The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-06-06

1V"i'A"n" v q so1 uSW, tSs LcVee US, 70 u.s. "
Alabama s'ss fs Georgia S's, 81; rs. ss, .Norsl
Carolina SIS, 10 new, Is South Carolina s,s, 81.
The imports Of dry goods for the week were
sl, taa coo; general merchandize, o. $4,000.
The Sab-Treasury balance ID sat, sas, eee In gold
Currency zen $ssHs7e9. The general balance is
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.
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--ss,. ..-s,.y, 3 AsHISGToN,, June A, 1870.
6eneraE Jordan ON Cuban Affairs.
!, General Jordan (the Cuban general. with
dcnerat " aIker, OF the same army. called
oh ocnasor ,Jonnstop,i Of Virginia, last
evening, anu mad an Interview of over
TWO hours duration. General Jordan ex-
plalneo 10 the Senator the facts in relation
10 the Cuban instruction, its causes, com.
progress, and present cond;-
ton: and stated that the only dificuIty in
obtaining independence was'a want of arms
and ammunition.;' that the Cuban patriots
have an established form of civil govern.
ment, which is obeyed and respected by the
military branch of the patriots, -
The Spaniards took no prisoners, but
shot or hung them; and one of the objects
Of his visit to this Government was to have
such a brutal course of things prevented,
and have the Spaniards compelled to carry
on the war according to the usages Of civil
lied nations. He gave many instances of
Spanish cruelty and barbarity. He had
come here to ask Of this Government no
thing but what was right and just, and
wanted for the Cuban patriots the same pri-
vilcges from this country as are granted the
Notwithstanding more. They should he
placed on an equality and what was allowed
to one should be allowed to the other. His
Government had the same right to arms,
ammunition, and war-yesselS, from this Co
vernment as have the Spaniards, and that
was all he had come to ask for. -. t-'sE
Senator johnson expressed bis sympathy
for the Cuban patriots, and hoped they
would triumph. He was opposed to the
present policy of the Administration in re.
ference to Cuban affairs, and was of opinion
that Congress ought to take immediate steps
to prevent such savage atrocities and inhr-
man modes of warfare as are carried on by
the Spaniards at our very door. He was in
favor Of according belligerent rights to the
Cubans, and had hope that Congress
would do something before adjournment.
He informed General Jordan that his OK.
PLANTATION in reference to the Cuban army
and their ability to ultimately succeed, i
fairly treated, was quite satisfactory.
Generals Jordan and Walker thanked the
Senator for his attention and kind feelings
The Massacre of the Jews.
The State Department has rs yet received
no official information in reference to tht
reported massacre of the Jews by the Chris
tians at Roumania, Turkey. ra @& F.
President Grant paid a visit to the State
Department to-day, and during his inter
view with the Secretary of State requested
the latter to obtain full and reliable infor
nation in relrtion to this alleged massacre
and in the meantime to do all in his power
to have the Turkish Government prevent
such prosecutions. a. st.s..t.;i- SO
y Miscellaneous.
! During the month of May $40, 651, LII o,
Of revenue stamps were sold by the Bureau
and there remained to-day about SS, O00, 00t
worth. t''.A =" ~ -, 49,
Colonel Fgbcrt, formerly chief Of police
ut Richmond, Va, to-day received an ap
pointment in the secret service of the Trca
sury Department. ~r.".~f 10 -, ,.,,..-
= ;Hon. B. B. French to-day resigned hi
and Accounts in the Second COMPTROLLER,
Office, and retires to private life. =,
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,3-r. Congressional.
! WASHINGTON, June 4.-Housc.- The Houst
passed, with verbal amendments, Senate
bill authorizing railroad bridges across thu
Alabama river near Selma and near Mont
Mr.. Schcnck modified his tariff bill by
an amendment reducing the duty on tea tt
fifteen cents per pound, and ON coffee tt
three cents per pound. He moved the pre-
yious question on the first section as ,
whole, preventing votes on the separate
paragraphs. The Democrats have taken t
fDibusterlng. .sat;E $50 -
"A petition was received from 120 person:
Of Louisville, KY, for the reduction Of the
tax on manufactured tobacco to siXteer
cents.
frhe Senate bill, on motion Of Mr.. Shell
don, authorizing a draW-bridge over the
gomery was taken from the Speakers table
and passed. 1t goes to the President.
The bill authorizing an assistant United
States treasurer Mt Baltimore was passed.
/ The tax bill was resumed. Mr.. Schemes
offered his tariff amendment, stating that il
was on his own, and not on the RESPONSE
bility of the Ways and Means Committee
He stated that the total reduction of the re
venue by the proposed amendment would
be oyer $40, 000, 900. He estimated the re
duction'of the internal revenue at SIC, GOO,
eco. Mr., Schenck moved the previous
question and withdrew the tariff amend
ment, leaving the previous Question to ope'
rate on the tax bill. = .,a.t.
He then renewed theprevious question
on the subject before the, House, which wal
ordered, and it was agreed to take a vote OF
Monday. = 5H s-S.r@
Effortswere made to tack the funding bill
toSthe tax bill, but after some ffibusterins
on this subject the House adjourned. H..
Se7sate.-A bill to encourage the construc.
ton of an international Pacific railroad IN
Texas was reported with amendments.
motion by MIR. Flanagan to take it up was
objected to by Mr.. Hamilton, of Texas, and
the bill was laid over.
A Joint resolution to increase the com.
pensation of assistant marslfals for taking
the census was considered without acton
The Indian appropriation bill was con
sidered, the debate being mainly upon tne
merits of the Quaker system OF lppdlalr
various i items. .,u: ss $.
4 WASHINGTON, June 1.-The revenue re.
CENTS today were over 81, 200, 900,
- John D. Hoover, Marshal District Of 20.
iumbia, is hopelesSly sick. - I.
b Edwin IL Barney has been app onted tht
United States attorney for the western dis
trict,efI Texas f-taGcf GasS@ -.
" The star s,iys that the House Reconstruc'
ton Committee, by a ryOte,ofsS to, has
agreed to recommend the adoption of the
Georgia bill. so as to require the election o.
the new state Legislature during the coming
: Mr. Robertson reported to the Senate to
dnv 4 4disability,remoyal bill covering the
cases of I, 900 citizens OF eighteen States and
the District Of Columbia. :, :, M,
fhes Senate to-day confirmed Wayne
ndVoaoh Minister to Turkey, and spent