The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-11-04
had been granted atthe request Of Rev
Henry Ward Raechar

had been granted at the request Of Rev
Henry Ward Beecher.
On the occasion of the late visit q
Henry. Ward Beecher to Washington Sec
retary Stanton presented him with
brevet Lieutenant Colonelcy for hiss on
who is serving as lst Lieutenant in thi
4tb regular artillery regiment.
The Herald's Washington special says
great complaint is made Of the quality
of the rations issued to United States
troops in Texas, the climate and bad
food having pernicious- effect upon THE
army in that State = - - -ts'fAp
A Tribune special says: Only three
hundred bids were received by the Post
Office Department yesterday, to supply
the routes advertised to be let in the
Southern States. Il. g.
E TheComrnissioner of Agriculture has
prepared letter of enquiry for manufac-
turers of cotton goods throughout toe
Union, requesting them to inform the
Department, as soon as practicable, the
amount of raw cotton consumed by them
yearly, from 1861 up to the present time
These reports will exhibit the fuctua-
tions in the cotton market during the
last four years of the rebellion. r
A special to the Commercial from
Washington. of the Sd, says: A plan for
funding the national debt at 81 per cent.
interest is under consideration at the
Treasury Department.
The report that the President had
Withdrawn the Government advertising &
from the National Republican. is denied
in that paper
The Commercials Washington cores
pondent says: Admiral Porter is now at
the head of the Naval Academy, and is
establishing that institution at AnnapO-
lis Glasses just entering number 25
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The establishment of Southern Post
P0stof1ice funds. AS tits not expected
that the. .postoffices will be self-sustain-
ing the Department will again have to
receive appropriations from the public
treasury to make the Department self
sustaining The Postmaster General is
understood to favor the abolition of the
franking privilege.
The demand for dwelling houses in
Washington is unprecedented. Fabulous
rents are asked and paid.
Max. Maretzek recently preferred
charges against VIM Caldwell and Hor-
ace D. Whiting, editors of the Sunday
Mercury, for publishing malicious libels
Yesterday these gentlemen were AZ
rested, and gave bail to the amount OF
s., 900 each, to appear before the Court
of Sessions, and were discharged.
Gen. Longstreet arrived in this city
yesterday, and is stopping at the Metro
politan Hotel.
Major General Hooker has reduced his
staff, in compliance with the recent or
| der from the War Department.
There is continued hustle and activity
at the Fenian headquarters i'll this city,
! The rooms are constantly crowded, and
report says the Brotherhood has reached
a state of perfect organization. Every
possible precautiou is taken to keep the
| deliberations ofthe Senate secret. Armed
sentinels are stationed at the entrance to
the rooms occupied as headquarters.
Secretary Welles will urge in his forth
coming report some congressional enact
! ment for the promotion of merltorons
naval appointees. ...
The lnteligencer says the Secretary
of State is engaged in preparing a reply
to the dispatch of Earl Russell, regard
ing the proposed commission Indicated IN
his Lordships letter to Minister Adams
for the adjudication of certain claims
against that government. The question
at issue is said to have been considered
at several Cabinet meetings. Il