The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-12-11
WASHINGTON.
District Of Columbia to be REIN
burseds.Death Of House EMPLOYEES

heard the members Of the District Boar,
, OF Public Works, and will report in favo
Of relmbursing them the amount of 81,
250,000j to be expended In the improve
ment In the vicinity Of the Public Build.
tngs. Since the adj ournment five EN-
ployees Of the House died; one last night
Robt A. Mcpherson of Pennsylvania,
APPROPRIATIONS.
The number Of appropriation bills |
fourteen, three are already before tn
House and three more will be reported
before the holiday recess.
THE SYNDICATE.
The Committee of Ways and Mean
had the subject Of the Syndicate before
them to-day, but will not be likely L
come to an early conclusion. The point
discussed was Secretary Boutwell's re-
quest to be authorized to allow an increase
TO the commission for negotiating the
new loan.
The House Committee on Foreign AZ
fairs have discussed the portion Of the
Presidents message referred to 1t with q
view Of preparing bills for action.
Mr., Coburn's bill went over until to-
morrow. The House took up the Indian
Appropriation bill.
Chas. johnson, colored, the wife slayer,
was hung this morning
John T. Craxton Of KY, Is appointed
Minister Resident to Bolivia.
The Supreme Court delivered the fol.
lowing decisions: In the case OF Perham
rS. Way, from the Circuit Court Of Indi.
ana, judgment was affirmed. The case
grew out OF suit by Perham to make
the sureties on marshal's bond liable
for q false return, in which it was decided
that the marshal was liable. In the case
Of Croy, from the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, the Court aftlrms the judg.
ment below, that the sum realized by the
advance in value Of Government bonds
held by the party defendant was not sub.
ject TO tax as gains. In the case Of the
United States US. Surger and others, from
the Illinois Circuit Court, it was decided
that distillers may be taxed for "a quantity
of spirits equal to eighty per cent Of the
producing capacity Of their distilleries,
whether the amount actually manufac.
tured equals that quantity or not.
The President sent the following nom
nations to the Senate: VIM. Carey, U.
s. Attorney for Utah, Ulee George Z. Bates;
A. j. Simmons, Montana, agent for Indi.
ansat Milk River Agency; ]. W. Daniels,
Minnesota, Indian Agent Tor Red Cloud
Agency.
The bill was reported in the Senate TO.
day by Mr.. Sherman, from the Finance
Committee, authorizing the exchange of
registered bonds tor coupon bonds, Is as
follows: F..
Be il enacted, DC, That the Secretary
Of the Treasury be, and he is hereby au.
thOrized to issue coupon bonds in ex.
chage for registered bonds, provided that
the expense be paid by the owners there.
Of, under such regulations as the Secreta.
ry ol the Treasury shall prescribe; and
providing that the existing public debt
shall not be thereby increased, nor the
rate Of interest advanced on the bonds so
exchanged.
A bill has been passed in the House re.
moving the political disabilities Of @. O.
Lamar Of Mississippi.
The President and Mrs, Grant and Mel.
lie Grant lett for Philadelphia on the
noon train, to attend the wedding of Miss
Borie, niece Of Ex-Secretary Borie. The
President will return tomorrow night.
A short cabinet meeting was held to.
day before noon, but nothing OF unusual
importance was considered.
In the case OF Kellogg against War.
moth, which was before the Supreme
Court Of the United States Monday, the
Court today granted leave to file the Pc
tition, and ordered that the argument on
the motion for rule 10 show cause
against Judge Durrell be heard Thursday.
The Secretary Of the Treasury sent q
communication to the House of Represen-
tatives to-day recommending an amend
ment to the act to regulate and secure the
safe keeping ot the public money entrust.
ed to disbursing officers of the United
States, passed in 1866. The Secretary
encloses the draft Of bill so as to include
every clerk or agent, with every disburs.
ing officer, in the provision, making 1t
penal offence to convert TO his own use or
to lend with or without interest the pub
lie moneys; and also making any banker
or broker or other person who shall know.
ing receive loans Oi public moneys from
disbursing officers liable 10 be tried for
embezzlement. In the case Of the United
States against Hartwell the penal or lat
ter clause of this section Of the act of 1866
has been held by the Supreme Court Of
the United States To be limited in its terms
to the officers named in the act, and can
not be construed to apply to any Others,
Hence the recommendation Of the Secre-
tary toinclude every clerk, agent or other
persons.
PosTSrAsTERs CONFIRMED.
The Senate in executive session con.
firmed the nomination of the following
postmasters: G. W. Hazard, Mononga-
hela City, Pa; James II. Brown, New.
burgh, Ohio; D. Shunway, Cuyahoga
Falls, Ohio; @. B. streeter, Youngstown,
Ohio; Henry Shreve, Alliance, Ohio; Jos.
A. Howells, Jefferson, Ohio; A. Turner,
Geneva, Ohio; 2. B. Cunningham, Millers.
vile, o.; ]. Robbin, Miles, o.; W.BK Keys,
Conneaut; W. 81. Pope, Harris, Kentucky:
o. B. Ingalls,, Belvidere, Illinois; ]. ].
squires, Taylorsville, Ohio; AN. Sill, ST.
CHARLES, Ills; J. B. Sykiug, East St. Louis,
Illinois; O. A. Crane, Washington Illinois;
A. Dickerson, Gilman, Illinois; F. D.
Dalton, Streaton, Illinois; J. W. Scripps,
Rushville, Illinois; D. Il. stogle, Mar
settles, Illinois; B. F. Sheets, Oregon, LII.
uols; Miss Louisa Hoyt, Mason City, Illl-
noiS; 9. A. Gapen, Lacon, Illinois; A. N.
linErN pntarah1Er Illinnis. . w Dath