The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-04-26
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WASHINGTON, April 25.

serious Discrepancy iB Accounts
The Second AUDITORS Office Of til
Treasury, 1t appears, has discovered a
serious discrepancy in the account OF
e 5. Jones, Indian agent for the Flat
head Indians. His vouchers were
thought unusually large in amounts.
The Department, in pursuit Of intorma
tion, wrote directly to the parties pur-
porting TO have signed the vouchers, re.
quPstlng them TO forward atfiiavits oil
the sales to Mr. Jones. IL was dlscov.
cred by comparison of the atfidavits
with the vouchers that there was mate
rial d ference. Two hundred and sew,
enty-tiye dollars was charged for bricks
when 1t appeared that none were 'ur-
nlshed LumDer was charged largely ,
IN excess OF the actual amounts supplied !
and 20 with sash and every thing else
The result OF this discovery was that !
over seven thousand dollars worth Or
charges were dlsallOwed II ls stated |
at the department that when Jones waa
appointed be was cha ged with an un~
settled balance Of u.teen thousand
dollars on his payma7ter's accounts |
The Department, it Is understood. is on
the track OF other cases equally as no
tOriOus.
the massachusetts Camp ,iE0.
Gen. Butler expects to leave mere on
FRIDAY for his home IN MASSACHUSETTS,, /
and will then enter actively into the
canvass for Governor. He does not
seem at all concerned hy the adverse
CRITICISMS passed upon hI- gubernalOr-
ia aspirations by some Of the leading ]
papers iu hI- -rcIou, bu Is 1utiieut
that he vii br entirely SUCCESSFUL IlI
J. claimed That hOiu NIce.Preslieut |
Wilson an Senator BDuIweii are com
mlteI t. Buer., support, II h".ag moi
secret lrat Gen BU,sr ueei al NE Ia. !
hurnCe IN secure Mr. BuutweI's eleya- |
Ton 10 the NeuaJe. Once N possession |
OF the guberuaIor'aI cnar, Gel Butler !
calrula,,s 10 sci bis wires 20 as 10 sue
Ceed dr. Sumner IN The Senate.
G0iG sga,nsI GTeenbacks.
When during the war the govern.
ment went into the paper money hu-I-
ness, the most strenuous efforts Were
made from Washington to Induce the
people Of the Pacific coast to acc o
l,gal-tenders a. a CIRCULATING medum =.
They withstOod however, all the az
peals, and even when their "lOvali; "
was called into question would net
succumb. Cold aDd silver have t.Au,
continued unUlI tins day to be the uIv
money IN use on the Pac tic slC pc
Since the war the people OF CalitO rnia
nave experienced considerable di sad
vanlase in not being abe to arract
k.-tern capital, which would have to
-utf.r large discount.
From year to year it has been thought
that the resumption OF specie payments
by the government would take place,
but nov this seems much tnrrher off
than it did five wears ago. y late a
strong "greenhtck" party has been de-
ysloped n California, as is learned
from inquiries, IN regard TO currency
app)rtioumeut which have been ad-
dressed here The iniiCRtipns are that
the question o. greenb,ck- viii ere long
enter largely into California politics.
The cry OF cheap money IN place
where good commercial pap'r rates
rom 10 10 - per cent. will no doubt
become very popular.
GEN. GRANT has been talking San
Domingo with a correspondent Of the
London Times He has implicit conf
deuce IN the SamanGs Rtv CDmpa
notwithstanding the fant that in two
previous sprcuIauons the organizing
spirits have male - bal failure, To thr
mpoverlshment OF the too Conriipg
stock CkhOders-and Is Satisfied that
de cade or so hence the UnUed States
will he glad 10 get tor so 0)0,ODO or
SI5,0OOOJO what they would have got
Last year tor a mil ,on and a halt.
Louisville and Portland Canal.
Mai. w. + Wei Eel o; the Engineer
Corps, has been directed by the Secre-
tary OF War to submit plan Tor the
completion OF the OF the Louisville ami
Port ani Caral under the approprla-
ton c, $1,000 made by the Iasl Con
gTesS