The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-13
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The Petersburg Farce Ccn-peSsmeu
raast and St0weiI Request the Presf.
dent 60 Send Troops to Petersburg
fae Declines to Interfere.
| WASHINGTON, June 49, Representatives
| l'latt and Stowell called on the President To-.
| DAY and requested him to send troops to
Petersburg for the protection of certain Off
GERS whose lives they alleged were in danger.
| on hearing of this the remainder of the
| Virginia delegation. with the exception of
! mr.. Thomas, united in 4 request to the Pres-
uent that he would not order troops to
| petefsburg. rs they believed that under the
| Marshal and District Attorney the laws OF
| the country would he enforced, and if any
| one has committed an offence he will be
punished; that ordering soldiers there ut
| thls time would iniure the State and do no
| carthiy good TO any one. The President de-
clned to interfere in the matter.
The following is the telegram which was
sent to President Grant by the Department
| telegraph from the Capitol asking that no
| troops be sent to Petersburg:
"llorsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON. ID. G., June II, 1874.
To has Ercellency U. s. Grant, President&c.:
Dear Sir,-Wc, the undersigned, repre-
| sentatives in Congress from Virginia, respect
fully ask that you will not order soldiers to
Petersburg. We believe that undcrtbe able
men now acting as marshal and district at
| torney the laws of our country will be en-
forced. and if any one has committed an
offence he will be punished. Ordering
United States soldiers there ut this time will,
in our opinion, iniure our State, and do no
! earthly good.
With sentiments Of high regard, we re-
main. Your obedlent servants,
j. AMBLER SMITH,
JoHN Il. HARRIS,
EprA HrNToS.
THOMAS WHITEHEAD,
X. Il. Bowen,
JAMES b. SEEER."
A Claim OF iflc CfaocsayT Nation TO Ee
Paid.
WASHINGTON. June.l years ago
| the Cboctaw nation Of Indians coded to the
United States more than 100000 acres of
land in the State of Mississippi, the net pro-
| ceedS of which are due the nation under an
! award Of the United States Senate made in
1859. The House OF Representatives yester-
| day. by two-thirdS vote, decided to put a
! section in the general appropriation bill pro-
viding fer the payment of this long-standDg
debt i'll bonds Of the United States.
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, June H. Seadie.-NTr. Car
| penter reported adversely On the bill further
10 protect the pals at elections for Presi-
| dent, Vicc-President, and members Of Con-
gre$S.
4 bill was introduced providing for the
| tunnelling Of the Hudson and East rivers.
! House amendments to the bill amending
the law regarding patents, trademarks, copy.
| rights, dc, was passed.
! The Committee on Commerce reported
the river and harbor bill with amendments.
Senator Carpenter, from the Committee on
| Elections. reported that while the commit
tee considered it impolitic TO adopt ballot
| box, it recommends unanimously 10 the
States generally Marston's safety ballot-box
As an excellent preventative of balot-stutf.
| ing and other frauds.
| The currency bill was resumed and passed
By vote Of 81 TO 3d.
| Mr.. Oglesby, from the Committee on Pub
lie Lands, reported back the bill to incorpo-
rate the Eastern and Western Transports
| ton Company, with authority to construct a
railroad from the coast Of South Carolina to
TIE Mississippi river, and asked that it be
referred to the Committee on Railroads.
Ordered.
MIR. ConoYer introduced bin granting the
right of way through public lands to St.
Johns railroad, and for other purposes. Re-
ferred to the Committee on Railroads.
| Mr.. Sergeant, of California, introduced 4
| bill relating TO mail contracts. Referred to
the Committee on Post-Otfices and Post
Roads. Adjourned.
Housc.-A resolution virtually suSpending
civil service regulations was passed BY a vote
of 155 to g..
The House passed bill of appropriation
for $500, 900, to carry out the acts heretofore
| passed for relief of sufferers by the overflow
| Of the lower Mississippi, &c.
sundry appropriations were resumed.
| Forty thousand dollars for lighthouse ut
| Matthias Poiut was stricken out.
A proposition to continue the civil service
was rejected. Adjourned.
Weather Probabilities.
WASHINGTON. June 12.-For the Middle
STATES and the Lower Lake region, clear or
| clearing weather, southwest to northwest
winds, slight changes i'll temperature, and
| rising barometer.
For the Atlantic and Gulf States, partly
cloudy weather, local rains, gentle or fresh,
variable winds, with lower temperature. and
| rising barometer east OF the lower Mississippi
| river.
| For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, part
| ~ CLOUDY or clear weather, northwest
winds shifting to southerly, stationary or
| rising temperature, and falling barometer
during Saturday.
For the Upper Lake region and the North
west. partly cloudy weather, west or south
winds, a slight rise of temperature, and fall
ing barometer.
The central Mississippi and upper Ohio
rivers will rise.
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