The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-06-10
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WASHINGTON, June 9.
Railroad Bridges.


The Secretary OF War having referred
to the Attorney General the question a;
to his power under acts Of Congress as
10 the construction of railroad bridge OF
the Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad
company across the Mississippi river at
Lacrosse. The Attorney General holds
that the bridge is to be erected by the
company and not by the Secretary oil
War but that in its construction the
Secretary of War has q supervision as
10 the security OF navigation and the
convenience Of access by other rail-
roads.
The ModOc Prisoners.
The meeting of the commission TOR
the trial Of the Modocs under the deci-
sion OF the Attorney General will be
designated by Major General Schoield.
The Attorney Generals decision has
already been forwarded 10 General
Schofeld for his guidance in the mat
ter. The Modocs who are not liable
TO trial before military commission will
probably be sent to other reservations
by the military authorities and scatter
ed around go that the name Of Modoc
will become extinct. Instruction as to
what reservation those not to be tried
will be sent will be forwarded to Gener-
al Schofield this week.
The advocates o!the peace policy pro-
tess satisfaction with the decision Of
Attorney General Williams that the
Modocs can be tried 10y a military
commission, as they hope to bring In
flueuces to bear on the President TO
have him deal leniently and fairly with
them, while on the other hand, If they
had been turned over to the civil au-
thorities Of Oregon, the whole matter
would have been in the hands OF the
governor o. that state and the President
could not have interEerei. AS the
peace policy is below par in Oregoo,
there would have been no show for
Captain Jack or any OF his followers,
had they ever come before an Oregon
iurv. The army officers are not very
firm believers 10 peace policy for To-
dians beyond the range OF musket
and while the commission for the trial
Of Capt. Jack will no doubt give him
and his gang the benefit OF all the evi-
deuce, yet they will not be very likely
to let them 60 scot free. The President,
however. has to approve Of the findings
OF the commission, and he will no doubt
be subject to a great pressure to deal
with them as leniently as possible,
New Stamps.
A specimen OF the new official stamps
for the special dispatch pouches OF the
State department, were received to-day
by the Postmaster General. All stamps
bear the profile picture of Secretary
Seward.
Mouon Overruied.
In the District Court to-day the case
OF Capt. Comins, U. S. n, against the
Florida prize case, the motion to dis
miss the libel fled by the Government,
on the ground that the seizure having
taken place in a Brazilian port 1t waa
illegal, was overruled.
The Sioux Indians.
News received from the Sioux COM
missioners makes it understood that
everything is progressing quietly
Grave fears were entertained at the
Interior Department as to what will be
the effect on the Sioux OF Col. Stanley g
expedition into their country at this
certsin point OF the negotiations with
them.