The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-12-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
Petition for jeff. Davis Pardon.
THE MEXICAN MISSION
INCREASE OF PENSIONS.
Apprehended Negro Insurrection.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22-The Worlds
special says: The President yesterday
sent to the Senate the name of General
Van Valkenburg, of New York, as Minis
ter to Japan.
The aggregate force recently ordered
| to be mustered out of the military ser
vice is 10000 men
General Fitz Henry Warner has been
breveted Major General. He will not 60
to Guatemala, if at all, until after the
close of the June Legislature, before
| which he is prominent candidate for
United States Senator
The Worlds special says: There is 10
| official information from the French gov
ernment that the Emperor intends to
withdraw the French troops from Mexi-
CO, yet it is vaguely given out by the
French Minister in diplomatic circles
that such is his intention Macmillan
expects to supply their places with Aus
trian troops, numbers of W ich are said
o be on their way to Mexico.
A delegation of Mississippians, being
the committee appointed by the Legisla-
ture of that State to petition the Presi-
dent for the pardon of JEFF, Davis, called
at the Executive Mansion yesterday, and
the petition was presented, but no for
nal reply was given by the President.
The Worlds Washington special says
A bill is being passed by prominent
member of the House to increase pen
sions to double their present amount
The expenditure under the present law
is fifteen millions Of dollars 1t is now
proposed by this bill to increase it to
thirty millions of dollars.
There is no doubt of the fact that the
President yesterday nominated TO the
Senate ex-Congressman Lewis ID. Camp
bell OF Ohio to he Minister ExtraOrdi-
nary to the Republic of Mexico, in place
of Gen Logan declined. The nomlna-
tion was referred to the commltte on
Foreign Relations.
Hon John Bigelow who was appoint
ed oa interim Minister to France, has
been nominated by the President for
confirmation.
Report is that Mr McCulloCh's visit to
| the CITY has no connection with the
Treasury. The probability is that eS-
cepting the purpose of contracting the
currencry, no further loan whatever will
be negotiated for the present fiscal year
| In the recent report of Lieutenant
| Geueral Grant te the President, giving
his views of the feelings of the Southern
| people, he spoke of the Freedmen's Bu-
| reau as an absolute necessity until civil
law was established and enforced, Secu-
ring to the freedmen their rights and full
protection, and said in this connection
At present, however, it is independent
of the civil establishment Of the country
and seems to be- operated by the different
agents of the Union, according to their
individual notions" General Howard,
commissioner of freedmen affairs, i'll
view of other remarks made by General
Grant, to-day issued an order calling the
attention of the assistant commissioners
TO that report, and saying that the most
thorough inspection must at once be
made, and the evils complained OF be
corrected An order from the War De-
nartment made the Bureau independent
Of the civil establishment Any agent or
officer who presumes to act contrary to
instruction, will be forthwith removed
or reported to the department command
er for trial byscourt martial.
The Commercials Washington dis
patch SAYS the Southern members of
Congress elect held caucus yesterday
and decided TO return to their homes,
leaving one from each State to represent
them before the Joint Committee of Con
gress.