The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-25
WASHINGTON.
The Presidents PardOning Power.
WASHINGTON July "a.


Bowen, it may be replied that he did itby
the authority given him in the second sec
tiop Of the second article of the Constitu
ton Of the United States, which gives hin
the power OF granting reprieves and par
donS except in cases of impeachment.
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE,
Information has been received here
from Senator Schurz, in denial Of the
statement that he has severed his cOnneC
tion with the WeStlichO Post in Missouri,
Mr.. Summer still remains here in spite
of the statements which announce his be-
lug with the poet, LongtellOw
During the absence Of Minister Thorn
ton the affairs Of the British Legation will
be in charge oil Hon Francis Pakenham
first Secretary of tho Legation. Sir Ed
ward Thornton will bo absent about two
weeks
GOVERNMENT SUIT COMPROMISED.
The suit of the United States IS. the
Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad Com
pany, which has been pending since 1860,
In the Circuit Court Of the United States,
has been compromised. The railroad
company pays TO the United States, one
million dollars in the bonds Of the com.
pany, bearing four per cent, interest and
twenty and forty years. Tho
amount in controversy, was one million
seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
and was the amount claimed by the gov.
ornment for the rolling stock, material and
which the road received
during and at the close of the rebellion,
THE SOUTHERN INVESTIGATION.
Judge Poland, who has been acting
" Chairman of the Ru.Klux Committee,
eft here for his homo, Friday night, In
Vermont. Tho committee Is to disCOn.
inue iLs examination In a (Ow days and
AXE o recess till the full committee meets
lgain, In September
THE REVENUE CoMNrIssIoNERsIr.
New YoRK, July 92
A dispatch to the Times says that 1t Is
exceedingly probable that tho change so
ong looked for In the internal rvenue Of.
Ice will become an accomplished fact
within the next few days by the removal
,f General Pleasanton. There are no in.
licatlOns at present Rs to who will succeed
commissioner, and ii Is thought
ho position may bo held open for some
im0 with Deputy Commissioner Douglass
$ acting commissioner. One of the i'm.
,ortant results of tho situation of affairs
'etweGn the internal revenue officer and
he treasury, has been the resignation Of
lr Chesley, chlefof the revenue law dlvl.
lon. b. rI..'. HfUiH0t
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS AND PARDoNs.
The President has appointed DR.. W.
Bliss of Washington, to be member Of
he Board Of Health; D. d. johnson to be
ssOciate justice Of the Supreme Court Of
Iew Mexico. The President has par.
Ioned G.. Il. Ridden and Il. Brown, of
Tennessee, convicted Of illicit diStilllng.
FURTHER FROM OUR WAR TN coREA.
Official dispatches from Admiral Rog.
rs and Minister Low, confirm the tele.
.raphiC accounts heretofore published In
cgard to the first days fight. A Corea
,rivate letter dated June Sd, says when
he surveying party commenced their
'perations, they were met by the govern.
nent officers who Informed them that
here would be no objection to their work,
,ut when they went further up the river
hey wero fired upon, tho officials having
cited treacherously and as deCoys. The
Iatives arc represented as flne looking,
omewhat resembling Our Indians, The
ides aro strong and heavy, and tho cur.
ent through the bends Of the rivers are
earlul.
AGRICULTURAL RRPORT.
The report Of the Department of Agri.
ulture, Just published, shows that the
'otato crop will be a full average; bay
rop short apples about threeioUrths Of
good yield.
The employees Of the Alabama u Chat.
anooga railroad having taken possession
I the road between York Station and
twenty-five miles, the Post
Office Department now sends the mails
Or jackson, Miss, by way Of Montgom.
ry, Mobile and New Orleans There is
10 delay Of mails through Texas, Louis.
ana, Arkansas and Alabama, temporary
ontracts having been made for service
ntil January 1st. In the meanwhile now
'ropOsals will DO invited for carrying the
nails in those States, the former proposals
Iaving been defeated by straw bids on the
important river and stage lines
TIE Ku.RLUx INVESTIGATION.
]. II. Chrlsty, ol Athens, Georgia, was
xamined to-day by the Ku.Klux Com.
littee, and he testified in substance that
10 knew of no Ku.Klux organization In
is district or any portion Of the State.
n answer 10 an inquiry as 10 what faCili.
les he had of knowing anything about II,
10 stated he had been twice elected 10
congress from that district, and usually
tended the courts Of the western circuit,
8 well as a portion Of those Of tho north.
ircuit, and In response to a ipterrogatory,
70 stated he believed he was personally
cquainted with the people generally, and
o more crime was committed now than
efore the war. In lis section Of the
tate he admitted that there had been
ONE violations of the law BY disguised
ersons, for the purpose Oi Furnishing men
nd women, for living in adultery and for.
ication and for theft, &C. He stated that
was his opinion that the people took the
wv into their own hands because 80
1any criminals had been pardoned. An.
ther circumstance which gave rise 10 the
lany exaggerations in reference to the
Iu.klux, was an act that mischievous
oung men had resorted to for the purpose
( amusement, and who sometimes
trapped themselves up In sheets
nd scared the superstitious negroes,
ONE Of whom affected to believe they were
hosts of deceased Confederate soldiers.
'hese negroes had disguised themselves
nd whipped white men in Clark county,
nd there has been but little said about Il.
mother patty Of disguised negtUes who
ad attempted to murder a white man,
nmpI Hancock Ind hpan cnnvirtpi and