The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-05-22
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The Civil Rights ELI In the sena,e. 10
-. Especial telegram to The DispatcILJ
| WASHINGTON, May 21.-The debate on thu
civil-rishts bill in the Senate to-day WINS
mainly directed towards constitutional ones,
tons affecting the bin. Boutwell,, however
preserved the symmetry Of his Radical re.
cora, aud came out unequivocally for mixed
schools, and opposed to separate institutions
OF learning for the races.
The negroes and their abettors who lobby
for this bill insist upon
EQUAL RIGHTS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ana Will not be satisfied without it. Tbis
Dill which is the legacy of the late Senator
sumner to his party, is certain TO make trou.
Ole III the ranks. Indications of that fact
snow themselves very plainly. The bill re.
pealing
THE sANBoRN CONTRACTS
came up in the House to-day, and Mr.. Fos-
ter, of Ohio, a Republican. made sneecb
severely censuring the manner in which the
law under which these contracts were made
had been enforced. He appealed to the
members OF his party to join him in purgine
it Of the corruption that it contains. Mr.,
Beck, of Kentucky, will speak on the same
| bill tomorrow.
There was q very animated debate in the
House to-day Oh the bill to admit New
Mexico. Mr.. Potter, of New York, made n
speech in opposition, which was delivered
amidst great uproar. He commended that q
| population of one hundred thousand in any
part of the country had no right to repre-.
sentatiou in the Senate on an equality with
four or five millions OF people, and that the
inequality of representation in the Senate
was now far too great.
G. +. Hoar, of Massachusetts, also OF
posed the bill. on the ground that tive-SXths
of the people in New Mexico were unable
to read or write and n large proportion oil
the population could not understand the
English language.
Mr.. Cox. of New York, also opposed the
bill, but it finally passed by vote of 1G0 to
81. TIMoN.
Congressional.
| WAsHISGToS. May 21.-Senate.-Joint re
solutions of the Pennsylvania Legislature
against the withdrawal of the Pacific mai
steamship subsidy were presented.
Mr.. West, from the Committee on Trans
portatiop, reported a bill for the improve
ment of the mouth of the Mississippi river
by Eades's jetties.
| Civil-rights bill resumed.
House.--The post-ofice appropriation bill
was passed. 1t allows agricultural reports
to pass through the mail free.
The pension appropriation bill was alst
passed. No new features.
The bill admitting New Mexico as STATE
was passed by a vote Of 100 to 81.
The Sartoris-Grant Marriage.
i WASHINGTON, May 21.-The marriage cere
mony of Algernon Sartoris and Miss Nelli
Grant is over. The bridal presents aggre
; gate $4,000, and are very beautiful. Thu
party cross the Atlantic on the steamship
Baltic. the cabin deck of which has beer
decorated and fitted up as boudoir for thu
bride. The only thing that marred the sim
pie, citizen-!ike character of the ceremon.
; was the presence of the Marine band.
Weather Probabilities.
WASHINGTON, May 21.-For the Middl,
States and lower lake region, clear or clear
ing and cool weather, north and west winds
and rising barometer.
For the South Atlantic and Eastern
Gulf States. partly clear weather and 1oca
rains, northeast TO southeast winds, loWe
temperature in the South Atlantic States
and the eastern portion of the Eastern Gul
States, and no decided change in the baron
eter.
| For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, partl!
cloudy weather, variable winds, rising fol
lowed by falling barometer, and light rair
in the western portions of these districts.
The lower Ohio and lower Mississippi
river will fall slowly during Friday.
Confirmation.
| WASHINGTON, May 21.-Dr. Joseph Jor
genson has been confirmed as postmaster a
Petersburg.