The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-07
Warrington.


u,sFNGrox. April 6.-The Ways and
-. Committee gave hearing to-day to
,',--,,ions Of the New York and Boston
'A.,ohers Of Commerce. and Mr.. Eaton, Of
- York. consumed the eUtire session in
.,,uiug No the present system OF collecting
-,aoue. Members were forced to say
asi,e listening TO him that according to his
A,aioe the practices Of revenue officials
:, .,mply outrageous, and require imme-
,..,, reformation. For instance, he said an
;,,co,,er at New York furnishes an APP
,,,i.er an invoice Of goods which cost him
dollar yard, aud this officer shows It TO
,,hsr merchants, who say that the material
I worth more than that. This appraiser and
ore NJ these merchants pass upon the case,
and II they agree, their decision is final. III
they disagree. however, then the collector
GANGS ia and decides. There will be an
o,her hearing given this delegation to-mor-
,,w. when other members will be heard in
,vnlanalion Of the machinery OF the reve-
rne system. There is q bill before the COM
mrtee TO simplify the collection OF revenue.
uis seldom the case that speech makes so
profound an impression upon this commit
Zee as that Of Mr.. Eaton did to-day. He I'M
dsrstood what be was talking about.
rBg SUBCOMMITTEE AT LAST READY TO RE-
PORT or SUGAR.
The subcommittee on Sugar is ready to
1. 81 81
ana, is called away by The extreme illness
Of bis brother. it will be delayed for seven
dlgs. that be may be present.. The report
ssreed upon is only objected to 10y General
Garfield on one point, and that is the duty
Oh sugar under :. 1t is thought the full
committee will be nearly unanimous for il.
TIE report makes the duty on Melado
lS0, now 1874; on sugar under Z,
29l, now 2.lS; between and Is, $50;
the duty cow is between I and 10, $50,
snd between 10 and Is, Isl; between IS
and Is, PSI, now 3.44; between 16 and
90. S.i7, now CO; above 90, 3.67, now Sc.
Sugar under I must test So; if it test over
that, it will be placed in the class above I.
OTHER TARIFF MATTERS.
Hoop-iron will be taken up by the full
committee on Thursday. 1t is evident that
tie vote on the Townshend bill in the
House yesterday to make salt and paper
free has inspired the tariff reformers with
fresh hopes. and that they will renew their
exertions IN behalf of the proposed modifica-
tons OF the tariff now before the Ways and
Means Committee.
PERSONAL NEWS ITEMS.
Colonel John X. Popham was at the
Capitol to-day. General Burnside made q
speech in the Senate to-day in favor OF re-
firing non.cOmmlssioned officers Of the
army after thirty years service, and Sen
stOr Pendleton spoke in favor OF the Ute
bill. / asked a leading Field man to-day
who would be nominated at Cincinnati, and
he replied, Either Field or Seymour"
MajOr Richard Lodor has been assigned
TO duty at the Artillery School, Fortress
Monroe. Mr.. VOORHEES, will deliver q
Gretnback speech this week. The Presi-
dent to-day signed the bill for the protec.
ton Of the Potomac fisheries. Mr.. X. t.
Merrick today moved in the Circuit Court
TO strike the Raymond-HiIl case from the
calendar, and toe Court took time TO con-
slider the motion. W. A. Mcdonald, Of
Richmond, is here.
WHAT A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE SAYS OF
LYACBBURG.
The report OF the House Committee en-
Public Buildings In favor OF the erection
OF a public building at Lynchburg says that
during the last ten years its population has
doubled, and that the business OF the city Is
annually Increasing. The receipts for in
lernal revenue last year were nearly two
millions, and The total for fifteen years Is
si5,OO0,000. The committee quote from
judge Rives, who says that nowhere in his
district are court accommodations so bad as
al Lynchburg. The bill will pass Congress.
The PAsUNKEY AND MATTAPOSI BRIDGES.
Dir. Beck's bill provides that the bridges
10 be built by the Richmond and South
western Railroad Company across the Pa
munkey and Mattaponi rivers shall have
oraw.bridges over the channel OF each
hyer OF not less than forty feet, which shall
De promptly opened for boats, except when
'he ears are passing over. These bridges
cannot be built, however, uniil the Secre-
Iary OF War has approved OF the plans fur
hlshed biD, accompanied by full informa-
lion. lie Will also subject the company TO
snea regulations as will secure the naviga-
lion OF the rivers named. The bridges con-
strueted under Mr.. Beck's bill must be law
iui structures, aud shall be recognized as
pOst-routes.
srEbcH in BEHALF OF THE MEXICAN
VETERANS.
Mr.. Taylor, Of Tennessee, In bis speech
10 behalf Of the survivors OF the Mexican
war; who ought long ago 10 have had u
pension granted them by the Government,
alluded TO the fact that four-fiffhs Of the
"en who fought from the Rio Grsnde 10
Tue City OF Mexico have gone to their long
aones, and tina, most OF the officers have
'aafed similar fate. The farming lands
"lbe territory acquired by their valor, he
sa'd, are now WORTH $500. 100000, and the
Observation-Disclosures and domestic-of Cali
'''nia sud Texas, to say nothing o. Arizona
aoo New Mexico, amounts annually to one
aahored millions each. In conclusion, he
.''a: III tbe;e is one spark OF humanity
=. - u, oneibrob OF patriotic love aud sympa'
Wy 10 our hearts, one puIsation Of pride IN
our eouBtry's glorious past, we cannot