Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1884 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

President Arthur entertained fiftyfour persons at a Bongresslonal dinner last vi eek. The east room of the White House was ornamented with 2,000 palms and foliage plants. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs has agreed to make a favorable report on a bill for the return of the Chinese indemnity fund. Maj. E. Barksdale, member of Congress from Mississippi, appeared before the Senate sub-committee on Southern outrages. He said a love of law and order had always existed In Copiah County, and that the killing of Matthews was the result of a personal difficulty, He pronounced as infamously false the testimony of certain witnesses at New Orleans to the effect that he(Barksdale) made incendiary speeches In Copiah County last fall. The House Committee on Appropriations has completed the pension bill. It appropriates $20,684,400, and provides for the reappropriation of the unexpended balance of about $60,000,000.