New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-12

officers such Corps confer any right
that the commanding officer OF station squadron. or
ship, shall always have rank and precedence over all
Mr.. Anthony also introduced bin to regulate the
rank 9 sE s ss oo bin to amend
the act establishing the judiciary Of the United States
The bill proposes to amend the said Judiciary act
to provide that any jadge Of any court OF The United
age may upon his written application 20 the Presidcnt
be retired upon life pension equal IN amount TO his iu
salary II any judge shall for year after the
years, continue to hold his Office u rhall ne the DUTY OF
Judge for the same court who shah perform the
duties and receive the same compensation az the Judge
then acting in such court district and shall IN com 60
ton WITH and in the absence of his senior associate hod
the courts prescribed by law. ,
~, Mr. RICE ReP All introduced Dill 70 incorporate
The bill provides that whenever judgment Of death
has been shall hereafter he rendered III any cSu o
the United States and the has beeD or shall be car
red to the Supreme Court By appeal or wt o, t rSo @
TO postpone the execution thereof from ue 10
time until the mandate of the sopreme Court snail nave
been received and entered upon its records In case such
Judgment is affirmed by the Supreme Court i Shall be
me ~ ., Iav , te eNen hero and in
OF reversal such further proceedngs shall nc nau
provided that wnensver from any cause whatever
Judgment of death has not been executed ON me day APP
court TO appoint another day for the execution OF such
Judgment. =,
M r.
execution Of Judgments III capital cases
Mr.. KELLOGG rep, LaD introduced q Dill to denne
the limits Of the Collection District OF the Teche ID LOUIS
Mr. coRBETT Rep., Orr introduced bill to establish
Mr.. NORTON dem MINI, introduced bill to pro;
vide for rho construction OF for military ana
Mr. HENDRICKS Dcm md presented rcmon.
STRANGE against increasing the duties and
TUE BILL FOR rnE RELIEF or SUE Muarr.
The Senate then, on motion OF Mr. HOWE Rep WIS.,,
took the bill Tor the rcneI or Siie MURPHY
Mr. COLE rep. Cali opposed the bill lie thought the
where there was contract expressed or implied which
there not In this ease The doctrine that loyal ctl-
BIZ the Government would be very dangerous one and
would deprive such lcysts OF one great motive LOT ca
ertion against instruction.
| MIR FOWLER Rcp Tenn) advocated the payment OF
the claim of Miss Murphy because she had always been
loyal citizen and her property had been taken by tile
Government FOX public use .,o,, o,o,o,s roro %
be paid because OF the loyalty OF the claimants ihen
The late amnesty , bend pc s Giyac Iff
might come Ia with similar claims.
| Mr. FOWLER did not think that the Proclamation
even n valid coud have auy such eject, bnt woud
merely relieve disloya persons from the penalties OF
their doyalty. lie regarded The loyalty OF the claim
eay tht there was no difference between loyalty and
disoyaltyf lis state nenncsseo had great interest in
soldiers 70 the Union. whose PROPERTY much OF IL Was
damaged destroyed while they were absent lighting
oid that they stood in the same relation TO Govern;
ment az the Rebel nc %a[ed Te o SeI en a
s,nn the faith OF the pied ged the boudh0der
The lovasis of the south would never consent TO he
come The slaves OF the money changers under tie mis-
cradle doctrine ~ constructive treason.
Mr. POIERoY dscp., Kanl thought this an unfortu.
nate case FOR tho oyas Of the South to rest their claim
upon there seemed to be no very strong evidence
that Miss Murphy was loyal at al; ..,.
Mr. SUMMER rep. Mass) read ir this connection
letter from Mr. D., Humphrey, Of Alabama asserting
iongcd to he stepfather from whom he Humphrey had
bought some Of T. aud whom nobody claimed nm. TO nave
ut IT, highest value. only >lMo that he had seen 10
stated that Miss Murphy herself had made moro Rebel
sanag HOWE @e had made % Unicn Speeches
exactly tho evidence upon which The Committee had
come to the CONCLUSION that she had been loyal during
LOYALTY had bcon clearly shown.
70 show ne OF the o' Of hee
Mr. FOWLER ashsl him whs.ssT there ere was particle
Umphrey, Who he had no doubt could be shown to be
Mr. POMEROY replied that he was not trying to mako
out cas- disloyalty but merely saying that IL
unfortunate test case because loyalty was not
Mr. WkENER G;cp.. Alal said he knew Mr. Umphrey
to bc reputable gentleman, and not NJ all miserable
Mi SPENCER rep. AlaJ felt called upOn, the ques-
ton Of UmphWys character being mp. 70 say that ne was
troublesome man m Alabama and that he knew nothing
about Miss Murphys cnracter and probably had never
seen her Mr. spencer believed flat Miss Murphy had
clearly established her oyalty by the testimony OF officers
Mr. PoMERoY said that the evidence only showed The
LOYALTY Mis- Murphy after the arrival or the United
States Army there evidence OF previous 10y
alty lie read some or The testimony gwen uelot INC
Committee ontle subject, and letter from Gen. Grant
go Mise Murphy saying that her loyalty had been cleaIy
proved that her claim seemed 10 him JUST and That IL
any 90 be allowed for damages done or prop
erty taken by the army III the south no would recon-
mend that hers slou De allowed, but adding that the
whole question WAS TO be determined by Congress.
Mr. DOOllTILE Uen- Mie) said that AT the begin
oppose Mi such claims in Wow Of the great amount q
money when their payment would involves but the DIS
cussun had forced bim 10 tho conclusion that Miss
Murphy's claim and an other similar ones ought 70 10
paid under well established principles OF national law.
lie cited passage from Nate 70 the effect that ma
tion bound to pay rOr property or its citizens taken
destroyed by u deliberately In limo OF war; though not
from loss resulting from inevitable necessity.
Az $3.50 o'clock y. IN. the Senate went INTO Executive
mi IN. alsain nff or nlln