The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-11

GAR-ToBAcCo. AGAIN-THE REvENUE
BlLL-IHE EXTRA sEssIoN-CAUCGs-AP-
PRECIPITATION BILLS, &c. 49, -
TFrom Our Regular Correspondent i:sss
WASHINGTON, February 10.-The fact
| that Senator McCreery was to make fare
well speech filed the Senate galleries to-day
to overlooking with men and women, while
all the available space on the floor OF the
chamber was occupied by members of the
House and others. His subject was the
transfer Of the Iodian Bureau to the War
Department, and hewas not only in full
dress but his desk, was decorated with flow
/ ers.i tHissspeech5 was carefully prepared,
and seldom have utterances been heard in
1.-THE Senate which were clothed inbester lan-
guage. His points, too, were strong, bis
illustrations striking. and his hun,or capt.
ltal. He sketehed; the modern civil fndihn
agent in all Of his 'incapacity, and declared
I he could not close a grog- shop without the
laid OF the military. His exposure OF the
red tape Of the. Bureau from the Indian
/ Commissioners report was inimitable, and
caused a laugh all through the chamber.
he thoughtit would be wei! to raise Indian
regiments as part OF our army so that they
might become comrades-ir-arrns with those
4 whoihaye been regarded by them as their
hereditary ~ foes. The system OF. allowing
certain religious denominations virtually to
appoint Indian agents when. the Constilu-
ton gives the President alone: the power
was discussed from the standpoint of a
statesman who regards the Constitution as
the supreme law Of the land. This portion
Of the Senator's speech received marked at
tention from senator's. AT the close of the
fspeech the Kentucky senator, who is soon
4 to retire to private life with no stain upon
his senatorial record, was warmly congratu-
lated. ---- -.
TIE RIVER AND EARBoE BILL TO BE REPORTED
| * .,.i.r TOMORROW. 3:sT "fs.1a
Tomorrow the House Commerce Com.
mittee have permission to report the
friyer and harbor Jill, which will be re-
committed and printed. 1t will be passed
this year, as formerly, uader:a suspension
OF the rules. aud no amendments to it al
| lowed after il: comes info the House. 1t is
to be regretted that it does not appropriate
at least as much as it did last year, provided
the South could get its Just share. Vir-
ginia has no reason to be specially pleased
with the bill, for it gives the James
only 100000, the Appoma.tox, $4,000,
/ the RappahannocN not one third the
people asked Ffor, and other rivers in the
State in the same economical proportion.
The engineers recommended 100000 for
4 ,the ,harbor5 at Charleston S: O., and that
Improvement does, not get over 100000.
In the Senate amen dments viii be offered,
and it is expected that body will be more
liberal than the House. It is pity Vir-
ginia has not a member on the Commerce
l'Committee. An appropriation was asked
for the landing at Mount Vernon, but none
is given in the BILL = ,;zcc I'D
HOW Nh. TlLDEN LOOKED TO A yIRGIS1AN.
"A Yirginian who was present when Mr..
Tilden testified before the committee at New
York informs me that he was suffering from
Isuch severe cold that he could scarcely be
Iheardrby members OF the committee, and
that, he, showed much physical weakness.
His statements, however, were clear, and
made deep impression when fully under
stood -, c'9tlf - 1+' ';;i".- =. p
THE WAYS AND MEANS CoaDnTTEE--cUGAR.
The House to-day acceded to the: request
of the Ways and Means Committee made
through Mr.. .Woed, the chairman, that Feb
ruaryi 18th be devoted to the business Of
that committee: 1t also subsequently: on
motion Of Mr.. Robbins, Of North Carolina,
by a two-thirds vote agreed to fiS Thursday,
IFebruary 18th, for the consideration Of the
sugartarif.i aIu0a
THE REVENUE BHL-CHANGEs MADE By TIE
F. & Il SENATE FINANCE coMafTFEE. ~, q -
THE revenue bill reported Saturday by
Mr.. ,Bayard, has, been printed, and makes
tauite a volume. THE changes fromthe bili
rs it passed the House are MS follows: The
Esections in regard to the tobacco tax are to
Ego into. effect April 1st instead OF March
-4tb, as manufacturers desired. The export
ibornded warehouse section and the export
bonded factories section are both stricken
from the Senate bill The tax on snuff, as
already stated, is "a cents; cigars, Sc pei
Thousand, and cigarettes S1.75 per thou.
sand. Tobacco-men to-day, in commenting
on the great Increase in the manufacture: OIL
cigars and cigarettes, said thereare now an
tnualiy made in the United States: 2,000,:
100000 cigars ard 100000, goo cigarettes.
Or the 1O,0OO,OOO pounds of manufactured
tobacco exported annually Richmond and
Petersburg, it was stated, export !, 1000
pounds. Yonr correspondent asked how
much Leaf tobacco is exported from the
United States annually. aud the prompt
reply, was s244, ooo, 600 pounds.
| PERSONAL NEWS ITEMS. Z
], Mfr. Garfield was talking. to- ,Mr. Tucker
to- day when the vote was taken en- the re.
peal or the Jurors test oafh, Sci and he,
b. mistake, voted g . III asking y have
his vote corrected. :he informed THE Speaker
PECULIARLY thnt he was yatthe time surround
ed by evil Influences Charles o, Williams =
and Dr. Curry were at tue Capitol today,
and the latter occupied q seat in the Senate
whileg Senator ID cGreeryTs VAST speaking
Governor Brown, or Tennessee, vice resi
dent ii tiie Texas DC, IS very silek With
ipfianm amatory rheumatism. Or, Ben. John;
sion, al Rie6mond, is on brief visit e pig
father, Senatp ion, Johnston, Bisbee, OF Eiori
ida. is in his seat at Hast, after having done
III "a fhe neo,,le of Florida he