The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-04-12
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met meeting to-day there were absen t
Secretaries Robeson, Belknap and P. NJ.
General Creswell assistant postmaster
general Marsha all Represented the P POST
Office Department. The meeting last
ed over two hours and halt, duri ng
which large amount o. routine busi-
ness was transacted The petitions OF
several prominent Cubans OF New
York, in benslf of the Herald corre-
spondent in Cuba, WAS recelved by the
President, and io-day referred to the
State department tor such recommenda-
tlons a. the Secre ary OF that depart
ment may deem proper in the premises.
treasury Bs,ance
The following were the treasury ba'S
ances this afternoon: Currency q
267,4l9 coic 7l,04 pol, COMMISSIONER
certificates 2},l44 100, outstanding le-
gal tender 35S $50, ,52S.
Secretary Fish.
Has written letter relative to the
paper fled by Justice Cockburn in the
record OF the Geneva Arbitration, which
SAYS: "England5 action during the
rebellion WAS internationally legal
Mr. Fish severely condemns the paper
and charges, its tone just Fl - the appre-
tensions OF further difficulties WITH
England, and virtually ignores the idea
that any settlement Oi 4 principle was
effected by tue Geneva Conference.
An Important Gecision.
An important dec sion in regard to
the amendatory bankrupt act WAS pro-
nounced Yesterday in the Uolted States
District Court al Lyncnburg Va, by
Judge Rrves. He held that the law
WAS constitutional aud decided tnat 1t
gave the bankrupls homestead exemp.
Iion against old, as well as new nehts
aud | lines OF judgments in the Ssate
Courts.
The Forty Thieves,
Some very sharp exposures in the
press OF the ex,ravagaHce aad rasca!ity
oi the Board OF Public Works OF Wash
ington City mas drawn out a letter from
Mr.. Alexander Sheppard In their VIM
dlcstion. The defence is very thin. 1t
i. not denied that the Board have gone
on so reckle4slv that they now owe
some 81 400 900 to the contractors,
without the ability 10 pay them except
with certificates OF Indebtedness which
are shaven by the pct banking houses OF
the ring at trom ID to 20 per cent dis
count. The school teachers have been
unpaid since December last. ln thls
connection it is stated by the Collector
that Sl43, 600 OF the school fund has
heeu collected, and only sixty thousand
piad ou,, so that it is evident these Iunds
nave been deliberately perverted. The
police are paid in part by the United
States, aud this sum they have regular
ly drawn ont, but the amount due by
The CITY Government has not been
Maid since December last. The fires
men have not been paid since the same
time. The default Mr. Sheppard
mildly calls an embarrassment. Accord,
ins to the statemest made bv the Board
10 secure appropriations from Congress,
the resources of the Board were
SO 4S4 65 and their liabilities $40 S62
II Since then the Board has received
from Congress the sums appropriated
IN January and March, amounting to
81 24O, 900, so that il their statement
were honest they ought to have a bal
auce OF nearly S2,5OO,OOO. Mr.. Shep-
pard. however, claims that his two
millions OF assessments have yet to be
paiI. But, even allowing tor this he
oupbt to have a surplus and good
credit, II he had told the truth 10 his re-
mort OF November last Tue allegation
that the Board have violated the Ia"
in contracting a debt exceeding hVe
per cent OF the assessed value OF the
nroperty in the District, and in other
respects 10 not denied by Mr. Sheppard
The great crime OF the Board Is that
,bev oave plunged the CITY into cosby
system OF Improvements. utterly "eyond
the means and property OF the people
and which is not to be found In the
most prosperous city of the Union, TO
the utter rum OF the people of small
means The risg organs. who got
large sops OF advertising, are silent as
to these excesses, and never crltlcise
even the smallest act OF their patrons
Notwithstanding this extravasance'
MANY O. the streets are in an incom"
plete condition.
chief Jnsttee Chase.
Looks very old. His latest poIiuca'
idea is TO organize new political party
Increase Of Congressional salaries.
General Brady johnson, Of Richmond
hos cons,dered this to be good time
to write the Judges lite, and give an ac-
oorn, nj his labors, IN Which task he
will have the assistance oi 'he 0p'e'