The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-02
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.

LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.
>pcej.i kilograms to the Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, August l, 1870.
Our Monitors.
1t has been enormously reported that Mon
>rur Bcrthcmy called upon Secretary Robe
,"n and made propositions for the purchase
uf monitors. etc. The call was merely of q
HNciul nature, and the Secretary says we
cave no iron-clads or monitors to sell TO
either France or Prussia; whereas Vice
Admiral Porter says he would be delighted
if hose countries would buy the old mont
for, for they are no good to Us.
Accident TO Commissioner Dclano.
Dispatches were received here to-day an
uouncing that Commissioner Dclano while
riding across his farm ut Mount Vernon,
ohio, had fallen from wagon and fractured
isgight arm.
The Postal Money Order System.
The postal money order system has be-
come 50 popular throughout the country
that The Department is in daily receipt of
petitions askin" the establishment of addi-
,lunal offices in various States.
In response to some Of the most import
ant Of these petitions $50 offices went into
operation to-a:T an authority Of The Post
mast, -r,ruara!.
ysas, gEoVeis. &c. e.~sg
Br johnson, % Richmond, counsel
>or = |oais. bus Forwarded TO Chief ,,u..
trrc CO.. gt na8lh. tbs neraSsacy papers
apply {, .y4 Inc issuance of writ of hobeas
corpus. The friends Of the parties under
arrest in North Carolina by Governor HOl-
d,n'S orders. will make similar applica-
ton to the Chief Justice.
General Sheridan.
GENERAL Sherman says it is untrue that the
Emperor refused to allow General Sheridan
oronr within the French lines, because
General Sheridan has not yet made such Il
request, and it is quite probable he will so
T. Berlin before he visits Paris.
The Public Debt.
'ihe decrease in the public debt during
III" past month of over seventeen millions
dollars has SURPRISED even some Of the Trea-
,Drv officials.
Professor Of Military Science and
Tactics.
Lieutenant Clinton Ii. Tcbhitts, Fourth
lnjtcd states cavalry, has been appointed
professor OF military science and tactics 1T
the Kentucky University.
Secretary RObesOn
tr"> discouraged, and says that even if
Congress votes the necessary money in De-
,rmbcr it will be Il year from that time be-
lore he can have one iron-clad ready, as
.rrat deal of new machinery, etc, has to be
made with which to do the work.
French Minister TO the United States.
NJ. Bcrlhcmy has forwar ded TO Mons.
htlricI, the French Charge d'Aifairs 1T
\dpairt>o, Chilli, the appointment of Min
I,t"r TO the United States, and he will
1rrvc here in about three months.
Mons. Flory.
While VI. Flory was in this country some
Years since he married Il Miss Hoffman, of
Ncw York, and he is said to have been
very popular in this city.
Mons. Paradox.
NJ. Bcrthcmy states to-day that he re-
"riNed Il note from NJ. Parodol, in the lat
tcr,s own writing, saying that he must come
'1rk, as Parodol intends to kill himself.
The Chinese Coolies, Etc.
special instructions have been given the
lcccntly-appointcd Inspector of consulates,
whose fields of labor is Japan, China, Brit
},h India, etc., to make Il thorough inveSti-
cation of the conditions under which the
roolie traffic and emigration TO the United
states is conducted and what means, if any,
arr provided by the imperial and provincial
Chinese Governments TO prevent the impor-
ta,ion Of slaves and to destroy the home
slavery which is reported to exist.
The schuefzen Organization
IN This district have decided TO devote TWEEN
A-vc per cent Of the net proceeds Of their
least, to bc held i'll September next, to the
i'1ri of the widows and orphans Of PruS-
'lan soldiers who may die in the pending
VA. WALLACE.
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Travellers to France.
WASHINGTON, August 1.-The French
4 n"'ernniehl now requires passports from
s"Mi persons entering or leaving France.
Various Items.
WASHINGTON, August 1.-The President
VIII hold Cabinet meeting here before
GOING 10 st. Louis
Secretary Bclkimp returns Tomorrow.
commissioner Delano broke his arm to-
day.
The debt statement for July shows Il de-
'Ecase Of over SIT coo. 900.
he coin i'll the Treasury is sIO3, o0O. 900
1nd the currency So, 900 900.
Official advices from Fort Richardson re-
Present that part Of Texas to be infested
'y Indians, armed with reyolvers, carbines,
and rifles, and well mounted and clothed.
'aptain Mcclellan, with fi,y-fye men,
Ought them in Baylor county, losing two
knen and killing fifteen Indians. They are
....hevcd to be renegade Indians from New
MeXco, TO whom contraband traders on
The border SUNNY arms