The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-25
WASHINGTON.
The Settlement with the Claimants
Under the Washington Treaty.

I up c0AkGHGuk WIN Nu0 Nld1LuuuLt
Under the Washington Treaty.
New YORK, September GA Wash,
ington special says that nothing has beer
settled concerning the time and method
OF auditing the private claims growing
out OF the depredations Of the Ang glo.rebel
cruisers, but it is quite probable that Con
greSs will provide at its next session fOl
their ascertainment, without waiting fol
the payment of moneys TO this govern
ment by Great Britain.
PRESIDENTS RETURN TO WASHINGTON
President Grant will leave Long Branch
permanently for the season on Wednes
day night, remaining on Thursday in
Philadelphia, and returning to Washing.
ton Friday night.
The civil service examiners Of The
Treasury department will have exam.
nations for applicants for vacant twelve
hundred dollar clerkships on the 11th and
18th OF October. Applications for per
mission to compete may be presented up
to October 1St. From these applications
selections will probably be made by the
board Of "a practicable unmber OF the
best qualified, in accordance with the
rules.
Secretary Robson Is expected to.mor.
row from New York.
THE CASE OF THE PIONEER.
A Washington dispatch says that the
agent Of the Cuban Republic, and others
have waited upon the Attorney General
with the view OF having the case OF the
Cuban fillibuster Pioneer reopened. A
condemnation Of the vessel was had on
snap judgement at Providence. Now the
parties desire 70 have the case treated on
its merits. Tie Attorney General ex.
presses himself as favorable to the Cuban
cause, but said that in the present attitude
of the government, nothing could be done
In the matter. .4
TheFourth Auditor Of the Treasury, is
now buslly engaged in making prepara-
tions to pay the navy employees the
amount due them for the reduction OF
their wages under the eight.hour law.
Aboutforty thousand persons will come
in for an allowance under the law oi
May 9Th. 5 ...y.|.
1t appears from a correspondence just
published, that American Minister Wash
burne, on the 9th Of August, commuuica.
ted to the French Minister OF Foreign
Affairs, an expression ot the desire OF our
government that France take such action
as will put an end to the persecution oil
the Israelites in Roumania.
n. De Remusat replied August 30th
that the French consul General in several
instances acted with the American Con.
sui General in making the necessary rep
reservations to the Roumania government.
We have never neglected to make TO the
Consul at Bucharest observations urging
justice and humanity, and we have OBJ.
tanned assurance for the future, which ro.
sponded to our wishes when an occasion
presents ITSELF We shall insist that
equal protection be accorded in Roumania
to residents ot all creeds. .....
Hon. Philitus Sawyer, member ot Con-
gress from Wisconsin, and B. G. Stevens,
attorney for the Green Bay & Miss. Canal,
Company were at the War Department
to-day 10 consummate the purchase by the
government Of the locks, canals, dams
and franchises OF that company in the
work, better known as the Fox and Wis
consin rivers improvement The amount
voted by Congress last winter for It's pur-
chase was to-day paid over to that COM
pany and the property duly conveyed by
deed to the United States. The entire
works has this day been passed over to
the U. 8. Engineer Department to carry
out the enlargement and completion Of
this national highway from the West to
the East.