The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-10
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IA WAsHsftToNy June " +. An fnterrstinp
scene was with essed fit TIA i1oiiss Sf Repfr.
eenfAtiyN this afternoon. JFhen n knssafp
uni entitled an acs for flse fpaFef ar S5Tshi E
stafford was taken tip, an. old lady who h.ad
ai Gay long occupied q scat In the Ladies', rzi.
tcfy rose from her seat and showed sss1eh
Signs o. emotion that q daorkerrer. s yvns
oe'aged 20 stand by her side keer her mint
while the bill and the report liIo,i The eass
we're being read.s THE lady was Miss. sarah
> Stafford, who ia@vetty -gt,e ye,ffa fof Ises
aud resides at Trenton. N. j. She, pelfit;ones
LOT 'fay Hcnt of ttses services Of her fatHprs
Lieutenant James Bayard Stafford, iffs Officer
or the navy OF the resolution. II He Was n
volunteer officer on the Bon 8fonnis Rich.
arst, and was severely wounded in an crlsage-
msnt with British Cruiser. AS he was I,
volunteer officer, his mime was not on the
nils, and IBIS daughter could receive Mo nav.
for that SERVES. He had IrevidtisIy Der.
formed important diplomatic service Witrae
out pay. Miss Stafford first presented her
Claim Twenty-Five years ago. Aibill for her
relief would pass one House and then an.
other, but concurrent action could never be
obtained. few days ago, the blu passed
the Senate and was sent to the House, where
It was taken up to-day, as above stated, and
unanimously passed. - = - .'s''tts'S
= Miss Stafford could not at fra. realize her
Success, until ,AIr. Burlington, Mr.. Hill and
other gentlemen, by wave OF the fMndTe-
assured her, whereupon the old lady waved
her handkerchief, I'M :acknowled s;ment. The
members could not resist this demo nstration;
and they responded by loud applause and clap
ping of hands. Miss Stafford could contain
herself no longer, and falling upon her knees
in the gallery she offered up a ferycnt prayer
circumstances and gratitude. She was so.
much excited that she could only move with
assistance, and one of the doorkeepers led
her to committee room, where she was en-
abled to compose herself The bill now only
requires the Presidents signature to become
n law. The amount of money the petitioner
feet godsepd to her, as unless the bill had
passed she would have been compelled to 60
to the ,po0r.hollse.. She was visited in, the
gress, who congratulated her on her good
..47 Combinations. ~. q
WASHINGTON, June THE Senate, in
executive session this afternoon, confirmed
the following nominations: Medical Director
james c. Palmer to be chief Of Naval Bureau
OF Medical Surgery, cite FoltZ, retired by
reason of age and length Of service; Robert
p Dick, United States District Judge; and
Virgil $. Lusk, Attorney for the Western
District Of North Carolina. ,,a,l = ;,er, II.
Naval officers MUST do their Share OF
Trtar z3 Sea Duty. nE:-,3.54a ~ 4
(; The Secretary of the Navy hasjust issued a.
general order, in which he says that. when
ever an officer ut sea, or ordered to sea, shall
be. relieved at his own request, he shall have
no claim for shore duty until ne shall have
made a cruise Of the usual length that when
an officer shalt be transferred from one shore
station to another, the time spent at ali tlIe
several stations shall he put together aud
colftited ;s his term of shore service, St the
expiration Of which he must, at all times,
hold himself in readiness to join ship with
cut delay; that junior officers must at all
times hold themselves in readiness for sea-
service, in which it is requisite they should,
acquire experience as rapidly as possible;i
and finally, alioficers are reminded of the int.
propr1ety of seeking to cyade their proper
tours of professional duty OF, personal COLI
siderations or through the intervention Of
personal friends Washington Star. - 3.' \