The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-03-12
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The Decay of American Commerce.
The President Is preparing o message
upon the decay Of American commerce,
md the remedies therefor, which he in
tends to place before Congress prior to the
18th instant, TINT being the day fixed for
discussing the bills upon the subject re-
ported from the Committee on Navigation.
In the main, the Presidents message
agrees with the recommendation made by
the committee In their report, and he urges
action by Congress at IN early day.
A Spicy Debate.
A spicy debate took place this afternoon
in the House between the Democrats on the
one side and Mr.. Dawes on the other. The
deficiency bill was up, but received but lit
tie consideration. 1t was all about what
Mr.. Dawes had said upon the floor as TO
estimates of expenditures in his famous
speech when the legislative, executive, and
judicial appropriation bill was discussed
some weeks ago.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, charged that MIR.
Dawes had made speeches last week in New
Hampshire that were not in accord with
the famous speech in the House. He said
Dawes was troubled with a conflict between
his morals and his politics, and, like q GER
tain Oriental individual, he had swallowed
himself, leaving the spectators in the dark.
MIR. Dawes denied that he had made any
speech inconsistent with his enunciations
upon the floor, and he was now satisfied to
stand by what he had said as it appears in
the Globe.
Messrs. Beck, Marshall, and McCreary,
on the Democratic side, took part in the de-
bate, but Mr.. Dawes was the only Republi-
can who responded. WALLACE.
Associated Press telcgrams.
Congressional.
WASHINGTON. March ll.-House.-The
subject of patents was taken up.
The morning hour Was consumed chiefly
in private bills.
After n struggle of the respective friends
OF the deficiency and tariff bills, the tariff
got taken up, and the House went into Com
mittee of the Whole to consider it. After
an hours speaking that was dropped and
the deficiency bill was taken up. 1t aggre-
gates $4,000, 900, including for the repair
OF the custom-house at Savannah, SIS, 900 ;
ut Mobile, sl5, 900; md at Richmond, Va,
f24 900. No action was had on it.
The House meets tomorrow for debate
only.
Sennte.-The question of Indian trea-
ties was resumed.
A motion for a joint committee on In
dian Affairs was defeated by Vice-Presi-
dent Colfax's vote.
The protest of the Georgia colored legis-
lators was presented. 1t says they repre-
sent nine thousand colored yoterso of Georgia,
who, by the passage of this amendment, win
he driven away from the polls.
On motion of Mr.. Trumbull, the Georgia
bill was made the special order for Monday.
The Senate passed the funding bill, &c to
10, and adjourned to Monday.
The Yereer Case.
WAsHfNGToS, March lin the Su-
prcme Court this morning, on motion of MIR.
Phillips, who informed the court that the
case of Yerger, Of Mississippi, had been
turned over TO the civil authorities Of that
State, the hajeos corpus application in the
matter was dismissed.
Pardoned by the President.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE President
| has pardoncl two colored men sentenced to
Imprisonment for life by a military COM
mission at Manchester, Va, for the mlr-
der of Addison Sorer.
Various Htelns.
WASHINGTON, March ll.-The Georgia
colored legislators have protested by tele-
graph Through Senator Reyels) against
| Mr.. Bingham's amendment to the admis-
sion bill.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
tons is considering the San Domingo treaty.
General Babcock and Commodore Porter
addressed the committee in its favor. There
was no action.
The revenue receipts to-day were $685.
600.
A delegation representing the national
banks is here lobbying against the funding