The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-26
WASHINGTON.
Editorial Change.

James E. Harvey publishes the fol-
lowing in the Patriot this morning:
"After year Of exhausting labor and
care earnestly devoted to the effort OF
establishing this journal on solid basis,
and of making it in some degree worthy
of the missionin which it engaged, the
condition Of my health demanding re-
pose, my editorial connection with it
ceases to-day"
The Claims Commission.
The Clsims. Commission under the
treaty of IWashingtons have postponed
their first meeting until tomorrow owing
to the absence of Mr.. Hale, the United
States agent and counsellor =
Treasury Balances.
The following are the Treasury bal
ances at the close Of business to-day a:
Coin, $92, All ,59S; currency, lO,49O;
359 SO; certificates, SIT ,423, ,5SO.5.
Revenue Matters.
An application has been made to the
Internal Revenue Bureau for recon
sideration ofthe decision holding that
Angostura Bitters are liable to the
stamp tax, on the ground that it is a
medicinal article and has paid import
tax. The Commissioner decided to ac-
cede to the request. In reply he said
the payment of import duty does not
necessarily relieve an article from the
Internal Revenue tax.
The Board OF Supervising Inspectors
of Steamboats, at its meeting in October
will examine all nautical inventions
presented to it, for the purpose OF adopt
ing those found satisfactory.
Murder OF Inspector OF Customs.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has
received q telegram announcing the
murder of the Inspector OF Customs at
Austin, Texas. He was murdered on
account of having seized two hundred
head of mules, all from Mexico.
From the first of July 1869, to the
first of July 1871, there have been man.
ufactured for the use Of the Printing
Bureau Of the Treasury Department.
IS, ,427, ,749 sheets of distinctive paper,
every sheet OF which has been account
ed for, even fractional pieces as large
as ten cent note has been made spec
ial item OF account.
Treasury Decisions.
The Treasury Department decides
that when Inspectors of steamboat
boilers condemn vessels, the depart
ment has no authority to grant them
permission to run. ..'..
The Treasury Department decides
that the commission OF one per cent,
heretofore allowed disbursements Of
hospital and other funds by collectors
is contrary to law and must be discon'
tinued.
The trial of Dennis Dorder, for the
murder of John Mccarthy, in August
last, commenced to-day.
Political.
Judge Underwood of Virginia has
been indulgng in little political clap
trap lately and has written letter tc
a paper in Alexandria giving in hli
adhesion to the doctrine that women
have the right to vote under the four
teenth and fifteenth amendments. Hs
says that women now have secured te
themselves the right to exercise the
elective franchise in common with
males. This is understood to be a bic
to the strong minded of Virginia &c
make up testimonial for Underwood
foreshadowing how the decision would
20, and besides this ex-school master i:
desirous Of attracting towards himsil
some of the notoriety which is given &c
the agitation Of the movement After
ney General Akerman is said to favor
the movement which Senator Lewis
and Congressman Mckenzie have un
dertaken to inaugurate in Virginia with
regard to the carpet baggers. The Law
officer OF the State is said to be very
bitter in his denunciation of this clasl
of political adventurers and especial!
of their operating in his native State
Pee. The Ku-Klux Commitssee. -
At the first meeting of the Ku-Klu,
committee. Congressman Cox, Oh bshsl