The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-26
FROM WASHINGTON.

RrrIER At DIscoUNr.-Beast Butler
made n furious speech Tuesday night
against admitting MIR. Corker, of Georgia,
to his seat. He rccited al the outragcs he
could rake up, and read articles from pa
pcrs in Tennessee and Mississippi uttering
ultra "rebcl" sentiments. But he failed
Mr.. Young, of Georgia Democrat), backed
by Farnsworth, Dawes, Kerr, Brooks, and
others, was too strong for Butler. Then
the Beast tried bullying, with the result
told as follows in the official report:
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts: desire to
say but very few words in reply to some
remarks which have been made in the
course of the discussion.
Mr.. Young: cannot yield.
Mr.. Butler, Of Massachusetts,: | hope,
then, the demand for the previous question
will be voted down.
On seconding the demand for the previ-
Gus question there were-Ayes, TO; noes,
| SO.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, demanded
! tellers.
On ordering tellers, there were-Ayes,
81; not one fifth Of quorum.
| So tellers were refused. -
The previous question was seconded and
the main question ordered; which was 1lrst
on the motion of MIR. Butler, OF Massachu-
sets, that the credentials and remon-
strances shall both be referred to the Com
mittce on Elections.
| Butler resolution was voted doWn-aye s,
AZ; noes, 149-and MIR. Corker was seated.
| D1sAB1L1T1Es.-In the United States Sem
| Mr I ou-iS nraoontpl tho nafj-
ton of James Fuqua, Jr., OF Richmond,
Va, praying the removal Of his political
| disabilities which was referred to the Sc
lcct Committee on the removal Of Political
Disabilities.
In the House of Representatives there
was presented
| BY Mr.. Mckenzie The petitions Of Geo.
II. PoindeXtcr and j. j. Roberts, o! Eau
quicr county, Virginia, asking for relief
from disabilities under the fourteenth
amendment.
| Also, the petitions of James A. Lowndes,
of Virginia: of A. S. Taylor, of AleXan-
dria, Virginia; of r. 2. Hereford and W.
+. Goodwin, of Prince William county,
Virginia; of Madison Meade, Of Orange
county, Virginia of W. F. Gordon, of Lou.
isa county, Virginia; and of John Deft. of
| King George county, Virginia, for relief
from political disabilities.
| Also. the petition of l.. Ii. Amiss, of Gull
pepper county, Virginia, a loyal man, asking
for pay for supplies furnished the troops
during the war.
! ToBACcO.-In the United States Senate
on Tuesday Mr.. Chandler presented Pc
tition of Scotch, Loyett d Co., and others,
manufacturers and dealers in tobacco,
snuff, and cigars, praying Congress to re-
| lieve the great industry they are connected
with from the repetition Of the tax on sales,
| as set forth in I resolution adopted by the
National Tobacco Association, that manu-
featured tobacco, snuff, and cigars, having
paid the internal revenue tax as manufac-
tured goods, ought, including leaf tobacco,
to be treated as general merchandise, and
not to be subject to q tax on sales :" which
was referred to the Committee ON Finance.
| IN the House Of Representatives there
was presented by Mr.. Lash also the petition
of Hunt & Watkins and twenty-five others,
members Of the tobacco trade Of Milton, n.
| c., for relief from tax Oh sales.
THE INCOME TAX QUEsTIoN.-W Washington,
| Jan. 24.-The Committee on Ways and
| Means held a long session this morning on
the subject Of the income tax. General
| Pleasanton was before them, and submitted
| a letter for its abandonment, without any
|
| the letter, requesting him to enter more
| fully into the matter, to show what reduc-
| tons would be effected in income, and
what expenses might be saved if the entire
| income tax was abandoned. Outside rll-
mors say that there is no immediate pros
pect of the abandonment of the tax.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 23.-As your
correspondent predicted, the little slate
| which Mr.. Porter had prepared has been
broken over his head. All his great eypec-
tations have been brought 30 naueht, and
the little coterie Of familiar spirits who as
semblcd in the rooms Of the disappointed
representative on Saturday night did less
| to console him than did the friends who
gathered to minister to the Affections of
JOB. Mr.. Porter is at his wits end but I
understand he and his friends will COM
mence new system Of tactics right away,
before the iron cools. The President, as /
wrote you, has determined on some changes,
but they are not such as Porter desired. On
the other hand, they fly directly in the
teeth Of his protesting. and have chagrined
him more than the drubbing he received
last summer at the hands of Dooley's Pat
Letter an Norfolk Journal.
SENATOR BLAIR, OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Iiauh bl'li luC neN Hcialoi iIoiu WI IS
souri,, arrived in Washington on Tuesday,
and visited both Houses of Congress, where
he was warmly welcomed by quite num-
Der of both political parties. Mr. Jewett,
temporarily appointed to ill the vacancy
accustomed by Mr.. brakes resignation, will
give way to General Blair. The latterS term
expires March, 1878.
TEsT-OATH AND AMNESTY The Recon-
structon Committee debated Tuesday the
proposition to abolish the test-oath, but did
not decide OH any bill. The indications,
however, are that some such bill will be
passed, which will be about all that will be
done in the amnesty line ut this session.
BUTLER PHOTOGRAPHED. The old blear-
eyed villain carries his brass frontispece
everywhere, with IN assurance that is Won
derllll. He hates with 4 hatred that is fear
full the reporters gallery and its occupants,
and sometimes he turns the lurid light of
his right Drummond eye upon it with IN
intensity that is fiery and furious.-Wdsh-
ington letter-NorfolE Journal
DISTRESS AND SUFFERING IN GERMANY
The wife of 4 Cabinet officer at Washing
ton has received Il private letter from Il lady
friend in Munich, of which the following is
an extract g The draft almost en- nlasSe Of
the able-bodied population of Germany for
the war has caused sad havoc at home.
Hardly family but has lost some member.
AS many are dying from hunger, cold, and
disease as from the bullet. Many have gone
insane. To add to the horrors, the winter
is Of unusual severity"