The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-05
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IN the Baltimore branch OF The Freed
men Savings Bank ana Trust Com
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Commerce, reported. with amend
ments. thef3enste bill to promote coo.
nomy and efficiency in the marine hos!
pital service. Pratt. of. Indiana, from
the OommisteAn nnf Peasioks. reported,
smsndl sks psSsfon!' jssssnsss % to re. re-
move the disahtiitysp thoS1 S1Thhs hav
ing parAdfrated In Ikhs sfet teiifods hSse
siu3e thsfebelIion SnIist edaA ths army
OF she United States and become dis
abled. ,AelesGesnumbar ot, bills re-.
ported hy fhs % nnittes on Claims
we're pa1sd. The House bill for tho
drens NJ taken up aHp led to tonne
dissasase sep g. .ss. ssG:ts ssia there, were
sighteeB {; g! 81 las yet on shs
SouthsrS lSi IN for &ms etiij ngs9ps
of tha;l txtlf hA Senate. would
give -fkaSanf fpl BE {aeS Segt me. cl{ims
of thia aTls, did hss BhslderAd. !EsTS
sssne sSdsS 6a1tht t6en ate, h9 1aoSed
shss I'D the. .nannittse
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ferred to. Budding dikbi6Sion, the
time allowed thb 'cdnmfstee Iexpired.
The Senate th6h took up concurrent re-
solution subuHted by Morton to repeal
22d joint ruld of !thd two Houses of
Congress-. in r6latipu TO counting the
electoral vote for President aud Vice
President. Morton sfititha existence
of this rule snl:jecteiJ the country to
great danger. After consultalon with
a number of Senators. he had deter
mined to offer the following as u sub
stitute for the mbtious to repeal. ..no
objection to the receptions aud oouut-
ing of,ahy electoral te.ptS yptsa from
any State shall be madeJsd6less' such
objeotion is sustained by che sfirma-
tive votes OF tha two Honses." After
Discussion. the subject was referred to
the Com miteea oh Privileges aud Elec.
tions. lu.Il.i IA
The Demooeats natb' summoned u
witness in rebhtthl of the testimony
taken by the Alabama Investigating
Committee; the report will be delayed
several days. Iu executive session, the
Senate rejected the reciprocity treaty
with Canada. The joint committees
to investigate Arkansas, Alabama aud
Louisiana, appointed sub.committ
to draft bill. The ,Committee Oh
Expenditures have summoned r. NJ
Douglass. Marshat of the Western
District of North Carolina, to explain.
Mr.. Brown. Marshal Of the Southern
District of Illinois, is Sc. 900 short; he
may avoid legal proceedings by settling
b fore the 18th ipstspt.
There was great ioxcitement in the
House. to day arising from speech
of Brown. of Ksntuoky, on the Civil
Rights Bill, in which he spoke of But.
ler, of Msssa aohusetts. in tue folio wing
terms;;s should be said If tho ao-
'cusation OF the Southern people should
come from one who is outIawed iu his
own home from respectable society;
whose natne 10 aynonymous With false
hood; who,is the cham piOn, and has
been on all OCCASIONS. Of fraud; who ia
the apologist. OF thieves; who is such a
prodigy of vice and meanness, that to
describe him, imagination would
sicken aud invective would exhaust It.
self. In Scotland. years ago. there was
q mau whose trade was murder, aud he
earned his livelihood by selling the
bodies of his victims for gold. He
linked his name to his crime, aud to-
day throughout the world it is known
AS Bnrking." The Speaker-Does the
Chair understand the gentleman to be
referring in this language to member
OF tho House? Mr.. Brown-No, sir; [
am describing an individual who il in
my minds eye. The Speaker-rhe
Chair understood the gentleman to
refer to member Of the House. Mr..
Brownie. sir; call no names. This
mans name was linked to his crime.
aud to-day throughout the world it is
known as Burking. II was to desire
to express all that was pusillanimous in
war. inhuman in peace, forbidden in
morals and infamous in politics.
should call it Butlerizing. For this
violation of parliame entary order. a
resolution of censure was passed upon
Brown, after very exciting debate
and WAS administered by the Speaker.
The Civil. Rights Bill then went over
till to morrow. The House is to meet
at 10 o'clock.
Probabilities-For Friday, in the
Sonth Atlantic and Eastern Gulf
States. rising barometer. North. west to
nj II.