The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-27

Oe 10 give the companies the oeneht ol
all the statements made in their be.
halt, in good faith, in relation to the
omissions from legal requirements.
The power Of the Federal Government
tn tax State officers still agitates the
legal men and the Internal Bureau and is
considered one of the most constitu-
tional question ever raised. The de-
cision Of the Bureau will probably be
rendered tomorrow evening.
Japan Coinage.
The Treasury Department to-day
received an official statement and fac
similes of coinage under the system
adopted by Japan. The coinage is on
the die system and has an the late i'm
provements in coinage and metal.
West Point Superintendent Ap-
pointed.
Col. Thomas Pitcher Of the first in
fantry has been relieved from duty as
Superintendent of the Military Academy
at West Point, and Col. Thomas A.
Ruger OF the fourteenth infantry has
been declared Superintendent and will
take charge on September lst, 1871.
The Purchased Arms for France
The Recall or N. Victor Place De.
MED.
The following is special oorrespon'
dence to the New York Evening Post /:
WASHINGTON, April 26.-The alleged
discovery of frauds perpetrated by NJ.
Victor Place, the French Consul Gene
raj at New York, in the purchase of
arms for France during the late war,
has created much surprise here and has
been much talked about to-day with a
view to ascertain the truth or talsity Of
the published disclosures. Your cor
respondent to-day called at the office Of
the French Legation and after full
and plain talk with the French
Charge dAfIairs, obtained permission
to make public the facts which show
conclusively that the whole story, as
published in the New York Sun is
sensational and untrue and based upon
rumors having no foundation. When
NJ. Place received instructions from
the French Government to pur-
chase arms in the United States,
he construed these orders as al
lowing him a certain per cent. COM
mission for making the purchase.
He bought large quantities of arms,
amounting to nearly million dollars,
and in his accounts against the French
Government he allowed himself the
commission to which he considered
himself entitled. When his accounts
were examined in France the Ministry
declined to allow this commission, and
notified NJ. Place that he had misun-
derstood or misconstrued the purport OF
the instructions. NJ. Place maintained
that he was entitled to the amount Of
commission which he had charged up
in his accounts. The French Govern.
ment, however, insisted that he had
taken a very wrong ground as to his
rights under the orders sent, and re-
uuested M. Place to return to France
the funds and explain more fully and
satisfactorily than he had done. NJ.
Place ihereupon placed the funds which
he claimed he was entitled to as COM
mission in a bank, subject to the order
Of the French Ministry of Foreign AT
fairs, and sailed for France, in company
with his wife and children. He was
not removed or recalled from his posi-
ton at New York, or even ordered to
return to France, but was requested
to come home and explain. 1t
being understood that his alb
sence was to be only temporary,
The French Consul at Charleston was
ordered to New York as Acting Consul
General, to remain during the absence
of NJ. Place, and was not instructed, as
alleged, to replace NJ. Place, but was
only sent to New York temporarily, in
accordance with the rule Of the French
service. The French Charge d Affairs
says he positively knows that N. Place
ha. not appropriated funds. He is not
entitled to and not suspected of having
done so. The point of the matter Is
this-that he claims that under certain
orders he is entitled to commission on
his purchase, and all the money in
dispute has been placed in the bank to
remain until the matter is finally dis
posed Of.