The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-06

StuIeS from OcEoDer i, 1860, 70 october III,
1856, all claims for injuries or damages be-
4 Ing satisfied by the acceptance of aidsum;
; and to- enable such payment to be made the
dsafd sum Is hereby appropriated for that
4 purpose Your correspondent can see no
! possible reason.why it should not pass the
House with the same unaniinity. The, bill
came over to the House at quarter past 4
this afternoon, and went on the Speakers
table. 3.'ss... ~ 'ss......;s=: :. 2 80
THE BUTLER-coRBiN CASE.
The Radicals have no hope OF unseating
Senator Butler, Of South Carolina, and
! their object in now bringing the South Car
4 DINA senatorship before the Senate is to Sc
cure Corbin all the pay that. can be gotten
for him. His friends know that his chances
Of getting liberal from q Dem
ocratic Senate are very Slim. = Tits also sug-
gested that they hope BY the action Of the
Senate now in General Buffers case ito
strengthen Kellogg id bis seat. Neither
J; General Butler or his friends show. any, So
licitude in regard to the NATTER! ;@,,s
THE HOUSE PASSES THE MISsissiPPr-R1yER COM
| MISSION BJLL.. sl. 81,
By a vote d, 155 ayes to 70 noes The House
to-day passed the bitl-for the organization
| Of commission to consider plans for the
/ Improvement Of the Mississippi riYer. Tbe
commission is to- consist OF five members
three army engineers and two ciYiHans),
to be selected by the President. They nre
to report from time to time for the informa-
lion OF Congress on the various plans sub
mitted to them The bill only appropriates
$3.50, 1000 for carrying ont the purposes for
which the commission is to be established.
Amendments aggregrating millions were.
offered, but were either defeated or with
drawn. -"-
sPECULAFIoNs IN REGARD TO AN EXTRA
"is--E .s SESSION.
There is good deal OF discussion as, to.
whether there will be an extra session or
not, and opinions. Of course, conflict very
much A known Republican remarked tor
day that if the Democrats expecteaa Re-.
publican President, in the event OF q. failure.
on the part OF; Congress to1pass tia legisla-
tive, executive, and judicial appropriations
bills. to CALI an extra session right away.
they were Mistaken because thsre sis:,now
money enough slready appropriated to run
the Government until after the California
election. He did not believe on, extra, ses-
sion. woald be called until the. fall, even il
one became necessary. Democratic con-
gresslaen OF course see. that the Republi-
cans may force them to. elect between an
extra session. and an acquiescenee in the
eontinuation OF most obnoxious laws, but
they discuss, the question very: little In
public. .,,i:.Ge.i5 s, 15. +
-. PERSONAL. NEWS 1TEMs. ,. .&.;
/ 81. D. Bird, OF Petersburg, IS here look
ling after the interest: OK the Appomattox
river, which, I hear, is: only given by the
subcommittee report Sc, coo, Senator Ben.
Hill remarked that it was q mystery to him
that womea on sucn q snowy day, should
come to the Senate. Stanley Matthews Ia i'd
before the Senate "a petition signed by nu
merous women of Ohio in favor OF the en-
foreement Of the laws, against poly gamy
IW.. e.. Taylor, OF Richmond, was at tb,
Capitol to-day. Senator McCreery ,.of Zen
tueky, gave notice that on Monday at half
j;past 3 he will address the Senat In fayo
of the transfer of the Inaian 4 Bureau
from the Interior tot the War Department
Owing to the weather AMI a Republica,
caucus to-day only thirteen senators wer
present. when the CHAPLAIN prayed, Mr.
Conkling to-day said special orders are
! stumbling .block in tie way. OF the transae
{tion OF business in The Senate. Congress
;;Eman Morse, OF Massachusetts,, Is for Bayar
for President. Mrs. Bayard Taylor, is il
reduced circnms stanGes, and Mr.. Evarts re
eommends lat, Congress give her th
amount that the Minister to Germany re
Eceiyes as q yearly. salary, zarj' 2<.'.a$s
MATTERS IN, TIE COMMITTEES ON FoaEIG.
i 3d.. :,,.e........s RELATIONS. '5ss
+ Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, is nov
making ar. investigation preparatory TO th
Erepcrt by the House Committee on Foreigt
+ Rf-iations OF Joint resolution in favor OF
EIIeW treaty with Mexico. Ca1ifornians VIII
! clairn payment out of the Japanese indem
mtg fund were before this committee to-day
Nr. Springer's special committee on the cas-
of Mr.. Seward, Minister to China, win no
Il get through This session, because Tue lae
4 fence does not desire 1t and can prevent II
4 partial report only will therefore be made
4 The Senate Committee on Foreign Affair
has gotten through with the consideration
! Iof the case OF Mr.. :Pettis, oi Pennsyl Eania
i Minister. to Boliyia, who IS charged Will
Having sold "a cadetship while in Congress
/! MIR. HamIin, The chairman, is raticent as T
! what the report will be. e tr, " aliace, Q
Pen,nllsylyania, VIII call sup the japanese in
.t demnity bill in the Senate Monday. fys'
I witnesses summoned from China in The
,,lgeward case will cost the Govern men
Il "A. 900: the special committse's expenses g
! iar amount to. sslo, 900.
fraE DEBATE ON THE c0NsTI TTrIoSALs AMEND lI
81 4sss MENTE. &. . e
In the Senate to-day, sena tprs " nyt e; 9
Il Maryland, delivered an elaborate speee
q against the teaolution rs snonds I