The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-01

s,saInI = oRk, Dec. Sl.-The Herald,s
No., s-lys, Inc detective agents of nc
| of S,,,S..y Ia ave unearthed another mode
| from so5tss..S goods into the country
| inc ~ iETEelgn ports. A gentleman Nv.
,I hs IN France notified the IisnartmenI
aLt large quantity of siiI-s ygere
Ssut being smuggled into the UNITED
ss sates, ana stated the name of tlIe VeS.
GO carving the cargo. When the in.
| discba-'oi, was received the vessel had
| n We tS's. ner cargo, and on inspection
ra,,, as Ipunu that the labels had been
LII oYed from great portion of the
| -. Bo9us; out ninety pieces were dis.
Leu That were not manifested
H,a nteh were accordingly seized. On in
T., cation II was proved that the firm
~ question had been conducting this
lSraoand business for the last year.
question which seems to be din.
SuIt to solve, Is now exercising
5me law n lcers- Of the Government,
ne irieGAs OF prisoner con-
nhed at Sing Sing, New York, under
gong sentence for an otfense against
me United States, have made reouest
to have him transferred. tCITbe T,Ta IeSS
street jail, New York city, for the rea.
son that he isyery i'll and in danger of
death, and they hope to secure 4 nar-
don for him In january next. T6a
grave part of the question is. where IL
me authority % order the transfer Of
i EEaNnnnF
y said, has no power but To
pardon. The United States Conf
having pronounced the sentanco 6o,.o
no further Jurisdiction, and mo otbas
oftcer, whether State or National f;rd
authority of law for authorizinS thu
transfer. 1ne
The Times special SAYS: To.morro,,,
over 1870 who were notified nm T,0stI..
last, Will be discharged from emTIo1y!.
Inent IN tne Ordnance Bureau OF The
Navy Yard. The Bureau Of Stsay,, II.
gineering VIII also discharge large
The Postmaster General is now an.
Baeea IN revising the affairs OF 4 iar1a
number OF post Offices thFon0bont Ky
county, and making final settiements
81 thelr accounts. It is discovered
t tnhI IN some of the offices the-business
mas mas greatly increased, which haInS
SHOWN 70 the satisfaction ofthe Densrts
~ ny, Ihe salaries Of the post masters
ot,,o gu u, OIhces Will be increased. In
Csa,eso Gnlces where the business had de-
SSLehssu corresponding reduction will
Oe made in the salary OF postmnsters.
Soon aIter 1t assembled the House of
representatives called upon the hssSs
departments for statement of the
amount discussed by them under nm
az VI u congress giving employees Of
cor, 'I,SI,.ent In Washington 20 per
MI - ShuA compensation.
rue following statements have bean
received from the Treasury DpnsTi-
lheht: S547,3S4 from the War DEPART
tnehti S3i0, 4O2 from the Navy DEPART
menti S4I,Ol5 from the Post Office ne.
Partment; S55, sos from the Department
OF o. Agtcultnre; $40. 700. The total, thus
laE' Is q, ll5,Si6. The State and Inte-
Fel3I departments and Attorney Gen
erals Office have not reported.
The Trtbune's special saws; THE state.
ment OF the public debt will be pub
llshed on Tuesday, January 18th, II ia
expected there will about a hundred
million million dollars in gold on hand at the
beginning of the new year. Out OF this
are TO be paid about thirty millions
collars to pay the interest on the pub.
nc uept; the principal of the bonds OF
~ maturing on the LIST proxlmo; the
"a years bonds of '67, the semi.annnal
interest on the bonds of 81, aud me
interest on 5.2Os,
by order of the Secretary of the
navy, the salaries of all mechanics in
the navy yard here will be reduced IS
per cent. after the lst of january next,
ihey Will accept this modification, as
they are afraid their places will be ILL
ca oy other mechanics who are now out
OF employment. It IL understood that
reductions Will be made in other local
tiles, of a similar kind.