The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-02-09
FROM WASHINGTON.
Congressional Proceedings.
GEMS. GRANT AND BUTLER.
Visitors at the White House
SOUTHERN MAIL ROUTES,
The Importation Of Cattle
National Banks-The Removal >of
Governor PierpOinf.

NEW YORK, Feb. 8.-The Herald
Washington special says: The fact i
| published that in response to one OF Gen
eral Grants cards OF invitation to his re
cent reception, General Butler addressed
a very curt note of decllnatlon, saying
that he never wished to "hold persona
intercourse with the Lieutenant Genera
or any of his family, and must decline
the present OF any future prOtfer in that
direction" General Grant good natur
edly destroyed the note as soon as read
determined, il it ever appeared in print
to know positively that it was furnished
by General Butler himself. Cherishing
no personal i'll will toward General But
ler' he invited him among other celebri
ties, and feels that in doing SO he placed
himself right on the record.
The Tribune's Washington special says
u very large crowd was at the White
House yesterday, awaiting executive
audience. Four delegations were i'll at,
tendance, one Of twenty from Mon,
tana Territory, urgiug the necessities OF
that territory IN regard to public roads,
and bringing with them many specimens
of auriferous wealth. The colored dele
CATION occupied nearly an hour, but at
one o'clock the Superintendent Of Pnb-
lie Schools, now holding convention in
this city, were presented by Mr.. North
rup, OF the Massachusetts, Board OF Ed
ucation and President OF the convention.
The interview was cordial and pleasant.
The post office department has
lately advertised for bids for carrying
the mails on eight hundred and seventy
routes in Georgia, Mississippi Louisiana,
Alabama and Arkansas Only eight
hundred and four bids were made, and
as many of them were duplicates
and triplicates it is not prob
able that half the routes will be let In
some eases the price asked is higher
than it was in 1860, although the mum
ber of letters carried will be much less
The South makes haste slowly to supply
herself with postal facilities.
Among the many petitions received
by the Treasury Department are those
from persons having cattle in Canada,
asking permission to land them IN the
United States. One petition has been re-
ceived from an Ohio cattle dealer who,
previous to the enactment OF the law
forbidding the importation OF foreign
stock, had sent to Canada 1900 head OF
beef cattle, and 300 sheep to be tattened.
He asks the Secretary OF the Treasury
to permit the return OF his cattle, but
owing to the existing regulations his re-
quest cannot be complied with.
DR.. George s. Gale, OF No: 81 Eighth
avenue, New York, has been appointed
United Pension States Examining Sur
geon. DR.. Gale served nearly four years
lii the army, and was considered one Of
the most accomplished officers Of the
medical staff.
The Times Washington says lntelli-
pence has been received from Richmond
to the effect that John Minor Bolts is at
the head of the movement Of certain
Union men for the removal Of Governor
rierpoint.
The Virginia Legislature have ap
pointed committee TO wait on the
President with the resolutions adopted
by that body. They are expected IN
Washington to-day
The Tribune's Washington special
saws: The First National Bank OF Fort
Smith, Arkansas, capital $4,000, and the
National Bank of Newbern, North Caro-
lima, capital 100000, were to-day au-
thorized to commence business. 1852
National Banks are now Ill operation.