The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-04-10
BY TBLEG RAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
By the Western Union Line, Office North
west corner OF Main and lHh streets.
WASHING G TON,
WASHINGTON. April 9.
The Eanbora Case.

The Sanborn Case.
The Committee on Ways and Means
had another hearing to-day in the SAM
born matter. Sanborn furnished state-
ment OF his receipts and expenditures
under his contract, which showed that
be had received $2l3.5lS aud bad ex.
pended Sl56, ,43S. This latter sum was
itemized, the chief items being s43.8
paid 10 w. G. Morrison and two assis-
tau,s in Europe, $2S, 900 TO Prescott Tor
services and legal expenses and dis.
burse ments, SIS, 900 tor Presbrey aud
Green. $4,000 Ior the salary OF o secre
t.rv, 50 22O TO D strict Attorney Bliss,
1878 10 Waddell, and $4,000 lor per-
soual expenses, &c. Saoborn etated
that no moneys were paid for obtaining
contracts or in connection with leglsla-
ton or with the allowance OF claims at
the Treasury Department. and that
while nothing bad been realized by
syndicstss OF the Treasury from his
disbursements TO MORRISON 10 Europe,
vet i thev allowed him 10 continue be
thou hit he could turn in over IS 0OO.-
600 from Information furnished by him
Expedition To Palestine
The House Committee on Military
Affairs has agreed to report . resolution
author ziug the Secretary OF War to
detail otficers to command second eI'
petition TO Palestine. The exploring
society will soon take the field on the
east side of the Jorisn.
The District InvestiEatiou.
The District Investigating Committee
examined this morning R. B Mcclellan
of the firm OF Degolyer & Mcclellan,
who laid the wood pavement on Penn
sylvsnia avenue, east. He said that
the firm paid in notes aud money to
one Chi,teuden. OF Chicago, $4,000 10
secure them the costract. Mcclellan
asked Chlttenden what be wanted with
90 much money. and he aDewered that
| il was to pay his expenses IN Wash'
iugrou and part OF the national debt
and that he did not know where The
money wen. to or to whom it ws'
paid that before all the works under
the contract was completed. it was DIS
continued by order o. the Board o
Public Work.. chitlenden asked Gov
eruor Shepherd to rescind the order
and he declined.
The Deficiency Appropriations.
The House Committee on Appropri-
atoms to day heard the Postmaster
General, his first assistant and 'h'
Sixth Auditor Of the Treasury. in re
gard to the nature and present coudi
ton OF large mass OF the claims TO-
carving the mails in the Southern
States before The late war. After con
siderable discussion it was referred te
Messrs. Tyner, Loughridse AM
Hancock, as sub commit
Itee. The D strict OF Columb''
Board OF Health were heard in advo
cac, of an appropriation Of $3l 600 Il
make good the deficiency caused by tn
extraordinary expenditures RENDERED
necessary by the prevalence OF small
pox last year. The committee took th
subject under consideration.
It was decided to refuse the reques
for deficiency appropriation OF x5o
600 for the subsistence OF the hs'
Indians.
rhe Postmaster General today in
, formed the Com mittee that it woul
1 be advisable to make provision in tn
deficiency bill tor furnishing his de
par,ne ent IS, 600 10 enable him to otte
rewards Tor The apprehension OF sundr
E mail robbers in Texas and elsewhere.
, Nomination.
The President sent the tolloWln
uomipa,ion to the Senate: Benjsmi
Panerv, OF Cali ornia. envoy ex,raol
diaary, and minister plenipotentlary
China rice F. F. Low, resigned.
:. Representative Hougbtou has bee
: author zed by the House Comrnll!ee Q
>, Pacific Railroads, TO report Q bill r
| curing the Uuion Pacific Rsilroa
d Company 10 operate the bridge aero
Q the Missouri river at Omaha, as pa
OF its cootinuous- line OF road. fh
IL bill is designed to put . stop to u
II present extra charges for freight q
passengers, extracted for transierrin
them across the river by this bridg
81 ,npcb Inconvenience is now occi
, stoned to passengers by eompei,li!I'
3 them to change care. Inc OIL
% !, ip order to protect holders {
IL bridge bonds, provides that tn
Union Pacific Railroad Company shs
nav interest on them and shall al
set spar. An amount equal to four p
cent OF the amount Of The bridge bon
as a sinking fund for their fedemptlc
I at maturity.
} The Senate Finance Com mittee
reporting, to-day. the House bill to
!. cilltate the expectation OF distilled sP.l
y i,., make important changes in it. strl
" inc out the provisions for an allo"an
'f .t2 per cent. reduction for ieskage
e spiri's while in course of bondsd d iran
% . por,s,ion, and by refusing to agree
y he .econd section. which provides To
:. =, bond, shall bs cancelled whenever pre-
- is furnished the department that
.e spirits were destroyed in trspslt su
:. = csses they think should be made gu
n jec,s of special relief, The Finsr
=, Commit also recommend non CO
- currence in the action OF the Hot
~ proposing to reduce export STAN
from 25 to 10 centa for each packs.