The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
no.,,.v Clerks of Federal Courts.

pr;u.y clerks Oh feucrRR SOurTS.
The following bill! was passed by the House
~ REPRESENTATIVES last Friday. 1t goes to
lie Sc;mtc:
N,,i enacted hy the Senate and House Of
r-.orrSrn'ahrcs Of thc tn'tcd States Of inner
>, C0aqre$$ assembled. That deputy
I,nl,,ic> of anv clerk Of any court Of the
,.a.,"i states may bc appointed Icy such
..,,, ,,,.n the apDlication Of the clerk. and
q. removable af the pleasure OF the court !;
MI the conversation Of any such deputy
.,.ll ),r paid Ivy the clerk ; and IN case of the
.,,,fh ot The clerk. his deputy or deputies
.,YH, mics removed by the Judge, continue
-, dice and perform the duties of the clerk,
y, IN. name. until his successor he duly APP
r,ntrd and qualified; aud for the defaults or
I.i-G2>arrc> in office Of any such deputy,
,,n,;nrr in tho lifetime OF the clerk or after
III l..,ih. the clerk, and his estate. and the
.~..,tr> in his official bond. shall be liable !;
..rI his executor or administrator shall have
-r.a remedy for any such defaults or misfea-
>1u..> committed after his death rs the clerk
vu..t3 hr entitled TO If the same had occurred
II H., lifetime.
Ehe Cold Shoulder.
Here ! a rlnnor at the White House of
,., .~sut1cSS between President Grant and
...1Aa military secretary, General Horace
Z. .r.G. ac matter is supposed TO have
... eat OF tho Lcct-Stocking business
T.. r.,J-!l Porter accompanied the Presidcn: to
'..a ln.h = day or two ago. and has not yet
.,n,d 10 his post in the White House.
=; ru5'on FGi'2c'.
u,,rr and Fsarbor Appropriations
tt4oag thc item, OF appropriation in the
...i and barber appropriation bill are the
ming: Improvement of Rappahanrock
-...r below Fredericksburg. $4,000; i'm
...,r.nrn; Of james river. $4,000; improve
...,' Of Aqua creek. $1,000.
Petitions Presented Friday.
N~. Lewis presented the petition OF James
"..pirr. Of Culpcpcr. Va. praying the re-
ur hi> political disabilities; which was
rs,i - the select Committee on the Re
...,.i # Political Disabilities.
- vi. Duke: The petition of {. W. Kidd.
. AhGtr>t county, Va, for the removal OF
.., Political disabilities.
$50, INC japanese in Washington Flick
mp knowledge.
~" Washington correspondent of the Eos-
. I.Dg Giohe writes:
vs. witness some days since OF the
'e1fF"s III W nun lIt ctli'lltNC hitboN0aI'Ni''
rs, ,,,ts are going "to school, Being In
49,. Eurclu OF Education recently, remained
- ~ hour or mere listening to the uues-
..a,.. rut hv fhe Ministcr-nf Education and
-. Il. -o,ia,2>. president and professors at the
.al ,rl University ut Japan. to General John
,,,,n. str able Commissioner of Education.
.,.. ur tic most notable things in the con-
.u.n was the Japanese questions ~ to
t,a-ons for the diversity of laws
.'n',>} and system. General Eaton was
.inl..llcG Ia gc back to the inception
T.. \rGin.Europcan life Oh this coll
.o'rt. AID show how our present condition
4 grown from different colonial initiatives.
i,;s JAZZ did by the aid of map. and then
,ia"cl this up Ivy giving a very lucid state
hi oi The general progress Of western
T." from it, rude territorial beginnings up
e.. il mature lite and sovereignty. The
as played by township, county: and State,
a'Fr Inauguration and maintenance. were
-4unn in = clear though trlSc and >tlccinct
....nuer. aldcd. If cclr>c. by questions put
'foy-h IL" iulcrpretcl---onc of the students
who b. been in the country fer sunlc time
t.,;.
III, Minister consulted Il scroll he held in
'- h1ud. and listened graycly to the answers
de him. >hoWin. generally by glanccs OF
Ian Intelligence tha' he understood. Two
., tn, professors understood English very
'r... though speaking il hut ilnperiectly.
u"5 asked il.uNy keen and minute questions,
-. Il TIE nlnnlIer OF scholars gathered
,,.,i"r o.," teacher, the number Of schools in
~. ";'". whether they were III separate
i.,1st!i - not bow they were supported
" AT were the territorial divisions for schoo
;Haros,, in cities and country. what Wa,
~ percentage ui TAXATION for school pur
posses. &.
Listening Ia THESE queries, was struck h,
ii'' 'yiJrnt ih"ruu@hncSs Of preparation
n.jdrl;'- their situation, &c. these gen
+.u'u Lave .iEcn 10 their work. The sam,
! .uEt" and conscientious spirit is seen in al
TIL. Investigations. Our officials find tina
#"-Wrr;n~ ticir searching inquiries is in ii
-"lj q severe mental test, putting them OF
tArir ',tn also. Their Oriental friends no
Only wniEato know how il thing is done. bu
',h% and what WAS the reason for doing
Il ,ucha way.
Postal.
IloIu,s J. Morris is appointed pustnrISte
It raImcr'S Springs, MccklcnbuIg count!
w., cree Baxter Smith, resigned.
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