The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-10-23
Special telegram to the Richmond Dispatch
WASHINGTON NEWS.

WAsHIxaToS, October 22.-Secretary Nc
Culloch to-day appointed j f. Risley Esq,
deputy commissioner of internal revenue.
Mr.. Risley has recently resided in New York
city, but came from Indiana, and is selected
| as n western man, and in Difference TO the de-
mand of influential gentlemen of the West
who ask that that region shall be represented
in the Revenue Department. Mr.. Risley goes
on duty in the bureau in Washington.
G.. Z. Creecy, ESD, appointed clerk in the
Treasury Department. was married this eve
ming 10 Miss Fenwich, in the Catholic cathe-
| dral. The church was literally crowded with
spectators, among whom was Secretary Nc
| Culoch and wife, and heads Of divisions and
bureaus in departments.
Messrs. Evarts and Chandler, attorneys on
| behalf of the Government in the case of JEFF
! ferson Davis, had 4 consultation to. day with
| the Attorney General relative to the trial,
| and agreed that the cause should be heard
without fail ut the approaching term Of the
| United States Circuit Court.
| Complaint is made to the Administration
that Minister Adams has neglected to urge the
| British Government for the release of John
| Maggie and John Warren, held rs Fenians,
without charge or trial, in prison in Ireland.
| From official sources it is learned that Sir
| Frederick Bruce, just prior TO his death, upon
| sugges ton from the President and Secretary
| McCulloch recommended the release of these
| two men ; and it is learned from the same
source that our Government has applied To
the British authorities for immediate con-
sideration of all cases of Feuians who claim to
be citizens of this country and the discharges 1T
once of all against whom no valid charge Of
,.io la pI Law N no = n his 1: n IN ted
CAPIToL
SECOND DISPATCH.
| Georgia Appeals against General P0pe-The
Powers or the President and General Grant
In Reconstruction President Denies GER
| tain Statements as TO his Resisting Congress.
| WAsHISaToS, October 22.-Prominent citi-
zens of Georgia, of rebel antecedeuts, have
been here calling the attention OF General
| Grant and President johnson TO what they
| term the cenyen ton schemes OF General Pope,
| which they claim discriminate inJuriously
against white citizens. Upon presentation of
| their petition the President and General
Grant both replied that as they construed the
reconstruction acts they had no power 10 con-
troll General Popes action in the premises
General q rant remarked thar he had no con-
troll over district commanders save in matter of
reno val from office
| Attention being directed in newspapers
| to report OF the views and purposes OF
the President as set forth in Washington
correspondence Of Boston Post, wherein Mr..
Johnson is represented Is giving permission
to publish that he will resist Congress should
! an attempt he made To depoSe him, and that he
proposes 10 make changes in the Cabinet when
the November elections are over, the Presi-
dent was applied to to-day 10 know whether
he had given authority for such announce
ment The reply was that he had not given
authority or permission for such statement !;
that what he will do hereafter depends alto
gether upon contingencies that may arise, and
| that Congress will have 10 take the initiative
in any extreme, doubtful or illegal measures
| before he would determine what shall be his
course. As to Cabinet reorganization, he had
not made known TO any one that he proposed
! to make changes. CAPITOL.
| THIRD DISPATCH
Trial of MIR. Davis Certainly TO Take Place
Congressional Committees.
WAsHGSGroS, October 22-Mr. Chandler,
; United States District Attorney at Richmond,
and Hon William +. Evarts, counsel for the
Government in the case Of the Government
rs. Jefferson Davis, had an interview with
, Attorney General Stanbery to-day. and il
was arranged that the trial of Mr.. Davis
.hauI5 positively take Mace NJ The aDpOin tee