The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-07-28
WASHINGTON.
Kentucky War Claims.

WASHINGTON.
Kentucky War Claims.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-The Secre'
tary oftbe Treasury will decide against
the Kentucky war indemnity, and will
promulgate his decision in day or
two. The reason given for his refusal
to recognize the claims does not relate
to any efforts or irregularities in the
manner Of its passing through the
hands Of accounting officers, but simply
a question of-First, as to whether the
troops enrolled and equipped on which
the claim is based were enrolled into
the service Of the United States in &C.
cordance with the law of 1861 calling
for volunteers to aid in suppressing the
rebellion. To this question the State
has not only the affirmative answer OF
the present Secretary Of War, but also
Of the general of the army, who has
affirmed that but for the services OF
troops 80 enrolled and mustered he
could never have made that triumphal
march to the sea, which split the rebel
lion in two and ended the war. 1t was
the protection which the Kentucky
troops gave the rear Of his army that
he made principally the uninterrupted
course oil that march. Another coin
cidence of the regularity Of their mus
ter was the fact that the troops were
commanded by United States officers.
But the Secretary sees something
wrong in the claim, though admitting
that the claim has a strong equity case
to present to Congress. So it will be
closed and the State referred to the
National Legislature for relief The
amount of the claim is $525, 900.
FOur.foId Tragedy.
A four-fold tragedy occurred in Effing-
ham county, Georgia, not far from Sa-
vannah, early on last Monday morning
Mrs. Ash, a highly respectable lady,
administered strychnine to herself and
her three children during fit of men
tai alteration. The time was too short
from the discovery of the deed to pro-
cure any aid although physicians were
Immediately sent for. One, however,
arrived in time to save the father, who,
in his efforts to discover what the drug
was, swallowed enough to render his
condition dangerous.
h4
A short time since it was stated that
Governor Bullock contemplated joining
the Democracy in order to avoid i'm
parchment at the next session Of the
Georgia Legislature. The Georgia pa
pers received this morning contain a
full exposition of the plan by which
Bullock will be rejected.
National Bank Reports.
There are at present about 800 Ma
tional Banks, all OF which are directed
by law to send in reports OF their divi-
dends and earnings semi-annually, and,
Notwithstanding blanks are furnished
on which to make out their statements
fifteen per cent. of them are gotten up
enormously. In many instances bank
clerks in leading cities have transmitted
to the Department statements showing
that the net earnings at the disposal oil
their bank amounted to thousand dol
lars, while their dividends exceed twen-
ty.fve thousand dollars. This is only
one example in the many instances OF
similar errors.
Commissioners Appointed,
S. w. Smith and Thomas Hardeman,
Jr., of Georgia, have been appointed
Commissioners for the celebration OF
the hundredth anniversary of American
independence.
Custom Receipts.
The following are the custom receipts
for the week ending July Is: New
York, S252,76O Philadelphia, Sl62,-
III; Boston, s374,2S5, and Baltimore,
$249,549.
Treasury Balances.
The following are the Treasury bal
ances at the close of business to-day
Currency, s., GIL, ,OOG coin, S4,264, 900;
coin certificates, 500, 1861 900.
The Kentucky Claims.
Secretary Boutwelrs attention was
to-day called to the fact that he had
nothing whatever to do with deciding
the question as TO whether the troops
for which the State of Kentucky is
now demanding pay from the United
States. In accordance with an act OF
Congress, passed a few days after the
Battle of Bull Run, the Secretary of
War, whose business it is to decide the
the question has already decided that
the troops served in accordance with
the act mentioned, and that the State
of Kentucky is fully entitled to be paid
for such services General Sherman,al-
so makes an emphatic endorsement to
the same effect
Cost OF the Loan
Asan offset to Mr.. Boutwell, official
statement about the cost Of negotiating
and advertising the new loan, certain
officials in the Treasury Department,
assert that vouchers for Sl26, 1856 have
already been passed upon, which is
about one-fifth Of the amount yet to be
called in, and that Assistant Secretary
Richardson took from the Sub-Treasury
in New York $4,000 in specie.