The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-07-30
WASHINGTON.
The Indian Frauds.

WASHINGTON, July 29.-Mr. John
II. B, Latrobe Of Baltimore, who is
charged with being concerned in the
frauds perpetrated upon the Chicka-
saws, Choctaws and other Indians re-
siding in the Indian Territory, being
absent from the city, Mr.. Ferdinand
Latrobe has made long statement in
regard 10 the affair.
.vaIue OF the Rebel Archives.
Since the purchase by the Secretary
of the Treasury Of the rebel archives
from John T.. Pickett, considerable
amount Of money has been saved to
the Government in the case Of claims
coming up from the South. In q single
case one hundred and twenty-five thou
sand dollars was saved to the Govern
ernment. By the evidence gathered
from Pickett's collection a claim had
been backed by twenty witnesses before
the Commission and bad all the appear.
ance of being just, when letter found
with these archives proves beyond cavil
that the witnesses have peuured them
selves and that Beal, the claimant, had
been in the rebel service at the very
time he claimed to have been making
sacrifice for the Union cause.
Naval Matters.
Lieutenant William McLittle has
been ordered to torpedo study at New
port, r. I. Lieutenants J. E. NOEL and
C. A. Schetky and Master J. F. Moser
have been detached from the Nicaragua
surveying expedition and placed on
waiting orders. Surgeon c. j. Cleborne
has been ordered to the Plymouth, OF
the European fleet. First Engineer A.
A. Able has been ordered to the Phila-
delphia Navy Yard. Our naval fleet
in the Pacific, which has heretofore
been under the command OF one rear
admiral, will very shortly be divided
into two squadrons, a northern and q
southern. A rear admiral will be as :
signed to the command Of each. Rear
Admiral Steedman. now in command Of
the Portsmouth IN. H. Navy Yard,
will be assigned to the command of one.
The other commander has not yet been
selected
Expected Return OF Gen. Sherman.
General Sherman is expected to re-
turn here from Europe about the 9Th of
September.
Serving Their Master.
Postmaster General Cresswell and
Senator Chandler left here tonight and
will 60 directly through to Detroit,
Michigan, where both will speak on
Wednesday next. They expect to deliver
speeches in Jackson, Michigan, on
Thursday, and Mr.. Cresswell expects to
return here on Saturday,
The Chief CIerkship OF the War
Department.
Secretary Belknap has not yet made
the appointment of Chief Clerk Of the
War Department, in the place of John
Potts, deceased. The appointment will
probably be made in few days.
Annual Celebration.
The seventh annual schutzenfest of
the Washington Schutzenfest Union
commenced to-day at the park on Sew
enth street, and bids fair to surpass any
of the previous fests, both in the attend
ance and in the zest with which it is
celebrated by the Ferein and their
friends.
Claims Against the Spanish Govern.
ment.
In order to remove the cause Of com.
plant on the part Of the American
claimants under the Spanish Claims
Commission, the proposition has been
made, and is now under consideration
by the Spanish Government, to allow
the testimony Of the claimants to be
taken conformity by the Spanish and
American officials. tits proposed that
the Consul General at Havana act on
the part of the United States, but the
proposition has not as yet been finally
considered by the Spanish Government.
The claimants have found it impossible
under the present regulation to make
any headway, with the exception Of six
or seven cases where the testimony was
taken in this country. The State De-
partment has official word from the
Consul confrmatory Of the favorable
reports received through other chan
nels.