The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-03-03
WASHINGTON.
The "SOuthern Loyalists' Claims TO
, be Paid..A Broad Way Opened in.
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WASHINGTON, March 9. J,
An amendment to the army apprOpriA.
tiOn bill was adopted by the Senate yes.
terday, which provides lor tho exaudna.
tiOn and payment q tho claims Of Southern
loyalisls for ddaftermaster and com
missary stores, furnished the Union army
III the same manner as similar claims
were examined Nntp\d in the Northern
States, and in West Virginia and Tennes.
see. Tint Is the examination will be
madeat the office Of tho Third Auditor of
tho Treasury and the accounts will be
subsequently revised by the Second Comp.
troller. Tho House Committee on Claims
carefully examined this subject, and favor
the, payment Of these claims. They
prefer however that they should bC thor.
oughly investigated by a commission APP
pointed for the purpose, In order that the
loyalty Of claimants may be proved be.
yond doubt before the Claims are passed
upon by the accounting officers nf the
treasury. 7 1t was stated In the cOnrse Of
debate In the Senate, that the aggregate
amount of these claims will not exceed
$1OO0O,O0O. The amount, however, will
depend entirely upon the strlCtness Of the
test OF loyalty prescribed, and there is
danger 1t will exceed $l0,OOO00O. '' '
SENATOR SUMNER 80,
Senator Sumner was in AesSenate
chamber Yesterday afternoon during the
executive session. His object In attend.
ing was to make several reports from the
Committee on ForOign Relations, includ.
ing the supplementary treaty to the natu.
rallzation treaty between the United
StEtes and Great Britain, explaining and
defining naturalization. He left tor home
before the session was over. lie will not
be able to attend Legislative sessions for
some time, though his health is slowly i'm
proving. ,'fgGN'i llGH y
TIE N. Y. CUSTOM HOUSE CORRUPTION.
Senator Patterson Is hard ut work pre-.
pairing the report of the RetrGnchment
Committee, giving the result Of an inyes.
| tigation in the management Of,the New
York Custom House. He will not be
able to present Il to the Senate until the
very last Of tho week. Nothing concern
Ing the result Of the investigation or char.
acler of the coming report has been made
public by the committee, except that
statements made on Information from
Other sources. were denied. .&8Fs
Nothing will be done this session with
removing the contested election cases
from Georgia.
Sir Edward Thornton and other Brit
\ ish members ofthe High Commission, Wis.
tied the Capitol to-day, in company with
General SchenCE In the Senate Cham
Der they were introduced to the members
OF the Committee Ion Foreign Relations,
and other Senators by General Schenck,
these introluctiOns caused some confusion
to the regular business, and the Vice Presi'
| dent several times raped to order. The
party Subsequently Went to the House
side, where they were likewise Introduced
\ 10 the prominent members.
The Conference Committee on the
Southern iPacifiG IfSilt6dd mil, have conf
promised, and will, report in favor of a
4 main trunk, with u branch from Marshall
Texas, to New Orleans riG Alexandria and
Baton Rouge, and branch orthe South.
ern. Pacific Railroad 10 California, from
35th parallel, In connect with tie trunk
on the Colorado river, near lhe S2d paral'
lei.
The lUll6RhG nominations weresent tc
the Senate to-day by the President: N. p,
\ Ohnmall, Secretary Of the District ol
Columbia: s. p Brown, o. B. Mullet, A.
r. Shsppardand JaS, a. Magruder, Board
OF Public Works for. the District oI
Columbia; J.O. Lincoln, ]. s. Verdi, H.
IA.IIVillard, IJnO. MchOughton and '.InO
Merburg to be q Board Of Health Tor the
District Of Columbia. ' '''H
The Secretary Of! theT Treasury has
communicated ~ the Senate, in compIi'
ance tith the sres0lpHon, intormation d
to.Hhdl States and ateFfitorles have patl
theirpropDrtion of the direct tax levied
by the act OF August 9th, 1861. II ap'
pears that the following States and ter
ritories have satisfied their quotas In full
Maine, New Hampshire, VermOnt, Massa
chusettss Rhode IslAhdg Connection
New Jersey Y Pennsylvania, Maryland
West Virginia, Ohio. Kentucky, Indiana
Illinois, Missouri, ; Michigan. Iowa, Min
nisotta, Nevada, Nebraska, New Mexico
, Dakota and District OF Columbia. ThCrt
Is still due from other States and terri
tories about four millions. Wisconsin
has claims against the Government 70 thl
amount Of $l59, ,849. "saII ul =.
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