The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-06-02
The Public Debt Statement.

The Rnoltc Debi StAteAoAa'
The public debt statement has been
delayed until tomorrow, owing to the
fact that all the accounts are not yet
properly prepared. The opinion pre-.
walls at the Treasury Department that
the statement will show large reduc-a
ton, though tits not positively certain
that the decrease viii be ten millions.
1t will also exhibit heavy com andcnr..
reney balances --y ~g,,r-r
.El4 snle Of Pnblic Lauds.y n !
A proclamation has Just been signed
and will be duly promulgated for the
sale, of public lands, embracing about
$500, 600 acres, to take place At Denver
City, Colorado, commencing on the 18th
of September next - d. ~ H.'' 7
4 q = Resigned. ny -
John B. Guthrie, a prominent clerk
in the Office of the Secretary of the
Treasury for long time, and legal ad-
wiser Of the Department of Internal
Revenue and Custom regulations, has
resigned.
$40 )AppOin Iments. -a
The President made the following APP
pointments: w. A. Pile, Governor OF
New Mexico; Christopher G. Sheath,
Consul at Elsinore; VIM. N. Kendell'
P. NJ, Plymouth, Indiana.
Indian Supplies.
a., 10 TO- aIx,ir /
from the plains, showing that supplies
are gsing forward with unusual rapid
ty undef the supervision Of the Quarter
master. Many military agents are on
the way to their posts, and there is
increased confidence here in army cir
cles that general troubles with the In
dians will be avoided.
LOngsIreeTs Little Account
Mr.. Auditor Clarke is pushing his
correspondence with ex-rebel officers.
He has just received a reply from Gen
eral Longstreet regarding an unpaid
account. LOngstreet asked to have
copies sent him ofoertain Quarter-
masters vouchers which were charged
to him, and the reasons for this transfer,
and says the stirring events Of the last
ten years have prevented him from
keeping full files of his papers.
on The Southern TrOUbles.g
Tke opinion of theAtt6rn6y General
upon the right of military commanders
to take prisoners from the hands of the
civil authorities and try them by mill
tary courts, will probably DO up soon
for the consideration of the Cabinet. So
far as this decision is concerned, it is
held that Georgia is in the same legal
condition rs Texas, Mississippi and Vir-
GINA. ..--.... .-.-..
Temperance.
On June 9th the National Division OF
the Sous of Temperance of North
America will commence its annual SEES
sion in this city, and continue foar
DAYS. Delegates will be entertained
while here by the Grand Lodge of this
District. There will be reception on
June 9th. On Friday, the 18th, an ex-
cursiOn down the Potomac will take |
place, aud exercises will be held at the
tomb of Washington. Among the del
gates will be DIR. +. Lees, the temper
ance champion of England; Neal Dow,
of Maine; Lewis E. Wagner, of Penn
sylvania; John NJ. Stearns, of New York;
Edward Carswell, of Canada, and others,
over two hundred in all.
President Grant.
The President will leave here on Thur |
day for Annapolis, where he will re.
main until Saturday and attend the
Grand Ball fat the Naval Academy on
Friday night. He will probably visit
West Point about the 10th inst. Secre-
tary Cox will accompany him to the lat
tar nj