The Morning herald., 1878-12-21
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HOUSE,.
Ascens iniths House Of Repressl ltatives
is thus drscribed By Washington cerre-l
spondent:-
A ludierous incident. which caused co.,
siderable excitement, IN. the House, occur
red today. 1Ifa CNbsai. Of virshias ssked
leave to Offer 8 resolution in relation TO the
transfer, through the writ Of habeas cor
pus, Of csftAias prisoners from the Virginia
ct 10 Courts TO- the United States District
Court. The prisoners IN question are
charged With murder. and Mr.. Cabsll's res>
olution Instructed the Committee on the
Jadiciaty to insnire Into the facts connected
with the setion of the Federal Judge In
taking them from the custody Of the State
Court! Unsnimous consent was required
tn enable Mr.. FCabell to introduce his ,reso-
luton, and the fatal objection was eAtered
b. Msssrs. lHale, OF Maine, and white, of
Pennsylvania, neither gentleman rising
frbmi his seat Id making the objection!
d string 10 know who objected, Mr.. Cabell
sad he hoped the objectors would be noted,
n, .aning alherehy that the names of the
members ofiecting should be noted by the
official fepoftsrs. This remark was mlsun-
d. rstDods BY Mr.. TowBssnd, Of New York,
who inquired whether members were to be
threatened for performing q du'y: Mr..
White walked to the area In front Of the
Clerks desk, and IN an excited manner said
bc was not terrified By the menace Of the
eyntlemfn Sfrom Yirginias This caused
SINE exejtement, many members erowding
f,.rward 10 the s,;lefkss desk among them
kr. Cabell, who replied to Mr.. White BY
ying that he intended no menace, and II
h., hsd he would have made ademonstra-
I Ju, lat would have left no 8grounds for
misunderstanding. He simply wanted 10
now who objected, co that the objection
should b spread upon the Record. "A great
d al of ofconfueion~ prey ailed tin the hall at
, .is time, but the crowd which surrounded
the principal actors were .dispsrsed by. =
d mand from Mr.. Acklen for the reading
vsitheriot act There was really mo oeca>
ts.on for Mr.. Townsenj's excitement or Mr..
Whites choler. There was nothing unusual
T. Mr.. Cabell's demsnd to bs informed who
objected to the Introduction Of his resolu-
on, and nothing in his manner to csnss
alarm.
WASHINGTON. Dsc. e0-The President
,.and Mr.. Eyarts 'sre slready besieged by
f+1ends OF Applicants for she Berlin Mission.
No indecorous haste will be shown In filing
tits important diplomatic post. George
William Curtis 10 the most prominent
name mentioned.
THE i IELLow FEVER IEvRsTIsATToN-suB
COMMITTEES APPoINTHD. @e
Casey Young, chairman of the, House
Committee to examine into and report upon
tie cause of the yellow fever outbreak in
the Southern States lsst summer, hos ap>
pointed the following sub-eommittees TO
visit the afflicted sections, ,namely;-Messrs.
Garfield, of Ohio I; Chittenden, OF New
York, and Morse, Of Massachusetts,, to
Memphis and vicinity and Messrs. Gibson,
of Louisiana: Hooker, of Mississippi. and
Young, Of Tennessee, to visit New Orleans
ard vicinity. The subcommittee of the
q nuse and Senate will sit and act Jointly
during their Southern tour.
There will be q meeting of the yellow
fever experts in Memphis on the 26sh inst
The subcommittee will leave here for that
point on Tuesday night.