Wilmington journal., 1870-04-29

WAsHINGToN, ID. e., april 20, 1870.
Dear Jou1uaL:-It is thought that the
Committee on Ways and Means will lje.
pose of the funding bill by the latter payt
Of next week.
Mr.. Edmunds, in the Senate, Offered
resolution calling for al investigation into
the charges that were made that parties
had offered railroad bonds endorsed by tba
State of Georgia for the votes Of certain
Senators on the Georgia bill in opposition
to the Bingham amendment. The inyes
| tigation was ordered and the CIroaa1a
Forney's paper, made light Of the charocg
and impugned the motives of Senator Ia
munds and, of course, bolstered ND his
friend the scoundrel Bullock. 1t now ar
pears that Senator Carpenter, Of Wiscou.
sin, had been approached with an olltr &C.
$10.0 900 worth of Georgia railroad bonds
provided he would change his position
and come out against the Bingham amend.
ment. The offer was not made directly To-
Senator Carpenter but through another
party. Forney is dumb OH the subject TO
day but that is only rest to coin more
slander to nurl at those who are not IN the
pay of the wretch Bullock.
| The Howard investigation still proarc,
es and each day developes something to
substantiate the charges made by Mr.
! Wood. Architect Mullect Of the grcasnrg
and Clark of the Capitol testify thal IL,
patent sand brick of which the Howard
University was built was not ft to be
used. Gen. Howard ha inserted in Tie
contract that this patent brick houlG h2
used in the building. Why have II par
TALLY for that kind Of brick ? Gen How
ard was one of the owners Of tbs patent
brick. OF course he was not iA.lI,8toi.
1t will require deal Of white"ash 10 puri-
fly and whiten the character OF this splc.-
men of Radical honesty and morally
! This man Howard has no vices, not even
trivial ones, he is model man, is called
the Christian soldier Well if he il the
whitest of the Radical flock how must il
be with those who are as far below Lin in
purity ?
Tennessee is still changing between
heaven and earth" like Mahomct'S c0lAn
that is, her fate is awaiting the decision ni
the Radical caucus, who Will promptly de
There has been no testimony that viii bc..r
the light of day yet produced that wouII
warrant any man, except, indeed, il b. IL
Butler Drake, q Morton, IN pr"ac.t.
ing report asking Congressional inter
ference in the State of Tennessee, even
from q Radical standpoint.
/ VIM. ID. Kelly, who is from IcnnGyi-
vania and is known by tho sybriquct Of
"Pig Iron Kelly, got Gatride of his hoi,,l
! yesterday while the tariff on iron was being
, debated, and ho tried to rIdo down every
one who did not howl with him for nIo-
lection to pig iron. lie threatened what
he wonld do if his demands were not com
! piled with. Mr.. Kellogg, in reply, saii
II will not sit here In silence when tire
8 gentleman from Pennsylvania tell my
= colleague that he will strike at the interest
, in his district because the member; from
Connecticut happen to vote rs they please
on this floor" This was n SLIGHT snag frt
3 "Pig Iron William" to run ngainst. Mr.
Haldeman, of Pennsylvania, also gave
i him ''boost" when he told him that h.
could not speak for him if lie did permit
g it to be understood that he spoke for the
! "a gentlemen from Pennsylvania MI.
: Haldeman's remarks created cons!delaII"
2 laughter at 'Pig Iron" kelIey's expeuar.
! The Senate at midnight settled the
J Georgia question by adopting Pomcroy#
r substitute. The government of the STATE
: next FALL when the State will be admitted,
= probably. The bill now goes to the House,
. where, / think, it will be agreed to after Il
8 struggle on the part Of Butler to defeat it.
9 The Senate was very full last night, both
: floor and galleries. The Radicals, who
y favor completely crushing the South, were
i. very sore over their defeat; they were
y ''quite chap fallen" Nyc, vino docs tha
Ia funny parts in the Senatorial drama, trirI
s. to carry the thing off with an attempt t
"a humor but did not snccecd first he made
n a remark about gentlemen, whom the tesy
d Drake, in most meIodi0uR toncs--whic!l
: reminds me of saw-sharpening-wa wanted t.
% know if the Senator from Nevada in
IF tended to insinuate that tho Senators were
e not gentlemen? ? Nye did not intend to
10 insinuate anything, ana went Oh IL his
q doleful attempt at wit with regard to the
R Democratic party. Judge Thurman re-
Lr marked that neither tho taunts 1o-
, the wit Of Mr.. Nye can provoke me to
q discussion tonight. When the prolcl
il time comes I shall answer aa best L may
b his taunts. 1 cannot hope to answer hi
e humor CT his wit. Mr.. Nye spoke of the
ss Senator coming to the Senate in uniform,
q and hoped it would be in blue, not IL
l. gray. Judge Thurman said; "Well, Sir,
'r do not see either the wit or the point Ci
: that remark, nor Go / see in i the uguat
) good humor Of the Senator. If he meant
e that the uniform of the Senator from ONO
e (meaning himselD ever had been anything
u but blue, he would get answer that he
r. would not like" Mr.. Nye disclained any
D, such thing. Judge Thurman rejoired
n 'No, suppose not; yet it was very poor
.s exhibition of humor Mr.. President
o. whenever we want to discuss, or wheney-
er we want to defend, our votes on this
floor, we shall be found ready to DO it,
. but we shall not be provoked into the con
a. sumption of time in debate when debate
Of is not necessary by any remarks that may
d be made by the Senator from Nevada of
re anybody else"
s. Judge Thurman only speaks when Il era
h is occasion to in the discharge Of his dU-
ties, and does not play the statuesquc ora
y. tor as Sumner or the comedian rs Nye
~ ~ and Senators are not anxious to have q
q. bout with him, as he hammers mighty