The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-04
WAsHINGToNNEws AND GOSSIP
dWAsHrSOroN, Feb. g.

The CONSULAR SERvIcE,-The Secre'
tary Of State has sent a letter to the Sen
ate Committee on Commerce recommend
ing q number Of material changes in the
consular service, He proposes In q con-
siderable number ofcases to prohibit con.
silS from doing outside business IN
others 10 give them salary instead OF
allowing them to retain fees In others TO
reduce salaries because the cOnsultates
are of little importance, and In still others
to increase the salaries because tho posts
have recently become important. There
are about twenty-five Of the feed consul
ates that he thinks should be made sal
aricd, about twenty where he advises
some decrease Of salary about dozen
TINT should be discontinued, and about
fifty for which he suggests slightly In:
creased appropriations. Nearly One.thtrd
of the PROPOSED increase is for Chinese
Consulatcs, which are daily becoming Of
more consequences, and where the Score.
tary wants the COnsuls to cease from do
ins outside business, for the reason that
they have judicial functions, and are often
called upon 10 decide questions between
citizens Of our country who are engaged
In trade. The entire list Of changes re-
commended, concurrence In which would
make the service vastly more efficient, IN
wolves Hn increased expense Of. but about
$1,000, .a. Irl 40 ~rI lu.
TIE CURRENCY BILL PAsSED.-The
currency bill got through the Senate to-
div in accordance with the Finance Com
mittee's programme us given last night.
1t provides for the retirement OF oil out:
standing three per cents, now amounting
to $45, $4,000, tho issue Of f0rty.fivc NIL
lion additional national bank circulation,
and withdrawal Of $50 1000 from the
New England banks for redistribution. II
pr0vides, as will be Seon, for $G5,O0O, OOO
TO be distributed in the South and West,
but the S2OOOO,0O0 withdrawn from the
East cannot be put out till the original
forty.ive million Is issued, which will
hardly he under u year. The provision
which allows banks in one State toremovc
to another State Is not likely 10 work my
very great change In financial affairs, as
but few banks have ever desired to dothis.
Tho bill. as II now stands, Is d compromise,
and pretty generally satisfactory. Several
Iank lncii ifom New England are here,
and they say It will be acceptable to their
sBctibn:' and they will advise their friends
sitlon.. ",@I -. '''2 Ill.,, d. 5 la.
Ting NAVAL Pension LAWS The Sec
rotary OF the Navy has sent letter 70 tl9
House Naval Committee relating 70 gthe
navy nonsinn laws. which lie thinks re.
auire essential notifications Ills pen;
sion fund now, amounts 10 fourteen mil:
Lon dollars, which Is the tpct proceeds Of
one llalf the value Of captures made W
the navy during tho rebellion. Under aGt
Of July, 1854, this fund was invested In
Government bonds, The income from which
was TO- be used In paying naval pensions,
The act OIL July, 1903, reduced the rate Of
interest allowed on fluid % three per
cent, and the income now, Is not sufficient
to pay current demands from persons en-
titled 10 relief. u The, last report Of the
Pension Office shows IN excess Of maya!
claims over income Of nearly $75Ig0O;.
The Secretary recommends tho repeal oil
tho act Of July, 1868, so as 70 place The
fund on . similar footing tOother credt'
tors Of Tho United States. ,.:lIa nh
THE HAYTEEN REPREsENTATlvB.--The
Haytien Government Is now represented
here nv JOaquein Delmonte, aaDOminiCan
gentlemen, till such time as the1newiPresl'
dant Of tho Island gets ready 10 appoint
minister. iiArtllurlF 0lsonlI a New Eng
lander, Is his Consul at New York. Both
persons arc now in Washington waiting
tosee the Secretary Of State, and meantime
talking with Congressman about the San
Domingo trcaty. They do not directly
oppose its ratification, but represent that
wrong will be done the people il payment
iH made according TO thetcrmso Of the Con.
vention. Tho party now a the head OF
affairs in iHaytf Is bitterly hostile to the
ruling party In San, Domingo, and u is
already very evident pthat standaa
chance to have some trouble with that
treaty. 'Ia9 -. I'd
THE NAVAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
House Augmentation Committee arc con-
sidcring the estimates Of tho Navy De-
partment Theywill cut them down con:
siderably, not Believing 80 1nuclLlnAval
work to be necessaryias Is now going on
They are to hold q conference with, Secre-
tary Robson and Admiral Porter t0'm0r-
row morning; N hear What, causes have
led to such an exhaustion Of the funds as
ncccssitated the recent large discharge of
wnrlcnen- from tho Navy Yards: The
bill autll0fktn& tlle itansietl d money
from one bureau to another will be taken
upapdrcp6tted in some form during the
" " .
TnE BrNCKLEY Libel SUT-The gov.
ornment has assumed the dcfeHe'Ot OK.
Commissioner Rollins In tho libel suit
brought against him by Bmckley, because
II is Il casC involving u Federal officer IN
the discharge OF his duty. The internal
Revenue Bureau has asked the District
Attorney Of Maryland to appear for the
government, and the case has been taken
out of tho Baltimore city Court into tho
United States Court y al. EnrsbIf1
TIE RESTORATION OF MISSISSIPPI
The Reconstruction Committee Will have
special meeting Tomorrow, to consider
the application Of Mississippi for restora'
tihhnhst0 Congressional privileges. The In
(liCatiOnS arc that the bill for her rcalmts-
sion will contain conditions similar to
those in the Virginia bill.
CIvi1, RysErs. 70 TINE CHINESE. One
Of the most important bills reported this
sessiuR.isthat @IrOught- inAftums the ludi'
ciary ComlnilteetO-tlayIhyl Mr.. TfumbullE
1t extends the entire protection Of die
great civil rights act to the Chinese, and
It's passage will Y0rkE RESOLUTION " iCAll'
THE C0IORED SEHAroR-Scnator elect
Revels was on tho floor Of the Semitic
Chamber nearly all afternoon to-day,
quietly watching the proceedings and
taking with BIZ tdturo Associates md ls
wifi I,ts TX 7tfiGt ipnllefy TO SEQ how her