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districts of his colleagues; and hence tne On Mr. La Follet'S amenamenv no quo priated, which may be expended hTlhl Board of Engineers, consisting of the cWt of engineers and four engineers now cn," PRODUCE EXCHANGE. FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Ota itaenlv Mffret that ow friend The Weekly Star. was no war in this measure; there was only peace in it.

But if the troubles were al- lowed to go on there would be war in tbem. and war bevond the control of The first blood that would be drawn in a controversy of this kind on the Canadian rum voted, and the committee not having advanced one step in consideration of the bill, rose, and tbe House at 5.10 adjourned. SENATE. J- -I -WAaniNQTON. Jan.

25.Charles B. Far- well, Senator-elect from the State of Illinois, escorted by Mr. Cullom, the oath of offloe administered to him by the presi ding office, and took tne seat recenwj occu-pisdby Mr. Cullom, while the latter took, that of the late Senator Logan. Mr Plumb, in presenting a peuuou ia favor of letting the people of the District of Columbia vote on the question of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating said that be was In favor of the pe tition aou in tavor oi cumonug of suffrage on the citizens of Washington for municipal purposes, ana oi mating Washington the best illustration of the re- fmullcau idea of self-government.

He be-leved that it would conduce to tbe comfort of Congress, the welfare of the people of the Dist ict. and tbe glory of republican institutions. -t Mr. Frye presented the credentials of his collesgue. Mr.

Hale, for tbe full termcom- menolug ftiarcn iw. nacea on i Mr. Allison presentea tne conierence report on tbo Army Appropriation bill. He stated tbat most of tbe amendments were: formal, and that the total amount appro-, Srlated in the bill is $23,724,718, being 28,888 lets than the appropriation of latt The conference report on the bill for (Ointment of lands in severalty to Indiana was agreed to. Mr.

tiosr, irom tne uommmee on priv ileges aod Elections, reported In tbe case of the petition of three residents of Washington county, Texas, alleging that they and others had been unlawfully deprived or their right of suffrage in tbat county, a resolution instructing that committee to inquire into all Xbe circumstances, with power to send for persons and papers, to employ a stenographer and to act by sub committee. Mr. member of the commit tte, said that he- had voted sgaipst ihe report in committee and would vote against it in. the Mr. Euslis, another member of tbe com mittee, made a like statement.

The report and memorial were order printed and went over for the present. Mr. Mahone, from the Committee on Public Buildings, teported back the House bill for the erection of public building at Cbarletton, S. limiting the price of the tiie to $100,000 aod of the building to $200,000. It went to tbe calendar.

A resolution offered by Mr. Call, some time si: ca, amended so as to instruct the Attorney Generaljlo bring suit for an injunction against the Florida Railway and Navigation Company, was called up. Mr. Morgan addressed the Senate in opposition to it. Mr.

Morgan was still: speaking when tbe hour of 2 o'clock arrived, and tbe presiding officer announced the regular order to be unfinished business the bill to establish agricultural experimental stations. Mr. Blair moved to lay aside the unfinish ed busloess and to take np the proposed woman suffrage constitutional amend ment. Carried 25 to 16. Befoie proceeding with consideration of the suffrage resolution, the chair announc ed his signature to the Inter State Com-! merce bill.

The following is tbe text of the proposed sunrage amendment: "The right or citi-t zeos of tbe Uni'ed States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by a Stale on account of sex. Congress shall nave power by appropriate legislation to tnrorce tbe provisions of this article. Mr. Brown addressed tbe Senate in opposi tion. He said that as a member of tbe select committee no woman's suffrage he had signed with Senator Cockrell the minority report, in which they had sought to estab lishthe fact that tbe proposed legislation would ha injudicious and unwise.

He should not hesitate to reiterate to-day por-tiocs of what be had then said. He believtd that the Creator intended that the sphere of males aod females of the human race should be different, and that their duties and obii- gations while they differed materially, were equally important and equally honorable; It was doubtful, be said, whether man or womau bad now the most influence in government affairs. Intelligent, noble, cultivated woman was a power behind the-throne. All her influence was in favor of morality and good government. She now exercised an imperishable influence in pub lic affairs; much greater than she could if female suffrage were enacted.

It might Ibe a qualification to a small minority of women, but it would be cruelty to a large majority of them. The most igncrant and less refined abortions jof tte femsle population, to say nothing of the baser classes, would flock to the polls, while refined, intelligent and virtuous women would stay at home. Thus there would be a vast preponderance of ignorance and vice at the polls. Things were bad enough now in that connection. Was the Senate ready to expose women, to such demoralization and the.

conntry to such a strain In order merely to gratify the small minority at tho expense of mortifies- lion 10 me large ne regaraea the movement as an attempt to leverse the very laws of being. Neither tbe physical nor moral laws of nature could! be reversed; but this was a movement to attempt to reverse those laws. His opinion was that a very large majority of the American people, and even of tbe female sex, opposed this move ment; and they were wise in doing so. He therefore protested against the passage of tbe resolution. i Mr.

Dolph argued in favor cf the resolution and held tbat the question for the Sen ate was not that of establishing woman's suffrage, but of submitting that question to the vote of the several States. Mr. Hoar also supported the resolution. Mr. Emtis and Mr.

Vest opposed it, and Mr. Blair closed tbe debate in favor of the resolution A vote was then taken and it was rejected. i Yeas Blair. Bo wen. Cherry.

Conger, Cullom, Dolph, Farwell, Hoar, Manderson, Mitchell of Orcgon.Mitchell of Pennsylvania. Palmer, Piatt, Sherman, Teller, Wilson of Iowa 16. Nays Beck, Berry, Blackburn, Brown, Call. Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Eustis, Evarts. George, Gray, Hampton, Harris, Hawley, Ing alls.

Jones of Nevada, McMillan, Mahone, Morgan. Morrill, Payne, Pugb, Saulsbury, Sawyer. Sewel), Spooner, Vance, Vest. Whit-, thorne, Williams. Wil3oa of Md 34.

Pairs were announced between Chace and Ransom, Dawes and Maxey, Gorman and Frye. Stanford and Camden, Miller and Eeona, Butler and Cameron, and Jones of Arkansas and Harrison. Mr. Plumb was absent when the vote was taken; but afterwards said ho wculd have voted aye. Public building bills were taken from the calendar and passed as follows: To transfer certain rooms occupied by the United States Courts to the city of Jackson, Miss to.

exchange property at Abingdon, for more suitable property; appropriating $200,000 for a site and building at Chattanooga, building at Charleston, S-C. not to exceed $100,000 for the site and $200,000 for the building, jl Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Hiscock appeared, in the House this morning and was warmly congratulated by his colleagues upon his success in the Senatorial contest in New York.

ji The enrolled copy of the Inter-State Commerce bill was signed by the Speaker, and after it has been signed by the presiding officer of tbe Senate, will be sent to the President. Mr. Lanham, of Texas, asked unanimous consent for the passage of a bill appropriating $10,000 to enable the Commissioners of Agriculture- to make special distri-bution of seeds in the drought-stricken counties of Texas. Mr Cowles, of N. objected.

-1 Mr. Turner, of called op the Rhode Island contested election case of Page vs. Pirce. The msioritv resolution declares the seat vacant while the minority resolu tion connrms the right of Mr. Pirce to the Seat.

-X The debate continued rather drearily un til Mr. Turner, of Georgia, arose to close the discussion, when in commenting upon what he denounced aa'bribery in the case the payment of three dollars to a voter to compensate him for loss of time be suggested that the time might come when a man in New England would have to be paid to celebrate the Fourth of Mr. Gallinger, of New Hampshire, inquired whether the statistics of. the last election would not show that a much larger piujiurtiou or voters went to tne polls la New England than in Georgia, Turner said that in his own instance there was no opposition to his election and that the chairman of the Republican com mittee in his district had stated to him that there was no objection to his reelection to Congress. This was the case also in the Hale did not get thla publie printing Which he had so! well "earned by faithful service to the party and the very best service that was ever given this State bv a Dublio printer.

But i Republics are unfaithful in re warding the moat deserving, parties are equally ungrateful in not providing for the moat efficient. It seems that the Democrats in the Legislature do not know when they have the best of officials. Young Mr. Daniels, the Raleigh Chronicle, defeated canons the veteran and able Hale, and the News Observer. Mr.

Daniels will no doubt do his best to serve the State faithfully as be is a young inau of a high sense of duty and of good capacity. We wish him: well Barely, and hope he will be able to do good work every way as his accomplished and efficient predecessor. Senator Ransom was very earnest, vigilant and aotive in getting through the appropriation for $200,000. In fact it is but justice to say that bis efforts! eeoured the $50,000 extra appropriation, as but for him the House appropriation of $150,000 would have been all, The Senator has been always a very firm and aealous friend of the Cape Fear river and its improvements, and- through his instrumentality to a very great extent have the appropriations generally been secured. He is always on the alert in behalf of this He has extended his efforts recently in another direction the above appropriation for a Government building here is the.

result, ne was warmiy assisted by Col. Bennett. jj Prinee Bismarck of bis sort is strictly A No. 1, first class, gilt edge. He knows Europe and he knows Germany.

In the Reichstag be has simplified the issue between Kaiser and people by patting it in plainest terms. Shall Germany be ruled by the Reichstag or by the Emperor But if ibe People should rise up and Bay that We are the Bosses, then what will Uncle William and Cousin Bismarck Bay to that One G. W. Stanton, Rep. from Wilson, contested the seat of W.

Farmer, Dem. The, committee reported unanimously that Stanton "had no case." But he is given some three weeks' pay. Is that right? Is that fair and honest? Why should the people pay some $100 to this political bushwhacker who "has no case," just because he chose to kick up a dust? The Legislature has done I 8 Two bruisers, prize fighters, named Weir and Farrell, fought seven rounds with k'ut gloves. Farrell was so badly whipped thathe was beaten into insensibility. This occurred near York.

Weir is an Irishman. Austria ia now said to be ready for war. It has three immense! armies practically under arnv, and it is estimated that the Landsturn would supply in a short time a million addi tional men. I What a grand country How brains shine 1 Mrs. Stanford, wife of a U.

S. Senator, Recently splurged at a Presidential reception in diamonds worth a half million. See what bad a man may do by evil example. In South Ilia works do follow him. Carolina there have been two snioides caused by reading of the hanging bf Clnverius.

Mayor Hewitt's sickness ia of such a character that the politicians are urging him toj take an ocean trip. He is too much of a Mayor for them. The late Gen: Charles Stone was born in Massachusetts in 1822, or near that year. A young man in Montana look to I i opium smoking, and now he smokes, but not opium, Wllmlngton Custom Tbe estimates submitted to Coogress by the Secretary of tbe Treasury for annual appropriations for United States customs districts embraces tbe following for Wilmington: I One collector, one special deputy, $1,600: one deputy and chief inspector, two inspectors, each; two boatmen. $420 each two bpatmen (at Stnttbville), $360 each.

This makes a reduction in the pay of some of the officials and employes at the Custom House, which at present is as follows: $2,600 per annum; special deputy, deputy and chief Inspec tor, two inspectors, each; two $420 each; two boatmen (at Smithvllle), $420 each. I I Having in our ofllcial capacity as members of tbe Plymouth Hospital Committee been asked to test and prove the effectiveness of many different articles to be used as disinfectants in sickrooms and as prevent lveS of Infections fevers, report that Datbys Propylsetic Fluid has been' thoroughly tested during tbe recent Typhoid epidemic in this place. It proved most efficacious ia staying the spread of the feveri F. H. Armbtrobo, 8.

M. Djlvhport, J. A. OPP, O. If.

iliAXCB, Thos. Kerb, Jaxks Lax, Jr. BaeepUon. at tbe Jail. The new jail will be finished in a few days.

When completed and accepted by the county authorities, Sheriff Manning proposes to throw it open to the inspection of the public for two days the first day for whites and the second day for colored people. After that, admission to the jail can easily be had in the regular and proper way, out getting out may do extremely difficult. A private letter to the editor says that the report that Judge Thos. Ashe Is critically ill is untrue. He Is very alL a.

a. i wva, uut uia pnyBiciau aoes not oonaiaer blm hopelessly ill. i If you wish a good article of Plu Tobacco, ask your dealer for ''Old Rn." at vote in Georgia was a mere cress paraae or tlir Democratic petty: Those who voted only -ccmiog out to bow respect to the candidates In New England it was a rare thing for parlies to unite upon a candidate, and therefore the full vote was brought out and ail parlies- and factions of parties representee-. He had tne nignest respect for New England. He believed that the country was: immensely loaeuiea to tnai section of country: tier town governments were the best in the Union, and her commonwealths were well governed; but he wanted it understood that an tne virtue and all the igracei and all the purity of elections did not reside within the limits of the New England States.

f-; Mr. Boutelle inquired if it were not true that while the average vote lor uongress in New' England was 82,000 votes, the average vote in Georgia was only 12.000 Mrt Turner said that -he had already replied to that question and given tbe reason for the large vote in one section and the small vote in tbe other. If there was a Democrat la the gentleman district who would not get up before day in the morning and pay bis own expenses for the privilege of voting against the he denounced him as no Democrat Laughter add applause. The minority resolution was rejected yeas 108, nays 130 and the majority resolution agreed to yeas 180, nays 83, i Mr i Hatch reported the Agricultural Appropriation bill, and it was referred to the Committee oi tne whole. Adjourned.

SENATE. Wabhihoton, Jan. 28. Among the bills reported and placed on the calendar was one by Mr. Miller, from the Committee on Agriculture, creating a department of the Government to be known as the Department of Agriculture.

I Tbe Senate proceeded to the consideration of thai resolution reported yesterday by Mr. Hoari instructing the coumiltee On Privileges and Elections to investigate the allegations toade by three residents jof Washington county. Texas, as to their be ing driven from their homes, compelled to abandon their property, and deprived of tbe right of suffrage in tbe county Mr. Coke! opposed the resolution. He was not adverse (nor was tho State of Tex as) to an Investigation of charges pro perly made against the State, involving a subject over! which Congress had jurisdiction but he protested tbat the proposed investigation was a subject not within tbe jurisdiction of Congress.

The State1 of Texas had State autonomy, ber constitution and laws were in full force and opera tion She could redress all grievances, personal or otherwise, occurring within her bordeis. The subject was one peculiarly within the jurisdiction of the State, and the resolution was an intermeddling with something belonging solely to the State and outside of the jurisdiction of the General Government. He gave the history of the I case, to the effect' that a re spectable while Democrat bad been shot by a I colored man at the polls. neari Brenham, Texas; that three colored men had been arrested and placed in jail charged with that crime: tbat a mob had taken them put of jail and hanged them, and that the three petitioners Hack worth, Moore and Schuitz who had been prominent in'influencing and deluding the negro population there, had supposed their lives to be in danger and had fled from tbe country. was all there was in it.j He had received to-day a telegram rom D.

C. Giddings, of Brenham, formerly Representative in Congress from Texas, stating that the three petitioners were of the worst type of scalawags; that they bad been mainly instrumental-in stirring up strife between the races, and were charged with instigating tbe murder referred to; also, tbe statement of a man named Bolton, tbat they were not driven from their were their lives threatened, I bnt that their Iowa guilty consciences had caused them to leave the country for the country's good. He submitted that the Senate should not adopt the resolution-, be cause to do so would be to allow the fair fame of one the States of tbe Union to be aspersed without It would be sn injustice which should not be tole rated in tbe Senate. I Mr. Hose defended and advocated the resolution.

As to tbe statement that col ored men had killed a peaceful, respectable white Democrat, who bad given nooSence, that was not a very probable statement. Such things did not often occur in Texas or elsewhere. The fact was that the man who was killed was disguised as a ku- klux. f- vv'l- ri. Mr.

Coke denied that, and said there was not word bf truth in it. I Mr. Hoar reasserted his statement. Mr. Saulsbury protested against the com mittee on privileges and Elections being made the dumping ground for every scala wag who chose to go there and make charges against his 1 1 nr.

iwimnnas aovocatea tne resolution Mr. 1 Eustis opposed it. as "waving tbe bloody Bhirt a little in advance of the usual season. I It was Bimply a proposition to make politicsl capital." ,1 Mr.j Hawley and Mr. Evarts advocated the resolution.

Mr. Saulsbury offered an amendment requiring the investigation tone conducted in Washington county, Texas. Mr Hoar opposed the amendment. The question should be left to the judgment and discretion of the committee, The amendment was rejected yeas 28, nays 83. i Mr; Call opposed the resolution as an attack ion the very life of the government and American institutions.

i A vote was taken and the resolution adopted yeas 81, nays 26 as follow: Teas Aldrich, Blair, Bowen, Chace, Cheny, Conger, Cullom, Edmunds, Evarts, Farwell, Fpye, Hale, Hawley, Hoar, In-galls, Jones of Nevada, McMillan, Mahone, MandersoA Miller, Mitchell of Pennsylvania, Morrill, Piatt, Sabin, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Teller, Williams i Wilson of Iowa 31. 1 Nays Beck, Berry, Blackburn, Brown, Call, Coke, Colquitt, Eustis, George, Gibson, i Gorman, Gray, Hampton, Harris, Jones of Arkansas, Kenna, McPherson, Morgan. Payne. Pugh.JRansom, Saulsbury, Vance, Vest, Walthall, Whitthorne-28. The Senate then resumed consideration of the bill to establish agricultural experi ment stations in connection witn agricultu ral colleges established under the act of July 2, 1862.

Mr. Morgan stated his objection 'to the bill to be that it did not place any Control over the subject within the power! of the several States. He thought that control of the Agricultural College and of the proposed experiment stations should be placed entirely in the hands of the States, j- After a long discussion and the offering of and voting on a large number of amendments, Mr. Hawley offered a substitute for the bill and on his motion the bill and substitute were ordered printed and the'matter went over till to-morrow. I The Railroad Attorney bill was i then taken Up.

and Mr. Berry obtained the floor to discuss it, but the Senate immediately at 4.85 went into secret session and when, the doors were reopened adjourned. I. HOUSE 'OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting; estimates of the Secretary of the Interior of the appropriation to meet the expenditures required by Mexican Pension bills.

(Referred. The Secretary of the Interior estimates that $4,663,104 will be required Tor the first yearly-payment of pensions, end asks for an appropriation-, of $257,000 Ifor increased clerical force, i The- 8enate Fisheries bill having been iaiu ueiore tne nouse, on motion of Mr, Belmont it was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, acd lease granted tbat committee to report at anv time. I Granting: of leave to report at any time requireu unanimous consent, but, there was apparently no disposition cn the part of any member to make objection, as it haa been frequently held that the right to re- report at any time carries with it the right ui luiuieuuno uoDBiuerauon. i ne i Dill will have the right of way in the House aa winn aa it has been passed upon by the committee, o-rw Bragg submitted the? conference re port upon i tne Army Appropriation bill, and it was agreed to. un motion of Mr.

Cutchinca Mtoa km z.i. uw nam uasaeu Droviains rnr I hnldlnir terms of the U. 8. Courts at Vicksburg. Miss.

I 3 After a brief struggle for precedence between the Pleuro-Pneumonia billi and the River and Harbor bill, tha Uttt nmmi successful, and the Honse went into Cbm- nuyieeoi tne wnole on tbat measure. of Minnesota, offered the luiiowing amendment as a substitute for enure Dili That the sum of $7,600. im uvreoy appropriated out or any money in the treasury not otherwise appro SECOND SESSION. Flaberlea Dlapaie Warlike Speeebea -Blsionli Betallatory Heaaairea Approved br Senate Tbe Cob- atrnetlon ot more War Vcaaela Pre-: poaed A Nnntbar ot Bill IaUrodneed River and Harbor Appropriations before tbe Honse. v'.

senate. WaBHnrooH: Jan. 24 The oredentlala of Charles B. Farwell. "elected to fill tbe vacancy In the Senate caused by the death of John A.

Logan, were presented and placed on file. ur. Allison pressntea nelltions from all of. the National Banks of Chicaeo. St.

Paul and Minneapolis, recommendinr cer tain changes and modifications in the Honse bill as to National Banks, now pending before the Senate; Referred to- committee on Finance. --h Mr. Butler; by request, introduced a bill to provide for the construction of a steam cruising vessel of war, of twenty knots speed, uererrea to committee, on Naval ASairs. Senate bin conoernintt postofSces of the third class providing that they shall not be changed into postofflces of the fourth class, where the gross receipts amount to $1,900 a year, or where the box receipts and commissions, constituting the post-maatci's compensation, amount, to 1,000, was, on motion or wuson or lows. taken from tbo calendar and passed.

I Atl.uo the Benate. on motion of Mr. Edmunds, proceeded to the consideration of Senate bin to authorize the President of the United States to protect and defend the rights of American fishing vessels, American fishermen American trading and other vessels in certain cases. Mr. Frye suirgested to Mr.

Edmunds that tbe words "also if he think proper," should be omitted before the words au-thoriziog the President to deny the entry of fish from Canada, because that language siemed tn suggest tbat this prohibition would be the last resort of the President, while in his (Frye's) judgment it won Id be the first resort, acd probably the only one. under tbe present circumstances Mr. JSuununds consented to having the words struck out and they were stricken out Mr Inealls (thought that thete fishery: difficulties must ultimately be settled either by negotiation or by war. This measure was distinctly fone of retaliation. It was an eye for an evei tooth for a tooth, for a fish, an insult for an insult, a wrong lor a wrong.

He thought it important before the Senate was called upon to vote, "that the committee on Foreign Relations should advie the Benate whether this measure was intended to be pacific or hostile; whe ther It was in effect an invitation to nego tiate or practically a declaration of war. There was bo use in disguising too proposition. There was a feeling of irriU' lion real party in interest being Great Britain and not (Jan ad a) which was, at any momi-nt, if tm present attitude was con tinued, liable to' lead to discontent which might ripen into exasperation and this into open bosiiiity. it was therefore ot very great importance that at the threshold, the outset, in the vestibule, the Benate should understand whether the bill was intended as a gaciflc or as a hosti'e measure. He quoted some sentences frcm the report of the committee on oreign Relations ana remarked tbat countries had been inunda ted with blood on less provocation.

Tbe conduct of the. Dominion and of Great Britain (according to Ibis report) was suffi cient to lustily and warrant a declaration of war on tbe part of tbe United States. It was a violation not only of treaty rights. guaranteed by repeated conventions, but it showed a purpose on the part of tbe gov ernment of Canada and Her Majesty's go vernment to harass and annoy and destroy 'American fishing interests, simply for the purpose, either of private gain or of some public advantage, it appeared to mm mat In view of these grave allegations, the lr ritation and discontent known to exist between lbs two countries, the resorting of the, measure which authorized the resident to enter simply on a process of retalia tion wa4 baruly insistent with the gravity of the situation. It was a dangerous course to authorize the President to continue in tbe same line of conduct and policy, with tbe inevitable result either, of final ly negotiating for the purpoae of set Ming these questions, or else of going to 1 war in defence or rights under the treaty of 1818 He tboueht it would be belter, more in accordance: wih the dignity of the sub ject and with the morality which ought to prevail among nations as among men, to declare, as the conviction of the Senate, that relations! between the two powers are such as to tequire negotiations, and tbat there abould be an authority not to issue leiters of marque and reprisal, but to select a commission to consider the subject, and.

if possible, to reach some basis of an nn- derstanding between Great Britain, Canada and tbe United 8latea in regard to the fish eries, i Mr. Frvc made very impassioned charging the Canadian authorities with outrages and inhumanities that would have disgraced the Feejee Islanders, and declaring tbat the purpose of tbe proposed legialaiion was tn notify the government of Great Britain that continuance of such a course muat be at their peril He intimated very plainly that tbe proposed legislation was desired by the President and members of his Cabinet. Mr. Ingslls accepted Mr. Frye's interpre tation or the bill as a correct one.

it meant war. although Mr. Edmunds denied that it necessarily did bo mean. He ex pressed his pleasure at hearing Mr. Frye's interpretation of the bill tbat it was a de clarati to Great Britain recognizing her agency in the matter, and notifying her tnat soe will continue in it at ber peril, Ur.

Hoar declared it to be bia ODinion that tbe proceedings of the Canadian au thorities in this matter were undertaken for the purpose of interfering with a matter which is purely of our own domestic concern. It was sot that Canada might catch fish without molestation; it was that she might sell fish with out the i interference of the American tariff policy. He regarded this attempt by a foretgoi power to enforce upon us against our will a certain domestic policy as one of the most emphatic and. flagrant acts of hostility that could be committed; short of actual war. He did not under stand, however, with the Senator, from Kansas, tbat the object of this measure was to bring abjut either war or further diplomacy.

It was merely saying to the British government and tbe Dominion of Canada, that so long as they attempted to interfere with our domestic arrangements in this way, so long they should not be permitted to sell their fish or other products in American markets, at au. Mr. Morgan asked why this law, affect ing American commerce could not be pass ed without making any threat was not becoming, nor was it necessarv. to make threats. 4 When resolutions of the Ameri can Congress were reached.

Congrets would be strong enough in its expression of them to convey to the world at large that Con gress meant what it said, ur. uoke inquired or Ur. Morgan whether the bill was in accordance with the views of tbe State Department, Ur. Morgan replied that the bill had not been presented to the mate Department, and said that bo long as he was a member of the Senate he would never consent to the presentation of a bill to th co-ordinate branch of government unless it were a bill on which be wished to get information He declared that bo far from this being a wariixe measure it was a measure to pre vent war. If Congress were to declare (as it had the right to declare) that the British Government bad viola tea tne treaty or ibis.

tbat thai was a oeut. ana that it was the duty ot Congress so to treat it, it would set tbe two countries by the ears and lead to the exrenditure or. mucn treasure and blood. the Senate of the United 8tates and -its Committee on. Foreign Relations did not think of entering on tbat ground, America would be always ready to emergencies when they arose.

The Committee on Foreign Relations was acting in the most peaceable way. and on tbe side of peace, so as to furnish opportunities to' the government of Great Britain to reflect upon the question how much this was j. going to damage her commerce. The committee wanted to present an opportunity for cool reflection. It would not be necessary for tne resident of the United States to issue a proclamation of embargo, or a proclamation of entire suspension of commercial relations with Canada, or with any other part of Great Britain.

He was quite sure that when the Canadian fishermen found that there was no market in the United States for a peck of their fish they would at once consult the pocketnerve and it would be found quite easy to arrange all difficulties without resorting to the war- making power. There mueUas Ik Board naaagtn- br Bailral A meeting of the Board of Managers of the Produce Exonangejwas heldjyesterday, which the Railroad Freight Committee nude a verbal report! and were continued, with Instructions to gather such further instruction in regard to freight charges, as they could, ij The Committee reported that communications having addressed to the Hon. Campbell Wallace, Chairman of the Georgia Railroad CommUsloners, as to the prac Ileal working of the railroad law in that Bute, the following reply hid been received, which, In 'view of possible legislation in the same direction pn our JState, and the high position of the writer, will no doubt prove of great interest to all classes Atlahta. Ga. Jan.

13th. 1887. Wm. Colder. JBtm Chairman Railroad Oommiuion.

Produce Exchange, Wit- mington. N. C. -o i Oxab Sib: Your letter of the 11th lost, requesting me to forward you the reports and other documents printed by the Georgia Railroad Commission, and also advising me of many erroneous reports in circulation as to the malts in the execution of the law in this State, reached me to-day, -Ia answer Ifegnt to say that I cannot comply with jour request as to forwarding vnirrenorta and other documents, printed by the Georgia; Railroad Commission, for tha reason that Similar demands from other V. 1 cm States which wie have endeavored to sup- nlv.

has exhausted our stock. The. other alluded to and Questions propound ed in sour letter I will answer as briefly as First It is ni'H true that the Uws of 0Hrtfii reuulatiair railroads have in any wise niilitaied against the commerce of ibe or resultejd in any injury to the pea-nle. On! the icontrarv. the trade of the tiute acd her people and her railways were never in a more prosperous condition.

Second. It i not trus that the Railway Commission law of Georgia, or the administration of that law bv ber commissioners. has curtailed 'the buildinz of railroad within the Statie. On the contrary, there ha been at no time any curtailment of railroad construction in Georgia except such as arose from fioancial causes pro ducing a like effect in other States. Third i li ia true that there are more rail roads recently (completed and now open for traffic, and more at this time in process of rapid construction, and more chartered and beme located, iand in the hands of wealthy and comoctent corporators, than ever be fore in the history of this State, Fourth.

It emphatically raise me people of disapprove of either the railroad commission law or toe manner in which It has been executed. On the con trary ao decided are the people of favor of the t'tromii8itto, and ao determined lht the ac it ten-ill be maintained in its in tegrity, without any mod'flcailona of its nnwera. thai in the recent canvass for the election of Governor and Legislative can didates, rooie or less all over the State. they wr required! to pledge themselves before the people in junmtstaKabie terms to maintain1 inviolate ibe railroad commission law as it now exists. Cifib.

It iiNrue and it cannot be success- full? shown to the contrary, that the rail- n.sda of Georgia, with but one exception. arc. in tWir iibysic-tl and financial condi tion eaual in all resp-wta to thi roads of any otner Siaf.e. and greatly superior to a maloritv of the roads of manv other states. Sixth.

U4 true that the stock and inds of thejroads in Gaoriia rate higher in Uieir hom market, and show larger net e-trnlnes. and as between railroads and pi.plu Iwa litigation, than in the contig-i uius Stales, i Seventh The Georgia Commiasiottlaw has bt-en in operation aince 1879 Thus far it baa stoi tbe teat of violent litiiration in the State and United Stages Courts, and to day the people of Georgia are proud of the law, proud of her railroads, Sod proud of ber Qnmcaai credit at beme ana soroaa. Respectfully and truly yours. UAMPBELIi ALLACE. A Bis Time Expected.

The SViliington Infantry Company are making arrangements for. an en cam men of the Second Regimen1-N. C. State Ouvdj which it ia proposed to hold in this ciiy ia the 19th, 20th and 21st of Hay next. The visiting companies of the regiment tfce Fayettevitle Independent Light Infantry, the Sbxe Heel Ri flea, the Snmpaon Light I Infantry, and the Guarda j-will uo the guests vt our home company, and it is hoped to make the occasion so that many vijitora will take advanlaee of the low tzcursion fates to be offered by the railroad duipanUB.

and attend. To carry out the prgramin! arranged by the Light Infantry wi'J coH something, but it will be money wtli Beaidca the pleasure it will afl rd.j merchanta, hotel keepers and others will reip advantages from the assem- h-age of such a Urga number of peo ple from abroad as the encampment mut eeceasarlly bring to the city, and this no is fully appreciated by them; sev cral leading business men having already prufifcred their ervic-s to aid tbe company ia makJng the cfctfary arrangements. Railroad officials- have also signified their readiness to iua excursion trSins to the city from all point on their roads and to make the rates low both for excursionists and I he visiiing military. Among the features of the entertainment will be prize shooting- for cooiDaniea and for individuals. The camp will probably be formed In- the large vacant lot at tbe easM-rn end of Market street.

Bueklen's Arnica Salve. -i i The Best Salve in the world, for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, i Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures jf lies, or no pay required, ic is gua ranteed to, eive perfect satisfaction, or money! refunded. Price; 25 cents per IFor sale by W. H. Green Tht Atlantic Foaat Line.

It is stated on railroad authority that the line mrvejed from Sumter, 8. to Atf- gusta, Ga is intended to give the Atlantic Coast Line direct route from the North to Augusta. Coast Line at present uses the Charlotte, Columbia Augusta line from Columbia to Augusta but it is said the arrangement with the latter! road will expire ia two years and six months. Be fore that time tbe Coast Line will have its direct and independent line to Augusta, built as now surveyed The Wilson and Florence cut-off of the Coast Line is now graded to lbs South Carolina line. PASTRY WITHOUT BUTTE B.

The American pie haa been subjected to more unjust abuse irom roreign writers than any other of our distinctive products. if we except tbe recent tirade against the American hog. And vet we cannot sav that it has been altogether undeserved, because of the villainous compound, thick, hard, heavy, that ia too often made to do duty as a "crust," and which by courtesy is called "pastry." Light, tender, flaky and digestible pie crust and all kinds of Dastrv can be made most readily by the use of Royal Baking Powder without any butter, or with half the usual portion, if preferred. or with a small quantity of lard or other shortening, as desired. Pie crust thus made is much more wholesome and dims tibia, boa idea being more economical and easier prepared.

In addition to saving all the butter If desired, one-third the flour is also dispensed with as the crust is roiled tbat much thinner, the leavening qualities of the Royal Baking Powder swelling it to tne requisite imcaneai. ii anppmgs or hud be need the Royal Baking Powder removes any unpleasant taste, rendering the crust as short, sweet and pleasant as if made from the finest butter. Those who know the anrjetltizina? Qualities of the mn. uine nome-maae American pie win rejoice mat oy we aia or Koyai mxing rowder in ue pastry it can be made quite as digest! Die as it is aencious. tn the service, either for repair, preserva- or completion of euri.

public improvements of rivers snd harboVi as shell ia 4heir judgment afford practical buu uupvi.au lauuiuus uy water icr inter State commerce. After a long debate substitute was agreed to 140 to 27 ard it was reported to the House. 1 he previous question was ordered vp 165. nays 64 and Mr. Draelev.

nf rising to a parliamentary inquiry, inquired me eucct ot reiusai on the- part of tv House to agree to the substitute. The 8peaker replied that the original bill would then be before tbe House for actim Mr.DiBglejr suggested'that not cec lint that bill had been considered in Commi, tee of the Whole. The Speaker replied that that Was a mc! ter over which he had no jurisdiction. must oe governed' by the report cf tl-, Committee of the Whole, which had imported the bill, with recommendation tb the substitute be adopU-d. If that sub-tu tute was not agreed to.

tbe question woulli i be on ordering the original bill to a tbisi reading. Mr. Willis hoped, in view of this -that tho substitute would bia rejected. Tbe substitute was r-jected ay'es 4g nays 176. The- original bill was then ordered engrossed and read a third time yeas 143 nays 87-and tbe previous questiou ordert 1 on the final passage of tbe bill.

Mr. Hepburn demanded the reading or the engrossed copy, and as the bill hat no-been engrossed the House at 5.15 adjourned. The bill Will come up for final notion i0 morrow, o.o. Spirits Turpentine. i-The Marshall (exas) Herald of the 22nd, announces that Major Williani Stedman, of that town, is dangerously i.l Major Stedman is one oyhe leading Ian -yers of Texas, and is a native of Chatham county, N.

0. i oi Jefferson Appalachian PAiloso-pher: Corn has advanced to 75 cents per bushel, Grain is likely to be short in this county until the next crop is harvested, owing to short crops last year. About 10 persons left Weasel for Montana Territory December 16th. Much of our Ashe county wheat is so trashy that tic idea of having it made into graham flour is diecouraging. 1 Albemarle Observer: A bill as been introduced in the Senate to allow each county in the State three scholarships in the University instead of one, as it is now.

Col: J. B. Lindsay, Marshal J. Bostian and Messrs. J.

M. Russell and Fred Davis made a revenue raid in tbe caves Of Montgomery, last week. Tbe party succeeded in capturing a still, some whiskey, about 2,500 gallons of beer and a wagon and team. Hickory Press: Many of tho farmers of Catawba county who have l. 1 a i uciciuiuic u86u iciuiizcrs win uisconumii; their use this year, substituting domestic manures and clover.

We regret to learn that the drug store of Dr. A. P. Ktt- ver. at Eeeversville, in this county, was burned with its contents on Friday miming, tbe 14th inst.

Loss insurance $1,150. The fire originated from a flue. Charlotte Chronicle: Prepara tions ror tne great revival meeting to be held in this city during the month of Feb- ruary have now been completed, and nil in readiness. Mr. J.

Query, a promi nent citizen of Cabarrus countv. his home near Harrisburg last Saturday morning, at 5 o'clock, after a brief f.ttark of pneumonia. Some weeks ago the Chronicle made tbe announcement, upon authority, that the offices Of the Richmond Danville Railroad are to be moved back to Richmond, and Sunday's Richmond pa pers confirm our report in every particular Charlotte Chronicle: Nicht be fore last the' store of J. A. Newell, located on tue iticnmono es uanvnie road, bix miles north of Charlotte, at Newcll's sta tion, was entered and robbed of a consider able quantity of merchandise.

Yes terday a colored man named Jake lie Combs, who has been driving a dray for Messrs. Long of this city, was dis covered at the cash drawer in the store of these gentlemen, and on being closely pressed was seen to drop a -sum of money in a coffee barrel as he went from behind: the counter, An-mvestigalion proved ifit McCombs had taken about $3 fiom thd cash drawer, but had not been able ui escape with his plunder. Goldsboro Messenger: Mr. T. Lane has succeeded in locating sevetnl families of industrious German's on hifc farm near Pine Level.

They came direct from Germany. The Messenger will celebrate its 20th anniversary on tbL 22nd 1 of April by publishing tho largt.j'. newspaper ever printed in ihe South. It is proposed to make it 24 pages; and an edi tion of 15,000 or 20,000. There aie twenty-two prisoners confined in the jail.

oi this number three are white and the rft mainder colored. The Cincinnati Telegram, of recent date, announces lb a "the Hon. Howard Douglas, of tbat Supreme Chancellor of- the Knights li Pythias of the World, on Tuesday, issued a commission to Mr. Julius A. Bon it or Goldsboro, N.

he having recently bedn appointed an Aid-de Camp with rank of Colonel oh the staff of Maj. Gen. Jas. R. Carnahan, Commander of the Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias." Wadesboro Intelligencer: Corn, bacon, flour and meal are now being hauled to the country by the wagon load.

A sad reflection is this upon the management of our farmers. When, oh I when, will they learn to raise the necessaries life at home. One night last week the dead body of W. L. Collins was found in the snow, near Mt.

Croghin. The deceased was subject to epileptic fits. It is-believed that he fell in one of these and that death resulted from cold. A telegram was received a few days ago convey-ingthe intelligence that Henry Horn, son of Rich Billy Horn, had killed a man ta Orlanda, Fla.r and was then in jail awaiting trial for his act. Horn states tbat he has no hopes as -he is moneyless among hstrangers.

On Wednesday night last, a young man by the name of 1 John Naeh, from Richmond county, crawled up into the hay left over Tom Mayo's stables, for the purpose of Bleeping till morning. Sometime during the night he fell through a hole in the floor, left there for, the purpose of throwing feed to the horses beloW, and sustained injuries which may provsj fatal. Raleigh Visitor: Shotwell Memorial Bazaar at Tucker Hall Thursday and Friday evenings, January 27th and 28th, in aid of the fund for the erection of a monument to the late CsptJ R. A. Sbotr well.

The Revision Committeo of the Method ist Episcopal Church South hymn book, section 1st, is now in session at tbe Branson House. Section 1st Consists of N. H.D. Wilson, D. chairman; Jas.

U. Carlisle, LL President i ot Woffbrd College. 8. and Samuel K. Cox, D.

D.r of Baltimore. The entire committee consists of nine members. We congratulate President Gray and all concerned on the; passage by the House of Representatives of the bill extending the time to four years for the completion of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad to Mt. Airy and Patterson The only regret we in connection with the matter is that trie force of convicts was not placed at a latgor figure, and we trust that an amendment will be made to the bill in the Senate for an increase in that direction. It is one of tn" most important enterprises in the State.and snoum receive ail the fostering care ros- sible.

j-t. Charlotte Observer; Last week the people of Morgantoni were considerably exercised over an attempt by burglars to break open the safe in tho new postafflce building at tbat place. The lob was (evidently undertaken by experts, but tho afe. Which was a splendid one of Marvin's manufacture, proved very difficult to enter, except in the proper way. The-cnly damage done was the destruction of the door to the safe.

There was a considerable sum of money in the safe at the time between $700 and $1,000. Col; R. A. Johnston, the Superintendent of tho Boston Construction Company, spent a part of yesterday in the city, and from him it is learned that everything connected with the building of the Charleston, Cincinnati Chicago road is going along smoothly. Tbo company is in readiness to begin building the gap between Black's and Camden, S.

and work will be commenced on this Sart of the road the first of February. Tho (stance ia about one hundred miles, and Superintendent Johnston sava it ia. expec ted to complete the distance within eight montna. WM. Bf.

BERNARD, Editor and Prop'r. WILMINGTON, N. C. Fbidat, January 28, 1887. In writing to change ravr faddrww, mlvav AnumtMnMnn well aa foil as where you wish your paper to be eent hereafter.

Unless you do both changes can not be made. ryNotloe of Marriage or Death, Tribute of Respect, Resolutions of Thank. are oharired for as ordinary advertisements, but only hall rates when ald for strlotly In advance. At this rate 60 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death, most be made by Money Order or Registered Letter, Post masters wUl register letters when desired. 1 ray-Only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher.

t3ySpeclmen copies forwarded when desired. INVENTORS. It ia well known that many men conceive ideas that others appropriate and get the credit for them. In invention and discovery this is especially true. people think that Robert Fulton discovered steamboat and that Morse discovered the talerrraDh.

But there wero steam- I boats-before Fulton's little boat was put on the Hudson or he ever thought of it was a telegraph before Morse; was out" of his spelling-book. Some years ago we published a fall, account of this. If the reader would know the valne of Arthur Young as a witness, let him consult Lieky masterly "History of the Eighteenth Century." YV611 this very Arthur Young saw a telegraph wire in Paris just before the opening of the French Revolution, and gives an account of it. This was in 1789 or 1790. The inventor was a victim of the bloody times in which be lived.

Then there were other; inventors in the same direction before Morse came. But our object bow in referring to inventors is to collate some information concerning a very uBefnl and popular instrument, known as the "type writer." The first man to conceive the idea of a typo-writer lived in England. Henry Mill obtained a patent for a type writer on 7th January, A. D. 1714 or one! hundred and seventy two years ago.

It was a device to write in printed characters. The next inventor did not appear until 1841. In that year Aletander Bain and Thomas Wright took out a patent "to print intelligence at distant places." It was a type-writing machine' It never came into use. but the idea lived. I The first American machine was oatented by Charles Thurber, of Worcester, Mass.

It was not a success. Other patents followed, but none proved practicable. In 1.849 a Frenchman named Pierre Foncalt, who was blind, patented a machine that was successful. It was intended for the blind. In 1 850 Oliver T.

Eddy, of Baltimore, patented a typewriter, bnt it was never used. A dozen others followed, but were not perfect enough to be successful. There are now good machines in nnprat.inn Tf. r.lttimftd that the i first, successful type-writer is the joint invention of L. SholeB, Samuel W.

Soule, and Charles Gidden, of Milwaukee. In 1867 they perfected their instrument. Bnt it is very doubtful if these Northern men are really, entitled to credit that is claimed for tbem. In a little book of 64 pages, issued by the Remington Standard Type-Writer, we find the following on' page 67, which proves that a Southern man was ahead of the Milwaukee men in his invention. It appears that Sholes and his associates only talked over the idea in 1866 68.

They had not gone beyond making a paging machine. It was Sholes who asked why a machine conld not be made that would "write letters and words instead of figures and num- hers" Rnfc a Hnnt.rtprn man or ant. Via. yond that. Indeed, acting indepen dently, and knowing nothing of what wSs being said at Milwaukee, he had already conceived and completed a machine.

We now qeote from the; book at page 57. It says: "In March or April afterward, however, the Scientific American newspaper copied 1 frem the London Engineering newspaper an article which described a machine called the invented by John Pratt, of Centre, Ala. but then residing near Lon- i don, which was a machine designed to do just what Qliddeft had tuggested. The article was accompanied Id the Scientific American by an editorial, which said that whoever would make successful, machine of the kind would not only secure a fortune but would confer a blessing on man- kind. Mr.

Glidden showed the description of this machine and the editorial comment thereon to Mr. Sholes, and this time an effect was produced. When they next met1 Sholes said be bad decided to try and see what could be done, and, as Glidden had first called attention to the idea, be Invited Glidden to join in the effort Subsequently Soule wai also invited to Join in the enterprise, and thus they became associated. "They all pondered the subject, and made suggestions. Glidden was a mechanical genius and inventor, and suggested; many devices; but it so happened that the1 suggestions of others were better, and were' adopted; so that Mr.

Glidden'ssuggestlon 0 that such a machine ought to be made was: his principal eontribution to the It was Mr. Soule who suggested pivoted types set in a circle, and Mr. Sholes who suggested the letter-spacing device." Buttb Henry Mill, in 1714, belong the credit for the germinal He first conceived the idea. To a Southern man, John Pratt, belongs! the honor of first working out Mills', J. idea to a successful issue.

But he gets no credit, and Mill is forgotten That rampant High Tariff advocate, the Augusta Chronicle, gets off tbe'following pleasant 1 "As a preliminary to tariff reform therefore, let the internal war taxes go." Mr. John Bull: Please take notice that you must mind your oorks hereafter in the fishery business. See Senate vote. Yours, until another haul, Uncle Sam. I to if of in as coast would be tbe tocsin ot war.

i ne peo- UCCU vvuu uiuniii TPomr and (hn WAlllft on Into It UDSni' mously. American fishermen could find in defence bf their rights just SB much support on the Gulf of MmIoo as on the coast of It was, therefore, worth while for both countries to aim tnemseivea with all the Dowers of law tnai migai uo necessary to prevent a conflict between Individuals by which war might be prcclplta. ted beyond the power or uongressio control it. The Senate could not ord to stand still under those circumstances. The committee on Foreign Relations had felt that it would not be excusable if la such an exigency it declined to sot in a matter of so great an importancs.

Mr. jiirans arguea in support oi uo iu, which he said was not in the nature of menace or tending at all in that direction. It was the duty of Congress, he said, to take the subject away from local distur bance, irritation ana resentment, do tar from thelbill tending to war. it was intend ed to have the contrary effectv It was an immediate: announcement to tne people that thev had only to trust their protection, not to personal resentment, but to the Government of the United States; and when tbe ooening summer should bring about a recurrence of the fishing season, and of fishing dangers, tbe quea tion would be removed from that theatre of collision, and if not concluded it would be under the control of both governments in the deliberate consideration of what should be done in order to have stability of intercourse, and in order to etve stability to the peace and dignity or toe great nationsthe United States and Great Britain. Edmunds bell views on the subject similar to those of Mr.

JSvarts. Mr. Hale declared himself earnestly in favor of the bill. It was a bill which every Senator conld fairly and unrestram edly vote for." Its provisions were not harsh, out moderate: not rasn, out win considered: and he believed that those ro visions when enacted into laws and carried ont bv tbe Executive would be efficacious Mr. Vest said: It goes without saying that if the rights of tbe humblest citizen or the United States shall be attacked by any foreign power, there would exist an unanimity of sentiment on the part of the peo pie of the United States that those rights should protected, and that the glory and honor of tbe American people should be preserved.

As the Senator from Alabama has very well said, there will be -no geo graphical or sectional difference, if this issue Is ever made, ana it win be round that the men who were arrayed against each otner In battle so lately will stand to gether in solid phalanx in defence ot these rights and honor. But, Mr. President, all this talk which runs to meet any sucb thing as war with the other great English-speaking people of the world is to be deprecated. It is enough for us to meet any such contingency when if is absolutely impossi -ble to avoid it The power contained in the bill was the most extraordinary declara tion of war known to civilized nations, and the bill itself contained the most extraordi nary expressions, the meaning of which he did not pretend to understand. Still he would vote for the bill, because it contained a provision tbat the President should have discretionary power in the matter, and he would not vote for it as a mandatory bill.

He would not take the responsibility of say ing that the President sheuld declare this embargo while negotiations were still pevl ing. and while Senators knew the full results of what war with Great Britain might mean. It was well enough tot ilk in rhetorical style about war with Great Britain. When they came to the matter of military resources there were some things bich had better be said in secret session The world arms could not conbuer tbe United States on its own soil not five such worlds in arms. The people of the United States were invincible in any such struggle as that; but in a maritime war, who could answer for the result? Who wanted to rua tbe risk of throwing down the gage of battle in any such contest! Who i wanted to invite sucb a contest, however high bis or bis military ardor, If be stop red to think for one moment of the enor mousloss, not only of life but of property which would follow from any 6ucb strug gle.

Mr. Edmunds suggested tbat if the President firmly and braely did what this bill authorized him to do. all redress which could be got by peaceful means was within his power. I Mr Rtddleberaer opposed the bill be cause it was in tbe nature of a treaty with Great Britain. He wanted no treaty.

The amendment offered by Mr. Vest for the appointment of a commissioner to take testimony in regard to the injuries and losses inflicted by British authorities upon American -fishermen, was lost yeas 17, nays 27. The bill was then parsed year 46; nays one. (Riddleberger Tbe bill as passed is tbe same as telegraphed recently with only minor verbal changes, and the change caused by Mr. Frye's amendment already notca.

The Senate adjourned at 6.85 p. m. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Under the call of States a nnmbe. of bills were introduced and referred, among them the following: By ur.

springer, proposing a constitu tional amendment changing the time for the assembling of. Congress to the first Wednesday of January. By Mr. Lawler. a resolution directing tbe Committee on Naval Affairs to inquire into tne expediency or immediately appropriating $50,000000, to be expended under tbe direction of tbe Secretary of tbe for the construction, equipment and armament of such new vessels as may be deemed ne cessary By Mr.

Gloss, of requiring certain reports of the Department of Agriculture and consular reports to be in plain English. By Mr. Thomas, of Illinois, to increase the naval establishment. It authorizes the construction of two steel cruisers of about four thousand tons displacement ot tbe type of Cruiser No. 1, at a cost exclusive of armament of not more than 000 each; fivo Steel gunboats of the type of Gunboat No, 1, at a cost exclusive of ai-mament of not more than $200,000 each and six steel torpedo boats having a maximum speed of not less than.

twenty-four knots per hour, to cost exclusive of. armament $100,000 each. An appropriation of $5,800,000 is made by the bill. The Committee on Foreign Relations reported and the House adopted tbe Belmont resolution calling for correspondence between this Government and that of Great Britain ia the fisheries dispute, i In the morning hour Mr. Thompson, of on behalf.

of the Committee on Private Land Claims, called up the bill abrogating the powers of executive officer of the United States in allowing indemnity claims or scrip for confirmed unsatisfied private land claims and vesting that power in the United States courts. Passed. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the River and Harbor Appropriation bill. Mr. Anderson, of offered an amendment appropriating a lump sum of to be expended by the Secretary of War either for repair, preservation, construction, or completion of such public im provementsof rivers and harbors as shall in his judgment afford practical and important facilities for the transportation by water Of inter-State commerce, i Mr.

Adams, of moved to make the amount under Mr. Anderson's proposal ten millions. Both amendments were rejected. Mr. Hepburn of Iowa offered an amendment providing that appropriations made In the bill shall be expended without the intervention of the Mississippi or Missouri River Commissions.

More than an hour and a half was consumed in securing a quorum and then the amendment wss rejected 7 to 160. Mr. LaFollett of Wisconsin offered an amendment providing that appropriations shall be expended under the direction of the President. Mr. Willis of Kentucky called attention to the condition of the It had been under consideration all dav, and the first in the bill had not been passed upon Before the creation of the Commit tee on Rivers and Harbors it had been the practice to pass this appropriation bill under a suspension of tbe rules.

The com' mittee had considered this bad practice, and bad determined tbat the Honse should have every opportunity for amendment. He hoped that the gentlemen who opposed the measure would not, by their action, compel the committee to so back to the nractice of suspending the rules iu order to secure the passage of the bill,.