The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-08-22
Washington News.
THE CONVENTION COMMITTEES.

THE CONVENTION COMMITTEES.
The committees appointed by the Ma
tional Convention, which adjourned OF
Thursday last, have nearly concluded
I their labors, and the delegates are rapid
ly leaving for their homes.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS
Mr., Perrin, the leading Secretary, and
Colonel O'Brien, the secondary Secreta
~, have completed the official report Of
the proceedings of the Convention, and
are now engaged in compiling list o.
delegates to be appended to the report
In an appendix to this report the pro-
ceedings at the White House on the pre-
seDtation of the official record of the
Convention, will be added. The com.
mittee have ordered five hundred thou
sand copies of this document for distIi-
button.
PREPARING FOR A CAMPAIGN.
The National Executive Committee are
busily engaged in preparing documents
for publication, including the official re-.
port of the proceedings, and they tx pect
to be able to commence the distribution
of documents by the middle of the
week. They have yet to appoint IA sub
committee of seven and secretary for
each State.
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS.
The receipts from internal revcuue to
day were 81 ,592, ISL TO- The aggregate
receipts from the beginning of the pres
emit fiscal year up to date are S5l $780,
6l3 Is.
The numbor OF applications dor ne "
patents received AT the Pateat Office in
the week ending on the 18th Inst. was
-four hundred and sixty eighi, and the
number of caveats during the same time
was eighty eight. The number of new
patents that will be issued by the Com
missioner ia the week ending gu the
2Sth inst, is two hundred and eight,
THE PRESIDENT OVERWHELMED,
The President has been literally over
whelmed with visitors to-day, and up to
a late hour last evening there was a
large number waiting for an interview
The delegations from different States to
the Philadelphia Convention, tempo.
rarily in the city, all feel DESTROYS of see
ing aud taking him by the hand,l aud
speaking words of encouragement and
SO ne of them have little matters in re-
lation TO Office, &C., to arrange. A day
or two will probably relieve him from
| the pressure. In addition to the Mis-
souri, delegation, Others from Illinois,
indiana, and Maine will be presented
MORE APPOINTMENTS
The following appointments have
been made to-day: George d. Arnold
Assessor of Internal Revenue Thirteenth
District of Ohio; William c. .Talley. Col
Hector of Internal Revenue Ssyanth Dis
trict, Peansylvania; William b. Nc
Creery, Collector Sixth District, Mich
igan; Thomas G, Holley, Assessor OF
Twenty first District, New York; j. L.
Ketcham, Assessor of Tenth District
Illinois. The commission Is of General
Gordon as United States Marshal foI the
Eastern District of Massachusetts, was
signed to-day.
| SOLDIERS. AND SAILORS CONVENTION.
The call for the Soldiers and Sailors
Convention will be ready for signatures
tomorrow Already by personal author.
ization, and by letters and dispatches,
over three hundred names ofiofficers
have been furnished as signatures TO the
call. 1t is believed by the conservatives
that the Convention win be an important
and effective auxiliary movement in
aid of the Presidents reconstruction
policy. G---se
SECRETARY STANTON.
There Is no doubt but Secretary Stan.
Ton Is about to retire from the Cabinet
Ine public has been so often humbugged
WIN reports OF his retirement during
the last three years, that any statement
OF that nature is looked upon with in
credulity. The pressure against him has