The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-11-17
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
sMrrusoN AGAINST STANTON.

sMITHsoN AGAINST STANTON.
IN the case of William T. Smithson, the
banker. against Edwin NJ. Stanton, Secre-
,a~y of War, for trespass, damages are
tiaimcd Of 5000 0 in the suit instituted by
wrSrs. Hughes, Denver, and Peck for the
,raiutlL. Mr.. w. Y. Fcndali has entered
lis appearance for the defendant, and q
flea of not guilty having been entered,
The case stands for trial. II Is not proba.
tIc. however, that il will be reached at the
resent term of the Circuit Court.-Star.
A NEW EVENING DAILY,
70 Nc called the Great Republic, Radical in
notifies, is about 10 be started here.
CONVERSION OF NOTES INTO BONDS.
The rapid conversion at the Treasury
DEPARTMENT of 80 notes into $40 bonds
is attended with many difficulties, on ac-
count OF the numbers of lost or stolen 100
notes sent TO the Department.
Banks and persons dealing in 1905
should remember that although all the cou-
pm bonds of the Government are issued
payahlc TO the bearer, so that they will
PASS delivery, and are good, although lost
or stolen, when m the hands Of q bona fde
bearer, the case is different with the 1905,
which are issued in blank, but with the
words "or order,' instead of cor bearer"
imprinted on the face.
Aslong as the 7-30 note remains thus in
blank, it passes by delivery like a coupon
bond, and a bona .fde purchaser for value
can collect the same, notwithstanding it
has been lost or stolen but in case the
holder ofthc 7-30 fills the blank space with
lis name, the note hen becomes his pro-
pcrty, payable to his order, and he cannot
hereafter I've deprived of his title by any
loss or larceny Of the note, any more than
the holder of q check or draft payable
80 his order. This is the law, notwith-
Standing his name may have been so skill
fully extracted by acids or otherwise as
10 leave no trace of il.
If the holder of the note can prove
clearly that his name, was once written
mon the face of the 80, his title is good,
Notwithstanding the erasure, and even
against q bona ride holder, for value, &c.,
viii he recognized by the Treasury Depart
mcni, and, upon proof, the note will be
rafd 10 him. All persons dealing in Go
yerumcnt securities ought carefully to bear
in mind the foregoing peculiarly of 7-30
notes, which may, as stated, become con-
yt.tcd into negotiable securities, payable
onlv 10 order, which cannot be the case
with any of the coupon bonds Of the Go
YrTnmcnt.-Sn0.
PERSONAL.
General Dick TAYLOR, son of the late
President Taylor, who has been here for
several days, is generally set down among
the newspaper correspondents as an un-
converted and unreconstructed rebel.
There never was a greater mistake made.
NJ man in the South more readily and
chccriully accepts the situation" nor, pro-
baby, feels more sincerely attached to the
Taiun. lie has been the guest of General
Grant a portion Of the time he has spent
in Washington, and he is now cooperating
with certain Republican members of Con-
srr,s in 4 patriotic work of the greatest
Importance, and which, if it shall be on
>ummated, will be hailed with JOY by all
good men, irrespective of party.
The President is granting very few par
dou> to late Confederates now. The report
that K. VI. T. Hunter was here to urge the
issue Of his pardon is m error. He wished
10 dispose Of some property, and was
obliged to get a release Of the Government
,i-ht Of cOniiScation before he could do so.
lie succeeded in accomplishing his object,
il is said, and has gone to his home.
SUFFRAGE QUESTION SOUTH.
Leading southern gentlemen who have
recently visited Washington indicate a de-
ciIcd change as in progress in the South on
tie subject of impartial suffrage. The
overwhelming defeat of the Democratic
Conservative party in the recent elections
has convinced all thinking southern men
HAT restoration is impossible without some
concession TO the dominant loyal sentiment
OF the country. The position taken by the
President, and the belief that the people OF
the loyal States would repudiate the ac-
ton Of Congress, has caused them to com
nit their States so strongly against the
Constitutional amendment as to preclude
any probability OF its adoption by them in
any contingency. Beside, they argue that
10 consent 10 the Acknowledgement of all
the active rebel element would be unjust
to those who are no more guilty than them
selves. In this dilemma they say that OF
tie TWO the South would prefer to admit
Tie negroes to a qualified participation in
The elective franchise. As soon as the SEN
liment Of the people of the South can be
brought up to the necessary point, the pro-
position for a compromise on this basis will
he entertained, and, it is believed, favora-
bly, received. The indications also multi
Fly that the leaders of the Democratic
party are also about to change front on this
subject and join in the effort to obtain O
settlement OF the existing difficulty on a
generally satisfactory basis. In this settle
iucnt the Administration will be left out
III the cold, and permitted to linger out the
balance Of its term in practical insignifi-
Carce and Observation-Disclosures american.
4 DIsGrSTED DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
The National Executive or Democratic
Committee held a meeting in Washington
Yesterday, and broke up i'll disgust. They
found themselves $50, 1000 in debt-nearly
al advanced by a prominent banker Of this
c;y-the elections, the people, and Con-
fIc>s against them, and the South refusing
"re$sume political power by accepting the
c)astitnlional amendment. A violent quar-
Il! took place. 1t was openly stated that
The! had the President and the Attorney
Gene.al on their side, but that the rest OF
the Cabinet had been made a political unit
against them by the recent elections 10.