Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-13
TUESDAY, May 13.

FORTY-SI1TH CONGRESS.
TUESDAY, May 13.
SENATE.-The President pro tenn. laid before
the Senate communication from ii Secreta, Y
Of the Treasury enclosing letter from the
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue asking for
an increase OF appropriation to enable him
more e1ectually to suppress Illicit distillation.
Referred to tie committee on appropriations
Mr.. Plumb, from the committee on public
lands. reported back House bill to extend the
I'll time 1or payment n for lands located by settlers
th9lst october. 1878. He asked for the consid-
er&ion OF the bill, but objection was made
r. HEREFORD introduced bill authorizing
thy payment OF customs duties In legal tender
notes.
MT. Jonas presented the memorial OF the
coEann4e CONSTITUTIONAL convention asking for
river, below Cairo. Referred to the COMMITTEES
on routes to the seaboard.
on Mr m;,,1 Hampton reported from the committee
on mntary ana1rs, bill to release the arsenal
property In Charleston, South Carolina. to the
Holy Communion Institute, for school plrnoses
ited T9d me arsenal shall again be needed BY the
Mr. Bayard reported from the committee on
finance the House bill, with amendments. pro.
t wong ior the exchange Of subsidiary coin of
tne Unlted states for lawful money. He said
tne demand for the passage of the bill was gem
eral, and some relief should be given from the
gluC OF subsidiary coin at the commercial CEN
rency. 0Ao Va 0u'
Mr.. Cockren desiring to examine the bill and
amendments, the consideration OF the same
went over till tomorrow.
On motion OF Mr.. Coke, the select committee
to examine into the circumstances connected
with the removal OF the Northern Cheyennes
tory, etc., was authorized to sit during the re-
cess.
Mr.. Vest offered resolution requesting the
President. If not incompatible with the public
NH
lands have been purchased by the United States
In the Indian Territory, under the treaty OF
1866; and, Il SO. whether it is intended to locate
Indians and freedmen thereon.
Mr.. Allison objected to the consideration OF
the resolution at this time.
The Senate resumed the consideration OF the
legislative, executive and judicial appropriation
HOUSE.-Mr. Shelley, rising to question OF
privilege, sent to the clerks desk and had read
an extract from the New York Tribune OF the
9Th instant, crtticiSing the manner In which he
had been elected, and the means which he EN-
ployed to keep himself In his seat, and charging
him with intimidation and bribery. He said
that the charges were 80 grave that, IL true, he
would be entitled to the condemnation of all
to make public denial of them. The election
had been peaceable and free. There had been
no interference with any voter. and no disturb
ance growing out OF the election. He sent to
the clerks desk and had read afIldavits in sup
port Of his statements. He denied absolutely
the charge that mob OF white men had as
gresSl and compelled him to leave the state
HARRISON had left the state voluntarily, and
might return there unmolested and undis-
Mr.. Russell rose, as he said, to several ques-
tionS Of privilege, although he was inclined to
think that II there was one matter of small I'm
the ordinary member Of Congress, Ike the gen D.
tlemen who had assatled him and himself. The
first charge against him had been made by the
cren fhas he had
before he had received law license. The only
defect In that statement was that there was not
q word OF truth In it. He lRusselD had stated
ago that there were two members-one from
North Carolina and another from Florida-Who
held their seats not by the vote OF the people,
were now in the penitentiary. A more rounded,
complete truth had never been uttered by NOR
tai man. That was what was the matter.
o It was the & truth that n, hurt, ana that was the
been made upon him by q gentleman, entitled
to be SO called by the courtesy Of the House,
who claimed to represent the I'd district OF
that after he ar. Russe had ut told tnat' gen aaa
tleman what he intended to say about him
The day AFTER the appearance Of the speech
come IN, looking big with speech, but he had
wilted. When he (Mr. Russell) had been
ABSENT m his colleague GMr: Kitchinl asserted
That was an exhibition Of wins what TT the ss Yankeess
called plantation manners" He had been
used to that sd Of thing. He had been born
on 9ay ana It was rather late n the
plantation manHeGs m Hs should SSs SaG9 hardy Se Ss
deferred from telling the truth by it. HIS COL
league knew that he had never said that the
league IN against a majority Of between en- two two
ana three thousand, was In the pon1tentiary
It was fair to assume that q Representa-:
out the hard words. M laughter IL lSp'TTRe TRes
ksd denied that any Of the foda SsslasiG Tssuening
man ought to know; but Il they were not, they they
certainly ought to be. He proceeded to de-
scribe the frauds by which he claimed that Mr.
Kitchin had been permitted to hold seat and
Speaking for the conservative, noble old state
OF North Carolina, he desired to repudiate and
co1Gemn those frauds They were a foul blot
and II his colleague thought that he would be
estopped from denouncing the fraud by cutting
up capers before the country, he was mistaken
Mr. Kitchin said that he had hoped that his
colleagues would have had manhood and pa
triotism enough In his soul to have arisen and
SAID, Ike man, that what he had said in the
speech referred to, had not applied to North
Carolina or to him lKttchin} He Kitchin)
never had been big with a speech. Neither was
nus In,S Sconeague pig with speech, but he was big
Win something more more poisonous and
damning than any speech could be. He was q
NICE man from North Carolina [laughter], who
STOOD IL, IN his place on the floor, and maligued,
ana slandered and III he could have done sol
0amneo DIS native state, his people, his race
and country, and bone, and flesh, and joined
the rag-tag and bob tall OF creation.
Mr.. kttchfn was called to order by Mr. Steven
son, and proceeded In more moderate manner,
characteriztng, however, several OF the charges
made by Mr.. Russell as totally false. He asked
Mr.. Russell If he had not been court-martialed
which Mr.. Russell replied that he had been, but
that it was for whipping cOnscripttOn oficer
and that he had been restored to the confed.
crate service by Jefferson Davis. This raised
laugh at the expense ofIMr. Kttchin, and when
the latter was about to retort he was cut OF by
point OF order made by Mr. Gibson, and sis-
talned Oy the Speaker, that he was not making