The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-01-13
WASHINGTON.
Payment or Interest Abroad.

Ing on the question vi thc f"'
interest abroad. There was no ex-
preston OF opinion on the part OF the
committee as to what its final action IN
the matter will be.
Tobacco Statistics.
The total collections in the Stale OF
Virginia for tobacco from March l.
1869, to December /, 1870, amounted to
$ll l,472,557.l6, being an excess OF
8, ,99s, 1894 more than was collected
under the previous administration for
forty.four months prior 10 March
1869, under tax on plug tobacco one
fifth greater than the present rate In
addition to the taxes paid at the factory
door, though paid by the manufacturer
with the proper stamps. The ship
ments in bond since March !, 1867,
for export or for withdrawal for con,
sumption at the ports OF entry amounted
to 1851, ,S65 pounds. 1t is estimated
that 1000 pounds Of the shipments were
withdrawn for consumption, which
would show the total revenue derived
by the Government from tobacco man
ufactured in Virginia since March J.,
1869 to be goo, l56, ,6e439 The collec-
tions from tobacco in the Third and
Filth districts alone for the twelve
months prior to December ], lSh'
amounted to 81, l44, ,543.2S.
Naval Orders.
Commander Charles S. Norton has
been ordered as Inspector of the Sixth
Lighthouse District Captain R. 5:
Renshaw has been ordered to command
the Worcester. Captain c. b. b.
Caldwell has been placed on waiting
orders. Assistant Surgeon Magruder
has been placed on waiting orders.
More Conscience Money.
Commissioner Douglass received this
morning check for $500, from Roches-
ter, n. Y, to be placed to the credit Of
the conscience fund.
No Session OF the Senate. -
The Senate having adjourned over
from Yesterday till Monday next, the re
was no session OF that body to-day.
. Receipts ofCustoms.
The receipts OF customs for the week
ending December 81, were as follows:
New York, 81 ,69O0l2Sl Philadelphia,
$S3,0lO,65; Boston, S34S, 1913 50; Bal
timore, $9l 1882.
No Martial Law I'm New Orleans.
The following dispatch was received
by the President today
New ORLEANS, January - |!
To The President /
must again renew and urge my re
quest for the declaration Of martisl
law 10 the parish OF New Orleans.
The public mind is in state OF great
excitement at the suspense, and an
alarm at any hour may bring oa1A
collision, which would only end ina
scene of bloodshed. The desire for mtr-
tial law is very universal with the
good citizens Of all classes.
BENJAMIN +. LASDERS, -
Mayor of New Orleanss
THE PRESIDENTS REPLY. 80
Martial law will not be proclaimed
in New Orleans under the existing
circumstances, and no assistance will be.
given by Federal authority to persons
or parties unlawiully resisting the con-
sttuted authorities OF the State. i
Female Suf'ragIsts before the Judi.
cIary Committee.
The majority OF the Senate com-
mittee on the judiciary viz: Messrs.
Trumbull, Carpenter, Frelinghnysen,
Poole and Coukling, this morning heard
the woman suffragists. Messrs Thurman
and Edwards were absent The room
was densely crowded, principally with
women. Mrs. Isabella Hooker made
the opening speech and was followed by
Mrs. Stanton, who contended that the
right OF female suffrage is already con-
fered by the constitution, but declara-
tory law to that effect Is required. Miss
Anthony said the withholding of suf-
frage from women was an outrage
against humanity, and if the same
wrongs were perpetrated on men
it would occasion rebellion. She
wanted the committee to report one
way or another so that they mi ght be
distinguished as friends or enemies
Mrs. Lockwood exhibited a memo
rial signed, it was said, by twenty
thousand females of New York, ssking
for decloratory law. The signers
were OF the highest culture. Senator
Trumbull said tn, committee would
give the subject due considerations.
Gortschakoh-s Note to Curtfn.
The Government has not received
any advices from Minister Curtin
relative to the very extraordinary note
said to have been addressed to him by
the Imperial Chancellor OF Russia,
Prince Gortschakoff, regarding tine
action OF this Gov ernment in the case
of Minister Catacazy. Nevertheless
the report that such a note has been
received by Minister Curtin creates
uneasiness and no little speculation in
official circles here. -
The council of the friends OF the
Indians holding official relations to the
Government, which has been insession
in this city for the past two days, have
been attended by nearly all the
prominent men whose names have been
identified with the amelioration OF the
condition of the Indians for the last
twenty years.
The Weather To-Day.