The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-01


them signed the pay rolls every month,
they ncEers received any pay, but that 1t
was APPROPRIATED By other parties. The
same game was. attempted with tho force
of negroes employed on the Notifications,
though this docs not appear to haye sue:
ceeded. A numberCo Of claim agents and
those implicated with them arc to be ex'
ERlnlned
New TERRITORY PBoPosRQ.7Th The In.
dian and Territorial Gonihit tseS OF the
House are each considering bills 10 organ
izC system Of civil goyernment In what
Is now called the Indian Territory. The
proposal Is 10 create q new territory, with
a Governor and other usual officers. Mr.
CuIlom's bill calls II lincoln, while Van
Horn names It Oklahoma. Tie chief fea.
Itilrc Of each bill u TINT 1t gives suffrage to
Indians. Tie legislative authority b vest
cd In council; each tribe or nation, what
evctits size, b to have one member In this
body, and an additional member for each,
ono thousand Indians above five hundred
| in the. tribe, which several councillors are
TO bio chosen by the Indians themselves;
ono section Of each bfll provides that every
male over the age oftwenty lone years b..
longing to any tribe shall have tho right
to vote and hold olilc6, and there shall DO
no abridgcnent In this right because Of
Facc or color. This Council has powers
similar, u those granted all Territorial
Legislature" Tho prospects ARD that at
least one Of these Committees will report
favorabIy upon the proposed bill and that
1t may carry = majority Of the HOUSE.
That the idea Of making citizens Of the
most advanced Indians will encounter no
hostility from tho President d evident
enough from tho language hel used the
other day 10 q delegation Of Greeks and
Choctaws, when no said hG had long
thought tho two nations which they repre-
sented, and all those civilized nations IN
the Indian country should become Citl.
zcns, and be entitled toni tho rights OF
citizens. '.r iGmuu, sE1 FER
THE FRAEKNG PRIVILEGE Tho House
bin. that provides for the'paymcnt Of post:
age on allmail matter after the first or
next July has not yet been formally con-
sideted in the Senate Post Office Commit
tee. An effort will be made there and In
the Senate to so amend 1t as to permit tree
circulation Of newspapers in the county In
which they circulate, but the disposition
of the Senate as Of the House seems 10 be
against this proposition and in favor OF
making all mail matter pay Its proper
postage. Many members Of tho Senate
arc also in favor of the proposal that all
newspapers shall prepay postage accord
ing to weight, as recommended by the re.
cent convention Of leading PoSmasters.
The Postmaster General wants authority
to discontinue postof1icesi in tho immediate
neighborhood 0flarge cities, so as TO OK
tend the carrier system, but the present
prospects do not warrant the belief that
he will get this: n-a@li9 .llo agtl..7l
A partial canvass of the Senate shows
that there will be more opposition 10 the
passage Of the bill abolishtng tho frapldng
privilege than has been generally suppos-
cd. In filct, the bin Is likely 10 be discuss
cd very fully before any vote, 10 reached;
and 1t Is by no means certain Of going
through the Senate without some amend
mcnts. An effort will be made to pass an
amendments to exempt from its operations
all newspapers circulated within the coun'
lat exchanged
Snn,o .c,r,, s,,or Con conbv Ia
In-H ~ Ia" a - ~ e. IyLot S,-,hcr IoiE
tic President has fDr him TO DO. A small
military force will DO kept IN Virginia, as
In other Southern States, but the govern:
ment in all its branches has been turned
over 10 GOYernorW Walker, 1t Is probable
that a new military department will be
io Oa' oa " r,or . VAT T;rg;ri" md hat
9nn u' S Sau o, LII ~ o,Is ,ntcGmmanJ ~
"en; S N.i W., "u " pun t Cr
a QUESTION. OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES :, '.,.e
and pistos tof TWO were s9SGS T., 'n "
LOUISE tn T.; a ~. , ~ I, ;o sDHoeh ,;Ji
hSnIuCAy ~ e AZ Wos,,noS ap;S S,nS a.S
Guleu sT T M; t .esr,,ntoS d sTG caII
way cojInGo,,to Ions,,sS oo,ysrSiv whcre.
' ~ r% t,,o opt;cSI, n3sS,;Hr +et9rt~ that
o Om '1 I.0ro. otbos tada vSan Tho f,oCr If
hSN2 Io a@S'S s,,:arS 90 mi c5Esr,ice
ca ,T t N, tSSts r. IN:
ilR 1,IIIIp.,,oIn CoNsnT n, ATtoy-.The House
Railroad Committee il consideriIr a some.
What novel nresti6n, Il appears that five
diffSrent raiir6ad projects In Missouri,
bsfthnrfzed nv Ava different State charters,
ha%e come into the hands OF one set Of
mhS And thcv now AK. Conprciss 10 Ciyc
them an Mt II Shnsoliiation' 20 that the
whole thing n,ny hereafter be known, AZ
;nGt0 conDanT' ana one raihoid, which is
Snn,ent III here "a The grape vine line,
ThiS "a the 'first Application the road ever
made ID Oongregs: and he Committee are
not vet Abe 70 ace that il can, be granted.
Tho narties Interested ask nothing from
tho Government. accept tho right Of way
tbroIgh tho Ohoctaw country: Tho mat,
Ter Is 70 6o further considered at meet
inr ncxt Tuesday.
I'm: Pots 81 TE1EGRArH.-The Senate