The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-11
Forty fifth C0nsress---Third Session
WASHINGTON, January 10, 1872.
SENATE

Ferty-uIsn COHSreSS--.HnarU session.
WASHINGTON, January 10, 1879 :
SENATE
Messrs. Conkling and Herman, OF New
York; presented aresolutioni from the New
York State Senate, demonstrating against.
tie passage Of the bill TO re1rganize the
army, OF at least that portion OF it prohibit
ing the manufacture Of arms at the United
States ,arsenals., LAID 90 the table, the bill
having been reported 70 the Senate. =
Mr.. Anthony submitted resolution d.
recting tue Committee on Naval Affairs to
inquire into the expediency of providing
by law that the selection by chiefs of bu-
reaus Of steam-engineering, provisions and
clothing, and medicine and surgery, al the
Navy Department, be made from officers
not below the rank OF captain. Agreed to.
The Senate passed the Indian approp-ia-
ton bill. .-7l,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The House was in Committee Of the
Whole on the private calendar.
There was an animated debate on the
William and Mary College bill, which was
finally rejected. si'..lI = '.'-f :
In the debate on the bill Mr.. Conger, Of
Michigan, was very emphatic in his opposi-
tion TO the measure, which he characterized
as war claim.
Mr.. Goode, Of; Virginia, said: "There is
no necessity for reply to the very charac-
teristic speech made by the gentleman from
Michigan (Cohger). II it affords that gen.
tleman any pleasure, as it evidently does, to
indulge in ilI-natured filings and to pour out
the walls OF his impotent wrath on the
mother CommonWealthv let him enjoy it.;
but he may rest assured that all his shafts
will fall harmless and fail to reach the mark
at which they have been aimed. The time
was In the carly days OF the Republic when
Virginia, in spirit Of patriotic and dsin-
terested self-sacrlfice, surrendered for the
common good vast and almost illimitable
dominion in the very State from which the
gentleman comes. Instead OF cherish
ing tiial regard for The mother
Commonwealth, he seems utterly un.
willing and even unable to do his duty,
and, like the unnatural daughter Of King
Lear, tries on all occasions to make her fee
"how sharper than q serpcnt's tooth it is ia
have thankless child" l now leave him
alone to his glory, knowing that lie will moi
be able to soar to those heights occupied BY
the gentleman from Massachusetts Uorine)
who had defended the bill. l leave hin
burrowing amid the ruins of William anC
Mary. ! leave him to hug to his bosom hi:
idol OF revenge and hate amid the hootins
OF bats and OWLS"
| Mr.. Conger: 81 hear them now"
| Mr.. Goode: You hear them, then, be-
cause you last heard yourself, but. l turr
from the gentleman and address myself Il
those who believe that the southern and The
northern. States are coequal." He then pro
ceeded to argue in favor OF the bill. IL
denied that twas a-war claim. The people
OF the South did not expect and had never
| expected that the losses incurred By indi
vjduals as incidents of the war would be re.
imbursed to them. They had gone into, the
war. wIth'Iheir eyes open. They bad staked
everything and lost, and they accepted theil
loss as the fate Of war. $50
| Mr.. Monroe, OF Ohio, followed in support
| OF the bill. He was willing to vote to aid
in restoring and rebuilding any OF the yene
rabe. historical monuments Of the country
whether at Bunker Hill, or at Washington
or at Mount Vernon. ........,
| Mr.. Tucker, OF Virginia, closed the de.
bate in advocacy Of the bill, claiming that il
stood on grounds different from those Of
any other case that had come before it OF
would come after it. In regard to the CRY
of "war claims" he declared that the peo
pie Of the South were as tired of them a:
the people Of any other part OF the conn-
try, and that for himself, be would stant
at the door OF the Treasury and re
siSt any claim that was not baSet
on legal. equitable grounds. [Derisivt
laughter on the Republican side] Hespokt
of his grandfather having been trained a
William and Mary College, and having
worn the uniform OF republican soldier
al the surrender Of Yorktown; OF hi:
father having been trained there, and of it!
having numbered among its alumni Johr
Marshall. Winfield Scott, Jefferson, anC
Madison; and he said in conclusion
They come here and in mute appea
from higher sphere ask You to rebuild
this IoldIcoflege. It has been said that Vlr
ginfa, like the mother Of the Gracchi
points to her sops.I[ She might, standing a
the graves Of her mighty and illustriou
Idead, trained at this institution OF learn
I ing, point to their tombs and to- their mem
ory to show where they have trodden th
fields Fof glory and have rendered lustre t,
ttheir country, and she might say, GO ant
fellow theirIeSam7le.'" iEt .."'| =
~ Exeentiop Of BeniaminI Hunter.
+ E!PHn&DELPHfA, january 10. = BENJAMIN
Hunter was hanged at Camden, n. j., to
day for the murder of John G. Armstrong
He was completely prostrated, and had L
be carried TO The place Of execution. TIL
hanging was bunglingly performed. Th
rope either had too much slack or gave wa
SO much that it lifted the culprit barrel.
from the floor, when he fell back. and wa
caught by the assistants. Sheriff Calhoun
seized the hrope. and hoisled Hunter int
the mir, and he was hung only by q mum
I'bef of persons holding to the. rope durin;