The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-17
WASHISGToS, JAM

WAsHIHGToy, January l6, l>d6.
THE REPORTED ATTEMPT 7" ASsAsslSArE sENA-
TOR WADE.
The man who called on Senator Wade last
"Wednesday night, and whose conduct orl1lna-
led he report of IN attempt 10 aSsassinate the
Senator. ii has been aSc"rl1lned was 4 man
I1mcd IlcrInlnE. originally from Kansas, and
during he last three years employed III the
Iay,-yard 1T Brooklyn and Charlestown,
Mass. Alter his interview with Senator Nadc
lie called on Senator Wilson, on the same mis-
sion on which lie visited the former, namely
10 get recommendation for employment III one
Cf the navy Yards. Mr.. Wilson declined 10
rCommen him, knowing nothing OF his ms
Tory, aud the man left. Flemming j. described
IS Il diS>olurc and violent man, and rs having
lad Il number Of difficulties While III the navy
wards. |; is not believed by those acquainted
with his habits that he called on Mr.. wade Tor
my other purpo>r than 10 get his recomlneh-
Gation, and that his conduct on the occasion
was the eEplu>ion OF violent temper, usual with
linn on meeting 4 rebuff. such, We imagine,
must haN" been the conclusion OF senator
Wade. from his failure 10 cause the apprehch-
zion OF ms a>sailant. Ne%feS iad TO learn lhat
This mysterious affair can be accounted Tor on
= more satisfactory theory than that we have
ruyncmhorS of the assassin breed yet lurking
here unhung.-S'"f
MILITARY DlsTKICTS DISCONTINUED.
Bv the direction of Maior-General Hancock,
the military districts OF Western Marylaha,
PENNSYLVANIA, Delaware, Eastern Shore and
District OF Western Virginia have been DIS
continued. IIaper's Ferry will be maintained
Is au independent posi-,
Major General llcirisod, United states
Volunteers, has been assigned temporarily TO
III" command Of the Department OF Georgia.
REPUTATION or TIE NATIONAL DEBT.
The great lugbcar of the day is reputation
OF The Federal debt. Though there Is ilttle
cluse of apprehension of this disaster, yet the
House. AT the opening Of the session, guarded
against il by Il dcclaratory resolution, which
was adopted with only one dissenting voice
But an alarm has been raised, not so lnHeh on
account OF any fear that the South Will come
into Congress with Il force equal TO the task
and 4 deposition TO use their strength, or the
greater and newer dread of Il rising factloh Ill
the North. There /, SAID 10 be an or@ahiZalion
now i'm embryo for making reputation a
political issue i'll the North. 1t commences III
az influential quarter, where political mea-
surcs of moment have betor" arisen.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
The receipts from this source yesterday
amounted 10 seven hundred and 1ifty-one
thousand live hundred dollars.
ARRIVAL OF rIsTrSGrIsHED VISITORS.
Hon. A. 7. Gait, Finance Minister of Can
ada Hon. Mr.. Rowland, PostmaStcr-G General
OF the same province, Hon. W. a. Henry, At
tnrncy- General of Nova Scotia, and Hon. A.
J. Smith. Attorney General of New Bruins
wick, arrived in the city yesterday morning,
and are now stopping III Wizards. Their
visit here is IN relation 10 the termination OF
the Reciprocity TrcatE.-fhrD"jc{e.
TRIAL OF RAPHAEL sEMAEs.
The trial Of Raphael Scmmcs, late COM
n,andcr of The rebel steamer Alabama, II Is
generally believed, will take place very
Shorty. The fun detail for the court has not
ynt hacn made. but ii is believed that the ar
r,y,I in this city of Commodore Winslow has
.n,nrIhiug 10 do with the subject.
DEAD LETTER OFFICE SALE.
Tho auction sale Of acculnnlations At the
head Letter office, which has been for some
Two weeks or more III progress near Tenth
stree, on the avenue, has come TO Il close.
More than six thousand packages We're sold,
IN. pricrs at which they were Knocked down
ranging from one cent up III some cases per
hans 10 1ifty dollars, averaging possibly auoiiai
e;ch. The most of the packages consisted OF
tie meapest stuff in the form OF JeWelry,
Several hundreds of poor watches Were sou
and some few good ones. All scfts OF ciotnins'
from a military boot 10 "A FACE coiiai, sooa,
bad, and indifferent, new ana ora, ih"ue IN M
uuInade, for men, women, chiiureh, anu
btbies. and every conceivable mtniehto thas
wives, mothers, sisters, and sWeethear,, couio
peck into the mail bag for friends III tnr "ai'
were rrprescnted in the collection. Inc ue'
partment of patent medicines was especinliy
fun, comprising in all hundred ana tniltys
i've packages, and embracing a specimen, v
more or less value, OF almost everything III I'M
interesting line of business. National Mtehf'
ptncer.