The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-03-03
Especial to the Baltimore SUM-

Ho FE6SlO0ht AT Sn0 CAPITOL.
The President paid q visit to the capitol
to-day, accompanied by numerous retinuc,
consisting of the Secretaries of the Treasury
and Of War, the Postmaster. General, the At.
torney. General, General Rufus ingalls,, Gen.
efal Babcock. ex.Coilector Murphy, and
others. fbe President west to bis room in
the Senate wing and sent for Senator'S Came
ron and Morton, aud others, with whom be
remained in consultation for an hour. The
President was anxious to know the condition
Of business before Congress, and expressed
particular interest 10 the passage oftbe tax
1.-THE tax bill was killed the same day.-Uis.
PATCH aid force bills. 1t was suggested
that the river and harbor bill be held back to
tue last moment. There is disposition on
the part Of MIR. Chandler to have no amend.
ments put to this bill, as it already contains
everything that be desires for Michigan.
Several other senator's say that if such tactics
as this are INDUCED in they will defeat the
bill. The President indicated to-day that be
would not like this bill to fail, because the
expenditures involved in it are always popu-
lar. ...
The Tax Bill.
The debateon the tax bill has been going
on from / z. NJ. TO midnight, and much di.
versity Of opinion and considerable feeling
has been manifested among Republican sen.
aiors who differ as to the merits of the bill.
Senator Sherman at midnight was making a
highly impassioned speech against the bill,
and denouncing those who had reflected
on him because be would not support it.
Rumors OF Corruption.
1t was whispered around the House Hobbies
TO-DAY that corrup ion fund was being used
10 effect the passage the minority report on
Arkansas affairs recognizing Brooks as Gov
ernor. Ii Brooks should be installed S8,O00,-
900 OF railroad bonds issued by The Clayton
ring, and repudiated by the constitutional
convention would, it is alleged, be added to
the debt Of the State.
New Senators.
Nearly all OF the new Senator'S are already
in town, sad plumber Of them, prominent
among whom We're General Burnside, OF
Rhode Isl,nd, and Dir. Mcdonald, of Isdia-
"a, were on the floor of the Senate during the
afternoon. General Banks, who has also ar.
rived in the city, was on the floor Of the
House this afternoon, and WAS warmly greet
ed By those who will serve 10 the next House
with him. ...... Pc r..
Prospective Excursions. 49,
Several parties of Senators and Represen-
tatives have been made up for trips to Eu-
rope, the Pacific coast, and to other points
during the coming spring and summer.
About the last OF this month party Of sem
ators, including Me>srs. Cameron, Dennis,
Gordon, Morton. Ransom, and others, will
make trip by way Of New Orleans to the
City OF Mexico, where they will be the guests
of the Mexican Government.
The Pneumatic Tube.
The Committee on Printing report that
the pneumatic tube contracted to be laid be.
tween the Government printing-ofice and
the capitol has been total failure, and tie
$4,000 expended on it has been buried in
tue ground with the shattered remnants OF
the tube. 1t seems that tue Secretary Of the
Interior and the architect Of the capitol Tade
contract with Mr. Brisbane 10 lay The tube,
to he operated by hollow spheres, an inven-
ton of bis which had never been tested.
The committee say that at this very time a
responsible machine builder WIS ready to
| contract to lay down an iron tube, such as
had been for years in successful use in Lon.
don and other cities abroad The committee
now recommend that authority be given to
lay down an iron tube similar to the ones in
| use in London, Paris, and Berlin.