The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-07
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL.

speciaI telegram to the Dispatch.
The Consul Genera. to Hauann.
WASHINGTON, January 6, 1859.
Mr.. Hawkins, who was nominated and
confirmed last summer to be Consul Gene
raj to Havana, has not entered upon the
discharge Of his official duties on account
of the illness and recent death Of his dsugh-
ter. He will leave for Havana in the
course of this week. !"
Minister to Ecuador. oT
Judge Parker, who WAS nominated Min
lister to Ecuador last July, but not acted
upon by the Senate, declines the nomina-
ton, and it is probable the President will
send another anne to the Senate in few
days. .. ~
DR.. M,tdd.
{ Allthe Democratic members OF the Senate
and House have signed q petition for the
pardon of DR.. Mudd, and the document has
been presented to the President.
Maryland.
The House Judiciary Committee had to-
day under consideration the question whe-
ther Maryland has q republican form of
government. No novel or remarkable fact
was ELECTED, and the probability is that the
subject will die in committee.
minister to Russia.
Mr.. Smythe, whose nomination for Minis
ter to Russia is pending in the Senate, ar
rived here to-day to look after his interests.
It is generally believed his nomination will
be rejected. ~ i !,
Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society.
On Monday next there is to be held in
the city an anniversary celebration Of the
Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society,
and committee Of that society has request
ed the President to grant leave of absence
for that day to the employees Of the Govern
ment who desire to participate in the exer-
cises Of the day. The President grants the
leave of absence requested t24
Communication from the President.
It is probable the President will send to
the Senate tomorrow a communication in
response to a resolution asking for copy
of the late amnesty proclamation and the
authority for issuing the same. Without
attempting to give the substance of the
Presidents response, it may be stated that
the authority for the proclamation is claim
ed to be derived directly from the Constitu-
ton, and that the precedents therefor are
ample, and 60 back as far as the earliest
days of the republic, when Washington
granted pardon and amnesty to the whiskey
insurgents in Pennsylvania. :
Collector of Internal Repenite for the, Fifth
- "'a.a".n Virginia District.
The Secretary of the Treasury some days
ago nominated DIR. Hays to be collector of
internal revenue for the fifth district of
Virginia, but as no charges were preferred
against the present incumbent the Presi-
dent has not sent Hays's nomination to the
Senate. WALLACE. 81.
Associated Press kilograms.
WASHINGTON, January 6.-There is no
thing of interest in the House or Supreme
Court this morning.
The Senate is considering the air line
railroad from Washington to New York.
WASHING TON, January 6.-General
Meade reports to General Grant as follows
about the Ogechee affair in Georgia:
81 transmit the latest dispatches from
General Siblcy regarding the Ogechee diff
fculties. General Sibley was instructed to
forbid armed organizations, whether white
or black, and to preserve peace ct all
hazards, and to cooperate with the civil
authorities in case he finds the civil au-
thorities acting in good faith and that
their action is necessary to preserve peace,
and not as at Camilla, where the law was
made pretext for an outrage upon negroes.
At the same time General Sibley Yves
instructed to disarm and dispense all as
semblages of negroes, and require their
submission to civil authority. The balance
of the report embraces the accounts Of the
Ogechee affair already published"
The Treasury debt statement for Janu-
airy will show an increase over the Decem-
Der statement of 81, 100000. The total
debt is $2,652, 100000. The amount OF
coin in the Treasury is s9S,763, 900; cur
rency, s13, 900, 900; gold certificates, s27,-
100000.
The grand jury has ignored the new in
dictment against Surratt.
Governor Bullock, of Georgia, is here.
The cost of printing the fractional cur
- a.