The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-16
BY TELEGRAPH.
Latest News from Washington.

Congressional Appropriation BILLS De.
mandins Attentisn-The Probabili.
ties Of Adjournment on Monday
| financial Questions The Peters
burg Farce. etc.
| Especial telegram to the Dispatchj
| WASHINGTON, June 15.-Congress will &C.
complish wonders If 1t goes through With
the appropriation bills now demanding nc.
| tlon ana other prominent matters that should
be attended to before adjournment in one
week from to-day. Members of both houses
declare their determination to work day and
night In order TO get through the business
oy Monday next, but the chances at present
seem against it. All are anxious to get
home, and particularly those who want to
feel the pulse Of their constituencies as to
their future political prospects.
The finances are a greater problem than
ever with Congress, since the defeat by the
House Of the conference bill, and the legis.
lators will, it seems, be forced TO 90 home
and confess that upon this matter they have
not been equal to the emergency.
| The old yarn about Conservative frauds,
and all that kind of nonsense, in Petersburg
don't seem to take well with the majority in
| Congress. Republicans as we'll as Democrats
The party that continually calls for troops
when it is defeated at elections, is becoming
small by degrees, since the Administration
has become so outspoken in denying the
beauties of policy of that character.
| TIMoE.
| ASSOCIATED Press telegrams.1
| More About the Petersburg Farce
Sensational Kumors Received in
Washington-Whai Induced Con-
gresSmen PLAT and Stowel! TO ask the
President for Troops.
WASHINGTON, June 15.-Tbe following is
telegraphed by request us being the facts in
relation to the report that Representatives
Plat and StowelI, Of Virginia, had urged
the administration to send troops to Peters
burg to quell alleged disturbances there:
On Friday last these gentlemen received
letters and kilograms from sources they
deemed reliable, informing them that an
AIMED mob had collected in the streets
ot Petersburg on the evening of Thursday,
who Threatened to attack the custom house
and bang Postmaster Greene and Collector
Richards; that the utmost eXertons Of lead
ing citizens had been necessary to induce the
abandonment of this design, and that the
Government officials feared personal violence
ADD death unless protected.
They deemed the Information important
enough TO warrant them in laying it before
tine President and the Acknowledgement,
and at $50 P. NJ. visited the White House
for that p po". He e they were informed
by the President That on a statement pre-.
sented by the Postmaster General he had III.
ready directed the Acknowledgement to teie-
graph the u. S. Marshal mt Petersburg to pro-
tect the Government property and officials.
Ii he found it necessary for this purpose
TO summon posse cOm'tataS, and if that
was insufficient to telegraph TO Fortress
| Monroe for troops. This ended the inter
view, and Messrs. Platt and Stowell called
on the Attorney General and were informed
that this telegram had beeu sent the marshal.
which ended their connection with it.
| Congressional.
| WASHINGTON, June 10. Senate. - The
Geneva award goes to committee Of con.
| ference.
The bill providing writs Of error in GER
| tain criminal cases was passed.
The Judiciary Committee reported sub
|
OF causes from State courts to the Circuit
| Court of the United States.
| MIR. Thurman moved to strike out the 18th
section of the bill, which authorizes the ser.
vice of process upon the agent OF the de-
tendant in any civil suit not affecting title
to real estate. Rejected.
| A motion that the section should not ap-
Div to actions for libel or SANDER was re.
| iccted-veaS, 20; nays, 90.
Mr.. Wadleigh said this hill applied to the
| Di trct Of Columbia, and he thought that it
WAS very Objectionable. Every one knew
how the people of the District were influ.
| enced by the party in power, and how could
the press of the United States critieise the
| actions of those having control of the Gov
| ernment if it was to be tried by jury in
District which must necessarily be largely
| influenced by the Government. The bill
struck blow at the liberties OF the press,
and he was opposed to 1t.
Mr.. Hager moved an amendment to Il e
| eleventh section SO as to provide that one oI
| the parties to the suit Shall be a resident
within tue jurisdiction Of the court where
| suit was to be brought.
| Mr.. Carpenter opposed the amendment,
| and said under the present laws man could
follow another TO any State and sue him in
| the State court. This bill only proposes to
confer similar jurisdiction on the United
States court in the district where the prnc-
| pal or agent resided.
The amendment Of Mr.. Hager was re-
jected.
The bill was then read a third time and
passed-yeas, 35; noes, %.
Dir. Wright, from the Judiciary Commit
tee. reported fayorably on the bill relating
to courts OF the United States in Alabama.
Placed on calendar.
MIR. Alcorn, from the Levee Committee,
reported, with amendments, the bill to pro-
vide for the appointment OF commission of
engineers to investigate and report perma-
nent plan for the reclamation OF the aliuVla
basin of the Mississippi river SUBJECT 10 lnun'
dation, Placed on the calendar.
A resolution instructing the Committee
on Appropriations to report amendments TO
the river and harbor bill for the survey OF
the routes recommended by the Transporta-
ton Committee was passed-42 to &.
House.-The sundry civil appropriation
bill was passed. The items OF nifty thou
sand dollars for light-ship at Wlnterquar.
ter shoals, on the coast of Virginia, and OF
forty thousand tor lighthouse at Matthias
Point, Virginia, were RESTORED.
The amendments repeating the law tor the
ciyi.seryice commission, and directing ap'
nortionments to be made proportlonaDly
from the several congressional districts, pre-
ference to be given to soldiers and sailors,
and their female relatives, was agreed 10 Id