The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-28
BY TELE GR APH.
BY the Western Union Line.
WASHING TON.
The PresIdent's Message ON Lonisi-
ana Affairs.

The PresIdeni's Message ON Lonisi
ana Affairs.
WASHINGTON, January q.
The President did not send the
Louisiana message to Congress to-day,
it not yet being ready.
Nominations.
The President sent to the Senate to-
day the following names: Edwin n.
McCook, OF Colorado, to be Governor
of Colorado Territory; John W. Jen-
kens, of Virginia. to be Secretary oil
Colorado S. B Larghitt, to be Sur
veyor General OF Colorado Albert G.
Caldwell, OF Ohio. to be Consul at An
coma.
After Mr.. Morton's speech in the
Senate on cheap transportation, the
finance resolution was taken up, but
Mr.. Bsyard not being ready to speak.
further consideration was postponed un-
til to morrow.
The Committee on Banking and Cur
rency to-day added to the bill pending
before them, clauses looking to a re.
sumption Of specie payments.
Reirenchment ON Public BaiIdipgs.
The House Committee on Appropri-
ations to-day perfected their report di-
recting the Secretary Of the Treasury,
until otherwise provided by law, to
make no payments out OF the unex-
pended balances Of the appropriations
heretofore made for the purchase OF
sites and for the erection Of public
buildings by the supervising architect
of the treasury department, for purposes
and objects, to-vlt: To pay for q site
or the extension OF site, the purchase
OF which has not been executed or pro-
ceedings for the condemnation OF which
have not been completed; to pay for
any work or materials for the erection Of
any building upon which work has not
already been begun, aud contracts to
pay for tbs sale or demolition of any
building on any site where work has
not been commenced till provided for
by law. The Secretary shall make no
contracts for the purchsse OF any new
site, nor for material or labor on any
building not actually commenced. All
sums heretofore appropriated for
buildings, purchase OF sites, DC, which
are made unavoidable by this act, are
covered into the Treasory. The Sec
retary is authorized and directed to
suspend work on any buildings already
commenced whenever, in his judgment
such suspension can be made conslst-
emily with public interests.
Indian Affairs.
Mr.. Anthony, from the Committee ON
Printing, submitted a report to the
Senate on the question Of the advisibll'
isy OF printing voluminous accounts re-
ceived from the second auditor OF the
treasury, showing in detail last years
disbursements for Indian service. The
committee say there was in 1854 only
twelve Indian agencies, and now there
are twelve superintendents and sevent!!
agents, whose condensed accounts, l
published, will fill large volume ane
give but little Insight into items OF ex
penditure, Large sums are set dowr
as having been expended for travelling
expenses, contingent expenses, benen
cial objects, &c, without generall.
speaking, any details showing hos
these sums have been expended. 10 put
III ,ho accounts. giving these items
the Committee say that it would Coz
a large sum for copying them, and tina
they wsuld fill twenty-five or thlrt
good sized volumes annually. Th
annual list of real or technical defaul
ters in tie Indian service, required
be transmitted by the law Of 1884 ha
not been furnished since the year lso;
in consequence Of the demands mad d
on the clerical force of the acting on
GERS OF the treasury by work grown
out OF the war of the rebellion.