The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-04
summers Spcech--Ifs Effect I'm the
senate.

We extract from the Washington letter Of
| the New York Tribune the following ~.
count OF The scene in'the senate on Friday
upon the occasion of Summers speech:
"hcn nc {Sufihcr) had preceded far
| enough 10 show the general drift of the
Sieech, the CONSERVATION and anger Of the
ring OIL the Administration mahagers was
apparent. For few minutes they sat and
| sco"icd. and looked each in the Others
| .aceS, ulctl attempted to read newspapers or
to write letters. This lasted but a few min.
iteS. Mr. Carpenter, after turning uneasiIy
on his seat and splitting over the buck of his
char few tunes, walked down to Mr..
| ConklinS's seat. where the two senator's
| stood II long time in the aisle In the
| most earnest consultation. Dir. Summer
| stopped, relnarking that he would wait
for the conference to close. The Vice
Presidents gavel fell once, twice, three
| times. and still the conference went
| on, and Mr. Sumner was Obliged to pro-
coed while the two senators continued
their conversation. Soon after they went
| across to Mr.. Coles desk, and he soon after
asked Mr.. Sumner to yield, that he might
offer resolution resembling the adjournment
! resolution. Soon after caucus of half q
| dozen took place near the central door of the
| chamber, which presently broke up with
many knowing mods and shakes Of the head.
Mr.. Conkling then retired To his scat, where
he remained during the remainder of the
speech, reading his late speeches in the Globe
and writing letters. Senators Morton, Chand-
Ter, and the rest of the senatorial c,bal, could
ill-conceal their anger.
| No notice CT this speech having been given
beforehand, the galleries were not more than
half full when Mr.. Sumner began. But the
news was not slow to go out, and one by one
the seats i'll the galleries were filled, until
| before he closed not only was every seat oc-
| cupicd. but the entire vacant space outside
the lar of the Senate was crowded with
members of the House.
Little comment has yet been made upon the
speech, Il recess of barely two hours in the
session of the Senate having taken place since
its close. One of tho oldest senator's from
New England. friend of General Grant
who throughout the speech wore the countc.
nance of IL man ut Il funeral, said that if his
advice, given to the Administration q year
ago, had been needed, all of this might have
been prevented. A western scnatarsad tn;
the speech WAS siinpy terrible.
| Hon. s. S. COX.--It gives us pleasure to he
| able to state that Representative S. S. Cox
| who has been for some time confined to his
rooms at the Arlington, suffering from Il
/ serious attack of Heterogeneous, was last
night greatly improved, and though still
weak, is now considered by his physicians to
tie out Of danger and in n fair way of re.
cuycry.- Washington Patriot. Sd.
| FATAL ACCIDENTAL colored man named
john Gray. native of Hampton, Va, and
about twenty-five years OF age. was killed
| yesterday afternoon, at the corner of Tenth
and c streets, by the c,ying in of a sewer
hank, which covered him and two other col
cred men, Daniel Brown and Henry vii
li,mS. The latter were Xticatcd without
serious injury. An inquest held over Grly'S
body At the central gllard-housc this morning
found Il verdict of accidental death Ivy sutlo-
cation, and that no blame attached to the
contractor Washington letter, June =.