The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-03-11
WASHINGTON.
General News Summary.

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WASHINGTON, March 9.-Lieutenant
Commander F. R. Smith has been de.
tached from the Iroquois and placed on
waiting orders; Lieutenant J. Il. Row
land, from the Navy Yard at Ports
mouth, has been ordered to the lro-
ouois Second Assistant Engineer Geo.
c. Dinner, from the Assipee. has been
placed on sick leave.
The following temporary Assistant
Assessors were appointed today,
David Maxwell, Jacob N. Davis, AL
bert A. Wiggins, Benjamin j. Thomas
Richard Wood, for First Pennsylvania
District, and Josh F. Pells for the
Fourth Texas.
The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate yesterday
David J. Gibbon, to be Second Lieut..
enaut Ninth Cavalry; Harry Reed and
Harris A: Wheelan, to be Second Lieut.
enants Twentieth Cavalry; Lieutenant
Claff Perry, to be Postmaster at Peola,
Kansas; and William IDgersoll, to be
Postmaster at Puebla, Colorado.
1t is scarcely deemed necessary to
contradict the reported resignation oi
Secretary Robson, or the story that
the Chief Clerk OF the Navy Depart
ment stated that a letter had been sent
to John w. Fornev, asking him to
accept the place. The whole story is
untrue and absurd, and not for a
moment credited by well informed per
sons here
The citizens OF Washington are
petitionipg Congress to prohibit the
sale of intoxicating drinks in the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
The unexecuted portion of the sen,
tence of private George Neven. oi
the Fourteenth Infantry, has been
recalled. He was sentenced by the
court martial to be indelibly marked
on the left hip with the letter ID" two
and half inches long, and to have his
head shaved and to be drummed out o.
the service.
The President OF the Senate, Mr..
Wilson, introduced in the Senate yes
terday, asking the President to suspend
the Board of Public Works in this city,
pending the investigation Of their acts
in regard to the improvement projected
Throughout the city, causes considerable
excitement among the individual mem
bers Of the Board, as well as among the
friends Of the improvement scheme.
There is 40 much uncertainty exist
ing as to what Congress proposes to do
in changing the form Of the present
territorial government, that everything
is unsettled, aud work is suspended, and
the spiri. OF the improvement is crippled
and discouraged The laboring classes
are among the greatest sufferers and
are being aroused to petition Congress
to decide on some final action at once.
The sentence OF the court martial in
the case of Captain Stevens, OF the
United States Navy, charged with care
lessness in allowing the United States
steamer Guerriere to 20 ashore on a
reef in the Mediterranean Sea, nearly a
year ago, has not yet been promulgated
by the Navy Department.
The Senate subcommittee on Com
merce, consisting Of Kelly, Corbett and
Vickers, have finally agreed upon bill
embracing the following provisions:
First, a drawback is allowed in all
articles entering into the construction Of
steamships, whether by sections or
otherwise. Second, Ship supplies and
fuel are to be withdrawn from bond,
free OF import and internal duty and
tax. Third, American vessels regis
tered in foreign countries may be regis
tered as American vessels within two
years. Fourth, Steamships OF foreign
build of not less than 1000 tons may be
purchased by Americans, and are en-
titled to American registery. Fifth,
In the case of war, ships constructed
under this act may be used in our
marine service upon purchase from the
owners under appraisement. This bill
will probably be reported next week.
There is a movement on foot among
those favorable to the nomination OF
Senator Trumbull for President, on an
independent Republican ticket, looking
to the selection of some Southern man
for the second place on the ticket. In
this connection the names OF Senator
Hill, OF Georgia, and Governor Walker,
OF Virginia, are favorably mentioned.