The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-10

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NEW YoRK- March g.-Geu- Mussey
thus explains the statement that n suit
has been brou2n6 agaiust him To- reeoV-
er the deficiency m his accounts Tie
had vouchers covering the disburse-
nenr Of IS, eco stolen from him These
have only recently and partially been
recovered -CHdl these missing vouEh-
eEs are supplied he Is technically in
debted 70 the government The Seere-
tary OF the Treasury has assured him
that ne snail have ample time 70 pro-
eurs duplicates, and no impuLatiou of
abstraction has been made against
him.
The Tribune's Washington special
thus speaks OF Mr.. Peterson. whose
residence is opposite Ford's Theatre,
forever made an object OF revsr-
euce by the american people from the
accidental circumstances of its SheIrer-
ing the dying form of President Lin
coin on the 12th OF April Last He has
finally received from the Treasury the
amount Of his bill charged for the trif-
ling damage done 10 hrs bed linen and
furniture OF that fatal nei9hbcFhood-
Among The Items charged in the bill
was one OF SI5N for injury done his car
peEs so for personal service 81 for
gas and j Iarge number OF similar
charges, amounting m the aggregate 70
goa 50. The modest and paIFfDEic Pc
tarson also received another charge for
the loss OF time for several weeks after
the assassination in exhibiting the
room in which the President died The
vaIidiEy of this Inter claim could not
be fully realized by the Secretary of
War,sWhos ordered it 70 be disallowed.
Lieut.. General Grant, accom- panied
by General Comstock, Colonies Parker.
Rodeau- Hudson, and Majors Webster
and Brennemau, of the e 5. army ar
rived at the Metropolitan list even
iuE A ttEsr dining the General took the
night trnin for Washington
s hanvy westerly gale has prevailed
for several days along the Hudson ac-
eompauied by freezing atmosphere,
STRENGTHENING the air which was great
" weakened by the previous mIlh
weather. and rernr1ing the opening OF
navigation considerably. Last might
tbs. ice cut a hole into the hull Of the
FerrvonuE, Air Line, which plies be-
TWEEN FiuaIi and Langerhies, while the
vessel was lying at the whHrf, ut the
hitter place, causing her to sink
The TribuueTs reporter of the Gee
sourr-martiaI ut Raleigh, writes that
the trial, it Is estfmared- viii cost the
government at least 800, 900 before II IS
at an end The testimony thus Tar for
the prosecution is repiete with horrors
only edualIed by the developments or
the WTrz court-martinL
a washington special snys= 4 gem
tIetnn1 brought to the Treasury yestar-
dny Il lnrge bundle of partially burned
Treasury notes for redemption They
were given To one of the lady clerks 70
separate and pasta upon sheets so as TO
ietHruiinea their reaI whine The lady
succeeded in reproducing nearly ., 0OO
more than the anxious owner had been
af1lE. TODD, who evinceti his appreciation
of her skilIfuI dissection by the presen-
5arion OF 500.
The Tribune's Washington special
Says:
The Commissioner Of Custom yester-
day received highly encouraging re
ports in refati0u u the suppression of
Smuggling on the Canadian frontiers.
Large seizures were recently made and
the measures now being taken oy Gus
tom officials To prevent the ant1cipRseu
increase OF smuggling after the tsrIlll-
mutton OF the reciprocity treaty 1t IS be-
fieved by the Commissioners viii be
a sufficient preventative to the posi-
hiIIty OF It's renewal 70 any great e1-
The HeralGs Washington special
snys:
Thirteen mail routes wereopened yes
terriay in Virginia and Maryland
An assembly OF sporting men, num-
bering nearly two hundred, gathered at
the Hone House Last might upon the oc-
oasiou or the closing OF the entries for
the purses offered by Mr. Crotherou,
the proprietor of the EashiDn course tn
be trotred tor during the ensuingspr1ng
and summer season.
The most important purses hled
were as BnIlnwss A purse Of $500, mile
heats. best three in i've, under sHddle,
for horses that have never rrutted bet.
Ter than 222; enEEies-Eeuiau Chief
formerly RIacL FIarry; Dan Moore
and StGrk- A purse same-aS NO. {. nut
for $500, and in harness :. enrrIes-N an
,ierbiIE Stonewau Jackson and Dan
Rice. Third. entry same as No. D, 70
wagons; entries-Pauiei StOnewali
Jackson; and Dan Rice.
The Times publishes the operations OF
the Revenue Agency of the Internal
Revenue Department. in this city, dur
fuu the past yenr, of which Mr.. Alex
A. Lewis Is Chief The article states
that owing to frauds. &c, up TO the
uerfOd when this Office WIS eSrab-
iished in October LSf4, not more thHn
one-thfrd of the reyenue due the Gov
eminent had been either assessed or
collected In the cities OF New York
and BROOKLYN there was collected dur
ing the iscaL year ending June 3D. Lst4,
Al SIS. go 34S. This office commenced
its IaboEs in October 1854. and IFS IN
5pectors were set to work tracing and
enuvictfuH those who were withholding
money due the Government; informing
tax pnyers of their duties under the
Inv, and urging strict compliaucs
herewith. The increased returns for
the wear ending June 20, 1855, are due
in a great measure. to the iahors OF this
office. Frauds were, discovered by the
local nRents of the bureau OF a fearful
propoEfiou- The Governments WIS
cheated hy al classes, and not uufre-
quenLIy by men Ioudest in precautions
OF LOYALTY An example is cited Of the
result OF an investigation into the
monthly returns Of n lnrge house en-
zaaei In the stock and gold chickering's
business, which showed deficiency IN
the returns of over S+4,O00- BY di-
rect application the local agency has
turued over to the Governments taxes
otherwise withheld, TO the amount OF
$500, 600.