Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, January 23, 1877, Image 7
5 TB'EOMAHA UERMS OF WEEKLY BEE : One copy , ono year , in advance * 2 CO " " six months , * - - 1 00 * " thrco ' * * . . . _ _ . _ . . _ . . . 0 C. KOStttATEH. Kitor and PrcDflctor. PCJ.T. is now ready for a high joint comrnt Ion. ST. AUGCSTLSK , Florida , is the oldrat HcttlemeuLin Ameiics , HOM-- cvcr , tbatcio8 not eccm to alter the fact flint despite its ajro its presi dential electoral muddle Biill re mains uiiBettletl. Iff the conclusion arrived ut by the hifju joint rbitratore is to go behind the returns of the d sputed Htates , the probabilities arc there will be no decision of the Preaidcn tJal content by the 4th of March and tiis would make Ferry Pre i dent until another election is held next IN o vein her. UHAKI.ES O'COKOK'S personal aj pearaiice before the high court of arbitration is described by the Washington corns poudeut of the Chicago Inter- Ocean as a little dried up old man , \\ha looks lik the pic- turea of Stephen Girard He has un Irifch face , v.'tiite hair , and a fringe of white bfard from one ear to the other oinder' ' his chin Hi * art expression of pain , * . * CHBONIC grumblers abf ut the condition of our streets aud sidewalks - walks , will derive much comfort from the statement of a New York contemporary lhat the streets of New York "have become uuagmirca of pasty mud. and the sidewalks and crosswalks are covered with pa-ry subs'ance. " Iu view of the far.l that New York pays $2,000 a day'for etieet I-SHU.I' , ihis condi tion of her streets aud sidewalks would iiidicftte tliat Omaha 5s much the best governed city. ArTKU the fourth ot March next the ( senate ot the Ouited B ales will be eouctituteJ or G9 RvpiiWicau" , 3 > Deusccrats , 1 Indopcmleut aud one vacancy in JUouMaira. 3 he seat of CudtlBj-Democrfti , of Loui-iann , " . 'ill be ooa'esicd by William Wtt Sel- lojr , Republiau , and that of M U. Butler , Deaiocrar , South Carolina , by D. T. Corbiu , Rerublicau- The vacaucy lield to osist iu Louisiana , for the terra ending in 1879 , has not been filled by the Democratic Leg islature of the State , but J aincs Lew is hay been c'-iosen for the place by thoPackard Legislature. 1 HE result of toe recent elections in Germany , ia r-garded by leading London p crs , OJ decidedly dis couraging to the supporters of the Eaipiie . _ _ WhiIe Blftnarck by his superior atateSnTalilship. may still be able commaail n mcjority of las no- tiunalparliament , liis successors are ! ike5y to fail iu coutrollicg the socialistic elements of Germany , which of late have acquired stch ; preponderating influence. The re sults of the election introuucu un element of immense ponl into Eu lorian PV&IJQJ. They cannot but Intenbify' IJisniRr 'sa desire to see Hu&sia dragged into sin Oriental war-and Jn any difficulty between Germany and France they will not m > ke him defcirous to tind a peaceful solution. ONE of the most'huportant meas ures betore Congiess ib Judge Crounee'B Omaba bridge bill. That measure ia not only importHnt so far as Omaha aud Nebraska are concerned , but it utlecls a large percentage of the people of the whole country. The bill in ques tion proposes to restrict the Union Pacific railroad company from im posing arbitrary and exorbitant lolls upon pa&seugeis and freight trans ported over the Missouri river bridge at Omaha. Omaha alone pays an average ol over $150,000 per annum , lor the use of this bridge. While the traffic over this bridge ia at least one hundred per cent heavier than over any bridge that crosses the Miseouii or Mississippi river above 8t. LOUIB , the tolls are fifty to one "hundred per cent higher than at any other point. For instance , while the tolls imposed for t ans-uortatiou over the Omaha bridge are fifty cents for each passenger and ten dollars per car-load for freight , the : tolls over the Atcbi ou bridge , in cluding approaches fully as long aa long as those between gpoou .Latze and Omaha-are only twenty-five : cents per p&ssenger and five dollars per car-load ot Ireiuht. The Atchiflou bridge ia altio util ized for teame.and pus-tubers cross : ing on foot. The charge for foot passengers is only five cento , and the charge for teams crossing both ways is forty rente , while teams crossing oue way pay twenty-five cents. Now why bhould not the Omaba bridge be operated ay clieap- : ly aa the bridges ut St. Joseph , Atchibou and Kama * City ? THE Republican hah a peculiar facility for distorting testimony. Iu the hist Curry trial JJrook'a got n. scorching from the counsel iu the cane becauae of the garbled report he niatle of their arguments. In Sunday's issue of the Republican Brooks reprospiils this to be one ques tion and answer in Thurston's cross- examination ot tbe witness Cole : "Question : Didn't you know that Howe was not a republican ana would have no part iu tiie conven ; tion , and didn't tbo conversation relate to the strength ol uowin lor Congress. Answer : Ye * . " The following ia ths correct report of that testimony : Q. Didn't y u know that Mr. Howe was noc a member of tbe Be publican parjy ? A. Yes wr ; but I Icnew ho always hud comothing to do with the Republican party. Ci Didn't you know thou that' ' Mr. Howe would not b * a delegate to the t : ie Convenlion ? A. Io L sir ; it was thought Air Howe would tw H deleaatu w I bat convention 1 Q , WiiMi't tbu vrsaHon on 1 * the fculj , . , , j tVf-vu , th Mr. Uow- ei iu wnu'U ' havi m thf StMteconven- eiol tie r.1 A \c < vi ; HII at that olV time wiia i.-lt ; Mr. HS-O would olhi ba a delegate to tbe State conven hi tion. Howe's S j if Hoi's ' Slanders. Lincoln Globe. . Sou. Church Howe.when , making Uls charges agajnst Hon. E. Bose- waiter , said : " 1 i-hargo him with bring the paid editor of a subsidised organ o' a powerful corporation , " etc. etc.Mr Mr- , Howe was unfortunate in this statement for if there Is anything that has been maiia clear iii the in vestigation it is the fact that the B. & M. corporation has riot paid money to any paper during the Sen atorial contest. It may be that the B. & M. iiuB givefi some job work to the BEE In preference to any other Omaha paper This they had a right to do ; but we are quite sure that if the B. & M. should render an account of money paid the BEE and to the Stale Jour nal the last year , the amount paid ( o the Journal would far exceed the amount paid to the. BEE ; and yet them are but few who would assert that the Journa' is the organ of the B. & M. But the 'act that the state ment is not borne out by the testi mony , is not alone the fact which places Mr. Howe in an awkward position - sition , but the fact that he in one of the committee to investigate the charge against the B & M. It places him in the attitude of a juror who announces his decision in ad vance , and thus renders himself wholly incompetent to serve as euch. [ Comment by the BEK. ] The books of the B. & M. rail road show the emount paid 'or job work and advertising by that cor poration to the Omaha Uirald in 1876 was considerably iu excess of the .amount paid during the same year to the BEE. Mr. Howe risked nothiug when he made his libel ous and slanderous charges iu in the State Senate. The constitu tion expressly provides that mem bers of the legislature shall not be held responsible for anything they may eay in their respective houses ; aud Mr. Howe , taking advantage of this privilege , made his libellous attacks frem behiud that coustitu tional rampart Like u cowardly sneak , he did not dare to name trio corporation that has subsidized the editor of the BEE , although the nat ural inference was that it must be the B. & M. Howe Is now aud has for years been the subsidized tool of the greatest corporation on the Americau continent the Union Pacific railroad and he judges oth ers bv his own standard. 7 HE Btrald has much to say in condemnation of Mr. Welle , who ia only reported not proven to have aeked $200,000 for a transmutation of the Louisiana election returns in favor of Tilden , but why doesn't that sheet conuemn G. L. Miller's eflort to corruptly get aa electoral vote for 'iildeu in Oregon , and to buy oneUi Nebraska. Why doesn't the immaculate Miller appear in Washington to testify there , or why isn't he here to explain to a JNe- braoka Legislature how he tried to bIba legislatora into voting for a corrupt Senator , wno was to give support to Tilden if his vote would be Deeded and could accomplish it. Why didn't that journal condemn the Flanuagan forgery and those engaged in the disreputable work ? Why didn't that journal condemn those who urged the stealing of doc uments supposed to exist to accom- plifh their purpose ? And why did that journal condemn those who have been proven innocent in that aflair , aud remain silent when the other party was proven guilty ? The fact is Miller started out in Omaha as a swindler ; he has con fessed to being a party to bribing i legislator ( Bob. b urnas ) once , anc he has been engaged in that kind o ! business ever since. He has sold his soul so often that it is difficult for him to satisfy himself who is ( he rightful owner now , and in fact it is doubtful if there is any soul leil in his body. CHURCH TAXATION. Several members nf the legisla ture are now advocating a bill to tax church like any other property. It is proposed to tax it all except a fixed limit of about $3,000 , and all above that to be treated as other t property. This is 0,1 it should be. e ohurcu societies which can afford \ magnificent structures and charge luxuriant rents for pews in order to * exclude the poorer classes from front ' seats ought to be willing to pay axs upon these luxuries. It is low an established fact that that in Lhe collection of revenues for gov ernments it is most advisable to tax ; he luxuries instead of the ordinary commodities ot life. Persons who tvih to live apart aud in special se- Jusiou from the ordinary masses an allord to pay for the privilege. A.ny one who wishes to smoke cost- y Havauas will not stop because or tbe'extra revenue upon that class of uxuriea and any class of wealthy people who wish to worship the Al- mghty In a high-toned church and au ailord to pay high-toned prices or frout pews can afford to contrib- ic ! an extra tax on the. building ised for that purpose. The fine church structures which ire built by rich congregations gen erally demand and most always ee- lure public conveniences , eucn as fas , pavements , sewers , &o. While he poor little frame church build- ugs in secluded parts of the city are lot provided with these public con- reiilences , its members do not mve much attention paid to their vautsjbyacityyet they nevertheless lave to pay their proportion of the eneral taxes toward the support of ho conveniences extended to the ligh-toned church. It is therefore ' ust and reasonable to require those fho can afford to go beyond a rea- enable limit in the building and namtcnanca of churches " , to pay ° 81 Lieir share ot taxes for public im- | 8 rovements. a < THAT able lorger of records , jittlefield , says the Cincinnati Jmes , has not yet explained what os ible motive there was for Gov- rnor Wells to order a transposition te tedi f votes when all that be alleges di dix Veils desired to accomplish could x ave beeu accomplished by the re- ai jctiou of polie , aiaa LEGAL PBOTE&TIOX TO CKIM- * * I "T The present criminal laws on the subject of bribery of public officials , in the light of the past six years of experience in this State , strikes us as a nullity. Its object purports to be the prevention of ciime , but in Providing for the punishment and the proof , it fails in being practically operative , from the very fact that it makes both parties , the bribe-giver and tbp bribe-taker , a criminal ; find houce bars 911 ! any poaisbihty ot proof under the ordinary pfeeauJ tione taken by men engaged in that kind of business. INo man will be fool enough to criminate himself as long as the law gives him the privi lege of evading it. The object of the law declaring bribery a crimi nal transaction , is to protect the public against fraudulent and dis honest officials. If thelaw only made the officer who accepted bribe crimi \ nally liable , there would be less of that character of crimes committed because of the constant danger which would threaten the crimina ted party , aud men who biiy offi cials could at any time be compelled to testify upon such matters without being endangered by truthful and fearless testimony. As it now is a legislator may demand aud receive auy money Consideration for his vote for a U. S. senator , and though it may be evident by a thoueond circumstantial proofs , neither can be punished or proven guilty , simply because neither can be made to tes tify before a couit in the matter pertaining to th transaction. GEN. STBiCKiiANUonce made the remark that he could not bear a player who while seeming to soothe his ears with sweet sounds of music , was aiming a deadly stilletto at his back This is brought forcibly to mind by the smootu sounds of flat tery for Gen. Cowiu in the jKepub- licin , while its editor , under the guieo of friendship , is making dead ly aim at bin leputation. vVheu Gen. Cowin was a candidate for Congress , no abuse wat * too harsh for Brooks to heap upon Cowin's head , aud no appeal was strong enough to lead Brooks to publish Co win's speech as an act of justice. During the 8ub equent Sanalorial campaign the opposition was aCe Co win-Rose water clique , but now , alas , Datus , like Professor Bcblie- rnann , the discoverer ofvtheaucient tombs of Helen and Paris , has sud denly taken to the resurreatiou of past relics , and finds virtue in the speeches of Cowin , which , at the time ol their rendition , were re fused a space in the journal which came into their sole possession' . COAL IN NEBRASKA. In our telegraphic columns will be seen a report of a very valuable and extensive disco very oFrTcfi coal in Southern Nebraska. If Uio re port is true , it is a very important matter to the entire State. We tiave been deceived so often by le- porta of enthusiastic coal seekeru , that we place little faith In all such announcements , however much we may desire the fulfillment of their expectations. We shall await further reports of these reputed develop ments with considerable interest. PAT1I1CK OK HOWK. The May after the senatorial con test , I met Mr. PATKICK and Dr. MILLER in Chicago and came as far as Bed Oak. A conversation came up referring to the senatorial con test , PATRICK asked where our mu tual friend HOWK was. I stated that he was at home when I left. PATRICK said "HOWE is a pretty cuse. " I answered , "yes , HOWE is pretty lively. He said , "HoWE is a guerril'a " I asked , "what was matter between you and HOWE , and he remarked , "I would have been thousands of dollars better off if 1 hadn't seen 7mn. " I was inquisitive. He said that he had spent sev eral thousand dollars during the Senatorial contest. 1 think ten or twelve thousand I said I didn't see how this coula be. He said , "In various ways ; that HOWE got sev eral thousand dollars of our money. " [ [ asked. "How was that ? " He aid that HOWE agreed to do many 'hinge that he did not or could not iccomfrlish. I replied , "HowE laid your money back , didn't hel" Eesaid , "JVotacent. " , The above Is Lett's testimony Iveu under oath before the invest- ! eating committee Wednesday eve * ling. It proves the charge that lowe was using money for Patrick t ia direct as the public can expect he evidence from witnesses who vould criminate themselves if they wrsonally confessed their transact- ons before a court. In the face of his Mr. Miller's ad interim editor naked an'ass of himself when he a : tuts head lines charging Eosewater pith lying about Howe. If Mr. leai aift Jailer had been as honest a Demo- ft rat as Mr. Lett , the late Demo- ratio candidate for Oovernor he j : have either published what JN IB knew of Howe's infamy from his eliable friend Patrick or he would tave remained silent and not allow us paper to be used to whitewash a . nan whom he knows to be a doublejr jrCK aced political trickster. CK CKtl tl tle e < WHEN the compromise electoral iill came before both houses of Con- a < ress for final action , the Demo- ratio press was jubilant m its ad- ocacy of the measure. When the 'resident signed the bill , he for the irst time since his inaugural , re- eived most flatter.ng encomiums rom a united Democracy. But the phit of their dream has vanished luce the commission has decided CI dveree to going behind the re- urns. Like Shylock , alter having renounced Portia a second Daniel erne to judgment , and then re- elved instructions that his judg- lent must be executed to the let- 3r , "one pound of llesh but not a rep of blood " So now the disap- ointed Democracy shrinks with mazement at the partizaijshfp lanifeated by tbece judges. THURSTONin' ind sfg'u- m'eni against th'e admission of hear say testimony , said : "You are here trying your peer. " The public will b ' surp'rlsatl to hear that anybody ia being tried" , it { 3 Jre ? m d that treals do not take place until alter j articles are officially preferred. Iu- ! veatigations in committees , like those of courts , are presumed to be made { o get all possible information for a basis. li cu be absurd for a graud jury to call in the parties who are being lnve ° tigated to retard , brow-bear , aud object to testi&oiiyi If David Butler had been given time to coa suit and advise every possible wit ness and to personally stand in the committee room with his objections , he never would have b > eu iui- peached of ahy misdemeanors proven. That was the nature Of the two first investigating commit tees , who concluded their labors each time with a farcical white wash , and yet , after all tneir whiter wash reports and the hurling of epithets at his accuser ? , Mr. Butler was proven guilty of misdemeanors and impeached. S. G. OWE > , President of the State .National Bank of Liueolu , testified on Wednesday evening that while Mr. floWe was a mem her of the Legislature two years ago , he [ Howe ] wa asktd to oppose and did oppose , aud advise the use of money to defeat the capital re moval bill. He swears that money was collected from citiaeus of Lin coln for that purpo&e , and deposited iu that bank subject to orders of a disbursing committee. Th'e State National Bunk contributed $ ! od td that fund. This Is precisely a paral lel to the Furnas bribery case. In this instance the citizens of Lincoln , like those of Omaha , were bled to pay 'tribute to a pack of lobbyists aud legislators for self preservation. The juerald of this city , whose editor was oue who contributed to bribe Furuas , charged the act upon Furnas years after the crime of bribing was outlawed against himself and all those who took part in the transaction. If it was a terrible crime for Furnas to accept money , a fact which was not proven any more clearly than the use of mouey by Howe iu the Pat rick Senatorial contest has been , Is it any less criminal for a legislator to advice the defeat of a bill before the body of which he is a memba by the uee of money ? THE English Government , as wil be seen by the Queen's speech in our cablegrams , has strong hopes o effecting a reconciliation between Turkey aud Hussia , and thereb maintaining the peace of Europe. POLITICAL JfOTES. The constitution says that nl ( Stales shall be equally repremilct in the Senate. Yet , iu wanton violation lation of tnis , Illinois sends a man ( weighing 350 pounds. [ Graphic. 1 he Chicago Tribune , Times , In ter-Ocean , Journal , and Poet , aie for a wonder , agreed upon on thing , aud that is in regarding tin election of Judge Davis to the Ben ate as a gratifying result. * Both Fernando Wood and Sunset Cos wanted to be members of the . tripartite commission , lhat tribunal - , nal will command none the less confidence since they did not sue- , ceed in getting on. [ Albany Even- . ii\K Journal. ! This , at all events , is better than f fighting over the results of the bald lot-box , and may reassure those L here who doubted whether the c Americans had not lost the AngloI Saxon habit of compromise. It is e clear they have not. [ London Telegraph - v egraph , n The tripartite-commission plan is the law. The country may now take a long breath of relief and set tle down to business for 1877 , aud the advertising public must and [ shall have a hearing If we have to splice column rules. [ .Nashville American. Believing the cause of Hayes to U be just , and that his claim to the > Presidency is based on tbe honest and legal votes of the people of the o < country , we shall expect this com si mission to declare him the Presi siol dentelect of the United States. olT. W'sconsin State Journal. T.di T.C People are looking curiously , but di uot anxiously thpre is no appre- teel iieusion now towards "Washington , el rbe moment it is settled who is inpi President everybody will go to work piji vith cheerfulness and bright hope , jim ind we shall eee both peace and jid jrosperity. [ Richmond Dispatch d DemO The Senate does not appear to be .o good stepping-stone to the Presl- th leutial chair , since no member of it ta ias ever stepped from that chamber su o the White House. This is a fact CO vhich Mr. Blaine , as well as Judge sii ) avis , will do well to remember. Franklin ( Pa. ) Repository. su While there is no enthusiasm mong Colorado Republicans over be compromise bill , there ia still Ol > ess complaint of the Colorado Son- 1J tors for casting their votes in its J ivor , and auy attempt to make it ppear that they hr.vo displeased beir constituents by their action asic aufct be a failure. [ Denver ( Col. ) icu oews. u The recent course taken by Sena- W 'e ( ars JSdmunds , Conkling , and other OlOc Oc tepubllcan lawyers , on the count of be electoral vote an lor president and Ice president , shows character and adependence worthy of the great /e ccaeion and inspiring respect for po be high profession they haveadorn- poWJ d. [ Charleston Journal of Com- WJD aerce , ( Dem ) . D The president means to close his n dministration well. Besides sign- hii ag the electoral bill , and the ad- hiifli nirable reasons , both in tone and DO u balance , given in his message for bat act , bo will speedily send a le ommunicatiou to Congress recom- pe aending such legislation as will peri iring about a resumption of specie riwi rid layiueuts before 1879. [ Boston wi Yanscript. wiTl Tlr The World cries out against the > r rime of J. Madison Wells In fori- vo ag the Louisiana returns. The a : Vorld baa nothing1 to say concern- h Qg Tilden and Hewitt , who fur- JTfl lisbed the money to * swindle the de.o itate of Oregon out of its rights. .o Vbat is the moral difference be- , ih ween bribery and forgery ? Per- l taps the World will explain. [ .Mew fork Commercial Advertiser. w Since tbe Democrats have come nto power in Congress the galleries o | ire pretty generally well filled with ] tt riemh of the "lost cause , " who L- ' itfudly applaud whenever a Demo- c/atic Congressman j aals frequently donS , eayfl Something that meets { heir ajipiobatJotf. It wotfld be j wise to keep the "rebel yell" oflt o' ( the na'tional legislative hall a whfle ! yet. [ Lebanon Courier. If ths commipsiou decides that the " ( rue and lavi-rtfl eleotjlal vote" of the disputed States ia for flayefft we may expr t the indignation of the World 13 arrive * promptly Meanwhile the general public will await the decision of the commis sion with intense interest , and will we trust , pay iitlla hee4 to thelooSe talk against the justices who are members of it [ New York Timt It has been said , and it cannot be ( co often remarked , that Mr. Hayes had gSt hlttiself uomlnatc'l and had run his campaigii rfd Mr. Tilden did , and If since the election rf6haa b en detected in the intrigues arid" tricks of his opponent/the moral sense of the country In both parties , Would have rejected him as an uu- worliiy pretender a charlatan un fit for the Presidency fHartford Couranf ; The Cincinnati "Commercial * ' jfi clearly right when he says : "There i ? not a merchant or manufacturer , an artinan or laboring man iu the land longing for a rivival o'f indu try and commerce , who will noi feel a sense of relief as he reads the Clad tidings of great joy that one ? the fiioat iCorueujous questions that has arisen since the Ci'rgr.sJjratlun oT Hie Government is iu a fair way" tff amicable determination. " Mr * Tildeu's "Reform" Tactics. N * York TimeS ; It is ds fair tojtlf { e a man by tfae agenls he employs s5 b the com pany he keeps. Find a man wnS employe notorious scoundrels , with a full knowledge of tneir character , fud gathers about him for the pur pose ? . Of his tnisinsafl outcasts and adventurers of every degree , apd you estimate him at once' as unprifl ; ciplfed and as governed by no s6ru- plf-HsaVe those which" tlie" law eu = forces. He may stand at tno fllrcet corners and cry aloud for reform , but you know that ho is a hypocrite aud not to be trusted In any public or business relations. Mr. Tilden belongs to this clat-a. The standard of his own character as a perjured tax-payer , ao a faithless trustee , as a scheming , unscrupulous politi cian , determined the character of the persons he gathered about him to buy aud cheat his way lhtt > the Presidency. * * * # * His connection with the Fisk and Gould frauds on the Eric stockhold ers laid the foundation of a fame which few need envy. His dexteri ty in using the Tammany Judges , and iu perverting the forms of law to protect the rankest injustice , gave him a distinction altogether unique. His zeal in Tweed's behalf was only measured by the size of Tweed'd puree. In short , all the general public to day know of Mr. Field Is that he is invariably singled out to conduct cases which lawyers of dif ferent standing would not touch , and that he justifi < H the selection by the employment of methods worthy of the cause to be served. It is proper , therefore , that he should now appear as M r. Ti den's chief agent in the proceedings of a House committee , and as his chief "ob. jector" Defore the Electoral Com mission. * * * * Mr. field must have felt quite happy with Pickett and Maddox as wituesst-o. They are gentietneri af ter his own heart ready for any thing that may be required of them in the combined interests of virtue and the Democratic party ? The misfortune for Tilden and reform is that as witnesses they arev not be lieved. The more tney swear the more we know that they are lying. . Althougn the Oregon case lacks the raciness of the Louisiana expo sure , it Id strikingly suggestive of the Tildeu tactics. Everywhere they were the same. Mon ey money money That was Mr. Tildeu's constant argument for establishing his title to the Presidency. Testimony be fore the Senate Committee yester day proved , by a camparisou of handwriting , that the "Gobble" cipher addressed to Tilden and the Patrick dispatch to Peltou proceed ed from the same person. Both were Patrick's , who , as may bo re membered , was send from .Nebras ka as Tilden's confidential agent for ( securing a Democratic Elector in Lhe place of Watts The < Jorse and Miller dispatch to Pelton , published yesterday , are equally significant. t is now evident that from the noment Mr. Tilden discovered that 10 needed one vote from Dregou , no means were eft untried to secure it. * * * * # * * # The crowning illustration of Dem- ' cratic iniquity comes from Missis- : ippi , and endangers the efficacy the Tilden votes of that State , fhe . Democratic President of a bounty Board of Registers j ester- lay testified to the Senate Commit- ee that the Democratic judges of lection , at each polling place the county , were sup- > ilied with duplicate keys to the lallot-boxes , for a purpose that nay be imagined. "I suppose my lea was , " the reluctant witness inally said , "that If there were too aany Republican votes in the bal- jt-box , the key was to open the box bat the Republican votes might be dken out and Democratic votes ubatituted in their stead. " The onfessiojj is made charming by its implicity , and it illumines one of lie ways that led to Democratic ucce&s m Mississippi. JCDGE DAY S' OPI5IOX Ol Oldi n the Blgbt of Congress to go Be- di hlnil tbe Decision of Returmnlf Monrtls. st Judge Davis has been quoted so jpeatedly by the Democratic press : claiming the right of congres- cc onal investigation behind the re > ccP' P' ' irns of State returning boards that P'c take occasion to publish the fol- c : iwlng facts reported by an inter cean correspondent as the result of et Interview : si Justice Davis recently had a con- ersation with a friend here on the cf Dlitical situation , particularly its 81 81qi 'gal aspect , and that conversation qi as repeated to a gentlemen well qib < nown hi Washington , and per- ictly reliable. He states that in IB conversation as related to ei eiBE im Judge Davis expressed his grat- BE Ication at having had BEai an op- ai artunity to escape serving on le Electoral Commission , fore Hbould have been com- elled to have decided against his lends on every legal point involv- , and there were reasons why he 'ished to stand well with Tilden. } he Judge said that no court which retended to have respect for itself f ould ever decide that Congress had right to go behind toe decision of tie Returning Boards , and in re- ard to the Oregon case , as be un- erstood It , Qroverhad no authority giye Croiiin a certificate , but " bould "have declared a vacancy , ustice Davia believed that the ac- bu of tbe Governors of Aew Jer- ay , Missouri and North Carolina ° rere constitutional. The Democrats rho have been informed of Davis' pinion congratulate themselves bat he was not selected aa a mem * icr of the commlwjon. . BLACK HILLS- The Rush io Castle ureek. Why tte Bcer' Corre spondent Didn't cl4 His 1 aim. A Splendid Shot-Killing' Two Deer With One Ballet. Exciting Reports from iiny ward and Rosebud. Special Comtpandence of the See. Custer City , D. T. , January 25. Mountain City liea to the north of Custef abont sixteen miles distant , and on the new toll and telegraph road from Custer to Dead wood City. The new diggings are about one mile .liast of the toad on Castle Crcfik , aud the rush has been to this spot for the past week or ten dsys. Over three hundred miners from Crook City , Galena , tJayville , and Deadwood City stampeded , and claim after claim was taken , until they number into the hundred * . Your correspondent had cherished a fond hope that n claito Btafced oil aud rteo'ded by a good friend Would be safe uutil repre.seutction day , but two ! tal vwrt miuera had a short consultation , finil fter deciding that that kind of a way of loealing wouldn't hold water \vorth a c"fc t ; proceeded tu ' 'bull-doze" the repre- eenlatlve < > f thu BKE , and jump Ills claim. They had Sharp's rifles and big revolvers , and i'oilg knives , and in view of t-uch argument , which tould un doubtedly have beeu broug'nf to bear upon the sub ecf , we didn't say any thing about it. L3 3i fall a certain Omaha man , well knttwil iifld fespw.ted there , waS washing & little Jif t On another ifla'n'H Bip'uhd , justtosee the "pros pect , " vVbs'ii ths ottntr came run- nine up , and preSebliiig a heavy double-barrelled thot-guu at his head , told him to "gather up his Imps and plunder and start. " The leiitlernau tried to explain that he meant no harm ; ho was only free ing what he could find , &c. , but the nllncc told him to "cliowe aud git , ' wbltm he did at ouce.Vo thouaht of all this , and cflnteUleU ourselves with a fett suitable remarks , and went away. A siforig stOoUa'Je , about three hundred feet square , stands on the creek uear the stage road. It was built by John Smiley , of Omaha , and is very substantial , indeed. All the supplies needed here are purchased ill CUsltr , and the merchants will litl- doubtediy derive great benefit from the new camps < m Castle Creek. The best hot that 1 have heard of in the Hills was made by Christopher Lapp of Hay ward City , one day last week. He killed tw fine white tailed deer at oue shot with a heavy Sharp's rifle. Day be fore yesterday while our party were coming down from the north , just as wo crossed the divide between Castle and Spring Creeks , the mules came right on io a fine doe grazing In a little clearing between the blues. It would be difficult to sav which was the mcst startled , the deer or the hunters. Everybody grabbed for the guns , which were nicely rolled up in an overcoat and lying u\ the bottom of the sleigh. The deer made a tremendous spurt for the timber and was out of sight just as the first man was ready. We all quielfiddown and the veteran'of the party said something about the embankment above a taw-mill which I Lave somehow or other for gotten. A fine mountain lion wa1 killed near Golden a day or two ago by a hunter from Castletou. We noticed signs of elk by the trail as we passed along. Rabbits and pheasants were numerous , aud we got quite a bag of them. ExcillnK reports have come in from Hayward , and the Rosebud District since my last was written. Three pans washed out one dollar and sixty sents or a little over fifty- three cents to the pan. I can scarce ly credit the report , but trustworty men from below assure me that it is truth. There is no doubt about the act that considerable quantities of coarse gold id coming in from there and that the miners are very Jubi- land over their good luck. A quartz ilstict has just been organized which is ten miles square and with the re corders office at Hayward City. Two lines of stages start for the new towns from Custer to day. One is owned by the Cheyenne & Black Hills line , the other by Thompson's 'ast freight line. Freights are at he rate of from three to five cents per hundred between Custer and the iew towns. There is no mistake ibout the fact that a tremendous mmigratloi : will flocK in from the itates in the early spring. A free lome , with plenty of wood and wa- er close by , is a big inducement to eople living on the great plains md prairies of the Mississippi and Missouri valleys , and It is surely vith a fair chance of the settler's triking a quartz lead or placer laim beside. WINCHESTER. .NEBRASKA. OOAIi DISCO VERY. facial Dupatck to Me Bee. Tecumseh , February , 7. At JSlk i : Jreek Station , eight miles southeast . f this place , a party iu digging a > veil discovered signs ot coal , and > : ug to the depth of 84 feet , passing . lirough five feet of solid blue lime- ) tone. They found directly under thirty-eight inches of hard stone oal , of the best quality. The State remium offered for the dlcovery of sal is $5,000 Arrangements will e made ac once for procuring an agine and the necessary tools for . iiaftlng. The first vein of this coal - reps out at Tecumseh , and is only ixteen inches thick and of poor uality. The second vein having een discovered at Elk Creek , min- re suppose a third vein to lay sev- nty-five or eighty feet below the econd. and about seven feet thick , nd of u still better quality. LEGAL NO IXc. tate of Nebraska. Douglas County , tt At a county court held in the county court om. in and for ( aid county , February rd , A. D. . 1876. Present , C. H. Sedgwick. ountr Judge. In the matter of the eatato Mathew W. Harris , deceased : On reading and filing the petition nf William F Sweeay , administrator of fail tate. ihoirinerthathe had filed his final ac- ount and prayingforthe allowance thereof nd his discharge. Ordered , that March 10th , A. D. . 1877. at o'clock , a. m. . is assigned for hearing lid petition , when all persons interested in Lid matter may appear at a county court tea a held , in and for said county , and ( how ause why prayer of petitioner should not be ranted ; and , that notice of the pendency if laid petition and the hearing thereof , txj riven to ali persons interested in said mat er , by publishlne a copy of shis order in he Omaha WKKLT BKK. a newspaper * irinted in said county , for four snccestir * reeks , prior to laid day of hearing. C. H. fEDQWICK. ( A trn ; copy. ) County Jadjro. 6HIJC'if HOWE. tatinued from 6th page. conversation wilfiMr Cole and con veyed to him the idea there wua nothing m these charpes and told hits Mr. Howe was for lighting that case rlghf through. I told Mr Roaewater the sadle thing. Q. Lei inn Inquire whether you ever r&ade any such statements ae I have referred to' in the presence of Cicero L. .Bristol 1 A. "What state ments ? Q. As to whether you knew that Mr. Howe was griilty ? A. No , sir ; I do not ; I don't think that Mr. Eosewater will go on this stand and fawear I ever made the statement to him that Church Howe confessed that to me , or that 3Ir Bristol will either. QDM jou never state anything to that effect to Mr. .Bristol , at auy time or place ? A. ffo , ] . Bear in mind there may have been gen eral remarks about thiti case , ami I may have made this remark , "If there was any corruption there 1 want to see it come out. " The Kearney trial * not satisfactory at all. all.Mr. Mr. Howe. You say Mr. Kose- water was friendly to you at the late convention ? A. I supposed he was. was.Q Did he not , after the sscoud ballot or so , open lib carpet bu-s and spring the name of John JLWeb - sttr as hia eandMate before tbnt convention ? A. I PHW Mr. TowJo come up to Mr. Ro ewuter. and use this language "Can't : you sprine your name uo fur Mr. Webster ? " and he .said : ' t will ass about it. " It aggravated mo a litile and I wired hold of him and said , "No , you afe not going to see about that now. ' ' H'e save , "VvVJl see if we cannot take Home of Mr. Welch'- strength by springing the name of Webator ; never mind that. " That was all satisfactory after the ex planation was made , and I thought nofhJtigsora of it. Q. Did yttli sea auy tickets for Webster ? A. I did not thpu ; J was only looking for Cowin tickets- ; but 1 eaw some after the romeu- tiou. [ Continued. ] SUCCESS. = 13 5HK Test of Merit.- VEGETINE. Tfcc great success ot Vejjetine in curintr each diieacef a * Ftrofuln. inherited in the blood , together with the Increasing demand of the medicine , it coneIuJif * ldeneoof Hi actual merit. NomedicinewaS tfrsf placed before the public ith so much pofiu ? prooi of its real value as the Vegetino. which has cured many cases of Scrofula of many tinewiffcTe'anse Scrofula frem the system Try it. UNPRECEDENTED MERIT. fl ltoH. January 1st. J87n. . ll. R. Srp.7KK8.1i'tt.--DsaFSir ! For n-any yenfs I haTe been afflicted with a humor In the blood which fin'sllv der61ot > ed into Scald one is compelled to endure wiTS tiis c'oil- plaint. Kor a long time my head was 6 s dreadful condition. I need varous kind * of remedies and medicines , some of which t ere especially prepared for me. I got no better-Indeed , I constantly grew worse. 110 surface < f my Lead balnp entirely covered withsoreS of the most acgfarnt d nature This wa my condition when I eomfflenp d taking the Vezctjnt , which I ant p'eased ' to inform you and iho pulllio { ifyouchoosa to make it pub'io ) . has nude a c toflletu sat'a- factor * cure of uiy disonto ; and I shll sl- TTays deem it a great picas are to mention tn8 unprecedented merit of Vccetine. I te- main , very thankflil.y. CHA * . R. SMTXII. 338 Fourth street. South BoJW . ALL DISEASES OF IDE BLOOD. HVcjr'tiae will relieve pain , cleanse , pu rify and cure such diseases , restorine tha patient top rfecthcalth after trying differ ent physicians , many remedies , sufftrinK for year * is it not couclnsive proof , if you are a iofferer , yon can be curna ? Why it medi cine performing such great cnrei 1 It works in the blood , in the cirnlatin ? fluid. It can truly be called the Oreat Blood Purifier. The mat source of disease originates in the blood ; and no tncdecino that does not act directly upon it. to purify and renovate ; has any just cl.im upon public attention. tEVfcNTY-ONE YEARS OF AQE. Eaat Marthfield. August 22.1870. MB.STKIKSS. Dear Sir : I am seventy- one years of age ; have suffered many years with Kidney Complaint , weakness in iny back and stomach I was induced by friends to try your Vegetine , and I think it is thu best medecine for weakness of Ihe kidcoynl ever used. I have tried many remedies for thH complaint , and never found so much relief as from Vegotine. It strengthens and invigorates the wholn system. Many of my acquaintances lave taken It. and 1 be lieve it to be good foralltho complaints for which it is recommended. Yours truly. JOSIAH H. SHERMAN. RELIABLE EVIDENCFS. MR. H. R. STIVUHS. Dear Sir : I will most cheerfully add my testimony to fie great numberyon have already received in favor of your great and good medicine. Veg etine , lor I do not think enough can be said in its P'aise. for I was troubled over 30 years vith that dreadful disease. Catarrh , and had ench bad coughing spells that it would seem as though I never could breathe any more , and Vegetine has cured me. and T do feel to thank God all the time that there is so good a medicine a * Vegetine , nd I also think it one of the best medicines for coughs an'l wrak sinking feelings at the stomach , and advise everybody to take the vegetine. for I can asiure then it is one of the best medicines that ever was. was.MRS. . L. GORE. Cor. MagazirAand Walnut sis. . Cambridge , Mass. APPRECIATION. CH.JRLESTOWN. Ma's. . March 19,1869. H. R. HTKPHIJ.S. Dear Sir : This is to cer tify that I have used your "J'lood Preoara- tion" ( Vegetine'in ' my family for several rear * , and I think that for Scrofula an i Cankerous Humors or Rheumatic Affec tions it cannot be excelled ; and ana Blood Purifier aud spring medicine it is the best thing I have ever used , and I have used al most , everything. I can cheerfully reecom- mend it to any one in need of such a medi- aine. Yours reaps ctfully. MBS. A. A. DINSMORE. 19 Russell street. PREPARED BY H. R sT BOSTONMASSACHUSETTS. . VEGETINE IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGIST LEGAL NOTICE. County court , Druglas county. State of Nebraska , in ths matter of the estate of If hn Nolan , deceased. To whom it may concern : Please take notice that I have been appointed by the ido unty court , administrator of the e ateof said deceased , ad duly qnaiifled as inch lhat the 31st dav of M ; rch. A. D. , .577. 3Ist day of May. Ib77 , and the 31st dav f July. 1877. at 9 o'clock a. in. , at the coun- y court room in the city of Omaha , have een by order of said Court , duly assigned is the time and place when and where .he creditors ot said estate may appear and res nttheirclaims for allowance. That I Till meet such creditors at such time nud ilace. for the purposes herein. S. WAKEFIELD. leb7-wU Administrator. ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE SIASONIO TEMPlxE CRAFT OF OMAHA , NEBRASKA. , _ Assets. Liabilities -ash . _ . $ 315 UJ Capital stock $ I4.8U2 Jills payabl l.tOO.no inndiiis 175.03 leal estate- 18,193.45 interest . 133.82 ixponie 27.9 > Total * 18.761.12i8.761.12 _ E. K. LONG. Piejident. TVM. R. BOWEN. Secretary. C. HARTMAN. C. F. GOODMAN. G. W. LININGER. Jftu. Q. JACOBS , BYRON STANBERY. T. C.BRUNNER. irireitcn. OMAHA. Nebraska. January 12.1877. febS-dS-wlt fANHOOD M RESTORED. Victims of youthful imprudence who have tried in rain every know , remedy , will learn of a tiuiolo pre scription. FREE , for the speedy cure if nervioua. debility , premature decay , lost Manhood , and all disorder ! brought on br szcesses. Any druggist bag the ingredient * . Address. DAVIDSON A CO. Sfi Nassan-sU. New York. .OSSINC'S FORK , sow HRAUYiUA HISTORY or T JNITED STATES to u rnmt uuTo. . . forr.vMAi.tf'ltUoa t > ja.i m n nf molbor.vr won&to be > bcilin Ixith Iillgllatil&ni1 ! Gemuiu. Oa larie roruaeljrlllittr te < lv jvl low-priced volume. 7Vi < * ceoiiBtorrppr * , S WANTC ij bl.urj ( raatr77hennrar fc l > e ror4cnil - ' The " New57 Amsri&an Sewing Machine j tine Jead. . I Has most raSra under the arm. Is well built of the b t material , an-1 iuely tclj Will last s lifetime. A written warrantee for UTO JMJS by the Conpasy accompanies ever ? machine. JXGrEjWTS vv A.j. . .SS Sv J K.y tV ? ? F j rS ; For circulars and . . XSERICAN ' . tefas. Address. SEttlXG ACHIN'E CO. * .II. .n.\ULKK. Jlan.l rr. ( iyl96m ) 212 ' " " DEWEY & STOMTE , iu uiii OMAHA , NEB. Largest Stock of Pnrnitnre in the "West. "We are Offering Furniture I ewer than ever Before in nmm MAX MEYSR & Cv.- . , 17S ssid 174 FtirssIiRni Street Oxaaha. It UOLKSALB DEAIiEBb If. ' . A.IVZ > y OOP 135 * . MAX IL'EYBR & f f- DKALEUS - WHOLESALE - i The Laigest fftock' In tiiev et : ! ! WINCH WEB AND SKARP'B ItlFLSS IK > it.-/a Prlaos. Tor J'rifs- A Full Assortment of Cartridges ! ITS & 1T-1 raralha-31-Si. , GOK.llt.b. Oa nfrti' Nob. 2j5EAL A6S373 JOB Ttf2 UKRIVitLED Knafco , Stclaway , E sersoa and Tarlor ( Km rfonos , Xnsnn \ Una. , asdr anil licrJeU Organ * . Italian Striars. Shoot Music. ViOiias. Uultw. Flats' . DrsM Instrument * , and of Musical Merchandise. ManufacturersofClothing -ASD DEALERS IK- GEHTS' FURNISHING GOODS : Fsrnhnm St. . Corner 13th Street. 0 E FMtCE 600HS MARKED IX PLAITS F ftbl-dkwl A. EUBERMANN , FUR MANUFACTURES' u nd Biiyer of Zlaw Furs. 511 and 513 Thirteenth Street , Omaha , Nebraska The attention of public is called to my lureo and V-A.RIED : : : STOOIK : of IFTJIR/S Which is now ready for inspection. The constantly increasing faciliti-w. tocether with personal superintendent of the manufacturing , warrants a first CUM s ock of goods. AU of my furs are made in the best workmanlike manner , manufactured of choice ana ' " ikins. and , owins ; to the advantage of buyinp raw material from first bands. I can aflorii to sell ereatly below New York prices , binele eeU sent to any part of the country , and if not satisfactory can be returned at my expense. AH kind * of furs are kept on nana Raw SkioB Dressed and Manufactured According * > > WHOLESALE AN1 RETAIL - and - DEALER IK - JLOTH m PAPER mm SHADES AKD SHADE miw ® No. 222 VAJKSKAX STSE&T , OMAHA , NEBRASKA * mayffl-tt &OR&AN & GA JLAGHER , toCrclxbtoa A Morjmn. ) WHOLESALE OF A6ESTS FOR HAZARD POWDEK COMPA3Y 205 Farnli&ixi St. , - Omaha.