The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-05-04
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Important Letter from sscretar,
Sherman to Bayard.
National Bank Rss.ryss-A Scandal Rival.
Ing the Credit MObllIer-A Postal
Telegraph Pian-Brief Wash.
lngtou Notes Of General
Interest.
oRsEauIEs OF GIN. nEISrzELMAN.

WASHINGTON, May S.-The funeral o
General IS. P. Heintzelman took place a
nine o'clock this morning. His remainl
were escorted to the Baltimore and Pc
tomac depot by battalion Of the Second
Artillery. An officer, non-eommissioned
officer and three priyates OF the Second
Artillery will accompany the body tc
Buffalo, where the interment takes place
COMMANDMENT OF cALAo BY THE cH1IIANs
WASHINGTON, May IA telegram re
ceiyed to-day from Panama at the Lega
ton of Chilli, says the Gillian navy bonn.
barded Calao on the 22nd Of April, caus
ing heavy damages on shore and nearly
destroying the Peruvian Corvette Union
Lima is threatened by the Chilians, and
great distress prevails in that city.
A SCANDAL AT THE CAPITAL.
An article in the Sunday Capital yester.
day has created quite sensation here.
The article states that for some time past
scandal has been brewing at the Capital,
which bids fair to rival in disgrace, II not
in magnitude, the history Of the Credit
Mobilier and Pacific Mail. The subject mat.
ter in the premises is the land grant exten.
sion job, a scheme by which the two un-
finished Pacific railroads pooled their
issues and propose TO avert the consequen-
ces Of their frilure to comply with the
terms under which they received their
land grants, and such are the circumstan-
ces OF the case that the proposed extern
sion amounts substantially to new grant,
in defiance, OF course, OF all platforms OF
both parties for the last eight years.
The scandal is not in the violation OF
party pledges. 1t is in the methods that
have been and are being employed to
secure the result. The venerable lobbyist
who has had charge Of the Huntington &
Gould interest here for term OF years, is
at the head OF the land grant syndi.
cate, and his pay roll, either in cash
or stock, placed where 1t will do
the most good, is said to embrace not
only the usual number OF professions who
carry Congressman in their pockets, but
several eminent newspaper reformers, and
anumber OF distinguished statesmen hold.
ing places on the appropriate committees.
The Capital further charges that certain
committees OF the House were packed in
the interest OF the railroad lobby. Il is
thought the whole question will be in.
vestgated.
A POSTAL TELEGRAPH SYSTEM PROPOSED.
In the House to-day q bill was intro
duced by Mr.. Ellis to establish govern.
ment postal telegraph service for the Uni.
ted States between Boston and Washing.
ton and intermediate postoffices. 1t directs
the Postmaster General, for the purpose
Of testing the policy and practicability OF
maintaining general system OF postal
telegraph lines and Of f-afording to the
people the benefit OF cheap telegraphic
communication, TO establish by purchase
or construction telegraph line or lines
between the above mentioned points. The
Postmaster General is also authorized,
without further legislation, to extend pos.
tai lines between New York, st. Louis,
Chicago and New Orleans and such other
cities and postal stations as he may see fit,
provided the system shall be found advan.
tageous and beneficial, and an appropria-
ton OF $500, 900 is made for the purpose OF
enabling him to carry out the provisions
OF the act. The bill was referred to the
Committee on Postoffices and Post Roads.
IMPORTANT DECISION IN REGARD TO Ma
TIoNAL BANKS.
Replying to an inquiry from the secre-
tary OF the Treasury as to whether the
fourth section OF the act OF June so, 1874,
was repugnant to the previous statutory
provision in reference to the deposit OF
bonds by the national banks, the Solicitor
General, in an opinion approved by the
Attorney-General, sent to Secretary Sher-
man, says: Upon the whole am OF the
opinion that, taken with It's context, Sec
ton four Of the act Of 1874 is for all pur.
poses connected Herewith, repugnant to
section 5,l60 OF the Revised Statutes and
all other previous legislation, that requires
national banks to have and maintain in
the treasury Of the United States bond
deposit to the amount Of one-third Of
their capital"