New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-03
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WARRINGTON, Friday, Feb. 2, 1871
-, coru,,,ee on Educate and Labor had the morn
,s bour for private bills aud tried hard TO pass OIL
.Dprorr. sing to6.co0 90 compensate Wiham ana mary
College In Virginia for the destruction OF It's puIdhg
and library during the war. Gen GARFIELD ana Mr.
pswee who appear 10 have formed partnership 70
r,t,p,ze every measure proposing to take money from
,he Treasury and to- let nothing Of questionable pro
rnety Flip through unnOtced at once objected Tor the
reason that the bill would make a precedent ana en-
G sSd PS ST !" a"G
Stable and benevolent institution or society wmcn
forward with its claim door would thus be opened.
ihey thought 10y which millions OF money %onn , w o he
falvate calendar but Mr.. loar by the help OF tnT
oerats got House into Committee upon the and
which contained only the bill in question By ag ou sn
almost obsolete rule, the first ana fourth M y su
clio objection postpones the present consideration OF
and afterw ard taken mp hve me mbeFs can MessTs
carried Dawes Blair, and two other Ineme b fo M
Hsr s apnoyauce Who Would certainly have passed
nhe could have got vote me EaueSoT e authorities
demand as Of right or as sb an they admit
justice Of the United states III tncir do spnea 70 he
fhere be lawful claim hut ne be o oern usagcs
generosity Of the Government under te nations
49, now aco1ifed the force Of Law. exemptng rom me
vicisstudes 81 warfare, ana uev " nd learn
tng All, and bubble buildings devoted to ciyi,
tTPoses only and G SaSITEactOn The College
feeble Way and is likely die IL It fails to ge tnS a
propTati6n asked The Education hlll was ueD'tvSH
@ o'Ciork nntH s. and several additional anend-
n,cnts were offered making abont Iozen VIII, r ae
eods of land sales among the states " for the promotion
Of or @aeI 9 roceeds shall be granted TO
The southern states only " TO ava IN esta"nshug anu
zach state 100000 of acres, 10 be sold to
create an endC% dI1 mnring me debate
Mir Hoar and Mr.. Biggs resumed tleIr Ola quntHei
ahout the comparative virtue and Intelligence OF hs
Of Delaware. Mr.. BlRgs ltau
from book Of Massachusetts statistics net vi tnS an
one he said for every Of the alphabet except
four. Mr. Hoar rctorted that more than elgny
per OF the crimes were committed 10y men wno
VOied the Democratic ticket Mr. shelabaiger made ap
argument in support OF the 90 oi W e eaah
school in the country. Virginia member boosted OF
dn,ed more great men than any county in Massachu
setts and was answered by Mr. Hoar with an ausoh 10
ahldren into Slavery and febeing against Govern
Iaent The bin comes up foi final action on TUESDAY
next.
The House completed the Indian BILL to-day in Com
,t4e OF the Whole and passed H. rejecting an amend
Inent offered byiMr Tahe, who proposed that when
tribe makes war upon the Government its annuines
shall he forfeited while hostlities are going on Inc
present system is to pay all arresrages OF annnues as
aeon as peace is made The Indians have therefore,
nothing TO lose by hghtsng ana know una. as $50 6 a.
they tired Of war they nave Ohy 10 "a! 80, anu ~
the agency draw their money blankets ana "inmuhl
ton, just the same Is If they had Kept the peace.
The clayton Investigating Committee met to-day, ana
snator CLAYTON raised objection 10 the testimony being
red II presumed The Senator referred to the publ
cations already made hut he failed TO refer specncay
10 This fact T. A. Fulton colored Republican member
o. the Arkansas Legislature, then sworn In refer
ssce to the charges that Clayton had manipulated
enc election and made corrupt COMBINATIONS
rc secure hs senatorial election Fulton sWOre that Gay
ton told ne wanted but bis friends in tile Legl>a-
sre and referring the then impending state election
declared wanted to be elected he must prom
Use for hm-Ciayton-for Senator witness prom
geed ana was elected MltnesS went ~ thc
a before the meeting Of the a ana Se Would
have the ReSu9icsns yS,e Sf Il tneT would
ne SonS sst en%%s s oTSsDueS in an unccn
sttnticnal aud revolutionary manner 10y 'ne Clayton
nefats to prevent uti-ClavtOn Republicans whc
been e , sc1sa S sav,1 af ,he9 ,ht jnas e" Of
tbe supreme and atVsrwsrd spPcnIe oycgaSf
:s G master on issisppi oSSsnita aud pI Red
-S,er Railroad, of which Company Bowen was frest
dsu salary Of 500 Per month n; and nd n III,
Ssre Witness should be taken on the Payrols OF tht
ropapy snyhow Bower then told witness In De
you'd get Il for him. and If witness did not behevc IT,
a TGa wness h Replied ae he %oa nE ao0
sndiwlen Alexander Mcdonald withdrew from
81 g SGPs n .S @nes %ts
All Of tie bS@osTats Voted for Clayton but three
beIs thereafter contest ensned i'll the not sPTint
district where Clayton members had been elected by
gross fraud. Mary A. CLAYTON called on witness, sayPs
Chat Thomas since GSVeaSf 81 lq ian
Sion of the Clayton members. Witness re
bsS fG no ri I to seats Mari then offered 6 sayn
that be right of If witness would 10 The
creme Court. Witness declined saving that not slOVE
would induce him to vote. The Bowen referred TO by
Fulton in his testimony was present and aided Clayton
IN crOss-examiaiDg the witness for three hour
hut IN no respect damaged his previous statements
CLAYTON is also aided by John Mcclure whom he ep
pointed ChietJustice Of Arkansas Mcclure now owns
The State public printing and edits the Clayton Arkansas
i claimed openly by Csytop,s intinates that u'
The question of the constitutional right OF the General
Government 10 charter railroads running through
the to-day connection with q measure know
the New-YOrk and Chicago Airline Railroad
capital Of sioo.CSo,G0, to build i"' direct rect
dine OF double track road between the two cities named
Of having them pass upon the constitutional
point involved Col Alexander s.. Deylin made
here had been a precedent for such legislation
the chareving by Congress OF road TO run through
the projected airline, which he said would $50
miles in the distance from New York TO Chicago any
pledged sufficient 10 complete the enterprise II
.%eG ha ihs c grant Sn1reT which he
she clause authorizing 20 regulate commerce between
the States The needs Of modern business and
he urged, made the railroad much u channel
of commerce BE- a when The Constitution was
framed and u was more important that Congress should
prevent the states from interfering with building
aud running Of railroads than 70 keep them from hin-
iertDg navigation on The great rivers Of the country
The defalcatioD Of W. Collins, United States Pension
Agent in this city, which has Just been discovered will
reach an amount between $4,000 and $4,000, and
10000 al first stated The case are that
Oins, IN signing his last report, notified TO the Com
missioner OF Pensions that he could not make oath his
report and the facts which II 70 show Gen.
Baker suspected that everything was not right and
ordered examination, which revealed the eInbezze-
inent In the mean time Collins sent for Gen Chapman
nEsdte IN Congress, and stated that
count 81 il-health and his severe labor on
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