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WASHINGTON, July Is. = 'Hon. p. H.
Bristow: Dear Sir Through the press |
learn that the committee Of Congress in
vestigatlng the whisky frauds have sum-
moned you as witness, and that you,
with great propriety as l think, have de-
clined to testify, claiming that what occurs
in the cabinet or between a member of the
cabinet and the Executive officially is priv
legged, and that committee of Congress
have no right to demand an answer L
| appreciate the position you have assumed
on this question, but beg to relieve you
| from all obligations of secrecy on this sub
| ject and desire not only that you may an
| swer all questions asked relating to it, but
wish that all members of my cabinet and
ex-members of my cabinet since have been
President, may also be called upon to tes-
tify in regard 10 the same matter.
with great respect, your Ub't serv't,
| ."- -..r y -.-.s.. - g. U. S. GRANT,.
WASHINGTON, July 15.-House-Wil-
lIams, of Michigan, introduced bill grant
ing pension of fifty dollars month to
Mrs. Elizabeth Custer, widow of the late
Gen. Custer. -.--.f ....
Terry, of Virginia, eulogized the career
of Gen. Custer in the late war and hoped
his side of the house would be unanimous
in paying this tribute to brave man. The
| bill then passed without division. ED
Williams, of Michigan, also asked leave
| to introduce a bill granting a pension of
eighty dollars per month to Emanuel and
| Mary Custer.
Rusk, of Wisconsin, thought that the
bill came before the House in very inegu-
lar manner and the bill should go to the
Committee on Invalid Pensions. r-f
A.
whole matter partook of sad lrregularity.
Clusters death was irregular in many ways,
but whatever might be thought of the
origin of the Indian war in which he fell,
whatever might be thought of the War De-
partment, or of the commanders over him,
he asked the House not to hesitate mo-
menr in giving relief to the stricken family
of brave officer that would be better than
a monument, and kinder, gentler, and more
becoming to the American Congress and
more consonant to the feelings of the
American people. He was glad to see the
gentleman from Virginia CTerry), who
fought in the civil war against Custer, urg-
ing the House to pay just tribute to a
brave soldier. He hoped the gentleman
from Wisconsin Rusk) would make no OBJ
lection to the bill.
Rusk replied that he had no objection to
the first bill, but thought that the present
bill should go to the Committee on Invalid
Pensions.
The Speaker then asked If there was any
objection to the introduction of the bill,
when Rusk. of Wisconsin, and Quinsworth,
of Ohio, objected, and the bill was declared
not before the House. ..-.....
Cannon, of Illinois, suggested that the
Committee on Invalid Pensions should at
an early dag report bill granting pensions
to the children of the men who fell under
the lead of Custer. s'- .. -..
Rusk, from the. Committee on Invalid
Pensions, thereupon reported bill grant
ing pension of fifty dollars each, monthly,
to E. H. and Maria Custer, father and
mother of the Custer brothers, who fell in
the late engagement, which passed with
out division. ....r. .....
The House went into committee of the
whole on the bill for the protection of the
Texas frontier which resulted in a long
discussion and no action.
The House then adjourned. 5-.
WASHINGTON, July 15.-Representative
Thos. L. Jones of Kentucky, has received
the following letter dated Louisville, July
, 8, 1876: an .r"s To-
+ dear. Sir-As this is the Centennia!
year of American independence, and de-
sire to let the world see that we, who were
fcient in patriotism, will you be kind
enough to intimate to the President that
offer him the services of full regiment
composed exclusively of ex-Confederates to
avenge Clusters death. l have crossed
swords frequently with his command in the
, past You know me and know my ances-
try, and that is the reason l apply to you
for this favor. Believe me very truly, yours
to command, VIM. II. Rowan"
WASHINGTON, July 10 -Senate-To-day
| resolution was adopted to print 1000
copies of the report of the special commit
tee which recently investigated the late
. election in Mississippi. .......-
s 1t is confidentially stated that the Commit
q tee on Naval Expenditures will report a res
r olution directing the Judiciary Committee
to prepare articles of impeachment against
, Robson and to report at the next session.
The banking and currency committee ad.
: jonrned to Thursday without action.
: The army appropriation bill is agar
ready for signature.
. The conferences on legislative and sundry
: civil appropriation bills are making no
: progress. ..- eel. .fs
Capt. Eads was before the House Com
mlttee on Commerce this morning, ex.
planning about his jetties. fi
WASHINGTON. July 10. - House-The
j u
. ganizing the Territory of Oklahoma, which
. was referred to the committee OF tn,
whole.
Hancock, of Texas from the Committee
;. on Ways and Means. reported bill relating
a to the production of fruit brandy and the
n punishment of frauds in connection with
: the same. Ordered printed and recon-
. mltteed. ID --'
A resolution making the special coolis
committee a joint committee was adopted
The Texas border question was resumed
K The pending question was on the amend
! ment offered last Saturday by Smalls, OF
d South Carolina, in connection with the
Il Hamburg troubles, that no troops be with
!, drawn from South Carolina. In the cours
k of the debate, Lamar, of Mississippi, spok,
G of the Hamburg affair as terrible and dis
g graceful, but he denied that its circum
/ stances were legitimate topic of debate il
d the House. There were one or two facts
e however, that cleaned out indisputable
One OF these was that body of white mel
e had, without authority of law, put to dealt
,. number of black men while prisoners
: but not prisoners IN the legal sense, in,
+, asmuch as these white men Lave no righi
4 to deprive them of their personal liberty
; He wished to say in his plac'
a that no excuse or palliation coulC
e possibly be found tor that outrage and bar
IS barism. Applause on the Republican sid
of the House. The South had its lawles
. classes as the North had, with this differ
3 ence, that in the South they famed out il
fferent localities, and were confined I,
short periods of time, while in the NORTH
whole counties were sometimes held II
d terror for months at time, and State su
y thorities detied. In these Southern States
% where disorders occurred, there were gov
IS ernments of peculiar character and type
e They were called Republican, but it was
s spurious Republicanism, which has n
'e sympathy with the purposes and feeling
e of the great national Republican party