The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-06-23

| Committee on Patents agreed to-day TO IN
crease the salary Of the Commissioner oil
Patents to 81, 900 and all OF his assistants IN
proportion.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
w. w. Corcoran was out riding to-day
and looked about as he did yesterday.
The Treasury Cattle Commission says
there is still pieuro-pneumonia among the
cattle at Baltimore.
Government receipts to-day: Customs,
1886, 537; internal revenue, S592,'11.
Lieutenant Dashiell and squad OF the
Blues passed through here to-day en- route
for home.
The Secretary OF State introduced the
new French Minister. VI. Roustan, to
President Arthur to-day with the usual
formalities.
An amendment has been offered to the
internal-revenue bill restoring tax on all
incomes in excess OF $4,000.
fAssociated Press reports to the Dispatch.l
TIE BILL TO REGULATE IMMIGRATION.
WASHINGTON, June 22.-The sub-com-
mittec Of the House Committee on Com
merce-Messrs. Page, Richardson, and
Reagan-a appointed 10 draft report for
presentation 10 the House respecting the
recent passage Of the bill TO regulate immi-
grafton. met to-day and prepared a state
ment, which is substantially rs follows:
We consider il our duty TO make state
ment to the House in the matter OF the bill
10 regulate immigration, presented by MIR.
Reagan on Monday, June 10. 1881, and
passed by the House under suspension OF
the rules, the Committee on Commerce, or
such members thereof as were then present
in the House, having under misapprehen-
sion advocated or consented 10 its passage,
and the return Of which bill from the SEM
ate has since been secured.
The hill was introduced by Mr.. Van
Voorhis. Of New York, April 6, 1882, and
referred 10 the Committee on Commerce
June q. 1882. The committee. after care
fully considering and amending the same,
authorized Mr.. Richardson 10 report il a.
amended 10 the House, witharecommenda-
ton that il do pass. On Saturday, June II,
1882, Mr. Richardson, at the request OF Mr..
Van VoorhS. handed him the bill and re-
mort. a courtesy often extended to authors OF
bills. On the following Monday morning,
Voorhis, with the consent Of the members
OF the committee, asked Judge Reagan to
report the committees bill, but handed TO
him. with accompanying report, the bill
which passed. with a statement that il was
a correct copy Of the bill agreed to by said
committee. when in point Of fact II was
a materially different bill from that which
the committee had authorized Mr.. Rich
ardSon to report fayorably to the House.
Under this assurance Mr.. Reagan looked
hastily over the bill, and discovering what
he conceived 10 be clerical errors or omiS-
sions touching one or two amendments
that he offered. and which had been adopted
in committee, changed the phraseology to
conform with his recollection Of the COM
mittee's action, and subsequently,, still re-
living on the assurance OF Mr.. Van NoOrhis,
offered said bill, and stated that It was the
bin favOrably recommended by the Com
Incrce Committee, and therefore asked |
that the bil be taken from the Speakers |
table and passed with the amendments !
agreed to by the committee. This report |
will be submitted 10 the full committee at
II, regular session tomorrow.