The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-02-16
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.
Special kilograms TO the Dispatch.

1lB GAu SuifShSJ Ahoaoseo oPoA SSllibS oil
,ther witness to testify relative to the
on the part of General Grant
Ind others of the gold panic speculation.
The committee consented. The witness
vas examined to-day, but no fact not
already made public was ELECTED. His tes-
;imony did not, in fact, apply to the Presi-
lent or any of his family.
- Internal Revenue.
General Mcdonald, Supervisor Of Inter-
nal Revenue for Arkansas and the Indian
Territory, was notified by the Secretary OF
he Treasury to-day that the State of Mis-
souri, had been attached to his district, and
he will hereafter have supervision of that
State, with headquarters at St. Louis.
The Tariff Bill.
A delegation of sugar refners and i'm
porters was before the Committee Of Ways
and Means to-day. The refners urge that
The duty imposed in the tariff bill agreed
10 by the committee shall not be disturbed.
The importers maintain that the tax as ar
ranged in the bill discriminates against
heir interests.
The Tax Bill.
The committee have had under conside-
ration for some days the tax bill, and to-day
decided, by vote of FIVE to four, to.report
in favor of erecting the Internal Revenue
Bureau into Department, the head of it
to be member of the Cabinet.
1t is understood that the bill proposed for
making department of the Internal Reve-
nue. Bureau differs from the provision in
the tax bill reported some time since in
this, that the proposed bill provides for one
assistant commissioner and certain heads
of divisions. The former bill provided for
an assistant and six deputy commissioners.
The general tax bill will scarcely be dis
posed of at this session, though the COM
mittee propose to mature it to be presented
to the House in the course of two weeks.
Possibilities and Post-Roads.
The House Committee on Post Offices and
Post-Roads have agreed to report fayorably
Mr.. Cakes bill for freight or coal rail
road from Schuylkill county across New
Jersey to New York harbor.
The Reconstruction Committee.
The Committee on Reconstruction to-day
agreed to report q general disability bill
except as to members Of Congress and Off
GERS of the army and navy, which Genera
Butler proposes to manage in the House.
The committee also agreed to the Senate
bill removing disabilities of certain persons
therein named, and added thereto large
number of additional names, making in al
about 1000.
Cuban Affairs.
The resolutions of Senators Howe, Nor
ton, and Sherman, concerning Cuba wer
under consideration to-day in Commute
on Foreign Relations. The sentiment indi
Gated was favorable to the adoption Of som
steps looking to accordance Of belligeren
rights to Cuba. The subject will be re
sumed Attic next meeting.
There is evidence here among member
of Congress from all quarters of the coun
try of desire that our Government shal
speedily accord belligerent rights to tn
struggling Cubans. The belief is genera
that the real condition of affairs in Cuba
misfepresented, to the prejudice Of the in
surgents, and that this is brought about b
the free use of Spanish gold, by purchasin
managers of certain newspapers in TIL
country.
Port Wardens.
Secretary Boutwell, has notified the Hous
Committee that he does not regard it exp
dent to legislate upon the subject of contr
of port wardens at New York, as propose
in O bill now before the committee.
infringement of Patent.
William Thorpe, who has been engage
here for some years as sort of lobbyist
Congress and go-between in the Depar
ments, in October last obtained patent f,
peculiar mode of making and printir
revenue and postal stamps. 1t now TURF
out that he was not the inventor, but Ia
stolen the idea from Mr.. George T. Jone
the well-known bank-note engraver, wi
had, in q business manner, impaired
Thorpe his process for printing stamps, L.
Thorpe, discovering that he was caught,
few days ago signed paper acknowledge
that Jones ia the inventor, and disclaimin
his own right to the patent. The matte
does not end here. The United States Dil
trict Attorney has taken the matter in hans
and proposes to prosecute Thorpe for Pc
jury and apply to him the penalties pr
scribed under the patent laws.
The Steamer Monarch.
The Monarch is expected at Annapol
on Thursday evening, and Captain Comm
rell will como at once by rail to this cit.
and make arrangements with Ministt
Thornton for the festivities of the ensuin
week. Minister Thornton will issue tt
invitations to visitors through the Secretar
of the Navy. The President, members
the Cabinet, and members of Congress, wi
visit the Monarch on Monday next.
Counterfeit Notes.
There were over 400 counterfeit fra
tional currency notes-l0's, 25's, and 50'
of the old issue, and SOS of the new issu
received at the redemption division of Il
Treasury Office to-day. They came fro
every section of the country, and the banl
or bankers who transmit them for REDEEM,
ton have to stand the loss.
The Navy.Yards.
The Secretary of the NAVY has an ord.