The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-01-31
W ashfDgtOu.
FEDERAL AID FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
THE GENEyA-AwARD CLAINs--vIRGISIANs
IN wAsHINGTON-IIEUTEN NJ oyERSOR
LEwIs-THE NORFOLK PosTMAsTERsHIP-
THE THREE PER CENT. FUNDING BILLS


IN N-IIEUTESAST-OoyER OR
IEwIs-THE NORFOLK PosTNAsTERsHIP-
THE THREE PER CENT. FUNDING BILLS
PRESIDENTIAL PENSION.
from our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, January 3O.-EarIy In the
session there were number Of bills intro
duced making liberal provisions for public
schools. Among these that Of Senator
Blair, OF New Hampshire, attracted con-
siderable attention in Virginia. Itappro-
priated from the treasury Slj,00O,00O for
the first year, S14,0OO,0OO for the second,
and 80 on, diminishing the amount each
year by a million. The Committee on Ed
ucation has taken no action on either OF
these bills. but has reported Mr.. Morril's
bill, introduced few days ago, with
amendments. II will be remembered that
gave its provisions in brief. As agreed
upon in committee, it leaves out the net
proceeds Of the Patent Office and provides
that the net proceeds OF the sales Of public
lands aud one hall OF the amount received
by the Government from the Pacific rail-
roads, under act OF Nav, 1873, shall be ap-
portioncd TO the States, Territories, and
the District of Columbia, each year, on the
basis OF population between the ages OF
five and twenty years, and declares that
the total sum shall be set apart as an edu-
cational fund and entered upon the books
OF the Treasury TO the credit Of the fund,
and bear interest at the rate Of 4 per cent,
the interest on such educational fund only
to be paid for educational purposes Is pro-
vidcd in the bill. For the first ten years
this interest will be divided among the
States, &C., according to the number in
each above ten years who cannot read
and write. II is further provided
that third Of it may be used
by states. &C., for the more complete en-
dowment of agricultural and mechanical
colleges until the annual income accruing
to said colleges shall reach 5000 The
first apportionmcnt is to be made on or be-
fore the 3Oth OF June, 1882. Section sth Of
the bill provides that 80 per cent. Of the
first apportionment and 10 per cent Of sub
scqucnt appointments may be used by
States, &C., to build up normal schools. II
a state or Territory misapply any portion
OF its share. such State forieits all future
apportionmcntS until il has replaced the
full amount OF funds thus misappropriated.
This bill is in substance the same ~ that
which passed the Senate last session.
TIE GENEVA AWARD u THE SENATE.
Mr.. Edmunds to-day reported TO the
Senate bill to pay the Geneva award fund
10 the eXculpatcd cruisers. Mr.. IIoar
moved As an amendment the bill which
passed the House during the FOrty-ffth
, Congress, which provided for the payment
Of the eXculpatcd cruisers and the war pre-
miums. Mr.. Hale, Of Maine, proposed Is
an amendment the ill agreed upon the
other day by the House Judiciary Commit
tee, which provides for paying the cXcul-
pated cruisers the war premiums and the
u Der cent. claims. Senator Garland gave
notice that when the bill comes up for con-
sideration i'm the Senate he will oppose all
these claims, aud move to give the fund TO
the insurance companies. The bill and
amendments were ordered to be printed.
II il the old fight bstween the insurance
people and the insured, and it now looks as
il nothing viii be done.
PERSONAL NEWS ITEMS.
Colonel Richardson, Of Smyth, and state
Senator Bailey, Of the Abingdon district,
were at the Capitol to-day with Colonel
Fulkerson. asked prominent Republic
can Rcadjustcr what he knew, and he re-
piled. General Malone is talking over
Virginia matters with the President, and il
will not be difficult for him to have the
name Of Mr.. Nichols, nominated for post
master Of Norfolk, recalled" Governor
Cameron, Senator Rddlebergcr. and other
Readjusters are here. Lieutenant-Goy-
crnor Lewis, who intended to go to Rich
mond Saturday, changed his mind when he
heard the State Senate had adjourned until
wednesday. lie has gone home to attend
the marriage OF his daughter, which takes
place on Wednesday, February lst, and
will leave Rockingham for Richmond
the next day. He is not looking well.
The War Claims Committee OF the House
has reported adversely on the petition OF
Robert G.. Coleman, OF Fairfax. He voted
for the ordinance Of secession, but claims
TO have been loyal to the Union. While
Mr.. Morrill's bill only gives the interest on
the proceeds OF the sales Of the public
lands TO popular education, Hon. George
Wise's bill divides the principal among the
States. &C., annually. DR.. John j. Moran,
OF Fairfax, will on "Wednesday evening,
February 1st, deliver at the Congregational
church in this city lecture on Edgar Al
Ian Poe. DR.. Moran was physician to Poe
in his last illness. He will defend him
against the imputations Of miriendly BIZ
ographers.
CIvIL-sERvICE REFORM.
Senator German. OF Maryland, to-day
E presented n petition of large number Of
citizens Of Maryland, OF both political par
ties, who want subordinate officers OF the
Government selected by competitive eX-
animation, open to everybody. Similar
petitions have come from other States. An
employG Of the Government, who is IA
miliar with the questions required to be
answered by applicants for petty places
says the trouble about this proposed sys.
TEN OF ciyil-seryicc reform is that, while il
does not ascertain whether a minister Il
France understands word Of French oil
Cabinet minister can spell "separate " oil
cymlins," it compels an applicant for an
insignificant clerkship in a department tC
know the medical iurisDrudence OF Da