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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, ABRIL 27 1880
TRICE ITYE CEN1S
forty-ninth congress
Fprlnjer Inlratftcrs b Bill to Provide
for A i bitra ioj
11, 0 ir for s' rtr * « ii.Krtrr It 111 I)!bi obm*«I
In thr kb an. Brtiwo
U tlie .tlfKMir -IMair
Ipridti in gciiporl of III* Antin
jL qatir Bill
Bp#clftl 1° E’ gntrf-TfcBUT-.
Washington, Ai ril £6 — Duun/.f
Aikai (-ai-, token leave to r flir a i(>n-
C iU'li'I' ft Hu t spurt ti e 12 li o'Mii)
for the ct Midi lation ( f n fa-.-ure- re-
pt ittd In m He c« n n idee rn tail-
rofcde. Ii rei perse to a question,
J>it t, stale el il at 'he n es 1 uies which
Wi uld l )d ably lie et lie d pp would
he the till nqultilg Ihe Nrrlberii
F> eific to pf'j the (test of surveying
jis lai els, a use let ion pre viding for s
general inves pinion of the accounts
of i Le Pacific rsUrr ads and a hill pro
viding f«r she pay merit of Ihe debts
Cif those r' ade.
Watntr, ol Ohio, it quired whether
the order we u.d include 'he Pac fie
railreael fui.d'i g hill, and upon r<-
ctiviLg the i Hi mative ai-swir, ob
jected to the-piesent consideration of
the resolution
Dunn eX| 'alned thal !b»bill pro.
vide d fi r ti e pay mint of $41 000 COO
cfihedttit before it c no eun-ui.di.r
theexlstlig law. I did not post-
pe in ; ii ait,mi nud the d. bt, snel he
isk filial he retolotion he referred,
but Cowl's, of North Carolina, oh
jeded, aid (he ltsoluiou was not
le ceived.
Under the call of stales, bills were
lniroeiuceel and referred i s fe Hows ;
B; Spriugi r, of Illinois- F >r ihe
admission nf the whole of Dakota ins
to the union u! states.
Also, to cs atilt?h a department of
labor and a local boaid for the arlna
tra iou of controversies between labor
and capital The general ilu ies of the
de| arm ent provideet by the bill are
to acquire and diffuse among the
people useful ilife rmutinn nuthestb
Jecl ctinuec c-d with lab'ir, In ihe
most general amt comprehensive
sense of that word, and , s.jeeiailp
upon its rela ion to capita), the he urs
ol laborli g men and women, and the
means of promoting their materia)
eccial, Intellectual and moral pr's-
perity. In the department then
shall be established a commission of
labor consisting of three me tubers,
Who shall he charged with the cm ■
Eicieration and Beitlen.eut, by means
of aibitraHon wfceD possible, e.f all
con'rovi s es between labor am! eap-
ital. The ce mmissioner in charge of
the department shall receive a salary
«f $>4000, and he a d two assistant
commissioners, to be appointed by
the president, shall eoi.siitute the
commission of labor. The Cum-
in s ion of laber shad have
the power to inves ig> t
the cause- e.f all Gobtruv. r-ies aud
disp utee between labe l tuul capita;,
whether such c-onlroversh s and dis
putes are submit,ed for arbitration or
not.BLd io report thereon to the
president who shall transmit the re
port to cot press. In bIi controversies
and (UBtuiLuu.es which may iuier
fere with eiusus.il anil cemme-ice be
tween the Gates it s'all be the duty
i f ihe ce Djtmssion of atmr to net as a
board ol Midiration for a peaceful
Eetthmsut of such controversies,
whenever ihe ce ncilltte ry olluiso'
said ce.mmisslou may he invoked
by the punier therete, and In all cem •
tre.versies he w ,e u laboring men and
their employ, is, the conse quences ef
which lit ay ihitaien demebtic vio
lence, ihe inierp. shiun ol such c m
iLdssion may he lenuered to the pr,s
ii'c-it lor she* puipe-se of seiillng such
Ci-utioversies by aibitration on ap-
plication by the legislature of suet
elate, or ol the executive, when the
legislature cannot be convened A!
questions sunadtled f r arbitration
Shull bt in wrun g and signed by ibt
p arties lotp tcnveJy, a, el etie els-
cision or a warn shall have such
iff. ct only as its provided
in the ankles ol subrn's ion Ai
awards shah he elder, d e u a rece j
ai d a copy 'uuiehtu to turbo’sis
partiet, and one copy at,oil he lrid s-
Djilltdlo any ceuit which m y la
authe r z-.d to sake any aedem duetts
on. '1 he pre tee diLgc of the comm s
eioo shall he public, except ween the
ce mmlssioL eiu are In coDsulratioo
Mtcniuery is provided t> enable the
Ctmmissloners to perform their duty
By MeComas, ef Maryland, au
ttoiiziig ihe stkci cimmiueetn-
ves igain g the in bur trouhleo to e ce-
Vtsugale the disputes between mine
cwntrs and miners in the hi. umi onus
coal regions of Pennsylvania, Mary
land sud West Virginia.
By Warner, of Ouio, to regulf te in
terstate commtice and provide foi
boards of arbitration.
In the morning hour, on motion of
Oates, of Alabama, a bill was passed
providing fer the appointment of a
district ludge for Ihe southern district
of Alabama.
The house again went Into a com
mittee of the w hole on the rivers and
harbors bill. Fair progress was made
with the bill until the clame author
lzlng the secretary of war to nego
tiate for the purchase of works from
the Green & Barren River Naviga
tion company in Kentucky presented
•n opportunity for a fight over tbu
Monongahela Navigation company
to break oul afresh,
Bayne, of Pennsylvania, offered an
amendment s.uthor zieg the secretary
ol war to also negotiate for the pur
chase of the w irks ol the Monouga-
bela Navlgaeton company. DfEpite
stubborn opposition on ,ho petit of
Hepburn of Iowa, and H ;mee>, H.p
amendment was adopted by 90 io 45.
No other chuDge was made in the
l ill »s far as pre gressed,
Ae’J urueel,
SE N IIS.
Iu the senate to»e>ay Mr Hauls
presented Hie oredeotlals of W >eh
b g on C Whltthori e, atpolti ed by
he governor ef Tenrc s e to he
[Jotted 8 ate- see a'or from hat stale
fill liee vaca'i y caused by the r, s
igna’ion of S natnr J a k-on Tiie
credentials having hssu re-ul, Whltt-
i orne was eeci-rted to ihe d->k by
Harris ai d t> e caih of i ill-e wa-
aomiLiisiered in due form by the
president pro lent of the* senate
Whit'lorne then trek a seat on the
ihtU'CrahC siele ef ihe chamber on
he ex r< me right ('f the elidr and
ieceiv> el li e cu g a ulatioe s of many
sena ois Whee> he ne w senator h el
tuksp his seal Bin r called attention
n the h rm of Tit credent a's, not
havii g desired, he said, to say
a? y li ng which might seem
'•ke ol )ect ! on hr the swearing in ol
\V::itth> roe The? loiri' e f lie ere
(len'ie.ie, H ar the bghi, defective* in
asmucti a-> ihe celMficate sla ed ehi,
•he at poinment was <ot 8<: a or
Jack si i 's ucie xpireel tpem I, should
riail"U!i'll the next m* etii g of the
legislature ’’ 'llie point was iff no
gn at consequence at present, hut in
ci s ’ of a ch-se ( ai y division in the
senate thequtaion H at ihe.ugiet
mightb-come ne^rfgreu i npor ano
a d public atteullon ougbi to be eii-
tee'ed toil it; oreitr that the d tti ul
ey might a lar as possible be
bvnieitd.
Hines temerbed that Wtiitihori e’s
creileutials in using the word "term”
made referer ce to the tenn as fixed
tiy the law Ho thought this quali
fying phrase* c xereel the point. The-
credentialn were filed.
Hoar re ported from thee mmitlee
on judiciary a hill extending the*
lime for theccmplelion of the :e rile
of the clerk if ihe ce m missions re of
the* Alabama claims Pa-s, d.
Morrill, from the committee on
finance, reported, with amei dmeui,
Hie bouse bill refilling to the bunds of
brewers. The bill as it came from
'he he use modifies section 3336 of the
revised statutes so is to requ.renew
bonds to he filed by brewers,
cot on Ihe first of May,
as heretofore, hut -vheuever the
collector of inten al revenue s' all re
quire* them to do so. The seuate
committee amended the bill so as to
n q lire iri addition that at least OLce
m fe ur years bonds shall ;u ai y
event be ret.ewed, whether ihecollec*
tor requires it or not. Af.er deta'e
the senate an eudn.eut was agreed to,
ana the bill as amended pasBcd.
A bill was reported by Hsrri.
making an appropiia i m to complete
* he public building at Jxcksou, Tenu
On Huns’ nquistLhe bill web al
once p,.ssed
V;.r> Wyck desired to It.ke up the
bill fi xiug railroad iauds, but y leld, d
io Bltilr, who, according to previous
i once, then tsdun u*.*ed )h. s na,e on
his prepot ed ct ns itutiouai *.m nd-
ment prohibi mg the mat.ufac uru, or
sale e.f alcoholic liquors as bt vnages
At the* conclusion of Biair’s speech
he inter-s ait ouiiutrce bill was
laktn up and V-.. Wyck addressed
tfie eeuuteno it. Ton ugu rales from
.be west, Vju Wyck sud, now near
ly amounted to coi lis.a:ion, auciber
rise weu d t*** pi-ofiibiiiou. L.,at ycai
hnhadsvt 'hat the people tn s mi*
r-ecti 5j tf N b.a.-ba were c mpel ed
to l u ., c im tr fuel and 'hat il re-
qdui.li 160 bueht s f corn tnpuicba-t
,/oe ton 11 hard coai. This condl-
uon eiid e el a j ly to .he entire s ale,
yet last wimei to me.re than half her
i.icuiiiy 'he p : pie were e.galu ciai*
pcbed to iuii.1 corn for fuel
oecause of the excessive -•■.'es of
tram, porta*ion. The basis o urges
who uli that 'he m flic will heui We
we;t in the adust ol a e,e; rescion,
yet teei pens s must he laid under the
contlli U.iot), uu La full eliyhioneib
slab It* declared, by the ruilrcaii
Ci mpauies on w a.ered stock a, el
rsudulei t bofida. Grain, beef ar.d
pink might he r*duce*d one* half lu
. nc , yet there couhl ho no aba c
until in freight Co Ig s A i to the
c mix.ii-s'on let*, uro of the bill, ib.
i.eop e, V., i Wyck s>d, w -1e
., t d< ui .fidijig a commi-btou,
' u; the c r,tr liens wue becoming
I ; ri lot Itlvicaus Of it. Kalirouos
■n el ti'i. g--u h rams west of .be Mi-
-o.uri r;v*r were about f ur t:m*-3
srrcaier ihaii rao 9 ec.et of tliut river.
F r years cvptiul tiad been orgvVzM,
um-C‘U, u) i s .-i d i patious, m vuig
,s :ih; uht have m vid accord'rg to
uis sworn tes imouy and as Hunt
ing mi, aecoroi'ig io his own written
• isicry, bad moved on state legtsla-
uvec, c uris and eongress, uuhlush*
ugy put cl astng judges aud
leclslutuies, hut the Cekis wus
oi miiig. There was an irrepressible
couil ci between right and wrong
G >ldd the ristiou be made to h dieve
U.at four biiiiou of watered stock aod
h-ious were hontst property, dtserv-
irg prutaction from thecounsor leg-
ts.atuic'S, or that three hundred mil-
lirno c>«*med by Vanderbilt and two
hundred millions claimed by Gould
were hone-tly ob.al ,ei ? The own
ers of i.tusi* fletious should accord de
cent treaement to the remainder of
mv.jhxfid from whom they ixpected
-o force dividends end iuterts: on the
Sjtu’. Teie c-minittce faikd at the
pr.clsC point where the monster evb
abih'd he grasped by the law. If iu-
(iasUtes were only required to pay
dividenuo on the real coat of railroads
the nail m woulu be prosperous.
Stanford, of Olitornia, tnr-n ad
dressed the setittfe on the bill. It
puriorted, he said, to be an act to
regulate commerce betw ;t-n the Btat.es,
he had read it whh a good deal of
care, hut did not S oil any thing in it
that regulated commerce. Every
thing in It was as to
the carrier. Commerce had
a well eh flu- 1 m -»Dlng. It meant
trade, barter, interobaiige of outu
mueiiiles, matters with which the
oaniei iu (he tra s ictloos of his k-
ghimale business Imd no c-incir’i
whu'i*ver. Hi-, therefore, though*
the ti'k of the bill might to le
changed th exurets i’s true in a- ii g
It sit till ol It Pig cell d a lull to rt.'gu-s
1 h:e cornmeice i should be a bill to
regulate he carrier-. I' it wire u
hill io reeuln'e shippers and owners,
whose material the carrier moved,
lie title* w iiie) be more appropriate
H * ni’glit lie* (old, perhaps, that In re
wen- j nl clal decisions to the e rtoc 1
'hat tie re gulation ol the on trie r was
b.e retru 1 •-*u-n ef commerce, but
when 'egisla'inn was propo-ed h. wa*
' ntirely fig’timatp to di-cuss the
question a.-i to the orii* itiat n.a ter and
ele ermne It upon tin* principles
which s Hied to lie Involved Tlteie
*/. a-* a geeat dilfen-r.ee b. tween ihe
t*‘ B-e sslcit of power and i's xere s
0 c urse 'he considu i >n uttiniy
g-vecot'gns the nglit toreeuiaie
e*i mui-ri-e he ween lire s ans, hu* as
1)0 currier in»U nothii g Io dow tb
the* C uiiritl of the- Bhipmeut
of go, (is and merciiendi-e, or
tfieir ultimate di“p-»al pr de-shn ition,
t e ri gulatii g of him or- deieruiioittg
;lt pr ce tie should receiv > for Ins
,-t rvices could have no relation to
det* rmmirg commerce between 'he
s ates i s a nations! question. Why
• h'hjld tiie [irict* fixed for carry tog
freight aer* s- a uou-pfiysieal line
between tlit* slu'rs he e-.ft tent from
what was ch rged for tin-same set-
■'i.'es on either side e.f that line ?
Would it no! be making our stale’s
ln-es more >*r less obstacles if toier-
c:*ur«e ? Would it not be c >t-ve-rtir g
ur slate lines Into s meiiting very
ut ariy akin to dr o fro .Hei ? W uat did
our friends say who had bieu always
ao anxious lo claim that wt* w* re
prospering wilh free business inler-
c-urse between outs Ives, and what
did 'he slat s’ rigfi.B iruids say to
ihe general government inlt rferrmg
and controlling tb*ir local Institu
tions Stanford s dJ, that admitting
-.he power of congress, il was perti
nent to inquire lino the wisdom of
ids kind o! legislation. If i: vest
ment tn railrou. s were so hi m fi-;al
io the public, wiiv Biiouid not tiie in
vestors b« permitted io reap the same
full rewards of the wisdom
of their inves'meut, their
io.eiusfry and their utauag'-u e it aud
the diriOtion thereof us .hough ihe
same capital, wisdom and ludu-lry
had been employed iu a buiinee- less
important to ihe interi sisi f die s ait
anil in wh. se he h'Uf the state o uld
not, if solicited, txiucise ihe right of
eminent domain. In discussing this
question of a right to ugu ate rail*
nud fares and fre ghts in a manner
which would necrssarily impair the
lunnkg oat.acity of ti.ese road.-, v/e
-houla not f itcoi that the invest-
ill nls were made by indivi luals.
If the ruilroads we:e so imoor-
t. int to the public, surely the e
individual mve-tors ought not to he
discouraged by he uptireliebsiou ihul
the value of tfic-ir luves me.. s idgnt
n Itssoned hy adverse leg.s!-tt>n.
Fur her. iu all these efforts a r «u-
.auon 8 r.nf. rd found no pro.ee ton
to the railroad companies. No gu .is
a;Hee against the lmpanment of in
come. If legislation interfered to
decreagc the it c me, the value of
property w s fleeted to ihe i xiti.t of
a dimit. u tou ol the inc"me. Tins
was taking pioperty without, com
pensation. Ii was col li-.canon
p.-ac itHliy. Th s bit) denied
,o the. vanou.- raiir.ied
Cumpan.es the right of competiduu
It precluded shippers from reaping
iicir nghiful edvautageof eompe
liditu and cat s ,1 to .lotn and the
railroad companies absolute lots. If
.i low ra a for a longer distance
leant a reduction fra sborier. ihr
oarne.s t. usloultmit to the Joss from
1 si*sl raus on the sliori diB.ur ce or
else abandon the* bu-nness at imply
ing points.
Piumb, from the appropriations
e. nrmn.ee, repored the p- s fit -e
oppropriu. tons hill with t.uu-ud
ir.ti.ts. 1, wes ( l .ctd on the eaten-
ai, P.umb taying ue w >ulil c.-.it it
u, Wcm.e day morning.
due q .e.iiona ..-f u'rtalt involved in
Uainikij'.i pending rui-initusni le,
t. ii rmcis.a.e c mm tee out as to
teo.k and sfi. ri haues were then .uke-p
np and iiitCos, ed t.y Caindt n, H u rts,
Piatt, Brown, Wilson of Iowa, a el
Cell, nr.
Brown said that under the* pro
v 8,'JUS o; C leijelen’s proposed amend-
1U.J/H it wcutd he imp. s toie f..r the
rutiroads to transaCi the hustness o!
ue country. If they attempted :t
either they would b. driven ln*o
bankruptcy or else the produce
of me west w,uld he driven
trout the markets of the east,
aud cf course also from
ftreign markets. In other words,
the railroads would have lo put their
local freights so low that they could
nut pay me fixel expenses, or put so
high the rates on through freignts as
to prohibit all shipments ol produce
for a longer running dislattcs Ilian
600 or 600 m l is. N , railroad could
C inllous running unless it could pay
ihe fixed expense,; it could pay no
dividends, nor could it pay
any iuterts on the capital
invesled As to watering
stocks, Brown utterly condemned Ir,
but Ire could not see how the rail
roads could ke;p out of the ha ids of
rcCciv.ra or maintain their tracks
aud rolling s ock iu a pre-par or safe
condition if they -er- not allowed to
make reasonable c'.targrs. If the
ra.eis were estahiiehid by the gov
ernment umi'.iug the l* a Is to chargee
that would pay the fixed txpenaes
only, it would be pra-c-.rcal c.,nfi=c«-
uuu ou railroad capital for puonc use
without compensation.
Adjourned,
WASHINGTON WAIFS.
The Frpnb IfRii f'rngrmlonil Cem
pnlgu (Jemmlife innoiinciil.
*u Import ii nt 8ii|trriiic (uarl Dt • Irion
In Kolrrmew v m ii. oiuIh w. »..*• Clnim
— Ifo <ti*rnnti’ Noiu'nNtlnn in II Re© it
titdered Otiur I w trrr>«t I tut 5>uirft.
Special to RnqnlreraSao
Washington April £6 - The im>
'ion lo ne iisnler tfie v.o.e l>y winch
It s.cruns’ m m .is'i tn >»- re gis e** of
Hie liessury was co. fi. tried, wa
m .dt* hy it uiemkr of me sena'e fi
Lihi ce tenmiiree *1 h- in noi u io
was favireldy rep<ritd by ihe cem*
mi tie long eg-, hut I.( fe r * i' wa-
■xcit'd on hy il’e -e. a'e s. ine* qufs*i.ii>
as to bis ejiiiliHci.lot s f r tlie e fit -e
of lie reci-ier of !it> r., s .ry tir., e
aud delayed ectl-.n, and fioeillv
cliargi s are sa'ii io have beer 11 id to
I lie etli’Ct that he Was in s me way
cm-eiecled with pub ic land lee.uds ii
Ca'i’crnia The frau s consisted in
nri euting th > entry i f claims hy
hnais'.eadi-rs and tire emp'ora, aid
ihe in uniihde tref t r . I ihe claim-
io other partieH. \V at Hie gei.cut’s
,'dig..l conutcUo i wfiti tin matter fi
Cttonoi beharued Anallemot will
probaitly lie mail** to have 'lie matter
further looked into hy the o mmilti e
before Hie in mil a ion is re urueil to
'to* r> r esi- ,o nt.
BE.PUBLICAN C NORESSPWAI, ('.lit-
M ITTKEi
Tie following in ihe republican
congressional e mputgn con.tniHpe:
California-- R -pre Hsnra'ive Felton.
Colored — H, nresetitative 8ymes.
Cunueciie'ii—Bsnator H . wiey.
Illinois— 14 presentative Cannon.
Inilianis—R *nre sentalive Hteele.
I wa—8-'iaior Wilson.
K iis&s— 14 nri s u'ative Ryan.
K utucky—R presentative Wads-
worh.
Maine— R pn-sentativo B'Utelie
Marylat.et — R presentative Mo
C .enas.
M-uSichuseda — R preBen.a.ive
R on.
Michigan— 8 *nator P.dmer.
Minnesota— Represeuiatlve Gilifi *
la ,
Mispouii R- presentative Warner.
Nebraska—R present a’ive D >rapy
N xviiha— 14 presemative NV md-
burn.
New Humpsbire—Senator B'alr.
N w Jersey— 8 -nator 8ewi it.
Nvw York- 14 presentative Bur
leigh.
N >rih Carolina — R ‘pret-enfailve
O' Kara
Ooio- R'nresoulaHve Thompson.
Oregon—Henator D .loll.
P uusylvatna — R presetitaiive
B gimui
Riiode I-land—Bena'or Aldridge
Barth Caroln u — R pieseuiaiive
Smalts.
TVnnessef—R pree ;tive H uk
V roiont—R preseotaHve 8 swart
V rginie—Bsnator Maliane.
Wist Virginia — Jl reeeutative
G if
Wisconsin — R presentative Cas
well.
A r ! z us- R pteseniative B * u.
Dikotn- R oieee.Ha'ive G ff r 1.
Wyoming— 14 -i-resei ta tve Carey
AI)(1* 1 El) A BILL
T ;e house o mmiueeou the Pac fi
railroads to-day adopted He i ill
formnlaied by tiie sub cominit'et
providing foi a ex ension of seven
ty years of the bonded di bt nf
Hie Pacific railri a Is to the govern
ment. The bill will lie reio* **! to
the boose this afternoon if o| p >riu-
ni'y i ff rs.
AN IMl'OltTANT SUPIU-JIK COURT
DECISION
Tiie court ol cl*..ms to day render
ed a decision in tie case or P
Boll wet z <• i-.guins*. He IJ ,-ited 8
to liee i ff ct Iba* tiie goveromeiil
cui’t be held lieh >r a bat d b utd
t.y the provisional g v. ri m nt of the
state of Georgia in 1869 o aid iu the
co. s 'uc.iem e.f the B eniHwit'k and
A bui y rstlr >nd. T ie. Uuited 8 at.-s
,upr<me o ur in a, il.cii elc.se
N 198, Ju:.li>« 8 Ha t, adm'uist'a-
..or o, .hues-a*- nt 8 uiton liar', he
c> nse,d, vs ihe U l'eo B'a'es, ei(.p ul
,’r- m ,ho c. ur'. e-f cluima under in-
act of cm grt»s of J >ei* £6, 1863 T; e
-ecrutaiy uf v.ui iraiiSIii.aeiJ in Hi.
c nr* of claims ihe claim ol Hart for
$50,391 for eu| fiiks furnistud 'f.i
guvernmeut Ir- 1860 und prior to
A[>r 1 18, 1861 Hurt enkreel
ihe coofideaa e service and of er
the- war was granted full psidor, t.y
tin presiderH. The c* url of ciaims
a| plied to HpI'.’s claim theprnvls-
io s of the j dm resi.lui.icn of con-
g u-s wtncti mad - li u-naw fill f..r any
i Ulcer of the govert ment to pay any
ciaim against tiie government which
occurred prior to April 13
1681, aud iu favor e.f any
prison who in any man
ner sustained the rebellion, and held
'.hat the pardon granted Had did not
operate to set aside the provision cf
that law and declined to luke Juris
diction further than find the facts.
The supreme court affirms thal
decision. It is in an opin
ion delivered by Ju gs
Blatchford. The court eayv: "In
approving as we do the re*a-*ou as
signed by that court for tiie view It
took of theques'ion nt pardon, wedr
not d p*rt in the lens from whai
was held ou the- sut Ject of | ard >n
in the case of ex Jiarie Giilanii
Armstrong's foundry vs Padltford
e»nd the Uuited Biates vs K eln. If
the joint resolution had sai.l nothing
on tue subject of pardon, no pardon
could have ht-el eft ct t-j author.z
the payment of a debt nut of a gen
eral approprea'kn which a law
of congress had said should
not be pad out of it. Par
don cannot have such etf-.c;
ascribed to it merely because the
J tot resolu.ion says that tt shall
not have-uoli efle t. It Was eutlrtly
within li e competency cfcot.g;e-s to
declare H u’, the clain s tueutloueil in
ti e j nut resolution should not tie
l aid till fnriher order ol congress. I
is now within i i s compe'et cy to do-
. late that they may he ‘paid in like
na .mr as by tlie act of Ma'Ch 3,
1877 I provided thalsic i.>i, 3-lSO.d
the revised sia ute^, which s ilie*
joint resolution In questi in, eh. uld
not Npnly o a payment to bs made
nt ct the general appropriation
made by thal act lo pay mall cou-
1 (actors lor mull service pen foi tiled
:n ceriuii. s.a.isiii 1859 amt 1861 ami
tieforo tliej rest ec iv. y eng .gtd in
>he war < k*>mimi ihe- II I'd Hates.
THE 1*AU!I.’1U RAIhR'IAIIS.
In ihe ic n-e i. d .y llie coinmitiee
on tiie Pacific rat I r>ad red Mil tile
bill 'ouii end the v- nous P c.tic is i-
rottd ue s. to provide for tin- setile
meut of llie dt bt growing out of the
i-sue of ii nil's o aid In Hie cous'ruc-
lou of Hie caul roads and to secure to
in U -lltd B.ntes 'he [>a>m.*ni of ail
inifi b edness of certain c inpinies
Hnreiu tmtHinneii The tud, is
u iimim u-ly agreed upon by tin
e mini! ee, tick s prov s cm f r tiie
piym ntof the Imii-liteiiuess of the
P-c lie railroads to ttie g- vcrnmeni
afti r tiie fi.Huwi’-g plan: 1' > Ihe
pre enl debt is a. d-d t! e ii.tenst
that would uc-’iue during ’be life
ime i f eleven years of tiie existing
bonds, as liming’hat no fur her | ay-
ments are mud > by the companies.
T-.e id si I- d vule.i into 140 qu-il
paj Iilunts whieti are to tin repri sen led
tiy > series ; f bonds falling (Iu.. a> tui-
annually, llie last bond falli* g cue
-evenly yi.*a*s after issue. Toe av
en-gs annual payment by the com
panies would reach nearly four mill
ion dollars, wh*ch it is is ima'ed
wcuIm amount to a Bum gr. a'.i-r H a
Hie princiialof tiie dibis before i x-
ieting w. ofil ma'nre.
THE Wool INTEREST
Wilkins, of Otno, c flor. d a preatu-
lile a d resolution recldug liat one
■ f me propositions com allied iu tiie
I ex ri ft' bdl reported lo the house by
me ways and means committee is to
place on llie free list all unmanufac
tured wools, that I tie si usou is ul
hand when the product grown dur-
ing the pa-*t year Is marketed by the
tri.wir, that, tiie pr. posttlou lo pm
wool ou the free litl aud the ui.cet
minty and doubt coucert.it g lilt-
actum of the house is cau.-.n g un
necessary and serious 1. ss lo tiie wool
growers without contributing any
uenefi. to the people, and declaring
dial Ills the sense of the house cliai
'be wool tariff schedule so far us il
re ales to unmanufactured wool
should not he r*duc. d
Grouvenor, of Ohio, < tteieil a reso
muon neding mat by the action ol
congress in. reducing (he iar-lt on
wool mat mdusliy in s lieen reml. red J
unremuuera ive, and declaring it lo
tie the se." as of tills hf.U-io (hat the |
larlfl - ( 1867- h-.tiid lie reslored
ASUBSTl'JUTE FUR THE 11LAIK till,I,
l ue uou e o.,.mult c. ou ii.hu, niter
a long and very anlrna'ed session
wli'cti l*H>e 1 ti tn 7 .’clock lies i ve
limit, decided by a vote o 9 t 3. out
member tint vu.ing, to t. port m the
Ouuse as a substitute tor the Blair
e'iucatinr al bill, a miaou re widelj iu
rubaiauce provides that the receipts
from tin; ssle of pullic lindsaud
other rev-'i-uss <,f Hie geue-
rut land i ill ;o sliail be divided
among 'lie s.veral stt* e> aid
■eriitories iu proportion of th**U
< crioi-1 popula Ion 1< reducational pur
poses for me nt xt ten y> an. Twen-
:y live p- r cent of the suo? is to be
usi.t oriudu rial and tt clinical in
struction, und tt>e ruiiaind. r (ur lilt
-up ort of cr.irimon sohno.'s. Tiie
etmudlke agrei d tliat li divldi u
imuiiniB sin.uld not fie h.u..dixy
i tie*r volt io committee, el'hi r in
support of or against the ir e-isure
when it cm's up lor c>t sidi.ralioti
iu iln hou .
T It E V 11,LIS BILL
Iii (lie bouse commune on labor
>o day, r-f hi e full ai d lengthy dis
cussion, a v-.lt- w (■■ token on a motion
to report the Wiills educu’ional ifiii
witimnl m- u moiida'.ion. Th*-mo
M..U va carried, but 8 inolion tons
cotn l'ter was made, at,d pending ac-
i‘m thtieon the hour or 1£ unveil
h--(1 the c. mini'.toe took a rue-s.
ge s on the steamer C Icassios, who,
it Is su'd, wire under contract as
masons, s one-cutters and black
smiths, i" woik on the new state
.•a-itol nt Austin, T.xii-, urrived to
day at Css'le Garden, and were re
tail e.l by the superintendent on the
ground tli at tin > w ere going ou "scab’’
j .l>-*. Thisoharge is made hy tiie Cea-
<ral labor union, of misery Tin men
denied lieing under any coutract. It
in iuiendid to c'uimu lioate witlitlre
ills rict attorney of this city, aud
Austin, Texas, to have suit brought
against ti e Austin c mtrautor-. f >r a
vi -la iou of ihe laws of the U lited
8 a es.
A DESPERATE FIGHT-
It Ki Hvf Ut prtT Slaraliul Till
ii. r. in », «i.
pHflRl to Euuutrtn-Hun
Chattan (oa Tenn, Apri 1 £0—
A spicial to (lie Turns fr-un Mau-
i-ues or, Tenn, give- the details of a
i loudv irag-dy enac, ed there shortly
if er midnight ttil-morning, in wl.leh
United 8 ales D puty Mais ial Webb
I’"idon, of Msi din s er. at d a moon
shiner i amt il (J.aik were killed, and
.line other moonshiners badly
wounded. About ten d *v« ago.
I’ni'il >n acjompaided Dcpu y M ir-hal
llnglies on a -aid am mg tiie illicit
ills illeri*s of G undy county, Tenn,
aod cap tired and des'r -yed several
stills. B -'ween 1£ aud 1 o’clock this
mornii g fi.’eeu moooshiners rode
i11(<i M.o cluster, determined to have
I’uiiloij’s life. Beven l r -ke into ills
house aud llie ' dunce surrounded it.
i’urdon mot tin in uh tliey entered
with a cocked revolver aud a terrible
battle ensued Two moon-hlueis
fell to llie 11 >or mortally w luuded
aud Hie gang roirea'td, but they ‘iad
succ edeil iu fatally wounding Put-
don. D.-aided as lie was, he Jumped
iroiu bed, seized a double barrel shot
gun and find into me re'reaiuig gang
sod two men fell mortally wounded.
Purdon then fell dead beside i lie body
of one of Ids victims The gang ear
ned oil three of thuir woumied com
panions. A large posse is now lu
pUIHUil.
FOREIGN FLASHES-
COWARDLY CONDUCT. j
* Temp rnnr« N|»4*r krr Poi»on**d Ift
Od.f i oi End III* Wffilure 4|(-»taia.
lv*rtal io Rmnirerr-y**.:
8t I.outs, April 26—A special
fri m H uton, Mo, states that R v
H J Deerirg, of 8t L uis, liad heeri
(or B(.i/;e dsys past holdlrg aserhsof
lempsranoe revival meetings which
have been wonderfully successful.
La t uigtit pome one, us yet un
known, placid in a pltoher of water
which ihe revivalist had placed upon
the desk of the speaker a lurgt quan
tity of crotou oil. Several persons
drank of tiie water before
'.he services began and became
deathly sick, hut not knowing the
cause of their illness, failed to warn
Deering not to drink from the pitch
er. Toe latter during his disruurse
drank a giass of water and was ini*
mediately taken sick. All who
tasied the wa'er are to-day In a pre
curious condition. Two saloon keep
ers Lave been uirested on suspicion
ui.d it Is thought they poieoued the
wh o; in order to end the service,
which were having such a depress
lug ifif'.ct on their husineis.
attrrl'l ImpgritS Coatraat l.abr, in,
to W)M»4r#r-H e ,,. |
New York April 26—Egh'y-
five muscular looking men, pascen-
Eua Iduel,
My A.merioi%G Oao
London April £6 -The statement
th.c. the Greek army Would b . dis
armed is coo firm id. Tue Gidek
chamber of deputies lias tieeu con-
v ked. Tiie combine I 11 ml of the
powers, which had assemuled io o )■
--ice Greece, has departed. Tne sud
den lermtnatiou i f oe prooab.iity of
war is received by tue Ureek people
A.l,h cofisteruation.
Ual-lla.
ANOTHER TOWN HU1NU DESTROYED
ItY EIRE. »
Vie.na, Aprn £6 A dispatcu from
I, k , -ii Ga utia, reports that that
w.i in on fire aud that three-fourths
of it has been destr yed,
THE REPLY UNSATISFACr 1RY.
A l HENS, Apilt £6 6:.'id I* M.—
Ore. ct’s reply to llie powers is re-
raided as uusutlsfbC oiy. A coufi-r-
.•uce Of lie fortlgu miofiuersis being
livid a tfie dfitiisn tmoussy tor tue
1 urpote ol d'u rug uji and signing
iiu ullimaUiLn, holding Greece au-
wi ratfie for tfie coLHtqui i ces, unless
■ lie defelS, wilhoul let-erve, to the
wishta of Kuiope Tue UlU-
uiK um will ho presented forthwith,
lo tiie Greek govcfLm.ul.
WHISKY WINS.
RieUiUttutl aud Jduu(flittii(er l> o!4e fa
kap Uitfckui,
ip rl’+l t« K .tjUitto ^U/i.
Richm ond. Va, April Riohi-
r> , , J ,u iiiet W ! il ttLt U Vt £ vV iiCiLliUig
.li cit lieie io day, the electiurTre-
s'Httng *fi 61)41 vo.es being oast for
ip,, w „i. utile., aud 3266 or uni dry
. ii-tsei, a Ul d n.y of obit .a la/or of
fi.-easing tue sa.e ol uqu>rs. iue
in Mafichts er Was «o- uoaeS
971* -try li ke 3-ia, ui auu-i»i*iui-
-,i i in m j my ol 626 lue vo.e
'll both into ouy an.) .U r.jCue.i.er
w-w nearly as large as ui m#
pr-fj; t"i, eiecdou. lue un.ii
,„. c ed jio.ivy majori.y against proms
bi'ioti in this cay wui uuuoutss kdi
any future agiiaiinn ol .ue ^uoj.w.
l.-re. U dei the ia*v Ii oauu.n no
lb.ut.wtd for two years, lue co.j.ej
v p rs wire anust uuuu.ui-ui ior
anti-j roliil'Hion.
LYNCHBUKO WILL DRINK, TfiO.
Lynn CD BUKO, Va, A'.m 26
anil-inoDiouiouists uaimd are city
tiy 1138 majority.
A 4 ©Wftrdlj
Special lo jflrqnlrwunQ,
Jersey City, N J, April 26-Ltto
lust niglit lu a crowded street oar
J iOies Forrester, eugiueer ou one of
tiie Anchor line steamers, anil a
companion rose to give their seat) to
a iady oarrylng a child when two
Italiaua took possession of tue vacant
places, Explanation nud protest bad
no effect ou the Italians. V/usn For
rester took one of them tiy tiie collar
to lift hiru from the seat the latter
plunged a knife into Forrester’s
hack. The police captain wa.i near
by and captured the .Italian with the
bloody k .ife in bis hand. The knife
was clasped with a blade neatly a
foot long. The affair created a pan Jo
in the car aud iu the rusli sev.rai
passenger I were knocked down ami
irsuipled on, For router wilt proba
bly iJ’tj-
A starUti.g ncvaiiy fi. am. .-.ensouls is
iln piogrcesive anecdote party, in.i.i-
u!ed after the Druitrcakive uohie ua.-t .