The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-12-11
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
Storm Damages in the East.
Gov. Hampton Loses a Leg, But Gets
a United States Senatorship.
No More Trade Dollars to Be
Coined.
Greenbackers to Counsel on the 22d Of
February.
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. '
MORE OF TIE HOT SPRINGS OMISSION IS
...-r vEsrIGATIoS.
WASHINGTON, December l0.-Mr. +. y
Fill testified to-day before the investiga
ting committee. He knew nothing abou
the abstraction or omission OF Hot Spring
clause OF the isundry civil bill. Mr.. Benson
approached him on the subject, know
ing he had opposed the measure, ant
when he found what Benson was after ht
was determined TO fool him. During thu
three weeks Benson was working up the
case, he tBenson) twice threatened tht
witness, and tried to bribe him into testify
ing, intimating that testimony was
wanted against Senator Conover.
Senator Randolph-Then you can give
us no clew as to the missing link?
Witness-None whatever, unless it can
be found in the whisky bottles that were
about the Capitol on that night.
HILLIIousE IN FAVOR.
The Senate Committee on Finance have
agreed to report favorably the nomination
OF Hillhouse to be Assistant Treasurer at
New York City.
AGAINST TIE TRANSFER.
Gen. Lyon, OF the Purchasing Commits,
sion OF the Board OF Indian Commission
ers, and Barclay White, representing the
Society OF Friends at the Winnebagc
Agency, spoke to-day against the transfer
OF the Indian Bureau to the War Depart
ment.
TIE POTTER COMMITTEE.
The Potter committee to-day decided
that the subcommittee would continue the
investigation in Louisiana in case q fur
ther grant OF money was made by Con
gress. Chairman Potter is to be one o1
the proposed subcommittee, and will Sc
lect second Democratic member before
Thursday, when the Republicans will
name the third member. Springer and
Hiscock were authorized to open and re
port upon some documents obtained from
Florida bearing upon questions Of The
yalidityof the commissions OF several Jus
tees OF the Peace, &C., who testified to the
correctness OF certain election returns.
MILITARY AFFAIRS.
Mr.. Spencer from the Committee on
military Affairs, reported favorably to the
Senate, a bill authorizing the appointment
OF DR.. J. L. Powell as an assistant Surgeon
in the United States Army. In explana'
ton OF the bill he said: "Dr. Powell had
already rendered services as Assistant
Surgeon, but he could not be regularly ap
pointed because he served in the Con
iederate army when minor" During
the brief debate on the the bill, Mr.. Beck
said that, however, he would introduce O
bill to repeal Sec. 1918 OF the Revised
Statutes, which provides that "no person
who had served in any capacity in the
Military, Naval or Civil Service Of the
Confederate States, or OF either OF the
States in insurrection during the la'e
rebellion, shall be appointed to any
position in the Army Of the United States. :
The bill was read three times and passed
Yeas 80, nays2 81. @ 3.
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT.
Secretary Sherman, before the Commit
tee OF Ways and Means to-day, gave hi:
views concerning the bill introduced by
Representative Wood to authorize the
issue OF certificates OF deposit to aid IN re
funding the national debt. The bill, rs
agreed on, is as follows, and Mr.. Wood
was authorized to report it to the House:
Be i enacted, &c, That the Secretary ol
the Treasury is hereby authorized and
directed to issue in exchange for lawful
money OF the United States that may be
presented for such exchange certiii'
Gates OF deposit 1.-THE denomination Of $40,
bearing interest at the rate OF three per
cent per annum, and convertible into the
four per centum bonds described in the
refllnding act, and the money so received
shall be applied only to the payment Of
$50 bonds in the mode prescribed by said
act, and he is authorized to present suita'
BILE rules and regulations in conformity
with this act.
A GRERSBACE CONFERENCE.
It has been decided to have meeting
here on the 22d OF February OF all the Ma
tional Greenbeck Congressmen-e elect to the
Forty.sixth Congress. The object OF this
conference, a call for which has already
been issued, is to get all the National
Greenback members OF the next Congress
together before the 4th OF March lwhen
thew will be Congressman De tdct0), Tor the
purpose OF comparing views, and II posi-
DIE uetbTullHlIB uBSh . f'tA'A " 80 'N'-' -.
other words, It will be a sort OF caucus
aioretime, to discover il there really will
be a third party in the next Congress, and
what il believes in. Colonel Crandall In
charge OF the National Greenback Fxecn'
tive Headquarters here, says quite mum,
her OF letters have already been received
by Chairman Devices and Congressmen'
elect Muruh and De La Matyr, from Con-
gressmen-elect, pledging allegiance to the
new party, 80 that Is already evident that
the new party will number more in the
next House than sixteen, the number here
toiore claimed as National Greenbackers
New programme for the ST. Louis Dis
patch.
ST.. LOUIS, December i0.-The reports
circulated last night that Joseph Rulize'
was the real purchaser of the Eua'ing Dis
patch, which was sold yesterday, were con
drmed to-day by that gentleman takilE
r.-,,.I ,,ossaSsfon ofthR DaDeF about noon