The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-07-04
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| NEW YORK. July 3.-Morning paper
contain the following specials from
Washington - bta eEEE.10 n. 'fe'2 80
/ The June statement 1.-The pablic deb
will not be published until state
ments showing the operations for th'
financial year, endisg ON the BOIL
ult., is completed. The reduction OF The
prin cipal Of the public debt, the month
of June, is Sl35, ,000, making the total
reduction in maximum principal of tht
debt due since July lst, 1855, of more
than hundred millions dollars. n.
The Commissioners Of Indian Affairs
received a telegram this morning from E
B. Taylor dated st Laramie, June 29th
announcing that a satisfactory treaty
had been concluded with the Sioux and
Ccheypnes. qLOI I4L2 .,-t
A COMMUNICATION from the Secretary
of War in response to resolution OF the
Senate. endorsing.a o report from General
DYER, Chief of Ordnance, in which tue 10
latter saws: Harper's Ferry cannot, IN
his opinion, be ever again used to ad-
vantage for the manufacture of arms
The detention of the property u the
United States at that point is not neces.
sary or advantageous to the public in.
terests beyond so much as may be re-.
uuired for an ordnance depot, and he
recommends that as soon as that depot
can be discontinued all the public lands
aud buildings, and other property there
be sold and the proceeds OF the same
shall be applied to the construction OF
an armory in the West, rs now author,
lied: .s- =.
The Niagara Ship Canal Bill meets
with more opposition than was antici,
mated 1t is asserted that political in
terests have got mixed up with it.
The bill relieving the San Francisco
and China Mail Steamship Company
from their obligation to touch at Homo,
lula will shorten the passage be-
tween San Francisco and China from sew.
en- to ten days 1t will enable the Amer
lean line to compete in point of time
with the English Mail Line; The Eng
lish line takes passengers from London
to Hong Kong. Under the new arrange
ments the American steamers will go
from San Francisco in al days.
Generals Steedman and Fullerton have
completed their Investigations in Missis-
sippi, and arrived in New Orleans yester-
day, from where they will make up and
forward their report on Alabama and
Mississippi They have concluded their
investigations With Louisiana aud Texas.
A Times special says: During the
past week the Senate has rejected an
Unusual number of the Presidents nom
nations most Of them were Of unex'
ceptiona military record Among the
reflections of last Saturday we're Colo.
mel Rufus Cheney, of Wisconsin, NOM
mated as Assessor of the Western Dis
trict of that State, and Colonel George
Gentry, of the same State, nominated as
Assessor for the Fifth District Colonel
Gentry served gallantly in the late war
Two of his brothers were killed, and his
father served as a private during the
war. Colonel Cheney served with credit
as Paymaster.
The Senate also rejected Colonel A.
Fulton, nominated as Assessor OF the
Fifteenth District Of Pennsylvania, who
was also a soldier of good record. Will
liam Edwards, also faithful soldier,
was rejected as Postmaster of Keokuk
Iowa. Peter L. Fry. nominated as Post
master at ST. Louis, was the second time
rejected