The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-20

5tspecfal says. large number OF the
citizens ofthe Northern Territories met
in Washington ON Saturday Tor the pnr-
nose ofexpressing their views as to the
n6racticabiiitv of the proposed Northern
4 route of the Pacific Railroad. A COM
lmittee of five was appointed TO prepare
IAN address urging Congress to grant
the aid asked for, after Which the meet
ing was addressed by several gentle
men present.
last week by the Treasury Department
number $685., 600, of which 500, 600 was
forwarded to the sub-treasnry in New
York.
Later news regarding the river Platte
war does not record any new move
tempt of an advance by the allies had
not vet taken place, and the hostile ar
mics still confronted each other on OPP
/ posite sides of the Panama. A small
force of about 600 Raraguaya1ls had
/ M ade a dash across that river with a
loss of eight or ten men on each side,
but the exploit does not seem to have
resulted in any advantage to either
Additional Brazilian gunboats, and
ironclads were on the way to the seat
of war, and several vessels had arrived
with munitions and supplies for the
allied troops. Reinforcements to the
number of about 4, 200 men had Joined
the allies.
Fourteen days later news from Ja-
maica has reached here by the arrival
| of the steamship MinheZuma at this
| port yesterday from Kingston on the
The Royal Commission of Inquiry
into the causes and suppression of the
| recent revolt was still progressing.
Mrs. Gordon, wife of Geo. w. Gordon,
who was executed as the ring-leader of
\ the revolt, was examined on the 0tn
I Il H. Il
thirty days.
The trial of Ramsey, the Provost
Marshal of Morant Bay, for atrocities
committed in the discharge of the duties
| of his post, was proceeding before the
civil magistrates, but the proceedings
were con- u 'tedin private. The accused
had been admitted to bail. - za
| In the assize courts thirty-seven of
the prisoners charged with participating
in the rebellion were on trial. All was
quiet.
The Tribune's Paris correspondent,
of the I'd inst, writes of an important
fact, not yet publicly known in Paris.
Mr.. Stewards answer to NJ. Drouyn ID.
IPHuys' dispatch of January 9Th, had
arrived, although the French govern
ment has not yet pronounced an official
opinion upon it. The cabinet of the
Tuilleries is very much pleased with
government has ever said upon the
Mexican question; he has happily COM
manded language to describe the posi-
ton from which America will not
bulge an inch, in terms which France
will probably make up its mind to con-
slider as not Incompatible with its own
views. For the moment, the undou bt-
ed impression of the French ministry
| individually is that Mr.. Stewards latest
communication relieves them from
| load of anxiety, and that the relations
of France and the United States in re-
gard TO Mexico now stand upon very
The HeraId's special says: President
Johnson yesterday received dispatch
| from a. j. Hamilton, Provisional Gov
ernOr of Texas, giving more hopeful
account of the doings of the State Con-
vention than any that b2ye found their
way into print. Gov. Hamilton sums
up by saying that although the conven-
| ton had been in session one month
without apparently accomplishing any
| thing, material measures similar TO
those adopted by Alabama were likely
whatever concerning reputation OF
| the rebel war debt, and-that the freed
men will be treated more satisfactorily
| than by mostof the other States.g The
principal difference of opinion was
whether the ordinance of secession
/ 6uOulu DB ItpEaleu VI
absolutely null from the beginning.
| The report of E. w. Wynkoop, Major
| of the United States army and special
Indian agent, dated at Fort Laramie,
Kansas, March 9th, 1866, and enclosing
| the treaty with the ArapahOe and
the Indian Bureau. The treaty is da-
tied on Bluff Creek, Little Arkansas r1v-
er, March LIST, 1866, and bears the signs
of twelve chiefs. Major Wynkoop COM
plains of the system of free trade car
| ried on by irresponsible parties, ana
attributes all the difficulties to the in
| PRODUCTION of contraband articles and
| the admission of unprincipled men.
\ The expedition brought in a young
white girl, fifteen years of age, named
Amanda Fletcher, captured In August
last, near Fort Halleck.
The publication in several papers,
| that the ten appointments at large for
cadetship at West Point had been made
by the President or Secretary of War,
was premature. The question is still
open and the selections undecided
About five hundred applications have
been made for the ten appointments.
The Herald's Washington special
| gives the following as the facts regard
| ing the reported interference of the
| President in the municipal election of
1 New Orleans: Mr.. Kennedy, the pres
ent Mayor of the city, telegraphed to
/ Lue 1FGSluenI the r1OEu Au5tAhhs
pressing doubts as to the fitness of his
| successor elect, Mr.. Monroe. and enquir-
| ing whether or not he should yield 10
I the successor. The President replied
as follows by telegraph:
"I have no information to give in re-
| gard to surrendeTing the Mayoralty of
] New Orleans TO the person elected to ill
the position. / have no information
| showing that the election was not Fegu-
/ lar or that the individual who has been
/ elected cannot qualify. In the absence
OF such proof the presumption Is that
the election has been according to law
and that the person elected can take the
oath of allegiance and loyalty required.
4 Mr.. Monroe seems to have known that
fetforts were being made to keep him
out of Office and also telegraphed the
President yesterday that he had been
regularly elected Mayor of New Or
leans and that he is as loyal to the
/ Union and enthusiastically in favor of
the reconstruction policy of the Presl-
dent AS any man living and can qualify
according to law. The President re-
piled TO this by repeating the telegram
sent to Mr.. Kennedy, thus leaving the
matter where ii belongs, to the people
of New Orleans and the civil and mill
tary laws that govern such cases"
NEW York, March l9.-An organized
band of letter thieves has been discoy-
cred by PostOftice detective in this city.
On Saturday an important arrest was
made. 80.
is expected the steamers st. John
and Erastus Corning Will go up the
Hudson tonight new vessel has