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She JUltlfnrg flaindcaler. J. VAN SLYKE, PUBLISHER. JfcHENBY, ILLINOIS. HIE NEWS COSDEMSED. THE EAST. 4 8HOCDKO accident occurred at Kanis CJftr, Batter ooantj, Pa.. a few nights ago. Hie Bateman Hotel caught fire, and the flames spread BO rapidly that the escape of manr of the inmates wa* prevented. Mrs. Bat*'man, wife of the proprietor, her three daughter*, and one guest were burned to death. Many boarders were injured by jump­ ing from the windows. JOE COBURN, the noted New York bruiser .nH bully, has been sentenced to ten years in fling ping prison for shooting a couple of po­ licemen The structure known as the Wal- tham Manufacturing Company's building, in Bond street. New York, was destroyed by fire last week. The building was a five-story edi- fioe, filled with safes full of watches, jewelry and silver plate. The loss is estimated at over $500,000. JOHN Q. HOTT, a heavy Wall street (New York) operator has failed for a heavy amount. ....The well-known actress, Matilda Herron, died in New York on the 7th inst. ter partaking of breakfasts PrWuicnt Hayes, accompanied by Gen. Sherman Juid Gov. Deni- Bon, called "at the Executive Mansion to present his respects to President Grant The distinguished party were immediately ushered into the council chamber, where the Cabinet was in session, and all the proceedings stopped, so that courtesies and formalities of introduction might proeced. The President-elect was cordially greeted and congratulated by President Grant and members of the Cabinet, all of whom, with the excep­ tion of Secretary Morrill, who was kept away by sickness." were present, and mutual expression* of happiness were exchanged at the termination of the questions that have agitated Congress and the coun­ try. From tne Executive Mansion the party drove to the Capitol, proceeding at once, by in­ vitation of the President of the Senate, to the Vice President's room, where an informal re­ ception was held. All the Republican and many Democratic Senators and Representatives called to pay him their respects President Grant. on the 2d inst., issued his proclamation conven­ ing in extra session the Senate of the United States, to rcccive and act apoa such oorunvani- cations as may be made to it on the part of the Executive. THE last official meeting of President Grant and his Cabinet was held on the 2d of March. The session on that day was closed by a few remarks from the President and the Cabinet officers. The President said in sub­ stance : "This is the last official meeting of the Cabinet, and I de- j sire to express my grateful thanks *rr the i faithful and efficient manner with which you ! have discharged the duties pertaining to your i respective departments, and for the able assist­ ance which you have rendered my administra- A FATAL panic occurred on the evening of both by "advice and cordial co-operation. I March 8, in the Jesuit Church of St Francis Xavier, in W$st Sixteenth street, New York. Father Langcake was preaching a sermon, and had been speaking about ten minutes when a woman weri into a hysteric fit in the gallery. This created quite a stir, and the commotion in­ creased in the endeavor of the crowd to find out what was the matter. At this juncture the cry of fire was heard, and a rush was made for the exit from the gallery. The doorway was blocked for a moment by a very large woman, and this check caused "the panic to inereaas tenfoli. The crowd hurled the woman down the 'steps. In the rush that followed seven persons were crushed to death and many others injured and had their clothing torn from them. THE WEST. A HUTI conflagration occurred at St. Louis, hope that the frieudlv relations now existing between us may ever continue, and I wish you all the greatest happiness and prosperity in the future. RUTHERFOHD B. HAYES was sworn in as President of the United States at half-past 7 o'clock on the evening of Saturday, March 3. The oath was administered in the " red par­ lor " of the Executive Mansion by Chief Justice Waite. The only persons present were Presi­ dent Grant. Secretary Fish, Gov. Hayes and ; Judge Waite. The affair was conducted so auietly and secretly that very few persons knew le fact until the next dav. The ceremony was ! performed by the uplifted hand, no Bible being I used, and at its conclusion the new President 1 and the Chief Justice both signed the en- j grossed oath. , , THE Assistant Secretary of the Treasury has Mo., last week,upwards of half a million dollars . forty-first call for the redemption of worth ct property being destroyed. THKBE is stored in Chicago elevators 3,403,- 880 bushels of wheat: 3,183,880 bushels of corn ; 756,563 bushels of oats ; 244,761 bush­ els of rve, and 926,869 bushels of barley- making a grand total of 8.513,853 bushels, against 6.471,239 bushels at this date last year. The number of hogs packed at Cincinnati the past season is 523,576, a decrease of 39,783 M compared with the previous season. IN the Second District Court at Beaver, Utah, on the 7th inst, Judge Boreman passed sen­ tence of death on John D. Lee, the Mountain Mendow murderer, he to be executed Friday, the 23d of March. Lee seemed nnmoved, but was quite feeble and weak A Winnipeg (Manitoba) special to the St. Paul Pioneer-Press says information has been re­ ceived there of the arrival of Sitting Bull at Wood mountains, British Possessions. He had 1,000 horses and mules, captured from the j United States forces. A force of mounted police had been sent out to interview him. , IS the United States Circuit Court, at Daven- ; port, Iowa, before Judge Dillon, a decree of j foreclosure was entered against the Lake : Superior andJ\fissis(rippi railroad. The railroad j is the one eaptoding^from Duluth to St Paul, j The case v&» brought for the purpose of settling the relative rights and priorities at is- , sue between this company and the Northern ! Pacific Railroad Company", who own an un- ! divided one-half of the Lake Superior and Min- i nesota track between Thompson and Duluth, ! and part of the great docks at the latter city. | They had a $60,000 fire at Evansville, Ind.. ; one day last week. i THE SOUTH. J Gov. PACKAKD, of Louisiana, on the 2d inst, i telegraphed President Grant as follows: j Tbe validity of my title as Governor having been j panned upon by the only tribunal known to the State j laws, and being now confirmed by the National i Electoral Tribunal, I deem it my duty to maintain j the Government by all the means at my command, i I therefore most respectfully, but earnestly, request to j to be informed whether any changes are contemplated i t«y you in the orders heretofore given to the General | commanding the United StateB troops in this State, . in order that I may be able to take such measures as j the circumstances and my duty as chief executive • of the State may seem to require, and I again most respectfully request at your hands the recognition of ; the legal State Government of Louisiana. S. B. PACKAHD. ; To which the following reply was tele­ graphed : To Gov. 8. B. Packard, New Orleans, La.: In answer to yourjdispaich oi'jthis date, the Presi­ dent directs me to say that he feels it his duty to j state frankly that he doo* not believe public opinion will longer support the maintenance of the State \ Government in Louisiana by the use of the military, | and that he must concur in this manifest feeling, j The troops will hereafter, as in the past, proteet | life and property from mob violence when the j State authorities fail, but, under tbe remaining day* i of his official life, they will not be used to establish > or to pull down either of the claimants for the I control of the State. It js not his purpose to recognize either claimant. j C. C. SNIFVEN, Secretary. j Gov. Nicholls, on learning of tbe correspond- i enoe, issued a congratulatory proclamation, adjuring the people to maintain the public peace and refrain from all violence Weldon, : the man wo attempted to assassinate Gov. ' Packard, has been discharged on £5,000 bail. A NEW ORLEANS dispatch says : "Packard } will not give up the Governorship without a contest Car-loads of lumber have been taken to the State House, and carpenters have been busy strengthening the barricades. All small dealers in the basement have been ordered to vacate. The guards at the entrances have been doubled. The forces within the building num­ ber 160 men, well armed, and with one Gatling gnn." CHIEF JUSTICE MOSES, of South Carolina, died at Columbia, in that State, last week. AN extensive conflagration occurred at New­ berry Court House, S. C., on the 8th inst.. consuming the principal business blocks. Low, •150,000. WASHINGTON. THE statement of the public debt issued March 1 is as follows: 81k per cent, bonds $ 934,877.050 Five per cent, bonds. 712,820,450 Boor and half per cent, bonds 50,000,000 Total coin bonds $1,C97,<W7,50<) Lawful money debt $ 14,000,000 Matured debt....*. 18,629.860 Legal tender* 364,304,KM Certificates of depuait... 34,443,000 Fractional currency 24,434,420 Coin certificates 82,14<S,700 Total without interest . .$ 475,330,971 Total debt $2,195,658,;m Total interest 26,954.456 Cash in treasury--coin 90,263,771 Gaah in treasury--currency 9,122,874 Special deposits held for redemption of certificates of deposit 34,445,000 5-20 bonds of 1865, May and November. The ; call is for !yl0,000,000, of which $7,000,000 are coupon and $3,000,000 registered bonds. The j principal and interest will be paid at the treas; • ury on and after the 3d of June next, ' and interest will cease on that day. The fol- : lowing are descriptions of the bonds : Coupon i bonds, five hundred dollars. No. 37,301 to , 38,850, both inclusive: one thousand dollars, | No. 89,001 to 98,650, both inclusive, Registered | bonds, fii'tv dollars, No. 481 to 496, both inclu- 1 sive; one hundred dollars, No. 6,251 to 6,530, I both inclusive; five hundred dollars, No. 3.951 I to 3,960, both inclusive; one thousand dollars, 1 No. 14,801 to 15,050, both inclusive; live thon- 1 Band dollars, No. 5,832 to 6,767, both inclusive. CHIEF JUSTICE CLIFFORD says he was too busy j to attend the inauguration ceremonies, and 1 denies that his political feelings had anything ! to do with his absence Jfldge David Davis : addressed a letter to President Hayes, on the i 3d inst, resigning his position on the United States supreme bench. | A CHICAGO Tribune dispatch, dated March | 7, says : " President Hayes informed members i of Congress who called upon him to-day that i he had not fully^made up his mind whether an j extra session of Congress would be necessary I or not. He will give attention to this matter early, and, if an extra session is called, will ' issue a proclamation convening it in time to ' give the members ample opportunity to prepare j for it. He said that his present impression was | that if a session was held at all it would begin about the 1st of June/' i | GENERAL, | THE Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph" Com- i pany has made another sweeping reduction. ! To all points east of the Missouri river it estab- 1 lishes but three rates, viz.: 25, 35, and 50 | cents. It increases the limit from each office j from 100 to 500 miles, air-line distance, and ; makes the rate 25 cents. The general reduc­ tion averages 35 to 50 per cent AT the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Union Pacific railroad, held at Boston, March 7, the following Board of Directors was chosen: Oliver Ames, Elisha Atkins, F. Gor­ don Dexter, Benjamin E. Bates, Boston ; Will­ iam L. Scott Erie, Pa.; Jay Gould, Sidney Dillon, Cornelius K. Garrison, David Dows, James Richardson, New York ; Horace H. Por­ ter,. Chicago; S. H. H. Clark, Omaha; Ezra H.( Barker, Boston; John Sharp, Salt Lake City ; Greenville M. Dodge, Council Bluffs, Iowa. JOE Goss, a principal in the Allen-floss prize­ fight and a well-known English pugilist, was arrested a few days since in New York, and hold to await the arrival of Kentucky officers One day last week, in a fight between two brothers, named Bay, at Barnston, Province of Quebec, one shot the other with fatal effect. POLITICAL. THE following is the count for Presidential electors, as derided /by the Arbitration Tri­ bunal : For Hayes. California * 6 Colorado ... -8 Florida 4 Illinois 21 Iowa 11 Kansas & Louisiana 8 Maine 7 Massachusetts 13 Michigan Minnesota For Ti'den. Alabama 10 Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire 5 Ohio 22 Oregon Pennsylvania 29 Rhode Island 4 South Carolina 7 Vermont 6 Wisconsin 10 Arkansas 6 Connecticut.. 6 Delaware 3 Georgia 11 Indiana 15 Kentu<jky 12 Maryland 8 Mississippi . 8 111 Missouri 15 SiNew Jersey 9 3 New York 35 North Carolina 10 Tennessee 12 Texas 8 Virgina 11 West Virginia 5 Total for TUden... 184 Total for Hayes.. .186 Majority for Hayes and Wheeler--1. PRESIDENT HAYES resigned the office of Gov­ ernor of Ohio on the 2d inst, and Lieut Gov. Thomas L. Young on that day was formally sworn in as his successor. AT a caucus of the .Democratic members of the House, at Washington, on the 3d iiyst. a violent scene was enacted, wherein Beverly Douglass, of Virginia, and L. Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi, were the participants Douglas made ari attack upon Lamar, who was Chair­ man of the caucus, abusing him without stint, and charring him with treachery to his party. He said Lamar had sold out to the Republicans to secure his admission to the Senate, and de­ nounced hiin in opprobrious and offen- ' five terms. This was several times repeated, Lamar each time request­ ing the friends of Douglas to remove him, as the old man was scarcely responsible for what I"' said, but, after being removed, Douglas Hayes. He recites as his opinion that disas­ trous consequences would have resulted in the defeat of the count, resulting eventually in civil war, and to him appeared on one Hide anarchy and civil war, and on the other peace and order. .... Representative Douglas publishes a card in the Washington papers admitting he did ill- justice to Representative Lamar, m the Demo­ cratic caucus, in rudely addressing him, and expressing his high appreciation of the ..character of that gentleman. The Finance Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, after a lengthy and searching investigation into the alleged frauds at the November election in that city, report that a total of at least 8.100 fraudulent votes were cast. They claim tnat the Registration law, instead o f a check, is an absolute assiat- ance to fraud in elections. HKNBY M. MATTHEWS, the successor of Mr. Jacobs as Governor of West Virginia, was in­ ducted into office last week. DUKINO the debate in the United States Sen­ ate, on the 7th inst, Mr. Blaine read the fol­ lowing telegram ^ COLUMBIA, S. C., March 6,1877. To Hon. D. T. Corttin : I have just had a long interview with Haskell, who brings letters to me from Stanley Matthews and Mr. Evarts. The purport of Matthews' letter is that I ought to yield my rights for the good of the coun­ try. This is embarrassing beyond endurance. If such action is desired 1 want to know it authorita­ tively. I am not acting for myself, and I cannot assume such responsibility. Please inquire and telegraph me to-night. (Signed) D. H. CHAMBERLAIN. A Chicago Tribune special of the 8th saya in reference to this telegram: "President ifayes j says that Stanley Matthews had no authority to j give the letter to Haskell, Chairman of the > Democratic State Committee in South Carolina, ( to which Chamberlain referred in the dispatch j which Blaine received to-day. Gov. Hayes had j no knowledge of the letter, and did not author- | izeit" l' ! IN the Senate, on the 8th inst., Mr. Blaine j sent to the Clerk's desk the following letter in j reference to the telegram read by him on the ; 6th, and had it read : j WASHINGTON, March 8. ! To the Hon. 3. G. Blaine : I DEAR SIR : The Hon. Wm. M. Evarts begs me to | say to you that he did not indorse the letter of Stan- j ley Matthews to Gov. Chamberlain to the extent im- plied by the telegram of Gov. Chamberlain to me; . that the letter was presented to him by Haskell, of | South Carolina,, and he wrote upon it substantially j as follows : That he had read the foregoing letter ; 1 that he desired to sec the troubles in South Carolina j composed ; he desired to hear from Gov. Chamber­ lain upon the subjwt. Very respectfully, ] D. T. CORBIN. | Also the following telegram, received by hifn to-day : NEW ORLEANS, March 7. To the Hon. J. G. Blaine : Senator Bayard is mistaken. In every parish out­ side of the city, except the five bulldosed parishes, in one of which our Tax Collector has just been murdered, my Government is recognized by all save a few pretended Nicholls officials. S. B. PACKAB®. THE Rhode Island Democratic State Conven­ tion recently nominated J. B. Barnaby for Governor, and W. B. H. Hallett for Secretary ef State. THE CABINET. The following are the nominations for Cabi­ net positions sent by President Hayes to the Senate for confirmation : Secretary of State- William M. Evarts, of New York. Secretary of the Treasury--John Sherman, of Ohio. Secre­ tary of War--George W. McCrary, of Iowa. Secretary of the Navy--Richard W. Thompson, of Indiana. Attorney General--Charles Dev- ens, of Massachusetts. Postmaster General- David M. Key, of Tennessee. Secretary of the Interior--Carl Schurz, of Missouri. FOREIGN. THK Hon. Mrs. Norton, the well-known En­ glish poetess and novelist, has just been mar ried to Sir William Sterling Maxwell, Bart., member of Parliament for Perthshire. The ceremony was performed at the bride's resi­ dence. The bride's age is 70, and she is con­ fined to her chair with chronic rheumatism. The groom is 59 years old A London dispatch says the Queen has commanded Josiah Henson, the original of Mrs. Stowe's Uncle Tom, to wait upon her at Buckingham Palace. ALL accounts received from Constantinople represent the condition of the Turkish empire as very desperate. Already a scarcity of Visions in several Armenian village* neir t>le Ismir has assumed the proportions of a verita­ ble famine. The inhabitants of twelve vil­ lages, numbering 15.000, are enduring the greatest privations, and a few have died from starvation. The wasting dissipations and de­ baucheries of the unfortunate Sultan, j as well as his tits of brooding, mel­ ancholy, and vague terrors, know no I limits and no intermission. His Ministers | are hardly ever Allowed to see him : Advices from the City of Mexico announce that j the installation of Diaz as President of the re public has induced Iglesias to give up the con­ test for the Presidency. The latter mil return to Mexico and give in his adhesion t,o the Diaz administration.... A dispatch from Florence, Italy, announces the death of Joel T. Hart the American sculptor The funeral of John O'Mahonev, the Fenian, took place at Dublin on the 4tii inst. The procession was an im­ posing one, and was witnessed by over 100,000 people. THE Bosnians are vigorously preparing to re­ sist a Russian invasion. All males between 16 and 70 have been called out to serve under the "holy banner." The London Times says United States bonds are almost the only legiti­ mate objects of investment in the foreign market. THE inaugural .address- of President Hayes was telegraphed in full to the London papers, and appeared in their editions of the naxt morning A dispatch from Matamoras, Mex­ ico, savs: "The military court before which Gen. (3ortinas was tried have found jlnm guilty of kidnapping, the penalty attached to which in Mexico is death. The finding of the court has been sent to Gen. Canales, military commander of Northern Mexico, for liis action. It is be­ lieved that the finding of the military court will be approved, and that Cortinasiwill lie executed in a few days."... .The long-contemplated works for the improvement of the river Tiber have been commenced at Rome. IT is stated in foreign military circles that the measures announced for the formation of a new Russian corps will, if carried out, be equiv­ alent to the mobilization of the whole country except Finland From Panama, in the United States of Colombia, news is received of a battle between the national troops and the guerrillas, in which 1,000 men were killed and many j wounded.... A dispatch from Athens, Greece, I says that the Ministry h»s resigned in conse- I quence of a vote of censure passed upon it by the Chamber for granting an illegal | pension. The King summoned M. j E. Deligebis to form a new Cabinet j The names of Monsignor Francesco di Paola . Benavides, Patriarch of the East Indies, and I Monsignor Edward Howard, Archbishop of Neo | Cesarea in partihus, and Suffragan of the Car- | dinal Bishop of Frascati, are added to the list of Cardinals created at the consistory recently. ; ... .An explosion took place last week in the Worcester Colliery, near Swans, England. All the miners wi re at work at the time. The number lost is not yet known. Sixteen bodies have been taken out. It is thought that six more are in the pit CONURKSS. FRIDAY, March 2.--SENATE.--A resolution was adopted authorising the appointment of a Committee to make the necessary arrangements for the inaugu­ ration of the incoming President, and Meears. Mor- riL, Howe and McCreery were appointed on the com- ,u ;llOT1„. mittee..... A petition was received from Gen. Abe ( uiatne, Morton and others, Mr. Bayard's snbstitute Unfnrd. the well-known Kentucky turfman, for the wa)< adopted, by a vote of 35 to 29--Messrs. Booth, Grover, be sworn. Mr. Hamlin objected, and his case was laid over....The case of William Pitt Kellogg then caxne up on the substitute of Mr. Bayard to Mr. Blaine's resolution that he be eworn. The* substitute pro- vides that his case lie on the table until the appoint­ ment of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, and its reference to that committee. After a long discussion, participated in by Messrs. Bayard, Burnside, Clirintianey, Conkling, Morrill and foiuc others voting with tbe Democrats.... Mr. Patterson submitted a resolution that the cre­ dentials of David T. Corbin and* M. C. Butler, each claiming the seat as Senator from South Carolina, be referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Agreed to The Senate then went into executive Hewaion, during which the President sent in his Cabinet appointments, which were laid over until the appointment of the standing committees. The doors were then opened, and the Senate ad­ journed. THURSDAY, March 8.--SENATE,---On the meet­ ing of the Senate, the credentials of John T. Mor­ gan, as Senator from Alabama, were taken from the table, and he was sworn After considera­ ble discussion, in which Messrs. Conkling, Mor­ ton, Thurair.n, and Saulsbury took part, Mr. Sargent's substitute to the rcBolution seating Lafayette Grover a« Senator from Oregon was adopted, and he was sworn... .Mr. Thurman said at a former session of the Senate the creden tials of J. Eustis, claiming to be a Senator from Louisiana, were referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. The committee reported against the right of Eustis to a seat, on the ground that the vacancy had been filled by the election of Pinchback. Subsequently the Senate decided that Pincliback was not elected. He therefore submitted a resolution that the credentials of Eustis be taken from the table and referred to th$ Committee on Privileges and Elections. Laid over....The Senate then went into executive session, and, when the doors reopened, adjourned. Buford, the well-known Kentucky turlman, for the removal of his political disabilities.. The creden­ tials of T. F. Grover, Senator-elect from Oregon,were presented and referred.... Mr. Ilowe. from the sub-Committee on Privileges and Elections, which made an investigation in regard to the Louisi­ ana cit'etioii, r*uiniiiiu'u a portion of the roport of the committee, now flnjphod, w<i moved that it be printed. So ordered. Mr. Saulsbury was granted permission to file and have printed the views of the minority of the committee Mr. -Tones, of Nevada, from the special committee appointed in August last to inquire into the change which has taken place in the relative value of gold anil silver, the causes thereof, etc.. commonly known as the Silver Commission, submitted the report of the commis­ sion. Mr. Bout well,a member of the commission, sub­ mitted a minority report signed by himself, and also one signed by Prof. Francis Bowen, one of the ex­ perts appointed by the commission. Both reports vi-ic printed KOUPC bill granting to the State of Missouri all the lands therein selected as swamp and overflowed lands was passed The concurrent resolution of the House to print 300,000 copies of the Agricultural Report for 1876 was agreed to The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was passed. HOUSK.--Mr. Hurd offered a preamble and resolu­ tion, reciting that it had been decided that a Presi­ dent of the United States may be inaugurated on the fraudulent action of the Louisiana Returning Board, and that the men who have so contributed to the election of the Chief Magistrate of the tlnion ought no longer to ue in confinement, and directing that the members of the Louisiana Returning Board be discharged from custody. The resolution was re­ jected--yeas, 89; nays, 97 Mr. Field, from the select committee on privileges, reported a bill to provide an effectual remedy for wrongful intru­ sion into the offioe of President and Vice Presi­ dent. It provides that when any person in­ trudes into, or without due election holds or exorcises the office of President or Vice President of tbe United States, his title to the office, and the title of any claimant thereto, may be tried by an action in the nature of qno warranto. The court shall in- quii^s Whether the electoral votes were cast hv the persons duly appointed in the manner directed by the State Legislatures, and shall receive evidence tending to show lorgery, falsehood, or the invalidity of any certificates of any Governor, canvasser, or other officer. The court is to reject the votes of all persons iiuiibgiie at the time of their alleged appointment, or inca­ pacitated at the time of casting their votes, and the court must investigate any other fact necessary to a judgment of the right* of the parties, the judgment to IK; rendered within ten days after the verdict of the jury. If the defendant t>e adjudged not en­ titled to the office, he shall be excluded from it, and if the claimant be adjudged entitled to it he shall immediately enter on the duties of the office. Appeal may be taken' to the Supreme Court of the United States. After debate Mr. Field called for the previous question on the passage of the bill, and it was defeated--yeas, 66: nays, 99 Mr. Cox moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill removing all political disabilities im­ posed and remaining on any person under the Four­ teenth amendment to the constitution. Agreed to-- 1*18 to 37 The Army Appropriation bill was passed SATURDAY, March 3.--Work on the appro­ priation bills was pushed along with great rapidity in both houses, and all the bills were com­ pleted and passed before midnight. The Senate re­ fused to concur in the House amendment to the Leg­ islative Appropriation bill cutting down the Presi­ dent's salary to $25,000 a year, and the bill as passed fixes the salary at $50,000. There was such a serious hitch on the Army and River and Har­ bor bills that' neither of them go through. Five conferences were had on the Army bill during the day's session. The House insisted that the army should be reduced to 20,000, and that the section of the bill prohibiting the use of troops in sustaining State Governments should remain. The Senate as strenuously opposed the two items. Both were unyielding, and thus the measure failed. The appropriation of last year leaves sufficient to support the army until the end of the present fiscal year, so that no extra ses­ sion is Ukely to be immediately called. The River and Harbor bill was reported from the Committee of Commerce, but was not considered. There is, however, a large surplus of money from last year's appropriation, and therefore no improve­ ment actually needed will suiffer by the non-passiige of the bill. The customary resolutions of thanks to the presiding officers were passed in the Senate and House, the customary responses made, and at 12 o'clock m. of Sunday, March 4, both houses of the Forty-fourth Congress adjourned sine die. The proceedings in the two houses, exclusive of the wotk on the Appropriation bills, is summarized below: 8ENATE.--the notable feature of the Senate pro­ ceedings was the defeat of the Equalization Bounty bill. Mr. Logan earnestly advocated it, calling up­ on the Senate to l>e just to the soldiers, and said the cost of the bill would not exceed $3,000,0(0. Mr. Sargent, in opposition, claimed that it would re­ quire $100,000,000. The bill was indefinitely post­ poned by a vote of 31 to 25.... The bill recently re ported by the Finance Committee, in accordance with the recommendations of President Grant, to aid in the resumption of specie payments, was postponed until the first Wednesday in December next, by a vote of 27 to 22 The bill making appropriations for the payment of claims allowed by the Southern Claims Commission was passed HOUSE.--In the House the famous Choctaw scheme was killed, the bill authorizing the nation to bring suit in the Court of Claims failing to get the necessary two- thirds The bill to extend the Southern 1 February, 1877. Claims Commission for two years passed the House, j Tfntliprfnrtl Tt HHVPR will hp. fiS vpftrs and thus became a law.... A resolution was adopted | _ IVUtlieriorU &. Jiayes Will De OO years ordering the discharge from custody of the members . of the Louisiana Returning Board... A resolution wan I reported from the select committee on privileges, i declaring that Samuel J. Tilden and ThomaB A. Hendricks received 1% votes of the electors legally and constitutionally appointed, and were thereby | duly elected President and Vice President of the ' United States. Mr. White, of Kentucky, denounced j the resolution as " revolutionary, treasonable and ; damnable." It was passed by a strict party vote-- 137 to 88 Mr. Field, from the select committee on privileges, reported a resolution declaring (after a long preamble) that in counting the electoral vote of any State it4s the right and duty of Congress and of the Ilonae to inquire whether any votes purporting to come from a State have been cast by persons duly ap;;omtc<! by thut State, and for that purpose to receive evidence of forgery, false­ hood, or invalidity of any certificate of any Gov­ ernor ur caaivassor. Adopted without the yeas and nays... .Mr. Sayler's amendment to the rules giving the Clerk of the House (pending the election of Speaker) authority to require the Sergesmt-at-Arms hi aid in enforcing order was discussed and passed. The measure was resisted by the Republicans. FINIS. Closing Scene of the Electoral Count. The final proceedings in the electoral count at Washington are given below : The Senate and House, being in joint con­ vention, at i:03 o'clock on the morning of Fri­ day, March 2, the action of the respective houses on the Wisconsin question was read, and the ten votes of Wisconsin were an­ nounced for Hayes and Wheeler. The presiding officer said: "This concludes the count of the thirty-eight States of the Union. The tellers will now ascertain and de­ liver the result of the votes to the presiding officer." Senator Allison, one of the tellers, having delivered the statement, the presiding officer expressed the hope that on the announcement nothing would mar the dignity of the proceed­ ings so reputable to the American people and so worthy of the respect ot the world. He then said : " The whole number of elec­ tors appointed to vote for President and Vice President of the United States was 369, of which a majority is 185. The state of vote for Presi­ dent, as delivered by tellers and as determined under act of Congress of Jan. 29. 1877. on this subject, is : For ltutherford B. Hayes, 185 votes: for Samuel ,T. Tilden, 184 votes. The state of the vote for Vice President of the United States, as delivered by tellers and as determined under act of Congress approved Jan. 29, 1877, on this subject, is : For William A. Wheeler, 185 votes; for Thomas A. Hendricks, 184 votes. Where­ fore, I do announce that Rutherford B. Hayes, of the State of Qhio, having received a major­ ity of the whole number of electoral votes, is duly elected President of the United States for four years, commencing on the 4th day of March", 1877. That Wm. A. Wheeler, of the State of New York, having received a majority of the whole number of electoral votes, is duly elected Vice President of the United States, for four years, commencing on the 4th day of March, 1877. " This announcement, together with the list of votes, will be entered on the journals of both houses. •' The count of the electoral votes being com­ pleted, and the result determined, the joint meeting of the two houses is dissolved. The Senate will now retire to its chamber." Their Ages. Samuel J. Tilden is in his 64th year. William A. Wheeler is in his 57th year. Simon Cameron will be 78 March 8, 1877. Hamilton Fish will be 69 August 3, 1877. Ulysses S. Grant will be 55 April 27, 1877.- -* » - -• .«•» Oliver Perry Morton will be 54 August 4, 1877. George F. Edmunds was 49 February 14, 1877. Thomas F. Bayard will be 49 next October. Allen G. Thurman will be 64 Novem­ ber 13, 1877. William Maxwell Evarts was 59 in ALL SORTS. DON'T take your blue glass pnlverize^L OUSTERS are only 12 cento ft bushel at Annapolis, Md. IN selecting a husband ai 17 ft woman desires good looks; at 25, good habit® j and at 30, the man. THE State tax in Maine is only a third" of a cent on a dollar of assessed valua- - tion, or about a sixth of 1 per cent. on. _ real value. UTENSILS made of glass toughened by the recently invented prooess are coming extensively into use in this country and in England. THE frigate Delaware lies imbedded in about ten feet of mud at the Brook­ lyn navy yard. No attempt has been made to raise her. POUND parties for the benefit of tbe poor are now in order. Fifteen of the ounces go to the party and the other ounce to the poor. FORTY years ago the average daily number of pins made in England for home use and export was 20,000,000. Now it is 50,000,000. Tin: Hell Gate improvement has not yet been of any benefit to New York shipping, on account of lack of funds to- complete the work. GAMBLERS in Virginia City have pre­ sented a petition to the Legislature tp> prevent a man's wages from being at­ tached for a saloon bill of over $5. THE wealthy citizens of Boston are to. be massacred, and their property divided among the people, unless a society of radical reformers have resolved in vain. THE English Society for the Preven­ tion of Cruelty to Animals obtained dur­ ing the year 1876 2,468 convictions. This does not include convictions obtained by the police. THE French Government asks for an appropriation of $10,400,000 for public instruction in 1878. For 1877 there waa appropriated $9,800,000, and for 1876, $7,800,000. THERE have been received from 4601 banks and bankers all over the country $12,602.06 for th^ benefit of the family of the late Mr. Heywood, the cashier of the bank at Northfield, Minn., who was lulled bv the Younger brothers in Sep­ tember last. To this sum the Northfield bank added $5,000. A SINGULAR suicide recently occurred in Drowana, Australia. A Greek who had become insane by reason of poverty and misfortune poui^d a quantity of molten lead down his throat. He died in agonies, and, after death a lump of lead nearly half a pound in weight was. taken from his Stomach. A STEAM ice-boat, constructed by Mr. Mower, of Areola, Minn., has been doing a good business on the St. Croix river this winter. The boat has a fine cabin for passengers who prefer such warm quarters to an open cutter. The boat has an iron wheel filled with spurs, is moved on runners of steel, and propelled by steam. RUTLAND, Vt., expects to Deoome an important mining center. One man there thinks he had found coal; another knows whtere there is iron, and a third has a gold mine on the Bald mountain, which he stealthily visits at night, care­ fully concealing his tracks. Specimens of the gold ore sent to Boston for assay are said to be very rich. WOMAN'S LOVE. Ab all the trt-^H till out with blooai, With leaf ;is green and blossom sweet, As they destroy dark winter's gloom; , . With beauty for our spirita " "" So dawns the time when spring HhMl rise To man, in selfinh winter cast, When woman's love, with glad surprise, Shall grow like these before his eyes, And all repining then be past, i And summer crown our lives at last. -- William Iinintirn. old October 5, 1877. Thomas A. Hendricks will be 58 Sep­ tember 17, 1877. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen will be 60 August 4, 1877. Thomas W. Ferry, President pro tem­ pore of the American Senate, will be 50 June 1, 1877. Suicides in flew York. There have been an unusual number of suicides here this winter, and some of the victims were very yoimg. The hard times have had a terribly depressing effect on many people, domestic difficul­ ties have exeited more, and dissipation has demoralized not a few. It seems that over 400 people commit suicide here by drowning every year. Very few of their names appear in the papers. A man is missed; inquiries are made among his friends; a notice is published; the | morgue is visited; the excitement sub­ sides; when a portion of his body is pos­ sibly found, nobody identifies it. Last full, a young man who was out of busi­ ness and completely discoxiraged went away. His family expected to hear from ~ No word came. Last week, a piece of a coat, with .. , t u t , , , i a pocket-piece that sister and mother j thauk» to tuc Heuat * for the honor conferred upon r • i • A him. and directed the Secretary to call tbe roll of recognized instantly as lllS, was piCfceU ! newly-elected Senators, who, as soon as their names | up and accidentally sllOWU them. He Extra Session of the Senate. MONDAY, March 5.--The Senate was called to order by Secretary Oorham, and Dr. Sunderland then offered prayer After prayer, the proclama­ tion of the President calling the Senate into execu­ tive session was read Mr. Hamlin offered a reso­ lution which he said was customarily offered on such an occasion. The resolution provided that Senator Howe should administer the oath of office to Mr. Ferry, who is hereby elected President pro tem. of the j l,; ' „i. r»l,ir,niT0 Xr Baltimore Senate. Adopted unanimously. The oath was then ' Illm ^Uicago or jjaiiuu administered to Mr. Ferry by Senator Howe. Mr. Ferry then took the chair and returned his sincere Uncle Tom. "Uncle Tom," of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," is still alive and hearty. At least the Rev. Joseph Henson, who claims to be the original of the famous character in Mrs. Stowe's novel, has been for some time in England, where he has received much attention. He puts his age at 88 years. A farewell meeting in his honor was lately held in the Metropolitan Tabernacle, at which Lord Shaftesbury presided. The En­ glish people have given "Uncle Tom" the sum of £1,300. NLW YORK city > 8,7^ salaried officials, who draw annually $10,355,466 from the treasury. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BEEVES 8 75 Hoos 5 75 COTTON MX FLOUR--Superfine Western 5 40 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago. 1 3d CORN--Western Mixed 56 OATS--Western Mixed 40 RYE--Western 80 PoilK--New MPSB 16 75 LAKD--Steam lOlnf CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice Graded Steers 5 25 Choice Natives 4 60 Cows and Heifers 2 75 Good Second-class Steers.. 3 73 Medium to Fair 4 15 Hoos--Live 5 30 FLOUB--Fancy White Winter 7 00 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 5 79 WHEAT--No. 2 Spring 1 2 _ No. 3 Spring 1 13 were called, took the oath. Four were sworn at a ; jlaj pa88e(J through the deep, deep water CORN-No. 2 40* i il T ' i* 1. --a , v nil OATS--No. 2 JFIJW to another sea. Life here, with all its excitements and fascinations, has a very broad, black border.--Netv York Letter Total in treasury... . .$ 133,831,045 Debt less cash in treasury Decrease of debt duriug February. Decrease of debt since June 30, 1876... Bonds issued to Pacific- Kailroad Com­ panies, interest payable in lawful money, principal oulntandiflff. Interest accrued and not vet paid Interest paid by the United States Interest repaid by tranaportation of mail*', etc Balance of interest paid by the United States . .$2,088,781,143 2,070,429 10,658,201 64,623,512 646,235 34,018,923 7,004,553 27,014,370 PBESIDHNT HAYKH and party arrived at Wash­ ington at 9 o'clock on the morning of Friday, March 2. Mr. Hayes was received at the depot by ex-Gov. Deuison, Gen. Sherman and Sen- each time returned, threatening attack, and : tinally Lamar, stung to auger by these extraur- , dinaiy provocations, drew a small pocket-pistol : in the caucus and told Douglas' friends if he 1 (Douglas) was not removed h« certainly would 1 be killed. Thereupon Douglas friends were quick to to take Douglas forcibly away.... Sen- ; ator Barnum, of Connecticut, has been elected ! Chairman of the National Democratic Commit­ tee, vice Abram 8. Hewitt, resigned. I ABBAM S. HEWITT, in resigning the Chairman­ ship of the Nation*! Democratic Committee, ; writes a letter of considerable length, in which he defends liis action upon the *aecu»ral bilL , Regarding his assent to the completion of the comit, he says that as art honorable man no ; other course was ojien to him, but. if honor had i jjennitted otherwise, his judgment was that it i wan the wisest course for the country, as well as for the Democratic party, to proceed dbor Sherman, and escorted to the residence of I in accordance with the law to an orderly we latter, where a large party of gentlemen j completion of the count, although they ana ladies had jusembled to receive them. Af- '• knew it wonld result in the installation of time, the first four t>cing Messrs. Anthony, Blaine, I Beck and Hoar. The second four called were i Messrs. Kirkwood, Grover of Oregon, Davis of j West Virginia, and Davis of Illinois. All re- j sponded but Orover, and McPherson, New Jersey, ' was called in his place. The third list called eni- l braced Messrs. Plumb of Kansus, Rollins of New I Hill and Yancey. "rSISSt I The tritor Senatorial contest in list embraced Messrs. Coke, Garland, Hill of ; Georgia has resulted in a revival of the Georgia, Johnson and Hansom. All these ; o,in«nntpr hptween Hill Hlld took the modified oath. Senator Kellogg was then ' ®tory of tll6 enCOU ^ • called and was about to take the oath when Mr. j Yancey, the fire-eater, in a secret session Bogy objected -- A resolution was adopted that all j 0F Confederate Senate. During a hui «nea tials from South Carolina.... Mr. Spencer ob- j whereupon the latter sprang forward to HVK--No. 2 62 BASLKY--No. 2 00 BUTTER--Creamery 31 Rous--Fresh PORK--Mess 14 25 LABD MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No? 1 No. 2 CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 KYE BARLEY--No. 2 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red Fall THE ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL. FHIUAY, March 2.--The Electoral Commission met pursuant to adjournment. Commissioners Clifford. Miller, Strong, Fidd. Bradley. Morton, Frelinghuysen, Kernan, Payne ana Abbott present. After fixing the amount of compensa­ tion to be paid officers and other employes, and extending until March 31 the time heretofore allowed for filing opinions by members, the commission adjourned. THE town of Harrison, Me., contains, among many other natural curiosities, a mineral spring in which the temperature of the water never varies. Upon the hottest day of summer, or the coldest day of winter, a thermometer lowered into its waters will indicate exactly 46 above zero. /" to the credentials of the from Mississippi imd Alabama, and they were laid on the. tabl<* The. oath of office was administered to Vice President Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler made a brief address, in which he said he was al>out to enter u|x>n the duties of his oftice, I and that as President of the Senate he would en­ deavor to lift himself above X'urtisanship and to so preside as to facilitate and expedite the deliberations : of the Senate. j TUESDAY, March 6.--Mr. Wallace submitted a i resolution that the credentials of L. <j. C. Lamar, I Senator-elect from Mississippi, be taken from the i table and ho be sworn. Mr. Morton and Mr. Spen- ' finally died. cer opposed the seating of Mr. Lamar, on the ground that the Legislature that elected him was a fraud. Mr. Blaine said thut Lauier's credentials were , entirely regular, and he was just as much I entitled to be sworn in as he (Blaine) or any other i Senator. After further discussion, the resolution ' of Mr. Wallace was agreed to--yeas, fil; nays, 1.... | Mr. Blaine then moved that the oath of office be ad- i ministered to William Pitt Kellogg as Senator from > Louisiana, and spoke at length in favor of his [ iuotiou. Before reaching a vot; the Senate ad journed. WEDNESDAY, Marclr 7.--SENATE.--Immedi­ ately after the reading of the journal, Mr. Wallace moved that the Senator-elect frgm Oregon, Lafayet'.e 1 groves, Hoos CATTLE , _ _ Conn--Western Mixed. Senators-elect I Hill, who caught him and threw OATS--No. 2 him violently oyer a desk. In the fall j PORK--Mew'.'."!'.. !.'!! his spine was injured, and he lay uncon- j LAH» .. Bcious on the floor, with the blood oozing from his lips. He was taken away, and the members tried to keep the matter secret, and did prevent it from being known for six months. Yancey never re­ covered ; he drooped from day to day, became hopeless, listless and vacant, and THIS is the way Watterson ^announced it a week ago last Saturday morning : "The first of my 10,1)00 Kentuckinus has already arrived at the eapitttl. He ! is in arms, too--and he weighs eleven I pounds." | INDUCEMENTS are offered by the Land j Department of Florida for 50,000 wealthy Mennonites to emigrate to the orange WHEAT CORK OATS RYE PORK--Mess.. IjARD CINCINNATI. WHEAT--Extra Amber... CORN OATS--No. 2 TOLEDO. . 1 39 . I 29 40 .. 31 . em 6S . 1 4T. ( ,. 31 32 . 64 X .15 00 5>X . 4 80 . 3 25 .. 1 40 40 . -36 75 .16 00' . . 1 54 1 45 . *3 34 @11 75 4i m Wi r> 86 1 39 67# 48 !44 16 00 lo>; @ 5 SO 5 00 3 76 4 00 4 45 5 90 8 00 6 00 1 24 1 15 41 34 63 5t! 13 14 50 » V 0 1 40 1 30 41 32 G4 04 @ 1 46 38# 32>; (So 15 25 10 5 60 5 85 0 1 50 42 40 76 15 il 0 1 55 1 48 45 DETROIT. 6 50 !!.'!'. 1 45 45 ' 40 75 15 50 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Hoos--Yorkers 5 ^ Philadelphiae 6 2d CATTLE--Best " 50 Medium ' SHEEP * FLOV R--Medium... WHKAT--White CORK--No* 2 OATS--Mixed RYE PORK--Mess..... 0 30 00 5? f *1 80 15 7$ A S M 6 35 6 00 . 5 60 5 SO- 1