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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. Deoel\1BER 21 348 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DEOEl\1BER 21, common with his western friends, auvoca.ted the white basis. The j and serono time, refe~red to the Committee of Ways and Means, and question was finally settled by a committee of compromise of which ordered to be printed. he was a member. R. D. SAL'MANS A~D OTHERS. He waa twice npon the whig electoral ticket as electQr~ but failed Mr. MILLIKEN, also, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. to ecure his election because his party was in the minority in the R. No. ) for the relief of R. D. Salmans and other ; which was State at both elections. 4263 In 1859 he was induced. to become again a candidate for the house read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. of dele~ates, with a view of pushing on the great central improvement which 18 now known as the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. He was BUSL~ESS ON THE SPEAKER'S TABLE. elected and served two sessions. It would scarcely be necessary for Mr. KASSON. I ask that the bills from the Senate now ou the m~ to say that be was one of the leading members of that body, if not Speaker's table may be taken therefrom, simply for reference, that the very leader. they may be put in possession of the committees before the holidays. While be was thus serving in the house of delegates, he, in 1861, The SPEAKER. The motion would be iu order after the morning was elected a delegate to the State convention known a3 the secession hour; but the gent.leman from Iowa may ask unanimous consent that convention. He entered that convention with a det-ermination to save the mot.ion may be entertained at this time. the Union if he could; but when President Lincoln called for money Mr. HOLl\iAN. I trust that after the morning hour all the busines.<J and troo_ps to su·bjugate t.he South, he did not think the Union could on the Speaker's table may be disposed of, so as to be properly refened be preserved, and voted for the separation. before the holiday recess. In 18G2, Hon. William Ballard Preston, one of the senators in the Mr. KASSON. If it is prefen-ed, I will postpone the motion for the confederate congress having departed this life, Mr. CAPERTON was present. elected to fill the vacancy. The SPEAKER. The Chair will recognize the gentleman aftorthe In 1875 he was elected by the Legislature of West Virginia a Sena.- morning hour. tor in this body, which he remained to the time Of his death. ORGANIZATION OF THE NAVY DURIXG pftACE. This is his public history, the principal part of which is known to Mr. WILLIS, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No·. your humble speaker. I said in the outset that he inherited his father's popularity and a 4264) providing for the organization of the N'avy during peac ; wllich large estate. which assertion 1 again repeat with the addition that he was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on NavaJ. added greatly to both. By the rehearsal which I have given of the Affan:s, and ordered to be printed. chronology of his public life, it will be seen that his popularity grew CUST0:\1-HOUSE AND POST-OF.l<,ICE AT HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. with his growth and strengthened with his strAngth; that his last Mr. LANDERS, of Connecticut, by unanimous eon ent, introdnced days were his most popular days; and he added to his fortune as well a bill (H. R. No. 4265) making appropriations for continuing the con­ as to his popularity, and died possessed of a large estate. struction of the custom-bouse a.ud post-office at Hartford, Connecti- As a lawyer·he was always ingenious and persuasive. Heunde stood cut; which was read a first an(l second time, referred to the Commit­ law as a science, and practiced with great success. He was generally tee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. enga.ged in all the important cases that aro e within the rauge of his practice. He generally argued his cases with marked ability, though DEVELOPME~T OF 1\!L~ING RESOURCES. ke was not always equal to himself. He required to be aroused; with­ Mr. O'NEILL, by unanimou.<J consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. out that his utterance was a little hesitating, and his mind seemed 4266) to amend ection 2325 of the Revised Statutes relating to the de­ timid in taking bold of the subject; but when thoroughly aroused his velopment of the mining resources of tlle United States; which was language flowed copiously and his mind worked smoothly and vigor­ read a first and Recond time, referred to the Committee on .Mines and ously. He could not only follow up his snbject in argument, but Mining, and orde1·ed to be printed. could add beauty to st-rength ; he could cull flowers for the jury and MRS. ELIZABETH B. C. HARE. carry on a playful dalliance with everything he met wit.h on the wn.y­ Mr. O'NEILL also by. unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. si<le. He was probably the best lawyer I ever knew who did not com­ No. 4267) for the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Binney Cadwallader Hare, mence the practice of law from necessity, poverty being as a general widow of George H. Hare,late a lieutenant in the Unitetl State Navy; thinlY necessary, as I think, to professional success. I can unite with which was read a. first and second time, referred to tho Committee on anot~er friend of his who said just before the senatorial election in Invalid Pensions, and ordered t-o be print-ed. • 1875, "Mr. CAPERTO~ is an accomplished man in every respect." His disposition was genial and his fund of information copious, which OSCAR B. K~OTr. made him attractive as a social companion. Mr. VAN VORHES, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. His last illness was short. No one thought the symptoms. of his No. 4268) b'Tanting a pension to Oscar B. Knott, late a priYate in Com­ case were alarming. Some of his family were with him, not as watch­ pany K, One hundred and sixty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer In­ men at the bed of death, but as nurses around the bed of sickness. fantry; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com­ He was bolstered up in bed with pillows and said to his children who mittee on Invalid Pensions., and ordered to be prin~. were present, "Hoist the window; hoist it quickly," and swooned OSAGE ~IAI.~S. away and died. 'fhe winged messenger wa.s sped with too fatal an Mr. SCALES. I ask unanimous consent to report from the Commit­ aim. Death bad struck ita victim, and he is no more. "He is gone tee ou Indian· Affairs a bill authorizing the issue of certain funu now from us and will not come to us; but we may go to him." in the Trea.sury belonging to the O.sage Indians, for the bone fit of ujd "The ways of Providence 31e inscrutable and past finding out." Indians, and am instructed by the committee to move that the bill he But this we know, that" it is appointed unto men once to die." He now put upon ibi passage. If the House will allow me I <lesire brieUy bas gone before us. ·we must soon follow. to explain the object,of the bill. To say that he was an affectionate husband and a kind father would The SPEAKER. The Chair will hear the gentleman from North be commonpla.ce and almost a mockery in terms, for his family not Carolina, [l\IR. SCALES,] reserving the right of gentlemen to object. only reverenced him but almost adoreft him. They have sustained Mr. WILSON, of Iowa. Let the bill be rea<l. the '' irrepm·able loss," and no one can realize the deep meaning of this The bill was read, as follows : expression who has never experienced it. 'Ve need not go into the Be it enacted. &c., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, author­ sanctuary of the family to find mourners; they. are found in the ized to issue a sum not exceeding $:>0,000 from funds now in the Tz·eMnry belnn.?­ streets, ·in the by-ways and the hedges, and everywhere wllere Mr. ing to the Osage Indians under an net of July 15, l870, to be e..~pended for tlleU" CAPERTON was known. benefit, to aid them in agriculture, for their care aod support, and in ex:t.endin"' im­ Deeply sympathizing with his family and other friends in humble provements already begun OQ. their reservation, and in any other manner to pro­ sorrow we submit to the fiat of an all-wise and inscrutable Providence. mote their civilization and improvement. Mr. President, as a further testimonial of respect to the memory of Mr. SCALES. I desire to make a brief statement. The bill is based the deceased, I move that the Senate do now adjourn. upon a report made by the agent who baa charge of tho e Indians. The motion was agreed to m;tanimonsly; and (at four o'clock and It comes from Superintendent Nicholson, who, I think, is one of the eleven minutes p.
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