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W W ,2WW E "'TA BIShi EZ) 1865. ____NEW BERRY, S. C., TU'ESDAY A~14 92 WC F~ i~ 1'A A SEVERE CENSURE TO THE SENATORS. WHAr TE HUi-IoMMIr'1EE HAS A(IlE,--i) ON. t- tisp.r0Nlilli WuNa Abndtioeti He*Meset lie,,, utrtN Thriroat.n. I ntu Ina1' fi t.' ) btte. The" ipre.antl Wi i ,t,atio, Washington, Feb. 27.---The sub. committee of the senate committee on privileges and elections which was appointed yesterday to formulate a proposition for the proper punish ment of Senators Tillman and Mc Laurin, of South Carolina, for their offense to the senate of last Satur day, today practically concluded to recommend that the two senators be severely censured for their conduct and to limit the punishment to con sure. The sub-committee consists of Senators Burrows, Hoar and Foraker, republicans, and Senators Pettus and Bailey, democrats. All were present at the early part of the meeting but Senator Bailey was compelled by indiaposition to leave the conference befoie its close. Today's meeting was a very har monious one and little difference of opinion developed. The republican members of the sub committee dicd not themselves contend for a resolu tion suspending the two senators but represented that there were some republican members of the full com mitte who adhere to the opinion that through suspension only can ade. quate punishment be meted out to the offending members. Senator Beveridge is understood to be among the most strenuous advocates of this form of proceeding and Senator Mc Comas is inclined to agree with him. Some doubt is expressed as to whether ti,ey will nite in a report limiting the punishment to censure. On the other hand some of the democratic members made it very plain that they not only would not agree int committee to the reporting of a resolution of suspension but that iR such a resolution should be pro sented to the senate by a majority cf the committee they would resist its adoption by the senate to the extent of. insisting upon prolonged debate. The republbeaq members of the com rpittee, and also many republican senators who are not meipbers of the committee, have given very serious attention to this possibility of delay in the senate, and there is no doubt that it is having a pronounced influ ence on the disposal of the question. They .recognize the fact that if so cisposeq the minority can obstruct pil legislatiqq fgy an jndefinit.e timne ajnd probiably pontin4e the present gession of ctlngress f&qr initp the sum mer. Some of them also hold the view that censure is a more severe and certain form of punishment than suspeJsion, These are the reasons which have led the republican members of the sub-committee to agree to a resoIun t.ion of censure, and nothing is left to corpplete the proceedings but to apgre 'the assent of their republican colleagnes who are rnot niembers of the sub-cormittee, The matter has been left open for consultation with $bem1 and While the full committee has bpen called to ngeet tomorrow at 10:49 o'clocla the sub coglmittee will rmeet halt an hour previous to that tirmo. This will afford opportunity to notify the democrats if there should be a~ change of program. .Theye hs been considerable dis onasion of the matter of tq differentia tion of the punishment of the two 5eUators, somne of the republican raou)bers holding out strongly for a more severe rebuke 'o Senator Till mpon than to Sejiator McLaurin, be pause they hold th~at his offense of striking a fellow senator was great er than that of his colleague, who gave the provocation to the blow, but this course has been practically abandoned so far as the sub com-. mitte.e is concerned, and both will lbe egnally reprimanded. It also has been virtually decided that no0 apo)lo. gy shall be exacted from the senal. tors, the reason for eliminating and the requirement of that kind being found in the fact that senators gen. erally fear such enforced apologies might not amount to apologies after all. The democratic members of the committee have suggested that the censure should be in very severe langnage, and, if anything, have been inclined to be more caustic than their republican colleagues. It is the desiro of all members of the committee to find a course of action that. will be acceptable to the entire. senate, and the only difficulty now appears to be to secure the consent of those republicans who believe the occasion oalls for more than mere words of rebuke. The resolution will impose on the president of the senate the task of administering the reprimand. PORTEST IN TILLMAN'T REIALF FILED. SENIOR SENATOR HAS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO SAY. Washington, Feb. 27.-As soon as the senate had been called to order today 'Mr. Frye, the president pro tem., said that by his direction on last Monday the clerk had not called the names of the two senators from South Uarolina, they being in con tempt of the body. On Tuesday, he said, he had directed the clerk to restore the names to the roll in the event of a roll call. He had done this, not because he doubted the propriety of his action on Monday, but because a very grave question was involved which he desired to submit to the senate itself. Mr. Frye said that the senator from Washingtou, Mr. Turner, had taken an appeal from the decision of the chair on Monday, but that amid the cloud of points of order and objections, he had overlooked the appeal and had proceeded with other business. The chair, Mr. Frye con tinued, forgot the appeal for the moment, and for his forgetfulness he begged the pardon of the senator from Washington. Had he done such a thing wilfully, he said, he could never have forgiven himself. The chair, he said, had received a letter from the senior senator from South Carolina (Mr. Tillman) re questing that he be heard on the question of highest privilege. The chair could n. entertain such a re quest in the circumstances without the unanimous consent of the senate, but at the proper time-perhaps to morrow-such request might be en tertainecj. Mr. Turner called attention to the fact that he had asked that the pro test of the senior senator from Sonth Uarolina be spread upon the min utes. He had desired, he said, to insist upon this request of Monday, but had been cut oli by points of or, der and by ma rotionu that the senate go into executive session. Since that time, two adjournm~ents had in terfered with the performamnce of his duty. Mr. Turner maintamned that the iling ofilcially of such protests was in accordance with the custom of the Britibh parliament and with the best parliamentary practipe of this con try upon any question involving a constitutional privilege. "The senator is right," said the chair, "and the protest will be spread upon the minutes without objection." It was so ordered. Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, chair man of the commit,tee on privileges and elections, said that at the proper time an opportunity might be af forded the ssinior senator from South OJarolina to makie his statement of privilege, but just now he felt con strained to object. Mr. Itoar suggested that the~ pro test spread on the minutes be re ferred to the committee on p)rivileges and elections. "I have no objcctione," said M~r. Turner. Mr. B3acoa, of Georgia, said it oc curred to him that the protest was not a matter of further action by the senate. It certainly was a question of too great importance to dispose of hastily. Mr. Iloar contended that the pro test was in the nature of a petition and ought, therefore, to be referred to a committee. Such action was entirely respectful. He did not in sist upaa his suggestion, however, in view of the doubt in Mr. Bacon's mind. The senate then adjouned. is the text of the letter written by Senator Tillman to President Pro Toni. Frye, which the latter referred to in the senate today: "As soon as you tihall have an nounced officially that my name has boon restored to the sonato roll, I desire to rise to a question of the highest privilogo, and as I do not know whether you would recognize me, nuder the existing circumstances, I take this means of asking you to submit my request to the senate for permission to do this, and to give me an opportunity to state my reasons for doing so." SKETC11ES OF ARMY LIFE. Interesthig Inoidonte of the olvn1 war ite iate<d by "X Con. Fed," A Member of Third S. o Itegiment. We marched towards Chattanooga the next day. The dust was stifling. Dust in the woods, dust in the road and dust everywhere. We took up camp at a house about half way be. tween Lookout Monntain and Mis sionairy Ridge. Wo built breast works and did picket duty towards Chattanooga. Hero 1 had a scrap with one of the boys. I had grown since I had been in the army, and was too heavy for the young man. I had to whip him twice before he was satisfied. Then I was arrested. We went on picket, that evening and I was ordered on post. I refused. un less released from arrest. I was re leased and took my place on the ad vance line. After the dust we had rain, and it was fourteen days before we saw the sun. While at this place a Texas soldier put in some good work. He was on a scout below Chattanooga and saw a horse boat in the river. He opened fire and drove the onomy below; then he ordered one man to come up and bring the boat to lan '. This was done, and he made them conic up one by one un til be had 21 prisoners. He brought them across Lookout Mountain into camp. Just about the time Gen. Grant was fixing to commence his advance on us, Gen. Longstreet was ordered to take his troops and go and attack Knoxville. We naarehed to Tiney's Station and got on the train. We had sent to Chattanooga station for rations. The detail came back with out them. A citizen was selling gin ger cakes to the boys; he had a large sack full; when he found that we would not get any rations he raised the price of each cake $1.00. A long arm Texan seized his sack and was caught up on the shoulders of the boys and distributed the cakes to the boys without money and without price. There was a small depot here, and one soldier went to the door and told us there were rations in there. So was soon joined by others, the door was brolien open aniid the cheering of hundreds of soldiers. Sueo enough there were rations there and Geon. Kershaw had his men giv en a day or two's rations. Then~ our trains moved off-one following an other. There were no water tanks and we had to carry water to the tender in buckets, and get out and out. fence rails for wood. One train ran into another. No one was seri ously hurt, but after the crash was over, Glen. Kershaw was fouind with his hands on the brakes holding for dear life. The Yankees could not scare him, but in a railroad crash he was demoralized. To show how fast we travelled, one of our boys got left at one station and got on our train again at the next station. We got off the train near Sweet. water, Tenn. Here we spent a few dlays anid had some fine sport rabbit hunting. We wvould form a line as if we were on the skirmish; each sol dier armed with a stick; C'ol. Ruther ford would command the line, and Geon. Kershaw and his staff would be on the flaisks, and cavalry. We would advance and very few of the rabbits would escape. Liont. Dwight was a superb rider and got his share of the rabbits. X. (Jon. Eed. Raw or Inflamed Lung. Yilid rapidly to the wonderful cura tive and healing qualities of Foley's Honey anid Tar It prevents pneumo nia and consumption from a hard cold settLied on the lungs. Gilder &. Weeks. CLNSIJIiED BY THE SENATE. TILLMAN AN) hl'LAUJtIN lIVI:N SAMIC I )t)E. Ilravo len Tren to Iliuck-Maken an IliAult tug Comuent whon ile ai,ne I Calld to Voto-Iut Quickly D)onlen P'urposo to Offetd- Majority Report Do clared sonio, senator to be the Greater Tratingressor. Washington, Feb. 28.----Senators McLaurin and Tillinan of South Carolina today were severely consured by the United States senato. The administration of the eonsuro grow out of a sensational personal oncoun ter between the two senators on the floor of the senate last Saturday dur ing the consideration of the Philip pine tariff bill. The adoption of the resolution to censure probably closes the incident, so far as oflicial action of the senate is concerned. Immediately after the senate con vened today Mr. Burrows, chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, to which the McLaurin Tillman controversy had boon re ferred, reported the resolution con sure framed by a majority of the com mittee. Accompanying the rosolu tion was a report narrating the events which led up to the light between the two senators and setting out, the con clusions of the majority. A brief statement was presented by Senators Bailey, l ackburn, Pettus, Foster and Dubois, Democratic mlom bers of the committee, dissenting from some of the conclusions of the majority. They agreed, however, to the resolution offered. A minority report was presented by Senators McCoimas, Beveridge and Pritchard, Republicans, who maintained that the adoption of a resolution of censure was not sufli cient punishment. Practically there was no debate on the resolution, although Mr. Gallin ger and Mr. Platt of Connecticut, made it evident in brief statements that the resolution was not quite sat isfactory to them. The resolution was adopted by a yoto of I to 12. When Mr. Tillman .me was called he added a no., +o the proceedings by ri y,g with ill concealed emot . "Among gentlemen an apology for an offense committed under heat of blood is usually considered sufficient." At the request of Mr. Burrows the statement of Tillman was read by the clerk. Instantly the South Caro lina senator disclaimed any intention of being offensive to the senate and said that if they were so considered he would withdraw thoem. The chair (Mr. Frye) said that by unanimous consent they might be withdrawn, but Mr. Dietrich of Nebraska, . ob jected. The incident was closed without further comment. EXPEoTANT ciRowvs IN (GALLERtIEs. When the senate was called to or der today a notably large attendance of senators wvas on the floor and the galleries were thronged. Both Sen ators McLaurin and Tillman of South Carolina were in their seats. Great interest was manifested by senators on the floor and by spectators in the galleries in the readmng of the jour nal which contained the protest of Mr. Tillman against not being per mitted to vote while under the ban of the Benate's order of contempt. Mr. Burrows of Michigan, chair man of the committee on brivileges and electiond, presented the follow ing resolution which had been form ulated by that committee. "That it is the judgment of the senate that the senators from South Carolina, Benjamin RI. Tillman and John L. McLaurin, for disorderly be havior and flagrant violation of the rules of the sena.e during the open session of the senate on the 22nd day of February, inst., deserve the cen sure of the senate and they are here by censured for their breach of the privileges and dignity of this body; and from and after the adoption of this resolution the order adjudging them in contempt of the senate shall be no longer in force and effect." Mr. Burrows presented the request of the majority of the committee which was read1. RE~PoIT OF THlE MAJORitTY. The report recited the history of the altercation in the senate and1 (uotc0(t the language t hen used by the oIleoders. All agrood to this statomotnt. The report then continued as fol lows: "The majority of the committoe are of opinion that the legal PITet of ad judging these seiators iti contiiipt. of the senate was to suspend their functions as senators ind that such punishment for disorderly b4,havior is clearly within the power of the sonate but the conclusion they have reached makes it unnecessary to dis cuss this luestion. The offenses committed by the two sonators were not, in the opinion of at majority of the committee, of equal gravity. Mr. McLaurin did not commnono the encounter but only stood in his place at his desk, whero he was speak. ing and resisted the attack that was made upon him. In other words his offnso was confined to the use of un parliamlontary language, for which he had unusual provocation. Never tholoss, his offonsO was a violation of the rules of the senate of so serious i character that in the opinion of the Committee it should he condeItnod. 'rTl: II1EATEH ol'FENHi;. "In the case of Mr. Tilhnlat, the record shows that the altercation was colmlonced by the charge ho uade against Mr. McLaurin. Such a charge s inexcusable, except, in con. lnection with i resolution to investi gate. Mr. Til11an not only made the charge without any avowal of a purpose to investigate, but also dis claiming knowledge of evidence to establish the offense and this he said after the charge had boon spocifically and unqualifiedly denied by Mr. Mc Laurin. "Such a charge under any circum stances, would be resentedc by any man worthy to be a senator ;but, 111ao is it was in this instance, its olfen sivOness was greatly intensilied. This feature of his oltenso, conpled with the fact that he also commloenced the encounter by quitting his seat s)o distance away from Mr. McLaurmtt, and rushing violently upon lhim, struck him in the face, makes the cause one of such exceptional nisbo haviour that a majority of the con mittoo are of the opinion that his of fense was of such greater gravity than that of Mr. McLaurin. CANNOT (IADE TiE (ENURE. "The peealty of a censuro by the senate in the nature of things must vary in actual severity in proportion to the public sense of the gravity of the offense of wvhich the offender has been adjudged guilty. Therefore, notwithstanding tihe fact that iln the opinion of a majority of the commit tee there is a difference iln the grav ity of the offenses undler conisidera tion yeur committee aire of the opin ion that p)ublic good and1( the dig nity of the senate will 1)e alike best promoted and protected, so fasr as this pairticular Case is concerned, b)y imposing upon eaich senator by for mal vote the censure of the senate for the offense by him committed and therefore, recommend the adop tion of the resolution." At the conclusion of the reading of the maijority report Mr. Uniley oIf Texas, offered the following state ment as rep)resenting the views of himself and four other senators: MILD DEMocRATIe Iss5ENT. "We dissent from so much of the report of the committee sas asserts the power of the 9enato to suspend1( ai senator and thuls deprive a State of its vote, and so much as describos the offenses of tihe senators ais of dif ferent gravity; but we aipprrove the resolution reported." The report of the minority of the committee then was readl. In this statement the senators signing it say thait while they ac cspt the statement of the case as masde in the prinicipail report thley (10 not agree with the nmajority of the committee as to the punisihment pro posedl by the maijority. They then say: RIEPUILIcAN MINoRlITY NOT SATISFiED. "The junior senator from South Carolina is guilty of unpairliamnent ary language. The senior senator from South CJarolin'a is guilty of phys ical violence. Neither in tihe att.t ulos of any Stato or in tIho comumon o)iniutn of mankind art thoo two oft1'otO tho atnio. ''ho alight eat form of punishiomnt is a ro)rimand or conuro. It is tho lattor which the majority )roposo to inflict for two otff tnse (iilforing in charactor and gravity. The Iminority of the coummittoo aro of the opinion that this 1mnishm ont. is ad<1iunto, and that to ignoro tlt ditorenco hotwoon tht offltnsHs is injtst. Tho minor ity of tho commn itt(u) is of the o)in ion thaut HuH)onHiont of tho two offon(I in sottators froint thoir Honatorial )rivilogos herotoforo intlicte(I should now ho formally atIjudgod and con tinuod for dilferont )oriods of timo." The report conldos by rocom nonding that Soniator McLaurin ho tus1)VInod(d from his functions as a sontator for tivo days and that Sona tor Tilhtan be uspa1)ontod( for twonty days. AlMr. I'richardi's atdop)tiotn to tho abhovo Htatfill tlIt- is in the following language: "I concur ini all tht forogo'9.g viowH 0x0cept ats to tho pimishnment of tho j n ior onator from South Caro lina. It. is mny opniion thattiho punish intt. 1O has iirea(iy Hufifro(I is at< ctluato to his otfeno. I mako no ro co1nt lt lit ion as to tiro puiniHiln(+t to be iml)ooi on 1h senior senator fromn South Carolina. II'IORRTANT 1'ot 'til: It?c'Oltu,, AIr. Bacon callotd attention to what ho considered aut inportant omission in the narrativo of tht maj ority concurrences of Iast Saturday. Thoro waH nio olicial record of th )roce(dirig in tIh( e'crot. legialativo seHHiont, ho Hiid, but. 01110 of tho r.ihont. facts ought to be brought out. lio sail Chat tIh Honior seona tor from South Cartlina (Ar. Till 1111) had express<l his desro through th seniator from Koiitucky (Air. Blackburn) to mnako public atcknowlodgmltnttt of his trror and to a1pologizo to the senat. The junior Honator front Solt !nlrol ina ( Al r. McLaurini) had cxp ressdt tlto Hallio dosiro through him (AIr. Blacon ). lIo loom(td it. imp11)ortalt, that those facts should ho mua(o a part of the t'cor(1. T'i.: M'i.AmtIN'S WI'Ol,OmN'T VTi-. Whon tho namno of Mr. Mel anrin of Alissis111ppi was roachot in th roll call, ho saiti: "3oing telated by kinship to ono of the Honltors involved, I ask to ho oxeuo from voting." M' r. Mcaurin. of Sout Carolina, 01n0 of t ho offondi-g nilat.ors, naiti in respjonse to liis niame, which had1( beeni rostoreti to tho roll: '"1 ref rain from voting for obi)Vous roanst." 'T'1LLMAN's8 NEwV oFFENsE:. When1 Mr. Tilbnn's riam11 wvas calld he11 rt)so dol iboratel y. E very eyo ini 1.110 c,hmber wasn lixod uponl hirn1. 1 tin faoe was ntorn a11nost and ho wan palo1 as8 a shoot. IEvidenltly ho ws laboring uinder groat omotion. "'Amionlg genltlonIOI," saidi ho, slow ly, and1( hi wordsn wore heailrd dis tinctly in the uttormost part of the ch)ambe0r, "an apology for ain offe~no committed under tho boat of blood. is usualily coiniderod suifficient.'' 1Thon~ ho resumod hin snat amiid granps of antonisnhmont amisong snaim tors 1( an pectators. MIr. Burrown hasitenetd to the dosk of tilt oflicial stenographorn and di rected that Mr. TIillman's words 1)0 written out at onco. At theo conlclusion of theo roll call but hofore the anunounicornent of the vote, Mr. Koan, of NOW Jrsoy, who had1( votedi for tho resolutionl, adidress inIg the presidtnt pro temi changed his vote in the foliowing statomiont: KEAN (olIAN(lEFt 11 VOTE. "HiavinIg hoard the sonator from South Carolina (Mr. Tililman) again insult the senate, I change my vote fromi nye to noC."' Theli resolution was adopted 541 to 12, the detailed voto being as follows: Yean-Aldrich, Allison, Bacon, Bai ley, Bato, Baorry, Blackburn, Bnr. rows, CJarmacek, Olark of Montana, Clay, Cockrll, Culhorson, Culiomi, Depow, Dillinghamn, Dolliver, D)ubois, Elkins, Fairbanks, F'oraker, Foster of Louisiana, Frye, Gallinger, Gib.. son, Ilannhorough. Harris., Hawley, Hoar, Kearns, Lodge, McCumbor, \lcl;nry, INloMtillatn, Mallory, Mlartin, 1itchell, Money, Nelson, Patterson, P'orkins, Pottus, Platt of Connecticut, Quarles, IRawyhns, Sirmnons, Stewart' TIalaiforro, Toellor, Trurnor, Vest, War ronl, Wotmuoro. - 51. Nayt.. --l3overidgo, Clark of Wyo. ming, )oboo, 1)ietrivh, 1'ster of Vashington, Koaln, Kittridge, MA Comas, Millard, Pritchard Proctor, Scott.-12. II:N COOLs QUICKLY. As soon as the vote was announced Mr. Burrows demanded that the statemont of Mr. Tillman mado during the roll call be road to the Houc.to. Scarcely had the clerk con cluncd the roading when \tr. Till mn1n, addressiig the preHi(elt, Haid: "Tohe words uttorod by me were not intlndod to be offensive and if they wore so comltidorod I very glad ly withdraw thotm." As Mr. B.urrows was about to ad dress the senate Mr. 'T'ollor said: "The soenator from South Carolina was not called to order by anybody. I think we had botter plroco(1." Mr. Burrows explained that he had had no opportunity during the roll call to (iroet the senate's attention to Mr. Tillman's words. The chair (Mr. Frye) Hai(: "The senator has withdrawn the remarks . 1s there objection on the part of the Hollnto to their with drawal Y" IT (ISEH ON 'T II 10.:col). "1 object, Mr. Presilont," insistod Mr. Dietrich (l op.) of Nebraska. The effect of the objection is to incorporate Mr. Tillman's statomont in the record of the proceedings. HINATOIt Tl.I.I1AN's MISTAKES. In 1I1s i(utnarkial, aneitI Iluetily 'rnpttredi Spetct.I nefoGru th e Hutunn ith ''S11ppud Ulp" on (n i. WVInlamnu WiaHl(sigto n' Itl 1hplane no d Occpa ittlon. I.News and Courier.] Ilarnwtvoll, February 1S.--Tllman's peoocl in the Sonato recently, in which ho gave his follow Senatorsi a birdsnye view of South Carolina history, was remarkable as being the product, of a night'd incubrations. l3ut like most productions of the hasty pudding order, was not history altogether. Vhere hosaid that Col. Wm. Washiigton ws not a relative of George Washington; that he was a South Carol hn1a farmor, just like him, (Tillman,) ho mad three mi statemonts in a very narrow comI Ila(s, 1it the firt plac, Coi. Vm. Wasiigton wasN rot, at thiat, timne, a South Carol iniani, but a Virginian; in tihe seconid place, he was niot ai farmer, or, if a farmoer, he wvas not a farmer "'just liko mte,"' as wasi said by the Senator; andit in the third pla1ce, he wasi a1 kunsuiarn of WVashirg tonu, paltor patrie, for "'he himelf ha111h said it.'' (See WasilhmigtonL's Journal of his tour throngh South (Jarolinia. ) The Sonator's authority wasH dhoubltless of kidadrod c0IL)oripli with the romancoM of Wooems, from whom ai number of romantic and un founded RLevol utijona ry stories were sel ect.ed for the amunomnont of chil - diron in juvenile readers. Nuw .Jeracy Fanoir Husi Narrow, Escap1e From,i Hilnug nlauuIe AlIyo. Nowv York, Feb. 2.1.-Founid frozen in ai sniowdrift and1( appalrently (load aifter Friday's storm, WIVillijam Fek'~ry, a farmer, near Anthony, N. J., lay for ton hours on the cooling board of ani undolrtaker's shop1 surrounded i)y collins and( the paraphernalia of deoath. Ferry wasw found lying in the snlow. The body wasF cold1 and1 the suppIosod corpse was takon to an undlortaking etatblishmenOlt. Haldf a dozen neigh b)ors gathered to watch over the body. The absoence of the undertaker pre vented further actxon. When he ar rivedl the party gaithered in another room. Upon their return to the cool ing room they were horrified to find the supposed corpsoe missing. An ailarmn was sont out and a messenger hurried to Ferry's home. When he airrived Ferry was disposing of a hearty meal. Ho said he suddenly became conscious and observing his surroundings, flod1 through a Bide door and hurrined home.