The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-11-10
WASHINGTON.

III NeuCId OueLmhu buuuul IepUE u luN
/ Secretary oi War shows the total number
Of enlisted men In the army on October
, 10Th 10 have been 26,44l. It cstimatel
that this number will be reduced through
natural causes by January 1st, 1876, 10 the
$4,000 allowed by law. II deprecates tht
inadequacy Of so small an army Tor the
demands Of SO large an area Of territory
as It has to be scattered over, involving
the necessity Of Withdrawing the troops
from one department 10 meet the require
menta ot some other long distance
away. 1t compliments highly the ef1l'
cheney Of General Sheridan and his sub
ordinate officers in maintaining compare.
tive peace In the Indian country. Ii says
the reports OF the commanding officers
demonstrate that the small army
Of the United States called a peace estab-
Ilishment, Is the hardest worked body OF
men in this or any other country. The
discipline and behavior Of the officers and
men have been worthy Of all praise, and
whether employed on the extreme ard
distant frontier, or aiding civil officers in
the execution of civil processes, they
have been q model for the imitation oil al
good men.
In regard to the removal Of his head
quaFtoSs 60 81. Lnrts, ha roVa. HT on,
prepared to execute the duties ,L.. NAV
devolve on me from proper authority
here. l am centrally located, and should
occasion arise, can personally proceed
to any point on this continent where my
services are needed"
Lieut., Gen. Sheridan, in his annual re-
port, touches slightly upon Gen. Clusters
Black Hills expedition, which Is pro.
nounced successful Reconnaissance
The country oil the Black Hills was
found to DO much better than was
expected, with plenty OF good timber
and considerable good soil at a high alti.
tude, and an abundant supply o. good
water and grass. Some gold was found
near Harvey's Peak, but Of lis abund.
anCe there is at present no reliable infor-
nation. Sufficient time could not bo
given by an expedition such as that oil
Col. Clusters 10 prospect and determine
Its quantity. Gen. Sheridan again recon-
mends the establishment OF large mill.
tary post in the Black Hill country.
OF the Indian troubles Gen. Sheridan
says: ! respectfully differ with Con. Pope
as TO the chief causes OF these Indian
troubles and attribute it 10 the immu.
nifty with which the tribes have been
treated IN all their raids into
Texas for the past three years. Their
depredations have furnished them supplies
with which to make raids and sheltered
them from pursuit when they returned
with their scalps and plunder. No man
Of close observation, 1t seems to me, can
travel across the great plains from Nc
brasks and Wyoming to Texas and see
the established ranches with their hund.
reds of thousands of head OF cattle and
sheep and horses, together with families
OF owners, and reasonably think that
these people so much exposed and having
such valuable interests arc desirous oil
provoking Indian wars. There was q
time possibly when the population Of the
Indian frontier may have been desrous Of
Indian troubles, but that has passed long
ago.
sAFE BURGLARY TRIAL.
In the safe burglary case to-day the
time for recess was occupied in taking
testimony TO show the general bad char
acter OF Zsrruth and Hayes. One wit
ness admitted under ctoss. examination
that Harrington had talked to him about
Zerruth. Another testified that he was
instructed to hunt up something against
HayeP, and was told that Whitley would
know something about him. Witness had
been to WhitelY's office about the case and
saw Whitley there. Whitley asked wit
ness what information he had found about
Hayes. Witness told him he had found
out that he could be hired for any kind Of
business, and could not be believed.
Whitley SAID that was good.
After recess the testimony was unim-
portant. Davide requested that the court
adjourn till tomorrow, 10 enable the de-
tense to produce more witnesses. Ad-
Ijourned.
The President to-day appointed John
W. Fuller Collector OF Customs for the
District Of Mama, Ohio.
HEAVY LOSSES ON POSTAGE sTAMPa.
Tho Third Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral in his annual report estimates that
the proportion of washed stamps used
again in payment Of postage is s per cent
OF the value oil all the stamps sold each
year, causing an annual loss ol one million
dollars to the revenue Of the department.
REVERSAL OF JUDGMENT.
In the Supreme Court the Home In
surance Company %. Morse and another
error to the Supreme Court oi Wisconsin.
In this case the Home Insurance Com
pany, of New York, complied, in writing,
with the statutes Of Wisconsin, by which
among other things it agreed not to
remove any case commenced against 1t in
State Courts to Federal Courts, but upon
the commencement OF the present case it
nevertheless moved for transfer TO Fed.
eral Courts. The court below regarded the
statute and agreement as ground for the
denial Of the motion. This court re.
Versed this judgment based upon that
theory, and mold that neither q private
citizen nor corporate body may barter
away substantial rights, and that the
company was entitled 10 removal not
withstanding the State law and the con-
tract. Justice Hunt delivered the opin.
ion. Chief Justice Waite delivered dis.
senting opinion, in which Justice Davis
Concurred, holding that the State had
power to enact such a law, placing for
eign and local business and corporations
in tho same position as to State authority
and make all doing business 10
the State amensble to the same
tribunals. In tho case OF Spratt
rS. the United States, the Supreme Court
to-day affirmed the judgment ol the
Court Of Claims, holding that the claim
ant, Confederate citizen, gained no title
to certain cotton by purchase from an
agent Of the Confederate States, because
these States were without corporate power
10 take hold or convey a valid title to any
property whatever, and that the claimant