The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-21
airy States and that the Congress Of
the Unitad States hnva received assIlrances

airy States; and that the Congress OF
the United States have received assurances
and are assured that the people of Virginia,
and especially those heretofore in insured
ton, have renounced oil claim of any right
Of secession in State, and are now well
disposed to the Government of the United
States, and will support and defend the
Constitution thereof and carry out the pro-
visions and requirements of the Constitll-
ton submitted by the reconstruction acts
of Congress and ratified BY the people Of
Virginia in letter and in spirit. The joint
resolution declares the State Of Firgin'
entitled to representation in the Congress
CURED upon the motion of Mr.. Farnsworth
to suspend the rules. Mr.. Farnsworth and
Mr.. Eldridge called for the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered. The ques-
ton was then taken by yeas and nays, and
1t resulted In the negative-yeas, 60; nays,
1o5; not voting, 40, as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Adams, Archer, ArSell,
Beck, Biggs, Bingham, Bird, Burr, Calkin,
Cox, Crebs, Deweese, Dickinson, Dox,
Eldridge, Farnsworth, Fitch, Getz, Greene,
Griswold, Holdeman, Hambleton, Hamill.
Hawkins, Hcaton. Hill. Holeman, John
son, Alexander Il. Jones, Thomas L. Jones,
Kerr, Ketcham, Knott, Latin, Lash, Mar
shall, Mayhan, Mccormick, McNeely, Nor
gan, Mungen, Niblack, Poland, Potter,
Randall, Reeves, Rice, Rigers, Joseph s.
Smith. Worthington C. Smith, Stone, Stra-
der, Swami. Sweeny. Turner, Trimhle, Van
Trump. Voorhees,, Wells, Eugene NJ. Will
son, Winchester, Wood, and Woodward
50.
NAYs-Messrs. Allison, Amber, Arm
strong, Aspen. Baily, Beaman, Beatty.
Benjamin, Benton, Bowles, Bowen, BOYD,
George NJ. Brooks, Buck, Buckley, Buftin-
ton, Burchard, Burdett, Benjamin T. But
Ter, Roderick R. Butler, Cessna, Churchill,
Clarke, Amasa Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Con-
ger, Cullom, Dickey, Dixon, Donley, Du-
val, Ella, FERRIS, Ferry, Finkleburg, Fisher,
Hale, Hamilton, Hawley, Hay, Eoar, Hoge,
Hooper, Hotchkiss, Ingersoll, jerks,
Judd, Kelsey, Knapp, Lawrence, Lo-
gan, Longheridge, Maynard, Mccarthy,
McCray, Mercer, Elisham Fl. Moore, Jesse
Fl. Moore, William Moore, Daniel J. Nor
rell, Samuel P. Morrell, Myers, Negeley,
O'Neill, Ortiz, Packard, Packer, Paine,
Palmer, Peters, Phelps, Pomeroy, Prosser,
Sanford, Sargent, Sawyer, .schenck, Sco-
field, Shanks, Porter Sheldon, John A.
Smith, William j. Smith, William Smgth,
Starkweather, Stevens, Stevenson, Stores,
Stoughton, Strickland, Tafe, Townsend,
Twichell, Tynder, Epson, Van Horn, Cad
wallader, G.. Washburne, Walker, Wheeler,
Whittemore, Nilkerson, Williams, John T.
iilson, Williams, and Witcher-1C5.
Not VoT1NG-Messrs. Ames, Arnold,
Banks, 3. w. Blair, James Brooks, Coke,
Cleveland, Clinton, L. Cobb, Cowles, Davis,
Doves, Dockery, Dyer, Fox, Garfield, Gill
follan, Golladay, Haight, Ha7es, Hctlin,
Hoag, Hopkins, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg,
Lynch, GIcGrew, Morrissey, Reading,
Roots, Schumacher, Lionel \. Sheldon,
Sherrerd, Slocum, Stiles, Strong, Feliman,
Van Auken, Ward, William B. Washburn,
aud Willard--43.
So two-thirds not voting in favor thereof,
the motion to suspend the rules was not
agreed to. WALLACE.
Troops for FIor!ia-Forced Collection
OF The Revenue.
The Secretary Of War had Il lengthy in
tcrvew with the President this morning
relative to affairs in the South. 1t was de-
termincd to send troops to Florida at once,
in accordance with the solicitation Of the
dispatches, and also to supply Commissioner
Delano with aid in the way of troops i'll ell
forcing the collection OF revenues. The
necessary orders were transmitted to Gene
raj Sherman from the War Office this after
noon to designate and order troop, for SER
vice at once, but the order will be modified
50 as to give aid to the revenue officers in
accordance with General Sherman suggcs-
tons, mentioned in these dispatches last
night.
Internal Revenue Decision.
Commissioner Dclaro has decided tha,
bitters and all other alcoholic compound:
put up and sold as medicines, and properl!
stamped as such under Schedule c, inter
nal laws, are to be treated as medicines
and not as spirituous liquors. Persons art
not liable to special taxes rs liquor dealers
by reason of selling them.
Interview between the President ant
Texas Radicals.
Several Radical representatives Of TeXa
had an interview with the President to-day
The latter expressed pleasure at their sue
cess in the late elections, and hoped to SET
| Texas admitted IS a State in a short time.
WALLACE.
| Miscellaneous.
The carpet-bagger Clark, congressman
at hotel in this city in gloriication Of hi
election.
Hon. Fernando Wood had house-warm
ing in his new residence tonight, at whicl
were present Chief Justice Chase, Sccretai,
Fish, and others of note.
Minister Motley's instructions, recent
forwarded to him, are substantially re
production OF Summers arguments on tn
Alabama claims question, only differing i
slight notifications, and turning down {
sharp corners Of Summers Grafton.
WALLACE.
virginia RaconstructiOn-A SOU
Carolina Carpet.EaS Radical TIE
his Aanu.
Mr.. Whittemore, Of South Carolina,
member Of the Reconstruction Commute
of the House, offered the following bill Il
day which, at his request, was referred t
the Reconstruction Committee:
"a BILL prorid'n3 for redssemb!tng tn
| Legislature Of Virginia and administer
! II az IL IN,