Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 19, Number 8, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 February 1877 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER

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CLKKEKT NEWS. HnwAt. Xmt Admiral Wilkes, United Steles Xavy retired list, died hi WmUm m the 8th. Tk a tk Tf nanUmn a.m lira last Oea. Belknap, late Seeretary erf War, 1mm heea nMtmiiied metlea e the District Attorney-General, for tee reason, a stated, that the hMm wM Mt sustain the yrssinMtisa. The hIIm ef the Attorney -Geeeral U taken by the direction of President Grant, ff who Indorsee a report by th Distrkt-Attersey as fallows: 4 'Ia view of the within UVHwt eC the District-Attoraey ef the District of ColumMa, te the effect that be believes a eosvletiea impossible, aa4 la view of the long salerlaf of the accused aad the great expease t which he hae already been subjected, 1 think the Dietrlet-Atteraey should be directed to dismiss th suit. SiftTted U. S. Grant." Mrs. Mary S. Oliver, a widow lady employed, ia the Treasury Department at Wasaiagtea, has commenced suit against Isnator Simo Cameron, of Pennsylvania, for breach of premise of marriage, dam ages being placed at 160,000. the lady is frees Soaator Cameroa's ewa State, aad is about 4 years ef age, while the dofoBdaat ia th salt ie nearly 78. The majority report ef the House Speeial Committee oa Loulsiaaa Affairs, after expreeelaf the opiates that the election ia that State was apea the whole fair aad peeeeabie, says cf the Keturalsg Board; "Ceaeedisg for the Keturning Board all the JeeUelal dignity claimed for it by the admirers of it uaparalleled iniquities, it oaa aet be deaied that, is order to give validity aad effect to its decisions where it hae attempted to throw out aad reject returns from polls, the jurisdictional Jact required by the statute must affirmatively appear, aad ualese that faet does so appear, ita aetioa la the. ease was without Juristllctioa, aad oa its faee aull aad void. TLe Beard had ae right, uader the law of Louisiana, to throw out or oeaat out the polls aad votes they have throws out aad counted out, aad their aetioa ia that behalf is without authority of law aad Bull aad void." The atiaority report of the House Special Committee oa Louisiana is sigaed by Represolutives Huribut, Towasead, Daaford, Crape aad Joyce all the Kepublieaas of the Committee. The report declares that "this aiueh abused Returning Board have aeted ia the spirit of the law creating then, aad that their determination is taal tat the matter," aad the report eonhides with a resolution further deelsring "that the election held for Presidential Meotew ia Louisiana, 7th November, 1876, was examined late, determined, declared aad promulgated by proper authoritios of eM State under alt forme ef law aad ia conformity wkk the Ceaetitutiea ef the Uaited States." Cbaries O'Ceaer a few days siaee paid a vfeet to FreeMeat Grant in company with Secretary I1eh,eawbifeeeee8i oa, it ie sid, he tendered aa apology to the President for certain exproasiono made uee of la a lotter writtea by him, whieh had feuad its way iate the newspapers. The Senate has recently eostrmed the feUowiag aominatiem: K. A. Watts, United Stages Attorney for Wyoming Territory; L. P. Lueksy, Seeretary of the Territory ef Utah; Jao. Young, Indian Agent, Biaokfeet Agency, Meataae; A. W. Brigham, I ad tea Ageat, Wniteteae Agency, Its.; J. R. G. Pitkia, United States Marshal ef Louisiana; J. P. Koafer, Usited Stated Army Payataeter, rank ef Major. The Department of the Interior has reeel red ecrtiaeaiesel the eompletioa of a 60mile section ef the Southern Paeiie liallread, ia California, oa the Yum Division, and two sections of 90 mites oa the Tulare Divfcriee. The Commissioners report that the reed is progreeeiag eaetward, aad the track will probably ere the Colorado ltlver at Pert Yama, and oa to Arizona by the middle ef Xarcu. The Treasury Department has teeued aa order prohibiting the importation ef neat settle and the hides of aeat en tie from Germany, aatit further orders, ia coaeequeBcs ef the rinderpest there. Mardl Oras was celebrated with the usual eeremeaies aad festivities at Xew Orleans, Memphi, Gaiveetea, Little Reek, Wheeling aad some ether eities .

O'Hem. of Mm dieeeee of

tea, Pa., has issued a pastoral letter exeommunlmtlag aM aaeabsra ef the 'Aa eieat Order of Mihmmlsae," popakrly kaeira ae the "MeMy Mhguires." iWoeemtkioa the for the murder ef

inSamuei Mafhallrhw hsnf-brether, ia Sepember 18H.

TiMrtMnerel of lehn Of Mshoney , the late Feaiaa ehmfteJn.'wae liM eeeaeioa of a very lerge demonstration in New York CHy oa the 18th. The remains were eeeerted by aa iauueaM preoeetjea of Iriek sooieiies te I'm steamer Dakota, whkk is to hear them book te eld Ireland for Interment.' The Lehigh aad WUkcebarre Coal Cempaay has heea put la ehargeot Receivers, and k fc uadersteod that the 3fe w Jemy Ceatral Railroad will he served likewise.

Jehm O'Maheaey, the well kn ewa Fenita loader, died ia New York oa the ftth. Ilk romaiae will be takea te Irelaad for latermeat. Charles Henry Simpeoa and Martin Henry, hetheolored, were hanged at Pert To -baeee, Ms., on the 9th, fer the murder of John W. Everett ia July! 1878. Atxutfour thouead persons, meetly eelored,wItneesed At the lri.l'of an illicit distiller In Hendersest County, X. C, on the Sd,a part) of 90 arneed mounted men attacked the Court, family woundlaK Haskint, a Deputy Marshal. Tbeotherefliei&ls escaped. Thedktiller en trial was also fatally wounded in the mttet, John C. Tracy, Preilent, and J. L. Chapmen, Ca-Lkr, ef the Farmers' and Msehanie' National Bank of Hartford, Conn., are tinder an est the former for misdeMfftaer ia falel'ying aooounts, aad the kttor for emblement of fTo.OOO. The Bank has lest about !00 600 by overdraft and leens on pew seeurity, but fortunately has a twrplus sumeieatly Urge to meet all liabilities. Lorde, ex-Pre(4ent of Mexico, together wka Gen. Keeebede, Manuel Kemero and ether (Metlegutebed M4xieaa refugees, arrived let Xew York, ea the steamer Colon from Aepiawail, oa the ftia.

Luther 0. Skvoae has heea nominated by the Presideat United States Attorney for the Dletriet ef Missouri. The Illinois division ef the Chieage, Danville aad Vinoeaaes Railroad, 108 Bailee la length, was sold oa the 7th, under a decree of fereelosure, for $1,60,6Q. It was bought ia by a eommlttee of the New Yoik bondholders. The oatlre amount ferwhleh the road. 'was foreclosed was S,90e,000. The oatlre ladebtedaese of the road m 7,oOO.eOO. , , The Internal Revenue Bureau was officially aotiied, ea the 7th, that two revenue ofteers had been killed aad others wounded while making a raid upon lllioit distillers ia South Carolina. Rtehard T- Taylor, the abeooadisg Cashier of the First National Bank of Franklin, lad., returned to his home during the aight of the 8th. He was discovered oa the following morning la aa almost unoonsoious condition ia a physician's office, where he had managed to effect au entrance, but could give ae intelligible account of his movement, being evidently crazed' by the troubles through which he had passed. His physicians said he might die at any moment. He had bo money, and it was believed that he had bseu robbed or had left his traveling-bag oa the cars. Cushing, King A McLean, a Chicago, wholesale boot and shoe firm, have filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities, $90,000; assets, $100,000. The creditors of the firm are chiefly Boston and New York parties. Spotted Tail, Chief of the Sioux, with a body-guard of 900 chosen warriors, on the 10th started oa a eelf-impeecd mission to obtain aa Interview with the chiefs of the hoetiles, bow reported to be massed near the forks of Tongue IUver, and counsel them to accept, while there is yet time, the terms offered by the Government, viz., the surrender of their arms and ponies. Spotted Tail expeets to be absent more than month, but will communicate with Tien. Crook as seoa as he reaches the hostile camp. The Indians think that there Is a strong probability that this movement will be successful ia terminating the war. Pleasant Gillam, James Page, Marion Stewart and Thomas Jackson were killed by the explosion of a saw-mill belter near Xoblesville, lad., oa the loth. Three ether men were slightly injured. Charles B. Wilkinson, ef St. Joseph, Mo., eenvieted ef defrauding the re'enne, was pardoned, oa the 10th. The steamer Lizzie Baylese was burned te the water's edge, at Altos, 111., on the eight of the l(Hh. Her Captain, Oliver Gruell, was burned to death ia bis cabin, but all the rest on board escaped. Col. Henry Tomliason, of Memphis, Tenn., who had been visiting his family at Bridgeport, Conn. , and was on board the uafortuaate train tkat perished at the Ashtabula bridge, died en the 10th at AsntabuU from the effects of his Injuries. Col. TomliEsea was formerly a re Went of St. Louis, and joined the, Federal army at the breaking out of the War. Hob. James L. Johnson, of Owenboro, Ky., formerly Representative In Congress from the Second Kentucky Disirkt, com

mitted suicide on the 12th, by sheotlns;

himself through the heart with n rifle. Mental depression, the effect of continued ill health, id supposed to have been the cause. A dispatch from Cartersviilc, Ga., 12th. says Lieut. Mclntyre, of the 2d Infantry, was killed in the Frog Mountains by illicit distillers In ambush,, the attack upon the Government forees having been made by distillers, 30 in number, under cover of aight. Taseey Stewart, a farmer of Yuba County, Cat., is under arrest, charged with attempting to bribe, Seeretary Chandler to render a decision in his favor in the contest ever the title te a quarter peetien of United States land., He wrote to Seeretary Chandler, offering hlra $800 for a prompt ami favorable deuisioa- The Seeretary referred the, letters te the Attorney-General, who ordered Stewart's arrest. A serious fire occurred at Dardaneltc, Ark., ea the 12th Among other building destroyed was that of the ArkansutH. The British Parliament was opened on the 8th, by Her Majesty in person. In her xpeech the Queen says, in referenee to the Eastern Conference: "Her Majesty regrets that the proposals have not been accepted by the Porte, but the result of the Conference has been to show the existence of a general agreement among the European Powers which een not fail to have material effect upon the condition and Government of Turkey. She truste that the armistice yet unexpired will lead to the eonclusioa of honorable peace. She has aeted in eerdial co-operation with her allies, with whom, as with ether foreign powers, her rotations ooatlnue friendly. if A telegram from Bombay Kays that the cotton crop has been badly damaged by exeeeslve rains. Frlnee Gortaehakoff, the Russian Minister ef Foreign Affairs, has retired on aeceuntef Hi health, and Is sueeeeded by Count Adlsr-berg.

It ie reported that Dr. W.M.

A merle, aad a former rssidsatef Pieehe,

Mew Guinea. Dr. James was with aa exploring party from Melbourne, aad he aad aaether, beeemiag separated faosa ae ajmia party, fell iate the uhetohss eCjftie eaanAals ami both perished, fc Is ed,iahe ataaaer deWibed. p i 1 la the Senate, ea the 7th, the Kads appreprhUiea bill was illseueeeil awl mid over The Mania WUl Mtaerietsig the 4,'emsUsiUesse of tee PieedMtea'a Saviega and Trnet Company te dispose ef certain property was etHMuared l. The Keuae amendment te the Printing Ieaoieer bill, proulb4tiK Um Government 1'mier trom Mtlnr a higher rste of wages than is paid in kew Yortc, PhUadelpal and BaUlmerei was nea-eoKcurred In. Mr. Bogy presented a re? moil seres eci of buetnees Mien and others ot St. Louie against the aase of Jioute bill to build a bridge over the Missouri Xiver at Glasgow; Meteired The House adopted an amendment tethe Senate biitprovidiBg for a Ueaeieeey of 30,000 in the appropriation for Govern meat printing, which proetblU the (Jovernmeet Print er, after the cloae ef the present Congrees. from peyteg Itlfher priees for Ubor than ace paid ia New York, PhUadelphM ami Baltimore. The Dsaeisney Appropriation bdl was tiflm eoeeMerel in ComnuUee of the Whole.

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In the Senate, ea the 8th, the eredeatials of Senator-elect Garland, of, Arkansas, were lied. The Jmliea Appropriation bill waattteseil. In the House.Mr. Male rose te a privileged question anil read a letter addressed to him from J. Madison Welle and Thomas C. Anderson, stating that they were oenftned to a damp, ttark dnngeon of the oellar of the Capitol ; What verierday, by order of the Speaker, they had bees traaeferretl to a much better room.and that they had been brought back to cells by order of the Serxeaat-at-Arma, and that on account of the had air In the sell one of them (Got. Wells) was now oa his sick bed. Mr. Hale said it was Inhuman to keep them In such a room, aad he therefore offered a resolution directing the Ser-grant-at-Ams to remove the prisoners to a well lighted ami well ventilated room, where their health may not be endangered. Mr. Cox said It was in this same cell that a Kepnblieea Ceegree had incarcerated Stewart and Irwin. The prifonera ooaftaed and in the close oHttedy ef the Sergeaat-at-Arms, but they could release themselves by simply urgimt themaelf es of contempt of the House ami answering the questions which they had refused to answer. The witnesses had slasply been treated as other witnesses had been. Mr. Clynier, on behalf of the Serjeant-at-Arms, Mitt that that oaker had done aH in Ids power for the purpose of reailering the prisoners comfortable. The reonrthey occupied was well heated, well lighted ahd well ventilated. I was the room whieh had been used for the same paroe by preceding Congresses. They were allowed to hare conversations Willi their friemis. Mr Cox mored to refer the reeoititlen to the Speeial Committee on Klecttoas ia Louisiana, with instruc, tiens to report speedily to the House whether such a state of affairs does exut as Ie statett In the oommuBlcatioa from J. Madisea Wells ami

The. C. Anderson, The motion was carried i

stetsaaa. 'Saeher, Vhensaeen, Ssrr, J4 lor Taylor, SlNs, atorrieea, issewlst

Tha iiiiBBalThii inii returned from the

laaBBtMsamaV aaaaa BBBBaaalAtlOttA ten Unm lltnillpnt Ot Umt) PsaBBBBja f "W efw smwww VI swe

lashm nPHnitted by Mr, Pteid were seed

moTeu um! we rewue

look, Xowlay.

suiet panv vow

retire! from the House.

a motion to take a recess

eoubi loans oniMMetl R.

K eetornl bill Urn lionet ami

inrmaaaji aaj aaajsaxi sa irvreoi ihi ctfirajfM ,iiisuaisT'4 awv obMioi to Uie ilfciavto (( Ike CommrMffOA for

i wo noun, wen tow hwob h mmi m hhs iwo

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twjWMIMIlllfAL IXVMtlTMIATiXM. Iiouie M. Keaaer, ef the LeuUlaaa Retnrnies; Koard, was examlmul by the Ifenae Committee on Privlleffee ea the 7th. Ileteeti. Aed UuU he had ao personal knewlmlge of My aUsraMpes havfif been male Ih1 the retermi from Ternea rwish, nor of any papers havlnr bean hiiriteCor deMroyed. ,0a ereee-examlmi-tton winiisatesaMliiil that the returns from VerPM Isa4been fijpiulewtly ehanged, bnt thoeght SNeff nbstraetii In order to theew sweptoton on York A. Woodward ami T. W. Katou.

clerks ot the i.outiana Heturnlng Boanl, teeU-

yens. nays. le the yeas aad nays being .ian.lbXnWyi4Mm.. :c Via the SsMlel4 sat tlenftlMeJiusinessof imiHrtanc was transacteil while awaiting the RltaBavtVt " ttA alatMaMft 4T404 WJpai1 -4ae Joinj ssmIob , XX t zso. the Clerk of Umjjonse a Jaftsr eat eS tlal 3&ar4saaa sat swe4aBHaJmp4 the decUlon ot the lleusethatthe couating of the vote of Florida shall net -proceed"' In conformity with ttie ihmleton of , the' JCkxUMml tmmissloa, amt,also notined the Senate tnht the ftouse was now remly to meet mesmnete in )iet meeting. Theficnate then proceeded! o Um had i f the House . In'the House, Mr. 'jnenl offer e I a resolnUoe'thet the aountiag eft the Kleeierat vote from Pieride shaA not. prvesed u ooelormlly with the decision of theKlefiorai Commission, but that the Votes ef the IHden Xleotors be counted. Mr.'JIale cdwsed aa'an, nmendment, that the counting proceed in conformity with the decision of the Xwotoral Commieeton. Mr. Knott oeVred

as n substitute, an ereer reentng the Klcctoml or, in coBuderatioe of which be should be paid

to tne commission, witn the request tat me I eun. w teess iHrefeeeed to entertain t)w

sniiHiiiMJtntice nroposiuon. tma oa on

Jtr. w-iwon his tgures at JM.WJ.

they had no knowledge of any alterations having lieen mnle In the Vernon Parish returns, as tes-

vineii w uy j.wieneiti. Dr. George L. Miller, of Omaha, test!Jed bsipn (jjie,eiMte Committee, on the 7th, that J. II. X. Patrlek went to Oregon at hi request to look after the Klectoral vote there, the expeneea to be paid by the h'attoaal Democratic Committee. A. it. Levlese, one ef the allseed inellgi. ble Louisiana Hayes Kleetors, testiaed on the Mh before the Senate Committee on Louisiana Affairs, that on the 4th of December he was visited by.O. W. Johnson, an active Democrat, who desired witness to meet 8. M. Athur, a banker. Witness did ao, ffrst informing Marshal Pitkin of his tnspleions, and had n cont erratic a with Ashnr in a retired place, during which Ashnr proposed to witness that he

'(.eviHee; soonw reiuw his eernnoaieas Klect-

same be so eoieeete or oxolaieed

may act intelligently In the matter.

(Iowa) made the nolnt of order that the House

could refer nothing to the Cemmltslon that would nqulre at least concurred action, which was sunmiHed by the Speaker, and Mr. Knott's subsUtute wastherefere not in ortler. The House thereupon proceeded to a dlcuMleB ot the objeetton to the decision of the Electoral Commission, and M-nsiaute speeehes were made by Meeers. McCrary, Basks, Frye and others In favor of the report A the Commision, and by Meeers. Tucker, Springer. Hurd and others against It. A vote wee then taken on Hale's amendment to accept the decision of the Commleaiou, and it was defeated by a strict party vote yeas, 7; nays, 17. The question then being on KieM's reeolntloM not te concur in the

the

Another

e, placing

.view was

then h minted, when Ashur saht witness would

be required to east bis vote for Tildea. Witnee asketf Ahur who his baokera were, and lie said Walter 1'ugti and Ilernandec, n broker. Witness eVhacqeeatly had an i filer view with Push and Hersacdes. ia company with" Ashur, and they said that s 169,09 was all theyeontd raise. Witness insisted oa $160,90), and said it wai not worth while to talk any more about it, and this closed the negotiation. Witness reported all these proceedings to Pith.;, as they occurred. The House Committee, on the 9th, received considerable evidence regarding the untrustworthiness of J. II. Maddox, a termer wit nee hfore thv Committee, several Kattlntore

decision of the Commission, It was oerrJed- i wh,mm swosilr.g that hie repuutlon for truui yeaa, W;nay, lfM. It wag then ordered that and veracity was bad, awl that they wouM not fee Clerk inform Mie Senate of the aetioa of the indieve him unler oath. Ex uor. Stearns ot Uol? "? ' ready to Florida was alee calle.1 te the tnd and exam meet the henate lb the hall of the House. fWll uy jutge Lawrence, regardingeerUlu tele1 grams Alleged to have beoH sor.t or received by jniVr SKSilON. I him. Denletl speoklly all knowletlgo of any -w I ilifr)atches in reference to improper means of At2:2ft the Senators arrived and took their' securing the sSleeterai vote ot the State for the places. The Residing onlcer rose 'and said: JiZl hiul "The Joint meeting ef Coegrese will reeumelle session. The two houses, separately, have eon-1 knowledge of any money having Itecn receive.! sfcleredi ami iietermlsel the obptlon cHbnrittol Trim the Xorth either Wore or alk-rthcckc

By naemoers ot uw noiee w wuhs uecuiun w hh: Mqq.

i.OHHnieiea on we eeruncaiee ii;em ute awa oi , Florida. The Clerk of the Senate will now read J

John F. Mulhern, a clerk of the LouiM-

the 11 use by its Clerk,

vats, us: nava. 4. The iieneiesev Anuronria aaia; " lne two ueueee n

tton bill was eomideted ia Committee of the . Ibk otherwiee. the decision of

Whole and renortcd to the Houe. i Tamifi will stftml unreversed

hi now proceeil in eonfurmlty Ia the Senate, on the 9th, a number of . the lacUleu of the Commission, The

resolutions and bills were introduce! ami referred. The larger portion of the session was devoted to a discussion ot tt e Pacinc Railroad bill. The House passed the Denciency Appropriation bill; also, the bill providing for the distribution of awards made ia the Conrentton between the United States and Mexico. Mr. Morrison. Chairman of the Special Commit lee'on Loaieiaaa Affairs, submitted the report ot that eommittee, which concludes with a resolution declaring that the Democratic Electors reoeire.1 a majority of the votes In the State of LouUianar fchat the pretended canvass ami compilation, ot the vote for Elector by the Hoard of Ketorolac 0:i eers was without authority of law, fraudulent and void, and that the vote of that State can not be counted for ffayes and Wheeler with, out the cenarmation aad approval of the illegal ami fraudulent action of said Returning Board. Mr. Towriseml, of Pennsylvania, submitted a minority report, recommending the adoption of n resolution declaring that the Republican Electors have been elected in Louisiana, and that the election was examined into, determined, declared ami promulgated by the proper authorities ef sW State, under all forms ot mw. mul incompliance with the Constitution of the Unlled States. Roth reports were ordered printed ami recommitted.

the decision of the Senate." The decision of the ana Returning Jtoard, testined on the lOtti be-

senate navwg ueen reeu uy its liieru ami utei ot , lore uk House committee on rrmieges that a

:' J number of anidavita were made by drrfcs of the neteeeeerring in order- koh jn the comidiimr room, but didn't know

7 - waiiney were useu; aimooi any namra were rt w Gov. Wclla and UttJcneld

r, several umes in close conferee ; saw metiers . -i . .... i i. .. -, i.. . . ' . .....

will announce the vote ef Florida." St-nalor Zi, 7

X.t.&ZFJrXvf: ' hlB1K aaKlavita'maJleby the rlerkspurthatthestata of iloriila had been given four 5 to give aecoantaof rloleoce awlmtimW.e?v,.V5 iLlL .il'wt: iT-U JJ val'- ' he iHs. ami from these chaeged stateami four votes fer Wm. A. W beWer. ei New ,., t iB.i AnuiutLBi .-. H.

.Lout -

James Pelletier, of New Orleans, was before the House Committee on the I34h, and testi- ' netl that he was waiter at the restaarant. where

In the Senate, on the 10th, the Chair presented a eommnnieation from the President ef the Electoral tommiesion, informing the Senate it bad deckled upon the matter tabmiMed eoncoming the Electoral votes from Florida. The Sergeant-at-Arma was directed to rtqnt the attendance of absent Senators, and at the appointed hour the members of th.- Senate proceeded to the hall of the Howe...., .In th IIoum tho Seaker presented a communication similar

to Hits re an in inc senate irom me rree meet or

York, as Yioe-Presileet. The Vlee Preeident 1 then opened the eertifteate from the Mate of

Georgia ami handed It te the Tellers. It was lead by Representative took, of Georgia. 'II. .III... . aa . . t k . . .1..... m

anv 'obfctwS totheTota of Geora U None on Sonday, December t. the nemlers and announced that thf wouW , j""1''1 i, " i-j ... ,iiri.i fK Tun m ' overhennl conversation between wells, AnueritaolHet ' 3 Ceo I tirnn declared thet 1 LitlWIleW. He heanl Well.eay, In t ply StaTof Ceorria briinesTmSd itTJT I'Jt J. Tilden, ,4 Sew Vork.'ne Preshlent. ami II tJi.itl.tZXd votes for Thomas A Uendriene. of Indiana, as U, J.? i 1 Vioe-Tresl4ent. Next followo.1 in eucee.lon the State of Illinois, with 21 votes for Hayes and I JmSSi hU towt e ? Km Wheeler. Imliena whs it votes for Tlhien ami "il!- aTl'to wk hUtoftiHesHlricks. Iowa with 11 votes for Hayes and 1 i,!?.?1" Mwid w "' Wheeler, Kansas wilh s votes for Hayes awl "del. Wheeler and Kentucky with 1 votes lor Tihlen M. Shelter!, of Hines County, Mississipand Henkrieks. Then name the eertiaoate from J pj, was hef we the Senate CommiU e on PrivlluvI wCtrherMl i the ISth. Tesline,! that he tafrSm? ih sW 1 eoalman of ut.cj Commltc: hid mail and thet mi corresponding one hnd t ho ke-lKe ?' 1': K&,in. l0.m reived hr KeMemrer. lhe turnishetl to Demoeratie Jitdgee of h lection; rSUJT11 .nlnlnilT l et nurocee knew of the exlsteeee of armwl KejHiblican

was TtHe. U. Aiticrs-in. one

Koanl. This was authenticatel 1

o7a. " TM rMxuU- brve Aeir own IMeeosts by voting with the

shtinr onlcer handed it to the Tellers. Another f ustlve white people oi tsiippi. eertifteate from the same Stale, with n cone-1

epooillng one reclve.l by mail, snowing eigm voteeforTiMenaBd Hewlr'ekfc. vrss iiwxlnccl.

This wns authectieateil by .McKnefr.sa t;-vtr-

' nor of the .State. .-Hill n third certlncxte was oiened and read. C'xreHHiiPg viiih lle one having been sent by mall, "with vote foe Hayes , ami Vbeier,"munaitd by Beowt. Sec-

remry ei Mate, x m preMMg t-mcer i

m- that ournose knew or the existence ot armesi Keimoiican of the Returning I club during the plitioal campaivn. thinks the le.ibvMr.Keilogg. vOolorefl eeple were honestly eonvinced, preIf i one of the Kteet J vices to tbe eleetlenof 17S, that they would lst

Mr. Frank Dillon is the first English

artist whoever visited Japan for the hole ptiqiostt of painting the people and tho country as he saw them. Ho 1i;h Imwmi there eiirhteen moatbs, tvnd is now

the Xtectoral OmmlseKm It was receive. I V l iiT .iPltrtl "another tiileaU5 received br reWrnllHT to KagUtKi With larC nutllMi iU mmt in inl.r M.tna .t i.vwit , IHrcseeKU aonr cerurai reveTC?i uj ft IS .... ..

i'-v".""": "- -. j--".- - i Maii.neoiTcetoeiimrooe nannirueen revrtrrn

Mr. Hale endeavored to rtx an e.irlk r time, but

hk amendment was ilefeated, ltfl. Hegeve notice that he would call the yeas and nays wheniver there was another attempt to delay preeced-higs.

THK JOINT SIO.V.v

Preeisely at 1 e'oloekthe Senate took their ' seeti in Joint sesoion wkh she Heeee, and President Ferry took the chair. The decision of the , Electoral Cewimlseion having been reed, written objectione were made to it by Representative i Field on the )rt Of the Ave $ent.irii and twelve I itettrcsentatives. and then tie two Houtosicita-

rated. The following are the oblectlnnn to the decision of the Commission 1b the Florida ease on the part of the House 1. That the hwllon determined that the vote cast by Chss. 11. l'rare. Frcilerlek C. Humphreys, Willlwu H, Iloklen ami Thomas W. I.cng ao Electors iA l'rrshlent and Vlce-IVeei-lent of the United .States on bidialf of Florlim Is the true ami legal Electoral vote of tfie Staie, when In trutti and in f.ict the vote cast by H -kinsnn I all, James E Yonge, Robert B Hilton and Robe tMu thick Is the true ami lawful veto

ofthebtalc 2. That the Commission refnwl

eomiveVnt and mtteri.il evkleo

urove first named M-t wtre not

Kkcton. in the rnanm-r nreKnltel

JslatHre of the State, but wvre dertgnele.1 V.leeUvrm liv lh Itrtlirt.iliZ Roanl of the Stl

corruptly and fraudulently, in dlsreganl of law nod with intent io defeat the will of the people 3. That the decision was founded upon the resolution ami order of the Commission prevlotwly mads. ... , , 4. That the deelsioN excludes all evidence Liken by llw two hnnwa of Congrewt by eommlttee of each house, concerning frauds, errors ami

irregularities rowmitteH iy irM)n whose t-er

by rnesiei-avr. Mr ae, of Mieseuf i, one of tii Tl!.. M-Meil(Hl to read It. hut k WAS ob ,

1 vious from Mms arit eenteoce it was a mere bur

lesque, and ftrr Rhal leeenl wthecoe . "signed by John .Sttuth, Company So. '2, Hull- I doners, Corcrnor of LouielaMa'-tbe presiding, entcer .IlrocU'd that the iater he oniHte i from i

the proceedings. Formal ottectio having Wen made to the eertifteate on each side, all the rerUBcatcii of that Stale, with the papr aecomuanyitt the same, were referred to the KkcVjral Cemmiss;o .

bar of linished

looked forward interest.

sketched, which arc

to with considerable

T11K XARfcttlS.

K. February 11, 1ST;, ra.. . f . sf ti lu Choice (m 7 ?u

The Senate then withdrew to Its bur. and toon after both houses look a

Hat it to-morrow. In the Senate, on tha 13th, tho Chair pretented a communication from the Altorr.ejf-Oen-

ernl, in answer te a resolution of Mr. Bayard, adopted ome weeks ago, calling for fnll information in regard to the number of Deputy i Unitl States Marshals cmptoye.1 on November 7, the dayct the i'reetdcntialekxtlon. lten-rreil. ' Mr. Harvey, from the t ommittee on Public Lands, reporteil a ubtltuK for the Senate bill to Secure righta ot settler upon rertain railroad IimU. ami to reeenl the ffrst SVfl section e of the

act of July 9-1, lf5, granting lamb) to lhe State of

KKCVX-:iatTe SHers

SHKRP CoHiMOn te Choice

H(H!S Live .W

COTTON -M

li.l" 1.4t .U C 0

Mtliai

rLOUK-Veed te Choice.

cham- i Wff RAT No. 1 Chieaeo ... CoILS jwicra v.x-si, oid.

OAT Weetera Mixed,.

i'urs rtew mess

a

to receive hansas wiani in we construction m ute nni

by the Leg- ' lvlding for the ifsuc of an attachment for the

uiarreeioi uonran tiumwm, taenwr w ne ... , Thinl Xatlonal Rank of New York, who failed

te aiioar ami testify as to the account in that

bank of Samuel J. Til-leu, H m. T. I'eltoHMHl &,A. Hewitt Mr. I'.itterson presented the credentials of David I.. Corbin, claiming to havo been ' leried United States Senator from the State of .South Carolina for six years from March 1 , 1ST" The credentials were signel by H. 11 Chamberlain. Governor ot South Care

after being reau, wei piacoti on aie,

it .

i m. jihii. -

i;h?t0,,M,ffWlV ,,MB "Bt& T4leK,KratterlHwa: ment oi r.i'ciora. , . ...'..j , u. n ,j v.,-i.o .i.i

S. That the iieeieien exmies an evidence " ."IT' "mi. " . r: . u iVZ

Illden Klcctors were

late tleclien !! na

. ...... .nniM iiiiiVMr. vv eouiHirn. woo aaiu iiwi u

. TliattheiommlMkm r fuses to recognize " 'r,wl,wtf,,rprHkHl ? ?J the rlghtof the Courts A a Male m revhsw ami rpetrated b ew",.1 '"f 8j'"5 reverw the lwlgmentof aRenrnmg Board fact the Hayes Electors bad been duly

Roanl or State Canvassers, renderea Ihrounh 4 viecteu.

S. That the decision e1u.les all evblence C0H.MU ml MT" i n te,.Hg to prove the cettihealc of Stesrns, that of his own jr tonal 1 rrrior, as aW of the Hoard id State Canvass!rs, ! crathj (iovernor and the was procured or given in pursuance' of fttHdu-hooef-tly choreu at the a

fraud, without lurhMiietion: anil njcied ami re

f HH'd to consider the action of the earls in n case lawfully brought before a Court which had Jurisdiction. 7. That the decision excludes all evidence tending to prove thet Florida, by .11 departments of the Government, legislative, executive ami judicial, had decreed as fraudulent all the eer

imraiee or Mearns as uovcrnor, as wei as mat

A German professor. Dr. G. A.

. FiiKjher, of Ilarnien, id about to undertake an exploring expedition iuto the interior of Eastern Africa, aad will

make the experiment, which ho will be

imraiosfH Mearnsast.overnor, aa weii aa wmi , t, - , ., ,i , of the Canvassers, Upon which eerUncates the 1 the first of African travelers to RUopt,

of Utking carrier pigeonh aionc w convey me8g:08 anil reporU of his progress to Germany. The station for sending lhe birds on their homeward flight is to be located .it Zanzibar. The pigeons are of the finest tmality, and hare been tested in Hying tnatchee.

Commission has acted, and bv means f which

the true Rlectaral votes of Florida had been rejected and lalte ones substituted. Th.it to eemat the votes or Pearee. Humphreys, Hidden smd Long ns Rleetora for President and YteeFresident would be a violation ef the Constitution ef the United States. The ohJuoWtina nre signed bv Boosters Jones of Flerbte, Ceeper. HornuM, Kernsn, 8aulhry hnd MebentW, HepreeentaUree Knott Fleid, t

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COwa and Heifers, Cern-fedTexane . HOU?. -Tactiag BHKKP Common te Fancy.. rj.oUR Chotae (Gentry.... winui-Rert No. a...,..,., ' No. 5.. ...... CORK Ko. 'i Mixed, OATH No. 2i... RYK-.vti. : . TI MOT I IV 5KRD Prime.... TORACCO-l'taetars' i.nKs.. Medium Shipping J.eaf. flAT-Choiee Timothy nUTTKU-ClKitae Dairy RtiUii Fresh I0RK otaadaril Mess,..,,.. LA KD Prime Steam.. .... WUOLTub waehol, Choice Unwashed Cemliing,

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