The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-03-06
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Harper's Ferry Arsenal.
Pension Office Business.

| NEW YORK, March 5.-The Herald's
Washington special says: A strong ef
fort is being made for the re-establish.
ment of the great government shops and
arsenal at Harpers Ferry. 1t is esti'
mated that two millions of dollars or
thereabouts, will replace the govern.
ment property formerly at that point
during the war; and the Shenandoah
people are anxious that the sum should
be appropriated. Meanwhile, orders
have been issued from the Ordnance De-
partment, for the removal of the small
remaining portion of the machinery and
other remaining property at the Ferry to
Springfield, Massachusetts,.
The Tribune's special says: The llth
| United States Infantry, Col. Erastus ID:
Keys, commanding, have been ordered
to report to Major General Augur, COM
manding the Washington Department.
The disbursements of the Treasury
Department last month, amounted to
S47 ,927 ,22514. During the same period
redemptions of mutilated fractional cur
rency were made, amounting to S205, 800
The total amount of national bank cur
rency issued by the Treasury Depart
ment up to date, is S2,5S4, ,347.1 10, Of
which amount, 81 ,357 $50 was issued last
week.
The office of the Second Comptroller
of the Treasury Department which has
the settlement of all military and naval
claims against the government, last
month revised accounts involving the
sum of S51, ,l36,46l.
ha Of "a ha "
ing sent in bill of six hundred dollars
for the gas used in the postoffice build
ing during the month of February,
when the whole building, except the
city post Office, is closed at four o'clock,
the Postmaster General has ordered that
the gas be cut off from the building and
petroleum be used instead.
The Herald's Washington special says:
A proposition has been made to the Sec
retary of the Treasury by a German
named Shurtz, for issue of land bonds or
land scrip of the United States in Europe,
each bond to represent the value of so
many acres here, to be taken up by the
holder of the bonds upon his arrival in
this country. Mr.. ShurtZ states that
the desire to possess piece of land, how
ever small is universal among the lower
class of Germans, and that the United
States land bonds would be eagerly
bought up throughout the whole Of Ger
many, and that the sale of land bonds
would enormously increase emigration to
this country
In view of probable increase of ma
tional banks, a number of institutions
have filed their applications with the
ComntrOller of the Currency
The recommendations of the Internal
Revenue Commissioner to reduce the tax
on whiskey, is not likely to be adopted.
From present indications, no change will
be made in the tax.
General Grant, accompanied by Colo
mel Bowers, is Ell route to Washington
The Generals oldest son is being taken
by him to West Point, preparatory to en-
tering that institution next June, which
accounts for the visit.
The Worlds special says the case of
detective l.. G. Baker has been set for
trial in the criminal court on Tuesday
next.
The monthly report of the pension
office for the month just passed exhibits
all addition to the pension roll OF 4,O33
new names Ofthese, 2,2l6 were widows,
mothers and minors cases, and the re-
naming 1917 were invalids During the
same length of time, Gal claims were
rejected, 400 being invalids, and lS5
widows, so called. Nearly 10000 circu-
lars and letters were despatched from
this Office during the month, the larger
proportion being in relation to business
connected with the widows branch, in
response to enquiries made at the Office
by agents, claimants and others.
The Secretary of the Treasury is now
preparing notices of discharge for about
IS clerks Hundreds of applications for
positions are still made, though the force
is being reduced.
The Treasury Department has received
from Charleston, s. C., new counter
felt on the fifty dollar compound inter
est.
The Commissioner of Customs has re-
ceived late advices from Montana Terri.
tory stating that large quantities of
goods have been and are now being
smuggled into the vicinity of the mines
from the Canadian provinces. Goods
have been seized to the amount of thirty
thousand dollars, and the collector of
that district reports that he is bending
every energy to the breaking up of the
smuggling now carried on in that quar-
ter.
The Times special says: The Presi,
dent has appointed w. L. Coggshall, OF
Ohio, Minister to Ecuador, in place OF +.
Hassurk, resigned. This appointment
is made upon the recommendation OF
Postmaster General Dennisou and Gov
ernor Cox, of Ohio
A despatch to the Commercial Adver-
iser saws the ex-Confederate General
,Joe Johnson is here to testify before the
Committee on Reconstruction.
The parol OF Captain Semmes has been
decided to be valid, by high legal au-
thority. so he will not probably be tried.
WASHINGTON, March 5--1t is gener-
ally conceded here that the Blame amend
ment to the constitution will be defeated