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3k 'WlttHtig M Jut* srA^USHKD AUGUST 24, 1852. WHEELING'TYEST VA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1877. YQLUME XXV-lvnTMR^Iir" Iliflntdligtum I'rojjrcMS ol ih<> Count, rotiaiderable progress wa< made ve terdijr in counting the Electoral vole i the Stale*. There km nothing in tl j.'jii.t ra'ued against one of the Xevai! Klecior-, ami Mr. Hpringer (Democra ,, acknowledged, On hh motion tli vole of the Stale wa< agreed to withoi division. IV joint assembly then pn t ???defl with the call of New IlamjMiliir Sew Jer-t-y, .\ew York ami North (.'an Una, bm came to a halt, a* wa* expecte* Oregon. From that State two sett < returns were opened, ami the iiHiial oOjti liona were filed against counting ihca fhey were therefore referred lo thi \ iiinii-sion, which body n e.t|*cletf t" rentier its decision by lo-uiorrow after noon. There are iJiomc who still fling with a mariner'* hope to the hitch in the Ore ^ ,n vote, arguing that the Commissior , imioI go behind the Oovernor'* cerlili , ne, S ich perions should bear in mfnd tf.nt tin* law of < >rcgon requires the tlovrraur to isaiie a certificate to such elec i ,t4 u the Secretary of State may certify , rived a majority of the vote cant. Tin Secretary does not certify that Cronin re ' , 'iveil a majority of the. vole anal. Of | jcontrary, he'certifies that Watt* am Utpublicsn colleague* 'reelvet ?majority of ?aid rotes. Tlx* evidenc< .. to nhow that Watts was completely j.irged of his disability as l*o><tma*tet' he ; jfc lie t'jok his nent an an elector. Hi vnt on Ills resignation by telegraph, i i? accepted by telegraph, and his oflict a* turned over to an agent of the I'os Department, who hail l>een orderci : i like charge oi it. Thin he hecami | i:ir [iialifioil to tike hi-* seat on the Gtl .!?/ of December as a m .'tuber of tlx Moral College. Ifter ()regon is disposed of there wil ,v:iiiin the State of South Carolina. Tlx il :i'e Congressional Committee have a! rr Jy pronounced upoif South Caroliua I conceded it to Have* for President ?.! Hampton for Governor, ft wouh tkefefore *eem a* if there *houM l*? u< ii?:ay over that State. But the indie? :, 'inrare that there will be delay nol *;ihfltandio?the rejHirt of the Committei n'xtruction ia the gam- with the tuor desperate Democrat*. A minority i t .-m arc entirely willing to delay th . juipletion of the call until after the 4:1 I .March, on the theory that a new elcc ti .n will thereby necessitated nex .Voveiniter, and thus Samuel J. or aoui .her Democrat will hecure aiiothe ,in?:e before the (teople. We do not In lie ve that they will ?ucceed. We loo! I *rward to the completion of the coun q<ii week. There are too many *?ensi : > and conservative Democrats at Wash .neton to permit the revolutionists ti . fffil. Tliev nri? nnt williti" tn III I'trlv ?i Idled with such :i blunder. I *ouM l>e a most serious blunder, and ih Democracy caifnot afford to load them five* down in that way. Tins h (ieorgc Washington'* birt! liv. The good old man would have beei H"? had he lived until thin morninj This he might have done and still m I i.iTir Ix-en an old an Old Parr who died i Holland at the age of 1^2. We will it lutein no reflection* however, on hi premature decease at the age of G7, ina much a* he put hi* time to good use tin his three acore anil eeven years. ii 'ived long enough to become the "Fathi Ihi*Country."^ He Has "lirst in wa .:?t in peaee,*ar;d tir.it in the heart* < l.i* countrymen." What more could I il l than this? Simply this, that "tl trar* of a nation watered hi*grave." L The most revolutionary and rjuijiai I i?ap* at Washington are those Congre? uien who are going out of ofiice, and wi. were confidently counting on Tildeo 1 provide for them in the way of bnrea appointments and foreign minion Young Cochrane, who was accidental) elected in the tidal wave reaction of 1ST ( ill defeated for re election by J,000 m ; ?rity last f ill, is one of these desperal 1' itriotrt. lie in :t coitoin of the lattf law ?-r Richardson, of thin city, and a ma . r Jinlderable talent. I iiKHP. :ire nyraptonH that the seasio tln? legislature i-* to he prolonged lenrdays. Otherwise it will expire v m.rrow. Mr. Arnold's idea in to take recen until next November. This is tl *1 y by which legislators get round tl (institutional provision ior bienni fjioiw. There has been a session eve: car hi nee the Constitution was adoptc I'hc We?t Virginia Democracy are liea\ I ?n "reform" and a strict construction tie Con?titution. Tney pay every bo?: mileage and meet as often as possible. 'lov. Haves carried all the New.^Kn UoJ States but one?he carried all of tl i'xcifi* State*, and all of the Weste: "' ites but* Indiana. As the Cincinnn I ' immrrrial puts it, "Tilden's great ai ' 'iMed -strength is in the States of tl "^nthern Confeileracy, and in Tweei "air, mustered in New York." IV vote for Have* is vastly greater thi f -y other Republican candidate ever r ' ?ed. His majority over Tilden in tl [ that Hiippurted the Nation in tl ional war is more than a quarter of million." ijt.ii declined to 10lf yesterday i 1strength of Sherman'* bill to ream l-eoie payments. Some of these mornin l!"1 premium will disappear- Tlyo pric "i many articles are already on a spec iron and real estate for instance. sukrivx Tisoi.k's school money bill '" ling slowly along in the I.?gislatui '' passed to its second reading in I Uoute yesterday. ^'iipu reck* on tbc F.ngttsti l ow New York, February 21.?A cal 11-'patch -tates that thirty vessels, ma *ith their entire crews, "were lout in t on the English coast on the night ''|0th. The area of the storm was ? optionally cxtomiivc, and embraced t theater part of the Hritish Islands a !, *hol? of Northern and Centi The violence of the itorm a wtraordinary. The force of thogale I 1 EL during recent yei J that of the one a few weeks ago. [BY TELEGRAPH, i ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. j H TO ran DAILY INTELL1UKXCKH , jt - li : coisr GBBSS. ? I) - u " Th^ Joint Session of Congress J *. Counting of ,he Electoral Vote, g J- ? d 'J New Hampshire, New Jersey, New o York and North Carolina Pass. ^ . ti ' Oregon Goos to the Commissioner! ? J ? ii The End Approaches. Jj el HOUSE. V 1 Wamiiimuton, February 21. g, The Home met at 10 o'clock, but a M I full hour wiw con-turned in ascertaining ti whether there was a <|u0ruiu present ami B in the reading of testimony to sustain the objection made yesterday against the ' electoral vote of R M. Daggett, of Nevada. Mr. Springer, who made the objection, V, . offered a resolution that the vote be counted, and explained that an error had r< 1 been luaile in describing the office held 31 I by Daggett a? that of I'nited States Com- r< 1; mis.ioner, while the testimony showed , | that he held the ollice of Clerk of the (.'nited States Cm rt C After a number of speeches of no spe- A cial significance were made tho vote wan H then taken on Springer's resolution, that w , the vote of Daggett be counted, and it was C agreed to without division. The Senate was then uotitied that the tl t Honte was readv to continue the count cl 1 and the two bodies uient in joint session. it p At 11:45 the Senate and Housfe met in ai joint convention. The presiding otlicer t: 1 having called the meeting to order and n - directed the reading of the resolution* of each houBe in favor of counting the vote) p I of Nevada, the teller then announced that Nevada had cast three vote* for Hayes a ' and Wheeler. vi Then followed in snccession the State* ti , of New Hnmphire, with five votes for o! Hayes and Wheeler; New Jersey, nine j votes for Tilden and Hendricks; New to ' York, thirty-live vote* for Tilden and > Hendrick*; North.Carolina, ten votes for w . Tilden and Hendricke; Ohio, twenty-two U vote* for Have* and Wheeler. The presiding otlicer now oj>ened and hnnded to f the tellers n certificate received from Or- ,, ? egon. It wa* read and proved to he the ,l sworn certificates of the three Hayes L e elector*, Cartwright, Odell and Watts, execu ted before a notary public. '' The napers contain all the .statements P of the doing* of the three elector*, the J t re*iguation of Watt* a* postmaster, his e snb?equent choice by the other two elec- 01 tors, the original ballots cast by the three r electors, tSic. They were read in full. Hl The presiding officer then handed to I: the teller* the certificate of the three rit val electors, Cronin, Miller and Parker, " authenticated by the signatures of the '* Governor and Secretary of State, with the a i- seal of the State attached thereto. The ri ,, I'icw Iwn rnliw In IT?v?n inil ? Wheeler and one vote toTilden and Hendrick*. a I Senator Mitchell objected to the cer? tiflcaten of Cronin, Miller and Parker on i- the following grounds: o' 1. Because neither of said person* was ^ ever appointed elector by the State of ^ ( Oregon in any manner whatever. J. Because it appear* from the record* H II and paper* contained in and attached to ;. certificate* of \V* H. Odell, J. C. Cart- ic ,t wright and John W. Watt* that they were r' i, ^nly appointed electors and cast their vote* a* Much. A '* Because it doe* not appear from the c' * lace of Gov. Grover'* certificate attached a a. to the returns of the vote* of Cronin, r Miller ami Parker that Mich certificate P wm issued to those persona having the l( le highest number of vote* for elector*, but e ?r were is*ued by him to the person* whom tl rt he deemed eligible, though one of them, E. A. Cronin, was not ap|>ointed thereto 8 according to the law? of Oregon . e 4. Because it appears from the certifi- ^ ie cale of 8. G.Chad wick, Secretary of State, P that Odell, Cartwright and Watt* receiv- n e?l the highest number of vote*, and that ,1 the Secretary of State, in pursuance of f ^ law, so declared and that therefore the " ' certificate of the Governor, in so far as it ^ 10 omitted to certify the name ot J. W. lo Watts a* one of the electors appointed, o u and in so far aa such certificate contained e the name of E. A. Cronin, aa one of the ? ' elector* appointed, fails to conform to the ? 7 act ef Congress, in such case* made and > I, provided, and to the law of Oregon, and >' a. that such certificate is as to aaid.Cronin, n u> without authority and of no efl'ect. ' 5. Because it appears from both certifi'' cate* that Odell and Cartwright, a ma- tl in jority of the electoral college, were duly appointed elector* bv < >regon in the man- n ner directed by the Legislature, that a ? their record, presented to the Pre*ident ti of the Senate, and by him to the two $ houses, shows that the vacaucr in the 0 " office of elector existed on the day fixed n a by law for the meeting of the electors, c and that such vacancy wa* Jfilled by the fi appointment of Watt*. n " This objection is signed by Senators $ :l! Mitchell and Sargent, and by Represent- t ry ative* Lawrence, Burchard and McDill. fi ,,1, Senator Kelley presented objections to 0 the certificates of Cartwright, Odell and r 7 Wall*. It i* Bigned by .Senator* Kelley, t ?i Bogy, McDonald, Stevcn*on and Cooper, $ ly and by Representatives Field, Tucker, g Lane, Jenk*, Walling, Clymer, Wiggin- u ton, Poppleton, Vance, Hurd and Lut- 0 trel. The ground* of the objections are: f 1. The paper* purporting to be certi- II ficatesof the electoral votes of Oregon n rn were not annexed to the certificate* of b iti the Governor of Oregon a* required to c be made and annexed by sections 13C and I 158 of the United States Revised Statute*. 'J. The papers have not annexed to ' " their list ot names the name* of CaUwright, OJell and Watts a* elector*, to 1 tn which the seal of the State of Oregon wa* & e. affixed by the Secretary of State of Ore- : |1C gon and *igned by the Governor, a* relie uuired by nectiou 60, of chapter xiv, of 1 a the general laws of Oregon. 3. It wa* the right and duty of the Governor of Oregon, nnder the laws of on that State, to give certificate* of election i no to, or appoint aa electors, John C. Cart- i wright, William II. Odell and E. A. Cro- 1 K nin, they being those neraons capable of j efl being appointed Presidential electors who | :ie received the highest numbor of votes at the election held in Oregon November 7, 187G. if, 4. Cartwright and OJell had no right . or authority in law to appoint Watts to ' be an elector on December 6, 1870, as . "p there wa* no vacancy in the office of Presidential elector on that day. *?. Cartwright and Odell had no right *(. or authority tn law to appoint Watts an tie elector on December 6, 187G, inasmuch i ny they did not on that day composc and ] he 'orm any part of the Electoral College of i of Oregon a* by law constituted. G. Cartwright and OJell had no author- , he lty 'o appoint Watta an elector on Da- < cember t?, 187G, because on that day ] ml Watt* was Mill postmaster at Lafayette, 4 ras <)r.eJ?on1! ?nd was *till on that day holding , said office of profit and trust, I irs 7. Watta who claims to be an elector in the above described certificate was in 1 Ybruary 1.s, appointed postmaster .ngarelte, Oregon, and waa duly co aiMioned hih! qualified m such" pc natter then being an office uf (runt t irofit under the lawn of the L'ni tates, and continued to he and act noli postmaster from February 1873 i 11 nfter November 13th, 1870, and ? rting &i?jMich postmaster on Noveml ill, 1877, when the President lector* were appointed by the State regon, and that he was ineligible to npointed ait one of tiaid President lectors. 8. When the Governor of Oregon cam :ie lista of names of the electors of I late to be made and certiGed, such li id not contain the name of said Wal ut did contain the namea of Cartwrig Jell and Cronin, who were duly a ointed electors of the President a 'ice President of the United State*, le State of Oregon, November 7th, 18' Before the retirement of the Sena Ir. Lawrence presented further obj on to the certificate of Cronin, Mill nd Parke, on the ground that neither lem had been appointed President! lector, and that OJell, Cartwright a fatta had been duly elected and had ci le only true and lawful vote* of t late. This paper is signed by Senate litchell and Sargent and by Kepresen vim Li w re lire, McCrary, Hale a ink*. MAYLEU'S flOUTII CAROLINA REl'OKT. TheSenate having retired, Mr. SayU hairman of the Select Committee ilection* in South Carolina, submitted sport of the majority of that commits xompanied however by a number 'solutions. Printed and recommitted. MU.NIUIY CIVIL WILL. Mr. iloluian, of the Appropriati ommillee, reported tlie Sundry Ci' ppropriation bill and immediately ti louee went into the committee of t hole on the bill (Mr. Buckner in t hair.) Mr. Conger raised a point of order le paragraph which authorize* the pr ia?e of the Congressional Globe buildi i Washington, together with the hour nd unbound volume* of the Globe cu lined therein, on the ground that it w i-w legislation. The Chair sustained the point and tl aragraph was stricken ont. Mr. uarrison cuered an amendme [> propria ling $33,000 for improving t initiation of the House of ltepresenl ves, to be expended under the archite [ the Capitol. After debate the amendment was agre> Souie progress wan made in tlie b hen the committee rose, and tbe Hoti ok a recess until 7:"0 Ibis evening. EVCHIXO SBBIOK. Tbe House immediately ou rea?set ling went into Committee of tbe Who Juckner in tbe chair) on tbe Snnd ivil Appropriation bill. Mr. lielford moved to increase tbe a ropriation for the survey of public lan om $50,01)0 to $300,000, and spoke ipport of his amendment. After d tssion, rejected. Mr. Belford, then moved to lix t mount at $150,000. A long time was spent -in endeavorii > find whether there was a ijnoru resent. Mr. Holman tried to effect a compr lise on $100,000, but the proposition vr ejected. After two roll-calls the committee rc nd the House took a recess until t lorrow. SENATE. Tbe Senate session was resumed at 'clock, and tbe Senators waited tbe n fication of the decision of the House le Nevada case, which was received >.40, when the Senate proceeded to i [all of the House of liepreaentatives. The Senate having returned from t unt convention, legislative business w esumed. Mr. Sargent, from the Committee i ppropriations, reported back the L>e iency Appropriation bill, with snnd mend merits. Placed on the calendar. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee i rivilegcs and Elections, submitted )ng report in the case of tho Oregi lector*, and asked that it be printed ie Record. Objection being made l?y Messrs. nd Kernan, who claimed that the rep< fiould be printed n* other reports, A litchell withdrew his motion. The i ort vra< ordered printed in the usi: lanner. Mr. Sherman, from the Committee 'inance, reported a bill to aid in the i uraption of specie payments. Placed lie calendar. A large number of report* from va un committee* were made, and at t zpiration of the morning hour the u rushed business, being the bill toamei lie Pacific railroad acts, wu laid aai ^formally, with the understanding tl t should be considered unfinished hu ess. I'OJsTAI. APPKOt'KUTION. The Postoffice Appropriation bill * lien taken up. The amendments reported by the Co littee on Appropriations were agreed s follows: Increasing the appropr ion for special agents from $121,GOO 140,000; that for advertising from $-1 00 to $(30,000; for compensation to po tasters from $7,000,000 to $7,230,0 onpemation to clerks in postotEi rom $ 3 200,000 to $3,31)0,000; for pi aent of letter carriers from $7o0,000 800,000; for miscellaneous and incidi ial expenses from $o0,000 to $100,0 or transportation of mail* from $9C 00 to $900,000; for compensatiom ailroad postoffice clerks from $1,125,( n ?1 :'.fWl ftOfl- fnr rnntA ntrent* fr. 945,000 to $1,050,000; for mail me?* era from $000,000 to $700,000; nanafacture of postal card* from $21 >00 to $300,000, and increasing the i >ropriation from $2,fti8,-160 to $4,31 !75' from any money in the Treasury neet the appropriations made by i till, in cane the retenne* of the Pt itlice Department are innufEcieut. MILL CREEK HABBOB OF REFUGE. The Chair laid before the Senate a I er from the Secretary of War.enclos he report of Major Merrill, of the ] ;ineer Corp.-*, ?n regard to the conatr ion of a harbor of refuge at Mill cn K)ttom, opposite the city of Cincinni md recommending an appropriation :arrjr out the plan. Referred. THE SIOUX TREATY. The .Senate concurred in the amei nents of the House to the bill to ral in agreement with certain bands of Sic Indians, nnd also with the Northi \rapahoes and Cheyenne*, and the I :iassed, MDWAUE KitOM TUB I'ilEMIDENT. The Chair laid before the SenaU nessage from the President in ansi ;o the Senate resolution, enclosing eportof the Secretary of State in reg; lo the expenditures by that Departm from 1789 to 1870. Laid on the tabic P09T0FFCE COMMUNION. The committee also reported an ame nent appropriating $10,000 to enable I'ostoffice Commission organized 1 rear to complote its work. Agreed tc Mr. Ilamlin introduced an amendm allowing the Postmaster General to1 >250,000 of the amount appropriated mail transportation to obtain proper illitie* from the great trunk lines of r roads for the railroad aerTice during liscal year ending Jnne 30,1870. In explanation of the amendment, ] Hamlin said the Postmaster General ] at no money lo place the service on the new m- roads,and the country id now transporting i?t- Ita mails on a system which existed sixind teen years ago. The reductions made in ted the appropriation blila last year were ns the cause of it, A commission had been ju- appointed to inquire into tho jiostal serran vice, and it would furnish valuable inter formation which would enable Congress ial to make a postal system that would result of in a Raring in the transportation of the be mails. The Committee on Post-office* ial and Post-routes had come to the conclusion that it would not be wine to-day to ed enter upon a system of fast mails. he if Congress should undertake to exnts tend the fast mail serrlco to-day, it ttn, might find embarrasments. Postal "earn ht, could be put upon the large trunk road*, p- but they would have no connection with nd the fast mail service. The two gieat jn trunk line*, the Pennsylvania Central "l?. and New York Central roads were now te, running postal cars, 45 feet in length, and ec- there was not room in them for proper er distribution of mail en route. ol The amendment which he proposed ial was for the purpose of enabling the Post nd Master General to arrange with comist panics to place postal cars on their roads i he 00 feet in length. While the speed of the' ?rs mails would not be increased the facilita ties for distribution would be, and the j nd mails could therefore be delivered earlier, as no time would be lost in the distributing them after reaching the city to which >r thev were destined. uJ'i 'fhe amendment of Mr. Hamlin was i agreed to without division. Mr. Hamlin then submitted the followin#: Thai the sum of $500,000 is hereby appropriated out of any inonev in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to unable the Postmaster-General to conon tinue the steamship mail service between ril San Francisco and Japan and China for lie one year; and the Postmaster-General is he hereby authorized to contract with the he Pacific Mail Steamship Company on the terms specified under the act of l- ebruary on 17th, ISO"), and February 18th, 18G7, for ir- transporting mail from San Francisco to rig Japin ami China, upon the same termi id and condition* so far as applicable, and m- the Postmaster-General is directed to conas tinue said service as herein provided. After debate the amendment of Mr. 'ie Hamlin was agreed to, and the bill having been considered in Committee of the nt Whole, win reported to the Senate and he the amendments made in committee cona our red in, excepting of the last one, 'ct with regard the China mail service, upon which a separate vote was demanded, eil Mr. Bogy submitted an amendment to mat oi .Mr. llamlin, appropriating 5o00;111 (K)0, or so much thereof as may be necea-t? sary, for the monthly mail service from New Orleans to Rio Janerio, anil that the Postmaster CJeneral be authorized to n enter into a contract for thin purpose with any parties to carry such mail* in American vessels of not leas than 2,000 ^ tons burthen. Mr. Hamlin submitted an amendment |* to that of Mr. iiogy, so as to provide that jn the ships ^hall be built tinder the direcjH tion and inspection of some naval oflicer, to be designated by the Score to rv of the he an" l'iat ihips -hall at all times l>e subject to the use of the governmcnt at reasonable rates for charter. in? Agreed to. The amendment of Mr. l>o^y as amend,o< ed by that of Mr. Hamlin, juPt mentiona* ed, was agreed to. Mr. liigalls submitted as a substitute for the amendment of Mr. Hamlin, agreed to in the Committee of the Whole, as follows : "And the sum of $500,000, or fo much thereof as may bo necessary is hereby appropriated to carry the mails 1 between the United States, China and l.?* Japan, upon the l?est attainable terms for lfJ monthly service, and the Postmaster a* General be and is hereby authorized to ',e contract for such service, said mail to be carried in American built, and owned lie vessels, of not less, than *2,000 tons burthaa en. Agreed to?yeas 27 nays 18." 0f? LEGISLATIVE APPKOPRIATION I1ILL. ti. Mr. Wyndham called up the Legislarv tive, Judicial and Executive Appropria-1 Hon Kill, ami, in explanation, Haul the on hill, ait it catne from the committee, ana propriated $14,979,345, a* amended by on the Committee on Appropriations, and as in reported to the Senate it appropriated $10,737,895, an increase of $l,i58,550. The legislative hill, for the current fucal )ri year, appropriated $15,717,93,'!. The Ir< Comraitteee on Appropriations had Pe. adopted a general principle in considerml ing the bill, which was "to reinstate all salaries reduced by the House to what on they are at present. re. The committee had taken the compromise measure of last session, fixing the^alaries for the current focal year aa r;. their guide, and had not in a single injlc stance increased any salary over that den. termined by the compromise of the last Q(1 session. In a few instances anumber of ({e the employees in the Executive Depart,at rnents had Leen increased,as, for instance, ?1. in the Gth Auditor'* office, where the accounts of the Postoflice Department were settled, and there was not sufficient force. Thorn warn (nnr hum!rod nnnlipulinnj for money order offices, but they could not be granted on account of there not' " being suflicient clerks to settle their acja_ counts. The Money Order Offices paid ." their own way, and left a nmall profit to q _ the (iovernment. Therefore it wan deem-' ed ad Tillable to increase the forcc. qq" All the amendments reported by the ' Committee on Appropriations were lv. agreed to. Among them were the followto : Increasing the appropriation for salaqq" rie* and expenses of Collectors of Interim ' nal Revenue from $1,675,000 to $1-,810,'* 000, and striking out of the House bill j^Q theclauae reducing the numberof Internal Revenue collection districts to,120after 30th of June next. The amendment apfor proprial*nk S639,410 oo to pay^he judgmenu of the Court of Claims was also un! HJ?reed to. The House, it will be remernji* bered, appropriated 25,000 dollars for |* the compensation of the President the ?f l',c United States, and pro, Tided that section 153 of the Rcnsed Statutes be repealed so far as the same relates to the salary of the President. The Senate Committee offered an amendlet ment increasing the appropriation from ing $25,000 to $50,000, and striking out the En- the provision in regard to the repeal of uc- section 153. Question being on concurick ring in the amendment of the committee, ati, Mr. Wright demanded the yeas and nays, to It was agreed to?Teas 23, nays 18. The bill having been considered in the "Committeeof the Whole, was reported to j the Senate and the amendments made in !j4* the Committee were concurred in. Mr. Hitchcock submitted an umend'nx ment for increasing the appropriation for the purchase of garden and field seed, for 9,11 distribution in those states which wcro ravaged by grasshoppers in 1870, from $10,000 to $30,000, agreed to. The bill i a was then read three times and passed, ter The Senate then went into executive the session and took a recess till to-morrow. ent Alter Ilie I milium. Deadwoon, February 21.?Company C of the 3d U. 8. caTalr^under command nd* of Lieutenant J. T. Cummings, is in purthe pit of a band of Indians who ran off a a*t large number of stock in the Ticinity of > SpearQih. The band numbers abont ent thirty lodges. use for Hurley all Ulght* fa- Washington, Feb.21.?Timothy Hur? ail- ley, of Charleston, n Hayes Elector, ac, the cused of not being a citizen, proved tc the satisfaction of the House Committee Mr. that hisjather was naturalized in Boston bad where he himself was born. WASHINGTON. THE ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL The Argument on the Oregon Caie Washington, February 21. ?The Electoral Commission met at 1 o'clock. All the member* were present, The President laid the papers received from the two houses before the Commission, and on motion of Judge Abbott they were ordered printed. The papers were then read by the Secretary. Judge Clifi'ord asked who nppeared as objectors on the two ndes. Senator Kelly announced that himself | and Mr. Jenks would apjiear as objectors ' to certificate No. 1. Senator Sargent announced that Sena- ; tor Mitchell and Mr. I-emoyne would apitear as objectors to Certificate No. 'J, Mr. Kelly asked an order for the production of "the commission and resignation of Watt* from the Postollice Department, and also that Senator Mitchell and Mr. Watt* might be subpu-naed as witnesses. Judge Clifford a*ked if the witnesses were in reach. Senator Mitchell said they were both in the room. The orders in both cases were granted, and at the request of Senator Kelly, who wo* one of the objectors,- a rece*s of half an hour was taken to allow him to procure the necessary books, ?fcc. The commission was called to order again at ten minutes past '2 o'clock. Senator Kelley proceeded to submit his objection to certificate No. 1. lie said he presumed there would not be any dispute of the third objection, viz: That | Watts was a postmaster, and they were | prepared with proof to sustain the allegation, if this was an office of profit or trust. Mr. Kelley argued that if Watt* was not qualified on the 7th of November, when the election took place, he could not lie elected at any subsequent election. In the Vermont case, he said, ) the legislature had l>een convened, and decidcd that Wallace, l>eing Postmaster, waa a Federal pfticer, consc- ? quently ineligible, and had filled the 1 vacancy. The .Rhode JUland Legislature ? had taken a similar view, and tilled a I vacancy in like martner. lie contended that the State* had the power to enforce ? the provisions of the Constitution, and 1 that it the State of Xregon had excluded an ineligible elector she nad but done her e duty. He contended that, by the conati- 1 tution and laws of Oregon, the person 1 receiving the next highest number of ? votes was entitled to be declared elected. The election was by law required to be ? held on the November 7th, and there was , not time to hold a second one, neither was a subsequent election authorized. Mr. Kelly argued that this was a question for the Executive and the Governor I had a right to decide it? The Governor has, be said, the right to inquire into the case; he has a right to inquire as to eligibility and issue a commission when I there is any infraction of the constituI tion. In other words, in the very words of the constitution, he shall see that the I laws are faithfully executed. Shall he sit quietly by, knowing that this man I Watts held an office of profit under the j United States, and when he was sworn to support the Constitution of the United [States and the State of Oregon and see j both trampled under foot by giving a certificate to a man who is ineligible ? The Governor of Oregon and Secretary of State are the persons to canvass these votes. There is no eviijence that there was a canvass by other persons. It is for them and them only, and they have decided; they have given their certificate that these three gentlemen were eligible; I mean including Cronin. It matters j not how they came to that decision, the j presumption of the law will always be I that it was upon sufficient evidence.' representative Jenks next addressed ? the Commission for the Democratic Hide, and after quite a lengthy argument thus J; summed up the propositions he had at- 2 tempted to show : " 1. That tlie only evidence before you which conforms to the law of the land is * the evidence as required hr the law of e Oregon and the law of the Lnited States, 1 and that which ifl certified to by the gov- 1 ernor of the State of Oreguh. 'J. That tho act of that governor is con- 11 elusive upon this Tribunal in this in- ? quiry. * That Watts could not be elected even ? if he had a majority of the votes. !' 4. That the votes being cast for oue j who could not be appointed, Qronirt, the } next highest, was elected. J That even ifCronin was not elected, 1 there was no vacancy, and being no va- e cancy, there could l*? no filling it by any ? college whatever. Then the case stands 11 in this way: Cronin comes and votes, J1 two others come and vote, but you do not c know whether they are the persons who voted or not, because they do not come ? 1/IaiiI aa tllA law aava t Itrstr altal I aama I lUlimuvn "?v; ouoii LUIUC. But, assuming lhat they were the aame 1 jiersonn who were voted for and properly a identified, which of these vote* Ahould b* . counted ? Cronin's vote ahould be count- : ed an cant and the other two as they arc cant, would be the conclusion T should come to from theae several points. Senator Mitchell presented the objec- 0 tions on behalf of the Republicans and in his argument said; In Oregon there c was no law authorizing the Governor to r certify the minority candidates elected. t The Legislature ot Oregon might have g provided that electors should be ap- c {minted by the Governor, the Supreme t Court or Secretary of State, but it did ? not, but did direct that the people, the t qualified electors shall by a plurality of , vote* to bo cast in the dliferent precincts c choose the electors. Go*. Grover in the , matter of issuing his certificate ignor- ? ed the State statutes and followed that of j Congress. c If Congress had power to prescribe the ( form of a certificate?and I believe it ^ had?then such certificate is not part of i the manner of appointment, and in issu- f ing it the Governor conld not change the ( appointment as made by the 8tate and i officially determined by the Secretary of ? State as the final and conclusive act in < the process of appointment. Behind this i ultimate determination of the Canvassing ? Board neither the (Governor nor the th? ( bunal whose final duty it is to count the < votes tor President and Vice President? i whether it be the President of the Senate, i the two houses of Congress or the Elect- i oral Tribunal?can rightfully go. The ( Electoral Tribunal can question this or i any other proceedings up to the boundary i lino where they touch the manner of the : appointments." There the jurisdiction i end.*, the decision of a State through its canvassingofficer being final and conclusive. Odell and Cartwrisht being a . majority of the electors constituting the electoral college in Oregon, whose title is indisputably unquestioned bv no one, not even uy the'Governor in his certificate, but by it approved their certificate as to the foct that there was a vacancy,and that , such vacancy was filled by them, is conclnsive not only against Cronin, bnt all other persons, the State and the general government, Congress and the electoral tribunal as well. Mr. Mitchell, iu conclusion, said were 1 authorized to Invoke your judgment . upon facts of aliunde record, then wotild i I feel justified in attracting your atten, tion to the acts of intrigue, corruption , and fraud in connection with the Oregon electoral vote. That will stand forever in liiitory ns a crowning infamv of an unresting and insane personal and political ambition. While the charge of fraud | and perjury against the Returning Hoards j of Louisiana and Florida is by disap- | pointed and maddened partisans echoed | throughout the land, 1 might, were it c proper, point you to a conspiracy that had its origin at Jo Oramercy Park, New t York city, at the home and by the friends t of Samuel J.Tilden, the Democratic can- < didate for President, that had for its pur- i |?ose the purchase of an electoral vote on a the faith of which his title to the Chief a Magistracy of the Nation might be estab- l lished. Mr. President, I have faith in c this Commission and in the justice of its d final judgment. t| At the conclusion of Senator Mitchell's J argument it was announced by the I)em- ci wratic couniel that they should require t] tin extension of their time to double the 31 amount, and were willing to sit until late |> In the evening. The questi6p. however, ?i was not then decided, and as it was get* a; ling dark candles were brought in and ti Mr. Lawrencc was invited to proceed with Ji lis objections. The sneaker quoted the icts of Congress and the statutes of Ore- tl fon, and added that Odell and Cartwright 01 ;ame with evidence of title which satis- o( ied all the provision*. He then stated a, is his first proposition, and lie declared ?( hat the wnole controversy might be H)i lisposed of in favor of the Hayes electors ca >y a single proposition, that if the mous- i? rons proposition could be maintained 0( hat Cronin was legally appointed, yet he th eftised to actor neglectedto attend with Well and Cartwright, his place became X) racant, and Watts was duly appointed to in ill it. The Electoral College is charged t), rith three things : 1st, to fill nil varanlies: 2d, to vote for President and Vice i?, .'resident, and ltd, to make and transmit ci o the President of the Senate, a distinct Jt iat of all lM>r?nnil vnlp<l fnr I I'rouidont md Vice President). which liAta they t|, hail si^n and certify. The Electoral be College is a deliberative body, an ranch ho t0 u? Congress. The single and individual yj nembers, acting separately and apart be rora all other?, can do an official act no re nore no than individual member* of Congress, or of a court, or of thin en Commission, and a record of the college jn >r a majority of its members is conclusive |ir ividence. andean no more lie impeached tli n lieu of the record of Congress, or of a jn lourt, or of this Commission. The major at, >art of the electorn present ii? a quorum. nn ["he acta of a quorum arc valid to decide 0f vlien a vacancy ha* arrived, and to annul t. Mr. Lawrence argued that Watt* was fleeted and became defacto and de jurt an ilector. That his resignation created a racaucy, which wan properly tilled by his e-appointment. Chat he did act a* "a hown by the record, Watts being an ofli ler defacto. For that reason hi* acta were . food. ,a Commissioner Edmund* moved that c& urther evidence be postponed until 7:30 'clock and then proceed in the Senate cb ihamber, and that the counsel have three J"' tours and a half time on each side for the rhole case, including offers of proof and ex sverything. ea Mr. Kvarts said their side did not re[uest any additional time, as they sup- J* >0Bed tlie discussion to be mainlv one of , ?*. Judge Hoadley said they expected to 1,1 ifler testimony, and would like time for hat purpose, and added that one of the tointa they expected to prove was that elt oore than 1,100 voters in Oregon who Dt a?t their ballots in favor of Watt* had be totice at the time that he was a post- Ve natter and therefore ineligible. en After some discussion among the meui- in >ers of the cemmiwion, Mr. Edmund*' he Dotion for a recess and for the extension ba if time to counsel was agreed to, and the re ommission thereupon adjonrned until th :.'U)P.M. The Commission reassembled in the ex Jenate chamber at 7:30. Mr. Merrick announced that Judge load ley and himself would ap[>ear for he Democrat*. Mr. Kvart? said Judge rr\ Stanley Matthews and hiniwlf would ap- K? *ar for the Republican. tei Judge Hoadley then addressed the r0 Commission. I[e claimed that the ptin- aQ iples controlling this case had been al- fl0| eadpr decided in the cases of Florida and tjj] Louisiana. Only such documents and br lapers would be competent to be receiv- pQ d and considered as were found within he envelopes sent to the President of ?p, he Senate, and the decision ol the Re- gauming Board, acted n|ion br the Clover- pij ior, is tinal and conclusive. Mr. Hoadlev ,n. aid my proposition is that the State of )regon through her State officer* has w. poken, and the result of that speech is fK) ere in the certificates givsn to Cronio, un Well and G'artwrighl. They are the only '0i( fgitimate lawful evidence of the act of )regon in this matter. I submit that he cirtiticate or list signed by the Gov- or rnor and Secretary of State of Oregon, nil delivered to the College of Electors ?jt ? final and conclusive evidence. Why v;( ras the Governor and Secretary required o signed these lists. It it because the Ihief Executive of the State and the anvassing oflicer should unite in declar- tQ. ng who is elected, and when thus signed heir signatures, give it the conclusive an nd final evidence which is required. tL Commissioner Thurman inquired who. >y the laws of Oregon, has the custody of he great seal of the State. . Judge Hosdley said he could .not anwer that question. Mr. Matthewasaid it was the Secretary if State under the Constitution. Mr. Hoadley said that was probably , orrect, but he would add that there was lothing in the laws of Oregon which au- t? homed any such certificate or exempliication as presented by the supporters of . ertificateNo. 1. He argued that the act hroughoutwaa legal, and continued : 1 J. sy Cronin was elected. Testing by any oethod, would a quo warranto be in faror of Watts? Wouhlnothis dlanualiti* :ation have killed his title? Could he by luo warranto certiorari or by contest abtain from the seal that Cronin held deacto? Watts was a postmaster and is Unqualified to test it now by that method. U Jn what principle of law could Watts, V; vho did not hold this commission from rii my court of justice in this land, have co jot the title to which he now lays claim ? bj Jronin held the title. Cronin cast the rote. Would you have awarded the po- w: dtion to a man whom the constitution of nt: rour country says should not hold it, on ihe principle that the mandate to 1 jlect is fulfilled by the election of CJronin? Test it by any method you f0 :hoose, and tell me how any lawyer oan ?e lay that a disqualified candidate can |x icize the office by any process known to the law of our country, out of the hands of one who holds-it defacto. He may have a judgment that the office is vacant, and '0 that ia the end of the whole thing so far J' as he is concerned. Judge Hoadly said the Commission excluded evidence in the Florida and Louisiana eases because it was without judicial power, and said without the exercise of judicial power ai you cannot deprive Tilden and Hendricks dl of one vote cant for them in Oregon, th Without the exercise of judicial power w you cannot award it to Have* and ei Wheeler. N At the conclusion of Judge Hoadley's II argument the Commission adjourned till w 1C o'clock to-morrow. H Declined to Try Ihe Jetlle*. New Orlkaks, Febrnary 21.?Captain O'Brien, of the ship Belle O'Brien, after h sounding the jetties, getting the cut 18 c feet on hard bottom, declined going t! through, and had the ihlp put to sea V through the southwest pass, which was I done without trouble. The O'Brien ti drafts 20 foot of water. v FOREIGN NEWS. TIIK ?|i IINTIOS. Servian < oulci>uce ? F.uIKIIuh the I'ciMiiuh. C'ONVTANTINOPLK, Felnqary 21.?The Servian plenipotentiaries held ihcir tint conference Willi Ha (vet Pasha yestorday. The interview Uated three hour*. The conciliatory impreMion continue*. Vienna."February 21.?Newsh&?beet) received that the Kuftaiana are actively working in Persia to induce the Shah tu join thetu in cafe of war. The inducement ofl'ered i* the possession of disputed frontier territory. l}he Shah doe* not appear altogether nvernc to the plan. Tho Turkish frontier i4 almost denuded of troopc, and with 2U.POO noldien of the Shah ?oui?thing might lie done. anarchy. Iaindon, February 21.?a special lrutu Constantinople nay* that in confluence of the Sultan's illnes* anarchy prevails in government circles. KKULANU. .Sugar lCelinery ( London, Februarv21.?Finsoll's *ugar refinery, at Hristol, closer Saturday iu consequence of the scarcity of raw male' rial and the inlluence of the French bouutv ayntem. About two thousand pernoue will Ih? thrown out of employment. til<len I'iiIm In IIIn Oar. New York, February til.?Governor Tildeh ha* ?ent the following communication to Senator Kernan: . New York, February 21 T<> lion. Francis Kernan, Washington: A telegram to the Associated 1'reM nublinhed thin morning Htate? that aii harniomoUB agreement has been brought about between the Senate committee of which you an* a member and the committee of the House, by which it haa been decided not to go into an examination of my bank account on the one hand or the accounts of the chairman of the Republican Committee on the other hand. I repudiate any ?uch agreement and dinclaim any auch immunity, protection ur benefit from it. I reject utterly the lalae nupuwuou mat my private bank account contains anything whatever that need* to be concealed. Under the pretenae of looking for a payment in December, demand was made tor ull payment* after Majr and all deposits during nine month". The hunk wit* rc|>eatcdly menaced with the removal oi it* officers and books to Washington. A transcript of the entries of tinprivate business trusts and charities, con taining every thing but what the committee was commissioned to investigate, but nothing which* it won commissioned to investigate, because nothing of that Hurt existed, has been taken with my knowledge to Washington. Of course there U no item in it relating to anything in Oregon, for 1 never made, authorized or knew of any expenditure in relation to the election in that Slate, or resulting controversies, or any promise on the subject. Mr. Kllw, acting President oi the bank, and himself a Republican, some time ago told the chairman of thw committee and several of ita member* th:it there was nothing in the account capable of furthering any just object of investigation. 1 am also informed that a resolution was passed to summon me aitt witness, but 1 have received no subpaua. 1 had written before this telegram appeared requesting you to say to the committee that it would be more agreeable to me not to visit Washington if the committee would send a sub-committee or hold a session here. But that otherwise. I should attend under the aubporna. Ah to this arrangement now reported I have this to say: I can accept decorum and decency, but not a fictitious equivalent for a mantle of secrecy to anybody else. (Signed) S. J. Tilues. Lvtrutfiiioii Treaty with SpuiuWashington, February '21.?Ratifications of the extradition convention between the United Stnton and Spain liave been exchanged. The President has made a proclamation of the same. It pro vhict mai me contracting piruea shall, upon mutual requisition, duly niade.deliver up to justice all persons who may be charged with, or who have been convicted of, any of the crimen specified in the convention, committed within the jurisdiction of said contracting parties while 9aid persons were actually within such jurisdiction when the crime wa? committed, and who shall seek an asylum or shall lie found within the territories of eitlier. The crimes specified by the terms of the convention ure*nurder, attempt to commit murder, arson, piracy, or mutiny, burglary, breaking and entering olhces of thetJovernment, or office* of banks, insurance companies, Ac., robbery, forgery, counterfeiting, embezzlement and kidnapping. Persons ihall not be subject to extradition for political offenses, nor for crime committed previous to the ratification of thin treaty, and no person shall be tried for any crime or offense other than that for which he was surrendered. Unlets such crime be one of those above enumerated iftid shall have been committed subsequent to the exchange of the ratilicution. Stipulation-* of this Convention shall l?e applicable to all foreign or colonial |>oH*cssions of either of the con* tracling parties. Kither partv may it any time terminate the treaty by giving the other six months notice. ' I'IKK RKl'OKI). At Fuirvtcw. PH. PiTTsuuROH, February 21. ? At 7 o'clock this morning a fire at Fairriew, Butler county, Pa., desjroyed building* occupied as follows: R. J. Miles,dry goods and groceries; >lrrt, Adams, mil lineryj J. D. Lupher, hardware, and T. A. Smith, tobacco and cigars. A portion of the goods from all the buildings were saved, but in a damaged condition. A number of frame buildings burned ntTanslng, Iowa, vesterdav. Low $12,00?>. Caftualtie*. St. Louim, February 21.? Daniel O'llcarn, a workman engaged on repairing the eastern approach to the bridge, l<J*t his footing about 10 o'clock last evening, and was hurt so badly that he died while being conveyed to the hospital. This afternoon a stranger while walking under the bridge was struck on the head by a piece of timber, which fell from above, killing him instantly. If U skull was badly mashed. Annual .fleeting. Cincinnati, February 21.?The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Marietta & Cincinnati Kailroad was held here to day, and elected the following officers: President, John King; Treasurer, W. F. McClintock; General Superintendent, W. W. Peabody. The President's report shows a decrease in the earnings of $25,000, and an increase of the expenses of $1,800 as compared with last year. QIIAS. E. DWIGI1T, PRACTICAL CHEMIST, li prepaml to cuke emrtful tad coapUU analjrws of Iroo Orn, Uueatoncs, Mineral Wilin, *tr. laboratory cor. 24th and Cbapllne strteu suS Wtaosllnf, W. Va. Npwlp It ('sumption Hill. Washikcitox, Ktlirnarr 21.-The tol owing l? the toll leu 0( ths bill to ah! n the resumption of specic payments, eoorted by Mr. Sherman, from the Comnittee on Finance, and placed on the alendar for consideration Re it enaefetl, t{r., That the Secretarv ?f theTr#??nry be.nndhe is hereby anhorhed to issue in sum or ?ums, not 'exceding in aggregate one hundred millon dollars in redemption of an equal mount of United StateH note*, under uthority of the Acts of February 2"?, 802, July 11,1SG2, and March :>?>, *1803, oupons or registered bonds of the same iscription and character as those auhorized by the Acts of July 14,1870, and anuary 20, 1871, redeemable in ain of the present standard value at le pleasure of the United State- after D years from the date of their issue and paring interest, payable quarterly in ich coin, at the rate of I per cent per DDum, and such bonds JihaJl be in addion to the loan authorized by the Acts of ulv 10, 1870, and January 20,1871. Section 2. That during any one year lere shall not be issued of said bonds redeemed of said notes, more than $2"v K>,000 nor more than $4,000,000 daring it one month, and when said treasury /ten shall have been so redeemed they lall not again be re-issued, but shall l>'o jicelled and destroyed; no commission any form shall be paid for the exchange bonds i-sned under the provisions of is act. Sec. 3, That the Secretary ot the reasury is hereby authorized to issue exchange for the le^al tender notes of e United States silver coin to an aount heretofore authorized to Indued by the net of April 17th, 1870, lapter WS.and by the joint resolution of ily 22d and Nov. 17th, 1876, and shall >t exceed eighty million of dollars, and e legal tenuer notes so received shall cancelled and de?troyedt and be held be a portion of the sinking fund proded by the existing law, the interest to computed thereon as in case of bonds deemed. Sec. 4. That the necessary expenses of graving, printing, preparing and issug bonds, and of redeeming and cancelig United States notes, as provided in is act, shall be paid out of any money the Treasury not otherwise appropried, but the whole amount thereof shall it exceed one-quarter of one |>er centum the amount of bonds issued. Louisiana Investigation fenate committke. Washington, February 21.?At toy's session of the Senate Bub-committee f Louisiana affairs, Mr. Howe presiding, r. Hono re, Secretary of State of Loui? na, was present with a large packing se and commodious carpet-bag conining the returns of the twenty-two allenged parishes, together with the UMira nnd niMautti le committee-room was cleared of all :cept the reporters and two counsel on cli side, ana the box was opeucd. It is finally agreed that for the purpose of cilitating the examination the papers referred to the counsel, who will liedule all belonging to each parish for e committee. investigation. Hon. H. Barkedolo, one of theTilden ictors at large, and a member of the imocratic National Co nun it tec, untitled fore the Hpecial Senate committee instigating the Mississippi election that tire good feeling had been established the State under Democratic rule; that never heard of duplicate keys for llot-boxes in Hinds county until he ad the statement made by Lester before e committee, and members of the Hinds tunty Democratic Committee deny the istence of such keys. The Aslitalnilsi ISrltlKf. Clf.vei.and, February 21.?'The Lewi* Ashtabula snecial says the inquest is resumed, and (ieo. M. Heed, Sujk'rinulent of bridges on the Lake Shore ad, was at his request recalled to make explanation o\ Mr. Joseph Towlinn'a testimony. Mr. Tomlinson hnd to?. ied that some of the main braces in the idge had moved three in die* from their sition before Ja?t painted, and Mr. ted has examined the bridge with reset to the evidence on this point, and ys that thej had not ?o moved. He exlina the mistake of Tomlinson by Hairs' that the plan wan changed after Mr. imlinson'iiconnection with the company la severed; also, that by reason of the sition of the brace* lite painter wa? able to tonch some points on the angle DCkfl. Adjourned until the 2itd at a. m. A verdictli not expected before the 2d ild of'March. Probably no witnesses 11 be examined after this week. Con* lerable time wjll be required in re pwmg testimony. Ohio lieRtNluturi'. Uolumbcs, February 21.?In the House day a special committee wan appointto receive a delegation from the India Legislature, who propose visiting is city next Saturday to inspect the be olent institution*. The following bill# were pawed: Hou*e II to secure a minority representation Boards of Election: to provide for rying an assessment okonedollar on all rsons who own dogs. the funds so rained be used to compensate sheep owners r lots by dogs. A bill was. introduced to establish a ireau of Mining Statistic*. In the Senate, a bill to punish the prau :e of resorting to distant courts to drive citizens ol their right* under Ohio itntes was pasted. M'eatber Indications. wab dkrarrnk.vt, ) <>kkick or tu* Cinicr Bjonal OrvitKn, ) Wasiiixoto!!, V. C, February 22-1 t. *.) raonAuiunts. For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, p|>er Mississippi and Lower Missouri alleys, failing barometer, followed by a <ing barometer, nouthwest veering to Ider northwest winds, clearr followed cloudy weather. For the Lakes, south and west winds, artner and partly cloudy weather and ationary barometer. iVarrMul Issued l?r I>ou I'iull. Wasuinotos, Feb.21.?Thegrand jury und a true bill against Don Piatt fur ditious publication, and a warrant has en issued for his arrest. gave hail. Col. Piatt was arrested this afternoon r the U. 8. Marshal and taken before ldge McArthur, who required bail in ie sum of $5,000, which was given. Ucctton ot Director*. Indianapolis, February 21.?At the inual election of Directors of the Inianapolla & St. Louis Railroad, held in lis city to-day, the following Directors ere elected: II. D. Hurlbut, J. II. Dcv caux, C. C. Gale. Thomas A. Scott, J. . McCullough and Thomas D. Messier. [. B. Hurlbut was chosen President, Edard King, Secretary and Treasurer, and iussell Elliott, Auditor. The Murderer ot Wild Hill. Yamcton, February 21.?Application aving been made to the President for ommotation of the sentence of death in be case of Jack McCall, the murderer of Vild Bill, to imprisonment for life, the J. S. Marshal has been notified that afsr consideration of the sentence the law rill not be interfered with.