The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-23


i little, aud the friends % Senator Levi
and Colonel Ralston are both active. Th,
Attorney. Ge1eral IA Tor Colonel Ralston
who was d Ifeute1s colonel fl his com.
mand during the war. 4 say this becaus,
General Deyens said TO Marshal Grey. that
he Ind done enough to warrant bis dismis-
sal, and that If he wanted to serve his term
out he must dismiss all of his present depu.
ties and make Colonel Ralston his chief dep.
uts Che Colonel to look over the manage
mentor the Office and to report at frequent
Intervals to the. Attorney g eneraps office.
Now, MI. Grey Is not an efficient officer,
but he Is a good man ]; and they have gotten
him 80 under. hack between detectives and
Government: officials that heiis hard " able
to say. his soul is his own. It is reported
here that Colonel Ralston is now in the
Western district selecting the deputies to
take the places OF those ordered to be dis
charged. Senator'S OF both parties fayorthe
app ointment of ex-senator Lewis, and I
hear that Judge Rires desires his appoint
ment; but ii he gets the place it will be at
the instance of the President, and in face
of the Attorney-Ge General.
BRIEF ITEMS.
The violent death OF S. C. Jones, print
er we'll known in Richmond, has been pub
lished. Now, he was on Pennsylvania to-
day not only alive, but as genteeIly clad as
a first-class Murphyite.
The committee about closed up the Polk
investigation to-day, and will have the tes-
timony printed.
Virginians here were greatly shocked to
hear of the death Of Judge Guigon, and
your correspondent never heard more gen.
eral or deeper regret expressed at the death
Of public officer. All say how hard will
it be to fill his place.
Judge Harris took some Of his augusta
constituents to-day to see the President.
Mr.. Sherman said to-day at the White
House that be can turn out S3,000,o06 Of
silver per month.
The Washington monument ought to GO
ahead, having elected officers to-day, in
Guiding Mr. Hayes az president, and Mr.
Corcoran and Mr. Winthrop as vice-presi,
dents.
II the President signs the silver bill ii
will be because of the overwhelming popu'
lar vote in its favor.
1t will be partial relief to Mr.. Potts,
postmaster of Petersburg, to know that the
Senate committee agreed to report favor
ably on his nomination to-day.
They are to discharge more employees al
the Patent Office.
When the Senate rejected the nomination
of Mr.. Williamson as collector OF New Or.
leans it rejected one Of the best men in the
party.
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker addressed
the Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections to-day in favor of the sixteenth
amendment.
The President has determined to pardon
A. &. Branham, the Lancaster postmaster,
about the 7th OF March.
The Speaker and Vice-Presidcnt will sign
the silver bill Monday.
Associated Press reports by telegraph to the Dis
=. paich.l
Ex-Governor Brown, vice-presdent OF
the TeXas-Pacific railroad, concluded his
argument to-day before the Senate Railroad
Committee.
Chandler has written another letter, I'M
der the caption, "Was Governor Hayes a
Bargainer"? The letter proceeds: Gun
uuestionably he was. Much OF the coquet-
ting with southern Democrats during the
winter was done by him. Messrs. Foster,
Matthews, and others kept him fully adj
yised of what they were doing. Senator
Sherman went to Columbus reluctant to
trade off Packard, and returned Secretary
Sherman and Joined in the trade. MI.
Hayes knew perfectly we'll that the price
he was 10 pay for the presidency was
the betrayal OF Packard and Cham
berlain and the sacrifice OF his own
honor. but the fear of the loss of the
presidency, with its 100000 in money and
ifs patronage, was too much for him, and
he deliberately paid the price. 1t would be
cowardly to affect to think otherwise. ii
the subject is ever Investigated by compe-
tent" authority it will doubtless be found
that he confirmed in some way the assur-
ances given by his friends before Mr.. Levy
proclaimed in the House that all was right,
and Mr.. Ellis told Mr. Hewitt that the
court could proceed. and changed his vcte
and opposed tilibustering. At all events il
is enough to convict him that his first ac1
on arriving in Washington was to procure
| or advise an order from General Sherman
| withdrawing Federal support from Packard
and inviting the White-Leaguers to crust
| him."
The silver bill cannot reach the Presiden
until Monday, when he has ten days to con
slider it in.
The Agricultural Congress in session herr
adopted the following to-day: /" ReS0toed
That it is the sense OF the National Agricul
tural Congress that the Government ouSh
to control Interstate commerce, and tina
Congress be asked to take some action II
regard to it,"
The Senate committee this morning had
final hearing CT arguments on TeXas ant
Pacific measures, in which the trends AM
onponents of the road were fully heard AM
at length gave their reasons pro and con
The case was closed before the House com
mittee and that of the Senate, and await
the action OF those bodies.
! Celebration of the Twenty.SecOnd.
HOW THE DAY PASSED OFF IN NOEF0LK-BAN
QUIET TO THE LYNCHBURG SOLDIERS.
Especial telegram TO the Dispatch.l
/ NORFOLK, February 22.-The militar
celebration OF the 22d to-day was the larges
and most imposing since the war. Th
.ILynchburg soldiery are honored with amaa
niicent banquet at the Atlantic Hotel te
night.