The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-02-03

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Cox vs.. PogTER.-Whcn the bin repeal
the tc>t-oath was on "Wednesday under
consideration in the House Of Representa-
tiNcS.
Mr.. PORTER addressed the House in
remarks which he has withheld for revision.
II the conclusion of his remarks be said ::
desire to SAY one word further. During
the eight months | have been member OF
this House have occupied the attention
a the House but one hour and thirty min
u;rS including the ten minutes have now
had. would like unanimous consent to
roYtinu" for ten minutes further.
Mr.. RANDALL ID mocrat): | move
that the rcntleman's time be extended.
Mr.. COX: | will not object, although the
other day when 4 personal attack was made
upon me in reference 10 the San Domingo
matter, and desired to make personal
explanation in reply, you were the only
man in all this House mean enough to OBJ
ret TO my doing SO.
Mr. PORTER: call the gentleman from
NrW York to order.
Mr.. McNEELI: object to the gentle
man from Virginia (Mr. PoRTERl proceed
ing.
Mr. PORTER The gentleman from the
sixth district of New York is the only man
in this House mean enough TO make such
remark rs he has just made.
Mr.. COX: never was put i'll irons 'or
aHuSing the Government. But l do not
iick any quarrel with til" member. He IS
not fighting man.
Mr.. PORTER The charge that | was
ever put in irons for any cause whatsoever
!, utterly false; and whether | am fight
Ing man or not, you had better try 1t on,
ana then YOU will find out.
PoRTER's SUBSTITUTE FOR THE Bill Re-
FEALIsG THE TEST the New
York 1rijune, Mr.. Porter, from the sub
Committee, made a minority report in the
torn Of the following rough draft of Il bill,
which h. thinks will give the needed pro-
'"rtou in the courts to loyal people in the
south:
Whereas, the followng-named States
t. Wit: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Flor
ida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana. Mary
land, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia
have denied 10 persons within their respect
i've Jurisdictions the equal protection Of the
laws, ana have in other respects violated
The Constitution OF the United States and
The laws made in pursuance thereof III re-
laliUn 10 persons within their respective jul
rl-diclioD~, in consequence OF their color or
Of prejudice against them: Therefore,
Be II enacted, DC, Thut In all cases, civil
and criminal, which are now pending in
any court OF any Of the ab0vc-named States,
either party in civil case, and in q crimi-
nal case. the defendant or accused party,
OF the injured party, or, in case of his or
her death. one or more OF the nearest rcla-
1yc> Of tue deceased living within the iurs-
iictiOn of said State court or nearest there
20, il none are living in said jurisdiction,
MAY have said civil or criminal case re-
moved 10 the United States Circuit Court
Tor the district in which said State court is
held, upon making and filing an affidavit
that he, she, or they believe that justice
cannot be obtained in said state court in
consequence Of the color Of or prejudice
against the attiant or the deceased injured
party. suits may be commenced in the
United States courts by either party upon
similar atiidavit.'
\ further provision of the bill prohibits,
under severe penalties, the expulsion Of
citizens from being summoned or put upon
the lists to be drawn as jurors, or from
serving rs such in any Federal, State, OF
territorial court, OH account OF their color.
The consideration of this bill was post
poncd by The committee until Tuesday
next.
This infamous, unconstitutional bill can
never pass, we take it for granted.
The PRESIDENTS BRoTHER-IN.LAw-E The
outrage Committee, Gc.--Oyer Two months
ago the President nominated NJ. J. Cramer,
OF Kentucky, his brother.in-law. as Minis
Ter 10 Denmark, but the Senate never acted
on the appointment. To-day, in eXecu-
tive session, MIR. Chandler moved that The
Committee on Foreign Relations be direct
I'd 20 report il back. MIR. Sumner, chair
man OF the committee, objected. The COM
Inittee, he said, had been investigating this
nomination for two months, and all they
had found was that the nominee was q bro.
ther-in-law of the President, and wholly
unnt Tor the position. Under the rules, the
motion Of Mr.. Chandler was laid over.
The special committee on the South ofthe
Senate are sitting with closed doors, and are
examining quite number of witnesses
every day. There are some thirty witnesses
III The city awaiting an opportunity TO tcS-
NY. The members OF the committee pro-
less TO have made some important discover
les with regard TO the condition of affairs i'll
North Carolina, which will soon be made
the basis of action by Congress.
Mutual friends have endeavored, in the
last day or two, TO effect Il political recon-
Citation between the President and Sena-
tor Schurz, but nave iailed-the former per-
slstlug III declaring that the latter had done
about al! the harm he could to the Repub-
hcau party III Missouri.
Letters received here state that the Dem
ocratic party in Texas has reunited its here
tUturc lnharmoniouS elements, and will now
enter III good earnest on the campaign.--
Washington telegr0m IN Baltimore Sun.
CHANGES IN THE BANKRUPT LAw.-Thc
House OF Representatives on Wednesday
passed Mr.. Mercui's bill to amend the
bankrupt law. This bill, it is understood,
places the appointment OF registers with
the United states circuit courts, and pro-
FideS that the time for bankrupts to Tile
Their petitions shall be extended from one
year TO two years !; that the reversals of de-
Crees In bankruptcy shall be made only in
United States courts, and also that eXemp.
lions under State laws shall not exceed
Sl,o00, so far as the operation Of the bank
rupl law Is concerned. The last two amend
inents are designed to meet attempts Of
state courts to impede the Jurisdiction OF
the laws, and, III the case OF exemption, to
make 1t uniform In operation. When the
act was hrst passed it provided that State
'Aelnptl0n existing in 1864 should he recog-
nlZed. The object of this limitation was to
prevent The Southern States, as was then
feared would be the case, from making ex-
cesslve exemptions in the interest of Dank-
Inlt iand-owncrs, &c.
HE RATIO OF DEATHS IN WASHINGTON
and ELsEwHE to Il statement
furnished 10y DIR. f. NJ. Struggled, Secre-
taiy OF The Board Of Health, the ratio Of
"c'ths Id The cities of Washington, st.
LouIs, and Richmond, ior the year ending
DEC. 81, 1870, was as follows: