Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-12

been imposed upon Federal prison
ers in Confederate hands, and i'm
puted to the Federal Government
the blame for such privations, in
refusing to allow an exchange of
prisoners. He deprecated the in.
PRODUCTION of such topic into de.
bate.
Thompson said he was ready to
vote for just claims of Southern
loyal men who had stood here and
there in the South, as erect as
their native pines, and who had
been spotted for their loyalty and
prosecuted for it. Hunton chal-
lenged Thompson to an instance of
such cases of persecution.
Cabell repudiated and indignant
ly denied that imputation. He
spurned the idea that a Southern
Representative would either pre-
sent or uphold any fraudulent
claim. The people of the South
were poor; they had been bereft of
their property and had little left
but their good name, which they
hoped and expected to maintain
untarnished. Ninety-nine out OF
every hundred of these war claims
were presented by men who, during
the war had been known as South
ern loyalists, and their claims
should not now be called rebel war
claims.
Bright took the floor to close the
discussion, but, at the request of
White, yielded one minute to that
gentleman.
White then, in an excited man
ner, took up the same subj ect, and
summoned before the House the
CHASTITY skeletons of Andersonville
and other prisons, but denied that
he had any desire to stir up angry
passions. AS he became more and
more excited in his manner, ges-
ticulating vehemently and moving
across the area toward the Demo-
cratic side of the House, he was
greeted from that side with jeering
shouts of "Louder! louderW At
the top of his voice he declared
that he was ready to meet the issue
raised by Hunton.
Vance asked him whether he
(White) had been in q Southern
prison.
White scornfully replied in
the negative but said he had been
in the Northern army and had be-
come prisoner of war in the
hands of the Confederates. He
therefore knew what he had as
serted and he repeated that Union
men from the Valley of Virginia
and from Eastern Tennessee had
been deliberately starved in Rebel
prisons.
Eden, and other mem bers of the
Democratic side, claimed that
Whites time had expired, and the
Chairman so stated; White, how
ever, paid no attention to the in
junction, but continued to shout
at the top of his voice,
amid storm of objections,
calls to order, and other inter-
Iuptions from the Democratic side.
The only audible sentence was that
the statement of Hunton as to the
responsibility of the Federal Gov
eminent for the sufferings of Fed
eral prisoners in Confederate pris-
ons was false. By this time Whites
excitement had communicated
itself to the members on
the Democratic side. Most of them
contented themselves with con-
temptuous shouts and laughter, but
Turner advanced towards White,
and, with clenched fist in close
proximity to Whites face, demand
ed to know why he had not taken
his seat as he was required 10 do by
the rules.
Tho New Bankruptcy Acs Passed.
WAsHINaToN, May 1lth.-The
DILL to repeal the Bankruptcy Act
to take effect September first,
passed the Senate by a vote of q
to 81.
His sister Catherine Dead.
NEW YORK, May 11th.-At
Plymouth Church last night Mr..
Beecher announced the receipt of q
telegram from his brother Thomas
at Elmira, New York, stating that
his sister Catherine was dead.
Agreed Not to Match.
CHICAGO. May 11th.-Doctor
Carver of San Francisco, and Cap.
tain Bogardus of this city have
agreed not to make any matches of
shooting skill in this country until
they have shot at various points on
the continent whittier they intend
starting in company May 30th.
Un~arth,mg she FRAUDS In the
Navy.
WASHINGTON, May llth.-The
Committee on Expenditures In the
Navy Department made report
yesterday. They say that extrava-
gance and disregard of legal re-
straints previous to the present ADJ
ministration have been recognized
at almost every step of their inqui-
ry. AT the outset they were stag
gerod by the large sums apparently
owing by several Bureaus, reaching
an aggregate sum of more than
seven millions of dollars, and this
too Notwithstanding the enormous
appropriations made annually from
1869 to 1876, both inclusive, aggre-
eating 10000 900. There is moth.
Ing to compensate the vast outlay
save q navy contemplate even IN
comparison with those of third or
fourth rate powers. Notwithstand-
ing the plain terms of the law,
open purchases have been made by
which the Navy Department has
been supplied with materials
not in obedience to necessity
but vastly in excess of its
means. This violation of law
without precedent or authority has
depleted the Treasury to the extent
of millions, aud has been the food
on which pampered favorites have
fattened, while 1t has prevented
payments due a meritorious class of
creditors to such an extent that
many have been involved in bank
ruptcv and all of them subjected to
irreparable loss,