Wilmington journal., 1876-01-21

La the Senate Thu man presented
the cr' q ntials of JAS. b. Eustis,
claiming a seat as Senator from Louis
lana ana asked that .hey be calried to
the Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions.~ After some discussion the mat
ter was taIu over until El)rrow.
Banks amnesty ILL excepts Mr..
Davis though Banks himself will vote
to strike out the exception ont. The
ii pry Is that the bill cannot pass un-
less the Republicans are allowed IT,
record them5e,v, on the subject, bui
tia the bilt will pass. nfter the eXcep>
JlOn Is stricken ont. 1t cannot pass
with the restriction. Il is the only
means of securing two thirds for
clean amnesty.
The House Judiciary Committee re-
ported ali amendment to the CoustltI
ton, limiting the Presidential term to
four years. and persons who have
held or may hold Office iueiiigibIe was
made the special ord.r fox Tuesday.
SENATE -AicOrn, the right of way
through public domain for the Bir-
:aIngham and st Lruis Kliroad
Go!dthwaite, of Alabama, said he
found Oh his 'iesk this morning pam
,lhiet5 IN the Spencer case. He felt
: me dei'cacy IN presenting them to
the Senate, aS they were made up Of
newspaper testimony at the. best. He
asked, however, that they be- ref rred
o the COMMITTEES ou Privil & IS and
Elections, which Committee had
charge of the Spencer case.
Cameron presented petition of the
citizens Of Pennsylvania to form a
subsidy for the Southern Pacific road.
A bI.l was passed allowing the court
martials to compel civil witnesses to
t'stify on the penalty of two months
imprisonment. Passed.
Davis, resolution to inves tigate
the Treasury. Without action the
Seunte adjourned.
HOUSE The Judiciary Committee
reported tnll authorizing the Court
claims to take the jurisdiction claims
# MI persous who We're infants. mar-
u led women, idiDts, !unattcs, Insane
persons, or be- yuGd the seas at the
me of the seizure of any abandoned
or captured property, provided that
~ucn claims are already N file or shall
i;e on file Wllhin two Years Referred
,,: the Co nmIttee of the Whole
The same committee reported bill
anthnriY,ng tho Court Chains take the
jurisdiction claim of Roht Irwin, of
oavununh. G,, for property taken
from him. Referred tn the CnmmIt
t. e nE thc Whole.
Fh" snmo committee paportcd al
verse!y the bill! to repeat capital pun
| ishmeut; also the bil! to extend the
| time 20 three months for money claims
| before the Alabama Claims Commits
SION. Passed.
| BILLS INTRODUCED.
Riddle, to pay half the customs il
lawful money.
| 10 sell leaf tobacco without license.
Cannon. the penalty of mailing OBJ
Gene after and excIuding lottc1
e rculars from the mails.
| Hatcher, the improvement of the
Mississippi between ST. Louis ant
| CaiIo.
Wiltshire, to establish a Judicial
District for Oklatorna.
S;omans, the improvement of the
| OnuchIta river.
| LIttreil, to prevent the nat;i-rl liza
| ton OF Chinese and Mougolians. Wen
OF the Committee of the Whole.
| On the Centennial Appropriation
|
| he had been an unWaverin9 supporter
| Of appropriations for the Cehtennia
exhibition ever since it had first been
first projected. Ii it wele supposed
that the jritIating discussion Of ia-t
week would have driven Southerp mer
away from the support of this meas
ure, he sincerely trusted the result
OF the vote would ouly add auothe,
| If q - 10, u 4
of how utterly impossible it IS fo,
some pee pie to nnderstaud and appr G.
ciate ti:e spirit that animates Other
people. He and his associates ac
! quiCte,; their Northern brethren of al
,e-ponsibiilty foe that discussion.
They had understood fully, fol
which undertay the intro
duction of that subject and at.
taching to that motive IFS true value.
they simply looked down upon and
passed by the whole sLbjecs they
would treat that lamentable chapter il
American history as NGah's sons had
done in the hour of their fathers hui
initiation: they would avert their looks
and witt backward steps east the man
tie of obiicion over it They wished
the distul bers of the public peace tC
understand that notwithstanding the
spirit exhibited, they were too sood
| patriots and too sincere men to allow
that spirit either to control them or to
serve "a an example for them.
They wished to maintain the honor
! nnd character of the American Union,
aud they would do it if they were "a
| lowed. Que element III t. q House had
not been heard from in that discussion
the element OF the Southern soldiers
III the late war, of whom he was one
They ha sat in silence and taken
the fire which the gentleman from
Maine (Bialne) had opened on
them with no other leeling than that
Of gratitude, for having ESCAPED from
so terrible an enemv as he (Blaine)
must have been during the battles of
tre late war. Naughter) If now when
that gentleman's hair was silvering and
his natural force pelceptably a5atirg,
he could develope such Intensity OF
spirit, how must his plume have waved
I'D the fore part of that conflict, which
bad occurred at time when he
(Blaine) was young and strong and
healthy. Laughter). That elment
I ad not yet spoken. He could not be
goaded into the discussion, on the con.
trary it had Exhibited spirit which
he believed the American people
would not soon forget. It had met
storm of hate and persecution as the
swan meets the billows, with breast
of down. He know some gentlemeu
WHO had been engaged in the sam{
cause with him. who had not in
tended to vote for the measure
before that discussion, but who
now Intended to support it so as
to set an example of patriotism. IF
there were any of them who still op-
posed this bill. he appealed to them
to unite with him in doing an act
which could only promote the honor
and edvaGce the interests of the couns
'ry and the peace and happiness of the
people. Without action the Commit.
tee rose and adjourred.
Isaac d. Sibley, Post
master at Huntsville, Ala. +
The Navy Department has advices
of the arrival of the Congress at Port
Royal and he deptrtnre of the .Juniata