The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-05
D1L1s SIGNED nY r1IE rREsInENr.

The President returned to Washington
In the early train this morning, and to-day
signed the following Acts Of Congress
An act to provide for reporting and
printing Congressional debates; an act to
enable honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors, their widows and orphan children,
TO acquire homesteads on tho public
lands. 4tH
The following Internal Revenue ap.
pointments have been made: William
z. Hanlord, Assessor for Nevada; Andrew
B. Kirkbride, Storekeeper of the 9th Hi.
nois District.
The Senate to-day, on motion of MIR.
Fenton, who madean adverse report from
the Finance Committee, indefinitely
postponed the House bill providing for
the tree admission OF animals specially
imported for breeding purposes only from
the Dominion Of Canada. The adverse
report of the Committee, however, was
made in consequence Of the receipt of a
letter from the Secretary OF the Treasury
stating that tho existing law authorizing
the admission Of animals specially i'm.
ported for breeding purposes free Of duty
from beyond the seas will be considered
by the Department as authorizing the
admission OF animals for breeding pur.
poses from any foreign country, and there.
fore the passage Of the House bill above
mentioned Is not necessary.
Gen. Farnsworth made q report from the
Postal Committee in the matter Of the in.
vestigaton Of the system of letting con.
tracts in the Post Office Department, com.
pletely exhonerating Gen. Cresswell from
all the charges against him. The report
Is signed by Messrs. Farnsworth, Porter,
Tyner, Twichell, Twill and Houghton.
The minority of the committee will pre-.
sentstheir views in few days. :.
The British and American mixed Com.
mission has adjourned until April Goth.
uoNoRs TO THR MEMORY OF MORSE.
Ameeting Of the citizens of Washing.
ton was held here this evening to take &C.
ton in relation to the death of the late
Prof. s, F. B. Morse. Prot. Hedrick was
elected Chairman, and 81. Amidon, Sec.
retary. An arrangement was made to oh.
tain the use Of the House of Representa-
tives for imposing memorial services in
his honor to take place probably on Mon.
day evening, April 10Th, at which distin.
guished gentlemen will deliver addresses.
The Secretary OF the Navy has offered the
Marine Band for tho occasion, and the
Washington Choral Society have volun.
teered their services.
Mr.. A. s. Solomons offered the follow.
ing resolution which was unanimously
adopted:
ReSo!red, That the people of the United
States be requested to meet in their re.
spective cities, towns and villages, on the
evening of-day Of April, at 8 o'clock,
to give expression to the loss sustained by
the world in the death Of Professor Sam.
uel F. B. Morse; and to hold simultaneous
communication by telegraph with the
assembly OF people and citizens OF Wash.
ington convened for like purpose in the
capital OF the nation. as-.--.
To this the Western Union Telegraph
Company sent prompt response:
"a. s. Solomans, Esq.
"DEAR Sm-I am authorized by Mr..
Orton, our President, TO say to you that
the company will cheerfully grant the
use of their wires for direct communica-
tion between simultaneous Morse memo.
rial meetings which it is proposed to hold.
Please adviseme Of The date fixed upon
for the meeting. Truly yours,
"LEoNARD WHITNEY, Manager,
A committee of five, on Resolutions
with Senator Patterson as chairman, and
a Committee oi Arrangements, OF fifteen,
with Mr.. A. S.Solomans as chairman,
were appointed, with full power to act,
and the meeting adjourned.
Mayor Castor and a delegation Of the
Boston city government, together with P
8. GilmoreIa a committee representing the
great International Peace Jubilee 10 be
held in Boston next June, waited upon
the President to-day and invited him tc
attend. The President entered into q
pleasant conversation with the party
stating that he had never heard SO much
music as when he visited Boston to at
tend the last Jubilee, and he would take
the nlaaHIIrn nj attnndino tho nnyE