The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-05-31

TON. TWO CARPET-BAG CONGRESSMEN. |
CONKLING ON HOAR. THE PRESIDENTS
CANE. SENATOR SUMNER CARICATURED.
WOMAN's RIGHTS CONVENTION. PRINCE
ARTHUR. MURDER AND A COINCIDENCE.
VIRGINIA AGAIN IN THE UNION. A COLOR
ED SENATOR.
The new yea" was ushered in with warmth
and sunshine, followed by rain storm at
night. The usual receptions were held, but
less wine and liquor was offered callers than
in former years. Among the newspaper men
the visit of The Richmond journalists was the
event Of the day. The programme for their
entertainment included the following: They
called on the President; they were photographs
ed; they partook of the hospitality of one OF
the proprietors of the Evening Star; they at
tended Il matinee by Kelly 4 Leon's Minstrels
they We're dincd at the Arlington Hotel and
they went to the National Theatre to see Jack
and the Beanstalk." BY special arrangement
the Washington journalists and their guests
were admitted to the White House to witness
the reception of the Diplomatic Corps by the
President, and when that was over they were
individually presented to both President Grant
and Vice President ColfaX. The press having
been given precedence of he officers of the
Army and Navy occasioned remark, whercup-
on Mr. ColfaX said that this was proper as 'the
pen is mightier than the sword" 1t is record
ed that the President wore 4 new dress suit
Ghe coat being rather too snug fit and that
the Vice President We're his usual smile
The House Committee on the Causes of the
Reduction of American Tonnage, of which
Hon. John Lynch of Maine. was chairman was
pursuing its Investigations at this time. 1t was
said to have information showing that the cost
Of building wooden ships was about the same
in England as in the United States, taking the
difference in currency into consideration. 1t
was shown, however, that the building of
wooden ships in England had almost entirely
ceased and that even iron ships We're giving
way to those constructed of iron and wood
combined The latter class of vessels have iron
frames and wooden planking, and instead Of Il
close inner plankng or ceiling, have what may
be termed Stats, leaving space for ventilation.
The maSts are of iron, hollow. and are made to
ventilate the hold. These ships We're said to
class Wei and to be admirably adapted for GER
tain kinds of freighting.
The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
Richardson, who also held judgeship in Mas
sachusetts, resigned the former position to take
effect Jan. lst, on the ground that the pay was
insufficient.
Here are portraits of two Of the ''carpet-bag
Congressman" in the 41st Congress. Porter, of
Virginia, was known to have declared il Nor
folk that he would rather live under jeff
Davis government than under be Iincoln's.''
lie was tried by military court, by order of
Gen. b. F, Butler under various specifications
including the Use of disloyal and seditous lam
guage. found guilty and sentenced to wear
ball and chain. Whittem0re, of North Caro-
lima, was Massachusetts man. and at one time
kept corner grocery. He abandoned the sale
of picked pork and molasses to deal in the
scriptures, and during the war Went boldly to
the front NV as chaplain. He was expelled
from Congress subsequently for selling a cadet
ship.
The question of Nirginia'S admission was
under discussion in the Senate on the 18th. and
Mr.. Conkling was rather sarG astic when dur
ing his remarks he referred to the Attorney
General (Nlr. f. K. Hoar) as ''that bright ju-
dicial flower. plucked from the bosom of the
Judiciary Of Massachusetts," In declaring that
he (Conkngl fully agreed with the concluding
portion of Mr.. lIoar's opinion on the question
of requiring the test oath of the members of
the Legislature. he said. however. that ''muth
Of the reasoning by which that conclusion was
reached was entirely beyond his comprehen-
sion" Mr.. Hoar'S nomination for seat on the
supreme Bench was then pending and was
subsequently rejected.
ON the l4th the Virginia bill was debated in
the House, and Mr. Ward, of New York, said
that il was this State the whole North was
fighting, and that but for her there would have
been no war.
The President had present of a cane from a
colored man named James Richardson. The
gift is described i'll an accompanying letter as
follows:
This cane was made by the donor with
common penknfe from Young cedar tree cut
in front of Nicksburg, Miss, about the time of
General Pembertons surrender. The first star
from the ferule was made from piece of the
floating battery used by the ConfcderateS in the
attack on Fort Sumter in 1861; the center star
from piece of cedar cut from a stump near to
the spot where Gen. Grant stood at the strren-
der of Gen Lee at AppomattoN Court House.
Va; the top star from the ball extracted from
the dead line" at the AnderSonvle prison,
Georgia. BY pulling the tassel gold pencil
will be seen.
Senator Summers bill to secure the admission
of colored children to the white schools of
Washington was made the subject of a ear
toon by a local artist. who represented in the
centre the tall form of Sumner with an uprais-
ed club in one hand, while ith the other he
grasps the throat of terrihed individual typical
o. the District of Columbia and whom the Sen
ator threatens thus : . If YOU dare to say an
other word, I'll choke YOU until YOU are bluc& in
the face" On the left the Goddess of Liberty
sits weeping, while complacent Dinah usurps
her place with the remark: "1ou's not goddess
liberty; Is goddess liberty now" while on the
right is public school building with its open
windows full of negroes who applaud the Sena-
tors proceedings.
At the Woman's Rights convention On the
evening Of the 10Th Mrs. Stanton apoogzed for
the non-attendance of Senators and members
who had been invited to address the convention
by announcing thata fearful dstemper prevail
ed in Washngton-all the Congressman nvit-
ed were afflicted with hoarseness. She then
addressed the convention on the subject of the
sixteenth amendment to the Constitution. Her
speech was very effective, and was frequently
interrupted by applause. She said, among other
things, that the woman question would be as
good a card for the Republican party in 1872 as
Grant was in 1868. This convention was the
most respectable and commanded more respect
among the people than any similar meeting be-
fore held in Washington. Several things COM
bined to this end 1st, there We're no women in
pantaIoons among the delegates. ID, the ladies
i'll charge of the convention We're those who
commanded respect in social circles: and 3dly
the proceedings were of practical character
throughout. The visionaries and brawlers Of
the Washington branch, who had heretofore
monopolized the proceedings, We're kept in the
background
On Saturday, the Goth, Prince Arthur arrived
in Washington. Sunday he attended church,
and for some days after he was engaged in