The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-01-27
WASHINGTON.
u# I.. WASHINGTON, Jan. 90
A SMALL CRuMB FOR THE PENNsYLvAN1.


ANS.
The rumor is current here that Judge
Otto, assistant Secretary Of the Interior,
Is soon 10 be removed, and that the Presi.
dent has rendered the position 10 the
Pennsylvania Senators Scott and Gamer
on, who were pressing the name Of Major
D. r. B. Moore, who they say Is sIaunch
Republican, an able lawyer, and man Of
great executive ability, he has also bril-.
liant war record and was confined Tor
some time In the Libby Prison in 1862.
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.
The statement telegraphed In regard to
the reopeni1g OF the Alabama Claims, az
tracts great deal OF attention, and Is
much commented on. In fact, the steps
which have been taken by Messrs. Thorn.
tond and Fish was considered q successful
and diplomatic secret; and hence It's pub
lication has created o decided sensation
among the persons having u knowledge
of 1t. Mr.. Sumner says that the
report that he told Mr.. Fish that If the
treaty negotiated on the terms proposed
1t would DO rejected by the Senate was
unlounded. He says he has not expressed
hostility to any treaty which ought to be
negotiated by the administration on this
question. Mr.. Sumner does not, however,
deny the fact that the Alabama claims
question Is in process of settlement at
the present term Whether the treaty
will be negotiated on the basis proposed
cannot yet be predicted, but It Is certain
that the terms now under consideration
include the abandonment Of certain posi-
tions heretofore taken by tho United
States, and, II reports are correct, the most
important Is the question Of recognition
Of Confederate belligerency by Great
Britain; and another is that the United
States shall mike no claims for vessels de.
stroyed by rebel privateers other than tho
Alabama, meaning the Florida, Shenan-
doah, Georgia and Sumpter.
, THE FISHERIES QUESTION. na
A Times Washington special says that
the permanent settlement Of the fisheries
question with Great Britain will be,
among other matters. contided to the
hands Of General SchenCk, but inasmuch
us the opening Of the fishing season Is
near at hand, and Us it is impossible that
matters should remain as they arc through
another season without provoking blood.
shed it is probable that Fish and Thornton
will be able 10 come 10 temporary agree
ment which shall govern 1t for the OPP
preaching season, leaving q final settle.
ment Of the case by joint convention
and treaty. 80 far as this government is
concerned, in the hands Of Gen. Schenck
when he shall have reached the legation.
TINE SALE OF GOVERNMENT ARMS. q
In regard to the action of the President
directing the Secretary of War to suspend
the sale Of ordinances and munitions Of
war In order TO c0nCiliate the Germans. II
Is stated that, Baron Won Gerolt called
upon the Secretary Of War at the time q
proposition was made to dispose oil large
number Of arms, and asked that no sale
should 10 made until the Prussian Gov.
ernment could make proposition To pnt..
chase the entire lot offered. The Secrc.
tary of War in reply said that the Gov
ernment would mot Under, any ,circum-
stances sell To d foreign government Tie
right 10 dispose of arms of It's own citizens
had not been disputed any moro than the
right Of private companies TO fulfill con.
tracts, and that the sale of arms should go
on as before the war, f-o 7-,-. ,,--,,..
The Senate Judiciary Committee had
under consideration to-day the question oI
the payment Of interest on bonds issued
by the Government to the Pacific Rail.
roads. Efllngham II. Nichols, OF New
York, submitted an argument In behalf Of
the railroad companies. 49, ~
TIE WHISKY TAXA RECOMMENDATION
FROM MIR. PLEAsoNToN.
Commissioner Pleasonton recommends
that thcl law be amended SO as to impose
a tax of ninety.siX cents on fermented
liquors, US this figure is capable oil being
divided into all the fractional parts Of q
barrel, without the remainder of the for.
mer tax Of OCT cents, and caused dlscrep-
ancies to occur in adjusting the accounts
o. collectors, because Of the difficulty of
disposing OF the fractional remainders.
The official returns oil the Bureau Of
Statistics show decrease In immigration
for the year 1870 Of $3l, ,1lS,
TRIAL OF TENNESSEE BUTLER.
The trial OF r r. Butler, Of Tennessee,
was commenced today in the Criminal
Court, ~