The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-03
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! NEW YORK, Dec, 2.-The HefaId'a
special gives the testimony Of Hon,
Mr.. Ashley before the Impeachment
Committee, concerning the ConOyer
trobles and the alleged completely oil
the President In the assassination. Mr..
Ashley undergoes a close examina.
tionI aud ,cpnfesse8 to having written
most o. the letters Imputed 70 him ID
q publication OF the Assistant Attorney
General some time ago. he states tina,
he has not living witness to prove
Mr.. Johnson's completely In the assas.
slnation Of Mr.. Lincoln, but from q
certain theory, which he feligiously be.
lleves, he has no doubt OF Il himself,
Thattheory Is nothing more nor less
than that II has been a customary
thing 10 assassinate presidents. Hai.
rlaon and Taylor, both according to
Mr.. Ashley's idea, having been poison.
ed. through the Vaccinations Of ambi.
tiong Vice Presidents, Mr.. Buchanan
he thinks, was also poisoned, but got
over 1t.
The Worlds special says, tits under.
stood that the President Is adverse In
the main TO bis own plan OF recon.
struction. AS heretofore, developed,
details of the progress OF restoration,
as developed 80 far In the South under
the military bill, announces that there
have been no negotiation for the set.
Element OF the Alabama claims, and de.
votes considerable space TO national
finance, and favors substantially the
policy Of the Secretary of the Treasury
regarding the volume Of the currency,
The Times special says: The report
OF the Postmaster General will show
some interesting facts regarding the re.
cent reductions on the ocean mail SER
Vices, which Governor Randall has Sc.
cured by refusing TO submit any longer
TO the demands OF the monopoly OF the
English steamship lines during The past
six years. The department has paid
for the Transportation otour mails from
100000 TO S2OO, 900 year 10 gold over
It's receipts to the British government
This amount we were com PEELED 10 paw
by an old postal treaty, which expires
in January next, and which the
Postmaster General. has refused to
continue. The rate heretofore BY
the Cunard cline has been y cents In
specie for u single letter. The Post.
master General deeming the price ex.
orbitant, advertised for proposals to
carry the mails. The owners Of the
Cunard line refused TO bid, but two
olherllnes entered into a contract aeTee-
ing TO transport all the foreign letter
mails at 10 cents an ounce. making the
cost per letter five. cents; books, paper
and other printed matter at six cents
aper pound, payable In currency; Civ.
Three mails per week, Tuesday, Thurs.
day and Saturday. This fact aud that
OF the positive refusal 70 continue the
old treaty, under which the Govern.
ment was paying the British Govern.
ment $500, 900 In gold, caused consider.
able discussion In the British ParlIa.
ment, and much comment In theEnglIsh
papers. The result was, the Cunard
line now gives Indications OF coming to
terms which will give us four mails per
week TO Europe. instead OF two as here.
tofore, besides an enormous saving In
revenues. gF7'.
Gov. Randall's report shows an unex.
pended balance OF 100000, available
for the current fiscal year, and esti.
mates the deficiency for 1859 at q, $780,.
900.
The Banking and Currency Commit.
lee have not taken any important ac.
ton In regard to the currency, as re.
ported. ., =.
A bill repeating the cotton tax will be-
reported by the Ways and Mean Com.
mtttee, at an early day.