The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-12-16
WASHINGTON.
Naval Changes.


Passed Assistant Quartermaster d
C. Wachett has been ordered to specia
duty at New Orleans. Passed Assistsn
Paymaster A. II. Nelson has been dc
tached from special duty at New O1
leans, and ordered to settle his &C
counts.
The Secretary of War has orderet
that hereafter all ordnance in boxes
and ordnance stores sent from posts o.
from troops in the field, to arsenals, sr'
to be sealed before shipment. Eacl
quartermaster shipping such storo'
shall satisfy himself that the seals OF
such packages are unbroken, and il th'
seals on such packages should become
broken, and any of the stores be lost, h'
will have the value of the lost stores
charged to the transporters.
The Case OF Foster Blogdet.
claiming a seat in the United States
Senate from Georgia, will be taken uE
by the Senate Election committee to
morrow and probably disposed off,
The committee on Ways and Meant
heard the argument of the tobacco mer
in regard to stamps on tobacco. Nc
definite result was arrived at.
Caucus.
The Republican Senators held eau
Gus this morning, continuing their
session several hours, upon Mr.. Trum
bulls resolution, now pending in the
Senate. The result was that they
agreed to support it with an amendment
omitting the part instructing the
committee on Investigation and Re-
trenchment to consider the expediency
of repeating the law under which
appointments to the public service are
now made, 30 as to prevent the public
service from being used as an instrument
of political or party patronage. The
resolution, as thus amended, in its
instruction to the.. e..committee to inquire
into the expenditures in all branches Of
the service OF the United States, and
report any and what Offices ought to be
abolished, whether any or what salaries
or amounts ought to be reduced; what
are the methods Of procuring accounta-
bility in public agents or officers
in the care and the disburse-
ment of public moneys; whether
moneys have been paid out illegally ;
whether any officers or agents or other
persons have been or are employed in
the public service by the authority OF
law, and generally how and to what ex-
tent the expenses of the service OF the
country may and ought to be curtailed.
The caucus then agreed on the follow
ing named Senators to comprise. the
committee: Messrs Buckingham, Howe,
Pratt, Harlan, Stewsrt, Poole, Seiis.
bury. The last named is the only
Democrat on the committee. The eau
Gus carefully excluded from the COM
mittee those who had taken part in the
debate on retrenchment, and hence
Messrs. Trumbull and Schurz have no
place on it.
The Mint at Philadelphia.
There is no probability of any change
being made in the dictatorship Of the
Philadelphia Mint, Notwithstanding the
pressure that is being brougt to bear
against Mr.. Pollock.
Sherman.
The President tonight received a
dispatch from General Sherman, dated
at Cadiz, Spain, announcing the arrival
at that port of the United States
steamer Wabash, with all on board
safe and well.
The Georgia Senatorial Question
comes up for consideration before the
Senate committee on private Georgia
elections tomorrow. 1t is thought that
the question will be decided, and a
report made to the Senate on Monday.
The committee stand four to three in
favor Of Mr.. Norwood.
The Republican Senatorial Caucus
held another session to-day on Mr..
Trumbull's civil service reform PROPOSE
ton, lasting several hours. The dis,
cussion was exceedingly bitter, and great
dissatisfaction was exhibited by Trum'
bull and his friends. Logan declared
that he would stand by his col
league, and refused to be bound by the
caucus if it did not do what he thought
was right. 1t was decided to adopt
Trumbulrs proposition, but in a form
which he and his supporters declare
renders it perfectly useless. The caucus
decided upon Buckingham as chairman
and Howe, Pratt, Harlan, Stewart
Poole and Bayard as the Investigating
committee. These Senators are opposed
to those who have been styled the Re
formers, who say that none OF the Re
publicans on that committee will make
any...effort to discover the abuses in it
and the only Democrat in the com
mite will, of course, be powerless upon
the question. The question OF the liza
bility of railroads, banks and insurance
companies to pay internal revenue ia.
on dividends declared, and interest PAID
during the last five months Of 1870
will be brought before this committee
The Senate Finance committee is said
to hold that those corporations ough'
not to be held liable.
The Mobile Collectorship.
The question has been raised in exec
utive session Of the Senate as to thu
legality of ex-senator Warren's occupa
ton of the function OF Collector o.
Customs at the port Of Mobile. i
seems that Mr.. Miller, former Collector