Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-06-09

!. odlu uo llho Ile
ened to the imputations upon hims.
within the last two hours which, col
ing from different source, he mig
perhaps answer very differently fro
the manner in which he should nc
attempt to answer them. Those vi
we're intimately acquainted with hi
knew that he was the last Ian III ii
world to seek personal controver
and he assured the House that of q
men in the world the gentleman fro
Maine (Mr. Biaine) was the last ma
with whom he would seek such col
troversy. That gentleman was el
tirely too immense in his proportion
"Why nen he doth bestrid , the worl
like Coi,osus and we petty men wal
between his huge legs and peep abor
to find ourselves dishonored graves.
Personal controversy seemed to b
that gentleman's forte. He reminde
him of. Homer's description of d
Omedes:
"Dire was the clan and dreadful fror
afar
The armed Tydides rushing to th
war;"
As friend of his would say, th
gentleman was entirely too bumption
and too usumptuous for him. Laugh
ter on the democratic side.
Two thirds of the time the gentle
man was in the House he did not seen
to realize whether he was Speaker OF
only simply member and to a stranger
1t would be an insolvabie enigma tt
know which he was. The gentleman
had quito unnecessarily legged hin
tAnott) into this personnl ma ter Of
his own. In the first place, he had
animated that from some unworthy
motive he (kuott), as chairman of the
judiciary committee, bad appointed on
the subcommittee which mad charge
of these Investigations the gentleman
from Virginia (Hupton) and the gen.
tleman from North Carolina (Ashe).
In an 'wer to that he had to say, first,
that either of those gentlemen
was Blaine's peer il any sense
Of the word and that i'll point
ot honor, it was no disappoint-
ment to the gentleman from Maine to
say that they were his superiors.
Kisses and other marks of disappro-
patton from the republican side of
,ha House That is all right. There
are three kinds of animals IN the
world that hiss -vipers, geese, and
f0ofs. Laugh ter. In the second
place, this subcommittee was selected
ong before there was any insinuation,
public or private, that the gentleman
rom Maine was i'll any manner impli-
lated in any of the alleged fraudulent
on the part of any of
hese corporations, and it did seem to
ne when the gentleman flung
lis i:nputation at me as lit
lie strange that he could ascribe
uch motives to me under the circum--
tances, even granting that the gentle
nan from Virginia and the gentleman
rom North Carolina were his personal
enemies. It does seem a littld remark
bile that you cannot touch one of
hose railroads bnt the gentleman
rom Maine will squeal. As to the
'able dispatch from Josiah Caldwell,
t is true that on last Thursday morn
ng I did receive dispatch. The
Gentleman from Maine (Blaine)
GEMS to know precisely the hour at
Which I received it and It's contents.
ie seems thoroughly posted on
he subject. But permit me to say
Nth regard to the insinuation
hat that telegram has been suppressed,
hat any man. high or low, whoever
e may be. who will elsewhere make
ucfI an insinuatiOn will have to take
he consequences. hurl the falsehood
ack into the teeth of any man who
lakes a suggestion as to the suppress
ion of that dispatch. Applause on
le democratic side. [ r 'ceived it.
did not suppress it at all In less
ian thirty minutes after | received it
sad it to several gentlemen. But
lero was no particular address in
Ondon from which it purported to
)me and did believe and am not al
,gether certain yet that do not be-
eve it was fixed up job. Muir
lurs of dissent from the republican |
de.
SENATE-The committee on, military |
fairs reported adversely on the House |
i'll authorizing the Secretary of War |
} loan camp equippage to the Mexi-
IN veterans during their Centennial |
sit; also adversely on tie bill |
r. the relief of officers and pri- |
ates of the Arkansas fourth volunteer |
lvalry; also fayorably on the Hou & !
i'll retiring Gen. ". 81. Emory.
A new conference committee was
opointed on the diplomatic appropri- |
ion bill.
The Senate reviewed the legislative |
precipitation bill. The appropriation
II the Indian commissioner was res |
red and the Senate adj burned.
WASHINGTON, June 7-Noon-In the |
enate Whyte of Maryland presented
petition of Gen. G. L. Beauregard |
Louisiana for the removal CT his
olitical disabilities, which was refer
ID to the judiciary committee.
In the full committee on the iudi-
airy this morning the question re-
ardipg Blaine was not brought up.
he subcommittee continues it's in
at 2 O'Clock.
A struggle is progressing i'll the I
ouse to allow the banking and cur
sncy committee to report ct any time
hereby only an expression of the
ouse on resumption may be taken
ithout consent of two-thirds. The
are supporting the privilege.
The following Is an extract from Mr.. |
LANES letter to Fisher:
JUNE %, 1869.
Your OTTER to admit me to par
cipation in the new railroad enter
rise is in every respect as generous as
could expect or desire. I thank you
cry sincerely for it, and in this con-
action I wish to make suggestion of |
somewhat self character. 1t is
lis: You spoke f Mr.. Caldwell dis
ansing of share of his interest to
e. If he really designs to do SO, [
ish he would make the proposition
efinite 80 that [ could know just what |
, depend on. Perhaps if ne waits
,r the full development of the enter
rise he might grow reluctant to part |
it'll the share and [ do not by this |
leap any distrust of him. l do not |
.el that shall prove deadhead in |
le enterprise if I once embark in it.
see various channels in which know
can be useful"
''ArdUsTA, Me, Oct. 4, 1869.
"ALy Dear Sir I spoke to you a
hort time ago about point of inter-
st to your railroad company that oc-
urred at the last session of Congress.
was on the last night of the session
hen the bill renewing the land grant
, the State of Arkansas for the Little
lock road was reached, Mr.. Julian of
indiana, chairman of the public lands