The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-01-04
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WASHINGTON.
Treasury Disbursements.

WASHINGTON, january he ioi
lowing are the disbursements by war
rants from the Treasury during the
month of December: Civil and miscel'
lsneous, S4,4lS,997; War Department,
S3,572.6l6; Navy Department, 81 1885,
52S; Interior, Pensions and Indians,
S3,664 Ola; total, Sl3,044, ,l57. The
above does not include the amounts
paid on account Of the principal and
interest of the public debt.
Navy Gazette.
Lieut. F. q. Grove, Assistant Sur
geon; T. P. Myers. Chief Engineer; w.
&. Buckler, First Assistant Engineer; !;
A. A. Able and Jno A. Scott, Second
Assistant Engineers; j. II. Perry and
Ralph Astor have been detached from
the Terror and ordered home. Assistant
Surgeon J. E. Gillespie has been de-
tached from the naval rendezvous at
Boston and ordered to the Terror.
Master F. w. Nichols has been ordered
to the Terror.
Grant Satisfied with Akerman.
Attorney General Williams has writ
ten letter to Senator Pool affirming
that the President was satisfied with
the zeal OF Akerman in prosecuting the
Ku-Klux. Mr.. Williams says he does
not abandon the hope that the good
citizens in the South, for the sake OF
safety and happiness and other con-
siderations, will assist the public
authorities in breaking up all combina-
tons of men formed to disregard the
law and destroy the peace Of society,
but if crime makes 1t necessary the
President is determined to use all the
power which the Constitution and laws
have placed in his hands TO maintain
the supremacy OF the law.
Spanish War Vessels CODcentr rating
In Cuban Waters.
private telegram from Havana
says large number OF Spanish war
vessels have been concentrated in Cuban
waters, and that more are expected to
arrive. The United States steamers
Terror, Music, and Kansas are at
Havana. There is strong impression
among our naval officers that they are
soon TO have brush with the Span
iards.
The Geneva Arbitration.
The mails of last evening brought to
the State Department copy OF the
English statement OF the arbitration
case as filed at Geneva last month.
Ii is somewhat longer than the Ameri-
can case, and makes five volumes OF
parliamentary size, false pages. From
a hasty examination, our authorities
are fully satisfied that our famous lost
book did not find its way into the hands
of those who prepared the English case,
az the arrangement is in no respect |
similar 10 our own, as many had been |
led to believe by the abstract sent to |
this country by the cable. The length |
of the English case prevents those who
have carefully examined it from ex,
pressing an opinion as to its merits and
force until after it shall have been care
fully studied and dgested.
Congressman seeking positions in the
various departments for their friends
are very much disheartened at the fact
that the civil service rules, which went
into effect on the first Of the present
month, have entirely removed all such
appointments from Congressional pat
ronage.
General Sickles arrived here tonight.
Cuban Affairs.
There is considerable excitement here
tonight over various rumors regarding
certain steps said to be contemplated by
the administration regarding the Cuban
affairs. The best information points to
.he fact that the administration has de-
cided upon according belligerent rights
TO the Cuban patriots, and as a conse-
quence of this determination Mr.. Fish
has declared his intention to retire from
the Cabinet, preterring this course to
sacrifice of his peace policy.