The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-04-30
WHEELING WEST VA; FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 80 1869

terest she has in commerce and manu-
factures. We thus reduce her to
third rate power, because all nation
know that she dare not be provoke e.
into a war. Therefore, as long as sh
stands in her present attitude with us
she has no commanding position in tn
politics of Europe.
THE NATIONAL BANKS.
Reports from the National Banks un
der call of the Comptroller to show
their condition on the 17th ult., havI
come in quite rapidly. The exhibit
made is on the whole very satisfactory
It Is found that large number O.
banks which, in making up quarterly
returns, have been accustomed to show
slight excess of reserve fund, now
show slight deficiency, but the Comp
troller looks upon this fact as one indl'
eating healthy state of affairs among
the banks. Quarterly returns are OF
course prepared for weeks in advance
and are sure to look we'll, but so favor
able an exhibit of the actual working
condition OF the banks as whole was
hardly expected, and is quite crafty
ing. The number which will need ad-
mOnishing is not large.
THE PARAGUAYAN MATTER.
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the
|
| LiOn into Paraguayan matters, and ad
journed to meet at New York In Sep
tember. The only persons thus far ex-
amined are ex-Minister Washburne
and his friends and associates, and they
make out strong er porte case against
| the Navy Department. The meeting IN
the fall is for the purpose of giving the
other side a chance to be heard. The
result of the inquiry brings out the fact
that there was a constant clashlng oil
authority between the State and Navy
Departments, or rather between tho
| representatives of those two depart
| ments, and the committee Will un-
doubtedly feel called upon to recon-
mend such legislation as will prevent
such disgracefnl quarrels in the future.
II Is from this point of view alone that
the Investigation has any public inter-
est.
THE DYER COURT OF INQUIRY
Has ceased taking evidence, and ad-
journed to Monday, when the argu.
ment will begin. The evidence and
documents make twelve hundred print
ed pages. The delivery of tho argu-
ments will occupy several days, but the
Court will probably get through by the
end of next week, and render lis de-
cisiOn in the week following.
THE DEPARTMENTS.
Secretaries Fish and Boutwell, are ex-
pected back on Friday, and the AttOr-
ney General intends leaving on that day
for Massachusetts, to be gone week or
so. Meantime things in all the Depart
ments are quiet, and the heads OF all
bureaus in the Treasury are making
clerks soon after the Secretaries return.
ARMY RECRUITING. '
Recruiting for the army, which vas
fHnlr OF oil "a
be renewed again, the infantry force
being considerably below the maxi
mum of the twenty-five regiments pro-
vided for by law. Stations are estab-
llshed at New York, Cincinnati, st.
Louis and San Francisco.
CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST.
They are having warm time in the
Alexandria district of Virginia bout
Congressman. The regular Repu blican
year, while Dug. Wallach, late OF the
EUe7ling Star of this city, is running as
an Independent Republican. 90
GRANT TO VISIT THE WEST.
The President contemplates taking n
trip for recreation during July and Au'
gust, lasting five or six weeks. and he
will probably visit the West.
ENGLISH 1MS1IGRAT1oN.
BY lei. ers received here from London,
it appears that active efforts are being
made to effect Il systematic emigration
here this summer. 1tnpPears that lead
ing trades uniOnists, aided by liberal
capitalists and politicians, such as Mr..
Samuel Morley, mem Der of Parliament
for Bristol, have turned their attention
to the encouragement OF emigration
among their class. 1t is believed that
several thousand of the spinners and
miners, who are now on strike at
Preston, In Yorkshire, will be aided to
emigrate. 1t Is proposed, among other
things, to send commission OF three
or fiVo of the leading working men to
obtain Information, and to establish
bureau in London to disseminate 1t.
Among those who are active in the
movement are such men as Ogden
Howell, Secretary OF the Reform
League, and Potter and Holyoke.
sHGLIsn RECOGNITION OF CUBAN INDE-
PENDENCE.
There is considerable discussion here
about the report that Great Britain de-
signs recognizing Cuban independence
with a view TO Induce the establishment
of separate republic and thus prevent
annexation. It is known that there Is
a considerable number of leading Gu
bans, especially of the younger young
men, who favor the idea of separate
republic, and of endeavoring to estab-
lish federation between Cuba, Porto
Rico and San Domingo, with an eye to
the addition of the English and French
Islands hereafter.