The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-27

AT t}s0N ISatiQtltt n kSNAtSe " sSShuSN~s'
Monday afternoon, disturbance IN the gan.
iery conveyed tine idea TO the audience that
che house was on fire, and, a, great .comno-
t,oni nsuetl. The cscrs were tAruwn open
md the larger portion o. the audience was
quickly in the street Three OF four Were
bruised during the panic, abnt none
seriously hurt. The play preceded to its
conclusion MS soon rs the: excitement was
allased. 1t was = The Twos&r phans," Miss
Kate C!aXten in the leading role. Il.
!, y, 80. AucrpESTS.r as.1
The very bad condition ID the pavemcnts
is noticed In Washington and several in
stances arc mentioned OF aeavy falls, pro-
ducine sprams, and in mere than one case
broken limbs One man, who slipped and
fell on the steps OF 4 house OIL Monday, was
literally impaled on taespikes OF a fence,
causing death la a few minutes
CONNECTS AND CALCULATIONS
upon the political situassan have been al
most hushed to-day. No kilograms OF any
importance appear to haze reached promi-
nent politicians ef eitli6rside. AT the Exc
. c,ltive mansion there were few visitors call
ing. being wNh one or two exceptions init
mate friendS OF the President, whose imme-
diate fau,iiy we're all with him in quiet en-
ciai to baltimore A,neracdn.
TIE TREASURE ROBBERY.
WASHINGTON, December 25.-Therc was
conference at the Treasury Department TO-
day between the Secretary, Treasurer wy
man, and Assistant Treasurer tiilhllan, upon
the subject OF the latelyreported discovery
that an amount OF money had been ADJ
stracted from n package sent from the Irea-
sury to the Illinois National Bank at CHI
cago. The Treasury officials decline to give
any INFORMATION rs 10 THE course tnat Is
being pursued in the investigation OF the
reported loss, and Secretary Morrill, says
that IL might be an ac4 al gross injustice to
mention where suspicion rests until it is
clearly ascertained at what point the THEFT
occurred.
The Department also declines to give the
amount of loss, or, in fact any details con-
concerning it, considering that the better
course in tic interests of Justice and for the
recovery of the stolen funds is that nothing
should be made public as to the case before
il. VERY few of the clerks III the cash
room seem to be aware that another dlsa-
greeable episode should have appeared, and
the occurrence is exceedingly painful to
gentlemen in that bureau, all OF whom were
subject to more or less mortihcatlo ana
espionage during the recent investigation OF
the HalIeck robbery. 1t is asserted that
with the present system OF checks and the
safeguards recently inaugurated In the cash
room that it is almost impossible that theft
of this kind could happen. The amount OF
loss is yariously stated from eight to twenty
thousand dollars.
Mr.. Washburne, ex-Chief of the Govern
ment Secret Service, has been here for
several days in the interest Of the Illinois
National Bank endeayoring to trace the
money.
THE PATEET-OFFICE STARTLED.
WASHINGTON, December 24.-The Patent
Office Just now is in great state OF excite
ment. According to current report there
were recently discovered on the rolls OF
that bureau the names of a number OF per-
sons, mostly women, paid from the con-
tingent fund, who either performed no SER
vice or drew their salary under assumed
names.
The result of this discovery very naturally
caused great excitement In the office, and
Commissioner Duell was called upon togive
an explanation. 1t is understood that he
disclaimed all knowledge In regard to the
matter, and held his appointment clerk, Mr..
j. r. Nottingham, responsible for ii. Not
tingham has been dismissed from the De-
pertinent, but 1t is believed that the inycrtl-
cation will not stop here. A single instencc
is given in which $50 month has been paid ,
to draughtswoman- who sub-let the work
for $50 month ="
A BILIOUS HERO. -.
General Anderson, of the iamous-or,
more properly speaking, MISUNDERSTANDING
ing Board OF Louisiana, comes to Washing
ton to give an account 81 his stewardship to
the President, Secretary Chandler, and the
other Radical leaders here. Anderson has
done good work for his party, and he ought
to be rewarded. Ii Chandler can reward
him he will, but President Grant, in view
of his projected sea-ycyage, is afraid just
now to take any more Louisiana bile on his
stomach. -Special to Baltimore Sum-.
THE REAsURY ROBBERY,
It is learned that the Treasury officials
have become satisfied that the recent rot
berry Of $1,000 was perpetratcd after the
package had left the Treasury. Ii this Is
the case, it is held, the Adams Express COM
pany is liable for the loss. The company
understand this, and they have now at work
active detectives in the hope OF discovering
the guilty party.-Ib.
BAD NEWS,
WASHINGTON. December 25.-There Il !
fear that the hopes which have been enter
famed OF some good and practical result
accruinc from the visit OF the investigating
committees South may not be realized.
Private information was received here to-
day from all Of the centres where these
committees are at work. 1t does not seem
as il the Senate committees are directing
their attention to the purpose OF obtaining
impartially the real facts surrounding the
elections, and the subsequent counting OF |
the vote. To the contrary, the effort is TO |
collect stories Of outrage and intimidation |
with which to garnish the reports OF the |
committees. 1t may be expected that the
reports made by the Senate committees will
be principally occupied with this kind OF
matter, while the real points ut issue will be |
skiifully evaded or touched upon in the |
most cursory manner.
The attempts Of the Democratic members |
of the committees to widen the scope Of in
yestieation SO as to take in all the facts for
which the committees were nominally APP
pointed to seek are constantly tbwarted.
The Republicans on the House committees,
with one or two honorable exceptions, pur-
sue the same tactics Us their party associates
!. on the Senate committees, but being in the
minority their power for evil is, OF course,
much less. The Republican members OF both
the Senate and House committees show very
plainly that they do not want to discover
ANYTHING which will weaken the unlawful
! hold of Hayes upon the disputed States.
When the committees come back here the
probable result will be majority and mi
+ nority reports from every one Of them, and
If this expectation turns out correct the
Dresant muddle will be no better. so far as