The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-09
WASHINGTON NEWS.
OF the Richmond Dispatch.


The postponement by the Senate of the
consideration of the House resolution 70
adjourn on the 4th of July Ia regarded ms a
very sure evidence that the majority of the
members do not believe that the important
business TO be Transacted can be closed up
hv July. IT Will require some very potent
cause TO reconcile members OF Congress to
night sessions now that the hot weather is
coming GA; and, indeed, Of late years 1t is
beginning to be conceded that very little
work is accomplished in the way Of legisla-
ton after the sun goes down. Under any
circumstance, if all the work which should
he done as accomplished, it viii entail upon
The industrious members an amount Of Ia
hnrwhich will very certainly induce them to
hailthc adjournment with genuine grati-
tude.
Very little is now heard about the st.
Domingo treaty. and it is hard to "count
noses" correctly in the matter. At one
lime it was claimed in Administration cir
cles that there was majority in the Senate
fayoring annexation. Now, however, since.
4 protest from the Cabral party, signed by
II 900 of the good men Of that faction, II Is
beginning to be believed that there will be
more stumbling blocks than ever TO the
ratification of the treaty.
II j. very certain that the prospect Of an
Indian war, when the grass grows high
enough to make the fighting pleasant to the
Indians. will have the effect of leSsening
the anxiety in Congress to reduce the army
10 the extent that is now anticipated. If
war does come. ii will take all the troops
out Of the southern country now quartcrlng
there.
The word "whitc.' an obnoxious one to
SO many people in this section. has not yet
been stricken from the naturalization laws,
though Mr.. sumner is confident that he
will succeed in accomplishing its oblitera-
ton during the present session. 80
subscriptions in aid of the sufferers by
the diStreSSful calamity ut your capitol are
still progressing here. Outside of the gene
raj fund. that started by the Journalists in
behalf of the family Of the late DR.. Brock
gives promise Of being liberal.
The cmcute among the Republican NUM-
ripal politicians here is likcncd by leading
Radical politicians in Congress to the diff
le.cnces which have distracted the party in
the different States, and rs such cannot have
Bowen. who, if Emory and Richards, the
other nominees for the mayoralty, remain
in the field, is very likely to be elected.
TIMoS.
DIsABlLIT1Es.-In the United States
senate Friday Mr.. Wiley said: I pre-
sent a petition of citizen of Wythe coun-
". Virginia. by the name Of w. Wade
Woodson, setting forth good many rea-
sons why he ought to be relieved from his
political disabilities, and concluding very
peuirentially as follows:
II am. / know. Il true friend Of the Ad-
mini>tralion. and will initiate the example
Of ScHvola before my arm shall ever again
wage war on the Government. May not
hope that your honorable body will
"'Shnw pity and forgive.
Let Il rcpentaTt rebel llyc.H
LarfShter.J
move it> reference to the Select Com
mttcc on the Removal OF Political DiSa-
hlitlc>.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr.. Johnston presented the petitions of
H. +. Grant, Wythe; George L. Wcscoat,
northampton William II. b. Gusts, Ac-
comac and d. Is. Fisher, Northampton
PRAYING the removal of their political di>a-
hljtic>. which were referred to the Select
Committee on the Removal Of Political Dis
abilities.