The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-03-02

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18th and the early morning Of the 29,h OF
Augustine being, as have remarked. lost
In the woods the night before; and from
this misfortune, having no other command
than that he was able to exercise over him..
self and the single orderly accompany .nv
him.
tbs TESTIMONY or POPE AND M'r>owEII.
The Senator said In coadetnuir 4 Genera,
Porter the cour,.martial unique ,,icuably &C.
cepted as true the testimon . Of General
Pope and the opinions Of 9 ,enersl Mellow.
ell, and other witnesses. r. e,a,iye TO the pres.
ence and position Of I..ongsweevs forces.
That testimony and t'sose opinions are all
to one purpose-to grove that Longstreet's
force was far away from the field Of battle
OF the 2aih OF August, spd totally beyond
supporting dis .ance Of Jackson, then con.
fronting the fight wingsoi Pope's army.
This belief General Pope expresses In one
OF his dis ,satcbes, when ne says, The indi.
cations ere that the whole force Of the enc
my is moving at pace that will bring him
here by tomorrow night (30th) or next
day."
When General Pope was writing this dis
patch, on the morning OF the Goth, the ene-
my OF which he wrote even then was gath
eting on the field In front o: him.
At the close Of his speech Senator Ran
dolph was congratulated by his friends.
General Logan will speak tomorrow in re-
ply.
PERSONAL NEWS ITEMS.
Senator Johnston to-day withdrew the
paper which purported 10 be the applca-
Mr.. Nicholas wrote him that bis vile did
not want to vote, aud did not have any dis
abilities that she wished removed. Some
one had imposed on the Senator. Senator
Edmunds introduced a bill to increase the
police force OF the District to $50. Messrs.
Bright, of Tennessee, and Updegraff. OF
Ohio, delivered temperance addresses at
Lincoln Hall yesterday afternoon. Messrs.
James 4. Patton, prosecuting attorney OF
Monroe county, and John Hereford,
brother OF Senator Hereford, are here.
Senator Withers introduced a bill to
incorporate the Union and Potomac
Railway Company, Of Washington. The
Committee on Naval Affairs to-day in
strucied Mr.. Goode to report bill giving
the fees for dockage OF private vessels going
into the Government docks at nayy-yards
to the yards. Now these fees go to the
Treasury. The fact that Senators Cameron
aud Conking were taking together to-day
made antiGrant Republicans shake their
heads. Mr.. Blaine was in his seat to-day,
but very quiet. Senator Wallace, who is
for giving the star service more than the
House bill appropriates, says If the Of
ticers OF the Department have done
wrong they should be punished, but be
does not think the people ought to be de-
pryed OF mail facilities. Senator Hoar
made a speech to-day on the Geneva award.
General Barnes, Of Texas, made an argu-
ment before the Senate Committee on Rail-
roads to-day in favor OF his San Antonio and
Lerado railroad. General Fitz John Porter
was at the Capitol to-day. Major Charles L.
Green, of Rhode Island, has been nominated
collector at st. Mary's, Florida. Secretary
Evarts and Postmaster-General Key were at
the White HOUSE to-day. Benjamin Upton,
Jr., has been nominated collector for the
Tappahannock district.
| WHAT is SAID OF ALASKA.
| The Senate Committee on Territories
favors giving Alaska sort OF government.
A gentleman, who visited it last summer,
says there are not 700 white people there.
The japanese current which makes the
climate on the coast temperate, also brings
with it almost perpetual rain or fog. Con-
sequently he found on the top OF hills
marshes, and says the land will not mature
grain, &c. The Tents, who profess the re-
ligion of the Russian church, number 5000,
and are by courtesy, he says, called civil
lized. They make their living by catching
seal, and sea offers, and live chiefly on
blubber.
SUPERVISORS OF CENSUS.
III the Administration had determined to
nominate those recommended by the con-
gressional delegation Of Virginia for super
visors OF census in the Norfolk and Lynch:
burg districts their names would have been
sent in by this time, 1t is thought. The Vir-
GINA members have received no intlmation
from General Walker as to what be intends
to do.
WHAT Is SAID OF JUDGE FIELDS OPINION.
The decision of the Supreme Court TO-
day was that Judge Rives in indicting Judge
Coles exercised constitutional authority
under the act OF Congress. Judge Field
delivered a powerful dissenting opinion,
which was concurred in by Judge Clifford.
He said he could not speak with modera-
ton OF the position taken by the majority
of the court; that logically the decision
wonld lead to an assertion on toe part OF
| Congress of power to punish the Legisla-
tures of States for passing laws 10 regard
TO the equality OF the races, and Governors
for excepting them. Such an exercise OF
mower could never have been contemplated
by the amendments. There is good deal
of talk tonight in congressional circles
about il, and Mr.. Tucker is unqualified in
his praise of it, Mr.. Springer, of Illinois,
saws there is material for presidential
campaign 10 it.
A CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS.
Mr.. John w. Woliz to-day resigned his
position in the Treasury Department, and
has gone TO Fredericksburg TO declare him.
self candidate for Congress in that dis