The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-03-10
Congressional Proceedings
SUPPRESSION OF SMUGGLING.
The Presidents Speech to a Ken
lucky Delegation.


in reproducing nearly $1,000 more thar
the anxious owner had been able to do
He evinced his appreciation of her skill
full dissection by the presentation of one
hundred dollars. e.
The Tribune's Washington special
SAYS: The Commissioner of Customs
yesterday received highly encouraging
reports relative to the suppression OF
smuggling on the Canada frontier. The
large seizures recently made, and the
measures now being taken by custom
officers to prevent the anticipated in
crease OF smuggling after the termina
ton of the reciprocity treaty, it is be-
lieved by the commissioner will be sufi.
cient to preclude the possibility OF its
revival to any great extent.
The Herald's Washington special says
Thirteen mail routes were opened yester
day in Virginia and Maryland.
Fractional currency issued yesterday
reached nearly $70,0O0-
General Mussey thus explains the
statement that q suit had been brought
against him to recover a deficiency in
his accounts: He had vouchers cover
ing the disbursement of $4,000 stolen
from him these have only recently and
| partially been recovered. Until these
missing vouchers are supplied he is
| technically indebted to the government.
The Secretary of the Treasury has as
sured him that he shall have ample
time to procure duplicates, and that no
imputation of abstraction has been made
| against him.
The Tribune's Washington special
! thus speaks of Mr.. Peterson, whose resi-
dence opposite Ford's Theater was for
ever made an object of reverence by the
American people from the accidental
| circumstance of its sheltering the dying
| form of President Lincoln, on the l1th
of April last: He has finally recovered
from the Treasury the amount of his bill
charged for the trifing damage done to
bed, linen and furniture on that fatal
occasion Among the items charged in
the bill was one Of $50 for injury done
his carpets; $50 for personal services :;
81 for gas, and large number of simil
ar charges, amounting in the aggregate
| to 1898 80. The modest and patriotic
Peterson also presented another charge
for loss of time for several weeks after
the assassination in exhibiting the room
| in which the President died, the validi-
ty of the latter claim could not be fully
| realized by the Secretary OF War, who
| ordered it to be disallowed.
A Washington special to the CONNER
cial SAYS General Hitchcock was knocked
down by a runaway horse on the street
| today and severely bruised but not seri-
ously injured.
The Ways and Means Committee have
/ o1l Inyr in onnSi1arincr fha
proposition to lay tax on cotton. The
Recommendation of the Revenue Com
mittee in favor of the tax is likely to be
adopted.
WASHINGTON, March "a delegation
from the State of Kentucky have pre-.
sented to President johnson the pro.
ceedings of mass meeting held at
Frankfort, in that State, endorsing his
veto message. Mr. Dawson made an
address, in the course of which he said
| that the presence of the agents of the
| Freedman's Bureau in Kentucky only
tended to produce Generalization and
dissatisfaction among the negroes; an
noyances and inconveniences to the
white citizens, and was productive of
no good results. The speople of Ken
lucky and the laws OF the State, If left
to themselves, will secure the negro in
all his rights of person and property
There are more cases of wrongs by ne
groes upon white persons in the State
Which 90 unpunished by the civil au-
thorities than of wrongs by white lper-
sons against negroes. He would not
disguise the fact that there has been and
there still is some impatience and dis.
satisfaction felt by the people at what
they regard as unkind suspicious and
discrimination against them upon the
part of the government which they sus-
tained throughout the late terrible con-
fiict at such sacrifices as only they and
those similarly situated can know. The
President briefly responded, rendering
to those whom the delegation represent
ed and to the State of Kentucky his un-
feigned thanks for the kind expressions
and manifestations of confidence In him
personally, and the endorsement OF the
policy which shall control his admins
tration.
1t was peculiarly gratifying to receive
these assurances at this particular time.
He trusted the results would show that
the confidence thus reposed would not
be misplaced, and would never become
matter of regret on the part of those
who gave expression thereto. The pies
ent is regarded as a most critical juno
ture in the affairs of the nation, scarcely
less so than when an armed and organ
lied force sought to overthrow the gov
ernment. To attack and attempt to
cause disruption OF the government by
armed combination and military force is
no more dangerous to the nation than an
attempt to revolutionize and undermine
it by disregard and destruction of the
safeguards thrown around the liberties
of the people in the constitution. Our
stand has been taken, our course is
marked out. We shall take no step
backward in this matter. No other OF
HIGHER evidence in this regard can be
given than has already been furnished
In the future, as in the past, we shall en-
deavor in good faith to make the admin
istration of the affairs of the govern
ment conform to the constitution IN Its
letter and spirit Therein is the only
| guaranty to the liberties OF the people
1t is hoped, by adherence to this rule, tC
remedy ere long all the Irregularities and
annoyances to which the people have
, been subjected. Again do we assure
you that these demonstrations of con
tidence and assurances of support upor
: the part OF the people are exceedingly