The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-06
by associated Press.
ConSressaOnaJ.

Congressional. ,.....
WAsHINaToN, Jan. 5.-House.-Mr.
Schenek resigned his seat, and Mr.. Ortiz
was appointed to gill the place on The Com
mttee Of Ways and Means that thus be-
came vacant.
Paraguayan affairs were discussed.
| Mr. Hooper, Of Massachusetts, becomes
chairman Of the Committee on Ways and
| Means. He is said to be more of protec.
| zionist than Schenck. Ortiz is inclined to
| free trade.
The vote on the Paraguayan resolutions
| will be taken tomorrow. The questions
Paraguayan Minister Washburne and the
condemnation OF certain naval officers.
| Senate bill authorizing the issue of $780,
100000 five per cent. bonds, and certain
reports regarding San Domingo made dur
ing Pierce's administration, were called
for.
a bill for Government telegraph was
introduced and referred to the Committee
on Roads and Canals.
| The bill giving Schenck, as Minister to
England, IN additional allowance of S2,5O0
| was passed.
Adjourned.
The Senate correspondence with Motley
| and the State Department relating to Mot
| ley's recall was called for, and amended by
Sumner to include kilograms.
A resolution was reported concurring in
| the opinion of the Attorney General that
the Choctaws are entitled to the quarter
| million bonds, and declaring the President
authorized to issue them without further
legislation, and passed.
The select committee to consider certain
charges against Senator Spraeue for block
| aiding in Texas consists of MessrS. Thur
| man, Hamlin, Trumbull, Howe, and Wiley.
Jewett, the new Senator from Missouri,
| has been placed upon the Committee of
Naval Affairs and Pacific Railroads.
A bill was passed providing that hereaf.-
ter no tax shall be imposed or collected
| upon any undlstributable sum added to the
contingent fund Of any insurance company,
nor upon unearned premiums received for
I1Sks assumed.
Bill relieving j. NJ ilton Best was passed
g to ID. It appropriates 5000. Best
| was surgeon in the Federal army when
| his house in paducah was destroyed.
Adjourned.
Gid Man Grant as n Detecttve-He
Writes a Letter TO The President, and
Saves Him and the &c Party"
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-The Cincinnati
Commercial publishes a letter to the Prcsi-
dent from Orville Grant, his father, charg-
ing Gen. Bloomfield, the revenue superyi-
sor of Illinois, with connivance at fraud.
Mr.. Grant admits that he was approached
Ill confidence with corrupt propositions,
both regarding the whiskey frauds and Gu.
| ban recognition. He says :
| q have gained my knowledge Of the
whole affair in the strictest confidence, and
to tell it l am betraying that confidence
and the only apology 1 can offer for doing
50 mean, so great an act Of injustice, is that
my duty to YOU is stronger than my. word
| or confidence to one whO'is instrumental III
| defrauding the Government and running
your reputation for all the frauds of your
appointees fall upon you and the party"
| General News.
! WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Wm. n. Daniels
has been nominated as collector Of customs
for Apalachicola, Fla.
The resolutions of the North Carolina
Legislature asking the removal of the pc.
litical disabilities from Governor Vance
We're presented TO the Senate, and referred
to the Committee on Political Disabilities
The contestants for the Senatorial seats
| from Georgia have been notified to appear
| before the Judiciary Committee OF the
Senate on SATURDAY. There are seven claim
ants, though Ii. Y. johnson and a. Il
Stephens, who were elected before recon-
srrlction commenced, will not push theil
rights. - ~
Ferry, who has been nominated by the
Wisconsin Republicans, will succeed How
ard, who is credited with the authorsmpo
the 18th amendment. .. =
1t is said that the Senate Committee or
Claims has been holding in allegiance 5ot
claims similar to that of the J. Milton Best
which the Senate affirmed to-day.
The Senate adjourned to-day till Monday
L rhn Trno 10, RI anf
orders that the tsriff be assessed.