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<2* J. VAN SLYKE, PTHBLISHKR. JTcHRnRY, ILLINOIS. ?*X~: NEWS CONDENSED. i ' THE KA8T. r Tbm Brooklyn Fire Marshal hM fully in- feetigsted tin oiroamstuaoea att*iwt!»g the feoent theatrical horror, He finds that there i a lack of proper precautions against fire no discipline among the employe*. The a of exit from the gallery were not good jh in ease of fire and panio, and he be- i that had the audianoa been notified wtien the fire was first discovered by lb® stag* y,; • jMttids they oookl have got oat of the building •piety. tie thinks that the request of the swt- ^ (Q the people(,to sit. down, however well .. . j j: tenant, -TTIIT vary dtoi«fcrQ«w both to audience jMod aotors. He concludes wflft-h a^m^ommend- wm that all public buildings, schools, *> •^hnrohea, hospitals, and theaters be thoroughly , ...fwerhMi-- it c©«©. ' J.., THE four children of Mr. and Mrs. Ames f' lloGowan, of Bomid Top, Pa., were recently n' |>tarned to death. The house caught fire in the '••"'»b»nee of tha parents, and wan reduced to The children, the oldest 9 and the VSroongest 3 yeara, werff asleep at the time, and ' * ' vara completely consumed by the flames # i I ; i -jEBi« Charter Oak Lift Ixumvanoe Company of . Hartford has purchased tS,0©OF(M» worth of ' IrWJ estate in Broadly, Wall, and Brosd ••XN' 'Mrwite, New York EX-GOT. 'tyillfcot Ooz- .;. f, .|MSDe,of Rhode Maud, died at Newport last week, • W typhoid fever contracted at the Centennial irtti... .den. WilliamF. B&rtlett, of Maasaohosetts, ,(,£t Js dead. THK WKST. MOST successful and daring robbery wu at Somerset, Perry county, Ohio, >*"• -Ibbfe night last week. The banking-house of [j_u« Willlan? M, Ream was entered by four masker! , .|-3m»n, and owe f 10.000 stolen. Beam and his ** Wife, who lived over the bank, were bound and '• "'"Blged by the robbers, the former being first - .. compelled, at the point of a pistol, to open the "" jbank vault. 1 NEWS has'reached Cheyenne of a terrible " - tttinsacre perpetrated in the Big Horn country, : * *8 follows: *' Recently a party of twenty-six •: i:miners started" for the Big Horn country, and s j ,none have been seen alive since. Mr. John ' Sheron, who is perfectly reliable, says that . v 'Vfifeb ago a company of white men were at- _i(. .tacked by a band of Sioux, snppoeed by the - ' traO to have been a very large band, and it is • befcered on the first volley the miners fled to .^ifAbe brush, which the Indians fired and then Skilled their victims. The bodies of eighteen .ij &jor twenty men have been identified, and among were Robert, Anderson, James LyrepH. ' . David Davis, and two men named Upenoet and 1 ©ook--the latter a blacksmith. These men are :. ' jwell known in the Black Hills." j,. A FEW and most ingemomly-execnted ootrn- ,} j, frerfeit silver 50-cent piece has been discovered j t, (jn circulation in Chicago. If is made of a eom- , nnaikm of metals very nearly of the same 4' ;,%peoiflc gravity as silver, finished perfectly, and n j IfipJe-ellver-plated. BO that by the eye and the , .band it is beyond detection. It even has a •f •" good zing, only a little duller than that of the . .< ijnnaine ooin, and is possible of detection in Jhat way by practiced eon. The fact of its "" Cght weight can also be detected by the scales. ; ! For general distribution it ia a moat dangerous ij :*rarkof art. Beooyoor guard They pack J flnore hogs in Chicago now Own in *11 t-feo giber "Ja large Western cities combined, over a million Jhave already been slaughtered since the open- >g « T of the season. CHICAGO elevators oontain 3,103,377 bushels of wheat; 338,015 bnshels of corn; 515,233 InMhela of oats; 105,169 bushels of rye, and >*; XI26,055 bnshela of barley, making a grand total of £.186,849 bushels. Milwaukee •elfeva- tom Are Stored with 1,407.276 bushels of wheat, -1 3.274 basheta of corn, 108.302 bushels of oats, _ j. 32,051 el and 231,663buahek of ' Mrley. "-1" " THK SOUTH. -iii A.CrtAJttBU. (S. C.)dispatch of the 14th B^ys: i "The inauguration of Hampton took place in h front of Carolina Hall this afternoon. The 1 wuare in front of the hall was densely packed with persons of both races, and the • housetops were covered with spectators. At . , 3:30 p. m. Hampton was escorted to a stand amid demonstrations of great enthusiasm, u Members of the General Assembly occupied a space immediately surrounding the stand, . wiUi the crowd in the rear. Hampton " delivered an address, at the close of which the oath of office was administered. The chair in which he was seated was then wrapped in the uatiooal colors, and he was i bome on the shoulders of a dozen men to his f hoteL" A daughter of ex-Secretary Briatow was seriously, if not fatally, injured by a runaway ac- 1!: cident in Louisville, a few days ago.... A fire at ^ little Bock, Ark, last week, destroyed $150,000 - wrath of property in the business part of the city. Heavy fires are also reported at Bolivar, Team.,' lis^ $200,000, and Bi&ckville, Barn­ well county, 8. C., loss $40,000. Tin Hampton Legislature of South Carolina r h •Sr." M. r Jtetlar to !he Taite'd States •. in place of Mr. Robertson. The Cham- *. %erlain Liglilatuie had previously chosen D, T. Onrbin to fill the same vacancy... .Little • • Seek. Ark., WM visited bj a second duastrous - conflagration on the night of Dec. 19. Much ^. valuable baemefs property was burned, involv­ ing m lose of about §200. COO* A CbLUMMA (8. C.) dispatch of Deo. 20 says: "The Senate to-day decided, by a strict paity vote, to adjourn with the Republican House slue die on I be 221 inst. Their tax and appro- - pria&ion t>ills passed a second reading in the SenstP. The tax levy i&ggirg&tes seventeen nulls, exclusive-of local taxes, and is tqu&l to 92,010 000. lieHQlutioDH paired in the Demo- oratic Honse tc-d*y instructing Gov. Hampton to i»fcue a procl <mation calling upon tbe eiti- • cans to p iy to such persona as h" may designate 25 per oent. of the State and co mty tax for the laijt fiscal >ear, and the perrona paying eruch tax fhali receive oertificatea receivable for taxes hereafter." WASHING TOW. Tn President has nominated Weden O'Neal tor TJnited States Marshal for the District of Kentucky, and John B. G. Pitkin for the ,Dis- trktof Loni*i*ua; Alex. M Blair for Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Kansas, sad Oliver €. Bcwbysheil for Commissioner of the Mint, iu place of 8nowden, who is appoint­ ed Poetuuta'-er at Philadelphia. X WASHJHOTOM telegram states that the Pres­ ident, in reply 10 an iuvitation extended Mm by a Republican to visit Virginia after his term of ofli'.'.e t-xpires, s»id that he would be «Iad to do so, but Mi at he iutcuda to leave for Havana, Cuba, iu March, aud. a^ter spending a few we^ka there, nail for Europe, to remain for some time There >»aa an encounter with knives a few evenings ago, at one of the W»eh ington hotel*, between Col. John W. Fairfax, who wa» Ohief «f Staff to Gen Loug»treet, and FJ ancis M Schell, one of the dourbeertera of the Honae. The trouble arose from the. fact that Schell ordered Fairfax off the fi »or of the House Fairfax, hits ph>sician says, was **®ry w-riou«ly cnt. Soheil'a wounds were coto- pantivcly li. ht. FOUB bundled employes of the bureau of engraving and printing were discharged last week, marly ' ne-balf of the force of the en­ tire bureau. A'»oat two-third* of the unfortu­ nate victims w« re wmen, niauy of them being (mm girls The Naval Commission has re- >parted in faV' r of abandoning the naval estab- aahsnau««i New London. New Orleaua, and JBraaawiok, Ga. Tux President of the Senate baa adopted the following new form of receipt for electoral votes aM d livcred by the messenger: Vioa PAASIDENT'S CHAMBKB, SKKATX or THB tuaamwwom, D. 0., , 1S7«.--Received of , he claiming to be a mw- HonsiT to (teltrer the same, a sealed package pur­ porting to contain a cerlifloate of the vote RIVUU for President and Vice President of the United States by the electors of the 8tate of -->-*•, aUeginx to have been elected Nov. 7,1876. % (Signed) T. W. Fmi, President pro tem. United States Senate. MASSACHUSETTS has presented the Capitol with two marble statues of Winthrop and Adaaaa....Tbe report of the Sioux Commis­ sioner bin been tranitwitted to Washington. It gives in detail their investigations into the •abjaet of the late Sioux war, and finds that thw Indians were greatly wrong ed, ana that they were justified in their outbreak by the *e= peated violations of all treaties made with them The Consular and Diplomatic Appro- propriation bill, as reported bt the Hoiw« Com­ mittee, appropriates $1,135,000, or from H(80,000 to j»50,000 leas than the bill gwwlft, the last sesdioo. ' OEMKRAX. ' |'T' I THE great railroad war between Tanderbflt, of the New York Central, on the one side, and Garrett and Scott, of the Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania roads, on the other, has been brought to a olose by the surrender of the first-named, and freight rates between the East and West have again shot upward Several merchants from tha interior of Mexico arrived at New Orleans last week, and they confirm the news of the capture of Lerdo, the death of Eacobedo, and the capture of the City of Mexico by Gen. Diaz. Iglesias, from Leon, ordered Diaz to hold the City of Mexico aisd proclaim the Presidency of Iglee<ap, whioh Diaz declined to do nnlees he coula name f^ur mem ­ bers of the Cabinet. This was refused by Icteaise, when Diaz proclaimed himself pro­ visional President, mad the revolution now con­ tinues between these rival pretender*, who are preparing for new struggle. BEVKH Oars of silkworm eggs, valued at $3,000,000, have just been shipped from San Francisco for Europe, via New York. They came from China and Japan.... The dwelling of R. Molnnos, of Huron county, Ont., burned one night last week. Four children perished in the flames. Mclnnes was severely burned while attempting to rescue them. Tax report of Gea. Croak, giving % history of his operations against the hostile Indians during the past year, has been received at Washington. Gen. Crook says that the nliners in the Black Hills did not violate the Sioux treaty till long after the Indians had ceased to regard it, and they have not suffered as much from the Sioux since they went to the Hills as they did while living on the border. He seems to think that the Government has treated the Biotix nation with unparalleled liberality, which they have repaid by raiding along the border of the reservations, limited only by the endu ranee of their ponies. GEX. MILES, who has been. fighting Sitting Bull all summer and fall, and who has recently had two long councils with the great savage leader, gives it as his opinion that the Sioux war is closed, at least for years to come, and that if the Indians are properlv treated--i. e., if the treaty obligations are faithfully observed on the part of the Government there will never be another Indian war. Gen. Sherman is credited wiUi oancuning in this view. POLITICAL. MIL WMGHT, of Iowa, has introduced ia tbe Senate a bill to establish a court of trial of Presidential election cases. It proposes as an adjustment of the difficulties that, after the count of the electoral vote by Congress in joint convention, either candidate, when dis­ satisfied with the result, may file an ap­ peal to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Courts who, if he finds " the appeal based upon good and sufficient evidence, shall appoint, *, board of arbitration consisting of several members, of whom he shall be one and the other six chosen from the District and Circuit Judges of the United States, three of each political party, This board shall oonvene Vithin ten day? after the appeal is filed, and the appeal, taking precedence of all other business, shall be heard at once and a decision rendered as soon as possible. If the appel­ lant is not satisfied with this arbitration he may appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, which shall be the final tribunal The total vote cast for President at the re­ cent election--counting the votes of Louisi­ ana, South Caxolina and Florida, as returned by the canva-.sing boards--is 8,425,977, against 6,457,315 in 1872, and 5,716.780 la 1868 Til- den received 4,290,187; Hayes, 4,042,726; Cooper, 82 926; Smith (Prohibitionist) and scattering, 10v138. IT is reported that Senator Conkling will retire from public life aft the close of his Sena­ torial term. FOREIGN. A VIKKNA diapatoh says the Grand Dvke Nicholas, of Russia, has asked for a reserve force of 100,000 men. Their mobilization has already commenced at St. Petersburg and Mos­ cow. It is said if Russian troops, as expected, enter Roumania shortly, the movement will not be accompanied by a declaration of war on l'urkey. A Boom dispatch of the 18th says: " News received from the confeience at Constantino­ ple in high political quarters here maintains that a Russian-Turkish war is inevitable. Russia has not yet completed her preparations, and will endeavor to protract the conference until her southern army in concentrated. Pri­ vate telegrams from St. Petersburg also state tbEt is unalterably determined to meet imr-"d:~t!;'y the ^riqvasc^a srhich h&ve been already indulged t<>o long for European pc&cc, but she will not enter the fi^ld until she feels able to make an irresistible assault.".... Constantinople dispatches announce that the Plenipotentiaries have terminated the labors of the preliminary conferenoe. After making some mutual concessions, they came to an un­ derstanding, and referred to their respective Governments for definite instructions. All questions, especially that of occupation, have been examined, but nothing is vet determined. ... .The Panama Star and Herald of a rt cent date says: "A great battle has taken place iu Garrapata. The trenches of the revolution­ ists were taker bv our forces, commanded by G ns. Aoosta and Camargo. AM armistice of three days was asked fo? by the rebels to bury 2,000 dead of both sides A Calcutta telegram says the accounts of the famine received from Madras are worse than those from Bombay. Large numbers of starv­ ing people are flocking into Madias The Khedive of Egypt is going to discharge ail his American officers. CHABLZS BBENT, the Louisville (Ey.) forger, bas been surrendered by Great Britain to the United States authorities Minister Cushing bas arrived at Madrid... .Another oolliery ex­ plosion, resulting in the death of two or three score of miners, has occurred in Wales Much irritation has al«o been caused in Paris by a dispatch from Prince Bismarck, in which he severely censures the French Government on account of the wrong done to German commerce by the French export duties on iron. This action of the German Chancellor, coupled wirh the announcement of the treaty with Spain, ia regarded as an evidence of nnfrienrlly foeliu^s on his part, and of a desire, perhaps, to test just how far he might push France without pro?" king resistance, so that he may kocw ex­ actly what he may expect in tbe event of war, n tbe East The cable reports a railwjt^ snmsh-up in Belgium, resulting in the deadrof eight passengers. . THE Greek Chamber of Deputies has unani­ mously passed the bill raising the strength of the military forces to 200.000 men A tele­ gram from Constantinople sav« the appoint­ ment of Midhat Pa-ha. as Grand Vizier, is very favorably received by the entire population. The Turkish people, while willing to accept reforms, resolutely object to any concessions detrimental to the dignity of the empire Oalla for protection by the United Mates are continually made by Americans iu Mexico, who suffer all sorts of ro»beriee and onttefcV from the lawless "greasers." ..-MU> PBOKLE who M.y " thanks'" attrase a ferocious hate ill the bosoms of many persons who never before thought of anything bftfli FORTY-FOURTH COMUKE8M, Spirited Debate in the Senate oath* L-misl- kna Cato. Mr. Sherman said he oould not*U(,w the statement of the gentlemen who represented Use Democratic party in LouiMiHita to -be print­ ed with a public document without making a brief reply, lie waw sorry the signers of the paper presented by the Senator from Missouri (Bogy), known as the report of the Democratic committee, did not consider the question of in­ timidation. Their wnole paper oonsisted in an array of technicalities is dftfeat Use- law of Louisiana. The Democratic committee in their paper alleged that under the law of Louisiana there was no provision for the election of Presidential electors. If that was so no ens to that State bad ever found it out. Mr. Sherman then read from tbe law of Louisiaua, and said it was manifest that the Democratic committee had taken a very narrow view of the law. If tbeur construction of the law was true, there was no provision of law in Loni/tiu) afnr*h» ek^ios of asj oiSccr in that State. He denied that the law of 1872 repealed the Eleotion law of 1870, as claimed by the Democrats, and argued that the law of 1872 merely changed the mode of conducting elec­ tions. Upon this point the Democratic com­ mittee had wasted about a oolumn of their re­ port. The next objection raised by the committee waa that the vacancy on the board ww not filled by the appointment of a Democrat He argued that the question of filling the vacancy wae one of propriety, but such vacancy did not affect the legal ntntua of the board. He would not say whether the vacancy should have been filled or not. Had he been a member of the Returning Board he would have been in favor of appointing any Democrat who could be found willing to e-arvo on the board. The Democratic csoramittee also found fault be­ cause the whole clerical force of the Returning Board waa Republican. He knew of no law requiring the board to employ Demoo.-atic clerks. The House of Representatives had turned out every clerk and employe of his (Bherman's) political faith, bat the Republi­ cans did not complain. , Mr. Sherman then referred to the charge that the affidavits of Supervisors of Election in Louisiana as to intimidation were not made within twenty-four hours after the election, aa the laws of the State required. He quoted at length from the report made by the Republi­ can committee, of which he was a member, and claimed that the affidavits were proper­ ly made by the Supervisors. He argued that the Democratic committee did not impeach the fairness of the mode of conducting the count by the Returning Board. In seventeen parishes there was intimidation, and, as to the extent erf it, the gentlemen of the Democratic oommittec dared not commit themselves. He (Sherman) was willing to stsnd, not only before the Senate, bat before the people of the United States, and maintain, that there was intimida­ tion in Louisiana to an extent whioh ohanged the result of the whole election. There was murder, riot, whipping and violence by organ­ ized rifle clnbs of the Democratic party. The members of the Senate, as Senators and men, ought to keep their minds cool and deliberate to decide the questions now pending--tbe electoral vote of three or four States in dispute. As to South Carolina, he believed that it was conceded by all thai the electoral vote was for Hayes and Wheeler. Messrs. Randolph and Withers denied that there was any such concession. Mr. Sherman (resuming) said the vote of Florida and Louisiana was in dispute. As to Oregon, he did not think that case woold rise to the dignity of a dispute. He believed the Democratic candidate himself would scorn to hold the offioe of President in pursuance of suoh a fraud. Mr. Thurman argued that the document which it was proposed to print presented but one side of the esse, whe** ^ ihwM he before the Senate. Another pisture would be presented. He was surprised at the re­ marks of his colleague (Sherman), and was disposed to answer some of them now, but the matter would be before the Senate again. The people of the country would see that th®re was another word ending in "ion" besides intimidation. There was suoh a word as ex­ aggeration. He argued that there should be tune to examine both sides of this matter. Mr. Thurman said, the President, in send­ ing a committee to Louisiana, had 'acted out­ side his official duty, and the committee Bent by him had no official authority. In sending his committee to New Orleans* the Praddeot selected the Senator from Ohio and ttmSlkn' tlemen who are members of the House of Rep­ resentatives ; therefore, there was a champion in the Senate to present the f resident's side «f the case, and^ he supposed, three cham­ pion? in the House. Of those Senators on the Democratic side of the chamber who went to New Ocleans not one of them attended the sessions of the Returning Board. - Mr. Sherman said there were Senators and Representatives in New Orleans belonging to both parties. Mr. Thurman said there was no question but there were Democrats in Louisiana^ and there had been more Democrats than Republicans in that State for some years pass. He argued that it was the duty of the Returning Board to fill the vacancy existing in that board, but it was not filled because the board intended that no Democratic eye should see, or Democratic ear hear, its proceedings when it came to the final issue. The action of the Returning Board, so intensely partisan and unfair, must now be bol­ stered by his colleague. Tne American people would not take the assertion of any man, no matter how high lie might be, that this thing Vras fair. They would demand all the facte. He next referred to the affidavits of Super­ visors of Election aa to intimidation, and argued that they were not made within the time pre­ scribed by law, but were made after the elec­ tion, in New Orleans, to count out Tilden and count iu Hayes, to count out Nioholls and count in Packard. Mr Morton said the great question before the Louisiana Returning Board was that of in­ timidation, murder, asd violence. The country wanted to hear about these crimes. It wanted to hear from the Democratic committee which visited New Orleans in regard to this intimi­ dation. The report of that committee touched the great question of intimidation with a single paragraph not as long as his fiuger. Mr. Bayard asked what Governor of any State except Louisiana; would have assisted in preparing a compilation which showed not only the miserable condition of his people, but his own criminal negligence in not protecting them. He argued that the effect of th© docu­ ment now before the Senate would be to con­ sign to everlasting infamy tbe false men in control of that State who had never performed the first duty of honest government in sup­ pressing tur crimes they now parade. He did not wish to shut out the truth. Let it come ont, and it would show the results of Congress­ ional interference with local Bute Govern­ ment. Mr. Sherman argued that the authorities of Louisiana had done all they could to punish criminals, but a criminal oould not b® arrested outside a parish where the crime was commit­ ted unless the proceedings in the parish should have been commenced against such criminal. In some parishes it was impossible to hold a court The truth was, the young men of the South were determined that negroes should not cx-ryi^e rights guaranteed to them by the con­ stitution. A few white men could ride rough­ shod over a number of negroes. Mr. B;iv*rd said the Seuatr from Ohio (Sher­ man) niu4 be in error in sajing that a criminal inJ^ouMaha could not be arrested outside of a palish W(>ere the crime was committed. If Mich a state ef facts did exist, who waa responsible? What party had been in power in that State ? Mr. Bayard th> a quoted at length from re­ ports of investigation into southern affairs, and said he never heard .of a single case where a man was assaulted in the South for giving testimony before a Congressional com­ mittee. Mr. Sherman said there would, be peace in Louisiana but for the unlawful aoU> of the Democratic clubs in that Stat©. If this violence and intimidation should be successful in elect­ ing a President now. the same violenoe would soon extend all over the United States, and our Government would be at an end. He did not want to see a war of races, but it would oome unless the negroes in the South were given the rights guaranteed them by the con­ stitution. He defended the action of Gov. Kellogg, of Louisiana, and said be was not able to put down these disorders, but did all in hie power to do so. The red! trouble was an at­ tempt to organise • pert? on tbe ookc îne, and make a man President of the United States who was not the ohoioe of a majority of the American people. He believed the masses of the people North and South were daily going forward to the conclusion that these crimes of the li tie-dabs of the South must not * be permitted. Mr. Morton said he MM to congratulate the cMae «f ittmsllity end JosUei ojton tile evidence of ] rogress exhibited in the Senate to-day, and th it was the fact that the existence of violenoe an 1 enormities in the Swath was no longer denied in the Senate. He signed that the Crimea in that seetion bed s6s beSss pun­ ished berarna intimidation went into the oourts. Assassination awaited both Judge and jurors. This ruffianism would be stopped when a srestperty no taageg SMrcised it. Mr. ThurnuR said of ooozSe there had been violation of law in the South, but he denied that the Southern people wera a set of assas­ sins. He aiftued that tbe Democrats had de- nounoed <yime in the South, when crime existed. These charges of intimidation were exaggerated, but they Would not cease SO Ivug un VOto O* #• "wuOto OWH*} CUOld DC overthrown by them. His colleague (Sherman) SDoke about the oolor-line. He (Thurman) was prepared to prove that the responsibility of the establishing of a color-line rested with the Republican party. When the fight of suffrage ws« VJJXJE HIE r.SGRN it. ops -ly avowed in the Senate that the Republican party needed the votes of 800,000 negroes. The trouble was, the Republican party did not get them. He then referred to the use of the army in the States, and said if the elections, were to be carried by the army of the United States it was the worst kind of intimidation, and there would be an end to republican institutions. The world had it* Casear and its Bonaparte, who overthrew republican government®, but a re­ publican government had never been over­ thrown by this kind of intimidation, whioh his oolleague (Sherman) and the Senator from In­ diana (Morton) complained of. Regular Proceedings. THUBSDAY, Dec. 14.--Senate.--The resolu­ tion to print extra copies of the President's Mes­ sage and the accompanying documents, In regard to tbe late election in Louisiana, was token up. Mr. Thurman moved to amend, so as to have printed with the MCMMUJC and documents the memorial of Bogy, Sfcsvenson and McDonald, em­ bracing the report of the Democratic committee which witnessed the oouut in New Orleans. * A later discussion folio wed.Mr.Sherman defended his report vigorously, -while Mr. Thurman assailed it as vigor­ ously, and claimed that it grossly exaggerated the facts. The debate became general In character, not only involving l/ouisiana, but Florida and South Carollha. Mr. Randolph paid, in regard to the latter, that the Democrats did not ooncede that lt had been carried by Hayes, but that the Democrats, on a recount of the votes, expected to show that their national and State tickets . had a clear majority of all the votes cast. The resolutions after being amended BO as to include the report of the Democratic committee which witnessed the count in New Orleans, was then agreed to... The Chair laid before the Senate a Message from the 0 President in an­ swer to a resolution of the Ben- ate of the 0th inst. in regard to troops being stationed at Petersburg, Va., on election day. Ordered printed and to lie on the table.... Also, a communication fiom the Attorney General in an­ swer to the Senate resolution of the 12th inst. in regard to the employment of Deputy Marshals on election dav. The Attorney General says the in­ formation called for is not in his possession, and can only be obtained from the Blareiials of the United btates, who have the power to appoint depu­ ties, but he will seek to procure information at as early a day as practicable. Ordered printed and to lie on the table. Borne.-- Mr. Knott, the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, reported s resolution as a substitute for Mr. McCrary's resolution about counting the electoral votes. It provides for a committee of seven, to act in conjunction with any similar com­ mittee that may be appointed by the Senate, to re­ port without delay » measure best calculated to ac­ complish the desired end; also another committee of seven to report what ase the -privileges, powers andduties of the House in counting the electoral votes. The resolution was adopted under the opera­ tion of the previous question without debate or division The Senate amendments to the Post- route bill of last session for the re-establishment of the fast-mail service and of the franking priv­ ilege were rejected on the ground that they should not have been engrafted on such a bill. FnrDAY, Dec. 15.--Senate.--Mr. Windom, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported, without amendment, the House bill to provide for the pay­ ment of the electoral messengers. Passed,...The resolution providing for the appointment of a com­ mittee to investigate the Oregon electoral affair was taken up, and Mr. Thurman addressed the Senate at length in defense of the action oi Gov. Orover. 4HM qu«*tton was farther disewse-t by Messrs. Mitchell and Wallace A. resolution fixing the compensation of witnesses summoned before tbe Senate or any of its committers at $3 per day, and 5 cents per mile each way for traveling expenses, was passed, with an amendment prov ding that wit­ nesses residing west of the 110th meridian be paid 7 oents a mile each way when the place of their ex­ amination shall be east of the Mississippi river. Mr. Edmunds called up the message from the House announcing the passage of the resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to act with a committee of the Senate to devise some method of counting the electoral vote, and sub­ mitted a resolution referring the message of the House to a Belect committee to be composed of seven Senators, with power to prepare and report without unnecessary delay such measure as will secure a lawful count of the electoral vote and toe best disposition of all questions connected there­ with, and that said committee have power to confer with the committee of the House of Representa­ tives Adjourned to Monday, Deo. 18. HouAe.--The bill to pay the expenses of the in­ vestigating committees, reducing the amount for the Senate f rom $50 000 to $30,000. and increasing that for the House from $91,000 to $5<\000, gave rise to some political discussior, conducted on the Republican side by Mr. Hale (Me.), and on the Democratic aide by Messrs. Holman and Oox The Postollice Appropriation bill was discussed in committee of the whole-. BATUBDAY, Dec. 16.--Senate.--Not in ses­ sion. Bouse,-- Mr. Schleicher's amendment to the Postofflce Appropriation bill, increasing the ap- propriatioD for the trans aortation of mails on the "star" routes and steamboats, was agreed to-- ayes, 90 ; nays, 66. The bill was then passed with­ out division .. .The Speaker laid before the House the telegram received by him from Mr. Morrison, the Chairman of the Louisi­ ana select committee, and that to Mr. Morri­ son from Mr. Orton, tne President of the Western Union • elegraph Company, refusing to produce the originals of the telegraphic dispatches. The dis­ patches having been read, Mr. Wood (N. Y.) offered a resolution to the effect that the communication be referred to the Judiciary Committee, with in­ structions to report at the earliest practicable mo­ ment what action the House should take In the premises. The matter went over without action Eulogies were delivered upon the lato Sneaker Kerr by a number of members, at the conclusion of which resolutions were offered and unanimously adopted expressive of the profound sorrow of the Hou«e, directing the SpeaaerV chair to be kept draped in mourning during the remainder of this Bession of Congress, and the usu 1 badge of mourn­ ing to be worn by members and officers of the Houte. MONDAY, DGP. 18.--Senate.--Mr. Edmonds' resolution referring the message of the House of Representatives in regard to devising means to count and declare the electoral vote to a select com­ mittee of seven Senators, to act with the committee appointed by the House, was agreed to by a unani­ mous vote, without discussion, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the special committee.,.. Mr Wright introduced a bill to establish* oourt for the trial of contested elections In the offices, of President and Vice Piesident of the - - - - at his request it was ordered on the table .. ..Mr. Wright essage of the President, sent to last session, vetoing the bill re- dent's salary from $>l»,0 0 to and the question being, " Khali tauding th» objections of the t" a discussion followed, and d to pass the bill over, the Seas, ; nays, 19--not two-t e affirmative Mr. Key (TeiVn.) deiivr*ad a lengthy speech on the Presiden­ tial question. Uoune.--Mr. Knott introduced a bill regulating proceedings in the electoral oount tor President and Vice President. Referred to the select committee on tbe subject... The resolution of inquiry into the action of Judge Bond, in South Carolina failed for want of a two-thirds vote Bills were intro­ duced : To promote the education of the blind; to facilitate the negotiation of bills of lading, etc.* concerning expatriation and change <f allegiance; to establish the franking privilege; to reduce and reorganize the navy; to promote the efficiency of the marine ho pital service ; for a " iniTnit*<n"tr °n the locust plague.... Mr. Frye offered a resolution for the appointment of a com­ mittee of si* to inquire into the manner in which the election was conducted for members of Con­ gress la"* November in the Sixth District of Miwrfa- sippl and Fourth District of Alabama, and whether in such districts there was any intimidation of candidates or voters. The House refused to Beoond the «r»vioufi question, sad the resolution went over. ... .!&• *** "•"•d a resolution for the protection United printed cslted the S ducing $25 < 00 the bill Preside the Sena veto by a of citizen* in the exercise of the right of suffrage. The resolution giving rise to debate, it went over under the rule Mr. Banning moved to suspend the rule, and adopt a resolution calling for Gen. Sheridan's report on the removal of Gov. Wells, of Louisiana.... A resolution Instructing the Judiciary Committee to report an amendment to the constitu­ tion forbidding the paytoesl of war olaim» to dis­ loyal persons was adopted --ISO to tt. TWESBAT. Deo. 19.--Senate.--A nomber of bills of a private character were passed... .The Pen­ sion bill, as passed by tbe House, was reported oy the committee and placed on the the calendar.... Statues of John Winthrop and Samuel Adams w«re formally presented by Messrs. Boutwell aad Dawes, on behalf of the State of M&*B*ohusetts... .Mr. Mitchell's resolution in regard to the appointment of Cronin as a Presidential elector ip Oregon was discussed by Messrs. Mitchell, Morton and Bogy. j; Rouse.--The House proceedings were exceedingly tame. The Fortification Appropriation bill was passed, after which the formalities of presenting and receiving the Adams and Winthrop statues oc­ cupied the attention of the members. WCPNIHDAY, Dec. 20,-̂ Senate.--The Senate passed a bill to orea*te a new Territory out of the northern portion of Dakota, west of Minnesota, to be called Huron....The Oregon electoral case was again before the Senate, and Mr. Bogy concluded his speech. Tbe matter was further dis­ cussed by Messrs. Morton, Eaton and Sher­ man.... Mr. Hitchcock introduced a bill providing for an additional Representative in Congress from Nebraska....The Penmen, Appropriation bill was paased. House.--The report of the Judiciary Committee on the question of the power of oommittees to com­ pel the production of telegrams waa made. The report asserts the right. A resolution, offered by Mr. Hurd, from the majority* of the com­ mittee, makes the same assertion, but requires s description of the telegrams to be given. A substitute for both of the reports has been offered by Mr. Knott, the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, declaring that telegraphic communications have no more privilege than oral or other communications, and mast he produced when called lor, A long discussion ensued. Among tha notable speeches made was one by Mr. Garfleld protesting that the telegraph should ba as sacred as the postofflce, and one by Mr. Hewitt de­ claring that the sanctity of the postofflce was more imaginary than real, as his (Hewitt's letters had been constantly opened in the New York postoffioe. Mr. Garfleld suggested that it waa the duty of the gentleman (Hewitt) to ask for an inquiry, and he (Garfleld) would assist him in it. Mr. Wood (N. Y ) favored the report of the committee, and opposed Mr. Kurd's amendment as being tantamount to a defeat of the Louisiana investiga­ tion Finally Mr. Hurd's resolution, requiring the subpoena to describe the specific telegrams to be produced, waB defeated--yeas, 94 J nays, 123--and Mr. Knott's substitute was adopted without divis­ ion. Mr. Piatt then asked unanimous consent to offer a resolution for inquiry into the charge made by Mr. Hewitt against the New York postofflce, but objection was made by Mr. Luttrell The Irish Centennial address, which the President declined to receive because Sir Edward Thornton, the British Minister, had refused to present it, came up in the House, lt was referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee for consideration.... Mr. Chit­ tenden asked leave to introduce and have referred to the Banking Committee a bill for funding legal- tender notes, but objection was made by Mr. Hol­ man The conference report on the-bill to pro­ vide for the expenses of investigating committees was made by Mr. Holman, discussed, and agreed to. The East India Cyclone. Appalling as was the calamity at Brook­ lyn, it sinks almost into insignificance compared with the ravages of a cyclone in the Delta of the Ganges, full partic­ ulars of wliioh are nofr reaching this country. Few oatastrophes in history surpass it. The region is subject to in­ undation by reason of violent influx of the tide of the Ganges, the Brahmapoo­ tra, ahd the Hoogly rivers, and has often been the scene of disaster, but nothing so overwhelming in its destruc­ tion ever occurred there as the catastro­ phe of the 31st of October. That night the population of three large and nu­ merous small islands lying in the low­ lands of the Delta--a population amounting to 400,000 souls--went peace­ fully to sleep. There was not one single warning of the coming danger. In the blackness of the night the river Meghua, formed by the junction of the Ganges with the Brahma­ pootra, rose suddenly some twenty feet and completely inundated the isiknds, and in an irresistible flood poured in­ land for miles. The rush of the impet­ uous waves was the first apprisal to the slumbering people of the awful danger which environed them. They could not fly to the mountains. There were none. The low roofs of their cottages afforded so safety, and the only escape from the overwhelming floods lay Jin climbing the cocoanufc and palm trees which are found in most of the villages. These were the onlyrefuge. Death was everywhere else, upon the islands ho less than 250,000 persons perished, and along its entire tract the cyclone left dead in the fields full half a million people. All the cattle were drowned, all the boats were destroyed, and, as they were the only means of communication in the district, it was a long time before relief was brought to the survivors. When the waters went down the earth was strewn thick with bodies soon to poison the gide, and to the suffering which so horrible a calamity entailed on the survivors was added the fear of pes­ tilence, which, however, at latest ac counts, had not broken out. Immediate preparations wt re made by the British Government for the burial of the dead, the succor of the survivors, and the maintenance of order. No less than sixty depots of relief supplies were nec­ essary to meet the sudden demand upon the charitable resources of the Indian empire. Twt Ive years ago some 5(1,000 persons were thus suddenly destroyed under similar circumstances, and iu the same place, and the dangei;, from torna­ does and the capricious action of the net of rivers which form the mouth of the Ganges is ever present, but the rich­ ness of the soil attracts a teeming popu­ lation to these lowlands, and they will continue to find inhabitants though wholesale destruction may at any mo­ ment overwhelm themr 1 he Drama at Dead wood. There is a small theater in the Black Hills, known as the Bella Union Varie­ ties. The members of the oempany can fiud nothing in the range of dramatic literature that has sufficient realism to be set before an audience made up of pio­ neers, blackguards, gamblers, and min­ ers, to whom life is real and earnest, and not at all artificial. The actors cannot project themselves into the tragedies of playwrights, so they act out their own tragedies in tbe presence of an appre­ ciative audience. About the middle of November an as was thrown upon the stage by the husband of o»e of the act­ resses. The ftagc was cleared, and the assailant assumed an attitude before the audietfte. Suddenly the avenger ap­ peared at the wings-- it was Dick Brown --and fired four shots at the intruder, shrieking as he threw down the revolver, "He has followed me long enough." The audience was wild with delight. A superfluous girl baby, left on the doorstep, of an Indianapolis orphan a-*ylum, was found to have been branded with a hot iron. The note accompany­ ing the unfortunate little stranger said her name was "Mias Centennial--'76." ̂V Oriental War * --The six Russian corps in process oi mobilization are to consist each of 33,-« 000 combatants, with 2,500 horses and 100 guns. • * , --It is alls l̂d f-hat the 'Sewn of Aus­ tria are intensely hostile to the Servians, and have made their mfinMiea felt in the Vienna press. • ' -Oivil-service reform makes slow prolog £- TSrkej. The Governor of Cypress can Neither mmu nor write, bat he has the recommendation of beincr a brother-in-law of Midhat Pasha. ~7®*e Turks were disposed to .send their iron-clads to Burgos, on the Black 86a, but they refrained at tllfe* instance of the British Ambassador jfrcm that warlike demonstration!. " --The Sultan applies hi «rsblic business with great eameatuefeif" He continually visits the arsenate, the hos­ pitals, and the naval and military col­ leges, and displays considerable intelli­ gence. ' f .--The Mohammedans in the ikst"in­ dies are taking a deep interest in the Eastern question. It is generally un­ derstood that the British .Goverri'in&it is. less anti-Turkish than it migB be, on their account. 1' ' . ' --Gen. Kiapka, the noted Hungarian, has been received with great cordiality bv leading Turks at Constantinople. The sympathy which the Magyars evince for the Turkish cause accounts for this friendliness. «. - ---The two centers of milxtaiy prepara­ tion in Russia are Kischeneff, in Bes­ sarabia, wad Odessa, the firwt being &• headquarters of the operating army on the Pruth, the seoond the place for' Or­ ganizing the defense of tbe Black sea coast. --The Emperor of Btifesia has tittle taste for diplomatic wrangling. BCe re­ cently declared that his son was rifcht vhen he recommended him to declare war against Turkey at the beginning of October. This, he implied, would ntjvo put an end to remonstrances. Silver Currency,. ; M. Henri Cerouschi, the wealthy French author and politician and chief bi-metallist missionary. of Europe, ar­ rived in this oountry on Saturday. will make a visit of several months, comes to propagate his economical views on the silver question. To rescue his old friend silver from suspicion ' artd menace, he has visited every capital of Europe; for he is cosmopolitan enough to be able to chat in a friendly way with Bismarck and Andrassy in their 6^* language, and one may feel assured he must be an extraordinary Frenchman who has the amiability just now, and the linguistic ability at any time, to do He firmly believes that the return of£he United States to specie payments will depend on the preservation of the silver currency in Europe. For the United States to resume specie payment#, J^f. Cernuschi says they must give the sift er dollar the same value m the gold, accept silver at custom houses, and" be able to pay European bondholders in silver dol­ lars. But first Europe must become bi­ metallic, else European creditors would suffer serious losses by receiving in­ convertible dollars. He also insists that the South American states can neither pay their debts to Europe nor buy mer­ chandise in Europe if their mines do not furnish legal tender.--New York Tribune. Down In the Canebrake. The Los Angeles (Oal.) Herald Mpfcs '* Friday, at noon, the mounted police, assisted by the residents of Banning and First streets, burned out the canebrake on the bank of the river between Aliso and First streets. Such a skedaddling of roughs and vagabonds was never seen before. This place has been for a long time a harbor for thieves and rogues, who have committed many depredations in the neighborhood of Los Angeles. The brake being dry, it burned briskly, and for a time the whole neighborhood seemed to be on fire. When the flainep had subsided and the ashes were turned over, many articles of camp furniture were discovered, and among the rest were burglarious tools and skeleton keys. The mounted police will watch this renr dezvous and prevent any further en­ campment being formed. 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