The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-29
WASHINGTON.
OBSERVANCE OF DECORATION DAY.

Oh>ElN ANCE OF DECORATION DAY.
WAsnINGroS, May 2S.-By direction OF
the President all Departments will be
closed On Friday, Decoration Day, that
the employees may participate in the com.
memOrative ceremonies.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO TIE FOUR FER CENTS.
Subscriptions to the four per cent re-
tundingcertittcateS' since Yesterdays report
Sl,292,94O.
THE VETO.
The President will not send his message
vGtOing the Legislative, Executive and lu.
diclal appropriation bill to the House OF
Representatives to-day.
FIrZ JOHN PORTEE'S CASE.
The contradiction is authorized of the
statement several times printed, that the
President has decided not to approve Of
the findings Of the Court Of Inquiry in the
tItEJohn Porter case and he will refer
them Tor examination and revision to
Judge Advocate General OF the Army.
ARMY PROMOTIONS.
The army prOnati0nS which have been
suspended in the Committee on Military
Affairs Willie awaiting the Srnatrs recent
action on the legal question raised in regard
10 them were to-day reported back to that
body IN the eXcculiur session and replaced
on the calendar with the committees with
recommendation that they be confirmed.
SENATE CONTRIBUTIONS.
The Senate confirmed James X. Halo.
well, nt Kansas, United States Attorney
Tor the District OF Nebraska, and Elliot
ShnrtH Postmaster Of Marshalltown, la.
THE WALLACE COMMITTEE.
The Wallace Committee to-day exam.
incd 7. j.. Mackcv, Circuit Judge in South
Carolina, but nothing particularly new or
interesting was ELECTED. lie supported the
Hayes and Hampton ticket and all the
Democratic nominees, and side by side
with Hampton he ranvassGd the State for
Hayes, but he voted for Tillcn, endorsing
on his ballot rs Il reason Tor doing SO that
bayoHetS were brought to the polls 10 Sc
cure the election OF Hayes. Witness
wished To say that Jury OF the State
courts, composed wholly Of Republicans,
would convict the most prominent ReIub.
lican who should wrong Il Democrat, and
Democratic jury would convict the most
prominent Democrat who would wrong
Republican.
CANTGo BACH.
Little Chief and other Chcvcnnc IpJi.
ans here had an inirrvinw win Ih. Srrrr.
tary Of the interior Ia.t rvrninv and thn,
officer pln,nlv tolI thnm ,hat 7h"v rnmiJ
not be allowed to 90 back to Dakota.
They leave here on Friday.
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80" '''@''''"' r''" ','MS,t "''''' "N '"h
,v T'''' "A""lN' .
ihc "'GIIfcu intention I" proceed with
'hA',eFet no"tS !" remove negroes from
'He MISSISSIPPI valley, under lh" aIl"Gcd
alFire ana promised protection OF the
IfcS'"'hi' created much Indignation
aN'TnS the members "i the Mississippi
IN" I''"'S'"'Ia "e!"Ga'iunS, Several icih-
oeT" representing these delegations have
@'"" on 'he lhNidclIt Sinr" the pnbiIrA'
u"h ni 'hc conway interview, anu pro-
!c9,T" "Eall'S' 'lIG use hAic "i MS name
III llIc matter. lie President, however,
assured 'h9Sc calling on Inn IN c"nnrc'
lloh ,WltiT lhe ALTAR that hc had not Ad'
NITS'' "H' on" !" make SnCll movement
representatives hing, Ellis and Gibson,
N' In's&ha, lpuay III conversation with
lhr iI','"ch' on the subject represented
I" MN from thc report "i ms declaration
WIN regard TO the exodus IMPRESSION
W""nl" De created that he, the President,
'"N"'cn 'i'r exodus, ana would c%tcnd
g@HSrnlmrntald IN IulhcHnrc of it,
stance that nuthinr wIutrvrr had trans.
near