The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-09-25
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Sept. O


The General Ku.Klux Investigating
Committee met again to-day, F, N
Strudwich, OF HillsborO, N c., DaviC
Gest, of Union county, s. c., having
failed to appear us witnesses. The chair
man is authorized to request the Presi
dent OF the Senate to issue his warrant
for their arrest The Committee then Rd
iourned till the first day OF The next SEES
sion of Congress, or until called by The
chairman. The subcommittee eXamin
ed Col. w. S. Saunders of South Caro-
lima and Edward Whaler. Saunders
whom the Committee have had SO much
trouble In getting before them, refused u
answer all the questions as to his connec'
tion or conneetiopyof any others with so
called KusKlux! organizations, .on5 the
ground that he was not compelled to
criminate himself The act Of Congress
of 1852, which does not GXcilse Wiiness
from testiIying before a Congressional
Committee was quoted to him, but he
preferred TO rely on the Constitution
rather than the act Of Congress- His
case will be reported to Congress. Two
Euh. Comrlittes Of the HU.Ktux Commit
tee held n meeting to-day the sub
Committee of Carolina, Georgia and
Floridh, resolved to meet in Augusta on
October the 18th. The sub Committee
foF Tennessee, Alamaba and Mississippi
will meet in Huntsville, October 9th.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
in circular says that tho complaints of
tho are well founded; that
large amounts OF tobacco are in the ag-
gregate sold in u condensed form so as to
dGraud the revenue. The revenue office
has under constellation the subject of u
more etfectual mode of aillxing stamps on
wooden packages SO as to increase the
officially 0t removing them through the
mode Of cancellation. He concluded his
address with . letter, TO tho revenue of.
tlclals calling upon them to put forth their
efforts to suppress these frauds, and at the
same time addresses u letter to the munu'
lacturers calling upon their coopelation
with the Government. Tie Commission
or has also issued q circular to remedy the
complaints of the manufacturers OF plug
tobacco and their selling agents, that in
Offering their goods upon the market they
encounterd tobacco which is sold so low
that ii is impossible for them to compete
with such prices, I'M
/ The War Department has transmitted
to the Interior Department the correspond
ence between Gen. Pope and Friend
lHoag, Indian Superintendent, detailing
the return Of the mules stolen by the
Kiowas, and stating that, Kicking Bird
and other Kiowa chiefs had made strong
appeals for the release OF Santana and
Big Tree. Gen. Sherman endorsed on
the correspondence that Santana ought
to have beenhung and that would have
ended the trouble, but his sentence had
been commuted 10 imprisonment for lie.
These KiowNs arc cverlastingly pleading
for his release. He should never be re.
leased, tho War Department should not
consent to his return to his tribe.
The press Of this city speak In denun-
ciatory terms of the meeting held last
evening under the auspices of the Wo-
mems Club for the purpose of eilectlng a
reform in regard to the social evil fraud,
prOtligRcy being carried on under the
guise Of reform. The demand made is
that this must be stopped
The Postmaster General today ordered
an extension of tho mail service on the
Detroit, Lansing & Lake Superior rail
road, from Lansing to Detroit, So miles,
alfording now regular daily service be-
tween Detroit and Greenville, Michigan,
143 miles, including all way stations A
mail service is also ordered on the Mid.
land Pacific railroad, between Nebraska
City and Lincoln, Nebraska, 80 miles,
with six trains d week. u..O.