The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-06-09
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.
Dccial telecram TO the Dispatch.


Special telegram TO the Dispatch
WASHINGTON, June s, 1870.
The; Decay OF American Commerce.
At special meeting of the Select Com
mittee on the Decay of American Com
merce to-day it was decided to let the sub
committee, who have the whole subject
under consideration, prepare such bills
granting aid to establish steamships to for
eign countries as in the Judgment of the
committee ought to be established. The
committee will not likely be called again this
session, and it is probable no measure will
be reported. -...
There is general feeling among members
that there ought to be some legislation on
this subject, but the difficulty seems TO be
in neutrality-suspicious. satisfactory to the con-
| flicting interests.
The Duty on Coal.
The Ways and Means Committee failing
| to agree as to the scope and meaning of the
House resolution instructing them to report
bill removing altogether the duty on coal
decided to let the matter remain until the
return of General Schenck, who is absent
from the city for a few days.
Red Cloud and his Band
will remain here week or ten days. They
will be received by the President at noon
tomorrow to have the grand official talk.
Pleasure Party.
The President and Mrs. Grant and several
others will leave here tomorrow evening
for Harrisburg, where they will be the
guests of Senator Cameron. After spending
few days at fishing they will so TO West
Point, the President having promised to be
present on the 14th to witness the eX-
animation of the cadets and graduating
class.
General Sherman and Vicc-Admiral Por-
ter returned here to-day.
The Alleged Jewish Massacre.
No direct or official information in rela-
ton to the alleged Jewish massacre ut Rou-
mania, nor of the burning of the American
| Legation buildings at ConsLantinople, has
been received by the President or Secretary
Of State.
what the Crow Indians Want.
General Parker this morning received q
letter, dated May 81, from Captain +. NJ.
Camp, agent at the Crow Indian Reserva-
ton. These Indians lave had talk with
the agent, and want guns, shot, and pow
der, with which to shoot buffaloes and
Sioux. They want to trade for arms and
ammunition to hunt below the Big Horn
river, and to go the Little Horn river and
drive the Sioux away from there but they
do not want their land taken from them
without compensation. White Mouth sud
he would take ten negro girls for his land.
| The san Domingo Trenty-Thc Ru'
mors of Corruption.
For some weeks past there have been
current here rumors of improper conduct
on the part of officials and of fraud attempt
| cd in the matter of getting up the treaty
F! for the annexation of San Domingo, and III
procuring its ratification. 1t has been in
! simulated, and some open charges made,
that there was a pecuniary consideration
involved in the transaction that this was
| the explanation of the extraordinary into
rest manifested in having the trhaty ratified
Senator Schurz recited the charges in en-
| ccutiyc session of the Senate, Offering re-
solution that inquiry be made. 1t was vlo-
lently opposed by some senat ors and sup
ported by others, and was again to-day dis
cussed. and u proposition made to refer the
subject TO the special coIt,mtttee to-day APP
pointed to inquire into the charges made
| bv Senator Ferry against General Babcock,
of the Presidents staff at the White House.
The Senate will probably agree that the
Schurz charges of corruption shall be lnVcs-
tigated by the Ferry special committee.
| The debate this afternoon upon the charge
that General Babcock had procured the coi'-
tinted Imprisonment OF MIR. Hatch IN San
Domingo to prevent his divulsing dam
aging facts about the treaty WAS exceed
ingly warm, especially on the part oil MI
Ferry and Mr.. Sumner against Babcock,
and OH the part Of Senators CHAMBER, Nye,
and Carpenter, in his defence.
Mr.. Sumner holds that upon the case
stated General BabcOck should be caShiered,
and Mr.. Ferry gives his personal assurance
of the reliability Of Hatch, who makes the
charges against Babcock.
The special committee meets tomorrow
at O'Clock. and General Babcock will be
the first person examined by thelil:
WALLACE.
Associated Press tclegraiis.
| CONGRESSIONAL
WASHINGTON, June S.-House.-The cur
rency bill discussed.
| Mi. Fitch, of Nevada, made IN cNplana-
ton DENYING that he was in Cuban pay.
A long debate followed on the currency
hill. A movement to table it failed by a
vote of 6e to 65. A motion was made to adj
journ, -, " 4
yiously made as TO The effect Of adjourn
mppt on the bill, and said that should the
House now adjourn, the pending question
being " shall the bill be engrossed and read
y third times" the bill would go to the bot
tom of all the bills on the speakers table.
Several members said that would be the
last Of it. w ,,,,,.
MIR. Eldridgc: "rhat is the reason why
| | moved to adjourn.
Mr.. Garfield called for the ayes and noes
1 on the motion to adjourn.
The question was taken and the HOUSE
agreed to adjourn, thus virtually Killing Tue
bill-yeas, 10; nays, TO- 49, .;
Seuate.zMr. Ferry presented the petl-
tion of MIR. Hatch, who is imprisoned In
San Domingo. Mr.. Hatch accuses General
Babcock of having prolonged his impri;S ,,I III