The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-25

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THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
Owing to the death OF Senator Carpenter
the river and harbor bill IS amended by III,
Senate Commerce Committee was not re-
ported to-day, but will he tomorrow.
Personal NEWS ITEMS.
by the substitution Of "latterp for "for.
mer" Mr.. Dezendorf was made to make q
remark or twoto me which were made by
Mr.. Jorpensen about their trip TO Mentor.
The error was not material, but prefer to be
correct 1t IN my report. Mr. George V. Case,
formerly OF Richmond, but now postmaster
at Liberty, Va, has been here for several
| days. lie called TO see Senator Conk-
| ling. Mr. Coneer led the flibusterins
| In the House to-day. General Fiiz. Lee
is in the city. DR.. Gray Latham and wife
were at the Capitol this afternoon. Col
lector Brady, OF Petersburg, is here. Murat
IIalstead. OF the Cincinnati Commercial Is
here. Ex-Governor Henry ID. Cooke, who
died this morning. was a native OF Ohio and
a Governor Of this District. A national
bank al LeesbUrg, Va, has declined to with
draw its circulation. Some Democrats here
are elaied that Hancock. re ceived more votes
than Garfield, II he did not carry more cleo
toral votes. Last Friday Senator Carpenter
called on the President. Ex.Mayor Wal
ZACH is seriously III with paralysis.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
Government receipts to-day: Internal
revenue. $3.50 576; customs, sl,253S05.
The President to-day signed the commits
sion Of Msjor Swaine as Judge-Advocate-
General Of the army.
Secretaries Goff and Ransey and Repre-
sentative Manning were among the visitors
to the White House tot day.
The weather was much more pleasant to-
day than last night.
The public debt has been reduced SS,0O0,-
900 during February.
Judge Jones, OF Dinwidde, is here.
Associated Press reports by telegraph TO The Dis
patch.I
THE FUNDING BILL.
WASHINGTON. February 24.-The House
Committee on WAYS and Means held meet
ing this morning and took under cOnsidera-
ton the funding bill as amended by the
Senate The bill was read By sections, and
several amendments were discussed and
acted upon. \ majority OF the Senate amend
mems were agreed 10, except the sentence in
| first section in regard TO the award OF bonds
Of the new per cent. loan 10 subscribers.
The committee adopted an amendment TO The
first section, providing in effect that bonds
shall be distributed in the order OF appl-
cation, without any scaling Of subscrip-
lions. Amendments were also adopted 10 see.
ton 4 OF the bill. TO authorize the Secretary
of The Treasury TO use from time TO time
not exceeding fifty million dollars at one
time of standard gold and silver coin
in the Treasury in the redemption q
} and per cent. hoods OF the United
States; also. 10 authorize the Secretary OF
the Treasury at any time TO apply the sur.
plus money in the Treasury not Otherwise
appropriated. or so much thereof Is he may
consider proper. 10 the purchase or re-
demption OF United States bonds or OF
Treasury notes, as authorized by this act.
An amendment was also adopted TO section
J, which extends the time from June 1T to
September 1t, when the banks must de-
post the new bonds exclusively to secure
their cIrcuIltlOn.
The committee will meet again tomorrow
TO take final action and instruct their chair
man in regard to the report to be made to
the House.
The sugar question was not considered
by the committee to-day.
DEATH OF HON. MATT. CARPENTER, SENATOR
FROM WISCONSIN.
WASHINGTON, February "a Senator Matt.
II. Carpenter, OF Wisconsin, died at his
residence, in this city, this morning.
Ex-Governor Henry d. Cooke died at his
residence, in Georgetown, this morning.
REDEMPTION OF UNITED STATES BONDS.
WASHINGTON, February 2i.--Untl fur
Their notice the Treasury Department will
redeem the bonds embraced within the one
bundred-andtir> call upon their presenta-
ton at the Department, with interest.