The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
It is Passed Over the Presidents
Veto.
GREAT FIRE In NEW YORK.
Disbursements of the War
and Navy Departments.
iREAT FIRE In NEW YORK.
News from NewIYork.

New YORK, April 6.-The Heralds
Toronto special says: The city is greatly
excited by news of the sailing of Fe-
nian expedition, and it is believed that
the report of its going to Bermuda is a
blind. Information, deemed reliable,
has been received here that the Fenians
are putting guns in vessels at Chicago
and have two schooners loaded with
field pieces for an attack on the western
border.
The Tribune's Washington special
says: The disbursements of the Treasury
department on account Of the War and
Navy departments, for the quarter end
ing March 81, were as follows: War de.
partment, for January, sos, PSI 1885, War
department for February, Sl5,40l, 1895;
War department for March, SS,6O5, ,95l.
Navy department for January, So, 3,547 $685.
Navy department. for February, So 3,O32,
0O6; Navy department for March, 81 $685.
044. The one million increase in the
Navy expenses for March was occasioned
by large remittances abroad for the use
of vessels on foreign stations
The commanding officers OF the 10th
aud 18th infantry and the 2na battalion
TO RrlgadieT General Cooke, commanding
the department of the State headquar.
tiers at Omaha, In case of the pursuit Of
mischevious Indians or whites nfesting
the border line, the troops will act with
out regard to the department line, sim
ply reporting their return through their
own commanding officers TO the com
manding general Of the department in
yaded.
The Times Washington special says: ::
Ii is understood that the President will
in day or two send to Congress a mes
sage in which he will suggest modif-
cation of the test oath, in order to ena-
BILE the government t. fill the revenue
offices, &c, of the South in accordance
with the propositions OF heads of the
departments
The Times Washington special say
Brevet Colonel James H, Taylor, late
| Assistant Adiutant General on General
Angur's staff, has been appointed AdJu.
| tant General on Lieutenant General
Grants staff, in place of the late Cen
eral Seth Williams.
Colonel A, H. Markland has been ap,
pointed special mail agent for the Post
Office Department for the district COM
prising the Pacific coast.
The Worlds Washington special says I:
The House Committee Oh Foreign AT
fairs yesterday instructed their chair
man to report Joint resolution to send
a naval feet to the fishing grounds to
protect the rights Of our citizens, and.
at the same time, to preserve peace. The
resolution is understood to be approved
by the Secretary of State and is only
regarded as n precautionary measure
Advices from Buenos Ayres state that
an Italian vessel, on which III embargo
had been laid by the Federal Court at
that port, had been taken out OF the
harbor under the protection OF the guns
of the Italian war steamer Talaci, which
steamed into the inner roads for this pur
pose. The action taken by the local
authorities in the matter was not ascer-
tained prior to the departure OF the
South American mail steamer
Mr.. Lane, OF Kansas, about whom
some doubts have existed as to his vote
on the Civil Rights bill, made a speech
in the Senate to-day, supporting the
veto aud defending the President from
the charges made against him by Mr.,
Wade, of despotism, dictatorship and
treachery There are many members OF
the House on TIE floor of the Senate
and in the galleries, who are apparently
intensely interested in the proceedings