The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-25

WAsHISoroS, January %, 1860.

THE MARRIAGE or MRS. DOUGLAS.
This interesting event.. e., the marriage of
Major Robert Williams, United States Army,
10 Mrs. Stephen a. Douglas-wll take place
1t 9oclock tonight 1t the Cntts Cottage,
New Jersey avenue, the present residence OF
Mrs. Douglas. The ceremony, IL is under
stood will DO performed by Rev. Fatner
Lynch, of ST. Aloysius Church; the usual "a
tholic requirement that marriage shall be per-
formed in church being dispensed with on this
occasion. The marriage will be quite private,
the company on the part OF the groom beinS
limited to less than half a dozen of his imme.
diate military circle, with, perhaps, the Seere'
tary of War and General Grant.-Ndr.
THE TROUBLES on THE RIO GRANDE.
As some of our cotcmporaries abroad seem to
be apprehensiye on the point, we will under
take TO assure them that there Is no danger
that the fillibuster General Crawford VIII ne
tolerated by our authorities In carrying on MS
raiding schemes from United States soil into
Mexico We shall be prepared 10 hear at any
moment that he has been brought up with
round turn by General Sheridan If he persists
in using our soil as footing for his operations.
General Weit2el has no doubt been ordered TO
take every precauton for the proper obser-
yal.ce of the neutrality laws.-Stdr.
THE TRIAL or CAPTAIN sEMNEs-ASoTHER VIEW.
The Washington correspondent of the Phila.
delphia Ledger says:
There is a sudden hitch in the arrange
ments for the trial of Semmes, and doubt )
now expressed whether he will be summoned
TO appear before court-martal. Judge
Hughes, his leading counsel has demonstrated
against this mode of trial as UNJUST ana
wrong i'll view of the circums stances attending
the parole Of his client, and the expression OF
the President, not long since, that lie should
oppose all such trials in the future. IL am
correctly informed, the Judge (Who is 4 per-
sonal friend Of the Presidenp has appealed TO
him directly with reference to the case, and
report says the postponement Just announced
! is the result Of said appeal
THE FREEDMEN IS VIRGINIA
/ Reports from portions of Virginia have been
received 1T the Freedmen's Bureau. They
are of very encouraging character
THE ONLY NATIONAL BASK THAT HAS FAILED.
| Mr.. Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency,
states that the only national bank that mas
| failed is the National Bank of Attica, New
York; capital, fifty thousand dollars. Its
/ circulation was forty.fve thousand dollars,
and is receivable by all national banks at par,
! and is now redeemable in lawful money upon
presentation at the United States treasury.
CoUSTERFEITs.
! Several counterfeits of the last issue OF
twenty-five cent currency have heen received
at the Treasury Department. majority OF
them have been transmitted from New OK.
FRACTIONAL CURRENCY FOR THE SOUTH.
The Treasury Department contemplateS iSsrl-
ing three millions of dollars in fractional cur
rency for circulation in the Southern States, IN
This VIII by no means increase the clrcula-
ton, as an equal amount has been redeemed
THE HorsE IN CONFUSION.
The House of Representatives was the scene
of utter confusion yesterday in discussing the
proposed constitutional amendment in regard
10 the basis Of representation. Each PROPOSE
ton thus far presented was in turn shown 10
be faulty and Objectionable, and, after four
hours wrangle, the House adjourned with the
members ga 4 muddle. ''--Chrontcte.
AN INCREDIBLE SUN TO BE PAID IN TAXES.
! The views of the Internal Revenue Com
mission are, shat q sufficient sum be raised by
taxes TO meet the interest on the public debt
TO support the Government, and TO afford 4
small sinking fund for the gradual reduction
Of the debt The sum necessary for all the
above objects they assume 10 be about seven
hundred and fifty millions. National hstetH-
gehctr.
SOME ROOM YET LEFT FOR HOPE.
There are gratifying signs that careful
second thoughts are getting some foothold IN
Congress. The remarks of Mr.. FeSsenden
were, on the whole, in most praiseworthy con-
trast with the violent utterances of many
whose zeal, if honestly entertained, very far
outruns practical wisdom and sagacity.-
Natioa0t hhllgence'.