Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-02-26

most bitter reply, charging all sorts of crimes
on that much abused people. Our readers Will
recollect the famous speech of this gentleman
in the prosecution of Andrew Johnson, i'll
which he said that there was space in the sky
where astronomers had discovered there were
no stars, and inasmuch as he thought Andy
| too bad for either heaven or hell he proposed
TO put him into this hole. From that day he
has been called Hole-in-sky Boutwell,. Well,
we reckon that he will find out before many
days that if Andy is too good for hell he will
not be too good to give the Senator from
Massachusetts n slight taste of it, and probably
he will wish himself either in this hole in the
sky or knot hole. Mr.. Stevenson Dem, OF
KY and Mr.. Norwood Dem, of Georgia,
followed in reply. After further debate parti-
cipated in by Messrs. Morrill, rep, of Me.
Bayard, Thurman and Morton. Mr.. Morrill,
moved to lay the resolution on the table, which
was done by a vote of 80 yeas to % nays. Sc
Mr. Morton was utterly routed and poor Pinch.
his deluded victim, was kicked out of court
AS this surprising result WAS brought about by
a considerable number of Republicans voting
: with the Democrats, it looks very much as il
the President had lost control of the Senate
since the Democratic tidal wave of last fall
Mr.. Morton, who championed Pinch, looked
completely dumbfounded, whilst the latter
looked as if he had been told to ''step down
and out, at all events he is out of two years
salary about SIS, 900. The Senate, after
about 80 hours of continuous session, adjourn
ed. So that time Mr.. Morton did not hatch
anything after his long setting.
SATURDAY.-After the expiration of the
morning hour, the Indian appropriation bill
was taken up and discussed. During the debate
enough fraud and swindling of the government
in this matter of the Indians was exposed &c
more than corroborate all that had ever been
said in the opposition papers. Pending dis
cusSlon message WAS received from the House
announcing the death of Messrs. Hersey of Ne.
Rice oflll., Croker and Hooper of Mass After
leulogies, SC, the Senate adjourned.
MoNpAY.-To-day being Washington birth
day. Mr.. Lewis moved that an adjournment
take place, but ii was objected to and the In
dian appropriation bill was taken up and pass
ed. One would have naturally supposed that
from all of the fraud, swindling and rascality
generally which had been developed in yester-
days debate on this bill, that it would not
have found corporafs guard to support it.
But it did pass and almost without amendment
The West Point appropriation bill and the
Pension bill were then taken up and passed
The Post Office appropriation bill was then
taken up, and after giving rise to the usual
discussion about restoring the Thanking priyi-
lege was amended as TO allow the congress
sional records and garden seeds from the De-
partment of Agriculture to pass free through
the mails The bill was then laid over 10 avail,
the action of the Judiciary Committee relative
to the section repeating the Pacific Subsidy
The Senate then adjourned.
| TrkspAY-Mr Spencer tRep, of Ala } pre-
sented a petition PRAYING that Congress would
authorize the President to suspend the writ OF
hdbeas corpus, inasmuch as there existed a sys-
TEN of involuntary servitude for citizens OF
! A fr,c dn-r th...S Tha D. 80.
appropriation bill was then taken up and mas
much as the Judiciary Committee reported that
the Government was no longer bound TO pay
subsidy 10 the Pacific Mail Company, the SEN
ate refused to strike out the section repeating
| the subsidy by vote of SO TO ]. So good
bye Subsidy The bill was then passed. The
Army appropriation bill WAS then taken up
and passed without material amendment, when
the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE
| WEDNESDAY after meeting, the Tariff
bill was taken up and long debate ensued, in
which many Republicans spoke in favor of the
measure and the Democrats opposing, on the
ground that il was imperfect in its details and
| an unnecessary measure ST present. Mr.. Chit
| tenden aud Cox, both Democrats Of New York.
made the leading speeches in opposition, and
Messrs. Burchsrd Garfield and Mason in favor
of it. The debate lasted until the House took
q recess 10 100 p. NJ. Al the evening session
the telegraph bill WAS taken up and led to a ION Z
but uninteresting discussion until adjourn
ment.
| THrRsDAY.-The House took up the Tariff
| directly on meeting. long debate follow ed
Great efforts being made TO reduce the tax on
| whisk-y to ninety cents and TO strike out the
| tax on tobacco, out without avail. Without
final action on the bill, the House adjourned.
During the day Mr.. Coburn reported the ia
nous Caucus Force bill, which was ordered to
be printed.
FRIDAr.-On meeting to-day Mr. Dawes en-
desvored 10 get up the Tariff but failed, and
| the House went into Committee Of the " hole on
the Army appropriation bill, and after not
| very long debate il was passed, when the House
adjourned. Quite an amusing incident occur
| red during this debate by which for time Mr.
Wheeler rep. ofN. Y. turned the laugh ef-
fectually against Mr.. Cox Dem of n. y and
that side of the House. Mr.. Wheeler charged
| that Mr.. Cox had made speech in Congress
defending the dispersal Of the Kansas Legisla-
ture during the administration of Gen Pierce
Mr.. Cox denied the soft Impeachment, when Mr.
W. caused 10 be read an extract from a speech
Of Mr. Cox in the Congressional Globe. This
produced great shout of laughter on the Be
publican side of the House, but as soon as Mr.
Cox could get the floor he showed that he was
not in Congress at that time and that the
speech alluded TO had been made by Dir. Ly-
rander Cox of Kentucky. This of course gave
the laugh to the other side and a general scene
of merriment ensued.
SArURDAY.-The Tariff bill was up again to-
day and led to long debate W hich lasted I'M
I'll action was taken on the death Of Messr.
Hersey, Rice Croker and Hooper, late menu
bers Of the House. After eulogies and the a.
doption of resolutions, an adjournment took
place.
MoNDAY.-Though much miscellaneous bust
| ness was before the House to-day, the River
and Harbor bill was the only one of any i'm
portance and this was passed. An attempt
was made to introduce Tom Scott's Texas Paci-
| 6c R. r. bill and to take vote thereon on
Thursday. But this was defeated Evidently
subsidies are dead. An evening session was
held at which the District of Columbia tax bill
was discussed, but the House adjourned with
out action.
TUEsDAY.-Reports from the Commi ttee on
Louisiana affairs were submitted. The MAORI
ty report fully sustains the report of the sub
committee heretofore made, and recommends
that Congress take action to reseat the members
| who were wrongfully thrown out. The Tariff
bill was then taken up. A long discussion
| then ensued during which nearly every menu
Der had something to say or some amendment
to offer. The bill was finally passed, with ~
mendments taxing whiskey 90 cents per gallon,
increasing the tax on tobacco from 20 to "a
cents pound, on cigars from S. to Sc thou
sand, and on cigarettes from so to IS per cent