The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-07-24
News from New York

| NEW YORK, July 23.-Ihe morning pa
pers have the following specials from
Washington:
A delegation of c0lored men, headed
by Dr. Randall, an Octor0on, of New Or.
leans, who has long been connected with
| the education of negroes in Louisiana,
had An interview with the President yes
terday to satisfy themselves of the truth
| OF felicity of the charge that he was in
imical to negroes aud opposed to their
| educational advancement. During the
interview the President said, on the sub
ject of the education Of the black race :
II am decided, by all means let learning
advance among them. | most cordially
endorse your Efforts to establish schools
fof'them, and will give you all the as
sistance in my power, for | am the true
friend of the black man No one living
desires him to advance in education,
refinement aud civilization more than
do; for in that depends his future use,
fulness to himself his race and his conn
try -1'9I 7.-
The President is said to have deter
mined to remove Israel Newton, the
present Commissioner of Agriculture,
and john Defries, the Superintendent of
the government printing Office. Numer-
GUS applications for both vacancies
have already been received.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs, of
the House, have completed an elaborate
report on the subject of the neutrality
laws, and will, it ID understood, recon-
mend thorough revision of the statutes
affecting Our Dentral relations with other
governments
The follow ING are the amounts free of
tax to which officers from the rank of
Colonel d"ot. 10 Second Lieutenant are
entitled n..1c, the act of Congress ap-
proved July 18th, 1866, appropriating
three months pay to those who served
till the close of the war: Col6hels $50;
Lieutenant Colunels 1854; Majors S595 So
Captains in command S5l5 Adjutants
and Regimental Quartermasters $5l3;
First Lientenants S427; Second Lieuten.
ants 1881 70. Cavalry, Colonels $780,
1854; CAPTAINS ia command S593 so; Cap
tains not in command, Assistant Adju
tant Gen, rails, Commissaries of Subsis
tence and Assist ant Quartermasters $685.
Regimehtal Quartermasters S54l So
Lieutenants or Surgeons S456. Seven
thousand claims under this act have al
ready besu received at the Paymaster
Generals office 1t is anticipated that
a million of dollars will be required to
adjudieate all thus Incurred.
The Commissioner OF Customs has re-
ceived information OF the capture of four
or five smuggling vessels of the coast of
North Carolina. Some of the cargOes
are considered quite valuable.
Hon. c. B Washburne still lies quite
i'll, at the house Of General Grant, al
though somewhat oonvalescent. He has
leave of absence for the remainder of the
session, with permission TO delay his re-
port on the Memphis affairs until next
December. o..
The Senate Postal Committee finally
agreed to report fayOrably on the nom
ination of Mr.. Randall for Postmaster
General. This will make his cOntirma-
tion sure
Major General q q H"""rd, while ii
ding down the avenue Oh Saturday
came very nearly meeting with
a serious accident, The coupling pole
of his carriage broke, the front wheels
becoming detached frOm the body of the
carriage. The horses became frightened,
the driver was thrown from his seat, and
the general was dashed violently over
the drivers seat against the dash board
He vas but slightly injured, but the
driver was considerably bruised The
horses were stopped with the trailing
wheels aud undergear of the carriage
before they had proceeded far. The es
cape from frightlul disaster was mirac.
ulous.
A Washing on special to the evening
papers say, that the President is expect.
ed to veto The joint resolution admitting
Tennessee
European dispatches received at the
State Department do not confirm the
hopes of all immediate peace 1t is OK.
pected that France will be compelled to
assume the character of a belliperant