The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-04-27
Washington.

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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF POSTMASTER
WOLFF, OF FREDERICKsBURG--LETT R-CARs
RIERs AND THEIR PAY-NORTH CAROLINA
COAST OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NEws-THE IN
DIANs-THE SYNDICATE BEFORE THE BANK
ING AND CURRENCY CoMMITTEE-THE POS
TAIL APPROPRIATION BILL.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 26.-After CONVEX
sation to-day with Mr.. Proctor Knott, chair
man Of the House Judiciary Committee,
and several senators, adhere to the opin-
ion expressed last night in regard to the
bill repeating the bankrupt law. I have
therefore only to repeat that the Senate will
concur in the House amendment (Which
simply corrects date in the Senate billy as
soon as it reaches that body on Monday.
There will be no delay in sending it to the
President, who will sign it one day during
the week., most probably by Wednesday, as
l last night suggested. No one has yet
been found TO suggest veto.
WHEN MARSHAL LEWIS GOES INTO OFFICE.
The commission Of ex-senator Lewis,
whom the Senate quietly confirmed with
out opposition being made to him, is dated
May 9Th, and the resignation OF his son,
Mr.. Sheffey Lewis, assistant district attor-
ney for the Western district Of Virginia,
takes effect the same day.
RESIGNATION OF A POSTMASTER.
1t is stated that Mr.. John w. Wolff,
postmaster at Fredericksburg, has rendered
his resignation, anu that several parties are
actively working for the vacant position.
In former times Democrat was permitted
to hold this position during Wing admin
istration, and there is no reason why Mr..
Hayes should be less liberal than Mr.. Fill
more.
SOMETHING ABOUT HETEROGENEOUS.
Pending the consideration OF the postal
appropriation bill to-day an amendment
was offered and defeated to increase the ap-
preparation for letter-carriers from 81 $685.
600 to S2.OOO,0OO. This was intended to in
crease the number but not the compensation
OF letter-carriers. H. appears that the sys-
tenn pays in only four cities-viz., New
York, S742,OOO; Philadelphia, Sl32,OOO;
San Francisco, $4,000; and Boston, $4,000.
The loss in the remaining cities is s64O, 600
the loss in Chicago being $4,000. Mr.. Can
non, Of Illinois, said the reason it is profitable
in New York and the other cities named Is be-
cause there are six or seven deliveries day,
while in Chicago theresare only three in the
business portions OF tie city; hence in Chi
cago they have to patronize private tele-
graph and express companies, and the mail
loses, while in New York persons can send
local notes and letters by mail to parties
anywhere in the city and receive reply in a
few hours. Mr.. Waddell, of North Carolina,
stated that there are 107 congressional dis
tricts which have within them the free-de-
livery system. The pay OF the letter-carriers
last year averaged S770. Under the law their
pay is $500 and $1,000, according to class,
but the Postmastcr-General was only able
to pay them, under the appropriation made,
an average of S770. In New York city,
however, they received an average OF
1881. %. A number Of members said letter.
carriers are the hardest worked and worst
paid of all Government employees, and MIR.
Luttrell, by way OF reply, asked if there
was any trouble in finding persons to do
the work for the price paid
LIGHTHOUSES FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA
COAST.
The Lighthouse Board to-day Informed
the House Committee on Commerce that
they approve OF the erection OF lights IN
Currituck sound, Chowan river, and Abe
marie sound. That in Albemarle sound
will be erected at Laurel Point. as
lighthouse is required there. 1t will cost
about $4,000. The others are all to be
bcacon-lghts, and will in the aggregate cost
only $4,000 more.
INTERESTING FISH NEWS FOR VIRGINIA AND
NORTH CAROLINA.
4 number of members OF Congress WIS"
tied "The Lookout" the beautiful yacht
of Commissioner T. B. Furguson. this al
ternoon. and were pleased with the COM
pleteness OF its arrangements. 1t leaves
tomorrow morning for Albemarle Sound,
where Mr.. Furguson, who is fish commits
sioner of MARYLAND, has charge Of the
United States tsh-hatching station, bearing
the poctical name of Avoca. Mr.. Furgu,
son informs me that he will continue opera.
lions there until the 10th Of May, by which
time he expects to hatch 20,000.0OO young
fish. Up to this date 100000, chiefly
shad. have been secured and distributed
in the waters of Virginia and North
Carolina. He has also Matched between two
and three hundred thousand herrings-the
first successful experiment in this line yet
made. During four years he has searched
in vain for ripe female rock, but has not
yet given up the hope Of finding some.
Professor Baird, United States Fish Com.
missioner, was to-day before the Appro.
priaton Committee Of the House, when he
exhibited jars OF the young behring's. There
are now some twenty or thirty thousand OF
them on exhibition at the Smithsonian In
stitute.
THE FUTURE OF THE INDIANS.
During an investigation before the Senate
Committee on Territories to-day, Judge
Steedman, hali-breed, said that whenever
a territorial government is organized for
the Indian Territory that the downfall OF
the civilized Indians will follow. Now they
have lands in common, and under their
own governments have homes and CON-
forts. Then these lands will be divided up,
and white men will get them. He said, and
with pathos, that it might not come in his
day, but it would surely, sooner or
later, come. During the session Of the
committee it was suggested that the in
yestigation might have to be transferred to
the Indian Territory, when Judge Steed-