The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-18

ltl,as uuIsss Atto sney.a snsrai Deyens q
en, nm e ag 81 s regard % Eonisian,
ratters his IAN, SIS Is. Cabinet win soor
end II Il furthermore lid that Postmas
ter-Generai Key will shortly retire 70 Ten
,nessce. TIE reasons given mr. that ne h 90.
no southern following and brings no south
ern support to the Administration. ! OF \
President, sc is declared, wants south, err
man 10 the Cabinet IL he can get one VIII.
will secure him m earnest southern sup
port. Little has been said to-day, or with
10 several days past, In regard to the rumor
that Mr.. Sherman was to surrender the
Secretaryship Of the Treasury.
THE DOoRkEEPER.
Among the charges against Colonel Polk
is that be made his daughter his secretary,
his soma page, cousin messenger, and
his cook q laborer. He isn't as great man
as old Grant, but Grant had more kin in
office than that. f s.
The investigating committee will meet
Monday. 1t is not in session to-day. Ii the
Republicans vote solidly for his dismissal he
will lose his Office, for enough Democrats
will vote against him to secure this result.
II, on the other hand, the Republicans di-
vide, he will retain his position. Judge
Buckner and DR.. Hinkle were infinitely
surprised and amused to learn that it was
supposed they could be Influenced by
Messrs. Polk and Silver in their votes on
District appropriations.
THE FRENCH AND THE POLAR EXPEDITION.
A letter was received yesterday from the
French Geographical Society, at Paris,
commencing in the highest terms Captain
Howgate's plan for the proposed Polar ex-
petition. This Society thinks the colony
which is to be established as the basis Of
explorations should be permanent one.
The letter will have its due influence with
Congress.
BRIEF ITEMS.
Neither house and none Of the commit
tees were in session to-day.
The iron-men are active to-day, and are
not only visiting members OF the Commit
tee Of Ways and Means, but members Of
both houses.
Ex-Postmaster-G General Reagan's reply to
Conger, vino bitterly assaied southern post
masters and mail yesterday, was
spoken OF to-day at the hotels as the right
speech at the right time. He gave the ma
lignant Michigander genteel setting-down.
The activity of Senator Butler in offering
amendments which could not pass, and call
ing for the ayes and noes during the silver
discussion last night, is subject OF COM
ment to-day.
The weather is perfectly beautiful to-day,
and the avenue is thronged with pedes-
TRANS.
The only southern and western senators
who voted against the silver-bill were
Messrs. Butler, Lamar, Christiancy, and
Sargent.
The Committee of Ways and Means will
further consider iron Monday.
There was a conference at the office Of
Secretary Evarts in regard to Mexican mat
tiers.
The Black Hills territory is to be called
Lincoln.
J. Gould is here looking after Pacifc-rail-
road interests.
Associated Press Reports by telegraph exclusively
10 the Dispatch.1
TEXT OF THE SILVER BILL.
WASHINGTON, February 16.-The follow
ing is the text of the silver bill as passed by
the Senate to-day:
IL
Standard Situer Dollar and TO Restore its
Legal Tender Character.
Section /. Be it enacted, etc., That there
shall be coined at the several minis OF the
United States silver dollars OF the weight OF
412s grains troy, Of standard silver, as pro-
yided in the act of January IS. 1887, on
which shall be the devices and superscrip-
tions provided by said act, which coins,
together with all silver dollars heretofore
coined by the United States OF like weight
and ineness, shall be legal tender at their
nominal value for all debts and dues, public
and private, except where otherwise eX-
pressly stipulated in the contract, and the
Secretary Of the Treasury is authorized and
directed to purchase from time to time
silver bullion at the market price thereof,
not less than S2,0U0,000 worth per month,
nor more than S4,000,000 worth per month,
and cause the same to he coined monthly, as
fast as so purchased, into such dollars, and
sula sufficient to carry out the foregoing
provision is hereby appropriated out OF any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, and any gain or seigniorage arising
| from this coinage shall be accounted for and
paid into the treasury as provided under
existing laws relative to the subsidiary COIN
age: Provided, That the amount of money
at any one time invested in such silver bull
| lion, exclusive Of such resulting coin, shall
not exceed S5,000,000: And proUided fur
| Their, That nothing in this act shall be con-
strued to authorize the payment in silver Of
certificates Of deposit issued under the pro-
visions of section 254 OF the Revised Stat
uteS.
Section 2. That Immediately after the
passage of this act the President shall in
vite the Governments OF the countries COM
| posing the Latin Union $50 called), and OF
such other European nations as he may
deem advisable, to join the United States in
conference to adopt a common ratio as be-
tWeaA gold and silver, for the purpose OF
establishing internationally the use OF BIZ
metallic money and securing tiXity OF re-
| lative value between those metals; such con-
ference to be held at such place in Europe
or in the United States at such time within
six months as may be mutually agreed upon
by the Executives OF the Governments join
ing in the same. Whenever the Governments
so invited, or any three OF them, shall have
signified their willingness to unite in the
same, the President shall, by and with the
advice and consent OF the Senate, appoint
three commissioners, who shall attend such
conference on behalf OF the United States,
and shall report the doings thereof to the
President, who shall transmit the same to
/ Connress Said commissioners shall each