The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-14
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Especial telegram TO the DisDatchl
WAsHrsGros, July HI ID. n. -For New
England, the Middle States, and the lower
Lake region partly cloudy and warmer wee
Their win prevail, with south or west winds
and falling barometer.
Associated Press Teipgram.1
WASHINGTON, July 49, p. M.-For New
England. the Middle States, and the lower
lake region, partly cloudy or clear weather
viii prevail, with south or west winds, sta
'tionary or rising temperature, and slowly
falling barometer.
For the South Atlantic and Gulf States,
generally clear and warm weather, except
on the immediate coast, southeast to south
west winds, high barometer In the South
Atlantic States, and rising barometer in the
Gulf States.
For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, clear
or fair weather, southeast to southwest
winds, high temperature, and no decided
change in the barometer
A Victory for a Virginia Lady.
:. WASHINGTON, July 13.-Miss Sarah J.
Moves, highly accomplished lady of Vir-
ginia, has, after 81 Successful competitive eX-
animation with some thirty or more male
amner in the United States Patent Office,
being the secoud lady to fill a position of the
kind. About year ago Miss Nichols, OF
Boston, entered the list, and after severe
competitive examination secured the appoint
ment as third assistant. at 81, 400 per annum.
In the recent contest for pr emotion to second
assistant, she stood above the required stand
ard, but three per cent. below her successful
Ia oor, in tho examination
The Revision OF the United States Sias
t,tutcs-The First Middle Arising
TherefrOm.
WASHINGTON, July 13.--A distinguished
practitioner at The Supreme Court bar fur
nishes the following article: :" The act 10 re"
wise and consolidate the statutes OF the Uni.
ted States in force on the 1st OF December,
1873, was approved on the 9th of June,
1874, and it rcpeeIS all acts Of Congress
pissed prior to the fsEcnamed date, any por..
tion of which is cmh&lced in any section OF
said revision; but theeaagssrnt of said re.
vision is not to effect and r&sal any act OF
Congress passed since the 1st AN of Decem-
Der, 1878, and all acts passed since bat date
are to have full effect ASST passed a1fT the
enactment of the revision; and so fIAas
such acts vary from or conflict with anS
provision contained in said revision, they
are to have effect as subsequent statutes and
as repeating any portion OF the revision ln-
consistent Herewith.
"The first practical muddle which this
state of the law has produced arises in the
bankrupt law, which occupied the title page
and covers 1G1 sections Of the book. During
the same day on which the revised Statute
was approved Congress amended the bank
rupt act of 1867 in many important particu.
lars. The amendments called for the act oil
1867, aud not for the corresponding sections
in the revised code, and the act of 1867
itself is so trapSposed. if not changed, rs to
render it impossible for the courts TO proceed
with safety until after the publication of the
revised code.
.sMany other chapters present similar
difficulty: so that it may now be truly said
that no one knows the statute law OF the
United States"
Washington Items.
WASHINGTON, July 13.-Secretary Bristow
is expected to return GU wednesday. Seere-
lary Fish is also expected on that day.
The Navy Department will not order
north this summer the vessels now IN the
Gulf of Mexico and cruising IN the waters
adjacent to the West Indies. They will all
remain III dDOuI lIcll PlCSSbe St''''oA'3 ~
that in case OF necessity for their presence III
Cuban waters or elsewhere in that latitude,
it will not be necessary TO tit out ana send
vessels from the North to that quarter.
The court Of commissioners on the Alaoa-
ma claims will occupy rooms in the Depart
ment of Justice building, and expect to be IN
working condition ea1ly in August.
Chiei.Justice Waite has just purchased
lot in the northwestern part OF the city, I'D
the neighborhood where Attorney-Generai
Williams. Sir Edward Thornton, and Sena-
for Stewart have erected dwellings, and will
build one for his family residence.
The United States and Mexican Commls.
sion continue in session, disposing OF cases
which contain no points Of general interest.
The amount advanced for the payment OF
the Indebtedness of the District OF Columbia
is s473.04G, of which Sl54,5OO was paid in
coin.
The amount paid on account OF claims OF
loyal cilizeus for supplies furnished during
the rebellion. as awarded by the Southern
Claims Commission, to July 18Th, 1874, Is
S2T1 ,033.
The postal convention between the United
States and Japan will so into operation jan
nary /. 1875, agreeable to notice gwen by
the japanese Government through It's le9a-
ton in this city.
The War Department is in daily receipt OF
REPORTS from army officers OF preparations
to resist unprecedented Indian troubles. Tue
indications are that general war with the
Kiowas, Comlnches, and Cheyennes Is I'M