The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-03-26

with the tests made Of It. In fact, II half
said 10 regard to itbe true. Il will reyolu-
tionize mining, and render II unnecessary for
Adventures at the East TO leave the Allan.
tic States TO realize fortunes from gold
mining. A Government official prominent
in connection with geological explorai i,ns
talked 20 me In very enthusiastic terms 10
regard to 1t tonight.
SOLUTION OF THE HOUSE TROUBLE REACHED.
After good deal Of talk and some long
speeches. In which members endeavored to
vindcate their action In regard TO the mat.
ter which has excited the House and coun-
try for several days, the House at O'Clock
adopted Mr.. McLean's proposition to ap-
prove the journal for two days, thereby
maintaining the integrity OF Mondays pro.
ceedings, which Mr.. Garfield wanted to
amend. After that motion was adopted
to discharge the Committee on the Revis-
ion OF the Laws from the consideration OF
the Townshend bill. and then motion
was adopted referring IL to the Ways
and Means. The entire proposition as
adopted was rs follows: " Whereas the re-
| ference of this bill to the Committee on the
fore be il RESOLVED. That the Journal Of
Tuesday aud Wednesday be read and APP
proved, and that the Committee on the Re-
vision Of the Laws be discharged from its
consideration, and it be referred to the
| WAYS and Means Committee" On the mo-
lion TO discharge, Messrs. Carlisle. Tucker,
and Morrison voted "No," because the
act had been done; and on the
motion to refer, Messrs. Carlisle and
Tucker voted " AYE" These leaders OF
the Democrats in the WAYS and Means Com
mittee will vote to report the bill. Thus
happily ended most troublesome dead
lock in the House, which promised to in
teriere with business most seriously. The
proceedings The first day were bitter and
aggressive, those Of last night humorous
and farcical, and those OF this afternoon
sensible and conciIiatory.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
| A Joint committee OF the two houses will
be appointed to sit during recess and make
arrangements 1oT tue cOlnpIettOu Va tue
| Washington monument.
Those examined for clerkships in the
Pension Office will know their fate April
I'd.
The Treasury Department to-day bought
445, 900 ounces OF silver for the United States
mint.
The Post. Office Department estimates that
the use of washed stamps deirauds the
Government annually out of one and half
millions. The Senate Post Office Commit
tee agreed upon bill to prevent this.
The District Horticultural Society had a
meeting last night.
Preparations are being made for the exc
cution OF the negro wife.murderer on the
I'd of April.
The weather was very delightful to-day,
land the Capitol was crowded with visitors.
Associated Press Reports by telegraph TO the Dis
patch.l
THE DUTIES on COTTON MACHINERY.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-Robert Patter-
SOP, OF Philadelphia, the largest owner OF
cotton. and w0olIen- in the United
States, has written letter 10 Mr.. Kelly, OF
the House WAYS and Means Committee.
strongly opposing the proposed reduction
of tie duties OH cotton machinery. Such
q measure, he saws, would cause great and
permanent disaster to American machine
works, and to the cotton manufacturers
themselves, and the only persons benefited
would be English manufacturers OF textile
machinery. who, as soon as they had crush
ed out American competition, would ask
what prices they pleased. Furthermore,
be adds. American machinery is much bet
ter than the English which would then
take its place. The reduction is adv0-
Gated, he says, by the representatives
from Georgia, but no State in the Union
Is more interested than Georgia IN the
protection OF American machinery and
American industries OF all kinds. Next to
Georgia come Alabama and Tennessee with
cotton, iron ore, and coal in the greatest
abundance, and boundess waier-power.
The child is borD," be says, "who VIII
see these three great States competing win
Pennsylvania In manufactures. and TIER
congressman the most ardent defenders OF
home industry"
THE CONSTELLATION ORDERED TO DUBLIN.
WAsHINGTON, March 25.-Secretary
Thompson has ordered the commander OF
The Irish relief ship Constellation to pro-
coed to Dublin "a soon as the cargo is all on
board, aud to report to the Herald Relief
Committee.