The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-22
WASHINGTON NEWS.

ATTEMPT or RADICALS TO OVERTHROW
TnE VIRGINIA ELECTIoN.-Coionel Whittle-
sew. editor of the Radical organ at Rich,
mond. with number Of the defeated Wells
rarity, are here getting up documents to be
laid before the Reconstruction Committee
when Congress meets, for the purpose OF
showing that the Virginia election was car.
,ird by fraud for the Conservative ticket.
They have agents in tho several Congress.
sional districts Of Virginia Mt work getting
atidavits and facts together to sustain their
position. II they do not succeed in getting
the election set aside, they hope al least to
get Congress TO order an investigation. and
thus delay the admission of the State They
claim that in the country districts the ne
crocs were compelled TO vote the Conserva-
five ticket through intimidation, and that
the white Radicals were not allowed to in
struct them. They do not get any encou-
ragcmcnt, ii is understood, from the Presi-
dent in thcir efforts 10 have the Virginia
elections set aside HGIinqtop teleGrd7p-
,Nor York HcrUid.
NEW FRACTIONAL. CURRENCY "A small
amount Of the new fftecn-cent currency
was issued Tuesday. The notes bear some
resemblance to the new ten-cent notes re-
Gently issued, though they are nearly an
inch longer than the t"n-cCnt notes. In the
left hand upper corner is a fine vignettc of the
head Of the Goddess of Liberty, with head
dress something like that on the bronze
figure surmounting the capitol dome. This
j. surrounded by a wreath with the .tdsceS
~ the hnSc. In the right hand upper cor
ncr are the figures Is legibly printed. The
lsc" bears the words, " Fractional cur
rercy, United States: fifteen cents fur
ushcd only by the Assistant Treasures and
designated repositories Of the United
States In the lower margin are the words.
National Bank-Notc Company, New
York The back is green, and has the
figures l.. while the usual rates of ex-
change are printed in two scgments of cir
lie, nearly enclosing blank space, instead
Of being printed in the middle of circu-
lar space, - on other notes.
EEvENUE SEIZURES.-The list of seizures
reported ut the internal revenue bureau on
Tuesday was remarkably long. In the third
Mississippi district three distillerics and
lar." quantity Of tobacco. valued at $4,000,
arc reported in the hands OF the supervisor
u the district. In the first Louisiana dig
trict New OrleanS) three cigar factories arc
reported seized. but the valuation is not
given. In the third Virginia district Il rec
tifying house ant distillcry, valued at
$4,000, has been taken possession Of, and
eight Illicit stills are reported from the third
North Carolina district. The fourth Maine
district contributes five kegs Of whisky TO
the revenue fraud list.
REGULATIONS FOR SELLING TOBACCO
h>oTHEE UEAs.-It having been decided
by the Department nj Washington that
smoking tobacco cannot be rctaiIcd from
POUND packages except from roOdcn ones.
packed and stamped rs prescribed by Law,
YOU Will cause your assistants TO give notice
Ia Ill dealers in tobacco in their respective
divisions that the practice Of retailing
smoking tobacco from pound packages, DC
now prevailing, must at once cease.
The Conservative NEGROES in Washington
sre raising subscription to defray the ex-
perscs of iudictiug certain Radical negroes
tcr mobbing them and melting to riot at the
recent election in that city.
Bon Wade i in Washington. He highly
lu,ds Secretary Boutwcll'S policy, is sore
over the result of the Virginia election:
thinks we ought 10 enter wedge for the
separation Of Cuba from Spanish rule, and
soy> he will probably STUMP Ohio for Go
vernon Hayes.