The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-09
FROM WARRINGTON.
REVENUE REFoRa-coAMITrgE OF WAITS AM
MEANS.

REVENUE REFoRM-CoMMITTgE OF WAYS ANT
MEANS.
1t is understood that majority of the
members Of the committee endorse the
Presidents recommendations In hts mes
sage relative to the reduction Of internal
taxes.
MR.. SEIZURE sNuBBED.
The rctrenchmcnt committee was not re-
Nived. thus depriying Mr.. SchurZ of a
chairmauship. Mr.. Trumbul moved In
caucus. and subsequently in the Senate, to
continue the committee. 1t was defeated
in caucns aud laid oyer In the Senate. Mr..
Schurz attended tho caucus.
/ DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
Senator Trumbuil states that he knows
nothing whatever OF the account Of an al.
legged interview with him on the presiden-
tial question. as published In the Louisville
Coa.r7er-.Iournal, and widely copied In all
the Eastern papers. Nothing OF the kind,
according TO his recollection, ever took
place. The account represented him rs
giving his adhesion to Grant for reelection.
PUBLIC BUILDING.
In the House Of Representatives at
Washington on Thursday Mr.. Duke, by
unanimous consent, introduced bill III.
X. No. 40 to provide for the erection OF IL
building Tor the use Of the post. office,
United States Circuit and District Courts,
and Internal revenue offices, Mt Lynchburg,
Va; which was read Il first and second
time, referred to the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be
printed.
wRITs OF ERRoR IN CRIMINAL CASES.
In the House Of Representatives on
Thursday Mr.. Amblcr. 10y unanimous con-
n. rnI,,,.I I, ~
allow writs Of error TO be taken, in crimi.
| nal cases, to the Supreme Court of the
| United States which was read q first and
! second tine, Ie,rrrcd to the Committee on
the Judiciary, aud ordered To be printed.
| WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
] Application was made to-day in nm Of
| fetal quarter for Il confirmation Of the state
ment of IL New York paper that Secretary
| Fish haQ actually resigned, that Edwards
! Pierrepout had succeeded him, that Attor
ipc,.Genelal Akclman had been removed
aud ex-senator Williams appointed all Of
which was pronounced utterly without
| foundation, except so far as it indicated
| that Secretary Fish would, at a very early
day, retire from the Cabinet. The name Of
his successor, 1t is emphatically asserted, i:
not Picrrepont. \ large number of the
Rcpuhlitan senators, learning yesterday
tndt MI. ISL CoHteu 1taLCu recurring IRON
the State Department, united in letter
urgently requesting him to remain, ynt
stating that this request waS also urged by
-. the other members of the Cabinet anC
Heading members of both Houses OF Con
;;rcsS.- Washington telegram IN Baltimore
! SHp.
/ VIRGINIA POST OFFICE AFFAIRS.
! Route 1870, Davis's Mills to Dickinson
J Jackson l.. Patterson, contractor, is cur
! tailed 10 end ut Union Hall, emitting Dick.
| inson. decreasing distance seven miles al
pro rata deduction from 1st January. ono
months pay allowed.
| Mr.. Summers plan for resuming specie
! payments is one, it is well known, to which
! be has brought great deal Of study, and
| upon which he has been in consultation
/ With many able financial thinkers aud bu.
siness men. 1t is based upon the theory,
which We have steadily maintained, that
| the only road to specie payments lies
; through contraction.-B0StonA Advertiser.
| We shall see. We predict that tho cur
rcncy will not he contracted, and that specie
payments will come withoutit.]