The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-06-20
WASHINGTON.
The Smugglers and the Plattsburg
....... Collector. d.
MAsHINGTON, Jnne 1.

.. .H......... SUAAgCSVAe
....... WASHINGTON, June 10.
Some time ago it was stated in u dispatcl
from here thRtsmuggling on the border o
New York was going on to great extent
and that the merchants complain AMI
throw the responsibility upon the ColleC
tor at Plattsburg. Careful inquiry dis
closes the fact that for several months
past the proportion ofsmuggling has beer
less than for years before; that the only
letter containing charges against th(
Plattsburg Collector emanated from per
sons who desired his removal.
SOUTHERN CLAIMS
The Southern Claims Commission will
adjourn for a two months vacation about
the first Of July, and will re.assemblC
about the middle of September Thus
fur nearly 100 cases have been'practiCally
decided, and each member Of the Com.
mission will take home with him cases ID
prepare to report upon during the yaca-
ton, Judge Adds goes To 81, AlbOls;
Judge Ferris to Glens Falls, N. Y; and
ex-senator Howell TO Keokuk, Iowa.
The cases practically decided will involve
the payment Of n sum exceeding $780,
900, but it is a gratifying developement
that tho total amount Of all the claims Is
not likely to prove burdensomo to the
Government, as feared when the act ere.
ating the Commission passed. A small
proportion Of the claims, say one.sixth to
one.eighth, were rejected on the ground
Of dislOYalty, and nearly oil have been re-
duced In amount The number of claims
thus far filed Is nearly $500; of these,
1900 have been tabulated, and lists Of the
same have been printed and mailed to
every PostofliCe in the county from which
the claims were returned, to be posted for
public inspection with the request that
any person knowing Of facts In Connec.
ton with the claims will please address
the Commissioner. In this way the Com.
missioner Is In receipt OF great numbers
Of letters, and many giving important in
formation. ..-...
THR MaARRAHAN CASE.
In the case Of Collector Smith of the
Interior Department, the returns before
next Wednesday is expected The Sec.
retary Of the Interior will give o hearing
to the application of McCarrahan for the
restoration TO record Of the PanoChe
Grande patent, as 1t isalleged 1t stood be.
fore 1t was mutllated. An application
was made TO the President, and taken up
ut his request In tho Interior Department
The decision will probably DO reserved for
some time, but when made il will have
but little bearing on the merits ot the
question rs TO whom tho land belongs 10.
II Is expected that tho whole case will be
opened during the summer, md final
decision made. .... ..,..
THE COREAN AFFAIR,
The Department Of State has received
merely brief dispatch Of the fact OF the
operations at COrea, but no particulars
The Navy Department has no further adj
vices
Subscription to tho new loan today,
$104,0OO. -
1t Is expectedat the Treasury Depart
mGnt that tho amount Of tax due from the
New York Central Railroad, under the
recent decision Of Commissioner PleasOn-
ton, will he paid without delay.
II Is understood that Perry Bowman,
clerk in the Internal Revenue office, will
be appointed chief supervisor, in the place
of Col. Clifford Thomson, resigned.
GCn. James II. Clinton, OF Alabama,
was examined before the Ku.KluX Com.
mlttee to-day. He did not believe that
any regular Ku.Klux organization ever
existed in Alabama. lie had heard Of
Ottrages in few localities, by Disguised
men, but Alabama was as peaCGablc and
quiet as before the war, and no more VIC.
lation had occurred There since the war
than In any Of the Northern States. The
greater part Of tho crimes In Alabama
have been committed by members ol the
radical party. The Democratic party in
that State were In favor Of educating the
negro. The cause of the trouble was not
to have men who fought one another in
the late war, but politicians, suffers and
horse-holders, who followed the two
armies The true men Of each army re.
spected one another, and were will
ing 10 meet and forgive and forget.
Tie leaders Of the radical party
in Alabama were, with few exceptions,
destitute Of moral character, and were
regular spoilsmen. Most Of the negroes
had behaved well, and the generous pol
Icy on the part Of the Government would
best subserve the interests of both races
to the South, and soonest restore the fra
ternal feeling and affection which once
existed. The South loved Our form Of
government, but abhorred its maladmin.
istration. He had always counselled
submission To law and order, and believed
II could and would be preserved in his
State, without any outside interference.