The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-11
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WASHING G TON.
The For,y-Thtrd Congress.

w ASHlSGTON, marCn NC on'
cial roll OF the Forty-third Congress hss
been prepared BY Mr.. Mcpherson, clerk
OF the House. as far as possible with
the following result:
Full House will have 292 members;
Of tn ese four from Connecticut end three
from New Hampshire are not yet elect
ed; three in West Virginia are in dis
pute; one district in Indiana 10 also in
d spute, and two cases in Arkansas are
without certificates OF the remaining
279 members 100 are Republican and
| S9 Democrats and Liberal Republicans.
The roll will embrace l27 new men,
bers, greater change than has oc'
Cured IN many years.
Who wIn ne Secretary OF the Treas
ury.
Considerable pressure is being brought
to bear on ;he President tor the APP
pointment Of New York man to
Secretarysbip OF the Treasury, in case
/ Mr.. Boutwell, retires Friends Of Judge
Richardson claim that the President
remains firm in his determination to
promote Richardson TO the position OF
Secretary as soon as Boutwell, retires.
Refuses in Accept.
The Democratic Senators at their
caucus Saturday morning, refused to
/ acc pt the proposition Of the member
silir OF the committees let tor them,
and nave 80 not fed the Republicans.
| The Democrats refuse on the ground
that their number entities them to
larger proportion.
Recsp, ous ny hts Royal Highness.
The President to-day received Sena-
tors and mem mbers o. Congress until III
O'Clock; At which hour the reception OF
the diplomatic corps took place.
Treasury Bs,ance-
The currency balance in treasury is
down to S2000,000 the demands on the
treasury exceed the amount by several
millions and it is probable that the
Secretary will be compelled to either
draw on his reserve or sell an addition
al amount of gold 10 that already ad-
vertised.
| Consolidated.
II is reported that the Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue has ordered con
soiidatlon Of the first and third reve-
nue. districts in the State of California
and that Mr. Sedgwick the collector o.
the third district will be transferred to
San Francisco as the collector Of the
consolidated districts Mr.. Carey the
present incumbent OF the first district
will necessarily 90 out Of office.
Senatorial Ilutterings.
Senator Corbett, OF Oregon, will leave
New York on the 29Ih of the present
month tor Europe, where be will stay
with his family until November.
Senator Eimunds will leave for
Europe on the 18th inst.
1t 70 said Mr.. Cole, ex-senator from
California, is desirous OF being appoint
ed minister 10 I1oiiduu'
Death Of Ex-senator IversOn.
Letters received here announce the
death OF ex-United States Senator ALT
red Iverson, OF Georgia, on last Tuesday
night at his residence, near Macon
Georgia He died at the advanced ag'
o. 76. His Senatorial term was abou
exuir,ug when secession broke out H'
warmly espoused the cause OF the South
and thought the separation would b'
peacesbe. Since, be has taken no par
in politics.
other "InvestigatiOn" Probable
A lepgty statement, pnrporting to CIV
q history OF the means resorted to b.
Patterson, of South Carolina, to secure
his election to the United States Senate
has been received here. 1t has beer
laid before the Senators and will proba
bly constitute the first OF series OF In
vestigations next session. 1t may o.
said that the cost OF the investgstlp,
, committees OF the late session was NOR
than one hundred and sixty THOUSAND
dollars.
Senatorial RecreatiOns.
1t is the present intention to end tn
extra session of the Senats on Friday
next. 1t was decided in the Republi
can Senatorial caucus on Saturday t
-
) take up on Monday the resolution wblc'
came over from the last session, TO
the expulsion OF Senator Patterson
whose term expired March 4. with
view OF obtaining an expression OF ID
opinion of the Senate upon 1t. Atte'
that is disp osed OF the resolution decla'
, ring the seat OF Caldwell, OF Kansas
vacant will be tskeu up and debate
and voted upon. An efortwss mad
in the caucus to postpone action upo'
the Caldwell case until December, ou
il was voted down, which ls indlcstlv
OF a Republican. majority declsrln
that he was entitled to his seat.
A Defaulter.
William Miller, collector at the POI
Of NJ Mobile is detaulter to the Goverr
mept in the SUN OF S25,O 900 or 5000
and has been requested TO res'gp.
The Republican Caucus.
The Republican Senators alter bein
: notified by Democrats Of their refusal
accept one member only on importsn
Committees, held another caucus thi
st,ernoop After mature deliberatiol
!. it was decided to a cede to the demsn
of the Democrats and reconsider tnen
two members This necessitated anoth
er overbaulins OF the list and tn