The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-16

rrcm n southern Standpoint; ats Effect on
I'm Tobacco aud Sugar intcrest-Work for
Nr. Rarhour-Frger News Items, sc.
lrrom our Regular Correspondent
W AsHtxGroN. January l5.-The House
Committee on Public Lands to-day agreed
=, rcpor; i'm favor Of the forfeiture OF the
Tcxas.Paciic lsnd-grant and their recon-
mendotion will he acted on favorably by
the House. This grant, which covers
fourteen millions Of acres, was conveyed
IN the Southern Pacific company in JAN
uary. 1882. n few months before IL expired
under the act of Congress making IT, As
the land IL question is estimated to 0e
worth forty millions Of dollars, there VIII
he = big tirh; over it in the Senate. The
rcDrescntatiycs Of this interest are not SUR
nr,.ed at the action of the House Commit
Zee. nor have they hope OF dong anything
in 'hc House. but they are already pre-
nar,ns for big fight. The feeling here Is
ihat the publication Of the Huntington let
Ter. recently fastened the action OF the
public Lands Committee.
COMMITTEE MATrEIS TO-DAY.
Tn, reporr today was that the Elections
committee had about determined to report
in fayor OF nc seating OF General Chal-
mer,. no is contcSting the seat OF General
Naming tDem.L Of Mississippi. The
Ws,. and Means committee resolved to
o.l fte President and Secretary OF the
tr.s>u,v for an Information IN their pos
,s..ion in regard TO the tarIif not yer COM
,,,,ni,atcd 10 Congress. MeSsrs. Garrison
and O'Ferrar are carefully looking after
r,,;r cases and confident OF success. Mr..
Morrison. in abiding to the report that he
I,d sid that. on canvaSSing the Ways and
u,~r> H. found Democratic members
nkewarm A. to the tanG. remarked to-day
nat he had made u canvass, and found The
ncrnocrat> earnestly in favor Of a reform Of
the tariff.
THE ANTHONY PORK RESOLUTION.
The senate to-day took up the resolution
81 Mr.. Anthony. which provides that the
>rrafe Committee on Foreign Relations in
auire what legislation is necessary to ena'
bic the President to protect our interests
ar,iDSt Governments which now prohibit
toe importation OF bealthiul meats iron
ibe United states. Senator Logan was fol
retaliation. and declared that we had lon2
enough tried diplomacy. MeS>rs. Ingalls,
NqNeV, and Others. however. favored th'
aDpointment OF commission to investi
,s,i. the condition OF meats exported. II
after this II was found that there is an un'
inst discrimination on the par OF the gov
ernmcntS complained OF against American
meals. then they would be for retaliation.
BEFORE dispOsing OF the resolution the SEN
ate went INTO executive session on the
Mexican treaty.
PERSONAL NEWS ITEMS.
Mr.. Robinson. of New York. got the
House 10 pass resolution to ascertain
whether aDv American naval officers par
ticipated in the bombardment Of AleXan'
dris. Egypt. aud also whether any have ac-
ceried decorations presents from foreign
poieuates. When MIR. Cox took the chair
fo-dsy on Committee of the Whole on the
Mississippi river bill. he raped so hard
in calling the body TO order that he broke
the gayel. He i little but he is strong,
said New Yorker. \ man named
Baird. who was connected with the
electricians department OF the House last
session. broke his neck to-day in jumping
from a street-car. A bill has been intro
duced IN the House extending the author
itv OF the District Society for the Proven
tor OF Cruelty 10 Animals so that it may
look TO the protection OF children who are
cruelty used. Everybody at the Capitol
seemed to-day at sea in regard TO the Mary
hnd senatorship. The opponents OF Henry
&. Payne say he is n proper man, but add
that III, son. who is one of the managers OF
the standard Oil Company, is tricky. Ii
i evident that Mr.. Ilewitt's visit to Min
i>jer West was an unfortunate Onefor him.
Hon. Ben. Wilson. OF West Virginia. is here
TIE MEXICAN TREATY FROM A SOUTHERN
STANDPOINT.
! Interviewed a well-known sOuthernel
to-day in regard 10 the Mexican treaty. lie
said II opens a dangerous competition
for both the northern and southern to-
haccO-prOducing States, and the New Eng
land men have Just taken the alarm. a,
respects sugar. it would involve the com
pleic destruction OF the sugar interest Of
Louisiana. Texas and Florida, said he
arr capable OF growing sugar. and thi:
i, regarded as an interdict against
their producing il. The treaty would
take the bread from three or fOul
hundred people in Louisiana, five
siXihs OF whom are Africans. to-
ward, whom the Republican politicians
who engineered this treaty, have made
great professions OF friendship. The plan
Of operations i to import cOOlie labor
Large numbers OF coolies have been intro
duced into Cuba and the Hawaiian Islands.
They eau work for much less than half the
wages Of the negroes Of the United States
II j. asserted by the opponents OF the
treaty that the object OF its authors was
simply gigantic speculation.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
The municipal code for the District OF
Columbia. now ready for the District Com
mitecs o. The House and ,enatc. make.
"a printed pages. Mr.. Barbour will have
apitnty Of work.
The Greedy Relief Board will complete
and present their report 10 the Secretary
OF Tie Navy tomorrow.
\ Dill was reported TO the House to-day
from the Military Affairs Committee Ie-
urlng General Pleasonton.
Government receipts to-day: internal
revenue, slI7,12:; customs, $57S,26G.
DIR. j. b. strayer was to-day appointed a
messengef OF the Senate, aud J. l.. Keller
clerk to Senator Riddleberger's Committee
on Manufactures.
The O'Ferrall case will be taken up after
! the misunderstanding case. The testi.
mony in this Virginia case and also in the
GarTIson-Mayo case went to the priut, |
this evening.
by Associated Press.l
CONFIRMATION.