The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-09
Latest News from Washington.


WASHINGTON, May S.-Senate.-The Lou
isiana presidential bill, after long discussion,
again went over.
The poSt-office appropriation bill was
passed. 1t goes to the House for concur
renee.
The amnesty bill was called up. Mr.. Sum-
ner renewed bis supplementary civil rights
bill.
A point of order was raised against the
amendment, which was overruled by Vice
President ColfaX.
Mr.. Trumbull appealed from the decision
overruling the point of order, but the appeal
was tabled.
Mr.. Morton moved to amend the bill 80 as
to provide that before any person shall be en-
titled to the benefit Of the act he shall swear
that he is not, and has not been at anv time
within two years preceding the passage OF
the act, q member of either Of the organiza-
tions commonly known rs 1.-THE Invisible
Empire of America" "The White Brother
hood" or" The Constitutional Union Guard"
nor Of any branch of the kuklux Klan."
Mr.. Hill moved to amend the bill so as to
grant universal amnesty.
MIR. Sherman advocated tho adoption oil
Mr.. Summers bill as substitute for the AMI
nesty bill for the purpose of giving the House
an opportunity for fair vote on the question
of civil rights, and said he believed that il
that question was out of the way general
amnesty bill would pass the Senate by a
three-l0,uths vote. He thought, however,
that there was very little chance Of an AM.
nesty bill passing the Senate until the House
had had an opportunity of voting OH the civil
rights bill.
Mr.. Trumbull said that when he had heard
Mr.. Boreman, one Of the earliest and most
jealous advocates of prescription, call up
and advocate the amnesty bill this morning,
he had hailed it as q sign that the time had
come at last when all political disabilities
were to be removed; but he how saw that
he was mistaken.
The bill comes up tomorrow, with the
understanding that the general debate closes
at 3 O'Clock.
House.-The supplemental apportionment
bill WAS passed. 1t gives New Hampshire,
Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana,
Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida,
Il member of Congress at large to the.Forty-
third Congress.
The tariff bill was resumed. Mr.. Dawes
stated that the loss Of revenue which the bill
involved exceeded so, 0,000,0 900, the biggest
item being wool-S5, 100000. The duties on
tea and coffee were stricken from tie bill, and
the duty on btuminous coal was fixed ut II
cents per ton.
The House is in session tonight on MILL.
tdry affairs.
Tl,e Alabama Claims.
WASHINGTON, May SIT is stated that al
| the Cabinet meeting yesterday the resolve o.
| the President to rest our case as it stands be
fore the Geneva tribunal, and to allow Secre
tary Fish to seek further means Of accOnmo
dating it, came UP under formal discussion
and was sustained by all the members pres
ent.
General Items.
WASHINGTON, May S.-Sccretary Boutwel
has returned.
General John 5. Mosby, of Virginia, vi5
tied President Grant to-day.
| Arrangements are about to be made t.
divert the great through Is.ails between Nev
| York and Washington and New Orlean
from their present route mt Cleveland, Tern
so rs to pass thence to their destination ~
Dalton, Ga, Montgomery and Mobile, Ala
By this change the mails will reach Ney
Orleans ten and half hours earlier than 6
present.
The Treasury Department has decide
that after the 1st of July next tea and cobc
shall be subject to no tax whatever
whether imported directly from the countr
of its production, or whether grown beyon
the Cape of Good Hope and imported froI
places this side of the cape; this ruling bein
made in view OF the provision in the bill n
Gently passed that no further import dutit
| shall be collected on the same.