The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-10-15
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
PERSONAL.

sss;ncc. They have been trying to obtain
,,,nry;ews with the President, but so far
harc NOT succeeded.--Ne,oY York Tribune.
ArTILArEp CURRENCY.
7, has been decided by the Acting Comp
,,n,,er of the Currency that mutilated
no,as must be redeemed by the redemp-
ION agencies Of the national banks at the
commercial centres so long as no reason
ohle Doubt exists as TO the identity of the
no,es presented. When the notes are SO
badly mutilated as to make the value or
ilentitv difficult TO determine, the case
.bouId be referred to the bank by which
lhcy were issued.-I6.
SMUGGLING OPERATIONS.
The Treasury Department has been in
formed that smuggling operations OF an ex-
1rnsiye character have recently been car
ricd OH from Matamoras to Brownsville.
The withdrawal of troops from Browns
Vile has given the smusglers an opportu-
nifty 10 effect their unlawful purposes,
which they hare been prompt to seize.
Measures have been taken to prevent these
transactions.
THE EIGHT-HOrR SYSTEM.
The Columbia Typographical Society, at
ia meeting last night, adopted the eight
hour system by quite a unanimous vote, to
take effect on and after tomorrow.
The BooIbindcrs' Association have also
adopted the same regulation. Washington
Herald, l4h.
SAD BEREAVEMENT. ..
The sympathes of the city have been
greatly excited by the death Of Mr.. Will
liam G.. Parkhurst, wcll-known and
highly esteemed citizen. He went on We'd
nc>day evening to the foot of Sixth. street
wharf to meet his daughter, expected in
the steamer Express from Baltimore. Be-
ipg of imperfect vision, he stepped into the
water, and was drowned. His body was
recovered on Friday morning, the Masonic
fraternity having taken active measures for
that rurposc.-It.
xAyY-YARD CLERK RoBS THE GOVERNMENT
or $4,000 WORTH OF GOODS.
Yesterday afternoon detectives McDevitt
and Clarvoc succeeded in arresting young
man named Ashbury Thompson, clerk in
the inspectors division Of the navy-yard in
this city, on q charge of robbing the Go
ycrnment of goods valued at between
$4,000 and $4,000. The accused has been
employed ut the yard since 1861. The
following is list OF the missing articles:
/ pea Jackets, 81 round jackets, &c pairs
blue cloth trousers, 10 pairs blue satinet
trowscrs, Is canvas duck trousers, II blue
overshirts, 424 pairs blue drawers, 96 yards
blue satinet, ,047 yards blue flannel, 100
wards Barnsley shifting, 329 yards canvas
duck, l07 pairs kipskin shoes, 534 pairs
wooden socks. 1875 blankets, G,9l2 black
silk handkerchieis, 800 pounds saltwater
soap, &c pounds beeswaX, 81 pounds white
thread, ! POI pieces hat ribbon, Gas pieces
black tape, 95l spools cotton, SO pounds
black sewing silk, los cotton pocket hand
kcrchicfS, 1929 papers needles, 425 Thin
hlrS. 81 jack knives, 10 pairs scissors, %
razors, l6 razor strops, $50 cakes shaving
soap, "a fine combs, IS coarse combs, q
mess kettles, 81 mess pahs, 1928 bottles Of
mustard, 253 bottles of pepper, valued in
al between 81, 900 and $l6,000.-Netiondl
httRiyncer.
THE GILLIAN MINISTER ROBBED OF VALUABLE
DOCUMENTS.
The Gillian Minister had stolen from
him at Baltimore number of valuable
documents connected with his mission to
this Goyernment.-IJ.
RETIREMENT OF THE RUSSIAN MINISTER.
Yesterday Baron Stocked, for many years
ike representative of the Emperor Of Rus
sia Ia this Government, waited upon the
President to take formal official leave
previous to his final departure. The in
icryicw was of the most interesting cha
raCtcr.
The Russian Government will he repre-
Scnted hy NJ. Waldcmar Bodisco, who has
been attached to the legation for number
of years, and whose name will recall that
It the veteran diplomat who for so long q
period represented that Government here.
N. BOdisco was introduced as Charge
TAfairs in the usual appropriate manner.
The high regard with which he is held
renders him most acceptable representa-
tive at this point.-Ib.
TuE nEvELoPMENT OF TIE SOUTH RETARDED
By ITS UNSETTLED CONDITION.
As an instance of the manner in which
the present unsettled condition of the
southern States retards the development Of
their internal resources, it may be stated
that several gentlemen, acting as the. agents
81 French capitalists, have been for some
time in the city for the purpose of invest
ing large sums in various Virginia enter
prscs among others the continuation of
the James River canal to the kanawha,
Thus aitording an additional transportation
route from the mineral regions in West
Virginia. They are unwilling, however, to
conclude negotiations until the future sta
ins Of the States lately in rebellion shall
be positively determined; and unless some
speedy solution Of the matter is attained,
they Will doubtless return to Europe
Correspondence Ne,o York. Herald.
EXTRAORDINARY FALL OF RAIN.
Professor Henry, of the Smithsonian In
stIinte, says the amount of rain which fell
from yesterday morning at 9 o'clock to this
morning al the same hour was somewhat
more than five inches, being the greatest
quantity that has fallen within similar
period for long time.
MARINE HOSPITALS TO BE SOLD.
In conformity with the late law, the Sc
cretary of the Treasury has ordered the
marine hospitals in the following places to
De sold: Norfolk, Va; Ocracoke, n. c.;
~. Marks, Florida; Napoleon, Ark; Ga
"na, ILL.,, and Burlington, Iowa. '
sirange Recovery Of . Diamond Ring.