, 1873-07-31
WASHINGTON.
Proposed Change in the Modo Of Elccting
President and Eice-presilept,
Favorable Reports from Col. Wheeler's
Expedition in New Mexico.

HEALTH OF v1oE-pnEs1DENr WILSON.
WASHINGTON, D. G., July 30,-Mr. Ela tho
Fifth Auditor Of tho Treasury, received lettor
to-day from Natiok, Mass, the homo Of Vice.
President Wilson, whoroin the writer says tho
vice-Presdent las improved, and is in better
spirits. His physician eayB everything has
worked to his mind exactly, and he talks Of Mr..
Wilson'S recovery with confidence. It is be-
1ieved, howovor, that tho Vice-Presidont will NOT
DO able to take bis place as tho presiding officer
Of tho Sonato as the opening Of Congress.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
Sonator Norton Chairman Of the Committee
will remain for some tiue. He is bore for tho
purpose of looking up tho history md the 1aw
with regard to tho mannor of electing tho
President aud Vico-President OF tho United
a ths Inst sosson H of q dsngfeae rssoton s
miseo ee on aa' rpiViegos re aad Elections s % to
ait during the receBB and investigate this sub
ioct, 30 that they might make report at tho
noxt soasion. Senator Morton has not called
meating Of tho Committee, but he proposes to
got together all tho facts bearing on the case,
after which be will hold mootng Of the Com
port. The Indications are that thSey viii favor
radical change IN the present system. Its de-
fects wero 80 apparent npon. counting tho
Electoral votos for Grant and Wilson, that mon
general reform.
col. wuEELEn's EXPEDITION,
4 letter WAS received lore, to-dnY from q MEM
ber Of ono,of tho divisions Of Lieut.. Whoolor's
NJ, July 1s; RIG party was then about to de-
part op route to Camp Apache. Arizona, whore
It will probably arrive about tho middle Of
August, The expedition hus s,, been highly
j. aa IT, a. as %S
through tho meddlcsomeneBs or unfrlendneBs
Of tho 1ndians, tho Navaios, who inhabit tho
country that llas boon passed through, but fears
| whose country tho explorers now 60, may. give
the latter Bono slight, II not Berious, trouble.
[4o the Associated I'rrssl
THE COMING DEBT BTATEMENT.
WASHINGTON, July 90.-lhe public debt state
ment to be issued On the 1Bt Of August will not
report the full amount OF new fyes Issued and
fve-twentioB redeemed, for the reason that all
bonds redeemed hayo to pass through the books
being credited to the Treasurer Of tho United
States, from whose books tho debt statement is
made out. This; necessarily. takes q great deal
Of time. and moro than usual now, hs SO many
absonce thus reducing the clerical force, which,
when full, is just sufficient for tho ordinary cur
rent business, 10 that, although the Syndicate
have received and paid for $5U 900 Of now
tivca, but little more than $50 000 900 can appear
in the debt statement.
APPOINTMENT.
William A. Brown has beon appointed Inter-
nal Revonuo Storekeeper for Nebraska.
CANCELLED BoNDa.
Several Treasury officials, who wont to Lon-
don some weeks since with bonds for the Syndi-
cate, returned this morning With large number
Of enneo3ed bondb which wero aent TO the Ireaa-
ury by the Syndicate.
Since the 1st of June the largest amount Of
business TINT was ever done since the organiza-
t.on Of the Post -Oiilco Department, in the man-
ufacture and shipment Of htamps, stamped on
7efopes, Wrappers, &C., has takcn place. The
increase is attributed to tho abolition Of tho
franking privilege.
Over million Of postal cards were shipped on
Monday from tho factory to Poatmastors
throughout tho country.
CIVIL NIGHTS SUIT,
To-day Enoch Totton, for George N. Dallas,
colorod. euterod suit against the Atlantic, Mis-
aissippi ! Ohio Railroad Company. doing bus
nnd refusing him d Fourth Of July paReago from
Lynchburg to Christiansburg, In which 5000
monTos's COMMITTEE
Senator Morton arrived hero to-day on buBi-
moss connected with the investigation BY tho
soaato Committee On Privileges aud E]octionn,
ordered by tho last Congress- into tho manner
Of eleetiug the President aud Vice-prosident,
and will bo here some days examining doct1-
montB,
to-day made their fnal settlement with tho
Treasury Department. for ;s5o,0oo,0o0 Of 5-2os,
called on tho 1at Of March 1aas.
Gen. Garfield, of Ohio, is in town.
CARL vouTB CASE.
According to reported conversation with At
torney-G Genoral Williams today, the report Of
the oxtradltion troaty with Belgium, to meet the
Casl Vogt case, is merely speculation.
THE MOpoCS.
Tho findings OF the Military Commission in
tho caso Of Tic Modoo Indians. recently tried,
f,o5.a hnnf1 ~ {l,n EAr horn