Coll Tie postal committee in place OF
lee GleI' GnNiI deceased. A strong commit
Of c%s c[Ss been appointed on the District
Wada' d'un9la, embracing Messrs. Morrell