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

rI-HTHER DETAILS OF, THE SURRENDER
or pLsySA TO THE RUSSIANS; FORTY
THOUSAND PRISONERS: DREADFUL SUI.
yERISG of THE TURKS = NEWS FROM
wAsulSGToS-RRtDY TO BE CONFIRMED
,s COLLECTOR FOR THE PETERSBURG
n,spRtcr-A BILL TO ESTABLISH A PORT
or DELIVERY At THE TOWN OF WEST
po,ST. VALERIE CITY tpA.) DEALERS IN
COUNTERFEIT MONEY EXPOsED-NEW
WORK SoMINATIoSS-THE TENEES
sTATEDEBT-FATALB BOILER EXPLOSION
ELECTION OF MAYOR IN BOSTON, &c, &C.
-, Washington.
THE SILVER RILL-THE Observation-Disclosures
ALTON BILL. IN THE H0USE-A TEMPERANCE
MOVEMENT IN The SENATR--CANDIDATEs FOR
APPOINTMENT TO THE PARIS EXPOSITION
COMMERCIAL FACILITIES WITH MEXIC0 AND
BRAzlL--PERSoSAL,& &c. 81, 81 -
FROM or Regular Consequently =, ,
WAsHISGroS, December 1.-THE silver
hill. which was the order Of the day, did
not come up in the Senate to-day, but Its
merits were incidentally discussed pending
the consideration OF the silver resolutions
q, Mr.. Stanley Matthews. These, it will
he remembered. declare that as silver was
coin prior to 1878, and the law made Gov
crnmert bonds and the interest on the same
payable in coin, that therefore such bonds
as were issued prior TO the decentralization
OF silver are payable in silver. MIR. Herman
Democratl. OF New York, made quite q
lengthy speech, from Wailstrect stand
point in reply TO that made by Mr.. Mat
thews Yesterday, and contended that the
faith OF the Government was pledged
10 pay in gold, and that Congress
should sustain the Government. y Mr..
Beck, in answering the New York Sem
ator. made not only telling but forci-
bic speech, and declared that the reason the
Democratic party had grown'and prospered
was that it was pledged to undo what the
Government has done, and Democratic sena-
tors were here to repeal just such unwise
legislation US the RECOMMENDATION OF silver.
Mr.. Dawes defended the action of the Re-
pubiican party on the silver question. Mr..
Wallace, OF Pennsylvania, followed, and
declared that it had been the Govern
mcnt that had violated the contract
made with the bondholders, for while, I'M
der the law, they were entitled to demand
the silver dollar OF our fathers, the Govern
mcnt had said they should only bc paid in
gold. 4 motion was made to postpone the
further consideration OF the resolutions I'M
Ill action should be had on the silver bill,
but was lost-aycs, AZ; noes, 1S; and this
would have been the vote, could vote have
been reached, on both the resolutions and
the silver bill. The Senate, at quarter
past s. went into executive session.
THE DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION BILL. p
The deficiency appropriation bill which
passed the House embraced variety OF
items which aggregated 81, 100000. 1t went
to the Senate and was amended by appro-
priations for postal agents, experts OF the
Treasury Department, DC, to the amount
of at least SI50,000 more. The House
committee disagreed to most OF these.
To-day the bill as mended came up in
the House, and the committee was sus-
tanned except that the House voted
in favor OF what is known as the
"star-linc" amendment. This was an
appropriation of 100000 in aid Of the
establishment and support OF other postal
routes than the regular routes over railroads.
When southern members have gone to the
PoStmaster-Gc General for additional mail ga
clitics they have been told 10y him that
the regular appropriation would not permit
it. and the only way for the South and West
to obtain the same facilities they had before
the war was to adopt just such an appro-
priation as passed the House to-day. Hence
Nr. Waddell, OF North Carolina, chairman
OF the House Postal Committee, got it in
ser;ed in the Senate's, and the Virginia dele
CATION voted solidly for it. Mr.. Fernando
Wood and other northern Democrats voted
against it. ~. .....,.. .,.r 4.
TEMPERANCE AND woMAN's RIGHTS. !.
The Good Templars of the United State:
made concerted move on the Senate to-
day, and petitions from almost every State
were presented by senators praying Con
gress to appoist commission to invests
gate King Alcohol. Mr.. Withers presented
that Of the Grand Lodge Of Virginia, anG
Mr.. Ransom that OF the Grand Lodge o.
North Carolina. Mr.. Conkling, in present
ing that OF the Grand Lodge of New York,
said that it had within its jurisdiction SOC
lodges and d membership Of $4,000. There
were also anumber OF petitions from strong.
minded females. Among these was that oil
Sally Holly, Of Scottsburg, Va, who wants
to vote, hold Office, and set on Jury. This
was presented by Senator Withers.
WANT TO GO TO PARIS.
Congress has made an appropriation Of
$4,000 to pay the expenses Of represent
ing the United States in manufactures, pro
ducts, minerals, &C., at the Paris Exhibi
tion. There are number OF learned and
distinguished gentlemen who are willing tc
accept positions in connection with this
governmental enterprise. From Virginic
the names most frequently mentioned are
those Of Professor Harris, OF Richmond
College, and Professor Mallett, OF the Uni
versity. Then there are twenty from Hun
toms district, three from Douglass district
three from Goodies, two from fuckers.