Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-04
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. .q'HE SENATE DEADLOCK. Result of the Caucus Held
 Yesterday. AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO-DAY. The Question of Nominations Left .ss Unsettled. THE STAR ROUTE lRREGULARlTIES DOrsey's Demand for am
 Investigation Denied.
THE STAR ROUTE IRREGULARITIES.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

V1rginfa's Debt-The Question Given a Whole Day in the Senate-ResuIts of
 the Republican Caucus-An Executive Session to Be Held To-day Nomfna-
 tions to Re Left Over Until Action Be-
 comes Necessary-Other Matters.
 WASHINGTON, May 3.-Senator Davis, of
 West Virginia, was awarded the floor upon
 the opening of the Senate to-day and spoke
 for two hours on the debt question of Vir-
 ginia and West Virginia He claimed that
 the Democrats in those States had done all in
 their power to discharge the debt All at
 tempts at repudiation had been made by Re-
 pubHcans or Readjusters with Republican
 approval Virginia had been honorable in
 the assumption of her share of the old debt,
 and West Virginia did not mean to be far be- hind. Her constitution provided for the payment of her share, and proceedings for fulfilling that provision were surely though perhaps slowly progressing. In reviewing public acts bearing on the question in these States MT. Davis was interrupted by ques- tions from Messrs. Dawes, Sherman Hoar and Kellogg, and was supported in his state ments by his colleague, Mir. Camden. The discussion was continued until 235 when, on motion of Mir. Dawes, the Senate ad- journed until tomorrow.
 Senator Dawes authorizes the statement that the announcement sent out from Wash ington last night purporting to give the text of letter addressed by the President to MT. Dawes is devoid of the slightest element of truth, and there is not now and never was such letter in existence. The President has addressed several private notes to Dawes during the past week, but not of the charac- ter of the fabrication referred to above. On the other hand warm personal friend of the President says he saw the letter in question and that the publication purporting to give it's contents is correct.
 There was conference this afternoon be- tween the President, Generals Sherman and Sheridan and Secretary Lincoln, at which sev- eral important army subjects were discussed and decided upon. The most important mat ter decided was plan for the reorganization of the geographical limits of the military ter ritory. The result of the conference will be embodied in general order to be published the latter part of the present month. General Sheridan leaves for home tomorrow morn ing.
 The Republican Senate caucus this after noon spent two hours in discussing the situ- ation and adjourned subject to call. AS to what was attempted and accomplished there are two rumors tonight, one that the com mittee of safety is not yet discharged, but will make another report before an executive session is held. This rumor is scarcely at all credited. The other, which is accepted gen orally and is denied by no member of the caucus, is that the whole matter was tempo rarily disposed of by deferring the entire question of consideration of nominations un- til necessity compelled immediate action. It is known that the Senate will go into executive session to-mor- row, that unreferred nominations will be given to the appropriate committees and that the Chinese treaties will then be taken up. Necessity for the consideration of nominations will not come until these treaties are disposed of, and as this will occupy at least all this week, the caucus opinion was expressed that under existing circumstances sufficient unto the day was the evil there of" Senator Conklng stated again in eau ous that he was ready and willing that all nominations be proceeded with at once and it was the wish of the majority that no further attempt to classify nominations be made at present
 At the Cabinet meeting to-day the Senator ial situation was discussed, and the fact that an executive session would be held to-mor- row or Thursday was confidently predicted
 The Star route investigation was also talked over after the Cabinet adjourned. Attorney General Macy Veagh went with Postmaster Gen. eral James to the Postoffice department, where they met ex-Senator Dorsey and his attorney, Robert Ingersoll, and discussed the | application of Dorsey for an immediate and special investigation of his connection with the alleged Star route irregularities. The parties to the discussion decline to say what was decided upon, but others in position to know own that the application of Dorsey was not agreed to, it being deternined to investi- gate all the contracts in their proper order.
 The Indians who have recently surren- dered on the northern border will be moved south to the Sioux reservation as soon as the Missouri river is open to navigation. It is not the purpose of the government to offer any inducements to Sitting Bull to surrender. It is preferred that he should remain in Can ada. If he should come into the United States and surrender, he will be given the same terms as those of his band who have al- ready surrendered.
 Special Bulletin of the Weather.
 WASHINGTON, May 4.-The chief signal officer furnishes the following special bulle- tin to the Associated Press The barom- eter is highest in Ontario and lowest in the