The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-19

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office has assumed such charge Of the system
&c meteorological observation. hitherto con-
ductcd by the Smithsonian Institution, rs may
he found consistent with the public service.
The institution retains for the present all the
records Of observations which have been &C
cumulating there during the last twenty-five
years. and will continue the work Of their
reduction aud discussion up to the end Of the
year 1873.
Especial Dispatch 50 the Baltimore Sun.l
| The snftatiOpi~fs Growing Confident
| Senator Carpenters Ballot BOX Bill
Chiei-JuStice Wmite-Expcastyc Col
lection Districts.
| 1SFLATIoNISrS CONFIDENT.
WASHINGTON, February 1.-THE iaiiation-
j>t> have OF late been very confident that
they bad nj last secured 4 majority in both
Houses. and il would appear as il this conf
dtHcc is we'll founded. 1t is noticed as some
thing remarkable that the intlationis,s seem
TO plrlrr a further irredcemable paper issue
10 taking TIE excess Of banking circulation
now held IN the East. But one single New
Eurard senator has expressed any opposi-
ION 10 the pending hill 10 take twenty-five
millions from his section. To the contrary,
MIR. N4mln tc-;iay avowcd his Willingness
to vote Gly millions 10 he taken from New
England rather than 10 have any further pa.
oyr issues. The New England business men
who have been here also express pretty
much tie same views.
PATENT EALL9T-BaX LAW.
Senator Carpenter introduced this AFTER
noon Il bin authorizing the Secretary OF The
Interior 20 contract for patent ba'iot-boX
for each polling place III the United safes
on tn occasion Of elections for Federal oili-
GERS. Mr.. Carpenters nominal OBJ CT is TO
project the purity of elections, which IS no
doubt very we'll. The price 10 De pad Tor
these boxes. which is SD each, will. how
ever. maze ii 4 rather expensive system OF
pr,,tcrgiug.' when it is considered what
au enormous number OF polling places there
: are in the United states. Under The new
[, reuuS, lyauia Constitution there are some
/ Thin: ike thousand polling places in the
: city OF Philadelphia alone. Fifteen thou
sand dollars. perhaps, would be cheap
enough ii the pltcnt bAllo;-boX would res
cue il from the rings which have dominated
| over il tnr 50 long. At all events Mr. Car
prntcr'S bill would put 4 nice sum into the
pockets Of The patent baiiot-boy proprietorS.
cIlEf-JusTfcE WAITE.
, The new Chie-.IuStice WAS cllled on at his
rooms 1t the Arlington this morning by the
| clerk of the Supreme Court and by others.
, Afterwards lie called III the White House.
and il being Cahirc,aty he was formally
presented 10y ihc President TO each member.
! lie then proceeded to the Capitol and spent
sun.c tmc il HE clerks Office OF the Su.
\ prcr2 CoHrt looking into cases pending be-
= for" hal tribunal. He was waited on during
! the day hy Representatives Phelps and he-
log-. DR.. Peter Parker, and Francis Miller,
!, Esq, in behalf Of the graduates Of Yale Col.
= egc. and rendered public dinner. The
= I,,-t ,thR Md t<.1 no n
March As the time for the dinner, which will
. come oil At the Arlington.
:, COLLECTION DISTRICTS WITHOUT COLLECTIONS.
z According to the figures from the finance
VI report, rs given in the recent speech Of Mr..
l. Dawes, The customs collection districts Of
Annapolis and ;he eastern district Of Mary
t land cost the Government during the last
d fiscal year SG.S0l64, and not one Cent Of ilU.
!. ties was collected 1T either district. Ill The
= customs district OF Georgetown -. g.,
SIl2.5o WAS paid ont for expenses over and
) above the collections.
:. That's nothing. The officers prevent
snug ng.-DiSpotch ]
THE COAST SURVEY.
Professor Pierce has rendered to the Pres.
idcnt his resignation as superintendent OF
the United States coast sl,rvec. and has &C.
ccpted the position o: scientific adviser OF
tie coast survey. The President has ap
=. polluted rs superintendent OF the coast sur
Or ycy Captain Carlisle Patterson.
!. THE HOWARD INVESTIGATION.
Colonel j. j. Reynolds, of The Third cav.
;. alry, WHO was the military commander in
:. Texas under the reconstruction acts, has
o been substituted for observation-disclosures.
: raj Holt on the Howard court-martial. The
: reason for his Change is that JudgcAdy0-
t c!le-Gencral Holt, rs the head Of the bureau
II Of military justice, will have 10 review the
C action OF the commission.
i ABOLITION OF PENSION AGENCIES.
- The Commissioner of Pensions opposed
:. the bill for tue abolition OF pension agencies
:. aud putting the duty on tie poStmaSter<.
o The maximum compensation of pension
:. agents is $1,000 4 year and 30 cents for
:, each voucher prepared. the gross expenses
;. Of the pension agency ut BItirnorc Tor the
! last year were only $1,000. The Comnis-
>iouer Of Pensions regards the scheme L, i'm.
practicable and not economical.
|, Postal.
/ \. w. Ballard, Jr., is appointed postmas-
f ter at Buckhorn, Nanscmond county, Va,
; rice Luther J. Purvi>, moved away. Will
a liam ID. Marston is appointed postmaster at
c SnacklefoId's, King and Queen county, Va,
8 c'cc John G.. Buckin, resigned. a new post
office is established at Gray's Store, Eause-
mond county, Va, on new route, with
{ Henry G. Bush as postmaster. The post
I office at Ripley'S Mill, Craig county, Va, is
5 reG,tablished on the route from Bonsachs 10
, Allegheny station. with K. b. McCartency as
l postmaster. A new post.otfice is established
ut Wilten's Mills. Tazewell county, Va, on
. the route from Tazewell Courthouse 10
Oceana, with Robert ID. Dawson as post
! master A new post-of1ice is established at
7 White Camp, Mcdowell county, West Va,
g on the same route, with II. Il. Peery as post
master; also at Laura, Scott county, Va, on
the route from Abingdon to Estillville, with
| Isaac kOokenour as postmaster.
New Patents.
+ John Thornley,, Charlottesville, Va , grad
, ing level Lewis Ii. Webb, South Quay, Va,
whitlietree; r. a. Rash, Petersburg, Va,
assignor to Tappcy & Steel, same place, rail-
way-switch stand.
:, 4 PEDDLER ESTIcED FROM THE WAYsIDE
AND ROBBED Wilmington, February IL
On Monday evenings dastardly robbery was
committed within few yards of the edge
OF the village Of st. Georges, in this county,
by colored people, in broad daylight. They
cntccd peddler, who is from this city,
. INTO The dwelling Of one of toe thieves, and
, then knocked him down and robbed him Of
SjS in money. ThcpeddIer was we'll known
I hnI oh