The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-09-27
FROM WASHINGTON.
NewlApplicants for Pardon.
COLLECTING THE REVENUE.
Candidates for Speakership.
Consolidation Of Freedmen's Aid So
CiefieS,

New YORK, Sept 26.-A special to the
Times from Washington, Sept. 2oth, says:
The rush of pardon seekers to-day was
not so great as usual, AA,e.'s ;AaS'' wht
have for weeks daily sought personal au
dience with the President to present
their applications, is Walker, the late
Secretary of War of the Rebel Confed.
eracy, who also sent the famous order
from Montgomery, Alabama, to General
Beauregard, at Charleston: "Open fire on
Fort Sumter" He is still waiting, and
is likely to continue to do so.
1t is doubtful if the President will
make the contemplated excursion South
Among the southern mail routes or.
dered to be resumed to-day, was the
route from Austin to San AntOnia, Texas,
and from Jonesboro.
The receipts of Internal Revenue to-
day were one million nine hundred
thousand one hundred and twenty dol
lars and ninety-eight cents.
Collector King and Surveyor Wake
man, of New York, are here working in
dustriously together for the purpose of
reducing the expenses of collecting the
revenue, and have already made consid-
erable reduction Ithat way in dispensing
with large portion of the clerical and
other help in their Departments. Great
abuses that have long been tolerated will
also be now broken up.
Secretary Harlan left here yesterday
for Iowa, where he expects to remain for
several weeks During his absence Judge
Otto, Assistant Secretary, will discharge
the duties of the Office.
A special to the Tribune from Wash.
ington 25, says: The combinations for the
speakership are already forming Mr.
Colfax leads with formidable sp0ntauie-
ty. Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, has many earn
est friends. Green Clay Smith, of Ken
lucky, is urged with influential pertena-
city,while the advocates of Henry j. Ray
mond are of all undoubtedly the most
Jealous at work. They boast their abil-
ity to swallow all lesser candidates, and
one, over confident, boasted that they
were III possession of the proper argu-
ments aud in sufficient quantity to in
sure an ultimate triumph.
Governrr Lyon, of Idaho, who has
been detained here to receive instruc-
tions in regard to certain treaties he is
authorized to make with Indians of his
leaves for his seat of
Government tomorrow.
The leading freedmen's aid societies
East and West have recently oonsolida-
ted'under the title of the American Freed
mems Commission and will hereafter op-
crate through asingle organization. This
step has met the cordial approval Of the
Freedmens Bureau and a secretary will
be located in this city who will he in
constant communication with the Blu
reau and through whom all communica-
tions from local organizations and branch
societies may be brought to the atten-
ton of the proper officers of the Govern
ment or of the proper agents of the Com
mission in the States. The gentleman
assigned to this Office is Mr.. Jacob K.
Shepherd, late secretary of the nsrth-
western freedmen laid commission at
Chicago Mr.. Shepherd is now here as
sisting in the opening of an Office Bish-
op Simpson of Philadelphia is President