The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-11
WASHINGTON.
The Reported 5000, 900, 200 Offer
for tho New Loan.

for tho New Loan.
WASHINGTON, January 10.-The exact
terms offered by bankers in Europe fol
the absorption of six hundred millions
in the new United States loan has not vel
transpircd, but the subject is before The
Secretary of the Treasury.
.. DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
Fernando Wood will call q caucus Of
the Democratic Congressman next Tues
day evening, to confer on their political
situation.
THE ooLoRED FOLKS GET THE PREsE.
DENT IN A CLOSE CORNER.
The President was visited to-day by q
delegation OF colored men who are advo
eating the passage OF Summers supple.
lnentary Civil Rights bill. They ask thai
the President would send q message I'd
Congress, asking for the passage Of this
measure as an amendment TO the pending
Amnesty bill The President remarked
that he had no doubt that the cOlored
people were deprived Of some rights and
privileges that they had clear claim to-
His impression was that the recent
amendments to the Constitution conferred
upon them oil the privileges OF citizen.
ship. He thought the courts would &C.
cord all the legal rights withheld. With
regarCltu Amending tho Amnesty blu by
the addition Of the supplementary Civil
Rights bill, the President considered that
such action would jeopardize the passage
OF the amnesty law, while from his
knowledge of Summers bill, he believed
1t could pass Its merits as separate
measure.
III FUNDS GIVEN AWAY.
An official statement shows the land
concessions made by Congress to
State corporations for railroad purposes
namely: estimated quantities embraced in
the limits of grants, Total, WACO, ,O31
acres. The estimated quantities which
companies will receive from the grant il
IL, ,730 ,430 acres. The number Of acres
certified and patented up TO June 80, 1871
is 1895, ,907 acres.
Commander Alexander Fl. Semmes, O
the Navy, was found guilty Of cruel pun
ishment Of his men, abuse of official pow
er, oppressive and inhuman conduct, un
becoming an officer and gentleman. Hi
sentence is, TO be suspended for threl
years, and 'repremsnded In the genera
orders by the Secretary Of the Navy.
Mr.. Williams to-day formally tool
charge of the Department Of Justice. l
is understood he will pursue the exac
course In the Ku.KluX trials laid out BY
Mr.. Ackerman. st -..,r....,s.r ....-
The National Woman's. Suffrage Con
veption held It's regular semtannua
meeting to-day. The usual force Of wo
mans Fighters was present. Cady Stan
ton was elected President. In her ad
dress she said the sex wanted to worl
with the men in the free trade and othe
great principles of the country. Womel
didn't propose TO petition the men wht
had cnampioned the foreign lilf.raff ele
mcnt, but proposed TO petition the courts
Victoria Woodhull's address was in advo
cacy Of JSpiritualism. Another oratri!
wanted suffrage on the basis Of Spirit
uRlism.
Petitions from various parts Of thee
try, ior reducing the tariff 10 u revenue
basis, and especially for the removal o
duties on salt, coal and pig iron, forward
cd through the tax payers Of the Union
numbering eighty.six, and embracing
about seven thousand signatures, will b.
presented in the Senate tomorrow. IL 4
The Republican delegations from Phila
delphia, held meeting today, at which
subcommittee werc appointed to wal
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