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-ti.2fcJm-.UiSJ, She JficScnrB §lain<tealfr. J. TAN SLYKB, Puw.tnHr.it. . . ILLTFOIS. JfoHENBT, THE HEWS CONDENSED. THE B AIT. A rout at Scranton, Vt, lust week, destroyed $100,000 worth erf bturinew property... .It is reported from Philadelphia that a movement is on foot looking to the formation of a gigantic coal combination by owners of mines and heavy Btock-holderf in what are known as the coal roads. It is said the operators in the Lehigh region have already signed an agreement limit­ ing the production of their mines. JOBS C. TRACT, President, and J. L. Chap­ man, cashier of the Farmers* and Mechanics National Bank of Hartford, Ct., have been ar­ rested--the former for misdemeanor in falsify­ ing accounts, and the latter for the embezzle­ ment of f75,000. They gave bonds to appear before the United States Court. The total lows by the bank from overdrafts and loans on poor security is thought to be about $560,000. WILLIAM GREEK was hanged at Pittsburgh last week for the murder of his half-brother. THE WEST. 6ts. has forwarded to military tie*d- qnarters at Chicago a report of his engage­ ment with the hostile tribes of Sioux and Chevenne Indians under Crazy Horse, fought on tbe 8th of January. The fight lasted live hours. Hw Indian camp of 609 lodges ex­ tended thiw miles along the valley of the Tongue river beiow Hanging Womans' creek. Ther were driven through tlie canons of Wolf or i'sutber mountains in the direction of the Big Horn mountains. The Indian loss is knewTi to be Gen. Miles lost four killed and eight wounded. The hos­ tess w^re well armed, but otherwise appeared to be in a destitute condition. A num­ ber of prisoners were captured with frozen JimbK i»d wre living on horne meat Ad- vi«* from Arizona state the Apache Indians killing and plundering the settlers in the n: part of the Territory. The Gov­ ernor oc-nt a message to the Territorial Leg- idata* asking for an appropriation of money t»- raifc and eqtiip a force of whites and friend­ ly Indians to carry on a rigorous campaign against the hortiies. He expresses the fear that under the present condition of affairs, Southeastern Arizona must be abandoned by white settlem AT Toledo, Ohio, the other day, a lad named Charles Krock, 16 years of age, was sent by his mother to a grocery store to make some purchases for her. The store had a gin-mill at­ tachment, in which three brutes were carous­ ing. Hiey made the lad drank, and then in­ duced him to wander off with them. In their walks they came to a high bridge over a creek. The boy looked down on the ice below, said, " I guess Til take a dive," and, imitating such an action, sprang over the railing and struck upon his head upon the ice below, crushing his gkull and killing himself instantly. THE exceptions taken to the rulings and sen­ tence of John D. Lee, the Mountain Meadow murderer, have been overruled by the Supreme Court of Utah Territory, and the District Court has been ordered to fix another day for the execution. Lee's only hope now lies in an appeal to the United States Supreme Court Spotted Tail, chief of the Sioux Indians, ac­ companied by 200 warriors, has left Spotted Tail agency for Tongue river, for the purpose of counseling Crazy Horse and his band of nos- tiles to accept the terms offered by the Govern­ ment, viz., to surrender their arms and ponies. Two Siotrx Indians, Charging Horse and Makea-Them-Stand-Up, lately arrived at Spot­ ted Tail Agency, direct from the hostile camp. They report that Crazy Horse, with all the hos- tiles except the Uncapapas, were encamped on Tongue river, near the mouth of Prairie Dog creek : that Sitting Bull, with his contingent, is on tiiis side of the Yellowstone, marching to join them ; that all desire to make peace on the best terms obtainable ; and that they them­ selves are official couriers to notify Gen. Crook that such are the facts The principal business portion of the town of Urbana, Ohio, has been destroyed by fire. Loss, $75,000 Mrs. M. Schurz, the mother of Hon. Carl Schurz, died at the latter s resi­ dence, in St. Louis, a few days ago. THIS SOUTH. 10th. He testified that some affidavits were made by clerks of the board in the com­ piling-room. "Don't know whether they were used. Most any name was signed to affidavits. Dec. 2 witness "saw with Littlefield and MaJ. Eaton a slip of paper containing the total of the electoral vote. The majority of these of the Democrats was about 4,000. Saw afterward that a change had been made in the figures. Heard Gov. Wells in conversation with little- field in AbeDTa office, Dec. 2. Could not hear what they said. Dec. 6 saw them again in conversation in a very low tone in a clerk's room. Saw Littlefield take from a desk a paper and make some erasures about a quarter of an hour after conversing with Gov. Wells. The committee examined Postmaster General Tynor relative to the resig­ nation of Watts, the alleged ineligible Oregon elector, and elicited the fact that the latter re­ signed his postmaster ship, bv telegraph, on Nov. 18, 1876. The written resignation was A BRILLIANT ball was given at the navy yard, Norfolk, Va., last week, in honor of the Russian Grand Duke Alexis. MARTCI HEKBY and William Henry Simpson, both colored, were hung at Port Tobacco, Md., on the 9th of February, for the murder of John W. Everett. A DISPATCH from Cartersville, Ga., says that Iieut Mclntvre, of the Second Infantry, was killed in the Frog mountains by illicit distillers in ambush, attacks upon the Government forces having been made by distillers, thirty in num­ ber, under cover of night....Ex-Congressman James S. Johnson, of OweUsboro, Ky.. re­ cently committed suicide by shooting him­ self through the heart with a "rifle. A Fin; at Dav3a;:tUe, Aik., last week, da- stroyod $75,000 worth of property The Mardi Gras festivities this year in New Orleans, Memphis, Galveston, and other cities, were un­ usually brilliant. POLITICAL. Ex-Gov. STEARNS, of Florida, was before the House Privileges Committee, on the 9th inst. He testified that he never received or sent any telegram saying that we (meaning the Repub­ licans) must have Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina, by fair means or foul. Never received a telegram from anybody outside the State requesting him to send couriers for re­ turns which must be made to show a majority for Hayes. He said the dispatch from W. E Chandler, " Bismarck ought to come here at once," was sent to C. D. Willard, of Washington, and had reference to railroad matters. Nothing was said about money in any telegram which passed between himself and persons in the North, and he also said he had no knowledge of any money having been received from the North either before or after the election A. B. Levisee,' one of the Hayes electors in Louisiana, was examined by the Senate com­ mittee. He testified that on the 4th of Decem­ ber last, in New Orleans, one 8. M. Aslier, claiming to act as the agent of Democrats, ap­ proached him with an offer of $30,000 to cast nis vote in the Electoral College for Tilde n. Levi see rejected the offer, when, as he claims, the bribe was raised to $100,000. Levisee held out for $200,- 000, and the negotiation fell through. Levi- , see's story is that he set the figure higher than ! not received at the department until Dec. 9. Watts' successor as Postmaster was appointed Nov. 23. GKNKRAL. BSCEKT deaths: At San Fraucisoo, Bear Ad­ miral James Alden, of the United States navy ; at Milwaukee, D. H. Richards, the pioneer editor and printer of Wisconsin : at ^Cin­ cinnati, Mrs. Susan Bowler, a sister of Hon. George H. Pendleton, and Mrs. Sarah Peter, the mother of Hon. Bufus King ; at Washington, Rear Admiral Wilkes, of the United States navy. EX-PRESIDKNT LERDO, Gen. Escobedo, and several other distinguished exiles, arrived at New York last week, by steamer from Aspin- wall....The foundations of the incompleted Washington monument, at the national capital, are pronounced insecure by engineers, and its demolition and reconstruction recommended. THE amount of grain in sight in the United States and Canadas is given as follows : Wheat, 11,892,076 bushels; oora, 12,818,363 bushels ; oats, 3.222.241 bushels ; rye, 1,045,468 bushels; barlev, 4,229.010 bushels, making a total of 38,- 207,149 bushels, against 27,700,913 bushels at this time last year. THE bill authorizing Baltimore to establish a cable line between the United States and Europe has passed both houses of Congress. It requires that one cable shall be in operating condition within three years ; that the rate of transmission shall be one shilling, British cur­ rency, per word, and that there shall be no amalgamation with or Bale of the line to any other cable company. WASHINGTON. THE case of ex-Secretary Belknap was finally disposed of, in the Criminal Court of the Dis­ trict of Columbia, last week. The District At­ torney entered a nolle prosequi, saying that he did so by direction of the Attorney General. The Attorney General's report, which was filed in the case, contained an indorsement by the President approving this course, giving as rea­ sons the improbability of a conviction, "the long suffering of the ex-Secretary, and the great. expense to which he has been subjected.' Suit has been commenced in one of th.e Wash­ ington courts against Senator Simon Cameron by a female department clerk, for breach of premise. The lady--a Pennsylvania widow, fair and forty--claims 650,000 damages. Sen­ ator Cameron says that the suit is stimulated by blackmailers, who will be exposed. The Sena­ tor, some time ago, procured a situation for the plaintiff in the Treasury department, but she was dismissed, and he declined to have her re­ stored. THE Treasury Department prohibits the im­ portation of meat, cattle, and hides of meat cattle from Germany until further orders, con­ sequent upon the rinderpest there. THE Secretary of the Treasury has issued the thirty-ninth call for the redemption of 5-20 bonds of 1865, May and November. The call is for $10,000,000, of which $7,000,000 are coupon and $3,000,000 registered bonds. Prin­ cipal and interest will be paid at the treasury on and after tne 12th of May next, interest to cease on that day. The following are the descriptions of the bonds: Coupon bonds--$500, Nos. 31,501 to 35,800, both inclusive ; $1,000, Nos. 70,551- to 79,000, both inclusive. Registered bonds--$50, Nos. 401 to 450, both inclusive : $100, Nos. 5,301 to 5,950; $500, NOB. 3,601 to 3,800 ; $1,000, Nos. 13,351 to 14,300; $5,000. Nos. 5,101, to 5,350; $10,000, Nos. 9,301 to 9. 750. FOREIGN. THE British Parliament met on the 8th inst., the Queen, for the first time in many years, opening the session in person. In her speech she severely denounced the Turks for their bloody crimes in Bulgaria.... It is now definitely announced that the veteran Russian diplomat, Prince Gortscliakoff, has retired from the Imperial Cabinet at St. Petersburg, and is succeeded by Count- Adlerberg. Ill health and long service are the reasons given by Gortscliakoff for resigning his portfolio Dispatches from Constantinople say that the Sultan favors the employment of foreigners, and especially Englishmen, in the administra­ tion of the reforms ordained in the new consti­ tution, and that the removal of the late Prime Minister will secure the fulfillment of these de­ signs, and a vigorous policy and rapid progress in the liberalization of the institutions of the empire Austria is concentrating a large force on the Bosnian frontier, and the occupa­ tion of Northern Turkey is believed to be in­ tended. ROUXAJJIA has disbanded her reserves and sent them home, being apparently convinced that the danger of .war is over. EARL RUSSELL has given notice to theEnglish House of Lords that he will move that England shall cease all diplomatic intercourse with Tur­ key, on the ground that that nation is still bar­ barous and unworthy of rank among the en­ lightened people of Europe It is reported that the English mine-owners have resolved to im­ port cheap labor from China A dispatch from Calcutta reports that a gunpowder explosion occurred at Adhemabad, by which 50 persons were killed and 100 wounded.... At a grand parliamentary dinner in Berlin, the other day, Bismarck expressed himself freely upon the subject of the Eastern complication. His opinion is that war is strongly probable, and that it will be begun in the form of a direct attack by Russia upon Turkey. '""'IN Japan, great public interest has been ex­ cited, but no dangerous feeling, by the extraor­ dinary measures of reduction of taxation. The amount of relief to land owners is $16,000,000 per year. To meet this reduction expenditures are cut down in every department, and a great number of minor officials dismissed. CAPTAIN-GENERAL CAMPOS, of Cuba, has in­ formed the Madrid Government that the Cu­ ban insurrection will be suppressed by May. RUDOLF MEYER, of JJerlin, editor of the Socialist newspaper, has been sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for publishing a libel on Prince Bismarck, • charging him with stock­ jobbing The Turkish army is reported to be in a dreadful state on accoun^ of the insuili- of hospital accommodations, FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. THURSDAY, Feb. 8.--SENATE.--The creden­ tials of Senator-elect Garland, of Arkansas, were filed The bill to pay Capt. Eada for his Missis­ sippi jetties was indefinitely postponed... .The In­ dian Appropriation bill was discussed, amended and passed. HOUSE.--Mr. Hale read a letter addressed to him by the members of the Louisiana Returning Board, stating that they were canfined in a dark, damp dungeon of the cellar of tho Capitol, and offered a resolution directing that they be removed to better quartern, where their health may not be endangered. After a lengthy din<M>««ion, the resolution w** re­ ferred The Deficiency Appropriation bill was un­ der discussion when the House adjourned. Feb. 9.--SENATE.--Bills were intro- hTthougSt could be paid7and claims XthS j the lack of medical Hupplic^j ^tery purpose in the affair was only to see kw far Brazil, Ls /unpaid a visit to the Pope.... Statistical returns of the product of the vines in France for the year 1876 show that the vintage has fallen off ex­ actly one-half from that of 1875. The reduction was caused by the ravages of the phylloxera. A terrible explosion lately occurred in the coal mine at Ciraiscessac, Fruuce, killing fifty- five miners. the Democrats would go C. Irving Ditty, of Maryland, one of the "visit­ ing ptatesmen at New Orleans during the count, was called before the House com­ mittee, and testified to the bad reputa- ion of tMaddox as to truth and veracity, and said he would not be­ lieve him on oath. Witness admitted, in answer to a question, that he was at Little- field's quadroon ball in New Orleans. A imm- j - ber of other gentlemen of both visiting com, 1 A FRIGHTFUL collision occurred on the mittees were mere, including Lyman Trumbull, j Southeastern railway, near Berkes Sta- An excited war of words occurred at this point tion, 111., a few days ago. A freight between members of the committee and wit- i .• n y.r, v. < "5 „ ness, Mr Sparks having said be believed Judge j Trumbull would designate witness story as «hff. Capt Dif Chkirman meant - „„ tfhort curve, and tlie latter portion was Ditty replied angrily that if the left standing on a bridge. A coal train ait to insinuate that his (witness') came thundering along, and the cars ob- -v.... Btmctjng t]ie track ^ere tom ftl] to pieces. The engine and eleven cars of tlie coal train went over tke bridge, and were heaped up in a great wreck. The fireman and engineer of the coal train were killed, and two brakemen received injuries from which they can hardly re­ cover. statement was untrue, he (the Chairman) as­ sumed something which he had no right to assume. Witness continued--All parties went •to the ball as a matter of curiosity. One of the features of the ball was a woman with pink eyes. JOHN F. MCLHEHIX, one of the clerks of the Louisiana Returning Board, was before the Bouse prerogative committee on the FBIDAY, duced appropriating $7,000 to defray the expenses of the Electoral Commission, and to authorize and equip an expedition to the Arctic seas, according to the plana suggested by Capt. Howgato The bill to enoourage ami promote telegraphic communication between America and Europe w«w passed. It incor­ porates a company to construct a new Atlantic cable, with the American end at Baltimore... .The Wll to amend the Pacific Railroad acts was debated. HOUSE.--The House passed the Deficiency Appro­ priation bill, and the bill to provide for the distribu­ tion of the Mexican claims awards... .Mr. Morrison, Chairman of the special committee on Louisiana affairs, submitted the report of that committee, which" concludes with a resolution declaring that the Democratic electors received a majority of votes In the State of Louisiana; that the pretended canvass and compilation of votes for electors by the Board of Returning officers was without authority of law, fraudulent, and void, and that the vote of that State cannot be counted for Hayes and Wheeler without the confirmation and approval of illegal and fraudulent action by said Re­ turning Boarl Mr. Townsend submitted a mi­ nority report recommending the adoption of a reso­ lution declaring that the Republican electors have been elected in Louisiana, and that the election was examined into, determined, declared and promul­ gated by the proper authorities of said State, under all the forms of law, and in complance with the con­ stitution of the United States. Both reports were ordered printed and recommitted. SATURDAY, Feb. 10.--JOINT SESSION.--Precise­ ly at 1 o'clock the Senators .'took their seats in Joint session with the House members, and President Ferry took the chair. The decision of the Electoral Com­ mission having been read, written objections were made to it by Representative Field on the part of five Senators and twelve Representatives, and then the two houses separated. SENATE.--The Chair presented'a communication from the President of the Electoral Commission, in­ forming the Sonate that it has decided upon the mat­ ters submited concerning the electoral votes from Florida. The objections to the decisions of the com­ mission submitted by Mr. Field were read. A long debate took place as to the form of the questions sus­ taining or overruling the objections filed by Field,and an order submitted by Mr. Whyte that the Senate do not concur in the decision made by the commission created under the act approved Jan. 29,1877, but that the votes cast by Wilkinson, Col. Robert Bullock, 3. B. Youge and R. B. Hinton as the electors of Flori­ da are the true and lawful votes for President and Vice President of that State, and should be counted as the electoral vote of the State, was defeated by a strict party vote--all the Democratic Senators pres­ ent voting in the affirmative, and the Republicans in the negative. The following resolution, offered by Mr. Sherman, was then adopted by a strict party vote--44 to 25: " Jteeolved, That the decision of the commission upon tho electoral votes of the State of Florida stand as the judgment of the Senate, the objections made thereto to the contrary notwithstanding." The Secretary was di­ rected to notify the House that the Senate had reached a determination in regard to tho Electoral Commission, and was ready to meet the House for the purpose of proceeding with the count. HOUSE.--After the Senate had retired from the hall of the House a motion was made by a Demo­ cratic member to take a recess. Hale made the point of order that a recess could no now be taken. A long discussion followed, participated in by Messrs. McCrary, Kasson, Wilson and Banks, Republicans, and Warren, Jones and Sayler, Democrats--the former opposing and the latter advocating a recess. Speaker Randall maintained that, according to the spirit of the Electoral Com­ mission act, it was competent for the House to take a recess, and overruled the point of order. Mr. Hale appealed from the decision. Mr. Cox moved to lay the appeal on the table, which was carried--156 to 76. The motion to take a recess till Monday was then carried--163 to 108. MONDAY, Feb. 12.--SENATE.--No business was transacted in the Senate. At 2:30 p. m., in re­ sponse to a notification from the House, it proceeded to the Representatives' chamber for the purpose of resuming the count of the electoral votes. HOUSE.--Mr. Knott offered a resolution to re­ commit the Florida case back to the Electoral Com­ mission. Messrs. Hale and Wilson raised points of order that the resolution was 'out off order, and that the House had no power to refer anything to the commission. The Speakeflf sus­ tained the point of order, and said that WML Ihe joint convention of the two htikises could r^^P the matter to the tribunal. The debate on sustaining the decision was then begun, and was carried on with much warmth and earnestness. The Speaker was sustained in his decision, the vote standing 167 to 97. The resolution declaring the Tilden electors in Florida elected was agreed to by a vote of 168 to 103. A resolution was then passed informing the Senate that the House was ready to proceed with the count. JOINT SESBION.--The Senate entered, and the joint convention was called to order. The resolutions of the Senate and House in reference to the vote of Flor­ ida were read, and Mr. Ferry said that, as the two houses did- not agree, the decision would Btand. The tellers then recorded four votes for Hayes and Wheeler. The convention then proceeded to count, the State of Georgia being first after Florida. No objection being interposed to the vote of Georgia, the eleven votes were counted for Tilden and Hendricks. Next followed In succession the State of Illinois, with twenty-one for Hayes and Wheeler ;.Indiana, with fifteen votes for Tilden and HendrickB; Iowa, with eleven votes for Hayes and Wheeler; Kansas, with five votes for Hayes and Wheeler; Kentucky, with twelve votes for Tilden and Hendricks. Then came a certificate from Louisiana, showing eight votes for Hayes, authenticated by Kellogg as Governor; thin was followed by the opening of another certificate showing eight votes for Ti'den, authenticated by McEnery as Governor. Still a third certificate was read, purporting to be authenticated by Deslonda, Secretary of State, with votes for Hayes. The presiding officer opened and presented another certificate received by mail, no correspond­ ing one having been received by messenger. It was obvious from the first sentence it was a mere bur­ lesque. It commenced by certifying that John Smith had been chosen elcctor from the First District; John Smith No. 2 from the Second; John Smith No. 3 from the Third; John Snuth'No. 4 from tho Fourth ; John Smith No. 5 from the Fifth ; John Smith No. 6 from the Sixth ; and John Smith and John Smith to be electors at large. It followed the usual formalities, and certi­ fied that the eight electoral votes of Louisiana had been cast for Cooper and Cary. The paper pur­ ported to be signed by " John Smith, Company 2, Bulldozers, Governor of Louisiana," and wound up with the motto, " Such is life in Louisiana." Subse­ quently the presiding officer directed tho paper to be omitted from the proceedings of the joint convention. Senator McDonald submitted an ob­ jection to the Hayes and Wheeler certificates, on the ground that the Hayes electors had been duly elected; that their election had not been certified by William P. Kellogg, who claimed to be, but in fact was not, Governor of the State of Louisiana, and because the Returning Board of said State was with out jurisdiction, for the reason that the laws of Louisiana conferred no power on the Returning Board to canvass or compile the votes, since they constituted but four of the five persons required by law, since these four were of the same political party, and since there was a vacancy in said board, which four members had refused to till; because four members of the Returning Board had full knowledge that the true compilation of votes would have shown that the Tilden electors had been duly elected ; because said l>oard had offered for money to sell the State ol Louisiana, and be- CUUKC A. B. Levisee and O. H. Brewster, of the Re­ publican electors, held offices of trust under the Government of the United States at the time of their appointment as electors. Tlie objection is nigued by McDonald, Stevenson, Saulnbury,. Bogy, Sen­ ators ; Jenks, Wilson, Tucker, Levy, Ellis and Mor- rison.^Reprcsentatives. Messrs. Gibson and Wood, of New York, submitted" further objections, in behalf of the Democrats, to the Hayes electors. Mr. Howe submitted objections to the Tilden certifi­ cates, on the ground that there was no evidence that those doctors had been appointed iu such manner as the Legislature directed ; while there was evidence conclusive in law that neither of them had been HO appointed; also on the ground that there was no evidence that McEnery was Governor of Louis­ iana in the year 1876, while there was conclusive evidence that Kellogg was during the year 1870 and for several years prior thereto Governor of that State, and was recognized as such by the judicial and legislative departments of Louisiana, and by the departments of the Government of the United States. All of the certificates from Louisiana, with the papers accompanying them, were then sent to the Electoral Commission for judgment and decision, and the Senate withdrew to its chamlx r. TUESDAY, Feb. 13.--SENATE.--The credentials of D. T. Corbin, as Senator from South Carolina, signed by Gov. Chamberlain, were read and filed A number of petitions and re.-tolutions of minor in­ terest were presented and referred The Senate, after considerable discussion, ordered the arrest of Conrad N. Jourdan, Cashier of the Third National Bank of New York, who had failed to appear and testify as to the bank accounts of Samuel J. Tilden, William T. Pelton and Abram S. Hewitt. HOUSE.--The bill to encourage telegraphic com­ munication between the United States and Europe was passed... .The report of the committee on elec­ tion in Florida, declaring the Tilden electors chosen in that State, was taken up and debated. Mr. Pur- man, the Republican member from Florida ventil­ ated his views upon Florida politics, denounced the State Canvassing Board as dishonest and corrupt and claimed that Tilden carried the State. A num­ ber of other speeches were delivered, but without reaching a rote on the report the House adjourned. WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14.--SENATE.--A bill was passed removing the political disabilities of Joseph E. Johnston, of Virginia The bill appropriating $7,000 to pay the expenses of the Electoral Commis­ sion was passed Mr. Sargent, from the confer­ ence committee on the bill appropriating $350,000 to supply the deficiency in the appropriation for pnb» lie printing and binding during "the current fiscal year, made a report, which wn« agreed to, and the bill passed. It provides that from and after the present session of Congress the Congressional Printer shall not pay a price exceeding fifty cents per 1,000 ems for composition and forty cents an hour for time-work in binding, etc. HOUSE.--The resolutions reported by the special committee charged with the investigation of the re­ cent election in Florida were taken up, and the ma­ jority resolution, dedal iug the Tilden electors chosen, was adopted by a strict party vote with tho exception of Mr. Purman, of Florida, who voted In the affirm­ ative The remainder of the day was devoted to the consideration of the Naval Appropriation bill. THE ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL. THURSDAY, Feb. 8.--The commission heard testimony upon the question of the eligibility of F. C. Humphreys, one of the Florida Re- Eublican electors. Humphreys testified that e resigned the office of United States Commis­ sioner on the 5th of October, and produced a letter from Judge Woods, of that date, written at Newark, O., accepting the resignation. Ar­ gument upon the case was then opened, Judgo HoHdley, of Democratic counsel, leading off. He was followed by Messrs. Shellabarger and Evarts on the other side, Mr. Merrick closing the argument on behalf of the Democrats. FBIDAY, Feb. 9.--The commission was oo- cupied, in secret session, from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m.. in debate upon the Florida case, in which every one of the fifteen members by turns par­ ticipated. Two or three of the Judges and sev­ eral of the Senatorial members read elaborately prepared opinions upon the main points at issue, and the discussion is understood to have been, from its commencement to its close, of ex­ traordinary power and ability. At the close of the debate Senator Edmunds sub­ mitted a resolution declaring, in substance, that the four Republican electors in Florida were elected. Representative Hunton offered a sub­ stitute declaring the Tilden electors elected. This substitute was rejected by the following vote : Yeas--Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field, HunV>n> Payne; Thiuman--7. Nays--Bradley, Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, Garfield, Hoar, Mil­ ler, Morton, Strong--8. Senator Ed­ munds then withdrew his resolution, and Representative Garfield offered the following : "Hesolvwl, That four persons, to wit: Frederick C. Humphreys, Charles W. Pearce, William H. Holden, and Thomas W. Long, were duly ap­ pointed electors of President and Vice Presi­ dent for the State of Florida, and that the votes cast by the aforesaid four persons are the votes provided for by the constitution of tho United States." This was adopted by the following vote: Yeas--Bradley, Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, Gar­ field, Hoar, Miller, Morton, Strong--8. Nays-- Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Meld, Hunton, Payne, Thurman--7. On motion of Mr. Garfield, Messrs. Edmunds, Bradley and Miller were ap­ pointed a cemmittee to draft a report of the de­ cision of the commission, with a brief statement of the reasons therefor, to be signed by the members agreeing therein, and to be trans­ mitted to the joint session of the two houses as required by the Electoral act. SATUKDAY, Feb. 10.--The commission reas­ sembled in the afternoon, and, after the read­ ing of the journal, adjourned until 10 a. m. Monday. MONDAY, Feb. 12.--The commission assem­ bled in the afternoon, and received the certifi­ cates and accompanying papers in the case of Louisiana from the presiding officer of the joint convention of Congress. An adjournment till Tuesday was then voted. TUESDAY, Feb. 13.--The commission entered upon the consideration of the Louisiana case, and listened to the arguments of counsel as­ signed to the duty of appearing for the oW ect- ors. Senator McDonald led on behalf ofr the Democrats. He said in the election of 1872 the vote of Louisiana had been rejected because the Returning Board had not complied with the law, and they now proposed to show the law had not been complied with in the pres­ ent case. A popular majority had Deen returned in one way, and that major­ ity had been reversed by this board, through actual fraud. They had thrown aside the returns sent them by tlie proper officers, and had taken the reports of the Supervisors of Registration in their place, but even this they did not follow at all times. The people of sixty-nine polls had been disfranchised Mr. McDonald maintained that the commission had the right, and it was their duty, to consider the information in possession of the two houses. Their duties were judicial, not merely clerical, and he conjured them to carefully weigh the evidence in the possession of the two houses for which they were acting. Mr. Jenks fol­ lowed on tho same side, and proceeded to re­ view the election in the several parishes, taking as a basis of facts the testimony before the House Louisiana investigating committee, with the incidental claim that this testimony was proper evidence to be considered by the com­ mission. In conclusioii, he asked that the moral light of tho universe might be allowed to shine upon this transaction, and the nation be free from tlie vile act of this Returning Hoard. Mr. Hurlbnt for the Republicans, argued that Kellogg was the legal Governor of Louisiana at .the re­ cent election, and that McEnery had no shadow of claim to the office. Hence the Hayes elec­ tors sere the only ones that were properly and legally elected and certified to. He also argued at length against the admission of evidence and going behind the returns, declaring that the Returning Board was a legal body, and its decision final. Mr. Howe next addressed the commission on behalf of the Republican ob­ jectors. His argument was directed mainly to showing the legality of the Kellogg certificates, and the irregularity of those made up by a man who had no valid claim to the office. Senator Carpenter followed on behalf of the Democratic objecters. He said he did not appear for Samuel J. Tilden, a gen­ tleman whom he did not know, and with whom he had no sympathy, but he "appealed for 10,000 legal voters of Louisiana who had been disfranchised by four villains whose official title is the ' Returning Board of Louisiana.' " Mr. Carpenter held that the powers of the commission were not judicial; that it was noth­ ing more than a committee of investigation, in­ asmuch as Congress, according to the terms of the law creating it, had the power to approve or reverse its decision, as it saw fit. He then went into an analysis of the statute law of Louisiana relating to elections, returning boards, etc., and claimed that the Election law of the State for appointing electors is in violation of the constitution of the State and of the United States. The commissiop adjourned before Mr. Carj>enter concluded his argument. WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14.--On the reassembling of the commission ex-Senator Carpenter resumed his argument, contending that the constitution of the United States forbade coufering judi­ cial power upon the Returning Board of the United States, and that the law of the State which attempted to confer such power was void. The Returning Board, had it possessed judicial powers, had gone outside its privilege. The statute required duplicate returns to be made within twenty-four hours, and such returns were not made within fifteen days. He do- nounced in bitter terms the members of the Returning Board, and said a careful and thorough examination of the case by the commimion would do more to restore peace in Louisiana than a regiment of soldiers. At j the conclusion of 5Lr. Carpenter's argument, propositions were introduced to discuss the I admissibility of evidence in the Louisiana I case, and to debate the whole case. The former prevailed, the latter being rejected. After a short recess, Lyman Trumbull took the floor and proceeded with his argument, saying that they were brought face to face with the question whether a President of the United States is to be made tlirough fraud and villainy on the part of officials whose duty it was to issue the certificates. There was no other tribunM to which application could be made except this tribunal. He spoke of the tribunal as the tribunal of the two houses of Congress. Could it be, he asked, that the con­ stitution had made no provision against the in­ auguration of a President by forgery and fraud, and by a conspiracy between the men who cer­ tify to his election? He felt humiliated that as a citizen of this republic he was called upon to argue this question before a national tribu- Mr. Trumbull argued that it was not only the right but the duty of the commission to go to the very bottom of the case, and ascertain who were the legally-elected electors in Louisiana. He went into a general review of Louisiana affairs, and made what is claimed to be the ablest argument in behalf of Tilden yet delivered before the com­ mission. He was followed by E. W. Stoughton on the Republican side, who argued that the Returning Board was a legal body, and had power to apportion the vote and finally certify it. It seemed to him that the decision of the commiHsiqn in the Florida case determined tho Hu««iion here raised as to the right of the oomnnssion to go behind tho action of the Returning Board, and he could not perceive tnat any question (much less the mam ques- Uon) was now open for argument. In conclusion ® : Talk to me about outrage, frauds and disfranchisement of voters. There are two sides of the question, and if vou sit here ro go and canvass votes, you sit here to - 1f^VB of Louisiana, and you must administer them by learning who have been dislranchisedj and what was the lawful vote of that State m harmony with her laws, and not in harmony with the will of a party. Mr. Hhellabarger next addressed the commission on the same side. He argued that Kellogg was the rightful Governor of Louisiana, mat the Returning Board was a legal body, that the electors objected to were not ineligible, and that it is not competent for thei commission to go behind the action of the Returning Board for the purpose of finding out what happened in its exercise of jurisdic­ tion bestowed by the statute. THE FLORIDA CASE. Th® Grotsssds Upon Which the Electoral Commission Render Their Decision. The Electoral Commission state the grounds of their decision in the case of Florida as follows : That it is not compe­ tent under the constitution and law, as it existed at tlie date of the passage of the act constituting the commission, to go into evidence aliunde the papers opened by the President of the Senate in the presence of the two houses, to prove that other persons than those regularly cer­ tified to by the Governor of Florida, ac­ cording to the determination and declara­ tion of their appointment by the Board of State Canvassers prior to the time re­ quired for the performance of their duties, had been appointed electors; or by counter proof to show they had not, and that all proceedings of the courts or acts of the Legislature or of the Executive of Florida subsequent to the casting of the votes of the electors on the prescribed day are inadmissible for any such purpose. As to the objection made to the eligibility of Humphreys, the com­ mission is of tlie opinion that, without reference to the question of the effect of the ineligible elector, the evidence does not show he held the office of Shipping Commissioner on the day when the elec­ tors were appointed. The commission also decided that, as a consequence of the foregoing, and upon the grounds before stated, neither of the papers purporting to be the certificates of the electoral voters of Florida are the certificates bf votes provided for by the constitution of the United States, and they ought not to be counted as such. All on board, some thirty persons, pf-frT|. ished. CHRISTIAN ANGEH, a miner, while worlfa* ing in a shaft near Galena, HL, WMI killed by the caving in of the roof. A rock weighing four tons fell upon the un­ fortunate man, cruahiing his body hor­ ribly. Two MTTLLE cliiltlren, named Gerhard and Catherine Hessling, aged 7 and 9 years, while crossing a street in St Louis, the other day, were run over an$. instantly killed by a street-car, their li&- tle bodies being horribly mutilated. WILLIAM STUCKEY and Jamas T were chopping wood near Berne, Ind, Stuckey bent over to pick up a stick just as Latham's ax was coming down, and the blade struck him in the back of the head, cutting a frightful glurti, and causing death in a short time. HENRY YEAOER, of Oregon, Mo., blew into the muzzle of his gun, the other day, to find out whether it was loaded, at the same time raising the hammer with his foot. The man's foot slipped and the gun went off, sending the charge through his head, killing him instantly. The Democratic Objections. The objections to the decision inter­ posed in tlie House recite : First--That the decision determined that the vote cast by Charles H. Pearce, Frederick C. Humphreys, William H. Holden, and Thomas W. Long, as electors of President and Vice President of the United States on behalf of Florida, is the true and legal electoral vote of the State, when in truth and in fact the vote cast by Wilkinson Call, James E. Yonge, Robert E. Hilton, and Robert Bullock is the true and lawful vote of the State. Second--That the commission refused to re­ ceive competent and material evidence tending to prove tlie first-named set were not appointed electors in tlie manner prescribed >y the Legis­ lature of tlie State, but were designated as electors by the Returning Board of the State corruptly and fraudulently, in disregard of law, and with intent to defeat the will of the peo­ ple. Third--That the decision was founded upon the resolution and order of the commission pre­ viously made. Fourth--That the decision excludes all evi­ dence taken by the two houses of Congress, by the committees of each house, concerning frauds, errors and irregularities committed by persons whose certificates are taken as proof of due ap­ pointment of tfic electors. Fifth- That the decision CKdudefl all evidence tending to prove the certificate of Stearns (Gov­ ernor), ac also of the Board of State Canvassers, was procured or given in pursuance of a fraud­ ulent and corrupt conspiracy. Sirlh--That tne commission refused to recog­ nize the right of the courts of the State to re­ view and reverse the judgment of the Return­ ing Board or Board of State Canvassers ren­ dered tlirough fraud without jurisdiction, and rejected and refused to consider the action of the courts in a case lawfully brought before the court which had jurisdiction. Seventh--That the decision excludes all evi­ dence tending to prove that Florida, by all the departments of thd Government, legislative, executive and judicial, had decreed as fraudu­ lent all certificates of Stearns (Governor) as well as that of the State Canvassers, upon which certificates the commission has acted, and by means of wtiich the true electoral votes of Florida have been rejected and false ones sub­ stituted. Eighth--That to count the votes of Pearce, Humphreys, Holden and Long as electors for President and Vice President would be in viola­ tion of the constitution of the United States. The objections are signed by Senators Jones (Fla.), Cooper, Barnum, Kernan, Saulsbury and McDonald; Representa­ tives Knott, Field, Holman, Tucker, Thompson (Mass.), Jenks, Finley, Say­ ler, Ellis, Morrison, Hewitt (N. I.) and Springer. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS. THE STATE OF TRADE. THOMAS B. AGNEW, a heavy New York wholesale grocer, has failed. His lia­ bilities are $884,000. A SERIOUS strike is threatened by some of the English oolliers, who ar0 ^unwill­ ing to accept a reduction of wages. THE business of London, as measured by the clearings of tlie banks, 11 1-10 per cent, in the last four tnontha of 1876 compared with the correspond­ ing period of 1875. A CONGRESSIONAL committee has under consideration the propriety of 'recom­ mending that a Government contract be given to some line of American stearitera between this country and Brazil. It ap­ pears that the South is a vigorous bidder for this contract, and that New Orleans, backed by St. Louis, is making argu­ ment before the committee to secure it. GOLD is fast pouring into France, ac­ cording to the Paris correspondent of the London Economist. The supplies of that metal which are now being driven out of Russia by its paper currency are taken by France. Tnere are also large importations from England. In one week the amount sent from London to Paris was $3,000,000, and the movement waff, continuing. BUCK & HUNTING, a large banking, firm at Sag Harbor, Long Island, N. Y.„ has collapsed. Their liabilities are $500,000. For a great number of years- the firm has done business in Sag Har­ bor, and had the confidence of thfe peo­ ple of the island. They handled the savings of all the industrious of the place, and the sufferers by the failure are to be found in almost every station of life. It will occasion much waiit and suffering. THE January transactions at the clear- ing-houses of the principal cities do not- indicate any material improvement in business thus far, all -of them showing a marked falling off as compared with the, same period last year. The loss at Phil­ adelphia is surprisingly large. St. Louis also shows a considerable decline in trans­ actions, and the decline at New Orleans- is greater than the average. At Balti­ more precisely the average decline ap­ pears, and at all the other cities the loss, is less than 8 per cent. THE English are going wild over Amer­ ican beef and mutton. Of late years, these items of the Briton's bill of fare have been too expensive for the majority of people ; and the efforts to import rab­ bit meat and beef from Australia, and cattle and beef from Brazil, have failed either to bring prices down or give satis­ faction in any form. American beef and mutton exactly meet tlie need of the hour in every way. They reach England in splendid condition, and sell from j4d a pound for bits to 9d a pound for choice pieces, which is 2d or 3d less than the prices of tlie home article. Connoisseurs- declare that American beef and mutton bear evidences of being better fed. The press is in rhapsodies, and cannot men­ tion the subject without quotations from Virgil and Dickens. The trade is grow­ ing very large, 700 tons sometimes arriv­ ing at Liverpool in one day. It sells immediately, and is now marketed in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Shef­ field, Birmingham, Nottingham, and many other towns. THREE men were killed at Allentown. Pa., a few days ago, by the caving in of an iron mine. A. G. Cromer, of Sturgis, Mich., is minus several fingers, the result of fool­ ing with a buzz-saw. GEORGE FLETCHER, of Decatur, 111., was recently accidentally shot and killed by Marion Ward, while out duck-hunting, THREE bright little girls--Minnie and Annie Striley and Nellie Yoorhouse-- lost their lives while skating on the ice at Salem, Mass., a few days ago. A 14-MONTHS-OLD child of Mr. Pitcher, of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, pulled a pot of hot soup over upon itself, scalding itself so badly that it died in a short time. MRS. STANLEY, of McLeansboro, HI., in trying to prevent her little son from striking his little sister, wrenched his arm ;with such force as to break the limb." THE steamer George Washington, bound from Halifax to St. J»hns, N. F., was recently wrecked off Cape Race, THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BEEVES 8 7S @11 7& Hoos 6 40 6 7 COTTON 12% ; • IS FLOUR--Superfine Western 5 40 * 6 80 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago 1 43 J 45 CORN--Western Mixed 55 67 OATH--Western Mixed 39 43 RYK--Western 83 85 PORK--New Mess 16 75 17 00 LARD--Steam ii 11V" CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice Graded Steers 5 50 A 6 75 Choice Natives 4 GO 6 25 Cows and Heifers 2 75 3 75 Good Second-class Steers.. 3 90 4 20 Medium to Fair 4 25 4 60 HOGS--Live R GO U 75 FLOUR--Fancy White Winter 7 00 g.8 00 Good to Choice Spring Ex.. 5 00 5 75 WHEAT--No. 2 Spring 1313^ 1 31 vc No. 3 Spring 1 19 , 1^20 CORN--No. 2 41 41 OATS--No. 2 353^ 36 RYE--No. 2. 70 , 71 BARLEY--No. 2 61 62 BUTTER--Creamery 33 35 EGGS--Fresh 16 17 PORK--Mess 15 80 16 00 LARD jok 11 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 1 1 42 ® 1 43 No. 2 134 135 COBN--No. 2 44 45 OATS--No. 311 34 341^ BYE ' 72 72VC BAULKY--No. 2 74 76 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red Fall 1 49 J £0 CORN--Western Mixed 38 vr 39 OATS--No. A 34 35 67 67« PORK--MOM 16 50 16 75 LARD LOW LOJF HOGS.'..... 5 25 6 40 CATTLE . .3 25 6 00 CINCINNATI. WHEAT 1 45 @ 1 53 CORN 43 $4 OATS 38 42 RVE 78 80 PORK--Mess 16 50 16 75 - Labd 10% 11V TOLEDO. WHEAT--Extra 1 56 @ 1 BC Amber 1 49 1 50 CORN 44i£ 45 OATS--No. 2 411? 42 DETROIT. * FLOUR-- Medinni 6 00 A 6' 50 WHEAT--White 1 50 1 58K CORN--No. 2 , 47 47)2 OATS--Mixed 40 42 R*E 70 75 PORK--Mess 16 75 17 M EAST LIBERTY, PA. P HOGS--Yorkers 6 25 A"6 «6 Phtladelphias 7 do "7 15 CATTLE--Best 6 25 6 75 Medium 4 25 5 00 SHEEP • 3 50 5 75