The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-02
The latest News.
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BY the Union Line:
once, corner OF Monroe and Water streets.
From From Z. W a,shington.
The Next Congress.
Letter from the President to
Gov. Holden.
Late Southern News.
From Rio Janelro.
Terrible Railroad Accident
Near White Haven, Pa.
neutrality-suspicious..

DSts VI SouBIeSS nave reported them
Two members of the Canadian Par
Lament, Messrs. Gait and Scott, ar
rived here to-day to be present ut tn,
opening of Congress.
1t is understood that Adjutant Cen
Thomas will soon be retired from til,
army. General Townsend will proba
bly, succeed him.
A proposition, emanating from Wash
tngton, is being made to National Banks
Throughout the country for subscrip
tons for the purpose of securing al
amendment by Congress to the Nation
al banking law, by which profit or los.
OF circulation shall accrue to the bank,
instead of to the government. WheI
necessary, the proper committee IN
Congress Will probably secure its pass
age without the peouniary influence
thus invoked.
4 A special to the Tribune, dated Wash.
ington, 30th, says:
We have positive information to the
effect that the relations of our govern.
ment with France and England are en-.
ttrely satisfactory, and there is no prob.
ability of serious disturbance. Nm.
tpoleon's speculation in Mexico is very
unpopular with the French, and he
will withdraw his force from Mexico as
soon as he can do so without compro-
1 missing his dignity.
/
the Secretary of State, under instruc-
tons from his government, a dispatch
concerning the slave trade, which was
replete with the most emphatic exple-
tives expressing opposition to the out
rageous traffic, and pledging the most
earnest efforts OF the Spanish govern
ment for its extirpation.
Investigations show that an electro
type of the compound interest note
plate was obtained before it came into
the possession of the Treasury Depart
ment.
The Herald's Toronto, C. W., special
of the Both says:
The Board of Trade tonight resolved
to hold great international council
and banquet at an early day, in further
9nce Of reciprocity and of the Georgian
Bay Canal.
Annexation clubs are springing up
all over Lower Canada. The French
British domination. The Fenians are
quiet, excepting occasional demonstra-
tons with rockets and fire arms,
A special to the Times dated WASH
ington Both, says:
The report of the Secretary of War is
ready for delivery. 1t will satisfy the
country that the same vigor character
ICES that department. in reducing the
army to peace footing which marked
its action in the prosecution of the war.
On the first of May last, we had in the
field and in hospital, one million five
hundred and three men. This has al
ready been reduced to one hundred and
seventy-tive thousand, and the process
Of reduction is still going on. BY the
first of July next, the army will consist
of fifty thousand men, which the Secre-
tary deems sufhcientfor a state of peace
and he will ask for thirty-three millions
of dollars only, for the year. A list of
some three hundred general officers to
pc mustered out, is ready, but as Con-
gress has not allowed general officers
any additional pay, after the date of
their being mustered out, an opportu-
nifty will probably be given to remedy
this injustice.
A special to the Herald, dated Wash
ington, Nov. Both, says
The New York delegation areinclined
to press Henry j. Raymond for the
Craftsmanship of the Ways and Means
Committee, in place of Thad. Stevens,
the late incumbent.
No opposition is yet manifested to
Mr.. Colfax for Speaker, and but little
towards MCPHERSON for Clerk.
Arrivals of Southern politicians are
quite numerous to-day. They disavow
the obnoxious sentiments of some
southern speakers and conventions, and
will be content to take what they can
get in reconstruction. They confine
themselves to the prosecution of their
pardon claims in person, and do not
propose to talk politics till they can 20
1t without damaging friends who are
most disposed to help them.
Mr.. Chancey NJ. Depew, the newly
appointed Minister to Japan, has noti-
fed the State Department that he will
be in Washington shortly, and requests
that much time to decide whether to &C.
\ cept or decline the appointment. His
final answer will probably depend upon
the action of his friends, who are push
ing him for the New York Collector
ship. @
From recent returns received ut the
Indian Bureau, the various tribes of the
United States are estimated to represent
a collective strength of 3O7, 800 souls, of
which number 500 are known to have
served in the Federal service during the
late war.
A!Washington special to the CONNER
cial says:
Intelligence from warrenton states
that three or four of the soldiers injured
by the accident on Wednesday, cannot
recover. The rest are doing we'll, being
kindly provided and cared for by the
citizens.
Among the latestarriyals of Congress
men are Brown, of Missouri, and WASH
b1rne and Conklin, of New York.
Mr.. Colfax will undoubtedly be elect
| ed Speaker.
Hons. A. II. Gait and r. l.. Scott,
members of the Canadian Government
whose arrival here has already been an
nounced, are endeayoring to negotiate
the reclpr0ca! tariff duties and modify
trade regulations, to go into effect after
the abrogntion of the reciprocity in
March next, This is Mr., Gairs second
visit here for the same purpose, he hay
ing come in July Inst after the adjourn
ment of the, Detroit Convention, in
winch he took u prominent part. AS
ne IS one OF the leading members of the
Canadian Government, he probably
speaks from authority and whatever he
and his colleague stipulate and agree
on, or succeed in obtaining, will be
acknowledged and recognized by the
government which they represent.
The Hon. Chas. D. Poston. who. last
Congress, represented Arizona, is here
distributing among Congressman ar
address to the people of the territory
In which he states that a perfidious plo
was Matched by Gov. Goodwin to defeat
) him and elect himself at the very time
he, Col. Poston, was hard at work ii
Washington soliciting more troops fol
the territory and getting the mail ser
vice restored to its Southern section.-
Col. Poston says it remains to be seer
whether, under the circumstances stat
ed, the Governor of remote territor1
can cross the congressional threshold
with certificate signed by his owl
name, founded upon fraudulent votes
registered by his own judges ant
clerks, and counted by himself
An order was Issued to-day, under in
structions from the War Department
disseminating the Old Capitol Prisol
and turning over the building to III
i officers of the Quartermaster's Depart
I ment. All persons now confined there
: will be transferred, with the necessar,
papers in their cases, to the command
ant of Fort Whipple for confinement a