The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-10-17
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AssoOIATRD PnAss REPORT
By the Western Union Line.
Jmea Northwest cor Oi Main and Monroe BlH
WASHINGTON.
TRA SIT FOR COMMISSIONER LEoaETT.

n Ihh ehE FOh COMMISSIONER LKGGETT
WASHINGTON, October lG-A lad,
clerk in the Patent Office, 10 an Interview
with Assistant Secretary Cowan, assumeC
the entire responsibility Of gathering sub.
sCriptiOns from the clerks and others Ii
that Office TO purchase q tea set for pre-.
sentatiOn TO retiring Commissioner Leg.
gett. She was informed that her admission
could concern only herself and not ex
empt the other contributors from the law
requiring the summary discharge Of thosI
in the government service who contribut
ed for such purposes,
REPORT OF BRIDGE COMMISSIONERS.
The Acting Secretary Of the interior
10 day received the report oi Jas. Moore,
OF New Jersey; John l.. Merriam, O
Minnesota, and John s. Delano, Of Ohio
the Commissioners appointed to examine
whether the Deficiencies in the construc
ton oi the Union Pacific Railroad, as re
ported by commission Of eminent citi
Gems appointed by Secretary Cox, uudel
the act OF Congress April 10, 1858, havC
been supplied and the road completed IS
required by said report. The present
Commissioners examination commenced
on the 25th OF September and was com
pleted on the 9Th inst, and they claim
that they have made 1t thoroughly snC
in detail. The Commissioners find, from
personal examination and from the data
furnished by the company, that the ex
peudilure required by the iOrmer commits
sion in furnishing bridges, in replacing
high tres!les by filling up with earth
&c, &c, were finally completed in the
month OF September, 1874; and they have
therefore decided that the road, as built
is first class railroad, fully compIyinl
with its charter and with the require
ments OF the law, and IN accordance with
the instructions OF tho Department fur
nished them. The report Is signed by all
three Of the Commissioners II will re.
q1Ire the approval OF the President snt
the formal acceptance Of the road as {
completed structure before patent viii
be issued for the lsnd grant.
TIE SUPREME COURT TO DAY
advanced the Union Pacific Railroad tal
cSses on the docket, and set them for ar
gument on the second Monday In De
cCmber.
An adjourned meeting Of the bar O
the United States Supreme Court wa
held to-day, Judge Campbell presiding
A series Of resolutions were adopted II
testimony Of their great affection snt
esteem Tor
JUDGE BENJAMIN ROBBINS CURTIS
in lie, aud their sense OF the great LOST
which the courts and bar Oi the whole
country and the community a. large suti'
in his death. They commemorate his fldel
ity to society, TO government, 10 religion
and TO truth. All these traits OF duty as
the rule oi bis lie the bar present TO tht
living lawyers and 10 their succeeding
generations Tor their sincerest homsgc.
The resolutions hSving been agreed L
Attorney General Williams WAS requested
10 present them TO the Supreme Court snG
TO move that they be entered upon its
minutes. The chairman Of the meeting
was requested TO forward a copy TO th(
family OF the deceased. Reverdy John
son and others delivered eulogieq
REDUCIEG THE FORCE.
The notice heretofore given by Secre,
tary BTistOw that II was his intention Il
remove one Of any two Of a family il
the employ Of the Treasury was impsrti,
ally put into execution to day by mott.
ticatiUn sent TO twenty five clerks ths
their services would be no longer rcquireC
after the lst proximo. The blow fel
particularly heavy in Treasurer Spinner
bureau.
ADDITIONAL ARRESTS.
The Attorney General is in receipt Of
telegram from the U s Marshsl OF Ala.
bsms, stating that .fOrty.twO adtiliona
sTres;s hEVe been made in Sumter COuu.
" Of persons charged with committing
Ku Klux outragrs and stopping the U. S
mails.