The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-03-16

coon be q thing oEths past =. =.
The railroad war is undated. and
persons known as ''scaiepers" are in
force st al points to trade tickets. :
RICHMOND. Va March ia per-
sonal rencontre took place, this morn.
ing, between Mr.. james A. Cowardin,
editor Of the Dispatch, and Mr. A. Full
kerson. member of the House of Dele.
gates from Washington County. It
appears that Mr.. Cowardin, who, in
company with two gentlemen, was
walking along Msia street. near: the
Post Office. was accosted by Mr.. Full
kerson with the remark, ''This IL Mr..
Cowardin. 1 believer" when Mr.. G.
Immediately answered, eyes, air; and
you are the scoundrel. Falkersoh-I
know YOU" At this remark, Mr.. Ful-
kerson either struck 81. or drew back to
strike Mr.. O.. when the latter closed
vith Falkerson and seized him by tho
throat. A short scufls ensued. when
friends interfered and separated them.
The difficulty originated il remarks
made by Mr.. Fulkerson, in the House
OF Delegates. some time since. in re-
gard to the editorial columns OF the
Dispatch. to which Mr.. Cowardin made
some severe personal reioinder.
WASHINGTON, March l5.-In the Se-
nate, q resolution was passed to print
2. 900 copies Of the report of the Con.
mission OF Engineers upon the reola-
nation Of the aiiuvial basin of the
Mississippi River. Consideration OF
O. resolution for the admission Of
Pinchback was resumed, and Ferry, Of
Connecticut, replied to argument of
Motion. .,..
A North Carolina delegation visited
the President to-day. urging Governor
Holden's removal from the Raleigh
postmastership.
They are polling the Senate for Will
liams, for st. james, oice Schenck.
Fish is also mentioned in connection
with st. James aud Judge Piermont
end Andrew d. White, President OF
Cornell University, as successors to
the State Department. The Senate
confirmed paymasters and other army
promotions; ALTO l.. Cass Carpenter
Collector Sd District South Carolina,
and NJ. n. Bruster Collector District
Texas.
In consequence of the recent decision
of the Supreme Court of North Caro-
lima, giving validity to the lease of the
North Carolina Railroad to the Rich
mond and Danville Railroad Company,
the latter company have been actively
ct work night aud day changing the
gauge of the road between Green's
boro and Charlotte. N. O.. which will
be completed by Tomorrow, when
train will be run through by the Air
Line from Atlanta to Richmond with.
out change.
Probal,ilitiss-For the Gulf States,
rising barometer. occasional rain,
North westerly winds, colder, cloudy
but partly clearing weather. For the
South Atlantic States, rising barome-
ter. North-westerly winds, colder,
oloudy weather and rain.
4P. Mn the Senate. to day, the
resolution for the admission of Pinch
book being mp. Ferry, of Connecticut,
said the Senator from Iadisra, (AIor-
ton. a few days ago. argued that when
tho President was called upon to sup,
press domestic violence, under the Aet
of 1895. his compliance with the call
involved the determination Of the law
folnsssGthe authority uaakipgC tho
call. and that the Senate was CON
elusively bound BY the, action of the
President. He (Fefry) did not concur
in that argument ;rthetpsopositiou Was
|repugnant tokt6S Cahssi fipas ia its
plainest tetpt md ll1eafI Tie
independents az bottS hCn5 q OF Con.
gress. Th9Seiste derived its powers
from the Qonatitutsbn.9 - H:Se4nitsd no
legislatiops ,noSAc bf Cougf 6ss;16 de-
fine the mode hy which the Senate
should exercise itsspowers. The Fre-
sident derived his authority from The
Act of 1875. ibfit the Senate had
the power to Inquire. into the
election OF any of its members
before the Act Yof 1895 was passed.
If the effect of that Act was to confer
upon the President power to determine
conclusively upon tho legality of the
Legislature electing Senator, or the
Executive of the State signing his
credentials, SO as to control the Senate
when making inquiry as to the election
OF member. then the Act was void.
He Ferry did not, however, give to
tho Act of 1896 any such construction
as that placed upon it by the Senator
from Indiana (Morton.) Mr.. Ferry
then argued that the Senate, in judg-
ing of the election of its members,
was not bound by any decision of tho
President, which might be made Incl
dentally by him solely for the purpose
OF preserving the Deac0. ~ All tho Pre-.