Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-17
THE BRISTOL P. 0.
Virginia Versus Tennessee Efforts
Therefor.
MAJOR ROBBINSS APPOINTMENT.
=, p,eases North Carolinians nj the Fed
eral Capitsl-Gencral Washing
ton News Notes.

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. March is--tspe-
clal) Representative Marshall called
oya,n this morning at the Post-ohice De-
,,or,r,cn, 20 try TO arrange the Bris-
tol postmastership, and Senator'S Daniei
and Hunton went with him. Senators
rafe and Harris. Of Tennessee, were
,lso there. but as Il was Cabinet day Mr..
rlsscn could not hear the case. He nSed
,o-rnorrow as the time for listening 70
the arguments. and the same gentlemen
will 4. on hand Mr.. Marshall insists
that the appointment ought TO 80 to a
Democrat on the Virginia side OF the line
as the Tennessee people have had the
oglce ever since Andrew Johnson was
PRESIDENT. The Representative from the
Ninih District has made n hard fight for
hts Virginia constituents. and II the game
IS los, 4, viii not be his fault. Mr.. Mar
.han has recommended w. A. RAIDER for
the appointment, and he Is we'll backed
Is leading Democrats at Bristol and
in Washington county. 1t is believed Mr..
Bissu. after hearing the statements Of
both sides. will be prepared TO act next
week.
OLD POINT AFFAIRS
Representative Tyler IS energetically
seeking TO have the Senate change the
item in the foriihcations bill 50 as to give
tAe civilian propcrty-owners OF Fort Mon
Toe the rights they ask for in connection
with improvements there. AS the law now
stands the prOpcrty-owners are not pro-
perry dealt with and the Secretary OF War
has Il In his power TO make orders that
bear heavily upon them. They are per
f,ctly willing to pay their proportion OF
The expenses, but they want the law 10
So read that they can know what assess
In,nts are to be charged up against them.
EN-CongrcSsm man Robbins. Of Statesville.
y. C.. has been appointed member Of
thc Gettysburg Commission to succeed the
late General Forney, OF Alabama. The
position is worth $40 a day. ar. Robbins,
10 will be remembered, was vigorously
pressed last year for the consul-goncral-
ship To Havana. and the consulate at Dun
dee was offered him. and he declined ii.
The North Carolinians here are very glad
&. know that ne has been recognized again.
COLONEL HOGE'S FLOP.
The announcement in the morning pa
p-rs that Colonel J. Hampton Hoge had
gone over TO the Republican party caused
some talk among the Nrsin.ans here,
buf II was not a total surprise, as he
intimated when last in the city that he
would decline TO act any longer with the
Democrats, but 10 was generally sup
posed ne would take an independent
shoot"
captain G. W. u. Hale. of Franklin
county. was among Virginia visitors TO-
day II is said ne Is not nVerse 10 beng
the Populist candidate for Congress IN
the Fifth District If the party VIII nomi-
nate him.
The Virginia contested election case OF
Goode vs.. Epes will probably not be ar
aued until about the middle Ot next
month 40
Among North Carolina visitors in inc
citv TODAY were Colonel Julian ;. carr
OF Durham: NJ. J. Turner of High Point
who was one of the candidates Tor post
master AT that place; and Colonel Gibbs.
~ HYDE county the Egypt Of the Ola
North State.
SEIGN1ORAGE BILL
Como ~ the Virginia and North Caro-
lima members have received letters when
tudicatr a strange desire Oh the part al
~, writer's that the President VIII approve
~ t.land s.igniora.e bill. 1t is a popu-
lar measure in both states, and was sup
,,,rted s1Idly by all the Senator's anu
REPRESENTATIVES, from Virginia and North
postnasters Of the fourth class were
onDspted for North Carolina to-day as
Antnuia. Cumberland county. Margaret
4 McDufnc. vice Alexander McDuiile'
dad. Carlos. Cumberland county, W. B'
nav vice william Hatcher. resigned; Has
I'm. Beaufort county, \. L. OVertoh' wee
l.. A. Harrison. resigned; SklhheIs'ilIe'
Washington county. J. Marrass. vice j.
s Norman. resigned.
4 u,st-ofiice to be known as West RAJ
iirh has beeI. established in Wake coun-
~ C., with Benjamin $. SKIM as
postmaster.
North Carolina post-Oi,ices have been or
dcred discontinued as follows:
Duney. Robeson county; mail 10 Mill
proug. Esht;tol. Orange county; ma'l to
oaks. Faith. Rowan county; mail to
Rock Leo, Stanley. mail to Smiths tord.
Lumsforl. Johnston county mail TO
Iiarcs Storv. Randalsville, Robeson
county, mail to Millprong.
MR.. BLANKENSHIP.
4 favorable report was made by the
Iuus>. Committee on Naval Affairs to-day
ON a bill introduced by Representative
Wise 20 place John VI. Blankens hip on the
retired list as an ensign Blankenship
having impaired his health while in the
line OF duty.
General Dabney II. Maury, of Virginia
S. in the city
Additional Virginia arrivals: ID. j. Il.
Adams and c. V. Clash, Richmond; T.
o. woodward. W +. Oberndorf, and W.
Hofheimer. Norfolk; J. O. Hirshberg and
George Trtmble Newport News; James
A. Cochran, Folly Mills; X. +. Hughes,
Hot Springs
Additional North Carolina arrivals: j.
W. Copeland. Statesville: Mrs. +. q. Hun
,rrfori. Hunguford, Mrs. +. S. Bowie.
wilmington.