Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-30

nation he was compelled to divulge his
knowledge of the fact that Belknsp was
cognizanL OF the criminality OF his re-
latiOns with the pOst-tradeTs at least as
early as 1872. This evidence will eHectu-
ally divest General Balknsp OF the plea
thst he received the money innecently,
through his w'fa, suppOsing it to come
from an investment Of hers made prior
TO their marriage.
impeachment proceedings will be in
stituted next week, and il is believed by
many that IL the ex.sscretAry Is not sue
cesF fIl in plea to the jurisdiction OF
the senate, denying their right TO i'm.
peach citizen eT o6iciO, he will plead
guilty at once. This will, OF course,
very much simplify and abbreviate the
impeachment business, and enable con-
gress to give more time to legislative
work. Mr.. Marsh, in his testimony to-
day, entirely exonerated Mr.. Clymer
from the charge which, however, was
never seriously believed), that he Mr..
Clymer) had been the cause Of Marsh's
leaving for Canada. His evidence proves
that Mr.. Clymer, 80 far from alarming
him, to use Msrsh's language, "psei-
fed" him, and was in no way the cause
of his flight.
Early during the present week a bill
was introduced in the house making 1t
a penal offense to assess government
employees for election purposes, and was
the occasion of an acrimonious debate,
in which Mr. Blaine again appeared IN
his stereotyded roll OF bully and paIlia-
mentary trickster, and, after he had
paralyZsd the bill with amendments,
rendering it practically non-efticient, 1t
was pass ed. 1t will be remembered that
some time ago there was proclamation
to the effect that no government en-
ploye should be assessed for election
purposes, but the chairman OF the Ma
tional Republican committee, who is In
perfect accord with the administration,
is still prosecuting the assessments, and
woe! to the foolish emplOye who at
tempts to shield himself with the Pres
ident's proclamation.
Since Senator Logan relieved himself
of his long-pent billing sgate against the
press, the senate has confined Itself to
dipgified debate upon Senator MOrtOn's
bill changing the method OF counting
the vote for President and Vice 'PIesi"
dent.
Many members CT congress are sick
with influenzs, and there is much COM
plaint Of the b ID ventilation OF the leg
islative hall. The galleries, which are
quite cOmmOdious, are always crowded
with street lazarOni, mostly colOred, who
make it q business to infest the galleries
OF the house and infect the atmosphere.
Portions of the gallery are re-
served respectively fJr reporters, ladies,
the diplomatic corps, and the families OF
members OF congress, but at least two
thirds If the space is open for citizens,
or in other words fer the convenience OF
| the constituents of members who may
have come to Washington to see, among
| other sights, congress in session. Ihey
are, however, very frequently excluded
| f;om the portion Of the gallery ut Is
| called here the smallpox gallery set
apart for them, by the noisesome horde
| OF street lCafer5 who sleep and eXhsle on
the seats. 4 resolution was introduced
| in the house, ist week, to admit 10 this
| gallery, only those who held tickets nom
members; this would have given each
member sn opportunity to favor his con-
| stituents when they come to Washlng,
ton, without peril to health, and would
also have gone far to purify the atmos'
phere in the htuse; but, Mr.. Conger, o.
| Michigan, opposed the resolution in
few burning words about the rights oI
man and the injustice Of class legisla-
| tion, and the nuisance is undated.
| An almost invariable remark OF visit
ors from the western, northern anC
| middle States is: "There seem to be
I great many colOred people in Washing
| top.n Even visitors from the sOutf
say! "There are q great many niggeT'
! here;u and negroes express the opinion
! that there are almost as many cotOTeC
| people as plain in Washington. TIT
reader can make his own inference as tt
the shade OF our population. Since tht
war this city has been kind Of q negro
paradise-I had almost said hell. They
came from Maryland and Virginia, no
sipgly, but in battalions, during thu
reGinse of the board Of public works, ant
constituted B oss Sheperd's constituency
but, since the District has been deprived
of the franchise, and the public work
have been suspended, Othello's Oecupa
ton ia gOne-nO more does he vote; n
remains in the city, however, shuck
oysters, blacks boots, phys the razor an
"waits on de Iable;n but how 80 yer.
many Of them manage to subsist is easl
er learned from the records Of the police
court. AS clsss, they are improvlden
and incompetent; they will apply 10
work in a half starved condition
but they have no sooner found situs
ton and lined themselves with two o
three square meals, than, feeling the re
vivifying return of prosperity, they ar
back upon the street.
There ia no doubt but that there is tn
very shsrpast distress among the yer
large number Of government employe
deprived Of work by the temporary sui
pension of the bureau of engraving an
printing. A morning paper publishe
thirty letters to-day, mostly from II
males, imploring congress to grant a
appropriation for the resumption OF Wor
in this bureau, and afford them an
these dependent on them an honorab
escsps from impending starvation. The
condition is very sad and pitiful, an
there is an effort to fix upon the preser
congfess the approbrium Of inhumanity
but the present congress is in no wa
RESPONSIBLE for this condition Of thing
and the approbrium is really with ii
party that has made sinecures and asy
iums OF the government offices an
crowded the civil-service till there is NJ
only nothing for many of the Employ
I to do, but until they sre actually in eac
| others waY,