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Northerner.
PAWPAW. MICHIGAN.
OTS OFTIIE WEEK.
rOSZIQS IlfTKT J.TflKNCE.
Denmark baa tnst en joyed the aenaation of
Ler liret railway accident, revolting in the
death erf lne persona and the wounding of
thirty more.
A cable dispatch aaya Coaaia continue her
preparations for war. The first reserve forco
of Ootwacks baa been armed. Theae are be
tween the agea of 20 and 30. The second re
borve, it In thought, will be called out imme
diately. This forco will constat of men aged
from 30 to 40.
An extradition treaty haa been concluded be
tween Bpain and the United States.
A London telegram to the New York Herald
tave the British medical Journals report the
discovery by an Italian doctor of 4 cure for
,nhthri. Tt consists Of the local use of
- -
chloral and glycerine and the Internal admin
titration of chlorate of potash.
The cremation movement is extending in
TWrr. At Brussels a society with 400 mem-
tew has been formed, which gives groat cheer
to the body burners here.
The experiments of importing American
tef into England continue to be successful.
Meat representing sixty head of cattle arrived
a prime condition last week.
Late advices from the City of Mexico state
that whole brigades and regiments of Iglesiaa
urmy have pronounced for Diaz, but the latter
J as not yet dared to attack Igleeias, ho being
strongly posted with 15.000 men at Biloa. The
states of Jalisco, Zacatecas, Durango, Ban Luis
Totosi, and Nuevelon, have pronounoed for
Diaz. Gen. Mendez, who was appointed
Decent for Diaz, to act during his absence, has
issued oonvocatoria for the election of rresi
dent. Chief Justice, and members of Congress,
on 'an. 28. Gens. Hejia and Iglesias are both
exttinded ai candidates or electors; also all
numbers of the Lorjo and Juarez Govern
roents.
A Vieiinadispatch says the Hungarian Gen
Kl&pka has inspected the arsenals and stores
of Turkey, and in his report certifies that the
Turkish Government has 1,000,000 broech
loaders and accoutrements sufficient for 400, 000
men. The Turkish army in Bulgaria is rapidly
increasing. It is stated that 83,000 men from
all parts of the empire have arrived in that
province within the last eight days.
Adviooa from Mexico state that Diaz is ad
vancing victoriously, and that many of the
Iglesiaa troops are Joining him as he pro
p-eases.
Typhus fever is raging with unusual violence
in Faris.
D0ME3TIC BTHWS.
Eev. Mr. Lee has just been tried by the Tret-
byTcrvof Newark, N. J and found guilty of
violating the scriptures for allowing a woman
to preach in his pulpit.
The long-anticipated death of Cornelius
aaderbilt, tho great railway king, occurred at
his reeidenoe in Now York, on the 4th inel
He was conscious to the last moment, and died
without a struggle, surrounded by his family,
The venerable invalid had been sinking for
Mrveral days. Cornelius Yanderbilt was bom
on 6uten island. May 27, 17J4. Ilia education
was vcrv meager. At the age of 16 he
igan business, buying a boat, which
Le plied between the ferry of his
neighborhood and New York. Three
years later be married. lie can hardly
te said to have relinquished business until the
day of his death. Few men have begun man
jMod-life as early or maintained a bold npon
the activities of the world so late as did Com
modoro Vanderbut. He wao a giant. What
ever be did at all he did in a masterly way,
Mr. Yandorbilt gave liberally in certain direc
tions, his gift to the Yandex bilt University in
Nashville. Tcnn., being three-quarters of
million dollars, a sum which has placed that
tichool upon a basis which should stand against
ail time.
Mr. Blaine has been re-elected to the Bonatc
from Maine.
Michael Mulroy is the biggest fool in New
York city, "by a large majority." The other
day he essayed to thaw out somo giant-powder
cartridges that had been frozen, and for this
pnrpoao placed them before a hot stove, lis
salt : A demolished building, ono person killed
a d1 two dangerously injured. Natural! y enough
t be fool was lucky enough to escape with
light scorching.
The last will and testament f tho late Cor
melius Yandorbilt, dated Jan. 9, 1875, with
codicil attached bearing date June 30, 1675,
bequeaths the bulk of the immense estate to
Lis eldest son, William II. Yandorbilt. His
wife receives $500,000 and the family mansion,
Numerous Congregational clergymen of New
York and Brooklyn, who were displeased at
the manner in which the Rev. Henry Ward
Eeecber was carried on the shoulders of the
old organization, have united in the formation
of a new association. The names of Dr. Taj
lor, Dr. Budmgton, Dr. Scadder, Dr. Hep
worth, and other eminent Congregational min
isters of the vicinage appear prominently in
the new movement
Already there is talk of a contest over the
It Commodore Vanderbilt's will.
Jack McCalL the murderer of Wild Bill, has
.been sentenced to be hanged at Yankton, D.
T on the 1st of March.
Eonry Creighton, of Fokfield oocnty, Ohio,
was last week murdered by h'm crazy wife.
Bbe sLot him twice and out his head off with
n ax.
The Judlana Legislator organized on the
4th lost. The Hons eleoUd lie publican offi
cers. The Independent joined the Demo
crate in the Senate and gained control of that
body.
Mr. Wind am has been re-elected to the
United B tales Senate from Minnesota,
The moat plausible of the many theories
evolved to aooaant fer the Ashtabula accident
is advanced by Mr. J. B. BurchelL of Chicago,
who was a passenger on the train and eped
with a few flight bruises. Bio say it will be
ememUiea that tho front engine did not
leave the track, i bat the TaUtine fall nearly
square, an 1 the ears en either side slanted
toward this tipper, and the last car on the
train stool almost on ita end. All with very
few except ons, wLo were saved were in the
ralatine, it not being broken or smashed at
were the others. There facts Mr. BurohfJl re
gards as conohwiTs evidence that the bridge
gave way about where the ralatine was moving
along.
Mark Bheridan, a well-known local politician,
died suddenly in Chicago a few days ago.
A diabolical attempt to wreck a passenger
train on the Chicago and Northwestern rail
road was recently discovered and frustrated
by detectives. A point near Ames, Iowa,
where there is a long, steep grade, was se
lected for the perpetration of the deed. A
detective from Chicago wormed himself into
the confidence of the scoundrels, and pre
tended to be eager for a hand in the
Job.. They were to throw the train from the
track, saturate the cars with kerosene and set
them on fire, and use chloroform upon the pas
sengers where they could do so to advantage.
They also intended to murder the express mes
senger and rob the express car. They were on
the ground prepared to carry out their plana
when a body of men, who had been instructed
by the detective, surprised and captured the
whole outfit, and the passenger train passed on
without the passengers being aware of tho
danger that had threatened them.
Wo ti til.
The Democrats of Florida have gained the
Governorship of that State. Gov. Drew has
been inaugurated, his late competitor, Gov.
Stearns, graoef ally yielding up the ofiioe with
out any contest. The Legislature is Demo
cratic in both branches.
The Legislature of Tennessee adopted reso
lution i regarding Vanderbilt'a death. Speeches
were made in both bodies, the first time such
marked respeot was ever paid by the Legisla
ture to a private citizen.
The five negroes, who killed Ilausman and
rortman, near Aiken, 8. C, last November,
have been found guilty of murder in the first
degree.
Like outn Carolina, Louisiana is now
blessed with a duality of Governors. On the
8th inst. S. B. Packard was inducted into the
gubernatorial chair, at the State'IIouse in New
Orleans, by the Kepublicans. About
the same hour the Democrats inaug
urated Gen. Nioholls at St. Patrick's
HalL The ceremonies at the State House
were interrupted by a mob while intoiuo
the colored Lieutenant Governor-oieot, was
delivering his address. The crowd hooted
and yelled and pelted the police with oyster
shells. With this exception, the day passed
off quietly. Nicholla has appointed Col,
Thomas B. Boylan, Chief of Police, who is
organizing a formidable police force. It is
feared trouble and bloodshed ma; grow out
of the clash of authority between the oppos
ing police forces.
Tuesday, Jan. 9, was one of the most excit
ing days witnessed in New Orleans for some
years. Early on the morning of that day the
partisans of Gen. Nicholls, tho Democratic
claimant to the Governorship of Louisiana,
assembled in largo numbers in Lafayette Square
armed and equipped. From thence they made
raids upon and captured the courts and police
stations. In fact, they were in possession of
the whole city before evening, the
Packard Government and Legisla
ture meantime taking refage in
the State House. Gen. Nioholls issued
proclamation, as Governor of Louisiana, urg
ing the people to retire peaoofnlly to their
homos, and abstain from all excesses whatever.
At Washington the matter was made tho sub
ject of a special Cabinet session, which result
ed in a determination to take no action which
could be construed as an attempt to settle the
political status of either siie to tho contest
further than to direct Gen. Augur, the com
mander at New Orleans, to prevent bloodshed,
Instructions to this effect wero accordingly
telegraphed to Gen. Augur by the Secretary of
War.
WA6HINGT0N NOTES.
An echo of the Ashtabula horror has been
heard in the nouse. Representative Wilson
of Iowa, has offered a resolution, which was
adopted, directing an inquiry into the const!
tutionality of a law creating a Board of Na
tional Managers to supervise inter-State rail
ways with respect to safety of travel.
The following is a recapitulation of the of
flcial statement, showing the amount and
value of tho coinage executed during tho
first six months of the fiscal year ending June
30, 1877:
Pif. Value,
Total gold p'eoes ...
Total trade dollars.
Total subsidiary . ...
Total minor
.. 1,880,811 f37,3l2 91
.. 3,188,300 3,188,300
..87,381,700 10,f 80,613
... 13,344,000 63,640
Total oolnago 45,264,811 f 11,435,470
Senator Sherman, it is said, is preparing to
present to the Senate the Bland Silver bill
with an amendment leaving the power of
coinago unlimited, but limiting tho legal
tender quality of silver at the same sum, less
than -50.
Gov. Grover, of Oregon, in his testimony
before the Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections, stated that, in giving a certifl
cate to Cronin as an elector, he acted in con
formity with the constitution and the best
legal authority he could procure. He reoeivod
a letter from Judge Hoadley, of Cincinnati, in
which four authorities relating to cases of in
eligibility of persons to office were cited. It was
a three-page letter, and was received at the ex
ecutive office about a week before the witness
rendered his decision in the case of Watts.
He received a telegram from ex-Senator Gwin,
stating that certain prominent If gal gentlemen
thought Watts ineligible, and he wanted to
know by what time the question had to be set
tled. Abram B. Hewitt, of New York, sent
witness a communication in which two decis
ions in Indiana, one in Maryland, and one in
Pennsylvania, were cited aa being applicable
in Watts case. Manton Marble, of New York,
telegraphed witnoes calling attention to Watts'
oaee, and witness answered that he then had
the case under consideration.
The noose Committee on the Pacific rail
roads have agreed to report the Senate bill to
extend the time for the completion of the
Northern Pacific road eight years, without
amendments, except one providing that the
company shall cot be required to locate its
route through Idaho before July 4, 1879.
Delegate Cannon, of Utah, is working hard
to secure favorable action by Congress npon
his bill for the admission of Utah Into the
Union, end is confident of taccenft.
The package containing 112,000 belonging
to the National Bank of Illinois, recently
stolon from the Treasury Department, has
been restored, less flOO or 1200. The name
of the thief has not yet been revealed to the
public.
Apptaeticn having been male by the Repub
Jfoan Governor and Legislature of Louisiana
fjr the assistance of Federal troops at New
OriOace it as decided at a Cabinet meeting,
last week, that It was net a case calling for the
Interference vi the miliury j that the fact
two rirat Governors being inaugurated is
not sufficient Justification for tho requisition
for troops. President Grant, in an in
terview with the Associated Press agent at
Washington, stated that, in his opinion, Fed-
eral Interposition in the Louisiana difficulty
would be out of place pending the presence in
New Orleans of the two Congressional Investi
gating Committees, and also intimated that the
administration! was not disposed to take any
part in the Packard-Nioholls imbroglio, unless
became necessary to interfere in order to
prevent bloodshed.
The theft from the Treasury Department
of the 12,000 package of bank bills which
was mysteriously restored, a few days ago, by
some unknown hand, has been trace! to Ferd
B. Winslow, a clerk in the department. Winslow
was formerly President of the Scandinavian
National Bank of Chicago, an institution that
was brought to ruin by his questionable prac
tices. After the collapse of this bank Winslow
fled to Europe to escape prosecution, subse
quently returned, and, by some unaccountable
moans, secured a responsible desk in the
treasury at'Washington.
The President ha appointed Levi P. Luckey
Secretary of Utah Territory.
POLITICAL JOINTS
non. William A. Wheeler has been inter
viewed by a -New York llrald correspondent,
by whom he is made to speak thus: "It is
my firm conviction that Congress can never be
constituted a National Canvassing or Return
ing Board. Congress cannot go behind the
returns, befond the mere question of the
regularity of the certificates. Understand me
clearly, for it is a point on which I would
not like to be misunderstood. The Con
grese cannot investigate whether Louisiana
has cone for Tilden or Hayes. The action of
tho Returning Board on this point has been
final and conclusive in Louisiana. I do not
believe that this dispute will bo wholly an un
mixed eviL I beliove it is going to teach the
people the machinery of the Presidential elec
tion, which they have never understood be
fore, and that it will be the means of averting
such troublesome Btrife in the future."
The Republican members of the Michigan
Legislature met in caucus on the evening of
Jan: 3, and, by a unanimous rising vote, Mr.
Ferry was nominated by acclamation for re
election to the United States Senate.
The Republican members of the Illinois
Legislature have resolved, in caucus, that
Hayes is the President-elect, and that he must
be inaugurated.
A Washington telegram of the 4th says
"The full joint committee of the Home
and Bonate upon the Electoral College quos
tion met to-day and began the first joint dis
cussion of the complicated question involved
in this Presidential content. Appleton's new
compilations of precedent in the counting of
the votes of the Electoral College formed the
text-book of to-day's discussion, which was
purely preliminary. Hewitt and Edmunds wore
tho principal spokesmen. No plans wore
broached, general talk taking the place of the
mature schemes that are to follow. The dis
(suasion showed at present a great desire upon
the part of both Democrats and Republicans to
arrive at an amicable adjustment."
Touohing the question of tho final count of
tho electoral votes for President and Yice Pres
ident, the Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune says "it is confidently be
lieved, by those who have excellent opportuni
ties for knowing," that acting Vice President
Ferry has adopted one of the two following
plans: Firtt He will either count all the
votes, opening only those from the four con
tested States which ho considers to be the
rightful ones, and will announce the result to
the joint convention, with the statement that
that is his jadsment as to the proper count
but if the two houses concurrently arrive at
different conclusion he will obey any instruc
tions which the joint convention, acting con
currently, shall give him. Second He will
count at first only the votes from States as to
which there is no dispute, and will then pre
sent the duplicate seta of returns from each
of the four contested - States to tho
joint convention, with the announcement that
as to them he awaits some instruction from the
two houses, acting concurrently. It cannot
be stated with equal plainness what bis action
would be should the two houses not agree upon
some specific instruction as to the disputed
votes. There is good reason, however, to be
lieve that, in the event of the two houses de
clining to give him the concurrent instruction
he desires, ho will then consider himself under
the constitution required to declare the result
according t his best judgment.
The Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago Tribune telegraphs the latest utterance
of President Grant touching the Presidential
complications. He defined his position in
these words "When all the political power
and responsibility vested in me by the suffrage!
of the people shall have expired by consti
tutional limitation, which will be on the 4th day
of March, I shall be ready to willingly Barren
der this responsibility ; but until thon I shall
execute the office of President, and
protect and defend tho constitution.
is not my province to dstermine the
question of an eleoii, but
to execute the laws. Whoever is declared to
be my constitutional successor, to him will
surrender the reins of Government." no took
issuo with thoao who have suggested that Gov,
Tilden might be inaugurated whether he was
declared elected cr not, and strongly intimated
that that could not be done in Washington
where alone he thought an inauguration legal
He said there could not be two legal
Presidents ; that he should consider an
inauguration at any other place than
Washington void ; that any attempt to
exorcise authority elsewhere, under such cir
cumstances, could not be recognized, and any
recognition of such assumed authority by any
officer of the Government would be treason.
The President ended in substance as follows :
"The President's authority, exexclsed in ao
oordanoe with law, is as supreme in the Dis
trict of Columbia as if it were a garrisoned
fortress, and any demonstrations or warlike
concentration of men threatening the peace of
the city or endangering tho security of the
public property or treasure of the Government
could be summarily dealt with, should the
public safety demand, by a declaration of mar
tial law."
Ex Gov. Isham G. Harris has been elected to
succeed Honry Cooper in the United States
Senate from Tennessee.
The D.mocratio Legislature of Louisiana
has elected J. B. Eustis to the United States
Senate for the short teim.
KTSCZLLAITEOUI QLKAH1H0S. '
As far as can be ascertained to a certainty,
at Uat seventy-five persons were killed by
the Ashtabula railway disaster. The general
Impression of those competent to judge places
the figure higher than Una. Appended in tho
list, aa furnished by the railroad authorities :
umber of passengers on the train. ..... . ..1...12H
Number of employed on the train 19
Total
; 117
ea
9
Rescued pMaK?ra
lteaoued employe ,
Total Tl
Died alnoe, pMHnRera..., 9
Died alnce, employes 1
Total 4
Names of known rencued 11
Ixat 70
Unaccounted for S
Total 147
American citizens residing In Mabamoraa
complain bitterly of the plunder of their goods
and effects by Revueltas, the Mexican chief in
oommand at that city, and through Mr.
Schleicher, of Texas, have laid their grievances
before Secretary Fish, urging the interposition
of the United States Government to protect
their property.
The horrors of Ashtabula do not appear to
be fully revealed. The investigation shows a
startling discrepancy between the estimates of
passengers and of railroad officials aa to the
nuaiber of people on the train. Some passen
gers place it as between 200 and 800, while the
railroad men, who ought to be the better
judges, fix the number at less than 150.
Anotner revelation H that passengers were
robbed, It is stated that $7. 000 was taken from
one corpse, and that living men struggling
away from the wreck were met by thieves and
forced to give up their valuables.
Another ocean disaster, happily resulting in
small loss of life, is reported. The French
steamer L'Amerique, bound from Havre to
New York, stranded on the beach off Seabright,
N. J. Three of the sailors, in attempting to
go ashore for help, were drowned. AU the
other people on board, some 200 in number,
were rescued by the life-saving orew stationed
near the soene of the accidort.
Still another ocean disaster is reported. The
steamer Montgomery, plying between Havana
and New York, collided with the steamship
Seminole off Cape May, N. J., and sunk in six
minutes. Four passengers and nine of the crew
were drowned.
COSGKESSIOXAL SUUHAUT.
Wednesday:, Jan. 3. Senate. The bill of
Mr. Wright declaring the true intent and meaninj
of the Union Pacific railroad acta was taken up and
debated at length.... Mr. Morton, from the Com
mittee on Privilege and Elections, submitted a re
port that William M. Turner, manager of the West
era Union Telegraph ofllco at Jacksonville. Ore
had refuH(d to anawer certain queatlona put to him
on .the ground tnat be could not divulge the bus!
ness of the company ; also, a resolution declaring
that Turner ia in duty bound to answer ques
tions, and cannot refiiRe to do so by virtue of bin
ofncial connection with the company. Ordere
printed.
lloute. Mr. Barnes, tho manager of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, at New Orleans,
was brought before the bar by the Sergeant-at-
Arms, and was given until Frida next
to make answer to the charge of contempt
Mr. Phillips (Kan.) introduced a bill extendin
trie time to pre-emptors on public lands, and for
the appraisement of certain lands, lteferred..
Mr. Knott, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee
presented the report 01 the committee on the ad
mlHBlon of James B. liolford a ttepreeentativi)
from Colorado, wlih a resolutiou declaring Colorado
to be a Htate In the Union, and that Delford should
be admitted. Mr. nurd presented
minority report, which recommends the
pannage of an act by Congress ad
uilttlng Colorado. The reports were recommitted
.... Mr. Hunter introduced a bill for the election of
Federal officers and to prevent fraud in elections
lteferred.... The Speaker appointed Mr. McDlll en
the committee on rights, duties and privileges of
the Uoune in counting the electoral vote, in place of
Monroe, excused. Adjourned.
Thubsday, Jan. 4. Senate. -Mr. "Wright
called up tho bill recently introduced by him to
SHtabliah a court for the trial of contested elections
in the office of President and Vice President of the
United States, for the purpose of having it re
ferred, aud spoke in favor of his proposition
Mr. Kernan also spoie npon the quea
turn, combating the views of Mr. Wrlcht....
Mr. Conkllng presented a petition of banker, mer
chants, and other business men of New York city
in favor of an amicabls settlement of the Preei,
dentlal contest. .In presenting the petition, Mr
Conkllng made ati appeal to the same effect. lie
said : " la laying this petition before the Sen a to
it may not bo amlns to add an
avowal of my sympathy with Its
appeal for orderly lawful, and patriotic action
In executing the conBUtuuou i n any instance, and
especially in an instance so grave as tho one re
ferred to, partisan feeling as a guide and rule
of action can rightfully have no place. Obedi
ence to law, observance of the constitution, and
maintenance of truth is not a party question or
procoeding. 11 is beyond party and above party
Faroes may contend, and 1 believe it is whole
some in a free Government that partiea should
contend over measures and candidates, bnt
when the contest has len submitted to the ballot
box, the final arbitrament of popular contests
known in our syitem, the only duty, the only lawful
proceeding connected with It, which remains is to
rind the honest and true result, to declare it. bow
to it, and stand by it That is the duty of the
hour. It rests on the two bouses of Congress; it
rests on the nation ; it rests on every citizen of the
repubuc."
IlmiM. Mr. Willis introduced a bill providing
for the repeal of all taxes on the capital and de
posits of State and national banks and banking in
stltutions.... Several bills were taken up and re
ferred Mr. Clymer, from tho Committee on Ap
propriations, reported the Military Academy
Appropriation bill, which appropriates $2W,lfil....
Mr. Dunham, from the Commute on Expenditures
in the department or justice, reported a bJl
fixing the compensation ef United States Attor
neys Mr. Goodin, from the Committee on
Publio Lands, reported back the bill relative to the
proof required In homestead entries, with tl
Senate's amendments. Concurred In M:
Kidder, of Dakota, from the same committee, re
ported back the bill giving parties contestant time
to enter lands under the Pre-emption Homestead.
or Timber-culture acts, after contest shall have
been finally decided. Passed The bill
granting pensions 'o certain soldiers and sailors of
the Mexican, Florida, and Vlackhawk wars, and
certain widows of deceased soldiers and sailors of
the same, was passed. It allows a pension of $8 a
month to all who served sixty days in the Mexican
war, or thirty days In the Florida or Black hawk
wars, and to their surviving widows unmarried....
The House then went into committee of the whole,
Mr. Willis, of New York, In the
chair, on the Consular and Diplomatic
Appropriation bill, appropriating $1,137,083 .
Mr. Throckmorton asked leave to offer a resolu
tion instructing the Committee on Military Affairs
to inquire into the present strength, location, aud
occupation of the army, the force on the frontier,
in the Southern States; and In Washington ; why
troops were ordered to Washington, the nature of
the orders, by whom made, tlte purpose, etc., with
leave to send for persons and papers. Several ob
ections were made on the Kepublican aide, and the
House adjourned.
Friday. Dec. 5. Senate. The resolution sub
mitted by the Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions declaring that Turner, the telegraph operato
at Jacksonville, Or., Is in duty bound to answer
certain questions, was called up, and, after a
lengthy discussion, a vote was taken, whioh re
sulted yeas, 33 ; nays, 3. No quorum voting, the
Senate adjourned till the 8th.
Jouss. -On motion of Mr. Atkins (Tenn.) the
Senate amendments to the bill making appropria
tions for the payment of Invalid and other pensions
were concurred In.... The Sergeant-at-Arma was
directed to retain Mr. Barnes In custody.... The
House then went into committee of the whole on
the Contingency Deficiency bill, Mr. Hoaklns (N.
Y.) In the chair. After about two hours spent over
the Deficiency bill, the committee rose and the bill
was passed.
Saturday, Jan. C. Sfnaie. Not in ses
ai( n.
llmu. Mr. Donglaa, Chairman of the Freed
man's Bank Committee, reported a bill authoring
the Bank Commissioners, in property sold nnder
foreclosure, to tecure the debts of the bank, and to
sell the same at pnblio or private Bale, when It la for
the interests of the bank to do so, and also modify.
Ing their former action. ...The Hon ho
went Into committee of the whole on the Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation tlU. The firat
aracrapha being those making aro'1l,lon,
or the talarira of MloinWa, Mr uolimn onreu
amendment Aim the fo.lowtnn raw 01
aalarlea for MiulnUr: Great unuiu,
France, Oerniany, au.t ltuxaia, 115 000. now
117,500; Hpain, Austria, Italy, Ilrazll, Mexico
japan, CLiua, fiu.miu, now i,oiu, tnm
Peru aa at present ; liRlum, Netherlands, awu-u
and Norway, Turkey, Venezuela, Hawaiian Inland
and Argentine itt-puDiic, ffl.nm, n.w ,o"v;
Guatemala, Coata Itica, Honduras, Halvasor and
Nicaragua (one mlaxlon). ati.uuu, now iiu.uuu; jiu
later and Conaul General to llaytl and Liberia,
each $4,000, now $7,500 and $4,000. Mr. Monroe
oppoettd the amendment aa one offered In the dark,
and without any rvaaons to annum it. ir, uoi
man advocated the amendment, aud said that the
hole avateui ouuht to be abollrhed. aud he be
lieved that it would disappear In a very hort time.
In every one of the enl xhteued nation of the
world the ofnoea of Mluiater and Ambawador were
now mere aluecnrea....A few bills of IocjJ Import
were paMaed.
Monday, Jan. 8. Seiude. Mr. Sherman
presented a petition from prominent business men
and citizens of Cincinnati, members of both po
litical parties, asking an amicable aettlement of
the Pneidential contest. ..Mr. Booth submit
ted a plan for the adjustment of
the Presidential difficulty. It proposes
that tne Supreme Court shall be the final
arbiter in the event of a failure of tha two houses
of Congress to agree when an objection has
been raised to the counting of any electoral vote ;
the court, in deciding such contests, bf lag au
thorized to receive In evidence the proceedings 01
any State officer, or beard of State ofUVers, and re
ports of Congressional committees. . . . Mr. Wallace
submitted a aeriea of resolutions instruct
ing the special committee on the rreekUn-
tial question to report as to the powers of the
Electoral College, and as to whether each house 01
Congress may examine Iwth the facts and the law
to enable it to determine if returns are true re,
turns; if tho appoiutinent of electors by the State
was In acordaucs with the provisions aud guar-
autees of the federal constitution: and. further,
that when two returns come from a State, the
two houses, acting concurrently, must determine
which is the true return, and no electoral vote
can be counted witho it the concurrence of both
houses. He spoke at length npon these propwi
tions.... By a vote of yeas 36. nays a. the resolution
assea wnich was reported by the Committee on
Tlvilcges and Elections, requiring William flu
Turner, manager of the Western Union Telegraph
office at Jacksonville, Ore., to answer the questions
propounded aa to messages which passed through
his effioe in regard to the appiutment of Cronin as
a residential elector.
UtHtne.Vnder a call of States, bills and resolu
tions were introduced and referred, including the
following: By Mr. Chittenden, for paying the
legal-lender dt-bt in harmouy with justice and
the pledged faith of tho Government; by Mr.
MUliken (by request), to extend for two years
the Southern Claims Commission ; by .Mr. Bright,
for the tree coluaue of silver dollars, and mat
ing the same a lgal tender ; by Mr. Hunter, to au
thorize and equip an expedition to the Arctic seas ;
by Mr. Kebr, for the further redefinition of legal
tender United Slates notes; by Mr. Buckner, to
utilize the product of gold and silver mines, and
to authorize paper circulation convertible into
gold and silver ; also, to provide for counting the
Presidential electoral votes.... On motion of Mr.
Willis, the committee 011 the privileges of
the House in regard to counting the electoral
votea was Instructed to inquire whether
any votes were given during the recent elec
tion contrary to tho prohibition contained in
the constitution, that no United States official shall
btt chosen as Presidential elector. ...Mr. Kasson
offered a resolution Instrueting the select commit
tee on privileges of the House in regard to the
counting of the electoral votes to inquire whether
any ekctoral votes were cast by persons laboring
under political disabilities, and, If so, what action
should be taken thereon. Adopted....
A resolution calling for information as to the
purposes for which troops have recently been sta
tioned at Waahlngton was defeated for want 01
Iwo-thirds majority.... Mr. Mills (Tex.) moved to
suspend the rules and adopt the following : " lit
solved. That the maintenance Inviolate of the
lights of States, and especially the riuht of each
State to order and control Its own domestic intuitu
tions according to its own judgment exclusively, is
essential to the balance of power on which the per
fection and endurance of our own political fabric
depends, and we denounce tho lawless luvasion by
armed forco of the sou or anybUteor lerriiory,
no matter under what pretext, ss among the grav
est of crimes." It was lost for want of the requisite
two-thirds majority.
Tuksday, Jan. 9. Senate. Mr. Wallaces re
olution in regard to the counting of the electoral
vote by Congress was called up, and Mr. Sherman
made a long speech npon Louisiana affairs, claim
Ing that the evidence before the Heturning Board
Justified the throwing out of votes and giving
the State to Hayes. The question was further
discussed by Messrs. Bogy aud Bout well...
By unanimous vote, and without debate, the House
b.ll to abollch the Board of Commissioners of the
Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia
and to transfer its duties to Commissioners of the
District of Columbia, was passed. ...A resolution
ordering the arrest of Enas Runyon. of the firm
of Martin & Runyon, bankera and brokers, of
New York, and the recusant witness in the Oregon
electoral investigation, passed without division
Jloum. Prof. Seelye introduced a bill for the
abolishment of all Import duties on books.
Speaker Randall reported William Orton, Presi
dent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, to
the House as amenable to proceedings for con
tempt, for not delivering to the Louisiana Invest!
gating Committee certain telegrams relating to
the Louisiana election. A resolution requiring the
arrest of Mr. Orton waa adopted.... Extracts from
the proceedings of the New Orleans Investigating
Committee in the case of members of the Louisiana
Returning Board were submitted, and the matter
referred to the Judiciary Committee.,.. A bill waa
introduced by Mr. Watterson to regulate the 00m
merce among States ... Mr. White; of Kentucky,
asked leave to offer a resVution recit ng that
fears are entertained lest there shall not
be a peaceful settlement of the Presi
dentlal question, and declaring that any attempt
to prejudice and excite the public in advance of
the decision by tne autnority provided iy tne con
stitution Is unwise, unpatriotic, and full or dan
ger, and that it la the duty of all good citizens to
peacefully and faithfully abide by tne results
reached In accordance with the constitution. Ob
jected to.
Innocence at Home.
Mark Twain looks like anything bnt a
hnmorist. Two deep wrinkles between
his eyebrows mar a face otherwise as
fresh and fair as n boy's. His slight
fignre, his nervous way of twitching his
hands and stroking his mustache, sug
gests a modest clerk or an overworked
bookkeeper. fl) rarely laughs, at least
openly, although his friends say ho con
stantly grins internally at the funny
people and situations that force them
selves on his busy brain. Hartford
Letter.
lied oses.
According to an English authority,
redness of the nose in both sexes is pro
duced by inattention to the common
rulcfl for preserving health. With men,
the bottle is the predisposing cause;
with women, and especially the young,
tight lacing. An unnatural pressure on
tho waist and chest obstructs the circu
lation, and causes stagnation of the
blood in that prominent and important
feature, the nose. Constantly cold feet
is another cause.
A correspondent of the Chicago
Inter-Ocean gives a curious theorv re
garding the C8.use of the catastrophe at
Ashtabula. He argues that the peculiar
condition of the atmosphere contributed
largely to the accident, and that under
oertain atmospheric conditions groat
care should be exercised in throwing
enormous weights on iron structures.
At Lacon, 111., recently, li ounces of
blood taken from the arm of Mrs. Stine
was transfused to the veins of Mrs. Geo.
Bano, the patient's pulse falling in two
days from 120 to 90. Mrs. Bane, whose
life waa despaired of, is now believed to
bo in a fair way of recovrry.
A Kentucky schoolmaster,whose wife
was one of his pupils, had ocoaiion to
punish her ono day. The next day tho
sob.ool-b.ouso door bore this inscription:
"School closed for ono week ; school
master ill."
Tiib London JtUirupi shows an
average daily circulation for the last six
menths of 200,317, the largest ever at
tained by any newspaper.
THE RAWHIDE.
James ordon Iteunett, of the New York
"Herald," I'nbllely CowhLded.
Kew York (Jan. 9) Cor. Chicago Tribune.
James Gordon Bennett was horse
whipped this morning by the brother of
Miss Mav. Bennett waa to havo been
married the day after Christmas. He
did not appear. A new arrangement
was made tb-day being fixed upon for
the ceremony, at which .Cardinal Mc
Closkey was to officiate.
Everything was in readiness aud the
couple were to sail immediately for Eu
ro e in tho itusBia. Again the groom
failed to appear. When the hour was
so long past that it became evident that
Bennett meant to play truant, Fred.
May started forth to avenge the insult
offered his sister. He went to the
Union Club House, at Fifth avenue and
Twenty-first itreet, and met Bennett on
the sidewalk.
Without a word May drow a rawhide and
struck Bennett three blows, making cuts
on his nose and above both eyes. The
two men clenched, and were separated
by some of the members of the club,
who took Bennett inside.
May walked down to bis home od
Nineteenth street
Tho affair has created Luge excite
ment. Bennett will challenge Alar.
Dueling men are discussing tho poirt
whether, under the itouthern code, a
challenge from a cowhided man ia to be
accepted, and favor the declination by
May of any proposal from Benuett.
This is the lirft tune Bennett lias been
thus attacked. The fact is recalled that
his father was horsewhipped throe times,
and that once Tom liamblm, of tne
Bowery Theater, held the elder Ben
nett's mouth open and spat in it.
There aro different stones about tne
engagement and proposed marriage.
Bennett s friends claim that the matcn
was broken off some days since, and that
no day was fixed for the marriage.
Friends of the May family assert to
the contrary, and charge that Bennett
went on a spree Tuesday night, and was
so drunk that he was obliged to remain
in bed till 11 o'clock this morning,
whereas he should have been married
and on hiu way to the steamship before
that time.
A Poor Concern.
Mr. Charles G. Leland relates a story
of the good minister of a Massachusetts
village and a shiftless, whisky-loving
Indian, who in time of revival became
one of his converts. The excellent'cler-
gyman greatly rejoiced at having res
cued another," while tho Indian, in re
turn, ono night expressed with solemn
joy hi3 assurance, Me no go Ilobanioko
(that is, t perdition) Injun soul save
all right." But the day after this affect
ing scene the minister, thoughtfully
riding along, discovered his convert
lying in a rocky corner near the road,
deeply, dreadfully tipsy. Sighing much '
and sadly the minister rode on, but was
scarcely a rod from tho spot when his
oar was struck by a guttural gruHt,
which was solemnly and impressively
repeated. Turning his head, he saw the
Indian maintaining himself with the
greatest difficulty in a sitting posture
and gazing sternly at his friend, as if
from tho height of somo great idea, while
he beckoned to him as ono having au
thority. Slowly the minister rode back
and paused. " Ugh 1" grunted the In
dian; "you know dat little business me
talk you 'bout loss night ?" " Yes, Ben
jamin, I do know," was the reply. "It
was about your salvation." "Yes,"
grunted the unabashed; "me 'elude to
let dat little business go. Injun soul,"
he added with a patronizing smile, as if
wishing to diminish the clergyman's
disappointment, " Injun soul berry poor
concern small 'fair up great matter,
anyhow !"
The Senior Member.
Tho eldest member of the United
States Senate is Simon Cameron, of
Pennsylvania, who first took his seat in
1845. His service, however, has been
rather fitful, and amounts altogether to
only seventeen years ; while Mr. Ham
lin, of Maine, whose first entry upon
Senatorial life was in 1818, has seen
twenty-one years of work upon the floor
and four years additional in tho chair as
Vice President. Mr. Anthony, of
Bhode Island, comes next, having en
tered the Senate in 1859, and had a con
tinuous service of almost seventeen
years. Messrs. Lot M. Morrill, now
Secretary of the Treasury; Sherman, of
Ohio, and Howe, of Wisconsin, entered
the Senate together in 18C1.
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