Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 19, Number 5, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 February 1877 — Page 2

WBEKLYOOURIER C. POAXS, rwMltWr. JASPllt. - . . INDIANA 'oirR-ilENT NE"WS. GKXKKAL. Gm. Andtr and Kx-Qov, Wells, f tk Lewi) KKurntas; Eaerd, arrived 1h WMfclafftM e Use 18th, d were InmwIU ately arrested by the SergsaHt-at-Arwa of the neuee of Kepresetiutives. An otMeer ef the House left the mi Hie day for New Orleans to brine KeBtter and Cassanave, the rBalHhjr Hbers ef the Hoard, to the baref th House, where thty will be re quired to pure tnent'elvee of eoatenpt. Kx-Gov. Saunders has been elected United States Senator from Nebraska, bavlR tiefeted Hitchoek, the ireeBt lwmbeBt, after a spirited contest. The report of the committee of the two houses of Congress, appointed to devise a plaa for counting the Electoral vote, was made on the 13th. The report is signed by Senators Edmunds, KreliBgauyseii, Conk1Ib, Thurmaa, Bayard, and Itaasom, and Representatives Payne, Hunt on, Uewett, Springer, McCrary, Hoar, and Wlliard all the members of both committee, with the exception ef Senator Morton. The full text of the bill agreed upon is published in another column. A Washington dispatch of the 19th says: The plan of the Joint Committee for the determination of the Presidential question eeatlBues the prominent theme of conversation. Apart from the gentlemen composing the eommittee the plan is not enthusiastically received, though a number of members say they will vote for it as a seeming Beceseity, while others do not appear to have made up their minds on the subject. Some members think the bill ought to be amended, but otherslsay that the amendments would destroy the prospeet of its passage, and therefore it; would be better to vote upon it as it Is reported from the eommittee. It is generally believed that there will be a determined opposition to the bill by a minority in both house the Republican opponents in theSenateeing led by Messrs. Morton and Sargent, and the Democratic opponents in the House by Speaker Kaadall and Mr. Wood. Pub) to sentiment is the East seems to be strongly is favor of the measure, while the greatest opposition will come from the Northwest. Advices from Ohio, Indiana and Illinois are to the effect that both parties are divided upon the questionThe resignation of "V. J. Murtagh as member of the District Poliee Hoard has bees accepted by the President, and Ira G. Kimball appointed in hie phee. The President has nominated .Ellis Spear for Commltelener of Patents. Hon. James E. Bailey has been elected Uaited States Senator from Teaneseee for the short term. Hen. George F. Hoar has bees chosen United States Senator from Massachusetts. The Commissioner of t Internal Revenue having by letter oalled attention of the Secretary of the Treasury to the extensive manufacture of illicit spirits in certain Southern States, and the difficulty of enforcing the revenue laws there, the President has ordered that a sufficient number of troops to be detailed, when requested, to awlstthe revenue olBcials in performing their duties. President Grant has signified his intention to sign the bill providing for counting the Electoral votes, should it pass both houses of Congreeg. Secretary Chandler denounces as an unqualified forgery an alleged dispatch purporting to have been sent by him to Gov. Stearns, ef Florida, which is printed as fellows: " Hold Florida for Hayes ami Wheeler. Money and troops will be sent you." The President has vetoed the bill abolishing the District Poliee Board. The Mil paeeed both houses without any opposition. The House Judiciary Committee have unanimously resolved that articles of im. peachmentought not to be preferred against George M. Robeson, Secretary of the Vvy. The President has nominated Ellas Gris weld for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Mexico. Hob. Akxmder II. Stephens is lying seriously ill at Washington from the effects of bleeding at the lungs. The Executive Committee of the National Independent party met at Springfield, III., on theSSd, to deelde upon the best method to strengthen the organization, and to ac oempltah financial reforms which the party demands. Senator Coekrell hu introdueed a bill granting a pension to the widow of the late Major-lien. Frands P. Blair, Jr. Mr. Blaine, recently elected United States Senator from Maine to till the unexpired term caused by the resignation of Mr. Morrill, was -sworn in oh the 2id. The House Committee on Indian Affair has agreed to recommend the passage of Seelye's bill to ratify the arrangement made with the Sioux Indians for the relinquishment of their title to the Black Hills country, etc. K.1JST. Daniel Marcy is the Deraeeratie candidate for Governor of New Hampshire. The iupBioB of Orrln, Benedict & Co., hat manufacturers of New York, with liabilities of $150,000, throws out of wnploymeat MO operatives In thdr factory at Bethel, Connecticut. The Union Trust Company of New York was a few days fdnee defrauded out of .f34, 000 by a skillfully forged check. Horace K. Brown, a "euibstone" broker, has been arrested for complicity In the affair. Alotuso Cornell has been appointed Naval Ofier r for the port of New York. Suit hai been commenced In the United States Dietriet Court at New York against ex-Gov. Samuel J, Tilde to recover 5160,00 alleged balances due ef the income tux.

WHftT JlM mutVTH. The Illinois Legislature, in Jelnt &'4, commenced balleting for United St m Senator (Ml the 17th. The result of the trt Joint ballet was s Logan, W; V winter, W Davie, 8; Anderson, 7; H-ottering, . There were bo absentee la l tker heitee. John D. Layman, Luclu 4 uyMM, hi sob, and George Bradbury, ,d of IS, were lnttly killed by the explosion of a threshing-maculae boi',w at lllooiiilugtoH, Hennepin C uaty, M.mn., on the 18th. A bold attempt U rob the e.xprees-ear on the out-going Chicago train ef the Chicago, Alton and St. Louis ltallroad, was made on the night of the 17th. Three masked men entered the ear at Burlington Crossing, Just Inside the city limits, overpowered the meeeenger, and went through the safe, which contained about fSG, 000 in valuables. In the hurry of getting off, however, they unintentionally left behind them all the money packages except one containing $142. Three men, supposed to be the robbers, were arrested on the following day. Daniel Trioe, colored, was hanged at Warren ton, Mo., on the ISth, for the murner of Samuel Taylor. Taylor's wife, who was convicted of being an aeceseory to the murder of her husband, and who was shown to have been a paramour of the negro, is now serving out her sentence of 96 years In the Penitentiary. The St. Louis German Protestant Orphans' Home, located a few miles west of that city, was entirely destroyed by tire on the ISth. There were about 30 children in the institution, all but one of whom, a boy named Eugene Lang, were rescued from the burning building. A Democratic mass meeting was held at Louisville, Ivy., on the 18th, at which 90 counties were represented. Resolutions were passed, declaring a full belief in the election of Tiiden and Hendricks, and indorsing a oall for a National Democratic Convention, adopted by the Ohio meetiag. The business portion of Preseott, Ark., was destroyed by fire on the morning of the ltth. Mr. Charles Collins, Chief Engineer of the Lake Shore Railroad, committed sulehle at his home in Cleveland, on the 18th. Mr. Collins had been connected with the Lake Shore Road for the past 90 years. It is supposed that the terrible disasterat Ashtabula so preyed upon his mind that he became partially insane, he being, to a certain ex

tent, held responsible for the safety of all the bridge on the road. Two South Carolina negroes, one a Democrat and the other a Republican, recently had a duel at Fair Bluffs, in that State. Each fired four shots; one was wounded three times, and the other once. It was reported from Fort Randall, on the 3d, that a train of 15 wagons and SO men had been captured about 100 miles west of the Missouri River, while on their way out of the Hills, and that not a man escaped the scalping-knlfe. The Indian who brought the news says Crazy Horse's band committed the outrage, and that the train belonged to a Yankton arm. After SI unsuccessful ballots for United States Senator in the Illinois Legislature, on the 23d Senator Logan withdrew as the Republican candidate and non. C. B, Lawrence was nominated In his place. The 34th ballot stood: Logan (Rep.), 92; Anderson (Ind. and Dem., 90; Washburne, 9; scattering, 9. The Board of Supervisors of San Francisco have commenced taking testimony in regard to alleged fraudulent registration and illegal votinfftin that city at the recent election. W. H. Rhodes, a photographer of Qulncy, 111., was found in a dying condition In his studio, about? p. in. on the evening of the 22d. He had been terribly beaten, his skull being broken In three places, and there were evidences of a desperate struggle having taken place. Robbery is supposed to have been the cause ef the murder, as the victim's pockets were turned inside eut. The boilers in a steam saw-mill at Ink Bayou, nine mile northeast of Little Rock, Ark., exploded on the 23d, killing three men two white and one colored and injuring severely several others. KOKKKJ?!. ' The efforts of the Turkish Conference to bring about a peaceful solution of the Eastern question have apparently failed and the Council has adjourned sih die. The Porte peremptorily refused to accept the terms proposed. The Cubans claim to have recently gained two Important victories over the Spaniards one at Farralones and the other at Zapata.

CO.(iKKNS. The Senate, on the 17th, paed a number el private hills, after which Mr. Morton look the floor awl replied at length to the remarks of Meeers. JbhMto aw! Withers of Virginia, wia e yesterday, In regard to the occupation of Petersburg tty the military on the day of the late election far l'refridttet. lie defended the actktn of the I'resMcat ad nrgtted that under the law the President bad a right to send troojw to the polls In any State, for the jiurlwwe of keetlrwc the ueace. The consklwatloa of the report of the Committee on itules revising tho nikra for the government 01 the ScH-itc was mumeL Alter extended discussion upon the amendment proiwwd by die committee to compel the attendance t atent Senators when neeearary to make a quorum, the amendment wm agreed to Tlie committee alM reiiorted an amendment declaring that the Vke President may by hia vnta determine the question h1hr Ute Senate is equally divMe-l. AftfcrsomcdiAcuHlon tMT amendment was also agreed to lathe Hon, a resolution was adopted perm I Hntc E W Barnes to go to HeW Orleani In the cuabxlyof tho Serf?cant-at- Anna to procure cor tain telegrams, and to return to Washington wltnthem within 10 days. A dtocnsslon look phtee upon Ute resolution rejiorteU by the Judiciary toffliniUec Jeeterday in relation to the re rufwl of WHsmemberflot tlie I.oultana Keturnlng Hoard to produce certain papers before llw Lniita laoa eeial committee. .Mesrn. Hereford, Hunt , .ox, and other I mocrat spoke In favor of the resolution, and Mt-sers. Iloitr, (tanks, Kaseon, ami other Keptd-Uenna, against It. vote twlK takea the resolution waa adopted by a strlet party vote-yeas, 106 nays, l, A number of rl vate bills were Introduced, among them the following: Hy Mr. htone (Mo.) to provide for the orxantsatton of th Territory of Okhthama", hy Mr. KMWer-Kxtemlltig tiie time of paymeot for the pnfctte htmls in oe where oroi s have I deMroyct hy Krahppers; also wrtalillehInga biiHl rtifttrtet In the Hhte-k Hills. 'I he Huk er pretented the ree4gnt4ea of Mr, Spenser, of

Letthtkna , as a memlMT of the Ilewe, he having neeepttni ttte aHo4nmet ef Jude vt the &npfBiww Conrt w LouUhiaa. In the Senate, on the ISth, Mr. Kdmands, from Um special eotHwlUee apptdnteil to devlMMeaas for counting the Klectoral vote, snbtnlued a rejwt la writing, accompanied by a bill. He said the rswrt, he was happy to say, was slguetl ly all the meml-ers of both committeca with one exttepUon, The eommittee would ittre to tk the Ulll up at the earlhwt plhle day, probably Satuntay, but certainly Monday next, and would press it ton nnal emidration. The commiHee wan of the opinion that the meaure tney n-oommetuletl was not what could be called a compromise, but It was a measure of jutttioe In aid of constitutional government. No one would have Ute right to ay that any bodyV views Had been aurrenderetl in aty reepeet, Mr. Jones, ot Ktcrida, presented im petition ot Williamson Call. KoWt It. Hilton, J. K. Young ami Kohert llullock. Democratic 1'reeidentlaf K lectors of Florida, claiming; to bave been legally eleuted, and asking that the Electoral vote rait by them for L'reident ami Vice-I'rewt lent be counted instead ot that cast tty the Klsctorson the other aide. On mot on of Mr. Jones the hjtltlon was laid on the tabic, and lie gave notice

mat tie wotua eau it up next weeic. Alter the re)Hrt and bill ncernieK the Electoral count were read, the Senate toot nn tlie reeolution recently submlttotl hy Mr. Wallace on the same tubject, and Mr. Bogy k-xtke hi length In reply to the Yeeeot argnmnt of Mr. Sliermanin regard to Louisiana matters . ....The 11 ohm; spent some time in cunsMering the report ot the Hou committee on privileges and dutiea of tlie House in counting the Electoral vote, Mr. Knott having the floor. A minority report waa offered by the liepublkana of the committee, which declares that, In the absence oi any hwialuUve or other provision , the Presided ot the .Senate opens and declare the votes. Mr. Payne, Chairman of the Committee on counting' the Klectoral vote, made a concurrent report of the two committees of the Houc and Senate, which he said had been signed by Ute seven members or the House Committee and by six ont f seven members of the Senate Com-mittee-The report was then read, and it waa, on motion of Mr. Payne, recommitted and ordered printed. Mr. Payne stated he wouhl soon move to make it a special order, In the Senate, on the 19th, Mr. Cameron, of l'enn., presented a resolution adopted by the Pennsylvania Legislature in reference to counting the Electoral vote. The resolution declares tlmt tlie certLeatcs of Electors from various States arc constitutional evidence of votes cast for President and Vice-President, ami must bo counted. Ordered printed and to He on the' table. The Consular Appropriation bill was amended and then passed. Mr. Itogy continued bis rtmarta in regard to Louisiana affairs, in the course of which he severely denounced Mr. Packard. His remarks were loudly applauded by the jtaliery on the right of toe Chair, and on motion of Mr. Kdmumis that gallery was immediately cleared by the Sergeant-at-Arms. Messrs. Sherman and Morton replied to Mr, lloxy, defending the character of Governor Packard. An executive session was then held, . I lie House adopted a resolution dischanriBg Wm.Orton from custody, the telegrama called for having been produced by the officers of the company. Messrs. Wells and Anderson, of the Louisiana Ittturnlng Board, were brought before the bar of the House, but requested that their examination be deterred Until the arrival of the other members of the Hoard.

iit'ierrea t the Juuiciary Committee. In the Senate, on the 20th. Mr. Morton presented the credentials of William Pitt Kellogg, as United States Senator from Louisiana, and asked that they be read and laid on the table. So ordered. The credentials are signed by Stephen It, Packard, Governor of Lousiana. At the expiration of the morning hour, on motion of Mr. Kdmumis, the bill reported by the special committee in regard to the count ol the Electoral vote was taken up. and Mr Edmunds made a lengthy argument in favor of its passage, which waa libtcned to attentively He said that the tribunal to be apiointed under the bill was t deckle the questions brought before them strictly in accordance with tlie law as It existed on the Ui of November. All this bill did was to prescrilw a method and ascertain what was law mmI fact at that time. Jt had been said this tribunal might go behind the returns from a State. If the two hotisee of Congress had power to do that thing the tribunal would also have such power; but if the two boutes of Cocgres'i had no right to overhaul the action of a sovereign State, then thU tribunal would have no such rights, Toe committee agreed that this Presidential contest must be settled upon the principles and law that existed when It took place. Nothing eoukl be more fair than leaving dlsputed'questions to such a tribunal. It had tieen contended by some gentlemen that the Constitution committed the right of deciding w ho should bo Preeiilentof the Uniteil States to one or more persons or bodies. If that was tiue, it was fatal to this blU. The Constitution carefully enumerated every )Kner of the Judicial and executive authorities of the Government, if the framers of it deslgne.! to confer sch wr upon the President of the Senate, how jr fortunate ltwas they did not say so, which migl ' nave, been done by two more wonls, It stagt'sn tinman credulity to betlevo the framers of the uonetitutlmi had thus designed to tura the President of the Senate Into a Judge on the moet critical case which could befall the public, and should not have said so If power to open th j certifl ate from a State implied power to decide on Its contents when ojnsned, then the President of the Senate had jkw r to declare who was the President, but h (Edmunds) denied that power to do one thing implied nonertodo do another. The Constitution dc:lared Cengress should have ioner to pass any law to carry into execution any power vested in any department of the Government; tlwi Constitution lelt it to the law-making ower to carryall these great forces llo execution. He then read from the decisions of the Supreme Court to show that the bill was constitutional. Tlie right to dethte who was President did not rest wIUi the President of the Senate, neither did It rest with Congress cxcluslvelr until a law should It tased to that effect, He denied emphatically that the President of the Senate had always opened and counted the Electoral votes. For lust forty years of Government there Berer was an Instance where the Electoral certificate was drawn into question. The bill jlnl not take front the Tree!uentof the Senate or from the House of Kep resen tat Ives any power which the Constitution had veste-t In them, and therefore wa not unconstitutional. In oonclusion tie honed Senators would carefully consider whether It was wise by stimulating doubts in their own minds to send thin republic like the mountains which the Ket spoke of, ' ' tumbling in the sea without shore," or whether in a fair course of equal law the dispute should be Justly settled In the House the Indian appropriation bill was taken tip and discussed at length, In the Senate, on the 23d, consideration was resumed of the bill in regard to counting the Electoral vote, and Mr. Morton took the floor. He ald die bill was the product of a monstrous plan. The shadow of intimidation had cnt red the Senate chamber. He believed Itttthcrford It. Hayes had been elected President of tho United States under the forms of law and according to law, and ho should bo counted In, as eighteen other i'reaidents had Item, and Inaugurated, riicre would be no revolution. The Constttutl, h prorldea that the President or the -enntshall, In Ute presence of the two houses, open nil the certificate and the vote shall then bo counted, and if no or.e candidate haa a mnjority or nil ilio Klectora appointed the House shall immediately proceed to tdtct. lite process contemplated was a very simple one eitnpU to open the ' cert i ilea tea a ltd count lite votes, but contemplated no thtie or place to try questions of the eligibility either of tlie candidates or of the Electors. Whether the Elcctorn were eligible was A matter kit with the states under the injunction ot tin) i onetitution. The handing d iwn of tha certificate by the President ortlm Senate was adeclaratiust of the von contained In it. Very few IteI mblicai.s respect this bill. It will be taken by (epublie hb. If taken at all, aaadose or rastor od senator Edmunds burned his ship behind the hill when he denied the power ol th President of the Sen.Uo to count the votes In thoateoe ol legislation. He Urns seemed tomak.jitn-ces-Kiry to aesept this bill. Geologists tell us th. re wa nperUMi in the earth's crust when tin re were ikiillcss vertebrates; now we have got to the period when there urn veriebratetesa skulls "the power to count the vute resi tea In the President of Oh Senate or In the two houses. If It resides in the two bosses It can not Im delegated to a commission or to a court, flic mer matter of counting the vote is clerical, ai.d may be lH-rfHrmed by a teller. If any umstion

ariiMfs that nqulres Judgement or discretion It ean aot.be delegated to a eommtssiea. I

The deekden ef the Onferenee Committee is Matting only on being rutin I by tMth henaea, but the der.Ulona ot this CoHtmiiMHen am

Mmimff uskm rvverseit iy ute action vow

with high Judicial powers to deehte qoerthw

ot taw as wen as isci, wun a rigut anneal, not to anoUiw ctmrt. but to the two houea of

Congress. Tnere Is no power to go behind the.

n turns ot m election oi Kiectors eerunea uy proxr returning or oanvaaatng onlecrs ot a Mate. Slate court can not do it, nor can Congress nor United States courts. If we concede, for the sake of argument, that the two house have a right to ominUttm votes, there is Mill a question Iving behind tlmt, and indt'iwwlcnt of it, and that m as to what papers the President of the Senate Is rcqlred to oten in the presence of the two houses and hand to the teller. Tlio Klectora In the sererat States are to rtwl up the'r vote and lists made up by the Governor and inclose them to lite President of Urn Sen ate, Indorsing the names of the Electors uitn tlie outside of the envelope. Ha Is thua notilleil who the Electors, or pretended Kk-ctorw. are who have vote), whose vo:es are contained in the en velope. It is acertincate from the Electors, and none other, that lie Is required to pen in the presence or the two honsea, He In not in fct r pdrtd to receive the ccrtlllcates of any body Hut the true Electors of a State, He is therefore requires! in the discharge of the duty of his t.ffloo to determine and d resent a true cwtirlcaui front the Electors of a State. HeUbouml as nhotncerotthc Government of the United Mate to take notice of those who have been declared elected by Uie proper authorities ot the Slate and, when a cerUAeaie cornea Into his lunula, it is his business at once to investigate and determine for himself whether it comes from the Electors ot a State. He must decide that question upon hia peril, and pcc.-eiit the certtHeatc to tlie two houses of Congress. Itutheriord It. Hnyee ought to lie inaugurated, and must be inaugurated, unlesa a bill should lie passed to count him oat in defiance, of well known principle ot law. The Democratic Senators would net support this hill it it did not give them acnante to count in Mr. Tiiden by gotng behind the returns. At -:U Mr Morton said he was not able to proceed further to-day, and therefore suspended his remarks, Mr. Prellnghuyscn, a ibciubur of tho Bpeclat committee, then took the floor and spoke In favor ot the bill In tlie House, a motion to susiend the rules and Siss a resolution directing the Committee on ilitary Aff.ilrs to inquire into the cause of the removal of troops from the frontier, whether sufJclent force rsmains there to protect it. and the number of troops stationed at Washington, was defeated for want of a two-thirds vote. Mr. Hunter moved to suspend the rule and pass the Joint resolution to amend the Constitntlon by providing tlmt no claims shall ever be allowed or paid by the United states for property used, consumed, injured or destroyed during the late rebellion, nines it belonged to persons who were loyiil to the G vermnvnt. Lost yeas, ISfi; nays, 72; nt tw-third. A message was received from the President, in reply to a resolution passed In December, requesting Information in regard to the service of the army in the South siee the first of August last.

The following U the substance of Mr.

Frclinghuyson's remarks, on the '.'M, upon the bill to provide for the counting of tho Electoral votes : Having been appointed a member of the

Special toramlttec which framed Um bill, an.l

having, to the best of his ability, discharged hia

ouiy, ne ieu ne couui not remain eucmi while reflecting ami patriotic ptople of the country were interested in this measure f the extent that the dignity of tlie Government should be maintained ; that nu bad precedent should be set, ant! that the peace of society should be r.vvrved. If thcro ever was a time when th rcresentatlres of the American people should rWubove party nrejudtcei and party fe Hag it was now; and, with true courage ami patriotism, they should determine that thev wouhl avert this prril from tho country. The dnties of a faithful .ena tr were always responsible, but it seemed to him as If they now touched the highest point of responsibility. At all events, Senators must do their daty, whether it pleased their constituents or not. He had no doubt that the complication which now seemed to imperil the Gorernmrnt wouhl be adjusted by Congress and nccepted by the people, and the strength ot this nation, developed during tlie war, would carry her forward Into a new era, as all would have renewed confidence in our institutions. He br'leved this nation would enter upon a degree of prosperity which had but few parallel. He then reitrreM to the bill, and said he believed the measure met with more opposition from Republicans than it did from Democrats, He would seek to take no unfair advantage of tlie opinstng party, and ins would be, the last man to sacrifice the lienor ot that great party of liberty which had stood by the Government in in hour f peril. He thon referred to the late trid Joint Itule, and said it had been used for ten years when botn Ifou-es of Congress were Hepublican. Those who were opposed tothlsweasure must see at once that, under the rulo which had prevailed for ten years while both Houses were Kcnuti'lcan, or even under the bill which passed the Senate at the last session, there would be a sorry prosjwet for having the votes of cither Louisiana, Florida or Smith Carolina count-d, with the rule of the last ten years against lie publicans as precedents. The Derno rati in Coegress bal acted with great fuirnca In Joining with Itepuolicans in ret-orting this bill. He then referred to the power cla.mcd for the President of tlie Senate to count the Jitcctoral v4e, and said If the po wer to eount that vote wn vested in the President of tho Senate, whv had it Im- er

erclsed by the two Houses of Congress dunnet ic last ten years? Ho denied that the power to determine and count the votes was vented in the l'rerl'iwit of the Senate, and said it would bn a wonderful power to repose in one man Suppose, during the late rebellion, tlie President of the Senate had held tlmt tho Union could not be dissolved, and insisted upon counting all votes which might come up from the Southern State-; would the Senate and House have been com p?)led to sit quietly by and take no action ? Heargued that the Constitution imposed upon Congress the duty of deciding upon and counti ig the Electoral votes, anH Congress waa lieuml to perKim tnat duty. It would be a great negl genre now n t to hare legislation to that end. Hb argued at some length in favor of the constitutionality of the proposed measure, ami said the failure of Congress to itasM tn bill would 1ms to cast upon tho outgoing President tlie ilutv of determining t whom he should transferthc Government Every consideration of Justice demanded tnat Cot.grca4 should pass the lull. If all patriots ot this country should assemble In one vast plain their prayer would not bo for richea, but It would be that this land might be delivered from the Iwleful In fiuences of party strife. In conclusion ho siioko in favor ot plaiing the l est men In power, and said if the present difficulties should be adJnMe-1 the nation would profit by tho lesson, and would be tlie most happy and prosperous on I tie face ot the earth. Iu the Senate, on the 23 J, a number of petitions frm various cities were presented, praying for the passage of the bill presented by the Joint Committee on counting the Electoral Vote. Consideration was then resumed of the bill in regard to counting the Electoral vote, and Mr. Sheitntu spoke in opposition tolt. He said when the keleetcemmlUci, was appointed to consider this Hiil'Ject, he expected, as matter of courMi, to be ablo to voto for the bill reported by the committee, bocausc lie entertained tho binnest respect for the members of the committee. It was painful ior lilm to disseut .row (lie views of the men whom he esteemed so highly, but lt r the brief examination tut had given the measure hu thought it was his duty to oppo it. This bill waa to make tho court to dcclda tho ctse hi ready made up. and thcro were tirovislons in it Incompatible with the onstlt ahin. Such a mw as this was an evil example nnd it could not ho sustained under the Onttitutlon. The qivs tlou heretotore dlscussetl had been: First Shall the President of the Senate count tins vole? Second tan either house admit or exclude a vote Third-Can both housescoucuirlngdoau? Fourth Can the Vicc-PrerMent decide when the two houses disagree? The bill presented other questions which were of a more grave and serious character It contained four propwlt om: First That tlie President of tho Senate had nothtiig todobutpresldcRndnpt-nthe vote .Hecond One house of Congrese ctn not reject a vote. Third The two houses by a concurring voto may do so. Fourth It provided ior a grana' commission, the decision of wh en must bit tin d, unless or ruled by th' concurrent voto of the two houses, He then argued that the bill was unconstitutional, and he fartlmilarly opposed the clause providing for tho selection of five Judges of the supreme Court aflmemtjersof tho Commission. He also ojiiiosed the bill tncatise

It is Hndersteotl te ilelegate powers conferre-i uimn Ceagrt-M te the Cuwwtasiou. It was aa axiom of law that ktglstaUve powers cmdJnM he ikdegated. He read front various hn. aHlhoritiM and argihd that Urn bill was InUnded te apply to a case pas-el. end. td and concluded, which was clearly un. eoHMitutlonal. If the jwwer to make law. eould notbe deleekUMl, how rouhl Congress di le. (tale iHivver which mwlcoltt-a ho votes of Uie states to a tmcketl tribunal? Another feature of the bill which violated the spirit of tlie i onstitu. tkm was that autliorizing the HppolittMtof a emnmlUM of five members or each house u memliers of the committee, not to take iU imisI. tlona and report as other committees, hut to b beyond the control of Ute two houses lit t.;r Uinz organlaed. Tim Constitution pwrldod that no member of eltticr bonne shall hold ottiee created while ho liehi a seat in CMigrcaa. Mr. Sliermau tlieti Mke on the iower and dlitle of the t ommlsKion authoriedby tlie bill, and asked II it was to take tlie returns aa certified by Statu ofiicera If ro, every body knew who would bo President' but If this CviHinission was to bo allowed to go back of tlie rt-turn, God only knows what the result would be. It would depend entirely upon lot, th chance winch aclected tho illtti .lu.t.o uf the Hupreiiie Court who would bo the fifteenth member of lh Cimimlrsfun Mr, ( onkllug to lowed Mr Sherman anil spoke in avorof tho bill, In the House, a number of memorials, etc were presented In favor of Uiu so-called eorapro' mlse bill. Mr. Unit waandinittcd na a member from South t arollua. The n-port of the torn m It lee oa Privileges was deussed at somo leiiulb by Mers. Seelye. Williams (IVis.), and Tucker. Mr. t ox, lialrman of the, t oinmltiec on Election Krau ts in New York, submitted a report in regard to llegel tniuperi' i; with Mr. Hewitt's mail in the Nhw York IMst -dice n eowiilctelt evoneniU-H Postmaster Jainua and his subordinates In the I'Ost-oftlcc from all - lame ia the matter, and declares that no such tampering has been done.

1 he Use ef Federal Treeps in tho Sonlk. A MESSAGE FROM TI1K PKl'.SIDK.VT. IVasih.ngtON, D. 0., January tlj. IB reply to the resolution ot the House of lleprcsentatives, passed early in December, 167ti, jcquesting the President to tranrnilt to that body oo)dea of all orders, or directions, emanating from him, or from either of the Executivelypartments, to any military commander, or civil omcer, rtlallag to the service of the army In Virginia, South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida, since the first ot August last, together with ail reports from any of said military or civil oiticers, the Presldcut to-day sent to the House of iieprctentative a message, accompanied by a large mass of official documents called for by the resolution. In reference to the sending ot troops to the states met toted, tlie 1'rvel lent says, alter enumerating some of the sources from which he derived Information a- to the necessity of Federal aid In preserving the peace. It is enough to say that Utese different kinds ami rourcca ofvridence have left no doubt whatever in my mind that intimidation baa been used, and nctual violence to an extent requiring the aid of th i'nlted States where it was practicable to furnish such aid . In Smith Carolina and Florida, and in I.oui-lana.as Weil as lu Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, troops ol tho United Mates have lcn butSfar Ingly used, and in no case so aa to interfere with tho full exerc.re of the right of suflniK". In no cao.exsl that ot South tarolina.waa thetiumberof tje-ldiera in any Slate Inercsmi iu anticipalinn of the elect! in, saving that U HKn ami an officer were sent from Fort Footc t Petersburg, Va, where disturbances were threntcnl prior to tho election. So troop wcrw stationed At voting places in Florida and Ixiuisiau ircspi'ctltclv, Small number of soldiers in mid Stales were national at such points in each State as wrro most threatened with violence, whore they imaht be available as a posse for the officer wlioe duty it was to preserve the imhcc and prevent intlmtdati(m of voters, Sich a disoitun uf troops seemed to me reasonable, and JusJlibI by lnw and precedent, while its omission would have been inconsistent with the constitutional duty of the President or the United States, to take care Ihitt the laws be faithfully executed I have not employed troops on slight ooc;ilo,i, sor in any case where it lias not been rrt'eary to the enforctment of laws of tint United Suites. In this I have hevn guided by the t onstitut on and the laws which have been formed under it I desire to assure both Houses of Congress and tho con try that it has been my ptirjKise to ndailnUter the executive powers of the Government fairl v, and in no It stance to disregard or transcend the limits of the Constitution. Signedl U. S. Gam. Executive Mansion . January tl, IS, 7. The libel suit of the Kov. Stuart Robinson, of Iouisville, aKiiinstlcKee, Fishback fc Houser, jiropriutors of the old St. Imis Democrat, wn terminated by defendants confessing judgment in the sum of $:W,0OO, and arueiug to pay all ccmu of the suit, iueJuduig attortioys' cos of plaintiff. The original damage naked wag $50,000. To prevent huHrt-burn'm, each of the ifreat chiefs in India had n ijfparftto

entry to his seat at the Delhi Durbar on

New 1 ear's Day, The seals were arranged m segments of a circle, enclosing stn amphitheater of large cimen-

siong. - S ' General Bartlutt died poor, and now they are trying to see whether there is patriotism enough in Massachusetts to provido for his widow.

THE MAKKfc'iS XXW TORS.. January 21

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