The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-06-20
WASHINGTON.
The Adjournment OF the Southern
Claims Commission.

for two months vacation about July
lst and reassemble about September
18th. Thus far nearly one hundred
and fifty cases have been practically
decided, and each member of the Com
mission will take home with him abou,
fifty cases to prepare reports upon
during the vacation. The cases prac'
tically decided will involve the payment
of a sum exceeding one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, but it is graft
fyirg development that the total amount
Of all the claims is not likely to prove
burdensome to the Government, as was
feared when the act creating the Com
mission was passed.
The L. s. Ship supply.
Advices from the United States ship
Supply say that she left Lisbon on the
30th ult., homeward bound. The ship
was crowded, $50 men taken from the
European squadron being aboard, fifty
of them very sick.
Commotion Among Politicians.
There is considerable feeling here
among local politicians relating to the
bill passed by the Council transferring
the prosecution of offences against the
corporation ordinances to the L. S.
District Attorneys office The expen
ses to the city are thereby greatly in
creased, and the new Government is Sc
verely censured in consequence.
New York Central Scrip Case.
The phase OF the New York Central
case has decidedly changed. When
Secretary Boutwell, took up the case
and Caleb Cushing appeared for the
company, Mr. Cushing backed down
from the position he had taken before
Commissioner Pleasanton that the scrip
was not an actual dividend within the
meaning OF the law, and admitted that
the scrip was dividend, but asserted
that some Of the dividend was declared
on ancient earnings, that is earnings
before the passage OF the law levying
the tax, aud that the company was
willing 10 pay up II allowance was
made for former earnings and the as
sessment decreased accordingly. This
is looked upon here as compromise OF
the case and those interested will watch
closely to see how much OF the amount
will be made TO appear as ancient earn
ings.
Turkish Tonnage Rules.
The Secretary Of State has transmit
ted to the Treasury letter from Bal
Iazze Efferd, Charge dAffairs to the
Sublime Porte, enclosing report OF the
Mixed Commission charged more than
two wears ago with a revision OF the tar
if sanitary dues in the Turkish Empire.
The new regulation went into operation
on the 18th inst. Every vessel, from
whatever country, arriving at an Otto
man port shall pay duty calculated on
its tonnage, according to the following
rules: From one to 800 tons, inclusive,
22 paras, and from 800 tons upward, II
paras per ton. In other words every
vessel paws % paras for the first 800
tons. and l. paras for the tons in excess
Of jOJ. The following are exempted
from sanitary dues excepting the pay
Of quarantine First, vessels OF war ;
second, vessels which have been forced
to put into port, provided they are en-
aged in no commercial speculation in
the port third, fishing vessels.
Floods I'm the SOuth-Grcat Destruc-
ti0n Of Property.
An official letter received at the Navy
Department from Monroe, La, dated
June 18th, says that excessive rains
have fallen throughout the northern
part Of Louisiana since the l4th day OF
April, and a large portion Of the parishes
bordering on the Mississippi, Owachltta,
Red and Black rivers, are under water.
Bridges and ferry boats have been car
ried away and the mail routes have
been abandoned or if the mail bags are
carried through they are first opened
and relieved OF all the official packages,
and these are left in some stable or out
house to be taken by robbers. Advices
from Shreveport state that nothing has
been received from that office since
Nav 18th.
Condition OF the Crops I'm the south.
The prospect Of the cotton crop is ex-
ceedingly discouraging. Planters in
swamps have been compelled to replant
many times in many cases. The last
planting having failed they abandoned
the enterprise. In more favorable lo'
calities the stem is so indifferent that
no more than half crop can he had.
The prospect for corn is equally unia,
vorable. The condition Of the ground
has prevented the planters from work
ING. The weeds and grass have become
deeply rooted and threaten little corn
standing. The general prospect IS
gloomy.
Tax on Tobacco.
The Commissioner Of Internal Rev
enue to-day addressed letter to the
President OF the National Tobacco As
sociation, in New York, which holds
that so far as clippings Of tobacco are
an unavoidable result OF the tobacco
and not product Of the
and sold at the place
where produced. no special tax is re-
quired to authorize such sale.
Treasury Balances.
The balances of the Treasury at the
close OF business TO day are Currency
4.S9l 900; coin, 9,2l3,000, Of which
Sl6. .266 900 were coin certificates.
Horrible Murder.
Savannah, Georgia, on Saturda!
evening, during the progress of the