The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-11
Latest News from Washington.

b atsg1ss Special telegram tb the Dispatch.
WAsHlsGEoS January 10.-Judge Viii
Hams took the oath of office to-day and as
sumed charge of the Department of Justice:
There was no formal leave taking by Aker-
man. The httcr was in long consultation
with theEP President to-day on business reia-
ting to the kukmx trials Heleayes this city
FOR Georgia on Friday: -. - 80 = ~
b. The President has announced his anxiety
that the amnesty BIN now pending in the
Senate VIII not be made to suffer defeat by
having Summers supplementary civil rights
bill appended to IT, Il comes up next Mon
day, and it is not believed that after this ex-
preston Of views. at the White House Sum-
ner win succeed in forcing through his bill
as an appendage to amnesty. st-2 ,s = J. J.
Several vessels of the navy which have
been preparing for sea for some time are now
reported to:the Department as ready to be
supplied with crews. An appropriation from
Congress VIII, be necessary to provide all
| the ships about to be put in commission with
working crews. az T1MoN.
t,,,.....,.,t r.. Congressional. ;gJ
f. WAsHfNGToN, January -House.-The
coinage bill was recommitted after long dis
custom. Z, r. 5,-j-.t.I ~ r.,t-
| WIT. Clarke, from the fourth Texas dis
Sefadte.-The bill to admit six japanese
youths to the West Point Academy went
over after long discussion. :"
L Mr. farnarfar i,,trsOdr1cod n hill o6yo,,ca
the civil service bill, to the effect that any re-
gulation relieving the Executive from re-
sponsibility for appointments imposed upon
him was violation of the Constitution.
Mr.. Logan offered resolution, which was
adopted, requesting the Secretary Of the In
| terror to inform the Senate whether the rail-
way from the mouth Of the Ohio to Mobile
| has been constructed, as contemplated by the
act Of 1850 donating public lands to facili-
tate its construction, and if not, what steps
have been taken to complete it.
| Weather Probabilities. Il
WASHINGTON, January 1O.-The barometer
will probably continue highest on Thursday,
with pleasant weather in the Southern and
Gulf. States, except Florida, where northeast
winds and rain may be experienced. The
pressure continues to fall northwest of the
Ohio Valley, developing into an area Of low
barometer with rain from Minnesota to
Michigan. Southwest winds and cloudy
weather will continue on the lower lakes.
The PolIard.LyOn Islander Case.-.yer-
dict for the Plaintiff.
WASHINGTON, January 10.-The jury in the
Pollard-Lyon SANDER case to-day rendered a
verdict for the plaintiff, awarding her $40, 900,
| the full amount of the damages Claimed.
General items.
Acknowledgement Alderman retired from
Office to-day, and his successor, General Will
liams, assumed his duties.
Major Merrill, commanding the Seventh
cavalry, now stationed at Yorkvilie, S. c., has
been ordered here for consultation on public
matters. alr
The National Woman's Suffrage Conyen-
ton met here to-day.
4. delegation of negroes called upon the
President in behalf of the pending supple
mental civil rights bill. The President re-
marked that he thought, although some OF
the rights which they had claim to under
| the recent amendments to the Constitution
were withheld, still the courts Of law would
accord all legal privileges. He considered
that appending the supplemental civil rights
bill to the amnesty measure would jeopardize
the passage of the latter, and in that respect
would be unfortunate. The former he
thought would pass on its merits as sepa-
rate and distinct measure: