The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-24

The Senate Military Committee have de-
cided to report against the House resolution
making May Both national holiday, and
think it is not only unnecessary, but it will
interfere with the business interests of the
country, and it is better to leave the matter
to the natural impulses of the people TO
commemorate rs they deem most fitting each
recurring year.
General Shipping Interests.
| At 4 joint meeting of the Senate md
House Committees on Commerce to-day the
general shipping interests of the country
were discussed ut considerable length. They
think mere drawback on the material
used for ship-bulding will not accomplish
the desired purpose, and some members of
the committees favor heavy duties on all
foreign articles imported in foreign bot
| toms.
The Army Bill.
The House Appropriation Committee to-
day finished tho army bill, and it will pro-
| badly he reported tomorrow. The amount
| appropriated is SO, 2G7 ,361 .222-thrce mil
| lions below the estimates. and four millions
| less than was appropriated last year.
The Indians.
General Sherman to-day received dis
ratchr, from General Sheridan announcin.
| the Iattcr'> arrival at Fort Wallace. several
DAYS since, in pursuit of the Indians who
recently killed Il gan" of railroad laborcrs.
| Spotted Tail and several Of his brother
chiefs are expected to arrive here to-lnor-
row, and Rcd Cloud with his warriors the
| latter part Of this week. These Indians
will he in charge of the Indian Bureau.
Increase OF Female Employees Pay.
Another discussion was INDUCED in to-
day in the Senate upon the proposition to
increase the salaries Of female employees in
the Departments here. 1t was thought by
Il few senator's that the present pay of the
women WAS sufficient, and many women in
other businesses would be glad to get such
po>ition> but aS there were 50 few theatres
! of labor for women, able bodied young men.
and old ones, too, should he constrained to
| Give up this line of business exclusively to
! frmnlc>. and where there are avenues of this
kind within reach we ought to make haste
10 avail ovcrSclves Of them. However, the
uroposition was in the form of an amend.
mcnt to the legislative and executive appro-
priation bill, and was carried by over two
to one, the majority of the Senate being OF
opinion that women ought to receive pay
with the men for the same class and amount
Of work.
wells and tho District AttOrneyship.
hot tan Hay.s Ia
nomination of Ex-Governor Wells fol
United States District Attorney for Nir.
-ina was called up i'll the Senate in cXcc,L
tive session. and it is found that the Nir
.ina delegation in Congress, senatorial an(
representative. were opposed to the con
tirmation Of Governor Wells. A prctcs
against his confirmation was read, the papcl
hcin. signed by Senators Lewis and John
ston, and the entire delegation in tn,
House except Platt and Mckenzie, til;
latter having asked fora few days to conSi
der W hat he would do in the case.
Upon inquiry it is found that the nomina
i ton Of Wells WAS brought about by Platt
who represented to the President that th
harmony, unity, and welfare, of the Radica
, party required this nomination. Plat 60
Dr.. Sharpe, United States Marshal for thi
District, to endorse the proposition, Ani
Grant therefore nominated Wells. Ate
this nomination had been made known
Lewis and Representative Porter went tt
the President and protested against it.
General Grant was surprised, and re
counted Flats representations as to thu
necessity for Weiss nomination, and sale
he did not know how he could, under tht
circumstances, withdraw the nomination
Thereupon protest was drawn up againS
the confirmation Of Wells. headed by Sena
| tors Lewis and Johnston, as before stated
and the same was presented TO the Senate
Judiciary Committee and SO the matter
now stands.
| G0VernOrship of Idaho.
Dir. Bard, late editor of The Atlanta, wht
is nominated for the Office of Governor o
Idaho, has declined the position. The
Tennessee delegation to-day urged the Pre-
sidcnt to nominate Mr.. White Of that State
but General Grant informed them that he
| had already determined to nominate Mr.
| Grow. of Alabama.
| The <:ermans-K nOw-N0thinSS.
| In the House to-day, Mr.. Dcgencr, ;
German by birth, and representative from
Texas, got the privilege of the floor TO eX
plain away what he feared would he re
eardcd us responsibility on the part of the
House for the apparently opprobrious tern
of Dutch as applied to the German citl
zcns. He thought the term ought to be
banished from the House, which he re-
garded as the drawing-room OF the MI
tjon,o in which nothing but elegant anC