The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-07-14

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NEW YORK, July l3.-The morning
papers contain the following special
dispatches from Washington:
General Robert L. Bodine, Of Penn
sylvania, has been appointed Consul ut
Cape Town, Africa, and r. E. Yates, of
New York, Consul at Ascension, Para
quay.
The following appointments have
also been made:
General VIM. w. Belknap, Collector
OF Internal Revenue, first district Of
Iowa; Thos. W. Wells, Naval Officer al
New Orleans; John Atkinson, Collector
Of Customs ut Port Huron, Michigan;
Michael Dunn, Postmaster at LeaVen-
worth, Kansas.
The following is an official list of
claim agents debarred from doing busi-
ness with the Paymaster Generals
office:
j. w. Fislot & Co., Washington, D.
c.; Rutger, Teal & Co., do; 7. Worth,
do; Cronwerna d Co., do; Caspar KEEL
Ter, do; G. Gordon, do; j. II. IovejOy
and q. L. Mulllken, New York city;
L. E. Smith, Lillydale, Indiana; lomis
G. Camp and George Seman, Washing
ton, D. O.; John D. Leonard, do; and
A. W. Boyd, Manhattan, Kansas.
Gen. Slckles, commanding the De-
partment Of the Carolinas, having in
sisted that the district commandant
should report directly TO him on the
Freedmen's Bureau as we'll as military
affairs, Gen. Scott demurred 10 this su-
pervisiOn and appealed. His appeal
has been sustained by Gen. Grant and
Gen. Howard, which establishes the
fucL that the bureau Is still a distinct
organization. The following is Gen.
Grants endorsement:
The Freedmen's Bureau being by law
under the immediate direction OF the
War Department and Its officers and
agents; being subject only TO the orders
OF the commissioner In matters per-
tanning TO the bureau, they cannot be
required to report on such matters to
military commanders unless they are
named in order as agents Of the bureau.
The written instructions Of Gen. How
ard are therefore approved.
The indications still point to the ad-
journment of Congress about the first
OF August.
It is very doubtful about General
Rousseau being expelled. 1t looks as
though the necessary two thirds vote
cannot be obtained.
The Heads of the various Bureaus In
the Treasury Department have to-day
been in conference with the Congress
sional Committee, to whom was refer
red the petition for an increase OF sala-
ry. The result is the drafting Of a bill
which will be presented tomorrow,
making an average increase of twenty
five per cent.
The Freedmen's Bureau Commits
sloner for North Carolina, reports that
Of the 80, 900 blacks In that State, 1924
are receiving rations. A decrease OF
4,4S7 ratiOns Is reported since the month
OF May, the value OF which Is s, 2S4 ,92.
One hundred and seventeen freedmen's
schools are now in operation, with 1876
teachers. The attendance averages
9,DS4 pupils.
One hundred and forty.six cases
were treated in hospital in June, IS
being smallpox, AS the constitution
and legislature have placed both white
and black alike before the courts, the
Commissioner deems 1t advisable to
turn over to the civil authorities all
cases except those of claims by freed
men for wages for labor performed.
The destititution and suffering among
both whites and blacks in various por-
tons Of the State are being gradually
relieved.
Under date of Galveston, Texas, June
18th, Inspector General Gregory reports
that owing 10 the heavy rains of April
and May and foundations of bottom
lands, a deduction must be made of at
least 20 per cent. of the estimated yield
of Cotton, but In the western portion Of
the State, where the grazing interests
have suffered the past eight years from
the drouth, the stock will be materially
improved. The corn crop Is large and
nearly ripened in prime order. The
wheat crop is harvested and abundanli
and of the best quality. There Is
enough OIL hand to feed the entire pop
ulation for two years.
A Times special says Of the Tribune's
report concerning Mr.. Raymond, on
the Republican caucus: In what it says
of Mr.. Raymond, this paper as usual
ndulges in wholesale fabrications. He
WIS not questioned rs to the course OF
the Times on the Philadelphia Conven-
ton. He said nothing whatever about
any understanding with anybody that
none but Union men were to partici-
pate in that Convention. He did not
admit that he had done anything. He
retructed nothing that he had said or
written, and made no promises for the
future for himself or for the Times, eth
err In regard to the Convention or any
other subject.