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Newspaper Page Textw VOL. XXVIII—NO. 165 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY U, 18S6. PRICE FIVE CENTS MI II 1• The Resolution Providing for the De crease of the Public Debt Ditoussed. re* Silver <t«MUou UrouKht into the Dolutc- U*reiM Ituam hroaglit (ip nnil I’mmhI- JnokneavUI* to Hnv* n Pnbllc ItutldlnK. Ktc. WASHINGTON July 13.—The speaker laid before the house the Mexican pension bill, with the senate amendment, and Eldridge, of Mlohigan, asked for the immediate con sideration of that amendment. Boutelle and Bragg objecting, the bill was referred to the committee on pensions. On motion of Dougherty, of Florida, the senate bill was pawed for the erection of a public building at Jacksonville, Fla., at an ultimate cost of flftO.Ow. Matson, of Indiana, from the committee on invalid pensions, Submitted report upon the message of thtrf president vetoing the bill for the relief of Mrs. Maria Hunter. Ordered printed and laid over. The house resumed the consideration of the senate amendments to the legislative appropriation bill, the ponding question being an amendment designating by name the chief pages of the house. The amend ment was agreed to—yeas 134. nays 112. The senate amendment relative to the publication of the records of the rebellion was concurred in with an amendment re ported from the committee relating to the defense in the case of Fltz John Porter. This concluded the consideration ‘ of amendments and a conference was asked upon the amendments which had been non-concurred in. The floor was then accorded to the com mittee on ways and means. Harris, of Georgia.on behalf of that com mittee, called up tne bill amending sec tions 33(52 and 33(53 of the revised statutes. It substitutes for section 33(52 the follow ing : Section 3362—All manufactured t.o- — money country amounted to ; l ,666,000,000. Of this f626,000,000. or more than one-third of all the money in the country, was in the treasury at the time the joint resolution had been introduced. Deducting all the sums which were in the treasury for spe cific purposes, designated by law, and kept tor current or necessary running expenses, there remained in the treasury about $200,- 000,000, including that which was held there for the purpose of redeeming United Slates notes. The amount to be hold for redeem ing United States notes was not fixed by law. It was a sort of discretionary reserve. As the reserve was not fixed, the surplus could not be exactly stated. Under former secretaries of the treasury the custom had been to estimate the reserve at $100,000,- 000, and it was the practice of the present secretary to designate that sum as hne of the liabilities of the government. Counting the reserve at 1100,000,000, there was still a surplus in tne 1 Kill AND Wm KILL. I The Senate Sits Up Until Midnight to Discuss the Mea9uro. Other (Lisulp Irom the Xntiniul Capital—An Attrrtinf.tl to Seal* (hr direr am) Kurlior Vt>|>r. - lirlutioo- -Ooodo'n (.'mu— Utitlteriuir ofllullfoatl M lignite*. Washington, July 13.—The chair laid before the senate the resolutions of the : convention of republioaan editors of Ohio j urging ar. investigation of the charges as ! to the election of Senator Payne, and two ! other memorials on the same subject. Refer,ed to the committee on privileges I and elections. Hampton called up the bill for the reiief ] of the state of Georgia, offered a substitute for it and addressed the senate A Young Cooper,Follows Captain Webb's Example and Lives. r » > rt /VrsA AXA—”7****“**'' iv* ii< aim nuuxciweu tut aeutur tfciercotl. nIvL ! nlv. r- ' r -0,000,000. Of this, about $28,- The substitute directs that every state, 000,000 was unavailable, being made up of territory and the District llenileil Ip In a lUrrel—Panting lllsnitliiMl Through the Balling tilillrs of til* Maelstrom— hot Hurt. Onty Shaken. | fractional coins, so that all the money that I would be reached under this resolution | would be about $20,000,000. It would mol e | productive that which wus now uupro- j ductive and useless. It would do some; thing towards making money a little cheaper. It would save the I government something in interest, and I more than that, it would take away some j of that temptation which led men to vote I large appropriations and make improvi dent expenditures. He criticised the re- Columbia shall be credited der the direct tax act of August, 1861, with such additional credits as they are en titled to have in consequence of having paid any portion thereof without expense of collection to the Unite* States, and also with such sums as have been collected from lunds or the owners tfiWt-of. It re mits and relinquishes all moneys still due on the quota or such direct tax and appro priates the money so refunded. The bill went over without action. The senate then resinned the considera tion of the river anil harbor appropriation bill, the pending amendment being to and most important rivers and harbors upon which work has been done and is now in progress of construction. It directs the secretary of war to select such rivers r id harbors as may be recommended by board of five engineers of the army, to be appointed by him, the chairman of Which board shall be chiel engineer. RAILROAD MAGNATES GATHERING. Twelfth Annual Convention of the Soulh*rn Kali na and Steumsliip Aswrlnt'on. Washington, July 13.—The twelfth an nual convention of the transportation com panies comprising the Southern Railway ahd Steamship Association will be held in this city to-morrow. Joseph E. Brown, of Atlanta, Ga., is president and Mr. Charles A. Sindall, secretary of the association, which is composed of the Boston and Richmond and the Boston and Savannah steamship companies, and of the Rich mond and Danville railway system, East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railway system, Louisville and Nashville , t; me j> as t Graham has been making his system, Memphis and Charleston railroad [ preparations for the attempt, but few per- and tenor twelve * other southern roud.s. j gQng^ jf any, really hdinvpH Hint, bin Buffalo, N. Y., July 11.—Since Mat thew Webb gave up his life to a desire to swim the NTi agara whirlpool it has been more implicitly believed in than ever that no human being could live in its boiling currents; but to-day a plain English cooper ’ ' " ’ D. Graham, has aocom- named Carlisle plished the feat In a barrel which he him self constructed. Very few of the thousands of persons who visited Niagara Falls to-day had any idea that another adventurous man would attempt to swim the rapids. For some lly believed that " his courage would hold out long enough for ' port of the minority and denied the state- j meat therein made, that the eilect of the. \ resolution would be to shake public eonti- j u „. i deuce. In conclusion, he denied that the i strike nut the provision to prevent the j purpose or effect of the resolution was to 1 dumping of debris from hydraulic mining j j place the country on a silver basis. | into .Sacramento or Feather rivers, Califor- i Hiscock, of New York, offered an amend- ; nia. The subject was discussed by Dolph, ' ment providing that nothing in the re.to- j Mitchell of Oregon, Stanford, Jones of Ne- . ! lution shall authorize a reduction of or the 1 vada, and Ingalls. The provision wus ; payment of any part of $100,000,600 reserve struck out—31 to 19. set apart for tile payment of United States j The next important amendment in the J notes or the interest bearing indebtedness I bill was to strike out the provision for the , , - , ,, , . , of the United States. He then proceeded ‘ improvement of the Mississippi river and 1 bacoo shall be put up and prepared by the to submit an argument in opposition to ! to insert those reported by the committee manufacturer for sale or removal, tor sale 11,,, rpsolntion. n.rir,u. that. It. find Upon of commerce. Tli ' 1 or consumption, in packages of the fol lowing description and in no other man ner : All snuff in packages containing one-half, one, two, three four, six, eight and sixteen ounces, or in bladders and in jars containing not exceeding twenty pounds; all cut and granulated tobacco, all refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings, shorts and sweepings' ’ of tobacco packages containg one, two, three, four, eight and sixteen ounces each, except at the option of the manufacturer. Cut to bacco may be put up in bulk packages containing ten pounds each, all cavendish plug and twist tobacco in packages, not ex ceeding two hundred pounds net weight, and every such package shall have printed or marked thereon the manufacturer’s name and place of manufacture, the regis tered number of the manufactory, and the gross weight tare, and net weight, of the tobacc-o in every package, provided that these limitations and descriptions of pack ages shall not apply to to- boeco and snuff transported in bond for exportation and actually exported, and provided further that fine cut, shorts, refuse, 3craps, clippings, cuttings and sweepings of tobacco may be sold in bulk as material and without payment of tax by one manufacturer directly to another manufacturer, or for export under such restrictions, rules and regulations us the commissioner of internal revenue may pre scribe, and provided further that wood, metal, paper or other materials may be used separately or in combination for pack ing tobacco, snuff and cigars under such regulations as the commissioner of internal revenue may establish. Section 3363 is made to read as follows: No manufactured tobacco shall be sold or offered for sale unless put up in packages and stamped as prescribed in this chapter, except at retail by retail dealers irom packages stamped as provided in this ciiapter, and every person who sells or offers for sale any snuff or any kind of man ufactured tobacco not so put, up in pack ages and stamped shall be lined not less than $500 nor more than $6000, and impris oned not less than six months nor more than two years. The bill was passed. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, called the bill repealing section 3151 of the revised statutes, providing for the appointment of inspectors of tobacco and cigars, and pro viding for the inspection of tobacco, cigars and snuff. It provides that manufactured tobacco, cigars and snuff may be removed for export to foreign countries without the payment of tax under such regulations and the making of such entries and the filing of such bonds and bills of lading as the commissioner of internal revenue, with the approval of the secretary of the treasury, shull prescribe. The bill was passed. Hewitt, of New York, called up the bill amending section five of the act to amend the statutes In relation to the immediate transportation of dutiable goods. Passed. [By this bill the existing law is amended so as to permit merchandise to be carried by express companies in “pouches” as well as in safes and trunks, and also when “corded” and sealed in such manlier as shall be prescribed by the secretary of the treas ury to be carried in ordinary cars instead of separate vehicles provided for the pur pose by the existing law. Passengers’ bag gage is not provided for. The proposed bill will permit such baggage and effects to be carried by express companies in the same manner as other merchandise may in accordance with the existing law be carried, and the provisions of existing law are made applicable to routes which are bonded both for land and water carriage. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, called I up a bill amending the statutes in relation to the im mediate transportation of dutiable goods. Passed. It amends the statutes so as to allow merchandise liable to specific rates of duty only to be entered for im mediate transportation without appraise ment to any of the ports mentioned in the seventh section of the law ot June 10, 1880, though the same may not appear by the invoice bill of lading or manifest of the importing vessel to be consigned to or destined for either of said ports where the consignee at the port of first arrival shall make a written appli cation therefor to collector, giv mg the name of the person, port or destination ot whom he designed trie merchandise to tie consigned. Morrison called up and the house passed the bill repealing so much of section 3314 of the revised statutes|as allows the collec tors of internal revenue commissions on taxes collected on distilled spirits. On motion of Morrison the hill was pass ed reducing to $250 with an additional $50 for each person employed in making cigars, the amount of bond to be given by the manufacturer of cigars. The house then went into a committee of the whole on the joint resolution di recting the payment of the surplus ill the treasury on the public debt. Following is the text of thej resolution : That whenever the surplus or balance in the treasury, including the amount held for redemption' of 1. lilted States notes, shall exceed the sum of $100,009,000 it shall be and is hereby made the duty ot the sec retary of the treasury to apply such ex cess in sums not less than $10,000,009 per month during the existence of such surplus or excess to the payment of thej mterest- the resolution, declaring that it had been . of commerce. The whole amount of ap- 1 brought before the house by the action of j propriations tor the various sections of tac tile democratic speaker,' the demo i riv er is $2,950,000. i cratic chairman of the ways and means I Ingalls explained that the distinction be- committee and the democratic chairman tween the house bill and the committee of the appropriations committee was i amendment was merely as to the method : against the most emphatic protest of the I to be employed in the expenditure of the , ! democratic administration. This was no 1 money. The house bill definitely abolish- j j disagreement on a matter of mere detail. | ed the Mississippi commission. The senate : i The difference was as wide as that between amendment retained and continued the the two groat political parties, and this j commission. : was an attempt on the part of the leaders i At 10:30 the senate was still in session ! , of the house to force the payment of the considering the river and harbor bill with j national debt and obligation in silver, the apparent intention of disposing of the ! j to force the government in its ' hill to-night. financial transactions to a silver ! After a long general discussion upon the : : basis, which the administration earnestly Mississippi river improvement the senate and determinedly resisted. There was no proceeded to vote on an amendment offer- ■ compromise, nor could there be one, be- i ec \ by Ingalls, to the effect that theim- j tween the opposing forces upon this great provement of Plum Point and Lake Provi- j ! question. This was a declaration that the | hence beaches shall be confined to a com- . United States bonds should be paid in sil- plete repair and maintenance of levees in | ver dollars, and the world would so under- those reaches to a height of two stand it. It was practically impossible to . feet above the flood of . 1882 I execute the joint resolution without using ; an( j to a completion of the permeable ! silver dollars, all of them possibly, because . W orks of construction, but this is not to all the surplus was in silver. He did | prevent the contraction of revetment Delegates from every railroad in the coun try which has connection with these roads will be present and the convention will be the largest meeting of railroad magnates ever held in this city. One very important matter that will be taken up y the con vention will be the disagreement between the southern roads connecting with the Chicago and Ohio river pools. The latter have cut their connections off from all u „„ y special rates on north-bound business and j t a j Jlef j several thousand more perrons demand full tariff. 1 his was in retaliation W atched Captain Webb in his sui for similar action taken by the southern ] n utempt, contained but a few hundred, and most of those were attracted there onlv I by the curiosity and anxiety with which ! those who knew of Graham’s intentions i were watching different points of the river. THE CASK. 1 Graham kept the cask in which he in- j tended to make his trip in a saloon in this j city. It was seven feet long, egg shaped, and was made from staves two and a half ; inches thick. It was strengthened with ! hoops of iron and inside was a stout ham mock provided with straps, and arranged roads on the traffic from Chicago, especial ly that of heavy meat shippers. A loss to all parties concerned is caused by this breach and an amicable adjustment will be Eougbt. m i tm LABOR AND CAPITAL. Toleifrnpli Operators mi a Strike—Tile Grape Creek Tronhlt—Strikes Just lSeuinniiig and Strikes Lading. him to make it. Graham had told your correspondent all about his plans, and stated that he would carry them out at the time he did, but requested that the time be not given for fear that the authorities would prevent him in his purpose. Accordingly very few were aware of the fact, and the bank of the river, which would have con- than suicidal cane of rain and wind completely drenched every thing. The rain continued for some time with Targe hail stones. The horses were at the post for the JTyde park stake when the ram began and nothing could be seen of the race until they came directly in front of the stand. First race, 81 miles, Pearl Jennings won easily, Billy Gilmore 2d, Boomerang 3d: time 1:14). Second race, 1J mile. Mollie McCarthy’s last won by ten lengths, Tartar 2d, Wil low 3d. Time 1:50$. Third race, j of a mile, Grisette won, Lizzie Krepp 2d, Juno T. 3d ;|time 1:20. Fourth race, 11 miles, Taxgatherer won easily in 2:02j. The fifth race was declared off in con sequence of the condition of the track. Arrested fur Selling I’oul Tickets. Long Branch, N. J., July 13.—The po lice raided the turf club on Broadway this afternoon and arrested Thomas Dugan, the proprietar, on the charge of selling pool tickets on the Monmouth park races. ESCAPE FROM A BURNING BUILDING. Four People Seriously Injured hy Juniplnir From > Window. not hesitate to say that it was a repudia- ; tiou. Wliat hod induced the democratic party here to antagonize the administra tion which it had placed in power? I Morrison suggested in reply that it was none of Ilia i Hiseock’s,) business. Hiscock—“Is that your only answer? Is that the only answer? The democratic works where the banks are caving at Greenville reach, Delta point and in front of Vicksburg, Memphis, Hickman and Columbus. The amendment was rejected —yeas 18, nays' 22. When the name of Riddleberger was called, he asked tLe chair which senator from Kansas had offered the amendment, and when ho was leaders advertise that, why they have de- j told that it was Ingalls, lie said “then I parted li-om their administration is “none i vo t e no.” [Laughter.] I of our business!” That is quoting of an | Harrison moved to amend the provision expression which was used most infa mously once in the city of New York. McMi'lan, of Tennessee, favored the res- authorizing the repair and building of levees by adding the words “but not allow the reaches of the river which are being improved by them unless necessary to pre- the money would have the effect of iuereas- 1 vent or close an injurious crevasse.” ing circulation actually among the people | After discussion the amendment was nearly ten per cent. That meant the giv- j adopted, and then the amendment by the iim of employment to 100,000 workmen. It committee was adopted. : meant subsistence to 500,000 people who Hale moved to strike section 2, which were always dependent on 100,000 workers. I declares it unlawful to employ or unload what excuse was there for intelli- ! ballast, stone, rubbish or refuse mill waste , gent- and patriotic represen tives of ! of any kind into any port, roads ted, ; the people to pay an interest 1 harbor, haven, navigable river, on $75,000,000 when there was money to j or other waters of the United States for pay the principal ? What excuse could the improvement of which congress has j members give to tiiose who had placed s made or may make an appropriation, or I high trust in their hands for a refusal to ! into any tributaries thereof. This, he said, i pay money out and let it go into the chan- ; was exercising jurisdiction never attempted nels of trade to quicken commerce ? To-j before. He was not prepared to go to any ■ day there were hundreds of thousands of such extent. Something had to be left’ 1 men out of employment. The wheels of the states, j industry had stopped. Men were striking, j On motion of Hoar the words “to the : e'amoriug for higher wages, and ; substantial injury of navigation” were in- yet the government was paying interest on sorted in the section of the amendment of a debt when there was money in the treas- ; the committee restricting the application ury to pay the principal. The gentleman : of the section to hydraulic mining, ami it n *9— v—i- , 1 • ; i- * i— 5 1 - t,.. * , agreed to. a Hale's motion to strike out the second section was postponed till after all com mittee amendments were disposed of. Hale made a like motion to strike out sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and section 11. To t he same general effect as section 2, i and they were all stricken out. On motion of Conger a provision was in serted authorizing the secretary of war to establish harbor lines iu places where they have not been established, and also to es tablish lines within whicli deposits of ma terial may be made without injury to navi gation. Riddleberger in several five-minute speeches ridiculed the committee on coni- did not seek to turn loose upon the people I merce for reporting surveys for creeks and any wild-cat project which would impair rivers as to which no senator could say in the credit of the country, but it sought to ■ what states they were in. Most of the re take from the treasury money, maining amendments proposed by the the circulation of which was committee were mere corrections of one of the people’s needs. It would result ! phraseology or additions of rivers to be In a reduction of the rate of interest, and j subsidized. They were all agreed to Omaha, July 13.—At three o’clock yes-! so that the person inside would be in no terdav afternoon a committee, of four from j danger of striking against it. Graham’s the Western Union telegraph operators 1 first idea was to make the trip on July 5, employed in this city waited on Superin- but he did not. He explained that lie tendent Dickey and presented the fol- | thought the day a poor one for the reason lowing: i that with such a big crowd he would prob- “We, the undersigned, representing the | ably be arrested. The Niagara Fails peo- operators employed by the Western Union j pie took no stock in the idea, and con- Telegraph company, in Omaha, respect- \ sidered Graham a knave or a crank. This fully inform you that said operators here- i did not bother him In the slightest, and he by demand that they be paid fully extra 1 said he would make the trip if he had to ! wages for all over time and that unless said j do it alone. i demand is complied with at or before j arrival and arrest. noon, July 13th, said operators will refuse About 11 o’clock last night he loaded the : longer to continue in the employ of said I cask on a wagon and, accompanied by company. This action is taken with the [several friends, started for the falls. They sanction of and in concert with operators ! arrived there about 4 o’clock this morn- employed by the Western Union Telegraph i ing and unloaded the cask at a point on company at Ogden and San Francisco.” | the American side of the river, below the At 5:30 the chief operator discharged one ! falls and about 300 rods above the canti- of the cominittemen, whereupon six other lever bridge. A policeman noticed him operators walked out. Later others quit, after he had unloaded his barrel arranging : making a total of fifteen out of the night i matters around his horse and wagon. force of about twenty. The day force will ] Graham looked somew hat anxiously I ouit at noon to-day, if their extra time is around at every approaching person, being not restored. The entire force numbers | afraid of arrest. The ofnetr took him ; about fifty. Telegrams were received for one of the Tonawanda horse thieves j from Ogden last night saying: “We arc j and promptly arrested him on suspicion. : with you, and will strike to-morrow.” I His Buffalo friends, however, managed to Telegrams of sympathy and support have j get him clear with the promise that lie been received from San Francisco, Kansas j would appear before the justice of the City and points in Texas. The men here peace on Monday morning at 10 o’clock, are determined, and say they will stand ! out in the stream. together. They feel sure of winning by ! When everything was in readiness Cra the aid of Ogden. I ham got into the barrel and closed the | . T,1 manhole at the top from within. At this ” 111 >ot ,,M " • point of the river the current is very slight. San Francisco, July 13.—The telegraph : a small boat towed the tank out into the operators here have no intention of going river to a point where the current would out on u strike, and nothing is known of i catch it. and then Graham was started on any such movement. All the men hero, so what might have turned out to be his trip far as known, seem perfectly contented. j to eternity. The towing process took only a lew minutes and then the stream caught | the cask and started it on toward the Rupids and Whirlpool, i PASSING THE RAPTDS. At first it moved slowly along, then Chicago. Jury 13.—About three o’clock this morning Mrs. Ruth A. Mudgett’s boarding house at 295 Hermitage avenue was burned. To escape death from the flames the following persons jumped irom a second story window and were injured: C. C. Rodgers, Parepha Rodgers, Pauline Rodgers and Mrs. H. A. Gilbert. Mrs. Mud- gott placed a kerosene lamp on a table in the basement hall just before retiring and the house was infested with rats, and it is supposed that in run ning around the hall the animals upset the lamp. Rogers awoke to find the house filled with smoke and flames shooting up through the basement door. He ran up stairs where his daughters, Parepha, aged 17, and Paulena, aged 10, were sleeping, mid dragged them from their beds into the front bedroom where Mrs. Gilbert slept. Mrs. Gilbert was awakened, and almost blinded by smoke, Rodgers carried the frightened women to the win dow. He knocked the window sash and all out and dropped his daughters first aud then Mrs. Gilbert to the ground, a dis tance of about twenty feet. -Without loss of time Rodgers followed them. All four were badly shaken up by the fall aud scorched by the flames, and Mrs. Gilbert’s injuries are serious. She was burned on the face and hands. One of her shoulders was dislocated. There were injuries to the chest and hips and internal injuries which cause her great pain. She was taken to the Presbyterian hospital, where she now is. Parepha Rodgers broke her arm iu the fall, and her father and sister are both badly burned. Mrs. Mudgett, lier daughter and her daughter’s baby were all in the house at the time the fire started, but they escaped uninjured. Hu- Strike at Auauxts. Augusta. Ga., July 13.—W. H. Mullen, member of the executive board of the Knights of Labor, has arrived from Rich mond with direction from the Grand I faster and fluster, until the mad current Master Workman Powderlv to investigate dashed it on with its full force. The cask the cause of the strike at the Augusta fac tory. He held a conference with the local bounded up and down over the great waves and several times turned a complete executive committee of the Knights and | somersault, but generally speaking the heard the strikers’ statement. To-morrow wider portion remained uppermost, ai- he will request a conference with the offi cials of the Augusta factory. ■ A Mill Shut- Providence, R. I., July 13.—The Lons- though it twirled around like a top. The cask kept pretty well in the centre of the river until ft reached the Whirlpool, when it struck a strong side current and was car ried swiftly through, reaching the waters inu,.ur..ir, ...t u u. > i uo - rOU l<' dale company’s cotton mill at Ashton shut beyond in safety'. From here the journey down yesterday in conseque nce of a strike was comparatively quiet. 1 he cask fioat,- of 28 spinners, locking out 501) employes. °, n toward Lewiston right side up-and The trouble arose over insufficient pay and : a danger was passed. from New York (Hiscock) had said that this resolution meant a repudiation. From what fountain of wisdom had the gentle man obtained the draught which led him to the conclusion that the keeping of only | $100,000,000 to redeem greenbacks was a | repudiation? The gentleman had *een another ghost and had said that the i resolution meant the payment of ! bonds in silver. The resolu- I tiou meant no such thing, I but if it did, where did the gentleman And I any law on any statute hook, enacted under any administration, prohibiting their paymedt in silver ? The resolution diu not : seek to interfere with a single vested right 1 of any creditor of the United States. It rge potency. The strike at Knight's cotton mills at Natick extended from 175 weavers to 60 other hands yesterday. Tin- (.riijii* < reek Trouble. St. Louis, July 13.—The situation at Grape Creek, 111., grows worse. Large numbers of plantation negroes were brought from Kentucky last week to take the strikers’ places and remained at work unmolested until yesterday, when white miners to the number of 2CW, armed with rifles, shot guns, revolvers and clubs, marched in a body to the mines and de manded of the negroes that they return whence they came. After an ex tended parley the colored men marched to Danville, some miles distant, where they will considerlcarefully the advisability of continuing at work. In the meantime the mines are idle and the strikers jubilant. Should the negroes de cide to return and fulfill their contracts with the operators, rritand bloodshed will :div ensile. Ha). he did not think that any greater blessing could come of it. Warner, of Ohio offered an amendment providing that whenever circulating notes of the National bank are redeemed or con- enewed bis motion to strike out section 2, 1 undoubted ,and it was agreed to. Yeas 27, nays 14. I The bill bung completed as in commit tee of the whole, was reported to the senate. Without acting, at midnight ttie ; LA ND1NO UNINJURED It was picked up at Lewiston, about five miles below the starting point, and Gra ham crawled out of the barrel uninjured, I with the exception of a slight bruise on 1 one arm, which lie received when passing through the Whirlpool. He remarked:— “When I struck the eddies it was one con tinued round of jerks; but I am not hurt a bit.” Graham is an Englishman, thirty-three years of age. He has been in Buffalo for upward of three months. Your correspon dent heard of him in June and on the 27th found him nt No. 149 Selkirk street, i at work on his novel craft, lie said he had been in America two years, coming to Buffalo from South Twentieth street, Phi 1- “{fu 1 ! adelphia. He hud been thinking of making ^ <’ «-U,, *-U« J. . i- to I' celled, the secretary of the treasury shall j seI! ed ‘ cause to be issued in place of such notes United States notes as near as may be in the denominations of those concelled. He referred to the necessity of reducing the G(i()(li-\ C.iu-.-. Washington, July 13.—Ex-Senator John son and Representatives Tucker. Campbell, had not been fairly treated by the senate and was not. given sufficient opportunity to refute the charges which led to his rejection. A member of tne delegation is authority for the statement tuat the president, after listening to their repre- made in the history of the world. The wealth of Croesus sank into insignificance when compared with it. The policy which covered into the treasury every year $50,- 0C0,C3O more than was paid out, was a policy which would wreck any . . , administration, and any party which per- sentations. expressed sympathy for Goode sisted in it. The people would not submit i and stated that he had the case under con- longer to a policy of this kind, and they sideration, but had not yet determined ought not to submit to it. : what course to pursue. McKinlay, of Ohio, offered as an amend- J —... * ■ ?" . UTT] ment the following proviso: That the | The Ulv*r «nd Hsrlmr Bill, sum of $100,000,000 herein excepted and re- | Washington, July 13.—There is an un- served, which amount was purchased by j derstanding in the senate that when the the sale of bonds to the ex- river and harbor bill shull have been por tent of $95,500,000, aud the bal- j fected, item by item, a motion will be unce by reservation from the revenue | offered to make a horizontal reduction, under authority of the act of January bringing the aggregate appropriation to a 14th, 1876, entitled an act to provide for the , point somewhat below that of the house resumption of specie payments, shall be bill. This will have tlie effect of putting maintained as provided by said act and set every item into conference. The proposed apart for the purpose of redeeming legal reduction will probably be fixed at a rate tender notes of the United States when of twenty-five or thirty per cent, presented for payment, and said fund shall ■ Senator Butler to-day submitted an not be used fur any purpose, , amendment which he proposes to otter Weaver, of Iowa, offered an amendment , to the river aud harbor apprcpnatic’- reducing the greenback reserve to $50,- , bill, to strike out ai‘ 000.000. enacting clause of that bill Pending further discussion the commit- , provision appropriating $1 n toe rose, and the house at Jflve o’clock ad- expended by the secreta — 'ourned. i tinuing tii“ after and insert a ,000.000 to be of war iu c >n; lu-oveinemson the principal A Urn! •lib:.- Imiuirur.iteil. Boston. J«..y 13.—A great strike or lock out in me tanners and currying shops at Peabody & Salemaks’ was fully inaugu rated this morning. In accordance with a vote of the Knights of Labor nt their meet ing last evening the men refused to go to work in those shops where the notice of the executive committee had been posted. This affects not only the tanners, but like wise the curriers. There are fifty-four tanne ries and they employ on an average twenty tanners. The strike- includes journeymen, teamsters and others. There are only three places so far as known where notice was not posted. The men ail went to the shops this morning at 7 o'clock. The bosses were all present in the shops, where they had been in the habit of beginning work at 6 o’clock. They \\ ere refused admission and in others they found notices posted and left. The result is thnt over 3000 men are now idle. Both sides are firm. Bi-turni-il to Work. Philadelphia, July 13.—Four hundred rugweaverswho have been on a strike at the rug and carpet manufactory of John Bromley & Rons, at Fl-ont and York streets, returned to work this morning under pro test. The strike was caused by the refusal of the firm to lay off a learner until Wed nesday. The weavers recently adopted a resolution thnt they would teach no more weavers prior to Aimust 10. They asked that a learner lie laic, off until to-morrow in order that they might take action at their meeting to-night. The firm refused to grant them tiiis time and hence- the strike. Thu grievance committee had a conference with tne firm yesterday, and as a result the weavers returned this morning under protest. a trial of the Rapids since the death of Captain Webb. Naturally, being in the cooper’s trade, his first thought was a bar rel. He made a small one eight weeks ago and sent it through the rapids without harm. Sand ballast was so fixed as to keep the side of the barrel which Graham faced uppermost. Graham hung, or rattier stood in the hammock, made like a suit of clothes, and held on to the two iron handles fixed at the side. He could live for at least half an hour wit hout re quiring any fresh air, and by the time the air was exhausted he was beyond the whirlpool and could pull out the plug from the little air hole, about three-quarters of an inch in diameter, and get all the fresh air he required. Graham did not make a cent by the operation, lie received no pay and bore all tiie expenses himself, being glad of the privilege of being allowed to make the atr tempt. TURF NEWS. Tin- Knees at Monmouth 1'urk. Monmouth Park, N. J., July 1.3.—First race, for all ages, seven-eights of a mile, Fletch Taylor won, Banner Bearer 2d, Stonebuck 3d; time 1:30J. Second race, for three-year-olds, three- quarters of a mile, Raveller won, Bessie Jane 2d, Queen Elizabeth 3d; time 1:17. Third race, one mile, Little Minch won, Charity 2d, Bandala 3d; time 1:44[. A GEORGIA REVOLT. Till' Convicts In Ilia Duila Minas Swaar Thaj Will Dla Kafora They Will Work. Chattanooga, Tenm, July 13.—One hundred convicts employed at the Dade coal mines, 20 miles from this city, have refused to work, aud a riot is feared. The guards are unable to control them. Atlanta, Ga., July 13.—The convicts at the Dade coal mines owned by Senator Brown & Co., are in a state of open lnsur- , rection. About 150 have entrenched them- I selves In a building and refuse to come out. | The governor has ordered the G:\te City I Guards and an artillery company from i Rome to the mines. Atlanta, July 13.—There is no change : in the situation in Dade county. The con victs are resolute and say they will die be- I fore they will surrender. Penitentiary I K '-per Towers telegraphed Governor Mo- Diiniel that he had a strong enough force I of guards to quell any revolt, and the pov- I ernor revoked the order for the Gate City } Guards to go to the scene. They I arc held in readiness, however, l with n special train waiting. I Towers telegraphed the governor that it j would be necessary to kill three or four of ' the leaders or starve all to subordination, i The governor orders the latter course, aud i the convicts say they will all starve to ’ death rather than return to work. They ' have gone one day without food or drink, j and arc more determined than ever. Many I of them are under life sentence and others for many years. Failure of an Dili Suiriir Kim. | New York, July 13.—The old sugar commission house of J. Dorivera A Co. has ) suspended and Henry C. Derivera, the l head of the firm, is missing. There seems ! to be no explanation. Derivera.disappear- ed first and his business-associates put the ' firm in liquidation. No statement is made public. No news lias so far been heard of i Derivern. it is thought that I his mind is unsettled aud that I lie wandered away, not knowing where he was going. The failure has uot 1 materially affected the sugar market. There has been no active decline in hold ings. At the coffee exchange there was not a single sale of sugar this morning. | December offering, however, was quoted j nt 46, two points ahead of yesterday’s closing. Since its suspension two years ago the firm has been rated “blank.” -Aiucii iur Elizabeth won, War Eagle 2d, Walter If 3d, time 2:12. Fifth race, three-quarters of a mile, Criekett won, McBowling 2d, Witch 3d, time 1:12). Sixth race, steeplechase, one and onc- half miles, Baekra won, Baltic 2d, IJahaima 3d; time 2:53. The Knees lit ( llicnir.l. Washington Park,Chicago, July 13 — The day opened with fair weather, bur if- ter the second l-ace was run, a terrible hurr- On '( Ionise. New York, July- 13.—Trading at the stock exchange to-day was almost without character until the afternoon, and the general course of the market to-day seems to indicate that the operators are waiting and watching especially for the outcome. A decline begun at 12 o’clock in most stocks, but the decline and activity ceased together shortly before 2 p. in., and a rally began which gath ered strength toward the'close of the hoard and the market closed firm at quotations. The net result of the day’s business is an advance for a great majority of the active shares ranging from i to 3. A few declines were made, however, but all for small fractious. Sales, 180,000 shares. A Hud Case of llronniiiip Cape May, N. J., July 13.—John W. Bid- ! well, a clothing merchant of Philadelphia, came to Cape May two days ago. To-day he went into a bath near the pier, accom panied by his ten-year-old daughter, Slarlha. They had been but a short time in the water when Bidwell was seized with an attack of rheumatism of the heart aud fainted. His little daughter made every effort to keep his head above the water until lier strength became exhausted, when the father was drowned in four feet of water, no other bathers being near ern-.igii to hear the daughter’s cries for as sistance. A 810.000 Fire. Chicago. July 13.—Shortly before in: night the Illinois Malleable Iron WorJ situated near the northern limits of t city, caught ftre, :id the buildings we burned to tin ground. The loss out buildings, stock and machinery is es mated nt $40,000. Only $5000 worth of i surance is known to affect the loss.