The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-08
THE NATIONAL BANK REPORTS.
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THE NATIONAL. BANK REPORTS.
WASHINGTON, July 7.
A disposition exists on the part Of y
few of the National Banking Associations
To dGlaysGnding the reports Of their rcspeC'
tive banks until the Inst moment, nOtwith.
standing the Controller of Currency has
requested them by Telegraph to forward
their reports Immediately. 1t may there.
tore be necessary to close the books and
make official announcement of the con.
ditOn of the National banks, without en-
braCing therein the reports of delinQuents
above alluded 10,
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION,
The Civil Service Commission has
taken no positive action of any kind as
yet, but Is employed in investigation into
the practical working of various depart.
ments and bureaus ol the government, and
from the known views OF members Ofthe
Commission itmay be safely predicted
that the tcnure.DI.oiliCG Of government
employees will not be arbitrarily fixed,
since the appointments are once made the
responsibilities Ot each office would be
thrown from It's ChiefintO tho hands 0fthc
clerks, vino could not be made acCounta.
bic except In extraordinary instances.
The principal question which demands
the attention Of the Commission, though
II may not have arisen in the precise form,
Is how shall the power or motive to re-
move one person for no other reason but
10 create a place for another be taken
away. With this problem solved II Ia
generally believed the tenure ot.Olllce will
be regulated by the demand Of efficient
service. What shall be done with the &c..
600 pOstmasters Is ono Of the practical
questions now under examination.
Captain John Nye, brother OF Senator
Nyc, Of Nevada, lied in Washington 10.
day, after nj illness OF n fortnight
The Civil Service Commission today
continued the consideration, Of the sub
eCts introduced Nt the previous sessions,
especially that Of open competitive cX.
aminatiOnS, in regard to which the Com.
mlssiOncrs Aro making extended inquiries
as to how well the system works where it
las been adopted.
Postmaster General Crcswcll returned
to-day from visit to Maryland.
Letters were received at tho Internal
Revenue Office from Supervisors FOulko
and King. They report that they GXpc.
ricnced great difficulty in collecting reve.
nue. in the districts OF Arizona and Da.
kOta by reason Of The hostility of the In.
dans in those territories, rendering travel
insecure IN Dakota
The steamer Far West plying on the
Missouri river, was attacked by Indians II
few days ago and riddled by bullets.
THE CROP REPORTS
In the special inquiry at the Depart.
ment Of Agriculture to-day, Il was Oillci.
ally ascertained that there has been no
analysis Of cotton and other reports for
July. Not more than three.iOurths of
them having been received and none from
Texas and 0thcl distant States.
MOVEMENTS Of THE PRESIDENT.
The President Is expected TO reach
Washington Monday evening next and
return 10 Long Branch Tuesday night
lie will soon thereafter visit Ohio and
other parts in the West, and on the 10Th
of August proceed to California. DR..
Morris and others will accompany him.
TIE SOUTHERN INVESTIGATION.
The Ku.Klux Investigating Committee
today examined Jos, II. Speidale, cxCon.
lcderate officer and now Regent OF the
State University and Superintendent of
Education in Perry county. He testified
that section of Alabama in which he re.
sides was quiet and peaceablo until last
winter, when bands OF armed and dis.
guised men began to commit outrages Of
various kinds. This state Of affairs con.
tinued for while, but recently 50 far as
the witness known things have been quiet
throughout the State. The result Of the
occurrences above referred to, had been
to excite general terror among the COlOred
people and make them afraid to vote in
regard to the education Of negroes. lie
said the only opposition to il CAME from
the lower classes of whites. The former
owners Of slaves being strongly in favor
Of general and impartial education. The
Committee also examined Alfred Rich.
ards, cOlOred resident of Clark county,
Ga, and formerly member Of the Legis-
lature. lie testified that in january last,
a band Of disguised men whom he beiev.
ell tn he Ku.KluX, came to his house fired
Mt and wounded him. He returned the
fire, wOunding one Of his assailants mort.
ally, whercupon they retired. He knew
no cause for the attack. Whipping and
similar Ouirages still continue In that
vicinity and have created such terror that
many negroes living in isolated place
have broken up their homes and gone for
safety To towns where they have nothing
to Ito and suffer great distress.
PASSPORT TROUBLES.
The United States Minister at Brussels
on the esd ult., reported to the Depart.
mcnt Of State that much inconvenience is
just now being experienced by Americans
entering France and Belgium. Passports,
with the visa Of the Belgium Consul, arc
required Of all persons entering Belgium
from France or England, though none are
required Of those entering from the East.
All American. passports, except those Is.
sued at the United States Legation at
Brussels, are required to have the Ameri.
can ConsuHs visa before the French Con.
sui will visa them Ladies' travelling
alone without passports are sent back from
the French frontier, and a wife accompa.
nying her husband isnot allowed TO pass
unless she is named in the passport, or has
some means Of satisfying the officers that
she IL his wife.
DR.. w. Il. Johnston, the wellknown
American physician in Paris, states that
the reports Of the mortality in that city
have been much exaggerated. The sani
tnry condition of Paris Ia satisfactory. and