The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-02
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WASHINGTON.
WAsHINoToN, Dec. /, 1870.

WASHINGTON, Dec. /, 1870.
THE REVENUE coMMrssIoNERsHp.
It is rumorcd that the President has
settled on J. W. Douglass for Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue. Douglass is
at present acting in that capacity.
Mrs. POLLARD AT LIBERTY.
Mrs. Edward Pollard, whose incarcera.
ton in the Government Insane Asylum in
this city couple Of months since caused
some comment, is again at liberty, and
threatens to bring suit against the parties
who were instrumental in depriving her
OF her freedom. II Is reported since her
release that her insanity was the result Of
drugs administered to her by the owner
Of q hotel of, which sue was lessee, with
the design. Of getting her out Of, the way
and securing control Of the property. Her
husband, the well known historian Of
tue Lost Cause" Edward A. Pollard,
from whom she has been separated for
two or three years, is now In New York.
She lias written him with q view to re.
conciIiation, and to secure his aid in tho
intended suit. s-, ..am .i0 ..
= GEN. sCHENCK ANp HIS VIEWS.
General SChcnck, Chairman of the
Committee on Ways and Means, has ar
rived, and with Maynard, Niblack, Allt-
son, and one or two other members OF the
committee now here, propose to go to
work and prepare the legislation for the
coming session. General Schenck, with a
majority Of the committee who have been
heard from on the subject, are opposed to
any increase Of the tax on whisky. Gen.
SchenCk has no doubt, however, that u
strong effort will be made by the Western
whisky ring 70, have the tax increased,
but he does not think thatit will have any
effect upon the House. r...r.-.s,
sCHENcK AND THE ENGLISH MISSION.
With reference to the rumors ahoat for
some time about Schcnck being offered
the mission 10 England, while he Is very
rctiCent about it, he neither, denies nor
confirms the report. 1t is believed gener-
ally among Western members and Sena-
tors that Schenck is the man fixed upon
by the President ga d
THE ALABAMA TROUBLE.
The troubles between the State officials
at Montgomery, Ala, has led to the belief
that the President would direct Belknap
to give orders 10 the general commanding
that department to interfere. Inquiry at
the War Department fails to obtain any
thing justiiying such reports. ThctrOops
now at Montgomery have been there for
sOme timc and 1t was not intended that
any more troops would be ordered there
for the present. Those recently furnished
Governor Smith was by local command
er ind without the sanction OF Depart
ment Commander General Terry, who is
temporarily on duty in Washington. As
soon as Terry heard OF tho requiSitiOn for
troops he telegraphed different instruc-
tions, but the guard had been furnished
before the Instructions not to furnish 1t
reached their destination. s.-
STATUS OF THE NEW NORTH CAROLINA
rta SENATOR,
Considerable surprise Is expressed here
ut the election OF ex.Gov. Vance to the
u. s. Senate by the Legislature OF North
Carolina, TO succeed Senator Abbott A
careful examination OF the acts Of the Both
and 10th Congress, and Of the first session
Of the 42d, show that his political dis.
abilities for participating in the rebellion
have never been removed, and II is the
general opinion that Congress will GER
tainly refuse 70 receive him now, and his
admission to the Senate, therefore, is re-
rarded here by the Republican Senators
IS very doubtful. 1t Is supposed that the
friends Of ex-Gov. Vance will urge that
he opposed secession until the State Of
North CAROLINA went out OF the Union,
and that during the war he was elected
Governor by the people Of that State on
a platform opposed to the confederate ad-
ministration. His opponents claim, how
ever, that these facts will have little In
flucnce on Congress, since they also re-
member that as Governor Of North
Carolina, he was as bitter rebel as any
man in the South. 49, f1h U'.t
THE PAYMENTS ON THE PUBLIC DEBT.
A statement prepared in the U. s. Trea-
survivor private. information shows that
the Government has paidof tho bonded
debt alone, from March II, 1860. to March
II, 1870, in principal, interest and prenni-
um, SlSa,049, ,7s7, equal to $338,SS7 per
day. The total premium paid has been
S9l ,3l7 400, and interest $2, ,0S5, ,046 on
purchases Of $3.50 $50, ,75O ofi .. 81 bonds
since the 11th Of March, 1895, on which
day the Secretary oi the Treasury made
purchases for the sinking fund.-