The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-10-04

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New YORK, Octsbcr 3.-The Herald's
Washington special says; There is a
report current in Washington of the
discovery of a. conspiracy. in the Cab
met to drop the President and 60 in for
Chase as q candidate for the Presidency,
using the Internal Revenue Depart
ment for the purpose.
Commissioner Rollins, of the United
States Treasury Department, has writ
ten letter to gentleman in this city,
stating that by law of Congress all
affidavits are relieved from stamp duty.
The Times special says: The Presi-
dents position on reconstruction is
plainly stated in the advice he gives
Southerners pardoned under the recent
amnesty proclamation. He tells them
he cannot reopen registration without
running the risk of Impeachment He
also states that the PRONUNCIATION of the
amnesty proclamation, if properly man
aged, would result in disrupting the
Republican party, as, if the courts de-
eide as he thinks they should, that
those pardoned were restored to full
citizenship. and if the leaders of that
party insist upon refusal to register
them, the people will flock to the sup
port of the Judiciary. He advises all
aggrieved to appeal to the courts for
satisfaction.
The bank examiner, reports that the
,defalcation of the Cashier, of the First
National Bank of New Milford, Con-
necticut, amounts to S47 900. The de-
ficiency, however, is covered, and there
will be no loss to any one.
A private dispatch from Charleston,
received here to-day, states that United
States Marshal Goodloe will soon re-
sumo execution on process of the United
States Court stayed by General Sickles'
Order No 10, and that General Candy
instructed the post commandant at Will
mingtOn not to interfere with the at
tempt.
Rumors of changes in the War Office
are again in circulation. 1t is stated
that General Steedman will positively
decline to accept the position and that
either General f. p. Blair, Jr., or Tom.
Ewing, ST., will be appointed within Il
week
: The Herald'sspecial says; Two prom
inent politicians, one from Virginia and
the other from Georgia, yesterday, IN
an interview with the President, sug
gested means for a speedy restOra-
tion. 1t was for the option to recognize
the principle enunciated by Senator
Trumbull, of the right of each STATE TO
decide for itself the question of suf-
frage, in which case the South would
voluntarily include tho cOlOred pOpu-
lation as voters as they become quail
fed by intelligence, and it would in
otr fn rim fin ha a1n
cation of that class.
The case of jeff. Davis has not been
considered in the Cabinet, as stated.
1t is entirely in the hands of the United
States Circuit Court of Virginia and
the District Attorney.
A hundred thousand dollars more
have been paid ION the Missouri war
claim. This makes six million two
hundred thousand dollars.
The Worlds special says it has COM
petent authority for stating that both
X. NJ. L. Hunter and Alexander II. Ste
phens will soon be pardoned.
The President denies i'll toto the state
ments Of the Times and Tribune of the
course he will pursue in case Congress
attempts to suspend him.
The TribuDe's special says: Davis,
nominated in Baltimore for Sheriff, to-
day, was Police Commissioner in 1861,
when the Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,,
and New York troops were assaulted on
their way to Washington. He was a
rampant secessionist and was arrested
by the military authoritios by the order
General Mcclellan and imprisoned in
Fort Warren.
San Francisco dates, from Honolulu,
state that the reciprocity treaty bill
passed the Honolalu Legislature OH the
ID Of September by a vote of 81 against
5. The bill was Immediately signed by
His Majesty the King.
The Times special says: The move
ment in the Sandwich Islands for an
nsxation to the United States was so
strong that the King was obliged to
ratify the reciprocity treaty to allay
the eScitemenf