The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-04-01


EDITORS AND PRoPRIEToRs.
MONDAV MORNING. APRIL l.
ONE or the most important items in
our telegraph news this morning is the
announcement that Russia has coded
TO the United States for seven millions
of dollars her entire possessions on
this continent, or in other words the
large scope OF country lying on the
North Pacific frontier known as Rus
sian America. 1t comprises that por-
ton of the continen. lying north of
latitude so and 40, with the islands
adjacent, together with narrow belt
OF rocky coast that extends down and
shuts out the British possessions from
the sea coast, the same as the Panhandle
OF West Virginia does the State of
Pennsylvania from an extensive
river front. This is the reason
why we are informed that the
British Minister has entered his
protest against the cession. He natur-
ally regards it as a somewhat signifi-
cant initiatory movement of Russia
against British maratime influence.
The Country acquired by US in
cludes 37l,S75 square miles, but
contains only population of
1O.T2s whites and 10000 to $1,000 In
dians. The islands adjacent are very
numerous, and many of them unin-
habited, the principal groups forming
the AIeutian Archipelago.
General Batter Makes = Charge in
Regard 10 the Second West Wa. Com
EreasIonnI District
During the debate in the House of
Representatives last Friday, General
Butter stated that he had knowledge of
the fact that one hundred and ninety
three deserters had been pnrdoned and
restored to the pay rolls Of the United
States. at the request OF the Democratic
candidate for Congress in the I'd West
Virginia district, the inducement set
forth being that they would vote for
him at the polls. The operation cost
the government it seems seventy-five
thousand dollars. The debate during
which this disclosure was made is quite
lengthy, and some of it not to the i'm
AAN1AoA1 BOAhAT DuN tue SUBSTANCE Oh IL
is found in the following extract from
the Congressional Globe of Saturday:
We quote from Buffers speech as fol-
lows:
II will explain to the House now 1
came to know anything about this mat
ter; for, sir, am no volunteer. The
House did not seem to desire me to
take any part in developing the evil
dence bearing on this impeachment,
and / have let the House and its COM
mittee take care of itselfin that regard.
But, sir, l happen to be member of
the board of managers OF the National
Asylum for Disabled Soldiers; by the
choice OF my feliOw-mHnHgers, | am
President OF that board. The fund
which Congress has appropriated to the
support of our disabled soldiers in that
institution, consists OF the fines and for
FIXTURES suffered by deserters; and
when was looking after that fund, as
was my duty to do, l found that with
out evidence TO sustain him, without
examination, the President OF the Uni
ted States, for political reasons, had ia
ken $4,000 OF that fund which the man
ayers OF this institution, of which he
was an cr oDtciO, were to administer for
the benefit of the disabled heroes OF the
war, and had turned IL over to the de-
serteTs from the Army, on the under
stumbling only that they should vote the
Democratic ticket. Learning this fact,
sir, felt bound to pursus this investi-
CATION, and the testimony which have
now IN substance given to the House,
has been given upon the oath of bre-
Vet brigadier general ofthe Army of
the United States.
Mr.. Hubbard, OF West Virginia-wilI
the gentleman from Massachusetts be
Kind enough to tell the House to which
district of West Virginia his remarks
has reference?
Mr.. Butler-The district represented
by Mr.. Kitchen. oh, sir, have no con-
cealment.
Mr.. Hubbard, of West Virginia.
only want to get at the facts for the BEN
ent OF history, and more particularly of
West Virginia. [Laughter.l
MIR. Butler-All right, sir; the gentle
man shall have them all. He is well
coms to anything that 1 can do in this
regard tor the benefit of West Virginia,
or any other place.
Now, sir, let me state one fact further,
because have nothing to eoncenl about
this mRtter-I am speaking upon sworn
testimony: IL IL Is not true, let iE be iu-
vestigated, never brought out any of
these facts bearing on impeachment
except when l have been much en-
forced
And straight Il cold again"
Mr.. WoOd-wnl the gentleman per-
init me to ask him whether, according
To this testimony or within his own
knowledge, the President had personal
cogniZauce of these facts?
Mr.. Butler-I will sta what the tes-
timony is That list of one hundred
and ninety-three deserters, with no
other testimony but this letter, went to
the President through the hands of
Colonel Thomas b. Florence, who is
somewhat known to members of the
House; and the answer that came back
was restoration of every one OF the
men on that list, without dotting an I,
or crossing a {, so far as can be seen,
and upon no other testimony than the
fact that they would votsthe Democrat
1c ticket; which 1 suppose would be "a
good reason for restoring all the desert
ers from the army, thereby entirely
absorbing the fund set aside for disabled
soldiers.
Mr.. wood-I submit that the reply
OF the gentleman from Massachusetts
virtually acquitS the President from
any completely in this transaction.
Mr.. Clarke, of Kansas. l yield to
the gentleman from Massachusetts five
minutes more.
Mr.. Butler. want to finish this