The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-02-27

opposed tomaking any moreUnited States
Courts, Of which he thinks the country
has already enough to transact the busi-
ness properly coming before them. The
Senator has made himself unpopular with
some scores Of gentlemen ambitious TO
fill the Office provided for in these bills,
and among their number are half dozen
lmembers OF the House, whose present
occupation will be gone after March 4. II
GEN. DuTLIsR AND THE MIRRORS.
Gen. Butler says that the mirrors used
In his house, alluded to BY Gen, Farms.
worth, were not the property OF the
government Wishing at the time to buy
some mirrors, he wrote toa New York
dealer upon the subject, and was referred
by him TO an agent in Washington. The
agent informed Gen. Butler that he had
several large mirrors which he had
brought to Washington In the nexpecla-
ton OF selling them TO the govern
ment for the Presidents house, but iail.
ing in that, he was then endeayoring To
sell them TO the Treasury Department; |;
that they were stored In the Treasury
building, ana u General butier wished 70
use tnem In nus mouse until tney were
sold ne was Wclome 70 10 80, proylucu
he would pay the cost Of removing them,
and assume. the responsibility Of returning
them unlnjured. Gen. Butler accepted the
offer, the mirrors were taken to his house
md subsequently returned TO the agent,
who a;terwari sold them to the Govern
ment The agent was glad TO make tile
arrangement, because lie thought the prop.
erty safer In General Buffers hands than
when living In tho halls OF the Treasury
lDepartment q ..-.g 5Ir1 ~
spccIal 10 tbeN y Times sllfE ta1
m,,r man co,,v,ss,o>! >!lls ga'-"
Tue MN, .t's eoe'A'To'.N' % , ~ =, ,''
I1 WASHINGTON, FeDruary "A 4,
The English members Of the Joint High
Commission visited the State Department
This morning and were introduced 70 MIR.
Fish by Sir Edward Thornton. An IN.
formal and entirely personal conversation
cnsued. They VIII De introduced 70 tne
iresluent tomorrow py ,Is Slr; EisG;SaA hIx "a
p, proW,d WnndnS nav3 hS, % .haI % ,,,;Ii ~, " orS S
;~e M ro'r"I"ylv S for Sworl v mill the Srriyai of
MoassS H. ~ Mo:nonaiJ Nor,hcoto NO and Hoar
Thoro THS' .oo1ns ~ bs ~ ;mnreos;on | that % the
6osS;ons nU seS and Siscnssions n tLe CommiS.
ovOrO o;on Oro 10 @ .he = nSen and an ;mnudSnt fsI.
Iom, aS ~ IN,, Nv " 0oGe5 - be inrr;sSod will *,
O;,;,i;aS ,Jmi .uay 'ns y.,onnSS;n" SSNS ,Som ~
ciii''eS i'' ietottns ssS" 'l'u' tlI II
| GEN. .BuTLERs KU'KLUN BILL l1i ~
A determined effort will bc made by
Gen. Butler and some Of tho Southern
members 70 pass, at the present session,
what Is known as the Ku.KluX bill, now
before the, Reconstruction Committee,
which was introduced into the House by
MIR. Cobb, of North Carolina, but 1t Is nm
derstood, written by Gen. Butler, The
bill is deemed very Objectionable in some
respects, and though some action may
have TO be taken by Congress TO reach the
causes OF Southern troubles, many people
deem 1t premature to take such action be-
fore the Senate Committee, now inyesti-
gating outragcs at tho South, have made o
report. Eaao ..Hs Rur-. ry -.1
TIE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD BILL.
Tho ,o,oI,1 ,h.lso,,,horr p,c,f,, Rail.
,,nd nV ~, aIT Il !" rsHtloS,a,;oai somn ~ H.
au f.an,,s w, ~ =, ,,,a SsrS,n nnco,,o,in,,y saS %
,hot I1 - ,%.s' II, Wv csSno, ] bSv" th" Xii, |,
nosscd tho Sebale, tbey do moi want II at
MI. they will probably have 10 accept tho
latter contingency unless they yield their
preferences. Their objection TO Mr..
Wheelcr's substitute is that 1t Is a North.
ern road with Northern connections,
Northern officers, o Northern gauge, &c
Mr.. Wheeler -adheres 10 the position that
the Government has no pid 10 give V a
rSouthern road, that It's aid must bc 70 q
national toad, Will. connections f1r bpth
North and South, and that the Govern.
mcnt dare not in thGlface cofits expert.
cnces during the past ten years, give aid
to road which shall discriminate unduly
In favor Of any section Of the country at
the expense Of other sections. The state
ment that the road has u northern gauge
is not sustained by any facts beyond the
provision which authorizes ths e, Company
to establish nay a uniform gauge, ihls III N"Os %oa'u
Prooapiy ie Wv STPay .ho;.y ns, w "s ;n,pS. :"
snusS ~ vin ,'ao,;oms, VIII e hnnoo "S' ,',a ~,
unt tNot.u T.a.s, ~ son,Ior, ;ntssostS "A
losI!on tuU iaOII Ton,S;,,oo , ~ n,ii nroh"IJv ha
Oohlesenge Sonll..eS y, n.s WIZ PfVp" PfVp"YllVYS pflY
asreeu upon til1, so'iloliom. ~,
NEW ROUTE sFIoM wAsiiiNdToNTo uuolis
hoND. { v
Gentlemen who arrived here from
Richmond this morning represent much
rejoicing there at the passage through The
Legislature of tile bill granting 10 the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company a char!
liter tor line Of road from Washington to
Richmond. II was bitterly opposed by
somerlyal railroad interests centering at
Norfolk, and by the % anti-progressfvc!