The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-26
TROM WASHINGTON.
eorre,oonaenca of the I,Ieh,no,.tl Dispatch.


WASHINGTON, April -, 1872.
Tardy iusticc--Iong-conins recognition oil
,ipht--wi.s the seating to-tiay of Mp. Ran
som az United States senator from the state
Of North Carolina. Every objection, every
delay and obstacle that party manipuiaiiohs
could devise, had been placed In tile pau, oi
this proper contamination of law, llnlii nj
last It was absolutely necessary to trli'e no
longer, and the report was submitted t'lat
the Committee on Privileges and Electlous
found Mr.. Ransom's credentials III proper
form, and recommended that &c he aofii.teu.
This was something that positively cou,a no.
be helped. Good men in the Repupils,a.''
party are reioiced at it, and many are us-
c,tsted that the delay, born OF uhrlstieo"s
assumptions TO privileges to when tiie ealiii.
ant had no earthly right to, should nave oeel'
permitted to gain any foothoId Whatever
And now, as Senator Thurman Said !hI@
morning, every seat is filled, ana ever! "s"t
has some one who should represent IL, even
if their personal feelings are against tl'e Vasl
majority of the electors insaid states. lhu,
is wound up lin the seating OF Gcnela
Ransom} struggle for place almost with"!l.
parallel and those who have endcaVoreu u
defeat the admission of that gentleman '''il
never lay the junction. to their sous tiat ny ;.
doing they have deserved well OF any one ol
laid up party capital which can ne 'iSStu' !"
| them hereafter .,,;,,,
THE coin balance in the Treasury. when
has been very heavy lately, is StlI liicre,sl,,
until the books to-day show totai Oh uno ,;,
one hundred and twenty-nine ana nan mr. II,
lions of dollars. Should IT continue 10 IN.
crease and 90 up much higher, the SccrelaL!
market bring the price OF gold down hi.'i,
lower than the present standard. \ sraa'l:'l
Man oppned when the political campaign J., !,
increasing. might fix and keep he Slallo;'i',
nfnold nj i've per cent, and even lower, anu
this would probably be plausible move,
mont To Gain the popular applause ana '''u
,.otas Ia thc ca,lsc. Possibly in the next
mnntbly programme from Mr. Boutwell, he
,,.;I ,ool,n ,,ss of some OF these millions Q!
gold. u,o 1,tor;,r No.
,,rtmenf from Mr.. Dplano announces that lie
Is now IN route for California. 1t is a trip o.
n,o,surc more than of business, though the
Secretary. who il very silrewd politician,
will be certain to keep his eyes wide open
md watch every move Of political cEai%c-
fer which dcyclopcs OIL the Pacific coast while
he is in that region. and protect, so far as
possible, the interests Of the Administration.
There is no change in the political sky to-
day. All the leaders are holding fast to the
watcll-towers, in expectation Of finding a
course for further action next week after the
facts to develop Mt Cincinnati have been re-
cciyed and dgeStcd. TIMoS.
Petitions Presented Tuesday.
In the United States Senate Mr. Lewis pre-
scented the petition of Frederick K. Brown,
of Franklin county, Va, praying the reno
val of his political disabilities; which was
referred to the Select Committee on the Re-
moyal of Political Disabilities.
Postal.
A new post-offlce is established at Swords
creek, Russell county, Va, with John r.
Smith "a postmaster.