The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1870-12-14
TELEGRAPHIC.
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Lee. ID. - AQmlral
Baggs relieves Gibson of command of
the European fleet; Gibson to be re-
turned.
The President nominated Alfred
PleasOntOn Commissioner of Internal
Revenue. -... ......
The Senate again discussed Porter's
nomination; no result. ..-..
G. G. Bowen, member of Congress
from South Carolina, indicted in Dis
trict Court to-day for bigamy.
The House caucusses tonight.
iSenate.-A bill was introduced reviv-
ing land grants to the Selma and Dalton
Railroad. ...,
McCreery asked leave to introduce
the resolution of which he gave notice
of yesterday, proposing an investiga-
ton, with view to the restoration of
the Arlington estate to the widow of
Gen. r. E. Lee; the removal of grave
yards on the premises, and general res
titution for any incumbrance placed
therein the interest of the government.
Edmunds said that leave would not be
granted. The proposition to dig up
the bones Of our dead soldiers in order
that certain property might be given
back to its real owners, was to his mind
perfectly monstrous. While entertain
ing the highest respect for his friend,
Senator McCreery, he hoped the Senate
would never entertain the proposition.
McCreery then occupied 20 minutes
upon the subject. He referred to the
circumstances attending the recent
death of two of the foremost Generals
on either side in the late war, Lee and
Thomas. He spoke of the friendly in
timacy existing between these Generals
up to the commencement of the rebel
lion, when Thomas followed the star
ry emblem of the Union, and Lee re-
solved to stand or fal! by the State that
had given him birth. OF the general
respect which manifested itselfin either,
succeeding the mOurnful intelligence of
their decease, he proposed to eulOgize
the infeXible virtue, military genius
and valor of Gen. Lee, remarking that
the American people would never re-
linquish the property which they held
in the name and fame of the great Vir-
ginian. He then referred to the princi-
pal historic features of Lees campaigns,
to show that with the South at his COM
mand, possibly no other man could
have accomplished results so vast
While possessing great ability, he was
devoid of ostentation, and from the
testimony of his most intimate &C.
quaintances, he was singularly exempt
from the faults and follies of other men,
and his life was that of hero, chris
tan and gentleman. There might be
those in the Senate who would derive
comfort from casting aspersions upon
Gen. Lees character, but all sections
of the country would eventually accord
to his merits their just deserts. The
loved partner of his bosom still lived,
and in her behalf justice was now i'm
plored. She belonged to race fond of
bestowing charity, but poverty could
not force her to accept it. Would the
Senate remove the barrier that excluded
her from Arlington? During his re-
marks, McCreery reviewed in detail,
the salient features of Gen. Lees civil
and military services, particularly his
recent efforts in connection with Jeffer-
son College, his revolutionary ances-
try and sincere devotion to duty. Re-
ferring to the sword as the least capable
Of all tribunals to decide cause upon
its merits, the speaker went on to argue
the judgments of the sword had not
always commanded that universal res
pect which would have been expected
from court of so large a jurisdiction,
and that history had enrolled the names
of Hampton and Sydney upon the list
Of martyrs in the sacred cause of right.
The Senate finally refused leave to in
trOduce the resolution.
Scott cold tho oo,,,I;p,. for.o%boc of