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1NTJ WINNS, S.C. rII UA Y, 11i 13. l87 ;vp
LAST DAYS OF CONdRESS.
XXVZrXNG CIYLS IN Tlfll lIoUSE
OF 1UEPR11S I.ENTATI M.
Al arce War of Words -Everybody
T1',Cing and No One ListeninR..
Clouds of Smoke and Littered Floors.
The closing scenes of the lasb
Congress were more than usually
exciting. The proceedings were of
such length that not even a synop
sis can be given. Nor is this need
ed, as no result was reached. A
few pen and ink pictures of certain
incidents are, however, coll:ited
together to give some idea how the
representatives of the people deport
themselves at the Capitol. The firs t
relates to the debate on the propo
sition
IMPEACINGi MINISTER SEWARD,
who, in Chine, prostituted his office
to private g in and acted in a man
nor generally disgraceful. Springer,
of Illinois, was spokesman of the
Democrats. The Republicans back,
ed Seward persistently. A Wash
ington letter says :
At twelve o'clock the unwearied
Springer is on his legs again. The
whole House rises at him. There
he stands, well down in front, a tall
man, with a close black board shut
ting in a long face, talking furiously
and two desks off is the man he is
fighting, Bundy of New York, a
broad ,shaulder id, florid-facod fel -
lo.v, with white hair and a stiff ruff
of gray beard standing out around
his chin. For half an hour these
men stand four feet apart, shouting
at the top of their hoarse voices,
Bundy cool, and Springer taking
short steps up and down the aisle in
his excitement.
The din begins again, as Bundy
and Springer gesture ; their hands
miss hitting each other by a lucky
inch or two. Every point and
p! rse is cheered by rhout and yell.
Turner, a member from Kentucky,
whose speech has been getting
thicker and whose bald scalp has
been getting redder minute by
minute for an hour until now his
head looks like a boiled lobster, has
some inimi.able fancy, jumps on his
feet and yells, doubling his fist and
shaking it half a foot or so from
Bundy who turns in bland and
smiling amazement.
The House goes into paroxysms of
laughter, and the members form a
dense ring around the men. Out
side, the venerable and fiery-faced
Martin L Townsend, of New York,
hopped around like the proverbial
hen on a hot griddle. Garfield
pushed his way down, to throw in a
senten-a to the Spe iker ; Butler
tried to talk ; Mayham, a dark-faced
m,mber from New York, one of the
Committee, standing by Springer,
snouted a sentence that set both
Turner's clenched fists in motion,
like the hammers in an anvil chorus,
his head gloving like a fiery furnace.
In all the Chamber there wvas noth,.
thing quiet but a serene Western
member in the distant back rowv,
with his feet on his desk 'md the
smoke of his cigar quietly rising on
the foul air. For five minutes the
Speaker's gavel beats the devil's own
tattoo on his desk, before Randall
shouts in a hoarse whisper to the
Bergeant-at- arms, and that officer
takes down the mace, balances the
big stick in front of him like an
awkward ball-player, and going
over to Turner punches him with
the silver spread eagle. Turner
collapse. into a seat. As the Ser
geant-at-arms moves on, the menm
bers sit down, and the moment he
passes are uip again. Still- some
order comes, and shortly before one
the House shows a desire to adjourn.
Harry White makes the motion,
walking out of his seat and shaking
his fingers at the Speaker a. if he
were s&slirng stock on 'Change. The
uproar begins again. Springer
shouts, White shout', Atkins shouts,
Waddell comes down the aisle red
ini the face. Everybody is astonish
igly red in the face. This is due
doubtless, to the lateness of the
haour, Waddell suggests that
,Sunday is a de nio. It is the first
.suggestion of the day yet heard on
this Legislative Sabbath. Another
mnember who has beenU talking with
singular rapidity, staggers up with
a hand on two desks to may a woi-d,
and ilniebing, raises one spread
hand to his face with a gesture he ,
probably learned at 'is district
school, if he ever went to one.
It was plain, nothing but delay
could save Seward. -Conger and
White oameoto the fro$, and ia
shouted motions for an adjourn
m ent and a recess. They were1
voted down. Test vote, by test
vote, three of thorn by roll call, had
settled the judgenent of the House.
Garfield and Butler began to take
their shares in making delays.
At length, after two weary hours
of debate had gone by, and not ton
hours of the session roimained, the
question came on the adoption of
the resolution of impeachment.
Tho vote was: Yeas, 109 ; nays, 17.
Not twenty Republicans had voted.
A PROREIT OF THE LORD.
Randall had just taken up his
gavel, when a shout was heard from
the gallery opposite. Behind the
spreading eagle in the gallery an
old, gray-haired man, with white
beard and rude clothing, was stand
ing. Men, looking up, reoembered
him as a street preacher heard in
summer afternoons on the avenue ;
a man of much earnestness and
some eloquence. "The Lord will
avenge His holy day," the old man
shouted, "nor can any good thing
come from this desecration of His
Sabbath." Randall looked up in i
surprise. Religion is ordinarily left
to a paid chaplain in the A:norican
House. The man went fluc-ntly on
to heap one prophetic curse after
another on Sabbath breaking, when
a doorkeeper rushed down and took
him by the elbow. "Iat but doing
toy duty," he said, and broke 4w.ay
from the man to go on with his sin..
gular Sabbath cry. He was dragged
out 'At last.
THE CIVIL APPROPRIATIONS DILL.
The great appropriation bill,
whose pages bear the united sala
ries of the civil establishment of the
government, came before the House
Monday morning. Two piles of
bills were set atop of each other on
Atkin's desk. They made a reading
desk two feet high, and on them lay
the Legislative bill and the. disa.
agreeing report. Early in the ses
sion, when the Housa met at 9,
report of a disagreement was made,
and a now comiference committee
was appointed ; but the report of
this latter disagreement, made at 11
o'clock, with not an hour left of the
session, meant a final rupture be..
tween the two chambers. Atkins is
a man of nervous motions ; too
nervous to be dignified. The most
he can do is to be impressive. In
spite of the surroundings he was
that to-day. Ladies had been ad
mitted t., the floor. There were two
or three little girls, quite at their
ease, just 'a front of Atkins. One
little girl in a blue dress, her hair
tied up with a spre-iding blue bow
behind, leisurely walked past Atkins
at the climax of his remarks. When,
in addition, a man gestures by
holding his spectacles in one hand,
one must not expect too much from
the audience. "The Confeoince
Committee," said Atkins, and this
was the point of all his speech,
"have utterly failed to agree'
(bringing his clenched fist down
with a blow that set the desk to
quivering) "because," and Atkins
turned in appeal to the Demiocrats
around him, "the House insists on
free elections, unfettered elections,
and intelligent jurors, and the
House conferees could not yield-"
Foster opened a book containuing
the resolution offered by Randall in
1877 to continue tihe appropriations
for the next year, He offered the
resolution at this time. It would
have obviated the necessity of an
extra session. Southard was on his
feet instantly with a formal objec
tion, amnd thero was a general cry of
tihe same order along the Democrat-~
ic line. "On your heads then be the
responsibility," said Foster, waving
his arm as though he were tossing
ball ceross the aisle, and a cry came
back: We accept the responsibilis.
With equal tact Hale, slender and
self--possessedl, stood up, holding
the Senate bill repealing the jury
test oath, passed seventy-aix days
ago, and on w: ih tile Ho e had
had never acted, and he charged
the longer, instead of the shorter,
way of selecting this repeal was
taken to force a extra eesaion
T wo or three men sprang to their
feet to contra.dict him, but the fore
and efBec' of his remark were past
conf,radietion.
The speeches, as speechies go,
were made on the Democrafie side
by Durham and Southard, the last
rising tQ . a, , itch 1Of. .earznestness
which extoi,tod respeco, evdA from
the Republicans. Ooming out of
bis seat, and walkimag down the aisle,
he leaned forward with emphatic
hropping gestures to express his
perfect trust that the intelligence,
integrity and patriotism of the
people would yindicate the step
iow taken, aind a cliwh of hand clap
ping broke out ol around him as ho
sat down and the House insisted
on its disagreement.
Nor was this conlerenco commit
too all or most of the mornings
session. A bill making some pro
vontive provision from fututro posti
lenco was passed. All the routine
duties of a closing sOssion were
discharged, and Randall closed his
term as Speaker with the second
valedictory he has delivered in that
capacity.
8l. INVITED HIM TO CAlFi,
On the train was an officer from
Muskegon who had in charge a
young brunette of many personal
charms, not the least of which were
a pair of wicked black eyes, which
the spoiled gir ]knew well how to use,
The deputy sheriff was taking her
to the house of correction, to which
she had boen sentenced for a term
of three months after having beeu
convicted of various irre ularities in
the town of "sand an sawdust."
Among the passengers who boarded
the train at Lowell was a comier
cial traveller. The officer had left
his seat by the side of his pretty
prisoner and was conversing with a
friend at the other end of the car.
The "drummer," espying the the
young lady, at once began a game
of flirtation, and soon, upon her
own invitation, he was seated by her
side. Then commenced a most de
lightful conversation, which was
thoroughly appreciated by those
passengers who were near enough
to overhear. The officer watched
the pair narrowly, but did not inter
fere, and soon every passenger in
the coach understood the situation.
The cruel Muskegon girl enjoyed
the affair hugely, and was beard to
invite the gentleman to call on her
at her uncle's house on Lafayette
avenue on Sunday. All the passen.
gers were in the joke, but the man
of the road was blissfully uncou
seious that thelpartner of his flirta
tion was on her way to prison.
When the train arrived in the city
of Muskegon the officer stepped up
and, displaying his star said : "Come
Miss.' The girl arose and, turning
her black eyes on the bewildered
commercial travell'er, said
"We are allowed to receive calls
at our mansion, but my sentence is
only for ninety days, , and if you
hap pen Around this why ' at the and
of that time, I shall be pleased to
see you."
Dr. Geo. Har ison Gray, ;:who
recently committed suicide in 1Vow
Orleans by shooting himself through
the head, is said to have been the
stop-son of the sole owner of Web
ster's Unabridged Dictionary, a man
seventy-eight years of age and
worth several millions. Dr. Gray's
story is that owing to domestic
diflicluty he left his home in New
Haven. Ct., eighteen months ago and
went to Texas. When the yellow
fever raged at H<. y Springs, Miss,
he won there expecting and hoping
to become a victnli, as he was nearly
destitute and tired of life, but in
vain. Then he tried to obtain a
passage to Russi.r, intending to
devote himself to the plague-strick
en, but he was unable to aecure a
passage. Having at last roached4
the end of hise resources, he took his
life.
REMOVAL,
BOUT the 15th of Iar'eh we pro -
Apose to remove our stock of
goods to the store now occupied
by J. M. Beaty & Co., where we
will be pleased to see til' our former
frien~ds ard customers. Previous
to that event wve will sell at
BOTTOM FIGURES,
to avoid unnecessarg trouble in
moving.
Just received a lot of fine uin
canvassed hams. Also, Plows!l
Plows! I Plows 11 1
J. F. McMASTER & CO.
mnch 4
JUST RECEIVED,
H AflS--Uncanvassed Sugar.Cured.
Canned Goods--Tomnatoes, Peoha..
es, Salmon, Sardines, Pickles, &c.
Teas-Gunpowder and Young
Hlyeon, J. M. BE ATY & (00,
moh 1
DISSOLVED BONE~.
DON'T buy Guano, but got Dissolved
$one eo mix with your compost
heaps, Etiwani Dissolved Bone for sale
by Me?MASTESl & B10J.
fob 13
-THE BEST
SEWING 1ACHINE
1EVE.R PRODUCED,
Whether for family use or manufacturing,
is thle double-thread, look-stitch
light-running
MT~EDw :DA-VIS,
[It will last a lifetime--cvpry l\Iaohin
warranted,
I IIE Vertical Feed is the greatest ad.
vance nmado in sowing mecbanism
;inoo the invention of sowing machines.
WVe invito a careful examination of ,it,
believing no one can fail to recognize the
act that it is the most perfect Spwing
1Iachino made, combining simplicity
+trnngtlh, dhlrability, and econoimy. We
t1o not hesitate to olaim for tlo
IMPROVED DAVIS;
LI additiol to its superior princ iples,
more absolute perfection of workmanship
and more complete adjustability than
pertains to any oomupoting machine now
in the market. Among the various iu
>rovenlents is the Improved Shuttle,
illied Shank Noodle, Adjustable Neodle
Plate, New Patent Thread Controller and
Automatic Bobbin Wir' er. Every Ma.
ohine is on good substanti .1 rollers, for
which there is no extra ollarg. For
tucking, cording, braiding,quilting,
rufiling, fringing, embroidering, shoe.
fitting, tailoring, dress-making, and
family use,
THE DAVIS I AS NO EQUAL.
References to those who have the Iui
proved Davis Machino in yso in Fair
field county:
Mrs, William McNall
Mrs. William D. AikenQ,
Mrs. A. W. Ladd.
Mrs. J. C. Rowe.
Mrs Dr. T. T. Robertson,
Mrs. Dr W. K. Turner.
.Mra J. W. Bulick.
Mrs. Willi.am Stevenson.
Miss Margaret Aiken.
Mrs. A. .Miller,
Mrs. Eliza Williams.
Mrs. nJanes Q. Davis.
Mrs. Robert Crawford,
Miss J. Harvey, and othero,
Just think of it--a machine selling for
$60 a short tim ago you can now pur
chase for $30, from
, O. BOAG,
Agent for Fairliola County.
Also agent for two other first-class
mnachines- the Now American, and the
Improved Wejd.
Call on J. 0, IIOAG, and get the )eti
Family Sowing'Dachines made,
DRY GOODS,
Great roduction in pric"3s of Drese
Goods, Shoes, Hats, Clothing, &c.
Always a full and complete line o
[araily (rocoriea, Tobacco, Cigars, Con
Iectionaries, Fruits &o., as cheap as the
.lheapest.
Lumber and Furniture for sale low
or cash by
jan It T. O. BOAG
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