Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-05

W AsHINGTON, Aprll 7.-lne lOloWliS
was issued this afternoon:
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF TREASURY, /
WASHINGTON, April /, 1879. I
subscriptions to the per cent. con-
suls having been received 10 the full
amount of the $40 bonds outstanding,
the circular Of this Department, dated
January /, 1879, inviting such subscrip-
tions, is rescinded. The ten-dollar re-
funding certificates will be sold as here
tofore, under the circulars OF March 18th
and Goth. The per cent. consols will
hereafter be sold for the redemption OF
the 1910 bonds of the act Of March >,
1864, upon terms to be hereafter pre-
sented.
[Signed1 JoHN SHERMAN,
Secretary.
WARRINGTON. April 1.-THE subscrip-
tions to-day to the per. cent. bonds
amount to $50, ,502, $50. The Secretary
oil the Treasury will issue call for the
balance OF the 5-20s of 1867 to-day, and
tomorrow call will be issued for all the
5-20s of 1868. The two calls amount TO
S595, 5,659,70O The aggregate calls lin
Guiding these since January LIST amount
TO S349, ,567, 200, making an annual saw
ing interest of SG9,9l3,3l4. No further
subscriptions will be received for 1 per
cent bonds, except for ten dollar Certifi-
Gates, until further notice.
The Wallace Committee.
WASHINGTON, April Geo. {. Cor
ham was recalled and furnished the
statements heretofore called for, from
which it appears that 732 circulars were
sent To- employees in the departments,
435 OF which were not responded TO, %
were returned and - resulted in sub
scriptions, amounting to S3,2l7. lie had
found cases where circulars were sent To
persons receiving salaries less than
81 600, and he wished tOCOrrect his pre-
vious statcmcntNn that point.
John G.. Thompson was called by the
Republican members Of the Committee,
and detailed his connection with the
Democratic Congressional Committee
in 1873. No money was called for from
the employees of the House
of Representatives. Witness devoted
most of his time during the summer Of
1873 to conducting the campaign, but
came to Washington on the lst of
every month To see t. the disburse-
mcnts OF the members salaries, and did
not neglect his official duties.
Duncan :. Walker, secretary Of the
Democratic Congressional Committee in
1873, testified that the headquarters Of
the committee ior part uf the cam
paign were in the room OF the House
Committee on Agriculture. The amount
collected by the committee was S4,695;
the number Of documents sent out was
03l 700. The documents were nearly
all folded in the room Of the House Com
mittecS on Post J.. uls AMI on Printing.
\ large number ui documents were sent
out hy the committee under tine frank OF
members of Congress, but nothing not
privileged. Postage was paid on all
documents not frankable. He read a
statement showing that the expenses
oi the folding room for 1873 were only
so, sos, as against larger sums, ranging
up to as high as Sl09,0 900, for the last ten
ycare.
,nU47piGiTy"Dt, ,af nhnin &, itkahuo' mat
he had charge al furnishing the Penn
sylvania voters in that department with
free transportation 10 their homes, and
with tax receipts where they had failed
TO pay their taxes, both oi which were
furnished by Mr. Russell, acting tor the
Republican state Central Committee.
The German Mission.
WASmyGToS, April 3.-Thc fact that
the German mission was offered 10
Whitclaw Reid, editor OF the New York
Tribune, last December, seems TO have
been one Of the best kept official secrets
which the present administration has
had. 1t is now first made known by
the publication of correspondence which
heretofore has been treated as cOniidcn-