The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-04-14

| CLA1MS-THE GREENBACKERS, dc.
From our Regular Correspondent
| W A&IiINGToN, April l2.-Hvn. John Goode
has received manly letter from Colonel J.
| ID. Brady, collector Of internal revenue at
! Petersburg. who was ut the head OF the Or
! ganlzltion OF the Grand Army OF the Re-
| public in Virginia in the last presidential
election, AID who has served on the NationaI
Committee OF the Union Soldiers and Sail
ors' Organization OF the United States. He
says that Captain White and his command,
the Norfolk City Guard. are as true and de-
voted to the Union rs he is, and adds: "At
the last public memorial services Il the
Union soldiers held in Portsmouth under
the auspices Of the Grand Army of the Re-
public Captain White and his gallant COM
pany turned out With full ranks as the escort
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic to the
burial-placc OF the Union dead" THIS let
ter will not only be published in Washing
| ton, but the substance Of it will be tcle-
grar hed to Il number OF leading northern
journals.
THE DISEASES OF CATTLg-vIEGlSIA DE-
| FEATED.
As soon as the House to-day went into
Committee OF the Whole on the legislative
bill the discussion OF the proposition CT
General Hunton to appropriate s2j0.g0O in
stead OF $4,000, as recommended by the
! committee. for the eradication OF the disease
now prevailing among cattle, was resumed.
| d.. Loiing, OF Massachusetts, in supporting
| it, said that in 1861 The p!euro-pneumona
was introduced into his State by cattle i'm
ported from Holland. which were so dis
ca>cd that they had to be carried to the
country on drays. II 1t that time the Gene.
raj Government had taken prompt action for
wiping out the disease thus introduced, his
State, in his Judgment, would have been
saved the Sl2J,000 it had to eXpcnd, and his
people would not have suffered rs they did
from the spread OF this terrible Scour2c.
| Mr.. Hendricks Is. Wright favored imIc-
Giate action, and was willing to appropriate
even 500, 900, il necessary. he believed
| that to send It to Il committee was to kill il.
and that nothing more important had yet been
brought before Congress this session. Gene
lal lIunton said that il immediate action
were not taken he believed this disease
would ultimately cost the country rs much
rs the late war. Gentlemen knew that the
State OF Virginia was scarcely able to pay
her debts, and il she were to appropriate
money and eradicate the disease completely
within her own borders it would again be
introduced from the District OF Columbia.
What was needed were prompt, strong,
uniform measures, applicable alike TO all
the States and tue District, too. He be-
lievcd that to send the matter TO Il commit
tee was TO KILT.
IT MEETS WITH CONSTITUTIONAL OBJECTIONS.
Mr.. Carlisle, OF Kentucky, made consti-
tutional argument to show that the only
control Congress has over this subject is
given by the section Of the Constitution
which says that Congress shall regulate
CONNER ce. According to his views, Con-
yrcss can pi event the transportation OF dis
eascd cattle on STEAMBOATS,, cars. &C., from
State TO state, but as soon rs the cattle cease
to be articles Of commerce the States have
control, and not the General Government.
Judge Harris asked him whether he believed
| congress lau ipul W tbS appi oli ia
ton, and il so, had ii not also the right to
designate officers to see that 1t is properly
applied. In reply 10 this Mr.. Carlisle re-
i,eratcd his statement above given. Gene
raj Bragg, OF Wisconsin, concurred in the
views OF Mr.. Carlisle, and expressed sur
prise that the Virginians who opposed the
other day the establishment OF national
quarantine should now be frightened frou,
: their position by few sick cows.
WANTED II REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE.
A number OF members wanted the sub
iect referred to committee for investisa
I ton, and among these were Mr.. Eiount,
one OF the economists Of the House; Mr.
Hill of Ohio, and General Hawley. The
last named. after persistent efforts, got In
rs a substitute resolution referring it tc
the Committee on Agriculture. Of course
there was objection TO this committee, and
General Chalmers moved 10 insert the Com
mittee on Contagious Diseases in lieu OF it ;
but this was lost, and the original reso-
luton agreed to-ayeS, 1870; noes, not
counted.
WHAT Is SAID OF THE HOUSE COMMIT TEES
TANMANY AND NOTTlLDEN PREDOMiNATEs.
Mr.. Randall has been regarded as an III
ira Tildcn man, and yet he appoints Wood,
Covert, Muller, and Cox, Of New York. to
c.airmanships, all Tammany and anti-Til-
den, and places not single Tildcn man
from that State at the head OF committee.
Then the same thing Is true OF Pennsylya-
mia, where Cot1roth, Wise, Clymer, and
Wright, who are appointed to chairman
sbips, are also anti-Ti!den. The last session
Mr.. Hewitt, u New York capitalist, was at
the head of the special Labor Committee,
and now Mr.. Wright, of Pennsylvania, the
most ultra labor man in the country, Is al
the head OF that committee. Mr.. Randall has
also been regarded US q very hard-money
man, and yet careful dissection OF bis
! banking and Currency Committee con-
vinces me that it is q sof1-money committee
end will be greatly under the influence OF
! General Ewing. A Republican says OF IL
o.night that it is soft enough to be cut with
butter-knife. The Greenbackers are
pleased, and it is evident to everybody that
they and The Democrats are coming 10 a
| better understanding daily. The Protec'
,ionists, to all appearances, seem TO ike the
wovs and Mems Committee better than