The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-18
WASHINGTON.

WAsHIHdToN, November l6.-Senators
Cameron, Osborne and Spencer, and ex'
Senator Wade were among the callers on
the President to-day, Many others paid
their respects. The ante.chAmber Of the
Executive Office presented this forenoon
o sCene OF animation that has not charac.
terized 1t for many months.
Gov. Hartranlt, Of Pennsylvania, Is still
Id Washington. &c was at the Navy De.
partment this morning, In conference with
Secretary Robson.
Second Comptroller Bradshaw has com.
|pleted his official report II Is mainly q
detail Of official work, and contains no
recommendations.
Snow commenced falling here at quar-.
ter past two this afternoon.
The New Orleans mail of Sunday, due
Wednesday morning, has just been re.
ceived. Some Of the newspapers and
packages have been damaged BY fire.
Investigation as 10 the burning OF the
steamship Missouri was continued today.
From the evidence produced It is clear
that the origin Of the fire was due TO the
spilling Of aquadiente on the deck Of the
vessel, said deck being at the time so
badly constructed, or rather had not been
caulked recently, that the squadiente ran
through the crevices on the top Of the
boiler beneath, igniting In an instant the
whole OF the vessel where any Of this in.
tlsmmable article had touched.
The only report OF any head OF a
department completed Is that Of the Sec.
retary OF War. The others are in state
of lOrwardneSs. Nearly all the reports Of
chiefs Of bureaus have been sent to the
Public Printer.
The President has recently been ar.
ranging the points Tor his message, but
has not yet commenced writingit. Some
Of the contents oil the document can be
inferred only from his recent private ut
terances, and 1t is safe TO say that It will be
more liberal in its tone, especially toward
the South, than his former messages,
the recent vote in that section being In.
dlcative OF better feeling than heretofore
toward the general government, while the
press "a more moderate In It's utterances;
not taking into account the popular ma
jority of the, entire country. The recent
pardonlng Of Appleton 0akesmith is re.
garded by Southern gentlemen as show.
ing more friendly policy and foreshadow.
ing executive action relative TO some
Ku.Klux prisoners now serving out
sentences in the Albany Penitentiary.
Many inventors Of the United States
have expressed their reluctance to con-
tribute TO the Vienna Exposition, for the
reason that owing to the stringent charac.
ter OF the patent laws Of Austria, Ameri-
can patentees would have no remedy
against the appropriation Of their i'm.
provements by persons Of other nationali-
ties without compensation. In order to
overcome this difficulty, our government
yesterday prepared the project oil a treaty
or convention between the United States
and Austria In order to secure In that
country the right Of American inventors
10 the same extent that Austrian invent
ors are protected in our country. II is
the design to lay this proposition before
the Austrian Government at the earliest
practical period, and the telegraph may
be used to facilitate the negotiation.
Should this measure be consumated, our
government will propose to the various
nations Of Europe that some international
arrangement be made TO secure the rights
2b-ieRsRtors Of tie respective countries
under similar circumstances.
The mixed commission on American
and British claims have made $4,000 ad-
ditional awards against the United States
in favor OF British subjects. s.N