The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-05-14
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
News from New York.

NEW YORK, May nS iio."io
Washington special says: The cabinet
meeting to-day was an unusually short
one All the members of the cabinet
were present excepting Attorney Gener'
al Speed. But little business could have
been transacted during the short time in
which they were in session.
The Committee of Ways and Means
are doing nothing as yet on the new tariff
laws, preferring to wait until some final
action has been taken upon the internal
revenue tax.
The following is statement showing
the Indebtedness of the Merchants Ma
tional Bank of this city to the govern
ment. as taken from the books OF the
hank. Deposited to the credit of the
Treasury of the United States S57 ,567 !;
navmasfers S6I4,465; other disburslng
officers and agents S9O, ,2SO. Iotai POO,
312, of this amount S369, ,ls4 was dePos.
tied between the goth of April ana tne
Sd of May, the date OF failure OF tne
bank. = A. ho,,,
were Fl. A. Riley. supervisor and spec
ial AGENT of the Treasury, who had de-
nosit of S24,524, Elijah Sells, superin-
tendent of Indian affairs, and Thomas
7 Hobbs, disbursing clerk, of the Treas
nrv Department, upwards of $50, ,OOo:
The officers of the Government think II
thev realize $4,000, exclusive of the Sc.
cnritv for the national deposits, they
will he extremely fortunate. 1t is also
estimated that Payne d Co., OF Baltl-
moro are indebted to the bank nearly
100000. o;.o5
snecial Relief Committee, of which sur.
peon Robert Reiburn is President, ana
r 7 Bowen is Vice President, to dis
tribnte the S25 900 appropriated by Con.
gress for the relief OF deshtute coioreu
people in the District
The Blain-C Conkling Investigation com,
committee is moving slowly. Interested
noliticians and others are said to be mere
from New York, and to be using all
the political and personal influence pos
sible to deter or choke OF any lnvestiga'
tion that would expose the official frauos
that we're perpetrated, g
The select committee, consisting OF
Senators Doolittle, PomeroyS Anthohy'
Cowan and Lane, met this morning TO
take into consideration the proprlety OF
reducing the clerical force OF the lnte
rior Department and increasing the pay
Of tbe remainder The aggregate saving
to the DEPARTMENT by this means IL IT. Is
estimated. will be about $1,000. Inc
vor;ons heads of bureaus were before
the Committee, and generally argued III
favor of the plan. The bill for tna' p"i'
pose will soon be reported. o;o,
The Tribunes Washington sPeciai
saws: The Senate to-day confirmed 4en-
eral Maun as Collector OF Internal heV'
enue for the first district OF Illinois, vice
Schneider, removed. o,ota
An attempt will he made in the senate
n nass Senator Henderson's Dill re-
strictiug the Presidents power OF remo'-
al from Office without cause. .,,
The veto of the Colorado bill Will Do
nresented to a special cabinet meetihg
On Monday, and then transmltted.
In the case of the Merchants Nationai
pank had II not been for the conduct OF
Colonel Paulding, in disregarding orders
in attempting to prop up the concern De-
couse both Of his securities were dlrecI'
ors of the bank. no loss would have been
sustained BY the Government lne
Court of Inquiry are still taklrg testl'
mony in his case and will prooaoly re-
port next week. ,,;.C.
The House Committee on Public Ex-
nenditures met to-day and laid plan
for investigating alleged Fraudulent
nractices on Boston aud New York Gus
TOM Houses, which they will prosecute
vigorously. o;r,d
the following dispatch from Genera
Fisk, at the head of the freedmen 5
Bureau in Tennessee, dated Memphis
Nav 9th: School houses will be reDul'e
and the schools all open again IN ten
days | shall remain here untll the
waste places are restored
The Times Washington special says
Indications are unmistakable that inc
Joint resolution which passed the House
yesterday will be modified in the Senate
bv striking out the Sd section entirely,
or substituting for it another, declaring
certain classes of prominent rebels Tor
ever Ineligible to Office under the Marion
nj Government
The President has appointed Col wal,
ter B. Scates, Collector of Customs i"r
Chicago. ;,,
To get up the new five cent peice
which is soon to be issued, it will cost
about s6OO,OOO dollars Three and a hall
million of dollars in this money is IN
circulation. o,:.
Col. Jas. l.. Collins, formerly of Ono,
has been appointed Receiver Of Publ c
Monies and United States Depositor at
Santa Fee, vice John Greiner, late oil
Columbus, Ohio -,
The Commercials Washington special
saws The French Minister explains
that the French troops, who are report
ed to have passed through Havana on
their way to Mexico, are recruits TO
take the place of men whose terms VI
service have expired, or who have been
invalided.
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