The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-01-27
General News.

General News.
New York, Jan. 26.-The Tribune's
Washington special says: The attempt
to reduce the clerical force of the Treas
ury Department is not promising.
At the second auditors Office there are
100000 CLAIMS of deceased soldiers
diminishing as rapidly as last month.
Five thousand more cases were settled
than were brought in. In the third
auditors office all the accounts ofquar-
termasters will take ten years for set
Element. In fact the Quartermasters'
accounts of the Mexican war have but
lust been closG d up since the rebellion
began. In the fourth auditors office
the growth ofthe money order system,
and the spread of postal accommoda-
lions among the southern States, is
more likely to lead to an increase than
diminution of clerks.
The case of Mrs. Cobb against eX-
Gen. Baker is still absorbing consider
able attention. The plaintiff deposed
that she stated to Mr.. Howell, for whom
she procured pardon, that money
would accomplish almostanything, and
that the said Howell gave hera petition
signed by Gen. Slough, whose life he
mony of unusual interest was elected
in the trial to-day.
The distillery of Ebling Brothers, on
55th street, between Tenth and Eleventh
avenues, was destroyed by fire early
yesterday morning. entailing loss in
stock and buildings of $4,000, half of
which is covered by insurance. Henry
Shevler, the engineer, was very badly
burned.
A return was yesterday made by
Gen. Hooker to the writ of habeas
corpus issued in the case of Charles IA.
Coles, charged with being one of the
Lake Erie rebel pirates. This return
sets forth the fact that the prisoner was
not under the control of Gen. Hooker,
but in charge of Col. Burke, command
ing at Fort Lafayette. After some ar
gument in the case by the counsel, it
was postponed until Saturday the Sd of
February, in order to give the counsel
an opportunity to traverse the return.
The one hundred and seventh ami
versary of the birth of Robert Burns
was celebrated last night at Itturn's
Hotel by the Burns Club of New York,
Mr.. James Nicholson presiding. After
dinner an address on the genius of
Burns was made by Mr.. HOGAN b. Per-
kins. A number of toasts were re-
sponded to by other gentlemen.
The first of a series of meetings to
celebrate the centenary of Methodism
in Amcl lea was held last evening it st.
Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church,
4Lh Avenue. Hon. james Harlan, Sec
rotary of the Interior, presided, and
DIR. McClintock delivered eloquent adj
dresses.
The Worlds Washington special says:
The President has appointed Captain
Nicholas Smith, of Kansas, Minister
resident to Greece, to reside at Athens.
lister to that country.
The Tribune's special says: Ex-Gov-
ernor Parsons and General Houston,
Senators elect of the State of Alabama,
are reported en- route for Washington,
and will probably arrive to-day. They
come for the purpose of taking their
seats in the Senate.
The Herald's special says: Maj. Gems.
Sherman, Sheridan, Thomas and Meade
are to assemble in Washington during
next week, for consultation with Gov
eminent officials, concerning the mill
tary situation in their respective depart
mentS.
A report was in circulation two weeks
ago that the President would speedily
issue proclamation declaring the re-
bellion at an end, and civil law restored
throughout the inSurrectionary States.
His delay in SO doing is now attributed
to the non-arrival of expected official
correspondence from Provisional Gov
ernor Hamilton, of Texas.
Arrived from Europe: the steamers
Germania, Kangaroo and Caledonia.
News anticipated.
Mr.. Jas. Brennan, late O'Mahoney's
general organizer, has accepted u COM
mission from the Fenian Senate as CEN
trail organizer. In his letter of accep-
tance he speaks very bitterly of O'Ma-
honey and of his late Convention. Ev-
erything is significantly quiet at O'Ma-
honey's headquarters in Union square.
It is stated upon good authority that
startling Developments will soon be
made which will demonstrate that the
O,AIahoney's faction is now stronger
than the Organization has ever been,
and that it is devoted to earnest work.
A new counterfeit has made its APP
pearance in this city, denominating $50
on the First National Bonk of India
napolis, Ind. The engraving is very
fair and the paper bad and darker col
ored than the genuine. The picture in
the back of the baptism of Pocahontas
is pale and poorly executed, while the
lettering is very fair, but the number
ing bad. The United States Treasury
stamp is pale and poorly defined. The
billi is a very fair imitation of the genu-
inc plate.
The Worlds Washington special says
il is now known that the Ways and
Means Committee have indefinitely
postponed Secretary McCulloch's finan-
cial bill after striking out the foreign
loan clause. 1t is probable that the
chairman, Mr.. Morrill,, will introduce
an entire new bill when the subject is
preached in this committee again.