The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-07
WASHINGTON.
Whittaker's snort Accounts.

WASHINGTON, May 6.-The President
sent to the Senate to-day communities
} tion from the Attorney General and the
} Secretary OF the Treasury in response "a
Howe's resolution Of April 18th, calling
! for information In regard 10 the liAbili.
ties Of W. r. Whitaker, arising under
/. his administration of the Office Of United
States Assistant Treasurer and Collector
J OF Internal Revenue, at New Orleans,
: and as 10 the measures taken by the gov
! ernment 10 enforce them.
Secretary Sherman said the suit for
$ll, ,1S2 Is pending against Whitaker on
: his account, as Collector OF Internal Rev.
} enue from December, 1858, to April, 1865
/, While Whitaker was in office as Assist
ant Treasurer, at New Orleans. between
October Is, 1856, and May 10, 1867, de.
: felt Of Sl,076,797 occurred which was
subsequently reduced to S6S0,S9l. The
deficit, according 10 Whittaker's state.
} ment, arose from his accepting from his
predecessor, Ass't.Treasurer Way, about
10000 OF certificates OF the First National
Bank Of New Orleans and counting them
as cash on hand, besides which he had
afterwards received number oi certi-
fed checks Of Way, then President Of the
Bank, converted them into sundry notes
! and bills Of exchange which was counted
as cash at the time the deficit was dis.
covered. Suit for the recovery Of the
. deficit was commenced in the United
States Circuit Court in 1868, and in 1872
Judgment was given for the'deiendanL A
special counsel employed by the Govern
ment reported the Jury probably based
their finding Of the facts on the act Of set.
Element between the late assistant Treas
urer Way and the United States whereby
the debt due the government was dis.
charged by the assignment Of all Ways
property. There was, he alleges no
error In the verdict and no bill Of excep.
tions asked for; he also says all tue de-
PENDANTS were insolvent. Way was bonds
man for Whitaker.
Attorney General Devena reports that
the indictments against Whitaker were
three In number. The frat charged an
embezzlement OF Sl,05s,42l, and when
tried resulted in Whittaker's acquittal.
Special U. s. Attorney Grant wrote to the
Attorney General April, 1877, stating
that the remaining indictments were for
the same offense, and in his (Grants)
opinion il was not proper TO try them,
and asked for authority 10 dismiss them.
Attorney General Devens directed him TO
consult with U. s. District Attorney La
cey, and left il to their joint discretion to
enter a nOlle PROSE. Orders TO dismiss
these indictments were soon afterwards
entered, and Attorney General Devins
says he has no reason to doubt that
Lacey and Grant exercised their discre-
ton wisely.
CHINESE EMIGRATION.
The House Committee on Education
and Labor to day agreed upon the bill
making it misdemeanor for the master
Of 4 vessel 10 take more than fifteen
Chinese passengers, male or female, to
the United States alter January !, 1873.
The committee also agreed upon the bill
authorizing the distribution 10 public
libraries ol one copy Of every document
published for blicdistribution by Con-
gress.
-FOUR PER GENT SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Subsn,;ntions IN The fnur per cent loan
"a % y. . ws,a sIsH 600
' n.rosaons corsrrpr,,r
| DA"o""''' ooo"
a dangerous cSe".. s'nn ~ N.Y. WUs,I.a,S, H., s
M.!, HehollipaIpo'' po, VI 'yS NJ U paJ,N.J , M".s
% t.S baan M, in c;rcnI,,;on in ihe West.
asn @ s,s,as @ "' "
"a" "'A'so. ~, s.oo,,
ANOTHER oALh foh ''-o'
The Secretary ot the treasury to-day
called in the following. 52O bonds on ac'
count Of the subscriptions 70 me per
cent loan coupon ponds, da.ed nns 1uly daa' dss'
1865, namely, SoO, NO; o5oVi 10 oo'oVV
both inclusive; Sl00, NO. gOoo! 10 soooo,
both inclusive; S50o no. oSooi 70 ooVoV,
both inclusive; Sleoo, NO. il4,4oi 70
% aGySSV, oSS NSa pom INCLUSIVE io'a' 'o"P'"'
S'TTe''uS,i TTe rssi.,srad honda redeemable AT
n,s.au,e ;S ,he ITni,ed States aiter July.
lsT0 ara as follows: $50, No. !. .9Ol 10
o5o both inclusive: 500. No. l5,20l 10
* 100 both inclusiye: $500, No. 9,20l to
M 500 both inelnsiye: 81 900. No. S0l0l
IN "a 900 both inclusive: $1,000, No, g..
RDl tn 16O. both Inclusive. SlU,UUU, N o.
* b08 N 1880. both Inclusive, Total
reristered. So 600 900. Aggregate, S..
lo06 000
sr,r,,v surn,,v ,,vrrru urpucprp.
shohs.Aa, ..a!aa o sn nn.S ~ a n.,r @ Io.r
mi .VN' ~ M a, - na . - ;..;...
i The Secretary oi me treasury invites
subscriptions 10 me : per cent ioan upon
the same terms ofsred see PUBIC 10 'aiy,
1877, namely: SUBSCRIBERS upon tne
deposit oil TWO per cent wiz De ai,owea ,ta
w Gays 70 compIe.e .ne PsymenI. al, ~ 'he Ge
issred upon recent Of 9S per cent, prin.
cipal and interest accrued to that date,
and one.fourth Of one per cent commits.
sion on all subscriptions Tor $1,000 and
WV WATCHING TurMrxrcAs BORDER.
General Mcdowell has been instructed
IN instiinte yieilant yatchiulness along
tSa sonihsrn border of Arizona and
Southern California to prevent The yio-
js,ion Of the mentality laws by The Ler.
do rsvolntionisis and 10 arrest any and
ali nsrtles who are suspected Of conrre.
eating nm tLe border for that purpose,
The General has notified the War De.