The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-01-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
Case of Admiral Semmes.
TREATIES WITH INDIANS.
hs Ohilian Blockade to be Broken
PACIFIC RAILROAD BONDS.
The Counterfeit Treasury Notes
Trial OF Detective Baker-Meehns VI
the Reconstrucrion Committee

to-day ask the ffesloeui ioi Vno
| of their client upon the plea that having
been paroled by Gen. Sherman, ootn US
| Admiral and General, lie cannot be neid
| to answer for anything prior 10 sara pa
role. c,.;of
| A Cherokee delegation headed by Chlef
| John Ross, arrived at Washington yes
! terday for the purpose of arranging Urea
| ties they refused to Consummate during
| the recent visit of the Indian commits
sioper to their vicinity. Of all the tribes
| which sided with the rebels, the Chero-
| kee is the only one not reconstruc'eu'
| Yesterday = treaty was conclnaeo pe'
! twsen the Shawnees, Black Bobs Dand,
| and the government, by which the Secre-
| tary of the Interior is authorized 10 sell
lands held by these Indians in Kansas,
! the proceeds to be applied TO the pur-
| chase of new homes for them III the lndl-
! an Territory.
The trial of detective Bakerls set down
for Monday next. Gen. Baker IS one oi
| the officers who, by direction OF the sec
retary of War and Gen. Grant, Is 10 oe
| mustered out of service.
number of delegates who were ap'
| pointed from Virginia and Maryland TO
| visit Washington in behalf OF the celored
| people. have issued circular calling 1or
= meeting in that city on the 18th inst,
of all the delegates appointed from all
sections of the country tor the purpose OF
organization and consultation.
! The Secretary of the Treasury to-day
decided to make further issue OF S332,
1 900 in bonds to the Union racine Mali,
road Company for the twenty miles OF
road now completed westward from Law
renee, Kansas.
The Worlds Washington special gives
an account Of an American enterprise 1or
the destruction of the Spanish biockr
aiding hset of Chilian ports by means OF
torpedoes The scheme was suggested py
Senor McKsuua, Gillian agent, who re-
ceived letters from high othclals III tne
| navv departnent to prominent engi-
nser in this city, formerly an officer in
he federal service, who invented and su-
neriutended the manufacture OF all the
torpedoes used by the government during
the late war The engineer at once set
about preparing Ill expedition, An Of
der for the construction OF torpedoes was
given to prominent iron manufacturer
ia New York a steamer soid oy tne
government at public auction anu SUB
sequently purchased by the Chlilah
agent, WAS fitted out A ship was also
lifted out as tender The torpedoes were
delivered on board, regular clearances
for Chilian ports obtained, ana carrying
the Chilian flag and manned by crews Sc
lected for the purpose, the vessel sailea
t.vay Several weeks have elapsed ana
in a short time news OF the success or
failure of the undertaking will be re-
c.iyed The leading spirit of the scheme
isa prominent tillibuster ofthis city. He
is to receivs thirty thousand dollars in
,old wheu tue flag ship of the Spanish
Admiral is blown up and proportlonate
amounts for the destruction OF other
vessels. He receives salary OF five
/ hundred dollars in gold per month during
ths whole time of his service under the
! Chilian government The same amount
monthly is paid to his chief associates
| All engaged IN the enterprise are under
| the protec tion of the Gillian government
| The leaders have commissions, signed by
the Chilian authorities, declaring that
thew are citizens regularly employed i'll
the military service of Chill
Yesterday the Peruvian Minister and an
officer of the Peruvian navy visited the
Inouitor Meantandmah, now 1T the Navy
| Yard, foI the purpose OF inspecting 1t,
The Peruvian government has already
one turreted monitor. and her neighbor,
Chill, has two being built in England,
aud the minister from Peru is anxious to
uurchase one of our monitors tor his
| government
The Tribune Washington special says;
The Cabinet meeting yesterday was short
| IN duration The last positively asserted
| Cabinet change is that Secretary Welles
| - TO be superseded by Senator Dixon.
The pirate Semmes has had his quar-
tsrs changed from the Navy Yard to the
| Marine Barracks to insure greater safety.
! He will be immediately put upon his
| trial and doubtless convicted, although
his ultimate pardon IS said 10 be already
| assured
The Herslds Washington dispatch
| says. The detectives who have been so
long engaged in ferretiug out the origin
| of the Que hundred dollar counterfeit
Treasury notes. have made startling
report 10 Secretary Mccullough. The
| Secretary has given the parties implica-
ted by this report u few days 10 prepare
rebutting evidence.
One of the sensible moves OF the pres
ent session is the introduction OF a bill for
| the relief of volunteer officers OF the army
who, through ipexperience III the way OF
| war at its commencement, got behind III
their ordnance and Quartermaster's &C.
counts, and thus became nominally in
debted to the government in large
| sums.
The Worlds Washington special says
The matter of the issue OF the govern
ment bonds to the Kansas branch of the
Pacific Railroad, pending before the
Treasury Department has been decided,
The parties holding constructive bonds
claimed to be converted into Government
bonds. do not get them. The law advi-
sor of the Treasury Department deci-
ding that the bonds must be issued only
to the Railroad Company, under the law
which does not relieve the company from
the obligation to convert them, deciding
at the same time that no injustice is
thereby done the holders Of either con.
struction or land grant bonds, as they are
fully protected, because the company
cannot issue any first mortgage bonds
under the act of 1864, until all these out
} standing bonds be returned.
The Commercials Washington special
says: There are indications that the Ten
nessee members will soon be admitted to