The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-03-21
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8lStfopotltan Foiice BOARD, the 6Oard OF Fire
4 Commissioners, the. Board Of Health, and
IreYolutionizes the School Board. The
duties OF these organizations are more
cheaply and simply provided for. The
Gil of property. holders, who can reduce
estimates but not increase them, and for
three .commissioners-one to be elected by
the Senate, one by the House, and one tor be
|appointed BY the President. Mr.. Black
burn said the Federal Government could
not go into an unlimited partnership with q
bankrupt, and he would not vote dollar
to the District until n permanent govern
ment is provided for it. The people are
not responsible for the fraud perpetrated
upon them, he said, and the twenty mil
lions Of debt piled up by the Board OF
Public Works, DC.
The House, at o'clock, adjourned with
out disposing OF thebiI
BRIEF ITEMS.
Major w. A. Anderson, OF Rockbridge,
United States commissioner for Virginia
to the Paris Exposition, will sail from New
York about the 18th OF next month. He
was at the Capitol to-day.
DIR. Goode has returned from Norfolk,
and has had a satisfactory conference with
DR.. Rulfner and the other southern educa-
tors here in the interest OF the proposition
to divide the proceeds OF the sale OF public
lands among the States for educational pur-
! poses.
Judge Wylic, OF the Criminal Court OF
this city, says it is impossible to get Jury
to convict certain class OF criminals, and
Ex-Governor Wells asked for the names Of
the jury that brought in the verdict OF ''not
guilty" that occasioned this remark Of the
Judge.
Richmond has warm friend in Mr.. Ken
ma, of West Virginia, who, though one of the
very Youngest members in Congress, has
already established reputation for indus
try, sound sense, and pleasant manners.
On Saturday the House Committee on
Public Lands will hear an argument in favor
of abolishing the,o1fice OF Surveyor-General
in the eighteen States and Territories that
| have it,
The tariffs of 1912 and 1916 taxed wool
80 per cent. ad ualoren, and the tariff Of
1857 81 per cent.
When Mr.. Mitchell, OF Oregon, got the
floor in the Senate to speak on the Pacific
railroad sinking fund bill to-day the crowd
in the galleries leftas hurriedly as ii they
had BEEN alarmed by 4 cry Of fire. One re-
marked as he passed your correspondent:
| ~ Life is too short to waste time hearing
him speak"
An old man. over seventy-Gve, to-day look
ell sad as an Illinois congressman told him
there were two thousand claims ahead OF
his, and that he had better so home.
A distinguished journalist says that BIZ.
fuckers services on the Ways and Means
| Committee have been Invaluable. Your
correspondent knows that this is SO.
On Saturday, April 9th, eulogics will be
delivered in the House on the late Judge
| Leonard, OF Louisiana.
General Hancock called on the President
to-day.
u number OF naval officers have inform
ed TIC Secretary Of the Navy that they
would like to 60 on the Bennett expedition
to the North Pole.
Associated Pic reports by telegraph to the Dis
Generals Sherman and Hancock visited
the President to-day.
Postmaster Hadicy, OF Little Rock, has
been summoned before committee OF the
House to answer the charge of certifying to
blank postal bids. Senator Dorsey is some
what loosely connected with the transac-
ton.
Mr.. Money stated to-day in the House, on
the subject Of post-office rings, that one
$40, 900 bid was doubled for fifteen, and that
one combination controlled over GOO routes.
Representative Williams, OF Alabama, is
chairman OF the subcommittee Of Post
Offices and Post-Roads, and the committee
| will investigate postal irregularities. 1t is
proposed to go through them from Boston
tG Confederate crossroads.
The Finance Committee OF the Senate to-
day considered House bill extending the
time Tor the withdrawal Of whiskey to three
wears. Messrs. Beck and Matthews spoke
i in favor OF the measure. The committee
will give the matter further consideration
on FRIDAY, and on Tuesday will hear \. G.
Kcrweise and J. n. Oliver in behalf OF GER
tain Louisville wholesale dealers in opposl-
ton to the measure. It is understood that
eastern manufacturers are opposed to the
| extension.
The Comptroller OF the Currency has
called for statement OF the condition OF
the national banks to March 10Th.
The Arlington-estat case will be tried OH
its merits in July ut Alexandria.
The only witness before the Post-Oftice
Committee to-day was Mr.. John n. Adams,
who has four contracts on the White river,
the st. Francis, the Arkansas. aud the Mis-.
sissipp. These contracts were not obtained
at the letting under the advertisement for
bids, but at different periods. On none OF
them is the service performed by Mr..
Adams, but it is all done by sub-contractors
under him, to whom he pays in some in-
stances one half Of the original contract
rates, and in one instance not more than. lone
third.
MIR. H. &. Scncr has passed examination
and been recommended for promotion to
the head clerkship in the Washington and
Petersburg railway post-officc, made vacant
bv the death OF Mr.. William Keay. Mr..
ri. w. McGeorge, assistant clerk, has been
recommended to ill the place vacated by
Mr.. Sener.
XLVTH CONGRESS--Second Session.
WAsHINGToN, March 90, 1878.
SENATE.
Mr.. Morgan, OF Alabama, presented
;atition CT citizens OF Alabama fayorinS
the massage OF law for the early compile
tion OF the TeXas-Pa tic railroad. Refer
red.
In presenting the petition Mr. Morgan
| ,,;l bo d;cnpprnynI nf thp Drlyer OF the