The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-16
.Alrs HsldEicks q dinner Isrt at bis house
Tomorrow evening, and a Number Of Dem.
.ocrasic senators MD others are Invited.

House VIII determine, whether there are
Sufficient grounds forinYestigaifng the man:
Iagement OF the Soldiers Home near. Hamp.
ton. Tie principal parties mixing The
charges iare Knight, an inmate Of. the insti.
tuition, and. General Heine, no was once
In Libby. General Butler, who Is the nrc-.
sident, says that Haight has been making
these charges for years, and TINT they have
been more than once Investigated. 81, .,z
TOBACCO IN TIE SENATE MINORITY OFT
;2E,t ,s,s..,-r P0R 16 CENTS. . 4'.3 t t5,,as.
It's stated to-day by those who have the
best means Of knowing that MIR. Morrill, is
the only member Of the, Senate Finance
Committee who is for "a cents; that Messrs.
Jones Of Nevada, Bayard, and Voorhees, are
for .1G cents, and 5Iessrs. Dawes, Herman,
Allison, Wallace, and Ferry for 90 cents.
This being so, there will be a majority re-
port for 20 cents and q minority for 36
cents; and as the vote Id The Senate will be
first on the minority report, reduction
as proposed by the House will at the onset
Of the fight in the Senate have n fair,
square show. A telegram from Cincinnati
tonight states that the tobacco-men OF That
city are very much! excited OF the reports
that have reached them and at the delay OF
the committee in reporting. The friends
Of reduction here are. feyerish for q report.
-. THE SOUTH CAROLINA sLSAToRsHIp..
I have the very best Republican authority
for stating that the Republicans have given
up all hope OF unseating Senator Butler and
seating Corbin, because they say they have
tried in vointo secure the assistance OF Sem
ator Patterson and others. It is even
charged that the Hot-Springs scandal was
gotten up in the hope that they could there
by get control Of Conover, but it proved
signal failure.
EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE SENATE.
At II o'clock tonight there is much curl
osi'y to know the details OF what occurred
in the Senate this afternoon, but senators
are reticent beyond precedent. A western
senator says there was music i'll the air, and
a heap OF it. 1t is known that in response
to request from the Committee on Com
ulerce to furnish their reasons why Arthur
IL Co., Of New York, were removed, the
President and Mr. sherman communicated
the information to the Senate and not to the
committee, and hence the executive session.
The reasons were OF general character
viz, that they were not the persons to
carry out the reforms the Administration
had decided on. Lord Roscoe Immediately
got on one Of his highest horses and made
it hot for the officials at the other end OF the
avenue.
HIr. Thurman came to the rescue, and
said be felt it his duty to defend the gentle
man from Ohio, who happened now to be
President. Dir. Edmunds called Mr. Conk-
ling to order, and also took the part Of Secre-
tary Sherman and the President, and in re-
ply. Conking said he did not speak OF the
President, but Of Mr.. Hayes, and that il he
modified his remarks it would be more
from respect for the sensitive nerves Of the
Vermont Senator than for the officials rs
sailed by him. The Conkling- Hayes war
commences brilliantly, and confirms all
your correspondent has predicted in regard
to 1t.
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
The Democratic caucus to-day appointed
committee of seventh. Thurman chair
man-to report in regard to the Edmunds
| resolutions for the enforcement OF the four
teenth and fifteenth amendments. Also. a
committee of three-Scnator Morgan chair
man-to report in regard to The repeal OF the
statutes requiring the. test-oath OF jurors.
They say to-day that Mr.. Everett, secre-
tary to the late Minister to Germany, has a
good chance OF being his successor.
Reports reach the department that there
are " Moonshiners" in Wisconsin.
.Advices state that the Mexican Govern
ment will take part in entertaining the
American eXcurSionists from Chicago now
en- route for the city OF Mexico. o.
There are fifty applicants for the position
OF CoDsul-General to Mexico. /.
The President sent the nomination Of j.
Fl. Bibb rs postmaster at the University Of
Virginia to the Senate to-day.
Chief Joseph was at the Interior Depart
ment to-day, and by all means ought to
visit Howard University. -.
Justice Hunt, OF the Supreme Court. is
no better, and they still say that il he dies
Stanley Matthews is to be his successor.
Associated Press Reports by telegraph to the Dis
patch.l
RAILROAD COMMUNICATION WITH MEXICO.
WASHINGTON, January 15.-1l the House
to day Mr.. Phillips, OF Kansas, presented Il
petition to open railway communication be-
tween the United States and Mexico. cspe-
cially urging that survey be made by the
Secretary Of War from Austin to Topic
vampa bav, Gulf Of California. The
Mexican Minister has written Il letter to
Dir. Phillips strongly favoring the above
scheme. He expresses the opinion that the
Mexican Government VIII be willing to
assist in making the preliminary survey.
NoMINATIoN-o OTHER ITEMS.
WASHINGTON, January 15.-Among the
nominations to- day was that OF John Ii.
Bibb at the University of Virginia.
Speaker Randall has appointed Mr.. Ack-
len, of Louisiana, to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned by the death OF Mr.. Schleicher, on
the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The board OF experts who visited Men,
phis and New Orleans TO examine into the
canse Of the ycllow-fever, and what, ii any
thing. can be done to prevent recurrence
thereof, having returned to this city, COM
menced to-day summing up their labors. 1t
will be several days before their report can
be ready.
The United States steamer Pensacola ar
rived at Guatemala December Goth. The
Ticondcroca arrived at Funchal, Madeira,
December oath. and left on the both for ST.
ezra Leone. The health Of the officers and
crew is good. .:tr q.g.; u! "a. .....,.