The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-31

,orre.nondencs OF che RicnYnona DIsrsteh
SIN Harpins on Doolissls-NeGro Suffrage ia
tho Presidential CampaiRn-B Butter after
arans-The Freed Peopie-conmissioner Of
Patents, SC, &c.
WASHINGTON, january 70, 1865.

WASHINGTON, January 20, 1868.
The Senate is still engaged in sicam-
n,;cn debate on the House supplementary
rrsconstrnction bill, and Mr.. Doolittle re-
eceiyes daily the indignant shafts of the
senator's who we're frightened into action
by his recent speech. The bill will soon
PASS. and its record as one Of the statutes
at large may be looked for as affixed fact,
as it is certain that the veto which it will
receive can be overruled. Such discus
sions,, provoke very little interest now
The most uuanswerable arguments on the
part of the Conservatives have no infu-
euce In Congress. Passion, and not reason,
continues to rule in the capitol Of the
nation. -s III
Thad. Stevens and others Of his particu-
lar sort have determined that the question
Of negro suffrage everywhere within the.
limits Of this country shall prevail as one
of the most prominent ,planks Of the Radi-
cal platform in the presidential campaign.
There are some among the Republicans
who hope to ward this feature off until
after some time, but the consistent and
acknowledging Radicals, in earnest de-
fence Of their creed, will not permit it..
They declare that the party must live or
, die on that issue, and if the General-in-
Chief is to be the candidate of the Repub-
lican party he must subscribe to that prin-
ciple, among others, as one of its most pro-
minent articles. an
Butler has announced his intention to
give Grant and his friends no rest if the
former receives the nomination, and in
anticipation Of that event is already be-
r;co;,rx xvorb IN or hi m
It Is very likely that the bill to extend
the career of the Freedmen's Bureau will
! sbon pass. At its headquarters here active
measures have been taken to consummate
Its passage, and all the prominent Radicals
!, promise their influence in its aid.
Quite number Of reports have been
received by General Howard from high
officials Of the Bureau giving very unsa-
tisfactory accounts Of the conduct and
character of many of the freedmen in the
. planting districts, and the people of the
North will probably find out before long
from Radical official accounts that the
freed people are not so industrious or en-
terprising as they have imagined them to
be-
As it is not considered that the question
Of who is to be Commissioner of Patents
is settled by the nomination OF Mr.. Bishop
(it being considered almost certain that the
Senate will reject him) several applicants
:, are yet! on hand for favor. The President
seems now determined to recognize the
: Democratic party in all his appointments,
whether the Senate confirms them or not.
I This is considered but just to the great
party which sustaips his administration
Of the high office he fills.
A snow storm of formidable character
commenced this afternoon, after pro-
logue Of lighter dimensions this morning.
AT. present there is promise of regular
sleighing carnival to- morrow.
The Internal Revenue Bureau has COM
menced discharging the inspectors APP
pointed to carry out the provisions OF the
bonded warehouse regulations relative to
the transfer Of spirits in bond, Congress
having by o recent enactment abolished
!, that part of the bonded warehouse bust
ness. F1MoN.