The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-07-28
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Npw YORK, July 27.--The morning pa
,ars mnm contain the following specials from
washington;
General Dix is sreported here to be ex.
ceeSingly indignant at his nomination
TO the Hague, which he avows was with.
out his knowledge or consent, aud one
that, in view of his past and present
prominence and'public service, he cannot
accept in self respect. > ! !, - ;, -,,-
The British government has proposed
to the United States, through the De
partment of State, a reciprocity of agree
ment between the two countries, in sub
stance as follows: That England ACRE es
to send home to the United States all
distressed American seamen in British
waters the United States to follow suit
In order to affect this consummation it
will be necessary for Congressional ae'
tion.~ n fF-h A
An official letter from the Paymaster
General to an army officer mustered out
at the close of the war, states that the
amount due, first lieutenant under the
original act of Congress granting them
months extra pay proper, is Sl5O. The
communication and allowance are not in
cluded in the payment. The amount due
other officers is in the same proportion
according to rank. BY the original act
officers resigning or mustered out Tor
other reason than their services being
no longer required, were not entitled to
its benefits. The present act grants them
to all officers who served until the close
of the war.
The advices from the Treaty Commits
sioners to the Upper Missouri, Sioux and
other tribes, to the date of June 25sh,
have been received by the Commissioners
Of Indian Affairs. The Commissioners
report that they have met with entire
success in securing the assent Of the lu-
Ciians not represented last fall, to the
treaties then made. Both at Fort Sully
and Fort Rice, large numbers OF the
people of the tribes were present and
appeared to be fully satisfied with the
action of their chiefs, and with the eX-
PLANTATION given them for the delay in
their promised payments. They now eX-
hibit confidence instead Of distrusting
the Commissioners as they did last fall
Msny of the Lower Yanetons, Two Ket-
ties and Sioux are planting at Grow
Creek this year. The Commissioner
gives the Indians great credit for their
absolute fulfillment of their promise to
keep the peace last winter amidst star
vation and their other sutferings, and
recommended that reserve OI com,
missaries may be kept on hand at the
upper agencies in the event OF Cmergen
cies. The Commissioners were about to
proceed to Fort Berthold to meet the
Mandans, Aricaries and other tribes who
were assembling at that point. A dele
CATION of about one hundred from the
Sisseton and Watahitan, bands formerly
of Minnesota, but latterly gathered about
Fort Wadsworth, were present at Fort
Rice, but negotiation with them failed,
owing to the fact that the majority Of
the Indian delegation claimed rights to
land and money which the Commission
ers could not recognize, and the Indians
returned to their people. A large mum
her of the Sissitons and Sioux have been
employed for long time as scouts by
the United States military officers IN
command in the Northwest.
A board of officers has been appointed
by the Commissioners OF the freedmen
Affairs for the purpose of revising the
negotiations for the government OF the
Bureau, to meet the requirements of the
recent act of Congress extending the
duration of the Bureau two years. The
board will convene at the Office of the
Bureau and commence its labOrs TO-
morrow, and is composed Of the follow
ing named officers: Breyet Major Cen
erIl Davis Tlson, Assistant Commits
sioner for Georgia, President; Briga-
dier General E. M'Gregory, formerly
Assistant Commissioner for the State OF
Texas; Brevet Major. General j. w.
Sprague, Assistant Commissioner for
Missouri, Kansas, and the Indian Terri
tory; Chaplain NJ French and Captain
J. w. De Forest, Veteran Reserve corps,
Secretaries. All the members of the
board have have arrived except General
Sprague.
The President has appointed General
Hancock to the Major Generalship in
the Regular army vacated by the promo
tion of General Sherman, and General
Ord to the Brigadier Generalship vice
Hancock.
Colonel Ashly was arrested to day,
while passing through the city, for the
crime of treason; but was bailed out IN
the sum Of $4,000.