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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
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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
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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
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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-
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