The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-21
Alrhmonn qispatfh,
TUESDAY MORNING .......MAY q. 1891.
FROM MONTGOMERY.
Isrsctn oosREsrospssos OF TIE prspArcz.
NosTaoxEaY, Friday, May II.

NiosT9oAEEY, ! rfday, May II.
-tongres9, 1t is believed, Will ad iourn on to-
moTrow-if not, certainly on some day Of next
week, 20 convene, when required by the pub
lie Interests, in Richmond. Heretofore the
super vision Of all mat ters connect ted with pa
tents has been COnfided to the Department Of
Justice, presided over by the able and nInabla
benjamin. but the great number Of applica-
tons, although confined nndrr the law to citi-
zens Of this Con nfederacy, has shown 70 Con
srrss the necessity for the prompt organiza-
ton of n bureau of Patents. Aud ou yester-
day, in public session, Mr.. BROOKE, chairman
ot the committee on the suhiect, reported a
bill 10 establish a Patent Office, and 10 pro
yih" for the granting and issuance Of patents
for new and ueetul discoveries, improvements 3
and designs The bill contains great
number OF sections, occupying 81 or 30
pages of Government fooi-cap printing
Il number of its features are very similar In
ali respects 10 the Patent Office law of the
| nitrd States Several sec tions OF 1t met vi tn
opposition, and the one making an appro-
prlatlon 20 be expended in the collection Of
agricultural statistics and for agrtc ultural
purposes, was very properly stricken out,
els" We should EOOn hAv" had collection
aud distribution Of the same worthless seeds,
roots, and Patent Oftice reports with which
| this Department of the sold wreck" =
| al enormous cost, flooded the country al
| though none of the former. with the exception
| Of the comlGon tUrnlp seed ever grew, " II
| The latter rare works in consideration OF their
wisdom, delight and use, have been most gen
| Frdiiy honored with "a cOmpaDlonship among
| the rats and spiders that infest dark, obscu a
| closets. Before the reading Of the bill was
| HUlshedr Congress went into secret session.
! The President IN the meantime trans nj tied
| some additional estimates OF the Secretary OF
/ " br, Ihe recent expenditures Of this DEF part =
I WeHt nave been very large, amounting within
! the IHStieW days to nearly two millions. Some
| dissaiisiaction has also been expressed with
itS manner of conducting business. Charges
and qes p is1"s 6f 70
| have been preferred. ] have also heard the
Secretary blamed for the serious lndscretion
! he committed in declaring, about the time OF
! the attack on Fort Sumter, that In So days the
| Confederate flag would be floating proudly
| from the dome Of the Capitol at w a. hing ton
| braN,do calculate 10 produce great excitement
ana hostility at the North.
The Postmaster General has wisely deter
mined TO retain Ia his service all the Route
| Agents, Postmasters and other officials con-
! Gr"tnd with the mails, until Il complete organ
| izttiOn OF IN" new service Is effected aud all
| 1t. parts made perfect; after which. the re-
m0Sals, II any, viii ba tew, and only made in
! obedience 10 public nterests The differences
/ between tho postal laws OF the United States
| and those Of this Government are small, con
! slstug chiefly in au increase of the rates OF
/ postage ana repeal OF the letter registration
| system. The tranking privilege has also been
| abOhshed with exceptions in favor of the
! Postmaster General, HE chief clerk, heads OF
! Bureaus in his department, and deputy post
| masters, who aTv allowed 20 frank official
| business.
| The lpCrease in the rates OF postage has been
| ADOPT" in order TO make the department self.
! sustaining, instead Of a tax of millions upon
! the country, like it's predecessor at Washing
| ton.
! design for postage stamps about which
there iIa- been some AT Siety, has been eelpCtPd
/ and contract partially made for a suppiY.
| The new stamp will be quite prettv-a tribe
I larger than the nld, with an riegaUt eistl en-
/ craving Of Washing ton In the centre, and Will
| be furnished the country early III June.
| The s"if-sacriiiCinE Secretary OF tho Treas.
| ury. Ike another Cerberus, is guarding the
| money bags, which, 70 "a W. from Still lpss de
| p'"tou, he hae determined to prohib!t the
! creation oi assistant otitce- - those Of Fret
/ Auditor and oumptrcilar.
In the United states Government there Sr,
six Audtors and TWO Comptrolitrs 1st anc
! ID. Here there viii be bat one Of each, and
! only one set OF books to be kept by the Regis.
! t'rs for the entire department, so as 10 pre-.
( vent an increase Ct clerical force This is he
( y -teD recon ulended by 4 iexaudeT IIHmil Ton
( sud adopted by the Government IN 1tp5 by
/ the appuiu ttneut OF onIy one Auditor; but sub.
| ssqnrUtIv changed. As precedent, however
/ OF the early and purer days OF our once mi gbt =
! Republic, 1t hae received the reverence and
stgction OF the coGscien ;ous Secretary.
| The leamer Lady Davis, purchased by the
! Navy department from the Governor ol
! <outA C,4roiiu4, was TO day paid for by The
/ 2overuIneMt. She coat 80 100.
! The people here are amazed and NOR titled
| II the course Of The Eetrednt traitors ia Il pOr-
/ tuu OF North western Virginia, / - sipcereiy y
! hoped that the toad spottet wretch, CArlie
! the leader In the conspiracy, Will bs held
| swiftly nccoun table for the cowardly treason
| ha il committing against the sovereign Com
! mOnW III Of Virginia. MONTGOMERY.