The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-07
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WASHIN CT 0 N.
Senator Garrett Davis Ill.
HIS CONDITION CRITICAL
virginia Tobacco Interest.
Military Activity at Key West
The Collins Defalcation
Reaches Thirty Thousand Dollars
Our Relations with England.
The Collins Defalcation
Reaches Thirty Thousand Dollars
Our Relations with England.
Advices from Minister Schenck.
Special Dispatch to the Register
WASHINGTON, February 3.
Senator Davis HI.


WASHINGTON, February 6.
Senator Davis HI.
Senator Garret Davis, OF Kentucky,
was taken suddenly i'll yesterday morn
inc after breakfast and now lies In a
verg critical condition at his residence,
on Indiana avenue. His illness it is
thought is caused by great mental
labor, together with the grief which he
recently experienced at the loss of a step
daughter, to whom he was much
attached. DR.. William P. johnson, ,
his attending physician, has some hopes
of his recovery, though his whole sys-
TEN seems to be affected.
Mr. G. w. Mar was to-day appointed
assistant assessor for the Fourth Geor-
gia district.
Virginia Tobacco Interest.
The WAYS and Means committee this
morning heard an argument of VIM.
P. Burrell, of Virginia, in behalf OF the
tobacco manufacturers Of that State
asking for uniform tax on all kinds
of tobacco, contending that the sixteen
cents per pound on fine cut gave that
article an advantage OF one hundred
per cent over the plug tobacco, and as
consequence the fine cut men were
prosperous, and the plug tobacco men
had their business depressed.
II. B. Miller, Of Illinois, presented
petition asking that all taxes and ex'
penses paid by distilleries, under the
present law, be consolidated in one and
collected in the same manner as the direct
tax of fifty cents is now collected; and
also Tor the enactment of a proper law for
the expectation OF distilled spirits.
A letter from Key West, dated
February 2i, says great and
Unusual Activity
prevails there in military affairs, and
adds that the officers Of the engineer
corps are planning extensive alterations
in the Notifications in the vicinity, and
are providing for their rapid execution.
Large advertisements have been issued
for supplies of varions kinds connected
with the forts. Vast numbers OF heavy
cannon are to be concentrated here at
as early day as possible.
The Collins DefalcatiOn.
1t has been already ascertained that
the amount OF the defalcation of Mr.,
Collins, late Pension Agent of the Dis,
trict of Columbia, will reach thirty
thousand dollars. As yet, however,
the investigation is far from conclu ded
and the probability is, as we said yes
terday, that the total amount will reach
forty thousand dollars, if not more.
Our Relations with England.
General Schenck, our Minister to
England, telegraphs the Secretary Of
State giving an account of the tone Of
the London press upon the treaty Of
Washington and indicates that the
Eoglish Cabinet is not in sympathy
with the press on the subject. Mr..
Thornton, the British Minister here,
has also received telegrams giving the
substance of what is printed in the
public journals. The members OF the
Cabinet express the belief that there is
no Authorization from the English
Government for the position assumed
by the London papers. ALPHA.