The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-04-11
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Of the Richmond Dispatch

vi Correspondence Q! inc Riciiinohu DispatCb.
a WASuIxGroN. D. c., April s, 1870.
& The Discrimination of Chief Justice Chase
q q enter. without further hearing, into q
d decision concerning the Richmond Mayor
y %r;v case is in no way pleasing to the
q Radicals. Hasty decisions on law points
q >u;t them best. find that the opinion
q ,.cvails here among many good, unbiased
8 :owycrs that the decision, when it is rem
,tcrcd in Richmond by Judge Chase, will
4 We that Tnderwood's court has not proper
j ariS.liction in the premises. TlNoS.
JyrGg BOND. OF BALTlMoRE.-Therc is
considerable opposition manifested in tho
-nnatc 10 the confirmation of Judge Bond,
ii Baltimore, for the fourth circuit, not
,ithstand.ug the fact that he was APP
,5i.tcd thu ough the influence of MIR. Cres-
we'll. AMI it is believed that his nomination
Wiz he held up until the bill recognizing
tie circuit is disposed of. As it stands,
! / arrows out Maryland and Pennsylvania,
and ahaliShcS The fourth circuit as now
constituted One objection urged by mem
lr,.s If tho Judiciary Committee against
.iufrc Bond is want Of Judicial fitness for
,lc rlacc.-U a$Ling'0n tslcgrans-Balfi-
u.nr. .>}:n.
We do not think there is any reason to
Il ,ubt that Judge Bond will be confirmed.
D,s,RILfTIES.-In the United States Sc
q nate Friday
Mr.. Johnston presented the petitions of
8 lanes McJessec. II. d. Astor, Thomas w.
Davis. Z. Terrell, John I. Howard, John
i son Howard. ST., William NJ. Lockhart,
aW;lliam Sutherland, T. \. Chappell, Will
SI;aIn p. Floyd, Charles ?. Nowlin, L. X.
Bird. David J. Robertson, James a. lay
Slo~. Joseph France, James NJ. Tatum,
-, 'larlcs SitlingtoN, John W. Talley, and
8W. NJ. Buckncr. Of Virginia, praying the
srcmoyal Of their political disabilities !;
(which we're referred to the Select Commit
8 tee on the Removal of Political Disabilities.
NEGROES AND IxDIANS.-It has been
A thought that with the ratification OF the
fifteenth amcndmcn; the universal suffrage
ouc>t.on--at least the male portion-had
Teen disposed OF forever. But this proves
10 lie mistake. 4 memorial has come to
hand. and is now before a Senate commit
tee. from q committee on behalf Of the col
! arc,i people of the Choctaw and Cherokee
tribes Of Indians asking that they may be
granted their political rights. By the treaty
Of 1861 they claim that the Indians
agreed 10 give them all civil rights. but
have failed. They say that they are
clearly entitled TO the same civil and pollti-
al lights in the territory az the Cherokees
aI.d Choctaws. 1t is only the question OF
Nh existing treaty that can prevent the pas
I -4-c Of & law or even the enforcement OF
the fifteenth amendment in the Territory
Lu, :, is not probable that Congress will al
low that 10 stand III the way.
Tur GEORGIA STATE SENATOR BRADLEY.
Sucl. has pr0Ted to be the record of AL
peoria Bradley, the colored State senator
IRON Gcorgiu, that Mr.. Riddle, the member
Of the bar who presented his application
Tor admission 10 the Supreme Court, ap-
pcarel in cour, and withdrew il, and apollo
eized for having offered it. 1t appeared,
among o.hcr things. that Bradley had
served a term in the Pcnitentiary: He is
one Of the Georgia delegation in Washing
ton urging the reconstruction of that State.