The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-03-22
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.


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LATEST FROM WASHINGTON
I Special kilograms to the Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, March Fl, 1870.
The Richmond Troubles.
Copies of the correspondence between
| Governor Walker and General Candy rela
tive to the Richmond troubles were laid On
the desk of every member in Congress to-
day.
The San Domingo Treaty.
Large numbers of senator's interviewed
the President to-day in relation to the San
Domingot treaty. The President is extremely
anxious for its ratification, and so assured
his visitors to-day. TIMoN.
WASHINGTON, March 81, 1870.
Sale of Cadetships-The Report of the
Military Committee.
The report of the Committee on Military
Affairs as to the sale of cadetships is pre-
pared. They recommend that Schoet, an
| examiner in the Patent Office, be requested
10 resign his position on account of his con-
| nection with the sale of cadetships. They
condemn in very strong terms all who were
| engaged in the trafiic-claim agents, mid
de-men, etc. They request the Secretary
Of the Navy to convene naval court-martial
10 inquire into the conduct of Commander
upshire, looking to dismissal Of that Off
Ger from the service. The case of Assessor
Elliott. Of the third Pennsylvania district,
will be reported upon, and the committee
will recommend that all cadets appointed
outside Of their congressional districts be
dismissed from the Military and Naval
Academies.
The last proposition will be opposed by a
number Of members, though the law gives
the President the power, in his discretion,
to make such dismissal.
Machines for Spinning Yarns.
2ir. Buckley, of Alabama, appeared be-
fore the Ways and Means Committee and
urged that all machines for spinning yarns
| it would he of great value TO the South and
| would aid the people of limited means,
| both white and black. to secure these ma
chimes at comparatively low price, the
present duty being very high. The com
mittee regard the proposition with favor.
Thc Army Bill.
The Senate Committee on Military AZ
| fairs has postponed the consideration of
the army bill until next Monday.
| The Seizures OF Tobacco Factories In
Indian Territory.
1t will be rccollected that some time ago
revenue officers seized certain tobacco fac
tories in the Indian Territory for fraud.
Mr.. Boudinot, agent for the Indians, pre-
scented the matter to the House Judiciary
Committee to-day, and claimed that under
the treaty the Government cannot make
such seizure, and he asks that such action
be taken as will restore the property to the
Indians.
The Bailey Fraud Case.
There were no further developments in
he Bailey fraud case ct the Internal Reye-
me Department this morning except that
Isaac Harvey, special assistant assessor
of The thirty-second New York district, and
one " Bailey's confidential officers, was
dismissed and then was arrested. 1t is
alleged tie is mixed up in the frauds. So
licitor hanfeld returned from New York
to-day, and had an interview with Secre-
tsry Boutwell, in relation to the matter.
He says the aefalcation is quite heavy, but
the amount has not yet been ascertained {;
that several officers under Bailey have been
,arrested on suspicion of being implicated
in the fraud, and at the time the Solicitor
!. left New York Bailey had not been arrested.
Minister to Spain.
The certificate of the confirmation Of
Hon. Daniel f. Sckles as Minister to Spain
was received at the Executive mansion.
Naval Affairs.
The Secretary of the Navy had an inter-
view with the President this morning rela-
tive to naval affairs, and especially the
condition Of our naval forces in Cuban
waters. The Secretary stated that the
Spanish Government had eighty-nine YES
sels-of-war in the various harbors and
around the island, and with these vessels is
q force of $4,000 seamen, while the guns
carried by the different classes Of vessels
number over GOO.
The entire American navy consists of
about fifty vessels-of-war, eight thousand
seamen, and three hundred and forty guns.
1t is thought that our naval affairs will
be the subject of special message to Con-
gress.
Soldiers Bounty.
Comptroller Broadhead holds that the
recent decision of the Supreme Court as to
paying soldiers the one hundred dollars
Government bounty relates only to the
forty-two thousand men called out by Pre-
sident Lincoln from May to July 20, 1861
Paymaster- General B. W. Brice has de-
cided that the place of residence-as, for
example, if the soldier is enlisted in New
York and is discharged at Fort Leaven-
worth, he is entitled to travelling expenses
and allowance from Fort Leayenworth
to Now York. This decision is sustained
by the Second Comptroller.
Resignation and Assignment Of
Supervisor.
The resignation Of Hon. Reeder w.
Clarke US supervisor of internal revenue fol
the southern district of Ohio has been &C.
copied by Secretary Boutwell,. To-day
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