The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-09
WASHINGTON.
Naval Orders.

mander B. P. Smith has been ordered
from ordnance duty at Boston, and
placed on waiting orders; Medical In
spector E. ShIpps has been ordered
from the Naval Academy and ordered
to the Wabash as Fleet Surgeon in the
European Fleet.
United States District Courts.
The sessions of the various United
States District Courts will commence
in October and November throughout
the country, and the Attorney General
and Commissioners Of Internal Revenue
will give special instructions to the
District Attorneys to press for suit all
cases of an Internal Revenue character,
particularly those against whom bal
ances appears on the books of the Iu-
ternal Revenue Officer.
Internal Revenue Receipts.
The receipts Of Internal Revenue
to-day amounted to $595,O35.73.
Army Matters.
Second Lieutenant j. K. Reese. Of the
Sixth, was granted three months leave
of absence. The superintendent of the
recruiting service Of the Western Di-
vision has been ordered to prepare and
forward detachment Of two hundred
men to Omaha, to reinforce the Fiji
teenth Infantry, and detachment Of
fifty men to Fort Leavenforth to rein
force the Third Infantry.
Postmasters Appointed.
The President has appointed the fol-
lowing deputy postmasters j. w. Pat
terson, at Humboldt, Kansas E. A.
Haugh, at Connellsville, Connecticut /;
w. Weldon, at Iowa Falls, Iowa; E.
w. McAllster. at Champagne, Illinois;
J. II. Taylor, at Boseman, Montana
Thomas Richardson, at Port Gleason,
Mississippi.
California Election.
United States Marshal Marsh tele-
graphed to the President from San
Francisco as follows: I'VE have elected
our G Governor and the whole State ticket,
two Congressman sure, and probably the
third. Present advices indicate that we
shall have the Legislature by decided
majority"
Senator Cole sends the following:
"California has fully righted up, and is
in the line for next year with all her
sails set"
Supervisor Foulke sends the following
to Colonel Douglass: The Republican
majority will probably be 5000. We
have secured the Legislature and three
Congressman"
Colonel Douglass, Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue, returned to this city
this morning.
Treasury balances.
The following were the Treasury bal
ances at the close of business today :
Coin, S94, ,OOO 900; Currency, S., ,OOO,O 900;
Coin certificates, $l7 100000.
Production and Importation OF
The following is a statement OF the
production and importation OF tobacco
in the United States during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1871: Production
Smoking tobacco. 80, ,439, $50 pounds;
chewing and snuff, 64,656,S75 pounds;
cigars, l,3l9675000. Importation
Leaf tobacco, S,394,9S pounds; cigars,
7S9,962 pounds.
Liquor Traffic.
1t ia estimated that 1888 barrels
of fermented liquor were produced dur
ing the last fiscal year and that the
consumption OF malt liquor has in.
creased while that of whisky has de-
clined.
Wreck OF the Mississippi.
A naval officer who arrived here this
afternoon from the coast OF Florida,
says the steamship Mississippi which
was recently wrecked near Cape Florida,
has broken in two on her starboard side
midship from the rail to the water.
She is full of water aft and never can
be gotten Oft.
Base Ball.
The game Of base ball this afternoon
between the Forest City club Of Cleve-
land and the Olympics of this city was
pronounced a rather lame affair. The
game was called at the end Of the sixth
inning. The following is the score:
Forest Citys, II; Olympics Is,
The Mccarthy Murder.
The Grand Jury to-day made pre-
sentiment against Dennis Dardin, chars-
ing him with the murder Of John
Mccarthy, on the l4th Of August last.
The Grand Jury also recommended the
discharge of james, who is held as
an accessory to the crime, from Jail.
James will probably be discharged to-
morrow, on his giving bail to appear
as a witness for the prosecution. .
DisorderIy Houses to be Broken Up
Judge Smell, of the Police Court;
Major Richards, Superintendent of the
Police, and District Attorney Fisher
held a consultation to-day and decided
to break up all lawless and disorderly
houses in the city after giving the pro-
.-;o,o-o dpe notice. The said notice
reouiring them to close business under
a penalty of arrest and prosecution Will
he issued at once.