The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-03
Washington.

Washington. -
..,.rc, crsSIoS OF CONGRESS- INEVITABLE
IN hN' yucca BII.L SIGNED BY THE PRESs-
Inh r,,y EIIL FOR THE RELIEF OF MEN,
phHt rrrrp,Xs GAINING IN FAVoE-'CoR-
tAH. =" yet &c 600 FOR CONTRASTING BUTLER )
-',T-Tus VIRGINIA wAR-C1AiN-IhE 81
C,rrrI, wITRDRAwN-THES Ei.Lo"-f En-
purpggsoNAL AND OTHER ITEMS.
,r-o,n Our Regular Core ponden1I
x,I,,,xrrox. March 1.-The feeling about
.,e CAPITOL to-day became senerai taae an
90" ~, session was inevitable. Even those
ho,8inr pisces nnder The House and Senate
..,.,rizq,ions were reluctantly compelled to
acsnowIedgc that, without developments OF
most improbable character, Congress could
49,, hv the 4,h OF March conclude its bust
na.< Then, neither house seemed making
,.,r,,uous efforts to reach the main appro-
,,r;,,ioo bills, and members by their con-
durt led outsiders to conclude that they had
OWEN m all hope OF getting through with
,ho legislative appropriation bill! and others
n like important character. convinced
,hat an extra session was certain,
~, knowing ones commenced discuss
in, when the President viii cali
:, whether in May or October. n
J.qdjnr Democrat remarked TO me this after
moon that II would be better ii the lcgsla-
live the post-otiice, the deticieny. aud the
c,yi,-supGrv bills should be all defeated, be-
cq,,se then Mr. Hayes would be compelled
70 convene Congress right away, whereas il
mix ore is defeated me may postpone it
until the fail. The points in the appropria-
ton bills upon which the two houses are as
wide apart rs the polls are the supervisors
oI.cIection amendment in the Legislative
bin, and the Senate amendment to the de-
fciency bill appropriating s2oo,Q00 for pay
ing these Radical agents. They furnish
material for a weeks debate or more.
TIE MEXICAN VETERANS At LAST GET a FOOT
HOLD.
Your correspondent has noticed how re-
IIctant northern Republicans are TO vote
ANYTHING to the gallant men who fought in
the Mexican war, and bore the American
tlag in triumph on every battlefield. They
showed to-day, in their private conrersa-
tons. that the action OF the Senate last
night. in providing for Mexican veterans.
| asked Il distinguished southern senator
this afternoon what he thought We're the
chances OF passing the bill, and he replied,
II, may 90 down now because Of the short.
A.. H., n
leading Republicans in the House, but ii
VIII at no distant day become the law Of
the land" see plainly that If the effort in
tier behalf IS not now successful, the
Mexican veterans have gained ioothold in
Congress that will insure their ultimate tri
Inph The fact that many of them arc
southerncls accounts for the hostility OF
Copger, Harry White & Co. to every
scheme for their relief. .,.-. ....,.
C0aBIE TO BE PAID EIGHT THOUSAND DOL.
LARS FOR CoNTESTING BUFFERS SEAT. ..r
The Senate to-day amended the sundry-
civil appropriation bill by giving Corbin
5000 for contesting the seat Of General
Butler, senator from South Carolina. He
never expected to be sworn in a. senator,
but he believed by getting majority report
from the Committee on Elections he could
secure liberal allowance OF Government
sp0nduIiy; and he was not disappointed.
for his Radical friends stood by him. Scna.
Tor Hereford, in tirst-rate speech in oppo
sition to this outrage, called attention to thu
fact that The House Election Committee
had only allowed twenty-five contestants
$4,000, and il was proposed by the Senate
committee to give Corbin $4,000. It'll true
the Wet Virginia senator said, that he pu
bis PERSONAL expenses at $4,000, but Whal
expenses besides attorneys fees could he
have had except his board, and lie would
have had TO pay that in South Carolina? He
Va: willing to allow him reasonable attor-
neys' fees. Senator Hill moved to give him
$4,000, but that was lost.
NE VIRGINIA wAR-CLAIM WOUNDED BIZ DEM.
OCRATS. .......
Those who have been laboring so hard to
secure Virginia the Sl,509,000 which the
Nnlled States justly owes her on account OF
advances during the war OF 1872 have been
Dad temper to-day because The amend
mehl to tie sundry-civil appropriation bill,
adopted BY q Republican appropriation
committee, was thrown out OF the Commit
ee Of the Whole last night by Democratic
,O'ts' while Senator Blaine, Republican as
NJ ~ Voted aquarely ior it.. Their temper
~ Ict improved by the knowledge that
I,acu' Chandler, who was q leader against
''em' turned to Don Cameron and said: &c
''"' your father on these claims thirty years
~s'' ahd am now going TO beat you.'
'7 same point Of order that Edmunds
Aiaoe last nigh. vas made when the subject
"AS up IN 1858, and then the Senate decided
M. nS not Well taken. All day Senator
tuners has been at work endeayoripg to
'we enough votes to put the amendment
In4 Wien the bill is reported to the Senate.
wye harris and Dir. Tuckerlwere in the
~, n'I41e Chamber. all last night looking after
m ,4'' matter, and General Hunton and
.as sSrs: Goode, CabelI Beale, tJorgensen,
Nv, ( s1aeaaore have been also unceasing in
,aa raorls to get it through. Colonel
xss, a. Parker, the agent for Virginia,
b, :. aas been At the Capitol early and late,
g lafuily done bis duty. s.
eis; ,aalof Withers moved to. insert in the
adv sSaasY bill the claim OF Virginia for
p,ss;s .sS In 1872, and although the Vice
no.;a ,aea. decided tout OF order be, made q
] n o.. we'eh .. enabled him to make u speech
m, 40. - q the justice Of eelaim, accord
Me- - me rule established in the MARYLAND,