The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-22
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ils1iASAVhAS iikaRElN lS.-tsIeie JfrOm
Santiago, the O18ths lreporban encounter
between, "a oulamnfQf Qeintinas and the
insurgents. olive = 6f .the s1attar-'were
killed, among them their. chief, Naiillo.
!Capt. Lnnass G6mmalld. met the insur-
gents near Bayamo and killed ten. The
forces under COL. CanaE6l, operating in
MAraquita, had q series of engagem mente
With the rebels, killing six, nhd taking
four. priaonera. Engagements of Iess
Importance are. also reported. The
Spanish losses are not given. ,:'e
WASHINGTON; April 2O.-in Beck's de-
fence OF Davis, Beck asked and obtained
leave.to make. statement on behalf of
the Senator from Kentucky, who. he
said, had been 30 foully denounced by
the member from Massachusetts. That
Senator and. that member had had con.
troyersy on thei floor Of the Senate.
Butler, intefrhpt Oh no, I had no
controversp With him.. .iat,T3
Beck-rQha ISenator denounced The
member onrthe) floor Of the Senate as
damn seonndrei, and 7 would Character
ize that as o controversy. Laughter. I
They had;s quarrel on the floor of the
Senate. q II ought to have ended there.
and would: have ended there, but for
the fdctsp thdt the member from Massa.
ohusetts saw ft to come on the floor Of
the House and use language grossly Of
fensive to the Senator from Kentucky.
and; it Was after that that the Senator
had pronounced the speech which had
been quoted by the member. The mem
ber from Massachusetts, if he had q per-
sonal explanation to make, should hove
made it at once, but he had waited until
last Tuesday, the day that Congress was
to- adjourn, and then asked leave to
make it, having sent printed slips OF il
in advance to Boston and to the New
York Herald, knowing thas the Senator
would have left the city before he could
have seep it in print, therefore object
ed because it had been held up so long,
and not because did not want 10 give
the gentleman o chance of replication.
Butler, interrupting reason
given by the gentleman was that he
would not let me speak so long as the in
diotment against his State continued.
BeokIf T had had mn opportunity to
reply to that indictment, I would have
done it in way which T hope would
would have been worthy Of the State.
When the gentleman was trying to get
leave to-day, I asked him whether he
would assail the Senator from Kentucky.
nuu ne IepHeU .tnak ne WOntd not, and on
that statement Democrat after Democrat
voted to give him the privilege. I did
: not believe what he said, and therefore
1 voted agaipst it. Laughter. When
sne senator rises and announces that the
Senator fr6m Kentucky has been guilty
Of falsehqpd, ], deny it; I hurl it back !;
and Isay. that the character of the Sena-
tor is as ,goodGs that Of any man upon
earth. He never did wilfuily tell lie,
and no man before ever accused him of
it. Wien thoS sasmbet said that the
. Senator was shielded by his age. mud
that he did not seek the proper redress.
!! have only to say that while my Senator
is neither bully nor a blaokguard, the
member can get any redress from him
that he seeks outside OF this hall or anv.
where else. Laughter.] I do not be-
lieve that it lies in the mouth OF the