The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-02-10
NATIONAL NOTES.
current Capital Gos.Ip-consre.slOnal

Current Capital Gossip Congressional
and General News.
WASHINGTON, February "a bill was
reported in the House to-day to adjust the
five per cent claims of the States upon the
sales Of public lands. 1t directs the Secre-
tary OF the Interior TO ascertain the
amounts OF public lands entered by loca-
ton, military scrip and land warrants in
the various States (including the Virginia
military and United States military land
warrants located in the State Of Ohio after
her admission into the Union) whose
enabling acts OF admission into the Union
n stipulation for the payment of five per
centum on sales OF public lands therein,
provides that it shall be the duty Of
the Secretary Of the Treasury to pay to such
States five per Centum on the amount of
lands 80 located, estimating their value ut
81 % per acre, the lands upon which five
per centum has been paid to be included.
The painting OF Mrs. r. D. Hayes, pre-
sented to the President by the Temperance
ladies OF the United States, has been re-
turned to the White House from Paris,
where it wns sent to be engraved. An ele-
giant oak iramp, deliberately carved in EN-.
blenatic designs By the Cincinnati school
OF design, also arrived at the White House
and was unlocked to-day. The portrait
will be hung in the green parlor.
The House Ways and Means Committee
this morning discussed the question Us To
whether the Senate has the right to Origi.
nate funding bill, and finally the matter
was referred to Subcommittee, OF which
Kelly is chairman and Randall is men,
Der. The tenor of the discussion indicated
the sentiment OF the committee to be that
the Senate has no such right. II such
committee decides against the right OF Sen.
ate TO originate such bill, then the Ways
and Means Committee will proceed 10
frame u new funding bill, ignoring the
Sherman bill entirely.
The Senate Committee on Naval Afairs
decided TO report adversely on the nOmi-
nation OF Pay Director Watmouth 10 be
Paymaster General OF tho Navy.
b. S. bonds redeemed under the l06lh
call, slG,556, 100. No bonds have been
offered for redemption under the l05th call
since tEe 7th inst.
The Treasury to-day purchased $4,000
ounces oi silver for the mints.
Secretary Hunt to-day received tele-
gram from Ais. Emma DeI.ong, wife oi
Lieut.. DeLong, at Burlington, In, as fol-
lows "Pleass ask Mr.. Bennett not TO detain
the correspondent already at Irkutsk. lie
can Join the naval officers as Herald cores
pondent in the spring. Let the emergency
Of the case excuse the suggestion" The
Secretary telegraphed the following reply:
81 have cahled your message to Mr.. Ben.
nett, with the approval Of your suggestion
General n. NJ. Curtis'g connection with
the Treasury Department as an expert in
charge OF the Examination Commission
on changes in the southern district OF New
York, will cease on The 2Sth inst. Com.
plainis against General CuFtis were recently
filed in the Treasury Department by the
Civil Service Reform Association, charging
him with using his position to collect pOliti'
cal assessments in defiance Of the statutes
on that subject. These complaints have
been referred 70 the District Attorney oi
| New York for such action as he may deem
proper. General Curtis &a1 Treasurer oI
the Republican Campaign Committee al
the last election in New York.