L'J -.M'.LbilED. 1867
WILMINGTON, N. C. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 13, o4.
Si.oo PEH Y. Alt.
JEKCIAL NEWS.
R,,nilN in New York- The
ill!
1 Provision lariteis
of C'hieajco.
:. IVc. 11. Stocks opened
,xeJ Morgan circular on Erie
Slaving boine out the state
. esterday abosrt a heavy as-
the common stock of that
iition. a number of roads
,trning3 for the first week
and. a a rul", tnev were
e ! is in earnings of the St,
same wtt k were slightly
making the best weekly
v the (.omp iny for a long
iiprovement at the Htart was
t ut it was soon lost, owing
. lanhatt.m, which carried
wn to 1031. Louisville and
. displayed weakness and
he drive :t Manhattan was
infotinded rumor that the
nded to reduce the dividend
it was announced, how
W
. regular rate had been de
at the cotnpany had earned
0 n r cent, after allowing
ited tax claim of $23,000,
ilv rose to lt"i. Sugar
rive only 18,100 shares chang-
;;inst 137.100 share? yester
pri ranged between 90 and
seil at 01 j. a gain of t per
thedav. The railway list de-
reogth in the last hour of busi
. .. u'.L-hini;ton advices that the
1 taken up the Patterson
nermittinic pooling. This
I rise of I to per cent. In
rs, I.i kawanna rallied 2 per
V.ir.ii New Jersev Central 1 i to
I. Kwareand Hudson to 12n and
.n to ir. Among the specialties.
, ,1 this rose H to 190 Lac-
ti 27. the preferred 1 to
n Illuminating, of Brooklyn,
. and Tobacco U to iM. Cot-
Mi was weak and lower, the
fall in- 2 to 354 and
i to 68. The market
Ai tirtn. Net changes show gains of
tto r cent in the active list and 1 to
r in the specialties. Trading
t smaller than for a long time past.
- x hanee continues strong and
neral extwetation is that gold will
linned bv Saturday's Luropean
r, E-itimates vary from 2,000,-
i . mi 000. Ud to the close of
1 the stock Exchange, how-
i -..Id had leen actually engaged.
manifested uncommon inter
im Patterson rooting bill, and a
amber of brokers could be found in the
s of firms with Washington wires
in,- after business hours. The bond
airket was lower. Sales of listed stocks
d 99.000 shares: unlisted,
. IVc. 11. Holders of wheat
i reason for rejoicing in the action
it cereal to-day. From the opening
lose prices pressed slowly, but
iioward, and although the gain
a great one, still it was made in
: . : t of difficulties, ine cro-. a was
for a break at the st irt, but an un-
- d demand sprang up, with Bros-
r-.-. ; .s. r. leading in the buving, ami
phew quickly turned in the direction of
a advance and continued to creep
r until the end of the session. Cash
vas steady without essential
(stage to prices.
a slow trade m corn, prices
H confined within a n,arrow range of
lav. Cash corn was steady.
i rate advance was made in oats,
J aid to which came from wheat and
i ash oats were a shade firmer.
a short while after the start to-day
' d .mewhat dubious for product.
la? jkness in live hogs giving a feel
i nresaaon to the trade. The turn
; h wewr, worked an improve
in provisions and a recovery took
i h was kept well in hand until
aWdose, January pork was unchanged
tyerdaj at the end of the session,
irv larj2c hieher and January
(ie the tanner tacts. I
planter has but little use I
n tre tv. wnetner it per
ttie relation of his condition t.i
Or whether it deals with the
- w ys and means of growing the
ro What he wants is Facts. No
c' ' realised this more than the great
firm of D. ML Perry ft Co., Detroit,
who for forty years have been
ring the wantf and condition of
c iarge and small, and aa a re
bave netted the largest seed busi
rs the whole world. Without
: - ' a strict adherence to the policy
ins in ."acts represents the secret
success. They know their seeds
fore they are sent to tl
u ind dealers from whom the
t!;eni. The dealer knows
kfacl n (Uiring no further ques
1 the planter tin Is it to be a sub
. when harvest time comes,
r illustrations of the value of this
- found in Ferry s Seed Annual,
there is- nothing but facts.
prove of the greatest value to
iu r: facts about how, when
to 1 I int. that can be had
n-ti
other source. Caere are no
. rts left out. and no unworthy
let in. This book is sent free to
who asks for it. A postal
your name and address sent
will bring it to you.
5t V-.rk's Heavy Police IVnsione.
Y 'KK. Dec. 11. When the Lexow
e resumed its sessions this
r- ' -a Mr. Xtss gave the statistics of
2 aiounts paid out in police pensions
"v". In the year 18.S5 there was
j:iid out and in 193 the amount
was fit!1,. 185, which was more
,"ir uhi the sum soent in 1885. In
I ur .4 there were, according to
rt, 700 reared officers on the
roll, and 500 policemen were now
? to retire on January 1st. when
5 nase in salary goes into effect.
V
FOK LITTLE BOOK,
"HOW TO
J,ate "accessfulJy iu tbe 0rain and St
as ' m.ci-.l free. eoMsTOCK. HUUfc
ittotfaUdiDS, Caicsgo. dec 13 H
Stock
uss
A3 TO RAILWAY WREGK3.
SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED
BY COMMISSIONER LACY.
Five Persons Killed by the Explosion
at Washington-A Sudden Death
A New Newspaper, the Organ
or Set ret Societies A.
Drunken Countryman
Puts the street (am
to New Use A.
Gin Accident.
Messenger Burkau, )
Raleiuh. Dec. 10. f
Governor Carr on Saturday, condition
ally pardoned Lou Parish, the young 1?
year old white girl, who last spring in
Henderson county, killed her sweetheart.
William Johnson, because he said her
character was not good. The pardon
was granted upon the recommendation
of the board of public charities, the
King's Daughters, and many citizens of
Henderson county. The Rescue circle of
King's Daughters of this citv have secured
her admittance into the Good Shepherd
reformatory, of Baltimore. The pardon
was granted on the condition that she
remain at this reformatory until euch
time as the authorities considered her
character reformed and she was dis
missed. The News and Oltserver of yesterday
comes out editorially on the question of
the legality of the commissioners accept
ing the bond of Treasurer Knight as the
facts were presented. It is said the com
missioners acted under the advice of the
Vttorney General in accepting the bond,
but this editorial very justly says that
the indignation of the people
of this community is aroused, and
asks that the solicitor be rcouind
to look carefully into the matter
and suggests a mandamus be ordered to
test the question as to whether Knight
has not forfeited his right to
the office. It says that Knight has
practically sold the office and that
the people of this county are not
accustomed to having the duties of treas
urer performed by an alien purchaser
of that office. It is an outrage and
should be rectified. It is said that Riggs-
bee who is a ''professional bondsman'"
was on the bond of the Republican post
master in Durham, and required that his
son be given certain duties in the post-
office that amounted to two positions.
Means. John Gathng and A. P. Massey
of this city, and Mr. J. F. Musselwhite
of Cumberland countv, have been ad
mitted to practice law in the United
States Circuit court.
Mr. G. Rosenthal brought down from
the Juniata mills in Alamance county
one of the finest samples of cotton yarn
ever seen here. These mills are a Ra
leigh enterprise, Mr. E. B. Barbee is pres
ident and Mr. G. Rosenthal secretary
and treasurer.
Two United States prisoners were sent
to Carthage jail Saturday afternoon to
serve out their sentences. They are Bob
Brooks and Tony Buchanan, illicit dis
tillers. Appeals from the Twelfth district will
be called in the Supreme court to-morrow.
This week will conclude the argu
ments for the September term, and the
court will then remain in session only
long enough to dispose of all appeals
argued. When the court again convenes
the new judges will have been sworn in.
The ca-e of State against Hall and Doek-
ery, from Cherokee, is again before the
court. Ihis cast
fc-as decided at the last !
term upon ine interesting question 01 1
State jurisdiction when a man standing
in one State shoots across the line and ;
kills a man in another. Hie court then
decided that the State within whose bor- j
ders the act was consummated had juris-
diction. The case is before the court at th s j
t Tin upoa apre.il ot the prisoners trcm
the refusal ot the judge below to dis
charge them from an arrest made to
oirair tK rpoiiittition of the Governor of
int&A riif an 1 tine nofltmaatpr.
ivr r u .11 ,.Urri. n hirHav
to Edgecombe jail where he will serve
his six month's sentenc
The two negroes, Carlisle and Garner.
who were arrested here en suspicion and j
postottiee, on Saturday afternoon pleaded
guiltv, thev having been sent back here
for trial before the Uuited States Circuit
court.
The collector is informed of a seizure
near Roxboro of two wooden barrel
illicit stills with sheet iron bottoms: of a
o0 gallon copper still and outfit and f"3
gallons of beer near Julian, Randolph
county: of a 100-gallon still and outfit
near Clay ostoflice, Granville county.
Mai. Richards, of (Jranville county, 4
had been indicted for violating the in
ternal revenue laws, and m came up
d oth besides hTmself '
here determine
should havf a taste of that medicine.
Ke therefore began by indicting Mr. L.
C. Davis! During his trial the evidence
w; such as vo show that Mr. Richards
had promised pay to these who swore in
hi favor anc' vt'nireance to those who
did not The result was that Daris was
acquitted, the other case6 nol pressed and
kj hards himself was sent to jail for con
spiracy eto.
A Mr Benjamin F. Hunter, of Wash
ington. D. C. , has very kindly sent Gov
ernor Carr a letter of warning in which
he saye that every house in Raleigh will
be made level with the ground, and no
two citixens can be found, within leas
than two years. This is the feerful doom
awaiting "as, and yet in the face of it we
go on in oot every day day duties and it
is not even known that Governor Carr
has thanked Mr. Hunter for his kindness.
No definite time is stated.
Messenger Bureau, )
Raleigh, Dec. 11. f
Commissioner of Labor Statistics Lacy
who was an engineer on the Seaboard
Air Line, answers some questions asked
him by the News a?id Observer relative
to the increased number of accidents on
railroad. He says that of course witu
the increased number of trains and the j
increased rate of speed there is much
more risk. He says an engineer rarely I
, ever jurr is from hi ngine: that they.
as a general rule, stick to their pest. He
j says he thinks Engineer Clark did not
jump, but in leaning out to see better
slipped and fell He further say9 that
in this last fatal wreck on the Carolina
I Central railroad Enginer Watson acd
J hi-conductor were runnirg a regular
frain and Engineer Wells and his con-
('it r an xira: mat wens ana uis
c oductor had no business to pull out of
Hdrn Vt until the regular train had re'ir
t' n-d there. Mr. Lacy was asked why
the railroad officials refuse d to give the
true statement, or rather refused to give
any stat-inent at all. whn an accident is
reported. He said he did not know: that
the officials were men of brains and of
course had reasons for holding back
news, but that he was unable to even
image what those reasons were. Mr.
Lacy spoke of the pure hearted hos
pitality of the people of Rockingham to
Engineer Watson, hi3 family and the
friends who went to him
Mwenf to
u.Z'lCLtC&"Te Wh wentto
Your correspondent lat night tele
graphed you of the fatal accident at
Washington, N. C. It now seems that
there were five men instantly killed, Mr.
Short, the owner, the engineer, two fire
men and a drayman. Two of the opera
tives were badly injured.
President Dinwiddle, of Peace insti
tute, carried Miss Addie Lee Short home
when the news reach here.
It is said that Mr. W. E. Christian, who
has had charge of the local department
of the News and Observer, but who re
cently has been in New York, will re
turn here this week and resume his work
on that paper.
The seizure of a registered grain dis
tillery owijed by A. W. Jones at Big
Rock is reported. Twenty-three barrels
of whi-key were seized for irregularities
of the revenue laws.
Daniel Jackson a well known Wake
county farmer, was found dead in his
room this morning. He was TO years
old. He died in the act of dressing. He
lived in this city for a number of years
and was court crier.
Deputy Sheriff J. H. Hodgep, of Beau
fort county, yesterday brought.three con
victs to the penitentiary.
A new paper, a 10-page weekly, will
issue its first edition ot 10,000 copies De
cember 28th. It will be called "TVte
Lodge" and will be devoted to the
interest of Masonry, Odd Fellowship
and Pythianism. The publishers will
be Messrs Z. P. Smith, Melvin Andrews
and W. E. Faison.
There was an accident near Rolesville
this county early this morning. A ne
gro by the name of Jack Hinton was
caught in the gin machinery and so bad
ly injured that there is no hope for his
life.
Lincoln and Johnson counties yester
dav settled their taxes with the State.
Mrs. Hays, of the city missionaries,
left yesterday with Lou Parish, the girl
murderer, and three friendless boy waifs
for the reformatory in Baltimore. The
boys will be placed in the Watson train
ing school and Lou Parish in the Good
Shepherd Home.
A "jagged" countryman created much
fun on the streets, by attaching his wa
gon to the street cars, and using electric
ity, instead of horse flesh, as his motive
power.. The car was stopped and a
policeman took charge of the country
man and his norse.
THE DELAWARE CANAL.
Report of the War Department
Board on the Most Feasible Route.
Washington, Dec. 11 The War De
partment board, which has been consid-
ering the most feasible route for the
ietaware snip canai, nas renortea in
favor of the Back Creek route, which is
substantially located upon the line of
the existing: canal connectincr Chesa-
peake and Delaware bays.
The report, which was sent to Congress
by Secretary Lamont to-day, presents a
strong argument for the construction of
this important lkik in the chain of inte
rior navigation passing South and North
through New York harbor. The board
doe not base its selection on considera
tions of cost although it is the cheapest
iwi.tv kUtUiUlC uvi tuciij iuuic PQVUW
sen more largely on account of its adapta
tion for national defense, which involves
more than the transit of vessels of war
f rem bay to bay.
The route itself must be defended and
its defense involves the fortification of
its entrances. The other route could not
be easily defended. The present project
for the defense of Philadelphia proposed
!y the army engineers has been initiated
and the works already under execution
and will serve for the eastern entrance
of the existing canal.
The canal as recommended will have
a length measured from the port of
Baltimore to a point at sea twelve miles
eutside Delaware breakwater of 150. j. "I
miles, the canal proposed being 13.63
miles long, and it is estimated chat it
T" cost rJOO.O. 0 to secure a depth
ujiuuiiuui ui twenty -teveu ieeu-
FOR 20 YEARS
the formuLi for making Scott's
Emulsion has been endorsed hv
physicians of the whole world. No
secret about it. This is one of its
strongest endorsements. But ihc
strongest end rsement possible is
in the vital strength it gi ves.
Scott's
Emulsion
nourishes. It does more for weak
Babies and Growing Children
than any other kind of nourish
ment. It strengthens Weak
Mothers and restores health to
all suffering from Emaciation
and General Debility.
For Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Bron
chitis, Weak Lungs, Consumption, Bicod
Diseases and Loss of Flesh.
Scott ft Bwne, H. w AM Druggists. 60c. and $1.
A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.
THE GHASTLY WORK OF
RAVING MANIAC.
Mr. f-stell Adam, of Florence County,
Btponoe Suddenly lnan With
Qnn and Hatchet He KtllH Hi
Wife and Daughter. Then
Takes Hut Own Life
,Th Scene of Death
Graphically De
scribed. Special to the rfeaenctr l
FlOhkxce, S. C, Dec. 11. One of the
most horrible tragedies that has ever
occurred in this section of the country
was tiatin which Mr. Estell L. Adams,
!-l!iSi,,y retcted farmer of thl5 count
kiMhi, riyearold daughter and hi
wife, i&nd then by his own hand took his
own fife.
About 2 o'clock to-day a Mr. Howell
drove into this city in great hurry, hunt
ing for a doctor and the sheriff. It was
only a few moments before Dr. James
Evana, Dr. Gregg and Dr. F. P. Vovung
were in their buggies driving very fast,
going towards the Mars Bluff road.
Mr. Howell was delayed and told the
terrible story of Mr. Estell Adams slay
ing his 13-year-old daughter. The story
was horrible, but. to add to all the hor
ror, shortly afterwards a horseman came
to town bearing the news that he had
slain his wife and had killed himself.
The news spread like wild-fire, and
within a few moments a number of peo
ple were to be seen driving in that direc
tion. Your correspondent, in order to get
full details, went to the scene of the
tragedy at once, which is nearly five
miles from this city.
Upon arriving at the house where the
terrible deeds were'committed.I w&s con
fronted with the facts as they were: A
body here, a body there, and another
bod j' yonder, all lying cold in death and
in the spot where they breathed their
last. It was a horrible sight and one
that I have never before witnessed and
I hope never again.
The details of the terrible affair are as
follows:
Mr. Adams, who was one of the best
citizens m Florence county ana wno was
loted by all who knew him, was a man
T . I . 1 ,
oi a very revinug uipuiviou. no aujc
at nome most or his time, looning alter
his farm work, only coming to town
when he had business or to attend church.
He had been in a somewhat depressed
condition for several days ; some of his
friends had noticed it, but thought little
of it. This morning he attended to his
duties about the yard and stables, but
felt badly. Mrs. Adams noticing his de
pression more than any one else, re
marked about it.
About 12 or 1 o'clock he suddenly be
came violent. He seized a double-barrel
gun which was loaded, and grabbed
a hatchet and made for his two little
boys, intending to kill them, but they
managed to get out of the way by hiding
in the grass in the yard. After chasing
them he turned and made for Virginia,
his 13-year-old daughter. She ran from
him through the dining room into the
yard towards the tobacco barn. He pur
sued her and fired at her, the load tak
ing effect in her hand. He caught her
and beat her with the gun and then
chopped her in the head, felling her to
the ground wounded and bleeding,
She
soon lost conciousness and died.
In the meantime he had gone back in
the house where his wife was in hiding.
Finding her he began beating her with
the hatchet over the head until death
came.
He then went to a chest, broke it open,
and, taking a bottle of strychnine and a
pistol, walked into the piazza and while
tbere saw Mr. Howell carrying Mrs.
Currian and her child away. He told
him he need not take them off, as, he
would not kill any others.
Mr. Howell got away with Mrs. Cur
ran and the chili and it is thought that
he then killed himself, but before, he
dared any one to come to him, how
ever. Under threats of their life, of
course, no one would venture to go to
him, knowing that he was at that time
a raving maniac. During all of thL Mr.
Howell knew nothing of his killing his
wife.
When the neighbors reached the house
they found Mr. Adams lying in the
piazza accross the front door dead, near
by a bottle of strychnine, a pistol and a
case knife. He was shot in the had and
body from his pistol and his throat
partially cut with the case knife.
Great poois of blood were in the room
where Mrs. Adams was and the piazza
floor was red as crimson from his body.
It was horrible and beyond description
to aeejthe three bodies as they lay cold in
death, all caused by the hand of a father
and husband, who had become a raving
maniac.
A ball from the pistol entered his skull
and nnanrd through the head. A cash
tat showed that B.artay I
auiu ueeu guv w twain, I
poor wife' head m beaten f ax
fully and her condition beggar
script ion. while their o:fpnng lay
a horrii'le wound in ber head
rith
and
bniieed.
Coroner Burch wnt to the scene and
empaneled a jury &t coon .a poihle
and the verdict wa according to the
facts abort .
Mr. and Mr Adams leaves four chil
dren the eld. st of whom l II year of
age. three sons and one dauhu r.
Mr. Adams was a eon of the Late Etell
Adams, who was a memU-r of the tirtn
of Adams Y Frost, of CharI-stou.
did a large cotton bus me years ago
He was VJ years old.
Mrs. Adams was Miss Nora atew d.
eighteen years ago. The three deceased
were members of the Raptint church
here, the daughter having joined the
Church about a year ag- Th y were
faithful members and were the very be t
kind of people.
Mr. Adams was a memler of Mreggs
regiments. C. Y.,McIntoehs Ikuu ry
Pee Dee artillery. He was a brave 1
dier and a devoted parent and husband.
His family were devoted to him and
loved him. The affair was a sad and
terrible blow to the whole community.
The funeral obsequies will be held at
Society Hill to-morrow with interment
at that place.
The bodies were taken in charge by
kind friends and neighbors and prepared
for burial.
INSPECTING RAILWAYS.
Commissioner Wileon on an Official
Tonr A Kequisit ion on the Gov
ernor of Illinois Boy Dosed
With Whiskey and Laud
anum A Fatal Accident.
Special to tae Messenger 1
Raleigh, Dec. 11. Chairman Wilson,
of the Railway Commission is making
offieial inspection of the Western North
Carolina, the Asheville and Spartan
burg, the Carolina Central and the
Chester and Lenoir railways.
Governor Carr makes requisition on
the Governor of Illinois for A. S. Whit
man, who is charged with false pretense.
having given a check for $1,620 on the
Central Trust and Sa vines com nan v to
1 "
Brown Northrop & Co., of Asheville.
Whitman under &rreet at Chicago.
A little white boy, Frank Moore.
of
Raleigh, was found last evening lying
in a road in the country. He was en
tirely unconscious. Some one had given
him whiskey and laudanum. The bov's
condition is critical.
Farris Lambe, a 10-year-old boy at the
Pilot cotton mills here, wa9 caught by a
small belt and thrown to the ceiling.
His injuries are considered fatal.
Three convicts from Richmond county
arrived at the penitentiary yesterday.
Conductor Peyton Brown, of the
Southern railway, is dangerously sick at
Warrenton.
The Chicago Prisoner Identified aa
Seeley.
Chicago, Dec. 11. Inspector Shea
has received the following telegram from
Inspector McLaughlin, of New York.
"Mr. Crane, president of the Shoe and
Leather bank, leaves on the 3 o'clock
train to-day to identify Seeley. I hold
bench warrants for grand larceny and
forgery. If identified, wire. I will for
ward warrants at once.
(Signed) Wm V. M' Lai ohun '
S?eley was taken to the 11 arrison street
station this afternoon because the
quarters are more comfortable there than
at the city hall. He was assigned to
the best of the women's cells. Inspector
Shea will not let newspaper men fee him,
because he has asked that they be kept
away, as he has nothiug to say to them
and would only be annoyed by their in
quiries. The only persons who saw him
to-day were V. G. YA wards and W. V.
Edwards, father and son. They nr'
lived in New York city, and there had
heen business dealings with the prisoner.
They at once identified Seeley. "I am
not surprised,"' said Mr. Edwards, "to
learn that 8ooley i caught. He is a
timid man and 1 did not think he could
long keep the secret."
The Son's Cotton Iter lew.
New Yout, Dec. 11. The Sun n cottcn
review say k Cotton advanced 1 to i
points. Ic.-t most of this and then ad
vanced S to 3 points for the day and
closed steady. Sales were l'JU,J0u bales.
Liverpool dtclin J T point, recovered
this and advanced 2 points, lost this and
el "sed barely steady, with spot sales of
8.000 bales at a declin- of l-:;2d. Man
Chester' yarns w-re in buyers favor,
cloths quiet. New Orleans advanced 4
points, lost this acd declined' 1 point,
recovered this and advanced 4 to 5
points. Here 10 points were paid to ex
change 10,000 March to May. ihman
Bros, took the March. Spot cotton here
was dull and easier, but a ithout quotable
change. Sales were 131 bales fur spin
ning. Mempnis aecimed l-ic. Most
spot quotations were unchanged, with
the trade light. New Orleans receipts
to-morrow were estimated at lO.OOO to
16,000 bale, against 15,839 the same day
last week and 12.663 last year. Unex
pectedly favorable Liverpool advices,
some New Orleans, local and new buy
ing and comparatively moderate re
ceipts, caused a stronger tone here.
5ffi3fc,jr'.2
at-
manipu-
lation.
Th
THE POOLING BILL
PASSED BY THK HOUSE AF
TER MUCH FiLIBUSl FRLNG.
Srnat.-r IVf?. r llllU KtllfV vnfr
all u.in of ivr nal I rli I
ra lM QMiitn of ihc- Nil art
Cat Canal Kill Mr 4 lark
Maao larHhrr Spmh
on th llrnta at
Irr SrriMT ItrMIrr
mnt Rill.
SI SATU
Wahiv.t s. Ifcrc. ll.-NlnWei Sen
ator answered lo r 11 call to-day.
numli r of bilb were introdui e I an 1 an
propriat ly ref rred.
Senator Morrill adJrrsj tsW th Senate
on some recent financial tails and
'juack panacea for imaginarv national
ilia."
Senator lVtTer. who is napuii
MMe fur
most of thf lulls, in . t
t n atxt
took the seat adjoining Stnat4
pi mil
so s- U h. .ir - r w r 1.
Senator Mornll elosrd hn q--.L!
moving the ind finite iotponern't)t . I
the various financial bilb.which had U n
adversely repotted.
Senator i'effer moved t m hide a I ill
introduced by Senator rainier, whklt
Senator 1 '.timer himlf called the I -t
embodiment of I'optrum to U found m
political history.
AfU-r some ba-linagc between N natora
Palmer and lVtTer. the hill w.-rv indr
finitely postKned, except Senator ftol
mer'n, which w . in ordTi d to ii ..n tlw
table.
Among a nurnlsr of private p nio
bills reported bj Senator Pialmer wa
in favor of the widow d ..n N. I.
lianks.
Senator ( all. riing to a QMOtkal oi
personal privilege. snt to th lek an I
bad read an item in tlx iKttly h'hn
( 'it xzen, bearing on an llfgnil dUBookj
with the admimtrati n in th- matter of
a local appointment in H.rida. EIo
characterized the arte I.- as a "mali iou-
false hood from beinnm to en 1 and a
part of the wicked, malicious ynum of
falsehood by professional liars to def am
Senators " He insirtd upon trie m-ttm
sity of Senators taking cKni-ane,- ,f
this growing evil and of expelttac from
all privileges connected with the Srnal
any correspondent who should I ir ulatr
such falpe reports.
At 2 o'clock the Nicaragua ('anal bill
came up as the untiniht I l u-meas. and
Senator Dolph made a spcoi k m advo
cacy of it.
At the clo'c of Senator Iolphs speech
the House j ant resolution to pay the of
ficers and employe of the Seriate and
House their Dooatnber salaries on the 'th
inst. was reported and passed.
Senator Sherman remarked, as to the
Nicaragua ( ahal bill, that all the argu
meats which fjotlld be BMMlc on the ml
je'ts ha1 already been msd and he waa.
therefore, under no nc-eaaity of tree
passing on the tun. of t Km Bi BOM Tliert
was hut one qoesaioo arhk h he had any
trouble ah tit and that was to iirste of
the juat and merit riou elaims of' th
Maritime ( anal company , fcr the vork
already dODO.
The bill was laid asile without action,
and the DMSOpge from the 'resident
touching alleged A meman airoOitM - wm
read and referred to the Cunimiafwo MS
Foreign R Utions.
The s uh! ibeoi proceeded t-. tlw nm
nideration of executive hiiin-s and at
4 :15 o'clock aJjourned until to-rncrrow
liOl SK OF RKI'KrK.NT.Tl
Mr. Breckinridge r-ported the I rgent
DoftrieQjCy bill agreed to hv the . 'ornmit
tee on a propnat ion yesterday aad
gave notice that he would caJI it up to
ncrrow. In the morning hour the hill to im
prove the effci ncy of the revenue cutbrr
ervioe by providing a retm d ksA for th
ofli -ers thereof was callei up. and Mr.
Clark, of Mi.-souri. continued hw i-h
in opposition thereto. Hi- Ujem- for tb
fourty live OlaOOtOl tlat were allotU-l to
him was, a he Maid, "the heroHrn of tlss
border MaUs during the war. ' and run
he hal cooclttde 1. Mr Mallorv. in bars'
of the bill, axkel unanimous consent that
general debate be clos- d. I- it Mr. i 'lark
objected.
Mr. 3IaIlor- thereupon addrsssl the
H'u in pupjMTt of the bill, and Mr.
Imnn opis-d it. .V
Without action, the hour expired and
the bill went OVi r. rt- f
Mr. Richards'in favorably fepo
from the Committee on Printing a resolu
tion providing for the printing of I '.egsj
oopies of the annual report of the Secre
tary of the Treasury. L
I'nder th" p aal order last webk. thr
bill t amend the inter State ( ooiru'-ro
act so a to permit poding by rkilruadtf
was laid before the House.
Mr. Cannon poke in pp-iUon to it
as reportel by the commutee, urging
the adoption of the ( m r uUutuu-.
which gives the con mission final
jurwlictiou of the agreements enUrtd
inU by the railroads.
At 3Kii oOlooi Mr. i'atteraon, is
charge of the bill, in pursuance to tbe
announcement made last Saturday, 4e
manded the pre i him ouestiod on the (ail
and pending amendments.
The prev ou- question ws ordered
yeas, 174 .nays, 10U The committee amend
men ts. two in numljer. were then agreed to
without division. One only is of-importance.
It provides that in construing
and applying tbe provisions of "the ba
tbe act, omission or failure of any per
son acting for or employed by a railroad
company shall be deemed tbe act, osaav
sion or failure of tbe company.
The third reading and engrossment ot
the bill was ordered yeas, 10; nays,
111. Then followed a period of fihbtav
tenng. motions to recommit the bill. Id
amenu it anu adjourn toUowinir
other. Finally tbe question recurred
the passage of the bill and it was
to yeas, 1W; nays, 110.
Then at 6:00 o'clock the House adjourned.