The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-01-20
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roRs on ,TFn ELEcToR4L BILL -THE tEct-
| SAINT LOuIaIANA RETURNING no OTHER
MATTERS o2INIpNB OF DISTINGUISHED MEN
ON TBE ELEcroR&L PA 1RR1NG NEWS
PROM sopTH OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TO
TURN OVER THH GOVERNMENT 10 HAMPTON
ON THE 23D UNLESS GRANT HELPS HIN OUT.
rrro,n our Regular Correspondent
Nv AsHrNGTeH;Ja January 10. Opinions OF the
national legislators nrei very much divided
upon the electoral bill, which continues to
be the subject Of thonght and conversation
among them. ,Itn the House the current OF
opinion among Republicans seems to be
setting against the ll,,while theD Democrats,
| who at first opposed, seem disposed to take
further time to consider. e - 70
"a few Democrats have said they will not
attend the party caucus to be held next
Monday, as they do not intendto be boand
by it. s..... n. q,s5.,,...
Wells and Anderson, Of the Louisiana
Rs turning, Board, have been IN the sl.y s1o '
days, and are in the custody OIL 1ns, ss -
a. The hor Il the House Tor contempt' put
az ,ne . Dar . - .sedto defer their
~ sheif request |sfs FTP. leagues
answer until the arrival Of tsthettr co,-
Cassenoye and henner. ,Tg T@:TI ;zfI'::n5
The Senate was engaged to-day III deBa-
ting Louisiana affairs. Mr.. Bogy Demo-
erat) delivered All able and imprisoned ar
gument in reply to horton and sherma*'
He denounced Packard as "an Infamous
public robber," and tie "most infamous
Of mankind" The spectators in the gale
ries loudly applauded this remark, and the
galleries were Immediately cleared. Mr.
Bogy raised laugh on Sherman 5Y express
ing admiration for his courage bus hot for
his tasts In becoming the champion OF Eliza
Pinkstos, III there is a woman, !" SAID he,
"whose skirts would not hold it is Eliza
Pinkston." . ..ss. J. ~ .e- ~
Sherman nd Morton replied with re-
hearsals OF murders and riots, and that sort
OF thing, that ave alleged to have occurred
in Louisiana STAGE 1857. Mr.. Edmunds
means to press She consideration OF the
electoral bill SO as to'g get through with it by
the LIST Of February, and.it will probably be
taken up Monday, if not totmorrow.
Much amusement was, epeated in the
House by the presentation of memorials by
many members from strong-misded women
aud weak-minded men praying for con
stitutional amendment forbiddiag dlsfran-
shisement OF women. About forty ugly
women and four sickly-looking aen, OF the
wemen's-rights persuasion, were. seated tc- !
gether in the galleries while the petitions
were being read. .... .,...,- an1 sy.,
4tt full Cabinet meeting, helF to-day,
Chandler, Taft, and Cameron urged the
President to put an end to the uncertainty
in Louisiana by recognizing Packard as
Governor, but they found his Majesty not
quite as manageable as in times past. He
persisted in the policy Of non-interierence
unless-to prevent armed collision between
the claimants. The majority of the
Cabinet have expressed decided oppo-
sition to the electoral bill, and are
said to- be actively endeavoring to defeat
it. Congressman are already receiving
letters and kilograms from their constitu-
ents urging them to support the bill. The
Michigan representative, received by tele-
graph resolutions passed by the Detroit
Board Of Trade endorsing 1t. PAYNE. OF
Ohio, remarked upon reading it.: "Light is
breaking in the West; the bill will be
passed:' W. w. Corcoran says: ~They
talk about bonds and the public credit and;
say that solution is best which endangers
them least. I have, bonds; but if it be-
comes.a choice between peace to preserve
them and civil war to preserve the Consti-
tuition, for one should be glad for such O
purpose to see my bonds devoted to the use
Of wallpaper" go. 10, = =.
1t is ascertained here tonight, en- what
purports to be sure authority, that eN-Gov-
ernor Chamberlain, OF South Carolina, has
noti6ed. Governor Hampton. that unless
President Grant gives him (ChambeTlain)
assurances before tomorrow nighsthat his
government will be sustained, he will turn
over all the paraphernalia of the govern
nent in his possession to Hampton on the
a3d OF this month. ~; f.,-'r' STE
yHE Observation-Disclosures RACEs-THIRD DAY..
CHARLESTON, January 19.-ba the first
race-two:mile dash, oil ages--there were
two entries. Hutteras came In first JIM
Hinton second. Time, 3:523.
Second raee-one-and-a-ha a-mile dash fcf
all ages :; three entries. Tom O'Neill came
in first; First Chance, second; Prang, thi-d.
Time, 2:2S4,
The track better, the weather dull, and