The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-06-03

Qnd us lf1eDas say mat, GaSfHg easily OBJ
tafncd d tEo-thirds vote in the. House, II. 1
viii pass tie Senate and become a law, !.
General Johnston IS . member Of the co M
ntttee that reported the bill. It prov ides
for commission OF sYe-tlIree &c ,yern-
nlens engineers and two civilian .-wbo
are to have surveys made with a view
Of promoting commerce and the ,,ostai.ser-
vice. They will consider system is for deep
enipg the channel and improyfr ig the ban ks
Of the g Father;nf Waters" One hundred
and seyenty-fTe thousand do liars is appro-
priated to carry out the OBJ .ects OF the bill.
sPEcULhTioSs AS TO AID JoURNhEST.
Alexander Stephens s;Iys Congress viii
adjourn about the Goth, Cahell and Goode
about the 18th; Frye, of Maine, says that
two weeks Of this st,aIwart weather win
change materially the constitutional conYic-
tions OF Democrats and Republicans, and
the member from Maine is not far from
right, for it is terribly hot now, and the
closeIy-cut grass about the Capitol grounds
is burning up.
GENERAL JOHNSTON a VISITOR TO WEST POINT
ACADEMY.
General Joe Johnston was to-day ap-
pointed visitor to West Point Academy.
After the House adjourned 4 Radical
member expressed the opinion that Mr..
Randall might have found Union
officer who could serve in that capaci-
ty instead OF one OF the commanders
OF the Confederate army. The man who
made the remark served in the Union
army, and was for some time prisoner in
the South, but be is ain intense Radical. and
reflects the sentiments Of the extreme ele-
ments, which are not, however, entertained
by majority OF Union officers.
General Gordon, who is also visitor to
West Point, expects to 60 there this week
if his health will permit.
THE PRINTERS CONVENTION.
The international Typographical Union
assembled here to-day, and the session
promises to be plcasan; aad profitable. To-
morrow they will make trip to Mount
Vernon. Mr.. Mills Goodwin is one of the
delegates from this city, and Messrs. T. T.
Hurdle and T. j. Vaughan represent Rich
mond. Mr.. W. n. Towers, of this city,
delivered handsome address OF welcome.
-. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
The House to-day passed the bill. proyd-
ing that the United States shall be repre-
sented at the Australian Fair, and also n
bill appropriatlng $1,000 to pay the ex-
penses Of Uncle Hendricks 3. Wrieht's Ia
Dor committee. .-...... H. .... ~
The Navy Department has information OF
the death of Lieutenant w. II. Meyer who
died in New York Sunday. He entered the
service in 1862.
There is, report that Senator VOORHEES,
made an attack on Mr.. Thurman in the Joint
caucus after the first veto OF the army bill
because the Ohio Senator said that the APP
preparation bills must not be allowed to
fail in any contingency.
The President has accepted Judge Dill
Ions resignation, and VIII appoint Secre-
tary McCrary 10 the Federal iudseship thus
made vacant.
Mr.. Pendleton to-day introduced bill in
the Senate, which was passed, to furnish
condemned ordnance for the monument OF
Colonel Robert l.. McCook.
Blaine to-day gave notice that he intends
to stir up alleged frauds in regard to south
ern congressional districts.
The National Baseball Club have started
on a trip, and expect to beat every club they
encounter. ....-....
Four hundred employees Of the Govern
fnriaunl,oI Corr
day for want OF funds.
ASSOCIATED Press Reports by telegraph to the Dis
.-.. REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
WASHINGTON, June "A caucus Of Re-
publican senators to-day reconSidered the
Bayard bill to repeal sections $50 and S21 OF
the Revised Statutes. 1t was the unani-
nous opinion that section $40. prescribing
the test oath, should be repealed. The other
section relates to the discretion OF United
States Judges in excluding from iuries par
ties participating in the rebellion. The
caucus held that this section had never
been and was not likely to he abused, and
should stand.
The new Democratic programme relative
to The appropriation bills was incidentally
mentioned. and, though not discussed, the
general sentiment in conversation favored
resistance to all attempts OF the Democrats
TO accomplish, or seem to accomplish, by in
direction, what they have heretofore I'M
successfully attempted openly. 1t was de-
ternned. however, to defer discussion OF
the situation Until the new bill was printed
aud critically examined.
OBsEQUIEs OF THE LATE HON. E. C. NIGER
SOIL.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-The funeral OF
Hon. Eben &. Ingersoll, brother of Colonel
Robert 6. Ingerso!l, OF illinois, took place
at his residence in this city this afternoon.
The ceremonies were extremely simple,
Consisting merely OF viewing OF the remains
bv relatives and friends and funeral ora
ton by Colonel IDgcrsoIl.
A large number, of distinguished gentle
men were present, including Secretary
Sherman, Assistant. Secretary Hawley, SEN
ators Blaine, voorhees,, Paddock, Allison,
and Logan; Hon. Thomas Henderson, Gen
eral Pound, Hon. William M. Morrison,
General Jefries. General Williamson, Col
onel Joseph Fishback, and others. The
pall-bearcrs were Senators Blaine, Voor-
bees, David Davis, Paddock. and Allison
Colonel Ward Il, Eamon. Hon. Jeremiah
Wilson, Of Indiana, and Hon., Thomas 4.
BOYD, OF Illinois. ,-
There were no ceremonies at the grave,
but a pathetic scene occurred when the
Misses Lawler, dauS hters OF the late GEN
eral Lawler, and adopted children OF Eben
e. Ingersolf, took their leave OF their dead
foster-fatber. One OF them tainted on be-
ing taken to her carriage, and the other lin
gered ut the grave until almost forcibly led
away by friends. Colonel IngersoPs ad-
dress was remarkable for it's simplicity,
and was tender tribute to the good quail