The Tarboro' southerner., 1871-03-30
Our Washington Correspondence.
WAsu1SdToN, D, c., March 26, 1871

| the past TWO weeks speaking ana VoVlpS :
against Legislation for the South, sud
denly discover the great necessity for
it. This is the triumph of Butler,
who will one day be sure to remind lis
friends Blaine, Dawes and Garfield OF
their subservency to the Presidential
mandate. The President is full Of Ku
Klux and when he came to the capital
with mis- advisers. Boutwell, and Robe
son, and the Message in his trousers
pocket, written ali by himself, he was
as proud as youth with his first stove
pipe hat, and looking as modestly
sheepish, when he presented his effort
at Message writing, and he was not at
all elated when Mr.. Shellabarger told
him that it would not answer as the
Democrats would not consent to the
passage of any bill with military fea>
teres in it. Then the united wisdom
of his friends, Messrs. Conkling, Will
son, Pomeroy, Morton, Chandler and
Nye, Of the Senate and Messrs, May
nard, Mercer, 4Ioar, Cobb and Shella-
barger, of the House, concocted the
twenty lines which he sent in and
which has had such wonderful effect
on the heretofore refractory Radicals
Of the House.
It is thought that the Radicals of the
Committee who were appointed in the
House to frame a bill in regard to the
Ku Klux will agree to bill which
will extend the authority ofthe United
States Courts to cases Of conspiracy
against the exercise of rights aud pri>
velcges granted by the recent consri>
tutional amendments also authorizing
the President to apply the powers
granted in the Act of 1895 to such
cases as interfere with the collection
Of the revenue or the enforcement of
other Unired States laws Jurors will
be required to swear that they are not
members of The Ku Klux. The use
of the Military will be the bone Of
contention as there are Radicals who
do not agree with their more rabid
brethren in this move. The D,mo-
erats will cUbtend for strictly Consti-
tutional Legislation
To morrow Mr.. Sumnc., the. martyr
will deliver himself OF over ten
eolgmes Of Grant-San Domingo and
nti>administration bile, after which he
probably will feel much relieved. In
this review of the Administrations, the
President and his San Domingo policy
Mr.. Sumner will reclte facts from the
official records which will show the
country what " for man is Graot,"
and how the whole power Of the Gov
ernmcnt has been used, even to threat
ming war and assisting in the transpor-
ting of San Domingo troops in U. S.
vessels for the personal greed Of gain
Of President Grant.
Mr.. ConkliGg one of the most devo-
ted of the Presidents skip's in the
Senate, has been making a judy Of
himself by trying to choke down Mr..
Sumner from reading his San Domin-
90 resolutions, on which he wants to
make his great speech On Thursday
he tried, bat failed, to below Mr.. Sum
ner down. The TrtJeae said that Mr..
Summers resolutions must be an
ewered but not believed down as the
Senator from New York Mr.. Conk!iyg)
knows that in that kind of performance
he can be excelled BY any Jackas s.
On Friday, he again objected to re-
ceiving the resolutions and he succet d.
el in having the point oF order, which
was made, laid on the table. Ghis was
a triumph for Conkling who conscious
that for the past three days he had
been acting very like the long cared
| animal referred to be his friend Horace
Greeley, rose to smooth out his shabby
mean behavior and said that he ohjec :
ed onl ly to preserve intact the rule Of
the Senate, and ifany Senator had ask
ed unanimous consent to introduce
resolution he would be the last to OBJ.
ject. Mr.. Sumner rose and in mock
serious tone said that he would take
advantage of the era Of good feeling
wlich the Senator from !. Y. had in
troduced into the Senate and he would
now ask for unanimous consent to in>
troduce his resolution. Conkling was
thunderstruck as be never dreamed
that his soft sawder remarks would
b, so taken by Mr.. Sumner. Morton
looked black as night. The Vice Pre-
sident asked if there was any objec-
ton. No single voice was heard to
8 s.ve the pretty blonde dandy from the
result Of his blunder and the resolu
ton was accepted. It IS far beyond
my powers to describe the varied
shades of amazemeut, disappointment,
chagrin, mcrtGcati and the look of
gooeness which passed in succession
over Condling's phiz from the time
when Sumner took him at his word
until he wilted in his seat completely
done for. There was a general snile
all around the Senate and applause in
the galleries, while the face Of Sumner.
Schurz and the anti San Domingo
Senators were radiant with smiles. So
far in this fght Sumner is ahead. He
will smash Grant yet.
An invention Of great benefit to the
business public was tested by y. S.
Treasurer, Spinner and the Chief Of
ficials of his department on Thursday
last. Mr.. George w. Homes, Jr.,
General Agent, US. for the " Check
Puneturing Co." explained the opera
tion of the new invention, which is
quite simple and convenient. 1t is
machine for puncturing checks, drafts,
&C., so as prevent their being altered
from smaller to larger amounts, also to
prevent the changing ofthe names aud
numbers on bonds, which may Lave
been lost or stolen. After the most
severe tests known Mr. Simmer dacid-