The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-05-19
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NEW YORK. May H.-At the conyen'
.;onof f Ioval men held in Alexandria,
VIRGINIA. St Yesterday, various Iresolutions
we're offered and referred to committee
Of five. These resolutions set forth that
the rebellion was wicked and useless
one, and that some distinction should
be made between these who supported
the government and those who opposed
it, and declaring that the loyal men
alone shall govern, and then cites
O passage from the Presidents speech at
Nashville in 1864, as their creed, wkere
the views of the President were ably
enunciated; proclaiming that the loyal
men of Virginia are under the tyranny
of pardoned rebels, ungrateful for the
kindness of the President, and that the
deprivation of rebels either to vote OF
to hold Office is absolutely essential to
their safe and comfortable residence, and
finally proposing the reputation OF the
acts of the legislature which lately met
in Richmond, and asks for the meeting
of q constitutional convention to be
composed of true loyal men
The special dispatches to the morning
press contain the following items: The
bill introduced by Mr. Stewart in the
Senate, on Wednesday, which proposes
for the removal of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs from the Interior to the War De-
partment, is proposed as means OF
breaking up the alleged abuse OF the
Bureau, and placing the control OF In
dian Affairs in the department where
the immediate and efficient action of
the military may he had when the exi'
gency demands it. ,
A convention of the presidents and
superintendents OF Southern railroads
is being held in Richmond, the object
being to secure uniform schedules of
time and rates of fare One Thousand
three hundred and eighty miles are rep
resented.
Col. Markland, supervising agent of
the Post Office Department, has returned
from his recent visit to the Mississippi
Valley, having succeeded in correcting
the abuses in the mail service, and in
adjusting the difficulties between mail
contractors on the routes from Cairo to
New Orleans.
The State of Virginia issued yesterday
$4,000 in coupon bonds to pay the inter.
est on their State debt. This is the first
issue under an act of the late Legisla-
tnre.
j, H. Anderson, who was removed
from the office of storekeeper of the
Richmond penitentiary by the last Leg
islature for his Union sentiments, has
been appointed by the President, and
Yesterday confirmed by the Senate as
Collector of Internal Revenue for the
southern district of Virginia.
Such of the Minnesota Sioux Indians
as were not driven off by our operations
in 1862, or kept in close confinement,
we're located on the Missouri river, aboHt
fifteen miles above the present capital
of Dakotah territory; 500, however,
were imprisoned at Davenport, Iowa,
until recently, when, by order OF the
Secretary of the Interior they were re.
leased from confinement there, and
located in one of the counties of Nebras-
ka. bordering on Dakotah. The citizens
of Dakotah are particularly indignant
at this location of the hostile Indians,
and predict all sorts of outrages and
atrocities in the future. The affair
seems TO have been enveloped in secrecy
The intention of the Government to
locate them at this latter point was hrst
known here from the complaint ot cil.
zens interested The turning loose OF
so large a number of lawless savages
who are believed to deserve the penalty
of confinement for life, is received with
great alarm by the people of the frontier
and they especially object to their beng
placed so near to the rear OF any OF the
very widely separated white settle ments.
The affair will probably be investigated
and some congressional action solicited
The commissioner appointed to eX
anime into the affairs OF the Merchants
National Bank, are of the opinion that
the institution will be able to pay about
3 per cent. on the amount of its lablii-
ties
The Senate will take up the pension
lill on Friday, as the special order
The finance bill OF Senator Sherman
Will have to go over for week. 49,,
The Constitutional Amendment will
| come up on Monday as special order
and will occupy perhaps week.
The Consular and Diplomatic and
West Point appropriation bills were
finished to day in the Senate, and return
| ed to the House, but there are no materl'
! al amendments that will be objected to,
| except the creation of another Assistant
| Secretary Of State, he termed second
| assistant 1t is understood that Chief
Clerk Hunter will b. designated II the
bill becomes a law.
The House is still working Industrious
Il on the tax bill which will probably
not be completed before the last OF next
week
Tomorrow the tobacco interest will
be pretty thoroughly ventilated.
A Washington special to the evening
papers says: The belief prevails in di
| plomatc circles that European wal
is inevitable, that Napoleon will with
draw his troops from Mexico at an early
day, and that Maximillian will find him
self obliged to return with them tol
want of money.