The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-03-09
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
GENERAL TERRY SUED.

\ by the Senate nstructing the Committee on
| the Judiciary TO inquire whether any iegisia'
ton is necessary 10 protect officers OF the Uni
| ted States army from civil suits brought
against them for obeymg the oFaers OF lheT
superior officers.
HOW INCOMES ARE TO BE GIVEN IL.
In the Senate, Wednesday, the bill to declare
/ the meaning of certain parts OF the nternal
revenue act, approved June 80, 1864, was taken
up and passed. 1t is made obligatory on all
persons making income returns 10 state the
| amount of the same in legal-tender currency,
and whenever returns are stated In coin, the
assessors shall reduce the same to Its equiva-
| lent in legal currency.
THE SOUTHERN SENATORS.
The rumor which has prevailed of a gather
| ing of Senators elect from excluded States
| of the South gained some credence from the
remarks made by Senator Davis, OF Kentucky,
| i'm the Senate last Friday. Several of those
Senators are now here, and it appears that
| Mr. A IL. Stephens, of Georgia, and others,
are on their way. That there will be any for
nal meeting, for political purposes, OF these
gentlemen, or that they have been called
| together as Il public body by the President, Is
| incorrect.
| ARuMoRgD COMPROMISE WITH THAD.
! For some days another rumor has been cur
rent of 4 compromise OF conflicting views
between the President and the Republican
majority of Congress, whereby the latter VIII
save the offices and yield the tennessee point
! Under this plan, every thing after tue admission
of Tennessee would be left Us it is till Congress
shall meet at the next regular session. Inc
army would remain III the southern states,
martial law would continue, and the Freed
mems Bureau besides. But there is doubt
whether the people viii be willing that Con-
gress should adjourn, leaving the country i'll
| its present uncertain and agltated condition.
! CyrTSsyondepce Baltimore SIM.
Observation-Disclosures
/ The Committee of Ways and Means propose
a renewal of commercial reciprocity with the
British North American provinces on terms
! which will save our fishing privileges, which
| we are TO lose on and after the 18th of this
month. The British Government will be very
willing to withhold from us this privilege, and
/ will never renew II without very important
( equivalents. That the loss of the fisheries viii
soon bring about serious complications win
/ England is very possible. The reciprocal legis
lation now offered by ms 10 the Colonies is
stated to be insufficient and unacceptable.
/ American fishing fleets have been warned OIL
/ the coast, and in the course of the summer the
same collisions may occur which were toTtu-
nately checked ny HE treaty u lsat
/ GOVERNMENT HORSES LEFT By RAIpERs.
/ According TO general instructions issued TO
Government agents, horses and mules aban-
doned bv the United States armies in the
course Of military operations will not be
/ seized unless under instructions from COM
petent authority, hereafter TO BE- issued. AS
/ il is impossible generally to distinguish be-
tween abandoned and stolen or captured AMI
I
animals will be made only when there is
reasonable ground for believing that they
have been stolen or strayed since the termina-
( ton Of active hostilities. "-ChroRtcte.
TREASURY AFFAIRS.
! Ont of the original issue of sixty millions of
dollars in greenback currency, receivable III
! payment of customs but three hundred thou
7 sand dollars are outstanding, the remainder
having been redeemed and cancelled.
! During the past month United States officers
seized and ccnfiscated Smugsled property eSti-
! mated al thirty thousand dollars.
/ Fractional currency amounting TO eighty
/ two thousand one hundred and lhirty-nine
dollars was issued by the Treasury Depart
ment yesterday.
The interest on the seven thirty United
States bonds which wasdue January 10, 1866,
has been paid .--(nrOaicle, Sh.
THE CATTLE DISEASE.
WAsHiSGToS, March THE Secretary OF
the Treasury has issued Il circular TO customs
officers and agents OF the United States IN
! foreign countries, directing attention 10 the
amendatory act relating to the Importation Of
foreign cattle and hides; permitting importa-
tons, under restrictions, from all countries
where the plague does not exist, ana requiring
customs officers and consuls to investigate all
shipments, SO that no cattle or hides from
Europe, directly or indirectly, shall enter our
ports--the same 10 take effect after the first OF
May next. Importation from Canada Is I'M
| restricted, because II is known that the pro-
yincial authorities have guarded against i'm
portations from Europe.
THE LIST OF THE PARDOSED.
| Attorney General Speed is now engaged in
making up a report, for transmission TO Con-
gress giving list of all persons pardoned by
| the President who come under the twenty
| thousand dollar class
THE NEW PRIVATE SECRETARY.
Brigadier General James S. Fullerton, late
of Major General Towards staff, has been
| appointed private secretary to the President,
and will enter upon his duties in the course OF
! q fortnight
MILITARY NEWS.
| The military depart ment of the Missouri has
| been divided into two parts, one TO be called
the Department of the Missouri, under com.
mand of General Pope, headquarters at Lea
wentworth, the other TO be called department
of the Platte, commanded by General T. 81:
| George Cooke. ut Omaha, Nebraska. General
| Butteriield will take General Cookies place III
the recruiting service.
FOREIGNERS TO PAY INCOME TAX.
A bill is before the Senate, from the Finance
Committee, 10 derive tax from the income Oh
United States property held by foreigners, on
the ground that incomes protec ted by our laws
should pay TO support the same. In this the
example Of England Is followed
MEXICAN AFFAIRS.
President Johnson does not think 1t expedi'
cut TO inform Congress OF any thing reiluhs 70
the extension Of the term OF once OF JuaieL
/ Presluent OF MEXICO, VI 's.o
tie vote of confidence or extraordinary powers
given that parsonage by the Mexican Congress
the CHOLERA
All vessels from the West Indies are, by
military order, subjected to twenty-five days
quarantine ut the ports of the United States,
to guard against cholera.
Personal.
Robert i. Owen, President of the Virginia
aud Tennessee railroad, is at Wizards.
MORE or aEsERALlLEE's EVIDENCE.
General lee stated In his evidence before
the Reconstruction Committee that, In his
opinion, the people OF Virginia are disposed TO
pay the rebel debt
NAVAL MATTERS. The former Confederate.