The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-27
Letter from washington.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.


IT, Passage Or the FreedmenS ..,' -
Dsevens.s Constitutional Asneed0ens- 49,.
NJ tAe Debase-Trial Or Detective H eke
Prsposed Enffanchiscd Airican-"e'eS
Or The Day, etc., ctc. az ,ssa
n. Senate has employed the present week
- Tar IN The confederation Of Mr.. TrumbuiIs
nat hi,l for eularging the power OF the Freed
man. Rureau, and tugged at 1t with zeal
,.n,ch had IL been exercised In behalf OF
national instead Of sectional purposes, would
have been commendable. To-day the measure
passed, and Is ready for the commencement Of
discussion upon It's merits or dement's in the
House. Various honorable gentlemen pre-
sented various views and made self-satisfac-
tory speeches-more than will ever be read by
their enlightened constitnencies--whiist inc
measure was In the process of discussion. II
the sanction OF the President Is gwen ho'
lonp time will eIapse before it will becomes
Law. and consequently IL Is of great interest
and importance particularly in those sections
wherein Il is intended that its privileges ana
nreroxatiyes shall be the more particularly
confined and exercised. To make sensible
synopsis Of its character would command
much more space than could be had in an
ordinary letter, and doubtless all who regard
the matter seriously have studied its proper
tions and formidable character from the day
of its birth to this hour. Offices for patri-
otto xealots, of course, are embraced within
Its provisions, and there the National Urea
sury may look piteously at Its Corners p"t
we're getting rich now-in certain way
but such bad one--and can stand the thousand
and one designs upon indulgent Uncle Samoeis
pocket. book Nobody cares for expense; ana
the Freedmen's Bureau is q glorious institu-
ton, that must survive if the heavens fai
The House will get to work ut it when an early
opportunity occurs at present, that amend
ment to the Constitution making basis for
representation which Thaddeus the Ancient
introduced two days ago, and which ne
intended should pass ere the sun went down,
IL receiving and absorbing all consideration In
that body The Republicans, however devoted
they may be to the Pennsylvania veteran,
are tired. as well partially ashamed, OF
being led by the nose, rs they have been,
and are beginning to look around them and
feel their way a littIe-just a little. When the
sun did 20 down on the day of this proposed
amendment being offered, it unfortunately set
tied upon the wrath of the Representative
from the Lancaster district, and put super
souring aspect upon his not orer-pleased
yisage Like q disconnected school boy at a
game of foot. ball, he is inclined to leave the
play, and curses, not very loudly, but deeply
enough for all practical purposes, the folly OF
Ills associates in debating a question which he
considered eminently wise and proper.
II is expected every day that the Senate will
take up the House bill, which has recently
passed, extending the right of suffrage in TINS
District. No one seems more interested III its
progress than the legion of unwashed American
citizens of African descent who daily throng
the corridors and galleries of the capitol TO
note the progress of the laws being enacted In
their favor. Many predictions are made that
this proposition will be very materially
damaged by amendments in the Senate; but
the greater probability is that 1t Will pass
with great strength, as 1t did III the House.
The great national question OF restoration
pales its fires before the local one OF negro
suffrage In the District of Columbia, and the
issue between the President and Congress may
come on the latter instead of on the former,
an the chances seemed but a little while ago.
Al any rate, there must soon be an under
standing on the subject between the President
and Congress, and if it is not an agreement 10
disagree, then the signs Of the times are very
much ut fault.
The sensation of the day here now Is the
trial of the late War Department Detective and
ex-Brevet- Brigadier- General Baker, before
the Criminal Court of this District, on several
charges, in one of which female is mixed up
Mrs. Cobb, of pardon. broliering notoriety'
Some rich developments have been promised,
but they are not yet presented. A strong array
Of legal talent Is engaged, and everybody who
has ever heard of the ex-Detectiye Is on the
qa cire for the result of the trial.
Fashionable receptions are in full blast, and
will con tinue in oil the glory of their dazzling
brillianey until the holy season OF lent puts
an end to the display of gorgeous entertain
ments following in the train Of desolatlng war.
The city is lively, and all the paraphernalia OF
strife has disappeared from its midst.