The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-27

IoUs FOR "a SPEEDY TREATY OF PEACE
THE GLOBE COTTON MILLS At AUGUSTA,
GA, BURNED. &c.,S&c.
washington. SIS.
AN AIRLINE ROAD FROM NEW YORK VIA RICH
MOND TO THE PACIFIC C0AsT-THE PREs-
| DENCY OF THE sENATE-TARIFF BILL-Gov-
! ERN0R WALKER AND THE WEST POINT CA
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IMPROvEMENT-To-
BACco-TAx REDUCTI0H-THE sILvER.BnL
AND THE PREsIDENT-BUTLER AND CHIT
/ TENDEN-oTHER ITEMS.
from Onr Regular Correspondent b
WAsHINGToE, February 6.-The bill in
troduced by Mr. Shelby, OF Alabama, for
the construction Of an AIRLINE read from
New York via Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, Richmond, Charlotte, Atlanta,
Selma. New Orleans, and Fort Mcintosh to
Mazatlan, on the Pacific coast, is to have a
capital Of not over 5000, 100000, OF which
sum $1O, 100000 must be subscribed before
organization. Among the corporators are
General Joseph E. Johnston, W. q. Wick
ham, James Longstreet, James L. Kemper,
and Messrs Willis P. Bocock and Thomas
S. Bocock, and the, company is styled the
New York and Mazatlan Airline Railroad,
Telegraph, and Immigration Company.
Mr. Shelley informs your correspondent
that the object is to have continuous line
from the Pacific through the Eastern Cult
States, and running through Alabama, the
CaroIinas, Virginia, &c. He thinks that il
road is built. which will run from New
York vio St. Louis, then the southern
States which have no. connection with it
will be drained OF their population, as their
young men will want to go West. 1.-The
distance from New York to Mazatlan is
1000 miles.)
THE PRO TEN. PRESIDENCY OF THE SENATE.
The action of the Democratic senatorial
caucus last night in nominating Senator
Thurman was known to butafew, including
your correspondent, and the Republicans
went into the Senate to-day generally igno-
rant OF the fact. A motion was made to
vote by ballot, which was lost-ayes, 3d.;
noes, %. The motion to substitute the
name OF Mr.. Thurman for that OF Mr.. Ferry
in the resolution declaring him president OF
the Senate pro tenn. was lost-ayes, %;
noes, 29. Governor Coke, OF Texas, who
was absent, came in soon afterwards; and
liz he had been present the election Of any,
body could have been prevented by ordinary
parliamentary management.
Senator Davis. Of Illinois, voted with the
Democrats.
GOODBYE, sECOR.
Secretary Robeson's name will ever be
ingloriously associated with the Secor. Nc
Kay claims for damages sustained in build
ing iron-cfads for the Government during
the war. This session Herculean efforts
have again been made to get them favora-
bly, reported, but to-day the Naval Commit
tee OF the House gave them final quietus
by reporting adversely upon them.
THE TARIFF BILL TODAY.
The House Committee Of Ways and
Means further discussed the sugar schedule
to-day without coming to vote. The mod
ification in the Wood bill, referred to last
night. will be made with the consent OF its
friends. A letter to-day was received from
Professor Henry, in which he explained to
the committee the value Of the polaryscope,
or. as he called it, the polarimeter, an in
strument invented in Germany to test the
amount OF saccbariGe matter in sugar.
Now, the Dutch method only looks to the
color, and the color is not always true test,
for dark sugar may have more saccharine
matter than light, and hence the light would
be higher taxed by the Dutch system. The
polaryscope, however, disregards color, and
comes within one per cent. OF the true
amount. The committee propose, as be-
fore stated, to combine the two methods.
| GOVERNOR WALKER.
| Governor Walker had determined to Sc.
lect cadet to West Point by competitive
examination, but the experiment in New
York, where colored boy got a cadetshiE
by this mode, and in other districts where
results have been signaly unsatisfactory
has induced him, he says, to change his
mind; and he will now select the cadet as
he did formerly. lie has made an appoint
ment with the chairman to appear before
the House Committee OF Commerce as soor
as they have completed tue preliminary
estimates and advocate proper appropria
ton for James river. He has informed thu
committee that 100000 is too little.
THE DooRKEEPER OF THE HOUSE.
The committee now investigating Colone
Polk had the assistant doorkeeper, Mr.
Donovan, again before it to-day, when h
was cross-eXamined by Governor Cox, o
Ohio. The examination was very searching
and the witness finally said that although i
was known that the extra appointment
were illegal, they trusted to the member
who had forced these parties upon them t
help them through. He could not tell hov
many extras there were, but it was eviden
there were quite number. Mr.. Donovan
said Colonel Polk followed him from tn
National to Wizards, after his election, ant
begged him to take the position OF assistan
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