The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-11-02
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The public deb
has been reduced SS,96OI49O during OCto
ber.
the President transferring the State o
North Carolina from the Department o
the East TO the Department Of the South
the Indian Territory north Of Texas and
south Of Kansas Is TO be added 10 the Dc
partment OF Texas, and will DO under the
command Of Gen. Auger, and to the De
partmeut Of Texas Is added division Of
the Missouri. The Department Of the
Plata for the present is discontinued
The States Of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi and the gulf posts will constitute
new Department. Frederick G. Grant
4th cavalry, has been ordered TO report
at general army headquarters, He will
accompany Gen, Sherman in his tour ol
military inspection In Europe.
The Commissioner Of Pensions Is now
sick at Philadelphia. .-...
The President has appointed A. j, Du.
far and ]. w. Virtue commissioners for
Oregon to the centennial celebration at
Philadelphia,
The President has appointed Charles
Harrison Assessor OF Internal Revenue In
the 9th Ohio, and George 3. Scott As.
SCISSOR In the I'd Arkansas Districts.
The information received by tho Navy
Department from DR.. A. Patterson, Of
Gaha, concerning the German discovery
Of the open Polar Sea, states that the
northernmost point reached was 20 de.
grees north on a,meredian 49 degrees east.
They found o most favorable state Of ice
towards the North Pole, with favorable
connection with tho open sea north Of
Siberia towards the east The expedition
was made In small sailing vessel at the
expense OF the officers, ..
The Secretary Of the Treasury has
called In another million and half three
per cents Of tho denomination of $4,000,
from No. 2503 to No. 28l9 also Of tho
denomination Of $4,000, from No. 1867
to 1888. Tho interest will cease on the
3lst Of December.
Gen. Geo. B. Williams, Of Indiana, to.
day formerly concluded his engagement
with the japanese Minister. He will go
to that country for the purpose Of organ.
izing an internal revenue system there
similar 10 our own. Gen. Williams is
now Second Deputy Commissioner OF In.
ternal Revenue, and has also had expert.
ence as Assessor, Collector and Supervi.
sor OF Internal Revenue, having been EN-
plOped in these separate offices for five
or ak years with marked acceptance TO tho
Government. II Is considered that no
better selection could be made than his
engagement for three years at large sal.
ary. Gen. Williams will sail from San
Francisco Tor Japan on the first of January
next. t' .sf...,. I'LL. .i Ll..
Several Judgments were affirmed In the
Supreme Court last Monday, awarding 10
per cent damages, besides costs, on the
ground that the prosecutions wero for
purposes OF delay and to make parties
cautious In the appeal Of cases In the
future.
Indian Agent Walker has lcf Cheyenne
to hear the complaints Of the Sioux In
dians, 5Y1r
It has been ascertained that tho leaders
Of the Ku.Klux now In Jail In South Car.
ollna will not be released on bail.
Major Thomas Donohue died to-day at
the age Of 70 years. lie was long con.
nected with the IntORigOnccr.
G. W. Curtis has presented tho rules
adopted by the Civil Service Commission.
The EUtning Star says President Grant
has addressed letter TO the President Of
the Seneca Stone Company, requesting
him to dispose oil his (the Presidents)
stock 10 that company.