The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-01-02
FROM WASHINGTON.
FLORIDA AND LOUISIANA.

,,'a;orities. prominent Republicans here
cav that the returns from BAKER county,
which the Returning Board excluded from
the second canvass, made by order or the
Snnrrm, Court, shows fraud on its face,
on5 ,ha; il the congressional committee en-
an,ines into il, as il undoubtedly will, that
i cannot arrive ut any other conclusion.
'r,n committee is considered too fair to
irporc tho facts. and hence an unbiased re-
,s,rt i cyncctcd from it. This will leave
thc Louisiana dispute the only peg for the
nn,,ocratS 70 hang their hopes upon, but
,hnx viii make a determined issue on the
nlnct,rS from that State.-Specaat 10 Sdtta-
more .4mcricGn.
Tus ELECTORAL COMMITTEES.
The Senate committee 20 determine the
method Of conducting the electoral count
will not hold 4 meeting until Tuesday.
The first meeting Of the House Joint
Committee will he held next Wednesday.
The subcommittee Springer aud
Wiuard-harc meanwhile. during the re-
cess. complied history Of counting the pre-
sidcntial vote. which will make volume OF
eight hundred or more pagcs.-ib.
THE PRODUCTION OF rELEGRAMs.
Barnes. the manager OF the New Orleans
W
pany, arrived here to-uigh: in the custody
Of dcruiy trgeant-at-arms, and was as
stoned quarters 1t Wizards Hotel. He has
the freedom Of the city, but is under the
surveillance Of the deputy who brought
him here. Ii is understood that the tele
graph company propose TO make his test
case. The Executive Committee will resist
TO the last extremity what is deemed to be
an unconstitutional cncroachmcnt on its
private rightS.-B.
SENATOR BLAINE.
senator Blaine will not return to Wash
inrton until after the senatorial election in
Maine. which takes place on the 10th in
>tant. He will undoubtedly succeed him
self. Ii may nc stated that all newspaper
paragraphs purporting to give his views on
the presidential complication are unauthor-
lied hy him. as he has not communicated
even TO his own intimate friends what
course he shall pursue. He does not love
the Democrats any more than he did when,
singlc-handed. he charged their ranks in
the House last session. and the publication
that ne is ready to affiliate with them now
is regarded IL The mcrcSt boSh.-d.
LIVELY TIME ANTICIPATED.
1t i believed upon the reiSSemblinS of
Congress on "Wednesday next that the pres
idential dispute will n once enter into the
debate o: both houses. There is 4 good
deal OF accrbatcd feeling on both sides,
which. when once aroused, will break out
in some lively oratorical tilts.-lb.
A UNIVERSE. SYSTEM OF METE0EoLoGY.
Secretary OF the Navy Robson has, at the
rroucS: O! Secretary Of War Cameron, for
mailv assured the latter OF the fullest CO.
operation II the Navy Department with the
War Department in the work OF carrying
out the one daily. simultaneous mcteoro-
lGric,l observation. now made with the in
ternatonal cooperation Of so many nations
on lard. Is fully is possible at sea and
around the world.
TIE NEW COUNTERFEIT BILL.
The discoveries counterfeit $1,000
bill has been examined closely at the Treas
ury Department. lis principal defect con-
s,>ts in the patchwork surrounding the
figures l.OG0. which is very much blurred.
The signatures also appear blurred, though
il would require 4 comparison with the
genuine bill. as il would in other particu-
lars. TO discover their bad execution. The
note is pronounced 2 dangerous once 1t
had been taken in by one bank, and paid
out again over the counter.
COMPLIMENT TO THE OREGON GOVERNOR.
The S,mday Herald, Of this city, to-day
announces that the Tiiden and Hendricks
Reform Club have completed arrangements
for a screnade to Governor Grover on his
arrival here 4 telegram to this organiza-
ton received Yesterday says he will reach
Washington about Thursday next, and the
screnade Will take place Immediately after
he reaches here.
THE RECENT TREASURY ROBBERY
is still under investigation, with no further
clue 10 the mystery OF the disappearance OF
the money belonging to the bank than was
apparent 2 week ago.
THE COUNT IN JOINT SESSION.
WASHINGTON. December Silt is stated
on good authority that basis OF agreement
between the two Houses in regard to the
counting OF electoral votes has been agreed
1lpon ly the leading Democratic and Repub-
lican members of the Senate committee. The
first proposition 10 which both parties as.
sent is that a majority Of the whole number
OF electors composing the Electoral College
j. necessary to elect President; second,
that it was the intention of the trainers
OF the Constitution in constituting the
Electoral College to have body OF
men entirely independent Of any extra
neous influence, either from the State gov
crnments or from the Federal Government.
This premise being agreed upon Gy the
Democratic and Republican members OF the
Senate committee, the next important ques-
ton is, Can Congress 60 behind the returns
forwarded by the electors OF the different
States 10 the president OF the Senate? The
question will be determined atlirmatively
1t will be agreed, therefore, in the present
case. that the vote Of 4 State can be rejected
BY the concurrent action OF the Senate and
House OF Representatives.. Thus far it is
quite certain that majority OF the Senate
committee will agree. Further than this
my informant was not able to speak definite.
Iy.-Special to baltimore Gazette.
4 sort Of mares nest. We give it fol
" bat it is worth
HARD PAN.
WASHINGTUE, December 31.-The wlSeSt
men on both the Republican and Demo
cratic side seem TO be getting down to hare
pan, so to speak, and view the presidential
question from the direct standpoint tha
either Hayes is elected or Tilden is elected
and the real question is to find which Of then
it i. one OF the most radical Of the Re
publican senators said tonight, in CONVEX
sation with the correspondent OF the Sum-
that what was wanted was to determine
upon some method by which it can be ascer.
tanned who received fairly alority OF the
electoral votes. "Thcn," said he, elf il
is Tilden, he must be inaugurated: and
that is the end OF it,
Such expressions as this from such q
source are encouraging, and beget some
hope that We may, after all our apprc-
tensions, get satisfactorily out Of the pre-