The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-03-04
" BY TELEGRAPH.
latest News from Washington.
xAIkI. CONGBEss-seeend session..
y5H,a,1.-e t.r WAsH1sGTeN, March 3.
f@yg.r. ,ss,-.. SENATE. i v

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The Senate has been engaged all day liz
the discussion Of the sundry civil appropria.
ton DIFF and o large number of amendments
were agreed TO, and the bill passed. i 9,'l
The! river and barbor appropriation bill
was then, taken. up and o number o,
anne ndments reported by the Comm. .ittee on
Transportation Routes agreed to.
| Ihe LOUISIANA electfsn-cases were decided
| with very little d!scassion. Pinchlsack's
| claim was rejected land Sheridan was de.
! clared duly elected and sworn 10. S5sober
was declared not elected and Lawrence was
admitted in bis stead, and took the iron,c, lad
oath. They have each about fifteen hours
to serve. -I,tg ia. -
The resoluiisns, reported in the PaSf. 2
mail investigation have been adopted.
The bounty bilFhas been sent toa coussD-
ence committee.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The conference report on the Post. Off -e
appropriation bill has been presented an d
agreed to! IL .contzias a partial restorasio n
of the franking privilege as to the congre g.
stonal record and other public documents p
too, next December, and permanently as %
seeds and agriculturak reports.
The deficiency bib was passed at Al 5
O'Clock.
A resolution of thanks to. Mr.. BLAINE s IS
Speaker, was offered by Mr.. POTTER, of Me, Y
York, and unanimously adopted.
A motion to suspend; the rules and D ass
bills for the admission Of 'Golomdo and N ew
Mexico. as States was 6efeated-yeas, 1874 :
nays, S4-net two.thirds 10 the Affirmative
1t was almost party vote.
Washinstor Ytsuns.
WAsRlNsToN. March 5-The bounty bill
goes to the House for concurrence in th e
amendment to allow the Government to boi'.
row money to meet the wants of the bill
There Is another amendment that soldiers
shall not be charged with Bounties paid by
States, which it Is claimed will swell the
drain on the Treasury fearfuHy.
The Controller Of Currency has called
upon the National banks for D. report of their
condition at the close Of business on the 1st
instant.
A caucus was made in the Senate this
morning as to the feeling Of that body with
reference to proceeding with the "force
BILL" The result Was that 0 ma iDrity of the !
Senate was opposed to taking it up until all
the appropriation bills are disposed Of, and,
indeed, so s0licitous were senators to 60 on
with the latter bills that they requested Mr..
Morrill, to report The sundry civil bill, and
waived the usual reading OF the Journal. It
is doubtful now whether the "force bill"
will ever be called up.
weather Report.
WAsHrNGToN, March 3.-For Tennessee and
the Ohio Valley, slightly higher pressure,
northwesterly winds, clearing and colder
weather.
For the South Atlantic and Gulf States,
| rising barometer, early stationary tempera-
ture, clearing weather, and northwesterly
winds, veering to southeasterly on the west
ern gulf.
For the Lower Lake region, northeast
erly winds backing to northwest, with snow
followed by colder, clearing weather.
For. the Middle States, low barometer =,
northeasterly winds, shifting to northwes
terly, with falling temperature, snow ant
seet. clearing on Thursday.
The rivers will rise at Memphis, New o. e
leans, Louisville, and Paducah, and fall at
Cincinnati.
Cautionary signals continue at Cape HIT
teras, Kitty Hawk, Norfolk, Cape Henry, B al
timore, Cape May .Peck's Beach, Atlantic Ci ty
Barnegat, Squan Beach. Long Branch, Sar ,dy
Hook, New York, New Haven, New Lond on
Woods Hole, Boston, Tbatcher's lsI md
Portland, and Eastport. ..