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v-t sie rill 1 She (Ptltnrn §Iaindcata ? , J. VAN SLT^. ITMLISHKB. icHEKRY, ILLINOIS. THE NEWS CONDENSED. the Democratic House has instructed its Ja- diioiary Committee to employ counsel and pro- oeed against D. H. Chamberlain for treason­ able acts in 'usurping the Qg vsrrimeiit of the THE EAST. »THK lotail number of people who perished % the Brooklyn fire will probably never be |m>wn, for in many inatanoee the remains were by the fire to a tingle charred bone, Wbil® in the process of digging for bodies the Snsjts Ui hOiju6 'rivlxj sepu**6u aiid iKwttefod «ntil there waa no means of finding ont where flbey belonged. An entire oofiinful of each ftnoUoue of bodies was oollectod. MAYOR WICKHAX, of New York, has appoint­ ed John Kelly Comptroller of the city, in place 4 Andrew H. Green. ttocHof the victims of the awful Brooklyn ttiamity as had not beetAdentified and claimed bj friends and relatives were buried at the city's expense on Saturday, the 9th of De­ cember. From a Brooklyn paper we rlcan the following particwlfire of the mournful funeral: "ft* banal of the bodies of the victims this •afternoon was a fitting end to one of the n>o*t 4plaful histories of modem times. This morn­ ing all the bodies in the morgue were removed to tho temporary dead-honse in the old Market, where there were in all 100 «f the charred corpses. A hundred coffins with German silver mountings were brought in nad placed upon the floor, and into them the wiidentified and destitute dead were placed, flfcortly after 1 o'clock the ghastly cortege started through Bcerum place, and Then en- tared Schermerhorn street Hundreds of man, women and children followed, rushing along MM. sidewalk in a state cf. great agitation. When the hearses and wagons reached Scher- -merhora street, they were formed in parallel •nee, and there was a delay of nearly three- quarters of an hour. Although the weather was bitterly cold, and a cutting wind was blow­ ing a gale, the neighborhood of 8chermerhorn atreet and Flatbush avenue was crowded with participants and sympathetic spectators. The Mf--•" in the faces of the women waiting on (be pavement was very marked. The soldiers who were awaiting orders to move suffered in­ tensely from the cold. The procession imme­ diately moved from the head of Schermer­ horn street into Flatbush avenue amid general Mourning, and timed by the measured roll of drams and by the fitful sobbing of the almost troken-hearted people. Within the houses and without them, far along the wide avenue and across the broad streets, many an eye was aKMst and many a lip quivering as the dead wtre borne to Greenwood, leaving behind them •acred memories and cruel poverty, too, which trill not be effaced, and by their very stillness nod seclusion appealing more loudly than the noise of words in behalf of their stricken and famishing loved ones for a wise and generous charity. Compared with other funeral proces­ sions, the great procession of to-day had many characteristics of its own. Tfe© nnmber and appearance of the many crisped and dismembered forms, the occupants ef carriages, si! of them r,ear est friends cf the dead, none of them, as ia so often the case, dtatant relations and mere acquaintances with tearless and conventional sadness, were dis­ tinct and terrible features: but the one feature which pervaded the scene and lent to it distinctive and deeply-touching significance •was the manifestation of popular sympathy and sorrow. A community had been afflicted, and sadneas was common. Many of the pri- ' *ate and almost all of the public buildings wre heavily draped. All flags were at half-mast, and torn by the gale almost into •hrpfiiB, as if the great occasion had a to a!! the service they could ever render. As the cortege passed through the gate the bell in the tower tolled mournfully. On either aide along the pathways, on the hillsides and invad­ ing private plats, there were large crowds of people. Turning to the left the funeral party proceeded directly to Battle avenue, where, about 150 yards from the entrance of the cem- at$ry, a trench had been prepared for the re­ ception of the dead. The great crowds which Met near and just within the cemetery were termed about the vast grave. The site being CO the elope of the hill and completely ex­ posed, the "cold was almost insufferable, but •till the people held their places. There was no delay in removing the remains from the hearses and wagons and depositing them in the circular trench. Then the services began. Rev. Noah H. Bchenck read the beautiful burial service of the Episcopal church, which was listened to at­ tentively bv those who were within reach of hie voice. There was inexpressible sadness •ingled with solemnity in trie scene. Hun­ dreds of people wept, the tears freezing on their cheek* as they issued from the eyes. Af­ ter tie reading of the ecrvice, Rev. A. P. Put- B*m, of the Unitarian Church of Our Savior, addressed the assemblage. Rev. A. Stewart Walsh, a Baptist clergyman, offered a fervent paayer at the conclusion of Mr. Putnam's rq- M&rkn. and the services were brought to a close with a benediction by Rev. Joseph OdelL Pre­ vious to the dismissal of the assemblage the choral societiee sang "Say, What Troubles Thee?" and "Above the Tree Top ia Beat." Tto people iiuvv uup&rigd and aii was ended «*eopt the enduring agony of the widow and orphan. A NEW YOBK dispatch says: " It is rumored that a compromise has been effected, under which the ring magnates, and notably Tweed and Sweeney, are to refund to the city of New York quite a large amount of money, and to receive in return immunity from prosecution. Tweed will very soon be released, and Sweeney will return from Europe. The compromise is thought to include Connolly also." - JOSHUA F. BAIUSY, who in 1869 fled from the country as a defaulter in his accounts with the Government, as the Internal Revenue Collector at the Thirty-second (New York) district, has returned made good his deficit, and has re- aeived from the President a full pardon. THIS WE8T. Tta Legislature of Colorado has adopted a pfeaiable and resolutions protesting against action of the National House of Repre­ sentatives in refusing to recognize the creden­ tials of the Congressman-elect from that State. JACK MCCALL was recently tried at Yankton, D T., for the murder of Wild Bill, in the Black Bills, last summer. The jury rendered a ver­ dict of murder in the first decree, the penalty tor which in death-- J. A. Moore & Bro., loan 4a<l insurance brokers, of Indianapolis, have failed. Liabilities, 5:393,000. Their assets are estimated at $1,000,000. A FABMEB named Edward F. Carr, living in •alley oounty, Neb., recently murdered his wif® and two children and then committed sui­ cide. He left a note saying: "I cannot live 1 always, and am not willing to leave my family to suffer. Bury us all together on the top of name high hill.n CHICAGO elevato.s as per official figures, con­ tain 2,956,070 bushels of wheat; 261,369 bush- ate earn ; 45'2,7G3 bushels of oats; 83,459 frnshels of rye, and 1.114,429 bushels of barley, •aaking a grand t»tal of 4,687,090 bushels, •gainst 2,918 767 bushels at this period last wear....Several steamboats were deetroyed bv she breaking of an ice-gorge at St Louis, last week. The lose is estimated at $200 000. SIHOLE men are being committed to the workhouse daily at Detroit, Mich., on their awn K«j-iest, as vagrants, bei g out of employ- ttant, and preferring that course to begging or paopotism. THE SOUTH. D. HO CHAMBKBLAIN was inaugurated Gov­ ernor of South Carolina, at Columbia, on the *7th iugt. The inaugural ceremonies were very quiet, and very few persons in the city knew anything of it until some time after it was over. . The Democratic Legislature met the same day, «and appointed a committee to ask Gee. Roger to remove the troops from the State House. A COLUMBIA dispatch of the 9th inst. says A TBUBOBAX from Columbia, EL CL states that a committee of the Democratic House of Representatives waited upon Gen. Ruger and asked him by what authority troops wer® in the State House, for what purpose, and if they were instructed to resist the peace­ able entrance of the Democratic mem­ bers into the hall of the House of Repre­ sentatives. Gen. Buger replied as follows: " My orders to them came from the President of t^e United States, and 1 acted as I understood those orders. Gov. Chamberlain applied to the President for troops to preserve the peace against violence and insurrection. President Grant recognized uhamcertain as the uovernor of South Carolina, and ordered the troops placed at his disposal. The troops as they are now placed are to preserve peace and to pre­ vent interference with the House which Cham­ berlain recognizes as legal,"... .Three young ladies--two Misses Campbell, and a Miss Choate--and one man, James Gregory, were drowned in a mill-pond ten milos from Olmftead. Ky, Friday night of last week. They were going to a party, /uid were crossing he pond in a canoe, when the craft capsized. THE Chamberlain Legislature of South Caro­ lina has declared the seat of Chief-Justico Moses vacant, in consequence of bis having violated a constitutional provision by accepting another office of trust and profit -- that of |Professor of Law in the University --while holding the Chiof Justiceship At Columbia, last week. Judge Bond, of the United States Circuit Court, rendered his de­ cision in the habeas corpus case of the Board of State Canvassers. Judge Bond discharged the prisoners, and declared that tbe Su­ preme Court exceeded it* powers in meddling with the duties of the Board. A TERRIBLE explosion of a boiler in a saw­ mill is reported from Texarkana, a town near Red river, on the Texas and Arkansas line. Nine men were killed, named Chauncey Beach, James May, W. White, Nicholas Rosenburg, Ed Griffin, George Green, Tip Stewart, George Jackson, and Fred Williams. Two colored men, named Custer and Johnson, were danger­ ously wounded. THE Committee of the National House of Representatives to investigate the recent election in Louisiana met and organized in New Orleans, on the 12th of December. A communication signed by all the members of the Returning Board was presented to the committee denying the authority of the House of Representatives to review the de­ cision of the Returning Board until they had delivered their documents to the General Assembly. They also protested against the at­ tempts of the House of Representatives of the United States to obtain and review documents in their possession, and claimed that as individuals they could not, under the con­ stitution and laws of the State, surrender them. They stated further that they would have copies of all documents made for the commit­ tee if the committee would provide the neces­ sary means; that the State Legislature had made no appropriation for them, and they could not, therefore, furnish copies unless the committee furnished the funds. The Be copies, they said, would be made as soon as they were through with the documents, provided the funds were furnished. When the communica­ tion had been read the Chairman instructed the Sergeant-at-Arms to notify the members of the Returning Board that their presence would be expected at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, in obedi­ ence to orders of the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States. J. MADIBON WELLS, Chairman of the Louis­ iana Returning Board, was before the House Investigating Committee at New Orleans, on the 13th. He informed the committee that he was willing they should have acoeas to all docu­ ments in possession of the board, provided they would furnish the clerical assistance neces­ sary to do the work; at the same time he should decline to answer any questions regarding his action as a member of said board, for the rea­ son that lie denied the right of the committee to interrogate him on the subject. Whereat Mr. Morrison, Chairman of the committee, an­ nounced that he should not press the mat­ ter, and Mr. Wells withdrew. The counsel for the Republicans addressed a communica­ tion to tbe committee complaining that per­ sonal indignities had been offered to some of their witnesses at the hotel where the commit­ tee were sitting, and asking "that free access and suitable accommodation be afforded to the counsel representing the Republican party in the investigation, and also that the witnesses subpenaed by the committee may be able to reach the committee-room without passing through a crowd of hostile and disorderly per­ sons, and that when under examination before the committee they be protected against in­ sults and threats." WASHINGTON. THE State Department has received satis­ factory evidence that Tweed bribed the United States Consul at Santiago de Cuba to procure him a vessel to escape from Cuba. The Consul has been dismissed... .In the Senate, last week, the Chairman laid before that body a communication Bigncd by Carl Schurz and J. S. Henderson, praying that a constitutional amendment be submitted to the various States by which the counting of the electoral vote for President and Vice President and declaring the result thereof may be con­ ferred upon the Supreme Court of the United States. The communication was laid on the table on the motion of Senator Edmunds, who stated that tbe subject had already been re­ ported to the Senate. THE Democrats of the House of Representa­ tives met in caucus the other day and appoint­ ed a Committee of Safety, consisting of seven memVers, who ah all have charge of the par­ liamentary management of the House, and keep a sharp lookout for the main chance gen­ erally. The oommittee is composed of Hewitt (Chairman), Payne, Wood, Randall, Holman, Warren of Massachusetts, and Sparks. THE following committees have been ap­ pointed by the President of the Senate to go to Louisiana. Florida, and South Carolina and in­ vestigate the recent elections in those States: For Louisiana, Messrs. Howe, Wadleich, Mc­ Millan. Boutwell, Bauiebury, and McDonald. For Florida, Messrs. Mitchell, Teller, and Cooper. For South Carolina, Messrs. Cameron (Wis.), Christiancy, and Merrimon. AT a caucus of the House Democrats, held last week, the political situation was discussed at length, and a resolution was adopted in­ structing the Judiciary Committee to examine and report as to the powers, duties, and privi­ leges of the House in connection with the counting of the electoral vote, and respecting the Presidential question generally. It is said that the sentiment of the members present was in favor of insisting upon the right of tbe House to an equal voice with the Senate in act­ ing judicially upon the returns of every Htate. Messrs. Thurman, Bayard, Bogy, Kerna.ii, and Eaton have been appointed by the Senatorial caucuH a committee to confer with the House Democrats in settling upon a party policy. I 1MB. WINDOM, of Minnesota, has introduced in the Senate a very important bill for the re­ lief of settlers on the public lands. It author­ izes homestead or pre-emption settlers on any public lauds; cr pre-emption settlers of Indian .rt-B' rvaiions, where the crops were defrayed or s verely injured by grasshoppers in the year 1876. to leave and ba absent from said lands until the 1st of next July, or, if the grasshop­ pers reappear n< xt year, to a lAe destruction or injury of th« crop?, to remain away until July. 1878, without luipa r.ng their right*, homr-stead cr pre-emption, if they afterwards resume at id perfect tneir settlement. The bill also txpr- ssiy exteDd* their time for making tonal pi oof and payment for one year after the ex; iration of absence above contemplated, and furtiitrmore pr vides that all the proposed rights and |.riviiegos above stated shah apply to and include settler* under the Timber-cult­ ure act of March, 1873. THK House Committee on Postoffioes and Post-roads has substantially agreed to recom­ mend a formal non-ooncurrence in tha Senate amendments to the Post-route bill of last ses­ sion. which provide for the restoration of the ' fait-mail service and the revival of the frank- i ng privilege. .The Consul at 8»utigagode Cub', 1 who assisted Tweed in getting awav from his pursuers, has been removal by the President. 6EM1KAL. NUB Petrol ia, Pa., on* day last week, a Wagon-load of glycerine, containing some 600 puuudn Of tbe fluid, exploded with terrible force, tearing wagon and horses to shreds, in­ stantly killing Daniel Garth, superintendent of th® Roberts Torpedo Company, and Mr. Humphreys, of that place. The bodies were blown to atoms, and, with the exception of a portion of one foot and some pieces of charred flesh, have not yet been found. THE members of the theatrical fraternity in nearly all the cities of the country are giving benefits for the sufferers by the Brooklyn calamity. BLAND'S Silver Mil, which passed the lower house of Congress last week, provides that silver dollars of the weight of 412% grains shall be coined, and shall be a legal tender for all debts, public and private, except where payment of gold coin iarfcftuired by law. This weight of 4125o grains ia the same as that of the old legal silver dollar which was a full le^al tender fcr eighty yeara. POIJLTSOitiU IN each of the three disputed Scrothern 8tates--Louisiana, South Carolina and Florida --the Democratic candidates for Presidential electors met at the Stafea capital*, on the 6th jRst,, cftfit their votes for TUden and Hendricks, certified to and sealed the returns, and ap­ pointed a messenger to catty them to Wash­ ington. ,<%. A WASHINGTON dispateh toethe Chicago Trib­ une, referring to the complications growing out of the Presidency dispute, says, " the Re­ publican programme will douhtlees be for the President of the Senate to invite the House to be present in the Senate Chamber on the count­ ing of tbe vote. The votes will then be count­ ed as 185 for Hayes, including the Republican electors from Oregon. The President of the Senate will hold that, under the Constitu­ tion, no business is in orders that, as there are no joint roles, no motion can be entertained or debate heard, and that th© only doty will be an open count and a declaration oi the votes. The Senate, through the Sergeant-at-Arme, will see to it that order is preserved. The vote being declared, Hayes would be immediately inaugurated and President Grant would im­ mediately surrender the Government to him. This appears to be the Republican programme, unless it shall be modified by the adoption of some compromise measure as to counting the votes between the two houses, which now seems as impossible as it is improbable." HON. HENRY M. TELLER has been elected United utates Senator, from Colorado for six years. PRINCE (Democrat) was eleoted Mayor of Boston, Mass., last week, by 2,141 majority ever Bradlee (Citizens') and Butterfield (Pro­ hibitionist) Gov. Hayes Iras serenaded at Dayton, Ohio, last week, cmd made a brief speech. Referring to the political complica­ tions, he said : "In the excitement that has prevailed before and since the election, people of ardent temperaments have said and done things that are indiscreet, but, aa the excite­ ment BubBidee, we begin to return to our better wisdom and judgment. I have too much faith in the saving common-sense of the American people to think they desire to see in their country a Mexicanized Government. What­ ever may be the result at which the lawful authorities arrive, you and I will quietly sub­ mit, and I have sufficient respect and confi­ dence in the great majority of the opposite party to believe that they will do the same. I was glad to see in a paper this evening an article from the London Times respecting-the condition of this country. Such a state of af­ fairs, it said, could not occur anywhere else in the world. The entire area of the country was agitated by the uncertain issue of the political conflict, and yet not one shot fired, not one man killed, no breaches of the peace." THE National Democratie Committee has issued the following address: ROOMS OR NATIONAL DBH< WAWHWI To the People of the United State*: The National Democratic Committee announce as the result of the Presidential election held on the 7th of November, the election of Samuel j. l'ilden, of New York, as President, anil Thomas A. Hen­ dricks, of Indiana, as Vice President of the United States. We congratulate you on this victory for reform. It now only remains for the two houses of CougresB, in the performance of their duty on the secoad Wednesday in February next, to give effect to the will of the people thus expressed In a consti­ tutional mode by a majority of the electoral votes, and con Armed by a majority of all the States, as well as by an overwhelming majority of all the people of the United titatea. By order of the Exec­ utive Committee. * ABEAM S. HEWITT, Chairman. QFBIDKBICK O. PRINCE, Secretary. The following response to the above lias been issued by the Republican National Com­ mittee: WASHINGTON, Pec. 13,1876. To tbe People: An address has to-night been issued by the Dem­ ocratic Committee. It is the last desperate attempt to prop a fal ing cause. Gov. tl ayes has been fairly elected by a clear majority of the electoral vote. There is no indication that any right-minded citizen has a doubt as to the result. The address of the Democratic Committee is an impudent and auda- cic"n attempt to prejudice and pervert public judg­ ment. Hayes and Wheeler are elected, and the will of the American people will be carried out and maintained. Z. CHANDLKB, Chairman National Committee. FOREIGN. CARDINAL SIMEONI, the successor of the late Cardinal Antonelli, has arrived at Rome.. The Roumanian Government has ordered 80,000 Chassepot rifles, and the necessary am­ munition. The Servian Government has also given a fresh order abroad for arms and am­ munition A Constantinople disuatch savs that much patriotic excitement prevaOs through­ out Turkey. Sons of the heat families are voluntarily enlisting. A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch of the 9th says A conspiracy to depose the present Sultan was discovered on Tuesday night. The conspira­ tors, six of whom were found in disguise in the palace itself and arrested, had planned to carry off the ex-Sultan, Murad, in a steamer which they had already engaged, to Athens. When there they intended to proclaim that Murad had recovered his reason, and the Sultan Hamed was consequently a usurper There has been a ministerial crisis in France, and a new Cabinet has been formed. NEWS comes from the interior of Mexico, by way of Matamoras, that President Lerdo and Cabinet have been captured by the revolution­ ists near the city of Nuncan ; that Geo. Esco- bado, Secretary of War, was shot with several others; that the Government of Lerdo is un­ doubtedly pverthrown ; that Monterey ai d Sal- tillo have declared in favor of Iglesias, and sur­ rendered without fighting; and that the whole Eorthem frontier of Mexico, except Matamoras, is m possession of the supporters ol Igleaias At the annual fete of St. George, celebrated at St. Petersburg, tne Czar, as usual, proposed the heal ih of Emperor W illiam, who is the oldest knight of the order, in complimentary and friendly terms. He also expressed hopes of a peaceable settlement of the Eastern question. NEWS from Egypt announces that envoys from the King of Abjssinia, who had been kept under surveillance in Cairo for some time, recently managed to escape to the house of the British Consul. They were rearrested during the night by the Khedive. The con­ tinuation of the war with Abyssinia is now cer­ tain .... A correspondent of the London Standard, at Constantinople, telegraphed the following on the 12th: " 1 learn from undoubt­ ed authority that the conference will certainly result in peace, a mode of satisfying all ju*t demands and providing sufficient guarantees havii g been found." THE preliminary meeting of the conference at Constantinople promises well for a harmo­ nious settlement of the vexed Eastern prob­ lem. Representatives of the different powers have had little difficulty in agreeing npon the terms to be applied to Servia and Herzegovina. Tne following points have been decided upon * Montenegro is to be granted a considerable territorial addition, and the boundary of Hervia is to be rectified, by which that province mil also gain territory. The Turkish army will be required to withdraw from Servia, and the armistioe will be prolonged for a term sufficient to cover the time consumed in the negotiations. VALPARAISO, South America, was recently visited by a disastrous conflagration. The flames raged for twenty-four hours, and a great number of valuable buildings were de- strsyed A Constantinople dispatch says: "The absenoe of th® Porte's representative from the preliminary conference creates an un­ favorable impression. The fact that Russia, an interested party, is permitted to sit in judg­ ment on the questions at Isanti la oonimtinUwi on in Turkish circles." FORTY-FOUBTH CUKURESS. Ifsbnte an the SSeerman Report. Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Print­ ing, to which was referred the motion to print the depositions accompanying the communica­ tion of th© Hon. John Sherman, and others, to the President in regard to the late election in Louisiana, reported in favor of printing ail the depositions. Mr. Saulebory, a member of the Committee on Printing, dissented from the report of the majority, and said he could not give his con­ sent to publishing such matter. He honestly believed that all these ex parte statements should not be distributed to the public as testi­ mony. Mr. McDonald said he was willing to print all the testimony on both sides betring on th® late election in South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida. He sent to the Clerk's desk and had read the address of the Democratic Committee * bich attended the sessions of the Returning Board in New Orleans, to the effect that the Tilden Electors had a majority of the votes in Louisiana, and also from the preamble of the report made to the Houie of Representatives by a committee of ttiat body on the 23d day of February, 1875, in regard to elections in that State. Mr. Sherman, in reply to a question of Mr. Merrimon, said there Were three classes of tes­ timony presented with the communication. First, oral testimony taken before the Return­ ing Board, and the proceedings of the board ; second, statements of Supervisors of Election and affidavits sworn to by them ; third, testi­ mony taken according to tbe laws of Louisiana on interrogatories and cross-interrogatories. Mr. Eaton opposed the printing of the doc­ uments because they were not brought here by action ©f the Senate. Proper testimony in regard to the election in South Carolina, Flor­ ida and Leuisiana would be taken both by the Senate and House of Representatives, and that should be printed, not this partisan matter. Mr Thurman said he did not object to the printing of these papers because he wanted to suppress the publication of any facts, but he did not want public opinion to be forestalled by a premature publication of part of the facts. If this matter should be delayed till all the testimony was fully produced, as it would be shortly, he would not object to the publication. He commented on the action of the Louisiana Returning Board, and said this was the third time that board has set aside the will of that State. Now the matter concerned not the State of Louisiana alone, but the whole republic, and he(Thurman)wanted to scrutinize the testimony upon which this extraordinary result had been reached b.V the board. If his colleague (Sher­ man) had stated the acts of the Returning Board so far as he knows, then he (Sherman) had not said anything in regard to the secret sessions of that board. The country wanted to know what the secret resolutions of that board were by which an apparent majority of 7,000 for Tilden was converted into a majority of 3,000 for Hayes and Wheeler. This was done in secrecy, and the worst kind of se­ crecy. The vacancy in the board was never filled, and the reason of this was that the board eonld not agree upon a man. Not one of the 83,000 men in Louisiana who voted for Tilden could be named. The very thing on its face Bhowed a determined purpose to do wrong. Had there been a Dem­ ocrat on the board he could have seen what was done in secret. All the whitewashing ui the world cannot wipe out or bide the guilt. The majority in the Senate might make efforts to forestall public opinion by distributing this testimony, but it would go to the country stamped with the stigma of being a one-sided statement. He protested against the publica­ tion of the etatements-in th© name of fair play. He hoped they would be allowed to lay upon the table until the other side should be heard from; then print all. Mr. Morten said the Senate had a singular spectacle here in the denunciation of the Re­ turning Board of Louisiana for fraud, while at the same time resistance was made to laying before the country the evidence upon which the action of that board was based. The Dem­ ocratic Committee in New Orleans was invited by the Republican committee to publish the testimony taken by it, together with that taken by the Republicans. But the Democrats were not willing to make public their case as it was before the board. They wanted to wait to get more testimony, and thus make a case whioh was not before the board. They thus confessed that they were not satisfied with their case, but wanted to make a new. one. This free denunciation of the Returning Board was unfair. If the board acted unfairly let tbe Democrats bring forward their evidence to that effect. He was not afraid of testimony. The more the better. Mr. Thurman said he did not know why the Democratic committee in New Orleans declined to furnish their testimony to the Republican committee, but had he been a member of the Democratic oommittee he would have re­ fused to furnish the testimony, and he thought the oommittee acted fairly in re­ fusing to furnish the Republicans with their testimony.' His colleague (Sherman) and comrades went to New Orleans at tbe request of the President. They did not ask tbe Democratic committee to join them in making a report to the President, but asked that the Democratic testimony be placed in their hands, that they (fiye Republican gentle­ men) might make up a verdict to send to the President, which constituted the Senator from, Ohio (Sherman) and his four associates in New Orleans the sole judges in this case. There never was a time in all the history of this nation when the lorms of government and constitution were put to a severer test than now, and everything done by Congress should set an example to the people of coolness. Mr. Morton said that all the ingenuity that could be brought to bear on the other side could not change the dilemma in which the Democrats were placed. When the Republican committee in New Orleans offered to lay the whole testimony of both sides before the coun- trv the Democrats declined to furnish their side, and when the Republicans came forward to publish what they had, they were asked by the Democrats not to do so. Mr. Sherman defended the action of the oommittee with whioh he acted, and said the committee presented every particle of testi­ mony they could set. They tried to get it all on both sides, but could not do so. He argued that it was on the testimony now before the Senate that the decision of the Returning Board was made. Mr. Thurman said it was upon one side of the case that the Returning Board rendered its decision and reversed a popular majority of 7,000. Where was the statute which authorized the committee which visited New Orleans to report to the President ? The members of that committee were public officers. Tue Presi­ dent invited none but members of his own party to serve on the committee. The attempt to put the garment of ollioe on this thing would not do. Mr. Edmunds said the third section of the second article of tbe constitution of the United States authorized the President to transmit to Congress from time to time information as to the safety of the Union. He was commanded to perform that duty, and bound to obey it. The President, to obtain information from one of the States of the Union, invited certain citizens to go there to get suoh information, and after he had obtained it to communicate it to Congress, as he believed it was of a charac­ ter to justify him in transmitting it to Con­ gress. He argued that it never had, in the history of the Government, been unusual to print information sent in by the President. Mr. Bayard said it was usuil to print docu­ ments sent to tbe Senate by the Presideht, but these papt rs were not official, and did not pre­ tend to be official. They were not accompanied by any reoommendatipn of the Pres dent call­ ing f< r the action of Congress. Tne office of President of the United States no more con­ nected him with the election in any State than the office of Senator connected him with such election. Therefore the whole action of the President in sending a committee to New Orleans was without warrant of law. If the two oommittees in New Orleans had co-operated and destroyed the partisan features, there would have been a combined scrutiny of the count and the country would h&ve had at least an attempt, to agree upor> the law asd ths facts. If there should he a delay until the testimony of the other side was pre­ sented, so that both might be printed and go out together, he would hot object. He de­ sired every fact made public in the Louisiana case. In the position in which the Snnate was now plaoed, there must be no shuffling, but every Senator must stand upon the took ef the law and truth. Regular Proceedings. THUKSDAY, Deo. 7.--Senate.--The Senate in­ dulged in another long political debate on the proposition to print the President's special Message and the accompanying report of the Republican Visiting Committee to IIOUIHIHDH. Mr. Thurmnn led the debate on the Democratic side, and waa an­ swered by Messrs. Morton and Sherman. It was finally decided, 40 to 13', to print all the depositions accompanying the report.... Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, offered a resolution that the Committee on Privileges and Elections be instructed to investigate the facts attending th« action of the Governor and Secretary of State of Oregon in giv­ ing a certificate of election to one of the lilden electoral candidates Mr. Howe, of Wisconsin, introduced ft bill to restrain unauthorized persona from assuming to act as electors for President and Vice President.... Mr. Paddock introduced a bill for the free distribution of public documents printed or ordered to be printed... Mr. Cameron (Wis.) introduced a bill concerning commerce and navigation, and the regulation of steam ves­ sels and sailing vessels. Houm.--'Mt. McCrary, of Iowa, Introduced a joint resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of five members and five Senators to decide upon some rules governing the counting of the electoral vote, so as to prevent any trouble. The resolution was referred to the Judiciary Committee.... The Pension bill was reported to tho House. It ap­ propriates about $29,000,000; or some $2,000,000 lesa than last year -- Krye presented a protest of the Colorado Legislature against the refusal of the House to admit to his seat the member-elect from that State. Referred Wood (N. Y.) asked leave to offer a resolution calling on the President for copies of all orders and directions emanating from him, or from any of the executive departments of the Government, to any military or civil officer with regard to ser­ vices of the army in Virginia, South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida. Kasson objected. FKIPAY, Deo. 8.--Senate.--Edmunds moved to take up the joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution of the United States in regard to the count of the electoral vote by the Supreme Court. Merrimon objected, and read the 2lst joint rule, providing that unfinished business left over from one session shall nOt be taken up for action until the lapse of six days of the beginning of the sub­ sequent session. He made a point of order that under that rule the joint resolution could not be considered now, The Chair (Ferry) over­ ruled the point, and announced that the joint rules were not in force. Merrimon appealed from the decision of the Chair. Alter considerable discus­ sion the Chair was sustained, only four votes being recorded iu the negative, namely : Maxey, Merri­ mon, Whjte, Withers--all of them Southern Sena­ tors. Bouse.--The House passed Mr. Hewitt's resolu­ tion calling upon the President for information re­ garding the use of troops in the Southern States Baker (tnd.) introduced a bill proposing an amendment to the constitution, forbidding the assumption or payment of any claims for oss or damage growing ' out of tbe loss or destruction of property dur­ ing the late rebellion.... The Pension Appro­ priation bill was passed.... Wood (S. Y.) called up nis resolution calling on the President for copies oi the instructions sent to, and the reports received from the military officers in thd bouth since August LeMoyue (111.) offered tbe fol­ lowing resolution: "Whereas, Serious dif­ ferences of opinion may arise be­ tween members of the two houses of Con­ gress as to their jurisdiction and powers in joint session in counting the electoral vote, and the questions involved being questions of law, " Re­ solved, That the Senate be requested to appoint a committee to act with a committee of five to be ap­ pointed by the Speaaer of the House in presenting to the Supreme Court such questions as either of said committees may deem important in this crisis, and asking the members of the Supreme Court to give Congress an opinion thereon." MONDAY, Dec. 11.--Senate.--Edmunds called up fai« proposed amendment to the (fonstitutioa, pro­ viding that the Supreme dourt shall open and count the electoral voteB. Morton signified his opposition to this amendment, regarding it as dangerous. The matter was discussed at length by Frelinghuysen, EdmundB, Merrimon, and Morton....Merrimon gave notice of an amendment he would of­ fer so as to make any Justice of the Supreme Court ineligible to appointment to any office under the United States, and also ineligible to be elected President or Vice President "until the expira­ tion of four years next aftsr he shall have ceased to be such Justice. Ordered printed Bayard offered a resolution calling upon the attorney Gen­ eral for a statement of the number of Deputy United States Marshals employed throughout the country at the recent election. Laid over Sherman presented a petition from Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, asking the removal of his political disabilities. Referred A bill appropriating $26,000 to defray the expenses of the Southern investigating Committees was passed... Bogy, of Missouri, presented the report of the Democratic committee which attended the sessions of the Louisiana Returning Board, and moved that it be printed. Objection was made by several Senators on the Republican side, on the ground that the paper was not ad­ dressed to the Senate, and to print it would he a violation of the rules. After debate, it was deci­ ded that Messrs. Bogy, Stevenson and McDonald should prepare a memorial, making the paper a part thereof, and it could then be printed Mitchell, of Oregon, from the Oommittee on Privi­ leges and Elections, reported favorably on the res­ olution authorizing an investigation as to the eligi­ bility of Watts, the Oregon elector....Cameron (Wig.) introduced a bill to provide for the redemp­ tion of greenbacks. House.--The Speaker announced the appoint­ ment of Clymer, of Pennsylvania, to fill a vacancy in the Committee on Appropriations, caused by Randall retiring. The Chairmanship of tue com­ mittee remains with Holman. Under the call of States for the introduction of bills, their reading in lull was required by the Republicans, so as to consume the morning hour, and leave no time for a call of the States for resolutions-- The following new bills were introduced: By Eames, reducing letter postage to two cents; by Cox, to regulate the compensation of ietter-carriers; by Cannon, to promote commerce and cheaper rail­ road transportation between the Atlantic seaboard and the West, by chartering the American Midland Railway Company; by Glover, for the proteciion of the States against domestic violence.... Mr. danning aeked unanimous consent to off̂ r a resolution reciting the eulogium passed on J. Mad­ ison Wells, oi the Louisiana Returning Board, ia the report of Senator Sherman and others to the President, and requesting the President to furnish from the War Department copies oi all reports, orders, correspondence, etc., connected with the removal of Welis from the Govprnorship of Louisiana by Gen. 8heridan iu 1867. Lost--yeas 141, says 81--not two-thirds in the affirmative.... Spt>noer move a iu suspend the rules and adopt a resolution instruct­ ing the Judiciary Committee to inquire what in­ timidation has be> n practiced on Government em­ ployes during tlie late election to compel such em­ ployes to coniribute to the election fund of any po­ litical partv. and what legislation is needed to abate the evil. Lost--yeas, 134; nays, 74, not two- thirds. TUESDAY, Dec. 12.--Senate.--Bo^y presented the memorial of himself and Senators Stevenson and McDonald, embracing the report of the Dem­ ocratic committee which witnessed the count by the Returning Board in Louisiana. Ordered print­ ed ... Ba-ard's resolution, directing the Attorney General to inform the Senate as to the number of Deputy United 8tates Marshals employed on election day, was agreed to, with ttie amendment submitted by E tmuuds requesting the Attorney General also to communicate to the Senate a full statement as to the necessity for their employment, the object thereof, tho nature of their duties, etc The Hen- ate discussed the resolution of MiichfcH, providing for an investigation in regard to the appointment of Cronin as a Presidential elector in Oregon.... Edmunds' constitutional amendment providing for the counting of the electoral vote by the Su­ preme Court of the United States was discussed, amended, and laid over Merrimon introduced a bill to amend section 146 of the Revised Statutes of the United States in regard to vacancies in the offices of President and Vice President. Tho bill provides that the Secretary of State, or, in ease of his death, the Secretary of the Treasury, shall suc­ ceed to the Presidency in the event of the death, removal, or resignation of both President and Vioe President. Bou*e--The House was the soene of a spirited and interesting discussion in regard to the exist­ ence of the joint rules of the two houses. Messrs. Garfield. McCrary, Hoar, and Kasson maintained that the rules no longer existed, and Messrs. 8pringer, Rosgan, and Speaker Ran­ dall took the onpo-dte side of the case Mr. Blair introduced a constitutional amendment forbidding the manufacture and sale of distilled liquors as a beverage, after the 1910. Referred.......Mr. Holman, -hairm.f the Committee on Appropriations, reported Postofflce Appropriation bill. The hill reeommS the appropriation of $32,983,1Q5.... lhe 8dJ LaK* T">e House the resignation! Smith Ely, Jr., as Representative from State of New York. Laid on (he table Fortification bill was reported. It annrok)4 $VHX1,000... The Speaker appointed miiiee to inquire as to whether frauds haw practiced in the election in New York, Broc Jersey City and Philadelphia, Messrs COT York), Rice (Ohio), WaddeflTMcDon^S; (Mississippi). ^ 1 WEDNESDAY, Dec. 13-Senate. -Nnmt petitions of religious and temperance or tions throughout the country were presel praying Congress to take steps to prohtbin I manufacture and sale oi alcoholic liquor II beverage in the District of Columbia »O0 ll Territories of the United Slaitw - Dat^* v ^8CI,B8e.(* 1116 resolution*! Mr. Mitchell providing for an inquiry intfl appointment of Oregon electors Mr. Edmi constitutional amendment for eettling th© Prea tial question by conferring upon the Supreme u power to count the electoral votes was defeated 31 nays to H yens, Thirteen Republicans ant Democrat voted in the affirmative. flewse.--The proceedings in the House were stale and unprofitable," nearly the entire day 1 consumed in discussing what is known as Bl Silver bill. The measure was finally passed^ yeas to 63 nays. Christmas and the Jews. The Jewish Messenger opposes * celebration of Christmas by Israelis It says : "Without saying a word! disparagement of a festival that haa sr| holy and sweet recollections for Chr; ians, and a ceremony that is innocent5 itself, and gives great pleasure to yon and old, we simply ask, is it consist! for would-be liberal Jews, who pews in a temple and family plots Jewish cemetery, who fall in a when they notice the Jews aspersed the press--and who probably object their daughters and sons visiting f: quently among Christians--to neglt Jewish, festivals and ceremonies havi a biblical origin, and indulge in Chrii mas, that is distinctively anti-Jewis To remember the exodus from Egypt eating unleavened bread ia barbarous, course; but they will keep a day who origin is proDlematical, just bscau Christians keep it. To celebrate t giving of the law by a display of flowe in home and synagogue is antiquatec but these Jews will walk Fifth aven on Easter Sunday with violets in the coat lappel, because it is the; fashi among young Christians so to ac Chanuca lights are to be tabooed, b Christinas trees are fully in order." i Big Hunt. The biggest job of deer-hunting record for several years in Southe: Colorado occurred Monday, at the het of Qnrules' canyon, about ten mil from this p] ace. The successf nl Nimro< that did tbe job were Ed Small, a 1 year-old boy, and Dr. Parsons, of M: souri. They killed nine deer, includii one buck, one of which was slain late the evening, of which they lost trace the darkness. Mr. J. W. Smith we: out yesterday and brought in six them, which we saw with our nake eyesv The girls now say that thoug Ed is Dot their little dear, he is t! deerest boy in Trinidad by half a dozei Ed is holding a pretty high head rto\ and says we must not say anything mo about old Nimrod ; he is completely !" in the shade. Altogether, Ed killed fh and Dr. Parsons four, three of whic were killed Taeedaj.--Trinidad [Vol Enterprise. Savannali'g Scourge. The Savannah (Ga.) News gives interesting statement concerning fearful plague by which that city ha been scourged during the past thre months. The following table shows th progress of the disease and the mortality from Aug. 1 to Nov. 26 : th Total Deaths. yellow Fever. Other Diseases Whites. Blacks Augast. Sept... October Nov.... 173 783 474 145 33 556 387 64 139 337 187 81 91 675 301 91 8* 308 173 64 Total... 1,674 940 634 1,058 f 516 SOME inspired young man in Oneidi county, N. Y., has written a "poem" about the trotter Great Eastern. 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