The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-17
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY II, 1871.

| THE SoUABBLE BETWEEN THE RADICAL
INs AND OUTs-Porter Renonnced by HIS
Party, and The Ring Falling to. Pieces
The split in the Republican party in this
Congressional district is every day widen
ing. and some of the causes, as well as the
evidences Of the breach, are of interest
even to those who believe both factions
| inimicaf to the interests of the people OF
Virginia. There has been for two or
three years past half-suppressed war
fare between the "nGtive" and the
"earpet-bag" wings Of the Admins
tration men here, and nothing but the
cohesive power Of public plumber and mu-
tual hatred Of conservatism has kept them
together from one election to another. The
natives had to swallow Porter last Noyem-
Der, but have been regretting ever since
that they were so submiss i've to him and his
clique. AS soon as that ilustrious carpet
bagger found himself securely seated for a
full term Of Congressional honors, it seems
that he bagan to lend himself to what is
beliyed to be systematic effort to GUST
Federal Office in the Sd district, and to sub
sttute for each one of his own set.
A few weeks ago the Republican Con-
gresSional Executive Committee of the Dis
trict had a meeting TO carry these plans into
effect. They resolved that Miss Van Lew
should cease to be postmaster, and be sue
ceeded by II. L. Wigand ; that Rush Bur-
CESS, the collector of internal revenue,
should be superseded by S. L. Annable, who
! did Porter's dirty campaign work in Hen
rico and that Assessor Smith, should give
way to Sam Maddox, whose sonbriquet
| in the Constitutional Convention was
"Tilter." One beauty of this arrangement
| was, that the three persons to whom the fat
1 So.k Cd zoo f1ar~ \,
Humphreys, constitute a majority OF The
| committee by whom the recommendations
| were made. The other two members were
negroes-Lewis Lindsey and one Carter
| who didn't happen to be present at the
meeting.
Armed with these recommendations,
Porter laid the claims of his friends before
President Grant, urging that functionary
to make the appointments if be would save
the party. Grant listened patiently to the
talkative Representative, and then dis
| missed him with the simple remark that no
changes would be made for the present in
! his district. In this decision the President
was sustained, as it subsequently appeared,
| by every Republican member Of Congress
| from Virginia, and by every Republican
member of the Legislature from Porters
own district.
| So Porter finds himself to-day in opposi-
tion to the whole party, except the few
carpet-baggers who are looking to him for
their daily bread. Leading Republicans
here do not hesitate to express their shame
that such man should have been returned
to Congress by the aid of their votes.
Meantime he, too, is said to be getting dis
contented, and, finding that he is in such
ill-repute in his adopted home, has his eye
on the place of FOREIGN Minister. =
1t is not impossible that all this may re-
suit in good to Richmond and the State.
Already there are whispers of movement
to oust some Of the most disreputable
slaves of the "rlng." Humphreys will
probably he the first to walk the plank, and
his probable successor for collector of the
port is much better man, though an equal
ly pronounced Republican-Dr. Martin
Burton.