The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-05-08
WASHINGTON.
Joint High Commission.

Joint High Commission.
WASHINGTON, May Ga special to
the New York Times says there is no
additional news from the Joint High
Commission. The treaty is not yet
engrossed and signed, but is nearly
ready for engrossing and will be signed
on Monday next probably. The State
Department has been printing in con-
nection with the work Of the Commits
sion since the second day it met, and
this fact gave rise to rumor that the
treaty had been printed which is denied.
The Cabinet had very short meeting
to-day, and if the work Of the Commits
sion was taken up it certainly received
very brief consideration. Senators
Cameron and Morton were to get here
tonight and no doubt had the subject
of its management in the Senate under
consideration. The time which the
Senate will take with the treaty, pro-
vided it is promptly ratified, will proba-
bly, be ten days or more.
Instructions from Commissioner
PleasantOn.
Com missioner Pleasanton has given
instructions to wholesale liquor dealers
and rectifers regarding the keeping Of
book form No. 80, so that in each day s
transactions they can enter the aggre-
gate quantity received and sent out in
stead Of keeping account 10y the pack
age as heretofore prescribed
The indications are that the Glen
Mill factory of Philadelphia will get
the contract for the manufacture of ali
paper for printing the Internal Revenue
stamps.
Internal Revenue Circular.
The Internal Revenue Bureau to-day
issued circular to Collectors asking
the names of all guagers commissioned
but not on duty in their districts. This
is with the view of dispensing with all
guagers not absolutely y necessary to the
Revenue service.
Claims Against Mexico.
The claims of Charles Stillman and
brother, Isaac A. Morgan, John tyler,
John Frooling and Joseph Dentz.
against Mexico, were to-day rejected by
the Mexican Claims Commission. In
the case of Benjamin Elliott for pro-
perty destroyed at Mazattan, an award
of $1,000 and 500 costs was made in
favor Of the claimant.
The New State Department Building.
The new State Department building
will be begun as soon as the details for
the design of the new structure can be
determined upon. The south wing will
be first erected, but the entire building,
when finished, will cover nearly the
same era as the Treasury building. 1t
is likely that it will be Of the renais.
sance style but plain.
Treasury Balances.
The following were the Treasury
balances at the close Of business to-day:
Currency, So, 3S9, 900; coin, Sl03, 49, 900,
of which 81, 2,l34,000 are in coin GER
tifcates.
Japanese Embassy.
The japanese Government sent a
special Embassy to acquaint themselves
with the financial system Of our coun-
trv. And now the Republic of Ecuador
sends to its minister here to forward all
data regarding our National Banking
system with views of establishing the
same system in that country.
Appointment by the President.
The President has appointed Judge
Otto, late Assistant Secretary of the
Interior, a member of the United States
and Spanish Mexican Commission,
for the settlement Of claims Of American
citizens growing out of the injuries and
depredations committed on the Island
of Cuba.
Departure OF the President.
The President left here this morning
for Pennsylvania,
A General Order.
The War Department has published
general order, the act Of Congress to
enforce the provisions ofthe Constitution
of the United States for other purposes.
Naval Changes.
Chief Engineer w. w. DUNCAN is
ordered to the Dictator The second
assistant engineer of the Resaca has
been detached and ordered home.
Important to Pensioners.
WASHINGTON, May THE Secretary
of the Treasury has issued regulation
prescribing the method in which dnpli-
cate checks may be issued to pension
ers in case OF the loss Of the original.
Congress provided in the act Of July H.
1870, that pension orders could be paid
by checks. In numerous instances the
papers have been lost and no provisions
being made for duplicates, Congress at
the last session provided for the emer-
gency. These duplicates are not to be
paid until six months after the date OF
the original. and.will not be issued for
sums over five hundred dollars.
The ottawa Indians.
The Interior Department decides that
the Ottawa Indians, by the treaties
of 1862 and 1867, have become citizens
Of the United States, and that their