The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-17
CO N G 3 E s S.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, July IA.

pension VI SoV u uOnlll 10 lue 1okucI hhu
mother OF Gen. Custar. FL" .
Mr.. Rusk and Mr.. Ainsworth objected,
on the ground Of lis irregular way OF
coming before the House. 80.
MIR. Cannon suggested that the Com.
miItee on Invalid Pensions should at an
early day report d bill granting pen.
sion to the children Of the men that fell
under the lead Of Custar. ,,.
The House then went into Committee
OF the.Whole; Monroe in the chair; on the
bill for the protection ot.thO Texas from
tier =.
After short discussion, Mr.. Dunnell
opposing that part Of the bill which al
lows tho United States troops To pursue
marauders in Mexico, the committee rose
for few moments, and Rusk,' from the
Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported
q bill granting pension Of $50 month
each to the father and mother Of General
Custar, and it was passed without divi'
sion. a. -
on Pensions be instructed to report the
bill for the relief OF tho families Of those
who fell under Custar, but Mr.. jerks
objectipg the House again went into
Committee on the Whole on the Texas
bill ,r..,r.s ...l.4 ....--a -. =. -
After long discussion the committee
voted on the bill by sections, the first
section providing for the military force
on the Rio Grande being amended in
several particulars. ~, II =.
Mr.. Smalls offered an amendment pro-
yiding that no troops shall be withdrawn
from South Carolina so long asthe militia
Of that State peacefully assembled) are
assaulted, disarmed, taken prisoners and
then massacred in cold blood by lawless
bands Of men invading that State from
the State Of Georgia. lie sent 10 the
Clerks desk and had read newspaper
statement Of the Hamburg massacre OF
six colored men.
Mr., Cochrane asked ,Smalls who the
writet OF the article was.
Mr.. smalls replied that a letter had
been written TO him by an eyewitness, and
he had sent it for publication.
Mr.. Cochran-NNho il. the writer?
Mr.. Smalls-If the gentleman desires
the name 10 be given in order that the
writer may be Killed he will not get il
from me- lHe is a lawyer in the town 'oi
Aiken.
Mr.. Conger charged that he'cuttihg
down OF the army was TO prevent the
troops from being sent into the States
where layless men take the lives OF peace.
able people. ;,
Nj. Cox said the object Of the amend
ment is to get up cry through all tl,is
land this fall"for bad purposes. Malig-
nant hate, spite and bloody shirtism are
all that are in ii. ....- IN .t-
Mr.. Hartridge said il was intended 10
subserve partisan purposes. The amend
ment did gross injustice to an honorable
and gallant gentleman. General, Nc
Butler and the people Of Georg in and the
people Of Augusta had no immediate
representative present. The hand Of
providence pressing heavily on the gift
ed gentleman, (Stephens) and 1t wa.
there efore his, (Hariridge) pride and
pleasure to protest against such imputa.
tion as that conveyed by the amendments
on a community distinguished for its
intelligence, integrity, virtue, obedience
10 law and constitution, no ono regretted
the unfortunate occurrences at Hamburg
more than the people Of Georgia real
ly did. The, Democrats were de-
maiding Investigation and stamping
the matter with their condemnation. Al
investigation was then going on and it
would have been well to wait until the
suits OF that inquest were published be-
fore throwing such a ilrc.brand into this
assembly. .Ugr, :,
Jones, Of Kentucky, eulogised General
Butler as chiyalier sans peur ei sans re-
prOache.- ,,-g :.
Mr.. Rainey made an earnest appeal OF
behalf Of his race and asked what white
men on military parade on. the 4th o
July would think of,a demand by twt
linen, driving in a buggy, that they should
break their ranks and let them pass. II,
asked the proud southerners, who boastet
OF their bravery and their chivalry, i
they would stand it. Did they expec
men Of his race to submitto continua
persecution and massacres2 He asket
the House in the name OF humanity ant
OF God to tell them whether they ahoul'
be American citizens, with all the right
and immunites Of such, or yassals ane
slaves again.
Without coming to vote on the amend
ment tho committee rose and the Hous
Iadiourned.
SENATE.
The Senate bills for the relief Of Jane
NJ, Lane, postmaster at Patriot, Ind, AM
James F, Buckner, Collector OF lnterna
Revenue for the Fifteenth District Q
Kentucky, were passed. nj,
The bill reported on Monday last, b.
Mr. Wright, to extend the duration Of tn
Court OF Commissioners Of the Alabam'
Claims, was passed, with an amendmen
making the time January ], 1877.
RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
The river and harbor appropriation
bill was taken up. Among The amend
ments OF the. committee agreed to wer
the following: Increasing the appropri
alton for the improvement Of the harbo
\ at Erie, Pa, from $4,000 to $4,000; 70
the improvement OF the Illinois river
from $4,000 to $4,000; for the improve
ment of the Upper Mississippi, fror
$50, 1000 to $4,000, providing that $500
thereof may be applied in constructinl
machinery for building wing dams; for n
improvement OF Rock Island rapid
Mississippi. $4,000 to $4,000 appro
priating; $lS,0O0for the removal Of th
bar IN tho Mississippi river opposit
Dubuque; $4,000 to 5000 for the i'm
provement at the mouth Of the MississiT
pi;SlOO,o00 to $780, 900 amendments wer
concurred in that portion relating to th
Monongahela andAlleghcny rivers With
and along the boundries Of Pittsburgh, I
be placed under tho direction OF th
engineer in charge OF the Ohio river; 70
survey and estimate Of cost Of, the dyk
from The upper end Of Bloody Island j
the Mississippi river opposite 81. Loui
to tho wing dam opposite Brooklyn, Ills
and Of the practicability and usetulne
OF such dyke, and for improving sal
river and lis harbors; for the protectio
OF the lands on the east bank Of said riH
er against the overflow, DETECTION an
abrasion Of the current Of said river.
Mr.. Wright submitted amendments NJ
propriating $4,000 for the improvemer
OF the harbor at Fort Madison and $40
J mn tor tha imnroyamant Of Rush Chut