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J. VAN SLYKE- ^vbushek. MoHENRY, njjKoia THE NEWS CONDENSED. THE EAST. DOCOLAB WALXKR, of New York city, HAS -tpen sentenced to sixty days in the penitentiary i&r oowhiding Thomas T. Claris. A HEAVY robbery occurred in Boston a FEIFF days ago. A tin box containing stocks and bonds of the value of $40,000 was stolen from fee resklenoe of Mr. J. C. Brigham. The prop­ erty belonged to the estate of J. H. Dex­ ter, of which Mr. Brigham was ad­ ministrator The will of the late Commodore Vanderbilt was offered for {robate before the Surrogate's Court, New £>rk, the other day. Protests were entered by counsel for Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., and other disappoiuted relatives of the deceased million­ aire. The counsel of the contestants consists of Hon. .Tere S. Black, David Dudley Field. Acott Lord and Ethan Allen. The main ground of objection urged is undue influence, but it ie said that some additional allegations of a startling nature will be presented. The amount of property involved covers that in the will, together with that deeded to W. H. Van­ derbilt before the Commodore's death, and ag­ gregates very nearly $100,000,000 in value. This light over the dead Commodore's money­ bags promises to be the biggest kind of a big bonanza to the lawyers. ^ THE WEST. - THE miners in the Black Hills are becoming alarmed at the threatening attitude of the hos­ tile Indians. A band of savages recently made Knight, attack on Rpearfish City, a small .mining town near Deadwood. About a hundred shots were exchanged, but no miners were injured, owing to the darkness. Parties of Indians had been seen in other sections of the Hills. CHICAGO'S last sensation is the defalcation of Gen. McArthur, for several years Postmaster at that city. His " irregularities" amount to about $50,000. McArthur has gone into bank- rwptcv, and made the Government a preferred creditor, which will probably secure it against loss. Fox's American Theater, in Philadelphia, has been destroyed by fire. It had a seating ca­ pacity of 3,000. JACK MCCALL, who, sotne months ago, at Deadwood, killed John B. Hickok, better known as " Wild Bill," was executed at Yank­ ton, Dakota, on the 1st of March .The Hard­ ing Paper Mills, at Franklin, Ohio, have been destroyed by fire. Loss, $200,000. THE SOUTH. PREKIDKNT GRANT having prohibited a mili­ tary parade in Columbia, S. C., on Wash­ ington's birthday anniversary, the day in that city exhibited all the quietness of the Sabbath. Bosiness was wholly suspended, and the flags on the public buildings were placed at half-mast. IN the Nicholls Legislature, at New Orleans, a resolution has been adopted declaring that under no circumstances will the people of Lou­ isiana pay tribute to any other than the Nicholls <3overnment and that " any attempt to gather taxes by other authority will not only prove abortive, but lead to lamentable civil strife." Gov. Nicholls has appointed tax collectors in nearly all the parishes of the State. ACOO&DIJJG to the report of the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, the trade of Mem­ phis during 1876 was as follows: Value of cot- toc receipts, 827,225,000; value of general mer­ chandise receipts, $42,472,124: product of home manufactures, $5,300,869; total yearlv business, #74,997,993. Ex-Gov. JOSEPH JOHKSTON, of Virginia, died last week in the 92d year of his age Gov. Nicholls has issued a proclamation convening an extra session of the Louisiana Legislature, required in view of the condition of public affairs, and for purposes of indispensable legislation, specifying education, appropria­ tion, revenue, levees, election, registra­ tion, city and parochial affairs, and the election of United States Senator Fears are entertained by Gov. Packard of an attempt on the part of the Nicholls Govern­ ment to seize the State House, and he has made a request on President Grant for arms. The President replied, there was no la w under which he could comply with the request, but that the troops would remain to preserve peace. THERE is trouble growing out of the dual governments in South 'Carolina. " A store," says a Charleston telegram, u was robbed at Waterboro, Colleton county. A Hampton Trial Justice, failing to secure one of the alleged thieves, called upon the Sheriff's posse, which was also resisted, and the Sheriff, after con­ sultation with Gov. Hampton, summoned 100 men to arrest the thief and his friends. The rioters were found in force, but, when charged by the posee. fled without firing a shot. About twenty of them were captured with muskets in their hands, and wen) sent to jaiL" POLITICAL. FBAMK W. PAUCEB, recently editor of the hUer-Ocean, has been appointed to succeed Gen. McArthur as Postmaster at Chicago. WASHINGTON. THE President has nominated James A. Williamson, of Iowa, Commissioner of the Dis­ trict of Columbia in place of James H. Ketchum, resigned. A WASHINGTON dispatch says : '• The Post­ master General has received during the post week a number of newspaper protests against the construction of the Postal law of 1874, so far an it relates to the postage on back numbers of newspapers and i»eri<xlicals mailed to sub­ scribers. The department has ruled that sub­ scribers can receive ail the back numbers of the wolume for which they subscribed at the sub­ scription rates of postage, but that numbers back of that volume must pay book rates. THE Acting Secretary of the Treasury has issued the fortieth call for the redemption of 5-20 bonds of 1865, May and November. The call is for 310,000,000, of which *7,000.000 are burg, and arrived at the national capital the f ollowing day. He. was accompanied by liis family, consisting of his wife, two sons and a daughter, and a large party of gentlemen and ladies from different points in Ohio. AN important decision, sustaining the so- called Granger law of Illinois, fixing the maxi­ mum of railroad charges, has jnst been rendered by the Chief Justice of the Supremo Court of the United States at Washington. Tlie case was that of Munn A Scott vs. The People of the State of Illinois. Tho court decided that the law was constitutional, and that there was no error in the judgment. RECEPTION TO GOV. HAYES. THE citizens of Columbus, Ohio, without dis­ tinction of party, tendered a farewell reception to Hon. R. B. Hayes, on the eve of his depart­ ure for Washington, at which there was much hand-shaking and speech-making. Gov. Hayes H|K»ke as follows: "Mr. President, Ladies, and Gentlemen : I shall make no attempt to describe what I have felt during the progress of this re­ ception, nor what I feel now that it is drawing to a close. I wish in the simplest way, and with the fewest words, to thank the citizens of Co­ lumbus and the members of the General As­ sembly, the State officers, and the people of Ohio who have taken part in it. for their very great kindness to me and my fainily on this and manv other occasions. The city sf Columbus and its people have very many and great claims to our affection and gratitude. It is more than fortv vears since I became acquainted in boy­ hood with Columbus, and from that dav to this many of my most intimate friends have Been among its citizens. Many are gone. I look in vain among those we have met this evening for some who were once numbered with my most, familiar ac­ quaintances. A few are here whose acquaint­ ance I made during that first well-remembered year of the cholera, the year 1833. Among these are the Chairman of your Executive Com­ mittee, Mr. William Deshler, and I then saw for the first time his older brothers, but very many of mv early friends of Columbus are gone. Among those I knew, and remember well for their friendliness to me as a boy? and who are no longer living, are such well-known citizens of earlier days m this city as Joseph llidgeway, Sr., Joseph" Kidgeway, Jr., Samuel Medary, Alfred Kelly, Gustavus Swan. Dr. J. G. Jones, John" Noble, M. J. Gilbert, and many who were nearer my own age, such as Thomas Sparrow Fitch, Janies Matthews, Albert B. But­ tles, and Dr. Douglass Case, with whom I was on terms of intimate friendship. We are re­ minded by the absence of these friends of the changes we must expect in the years that are before us. As for myself and my family, we go, perhaps to return in a few days to occupy our accustomed place in this community. Pos­ sibly we go to other scenes and duties not to meet you again as fellow-citizens of Columbus. In that event I wish to say, as Mr. Lincoln said on parting with his friends at Springfield six­ teen years ago, that I trust you will pray that I mav have that divine assistance and guidance without which I cannot succeed, and with which I cannot fail. THE OREGON DECISION. The following is an abstract of the report of the majority of the Electoral Tribunal in tho caBe of Oregon : " The Electoral Commission, having received certain certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes of the State of Oregon, and certain pa­ pers accompanving the same, and objections thereto, report that it has duly considered the same, and nas decided and does hereby decide that the votes of W. H. Odell, J. C. Cartwright and J. W. Watts, the persdns named in the cer­ tificate of the Secretary of State of Oregon as the persons receiving the highest number of votes for Presidential electors, are the votes provided for by the constitution, and that the same are lawfully to be counted as testified to in the certificate of said electors, namely, three votes for Rutherford B. Hayes, of Ohio, for President, and three votes for William A. Wheeler for Vice President. The report further sets.forth that the election of Watts by the other two members of the Elec­ toral College was in accordance with the consti­ tution and laws of Oregon. The grounds for this decision, so far as they concern the eligi­ bility of Watts, are substantially that it is com­ petent to go behind the certificate of the Gov­ ernor so far as the same is not founded upon the action of the canvassing or returning authority provided for by the laws of the State, which authority in the case of Oregon is held to be the Secretary of State. The report also takes the ground that it is not essential to show that an elector was eligible on the 7th of No­ vember, provided it be shown that he was eligi­ ble when he cast his vote in the Electoral Col­ lege, and the fact appears that the alleged ineligible elector, Watts, was chosen to fill a vacancy caused by his own absence from the Electoral College, and that he was not ineligi­ ble at the time he cast his vote. The report is signed by Messrs. Bradley, Edmunds, Freling- huysen, Garfield, Hoar, Miller, Morton and Strong; THE SOUTH CAROLINA DECISION. The report of the Electoral Commission to the two houses of Congress, giving the grounds on which it reached its decision, in the South Carolina case, is signed by Messrs. Bradley, Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, Garfield, Hoar, Miller, Morton and Strong. It reads as fol­ lows : y The Electoral Commission HAVING received certain certificates and papers purporting to be certificates and PETMRS •.ifeompimying the SAME of the electoral vote from the State of South Carolina, and the ob­ jections thereto, reports that it has duly considered the same, and LIS by a majority of votes decided and does hereby decide that the votes of C. C. Bowen, John Winsuiith, Thomas B. Johnston, Timothy Hur­ ley, W. B. Nash, William Cook and William F.Meyers, named iu the certificate of Gov. Chamljerlain. which otes are oertified by said persons, as appears by certificates submitted to the commission ax aforesaid, and herewith returned, are the votes provided for by the constitution of the United Ktatew, and the same are lawfully to LITE counted AS therein certified, namely: Seven votes for Ruther­ ford B. Hayes, of the State of Ohio, for President, and seven votes for William A. Wheeler, of the Htate of New York, for Vice President. The commis­ sion, by a majority of votes, decides and report* that the seven persons first before named were duly appointed electors ' in and for said State of South Carolina. The brief ground of this decision is, that it appears, upon such evidence as by the constitution and law creating this com­ mission is competent and pertinent to the considera­ tion of the subject, that the before-mentioned elec­ tors appear to have been lawfully appointed such electors of President AND Vice President of the United States for the term beginning March 4, 1H77, of the State of South Carolina, and that they voted AS such at the t ime and in the manner provided for by the constitution of the United States and the Jaw, and the commission has by a majority of votes decided that it is not competent under tne constitu­ tion and law to go into the evidence aliunde tli< pajx-rn o]>ened by the President of tho Senate to | prove that other persons than those regularly cer­ tified to by the Governor of the State on and accord Valentine Baker, the disgraced English officer, evidence is admissible to show that the military has been employed by the Sultan of Turkey to and Deputy United States Marshals were sta- org&uize a military police force 60,000 strong, tionod at the various polling places in South Foreign officers will be employed in this service. | Carolina, therobv interfering with the free and The whaling steamer Spitsbergen is report- full exercise of the right of suffrage. This was ed lost near Bergen, with all hands--twenty-two j rejected by a strict party vote--yeas, 7 ; nays, persons. A LONDON dispatch says Lord Derby's sug­ gestion that a year's time he granted the Porte to prove the sincerity of its promises of reform, 8. Mr. Morton's resolutions were then adopt­ ed--8 to 7. A resolution was then offered by Mr. Frelinghuysen that the Tilden electors are not the lawful electors of South Carolina. Unanimously adopted. Mr. Morton meets with increasing favor. Tho general as- ! offered a resolution that tho persons named in pect of affairs is decidedly peaceable A dis- | certificate No. 1 ( Hayes electors) are the lawful patch from Pesth says Austria will concentrate an army corps on the Servian frontier, which will effectually guarantee the neutrality of Servia A special from St. Petersburg says the general opinion there is that Russia will not declare war against Turkey... .From Mexico comes the intelligence that the c'.ty of Acapulco has been captured by the forces of Diaz. THE Marquis of Caux and his wife, Adelina Patti, appeared the other day before the Presi­ dent of the Civil Tribunal in Paris, in order that the usual attempt at reconciliation might be made. The attempt failed. Judicial proceed­ ings for a separation will accordingly begin, and axe likely to last some time. Patti has gone to Vienna to fulfill a professional engagement. THE ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL. electors of South Carolina, and that they be counted as such. Adopted--veas, 8; nays, 7. A resolution returning thanks to Justice Clifford for the ability, impartiality and urban­ ity with which he has presided over tho delib­ erations of the commission was offered by Mr. Morton and unanimously adopted Adjourned till Friday, March 2. FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. FBIDAY, Feb. 23.--The Electoral Commission was in secret consultation on the Oregon case from 10:30 to 8 o'clock, at which hour the arbi­ trators repaired to Senator Thurman's resi­ dence, that gentleman being confined to his bed, where he remained during the proceedings of the commission. A vote was then taken on the following propositions, which had been in- j resolution that the decision of the commission upon formally submitted and discussed, but.not voted j the electoral vote of Oregon stand as the judgment upon, during the day's session. By Senator Ed- of the Senate. The resolution was adopted, and munds: " Resolved, That the certificate ' 016 Senate again proceeded to the Hall of the House Regular Proceedings. FRIDAY, Feb. 28.--SENATE.--The Senate de­ voted the entire day to the consideration of the Naval Appropriation bill, which was finally passed. HOUSE.--The entire session was consumed, in oommittee of the whole, upon the Sundry Civil Ap­ propriation bill. SATURDAY, Feb. 24.--SENATE.--The Presi­ dent pro tern. presented a communication from the President of the Electoral Commission, conveying the decision of the commission regarding the electoral votes from Oregon, and the House wan no­ tified that the Senate was ready to resume the count­ ing of the votes of the States. Shortly afterward the Senators marched to the Hall of the House Upon the return of the Senate, Mr. Sargent submitted a signed by E. A. Cronin, J. N. T. Mil­ ler, and John Parker, purporting to cast the electoral vote of the State of Oregon, does not contain or certify the consti­ tutional votes to which said State is entitled." Justice Field offered the following as a substi­ tute to continue the count. HOUSE.--The Army Appropriation bill was re­ ported from the Appropriation Committee and or­ dered printed. IT reduces the'number of cav­ alry regiments to eight; artillery to four, and infantry to Sixteen, cont-"i"£ & r»rovia<v i : "WHEREAS, J. W. Watts, designated in i prohibiting any of the money appropriated" by the certificate No. 1 as an elector of the State of j bill from being applied for the pay, transportation Oregon for President and Vice President, on | °? subsistence oi troops to be employed in support the dav of the election VIZ • the 7th D«v NF of the claims of either Nicholls or Packard as Uov-tnc us? or tne elecuon, viz tne 7Ui day ot , ERNOR OF LOUI(,IARILLI OR IN SUPPORT of the rival Legis- No\ ember, 1876, held an othce of trust and j latures in said State, and prohibits the employment profit under the United States ; therefore, j of any portion of the army in support of the claims Resolved, That said J. W. Watts was then iu- of any State Government or any officers of any State eligible to the office of elector Within the ex- until duly recogniased by Congress -- The Senate press terms of the constitution." Rejected-- | amendments to the Postoffice Appropriation bill 7; nays, 8,_as follows: YEAS--Abbott, 1 WCRE non-concurred in, and a conference yeas, Bayard, Clifford, Field, Hunton, Payne, Thur­ man--7. Nay.*--Bradley, Edmunds, Freling­ huysen, Garfield, Hoar, Miller, Morton, Strong --8. Justice Field then submitted a resolution to the effect that Odell and Cartwright were the only persons chosen electors in Oregon. This was rejected by the same v#te--7 to 8. Justice Field offered still another resolution, " that the attempted re-election of a third elector by the two persons chosen was inoperative and void." Rejected--7 to 8, as above. Mr. Bayard offered a proposition to the effect "that the votes of Odell and Cartwright were the only votes provided for by the constitution, there having been a failure to appoint a third elector in accordance with the constitution and laws of the United States and laws of the State of Oregon, and that these two votes should be counted, and none others from the State of Oregon." Rejected--yeas, 7 ; nays, 8, as be­ fore. A vote was then taken on Sir. Edmunds' original proposition, and it was adopted--yeas, 15 ; nays, none. Mr. Morton then offered the following : " Resolved, That W. H. Odell, J. C. Cartwright, and J. W. Watts, the per­ sons named as electors in certificate No. 1, are the lawful electors of the State of Oregon, and that their votes are the votes provided for by the constitution of the United States, and should be counted for President and Vice President of the United States." Mr. Hunton moved to strike out the name of J. W. Watts. Disagreed to--yeas, 7 ; nays, 8. Mr. Morton's resolution was then adopted--yeas, 8; nays, 7, as follows: Yean--Bradley, Ed­ munds, Frelinghuysen, Garfield. Hoar, Miller, Morton, Strong--8. Nays--Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field, Hunton, Payne, Thurman--7. The decision of the commission was then drawn up and signed by the eight members voting in the affirmative. On motion of Mr. Morton, the injunction of secrecy upon the acts and pro­ ceedings of the commission, except as regards their report to the joint session of Congress, was removed, and the commission adjourned. MONDAY, Feb. 26,--The Electoral Commission reassembled at half-past 6, immediately after the two houses separated, all the members present, Mr. Kernan, successor to Senator Thurman, taking his seat for the first time. The papers referred to the commission by the two nouses in joint session were read by the Secretary. In response to inquiry as to who committee ordered The House received the Senate at noon for the purpose of proceeding WITH the electoral count After the withdrawal of the Senate, a motion to adjourn was voted down. After considerable filibustering and much confusion, the House was brought to business by the presentation of the following, by Mr. Hale : " Ordered, That the count of the electoral vote of the State of Oregon shall proceed in conformity with the decision of the Electoral Commission." Mr. Lane offered the fol­ lowing as a substitute: "Ordered, That the vote purporting to be the electoral vote for President and Vice President, and which was given by one John W. Watts, claim­ ing to be an elector from the State of Oregon, be not counted." In the discussion, which did not differ in substance from that which took place in the cases of Florida and Louisiana, Messrs. Lawrence, Phil­ lips, LeMoyne, StevenBon, Neal, Woodworth, Samp­ son, Caldwell, Brown, Clymer, and Burchard (111.) made addresses. Mr. Hewitt arraigned Mr. Hoar for bad faith in deciding in the commission contrary to his expressed views in the House and in the com­ mittee by which tho Electoral bill was framed. Mr. Hoar, replying, described Hewitt as a man rickety, shaky, crazy, and out of joint. The House finally voted to disagree with the decision of the Electoral Commission in the case of Oregon, and the Senate was notified. JOINT CONVENTION. --The two houses met in joint convention at noon, and tho decision of the Electoral Tribunal touching the voteB from Oregon was read. In response to an inquiry from the presiding offi­ cer whether there were any objections to the decision, Senator Kelly presented ob­ jections on behalf of the Democrats, based upon the following grounds: First, that Watts was not elected; second, that he was not appointed; third, that he was disqualified to receive any ap­ pointment as a Presidential elector, or to sit as such, as he held an office of trust and profit under the United States; fourth, that Cronin was elected a Presidential elector for Oregon, and in accordance with law cast the legal vote as sueh elector for Til­ den, and that such vote should be counted. The Senate thereupon withdrew to its chamber. Sub­ sequently the two houses again met in joint session, the vote of Oregon was counted for Hayes, and the electoral certificates of Pennsylvania were reap- Objections being called for, objection was offered to the vote of Elector MorriQ, and the Senate retired without discussing the question. MONDAY, Feb. 26.--SENATE.--A communica­ tion from Justice Clifford was read, announcing that Senator Thurman, on account of illness, had resigned as a member of the Electoral Commission. On motion of Mr. McDonald, Mr. Kernan was unan­ imously chosen to fill the vacancy At 3:10 the Senate was officially notified of the action of the House in the Pennsylvania case, and the two houses appeared as tho objectors, Mr. Hurd announced j thereupon met in joint session. Upon returning at that Mr. Cochrane and himself would ap- j 3;3OF the President pro tern, announced that the pear as objectors to certificate No. 1. ' Senate retired from the joint meeting upon ob- Mr. Lawrence said Senator Christiancy aud jection made to the certificate of Rhode Island. The himself would appear for objectors to certifl- | Secretary read the objection to the vote of cate No. 2. Senator Christiancy said he ap- William S. Slater, appointed elector by the Legisla- peared for the objectors, but they did not pro­ pose to occupy the whole time allowed them. In response to another inquiry as to who would appear as counsel, Mr. Hurd said he was not prepared to state at this time, but would an­ nounce counsel to the commission to-morrow morning. Mr. Matthews stated that Mr. Shel- labarger and himself would appear in favor of certificate No. 1.... Adjourned. TCEHDAY, Feb. 27.--The commission met at 10 o'clock a. m., and the South Carolina case watt at once taken up. Mr. Hard stated that no ture in place of George H. Corliss. Mr. Burnside submitted a resolution that the vote of William S. Slater be counted with the other votes of the elect­ ors of lthode Island, notwithstanding the objections made thereto. After a brief debate, the question being on the resolution of Mr. Burnside, it was unanimously agreed to--yeas, 57 ; nays, none. At 5:55 the Senate again met the House. Upon return- at 6:30, the President pro ten»I>ore annouueed that the Senate having retired from the joint meeting of the two houses upon an objection sub­ mitted to the certificate from South Carolina, and the papers having been submitted to the Electoral Commission, the Senate woula now resume legisla­ tive business Conference committees were ap- couusel would appear for the objectors to cer- F P°H»ted on the Deficiency, Naval and Legislative tificate No. 1 (the Republican certificate), aud I Appropriation bills. then .'submitted his reasons why the commis­ sion should reject that certificate. When Mr. Hurd had finished, Mr. Cochrane stated that Judge Black and Mr. Blair would appear as counsel for the objectors to certificate No. 1. They had been uncertain whether they could attend, but were now present. Mr. Cochrane then submitted certain proffers of proof, which he proposed to make good. Mr. Lawrence followed in an argument for the Hayes ob­ jectors. Senator Christiancy waived liis right to be heard as an objector, and Mr. Blair, for the Democrats, addressed tiie court. He said they would offer to prove that, owing to violence and intimidation and the presence of United States troops on the day of election, there was no full and fair election by the people ; that there was no registration of voters in the State, which was a palpable violation of the constitution; and tnat the use of the military ip the State was alone suffi­ cient ground for tlirowing aside the vote of South Carolina. Judge Black j Awards closed the argument oil behalf of the Demo- j years ago turned against us." Mr. Stenger's DVIVIRWIV* WO FIAA AAJ\ _ • , . . ' j Ullml.IO Uj HI' IJILITRUUI OI * lit- "U Coupon aiul V000,000 regiritered bonda. Tlie I INIR to the dotermiuation of tho appointment by TLU1 nnnninit min mil :.i _^ AL. ! r__ , j._ principal and interest will be paid at the treasury on and alter the 28th of Mav next, and the interest will cease 011 that day. 'Thefollow- tnrning officers for elections in said State prior to ie time required for the performance of their duties had been appointed electors, or by counter­ ing are the descriptions of the 1 Kinds • Conoon i 10 Bhow that ^ey had not, or that the deter- bondh. £5<)0, No. 36,801 to 37,800, both inclusive • i minj4tion returoing officer* was not in ac- $1,000, No. 79,000 to 89,000, both h\ciuJi\e.' 1 cordttIloe wlth Ul(: tn,th *uafact'tUe colnnil*tiion Registered bonds, *50, No. 451 to 480, both in­ clusive ; *100, No. 5,951 to G.250, both inclusive- $500, No. 3,801 to 3.950, both inclusive : el.ooo' No. 14.301 to 14,800, both inclusive; $5,000,' No. 5,351 to 5,831, both inclusive : 610,000. No 9,751 to 10,083, both inclusive. GKNKRAL. J THE whole Government machinery of Nova ' Scotia his been wiped out of existence by the ! discovery that the great seal of the province in use was the one rendered worthless bv the ijneen's command nine years ago. It has been there! ore oecided that all legislation, monev RTants, marriage licenses, and in fact everv- t ung done by Government authority, since 1808, was null and void. Imperial legislation is necessary to set the matter right, ami the Hali­ fax people are naturally full of excitement Gen. Andrew Denisou, Postmaster at Balti­ more tor eight years, was found dead in his fced a few mornings since.. . The notorious Gen. Cortuia s has been arrested at Matimoras, Mexico, and p aced in the military prison. It is believed thai ne will be coiut-marnaled and shot for not obeying the order of President Diaz to present himself at the City of Mexico to answer for hi.- conduct on the frontier for the past ten months. The Presidential election in Mexido has resulted in the success of Diaz. Hon. II. B. HAYEK left Columbus, Ohio, for Washington on the afternoon of Thursday. Kirch 1, by way of Pittsburgh and Harris- majority of votes being of opinion that it is not within the jurisdiction of the two houses of C"II- press assembled to count the votes for President and VICE President to enter upon tho tri.il of such ques­ tion. FOREIGN. ELECTION disturbances have broken out in various districts in Servia, owing, it is, said, to intrigues against Prince Milan. Troops have been sent to the scenes of trouble... .Roumaniti will'disband her reserves at once, as no danger is apprehended from linssia, that power, e\ en in the event of war, desiring only the privinv;>' of "passing its forces through the former stai«-. TKBEE ships, with all hands, are reported , lost at Sultana, Spain.... The Persian Minister I has communicated to the Sultan a dispatch j from tho Shah explaining that the assemblages | of troops on the Turkish frontiers are solely i meant to prevent the depredations of a nomadic | tribe. These assemblages have been ordered I to cease It is stated in well-informed circles ; that the Czar will certainly await the powers' ! reply to Prince GortschakofTs circular before j attacking Turkey. I NEWS comes from India that rain has fallen | in all the famine-stricken districts of Madras, ; and the number of j>eoplc employed on the re- j lief works has largely decreased*. In Bombay the situation shows no change. , v, AN unsuccessful attempt was recently made i to assassinate the Archbishop of Mexico.... CoL crats, and the commission went into secret ses­ sion. Mr. Morton submitted the following : That it is not competent for the two houses as­ sembled for tho purpose of counting the votes for President and Vice President to inquire by evidence whether a State regularly represented in the two housca of Congress, and recognized as a State of the United States by the other departments of the Gov­ ernment, has a government republican in form. Jlewlved, That while tho existence of public dis­ turbance aud anarchy In any State, to such an extent AW to make it impossible for the State to exercise its right to appoint electors of President and Vioo President, uud to express its will in that behalf, is kutlicieut cause for rejecting any electoral votes pur- , jiortiug to the votes of electors appointed thereby, , I yet that wlnsn a State is regularly represented as a I that the State of Pennsylvania had given twenty. State in the Congres* of the United States, and is ! nine votes for Hayes and Wheeler. The HOUSE.--After considerable filibustering the House decided, by a vote of 133 to 116, to listen to the reading of the testimony taken tieforc the House Committee on Privileges in the case of Elector Boggs, of Pennsylvania, appointed in­ stead of Daniel J. Morrill, Centennial Commissioner. Mr. Kelley then offered a resolution that the vote of Boggs should be counted, and Mr. Steuger offered a substitute that it nhouid not )>e. A long and excit­ ing debate ensued, in the course of which Mr. Hew­ itt again arraigned Mr. Hoar for bad faith, but ap­ pealed to the Democrats to yiold to the decision, and trust to the ballot-box for the remedy. The members gathered around, him in excited circles, and, as lie closed with an invocation for peace, he was asked by Mr. Cate, of Wisconsin, why, if the decision was infamous, he advised yield­ ing to it 7 Hewitt's reply was : " It is better to yield than to precipitate anarchy and revolution." Then the sentiment was characterized by Cate as cowardly. Mr. Yeates, of North Carolina, forced his way through the circle, and with a flushed face aud excited manner exclaimed, addressing himself to Mr. Cate and the Democrats who were, opposing acquiescence. " Those who denounce us now as when the pinch came fifteen us." HUbstiUite was adopted--yeas, 135; nays, 119. Tho two houses then met in joint session, but shortly after separated for the purpose of considering the objection to the counting of the vote of Elector Slater, of Rhode Inland. A motion to adjourn for the day was voted down. The House then decided that the vote of Slater should be counted, and the two houses again met in joint convention. After separating, the House adjourned for the day. JOINT CONVENTION.--Tho two houses met in joint session, and, the action of each house having been read, the presiding officer announced that, the two houses not having concurred otherwise, the votes of Pennsylvania would be counted. Senator Allison, one of the tellers, thereupon announced recognizor) as TT State by the other departments of the Government, and has a government republican in iorni, aud dot s appoint electors iu the manner pre­ scribed by the Legislature thereof, evidence cannot IK' received bv the two houses of Cougre^s assembled to count the vote.I lor President and Vice President as aforesaid to show thai, disturbances existed at the time <•'!' th" election which may have interfered to a greaU it ie«8 extent witB the freedom of election AT tli;- polls in SAID State. Itimotvi il, That it is not competent for the two houecis of Congress, whi n assembled to count the votes for President and Vice President, to take evidence to inquirfc into the regularity of the action of the President of the United States in sending a military force into any State for the preservation of order or supprostdon of insurrection aud do­ mestic violence, in order by such proof to lay a ground for rejecting the electoral vote of such State. Jlvolvtd, That, in view of the propositions con­ tained in the throe foregoing resolutions,the evidence ottered to show that the State of South Carolina at the late election did not have a republican form OF government, and the evidence ottered on the. subject of disorder and violence, and the presence of troops in said State during said election is not competent, but that notwithstanding tho offer of such evidence the "electoral votes of the State of South Carolina ought to be received and counted, if not objection­ able on other grounds. HCJO'LCEIL, That the other objections to certificate No. 1 «how no valid cause for rejecting the same. Mr. Field offered a substitute to the effect that certificate from Rhode Island was then read, aud objection was offered to the counting of the vote of Elector Slater, where­ upon the two houses separated for the puri>ose of considering the objection. The joint nession was resumed at 6 p. m., and the four vote* of Rhode Island were announced as EAST for Hayes and Wheeler. The next certificate opened was that from South Carolina, authenticated by Gov. Chamber­ lain, showing seven votes for Hayes and Wheeler. It was followed by another certificate showing seven votes for Tilden and Hendricks, with a statement by the electors explaining the absence of the Governor's authentication. Objection was offered to the Repul>- lican certificate on the ground that there was no legal election in South Caroliua for Presidental electors; (2) that there did not exist, at the time of the elec­ tion, a republican form of government in that State; (S) that the full exercise of the right of suffrage was prevented by military interference; (4) that United States Marshals were stationed at the polls, thereby interfering with the exercise of the right of suffrage. Objections were presented to the Dem­ ocratic certificate (1) because the electort. were not duly appointed; (2) because the votes are not" certified by the Governor of the State ; (3) be­ cause the papers have not annexed to them the names of the electors, as required by the laws of South Carolina ; (4) because the Hayes electors were duly choM:n in accordance with the laws of South Carolina and certified by the Governor. The objec­ tions having been read, they were submitted to the Electoral Commission for its judgment and decision, and the Senate retired to its own chamber. TUESDAY, Feb. 27.--SENATE.--The Senate, by a vote of 29 to 28, postponed the further considera­ tion of the Pacific Railroad Funding bill until the next session of Congress. ..Mr. McDonald called up the House resolutions in respect to the memory of the late Speaker Kerr, and eulogies wore deliv­ ered by Messrs. McDonald, Wallace, Wright, Bayard, Booth and Morton, after which the resolutions were unanimously agreed to The bill for the relief of SELLERS on public lands was passed. It authorizes homestead and pre-emption settlers whose crops were destroyed by grasshoppers iu 187H to leave and tie absent from their lands un­ til 1878 House bill to provide for the sale of desert lands in the States of California, Oregon and Nevada, and the Territories of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico and Dakota was passed. HOUSE.--Mr. Field, from the Committee on Privi­ leges, reported the bill providing that, in case of a failure to elect a President and Vice President, the President of the Senate, or, in case of a vacancy in that office, then the Speaker of the House, or, in case of there being no Speaker, then the Secretary of Htnte, shall ASSUME the oftlcc of President until the President has been elected. The bill was immediately ordered to its second reading, debated ordered to a third reading and passed.... Mr, Schleicher moved to suspend the rules, and adopt a resolution recognizing the Hampton and Nicholls Governments OH the lawful Govornments of the States of South Carolina and Louisiana. Rejected--156 to 93--not two-thirds in the affirmative... .The remain­ der of the day was devoted to the consideration of the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28.--SENATE.--A com­ munication was read from Justice Clifford, convey­ ing the decision of the Electoral Commission in the case of South Carolina. Immediately the House was informed that the Senate was ready to continue the count of the electoral vote, and at 12:10 the Senate marched to the Hall of the House. The Senate retsrned at 12:35, and Mr. Robertson sub­ mitted a resolution thai the decision of the com­ mission upon the electoral vote of South Carolina stand as the judgment of the Senate, the objections made thereto to the contrary notwithstanding. Mr. Bogy moved that the testimony in the South Carolina case be read. Rejected--yeag, 21; nays, 41. The two hours' discussion then com­ menced, and was participated in by Messrs. Mc- Crecry, McDonald, Morton, Bayard, Patterson, Lo­ gan, Saulsbury, Eaton, Sherman, Wadleigh, Merri- mon, Blaine, Cameron (Wis.), Christiancy, and Ker­ nan. The debate having closed, the resolution of Mr. Robertson that the decision of the commission upon the electoral vote of South Carolina staud as the judgment of the Senate, etc., was agreed to-- yeas, 39 ; nays, 22--A strict party vote. The Senate then met the House for the purpose of continuing the count. Before returning to its chamber, at 7:15, the objections to the certificate from Vermont were read, and a resolution was unanimously adopt­ ed that the vote of Mr. Sollace asolector for Vermont be counted with the other electoral votes of the State, the objections thereto to the contrary notwith­ standing. HOUSE.--The Speaker laid before the House a com­ munication from Justice Clifford, informing the House that the Electoral Commission had decided the matter touching the electoral vote of South Carolina, and had transmitted the decision to the President of the Senate. The two houses thereupon met in joint session After the Senate had with­ drawn from the Hall of the House, Mr. Springer made a motion to adjourn for the day. This was de­ feated--yeas, 92; nays, 170. A demand was then made for the reading of the testimony taken in the South Carolina case, a large, printed volume of some 1,300 pages. This was also defeated--yeas, 87; nays, 177. After some further attempts at delay, Mr. Coch­ rane offered a resolution that the decision of the Electoral Commission on the voteB of South Carolina be not sustained by the House, and that the votes be not counted. A long and heated debate followed, at the conclusion of which the resolution was adopted, and the two houses met in joint convention. JOINT CONVENTION.--At 12:10 p. m. the two houses met in joint convention, and the decision of the Electoral Commission in the case of South Caro­ lina was read. Two sets of objections to the count­ ing of tho vote were presented--one by Mr. Phillips, of Missouri, and the other by Mr. Southard, of Ohio. The objections were based upon the same grounds taken by the objectors before the commis­ sion. After they had been read the Senate with­ drew, that the two houses might act separately, and decide upon them... .The two houses came together again, at 6:20 p. m., and, the action of each body on the South Carolina decision having been read, the presiding officer announced that, the two houses not concurring otherwise," the electoral votes of South Carolina would be oounted, and they were thereupon declared as 7 for Hayes and Wheeler. The votes of Tennessee (12) and Texas (8) were then an­ nounced and counted for Tilden and Hendricks without objection. Then came Vermont, with four votes for Hayes and Wheeler. Mr. Poppleton asked the presiding officer whether any other cer­ tificate from Vermont had been received by him, aud he replied in the negative. Mr. Hewitt stated that he held in his hand a package pur­ porting to contain the Electoral votes of Vermont, which package had been delivered to him by express about the middle of December, and that with it came a letter stating that a similar package had been forwarded to the President of the Senate by mail. On learning to-day that no corresponding package had been received by the presiding officer, lie had tendered to him this package (holding it up), the seals of which were still unbroken, and the pre­ siding officer declined to aeceive it. He now ten­ dered the package to the presiding officer as pur­ porting to contain the electoral votes of Vermont. The Presiding Officer--"The Chair has stated that he has received but one certificate from Vermont. The Chair also states that the law prohibits )Htn from receiving any certificates after the first Thursday in February. His duty is to receive, open, and have read all that have been received on that day." The pre­ siding officer then asked if there were any objections to the vote of Vermont, whereupon the following, signed by Senator Merrimon and Representatives Springer and Hamilton, of Indiana, was presented : " The undersigned Senators and members object to the counting of the votes of the State of Vermont for the reason that two returns or papers purporting to be the returns of the electoral vote of said State were forwarded to the President of the Senate, and that only one of said returns has been laid before the two houses. The President of the Senate having stated that but one return has been received by him from said State, a duplicate copy of one of the said returns is herewith submitted for the consider­ ation of the Senate and House of Representatives." Mr. Poppleton then presented two sets of objections to tho vote of Houry N. Sollace, one of the electors, on the ground that he was Postmaster when elected, and that the law of Vermont did not authorize an appointment by the College of doctors to f̂ill the vacancy caused by tho absence of an elector. Mr. Springer demanded the reading of the duplicate re­ turn sent up with his objection, but the presiding officer persisted in his refusal to have it read The two houses then adjourned. THURHDAT, March 1.--SENATE.--Nothing was done iu the Senate beyond voting to count the elec­ toral votes of Wisconsin for Hayes. HOVSK.--The day's proceedings in the House weteajf an exciting, and at times disorderly, charao- ter. Those in favor of preventing a conclusion of the electoral count, led by Mr. Springer and Mr. Walling, resorted to all sorts of filibustering tactics, and the morning hour passed before anything was done. Mr. Caulfield succeeded in getting a resolu­ tion read reciting, in the form of a preamble, that a sealed package was addressed to the President of the Senate by Mr. Hewitt ; ! that it appears by a telegram from I the Clerk of the United States Dis­ trict Court of Vermont that a duplicate of such return was deposited in that office on the 13th of j December, 187<>; that such package had been made j part of the objection to the certificate of Vermont, j aud still remained unopened, and that the objection 1 cannot be considered until such package is opened j according to law; that such package is retained by the j President or Secretary ot the Senate, and therefore i resolving that the refusal of the President of the j Senate to open such packago in presence of the two , houses was a violation of law and of the privileges of tho House, and. until such package shall be opened, the counting of the vote cannot proceed fur- j ther, according to the constitution and law, and that , the Senate be requested to meet the House in joint i sessiou so that such package may be opened and pro- . ceeding had thereon according to law. Speaker Randall ruled the resolution out of order. A scene . of excitement aud confusion then ensued, nearly | half the members being on their feet at once. A i good deal of colloquy ensaed as to what had liecome | of the paper, and, while the discussion was iu pro- I gross, a messenger from the Senate entered the hall j and tendered the package to Mr. Hewitt,who refused , to receive it. Mr. Garfield road a letter from the j Secretary of the Senate, saying that he had put 1 the package purporting to be the second certifi­ cate in his pocket, as the package looked like , a private communication, but, being adrnon- j ished that his reception of it might be con- ! struod as a reception of it by President Ferry, he j t(X>k it from his pocket and placed it on his desk, and since that tune he had not seen the package. I Mr. S to tie, who was ono of the tellers, stated ! tliat he saw the Secretary of the Senate throw the { package under the desk and among the rubbish ; . that he (Stone) immediately wrote a note to Mr. | Hewitt, and that Mr. Hewitt and he had a | conversation, during which he saw the Sec- ; rotary take the package from under the j desk and put ft in his pocket. Mr. Field j offered an amendment to Mr. Caulfield's resolution, | to the effect that the second certificate from Vor- | mout be opened in the presence of the two houses of j Congress and sent to the Electoral Commission. A j vote was then taken amid the most intense excite- , mr nt, and it was defeated--yeas, 116 ; nays, 143. A : number of dilatory motions were made, and it was 1 not until »:30 p. m. that a vote was taken on the j resolution that the vote of Elector Sollace be not : counted. It was carried--yeas. 20." ; nays, 26--uiont of i he Republicans voting with the. majority for the pur- | pose of sooner bringing the question to a close. The [ two houses then assembled in joint session. As j soon as the Senate bad withdrawn, Mr. Mills, of [ , Texas, offered a resolution to the effect that, as there j had been a failure to elect a President of the United ; States, "the HOUSE wii! proceed immediately in obe­ dience to the constitution to choose a President from the persons having the highest number of votes, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as President." ,Mr. Wood, of New York, moved an adjournment, but there were objections, and a scene of uproar and confusion ensued, lasting for several minutes, in the course of which Blackburn exclainied that Friday, hangman's day, had been UI-FCORED :n--A fit day to witness the consummation RF the villainy and scandal of this proceeding. At 3:40 a. in. the debate closed, and the House decided, by a MOF® *° count the vote of Downs. Mr. Muls then withdrew his resolution to go into an election tor President. The joint session was then resumed. JOINT CON VKNTION.--The two houses met in joint session at 11 p. m. The action of house on the objections having been read, the presiding officer announced that (the two houses not concurring other- TIV VO^8 OF Vermont would be counted, and they were therefore declared as 5 for Hayes and feeler. Then the certificate of Virginia LLITVN,? iHAT 8TETE ^ announced as 11 for Tilden and Hendricks. Tho vote of WEST Virginia WAN NEXT announced as 6 for Tilden and Hendricks. Then came the last Stete the STOTE' of Wisconsin, with 10 votee for Hayes aod Wheeler The certificates of FFLJ been read, Mr. Lynde presented objections to the counting of the vote of Elector Downs on the ground that he held the office of Examining Sur­ geon of the Pension Office at the time he acted as elector, and was therefore not qualified. The two- houses then separated to consider and determine the objections. At 4:04 a. m. the joint convention was resumed. The decisions of the Senate and House in the ease of WISCONSIN WERE read, and Mr. Ferry directed the tellers to count Wisconsin. He then announced that the courting of the electorai votes of the thirty-eight States of the Union was completed, and directed the tellers, to ascertain the result. Mr. Allison, one of the tellers, announced : "R B. Hayes, iar»; Samuel J. Tilden. 184." Mr. Ferry then annouueed that Rutherford B. Hayes and Will­ iam A. Wheeler had been declared elected President ar.d Vice President of the United States, and the joint convention dissolved. A Male Story. At the Jacksonville (HI.) Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children one of the young lady teachers sought deeply to in- T Al_ W uci uittou Dj rciiiiig uie Biory oi Absalom. Dwelling, with all a woman's, tact and persuasive eloquence, upon the dreadful end of a wayward, willful life, and giving special emphasis to the most- important moral lessons suggested by the fact that the young man Absalom, re­ sisting all the better influences which surrounded him, rebelled against a kind father, she had in simple, earnest lan­ guage wrought up the story with chief reference to its moral impressions upon those half-demented children. Curious to know whut had been the degree of her success, she requested them to ask ques­ tions about anything in the story that most interested them. Net over-flatter- ing to her was the result when one of the little fellows, looking up with the utmost simplicity, eagerly asked: "Did they git the mule ? Death of the Big-Headed Boy. Matthew Dorn, the monsier-headed boy, is dead. He was 15 years of age, ana was certainly a curiosity, if not a monstrosity, so far as his cranium was* concerned. It is said that his head was nearly four feet in circumferenoe, and weighed quite eighty pounds. He was* of Irish parentage. When six weeks old his head began, growing much more rap­ idly than his body, and continued to grow up to within a few weeks of his- death, which occurred recently. He wa» never able to sit up, but could move his- head from right to left while lying on a pillow. During the Centennial Exhibi­ tion at Philadelphia, he was taken ther© by speculative persons, but the under­ taking did not prove successful there or in Albany, where he was subsequently exhibited for a few days. His body at the time of his death weighed about one- half as much as his head.--Troy (N. Y. Times. Selling Tramps. A Hartford paper tells how a lady of that city " plays it" on tramps, through the agency of the bogus money known as "advertising greenbacks," and "which to the casual observer appear genuine. The lady with studied carelessness puts- a bill of this kind under the mat at the back door, and waits the approach of the innocents. Up to the door comes trampy, and his greedy eyes at once alight on the money. In a dash it is transferred to his. pocket, and without stopping to knock and beg, as he intended to do, he hurries out of sight, radiant with the joy of one who unexpectedly strikes good luck. When at a safe distance he looks at the bill, and as the extent of the terrible de­ ception dawns upon him he clutchcs hie hair and with a wild, despairing cry of "Sold, by Jerusalem J" crawls into a con­ venient rat-hole and dice. 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