The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-09
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, February s. James
Brooks presented a memorial Of the com.
mittec appointed at the Cooper Institute
meeting, asking surplus Of the Chinese
indemnity fund, to educate Chinese Amer
ican interpreters to facilitate diplomatic
commercial intercourse with China. The
fund now amounts to over $420, 900, which
the memorialists pesire to expend for the
education Of Chinese. 81
Gen. Fisk, on behalf of the St. Louis
Bord Of Trade, argued before the House
Committee on Territories to-day, in favor
ofterritorializing Indian Territory.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re.
lations, to-day, had under consideration
the nomination Of Charles Hale as As.
sistant Secretary of State, but came to no
conclusion.
The Committee on Appropriations has
the army bill ready to report If the House
were ready to receive them. They can
report the remaining general appropria.
tion bills next week. These are ior sun
dry civil expenses, deficiencies, West
Point and for Notifications.
Information derived from official sources
warrants the denial Of the genuiness of
the recently published alleged correspon.
dence between Gen. Schenck and Secre.
tary Fish, relative 10 the treaty ol Wash.
ington, and dated the 9th inst II bears
no resemblance whatever TO the original
telegrams. The statement that an official
dispatch wus received from Gen. Schenck,
Monday, the 9Th inst, announcing the
substance of Lord GranVille's note, is pro:
nounced untrue. On this statement the
charge Is made that the members of the
administration have been guilty OF decep.
ton and misleading the public, but that
no cable dispatch OF any kind was re.
ceived from Gen. Schenck on Monday.
Abill was presented by Secretary Bout.
well before the House Committee ON Com.
merce today, for the means Of aiding the
maritime interests Of the United States
1t authorizes the Secretary Of the Treas.
ury TO offer bounty OF not more than $40
per ton, to be paid each year for u period
Of five years for the construction in the
United States OF iron steamships Of not
less than l, 900 tons each, the bountics TO
bc paid moi exceeding 500, 600 tons in the
aggregate, nor for more than 100 900 tons
in any one year. The said vessels arc 10
be employed exclusively in the foreign
trade. The Secretary shall give public
notice that proposals will be received for
the construction Of $4,000 tons upon tie
Atlantic coast, 25 900 tons upon the Great
Lakes and Mississippi river, and $4,000
tons on the Pacific coast. The vessels
shall DO first. class and constructed alter
such plans, models, and specifications
as shall have been first approved by the
Bureau Of Construction and Repairs of
the Navy Department, and the govern.
ment may, atany time, purchase or char.
ter said vessels, or require them to carry
mails between the United States and any
foreign country, and payment shall be
made therefore OF any such sums as shall
be ascertained and determined by five dis.
interested persons, three OF whom shall be
appointed by the President of the United
States, and two by the owner or owners Of
any vessel that may he so taken or en-
ployed, and the Secretary Of the Navy NAV
detail officers in the navy, not above the
rank Of Lieutenant, TO serve as second
officer Of inferior position on board any
vessel that may be built under the
authority Of the first section Of this act
and upon request oil the owner OF any
isuch vessel, he may detail an officer Of the