The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-06-15


NEW YORK, June 14.-The morning
m pers contain the following special
kilograms from Washington: The Sen
ate Finance Committee is buslly en-
gagged on the Internal Revenue tax bill,
and are making rapid progress, and
hone to complete it by Friday. Very
few changes are being nude, and
these mainly on the recommendation
Of the Commissioner. A tremendous
pressure has been brought to bear in
favor OF substituting specific for d va
ioreIn duties on tobacco and cigars, and
IL seems we'll settled that the commit
tee will make this recommendation.
A number of applicants are here for
the position of naval OH Ger, made va
cant to-day by the death OF Hon. Mo-
ses F. Odell, of New YORK. 1eoTse
BIount and Mr.. Bailey are reported
among the number, but as no federal
appointment of any consequence IN
the Government is made, except 10
soldiers, il is considered that Col Hill
yer's chances are the best.
The typhus fever has assumed sucn
malignant and epidemic form at the
United States jail for the District OF
Columbia, that on rec1mmendalion OF
DR.. Beauhamel, the Jail physician, the
court has discharged about forty IN
mates confined Tor minor onences,
within the last few days, and the Sec
retary of the Interior has put at the
officers disposal, one of the hospitals
at Judiciary Square, to which the SICK
are removed The fever has prevailed
| at this institution with varied violence
! for month past, and has been con-
| stantly increasing. owing 70 the
! prompt efforts of The officers, the fatal
| ity has not thus far been great.
| Secretary Seward will send, to-mor-
4 row or next day, to the Senate, such
| Information as will show that \ apoieoh
| is retiring from Mexico in good faith.
The Bureu of Refugees, FIeeolen
and Abandoned Lands yesterday re-
t,eived from the Assistant Commission
er of Kentucky aud Tennessee, highly
| encouraging report containing matters
of public interest, IL represents mat
| he has ordered the issue of 25,OOO ri-
lions in East Tennessee, during the
month of June, to destitute persons,
land recommended the same IN July,
and the entire Withdrawal of all ratlons
from and after August next
Specials TO the evening papers say
that the House Military Committee
have agreed TO report new army OIL
1t provides for reduction OF ten regl-
nients below the number named in the
The radicals have agreed not to pass
the bill reported by the reconstruction
committee, and thus secure unanl-
| nous vote in favor of the amendment,
This will virtually place the subject III
1.-The hands of the States.
The House Banking Committee will
report a recommendation to reduce the
Ii tax ON National Bank ctrculatlonS 70
the half of one per cent. They decline
to exempt bank stock from national OF
municipal tax.
The Tribuue's Washington special
saws: Messrs. O'ConnOr and Pratt
eounseI for JEFF. Davis, had a long IN
terview with the President to-day. Il
is understood outside that the Presl
dent now takes the ground that II
1 writ of habeas corpus should be grated
10 Judge Underwood or should b
merely demand him for trial he WoulC
surrender him, but he could not con
listently release him otherwlse. III al
hanees for release are more faint TO
"a ay than ever.
4 Trihnne Montreal special says
IT. he Government has ceased armlng
ar I'd railroad trains and boats are run
nj ng. No one Is allowed 10 see the 1m
mr. lsoned Fenians. The volunteers ar
Still ! at the front