The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, March 28, 1866, Image 3
Fr< iii \Va?hui^ton.
Washing, ton, March 15.
i Sbnatr.? Mr. Kiddle (of Del., Pom.)
{ruin the Committee on Printing, reported
H resolution to print 10,000 cop er of the
report of the Joint Commuiee on Kecon truction,
with the accompanying lest!
utorty, for the use of the Senate.
^ .Mr. Davis (>f Ivy., Con.,) sni.l : "1
would like to Liw.iu -
....... ?mi piiiicqte
of justice and impartiality the evidence is
Taken. A gentleman from North Caro
iiua, one of the truest and most honorable
patriots in the land, gave me this iiifytina
lion in relation to that State. l!e in
formed mo that the evidence of some men
connected with the Freedmen's Bureau
had been taken, lie addressed a letter
to a member of the committee, requesting
that r.'itnesses, whose names had been
suggested by lhosn%ho claimed seats in
the Senate and House, should he allowed
to give their evidence before the commit1
tee. When I Inst couvetsed with him ho
had received no such privilege. If a just,
intelligent and important Committee
\tould seek for the truth, the whole truth
and nothing eUe but the truth, in relation
to this matter, the enquiry would b" a
subject of de- j> interest to the country
and the resell of their labors- should be
presented to the country. But if tl.at
Committee proceeds upon the principle of
Suppressing evidence, suppressing llio
truth and silencing, or at least reusing to j
hear evidence, in behalf of the gentlemen
who claim seats in the two Houses from
the tleven excluded States, I, lor otie, am
opposed to publishing at the public exi
pense the results of their labor. I do not
believe, at least I have very little faith, in
the various letters and information read
to the Senate, by the honorable Senator
from Massachusetts and presented to this
body. I have no confidence whatever, or
very litt'e, in the testimony which the
men in the euudoymertof the Freedmen's
Bureau pi.ve^n relation to the state of J
public sentiment in the Southern States." |
Mr. Davis said that as a sample of the
kind of evidence furnished by those em |
ployed hy the Freed men's Bureau, he |
would read from a speech made a few j
wrecks ago by < eti Clinton Fiske, in ^
Cincinnati, and-published in the Cincinnali
Commercial. lie characterised the J
statement in relation tc tLe treatment of*'
nerrrops in Iv 4>n' II.-1-1- -- f '
,w uui%? nn HIIBU <tnu ciiiunnn*
ou*.
Four members of the Reconstruction I
Committee, Mesais. Grimes, Fessenden,
Johnson ami Williams, in reply to Mr. |
? Davis, said tliat every man who had been
Earned to the coimniitee by the applieants
tor seats in Congress, had been examined
by '.ho committee. .
Washington, March 10.
In the Senate, Mr. Stewart, ol N'era. !
da, introduced a preamble setting forth |
that suffrage to tho negroes seems to be [
the main impediment to ihe restoration !
of the Southern States, and concluding '
with a resolution stal'to* ?* />.? ?<!
lliat the franchise shall l>e bestowed upon
negroes and that no claim shall be allowe I '
For any negro owing to bis former con ii i
tion of servitude ; lite Confederate debt
repudiated, etc., nnd that after these are
agreed to the Southern S'ates are entitled ,
to admission, and a general amnesty shall
bs proclaimed.
Washington, March 17.
The House of Representatives last nigh t I
d?f<jated the loar. bjl by a vote of sixty !
four to seventy. This is regarded as con
dernnation of the Secretary of the Treasury's
financial policy. The bill would give
him very large powers; but it i.r sup: j
posed, lh*t it wijl be revised and passed.
The dafsat of it occasioned great excite j
inent.
Washington, March IS.
Senate ?Mr. Stunner presented tl?e
petiiion of citizens of New York, earnestly
Making that no Slate tlmt rebelled should 1
l>) admitted ms a governing partner into
the Union w about adequate security for
the future. ltsfor/ed to the Coimniitee
on Reconstruction.
Mr. VVi.'aon presented the petition of
several colored men, who represent tbat
ibey were once Ilia slaves,pf Cieo. W. P.
Custis, win), in his will, f.ccd then., end
provided for their support from-property
left bv him. They *?k that a portion of
the Arlington estate be set aside for their
bonefit. The petition was referred to the
f idiciary Committee. .
Mr. Feasenden ro<8 to a personal ex.
plaration. He found in the National
Jnteliujenctr of the 17th inst., a letter
from Wj^Min A. Graham, a claimant fur
neat )fl ib^tmnfe from North Carolina, I,
in rejtly (FasjendAu'h) remark* a
fa'V data ago, C0D9cruihg lilt) i)aturecfi1
the investigations carried on by ttie UotP' .
mittce ol Fifteen. This letter of Mr.
Graham's whs intended to carry tlie imt j
pressioti that the investigations were not
impartial. Mr. Graham 1 ad written to j
him (Kessenden) making two requests, I
i one, that witnesses sujrgesloJ bv him 1
I (Graham) should he examined, and ano<
Iter that the Representative* and Senators
from thai State ho allowed to. he piesent
i to crass exam ne the witnesses. The last
request whs not complied with, because
I it was not ccstoin ?ry in investigations by
a committee, and because the proceedings
j of the committee were not in tiie nature i
I of a criminal investigation, when cross |
examinations were necessary, lie
sendeii) d <1 not roga id the lately rebellions (
State* in the li^lit ot criminals on trial, i
' nor was ha acting in the capacity cf
I prosecutor.
j Another error of Mr. Graham's was bis
b?l:ef that tlio testimony bad c'osed, bei 1
| c '.use it had been ordered 'o be printed, j
1 It had not closed, except in the cato of ,
j Tennessee. In the case of North Caret
J litia, no testimony bad yet been printed
at mII, being in the hands of Mr. Howard, J
I o f M ichigan, now absent on account of
' domestic alll ctiocs.
Mr. l)avis, in ieplv to Mr. FVssenden.
advocated the r i? 1?t of tin* claimant* f*?r !
sua* as Southern Senators and Kenre* j
R mtHtives to l?e piosetit and cross examine I
witnesses. 11 h proceeded to r-*ad Mr,
( ruham's statement in the luUliiyencer.
Having read for ball an hour, l>e was
called to order by Mr. Cliand er, who in
j sisted lliat there was no question before
| ilie Senate.
Mr. FeSsenden ? iid that he had yielded
| to Mr. Davis for li m to rr a?l Mr. liraj
barn's letter, but it was evident now that ,
1 he was .reading the t- itorimla arid news j
| columns of the paper.
I Mr. D tvis said that lie was reading on !
explanation of the ca?e br Mayor Liw- |
rencO.
At tl>e conclusion of Mr Davis' read |
ing, Mr. Fessenden rose to say that if
Mr. (iraliam dqsiredto introduce further 1
testimony in (In cast of North Carolina
he could do so.
Ilocstt.? Mr, Dawson (of Pa , Detn .)
introduced resolutions declaring iliat the
United States cannot guaranty the honds i
of Mexico, or any o'.her nation, and en*
doming Mr. Jefferson's p iriciple of avoidi
linn "entangling alliances."
Tlio 11ouse having refused to second 1
i lite demand for ilia previous question, tlie
resolutions went ovrr tinder the rules.
! Mr. Ancona, of l'a., (Dent..) offered j
a joint resolution providing for the ad '
jojrntoent of Congress on the day of i
May 18GG. The resolution was agreed
to. ,
Mr. Cut lorn, of Illinois, (Had .) offered
a joint resolution making an amendment
to the Constitution which provides that 1
no person, except a citizen of the United
States, who has at all times borne true
Htifglance thereto, shall tver lioM office
under the United Stales. The resolution i
was referred to the Committee uu Kecoui 1
strticlion.
The House recnsidored the vote l v
which the Loan hill was rejected and re> i
committed it te the Committee on Ways
and Means.
j
Washington, M.irch 20.
Mr. Morrell introduced a joint resole*
tion from the Committee on the District
of Columbia, Appropriating |>2iJ 000 for
the relief of the destitute colored people 1
of the District, and a*ked for its immediate
conaidetation. lie said there was
an absolute necessity for this appropriation,
dictated by considerations of public
health and safety, as well as bv feeling*
of ( hardy. There were 15,000 destitute
colored people in litis c.lv, and theircot>? '
(Jition w as deidorshle. lie p?nu/l tn !.<>
rea<l a communication from (be CLief of
Police < f (be city, detailing the condition
of the colored population in certain dis .
tricts, and expressing the fear that unless ?
teoniethi'ng was done aoon, diseace and
pesti ence wonfj I>e generated among
them. Siveral mn-ndmtuits ottered were
rejected, and the rtso'ution as reported ! l
from like Committee was ph-j?eJ
i (
Washington, March 21. j |
In the Senate, a bill was nresenled to I
provide for the punishment of certain
crimes against the United States ; and (
making the crime of forgery of (jtiled ,
oihim 8?i'utiiifi, pumsnaoie oy ten ysnrs 1
imprison ment. i '
In the House, the Diplomatic, Consular '
hikI Appropriation bill*; also h bill to j
facilitate Commercial, Postal and Military
communication between the several (
Stales, were passed. , ?
* At tlie taking of Jerusa>m, by Tifjs, ,
1,000,000 Je*s died by slaughter and a
famine. j r
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\ Proposition.
Any person sending us a Club of kivk new
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with the cash, will receive a em.v of
the paper extra for one year.
We direct attention to the Medical fatal of
l't\ W. J. White, who has located in our
Village.
Mr. Jones.Crockett litis our
thanks for a file of Noilhern papers. Mr. C,
has just returned liotn N> w Yotk, where he
lias been purchasing a stock of goods, which
he will soon be ready to exhibit to the public.
At the old Stand.
Mr J, 11. itnvd advertises in this paper lute
ami vols of new goods, at his old stand under
the l.'dycr office. Mr. It, is so wi^ll known
as a ch ver a id sceomuipd.it<np n end ant, that
his old custom<-i> wi'l doubtless bail his leap
pearauee in our Village with plcasuie.
Lost Records.
We publish in this paper me late Act of the
legislature on the suiijc-t ol po'p dilating testimony
of lost deeds, notes and other papaia.
This promises to he a troublesome, and in many
cases, an expensive pi weeding ; and wherever
diiliciiltics, aiising from the destruction of p^pers,
can be aitanged without suit, we would
advise parties, for their own beuelit, to make
such arrangement. A ehcrful renewal of ob"
ligation*, or acquittances, where the original*
have been destroyed. is not only the most linn arable
course, but will ho far the cheapest in
the end.
"The Buro."
The New Yoik 7Vi7>ioo-,(Gieelv'* pnpeilsny*
that the Fierdinen's Huresu oh* decided that,
peraona "kiiing out" former alares since January
1, 1 ??3, and having taken notes thorelor
from those who hired them, have no poerr to
collect the amount* called for in said nctos,
the bureau recognizing the freedom ol the negro
from January 1, I8t>:{ ; hat that the /><'?/wan'x
c'uiiii for ImCk ,.ay since that date in a
matter for decision />'/ the rourl*, thus leaving
those whose notes have heen given for the hire
of negroes since that time no choice but to refuse
payuu nt either to the former own r or
the fteedtnan until the matter is adjudicated
by the courts.
The Tribune calls upon Congress to clothe
the ftureau with autlioiiii for ilia enforcement
of these claims in favor of the freedtneii.
Federal Taxes.
A correspondent of the Columbia I'turnlx
writes fioin Washington, tliat, the internal rev.
enue (or the upper part of the State of South
Carolina, ia to he assessed ami collecteil a*
soon as the organization of the offices can ha
completed. No tares will he assessed or collected
oil any subjects of taxation piior to .loth
May, 1 St>5, which is the date ol the establish'
ment of the collection districts in South Carol
linn, except the taxes on incomes, which will
he collected for the incomes of 1864, and since.
All manufactures, distilled liipiois, and other
subjects of taxation, produce 1 or accruing -inre
80th May, will he as ies.se d and taxed. It is
thought in the departments and elsewhere here,
that the oath at office will he so modified, at
least in regard to postmasters and revenue officers,
that there will he no dillicelty in obtain'
in g S? ut'.ieru men w ho can take it.
Important Decision.
The New York Il> raid, of a rcc: t dale, has
the following important intelligence on the sub*
ject of legal tender. "A decision on the subject
of the vulua of United States Treasury
notes, nuking them e^usl in every respect, in
legal contemplation, to similar denominations
in gold, has just been rendered by the General
rerm of thd Superior Court. The decision got a
hirther than any other yet made in this Mate,
former adjudications merely going (he length
of extablish ing that contracU made before the
passage of the act, of 18(12, a.id providing for
payment in the then legal currency of the
joun'iv, could be aatislied by payment in Uni,
ted StaUs Treasury notts. Tlie agreement in
hit rase Was to pay height money in geld cr
lilver dollars on delivery ol cargo in New York.
The vessel arrived here in June, aad the freight
Doney, amounting to thirty two thousand sia
luadred and thirty do'JaiS, was tendered in
Treasury notes. The offer was refused, aad
layiueiil in specie demanded. This was refu- 1
ed and the contioversy carried to Ilia Superior
,'ourt. Alter the usual preliminaries the case
rat brought before the General I erin, and the
tension, writte n, hy Judge Monell, lays down
he law o be thr.t all delita can be satisfied by
, tender of payment tu United States Treasury
10 tea.
j 1i 11 r " - ' i mibibm in mm > *n
Presentment of the Grand Jury.
The Presentment ol the Grand Jmy, sub.
mitted to tiie (joint just before its adjournment
on Tuesday of 'a?t wee k, shows tlutt that i inpor*
taut body was lully alive to the interests of the
I country.
| In reference to the public property in the
| District, they recommend that the old jail,
which was destroyed by Sherman's army, be
rebuilt, and that the Commissioners of Public
tfuildings apply the appropriation ol one llufu.sand
dollars, made by the Legislature for '*o
bu hling yj a log jail, to that purpose. Tney
state that .the 4walU of the old jail are but
slightly injured. They recommend the sale of
the Kast half of the Lot on which the jail stands,
and that the proceeds bo applied to tbe repair
of the pubLc buildings.
They present the K >.tda and Pridgcs in tho
Distiipt as being in very bad condition, and
recoiiinteud that steps be taken to correct the
evil.
'*hey advert to the destitution and suffeiing
of the l)i-triet Poor, and suggest that the Commissioners
of the Poor, ngaiust whom great
complaints ai e alleged to h ive been made, be
required to discharge the duties of their station.
They iiiuku as nut ay as thirty-eight distinct
presciitnieuts ??f individuals for sun li v ofTences,
including horse-stealing, retailing, distilling,
grand larceny, &c. A sad coinmci tarv upon
the moials of thewtinies.
True ibhs were found against Williant Lanoy,
Mrs I'lyh i *icl I t tinier 1'lyler, for i|tu tuurder
of Marion 1*1 tier. The first lias . it been
arrcste<l. Tbe two latter were ailiuitted to bui I
i by Jtu'ge Withers. This hoitiis'idc occurred
1 several years ago. The ne-unnil iti mi of liusi.
ncss on the riiininal side of tite t'oint, as imli'
rated in the foregoing, sugge-ts the n 'cessitv
for speedy artlon on the p ut of the Coinillis
sinner* of" l'ublio nuild'ugs in providing a l>i<|
li ict j til.
EoXISTHIiW Nt.W?We I'lll sttentinn 'o
1 the advi rti.n ui'-iit of the l)-i|>fe< Klliplic
! or doiih'e Spring Skirt Tuough a recent
I invention, it hi* heroine very pnp'i'ur. and
i* rapidly obtaining the preference ov?*r
otiu-r kind* in else. The rod* in it are coin
po*cd each of htn delic.il. and well-tcin
I |'Cred n!e?l *prnig*, w In, h are ingeniously
j braided together edge to edge, the lower
! ruda he iv'.er, and h iving a double covering
Tl i* peculiarity of coii*triictiou make* tiiia
I *kirt very strong and durable, and al*o so
j exceedingly ll-xible that it rapidly sdapts
itself to the form of th? w.einer, and allows
of any amount ol doubling and crushing
without iuglify to it* shape Ti e-e sk'rla
are uiit|iiectionahly the lig:,te*t, most desirable,
comfortable and eennouiical ever
made. TI e?e are a ivantagss which ladies,
? ?? have experienced ihe discomfort and
inconvenience of single spring*, will duly
npprcciulo. J
Payment <T Debts.
P.4jini? of cieI?is% i?t next to lie
I .1 # 1 .1 ? - .
j *?? uuu, me ucm wean* mi :lie *oriu
| to deliver you from a thousand temptation*
tc Kin Hit.I vanity. J*- '.* your debt*,
him] you wj|| not li ivc wherewith t<> pur
cliaae cosily trifles, or h pernicious plea;
ure. i'av your debt* ami you will net
; linve Any tiling to lose to a gamester.?
In one word, pnv voir ilrliU, am! you
will relieve the wants of those vou owe,
and through necessity will abstain from
many indigencies which wi'd certainly
j end in the utter destruction bo'li o' soul
1 and body, l'ay your debts lii?t, before
j i ou purchase lite vanities of tine life, and
thereby be considered sn liJDtc.1 man or
woman.
Tiik Last A nixnoukn r.?The fallowing
is the amendment which Senator i)oo>
little h is proposed, apd which awaits the
j deci?:on of Congress. It will probably
l>j Hl.tpitO, as it expresses Mr. JMins >n'a
views :
Itexolvtd, Tliat the following article be
| proposed to the Legislatures of the several
Slates as an amendment to the Constitution
of the United State', which,
when ratified by tIsioe fourths ct the said
I.egis'stores shall he valid e.? part of said
Constitution, viz : After the census to
be taken in the year 1870, and each siiCi
cee 1 i?*ij census, representatives shall be
appoitioned Htnong the several States
which niav he included within this Union,
accordmw to the number of in tie alec
tors over twenty one tears of age, qttalii
Tied l y ihe laws thereof to choose members
of the most numerous branch of its
Leg:sUture; and direct taxas shall b?
apportion* I among l! c several States sc
cording to the value of the real and per
sonaltaxih'e property situaied in each
State, not belonging to the Slat* or the
United Stales.
Tho President declines, for the present,
to order the restoration of tho Sea Island
plantations to their former owner?, even
in those cases where the owner* have received
at hie hands s full pardon for past
? or it.- ? ' - ...
uiitncf*. in* renton y.r I in* is probably
to be found in Ilia (act that it would
hardly ha wise to restore, hara and thera,
a plantation on those islands, while all
the other* ware held at the lima lima by
tha negroes. Such a result could not (ail
to hro?<] disturbances, and perhaps verv
serious ccnjequjnces.
. +*
WnNhinsloii it u mors
It is mil at hII probable that lit* 1V?si
dent will interfere in (lie elec'iou of
Mayor Monroe, of New Or'eans,
Tlio President K*ve authority to a citizen
of New Orleans, in Washington, to
telegraph homo that onler* had gone to
Go*. Wells of Louisiana, not to permit
l!>e newl* elected Mayor and ex Itebel
Monroe to be installed intooilice. Good, i
According to careful computation by i
I members who are interested in sustaining '
j the President's policy of reconstruction, ]
there are but fifteen Krpuhliean Congress'
men who can be depended upoi, ?> vote j
:> - sinst radical measures as they como j
| up.
Mr. Seward eras informed, n few davs j
ago, by pet sons * ho profcsr.od to he hc ,
| CUrately informed, that the Fenians had a |
j military force of 50,000 men enrolled, j
! organized and anno I, and commanded
by experienced officer*; that they have
fi'leen millions of dollars on hand, and a
large fleet of vessel* tio.v !? ittg on the
lake porta; and that all tho-e are only a
' part of their resources I is possible that j
' a proclamation may he issued, warning
1 people not to he engaged in these moveI
I
I uienl*.
|
Some of the loyal men born several of 1
tli o S .utlivjrn ^vate* are con-U luring a
project which, if acted unon. will \u ?.! to
i very important ro<?iltn. fhuir plan is t<> |
j issue enlist to ilio I. ?y * I men, both hlaek 1
and white, in these States to HS?uuili'e in '
convention, to nrgamze loyal State ? \ v,
! eminent* and eie<t loyal deleft tee to !
Corcjrer.s, who shall at onoe present themi
selves to thai ho lv, an I ask f >r recejfnj. I
t?on of themselves a d these new State I
Governments.
The Committee on It 'onMrnc'i : h ive ^
reported the testimony of Gen-ral Colter, '
' who states that he has travelled nil over
j lex is, and foiin I ttie mass oi the p-op'e
exceedingly hitter against the Governi
meat? mora so than live or six months
( hj?o. He mentions, nil mjj other f?cts,
| that the grand juries have, dnrin ; a lew
months past, found live hun t ed ind'et
ments for the nin der of Union men and
; others, hut none of ti e guilty parlies has
i been arrested.
"Drird," the Washington enrre?t>on
I . r . *. ' -
ueni oi ill* i>ew on. ' MiVA,
speaking of (lie Ketd tn* : li is my duty {
to Hay that I think th ?l Mr. Scwarti has
no intention of interfering to prevent the
Fenian expedition to Canada, or of raising
i n tinker to prevent tho Conquest olCiiia
I da by the Fenian*. It in believed by
, those here who are the best informed on
the subject, thr.t the matter ! ; * been
suffered to no on too Ion ?, and that the
movement is now so formidable r* to be
entiiely beyond control. lint whether
this be so or not, I think it i? beyond all
d >uht that, tf expeditions, should set out
from New York and Chicago, f>r lite t
capture of Montieal, i'oronto and labec,
they would find nooh?tai!e put in their
way, so far as the gc yerriraant is con. J
cerned.
1 The Judiciary Committee of the House
have under consideration, a bill empower!
1H<? til ? Pm.'.luiil ?.? ?..III I
| ...fc ...w a .w? MVIK| ??? amiunr^ coin* |
tnunder who represent* him ill Lite iale
Teltel!.oils Slates, to reinstate loyal men in t
the possession of Und* which they were
deprived oi Ty rebel confiscation during
tlie w*r, sx evcryboo^ know* tlie Con
federate (iov eminent indti'ged pretty
heavily in confiscation llu.*e who
were known to favor the Union cause.
Since tiie war, rn mv of their deer*** have
been reversed, end 'lie f irmer o.?ner* re
' instated in possess.on of their properly. j
, The <?l jeot of the proposed bill i* ,f> keep !
the loyal owner* in pMitiiion by the i
employment of inili'ery (power unil the
Southern country lis* become so far set
lied that the question* can he trial bei
fore the civd courts \l i* inere'y a tufas
ure to choke oil the lawyer* temporary
Wxi
v - *u 1 -* "*
There wi:| he a total eclipse of the
moon on the evening of March 3t). It
begin* at five minutes past nine o'clock, 1
is at its total at twelve minutes past ten,
and begins to d.ssnp'ar at fiftv one inin.
!
ute* |>*?l eleven. ii is visible throughout
ibe United Steles.
The Texas Reconstruction Convention
is sliil el work en the Stale Coimiiulion,
The great ?nej >rty of ibe uilra Southern
members vole<l for provisions placing tbe
' freed men dn an equably with Ibe whites
in reference 10 civil right*, punishment for
crimes and testifying in tbe courts. The
Indian coroutines Lave reported in favor
of a treaty for mutual benefits with tbe
' Creek and Cbickassw Iodises. j
a
The Impending Struggle.
All the signs, aava the Richmond Ro.'
ijuirer, in lieate that the country is t?.
witness scenes of extraordinary political
bitterness snd violence. The U t Heats
have no purpose of yielding, without h
life and death Strugs'*, the^ disunion,
revolutionary policy, and the parly snpre-^
macy .which they hope thereby perma
nenlly to establish. Tliey have resolved
to war upon the Administration with nil
their power, and with the combined resources
of slra'.agem and open attack.
They have succeeded in keeping their foN '
lowers in hand, better than was expected.
Most of those who have been accustomed
to party fellowship with litem, seem still
disposed to obey tIt"ir direction, though it
guide them where S.t?an drovo the swine.
The IleptiblicHti phalanx, as represented
in Congress, is but little broken, and the
ma Imen are the captains.
It is already understood that they pur.
pose, through tho Senate, to rej-ct all
important nominations which the Presi*
dent may make; and to dispute his right
to make removals r.ny' more than ap?
poinltnenis, without tiie^cousent of tl e
Sorate. This is to deprive the President
n'* ills) twitl'OP r?f nulr,?no cru .s ??
r " r' '* => ? ""
cour se their adherents in oHi :a to joiu
in t!)" war upon btin. Ail mrtrit calcui
lated to iidlamo the popular mind, are to
he diligently employed. Spemhes are
prined ?ti 1 sown broadcast. Tlio ''Uicousti
ui'li^n Committee" sends out at
brief iit'ervais, batches of its so called
<*
evidet ce, in >de up of tbe ta'es of gatii
grened partis ins, disappointed place
hunters, and bad men grown desperate
because tl.eir day is pasting with the re.
turn of regular authority and virtuous
rule. Store*., such as these can pour into
desiring ears, are tiig ?-.l with ail the
adjuvants of sensa'ioii, and dispensed to
ilia country as the managers direct.
Tun treatment varies with tbe locality
and lie exigency. Trie elections in New
IIainpali re and Connecticut, which are at
Ii Hti'i, call for i!ie of policy, l'lie
I*ro**l in tlieic k'l.tliy a | token of, in
orlrr (IihI hi? IrtuiiiN <n iv not bo ilrivmi
olF. Tlmro in no ismi? between lii*n end
Control, tIi*?i will not, it in ellc^ed, be
ntn cMlily ncco?nmo.| nod, if thn Republics
ns will nil I;hii<j together. The i'oitiihi'it
G 'tl-i'iil Ii in ?nirnojn- l into
writing nit endorsement ol tV? disunion
jiro^r itii4l', wliic'll il?*i*!S HlO ItollCsU
greatly hrtlio canvass. Tue election once
over, nii*1 the victory won, it will be
cUiin***! ** h victorv of Tliad. Stevens,
mill n (Irlont of tliu l*(Oni?le!it *
Scene in the IRmse of Representatives.
In lih 11 >u?? of lt ?|?re?enl*?ti*e?, on
Tiiuimlet. NI/. S:ii.ill of Kentucky, rose
to n personal explanation, and hh?*I tbr.t
lie lo?.| been attacks! in an eilicle in tlie
I'litnb'irjf O'uzttle rcli-cti 'w' on biineelf
nim v a. . j mnvxi, h li*pre*ent;iti?e elect
from Arkan-et*, whose admission "to the
c>uriH*y of tit** tl n*r of lit * House he
had unsuccessfully at1empted in Decotn*
l.er U*t Mtid February lest. lit did not
know the author nor the prompting* of
tlx* article. !i w it real Mr. Smith then
proceeded to say .that ihe doctrine which
ii ttl heen uttered in thi* llouae of the
untetieb e and (Unmet l<* hTesy that the
Slate* were without the Union prompted
just riirli articles as thai read at ibe
_l !- t 1
cierk it <ie*K.
Mr. |l room ill, (Itepnhlican) of Pennsylvania,
ro*o to a pout of order. Tb.
genlh-man lias no rijjht to characterize
the opinions of litis House as a Jsmut*
L?!e heresy.
Tbd Speaker sustained the point of or*
der. *
Mr. Banks, (H-p.) of M i?i.?TLe
question no* recurs whether yi,? gentle*
msii shall he allowed to proceed in or*
der.
Mr. Stevens, of Pa.? 1 o't jact. We
hate had enough of it.
Mr. Smith,? Very well, I will give you
more of it.
The House fhen voted as to whether
Mr. Smith should he allowed to proceed*
The Iloure refused to allow hi n to go oo
?y eas 50 nays 70.
Mr. Smith rose to another personal ex>
planalion. tie said that it had Ue?n ob*
served on the tl ?or that the remark made
%
by him n few moments ago that "you
will get more of it" applied to the Ilouse.
lis desired to say that he intended it for
the gent oman from Pennsylvania, (Mr.
Stevens.) IIe had a regard for this Hawse
but nol for the gentleman, (Mr. Stetreoe.)
lie would hj, further, that he wm a good
and true Union mao, as good ae *t\j o?
the other (republican) aide of the I^ouee,
and he wae alwaye opposed, and would
be forever, to tin doctrine of eeceeeioo.
Mr. Siavtns.?-I Imve no rnplj to rank*.
A* I bar* ??iJ batora, what no gaatlaraaa
could uttar, no gcoifemaa can amwtr.?
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