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Show BL00DY BATTLE. right Now Baging in the State of Blue Grass and Bourbon. if S SURROUNDED II A BAEN. Morning's Session 0r Congress-Debate Congress-Debate on the Silver Bill- .' .... Other News. .,..,,,1K April 18. A special to from Harlan court house !! dciwllv light occurred tins ,i 1 '0 o'clock seventeen miles .1,1 iii in tho Black mountains, ' . detail of troops, consisting ; privates, Lieut. Milton, Ser-Mli Ser-Mli n and about thirty out aws. 1 fortilicd iu an oh barn. . .bo soldiers were, wounded. It , on how many (,f 11,0 l,law I'llwlns they still have possession lira, ('orporal Blautin was Locr reinforcements and knows i,. is he left immediately after ntf began. Tho troops have tho .Tumicli'd "ud il wil1 1)0 VnP0SS1" ,.' those inside to make their es- fiilav afternoon' Captaiu Gaither . the commanding officer, was m-J m-J that a body of lawless men, f whom had been iudictcd for offenses, were at the above ,',ncd locality and refused to sur- to the. authorities. He was for a detail of men for the pnr-:f pnr-:f arresting them. His men left rimp yesterday afternoon ex-mr ex-mr to 'find the men they were w in a private house about six ml yard beyond the barn, from they were iired upon. Tho id-ris id-ris net looked for at that point ,m so unexpected that it demor-soldiers demor-soldiers for a moment or two, l(,v soon rallied and surrounded ni, and began tiring into it from direction, when it was thought lu cease action - and hold ni until reinforcements arrived uore, ammunition. It is believed it severe light will take place as is the additional troops reach the for the outlaws arc fortified and nued with Winchester rifles and that they will not surrender and 'termined and want revenge for who have been shot down. , CONGRESSIONAL. SKNATE. MiLwroN, April IS. Piatt, by reintroduced re-introduced a bill for the admis-fXew admis-fXew Mexico. He said he did doing so intend to commit him-ie him-ie way or the other. The bill was ed. ' ".' senate republican silver com-i com-i held a mooting this morning at .Secretary Windom said tho rca-rhis" rca-rhis" advocating the rloirfptlou Million of certificates , issued the purchase of bullion that it would . make itilieates more valuable. To re-iheir re-iheir redemption in silver dollars . ho, in his opinion, to discredit while to require their redemption il coin might seriously embarrass iverimient. He was willing, how-as how-as a measure of compromise, to lie. holder of certificates an option currency for which it should be iied. r tho secretary had given bis upon the bill and tho basis for a discussion took place upon the t of suilieicuoy of circulation, lary Windom had stated to the ittcc. that the total circulation 1.420,000,000, an average of $21.70 pilit ou a basis of 65,000,000 popu- Actually, however, the sum ihjcctto bonds tied up iu various reserves, held for redemption of etc., so that tho per capita sum I'ulalion was considerably less, eretary agreed with the senators lad with the representatives that nitioii to the circulation was nec-, nec-, but in conference today no denim den-im was named. y tried to call up tho World's "ll, urging the importance of ' action, but on motion of Adolph "ato went into executive session. HOUSK. mington, April 18-Enloe, of see, rising to a question of per-Pmilege, per-Pmilege, had read an article uNew York paper declaring that "he job had been discovered, in tithcrn war claims bill introduced The article states that Thomas, -cousiu, the chairman of the com-' com-' o war claims, had denounced ' .as one of the most infamous "Mi had ever been foisted upon I'SS, m Ri'ul that he had not ecu-fy ecu-fy inenihcra of the committee. ' stated that if the lull passed .it w lufiunoiis. bocauso he could 'tat a number of claims in the ' re ola'nis of persons notably dis- ,e said the, charge in. the article '."ad brought the bill before the 'ioi? Slln'0l)ut'ti8 maimer was a s reiterated his statement that of claims in the. bill were "i disloyal persons, and that a 1 them had hud never been 'ie hy the committee, "worth moved the bouse go into ; '' f the whole for tho consid-, consid-, ot the legislative appropriation . 'e tnonds of the private calcn-led calcn-led siiffleient force to defeat honi yeiu; H2, nays 116. Illinois, presented the pro-"f pro-"f hardware association of tho 1 rate against the proposed '"tlcry and puns. Referred. Illinois, reported the r "ahor appropriation bill. ,,,i ri;.V'm''l to the committee of Mtt' house then went into of the whole on the private ."Hirt of elalms lull was first on - mar. Thomas of Wisconsin of-' of-' i u0lx that the bill be re-i re-i thVi -t i 0Use witl1 the recommends recommen-ds . "mniitted, with iu-. iu-. to the committee on war 'limant1""'6 int0 the ro'aIty of |