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Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, New Moon. JfeitfA. dap. h. m. Janmry 14 7 37# a.m. February... 18 3 8% a. m. March *14 9 3# p. m. April.......13 noon. May 12 11 89 p. m. Jane 11 8 ~ July 10 4 August * 8 11 •September* 7 7 October ... 6 4 vembor.. 6 2 e c e m b e r . . 4 4 Full Moon, daft. h. m. jlove 42 15# p. m. 27 p. m. 10 •. m. 8 p. m. 57 a. m. 13# p. »>• 29 2 '21 1 28 11 27 10 26 10 25 11 25 •23 22 22 30 ao 48# a. m. 24 p. m. 68# p. m. 45# a. m. 14# p. m. 2 a. m. 29 a. m. 20 p. m. 44 a. m. 40 a. m. 29 p. m. The * indicates an eclipss. iThe apparent motions Pt the moon will be mors jftegular in 1877 than ususaT'^The north node is sow near the vernal eqi>in<m; so that she will •wing back and forth through about fifty-six de­ grees of declination each lutiaA month. For this reason the moon will " tip" muVh more than the '•average; and people who •» prone to prognosticate the weather from the position of ttye " horns" will fcave extraordinary opportunities for doing BO in tbe spring and autnmn. THE SEASONS. Sarth in perihelion ..Deo. 81 Oh -- m p. m. Vernal equinox .....Mar. 90 6h 22m a. m. •Summer solstice ....June 21 2h 28m a.m. Xeri.il in tpLtiioii........ July 3 8h --in p. m. ; Autumnal equinox ..Sept. 22 4h 68m p. m. •Winter solstice . . . .DM. 21 llh -- ma. m. Barth in perihelion.......Deo. 81 Ih --ma. m. ECLIPSES. The year Is a very barren one in regard to eolipses to this region. There will be five, as follow*: A total eclipse of the moon, Feb. 27, at 1 h. 19 m. 'fe. m.; below the horizon of the United States. A partial eclipse of the sun, March 14, at 10 h. IT '• 4B. p. m.; visible in Western Afiia. A partial »<clipse of the sun, Aug. 8. at 10 h. 4) m. £ m.; visible in Alaska, Kamtsohatba, the Ndkth ""-wciflc ocean, and the Arctic ocean. Behring's stnat to nearly m the center of the area from which thfe eclipse can be seen. 'I A total eclipse of the moon, Aug. 23, at 5 h. 16 riL ~ , m.; partially visible in the Eastern and Sout) A partial eclipse of the sun, Sept. 7,at 8 h.4 as.; visible to all that partof South America sit in more than is deg. of south latitude, aud e; in^nearl/ to the south pole times given above ere the instants of opposition in right ascension. ft i„ I ' l . II •• Tm NEWS CONDENSED. THE MAST. .<* ^Bebxha. To* Hillebh, of Ohioego, has boo } eeeded in walk ng 350 milee in six days, at Bos­ ton, Mass., her Imt and greatest undertaking. •v Uliia effort has attracted the attention of mauy . • •: pdentifio persona and leading physicians there, and her success is regarded as a surprising demonstration of the possibilities of womau'g «ftduranoe. ' ' THK WEST. .<iJTwO HUXDBED AltD FIFTY friendly TmHm , popats have just Joined Gen. Crook's com­ mand California has been suffering from a protracted drought, and the first rain for a long time has just fallen on the southern cart • of the State. Chicago Tribune of Deci 22' says: moat rem»rfeble meteor observed in pr, *;»cent years passed over Kanaaa. Miraouri, •/ Uliaols^ and Indiana last night at 8:30, going Bortheoatward. At Bloomington tbe aerolite •' pveeented a disk three times the ap- . parent size of the full moon. At all plaoes reported from, the roar caused by the passage of this great mass of matter through I the dense atmosphere of the earth was , alarmingly audible, and the tremendous fric- /" tton to which the smfaoe-parts were subjected €ansed continuous sup^rticial disinregration, With aocompanying explosions, filling the air with multifarious pointe of light tinged with • ' every hue, and presenting a very beautiful j • phenomouon. At Mendota and Garrett, in Illinois, the inhabitants were mystified by a • • Midden illumination of the atmosphere, accom- noned, in the latter ffl&ce, by a detonation lojuder and sharper than an ordinary cannon." *' " ' CAPT. J. W. HALL, of Detroit, who has just. y ptejared the marine statistics of 1876, plaoes f • the number ot lake disasters at 639 ; valuation of the property lost. $1.173 263 ; the losses of timber rafts on tbe lakes amount to about , . £101,00(1. The greatest looses daring xny •aouth were iu 8epU-mber, amounting to $276 - -188. The nun bar of disasters this year is 417 than in 1875 The total number of di-atta, Cither on bjard ship or on shore, among eea- men, is 155 it which number 36 were vessel- o*coerB> Financially, the season of 1876 is the ^brst on record. : MOViokeb's Theater, Chicago, is probably -•I a i>Hie best constructed theater of any in the country, and the most perfect in difecipliuc. .; While the entire audience go in at one en­ trance--each person having a o< upon for a ' tftet--th*-y separate in eleven different ways to < aMke their exits. There are five outlets on f the first floor, three on the second, aud three On the third It may be ceiled a model tbe«- ' Car, and its plans should be copied by all who ' jjjfcflire to serve the public. 1 Chicago elevators oontain 3,263 643 bu^helH •t wheat; 555,863 bushels of coru ; 537 837 . llDshelts of oats'; 151,724 bushels of i-ye, and 1,147 307 bushels o' bar ey, muki ig a urand total of 5,656,474 bn hel*. ag«i at 3 542 711 *(i? <|»Shela tar tbe oorresponcuig period last | , j e » r . * TBE SOUTH. i (pgg Louisiana Investigating Com- ? r ^ttee, sitting at New Orleans, in executive rf'1' ibssion on Thnrs lay, instructed Mr. Morrison, I"* Ciiairmrn, to report tl e members or th. ,9*turn'ug Boar.> to tue House for oontempt n refusing to produce the records called lor. The cumui.ttee has been divided np into 4bid commiuees and dispatched to d>f- , <#»reut portions of the State for the Eirpoae of investigating tl>e oharg> s of intim­ation and bulld< zing. Messrs. Morrison, Jsilks and Town^end will remain in New Or->ans and continue the investigation of matters •fa general nature relating to uie late election in sections not included in the districts allotted to the cub-committees. Hie investi­ gation will probably not be con­ cluded before the fat of February.... There is considerable apprehension of trouble in New Orleans on the 8th of January, when the Governor is to be in^gurated. Both Packard and Nicholls will be inaugurated. The Bepublicacs, it is said, will not oppose the in­ auguration of NichoUs, but sh6a)d he attempt to f-ssroise the functions of the office he wili iu all pioc i^susted, and a call will be m&de for troops.' 1,100 of whom are now stationed in the city A. Charleston (8. C.) <linp»*ch of the 22d aays: "At an immense meeting of conservative taxpayers last night, resolutions were unani­ mously adopted recognizing Hampton and Simpson as lawfully elected, and pledging them moral, financial, and material aid." LUTLE ROCK, Ark., had still another confla­ gration on the night of Deo. 21. Loss about #100,000. This makes three heavy fires in that city within a week--all incendiary--entailing a total loss of $400.000 Both of the South Carolina Legislatures have adjourned sine die The Florida Supreme Court has issued an order directing a recount of the vote by the S*ate Canvassing Board, and a declaration of the result as shown upon the face of the returns. ItcMOBS are current in New Orleans ef a coalition between Wirmoth, Pinchbeck, and the Democrats, by which a. Democratic Legis­ lature is to elect them to the United States Senate, and they ate in return therefor to assist tbe Democrats in installing NichoUs as Governor. A RESOLUTION was adopted by the House Investigating Committee, at New Orleans, on the 24tb, ordering that the refusal of Presi­ dent Orton, of tiift Western Union Telegraph Company, to appear and produce certain tel­ egrams be reported to the House, and that the House be asked to proceed against him for contempt. A TALLAHASSEE (Florida) dispatch of the 27th nit. says : " Atty. Gen. Cocke made the canvass of the vote this morning, after tha other members of the board refused to can­ vass. Tins gives Drew 497 and Tilden 94 ma­ jority. This canvass he filed in the Clerk's office in obedience to the order of the Court. Subsequently the other members of the board agreed to rocanvaBs, and the full board met at 4 p.m. Their canvass gives Drew a majority of 195 and the Hayes electors 206. Cocke filed a protest." * WASHINGTON. TBE House Committee on the Pacific Bail- roads has referred all the bills and proposi­ tions in regard to the Texas Pacific railroad to a sub-committee, consisting of Atkins, Lamar, O'Neill, Garfield, and Luttrell. THE Democratic messenger bearing the Dem­ ocratic electoral vote of Florida called on Acting Vice President Ferry one day last week, and handed him an envelope containing the Bo-called electoral vote of the State. Upon being interrogated, the messenger said there was a contest, in the State as to the electors, whereupon Mr. Ferry declined to give any re­ ceipt for the package handed to him. Mr. Ferry said that in the case of the contested States he would not give a receipt or voucher to either of the messengers, for the reason that he cannot break the seals of the packages to as- oertain whioh are the proper returns, that being a matter which cannot be decided un­ til the second Wednesday in February. The'treasury has another robbery case on hand. A package of $3.0,000 passed from the redemption division through the treasury proper to the express company for delivery to the Illinois National Bank of Chicago, which delivered the package as received. On open­ ing by the cashier of the bank, it was found to contain only brown paper. The treasury claim that the money WBB delivered to the ex­ press company, and charge the loss upon the oomnany President Grant has again been interviewed by the Associated Press agent at Washington, to whom he ex­ pressed no fear of armed ooUision over the Presidential Imbroglio. He remarked to the interviewer that he should welcome the approach of the 4th of March with pleasure, as it would relieve him wholly from the cares of office, and enable him to carry into effect a projected tour to the West Indies before re­ turning to his home at Galena, 111. He says he will promptly recognize as his Bucoessor the man who shall be so declared, whoever he may bf\ and this without regard to his own polit­ ical preferences. THE President sent (o the Senate last week the correspondence between the United States and Great Britain on the subjeot of extradition. Some of it, says a Washington correspondent, has heretofore been published, and the con­ clusion is that the treaty has been restored to vitality by the act of Great Britain receding from its former position, and the consequent surrender of Brent, the Louisville (Ky.) forger, to the United States. Our Government is uow prepared to consider the question of an amend­ ment of the treaty, so as to increase the class of offenses for which extradition may be claimed. The correspondence is regarded by the Senate, at present, as confidential, and hence there is no access to it for the public.... Through the premium on bonds and accumu- lat ion of interest, the Alabsmis. claims fund has gained about 36,u00,uiii>; and the claim­ ants who failed to get in on the first dividend are growing daily more importunate for a share pf the cash. It is expccted that a bill of some sort will get through at this ee^Bion for the disposition of the remainder of the fund. • GENERAL. The Board of Directors of the Western Union Telegraph Company, at a meeting in New York, unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the President of the company to make all proper legal resistance to the demand of the Ilonse of Representatives and its com­ mittee for private and confidential papers ; also giving the managers of the company power, and directing them to destroy original copies of all messages ait soon as this may be done without interfering with auditing ac­ counts. ADVICES from Chihuahua, Mexico, state that Messrs. Degeton, Miller, Mollevan, Heme, and Fisher, prominent foreigners residing in that city, while out in the m> untains, near by, en- deavoring to locate a gold mine, were ail kid­ napped by a Mexican banditti, and will be held until rans. m«d. Degeton is German Consul at (Jhiuuahua, and Miller was a former resident of St. Louis. •£nz statistician of the Department of Agri­ culture in his December report makes tbe corn orop only 2 per cent, short of the great crop of last year, and fully 50 per cent, greater than the crop of 1874 The aggregate, subject to possible future revision, is 1,295,000,000 bush­ els. THAT monster aerolite which shot athwart tho heavens on the evening of the 21st of December was a most startling and wonderful phenomenon. It ia variously described by p> rt<ons along its line of progress through 5 mthern Iowa, Central Illinois. Indiana and Ohio. From some points of observation it ^e m< d more than double the size t.f the fml moon, very bnlliant, with a train of star-like fragments foilow ng in its wake ; fron < ther 1 >calities ic looked like an illuminated barrel, out i f which poar d a flood of luminosity of various oolors, as it sped onward. At nonie points along it* line of mo^n>ent, it exploded with a terrible noise, causing the earth io ireaible, a poition of iUs ma^s fljing off in fiery frag­ ments. From all acoouuts, its path was d s- <ant f.om tho earth between forty and fifty mile**. As far as now known, it was first seen in Kansas, aud it finally d sappeared from view in Etis'ern Ohio, aud the time of its past-age from Lawie. ci', Kan., t • Dayton, O , was less than hitlf an hour Tne buiiion shipment* fr« m sail Francisco to China, from Jan. 1 to Oct. 26, 1876, have been as follows, according to t'i« r>port of the Direcur of the Mint: Tr de dollars, { 4,255,878; Mexican dollars, $1,8/0,('40; fixe silver bars, $2,055 575; gold coin, $191,093; total, $8,322,086 The fastest voyage and quickest time be­ tween England and America is recorded in fa­ vor of the steamship Britannic, Capt. Thom­ son, which ban just made the voyage from New York to Queenstown in seven days and thirteen hotin. - POSTMASTER Qbm. TtkkkIum received a cable dispatch from the British Postofflce Depart­ ment announcing that it has discontinued ocean t»nb*i3ie8 and adopted tho Unlt*d States plan of paying for the *< rvice perforinod Christ- mart night a fire brok;» out in tho Convent of at. El;z»U«ith, nine miles from Joliette, Can., and SC. «« SKj *" i tjji•*. V. ?i.* 1?) Sti nuturn r*"i* I_lI Ihc coiiVGiiE a two-Btory brick building, a n d w a s o c c u p i e d b y S i s t e r s o f C h a r i t y , f i f t y lady boarders, and some fifty charity children and infirm persons. When the fire "broke out all was panic and confusion. Thirteen of the inmates, mostly children under 11 years of age, were burned to death. The remalnde^*barely escaped in their night-olothes. POLITICAL. THE Democratic State Committee of Illinois have oalled a convention of the party, to meet at the State oapital, on the 8th of January, for the purpose of considering the political situation. A Washington correspondent of a Chicago journal has interviewed President Grant. The ialter inquired the probable chances for Gen. Logan'B re-election to tho Senate from Illinois, and then used tho following language: "My old friend, Houghton, of Galena, suggested my name for United States Senator from Illi­ nois as Logan's successor, and the sug­ gestion was copied approvingly into one of the Chicago papers. When I flaw this article I immediately wrote to my friends in Illinois that I could not be a candidate for three reasons. Finst, altuough I consider mysel' a citizen of Illinois and not a citizen of any other State or Territory, yet I do not consider that I have resided in the State continuously enough during the last twenty years to entitle me to a candidacy for t,he office of United States Senator. Second, 1 have been a servant of tbe public for the last sixteen yeans, and on the 4th of March, next I propose to see how it will seem to be a sovereign. Third, and more important than all, I am in favor of the re-election of Gen. Logan as against any other candidate." WE print below a table showing the popular vote for President at the reoent election. The returns are complete in all the States with the excepcion of Alabama, where only the majority is declared for Tdden in one county, and Mississippi, from which one oounty w lucking. The vote of South Carolina., Florida and Louisiana is given as returned by the State Canvassing Boards. The total vote of the country is 8,425,977, against 6,457,315 in 1872, and 5,716,788 in 1868. It wiil be saen that no returns are made of the vote for Peter Cooper, tho Greenback candidate, and Green Clay Smith, Prohibitionist, in a large number of States: States. Alabama.... Arkansas;.. California... Colorado.... Connecticut Delaware... Florida..... Georgia Illinois.; Indiana Iowa Kansas ....... Kentucky. .L.. Louisiana^.... Maine Maryland Massachusetts. Michigan. Minnesota Mississippi..., Missouri N ebranka. Nevada N. Hampshire New Jersey.... New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania.. Ithode Island.. South Carolina Teunesse Texas Vermont Virginia Uayta, Rep 68,230 88,669 78,614 14,154 *9,034 111,691 33,8(9 49,35 278,232 2< 8,111 171,32' 78,332 97,490 76,135 66,300 71,981 J50.078 166,534 72,962 Bl,8'3 144,398 3i,916 10,286 41.522 103,517 489.605 106,402 330,688 15,214 384,148 15,78 91,870 89,56<! 44,552 44,091 95,565 42.698 130,070 TtlcUn, Oowxr, Smith Dem, G'b'k. A neat. Totals 4 042.72# 4 290.187 102 613 58,083 75,845 13,316 61,934 13,879 22.923 129,786 258,601 213 526 112,199 37,902 160,108 70,556 49,914 91,780 108,975 141,006 48 799 108,2*1 202,687 17,664 9,197 38,448 115,9 6 522,0*3 132,580 323,182 14,167 366,<04 10,7t2 90,906 14S.166 103,612 20,254 139,670 66,456 123, OT* 311 44 774 1,873 1,U09 82.926 378 18,241 9,533 9,001 7,776 2,003 427 36 133 898 663 873 9,060 2,&89 889 8,498 2,320 277 1,699 "**76 712 2,039 43 2,359 8,067 6i0 7,204 60 1,712 4 1,401 10,138 A MEETING of the leading Democrats of Min­ nesota, held at St. Paul last week, declared their firm conviotion that Tilden is elected, re­ pudiated the assumption that the President ef the Senate has the determination of a'l ques­ tions in dispute with tegard to the electoral vote, and declared that the House of Repre­ sentatives has an equal right with the Senate in such a settlement; and it proposes, in com­ mon with all patriotic citizens, to support the House in the exercise of its constitutional rights. THE State Committee ef the,Oregon Democ­ racy met at Salem last week and issued an ad­ dress calling for mass-meetings to be held in every county of the State on the 8th of Jan­ uary to consider the political situation. Tilden and Hendricks were declared elected, and the course of Gov. Grover in issuing a certificate to Cronin was approved.... The Democratic State Committee of Illinois, at its recent session at Springfield, affirmed "the constitutional right of the Senate and House of ReproBoatatives, after the President of the Senate shall have.opeuud all the certificates received by bim. to count the electoral voto for .Pre-ident and Vice President of the United States, and declare the rc3ult of such count;" denied ' the ex stence of any constitutional right or power in the President of the Sen­ ate, independently of authority from tbe two houses, to count said votes and de­ clare the result thereof, and would regard such a proceeding as revolutionary.".... A conference of the leading Democrats of Pennsylvania was held at Hariisburg, last week, at which they declared their conviction of tho election of Tilden and Hendricks, and called upon Congress to adopt such lawful means as may lead to the official declaration of that result. THE Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Post claims to have been assured by "a well known Democrat who recently vis­ ited Gov Hendricks at Indianapolis" that the latter expressed an entire willingness to have the Presidential imbroglio "adjusted by the election of Tdden by the House and Wheeler by the Senate Gov. Hendricks eaid that he had no desire t»> re-ei ter public life in Washing­ ton, and, if the difficulties could be satisfacto­ rily adjusted, he would much prefer accepting the mission to England or Fi anoe." JTUKEIQN. HEAVY rains and floods are reported in En­ gland, causing much damage to property and great distress among the pebple.... A crtUBing Austrian war vessel on the Djtoube was fired upon, tho other day, by a Servian fort at Bel­ grade, and great is tne excitement in conse- que ce. At last advices tho Servian Govern­ ment had made an apology and dismissed the indiscreet commander of the fort, and this will probabh allay the Austrian indignation. A SEVERE famine exists in Montenegro The Captain General of Cuba has published a decree prohibiting cipher messages to and from tho island The Emperor William closed the he^sion of the German Parliament with a speech from the tin one. He said, in reference to foreign affairs: "The negotiations of the powers on the Eastern question, as far as pro­ ceeded with, justify the hope hat my efforts and mutually-conciliatory peaceful inten­ tions of the powe-rs immediately concerned, will he successful in solving the j eu ling qaestions without prejudice to the good relations oust­ ing. Germany will continue, b.v friendly aud disinterested mediation, to lend her co-opera- ti«>n for tbe attainment of this end." A dis­ patch from Cjnstantinople suites that the re­ forms adopted by the preliminary conference are very sweeping. They include the admi-- • ion of Ctir siians in the Ottoman army, and the transformation of the villayet of Sophia into a Christian province, uider.a Governor. Opinion is pretty 6veniy div.ded as to whether Mie Porte will yield the recommendation of the powers. A CowBTAKTisroPLE dispatch of the 25th says: "The first sitting of the Plenary Con fore nee was held yesterday. Savaet P^sha presided. and in an address opening the oonferenoe re­ ferred to the liberal views of the Porte. He aaid the Porte was ready to grant to to subj -cts all the privileges which were not contrary to tbe dignity and integrity of the empire. Dur­ ing the sitting aaivoa of artillery were heard. Saveat Pasha explained that these salutes were fired to announce the promulgation of the con­ stitution, which woald effects complete ohunge in the state of Turkey" A suooe-sful revolu­ tion in San Domingo has deposed Gonzalez and restored i'&nz to the Presidency of that repub­ lic. Gonzalez has quitted the oountry, and Baez will resume the ltains of government. LATK advices from the City of Mexioo fur­ nish the following interesting items regarding the progress of the revolution in that unhap­ py oountry: The Iglesias Government is es­ tablished at Queretaro. The States of Guana- gusto, Queretaro, Aguaa, Calientes, Zacatecas, Darango. San Luis Potest, Jalisco, Colima, buuura, Sinukjo, and Tabasco reuogui^o Igiesias. The States of Mexico, Hidal­ go, Puebls, Vera Cruz, and Oaxaca are ooenpied by Diaz troops. Iglesias has about 12,000 good troops, while Diaz has 18,000 of every grade, but ho is well provided with artillery, In which Iglesias is deficient. On the 6th inst. 6.000 men, with twenty field howitzars and ten rifled cannon, left Mexico for Queretaro. Iglesias has about 7,000 troops in Queretaro, with six pieces of artillery. This force is sufficient to garrison the place, which ia strong and easily defended. All parties are anxious to be recognized by the United States. Mayebara, with eleven other leaders in tbe reoent insurrection in Japan, were beheaded Dec. 9. Others were variously punished by imprisonment and deprivation of rank The largest fire in Tofeio, Japan, since April, 1872, occurred Nov. 29, beginning just before mid­ night, and lasting about eight hours. Sixty- five streets, containing 5,000 houses, were destroyed. Fifty lives sre believed to have' been lost. The loss of property is estimated at $10,000,000. The residence of tbe Austiian Minister was burned. That of the United States Minister narrowly escaped The Russian Gen. Nikitin arrived at Belgrade the other day, to take command of tbe Servian army, vice Tchernayeff. At the review of the Russian divisions Gen. Nikitin declared that he bad come to Servia by order of the Emper r of Russia to assume command of the aimy. He said that all foreigners Berving in the Russian corps in Servia would be considered a part of the liussian army. FORTY-FOUBTH CUKURESS. Debate in the Senate on the Oregon Elec­ toral Case. The discussion upon the resolution of Mr. Mitchell, authorizing an investigation as to the appointment of Cronm for Presidential elector in Oregon, being under consideration, Mr. Bogy said the Committee on Privileges and Elections of this body had got to be a most important committee. No man could be a Sen­ ator, whether elected by his Legislature or not, unless he was also elected by the Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections. This committee reminded him (Bogy) of what is called in modern times a Returning Board. The Committee on Privileges and Elections had got to be the great Returning Board of the Senate. These Returning Boards were a new invention. It was conceded that Tilden had a popular majority of 300,000, but Hayes had three Returning Boards, so that to cipher the thing down one Returning Board was worth just 100.000 votes. Mr. Mitchell said if the Returning Board in Oregon could carry out its purpose it would be equal to 45,000,0(10 of people. Mr. Bogy said be was glad that this Oregon matter had happened. It was a most fortunate thing, as it had compelled the Senators on the other side to investigate all these questions as they Bhould do. The Oregon case has upset all this argument about a prima facie case. If it had not happened there would have been no end to the arguments on the other aide about the returns from Louisiana and Florida consti­ tuting a prima facie case, and Congress could not go behind the action of the Returning Boards of the other States. «)b>w, it ifm plain that Congress had a right anacne powerto carry out the will of the people, Mr. Mortou said the Returning Boards were not a new invention. They were as old as the constitution of the United States. There was not a State in the Union which had not hu- thorized one or more persons to count the votes and oertify who was eleoted. In some States, as in Louisiana, these boards had dis cretionary and judicial powers. The decision of the Returning Boards in some States, by the laws of the State, were made final. Iu Louisiana the Returning Board had broad ju­ dicial power. It may have made a wrong de cision ; he would not discuss that question now, but the Governor of Oregon exercised powers not given him by the laws of the State, Mr.Eaton said he would not oount a vote whioh he believed was illegally thrown to elect a man who had triumphantly been elected President by tho American people. He did not desire advantage of any wrong in this canvass of votes by the Senate. He argued that ^very ballot cast for Watts was ho more than a blank piece of paper, and the Governor of Oregon, taking that view of the case, saw his way clear to give Cronin the certificate. If every vote given for Cronin was a proper and legal vote, by a strict construction of the law of Oregon, the certificate o" elation to Cronin was right and proper, though he (Eaton) thought tbe Governor should have certifi " to the election of two men, and only two man. He (Eaton) would not vote to place in the Presidential chair the candidate of the Democratic party upon the vote of the Democratic elector in Oregon. The politic il stomach of the Senator from Oregon (Mitchell) seemed to be disordered now by a very small matter, but it could stand the garlic or South Carolina, Louisiana, and Florida. He lien read the recently published letter of John J, Long, Republican candidate for the Louisiana L gisiature declining to aroept the seat awarded him by the Returning Board, on the ground that he had been fairl) defeated by his Dem­ ocratic opponent, and resuming his argument said a single witness like this man weighed down a dozen affidavits. Long said there was no intimidation in De Soto parish, but the Senator from Ohio (Sherman) declared there was. In conclusion Mr. Eaton argued that the representatives of the people could not afford to do wrong. The President of the United States had been quoted as saying he would deliver the office over to Hay(s if L^gJiould be declared to be eleoted. The Presraffbt had nothing to do with it. It would not do to talk About enforcing anything. The good sense of the people of tms oountry would see that jus tice wss done. Mr. Eaton also argued that the President of the Senate had no more right to count the votes for President than one of the pages. The President of the Senate was not President of the joint convention unless chosen by the joint convention to . fill tha| position. Mr Sherman said he was not informed that the Returning B ard had returned Mr. Long as elected to the Legislature from De Soto parish. He thought the gentieman leaoed before he came to the sti e. He then referred to the affidavits of intimidation in Da Soto parish, and resuming, said tho will of the people of Oregon had been fairly expressed in favor of thexhree Hayes electors, and he was entitled to three votes from that State. Mr. Bogy--Apply tho same rule to Florida. Mr. Sherman said he was perfectly willing to apply the rule to Florida, bat these tilings were governed by the laws of the State. Oregon had her laws and Florida hers. If Gov. Hayes should become satisfied that he had not a majority of the legal votes of Florida and Louisiana, he would not accept the office of President. If it should be clear that Gov. Hayes had not receive! that majority, he (Sherman) would not have him accept the office. Mr. Sherman then argued that the Louisiana Returning Board was a legally-constituted body, and it had not been shown that that board made s> false re­ turn. He did not desire to see Gov. Hayes have the bonefit of any wror g, aftd he was satisfied that he spoke the sentiments of Gov. Hayes when he said if that gentleman should bo convinced that the Returning Boards of Louisiana or Florida acted wrong, ha would make no claim, to the office of President. There was an absence of any proof that these boards had acted wron<r. As the returns from those States now stood they were just as muoh entitled to be oonnted as the returns from New York or Ohio, and he could show from evi­ dence now before the Senate that tha vote of the State of Louisiana in fairness ahould be counted for Gov. Hayes, Fandlng the legal Tenders. Representative Chittenden, of New York, lute matured aqd introduced in the House a bill providing for the funding of the legal- tender notes. It provides as follows: ttrstr-That the Secretary of the Treasury be and is herebyj-mthorijsedito withdraw, as soon as the necessary preparations can be made, the legal-tender notes of the United States when­ ever presented by holders thereof, and issue therefor, dollar for dollar, face value, coupon or registered bonds of the United States in the Bpirit of the original Legal-tender act, pro­ vided ihai uunds autnorized by this act stiaii be payable in gold at the expiration of fonv years from the l«t of January, 1877, and bear interest at the rate of 4 per oent. per annum, payable quarterly in gold. Second--That the bonds authorized by this act shall be available for deposit in the treasury of the United States for banking pur­ poses under the provisions of the various laws relating to national banks. Third--That the legal.tender notes received in exchange for bonds under this act shall be destroyed under such regaint ons as the SSore- tary of the Treasury may prescribe. * Territory of Enron. The proposed new Territory adjoining the Bed river of the North has received a new bap­ tism in the Senate. As originally passed, the bill organizing it gave it the name of "Pem­ bina." - The Senate the other day reconsidered the bill, aud Bogy said "Pembina" was not an Indian, but was a corrupt French appellation, meaning holy bread (pain beni). Sherman suggested "Wyandotte" and "Seneca," Spencer "Ogallalla," Bogy "Algonquin" and "Huron," and the latter name was finally agreed to. The wish of all the Senators who spoke on the subject was to apply to the new Territory the name of some once-oowerful Indian tribe. f ' ^ i Regular Proceedings. THURSDAY, Dec. 21.--Senate.--The Senate ordered 6,000 extra copies of the compilation from its journal,'by its Chief Clerk, of all that has taken place, concerning the counting of electoral votes.... A resolution was passed providing for an adjourn­ ment from the 22d to the 26th of December.... Mr. Davis called upon the report of the conference com­ mittee en the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill to provide for the expenses of certain special committees. The committee agreed to give each house $35,000 to conduct the in­ vestigation ordered. I'heJJreport was agreed to, The Chair appointed as the special commit­ tee authorized by the recent resolution of Mr, Ed­ munds to devise means for the proper count of the vote for President and Vice President, in con­ nection with a simila? committee of the House, Messrs. Edmunds, Morton, Frelinghnysen, Logan, Thurman, Bayard and Ransom . Mr. Frelinghny­ sen presented the petition of a large number of soldiers of the late war, asking for the passage of tho Ilouse bill for an eqnallzaiion of bounties. Referred. The Oregon electoral matter was dis­ cussed.... On motion of Mr. Davis, business whb suspended, and the Senate then paid its tribute of respect to the memory of Senator Caperton. Ap­ propriate remarks were made by Messrs. Davis, Wright, Withers, Edmunds and others. As a fur­ ther mark of respect the Senate adjourned. Rouse.--Mr. Piatt offered a resolution for the ap­ pointment of a select committee to investigate the oharge made by Hewitt that his letters had been tampered with in the New York postof&ce. In connection with it, Mr. Piatt sent to the Clerk's desk, and had read, a telegram from Postmaster James, pronouncing the ac­ cusation utterly and abt-olutely false. Mr. Hewitt sta'ed tho circumstances under which he made the charge. He said about a month ago he received a letter, the writer stating that he was an employe in tho New York postofflce, and he felt bound to communicate the fact that " Blade's little Kettle " was at work on his letters. The only at­ tention which he felt called upon to pay to this anonymous letter was to observe closely the letters which he received. He found that a considerable number of them presented the appearanoe of hav­ ing been opened, the flaps of the envelopes presenting a puckered or corrugated appear­ ance. Unfortunately he had thrown in the waste-basket the anonymous letter. [He r«- .ceived from ten to twenty a we^k.) There­ fore its handwriting coald not be identified. So, too, with the envelopes. They had been thrown away, and it was a remarkable tact that none of the letters received by him to-day presented the ap­ pearance of having been tampered with. After some little discussion, the previous question was voted down, by a vote of 79 to 77. Mr. Holman then moved that the special committee now in New York investigating the election frauds be di­ rected to investigate this matter. Mr. Rucbner moved to lay the whole subject on the table. Mr. Buckner's motion wss lost, by a vote of 63 ayes to 1*3 noes The resolution directirg Mr. Cox's New York committee to investigate the charges was then passed.... The Speaker laid bt tore the House a telegraphic communication from Wm.R. Morrison, the Chairman of the Louisiana Investigating Com­ mittee, transporting a report of the proceedings before the committee in the case of E. W. Barnes, the Managerof the Western Union Telegraph Com­ pany iu New Orleans. It was agreed that an hour's discussion should be allowed, and Ml. Garfield spoke against the reeolxition, on the ground that the House is not justiiied in treating telegraphic communications as an official report. Quito a long discussion followed, and finally tne resolution was adopted without division. FRIDAY, Dec. 22.--Senate.--The resolution of Mr. Mitchell, authorizing an investigation as to the appointment of E. A. Cronin as Presidential elector in Oregon was again the subject of discussion in the Senate. Mr Mi< eh -11 acccptrd the preamble of Sir. B ivaro, in lieu of that reported by tho Committee on if rivi- leges and Elections, and the resolution was agreed to.... After the transaction ot some unimportant business, the Senate adjourned until Tuesday, Dec. 26. House.--The House passed a resolution giv­ ing to the widow of the*7 late Speaker Kerr an amount equal to his pay up to the end of the pres­ ent Congress Speaker Randall appointed the following as a committee to act with the S nate committee to consi ler the question of counting the electoral votes : Paine, Hunton, Hewitt, Springer, McUrary, Hoar, and Willard of Michigan. Satubday, Deo. 23.--Senate.--Not in ses­ sion. House.--Mr. Springer offered a resolution for the compilation and printing of the proceedings and debates relating to the counting of the electoral votes since the establishment of the Govern­ ment. Adopted Mr. Reagan, from the Com­ mittee on Commerce, offered a resolution, which was adopted, requesting the President furnish the Houxe with copies of ail the; orders made by. him or under his direction, aud of the orders and correspondence cf the Uar De-. partment relating to the limitations made by thf President of the «ppropriati< ns for the improv ment of rivers and harbors, and to specif y how t $2,01)0,000, out of the $5,i 00,000 appropriated by t last Cfongress, have been expended, and also state order what law such lim tation was made The session lasted only twenty minutes, when adjournment was ordered till ednesoay, D o TUESDAY, Dec 26.--Senate.--The 8f n met and had a brief formal session, only fift Senators being present. Mo business of im tance was transacted. House.-- Not ia session. WEDNESDAY, Deo. 27.--Senate.--Not in sion. Hotm.--The Speaker laid before the Hofse a message from the President in regard to obtain­ ing certain concessions from the Sioux Indians. Referred te the Committee on Indian \Wairs. Also, a message from the President in tigara to the extradition treaty with Great Britiin, re­ citing the con iuet of tnat government in t|ie c * es of >vinslow and Brent, and announcing ttiat since Great Britain h <d voluntarily banned ovor Brent to this Government, he would continue to re­ gard that treaty as stil' in operation, but Ae hoped that a new trea'y vouId so<»n lie entered into. Re­ ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Mr. Hunton, from the joint committee to pr .vide a form of government for the District of Columbia, reported a bill which was made tue special >>rder for Jan. 4. The bill provide that the Di >riot-hall be governed by three Commissioners, one appoint­ ed by the President, one elected by the ilouse, and one by the Senate I h re was a three honrs' debate on the Louisiana question, L'rowing out of a petition from ceriai'i cit zens of Cincinnati in ie- gard to the counting of the electoral votes. Final y the petiti on wan read and referred to a committee appointed to aumiiic into the fUbj>-ct. It contaiiiB a res lution declaring that the President of the Senate has not the power alone to oount aud declare the result of the electoral vote. WASHINGTON'S JLIBRIKY. - The Remaining Portion of It Hnwfce* OH mt * Philadelphia Ataotion-Shop. [Philadelphia Cor. Chicago Tribune.] The lartroltunes of the library of Qm. George Washington were scattered id the winds by the last heir of the family, lAwrence Washington, at Thomas' auc­ tion room to day. This yotwsr man/wb® was present at the sale, io a grout-grand­ son of Gen. Washington's brother, amcTV son of the late John A. Washington. T H e b o o k s w e r e s t o r e d i n a r o o m o f t house belonging to the family, which was rented to ^ a Pennsylvania^ who- promised that it should be constantly locked. When Mr, Washington * Ex­ amined the library, he found that volumes had disappeared, that the au­ tographs had been clipped from otheri^ and there was danger that the whole col­ lection would be scattered in a few years and its authenticity destroyed. There was no doubt whatever of the authentic­ ity of the volumes at this time. There was a large number of literary men, li­ brarians, booksellers, and private col­ lectors present. The first lot put up an edit «n of "Don Quixote " in four volumes, 16mo., printed in London In 1786. Each volume contained all ante*- graph of Washington, which is aJ<n» worth $5. The four volumes brought $24. and were knocked down to a Mr. Baker Jones, of West Virginia, who also made many purchases during the day. A. 16mo. Philadelphia Directory of 1796, presented to President Washington in the same , year by the city of Philadelphia, was Btarted at $5, finally bringing $22. Nextj the Federalist in two volumes, calf, 1788, § each volume having Washington's auto- , graph and coat of arms, br ught $50 a f volume. Sabine, a New York dealer'if 1 old books, secured a prize. A volume of pamphlets was started at $3, and after hot competition, was knocked down for j $32.50, Gen. Hawley secured a bargaiA J in the "Life of Marshal Turenne," in * two volumes, printed in London, 1785, ' for $17; also two volumes of rare politi­ cal pamphlets of the last century for i $26. Goldsmith's "History of the Earth I and Animated Nature " brought less than * the value of the autographs. Hamiltojfs " Inquiry into the Principles of Tax*- J tion," a presentation copy, with auto- | graphs of the author and Washington, * started at $3 and brought only $13. Rbfe- I ert Fulton's " Treatise on Ganal Naviga- f tion," illustrated with seventeen plates, quarto, calf, a presentation copy, with an autograph of Washington, an auto­ graph letter of Fulton, and a supplement at the back in Fulton's handwriting, was started at $15, and, after a lively compe­ tition, went for $43. There were 138 lots, and in all ftbout 250 volumes. Tlie total amount realized was $1,933, with which the auctioneer expressed ViimHftlf satisfied, saying that it was more tl&a he had expected he would receive. Few of the books had any value, except titupfc which had been conferred upon them by distinguished ownership. Many were public documents of whioh there am numerous copies, but some of them were rare. Petroleum Discovered In Wyoming. William Dix, a resident of Salt Lake, and an old prospector, has succeeded !!* ^ finding petroleum, a short distanoe from i Hilliard, Wyoming. He has sunk a shaft to the depth of fifty feet, and i^ able to collect abeJui fifteen gafloniT per day of a very superior lubricating oil, which is selling/ readily at 40 cents- a gallon at the weMl. The indications are said to be gooa for a large flow, and ar­ rangements will soon be made for going down deep to* thoroughly test it. On the same groimd Mr. Dix has also dis­ covered a tblrty-two feet vein of coal, equal in everfp respect to the celebrated Rock Sprinfca.--Cheyenne (Wy. T.) Leader. 1 M !| 4 11 • t| 11' 8tin g Disco veries* • Dr. SohMemann has made some more disceve:ieJ at Mycenae. In the tomb previouslvexplored he has found a grart quantity jbf woman's jewelry in gOjcl, and han«omely worked. Immediately aftfer commencing excavations at an aa- j owing ti>mb a large head of a cow in silver, wth immense horns of pure gold, was iovjtd. A large girdle of gold,, five gol and immense golden buttons were dtp found. All these objects £*& said t® be marvelously worked. 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