The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-19
Iu0 LaG0SG NEWS.
BY TELEGRAPH.
ny the Union line.
Once, corner Of Main and Monroe streets.
From W Washington.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Later Foreign News.
SEVERE SENTENCE OF :oLEARY,
THE FENIAN.
Rebuilding of Charleston City
Late Mexican News.
Gen. Logan's Appointment
Not Relished.
Rebuilding of Charleston City
Late Mexican News.
Gen. Logan's Appointment
Not Relished.


Government Buildings In the South
New Coinage at the PhiIadeIphIa
Mint-..FFaudS upon DISCHARGED SOL
dIeFS-..RlIIs to be introduced In Con.
EFeSs.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1s.-The Times
washington special says:
A. b. Mullett, assistant architect of
the Treasury Department, has lust re-
turned from the South, where he has
been inspecting the government build
tngs under orders directed to him some
weeks ago by the Secretary of the
Treasury. The old Custom House and
Marine Hospital at Charleston were
found to be SO badly wrecked that they
Will be useless. Mr.. Mullett reports that
the government buildings in the other
Southern cities are generally in fair
condition and will require but little re-
pairing.
The director of the United States Mint
at Philadelphia has made for the Sec
rotary of the Treasury specimens of
eagles, half eagles, dollars, halves and
quarters, bearing the motto SIN God we
trust," in addition to the other legends
and devices upon the coins. Secretary
McCu!loch approves the designs, and
the coin hereafter made will bear the
motto. The smaller coins do not afford
room for the words.
A Herald's Washington despatch
says:
Further disclosures show that the
frauds upon discharged soldiers by un-
principled claim agents, in the matter
OF procuring bounty land warrants
along the Pacific Railroad, will reach
$500, 900 instead of S2OO, 600, as at first be-
lieved. Complaints of swindled dis
charged soldiers, who have received the
advance fee of S25, are coming in at a
fearful rate.
Senator Doolittle's bill for the remov-
al of disqualification of jurors, in cases
or trial for treason, by reason of previ-
ously expressed opinions, is still in the
hands of the Judiciary Committee.
The Tribune's Washington dispatch
says Brevet Brig. Gen. Banning left
last evening via Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road with his regiment, for Ohio. It
was composed of % commissioned off,
GERS and 7S5 enlisted men, and was
They are ordered to Columbus for final
discharge and payment.
Senator Wilson will introduce n bill
in the Senate to-day, providing for the
appropriation of 1000, 600 acres of the
government lands for educational pur-
poses in the District of Columbia. He
Will also introduce bill appropriating
300, 900 acres fori nstituting in the Dis
trict normal school for the education
of school teachers.
An important bill will be introduced
In the Senate, providing for mastering
out all officers of the regular and vol
unteer forces, save certain Important
scientific bodies, and filling up the or
CARNATIONS of infantry, cavalry and
artillery, to be raised under the propos-
ed increase of the regular army, from
those of the volunteer veteran reserves
and regular army who have distinp-
uished themselves in the late war by
bravery and meritorious conduct, who
are found upon examination before a
board of examiners, to be composed of
officers equally selected as near as may
be from the regular and volunteer
armies, to be competent.