The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-12-18
WASHINGTON.
mission OF Territories,

Admission OF Territories.
WASHINGTON, December l6.-It 10
believed that Colorado, New Mexico
and Utah will be admitted into the
Union, Notwithstanding the new appor.
tionment bill requires each territory
to have population Of 10000.
The Retrenchment committee select.
ed by the Senate Republican caucus
yesterday is not such committee as the
advocates OF Trumbull's proposition say
they had right to expect, and there
tore they are not satisfied. 1t is charged
that the committee is composed Of SEN
ators who, it is feared, will not give such
searching investigation as Trumbull
proposes shall be made. This opinion,
however, is not shared by those who
are classed as strictly Administration
Senators, who scout the idea that the
committee will not be faithful to the
trust assigned them.
A delegation OF Cincinnatians are
here to urge the selection OF Cincinnati
as the place tor the next Republican
Convention to be held.
The British American Mixed Claims
Commission have under consideration
the question as to whether the British
subjects domiciled in the United States
are protected by the provisions OF the
Treaty of Washington. The British
Crown lawyers have decided that they
are not. II the Commission shall de-
eide this question in accordance with
the opinions Of the Crown lawyers,
three important points will thus have
been decided in favor of this country,
viz: First. The non.responsibility Of the
United States for the acts Of the rebels.
Second. Non-reliability for the Confed-
crate cotton loan. Third. The non-ex-
empton Of British subjects here by the
provisions OF the treaty.
Not Guilty.
The jury in the case of Collector
Robb, on trial at Savannah for fraud
and embezzlement, to-day rendered
verdict of not guilty. Mr.. Robb will at
once be removed from his position, and
new collector appointed.
The committee who are now
Investigating the Treasurer's De-
partment
of the U. S. Treasury are of the opinion
that their labors will not be ended inside
Of three months.
Cotton Statistics.
The synopsis of the Agricultural
report is sent this evening. 1t says the
cotton returns received in December
are similar in tenor to those OF Novem.
Der, fully sustaining a moderate prom
ise of improvement upon the somewhat
gloomy views presented in the October
statement. The change is not 30
marked as to materially modify the
prospect foreshadowed in the monthly
reports of July and September of fair
rendering. Recent local estimates,
which have been unusually numerous
and complete, give the total aggregate
Weld for 1871 at 8. 400, 900 bales.
Cessna.Myers Election Case.
The Cessna-Myers contested election
case, from the Sixteenth Pennsylvania
District, has been disposed OF, 80 far as
c consideration by the committee is con-
cerned. The report Of the committee
will soon be made to Congress.
S. B. Moorhouse has been appointed
a special agent of the Postoffice Depart
ment at New Orleans.
Naval Changes.
Commander A. F. Crossman is or.
dered mporarily to the command Of
the Marion. First Assistant Engineer
George w. Stevens has been ordered to
the navy ward at New York. Surgeon
Thomas w. Perros, from the Swatora,
h as been granted three months leave Of
absence. Surgeon H. NJ. Wells. from
the Wyoming, has been ordered to the
Canandaigua. Surgeon Thomas Hiland,
from the Iroquois, has been ordered to
the Wyoming. Passed Assistant Sur
geon F. NJ. Dearborne, from the Wasp.
has been ordered to return. Passed
Assistant Surgeon w. c. Drernan, from
the Naval Academy, is ordered to the
Wasp. Assistant Surgeon Henry Stew.
art, from the Severn, has been ordered
to the Canandaigua.
The action in regard to the removal
Of Smith Bauabas,an Internal Revenue
officer in the Second District OF Mis-
souri,, is suspended for the present,
Our Relations with Spain.
Several prominent government officers
express the opiuion this morning that
there is not the slightest chance tor war
between the United States and Spain.
This is the opinion Of General Banks,
Chairman of the House committee on
Foreign Relations. STILL, the Admins
tration is determined upon holding
Spain strictly to the letter OF her prom
ises in Cuban matters, and enforcing. at
all hazards, ample protection for the
American residents in Cuba, both in life
and property. The weak condition OF
our navy, as compared with that OF
Spain, will not weigh one whit against
extreme measures on the part OF this
government, provided they become
necessary in order to protect our best
rights.
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