The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-04
xr,ss FROM WARRINGTON.

.,-,nincd to report bill prohibiting the
Secretary Of the Treasury from making
secret sales Of gold.
IN the Senate on Tuesday Mr.. Sherman,
s.or, the Committee on Finance, reported
~ for the relief of the University of Vir.
c;nia which was indefinitely postponed,
or killed.
A correspondent Of the New York Times
-s the Ranks Stanton Halleck contro.
,.crsv will probably nc settled soon by the
Indication Of the correspondence. Gene
rol Ranks is said to be preparing the or
dcrs, ami they will probably appear during
the coming week.
CORRESPONDENT of the New York T'ri-
1,,,p saws: "The House Military Commit
tee have agreed to restore the communication
rricc Of the army ration to fifty cents, the
resent pricc being thirty cents. The pro.
POSITION will probably 10 attached rs at
amendment TO the army appropriation bill,
hut i is doubtful if the House and Senate
agree to H."
GExERAl GRANT on THE SUFFRAGE
AyExpNENr.- General Grant this morn
,Dr. in conversation with a prominent Re-
ruhicau senator, expressed himself Is
nneguiyocaliy in favor Of the suffrage
amendment to the Constitution, saying that
what vas right IN the South must be right
n al parts Of the country .-Di$patch to the
Baltimore imerican, Febrgary I'd.
II is said that the Senate Committee on
the Pacific Railroads at their meeting on
Monday nearly settled the details of their
new plan 10 encourage other routes across
the continent. They will in future favor
the guaranteeing of the interest on first
mortgage bonds, retaining the title to pub
1ic lands Is security for the interest, the
proceeds Of sales Of such lands 10 be deyo-
ted to its payment.
Two important opinions were delivered
b. the Supreme Court on Monday. One OF
them expresses the opinion of the court
mat by true construction Of the internal
revenue ,aw it was not intended to tax the
incomes OF persons other than citizens Of
the nitcj States, wherever resident, and Of
residents, whether citizens or not. 1t also
limits the State jurisdiction TO impose taxes.
The other decision holds that the income
tax is constitutional, defines its nature, and
lays down the duty of assessors as to re-
turns Of income made in coin.
DISABILITIES DEMONSTRATORS. Wash
iuytor. February 2.--The subcommittee
Of the Reconstruction Committee had q
meeting today, aud acted upon a number
O.: uctitions for removal Of disabilities in
cases where there was no contest, mostly
from Virginia.
The committee have meeting on Thurs
day morning next, when it is said the case
Of Mississippi will be considered.-Aler
andria Gazette.
CURRENCY REDEMPTIoS.-The amount of
mutilated fractional currency and United
States notes now being received at the re-
Acmptiou bureau Of the Treasury Depart
meui for exchange is greater than ever
before. and requires the force employed on
that division to be at work until much
later hour than usual. Since the goth of
last month the daily amount received for
redemption from all quarters has been very
heavy, and seem 10 be increasing daily.
Seven hundred thousand dollars were re-
reiyed to-day, and larger amount yester-
day. The large sums received for redemp-
ton Indicate that the original issues of
United Statcs currency are worn to an extent
tina; iutcrfcres with it: circulation.
CERTIFIED CHEcKS.-The Comptroller of
the Currency writes to Congress:
Relative TO the application Of the re-
strictIon 10 checks certified as good where
the money is not taken from the bank, no
Instructions have been given. The Comp
irncr has no means Of knowing the spe-
crc amounts for which checks are drawn,
sua has no account OF the checks that are
nr may be certified as good or whether
he money is taken from the bank, or is al
wed to remain there. Every dcpositor has
the right to check against his deposit, and
II SO doing, whether his check is certified
Or not, he il dealing with his own money,
and is not borrower in the sense which
would bring him under the restriction OF
section twenty-nine. If parties check upon
"a bank without having funds or deposit to
meet their checks, and an officer of the bank
certihes the checks TO be good, the bank
becomes liable, and the drawer of the checks
uses the credit Of the bank. But authentic
cases Of this kind do not come 10 the know
lodge of the Comptroller except through the
special investigations OF an examiner. Gene
rally, however, there Is nothing in the law
WHICH Nuulu Iult inc alDnuut VI CneCh
drawn against money actually on deposit. "
MA-r%s AMI OPP FELLowS.--I was taken
all ahack this morning 10 find that there
Is really an intention or the part of a
strong party among the Radicals in the
senate 10 interfere with the Masons and
odd Fellows. ! was previously aware of a
petition having been presented by Wilson,
"i Massachusetts, some days ago, looking
to some tuch movement, but treated it az
All OF little consequence. 1t has now be-
come important 10 give the substance Of
this document. 1t sets forth that such Sc
cfe' organizations are dangerous to repub
Iicaulorm oiSOyernment; that Masonic socie
ties nave directed their efforts to the support
et slavery and the inception Of rebellion ;
ttat they teach the youth Of the country the
pernlclOus practices of conspiracy that
they are bound together by barbarous
oaths: that their power is used against q
good administration and for corrupt one,
as Is shown by recent appeal of the Execu-
tive 10 the knights Templar of the North
west and Of Boston, and TO the Baltimore
odd Fellows, and that no trust can be re-
posed in any department Of the Govern
mcnt administered on Masonic principles.
WASHINGTON Baltimore Gazette.
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