Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-12-20
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
/, SECOND SESSION OF 41sT CONGRESS.

) SENATE. Monday, Dec. 12.-Mr. Salisbury
offered a resolution inquiring of the President
the occasion for the sending of troops to Della
ware at the recent election in that State, but
Mr.. Edmunds objected to its present consider
alton, and it went over. Mr. Schurz offered
joint resolution for the general removal of po-
lltical disabilities, upon which he gave notice
he should make some remarks on Thursday.
Mr. McCreery offered joint resolution ap-
pointing joint committee of two from the
Senate and three from the House to inquire
whether the late Gen. r. E. Lee had any right
or title to the Arlington estate which made it
liable to forfeiture by his participation in the
late war, and whether it was not the property
of Mrs. Lee and her children, and if so, to
adopt measures that will restore the estate to
Mrs. Lee, with compensation for the damages
done the property; and to inquire into the ex-
pediency of removing the remains of those who
are buried on the estate, and also to consider
the proprety of restoring the Washington rel
les to Mrs Lee, but did not succeed in getting
:. !. before the Senate, and gave notice OF his in
ION to introduce it.
ten...- n-nREsENTATIvEs.-M Logan
HOUSE OF IsnA---a. -I:~h ha gave
offered the joint resolution OF wu....
notice some days ago, to abolish the offices of
Admiral and Vice Admiral in the navy. An
animated discussion ensued, in which num-
Der of members participated Finally the
rules were suspended, and the resolution pass
ed with scarcely dissenting vote. A joint res
olution was adopted providing fer an adjourn
ment of Congress from the 22d instant until
January 4, 1871. A resolution to abolish the
present internal revenue system and TO reduce
taxation was introduced by Mr. Kelley, and
passed under a suspension OF rules-yeas 1874,
nays A resolution reducing the Government
expenditures to 25000,00 per annun was re-
ferred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
An editor 10 New jersey had little nephew
only six months old, and the little nephew died.
Some of the editors friends considered that it
would be good thing to give the afflicted un-
Gle substantial expression of their sympathy;
so they contracted with local sculptor for
gravestone. The design consisted OF an eagle
carrying the little one In her arms and flying
away, while woman sat weeping on the ground.
1t was executed horribly. The tombstone was
sent to the editor, with the simple request that
he would accept it. As he was absent, the
junior editor determined to acknowledge it, al
though he hadn't the slightest idea what it
meant. So the next day he burst out In the
paper with the following remarks:
3 ''.Art -Nea0S.-We have received from the
hands of our eminent sculptor, Felix Mullens,
comic bas-relief, designed for an ornamental
freboard. 1t represents an Irishman in his
night-shlrt, running away with the little god
CUPID, while the lrishman' S sweetheart hides
her head indiieranilE IN the corner. Every
true work Of art tells its own sttery; and we un-
derstand, as soon as We glance at this, that our
Irish friend has been coquetted with by the
fair one, and is pretending to transfer his love
to other quarters, There is lurking smile on
the Irishman slips which expresses. his mischie-
vous intentions perfectly. We think it would
have been better, however, to have clothed him
10 something else than night-shirt, aud to
have smoothed down his hair We have
placed this chef d oeurre beneath our parlor
ntel-piece, where it will surely be admired
by our friends when they CALL We are glad to
encourage such progresso In local art''