The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-11

on Accounts -to-dny about official matters.
The greenback leaders are holding pri-
yate meetings. i
Jay Gould is here looking after the Paci-
&c railroad ii
Mr.. Turner, Of Kentucky, introduced
resolution to-day in the House for the ex-
emption OF one hundred dollars worth Of
tobacco when sold by producers from taxa
ton. @
Associated Press Reports by telegraph exclusively
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| THE PRESIDENT MADE ONLY ONE NOMINATION
YESTERDAY.
WAsH1SoToN, December 10.-The Presi-
dent made only one nomination to-day
George Fisher, surveyor OF customs, Cairo,
I'll. There was no executive session.
THE TExAs-rAC1pIc BILL. '
The Texas-P Pacific railroad bill was intro
duced in the Senate to-day by Mr.. john
ston, OF Virginia. 1t provides for Coy
eminent guarantee of interest on ffty-year
five per cent. bonds, to be issued for the
benefit of the main trunk line from Fort
Worth to San Diego, to the extent Of ST.
900 per mile, except for difficult and noun
famous portions ESTIMATED at $50 niles, for
which interest will be guaranteed on bonds
to the amount OF $4,000 per mile.
The issue Of all bonds for the main
line, including $4,000 per mile, to be
retained in the United States treasury,
is limited to q total Of S35,300,0 900.
The bill also provides for similar guaran-
tee of interest on bonds to the amount Of
$G,400, 900, to be issued. by the Memphis and
international Railroad Company, Of Arkan-
sas, and the Lake City Railroad Company,
of Texas, to secure the construction Of
connecting railroad from Jefferson, Texas,
to Memphis, Tenn. The TeXas-Pacific
corporation is required by this bill, under
penalty OF forfeiture Of the foregoing privi-
leges, to build, within the next three years,
arailroad from Shreveport to Monroe, La.,-
distance of about ninetyfour miles-therc
to connect with completed road to point
on the Mississippi river opposite Vlcksburg;
but no Government aid is proposed for this
branch. .The bill in all its other essential
! features ia in agreement with the House bill
introduced last Friday. ...
Senator Chaffec's bill, amendatory OF
the act Of June Is, 1866, proposes to re-
quire that all railroads in the United States
shall pro-rate with each other; that they shall
be prohibited from making any discrimina-
tons against individuals or associations in
respect OF freight charges, etc., and that
they shall not change their published sche-
dulles of charges without giving thirty days.
public notice. ....,. -.....-.... .-.r. s.. g,
INTERNAL-REvENUE LAWS.
Mr.. Eichoff has introduced n bill in the
House to repeal section 3,243, Revised Sta
tutes, which provides that the payment OF
the special tax by internal-revenue laws
does not authorize ayiolati0n OF State laws
in regard to such special business, nor pro-
hibit State, taxation of same. The resolu-
ton was sent to the Ways and Means Com
mittee. ....'... ''-gs &C.,.
DUTY FREE.
In order to secure the importation, free
of duty, OF all descriptions OF raw wool and
copper and copper-orc, Mr.. Willis, OF New
York, has introduced bill that no duty
shall be levied or collected on these articles
after July l, 1878. This was also referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means.
sUPREHE-CouRT CASES.
In the Supreme Court to-day the case Of
the Potomac railroad rs. Jones came up.
Jones was laborer, and, riding on the pilot
OF an engine, suffered serious injury from
collision. The Court held that Jones was
guilty of negligence in taking such dam
gerous position, and could not recover DAM
ages.
United States Us. Giles, administrative.
Appeal from the, Court Of Claims. The
Court in this case reversed recovery
against the United States for the proceeds
Of 108 bales OF cotton, on the ground that
the claimant was not the ."owner" OF the
cotton, representing only the interest Of an
assignee, and the assignment being unlaw-
M 80 l1r,
without the aid OF statutory enactment!
There can be no valid assignment Of
claim against the United States, it is said,
without the consent OF the Government, by
the action OF Congress. Reversed. MI.
Justice Strong delivered the opinion-Jus-
tees Field and Bradley dissenting as to the
invalidity Of an assignment when not forbid
by positive law.
~ T. WITHOUT CHAIRMAN. a. ! 4
The House Committee on the Pacific Rail-
roads, at their meeting Saturday, adopted
resolution declaring that the business Of the
committee was INSTRUCTED for want of
chairman; and asking Representative Potter
to procure action by the House upon his
defamation to serve as chairman. Mr. Pot
ter, on receipt Of this resolution, has re-
piled that on the day the committee were
announced he communicated his declination
to the Speaker Of the House, to, whom alone
land not to the committee)it could properly
he sent; that subsequently, in answer to
private inquiries, he had informed the
members of the committee OF his fixed de-
termination to adhere to his declination;
and, in conclusion, that the Speakers delay
in announcing his action was not by his
(hlr. Potter'sl request or desire. i
THE BORDER TROUBLES.
The Secretary Of War was before the
Committee on Foreign Affairs Of the House.
to-day on Mexican affairs, and replying to-
the question, "By what authority that De
partment had ordered the troops to follow
the fresh trails into Mexico?" the Secretary
cited orders given Colonel Robert E. Lee
in 1860 to follow the marauders into Mexico !;
and to the orders given by John G. Cal
houn in 1917 to General Gaines to pursue
the Seminole Indians into Spanish territory;
which order was vigorously carried out by
! General Gaines's successor, General An
drew jackson.
VARIOUS ITEMS. /.
| The Union League Club, OF New York,
will give the President and lady reception
on the 2lst. No speeches.
Colonel Polk, doorkeeper, was before the
Committee on Accounts in relation to the
employment OF extra force during the extra
session. There is no serious trouble about
the matter. The regular employees were
somewhat scattered; and rs they were COM
missioned for two years confusion was I'M
avoi6able, and the irregularity will I'M
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