The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-28
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LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.
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| w AsHlSGT0N, FcDruary 3.-Ibe Hot1St
last night having adjourned until 10 O'Clock
| this morning met promptly Mt that hour
The members did not respond very gene
rally to the set time, and there was not q
very full floor uutil about the usual hour
There was also less exhibit of interest in
the galleries, the crowd being smaller than
that Of yesterday and the dry before. This,
however, was in part due to the threatening
weather.
According to previous understanding,
Judge Poland proceeded to close the debate
| after several members had expressed their
! views, taking the time for that purpose be-
tween the hour of meeting and noon, which,
in legislative principle, constituted part OF
yesterday. Before Poland commenced, how
ever, substitute for the committee report,
offered by Mr.. Sargent, of California, was
READ, Erecting that 1t appears from the re-
| port OF the committee that the offences
charged were committed more than four
years ago, and that serious doubt exists as to
the power of Congress to punish offences
committed before individuals became mem
bers. and resolving that the House condemn
the conduct Of Cakes Amcs and James
| Brooks :s,..
MIR. Poland was evidently aDgcrcd BY the
opposition to bis committees report, and at
the very outset Of his speech said ho would
discard stage tricks in his argument and not
play low comedy character, thereby giving
u decided impression that Buffers effort OF
last night was particularly unpleasant to him.
| The speech contained no new points, and
specially referred to the jurisdiction of the
House and the Credit-Mobiier schcming
generally shown up in his report.
The House vote on Mr.. sargent's resoIu.
tons was first upon the condemnation OF
Ames-the vote being in favor of it by ISL
10 sc. Brooks voted against.
The vote was then on the resolutions, also
embodied in the substitute, to censure Brooks
which'was also adopted by nearly the same
vote.
There was a long and somewhat excited
debate upon the final resolution to lay tile
| whole matter on tue table, and this was re
jected. The subsequent proceedings were
highly interesting, and consisted in an at
tempt to censure all others who had beer
implicated in the Credit-Mobilier, commenc
| ing with Mr.. Kelly, a resolution for that pur
pose being introduced by his colleague (Mr
| Speer). This was discussed this afternoon
and tonight. Finally tho House decided
| otherwise, and The committee WAS relieved
from its labors.
! Tho most unclean birds are scott-free from
official censure, SO far rs the House is con
cerned. Cftdt-Mohilicr is ghost, which
however horrible it may appear, is harmless
The House adjourned ut IL o'clock, mos
of the members tired and heartily disguised
with Crcdit-Mobilier matters,
| The excitement now sets in tho Senate
upon the discussion upon Louisiana ant
upon the CIGdt-Mobiler report there.
| TmoN.
| Associated Press kilograms.
| Congressional.
WASHINGTON, February H. Sennte.--Ths
calendar being the regular order, Mr.. CITr
pcntrr moved to lag the calendar Oh the ia
be for the purpose of taking up the bill re
ported from the Committee Or Privilege
and Elections providing for new election il
| Louisiana. 1t is absolutely necessary. h,
said, that this should be acted upon in ordel
to avert the b!Dodshcd shown by the morn
ING parerS to be imminent in Louisiana.
Mrssrs. Sherman and Morton also urget
| SAT- - ,hti In, HIM hill and II
iakeu ZIP.
Mir. Hill offered substitute embodyin:
his views in favor Of forming Legislature
out of the legally elected members of hott
the bodies ,low claiming TO he the Lc@iSla
ture of Louisiana, ami authorizing the new
Legislature so formed to count the returns o
the last election, and declare who are the le
galiy elected State officers.
| Mr. CARPENTER addressed the Senate in sup
port of the bill reported by the majority o
the committee. The views Of the committee
/ he said, were fully set forth in the majorit,
rcport, and as the bill had been submitted
10 persons representing all sides Of the con
troversy, he supposed that if such bill wer'
TO be passed at all, this one would be sati>fac
torv in its details. He had just been handed
by Mr.. Mcmillan, claiming to be elected sen
ator from Louisiana, Il telegram addressed Il
himself (hIcMillam and Governor Warmoth
which was read at the desk rs 70 llowS:
"NEw ORLEANS, F ebruary %.
"To Hon. William L. Mcmillan
| and Governor II. WGrmoM
"It is not true that the country parishe
are rapidly acknowledging their allegiance
TO the Kellogg government. The people |!
! the country, like the people in the city, vii
| nhnl;onnn fn that trpV mont
1t can never collect taxes, and it can only b
maintained by force, and that force will
have TO be United States troops stationed il
every parish to enforce the authority Of Iii
government. His government can only b.
sustained by an actual conquest Of the PEG
pic, and not by the kind OF force which TIN
people would submit to rather than have
military
This dispatch was signed by a large mum
Der of citizens, who, according to Mcmillan
are leading men in the country parishes.
! Mr.. Morton said it would be vast nn
tional misfortune, and great misfortune tt
Louisiana, that this bill should pass. A small
faction in that State having got up the SO
called McEEery government, without Sha
dow of title under The law, was now Ell
deayoring to stir resistance TO actual govern
meut-the Kellogg governmcnt-rcsistanc
to which must lead to strife and blood>hed
McEnery, u so-callcd governor, without an.
authority whatever, was now doing all II
could to destroy the efficiency OF the a.
facto government, and doing this, as h
IJMurton) was advised, at the instigation {
persons now in Washington. 10 max
GOOD this charge, Mr.. Morton read Til
Several procE,nations Of McEnery, coz
GLIDING with the one published this morn
ing.1 But McEnery and his friends Wer
now getting into rather deep water. Cpoi
1tnnntinm 10 carrY out this prOclanlatlOi