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THE FAIRFIELD HEALRD Published Every Wednesday at WINNSBORO, S. C, nly DESPORTES & WILLIAMS. J1IRMS-IN AD VANQE. Ono Copy one year, - - $8 VVO "6 64 "6 - - 126 Ted " " " - - 25 00 Lelter from lion, Frank P. Blair. We have bequ peruitted to pub lieh the following letter from ion. Frank Blair. ' will be read with interest : WASINGTON, D.O, May 21,1872. Josplh F. Jolmston, Selma, Ala.: DAn Silt: I have yours of the 17th. I entirely -agree with you in thinking that the South, which alone ean cast an electoral vote for the Democratic party, should have its say on the present phsiase of polio.. I agree with you also in thinking that it is useless, and worse than use. less to undertake to run a %traigbt Democratio ticket. Even if it were possible to elece, the candidate would be counted out, and if not counted out, would be piowoless to do any thing with the Sonate agnint him. In my opinion the Tennessee lead should be followed ty every Southern State. It annout be concealed that the South i6 for Greeloy, and is for him not as an expedicnt to obtain power over the Federal Ouvornmenit, but as a monus to obtain peuce and the restoration of good relations be tween the citizens of the Southern States nod between that section of the Union and the'North. The election ol Greeley will not he a sectiunal triumph. He mill be supported by boib betions, and hence he will be the representativo of Loth and will be able to restore fiater nal feeling. Grant respects only the conquering scotion, and has no faith in the muain. tenance of peace save by the sword. Io ial disorders, which can only be suppressod by local power, he makes the 1.retext for supprosing local pow oritself. It is like curing a tempo rary lamenobs by cutting off a limb. I think the Suuthern States should all declare for Grooloy, but in doing so should declare that they did so as i inanifestntioun of their desire for petce and the to. toration of harmony be tweon tih sections ani between the races resident in the South, and with a view to inaugurating an area of good feeling. V% orbees is a man of strong feeling and was warmly onlisted for Judge Davis. llo will, I have no doubt, support Greeley, notwithstanding his present declarations to tle, contrary. I hopo so, for his own sake, i.s well as for the sake of the cause. lie cannot support Grant, and lie will .have to choose between Gireley and G raIt. Yours truly, FR ANK P. BLAIR. ( &lma (Ala.) Tines.] The Wolf litint. We are informed by Mr. Van S. Jones, that on lawt Situ-day, lie. in company with about sixty men and as many dogs, started out through the deep ravines ond thi2k imigles of T. le Rock, on a hunt of the mischiev ous wolves that had .eIn destroying so nmany of the neighbors sheep. Late in the afttrno~on, they got upon tho track of the wolves, and just be. fore n'ght denned themi in as huge cave, jiut back of the rock, in 0 reen the eave determined to await the rio ing of a new born sun befure comimene. ing hostilities. As soon as the crim-., Cuon flualh of morning appeared in the east they began the ir piepiariatiion for the attack. By the timse the siun had psecped from behdind the hills overy thing was ini remn'esi and m1ir. G ales pie, the modern Putnami, with torch in one hanud gun in the other fearlessly ontored the cave. A t the d epth ot aibout thbirty or forty feet, hie es. piedl thec gleaming fh.,h!sin'g eyes of the an ial , andi heard its i-asvensous growl. Raising h is gun quickly to hsir should er-hle fi red andl beat a hbuty ret reat. ' ir. Ca nt rd f then ente redl, and at about the same d i-tance, met the fiery eyes of the basihiak set upon hims with the same beastly ferocity. B. inging cold "smzoke,'' to his thoulIder, lie t ook deliber to aim and fired. The echo rang thr enghi the tilangular cav.e, 1 e vertberated along its sides amnd downs the long dee~p p:ongs, fa inter and lain ter, until it died away inm the dist auce. Everything was now still as deathm, and M1r. C. stood alone ini the cave straining his eyes into th 3 black soli. tutdo of the den to catch anoithi r glimpse of the aninmals eye. Bunt no1; theeye nio longer g leamsed and lie growl was no Ion ger liens d. Crawling cautiously for waid ho soon camse upon the huge nionater wallonirkg in the crim-on goro as it spouted from theo by its hind legs ho drew It to the mouth of the cave, whero he was * reeted by shoets of applause fromt his comrades. Several ot the party -then etetred to explore the cave, arid ~ oiond eigh.6 . wheolps, cubs or pups, Wilitever you pleaso to call thm. hoseb~'thy~ dispatched in - short order. The oldt onomias two arid a half feet ;'ihi- nd'measured sIp foet froim tip *to -tip. ' T'he yelpittg 5f' ho~unds, the i: hall64thf of me/ rn~the-loud, long shi ill blast of thme hunter's hofn tinging throt - thi4"der ravines and nmoun. Ii sj *as teroquem sang ever F the d'a4 -bodies of the old glio wolf adhor oight young *ones.--Pickens * 2uidR#tinof telegrampy, is said 4O.V' tIuito attple," yet- ixceedin-gly ingenl1ous, ha-s lately been invented by eo younig chiinamen, resident for the 'net three months in Paris, and they have applied to the Freneh au thoritios for a paent. Probabilities. Timse OwvaicE,'WDxEavAY, lay 20P. The political barometer indicates extreme warmth from the Gulf States to New Eugland and over the North. west. The breeze which started at, Cincinnati, has gradually increased. It im very windy it Washington, with cloudy weather in and around the White House. Squalls are probable for Philadelphia next week. If Bal. timore endorsess Greeley pleasant weather may be predicted, as Grant's reign will be over. White hats will very generally prevail during the Summer. For the next ix years the weather in Connecticut promises to be Ferry good, especially in Fairfield county. ''he late eclipse was Gene ral, as Halley observations show. The prebent Atmospbere is calculated to buvo a blighting influence on office holders. Greeley knows enough about farming to weed them out. it is not a good year for eagles. The A merican eagle is under a cloud. The British lion has had his paw on himu, and likewise on the great Ameti can Fibh. There is & good deal of wind fron the mammoth cave ; but no (conequenutial danugos. Danger. rus winds are not anticipated.-Hart (ord 7smes. WINNSBORO. Wednesday Morning, June 12, 1872, The Meetiag Saturday. From our participation in the pub. lio meeting last Saturday, our course may appear to some Inconsistent, but we are sure that it will not seem so when all the circumstancos are rightly considered. According to the understanding of the community generally the gather. Ing was purely in the interests of the Liberal movement, not for the pur. pose of resuscitating the old Demo. cratie party, or for promoting the in. culcation of fossil ideas. We be. lievo that a conference of good citi zeus always results in some bonefit to the massee, and the country, and with this end in view, we determined upon discharging our humble part towards the people, and feel satilled that the course pursued by us will be approv ed of by our readers and patrou. If the spirit of the occasion had been entirely Democratic, we would have ce tainly felt out of place, and most a-suredly would not have been there. We have however espoused the Lab. oral cause and will seek every oppor. tunity to advance it. We claim to be working for the welfare of the So ithern people, and are willing to 1m ake eacrifines to accomplish thegreat objects for which we are contending. We purpose participating in the State Convention as an unqualified support. er of Horace Greeley for the Presi dency, being thoroughly convinced that expediency, and a proper regard for policy, should be the governing principle in the present emergency. We deprecate the State Conivention as a Denmoratie assemblage. If it be Litieral in character and sentiment, we favor it, and are led to conclnde that it will be such, judging from the tone of the addresses and resolutions delivered and brought forward at the various County meetings held thro ' out thme State. We~ looked upon the call for a Democratic Conveantion as ill-timed and unauthorized, and op. posed it., but the response from differ. eut parts of the State bas indicated very clearly that the feeling of thme dele~gates who meet in Columbia to night will be in perfect harmony with them Liberal movement, and that they will sustain the nominees of the Cia. einuati Convention. With this belief, and rechng that we will find congenial ..piritpe, we contemplate occupying an humble teat nam 'ist the representa. tivesi of our aiator ounmties, havivigene am save to render the State seine fee. ble~ service, and~ guard the interests of tho.e, we have been chosen to repre. sent in part. N'ational AgrIculturat Con gress. At a joint meeting of the Southern Agricultural Congress and Amoriend Agricultul Association held at St. Louis sevorail days since, a fusion of the two organizations was brought a bout, and rho National Agricultural Congress instituted. From this union of the egrionltural interests of our entire country we an-' ticipate beneficial results to every section, and herald the event, as auspi cious in nmany respects. Every year, ment of all shades of polities, and from every St ate, will come together to pay homage to ha moest 'rncnt and hon orable of all institutions, the tillago of the soil, and the dissomination of useful and praotical knowledge will be greatly promoted and encouraged thereby. To the people of: the South, the formation of this association promisos mucoh that ill tend to sectare their prosperit y. We are pre-eminetitly an agricultural people, and only need the moans and facilities ton develop the resouvoes'that lie bidden beneath otv spag lan, Thie c ed has retardel ouGoup4taton Fi the misfortunes of war, and kept us considerably backward in the"qcale of progress. o 6he that a change In our labor system neoes'itated a bbage ib our system of cultivation. This proposi tion cagngtbe pratoically rofutedr nor can an tinking'nian 'deny'that it-is not true in theory. By comtiogling, and interobanglog idea, with northern and western ag oulturists, the OPutheru fq!ner can learn much that is uoknown to hli, and much too' that will be of vast ad vantage to him. This consideration, aside frdn promoting friendly rela tione, commends the national gather. ing, alluded to above, most favorably to us, and we wieh it unprecedented successa. In this connection we take occasion to mention that our esteemed follow. citizen Mnj. T. W. Woodward, had the honor of delivering an essay be fore the Congress at Sr. Louis, which was received in a most complimenta ry manner, and oadered for general publication, being one of three out of twenty received in such a favorable manner. We feel proud to know that Fairfield was represented so ably, and by one of her true and-loyal sons. Effect of the Liberal Move .naesst. Whether or not thn Liberal Republi oans succeed In the Paesidential cam paigui, the effect of the movement in atituted.by them, at Cincinnati Is al ready soon and felt all over the coun try. The general result up to the present time' is summed up in an ar. tiole given below, which we copy from the Now York Tribune, the able or gan of the Greeley party : "Till the Cincinnati Conventiun met, no entreaties could Induce the Administration maj irity in Congress to think of any measure of Amnesty and Reconciliation for the South. Bat already startled by the strength Cincinnati develops, Congress has ha. tened to accord in a fortnight what for seven years it has persistently, de fiantly, most needlessly and wickedly denied. At last we have Amnesty not generously complete, but immeas. ur~ably better than none. "Till the Cincinnati Convention mot, it wasgenerally understood that the President meant to have the ad vantage, in his canvass for reelection, of the legal power to suspend the ha beas corpus, and muster the bayonets to his support. Even after Cincin nati, the Senate (now, by reason of its Pomeroys and Caldwells and Conklings, the real lower House ) persisted in renewing the Ku Kinux hill for his benelit ; but the House has clearly shown its unwillingness to taake another step in that direction. Cincinnati haa prevented Presidential elections under mrartial law in. the hands of a Presidontial candidate. Till Cincinsti, Gen. Sohur: was a German renegade and mercenary, who ought to haive his, leg tied to a chair. Now the Administration or gans thinks him an accomplianed and conscientions statesman. Till Cin cinnati, the bailing of Jefferson Davis af'er he had been for two years re fused the right of the commnost fei on, that of a trial, was a mnonstrous crime. Now the 'Renomina tion St ate Conaventiaon hastens to select one of the bondamen as a d, legato to Phila delphia.. Till Cincinnati, -the politi cal support of men who had once been Rebels, was held a sutre' sign of infa my. -Now ~we see moni like Mosby welcomed to the White House. And so, till Cincinnati, Democrats were still hesitating as to whether they should not fight over the old hopeless fight for issues that ceased to be vital or possible after A ppomator. Now we have them, as a6 Rochester, maan fully planting themselves on the high'. eat and, firmest. Republican ground; as in connetticut, uniting with Liber. al Republicans in the most praptiocal, common-senso fashion, to get, not the man of their choiot but only a man who had resisted sonme of thie Admtin istration measures whie~h Liberal ite publicans~pad Pemoorats alikts dimap p roved. Admuiiijstrationm temper, Demnocratio *prinmciples opd joley, all are alikeo improved by Cincin nati.' (MNothicamap. I Mr. A~iior: Wehre read or~ '#ttontielf your er. collent articles published some tlire ddied headel *'groprir.g E~els,' and we ljg a small plae in your to~lumnns tq .briefly notic6 the, tie Orse, *'he TRAge pt Fashion.", We ooinoide entirVy with ypon urryour opinion of the numserous . trqin of , 'tils which foe,. howlin the ~muke ofaan :d'ordinste&ve. q estrawage'st dipplQ.--tahe ret l'ptn~ gf fashion1 One gould hail .su'ppowed' that after the terrlble..nnft'i hroug'jt, iich wg have recently passed, wblit resutdtI in theq loss of so many noble men, as welt s the destruction of netrl a onf our aroprwy leaving tie so depressed, nd basrapted that the i4tarles of 18h84 wcould be few !ad far between, 'But ab, thergpsde n ;host to 'ome frdAm the grave to tell us suolh is not the ease. On the contrary, there is a perfect maial for the gewgaws if fash io, worti ten times than it has e er been I our adtine.lia :"W"d lisplay of poll Vardeos, with honiton pollnaises and tube roses Witli plumes, &c., are not onfined to a few, but have taken PO sessloa of many. Aid whilst numbers of oui people ere actuhily uuffering for the neces)sie of ife.; It is a sad I ghat to.AU bihers worshipping at the Phrine, nod lay ing all tleir energies, taleists and wealth )i the attar of faslion. Bound together Is we Southerners are, or ought, to be, by a common brotherhood, and that tie misde learer and etentdd by adversity and mis. rortune. Yes, the remembrance of the holy but Lost Cause, should Inspire us with kindly feelings towards etach other; and whilst many have been so fortunate Plnee he war as to have nocuimulnied riches, perhaps, mAny noble families have been reduced to poverty, and living on the crook of their once prin-tely fortunes, and there are in our midst many cases or 1rue North, almost oljeots..of charity. Now, Nould it not be more In accordance with nur professed principals of humanity and hilanthropy. Would It not bko a more leasing sight to an all-wise and good God ? Would it not, be a powerful checkmate and, alleviator to a restless and unhappy con. tolence, to hunt then out and oheer them i by lightening the burdens under which hey are laboring, by bestoiting upon them a part, at least, of what Is expended in rain, gaudy and useless * apparel ? Again, here are in all communitios, ladies of nlluence, perhaps on account of their yealth, lotelligeno or poltion in society, and these have it. In their power to exert a )oworful influence on their sex. Let thems liscard somei of t he gaudy appendages, and ve warrant the result beneficial. But its .9o tra, as we heardan old fogy any mnese, If yankee women were to wear wash ubs for bonnets, there wuuld be found 'llowere amongst us. Oh, that, we hnd a ittle-more ingecuity and independene. [ngenuity enough to make our own fasl% ons and independence enough to follow ,he. Youts, W. Items of NVewn. Live hogs in Iudiana art known as 'etude pork.' The site of Pittsburg was once sold for a fiddle. Greeley has gaineAten pounss in a fort light. Salmon fishing is excellent this month in ~ioot land. " Every Pacifio stanirship carrie eight -ngineers. A single county In California has 15,000 aeres ot whent. Col. Allhambra Vesuvius Dawson is the ar.ne of a Southern Editor. The Ilartrord and Now Haven railroad is .aying solid steel r.nirr. A $5,000,000 tunnel is to be oonstricted under the Mississipp, at. Memphis. Boston lane a tender-htsrto1 man who 3an't; bear to discharge a debt. A gold lode in Co ortado. recentlyaold for $100,000, is now producing at the rat3 of Ba,000,.O0 per annum. , A Chicago co urt recently ondened a small boy to three years' imprisonmnent for stealing twenty five cents fronm hiis mother. Willinm Lawson Barry, or Nashville, Tenn., is the oldest printer In the United States, le began to learn his tende in 1707.. Ten cents a bushel is thought to be high market prices for lemnons and oranges in tirauil. Native fruits are a drug. Vegeta tion and pestilence thrive. Th'le Comning Mian. Tbe poetio machine of a friend, brought into use by the enthuasim excited by the t~ominationa of Hot aoe Oreeloy, and the facet thb.t the num bor of lette ir bi8 naine answeas to the 13 original Stater, at the flhst tutn groutnd out the following aorostio: .NKWV ItAMPSIRE. Ilail thou offerer of the outstretohed hand I MASBA CH~tSETTS. On thy broad platforai can we not now stnld ? CONNE~CTICU1T. Resolved once more ina love and peace to band, '.RIVoDE IsA Np. *. . And bind up the wounds of otir llro ken lad. Casting as~ide the strifes of later y ears, ?4EWI .l5sY. Esohowlig doubts, itrust, tn&,har. PENNsYI.VANIA.. ' Glory and honor, and a prosperous fate DKL.AWARE. RItturped, will occupy the place of hate. -MARYLaiND. Elect theiohamnpion of the ontstretch .-ed hand-- - . * 4RGINIA..' T -2 Elect him "Presidefnt of all thq tand I" NORyHl CAROLINA. Let 4he ,Civilian, Fartner, P"atriot, S Sago OftcTtIA Erid the dumainder of -hiV good old age-.- - 01(ORG IA. esa--inbt rihi u historic psge. e.1Otquairrejs.of Alie gan eiol off by~thouands last winter, the cold weather cutting off their commissary sunpiea. isam almolitia-WTome TMging the I 4w into thei Own Hands. Darhtig thedinter and spring, much ill feeling has aripen at Long Swanp Suffolk County, on account of a cor tain dam having been bnilt by a farmer g (t). The land thereabouts is very ..t, and at beat the drainage of the diatrict is very imperfect. Those who have done most to f.fr. ment the bad feelitng contend th.,t the building of the dam has giently it-jured their ptoperty on account ot the -.backing...up of the water, srhich beforo fuund un unob. structed outlet. It is alao stated that the locality, in o.ti~eqrnenue tof the forwatiou of the unnatural pond, is mote unhealthy. But whether these were the true. reatons or not, the women of the neighaboi hood deter. mined to take the nmatter into their own hands, and one day amt week, ar. rangetents were being made to do a big thing. Just as the gray tinge on the Eastern bills bespoke the dawn of morn, ladies might have been seen coming from nearly every farm.house within a radius of two mbiles. Those near the locality of the obnoxious dam hurriedly proceeded thitherwari, wbile those at a distance started in wagons and all kinds of vehicles for what wax to be the seat of war. Most of the women, from their general ap. pearance, were maidens. Every one wore a thick veil, closely covering their features, diesscs either liort or tucked up, and stout boots with thick soles. On arriving at the dam, shov els, hoes, pioks, crowbars and the utenAils so often used by the stronger arms'of the men were eagerly grasped by from 100 to 150 irate women, and the work of demolition actively com. menced. As the water commenced to pour through the dan, the work of the feminine mobites was rendered wore easy, and by sunrise, 300 acres of - water had disappeared. V hat course will be pursued by thu owners remains to be seen. The rio ters claim that the unhealthiness of th: locality since the, building of the dain was suflcient watrant for their au inmnry prueeed i ngs.- Long Island Weekly Review, Aay 17. Greeley While lint-Au Amusing Essay lpon it. Mr. Prentice, in one of his wicked ways, once told how a body of Cali. fuinia nainems, erosbing the plains, came upon a little old bonnet ; how they made a flag about it ; how they followed it, aud how it lead thenm to a rich voin of gold ; ned, in thut connec tion he asked niany droll Juestions, which connoisseurs, will doubtless retniber. Now, somehow, it bias been of a sudden, diacovered thut a little old white hat-the little old, shapeless. caved-in white hat of Horace Greeley-it is a mighty ij spiralion, having tal.inatio, having supernatu al powers, and e''ery body is following the fashion.'M r. Preintice's conundrum after twenY 3 ears, is re. ceiving an ado over a little ragged old bonnet,' iaid Mr. Prentice, 'what would they have done if they lad cotue upon a little old uhite hat. We begin to see. They would have put it oin a Diag staff and carried it along wilth a little old bonnet, to vic tory, just as thiey arc nowv doing by Curi,>u,, itadeed, arc t bere pheunm eisa of nsature. A lit tle while ujyo is was winter, all ernst d. with sntow. flakes ; but yedterday the~ .rch.md whi-e witha apple blooms, and now tl~e storma of white bata. ito, imouving or chards made luminaous wnith thme pale emblems ofthe comirg autunof white hats, nnd many their wearerb multiply I Like the white 'hoods of Ftanders ; like the wvhite plumue of Niavarre, be they the signals sf victory, the signs of ill omnac to bad men I So "Press where you see Ihat wh~rite hat shIne Until ilhe f'oe Is down: And bes the work ofihe whole line, Greeley and Graaz Brown." S([C'ourier Jour nal. lleath of Win. T. Walther Esq. The community will be pained to learn the death of this well known and highly esteemed citizen of Co lumbia. Mr. W~alter's health has been de elining for a long t ime, his d isease be lng' of the heart, and last week heo was 6aarrm'ed to Cleaveland Springs, ina North Carolina, in tihe htor' that the change would be -b.iowial, hut a dispatch received in this city yesterday fronm Charlotte an nounces that he was dead and tem-. pdrarily buried on Thursday at the 8}rl rgs. I~ur. WV. was born and raised in ColiAmbia, and land resided here all his life, Hie aerved tbe city acceptably as nil Alderman for several terms, and w'as-a pulslio spirited and useful citi zon.-Carohn ian. A good story Is told of an Atlanta nobby dry goods clerk who attended a :danee in De K a!b, a few evenings since. He wore a Chevoit shirt, and put 0n a great many airs. lie was somewhat taken down, however, whoa .ue overheaad one courtry lass say to atotl~er :"-That Atlanta chap slings on a heap of style, for a fellow that wears a be d tick -shirt." mA CUqliforniat olergyman is the only livitig white man who is master of th'e Choctaw laguage. Why don't some sarsaparilla man wsrrant his medicine to cure the *ruiptiotj of Mount Visovius ? *"Which would you rather do or go fishing ? "WVhy, yesm, certainly, of course- 1 nefter Groley to rant. j, From Washwgion. WASHINGTON, June 6.-t is as. erted that Fiah .has resigned. Tn Spanish Government will re nese Dr. Howard as a favor to the Unsited Sate9;- but"4f sedenandde. nadO, on the ground of American 3itiz.-nship, it wial be tefused. SENATE.-There were woomany fate. iou.s ausend moists to the Clause appro priatii.n hill giving a quarter of a mhtioll to -Ruthern mUail carrieIs, Ovheu the matter went over to Fri. lay. , The bill to.punish, obstructions of he udminista ation of ja'tioe, inii the [Jeited States Courts, passed, and ;oes to the President. . Chandler mnade an elaborate speeh )n Sumner's statements regarding 3tanton and Grunt. Mr. Sumner said he would read one ingle letter to verify the. truth of bat lie. hd said in reference to 11r. Sumner's opinion of Grant; be. r 'ore reading it, however he would do. >lare that Mr. Stantan' did say to Iii what he had reported, and he ss. erted, on thin floor, that this was so. Ur. Sunnuer theu read the followingt )xtrnet from a note received this norning, from Horace White, of Chi ago : Dear Mr. Sumner, the Iato soretary Stanton, not once merely, yut several times, expressed himself .o me, substantially, to the samne )pin ion of Gen. Grant, that he did to ou, with the- addition that Gen. Irant had been greatly overrated as a railitary commander, and as to the t atter point, I recall a long conversa. ion had with him afrer the alhting it Spotty Ivania, C. H., in which he xprresred more than I had ever knew itt to feel concerning any campaign, hut he felt that he could not continue to fill up the awful gaps made by t 'en. Lte, in our ranks, without a fur ,ber call on the loyal people for roops, but I suppose you know all about. that. VASIuNOTON, Juno 8.-The House ili removing several political dist. ilitieai, passed. The Sundry oivil appropriation bill with the Senate amendments was received in the Hou.-e at noon to day ith a resolution that the Senate in. ists upon its amendmenits, and asks for a committee of conference. Mr. Gaafield aade the motion th'it the bill be taken front the Speakers table 1nd refer it to the comminittee on ap propriations. The Democrats op. posed this act, as the enforcement not and been put on the bill by the Sen ito, and that the amendment was oh. jectionable to them as the bill was on he Speaker's table. It required a wo-thirds vote to take it up, but, if it should be referred to the appr priution cormittee, as they could report it back, and a nimj arity vote ould pass it. As long us the bill retatined on the Speaker's table the Democrats had the power to prevent its pasuage and this they announced to be thteir intention unless the ob bo:.ionable amnendmneat was taken, off, : tine resp nsibility of punting it on lted with the Senate. 'I he D mo .r..ts naie a proposition to let the il a nd all aan nomnens except the en rureeineea.t act go tot the connn.ittt*o to to reported baick and pa bed by a Inajority vote. 1The enftoreen a nt not toa ie reserved on the Speakea's tabtle, under the t wo thir'd tule. Gaifieldl 'nuld not agi ee to thnis, and thne Demcrate. intimnated a lbar they wonld L. feat thne bill rath'or thnu' pns it a:Ith this obnoxious amecndmenat. te nonttor was diiscu..sed for t~ome time when an olbjection mtade pre vented further dicoutsioo, sand the b.ll took its place on thne Speaker s table. Subanequerntly, Camaapbell, of Dhnin, offe.red a resolution thnat the bill and amnendaments be referr ed to the commuiittee on anppropriantionas, all LthCamenmets to he referned hack and pased by a nmajarity vote, except the snforcemeont act amendment, which 'lhould require a two-third vote to pass it. This resoulutionm the Speaker re fused to entertain upon a point of order raisod by Mr Hoar, of Mars., cand doclared the effect of it was an e'ffort of the muinority to reserve to thenmselves to defeat -the bill sgainst the wishes of the majority. Beck offered a resolution declaring . that the action of -the Senate pttting ian this amendment was in violation of the Constitution of the Uilted States, and directing the Clerk to re. turn the bill to the Senate wyith the request that they rescind their action sta the Eutoreemnent Act amendment. U~pon thig Book moved a suspension o~f the rules to pass the resolution. This nmotion was defeated by a vote of 74 to 97. Gati feld then moved to suspend the rule to tofer the bill to the Commit tee on A ppropriations. Thais was de feated by a strict party vote of 97 to 67 it req niritnga t*6-thirdadote. The 11ouse then resumed other business. An all night ses'sion is probable. Foreign News. RomE, June 0.--The great linoda tion of tho river Po, sear Ferrar, Ia causing widespread. destruction and terrible suffering--tracts of .country are under water, and forty thousand people are houcolos, Ljo?1)ta, June 6.-Jat1 .Rudolf Thoer beck, theoeminont statesman, and ~ Minister of Holland, is dead. licws Items, , 8A x FA Auctsco, June 0...Returms fromn Oregon, indioate a . Rlepuba an sucocess. Naw ORIA ans, Jane' 6.-Commit. I tees of th'e Liberal Rtepublican's and Democrats have reported'; each mkln- 1 tains separate organisations, and is point conmittees to a roe upon a1 ~ioket, and 6: a basis af coea:-n. etween the two partio. The tickot and basis of coopet otion a subjlot to approval by eitheir Coun. ention. These comizatteos meet to PUILADRLPErIA, June .-The a. orers on the Gas Works have struok it is robable that the Convention may hfe to otbse its labors In dark The vote for Grant was unani Dous. After the adoption of the platform, iginia nominated John F. Lewis ; a klored. dplegate from Texis iomina ed E. C. Davis, the vote the i.trod' -Wilson 364). .Colfax 321 1.2; 'irginia changad to Wilson whioh ave the nomination. The Conveutijn hen adjourned sine de. ITARTFoRD, CCT.. June G.-Capt. Inloootrses was killed, %ionday, in Iridgeport, ho had $183,000 insur. nOe Onl his life. SAN FRANCISCO, June 6.-The' louthern portion of Arizona is over. un with Aptaches-settTers are aban. oning t tier homes and crops in the Vhite Pine region. Miners havo struck for four dollars, work has stopped. The additional re. urns from Oregon show iucreased epublican majorities. PuII.AtDLPuIA, June 8.-The city ras almost dark last night in conse uence of a strike among the gas a borers. Naw YoRK, June 8.-Captain Ca. acarretses had $80,000 in bonds with .ini when he was murdered. No cer. min clue yet to the robbers. Ten housand dollars reward is offered for be stolen bonds. - The St. Crisprn's have resolved to triko against a reduction of wages. reparations are being made for a arade of the members of all trades n Monday. The printers threaten o join in the eight hour movement arly. in july. Dr. Lanahan, of the Methodist look Coinceru, has been committed n Ludlow street jail, in default of t50,000 bail, for libel. W. F. Beers, night editor of the 'ribune, is dead. His disease was ongestion of the 'brain. SAN FRANCISUO, June 8.-A ehange ,f revenue has been refused to Mrs. ?air. CICAGO, June 8.-Further reports oncernting the great storm on Thurs Iry night in Central Illinois, show hat an immense amount of damage ras done in Peoria, Fulton, Knox, lid other counties in that section of be State. The destruction of bridges 'n country roads has been almost niversal. In the city of Peoria dnoes and trees were blown down uid cellers filled with water. Every -ilroad leading out of that city suffer. d more or less, and no tinins left here yesterday for the Chessapeake, iurlingron atpd Quincy RAilro.d had bout four niles of its track and many Fiidges swept away. The Toledo, eoria and Wabash Railroad sulfered eterely, loaing a bridge 150 feet, rid the entire road bed in a tnuiber f places. A large force of mnIli have een tet to vok rep4iring the dmi. ,es and there will be but little inter uption to triavel. In the town of Hilton the damages re feasful. The town is almost en itely under water, and barns, stock, M. have been .wept miles away. A singular ctieumustat~ee of the tormi Is the ru..ning up streamn of the ilinois river. The imnmenae valumne V water thant p..ured in that str.amn as oreated a backwater, and there s a strong currenst running not thwoid. ['he river last night was still rising aspidly and fe-irs of serious damungo rem this source were entertained. market Reports. Nzw Yourc, Jun~e 8.-Cntton luiet and steady-miiddlings 262 ; tales 656 bales. Gold 14}. CH:II.ELsTON, Itine 8.-Cotton iniet-iddlinga 25& ; receipts 918 ales : sales 50 bales. LivMaRuiar,, June 8.-E' enina-. ~otton elo'edl firaz, and unehianged j lands i ll; Orle ans I l. ; aales ,000 bales. A MasooD IO p19is8m. A \Washington corre'pondent of the 3.dtimnore Sun, of W ednesday, writes s follows: Tihe novel ceremony of Masonic >aptism was porformed' at Musonio r'emple last Vilght by 'Albert Pike, lq., and other prominent Scottish Rite Masons, upon two children, eons f Dr. Joseph N airn and Mr. E. TI. McoGroty. Dr. Nairn's child, an in. .ant was borne on a cashion covwered writh blue silk, and the ceremony was niade Impressive by lighted candles, burning ineense, formalities and para Aberna ia of the oxalted degrees of the order, .arnd there was a large at tendarce.. Prayer, singing, eo., ierved as an introdueoty, when the phildren, theIr god motihore and others sero admitted. Water, oil, and salb Were used in ther ceremony, the left isands of the children being dipped In i bpl of p'erfo u ed water, as a sign >f (ddleation to the eituse of virtue and truth ;% delta was made on their 11, s wth the foreginger dipped in nod 1o'ae of Gpd , and salt was placed n thmet 1ndoitnhs, a~ the saal of the Arailo vow, which santifle. an enemy pritli botn one has tasted salt. Fm ral ly thes children were invested' with aM bekl~n aprons and Masonic Jewels, 'Vud their Mfason baptism was pro. ounced comnplete. The Einperor Naplc is describ d by a recent visitor at Clhilehurst a hooki'ng several years younger than a. did at St. Cloud in July, 1870. lie a eaidl to have lately toads the oharac **istle remnaik: "When you have .uoh a teception and such a continued reloome as I have ha4 'In Ebgtand, ron do not maah'bad the oat.,n