Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-23
THE EVENING STAR.
THURSDAY
January 2s. 1879.
CONGRESSIONAL
Ccpr{asso,, or TesterJ,v.s pro.ess;.,


MIR. Thurman moved to adjourn. which mo-
ton Was agreed to-yeaS ~, nays l9.
The Senate then, al % adjourned.
BOUSE.-After our report closed
The BIZ referring 10 the Court OF Claims the
claim Of Maggie Baron and others lmin0rS dur
Ing the war for supplies furnished the Union
army, was taken up
Mr.. Eden and Mr. Cox IN y supported the
bill, and Mr. Jones opposed il.
MIR. Bragg dem opposed he bill as a prece-
dent that would open the doors OF the Treasury
10 an evil which would bring bankruptcy on
the government. He had always been opposed
10 the southern Claims commission. Ii was a
court which had bred fraud and perjury all
over the Land. Referring 10 the Ss5,oo0, 0aa
which II was claimed by southern members had
oeen illegally collected from captured and
abandoned property, and which they claimed
belonged Ia the SOUTH Mr.. Bragg called On
those members Ia picture the scenes of war. 10
lCOk n tie seas OF blG0d aud the thousands and
tens OF thousands writing and Welterlng la
their gore; let them hear the cry OF the
wounded men on the battlefield: let them give
an ear TO the means at the hospital: let them
90 10 the hillSideS and the valleys and see the
hGndle3s and the hundreds of thousands or
mouners; lastly. let them count the bill
and then strike balance with the S., O0o.-
n"o on the credit side, and all these count
,ess nl'serles oY the debit side. He had
he thought 1t necessary to answer. lie had
healdi said that unless the democrats OF the
Forth, were more liberal unless they opened
south on which they relied, would 90 over t.
The other side. He. representing the democracy
OF the north. would say if there was man who
protested 10 belong to the democracy of the
south simply for the reason that the door, OF
the treasury were to he opened To them Tho
sooner they went over the better for them and
the better Tor the democratic party When the
people OF the country felt that they could trust
the treasury and the interests OF the govern
mcnt with the democratic party. with nodapgpr
OF the democrats Of the north selling out. b5dv
and soul TO the democrats OF the south thai
party could gather recruits in the northern
states that would iii up lis ranks to tie nav
mum, ana II would have 30 need nf that cia,,
OF gentlemen whom il could hold only bt- e-iyinU
THIN all they wanted.
Before the excitement caused by he CiisnIIS
sion had subsidized.
Mi. Ellis agreed that the per ccntage of loyal
persons III the south. aS the gentleman under
stood it, was very small. But the southern gen
tenlah. who had been born there who had been
reared there. and Who had been identihed with
that people could only have been loyal when he
entered the Confederate army and did his fall
GutJ aS a soldier. They had been the only loyal
people III the south. They had been loyal to
their country. 10 their sod. and to the nObls5t
hlgleSt ana most manly emotion ever breathed
by the human soul. Here and there there
might have Leen few persons who had eS-
p0Gaed the Ei0n cause. but he did not know
more than three men in his state who had been
ioSal 10 the mon. lie was willing here ami
now TO vote Tor Il constitutional amendment
Which should close the books and forever Sc tie
the accounts between them and the govern
Wisconsin (Ar. Bragg! had seen lit to read the
democrats OF the south came from him with
lather bad grace. No democrat had proposed
10 desert the democratic party: no southern
democrat had intimated such proposition
Ar. Ellis, IN conclusion, said that the southern
people were as true TO the democratic party
as the gentleman from Wisconsin (AIr. Bragg.
ana IT was III obedience TO the democratic teach
ingS, as the southern people had understood
tteIn, that they had gone into the war.
Nj. Chalmers {riSins to privileged question:
Understood IN a de
by tie gentleman from Wisconsin were aimed
directly al him.
The SpeAker Informed him that that was not
q question Of privilege, but thai in due course
OF time he would have the opportunity of reply
ing.
MI Clalmers-Then viii bide NV time
The House then proceeded To the C0nsidera-
ton Of resolution in honor Of the memory OF the
late Beverly b. Douglas, Representative from
Virginia. EulogteS were pronounced by MeSSrS.
GoGde OF Virginia. Pollard, Hooker, Walker OF
Virginia, Springer Dunnen, Prdemore, Clark of
Iowa. and Tucker OF Virginia
The resolutions were adopted, and the House.
at four o'clock, Adjourned the Mississippi levee
bull which was to be taken up this evening
being fixed for consideration next Tuesday
night.
THE APACHES. who have given Us 50 much
trOuble-thOugh not near so much. probably. as
we have given them-Stfll claim to number, with
all their tribes, from s,GOO TO 10000 When the
Spanards in their search for gold in the high
lands OF what is now New Mexico. first met
pendent, though harmless and even kindly
WronSed and outraged, the ApacheS at last re-
taiiated, and the SpaniardS were never able to
conquer them. To this day they hurl defiance
at all government and civilization. They are
the EedOuinS OF this continent, and are all
mounted on small ponies capable of great en-
durance. Their chiefs can have any number of
wives they want; but the Apache Squaw found
guilty OF adultery is most atrociously tortured
and all women captured are UNANIMOUSLY treated
These savageS, fierce and untamed as they are
do not scalp their enemies. They are fond of
smoking and OF cards, and, when idle, have a
strange, mOnOt0nOuS chant. In battle they
keep their ponies in motion, and are themselves
always changing position. They seem to be
MonOtheists and MonteZuma. or the spirit of
God, is blended in their mind with some sort of
religious aspiration. They have Superstiti0us
regard for the eagle and owl, and viii not kill
or eat the bear or the hog. RattlesnakeS they
dread, imagining them to be evil spirits. They
| never cultivate the soil; live principally by
plumber, and are in the main Informed ema-
clated, and miserable in appearance.-[N i.
Times.
TRoTTER FALLS DEAD IN CENTRAL PARK
George Work, son of Frank Work, the banker
at 81 Broad street, with friend, drove out his
fathers celebrated horse, ModOc, In front of
light cutter, yesterday afternoon. The horse
gave glimpse Of his record OF 2:25 In dash up
Fifth avenue. In Central Park Mr.. Work al
lowed the horse to trot gently along the we'll
beaten snow track. Suddenly MOdOc gave