The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-15
FROM WASHINGTON.

The Tariff Bi!i-Gen. sheridan-The
Besten CollectOrshiP-Eiliofs Leu
isinna Bill Finnncial-Report Of q
Republican Demonstration In Viz.
sinia-The Mexican Leaa-An In.
dian Proposition.
New YORK, Feb. 1.-THE Times spe.
cial says: Members Of the Ways and
Mems committee are greatly displeased
at the announcement that they would
hear no further delegations on the tar
lift. The disposition to keep the |"
up still prevails. h..
There is scarcely q p~robaoii,.! . .S
the amendments to the oanS o.
be reached in the House, anu naho"i
bill certainly will be. ou
General Sheridan started for New vi
leans yesterday, wa CINCINNATI, Mneie
he viii halt To visit his home near there.
Hon. G. Bancroft has declined the
nomination for Collector of Customs ut
Boston. Hon. ID. W. GOOch and MT.
Clifford are strongly urged for the posi-
tion.
The Herald's special says: 1t is be-
lieyed Mr.. Eliot's Louisiana government
hill will pass the Senate before the close
of the week.
The whole amount, principal and in
terest. ofcompound interest notes ont
standing is $780, SIC, SCI; principal and
interest falling due in 1867, s~ll9,0Oo,iZ2'
The Hcrald's special says A dispatch
received in Washington from Richmond
states that a strong feeling of radical
rennblicanism is developing itself in the
southwestern portions of Virginia, par
ticularly in the counties bordering on
North Carolina. In Carroll county, the
organization known rs "Red String" re-
Gently held q meeting at Beilsvllle,
which was addressed by an eX-rebel offi-
Ger. He proclaimed their utilization to
the Radical party of the North, de-
nounccd the present Legislature as dis-
loyal, and advocated the adoption OF
the constitutional amendment. He de
manded that they should have repre-
sentatives who would adopt that docu-
mont, and was particularly severe In
his structures upon the President, who,
he said, should be ~impeached and re-
moved, before there could be any secu-
rity for Union men. They then pro-
ceeded through the streets, numbering
about five hundred, and were very ex-
pressiye in their demonstrations OF 10y
ATTY 10 the present Congress. They
adopted u resolution calling for % large
meeting of the organization at q future
day, when they will take measures to
make known their grievances to Con-
gress, with aview to procure immediate
action for their relief.
The report that General Dix is re-
~ceiyinp the salaries of Naval Officer and
Minister to France is denied on the
best authority.
The Tribune's special says that the
ifty million Mexican loan proposition
was up before the committee on
Foreign Affairs yesterday, but rs there
was no prospect of getting security, ow-
ing to the unsettled affairs Ill that
country, the committee unanimously
decided hat it was inexpedient to ex-
tend the aid asked.
Governor Parsons, of Ala, has moth
ing to do with the cotton claim for
S1,440, 900, nor has the claim been grant
ed as stated.
The Worlds special says: The Finance
committee of the Senate have agreed to
pay the rewards offered for the capture
of JEFF. Davis.
The Sioux Indians have made a prop
osition to guarantee the safety of travel
through their country, and also the
frontier settlement: provided the Gov
crnnIent will authorize the organization
of not less than $50 men, belonging to
their bands, under anOiflcer satisfactory
to themselves, they to fix the cOmpen-
sation Mt sixty dollars per month and
~rations for themselves, families and
horses. They will furnish their W
arms, ammunition, horses and transpor-
tation.