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V?L X\XIX..K?-12,071.
NEW-YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 187*.
PRICE FOL'II CENTS.
CONGRESS REGINS QUIETLY.
THE DEMOCRATS LESS VIOLENT.
KOT HU Of HH AT 1111 SENATE MMM YFS
TKRDAY?* GREAT DIFFERENCE SEEN IX THfclR
?Aim-1Rcnsni at thk capttoi?
CmMMM MM held hf tho two parties in
lM fluted states Senate yesterday In order to
MMM for tilling vacancies in committees;
the Democratic caucus was not largely nt
t<itded. It is noticeable that IM Donio
cr.its conic back to Washington in a
much more peaceable franio of mind
than when tbey left last Summer.
MMMttOM MM offered in the BoVM yo-tei
il:iy declaim*; that there should M no (Inancial
leffalBtiOM at this cession, they were not
acted upon. The President will send in soon
the nomination of Colonel Ward to be
CoMCtOf at lliooklyn, N. V. The sessions of
Mtl branches of Congress yesterday were
quiet ones. _
SENATE CAUCUSES.
thk democrats complain of hik wav the tat
konaok is MtlMWm ? tur vacancies
uft by mr. chandler'* death.
pMMHUli MM dispatch]
Washington, Dec. 2.?The Democratic Senators
met in MMM] morning. M vacancies having
MM created by death or MMM in the Demo
?r.itii- membership, and there being no applications
I .. -.-nted f<?r HuMMttWH resolved that tho
majority representation shall remain as tixed at the
extra session.
A somewhat general discussion ensued concerning
the distribution of the Sonate natronagc. Several
of the Senators complained that it had not been
t quita' lv distributed. No disposition was ruani
<1 t > interfere with the resolution l>y which the
S m itc officers were required to retain all disaliled
I'uiou soldiers that were on the rolls | hot it was re?
marked that there arc ?tili employed by the Senate
a n.imber of men placed in office by the
RMMUmM who wer? never in the Armv
in any capacity, aiid a desire was expri ssed hy some
of tlie members of the caucus to replace them with
I?c:rir>crats. After some discussion, a resolution
directing an inquiry into the nature of the instruc?
tions given by i In caucus last session, and several
other resolutions providing ip?Ifleslly for tlie ie
Iciition of Captain Has^etF and various other eld
employe's in case any further changes are made,
were referred to the caucus Committee on Organiza?
tion, which was created last. March.
i tie h'epnblie.an Senators held a very brief mmm
this afternoon. It referred to a committee consist*
inf of M'-s-rs. Mornll. Ferry and Rollins the sub
j. i; of filling the vacancies caused by* the death of
> i ii> . ( h ind er in the membership of the Com
iii111\s on Commerce am! Naval Affairs. This com?
mit!.-e afterward arranged that the vacant place on
the Committee on Commerce shall be mmm
s ootorBaldwin,ofMicbicao,and that the other
vacancy atoll be tilled bl Senator Ferry, of Michi?
gan. Another change in the minority representation
upon the Senate committees will !>e made by pluc
iiil' Mr Hi.iir, of New-Hampshire, upon the C?inmit
1.1 M Pensions, in place of Mr. lugalls, who retires
III his own request.
THE DEMOCRATS VERT MEEK.
hi MR It km 4 It k a ii I k < HAVCi: ok MANNKIt (IN'G OF
Tiir tYMmXM PIUMVI of Tin: hoik.
jbt HUMUH to the tribune.)
Washington, Dec. 2.?A more striking contrast
cannot be unarmed than that exhibited by the tem
MI of Democratic Congressmen at the beginning of
the extia session last Spring and that manifested by
the same gentlemen now.
The evidence accumulates to 6bow that a revolu?
tion ot !>olit!cal opinion has taken place id the
party during the Summer. It was said at the extra
session tin the floor of the Senate, by a Senator of
the majority party, that the Democrats were will
itic and NIMM to assume all responsibility for
legi lation. while the minority wan distinctly told
iu i lici t that law-making was henceforth to lie no
part of its business. The Democrats rushed into
caucus night after night, adjourning tat regular
MMMMI th? two houses as if those sessions were
ol minor MfMnMMi in order to give an opportunity
lor more extended deliberation in the secret con?
claves of their own party. A MMM committee
was appointed, and elaborate machinery for the
pei fed ion of all important legislation in caucus
was established und maintained in MMMMM during
tin'extra si-ssi -n, altlioiiiih niiiiiistakalnV signs of
public disapproval were plainly uianif sted before
the ebd of the session.
At the extra session were formed the issues which
have formed the polities! stock in trade ot both
pa i tie* durum too summer. The issues have been
submitted to the people and have worked out their
full results. The icpie-.cntativcs ot IbotWV parlies
return under very much the same conditions which
eoufrouted fheai before. One who judged alone by
the conduct ot th< pu'tv during the extra session
would have piediited that then Inl action
would l>e to give attention to political affairs, and
more tiian ever King Caucus would rule the course
of events. Yet no Joint caucus has been hinted at.
No caucus of Holls?' Democrats has yet been held or
called (although it is intimated th;if one may be
culled for next Friday or Saturday*; and at the
caucus ol Democratic Senat>?i s this morning nearly
one-half tlie loeinbeis of the caucus were absent.
V I.< Ii taken in connection with the tone of ofcon
\i 's,it ion among Democratic Congressmen, thisin
ddiereiice is a remarkable development in itself.
Thfl caucus m as a tauie affair.
CONFEDERATE CLAIMS,
the si cond day of tmi ni.w MMBOX Ml II11IHII
hy a miwu ok the IMl'atii nt ram? iiy
disloyal claimants.
;bt telegraph to the mmm,]
Washington, Dee. 2.?The second day of the
sesnoii did not pass without an attempt in tbe
House by Southern Representatives to pass South?
ern claims upou the National Treaauiy.
A Southern member brought forward a bill to
refer a MMM claim (arising out ol a seizure made in
Mississippi in 1 Mti:b to the Court of Claims, and to
extend the jurisdiction of the Court to cover this
p.111 ?< ular case. The same member asked that the
bill be referred to tho Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Conger, of Michigan, moved to amend bv send
in tr the bill to the Committee ou War Claims, where
It ptoperly belongs. On this motion the first yea
and nay vote of the ses-ion was tak< n. Mr. Con?
ner's amendment was agreed to by a majority of 4.
It would have failed except for the iiilirniative
votes of Messrs. Lie km II and New, ol Indiana, and
two or threo more Northern Democrat*. A nunilier
of the Democrats from the North dodged the vote,
being unwillniK to otieud their Seutl em allies by
an aflirmative, or their constitntents by a negative
vote.
The intent of the bill is to make a precedent by
viiiue of which warclaims maybe sent to the
Court of Claims and adjudicated without reference
to qiiesii M of loyalty and without regard to the
statute of limitations.
8mm after the above proceeding Mr. Harris, of
Virginia, endeavored to have tho bill directing tho
s. < rctary of the Treasury to settle the claims of
several Southern State-, and the ('ity of ifaltiinore,
for money expended during the War of 1819, made
a t-uecial order for the M>coud Tuesday in January
next. This was dofoAied b]t the objection of Mr.
Willits, of Michigan.
Tbe biig.-t ol these State claims isthat of Vir?
ginia. All the papers relating to it were some tiflM
ago withdrawn from the Ii es of the Ireasury De?
partment by one of the Virginia Senators, and it is
said that they have never been returned and are re?
ported to be lost. If they are uot found, it will be
com? necessary to colled new evio nce; audit is
apparently intended by Mr. Harris that the QoTero
merit shall go to wotk and hunt up evidence to
establish a rlaim against it ?elf.
L is ptoia tb it ths SoutLeru Demoerat? are as im?
patient as ever for the payment of Southern claim?
ants, loyal and disloyal, but especially the latter
class.
\ U 4R9DU IM P0S1 OVfJCIft
TUR MMfl TO make 20O 0MMM1 men IS bf
mmm nkxt ai'BII.
IORXESAL rOX?s OISKATCR]
WasuingIoX, Dec. 2.?The MMMMM of 1H0
postmasters appointed by the President will expire
during tho ensuing four month.-. Of these, 77 will
expire in December, til in January, '22 in Feb?
ruary, and -u in alarch. In addition to this number.
there are 43 other offices that have bft MM PW ?>
deiitial. their reccipt s having amounted 10 more
than l.ooo per UlM, Then aro besides 1)7
eases t h ?t have been aeted upon during the recess,
ami which must Im? submitted to the Benate for ap
pr >v.il. making an aggregate of UdO aptioitilmcnts
m eoatmaeten to be acted apoa by that body before
the 1st of April, besides any changes that may
occur thruuuli death, resignation or removal.
A TALK WITH FERNANDO WOOD.
mr.WOOD not in ka\<iK M UTIMXfl im: lfc.al
11 Ni>r.K<?iik nois, howkvek, favok a
siorr*<;r or tiik minting of stlvek.
fBT TKI.Ki.KAI ii To THE TBIBl'NE.]
Wamimiyon, Dee, The Preeident'e Message
and aec mp ins ing documents will he distributed
to-morrow to the various committees. Mr. Wood,
chairman of the Ways ami Means Committee, who
is intrusted with the pti paration <>f tlie egaohltioa
of distribution, waa found to he quite willing to ex?
press Iiis views to-dav on the ajon important recom?
mendations of the Administration.
"As to the retirement of the greenbacks," said
Mr. Wood, " 1 can frankly say that if it were upon
the question of their original issue, I would vote
'no.' I did vote ' no' when the fJBSetlflB < ?nie up
during the war. Hut now that they have heen issued
tin v are a part of our currency, and upon the ques?
tion of retiring them I shall vote 'no,' unless, of
course, a decision of the Supreme Court in t lie mean?
time declares them unconstitutional." Mr. Wood
says the increase in volume of the currency by vir?
tue of the importation of Turopcan gold has nit
Operated as an Inthtftrn Although a volume of
if7.~io.ooo.?kK) would have been too niueh in 1"?7."?,
it is uot enough in 1x70 ; the business interests of
the country have grown immensely in the mean?
time. He would therefore leavo the greenbacks
uliine. They aro valuable, and simply to agitate for
their retirement will have a disturbing v licet on
business throughout the couutiv.
As to the other suggeBtiou of the Secretary, ces?
sation uf the oolaaoje of the silver dollara, Mr.Wood
says ho can hardly help laughing every time he
thinks of the silver dollar law. In his opinion. It
was always an absurdity. The coinage ot lift'* mill
inns ot silver dollars was of no assistance in hring
ing about prosperity. It was onlv a drop in the
hin ket at most. NoDOdj would take the silver in
large transactions because they are at a discount of
11 ea 11 y 10 pet cent. Then thev cannot he ton ed
into circulation, and never will In-until thev are
worth par in gold. He should therefore he in favor
of the immediate discontinuation of their coinage.
Mr. Wood thinks the committee will be aim'to
present a fantt bill sometime during the session,
and hopes it will be accepted; but of its details
or even ith general boom he (.Id say nothing.
The committee has had no aaoetlo| yet, and Mr.
Wood only spoke his own convictions.
TWO RESOLUTIONS ON FINANCE.
SOME OK IUI. 1(1 PfllMCANS FliOM IUI? trUT SAID TO
BK ttrTfTCTIt TO FINANCIAL LMMLATHM OF ANv
MM at TI118 SESSION?AN EXritESSlON OFTIIIS
PK KLING IN TU Hot si:.
IHT TKI.Ii; l.'AFM TO THE TRinrXE.l
Washing rox, Dec. 2 ?In the House to-day reso?
lutions relating to the c urreney were o tie red by Mr.
Trice, of Iowa, and Mr. Fort, of Illinois. These
resolutions were aimed at the recommendations by
the Secretary of the Treasury that the coinage of
the silver dollars he suspended, and that the legal
tender character of the greenbacks be destroyed.
Doth resolutions declared it to be the tense of the
House that no legislation iiflecting the currency
should be enacted at the present aeaotOO,
While utmost all of the K< publicans felt
that it was a mistake to bring forward the reso?
lutions this morning, when there was no possibility
of getting a vole on them, it is pretty certain that
a great inanv, possibly a majority, of the Western
I'cpnblican Representatives approve the substance
of the resolutions. Several Ohio Representatives,
among whom are Mr. Montoe and (icncral Keifer,
expressed themselves so to-day after the ad?
journment. One Ohio KepubHrmi. who hns been nn
ardent Sherman man. remarked thut the Secretary
bad gr? atly dtaappointe I bun.
,\ good many Democrats profeai to bold the same
opinion as Messrs. Trice arid Tort, but it is hopooel
DM to tell until a vote 11 taken how many of the lat?
ter will adhere to their professions
An impression appears to be g.nii.inar strength
among the leading men on both sides of the
Hon ??? that alit 1 ?- then irlU be ? food deal of talk
on financial subject a tins session, there, will be
nothing done except pei haps to carry out the rec?
ommendation of Keeretar/ Sberman in regard to
refunding op.-rations.
A NEW POINT FOB GENERAL WALKER.
TUNtaVPlVTM 09 tue OOTTOM ci:op said to have
WM I n "UMSO mis vi ak BY white men?a
MNMBMIOP BY Mr., manning.
[Bf mWHtl to the thibi nt.i
Washington. Dec. 2.?The Secretary of the Kmi
graat Aid Boeletj here has just neeired informa?
tion that another large party of colored people has
BTTiYed beut fron North Carolina. Tlie party is on
Its way westward.
Several Southern Representatives have lately in?
terested themselves in the question as to what pro?
portion of this year's cotton ciop was raised by
white labor. Mr. Manning, of Missi.sipn, says
that he has collected a number of fa< tsmi the sub?
ject, and he thinks they Justify him in asserting
that three-fifths of the cotton crop of 1N~1> were
produced by fn-e white labor. He has called the
attention of Ceneral Walker to the matter, and has
urged that the census schedules bo made to embrace
inquiries m relation to it.
Mr. Manning's theory is that white immigration
from K'uope and from the .Northern States will be?
gin to flow into the (iotton States as soon as jtj |a
deaaooetrated by statistics that whit*1 men can raise
? ?or:, n by their own labor. If such immigration
Baa be brought about, Mr. Maiming says, the
S intbern people will no longer oppose the exodus of
the frecdinen ; and hi contends that this would
dispose ot the " neuro question " forever by elim?
inating the coloicd people as a separate factor from
politics.
FRENCH TREATY.
BSBrUCXPTATTYl KKLUtl TO OAU FOP a RF.COX
KDKBATIOa or i ins qt KSTiox.
~q| m rai. i'ress disi'ATt'll.J
Washington, Dee. U.?Representative Kelley, of
FaaaaylTaaia, wheaea%aaela near the head of the
Speakei's list of nieinbers desiring to move the
adoption of resolutions under a suspension of the
rules, does not bei lese that the resolution which
waa adopted on motion of Ternando Wood last ses?
sion, r. q,testing the President to negotiate a com?
mercial treaty with Trance, expressed the reel
sentiment of the House. Then' was no debate, and
only a slim attendance at that time. He, thcic
fore, intends to otter the following resolution as
soon as he obtains the floor to make the requisite
motion t
Hrsolrrd Tbat It Is the tense of this Hmisn thut tie'
BsnotiaiioMtu the BxeeattreDeprfrtaaeatol tfeaGov
rrnuiretof u eaOMBefelal t;eaty, wtiereliy the rates of
duty to l?s iuiposcd upon foreign coinn.iMiutes entering
the t uned Hintes ior eaaaaaiptwa afeooM be 11x^.i.
woa ii. in view or tlie inortatea et u 7 of Artlele 1
of the Ooaotttatloa of tbeUatted Itatea, be au lafrae
ttoa ef tbeOeaitttattea.aadaa taTaeUeiof one. of tue
L s'jen! pleiok.it.\ca Of the Hi?ll?e of I'.eDl es.'ll tall V?8.
Judge Kelley furtiishes his resolution for publica?
tion in advance, iu order that it may tie discussed
and considered, and that the Mite upon it?though
taken under a suspension of the rules, and there?
fore without debate?shall bo deliberate.
STILL WORRYING MK. SEYMOUR.
DEMOCKAIIC I'Ol.lTII.-IA.Nsj ENDKAVOKINU TO ei Cl JiE
WM OOiefl \ I TO Uf .N FoH PIIKSIUENT.
(BT TU I.GUA I'll TO THE TIUUI NE ]
WAjnMfnWi Dec. LV-There is a very strong ele?
ment among tbe Democrats of both houses who aro
i .Jin- ot pel ..iding Horatio Seymour to accept
therreeilleeitlal nomination next year, and to se?
cure from Liui some assurance that he will obey his
party's call if the leaders conclude that he alone
can wiu the buttle. The Democrats believe such a
declaration fiom Mr. Seymour would relieve them
from their present anviety is m the future.
Senator K ma;,, who is Mi. Seymour's neighbor
and intimate friend, does not abundou tbo hope
thai the latter may ultimately consent to be a can
AMafc . altbOOfb be says that just now the tlovemor
is firm in bis purpose never again to take part iu
political affairs. Mr. hxnian intimated, however,
that tbe prcMUie ou Mr. beyiuour may yet be eo 1
powerful i? M force him to sncctinib, as was tlie
ease in IcHlM. _
COMM1TTEK PROGRAMMES.
THE APfRoritlATION.s OOMBUIIBB TO MF.ET TO?
DAY?THE BOUAI B?UH NOT K.NTIULI.Y RE?
VISED.
[I1T TKLEORAPH TO T1IF. TMBrSE.)
Wasbinhion, Dm 2.?The first meeting of the
How Committee on Appropriations will bo held
to-morrow morning. Hie Committee on Ways ami
MMM will hohl its first meeting next Thursday.
Two Republican members of the Appropriations
Committee expressed the belief this aftertn on that
the committee will bring forward no measures until
after the holiday recess.
The Committee on Rules has not quite completed
its work et revision. A member of this committee
?::id tb n evening that n repmt will not be .made to
the House until next Monday.
None of the House Committees met to-dav, bot
most, if not all of them, will bo called together he
tore the close of the week.
A NEW COLLECTOR FOR BROOKLYN.
colonel R. c. WARD TO 8CCCFKD THE I.ATE JAMI S
FHF.ri.ANi>.
I BT II UMKAM TO thk TRtnrsi |
Washim;ion. Dec. 2.?The I'i evident will send
to the Senate to-morrow the nomination of Colonel
R. OL Ward to fie Collector of Internal Revenue in
Brooklyn, in the p!.i of Mr. JamesFreeland.de
ceased. Colonel Ward is understood to be the man
selected for the place by Secretary Sherman, but
his appoininieiit is believed at the Treasury De?
partment, to bo satisfactory to leading Republicans
of brooklyn.
THE MISSISSIPPI JETTY.
the cabinet co.N8IDF.R4 THE qi'krtiox of PAY?
ing captain pads.
[oF.nkrai. press liIM'atch.l
Washington, Dec. 2.?Tho Cabinet session to?
day was devoted almost exclusively to a further
consideration of the Mississippi River Jetty matter.
Tiie question at issue was whether, under the law,
Mr. Eads is entitled to full payment for the last
quarter, the channel of the river during about
t went t days ol that lime having been more or less
ob?ti ucted.
A NEW DEPUTY MARSHAL MEASURE,
luv n i.roitAi ii to tue niBUBB.1
Washiv, r v, Dee. 2.?Among the bills intro?
duced in the House to-day was one by Mr. Harris, of
Virginia, which provides that deputy marshals at
elections shall bo selected from different |k>litica1
MTties. Although this bill does not comcfmiua
Democratie caucus, it may meet the approval of
enough members to be accepted as a party measure.
WAHIIM. I1 >N NOTES.
Washington, Tuesday, Oec. 2.l^TO.
Au officer of the Secret Service arresteo h man named
John Clancy last matit In C ivlngton, Ky., for maun
faciuriug and scihug OSBBlat fall com.
SenatorL'arprnter will introduce a rcso'utlon to-mor?
row, saying tuat "any legislation during the present
session of CMglWI < hinging the cusilug system of
lliiauco would h - inexpedient."
The hill introduced h^Mr.Priirht, of Tenne??ee, to make
staff rfbM in the N.ivv eipial In-fore the law, pro?
vides that in all eases where HiiitT olflcers of (lie Nhw
are arraigned lie fore a eoiirt-inartial, all the members of
tliecuiirt shuil he stuff officers.
Tlie House I"oiTiinliIM on Agriculture will meet nt an
early day. Uipiesciitattve Coycrt, the Chairman, ?aj I
ttiut tlie tlrnt measure to lie considered Is the petirtinir
bill making the OoOMBMtfeHMf of Agriculture a Cabinet
OMMTi IM ceuiuiltfee Ik very mueii dlvtiled ?u this
subject, and it is nut likely that tbe matter will be speed?
ily disposed of.
Collector Ciiirk. nt AtlaBtB, expresses the opinion that
there Is a preeoiicei ted pl.in on the part of the Illicit
?Its; illers throughout the entire mountain section of
Georgia to resist the revenue officers. Tbo touinils
Stoserof Int.miu Revenue, hue din cted the Collector to
employ a suit) ilOBl fores of uriucd men to assert and
maintain the supremacy ot tho revenue laws.
Mr. slmrletuu, of Mississippi, Introduced a bl'l In the
Hr>us0 io-ii?v to lucorpArai* Ilia "National BotoW
Mecrantlle nureati," with a capital stuck of $100.000.
Its oT'hct being the. collection of dent*. sbUBM und dr.
Baads fa tbe aSYeTel HUtea and Territories. Among
tnr rncerporatori ?re George w\ Haiiou.or New York;
8. ii. Emery, jr., of Boatea : w. IL Battea. ?t Pblladeb
pblai Georgs u tY tilts,of Belttaorei Reobea i>iortof
Cincinnati | J.J. B, Wniou, uf Chicago; X. L. Morrla, of
sr. Loafs, und other*.
Mr. Belford, of Colorado, Introduced a bill w hich prn
vidrs that all laws establishing u reservation tor the
Cte Indians In Colurauo, shall lie UpOStlSl. uinl that t he
landl i-(instituting such resrivatlon shall b conn' pa blk
dun .nn. it tuitio r provides that the Preatdeat, with
tin coaseal of Um Senate, ?hau sraotai Its COnils
?ioOeri to select in some OM Of tun Territories a rOSrr*
?Sttea tat UM Utes, sad arraagfl with them mr a peace
fnl i'tn.v.,1 Tbc nm proposes mi appropriation uf
(4?U.O00 to mc t tlie , to i. ?? of the removal.
l>'or ' ??.J*rocfflinQi nnd Annual /??ports tee See
vita Paye.)
THE BONANZA MiM IS THE MARKET.
?
MIL FLOOD SELLS TWO MIXES ?FCRTHL.lt CHANCES
I XI KCTI.D.
S*\ FkAXCIIOOb Dec. 2.?For some time Mil
rumorshBTO 1.II c u rrc n t that the bonanza firm
was preparing to reduce its interests in the mines of
the Conistoek Ia>dc. Yesterday Mr. Fl ood, ob be?
half of tbe linn, dispose.! ..f the control of the Vel
low Jacket and Hide and Norcross Mines, the
former going to Robert X. Craves and tho latter to
Ah in. a Hayward.
The consideration named in the transfer has not
been made public. Then* nre rumors that the firm
will at an early day still further dispose of its in?
terests, but nothing definite (an bo learned as to
thai. ,
both of tho mines transferred were mentioned by
Coll DMA as continuing iMiiianzas. I ho trans?
action earned much comment, and various theories
are put alloat to account for the action of the bo?
nanza linn ; but the most general lielinf seems to
l>e that they aie tire.I ot controlling such great snd
nuprodii'-tivo property, nna aro perhaps satisfied
with tbe result of their mining operations. To-day
all the old directors of Halo and Norcross except
i wo resigned, ami were replaced by men represent?
ing the new owners. Some action will be taken in
regard to Yellow Jaekek
LAST HONORS K> GENERAL D.lflS.
Indianapolis, Deo. 2.?The remains of Gen?
erai J?fl. c. Davis arrived Ik ro to-dny, and lay In state
nntll the departure of the evening train for MassphtS,
Ind., the ficiicrid'c former home, where the (mural will
take pl.tie to-moni'V..
< 'EIMES A KD CASUAL TJ i:s- HY TBLEQ/{.I HE
KIUJKD BT [NDIAHB.
Ottawa. Doe. 3.?Sergeaai Cray burn has been
klUtsiby Indlaus nuai f ull Bralab.
1a i m. i a i i. UN a BOHOOJIMt,
0ffWK0otN. V., Dee.2.?Daniel Kkilen.a waoun,
fell Is tluy lomi Hie rrni trres of a schooner and was Silled.
collision at Philadelphia.
PhILADI ij-iiia. Dec. 2. ? I im steamer Panther
was hi < iillialuu with tljr Nurtrrcl^o bark hi. n'af Mere and
?atflse away it.- Iikttci'afl>lugJin bouui and Ue.v-pn>.
ACCIHENT AT 7HK t'nION MIIAVT,
Ran PbanCIBO?, Dee. 2.?Elgbteeu petaoaa were
?sn st Ism ?oaMoi wiiH? (limir.nc i.tii(i a. Ihe t'nmn shift
id Vircliiia t'ltr Usdiy. 1 h? saaai er I. ft Hie p'isce luiuiedl
Biel] Stiel Ihe m. nil lit and a coonultte? ol in uns gm nun
lovkins tvr hlia.
Aihany. Dee, 2.-This moining, while a freight
train w?s lUiidinf un th? track half say between here and
Sf .' .ctjdv mi?lhrr (r--i(>*i.t tum di?*..iMl into II. hagBMOf
MOtaMMBna, tir, inim i.ili au i lnaKemsn 11, In ere IiiJuicL
but not faiallr. A mni#i ut rattle aTOM km. ?i.
mvstkhi'iLs DatATJl of A KAilBKB.
Clabbmont, N. II., Doe. 2.?Levl I . stone, of
Corwin, was n'rsterionsly Int ire.1 on Norember 11 In his
barn, and died on Friday last. m r.stone wa* fltir one years old
and a < Ituen ol gissl i liarsrter. Foul \ . It hii-|.?? |.-.i, he
bad quarrelled ?Ith Ills faielly. An luijiiesi Is l? he b.-ld.
THK 5 ew') rle ANS WHI->K1 v i i i -
Xkw-Hiii i \sDec.'J.?l h? whiskey lases, I"ni
ted Hiatea avaiuel haiu. oaiuniiiini ana mJu rs, were called la
tlio Culled Male.i i lr( uit ( ourt Monday. A Jury waa Uupan
elied |M Ihe ruae toiitlDio-it mail f IQWOw. llan.m <lnl I*
hui tlie BOD IBflMM is priKeaUiiic agaiuit Uic uiacra.
SKN 1 KNCEH T ' iii. M il
1,1 MASON. PoBB~ Dee. 2. -HoOrj Wis,', one of the
murv;erirs of Joseph Labrr.waa this nionin;r are tern ed to be
baagefl He tttcanstefl to dollvet a wrlitoo sutemrnt, but
??? stoppe'i by Juris* lleudtr.on. llila la tbe lusurauco
<i.nstiliarr snd u.u..er OBM t r ahlch Drewa ana Miiblcr
wrre haos>d reteotiy.
tit BAI tuikve? PLUKOniMO lit PFAIA
l>i 11 ai (tf I h e 2.?Another darrog Mbbarj has
bcoa corntuitted here al tbe rraloenr.o of tho 11 ua
rli'i o.oiB Itog-era. reM'Uiblma in ilatall that coimnltteil at
11, i. -i,. hi ? o Um How. wlloraJ Paawaatow Asia aioea.
at.a ii ia un general oplolou t ial the rltr la belttf pluu?etad
by a well orKsnlird (ans of auras u.-e,. .
a IOIMMIi ? it BOB rABBBO in Montreal
OriAWA. De... R,?Salnrday night the oHh mis of
the Bank ol W out real received a telesraiu from .New-S'orB
I n.te/uniTut a cashier's draft for sa.issi a forgery II was
pcrporied to bare baea diawn br Uta * oDimercl ii Hauk, of
Baa hMter. oti the afner ran i.i. banjo- Bank, of ?w Yotg,
siul sal prraeutcd by two men. uamed wnsou and Hm.Ui,
bone dealsra, wbo ??ospsd, ll Is suuboaed, ui UUoa. B. Y.
POLITICAL ISSUES,
BROKEN PROMISES Dl MAINE.
Tnn MKMI1KRS OV THE MAINK I.KOISI \Tt ntT NOT
ALLOWED TO BEE THE RETfllNS?RKI'LHLICAN
OAIN8 AT CIlARIKK BUtCTtOMi
The Governor and Council of Main?? refund
yesterday to exhibit the election returns, for
Senators and Representatives, holding that the
Constitutum gives them no power to alter or
correct them. The Republicans have issued n
protest against this decision.
Several charter elections were held yester?
day. In Lawrence, Mass., the Reptthlleans
gained n sweeping victoiy. In Ncw-IIaven,
Conn., the Democratic ticket was elected. At
Poughkecpsic and Hudson, N. Y., the Repub?
lican victories were very decisive.
The State election in Louisiana took place
yesterday. There was a light vote, and
Democratic gaina are reported.
THE FRAUD PLOT IN' MAINE.
THE OOVl'.JINolt AM> COOJN IL NOW ItF.FISE TO F.X
mniT tiik Ki.KcrioN aaipiai i rnoTKsr nv
THE RKPCBLICAN*.
AUaYJBTA, Me.. Dee. 2.?As soon as the Governor
and Council mot this morning, the Senators and
Representatives from the various counties, accom?
panied by their attortnv*, repaired to the Mat"
House in full expectation tli.it tin y would I"' al?
lowed to examine the returns in their
several eases. Oue after another, however,
failed even to get into the Council Cham?
ber. Finally, about noon, Messrs. Win? and
Savage (attorney* at law of Auburn), representing
the Androscoggin delegation, were informed that
the (iovernor and Council had decided to allow the
returns of election of county oflicers to 1k>
examined, but that no one would bo per?
mitted to examine the returns for BaMs
tofoaodRepreaeotatives. A meeting of BeuaUni
and R presciitatives-elcct was held soon alterw ard,
and the following protest was adopted and for?
warded to the Oovcrnor ami Come il:
ArorsTA. Me.. Dee. f, 1S70.
Jo the UnnorabU iht Oorcmor and < uu>u ilnj the Htatro/
i/o/mc:
Ttio ?adetatgaai Senator? sad BefwaeataU'ree eleeti
rhosen to the legislature by the election ef H?'picuiher
8. 1879, beg h-ave to submit to your Honorable Hoard
ttie following protest:
imriug tlie ineutli of October and first half of Novciu
ber it '.vas g|\en oi:t taut ttie (iovernor and Council
would meet on the 17th ?lav of tlie latter month tor the
paipeee ol opening tue election returns, and according!v
tin the day named (he Council met, and there
was U considerable assemblage of persons in
this elty Immediately interested In lie' result.
The Council at once passed an order declaring
that the twenty days within which applications should
he tiled for correction of returns should begta to run on
met from thut mite. The general Inference was tlint
your Honorable Ho.Til would lurthwltli permit parties
Interested to inspect the returns, according to the uni?
form usage of your predecessors. Heven ex-Governors
of this State, then in the city, namely, Alison
I'. M n rill. Baaolbal H.itnlln, Lot M. Merrill,
Israel WaahbaTB, Jr., MdaeyFernav Kelsoa Dingier,
Jr., and Shlen C'otiuor. tesiitled fully and publicly
that Iu their aitutlnlstrattons they had never
know a a single lust.nice in which a eaadtdate t?r
? lllcc p( 1,1, authorized attorney had been ictus- d
a full mid free examination of the returns.
To these has since licon added the concurrent lestt
asssy of rx-Goveraort Jaiea B. WHJIsb*. Abaer Co
luirn ami .lo-ima I*, ('hiiintierlain, flois giving the um
brskea testlatoay of all Uw Irring ex-Governors si ee
1 ? ~. 1 Kui against this Imposing srray of precedents,
against aelesrir expressed legal right, against the mi
pereal Intendmenl or root Boaoreole Board flx
inu the twiiiiy dsvs for a|)|<llcations for cor
recttoa, even attempt to gco tue returns
has met with eviisMe delay or flat retnsal.
As a means of securing mir rights, resort uns then
IihiI to the supi< me Judicial Court, by jietltlou, on tbe
HUfi day of November, to Issue u inand.imus to
compel the Secretary of State to exhibit
the returns. Iu ausser to tills petitlnu,
Chief-Justice Appleton ordered notice for u
henriu* on Tuesday the !J.*>th. Your honorable board,
however, on Baturdav the 22(1, alter notice had been
ordered by the Chief Justice, passed tbe following
opdef:
" Orvferrrf, That the ??eerefsrr rive puhlle notice tbsl
?In (luv. i imr ami Council will he III session from Doeem
l>er 1 to 13 for the purpose, of eXHTiitti'iig tue official
returns of votes for candidates for Senators. Reprcsen
tatlves mid county nfHeeir. Candidates clsiintng trreg
alanttea sr other earn i preeaairil to vit:at?- their elee
tiou will have rcasousbh- appeal unity to be heard, cither
pi rsooslly er by daly aathoilied counsel."
As this order whs uudersiood to eoaesde, area though
grndgiugli and hi restricted time, the privilegeOf in?
specting Bw4 correcting returns, all fhe parties In In?
terest agreed to suspend legal proceedings and itwuit
the issiD?their purpone beleg to reiicl the desired i ml
em soul IllUtstton, sad even without nniHtiou n poset
bio. Following the suggestion* ot.voin outer, the umlei
(signed esine to tills city yesterday, i'.lly expecting that
the pioinlse ?hleh the Srdsf eon' .llied Would be ( 'il?
licit out iii coed faith, Bad that thej , llhd all othei LSg ?
lalive candidates, would lie permitted to inspect the re?
turns ami aaeertata if there an any error? thai could be
corrected under the law. Several members of your bOB*
or.iblo hoard hud individually given iiSHiimuce that
there Would be no dlfll ulty iii BSBtBC ihe re
turns, and they especially assured different
aaatleoieo thai un\ aaadtdath wbo wnald bring a etrtt>
fled copy oi the election record of his township, would
be sltowed to see the returns and compare said record
with It for the purpose of making the cor?
rections hitherto always allowed. Iu anticipation
of lids condition the undersigned, lu connect:on with
fici; as.'niton In other counties, nt no small exnci,-?-,
and a ith much troub 8, have taken pains to secure ecr
t tied and attested copies of records in nearly all of die
towns In the Hfate, aad thus thev are fully prepared to
comply with this exaction, unprecedented, burdensome
ami expeusive as It has proved. And now,
aller all of these conditions have heen
eon piled with by the Republican caudidntes, after thev
hare endeavored to adiust theui"' ] ves Jo every tea.en?
able?aid, permit Us to add, nnreaeonabli?UBettOfl
prescribed by root h inoratile Hoard, we are anally und
definitely told thai you have decided to permit ttie re
lutni uf otsantj otloori to be examined, pal that yon
decline to exhibit a single return from any c.unify or
any town of the elvctlou of any Senator or any Iteprc
M itattre,
Tbl Hon. George C. Wing and A. It. Savage, can., of
Auburn, attorneys i-pi callv foi I lie Senators and Repre?
sent all ves-eleet from Androsctigglu Cvtmiy. and repre?
senting the common cuusi: of all Republi?
can Be?tore aud Bapeaaeatattree re
c lived to-dav from your Ilouorable Hoard the
fo'lowtagdeflattaaaswer,deUrcred by il? Excellency
Oeteracr Oaiaatoa la fall CienaoH. rii i Taut no oue
coul.I he permitted under nnv circumstances to Inspect
the returns or iln- clccto n of sVnutors and He|?resenta
tlves. Hi? RaeaUeaCf was plejKed tohu?etlie refusal
on Ihe conclusion of >oiir Ho- orahle Hoard that the
StatBie of 1877, so far as it relates to Senator? and Hep
n-nentatives, Is unconstitutional; lull under that statute,
His Lxcclh ncy was pleased to say. the leturns for
county othcers would be freely shown to the candidates,
tiul that no return f"r senators aud Representatives
could be shown to anyone.
V' in II.amiable Hoard will permit the undersigned to
reuiaik that tiicv never gronndrd their right to insjh t
the returns on the act of 1S77 alone, tor the right taaj
ure demanding Is one uii.foritily enjoved ly their pn -
dl.an froao the fbaadattoa of the Government, and
Uli* for the tlr-f tune di riled.
The Baderataaad| theeefcra, cuunor see how a right
?a)d ed in (his Slate Badet ihe Constitution, und n rai
aitberte v itaacld, oookl is- affected i>> the eooaidatloB
nhty of the stntute referred to. Thev are especial I v un?
able to see how the Executive Department
of the Government can sei aside Ihe plain directory
Is turn BBCOl a Itatste, The law lu qaeattM ssvsdlst'vr'.ly
and will.mit qaa lacattoa, in its concluding iIsBSS,
that us prnvMons, so far as they reis,'- to
taeeerreettoaeof letaiaaahall aeappttei la datorssta
lag the election ol tjciiamrs and RsprcseatatlTes ts ?M
State Legislature. Your Hoiiurab.e Hoard now
di elares mat this law Is nocouslituticual, a cou
clus on which you certainly turn not resshcd
when, on November 17, you Issued tbe uotice
in.der the twenty day provision for corrections con?
tained lu the same section fron abash tae
above qastattsa is made. Vour honorable body
will p> i nut the undei signed to i unirW that
von snjey the. disiiiicllou of tieing tho llrst
OoTeraarSbd Council who have directly assumed the
duty ot tho tudicial dcpar'umut of our government.
It bss b en the in seile?' of wise and . prudent
siaeatfrea ta invoke tae judgment of the supreme
Court on ?II itniortaut guestiuns of Isw, unit iiimui
sali inn occasions, as provided lu tbe Constitution, wueu
doubts respecting a statuta tulaht arise; but your
i.onoiutile tsiaid. without thsf reference to Ihe Supreme
Jadletsl Osait, which ihe Constitution of Maine SSPCS>
1:- h ptsrMse tor, aaoasse to set seMe their plain pro
vistouora lawnow outb??tatutcboiil(. If your honorable
board ran do this in our case you can rcndily do It in
I tie r, and tho ?xecutlon of our eutlre body of
taws is thus made to depend ui>ou the opfulon
which vour honorable board may have as to th-con
stituilen.tity of the several parts with the rei-ivd
right which you bate exercised lu this case of
ebaaglaa your conclusion In the space , f t, urtren
days.. II Uns Is-the detlulte bsaisou which >our hoiinr
ub!e Hoard prutiONos to execute the laws of the ?Ute, it
would lie a merciful act to nutlty the people us to wolcb
laws your honorable Hoanl regard ite binding, aud which
1? uiiKiitlvo. aud especially as to which siatnu-ssre
aaf< from change gf construction beyond the period of
foortcea days
Wc respectfully inbuilt that, ns Individuals, we have
the same iigut to determine the constitutionality or
uoconstltuiiouaiHy of a law for ourselves that
y<iur honorable board may have for yourselves.
All Inws duly enacted are biudlng uulil repos ed
or set a*:de by a Indicia! decision, and your
Honorable Hoard Is guilty, you will ;.. rn.it us
to say, of a glaring usurpatinu of power whenever yon
rt' cine to disobey or uimnl or refuse to ev?
er uto any law on tbe statute book. Ibstnsd
of this unprecedented coarse, why not, like
your csieful prodtee?sors of sll paitic-, submit tbe
t|iiestioii lo the Supreme Judicial Court to de?
ter.nine what our rights are under tbe Consti?
tution and laws, as Interpreted and declared
bv u ion? llneof Illustrious Judicial decisions You are
no wore abovs the few tiso Us aadstsifBsd \ say
of sit citizen*, those railed to eierufe (he law
should he ihe mn?r re wty to show the example of dull
fill obedience to the law. Isv anv other course
of conduct you encourage Insubordination that
I? but a single, sten rinm anarchy. We ore
"iking for no rights that have not been freely Ml M KM
fo our predecessors hy all your i rode cssort.
The An?lo-Sax<in mind detests hidden returns
and secret courts and Star Chamber OoUBOlts,
and demands fair idsy and <>i?en proctdlugs
and a candid trlbiiail. At every Hep Ihe
orsranlxed law of M . n. . which demarda ao
open law and an open court and an
open return, aimed Rlld "ruled in open Utl ??KIM,
never riinteninlated that Hie same return, aa a?>oti at It
reached the (;.. vc rnor and < 'on i,e I, idi did kMTM a se?
cret pafer. Invisible to all persons except those who, aa
In this instance, may have a hidden motive for the con
eealinent. Every meuiher of your honorable body Is
practically bootuo to the Republican narty. but a vast
plurality of the people ot Maine decided nv an open
Vote to lntru?l the admluMratlon of tbeti btato Oov
eriiiiient to the randldutrs of tb? Uepulilleau party,
lour llotiorahlo Hoard now deride (hat no aue
ccastul ruudldato tor Senator or Representative
In that partv shall so nuirh as look nt an election re
tnni. though you have to usurp the functions ot the
Judicinrv to prevent BtBfc
Deu'cd by row booorabls Roanl the common rlirht of
Inspecting tue election retorni. hitherto accorded to all
candidates; denied the right of appearsng before the
Executive Council of Maine, hbheilo freely accorded to
all aHliana) treated with diseourtesv and indignity
? hen pre Vrrlng requests never before refuaed. the uu
derslgned present this solemn protest, while resorting
toother forms of redress. The undersigned pr?fest
aarainsf the arrogant and unuiiinor.zed aMsiiiupiInn
of power, the iini>i?.haited destruction of lights.
the hold usurpation of Judicial functions,
the secndalous seeretlng of the public records,
hitherto open lo honest liiepeciion, wbtcb bare rharar
!??'>/? "I the < ..ins.- of h norahle Hoard In all the
matters heroin ?iihmttted fur your consideration.
Nathan T. flirt. Scnator-elrcr from Hancock.
A. It. ?;. Smith, senator-elect from Lcwlaton.
.t >li> L Ci tlkr, Representative-elect from Haligor.
OOT ( . (Joss, Represent ulve-elcct from Ha(h.
It is understood that tho Republican Senators and
Ri ptBBSBtBtiVJM will resort to judici.il proceedings,
and w II] in.ike no lurtlier personal efTort with tho
Governor and Council to procure access to the
returns.
THE LOUISIANA ELECTION.
A II' .HI vote IV M l'w-( >l:LI" ans?DEMOCRATIC
GAINS REportkd.
N'ew-Ohi.eans, Dec. 2.?The election in this city
passed Oaf quietly. A light vote was polled?prob?
ably less than a two-thirds vote. The "ring"
ticket in this parish was generally elected.
S|?ecial dispatches to The Stir-Orlean* Jh-mocntl
from all telegraph stations in the State show heavy
Democrat Ifl gains. These reports, giving esti?
mated majorities in eleven country parishes,
claim Democratic gains of 12,100 compared with
the Democratic count of 1*7(5. The same parishes
gave Haves l.tioo majorifv. All dispatches say
that the elections pi--.il olT quietly, and most of
them report the negroes voting tho Democratic
ticket and for the Constitution.
IIAS8ACHUSE1 R) ELECTIONS,
BonoVi Dee, 2?? Unnieipavl elections took
place to-d.iy at several cities ttiioiiirtiout the Htate. In
(.loueester the result was a Republican victory. In
Fitchhiirg the Citizens' License ticket was suc?
cessful. The contest In Taunton was animated,
and reaulted In the election of Chailcs f. Jolm-on.
Independent, for Mayor. Tho city election In Lawrence
resulted In an overwhelming Republican victory,
Mayor Simpson carrying all but two wards, and defeat?
ing John K. Tarhox by 335 vote*. Tho Republicans
elect six Aldermen and thirteen Councllmrn. The Dem?
ocrats electing only the Couuciltnen.
BOtTOIf, Dee ".?Oeo. A. Bruce, Citizens' candidate,
ara I I ? Bit . ted Mayor of fomervllle, J. M. W. Hall. Cm
z Bf*BaudIdate, wus elected Mayor of Cambridge, and
Colonel R. M. Pulsifer was elected Mayor of Newton
without opposition. Haverhlll elected Charles Clan
IcikIi, the i'rohlhitlon candidate, Mayor. In Herein!
cities the women entitled to vote for school Committees
availed themselves of their privilege.
At Fall River the election was one of the most exeit
lug cv r held In that city. Wui. h. (ireeuo. (Rep.)
was elected Ma', or, receiving ?,0!10 votes, against 'J.-Hl
cast for Jeremiah R Leary (Iieru.) Most of the seventy
eiu'ht women re?;l?lered ex.-lelsed the right of suffiage.
Andrew .1 Beooa, tbe CHI bum' candidate and ptes, nt
Mayor of Chelsea, Is rrelected.
THK NEW-HAVEN ELECTION.
Nbw-Haven, Conn., Dec. 2.?At tho town
i leelloii tie luy tbo Domoerata elected all officers by
BBtferttftM ranging from .VW to sno. The Commou
Council is Democratic. This lathe first tt me for three
veins that the PsuiBBUbj have carried the town. The
OreesbeoBetS iaa uo ticket, but voted with tho Demo?
crats.
A CLEAN SWEEP IN HUDSON. N. Y.
|bt Tnn.nAPii to tui: triiiink.]
HirMOW. N, V., Dec. 2.?At the charter elec?
tion here t' -dav the Republicans made a clean sweep.
They elected Albert, Hoysradt Recorder by 300, and
John r. Carrie Assessor by 700 majority. They elected
the Aldermen In every ward.
MR. HOSKINS S PLURALITY.
Albany, Dec 2.?Deducting tbe 100 votes
la Alnuny, which it BM thought would bu given to Mr.
I'otter, Mr. HBeldBBj the Republican candidate bm I o n
tciiaut-'ioverii'.i, has a plurality of 8871 hutt'ieiftl
rial canvass of the entire State may change these figures
ouo way or tbe oilier.
DEMOCRATIC ROWDIES AT WORK.
PHTLAntLPHIA, Dee. 2.?The Democratic
delegate elections held hero to-day were attended wltli
much disorder. In Ihn Fifth Ward a convention was
brBkoB up by a nioh from the Fourth ? ?rd and three
men were shot, one of whom, Uernui d Rliey, died ou
the way to tho hospital.
VICTORY AT POUaHEEEPSIE.
Poughkeepsie, X. Y., Dec. 2.?At the
municipal election to day tho Republican city ticket
was elected hy an average majority of thirteen hundred.
Every Renuliiicnn on the eitv or the ward tlcltot Is
Sleeted bat one. The victory la overwhelming.
SAN FRANCISCO'S OFFICERS.
San Francisco, Dec. 2.?In consequence of
? legal BBCBrtOB, the newly elected city officers will en?
ter ou their duties at once.
tragic deeds is texas.
GaLYKBTOBj Texas, Dee, 2.?In roiisoquoiiee
of a quarrel near Waco, arising irotn the refusal or Mist
Staufh I I to dance wi.h " Hud " Wood, he and William
Currie fought a duel, l int night outside the ball-room.
A iSBSB shots were exchanged. Currle waa wounded In
the hand, a bystander in the leg and Genres Wood waa
shot In the thigh. " Hud " Wood then went to where
Miss Staiitlcld wu engaged In cniiverautlou with Albert
( hoch tut in.ide two attempts to shoot her. lie then
rei.i.nse.l B?Cbosb, " You are a friend of Currie " and
shot la 1 in dead, and going up to Currie, knocked Inm
senseless with his pistol. Wood theu made guest hit
escape.
.t ie Tin: is hie hay des case.
Niw-Haven, Conn., Dec. '2.?In th< Hayden
case this ?taWatfBjfMBBM ll.iwley, (he baKeBBBC of
Marv siutuiard, was allowed to testify that she received
? letter trom Mary ou the s.iinlay before tin honin-de,
Inclosingo e tor the Rev. Mr. Hayden. It was brought to
beetbl same day thai Marv returned home from du fIrd
hj Ci,..i les Haw lev, Mai v being at tno house the day it
was received, the letter was BBtaed by the wlmeaa In
Ihe i.resciice of Maiy, who look the b iter address,'.1 to
Mr. llsydeti and tbBBW II into the lire, su) ing. "Hum
ain't nt .my ue.trl can see him ?jrtelf, tBBBaf aa I
hare g< i Lome." Wit i tbe letter was a note from Mary
?tanimrd as king her not to let her father tee It.
THE CA THOLICS ASD I HE SCIKXH :<.
lluvrov, Mass., Dec. 2.?In order to clear up
ml-understanding It Is announced that Archbishop Wil?
liams, in addressing the Catholic clergy here recently,
tald : " Pireuta who, for good and tufflclent reasons,
omit to send their children to the parochial school, but
utln rwlee secure for them eftl -t.-nt religious lnstruetl >: ,
in n , if ? ell disposed, be admitted to the sacrament
Exoomsaanleatkoii. as also pindlc denuuolatiou. of mdi
Tiduals or designated classes, it strictly forbidden to all
prleett uf the dlooeau In this a? m all other cases."
P1MTJNQ "7777 11ailboad stock.
Denver, Dec. 2.?Ab elcctioB to dispose of
t>lol<Hi.<SK) worth of railroad stock belonging tu Ara
paiioc ( ountv to Jay Mould for 8250,000 took place to?
day. a light yoto waa cast, and the proposltn i uas
acoepted 10 to 1.
[/tor vtAsr BaHioay Suet ms Beta ml Pagt ]
A BANQUET AT MONTREAL.
MONTRKAI., Quo., Dec. .2?The Scotchmen
of this olty ceiebratrd ft, Andrew's Day by a bai quet
la*; nlfchi at the Wtodaor Hole:. Cungi auUatory uiea
searrs were exchanged wim tbo sister sooisUos la lbs
leading eines of Oeuada and tbs Catted Btetes.
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
PREMIER WADDINGTON iTHi:i.D.
TflK lllhKA 1 I.Nil? atta* K ON ihm aii.nihjnf.o-?
GIIOWM VMM CANADA.
In Paris fSSti .i| if M. W addiiigfoii defended hit
policy before tbe Chamber nf Denn t ics, and < licitexf
strong expressions of approval. In Itclginin, flu
Kisbopof Tonrnay has been superseded by an ad?
ministrator. Tbe Canadian press is dissatisfies!
with tho reference made to the llshery question 11
tin- President's Message. It is said that the Czar ii
about to announce a legislative scheine.
'IHK FRENCH IIIMUTRI BAR.
I'vKia. Tueartay. Dee. 2.1 ?70.
If, Gamlietla, President, mid nil tlie Minis?
ters were pfl sent In the Chamber of DapMMI to day
M Bau try D'Assnn withdrew bis interpellation of tin
(ioveinment for thep.esent. M. V?addlntrton, I'restdeni
oftlieCoiuii.il and Minister nf Foreign Affairs, cons
plain's! of this course, and proceeded to declare that
Ministerial questions should not he raised hy unmean?
ing programmes, drawn up In private conventions, but
openly In the Tribuue. A truee to the policy of meet,
lngs and newspaper articles. h? mid, would lie to th<
Interest of the (lovernnieut, of Parliament irid of tin
country. If the Minister*, had not the fill! confidence o<
the Chamber ot Deputies they weis- ready to retire. Th?
speech was cheered, not only by the Deputies of the
Centre nut t> y a portion of the i^-rt. Cpon M. Wad
dmstoi.V resuming bis scat I he Chamber proceeded to
routine business.
The four Hurenus of ttie Left will meet to-morrow,
each group lest holding a separate meeting.
The. Daily \f>rt,? r >rls disp i?cli nays; " M. Ilandry
D'Asaon withdrew lila Interpellation by sdVWS of the
Bouaparf ists, they having pointed out that he was oer*
tain to he beaten upon It. '
Tin-Heputiitc ins. have agreed up m the following as
the main pari of their political programme : Liberty of
meet I ii it and lawful association: llhertv of the pr-sa,
and gratuitous secular < nmpu Isot v education. TS-e
STTrltSTntnry sruatiou appears i,-ss sirsined. MM.
-;m :. I. --? Ii and Floqilrt dcclalc that they would
not accept pm I folios in a new Ministry.
It Is general'v bsttsvsd that win is M. Ilaudry D'Asaou
laterp Hates ihe (Juveriitnrut on rsssdsy ihe Uovern*
in n' will make declarations which will lead to a Tots
ol roiilldcncc, and end the cil-ls by consolidating D'S
Mluistiv. Ihe Paris correspondent of Ike, Standard.
however, predicts that II, WaddlsgtOO will be out or
oflice early next year, und that Cambctta will becutuo
Premier.
EXPECTED REVORMfl IN RUSSIA.
LOMMMsj Tm sdav. Dl S, 2, 1970.
A Hitlin dis;iirli to I lie Stmulurd says:
"1 he (hu will mfoim the uobtllty of Moscow, at tbe re>
BSfStkM to-day, of his ih t riniiiatlon to ca I a number of
uuofliciiil udvisers to assist him lu tho government
Of the L uplre. The Couucll wi I be purely
deliberative, without any right of control or luteifer?
MM, It will be chosen partly Uv ttie suffrages of the
middle aud |n-as ml classes, aud putly by direct nomi?
nation hy the Czar from the ranks of the hereditary
uoblllly. Other measures of local icform will aiso be
Announced. Taese I .novations have MM - ? -s /
advocated by the Czarewltoh."
TAKOOB KHAN IN DANGER.
Londox, IsMioPi D<c. 2, 1870.
CiMinneiititi-f on Y.ikoul? Ivh.tii'- d?-tmrttiro
yesterday from Ctluil for IVshavvur. the I'utt says:
" This news Is of great significance. It prohuhh means
that Afghanistan has s eti the last of its Ameers. It
also point to restraint, if not actual punishment, being
in store for Yukoob for his.? ? ?-, if not connt
vauce in the massacre of the Kmba>sy. The exact part
bo played may never b? known, liiere Is more than
enough evidence to ssSahSSSh Yakoob's weakness and
culpsble negligence"
THE BERLIN STATE OF BIEGE.
IJF.Rl IM, Tuesday. Dec. 2, 1*70.
In the Plimlai Diet to-day Count von
Lulenburg, Mlnl-tcr or the Interior, in giving reasons
for coutiuuiug the minor state of siege, declared that
the state of things prevalent last year still existed. The
scen t Social Democratic saltation, he suld, had in?
creased, and the connections with foreign agitators
wore maintained.
PRECAUTIONS IN 1 I'M.AND.
Di m in, Tuesday, l>*c. 2. l?70.
In conacqnencc of reeout anonymous threats
received Or the Commander of the barracks at Ulrr,
Leinster, the whole of the smmnuitton, including sew.
eral biindresi casks of powder, has been removed under
ssoeri to Dublin.
CANADIAN BLUSTER,
Toronto, Dec. 2.?A special MUt dispatch
from I.don to Ihe tiU.b'. says : in? Simei, dlseaS*
sing the Prsaldsat'i BMeseae, mutsi "The cm.tdians
sre no doubt tenacious of ?he right- of the Dominion
over their own coasts, bur they mim S ei tbe Incomes
looee of the renewal cverv ten years of the esaesastSM
to t'nlted stales Ishsrsaea. It ts to be ho|?ed It will no
uni.t eessary : and we -hould urge tln-m to ugree to a
pcnwawcal seitlaioeat nu equitable terms."
The (.lube, in discussing the l'nslden 's message, re?
fers to the Fortune Bav affair, and adds :
Oil this text The London Time* prints a sermon
to Can.idluns, which might u ith g; eat propriety bare
been pitched Into Us waste-basket. It would be mtcli
better that the cleat Kuullsh SfraTM ShOfolC say nothing
than that it should show nervous uess at the prospsol M
reopMlag Ihr rtshrry question. Tnrro is nothing war?
like in asking for compciisatloii ; bot M the contrary,
something laughable in tbe Inpudeaee with which our
lug leighbor demands *10.">.C<s> for li.-h which two
skiptiers only hoped 10 catoa one Sunday afternoon.
? ? ? The etlect. however, of Mich SU UtterSOCC Of
ti r Nats*Is to make Brother Jonsthaa beltsra that he
can haTS cvertniugy bis owu way ; that Lugdahmcn are
terribly afraid of a dispute with blsi : and thai it he is
suikv eaoaah M saa get wtut be wants on terms which
would not be fair to the holders of the naileries he
covets.
Ihe Hail, the Conservative organ, sa)
The claim Is preposterous m nnount, to begin with ;
and although the violence of the Newfoundlanders ot
Foifuiu: Bay caimut be justitiell, th? Ir Is no reason at
all for the contention that the A SMI leaM can he superior
to the Ux loei, and eujov greater freedom on Sunday
than is accorded to British sii'dccts Tm Imperial Oar*
eminent im y consider Ihe SObJesC, and no OOSM will do
so, SMTSly from a de*lie to consult t'i- Ami n tie- . f in
ternsUosal courtesy; bur Lord BescoasaeM,asdMl
Mr. tlladstone, la at the heim ol State lust now.
riiEP.tnixa ton a:si ual gbaxt.
Cincinnati, Dec. 2.?Preparations for Gen?
eral Orntit'a visit are being pushed rapidly. He will
nrrlvc here on Deecuiber 11 ubout noon in a special car.
The train will run Into the eitv to the public landing at
Broadway, where an Informal reception will take place.
a proccaslou will escort the <? neral to Milslo Hall,
where a itrjnrt n c ipttM will be held la ttie afternoon.
Tlnodore Thomas's orchestra bas been engaged la fur
u'sh music at the reception. In the evening a hauquct
Will be >.i>cu at the QMM* HstsL
it. leg it a mo nv nt>
thk BT. I.AWREM'K (T.okfd.
MiiNTtti vi. Dee. 2.- By order of the Minister of
Marine and F isheries all lights on the Lower >t Lawrrnoe
will be exIIUKuUheil Ki nighU
II VN KS TO HK INVKSTIO VT1 Ii
Rrr> Hank, N. .1.. Dee. 2.?At the Cvnaty Court
issdsyJadesDixee directed the c.iaui juit to ii.w-.tigau
ttir rsessjt failures of it e asaasy hanks.
aid roa ibsi \m>.
ort Avw. Out., li. c.st. Patrick's Bortst? held
Has to day 1st Ihe purpose of lOThMg menus tor the
i as psst in [retSM.
s> m PATB1 MTl rit rii I POB4 AI
Boston,Dee.'i,- \ neettna ti take farcwall ot
the I'nuca ludUus wsa held here todsT. Mayor Prince pfS*
aaiing. Sympathy waaex|ir,s<e>t im UssSresssssv
TU K M KXH 'A N mini NO COM l'A X Y.
San Pa a KCl aro. Deo. 2.?At tiie annual meeting
of the Msstaaa Mining Conip*iy BMsM SM ers were rs
ele?-t*sl. The ?umrinU-iic'eBt asya there are IBSSSSShM ex
pecuuou? im vafusM" d vrlojuue ii during il<e cmi: f fear.
C A1I LK IB Ul'AKANllNH.
llt iiAi'?. N. l.i I? c. 2 ?l our lo ad of imported
Eughsli Iterrforil erat I* I. c.m.ola w.ic .pui ?ul ned st
i-'asi iiuds o t ? iiav bj tin- < msi.,in 'tie irs.Isaeesrdaacs wxth
the n-ceot is del of tlo? Tuaetliy Depart meat.
a nswao rou ooivoxi PBoisoaBBi
t)i nw?. D<e. Mr. R dtcnsi.ii, rrsm Keittt
s,i,t.aud, I.sa present cd M the IISMSterol Agicmture
t s- lieiiie tor tue ??ItUliieut uf S uuuiber ol UigliUi.d mull
Bsawa In Manllot?.
Alu BBIMOP LTBCB to RAVI A MAJUPTOB.
11 do in i ii. 1 ?'??. lafunustion has bveu reci i ved
tliSt t a- lllghi Her i iuioiiij o'Malieny, Hishnp ol Arilin tabs,
Aosir.lia, has been apisiUitot. .uajator to Atchbiatmp i.yncb,
uf the lloiuau l aiho'ic IM.iceae of Toronto.
l'HII.AUF.Ll'UIA bios Full H<i 1 ii POM v BBTK' nIB
pun aoi i.i'hia, Deo. 2.? Ilia ttocBtioldsra ol ths
Permanent Kilnbltion. la Kalrii.uunt Park, t -day offi rvd 'be
tue ot the axhlMtteo bntldlag Vs the twogrest pottUrsI p?r
Use to hold U.eir cuuvriiUons .u seat >ear.
THK MCW'.ma NS.W u k LOMBBB TBABBi
BT. John, N. ti., Dee. 2.-1 he IuuiInt sbipmenta
from this pirt to k.nrope for IM eleven roosths eridiiig No.
veiuhes Jo amuuuted to 0 \0oy .iitirrSclal tect. cotuisussl
with iHv.OOU.Ooo i -et tor the ?aimc penud ol last vesr.
AN KXI'ltF.Ss sit I'i lllM I.NKKN1 HoMlltKI*.
KBFpkuicK*nt'go, Va.. Dec. 2.?The euudovos of
ths Heatheni l.iprea? Company have ereeietl a marble ceno
taph, VO t'-el hlsh, Uitl.e tueuiurv of Wllllatu Willis, their 1st?
?iipeilnundrut. who felt s victim lo tue > < ihm t. m r in Mem.
Dblalu 1H7H.
A CASK Or* Wl'stPKNDKD ANIMATION.
Kail kiVKi:. Mans..Dec 2 Tbe w.te ot Frank?
Un Caase sled suit.truly al w eetpoi l on N nreoiber VP. I rep?
ratlona ler buital were maslc. b'K the lit, like bpiaM.aoce of
tu? renulusludUKsl lor irlemls to ,witpoec the fasoral, sad
the oo if hat f,cen kept na. ii lac Ui't?VUl lluo , 00 ? In use hsv .
tas appos*e* sluOo death, it. i iiiea.Ua are .?-io.nl as to
warn s* Uuc 1'wUuta wf susyeodet suluUlrsa. vi ?beiher
dsauisssMlaeily vs.ro place.