Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-09

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; Commerce, reported a bill to establish
I telegraphic communication between New
= York and the West Indies.
Mr.. Conness, Of California, moved TO
take up the bill TO extend time for with
: drawing goods from public stores.
Mr.. Brown, Of Missouri, desired to call
/, up the bill for the reimbursement Of Mis-
r sour for expenses in equipping and pay
: ing the military in that State.
Mr.. CONFESS appealed to Mr.. Brown,
- Of that State, TO let the bill named by
him be called up.
Mr.. Brown said he would do so If it
would not lead to discussion.
Mr.. Sprague, of Rhode Island, said he
intended to discuss the bill named by Mr..
- Conness.
7 The bill named by Mr.. Brown was
taken up and passed.
The bill to extend the time for with
drawing goods from public stores was
taken up.
The reading Of the motion being to re-
s consider the vote by which it passed.
At expiration Of the morning hour, the
I joint resolution 90 amend the COnstitu-
ton on the subject Of representation, was
p taken up.
Mr.. Salisbury, Of Delaware, then ad-
dressed the Senate in opposition to it.
f HOUSE.
WAsHTNGrON, March G.
On motion Of Mr.. Lane, the Senate bill
granting land TO aid in the construction
r Of a railroad and telegraph from the
) States Of Missouri and Arkansas to the
Pacific coast was taken from the
, Speakers table, read twice and referred
, 10 the Committee on the Pacific Rail-
{ road.
Mr.. Boutwell,, from the Committee on
Reconstruction, reported in part the evil
dence relating 10 the States of Arkansas,
Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama, and
asked it to be printed. IL was 50 ordered.
Mr.. Kelly, Of Pennsylvania, intro
dUced a bill, allowing compensation TO
MANNED soldiers and sailors, who are EN-
titled by law to artificial limbs, in lieu Of
such artificial limbs, which was read
twice and referred TO the Committee on
Military Affairs.
The House reconsideTed its order in
reference TO the Military Academy bill,
so that Mr.. Spencer might offer again
his amendment, which he did, as fol-
lows:
lind provided further, That no part
Of the money appropriated by this or
any other act shall be applied TO pay or
subsistence of any cadet from any state
declared to be in rebellion against the
Government of the United States, ap-
pointed after the LIST day Of January, |
1866, until such State shall have been
returned TO its original relations TO the
Union, under and by virtue Of an act or
Joint resolution Of Congress, for that case
made and provided"
Mr.. Blaine, Of Maine, opposed the
amendment, and sent up 70 the Clerks
desk and had read a substitute which he
proposed to offer. The amendment is as
follows:
"That no part of the money hereby ap-
pTopriated shall 6e applied to support or
pay Of any cadets hereafter appointed
not in conformity with express provis-
ions Of the law regulating appointments
Of cadets at that academy"
Mr.. Blaine stated his substitute was
UerbItjH q WeratiBl taGen from the
West Point appropriation bill, approved
April 80, 1864, desired 10 cure the evil
Of fOistiug upon Southern district boys
from Northern States. Thirty-eight or
forty Northern boys had been sen to
West Point, appointed from Southern
districts, and sent there in violation of
law. There were not vacancies for
thirteen for the Southern districts.
The places were filed by Northern boys,
appointed as from the south, and would
remain filled till 1861 OF 1865. The Pres
ident had authority to make ten appoint
meuts annually, and the adoption of his
I aAAtAiNAalANAtA wa" ''TA# ms W NAN 49,
ident, in substance, we cannOt trust you
TO appoint a single cadet from the South.
If YOU desire to nominate 2 son Of Gov.
Br0wnlow, or J. VI. Bolts, you caunOt
do it. This amendment would cut of
from the President the power TO appoint
a bog from the South, even though his
father, and all his male relations, had
fallen in the service of his country. He
considered the amendment most illib-
eral, narrow, and %prejudicial to every
thing like good feeling. II could only be
justified on the grounds taken by the
gentlemen from Pennsylvania, Mr.. Ste
vens, that every person in the eleven
Southern States was an alien. Not be-
Iieviug that, but believing that q South
erner who had been loyal 10 the Govern
menj was entitled to protection, he lB.j
should vote most decidedly i'm the mega /
tive on the amendment.
Mr.. COuklin asked whether the amend
ment or substitute suggested would dis
tUFb the boys whom the gentleman
from Maine described rs having been
%cClonized. {
Mr.. blair replied, No, sir; neither
amendment affects them My substi-
tute merely prevents any further colOni- ,
cation fggm the South, and leave, the .
question where the law leaves it to-day. :
mr. D
The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Mercury writes: There is [
reason for believing that the President q
knew what he was about when he '
charged upon certain radical leaders a /
determination TO assassinate him. IL is
said that Immediately after his veto S
message information was forwarded to l
Mr.. johnson that there was a conspiracy
among certain negroes for the purpose of y
numbering him, inspired as the story ran 2
by some radicals of the John Brown I
stripe. The story may appear incredi- I
ble; but it should be remembered that,
like all other fauaticism, the anti-slavery I
agitation has developed some very violent 2
types Of character. There are certain |
enthusiasts who really believe that it
is the mission of the nation to confer @
equality upon the negro; that the time y
is prCpitiOus. and that the only obstacle c
in the way is Andrew Johnson. Were
some one else than he occupying the s
Presidency, the present Congress would c
enact universal negro suffrage n the q
equality Of negroes become the law.
That the action OF the wretched people
can be traced to Sumner and Stevens is, [
of course, incredible; but, the remarka- 3
ble statements OF Stevens in the House, o
without any prov0cation, that the man L
at the other end of the avenue should re- Z
call the fate of Charles the First, excited I
the suspicious of the President, and to- 4
gether with the information he had re-
ceived, led to the remarks he had made {
on the subject OF his personal assassina-
ton" $
The Reciprocity Treaty and the AIaba- I
wa Claims, Z
The dwellers about cape Cod have
been deprived, by the termination of the v
raairraHfFsr Frn.Fr nF soma "a hln nPiV- v
ileges i'm the matter OF fishing in British Y
waters. They have now been excluded \
by proclamation of the GOvernOr-gen- V
eral of Canada. The National LateAi- ?
qeacer saws: 4
These rights were obtained by the Uni p
ted States with great difficulty, for there .
has been no point in our diplomatic dis Z
cUssion with the British Government of \
which il has been so tenacious. Ii was S
thought a remarkable concession ON the e
part Of that Government when the fish
ing privileges were embraced in the reci-
proCity treaty. Il
Much irritation then existed on the r.
subject, and cur fishermen were subject \
to seizure by the Colonial cruisers. This !,
Government had dispatched a vessel or \
two of war TO the fishing waters for the
preservation Of peace, which was likely +,
to be interrupted by collisions between R
or h-LILE LeHf- 1uu tue colonial MARI II
time police. The same state OF things n
viii now recUg h
The fishing privileges can only be re-
gained 10y treaty, aad the British Govern h
ment viii demand very valuable eqUiva- !
Tents for them-ccriaiHly nothing less
than me complete reau7ci0tioH, on orr n
Of 0E claims on account f ire dep n
relations upon orr commerce by The Atu- =
GdHld and her cJns0lis. o.
The Freedmen im Georgia. i'
WAsIUVaVoy. March G.. r.
Adviccs have been received at the j
Freeimen's Bureau from Georgia, in
which TING condition of the freed people
occupying the sea Islands is reported. n
In st. GATHERINGS Island there were 500 ii
freedmen, gU Of whom we're former q,
of the owners Of the Island, all in r.,
"A destitute condition. Since May, 1865, n
the island has been under the control Of n
Mr.. Campbell, . colored preacher from
New York, who has under him some ten a
or eleven colored agents Of the mos n
crafty character, who cut the wood Of
the Island and sell it. They employ 81
freedmen and pay them ia liquor at most W
exorbitant prices. Mr. Campbell, the Il
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