The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-24
wasalingfols News. :; !.

WAsHrNsTor, NOV. %. IL Is said that an
extinct from General if umphreyg'a report
Isays thai the iimproysuien Of the James
Iriver below Richniund wi litake place before
the LIST OF August. An examina ttah of The
trtverl was made, and the determination ar
rived at tofproceed as soon as practicable 20
lTemove the Wreekssog cribs OF stores and
1.-THE remains Of military bridges, which are
lseriouslY ohstrueting the river, Proposals.
have been invited for the same. Whatever
money will ibH available Of the appropriai
ton made by Congress viii be required for
the; removal of .he DISTRACTIONS The ex-
penditure of the S5G, 900 will be accom-
plished before the expiration Of the year
ending June 30, 1871. AN appropriation is
asked for the year end ing Dune 80, 1879, for
continuing the Improvement OF the james
| river below Richmond. An examination OF
the river early In August showed that no
important changes had occurred in the or
binary bars. Special examination Of seve-
rai points have been made, and others viii
follow to show the plans Of improvements
now In progress for tie river.
The report on the 1Appomattox is carried
back to before the war, andis equal to John
PhGnix's survey of theroad from San Diego
to San Francisco. The estimates, the re-
port says, are to be ready in q short time.
The distractions Of the .Rappahannock,
which consist chiefly of lumber vessels,
seriously interfering with the navigation,
make it in some cases worse, than before
the war. a. 49, .s-z.,,r2 2 80.
The report of the Secretary Of the Inte-
rior has the following regarding the South
ern ports :: S59, 200 is estimated IS the cost
for the modification of the Notifications. at
Fort Moultrie, s. c.; Fort Sumter, $50, !.
600; Fort johnson, 4, 200; Castle Pinck-
Dey, $4,000; Fort Jackson, Ga, SIG, 600;
Fort Pulaski, Ga, $4,000; Fort Clinch,
Fla, $4,000; Fort Jefferson, Tortugas,
Fla, SS5, 000 Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay,
SIC, 600; Fort Gaines, Mobile Bay, Sd, 900 !;
Fort Pike, Rigolette Pass, La, 81, 900 !;
Fort Jackson, La, 500, 900 estimate ofthe
cost of the work being S191, 000); Fort st.
Phillip, La, $4,000 (the estimate cost of
the work being SOS, ooO; Fort Livingston,
La, $38, 900. r, ID. - -. IL, ~ -:
at the close of the last fiscal year the
amount Of subscription to the stock Of the
Southern II Pacific railroad paid in was
$3.50. 900. The road has contracted for the
purchase of the San Francisco andsSan Jose
railroad for the sum of 50, no, 900 in gold
payment to be made and possession to be
taken by the 31st Of December next. The
Union Pacific Railroad Company and its
southern branch (now the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Railroad Company, the Kansas
and Necosho Valley Railroad Company,
and the LeavenWorth, Lawrence, and Fort
Gibson Railroad Company, were fully heard
in the right of their respective companies
to construct railroad from the southern
boundary of Kansas through the Indian
Territory. ,.r., ......,s Il.
General Sherman has gone to Cleveland,
but will return on Saturday next. :
The Mexican Commission claims which
were not fled prior to February 1st will
be rejected by the commission. Under this
rule two cases have already been rejected:
to Georgia to aid in executing the Con-
gressional election law. Atlanta will, be the.
point of distribution.