The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-05-21

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CKIEES AT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF seEN-
I ERM ToDnEgEE,s MOVEMENTS ABgUT
caNsTaNTrsySHIE.. &C.. &C.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THE COMMITTEE UNDER
THE POTTER EEEuI3uT1DS-THE COMMITTEE
TO he ORGANIZED WITHOUT DELAy-GoE-
EIiN0g MOVES TO TELL WHAT HE KNOWS
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GENERAL CHANT AMP d THIRD TEEN-TaRF-
Gus MINOR ITEMS.
from 0ur Reguiar Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Alay .e2e.-Ihe report cur
rent SATURDAY. nigiIswas correct, rs Mir. &saE-
len, the prot tenn. Speaker, to-day announced
the following committee rrrder the Potter
resolution: Messrs Potter of New York
tcilairmanl, Morrison Of Illinois, McAfaion
of Ohio, stenyeref Pennsy4yunia, Blackburn
OF Kentucky, Huuton OF Virginia, Cobb OF
.Intiana, B. T. Butler OF Massachusetts.
Hiscock OF Kew York, and Cox of 0hip-
the three last named Republicans. AS seen
Us the names of the committee were read
ar. Garfield sent To the clerks desk Z cable
dispatch from Governor Moves, United
States Minister I'd France, IL which Ire
asked 10 be summoned before the commit
tee as snon as it snail be organized Nothing
further was said. hut the Governor will he
accommodated with IN opportunity OF tell
ing the american people Whit he knows
about tle Florida frauds. Mr. Potter was
not in his sent =se-daE. The committee
know. however, will he organized without
DELAY. and us SOON Us The frlH committee
can get through with the evidence NOW
here sIlb-commn tees viii be sent TO Flor
ida anu Louisiana. Representatives Of the
Iiress will be given every fuciifty necessary
to epsSaie them 10 furnish the public full
reports CT the proceedings. There VIII be,
nf COURSE. occasional private sessions OF
the committee. Some hours after the an
nourcumeut Of the committee Your cor
respondent learned from a Lending Reput-
lican CONGRESSMAN that his party would
hold conference TO decide whether orenut
the Republicans anpoiuted OF the commit
tee VIII serve. : Democratic member sUc-
rested that they ought 10 serve. when he
replied there is one ASPECT o The case N
which Ill tic glory Of the proceeding ought
TO be lei 10 the Democrats.
TIE 4ts;XT APPROPRIATION BILL
r,ne House resumed today the general
debate op the army BID, when Mr. hinme!,
Of MARYLAND, opppseda standing army, and
a!r. EuIunhrey, OF Wisconsin. thought
that the liberties Of { republic are not II
tiauner from 4 Standing army. Neither us
cussed tie provisions OF the bill IN detail.
rZhe bill provides for reduction OF the
army from 25.G00 TO 10000; cayairy regi-
meurs frcn 10fo6, and infantry regiments
from % 10 u. Il adds second lieutenant
To each cavalry and infantW company; Ii
discharges from the army Il colonies: Il
observation-disclosures, 70 majors, LIS captains,
and a46 first iieurenants. 1t REDUCES In
faIrtry regiments from 10 10 conDa-
mics. and fixes thei; strength III ID
men each, amt tie naEImum strength
o. 4 cavalry company 1t Iio men
7. reduces the Acknowledgements Of
-
flee and the Bureau OF Military Justice,
uuu the number Of the officers Of the pay
ttcna!tmeut from 30 to rs. Il provides 1oT
filling the Office OF sec1nd lieutenant Ivy
Graduates CT West Point anG mer1rorious
nop-eoulmissioned officers. 1t likes the
OF the :!rrny ut " Washington IN
time OF peace, and retres company officers
m The are Of ssiZtv-fye, Or after tortF-tlpe
veurs' service 1T discharges iaundresses
unless they be wives OF soldiers, irna linen
they cau,ren,aip until the terms OF service
NJ their husbands expire. Regimentai ad-
Infants and auartermasters are not TO be
extra lieuteuants. This makes n reduction
of so in the number OF lieirtenanBs. The
bill prohibits the detail Of any officer ior
staff duty vino llas not served five years m
the line. Ereduees by casualties the NUM-
her OF maior-nenerlls from 8 TO /, and brig
aiiers from 6 10 g. Thesaids of The general
are -reuuced from C to 4, aids of major-gger-
erals from 3.to . and Of q brigadier from
tD1.
VIRGINIA posT-GFIHCEs.
Mr..L. T. priteIiar[l. the new postmaster
ut Fredericksburg, eamesto Washington te-
,,x ,,f; ,yryta his sofjciaI bond with the re-