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VOL..11.—N0.30.

CONGRESS

Patriotic Question Makes Unanimity in the Senate,

And the Bill to Place a Monument Over Washington's Birth "Place,

fc Passed Without a Single seating Vote.

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Discuwsiens ia the House on the Appropritions, JSelt'Ctioii of Juries &c.

SENATE.

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

On the motion of Wallace, the House joint ie6olution fixing the date at which the pay of employees paid for the session only shall begin, was taken up. The Senate committee amendments were agreed to.

On motion of Hill, of Georgia, the bill introduced by McDonald May 22nd, to authorize the employment of militia and the land and naval forces of the United States in certain cases, and to repeal the election laws, was taken up, and laid aside informally, to be taken up as unfinished business to-morrow, when Hill will speak thereon.

On motion of Voorhees, the Senate took up the joint resolution, from the point providing for the erection of a monument to mark the birth place of Georgei Washington. Voorhees tken, in the course of a few remarks in advocacy of the resolution, said it would be a graceful act to mark the conclusion of a somewhat acrimonious session of Congress, for the Senate to pass this measure at once and in the same patriotic spirit evinced by the house in its Adoption.

The yeas and nays were callcd, and t^e resolution passed without a dissenting voice—yeas, 52 na_s, none.

Bayard moved that the Senate lake sp the bill reported yesterday, by him, from the committee on judiciary, for the removal of the political disabilities of James Harrison, of Virginia.

Blaine ceked if the gentleman had asked for such removal. Bayard replied that he had, and that the committee had considered and reported favorably on the tMRsure.

The bill wa6 taken up. Beck wished to ask why it was necessary at this late day for Blaine to ask such a question. He spoke for some time upon the movements toward general amnesty and conciliation during past years, and said it was disgraceful for Congress to be peddling out amnesty, now insist, ing on a petition being filed, before it could be done. He voted for all of them* and thought the laws requiring 6uch special votes should be repealed

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YESTERDAY AFTERNOEN.

Washington, June 10.

McMahon explained the provision of the bill providing for certain judicial expenses of the government.

Garfield welcomed, as being in the right direction, that clause of the bilj •which itemizes the expense of courts. That clause of the bill which necessarily -created a deficiency was always objectionable. Of course he could not vote against a bill because there was not enough in it. "No part of the money hereby appropriated is appropriated to pay the salaries, compensation, fees and expenses under or in view of title twenty-6ix revised statutes," and when these statutes command the President to execute them, then he [Garfield] said that the House was not merely neglecting to appropriate, but was nullifying the enforcement and execution of the laws. Thfese were the laws which the House and Senate tried to repeal, and had not had the constitutional power to do. The real 6tate of the fact was that Congress was to-day constitutionally powerless to repeal these laws, but the committee on appropriations proposed to pass a bill by which for the coming year the law should ot be repealed,but nullified, not enforced. It is put there to nullify the power of the United States to be present at these elections. Now, if we have resisted the repeal of righteous laws under coercion none the less will we resist their nullification. The chapter of forcing their repeal seems to have been closed, but the chapter of nullifying them is HOW open, In this chapter, we, on this side of the House, stand by the law, not only that

Springer—Is it not within the province of the majority in the House and Senate to withhold appropriations for any purpose?

Garfield—Oh yes. Spiinger—And what complaint have you to make against the majority for refjsing appropriations for objects which they deem subversive of the rights and liberties ot the people?

Garfield—I can better answer your question by a quotation from the distinguished gentleman from Virginia [Tucker]: That right is duty, plus power we are all here under the solemn sane, tioivof an oath we have sworn that we will well and faithfully perform the duties of representative under the constitution and thie constitution says that Congress shall appropriate for certain purposes, for the President, the judges and other functionaries of the government. If any gentleman here see fit to neglect that high duty and to violate that great obligation, they mnst answer for it to thei. •own conscience, their God and their country. But, as for me, I hold that to appropriate the money required by law is my duty, and my vote shall be for appropriation under the laws as they are.

McMahon replied to Garfield and made an ironical allusion to that gentleman's statement of his duties under the constitution and laws, and asserted that this, the Democratic side of the Mouse, had uniformly voted for the appropriation bill, while the Republican side had uniformly voted against them until yes terday, when they voted for the legislative appropriation bill in the old style, the old Republican way, that i6, without discussion, putting it through in a lump

The general debate was closed and the committee proceeded to consider the bill by sections for amendment.

Hiscock moved to increase thv appropriation for district attorneys and assist anta from $300,000 to $350,000 rejected.

Hiscock offered several amendments all of which were rejected. Garfield moved to strike out of section 2 the words, "Or incur any liability."

Cox opposed the amendment. He did net believe in letting down on this business at all. He thought he coi^d se* .1 disposition on the other 'side fo hive supervisors appointed anyhow. He was not partial to a bill of this nature and •would prefer to wipe the whole thing out, but this was an extraordinary emergency. •Gentlemen were preparing for the election of 1SS0, and he would not give them a ekance, a single hair to hang a hope

The amendment was rejected. *4 Hiscock moved to except the war and navy department from the provisions of sections rejected.

Weaver moved to amend the section

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they mar remain on the statue book, but that they shall be executed. If you do not appropriate money we cannot help' ourselves we are powerless to appropriate without you: but not by our consent can you nullify a law which the constitution does not permit you to repeal-

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as to provide that the commissioner who is to put the names of jurors into the box alternately with the clerk of the court 6hall be appointed from a party opposing that to which the clerk, instead of from the principal party, as provided' in the bill rejected—yeas, 86 nays, 96. The Republicans and Greenbackers voting in favor and the Democrats against it.

Herbert offered an amendment providing that in selecting names to be placed in the juror's box, the clerk and commissioner 6hall in no wise have regard to politics, but shall look to the qualifications prescribed by law. Ruled out on a point of order.

Garfield offered an amendment striking out the provision that the commissioner shall be appointed from the principal political party opposing that to which the clerk may belong. He was unwilling that a statute should be passed which for the first time in the history of the country injected politics into the juries ©f the courts. Let there be no such thing as politics recognized in the law, which ought to derfl justly frith all men. In the interest of goocfuw and jubtice his amendment should be adopted.

McMahon called attention to the fact that his colleague, who pleaded for fair jurors, had .raised the point of order against the amendment of thegentleman from Alabama. [Herbert.] No greater joke had ever been perpetrated than that which the gentleman from Ohio [Garfield perpetrated when he pleaded for fair juries. It was the grandest joke of the nineteenth century everything else paled before the gentleman's patent for fair elections in the Southern states.

After further debate the amendment was rejected. Cannon offered an {amendris^ht" providing that in the event that the clerk of the court does not belong to any political party, then the jurors shall be selected as now provided by law. The amendment was rejected.

On motion of Finley, an amendment

was adopted, provided that the names of jarore shall be placed in the box by the clerk and- commissioners alternately without reference to party affiliations.

On motion of Maginness the per diem pay of jurors in the various territories was fixed at $3.

Hiscock moved to strike out section 3 of the bill defeated—yeas, 29 nays, 92. Dunnel moved to amend so aa to fix the per diem of all jurors at $3. The amendment was rejected—veas, 81 nays, 92.

Frost offered an amendment repealing section 2,016, 2,018, 2,©20 and all succeeding sections down to and including 2,027' section 5,522 and section 3,031 and all other sections of the revised statutes, and all laws and parts of laws authorizing the appointment of chief supervisors of elections, special deputy marshals, or general deputy marshals, having any duties to perform in regard to any election, etc.

Oh divisiou, the vote stood 26 in the affirmative, 57 in the negative.

son unknown, and 'both ladies beaten nearly to diiath with an iron bar the bar was subsequently fouad -on the premises. None of the family were awakened until sometime after the disturbance, when the groans of Miss Heshey aroused the other iumates of the house. She was found in bed insensible, covered with blood add wounds. Mrs. Dunn was found out doors, near the house, also 'erribly rnu tilated. An attempt had been made to ravish her. Armed parties are scouring the neighborhood, and a negro has been arrested on suspic'on, and is believed to be innocent, and it is thought the deed was done by some one acquainted with the premises and the habits of the family .v

CONDENSED LIGHTNING. The Pennsylvania Republicans •Will meet at Harrisburgon the 23rd, to nomi nate a candidate for state treasurer.

The longshoremen's strike cost the steamship companies $250,000. The strikers hav& resumed work a', the com panies' figures.

A meeting, representing a large proportion of the property holders of St. Mary's parish, La., has adopted resolutions against the repudiation of the state debt. Wf

ANOTHER MAIL COACH ROBBED. Fort Robinson, Neb., June IO.—The daily passenger ceach, of the Sidney and B'ack Hills company, which left Sidney on Monday Morning for Deadwoed, was stopped a few miles north of Cheyenne river, on Tuesday at

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Mills made the po!nt that there was no quorum voting. ,, j) Frost asked leave "to withdraw the amendment, but Conger objected, and on a vote by tellers most of the Republicans voted in the affirmative, for the purpose of obtaining a yea and nay vote in the House. The amendment, however, was rejected—yea6, 73 nays, 76, and the committee rose and reported the bill to the House. A separate vote was demanded by Conger on the amendments adopted in the committee fixing the per diem of jurors in territories, and it was rejected, yeas, 33 nays, 160. The bill was then passed—veas, ioa nays, 85 a strict party vote. The only Greenbacker voting, Stevenson, voted in the affirmative.

The House adjourned..

COWARDLY "AND MURDEROUS ASSAULT. San Francisco, June 10.—Last night at W. Roddon's, five miles from Wheatland, Yuba county, the room in which two

young ladies, Ida Dunn and Cora Heshey, were sleeping, was entered by a per

p. m., by five

men. The passengers, four^ in number, were robbed of their money and valuables. The mail sacks were cut open and the contents were thrown on the road. The robbers took the registered packages, having made a general "clean up, and and then allowed the coach to proeetd on its northward way.

THE CINCINNATI FEST.

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Cincinnati, June 11.—The city pre sentsa very animated appearance, houses are profusely decorated with flags banners, evergreens, festoons and musical emblems of all kinds. The day is bright, and everything auspicious. Large deputations of the North American Saengerbund are arriving. The city will be brilliantly illuminated to-night. Mayor Jacobs will deliver an address of welcome to-night, before the beginning of themusical exercises.

OUTRAGE OF A GIRL.

Bpeotal t* the Indianapolis Sentiael: Cory don, Ind., June 10.—Frank

Brown

an ex-convict from the JeffersonVille penitentiary, on Sunday attempted an outrage upon Miss Jones, of Washington township, a respectable young lady. A warrant for his arrest was gotten out^ but he succeeded in makiag his escape into Kentucky.

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FOREIGN.

Parole Carries a Large Weight on a Heavy Track 1 and is Beaten.

Confeseion of the Poonah Incendiaries—The Paris Races.

The Hlver Po Bursts its 'Dikes and Causes a Terrible laundation.

THE RACE. I

Londfcn, June 10.—Lorillard's Parole started me favorite, at 5 to 2, and finished seventh* He carried 125w pounds, the heaficst weight in the race. The first thrle were lightly weighted tra:k very heavy. After one slight break a capital 6tart was effected, Inval immediately taking the lead at a good, steady pace, Parole and Ryleston bringing up he rear. These positions were unchar.g ed, until the first bend in the course wa6 rcached, shortly after which Dominica joined Inval. After parsing Swingley bottom, which part cf the course was expected to tell most against Parole, he and Mycena closed upsomewhat. When fairly in line for home Inval was beaten and Doainica took up the running but was soon headed. Ridotto won by half alengthL .There wap a head between Mycenae and Boy Archer Tam Glen 4th Ryestone 5th time, 3:50

CONFESSED INCENDIARIES.

Bombay, June 10.—The employes of the government book depot at Poonah confessed that they set the recent fires in order to destroy evidences of their defalcations. Two were sentenced to life long, and one to ten years' transporta

THE^PRINCE OF BULGARIA. Constantinople, June io.—A Russian man-of-war will go to Brindisi, to bring the* Prinjtffcef Bulgaria hither.,. While here he will stay at the Russian embassy, as the gueft of Prince Lobanoff. When he goes to V.irna he will

in a Russian

man-of-war. THE RIVER PO. Mantua. June io.—Another-dyke'on the river Po has burst, the waters are pouring through the break and have done immense damage in the province of Manota. The inundation took by surprise upwards of twelve communes. The inhabitants are completly destitute, and the scenis of distress heart rending.

W* A RACE AT PARIS. Pains, June io.—At the Bois de Boulogne, in the forty kilometre race to* day, a thoroughbred owned by Baron Finot? beat, by eight kilometres, Norman, a horse belonging to an American, who lost ten thousand francs.

ST. GOTHARD TUNNEL.*

Geneva, June io.—St. Gothhard tunnel will probably be completed by the end of November next. *,

Berlin, June n.—There is the grieatest enthusiam on the occasion of the Emper or's golden wedding. The city is profusely decorated and preparations on the grandest scale have been made for the illumination to-night. The streets will blaze with illuminated monograms, portraits &c. Large numbers of royal visitors have arrived, among them Dukes Alexis and Michael. Newspapers of every shade of opinion write in expressions of love for the Emperor and Empress and the enthusiasm has spread throughout all the provinces.

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BASEBALL.

Boston, Jane 10.—Boston's, 11 Clevelands, i. Troy, Jane io.—Troy City's, Chicago, eight innings run game will be a

Providence, R. I., June io.—Providence, 6. Cincinnati*, i. "«*j Holyoke, June io.—Holyokei/ij Uticas, eiffht innings stopped by rain.

SALE OF COUNTY BONDS. Special to theIndiafDspolis Sentinel. Vincennes, Ind., June io.—The board of county commissioners to-day opened bids for $30,000 6 per cent, bonds, and sold the same to Henrv Sterne, of Peru

Ind., at a premium of 1% per cent., that

being the best bid.

FLIES WILL NOT BE TROUBLESOME at the breakfast table if Allan's Fly Brick is used and left in the room over night, Price 10 cents. Sold by all Grocers and Drtiggists.

H. HULMAK,

nrs Wholesale Agent.

The Turkish Alphabet Commission have resolved on the important step of spelling the names of places on staff maps in Roman characters, preserving, however, the Turkish orthography.

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NATIONAL GREEN BACKERS.

Th^y Hold a Convention at St. Paul, Minn.,

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Nominate a State Ticket and Adopt Besoluflons.

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St. Paul, Minn., June 10.—The National Greenback State convention rr.et at noon, with very few delegates present. Recess was taken to 2:30 p. m.' when an organization was eff«cted, with Ignatius Donnelly, of Dakota countv, president, E. W. B. Horey, of Shelburne county, secretary

The convention nominated the following state ticket Governor, Asa Bat-ten of Faribault lieutenant governor, Wil liam McGhen, of Filmore county tre&s. urer, Lew Nelson, of Meeker county secretary of 6tate, A. P. Lane, of Hennepin county attorney general, Wm. L§ Kelly, of St. Paul railroad commissioner, Ebenezer Ayers,- of Washington county.

The resections reported Wefie the. sub jegt of consideraole discussion, particularly that in opposition to the payment of old railroad bonds.

THE RESOLUTIONS I

were finally adopted by a decisive vote. They demand the repeal of the act of 1869, to strengthen the public credit that all United States bonds be paid in strict accordance with the original contract, and bonds issued since 1869 be paid in non-interest bearing legal tender notes declare in favor of the free coinage of silver, on the same terms as gold demand the repeal of the resumption act, and de nounee locking up coin in the treasury regard the system of contraction of the currency pursued since 1S66 subversive of t'« interest of the people, and leading to bankruptcy and the paralyzaticn of business declare that the proper money circulation of the country should be steadily increased, to keep pace with the growth of the country and the demands of trade declare that all private and corporate property should bear an equal burden of taxation oppose class legislation, condemn all large landed monopolies, railroad and others, and that the public domain should be kept for actual settlers oppose the present or any other national banking act favor a gradual income tax one term for the President severe punishment for bribing of voters favor the equalization of fuldiers' bounties protest against the ef fores to arouse sectional feeling by the leaders of both parties denounce the present Congress for engaging in boistrous and vindictive discussion, while neglecting legislation in the people's interest, favor dispensing with useldss officers, and rigid economy in our public affairs com pliment the Greenback members of Con gress, favor a soldier and sailors home-stead-law, and oppose convict labor and the employment of children under four, teen years of age in factories.

COLLYER'S CALL. v.,

Special Telegram to the Chicago Inter Ocean: New York. Tune 9.—A formal call was extended to Robert Collyer to. uight by the Church of the Messiah The first motion of the meeting was that the consideration of the subject bs postdoned until next fall, which was lost.

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named of Robert Collyer. He said, in conversation with the Rey. O. B. Frothinghain, just before the latter left for Europe he had asked that gentleman to suggest the name of some one who possessed the ability to take the church and build it up once more. Frothingham told him that he know of no one who would be so acceptable as Mr. Collyer that many of bis own congregation would in his absence seek other places* of worship, $nd he believed that at least, thirty families would be attracted to the church if Mr. Collyer should take charge of it.

The subject of salary was discussed at some length, and it was finally determined to pay Mr. Collyer at the rate of $5,000 per annum for the first six months, beginng Sept x, and to appropeniate an addiional $1

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to pay his expeses in remov.

ing from Chicago to New York. He receives in Chicago $5,000

and the rent

of the parsonage. It is proposed to take up the subject of permanent salary at the beginning of the fiscal year of the society in March next, when it is believed that an increase will be voted. Jf the socity succeeds in selling or renting all its pews which the trustees believe to be possible the income from this source will be about $15,090.

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The SpoflTord-Kellogg In* yestigation.

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Have you ever signed a paper con- ,. tainiag'that "statement? A. ?. signed no paper but one that I wrote myscu. ,•

Q^. Did you vole in the joint convention? A. Yes I first voted blank, because I was in favor of Pinchback I afterwards changed my vote from blank to Kellogg. Mr. Smith, who was afterwards member of Congress, and. collcetor of New Orleans, told me on that occasion to stand by Kellogg, as it did not look well for Republicans to spiit up among themselves,

Qi Did not Smith, before your voting, throw an envelop on your desk and tell you that it contained money? A. He a did not.

A paper was here handed witness, and he denied that the signature or 4 body of it was in his handwriting. This •'.-.•dj was afterwards marked by the chairman and reported to be used in contra- s? diction of the witness. It is an affidavit 7^ taken before Judge Prusson, on the 9th of April last, purporting to be made and signed hy witness, in which he states 'si that Smith threw a sealed envelop on hi* table that he opened it and fouud it contained money also, that members -rsg had been offered from $200 to $250 for their votes, and that several who had been so promised had got noihinsr, and that he himself got $200 for voting for Kellogg.

C^, Have you received $200 far voting for Kellogg? A. No, and stated that I did not.

Witness is answer to qnestions by Senator Kellogg said he had made an affidavit, which he had written himself, at the surgestion of Ward, Spofford.'s traveling agent, and who told him if he made such a statement h^ could go back to his perish and live with his family. There was not any statement in the affidavit as to having received any money for voting for Kellogg. There was never any inducement held out to wit* ness to vote for Kellogg. Kellogg and himself were not friendly, and he had nothing to say to the Senators.

Q. Do you know of any person who was paid any money for voting for me? A. I do not. I was present at all the caucus meetings. You never made a speech there. Whatever electioneering was done for you was a one by your friends.

Being questioned as to the conversaations with Thomas Murray, the witnesi examined yesterday, witness srid My ray told him that if Spofford was successful in this contest, he [witness] would be provided for, and would get $2,500. Being asked ap to Thomas, representative from Bossier parish, as to whom Mr ray ^vistestified yesteaday that he was ill of the small-poxand was personated by another colored man in the ballot for Senator witness swore positively that he 6lept with Thomas on the night before the joint convention that Thomas was present at the time of voting that he sat close by witness, and did vote on the occasion Thomas died about three months afterwards. He had gone over with witness to the Nichols legislature.

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One of the trustees will

leave here on Wenesday with the formal call, to which a prompt reply is expected although the pulpit will remain vacan until

September. Collyer gave assar* ances, before he left for Chicago this morning, that be would accept a call.

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stand has constantly increased every day during the Ssengerfest. Everybody ikes his cigars. Try his champion 5 cent cigar. It is first class for the ... money.

THERK is no mistake about it, Rob- n:^ inson sells the best 5c. cigar in the city.

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He Claim? to Have Beeu Very Severely Bulldozed t.' «r

SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Washington, June 7.—The Senate committee or. privileges and elections^re.umed to-day, examinations of witnesses in the Kellogg-Spofford case. Just prior to tnu opening of the proceedings Johnson, the colored witness examined on Thursday, was arres'ed in the Capitol by a capitol policeman, presumably on charee of perjury.

Wm. John De Lacey. colored, testified in reply to Merrick, counsel for Spolford, that he had been a Republican member, from Rapides parish, of the legislature that elected Kellogg to the Senate had eft Rapides parish with $1,750 in his pocket had torun away from the parish, being bulldozed by White Cameiias and other organizations went to New Orleans to meet the legislature and save his own life—for both purposes combined.

Question—Who bulldozed you? Answer—The Democrats of Rapides parish. Who were the men? A. The

whole community. Asked whether he had applied to Govenor Kellogg for money, he applied, that he had asked Kellogg to advance him $50 to assist him in a speculation, but had not got it from him, ani ri answer to other questions said he did not ask Kellogg for $50 for his vote for him never signed any paper containing such a »tatement never stated that Kellogg lent him $50 with the understanding taat he would vote for him.

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