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_ ___N DA ILY DEMOCRA f P' - - OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. VOL. II--NO. 50. NEW ORLEANS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1877. PRICE, FIVE OENTS. THE TRUE VERSI1IN. sstltee Bradley Non- Pariitsan. :Irl Certifleates 'rin~tnitted by the S President of the Sienate to ith. , t be Constider d. o Sp, cal to N. O. Democrat.] WAsnmtlhoTon, Feb. 7.-The joint com maissrion decided by a party vote to re `-elVveO only the dtrideneo transmitted to -them by the President, of the S enate, and by a vote of cightr to seven (Justico Bradley acting with the Democrata) to consider thequestion of the eligibility of eleo wtore. The commission will hear argument tohtiorrow as to whaether the Drew or Stearns certlllcates shall be recelved. E. L. J .twr ... Sealp'ah to i 'h'. o . iomierat.l WAsilINoroN, Feb. 7.-I am sorry you were dlsappolnted, but there was iuoth ti gto send until about r,5 p. m. I presume the other papers printed the erroneous version of the diclslon of the tribunal ,.w hich was printed here at that hour. h 1 will send you later full explanation of . the acnotion of the trthunal. h:.let. ;ath Parties have alnf d onome Points and oLst Others. I'.I Teathn,,y Fxpcted About the nRe turnlug Board, Implleating Cant raoll Chandllrr & Co. S [peIt.e to N. O ierwm'erat.] WAsnixotoN, Feb. 7.--Interviews with , nearly all the members of the tribunal SO to show that the true Interpretation S f the decision just rendered by it leaves Sthe case about a stand-off, each side having gained some of Its points and Slot others, The Democrats were badly r ..stampeded by false interpretatlons of , the dtecision at first, but have now ro 4overed confidence. The whole matter Leally rests with Justice Brarley, and t~hose who have talked with him sa.y the - "que warranto record of the State court of Florida will carry greati weight with him. A new lead will be opened in the Re turning Board investigation to-morrow tor next day, which will pan out bigger reults than have yet been reached in .the way of implicaing )Don Cameron, John Sherman and Chandler. Billy Green, clerk of the board, will ., tye testimony without reserve to-mor. row, mainly corroborating Llttlefleld. B ur.rI,r. .Proeredingr in it, Ilouse of l'eprlenlta The Resolantoas Adoptc d by the EIlecoral 'hTr. huni&. SSpaoial 'o the N. U. Drm'wcrat.] UIARaEsrTON, Feb. 7.-The Senate was not in session to-day. The House'passed a bill to remove the disabilities of Ctpt. M. Scales, of Mem iphis; also, a bi to remove the disabill \ .es of G. D. Thdrner. Portland, of Alabama. objected to the 11 to provide for the election of (direc of national banks. The bill was ~ally referred to the i in king and Cur Enoy Committee. A resolution was adopted, ordering the testir ony thus far taken by the House Committee on Powers, Privileges and Duties of House, etc., to be printed. The House resolved itself into a Conm a.mittee of the Whole on the Deficiency Appropriation bill. A resolution was adopted, ordering the payment of nearly half a million of 'dollars of Indian clai m. Great excitement was caused by the reported action of the Electoral Corn plistion. The river and harbor bill was ordered i printed; the House then adjourned. The Electoral Co mmissison,at 4 o'clock to-day, took vote on a resolution de 4tlarlng that they would take no further testimony on the electoral certificate i sued by Gov. Stearns of Florida to the Mayes and Wheeler electors. The reso lution was adopted by a vote of 8 to 7, .Judge Bradley casting the deciding vote. The commission next voted on a resolution to take testimony in the case of the alleged ineligible Republican -lector, Humphrey. It was agreed to take testimony by a vote of 8 to 7, three S te judges and the five Democrats doting aye. E. G. D. .EN. GIBSJON. U' Makes a Most Able and Eloquent S peech on the Loulasrlna question. ~;_P i[-pecial to N. U. Democrat ] SWAseuiWro, Feb. 7.-Gen. Gibson's {e on the Louisiana question covers Swhole case, both as to the facts and gl points involved. It is unl SA P regarded here as an unanwser. dasi an able ad elotugtent 4a~;~ A FULL EXPLANATION. An Erroneous Impressilon Dis pelled by a Knowledge of Facts. Sufficient Evidence to be Admitted to Secure Fair Dealing. It May All 1und in 1 hrowing Out the Florida Vote. [ pocial to the N. O. Democrat.1 WAsentn ToN, Feb. 7.-The actual tenor of the decision of the electoral tribunal begins to be understood here, and a better feeling prevails in conse quence. The first inference of the pult lie was that the Hayes certificates had been accepted and the others rejected by the tribunal, subject, .o inquiry as to the eligibility of one of the Hayes elec tors. What the tribunal really did decide was this: They decided not to take any new testimony beyond the record I and evidence already beforo them. This record and evidence consists of the quo warra'to proceedings in the Su Spreme Court of Florida, the action of I the Legislature ordering a recount of the popular vote, and the certificates f numbers two and three, one of which is from the Supreme Court of Florida and the other from Governor Drew. This evidence is what is known as the Dtmi> case, which was :.. .,uiitted by Senator Jones to the Vice President be fore the votes were opened in joint ses sion. The case therefore stands in the following attitude: The vote of Judge Bradley was cast with the Republicans because he believed that the tribunal should conform to the practice of the Supreme Court as to the admission of evidence. Therefore he voted to exclude new evi dence of all kinds, and to adjudge the case upon the record and evideace which had been presented to the tri bunal as a part of the case itself. The Republicans, through their coun sel, had threatened, if the tribunal re ceived new evidence, to bring in a mass of testimony relative to alleged intimil dation, etc. The Democrats were anxious to get in the testimony and re port of Thompson's House Committee on Florida, and so voted in favor of ad mitting new evidence. The Republicans voted against it in pursuance of their regular policy which is to secure the count of the certificates as they stand, prints facie. The Demo crats were not afraid of any new evi dence, and felt that it would strengthen their case; but they are not at all in despair over the case as it stands. It will take probably until the last of the week to review the case under the decision of to-day. The final decision depends almost solely upon Justice Bradley, and at a venture I should guess that he will vote in favor of throwing out the vote of Florida alto I gether, after reviewing the iecord evi dence a.ove alluded to. If he does so, the Democrats on the tribunal will vote with him. BEvr,t.. *----4 e ---- - htOUTil LAROLINA. Judge Carpenter's Derision In the liamp Son-Chamberlatn question. COLuMInA, Fb'. 7 -Jt'ge (Crpinter has tle,t i.L8 (etets el int th' case of WiL. Ii. Wal ,eto,, Stl cker of the Demooratio 11 nne of R"l.reentatives, et als , vs. the Car(.li, a Na t c nil Blnuk a* d F. IL. Uardosz, claiming to btt the tt-publrrant S ate Treasurer, asking for an it jano ion restraining the b rnk trom pay i ·n sny tmoney upon obcks drawn by C.tr d( z, s e Treasurer. The court deide.: 1. That by law the freasu:er enters span ,he duties of his ltfice when the inoomiog GOavruor is duly anti lwlully intalled, an nurt till bhe. 2. That the constitution cf the Stite and the sttta'es r'qniret the presence tor both house a to open and publish the re urns for Governor and for his itrt.liation. :l Th't the. Mickey H ,une, in which Chbm berslai was inaugnraeo, was illegal and rev olutiontry; that its so'S are nulland void. .rad ih t, therefore, not legn': no iubliaesion of the retotns had het n mate, and n> iweful Installa'lon of Governor had taken place An order was atccordingly issued today re straining the S:ate dtpositcrs tram paying .any money upon checks of Cerdoza. and re str.iuiug that pritsnm from drawing any chico. as d'ate Treasurer, mutil a final decree i, issut d. The Apaches Excited. SA. FR.ANCISCO. Fmb. 7 --The Apaches kiletd ten whites in S ant rita Viiley. South eastern Ariz ns, on the 4 h. The Goveraor tpp1hesn or anttority to use volunteeis. South Pass. POET EADS, Feb. 7.--S8eamsh:p New York p.s e-d to ,M a through the jettid-, at 11:15 u'o.ock this mornu g. OrPERTOR. SORKIGN. THE EASTERN QUESTION. The Runeian Army soon to Cross the Border. IONloN. Foeb. 7.--the I'aris corresioden of ite S .nudard telegraphs that he is informed the I issi.n army I as received orders to ad vance, at,d will eose ,h,e Piroth in a few days. The Hungarian Mlnlstry Resigned. Vi.NNA, Foe. 7.--Te Hut get in M nistry have retigci in Oouatqu.noau of tnoar inablit ity to settle the brt.kq t .'ion it'i Anmtria. The India Cotton Crap a Failure. LSNDOx Fob. 7.-A diapateh from Uombay say~) tUe cottoo rop tf the pres. n, season has been severely damaged by excesstve r ian. FPreigl Markets. Loxwooi, Feb.? NoC.-'Joinst l 9511416. Erfe . ar.st raten 11 vteA a % ueo* baak. " a .? 6a. a.4Iru.Lf j leans 6 13-1610; sales 8000 balee; fir speculatina and export 1010; reorip a 11,600; Amerloan 5700. Futures weaker, with se'lers at last night's prices, but a e now steadier; Uplands, Low M d dling aelaue. February and March de ivery, 6 01l82@ 9.16d; March and April 6 Li-16l; April and May 6 ;3-ICrd: June and July 6 15-16d; July and Acgust'6 31-821. Rhipped January and Feiv rmary by alil 6 11-161; February and March 0 1.-16d" April awl May delivery 8i 27-82d. 1:30 P. M.--Uplands, Low 1taddliug olaune February and March delivery, 09.101; American lard 52s 6d. Livl~RPiOOt, Feb. 7, 3 1'. M.-- Cotton- IUp'lands, how Middlihug cluse, April and lMay dehvely. 6 13-16d, Hales of American 6150 bales. 4 p. n.-U.,land, how Middling clalsu, Arril and AMay delivery. 6 2;--82d.; Mav adrl June, 7 7d; bhioped A ti and May, by m.il, 6 1l 16d. PAnrs Feb 7.4 p. ru.- lieute luof. OS0. OLAmoow, Feb 7.-A faIr bnsilwesa is doing in the ,ugir umn k t here, and prices are atb ,ut 31I. Swi. rllow r, ex ept for the flueit crystalm, which ase rather do-rer. Money, ltocks, Etc. NEw YfVOK, Feb. 7.--oid opened at 1]00. ltocks active wit, .n unsettlel feelingr,. ouny 3. told 105%. Exaclange, I ng. 4 i; slhut t, 4 A/%. M.tlae bonds--toutti Unroliha'is b ttr:; itherenttealy . (livterlruelot~ aoivon. uniIn'tL.d f.eling, bult a littl better since the lirst call. Marine News. NEw Yol:R, Feb. 7.-Arrived: If rdl,: kitived Cnt: Jliohn '. Hmilth, Fi-dee, lih-rlnzaL, Bt ll, l'ieoni re I- rid., L.,adivo, Fci zde. (altoi, Olii . L]a Fr nee. Ilowinward: Met >r, linr SIirlestov' ; AdIusr, for Now Orleans. '1I - c.r ouier Mlerit, , ith i ca go of it aniger, I-' bsl"oe on L ,n; Lranch t i, I il· l m lith as(, Of Egg I. rbor, a nri lis het tn .lnrilot, o'd, ate& olvr, l tlnlt 1111 rwn|,. r tn 'te II Iarly Elr td. [(ou, lr-Journal.] A Berlin dispatch states that in view of-tho precarious state of the Pope's health, the Uatnolic powers of Eurone have agreed to make the strictest use of their ancient prerogative to insure regularity in the election of a successor. By a decree of the eleventh General Council, held ia 1779 under Pope Alex ander 111., the cardinals, and the car dinals alone, to the exclusion of the rest of the clergy, and the people and crowned heads, were accJrded the right of electing, creating, confirming and enthroning a Pope, provided that the candidate receive the votes of two thirds of the electing cardinals. Pre vious to this decree innumerable ditffl culties occurred, from the interference of the sovereigns with the elections and their claims to the right of confirming the Pope elect. Tile Emperor Justinian, in the year 530, issuerl a decree to the effect that no election of a Pope should be considered valid, or confirmed, without the consent of the emperor, but Constantine IV., in 684, restored to the church the liberty of choosing the Pope without imperial sanction. In 773 Pope Hadrian I., of his own accord, gave Charlemange and his successors the right of confirming tile Pope's election, which, however, was surrendered by Ludovicus. In 963 Pope Leo VIII., who had been elevated to the papacy by the Emperor Otho, granted that sovereign and his succes sors the right of confirming the pal.ril elections. In 1059 Pope Nicholas de creed that the election should devolve on the cardinals with the approval of the clergy and the people. There was, however, further trouble, and in 1061 Hildebrand refused to receive consecra tion without the approval of the em peror. The difllcuty was settled by the Council of 1179, as stated, and the car dinals]now have the exclusive right of electing and seating a successor to Pilus IX. The College of Cardinals, when full, has about seventy-ilv,, mem bers, two-thirds of whom are Italians, a vast disproportion, and not in accord ance with the constitution of Sec;tus V., which prescribes that cardinals should be selected from all the Christian na tions. At present, Italy has over lift.y cardinals; Germrrany, thi-ee; France, four; Austria, Ireland, Engnland, the United tates and Central America, one each while South Anleria has none. The largo I)roplortion ,of Italian (cardi nals is due to the fact that Pius IX de sires to secure a preponderatinig ultra marine influence in tile church, andl is afraid that a larger number of foreign ers might somewhat change the tradi tional policy. It will be seen, from what has been said, that the anxiety of the Pope lest there should be any inter i ference with the election of a successor is natural, as he regards such interfer ence as a dellance of the established decree of a church council. As stated in the dispatch, to which reference has been made, the Catholic powers have resolved to see that the election is held without interference, as provided by the Council of 1179. 4, 6, 8 and 10-bautoun it gloves at Keeeger's. A Chance to wake a Name. [Lon on Correspondence Chicago 19mes.1 The "Alabamaa" surplus is much talked about here in private circles. "Now America has a chance to show I her head and her hand," they say. "The balance remaining undistributed should come back to us!" The Siprcta tot says: "Such an act of political hon esty would do more to make future arbitrations possible and to restore the confidence of Great Britain in the American people than a dozen treaties, and we are not without hope tihat it may be performed. There is sometimes a deficiency of justice over there, espe cially about boundary claims, but there is never a deficiency of generosity. This country does not want the money, but it does want evidence that the Ameri cans, in pressing the 'Alabama' claims so sharply, sought only justice." ......- -.04 -- .... Cn'y good gloves keutt at Kreege 'r. Ruinous Economy. [News and Courier.] It cannot be disputed that the man who stops advertising for the purpose of retrenching his expenses succeeds in accomplishing his object. At the same time his receipts are largely retrenched, enabling a material saving in o'erk hire. If thile policy of retrenchment is adhered to, he will soot8h be able to elude the payment of rent and annoyances of con ducting a business. Get your vusuting glovw at Kr egor'u. OGEI.A RIEDUCTI,,.--Thl enterprising Cel Ithln meroraunt, i. I'. Waiehe, No. i1iUO,' at atrret.ha reduced tae prce on has splendid stoek o eslo h 0 tiin* 0 per out-. Frted Wle4be as a selesc n irtmot at ,i tnyeilothln., she b51st and cheamp I- tsa.3& w~to~..@#4be T'ILE FLORIDA CASE. a ,, The Proceedlngt in Congress and a Lisi of the Ibjeetloss to the Hayes y Eledors. he 'Fh Evidence Before the Commission. v. 'I'be preosding ofller aiced whetbcr thrre were ohlj. atl iLc to counting the vote of the dtate of Ir.crlcsa. ii Mr. Field, of New Yor roue! and sent to the 1; (1 ork'cc d" ak a w cMteu vtl ion to the lcnt cernl· fShate (for ilayes 82 W )eior), slgue by rl'L lorc JOuOne, of Florida; ooper, f '1 OeuneeBI e; n McDton tld, of Indlianca, ae1 by Jle receuottivee 1. Ft il, of New Yorlk t'lciccr, of VrglKiola; Jeuks, h of 1'Cenoylvcia, sod Sprlnger, of linois. Fucrther obj etions bet oall d for, Senator largenct serat up to ,ho Usn 'e de( k, on bc.hcdlf of Isn meilf aid lt'alce soncer end tnhermiccc, arid Y of Itl"reccsctctivcea Wuool rin, Dunnc It, K teui t, aid hlccrary, ttcren ev( rae nete If 0 jollcccic to r;1ctc vi cla t by lsero. tall, Hint tc, Ilcilock d anti Yuinge, the D niocrrrio rlectors, 0n the gccccctc thisc*, tice c'a~!cre arc rot anRIIl~encated a ceccicrscrd Icy 'flit conll*l ft iuctand lawcc. nunec*ry .JuIne, ocf Fl r t, in 10 o c5 lj lion d cqccially ico Mt . hIttnlc:crc'c a. bccl 'i'c cl oclict I, o1 ttc Cct acid proii ucLc r 11* Uncitcd rtiae. LIr. Kcnec LD, t I cwa, iuaic au allitio sal (lh i j-utiio to thic tlhirc t ecco ci cect.iCetee becaccee 4cý v were tccc ilctll0lji SateO lcc a percon wlit Ic It the c1113'c of (1Ivcruo'r % Lice titoc that ; Ic if fcucticccccct olhit (cc ccct,+e woltb s'rciceed. he P'rcccicliccg (1111cc r--Art Lii ro furtther ct ji C icc'e cc tlltc u+ni ccLIng o1 tl* vole, of It+ b ;tate cc ic'cc ida? (%fer a p mne:)(- Ir thcrc bo rc) e tltcc crcitii'ascc and p-cscc ci, cgoili-r with (33 bcc piperc acco maipln g.t tic cia -l, as wel ac l the cc 1 jdcdlloli1 1erco,.ctecj, Wil liuw , craociictccd to rh c.ccetcr.I Uu.legce uonluccrauoj for judgmlenlt anid dei1-.ion. 1 ,LCftOiN TO Fii1111)IA. Tho f l'owin "roe the obJl)oiOi, presented in the lloueo of Ilepresentalttes in the Florida case: The first by Mr Field. The undersigned, diharles V. Jonee, senator o the United tbates from dhi Stae of Florid.; Henry Cooper, Senator of thdUntted ; tarts from toe 8tate of Tennessee: J. E4MtieDonal,, nu .tor of the United MS tea from t4 State of Iudians; David Dudley Field, Repre nthtive front the State of Noe York; Ji. Itaud h Tu:ker, Repro- I s:n'ati e ,rom the Stateof Viginlt; (. A. J use, Representative from the 81. of Pounnytvani , and Wlham t. ipringer. l resentatrve irot the -tatl of Illinoisn , objecte to the counting of the votes of Charles If Petrce, Fredenck . t Humphreys, Willtam H. Hol4n and rThmas W. I oing as electors of Pr. eldeutauid Vice President of the United Sbatee. in, for laid on behalf of thbl State of Florida, and to the .q'pr pit porting to be a certificate of BI. L. terins as Governor of the said .tate, that the said Charles 11. Pearce, Frederick ". Ilumphreye, Villiaiin H. tolilen, and 'rho.nRa W. a oug were a pointed Ias electre in, fir and on behbaf of sail State; and to the papers I lrpior ing to be the rist of v.Js cast ib. the said Char!",s II. Pearce,: Frederick C. Hum phreyv, William II. H Idea. aid Thouas W. Long for i'resldent and Vic, l'ireident of the Utced Status; and to the votes thelflselro , for the, rea sons and uon the grouwt foil )wing, among others, h t ii to say: 1. For teat the said hbr'O H. Pottcs, Fr "d erick u. Humphreys, Withllin I. HIalden and Phhoman W. Long, were ndt sppo;ned by the State of Flotida in erch mlner as its Legitla. I tere had directed or in art manner whatever electors of Ptesident and lice l'rcaiduntof the United States. 2. For Ihtr, Wilkinsou Call, lJaitn E. Younge, RItbert It. fl[iton and Robetrt I;ll.hick were a,; pi,ointed by the said 8 ate, in such a miner as I its Legi lature habdl directel, electors of Presi dent and Vice President of the U;nited States. 3. The manuer of apeointing electors of Presl dent and Vice President of :he United btates in, for or on behalt of the Stite of Forida wase by too votes of the iqjal fie,! !lectors, at a general election held in raid tateo on t"o 7thday of Novetmber, 1876. and the graltflcd electso of the said State did, on the raid 7th day of November, 1876, execute the power by Ippointing Wilk neon Uall, James E. Younge, Bbert B. Halton and ltiveit Bullock to bie sech electors, hich aprotnttuent gtv.I to the appointees an irrevo. cable title that oud!t not be otrangod or set aside or conferred on any ether p rson. 4. That the pretended certificate on paper, purporting to be IL certificate signed ,ir At. L. Stearnes, as (I vernor IfC eaid State, of the up pointnent of th., sntd ('harles U. 'earcO, Fredh r ick U. Humlphro e Williham II. Holden and 'nornes W. Long to be E ec:tor, wad aild I ii a 1 restlets nurnu , rnd was corruptly p ocur. d and tm d iu purelitnue of amc.urp.recy between the said JI. L. Stearns, Charl s 1I. 'Pearce, Fred erick C. haniphrtes, William LH. ll,!den attl t'hlllnas W. Loug, alt other ouresoin to these tl jncturs utku,:wri, wihi intint to d prive the peo pl,+ of ith said state of the right io app-iout ,tec tie, a d to deprivei Wi+k.tjiun Cali, James E. Youngr, itvbert i. Illtion and 1 ,be t hul ,ek of their rigit to sild otll.i', and to assert and seM li, tic iisue and unroel vo'es for Presidenut a.d Vice b'raei ent, and ithrby to deceive the proper authorilies of this Union. 5. For that the sael papers, falsely purlporting to be the votes or President and Vice President of the 'tato of Florida,. which are laticious and unreal, and do not tru y represn-t any votes or lawful a ts, and are i, w here object d to, were midn nu and executed in put senice of the same fraudulent conspiracy by the said persons pur porting to have cast said votes. 6.1 For that the said pretended certificates, and the pretended lists of electors connected there with, so made by the said M. L. Stearns, if the said lists and certifloates and lists ever had any validity, whioh th so ob~ecsors reny, h vw been annulled and declared void by a sub-equent law In certificate of the Exetn ile of Florida, duly and lawfully made, in which the said Wilkinson Call. Bober; Bullock, James E. Young and RItb .rt B. H8ton are truly and in due form declared to have been duly appointed by said State, in the manner directed by its coastitu.iou, and also by an act (f the Legislature of the said State. in which the title of the said Wilkinson Call, James J6. Younge Robert B. Hilton and Robert utilock. as such electors, is declared to be good a d valid; and further, by the judgment of the Circuit Court of the said Staie or Florida for the St cond Judicial Clrouit--gnat being a court of o impe ent jurisdiotion, upon information la the nature of quo wairranto brought on the 6th day of December. 1876, bef re said vrctcud,,d electors in any fi rm vote i for President or Viee Fresi dent as aforesaid, by the ltate of Florida, on the relati .n of the said Wilkinson sa 1, Rotert Bul lock, James E. YV unge and R ibert B. Hilton, asraine the said Char es H Pearce, Frederick O. lumphreys, William H. Holden and Taomas W. Long, whereby the defendants, after having ap peared, pleaded and put in issue the quesntin of the r own riiht and title and that of the relators to act as such electors, and of -r full hearing it was ditly and lawfully adjuog d by eai.t court that the said Chael sa f. Pearce, Frederick C. Humuhreys,.William 1l. Hoiden and £iomas W. Long were not, nor was as y one of them elected, chosen or appoi tied, or entitled to be declared :lected, oho eu or appointed, as such electore or elector, r.r to ree ie ce rtlfioates or c-ritictcao of ele lion or a poiutment as such electors or elector, an) that the said ri sponldeuts were not unou the said 6th day of December ior at any other time en:itled t , assume or a arclise any of .he p )wer or funOtiote of such electors or elee or, but hat they we. e upon the said day and date usurp re, and tha', all and singular, their as a tlant olnge as a ob w ri illega. n .11 and vAid. And it to rnr her c sidered a d dev Is ped. that rail clect + s. Robe rt Bull ock Hubert B iL.ton, Willti ron Cal, and Jamea I Youn*e all a d siniular, were at said election duli ele ted, ch ,seu and appo;nted elect rs of Preri dent and Voe Presideut of the Umnt, d 8 ater, and wer , on tbt eard 6th ear of Dee, mber, 18"6, entitled to be deolared elected, eioen , d applo ted as ,ch eleolors. and to nave and to receive oetalo. tea thereof,aed Mupon the saia .p ~d date, and at 1l.e s ribce eo.exerstbe .*q4 ptI'rhaIm s 5l IdstgJrtbepswef~naetUr, OSW.5ap t as electors, on December 6, 1878, cast the four votes of Florida f, r Mr. Tilden as President a d Mr. Bend icks as Vice President, and as well la that respect is in all others, acting in entire and perfeot coonf rmity with the constitution of the U. oted States, certifled the same votes to the President of the Senate; they did every thing toward the autbentlotin of sach vo es re quired by the cinstitution of the United States or by any act of Congress, except seetito 188 of the itevised Statutes; and in conformity with the s'oreeaid Jnd4ment oi the lorids court, the Governor of Flrida, who had been drly inducted mto office sunbsequent to December 6, 1876, did, on the 26th dat of Jauary, 1877, give to the aIst named four electors the triplicate lists prescribed by s, iil act of Congress, (Reviiediaatutes of the Unlited Stare,, se tion 186,) which they forward ed a prescribed be the ato of Congress, as a up p emtn to their f rmer oertttlote .n thr. b ha f. And, in supp rt of said objections and o aime, t- under.inned beg leave to refer to the reasons and documents enbmiitted herecith, and such pe Iitiois, depoeitions, papera and vidence as siay be heresfter produoed, and as may be oonlp stent anli pertinent in considering the said objections asun calat is. Among the papsrs herewith submitted are the full ,ing, v z: 1. i'o mutch of the official Congresaional Record f February 1, 1877, as contains tle treort of the Htone Committee on the recent el otion in Flor ida. 2. The original report of said committee. 3. A erritled comy of the act or the Logi Ie turn of Flo itd apo oved January 17, 1877, enti tied " An act ti pr cure a legal canvass of the e.lct.rtrl vote of the rimtra of Florida as cest at th" elect on held on the 7th of November, 1876 " 4. A c rltficae, , f th M.tete Canvassers of the t'ot el oio,,n held Iim November, 1576, dated Juan are 19, 1877. 5. A cerilntie rf an act of the L9i-lla'ure of tIe Hi ate or Flhr da approved January 3 t, 1877, i' eitbld '" n a t to deeiue rd establhrh the as pitintmenm b the ttia e of Fl rida of electors of Pre idnut and Viol P o.ident." G. The coruflnale of George F. Drew, Governor of the State of F orida, of the namrues of the elec tors chosen oti the 7th day of November, 1860, bearing die Jnmi try 211, 1877. 7. The c rLificstee of Wikinnson Coll, J. E. Y ung. It. B. H 1 on snd Itorert Bullock, elected aid appounte I by the Stita of Forida of the vote cast for Procident and Vice President by them, bearing date Jannary 26, 1877. 8 'iho record of the proceedings and judg metits of the Circuit C mrm of Leou county, the econud Judicial Circuit of the State of Flrld,, on into m ,tion, in the nature of aquo warrsanno in the name of the State of Florida ex r: 1 F. i. HIump',revy, Ilbarles H. Pearce, William H Hil den and T. W. L nrg: aso a certiflen copy of the sot of the L.egislature of the State of Florida, ap,,r.ved Janusry 26, 1877, afor-said, and the oer tiuriate of thi State canvasseres atf esait and the proo edings and judgment on the infor eaton saorresat, transmitted to and received by the II mne of Representatives on the Bist day of Jan uary, 1877. CHUARLEJ W. JONES, H eN ItY COOPEIR, J. E. MoDON1ALD, Senators. DI VID DUDLEY FIELD, J. H. T'I'U KE , 0. A. JaNcK, WILLIAM tPRINGER. Members f tYe House of Represontatives. Henat ir Jones, of itvtila, presented a further objection, ham Iy : She unlereigced ohbject to the counting of the vote of F. O. lHuamphreys as n e!eotor for the State of Florida up in the ground that the said Hu'cphreys was appointedn a sh'pping commis sioner uncer the govern nentor the United States at Penesaola, Flor,.d, beret ,fore, on the 3,1 day of Decemb,-r, 1872, and qua tiled as snoh thiere fore on the 9th of December, 1872, and coutihned to h Il the said ofiCBe a ntiunously from the last named day until and upon the 7th dayof Novem. her. 1876, and therwaft r until and upon the 6fh day of December, 1876, whereupon and by reason of the premises the said F. C. Humiphreys held at the time of his alleged appointment as an elector of said State, and at the time of casting his vote as an o'eotr thereoi, an orfflce of t ust and prodf lder the United States, and could not be consti tationualy appointed an elector as aforesaid. C. W. Jt)NE4. Senator. U. G. IHO tP8ON, Member of the House of Representative.. . ... ---- k@4 - ...... MORTON AND GARFIELD. The Two tkeletons in the Closet of the Elrectoral Tribunal. [Washington Corresp'nderne Cinctrn ti Fn quirer. How the pIrtisau politicians dwindle now by the side or the man who could riue above pa-ty and stand uy his conotry ! These ctre-itureS are b reicig At loi heell and make tie mn11*sV so n sagr eetble that Coilkhlg re tu.1e. to mt-ke oe, cf the great comrmise-tn he <r ited., while M1ort .n and OGfield, the fist espeoially, hlve Ibegged fir a plaes. H w hMe two, i.f er whit they have done, can t. ki the or th the ttta calls fir is more than I om answer. It is po.itivtly indooent. Bat we art, getting well nerd to indo~tnoies from that qrlgrter. The war male by the conspirators on the Conservatives is very bitter. Among the more vnloar we hear it asserted that Conkliai was moved to what he did thtongh the m li, e born of disappointed a ubition, and that the others had been bought up. Tuat there han been a surrender on the part of the Rspub lioons is oonotded here on all sides. The Daily .Rpublic:an the oficial organ, can searcely restrain its wra h, and I would uoi be surprised at an open war upon tie Conservatives immediately mater the vote is counted and the contest decided. I hope so. There is this difference between soreheads driven from a camp; some are driven out because they are too good, and the other sort beause they are too bad. I should I k- to see ConkI ng with ns as I have ceen Trumbull aid Carl Schaur, Cuar.ea Francis Arams, Julian and othere. I saw Morton yesterday hobbling hia way into canens. He looked positively like a corpse. Hs face, gent r lly of an ashy hue, deepened ab unt the eyes and nostrils into an unhealthy blue, as if dicay had met corrup. ion in his head. He had, too, an unusual expression of pain in his eyes ani twieching ab ,at the corners of his firm-set. iroa-fiamed mouth. What a bold, bed man he i+! He was followed by t h t S atorial pslay, old Simon Cameron. Both looked as if it would be in order to fetch out the iron oaskea' for the more decent decay of men already dead. Judiecal. [N. Y. Heral'1.) The suit brought by the Bank of Louisiana against James A. Branda, Jr., has been piaced on the calendar of i the Supreme Court for trial next week. r -.---. Robeson in the Arabian Nights. For y Repnb:ioans in the New J rsey Leg. isla ure .apper ed Robeson for Sen tor. Thae tr is a Ramut numb, r that the d.cretery cpuld I qui.e appropriately head.-[Boston Post. Train notifies the country never again to mention his name in conn lotion with the presidency. " If you do," he says, " I'll immediately cut the wires.--[(Cin cinnati Commercial. EEED Rn. -In another column Capt. O. H. Alien, the proprne or of the ertbhated Brooks a itoo Mit N. --, advertiesa very seuperior lot or a O rodiaa sad aandaras white rice, a t of which is l tee from re. aes plater tM 1~, no doubt, fod tI thee sead * e s r frl AIien a sale. t: 'All y - ý "ý APAIN's GRIP LOOdf4INOg. Rumored Overtures to the Cuean Gev eminent and General. IN. Y. Sun.] We have been furnished with dis patches and Drivate letters from the seat of government of the Republic of Cuba. at present located in Camguey, dated up to the 9th ult., and from them we extract the following important items of News: The Congress of the Republic of Cuba in session on the Oth ult., appointed President Don Tomas Estrada, Com. mander-in.Ohief of the army. Gen. Maximo Gomez was appointed by the President Minister of War on the same day. Gen. Gomez is to organize a powerful expeditionary corps, purpose ly for the immediate and complete de vastation of the Villas Department, in which are located the mass of the sugar estates from which Spain levies the sinews of war. During the incumbeney of Gen. Gomez in the Secretaryship of War, Gen. Vicente Garcla, late in com mand of the Second Army Corps in Camaguey, is appointed to the com mand of the Third Army Corps in Las Villas, vacated by the appointment of Gen. Gomez to the Secretaryship of WHr. The expeditionary crps, which will consist of some 5,000 veterans, will be recruited mainly from the First Army Corps, in. the E astern Depart ment, and the Second, in the Central or Calmaguey Department, in neither of which are the Spanlsh forces in any condition, numerically or otherwise, to attempt any offensive operations. Gen. Gomez married on the 4th ult. a young lady of one of the oldest and most respected of the aristocratic Cuban families of Camaguey. The oocurrence is noteworthy as uroving that the off eers in the Liberating army have leis ure for the amenities of civilized life and disproving the absurd Spanish offl clal reports which insist on depicting the Cuban forces as composed entirelyr - of runaway negroes and Chinamen hid ing in the virgin forests of the island. Among our files of Cuban papers one describes the celebration of the eighth anniversary of the Declaration of On ban Independence in the camp of Major General Modesto Dias, who oommands the First Army Corps in the Eastern Dep irtment, and at which were present.. the Executive of the government with his entire Cabinet and sundry leading members of Congress. The celebration . was inaugurated by horse-racing, in which the breeds of Camaguey and Oriente were pitted against each other. The military band (eighteen pieces) otf' the regiment of Holguin enlivened the assembly with patriotic airs, and the meeting concluded with spirit stirrin discourses delivered by the President or the Republic, several members of the Cabinet and of Congress. A letter from Cienfuegos, received 1n this city yesterday by a Spanish firm, announces the practical commence- ment of the campaign by the Cubans. On the 22d ult., while a reception wasr-. taking place in the Government House of that city, in honor of the birthday of the little king, Alphonse XII., the Gov- - ernor received news of the burning by - the Cubans, on the morning of that day,.. of nine large sugar estates in the town- . ship of Anrmao, a place within a few leagues of Clenfuegos. The letter does. not give the names of all the estates, destroyed, but states that two of them. belonged to Senor Sarria, and one to-. Senor Galdoz. NE VA.DA. A tlllnl State Fagt Rushing late MBauk-s raptey. [St. Louls Bepublioev.l With all its wealth of gold and silver,. the State of Nevada is in danger of be coming bankrupt. Its taxable property. is assessed at only $29,564,000. The to tal State taxes on this amounted, last year, to $265,7560, and it is esttmateJ that for the present year they will amount to $403.132, while the estimated . expenditures are $544,057, so that then , will be a deficiency of $141,000. Tih State tax is 90 cents on the $100, so d county taxes $1 50 more, making a tot ,1 of $2 40 on the $100. Heretofore t' as State has encouraged mining by taxil ng only one-hall the product of the mir e,. Last year this produwt was $42,538,f1 io- more than the whole assessed weasl h of the State. Now the mining compa dies, for some reason or other, resist the pay ment of all taes, claiming that they are exempt, and te question is 17 efore the courts. The companies are well. able to pay, as their profits, whi Jsh are large, enable them to pay month' ~y divi dends. In fact, there is little else in the State besides the bonanzas , and if they withhold taxes it is not ear ,y to see where the necessary revenue) i are to. come from. Oent's cheep veniug gloves at Kr seger's. WOMAh'Cs maiETs . The loosters WIllI Ne Adlr ,t1 holg. exa to the Polls, (Special to Otolaonati Comr sreiLt] I DIANAPOLIS, Feb. 3. - - Mrs. Kary Livermore addressed the Genera? As sembly in the Bepresents itive Chamber this forenoon on the sr object of Wo man's Rights. The oo easion was the special hour set for the sonslderation of the joint resolution de claring that seo tions 14 and 15 of thf, Constitution of the United States eleo rly and unequiv ocally guarantees the right of suftagoe to all citizens, irresi ective of sex, etc. There was quite a :.rowd of ladies and spectators generally in the lobbies. She spoke for an hour ,'r qrand used all the old arguments. 1Veral.members made speeches for *tid against, and when the resolutt.on *wa put to a vote it was lost by 22 ayes tO 51 nays. The Senators were not .pesent. Both branches of the As~rembly adjpourned until Monday rt 2 p., n. Colored sha.rpers and scoundrels are plentiful in Vick.sburg just now, and make a fine suppyort from the country negroes who bri ag wood to that town. They are, for tthe most part, the east-off politicians of the RI ica ty who, now that the Demnocratsa phat in Missssipssip,, have to go O.heir old occupa'lions of keno andso. te which, by the by, they play Wetlas d as flippa'atly as they did polities but. three shtort yeas.ago The oag9 I their Pptfesol i oy