Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 12, 1881, Page 6

i i i } 4 . ' With the torms of the contruct of sule. Y THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY. MAY 12 ISSI-TWELVE PAGLS. - THE STATE GAPITAL, Passage by the Sennte of the IHouse Drainage Bill. Senator Morritt's Valued Pol- icy Insurance Bill Killed a Second Time, The Gallery Benches Filled with a Prohibition Del= egation. Thay Hear the Death-Knell Sounded of All Such Foolishness. The Resolution to Adjourn Sine Die May 27 Passed and Sent fo the House. Refusal of the House to Receive a Resolution Indorsing Gar- ficld’s Action. Consideration of the Elgin Appropri- ation Bill Consumes Much Val- uable Time. Reception of the Senate Adjournment Resolution and Its Refereuce to a Committee. Tiong Discussion Over De Lang's Pool Bill, Which Is Finally Ordered to Third Roading. BENATE. LIGUT AS Al Bpecial Dispateh to The Chicage Tribune, SeriNaFIELD, 1L, May 11,—The Senate anvened at the customary hour this morn- ) ‘The Committee bill revising the system of tetting the contracts for State printing was read a second thine, slightly amended, apd sent to third reading, ‘The Senate bill authorizing the Rallroad and Warehouse Commissioners to establish inspection districts of public warelhiouses was read a third time, s Senator Condee sald it was intended to glve an Inspection for warehouses of class A »to the limits of n county where Wgre were 200,000 {nhabitants, or over. Cert¥n ware- houses were about to be erected on thy CALUMET RIVER, and it was necessary to give them an inspee- tion. The bill was pngsed, The House Farm-Drafnage bill was read athird thme and passed. It has boen fully notleed in thess columns heretofore. An effort was made to call up one of the ordinary run of IHouse ‘bills, but Senator White objected on theground that the House “wns holding back Senate Lllls, instend of taking them up and passing them. 1le him- self hagl had two bills there on secontd read- ing for threo months, and, inasmuch us the House Ignored the Senate, It was about time tho Senate set dawn on tho 1Touse, ‘Tho bill was taken up, however, on second reading., It gives arlght to bring sult for forcible entry and detatuer by w veudeo against & vendor who refuses to glve up rthe possession ofproporty soll In necordunce The - .bill wentto third reading. DOWNED AGAIN, Senator Morrill’s Valued Policy Insurance Dill, killed onee, and revived on n motion to reconsider, wns ealled up, put to the test, nnd fulled to pass by a vote of yeas, 45 nays, 16, ‘—pmcucnuy the same votoe that nailed It be- ore. ‘he Senate bill appropriating n twud of $275.000 for the ordlnury expenses of Joliet and Chester Penitentinrios was read u second ine. . ' Senator Hunt presented an amendment cuttlng the anount down $50,000. 1le thought $225,000 entirely sufticlont for tho purposes mentioned, and read from the re- ports and estiniates of the Punitentlnty Com- nlssloners in support nf his amendment, The nuthoritics should be given to under- stand, ho said, that moy must make convict Iabor availably, and carry the Institutions within reason and the bounds of econvmy. The amentinont was lost, 08 wns also a motion to reconunit the bill, Seuator [lunt thereupon moved Yo cut 1t down $25,000. ‘This was ndopted.* Another motlon to recossmit wns mnde, -and again Senator Hunt SOUNDED TII WAR-CRY agninst Jolict aud Chester, too. §le wanted xo recommitinl, hosuid, forthe purpossof increasing these approprintions In the com- mittes rooms, The bill finally went to third reading as it Was. The hard-seated, high-backod bonches In the gallery had beon patiently hield down ull morning by the old famlliar detegation of Trohlbition lndies walting for Senntor Suu- derland’s billon third rending, ‘They wera of all ages and degrees of banuty, from the young and tendor thing timidly brought Into the fignt, to tho ald, battlo-soarrod voteran of i thousand burd-fought contests, with SHONT GIMZZLY CUNLS AND QUAKENR BON- GO NET ; Each was ormod with o leadpencil and a roll oall, roady to note down curtain alippory Sonne tordwho bad beon playlng fast und lovss on the queation, The dumes vun the logsoff of tho Pagea by employing them to carey notes to tho Benators below, und siiled gluuces on the noble “\lawmnkers aweet cnough to melt the cuutonts of the window of a Bpringfield candy-storu, As for tho obdurate Scuuturd, thoy bracod thome selves up to'the task, cuch oue fuollog that now Was tho time to como up to the rack, fodder or 10 fodder. At length tho Ditl was reached, much ta the delight of the audience up-stuirs, und road & third thoo. It provides, us evevybody wiil pee member, for & submisslon top vote of tho peo- pleat the noxt gonerul elocttan of the Hinds Ll giving women the right of potiton on quos« tlons of licunst ar no loenso, Seaator Bell, marching boldly to the homo plate, went 1o tho bit und bogun his ad v &IVIg & Drlef statoment of oo el THE LIQUOR INTERESTA OF PEORIA. dle was opposed ta the blll simply bocauso it WHVO & ornr o right toimposo nardships and undue leglslatfon upon o minority. [twould e torfure with the rights of thapeapio of thotate. In athor words, It was desputic, Benutor Rico wanted Lo kinow I Benutar Boli's blil (referring to bis measurs punishing amatos or trequenters of bouses of prosticution) was :’l’:‘:e"‘:l:';;mwmmwr u‘mu' pnunlnnl rightd, ereat thore was tuinultuous applauso fron the tudlesln tho galleriva. PP frant Benator Lell thonght not. 'Tls was n horse of another colur. {1 was u totnl-abatinonsy mun Blmsolf, but bo bhud no rignt to compol his u!stfhb:)r u{icunl{urm :‘0 h{l Viows, enitor Bunderlund, who wis ‘wrapped up in tho wutter heart uod saul, spoke ln muru!plha bill, while tho luzy lawmitkers slept, roud coune 15y ewspibers, or hid themseives i the uute- Fooin enjoying QUEER CIGARS AND DOUNTFUL STONIES, Bunator Bunderland's spo 08 lucal view of the question or than upon the fckueyed Lotul-ubstinence urgument. Ho ads mitted that it was u sumptuary bill, but olnimed L it wad uuthorized by ovory law-writor of o ‘m:;m. .'n:;u Lugulature, souid uor reruse ? eople gt st forth lu e bl Ho believ W glving women right to petition on this questiol 5 ong and to some oxtent able ary ent by n huandsomn tribute to tho protibition womon of tho day. wncmn‘mu the vcoupnants of tho gal- leries choored nnd clapped thoir hunds for foy. Prealdent Hamllton raminded the assemblago that the rules of the Scuntn furbado the cxpres- siona of approval of dikapproval, and threats encd to ordor the galleries cleared in casu the applanse wns repoated. The Quaker-lonfct dolegution seowled, THE HORNY-HANDED BANKER AND ETATES- AMAN FROM OGLE took tho floor fn favor of tho bill. §lo started ot by snying thut ho wanted to spenk fivo minittes, and” then consumed twenty. Elis speech wis a4 ropetition of the old, old pro- hibition dactrine. At [ts conelusion an ndjourn- ment waa had unttl nftarnoon. a ‘;“ v delegntion, n3 wall ns a good many of the inembers, did not areive on time in th A :{,m“"m“‘ and the proceedings ran on withe out thom, Dreaident ITamilton sald the guestlon was on tho bussage of the bill, Much to tho rurprise of gvery ang present, i ono ovinged oy desies ta speak, ‘Tho roll was enllod, and the voto stood yons 15, nays 15, and that sottled it. The voto was ns follows: YEAS, Edwards, Lowls, Rice, Fletehe Marshull, Sunderland, Ford, foflett, Torrance, Kirk, Neeee, Wilson, Kuykendall, Parkinson, Wright—13, Adams, Needlos, lent, b Rinehart, Chenney, Relly, Hhaw, Coudee, Mamer, Shwt, Fvaus, Muytield, White=17, Fuller, Merritt, THE ABSENTREES, or whatover thoy niay bo called, wero: Archer, e Lamg, Fanner, Artley, Fifer, "Thotnas, Botd, Lanutng, Yandoveor, lierggron, Lemuma, Walker (kulton) allon, Munn, b Walker(M'e'p'm LCampbell, Beorest, ‘Whiting—1t, Clurk, ‘To be sure, a number of these gentlenien were absent from tho city, but there were quite n number more who cotld huve been presont had they desired, Indeed, Senuturs Clark, Artle; Campbell, Bell, and Thomas, eame n shortly after tho roll bud been enlied and bad thom- gclves reconled as voting no, while Senator Neerest voted yon. 'This makes the amouded roll, yeas, 10; miys, 22; and the death-knell was sounded over nny and all prohibition legisiution thly session, b TIE ADJOURNMENT BUSINESS left oyer from yeaterday was taken up, and Sen- ntor Merritt's ‘amendirient lost by n party voto of yeas 14, naya 24, Au nmendmont wis udoptod making toe date of the sine-die ndjournment May i I'bo amendment for nn ndjournment to Feb, 25, 1882, was Jost Dy n vote of yoas 11, nays none, The resolution éalling for o sine-die uds Journment Muy 87 was thon adopted as It stood, und sulllm]uumli)' fired into the House. ‘Tho Senute bifl authorizing the omployment of Isanc R. Hitt ng State agent to colleet war cluing due from tho Genoral Government to the Btate was kilted, The Seanto bill approprinting $1,000 for the re- Hef of the Bixth Infantry for rlot services wus reud u second e, Senator Adums safd the bill wag to rectify an omission made two yenrs since, the Sixth In- funtry belug left ont in the culd in an appro- printion made at that time. ‘The bill was debuted for an hour or two, and Anully ordered to third rending, ‘The Sennte then adfourncd “until to-norrow morning. JIOUSE. YMEN MAY COME AND MEN MAY GO, IUT THE BLL-WINTER GOES ON FOREVER Spectat Dlspateh to The Chicago Tridune. SrrixarirLy, 1L, Moy 11.—The bill-writer still lives, despite tho warin weather, the prolongation of the session, and the genernlly- rdmitted fact that nothing ean now pet through unless it possesses the penectrating character of a dose of salts, and yet, as be- foro remarked, he still lives, and this morn- ing he cume up smiling, with the . work of is hands, his pen, and what passes for his Dbrain, In due and formal shape. Barring an adjournment, some peopla would introduce bills up to the erack of doon. Mu. «Crews, of Wayne, led off with o bill to provide for the publtcation of the records of the Illinols Volunteers in tho Binckhawk and Mexiean Wars, Mr. Olwln, of Crawford, sent up a°bill to classify thie 102 countles in the Stute, on the basls of the new census, with regurd to fees and salnries. Siuce the old clussifieation was made, several counties then In the fivst clags haye grown in population. untii thoy now have much more than 20,000, and should go into the second elass, ‘Ihe object of the bliLIs to provide for such changes as have been made necessary by the Increase of pop- ulation. THEY SCENT TIE BDATTLE FROM AFAIL, AND GET OUT OF THE WAY, T'hat veuerablo disciple of Androw Jack- son, Mr, Martin, of White, tried to getin his Gnrfield-Conkling resolution Indorsing the stand taken by the former, which was tele- graphed lust night. The Republicans had been posted in some, wiy or other, huwever, a8 to whot wng coming, and thers wis o chorus of objections to.its even being rond fur Information. ‘The old gentleman from the Little Wabnsh thereupon moved to sus- pend the rules, ‘The motlon was lost by a vote of yeas 49, nays 71 Just lhow well the Tepublicans stood together may be seen in the fuct that nil except four— Goodspeed, Kroll, Loucks, and Wrlght, of Boune—voted ne. Every Duiocrat in the Jlouso voted ayo. 1t s probably golng w littlo too fur to say that thers are ouly four Guefield Republieans In the House, Thers are undoubtedly moroe whe sympathizo with and Indorse the Preskdent's course, But the wajority ovidently thought thut 1t was a ponr tme to insugurate another clreus so Into In the sessiun, and espechnlly when an upproprintion bill was pending, and they aceordingly HEFUSED T0 LET THE RESOLUTION IN, ‘Uhe approprintlon bill in question was the ono over which tho House spent nearly all of yesterday—namely, the 1louse bl proposiug 1o oppropriante, all told, about §250,000 for the Etgin Insane Asylum, OFf this mmount £10,000 was atruck out yestorday, aud the re- ducers started in Whismoruing, encournged by thelr partinl success yesterduy, and cager for wronewnl of the fray, Mr. Durfee ‘moved to eut out an ltem of 8050 for soma ** enst-iron feed and blow-olf vipes, removing old mnchinery aud shafting, with fonndations, wnd cast-iron floor in front of bollers,” und, after some discussion, the Item was knocked out, ¢ 3 MMy, Sexton had similnr suecess in striking ont an ltem of 435 for & “new pump for feedlig bollors,” On motion of My, Carr, the item of 84,000 for *new cust-iron radlators to replace eoll now worn out” was lkewlso ellmmnted from the b, BMr. Murtin, of Whito, who Is “agin” all upproprintions since the dofent of 108 BCHEME TO NUMRAP THE LITTLE WAs BASI, movéd to eviscorato the bill by lopping off wn item of 818,000, or 80 nuch as iy be nec- ossary, for constructing n slde-track 10,000 fest long from the wain line of the Chicago & Northwestern Rallrond to the hospital coul-housy, inciuding a turne table. This ltom was supplomonted by tho fol- lowlug proviso; “That no partof the sumof $18,570, Lureby approprinted, shgll be drawn from the Stuto Treasiey untl) tho contomplated Switch or eadtroad conioation siuil Lave beon completed and nocepted by the trustees of tho 1liuois Nuriborn Hlospital’ for the Insane, nor until the Chicugo & Northwoswrn Hallway Con= puny shatl have ontered tuto u bond with the suld trustoes ln the poual sum of $0,000, with aoad und sutlicient suretics, ta bo aphroved by tho Uovernor, binding themselvos to convey frelghtin car-loud low from thoir walun line without oxtri churgo, to sald fnstituuon, ang Wleo obligating tnomsvlvos to keop up und mal wmin i good ropair, without oxpoise to the Hlate, the sald swltch or rullrond conticetion as ang ad the same shull bo nsed by the Stato In connection with wsid Caleago & Northwestorn Huitway L'mlltull)’." Judys Crook wunted to know what would be- comu of thoswlich in cuso tho Northwestorn should soll out te Juy Gould, and weut on to poke a little qulet funat THE SOLFENINO GENTLEMAN FHOM KANE, Mr, Herrlugton, the gentlewan afluded 10, suid ho wanted the It stricken out, aud stung back ut his torinontor by remarkine that bis predocessor from Sungumaon Collul{ (Mr, Grosse, uru‘;rlulnvhhmu Joft attor pursuiug Just such tactled,—after * golug for” milroads snd siupe plug at the Solfuriue gentlomwnu from Kune, 30 tho pflmllumuu from Bunguwon desired to butt out his brains Iu u slmllur way, o bad no ob- ection. Mr. Huuk, of Coles, and Mr. Kroll, of Cook, at~ tacked tho proposed rullroud track us AN ALTOGETUEI UNNKCESSARY AND PANCY TEM, . while Mr. 0. 0. Cook clulined that It would bos measure of real ecouomy 1o tho Blate, the ox- rnnm of hauling supplies under tho prea otn bolug fully 9 per cont of the p: {nvestmont, Dut the House dlan’t sco It In that light, and the item was remaraclesly knocked out. An ftem of #6568 for making hot-water tanks out of old bollers, an item of $2,83) for covering rtenm pipes with asbieatos, and o item of $140 far a new enging and phinp-nouso niso atruck mrninst snngs and were sorrowfully abandoned, ‘The item of £5,000 for an nrteslitn woll met with 110 opposition to speak of, nearly oversbody npe poitrig to think it a rensonablo thing vn tho part of the haspital folks to desiro woud water, THE TOTAL IIEDUCTION, o tho WLl up ta this point was Just §11.G88, Mp, Durfee moved to chop out the Item of $100.000 per antum- for onlinary. cxponses for the next two yours, and to naert $05,000, ‘Tho matter was discusscd with some bitternoss n while, tho |lllpn||':l'hl|lnll phalanx rallying to the defonse of tho hardworked oflicers, attend- gm;n‘ {mepcru' and so on. The motion was finnl- y Jost, Me. lferrington thoreupon moved to Fubatitiuto tho Sennta bill APRIAPEILING WVer S0 LOr the 1tow genorally wreeked Houso bitl, Mr, Durfee moved to recomnmit tho wholo bus- Iness to the Avproprintions Committee, Tho motlon was lost b{ n voie of yons, 48; |“1yn. 743 alter which the flouse knacked off for dinner, THE PIOHT WAS RENEWED i tho atternoon, when Mr. Mann made tho point of oror that the motion tosubstituto the Nennte for the Howso bill was cquivalent tou motlon to reconsidor all tho votes of (Le separate items In the wreeked Houso bill, which was clearly out of ordor, ' Besides, tho mover had voted nlf along in the minority, and was not in 1 position 1o move n reconsideration, even by indirection, Tho Speaker safd bis prosent impression was that tho polnt was well taken, unlesa he could bo convineed (o the contears, Mr. Herrington underiook to convince him but the Spedker, while openly expressing s mpathy with the mover, declined to chunge hls_deciston, and sustalned himself behind an unfortinate aduilasion of tho gentloman from Kane that tho substitute proposed to Insort the very {tems which bad been strivk out of tho emuasculuted House bill. Mr. Herrington sald It apperared to bo THE POLICY OF THE 1OUSE toattack nll approprintion Lille, rezardless of what the Cammitiee reported on them. Ho ne- cepted tho chnllenge, declureid himeelf rulleved of all obligations, and guve notico that heshould now pursuc the same polley himseif. The Speaker sall tho poiut was u novel ono. Ilis iinpression rtill was that {t wasa gwand one, but, in onler to glve thezo who desired n chanco to be henrl, ho would leave the mutter open, md the matter was dropped right then and ore. Mr. Sumner called up the Sennte joint rosolu- tio, Just reported to the Ilouse, ‘Prnvmmw tora sine dic ndjournment May 25, and moved o sis. penston of the rales In order to take it up und putiton fis pussare. Tho motion prevailed by a yote of yensd W5, nnys 2, Mr, Collins, of Couk, suid the Senate had CLOSED UP ALL 178 BIG WO, but he didn't guite belleve that toe House could close up In sixteen diys, He didn’t propose, i i matter of this importance, toxo it bltndly, and therefore moved torefer the resolution to the Committee on Hules, hoping that the Commit- teo would Inquire into the state of the Houso business and report thorcon in tho moralng. M. Sextan, of Cook, favored the motion, on the ground that IF 1 time was sot for an adjourn- ment the upproprlation bills woulil be delayed watfl within four or five duys of ndjournmont, than biown through nt one Tell swood, whoreus they should recelve enreful and intelligent con- Riduration, des, tha Canstitndon nbsolutaly required tho Legislature to make the Senatorinl upportionment this session, and to fix uday of ajourmmnent now, and then within 0 few days thoreof to rush in o Apportionment bill, WOULD RESULT DISASTIOUSLY to the whote business, 3ir. Mann nsked of tho majority the very per- tinent aueation, What aro you going to do, ap- purtion or not? On thut bo wanteid un authoritus tive anawer, [t thore wis to be no hutiest cfort At apportionment, ho Wi In favor of the reso- lution. 1t thoro was, ho was ngainst Mr, Chalee snid the mufority proposed to muake tho Senatorial apportionment, und, It the Dem- ocruts didn’t vote, as on a former case, thoy wonid understand just why an Apportions ment bill was not _passel, [Urles of de- rision from tho Democratic side] Ho wus in favor of rofurring tho resolution to tho Commiiteo, and having It report before the proposea day of adjourament, und not ot rushing into the” ndoption of sumothing which tiud been put through to furthor tho seltish - terests of certnin won desiving an_early ad- Journmen n winding up, Mr. Chafce took Bpeeial pulns to expross bls CONTEMIT FOR TIE NEWSPAPENS, and to say thut the inumburs of tho Legisluture wero not to bo bulldezed by newspaper critie ciss or doaunclations. y Me, \\'rlflfl. of Buone, moved to lay the tno- tion to refer on the table, and_tho motion was 10st by o vote of yeus 47, nuys 78, The motlon to rofor wus put and carried by a vota of yous 14, nuys il Me. Soxton moved to unsl\uml tha rules in arnder to get In o resolution wlding one metmbes from (ke northorn mirt of the Hiatu to cach of ho Apportivtment Comnittees. * Mr. Baldwin opposed the motton on the ground thut cuch of tho ninoteen Consressional distrivts uk up tho vroportion whioh bad been vecognized, Mukige the num- her ol membnors evon might reault fu o tio somo timo, ani 1bus* DESTROY “THE POSSIMLATY OF DOING NUSI- NESS, Alter discussing tho tnattor for somc tlno the notfon to suspuind the rules was ost by u vote orl,ruus 85 tuys, B ‘e ouso thatt taok up Sennte bills on secard reading. Tho llrst ono on tho list was Scnute il Nos. 34, bottor known as tho Do Laug Pool bill, which stood at the top ot the enlendar, Mr, Vaughey, of Lu Sulle, promptly moved to atrike aut thy cunoting clauso. Mr. Parian, of Cook, valluntly espoused the bilt us one Iy tha lutercst of young mon fn large citics, who I 100 muny instunces bad fullon vietima to tho suires_spread by the pooleroond, Mr. Maun nsked I pool-selling and the liko could not be prosecuted under the present Inws prohibiting gmmbling, Mr. Parish replicd that It was diffieult, {f not IMPOSSIDLE, TH ENFORCK TIHE PRESEST LAWS £0.08 to ronch tho poot-rvoms. Mr. Vaghey waidod into tha bill, beenuso, ns ho put it, it was in tho lntoreat of’ Chleugn nnd wutlust tho futerests of tho sevorsl county fairs, Mr. Btowell, of Murshall, favored tho il bes cuuse it would drive this very ganbling cloment framw the talr-grounda, Tho vencrublo Mr. Morgan, af Mouitrie, preacher uud farmer both, suld e had virtunily Withidrawn trom tho Presideuoy of bls count; fulr becauso of this hnmoral business of pool- selltuy, 1o wis fn favor of ugrluuu urat folrs ny long us thoy romulned suien, but not when gam- bling wis sllowed to como it as o part of it M, Maun upposed tho motion to striko out, Flu didn’t witnt tho Legisinture o oxpress itsell I fpvor of poal-sulling, und yetload up tho hno|llu with laws on tho subject of gambling gen- orully. TUOL-SELLING WAS GAMULING, and ought to by ‘nnnsllml us such. 1f It could not bo punisbed by the prosent luws, u 50w oue should bo passed, My, Wober, of Cook, favored the blll as ono destened to shut up what ho charaetorized ng hull=holes in Chleugo aud othor lnewo cities, und lm“ud 110 wotlon to ¥irike out would not pro- vatil ‘Tho motion was lust by o viva-voco vote. Mr, Kroll, of Couk, suld he would have pro- forred to 800 the enneting clauso Ko out. As it dldn't, however, bo vifecod an amendmeat pro- viding that tho nut should not npply to pool- seliiing on fulr grounds or fl rHee courses, “Phio objoct of the auiendment was too appar- ont, and 1t was promptly voted down, Mr, éurr, of (ireeno, olfurod un amondment vroviding that tho bill sbould not apply to the olfering of purdes or premiums by ngrlouttarl and othor Assostutions on contests of vpeed boe tweat bioodud bonivs, and went n for TIE BIGUT OF THE COUNTY FALRS {0 offor puch premiums und encourage tho do- velupmont of bluoded stook. Mr, Slaun and Mr. Bulloy contended that the bl did not touch the question of olfering premiums, but was ilesigned slmply nud puroly 1o Y\u 1 8top to tho guwbling vlement, e, Huck opposed tho mmeadimont forthesame reagon, sud went on Lo “i’mw tho bill, und to say that the poople ovidently oxpectod thy Loglstatare to pusd it County falrs had boctt disgraced for years by pool-selllug, chuckaluek, cta., until the'boys 1o longer weut to Odhikosh for tholr fus, but bung aronnd tho county fulrs forlt, Intho course ol hlsspeech bo defoaded tho Corpuration Committco from tho chirge of having smathored or intended to smother the Dill, uud sald that orgunization had ACTED IN (100D FAITHL ALL THROUGH. Rut ho wae opposed to any amendment for an- other reason, “Pho DIl had been passed with soino difticulty in the Sennto, and to tuck vn nnendinents ow would suaply be w kil it whion it wus sant back thore, Atter sumn more tulk the amendiment was loat. Mr. Musphy offured an smondinent prosurib g poker-playing, nnd sald he hoped au emerg- enoy elausy would bo atinchied so that it vmuhi Ill'llb' to the ,mumnt Lgisluture, [Langhter. Huaffored 1t In good fuith, nud wid suthied that overy miombor would nugree with him that pokee-playlug wis ono of the great ovils of the duy. {Muro lnughter.] Blr. Winter wanted to know what pokersplay- {ug was, und Mr. Murphy brought snotbhor luugh Ly saying that bo didu't know unything nbout it oXxoupt by lelm{‘. ‘The wneniment wus loat, M. Wrigrit soni up an amoendmont oxeluding church-falr dolngs, but thy winendment was COLDLY LAID ON TIE TABLE, Mp, Munn offored an amondmout probibiting tho selliug of pools un eleotions, but that o witd Latdd o1t the tablo, ir. Durfee theroupon offored un awendmont probibiting tho rumig of buckut-shops, Mr. Plerson, of Urecite, olfered n substituto somuwhut more comprehonsive 1 its seope, but ronlly deslgued to cover tho same thing, ‘The louso appurcutly thought it puor polley o tuok on amondments tue wiyht not got 1brough tho Bonato, and the umondmont und substitute weut by tho board, The DIl was then ordered to n Abind reading. A LUt ounble private warebousemen 10 sell ullclu‘l‘l.uud property was read u thind thoe sad Mr. Plersan's LIl lubmllllnaul)n o vota of the pouple ut wuy yeuvraleleviion propuditiva tu fpproprinto 464000 to complota to the Stat Houso wis likewlso sont on Its travels towanl tho Sonnte, nud at n_quartor to 0 tho louse adjourned until to-morrow morning, QOs8IP, RENATORIAL ATPORTIONMENT, Bpeclal Dapated to T Chicago Tridbune, Semxurirn, L, May 1L—Tha Appor- tionent. Committee of the Sennte put in lts odd houra to-day and this eveniug In agaln teying to rhz up that Senatorlal-apportion- fuent selieme on whicl 1t hias been engaged for some thine pnst, Upto date, however, it has not been completed, and may not boe for day or twa, judglng from tho progress which has thus far been mnde. T'he rack on which the apportioners split s Cook County, and the two particularly bothersomne aistricts It 1s understood are Senator Mamer's and Senator Adams', ‘I'he ldes of making upa district to consist of the Eighth, ‘I'welfth, il a slice of the Eleventh Wards meets with somu opposition, aml some half-dozen schemes have been suggested to obyiate the difliculty, tho adoption of auy one of which will necesslinte n rearravgenent of the dis- tricts already earved out, T'ho bill will prob- ably be made up sv as to be Intruduced somo timo to-morrow, provided harmvny can be avoked out of thewpresent disngrecments. THE PATE OF THE ADIOURNNENT HESOLU- JON In the Ilonse to-dny was not much of a sur- prise, Besides those who naturally want to stay here us long s possible, Its adoption was opposed by those who ave honestly worklng fur a Senatorlal apportiomment ot this ses- sion, and by those who believe In earefully scrutinizing the appropriations, and not de- ferrfng them until near adjournment thme, and then whooping them through with n rush, To adjourn on the 9ith might cut oft the possible pnssnge of an apportionmont b, und, If there is a poss! Glo chance of dolng anything in the apportion- mnnt line, tho apportioners want to do it, even if they have to stay a littiojoner to make it, The Committey on Rules will et to cousider tho resofution in the morning, nnd several of the membors have expressed thomaclves as In favor of its ndoption. _ 1t Is obvlons, however, that tho Committeo may do vne thing and tho House @ unothier. THE BAILROAD AND WARKUOUSE COMMIS- KIONEIS, The turning over which the Leglslaturo gave the Rullrund und Wiresouse Commlssiouers, Aud the eitrauco of U now. member 1nto tho Hourd, promises to bear xood frait, The Cotn- inissioners ure prosccuting tholr work much more vigorously and sutistuctorily thun over bos fore, ‘Tue Comwmlssloners are now bholding tholr regular semi-monthly sessjon, and aro disposing of conslierable Importaat buslness, The com- plaint of John Houman, of Jorseyville, ngaipst the Chieuwo & Altun for unjust discriminatiod i the matter of robutes hus been dectded in hly fuvor, The celebrated eises of tho Peortn Staveh Compuny and A, U, Harding nzainst the Chilcago, llurlmgmn & Quiney, the Wabnsh, and othor rauds, bava been fully constdered, ‘Tnut ugainst tne Chicago, Burlington & Quiney for exturtion hns been declded usningt the Compauy, which was found to have charged arato of 10 conts per bundredwelght on corn from Oak UL to Peorin, while the Commissioners’ rate wus only six cents, 2 TIE OTHER CASES upon which testimony was taken at Peorln, and n purtlal hearing had, bave beea continued for furthor evidenco und Investigation. Tho Loara 8 not at all satsied with the scheme of tho Peorln & Pekin Unlon Rallwoy, and hus forwarded to tho Compuny n series of questions as to the amount. of stock subseribed and paid in, and the amount of debt funded und Houtiug, thut, It fully un- swered by tho ofllcers, will enable the Commis- sluners 10 understind the situation. The Bonrd Pproposes to fully investigato the whole schoine, ‘Che cuses againat tho Roek Island & Peorln and tho lliinols Midland have heen dismissed, no ovidenco belng presented to sustuin tho chirges. Tho Attornvy-Genernl hus been dirceted o ag once proceed with thetrinl of the cusouguiust W, 1L, [lurper und bis surcties for FAILING TO PAY OVER FEES COLLECTED by bim a4 Grain Tnspector. The Hourd fa now gotively. cognged In rovising ts schedule of* rates, which 18 a work of wreut labor, - roquiring unusual - caro #od 6 thorough knowledyge of rativond taritfs, ‘They propase to futervivw shippers and busi- niess-nen at various prominunt rnlmu throukh- vut the Stute in order 1o nseertain thoir views and wonts, so that il cluyses sball huve a fair chanco to be heard And tnolr opinlons con- sldered n - tho notlon of tho Board, This thoy consgider the dutles of tholr offices requiro and the rlghts of the people demand, The work thoy bava luld out willocenpy all thoir thme nud atteution durlng tho vurrent yuar, A nicoting of Demuerutic Somitors and Repros sontatives was hold this oventg for the purpose of Indorsing_Representative E. 1. Buck, of the Churlestou Couricr, who propuses to purchiso the Stale Leyister and muke it tho acknowledgod Bourbu orzun of tho Siute. STATE AFFAIRS. INDIANA, Bpecial Dirpateh fo The Chicago Tridune. INptaxarvorss, Ind. May 11,—Gov. Portor to-day appolnted ng Chief of the State Bu- reau of Statisties John B, Conner, editor of the Indlane Farmer, who was the author of tho net by which thaburonu was created in 1839, and Bus evor since taken great interest iu tho worklng of the depurtmont, CALIFORNIA, 8AN Fnaxcisco, May 1.~There is no hope now of passing an apportlonment bill, and tho Leglstature will probably ndjourn on Buturduy, = APPOINTED TO A JUDGESHIP, 8pecial Dispateh {0 The Chicagn Iyibune, INDIANAvOLIs, [ud,, May 1L—Gov, Portor this afternoon uppointed Mark K, Forkner Judgoe of tho Henry Clreult Court, vico Judgo Folk, de- cousod. Tho new Judgo was bora In lenry County, and read law with and aftorwards be- came n parener of Judge Willett, of Neweastlo, Ho was » caudldute for tho Judgeship whoun It wos thought the constitutionul mmondments were In foreo lust summor, and curried eloven Of tho thirteen townships in by counts. Mr, Forknor wi u prowlnent moembor of tho Legis- lutuiro of 187 e ————— HEAVY DAMAGES AGAINST A RAILROAD. Special! Dispatch to ‘The Chicago Tribune, Brovstisaroy, UL, May 1L—John Zoflingor, a burber, who hal & (o and arm cut off by n truin of tho Lake Erla Road in -Bloomington July 5, 1380, was to-day awardod $12.500 ditnuios upun tho plon thut thio railrond did not exerclse due caution in ranning through tho city, e —— LoGs, Bpectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, QUAND HTAVESN, Mich, Moy 1—Whituoy & Btinchlluld, of Dutruit, mudo the large sulo of fogs to-duy over reportod on this shoro to one firm. Kulley, Rathborno & Cuv., of Chlougo, purchnsed 44,000,000 feot of tholr cholce tlut rivor logs, Bleson & Litloy, of Sprivg Luko, will munufucture tho logs into hnnbe e —————— THE CALIFORNIA EVIGTIONS, BAN Fuaxcisco, Cul,, Muy 1L—Thrco moro oviotious huve ocourred fn ulare County withe wut reslatunco on the part of tho sottlers, but tho porson put fn possession (the samo one in cachease) dows not remain on tho brewises ufter tho depurture of the Murshal's party, und sowe of tho ovicted parties have returnod, ——— PROHIBITION, Des Moixes, In., Muy 1L.—Tho State Bar Asso- claton yeaterday disoussed the proposed pro- hlbitery nmendment to the Cunstitution, with uvent diversity of opinlon ns to what it menns. ‘Uho subject will be continied this uftornoon on tho resolution declurlu thut it does not pro- bibit the manufuctury of spivits for mechunionl, wedicinul, and cullunry purposos. THE UNDERWRITERS, CIxCIyNATI, O, Muy 1L,—Tho Underwritors’ North und Northwostorn Allianco f still I ses- slon, but not 4 word can be learned us to the dolngs: ovorytbing 1s conducted with the ute st scereoy, J. ¥, Downlog, of Erie, Pa., I8 Presldout, ————ctp——— A TERRIBLE PREDICTION, 8. Citanves, N, May 1l.—Mother Howard, tho sowewhut notud fortune-tellar of this nluce, prodivts o greater disaster to Elzlu thun any that twa ocourred. According 10 the prophotess &0 persons ure 10 porish this scason while uee scwbled ub Lhe Opera-House, -+ e ———— The Female Reglcide, 8ophilo l’ummk:lni the young woinkn who was oxeented for cowplleity I tho murler of the Czar, wus near being tho di Mouraiwicff, tho uiun of the Polish utrocitios of nluoteen yours ago. Tho fuimlly intended bor to bo tho wifs of Constuntine, 1ho Ueneral's son, She had u Follsh govorness, who sct ber ugainss him, end propured hoer mbid for o recepuon ot Booiuifat dootrines by denunclution of lussian officiullin und of tho Court. 810 lovt hor beuuly in ber peregiinntions and storiny advontures, The taw uttieer whio hitorroguted hur and pree pared the indictment was Couruutine Moural- wieth, ber Hrat lover, nughter-in-luw of COWPENS. Centennial Celebration of a Fa- mous Victory of the Rev- olution, Account of the Battle of Jan. 17, 1781, Which Foreshadowed Yorktown. Herolo Action of Gen. Morgan, in Com. mand of the Handful of Amerie cans, Operations of the Centennial Commit« toe During the Past Eight- een Months, B Description of the Statwe of @en. Mors gau, Which Has Resulted from Thelr Labors, COeremonies Attonding Its Unvelling Yes- torday at Spartansburg, 8, 0., Near the Battlefleld, TIHIECOWPENS CENTENNIAL, CELEBRA’ YESTEIDAY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY VICIURY. Bpeclal Dispateh to The Clicago Tribunes SranrraNnunro, 8, C, May U.—Tho first declsive steps looking to the centenninl cele- Uration of the Dattle ot Cowpens were taken about eighteen months ugo, by o pacty of gentlemen who assembled here, and orga- nized the Cowpens Centennlal Assoclation, ‘The meéting wns nn enthuslastic one, and the spirit which guided thelr deliberations upon that oceasion has animated the various committees, whose untiring Iudustry and harionious cobperation hiave proved the po- tential causes of the grand and unqualified success of to-day’s celebration, ‘T'he Ion, Willinm A, Courtenay, Mayor ot Charleston, was chosen President, and the following rentlemen were mnde Vice-Presldents: Dr, 1. ileinlsh, Capt. W, K. Blake, Gen. J. C. Andorson, Col. I Stobe Farrow, Dr, J. 18, 0. Landrum, and Capt. 8, S, Ross, of Spar- tanburg, and Messrs, George D, Bryan, A, W. Marshall, W, Lueas Simons, (leorge I3, Edwards, and J. Lamb Johnston, of Chnrles- ton. It wns the abject of the Assoclntion to mark the ocension with THE NATIONAL CHARACTER IT DESERVED, Tho victory, although won on Soutli Caro- 1ina soll, was still the vietory of no one sec- tion, Men from tho North and South minglel thelr blowd freely in defense of o common country, and to achieve a freedom which should be common te all, ‘The design of the Asgsoclatlon wns to make the celebration wrand sticcess, which, whille reflecting great credlt upon the South, would, nevertheless, be us general in its charnctor as was tho engagemont itself, ‘Cno first object In view wns to raise a fund sufliclontly large to purchase n granit col- wun, with appropriate garnishments and suitable Inscriptions; and to ralse this woney in sueh a4 way as to dls= tribute the expense equally nmony the States whose representatives bora n part in the battle., The Old ‘T'hirteon States and the State of Tennesseo wors, thoretore, asked to nko up the desired sum, Thoy responded promptly and cheertully, ench ono contributing lts quvta ot §230,. The second object was to recuro the attendance and aervices of prominent citlzens from various parts of the Union, souie of whom would be Invited to deliver approprinte mdddresses, Hundreds of benutifully-gotten-up Invita- tlons wero therofore sent broudeast over the land, and the throng of distinguished peopls here to-dny s an evidones that those fnvita- tious were not ignored. ‘The third object ot the Assueiation wns to obtaln from Congress au appropriation of $20,000 for the prrpose of surmounting tho granit pile witha Jifellke Lronze figure of GIEN. DANIEL MORGAN, tho hero of the battle, Congress granted thyir request; and tho -lieroie bronze flgure, of artstle deslgn and vlegant finish, which lifts Itself In majesty nbove the granit column, will prove a tallsmanle shalt, exeiting the admiration and rekindling the flame of Jib- crty In tho breast ot every son and daughter of Amerlen who guzes uvon It ‘The Assoclatlon, in the first Instance, ln- tended that the monument siwukl be public Iy unvetled, nmid mitiary and clvie display, on the 17th of Inst Janunry,~the 100th an- ulversary of tho battle. Unexpected delnys, however, oecurred, necessituting o postpone- ment of the celebration. It was then re- salved that the leylng of the corner-stane should be done by nigh, with imposing Ma- sonle ceromonles, Consequently, In the nlght of tho fth of last October, tho solems ceremonies were conducted by tho welrd glare of tovehos, und amid the booming of cannon, accompanled by wartlal musie. Not loas than 6,000 pursons, Including about LI Masons from overy part of the Unitnd Biates, witnessed the srand coromonies. lnnuwiuer- able relics, sume valuable und others worth. luas, wora pluced benenth tho cornor-stone. Whon it was ascertained that it was impossi- Dleto complote tho monument by the time ap- paluted, tho Exvoutlve Commnitico dotorminod to DEFER TIE CELENRATION TILL TO-DAY, Tho wiadom and 1oreslght of tho Committee In muking the chango was manifost to-duy. I, in common with thousands of othera bero to-duy, realized tho ndvantugos of tho change. Hiud tho culobration oreurred upon the day lirst choson ftwoutd not bavo attracted one-tblwl of the crowd that was presunt to-duy. Tustead ot lonf- less trocs, ohilly winds, e, and suow, which would huve mot us thon, we now enjoy the warm, baliny i of spring, the oyes bowllderod by tho profusion of green folfuge, aud tho sense: intoxicated by the rich, 8weat ordor of the wyr- fud tlowers niid shrubs which fnpreguato the air with tholr fragrunco, 'ho monumont was unvelled in tho presence E peoplo, Qov. Hugood presided. ' A. T P'nrter oftecald o trayer, reading from prayer-book found on the battiotield, ‘Fhir- teen hundrod of tho South Curaling n werereviewed by Gon, Henry Runt, U, 8. A, M. Mantgault, Adjutant Jenerafof South Car- ollny, served on Gen, unt's statf, und by spocinl request ulso the lolfowing descendants of the ehiel nutors nt Cowpens: Duniol Morgan Taylur, Ul 8. A Molloney Howard, Muryland: 8§, 13 Dlekeny and Jub [t Wushiuglon, of Sauih Care olfun. Speeches wero urade by Bonator Hamp- 1on, reuresenting Muryisnd, Vieglal orth Curolim, Boutts Carglin, Georgln, und_ Tonnes- reo; Thumas W, Rigglnson, represwnting Now Hampshire, Mussachusor bode lslund, Cone noctiout: and Wm. i, Franels, represonting Now York, Now Jersey, a!llll{l\ W, and Doluware, Blusla was furnliticd by tho Fltth United Biutos Artlllory liand. ‘This afternnon the citizons ot Bpartunburie tomdersd w bunquet to the Washe frtan Light fantey, and toenight Gov, 1Tt good bold s reception “inRonor of the gucsts nf tho State. ‘Tho granit buse and pedestul of tho wonument wero bullt by jolnt contributions of the old thirteon States and ‘Fennussee, und the un Dronzo statuo of Morgait was contributed by Congress, THE MONUMENT,. DESCRIPTION OF TIHE STRUCTURE, ‘I'hemost notable feature In connection with the monument is the statue of den, Danlol Morgan, It was mado by the celebrated Amer- fean seulptor, 3r, J, Q. A, Ward, It was cnst atthe fomulcy of Berean, Brothers & Co., Phlladelphin, 'The figure is full nine fect high, its welght somothing over 2000 pounds, and §t8 material o rich golden-hronze, which will darken gradually with time and. expos- uretothe alr, The welght of the body Is supported on the right lok, the left foot nnd leg belng o little buhind the other, the hoel ralsed from the gronnd, The head I3 tnrned partly to the fefr, tho left avm crossing but not touching the henrt,and the rlght arw hanglng atthe side somewhat belilid the Lody, its hand holding a sword whose binde poluts directly to the front, the polnt some- what depressed, The features are very noble in expression, being artlitleslly wrought \ . £ . Gen. -Is B The workmnuship about the face and hen 18 HEMARRADLY FINE, roflecting the greatest honor on tho artlst. ‘The head is covered with n high eap of fur, having on ity lett slde & pompon of feathors, ‘Tho dress 1s nloosa frock, ornamented with fringes ou both shonlders, down the front, and on the lower edga all round, and meet- fng pantaloons of apparently the samo ma- terlal, ornnmented and feinged In corro- aponding style. The feetare {n mocensing, A shentk: In the left lip, n sash around the walst, and belts, partinlly hidden by the sash, indieate tho rank of tho wearer, A powder-horn Is slutg over the nght side of tho body. ‘The dignity awd grace, as well as Hzhtuess, of tho statue, which apponrs to by designed to represent Gen, Morgan ndvans clng at the head of his men to the fiekd of hat- tle, or, Bt muy be, ehgaging in and direeting the pursuit of the enemy, aro remarkable ad worthy of all pralse. A porteait of Gen, Morga In_riffoman’s dress, drawn by Jf, Ilerring from w sketch by Col. Trumbull, and engraved by Pradiom- me, I3 given In the second volumo of the work entitled * National Portrait- Gullery of Distingufshed Americaus,” published by itiee, Dutler & Co., In 19 in Phlladelphia, The strong resumblanco of the statue, both o faue and costumne, tmakes it prabsblo that this, newell a8 g fetter from Col Trumbnll desoribe ing tho sketch, was blaced In tho possossion of Mr. Ward while ho was deslgning the original model, ‘I'nls featuro of tho momimont was tho most admired, nlthough tho tabtets benecath, contulntng tho inseriptons, vame in for thoir full sharo of attention, THE GRANIT BASH upon which the monument rests Is a svlld piece of masonry, substantiul and symmetrical, walght, 1 am informeail, ly nbout sixty-iive tons, The stoue fs that fine-gralnied, compacet ki which reslsts tho ravages of deeny aud deties time. T no extesordinaey convulsion Natore o in this vieinity during coming century [ feol suro - that s montment - will - stand in ali futegrity, Indeed 1 feol warcantod In makng tho prediction that a thousand years hence it will Lo Found here fn s presunt beauty and mafesty, Tha Commliites at frat sugiestod that the monwinent should bo piaced in tho ven- treof the Cowpens battledobds buc thas ide: was soon nbundoned, nud it was deterratied, and wisely too, thut It should he creoted {0 the ce 1ro of tho public squure of this thrifty, boanti- Tul mountuin-clty, where it onn bo seen and ad- mired of Wl men. The vast eoncourss of pro- Pl hera to-day bave o tnousand tines beon (in- 'pressed with ‘the wisdom of the Commitive's cholce, The orfglunl pattlelleld is aftunted six- toen miles from here? very dillieult of uceess, und to bo reached only by rough conntey-rouds, On tho differont sides of the monument tho followiug inseriptious vecur, fu luree, distinet lotturst BAST FACE, ES tha thi: (General 'I'nncrlpuml) Tbe American Soldlers who, Ou the flold of Cowpens, * Jan. 15 1381, Fougnt victoriotsly for The Right of Seif-Government an Civil Liverty, ‘Weenjfoy tho rosults of tholr toll and suoritieos ot us cmututo thelr furtitudo und virtuu, Thlunlumg:l li orected by tho utes Now Nnmpshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ruodw Istand, New York, Now Jursey, Peunsyivunin, Dolivwure, Georgii . an South Curoling, The Old Thirteen States, ) The Stat o of Tonnessee. 1381, MORGAN; Tho Ununinigis losolva ol 5 Tho Conuress of tho Unlited States rowns This Momorlal Column ;lglln tho form and faco o QEN. DANIEL MORGAN, The Hero of Cowpons, who ot that field was vie- torious 1 tho groat cuuse of Ametlenn tndependoncs,” NONTIE FACE. Wew-Enyland States.) WEST FACE, (Suuthern Stutex,) One bundred yours ago, The Men of tho North und tho South Lught tosuther, And by thiolr blowd secured tho ‘Illlc?umlullcn, and cemented the Unlon of the Atnorieut Stites, The Boml thut thon Loind thom toguthor 18 tho Bond ot thei l'ulilnw-l.'uuntrym'.‘l\ 0-iy, Tho common country thoy eronwed (8 lmu bevitugo of all v suns. tholr sons, The perpotuation of the Republic ® of tholr Fathors I8 tho safety und hanor L OF Nortls and Soutl Alike, tho sontiment and duty of all ‘I'ho Butey, Esto Porpotun, WILLIAM WASHINGTON. The Wushilugton Ligbt (nfuntry, 10 whose cistudy . Tho widow of Col. Williim Washington committed bils erimson buttlo-thig, Trojectod tuls Meworinl Columu und partiot pates in its dedlention, ngnln unfurling. “Tho glorious staudurd, wiich ot suiaw shone so bright, aud ug 0 duzzling moteor swept thvo’ tho Cowpens dendiy fight,” BOUTH FACE, (g States) Qo Feaplu: No Norih, No South, No Enst, No West, A Cannton Tutoress Quo Country—Ouo Dustiny, As It Was, 80 Ever Lot It Bo, PICKENS, Tho exnct cost of tho monument, as It now ciunnot bo ascertained yet; but [ am as- on i who i in a position to busdess peeurato information on the sublect thut tho cost will not full tur short of &24,WJ, TIHE BATTLRE. NIATORICAL BRETCIE The year 170 was n mwmorable one In Aumerican history, Tho cnuso of the Amer- by w fean putrlots, which was lun o gloomy condition at the -close of tho pre- ceding year, now issumed o differ- ent phase, The Dritish, whoso Incursions into the upper pnrt of South Cavollun the Httle bund of Awerlean troops hud boen une able to stem, wore mot and repulsed egrly in the year, On the 13th of Janunry the Buttlo af Cowwens ocourred, in which the gallnnt Morgan doclslvely vanguished the formbda- ble Tarloton with his army ot Dritish regu- lars, This. year, which thus oponed so ausplciously for the Amerleaus, torminnted stiil more glorlously, when the Dritlsh lon Cornwalllg, on the 10th of October, threw down his sword und surrendered his army, therepy virtually ending the war, MOVEMENTS OF TILE MINTISI, Lord Cornwallls intonded invading North Caroling with . his entire army; but, before beglnning his march of conguest, the Awmeri- cans mado an irruptlon In the western part of Suuth Carotlna, which mndered his op- cratlons and_nltered his plans, 1In order to foree a cessatlon -of hostiiities fn that quar- ter, he ordered Col. ‘T'avleton—oneof his nmost trusty ofileers—to advance with his commawd, und drive the snemy to the last oxtromity, ‘Tho combined forces of Corn- wallis and Tarleton began n brlsk mareh,— thelr destination belng King’s Mountain, the seenie of Ferguson’s dofent a fow months provions, Intelligenco reached Cornwallis thut Gen, Lesllo was rotarded I his courso by the high waters, Tarleton was directed, therefore, to shorten his marches untit he recelved assurauce that the reinforcoments were put of tho swamps, ‘Tarleton was greatly annoyed at the delay of Lesliu's troops, becauss his own progress was hin- dered, and ho know Cornwallis, who had the ‘doy bofore soparated from him, was then preasing forward to the point now known ns Buludy, atong the Spartanburg road, On the Hth Cornwallia informed Tarloton, by u courler, that the diflenities which hud con- fronted Leslle had boen overcome, aud the two connuanders wet the next night and again jolued torces. THE AMERICANG PREPARE FOR DATTLE, Iuthe afternoon of Jun, 16, Gen. Daniel Its ita who, with an iy of Amerleans, had been ufi"@'fi,i'.‘f;'.“"‘."'“ forey reatlon of Sparlanburg gy 1 Hedi Iilted nb a poIAt & fow miles fron l‘hh“ y, and encamped in the nelhbory, i small settlement, named gune?! of pinee durived this appellation n‘:,e,,“"' ] thal, 5omo venrs anterlor to g o0 fit before the seetion was settle 8o ] in Columbin employed twy I;IQXI l:m e the Thickety Mountatn, wy g, x;,m' ] Intervals among the hilis Ry o Tilse turn with them In the f‘x:?lc,t"‘"lem)dn. brothers, named Hannn, wiyo W 0 Heh interosted in this husiness, cemclmlm sy of cattlo inclosires here, §lyeq :‘I"““l'm 16 Cowpuns.” AU this polny yp e Mns elided to nwilt the nrrival of i oy uren Hamwond, who was theny m{t&m"ha"’llal overtake hlm, having come by o '::?Nh;.. route, Hhortly aftor anrk Wninong Mereny with hia dotuchment, nnd Jolued e por "t thuso of his comimnunde; orces wi Amcrllmnm hielil a counell of w Cals, Itanmand, Plekens, Washington o Cal, ad St duckson prrticipgua g 120 ferenvo, Morgan Informed his uinogyy was by intention w mike un nttack yy | onomy ourly tho fotlowing morning; o O courso scomen imperativo, Ty coy . Bl terposed no opposition to this ngaressive gy —tor thoy, too, Telt that, It thoy g gee FOh thio enemy, the enomnz would ntrack thom, ek DESCIMUTION GF THE UATTLEp g, The ground upon which the Anietlean ey wero encamped hroved tho buttlefield mrw doy. It wus n simll thongh welledefinog ““J‘" eroading tho SpArtanburic roml nt righy g A slenilie FIdie to this Tay i few ooy 0t iu tho renr. “Tho valley etween wen ree, St Kentle slope, WIERIN eany ko of fhy e 5T i from ono ThigD 10 tho sthan waclc, F4F covered thickly With pities, hiekory ml:f"" onk, with tiderbrash very spry -Lfihru""‘ The' vallleys stretching nnay 1 (o oo, Amerlentis’ camp ended Tn o' sma ol AN 1 B, 420 wanly i e LA Of e Cowhens, whiel V' 4 name to tho buttieground, S ¢ e firingy MORGAN AVPEALS T0 113 yi: Tho war-confercnce having nd officers Wont. to (o tets th pug s, 4 buites; bt SOrun tu_Nemon jose sy Foldlors, Ho nddressod e jn” siaictiie seitences, urglig them to by propured 1o ! tho responsibilities of the "indrrow, st thom, [ty tho words of Lord Nelson sty S8 phrased, that Amerien would expeet ooges, . 10 do hisduty, Hostrietly enjolned upo i tho necessity of every mai eurrying an lequy e mmvl{ of bills and powder, nod ondered o m“' havein readiness ench win his twent o rounds of nmmunition. e th thent i these patriotio words seem resolved to foree us hito netion, e Bug. bor und 8picie of our littlo hund ‘of pae sotdlers appens to Jmllrr the Geyernl and iy onlm-min the confident belior that the Hrisy llnlll' ! lmuld vlvlfh d?mr‘:nlm-nl resistaace, gad detonted, and drivon buck. Tals ¢ d and It mast bo done, my brava menp W0 THE RIUTINIE ADVANCE, Tarloton was very anxlous to aequl o munding o 6IUALUON 18 possibic, thoreby Lo, ubie (o provent the Americans’ retrenis yo dotermined to preas forward with renewed en. ergy 1oward the Clurke Iron Works, wblch werg Hpon the bitnks of tho river, fur ho had recelved information thit the Atmerican eanp was near this loeality, On the morning of tho loth the coitrse was chnnged, tho IRt troops securing 3 Anfe pustago within soven miles of tho enewy’s cnmp, As 8000 us tho troops were nssembied Lieyond Pacolet, Turleton deemed it ndvisible t muve towanrd somo log houses which were it nted mldwily botween the British und Amurlea; ‘Tieso houses, which hud been constructed by Furguson befora tho battle of Kink's Mountafu, wero reporteil tobo unoceuplednttlative, Thy wivisubility of securlng them xeemed to warrant tho seuding of a body of dragoons and mounted infantry to tnko possession of them, Tarleton deslunesd taking position with his entire torce In the renr of thoso houses, and uwnlting the e velopments of the cnemy’s movements before striking them. Hntan advanced gusnd discoys ered thit the Awericans wera decumped, and tho Hiritlsh ght troops wera ardercd to fold their position, becausy It alforded them an ade vuntageous situation. Patrols and sples yers disputehed to_observe the movements of the Anterfeans. The draxoons wero directed tofols low tho encmy Ul nightfull and tbo secuts hurnes thelr movements till the next moming, Farly In tho ulght the patrols reported that Mo g Chad - gonio juto bywiys tenihng towand Whuokitn's Mill. A party of determined Loyallsts cupturad an Ainerican Colonel who buil Tolis ereatly left the }ino of ‘mareh. The cxamins. tion of this militiamun, and othar infor mation koot received, showed the necessity of El { night, and the Wagona ‘and bagage were ondere 1 1o remnin wpon tho g hanwrlng upon Morgnn's rear to hupede th cons solldntion of the reinforcenients kil toby spe pronching, and lHcowike to provent the Americin commander from passtng Broad Wiver wihous o knowledge and consent of tho light troopt, who could_porplox bis movoments and el in thonssistunco of 1o muin rmy i nceessary. O or rumoms at midnlght, of n corps of mounta cors belng.on the march from Green Hiver, Jroved tlic nccessity to watch tho cgemy closely, u ovder to tuko advantago of any fuvorable ops purtunity that might arlic. THE BRITISIL 8POILING FOR A FIGHT, On tho morning of tho 17th, nt 3o'clock, the plekots belng Cu&rml in, tho British troops niwler i thie commund of Tarleton wore ordercd 1o follow thr route tho Ainericans hid tuken the precedin ound il dayiight, unde 0 protection of & dotachient from cach curpts hree companivs of light intantry forned the advance of theSoventh fleglment; io guns sod 1o First Battallon of the Seventy-lint compriss 11 tho centre, and thoe cuvalry and mounted (o funtry bringing up the rear. 'The ground which ‘1o Awerlean troopy hud pagsed being brukea und much Intorsvoted with: ereeks and ravines, the inarch of tho British during tho durkoes was exceedingly slow. Boforo daws nmmm; Creok wis pitssed, when o advanced guant of tha eavitley was ordered to tho front. The cu emy's putrol wis ued nod overken, :L_llm twa partlos of drngoony, under Cunts, ugluhu und Rurmn. wero thon ordered to refuforce the wivanco guird, wid to annoy the reur of ||x3 et umy n8 tuch'ns possiblo. “Tho tuurch But l:“. continued long in this mannor before the ou mundingofficer n front roported thut lhm\lll’lr 5 e trops ind hlted und wero toruliog, The wuldes wero consultod nbuut. tho kruund which Morgan thon occupied, und Inquiries nedo \Ldu- corning the countey faf bl rear, A minute do seription of hoth was ulven by tho xuldes, who aulid the woods were open and frev fron s ]0“- thut tho Brond ltlver, just aove tho placs whoro King's Creok jofiied th steo, S5 aboutsix miles disiunt from tho envmys ity flank, and tho river, by wuking a curve (o wostward, van paraliet to tholr rear. TARLETON'S FAVORAULE 1-«»711;(0:4‘“‘”. Huving secured u position which bhe contr ered favornbly, on necount uf the "“’"”fin‘fl:fiy atfon of the vnemy, und the supposed l'j'“ At OF the Dritish soldlers on the cust uid L~slny Broad Itiver, Tarloton did ot l\u!lmu‘lul“m‘ those meastres which Cornwallis hnd 'JIA“ jor and his own Judigiment commendud, (el tuin of ;{nllllllk a geand vietory, e order o tied leglon oF dragoons to drive u tho it gargc wfin’cu\u ed the front, that Gen, Morgnu s -:‘\'d poaftion i ujght bo cusily sven. o disco thut the A\fi riean communder hud [0 | front Ting of - about §ww Coutlnental Tebt iy tuntey, 120 of Wushington's ¢ m_r).‘l i ing. buckwoadsmon, This m-cummknunhnn x%:mlued.’l‘urlumu esired tho Ilrl_(I;“ s 16 dislnowinber themselves uf nw_ri‘l gy thede arms and am! The 0" Flkbis wore thon opdered * to flle, 10, W2 Fpg thl they becume cqual to tho '“'(“mlnnm‘ Awmorican tront Wne. The feglon of (0o, worn ndded 1o their lofts and, under 39 R4 1wo_threo-poundors, this pirt of tho B troops wna_instencted (o advatice, SEE Gy 'Alhjl of tho onowy, ‘This fuyo “t“!“wm. Mmi mulm-rd, the ““‘.‘i‘l::v“nl::“n 1 7 orm upon ] ! w 10 tho rlght division of tho Seventh, < Lri ¢ with tlity dragoons, was placed vi b m““ e 10 tho corpx which foruied tha Dritish foat (0, protect thelr own and threnten (o HUEERC g vigmmy, ‘Cho First Battalion of the SRty wus desired to extond a Hittlo 1 nn‘:_fl anis In Seventh Hogluant, und 1o penilin 2 tho rear, Tuls body o cuvalrs, comprise oxecutlon of these ArmnRementh o r oy gave uf the alticers wnd tho aluerisy o8 S0 gy loe tho moust encouriging nuummvg. ot ponyer e Hood, tho Nritish, belng so el SR g merieally than the Amcricat, uty vantuge-ground, besided Iu:lllld il horoughily urined and equl ?log ey cortuin of vanquishing thole W e - MOBGAN COURTS AN ATTATE, | o0y Bofores n'ulufik Iln :’t;n ;!rmlr.v‘xll]n{ ) e eur i s bt i A, funeing bt Sorun WL tront und elude b futigue of o, to besin sunlt, Moryan's troops werd b 'Iluucnhm; gty descur s oot | Teated B o T ot ants nd -;m.“v;w,',‘,‘,’:{.!, iyt wierkean fore U e Murse o Mhus A ‘wo bundred and nlnm fl::ur aribe il ipiels ot ¥ dusbing wad & crloe: ractlees f tho legion of i, e dutermined, ny. {:‘l'n‘l“;"uz)ulnr- woro stutloned nu‘: i eminence, and. on thole Fight WX coupanics of Visglntans, “utider JEC Those constituted ho | FLE Dy mon, and were eomuiiaded oo oward, In advanco of th bady of militis about .nJl nnux o rillemon, wid buruie wit N Tiritls! 1o erueltfos whiclt $10 (00 puate sttt of Shiotou npou tom AndLLL Hew. A purtof thess el WeES Cupt, Toutty und Cul, Bl T Houth Carufinn, Anotheratctioy was under tho comunid 0f G600 the night befors nud Juined Vi foreie irs g widvanco of this e :)Ineml ho bowt rilemon u‘:.&',‘".’n:“ h‘l’l u’l’h 1 mnvem "l :lll:"t!gl. u‘h»r delivering toe "u“‘\:vn‘! b 10 b griven whou tho British WEEF, o ‘arde. In the rour of 1Ho BICER 0, oward, and boaind an & bigurt u"“,:"u::r b ' cunoenl theu. tho i wery Pt’lflp.ufil- ‘Theso COB!-“WJ [