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WASHINGTON.
Proceedings or Congress.

Askat,sas, In favor ol tHe Improvement
oftho Mississippi river
N window presented a memorial oil
..no citizens of Minnesota and other
st.,es asking an appropriation OF $780,.
"oa for the improvement OF the upper
Mississippi river. y,
w Burnside presented memorial ol
~ friends OF Ohio, IN favor ot interna-
M ssirssl arbitration. Referred. !, -,
! I'M. Dorsey introduced q bill ior tne y,
lmpnvai of The bar at Fort Smith on
W. ~ Chrjsiiancy offered resolution
,.s,rucfinp the Judiciary Committee to
,.uns,,irc whether the act OF March, 1893,
;us,,,t snot detective In tho provisions 1t
sssiscs fot succession 10 executive Office
y shc event OF certain contingencies,
IN 20. to report what additional
ns""~Ji.iatior n"J is necessary. Adopted.
m Davis called up his resolution
,royiding for the appointment of q se-
Inst committee to make an examination
II ihe Treasury book.
NJ ~ Morrill,, OF Vermont. suggested
49, M Dnvis defer his remarks until
~ chnir,nan of the Committee on FL
ss,,ce y. mn. Sherman) should be present.
Mher Senators suggested that 1t
.-osid bc ns well 10 70 on nt this time,
snT Mr. Davis then delivered his speech
- fhe subject Of his resolution.
~ ma i Senate then went into executive
ssssion. si after which II adjourned.
Houss The galleries were packed at
- sarly hour to-day by an expectant
audience, anxious to witness the closing
scs Ia the amnesty duel.
Ats quarter to one o'clock the House
r.sumcd the consideration OF the am
ns1ty bill, and Mr.. Blaine took the
0oor He said
rrnn, the tone or the debate on the
ether aide OF the House, one would
imagine that the Republican party was
fryinr to add some additional stigma to
IA name OF jefferson Davis ana others
Il fhe South, and 1t will, therefore, not
IS improbable to see who prought tnis
oueetfon here. The gentleman from
pVnnsylvania wanted 70 honor Jener-
EAR Davis. for what higher honor cnn
!, 9Ssro 81 than to confer h full-panoplied
1,narican citizenship? He lost citizen
ehin IN crime. and Mr.. Randall brings
kIx name here and wants to confer u
rlon him again with hot haste. and
,,f6poe0d to put IL through without de-
fNte. He did not propose to do u In
ia iBlaine) would have brought moth
Ia inflamntory into the discussion that
WJib not justified by the facts whatever
a A fufIamntory nature there was, was
the lAult Of the gentleman from Penn
sylyanin. His proposition was not TO
rslnish but to honor JEFF. Davis. The
spnflelnnn from Massachusetts lMr.
Hreleye) had said yesterday that neither
the gentleman from Georgia Mr.. HID
nOr the gentleman from New York Mr..
Olx, had dared 10 say a word In pallia-
ti,,n OF excuse Of the course OF Davis on
the question OF tho treatment OF pris-
oI,ers OF war In the North and South;
aud on tho question Of the exchange OF
prisoners, the speech Of the gentleman
kom Ohio (Mr. Garfield had been 80
j1hanstiye that nothing was left for
him (Mr. Blainel to say. IL Is unan-
sveAyable. But there Ia one part OF his
Iory tc which he must alludo, ana that
~ tbs allegation Of the manner ~
which Confederate prisoners were treat
I'd IN the prisons , q the North; Gr,ih mhd .ia
gentleman from Georgia lhili' SAID
tlat the Confederate prisoners, were
treated ss badly at Elmira,
Csmn Douglas /, and elsewhere
s. were the Federal prisoners at Ander-
sonyille. Mr. Blaine quote Hills re-
marks on this subject, In which he
spoke OF our prisoners and your priss-
oicry. He (Blaine) could not but nd
lnire the coolness with which the gen
tleman said yours and "ours. Ii
lily accorded with his recent probes
slons of loyalty and Unionism. He then
quoted further from Hill, In which he
aaid that the prisons at Elmira. Camp
Douglass. etc. were az bad rs Ander-
6onville, and that prisoners were as
much outraged and suffered more.
Mr. Hill denied having said anything
u the kind; he was merely showing
that Theses horrors were inscparable
frOm d State of war. and besides he was
following out the logic Of Mr.. Blaine,
At the same time proclaiming that he
". noither the author nor promoter OF
such logic.
Mr. Blaine said he only read from the
speech rs he found Il reported In the
papers, for II had not yet appeared In
the records. He took the speech as 1t
vas made and not as II might hereafter
oe published, Tho gentleman from
New York (Mr. CoxJ delivered one
speech and printed another, and the
gentleman, Mr.. Hill, might do the same.
What appeared In this speech was that
Elnira, Camp Douglas and Fort Della
ware were as bad rs Andersonville.
He honorcd the gentleman from New
tork Nr, Walker) who would not be
1old leech, but who, yesterday,
promptly declared the falsity OF the
charge so far as his constituents were
coacerned. Now Mr.. Hill denies he
made the assertion as attributed TO him.
out he Is 80 reported. He must make
2ne speech for. the great Northern
Democrats and another for his
niends In Georgia. The speech deliv.
eled was good one for Georgia. That
e g printed was to es for the North,
vut Ne could not struggle after the
h6Hdmen In both directions. He then
that Ei.Uira had been yindicated and he
called upon the representatives of the
vtcinity Of Camp Douglass to say
rnSther the oCtrages reported by Mr..
nil had occurred there.
M Caulfleld. of Illinois. said he rep
Nsented constituency about Camp
douglas. He saw the Confederate pris-
SSners S when they arrived from Donelson.
Inc weather was excessively cold and
mere was great deal OF suffering, but
Iue quarters for their accommodation
&o and vicinity supplied them with
sttacles which the Government could
1ot furnish. He also heard OF acts oi
Wuolty, but 1t was mere er p0rte testi-
@Qny, and he did not believe It any more
tQ4Q the er Y,1rfc faStiuonv IF fho nthcY