The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-02-15
CAPITAL CULLINGS.
The Latest Gossip from the Seat OF
Government,

The Latest Gossip from the seat OF
.. Government.
WASHINGTON, February 1.-THE Senate
Committee on Public Lands discussed at
length the resolution to instruct the At
torney General to defend the titles TO the
Western homesteads, which are claimed
by the railroad companies to have been
included in the land grants to them. This
resolution involves directly the lands in
cluded in the recent decision OF Judge
Miller, at Omaha, but indirectly it touches
the titles Of many other homesteads. The
question is whether the entries made upon
the land included in the railroad grants
before that land was formally and finally
withdrawn by the Government, are good
or not. Senator Plumb stated that he
knew ut least five hundred cases where
this question entered into the title, and
that there were hundreds OF other cases.
The committee did not come to any con-
Clusion.
The Senate Military Committee are in
session this evening, having obtained per-
mission to sit during the session Of the
Senate, investigating the allegations against
Major Rochester, nominated for Paymaster
General Of the Army and whose nomina-
tion was yesterday recommitted. The pa
pers and records of the Paymaster Gener-
ais Office are to be examined, us it is
charged that Rochester, by remissness OF
duty, was partially responsible for the de.
ialcation oil Paymaster Hoge.
John N. Trcw, Of Durango, Colorado,
was examined US witness before the grand
jury to-day in the Star Route cases. He
was instructed to bring all letters received
by him from S. w. Dorsey, J. w. Dorsey,
j. R. Minor and NJ. A. ReeTdell, or any Of
them, in relation to the mail service in
Colorado, since July LIST, 1878.
The President has sent the following
nominations to the Senate: John C. New,
OF Indiana. Assistant Secretary of the Treas.
ury; Edwin A. Nevin, ir. Surveyor OF Gus
toms for the District OF Philadelphia Benz.
Flagler, Collector OF Customs for the Dis.
trict OF Niagara, n. Y; james p. Jolley,
Collector OF Customs for the District Of
Toche, La; L. II. Davery, Of Maryland,
United States Consulat St. Paul, Deloandu;
AugustusS. Seymour, United States District
Judge for the Eastern Distriet-ot North
Carolina; W. +, Poston, United States At.
torney for tho Western District OF Ten
nessee; Andrew Mcl.ain, District Attorney
for the Middle District Of Tennessee; Moses
NJ. Drew, United States Marshal OF Cali.
iornia; Hiram NJ. Vanaruan, OF California,
Secretary OF the Territory Of Arizona.
The House Judiciary Committee took
the first step to-day towards considering
the bankruptcy bill by referring it to q sub
committee consisting OF Mcssrs. Humph-
revs, AIcCord and Manning.
Tho House committee on Post Offices
and Post Roads agreed to report iavorably
Mr.. BIngham's bill increasing the pay OF
auxiliary letter carriers from S400 to 5000,
and providing for subsequent advance
upon probnation to $500 and $1,000, The
regular carriers are TO come from this class,
new men serving firSt as auxiliaries.
Secretary Folger has, in communica.
ton to the Senate Finance Committee, sub.
mitted his views ut length on Beck's bill
10 prevent the unlawful certi6cation ol
checks by National banks. The Secretary
does notthink the passage Of this bill will
affect the object in view, as he says, the
question Of what constituted unlawful Ger
| tifIcatinn would have to be submitted TO .
Jury. There Is always law on the statute
hooks 10 this effect, aRd the Secretary don't
think that Beck's bill can add any specific
force to It.