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VOL. xxvm ~»0 103
CpLUMBUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 30. 1880
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CORNERSTONE LAID
Jnotker Croat lla; In Montgomery
Yesterday.
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MONTGOMERY, ALA April 29 —
ltie Capitol grounds at eleven
o'clock lo-day, presented an
animated scene. The whr le liilNtop
and piettiUee were ervend v. i h peo
ple gahered to witi ear the laying
el tbe corner a'otie i f he confederate
monument. Borne txpri s-' d it "tin
rffleisl burial of the coi hderncy ”
The skies aU.vb were cl> udleni*, ai d
jlteeaut breezes waved 'lie brrnih of
fl were frrur ihe city. The founda
tion ot the monument c-nly whs
ready, prebgqUEg a surface i.f iflirtys
five ft-el equure. N.-sr at hand stood
the corner atone, on which, in raised
letters, waa the insorintioi : ' Corner
atone laid by ex Pr*sident Jefferson
Dsvie, April 26, 18SG.”
Oppoalte this was a large platform
for the speakers. Tie (ret s n
formed in front of the Exchange
hotel. Mr Davis, L a daughter, fx
Gov Watt and Hon H C Tompkins,
chairman of the committee of ar
raDgemenl, were in a carriage drawn
by four white horses, each led by a
negro iu livery. The next carriage
contained General and Mm Gordon,
bis daughter and Mrs Clement C
Clay, aid was surrounded by tun
vivora of the Six b Alabama am;
other confedi rate veterans. The
precession was precedtd by cavalry
and artillery escort, at d was further
made up of other local military,
uniform rank K fights of Pvtbias,
Grand Commanders of Khlglis
Templars and Masonic bod
ies from the dfl rent parte of the
state. The demonstrations along the
route were as enthusiastic as they
were yesterday. The ex president
was, as is usual whenever tbe people
caught sight of him, cheered enthu
elastically. He took hissi a with the
committee of the memorial associa
tion. Behind him, Mrs G id in,
Misses Davis and G .rdon; on his left
General Gordon; on his right Gov
ernor Watts Offloersof the sixth Ala-
bamaand others were on tbe platform
The Bixih regiment was present also,
as were Jbe trustees of the soldiers’
monument association, Colonel W L
Biagg, Mayor Reese, General W W
Alien, Colonel W® R Jones, Colonel
W W Bcrews and Governor O’Neal.
Bfiore the set vices bigau Bragg
presented Mr Davis with an elegant
basket of 11 >weis (rum Mvj >r B lu g
Hail, who lives near in s city. M j u
Hall is a descendant ol Georgia’s
Lyman Hall He was a noted op
ponent to secession, but had eight
s ns iu the war, seven ot wnom gave
tueir lives to the confederacy, and
the eighth carried lend in him as evi
deuce of b s devotion.
A pretty picture was witnessed
when seme old soldier brought for
ward the muster roll of the 6 ii Ala
bama and two ladies, MtBsee Gordon
and Davis, examined it with his as
sistance. The old veterans standing
nea.'swelled wilh gratification and
pardonable pride.
Ex-Governor Watts, presiding of
ficer of the occasion, opened the tr
eroises wilh reference lo the import
ance of calling down the benediction
of Meaveu upon the occasion ami
r<quested R v.-rend Mr Andrew,
pasiorofthe M E church to pray.
THE PRAYER
“Ol. 1 thou Gjti of nations, we
thank tnee for the bleseii gs which
thou hast bestowed upop us as a peo
ple. We Ihank thee that thou has
led us up fionu small beginnings to
our pieeetit position of power and
piosperily ami given us a place
among naetous. W-, thank thee ha
the white-winged angel«,/ peace h s
driven away ii. m us tbe demon i f
sectional oiscoru, and that we sr
to day hand in hand as a united pio-
ple, moving onward to the fulfl'imen
of a grand deslii >; and we tbai t
thee tor all the hi s-irgs which thou
Last bestowed upou us, and especially
do we thank thte for and prza oie
that long ago our fa 1 hers deemed
cm fl ct and oeath worthy the price
w hich ehi uld be paid to the j u-chase
of frtedom ami that the grand insti
tution of civil liberty was eemenhd
with their blood and handed down
to their children to be preserved in
yeatH to come, and we thank Thee
that later on, when ILe cl< ud of war
swept over our laud, everywhere
men rushed to do and to >'a-e and to
die in obedience to the voice of duty,
In response to the daily conviction to
fight for their homes and their altars,
to fight with hope. Woman sent
forth husband and brother to the fit Id
of carnage wlib words of cheer
accompanying them to bear the toll
and danger oi the cor.fi ct cheerfully
that they might do or die, 9Dd now
our Father we come to-day, mothers
whose sons have left their bones to
bleach upon every embattled plain of
our distant states, widows whose
tears are etill falling in grief at the
death of husbands, sons of sires that
bled and died, oomradesand brethren
who fell, we come as a people to lay
the comer-stout' of a shaft which
Is to rear itse'f to heaven
and carry down to coming
generations the memory of other days
and heroism and daring. We ark
Thy blessing, O God, upon us now.
O, King God grant that as our chil
dren look upward to the summit of
thii shaft that they may gather from
it a lesson of heroism and devotion to
du'y of thoie whom it is Intended to
ho .or We thank Thee, O,
Gid, for the presence to-day of
him in our midst, the chief
renresenta ive of the Ci.u-e that was
I. s amid the s'otins of war, as one
of those who has a permanent plane
In the hearts of 1 is people We
'hank thte f r the tx-mple lie lm<
shown U“, and the dlep'ay of resolu
tion uudnut'd by daugi r and devo
tion lo du y that wts devoid of self-
interest, the purest type of unu ate
and manhood We ilia' k Tl.ce that
Thou hr s' presen e I his life so many
years to us. and G ,.J grant that he
may he kept g.uen and fresh for
years to cure, and the courage of his
manly heart remain undtit.tiled and
undaunted. W* thank Thee hat he
is with us to-day, aid O, G. digram
o rpure to us i iw faee to cheer us, no
more amid scenes of carnage, bin
give u.s bis counsel to guide us aim g
iu the paths of pence, and we pray
thee Hint the evening of tiis life may
be II oded with a calm and peaceful
radiance, and tba' as the s’ adows
gatl er at last tht re may be light in
his heart, peace in bis eyes ami his
tirow starlit by ‘he graeeof heaven.
Bless us, O Got ! Guide us in the
line of duty, und clothe us in thy
righte? usucbi, wt ask f .r J sub’ sake.
Arnei ! ’
ex aov watts’ speech
Ex Giverucr Waits then spoke as
follow-:
"I can scarcely express to you how
proud I am in having the honor of
introducing before you to-day the
i x.president of the cm federate steles,
now known as the ‘Chief of the L'8t
Cause ’ B -fore lie was elected presi
dent of the c-intederatfe states 1 knew
him simply by reputation as a f ar-
I-s-c iu.niunder on the field of Buena
V sta, as the distinguished s.cretary
f war in the cabinet.t of President
Pierce and as representative ol tbe
graud old state of Miss's
alppi in the United Bales
senate. After he was elected presi
dent of the confederate stutesl, with
out seeking uprn my part, was
selected as one id the u.embers ol his
cabinet. I was, tlieief ire, associated
with him for eighteen mouths in
intimate anil almost daily relations.
Before I knew him p rsoually I ad
mired him as an oioorand states
man When I left his cabinet, in
October, 1SG3, after- having
neen selected -by the good people of
Alabama as ttieir chief magistrate, I
not only aituired him as a soldier
and statesman, hut I loved him ee a
man, [ tpplau. j and now, after 20
years of au eventful career, he ap
pears before us to-oay, ar.d that
which calls him here lo day is full
of memories and fills us
with (motions. I s*e
in my mind’s eye two great sechous
of the republic of states divided, two
great peoples springing fiom the
same sod, speaking the same lan
guage, worshiping the same God, ai d
professing to love the gra. d princi
ples of republican government, under
h s lie banners. I eee four years of
war. I see the ultimate victory ai d
a d.fieaL. I see the horror, aid
war and gpoi m which enveloped
our land as wiih somenulghty funer
al pall, and now that me war has
ended, I e : e the sisterhood of our
fairooun rymen, with every return
ol spring, casting 11 .wars upon the
graves of the honored dead. Are we
ashamed of tills homage to the mem
ory of our lost ontt? N ! n !
in! my fellow countrymex I They
fought for liberty; they died for
liberty and histoiy wi 1 treasure
iheir namey* to the most distant time.
[Appiau-e ] W'. sre called here lo
usy 10 erect a monument over those
Inline htiues Who fell in a glorious
cause, anil lie is a c .ward, ret him
uve iu the north or in the south, or
in it.e east or in the w si, who would
cast a slur upou the tur itlons whion
auimu'.e me great pt pie of Alabama
die display i f iheir uttscuou 10-
y ” [fihoiouged applause ]
“iiiy lellow-cn z us, lUese graves
of our soldiers 1 s;:vc thte. etion ol
uionuuien . ll.ovc noil rgulieu an
jCidtut which happened do ring the
piogress of toe war. I temimoor at-
• er .tit bailie ot Geitymuig, me
uruing poiut, perhaps, in tus uiBi >
y ot the war be a«co me slates, Uia'
Aoraiiam X< com, i-taading on the
neighs i i G t y. bu-g, or Gemeteiy
Hip, surveying cn one side the grave.-.
ol the union deed, and on the other
in the valley bmevu graves of the
confederate dead, s .us gentlemen
stepping up 10 him suiu in eub-
siauct : ‘Mr L: cola, the men who
defenOe.l the heigtiip v. ill live in his-
iury.’ Y oi,’ said Mr Linooin,‘these
men will ii e iu his.ory, ana like
wise whi the men who a.lacked *heee I
north, the m-.gtiauimity of ilie north,
thesierltr.g men, ibe good men of
the north, will s nne day wilte on that
monument thefao 1 tliat the^e brave
heroes who are di a l here were the:r
cm in on oi'unirjmon and were Hi
defenders of liberty." [Eoihusa-s
lie aoplausf ]
1 F low oHzme: The time le
oornlt g, and Ii elleve it Is tint far
hence, when tire pe pie of the u r It
the treople of the e-ist, the people ot
the west—the people of r lie sou li at
r< a iy do it—wilt ink-' up this bioi.i y
shirt that has been 11 uuhd in eui
fi-cs for twenty years and will fold
ii up ar.d bury It so deep tha’ th
hand of r-surrection w 111 never fl u
It [Applause ami cheers] Tory
will bury it in some secret up it witii
no beadsnuie to m irk its e'eruul rest
ing place ”
N w, fellow oil z ns, I defire to in
(r-duce to you this gr.pd old man 1
desire tossy in you why We love him
VVw love him b cause he hasrv.d
liteu true to constiiutioDal govern
ment. We l-.vc him becau-e he bat
; ver been rua to the people of the
“outb, anti we love him above 11.
because in rime of niisforvure, lr.
pn-ou ai Forne-r. Monroe, his bunds
w.re crusstd and mauaeltd for eouih-
ern blood.
“Now, Mi Davis, [D vis lakes his
position besid. ibespiakei] I desire
to piresent y u torur Alabums people
You rnuel fit mm me ur say, fellow
citiz-us, that iu all my reading of
ancient and of modern history, I
have never read of a single man wit
noHsessed the sterling qualities of
JiStrsou Divis. [Lung ami rtpeat-
edlv renpwi-d applause ami cheers, as
ex-Gov Wails endid and D vis stood
forth.
MB DAVIS’ SPEECH
The scene as Mr Du vis arose and
grasped the hand of his old
»t.toraey-gvr eral was very aflecting
It was some moments bt fore ha could
proceed, as cheers were again and
ng-tiu rep< a ed. When there was suf-
fl dent quiet, Mr Davis sail.’:
* It is deeply gru.ifymg to me to be
preseDttd to you by one on whom I
leaned for advice when advice wts
wanted; whose sterling qualities al
ways u a le me sure that the Judg
ment he was dtawing w. s from liu-
bottom of bis heart. When you
called him away the niace
was n.lsatng which he onoe fl led,
J have always desired to lay my ham!
upon him, aguiu doing so [Ap-
plans'.] Thus it was wheu we met
the other night afier years of separa
lion. B me people in the room gave
a sardonic smile to see two uld wea'h
er beaten men embrace, but our
hearts were youug through
our herds were old. Associated hue
with so many memories thrilling and
tender, I have fell, that it were dau
gt r ms for me to attempt lo speak to
you, as my heart wi uid prompt me
not that I am always treasuring up
bitterness agaluBi one bin I am or e
fl -wing with love and adrmia inn P i
our beloved people, [L ug applai s ]
To avoid therefore, anything which
might be prompted by the fullness
of my heart for I believe
I am ctse hardened by
that condition of non-cn z nship
which leaves me very little to fear
[Applause] For the purpose of
guardlrg ouiers rather than myself I
have prepared some notes that I
might read which would not ooutain
anything that would tie constructive
or hurtful. [Voice: ‘ G > o..; say
what you please. Y >u are iu ihe
house of ycur Itiends.’’] My friends,
panutrd in j iy and iu sorrow, iu
dials and sufferings, 1 have come
to j in you in performance of a
sacred task, to lay ihe foundation
of the monument at the eiadie of the
confederate government, which shall
commemorate the gallant sons u
Alabama,who die ei for their country,
who gave iheir Iivsh free will i ff-r-
ing in defense of ihe rights ot then
Hires in war of revolution and state
s vtreigniy, freedom and indepen
dence which was left us as uu lnhei
nance lo iheir posterity forever
lliete rights, compact ol uuion,
a as lomieii not to destroy bu
hi-tter preserve and perpe uste
Whosoever denies this cannot have
at entiveiy read LUe article!) ol con
federation or the constitution of the
U riled B.aies. The hst-.er was formed
nr designed better to (It ct the pur
pose of ihe first. It is not my pur
pose to dwell upon Ihe events of thi
war. They were laid before you y s-
terday by that great soldier in so aide
a manner as to require no supple
ment from me. Tuey were laid
b-/ore you by one who
ii.ke -K iae, “curette quorum vidi e
mag in pars fui," General J ,hu B
G rdon was a soldier who, when ou
his retreat could not be broken, he
said there was nothing to do hut to
surtender. Beit remeuihiriil, how
ever, that L-.'e was not a man who
contimplaied surrender as long a-
e bad the power to light
r r-treat, aud when lie
c iuip lo the last moment of the sur
render, he said to G 'u Grin: : "i
cave come to treat v i.h you for the
purpose ■ f surrender but, G -n Grau',
understand I wilt surrender nothing
that ri fl c s upon Hie honor of my
army R G am, like a niiu, said he
wairfen Pmhing‘ha 1 wu’d have tba’
- fleet, aud t hat L e might ilraw up
’•lie pap is 'diuitli, I. b
not my purpose to dis-
'“iisu political questions either, whici
my views have elsewhers, and in
other times b>en freely ■ xpresr-ed or
to revi!-w the pas' exeept in vmdico
ii(>U of tbe ciiair.eter and conduct or
ilioee lowborn it is proposed to do
honor on ibi,. occasiuu
heights live iu history,’ and 1, too, , , . . . ,
most fondly hops they will,my couu- f m s . Heem . e< J , a ] Pe.ereburg
irymen.”
Fellow clt’z nF: That was a
prophecy from a great and good mun.
VViej the shadows of prejudice and
paseiou generated by Lie war shall
have pas. ed away—twenty years is a
day to them—the dear people of the
north will fulfill the prophecy of
Abraham Lincoln,
Now, fellow citiz ns, erect this
monument to perpetuate the manly
courage of our dead; build It so htgh
that ire peak will kiss the first beam
of morning tua. Let it be
grand it, all its proportions, grand as
the courage, bravely end furti '.ude of
cur men, whose memory ii is im.end-
ed to perpetuate, Ca'veon it the en"
tlmation iu which you hold.these dead
neroes und leave a space at ihe norths
ern portion of It for me northern peo
ple in some fntire time to carve the
estimation in which they held ihoee
dear boys who died at'emptlng
to achieve what they believed to be
their right and the rights of con
stitutional liberty. The people of the
was selected by his chieftain, Lee, as
the bear man to lead the charge to
repel ihe La si giug army, to make a
sortie,attack on fi,uk and reverseand
double up Grant’s army, and, if I
may Bay so in his presence here,
he failed, but his failure
waB due to the fa iure of his
guides to oarry him wtiere he pro
posed to go. Again that man and
gallant soldier was the one person
whom Lee called at Appomattox
when he waoted to know whether it
were possible to break the line that
obstructed his retreat towards tiie
mountains of Virginia. He answered
that it was imooaelble; that alter four
years of hard fighting his division
was worn down to a fragment. It
being impossible to break the
lire thus obstructing his march
to the mountains, L e,like Washing
ton, without knowing perhaps that
Washington even used the expres-
siaa,said if ha could reach the moun
tains of Virginia he could continue
the war for twenty years, but when
he found the line which obstructed
That we may noi bt- misunderstand
by toe • a- are noi wilifudy t hnd,
■mav bs prupee to stain In the fore
ground ihai we have no disire to feed
ilia Area of sectional tale,
while we do not s k
to avoid whatever responsibility
attaches to Ills belie' in the rigiu
touetii s if our cuu-e, me virtue ot
those who rl-ked their liv s to d> fend
it [L mg a; |i ai s u’d ci eer. ] U."-
venge i-> not the sentiment ofe. ivul-
roue people, and the apo begm tb'i 1
forgiveness'S more easily lo the in
jured than to tho-e whoiiflctau
mjuiy, uas never had u more pow
erful lilUBlra.ion ihau in the prisen.
attitude of the two sections tow -.rl.
one another. Policy, in ihe at s not
of magnanimity, would have indi
cated that in the resturid union of
the states there should have hi en a
iu 1 1 rCBtoratlou ofequ i.iiy, privileges
And benefits as they had pre e .isied
Though this has not been tbe case,
yet you have faithfully hep: y ur re
sumed obligations as ci' /, oh, and in
your impoverishment have burnt
tqual burdens without rquai here,
fit I am proud of you, n.y country
men, for this additional proof of your
fidelity, and pray Go.l to give you
grace to suffer and be strong. When
your children’s children shall
ask what mea: s ibis monu
ment, there will hs Ihe
enduring answer, “It commemorates
deeds of Alabama’s sons, who died
that you aqd your donoeudan'eshould
be what your fathers in a war of in
dependence left you. Alabama asa
serted the rght proclaimed ia tin
di-olaia iou of independence ai be
longing to every people. She found
tliat compact of union bad been
broken on one side and wes Ivre-
fore aijnulhd The government of
the United Btates did not aeswer
the bad., f .r which it was Instituted,
and witii others of like
mind proceeded to lorm a new con
federation, organ z ng i‘s powers in
the lauguage of ’be^nc Hration of in.
dependence in i-uclb/orm us seem d
t(.;hem most likriy to (fleet then
safety and hapidness. Tms sai not
revolu'lon, because the state g.ivtrn
mm', having ciiarge of all do
ineBtic affairs, both of per
son and of property, remained
unchanged. T. c.ll It revolution is
gro.s solicism [Applause] As sov
ereigns never rebel and asouiysover
eigne oati form a national leaeue, Ii
siates had not bem sovereigns then
could pot have beerr e .mpuct of
union. [Applauss,] That tbe s .utb
did not uniiclpa'e much less desire
f ir war is shown by;,,tbe absence of
preparation fir it, as well s by the
efforts made to secure a
p - aceful separation, The . ucoeHsf’i!
party always holds the d.-fea e i rc-
sponsiblo for war, but when the pas
eiori shall h .ve subsided and realtor
shall have resum d her d minion, i
must be decided fha‘ tin- general
rnmeut I,ad r.o co s ' u'ionn
po" er lo c-ierce n s'h e and ’hot a
;ae had a right to repel inva
ion, It whh a natl'i’.-
i and coustiiutiouel right
[Applause ] F our toe early (art of
ms centu; y t.liero had been pmphe
lies ai d lureats of ili.snlu.iou of
he union. These began at t!>e nor';.
>u the question of preserving the
Mla'-ce of (M.wer and cuimma.d
durii g tiie war of 1821, ou thi do. Im
if their trade. That war was wagn?
'or the protection of sailoi’s rigti's
In the couise of yea - s the batanci
.if power ws« »d used that tbe soutii,
despairiug of p-acefuieij ymerit of
'.lieir constitutional r'g'itu in the
lit.ion, decid'd to withdraw from
i ; this, without iij ry to her
,'a.e associa'e*. The right to will ,
draw was denied, sml the north made
nady for war. D.slant niuMerlrigs
of the storin were jeullly understood
by the people of Albania Gray
haired sires and beardless boys, all
unprepared as they were, went forth
to meet the storm ere it buret upon
their homes and their altars It re
quired no D mosthenes to arouse
tnem to the duiy of resisting the iu-
vadera: uo P urick Henry to prepare
them for the alternative of liberty or
death It was the people, not
Inade's, who resolved and
acted. One sentiment inspired
all classes, yet I believe there were
very few who dnl not regret tiie ne
cessity which left them no alternative
betw: e : fighting for their state or
against it Mothers, wives and
daughters choking hick ttidr sabs,
cheered them o 1 to the path of honor
and duty. With fearless iread these
patriots, untrained, advanced on
many a battlefield to look (hath in
'he face. Though Alabama, like
N rbe. must mourn her ohlldren in
death; yet, is her woe tempered by
a glorious halo which surrounds
their memory. For more than a cen-
•ury after his death it is Bald that
Phillip D.-valogne’a name was borne
ou ttie roll of grenadiers to whom he
belonged, and wheu his name was
called il was answered from ranke,
"Mori enr le C lump d’Honueuer.”
L mg, very long would be the list
which w. uld contain the names of
Alaimm-’s sots where valor uud
fidelity would ] s ify tiro same re-
spotise, To name a few would he un
just io many. They ait- ail, llure-
fire, ltd where liny securely lopose
m the blurts of a grateful people.
The monument will risi upou lund
lor which lliev died and point up-
war I to Ihe Father who knows Ihe
motives m well us the deeds oi hi-
children, and at list r. sdi.g iu the
land where j inline may he tendered
which may have heeu denied (Inin
iu ro.
Iu c inclusion permit trie to spy
though memory of our glorious (met
must ever bo dear lo is
duly points to the present and
insure. AUbeni r having returned
her place iti the union, be It yours
to fu fill si 1 all iili'iga'loiis devolvi' g
upon all g >0(1 ci: z is seeking to re
spire the general government to Its
pristine puniy, or t.s best you may
lo promote ti e welfare und happiness
of your cdnuion country. [L mg
applause] (!' /. ns of Alabama ami
ladies [likClt g (lie ladies on tile
.lain 1 ], ior to whatever tide you may
belong ii s your mx that lilts
oreu true idws. s iu war and
desolation. We heur of valor
and virtues and enduring names ol
S.iarittU mouitrs, hu 1 . tell me where
in all the histoiy of nations was ever
such a spec Hole seen a* wao wiinets-
ed m ilie viilfiy of the BtieniindiiaL?
Hew ihe i pie of war ( bind
aud il iwed, S' m -times confeder
ate retreated a d sometimes they
pursued Those peo; I who claimed
to bti our brelhren hail burned every
hing except fencts (Kx-
G iveruor WattH iuterrupiing —
"and they would have bun.el
'hem had th(>y not been stone ”
D .vis turned and smilingly cumin
uad, “And why do you suppose they
-ini not burn the fences? Because
they were stone [L ud applsuse.]
And yet there never was a time when
a confederate body of troops inaiohed
down that valley that ladies did uot
hang ou little confederate flags fioui
their windows and give lireuii to hum
cry soldiers. [Tr* memhc s applause ]
I have promised that I would tio
-peak extemporaneously, aud I will
not do it. G id b'esj you, one and *11
I lo\e you all from the bottom of my
heurt, aud give you thinks now for
your kindness." [Tremendous aud
longooutlnu -d applause aud cheeoie ]
TURF KEW3
WASHINGTON WAIFS.
Yesie d -f’s I’r*cecillngs la the House
■ nil H iure
in*
rim fltiNio on th
H I trim € a
Olli A|>pr<i|»rlMll
C'apiiol Males
r>r mmit limbor
ildere trie Po«t
i K»H- Other
Til a Skt ftrlf abb i»r.d
ipM-itii (o r-'Q 'Mar..
New Oil.pans, April «» —T<>..
w.u her was clear and warm aud tlie
track hi'uipf.
First race, f^r beaten horse-, one
mhe—A-ni-il?. won, L ma J5 own
2 i, (Jn'ii ley I lie if 3 , beating L d
Oiler dire, ' J diet M. aud Ciaute
Brannon. Time l:4Sj
B'Ohd raci-. IJ mies—li'inko won,
B >nur z 2 I, J . n B l[ings 3 J Time
2:10
Third rac", Howard slakes, handi
cap, one mile aud a half, with only
two (Carters- B'li Milts led from thi
H'art und made the pace slow until
■earing lire home stretch, wheu
Muuocratp want up even and came
under the string wiuuer by two
fi-rigtl s Time :' - 15
Fiunh ruct, netting race, usual
(modilium', mile and one-six eeiuh —
Bitver won, L c -ati 21, GireflaSl,
Is ating Chantilly. Time 1:54 D ok
Wui's w,»s scratched.
Nashvu.ee, April 29 -T s wa-
ihe S'eot.d day of the spring nr c'-
mg The weather w..n all 'hal c *uld
be desited and 'lie track iu goed cjui
(i ion. i
F.ist iu
y. ar-oldu,
Time , r )2i
he iipci'd i
cits
ci was large.
I'bki , for tw»
lie, Pit'so won
, O s nan 3
v nn>B • W elt'Ke
lt d Girl won by
, Ctiiiai. (] ".er- 3
f-r
'Itreo-yeai- Id ,
i.nsc, At. i> 2
Time 1:47]
r.urii ir.i e, fi-'i'lU f (••• handicap, out
and one-sixn (n .h mile-: Fiieoncr
won by inaii lenirth, Adonis 2i,
Grimaldi 3 1 'I in? 1:53
F -urtb race, s'dliriK I urse *'x
furioi g-. A c *:uii r won bv u h ng h,
li 0 Buck 2 it v'-ke 3 ’ d ime
1:’9]
iH|i"01»l to Euqulrui«oua.
Washington, April 29—Confer-
enct commit ei h were erdured ou the
ee ii a t e hiueuilmeuts to tbe bouse bills
mi li'inz ug the construction of
bridges over various rivers. Hall, of
Iowa, sated that, at Ihe ropiest
■ f many members, he had decided
not lo call up tlu> Campbell■ Weaver
(diction cast* io-day, but gave notlos
'hat lie would call it up ou Tuesday
r.( xt,
L'inham, rf Texas, from the com.
milled on coinage, weights and Uieus-
urti, repor.id a bill for the retire
ment nod reo dnege of trade dollors.
House calendar.
1 provides that for six months
u(l> r 11n passage Uade dollars si ull be
received a'; their lace value In pay-
iin nt of all dues to the United Btates
and shall tint be i giiu paid outer is*
sued iu any other manner. Tiie
holders of trade dollars on the pro.
semaiiou of he same may riceive In
ex diange therefor an tqual amount
of standard silver dollars. The trade
dollars bo received hy the Uuiteil
BTitus treasury i ill dais siiali lie trails*
mined io the coinage mints and re
coined into (lie ataudard silver dol
lars
The house went Into u committee
of the whole ou the rivers and har
bor appropriation bill, the [lending
amendment being one providing that
tin* appropriation for tbe Missouri
river shall beixpended uuder diree-
tiou of the sucre a y ot war without
the intervention of the Missouri river
commission The amendment was
rijuoied, but it was agreed uia' a vote
should be allowed on it in Ihe house.
The puragraoh making an upprupria-
don of $2160,000 for Ihe improve,
meni of ifie lower Mi.sisaippi having
been reached, tiie committee arose
aud the hous.- adj turned.
SENATE.
O i motion of Chase, a bill waa
passed amending section 4()i)4 of the
revised statutes, so as to au hor.as
the pus master-general to allow com.
pensation tor postal cirsof less than
for:y feet l >Dg, the sum prop irtioned
to Its lor g h ou a kmsls of the sum
now paid for cars oi forty feet in
leug’h.
Toeseuate pais iri four of the July
claims bill witb an amendment tore-
iml'urse the estate of Agnes H Mor
rill, ( f MiHs'“slppi, $07 990 t -r sup-
pli'-s to tiie Uuiteil B aies during the
war
the post oil! 'e appropriation bill
was then tal e . up, nti which iisck
bad the tt ior Be.dr oppi’sed tbo
p. tuling amendmeui br a ne it was
new legislation, and ho Itisimed tliat
it s^ln- iiam policy for the republicans
to force on the administration prop,
ositions whico the pr;s lout, post,
master-general und bouse ol repre.
sentativea all protested. The senator
from Maiue (Fry) nail sought to
make the foreign m.il proa
vision a mmda'ory one, but
the postmaster general hud hIiowu
to ihe comniLtee ’hat it would he
ho (ietrirnental to the public, service
'ha? a ms] >riiy of the c mmittee liad
not b en ab.e to submit to it. B.-ck
said ilia' the object • f this proposed
amendment was to give bounty to
certain steamship hues in hope that
a trade could thus be built up. Tout
wan a matter uot for (Ue posii 111 ;e
department, but for ilia senate com
mittee on c imnieree T.ie present
bill was a p- s' dice appropriation
bill, p/'t n bill to d.-velop c iminerco.
Am to ilie i 11Vct of u .-«iU• b, to suow
i no iiiii-B Inti! never increased
f reign Ci.-r/jineroi:, not ex-
,g the 1’*: Ii .■ mail sub.
c f wiiioti, lie Bifid, no b. d,y
pt. ij |, Biol of which
ng had C inn but c rrupliou.
bdiuinistrutiun of ihe posn 111 co
n qu red that the mails
.r.i-u in ihe rWif 1 it vi-a-
I! 'll
OUT
0 I) i’.|
; :dy,
was
notliiii
G ii/ii ..
di-par.
should
New Yohk, Apiil 29-The s'oek
marKe' tins t-e ,o ouiewhat adractivt-
to-day, lull prees were again weak
most of Ilie day. There was no im.
port ant in w * this morning, but the
fear of furl bn ’rouble with laborer
gun zi'lorsfuid repeated statements
that, a general strike is likely tc hike
place about tbe lit of Msy, have
probably ltd some holders to sell dur
ing the past two days. There was
a very good buBirifHH In L ckawanna,
Luke Shore, and Bt Faul. ijacka-
waana and Delaware and Hudsm
are each down 1. while Reading is
i liigher. L iw price fancies show
considerable decline and the rest of
the lidi are down % ■> j. Western
Union, however, shows a gain of j.
The market emsed firm. Buies 3<.9.-
000 shar's.
Tn* R?ll'K«r»nt 4|itt«b«i,
Pantano, Akizdna, April 29 —A
,-e's To onuipel the j. s i llljode-
liartment to send nmils m stow ships
under a preteine tliat sucii couise
wttb fi r i.e bentfii of tbemausWid
u bud policy und would embarr<k>4
Uie administration of (lie post ol!i;e
depur mofit. Niuety-oue per cent of
our mails would in any case be
carried independently ot tins
proponed subsidy and would
cost not one.! a f Ihe amount re
quired by tnlb proposition lo carry
wiiat wr uld Lie covered by the amend
ment. In tne course of this rather
long speech Beck eulercd upon an
elaborate uiscubsiou of the Urifl in
winch he wau fr<quently interrupted
hy other Henalois, drawing from him
Iu one instance the remark, "I
would like to be permitted to fiuisU
a seuieuce ouue in a while.”
B ck occupied tbe flair, though
wlili considerable Interruption, three
hours and a half.
Hide lien took up the defense of
the $809,900 amendment. At five
o’clock, Hale still having the floor,
tbe sena.e went intoexeculive ses
sion, uud at 6 o’clock the doors were
reopeuod and the a.nate adjourned,
MARINE NEWS
Orders have b ;eu is/ued for the
opening of the maii it hospital service
teleph me rues a ,e from J .uu O i quarantine station ut Bapolu B >upd,
Diugherty, superintendent of the
Total Wreck mine, states that fortv
Indians aitacked Rcbardson &
G :?nriciy’s ranch, twenty m'les s iuth-
west cf here, early yesterday morn
ing (*;■'] kil ed eight persons. No fur
ther particulars learned.
(iu, and Aluenware Bteakwa er May
lit.
The senate oommi 'ee on commerce
reported iuvorably to duy tbe bill to
P ike Cape Charles Ony insteadof
Cherrystone ike port of entry for the
ms,riel of Cherrystone, Va.