The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-04-28
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WASHIN G ON.
WASHING ron. April 81.
Males Of Gold.

The Secretary OF the treasury to-1a
idirected the assistant treasurer at Nev
York to sell s6,Oo0 600 o. gold and t
purchase 81 0O0, 900 OF bonds during tn
month OF May a. follows: Sales o
Gold, Thursday Nav lst Sl.00D,0W
Thursday, May 8, - $4,000; Thurs
day, May Is. 81 0OO UUO; Thursday
Nay % 81 $4,000, Thursday, Ma,
29 $l.0OO,0OO. Total sales gold
50 .00D 900
Purchases OF bonds: Wednesda,
Mav7, *5OO,004 Wednesdty, NJ ~ 81;
500 90. total purchases OF month
81 100 900.
Tue Secretary OF the Treasury ha'
directed the payment OF Nav interest OF
Al after Monday, April %. wlthou,
revoke.
The Indian War.
Although no general outbreak among
the Indians is spprehended At the army
headquarters here, there are numbrl
of bands which are REGARDED
as having decidedly hostile feeling.
towards the whites The Sioux trih,s
are among the most powerful o. the
tr. ubltsome Indians, and it is thought
they will be induced to JOIN 10 a wal
ags'nst the whites as they have
been punished several times on account
o; ho-tii ". The strength OF the army
! i about thirty thousand men; lar toe
small torCe To manage The Indians IL
case OF a general on break, and an ex
trs session OF CrngrtsS would have 10 te
called ty the President ~ order 10 pro
secute q successful war aGa'nst the
ssvages Troublesome trihes are found
within the liue OF the Northern Paciti
road bevond the Missouri, aud the lie
cent disposition OF troop, made in tha
quarter, WAS Tor the purpose o. being
y rp,red tor any raids that may be
made by the Indians.
D-IOrg'- ResignaIion.
Secretary Fish, in reply TO the ques.
ton AS TO the present situation o. tne
DeLong case, said: I'VE hsve Learned
nothing OF him for two weeks. He
resignation has beer received but nc
acllOu has been taken vet toy the Pres
ident. TIE President will act when b.
returns to Washington, which will bt
about the eighth May, and then 1t /,
not pos tive wheJh~r the resignation
will be accepted or not.
S,rnm>hips 10 oM"Ntco.
Official information has been receiv
ed here lha' the M-xican governmen
CO clured on The 26 n OF March, viii
K tier Il 90, contract Ior tour year
from November next, with the priv
les- OF continuance 70 SIX YEAR, 10
runnin, line OF steamships hetwee
Vera Cruz aud Mexico ports be
tween New Orleans. T. ere are to b.
two trips month the sretmers are 4
,, easure 10 " tons al least and 10 b
able to carry not less than one hundre,
first AID second class passengers
The vessels are 10 be exempt rom du
tIies or taxes, except pllo age charges
To transport the mails, passengers ant
All metals, the export and import o
which is not prohibited Me.srs. Rit
ter i co are 10 receive from the Mex
iCar Government 'or each r'urd tn
81 ,5OU IN gold or silver al Vera Oruz
and they are guaranteed that they alon
snail possrss the privilege OF runnlnG
Gamers between the ports Indicate
during the tour wears.
Ftre->obie Conduct.
A fire occurred here at an early hon
this morniug, destroying several va u
hle houses n what 5 known a. MIchle
Place, on F street, west OF the War D.
parlmeut. A large propornon OF III
contents OF each house Was drstroy ed
Among the sufferers was DJD Pat
Pavmaster Carpenter, Of the NAVY
Mr c. c Snlboer, and MI
McCenny. While the fire Wa
raging Mrs. Carpenter, WAS on III
pavement screaming tvr her cnlId whic
w4s discovered 10 room In the uppe
Msusard story OF her dwelling 1
young man named w. Drsge-, IA
throu. h the adjoining house aui aIon
tre corniCe 10 the burning dwell n
bursted in the window, seized the near
" .utiocated cnIii, carried 1t out ont
the ruo OF the next house AID de'lvere
il to a colored nan wEo restored II
il. distracted mother. fhls noble gen
tlemsn had hrs wrist severely cut by tn
glass IN bis exploit.
Henry Eldelt, young LAWYER, whiI
assisting in removing turnitu'e iro'
one of tue houses, tell ron the secou
story window, receiving injuries trou
which lie Will probably die Tue los
10 estimated al over 3 0OJUOO.
! The Government has ordered th
work of extending the slack water nav
CATION on the Monor z thela river, fror
| New Geneva to Morgsntown, We
Virginia, 70 be commenced as soon as
title 10 the land upon which 10 huI'
additional dams Is obtained MAO
w C McMliIs, o. the United StsIs
Engiueer Corp, is nov eugagei In sc
curing such TILE.
! It's the opinion OF military officer
that the operations against the hodoc
w,II be mucu better II ,hey can be kel
in the lava beds. Ii may take loo
time 10 stsIve them into SUBMISSION
|, butIf,hey make their escape aud scatts
through the country they Will cau'
rearruI bavoc among the citizens an
If they can Induce other tribes to Joi
them sn Iudlan war OF very ser'ou
propor,iops would be likely 10 eusue.
Inc Secretary OF STATE bss author''
ed the statement that no Charges