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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.
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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 !
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One heavy Two-Horse Wogon.
One One-Horse Wagon.
One Top Buggy.
One Open Buggy, second hand.
Prices of all Work reduced.
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