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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. Hr, Dnvl* lfpr*k«/|nli (o nn Immense frAWd-^eiiOuu'niB Lll fli to Stir ’fee Kile ef the Murtfttrn rrm - Ei Gcv' rmor VfatU’ lui roiluitor j Ipvceta, Eie. tpteitu l# XnQHirti -^%*. 1 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.