The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-09-11
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
by Telegraph to the Register.
WASHINGTON, September 10.
The President Takes sides.

General w. G. Clark, OF Texas, who,
during the war, was General McPher-
sons Adjutant General, had long in
terview with the President at the lat
ter's request. General Clark says the
interview related almost entirely to
matters in Texas, during the discussion
of which the President declared himself
unreservedly in favor of General Davis
for Governor, as against Hamilton. He
said that Hamilton had deserted the
Republican party, and that he General
Grant, would rather vote for Throck-
morton, or any straightout Democrat,
than for General Hamilton, in his pres
ent position. The President further
said that if Hamilton had stated, in his
speeches, that he was Endorsed by the
Administration aud himself, he had
stated what was untrue.
a Matter Needing Attention.
Private advices from Cardenas, Cuba,
received here, depict the condition of
the American residents it that locality
in respondent terms. 1t seems that the
United States Consul at that port left
there in July last, and since his depar-
ture the affairs of the Consulate have
been transacted by Cuban, whose
sympathies are said to be with the
Spaniards. The result is that the Cuban
patriots, and the American merchants
as well as all other classes OF residents
who do not support the existing Spanish
rule on the Island, are subjected t.
many annoyances, of which they vii
soon make due complaint to the State
Department.
international COmmissioncrs.
The Commissioners under the treat!
between the United States and Grea
Britain, Of July 1863, for the settlement
of claims arising out of the Oregal
Treaty, have been III session some tim,
in this city celebrating on the claims
presented to them, which claims, it is
To be noted, amounted to S4,500,702 il
gold for the Hudson Bay Company, anC
81, los 900 in gold for the Pugent Sound
Company. They have procured award.
in favor of the Hudson Bay Company OF
$l5O,OO0 and of the Pugent Sound Com
pany of 100000. 1t is considered sat
iSfactery to find that in so complicated
and so far continued national dispute
the Commissioners of the two Govern
ments have been able to accord Al
opinion. The Hudson Bay Compan,
and Pugent Sound Company are re
duired by the awards to release to tn
United States all the possessory right
belonging TO them in Oregon an,
Washington, which werc the subiec
matter of their claims aGainet III
United States.
General sherman
Was yesterday commissioned Secretar
of War pro tempore.
Expenditure of the Government
The books of the Treasury Depar
ment show the expenditures of tn
Government for the fiscal year, jus
ended, were less than 100000, a
against Sl70,0OO,O0O for the year before
and nearly as low as in 1862 The az
tual expenses of the military branch G
the War Department during the fisca
year previous to the ending of the year
June "Oth last. were $780, 900, Will
Tor that year they were not quite $50
100000. The Navy Department expeu
ses for TIE year ending June, 1865. wer
over $50, O00,O 900, while for the last fsco
year they reached only about s23 500
900. The expenses of the Treasury De
partment proper were increased 5000
600, while those of the Interior Depart
ment have gone up from SIS 100000 I
S36,000,000 The above exhibit will /
made in the Forthcoming official repol
of the Treasurer of the United States.
Now shall dep was the exclam;
tion at Boston ola young lady admire
OF the harvards on hearing of their d,
feat The T,r,eIIa, COWS che oplp 1ya