The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-01-29
BY EGR APH.
Latest News from Washington.

Latest News from Washington.
WAsH1sdros, January %, 1874.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch. j
The Ffnances.
sPEEcHEs BIZ SENATORS BAYARD, AND MORRILL,
s. OF FsvKEao&T THEY WANT TO aETURN no
SPECIE ": II. sS
Senator Bayard made his second speech
on finances to-day. He fayors returning to-
specie payment, and argued that the legal
tender act was q war-aet and should not be.
continued In time Of peace. The Senator is
very hostile to paper currency, and thinks
the people would make sacrifices to be de-
livered from its evils. He did not pro-
pose a specific plan for resuming specie pay
ment, but would support any sound mea-
sure for that purpose. He expressed the
hope that the time would soon come when
the people of the country could regulate
banks for themselves, subject, of course, to
all constitutions, and do away with the pre-.
sent banking system, which he thought i'm.
perfect.
Senator Morrill,, of Vermont, also made
speech in favor of a return to specie pay
ment, this being the second speech he has
made on finances during the present session.
Both of these speakers strongly attacked
the policy inaugurated by Boutwell, and con-
tinued by his SUCCESSOR.
Tomorrow the
Louisiana Question
will again come up in the Senate, and Car
penter is expected to make long speech, in
which be will shock the nerves of some of
the adherents of the Kellogg government
in that State.
Carpenters speech is very likely to prove
the beginning of some very animated discus
sion on the condition Of affairs in Louisiana.
Several of the leading Radicals from that
State regret very much that he cannot be in
| duced to hold his peace. TIMoN.
ASSOCIATED Press telegrams.l
WASHINGTON, January %, 1874.
Congressional.
Senate.-A number of bills were passed
| this morning--all Of private nature.
The financial question was discussed !;
| after which there was short executive ses-
sion. ,cE,..5-.
Hoase.--The Appropriations Committee
sustained complete defeat on its bill to di.
minish the; expenses on public buildings. It
proposed to direct the Secretary of the
Treasury not to make any, expenditures on
public works heretofore authorized but not
commenced, or on which. but little progress
had been made. The bill, however, was, by
a majority of nearly two.thirds, taken from
the Appropriations Committee and sent to
the Committee on Public Buildings and
| Grounds.
Afterwards the army appropriation BILL
appropriating $20,000,G0 reduction OF
s3,00O,O00 on the bill Of last session-was
Ftaken up and discussed without action.
The James River and Kanawha Canal
| A board OF officers of the corps of engi
neers. consisting of Colonel j. G.. Barnard
and Majors @. A. Gilmore, P. A. CraigbiIl,
and Godfrey Wetzel, has been constituted tt
examine and report upon the james Riyel
and Kanawha Canal project. Mr.. B. H. La
trobe, of Baltimore, having consented t
serve as a member of the board. is asSociate et
TTth It Id the discharge of this duty. "
The board will convene ia Richmond
| Va. February 4tb. First Lieutenant Thomas
Turtle will act as recorder.
Search, Of a lawyers Premises for Al
legged Stolen Official Documents.
James L. Smith, q detective office
from New Orleans, having made affi
| davit that upon information and be
lief official documents belonging to tht
State of Louisiana which had been stoIer
| were in the possession Of Hon. r. II.
Marr, counsel for Governor AIcEnery, he
| procured a search.warrant, and assisted by
| two District officers visited the residence o
| Mr.. MARI this morning, but after a diigent
search failed to find the papers.
Later.-Detective Smith, who made the
affidavit upon which the warrant for the
search of Mr.. Marr's house was issued, states
that on his arrival here from New York
where he had been on important police bust.
ness. he was instructed by his chief
| Badger, of New Orleans, to secure GER
tain papers that had been stolen from
the State-house at New Orleans. Detective
Smith withholds the information upon
which be based the affidavit which led to
the Intellectual search of MIR. Marr's house.
He claims, however, that the Information
came from responsible parties, and that he
simply did his duty as police officer. .s.
| The invasion of Mr.. Marr's house and the
search through his papers causes surprise
and indignation among our citizens. II
! is unprecedented, and the local officers
are ashamed of the part they were
compelled to take In the matter. 1t seems
that when Smith appeared here a few days
| ago and presented his orders from Police
Chief Badger the local police put them
selves to some trouble to assure themselves
that he was really what he represented :blm'
| self. but still declined to aid him. Smith
| then appeared before Judge Smell, in the
Police Court, and upon making the affidavit
already mentioned, swearing In addition
which he seemed 10th to do, that the papers
we're worth ten dollars, the search-Warranl
was issued.
When the officers entered Mr.. Marr's rooms
and exhibited their credentials he, finding
everything in form, submitted his Keys.
Nothing was found that did not belong to
him personally, and none OF bis papers were
taken. :
within their walls should suffer snch treat
| ment. s",5. -. 80 -
The French spoliation bill specially ex'
cludes all claims embraced In the treaty WITH
France of April, 1908, and all such claims as
we're allowed in whole or in part under the
treaty of February, 1919, with Spain, and
claims are admissible that have accrued since
1901. -.s
WaP Claims. :sf. lsl2
The House Committee on War Claims, at
| its session this morning, adopted Dill, WHICH
they will report at the next call, which eX'
tends the time for filing war claims to Marcn
L no,