Show SPECIAL TO tue THE DESER Lr NEWS NEW a HOUSE on motion of kendall the bill for a new newland land district la in nevada was waa passed butler obtained the floor under the suspension of the rules to make a personal explanation and proceeded to address the house in reference to the scene which occurred in the senate between himself and senator davis davia of kentucky assuming that if davis own description of the occurrence be tru ehe butler would leave it to the judgment of the house and all just men which of the two had played the part of the courteous gentleman and which the part of the blackguard davis was shielded from responsibility for what he said by his age and by his senatorial toga and thus shielded and protected ho he had indicted the effluvia of his revenge after a most high toned manner butler continued referring to the assaults made upon his Butr butlers ers character and defended himself from the various charges made against him citing the reports of the investigations of some of these charges in this connection he accused farnsworth of hav ing published in the globe a speech not delivered aud sud and highly slanderous to him butler by that act that gentleman had put himself out of the rule of civilized warfare and he be would never henceforth consider that gent lemans tongue or pen a slander upon any body certainly not upon himself farnsworth Farna worth obtained leave to make an ox explanation in reply to butler he said it was too late in the day for that gentleman to put on airs and profess to rule intercourse non he trusted that his Farn great groat age had nothing to do with such non intercourse as was suggested by him in reference to the senator from kentucky laughter in reference to the investigation of the management of the national for disabled soldiers he complained that the committee ee had not acted fairly alyin in refusing among other things to require the treasurer of that institution butler to produce his bank boo book which would show that he had constantly on hand some one hundred to one hundred and nifty fifty thousand dollars of government money which he kept in his own private bank in his own name namo I 1 and with which he speculated butler made it a point of order that this was an fin attack upon him nota not a p personal personal explanation and at the request of tha speaker specified the language used by farnsworth which the speaker pronounced lia and called the gentleman to order farnsworth was allowed by a vote of the house to proceed in order he then referred to the sale of a piece of property at hampton va for the national asylum the property having been owned by butler but having been transferred by him to his brother in law Hll hil hildereth dereth to cover appearances and said if that transaction trana action and testimony given by butler before the committee on military affairs the last session I 1 were before any petty jury in the united states it would convict him but butler butier er of embezzlement and perjury laughter and great excitement that was all he had to say butler defended himself from the charges of farnsworth and read the report of the committee on the investigation of the national asylum him from any suspicion misappropriation neglect or misconduct and in the course of further remarks he referred to farnsworth as a man he would not believe under oath in conclusion be he said be he would not again be drawn into a controversy on the subject what was the use he asked of the investigation of a report exonerating a man from all blame when such exoneration was made only a foundation for fresh charges and fresh calumnies calum nies direct from hell laughter beck obtained leave to make a statement on behalf of the senator from kentucky who he said had been so foully denounced by the member from masa maea after recalling the circumstances of the controversy between davis davia and but r beck beek said the latter when le avo lve va to speak today to day had bad in reply i 4 question of becks stated that be bo w uld not assail the senator from kentucky and on that statement the members of the democratic side voted to give him the privilege I 1 did not believe what he said and therefore voted against it Laug laughter liter ilter he huri burl back assertions that the fhe senator from kentucky had been guilty of falsehood he never did wilfully tell a lie ile and no iman man before ever accused him of it when the member said that the senator was shielded by his age and that he be didiot did not seek the proper redress I 1 have only to say aay that while the senator is neither a bully nor a blackguard the member can get any redress from him that he seeks out nut bide fide thim this huil bull hallor bailor or atly any where eise else laughter I 1 do not believe that it lies liea in the mouth of the member from massachusetts to talk about the senator being shielded by his age or not seeking the proper redress I 1 have witnessed scenes with that member which satisfied me that he would not seek the re redress iress to which he alludes La laughter tighter he does not noi forget that I 1 hav have in the presence of fifteen members of ahe house seen the member from ills farnsworth put his hia fist in the face of the member from mass and dep den denounce otince him in every way that one man can deri deti denounce delounce ounce another until I 1 had to say to another member of the company standing stranding by that I 1 did not think a white man would take it without fighting and that decent negroes in new york state would fight oyer over it uproars Up roars and laughter farnsworth derisively it was on account of hia hla extreme age uge perhaps 11 shouts of laughter butler pointing to farnsworth hes not a white man eldredge now id is the proper time to call in the chaplain continuous laughter cox the coroner should also alao be sent for 11 Sl aughton tou toa who was a member of the military committee of the last house defended the action and report of the committee on the national investigation vesti gation and repeated the statement therein contained that there was not a particle of proof that butler had mis appropriated a dollar of money at althis this thib point the hammer of the speaker dese descended ended and he announced that the first session of the house of representatives of the forty second congress was adjourned the house received a EL message from the senate announcing its agreement to the conference report on the ku klux bill and its passage also a concurrent resolution for a final adjournment at two today to day poland presented the report of the conference committee on the ku klux bill and proceeded to explain and advocate it A discussion ensued at the close of which a vote was taken and the house agreed to the report by a strictly party vote yeas 93 naya noya 74 the senate concurrent re resolution solution for a final adjournment today to day at two was then passed also a concurrent resolution for the appointment of a committee to wait on fhe the president and inform him that congress was ready to adjourn dawes maynard and ely were appointed such committee on the part of the house mr beck asked leave to oner offer a joint resolution asserting the power of the house to make or withhold an appropriation pria tion to carry out the treaties requiring appropriations appropriations of money bingham Bing eing liam llam and laynard maynard I 1 objected and beck beek moved to suspend the rules and pass pasa without a joint resolution which was agreed to without yeas and nays GENERA genena washington WASHING ton TOx the fifty second anniversary niver sary of the establishment of odd fellows in this country will be observed by the members here on wednesday as a day of thanksgiving and extensive preparations have been made for it there will be a procession and orations will be delivered in the national theatre A washington special dispatch says that chief justice chase and all the members of the supreme court are in conference today to day on a question involving the constitutionality of the legal tender rider ilder act one of the justices stated state to to today day that he thought the court would reverse the decision rendered at the last term the court Is known to be four to five as follows sustaining the former decision chase clifford mason andfield for reversing it miller strong bradly and in the supreme court it is not known how davis davia stands he ile has the casting vote it will be some days before any auy anything thing la Is known about it the organ of the administration makes a statement to the effect that the joint join high thigh commission has disposed of the questions before it and the british commissioners have received partial information from their government that the terms agreed upon are satisfactory it is ascertained on authority however that there are still some matters unsettled and it Is not certain that therel there will be a full fall argument but to use the language of one of the commissioners I 1 everything looks hopeful the comptroller of the currency informed several members of congress today that of the fifty four millions of national bank circulation provided by the act of last congress only fifteen millions are taken and that there are applications for twenty five millions the impression of the comptroller is that the southern states will not be able to take their quota for some years and by december next there will be at least twenty five millions remaining it is the intention of the president and the Secre seere secretary of war not to carry out the wishes of congress concerning cabets cadets of the first blabs class at west point who were implicated in the outrage on the three cadet the fourth class also to settle the difficulty about the colored cadet who was tried by court martial the english high commission are anxiously awaiting advises advices from their government concerning the proposition submitted for its sanction NEW YORK yong this afternoon the deputy sheriff sold by public auction in the vestibule of the city hall by virtue of several writs of execution the right to and interest in the elevated K R B R C upon judgment obtained by william Wood woodward waid daniel dorrs dorra and others in the supreme court dollars this be being baing i ng the amount of the plaintiffs claims against the company in the case of gen lawreance ex pension agent it is said that government has been defrauded by a system of raised checks and that in foreign pensions which are paid in gross by government by drafts payable to theonder the order of the agent lawrence was in the habit of reporting the total sumas sum bum as much larger than it realy was and obtaining a check for vor fora a false amount it is believed here that he went to chicago as first stated and that he is now in ia canada it is said that a woman is the cause of the whole matter and that she accompanied him in his flight the ultimate losers by the defalcation will be general law renee rence bondsmen whose liabilities are sufficient to indemnify government ALBANY professor houghton of the the andley observatory has haa announced the discovery of a new comet it was first seen swift of manhattan new york on the evening of the ath instant and reported to professor houghton Heugh hough ton who owing to the cloudy weather was unable to observe it until last night its approximate position was 3 hours and 30 minutes right ascension and 46 degrees and 6 minutes north declension the right ascension is increasing 3 minutes and 20 seconds and the declination is diminishing 80 30 minutes daily I 1 NEW york yorm 23 daniel symonds who was messen messenger gerof of the olympic theatre in this city and well known in the dramatic profession died yesterday at joe Seffer jenner jeffersons sons residence Ho hoker N NH H john M null ticket agent on the atlantic pacific JR K R at fort scott kanbas kansas ansas was arraigned in this city yesterday on a charge of embezzlement of fifteen thousand dollars from the funds of the company his confession and promise to replace the money and the fact of its being the first ofil offense ense secured his release with the consent of vice president dennison of the company who had followed him to this city and effected his bis arrest NEW york evening gold steady exports today to day forthe for the week governments dull but firm as of 81 igi 62 64 65 new stock market unsettled and irregular opening with no abatement of the recent excitement afterwards weakening again canton QuIck quicksilver aff lver iver 31 3 mariposa 61 6 pod 11 W F 43 pacific mail mall 46 N Y C 1021 erie 21 N W goi pad pfd 99 E R 1 I J U P 34 FOREIGN tuscon cohz cohr 14 yesterday the indians attacked the san pedro settlement near camp grant killed A McKinz erly H C long owen chapin and ande E 0 card unter wounded nicholas lap and stole a lot of stock arms and ammunition this settlement which has existed for six years yeara will be abandoned LONDON 2 22 21 21 4 rpm pm there is a report that yesterday ciui Clua eret aret claims to have repulsed the at all points other accounts say the fighting was murderous the entrenchments were filled with wounded and it ia is stated there is an armistice today to day for mhd burial of the dead and to allow the inhabitants of neuilly neu Nen llly clichy chichy and other bombarded places to remove barricades are being erected under the tho arc are de A demon demonstration demonstrate strati on of english democrats have congratulated the commune the austrian demands the introduction of the promised bill in relation to church and state the ahe times special says bays the commune has bus delegated it its powers to a committee of nine and is organ organizing izan g a company of aeronauts aero it is reported the prussians will deliver up the forts on sunday paris will be completely isolated shortly the insurgents shells fall short of valerien PARIS 21 even evening log tog the cannoned ing is incessant between chichy clichy and neuilly the general attack has not commenced the commune have made immense preparations for defense raising embankments and fortifications inside and outside the thel ramparts and hastening the manufacture of ammunition the hold all t the e offensive positions from chatillon to the versailles assembly has passed a law for the payment of rents versailles 22 there is an unimportant and slight cannonade between the advanced posts A decisive battle is imminent the reported ministerial modifications and supplementary elections to the assembly are false thiers visits the wounded the communists have mutinied mutinies muti nied at neuilly burning houses the journal officiate clate ciale publishes many appointments to the legion of honor the order equalizes the rewards granted to the ther army of the rhine and those of paris the loire and the north ohan Chan garnier and cessy besides receive grand crosses LoNDON 22 A dispatch from Parl pari a says that representatives of the comm commerce erce and industries of the capital are about to make a fresh attempt at conciliation and will go to Vers versailes atles atIes for that purpose the army of the assembly is strongly fortifying the towns of terris courbin voie vole and As and the communists are erecting defensive works at nehill neuilly and villiers the mot a ordre confirms the entry of the versailles troops into st denis there has been no cannonading canno since ten this morning LONDON 23 11 am another attempt has been made at marseilles to overthrow the government and introduce the commune but it has failed some bome sa me insurgents have been arrested a large quantity of ammunition which they had bad concealed in a castle near st Aut ioner has been seized parlo paris 22 porte maillot has been knocked into pieces the printing office of the opinion national rational has been jn ju evaded and the type scattered five blin hundred million francs worth of property has been destroyed dis troyed |