The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-10
WASHINGTON.

| W ASHlNGTOS, NONcuiDeT ~ he
Austro- Hungarian Government having
adopted the English system of admeas-
urement of vessels, the rule OF the
Treasury Department will be extended
to Austro- Hungarian vessels arriving at
our ports, a corresponding courtesy hav-
ing been extended to American vessels
in ports of that Empire.
Treasury Appointment.
George Shatling has been appointed
special Treasury Agent at Detroit, vice
E. Lafvare, who has been transferred
to the position OF Appraiser OF Mer-
chandse al that port.
The sale Of seats for the
Parepa Rosa Opera Season
began this morning and tickets are sell
ling with rapidity.
| Indian Bounty and Pension Frauds
The following statement relative to
the alleged frauds in Indian bounty
and pensions has been obtained from
the War Department: After the mus,
Ter out OF the First, Second and Third
Regiments OF the Indian home guards,
claims for bounty were set up, but stout
" resisted by the War Department,
and in every instance the pressure ex-
| tended to the Executive, and in order
to defeat it the late Edwin NJ. Stanton,
then Secretary of War, reviewed the
matter in the Cabinet April %, 1868,
and submitted a written memoranda OF
the facts, attested by the Secretary OF
the Navy, Mr.. Wells. The action OF
the Cabinet officers defeated the attempt
to secure the bounty and caused the
claims to be carried to Congress, where
relief was granted by Public Resolution
No. 45, approved June, 1866. Subse.
ouently claims for the same troops were
made under the additional bounty
act Of July 2S, 1866, and they were re-
sisted by the War Department because
the troops were home guards and as
such were not entitled, save under
special legislation OF Congress.
Subsequently, however, September
| lq, 1867, the Secretary of War, General
Grant acting, referred it to the Attor-
ney General, and September 81, 1867,
that officer Mr.. Stanbury gave the
ouinion that the soldiers were entitled
to bounty, under the Act OF July 2S,
1866. General Grant, upon advise
meut reports from the Adjutant Gener-
al and Paymaster General again on the
9TH of October, 1867, referred the mat
ter to the Attorney General, Mr.. Ewing,
who decided that the facts in the reports
from the Adjutant General and Pay
master General did not modify the
opinion as given by Mr.. Stanhury.
The matter thus rested until August
%, 1865, when the Secretary OF War,
General Schotield for the third time
placed the matter before the Attorney
General, inviting attention to certain
points, and on the 22d OF September,
1865. the Attorney General, through
his assistant, replied adherlns to the
former opinion. October 10Th, 1908,
the Secretary of war, General SchoheId,
referred the case TO the Paymaster
General for his action under the OPINION
of the Attorney General.
The subject in part WAS again brought
up through Jno W. Wright, March 20,
1870, in consequence OF his finding
official reports from the War Depart
ment records in the way OF his recelv-
iny excessive payment Of bounty IN the
cases of some seventy widows and or
phans OF the Indians and therefore he
CHARGED that the sand reports were talse.
The War Department adhered 10 lts
reports in the said cases. 1t ls not
known that Wright secured the said
excessive pavmeut from the Treasury
DEPARTMENT. The whole case Ia no"
undergoing thorough investigation.
Indian Affairs.
The Secretary Of the Interior having
set apart certain reservations to be usec
bv the Apache Indians, aud recon-
mended that they he protected thereon
by the military authority, the Secretary
of war has issued instructions accord
ingly.
Treasury Balances.
The following are the Treasury bal
apces at the close OF business to-day
Currency, Sj,S7l ODD 62 coin, s92 OH
556.S4, of which $l7, IA, 10000 are il
coin certificates.
! WISCONSIN.