Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-01-13
GENERAL NEWS.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD.
UNION.
DOMESTIC.
United states senate.

United States Senate.
WASHINGTON, January 12sh.-The Senate
met at 1:25 P NJ
Shermans funding bill was proceeded with,
Garland having the floor. He quoted from
decisions to show the relations existing be-
tween the banks and the Government.
ingalls, took the floor to defend the Arrears
of Pensions Act, saying that Senator Beck
should have exposed the improprieties of the
Act before it passed. He offered resolution
that the Act should not be repealed. Beck
asked that the resolution lie over.
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, January I2th.-Robeson
ffom the Committee on Rules. submitted q
report increasing the membership Of the i
Judiciary 10. Banking and Currency 13.
Agriculture 10. Foreign Affairs 10. Military
Affairs 10, Postofices and Post Roads 10,
Public Lanes 10. Pacific Railroads Is, I'm
provement OF the Navigation of the Missis-
sippi River 10, Invalid Pensions 10, War
Claims 10, and Accounts IL
Bayne introduced bill to repeal the tax
on bank deposits and the stamp tax on bank
checks, and reduce the tax on circulation Of
national banks. Referred.
The House went into Committee OF the
w
priation BILL
The general debate having ended, the bill
was read for amendment.
Holmes moved to amend by adding to the
bill the following But this Act shall not be
construed as giving the sanction Of Congress
to any contract or arrangement entered into
by any officer of the Government for the
public service beyond the limit of the appro-
pristion previously made, by which iabiii-
ties, legal or equi able, shall be created
against the United States. Rejected-75 to
10i-the Democrats in the affirmative, the
Republicans in the negative.
The committee finally rose and reported the
census appropriation bill, when it passed
without division.
Adjourned till Monday.
The Attacks Upon Sargent.
New YORK, January 12th.-The CONNER
cial Adrcrtiser's Washington correspondent
says: The injustice of the attacks upon Sar.
gent on account of his alleged authorship of
the desert land bill having been exposed and
the falsity of the charges clearly established,
his enemies have now turned their assault in
another direction. He is now being assailed
as holding views in regard to Mormonism
| contrary to vigorous opposition to polyg-
amy. A reference to his speeches in the
House and Senate show that there is as little
truth in the story of being friendly to Nor.
monism as there was ia his being the author
and chief supporter of the desert land bill.
sargent's Nomination.
| CHICAGO, January l2sh-The Times
| Washington special says: 1t can be stated
on high authority that the President will
make no more Cabinet nominations until the
LIST of March at least. This practically puts
an end to MIR. Ssrgent's operations, for it is
generally understood in Washington that
| when man comes very near getting an ap.
| pointment once and then misses, he is never
successful af5erward. It is said at GA:
time Sargent's nomination was ready for the
Senate. This was the day Sargent went UP
to the Senate and told Sherman that his
nomination was coming in within few min.
utes. There was a strong protest made al
| the last moment, and the nomination failed
to come up Indeed, it is regarded as one OF
| the most dangerous stretches in the route to
a high office. On that part of the way lying
between the White House and Senate there
have been many slips at the very last mo.
ment, WHEN everything was regarded as Ger.
tain.
The Blackburn.Burb Difficulty gain
! WASHINGTON, January 12th.-The follow.
ing letter and card have been furnished for
publication
| House OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON, January o, 1881. {
General 5. G. Burbridge-Sr: Your letter dated
| January 9th was handed me last night and as
suppose, with the accom- 9anying documents given
to the public in the morning prints, presume ii
vas intended for the public, as its reception my
own must be simultaneous. Sir, it is only with the
personal phase of the ISSUE far it regards my
! self, that can deal, and you have abandoned
| that, feel no longer any interest in your com
munications. AS for your nsinuations in regard to
atirtf
in to distract attention from what has been
said of yourself, all l have to say i:
that with the proofs of which you profess knowl
| edge and of which | am ignorant and which ycu
regard ample, if your courage enables you &c
formulate charge and become responsible therefor
there will then be ample time left to give it con
| sideration. Respectfully,
J. G. s. BLACKBURN
TO THE PUBLIC.
WAsH,SeroN January 12th-The correspondence
between General Stephen G. Bur5ridge formerly o
| Kentucky, and now citizen of Pennsylvania, anC
myself, was begun by him, and has through his in
slrumentality be obtruded upon public attention
| regret this, but not because l have anything
to fear from the judgment OF the public on the
questions involved, nor from the soldiers OF the
| Union army who respected the law of honorab c
warfare. have no feelings but OF respect and APP.
probation of their manhood. General Burbridge is
outside this pale by reason of atrocities well known
to the people of Kentucky, which have justly made
| him an outcast from that State, where honorable
men have buried in honorable reconciliation the
animosities of that unhappy period. l share the
detestation OF General Burbridge and his conduct
which is entertained by Copfederates and Union
men in the State Of Kentucky, and this feeling
have expressed on proper occasions. This fact was
made known to him VIXEN he Intercepted me
as to my uttersnces respecting him, and
| refused to modify my language, or accept
his attempt at self vindication. / gate
frankly this answer. HIS response is not an
| appeal to usages by which gentlemen have been
governed, but attempt to ret.rt by counter in
suit. II this is satisfactory to General Bur.
bridge or his friends cannot complain. l dismiss
him to the enjoyment of any honors h, may have
acquired by his effort to rehabitate reputation,
which, resting it does upon known facts of a
shameful personal history cannot be made worse by
aught can say against him, or improved by his
assertions of innocence and certificates of char
acter These are not required by gentlemen who
have praciced decent respect for the opinions OF
mankind. J. C. S. BLACKBURN.
The letter from Blackburn to Burbridge
was returned to the writer as unworthy of
notice, Endorsed as follows
For nv courage refer him to the history Of the
country which is silent his achievements. For
ample proof of his attempts to introduce yellow
fever virus into Northern cities, refer him the
correspondence relating thereto now on file in the
State Department. 5. q. BURBhlDGE.
Upon receipt of his own letter, thus in.
dorsed, Representative Blackburn wrote the
above letter to the public.
The Star Route Cases.
WASHINGTON, January 12th.-In the star
route cases in the Police Court to-day, Bliss
proposed. in the case now before the Court
that of MINK, Cabell and Dixon-that if
the prosecution failed to establish the exist
ence of conspiracy, counsel would agree to
let the other cases stand adjourned until it
became the pleasure of the Court to take
them up. La the event OF failure to show
the existancs of such conspiracy, of course
the prosecution would be pressed before this
Court.
Wants a Seat.
WASHINGTON, January 12th.-Thomas j.
Majors, Of Nebraska, is here for the purpose
of claiming his right to a seat in the House
of Representatives from that State. Last fall
he was elected as a contingent member from
Nebraska, the population of the State having
increased the figures to entitle it to two men,
bers. This was the second time Majors had
been elected. but two years ago be had to
appeal to Democratic House, and was re-
| fused admission. Now the House is Rspub
lican, and he believes he can get his seat. He
maintains that it is an injustice to keep that
portion of Nebraska, the population of which
| is practically without representative 10 the
r.