The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-04

The consideration OF the conference re-
port on the post-oficc appropriation bill was
postponed to Wednesday, to which day the
House adjourned.
THE POsT-OFFICE APPROPRIATIONS.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-The report of the
committee OF conference on the post-office
appropriation bill recommends the adoption
OF the following provisions: All third-class
matter except unsealed circulars shall be
transmitted at the rate Of one cent for every
two ounces or fractional part thereof, and
one cent for each additional two ounces,
and the sender may write his name therein
or on the outside preceded by the word
"from," or may write briefly or may print
| on any package the number and name OF the
articles enclosed. may print therein the
time at which such subscriptions have
been paid, and addresses upon postal
cards and unsealed circulars may be written,
printed, or affixed thereto, ut the option OF
the sender.
The section prohibiting the sale OF enyel-
opes and newspaper wrappers below actual
cost, including clerk hire, legal postage,
and all other expenses connected herewith,
is retained without alteration.
The committee recommend the following
substitute for the section relating to the in
|
For inland sportation-viZ., for
transportation on stage routes and other than
railroad routes, S6,737, ISL; for transporta-
ton by railroad, S9,000,00O; provided that
the Postmaster General be and he is hereby
authorized and directed to readjust the COM
pensation to be paid on and after July l,
| 1876, for transportation OF mails on rail-
road routes by reducing the compensation
| to all railroad companies for the trans
portation of mails the per centum per an
mum from the rates fixed and allowed by the
post-otfce appropriation act OF March 3D.,
| 1873, for transportation OF the mails on the
basis of the average weight, and the Presi-
dent is authorized to appoint commission
| OF three skilled and competent persons to
examine into the rates OF compensation for
carrying the mails, and report at the next
session OF Congress such rules and rates rs
may in their opinion be deemed best and eX-
pcdient to enable the Postmaster-General to
fulfil the required and necessary service,
and $4,000 is appropriated for the expenses
of the commission.
The committee also recommend, as a
means OF re;idjusting the salaries OF post
masters, the main provisions Of the bill in
troduced in the House by Mr.. Clark, OF Mis-.
souri,, and reported by him from the Post
Office Committee in March last. This bill,
with few amendments, is incorporated in
the report.
The only amendments of Importance are
the following: The reimbursement Of salaries
and compensation are to take effect on the
1st OF October next; no salary Of any post
master shall exceed $4,000 per annum, cx-
cept in the city OF New York, which salary
shall remain as now fixed by law; and no
salary OF any postmaster where the appoint
ment is now presidential shall be reduced
by the compensation herein established I'M
til the next reimbursement below the sum OF
$1,000 per annum.
The report compromises the appropria-
ton for compensation OF letter-carrlers by
fixing the amount at S1,900,000, and the
item for compensation to postmastcrs is
similarly compromised by fixing the amount
at S7,00O,000.
The committee recommend that the House
concur in the Senate amendment increasing
the amount for special agents from 100000
to $4,000.
THE TREASURY TROUBLES.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-There is still no
Secretary OF the Treasury, but business
proceeds as usual at the Department.
FREAKS OF INSANITY,
NEW YORK, July Am unknown man
passed down Bowery last evening firing OH
his revolver as he went along. When near
Hester street he suddenly accosted James St.
Clair and shot him in the right hip. Hethen
ran across the street, and rushing toward 4
man named Thomas Phillips, who was walk
ing quietly along the sidewalk, drew knife
from his pocket and stabbed him in the neck.
A crowd clustered around the two wounded
men, and in the excitement which prevailed
| fIa is
he was insane. The man who was shot is
fatally wounded.
| Ta THE TRENTON HOMICIDE
NEW YORK, July so. A. House, the di-
vorce lawyer, who was killed Saturday by
his mistress previously reported by his
wife) near Trenton. in this State, had re-
sided in this city for about eighteen years.
The kind OF law practice he was engaged
in was cheap divorce, and it is alleged he
was implicated in many very questionable
transactions of this nature. Hundreds OF
| people OF both sexes were constantly flock
| inc To him to obtain relief from the chains
OF matrimony.
DEATH OF GENERAL LEFFERTs.
NEWARK, July 3.-General Marshall Lei
fcrts died instantly Of heart-discase on board
the train this morning while en- route 10
Philadelphia in command OF the veterans OF
the Seventh New York regiment. His death
occurred Just rs the train YVES coming into
Newark. The whole command turned back,
and are at the depot, where the body awaits
the train for New York. The General was
seen on Broadway 10 fall out OF the car, and
il was remarked when he took the cars ut
Jersey City that he looked like death. &
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS IN LOUISIANA. !.
New ORLEANS, July 3.-The Republican
Convention made the following NOMINATIONS