The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-08-20
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Mail Regulations.

WAsRINGTAN, August ~.
Mail Regulations.
The compensation hereafter for con-
veying the mails will be made accord
ing to weight and the distance travel
ed, and not according to distance only
as heretofore. This rule applies 10
railroad service and not 10 steamship
lines and canal routes, on which the
mails will be still carried according to
contract.
The Wawasset Disaster.
The work of collecting and reinter-
ing the victims of the Wawasset disas-
ter was completed yesterday. \ ceme-
tary was established on bluff, over
looking the scene OF the disaster, in
which So bodies were buried. Thus TAR
SO bodies have been recovered. Many
others doubtless foated out into the
Chesapeake beyond recovery.
Reports Of bodies having beer found
at points below the wreck on the Mary
land and Virginia shores are without
Foundation, as yesterday tug boat
secured both sides of the shores for q
distance OF 90 miles without finding q
single body. The body OF Miss Hobbs,
about which go much interest has been
manifested in the District, has no: been
heard Of.
1t is alleged the peculations Of Nc
Hellau, the postal agent between here
and New York, will amount to upwards
OF $4,000 taken mostly from letters
containing subscriptions to various
magazines and newspapers. McHe!-
Ian has not been arrested and there Is
no indication that he will be.
Messrs. Cooper and Mix, claim agents
OF this city, will be proceeded against
for their alleged fraudulent transactions
in the Cherokee Indian claims. Mix
was for many years chief clerk OF the
Interior department.
The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Company has eight hundred men at
work between Washington and BaItl-
more repairing the damages caused 10y
the late storm.
Steamers Inspected.
The steamer Columbia, plying be-
tween this city and Bohemia, and the
Lady OF the Lake. plying between here
and Norfolk, have both been inspected
since the Wawssett disaster. The Co.
lumbia was found to comply with the
rules in every particular, but the Lady
OF the Lake was fined 800 for nom
compliance.
Indian..Troubles.
Dispatches received here to-day give
accounts OF the late affair at the Tu-
beresa agency, where the Apaches1
sheltered lot Of Indian murderers and
refused TO give them up and resisted a
body of soldiers. The soldiers were re-
inforced when the Indians flew to the
mountains.
The gold which arrived here in charge
OF the Government messengers on SAT-
urday, from San Francisco, was ship
ped on Sunday night, to the Sub-Treas-
ury, at New York.
The Cotton Crop.
Reports from ten cotton growing
States up to August IS, show a marked
Improvement in planters reports since
July. Indications are that there wal
be favorable packing season, and that
the crop will exceed thst of last year.
Successful.
Hon. Felix L. Burnoth, chairman OF
the commission to negotiate with the
Crow Indians in Montana for portion
of their reservation, has telegraphed to
the secretary OF the interior from Bases
man Mountain under date OF 18th inst,
viz: commissioners have been success
full in negotiating a treaty with the
Crow Indians by which they cede all
their present reservation, taking the
territory one-third as large or the
Missouri river in Sudeths basis.'
Itis expected that the Wawasset in
yestigation will close Tomorrow.
A Deeply Afflicted city.
The rains OF the past six days have
very thoroughly demonstrated the insult
fciency OF the sewerage system Of thi;
city, planned by the Board OF Public
Works. Many cellars are flooded, and
there is general complaint among tht
people.
Bas Four Left.
The death OF William II. Meredith
of Pennsylvania, leaves but four ex'
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