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upon him. tLnughter on the Republican side.l
Mr.. Singleton went on to say that tho gsntie-
men hal had much TO say ri the cemebey that
had been exerai ised toward the s iuih. In this
connection he referred to the Hungarian ra.
heion b. In 1sle and caled attention to the fact
that Count Andrassy. who was one Of tho prin-
cipal rebels against Austria AMI WIS ut one
time condemned 70 death, was how. Premier Of
Davis is mentioned It is looked upon as though
trea On. stratagem and spoils were immedl-
ately In ended.
Davis is pursuits his own life, and Is contant
to be private citizen. He has none Of that am
bttion with which te Is SO much charged. He
knewthat Dhyas. had q ne into the lion re-
chapter of unwritten history on that point. His
he1rt was. no in the rehellion but he obeyed
the will Of his sovereign state ,,
Several membert. on the Republican side sug-
eeslai TO Mr.. Singleton 10 go on. as they were
willing to extend his time.
Mr. singlt9n hah read THO letter. referred to-
IN which Mr. Davis says he is unwilling to have
any. objection to him defeat the biz, md sn,g-
costing m amendment forever exclude. .g him
retalans s9m m bsns s II aY Yent # the eaanes pa Mssesn
bsing benefited. He call- attehtion to tho fact
that If he 50 desired he could have been placed
on the roll of pensioners af er the Mexican wur.
for he catne home severely wounded: but as he
was not In peenniary need, he never made ap-
Mr.. Singleton then went on to snv that In 1860,
after 80 'th Garoiina hat elected Delegates to o
secession convention, the Governor of Missis
sppi addresseh letters to his senators md Rep
reaebtatiyes In O ngress from that State, and
suRge4ied u conferences. at which hs weud By
should go out with south Carolina. or await the
movements of other states. so as to give the
| movement the strength and respeetabiity OF
numbers.
The conference met, and Davis was there. He
Mr. Slnglet m was q member OF that con
| ference. m he WIS not ashamed to say that 4
earn silly advocated netting with s,uth Carolina.
Mr.. Davis. OPPOSED 1t, and said that secession
TT !. the remedy IN .na Of oil ' ahings he be-
60 ont with ,uth C,rolipa alone. beeau4e oi
her impoverished condition.
| He ndvooated delay In the hope TINT some
gieton) remembered distinctly that they be-
| fRved that Mr.. Davis was not IN to the mark in
the mater and II Wa only, with great reln,;;
her. for he held that his first allegiance was due
to the sovereign state If Mississippi. and 1t was
| his duty +, cast his fortunes with her
| p n1ing the further nonside. ation Of the bill
Tho commit ee rose. and the House. ut 4:2o D.
m adjourned
The Venezuelan AwarB investigation.
WASHINGTON. Feb 2s--The House Committee
on Foreign Affairs to day commenced hearing
arguments growing out Of the inves igaiion
into th allsg irtuds In the settlement of The
| Vene5nnhn award.
Mr.. VIM. A. Pyle. attorney for ths Venezuelan
| 'pt1H''u bIs vi SuiIShe ny
| Ialluding to the magnitude Of the question and
the effect the action Of he eommitte " ould have
upon the ettlement Of international question
| He said that representatives OF a. nations here
| were watching with ayiafty the Off1ci ! develop
msnts of this iuyaf tignti m, and we're anxious
| TO $50 whnt would be the result. rs the princi-
| ples in the case involved international reaties
| He charged The United States Minister ut Gu
| raeeas and David N. Talmidgs, the American
com missioner, with entering into q eonsprae,
withStiiers to defraud the Venezuelan govern
| menY. aud finally the government Of tho Unitet
States, The proceedings Of tho commission
wore Irregular, and now to sustain such q com
mission md its awards was ~ Disgrace to tht
United States, and violation OF the great prin
| cples of international arbitration.
He desired that the President OF tho Un'tef
Suites be authorized TO set aside the awards o
| this cemmission. and appoint new one wht
/ should aft us II no commission had ever beer
appointed aand 1.-THE United Stotes governmen
would agree to this. the Venezuelan government
| would even go so far Hs to allow the new com
mission TO not only have jurisdiction over a.
cases heretofore pasaed upon. but over all inter
| national claims arising siuce the adjournment
| Of the original com mission.
| He then went on to devfIope the bargain en-
| tsred into between United states COMMISSIONS
| THlmadge. Viliabane. the Venezuelan commits
soner, Machado, the umpire. StillWell. tn
| American Minister vt @ 'as. and VIM. II
| Murray. charging these persons with making
contract t. divide the spois obtained by tn
commissions illegal awards.
Judge Wilson in behalf OF claimants, follow
to- morrow.