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CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1 No. 34. IJtlC 4 5.Sy *to CA M Dgtf . CAXDgy J*T. j ? Q&MDgx A* SHr 'NSURa DEHt fcJ'? I Z^o inn i r**?* * Generzl B*& PW&S Bffl a ?Mi o/1 J? fw\ f*rO MILLION m ? f. Returns of th^Toitd ['? *Ttj Ot South GBR *?ne time k hasL& llation as to wfest. fifertj in the 8ttf ttyear wonld be, be Gme it has beenii ? toy degree of- act wit the matter.* last few day a, taji litors of the aeflii in their tinai * Or Or) F*8 were di ^ intended fF&ral Haifa Georga ^ *od wk NJaj for ta tain damages to tiui'fl mount ot several ! thousand t hilar*. About forty head of the caule were ain? io?t oil the ia- j land. Yeaterday a Manilla sailor marie ? ! hi* wav it, the (haiulleur station from the fit*hin?j sloop Laura K. of New { Orleans, which whs wrecked in < rrau<l ; I'asr. Out of the crew of seven men i lie is the* only ^survivor, ami when ! toi)u,j on the irflaml was in an uneon | scion* h!k| pertr-rily mule camliliou, having been in the water over ten 1 hours. He was furnished with cloth ing ami brought to Hiloxi on the steam tug.Ju!i?i? Kilx-rt. A|)|>eals lor ai<i have come in so ul i fwittly from the sticken aectioua that it is impossible to rentier the necessary assistance. The lieil Cross Society has taken the matter in hand, issued a caH for aid. The Commercial Club will meet Unlay and take stejw to raise subscriptions. I fury j ;ou!<{ I Pami j in*-* ! p were it the 5H in<^ leavt-8, about iaia of liteiifni. ?1 with rubbish ile the account e along g i ik 1 us ail of VC batilv Much buy was hundred fhich wa s r, washing 1 them It at this t estimate the loss of boats and than one kfeay, little the storm trewn with a. ()d the weathered wharf is nt or back not. confined nt, Dut ail ry direction, n be seen in and there a The veloci jheight of the I at least one ir. The Bap^ i blown down T The break e was Crashed was not <lara st opposite Bi o f cattle were storm came up cyclone. There its iu the L011 3hing, and it is number, if not ?have gone down if Of eight schoon Brn to have been piling, three have fern upwards, with kli gene and not a I is believe*! that not fall short <>f a previous to the fseven vessels load rts. Tbe British^ rJi was found lx)ttonl jide, and is a total !car j filter ami cook he Austrian barge complete wreck. Of fcteeu men ami two id, the capt&ii, three ko stevedores were (stevedores were from ,e white and colored, els suffered consider [The l>arge Hero lost aboard, name>l She irge of the same a eofQred mau, name daroai^e was also done The warehouse, the >nse and iazan. tt<> at the .Ition beiug completely and the lighthouse keep ,jeiag badly damaged, lile from the bridge, at i is washed ashore on the zt with much debris from jls, oyster boats, sloops Verv little of the gov rf remains, and what is Too service. A large nu ra ttle were also drowned. ! worst damaged and loss of jat Chandleur island, of account has already been Iteras ha3 notified the bar pi ne health authorities at Pen tobile and I Pascagoala that ; Is from infected ports will, f report at Ship Island, instead dleur. The damage by wind. quarantine service alone at ir Island will" amount to ? $100,000. The disinfecting frhich has bden erected during year, together with the wharf iteeticg- apparatus cost 13, the old buildings and im ;nts between $o0,000 and to which maj be added about for the steam transfer boat km H. Welsh, Capt. Jos. Del .rhich is aground at the north Lof the island in three feet of wa )cld the tug get afloat, which ilj doubtful, she will sns OTHER DETAILS. I t> l.ift \ mounting t<> Nearly Fifteen Hundred. N kw Oklkanh, Oct. 5. ? Reports from Point si la Hache and vicinity this morning, put the death list up to JSOO i>ersons. Yesterday tlie search ing parties were in the viciuity of Grand Prarie, and they found tifty seven bodies, some buried l>eneath the debris of the wrecked house and others high and dry on the land where receding waters had dropped t They were nearly all Austrian colon ists who had a large settlement at this point The local Austrian and Slavonic societies have sent com* nyttees into this section to attend to the wants of their countrymen aud re lieve the distress and suffering as much as possible. The dead were buried, five or six in a trench, except where relatives or friends took charge of the remains and gave them a Chris tian burial. The dead had to be interred as soou as |>ossible, and coffin 8 were unobtainable. The call for aid from the storm stricken country has met a ready re sponse, and the large shipments of supplies -went by rail today to Point a la Hache and Bellaire. John Dy mond, one of ;the largest sugar plan ters in the unfortunate section, yester day, sent the steamer Neptune to the above point loaded to the guards with flour, meat and other supplies. These places will be made distributing points, and other shipments will be made today. lhe crop are aa badly injured a* ! the first reports indicated. A con servative - estimate places the loss to the rice crop at 10 ]>er cent., while the sugar cane |utfered very slightly. The heaviest los^ will be on the orange crop. It is estimated that fully 50 per cent, of the - fruit has been blown from the trees, and is lying on the ground too green to ship, and un fit for use, and will prove a dead loss to the growers. Reliable news has come from the Grand Isle and Cheniere. The loas of life at Grand Isle is not more than twenty-five, all of the dead being negroes. The pro|>erty destroyed is valued at nearly ?100,000. Many of the whites were bruised by falling timbers, and some of them crip pled, but they were thankful to get olf with their lives. There is no bright side to the picture of desolation at Cheniere, and the death list will run from 8(H) to 1,100. The total death ? ? t ? * y list in this section by the late storm will be from 1,000 to 1,500. A Peculiar Acci<te*t Greenville, Oct. <>. ? A curious accident happened at the baseball j)ark this afternoon during a gam* between two made up nines of local players. George Hans met, son ot the late Col. H. P. Hammett, was pitch ing for the nine representing the Greenville team. He had not played ball during the summer. In the first inning, in attempting a fancy out curve he broke his arm between the elbow and shoulder. He is a hard thrower and it is Lupposed that being out of practice he used too much force before warming up to the work. The bone was set at once and he is doiug well to-night. Jailed for One Year. Waijialla, S. C., Oct. 5. ? In the Court of General Sessions for Oconee County here yesterday, George J. McAlister entered a plea of guilty to the charge of violation of the Dispen sary law. He was sentenced by Judge Wallace to one year's imprison ment in the county jail and to pay a fine of $1( 0 within three days or have one yea* more added to his term in jail In thus sentencing McAlister Judge Wallace set aside d< ubts as to the operations of the E^ans Act in this county ? already "dry" uuder the Mason Act One of the most interesting and mystifying sentences the English lan guage has yet produced is as follows: "How much pleasanter it rs to ait in a cab and think how much pleasanter it is to sit in a cab than it is to be walking; than it is to be walking and thinjk how much pleasanter it is to sit in a cab than it is to be walking." The sentence is perfectly logical, and when repeated rapidly causes much fun. ? Bridge water Independent FAME. UP TO DATE. Com merits. Pro ami Con, On the Irt>y Incident. Kinc <'au I ??? No Wronj; " Johnston Monitor. Senator Irby has again ap|>eared be! fore the public with his war paint oq and h-us flourished his pistol as in days of old We are reminded of the times when he used to take possession of the town of I .aureus ami run the municipality for a time to suit his wild Western notions. But Senator Irby should be pitied, Any man who gets drunk should bo pitied, and the United States Senators should be exempt from criticism. Senator Irby can l>e excused by his record. There are people, however, who will not Ihj Iieve that the Senator was under the influence of whiskey or that he drew his pistol on the hackinau. There are aome j>eople who would ift believe these things if they saw Irby in the gutter and his hands and . pockets full of piutolssO^ie kiug can do no wrong. In a day or tw<5 souie of the timeserv ing politicians au?l office holders who are afraid of Irby's shadow will be say ing, "The affair has l>eeu greatly magnified-" We' have not seen the Columbia ^ Register, but watch it cringe and^ suppress the facts and apologize, ".So'Mnjrh for Rwforn.1* Richmond St$t<y. ? V/-' The violet irrupter, upon the estab lished precedents generally lands in a mud puddle as his lr^t aet. One of the hackneyed ways of attacking the old, localise it is old, is to denounce its Bourbonism. This is reganlless of the fact that conservatism means sta bility and stability is necessary to |>ermanent excellence and success. A j>arty in South. Carolina rose in revolution against the Democratic or ganization of which Hampton was one of the trusted leaders. That par ty put aside the unselfish services of Wade Hampton when South Caroli- j na most needed a friend. It's com plaint was that Hampton was a "Bourbon," a moss-back and enemy to progress. But how ha3 this new movement given progress to South Carolina? It is easier to put a man in the Senatorial seat than to get him out. The very party who talked of reform and progress may l>e sick of Irby, but : it cannot take from him the place he holds. He will not, indeed , be re eiected, but he will l>e South Caro lina's Senator against South Caroli na's wish. So much for reform. Who \\nn the Young Man? / s) New York Recorder. / I am sorry ti)\say fthat Senator Irby of South Carolina gets very lit tle sympathy in hre, latest escapade with Palmetto "State booze" from anybody in the Senate. The South Carolina fire-eater has never succeeded in making friends in Washington, a failure due partly to his moody and eccentric disposition and partly to the influence of his [wpular and courtly colleague, Butler, who dislikes and avoids him. Irby has shown signs of breaking out in strange places ever since he came on to Washington for the sj>ecial session, and nobody was very much surprised to hear of the tricks he had been playing at home. The publisher-report of his careless handling of firearms in^lumbia call to mind and incident at (the Chicago convention, when a yomjg man was ; compiled to hide behind a table to escat>e the South Carolinian's fury at j a certain stage in the proceedings j when Ilill stock began suddenly to Expected Nothing Better. Winnsboro News. I While it is disgraceful, to say the least, for Senator Irby to have made such an exhibition in Columbia, and while we are unsparing in our con demnation of it, we cannot but regret that such publicity was given the in cident For our State's reputation, hitherto unspotted in any such way by her representatives in Congress, we should regret that the affair has become known all over the country. As to the Senator personally we ex pected nothing better, and are not surprised to hear that it is on the mission of "launching the third party" that he now comes home. An un worthy successor to Gen. Hampton. I and of complete worthlessness it is i hard that he should continue to be a ! disgrace to the State. It should be a j source of continued shame to the Ite*' form party that in demanding one of their members as Wade Hampton's successor they chose such a man. fall A Fair Sample of Reform Logic. Florence Reform-Advocate. So far as the charge against Senator j Irby is concerned, we emphatically I say, that it true he deserves censure, j hut from the past assertions of the j witnesses against him on matters political, we are equally positive that we would not convict a dog upon such evidence. When men so far forget 1 ? those attributes of criticism which give weight to assertion, the^-Btf at j blame their own conduct; if when the I wolf realty comes they find themselves : without countenance or aid, that the anti-Till man press of South Carolina, is in that position today is due entire ly > to their own acts, they have per sisted in misrepresentation and slander instead of fair criticism until their re liability has reached that point when it only becomes necessary to quote the ? overcome the charge. Such Things Don't Happen in Texas. Ft. Worth (Tex.) Daily Mail. The State that furnished such men | as John C. Calhoun and Hayne to the J Uuited States Senate ? South Caro lina ? and whose public mem have ever beeu uoted for their honorable and circumspect lives and courtly bearing, is now partially represented in the Senate by a man named Irby, who recently distinguished himself by visiting Columbia, S. C., ill a drunken condition, chasing a negnjjrtglfd river through the streets wjfcifa six shooter ami wiudiug up Joy being hauled through the city /with his feet hang ing out the bafck window. Great wjw the fall qf" the Palmetto State, when such a nittian ws.s elected to a seat iu the Seuale. k i ! ??Nothliig but PJ'ity." Keowee Courier. We reproduce from the Greenville .News an account of the conduct of Senator Irby itf; Columbia, -^Portions of this account do not i mpress ua favor ably, but therVis no d^ubt that Sena' tor irby was druuk and demeaned himself in a most uivseemly manner. Thus Senator Irby ami the State must feel keeuly the degradation. Notr withstandiug this we opine every one will regret this most untoward occur rence aud will have nothing bnt a feeling of pity for the unfortunate. An Unkin<t SuggeKltoa. Darlington Herald. We take the liberty of suggesting that the next time that distinguished patron of the dispensary Senator Irby, is to arrive on ' the train at Columbia that Hugh Farley and Jim Tillman be pressed into service as hack drivers. They would not mind the sight of Mr. Irby's pistol. ? ii. ? i Merely an "Unfortunate Mistake." Washington, Ga., Gazette. "Oh what a fyll was there my coun trymen. Then vou and I and all of us fell " Thatf is what South Caro lina might say when the drunken suc cessor of Wade Hampton was carred through the streets of Columbia. A Mere Matter of Taate. Anderson Journal. j It is a sa<l commentary on the fair name of South Carolina u ) have the successor of Wade Hampton in the .United State Senate restiug under such serious charges. It's the Next Thing to Fame. Macon Telegraph. Shades of Wade Hampton! Look at Jrby and his jag! Is this fame as Irby sees it? / 9 The Voice of Jeremiah. Sumter Freeman. The Freeman has again and again declared that the real movement in South Carolina' is greatly hampered by the Tillman self-seekers, many of whom are very low, dirty fellows; and agaiu and again is the truth coming to lisrht to sustaiu us in this assertion. Only men of high character can sus tain a movement for the elevation and betterment of the masses. Moses and Whipper et al sunk the Republican party, and Irby and Thomas et al will sink Tillmanism. And if tfce Alli ance hangs on to Tillmanisfc) it will sink and it ought to sink it. Mark our words, ''bads'' cannot help any good cause; but they will surely sink it. In fact, a cause that does not shake off scoundrelism is no good cause. THE PRISONER SKIPPED. He WiM Refused Bail but Was Allowed Privileges. cher aw, S. Oct. 5. ? Trevis Evaus, otherwise "Boy," who has been confined in Darlington jail since the last term court in this coifnty went l>efore Chief Justice Mclver last night to secure hail and was refused. Ev ans was accom uanied to Cheraw by Sheriff Scarborough of Darlington, and after the refusal of bail both went to Mr C. L. Evans' house to spend the night. While the Sheriff was in the house eating supper with some o! the family, Travis Evans was sitting on the piazza with his cousin C. L. f>ans. The prisoner requested Mr. Evans to get him a corkscrew as he wanted to open a bottle of Tillman liquor. While he, Mr. C. L. Evans, went into the house to get the cork screw the prisoner skipped for parts unknown. Sheriff Scarborough, it is reported, had all confidence in his prisoner and thought it unnecessary to watch him closely. Evans, however^ hadjbeen re fused bail, which fact should have had the effect of causing the Sheriff to guard him more closely than before. Evans is under indictment for killing W. H. Coartenay of this county. A good education was thus defined by Edward Everett: "Read the English language well, write with dispatch a neat, legible hand, and be master of the first four rules of arith i metic, so as to dispose of at once with ' accuracy, every question of figures^ which comes up in practice; and if you add the ability to write pure gramati ; cal English, you have an excellent education. These are the tools. You can do much with them, but you are hopeless without them. They are the foundation; and unless you begin with these, ail your flashy attainments, a little geology, and all other ologies and osophies are ostentatious rubbish." Lay the ioundation; well. FEVER GETTING WORSE. i ; i ! ??' > j-j, ? av ? Larje Increase at Brunswick?' Two Caaes at Jesup. Brunswick, Ga., Oct. & ? Tweuty four new caaea of yellow fevei were reported today and one death, that of Mrs. K. Talkresou, of Jekyl Island. The new patients are: Whites ? Mrs. Bacon, E. P. lisle, Mrs. H. M. Miller, Iverson Wallace, L. B. Ren nesat, Mr. C. Perrin, T. E. WafF, Mrs. John Ward, W. B. Moore, Junius K. Abrarns. Colored ? Byrl Edwards, Jack Maxwell, George McDonald, J. Neal, E. T Pittman, Peter Dubignon and James Dubignoifc;? < Wheeler's wife, Keddick and wife, Charles Arm stead, Mary Bowel* Discharged? Willie Trimmins, Dick Allen, Miasie Sevea, Minerva Jack son, Lemon Burns, W. ?. Dempster. IiecapitulationV-Caae^ under treat ment 102, discharged #4, died 15; to tal 181. Ratio of *nortality 8.3 per cent. N Tbe death of Mrs. Talkersou on Jbkyt Island this morning was one oi peculiar sadness. She leaves an in fant only a few days old, its birth oc curring the day after she was stricken with yellow fever. The increase , in cases sustain the assertion repeatedly wired that hardly the half had been told in regard.to the number of cases here. There are at least twenty-five to fifty more cases yet undiagnosed that should be classed as yellow fever, and when the committee appointed ^fin ish their labors it will be proven a fact * ) Surgeon Murray returned from the | detention camp tonight, where be was ! in consultation with Surgeon Carter. Further and more compkte arrange ments were made to fighilthe disease in this section. Drs. Booth and Wall reinforced Surgeon Murray, and Faget and the local physicians here place the> authorities on about an equal foot ing with the epidemic. The ratio of mortality will be kept down, although the disease is expected to continue its work six weeks longer. Surgeon Mur ray reports tonight that inspection of Screven and Dale's Mill has ended, and both places are free from sus picion. The Washington Press Club has a correspondent en route to Brunswick. Jie will be welcomed by the local men. Discussion here, at Jesup and at other places over the governmental powers when an epidemic breaks out caused an investigation of the matter. The investigation proves that Sur geon Murray's power at Jesup, Bruns wick aud any suspected place in this section is absolute. Being a man of good, but firm judgment, he has not used bis power in Jesupor Brunswick, and has kindly allowed the local au thorities in both places to retain con trol of their municipalities, but thi^ action is due not to the lack of au thority, but because he saw no neces sity of taking absolute control, the Jesup and Brnnswick authorities working in complete harmony with him to accomplish auy good results that might be obtained. Two new cases of yellow fever are reported at Jesup today and one death ? Mrs. Ogden. A DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. To Determine What to I>o At?out the Elec tion Repeal Bill. Washington, Oct. 5. ? The Demo cratic members of Congress will meet in caucus next Monday to consider the Federal election bill. The caucus was called to consider certain amend ments proposed to the bill, but its priuci|>al object will be to determine whether it is part of the policy to send the bill to the Senate pending a dispo sition of the Sherman law repeal bill by that body. Representative Tucker, author of the bill now being discussed in the House, says that the caucus was called for the purpose of determining wheth er the Democratic party was earnestly and entirely favor of the repeal of the election laws as demanded by the platform. "We are either in favor of the repeal, or we are not," said Mr. Tucker, "and we might as well find j out just how we stand. If Fitch's bill j is to be adopted, as the party meas ure, : ^t seems to me we might as well abandon the fight. If his bill incor porates all there is objectionable, then we have got no case. I am perfectly well satisfied, however, that the cau cus will make a satisfactory declara tion on the subject." Tucker said the caucus would repre sent the friends of both of the meas ures, his own and Fitzes, as he un derstood the call had been initiated by those in favor of the Fitch bill. The vote on the bill and the pend ing amendments are to be taken at noon next Tuesday. So far this amendment has been offered by Mr. Lacejof Iowa. This is said to be almo& identical with the bill drawn by Fitch, chairman of the committee reporting the Tucker bill, and which he has proposed as a substitute there for. It differs from the Tucker bill in that it leaves on the statute sections 2002 to 2010, inclusive, which the Tucker bill repeals, along with all others relating to the api>oiutment of > the supervisors and deputy marshals. Tillman Wins. Washington, Oct. 3. ? The Pal metto trade mark case from South Carolina, Governor Tillman against the Commissioner of Patents, was de cided to-day by Justice Bradley in the Supreme Court in favor of Govern or Tillman. ? Col. Register. IN THE SILVER SADDLE. 1 OUR OWN WOOL HAT RULES THE COUNCIL OF POPSy Chosen Chairman of the Pan -American Panic Panjandrum? Hits the "Plut tarcrat" Press? A Small Crowd Attends. St. .Louis, Oct 3. ? There were about 175 delegates present at the first day 'a session of the Pan-American Bi metallic convention. Ex-Congress man Frank aud Governor Stone wel comed the delegates tc the city and State. S. S. King, of Kansas, re sponded. Governor Tillman, of South Caro lina, was chosen temporary chairman, and in his address charged that the reduction in the attendance at the convention was dofe to the power of the press to smother the efforts of the masses. The time was coming, how ever, when West and South would join hands and win their rights, if not by agitation" by their ballots. He depreciated sectionalism, but said: "God forbid that the moral of one section should become the slave of an other." At the afternoon session, the creden tials committee reported, an authorized convention list of 1(>6, representing Colorado. Iowa, Texas, Indiana, Mon tana, Kansas, South' Carolina, New Mexico, Arkansas and Missouri. H. C. Walters of Washington, dele gate from a State, whose Governor re fused to appoint delegates, was given power to cast a State vote, as was also J. K. Weatherford of Oregon for his State. The following officers were chosen: President, Gov. Lewellin, of Kaiisas; Vice President, M. E. Kenton, ot Missouri: Secretary, Olney Newell, of Colorado. Mrs. Lease, of Kansas, made a characteristic speech. A committee on resolutions were appointed, aud after a speech by President Fiske of the Pan-American Bi-raetallism Association, and General Weaver, a recess was taken until to morrow. Dr. Bates's rositlon. We see nothing iu State Treasurer Bates's interview on the financial ques tion to cause such frantic joy as the anti papers have exhibited over it; uor can we find in it any ground for the predictions made by those paiKjrs that Dr Bates will be read out of the Re form taction. Dr Bates holds the same views as the other Reformers, except that he is willing to trust President Cleveland much farther than fchey are. Dr Bates, according to his inter view, favors bi-metallism and be lieves the Sherman law should be re pealed. The Reform faction favors bi metallism aud. believes the Sher man Act should be repealed. Up to this point Dr Bates agrees perfectly with the other Reformers. When the question of procedure comes up, a dif ference arises iu the views of Dr Bates au?l the other Reformers. The Reformers believe that repeal of the Sherman law ami establishment of bi-metallism should be coincident; Dr Bates believes rei>eal of the Sher man Act should precede establish ment of bi-metallism. Dr Bates thinks the Senate ought to repeal the Sherman Act at once. The Senators who are opposing repeal would consent to it in tive seconds if ClevelandVwQHld clearly, unequivocal ly, plainly and specifically state what financial legislation he will consent to afler the Sherman Act iias l)een re pealed, they consider the financial question of far too much importance to be dealt with blindly; Cleveland has called Congress together to repeal the Sherman Act, but has never in dicated what legislation should be adopted to replace the Sherman Act ? ? and it goes without saying that it must l>e replaced? therefore the Senar tors think they would be taking a leap in the dark if they repealed tine only prop of silver before obtaining .from President Cleveland a specific promise as to the future, a definite statement of what silver legislation he will consent to. Dr Bates and Some Senatorial friends of silver have a most l>eauiitul, conlidingand childlike trust iu Presi dent Cleveland; they think dispite his long hostility to silver that he will ai> " ? ?? ? 1 prove whatever bill recognizing silver Congress may pass after the Sherman Act is repealed. The more natural 8iipj>ositiou is that Cleveland will veto whatever bill recognizing silver Con gress may pass after the Sherman Act has been repealed. This view of the case is made absolutely cert am by Cleveland's persistent refusal t<> out line his financial policy further than repeal of the Sherman law, though he knows th&jmly thing which delays re jK-al of the Sherman law is his refusal to state his position, save in vague and glittering generalities, the most prominent feature of which is his re }>eatedly asserted desire to give the country "sound" and "honest" money. The bi-metallic Senators are right in clinging to what little recognition silver has until they kno^' what Cleveland will consent to in the- way of silver legislation. They should not allow Cleveland to ride roughshod ,over them; they should l>e just as ob stinate as he; they can force him to say what he will do for silver by fur ther delaying repeal of the Sherman Act. ? Register. STILL DRAGGING ALONG. i 1 THE ELECTION REPEAL BILL DISCUS x S10N CONTINUED Two S|n;rchoH For ami Two Against It* to a Sutall Attendance, Mark# the Close of an L'ninlercfttlug Session. Washington, Oct. 5. ? Interest in the debate ou the Federal election bill does iiot increase, and empty beuches oa both sides of the chamber are the rule aud not the exception. At uo time were there more than one hundred members present The speeches were made by Mr. Murray (Rep.) of South Carolina, aud Mr. Haiues (Rep.) of Nebraska in the negative, and by Mr. Ruwelk (Dem.) of Georgia and Mr. Money (Dern.) of Mississippi in the affirmative. The fact having become known that the Democrats were to hold & caucus to discuss the propriety of pasring the bill, before the Seuate agreed to the Wilsou-Vorhees bill, may have had something to do with the listlessness manifested. The Speaker laid belore the House a communication flfai the Secretary of the Treasury in response to a reso lution calling for information as to why the Sherman act was not enforced during July and August, which was referred. Mr. Storcr (Rep.) of Ohio, from the committee ou commerce, reported a i law. Put on calendar. In the second morning hour Mr. Oates, from the committee on the ju dicary, called up a bill repealing bo ?juch of the revised statues a* require proot of loyalty during the late wai of rebellion as a prerequisite ttTl>eing restored or admitted to the pen sion n>ll of any person who would otherwise be entitled, and dispensing with proof ot loyalty in any application for bounty. Mr. Burrows warned Mr. Oates that the bill could not be passed in the morning hour, and Mr. Gates withdrew it L Oq motion of Mr. Oates a bill was passed disqualifying judges, justices or commissioners of the United States from sitting as courts in the hearing ofcases in whtch they are interest ed* j j 4 . | On motion of Mr. Oates a bill was passed placing the Secretary of Agri culture in the line of the Presidential t succession. # j Mr Oates also called up a bill au thorizing the receiver ot the Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints to restore to that church certain per sonal property belonging to it, to be used for charitable purposes. Passed. The House th^i resumed considera tion of the Federal election repeal bill, and Mr Murray (South Carolina) concluded his speech in favor iof the retention of the laws tan the statute book*. He criticised tb^ election methods of tKe State of Soutk^Caro lina, and declared that the of the Federal supervisors at the pofte^ was necessary to secure free elections. Their presence prevented the viola tion of the law. This was the most odious and diabolical bill that had l>een reported to the House for thirty years. It has been conceived In sin and brought forth in iniquity. He api>ealed to his Republican friends not to- vote for it. He appealed to his friends from the North not to vote for this legitimate but unholy off spring of State sovereignty. He ap l>ealed to them not to untie the hands of the ballot box stuffer and of the . \ scalawag. He appealed to Republi cans from everywhere to resist this nefarious measure with all their pow er, and though for the time being the Republican banner may 1x3 t/ailiug in the dust, the nation would triumphant ly raise it again and march it to its haven of prosj?erity, citizenship and victory. (Applause). j He hoped that the laws would be defeated. He ridiculed the charge of "negro domination." No class of people was misrepresented, slandered and traduced as were the black people of the South. The search woyld be vain that would seek to find a people more submissive to law and more charitable than they. The long suffer ing black man had never sought to domineer. He asked the men of his race to take the vote on this measure, and scan it carefully, and regard every 1 man who voted for it as his enemy. Hut he did not despair. -The venge ance ot God would sooiier or later . overtake the men who i>as$ed this bill. But he believed that there were men iu the House and Senate who Wild prevent its passage, and he believed that the able gentlemen in the White House was too humane to strike down the laws which alone protected the liberties of the poor people. [Ap- - plause.] Mr. Russell (Dem.) of Georgia was' | the next speaker, and his arguments was in favor of repeal. He would}, v wipe from the ctatute books all these election laws. It was said that they were a back number. They were not They were a living iwue, just as much ?*' as they had l>een at '.he day they wens passed and struck down the liberiia V. of the pe<>j>le. lhe Democratic- party ^ was bound to succeed in this struggle. The laws were infamous, and must be repealed. Referring to Murra] speech , he said that it was proper i tilting that the requiem gunof 1 Republican party should be fired *on ot Ham.