The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-04
Nswa from New Work.

New YORK, April 3.-The Tribune 8
special Washington dispatch says The
President Yesterday Informed gentle
man that he would send to the Senate Oh
Wednesday the nomination Of Collector
for New York city.
The House Committee on Foreign Re-
lations are nearly unanimous against the
proposition to endorse the Mexican bonds
to either S50,000,000 or any other sum
There are in all probability less than
twenty members of the House who dare
vote for any such measure All stories
set ahoat by interested persons are enti
tied to very little credit The lobby en-
raged upon it are persistent in their but
ton -holing of members and making huge
promises, but it is no avail,
The President yesterday issued an or
der to the various departments to with
hold all advertising patronage from the
Chronicle 1t is understood that all pa
pers that fail to sustain the reconstruc-
tion policy of the President will be
treated likewise, and the advertising
will be given to Democratic papers,
The Herald says that the government
patronage Of the Washington Chronicle
has been transferred to the Republican,
an ardent supporter of the President s
policy, which has just been transformed
into morning paper.
The Herald's special says: A strong
effort is being made i'll the interest of
the delinquent tax payers, to abolish
the revenue detective system, which
has been so successful in discovering the
frauds on government revenue The
fact that some of the parties who had
been detected by revenue detectives in
trying to defrand the government were
discovered in this movement, has de
teated the scheme aud has not left any
too good an Impression i'll regard 10
those assessors and collectors who lent
themselves to this scheme IN behalf Of
the delinquent tax payers
Nathan Sargent, Commissioner of Gas
toms. has been Informed OF the seizure.
a few days since, of seventy thousand
valuable cigars by the collector at New
Orleans, which were being smnggled
into the United States at that port
The Times Washington special says
Tie President will appoint Collector
tor the port Of New York IN day or
two
ProfJ B DeBaW was before the Re
construction committee yesterday, aud
rayeh his testimony on the status Of the
South. His account is said to have
been, substantially, that the Southern
people are in fair condition for recon
struction
.i
chemistry, to whom the Secretary OF
the Treasury referred the Investigation
! as to the combustible or non combusti
ble quality Of petroleum, has responded
| His opinion is unqualitiedly that that
commodity is combustible, within tht
meaning of the law, and consequently
special licenses for transporting 1t must
be taken ont before it can be carried by
passenger vessels. The other eyper
| has not yet responded.
Wm. L Hamilton, who was arrested
IA New York, and taken to Washington
under the bsliefthat he was the notori
Gus guerilla, Quantrell has been releas
! ed from custody b order It the mill
5ary authorities
The Commarciais Washington spec
iai says The Supreme Court will nc
decide on the constitutionality Of tht
fest oath. Five Judges oppose it, bu
one of these think it prudent to post
none the decision, and joins the othe
four who advocates tie cath, and th;
postpousment of the deaision.
The sub committee on WAYS al,
Means had another prOtracted session
over the tax bill yesterday They fail
ed to reach any conclusion in regard t
changing or extending the income taz
it's Sery doubtful whether the Hous
will agree to any alteration, for th
present, of that measure, and the com
mittee have been advised OF that fact
There has been an informal meetint
OF the radicals in regard to the question
of adjournment After & full and fire
conference, it has been decided to prc
tract the session until the latest period
A majority are in favor of holding O
until September. 1t has further bee
decided to protrsct and postpone th
regular business for two or three month
vet. The object of this move has no
vet trsnspired, but it is supposed to hav
considera6ls political significance.