The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-18
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Reported ship CanaLFunding Bill
VI Mrs-IincO1n--India Land Grants
Cuban Sews-Miiitary Orders
Legal Tender Decision.

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Legal Tender Decision.
WASHINGTON, April l6.-Governor
Fairchild, of Wisconsin, and Governor
Austin, of Iowa, are here and exIiov-
ernor Merrill, of Iowa, will be here to-
day. They, in conjunction with General
Harvey, of Kansas, will press Oh Con,
gress, next week, the passage of bill
providing for uninterrupted steam com
munication between the Mississippi
river and Lake Michigan, through
Wisconsin, by way of Sac and Fox
rivers to Green Bay. The Mississippi
Canal Company have now sole fran
chiSe for the Fox river. but an arrange
ment will probably be effected with
them by which the Government will
obtain sole control of that portion of
the route The estimated cost of the
work is about s4,0O0,000 They will
probably be heard by the Commerce
committeeof the House, next week.
THE FUNDING BILL.
The national banks of Hartford, Con
necticut, representing capital Of over
eight millions of dollars, have sent on
here a formidable protest against the
passage Of the funding bill. After de-
nouncing the eighth section as making
Il forced loan, they say it will place on
the market Such volume of bonds
hearing higher rate Of interest IL to
defeat the funding of those bearing a
lower rate OF interest, consideration
deserving of attention inasmuch a. com
pulsion is only imposed in the case of
the banks. They add that if COM
PEELED to accept the provisions of the
eighth section, few of the New England
and country banks could continue their
business and pay reasonable divl-
d,nds, and many which have small
deposits would have to discontinue
banking altogether, whfelI~resuft-~se'rSs'
damage business. They say they are
not actuated by selfish motives, but
speak from conviction, and 20 on to de-
clare that business throughout the coun-
try is paralyzed, not for want of capital,
but because business men see success or
ruin inseparably connected with this
Funding bill. They estimate the losses
dunng the suspense over the bill at a
large amount, and ask Congress to
adopt for its policy, "Let well enough
alone.
MRS. LINCOLN.
President Grant received letter this
motning from Mrs Abraham Lincoln,
stating that she was still in Germany,
and not in very good health, but very
much in need of assistance.
This she sees has been pro
posed in the bill pending in
the Snate to give her a pension, but
the d.lav in acting on it she is unable
To account for. The President will
probably send the letter to either Sen
ate or House committee The Senate
Pension committee, however, have al
ready agreed TO report bill giving Mrs.
Lincoln a liberal pension.
THE SlOJA INblHNS'
Apprehensions are felt in quarters
particularly well informed concerning
Indian matters that we will have
serious trouble with the Sioux Indian
warriors in less than n fortnight These
Indians feel that they have not been
treated 10y the Government according to
the treaty stipulations, and refuse now
10 be appeased Should the measure
fail, which the Government have at
hand to settle difficulties with the In
dians on the line of the Pacific Rail-
road, it is estimated that war that can
otend without vast expenditures will be
inaugurated.
LAND GRANTS.
By actual count it is ascertained that
two hundred and forty bills incorporat-
ing railroads and amending acts already
passed have been introduced thus far In
this Congress. Two-thirds ask for land
grants.
CUBAN NEWS.
Letters were received here to-day from
near. Colon, situated in one of the rich
est sugar raising districts in Cuba, stat
ing that plantations had been aban.
doned there, owing to the advance OF
two thousand insurgents and the retreat
Of the Spanish forces. These letters add
that the column of the Spanish General
Cienernl Loyenchs has lately been de
feated and driven back on Puerto Prin'
cipe by the Cubans. There is no truth
in the Spanish report that General Jor,
dan, the insurgent commander, has fied
the island. He is in command, and
said to be hopeful of success.
MILITARY ORDERS.
By order Of the President, General
Sherman has issued an important order
to-day, changing some of the Military
Departments and transferring several OF
the Generals commanding from one to
another Department or division.
The Departmental Virginia is to be
broken.up at once; that of Alaska by
the first of July, and that of the Cum
berland by the first of June. This De
partment consists Of the States of Ken
lucky, Tennessee, West Virginia
and the post of Jefferson
vile, Indiana They are now
all added to the Department of the
South. which also includes the States
of North and South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama and Florida; headquarters at
Atlanta, Georgia. Department under