The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-04-28


the Greenbackers voting "Aye.v At a
quarter past O'Clock the bill. with the no.
lltlcal sections, passed-ayes, $40; noes,
ii3--the Democrats and Greenbackers vol
ing "Aye," and the Republicans voting
!" NO." Mr.. Mckinze asked who was
starving the Government now.
The VETO MESSAGE wRIrTEH-so EEprEIIcaSs
SAT.
nave noreason to change my oftcr-cy
pressed opinion that The army bin vii, ha
vetoed. And yet Postnastcr-Gerera Ecv
said last night 10 a southern senator That
MIR. Hayes had not up 10 that time stated his
views IN regard to the bill to any OF his
cabinet. and there were Democratic MEM
hers OF both houses to-day who persisted in
the belief that the President would apDrove
the bill. The Republicans, however. were
certain OF veto. and the rumor was cnr-
rent that The veto message was already pre-
pared, and would he sent in Monday. All
l hear tonight. either from Tie White
House or those most intimate with aTr
Hayes, tends TO assure me that Il veto 20 in
evitable, and that it has been from the bc.
ginning part Of the Radical programme in
regard 10 the appropriation bills. The opin.
ion tonight is that the debate OH the leris-
iat;ve bill in the Senate will not be A. Dro-
tractcd as that on the army bill was.
LOWE AND L0GAN-So DUEL.
Mr.. Lowe, Grccnback member OF the
TTnnsa from, 4 Inho,n, inf
that Illinois soldiers in the Confederate SER
vice told him that their companies were
raised as 4 part Of 4 command General
John 4. Logan was to have in the Confedc-
rate army, and il was, OF course, duly pub
lishcd. General Logan denied the charge.
using offensive language. Colonel Lowe
invited him to go out OF the District and
settle, but this General Logan declined.
Whcreupon the former, in the corresp pond
ence published this evening, says:
Il will not brand John \. Logan as n
liar, for lie is a senator Of the United Sta!cS.
will not post him rs Il scoundrel and pol
troon, for that would be in violation Of the
local statutes. But 10 publish him as ono
who knows how to insult but not how to
satisfy Il gentleman, and invoke upon him
the Judgment oil the honorable men Of tho
community"
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
The House will not meet again unit
Tuesday. and the Senate, which was not in
session to-day, will meet Monday.
| Surgeon ". II. Forwood will be one oj
the representatives OF the army at the Anne
r:cln Medical Association, which meets at
Augusta, Ga, May 10th.
A>ssiant-Surgcon G.. =. Lumsdcn ha;
been ordered to the Norfolk Naval Hos
pitaI, and PH>t-As>i>tant D. NJ. Amber has
been ordered from the Norfolk lIcSpila
and Placed on waiting orders.
[Asso lated Press reports hv telegraph 10 Tic Dis
| pa'ch.l
OTHER ITEMs.
WASHINGTON. April 2G.-Sccrctagy Shcr.
man appeared before the Coinage. Weights
and Measures Committee OF tic House to.
day and gave his views relative to the con
version OF tyaGc-dolIars into bullion. The
value OF trattc-dolar>, he said, was greater
than the like amount OF bullion; hence il
|
for the purpose OF melting it into bullion.
| lie considered the act OF 1873 dcnonetizine
silver grave blundcr. In reply to Ques.
ton, he stated that the small notes would
be exchanged for fractional coins at the
Treasury Department al any time. The bull
| lion-yaluc of the tradc-dollar, he said, was
eighty-tiye cents.
The House Comrlittec on Epidemic Dis
eases to- day reached next 10 the last section
in the bill introduced by Representative
Young TO increase the efficiency Of the Na
tional Board Of Health, and to prevent tho
introduction or spread in the United States
OF contagious or infectious diseases. The
section referred to provides that nothing in
the act shall be so construed as TO SuperScdt
or impair any sanitary or quarantine law OF
any State. Some objection being made &c
this clause, the committee adjourned sub
jecl to the call OF the Chair.
The President to-day issued Il proclama
ton stating that it had become known tc
him that certain cvil-GiSpose persons have
set upon foot preparations for IN organized
and iorcible possession OF and settlement
llpon the lands known rs the Indian Terri
| tory. He warns all such persons not to dc
so: and further warns and notifies then
that II they SO offend they will be speedily
and Immediately removed by the agent, and
| Il necessary, the assistance OF The military
forces will be invoked 10 carry the laws
| into execution.
EortT-six:s, tOn@rcss--FirSt Session
WASlINGTnN, April 2G, 1879.
SENATE.
| Senate was not in session to-day.