Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 19, Number 4, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 January 1877 — Page 2

WEEKLYCOUEIER C. Mill, rVsiohoc. JASPKK. . - - IXMA3U. CUKKENT NEWS. The PraMtM, ta aaother interview wKa reporter e the Sth, deoiwed very ay bm phtos aad purposes rotrhnsr the PreeWeatwd situation bow aal ike iueuguratiea of the PresMent o tbe 4th ef March. He deprecated the Democratic meetinf tkt hod been held u4 the violent language that he Im tteit, espeeklty at the mm m Washington, ami be feared that these assmbkgos had a revolutionary tsadsacy. He deekrod that he had made every wragtwit te protect l public buildings Mi treasure of the Government at the National Capital, sad ww empowered to declare martial lew there it necessary. As to tbe possibility that there might he two ine.guratkHt, he mM that the ealy legal eae suit he held ia the District et Columbia, aadaay one sumlag authority elsewhere ae President would commit au&urpat4eaa4tme. lie had examined all the laws, ud foams that they required all act of the Executive to te be dooe ia Washington. He had hopes still et a peaceful tettlemeat of the pending troubles, but at the same time he had made up his mind to preserve the peace aa long ae he was FresldoBt. The House committee on the privilege, powers aad duties of the Heuee la eeuBtieg the Electoral vote have deekled that the President of the Senate has bo power to eeaat the votes, aad the House has equal power with the Senate ia the agency of eouatiag thea. There will he a aiaority xpdrte AtterBey-Geaerai Taft, In his annual report te Congress, devotes considerable space to the Southern political quest!. He says that, ia view et Ue actual and prospective danger t kwlees Tioteaee before aad at the eteeUoa ia eertaia States, striageat orders wore issued to the Uaited Slates Marshals te use all legitimate Betas te secure a fair aad peaceable eleetioa. Ia regard to South Careliat he saysr The deefertt of the Governor, supported by ample evklenee from ether sources, left the Freskleat no eoorsetmtm comply whhhia cohotsutioaal demand by teseine an apnreprtate prectametfen, aad bv ordering to that state mtlhary force as seemed tot neoeoarr. ami was wHMa Ms aoatrot. Tee troops were set intaodtd to imerfwc, aad dm not interfere, wit ay eWxen's right te vote, bet, oa the contrary, iheir esMtearar was to make it safe for eitiien to vote aoserdiog te their petttieel epmioas. The Consolidated Virginia mine yielded ia 1S7$1,2,0OO ia bullion, aad the Superiateadeat thinks the yield for the eurreHt veer will he greatly iaereased. Hob. William A. Wheeler visited Columbus oa the 10th, aad had a eoaiereaee with

Gov. Hayes. The House Ceaaittee ob Faeile Railroads, oa the 11th, agreed to report the ee ealled eeaproake Texas Paeiac Riilread bill to the Heuee, with a reeeaBMedatfe for passage. The queetioB as to eeaflietiag New Orleaas braaebee is left opea for aetieti by the Heute. The vote orderieg the Mil reported was uaaaiateus. A WaehiagtoB dkpateh of the 13th says: The House Ceaaittee oa the privileges, powers aad duties of the House et Xepre fieatatives ia eouatiag the Electoral votes have a staked their report oa that subject. The majority report, etgaed by all the Dtoerats of the eommittee. is as follows, the

RepttbMeaas difsectiag: j

1. That the Coestftutio of the Uaited States J

AtDaftaa, Ky., a suburb of Coirmgte, ob the alght et the loth, Mrs. Mluuie Bieseu, wife of a earpeater, arose from her bed after the family had retired, took her M-day old lafaat, aad, preeeedlRg to the river, threw beeeelt aad babe krto the stream ed wasdrowaed. It is thought she was dsrawged. The LoulsvMe, Fadueah.aad Southwestosm lUHroad, with aH Us beloBKlege, has beea traaeterretl to the 'Louisville, Nashville aad Great Southern llae, making the latter, porbaps, the largest road ia the The funeral serviees and burial of the unreeogaiaed vietlms of the AskUbula disas ter took ptaee o the 19th. reRMfill. A dispateh from Censtantiaopie, lotk, say it Is ruaered there that the Kitsiaa army ia TurkesUa of 40,000 stroHK hsi beeB destroyed by aa uprising of the inhabitant. A lirewasville telegram of the 11th says that the Diaz revolution in Mexico is carrying every thing before it and but little more f gating is anticipated. Gen. Julian Queroga, a prominent military oacer of the late Lerdo Government, who had retired to his raneho In Nuevo Leon, after the light of Lerdo from the capital, was shot at Monterey, en the 11th, by order of Gen. Torvlna, a partisan of Dier. COXGKBMS. In the Senate, oa the 10th, a number of peUtioM, retelutteni, ete. , were presented and referred. Mr. Wright introduced a bill extern in the net for two years establishing the Itoanl of Southern Claims Commissioacrs. KI erred. A number of other bills of no general interest were tBtrodoeed The IIohh rvJecfcMl a bill antorizia the eoaAtmedon ef a briibje across the Ohio between Cincinnati and Coringtoa. The Diplomatic appropriation bill was discussed atteaglfe. Ia the Senate, oa the 11th, a conference committee on the bill in regard to the fast mall service was appointed. Tiw House bill to per feet a revision of the Statute ot the United State was taken up and diaeussed at length, after whieh the Senate went into executive session .. n the House.Mr.ilotaan's amendment t the Conselar ami Uiplowauo appropriation bill deoreasiBir the salariee of the ministers and eoesMl was defeated ami the bill passed. The Military Aealemy appropriation hill was taken np and pafol without eoilmcnt. It a)pro. priahw .Tl, a rediKtloe of ?tl8,9i9 from sue estimates, and a reduotieaef $34, 'Jot below the bill of last session. Ia the Senate, on the 12th, Mr. Vrelinsjhnyaen presented a petition from badness mea of Newark, N". J., aakin that the Electoral vote be eeaated withont regard to pirty eoesideralions. Keferred to the sneetal committee. Mr.

I Room ealled an a resolntioH snbmittrd by him j Monday last in regard to the eonntiBg of the ' ltetoral vote, ami iohe at leneth is favor

The bulk ot Commodore Taaderbilt's i tnereof. Mr. Paddock isuxluced a bill to

...t i. kt.ii i .... i aauioriie ine removal m oMu-uetions m ids

KoB.MoeMW. FieM, elBelet, Obmir bmb, to eenvene at $priaaeM, III., Tuesday, January M. The object of the aseetlag it stated te be the coasitleratloa of means required to ssrteBd aad strengthen the orgaaUatioBof the perty and te effect a mere aeehe propagation ef ite priaciptee. The Halted States Supreme Court has decided that lead-great railroads are act bound te transport troops and property of the UnHed State free et charge by ret oa at that fact; that they are only to allow the Government the free use ot their tracks ia return for grants, and that tbey are each entitled to eempeasatiea for all sue transportation they have performed, axfttft the earryiag of malls, MhJect to a fair deduction for use ot their several roads. Thte dtoiiion is ia the eases ot the Lake Superior and Mississippi, aad Atchfeon, Topeka aad Saate Fe Jtaiiroad Coapaaies, wbkh have beosi some tiae under advtseaeat, aad reverse the Judgment ot the Court ot Claims. Gea. Terry telegraphed from St. Paul, on the loth, that dispatched received from Cel. Miles via Boiemaa, states that ob the 8th et December three com paaies ot the Fifth Infinity, uader Lieut. Frank D. Bahlwia, Hruek StUieg-Bull's eamp oa Sed Water aad defeated him with the toss ot all the property ia the eaap aad sixty mules aad

posies . The Indians escaped with little be-'

sides what they had on their persons. Additional aews from Miles' command, via Tongue River, says that oa December 17 ive prominent Sioux "chief approached the post about Boon, with a nig of truee. Wbea within a few hundred yards of the poet, aad before their approach was known to a siagle omeer or soldier ot the garrison, tbey were pounced upon aad killed by Crow scouts who belong to the post. Col. Miles was indignant beyond measure at the bloody tragedy, both oa account of its atrocity aad by reasoa of the possible importance of.their mifrslou. Hob. Wa. A.'wieelei occupied hie seat in the House of Representatives, on the loth; forthe nrsttiae this sessioa. He left WasHogtoerfor his home oa the following day. f Uaited States Senator Wihdea, ot Minnesota, has been re-elected. Hob. James G. Btaiac, ot Maine, has tfeea elected Uaited States Senator, both lor the long aadhert term. Hob. A. K. Garland has bjen elected United States Senator from Arkansas. United States Senator Ferry, ef Michigan, has been re -elected.

riouety estimated at from $60,001,000

riuinMl of Um Missouri Kiver. aal to renair anl

to I trotcet te levees at (Mnana, I'lattetnouUi and

7,iG0,0 k loft by bis wilt to his favorite sob, WMIiam H. Yaaderbitt. His widow aad the other cblldreB are all handsomely provided for, but it is already announced that aa otfort will he made by some of the loss favored heirs to break the will aad secure a more equitable division of the prop

erty.

HretrMVilfe. Nobiaska. and Sioux Itv aad

Con&cil Blaas, tf wa. Helena!. Adjourned till .Monday. ...la the Houee. Mr. Kaou.Chairmnn ot tbe dixtkiary Committee, reported in the ease ot Barnes, the recalcitrant manager ot the KewOrleans Western Union Telegraph omee,

mat tne uonse ias a rtfcnt to comki ute proaac , uon oi tehwrams by cmcers of the telegraph I oempanies. Barnot was brought before the I House ami declared that he ia not now

chatae of the 'ew Orleans oaice. but that

The Xew Hampshire Republicans , ETT "IS "JT ''wilL 7u-Ti

newoniti wiumciv protiuee teem. nr. rvnini

thea offered a reaotution fteclariog that the re

have nominated BeatamiaF. FreseeUfor

Governor. The State oleetioa takes place oa the second Tuesday in March. A train oa the Virginia Midland Railroad was thrown from the track by a broken rail, between Manassas and Bristol, oa the morniag'of the Utk. Two sleepiag-ears went down aa embankment aad were overturned

soonee of witness was not snatc.ent. ami re-

mending him to we custody ot the Serreant.atArms until be shall have produced the telegrams and been diecharfed by order of the Houee. AikvpteH yeas, 11; nays, i. Mr. Knott, from the committee to ascertain the iriv. ilexes ot the House in counting Ute Electoral vote, made a report from thvt committee. (Synopsis of the report published in

wrsnl tiaui tt iUmb . (.VL.r.1 uu. . Another eolnmn.v The reoort. tonetber with the

ti.,,i I minority report submitted by Mr. Barchard, or oagers were seriously iaured,aad nearly all iUiR(lB.'waToftlere.l printe-i. The Shaker fahl

ue ouMrs Higaur. lae passcogerg were 1 before tiic iiouea message irom uterroMiieBt

ostly invalids ob their way to Florida.

A passenger car ob the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, oa the 11th, Jumped, the

near Green Briar River, West Vir-

dees not confer on tne Pratideac ot the ?ente

power reexamine ami aeeerwin laeTotes worn , , u .... , vwunl nlM nr PMtiilMt ud I 11

Viee-rresMent of the Uaited States. gicia, and plunged down a M-foct embankt. Timt the oalr power which the Consatutlon Mlt to tte frozen lurface of the river. The confers on tie Present of the Senate in reari IP , ,7 " , to the Electoral votes for President aad Vice-, ice was firm and the car did aotgo through. rmMeat! Is to JJ.1.'' tfansmiued to Seven persons were hurt; none fatally, atd I Tal?elmtbo Lucille Wetcr, the well know, actress t be suea in the presence ct thcSeaase aad ? died in 2ewlrk City on the 11th, U?m??4 ,ifff?HSl.!l j , u..! The Kew York Chamber of Commerce bas

t Ktatisc how the money appropriated by the Kirer

i ami itarisor m nas oeen exiwnueti. 4irer

aMMckbvMr. Kca.tn. in which he severely

. criticised the action of tac Pr sident in rejranl to

mat bill, the m.ssjge was rclcrrcl. Adjoaraed

I Ull Mooitay. f la the Senate, on the 15th, a number of bills of a private character wre ronbiitered, , wbea the report of tne Committee on Kules, pre- , vldlnff new rules for the governmont ot the Sea- ' ate. was taVen np. The committee reportHl a amendment W the thlni rule, o as to cofHcl the t atteadnnce of absent Senator win-never it shall

be .iK'crtMi el that a quorum u not present,

mamhar ef the

rer his vart he retrarded the deotrine

oanneiated In it as a menstreni one. ij - . I - - ItAaml UmvIhut lurflli

lotmlly tvmeutnted hy aHtherlty ot toe L'ohhuh. Uoa et the Unltel tHates, and having prooetHieil wish Ha duties uader the law of Iwtsfaaa, hav

ing made He returns, ami tnese returns Having

wn anmoriieu uv mw. ute' itonee waa

ueeelnded from goinfc Itohiml them, Messrs, Oarnetd, Kasson, and other Kepnlmeans, op. posed the resoiutton, whwh was aaetatned by Measrs, Luttrell. Cox, Wood, ami other Demo, orats. The prevloua qnestion was men second, ed, aad the resolution went over until to-morrow.

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Senate and House ot hviteeseautive the iowtr ' petitioned congress ror tne removal of im , ytf'w,.w'i?Jia' ""t;7.

i Wf".

President of tlw Wetern Union Telegraph

te examine and ascertain the vosea to be coeimed ' War tix ob bsaks and bankers.

HaxctwwTinn . tu.. l..l.i..i. A..w.n UA..r it. ,.,-., iuj. tvupr n... n.M.. at

fpeet 'tocelmtliglt KtecUm tteUonsc eoatt Of Galway, Irelaud, during a terrible ' fJ tU TlouleTn Bo?.ppear& K-Mi!lltfBnf, rwil g were pkked up la aa opea frajtck oa betore Us Louisiana Investirattng Committee no vcteM Tlulnwagilas tbe sixth aifht out, by a passing vessel, . al I'riMier crruin telegrams Mr. ortoa's rmUMrti.j of tne Hoeee ef Jteyreisntativss. aad leaded in New York oa the 12th. They J fSSSSJaT The wtw?r The committee of the two hnues ot Con- , had tutored terriblv. and two of their cam. were referred to the Ju&iclary Committee and

jtr. wnon wm rBmiimini w ure cwnjr of the Serfreant-at-Arms, Mr. Matcher moved to suspend tne rules and pasa the bill for the relief of toh-icco-irrowers. It provides that tubeee xroKers shall have the right to sell leaf

gross oa counting the Electoral vote held

their irst joint meeting oa tbe 12th, wheal it t ni. . a f.. m

in sesHtve commit toe preseatea m ptaa or aeeomasodatioa. TheHoue committee desired time for consideration, a ad further action was deferred. The sessiABs of the esamitteee are strictly private aad the members

secrecy. j Serious eharges having been preferred '

against Mr. Murtagh, Preslde&tet the PoHee Board of the District ef Columbia, to the effect that he bad conspired to cause the arrest and disgrace of Mr. IMihthorne, of tbe House Naval ineilatlne

rades wore drowned.

James Gordon Bennett, one of the participant in the recent duel, wiled for Europe

oa the 18th.

Al-r. Bartaa. Haahler et tho Vattsajil t Mrtetkm. Hefeated Teas.

Kar.k f Ki-ttkllt X. V Is chlnre! wltk t thlni not voting In teeamrmative. . fiams ei nsftKUi, is tnargeu wita a f movet to suspend the rales and

ftcftcteaey of from m,w to and the Beak has temporarily upended payment. Tea schooners of the Gloucester aching Heet are mining, and doubtkse lost, ami the crews have probably perished. The schooners carry an average ot tea mea each.

UV, nays, W two-

ar. uaui

i ss the

uu urnvMlwr that it rtuitl tie unlawful for more

I man one rermmn ui jiiirbhj , mm c-

Committee ia order to insure his ptrsoaal I WBflT AKts CTK

character and thereby impair the force of j It is sow deinltely knowa that Major his report, a Committee of the llouoe has i Randall aad Lis Crow scouts were a t ttw been apftointed to investigate the charge. ' sacred by the Sioux, as was reported sotae Major Richards, Police Superlatestdkot, f time ago. They had, however, a deeper

swears 10 ute truta or tne coarxes. ateiy narrow escape irow survattott. r or j A reolutloa wan offered in the Miaa-osota an entire month they were wandering Senate, mt the 19th, by Senator Witktssson, j around in the B! Horn Mountains with j Democrat, instructing the Committee en i mow tive feet deep, aad for more than a j Judiciary to inquire into the e legibility of week ef the time they Were without lire. '

the Presidential Electors appointed in that, Charles J. Rrcnt, .the extradited

state. It is alleged that A. K 1'iuttb. One ! LouUvilte forzer. has finally been brouirht

home for trial

paav of eavatrr ami one oattery ot aruuory to oe statkel at the Capita! of trie United States, or

mat any portion o! tr.at force shall be allowed within hH a mile of we CaplM iuria the sessions et tmress. Deteaifd-yea", 1U, nays.U? not two thlrtls. Mr. Whyte (Ky.) offered a resolution reciting that fears are eMertalnet that siiAi .awe mho II u tkainxliia auaf t Lornm m f rJt ttt

1'resiiiential qtwstloB, and tleclaring thalany at-

tempt to pwjiMKe or excuetne huihio mmn in adtamie of tbe authority provMcd for In the t.on stitutton Ia unwite, un patriotic and full of dan-

r to tne country. Auopicu.

COMORNHMIOXAIi IXVJlHTIATIO..

X.aMlataa. TI1K SKNATK CUMM1TTKK. The addltieaal evldeHee taken by the Seaate Committee up to the 10th was as follows: Lieutenant Holmes, Thirteenth Infantry, testified to a peace ible election In ICuet listen Kouge, wltere he waastntloned. A. Ilrosom, ooiorei,ot Kaet Feliciana, tostineil that he was taken out by a band cf men and hungup by tlie neck, Aaron McKenzie, eokifetl, swore that he had besn taken out by whites and severely whlpjied ami mude i promlM) to vote the Democratic ticket, ami dht m. Iter. .In. KeiUjy nml three other colored men tetlioi to numerous acts of violence ami tbe reign of terror among the blacks In Kast Fe lietana. Meiley statel ttmt there bail been a Brest deal of cotton stolen there and there was muclulisati(action with ofncials, not only lte tNihlioan but also Democratic ones. Kamuel kolilnson and seven other colored msntetinel that tliey vouxl the Demoa-atlo ticket without intimidation, as they thought times worse ami wanted a ciiaage. Six other colored men testified that they were intimidated, ami throuiclt rear forced to vote the Democratic ticket. Supervisor Anderson testified to the general IntimldaUou of colored voters, and dctailetl an attempt to afsaMinate him, ami said his protest t the returns was maile iu New Orleant Itecnuse lte dared not make It there. JudceTlioma II. Lyons, of Kist tVllciana. U?etlHd that the election was fair and poaesable . United States Supervisor Guy Samuel, ot Kast Baton Uouro, bsU.ed that lte heard nothing of the bulldozing for seven or eight months previous to the election ami that he belonged to a Democratic club which had 70 or SO colored member. A. T. Young, Granvillc rieree, 1'aul Daifrre and G. Casinal, the two latt colored, teetlned to n peaceable election and no Intlmhlallon, while Lewis Morcan test!Med to general IntimlilathMi, mterrutition of UapnbUean meetinics, and that he had been shot at several times. The following is the substance of the testimony taken by the Senate committees up to the 13th: Eliza l'lnkston was recalled for croa examination, aad reiterated la every essentia! parUcular her former tettimeey. Two physicians nnd surgeons testified that Kliza's wounds would hardly account for her debilitated condition , and that she bad told them she bad recently had a miscarriage. Contradictory evhtence In regard to the condition of a fairs in Kast Feliciana was fiven by various witnesses, white and colored, fenry smith, colored, related that he was Sheriff of the parish and had been aftsanlted and ht in tbe hip, ami driven from the parlh in had returned twice and bad to leave both times. Georjre F Norwood lee titled that there were two element among tbe whites in the parish, viz.: bulldozers aad anUbulldozers. The former were victorious in the primary election, and their candidates a eepted the support ot tec latter, who continued their ooerationa . Captain Fuqua ami one other witness testified to a peaceable ami quiet election, and that acts of violence gearrally had no connection with polities wlei;A In the pariah bad been on tbe Increase aiwvty because tl laws were not enforced. The former enumerated a number of homieklee which had occurred, showing that killing was not sonhaed to either jmrty or color, aa had been Btated.

TIIK IIOUSK COMMITTER. The additional evidence taken by the House committees up to the 10th waa as follows : W. I.. Catlln, of New Orleans, chief clerk of the Ke. publican Committee on Itegistratlon, thought the registration was correct ami according to law, lie got a copy of the registration from the Statehonse, and oentont-Jti.oa sewing-maemac circulars; be tiki not knw whether any ltepuhil cans were etricken off7 but believed 15,008 illegal votes were pol)el at the last election; thought most of those registered fraululcntlv were Demo.

crats, and had seen repeating; some voted four

times, vt m. k. tviutaios. cotoroi, tcstmeu: Was Deputy Unite! States Mr)tai at poll 3, Xinth Wan), Orleans; and on the evening of the Chctlon Alfred Itourges, Itepubllcan catidMate for Sheriff, asked him how the election waa go-

tng, ami on Ms replying uemocrauc, iMiurgcitoiii him kemuM enter protest to that poll, as It would help the ward; hut wltoe declined 1 1 ttr. -o, the election was fair. John Ilutlcr and J. C. Wlfto, of KpidtHi, tcstltfot to th t vl character of J. Madison W ells, and that he would not be believed on oath In the parish on anv question m which lie was concerned. K. I). White, a lawycr of Orleans, testified to Uic

coflwrvative tone of MwholUV canvass, j and that the colored ieop!e were Uiefatisheil with the Slate Government for not j having iclHxils, A munler of wltneffei totaled I to the peaceable character of the election in the I parishes of et. Landry. Plaquemlm. Lafourche, ' JlHjrl t ant! Franklin. Kcv. llttady Modly, colHored, tcstlned that because he refused to preach

political sormR his church in lleria 'bad wen burned by the coloreil people. The House committees received the following among other testimony up to Uielith: John Kay testified at t Intimidation and acts of violence in Ouachita, and that the blacks could not nave voted the Rcputdi;an tlcVet in safety; lie was counsel for the Itctumlng Hoard and offered to explain their reasons for throwing out certalB tolls The committee declined t-i ttear him Had advised the Hoard ia regard to filling the vacancy; that the law governing u was not matHlatorr. and the fection In relation to the member of both (vartles tot imcrative. O. II. Itrewstcr, Itepubllcan enhdidate Tor Senntor In Ouachita teetlned to general Intimidation and terrorizing of colored ISepuhltcana there. HrcwAter alsoKtid he had been offered money to vote for TlUlcn, but declined to My who offered it. The committee decided to report his refusal to full committee. M. KecfC testlnel that Aifreil Ilourges, ItepublicaH candidate for Sberiff at the late election, had ffered election oniccrs snoney to certify that there was trouble at Poll I, Xf nth Ward, New Orleans. Gov Kel loggwas examincl m length, and said that he had used no unfair or Illegal method to carry tie election, nor had lie lieen advWed to do so. All tho members of ttte House Committee, witti lh! exception of Messrs. Morrison, Jenks and Totviiscnd, returned to Washington.

iw I), , qussMontof voters to take up thne, and delav voting. Is seueaed from what he saw and heard that a large number of colored voters ware InUmldated for the purpose ot keeping ahem from votmg. One of the methods of iatlaMdeUon practiced was te threaten to turn the lahormg men ut of employmeot. haw no vkdeaee tlone aoj- erson pmtIohs to aJeeUon uay, but knows that a large maturity of me eoteced teople would vote the KfmbllM Uehet If leHalmie. Jmlge (loo. T. iwann, Clerk ot the Unitad States Circuit and IMserkt Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, lestieed tlutt, personally, he saw ne intimidation of voters, but be had been often appealed to by color tM men, about the time of the last election, who came to him and complained that they were not allowed to vote, lmt they were generally unwilling to go Into coum ami testify, for tear of being thrown out of employment or of having todtly harm done them by tlmir political opMant; witness stated Uwt one ot the fraud praetteetl upon ignerant voters at the late election by Democrats was to give out Demoera tic tickets witn Hkeaesses of Hayes and Whselsroa them. Ineligible. ISIvcters. Gen. I). M. Frost, the alleged ineligible Missouri K lector, testined before Uie Senate Committee on Privileges and Kleotloos, on tlte l.'tb, that he was c boson Elector and received the certificate; lie did not attend the meeting of the Electoral Colkwe, however, and his place whs ailed. He produee! the artlon removing his iMUitleal dtsabtllties, iasuett Uv President .Johnson October!, Ist6, nnd his examination terminated.

MlacellaMCBHa. The Special Committee oa tbe privileges, powers and duties ef the House in counting the Klectoral vote examined several wltncsBeson tbe 13th, among them Secretary Chandler He was asked w hether he had sent any dispatches to Florida since the late ckctiou in relation to money, ami tie replied he had not Being asked whether he had sent a diatch to Florida stating that troops would prouably be sent there to keen tlte peace, lie answered he probably had. He was then asked whether he had sent it on his own motion or uim,h some one else's, ami lie declined to answer this question, basing his refusal on tne ground that be is a CabInet officer. The committee decldo-l that he must answer, ami gave him until Weduesday next to comply. M. A. Clancy, late stenographer of the National Itepubllcan Committee, testlled on the loth regarding a number of dispatches forward, ed by Messrs. Z. Chandler aad W. K. Chandler to various parties in North Carolina, South ( ar. ollna, Florida, LonlMna ami Oregon. Oa Nor. A the following tetogram was sent to each of the parties nam od; Gea. Martin, Tallahassee, Fla.; S. K. Faehard, New OrleaHB:Gor. Chamberlain, Columbia, S. C. ; Senator Mitchell. Portland, Oregon; ami Geo. t. . Gorham, San Francisco' We are absolutely certain of l- votes for Hayes if your State b safe, and Tildcn is sure ot the rest. Can you cor l a inly defeat all Demo cratic attempts by fraud, false counting, or bribery to eapture it? Answer wheu sure. Signed t HANDLER. Treaeary KHtIr8

Wo are now in the midst of h feason of dinaers, church festivals, matinees, private theatricals and tjtblcai.i In the tkpartmenU tlte clerks work only in the forenoon during the holidays, and in the afteraoon the streets present a gay and animated appearance, for the ladies of the departments are out arrayed more gorgeously than Solomon or the lilies, in bewitching pullbacks, rouge, pearl-powder, dark eyebrows, and uaderscored eyelaohes, bent, like Tamerlane, on conquest. They move down Pennsylvania Avenue usually in pairs. From the Treasury Department to the Capitol, via the avenue, is a measured mile, but only a portion of this distance is fashionable for promenading. Our Treasury beauty husbands her munitions until she reaches Thirteenth Street; here she is truly formidable, and members of Congress, or attaches of foreign legations, to say nothing of our famished army oflicers, from the Western border, who are ablo to pass her without one long, lingering ,look, deserve a cerlificate from a Returning Board composed of such authorities as Plato ami StoteiH. The gait of these ladies U rather too rapid for a fat man, but a little too slow for a lean one. This necessitates, to the interest of flirtation, frequent stoppages, nnd intense scrutiny ot tin shopwindows ns they pass and repass each other, Washington Litter.

of the Elector, is aa alien.

Another advance of $ centre, fourthemss railroad freight from CMeago to Kastera potato was aaaooaced, the 14th. The Senate committee which has Won mvetatiag;te Florida eketio returned to Washiagtoa oa the 14th. It is currently reported at WahlgW that hoth Democrats and KepabHcaa hate eopte of telegrams sent South and to Oregon by the eontr6lling;politWn peiMMftg the eastvass of votes of the dlptd Stats. Those copies were obtained front source other than the regular ehaanel, att are heiag wed aa the hosts of Nterrogatioahy the iavoHiathig eommhtees. A esvll for a meetmg of the XstiemU Etett4vo CommH4ee of the Independent Oreeahoek party;w iesued on the loth hy

He is said to be penitent,

ad a a proof ha restored all the money procured by his forgery. Oscar Pollard killed J. X. Carlisle, a promraoet lawyer, at Oketona, MI., oa tth. The extemdon of the Central Branch Railroad from Watervflle to WasWugtoa, Kaaa, won formally epeaod on the 11th. The sieomers CaHtmet aad Amies were fttistk hy the breakrhg of the ice gorge at

uniteu z?Mts nesuitor tne i.'emoeratic eawcae of the lllhtofi Legislature ob the lMh. Kx-Gv. Is4am G. Harris h4 lieea electod Hottest Sftsson ijeoaeor from TestHoieee for the long term. " - ' t , 1

la the Senate, on the 10th, Senator Pat

terson submitted a resolution recognizing the Chamberlain Government In South Carolina as the lawful Government of the SlaW'. and declaring th.it it sheeld he aide. I by tha Liu ted sut, frithecad that tbe laws may be cnlorcwl, etc. Referred to taeCommlltnj on I'rlvilcjref and Klwtioos senator Sherman, irom the committee on Finance, reported luck the Houru hill authorising the coiatjto of a Ktandtrd silver dollar, and restoring the legal tender character, wlthoui rccommemla Mon, and It wai placed on the calendar In re porting the bill Senator Sherman said the 8 nate, havlntc extended the time for the Silver t ommlttoe to sutimlt its report, the eommUke didnoti.eem ttwlvitable to pass this Mil now. Attheexp'ration of the morning htmr Mr. With, or called up tne message of the l'reslilcnt In rejrartt to tbe occupation of Petersburg, Va., hy the military on election day, ami yielded the Moor to his colleague (Mr. Johnston) , who spke at some length on the subject. ......in the House, Ghr:r, by request, tMrolucdablltremorln7the kfal tilsabiiilles of women. Keferred Mr LVmtC. from the

i Judiciary CsmmKW.mailc a rvnert iciative to

I the rtfuftet of Messrs. Hells Anderson Cnm

OrrgeM. Additional evidence given before the Senate Committee on Privileges and Klections, up to the 13th, In regard to the Oregon case, wxs as follows; C. 1. Jonlon, Cahlr ot tbe Third Xatlofl.tl Hank of NW Yotk, testllied In regard to the now celcliratcil Oregon check, that he order ed Martin A Itunyan to draw n elveck fjr 8,i0J un lKvttuler tJ, last, hi favor of Ladd & ttmU of Salem. Oregon. Wltcsi orilered thlifchwk ut tlte Instance of Col Win, T, Pel ton, Secretary ot tne Democratic National Committee Witness did Jtot know what the S,twaHtoljl for, but Infcrrc! it was for lwlltical purpoees; only know now Hie clack was returned unused. Samuel ,1. Tdden is Director of the bank in which witness Is Cash, ier. Mr. TIhIcb Owns ft tl4, worth of stock in the bank. Witness was personally responsible ut MarHn .t Runyon for the SS.two, and lol. Wm. T. reiton was personaUy resi.onslble to wit(.ats,

mtmV'rs of the Louisiana

to ttrfxluce Itefore the t oui-

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bring before me br of the House theki.venanted yentlemen. Mr Krve, member of the Judiciary CommMtee, sahl when that report was agreed to m cummitiee, theie was no Kepubticsn

Mlsslaalppl. Major Howard, of Jackson, Miss., testined littoro the Senate Committee oh rrlvileges awl Klections, en the 13th, In relation to the Intimidation of voters In that State at the recent election. He stated that he knew of at least one hundred persons, colored, and he thought they werewOttUy Republicans, at Immtb's pelltn plane, usl outside of .Tackton, who Wi re kept trmt voting by reaernef ttteir not being able fret through tne crowd around tbe poUs, and by reason of the supervisors of K lection asking

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