The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-07-22

Washington.
LIVELY SCENES IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE,
AN EXCITING TILT BETWEEN SENATORS M
CALLS AND M'MILLAN-sENATOR BUTLER on
REPRESENTATIVE MILLER, OF PENNsYLyA.
NIA-ROBINs0N, OF NEW YORK, on Ex-
SECRETARY ROBEs0N-THE NORTHERN
PACIFIC LAND GRANTs-THE NICARAGUA
CANAL AGREED UPON IN COMMITTEE-PER-
sONAL ITEMs-BRIEFs.
fFrom Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 21.-When the men,
bers Of the Conference Committee to-day
reported to the Senate the points upon
which they had failed to agree an exciting
debate arose, in which Mr.. ingalls, said the
conduct Of the Commerce Committee was
false, sinister, and shameless in that its
members had looked out for their own
States. Mr.. Mcmillan, the chairman of the
committee, replied excitedly, and said that
the remarks of the Kansas senator were
false and ungentlemanly. He also declared
that there was no star-route scandal con-
nected with the river and harbor bill. Said
he the remarks OF the Senator are simply
scandalous. eyes" replied Mr.. In
gals, sand your river and harbor
bill is great national scandal"
In the House Mr.. Robinson, OF New York,
read from the Record a statement made by
Mr.. Robson that he 0he Brooklyn men,
ber) is deaf. He said he snot deaf, though
hard OF hearing. He then said that the
New Jersey member was the only one in
the whole House the other day who was so
deaf as not to hear Mr.. Whitthorne when
he called him liar, periurer, &c. A Ken
lucky wag declared tonight when COM
menting on these lively proceedings that
the dog-days are on us, and affect states
men as well as ordinary mortals.
SENATOR BUTLER AND REPRESENTATIVE MIL
LER, OF PENNSYLVANIA.
In a speech in the House Mr.. Miller, Of
Pennsylvania, made an attack on Senator
Butler, and when Mr.. Eyins, OF South Car
olina, asked to he permitted to correct his
statements the Pennsylvania member re-
fused to let him do so. To-day sensation
was created when Senator Butler arose in
the Senate and said: 81 observe in the
Record OF this morning that a person in
another place made wanton attack on my
character, and committed breach OF the
privileges OF this body, for which he was
not called to order, in discussing a con-
tested-election case. shall not at this late
day be betrayed into a controversy with
this individual, whose acquaintance | have
never had the misfortune to make, but |
shall rather leave him to the iudg-
ment and contempt OF all honorable men
for attacking another in forum where he
could not be answered under the cover OF
the privileges OF that forum, for declining
TO allow the correction OF the ialsehoods he
was uttering, the garblng Of evidence, the
OF the truth and the Justification
OF the record, and for refusing to give the
person attacked the benefit OF his own
statement. | have withstood in the past
the mastifis OF the Radical party, and can
afford to dismiss with this brief notice the
yelping of this cur Of low degree. The
name Of this creature, / believe, is Samuel
II. Miller"
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC LAND-GRANTs.
Representative Proctor Knott will at the
earliest opportunity submit to the House
the minority report declaring all the land
grants of the Northern Pacific forfeited
that are not patented. The Secretary OF
the Interior, report says, told member OF
the House Judiciary Committee to-day that
his Department stopped patenting these
lands last January, and will continue this
course until Congress gives instructions in
the matter. The grant embraces forty MIL
lions Of acres. Only so much OF it is avail
able, however, As is patented.
THE NICARAGUA-CANAL BILL.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee
to-day agreed TO report the kasson Dill
incorporating the Nicaragua Canal Com
panv, OF which General Grant is to be pre-
sident. No action is to be taken on it this
session.
Personal NEWS ITEMS.
Senators Ransom, Coke, and Call made
strong speeches in defence OF the river and
harbor bill and the action OF the committee.
Mr.. Fulkerson acted with the Democrats
and Mr.. Paul with the Republicans on the
resolution unseating Mr.. Shelley Demo
crat). of Alabama. Senator MaXey predicts
that the Democrats will carry Texas by
$4,000 majority. John W. Garrett has pre-
sented the President one of his splendid
dogs. President Barnos and party went
70 Mount Vernon to-day. Attorney-Gene-
raj Brewster has gone to Philadelphia
United States District-Attorney Robbins,
OF North Carolina, is here.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
Government receipts to-day: Customs,
$685.. 226: internal revenue, S539,114.
There was no meeting OF the Cabinet
to-day. ,..
Three carrier-pigeons liberated from the
dome of the Capitol to-day at III O'Clock
reached Baltimore by I'LL, 1l:l2, ll:l5.
The Senate at O'Clock took up the IN
ternal-revenue bill.
Judge Alexander Rives, united states
District Judge of the Western district OF
Virginia, has rendered his resignation, 10
take effect August LIST.
VIRGINIA postmasters commissioned TO-
day: j. NJ. Bickers, Livingstone, Nelson !;
T. b. letter, Coonsville, Bedford; MISS
NJ. NJ. Lewis, Lynwood, Rockingham
FOrty.seventh Congressional SESSION.
WASHINGTON, July q, lSS2.
SENATE.
Mr.. Butler, rising to a question OF per,
sonal privilege, remarked that he observed
in the Record OF the morning that person
In another place, in discussing contested