The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-07
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Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispasch.

Stevens 70 he LENDER Drawins for Seats -,Ap-
pcintmenss under the New Deerkeepcr-A
Chance for the soldiers President and New
Conxress-Commenceme - freedmen's Al.
49, WASHINGTON, March 8, 1867.
There need be no further doubt on the
score as 10 who IL to be the leader Of the
House for this session. The settlement Of
that question was very well demonstrated
10. day during the selection by the differ
ent members Of their seats for this Con-
gress. Stevens Is the man Of all others
after the Radical heart. Butler and Lo-
gan may Just as well retire from the arena
of contestants for the leadership and let
Thad. alone to manage refractory men,
bers as seems best in his estimation, and be
cautioned by the manner In which the for
tupate members Of their party who sue
cceded in getting the first choice Of seats
clustered around the chair which had not
been vacated while the drawing was going
on. There was the greatest anxiety mani
tested to be near the leader of the last
House, which to my mind is plainly indi-
cative Of the fact that no will be leader OF
this if the session should continue to any
length. His friends, Of course, have had
intimations Of his coming activity, or they
would hardly be so eager TO get close to
him. On the matter Of the length OF the
session, however, there is yet wide differ
ences of opinion, which will be centred in
o general determination at the caucus TO-
morrow night as to what course VIII be
pursued. The members themselves have
arrived at no conclusion yet, and spirit
ed debate is looked for.
There is no little excitement among
unite a number of the employees OF the
House on the subject Of their retention IN
office under the new doorkeeper, General
I;ppincott. This officer was nominated in
caucus and elected in Difference to the sol
diers of the West" The Grand Army Of
the Republic" probably-and will, with
out doubt, fill the subordinate positions in
his gift with "boys in blue" This will
retire many of the present employees. 1t
is said that the positions under the door
keeper number more than hundred.
There are those who assert that the Pre-
sident, in not having sent message to the
new Congress, has been guilty of the inn
propriety of refusing his recognition OF its
existence as the national Congress. This
is not so. The President recognizes it and
will carry out all laws enacted, as is made
his duty under the Constitution. There
could be none more arduous than the pro-
visions of the reconstruction statute but
even that it is intended to carry out
strictly. There is no discourtesy, and
none was intended by Mr.. johnson in not
sending message; but there was no me-
cessity for it. That cannot be brought up
as one of the counts in the indictment,
should he be arraigned.
The colored people of the District are
rapidly perfecting their organizations and
clubs, which have been controlled nearly
altogether by white men, for the campaign
incident to the coming municipal election.
No candidates have yet been announced,
though it is probable that the Radicals will
soon put their man in the field and COM
mence work in his favor.
The eighteenth annual commencement
of the medical department of the George
town College takes place tonight at Wallis
opera house in this city. The name OF
Brigadier General Samuel Brock, major
and assistant acknowledgement in the regu-
lar army of the United States, appears
among the list of graduates.
A report received to-day at the head
quarters of the Freedmen's Bureau, giving
its operations in the State Of North Caro-
lima for the month of January, states that
no outrages upon freed people had been
committed during that period. Wonder
full! A report to that department without
q score or more of "rebel outrages."
TIMoN.