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frvZJvJi 4 THE RED CLODD CHIEF. Advertising Ifcites w 4 4 The Red Cloud Chief. FUHL18HKD WEEELT AT - t rw , f w RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA yer Sw Mfc r. t" ' -t M k Wt I -M, L, THOMAS, VOLUME IV. RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1S77 NUMBER 20. Kdttor xnd I'rnprlrtor. tt ii n lug nm ' i ttn i mil y u4 t t P V fl 91 .1 St ranee Presentiment, T "Which a Mn Miiln Mirucn lotm K rrM from Two KallroMil .Accifltnila A Kc-imrkithln Story. We have come into iKissession of some very hi uvular facts in relation to the miraculous eseaje of a IJellevue man in two railroad accidents one of them the recent Ashtabula horror. The gentleman referred to is a Mr. Freese, and the truth of the story is vouched for by some of the best jeople in Huron and Sandusky counties. Jt is said by those who know him that his reputa tion for veracity is unquestioned. Several years ago Mr. Freese and his entire family wife and two children went from Bellevue to a village in Pennsylvania to "visit some relatives. After staying 'at their relatives homes for a few days, Mr. Freese and his fam ily started one evening to return to P.ellevue. They took the airs at Erie. Air. Freese says the moment he steped aboard the train he felt a strange and unaccountable disinclination to com mence the journey. There was some- tliing that seemed to oppress his mind and he felt an impulse to turn back and take some hur train. lie seemed to have a premonition that some terri ble calamity was about to hnp-en, and the only manner in which to escape it w;ts to postj tone the journey. But he shook off the feeling as best he could and tried to laugh at himself for enter taining what he considered a wild and foolish notion, of which he was even ashamed to speak to his wife. Ah the train moved on he held one of the children on his lap and fell into a dose. While thus asleep he had a dream, in which he saw, with startling distinct ness, liia wife and children lying in cof fins, and all the preparations being made for a funeral service. Such a sight was "well calculated to carry terror to the .stoutest heart.' 'But the woit was yet to come the awlul realization ol the dream. In a few moments there was a jar and jerk of the train, a shiver seemwd to run through every timber of the coaches, there was a cr.ish. a fall, and the cars plunged into the water. A bridge had given way. Mr. Freeee found himself held down in the water by a piece of timber, but by an almost superhuman effort he sinveeded in releasing himself and crawled out of the car. He saw a trainuujioyee with a lantern parsing along on a log beside' trie iram, ami uir- man helped him out of the wreck and put him on his feet. Mr. Freese found that he had suffered no special injury, but be felt completely unnerved. The terrible reality of the presentiment flushed upon bis mind, and his brain reeled as he thought that be should see his wife and children lying cold in death :ls they bad anpeared to him in his dream. A search resulted in discover ing Mra. Freese in the wrecked car dead. The dead hodie- of the children were found near by. The remains were taken to Bellevue for interment. Some time thereafter Mr. Freese mar ried again, and a while prior to the Ashtabula accident he and his family went East. They determined uwn a day to start home, but wben the time arrived Mr. Freese felt a strong disin clination to start. A strange impulse again seized him, and he felt that if he were to go then something terrible would happen on the way. lie had dis regarded this feeling once, but he had resolved never to do so again, conse quently he decided to start one day earlier and lo go a part of the way by u different route than he had anticipated taking. It was at first his intention to reach Cleveland on Friday night, Dec 20th, and the train which he mid his family would have been compelled to take to do so would have been the ill fated one that went into the terrible abyss at Ashtabula. The change which heiuade in time and trains kept him and his family out of one of the most terrible accidents in the history of rail ways. So wJasfci Register. Typical Tree. For gouty people, the achecom : for antiquarians, the date; for schoolboys. the birch; for the Irishman, the och; for conjurers, the palm; for negroes. see dab: for young ladies the man go; for farmers, the plant'in ; for fashion able women, a set of firs; for dandies, the spruce; for actors, the pop'lar; for phvsicians, sycamore; for your wife, her will. O; for lovers, the sighpress; for the disconsolate, the pine; for en gaged people, the pear; for sewing-machine people, the hemlock; for board mghouse keepers, 'ash ; always on hand, the paw paw ; who is this written ? for xew.-nSt Joseph Herald. The love of country produces good manners, and good manners also pro duce the love of country. The less we satisfy our particular passions, the more we leave to our general Montes quieu. The police of Moscow have frequently found of late placards upon walls, posted during the night, which demand for Bussia the same Constitution lately granted by the Sultan to Turkey. "Whenever you command, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools. Steele. X 1,1 V til COXtiRESS lid SKSSION. TnuiunAY, Feb. 1. -Senator I'ort on read the resolutions adopted by col ored and white citizens or Barnwell Com t House. S. C Jan. ir.th. and asked that thev Ik- referred thuy were re ferral tothe elections committee. Sena tor Saulsburv presented a long jetition signed by citizens of New Orleans con cerning affairs there also referred to the elections committee. Senator Bogy presented the resolutions of the Mis souri legislature favoring a speedy con struction of the Southern Transconti nental Railroad referred. .Senator Hiaffee presented the credentials of Mr. Teller, United States Senator from Colorado placed on file. Senator Bailey was appointed to the place vacated by Key on the postoffice committee, and on the education and lalor committee. The bill passed appropriating 820,000 tor the relief of the destitute in the District of Col'imhia. The chair pre sented the notification of Chief Justice Clifford that the Electoral Commission was readv for business. Senator Ed munds submitted a concurrent resolu tion providing that the public proceed ings of the Electoral Commission lw printed in the Conrjrejcsional Record, extra copies to le furnished the Com mission and Houses of Congress. The chair appointed Senators Sargent and Allison tellers: subsequently Sargent declined and Ingalls was appointed Senator Mitchell, from the sub-committee on elections, submitted a report on the alleged ineligibility of certain Missouri, New Jersey and Virginia electors. Senator Kernan dissented from the majority report.. The report was ordered printed. After executive session, recess w;is taken till 10 o'clock a. m. to-morrow. Ilnim. The Shaker apjointed as House tel lers Messrs. Cook and Stone. The Speak er presented a notification from Clifford, President of the Electoral Commission, stating that the members had taken the oath, and that the Commission was ready for its duties. The Senate reso lution for the publication of the pro ceedings w;is agreed to. Mr. Pavne offered a resolution directing the clerk of the House to inform the Senate that it was ready to receive that body for the purpose "of opening and counting the electoral vote adopted. The House took a recess till 10 o'clock a. m. to morrow. JOINT SESSION. The President of the Senate took the chair, the 'Speaker being on his right, and called to order. He said : "In obedience to the Constitution, the Senate and House of Representatives have met to be present at the opening of the certificates and the counting and declaring of the electoral vote lor Pres ident and Vice President of the United States for the term of four vears com mencing the fourth day of March next, (fetfCW'iile'ViNtftKfhe .law .thoPri the presence of the two houses: to ojmhi all certificates of the several States, and in their alphabetical order, beginning with the State of Alabama." Bassett, Assistant Doorkeeper of the Senate, brought in the strong lx m which were the certtneau-a. aim i laucu them on the desk before the Pn sident of the Senate, who opened it, and took therefrom the certificate from Alabama, handed it tothe tellers, who were seaten just below him at the Clerk's desk, and Senator Allison, one of Urn tellers, read the document in extenso, the result being that Samuel .1. TildeiuoT ew York, and Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, had received the ten electoral votes of Alabama. The result was announced by Mr. Cook. , The same ceremonial was olserved concerning the next State. Arkansas, six votes for Tildeu and Hendricks. The next Stale was California, six ..Mno v- iTnvps :uid "Wheeler. Then Colorado, three for Hayes and Wheeler. ,.,, i n Connecticut, six for Tilden and lien- ilricks Delaware, tree for Tilden and Hen dricks, etc C- When Florida was reached. Stone, teller, preceded to read the certificates, the first of which showed four for Haves and Wheeler and the second four for" Tilden and Hendricks, the former being authenticated by the late Gov ernor Steams, the latter by Attorney Vjvuv;itii VVwx , The presiding otticer uien nanueu wie teller still another certificate from Flor ida received through a messenger Jan. 31st, corresponding with the one by mail on the 30th of January, it being the authenticated act of the Tilden electors and made by Gov. Drew. After a partial reading of the paper accompanving the third certincate. Sen ator ConkUng proposed that the read : io i-nmirrfpri sis comDleted. and tne result be announced, as under the late act of Congress all papers would be re ferred to the provisional tribunal so The presiding officer asked "whether there was ary objection to counting the electoral votes of Florida. .Representative Field sent to the Clerk's desk a written objectionto the first certificate for Hayes and Wheeler, signed bv Senators Jones, (Fla.). Cooper arid McDonald of Indiana, and Repre sentatives Field, Tucker, Jencks and Springer, mese uujauuu "" -f erred to the Electoral Commission, and the Senate returned to its own chamber. THE ELECTOKAI. COMMISSION. The Electoral Commission met at 3 o'clock in the room of the Supreme Court at the Capitol. A communication from the two Houses of Congress in joint session was presented by Gorham. Secretary of the Senate, and read as follows : Hatx of the House of Bepre-! SENTATiVES,Feb.l. 1877. To the Presi dent of the Commission: More than one return on paper, purporting to be a return or certificate of the electoral votes of the State of Florida, having been received, ana tnis ay npeiint iu the presence of the two houses of Con gress, and objections thereto having been made, said returns, with all the accompanving papers, and also the ob jections thereto, are herewith submit ted to the judgment and decision of the Commission. fSigned.) T. W. FERity. Representative Payn6 moved that the certificates and papers from the State of Florida be printed agreed to. Af ter some discussion the Commission adjourned until 1050 a. m. to-morrow. Friday, Feb. 2. Bill passed provi- 8aM ding for the punishment of the rnanu - facture of counterfeiters' tools. A bill also passed relating to the public iw- counts, providing that all claims against the United States shall be barred from examination by the treasury officers, unless presented within Bix years from the time they accrued, excepting claims which would be barred by the act for two vears thereafter or may be pre sented within four years from the pas- sage of the act. Senator Sargent, from the committee on naval affairs, re ported adversely the application of Midshipman Beale to be reinstated at the Naval Academy, he having leen dismissed for "hazing" ordered printed. Senator Cameron, of Wisconsin, called uj) the Senate bill for the relief of the Union National Bank of Louisiana, successor to the Union Bank of Louis iana It authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay said bank S36.S73, the sum on dejxflit in the Union Hank of Louisiana, lelonging lo the Planter's Bank of Tennessee, and seized bv order of Gen. Banks in 18(53. The bill was recommitted to the committee on claims. Senator Ingalls introduced a bill to enable the Indians to become citizens of the United States referred." Several bills on the calendar were passed, and also several private bills. Unfinished business, being the Pacific Railroad bill, was postponed on account of the ale sence of Senator Thurman, who has charge of the bill. Recess till to mor row. Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, from the com mittee on rules, reported a bill amenda tory of the electoral bill, providing that either House adjourn until 10 o'clock the following day. Mr. Wilson ex plained the complications which ren dered this amendment necessary, and after discussion the bill was recommitr ted. Mr. Lord offered a resolution to prevent admission to the south wing of the capitol referred. Mr. Wood intro duced a bill repealing the tax on bank capital referred. The nouse went into committee of the whole on the legislative appropriation bill, which appropriates S14,Lf.urr,. The bill was considered by sections. The commit tee rose without final action, and the House took a recess till to-morrow, THE ELIXTOKAI. COMMISSION. The Electoral Commission met at 10:30 A. M. The Presiding Justice said the ques tion had been asked yesterday. -What is the case?" to which' he had" replied: "it consists of three certificates, with the accompanying pajers and objec tions to the same. He would now state that two objectors ou each side would be allowed to speak on the opening of the case. Those representing objection number one, which wjis presented by Field, would speak first, and under the fourth rule would be allowed two hours to state the case and argue in support of the objection. Mr Field owipr- th face of the returns on the ground that if this could not. be done, the American jveopje would be in the position of standing powerless in the face of gigan tic frauds. He was followed bv Mr. Tiwirpr mi the same side. Mr. iCasson theu addressed the Commission in reply, and against the power of the Commis sion to go behind the returns. He was followed by Mr. McCrary. Senate. Saturday, Feb. 3. The credentials of Senators Davis and Saunders of West Virginia and Nebraska, were pre- anntMl and filed. The lomt resolution i jv..-w - '. . ; of the Minnesota legislature in relation to giving bountv for the destruction of grasshoppers, was referred. Senator Hamlin reiorted a bill authorizing the Postmaster General to pay rent on the premises for third class postofiices placed on the calendar. Senator Morton offered an amendment to the postoffice im.rnnriMt.inn bill. HDoronriating .",00,- 000 for the steamship mail service be tween San Francisco. Japan mid China, for one year, and authorizing a contract with the l'acihc iviau -sieamsnip v,uiu uanv for transporting a monthly mail between the ports designated; also an amendment appropriating 3250,000 from the postoffice revenues to obtain proper facilities for the railway postoffice ser vice from the great trunk lines during the fiscal vear ending June, 1S7S re ferred. The bill for the sale of the Fort Dallas Military Reservation, Oregon, was discussed until the morning hour expired, when after a brief executive session, the Senate took a recess till Monday. Boom. At 10 o'clock the nouse went into committee of the whole on the legisla tive appropriation bill. Mr. Kehr moved an amendment making the Pres ident's salary Sr0,000 instead of 25, 000, as provided in the bill. A quorum not being present, it was agreedthat the vote be taken in the nouse. With out reaching a conclusion the commit tee rose and the House ordered the "Finrirtn Tpnort, considered when the journal is read, and again went into committee of the whole on the legisla tive appropriation bill. After having disposed of the bill the committee rose ana reported it to the House. The amendments fixing the salary of the Senators and Representa fives at SS.000 were agreed to. The amendment increasing the compensa tion of the President to $50,000 was de foatfwvpa at., navs 125. The bill then passed- " The Speaker presented the Trti (font's financial message. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Recess till Monday. THE IXECTORAL COMMISSION. The Electoral Commission assembled at the regular hour. Judge Clifford said that under the third rule the counsel should present the evi dence they proposei to offer in a rInp mnifonwtfl and classified fOITO Of course based upon the condition that evidence would be received. The prop osition whether evidence shouia oe re ceived has not been decided but the counsel would act as if evidence would be admitted until the Commission had decided. After discussion as to the mode of proceeding O'Conner address ed the committee, urging that evidence should be admitted, the subject ques tions of its relevancy and osecr tone considered with the whole case. He then submitted his proposition of evi-ffo-icp- First, that both the Tilden and Hayes electors met on the 9th of December, and each cast their votes and forwarded the same to the seat of Government, xrith thp PTwnrinn that the Hayes elec tors were certified by the Governor, and the Tilden electors by the Attorney GeneraL 1 Second, the proceedings were under a j writ of quo warranto. J Third, To show the common law of J Florida, and the construction ml the statutes of that State, as shown in the j ousting of Stearns. j Fourth, the Legislature of Florida, ' since December Ctb. ordering a new canvass, and the result or tliat canvass. Fifth, that the Hayes electors re jected certain returns from counties named, and that Humphreys was an officer of the United States, " Seaate. Monday. Feb. 5. The bill appro priating 8.'S,,0C0 for the deficiency in the public printing during the current year passed. The chair presented the President's message on resumption referred. After the morning hour, un finished business, being the Pacific Railroad bill, was resumed, and Senator Christiency favored the bill of the judiciarv committee and opposed that of the Kailroad committee. After he concluded, the bill was laid aside. At 2 o'clock the Senate went into executive session, after which recess till to-morrow. Hnua. Mr. Banning presented petitions of Cincinnati bankers for the repeal o the bank tax. The Senate amendment to the fortification appropriation bill and the military bill were non-concurred in. Mr. Cox offered a resolution amending the House rules, during the electoral count, when the House is not engaged therein, so that the House shall, on as sembling every calendar day, after re cess from the preceding day, proceed, after 12 o'clock noon, with its business as though the legislative day hail ex pired by adjournment Recess till to morrow. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION. Judge Clifford, soon after til o'clock, called the commission to order. The journal being read, Mr. Evarts began the argument. The powers of the com mission were first considered, and he said it was suggested that certain pack ages of papers "brought by the messen ger into the presence of the commission were lefore it as evidence. What these pajers contained was unknown to the counsel on his side and unknown to the commission. The claim that they were before the commission was based on the fact that tliey were mentioned in one of the objections. The objections were not a pleading, but simply the act uon which reference arises. If volun teer objections upon one side or the other could make up packages, the ac tion would be singular and not in ac cordance with the law. As to whether evidence before either of the two Houses are transmissible, and may le laid lie fore the commission, is a question sub ordinate to that whether any could be received. He reviewed the proposi tions submitted by O'Connor Saturday. The extraneous evidence proposed was not to show that the certincate Stearns ffie":-wft6itf'tif!'iai Jaitufa-in-wir-owov Imjx and county cagvaas, or between the countv and state canvass, there had been a mistake or fraud that some where in the course of the election from stage to stage there had been matter for judicial inquiry, if justice tolerated it, or the commission allowed it, it would carry inquiry into all that related to the election; that the certificate was in accordance with the act of 1792 wjis not questioned, nor was it proposed, on the other side, to show that the facts as certified to did not exist by any extra neous evidence. It was further pro posed to introduce evidence to snow that Humphrey was a United States niKenr Thiq was a matter of surprise. for it w:is a matter of discussion at the meeting of the canvassing board of r lor ida, and he read the testimony ef Hnm phrevs that he bad resigned ten days before the election, his resignation been accepted, and the duties of his office discharged by the collector of the iort of Pensacola. There was a question whether the two Houses, at the time of counting the votes, had any power now under the law, lor lmervenuuu m proofs. His proposition was that at tluit stage the two Houses could not entertain the subject of proof, and that the process must go on. When all the guards had been passed, from the eople through the State authorities, up to this iwint, the certificates must stand unchanged and unimpeachable. in reply to the question by Mr. Thur man whether, if it should appear that the four electors were members of Con cttprs. the votes could not be counted he said that there was no safe way ex cept to say that if the injunction laid upon the StaUs did not execute it Con gress must ny law pro viae ior ius e.? cution, and that law did not now exist Evarts concluded his argument at 12:45, having spoken one hour and thirty-five minutes. Charles O'Connor proceeded to ad dress the commisson. He said in refer ence to the inquiry within reach of the commission, tne counsel on the two sides stood in direct conflict He claims that the two commissioners naa ine right, by just and proper means, to in quire what was the Tote of Florida; while the other side maintained that it must return the returns certified to by the Governor. The powers of the Com mission he said, were fully expressed in the immortal paper destined to pass into history with the action of this commis sion, the electoral bill, and has the same Tuivprag the two Houses actinr together or singlv; and this brought the question, what were the powers of the two Houses, acting separately or together, trtimhincr the election? That no power worthy of the name is vested in the President of the Senate is palpable in the reading of the Constitution : he had onlv the powerto present himself before the'two Houses and open the packages. He had no right to open them at at any nthPT time, and had no power to in quire, to take testimony, or inquire into them. His duties were merely clerical The Vice President was required to serve the certificates; they were to have no ear-marlo to designate wnax iney were: the Constitution required that he open all the certificates that came to him indicative ef being such, and the Constitution there ends his duties. But when we come to the connt, we are not told that there shall be a count of all the certificates ; that -the votes shall be counted r this implies a rreimunao in quiry. What were the votes? No Con stitutional provision was made as to the mode of counung, ana it was leat u implication for those who were to act officially on the Tot presented, n'rvwinnr concluded his areamentat 2:40 p. m. and the Ctonimission there lupon took a recess untill 3-45ootock, hold a private sr-ion nt. TfiDAY. Felu 0. Senator Allison, from the Appropriations commit:, re ported the Indian appronnaiion bill, with amendments. He will call it up as soon as possible, senator Wmdora. from the committee on Atiproprialiona. reported adversely the House bill to irovide for the payment of $600,000 to iads for the construction of jetties In the Aveie report. Senator Sherman. 1 rrotn tne r mance committee, reported favorably on the House bill permitting the Commissioners of the Freedmen's Savings Bank Company to buv and sell certain property. The bill, "after dis cussion, was lain aside. eator Cam- eron. from the Foreirn Keiatiumi com-1 Hiittee, rejorted. with amendments, the j bill recently introduced by "Wbvte to ' promote teiegrajhlc communication l-1 tween America and Europe- Calendar- le principal amendment provides ed. The that the rates charged the Government shall not exceed those chargd individ-1 uals. After the morning hour, the bill amending the Pacific Railroad acts.pnv viding a sinking fund, etc was taken up. Hitchcock opposed th bill of the Judiciary committee. Senator Paddock from the committee on 1'ublic Iind. when they will for conference reported favorablv the Senate bill for whole on the deficiency appropriation MrtVmnel! for the five dollar Mct the relief of settlers upon public lands f bl Mr. Hancock's amendment. anprt- j n.n CUIrirti ilim anu n;,mit totrik under the prt-ciiipiion laws, i ;useu. j After debate, the bill was laid aside in formally, with the understanding that it should be unfinished business to morrow. The chair appointed Hert ford memler of the Committee on Claims, in place of Price, whose trm of service had expired. Senator S'vt-u- son presented the memorial of the Board of Regents of the Smitksonian Insti tute, asking an appropriation of Sj.V).- 000 to erect a building adioininir the Smithsonian for the exhibition of iroods i hp r'nVr rT. ?r Ta,r.M -v i l r : " . . lately on exhibition at Philadelphia. Senators Merrill and Sargent favored the erection of such building. The memo rial w:ts referred. The legislative ap propriation bill was received from the House and referred to the committee on appropriations. Senator Hamlin, from the conference "-' ---v .rv.i - iJuit ai-.nrnr neir committee on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill establishing certain jost routes, which involves the question of restoring fast mails and franking privileges, renoned the com mittee unable to agree.' He moved that the new conference asked for bv the nouse le granted. So ordered, but an the House had not appointed its mem bers of the new conference, although the bill had leen sent to the Senate, he moved that the bill le returned to the House, that it might first appoint its members. Agreed to. The bill to abolish the Metrojolitan amraatem ecutive session, and when the doors were re-oened, took a recess till to morrow. Hooir. At noon the House went into com mittee of the whole. Eden in the chair. on the deficiency appropriation bill. Mr. Waldron said the bill appropri ates 81.447.000. the largest appropria tion being fSOO.OOM.for the deficiency in the Navy Department and $217,000 for limbless soldiers. Mr. Sargent st mitted a resolution requesting the Sec retary of the Navy to transmit to the Senate the narrative of Hall's second Arctic exedltion. compiled from the notes made by Captain nan. ami pur chased from his widow. Mr. Whitlwrne offered an amendment directing the ac counting officers of the Treasury to ad just and settle accounts of navy officers on the active list whose pay wjis affect ed bv the general order ol the ixjcreiary of tlie Navy Septemler 1st, 1S7, on the biisis of waiting pay. Adopted. An amendment was adopted to pay Miss ot St Louis. Sl,500 for service as V. S. attorney in the whisky cases. Without dis-josing of the bill the committee rose. Mr. Jenks offered a resolution for print ing the Louisiana Committee's testi mony. Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, requested that when the committee makes its gen eral report, it would tell the House whether any portion of the testimony was printed without authority of the House. Mr. Conger said he understood the testimony had been mutilated, and being told that it was in the committee on privileges, he said he woald condemn it wherever it happened. The resolu tion was adopted. Recess till to-mor row. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION. Tlie Electoral Commission remained in secret session until nearly 8 o'clock this evening, when they adjourned to meet again for private conference at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. Novo were taken to-day, nor was any conclu sion rendered on anv point at issue, but it was agreed that all pending qnestions in regard to the admission of evidence shall be decided to-morrow. Tri-nvT)AT. Feb. 7. The Senate in sisted on its amendments to the Mili tary Academy appropriation bill, and a conference was ordered. Senator In jralls reported with amendment the Senate bill to enable the Indians to be come citizens placed on the calendar. Senator Wright from the claims com mittee, reported adversely on the bfll to re-open and settle tke claims of several States against the United States for advances made in the war of 1812, and on the bill for the relief of claimants under the provisions of the captured and abandoned property act. Both were indefinitely postponed- The bill authorizing the Secn-tarr of the Inte rior to adjust the claims of theKav kaskia, Peoria and Wea Indians, passed. Senaton Hamlin, Dorsey and Davis were appointed the conference committee on the restoration of fast mails and the franking privileze. Sen- ator BomtweH sabmitted a concurrent resolution pronning tnat ounng xne session of the Electoral (mmission each calendar day shall be observed by each House for legislative purposes referred. Senator Sherman called up the bill authorizing the commissioners of the Treedmen's Trust Company to bar and sell certain property, and sub mitted an amendment that the sale be at public auction only, unless justices of the Supreme Court shall first oppose such sale. Agreed to and the bill passed. Senator Tfindom canea up tne diu ap propriating 55.000 to supply the defi ciency in the printing appropriation, and moved that the Senate non-concur in the Boas amendment providicg tht the IuWlc Prinirr ray rl not higher than tbor current In the Kaera Ur. Th-aiiicart- f uxi to concnr In the amradajrat. S to 20. and a cunferenc w wdenxt ithi of ike Svwrtty IJf Iasr- enaUir Ijocaa IatrvduceJ a bill rrjaJ-i ,, , , ... . . tug the joint rrolutoa for the jt njnj & rtnt.l-l i jnenint of the publication of th- new ffrd larcst . K.4rt ! C- Jt4- army regulation - UWnt SeiuUor sat genu from the Florida natr KJtKm commUtee, reportmj th eridennc talra nmcemlngtherljgtbaityof lUmfhrvrs. Kepubllcan eirctor of that State -or trS The chair announjxd the conference committer w Uw mllttarr aowlemt appro pnUm lull,' Sn?n. t'.n I r, - r?l Itecrrts till to-morrow. -- . .'.'v .V-pk T M.h I At wnn, Mr. Knott, chairman of the committee on privilege. rejrtri the testimony taken up to February ;.th, together with a resolution for its pnat mg auopieu. air w aiuroti. rejMined i-k the Senate bill apjtrojrnattncSM l0 fnr :l, government printing 'e-j nciency for the present C--al yir Mr Yance offered an amendment prohibit ing. after the current vwr.tln luvnirni of a greater price by the piTrrnnent ; lrM,a.,?rt lhtn W$n "' Yor' Philadelpliia. and Baltimore amend- meiit adopted, and bill iuI. The House weut mm rommitteo of the J J" "14i cw n iircinjiuniiin -ri j tain claims agaltuit Uie IntVrlor IVpart-I ment was dotttd. Thr conimtltt I then mm, Mr. Mount, from the appro- ' priatmii committee, reported the naval appropriation bid, appropriating $12. 4M.7.V2. Referred to the onimnlttr of th whole. Kww till to-m rrow TUT KLEfTOKAL COMM1ION The Electoral Conuulsninn mK at 10 o'clock in :ecrvt .st-naton. ll u vow- of mi.i .,.i.....i ... .... ft lo . tnev flecnieu tnat no evioucr " - "" """"i"" iui!ni-jtii n uirm - - th: non-u chm, .,.-n ii,... ous electoral certificates, and such evi .. .j, dence as shall tw submitted on thr question of the eligibility f Humphreys as Presidential elector. " Thr vote ntod as follows: In favor of the rlrehlon. Justices Strong. Miller, and UnMlley; -senators Edmunds Morton and Frellng huvsen, and Representatives Garfield and Hoar. Against Justices Clifford and Tield. Senators Tbiirinnu and llay ard, and Representatives Payne, Hun ton and Ablxitt Commission adjourned until 11 o'clock U-uiurruw. FOKKIUK NEWS. A corres-ondent telegraphs that de spite Servian suspicious, it appears that the Turks do not require materia! but moral guarantees, namely, that the Powers, particularly Russia, should guarantee Nirvia's good l'havior. This Llmehouse parish suburbs, no cattle, sheep or goats Gin leave for Ixmdon Slade, the American medium, has gone to Russia to fill an engagement The King of Sweden and Crown Prince John of Glukensburg. have become f ree- masons An act has 1-een passed in Franco for the relief of the famine stricken inhabitants of Pondlcherry. . . . A dispatch from the City of Mexico says: The armed reslsfmco against Gen. Di:i7. la considered at an end fur the present Many adherents of Iredo continue to leave the country, fearing outrages. The church party tacitly coun tenances Diaz, but is really working to please the conservative in powif. The Romanian Chaml-ershas reduced the budget of the War Office to S'J ). 000 The impression at Constant! no- nle is that an umlersfiniiing win ie reached with Servia on an anti-bellum basis, and with Montenegro on slight territorial concessions. It is said that a formidable Russian iron clad squadron will enter the Med iterranean in the spring. The Grand Duke Constantine will command, and Admiral Passoff will be his chief of staff The Paris correspondent of the London Standard, telegraphs that he is informed the Kussian army received nrdera to advance, and will cross tlie Pruth within ten days A dispatch from Constantinople to the Ixmdon Standard reports that the British man-of-war Bittern, which was about to quit Constantinople, has been detained by order of the English Chanre d' Affairs for the protection of foreign residents. It is stated that the exports of Man- j Chester (foods tothe United States, which formerly afforded an excellent market, are now very limited, and there is con siderable trade in Manchester in cotton fabrics manufactured in America The worst apprehensions are felt of tlie strike of the Durham colliers in conse quence of differences with the masters about the recent arbitration award. The strike would directly affect from 30,000 to 4MXX) men, and involve the stoppage of the Cleveland iron industry. ....From the debate in the Trench Chamber of Deputies, it appears that SO.000 silk operators in Lyons are un employed in consequence of low waj-es and the dearness of raw silk, and they ned a great amount of anstano. Jt is believed the business of Lyons will be prostrated for a long time. An explosion tok place Feb. 7th, in the Ross colliery, near Bolton. England. by which 10 men were Kiiiea ine British steamer EtheL bound fromBil boa to Newport, Wales, went ashore on Lundy Island. Feb. 7th, and became a total wreck. Nineteen persons were drowned The London Time advises that England should await the result of the change at Constantinople before replying to Russia's circular, and if it be an inauguration of a policy different to European counsels, it will cut away the ground nder the Russian circular, and England might meanwhile inquire what course Russia favored. j nKNKIIAl, NEWS SUMMARY J , . TJw cnun! tr ta .Nfw i. U ItxlictrO Tir.2rr 1 We5me?v Wrw ; drat !totTi I Cjus. jr. Artusry , r: JmJlae H AlJca srerrurr. U r-Je-T . . . . , , V. , ' A,lcn V1' ,R liAr irnu f aaa:rw j rar. xau f a ki I a fwn!ra.tl aam ,u ... .t v T , XlMitXl SO, M) u nHiar.ru m u J cwualjr Jail tx liUvmiugUra. Ill, for swljHlltnc. La canfc-U t the nsunler of (Jen Murray MKVmarll. of Jckv ville. In Frbruory, :. l1nrM ma old jail Utrd who wnnl a numtr of lernu in JiJirt. He rnlie Uit he Hent fntm Urm u Jackonrt!l? ru .rtngfiekl.;otxl at ti Ayer Housw 111 Jjwk.rtivtlie, rrsitertnir as Jolin " lln. tn the morning of the ninnler he left tlie hold nitltout jwytng hu Ull. A "ftt McConneir, u Uirrt. ave ... , . , , . , Uollar fn'm hinu ,Ir Ljw! lW" mom-j Uierr lefurt and hen takod hlxn-hrI1 hp truck Mcttronell with an iron i-okcr, knocking him bwn, ul then hit tthn several tltnm after be a down. He then flet walking all tit war to .-vxluha Mi Jrk"nU!e ad vice ny the sffwv 1 dlirdltrl them . . .John WiUton. tlie oidvwt member ur the Nin Krunctco Uir, died VvXk 2nd ;ijed K7 Secretary of State Chad Ick w;is Inaugurated Governor vt Urcti, VvK 1st vice i rover. rrtgned. General .diert-!itn has Iktu ofllciaJly notified Uiut about luu renegade SluUi Indians have armed lit the llriUah p seAsions, near the Montana tmler. They aie destitute of clothing. jrov). ions and atmmmlUwn, Md their fmiea are weak and Jiwled. The Kngluh of ficers commanding told thrtn tkl uu less they came for permanent settle ment, they would lie driven bck tnt tlie Territories ...The banking turns of Ruck fc Hunting. Sag Harbor, 1-rfHij-Island, ban become insolvent, lUbllitin. half a million, asset-, unkno n. Eor u.iuiy years tlie firm has done btwlncw in Ng Harbor, and had the cot fidencr of the jeople of every town on the Island. They handled the Mivinga of idl tlie industries of Uie place, and the. hefm.cash'ierof the Flmt aUonafir-t of Montrose, Pa, has lr taken la-fore the court mid held in SW ball, charged with forgery. The prisoner was also held in tAOo iwdl ti await a rcqulMticm from the Governor of P.v. on a charge of misappropriation of tV 00U m that State. Eleven hundred mlnrs at Stanton colliery. Pa, have struck, on account of a small reduction of pay.. ..It ha Jul transpired thai the missing mail bug containing letters and about ?:&n worth of bank checks and irtvaa draft, while en route from Newport, Kjn to Cincinnati, several days ago, was al Mlracled. No clue whatever has !een obtained as to wh j committed tlie de-d. or tlie whereabouts of the rnhwlng pa pers. There has been u determined ef fort Uj keep the matter hashed up. mid for the time it has been suecewif uL The First National Rank of Covington ban over S 10.000 worth of checks in that mall, and James Taylor fc Sons, bank ers, a still larger amount Among uie papers there was a gold draft on a California hank for WJ&OO. . . .On the night ol Feb. 6th. Jas. Flood, who killed his wife, surrendered himself to the Brooklyn pottcc. , - -A collUloroccurred on the St- Louis A Southeastern Ilail--ruv on the night of Feb. 5th, between a local freight and a coal train. Tim engine of the coal train was ditched and the engineer, A. Ilrockman, of Mount Vernon, was badly injured. Frank Wilson, of McLcansboro. fireman, wa instantly killed. Several brakemen m hadlv inlumL Th accident a; Ined aiwut ten miles east of St IxnU. ....Tbo-LPw Agnew. grocer, of Veary street has been adjudicated a voluntary bankrupt; llabilitle. estimati at S. 000; aeaeta, $440,000. principally real flTf Ti The State Insurance Department of New Tork has ordered the Farmers' Joint Stock Fire Insurance Company, of Meridian, to wind np its affairs on account of the precarious condition of its finances--.. ohn C Jewett Sons' tin and iaoan ware factory ia Buffalo. N. V, wa damaged on the night of Feb.(5th by fire to the extent of 3SQ. The abicocding cashier of the First National Bank at Franklin. lad., took about tlOOjOOO and left a aHe say ing they need not expect to see him again that Chicago iireuiatioT caused the trouble. -. -Five buildinsj. tnciodinc the store of the Sroebanna Coal Ot. at Nantecoke, Pa were destroyed by J f Feb Tth lyw tsojDOO; iaauranca. 30.000- The fire was eausea oy ukxu diaries, who are supposed to be "Molly -Magpirea.' Baron Rothschild and Sir Moses Montefiore, who hart- bad a nnrober of schools, a hospital, and other institu tions built on Mount Sion, at Jerusa lem, have now added a printing office, from the presses of which a work baa justbeB issued treating of the Hoij Land. This is said to be the first book which has ever been printed in Palss-tine- !J 5 r 's. Si,