Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, March %.

PUBucANs GIVE IT UP-A RING AGAINST Mr.
M'CULLOCH.
A. the friends of the President are unanimously
opposed TO the civil rights BILL tits presumed tina
he would have signed It at once If he approved 1t
He would hardly hold it seven days unless he ha
fonnd serions objections to it. His veto, If one i
sent will be an argument based upon close invest
cation of law and facts, which Is more than il la
Received in Congress on either side. Many Republi
cans give it up to-day that he will veto the bill
tremendous specializing ring has been formed
here to defeat Mr. McCulloch upon his loan policy
LOYAL SOUTHERN PENSIONERS To RECOVER ALL Az
REARs-OPINION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Acknowledgement Speed has given an opinion
sustaining the original action OF the COMMISSIONS
of Pensions-as TO the right of pensioners restored II
the rolls of the Southern agencies, on proof OF con
tinued loyalty throughout The war; All pensiOhcr
thus restored will now receive their pensions from
the date of their last payment. on the former certh
Gates without interruption. by direction OF TN
Secretary of the Interior, payment for the perO,
from the 10th of August, 1861 10 the date of com
pletng proof of loyalty, suspended while await
ing the opinion OF AttOrney-General Speed, which
has been adopted 10y the Department
THE ARREST OF 4 MAN SUPPOSED To BE GUAM
TRELL
II has already been stated that man supposed Il
lac Ouautrell. the guerilla. had been arrested in New
York. sent to Washington and committed to prison
Ii appears the prisoner was stopping at private
boordino house in New York, under the name o
Hamilton. He denied that he was Quantrell. bu
orknowledGed that he had served in the Confeder
ate army during the war. Letters and documents
nf An important character are said TO have beer
found IN his possession. Soon alter his arrest Sena
tor I.ane and Mrs. Lane had an interview with him
but failed to identify him rs QuantrcI The Iri
buRe says:
Mrs. Lane had seen and talked with Quantrel
when he burned down her residence, during one o
bis raids in the sumner of 1864, but she was Sc
nervous and excited at that time that although she
gave very accurate description OF his appearance
when brought face to face with the prisoner slit
could not identify him. He was taken to Washing
ton in irons.
The prisoner, in his manner and personal ap
pearance bears most striking resemblance to thc
guerilla leader. He is a tall well-made man, abOu
IS wears of age, Of pure blonde complexion
Golden hair and beard, and bright laughing blue
eve. His manners are refined and gentlemanly, anC
he speaks with very pleasing address and quie
persuasive eloquencc, and in this respect more thar
any other trait does he resemble the guerilla Guam
trell Whether he is the rebel they take him for, OF
merely the victim of an accidental resemblance
time alone will discover.
AWARDS OF PRIZE MONEY.
1t appears from an official statement that the tota
amount of prize money that has been paid to nava
otficer4 for captures made during the late war was
81 762 sos 10 There were l,296 officers who re
ceiyed less than 500. The aggregate amount paiL
IN this class was 500 496 Co. and 3,l69 officers re-
ceived 500 and upwards, amounting IN the aggre
cate to S47ll,916 40. The following is list Of
some Of the officers who have received $4,000 and
upwards: -
Animals ice Admiral d. G. Fauagut, SOC.
90 67 Rear. Admirals d. ID. Porter, sol, 525 9S; >
r. Dupont S57, 093 %: 5. II. Stringham, Sl5,4l7 62
j. A. Dahlgren, S9,93S 50; l.. W. Goldsborough
'' Sommodorcs.-T. Bailey, s4O,5OS 90 J. L. Lard
ner. $50 24l Of; W. W. Mexican, S33 $50 80 II
II. Bell. Sl3Ol3 %; C. H. Wilkes SS,2S4 03; g.
Van Brunt. S67l2 o. II. X. Thatcher S5,G6O 43
John Rodgers, SOL 81.
CopiaiaS.-S p. Lee, SlO96S9; G. II. Scott, S.
$40 IA: b. +. Sands S36S96 81; W. NJ. Walker
S35. AS 40; o. :. Gibson, S249O6 72; ID. B. Ridge
Iy, Sll,4ll IS J. Il. Marohant, sl2,72O 76; I. p
Greene, Sl2,5O3 81; Joseph |. Greene s7,4S3 -.
CommanderS.-J. j. Almey, S5l,5OS II; j. F.
Armstrong, &c 900 "a: T. NJ. Brasher S99il 81; D.
p. Bankhead. S6Sl9 81; John c. Beaumont, So
294 A.: =. Crosby, S-43l2 ~: Napoleon Collins
Sl5sl5 So; \. q. Clary, S96ll 50; Ovcrton Carr
81 .O67 80: j. Downes, Sl0,425 II; G. Hunter, So
ais II; Joseph Lanman, Sl4,0l2 50; j. II. Mulla
ney; SO, TAI % J. f. Parrot, slO,772 O7; George
W hanson, SO, 1893 30; 5. D. Trcnchard, SIS
759 40; Il. II. Wyman, s2lOO9 o6.
THE STEWART BRIDE TO THE SOUTH.
At the Cabinet meeting yesterday the Civil
RIGHTS bill was under discussion and the President
is understood to have expressed his intention to veto
Only six of the Southern Senator'S elect are now
here. Among them, MeSSrs. Parsons Sharkey anC
Call But they all say, that not only they, but also
the peOple of the South, are unanimously opposed
10 the insulting and degrading proposal contained
in Stewards resolutions. They are not disposed to
have their seats in Congress bought Tor them at Sucf
u price.
CONGRESS At PRAYERS.
People who gaze upon the proceedings of the Ma
tional House OF Representatives 1T Washington from
the galleries are often aStOnished az the way in
which the members conduct Themselves when al
PRAYERS At noon the Speakers hammer falls, ano
the Chaplain rises TO suppcate blessing, Now
the theory of legislation is that all the members rst
for the same purpose; hut IN practice 1t Is quite dill
fsrent A recent observer. who took notice OF the
matter saws he counted fifteen of the members who
stood up of whom twelve assumed devotional at
titude Upon gazing more closely however h'
found that eight of them were reading newspapers
that were lying on their desks. lwehly-One other
were loungng about, seventeen were busy at VIII
ting. and three groups, whom the fall ol the hammer
found in conversation, were very soon again en-
gagged in earnest cOllOquy.
THE GOVERNMENT As A PUBLISHING ESTABLISH
MENT.
Mr.. LaGn Chairman of the House Committee OF
Printing, did the country an excellent service 10
dav in the matterOl cutting down the printing o
the number of mechanical patent Office reports Il"
lSlll from jJUuU 10 l1,uub copies. III bHi
repCrt Mr. Latin made very elective ana business
like speech, in which he presented some very re
markabe statistics with reference tn the extent Il
which the Government is engaged IN the publishing
business. Mr. Lallin showed that the Government
consumes in its printing operations 0ne-'hlrtecnti
of all the paper manufactured in the United States
and that the Government printing amounts IN value
to One.twefth of all the printing done in tins coun
try The Government was the greatest publishing
house in the world, and every time 1t went into The
market to buy paper the effect was felt by every
publisher in the country Mr.. Latin set forth hi:
views 50 forcibly that the previous question wa
moved and the report agreed to without division
This reduction has been attempted in former years
but has not succeeded The saving to the Govern
ment is SIPS 700 on this single item, or a sum con
sideraby in excess of the appropriation Tor the Par
Exposition.
COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE BETWEEN STATES.
The bill to facilitate postal and commercial inter
course between STATES, which i in fact bill to en-
able the Delaware and Raritan railroad to Overcome
the monopoly of Camden and Amboy and extend lt'
route to Washington, passed the House by large
majority to-day An amendment was added by MIR
Garfield which will enable through travel and freight
to he conveyed from one State TO another without
change of cars despite the prohibition of any STATE
laws very prominent feature of the bill Is Tho
provso to the effect that nothing it contains shall he
construed to affect the relations existing between
the Government and such roads as it has aided by
land grants or in other words that the Illinois Cen
trail shall not he paid twice for Government work
This bill passed once and when it got To the Senate
it was found that the last named feature was II
terms exactly the reverse Of what was intended. II
was then recalled, and now goes through in th'
shape.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
Hon I.aac Newton, Commissioner of Agriculture
in his report for the month Of February, speaks ap
proyngly of the action of Congress in f0rbidding
the importation of cattle and all parts of cattle a.
hides hair &C., in order to protect the country
against the Introduction of the cattle plague yet
he saws no legislation, either State or national, has
been had to meet the emergency arising from ITS IN
reduction should it unfortunately be imported
The statistical tables of this report interesting
They embrace the exhibit that this department
makes this year of the amount, acreage, the prices
and the value of the principal crops. Whilst the
bushels of grain raised inlS65 have exceeded thos'
of 1864 by 2l5,54l gSS their value is S359,30l, So
less. The decrease in the value of the hay crop il
SOL S94 457 and that of the tobacco crop s5,9o96l4
LIFEIN PARIS.-A Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Morning Star furnishes these pquaGt details u
life in Paris: Having given you the resume Of wha
is eaten and drunk proceed to give you the stats
tics of matrimonial life in Paris. In the presen
month of March 9,5l4 wives have fed the cOnjuga
roof without leaving their future address: of hus
bands who have done likewise are 4,427 of married
couples legally separated mot divorced) there are T.
ll5 of ditto who have agreed 10 live apart. $40
of husbands and wives living Mt darrcIS drawn 81