The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-04-12
From Our Regular Correspondent
, RICHMoNDERs IN WASHINGTON.


the representative OF the fourth estate ma.
work up his copious notes and large i'm
agination into a story Of the secret his
tory OF those lonely committec-rooms
In the Speakers chamber Colonel Big
ger instantly noticed the absence o
Hon. Il. II. Il. Hunters face from
the gallery OF portraits OF Speakers OF y
oldcn time. and vowed he would send on
with special message to Congress. II
looked with cnvious eyes upon the clerk
desk, and seating himself in the Speaker
chair declared Congress would never b.
properly governed until Marshall IIangc
is translated.
BIGGER AND HIS FRIEND
separated from the party Of notables wh'
left Richmond after the adiournmen mt OF til,
Legislature for trip to Gotham by sea
Old ocean, dashed by March-like winds, ha
no attractions for them, and Bigger hasten
back to attend to the public printing, which
is seriously embarrassed by the incarceration
of Mr.. James f. Goode. From long expc
rience the latter knew exactly how 10 ar
range amendments, substitutes, and al
those apparently small but really import
ant details that no one else except Mr.
Bigger understands so well.
4 VISIT TO MR.. HAYES.
Later in the day Mr.. Bigger and his frient
called at the white House and astonishc(
the usher by writing upon their cards
"Two gentlemen from Virginia, wht
neither want an Office themselves nor TO re
commend anybody fer office" Unfortu
nately Mr.. Hayes had gone to lunch, else hi
would have been more anxious to see sucl
EirginianS than they were TO sec him.
OTHER ITEMS.
The evidence in the Acknowledgment
contest. from GrecnSyille county, was re
ceived to-day through the House post-officc
Another delegation OF Republicans visited
the President to-day and urged the appoint
mcnt OF Or. Mills in place Of Miss Van Lew
Scner and ,IorgenScn are trying to get the
Postmaster General to put postal route
agent on the Royal Land Company'S Mar
ow-Gauge railroad.
DR.. Mills, Alexander Q. Holiday, Gen
eral D. II. Maury, II. l.. Pelouze, Colonc
J. Il. Popham. and many other Nirginians
are IN the city.
ASSOCIATED Press Esports BY telegraph TO thu
APPLICANTS FOR DEAD MANS PLACE.
There are two hundred applicants for thu
Callao consulate, made vacant by the deatl
Of Mr.. Clayton. Callao is one OF the mos
unwholcSome consulates.
THE RIVER AND HARBoR APPROPRIATIONS
Personal.
\ report from the Chief Engineer upol
the expenditure OF all or part OF the sus
pended appropriation for rivers and harbor
is daily. expected, upon which favorable
action from the President is promised. Al
sections are pushing in this matter. Georgia
Alabama, and Tennessee will have the frs
consideration.
Secretary Evarts called on Mr.. Stephen
to-day. Mr.. Stephens now sits up portion
OF the day.
Francis NJ. Weaver, of West Virginia
has been appointed Indian agent for thu
southern States.
THE RICHMOND PoST-0FFICE.
Another delegation from Richmond callct
at the White House to-day. They had reso
lutions from the Richmond Republican Clul
and the Young Mems Hayes and Wheeie
Club, urging the removal OF Miss Van Lev
from the postmastership and the appoint
ment of DR.. G. S. Mills to the position.
VARIOUS ITEMS.
The Board of Police Commissioners have
discussed the charges against Major Rich
ards, chief of police.
No proceedings have been had agains
Brigham Young for completely in the Noun
tain. Meadow massacre Many affidavit:
have been received by the Attorney-Gene
raj exculpating Young from connection
with the affair.
Major General Hancock reports the re
moval of troops from the State-House at
Columbia, as ordered, without any com
ment.
1t is stated that Chamberlain has declined
the French mission.
The Venezuelan Minister will probabl!
have his passports in retaliation Tor the dis.
missal of Minister Russell from the Fene
zuelan court.
A CARD FROM BLAINE CONCERNING CHAMBER
LAIN AND PACKARD.
BosToN, April 1.-THE Herald will pub
lsh the following Tomorrow: TO the Ed1
tor of the Herald,-Your Columbia CORE
spndent is in error in his statement that
had conference with Governor Chamber
lain in New York. / have seen Governor
Chamberlain but once for year, and thai
was in the private Cabinet-room OF Presl
dent HAYES on the 9th of March. Nor have
/ written or telegraphed him, or hcare
from hin in any way. The same IS true
in respect to Governor Packard eN
cept in the matter OF one telegram re
ceiyed from him, which / read pub
licly in the United States Senate
But am sure that Governor Chamberlain
knows that he has the profoundest sympa
thy in the heroic though unsuccessful
Struggle he has made in South Carolina TO,
civil liberty and constitutional government
am equally sure that Governor Packard
feels that my heart and Judgment are boil
with him in the contest he is still waglng
no ainst great odds, for the governorshlI
fiat he holds by u title rs valid as tina
which Justly and lawfully seated Rutherford
y HAYES in the presidential chair. l trus
aIso that both Governors know that TIT
Roston press no more represents TIT
staiwart Republican feeling of New Eng
land on the pending issues than Int
same press did when it demanded the en-
force,neut OF the fugitiye-slave law in 1881
Very respectfully, JAMES G. BLAINE.
Augusta, Me-, April 10. S
SUCCESS OF THE DEMOCRATS IN THE JERSEY
CRY CHARTER ELECTION. -
Npw YORK. April u.-Returns OF TIT
charter election held in Jersey City yester
day show that the Democracy, under tn
new law. have elected all OF the Board 0
public Works, tiyeof the six police ant