The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-21
AFFAIRs ar WARRINGTON.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICTS.

THE SOUTH CARULISA CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICTS.
WASHINGTON, March ,20.-The resolution
adopted unanimously by the Committee Of
Elections to the effect chat all congressional
districts ofthe United States must be com.
posed Of contiguous territory and as near ss
may be Of equal populations, and that the
Legislature OF South Carolina now IN session
ought at cnee TO correct the illegal .eonstrue-
ton Of the Third district Of that State, now
represented by s. L. Hope, It is, very well
understood was intesde6 to allow the State
opportunity to correct the errers herself.
But IL the; Stale persists In this unfair dis
trictibg there TO- no doubt that the committee
will feel bound 70 take the whole matter into
their OWN hands, and Will, actiwilh prompt
ness and decision: u <S''i7A -o~.52s.s
RICHARD H. DANA, GJH.5 ON HIS HIGH
t&T N}ar g5.a.g HORSE. = - EsgsfolI
,,WAsHiNeros, March 20.-The Star says !:
g Richard 81. Dana, Jr., after asking TO be,
heard BY the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations, has mounted bis high.stepping
Harvard horse and published letter in Bos-
ton, which, had a~plebeian written, would
have been styled impertinent. BE evidently
wishes to be made martyr Of, aud he will
be grati6ed. Dana Is an accomplished, high.
toned gentleman, but be. lacks common
sense, and Ben. Butler lis too much for
him." c.es =. ~. IT IS .7z'@ae. -
THE. PACIFIC RAILROAD PROPOSITIONS.
WASHINGTON, March 20: 1.-The Senate Rail
road Committee had full meeting this
morning and took into consideration the
various propositions looking to the construc.
ton of Pacific railroad on the thirty-secopd
parallel of latitude. The Texas Pacific bill
known as the "Scott bill " Has, considered
in all It's bearings, rs also the slerpatiYe pro.
position presented -hy-Mr.- Hamilton, Of
Texas, to build a road with no further sub
sidy than the land grant. Some definite ac-
ton will probably be taken on Monday next,
to which time the Subject was postponed.
.gs - VARIOUS ITEMS. -: - Z
WASHINGTON, March 20.-Mrs. Kingman,
wife of e. Kingman, correspondent of the
Charleston Courier, is dead. > ,. =
The north gallery of The House,. known as
the 6 smallpox gallery,n will hereafter not
be opened till after prayers. Admission to
the other gallery will be by ticket, easily OBJ
tainable by decently clad people. b. - re"
= Ex-senator Stuart, of the Emma Mine, is
here. 80 : ,s.--2H .a@1.n.,y+
Contracts for fine Government printing
paper show about one cent per pound de-
cline. -. ,.,r.E.,.syc,yv
The Treasury will receive fourteen tons Of
silver this week, ! :rissl..: Sss.sl,'E SEFi
The silver coin In the Treasury vaults Is
So 600. 900; fractional currency, s2,O0o,oOo.
Mrs. l.. G.. WATSON writes, she says, OF
great peril to- herself, that the Georgia peni.
teutiary conYicts are lashed and strained so
that several have died. Pierrepout has sent
the letter to Senator Clayton, saying that it
affects United States prisoners. The Senate
judiciary Committee will Investigate the
matter. 9th. i't ;"
WAsH1Saros, March oo.-It having been
charged that the confidential letter Of the
Acknowledgement TO district attorneys pend.
fHg the whiskey trials met with the approval
of the President, 1t is authorilatiyely denied
that the President ever saw the letter until
it appeared in print. c,1a s.s.~s .ar'E