The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-01
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WASHINGTON.
Brooks Grateful fer Small FaVors
Caldwell to Save his Bacon.
Pacific Mail Com pany Investigation.

Pacific Mail Company investigation
WAeHINGroS, Feb % The Ways
and Meas Committee this morning
contir ued the investigation OF the
Pacific Mail Steamship Com pany.
NJ. Garretson Of New York was
exam ned and stated that he knew Of
no money having been used to secure a
subsidy That impression gains ground
that the introduction OF resolutions
ordering the investigation was for job-
bing operations.
Appropriations for Public Build
tBEs.
The striking out OF all items for new
bulldogs was done in accordance with
the following recommendation OF the
Secretary OF the Treasury The report OF
the supervising architect o! the Treasu-
rv furnishes concise statement Of the
cost and condition OF the public builds
ings in the department Large sum-
OF money will be needed for buildings
already begun or authorized
Impo rant 90 Ltqu"r Dealers.
The Ways and Means Committee
b ave .greed 10 report bill providing
that liquor lost at sea should be credit
Ell on the bond OF tue exporter the same a.
in the ca OF tobacco The President has
approved tbe act oi Congress to provide
tor the expense Of an investig alton OF
the recent Senatorial election in Kansas.
Also the act making an appropriation
tor the supprot o. the Military Academy
at West Pmnt, tor the fiscal year end
Jag ,Luue 81, 1874
Very Touching Incident
occurred in the House last Thursday
iuriug the Credit MobIlier excitement
Mr.. Rainey. a colored member from
South Carolina, voted against the con-
demnipg OF Mr. Brooks, and after the
vote was declared Mr. Brooks lett his
sea and walked across the floor to the
seat of the colored member. Extend
ing his hand, Mr.. Brooks remarked,
"Mr Rainey, hitherto l have been op-
posed to YOU in politics. Your vote
to. day places me under great obliga :
tions. | had no right to expect 1t.
Heuceforth consider me not only ss
your friend, but as the friend OF your
race" This action on the part of Mr..
Brooks was warmly applauded by his
A Job BlOcked.
Senator Edmur ds resolution, intro
duced in the Senate Wednesday even
ing, and which prohibits any executive
officer OF the Government from issuing
any bonds, or patent for lands, on ac-
count of any branch Of the Union Pa
cific Railroad now being constructed,
mas special reference to the fraud to
to connect the Union Pacific Railroad
with Senator Pomeroy's Atchison Pa
cific Railroad. This latter road is now
ia process OF construction, and the res
olution to prohibit any money or bonds
from being given to it BY the Govern
ment, is based upon certain sensational
and fraudulent developments which
have recently come to light, and which
have been placed in the possession Of
Senator Edmunds.
CaIdwelI's Case.
1t is given out that the Caldwell
case will be taken up in the executive
session after the 4th OF March next
The present report will have to be re-
committed to the new Committee on
Privileges and Elections, which will
be reorgapized after the present session
expires. The terms of two oi the mem
hers of this committee-Trumbull and
Hall-who sign the report for expulsion,
expire with the present Congress. TO
off.et this gain for Caldwell, he will
lose the SUPPORT OF such important
friends a. Nye, Harlan, Pomeroy, Saw
YER, Spencer, Corbett, Pool and Pat
terson-sll OF whose terms will come to
An end on the 4th OF March next
Caldwell processes to be very anxious
to have ME case disposed OF at the
forthcoming extra session; but it is the
impression that it will go over until
next winter, if it is ever really brought
to vote
The DictioBa ary OF Congress.
The Senate committee on claims has
decided adversely on the petition OF
Charles L.nmau, who claims s5S, ,3S3'
for damages sustained by alleged IN
fringements OF Congress OF the copy,
right o. his Dictionary OF Congress
|, appears that the work has had no
sale since the introduction OF the feature
OF biographies OF Congressman into the
Congressional Directory; and hence ms
Claims for damages. The committee
thinks that he has no just claim against
Congress