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rrt- E K N1 EDITI[(N } 1'YNi BR U,O S. C. '1I lLtSPA. l'L'1RU11IIY 20, 1879 VYOL.3N ) WUTUERN WARt CLAIMS. i Sl'EWIOPIoY. D. WVYATT AIKEN IN TIIE 1W USE AT IWAsIIA TZ0. Bogus Claimants--Confedorates Asking no Money-Questions for the Courts -South Carolina Carpet-Baggers The State Solid for the Union. In a debate in the House last week on the question of paying a citizen of Virginia for the uso of his wharf in Alexandria during the war, a numbor of speeches having boon made, Col. D. Wyatt Aiken spoke briefly, and hie is reported as fol lows in ti. (;ong/.ressional .Rccord Mr. Chairman, before the vote is taken on this bill I would like to say a word in reply to what fell from the lips of the gentleman from Michigan, [Mr. Conger.] I wish to say to him that had lie waited one moment he would have had a reply expressing, I think, the sentiments of at least the Southern memiberson this side of the Hall. The gontloman is always too fast. -1Ir. Chairman, speaking now for myself only, I will say that the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Butler] uttered my sentiments ex, aetly. I im opposed to all these so.. called "Southorn war claims." For an examination 'of theni I refer the gentleman from Michigan to the .Record containing a speech made on this floor during last session by the genticinan from Indianlapolis, [Mr. lltutln:.] An Cxin11iation of that speech will show timt one tenth of all these cliins presen, ted heare htavoe ml from .Republiicanls, andth at, forty-nine out of fou- h"n dred of the claimants are men livin; north of Washington City. Yot they are all schedt1o.I under the title of "Soitheri war claims." Mr. Chairman, no man who was true to the confederacy, whether he bore arms or not, will ever be found presenting a claim upon this floor against the Governiont for dLmages sust.tined (luring the war. There is something left within the breast of ao confeierate that tolls him he woul I at 10 istt coniromise li.; hon or if he were to como and ask pay m1en1t for damages lone during that c.nliict, afte. lhe hald risked not, only hi1 property but hii li'o ii lefensti of what he believed to be just and right. Mr. Hanna-If so, why was it, at the last session, when we proposed to amend the Constitution so as to Nr these claims forever, that sixty.. one Sout.horn Repr .sentatives voted against the adoption of that amend mnit ? Mr. Aiken-.n reply to that I will say the gentleman must remember that every claim presented hero as a Sout'ern war claim comes upon the priiucf/acie evidence that the claim, is a loyal citizen ; and, sir, this is no court before which questions of that kind can be tried. If it were, I venture the assertion that the claimant was loyal at some time or other to the Confederate States. Hence I am opposed to bringing aniy Southern claim to Congress from the simple fact that we cannot have both sides of the question tested. I am glad to know there is liber ality enough on the other side of the House to vote for reimbursement to eleeniosynary, religious or edu cational institutions that woero dlam.. aged in the South during the war. For onie, my independence will not allow me to vote even'- for them. I think that we should go back to first prlinlCiples ; that we .should go to workc and rebuild su'ch institu tions ourselves. We risked every thing of that kind during the war. WVe have no favors to askc of those who whipped us. We have noknowi odged that wvo were overpowered,. and we are willing to Come back and do our best for tihe Union. Sir, I do lionestly believe that to-dlay the Treasury:.of .the Goveinment of the United States wvould do safer in the han1ds of tihe men who defended the confederacy than it is in thb h'ands of the men wvho now control it. [Laughter on the Republican side.)] I believe that.if the Southern States had been represented here in 1871 and 1872 and 1878 as they are repro sentod to--day, there would be no such cry as that $100,000,000 had been taken out of tile Treasury to~ pay "Southern war claims." For, sir, judging these claimants by the few whom I have met in my4 State, a grander set Qf villains ne,ver drew a dollar ont of the Troasury than the loyal men to whom money was paI~i&re we wore not here toI nvy little 8t )y men-I do not kn'ow where tliey Lro now ; God knows. They wont I suppose where they came from, [laughter and applause]-who were never South Carolinians, end yet they sat hero and voted for the claims of inn who nevor had a just title to a dollar then in the Tro:su ry. If our States all over the South had boon properly represented, not a dollar of that money would have been paid. As I said in the ontset, I have spoken my own sentiments. Wheth or I am speaking those of any other Southern man here I . do not know, but I believe they are the senti ments of my entire State. I caro not what the prejudices of the people abroad may be for that State because of its'rebellious proclivities horetofore, we are to-day strong and united in the defense of this Government. I claim. as their rep resentativo to be ix firm in the defense of this Unidis.-;nd its flag as any man comllng frin'.the most loy al State in the Utiiol, I care not whether it be iii: No v. Englanld or in the Northwest. - We are here .to.-. day, those of us who truly represent that little +.to pretcct the Treasury, and I s ,y the biest way to protect it so a-e as theso claims are concerned, is to drive overy one of them from the Halls of Congress, [Applause.] VENEZ ULL.t. Events that Preceded the Great Battle At Victoria and thv Proclamation of Guznan--Two Sides to the Situation. S'r. TIUo\1AS, February"\ 17, 1'7!). The 'reponts by the stea.nier to-dIy are \very coilllietiln.. From Il h g1o''r lnt, side there is the l'ol!owin :-"A sev.ere iiight. hadu talk"n .11 !.tce at ,$(ltre nais:, :llcltiGenerals 'l'lhdo and( Azala were dlefea:tl. Anoether bai te ieai' La Victoria resul ied in the defeat. of; Generial Cedoen(ls, wit.h a loss of live hulllldred mllenl. (.ieeral ('olinla has let'[ Coro with. three I!housanlld lmnc to aid tlie goverlnment against those pro clainilig n favor o' General (Gu'liu:uil Jilanco. Lucianol, wvith fonr thous:and nlc, has mlarched oil Aragua to join Valeria against C;edenlos. Caracas is quiet, and the adhercuts of Gu'zi.aui are Jleeing and hiding. Oin the other halu, it is reptrted that lie revolution is inl full blast. The steamer Biermuda was chiarltered by' the governieit. to take two coml iissioners to Coro. Sh1e arrivel on Jainarv 29, but found Coliiat had left on the 23d, and that nothitig was known of his whereabouts. TheI blockading flet from ilaracai ho, which consists of five schooiers nild i steamer, warned the Ileriluda ofl, andtl she had to leave, havin, however, landed the collimissioners. ('oro is surrounded by the adherents of Guzmlani. General Vara10. was sht.u in i..r~ toria by General Cedlnos, and111 all conlmunication with Caracas had beenut cut oil. TheIl wires were cut and1 Crespo's and (edeios' troops were betwveen the places. It is reported that Modlaneta, the provisional head of the govermnelent., has ilforamed General Vaulerat Chat nm. would onl1y act as President utntil the arrival of Callullzi Blaneo. Ex-President Guzman declares that lhe113 on lIes to qutie't the coutr iy, and1( will not accept the P'residenerv. The steamer Maracalibo is expecOted here to take Guzmant toe Venez.ueIa. La Guairo is totally undl(efenided. The genocral tonoof th'le country is satid to be il favor of' Guzmtan. ENJoY LIF"E.-What a truly beau tifa~l world we live in I Natu're gives us grandeur of mountains, glens and oceans, and thousands of' means for enjoyment. We. can desire no bettor when in perfect hlealthl; but how often do the majority of pee pie feel like giving it up dishlearton.. ed, discouraged and worried out 'with disease, wvhon there is no oc casion for this feeling, .as every sufferer can easily obtain satisfac tory proof that -Green's August, Flower wvil1 make them-as free from! disease as wvhen bor'n. Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint is the direct canse of seventy-five por. cent of such maladies as l3iliousness, In digestion, Sick Headache, Costive-. nless, Nervous Prostration, Dizzi ness of the Head, Palpitatipn of tho Heart, and other distressing symp - toms. Three doses of August Flower will prove its' woenderful effect. Sample bottles, 10 cants Pry it. * STEALING AN EAn-RING.-A most haringf highway- robbery -'was per'pe rae nbroad daylight Oi onFif'th Ivenuhe, New York Cityv, on FrIday. flr'. Do Berr'y, the wvIfo of Adolph )e Berry,, a. yealthy importer . at M4 WYarr'en s.treet,.was . wvalklug -Onl the wenlue with a lady friend, when an aleganitly attired inan daited behhlnd Virs. Do U~orry and1( caiught, bo0th her 11lamond ea)'-rlintg.and endeavored, to. oar., the~ .to'oi her ear, . He sue ee ded in tearing one otto,1aceratinlg or- ear, audna ggpggis esap Pa-on nase'nunn" A SILVEIR WEDDING DAY. ---o iTM]S ;,Wi'r YEARt OL TH1t UNIONOh' 1EUAtO'E AN.) A . ilt[CA B.r C.ALE:;. History of the Work--Dirappointnonts and Final Success --Cyrus W';Fliold's Great Work--.-Throading the Sea Bottom in Evory Direct,ioii. On the 10th of March next Mr. Cyrus W. Field will give a grand dinner party in celebration of tho twenty- fifth annitorsary of the form ation of the conipiny, by New York merchants, .to" statblish dlegraphic comniunication cross the Atlantic Ocean. Invitations for' this most intoresting jubilee, lan somo110' on. graved on beautiful cards, have been sent to distinguishei peoplo in all parts of the world. The festival will take place at Mr. Field's resi dence, Gramercy Park, 'hw York City. ORIGIN OF TIE ENTERPRISE. We are so familiar witi the use of the telegraph across the ocean that we are apt to forget hok' recent a thing it is and that the originators of the great enterprise are still among us. It is only a quarter of a century sinco the project was first conecived. The 10th of March, 1854, is tho date of its birth, and so of the birth of a dp sea toleg raphy. On that day was aignel the agreiemnt "to establish a line of telegraphic communication be tween Amieicia and .Luropo by way of Neweoindland." The . company was formiid in a privato house-. tl.t of Mi. Cyrus W. Field-and (om1pos08111d of but five individuals; I'to; C.oper, Moses Taylor, Cyrus W. Fi-lA, Marsal O. Roberts and Chandler White. Mr. David Dud ley Field was present as the legal advisor of the compr.uy, and went with his brother and. Mr. White to St. John's to ob.tain the. charter. Mr. White soon after died, and was succeeded by Mr. Wilson , G. Iunt. These five gentlemen,..ar all still living, to see the gregt results of the experiment then first made to carry the telegraph across the ocean. Small attempts had been made in Europe to transinit messages under water--first across the River Rhino, but half a nmjle wide, and next across the British Channel. The first attempt to unite England and France was made in 1850. A cop p1r wire covere-l with gutta percha was laid between Dover and Calais, anont twenty-one miles, but commu nication was kent up but for a very brief period. The next year it was replaced by a cable of four wires, which is still perfect. A few other sea cables wero. laid, but only in shallow water and for short dis - t:inces-tho longest, that to Holland, being but one hundred and thirty miles, and in water only a few fathoms deep. This American Coi1mny was tho first to propose to span the ocean. As soon as the inom had b)een completed to Ne wv' foundland Mr Oyrus WV. Field wvent to London, and there, in 1856, ors gnizod the Atlantic Telegraph Co m pany. THE PIONEER cABLES. Its first attempt was made in 1857, but the ships bad sailed but little over throe houdrd milos from the coast of Ireland whoa the cable b)roke and the expedition returned. The next year (1858) t,he attempt was revo'we(d in a different manner'. The American and English ships..oi wvar, Niagara and Agamomnnon, sail-. ccd for the middle of the Atlantic, whero they wore to join cables, and sail east and west to carry the two ends to their r'esp)ective shores. But before they reached mid-ocean a storm arose, anid thme Agamemnon had a narrow escape from founder.. ing; and when at last the cable was joined it wvas broken several times in the attempt to lay it, and the expo.. dit ion roturn'ed to Enladlms is despair. ladlms succEss AT LAST. One more effort, however, was mnado that summner, and with success. The cable was stretched from shore to shore and massages passed beo, tween Europe and. Americh. - But communication 'continued only -three wooks,:nar was it re-established till eight years later (In 1800) after two new cables had been man'ufactured' (one of which, after being laid out 1,200 aniles in 1805, was broIken In mid-olcean mad Alshed up tRo0 lyear after. and carried to the shore of Newfoundland), iainly the exerw Itions of the sam i~k~1 prit which ha 9,guq4*h project andc ured L a f'd i. t-ao .1 obstacles for twelve years. A WORLD-WIDE SYSTEM. But the success of that first Atlantic telegraph in 1858, brief though it was, had demonstrate dtho possibility of crossing the ocoan, and so led the way for all after triumphs in (loop sea telography. It had proved that a cable over two thousand miles long could be laid in vator over two miles doep. After that nothing seemed impossible Cablos were laid in the Meditorra nean, in tho Red Sea and the Per - sian Gulf, and thence across the Aral.n Sea to India, and across the Bay of Bengal to Burinab, and down the Malayan Peninsula to Penang Singapore, .and up thv Eastern coast of Asia to China, and across to Japan, while southw,.. d lines were carried to Javp, and across that island and surroduding seas to Australia and to Now Zea land. In this Western Hemisphere cables \vore laid to Cuba and the other West India Islands, and down the coast of South America to Brazil and the Argentine Confederation. LOLIERIBUE) MEMORIES. Thus, within a quarter of a con. tury, submarine telegraphs have been carried across almost all the sons and oceans of the globe(except the broad Pacific, which remains to be conquered), bringing into close commuic-ttion all parts of the civilized world. Mary who bore an honorable part in these great acbiov ments have passed away. Their memory is cherished by their sur vivors, who find many stirring recol lections recalled whenever they meet together, as they will continue to do so long as any of those who were actors in these scenes shall remain upon the stage. We have no hesitation whatever in recommending Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup for children teething or suf fering from colic, diarrhoa or dys entery. FOR SALE ! One light Two+Horse Wagon. One heavy Two-Horse Wogon. One One-Horse Wagon. One Top Buggy. One Open Buggy, second hand. Prices of all Work reduced. ov 28 DESPORTES & MONTS CI EARING --OUT S A LE. 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