The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-06
IVAsHINGrON NEWS Ann GOSSIP.
BREcKINuDoR. ROB

" "AnhANhAONI OeCS D.
John Q. Breckenridge called upon
General Sherman, at the War Depart
ment, yesterday, to pay hls respects.
He was ut once admitted, and an
agreeable interview followed. Mutual
compliments were given upon the per-
Honal appearance OF the two gentlemen.
General sherman remarked pleasantly
that he had not had the pleasure Of
meeting General Breckenridge since he
saw him at Durham Station, North
carolina, where the terms OF surrender
OF Breckinrldge's rebel army were
agreed upon. They conversed on old
army scenes with great cordlality, and
tho subject Of politics was not alluded
TO. BrecklnrldRe declines 10 converse
on the subject Of party politics, and
during bis stay haEe has been very
quiet and unpretendinR. ..... .rI-,
ootoRBD LABOR CONVENTION. m
The delegates to the National Colored
Labor Convention, which meets here
on Monday, are already beginning 10
arrive. II promises TO be quite a large
body. There will be several white male
and some female delegates. A good
deal .ofinterest is fell as to the policy
which Will be pursued by the ConYen-
tion. Judging from Views expressed by
several conventions held by persons
active In the movement; Its platform
Will probably declare the sympathy Of
theConventlon with the labor movement
In this and other countries, and deolar.
Ing that the Interest Of the coiOred La
borers In this country require that their
efforts should all be directed toward
protective and cooperative movements
and not turned into any distInctlvely
political channels, except 30 far aB they
are necessary for the accomplishment
OF their purposes. Resolutions will be
adapted expressive Of the gratitude of
the Convention toward the Republican
party and the present Administration.
THESrREAsuRY 1NvEsr1uAT1oN.
Over two years ago Congress appoint.
ed q select committee OF two Senators,
Edmunds, chairman, and one Repre>
sentative to inquire into the charges
against the management of the TreAsp-
ry Department, After two years. thor
eugh examination Of witnesses In the
Treasury Department, machinery,
books, Co., The committee makes q re-
port, 1t will be recollected the charges
were that affairs In the Treasury Print.
ing and Note Bureau were carried on
In a crlnlnally reckless manner, re-.
sulttnR In enormous losses TO the peo-
pie; conduct 30 loose as 10 call for the
Intervention OF Congress, ~ the then
Secretary Of the Treasury took no heed
OF tho warning.
.,lI-,l A sTARTLINa REPORT. il y
The report OF the COMMITTEES covering
several hundred pages, sustains Cthe
charges, and establishes that the agRre..
gate secureties created by the Govern.
ment from 1860. to. October 81, 1867,
were 3, ,272, ,000, 900 of which amount 81.
827, 100000 in bonds, certificates, dSc.,
were printed by the bureau; that SI69,s
$50 OF the second series Of the Seven
thirty loan are unRcconnted for, and
missing; that applications OF Five
twentles OF 1862 were executed In the
Treasury Department that over eight
thousand notes OF Flve-twenties, third
series, amounting to Sl.5D6. 900. have
not been satisfactorily accounted for
that various bonds marked destroyed
on the books Of the department are not
destroyed, or at least no proof
offered; that methods OF accoun-
liability between the various bu-
reaus In the department, as we'll as In
their own operations, have been gross.
ly careless; that vouchers were taken
for Interchange OF securities, from
bureau to bureau, on slips of paper,
leaving no recorded eYldenca OF the
transactions; that In printing and
Transmitting securlties to the Regis.
ter's office Il was the practice 10 send
with each one thousand Impressions
ten or more extra Impressions, called
stock PACKAGE TO supply the place OF
any that might be accidentally defaced;
when the bond was injured, or said to
be injured, 1t was thrown In the fire, or
said to have been destroyed, and an
EXTRA or stock package used In its
stead, but no account taken, or record
Of the'trausaction msde. ..
Snch are q few OF the specimens So
lectedl from the voluminous report,
showing that oVer, two million dollars
are nnacountable for, and leaving ithe
unavoidable impression that many
hundred Thousand moro than the com.
mittee mention must have been lost or
Inlslaid. ~
INTRRFRRENcE IN TRNNEssRE AFFAIRS
,NiH'aiIi Asked. ilyt
A number OF Tennessee Republicans
have arrived here for the purpose OF pe-
titioning Congress to Interfere with the
present Legislature of Tennessee, and
prevent them fromrepealing the laws
secured 10 the citizens Of the State by