The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-13
WASHINGTON.
The Capitol Architect 70 he Remov.

The Capitol lArchitect TO be Removed
WASHINGTON, November ll.-Rumol
saysthat Senators Cameron and Scot
are trying to have Mr.. Clark, the archi
tect of the capital, removed, and mar
named Frazier, from Philadelphia, ap
pointed in his place. 1t is well known
that Senators Edmunds and Morrill,
have projected a movement to have
Clarke placed in charge of the New
York Custom House and the new
State Department works. Clarke leaves
here tonight for New York, to meet
Senators Edmunds and Morrill,, to con-
suit with them on this subject.
Supreme Court Decisions.
In the District Supreme Court, to-
day, decision was rendered in the case
Of several women claiming the right to
vote under the first section OF the Four
teenth Amendment, and the decision
embraces the following points: That
women are citizens, and under the Con-
stitution have a right to vote; but
further Legislation is unnecessary. They
cannot vote in this district, because the
act creating the new government re.
stricts suffrage to males only.
The court also rendered decision in
the District four million loan case, dis
solving Judge Wylie's injunction and
declaring the bill law.
South Carolina.
The President has issued proclama
ton suspending the writ Of habeas cor
pus in South Carolina.
The President has appointed 7. P.
Brewer, of Connecticut, as United
States Consul at Pineas, Greece.
The appointment Of a United States
Marshal for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania Vi be made next week.
Mr.. Kerr is '.ought to be the favored
one.
designations Accepted.
The resignation of S. J. Stine. COL
lector of the Tenth Pennsylvania Dis
trict, and General Sigel Collector OF the
Ninth District of New York; also, S.
H. Wiley, Collector Sixth District .of
North Carolina, has been received and
accepted.
The New Loan.
Fourteen millions of the new loan
which belongs to the Syndicate, instead
Of being sent to Europe, is held in the
Treasury ere,the Syndicate preferring
to sell it in this country. tits believed
it will all be sold before the end of this
month.
Cyrus. w. Field
was here to-day completing some ar
rangements connected with the great
Telegraph Convention to be held at
Rome next month. He is sanguine Of
the success Of his scheme to girdle the
earth. The enly link in the communi-
cation now lacking is that between San
Francisco and China via Sandwich
Island.
In letter to friend in this city,
Speaker Blaine
saws he will moi reach here until after
the 30th inst, and will not be able to
announce the Standing Committees OF
the House before the second week in
December. He also says there is no
authority whatever for the statement
in reference to the proposed changes IN
the craftsmanship Of several of the COM
mittees.
Treasury Balances.
The following are the Treasury bal
ances at the close of business to-day:
Currency, s6,O22, 1851; coin, s95, ,265,-
2l6.60, of which $lS,7l5, 10000 are in
coin certificates.
WASHINGTON, November l2-Messrs.
Henry Clews & Co. have filed in the
Government offices at Atlanta, Ga,
claims against the State Of Georgia for
money advanced by them to pay the
notes and drafts of Foster Blodget, the
Superintendent of the Atlanta railroad
company, many Of them having the
approval OF Governor Bullock, amount
ing to S37,7S2245. it is estimated
that Clews Il Co. have claims amount
ing in the aggregate to $l,2OO,OOO. It
is not probable that these claims will
be paid until they have been thoroughly
investigated by the Legislature now In
session. The Atlanta Sun claims that
the money has already been drawn from
the State Treasury to pay these claims,
brt that twas used for other purposes