The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-02-16
Mexican Affairs.
Southern General News Items
MISCELLANEOUS News.

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-The Worlds
Washington special says:
The special committee on the debt of
the loyal States had another session to-
day for the purpose of determining the
basis of the apportionment to which
each State is entitled. It appears that
Missouri is not disposed to accept her
apportionment, she claiming some eight
million dollars more than the commit
tee are willing to allow. The matter
will be resumed again tomorrow.
The ways and means committee have
requested the commissioner of customs
to prepare bill abolishing the Office of
surveyor and naval officer. The COM
missioner, in report which he submit
to the committee, showed to their salts
faction that these offices could be abol-
| ished not only without any detriment
to the service, but with a very great
saving to the Government. They are
regarded as mere Sinecures, and ought
to be dispensed with.
The Senate judiciary committee had
under consideration to-day Senator
Towards bill recognizing the judicial
ry of the United States. This bill diff
fers very materially from the bill in
troduced by Senators Doolittle and
Henderson. 1t vests all authority and
Jurisdiction of the circuit courts of the
United States in the district courts of
the United States, abolishing the former;
it provides for the establishment, in
each of the circuits of the United States,
court, to be calledthe court OF appeals
which shall have jurisdiction of all
cases arising in the several district courts
within said circuits respectively, but
no original jurisdiction.
The Times Washington special says:
The U. s. Court of Claims to-day de-
cided the case of Pierce Us. the United
States, involving the validity of the
Tho 6nRiSinn 10 nd
verse to the claimant. The opinion of
the court is that these acceptances were
issued :withoutauthority ofthe law, for
fraudulent purpose, and therefore the
government is not bound to pay them,
although they are in the hands OF bona
fide holders. Over S1,7OO,0OO are in
volved in this and other cases DEEPEN
dent upon the result of the above deci-
sion.
says:
It is reported to-day, and seems to be
believed by many, that Mr.. Bancroft IS
candidate for the Custom House in
New York. 1t is believed even by some
who are generally supposed to be in the
confidence of the administration.
Mr.. Seward gave dinner yesterday,
to which the members of the diplomatic
corps and other distinguished individu-
ais were invited.
Nye will deliver speech upon recon-
struction tomorrow.
Within the past fortnight some five
hundred postofices have been reopened
in the Southern States, and the work Is
still going forward.
The Union Pacific Railroad having
filed map in the Interior Department.
of the permanent location of the road
West of Omaha, Nebraska, for the sec
ond hundred miles, the Commissioner
of the General Land office has instruct
ed the local land officers to withhold
from sale the odd sections within twen-
ty miles on each side of the road.
The Herald's Havana letter of the 9TH
says: Mexico city papers contain full ac-
counts of the seizure of Bagdad, and
express the hope that the United States
will make reparation, and thus remove
the necessity of declaration of war.