The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-11
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once, corner of Monroe and Water streets.
From W ashingt ton.
Important Case Before the
Supreme Court.
Late Southern News
Another Frightful Murder
THE FENIAN SENATE.
Indictment Against Gen.
Palmer Dismissed.
More Fractional Currency.
More Fractional Currency
From washington.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Members of
Congress are already overwhelmed
with letters and personal applications
from parties who wish to be nominated
to the Department for positions in the
army, a recent order having been is
sued for the filling of vacancies in the
regular service by an equal appoint
ment among the States, one first or one
second Lieutenant to be appointed from
each Congressional District.
The Supreme Court of the United
States now has before it the following
case: The United States, plaintiff, in
error, Us. S. NJ. Wiley. It involves this
remit the sentence of forfeiture of rebel
property, and reinstate the rebel in all
his rights thereto. This was "A motion
of S. NJ. Wiley, defendant, in error, and
appellee, to dismiss the writ of error,
and appeal of the United States, on the
ground that the Presidents pardon and
the acceptation and compliance with
discharged and RENTED the forfeiture
for which sentence of condemnation
was pronounced in the district court,
by pardoning the acts by which alone,
if at all, their forfeiture was incurred.
The cause originated in an information
filed in the District Court of the United
States for the Southern district thereof
and on charges, Gould named as the
informer, under the'acts of Congress of
1861 and 1852, commonly known as the
cOntiscation acts for the confiscation of
and forfeiture of 1856 shares of the
capital stock of the Great Western Rail
road Company of 1859, and of upwards
of forty thousand dollars, due as
coupons of bonds of the same corpora
ton, as the property of the defendant
in the two fold fraud alleged in the in
formation, first of alleged use of the
property by Mr.. Wiley in aid of the
rebellion, under the act of 1881, and
second, alleged reasonable acts of Mr..
Wiley under the net of 1862. The mo-
ton to dismiss this cause was announc-
ed by Mr.. LaraQur, in its support.
1t is understood that the constitution
atty of the act of Congress prescribing
the test oath is now before the Supreme
Court. On the application of A. II.
Garland, of Arkansas, the whole ques-
ton will be presented on Friday next.
The only pardons granted to-day were
those to n few Texans. The Stale De-
partment is still besieged, however, by
those who have heretofore received the
Executive clemency and who are now
over anxious to receive their respective
papers.
There We're quite crowd of visitors
at the White House to-day, including
several members of Congress.
The Representatives from Ohio and
Kentucky were among those who were
admitted to an interview with the Presi-
dent.
DIR. Mehoffy, reading clerk of the
House of Representatives, who has
been seriously i'll with pneumonia, is
gradually recovering.
The Southern members elect to Con-
gress are still here, but some of them
believing that it will be long time be-
fore they are admitted, contemplate
returning home and remaining there
until the door is opened to receive them