The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-12-08

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for false imprisonment, &C., has beer
withdrawn.
Blind Tom is in Washington.
Laura Keene began a season o.
theatricals at Alexandria last evening
Gen. Garfield will, at an early day
in the coming session of Congress, bring
forward the bill prepared by him, and
reported last summer, for the transfer
of the Indian Bureau to the War De.
partment.
The admission of Colorado agi-
tates both the Republicans and DemOc
rats of that Territory, and both parties
have held conventions at Denver, in
relation thereto.
"A State Christian Convention, the
largest religious meeting ever held In
Minnesota, asse mbled mt Minneapolis
on Wednesday,.
Among the bills to be introduced
in Congress is one to regulate the tele-
graph companies and telegraphing, and
provide among other things penalties
for tampering with or improperly dis.
closing the contents of private mes
sages. - lt
"A private despatch from Washing
ton TO the ReU0lution, New York, says
Senator Pomeroy has bill ready TO
present at the opening of Congress pro.
posing an amendment to the constitu=
ton which gives stfrage to all citizens
OF both sexes, leaving TO the state to fl x
the age when the exercise of the right
shall commence.
Hon. Z. b. Washburne, on arriv-
ing in Washington. found himself the
father of a lively boy, born just before
his arrival. Our Democratic friends
say that Washburne rules Grant; and
as TINS little youngster rules his father,
we presume the Office seekers will over
whelm the little infant with rattles,
lozenges. miniature wheelbarr0Ws, toys
and things, besides kissing him raPtnr-
ously for his mother.
Those claiming TO know, say that
Charles A. Dana will be offered the
New York Collectorship by Grant, who
is very grateful 10 him for preventing
his supercedure after the unsuccessful
campaign against Vicksburg, in the
winter of 1852 and 1868.
The report OF the State Treasurer OF
Virginia for the year ending first of
October, shows that be has a balance
on hand of one hundred and seventy
five thousand six hundred dollars:
that the State expenditures for the
year were two millions six hundred
AA0b khO AChA6hCAc0 dSDL "a
the State is about twenty millions eight
hundred thousand dollars, and tnat
the State has guaranteed over mil
lion seven hundred Thousand internal
Improvement bonds.
Tile action of Chief Justice Chase
and Judge Underwood on the question
ofquashing the JEFF. Davis Indictment,
was not unexpected, as Mr.. Chase. has
long been known to hold there is now
no cause for suit against Davis. II is
.probabl that the majority of the Su-
preme Court Will go with him this
winter, and that will be the end of the
Davis trial.
The recent rise in value OF all kinds
of South Carolina State securities is
taken as sign of the actual return of
prosperity and peace.
Tho world "1fnked" is having a
run in the western army. It's origin
was in the report of colored sergeant
who happened to have command in "a
little skirmish with the Indians. The
sergeant reported that "all the boys
fought bully except Corporal Johnson,
and he flnked," The fact being that
the aforesaid corporal ran away in
most cowardly manner.