The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-10-08

! NEW YORK, Oct The Herald
! Havana special says: Intelligence has
I been received here from the steamer
Louisiana, just arrived from st. Thom-
as. to the effect that serious engage
ment took place on the 18th ult., before
| Fort Blasson, on the borders of st. Do
miugo, but on Hayden soil. The CacoS,
/ the Hayden revolutionists especially
! opposed to President Salnave, who
1 were in possession of the fort, hoisted
a white dag on the fort, and when Sal
nave's troops proceeded to take the
fort, they were fired upon and cut to
/ pieces by the revOlutionists. Some
| members OF the first families of Port
1Au Prince are among the fallen. ~
The Worlds special says, an officer
of the Government is about to proceed
to South Carolina, to institute legal
proceedings in the United States Dis
trict Court against two New York ex-
State agents, Constance Cook and IA
man named Sherwood, of Steuben
county, who were commissioned by
Governor Fenton, during the war, to
raise negroes to fill the quota of that
county. II appears that ithese parties
never paid over TO the negroes all of
the State bouuties when they were en-
listed, but are alleged to have pocketed
about $500, 900 of the amount which they
drew on an affidavit at Albany that the
bounty had been advanced by them TO
makes this u felony.
Official copies are published of the
correspondence between the nuthOri-
ties of Maryland ana the War
Department in reference to the
application to the Government for
nance stores, the quota OF arms
due the State. 1t appears that
Mr.. Stanton did not refuse such COM
mutation as would not exceed the
amount due Maryland, but that Gen.
Grant expressed a doubt whether the
law authorized him to issue all the
arms of one kind, and that he still has
the matter under consideration.
The President has not yet fully con-
sidered the application for the pardon
of Alexander 4. II. Stephens. The
papers are now on file at the Executive
Mansion, and will be again taken up
this week. Mr.. Stephens is strongly
recommended for executive clemency.
There seems to be no doubt but that
pardon will be issued.
The Attorney General has not yet de-
Cided the legal points reached in the
matter of the application of Gen. Fitz
John Porter. F FL
THE Tribune's special says: There is
foundation for therepOrt that Sherman
is to be put in the war Office. He was
called TO Washington by the President.
The order was not sent through Gen.
Grant as required by an act in a recent
appropriation bill, and this, it is stated,
means that he is 10 be asked to take
Grants place in the war office. The
friends OF Gen. Grant say that he has
told the Presidedent he will not remain
in the war office any longer. They
think the President wishes Sherman to
succeed him while the House holds ses
sion, and state that Sherman is not GO
ing into the War Department, and that
all depends on the election news to be
received on Wednesday,.
Gen. Sherman says there is good
grounds for believing that the Indian
hOstilities will cease ere long. I'd
Advices from Louisiana state that the
Republicans claim the State has gone
for the Convention by at least 10000
majority. Enough returns have been
received to make this almost sure.