The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-15
Latest News from Washington.
Special telegram To the Dispa,ch,

| Special telegram To the Dispatch.
| WAsIIISGT0N, December 14.-Thc discus
sion of Tr,lmbulfs rctrencllmcnt resolution
! was resumed to-day in the Senate, and the de-
! bate resulted in proving clearly that the har-
mony in the Republican party which is con-
away than ever. Schurz, Upton, and Trunn-
| bull were the speakers on the part of the re-
| form Republicans.
There was 4 bitter personal controversy
between Tr,unhull and Morton, the former
asserting that lie WAS not responsible to Nor
| ton for the character Of his Republican prin-
| ciples. Upton expressed his conviction that
! there was deep, fostering corruption through
out the Administration. The resolution being
| pressed TO . vote, WIS defeated by eleven
votes.
This carly evidence OF settled opposition to
the Administration is but the beginning of
more serious onslaughts by the reform wing
of The Republican party, and there is every
| evidence of bitter conflicts as the session pro-
| crosses, as the rciurlucrs refuse to submit to
| the dictation OF the Administration sup
| portcl,S. Tho debate of to-day ctilScs much
comment in political circles Tonight, and
there is a feeling of considerable ure;'sincss
| among the Grant Radical>-:I> usual i'll every
case where u senator is nominated for Cabi-
| net rliirc.
Williams was confirmed Il, attorney
| general without reference to committee.
TlNoH.
| weather Probabilities.
WASHINGTON. December li.-ta|in" lEl-
romctcr and rain will probably advance on
| Friday nnrlllcaStward along the Atlantic
roa$t northwcStcrlv winds back TO north
east 1T Ncw York and New England: and
| the barometer will fall, with increasing
southcrly winds from the upper lakes west
| ward. Ri>n" barometer, with cool north
crly winds, will extend from Alabama west
ward, and falling barometer and cloudy
weather on the Oregon coast.
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, December 1i-HOus1.--A re-
solution was adopted calin" upon ilrr ;'ccrc-
| taly Of the Treasury for report nS 10 the
Number Of persons employed, thc amount IF
M n1id rs rewards, and other
! sJiGr:es; nI,vr-. ~ cacl custom
,es and coli,it,-,:lit cTren=rv -. 80
house dliiri.~ lie fiscal year clitiirs II 1911
The apportiomncut hill vas rcsti!h"d in
committee of the whole. An amendment |
was adopted that hereafter no STAT" he adj
mitted with less population tlu,n i: required |
for Il member.
The bill then passed without division. II |
provides that the House shall consist of 80
members. distributed IL follows: Maine, >:
New Hampshire. - Vermont, :; Mg>sachu-
sets, Ii; Rhot Island. ,; Connecticut, 4
New York. 81; New Jersey, :: rcnnSyI- |
yania, 20; Delaware, I; Maryland, Il: Viz
yini,. o: North Carolina, s; South Carolina
}: Georgia, .; -AIabalia. I; Mississippi, T.:
Louisiana, ); Ohio. 20; Kentucky, 10; Ten
ncs>cc, .: Indiana -: Illinois, -: Missouri |
IL: Arkansas. (: Michigan. .; Florida, |:
Texas. 6: Iowa. .; Wisconsin, 5 California
4: Minnesota. .: Oregon. Kansas, J; NcSi |
Eiryilia. >: Nevada. /; and Nebraska, /.
ScaGic.-llr. lrlmlufi gave n"tirc Hat he |
would Tomorrow move to dl>clmrg" I NJ !
Committee on Finance from the con>ldcra- |
ton OF the proposition for free Sill and coal, |
tor the purpose Of procccdn" at once with |
the bill in the Senate
The Till authorizing full day. pay for
eight hours work. "rctroactiyc," was refer
rcd TO the Committee on nance.
The argument OH Tr,lmbulls amendment |
10 resolution organizing committee OF re-
trcnrhlncnt and investigation, WAS resumed
and continued with much acrnony until D
O'Clock when the amendment WAS defeated
by II to 81.
Tho following Republicans voted aye Al
corn, fcnton, Logan, Patterson, Robertson,
Sch,lrz. Simmer, Upton, Trymbull, West,
and Wilson.
\ resolution organizing 4 committee with
ont instructions OF power TO send for persons
| or papers was adopted without Il division.
Hcsigz,aiic, Of Attor,,c,-Gcncrni Ahcr-
IlmiI.
Attorney General Akcln1an has resigned,
and his resignation hats hccn accepted ny the
| President. who will nominate Hon. George
! Ii. Williams, of Oregon, to the Senate to-day.
Acknowledgement AI&crmnn's Success
| sor--Eoreign Consular appointments.
! DC, &C.
AsulNGToN. December 1t.--Ninistcr
Schenck has not resigned. !Attorncy-Genc-
raj Akci1nan's resignation takes elect JGlu-
ARK 10th. Hon. I'll. Williams lE's lcen no.
minated is his successor.
| The House Committee on Commerce re-
ccivcd the delegation Of steamboat men i'll
| session here to-day, anu pionhScu I'LL hives
CATION. -.
The President has recognized tngil llarti-
nez, Consul for Mexico at New Orleans
Denis Dcnohce, Consul for England. for MAJ
ryland. Virginia. Tennessee, West VIRGINIA.
| Kentucky. and Missouri. with his residence
| at Baltimore: De Grcuier De FotbauIulal,
| Consul for Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missis-
sippi. with his residence 1T New Orleans
Edward Bctclrm, Nicc-Consul for the Ger
man Empire at Wilmington, y. c.; John
JAY Philbrick, Nicc-Consul for the German
Elnpirc at Key West, Fla; and Herman BAT
fer, Consul for the German Empire ut Mo-
| bile.
| Southern Claims Commissions.
WAs1uxGToS. December LITTLE south
crn claims commission lave made report
Ttcy throw out claims OF aliens, notwlth-
Standing they may have procured naturaiza-
ton papers since the war: Applicants c'in-
inc LOYALTY must prove it. Voluntary resi-
drncr in insurrccfiomry States during the
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