The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-22
WASHINGTON.
The Cotton Claims.

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the Treasury. Developments recent
discovered show that the majority O
such suits against the Governmen
were frauds in every particular. Tn
parties owning the cotton have applied
for a second allowance, as refund O
the tax exempting each bale of cotton
and in many cases they have been paid
Hon. j. NJ. Leach, member of Con
gress from the Fifth North Caroline
district, has been proved a member o
the
Ku.KIux Khan,
and warrant has been issued for hi.
arrest Several members of the State
Legislature have also been arrested on
the same charge.
David Dudley Field has been employed
as Republican counsel to assist Reyerdy
johnson in the argument of the Ku
Klux cases in South Carolina. 1t is
expected that judges Bond and Brown
will disagree in opinion, which will have
the effect OF bringing the case before
the Supreme Court here and test the
constitutionality OF the law. EE
The following is special to the
Eoe,ling Post:
WASHINGTON, November 81.
The Ku-Klux committee are in ses.
sion, examining documents bearing up.
on taxation and debts in various South
ern States. The subcommittee ap.
pointed to 90 to Georgia and Florida
have not made any formal report yet,
but they will recommend to the Presi.
dent that martial law be declared in
both States In Florida especially the
committee found startling condition
of affairs. In one county alone there
have been more than seventy-tive mur.
ders by the Ku-Klux, and all the Union
men have been forced to flee for their
lives. The committee are Of opinion
that the dissensions in Georgia and
Florida will not cease till martial law
has been declared and the strong arm
of the military felt in districts where
the Ku-Klux are the most powerful.
By the aid of martial law the members
of the committee say that the Ku-Klux
organization will be extirpated in the
South before many months. The Pres
ident does not seem to take fully the
same view Of affairs as do the members
Of the investigating committee"
1t was said at the White House yes
terday that from information received
it was believed that within three
months there would not be a Ku-Klux
organization in the South anywhere
and that few troubles are now occur
ring. 1t is considered certain, however
that the President will follow the re
commendation of the committee and
declare martial law in Florida and
Georgia.
The parties most interested are grow.
ing alarmed at the prospect OF re
newal Of
The BoutweII-PIeasantO InbrOglio
in the Senate. Ex-CommissiOner
Fleasauton's friends boldly assert his
intention to lay the matter before the
Senate and express confidence in his
final triumph, while such as wish foI
peace in the Republican party, propose
a compromise of the matter by the
nomination and confirmation OF some
disinterested party as Commissioner o!
Internal Revenue.
Naval Changes.
Assistant Surgeon Clarence Black
has been orderdered to the Naval Hos
pital at Moore Island. Lieutenant Com
mander, A. Hopkins has been placed
on waiting orders. Assistant Surgeon
T. NJ. Scott, from the Naval Hospital at
New York, is ordered to the Nipsic.
Passed Assistant Surgeon Simon, has
been placed on waiting orders. Sur
geon Charles Macpin, Jr., has been re-
Iieyed from duty in the Department OF
the Platte, and ordered to duty at Bos'
ton.
By direction Of the President the
military post of Mobile Bay is ex'
en- pted from the provisions Of the order
assigning the Gulf posts to the Depart
ment of the Gulf
| Financial.
All bonds and interest thereon issued
upder the act of July IA, 1870, entitled
an act to authorize the refunding Of the
National debt are by that declared ex'
empt from the payment of all taxes or or
duties of the United States as wen az
from taxation in any form under State
mnn;cipal or local authorities. lSec'
ton ] chapter 256, sixteenth statute
naae 2722.i The Commissioner Of In
tsrnai Revenue rules that this exemp
ton embraces the interest as well as
principal of the new bonds, and that
this interest need not be included in the
amount @ upon which dividend or other
taxes are reqcired to be paid.