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ESTABLISHED 1826. ftt jm JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. THK FAMILY JOURVAL—HEWH—POLITIOS- LITEItATURK—AORICUL'm.Z—DOMESTIC NEWS, Etc—1 MACON, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1882. VOLUME LVI-NO 28 Kern Nothing From Hot her t the (pinning together, Tbejr■ f n And they spun the fine white thread; One face waaoldand the other was young— A golden and a silver head. r head. Attlmc* the young voice broke In song . Th*t was wonderfully sweet; “ art beat ‘ “And of all that I speak, my darling, k rum my older head and heart, God gl vjth me one last thing to say. ftth ii thou shslt uo? part.' * Thou willlisten to many voices, And adit The vnico of praise and the voloe of love, And the voice of flattery. But listen to me. my little one, There's one thing that thou shall fear— a word to my love be said Which her mother may not hear. Nomatter how true, my darling one, o hear, Nenitfor Brown's Speech on lha “Clerba” Resolution. Mr. Brown said: Mr. President, I do not think I am actuated by selfish motives in the Introduction of this resolution. 1 thin!* there exists* great public necessity for Its passage, i for tba appointment of a clerk for each Hcnator. The poaltlou of a United 'late* Senator is a very high and important one. 1 Aeh Senator is a representative of a State, and ‘.here are but i Senators on this floor to represeut each State. A United States Senator, therefore, ought to be a map of a large measure of ability, great experience, ol mental culture, well acquainted with public attain, and qualified to devl with the great problems of sU'.csuunshlp that must come before the Senate. t la reasonablo to say that the States select Senators and send them here with a view tc j» their parted Uie*e high qua! litas. The people have a right to expect that i Senator possessing inese qualities will use them while he is here, and exerciso them on alL r occasions for the advancement of the — . my child If they cannot t»e told to n keep thy young heart pure, ,Vw ~* '♦ ''em fear, by day puiStc nterest ■ There aro. as U very well known, thousands -f cases coming tofore the Congrciw of the lUnlted Stales which are difficult of solutiou. There are claims for pensions, land clulnitj V EOIl ti IA XE »»'«. liirimre claims lor |»vu*iuiia, room*, military claims, naval claims, war claims of various kinds, claims lor mailsvitiu, Jcr over paymenU in the revenue service, and scores of other claims of almost every conceivable char- liter, which are brought iwfore th, Jen ate i Tna Meiafnger states that there are no eases of sma>l-pox in Walker county, as has been reported. A mono, in Walker county, earns very conclusions In these claim- alone, It is very’ r being killed by being thrown from a mule an 1 dragged n hundred and fifty yards over rocky and stumpy ground. His ir. This is r I foot caught in the gear. This is the sec ond serious accident of this character re ported within the past two weeks. In rid ing mules to work th« hamo-string should be left untied until the field is reached. Tbs Atlanta police are loooking after va grants. This is right. Lot the police in Merced cannot, with the present labors and burdens resting upon them. Investigate i mmuiey | d must suppose It tv right. . entertain no doubt that there are not only tens of thousands, hot hundreds of thonwicds. and even millions of dollar* appropriated from the treasury of the United titatea in payment of ■ ‘ • characters that vome before °x, all tba dties and towns of Geoigia follow suit. It will promote the pesos of coflu infinities, and save a deal of court expense. Tna boom that fa being gotten np for John II. (Jongh in Atlanta promfao* some K mxI. Wears deeply ooncerned over the 'Gpiritnsl" condition of the "eleven able" and the one unable. We trust Gough will make taperera oat of both the "able" and I tho unable. "A million a year” will not then "pass over the bar-room counters of Atlanta.” Tnn Constitution claims that Atlanta has a "boulevard,” but it doesn’t state where the city kee;s it. The ConitltutUm is prob ably jatt gassing. Wo do not really believo mlt them to do; they give their .. >d diligently to this work. “* n lobbyists and attorneys always _iid us, and a claimant lias a right to to represented by his attorney. We usually extend tne courtesy of a hearing to them where |they hare something lossy, and they p.-j of course, the best side of the question they c Kbcobxjkb Gucci occupied his chair yee- ttrdvy morning, and the court room wore a homelike appearance.—Constitution. Certainly. What could be. more home like to an Atlanta man than a recorder’s court? "Where poor treasure is, there will tnar heart 1st sU»." your heart be also. Axo now some of the papers have gone to talking abont "colored high life." Where this "colored” in aula will .aud, there is no W Aix tho share* but two in the Americas cotton seed oil mill have boen taken. A competent board of directors has been <hn.**n^>f which Mr. Thorn ton Wheatley haa been male president. Tu* Savannah flecatiler rays; There wore two or three ights yesterday and last ■ ' !]>¥?. evening between some young bloods, who I unchsd each other, got satisfaction and finally scattered before a policeman came Bvncixnxjx Democrat! A now paifroi number twelve shoes, threo pints of black berries, four cucumber*, a five-cent melon and a honk of ginger cake were forgotten an1 left exposal to the hungry passers-by on llroad street for an hour one day last week by some oue who had evidently got lost on Last Water street. On returning and finding them rntouched, he soliliqnfa- ed thus; "Blees de Lord, dis town am plam fall of honest gentlemen and ladle#." Tnr Athens fbinnfr-Wufcfcman says- Mark i’ittman tsys that Madison county i pretty solid against Hpser, while they mo . no glotton alxjut HUphena. Mrs. Billie Moon, who livee about five miles above Athi-n*. on the Jackson line, diedinUoo* r c, Wednesday, and her remains were enrriodupon the Mo-theastem yesterday morning. H tnnrr-W ifchnian: We were shown yes- tenlay a magnetic plug-hammer which ts destined to take the preference over r competitors aa a deatal instrument. It very simple in appearance and con«tn tion, but combines every useful quality 1 »ri>qr iuventiow.with additional features, rou-JM*iw» it much more easi'y adjj-ied and hamifad. 'the invention will soon be perfected ey ocr skillful and talented den- ll*t, Ur. Robert I. Hampton, who has add ed various improvements to his othtr den til fernitum. lie fa now using a dental chair with his latest Improvements, which fa perhaps the fintwt chair Booth oi Balti 1.1 hae been waste! in the beautiful work of riding a political fence. Somehow. yon never do know exactly where to find the old geo Usman. Borne how or other, for the life of ns. we cao’t nodersUtd this startling and sudden conversion of the Augiata Chr mkte to Htepben*i«m. Surely that toiler h isn’t joined the Atlanta poliU- c.ai syndicate? Tub Cbrufifs'i'/ii has a friend v cn-ionally losu* it a biographical i ary. This t \\ laics Die ConttJtuHon't know!- o.* ;o of L‘.i fact thit Aaron llurr is den Our oonl'-mp retry io*.-*** -* oti..rporalyx- U the al 1(. -•!. *->ri :rr, r-!«>o| * and Hat* ier th'.a year thsu leal. 'I ingot the Agricultural ami SENA TOES' VL i’ltKS. paction, lach of thwe lias to torcfvrpul to committee for action. J Kach Senator fa a memtor of a number of committees. With the number of comnitlees . j«vr- able him and hi* family to move In tho social circles that are appropriate to bfa itatl* . give him »ucb nippoM a* will eiiuldv him to do the cleriiwl duty hv others an.l appropriate his Mr. Heck-Will iw mo io make a suggestion Mr. Brown -CertalnT- iegfalaUve fuuotiona of hit Renatoa from Georgia al- to him now? tempest were closing nronnd ns. When we remember the stirring, ringing words of the Casey letter, his earnest anxiety to Mr. JUH-k—Ofcourseflu. u« to heln me, though I h to another 'Hillcnlly wbu serious ihan the want of svrve on three lmportat.1 I think far i miju oi uij tuuepenaem*. tinu uw liiae- fatigable legging he haa done inthedaya agone, we nre ashamed that we have ev^r stood oven npon the frazxled borders of a doubt as to the line of doty. We ato haunted with pungent regrets that wo did not at once tnlegraph to Mr. Stephens, Mr. Btnith, or any other man whenever he c prl* lions, finance, and trans>)rtatloq runic*, and I supixiFc many more, like me, have nut a place around this capital where I can put a u J write, aa a matter of nan of the committee s mo to occupy a Uble, itlently. tn that mm- ilttco room; but there fa uo place where I aa matter of rlclit can erc-i put a desk or write a letter myself. uu!c*» I oomo here to my desk on this floor when 1 can get It, and to exposed to all son* of Intel nipt ions. Now, if the Senate will provide some place where I ran work, where I can have a right to work and where 1 run hare a right to keen ray papers and ait down to do it. 1 will bo willing to do without a clerk hot to have tho opportu nity of having tome place where 1 can «lo my own writing That I have uot now, and can not have, for there fa no place around the Ben* "And now, brethren of the household, and all ye political Lsvltea, let us look the mat ter square in the eyea and reason together, without a clerk j jf having some p writing That I have uot tave, for there fa i * - - ate where I can get It. Mr. Ilrown-The point made by the Senator from Kentucky fa a Just oue, and thero fa great weight In It. There »hould to a place provided hero where Senators can, when necessary, re tire to a private room, not only to labor but to thin*, that provision, t<>o, ought to to made; but If it to made, there I* uo reason why the Senator from Kentucky should uot have a clerk alao. If he attend* to all the committee dutiot that are on his shoulders usually, for he Is on the most Imnor'.ant committees, and fa them, m .. 1 , if ha at tends to them, and attend* to all the oi the tost workers Pj^known^ very well, department duties ran aired of him, and all the corrcspondem-evf nil constituents, the Sen ator from Keutucky cannot remain in the tou sle during all the hours of session each day, and give all the power* of IiU great mind to U business of the Senate a* he should do, becaui. he does not have ar-mo one in a room writing for him and attending to his necessary duties. I have noticed he is in- ineutly absent part of the time during our sessions attending theac ne>***ary duties w hich a clerk could do for him. We need him every hour. He fa too useful In the Senate to to spared during Its sion for any fator that can to done b, „ clerk. Ills suggestion Is a good one. There ought to to a place where r. Senator can work but he ought to have a clerk, and If necessary two clerk*, to relieve him ot all this drudgery and let him do what hfa cimstUuenta expect *et lit 1 *■■ * * **■ the committee. The committee may pomoslon of all the facts and an i rroneoq* report majr to made that takes very large sum* money out of tho treasury. ■if etch Senator were relieved from the Im mense amount of clerical duty he now hu pi perform—mere drudgery—work ‘hat any twelve hundred dollar derk coaid do Just a* well, he might appropriate the time thus used or nils-| used U* the Investigation of important matters thisc’laracter that come before.Coogrms, and ho might save many time* hfa salary to hfa constituents and to the.whole people. He should give his whole time to the discharge of lie high official functions confided to hint, and iot to required to waste It in physical labor list can to as well performed by an gent agent cr clerk. that can toss well performed byanyinUrih rut agent or clerk. 1 say, then, It fa Important in every view of the question, If a Hcnator fa p<>-reward vl the high qualities that he ts supposed to to poe- sesaedof, that hfa thought*.bfa talents, the' whole powers of his mind should to brought Into plsy to Investigate the great questions Inal come tofore tho tonate. so that he may to pre pared to act Intelligently uoun them. No ton- atnr who hears me, 1 apprehend, will dispute the statement for a moment that he hu often had to act upon Important claims and coses and when the pressure uimn permit him t«» acquaint himv it for the public good; lslt for whole people, that the United States Senators shall spend their time In the mere drudgery that a ■ . ... R another ihc Interests of the Ameri can people. Mr. President, T do not wfah to protract the*>c remarks. I simply wsntjto bring the attention “' This fa tho war we long have sought And mourned because we found it no PROM WASHINGTON. of the Senate to the fact that it fa absolute!*- Important, a* the burners of the country is ' “ that esch Hcnator shall to ■MMPMinidiy. wm provided will* all the aid necessary tn cnablo nim to do l»i* dut'.ci to tho very tori advantage He cannot do It a wealthier Senators may employ assistants, it fano^mUhatthe^aboub^atrefod^tjmjlg larjr they get. H<wn» tonaUir* cannot do It —iddoJusUca to their families and tn them selves. And tho eonstltuenta of no one of them, aa I hare said, are so niggardly as to desire then to do It. The Henatore are here, so them to do U. The Senators are here, ao far aa this end of the eapttol fa eoncerneri, to think tor the people, not to do eUrical labor. In every department of the government and^n almost every branch of business the brainpow er of a few directs the labor of thousands. Take a great railroad corporation. The president and directors think for every person employed, and their brain power, so far as the Interests and labor of the rom|«ny are concerned, di rects the wlioto operations and affairs of the company. Our constituents send us hereto think and act for them. We are sent hereto think, no. to act aa clerks We are expected to do the labors and thinking of Henatore, not the labors of commou clerks. I know it ha* been Mid that we rotdd properly employ clerks without giving each •nrained ankle-no, no, we don’t mean that, for a sprained ankle oouid hardly af fect his mted, elne'Jt ware better to pass a law rnnkini; nn alixa governor in the event that the real ot:o shonld sprain his ankle, and two aliases incase of dislocation—the Hour bo ns took advantage of his senility and got a pair of pal.ikiua and drew from him that odious Smith letter. They nro a hungry set, and it will serve them as a cold potato. Be let it be Well, if th*y could ifidnee him to write that letter in a few hoars, what tuny we not be able to accomplish with him during two or per haps four years of growing infirmity? We know Mr. Btophens is ours, and when, by the swallowing of that cold potato, he arte the •onventlon fattened to hie hook he'll write anotlur tetter of the oppoait* kind. Of course all Independents ought to aupport that sort of a whirligig man, especially when we are the whirlers Eton if tho Smith letter ts a reply to the Oeeey letter and a thousand other utterances and ac tions, wo have tho consolation of know ing wo lure the conclusion. have the oondnston; Stephens the convention and Messrs. Lamar, Mc Intosh and Gantt, yon are playing a lot- log game: you’d better take a dose of ipecao and throw np yonr hands.” Torn- ing to McIntosh, I again asked why this anxiety to know the politioa! whorcabouts of jnst one solitary m*u. "Ill explain. Yon see Got. Willingham Is a gentleman of distir, goishefl talents and the most irre proachable purity of character, bat in politics he 1* foreter wrong. The planets are not more regular to their orbits, nor the seaso s to their alternations than he to hU ito’itic.ql obliquity. The people of the •evottth have known this fact for several years, and daring the last Con gressional raranaign, farmers from the back settlement*, by way of killing two bird* with ouc atone, would take their gar den track to the ncereat railroad town, tnqnlro ‘how’s Willingham,' and return home ready for the election. It seems now, that the news has spread through tho State, and with a good escala tion of tho f'ree frees, Hr. Stephens will stand for th« nomination with about the same prospects of sneoese as those which attend the efforts of a bob tailed cow in fly-time. Mr. Stephens has been one of the greatest end beet men of any age or dime, bat he’s a dilapidated ill* fait now, and thq conduct of Poor Trai trays hie oondact. Lured on by pol wilW-wispe. 'in the sweet by-and-by' ho will look back over tha raoe-track only todfarover the startling fact that be hse been all tho while running from the nomi nation.” Here Mr. McIntosh’s remarks and my foolish dream ended together. 1 am sorry I dre»rub'l that dream, and if I had UHo do over 1 would endeavor to dream differ ently. memtor of th- llou»« a Thu reasons are shell spend their time In the mere drudgery that 1 have mentioned already, Instead u( ap proprlatlug It to the very luporfant and «cravc ueatlons of statesmanship that como tofore ‘ icui from day to day T Kach Senator upon this floor receives every day a lanre number ot fatten from nls nmstu- nmlfwllh thc fscU Is different. Take the Htote of Sew York. There Ifor the Interest ot this are only two Hens toss rejwrecntln* In thfa end of the capllol that ureal State. I believe she ha* <•( them not Important. They Jc*ire .jok after their respective naims or Uieir respective business here. One rosy to a mere pension claim; It may be a claim fora large amount, or it may to a snail but the writer is your constituent, and he writes you a respectful letter on buslntM that he ts thlrtv-three lb-prcrentatlve* In the other end of | initut. Koch man there has a district to _ .jffar. Kach Hcnator here has the State to look aft-r. There are stronvjr reasons, there fore, whr -e Henatore should have clerks than thememtorr of the llouw; but whenever the time r.itucs—ami If It fa now, they are the tot ter Jndgcs-I am ready to vota each member of the Houses clerk when the public Interest re- Ires It. and the public business will to farll- ,tad and better douo by giving clerical aid to each. So far as we are concerned my nroposltfic nterested in, that fa to be looked after, and he right to expect a reaDectful reply from It you undertake to giro It. acting as you. K ir own clerk and doing yonr own writing It o* up a large proportion of jrour timer 9 attend to these duties, tho •! w*md day ....JBRRPHMPMHHiiHP clerk nnder your dictation, which would take MHtnutce of dulle* ttiat h would ta! r r time, could do iu-. It ts for the public Interest that you should appropriate five, »li, or eight hours a day In visiting the di-n.art- a ruts on business of your eoosUtuenfa. and do- C mnrh tabor In writing letters to them on there subjects, when all that can be done as well by any Intelligent clerk ? Were you sent here by your constituents simply to do the duty of an Intelligent elrrk, or to attend to the higher duties of statesmanship that cotno to- he fitter* y,>ar 8 * n * tncU1 ‘-•pescUy ? Clearly But it fa'said that we each get a salary of g'»,ono a year, and that that fa enongb. and that out of that a Senator should employ his ow u i-icrk. Let os examine that fur a moment. The Hecre tary of tha Interior and the Hecrctaryof the than the oflke that each ct you tobfa. and yi t you give each of them incre than two thousand clerks to aid In thedUrharge of the dutlf- of his department. Mow long does be work tlmse clerks dally T Not half as long ss many of the Senators now In this chamber have to work every day of their lives while In theiutuita. The hours of labor of clerks, ar.-ordlng to the requirements of the department*, is about eight tonre a day: out of this they have time lor uoch, making seven hours a day. and I believe their rforks get thirty days' vs-atlou cm-h year into the bargain. Then you sire to ihoae toa<U of departasenta alllbe clerk* they ask for, They work how long? Eight hours adsy half of the me of yon worn. suppose the head of a department re to ih# Ooogreei of the Ur ltt*1 Htafaslhat with two or three tboumnd assfatanto tad clerks be to ettll enable to do thedurlee; do yon extend the time by law that each clerk shall fobor, and make them work tenor twelve hours a day, or fifteen or sixteen ho am a dsy, at you c .ti? “s Id the head of a department to do the duties of deoffien; aachefork workinge!hoursaday tthe mart. la the position of a henatorsoln- jnltely small as com i«rcd v tth real of the heed of the department that you employ a Met Mall^oficforkto work uctlmlu-d hours< day writing letters and refnw n> uire bln* “»e clerk to take that I*tor off ■»««*•• 1 enable him to give his tin” to thedls- ugeof the more impurunt durfes which ta sent ken to attend t * It fa very poor beta That was net the fnlen'lea ot sm when they sent «* hei m Ufa true. Low mu> huf sent «s l ure lime is uki-n ^mentioned, department*,'etc Car •WsriSielSiur as to atu-aJ to the •rap*,r:snt .liulre of tattoo ben. end when t ey v rtte u*. while expert a reply aud bare a rfaht io expect , the fame tfaae expect fa to be suule fojSfft&ea.aa^8>ey mfffc tSf cSst win be fnvaiehed to us at public ex penre wk-n the pablfo nrcomlties require his employment. *5 if? risfof officers of every tabor department of the government are furnished cforas when Urer are necesmry t» the dir-* - dntW Take there re tf *. ctt. , with Wasiiinuton, Juuo lfi.—In the Senate Mr. Jonoe, of Florida, introduced a bill appropriating f 150,COO and $75,000, ro- apectively, for the improvement of tho karbo-B of Fernandinaon the Atlantic, and Pensacola on the gulf coast of Florida, lie explained at eotne length the neoeMity for this outlay, and his colleague (Mr. Gall) made a like explanation. The legislative appropriation bill wm re ceived from the Hoaso and referred to tho appropriations committee. The Senate joint reeolntion to reappropriate $37^000 to pay mail contractors for eenrice Southern States prior to those State* going into rebellion again occupiod the timo reserved for the calendar. Mr. Maxey, who cham pioned the measure, spoke at length, lie denied that the resolution of 1877, which authorized tho payment of the oontractors, was rushed through Congress as asserted by Mr. Conger, and referred to the official record to show that it underwent protracted disc ission in both Hoosee; Payment was not made because of a ruling of the then Postmaster-General that all claims of this class should be presented bfiMfla?wi paid, lie argued that the strictures of Mr. Conger were unwarranted, as the resolu tion prohibited tho payment by tho United States of any contractor who boa been paid by a State or tho Confederate State*, or his payment bey ond the date at which mail carriage ceased. In three and other respects which he enumerated he oonterd- t d that the rights of the government were more closely guarded than they were in prior legislation. As disproving tho chvrgo thst government property in their pcssos- sion had been turned over by these con tractor* to the enemies of the United State*, after the opening of the rebellion, Mr. M!axey said, the postmasters, not the mail contractor*, were the custodians of the property, and that the demand of the Confederate government for its surrender wm addressed to the postmasters. Me con tended that theeo claimants continued to perform their contracts with the United States until stopped by its order through the Postmaster-General, and that the Court of Claims had In a recent case hold that the claimants were entitled to sue for the money appropriated in 1H77 for their bene fit. The bill went orer at the expiration ot the morning hour. Messrs. Harris. Ingalls and Oorman were appointed conferees on tha District water eunply bill. Mr. Morgan submitted a resolution, whirl, was laid over temporarily, for an in vestigation daring vacation, by a select oommittee. iuto tho labor strike*, their i .-. - mid ll,« fUM-dr, It'.- n.un .tit* -• to examine , srsonn undev oath, eta The Hou*o bUl relating to tho bonded period on distilled spirits again enmo np II* unhufaUl liUMi-.e-s. Thu qii-- turn ru carred on the pending substitoto of tho Senate committee. The burden of the debate on the whisky bill was borne by Mr. Windotn. in oppom- ccssion to tho presidency in members of the cabinet in the order in which they were named in Washington's cabinet, beginning with the Secretary of State and concluding with tho Secretary of the Interior, and elude* cabinet officers not provion*lf$Son- firmed by the Senate. Referred to tho judiciary committee. The Senate took up tho calendar and oonsnuod tho remainder cf tho morning hour upon the bill to re-appropriate 000 to |>ay Southern mail contractors for servioo prior to the secoesion of their States. Iho Senate thtn took np the House bill to enable national banking as sociations to extend their corporate exist- After some discussion the committee* amendment was voted down—y in.;,-, _f. Ti,« I >< ni -r ifa \<»t.-.l •'no." and* wera reinforced by Moreri. Dawo*, Miller, rtf I'nlifnrnin >n,l M, .11 It.. tion to, and Mr. Beck, ss the chenipiou of the bill, with occasional brief remarks by I lother Senators. Mr. Windom mado n long speech, which he concluded by saying that I it bad been ndrnltted by Mr. Bajard UittV placed them nt tho tee. firat explain- uhl show and that their organi/.atiuni disposal of the uo ing briefly what tli they would not show that any of tho let of these aaeociationH had been ex- ■nded t<> iulluenuo legislation. Mr. I < Jol. W barton, pended to Thomas, of Ix>nisville, .... Illl; counsel for the Kentucky Di*tillera’ Anso- civtion, nlso testified to entiro ignorance of any kind of impropriety on tho put of liquor or newspaper men. jg *Txn bout a cases. r route trials to day, two wit nesses frtlm Colorado testified a* to the methods of oiiernting tho star mutes in that Slate. Court adjourned ti'l Monday, when evidence will bo presented concern ing certain rontes in Utah. of California, and Mitchell. Messrs. Da vis, of Illinois, and Mnhono voted "aye." Pending n motion to go into executive ses sion the bill was laid over until Monday. Bills were introduced by Mr. Millor, of California, to authorize the Southern Pa cific railroad and other railroads to nnite and consolidate so as to form a continuous rail line between the tidal wavea of the At- lautio and Pacifio ocenns. (Identical with bill recently introduced by Mr. Butterwortii in the llonse.) By Mr. Blair to permit frcedinen to enter certain land* in the In dian Territory. The biltdrclares that land Ring in the Indian Territory, owned by tho United States, and not now occupied by Indians, open to entry and settlement by freedmen of the United States, and provides for an allotment of 100 aero* of land to tho head of eaoh family locating '!>• I. It . i! - -. M-t - It-i'lu 'or -uliooi pur pose* every sixth section of lmd granted in the bill, and also for tho endowment of t(.<- l."« r j 111 •! •: -1;: •; 1 \oid*-in\ot Alabama. After an executive sojston, adjoarned until M »i-.l i>. ■oca. On njotion of Mr. Reagan, of Texaa, a was pissed authorizing the construction of railroad bridges across tha St Marys, Si- tilln, l.ittle Sntllla and Crooked rivore, in Georgia and Florida. On motion of Mr. Dunn, of {Arkansas, tho Senate bill was passed Authorizing the Texas and 8L Louis Railroad Company to build oertainbridges in Arkan-aa. After transacting some miscellaneous private boslne** the Hoosh went into com mittee of the whole on the river and harbor appropriation bllL There was no interest in the proceedings for several boars, tho amendment* which were offered being all voted down. After a brief debate, when half the bill had been considered, a clause was reached appropriating $SS(M)00 for ooatinoing the improvement of the Ohio rive-, and providing that as much of that earn ns is necessary may be used for tho improvement of Davis' Island dam and Iho Indiuna chute. Upon this clacse n breezo arose, bat it was allowed to stand. Pend ing action the ccmmit'ee rose and tho House took a recess until 8 o’clock. The House at its evening session passed seventeen bills, including one granting n pension of fifty dollars per month to Betty Taylor Daudridge, daughter of Zachry Taylor, and then, at 10:10 o'clock, adjourn ed uutri to-morrow. NOBINitlOBS. The President sent tho followin» names to the Senate to-day: To bo member* of tho nations of C. O. Barnett, as postmaster at Henderson, Texas, nud A. J. Crapeey, as postmaster at Torrell, Texas. RiL* Fron odyitis < gather by a leg and ari Washington, Jane 17.—The llouso, nt 11 A", went into coinmitteo of the whole (Mr. Barrows, of Michigan, in thoclmii and resumed consideration of the river nc harbor bill. Tho perngraph making an appropriation for the improvement of tho MissiMippi having been reached, Mr, Brow Indiana, moved to strike oat the o' providing that the monoy shall bo expend ed by the Secretary of war in accordance with the plans of tho Mississppi River Commission, and to insert a proviso leav ing it in the discretion of that officer to ex pend the money in such a way and upon such plane as will best improve the navi gation of the Mississippi river. This ampndmeut was sustained by beirg alone, lie tault her. wh riile and shot hi Clarke arrived fi charge of the first ... ' lines Dwight, of Springfield, Mansacha •tt*. while asleep in hi* berth, wu* attack ed and literallj hacked to piece* with a 1 tchet by the Chinese (steward ot the ie*- - The Chinese cook nlso atUtcked the let officer ir hi- cabin. The ugh badly mnded the latter grappled with enilant, and rmhed to hi*;i*Um -o n Chmainon, throwing tl Mur*rn. Browne and Calkins, of Inti t Bayue, of I’ennsylvania, and Hepburn, of lows, and oppo-Mnl at length by the repre sentatives from the section of couulry Massachusetts, chairman; Henry \V. Oli ver, Jr., of PMUtovtvaaie; Austin M. Gar- ■sf' 1 . ”< Illinois; Jacob Ambler, of Ohio; 1’41 Jltie Yon atdoffsU. It was a poor habitation; the chimney wiw sadly in want of more clay an l pine slicks to rata it nbovo the root. Time and lack of nltontion hud demoralized tho cab-- in of old aunt H:\nnah. Reuben jh.ad been gathered to his fathers the second year after freedom, beqocathing to Hannah six children os a rich legacy of care and heart ache. Tho old woman battled bravely against her many : rials, and in her heart the feeling of sorrow was nevor entirely that wc give to each Heustor a efurk’ anS to* gone. Yet she steadily worked, lending air «- .«««.,v> f «. that mntlnp-nt fund. I ■tippow the House i— "• ''' k “-‘ * “ fatlves would not drcllneJo . VI rlahtJ 1‘-l’ortor, f the District of Co- John W. II. Underwood, of Ueor- .i^OiT-V/enV* '*»i n F- Kenner, of _ Louisiana; Mr. MeMillxn then move-1 that the bill nod amendments Le postponed indefinitely, and the motion prevailed—yeas 3k', nays . Adjourned. The following is the vote in detail In the 8enale Indefinitely postponing the bonded V ! 0«tl>OIllI!g tho I...II It- 1 splritsbill: Yea*—Aldrich, Allison, Anthony, ltrown, Cameron of Wfaeonsio, Chileott, Ooke,Conger, Deris of IUinoi*, Dawes, Oxr- lanl, llirrfaoo. Hawley, Hill of Colorado, to Jlx our own contingent fund. If we misap ply It, we must answer to our constltuvnfa a;.d not to them. Ttoreforr I take It for granted that if we *»k an enlargement of the contin gent fund so m to give the mblitlonal force nec- crerr to do the duties |>n>|H-rly here. IS will by the House of Kepfcstn- L . .. -AUt anoffisr page, another clerk of e committee, or any'ditng of that character, we hear no complaint. It fa asked at the other end of the ccpttol er thfa fa too large or too small The Hcntta says it fa needed, and the House doea but SMM-nt. Now wc say we need an mldltioosl number of clerks to aid Henatore In the dls school until they could read off hand most any kind of reading, and there were few women in the settlement who felt greater pride on aoooont of the attainments of whether lb!» I* t-M forge UrnmIt nced.rd, ■ Now wu «•> we need an«lditionsl RSRRRPRPc forks to atd He tutors In the dls charge of their high aud important legislative I duties, and I appruhend no member ot the House would undertake to obstruct us tn fix- own contingent fund, aud applying It i Uieir children than did old annt Ilsunah, and the eldest boy Fetes gave the old wo man greater cause for auch weakness than, either little Hannah, Ikie, Ann, Sophy or Alma, for throegfeout the neighborhood Feter was said to be the smartest pupil in Frof. Allen’* school. But pride surely has 'all, and Feter fell into the elotelm# of the tew and U e Uw sent Feter to the c'uain- ■rang, for Feter had a mighty swift band [or lifting things and especially chickens. In this way. ■ These are ail the remarks I drelre to submit at present, and I thank the Itauate for permit-1 ting my time to to extended so that I could | close my remarks. A Pollfintl I*ream, Lveni t’Sii, Juno 12.—I had a dream. Mr. Henry McIntosh aud I were eitting on a goods box, whittling sticks and talking politics just outside of th* telegraph in Carta re vi lie. The operator was as busy as e fly in e Ur bucket, and greet drops of sweat rotted down h-s face as the vivified motn', apparently under the influence of e ooilcky spasm, dsucod and spun “With a rlttfor and a clatter l.ikc the devil tosting hatter Up In bell!" "How's Col. Willingham ?" “How's poor CoL Willingham?" came clicking from every office in Georgia. Is Col. Willing- ham rick ? I asked. "Ho, no\ the people are merely inquiring how he U politically. Why do they feel so much anxiety to know the political stain* of jnHons man? Mr. Me. wm about to answer the question when suddenly a great tumult arose Noise, confjukm and a mighty dapping of hands took place and "music rose with volnpta- oue stall” as a muliitiuU of voices pro claimed the tiding*, “Willingham's for puou.uiai cue mourned because Feter was caught. The yea*s went by, aunt • Hannah's children went away from the old tebin—some to other neighborhoods and some to distant Slate.", and now, in her old age, she was tiouo with *Uer unitUng frame as her only solace with which to wear away the long boors. From her youth aunt Hannah waa known and rrapected among the congregation of Mount Zion Baptist Church as being a mighty wrestler (n prayer, and the old wo man did not confine her Invocations to Heaven solely to the prayer-meetings, for her sonorous voice could be heard at night, and the darker the night the louder her prayers came from the cabin, being beard by thuee traveling the poblio road ft fall quarter of ft mile dtaUnt. cirsjsry to the •iisch ir** „f Ureir ire- Take thereat of a city i .Mtu;»far as BumedeoTBetajot expectad to do with own hands ait ih** cormpood-nra and ir duties of his but Ire is fitrafafted t oiacf’tbe* ^bLc^irireu 11 °* ^ ****** **• ' **■ ““■■■* in fo»t fa it, ‘ right r r u MJWHft this 1 , yiPitftfVftnce the puhlfofafarest to rat eerh 1 Sasssja^fisiTKiS But it Is said that «iut Nm->t -n nre* c apior cfortshereuss th. y sre able to do It. r ♦. j mn»t do lie labor, it are Alfa u> em- Sfopheus.” In ft moment it teemed that by some tort of magical and ineorporeel •npftratfts— I think they called it party ma chinery—the a r was darkened and clouded with oopioe of the /Yra free*, which swan and swaimei above me. 1 managed t> get one, ofiened it and read (remem ber iota we* all e dream end I will ee> further, I didn’t go to dream it) the following editorial: "Many of the great ereuU of history have hinged on Trifles light afr,' and many of the grtndeet *x- mbHIoua of Intellect have found ample 2oope for utterance In a single sentence. At th* UratMtare of the avalanche arc evoked at the bldd.ng of a breath of air, and as large tehee from UUle toe-corns grow,' thus the mot wocU«rful events are net an- frequently Ute illegitimate offspring of ve- —■ de ere fsxl able rithev la rich* These tl | *>y e 1st ha on me | wviei sa.sry, < hritfoi. U i.i tsJci.Ucaln this « art hi thfa et vtto pro ■*«r. Itwm leteneapirc me wtli | whejUtat eoedufoeecmtr r- sit he rsartod. llaay ef tfceebisfai. mart tip* ir.it, asertpn- rful a<» la t-Ms o.antnr are :thiahthe t&ssSB ,L: rU: »m IE - JO »«liC >«• «•».« ■■■■■■HI W. dmI not Jv.U aposl th. .rtaiuluoM .ItMlui, Ih. diMmnr of hrlroMotta. or Ut. ..A’. U.cmO not ncll th. contnUmn which ■ml LAinrfocu. from th. nainMHta A'.c^tR-Jcf, t-t tLt accident that etc l.oo Ih. nctor, on tho MdofBodSee The gnu. oi unit lint woo Iho botU. of to Kwc and to in.nhi—1 icm of^H lud KWco Iom th.ii .fflwnw, end, io th.cl ultra. lodtaotal^ntote- ifor. iu .loio.ua. awl mi|M| end u »hd MhUnil, of o ilaol. lio. rectind b, i: i; ... >,.ir “ : trom Uaa. Kmonr tti—r Ihi. morale, Iho wbjKt of Hr. Wrahwn-poUUrat Il-o., owl, tUn, wan hu SokUa. (lonoo* word.: “Wh.1 non. no M m, Owa tojouhohaU o ■ ; ii * . ■ mo Turn ot retro- wretton. rod BMcrlnaf Uo port, kk. Ih. B.lknr rojoof Th. -^.<iocrea.iinh -ad- 1», .-rcl’j an Ih. cool a. wo near Io Im oofollcflac f Id •, u. a. oa mfy oc- re.lon, n. obn H dioil that Ih. Mom waa ahecad aad tha wf(U ul th. Th. m>lf amt llansAh lanrlabl, oud. to Iho Intarrosalor,. whr aha praitd io oud, war, "1 tall >oa, hon^r, old .ant U.onah Iwiatcwlh. tobafoaadwid h.r moaf .hat whoa dt good Lord iiu -abu'a Haanah,’ aad uin gwlco to ho bore, long Umo afore I hoar, hu ruloo.” Agent Itar took pooooreloo of tho old woreaa a few wook. oiaeo whoa tho aiohNW paired soar hot oabla, aad abort thenar oflha wind bar dam roira omU hare baoa luanlaaoh. poand oat Ur hmrt'. Ureor la prei.r. Tha uight before hut aant Uaanah, like there UOM tUitod bj thare foarfol toraa. dure, wre uaotually alarmrd. Sh. wu ca- gig—1 la aa aararet iaroeatlon to Uu rain at all etono. when abort th. wkUU. of th. wind «U breed a call, who I who! who! "Who roa area for, good Lord?" raid linn, ■ah. "Taiut oobod, bat mo, du old tiii,r..*p K.iinali mV.i'u - — . mu i, iLtrrwD. iaswioj, uiu ut i.oiiinwo Hoar, Ingalls, Lapharo, I»gap, McMillan, I.Mshone, Maxey,M.llur of New York, Mitch-1 ell, Morgan; Morrill, Fog”, SauMmry, SancJcr*, Sawyer, Sherman, Walker and l Windom, 83. Naye—Bayard, Deck, Butler, I fall, Davie of West Virginia, Farley, George, Gorham. Groome, Hampton. Uar-[ rie.Jaeksoo, Johnston, Jonee, Miller of California, Fendlcton, Ransom, Vo it, Voorheee and WillIatus, 20. ■■■■■■apon. ■ The morning boor having been dispensed 1 with, the ll'inse at 11^0 went into commit- tee of the whole (Mr. Uonwwi, ef likM>| gan, la ttiu chair) on* the river and harbor appropriation bill. ■ The Senate bill, authorizing the Kew ()r. ransandNortliefteteniraitroftdtoeonelvM! bridges or«r Fearl river and LakeFonch-| rtrf.in. wm reported favorably. Mr. Fs.ge, of Galiforaia, ctialrman of pe eommates on commerce, made a gen- ■I explanation of th* bill, and presented J reasons which had induced the oom- mittee to rcoornmeod an apt r<q.risliou so far io Situs of the appropriation of former tears, lids waa tha first river and harbor bill that had contained any appropriation oommenauraU with the great work of im provement contemplated by the Mississippi River Commission. He compared the pending bill with the law of tnu current year to show that while the Utter appro priated $11,OOOJXJO upon an Mtlmato of I pVuO.CU^ the former appropriated only fl7,noo,uw m an estimate of $T7,UOQ,000. R'hr bill had received the earsfol consid eration of the committee, and he trusted that it woold be passed without any amend- moot br the Bouse. Mr. Horr, of Michigan, member of the leomoero* committee, followed Mr. 1'sge in favor of the bill as retorted from the eommlt’oe. In the course of bis speech he gave an InUresting deecripUon of the Hjtaiof^'irovement eoctamplated by the nigger, Hannah, who's been along * he road to Zion nigh onto fifty yam-*, and good Lord old Hannah's might] foot sore wid de Journey." She pause* and listened. Again the ominous sound uds to her ears, who l who! who! "I* you some arts? me? Is yon come artcr me, Lord? Case, If you Us, I’ll jtne "1 hunt.frail to ip," Hid last Uan- nali, u ah. walkad lluroaih th. wind ant ra-ntothagate. Again•£. hwidIh.wall —"wholwhol wbol!" "Ain't I don. told fai,good Lord, dot wu old aant iianuth, d. mh ow. dt totwloagtakliN Sam Uoaaton, ao_ mowbohad oldBrebretor Ur hre- band lone betre. frredom oom. and Oore a. wtal to glore." She opttred Uw O'.lc. A. Uw did M [mtuUwK.rtlmgwho! whol ahol rem. i htr ear. “Ton Uod U it ain’t Uu. Hoi- ia'« old ral ball, flit awa, irom hms ,oa ain't got DO urea comlan 'roauddto lime of do I I ,r,reWared^mH.rwn,are^Urerered • .tick and break roar back. Yoa «... J ■■■■■? ■) -■■■ -ttcare ,on done !. . J old M.ntudl!" And Uw wal Ud rtfid!/ baO; to Uw cabin rilsotly ahne sling -Ini the wmi and the rain went on. Tucomx CaxBTxxx. Pzxtoxs recovering from wasting die- easee,aach as mslar.a, fevers, etc, will be greatly benefited by tho me of Brown's Into L.»fare, a true took. od Bap . ants, bed-bugs, rate, mice, gophen, cbiumunAjh dcaml "Bough oa Rate " 15c. ;'! c :.'Jgi?S u L d .. 0 ^LJg^. &’j*Si$intibh»\m. ot W«t Vtontntai Therefore was equally a* objee- w m . H. McMnhuu, of New York. To be utiL Therefore it was equally ns objec tionable as the original measore. Various amendments wore offered ead rejectsi- members of the regLtration and election comteisrion in the Territory of Utah, Alex-I Al^ornon 8. Paddock, of Nebra-k*; (1. T. Oodfrey, of Iowa; Arnbroso H. Carleton, of Indiana: J«* it. Pettigrew, of Arkansas. TABU r COMMISSION. It U said on semi-official Authority that the President experienced n great deal of difficulty in filling Ute two vacant po-iiion* on the tariff comini**ion. The member ship allotted to Now York wits offered sno- eesslvely to A. O. Low, Hugh McCulloch, tagraud B. Cannon nnd John T. Agnew, bat these gentlemen were constrained bv various considerations to derUne. W. It. McMahon, who wsa finally selected nnd accei-Uxltho nomination, la shief clerk of the division of aeooanta in tho appraiser's office of the New York custom boos**. Hu i* not only nn expert, bat i* thought to be the beet informed geirt'eman in the country on tnrlil quo*tion*. He is not id«ntifl*J with any •fo-ci.il burincM interest, and he owes hfa appointmsnt to the President’* tereonal knowledge of hie attainment* and of his peculiar fitness for tho position. In poli tic)* he la a Hrpnb.iaftn, and it is thought his appointment wdl be particularly satis factory to tho merchant* of Now York city, sincu a number of them recently memori alized the President to select for the tdneo a person of jast each preettesl knowledge nnd experience u McMahon Is believed to Mississippi River Commireion, and con- tended that not only would It remit in ren dering the rim Bavigabta, bat U would I islso prevent a recurrence Qf the terrible floods which bud recently laid waste a Urge extant of country. Th* guvernment o»ud this work to future genera*tone. It owed it to the preeent generation. There was noth ing that more securely and surely cement ed together ft mcftt people than community of commercial interests, nothing more completely drowned the groans andmut- teringr «*i the nit than the clang of busy hammers and the boa of running ma chines, and U be could he would bu<ld up Uw waste places of the Sooth, °I*» °P h^ ▼ast mineral wealth, put smelting farnocas on her hillside#, set her rivers to turning spindles and running buzz sows, and cruel ft free school on each of her scattered plantations. In con do tion, be acid: "Lei it bereft!ter be said that the crowning glory of the forty-seveoth C«agrees wee this, that it fully inaugurated tho plan that finally »occe«kd in taming tku overflowing waters ef Uw great MiaeU- elppi end chained it Utween banks I ithal compelled ifa rushing flood to obey the> bebeeta of commerce and doth* bidding of mankind, and in doing and death territory enough to make an flSflBHlit EKM BUU; and it 'made it DoreibU for thee* I reoi-le to live out their dftye eunuuaded by ail the saenss of their childiwod on the MApftoft] •pot where they were U>yn.1 I I Mr. Baftgao, of Teiae, end her member of the eemmevee committee, else mad* an Innomeot tit nppo*t of Uw eocrtituUouJ fttfty, good policy and iwhUe benefits of the bill. General debate was closed and the I first two pumgreihe of Uw MU reed, when [wee adj .urnc J. thel In the star route (rial today Uw time I wu spent much u yesterday in the introdoctfam of ari tow tending to usUb- ttah stop ptoeUer to uonaeetion with e small route to Cukeado. The usual bet-1 lies between eor.rtael uesuptad the larger part uf the time. Wmiiiiutob, Jane 16.—la the Senate, Mr. Hoftr introduced a bUl to provide for the performance of the duties of the ode* ef President in earn of the removal, rest; nation, inability or death both of the Free- Men*, and Viee-Frerideot. U vesta the uo- Mr. Holder, the other newly-selected lying along the lowur Mississippi. Tha nrguuicuts in opitonitiou to the nmolulment wore reinforced by Maura. Page, Town- shend of Ohio, Harris of Ma*Hachasetlii, and others in favor of liaving the improve ment carried on upon the cTmaifoaion’a plan. Mr. Hepburn offered an amendment prohibiting the construction or repair ol lovoort. Rejected. HimilAr amendments] offurud by Measrx. Feule, of Indiana, aiu] Diurfley, of Maine, were lost, and tho que*- tlou recurring on Mr. Brovru’e amendment, it was lost—-J to 10G. Mr. Fugs, of Californio, offeredL amendment directing the Sec.etary of War to carry on the works contemplated in the bill by oonlra?^ wlttm not dc-tri- uientnl to the iotereste of the government. 'Adopted. Tho oomuiiliue then rose nud rei>orted tho bill to the Uousu, nud tho bill waa p od—yens UU, nays 47. Mr. Uobusoo, of Now Jersey, from tho committed on appropriations, reported the uaYnl nppropropriatiou bill, aud it was ordered printed nnd The Hoase at G: 10 adjourued. A Rupiitilic/in mucus wu* nuiiouncud to take plaeu I ueaday evauing next. inr. 8TAH XOUTC CAN KM. The sraud jury onmu iuto the Criminal Court this eu<nmg mid made tin preauntmenta in the star route cn H two of ttie liroaentinenu Thomas J. Brady lond Uoorgo V. Moaerolo wore couuectati, mid iu the third Jauius li. Prioe, alias J, B. 1’iioe, and Thomas J. Br dy wore men Itiooed. l'rosuntuient* were also roturno Hgsiust Marsimlt G. L’oudee and Johu H, ttnllacefor perjury. I ho latter charge ouuucttHl with thu straw bond cu««4. Within half nn hour tl..- time or thu prus«utuieiifo, in.lioti bs*od ou thorn wore returned. The indict- tncnl agaiust James It. Price and Thofl J. Ilrady is for conspiracy to defraud United State* in connection *»:th r< Nu.:*l l lfo, from Sin Antonio, Ifis*. Corpus Christi, aiul route No. .M.IKU, from Monroe to Shreveport, ita. Thu two in- ilictmvnts auninitt Guorge V. Me*erolu aud '1 homos J. Brady make the snire charge of oou«t>iracy, bosud npon frauds committed ou route No. 3U.11H, from Monument to Rivtr lfoud, and route Ifa.lm, frt*m Gardner to Ro*it«, Colorado. Upon the return of these indictment* tli grand jary was discharged, ‘The dsta the oonspirncy ill the MetoroU-Brady : dictmenta to fixed at June - id, l^iU, aud the Frice-lJrady cose as upon July 1st, 107J. The nature of the oonspirncytoto liar to that charged iu the cases ims tried, immrly, llfogil cipedit.ou and Iti c.vnvc of service upon the routes. A tew a* until, uan a. J'ihe comptroller of the currency has thorued thu Find Natioual Uauk of Belloi Texas, to rumm.ucv bu-iuess with scs|.ital lef IldySOOi 7TIK NAVA!, llll-Ire jThe House oomnitlfae ou appropriations today ndoptod tho r»i>ort of the snk-ootzfa initfae iu charge of the naval appropria tion bill, mid directed Mr. Ilobeson to re- l ..rt the lull to the II tu-e fur printing and rccomantul. 1 tie aggregate amount which n hi pro; Mate* i* $!.'•,,G1 ,’Mh, agalu*t f II, [987,taf for the current year. Iltichmond coutrty, Week Virginia. II I seM to be ftgnueBMi ef im Mil liberal rulturr, nrd he is not identified! with any special interest* other than those r.f agriculture, lie wm ft member of thoi Thirty ... ... JwitU an effective speech be made during the strogglo thst ended in Uw eleerion of Pennington os Bpeftket of the House. Uo w.ta highly reoommended to the FrecHent by hcih of the Bens tors from West Virginia, as well M by tienator Hawley, of Cococcticnt.l Mr. Botaler is ft ron*errstive Democrat, and U known to favor a tariff for rerennej life is ftbnnt sixty years of age. The nomi-L nations of Messrs. McNUhon and Boteler were referred by the henate to-day to thp finance committee, forty miien a d into Some freight cars, killing Andy f, uiritantly, and injuring . Basa, so tha; he died. 17.—A .Vci Uvalde u!. Holland, **uporinteadeut i Knnche, iu Mavoyck coun- tally murdurtjd by two Mexican "** “1 h is heed anebe and rday. *ite the of Charlie’s lit to the ritnche of Dudley, and Mr* > 17.—Th •hip Freeman •utta to-day in n May 2U Oapt, I he < ,1 killed both the New Ycbk. Juno 17.—Th lined steamship companies iperin.cmlcnt -lucks,,n. of n, this morn ug, signifying to pay fifty cents ptr c . all poMongers landed nt the G, tionnl, Inman, Gni< pita i for : Na tional, Inman. Union. Scnger Bro’s.. Hnm- burg l.-no Hint llrcnun. All emigrants at the <Inrdcn thi* inormng who had arrived atcamersof line* m.t in the nbovo list, including the fame, sick and halt, were int to the offices *»f tho lints nnd left einigrntn then*. Thelatb ho*pital wil ommi.Mionora to allow them I*land. The think that- the •folding of the eomr anion by Mond Ater in the day, tho White 8tar Lice, ... w Hamburg Vmvncan I’.i kt t Company and the Jlt>) al Am*tordnm I .in.a --ignifu-d their pay tho fifty cent* i-avieu- nud the refused nt toward *h® i authorities L>e a general by Monday. ■■■■It is the though ntoamahip lines will soon come to terms. OBKAT LADOH t*K IIO>tTIUTtON, . Jnne 17.—The labor parade took place I which m m*-i at f.contained fully (m>, comprising five divisions. Great in- centred on the fifth division, •fated of thu various lodgen of ..amated Association of Iron and .Steel Workers. It i* estimated that thfa portion of the parade contained from H,. *>) to 10,001'. Jt wn* by all odd* the largest lithe colnn ith enthusiastic cheer*. A targe number f tnottov* were >ti*, 1 v>ed by thu dm*ion. from which the fol owing may Ihj sulectea a worthy of nriention: "We want protection that pr tho wealth of our oountry s i rodu »-d by labor," “talmr ‘ weak are dev« highway*,” “the hard monopoly ir. steal- urplu* hand*," “the bank monop- ,ges oar wage*,’ “in mopoliee an trying to maungo tabor," “all inono;>oliei t die or tli> riq u die full,” "*Und by Mag.” “six dollars is oar >l*-tcriuiue- (100.” he procon-bn was nn hour and n half _ a given p the general older, quiet and orderly pom right abreast being Tonight the individual lo***-*. The clcef darn done t > roof , chimney aud movable property, a velocity of sixtp -six u heavy iiage waa aid glass sunk at tho l’itt- shore. rthe n a i sored. 'I hu stanmboat Cl by Cupt. Wood was 1 jge, Vrtlm-l at *I0.(JU0, olfonal Brothers, turn- .’ro*Nw. Wi-coumo, was rg dyke on the Illinois TELEUUAEHIC iTEMH. not ctaii oomtiasioit. The Utah commission, nominated to the •Bftta, U eonposed ot three Republican* and two Dnmocrafo. Kx-8enaton* Ramsey qf Minnr- »u, and Paddock of Nobriuka, are well known to the public by reason of the national poeilion* th*y have occupied. G. Y. Godfrey, of Iowa, is a Republican ami a lawyer. He entered the army lieutenant In the second regiment of Iowa Infantry and ro«« to be colorel of the Bighth Alabama Cavalry. At tl* cb>«e of the war he engaged in the I ractico of law A Detractive ftleraa In the WmI- Tb« iMtlt (mrilca Antliurltlra W|U A |,lrugHly *t nem Kafluait Acrltlcal ■t ,Klu|*lun- M*uy ItesM* oi !■- tercet, UOiilCWM AT WATXMDOBO. flpedal to Telegraph an l M«**rn<r»r. WiTNxauoao, Ga., Jane 17.-—A difficulty occurred here thfa afternoon at six o'clock, resulting in the killing of Alfred (foopor by Jim Jones. Both were colored, bat in tense excitement prevails, especially among the negroes. Jone* has been arrested. Will write parlioulars Monday. J, H. R. HTZAUaUlV UinXSTlK. SiYASNAU Juno New Y’ork, nt'Ja. of Columbus. tux viaoixu srrruzaa. 1'nwHi'so, Yin June 17^-!lub*crip- looa IteadsJ by the tobacco exchange have at Dee Moines, Iowa, where for several years he held the position of receiver of | Ipob’ie moneys, aud sub*« 7*i*ntly served several years m assfotuit d.strict attorney. 11,1a re*.rare* < _ ..if been started here for the relief of the l’at rick coouty safferers. The indications arc that liberal ooutnbutions will Im made, mi AT OAMOetf, Af.A. Gai^den, Ala., June 17.—faixteen btrei- no*« bouses were bnrnrel this aoruing II* fa abont forty-two year* of age, and regarded ss a man of marked ability. Ambrose B. Carleton, uf Terrs Haute, led., to a lawyer by profe^ion and a Dem in politics. He oerati formerly partner of benator Yeottos, and at va- Irion* times hM ueen a member of the In- diana Legfotatnre, circuit judge, and pro of taw in the htata Caivsnity. He fa about fittv-eix years old, and fa said to enjoy a high reputation for legal ability and literary at wnaiiftH James I*. Pettigrew, of FaystteriU*. Arkansas haa been a mender of Uie Leg| falatore of that htata and fa now journal •fork of the United btatra Henate. Ufa ap- Ipointmentto a place on the commission haa been strongly recommeuled by Mr. GsrUnd and other Western members of the Henate. He fa of middle age, a lawyer worth f-VXX), on which tb _ hiunj. M. MoCsrtuey, J. If. Kinnebrew, A. J. Douthit, W. ff. HU-ven~>n, N. W. \\ Line not, W. I*. Power-* nud h W. Folghnni »r» the other principal loaars. Great exerti<>ru were re-juired faj i-reveut tl*e spread of the ftan.ee to the Bsptmt and Metliudi cburchee- aAlI.EoAD ArcIDXNT. Wu MU n-», \\. \ A., Juu«- 10.—A »p««<?iaI says the train on the Ctark*burg and Went ert* railroad, which left Otayksnurg >e*U;r- (Uv muroitig, wnilc sr.tartng a treble at \Yaldins, wm | recipitaUd over the trestle. About tw^ut) i-nareagers were a»K*arJ, in- cluding six or seven ladie*. Mr. Carey, and ft Democrat. The nominations 1 all referred to th* ecsnmittae on the Jodi eiary. The Frpifont to-day transmitted to the Hon*c of Kepre*«ntativee a rommuiica- tion from the Secretary of the Interfor Department asking for an appropristiuu of gtmOO to com t lets the work of the tke wusoxs cosnlrma. Tb* Windom committee met again tcJ day and eoottosed its effort to inda-^thil editor cf th* A:r*ninj Critic to fnrnfah I semn tangible evidence of improper eon| duct of waitky men, u*w*,.at«r corrwipon itanu or Congressmen in connection with the bonded spirits bill, bnt with no bettor •access than on the two former eft j Mr. Hubirt.of Cincinnati, tre-v*.. W — !*rn Enwt Awociation, srU * ' ‘ “ ry and treJ Luis, and i« also a total 1<»*><*. Hhe waa valued al $10,GU, and I* fi-llv luaored. (’apt. l)aii fillver’e boat*. Bright lJght aud hilver i t<» tli)' fil.faJO. lh« oU-uint lost h M ..f fir, of tl. MM tO tlU boat City d dare. _ . , of fta'siO aud i-. I', ('iianteanx The mI Grand line, -*uf!er- I bo ateai;\- pl Io IS6.000. The storm wa* Louis thr.-i oil this all tin- *)rilhrrn j* lloodetl, and abo< by iKx>r famlln-o Tenter or !u«* extent. ^ eSL Women and childreu foft th waded about in th< seeking shelter f fug* The and roof and t gl tie Lour- It a hnu tr Ihe 1 igbt 1 occupying *»tb«r plaoes round h*‘u%« of the Narrow w«a i early blowu down, «v mill, neat by, loqt tt^ t of the upper story And an- Abou* 11.' feet of the Vanda- .rried away. U’u nd Klc-vi sfovator ■tacks and a part of their H tel null ftlsn “uffvteJ fc, a number of other building them bu»iue«* hou*ea, lu-)l th. pert o! their walls, ac-J uou-i l< Advance Jfo ,U The The ioial Iom cannot fa: and mny b« mjre. 'It Were all pro<*trat«-d. All ion wire* went of this c lock *j; *.hs rain. >rt of i.W.UDU, •graph * • Urn Un- are • till down, die* were killp*l il reel amount of da: (Uh! laatlilgM by'a 1 N W l it. . ..f I r.-. and twelve otlta FATAL i Boston, June morning 11 ere killed, lau’# Creek, . badly injur York, ar.d Mr mill, al Bo-ton lit. t. i Id - • which \jvtim to by the engine* bvret th* hly voak.-.l from water one of wliom it fa t Tha b nldiag %\» v tiiM-e Mono. high. Latex.—N i Let re. dsr the fall ng wv ail*, which fell *of Timothy fUreJch'. hfa morning All vrr J. Two fire raptain uaro«jf“-l nud c tior* and fence*, nud vi Fowler Brotheraj cc ell Hofol, at a- »l-> blown l I r-d Powell Scott c^ouiy U^day •.*.->» an unUgged dog hua-^loITnshreD.’.i - 'Mr.. »il!» L»« death of t->e l*d) -uid b\b* Jaeofcw, of Loofavifle, ee ‘ too, p H. t •;b>v Prophylactic ..1 counteracting the . v» ea ;»u KL CSly ll-p»x and the llkft •! g*-rm» ca* n,n * • fowl/ The Fi-Ud an 1 *foatroya the il j d< vel-.p, llw-rcbf h-Misca ami HBfl