The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-04-11
IFrom Our Regular Correspondent

From Our ReSttlar correspondent
THE WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS FROM THE CO.
''.-E LUMB1A sTATE-HOUsE.
WASHINGTON, April 1O.-The news OF the
withdrawal OF ,the troops and surrender OF
Chamberlain to the inevitable rule Of Hamp-
ton completely demoraliZed his adhercnts
here, who have boastfully declared he would
| fight the thing out in the courts and in Con-
grcss through his friends. In conversation
with reporter to-day Senator Patterson
said, "Do you hear that bell striking II
O'Clock? 1t sounds the death-kneIl Of the
Republican party in the South" =
FORCE IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT TO DE
.". RE0RGANIzED. p. ...so..
The report that it is the purpose OF Score
tary Sherman to rc0rganize the whole force
OF employees in the Treasury Department no
doubt grew out OF the fact that he has dl-
rccted an examination Of each bureau to
ascertain what reforms should be instl-
tuted. Assistant Secretary Mccormick
| has selected committee OF four eN-
perienced clerks to examine the condi-
ton OF each branch Of the Department and
report what number Of employees may be
dispensed with without detriment to the
service. The rule prohibiting the employ
uicnt of more tia n one member OF family
is to be rigidly enforced. 1t is said that
in some cases clerks have intermarried and
the thrifty pair continue in the Department,
the wife erading the rule by drawing her
salary under her maiden name: and in an
other case father, mother, and three chill
dren draw salaries amounting in the aggrc-
gate to $1,000. The Secretary proposes to re-
dilce the number of clerks from each State
to its relative quota, to he ascertaincd upon
the basis OF population; and no appoint
mcnts are to be made from State until its
number OF representatives is reduced below
the maximum to which II is entitled.
It is found that Virginia, West Virginia,
and Maryland arc among those that now
have their full number.
Associated Press Reports by telegraph 10 the
DspaclI.l
DrATiI-KSELL OF TIE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN
.F TIE SOUTH.
Senator Patterson was ut the White House
this morning to have Il final interview with
| the President, and protest against the re-
moyal OF the troops Mt Columbia. Owing
10 the Cabinet being in session he did not
see the President Hc is quite discouraged
to-day, and, though he has sent repeated
telcrrams to Chamberlain, he has failed to
receive response. He said to-day, "1ou
hear that bell striking l. O'Clock ? 1t
sounds the dcath-knell Of the Republican
partv in the South" Patterson is appre-
! hensvc that Chamberlain has weakened and
that he will abdicate, and leave the State
| House and give up the archives OF the State
without Il struggle. He says that Chamber
lain left here last week with plenty Of nerve
and backbone, and meant to hang on. He
thinks that when Chamberlain reached
home he found the action Of the President
in deciding to withdraw the troops had
thrown the party into 4 panic, and he had
nothing to rally upon. "You see," said
Patterson, sour party down there isn't like
the party you fellows have been used to at
the North. We (that is, the Republican
party in the South were created by an act
Of Congress, and the negroes associate
the Government and the troops with the
party. Now, il you take the troops away
the party goes up, for the negroes there
think the Government has deserted them.
| Now. if Hayes had gone into Office With
good round majority, and hadn't needle q
the vote OF South Carolina and louisiana,
why he could have pursued his southern
policy with a better grace. But tue RepuD-
| lcans of the South have shed blood for the
party, and hence the ingratitudo is all the
| more cutting. And yet, what do you Think"
said Patterson: "Why, by God, because
| | tell those fellows that / an going to
vote to let Butler into the Senate they
say I am Democrat, yet Hayes recoS-
nizcs Hampton, who is 4 Democrat, and
thus destroys all my political chances, and
wants ME to keep Butler out OF the SEN
ate. Well, I amt going to do it with my
! vote. 7 will Just tell the friends OF Hayes
! that I will see them IN hell first" "Why,"
continued Patterson, &" this fellow Hampton
would put me in the pcnitentiary II he
could. They have been making their boasts
in Columbia that they will have to build
one or two more penltentiaries to accom-
MEDIATE the carpet-baggers." "You see,"
said Patterson, "that the Cainhoy massacre
was God-send, for us. tell you il
il hadn't been fof that massacre we should
have lost Charleston county, and Hayes
could not have carried the State. Why, we
lost 100 Republicans killed during the cam
paicn, and over 700 arrests were made; but
/ understand that arrangements have been
made with Hampton to nolle pros. all
the cases. / tell you what we carpet-bas-
gers ought to do: why, damn it, we ought
all to resign and let the Democrats get the
Senate" a FREUD here suggested that
Senator Spencer had said that he be
ID il he was going to resign.
Patterson, continuing: "Well, we ought
to all resign. can't understand what
Hayes is driving at" The friend said
he could. "Why, he. is selling out bis party.
Talk about dividing the Democratic party
South. Why, it's all moonshine. Hayes
knows it is. He is deliberately selling out
his party, and it is given out that he will
divide the southern Democrats so that the
real infamy OF the apostacy will be sur
rounded with this Slamor, and the people
won't see the real object in all its foulness.
| lie has sold us out"
REVENUE FRAUDS DISCOVERED.
Very extensive revenue frauds in the
manufacture of tobacco in North Carolina
have recently been discovered, and the De-
partment proposes taking vigorous mea-
sures to bring the parties concerned in them
to speedy punishment. Some thirty manu-
facturers in the county Of Surry are
charged with participation in these fraudu-
lent transactions, and have been indicted
before grand jury OF the United States
Circuit Court for the western district OF
North Carolina, within the past few
DAYS, through the efforts Of Revenue
Agents Brooks and Wagner. Major
Wagner has charge of the district
in Which these frauds were perpetrated. AS
means of lettering the revenue agents