The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-01-15
The Committee on Reconstruction.
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Steamboats, Destroyed at st. Louis.
THE NEGROES In GEORGIA.
I,et,ers from Generals Sherman and
sheridan.

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decease transfer of these claims.
The Tribune's Washington special
saws: The Secretary of War, in conver-
| satiou Yesterday, stated that whenever
| a writ of habeas corpus reached him Tor
the bodies of the rebel boat burners now
| on trial by court martial at St. Louis, he
shall Immediately turn them over 10
civil authorities. :;
The President of the American Bank
Note Company, submitted several de-
signs Yesterday for the forthcoming three
dollar notes. A picture OF President
Lincoln reading his emancipation procla.
nation will form the back decoration OF
the note.
The list of awards to captors OF the
conspiracy assassips is still in the hands
Judce Hail, but will be delivered to the
Secretary of War for his approval or dis
approval on Monday next.
Of the nine thousand postofices in the
disloyal States about two thousand EaVc
been reopened. Nearly three hundred
Of these have received postmistresses,
because no man could be found who
could take the catE that he E&d not
borne arms against his country
Tho Tribune's Washington special
sc-s: The resignation of BreTet MAJOR
General i. A Barnun was accepted
yesterday, to date from the sth inst
The FINES Washington special says:
The Military committee will report ia
~orably upon the proposition tn create
the Office of General in the army. ana
when the Office is created By law the po-
s;ticn will be rendered to General Grant.
There has been no opposition to the pro
position by any member OF the commit
tee.
The President had an overwhelming
visit Yesterday afternoon from commit
foe Of ladies, headed by Mrs. Sena-
! tor Trurnbuli, in all about 2aO,
who presented petition and vehement.
IL urged him to reject the application of
< s. Cox. ofGeorgetown, late of the reb-
| ri army. These ladies are of q society
entitled the National Colored Home AS
sociation. They state that Cox is largo
! land holder in this district This society
has erected on his lands buildings il
which are housed large number OF help.
less colored people, and they ask that il
Cox be pardoned at all it shall be on
condition that he give to their Assocla,
| ton ten acres of land and the buildings
thereon now occupied by the Association
Hon Thomas A Stillwell yesterday OBJ
| tanned an order from Lieut.. Gen. Grant,
ordering the mastering out OF the 34th
| Indiana regiment, now stationed at
BroEnsyille, Texas, with which regiment
Mr.. Stillwell was formerly connected.
Orders have been issued for the release
of the rebel Quartermaster II b Winue[.
He is not the Winder associated WIN
Wirz in the Andersonville butcheries.
| The Tribune's Washington dispatch
saws: Provost Marshal Russell last even
ing sent Charles A. Rodgers OF the 4tl
artillery, who was convicted OF compilcl-
ty Nth two Others in counterteiting sol
! diers final statements, while he was act
inc rs clerk in the Office of commlssary
ofmusters, to Fort Delaware for term
! of two wears imprisonment. HIS com,
| panions' similarly sentenced, effected
their escape from Fort Whipple, just
! prior to being ordered off.
The Times dispatch says: All volunteer
| officers on duty in the Freedmen's Bu-
reau, Virginia, have been ordered to join
| their commands for muster out. Iheir
places will be filled by details from the
veteran reseIy corps
The Worlds Washington dispatch
saws The acting commissioner for the
freedmen's Bureau, in Georgia, reports
TO General Howard that the negroes 10
| that State exhibit great Willingness 10
make contracts for the next year, ana
that within the last few days quite a
numberAof contracts have been made at
rates ranges from SIP to SO per month,
including board and lodging FOR male
hands.
Washington dispatches state that t he
ladies reception at the White House
Yesterday, was largely attended and was
4 grand adui!, %,
! special dispatch to the Commercial
from Washington says: A probably un'
successful appeal has been made TO the
War Department for the restoration OF
Geueral Sweeney the Fenian command
er.ip-ch to his position in the regular
service
General Grant under au order frsm the
President, is withdrawing all the troops
from the Southern States, except the
garrsons of United States forts at I'M
pnrtant points.
The official dispatches from United
States agents abroad, received at the
| STATE department W lne last s'SauSi
from Europe are favorable to American
interests The plans for the extension
of European Influences on our continent
have received death blow by the resto
ration of the Union. 1t is expected that
the Mexican difficulty will be solved by
the withdrawal of the French troops, OF
which there are increasing indications
There are grounds for believing that the
State Department ct Washington aud
the French Government have au under
standing upon the subject which is said
TO date previous to the termination OF
the civil war
The Judges Of the Supreme Court are
IL consultation today on the constitu
tionality OF tue test oath, about which
there is difference Of opinion, and it i;
certain that Secretary McCulloch's for
mer bill will be amended before il il
passed
: The resolution adopted By the Senate
authorizing the committee on Recon
struction to send for papers and persons
will support the original intention o
:, dlspatching q subcommittee to tue
South to obtain information relative K
affairs in that section Its get to h
= acted on by the House The committee
are ,enjoined to secrecy as to their pro