The New York herald., 1870-01-25
WASHINGTON
Virginia Once More in the Family
Of States.
Fierce Debate in the House Over the
Virginia Bill.
BUTLER's ARROGANCE REBUKED.
Still Another DiplOm attic
Sensation.
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MILITARY RULE In GEORGIA.
MILITARY RULE IN GEORGIA.
Senator Sherman's Bill for Initiating
the Currency.
FREE. BANKING ON A COIN BASIS.

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WASHINGTON Jan. "a, 1870.
The Virginia Bill In tho H0use-Binahum
Going Back on His Record-Builer Reuds
Bingham Out Of the Party-Fenrful On.
slnuaht Upon Butler by General FarnswOrth.
The debate In the House to-day on the Senate
amendments to the Virginia bill lasted for an hour
and was sharp and spicy. General FarnswOrth sue
ceeded In getting the bill from the Speakers table
by suspension Of the rules ana he Immediately
moved concurrence IN the Senate amendments
There was an hour for debate, and Farnsworth hold
ing the fOor yielded first to Bingham, who an.
nounced that he would vote for the bi though he
protested that the amendments which the Senate
had put on 1t were unconstitutional ana not worth
the paper they were written on. Sam Cox, who
sits behind Bingham, rot up and protested against
Bingham deserving them tthe dcmocrats after
they had followed his lead IN passing the original
BILL Butler stood directly In front OF Bingham, lis
tening attentively TO his speech. When the latter
alluded TO his party Butler, with great earnestness
said, Let me ask the gentleman to which party
does he reler?" This was the signal for locking
horns and Bingham turned upon his rival with
great bitterness, the members crowdng around
both behgerents as II they expected personal
encounter. While Bingham was pouring out the
beat precipitate retreat towards his seat, turning
round and crying .'Chcek cheek % as he went.
When he reached his seat Bingham had finished
and Farnsworth tarmed ont twenty minutes OF his
time to Butler. Everybody expected something was
coming. Butler turned up the sleeves OF his coat
and pufed out his pugnaci0us mouth just as
he did when he proposed Ito kick the Senate
out'' OF the hall Of the House or Repre-
sentatives That favorte attitude Of Butler
on great occasions always means business Bng-
ham looked perceptibly smaller as he sat in his
char while Butter was preparing to ''mash him.
The bitterest thing he say OF Bingham Is to re-
Ter TO him as 1.-THE man who hung Mrs. Surratt J" and
80 he made this part OF his exordium. Bingham
moved uneasily in his seat n his first thought was
to dart across the hall and attack Butler;
but Sam Cox put his hand on his shoulder
and he Quieted down. Then came the reading
OF Bingham out OF the radical party, which
Butler has threatened ever since that "black
Monday" when the unfortunate Bingham took snap
Judgment and passed the Virginia bill while Butler
was away practising law In Massachusetts. Butler
was not satisfied with reading Bingham ont; he got
after Farnsworth, Logan and the other republicans
who helped Bingham pass the bill. No party could
succeed with such men In It, and no party ought to
succeed he SAID, bringing his fist down with great
emphasis upon his desk. He called upon the recu-
the Senate amendments Butler has not been
80 much excited since the impeachment or
Andrew Johnson. His face glowed with rage and
he whipped in the republicans who had strayed
away from the fold with Bingham as If they had
been so many schoOlboys OF whom he was the
master. There were one or two attempts at rebel
lion, however, and the master found he would have
to take as well as give reproof. When Buffers
twenty minutes had expired FarnswOrrh resumed
the floor, and in about fifteen minutes excoriated
Butler, to the infinite delight Of Bingham and other
offending children on the republican side OF the
House. He gave Butler to understand that he was
not the proper man to lecture republican OF
twenty-five years. standing, like himself. Farms
worth had been a republican when Butler was
engaged in hunting fugitive slaves all over Massa-
chusetts. This announcement created sensation,
and Butler stood in his place perfectly thunder
struck at the boldness Of Farnsworth. The latter
was at the Chicago Convention he said, trying TO
nominate Lincoln, when Butler was member OF the
Charleston Convention, voting for JEFF Davis. Here
the democrats, who like to see Buffers Old record
overnaued. burst into applause and laughter. But
Farnsworth was not through with the gentleman
from Massachusetts. lie spoke OF his voting for
BrecKinridge at the Baltimore Convention, and then
referred sarcastcally to his sudden conversion to
the republican party. The conversion OF ST. Paul,
he said, was nothing In point OF suddenness to the
conversion OF Butler. For fear that the country
would not believe that the conversion was genuine
he had followed the example OF another scripture
character, who denied Lis master, and who
thought it necesssasy to curse and swear in
order to make people believe he was in earnest. 1t
was getting hot for Butler ana at every hit made
by Farnsworth the demo Gratis would burst out In
uncomfortable laughter. Butler, however, held his
peace. He had either nothing to say or he was too
much demoralized to say 1t. Bingham was amply
avenged lie could not have replied SO handsomely
or so crushngly to Butler had he been on the noor
instead OF Farnsworth. The vote on concurring In
the Senate amendments was strictly q party VOTE
all the repub leans voting for it and all the demo-
Gratis voting against 1t.
The Threatened Flare.up Between stewart
and sumner Postponed.
Stewart had all the books and documents on his
table to-day prepared to prove that Sumner lied
under mistake-the other day. when he claimed to
be the author OF the negro suffrage section. Stew
art had them piled up Oh his desk before him, and
watched for o chance 10 have his explanation with
an cagcrness that was quite amusing. Sumner, on
the other hand; having been apprised through the
columns OF the HERALD OF the hostile intent OF Stew
art, had resolved to prevent the Nevada Senator
from saying word on the subject, If possible and
calculating that he might not succeed IN
such Efforts, had fortified himself with several
books and documents ready to refnte whatever
Stewart might allege. 1t was amusing TO notice how
Sumner watched Stewart and how the friends OF
each were caucusng in little knots the matter
when Stewart finally got the floor and asked to
make a correction Sumner Immediately jumped up
and objected unless he could get full time reply.
Sumner with confident air, told stewart ne had
all the documents with him apd would sustain his
former claims. The result was that stewart failed
to have his say, and the expected lare-up between
him and Summer remains postponed.
The Late Assault in the Treasury Dcpart-
mcnt.
the article in your Washington correspondence
to-day about Mr.. Mulett and the old do0rkeeper in
the Treasury occasions good deal OF excitement
here. Mr. Murlett's friends explain the affair In
di1erent way. II seems Mr.. Aullett had an "on-