Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1870, Page 1

SE NT THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Sunday excepted, | At The Star Building, | SW. Corner Pennsvivania Av. and Lith St, — BY THe | | EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY ved by carriers to thetr sad- scribers in the Ciey aind District at THN CENTS PER WEEK, or Forty. ENTS PER MONTH, Copiet at the counter, T rel art 1 Fey ing -—Three Months, One Dolter | aut Bitty Cente: Six, Monthe: Three. Dollars, One Year, Five Dellare. 3 are sent from the office longer than paid for. THE WEEKLY. STAR— published om Fiiday morning—One Dollar-and-a-balf @ y* ar. _EVENING STAR. Washington News and Goasip. INTERNAL Kevence—The receipts to-day from thts source were au. NELL, Of New York, is Hon. Moses H at Willard’s. oF TrRoor A detachm ‘nt sth U.S. In this morning, en Movement one hundred ny passed throngh this ci tor Atlanta, Georgi: or » of the autry SER DeLano lett here this morn- delphia on official business, and at city several days. During uty Commissioner De mer. Cowmwresy ing for Ph will remain his absence will act as Com Tar Recoxsrece tion CommitTes, this morn ing, heard a delegation of colored men from ‘Tennessee as to outrages in that State. They made lengthy statements to the committee, de- picting a terrible condition of affairs in the State. ‘They will be heard again on Friday. THE AMEXPMENT to the air-line railroad bill Offered by Mr. Loughridge, and adopted by the House, giving Congress the right to amend it at any time, seems to be rather an effzctive side blow at the measure, as there will be a disin- lination to take stock in ® road the charter of which is liable to amendment or repeal at any time. _ Cox. Jxo. L. Roctr, late Chief Clerk to the Second Assistant Postmaster General, having deen appointed U. S. Marsbal for the Southern District of Mlinois, has resigned his position in ‘the Post Office Department, and Rev. Jno. L. French. a second class clerk, has been ap| to fill the vacancy. Che Vt. 35—M2. 5.307. ———— x Sd YENI Stat, WASHINGTON. D. C.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1870. Nominatrons.—Tte President sent the fol- lowing meminations to the Senate this after- Roon : Army—Captsin Geo. H. Hunt, of 4th Caval- ry, te be Major Ist Cavalry; 2d Lieuts. Albert G. Garrett, Wm. T. Ditch, and A. H. Von Luet- tivits to be Ist Lieutenants; Ist Lieut. 8. Gun- ther, to be Captain; 2d Lieuts. L. 0. Parker, B. Retliy, Jr., and ©.'G. Gordon, to be Ist Lieu- tenants; Ist Lieut. Chas. Parker, to be Captain; 2d Lieuts, E. D. Bimmich and Chas. Humphrey, to be Ist Licutenants. Navy—Levt. Commander J.N. Miller to be Commander; Lieuts. G. V. Menzies and Edward N. Keyser io be Lieut. Commanders; Passed Assistant Pay 8 George L. Mead and George K. Watkins to be Paymasters; Assistant ts Fred. C. Alley and A. J. Greely to he Passed Assistants; D, P. Wight and Henry 9 be Paymasters; S. D. Hurlburt and - Long to be Passed Assistant Pay- Thomas Neon, Dewitt C. Kells, and %. MeCurley to be Lieut. Commanders n David N. Bell to be Lieutenant. tmasters—Aaron Poer, Navasota, Texas; es E. Brown, Chillicothe, Ohio; Wm. Mil- Greenville, Ala.; James A.B. Stone, alnmazoo, Mich.; Artemus Doolittle, Calumet, Micb.; John Henry Eames, Medford, Mich. Jue Conxpition or Tarxcs rx GEorcra— CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS. — Representa- tive Brooks to-day received the following tele- gram from parties in Savannah. Edward C. An- derson and Henry Bryan, whe furnish the fo!- lowing reply to a telegram from W. L. Avery sent to Senators here: So far as this statement of Avery reflects on this community, it is a malicious fabrication in behalf of a slandered i We ask you to denounce it, knowi ere is no foundation for it. We refer you to the following extracts from the Savannah Republican ot this mere 2 Never was our community more quiet an‘ free from all political excigfement and disorder of every kind. The Government officers will estify to the trath of what we say.’ Avery, who thus moves among us quietly en- joying the protection of our laws, and under cover of the Sa maligns and slanders the: anil isa Ne ‘ker, = \ttorne: ny Fr: learn he resides in Atlanta, Ir sms to be thought to-day that the vote in the Senate Foreign Kelations Committee, ad- verse to the St. Domingo treaty, by no means assures the defeat of the treaty in the Senate. Several Senators, and among them some sup- posed to be adverse to the treaty. \ook occasion to express to the President last night their in- tention to support i Sionrp.—The President this morning signed the Dill making appropriations to supply defi- cienciet in the appropriations for contingent expenses of the House of Kepresentatives for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870. This bill appropriates $37,000 for folding documenis, materials and labor, %6,00 for the pay of laborers, and #1,095 for the pay of mail carriers at the Capitol. Two Rreronrs—neither a majority report— were presented to-day from the Military Com- mittee in the cadetship case of Kepresentative R R. Butler, of Tennessee. One report, signed by four members, is for his censure; and the other, tigned also by four members, recom mends his expulsion. From the temper of the House to-day, the expulsion resolution will prevail. Mr. Butler was present when the report was made, and stroked his long bionde whiskers with apparent unconcern. ‘Tae PRESIDENT AND Mrs. GRAxT attended ‘the wedding of Miss Romaine Goddard to Mr. Overbeck, Austrian Consul to China, at the res- idence of Admiral Dahlgren this afternoon. ‘This morning a beautiful boquet from the Con- servatory at the White House was sent to Miss Goddard with the compliments of the President. ‘The Secretary of War and other Cabinet offi- cers, several foreign Ministers and the attaches of the legations, with their families, and the in- timate friends of the bride and her family and of the bridegroom, were also present at the mar- riage. ‘Tae Finst Sreecu or Tue First Cotonen SuraTor.—The Senate galleries were densely crowded this morning before the meeting of the Senate, so great was the desire to hear Mr Revels, the colored Senator from Mississippi, on the Georgia bill. At the expiration of the morning hour the consideration of the bill was resumed, and Mr. Morton was entitled to the floor, but stated that he would not claim his privilege at that time, and Mr. Revels was then recognized by the Vice President as entitled to ‘the floor. med an office there. He and others pro- last by arts best known to them- selves, a Si endorsement of bonds to the amount of many millions. Avery arrived in this city on y last. and if he has been threat- test we have hear of it. The only trouble that we can hear of in Georgia is some disturbance on the Bruns- wick railroad between contractors and laborers, the latter not having been paid.” On thé other hand, Mr. Conant, Vice Presi- dent of the Brunswick and Albany railroad, in Georgia, telegraphs to General Hiram Wal- bridge that the recent disturbance among the hands on that road, was not, as alleged, on ac- count of their not being paid, but because they ‘Were dissatisfied with Mr. Hubberd, whe is a prominent Republican. They stopped the Vice President's excursion car in the woods. fifty miles from Brunswick, and demanded the im- mediate appointment of another Superintend- ent. He got them to Brunswick, and discharged and paid them. They afterwards took possession of the trains at Brunswick, and threatened the lives of sundry officers and Northern employes of the road and others, and the Vice President alleges the authorities of the place encouraged i. ‘ms L.Avery, the gentleman whose veracity the Savannah parties undertake to disparage, is @ lawyer of prominence, and is the leadin, counsel for the Brunswick and Albany Railroad Company. Mr. Conant, vice president of the road, whose name has also been brought in, is Jargely engaged in the construction of railroads, and, though a Republican, is not a politician in any sense. Neither of these gentlemen seems to Lave any political animus in the matter. but simply want pretection in their rights and busi- ness interests. It is quite idle to attempt to deny the fact that, while the liberal, public-spirited men of the South are endeavoring to invite Northern labor and capital forthe development of the South, there is a large class there who cannot get rid of their enmity to Northern men, and they show it by every sort of social ostra- cism and business annoyauce of Northern peo- ple who have invested their money and energies in good faith in Southern enterprises. We trust and believe that this hostility will wear out in time; but it is useless to deny that it does exist. Ixcome Tax.—Secretary Boutwell and Oom- missioner Delano had a conference yesterday on the income tax. The Secretary was in favor of the continuance of the tax for the present year, but the Commissioner said that the public pres- sure for its or repeal was so it that he was inclined to favor a reduction of the rate, also am increase of the exemptionx. Mr. Fenton, who sits three desks to | Both had learned that the ways and means com- mittee were te make a reduction, but the right of Mr. Revels, motioned the latter to pode Kage spe bis seat, in order that he might be more towards | "°* the center of the Chamber. As seon as the Senator from Mississippi arose there was quite & commotion in the galleries, every neck being | Lords of stretched to get a glimpse of the Senator. He read his speech from manuscript, in a clear voice, though at first he appeared somewhat embarrassed. A DELESATION OF COLORED MEN FROM Gxoreta, representing the colored people of that State, and composed of Simeon W. Beaird, in the Mr. Torrens chairman; Alfred Ketcham, Secretary; T. G. | jution im fev of colnet self-go" Campbell, Romulus Moore, T. M. Allen, W. | of enabii H. Harrison, George Wallace, Abraham Smith, Abraham Colby, J. T. Coster, T. G. Campbell, —_-«ee. ForEION News By CaBLe—The British Parlia- ment—The Ecumenical Council.—In the House of » Earl Granyilie explained that the in Galway and counties, Ireland, of ‘Since their’ arrival quiet lias been res in the House of Sir J. Chaat mented! (eae Teperted that the steamer Bosten America loaded y the underwrit allowed. ters that he should ask the govern- to inform the House if there was any truth ‘@ reso- vernmont and the colonies like forei, States interests. i to Jr., and John Warren, all of whom are members | Varley, a leading member of tae ekear™ oof the Legislature except the chairman and Sec. | In the stock oosine ae Liverpesl bas atepned retary, called at the Executive Mansion this | P®} it. His . morning and had an interview with the Presi- dent, during which they asked him to use his imfluence to defeat the Bingham amendment to the Georgia bill, and urged him to procure unci] has signed the order of deliberations be! chu the od ; cussed. Rome nre dai oie suitable legislation to secure their rights to the | Svat. [tis reported thatthe Marquis de Ban- the * f peeiny colored people in that State, as they do not | for Paris, and that the ambamador of ustria at now enjoy them. They also ignored all action im bebalfof the colored people by the Bryant faction, informing the Premdent that he did not represent them. Tue Hover Committsz on NAVAL Avratns yesterday agreed to report a bill to give $1000,00) tothe officers and crew of the United States steamer Wyoming as prize money for certain of the ity Re In the Ne captures made in Japanese waters. Messrs. eee ere ae ee Beofeld avd Starkweather were directed to re- port in relation to the removal of the Brooklyn re The is determined present removal the of the majori Then and where is set to be. decided. In lr Fecemt inv = " ‘The committee also tent to sustain the dosent or Conseh ee in for ——- of a French representative to the Austria offers to assist as an independent Power, but declines to ide over the delibe- rations of the by President Grant for the protection of” tele- gtaph cables. ——————-ee-_____ TEE Metnopist Boox Coxcerx—Endorsement York Meth- londay, the Rev. resolutions of the book committee ‘hese neobaiieas wi odist Dr. Andrews called forth consi E Mitney or ak | the Rev. Drs. Ridgaway, Foster, Curry, Tiffany, Fick tor Site ceaney exeade ez ot Now | Crawsord, and Misers Hermans Tele te Keokuk: and others, The teen tnd could sot betastnised aad ad pot PoeraL Ixtercovurss wits Foruiox Cous- 7 an ony ines ‘aie Senn i tener seas three Foo | aca introduced a Dill to facilitate postal intercourse lication of the minority and of | ~ Siher’s the Committee on Post Offices and Post Koads. ‘committee hed diected ae wig action nois, Minister Resident to Belgium; C. C. An drews, of Minnesota, Minister Resident to ‘Stockholm; Robert C. Kirk, of Ohio, Minister Resident to U: a - Gustave J; ‘ennsylvenia, ner, Collector of THE WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT. Interesting Exhibit of its Capacity, Present Condition, and What is Needed for its Compiction. The Character of the Attacks made upon its Management. For some time the House Committee on the District of Columbia has been looking inte the affairs of the Washington Aquednet, the cost and present condition thereof, &ec., and in the same connection have been investigating various charges made against the Aqueduct manage- ment. The testimony taken before the com- mittee makes a voluminous document, and affords an interesting exhibit of the condition and requirements of this important work. The charges, it may be stated here, utterly broke down on examination, avd it was demonstrated that they had their origin in the malice or selfish motives of persons heretofore employed on the Aqueduct, and dismissed for cause. The testimony shows that there was a con- spiracy against the management of the Aque- duct over two years ago. As supplying rather a curious chapter in the history of these attacks, the followmg among the docu- mentary evidence may be quoted :— A GRAND CONSPIRACY, Wasurxaton, D.C., Jan. 2, 1868—My Dear Sir: 1 am aware of a grand conspiracy about the water works, and if parties will pay me, I will and can give such important information to parties that they do not know. I write you this in friendship. Do as you think about this note, and when- ever you wish I can see you. Yours, with respect, Sam’. StRoNG, Esq. MR. CHRISTOPHER ADAMS WRITES A LETTER. Wasuineton, D. C., Feb. 13, 69.—J. J. R. Croes, E2q.-—My dear sir: You were here the other day, and I am sorry that I did not see you Iam told that a great many complaints have been made by parties relative to the water- works, and ail that too to the Committee of Gost iege ge the members seem to have taken up the matter, and are determined that the work shall be done in a proper manner and under strict observance of the law. The tunnel in part has fallen in, the works are greatly out of repair and things ‘in general look blue. The testimony before the committee is a host in itself, and the papers are — endorsed by men Lovis Baker. our , Siready been expended, the work a failure, and no part of the line completed, and now they ask for, to finish the work, $700,000. What has been done for this vast amount of money’? There is no work to show for it. The distributing reser- voir, gate houses, Cabin John Bridge remain the same as when left. When how will this work be completed and by whom ? I trust in God not by the present party. It seems that Robert 8. King left the line some time ago, ing that he could not stand the Government trified with by trifters, as he considered himself an honest man. I hold a copy of his letter in which he writes the above. Things are in such a state as to astonish everybody. I write you this for your information because, perhaps, when you were here the other day you did not know what wag going on in Congress about the works. If you have time write mea line. In the meantime I remain, as ever, your friend ap:l ovedient servant. {Signed.}— C. Apams. A SETTLER FOR MR. ADAMS, CRoroy AquepucT DerartMext, Storage Reservoir, Engineer's Office. Boyd's Corners, Putnam county, N. Y., February 16th, 1869.— To the Honorable Elihu B. Washburne, Chairman of Committee on Apprepriations—Sir: Enclosed ‘ou will find a copy of a letter recelved by me day relating to the Washington Aqueduct, r two years the Principal As- past, and having no special interest in it, I feel that some comment is due from me on this letter. The writer, Christopner Adams, is known to me as baler who four years held the po- sition of Assistant Superintendent of the Wash- ington Aqueduct, and who as such obliged the workmen in his employ to pay him a proportion of their salaries monthly; who was inefficient and neglectful of his duties; who sold without authority stecl, iron rails, and cast iron belong. ing to the Government and pocketed the pro- ceeds, amounting to several hundred dollars; who interfered seriously with me in the dis: charge of my duties; who was discharged from the Government service and ever since been hanging around the doors of Congress, traducin, the rs of the aqueduct. The imperti- nonce of this man ie veriting to me is equalled only by the utter falsity of his statements in his letter, which I presume to be a resume of the os -aaaiaed made by him to your com- mittee. In 1864 I estimated that it would require $518,- 000 to finish the works, if the appropriation was — —— — — a rede include settlement of land damages, the strengthe: ing of embankments, nor the laying of any ad- ditional mains. But no appropriation was then made; the portions of the work which were par- tially constructed were injured by exposure, and when, two years afterwards, an eye - tion of $142,000 was a idet amount must necessarily have used in re- and wasted by exposure. doing work spoiled Ten years’ ce in the construction of water works has satistied me that the cost of rc works is very largely increased by delays in construction, and 1 am convinced e ‘Washin, in Aaseteet can be economically fin~ ished 01 uushed rapidly to comple- tion. From personal, observation, I know that the work has so far been well done, and the fin- ished portions are in good condition, and from the data at my command I have no hesitation in saying that at least for four past it has been efficiently and economically managed. A comparison my estimates of 1864 and those submitted by the it Engineer satisfy me that the amount called for is not extravagant. ‘Thus: In 1864 we asked. Deduet estimate Con., since built id conduit, in juence of two years’ exposure untnished.+.-~-0. 102,000 oo Now for land and for engikening embankment, ...- 33,372 00 Additional work on distributing reser- four "use and exposure in an unfinished state.... 85,237 00 78,633 09 New 30-inch main, wired on ac- f city TOtal..+0.-escasecereseeessoeeee8I06,309 90 count of growth o! then, when that this $400,000, ing has been donc, @ failure and out of re- dams states absolute falsehoods, that I Lyemry oor onl; ys "fiat the work is A SPECIMEN OF THE CHARGES. In 1868, Mr. Randolph Coyle, Water Registrar of this city, desired a water meter put in at the Rock Creek bridge, and Mr. Samo sion to Mr. aqueducts in the principal cities of the Unier: ‘New York, @13,000,000; Boston, $7,411 HISTORY OF THE AQUEDUCT. The Washington aqueduct was originally pro- jceted upon its general plan and location by Captain M. C. Meigs, United States Corps of Engineers. Its construction was begun A. D. ier on the 8th day of November. The eng neers in charge have been as follows: Uaptain ‘M,C. Meigs, trom November 3, 1852, to duly 17 1860; Captain H. W. Benham, from Jaly 17 to December —, 1860; Lieutenant J. St. Morton, from December —, 1800), to Febru 22, 1861; General M. C. Meigs, from Febra 22, 1561, to June 18, 1862, when the super of the work was transferred by act of Co from the War Department to the Department o/ the Interior. . : Under the Department of the Interior the en ineers in charge have been as follows: William . Hutton, from June 18, 1862, to July 21, 1868: Silas Seymour, from July 21, 1363, to Jane 5, 1865; Theodore B. Samo, from Jane 5, 1865, to April 19, 1867, when the supervision of the work Was transferred by act of Congress from the In terior Department to the War Department. anv placed under the charge of the Chief Enginee: ef the army. i THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES. ‘The total expenditures since June, 1865, the time when the present engincer took charge of the work, to January Ist, 1870, have been as fol- lows :—For engincering, superintendence an: 48.58; offtte rent and. office ‘ex. repairs of water pressure en- gine, $1,390.06; internal revenue, $274.54; land and jaw expenses, $426.70; construction of Pot mac dam, $51,471.60; construction ot connec ing conduit, $100,160.16; construction of house at Great Falls, $3,991.29: porary dam, $1,272. 9; purchase \ U.S. Arsenal, $2.45 total, $261,130. The following is a statement of the receipts from July, 189, to January, 1870: Balance ‘of appropriation on land July, 186: ¢ Received fr tember, 1565. Received from W. & vember, 1865. 619 88 Received trom bursing agent.. cose BOL Received from sales of proper uary, 1866. o. 100 0 Appropriated by Congress, July, 1366. 42,584 u+ Received from Secretary ot Interior, for horses, September, 1866... 2) 00 12,000 00 20,000 09 $285,266 8s ‘Total expenditures from June, 1865, to January, I870sece++ee0 Gi Cash on hand January Ist, 1870,:¢¢00 $4,136 7” THE CAPACITY OF THR AQvepucT. ‘The surface of water at the receiving reser- voir is 141 feet above mean tide at the Navy Yard; the curbstone at the corner of High and Bridge streets, Georgetown, is 73 feet above tide at the same point; at the Circle, Twenty- fourth street and Pennsylvania avenue, it is ( feet; at the corner of Fifteenth street and New York avenue it is 47 feet; at the corner of Nint! and G streets it is 59 feet; at the east front o the Capitol it is #5 feet; at the Navy Yard gate it is 41 feet; and on top of the pipe at the lowe: duct) it is 1 foot 434 inches above tide-water. The distributing reservoir, two miles above Georgetown, comprises an area of forty-fou: acres, but is not now in use, in consequence of having been worn out and no money appropri ated to repair it; therefore all water now is either directly from the Potomac or the re- ceiving reservoir, near the Little Falls, which- ever for the time being is the clearest. It is proposéd to deepen the distributing reservoir thirteen feet, giv’ it a capacity of 300,000,000 of gallons, sufficient at the present rate of con- sumption for twenty-five days; hence, in case of an accident to the water-works above that int, no inconvenience would be experienced r that length of time; but at present, shoul: an aceident occur to the aqueduct, we would by Pmogiy | without water, having none stored for use. It is also proposed to divide the distribu- ting reservoir into two sections, so that in case ot a freshet we would use pure and clear water from one section during twelve days, while that in the other section was settling. At the Grea’ Falls, the dam, as now constructed, extends from the Maryland suore to Conn’s Island, distance of 995 feet, and gives a head of six feet of water in the aqueduct, or a daily supply of about fifty boned pe It is contemplated ultimately, to build the dam entirely across the river to the Virginia shore, of sufficient height to insure a supply equal to the full capacity of the aqueduct, which is about eighty million gallons daily. WHAT 18 YET NEEDED. Other portions of the Washington aueduct are yet unfinished and are as follows: m At Great Falls, a part of tunnel No. 1 requires Stone bridges 1 and 2 require coping. — bridges 3 and 4 require parapets and coping. The’ roadway over the conduit (being used for.s public highway) should be macadaimized. t wn, high-service reservoir should be finished: The necessity ot completing the untinished rege of the Washi: aqueduct has been ‘ullyshown in the annual reports of the engi- neers in ohare and detailed estimates of the cost submitted to Con, er. The conduit, from Great Falisto the distrib- uting reservoir, has a diameter of nine feet, with a fall of nine and a half inches to the mile, and can disc! into the reservoir, with the present height of the Potomac dam, over fifty million gallons of water daily. From the dis- tributing reservoir the water is conveyed to Georgetown and Washi through two iron mains of twelve and thirty inches meter re- pr oengpens J these two mains have been taxed to ‘ir utmost cay ity for several years, and there has been a constant complaint from th- consumers of the deficient supply. The only remedy for this is to complete buting — lay ——— of beset thir- inches diameter uting re- Devel to Capitol Hill. Since December, 1863, the supply of water has been uninterrupted; the amount daily consumed is about twelve million gallons—less fourth of the amount at su e tor want ot malne to bring at the several waste- i 2 ef y ‘enm will be a] met ir Babi mnie mmittes & went over the whole line of the ize rl # venience man, woman, and child in the two District elties. : LE See OP! or Ere MARRIED OR SINGLE ?—Miss Delia W. "8 for slander in New York Mr. FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. This Afternoon’s Proceedings. THE GEO iA LL Speeeh of Senator Revels. Wepnrspay, March 16. SENATE. —The Vice President read an As- fociated Press dispatch to the effect that the City of Boston arrived at Queenstown this morning at one o'clock. Mr. Koss asked for the readin of a corres: pondence between Hon. Sidney Clark, of Kan- sas, and Secretary Cox Telative to the docu- ment concerning Black Bob Shawnee lands, indicating that the documents aforesaid, which were ordered to be printed by the Senate, had been garbled, and connecting Senator Ross with said garbimg. The correspondence is published in the Xeputlican of this morning, and is headed “Garbled Documents.” ‘Mr. Ross said it was true that the papers were prepared under his direction. The papers ha:l come to the Senate in a most crude state, many of the documents were -~ icated, and many of them of no importance. He should not go into this matter now, but at the proper time would comment upon the action of his colleague in the other House, (Mr. Clark.) Now he would con- tent himself with pers for the reading of a letter which he had addressed to the Secretary of the Interior yesterday. The letter, whicl: was read from the desk, states that he (Mr Ross) sent to the printer all of the papers which he thought essential to a proper understanding of the matter, aud that his only object in ex- cluding Ute mass of extraneous papers was onc of econom: Mr. Foss then asked that an order be now made for the printing of all the papers in the case, and the order was entered. Mr. Wilson presented memorial of the colored people in the Chectaw and Chickasaw country, iormerly held as slaves by the Indians, to th efiect that the provisions of the treaty by which their recently acquired rights were to be se- cured to them, have been violated, and asking — Reterred to Committee on Indian Ar- fairs. Mr. Kamsey introduced bill to facilitate pos- {al intercourse with toreign countries. Keterred to Committee on Post Offices. ‘The Georgia bill was then taken up. Mr. Morten was entitled to the floor, but gave Way to Mr. Kevels. Mr. Revels then arose and said: Mr, President: I rise at this particular junc- ture in the discussion of the Georgia bill with feelings which, perhz never belore entered into the experience ot y member of this body. I rise, too, with misgivings as to the propriety of lifting my voice at this early period after my admission into the Senate. erhaps it were wiser for me, so inexperienced in the details of Senatorial duties, to remain a ve listener in the progress of this debate; but when I re- member that my term is short, and that the issues With which this bill is {taught are mo- Wwentous in their present and future in- fiuence upon the well-bel my race, | would seem indifferent to the import- ance of the hour, and recreant to the high trust imposed upon me, if I hesitated to lend my voice on behalf of the loyal people of the South. 1 therefore waive all thoughts as to the propriety of entering into this discussion, break- ing through a generally understood etiquette of this body, when questions arise, which bear upon thesafety and protection of the loyal white and colored population of those St rebellion. I cannot allow any thou, mere propriety, to enter into my consideration of duty. ‘The responsibilities of being the expo- nent Of such a constituency as I have the honor to represent, are fully gr (compassed) by me. bear about me daily the keenest sens: of their weight, and that fecling prompts mo now to lift my voice, for the first time, in thi- council chamber of the nation, and, sir, I stan peal for protection trom citizens of the Southern States and particularly of the great State of Georgia. 1 am well aware, sir, that the idea is abroad that an antagonism exists between the whites and blacks; that that race which the natio: raised from the dation of slavery, aud dowed with the full and unqualified Tights a1 privileges of citizenship, are intent ‘upon power at whatever price it can be gained. Ithas been the well-considered pu and aim of a class, not confined to south, to spread this charge (broadcast) over the land, and their efforts are as vigorous to-day to’ edu- cate the people of this nation into that be- lief as they were at the close of the war It oe beeen find this same class. even du rebellion, ting » servile ware It ‘may have ‘bebn that “the sist was father to the thought.” And, sir, as the Tecognized representative of my down-troddex room I felon ange, ge hal it back into ‘of those who it, and who I botteve have not a true and conecicntous desire to far- ther the interests of the whole South. Certainly mo one of the col States any personal population of my own or other need be reminded of noble con- chains the closer was the real issue for which so much life and oe poi Ped sacrificed. And now, sir, I ask. did that race act? Did they im those days of Cent and supposed Mr you or I tae bene import of the con. fa! as you 5 7 test) They if the National ere flag trailed in the dust, that it was the still heavier » They longed too, fathers did before for the Spock over. which was shed the hallowed it inspiration itsclf. They desired too their fathers to welcome the foot of the stranger shod with the Preparation peacefal ot ire Se Deere eee ‘womer. ‘Think, sir, for a moment what the gondition of tuis land wouid be — it in = aa ee retiree naga ose who, — oe me pap roy per which t to ‘Where would have boen the sengri - ve erty, female chastity and childnosa’s: tano- cence? The bloody cou: of sach a story of cruelty and wrong have been paral- leled only in those chapters of Jewish history as J or in a atrocities of that of Terror sent the unfortunate Louis 16th and Marie Antoinette to the scaffold. Nay, the deeds in that drama of cold-blooded would have out- Heroded the most acts of Herod Mr. President, I maintain that the ‘record of my race is a true index of Tootlegs which it | ! : | i f i F i H Ht i E i i : t t TWO CENTS. Citizens. ‘The Republican as some would fain have the country believe, against the white lation of the South. Its borders are wide enough for all traly loyal men to find within them peace and repose from the din and discord of faction. And be that loyal man white or black that great party of our Kepublic will, if consistent with the record it has already Sor, posterity, throw around him the same impartial sccurity im his pursn.t of liberty and happiness. It a certain class at the South had accepted in good faith the be- nevolent overtures, which were offered to them with no niggard hand, to-day would not find our land still harrassed with feuds and contentions. 1 remarked, Mr. President, that I rose to plead for protection for the ‘detenceless race who now send their delegation to the seat of government to sue for that which this Congress alone can secure to them. And here let m= say further, that the people of the North owe to the colored race a debp obligation, which it is no easy matter to fulfil. When the Federal armins were thinned by death and disaster, and somb-r clouds overhung the length and breadth of the Republic, and the very air was pregnant with is not inflamed, the rumors of foreign interference—in those | dark days of deteat, whose memories even vot haunt us as an early dream, from what source did our nation, in its seeming death-throes, gain additional and new-found power? It was the sable sons of the South that valiantly rushed to the reseue, and but for their intrepidity and ar dent daring many a Northern fireside would miss to-day paternal counsels or a brother's love. Sir, 1 repeat the tact, that the colored race ved to the noble women of New England and the Mid tes_men on whom they lean to- day tor security and safety. Many 0: my race, the representatives of these men on the field of battle, sleep in the countless gr: of the South. If those quiet resting p! of our honored dead could speak to-day, what a might voice, like to the rushing of a mighty wind, would come up from those Sepulchral homes! Could we resist the eloquent pleadings of their Ah, sir, I think that this question of te for the lo Fegret this delay on other grounds. ‘The taunt is frequently fiui at us that a Nemesis more terrible the Greek mation of the of the Gods Waits her hour of direful retribution. We are told that at no distant day a great uprising of the American people will demand that these reconstruction acts of be undone and blotted rag one ae Annals of tive enac tmen! » sir, if this delay in afford- ing protection to the loyalists of the State of ia does not lend an uncomfortable signti- cancy to this sneer with which we so often meet? Delay is perilous at best, for it is as true opens oe ic, that the longer apply the proper re: fies the more chronic becomes the malady that we seek to heal : “The land wants such As dare with rigour execute the laws. Her fester’d members must be lanc’d and tented: He's a bad surgeon that for ‘The part corrupted till the And all the body perish : he Unto the bad is cruel to the Mr. President, I favor the motion to strike out so much of the bill under debate as tends to abridge the term of the existing Le; ire. Let me then, as ae, as possible, review t! history of the case, which so urgently claims our prompt action. in month of November, 1867, an election was held, by the of the pity spares emerciful good.” Policy o its object was to settle by the ballot of her whole people, white and colored, whether it Was expedient to summon a Convention, which should frame a constitution for civil government in that State. A certain class of the population declined to take oe the election. The vote cast at that mn represented 30,000 white, and 80,000 colored citizens of the State. = ‘Was a majority too of the registered set and $2 Senerapence, Convention was called. A vention were co! |. By its authority a consti- tution was framed, just and equitable in all its or former ot pro Race. condition servitude found no barrier in any of its ample enactments, and it extended to those lately in armed rebellion all the juirements. Th: privileges of its req 18 constitution was submitted to the le of the State for rati- Gcation. Ever a hb human amity could call inta requisition to defeat its boption Was resorted to. The the State was victorious, the determination of some to defeat the constitu- ton, that same class sought under its visions — the nomi within the gift of the people; a number were de- clared elected as county officers and members of the General Assembly. Under the: ‘given by the actof of June 25th, 1! the ture thus el convened on the 4th of ‘The act of PTT) ie i i Hi alt E i reconstru: thiis Congress, in the State of Georgia® abst phat ioemte tet sation © our cape Laghtatane of Y rg nks it right an4 } ‘place in of (rust and respon Tiihty men ot this schest or political thourht, certainly I shall not offer one objection. Bit Jet that Legislature axsume the rink, as it is its true province, and let it also bear the con Regnences, » mot believe that it cam be preved that the State of Georgia has ever been beyond the con- trol of the reconstruction laws of Us nor that she bas ever become fully admitted into the Union or entitled to representation since | ber \mpou ut eftorts to promote rebellion, an! that therefore, when the act now under consid- | eration. and properly amended, shall have been adopted, (he government of that State, and the is anes ¢ 3 State, we enter upon the | torms jee will assume ‘4. | and right, Justice which ‘ae pees iain the constitution of that State, chat under the circumstances the the loyal men of Georgia the recognitiou their recent victory. And now, sir, I protest in the mame of truth and human righ’ ainst any and atiempt to fetter the ef one bam thousand white and colored citizens © this questi Of this body.and wish my last the great issnes involved in the bill be my selema and earnest demand ection for the helpless lappeal to the legis- | lative onactments et this Congress, and ask, if | Bow iu the hour when a reconstructed State | it needs su; i s* for full loval pe hitherto has den so nobly, shall hesitate longer. ve that this amendment fo the Gvorgin bill will pass. For remember, sir, that “He who permits oppression, shares the crime.” HOUSE —Mr. Peters (Me.) presented a cor- | tespondence between Mr.J. Thompson, a citi- nen of Quebec, the Amoriean Consul at Que- bec, and the State Department, in relation to | the sword of Gen. Montgomery. This sword Was taken [rom Gen. Montgome grandfather of Mr. Thompson anuary ist, 1776, after the assault upon Quebec, and has remained in the possession of Ms. TI on" family. The mi owner otters to glve it to the United States. The communications were referred to the Committee on Library. (On motion of Mr. Burr (IiL) the Secretary of | the Navy was directed to report all papers in | Possession of the Department in relation to the | binking ef the steamer Oneida. Mr. Stevenson, (Ohio) from Committee Ton Elections, reported a resolution that ©.” 8. Hunt was not entitled to aseat as a Representa- | tive from the 2d Louisiana District, but that L. | A. Sheldon, the sitting member, was enticled. The report was ordered to be priuted and made xt. the special order for W lation to the 3] on Mir. Finkelnburg (Mo) iutroduced @ bill to regulate the appraisement and imports in certaln cases. Keferred of ficial conduct of Mr. A. to investigate of- pel of the ’ “, bhie —_— , r. ride (Iowa) Mr. Shel a) laced bill to sell the used asa mint and marine at Referred to Committee on Com- ‘he House then resumed consideration of the air-line railroad bill, which came over from ursday last. Mr. Brooks (N. ¥.) called attention to the fact that a number of the persons named as incor- porators had never consented to have their names put there; and he moved to strike out ‘ral names which he indicated. other | made several motions, and ames were inserted. 4 all names there should be stricken out. Among the names added were those of Hugh L. Bond and Henry Tyson, of Maryland. A number of amendments were offered, the previous question was finally seconded. sHered by Mz. Loughridges (lows) giving ment off ridge, (lowa,) givi hort to. at se and pay plage to alter or amend ¢! soll's amendment, allowing Congress to make rules and regulations for the cuca ecers whenever the commerce may may make it necessary. The amendment Was agreed to. The question then recurred of the — amended, when Sie elariige ah M Feading of the engrossed bill. Ron-erri| i on eens miei "iver.