The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-02
Chinese are the most easily-governed pcople
in the world. and that their coming to tails
puntrv win work no harm TO anybody.
ppIrr NEWS ITEMS.


IN tho world. and that their coming to tai,
country will work no harm TO anybody.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
Senator salisbury to-day expressed tho
hope while speaking that the President
would veto the bill placing General Grant
on the rctiredlist of the army
There are actually people In Washington
who think that General Duncan Walker,
who I. rho most stawart OF Democrats, has
been appointed to place In the Treasury
DEPARTMENT. II Is another Walker.
The Census Bureau has further reduced
il force by discharging one hundred and
forty more employees.
The President has positively declined to
interfere i'm the cases OF the scouts SEN
fenced to be hanged Friday in Arizona.
Ex-senator Bruce and party OF Missis-
sippi Republicans called on the President
this afternoon.
The President has withdrawn the name
OF r. +. Gallagher, nominated for Consul
at Rio.
Two hundred and seven thousand dol
las in national bank notes were received
at the Treasury to-day for redemption.
Government receipts to-day: Customs.
s147,7j1: internal revenue, s26j,3ll.
There is a rumor that Mr.. kirkwood is 10
retire from the Interior Department, and
Mr.. Howe TO succeed him. Then that
W. l.. Chandler will succeed Howe as
Postmaster General.
Associated Press Reports 10 the Dispaich.l
GOVERNMENT RELIEF FOR LOUISIANA FLOOD
MISREPRESENTATION MINERAL LANDS TO
BIZ SOLD FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The Secretary
OF War to-day issued instructions 10 the
officers in charge VI the CommiSSary De
partmcnt at New Orleans to communicate
at once with the commissioners appointed
bv Governor McEnery, 50 that the desired
relief may be offered to sufferers by the
floods in Louisiana with rs little delay rs
possible.
The House Committee on Mines and
Mining agreed to-day TO report TO the
House a substitute for the bill which cX-
cludcs Alabama from the provisions OF the
act which allows certain mineral lands to
be disposed Of ~ agricultural lands. The
substitute proposes to include Alabama in
the operation Of the act. The committee
also agreed 10 report TO the House fayora-
bly bill To prevent any but the owners OF
a mining claim from cutting timber on said
claim.
NATIONAL DEBT STATEMENT.
WASHINGTON. March 1.-The debt state
ment issued To-day shows decrease Of the
public debt during the month OF Feb
ruary to be 9,1S3. j00.G3; cash i'm treasury,
S2j2,Gl7.GfS.l7; gold certificates outstand-
ing, -. ISIS. 120; silver certificates outstand-
ing, SG1i,4 $50; certificates Of deposit out
standing. S11.jj0.000; rounding certiii-
cafe. SjiG.4jO; legal tender, outstanding,
S3lG.GS1 .0lG; fractional currency outstand-
inc, S7.OGj.S77.G7, and cash balance availa-
bic, Sl55, III ,33S.S6.
BOUNTY or COLORED TROOPS UNCLAIMED TO
BE AFPLIED TO SOUTHERN CoLoEED INsTI-
TUTES.
WASHINGTON. March 1.-The House Com
mittcc on Education and Labor decided to-
day TO make adverse report to the House on
the bin which had been referred 10 them
providing foI the disposition Of unclaimed
bomty-money due colored soldiers by ap-
plying it TO the support OF certain c0lored
institutions in the South.
NOMINATIONS.
WASHINGTON. March 1.-The President
TO-DAY nominated l.. J.. Lewis United States
attorney FOR the Eastern district OF Viz
GINA; James VI. Torble. collector OF GUS
toms for the district OF Pensacola, Fla. and
Mathew i. Rue, postmaster at Norfolk. Va.