The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-17
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INSTITUTIONS OF THE sOUTu-PERsoNAL-
Mr.. sgYNoUG--pR. CABELL APPOINTED ST.
PERvlsOR or CENSUS FOR THIS DISTRICT
VARIOUS ITEMS.
From our Regular Correspondent
WAsHINGTON, January i6.-General
Beale's report on the propagation of salt
water fish expresses the views Of the ma
jority Of the Commerce Committee, who do
not think it adv isable at present to egislate
on the subject The paper is an interesting
one, and contains statistics going TO show
the extent Of the manufacture Of fish-oil
aud iish-manures. la 1878, 767, no, $50 Men,
laden herring were taken, from which
3.S09. 1873 gallons OF oil were extracted and
| IS. 164 tons OF manure made. In addition,
1887 tons Of fish were dried. The value
Of the oil was SLIP, 100, and Of the fish
guano S977,734. The number Of facto-
ries engaged in this enterprise were 81,
giving employment to 1887 men, GA
steamers, and go sailing vessels. 1t APP
pears from the custom-bouse receipts that
while in 1877, 12,SS4 barrels OF oil were
shipped TO foreign countries, 23.Sl5 bar
rels were sent abroad in 1873. General
| Beale says some controversy and much
! legislation has grown out Of this new in-
dustry in every State from Virginia to
Maine, but no branch Of Industry in the
worlds history has achieved greater re-
suits. OF this industry in Virginia, be says
since 1860, along the shores OF the Chesa-
peake below the mouth OF the Potomac, a
number OF quite rude manufacturing estab
lishmcnts have been erected, in which the
alewile IS boiled down, the oil pressed out
by mechanical action OF steam or human
power, and the refuse, consisting OF the
solid parts of the fish, thrown into bulk and
sold in It's raw state direct TO the farmers or
the manufacturers Of agricultural manutcs
for combination with other substances. The
minority Of the committee reported in ia
vor Of bill regulating the capture OF these
f>h.
AID FOR The COLORED INSTITUTIONS OF THE
SOUTH.
After being before Mr.. q )ode's Commit
tee on Education and Labor yesterday, to-
day General Armstrong, OF the Hampton
Normal School; Professor &. c. Pointer,
of Fisk University; Dr.. Harvey, of How
ard University; Professor j. G, Fee. Of
Berea College, Kentucky; and Professor
Bower, of Lincoln University, went be-
fore the Senate committee and urged that
the interest on the amount held by the Gov
ernment and due for bountes unclaimed
bv colOred soldiers shall lie annually d.
yided among the leading c0lOred nstitu-
tions. They further advocated the bill in
troduced by Mr.. Goode in the House and
Mr. Hoar in the Senate to divide the pro.
ceeds OF the public lands for ten years
among the States for educational purposes.
They also ask that the receipts OF the Patent
Office shall be devoted to the same pur-
pose. These gentlemen are very much in
earnest, and left the Senate committeeman
only to discuss the matter with individual
members. | asked General Armstrong in
regard to the Indians he is educating at
Hampton, and he says the experiment is
proving highly successful.
DULL TINES AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
There was no session of the Senate to-
day, and but few committee meetings. This
rendered the north wing OF the Capitol
lonely. In the House they were engaged
/, on private bills, most Of which were only
interesting TO the claimants, and the visit
ors 10 the gallery were confined to a large
extent 10 colOred people who were tired,
and strangers who thought it would never
do 10 leave Washington without seeing one
branch OF Congress in session. The post
office OF the House looked little more
lively, however, to Richmond man, as
Colonel Ordway, Major Frank Turner,
Louis +. BOsSieuX, James II. Fisher, Judge
Nowlin, Waller Sydnor, and others well
known in your city, were talking over
Richmond matters.
PERSONAL NEWS ITEMS.
Senators Gordon, Johnston, Withers,
Rollins, Hamlin, and Others were in the
House to-day Mr.. HoXsey's friends seemed
certain even This morning that be would be
nominated for supervisor OF census from
the Richmond district, and were slow 10 be-
lIeye that DR.. CabelI, the efficient head Of
your board OF health, would be the man.
| As soon as this was known the knowing
ones predicted that Republican would be
nominated from the Alexandria district. |
was right in reporting BriStOw, Boiling, and
Ayres as having been agreed upon. Mr..
Shellabarger counsel for Mr. Kellogg, and
Judge Merrick, had a spirited discussion in
the Election Committee to-day on Kel-
| lOgg's proposition that after all of
the testimony is in lie shall be per-
mitled 10 testify In his own behalf.
General Johnston was again in his seat to-
day. Judge Davis, of the Judiciary Com
mitee, when told that the strong-mnded
women would rally in full force in his COM
mttee-room Mondiy, remarked, with a
broad smile, Then Thurman must put on
his war pant" General Bragg, Of Wis.,
consin, hear, created a stir in the War
Claims Committee OF the House to-day by a
proposition which, il carried ont, will cut off
most o! the claims. The subject will come
up at the next meeting Of the committee.
a good many Yirginilns here express great
pleasure al hearing that DIR. CabelPs name
Will be sent TO the Senate Monday as SUI
peryisor OF census. Mr.. Collins, OF the
Baltimore and Ohio road, and Mr.. Fink,
railroad commissioner, were before the
House Commerce Committee to-day, and
discussed the Interstate commerce bill.