The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-15
tSllINGTON ITEMS.
Wt~HIH"roN, December l.,

Wt~HIH"roN, December Is
ApwIssl,. OF COLORADO.
President Johnson Yesterday submitted a
message 10 Congress stating the last proceed
i.~> III Colorado for the formation Of a State
government having differed III time and mode
from those specified i'll the act OF Congress of
March =. 1901. III has declined To issue the
Proclamation tor which provision Is made in
the law, and he therefore submits the question
for he consideration and further &C, OF Con-
THE PRESIDENT AND NEGRO SUFFRAGE
The statement made by Hon William d.
Kelley, Of Pennsylvania, that the President
had assured ham that he would favor negro
>N3r3c" IN the District of Columbil is posi-
lively Contradlctcd by the friends Of the Presl-
dent, who assert that he has given no such in
u'oH'!on - any person whatever Mp York
.Nn~s.
Returning moment 10 the question Of
'"iof"d suffrage III the District Of Columbia IL
- proper % say that its real purpose i 70
>t-HaA>e and crown the event BY tn" election
- 1 Coiorcd man for Mayor OF the city OF
Washington; without lnqnlrinS what chance
III success III" scheme has, II Is certain that
>Hgh i the 'unGeClarcd' purpose OF the bill
l''TodUc"d by the Judiciary Committee OF the
l.@A>" OF k"pTeSrn tatIv"s.-hc1c YORK Times.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
The receipts from internal revenue vcst erlav
suouu'"d 10 eight hundred and two thousand
o.r hundred and ninety-two dollars aud nine
to.u cents.
sian or DIE"
Our Of the best sensation articles that we
have read for some time appears in the Wash
u-tnu firy3,i"'t Of Saturday under the follow
rc startling caption: An O"tr1ge-A ptttt
4 t>>iutiDt u S.atpr Iini'-H rtc.jrtSu .Ngs-
TRIMS Iiytor-Tht Womd-bs N,rd,r,r I0iied -
This wonderful occurrence took place on We'd.
ua~jay last, but 10 notice was taken of il by
tn" papers until Saturday, when il was eNl-
a-atN published - for purpose The story
j. rlt>: Some man-dresScd i'll grey, renem-
III. a 10. al,
Ii. IN interview with that gen tlemau, frowned
very much Wade forthwith got up from his
seas, went INTO an adjoining room, and armed
himself with pistol Now, 1t II very PLAIN
THAT The man in grey was Il great fool, If he
l.#t.uy purpose OF a>>as>iuatlng MIR. Wade,
t.al!ow such L by-play however, after Wade
WI, ready Tor him, the man in grey drew out
2. bowie knife twelve inches long, Dul lcftl IN
- ~.tbhard and asked Wade 10 sign his paper,
s.14 producing no paper. Wade showed his
weapon and the fellow departed. THIS is the
whole story. Not one sIugl" attempt was made
20 strike OF wound Mr.. Wade, and We dare say
.4at ne looks upon III" Ch1",dc'e'@ article with
contempt
INPoRT-.
The Govrrnmon, realized ninety-one million
zine hundred and 1itty-SiX thousand one hun
a.ri and thirty-cight dollars from the imports
a.. DRY goods 1T the port Of New York for the
year ending December 81, l>65, beng an in
e-ea>r Ill receipts OF seventeen million three
hundred and sIXty-SiN thousand three hun
errd and Scvcnty-six dollars, rs compared
with the exhibit Of 1854.
GOLD RECEIPTS.
The gold receipts 1T the ports Of New York,
Boston. Philadelphia and Baltimore during
Js." FIRST half Of the fiscal year ending De
rauhor 81. 1850, amount 10 seventy seven mill
Ioa Ave hundred and seven thousand seven
hundred and seventy-fye dollars and forty
cents.
DIRECT TAX.
IN
Treasury during the last year revenue from
direct tax amounting 10 eight hundred and
rIty-thrr" thousand one hundred and sixty
I44c dollars and forty. three cents. There re-
MAINS 10 BE- paid III five million one hundred
and fity-thrrc thousand nine hundred and
s.sa'y-four dollars and thirty-eiSht cents.
COUNTERFEIT.
Anew counterfeit on the fifty cent fract iomal
currency has been detected by the chief de-
I~c.Irc Of the Treasury Departments
FRACTIONAL CURRENCY.
All the old fractional currency is 10 be called
RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.
The loiA1 committee Oh reconstruction had
another long session 10 -day. The proposition
- send Il subcommittee on IN Investigating
tour through the southern States met with
aI-laEuT. In It's place 4 resolution was adopted
to coll upon the Senate and House for
authority for the committee 10 send for per
-uu. and papers. several gentlemen have
offered 10 appear and testify 10 tho condition
a.. things IL the South.
aENLaAL GRANT TO BE MADE 4 FULL GENERAL.
The House Military Committee, - their
meeting to-day, agreed 10 report Tn" bill TO
revive thc grade OF general III til" army.
PARIS EXHIBITIONS.
Both the Senate and House committees on
foreign affair, have agreed TO report Ill favor
a. accepting The invitation 10 our Government
- attend the Industrial Exhibition III Paris.
nfE have agreed on the APPROPRIATION
winch is necessary.
ANOTHER INTERNAL REVENUE DECISION.
Namely, that a party finishing white y
furniture pays six per cent tax only upon the
increased value thereby gwen 10 the FURNITURE,
and i, entitled to additional credit - the extent
OF The value of the marble, mirrors, &c, which
have already been taxed.
T5G rurNIIL, Of BERKELEY AND JEFfERsnN
oar telegram stated tliat the committee had
reported blll granting the consent OF Con
E1'~> 10 IN" transfer Of these counties 10 west
Virginia, but omitted 10 add that the bill was
rur ALEXANDRIA RIOTERS.
Tho trial sun progresses without result
~ c:l negroes have testified 10 seeing Inc par
ties undergoing trial fire their pistols during
-lc riot.
! NoIrr FOR MEKcY.-The New York CAM
.aercth A3certi@er II Republican paper, criti~
clscs quite severely the concluding portion OF
The reply Of Mr.. Attorney General Speed 10
the Senate resolution III regard to the trial OF
Nj Davis We quote rs follows:
Thank God the men who have pcnlled
their lives in TN. war are Tired OF carnage,
aud want no more butchcry. Grant ana
sherman, with their pleas for mercy, are
worth a whole regiment Of staN-at- nome doc
Grm.lr.s. II i rather late III the day Tor the
punishment o. men who surrendered months
ago, and every successive day f~uuces The
UuIater Of the blood thirsty while n adds TO
.Hr blind fvrocity Of the fen inp!acahic that
remain.
/ ~rNzAlIuN IS WALL SrREET.-The bust
ness community Ill New York on Thursday was
shocked by The report that Il Wall street bro
hrr, "ho had been engaged in brokerage trans
actions tor many years past, had abscondcd 10
Iurop", having previously drawn from the
bank sum OF seven thousand dollars, the pro
uaTly Of The firm of which he wa, "A member.