The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-06
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Wa>btngton.
YORKTOWN CELEBRATION AND THE FRENCH
PE0PLK--ELECTORAL COUNT r. Solutions
PASSED BY Tue H0uSE-t SrORr TAX on
ToBACCO-FgEE BRIDGE OVER THE P0T0-,
MAC-POSTAL APPOINTAENTs-LOGA AND
TIE PENSION BILLIARDS ELATED-NEw
YORK MILITARY TO VISIT WChMOND-PER-
>ONAL, SC, az.
from our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, February ) The Senate
TO day took up the House resolution n-
wiling The French Government and people
TO participate in The Centennial celebration
AZ Yorktown next October. Senator Dawes,
OF Ma>s1chu. cts, by direction OF the COM
ml,ec. moved to amend by appropriating
! $50, 900 TO pay the expenses. senator
! Anthony said his only objection TO
J it was TINT the sum was too
small, and Senator Edmunds expressed
! 10 Senator johnston his concurrence IN
ill.,. Senator Cockrell. 81 Missouri,
was the only mcmher OF the senate who
showed any opposition TO il. This action
OF the Senate (Which The House Will concur
in) Will not orly add to the dignity Of the
celebration. but il viii relieve the congress
Sl0nll committee ii considerable expense.
\ Nrginian who heard the proceedings
remarked That Il tifst.ca.s New Englander
believes in doine things on progcr scale.
on motion Of Senator Iloar. u Massachu-
sets, The family Of General Lafayette were
specially invited to attend.
RESOLUTION OF TIE cornell OF PETERSBURG.
senator Wjthers to-day Land before tic
senate a resolution passed by tie Council
OF Petersburg asking that portion OF the
approp -iation made for the Improvement OF
the hppOmaioX river be- used for The I'M
provcment Of The barber Il Petersburg. 1t
went to The Senate Committee on Com
merce.
TIE CAFE FEAR RIVER.
4 peliiion 81 citizens Of North Carolina
in regard TO the Cape Fear river i now be-
fore TIE Senate Commerce Committee, II
which senator Rtnsom is chairman. II
seems that company claims control over
its navigation. and the petitioners ask that
navigation on il be made free.
the DEMOCRATIC Caucus ELECTOEAL COUNT
RESOLUTIONS.
The re.oluiiOn, adopted by the Demo-
cratic senatorial caucus in regard 10 the
electoral count next Wednesday, which
passed the senate the other day, passed the
House to-day. Speeches were made 10y
Mes,rs. Robson. Mcmahon, Hammond,
Spears. FELTON,. and Others. Mes>rs. Spears
and FELTON, r,thcr blamed The State auihor;-
ties OF Georgia for the electoral muddle in
that safe, but Mr.. Hammond explained
that il was 10y inadyertence that the proyl-
sion crept into the cOditcation Of the ac''
OF Assembly in 1860. The electoral-coun'
resolutions passed by the Senate yesterday
went to the House this afternoon. They
refer. it will be remembered, to the power
of the Vice president to count the clectora
vote.
THE BILLS TO REPEAL me TAX on BANK DE
POSTS. THE EXPORT OF TOBACCO, sc,
Mr.. Tucker and others are OF the opn
lou that the bills abOIishing the tax on bapl
deposits, bank checks, matches, paten
m, dicines, pcriumery, and The 10-cent cX
poit tobacco tax have good chance OF pass
ing the House and Senate. fad that TIE
tax on bank deposits now amounts to -,
900. 600. while that on bank capital Onll
am to 100000 There is no proba
bilitv OF the la>t.nJmcd tax being abolished
. NJ. KImball, The head Of the Tobacco Bu
reau OF the Internal Revenue Department
said to-day, in speaking OF the repea
OF the eXpOrt-tOhacco tax, that tber'
never was any necessity for this eXpor
stamp. inasmucb n the bond OF th
manufac urcr separated the tobacco gOna
out Of tue county from that which j. 10 b.
consumed IN il, and therefore prevented AM
possibility Of fraud against the Government
Vet this unconstitutional burden has beer
kent on the manufacturers Of Virginia FOL
thirteen wears. 1t is this useless restriction
ON tie eXnoIt Of manufactured tobacco
which has brought down the export Of tn
manufactured article 10 1000. 600 OF pound
as against over OO,0OO,O 600 Of pounds eX
ported 10 the raw leaf.
TIE FREE BRIDGE OVER THE POTOMAC.
After the conference OF The committees o
the two houses IN regard 10 the propO>e(
free bridge across The Potomac, think th'
bin which will pass will leave il to The Gov
eminent to purchase the Aqueduct bridge
nj GEORGETOWN. and that this will be done
so that the public ~ i'll have good free
bridge instead Of an inferior one with blgl
tolls.
Personal NEWS ITEMS.
senator G. +. Smith was al the Capitol to
dsy. and Me,srs. Tucker and Edmund
pendleton 90 to Baltimore tomorrow
TIE Republicans 10 not like the speech oi
Mr.. Conger on the Page case, and seen
sorry that he made 1t. Senator MaXey
Of Texas. was ~ his seat to-day
Ue was congratulated on his rejection by
brother members. The commission OF Mis-
/ Maggie Timbcrlake. the pew postmaster al
shadwell, Aibemarle county, was sent hel
to-day. J. A. Profit has been appointet
nostmaster for the new Office at Bethel
in the same county. A great many
letters have been received by virginia
members OF Congress asking in regard t(
post.route bids. / learned from The De
partment to-day that it will be two week
before the list will be made public. Tbt
WASHINGTON law firm OF Messrs. Miller a
Lewis-the last named formerly OF West
moreland. Va.-have brought suit against
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