The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-04-21

| sumption Of specie payments, General Spin.
/ ner thinks that the Government could at any
time arrange matters so as to be able to re.
sumo specie payments In ninety days were
1t not for its endorsement Of the national
bank notes but the banks are not prepared
and they manifest no disposition to prepare
themselves for an honest resumption of spe.
Gle payments, and they will not until forced
| by Congress hence his desire for the adop,
ton of the pending funding bill.
The Legal.Tender Question.
Acknowledgement Hoar informed the
President at O'Clock to-day Of the unex.
pected turn the legal-tender question took
in the United States Supreme Court to-day
Judge Hoar had prepared himself for q
| full argument on the reopening of the ques.
ton. and expressed his surprise to the
President that the plaintiffs should have
withdrawntheir appeal as suddenly rs they
did to-day.
The President gave no opinion In the
NATTER. but expressed his regret that the
important question could not now be set.
tied definitely by judicial decision.
nisorderly Scenes in the House.
The House had remarkably turbulent
| session. The members were almost unman-
aScable. Speaker Blaine was continually
wrapping upon his table for order, but gene
rally to no purpose; for no sooner had he
silenced one noisy member than another
unruly person demanded correction. In the
contested election case of Sypher Is. St.
Martin, of the first Louisiana district. there
was a great deal Of excitement, and bad
blood was evinced at the taking Of votes to
seat and unseat sypher, who in less than
an hour was both accepted as men,
Der Of the House and rejected. The
first vote declaring him entitled to the seat
had barely been announced when he moved
from his chair towards the Speakers stand
to be sworn, but before he had been recog-
nizcd, a motion was made by Mr.. Moore
that the action Of the House be recon-
sidercd. The House did reconsider, and
Sypher in few minutes found himself again
Il private citizen. BY very large majority
it was decided that there had been no valid
election for representative in his district.
IL va" NiiE.i ~Su 'lhC A41 AAC1IS VI ShhSS
vania, had avowed his purpose of voting
for seating Sypher on account of an under
standing on the part of himself and other
Republican members from that State that
if they voted for sypher the latter would
vote with the Pennsylvania members on the
tariff bill. Mr.. Kelly rose to a personal
explanation, and denied the charge
in toto. His colleague {Mr. Randall)
gave as authority for the charge Mr.. Rogers,
OF Arkansas, and the latter explained that
he had heard conversation between Judge
Kelly and two other members, in which.
aS he understood it, the arrangement was
detailed. As Rogers progressed with his
explanation the middle became more so,
and caused great deal of merriment, and
! he concluded by asseycrating that he had nc
, disposition to injure Mr.. Kelly, but GER
tainly he understood it to be bargain
A1r. Myers endeayorcd to show that Mr.
Kerr and other Democrats had been
! inconsistent in their votes to re.
icct Sypher, and Kerr wanted to be
heard on the subject, but Stevenson, OF
| Ohio, III the highest pitch of excitement,
cried out, This shameful proceeding has
gone fir enough" Cries of "Ordcr, Or.
der" al over the House. hut Stevenson's
voice could be heard above the Speakers
raps, and all other combined voices, below.
Ing, ~ object !" / ohicct!'
The scene was ludicrolls and excited roarS
of laughter.
General Butler suggested that Kerr be
heard. Stevenson again jumped to his feet,
his thin, cadaverous face pale with anger
and excitement, and ut the top of his voice
cried out " ! can't trust that legal combina.
ton on the other side, and object" accom-,
panied by a vi yorous stamp upon the floor
, aud a pounding Of his desk. This caused
uproarouS laughter, and it was some time
before order could be restored. And so the
most Of the session went on in this bolster.
! Gus, incohereut manner, much to the amuse.
mcnt of Ohio visitors, who were upon the
! floor during most OF the performance.
Bullock q Co.-The Defeat Of tho
Bingham Amendment.
The proceedings in the Senate upon the
! Georgia bill were terribly disheartening t.
Bullock, Blodgett Il Co. These worthie
had hopes of not only defeating the Bling
ham amendment, but they expected tt
shape bill to suit themselves. They hay,
expended great deal of money i'll gettin,
upso-called special dispatches from Gcorg
and publishing them i'll the Chronicle to in
timidate and affect the action of congress
men, but the money has been simply thrown
away, and Bullock and his confederates ar'
completely routed. Their only hope nov
is in throwing the case into n committee O
conference, where they have had the hardi
hood to assert they can fix things" which
is interpreted to mean they can buy up tn
committee. WALLACE.
| Associated Press kilograms
| Congressional.
WAsuISGroS, April 0.-House.-Sypher
contesting the seat Of st. Martin, from on
| of the Louisiana districts, WAS seated by
vote OF Is to i3.
There was much excitement during tn
| vote, and finally Mr.. Farnsworth, who hat
| voted "no," said he had not examined tn,
report of the Election Committee, but would
follow the report Of the committee. H
voted "ayc," and two other members Wht
were considered doubtful also voted "aye,
amid q storm of protests from the Demo
cratic side.
| The vote TO reconsider was carried-85 t
| 70. 1t is now considered that Sypher'
| chances are very feeble.
The House finally, by vote Of 95 to 6S
voted that there had been no valid election
i'll the first Louisiana district. A motion
was made to reconsider the vote, but TIT
motion was laid upon the table. This final
| ~ diSposes Of the claim of General Syphel