The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-30
NEWS AND GOSSIP.
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and appointed subcommittee OF io11
70 LrepaTe . tarth bill, taking the A.eot-
head Bill of three weeks ago a tneaI
basis. Three or four hours we're sPent
on Saturday in discussion. Inc rare
an fins ooppaF was dKed At thre5 cents
! 6sT noand: coarse copper and reSulus
! an COPPER four cents@ copper In hAEs,
i inSrfs- pfrs and plates HTe eentss nick
] ~ forfy cents, zinc in sheets, three and
one-haIE cents; speIter and oxide Of
INC, two and one-balI5 albate, German
silver, DC, my per cent nd Taloreni
steel of all qualities and descriptions
one and one-nalf per cenf. more lhan ths
present rates. Inc ratss on al descr7P
lions of rolled or hammered iron are
also someWhzt advanced being nxed az
TWO and q half cents per pound. ids
rates on lumber are increased. On hait
IN bags II L thirty cents and In rock
tEenIy-foaE. Sal soda one cents caus4Sc
soda two cents; chromate ard btchro-
mate OF potash four and half cf1tss
Wines, bTaadies, linens, weddings, car
pstinSs, DC, are yet 70 be eonsicsIc CO
The COMMITTEES hope TO report re DilI
by the middle OF this week II Is o.
course possible that the Honss may
pass II in some shape, but stF09g Pre- S "a
oiIities are that Il viii Soove= 70 anon
er session, and il Sc believed that only
minority of the COMMITTEE viii EeS1st
such action.
TIE MILITARY II THE SOUTH.
The troopa viii NOT be withdrawn
from Arkansas or any other restored
State a. present. The troops WILL as
IN tennessee, aid the civil authcrtaesi
but will not act unless called upon by
the Governor. It's the hope Of Gene.-
NJ Grant that tbs people Themselves
viii take srch a c0Grse - VIII JusuIE
SEES ilitie interference by tne military.
No orders have been issued 10 COM
mAnders OF other States, and none VIII
be given till Tie Representatives. are re-
csiTed in both Houses.
THE TAX on NATIONAL BANKS.
The rsx bill, as passed by the House,
makes The aggregate National Bank
TAX about SIX million dollars, mere Per
anpum than IL is under the pressuS
IHW. Representative of tie banktrg
interest are already at WashinGton TO
urge that this advance is 100 greet
They belieSe the Finance Committee
VIII cut down the figures SOMEWHAT
and falling in Commiuea, they are con.
fidenI of success in the Senate. The
Commute don't mean 10 spend more
than three or four days In considering
the bill They are likely to leave the
rates on vhiaky and tobacco as 6xed
by the Houae, but will propose some
changes In the administrative sections
Of the Law. sSOmeIbinZ of an effort
| will be EEde To restore the export
warehouse section of the original WaJa
/ and Means bill, aud knock cot the
draw back system incorporated By the
COmmittee with small majority.
HEAVY 1HEFIs B1 GovERSNEsT IN.
PLoEKEs-
Rumors concerning enormous frauds
in connection with the payment OF
bounties of colored troops which hAye
been current at " ashingtOn for num-
Der OF days have assumed = definite
shape. The amount stolen from the
Treasury By these operations wilt reach
several hundred Thousand dollars. The
parties engaged In IL were TWO or thret
| firms Of claim agents there and a mum
beE Of clerks in the Treasury Depart
menf, the Bureau Of Colored Troops
and the Freedmen's Bureau. The pro
cess In the main has been to change the
muster rolls and forge certificates SO n
| tered on The original rolls As slaves
| were free, and Ihen in final payment.
those collecting the bounty received
three hundred dollars for each name
as changed instead of one hundred,
which the bounty law gayeyt0 slaves.
In some cases the papers have been
found wholly 6etitIous In their CHAR.
Ecier, no such person Is those named
ever having besn in service. The
swindIe will probably exceed the IA
mons LowenIhsl case, of which IL ap-
pears 10 be continuation The matter
was first discovered in &he Second
Auditors office, and one prominent
official there undertook 10 trace Il out.
General SChofield and Secretary Nc
Culloch were made aware OF what WIS
suspected. ana, al the proper time, al
the Offices in which the transactions
we're czEFied on we're closed, and ON
| GERS placed in charge to overhaul aH
| papers and Investigate the matter fully.
I The Secretary OF War detailed an ON
car and assistants TO aid the special
HOuse COMMITTEES. Of which Ar. Lin
coin, OF New York, Is chairman. in
tracing the fraud through all the offices
implicated Several persons have al
ready been quietly arrested, and more
will probably be nabbed hereafter. Ons
of them has made partial confession.
DISORDER IN zExAs.
The War Department has received
from General Reynolds, commanding