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"A PERFECT TREASURE."

One day Frank came home with a lookof triumph.

" I have a perfect treasure for you,"he said, " in the way of a nurse. GeraldTemple is going to take his family toEurope, and, when he heard what youwanted, offered to let us have their nurse,

I whom they will not want."I heard a low sigh. Virginia, Frank's

only sister, had been sitting in a cornerof the drawing-room. She rose now andslipped out.

" How could you, Frank ?" I said, fol-lowing her with sad eyes. " I havenever heard your sister speak of theTemples since she has lived with us; thevery mention of their name brings backthe memory of Gerald's brother, and allthat sad tragedy."

" I am sorry," said Frank, "bu t I didnot know she was in the room. PoorVirginia!"

"Yes! Poor Virginia!" I said tomyself. But once the loveliest littlecreature I ever knew. ]t is somethingof a story, but it is an "ower truetale," and I will tell it in the shortestway I can:

Virginia and Frank were orphans, andold Mrs. Ohichester, their grandmother,had adopted Virginia almost from in-fancy. The old lady had very ambitioushopes of making a splendid match forher beautiful grandchild. But Vir-ginia thought different ; and when shewas 17, at the time of my wedding, sheand Langley Temple were insane enoughto fall desperately in love with .eachother. Langley was Frank's most inti-mate friend, and the pair met contin-ually at our house, until Grandma Chi-chester found it out. After a whileLangley was ordered to his ship (he wasin the navy); but Frank waged war withgrandma until he obtained a viperishconsent that the lovers might correspond.Grandma took pains not to let Frankknow how Virginia was tormented andtyrannized over until the poor child consented to go out into society again ; andthere she met and made conquest of thevery man whom grandma had intendedfor her beauty—Horace Kent. Virginiarefused him ; but grandma said, scorn-fully, ",Tha made no difference. Shewould come to her senses soon," and, tomy utter amazement, the preparation ofthe trousseau went on, and by-and-bywe were bidden to the wedding—a quiteelegant affair, where Virginia walkedand talked as if she was frozen. Frankand I confessed to each other, thatnight, that the business passed our com-prehension, for we had no idea then offoul play.

Kent and Virginia were to sail forEurope within a fortnight of their mar-riage, and went to Waihington and Bal-timore to pass that time. L ft aloneone evening in Baltimore, with a severeheadache, Virginia remembered to have3een some aromatic vinegar in her hus-band's dressing-case. Kent was peculiarin his careful way of locking up hislongings, and 3he took her own bunch ofkeys to open the box, when, rather toher surprise, she found the key lelt inthe box. Some listlesn, vague impulse,which she never afterward could accountfor, prompted her to lift the upper tray,although she had found the vinegar already. Underneath, to her surprise,she found paper, and was about return-ing the tray to its place without furtherexamination, when her eyes were caughtby the words: "My own Virginia,"in a dear, a too well-known handwriting.

When Kent came back that night, hefound his beautiful young wife senselessupon her bed, with two letters crumpledbetween her cold fingers—one, the lastletter Langley had actually written her ;the other, the ba'se forgery iu which heasked to be released from his engRge-ment. Kent was not at all bad. Heloved her madly, and you may be surethat his sore punishment began when,after the physician had got her out ofthe death-liko swoon, the first wordscame to Virginia's lips, in that strange,passionless tone which is far worse thananger, were, "Remember! I will neverforgive you—never!'

much strain upon her already overbur-dened frame, and Frank and I weresummoned by telegraph to her at Hali-fax, where she lay for days unconsciouswith a brain fever. And then, to addto her misery, when recovering she wasthrown into a nearly fatal relapse by see-ing accidentally that the Xecumseh hadgone down in the attack on Mobile har-bor, with every soul on board. TheTecumseh was Langley's ship.

Virginia came to live with us abouttwo yoars before the commencement ofmy story. She seemed to feel a sorrowfulremorse about her husband, which wasnot grief, and yet it caat a shadow overher life. "He was treacherous and false,"she said to me one day, "and he brokemy heart; but what right have I tojudge him ? Harrie, I told him I wouldnever forgive him, and he died thinkinghimself unforgiven." Of Langley shenever spoke.

Well, the "perfect treasure " madeher appearance. She was a ratheryoung woman, with a pleasant, lowvoice, and very good manner for one ofker station. 1 was charmed. Certainlythis girl seemed determined to pleaseme ; she did her work in a faultless, |neat way ; she amused and played withthe twins ; and baby had more quietnights than 1 had known him to have ifor weeks. So, after a month's trial, 11began to sing Alice's praises and allowedher full control in her department, witha good many privileges. Virginia alone,did not seem to lik<3 her. Virginia hada ctiriou>* way of looking at new faces—asearching, penetrating glance, that Ialways thought had a sort of mesmerismin it, all the stranger because hereyes were BO gentle and soft. Alicenever met the look fairly, as I remem-bered afterward.

It was in the spring of '85. The clos-ing scene* of the war were crowdingthick and fast upon each other. Virginiakept her room a good deal. The warmApril weather seemed to enervate her,and she shrank away from the joy andenthusiasm we all exhibited. Poorchili ! I t wae hard for her to hear ofthe soldiers and Sailors who -Would becoming home now, and to feel that forher gore heart peace would bring nobalm.

One night Frank had taken a box atthe Italian opera in New York. Welived in Brooklyn, and, as Kellogg wasto sing, I begged Virginia to go with us.But she steadily declined. She wouldstay at home and keep house, she said.Now, two of my servants were at a fire-men's ball that night, leaving only Aliceand the cook at home; so I must say Ifelt rather more easy about the childrenwhen I found that Virginia would notgo. Going from New lo rk to Brooklynat night, however, is a long journey, and

right here to Auntie ; then go to Mr.Motley's, at the corner, and ring the bellwith ali your might—it is low, nnd youcan reach it—and tell George and HarryMotley that Aunt Virginia says there isa thief in the house. Don't be afraid)Fred ; be a man like papa!"

Over, gently, over the low railing ;and then, with a good shake ofhis small person, Fred's fat littlelegs trotted swiftly off toward the po-lieeman.

Directly, under the balcony, a voicesaid, softly :

" What is wanted, ma'am ! Can youopen the front door for me ?"

" I cannot," she panted ; " there areburglars in the house, and I should beheard. Can you get up here, somehow ?Has the jt t le boy gone to the neigh-bor's ?"

There wns no answer to her question ;but the policeman easily followedher suggestion, and climbed up over thebalcony.

"Wait!" whispered Virginia, layingher cold hand on the policeman's arm,as he made a motion to go forward." They are up stairs in my room, look^-ing for my jewels. If you will standjust behind that door, I will creep npthe back stairs and reconnoiter ; if thewoman comes to answer the bell, seizeher. There is only one man j if I wanthelp I will call, tlfad then yoii will rushup the front stairs."

" Are you not afraid ?" asked the po-liceman with some surprise ; but Vir-ginia was gone before he had finishedkls remark.

When she reached the stairs, shefound by the sounds that the man hadevidently gone into the silver-closet,which stood on the other Side Of theback stairs, and that how she was be-tween the two—for she could hear Alicewalking around in the bed room. Quickas a flash the litttle figure glided up-stairs, slipping off her boots on thelowest steps there was no light in the

his bravery on the night of the attempt-ed burglary.

Between Fred's boasting and my slyteasing, poor Frank will never be allowedto forgec his instrumentality in intro-ducing me to such " a perfect treasure."—Exchange.

COUNTING THE YOTES.

The Joint Electoral Committee's Keport• to Congress—Text of the Hill Agree«l

Upon.The following is the report of the oommit-

tees of the Senate and House of Representa-tives appointed under the several resolutionsof those bodien to prepare and report euoh amessago as may be best calculated to accom-plish tho lawful counting of the electoral votesand the best disposition of all questions con-nected therewith, and the due declaration ofthe result. The committees say that they haveconsidered the subject named in said resolu-tions, and have had full and free conferencewith each other thereon, and now report theaccompanying bill and recommend its passage.The report continues as follows:

We have applied the utmost practicablestudy and deliberation to the subject, and be-lieve that the bill now reported ia the beatattainable disposition of the different prob-lems and disputed theories arising out of thelate election. It must bo obvious to everyperson oonversant with the hiBtory of thecountry and with the formation and inter-pretation of the constitution, that di-fereity.of views and Opiniono touching thesubject, not wholly coincident with the bias Orwishes of members of political parties, wouldnaturally exist. We have in this state of affairschosen, therefore, not to deai with abstractquestions save so far as they are necessarilyinvolved in the legislation proposed.

It is. of course, plain that tho report of thebill implies that in our opinion legislation maybe had on the subject in accordance with theconstitution, but we think that thelaw proposedis inconsistent with a few of the principal the-ories upon tho subject. The constitution re-(Juilres thai the electoral votes shell be countedupon a particular occasion. A.11 will agree thatthe votes Darned in the constitution are con-stitutional votes of the States, and not other,an-1, when they have been found and identided,there is nothing left to be disputed or decided.All the rest ia mere clerical work of summingup numbers, which being done, the constitu-tion itself declares tho consequences. Thisbill, then, ia only directed to ascertaining forthe purpose and in aid of counting what arethe constitutional votes of therespectivo States,and whatever jurisdiction exists for such pur-

hall, except that afforded by the bur-glar's lantern, for the gas was turndown low, and the lantern set inside thecloset door. The door opened outward,and the key was in it; a spring, a sudden j p o e 6 t h e biU o r j y reguiates the method of exer-bang, and then the click of tho key in ciuiug it. The constitution, our great instrumentVirginia's nervous fingers, as she turned I and security for liberty and order, speaks in theit in the lock. A tremendous curse came j amplest language for all such cases, in whatever

aspect they may bo presented. It declares thatthe Congress shall have power to make all lawswhich shall be necessary and proper for car-rying into execution tho foregoing powera,and all other powers vested by the constitu-L * ' 1.1 y*l i- t i i TT T * i\ O i ( A

in Congress Assembled, That the Senate andHouse of ^Representatives shall meet in thehall of the House of Representatives at thehour of 1 o'clock, post meridian, on the firstThursday in February. A. D. 1877, and thoPresident of tho Semite shall be the presidingoilicer. Two tellers shall be previously ap-pointed on the part of tho Senate and two onthe part of the Honne of Representatives, towhom Bhml bo handed ( as they areopened by the President Of the benate,all the certificates and papers pur-prrting to bo certificates of electoral votes,-which certificates and papers shall beopened, presented, and acted upon in alpha-betical order of the States, beginniog with"A," and Baid tellers, having then read thessme in the presence and hearing of the twohouses, shall make a list of votes as they ehsllappear from the said certificates, and tho voteshaving been ascertained and counted, as inthis act provided, tbe result of the same shallbe delivered to the President of tho Senate,who shall thereupon announce the state of thevote and the names of the persons (if any)elected, which announcement shall be deemeda sufficient declaration of persons electedPresident and Vioe Prrsident of the United8tates. and, together with a list of the votes,be entered on the journals of the two houses.Upon such reading of any such certificate orpaper, when there shall be only one returnfrom a State, the President of the Senate shallcall for objections, if auy. Every objec-tion shall be male iu writing, and shallstate cleanly and concisely and without argu-ment the ground thereof, and shall bo signedby at least one Senator and ono member 9f the

I House of Representatives. When all objec-| tions so made to any vote or paper fromI any State shall have been received and

read, tho Senate shall thereupon withdraw, andsuch objections shall bo submitted to the Sen-ate for its decision, and the Speaker of theHouse of Representatives shall in like mannersubmit such objections to the Souse of Repre-sentatives for its deci.-ion, and no electoralvote or votes from any State from which butoue return has been received shall be ex-empted to except by the affirmative vote of thetwo houses. When the two houses have voted,they shall immediately again meet, and thepresiding officer shall then announce the de-cision of the question submitted.

8ES. 9. That if more than one return orpaper purporting to bs th« return from anyState shall have been received by the Treoidentof the Senate, purporting to be certificates ofthe electoral votes given at the last precedingejection for President and Vioe President iueach State, unless they shall be duplicates ofthe same return, all such returns and papersshall be opened by him in the presence of the i

the manner hereinbefore provided, to direct arecess of such house not boyond the next day,Sunday excepted, at the hour of 18 o'clock irthe forenoon, and while the quostiou is beingconsidered by aaid commission, either housemay proceed with its legislative or other busi-ness.

SEC. 6. That nothing in this act shall beheld to impair or affect any right now existingunder the constitution and laws to question,by proceedings in the judicial courts of theUnited Statee, the right or title of the personwho shall be declared elected, or who shallclaim to be President or Vice President of theUnited States, if any such right exists.

SEC. 7. That said commission shall make itsown rules, keep a record of its proceedings,and shall have power to employ such personaas may be necessary for the transaction of itsbusiness and the execution of its powers.

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from the captured thief, as she leanedbreathlesslyjagainst the door. The samemoment the gaslight behind her wassuddenly turned on her, and Alice con-fronted Virginia.

"You here, madam? Well, you andI are quits, anyhow. Open that door, orI'll send a bullet through your head!You didn't think of my having a revolv-er, did you?'1

" N o , " said Virginia, looking in theit was close upon 1 o'clock when we girl's furious eye with her peculiarlydrove up to our door. calm smile. " Help ! Police!"

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They came back to New York for asingle day; but Virginia saw no one buther grandmother. Tho old lady uponher deathbed raved of that interview,and vainly implored her forgiveness forurging Kent on to his treachery. Thenewly wedded pair sailed in the ill-fatedship which took fire off the coast of NovaScotia, and whoso name still carries ter-ror to many a heart. Virginia was oneof the handful of survivors; her un-happy husband fought for her place inthe boat, and remaining behind him-self, perished with the ship. The agony

. of terror, the long night which she spentlir9pai5_6 ' at the mercy of the waves, proved too

i upIn the meantime, Virginia, after our

departure, had sat for some time writingletters in her own room. The twinswere having a noisy romp in the nur-sery; and, when she looked in to saygood-night, Fred fastened himself uponlic_ n o o K | «**k<l *^"orr?*an fan f.nrjie a n d StfiiVwith Auntie; she yielded, and then I1 redbegan building card-houses on the sofauntil he got tired, when he curled him;-self in a corner, and in two seconds wasfast asleep. Being very much interestedin her book, Virginia left the little fel-low sleep on, thinking that by-and-by she would take him up to herroom and put him to bed there, as shefrequently did. At last she fell asleepherself.

She never knew how long she slept,but had a painful, nightmare sensation,as if somebody was trying to smotherher, and, after struggling with the feel-ing for some time, she slowly, and witha great effort, opened her eyes. Why !what has happened to the room ? Thegas must have gone out—it was totallydark, save a flickering gleam from thedying fire on the hei-rth; and what asickening, deadly smell there was! Witha lightning rapidity which is more likeinstinct than thought, it suddenly flashedupon her what the strange smell was—chit rof orm! Then, as she caught herfrightened breath, and sank back intoher chair, a low sound of voices fromthe dining-room reached her ear. Thedoor between the rooms was ajar, andshe saw a thiead of light from it; thevoice she heard was a man's :

"Ye didn't give the young 'omantoo much o' that stuff, did ye ?" it asked,rather anxiously.

" I wish I had," returned Alice's lowand stealthy voice; " I hate her! shesuspects me."

" H a ! ha!" gurgled the man, "shemust ha' been mighty oncivil to ye; yeusually gets on the right side of 'em. Isthat 'ere pitcher silver or plate?"

" Plate; the silver is up-stairs."Virginia shook when she heard the

venom of that low voice."She was Mr. Langley's lady-love

until her old grandma stopped it."And what was Mr. Langley to you,

my girl ?" said the man." Hush ! you'll wake the child, and I

do not want to do him any harm. Mr.Langley "—the woman's voice softened—"never said a dozen words tome inhis life; but look you, Vincent, I fairlyworshiped him."

" That's right; tell me all, as I'm yerhusband that is to be," said the other,with a coarse laugh.

" Mrs. Kent has splendid jewels, too.I just picked the lock to look at them.You can take as many of those as youlike. Come!"

As soon as the sound of their footstepsdied away, Virginia snatched the deadlyhandkerchief off her head, and staggeredto her feet, though dizzily. She was avery spirited girl, and determined thatthe pair should not escape. But whatcould she do ? I t was in vain to thinkof getting the cook to alarm their neighbors at the corner, for the next lot wasvacant, and she must cross the hall andgo past the stairs to find her. Therewould, be no use in throwing up the win-dow and screaming; the house was onClinton avenue, quite far out, and thepoliceman on that beat did not. comepast very often.

Virginia wrung her hands, when asleepyjnurmur of "Auntie!" startledher. In a second her resolve was taken,and she was on her knees by Fred, kiss-ing him and whispering in hii ear.

" Fred, my darling, Auntie is going todo something funny. You rememberhow pa jumped you down from the bal-cony on Christmas day to run after themonkey ? I am going to jump you down.Don't speak a word now. Act like a man.There, now !"

Fred was just 4 years old, but a greatboy for his age, and he always obeyedVirginia implicitly : so he rubbed hiseyes wide open, aud was carried to thewindow. The balcony, outside, was notfar from the ground. As Virginia lookedout carefully, she saw, under the gaslight,it the corner, a tall figure with the gleamof brass buttons.

"Fred," she whispeiedrapidly, " runto that policeman, aiid tell him to come

"You may split your pretty throatcalling," said Alice, seizing her sav-agely by the arm. "No one will come ;the cook is drugged, and you are at ourmercy. Give me the key !"

'•I'll trouble you for that pistol!"said a stern voice behind Virginia, as a

away from Alice.Alice, with a shriek, fell on the floor,

for slie realized all at once. But Vir-ginia, gasping "Ah, my God!" gazedas if turned to stone, for it was LangleyTemple tnat she saw.

"Virginia, don't be terrified," hesaid; " i t is my very self, no ghost.Take my hand, love ; see, it is flesh andblood, like your own, dear." He hadher in his arms. The door-bell waaringing furiously, but he would have letthe neighbors pull the wire till it brokebefore he would have left her in thatdumb, shocked state. As he touchedher she trembled violently ; then thelight came back to her eyes, and, with asob of joy, Virginia flung herself on th3breast of him whom she had mournedas dead.

The Motleys had time to think thatVirginia was murdered before the pairopened the door. Very much surprisedwore they to see, instead of the police-man they expected to find, a very lall,handsome young man, a stranger, in un-dress navy uniform. Fred, now that hispart of the fun was over, began lo roar,and Virginia t<)ok him up in her arms,while the three gentlemen, assisted bythe real Simon-Pure policeman, abrawny son of EriD, opened the closetand secured the prisoner. Within thenext fifteen minutes the other servantshad returned—for the burglary tookplace before 11 o'clock—and Alice, hav-ing recovered from her swoon, was car-ried to tho station-house.

I don't know how Langley and Vir-ginia was occupied till my return; butwhen Frank thrust his latch-key into thedoor, Virginia flew out of the library,and tried, with a few incoherent sen-tences, to prepare me for seeing some-thing. The consequence waF, that, whenI pushed the door open in a very bewil-dered frame of mind, and saw Langleysmiling at mo, I was terrified almost outof my senses, and came near fainting.

To the best of my recollection, thehousehold sat up nearly all night, thoughfinally, after I had heard the wholestory, been speechless over Virginia'sbravery, and hugged Fred—now asleepin the arm-chair—Frank dragged me oftto bed.

I don't know that Langley and Vir-giuia sat there till morning, but cer-tainly the first persons I saw upon com-ing down to breakfast were themselves,on the identical sofa where I had leftthem.

Langley's story is too long a one to betold here. Suffice it to say that beingon deck when the Tecumseh sunk, hehad been able to strike out from thesinking ship, and, under cover of thesmoke and roar of battle, to swim ashore.There, however, he was taken prisoner,and kept in close confinemout for somemonths, finally making his escape.Coming direct to Frank for intelligencebefore presenting himself to his family,he had stopped to light a cigar underthe gaslight, whore Virginia had mis-taken him for a policeman. He hadknown her instantly, and probably onlyher fright and agitation prevented herfrom recognizing his voice, which, ashe mischievously told her, he did notdisguise in the least.

Alice and her accomplice were identi-fied by the police as old offenders. Thewoman had carried ou a systematic pil-fering at the Temples', and was an ac-complished hypocrite. To my intensegratification the pair were sentenced fora full term in Sing Sing.

Langley and Virginia were marriodvery soon after. Frank gavo away thelovely little bride, whoso fair girlishbloam had come back to her, and who,

tion in the Government of the United States,or any department or officer thereof. Thecommittee therefore think that the law pro-posed cannot be justly assailed as unconstitu-tional by any one, and for this reason we thinkit unnecessary, whatever may bo our individualviews, to discuss any of the theories referredto. Our fidelity to tfc.s constitution is observedwhen we find that the law we recommend isconsistent with that instrument.

The matter then oemg a proper subject forlegislation, the fitness of the means proposedbecomes the next subject of consideration.Upon this we beg leave to submit a few briefobservations. In all just governments bothpublic and private rights must be defined anddetermined by the law. This is essential tothe very idea of such a government, and is acharacterietic distinction between free and des-potic systems. However important it may bebe Chief Magistrate for "a petttfit'f/ftoujffe&Uupon the just theories of civil institutions,it is of far greater mom'ent that the willof the people lawfully expressed in the choiceof that officer shall be ascertained and carriedinto effect in a lawful way. It is true that inevery operation of a government of laws,from the most trivial to the most important,there will always be a possibility that the re-sult reached will not be the true one. Theexecutive officer may not wisely perform bisduty, the courts may not truly declare the law,and the legislative body may not enact thebestlawa. but in either case to resist the act ofthe Executive, the courts, or the Legislature,acting constitutionally and lawfully withintheir sphere, would be to set np anarchy inplace of government. We think, then, that toprovido cltar and lawful means of performingi great and necessary function of the Govern-ment in a time of much public dispute is of fargreater importance than the particular advan-;age that any man or party may in the coureeof events possibly obtain. But we have fctillendeavored to provide such lawful agencies ofdecision in the present case as shall be themost fair and impartial possible under the cir-cumstances. Each of tho branches of theLegislature and the judiciary are represented intho tribunal in equal proportions. The compo-sition of the judicial part of the commissionlooks to a selection from different parts of therepublic, while it is thought to be free fromany preponderance of supposable bias, and theaddition of the necessary constituent part ofthe wholo commission in order to obtain anuneven number is left to an agency the fur-thest removed from prejudice of auy existingobtainable one. It would be difficult, if notimpossible, we think, to establish a tribunaltuat could be leBs the subject of party criti-cisms than such a one. The principla of itsconstitution iB so absolutely fair that we areunable to perceive how the most t-xtreme par-tisan can assail it unless he preftrsto emb<ukhis wishes upon the stormy sea of unregulatedprocedure, hot disputes, and dangerous resultsthat can neither be measured uor defined,rather than upon the fixed and regular courseof law that insures peaoo and the order of so-ciety, whatever party may be disappointedin its hope3. The unfortunate cir-cumstance that no provision had beenmade on the subject before election hasgreatly added to the diffisulties of the com-mittees in dealing with it, inasmuch as many ofthespt

ffith jealousy upon any measure that seems toinvolve even the possibility of the defeat oftheir wishes, but it has also led the committeesto feel that their members are bound by thehighest duty in such a case to let no bias orparty feeling ttand in the way of a just, equal,and poaceful measure for oxtricating the ques-tion from tho embarrassments that at preaeutsurround it.

In conclusion, we respectfully beg leave toimpress upon Conrgeas the necessity of speedydetermination upon this tubject. It is impoe-siblo to estimate the material loss the countrydaily sustains from tho existing state of un-certainty. It dirt ctly and powerfully tends tounsettle and paralyze business, to weaken pub-lic and private credit, and to create appreben-sions in the miuds of the people that disturbthe peace Tul tenor of their ways and happiness.It does far more. Ic tends to bring republicaninstitutions into discredit and to create doultnof tho success of our form if government andof tho perpetuity of the republic. All oon-sideratious of interest, of patriotism,and of justice unite in demanding ofthe law-making power a measure that willbring peace and prosperity to the country, andshow that our republican institutions aref qual to any emergency. And in this connec-tion we cannot restrain from the expression ofour satisfaction that your committees, com-posed of equal numbers of opposing parties,

two houses when met as aforoeaid, and read bythe tellers, and all such returns and papersshall thereupon be submitted to tho judgmentand decision, as to which is the true and lawfulelectoral vote of such State, of a commissionconstituted as follows, namely: Duringthe session of such house on the Tuesday nextpreceding the first Thursday in Februaiy, 1877,each house shall, by viva voce vote, appointfive of its members, who, with five AssociateJustices of the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates, to be ascertained as hereinafter pro-vided, Bhall constitute a commission for tbedecision of all questions upon or in respect ofsuch double returns uamed in this section. OnTuesday next preceding the fir»t Thursday inFebruary, A. D. 1877, or as soon thereafter anmay be, the Associate Justices of the SupremoCourt of the United States, now assigned to thefirst, Third, Eighth and Nimth districts, shallselect, in such manner as a majority of themshall deem fit, another of the Associate Justicesof said court, which five persons shall bemembers of said commission, and the personlongest in commission of the said Justices sha 1b.e President of said commission. The mem-bers of said commission shall respectivelytake and subscribe to the following oath:

" I , , do solemnly swear, or affirm, asthe case may be, that I will impartially exam-ine and consider a'l questions submitted tothe commission of which I am a member, anda true judgment give thereon, agreeable towriicn~eatn*'6lis-n oe-fuea-ffi..tfaJtWjijro.fi'3'V.'the Senate. When the commission sball havebeen thus organized, it shall not be in thepower of either house to dissolve the same orto withdraw any of its members, but if anysuch Senator or member shall die, or becomephysically unable to perform the duties re-quired by this act, the fact of such death orphysical inability shall be by said oommiesion,before it shall proceed further, communicatedto the Senate or the House of Representativos,as the case may be, which body shall immedi-atoly and without debate proceed by viva vocevote to fill the place so vacated, and the personso appointed shall take and subscribe tothe oath hereinbefore prescribed, and shallbecome a member of Haid commission; and inlike manner, if any of tho said Justices of theSupreme Court shall die or become physicallyincapable of performing the duties requiredby this act, the othors of said Justices, members of tbe said commission, sball immediatelyappoint another Justice of said court a mem-ber of said commission, and in such appoint-ments regard shall b9 had to impartiality andfreedom from bias eonght by the original ap-pointments to baid commission, who shallthereupon immediately take and subscribe tothe oath hereinbefore subscribed, and become

Einances ot the States -Executive Recom-mendations, Ktc.

The aspect of State Government, judgingfrom the tenor of Governors' messages—aometwo dozen of which are before us—ia exceed-ingly bright. The Western Stttes have al-most universally paid up their State debt*, ormade them permanent and called them schoolfunds.

Indiana —Indiana has no debt worth speak-ing of, and gets along with a revenue for Statepurposes of about $1,250,000. The common-wealth needs a new State Houae.

Michigan.—The State Government of Michi-gan is run for al. out f2,000,000 a year. Thetaxable property is returned at $630,000,000.Go?. Bagley is anxious that the $5,000,000 ex-pended for schools shall be made more practicai-ly effective in behalf of productive industry. TheState has a new and beautiful capitol buildingin course of erection.

Minnesota.—Gov. Pillsbury, of Minnesota,reports that 1,350,000 forest trees were plant-ed in that State on the last " arbor day," andfrom seven to ten million tr (8 during the

' year, and expresses regret that a change ofmanagement in the St. Paul and Pacific rail-road has suspended the tree-planting on thatroad. He warns the agr.cultural interest ofthe State to diversify their industij', and notplace so much dependence on wheat. He alsoappeals to the Legislature to pay the dishonoredrailroad bonds of the State.

Arkansas.—Gov. Garland reports the debtof'Arkansas at $17,020,362. He recommendsthe inauguration of an immigration bureau,tho arding of the public schools and the adop-tion of a sy^tom of railroad taxation.

West Virginia,—Gov. Jacobs makes someexcellent fcuggestions for further economy inconducting the affairs of the State. The re-ceipts from all sources, including balances onhand, for the fiscal year fending Sept. 3D, 1876,were $890,454.13, against $829,7al.58 for theyear ending Sept. 30, 1875, an increase of V60,-682.55. Disbursements for tbe former peviodwere $682,891.48, against $57(>,151.97 for thelatter, an increase of $106,719 51. Balance onhand Oct. 1, 1871, $282,365.12; same date1876, *207,562.65.

lihode Island.—The finances of "LiUleRhody,' according to the message of Gov.Lippett, are in a healthy condition. The esti-mated receipts during the fiscal year are$555,000; payment*, $350,000; estimated bal-ance on April 1, $301,877; amount actually inthe treasury Jan. 7, 1877, $296,442.83. 'Thobonded d=bt of the State amounts to Q&.182,754.10

Wisconsin. — Gov. Ludington's messageshows the entire treasury receipts for tho fiscalyear ending Soptembor, 1876, $1,976,074; dig-bursemonts during the same period, $1,660,-aWA-VmlviW*, A31K W.fi urajnHl '««t vo»r'a Viol-in the school fund, $2 620,798; universityfund, $222,735; normal school, $963,917; agri-cultural, $238,479; total State debt, $2,252,057.

Mississippi —Gov. Powers, in his message,congratulates the Legislature and people uponthe flattering financial condition of the State.The total indebtedness of the State, proper, is$1,100,605 22.

Kansas.—Gov. Anthony refers to the rapidrapid growth and development of the State.Nearly 15,000,000 bushels of wheat and over20,000,000 bushels of corn were produced lastyear. Thero are 8,900 school-houses in the8tai,e, built at a cost of $2,500,000, and a per-manent Bchool fund of $230,OG0.

Tennessee.—Gov. Porter recommends a com-promise of the State debt, and the appoim-ment of a committee to meet the creditors ofthe State in New York city, with a view to ar-srranging a basis of compromise. The way isthus clearly open to an honorable adjustment,when overtures of this kind come from tbecreditors themselves, without the State being

people of tbe country, members of the re-;ti^e political parties, will, perhaps, look

under the influence ofdifferent woman from

love, seemed athe pale, aad

creature who had moved so quietlyabout the house.

They idolize each other, and I thinkhave quite forgiven Grandma Chichesterand poor Horace Kent. Fred has al-ways been a, great pet with his aunt for

have fortunately been ablo to do what hasbeen attempted in vain heretofore—almostunanimously agree upon the plan consideredby them all to bo.just, wi-ie, and efficient. Weaccordingly recommend tho proposed act tothe patriotic and just judgment of Congresss.

GEO. P. EDMUNDS,F. T. FUELING HUYSEN,ROSCOE CONKUKG,A. G. l'HUKMAN,T. P. BAYAHD,M. W. RANSOM,

Senate Committee.H. B. PAYNE,El'PA HUNTON,ABRAM S. HEWITT,WM. M. BPEINGIEB,Quo. W. WCCHAHY,GEO. F. HOAR,GEO. WILJAIID,

House Committee.Senator Morton is the only member of the

committee who did not sign tho report.FTJLTj TiCXT OF TI1F. BILL.

The following is tho lull text of the billagreed upon by tho joint committee:A"BII,I. to provide for and regulate th« counting "(

votes for President and Vioo President, andthe decision of questions arising thereon for theterm comjneno:iig March 4, \ . D. 1877.He it Enactedby the Senate and House of

liepresentalivesofthe Snited States nf America,

a member of said commission to fill the vacancyso occaaioned. All the certificates and paperspurporting to be the certificates of the elect-oral votes of each State shall beopened in alphabetical order of theStates, as provide.! in section 1 of thisact, and when there Bhall be more than onesuch certificate or paper, as the certificates andpapers from such States, they shall be' soopened, and, excepting the duplicates of thosame returning, thej shall be read by the tell-ers, and tbereupon tbe President of the Senateshall call for objections, if any. Every objec-tion shall be made in writing and »hall Btateclearly and concisely and without argumentthe ground thereof, and shall bo signed by atleast ono Senator and one moinbbr of theHouse of Representatives before tbe samestiall be received. When all such objectionsso made to any certificate, vote, or paper froma State saall havo l;eeu received and read, allsuch certificates, vutes and papers so ob-jected to, and all papers accompanying tbesame, together with such objections, sballbe forthwith submitted to the said com-mission, which shall pio^eed to consider thesame, with the same powers, if any, now pos-sessed for that purpose by the two houses act-ing separately or together, and by a majorityof v<_t;8 decide whether any aud what votesfrom such Statts are the votes provided for bytho constitution of the UmteJ States, and nowmany and what persons were duly appointedelectors in »uch State, and may (.herein takeinto view such petitions, depositions and otherpapers, if any, aa sball by tho constitution an inow-existing law be competent and pertinentin such consideration, which decision shallbe made in writing, stating briefly tho groundthereof, and signed by the members of saidcomtuicsion agreeing therein ; whereupon thetwo houses sball again meet, aud such decisionshall bo read and entered iu the j ournal of eachhoubo, and the counting of the votes shallproceed in oomforinity therewith, unlees, uponobjeolion made thereto in writiog by at leastfive Senators and five Members of the Houseof Representatives, th» two houses Bhallseparate y concur in ordering otborwise. iuwhich case such ooi)currentorai-r»hall govern;no vote-s or papers from any other Stato shallbe aced upon until the objections previouslymade to the votes or papers from one Stateshall have beon finally disposed of.

SEC. 3. That while the two Houses shall beiu meetins aa provided in this act, no debatoshall be allowed, aud no question shall be putby tho presiding officer to either House exoepton a motion to withdraw, and he shall havepowor to preserve order.

SEC. 4. That when the two houses separateto decide upon an objection that may havebeen made to the counting of any electoralvoteervo'es from any Stato, or upon objec-tion to a report of the said commission, orother question nrising under this act, eachSonator and llepresentative may upeak to Buchobjection or question ten minutes, aud notoftener than once, but aftov such debite shall

subjected to the imputation of looking tofinal repudiation of her obligations.

genuine reform in civil sorvica ha-i thuu beonrealized."

Missouri. —Gov. Phelps pays a high compli-ment to tho common-school system of Mis-souri, alludes to the mineral resources of theStato, and urgos the ntrictost economy in ov( rybranch of tho Government.

North Carolina.—Gov. Vance, of North Car-olina, in hia iiaugnril moesige, makes this ref-erence to national affair : '-As tho month pit eoof moro than a million people, I believa 1 cmwith propriety fifty for them fiat North Caro-lina may confidently be relied upon to sustainthat portion of the poople of the United Stateswhich shall convince them that it i» strugglingfor the constitution, the laws, and. public, jhs-tice, which are the lifo and tho soul of theAmerican Union."

Louisiana.—Gov. Kellogg saya the totalconsolidated interest bearing debt of the Stat»,whon funding is completed, exclusive of inter-est coupons due prior to Januarv, 1874, andinterest warrants iesued therefor, will amountin all to $11 855,922. The crops made in theState during the proeent year are computed at450,000 bales of cottjn, 180,000 hogsheads ofsugar, 364,000 barrels of molasses, and 270,00t>b&rrelB of rye, with moro than sufficient cornto supply all home demands.

Nebraska.—The message of Nebraska'uGovernor is remarkable for its brevity. Hi»recommondatiors are few, and are couched inthe briofest pops bio number of words. Heurges tree-planting, the extermination of thegrasshoppers, and the most rigid economy inthe administration of State affairs.

AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Around the Farm.As A reason why American farmers

ought to be contented, the Agricultur-ist gives this account of the farmer inEngland: "He does not own his land,except in very rare instances, and isobliged not only to pay a yearly rentalof $20 to S25 per acre, but to keep thehardly worked land in good condition,is forced to employ a working capital ofat least $50 an acre, to be expended inartificial fertilizers."

A CORRESPONDENT says that Compton'aSurprise is the best potato he ever tasted.For mealiness and freedom from any ob-jectionable taste it is unsurpassed. Asa market variety its dark red or purplecolor of skin will be an objection untilits merits are known ; the cook will ob-ject to the time required for it U> bake ;its sunken eyes are also against i t ; yetwe shoulel not expect too much in onevariety, for, iu the vegetable or the ani-mal kingdom, beauty and goodness arerarely found in one member.

To PREVENT HENS EATING FEATHERS.—Give tbem twice a day, iu four parts ofwheat bran to one of corn meal, bymeasure, a tablespoonf ul of salt iu everyeight quarts of this mixture, scalded andcooled. Tho hens are after the salt con-tained in the minute globule of blood atthe end of the quill. Hens fed in thisway, or occasionally furnished salt, wi)lnever pull feather*?. The salt shouldbe dissolved in hot water before mixingwith the feed. This is a certain anti-dote.

STOCK need a comfortable placn todrink in. A watering trough should beshielded from both winel aad storm. Ifit can be placed where it will not freeze,so much the better ; but if it caunot itshould be so protected that stock willnever be compelled to drink in the windor storms. I t may be that a little workand expense will bring the water fromyour cattle-yard into the sheep pens ; ifso, see that it is done. A sheep likes todrink frequently, and giving it access tothe trough twice a day is not enough.

A SAN FRANCISCO journal notes withsatisfaction the disposition of large land-owners to part with their surplus acres.This policy has been especially pursuedin the southern counties, especially inTulare and Kern. Here farmers withfrom 80 to 160 acres have combined tosecure the best system of irrigation yetadopted on the Pacific slope. Two orthree owners of large Mexican landgrants in Santa Clara and Salinas valleyshave lafely divided their surplus landinto tracts ranging from 40 to 160acres.

To KEEP APPLES ONE YEAR.—At a re-in Utica,

f

final repudiation of her obligatiMassachusetts. —Gov. Bice says the net re-

duction of the State debt during the year Lasbeen t33G,000, and that unless the debt is in-jreased by special legislative grants, a Statetax of $1,400,000 will be sufficient to meet allexpenses. He advises that extraordinary ex-penses be delayed on account of the largeFalling off iu real and personal property.

Maine.—Gov. Connor, of Maine, eays in hismessage that the St\).te debt amounts to $5,-129,107, after deducting the sinking fund of3791.293 81; tho substitution of imprisonmentf..r life for the death penalty has not beenfollowed by any increase of crime ; the depositsin the sixty savings banks of the State amountedon the Cth of Novomber last to $27,818,764.70 ;four savings banks have become insolvent inthe last year and three have suspended.

Pennsylvania.—Gov. Hartranft recommendsa law for regulating savings banks,and prevent-ing them from becoming bauks of dif count. Tliepublic debt of the State is now t l 3 924,039.77.The Governor speaks approvingly of theschools and of industrial art. He advises thebetter organization of a S'ate system for thesuppression, of lawlessness, and an examina-tion of U e laws relating to the safety of thea-ters and public buildings.

Connecticut.—From Gov. Ingersoli's meesagewe learn that tho funded debt of Connecticutamounts to $5,014 500. He recommends thatmeawures be set ou foot looking to economicreforms iu all the departments of the StatoGovernment, and enjoius upon the Legislaturethe duty of keeping a vigilant watch oversavings banks, insurance companies and rail-roads.

Ohio.— From Gov. Hayes' summary of thefiuaucial condition of Ohio it appears that whilethe indebtedness of the State has been reducedbv nearly $1,500,000 during the past year, theindebtedness of the cities and incorporatedvillages has been increased by more tban$10 000,000. Gov. Hayos thinks that tbe adop-tion of what may be called the cash system inlocal affairs will be followed by reduced debtsand wholf-some reforms. The two mOBt im-Dortant recommendalions contained in t' emessage relate to the electivo franchise. It issuggested that amendments to the eleoionlaws of the State be adopted providing for theregistration of all voters, and that tho consti-tution be so amended that in Presidential yearsthe State and national elections will be neldupon the same day.

Illinois. From Gov. Beveridge's messagewe gather the following details of the con-dition of the State debt of Illinois: Bondceldebt, Dec. 1, 1874. $1,730,972 ; paid up to De-cember, 1876, S25'0,371 ; unpaid, $1,480,601.Of this debt, $35,000 is payable after 1876,

l y . f } ip ,hibited which were plump, fresh and ofgood flavor, quite as good as the samekind of apples are ordinarily on theapproach of spring. The apples had beenput up in refuse boxes the year previous,and in the following manner : A layerof dry sawdust was sprinkled atthe bottom of the box, and then a layerof apples placed in so that they did nottouch each other. On this was placed alayer of sawdust, and so on till the boxwas filled. The boxes, after beingpacked in this way, were placed on thewall in the cellar, up from the ground,where they kept perfectly, retainingtheir freshness and flavor until broughtout.—New York Herald.

LONGEVITY OP FRUIT TREES.—We com-mend the following th ught from theWestern Farm Journal to our readerswho are afraid to plant fruit trees lestthey will not themselves reap the bene-fits therefrom: "Nine men in ten whoplant an orchard, even nowadays, do sounder the belief that they are plantingfor their heirs, The impression is yetvery general that an apple tree at fortyor fifty years of age is, or should be, inits prime. Yet we opine that, even inour most natural fruit localities, it wouldbo difficult to find orchards standing in-tact and vigorous that had been plantedfifty years. Our own experience in theWest is that trees twenty-five yearsplanted are, as a rule, already past theirprime, so far as their money value isconcerned, even in good fruit districts.

ToAbout the House.

DRIVE O F F VERMIN.—Cayenne

have lasted two hours it shall be the duly ofeach houHe to put the maiu^iuestion withoutfurther debato.

SKC. 5. That at such joint meeting of thetwo houses seats Bhall bo provided am follows:For tho President of the Senate, the Speaker'schair ; for the Speaker, immediately on hialeft; the Senators" in the body of the hall,upon the right of the presiding officer; for tbeKopresentatives in tho body of the hall notprovided for tbe Senators; for the tellers,Secretary of tho Senate, and Cleik of the Houseof BepiosentiitiveB, at Die Clerk's de-k; forother officers of the two houses, in front ofthe Oleik's desk and upon euoh side of theSpeaker's ph.t'orm. Sueh joint meeting shallnot ho dissolved until the count of tlieelectoral votes Bhall bo completed and the re-sult declared, and no recess shall be takenunless a question shall have arisen iu regardto counting any sneu votes, or otherwise, un-der this act, in which caie it. shall be compe-tent for either house, acting separately, in

$1,163,164 after 1877, and the remainder after1879 ; t'22,000 are due on bonds due but not

.presented. There has been no tax levied forseveral yeara to pay either interest or princi-pal, the money for that purpose being ob-tained from tho Illinois Central railroad fund.Tho State is thus practically free of debt, asit haw been for some years. The Governor es-timates that the revenue for State purposesfor 1877 and 1878 will be *1,500,000 each year.This doea not include the f 1,000,000 annuallylevied for school purposes.

New York.—In. his farewell message, Gov.Tilden, referring to the aims of MB administra-tion, said: "The standard of official conducthas been elevated, and with it the ideas, mo-tives and influences which surround official

pepper will keep- the pautry aud store-room free from cockroacluis and ants.

FBYBR AND AGUE BEMEDT.—With thejuice of eight lemons put double thequantity of pure Holland gin, and takea wine glassful three times a day.

To CURE TASTE FOR LIQUOR.—Steepequal parts of the herbs valerian andwormwood together, and drink threetimes a day, when the desire is felt.

TEA CAKE.—One cup milk, two eggs,two and one-half cups flour, two table-spoons sugar, three tablespoons short-ening, three teaspoons baking powder,a litt)e salt.

DOUGHNUTS.—Take one pint of sourcream, three eggs, two cups of whitesugar, one teaspoonful of soda ; seasonto taste. If the cream is not sour add ateaspoonful of cream of tartar.

NEURALGIA AND RHEUMATISM.—Twotablespoonl'uls each of beef's gall, laud-anum, spirits of turpentine, hemlockoil, sassafras oil, and amber oil, half apint alcohol; mix all together. Applythree or four times a day.

CHIDLIAIN LINIMENT.—One drachmsugar of lead, two drachms white vitriol;powder and add four ounces of water;shake well bofore using; the best timefor application is in the evening; it isnot to be used on broken chilblains.

OATMEAL GRIDDLE CAKES.—One pintof oatmeal mush, one pint of flour, twoeggs piece of butter size of an egg, oneand a half pints of sour milk or butter-milk, one teaspoonful of soda. Beatwell and add the soda, dissolved in alittle boiling water, just before frying.

COUGH TROCHES.—One ounce Spanishlicorice, two ounces refined sugar, twodrachms finely-powdered gum arabic,and extract of opium, one scruple. Beattha whole together, with mucilage ofgum tragacanth; make into small troches,to be dissolved in the mouth when coughis troublesome.

* IMPORTANT ADVICE.—Never leaveclothes near the fireplace to dry; norsmoke or read in bed by candle or lamp

lifo as with an atmosphere. The public BUS-picion of Legislative venality is disappearing,and the lobbies are disbanded. The chief ex-ecutive and administrative trusts of the Statehave been committed to gentlemen who areomiuent not only for personal probity, but forcapaoity and lugh ideals of official duty. A

light; nor put kindling wood to elry onthe top of the stove; nor take a light intoa closet; nor pour out liquor near anopen light; nor keep oil or burning fluidof any kind in rooms where there is a,fire,

FKIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1877.

FOR BEING generous and forbearing,and permitting Mr. Hubbell to take athird term in Congress, Gen. B. M.Cutoheon has been appointed postmas-ter at Manistee.

THE annual meeting of the StatePioneer Sooiety is to be held in theHouse of Representatives, at Lansing,on Wednesday, February 7, 1877, at 2o'clock p. m.

DURING the years 1875 and 1876 Gov.Bagley pardoned forty-two prisonersfrom the State Prison at JacKson, and*seventeen prisoners from the House ofCorrection at Detroit.

AFTER the fourth of March nextBoutwell will have abundant time toexplore that "hole in the sky", which hodiscovered during the impeachmenttrial of Andrew Johnson.

HENRY WILLIS, of Battle Creek, ofship canal fame, now haa anotherscheme: a State Industrial School forgirls, in whioh we are inclined to wishhim speedy and abundant success.

VANDERBILT willed $20,000 to Rev.Dr. Deems, and in return Dr. Deems,not satisfied with certifying to Vander-bilt's religious character, proposes towrite his biography. It will, no doubtbe reliable.

THE Detroit Pout don't like the oon-forence committee's bill providing fora count of the electoral vote. Of courseit don't, for it dethrones his highmightiness, the President pro tempore ofthe Senate.

THE HOUSE refused to adjourn fromFriday last to Monday evening or Tues-day morning, though the Senate set thebad example. It had a working quo-rum on Saturday, but on Mondayfailed to get a quorum in the forenoon

MK. SAWYER'S bill relative to the observance of Sunday is a very innoceniaffuir,—proposing only to legalize almarriages heretofore or hereafter solemnized on the first day of the weekWe oan hardly think such legislationnecessary, however.

THE Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institutat Flint is in hot water. Cause: thesuppression by the trustees or actingcommissioners of the biennial r»port othe late principal, Prof. Bangs. Legis-lative investigation is looked for, — th" balm for every wound."

- HON. D. L. CROSSMAN, of this Statehas been subpoenaed to appear forthwith before the Congressional (HouseCommittee on Privileges and Electionsprobably to tell the committee by whatauthority he assumed to act, Decembe6, as a Presidential Elector.

AND NOW the "Eclectios" want amedical department in the Universityand a petition for the establishment osuch a department, or the withdrawal oall support from the medical department and college_ of_ homeopathyand referred to the University commi t tee.

Tills is the way the New York 8aiputs it: "Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, appreciates the responsibility that ma;fall upon him as President of the Senate, but will not shirk, etc. Consider-ing Mr. Ferry's calibre it would indeecbe a sad thing if he should shirk." TheSun is sarcastic or nothing.

SENATOR MORTON says : "Very fewKepublioans respect this bill < the compromise count bill). It will be taken bythe Republicans, if taken at all, asdose of castor oil." All right, castoroil, and that in allopathic doses, is whaRepublicans of the Morton stripe haveneeded these many days.

SENATOR EDMUNDS says that the tri-bunal created by the compromise bilwill have all the powers and rightsthat Congress would have in decidingupon the regularity or legality of anyolectoral vote; and Senator Conklingsays that it is not only the right butthe duty of Congress to go behindfraudulent certificate, or a certificatethat fraudulently reverses the verdictof the great body of electors in or of aState. Put that and that together.

THE REPUBLICANS in the IndianaLegislature made haste to hold a cau-cus and telegraph to Senator Morton,approving the partisanship and cussed-ness which made him refuse his indorse-ment of the bill agreed upon by theconference committees,—which fullyconvinoed him that he was wiser andmore patriotic than his Senatorial col-leagues, Messrs. Edmunds, Conkling,and Frelinghuysen. But then Morton'sbrother-in-law is postmaster at Indian-apolis, and had both a personal and po-litical interest in stiffening the back-bone of the Senator.

UTTERLY repudiating the claim thatthe President of th6 Senate has theright to determine what are and whatare not the certificates in contestedcases, count the electoral vote, and de-clare tho result, the Senators and Repre-sentatives being silent witnesses ; recog-nizing the fact that the 22nd joint rule,—a dangerous rule at the best, in giv-ing to either House the power to objectto and rule out the vote of a State,—has boon practically abolished and oan-not bo restored; and believing it im-possible that the Senate and House canunite upon a bill whioh upon its faceand in explicit terms decides the dis-puted questions, we accept and approvethe bill reported by the conferencecommittees, "to provide for and regu-lato the counting of votes for Presidentand Vico-Vresident, and decision ofquestions arising thereon, for the termcommencing March 4, 1877." It is abill eminently fair, eminently patriotic,guarded in its provisions, unquestion-ably constitutional, and opens the wayto a solution of the Presidential muddlein such a manner as will satisfy thefair-minded, thinking portion of thepeople.

BOTH Republicans and Democratswho oppose the plan for counting theelectoral vote reported by the confer-ence committees, dwell upon the featureof making five Associate Justices of theSupreme Court members of the inixmlcommission, and base their strongestobjections upon that provision. Theseobjectors prate long and learnedlyabout its being a "political question,"and shed numerous tears over the pros-pective demoralization of the SupremeUourt to grow out of its being constitu-ted "an element in the settlement o:politioal disputes." Wo beg to say firstthat the question to be settled is rather

judioial than a political one; thaiwholly political before election it is nowone of fact and law. The politician haslad his day and tho jurist must come to/he front. It is, perhaps, impossible forthe jurors or referees—Senators, Representatives, or Assooiate Justioes—to di-vest themselves entirely of politicaviews and prejudices, yet it is their duty;o ignore their own political notionsand desires, and base their decision inthe case of any contested electoral voteon the law governing elections and re-turns. This wonld be the duty of tha'mighty man, the President of the Sonate (real or pro tempore), it would be theduty of Senate or House following established precedents, it will be the dutyof the joint board of commissionerscreated by the compromise bill. It iino more a political act or usurpationthan is the decision of the United Stateor a State Supreme Court, nullifyingthe will of Congress or Legislature ancholding a regularly enacted law unconstitutional,—an act which may bristie all over with politics; or than is tb<repeated action of State Supreme Courtin hearing and deciding contested election cases. Except in the absence othe necessary preliminary legislationwe can see no reason why the electionof a President might not be oonteste(in the Supreme Court of the UnitetStates, the same as the election ofGovernor oan be and has been contestecin a State court. It is the law tbcourts administer nut make, it is the legal not the political questions they detormine. This " political" bugbearcomes from men who care more fopolitical suocess than for justice anequity. It should have no weight wiithose who desire an equitable and judicial determination of all disputepoints.

IN SAYING last week ; " The bill(of Senate and House) would enablpublishers to English such phrases athis, "Mr. A. J. Sawyer, previous notichaving been given and leave granteeintroduced House bill No. 29, entitlea bill to amend subdivision No. 17 osection No. 477 of the compiled laws o1877," we designed no reflection upoMr. Sawyer's use of- the "King's English." Notice, language, and title werorthodox and parliamentary. What wmeant was, using Mr. Sawyer's bill assample that the "Journal" published anspread broadcast by order of the Legislature, gave the reader no clue to proposed legislation, that the Bet "phraseor bill title was Greek or Latin rathethan English to the editorial mind,—

HSJSSP iafemaJisB.0' ..•^qjAP'tfwp JIMto state the legislation proposed by thbill used as a sample : It is to prohibiboards of supervisors to audit and alow any bills not presented within thredays after the opening of any regulasession. The evil Bought to be curetlong sessions of the board of supervisorunder the protonso of waiting for bills, la patent one; yet the supervisors are norequired to remain in session an houfor bills, but may adjourn sine die asoon as their other business is completecIf the bill of Mr. Sawyer shall be passed into a law it may, however, worrank injustice to a class of claimantwho get their orders for work or complete their orders during a session othe board, and after the first three daysBesides, it might be questionable whother biils could, under Mr. Sawyer's billbe received and audited at the adjourned sossions which in many of the counties are held anually in December oJanuary,—an adjourned session beinjbut a continuation of a "regular" session.

" I F MENTION is made in your paper othe enclosed petition, a copy of whichhas been sent to eaoh postmaster in thcountry, you will confer a favor b;sending a copy of the same to mo," etc.is the request that comes with a petitionpraying Congress to provide by logislature for the purchaso by the Government of all the telegraph lines in tbocountry, with a view to cheap tele-gaphy and "the sanctity of private correspondence." The "mention" we shalmake of tho petition and the scheme in-volved in it, is to disapprove and con-demn. We no more favor giving thetelegraph lines of the country to themanipulation and control of the Post-office department or any other depart-ment of the Government, than we dohe giving of some Government depart-

ment the control of the journalism oihe country or any other branch of bus-ness. We have no inclination in thelirection of further centralization, andur injunction to Congress is to keepands off the great business enterprises

of tho country. Telegraphing cannotJe made as cheap here, if self-sustain-ng, as in Eugland or any other small,ensely populated country, and chyapelography means that the mass of peo-le who do not use the telegraph must beaxed to accomplish that end. We willorward a "marked" copy as requested.

THE Government has been boat ints suit against the Centennial Board offinance, and so none of that $1,500,000oan will find its way back into thereaBury vaults. Tho loss to the troas-ry will be a gain to tho stockholders,rho will got back a small percentage of

their subscriptions,—the principal not" dividends."

THE NUMBER of failures reported inMichigan for 1876 is 576, with liabili-ties aggregating $9,736,852. The num-ber, the per cent., and the liabilities aregreater than in either of the States ofIndiana, Iowa, Missouri, or Wisconsin.The bad showing is attributed to thegeneral prostration of tho iron, lumber,and salt interests of the State.

The Mashtenaw Member*.Since our last report the Washtenaw

members have introduced the followingbills:

By Senator Burloigh :A bill to provide lor tho famishing ot 'sure-

ties by certaiu State officers.By Representative Sawyer:A bill (No (58) relative to a building for a

library of the University ot Michigan, andmaking appropriation tliototor.

A bill (No. 69) relative to a donation for theerection of a library buildlug for the Univer-sity of Michigan, and making appropriationthoreXor.

A. bill (No. 73) to amend section 1 of ehnp-;er 55 of compiled laws of 1871, being com-piler's suction 1/J84, relative to the observanceof the first day of the week.

A bill (No. 78) to amend section 43, chapter178, compiled laws of 1871, being an act en-titled " Courts held by justices of the peace."

A bill (No. 79) to amend section 13, chapter189 of the compiled laws of 1871, being anact entitled " The trial of issues of fact*"

— Senator Burleigh opposed the Housejoint resolution proviJing for the annual legis-lative junketing excursion, under the flimsypretext ol examining into the State institu-tions. But it was amended and passed by avote of 13 to 11,—the amendment simply put-ting off the evil day for a week. The Housetook wit in its anger over the Senate's trifling,tabled the resolution, and afterward, onmotion of Mr. Allen, adopted a substi-tute providing for a recess from the 26th —to-day—to February 5, to give the couimit-tess time for visitation.

—Representative Norris made a speech onWednesday against the bill to protect the peo-ple ji the State against empiricism, and ele-vate the standard of the medical profession.We presume that Mr. Norris is a free trader.

—Mr. Allen voted for the Baker anti-rail-road strikers bill, and Messrs. Norris and Saw-yer against it.

—Mr. Sawyer is at home on indefinite leaveof absence,—watching the University mvesti-'ation.

IN THE SENATE, discussion wasopened on Saturday last on the eleotor-al count bill by Senator Edmunds, in astrong speech in its favor. On Monday,Mr. Morton spoke against it and MrFrelinghuysen in favor of it; Mr. Cam-eron, of Pa., also committed himBelfagainst it. On Tuesday, Mr. Shermanopened his battery against it and Mr.Conkling commenced an able speechin favor, whioh he ooncluded on Wed-nesday. The session of the last daywas prolonged until a late hour Thurs-day morning—Mr. Whyte being speak-ing at 4 A. M., in favor of the bill. Mr.Coukling coucluded his speech, and anumber of Senators were briefly heard,—including Bayard, Christiancy, Thur-niau, Howe, and Morrill, in favor, andBlaine, Sargeant, and Eaton, against.Others also indicated what their voteswould be. A vote was to be reachedbefore adjournment, and the passago ofthe bill was considered certain.

—Mr. Pulcipher, of the telegraph ot-fice, advises us at 2 P. M. (Thursday)that the Senate reaehed a vote at 7A. M., the bill being passed by yeas, 47 ;nays, 17.

—Four-fifths of the people of thepeople of the country will pray for itsimmediate passage by the House.

WE ARE a believer in State rights,—in the right of a State to control itsown local affairs,—in the right of aState to exercise its reserved and consti-tutional rights. The right of a State toappoint Presidential electors is one ofthose reserved rights, but the right ofa Legislature to create a returningboard with power (we won't say right)to reverse the deoision of the peopleand certify to the election of a defeat-

them. And that is just what has beendone in Florida and Louisiana.

The Ypsilanti Sentinel states that Mr.Owen, McLaughlin's successful oppon-ent, has been challenged on behalf ofJake Martin by some of the latter'sbackers. The stakes, if a match is ar-ranged, will be $500 a side.

On January 10th, a sleigh containingtwo or three men, drove boldly up tothe yard of Mr. W. B. Hewitt's farm,near Ypsilanti, tied some twenty-fivesheep, threw them into the seleigh anddrove rapidly away. A hired man dis-covered them as they left, and not be-ing able to overtake and stop them,hurried to town and gave the informa-tion.

Saturday night last Mr. Peter Fergu-son a salesman in Bennett & Son's store,Jackson, was horse-whipped severely byC. W. Pfitzing, a machinist in the em-ploy of the Michigan Central Company,who claims that Ferguson insulted hiswife a week or two since. Fergusonwas arrested at the time the insult wasalleged to have been committed, butdischarged. Pfitzing was arrested forassault and battery, plead guilty andpaid a fine of $10.

The Hon. L. K. Hewitt, one of thepioneer residents of Lansing, died on the13th of paralysis. Deceased was 61 yearsof ago and a native of New York. Hecame to this State at the age of 20 andlocatod at Ann Arbor. Shortly afterhe inored to Howell and engaged in thepractice of law. In 1857 he movedto Lansing and entered into the bank-ing business, making that city his per-manent homo. In politics ho was aDemocrat, and held various offices oftrust, being a member of the State Sen-ate in 1863.

A NNUAL STATEMENT

For the year ending

December 31st, A. 1). 187<>,of the condition and affairs of tlie

GERMAN FARMERS'MUTUALFIRE INSURANCE CO.

Located at Scio, organized under tho laws of thuState of Michigan, ami doing business in the coun-ty uf Washtonaw, In laid State.

SIMON F. HIRTH, Piesldent.Wu. F. BUSS, Secretary.MKMUEKSIlll'S.

K u m b e r o f members De-cember 31st of prev i -ous year. "t Hf

N u m b e r of m e m b e r s add-ed during the presentyear, "4

Total, 81'JDeduct number of mom-

bers wiihdxftvn duringthe year, and canceledpolicies by reason of saleor otherwise, 16

Number of members nowbelonging to Company, 803

RISKS.

Amount of property at riskDecember 31st of previousyear, 82,177,3ti7 00

Amount of risks added dur-ing the present year, 196,932 00

Total,Deduct risks canceled, with-

drawn, or terminated,Net amount now at risk

by company,RESOURCES.

Amount of premium ordeposit notes now in force,

Amount of cash premiumsor assessments actually onhand,

Amount of outstanding as.srsstm'nts Dot canceled,

Nature and amount of all oth-er resources, viz :

Total resources,LIABILITIES.

Cialma for losses due and paya-able,

platans for losses not matured,Claims for losses resisted,Nature and amount of all other

claims, viz: Borrowed moneyby company,

Amount of premium ou de-posit notes taken duringthe year,

Amount of cash premiumsreceived during the year,

Amount collected on assess-ments which were leviedduriug the present year,

Amount collected this yearon assessments whichwere levied in prior years,

Amount received from uiem-beramp or policy fees,

Amount received from per-centage ou increased ordecreased insurance,

Income from all other sourc-es, viz: from money loaned,interest,

Total income for the year,EXPENDITURE*.

Amount paid for losses duringthe year, (of which JS.iWS 00occurred in prior years),

Amount of salary and feespaid to Officers and directors,as per items in Bobsnule A,

Amount of all other expendi-tures during the year as perschedule B,

2,374,2119 00

6«,265 00

S2,308,0S4 00

nonenone

nonenonenone

$635 56

56

89 19

235 25

28 81

IBM 25

3,72!) 45

238 05

60 80

84,028 30

I)INSEY & SEABOLT'S

BAKERY, GROCERY— AND —

FJLOUR & FEED STOKE.We keep constantly on nanfl,

BREAD, CRACKERS, CAKES, ETC.,FOR WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE.

We shall also keep a Bupply of

DELHI FLOUR,,. M. SWIFT & OG'8 BEST W H I T E WHEAT

FLOUR, EYE FLOUK, BUCKW'WHEATf\LOUit, CORN MEAL, FEED,

& c , &o.At wholesale and retail. A general stock of

IROCERIES AND PROVISIONSonstantly on hand, which will be sold on as rea->>n'ible terms us at uny other house in this city.Cash paid for Butter, Eggs, and Country Fro-

oee generally.%*T Goods delivered 10 any part of the city with

ut extra charge.U I V S i ; V 6c S E A B O L T ,

Ann Arbor, Jan. 1, 187i>. ir>64

Total expenditures during year,SCHEDULE A.

NAME OF OFFICER OR DIBECTOR W) WHOM PAID.

Simon F. Hirth, President, $17 00Wm F. Buss, Secretary, 51 SOJohn Schenk, Treasurer, SO 50Jacob Jedelc, Director, 39 50A. L. Feldkamp, " 18 00Michael siaebler, " 19 00Jacob Raab, Agent, 29 00Michael Schenk, Agent, 19 00John Keppler, Agent, « 00Daniel Heinlnger, " 2 00Jacob Raab, collecting fees of outstanding

assessments, 62Jacob Jedelo, • • • : . • * " 4 0John Keppler, •' " " 30Wm. Aprill, " " " I 97John Schenk, " " 26

Total Schedule A, 238 05SCIIKDULE B.

1TF.MSOF "AI.LOTHKK KXrKNSKS."Printing bill for advertising last year's report, 12.50

" " " annual meeting, 2.35For the use of the house for annual meeting, 3.00Now blanks for policies, 13.50. " " " applications, 4.(X)For the use af the house lor a n n u a l mee t ing , 3 00New b l anks for policies, 1H .50

" " applications, 4 00Stationery, 1.50Share of assessment returned, 2.40

•' '• " 40Interest paid on borrowed money, 21 15

Total BelHftatefitiJtuUH QUESTIONS.1. How many assessments have been made dur-

ing the year? Aus. None.2. What is the amount of all the assessments

made during the year? Ans. None.3. What Is the rate per cent of such assessments

on the property insured ? Ans. No j>er cent.4. What is the rate per cent of such assessments

on the premium or deposit notes ? Ans. No percent.

5. What amount was re-assessed for assessmentsthat were not paid? Ans. None.

(j. What amount ol losses aie allowed to accumu-late before an assessment is levied? Ans. No cer-tain amount.

7. Does the company, in making an assessment,provide therein fur any surplus fund over the act-ual losses accrued ? It so, how mneh ? Ans. Notalways; although there may be left sometimes acertain amount from an assessment in treasury ofthe Company.

8. What pioporliou of the actual loss sustainedby a policy holder does the Company pay ? Ans.The full loss sustained.STATE OF MICHIGAN, )COUNTY OK WASHTENAW, j S S '

Simon F . Hirth President, and William F Buss,Socrotary of said Company, do, and each for him-self doth depose and say, that they have read theforegoing statement, and know the contents there-of, and they hnve good reason to believe, and dobelieve, said statement to be true.

SIMON F. HIRTH, PresidentWin. V. BUSS, Secretary.

Sworn and subscribed before me, at Ann Arborin said Slate and county, this 15th day of January!A. D. 1877.

ELIHU B. POND,Notary Public, Washtenaw County, Mich.

THE SUN.1877. SEW YORK. 1877.

The different editions of the ^UN during the nextyeiir will be the same as during the yenr Unit haalust passed. The daily edition will on week daysbe a eheet of four pages, and on Hundays be asheet of eiijht ptigeB, or 56 broad columns; whilethe weekly edition will be a sheet of eight pa^ua ofthe same dimensions and character that are alrea-dy fiiiniliivr to our triendb.

T H E SUN will continue lo be the strenuous advocateof reform and retrenchment, and of the sub-stitution of statesmanship, wisdom, and integrityfor hollow pretense, imbecility, and fraud in theudminiatraiion of public affairs. I t will contendfor the government of the people by the peopleand for the people, as opposed to government byfrauds in the ballot-box and in the counting ofvotes, enforced by military violence. I t will, endeHvor to supply Us readers—a body not far froma million ot aouln—with the most carerul, com-plete and trustworthy accounts of current eventsand will employ for this purpose a numerous andcarefully selected staff of reporters and correspon-dents. Its reports from Washington, especially,will be full, accurate, and fearless ; and it willdoubtless continue to deserve and enjoy the hatredof those who thrive by plundering the treasury orby usurping what the law does not £.ve them,while it will endeavor to merit the confidence ofthe public by defending the rights of the peopleasathst the encroachments of unjustified power.

Tfcfl price of the daily 8UN will be 5 5 cents amonth or $ O . 5 0 a yeur, postpaid, or with theHunday edition $ 7 . 7 O a year. The Sunday edi-tion alone, eiirht pages, $ 1 «2O a year, post paid.

The WEEKLY SUN. eight pages of 56 bronil col-ulruns, will be furnished during the year 1877 at therate of | 1 a year, post paid,

The benefit of this large reduction from the pie-vioue rate for the WEEKLY can be enjoyed by indi-vidual subscribe™ without the necesnity of mak-ing up olubs. At the same time if any of ourfriends desire to aid in extending our circulation,wo shall be grateful to them, and every such per-Hon who sends us tan or more subscribers from oneplace, will be entitled to one copy of our paper forhimself without charge. At one dollar a year,postage paid, the expenses of paper and printingare barely prepaid; and, considering the size ofthe sheet and the quality of its contents, we art'oonfldent the people will consider the WEKKI.Y*i'N the ohoapeit newspaper published in theWorld, and wo trust also one of the very best.

Address, THE SUN, New York City, N- Y

A NNUAL STATEMENT

For the year ending

December 31st, A. D. 1876,of the condition and affairs of the

WASHTENAW MUTUAL

FIRE INSURANCE CO.,1.muled at Ann Arbor, organized under tho laws ofthe State of Michigan, and doing business in theCounty of Washtenaw, in said State.

ALLEN CRITTENDEN, Picsident.NEWTON SHELDON, Secretary.

M KM r.hKsnirs.

Number of members December 31st,of previous year, 1,918

Number o f members added duringthe present year, 122

Total, 2,040Deduct number of members with-

drawn during the year and can-celed policies by reason of saleor otherwise, 174

Number of members now be-longing to company, 1866

RISKS.

Amount of property at risk De-cember 31st of previous vears, $4,394,075.

Amount of rUks added during presentyear. By changing all policies, the netat i isk is as stated below

Net amount now at risk by compa-ny, $3,878,520.

RESOURCES.Amount of premium or deposit notea

now in force noneAmount of cash premiums or assesss-

iM.-UK actually ou hand, 8749 86Amount of outstanding assessments

not. canceled. 2,837 46Nature and amount of all other resourc-

es, viz : Premium, $196 34; policy fee,$118 14, 314.48

Memberships. 91 50Interest and discount, 28 84

Total resources, $4,022 16LIABILITIES.

Claims for losses due and payable, $20 00Claims for lasses not matured 1,540 00Claims for losses resisted, noneNature and amount of all other

claims, viz : President Allen Crit-tenden,

National Bank.borrowed,Secretary N. Sheldon, borrowed,

Total Liabilities, 83,787 95INCOME.

Amount of premium on deposit notes tak-en liming the year, none

Amount of cash premiums received dur-ing the year, 8196 34

Amount collected on assessments whichwere levied (luring the present year, 7,641 11

Amount collected this year on assess-ments which were levied in prior years, 7,935 77

Amount received from membership or pol-icy tees, 209 64

Amount received from percentage on In-creased or decreased insurance, none

Income from all other sources, viz: fromInterest and discount, 28 84

Balance December 31, 1875, 153 86

Total income for the year, $16,155 06KX1-KNDITURK3.

Amount paid for losses during the year(of which §4,636 44 occurred in prioryears), $11,796 17

Amount of salary aud fees paid to offi-cers and directors as per items inSchedule A, 2,349 65

Amount ol all other expenditures dur-ing the year as per Schedule B, 81,259 36

Total expenditures during year, 815,405 18SCHEDULE A.

MAMS OV OFFICES OK DIRECTOB TO WHOMAndrew Campbell Director,Allen Crittenden,

II. M. Mowry,

Fctcr Cook,.lohn .1. Kobison,N. Sheldon,

last year's account,

last year's account,

PAID33 00

188 8050 95

320 8066 35

195 05114 15

and Secretary's sal-ary, $500 00

" last year'saccount and in-

terest, 233 7566 25

207 0097 5074 80

102 50

John Cook, Assistant Director,J . S . Henderson, " "Wm. K. Cnilds, "James W. Wing. "T. B. Goodspeea, " "Patrick Fleming, " "N. E. Crittenden, " "

Total Schedule A,

SCHEDULE B.ITKMS OF "ALL OTIIKR KXPKNSKS."

Express,Stationery,Investigation of losses by Secretary,Refunded,Postage,Wood for Office,Town Agents,Printing and Books,Kent of Office,Interest,Borrowed,Sundries,

32 5066 25

$2,349 65

Total Schedule B, $1,259 36

1. How many assessments have been made dur-ing the year? Aus. One.

2. What is the amount of all the assessmentsmade during the year? Ans. 310,468 57.

3. What is the rate per cent of such assessmentson the property insured 1 Ans. .0272 per ceut.. or$2 72 per 1,000.

4. What is the rate per cent of such assessmenton the premium or deposit notes? Ans. No percent.

5. What amount was re-atsetted for assessmentsthat were not paid ? Ans. Collect all collectable.

6. What amount of losses are allowed to accumu-late before an assessment is levied ? Ans All toasswMnent, tmtpaj in 90 days by borrowing.

7. Does the company, in making an assessment,provide therein for any surplus fund over the act-ual losses accrued? If so, how much? YEsi

gassessment,

th actAn». Yesaccrued? If so, how m

Estimated expenses for one year*8. What proportion of the actual loss sustained

by a policy-holder does the Company pay? Ans.two-thirds the amount on personal property, andthe whole amount insured on buildi thCompany insure themcash value.

pbuildings,

at only two-thirdu

y,as the

their

STATE OF MICHIGAN, 1COUNTY OF WASHTENAW, / * • •

Allen Crittendeu, President, and Newton Shel-don, Secretary of said company, do, and each forhimself doth depose and say, that they have readthe foregoing statement, and know the content*thereof, and that they have good reason to believe,and do believe, said statement to be true.

ALLEN CRITTENDEN, President.NEWTON SUELDON, Secretary.

Sworn and subscribed before me, at Ann Arbor,in said State and county, this 16th day of January,A. D. 1877.

PETER II. ABEL, Notary Public,Washtenaw County, Michigan.

THE OLD RELIABLE

Fire InsuranceOOP

Annual Clearing Out Sale RAILROADS.

-OF-

Y GOODS.13 D R01T AND AFTEH JAN. 6, 1377,

We will ofler our very large and attractive stock of Dry Goods at

EXCESSIVELY LOW PRICESREGARDLESS OF COST

To clear out Stock before Invoicing in Fobruary. This will be a rare oppor-tunity to get Bargains in

Silks, Dress Goods, Black Alpacas,Cashmeres, Cloaks, Shawls, Cloths,

Flannels, Blankets, Underwear,Hosiery, and Cloves.

Remember this Sale will Continuefor Thirty Davs Only.

C. H. MILLEN& SON.Cash. Dry Goods House.

MACK & SCHMIDInvite the attention of their friends and customers to their

SECOND ARRIVAL—OF-

WINTER GOODSDRESS GOODS, ALPACAS & BRILLIANTINES, COLORED CASHMERES

AND MOHAIRS in all the new shndes and TRIMMING SILKSTO MATCH,

BLACK SILKSA superb stock, all marked on the basis of prices before the advance.

BLACK DKES8 GOODS, atAlso, the largest stock o

UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES.

I t is our intention to follow our system of low prices from the beginning, preferring to increase oursales early in the season and not wait until later to mark down prices.

We call apecial attention to our

LADIES' CLOAKS, SHAWLS.Waterproofs? Flannels, Cassimeres, and

Ladies' and Gents'. "Under-Wear,

tS It is our dosiro that everyone should como and look at our goods. Itincurs no obligation to buy, but we want everyone to know where to find thoBEST AND CHEAPEST 'STOCK OP DRY GOO

WINES & WORDEN

C. H. MILL EN.

H02HE OF NEW YORK,Capital and Surplus, $0,000,000.

THE HILL FARM FOR SALE.Vdjoining the West lino of the City of Ann Arbor,i township two south of range six east, coraprin-tf the east half of tho northeast quarter of see-on nineteen ; and that part of the west half ofle west half of the northwest quarter of soctiou

wenty, lying north of t.he turnpike; in all00 42-100 acres, with

louse, Barn, an UnfailingSpring of Water,

nd about fifty acres well improved; first clans*nd and situation beautiful. Two-thirds of theurchuwe money may remain on the land three tove years

For terms apply to GEO. E. HAND,O r U . J . BEAKEtt, Detroit.

Anu Arbor 1574tf

^ASHIONABLE DIUCSS MAKING.

Mrs. Wood invites the Indies of Aun Arbor andcinity to call at her Drews-Making Room, overie Btore of llinsey & Heabolt, Washington street,

full line of nuw and lcttusb styles of patternsiiM.milymi hand. Uuality of work warranted,

nd prioes made to suit the times. A share of11 flic patronage in respectfully solicited.ly!678

THE ENEMY OF DISEASE!

THE FOE OF PAIN

TO MAN AND BEAST.

• • theftrand Old

MUSTAISTQ

LINIMENTWhich ha« stood the test of forty years.

There is no Sore it will not heal, no Lameness itwil lnotcure.no Ache, no Pain that atfiicte theHmiiun Body, or the Hody of a Horse or other do-mestic animal, that does not yield to its magi?touch. A bottle costing 26cM 50c, or #1.00. has otten saved the life of a human being, and restoredto life and uaefulnesk man; a valuable home.

CONTINENTAL OF N. Y..Capital and Surplus, $3,000,000.

1TLA.C.A.K.A OF IT. T.,Cash Assets, $1,500,000.

GIRARD OF Philadelphia.,

Cash Assets, $1,000,000.

ORIENT of HartfordCiisli Assets, $800,000.

Policies issued at as low rates as iuany responsible Company.

C. H. MILLEN,No. 4 South Main Street, Ann Arbor.

SHAYAHANITBROKAWHAVE opened a Meat Market on North Main

street, throe doors nurth of Hall & Marble's,where will bo kept a full line of

Fresh and Salt Meats,Smoked H a m , Sausage, Lard , etc*

All orders promptly filled. 6ml618

SOUTH MAIN St.,

Dealers in General

DRY GOODS,

CAHPETS, OIL CLOTHS, MATS,

RUGS, ETC.

Our Stock is full and we are prepared to give lowPrices for Cash.

Ann ArLor, Fall, 187G.

MICHIGAN CENTRAL 1<AI|,KOA1)

NOV. 10, 1876.

STATIONS. 3

Detroit, leave,G. T. Junction,Wayne JunctionYpailanti,Ann Arbor,Delhi,Dexter,Choluea,OraHB Lake,

Jackson, Lv.Albion,Marshall,

*• M.lA.Mi1 00 9 10T 15| » :7 40 9 5(i8 15 10 178 3o 10 36'8 509 00 —9 18 .9 47

P. K10 20 12 O011 04 12 4S!

11 50 I ;P.M.12 2012 55

Kalam&zoo,Lawton,Decatur,

15 2 3856

2 152 413 11 4 073 253 56 4 434 13 M 564 40 5 205 23 ;. :,B6 20 6 40

Niles,liuchanan,Three OaksNew Buffalo,Michigan CityLake,Kensington,Ohicago, arrive,

Chicago, leave,Kensington,Lake,Michigan City,New Buffalo,Three Oake,

Buchanan,Nilea,Dowagiac,Decatur,Lawton,Kalamazoo,tialesburg,Battle Creek,

Marshall,Albion,

A.M. A. M. v. M6 00 8 30 3 506 45 9 12: 4 356 40 9 547 32 10 407 55 11 GO8 09 11 13

5 236 25,

l« ...

8 41'9 01' 11 55

i 9 271| 9 52'10 10 P. II.10 5011 12u t:P. M.12 451 lo

7 09

7 508 208 489 159 85

1 16 10 10

1 57

2 M3 02

7 * 1 1 *

H i n I!

ii * Tj

25 12 05 (aJackson, Lv. , 2 15 3 46'Grass Lake , 2 45Chelsea, S 10Dexter, 3 -aDelhi, { 8 371Ann Arbor, 3 52 4 56'Ypsilanti, I 4 I i 5 10!Wayne June., 4 43 5 29G.T. J u n e , i 5 30 6 00Detroit, Ar., ! 6 45 6 15

•Sundays excepted.cepted. tDaily.

H. B. LKDYARD,fien'18upt.,DetratH. C. WENTWOBTB, (Jen. Pass. A«t., Chicago

Corner Main and Huroi

8 3"

» Mi Ml | |9 27 2 27 |

1< 00 2 4S •10 45 J SO ;11 00 3 Jj |

I Saturday and Swid»ia

DETEOIT, HILLSDALE&INDI.ANA RAILROAD.

To take effect December 31»t, 1876.OOINO WEST. fl ::•:

STATIONS. Fr'ght. Mai:.A. if. r . M.

Ypsilanti . . . . 7:00 6:no«»line 7:57 6:35lindgewater.. i:30 6:65Manchester. 9:10 7:18

P . M.Hillsdale 12:35 9:17Bankers,. . . . 12:55 9:30 Yps

Trains ran by Chicago time.To take efiect, Dec. 31,1876.

W. F . PARKER, 8op't, Ypsilun

, STATIONS. Kail ft*

Bankers maHillsilale &1! uiManchester., lot HBridgewater SJ) aSaline »•» fjYpsilanti.... 9:J.. •;

GREAT WESTERNRAIL

THE SHORT LINT BETWEEN DETROIT,

BUFFALO, NEW YORK,NIAGARA FALLS, BOSTON

PMlaflfilpliia,#3

AND ALL EASTERN CITIES.RfUiES t h e Sborteol Line Ir

Detroit to Buffalo an 11'oiuta Eas!.19» A (r Miles the shortest line from Detroitu- 4 O Niagara Falls and points East.

Sure C o n n e c t i o n s a t SunpensioiBriilero nml Kuffulo with Ili••

New York C e n t r a l audt'rieI t J l i I I t JI y s .

The Track and Eifttpmenla of the GRluWKSTERtf are perfect, and it is managed tiitta view to the SAFETY and COMFORT ol aPatrons.

TOURISTS AND PLEASURE SEEKEE3

Should bear in miod that the GREAT WESTEBS :Railway is the Shortest and most Comforti-Route between Detroit, Suspension Bridge siBuffalo, ar.d ts the only line whicb crosses Siupii- !sion Bridge in lull vie IF of the falls.

For information and tickets via thupippitroute apply to

G. W. 8HARPLBSS,Agent M. C. R. R., Ann Arbor Milt.

TREES! TREES!!FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL

R. G. SMITH, at his Nursery, W.street, is ready to take and fill orders forfruitw

ornamental trees, including

Apples, Pears, Peaches,

1'I II ins, Cherries,

Quinces, Evergreens

Horse Chestnut?,

Kliinarnock Willows,

Grapes, Small Fruits,

Roses, & Ornamental Shrubs.*S-Buyof resident dealers, and don't bed"11

fad by unknown traveling agent8.~£dP r i c e s to Suit t b e Times .

K . « . SMITH.Ann Arbor, Deo. 2 0 , 1 8 7 6 . W | 0 i _ ;

A

IF YOU WANT A

GOOD OVERCOATAND WANT TO BUY IT CHEAP,

OO TO

WM. WAGNER'SFor He U

Selling Overcoats at Cost.

IP YOUR BOY WANTS

A BOX OF COLLARSSEND HIM TO

WM. WAGNER'SFOR THERE HE CAN GET THEBBSI I'OR

THE LEAST MONEY.

L» I •> A day at home.t p A ^ a n d terms free. TRUE & OO

Me.

Agents wanted. OutfitAugusta, Me

er day at home. Samples worth[free. STIHSON & Co., Portland,

1673

at th*

IF YOU WANT

AGOODSUITMADE TO ORDER, go to

WM. WAGNER'S21 SOUTH MAIN ST. ANN ARBOR.

A DOLLAR SAVEDJ S A DOLLAR EARNED !

NEW GOODS!And prices LOWER THAN KVER.

I have purchased in New York, for ensh, andI am now daily receiving one of the largest andmost select stocks of tirocerien in W.-ishtenawCounty, consisting of a full and well selected

LINE OF TEAS,All of the new crop—including

Ouupowders, Imperials , Young Ify.sons. II) suns. .l:i |.:ms. Oolong*, For-iiiosiis, Congrouw, Souchongs, and

Twankayi,

Together with a full line of COFFEES, consist-ing of the following brands: MOCHA, OLDOOV'T JAVA, MAHACA1BO, LAGUA YliE.SAN-TOH and UIO, both rousted and ground : a fulland well selected stock of

SUGARS, SYRUPSAND MOLASSES,

Together with overythinfr in the line cf PureSpices, Canned fruits, and Vegetables. We have afull mid complete line of

BOOTS & SHOES,HATS, CAPS, GLOVES

And Hosiery. Also, a choice assortment of Lndie»'imil Uentlouien's Underwear Call and examineUoods aud l'rices and we will insure satisfaction.

EDWARD DUFFY.1 Uaynard'8 Block,

Capital, $3,000,(W-

Assets Jan 1, 1876,

$6,792,649.98.Losses Paid in 55 Years,

$44,760,391.71.Surplus over all Liabilities, include

Re-Insurance Reserve,

$4,735,092.86-Net Surplus over Liabilities, inclu<W

Re-Iasurance and Capital Stock

$1,735,092.86.C. MACK, Agent, Ann

/^.EORGE W. CROPSEY,

Late of the firm of CLARK 4 CROPSBY, *"&KEARNEY, late of Texas, under the firm •>»""

KEARNEY &e established themselv

M a i n St., A n n Arborgeneral

s a 33 s»u,'and propose »

Grocery BusinessThey will also keep CROCKERY, GJ*§SWWOODEN WARE, and a full line of W>Mf!jand FOKEIUN FRUITS. They have Hit*1

furnished ,

A First-class Eating Depart'ment,

Where Meals can be had at all hours, or lio"0

the week.

cash

cor.Muin and Ann streetsAnn Arbor, Mich,

price paid for all furm

Cash paid for f lut ter , 1Country produce. Goods .ered in any part of the city. Remember

33 South m a i n Street.

KEARSKV &CK0P*Anil Arbor, April 26, 1876.

Brick Store f o r » :J

O F F E R F O B SALE my Brick BtoW.CWfi'iH u r o n and F o u r t h streets, opp0*1™. ,,.jn<*

otel . Th is is one of t he most desirable »>•;,,T s is one of the most dlocations in the city, aud will be sold at»

1598 JOHN «PJVV

FRIDAY. JANUABT 26, 1877.

LOCAL AFFAIRS.

— P. I). Woodruff proposes to publish anew city directory.

_ W. A. Love joy has closed out his tobaccoand cigar stock and retired from business.

—The University Orchestra is drilling for aconcert,—now proposed to be giveu February

16.—That junior hop is set down for February

9, and the bidden belies already begin to counlthe hours.

— The Dexter Leader credits John Bross,formerly of this city, with ''a fourteen pounddaughter."

— Charles A, Chapin, of this city, has beenappointed clerk to the House Committee onWays and Means.

— John Harris, Jr., of the Tribune job office,Detroit, formerly of this city, reports a "fattake : " a 12 1b. boy.

— The boarders at the county house averageabout 112, varying from day to day by thetemporary visitation ot "tramps."

— Mrs. Dr. McAndrew, of Ypsilanti, is toaddress a union temperance meeting in the M.E. Church, Dexter, on Sunday evening next.

— If you want to buy one of the best stockfarms in the county read the advertisement ofDavid Henning in another column. There isno difcount on it.

— Dr. A. B. Lyous, of Detroit, is to Lecturebefore the Ann Arbor Scientific Association,in tlie Law lecture room, this evening at 8o'clock. S ubject : The Volcanoes of Hawaii.Admission frue.

— The Peoples* Bank at Manchester, organ-ized under the State banking law, reports adeposit accouut of $54,711.73, and loans anddiscounts amounting to $75,001.25. The paidup capital is $50,000.

— Attention is invited to the advertisementof Joe. Jacob's annual reduction sale ; andJoe. says that the overcoats are disappearingat such a rate that those in want had betterbuy before they are all gone. The weathermachine has been run in Joe's interest thiswinter.

— Dr. Palmer talked about homeopathy andthe formula for preparing homeopathic medi-cine on Friday evening 'last, in the medicallecture room, in response to a request of anumber of medical students. Dr. Palmer isalways ready to discuss that subject on theleast provocation.

— This item comes from Ypsilanti, via De-troit: "On January 18 the dead body of aninfant, not more tha-n a week old, -was foundin a jar, with a coffin by its side, in a housenow vacant, and but recently occupied by aman by the name of H. S. ThoinaB, a cancerdoctor on Cross street.

—If " punctuation is sometimes advisable,"'a knowledge of mathematics—at least of sim-ple numbers—is an accomplishment, if not anecessity to a newspaper itemizer. Lackingsuch accomplishment, a iocal journalist assertsthat $12,500 is ten times *2,500. We mightmoralize about that " mote," but forbear.

— "Bought and forgot to leave the change:"tliat is how the Ypiilanti Sentinel chroniclestne taking of a pair of rubber boots from thsstore of Hewitt & Champion. He was one ofthe "bull dosed race" and he made too manyand too rapid tracks for the proprietors toovertake and make known their affection forthe "man and brother."

— Capt. Allen's home organ, the YpsilantiCommercial, makes mince-meat of him for go-ing in for the laboratory investigation, andsays, among other things. "Had it beenknown that he would have waded in that dirtypuddle, he would not have been elected."Pat's wits always come bubbling to the sur-face at a very late hour.

— Our former fellow citizen B. W. Ellis,now of Oakland, Cal., surprised his friends\ae by putting in a "personal appearance" oniilurday last. He was looking well andflappy, and reported the Ann Arbor colony atOakland and San Francisco "enjoying thenine blessing." BHis is now in the wholesaledrug trade in San Francisco, and was en routefor Xew York on business.

— This is how the Ypsilanti Sentinel putsit: "Advertising is now getting dull, and there:eipts of printing offices fall off after theholidays. The expenses of a newspaper estab-lishment, however, are about as heavy as ever.On this account, and because we ought tohave the money due us, we would urge thosesubscribers who are in arrears, to pay tip."That is just our fix and our desire.

— Ou Friday last several Uerinan citizens,on pleasure bent, arranged for a " surprise '•party in the country. The driver employedto carry them, " surprised" at their numberbacked out of the job, but not being of theback out kini other conveyances were engag-ed and the ride takon. The third "surprise"consisted in finding that their obstinate Ger-man friend had locked his doors against them,compelling them to search for more hospitablequarters.

— The Ypsilanti Commercial goes for somepoverty-oppressed chap who can't afford totake a local paper, in this wise: "A man who"An raise 900 bushels of corn on ten acres, ata cost per bushel of only 7 cents, ought to beable to take at least ten Iocal papers and notcomplain of giving the ordinary price."Sever mind neighbor, he'll take all the puffsyou can write up without a word of complaint.

— Jake Martin is spoiling for more fame as» wrestler, and has challenged Owen,—theVermont boy who made way with McLaugh-hu.

Mrs. Gertrude B. Eisdon, wife of Lewis C.ftsdon, died on Friday last, after nearly twoyears of severe and painful illness. Mrs. Eis-don was married to her husband, at Albion,to 1851, and has ever since resided in this city,respected and beloved by a large circle of'riends who "sympathize with her bereavedhusband and daughters. Her aged mother,Mrs. Judd, is now residing in San Francisco.

— Miss Clara F. Gregory, aged nearly 18years, daughter of A. A. Gregory, Esq., diedon Friday last, of bronchial pneumonia.She was in the junior class in the High School,"d ranked as one of the best scholars.

—Norman Chapin, an old resident of thisCl'y, and brother of the late Volney Chapiu,Q1ed at his residence, corner of Fifth andWilliam streets, on Tuesday evening last.

—The wife of Hon. Benj. Brown, of thiscl'y, who has been under treatment for cancerforsoma months, at New York and elsewhere.died on Wednesday, at 9 o'clock A. M. Thefuneral services occurred yesterday afternoon,and the remains of the deceased were taken toWalled Lake, Oakland County, tor interment.During her brief residence here Mrs. Brown"ad made many warm friends.

Yesterday afternoon Capt. Fred. Huson,living near this city and who has been sick for»ome time, was reported dying.

THE LABORATORY DEFALCATION.—The Sen-ftte and House committees on the University,™fged by concurrent resolution with investi-gating the Laboratory defalcation or deficien-cy, arrived in this city on Monday, looked over™ ground on Tuesday, and commenced workon Wednesday. Up to i p. M. yesterday Pres-ident Augell and Regents Walker and Granthad been examined, and at that hour ex-Re-gent McGowau was on the stand. The com-mittees ruled out attorneys, and conduct[theexamination by its own members, allowingwritten questions to be proposed through thecommittee. Our space does not permit an ab-stract ot tlie testimony, and at this stage ot'he examinations we have no comments to°>&ke upon the methods of proceeding,—which,however, have a little squint like the methodsof a Louisiana returning board.

Commissions tor the following persons ap~pointed by Gov. Croswell to the high and hon-orable office of Notary Public have been re-ceived at the office ot the County Clerk : Wil-liam Alliiby, J. Willard Babbitt, James Boyd,B. Frank Bower, Hezekiah H. Brinkerhotf,Byron W. Cheever, D. Oliphant Church, JohnClancy, William J. Clarke, Sidney W. Clarkson, Isaac N. Conklin, Jeremiah D. Corey,Densmore Cramor, Alexander D. Crane, AllenCritteuden, William H. Doll, James Donovan.Mary E. Foster, S. Olin Foster, Robert E.Frazur, John N. Gott, Alexander W. Hamil-ton, William Hanke, Fred W. Hawkins, Adol-phus E. Hewett, Henry E. Hill, Thomas C.Howard, Fred. A. Hunt, Henry Hurchofer,JohnS. Jenness, William H. Jowett, Ezra Jones,Francis E. Jones, Frank Joslin, Michael Kap-pler, Reuben Kempf, Charles J. Kintner, Eu-gene Laible, John F. Lawrence, Charles H.Manly, E. Luther McGee, David W. Palmer,George R. Palmer, John A. Palmer, SamuelPost, George H. Rhodes, Andrew Eobison,Ransom Salsbury, Nathaniel Schmid, G. Ed-win States, Howard Stepheuson, Joseph D.Stevens, Wm. N. Stevens, Ward W. Swift,Peter Tuite, George W. Turnbull, Warren E.Walker, Charles K. Wallace, Noble R. Water-man, William M. Whedon, August Widen-maun, Philip Winegar, John W. VanCleve,John D. VanDuyne, William K. Yost, Thom-as Young. They csu get the aforesaid com-missions by filing their bonds and forking overthat little fee—11.75.

The Cliurciies.— Prt. Ryder, of Oberliu, O., preached in

the Congregational Church on Sunday last, andwill minister to the same congregation ou Sun-day next.

— Chas. T. Donnely has been elected libra-rian of the St. Thomas Church Library As-sociation.

— Bishop McCoskry will make his annualvisitation to St. Andrews' Church, February11, in the afternoon.

— M. L. Woolsey, of the senior class, hasbeen appointed lay reader in St. Andrew'sChurch.

— Rev C. H. Brigham will give on nextSunday evening, at the Unitarian Church,a lecture on " The Contest of Luther with theRoman Church." Students' class at 9:30 a. m.

— Rev. I. Butterneld, of Jackson, will preachat the Baptist Church next Sunday,—morningand evening.

From SiUiiic.EDITOE ABGUS :—It has been so long since

you had a word irom Saline that you begin todoubt the existence of such a village. Never-theless she still waves, but the fact is Mr.Editor your humble servant has been holdinghis breath since Nov. 7, in the vain endeavorto ascertain whether the "bloody shirt" busi-ness really succeeded, or whether our worthyopponents had great "skill in counting votes.I am not of the opinion that the former prov-ed a very great success, but a3 to the latter,well, practice makes perfect, you know, andthey have the inside row. Yet, despite alltheir pretensions I believe that the man whowas fairly elected will be duly inaugurated onMarch 5, and that m.ui I believe to be SamuelJ. Tilden.

Our school is not as full this winter as usual,3ut under the excellent management cf Prof.Gumaer, so ably assisted by subordinates, itis doing its share of the good work of teach-ing the young idea how to sprout.

The following persons were recently electedofficers of Saline Lodge F. & A. M.: W. M.,A. M. Clark; S. W., W. W. Dell; J. W., A.

I. Claijc ; Treas., J. W. Kinnon, Jr, ; Secry.,D. S. Hallock; S. D., Orrin Parsons; J. D.,Geo. E. Schairer; Tyler, C. N. Howe.

At a regular meeting of Saline Lodge I. O.O. F., held January 11, the following officerswere duly installed in their respective chairs:N. G , E. M. LeBaron ; V. G , M. E. E.isterly ;Sec, D. S. Hallock; Per. Sec, George K. Ful-ierson; Treas., C. Jackson.

The Oracle still issues as ever, and is likelytoo. considering the grit of its editor.

Saline, Jan. 24. E. A. R.

The February Magazines.The following magazines for February are

on our table :The Atlantic Monthly, with poems by Whit-

iier, The Witch of Weutram, a six page bal-ad ; by Longfellow, A Dutch Picture ; by E.j . Stedmau, Netvs from Olympia ; by Edgar

Fawcelt, S. M. R. Piatt, Celia Thaxter, and byOliver Weudall Holmes, How not to Settle I tthe Presidential Question), humorous andsharacteristic. In prose we have : Studies ofAnimal Nature, by Bayard Taylor ; Christ-mas Eve in a Sicilian Abbey, by Luigi Monti;The American, chap3. XIX. and XX., by Hen-ry James, jr.; The Political Condition ofSouth Carolina, by a South Carolinian ; Ontof the Question, parts I. and II. of a comedy,by W. D. Howells ; and, Old Woman's Gossip,XIX., by Frances Anne Kemble. The " Con-ributors' Club " is a new and attractive fea-ure; Ceha Thaxter's poem is set to music, andhe notes, on Literature, Art, and Music, arenil. $4 a year. H. O. Houghton & Co., Bos-,on. The Atlantic and Asaua, $3 75.

—The Eclectic Magazine has thirteen se-ected papers from original leading periodicals,ncluding; On Popular Culture,—an address

by John Morley: Towards the North Pole,from Cornhill; The Secret Chamber, Black-vood\ Automatism and Evolution, by Charleslam, M. D., second paper; Notes on the

Turk, by Edwin DoLeon ; Charlotte Wemyss,concluded ; The Rings of Saturn, by Eichard

A. Proctor ; Henry the Fourth and LaBellaGabrielle, Temple Bar; and the Fabulous in

ioology, by Andrew Wilson. The Editorialtables are well filled, and there is a fine steelportrait of George Macdonald, with a briefbiographical sketch. $5 a year. E. R. Pelton,New York. With the Anous, $5 75.

—Scribner's Monthly has: Trout-Fishing inthe Rangeiy Lakes, by E. Seymour, beautiful-y illustrated ; Winter on the Nile, by George

B. McClellan, second paper, also illustratedJohn Eomeyn Broodhead, by T. W. Cham-bers ; Nicholas Minturu, Holland's new story,haps. V-VII; Farmer Bassett's Romance,

part I, by Saxe Holm ; White, of Selborn, byE. S. Nadal, illus.; That Lass o' Lowrie's, byFanny Hodgson Burnett, chaps. XXII-XXIII .

How do I know what is the Bible ?" byT ryou Edwards; The Microscope among theFlowers, by Mrs. S. B. Hernck, with fifteenillustrations by the author; Farragut in Mo.bile Bay, by Henry Baldwin ; How Mr. Stormmet his Destiny, Hjalmar Hjorth Boyeson ;and several poems and well-filled editorialdepartments. $4 a year. Scribner & Co.,New York. With the ABOUB, J4 75.

—St. Nicholas is capital in picture, storyverse, riddle, rebus, and enigma. The mostnoticeable features are: A Talk with Ameri-can Boys, by Thomas Hughes; Pattikin'sHouse, a serial story f <r little girls, by MaryA. Hallock ; The Peterkins at the Centennial,by Lucretia P. Hale ; His Own Master, VIII.and IX., by J. T. Trowbndge ; A Talk AboutCanaries, by Ernest IngerBoll; Clever Joe, byHenry L. Williams; The Artist Soldier, orTrue Story of Major Andre; The Stars inFebruary, by Prof. Proctor. The boys andgirls will read every page. $3 a year. Scrib-ner & Co., New York. With the AKQUS, ?4.

—The Catholic World has : Frederick Oza-nam, biographical; Amid Irish Scenes, II.,sketchy and entertaining ; A Story of the FarWest; Up the Nile : Three Lectures on Evo.lution, in which Prof. Huxley and his theo-ries are handled without gloves ; Six SunnyMonths; Dr. Kuox on the Unity ot theChurch, critical and polemical; MonsieurGumbard's Mistake, concluded; The Home,Life of some Eighteenth Century Poets (SwiftjPope, Thomson, Gray, Goldsmith, and Cow-per); Letters of a Young Irish-woman to herSister ; Modern Melodists, and New Publica-tions. $5 a year. The Catholic PublicationHouse, New York. We did not receive thelanuary number.

Real Estate Sales.The following are the recent transfers oi

real estate in this county, deeds of which havebeen recorded in the .Register's office duringthe past week :

Nowton Sheldon to Olive S. Warren, 26acres off section 7, Pittsriuld. «l,:iOO.

A m/.i A. Quigley to John Barber, 9 acres oftsection 31, Lyndon. $225.

Henry Dreuse to Mary L. Pfeifle, 143 acresoff sections 16 and 22, York. $4,800.

Henry Krause to William April, 100 acresoff section 27, Scio. $8,500.

Jay Everett to Michael J. Noyes, lot 9 inblock 16, J. Oongiioa's third addition to Chel-sea. $200.

Chas. Thayer to John T. Hallock, lots 5, 6,7, 8, and 11, in block 7 south, range 9 east,Ann Arbor. $800.

John Braun to L. D. Watkins, 14 acres offsection 7, Manchester. $200.

Johu Craudall to A. J. Johnson, 100 acresoff section 4, Salem. $4,400.

John Armbruster to George Armbrusterand Jonh Stierle, 130 acres off sections 13 and24, Lodi. $0,500

Julia Alexander to George Morman, 20 acresoff ot French claim No. 681, Ypsilimti. $3,000.

E. N. Stringham to Jas Scott, lot 6 in block3, Granger & Morgan's addition to Manches-tea. $650.

Abraham Culver to Robt. Sherwood, twoacres off section 13, Superior. $200.

Hugh S. Peoples to Aithur Burns, 154 acresoff section 28, Superior. $11,600.

We understand that there is a desire in cer-tain quarters to have the city charter amended(if not improved) iu certain respects. One ofthe favorite schemes is to have a recorder's orpolice court, charged, we suppose, with specialjurisdiction in all cases arising under the cityordinances. Now, in our individual aud hum-ble opinion, no such court is cecessary, and theadvantage to accure would in no wise compen-sate for the increased expense. When wehave doubled our present population will befull soon enough to put on such airs. A betteramendment would be to reduce the number ofjustices of the peace to two. A single questionto the advocates of the new court: Will thepeople elect any fitter or more competent re-corder or police justice than they now dojustices? If improvement in quality cannotbe guaranteed a change of name would proveonly a farce.

In the annual report of F. N. Farquhar, Ma-jor of Engineers, on the "Preservation of theFalls of St. Anthony," Mississippi Eiver, wefind this mention of a former resident of our:ity and graduate of the University: "Assist-

ant Engineer J. L. Gillespie has had charge ofthe work. Great credit is due to Mr. Gillespiefor his great intelligence and energy in carry-ing on the work." The work is one of themost important of the miny important worksin charge of the Engineer corps, and Mr. Gil-lespie has been fortunate to link his name withthe improvement. We are pleased to chroniclehis success.

SATISFIED.—Many housewives who havebeen using Soda for years, have become satis-fied that D. B. DeLand & Co.'s Best ChemicalSaleratus is better for all purposes than Soda,and therefore cannot be induced to use Soda,or any other brand of Saleratus.

Not ice .A large number of subscriptions to the ARGUS

expires with the last issue. We send this numberto all old subscribers hoping for a prompt renewalin every instance, by a payment of the advanceprice, $1 SO.

A few subscribers have not yet paid for 1876, andby our advertised terms are indebted to us in thesum of 82 00. If they will immediately make pay-ment for the year in arrears and for 1877, 83 00will be accepted for the two years. By immediatelywe mean be/ore the first day of February. Afterthat date the $2 will be exacted in every instance.

Ann Arbor, January 3, 1877.E. B. POND.

W o n d e r f u l Succes .It is reported that BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

lias, since its introduction in the United States,reached the immense sale of 40,000 dozen bottlesper year. Over 6,000 druggists have ordered thismedicine direct from the Factory, at Woodbury,N. J., and not one hes reported a single failure,but every letter speaks of its astonishing successin curing severe Coughs, Colds settled on theBreast, Consumption, or any disease of the Throatand Lungs. We advise any person who has anypredisposition to weak Lungs, to go to their Druggists, EBERBACH & Co., and get this Medicine, orinquire about it. Eegular size, 75 cents; SampleBottles, 10 cents. Two doses will relieve any case,Don't neglect your cough.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTSrrio K E N T .

The Brick Store on the Northeast corner of Mainand Liberty streets, belonging to the estate of JohnJerner, deceased. Location good, and terms reas-onable.

C. MACK, Administrator.Ann Arbor, Jan. 25, 1877. 1619tf

JOHN L. BURLEIWH,

Attorney & Counselor at LawNo. 5 North Main Street,

MICHIGAN.ARBOR,

I IENRYR. H U L ,

ATTORNEY AT LAW,And dealer in Eeal Estate. Office, No 3, Opera

House Block, ANN ARBOR.

City Scavenger.THE undersigned offers his serviees as scavenger.

Vaults, cesspools, etc., cleaned to order, andat reasonable prices. Orders may be left at J. H.Niekel's meat market, State street, or made throughthe Postoffioe. W. ACTION.

Ann Arbor, Nov. 3, 1876.

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AND SEE THE

JACKSON TRUSS ROD WAGOAlso, the New RlerUt-Hand Burra 11

Iron Corn Sl&eller, atM. ROGERS'.

Farmjor Sale.A EARE CHANCE!

ONE IN A THOUSAND.

I have receDtly come into possession of the oldhomestead farm of the late Thomas Wood, ad-mitted to be one of the finest pieces uf property inWaahtenaw County,

Containing 304 AcresLOCATRD IN THK TOWNSHIP OF PITTS-

FIELD, WITHIN ONE MILE OFSALINE VILLAUE.

I find I am unable to give it the care and atten-tion that any property requires to make it a prof-itable investment, and haviug acquired it at a centwithin its value, I have determined to dispose ofit as best I can, and shall sell the sume at

PUBLIC AUCTIONWITHOLT RESERVE,

At one o'clock r. M., on the premises."fllWill givethe length of time desired and low rate of inter-est. I will accept, in fact would prefer, one-thirdcash and balance on long time. To those ac-quainted with the prtperty I need offer no recom-mendation. For the benefit of those unacquaintedI would tay its first recommendation is its

TWO APPLE ORCHARDS OF 25ACRES EACH,

One all Baldwins just in their prime, from whichhave been harvested 2,000 barrels of apples in asiuglu season. With proper attention the orchardaulone should yield ample revenue to meet theyearly payments. The balance of the farm is un-surpassed tor stock giowing. The buildings andother improvements are arranged with a view todividing the farm into two tine farms of 162 acreseach if desired.

For any further information desired, address meat 40 Aldine Square, Chicago, 111. 1619W3

MY REDUCTION SALE

-OF-

WINTER GOODS

OVERCOATS. GL0YE8, MITTENS

SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, A c ,

Will continue until February 17,1877,

JOB. T. JACOBS.Room in Bank Block, Ann Arbor.

N. B.—A few more of those splendid SCOTCH UN-

DER SHIRTS & DRAWERS, left to be closed out at cost

and less. DON'T FAIL TO GET SOME OF THEM.

FOR THE FALL TRADE !

BACH & ABELInvite the attention of buyers of Dry Goods to their immense stock—thelargest, the best assorted, and at the lowest rates of any ever brought to thiscity.

FKOM THE EECENT AUCTION SALES

J

At prices much less than the cost of production.

THE BEST ASSOETMENT OF

LADIES' DRESS GOODS,Ever shown by us. BLACK CASHMEEES, ALPACAS AND BEILL-IANTINES, A SPECIALTY. WE OFFER GEEAT BAEGAINS INTHESE GOODS.

A I.urge line of Table Linens,

LADIES' LINEN HANDKERCHIEFSAt Very Low Prices.

LADIES' AND GENTS' WOOLEN UND1-WUARHOSIERY, &G. The best assortment in the city and at the lowest prices. 500 Its. of Gray WoolenYarn, AT A YEKY LOW PRICE.

Tickings, Sheetings, Bleached and Brown Cottons, bought early in the season, before the recentadvance, and sold by us at NEW YORK JOBBER'S PRICES.

Our Business is conducted on a cash basis. Purchases made exclu-sively for cash, and prices will always be found the lowest.

Sewing MachinesTHE SINGER,

1TEW DOMESTIC,

And th.e HOWE,

And several good Second-Hand Machines at theSEWINU MACHINE OFFICE, Ann Arbor. Also

Needles for a.11 Machines

The very best that are made, and attachments andparts for nearly all machines.

Rspaired better there than anywhere else inAmerica. If your machine don't work well, tradeit. for one that does, or have it repaired. All ma-chines sold on easy payments at the office.

Second d o o r e a s t of P o s t Office, A n nA r b o r , tu.- l i . (1556)

l. I.. I;IIIVM:I.I,, Agent.

FOR SALE IStone I.iiiu-., Water Lime, Cleve-

land Plaster , A Plastering Hair , eith.er at my Lime Kiln or at my shop.

J. VOIJ.AM).

FARMERS.WOOD WANTEDIn exchange for Saddles, Harness, Trunks, Trav-eline Huge, Horse Blankets, Whips, Gloves andMittens, etc., at my harness shop.

J. VOLLAJiD.18o0m6

jVTISS M A N T I E M . tl If,* H i t ,

Teacher of the Piano.Instruction given at the residence of the pupil if

desired.For terms inquire at residence, No. 48 South State

street. !B14ra3

SEND 25o. toG.P, BOWBIX A CO., New York,for pamphlet of loo pages, containing lints of

8000 newspaper!, and wttimates showingeosl olad-tm

Chancery Order.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, in the Circuit Court forthe County of Washtenaw—In Chancery : Silas

H. Douglas, complainant, vs. James McMahon, Fan-ny McMahon, William C. Hughes, Hannette W.W. Gray, John T. Bradlee, and George O. Sears, andalso Elizabeth Hutchinson, Edward Packard, andCharles Louis Fincke, executors of Samuel Hutch-inson, deceased, defendants. Upon due proof byaflidavit that William C. Hnghes, Harriette W.Gray. John T. Bradlee, George O. Sears, ElilzbethHutchinson, Edwin Packard, and Charles LouisFincke, defendants in the above entitled causepending in this court, reside out of the said Stateof Micdigun, and that said defendant Hughes re-sides in the State of Indiana; and the defendantsGray, Biadlee, and Sears reside in the State ofMassachusetts : and the defendants Hutchinson,Packard, and Fincke reside in the State of NewYork; and ou motion of Alpheus Felch, solicitorfor the complainant, it is ordered that the said de-fendants Hughes, Gray, Bradlee, Sears, Hutchin-son, Packard, and Fincke do appear and answer thebill of complaint, filed in the said cause, withinthree months from the date of this order, else thesaid bill of complaint shall be taken as confessed bysaid defendants Hughes, Gray, Bradlee, Sears,ilutchinson, Packard, and Fincke : And further,that this order be published within twenty daysfrom this date in the Michigan Argus, a newspaperprinted in the said County of Washtenaw, and bepublished therein once in each week for six weeksin succession ; such publication, however, shall notbe necessary in case a copy of this order be servedon the said defendants Hughes, Gray, Bradlee,Sears, Hutchinson, Packard, and Fincke, person-ally, at least twenty days before the time prescribedfor their appearance.

Dated this 20th day of Januaay, A. D. 1877O. R. WHITMAN,

Circuit Court Commissioner in audfor Washtenaw County, Michigan.

A true copy—Attest—PKTEB TUITK, Register.A. FJSLOH, Solicitor for Complaiannt. 1619w6

Commissioners' Notice.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of "Washtenaw,ss. The undersigned having been appointed by

the Probate Court for said County, commissioners toreceive, examine and adjust all chums and demandsof all persons against the estate of Jacob F.Stierle, late of said county deceased, hereby givenotice that six months from date are allowed, byorder of said Probate Court, for creditors to pre-sent their claims against the estate of said de-ceased, and that they will meet at the late resi-dence of said deceased, in the township of Free-dom, in said county, on the 16th day of April andon the 16th day of July next, at ten' o'clock A. M.,of each of said days, to receive, examine and adjustsaid claims.

Dated, January 15, A. D. 1877.JOHN F. GROSS,FREDERICK LAUBENGAYER,

16*9w4 Commissioners.

Commissioners' Notice.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washte-naw, ss. The undersigned having- been ap-

pointed by the Probate Court for said county,Commissioners to receeive, examine and adjuBt allclaims and demands ot all persona against the es-tate of William Burkhart, late of eaid county,deceased, hereby give notice that aix months fromdate are allowed, by order of aaid Probate Court,for creditors to present their claims against theestate of said deceased, and that they will meet atthe residence of Bttid deceased, in the town ofLyndon, in said county, on Monday the 16th day ofApril and on the 16th day of July next, at teno'clock A. M., of each of said days, to receive,ex-amine and adjust aiiid claims

Dated January 15th, A. I) 1877.HtiNRY M, TWAMLEY,WALTER WEBB,

1618 w4 Commissioner a.

"IflSITlNG CARDS—NEW STYLES

AT THE ARGUB OFFICE,

Estate of John Miller.TATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Wushtenaw

th P b t C t f r thSTATEss.

tyte>. At a session ot the Probate Court for the

County of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate Olliin the city of Ann Arbor, on Monday, tbe eiglday of January, in the year one thousand eighthundred and seventy Mven*

Present, William D. Harriman, Jduge of Probat_.In the matter of the Estate of John Miller, de-

ceased.On reading and filing the petition, duly frerifi

oflgnatz Forche, praying that the claim of SL,Jgnatz Forche may be heard and allowed by saiccourt.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Tuesday, the twen-tieth day of February next, ai ten o'clock in theforenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said peti-tion, and that the heirs at law of said deceased, amiall other persons interested in said estate, are re-quired to appear at a session ()f said court, then tobe holden at the Probate Office, in the city of A r -Arbor, aud .show cause, if any there be, why tL»prayer of the petitioner should not be grantedAnd it is further ordered, that said petitioner givenotice to the persons Interested in .sitid estate, oithe pendency of said petition, aud the hearingthereof, by causing a copy of this order to be pub-lished in the Michigan Argus, a newspaper printedand circulated in said county, three successiveweeks previous to said day of hearing,

(A t rue copy.) WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,1619 Judge of Probate.

Estate of William Dillon.Q T A T E OF MICHIGAN, ss. At a session of theC* Probate Court of Washtenaw County, held atthe Probate Office in thu City of Ann Arbor, on theeighteenth day of January , in the year one thous-and eight hundred and seventy seven.

Present William D. Harr iman, Judge of Probate.I n the matter of the estate of William Dillon, de-

ceased.On reading and filing tlie application of Abraham

Millage and Jane t t Millage, for an appeal from thedecision of the Judge of Probate of said county,allowing the last will and testament of said de-ceased.

It is ordered tha t said appeal be and the same ishereby allowed.

And it is hereby ordered, tha t notice of saidappeal and the hearing thereof in the Circuit Courtfor the County of Washtenaw, be given to the devi-sees, legatees and heirs at law of said deceased,within the jurisdiction of this court by deliveringto each of them a certified copy of this order, andof aaid application for appeal, within sixty daysfrom the date of this order, and by serving noticethereafter of the hearing of said appeal, acccord-to the course and practice of said Circuit Court.And it is further ordered, tha t said appellants gnotice to the persons interested in said estate, ofthe pendency of said appeal and the hearing there-of in the Circuit Court for said county, by causinga copy of this order to be published in the MichiganArgus, a newspaper printed and circulated in saidcounty, ,three successive weeks from the datethereof.

(A true copy.) WILLIAM D. HARTUMAN,1619 Judge of Probate.

Estate of Edward Reeve.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, county of Washtenaw, ss.At a session of the Probate Court for the county

of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate Office, in thecity of Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, the 17th day otJ a n u a r y , in tbe year one thousand eight hundredand seventy-seven.

Present, William D. Harr iman, Judge of Probate.In the matter of the estate of Edward Reeve, de-

ceased.On reading and filing the petition, duly verified,

of Edward L. Boyden, administrator, praying thathe may be licensed to mortgage the real estatewhereof said deceased died seized.

Thereupon i t is ordered, tha t Saturday, the sev-enteenth day of February next, at ten o'clack inthe forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of saidpetition, and that the heirs at law of said deceased,and all other persons interested in said estate, arerequired to appear at a session of said court, thento beholden at the Probate Office, in the city ofA n a Arbor, and show cause, if any there be, whvthe prayer of the petitioner should not be granted*.And it is further ordered, that said petitioner givenotice ' to the persons interested in said estate, oft h e pendency of said petition and the hearingthereof, by causing a copy of this order to be pub-lished in the Michigan Argui, a newspaper printedand circulated i a said Cou uty, four successive weeksprevious to said day of hearing.

(A true copy.) WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,1618 Judge of Probate.

Estate of Frank Steffan, Senior.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenawss. At a session of the Probate Court for the

County of Washtenaw, holden at t he Probate Of-fice, in the city of Ann Arbor, on Saturday, thethir teenth day of January , in the year one thous-and eight hundred and seventy-seven,

Preseut, William D. Harr iman, Judge of Pro-bate.

In the matter of the estate of F rank Steffan,senior, deceased.

On reading and filing the petition, duly verified,of Frank Stafi'an, junior, praying tha t a certain in-strument now on file in this court, purport ing tobe the last will and testament of said deceased, maybe admitted tcprobate , and that he may be ap-pointed executor thereof.

Thereupon it is ordered, tha t Monday, thetwelfth day of February next, at, ten o'clock inthe forenoon, be assigned for the heat ing of saidpetition, and that tbe devisees, legatees, and heirsat law of said deceased, and all other persons in-terested in said estate, are required to appear at asession of said court, then to be holden at the Pro-bate Office, in the city of A n n Arbor, and showcause, if any there be, why the prayer of the peti-tioner should not be granted : And it is furtherordered, tha t said petitioner give notice to the per-sons interested in said estate, of the pendency ofsaid petition, and the hearing thereof, by causing acopy of this order to be published in the MichiganArgus, a newspaper printed and circulated in saidcounty, three successive weeks previous to said day

(A. t rue copy.) WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,1618 Judge of Probate.

Estate of Emily Olmsted.L I T A T E OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,t*ss. At a session of the Probate Court for theCounty of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate Of-fice in the city of Ann Arbor, on Saturday thethirteenth day of January, in the year one thous-and eight hundred and seventy-Beven.

Present, William D. Harriman, Judge of Pro-late.

In the matter of the estate of Emily Olmsted,deceased.

Daniel Hiscock, administrator of said estate,comes into court and represents that he is now pre-pared to render his final account as gnch adminis-trator. Thereupon it is ordered that Wednesday,:.he fourteenth day of February next, at ten o'clockin the forenoon, be assigned for examining andallowing such account, and that the heirs at law ofsaid deceased, and all other persons interested insaid estate, are required to appear at a session ofsaid court, then to be holden at the Probate Office,in the City of Ann Arbor, in said county, andshow cause, if any there be, why the said accountshould not be allowed : And it is further ordered,that said administrator give notice to the personsinterested in said estate, of the pendency of saidaccount, and the hearing thereof, by causing acopy of this order to be published in the MichiganArgus, a newspaper printed and circulating in saidcounty, three successive weeks previous to saidday of hearing.

(A. true copy.) WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,1618 Judge of Probate.

Chancery Sale.

IN PURSUANCE and by virtue of a decree ofthe Circuit Court of tne United States, for the

Eastern District of Michigan, in equity, made andentered on ihe twentieth day of November, A. L\1876, in a certain cause therein pending, whereinCbarles J. Howell is complainant, and HannoraO'Hara and Edward Duffy are defendants: No-tice ia hereby given that I shall sell at public auc-tion, on Saturday, the twenty-fourth day of Feb-ruary, A. D. 1877, at two o'clock p, M. of that day,at the front door of the Washtenaw County CourtHouse, in the City of Ann Arbor, County ofWashtenaw, and State of Michigan, the followingdescribed property, to wit:

PARCEL No. 1. Situated in the City of Ann Ar-bor, County of Washtenaw, and State of Michi-gan, and described as follows, viz: Boeing lot No.7 in block No. 2, south of Huron street, and raugeNo. 12 east, according to a recorded plat of theAnn Arbor Land Company's addition to the Vil-lage, now City, of Ann Arbor.

PARCKL No. 2. Lot number nine in block No.two, south of range number twelve east, accordingto a recorded plat of the Ann Arbor Land Compa-ny's addition to the Village, now City, of Ann Ar-bor.

PARCEL NO. 3. Lot number eight, in block num-ber two south of Huron street, range number12 east, according tc a recorded plat of the AnnArbor Land Company's Addition to the Village,now Oity, of Ann Arbor,

PARCEL No. 4. Also, another piece or parcel ofland, situated in the City of Ann Arbor, aforesaid,known, bounded, and described as lollows, to wit:Beginning on the east side of lot number oue (1),m block number one (1) north of Huron street,and range number three (3) east, in said city, fifty-five (5i) feet south from the northeast corner of saidlot; running thence west fifty-six feet; thence northeighteen and one half {18%).feet ; tnence eaettifty-sixC66)feet; thence south to the place of begin-ning,

PAHCKLNO.5. Also, all those certain pieces orparceln of land, bounded and described as followsto wit: Commencing thirty six (36) feet and threeinches south of the northwest corner of block one(1) south of Huron street, range four east, in theCity of Ann Arbor, aforesaid, and in the east lineof Main street, in said city; running theuee eastparallel to Huron street twenty-two^feet and twoinches; thence south thirteen feet and nine inches;thence west twenty-two feet and two inches to MainBtreet; thence along the east line of Main streetthirteen feet und nine inches (13.9) to the place ofbeginning. Also, commencing at the east end otthe first above described line, find running thenceeast four feet and two inches ; thence south thir-teen (eet and nine inches ; thence west lour feetand two inches ; thenoe north along the east lint ofthe foregoing described piece of land thirteen feetand nine inches to the place of beginning, and ex-tending upwards as high, and no higher, than thesptice now occupied and covered by the ilrst storyof the building standing upon said lot mentionedin the described premises. Also the right and priv-ilege of ingreBs and egress up and down a stairwayto the second iloor of the adjoining building on theeast, to be built and kept in repair by the respectiveowners of the joint lots, aud expenses, to be used andoccupied jointly by the said adjoining owners, whichsaiu stairs are to be built as aforesaid, two fuotand Bix inches in width in the clear, directly ad-joining on the east of the last above mentionedand described premises. Also the right and privi-legeof ingress and egress up and down a stairwaytind along a hall leading to the second story of thehereinbefore described premises, ubout six feet inwidth, and situated tweuty-two feet and two inch-es (22.2J east of the northwest corner oi'block one(l; south of Huron street and range four (4j etu*tin said city.

Dated, January 10th, 1877.ADD1S0N MANDELL,

Master in Chancery Circuit Court ot U. S.,.Eastern District of Michigan.

JOHN N. GOTT, Solicitor for Complainant.ALFRED RUSSHLL, of Counsel.

A BSTEACTS OF TITLES.

The undersigned, Regislei of Deeds, will prompt-ly and carefully make Abstracts of titles,

From the Original Records,For Attorneys Agents, Owners, or Purchasers.No pains will be spared to give a complete chain oftitle, and show all encumbrances. Charges reas-onable.

CHAS.H. MANLY.Ann Arbor, January 10,1877. ..u.^ , 1017,

Estate of Hamilton Vanatta.Q T A I R OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenawl aa. A t a session of the Proba te Court for theCounty of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate of-fice, in the city of Ann Arbor , on Monday, theeighth day of January , in the year one thousandei^ht hundred and seventy-seven.

Present , William D. Har r iman , Judge of Pro-bate .

In the malier of the estate of Hamilton Vanat ta ,deceased.

On reading and filing the petition of Daniel N .Smith, prayiug that Newlund O. Carpenter may beappointed administrator of the estate of said de-ceased.

Thereupon it is ordered tha t Monday, the fifthday of February next , a t ten o'clock in the fore-noon, be assigned for the hearing of said petition,and t ha t the heirs a t law of aaid deceased, and allother persons interested in said estate, a re requiredto appear at a session of said Court, then to beholdeu at the Probate Office, in the city of AnnArpor, and *how cause, if any there be, why theprayer of the petioner should not be granted : Andit is further ordered tha t said petitioner give noticeto the persons interested in said estate , of thependency of said petition, and the beaing thereof,by eousing a copy of this order to be published inthe Michigan Argus, a newspaper printed and cir-culated in eaid county, three successive weeks pre-vious to said day of hearing.

{A true copy). W I L L I A M D . H A R R I M A N ,1617 Judge ot Probate.

Estate of Nelson S. Halleck.

ST A T E OF M I C H I G A N , County of Wash te -naw ss. At a session of the Probate Court, for

the County of Wash tenaw, holden at the ProbateOffice, in the city of Ann Arbor, on Tuesday, thenin th day of J a n u a r y , in the year one thousandeight hundred and seventy-seven.

Present, William D. Harr iman, Judge of Pro-bate .

In the mat ter of the estate of Nelson S. Halleck,deceased.

On reading and filing the petition, duly verified,of Lewis.L. Hallock, praying tha t J ames B. Hal-leck, or some other suitable person, may be ap-pointed administrator of said estate.

Thereupon it is ordered, tha t Monday, the fifthday of Fabruary next, a t ten o'clock in the fore-noon, be assigned for the hearing of said petit ion,and that theltieirB at law of sain deceased, and all

other persons interested in said estate, are requir-ed to appear at a session of said Court, then to beholden at the Probate office, in the city of AnnArbor, and show cause, it' any there by, why theprayer of the petitioner should not be granted :And it is further erdered tha t said petitioner givenotice to the persons interested in said estate ofthe pendency of said petition, and the hearingthereof, by causing a copy ot this order to be piib-lished in the Michigan Argus, a newspaper printedand circulated in said county, three successiveweeks previous to said day of hearing.

(A true copy). W I L L I A M D. H A R R I M A N ,1617 Judge of Probate .

Estate of Olney Hawkins.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,ss. At a session of the Probate Court for the

county of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate Officein the city of Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, the tenthday of January, in the year one thousand eighthundred and seventy-seven.

Present, William D. Harriman, Judge of Pro-bate.

In the matter of the estate of Olney Hawkins,deceased. Edward D. Kinne, administrator of saidestate,comes into court and represents that he isnow prepared to render his final account as suchadministrator.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Wednesday, theseventh day of February next, at ten o'clock inthe foienoon, be assigned for examining and allow-ing such account, and that the heirs at law of saiddeceased, and all other persons interested in saidestate, are required to appear at a session of saidcourt, then to be holdeu at the Probate Office, inthe city of Ann Arbor, in said county, and showcause, if any there be, why the said account shouldnot be allowed: And it is further ordered that saidadministrator give notice to the persons interestedin said estate, of the pendency of said account, andthe hearing thereof, by causing a copy of tuis or-der to be published in the MICHIGAN ARGUS, anewspaper printed and circulating in said county,three successive weeks previous to said day of hear-ing. WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,

(A true copy) 1617td Judge of Probate.

Estate of Calvin T. Burnett.^ T A T E OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,o ss. At a session of the Probate Court forthe county of Washtenaw, holden a t the ProbateOffice, in the city of Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, thetenth day of January , in the year one thousandeight hundred and Beventy-eeven.

Present, William D. Har r iman , Judge of Pro-bate.

In the mat te r of the estate of Calvin T. Burne t t ,deceased

On reading and filing the petition, duly verified,of Ann E. Burnett , praying tha t she or some othersuitable person, may be appointed Administratr ixof the estate of said deceased.

Thereupon i t is ordered, tha t Tuesday, theixth day of February next , at ten o'clock in

the forenoon, be assigned for tbe hearing ofsaid petition and tha t the heirs at law of said de-ceased, and all other persons interested in saidestate, are required to appear at a session ofaaid court, then to be holden at the Probate Office,in the city of Ann Arbor, and show cause,, if anythere be, why the prayer of the petitionershould not be granted : And it is further orderedthat said petitioner give notice to the personsinterested in said estate, of the pendency of saidpetition, and tbe hearing thereof, by causing a copyof this order to be published iu the Michigan Ar-gus, a newspaper printed and circulated in saidcounty, three successive weeks previous to eaidday of hearing.

(A t rue copy.) W I L L I A M D H A R R I M A N ,1617 Judge of Probate .

Estate of Eugene B. Hinman.

STATE OF MICHIGAN. County of WashtenawS3. At a session ot the Probate Court for the

County of Washtenaw, hoJden at the Probate Of-fice In the city of Ann Arbor, on Thursday, thefourth day of January, in the year one thousandight hundred and seventy-seven.

Present, William D. Harriman, Judge of Pro-bate.

In the mattter of the estate of Eugene B. Hin-nan, deceased.

Or reading and filing the petition, duly verified,of Orrin B. Hinman, praying that he may beappointed administrator of the estate of said de-ceased.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, thewenty-ninth day of January instant, at ten

('clock in the forenoon, be assigned for the hear-ng of said petition, and that the heirs at law of said

deceased, and all other persons interested in saidestate, are required to appear at a session of saidcourt, theu to be holden at the Probate Office, inthe city of Ann Arbor, and show cause, ifany there be, why the prayer of the petitionershould not be granted. And it is further or-dered that said petitioner give notice to the per-sons interested in said estate of the pendency ofsaid petition and the hearing thereof, by causinga copy of this order to be published in the Michi-gan Argus, a newspaper printed aud circulated insaid county, three successive weeks previous tosaid day of hearing.

(A true copy.) WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,1616td Judge of Probate.

Estate of John G. Heinrich.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, Cotinty of Waahfce-naw, ss. At a session of the Probate Court for

the County of Washtenaw, holden at the ProbateOffice, in the City of Ann Arbor, on Tuesday, thesecond day of January, in the year one thousandeight hundred and seventy-seven.

Present. William D. Harriman, Judge of Probate,In the matter of the estate of John G. Heinrich,

deceased.On reading and filing the petition, duly verified,

of John D. Heinrich, praying that an Administra-tor may be appointed on the estate of said de-ceased,

Thereupon it is ordered that Monday, the fifthday ot February next, at ten o'clock in theforenoon, be assigc^d for the hearing of said pe-tition, and that the heirs at law of said deceased,ind all othei persons interested in aaid estate, arerequired to appear at a session of aaid court, thento be holden at the Probate office, in the city ofAnn Arbor, and show cause, if any there be, why;he prayer of the petitioner should not be granted :And it is further ordered that said petitioner>ive notice to the persons interested in said es-tate, of the pendency of Baid petition, and thelearing thereof, by causing a copy of this order;o be published in the Michigan Argus, a news-paper printed and circulated in said county, threesuccessive weeks previous to said day of hear-ng.

(A true copy.) WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,16l6td Judge of Probate.

Estate of David Beach.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, county of Washtenaw,SB. At a session of the Probate Court for the

county of Waahtenaw, holden at the Probate Officein the city oi Ann Arbor, on Tuesday, the secondday of January, in the year one thousand eightmndred and seventy-seven.

Present, William D. Harriman, Judge of Probate.Tn the matter of the estate of David Beach, de-

ceased.On reading and filing the petition, duly verified,

of William D. Beach, praying that a certain in-strument now ou file in this court, purporting toje the last will and testament of said deceased,may be admitted to probate, and that Ezra I). Laymay be appointed executor thereof.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, the fifthday of February next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon,ae assigned lor the hearing of said petition, andthat the devisees, legatees and heirs at law of saiddeceased and all other persons interested in said es-jate, are required to appear at a session of saidCourt, then to be holden at the Probate Office, in;he city of Ann Arbor, and show cause if any therebe, why the prayer of tlie petitioner should not begranted : And it is further ordered that said pe-iioner give notice to the persons interested in saidestate, of the pendency of said petition and thelearing thereof, by causing a copy of this order t.oye published in the Michigan Argus, a newspaperprinted and circulated in said county, three suc-iessive weeks previous to t*aid day of hearing.

(A true copy.) WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,16l6td Jud<re of Probate.

Estate of John Glass.QTATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,O ss. At a session of the Probate Court for thecounty of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate officen the city of Ann Arbor, on Tuesday, the second

day of January, in the year one thousand eightlundred and seventy-seven.

Present, William D. Harriman, Judge of Probate.In the mutter of the Estate of John Glass, de-

ceased.On reading and filing the petition, duly verified,

of Margret Glass, praying that a certain instru-inert QOW on file in this court, purporting to be:he last will and testament of said deceased, maybe admitted to probate, and that Orson A. Sobermay be appointed administrator with the will au-nexed.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, the fifthday of February next, at ten o'clock in the fore-noon, be assigned for the hearing of said petition,and that the devisees, legatees, and heirs at law ofsaid deceased, and all other persons interested insaid estate, are required to appear at a session ofsaid court, then to be holden at the Probate office,in the city of Ann Arbor, and nhov» cause, ifany there be, why the prayer of the petitionershould not be granted : And it is further orderedthat said petitioner give notice to the persons in-teiested in said estate, of the pendency of saidpetition, and the hearing thereof, by causing acopy of this order to be published in the Mich'igan Argus, a newspnper printed and circulatedin uaid county, three successive weeks previousto said day of hearing.

(A true copy.) WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,i i l Jiid^wuf Probate.

Mortgage Sale.

WHEREAS, Michael Welch, of the township ofNorthfield, State of Michigan, on the seventh

day of January, in the year of our Lord one thous-and eight hundred and seventy-five, executed amortgage to Andrew J. Shively, of the city ofBrooklyn, county of Kings and State of New York,to secure the payment of certain principal and in-terest money therein mentioned, which mortgagewas recorded in the office of the Register of Deedsof Washtenaw county and State of Michigan, onthe 12th day of January, 1875, at 4 o'clock p. M., inliber 51 of mortgages, page 450, and whereas, defaulthas been made for more than thirty days, in thepayment of an installment of said interest money,which became due on the 7th day of July, A. D.1876, by reason whereof, and pursuant to the termsof said mortgage, said mortgagee elects that somuch of said principal as remains nupaid, with allarrearages of interest thereon, shall become dueand payable immediately; and whereas, there isclaimed to be due and unpaid, at the date of thisnotice, the sum of seven hundred and seventy-twodollars and seventy-three cents, for principal andinterest, also fifty dollars as a reasonable solicitoror attorney fee therefor, in addition to all other le-gal costs, as often as any proceedings are taken toforeclose said mortgage : And no suit or proceed-ing having been instituted, either in law or equity ,to recover the same or any part thereof: Notice,therefore, is hereby given that on SATURDAY, THESEVENTH DAY OK APRIL NEXT, at two o'clock m theafternoon of the said day, at the south door of theCourt House in the city of Ann Arbor (that beingthe building in which the Circuit Court for saidcounty is held), and by virtue of the power of salecontained in said mortgage, I shall sell at publicauction, to the highest bidder; the premises de-scribed in said mortgage, to satisfy the amount ofprincipal and interest claimed to be due, with theattorney fee of fifty dollars, and charges of sale, towit: All those certain pieces or parcels of land,situate and being in the township of Northfield, inthe county of Washtenaw and State of Michigan,and described as follows, to wit: Being the west halfof the northeast quarter and the west half of thesoutheast quarter of section number thirty-two (32),also the southwest quarter of the northeast quarterof section number twenty-nine (29) in townshipnumber one (1) south of range number six (6) east ;containing two hundred acres of land.

January 11, 1877.ANDREW J. SHIVELY, Mortgagee.

JOHN N- GOTT, Attorney for Mortgagee.

Mortgage Sale.DEFAULT having been made in the conditions

oi a certain mortgage, bearing date the twen-ty-seventh day ot March, A. D. 1875 (the samehaving been given for a part of the purchase moneyof the premises therein described), madeand exe-cuted by Conrad Heselschwerett, of Scio, Wash-tenaw County, Michigan, to Thomas J. Rice ofHamburg, Livingston county, Michigan, andl u n i i l : l r / ' , n 1 1 \ • / . H A A . * I- » . i / m l i t u , «, • *j Ail » . U i . . t

Hamburg, Livingston countrecorded in liber 44 of mo

h 2h,

on page1875 t

y, grecorded in liber 44 of mortgagee, o p g298, on the 29th daj of March, 1875, atfour o'clock p. m. of said day, in the office ofthe Regibter of Deeds for Washtenaw County,Michigan, which said mortgage was assignedby said Thomas J . Rice to Dennis Corey bydeed of assignment, recorded in eaid Register's of-fice, in liber 44 of mortgages, at page 298, on thesecond day of October, A. D. 1875, at 10 o'clocka. m. of said day, and there being claimed to bedue and unpaid on said mortgage and the note ac-companying the same (the said assignee havingelected to have the whole sum become due accord-ing to the terms and conditions of said mortgage^,the sum of three hundred and forty-nine dollarsand twenty-eight cents; also an attorney's fee ofthirty dollars as provided for in said mortgage:and no proceedings at law or in equity having beeninstituted to recover the same or any part thereof :Notice is therefore hereby given that by virtue ofa power of sale in said mortgage contained and ofthe statute in such case made and provided, I willsell at public auction or vendue to the highestbidder, on Saturday, the tenth day of Feb-ruary, A. D. 1877, at eleven o'clock in theforenoon of said day, at the South doorof the Court House, in the city of Ann Arbor(that being the place wherein the CircuitCourt for the County ia heldj, the premises in Baidmortgage described as follows: Village lot No. five(5) in block No two (2}in the village of Delhi in

of Michigan, to satisfy the amount due on saidmortgage and note with the interest accruingthereon, and the costs and expennea allowed bylaw, together with aaid attorney's lee.

Dated Nov. 6th, 187G,DENNIS COREY,

D. CBAMER, Assignee ot Mortgage.Attorney for Assignee. ___^_ 1608

Mortgage Sale.DEFAULT having beeD made in tho condi-

tiona of a certain mortgage made and executedby Bradley F. Granger and Susan A. Granger, hiswife, of the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Phii-ip Bach of the same place, bearing date the thirdday of October, in the year of our Lord oue thous-and eight hundred and seventy four, and recordedin the office of the Register of Deeds for the coun-ty of Washtenaw, on the fifth day of October, A.D. 1874, at five minutes past four o'clock p. M., inliber 46 of mortgages, on page 663, on which mort-gage there is now claimed to be due two install-ments of interest, amounting to the sum of onehundred and forty dollars, together with an attor*ney's fee of twenty-five dollars, should any pro-ceedings be taken to foreclose the same; and de-fault having been also made in the conditions ofanother certain mortgage, made and executed bythe above named Bradley F. Granger and Susan A.Granger to the said Philip Bach.oearing date thetwenty-sixth day of October, in the year of ourLord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and recorded in the office of the Register ofDeeds for the County of Washteuaw on the 27thday of October, 1874, at %y2 oclock a. m.,in liber46 of mortgages on page 674, on which mortgagethere ia claimed to be due, at the date of this no-tice, two installments of interest amounting tosixty dollars, together with an attorney's fee oftwenty-five dollars, should any proceedings be ta-ken to foreclose the same, and no proceedings atlaw or in equity having been taken to recover the'amount due on either of said mortgages or anypart thereof: Notice is therefore hereby given, thatby virtue of the power of sale in each of said mort-eagHscontained voJl f ^ m u i t t<» tl»* aiamta insuch case made and provided, I will sell at publicauction to the highest bidder, on SATURDAY, THETWKNTY-FIRST DAY OF APKIL next, at ten o'cockin the forenoon of that of that day, at the southdoor of the Court House in the city of Ann Arbor,(that being the building in which the CircuitCourt for the connty of Washtenaw is held), thepremises described in said mortgages to satisfy theamount due thereon, (two hundred dollars and fif-ty dollars attorney's fee), with costs and expensesof sale to-wit: All that certain piece or parcelof laud being situated in the city of Ann Arbor,County of Washteuaw and State of Michigan,known and described as follows, to-wit: Lot No. 4and the west oue-fourth of lot No, 3, in block onesouth of Huron street range two east, accordingto the recorded plat of the village (now city)of Ann Arbor.

Dated, Aim Arbor, January 25, 1877.PHILIP BACH, Mortgagee.

By Attorney. 1619

Chancery Sale.

IN PURSUANCE and by virtue of a decreeof the Circuit Court of the United States for the

Eastern District of Michigan, in Equity, made audentered on the eleventh day of November, A. V.1876, In a certain cause therein pending whereinCharles J. Howell is complainant and John A.Volz, Clara Mary Volz, Charles Kitson, Jacob F .Beck, Godfrey Keck, Anna Mary Herz, WilliamLaisch, Conrad Volz, Catharine Bross, and AlrickM. Bod well ,are defendants : Notioe is hereby giv-en that I shall sell at public auction, on Saturday,the twenty-fourth day of February, A. D. 1877, at2 o'clock p. M. of that day, at the front door of theWashfcenaw County Court House, In the City ofAnn Arbor, County o£, Washtenaw and State ofMichigan, the following described property, situ-ated in the city of Ann Arbor, County of Waah-tenaw, and State of Michigan, to wit : Being lotsone, two. three, seven and eight, in block three'3j, Ormaby& Page's addition to the Village, nowJity, of Ann Arbor, County of Washtenaw, andState of Michigan, in saie district, according to arecorded plat thereof.

Dated, January 10, 1877.

ADDISON MANDELL,Master in Chancery, Circuit Court of U. 8.,

Eastern District of Michigau.JOHN N, GOTT, Solicitor for Complainant.

ALFRED RU«SELL, of Counsel. 1617

Chancery Sale.URSUANT to and by virtue of a decretal or-der of the Circuit Court for the County of

Washtenaw, in chancery, made on the tenth day ofJuly, 1876, in a cause therein pending, whereinCharleB Thayer is complainant and Elijah W.M ii t t t th A Ab

y p jMorgan, surviving trustee ot the Ann ArborLand Company, is defendant: Notice is hereby giv-en, that I shall sell at public vendue to the highestbidd t t ' l k i th f th h

, p gbidder, at ten o'clock in the forenoonn, on the thirdday of February, 1877, at the sonth door of theCourt House, in the city of Ann Arbor, the follow-ing deacriebd land, situated in the city of AnnArbor, in said County: The triangular piece ofland, being about three quariers of an acre, in thelortheast corner of section thirty-two.Dated, December 21st, 1876.1614 J. F . LAWRENCE,Circuit Court Comm'r Washtenaw Co. Mich.

Sheriff's Sale.Q T A T E OF .MICHIGAN, County of Washte-- n a w , ss. Ransom 8. Smith vs. Phi letue Coonand Horatio Burch. By vi r tue of one wri t of ex-ecution issued out of and under the seal oi theCircuit Court for the County of Waantenaw, in theabove entitled cause, t o me directed and delivered,I did on the 18th day of September, A . D. 1375,levy upon all the right t i t le and in te iea t ofPhilitus Coon and Hora t io Burch in and to thefollowing described real estate s i tuated in theCounty of Washtenaw, Sta te of Michigan, to w i t :All of lot one, block four, village of Manchester,except one hundred and ten feet off the south endthereof, all iu Waahtenaw County, S ta te of Mich-igan ; which above described property I shall ex-pose for sale to the highest bidder, a t t he southdoor of the Court Houae, in the city of Ann Arbor,on the 8th day at February , A . D. 1877, a t oueo'clock p . m . of Baid daid day.

Dated, ~

1614December 20 th, 1876.

M. FLEMING, Sheriff.Sheriff's Sale.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Waahte-naw, ss. J o h n F . Lawrence ve. Cather ine

Vaughn. By virtue of one writ of execution is-sued out of and under the seal of the CircuitCourt for the County of Washtenaw, in theabove entit led cause, to me directed and delivered,I have on the '20th day of December, A. D . 1870,levied upon all the r ight , t i t le and interes t oiCatherine Vaughn , in and to the following de-scribed real estate situated in the County ofWashtenaw, and Sta te of Michigan, to w i t : Thewest half of northwest quar te r , except ten acresacres off the northeast corner, in section th i r ty- two,town one south, range 6 east, Washtenaw County,State of Michigan ; which above described prop-erty I shall expose for sale to the highest bidder,at the south door of the Cour t House, in Ann Ar-bor city, on the 8th day of Februa ry , A . D . 1877,a t ten o clock in the forenoon of said day.

Dated, December 20th, 1876.1614 M. F L E M I N G , Sheriff.

Estate of Caty Vanderbilt.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washte-naw, 68. Notice is hereby given, that by an

order of the Probate Court for the County otWashtenaw, made on the 18th day of December,A. I). 1876, six months from that date were allowedfor creditors to present their claims against theestate of Cuty Vanderbilt, late of saidcounty, deceased,and that al) creditors of said de-ceased are required to present their claimsto said Probate Court, at the Probate Office,in the city of Ann Arbor, for examination andallowance, on or before the 18th day of Junenext, and that such claims will be * heard be-fore said Court, on the 17th day of March andon the 18th day of June next, at ten o'clockin the forenoon of each of those days.

Dated, Ann Arbor, December 18, A. D. 1876.NOAH W. CHEEVER,

1616w4 Judge of P»obatt.

THE NEWS CONDENSED.THE EAST.

CHICAGO elevators contain 3,511,911 buslioleof wheat; 1,686,838 bushels of corn ; 641,080bushels of oats; 21GG61 bushels of rye, and1,103,608 buBhels of barley, making a grandtotal of 7,1GO,O98 bushels, against 4,217,322bushels at this period last year Five Siouxchiefs, bearing a flag cf trues, were recentlypounced upor» by Crow scouts find murdered,within a few hundred yards of Tongue rivorcantonment. Gen. Miloa was indignant be-yond measure, at the bloody tragedy... .TheMichigan Legislature has re-elected Mr. Ferryto tbo United States Senate.

UNITED STATES DISTBICT ATTOHNET BLISS

has commenced suit in the District Court ofNow Yotk for *150,000 against ex-Oov. Tildon,for allogcd non-payment of income tax.

THK WEST.A HOLD attempt was made at Chicago, the

ether diy, to rob the express car on the Chi-cago and Alton railroad. Throe thioves board-ed the car as the train was pulling out of thedepot and compelled the messenger to give upthe key of the safe. The robbers, as the re-sult shows, were not expert*, for in a verybungling manner they proceeded to unlock thesafe. Having acompliuhed this, thoy made ahurried search through its contents. Thetreasure account was light, not exceeding*25,0G0, of which $19,000 was for tho Pay-master of the Alton road at Bloomington. Inthe rapii scramble for wealth, the thievessnatched what waa most prominent in sight,and in trying to fill their arms, dropped sev-eral packago.3. Among them was one contain-ing $19,000 which was found on the platform.Another of J3 000 waa picked up on the floor,after tho robbers took their departure. Allthey succeeded in getting away with was theSpringfield bag, whioh contained valuables tothe extent of $137 and a lot of drafts foroollection. The robbers escaped....Three exceedingly well executed $1,000 coun-terfeit notes have been discovered iu circula-tion in St. Louis Franklin Jloore, one ofthe oldest and moat prominent merchants ofDetroit, is dead.

THE funeral services of the unidentifiedvictims of tho Ashtabula disaster occurred inthat place last week. Ninetcon bodies woreburied in one grave The clergy of Ashta-bula, assisted by two Episcopal ministers fromCleveland, held joint services with tho Ma-sonic order at tho grave. Three bodies stillremain in the vault in tho hope that the rfriends may be able to identify them by pieces«~f clinging changing to them.

THE long drought in California hae boentuo-oeeJod by copious rains, and thero are cheerfulreports of the crop prospects from all parts oftho State.. . . Chicago papers announce the fail-ure of W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co., one of theoldest book firms in the city Chares Collins,Chief Enginoer of the Lako Shore and MichiganSouthern railroad, committed suicide at Cleve-land, & few days ago. More or less blame forthe Ashtabula disaster bad been placed at hishands, and it is supposed that the weight ofcensure which-he felt sure ttie pablic laid uponhim led him to commit the tragic deed.

A REPORT reaches Sioux City that a traincoining out of the Blaok Hills was recentlycaptured by Crazy Horse's baud of Indians,and that twenty men who were with tho trainwere massacred.

THE SOUTH.

MBS. MINNIE BI-AZEN, of Dayton, Ky., arosefrom her bed the other night, and, withoutarousing her husband, dressed herself, tookher ten-day old infant, and, proceeding to theriver, threw heraeJf and babe iuto tho streamand was drowned. Temporary insanity.

HON. GEOROE WELLS, for tho past fifty yearsPresident of the Farmers' and Planters' Bankof Annapolis, Md., is a defaulter in the sum of$65 000.

THE lower house of the Florida Legislaturehas passed an act to declare and establish theappointment by tho State of Florida of elec-tors for President and Vice PresidentThroe men were killed and several danyorous-ly wounded, near Little ltock, Ark., a fewdays ago, by the explosion of a boiler in ashingle factory.

l'OHTIUAL.MESSRS. BI.AINK, of Maine, Ferry, of Michi-

gan, and Windom, of Minnesota, have beenre-elected to the United States Senate by thoLegislatures of their respective States. InArkansas, ex-Gov. Augustus H. Garland hasbeen chosen to succeed Mr. Clayton in theSenate.

THE Democrats of New Hampshire haveDomiuatoil Daniel Moicy for Ouvolliur. . . .The

Republicans of the First and Seoond NewHampshire Districts have nominated OilmanMarston end James Brigga for Congress.

ALVIN SANnr.us has been eleoted by the Ne-braska Legislature to succeed Mr. Hitchcock inthe United States Senate.

THE Tennessee Legislature, on the 73d bal-lot, elected James G. Bailey to the vacancy inthe United States Senate caused by the deathof Andrew Johnson The Legislature ofMassachusetts has chosen George F. Hoar asthe successor of Mr. Boutwell in the Senatefrom that State.

IT is said that the method of selecting theSupreme Court wing of tho Presidential tri-bunal appears to have been one of the mostdifficult problc ms to solve satisfactorily withwhich the joint committees found themselvesconfronted. It was known or supposed, u&\ a aWashington correspondent, that Justioes Clif-ford and Field had supported Tilden and Hen-dricks at the last election. It was also knownani believed that the other Justices, with theexoeption of Davis, had supported Hayes andWheeler. The position of Justice Davis, sofar as political bias was concerned, was thesubject of much discussion and doubt. TheIiepub ioans gei.orally regarded him as a Demo-crat, and the Democrats considered him an in-dependent Republican with Democratio pro-clivities. If the five senior Justices were takenthe commission would consist of Clifford,Svrayiie, Miller, Davis and Field. It was clamedthat, while this should bo regarded as eminentlyfair, it did not suit tho Republicans, who bo-lievfl that what chances of bias there were wen)against them. Finally the geographical ideawas suggested; and further, that it wouldhardly bo fair to take Justices iu the Statts inwhich the candidates resided. The Chief Jus-tice and Justice Swayne reside in Ohio, andJustice Hunt in New York. It was then pro-posed that Justices Clifford aud Uwayne botaken, aud that theso should choose two others,aud that the four thus chosen should selectt i e fifth. This did not suit all around, and thoproposition ensued that Justice. Clifford, who istho senior Justice, and who rcsidus in Maine,should be taken aa one, Justico Strong, whoresided in Philadelphia, and Justice Miller,who lives in Iowa and Justice Field, of Cali-fornia, as tho three others, and these fourshould name tho fifth member of the tribunal.This proposition was at last accepted, aud it isregarded probable that the fifth membor to bechosen will be Justice Swayno or Davis.

WASHINGTON.

MR. FEUBY authorizes a contradiction of therumor that he.contemplats resigning thePresidency of the Senate.

THE tribunal for tho decision of controvertedquestions growing out of the counting of theelectoral votes, as proposed by tho joint com-mittees of the two honues of Congross, strip-ped of all ambiguity and stated in unadornedSaxon, is as follows: By agreement the meet-ing to couut the vote will take place as usual inthe bali of the House. Tellers will bo ap-pointed as in the last count. The Vice Presi-

ent will onen tho returns, and those not ob-j»ote3 to will be counted. In case of objectionupon any point, the question of law

providing for counting the doctoral vote, iucase it passes both houses of Congress.

THE Washington Chronicle has suppjndodpublication The State Department has re-ceived notice that the German Governmenthas determined to abolish what aro called tl«honorary Consulates in the United State*, andto establish and maintain no consulates hence-forth except those to which a fixed ealary isattached Beverly Nash (colored) aTT*- » , _ 1 _ _ * ; _ . n n . >•» ! ; _ _ _ _ t i»-_

there never was a man asked twice for a con- \ Senate, which •"c»ort huvill.K ll<;|',1;tribut ion.

Mr. Lnttrell—Because if he refused ho was

Haj eslecent

elector iuelection,

South Carolina attestified before

thotheSenate South Carolina Investigating Com-

mittee, tho other day, that ho was offered$40,000 by one Childs, a banker of Columbia,to cast his vote for Tildon in the electoral col-lege. Childs denies the story, aud says Nashmanufactured it out of whole oloth.

GENERAL,.

THE revival labors of Messrs. Micdy andSankoy have boen brought to a close inChicago, and the evangelists go thence to Bos-ton, where a tabernacle has boen provided forthem. Records of the work performed iu Chi-cago show that 1 338 converts professed relig-ion directly under tho ministrations of theevangelists, while tho total accessions to thevarious churches in the city since the revivalbegan number no less than 2385,

discharged.Mr. Frye—And there never was a sugges-

tion that anybody should bo punished for re-fucing to make a contribution, aud there neverwas any contribution whatever to tho Repub-lican National Committee from the departmentclerks.

Mr. Cox, of New York, said that he wouldnot follow the Argument of the gentlemanfrom Maine, which had boen sufficiently an-swered by the badinage of the gentlemanfrom California aud by tho ironical cheers ofthe galleries. Tho point boforo the Housewas simply whether tho authority of the Housoshould bo disregarded by the Returning Boardof Louisiana.

Mr. lvHsaon argued against tho resolutionbecause it wou'd establish a precedent that acommittee of tho House could summon thoGovernor of a State to bring before it the pa-pers of his office and could bring that highofficial before the bar of tho Honse, degradinghim by asking him to fctaud at tho bar and an-swer for contempt.

Mr. Hooker said that ho would not followtho example of the gentleman from Mtdue(Frye) in seeking to avoid an3 evade the plain,simple proportion submitted by tho report ofthe Judiciary Committee by stating with the

h i which that gentleman did that he be-

motion of Mr. Payne, recommitted and ordered' printed.

FRIDAY, Jan . 19.—Senate.—Mr. Cameron,of Pennsylvania, presented resolutions adopted bytho Legislature of his State declaring that the cer-Ufiottol of electors from tho various States areconstitutional evidence of votes cast forPresident and Vicebo counted Tho

President, aud mustComular and Dlplo-

matlc Appropriation lull was passed. . . I,ouisianawas the tlieme. of another long and lively doba'.c inthe. Senate, iu which Messrs. Bogy, of Mineouri,iiudSherman, of Ohio, were tho chief participant*!. Theformer, iu the course of his remarks, bitterly as-saileil tho jirosent State Government of I,onisiana,and was loudly cheered by tho galleries,whereupon,on motion of Mr. Edmunds, tho gentlemen's gal-lery was cleared of spectators.

flotuie.-Mr. Huuter, from tho Judiciary Oom-rnittee, reported a resolution diaauargliig WilliamOrton, President of tho Wcxtern Union TelegraphOiiriipuny, from the custody of the SergeiiUt-at-AriiiH. Adopted without division... J. MadisonWells and Thomas C. Anderson wero brought be-fore the bar of tho House to answer for contemptof tho privileges of the Houso. Hir ing

THE LOUISIANA OUTRAGE.

THE United States navy mourns tho loss of en'P'V1818 WU1OU tnat gentleman aia mat no oo-, «,^™^«:.,.. !>„„ »^m i . . , T ,. o._:.,. lievod that for a_senes of years a great bodyits oldest officer, Roar Admiral Joseph Smith,

who died a few days ago at Washington. Ad-miral Smith entered the navy sixty-sevenyears ago, and made his lost cruise at sea in1845.

THE President has given his reasons for notupholding the Packard Government aud din-persing the Nicholls Government in Louisiana.He referred to his experience in the promptrecognition of the Kellogg Government threeyears ago, and to the fact that he was not sus- ! done so ?

of citizens of Louisiana had determined todeny the right of suffrage to a certain classwhich was entitled to it. What was there thatsurrounded the Returning Board of Louisianawith a sanctity whioh prevented it from givingto tho committee of tho House information asto whether there had been an honest vote inthat State. ? Should it be said that tho Return-ing Botr.l had power to cast out votes fromtl.ia or that parish and that there was no powerwhich could investiga'* whether it had legally

tained by the Republican Senate or the Republican party at large, and said that this experi-ence had suggested to him the propriety ofproceeding with greater deliberation and cau-tion in the present instanos.

RECENT commercial failures : Michigan Saltand Lumber Company, Saginaw, Mich. ; Key-stone Burial Case Comtany, Sterling, 111., lia-bilities, f 300.000 ; L. J. Bigger, packer, KansasCity, Mo., 1*500,000 ; J. B. Caja & Co., Mont-real, boots and shoes, #80,000 ; Warren Manu-facturing Company, Warren, Mo., woolens,$150,000... .A serious war has broken out inPennsylvania between tho Atlantic and Pacificaud Westun Union Telegraph Companies, andthe employes of the latt< r corporation have beenamusing (hemeelves by cutting down tho palesand destroying the wires of the Atlantic andPtoific.

FOREIGN.

answeredby thet

g gto the question propounded

Speaker, that they would preferh i f t h til th

Speech ol Hon. (Jeorgo W. .Julian, ofIndiana, Delivered at Indianapolis.

THE DISWCTE IN LOUISIANA.Soon after tho late Presidential election,

when Den:O3ratic rejoicing was exchanged forthe chilling approheusion of dufoat and dis-aster through the action of tho Louisiana Re-turning Board, tho Chairman of the NationalDemocratic Commutes requested sundry gen-tlemen of tho Northern States to repair to thecily of Now Oilcans in the interest of " poaoe,and a ftir and honest return" of tho votes casti'.i that State. The President of the UnitedStatto erJerod the presence of an imposingmilitary force "to preserve poi.co and gooaorder, aud to BOO tlmt the proper aud legalBoards of Canvassers are unmolested in theperformance of their duties." Ho deolr.rod, inthis military ordor, that "should thero be anyground of suspicion of a frauc!u!eut oonnt oneither s'.de, it chonld be reportod and de-nounocd at once," aud that "no mau worthyof tho office of President nhcu d bo wiiling tohold it, it counted in or placed there by fraul."Ho l i t d b f t

by the Spaker, t t y pto postpone their further answer until theromaining members of the. Louisiana ReturningHoard shall arrive in Washington, tho matter wasreferred to the. Judiciary Committee this was apala day for tho female sulTraglsts in the House.By a preconcerted arrangement twenty-five pe-titions wero presented by members from as manydifferent Stites in behalf of a sixteenth amendmentto the constitution guaranteeing that the franchisoshall not bo denied in any State on account of sex.

SATURDAY, Jan. 20.—Senate.—On motion ofMr. Edmunds, tho bill reported by tho special coin-mitteo iu regard to the count of tho electoral votewas taken up. Mr. Edmunds proceeded to addresslli- Si'iiate. at length, in advocacy of tho measure.The following are some of the poiuts made by himin favor of the bill: rim purposo of tho commis-sion Is to decide what is the electoral vote of a

A DISPATCH from Constantinople of the 15thinst. says: "At yeste-day's sitting of the con-ference the Marquis of Salisbury, in the name ofhis European colleagues, communicated to therepresentatives of the Porte the last proposalsof the Powers, whoso demands were reducedaud softened. After mi.king his communica-tion, Lord Salisbury announced that if thePorte did not agree to the proposals now made,ho had instructions to qvut Constantinople."

LATE advices from Mexico are to tho effoctthat the army of Iglesias has been defeatedand captured by Diaz' forces. Iglosias hasasked to be allowed to rotiro to private life.

SUCH relics of the American Polaris expedi-tion as the Iata English Arctic expedition, un-der Capt. Nares, was able to find and trans-port, were collected together and taken toEngland. These curiosities have now beenforwarded by the British Government to the

Government of the United States Howes,the defaulting City '.treasurer of Covington,Ky., has been arrested in London, Canada....A Berlin di-pateh says negotiations have beenreopened with France and there is a proba-bility that Germany will participate in the ParisExhibition in 1878 A telegram from Cal-cutta, India, saj s the cost of tho relief worksand other measures for mitignting the faminein Madras and Bombay is i'6,500,000.

AT a meeting of the Grand Council of theOttoman Empire, at Constantinople, on the18th of January, the proposals of the oonfor-ence wero unanimously rejected arird shoutsof "Death before dishonor!" There is noopening for counter proposals, or for a re-newal of tho negotiations in any form ; theconfereuce has announced its ultimatum, andthe Porto will have none of it. Turkey hasdecided to defy all Europe, and it remains tobe seen what all Europe, more particularlyRussia, proposes to do about it.

THE feeling in London seems to be thatTurkey must paddle her own canoe henceforth,without relying upon England. The Timesthinks the peace may b3 maintained, notwith-standing the failure of the conferenceCuban advices state that two important en-gagoiuoiitti ha-vo rccontly been fuuglll vn theisland, the patriots coming off victorious inboth affairs The rinderpoBt has againbroken out in Europe.

A BEBLIN dispatch nays Russia is beginningto represent to the powers that, the demandsof the conference having been rejected, it de-volves upon Europe to take more forcible pro-ceedings. Should Europe, as is certain, findit impossible to agroo on joint action, Russiawill be able to declare that tho failure of theconference is the defeat of Europe, not ofRussia

AFTEK the formal dissolution of tho confer-ence at Constantinople, the Russian represent-ative, Gen. Ignatieff, publicly declared that ifTurkey should disregard the armiatice ortake any action hostile to Montenegro aidServia, or if the Christian inhabitantsof Turkey should be subjected to anyhardships, Europe woald treat such proceed-ings as provocations, and would consider whatcourse ought to be adopted... .Travel on therailway between Shanghai and Woonung,China, is stopped by native mobs, the rails ob-structed arid the workmen assaulted. ThoChinese dislike to all material improvements isthe cause of the disturbance.

Mr. Garfiold argued that the provisions ofthe constitution in regard to tho Presidentialolection were imperative, and loft no time orauthority for a oonteet, and he challenged thonaming of any statesman who had everclaimodthat Congress had the power (within the fivelimitations mentioned by him) to go inuido ofa State to look at the vote. If the votes ofono State were examined, tho votes of allStates might be, and thus tin election of Presi-dent might bo at any time rendered impossible.He appoalcd to the Democratic side of theHouse to pause before it committed this act ofassault and destruction on whatever there wasof sovereignty in the thirty-eight States of theUiiion.

Mr. David, of North Carolina, asked Mr.Gariield why it was that partisan committeeshad been sent to three Southern Status byPresident Grant.

Mr. Garfield—If the galleries will stop theirchatter I will answer. The gentlemen whowent to Lonifriana at the request of the Presi-dent went there only as invited witnesses, audon our arrival we were asked by a Democraticcommittee to join them in helping to secure acount of all the votes actually cast. We an-swered that we were not there to secure any-thing, but least of all were we there to directany body in Louisiana to violate the laws ofthat State. That was their business, not ours.

Mr. Davis—By what authority did the Presi-dent invite them there ?

Mr. Garfield—If tho gentleman neods to

estate. Thepart of tbo

election ofcommission

thoby

Congressionalviva voco

vote renders intrigue impossible. The commission islargo enough to prevent the possibility of corrupt-ing influences. The Judges named are chosen ac-cording to geographical locality. To guard againstany caviling, the oath makes partisanship Impossi-ble. Tho commission is not to decido a policy ordetermine a future. I t is to pass on tho irrevoca-ble past. The commission i« to discover what isthe paper, if any, which speaks the constitutionalvijwfi of a State, and how many and what personswere elected electors. Tho plan, ho claimed,holds tho scale of justico in absoluteequality and gives nothing to either party. The com-mission is to determine whether tho electoral votewas cast according to law. Mr. Edmunds neitheraffirmed nor deuied that fho commission hadpower to go behind tlie returnp. He only said that,if Congress had the right to do this, the commissionhad, or would hnve, and that was one of the ques-tions submitted to it. Mr. K Uiiunds ;.flirmt'd thutthe constitutionality of the bill waa withouta doubt. He maintained the President of the Sen-ate has not the tight to count tbe votes. Hoinsisted that by no iegal interpretation could it beheld that the opening of the vote implied the rightto count. Nor was the Vice President a Judge. Ifthat theory is admitted, tho monstrous propo-sition must bo conceded that the Vice Presidentcan try and determine the case and finally declarehimself President of the United States. Heargued that the constitution had been so framedthat there is but on© provision in it which ex-ecutes itsolf. That related to tho captureof slave property. Every other provision is onljexecuted by CungrcBsional regulations. The Presi-dent is Commander-in-chief, but every act is regu-lated by law. Ihe function* of the judiciary areirescribed by the constitution, yet their procedure

" ~;ly controlled by law. Tho constitutionprescribi"is entirel

know bv what authority an American citizsn I Y* i c h was ndaptd to all time, was framed so thaCongressional legislation could adapt it to the vantc

and factquestion

is to be referred tomission composed of five members of tho Su-premo Court (Miller, StroDg, Field and Clif-ford are named as four of the Justices, andthey are to select the fifth). Eaoh housti isto appoint five members in Huch a way as togive fivo Republican and fivo Democratic Con-gresimon on tho joint commission. Of thesethe Senate appoints three Republicans and twoDemocrats, and tho House three Democratsand two Republicans. Tho Foar.l of Arbitra-tion thus constituted is to coasider all dis-puted ro:jits, and its decision is to stand un-ites both houses cincur in rejecting it . . .All the money appropriated to defray tbe ex-penses of the Senate investigating cominiitooin Louisiana has been expended, in CJUBC-queccaof whieh the committee is compelledto suspend operitions.

GEN. ANDERSON and ex-Gov. Wells, of theLouisiana Returning Board, arrived in Wash-ington the other day, and were immediatelyarrested by the Sergean^at-Arms of the Houseof Representative?. An officer of the Honseleft tho samo daj for Now Orleans to bringKonner and Cassauavc, tho remaining membersof the board, to the bar of the House.

ODABLES FIHHEB, who was recently con-victed of purloining paper* from the office ofthe District Attorney, in the District of Colum-bia, andsubBtqucntly pardoned and conveyedby bis friends to the lunatic asylum, has madehis escape from that institution.

THE breaking up of the ice in the Potc mac,last week, did considerable damage. Severalschooners and tugs were sunk and the wharvesat Washington sustained serious injury.

A WASHINOTON dispatch says the Presidenthas expressed his intention of signing the bill

FOIMY-FOURTH CUISUKESS.

Debate in the House on the KrsnHitiunOrdering the *rrest of the LouisianaReturning ISoard.Mr. Lynde, from tho Judiciary Committee,

made a report relative to the refusal of WelJs,Anderson, Caasanave, and Kennor, membersof the Louisiana Returning Board, to producebefore the Committee on Elections in Louis-iana certain papers domanded by said eom-mittee.

The report conc'udes with a resolution di-recting the SergeantatArms to take iuto cus-tody and bring beforo the bar of tho Housetho above-named gentlemen.

Mr. Frye, a member of tho Judiciary Com-mittee, said when that report was agreed to inthe committee there waa no Republican mem-ber of the committee present. For his part horegarded the doctrine enunciated in it as amonstrous ono. Under it there was no sov-ereignty anywhere in the country that was Lotsubject to bo called before a committee of thoHouse aud compelled to produce its originalrecords, lie held, on the contrary, that Con-gress had no more to do with the ReturningBoard of Louisiana thau ho as an individualhad. It seemed that nothing was eacred fromthe Democratic investigating committees.Even to-day the committee of the House wascommitting the indecency of demanding fromthe National Republican Committee its wholemanner ot conducting a national oampaign,it-s whole correspoadenca, all its telegram*, allits monoy, collections, etc. He was happv tosay, as a member of that committee, that hehad advised the putting in of everythiLg, let-ters, telegrams, etc., for he knew perfectly wellthat there v a* nothing in them that would indi-cate frawd iu L' uaimi, Florida orSouth Caro-lina. He knew that that committee believedtho Republicans had carried these three Stateshonestly and fairly, and that they would becounted for It B. Uajei ucle.-s the Democratsof those States and of the United States shouldstoal by fraud the votes of those StatCF. Hehoped that the galleries would not help thoDemocratic side of the House in this debate.

Mr. Lattrell—I do not think the gontlemanhas the right to charge, the Democratic partyWith steaing when l,is lie.iublican conimiltiow10 ibtd the poor orphans and ni lows in the de-partments to cany on the campaign.

Mr. Fryo—I did not know nhou i gave thegentleman from California liberty to ask aquestion that he wanted to interject a little'. e iag ' goal stump Bpeech that would meet theapplanie of the galleries on that side.

Mr. Luttiell—Do you deny that it is so ? Youwere on the Republican Natioual Committeeand you know that the poor widows and or-phans of tho departments were made to pay forthe campaign.

Mr, Dry*—There is a committee of membersof the House—intelligent members of thoHouse—which is investigating that very sub-ject. The committee will find out and answertbe gentleman shortly.

Mr. Luttroll atlompted to makn another re-mark, but was informed by tho Speaker thatt'ie gentleman from Maine was entitled to thefloor.

"Well, sir," said Mr. Luttrel), "he bull-dozed them."

Mr. Fryo declared that the Republican Com-mittee had never assessed, demanded, or askedcontributions from such people an Mr. Luttrollhid described. On tho contrary, it hod sentout a very polite request to the gentlemenwho were commissioned by the President andcinti'merfl by tho Senate to help to run thecampaign.

.Mi. Jjuttrell—Was it not understood thatevery one who declined to pay an assessmentshould be discharged ?

Mr. Fiye—It waa not so understood and

travels anj where in the United States, he willlearn the authority by which I for one, wout toLouisiana.

Mr. Davis—Why waa it that four years agoyonr party threw out the electoral votes of BOY-oral States ?

Mr. Wood, of New York, repretted that thegontleman from Ohio (Garfield) bad seen fitto does an otherwise admirable argument by amo o partisan allueion which was entirely un-neceesary to the discussion of the present mat-ter, lie wanted no partisan influence or ro-flectiou to enter into the discussion; andwanted the question determined on principleshigher than party principles. He held thatthe States had not Oie sole Jpower to appointelectors. They had power to appoint themunder ^certain rcstrietiODB, and it uocissarilyfollowed that it devolved on Congress to ascer-tain whether that power had boen executed inaccordance with law. The constitution placedcertain limits on the States, not on Congress,as the gentleman from Ohio (Garfield) main-tained.

Mr. Lawrence proceeded to argue againstthe rerolutioD, and in tho course of tiio dis-cussion he was met with suggestions about theinterfere ace with tho State authorities in theOregon case. In response to these suggestionsMr. GarfteM expressed his hope that if tlicrowas no right to inquire into that fraud withoutviolating the constitution of Oregon, Mr. Til-den would be oounted in.

Tho previous question was then seconded,and the resolution went over.

Regular Proceedings.

TUESDAY, Jan. 1G.— Senate.—Mr. Pattersonpresented a petition of D. H. Chamberlain andOthfin, Of Knufh Carolina, Betting fortlx that manyof tho statements of Wade Hampton and others,recently presented in the Senate, aro untrue. Beadand ordered printed... .Mr. Sherman, from theFinance Committeo, reported the House bill,known as Bland's Silver bill, without rec-ommendation, and asked that it boplaced upon the calendar. He also gave noticethat he would, when it was taken up, offer a sub-stitute from himself personally, and not originating in the committee. 1 he Eubfititute was ordered

printed A resolution was adopted calling uponthe President for information in regard to the re-volt in the lurkish provinces Mr. Pattersonsubmitted a resolution recognizing D. H. Chamber-lain as tho lawful Governor of South Carolina.Referred....Mr. Withers called up the mes-sage of the President in regard totho occupation of Petersburg by tho military ono'ection day, and yielded the floor to his colleague,Mr. Johnston, who spoke at length on* the subject.Mr. Withers also addressed the Henate upon thesubject, and at ttie conclusion of his remarks sub-mitted thp following, which was agreed to: " j:<:-Holvcd, That tho Committee on Judiciary be instruct-ed to examine whether tho construction of the lawstouching the elective franchise promulgated by theAttorney General In general orders No. 96, of dateSept. 7,18 !0, be correct, and that they report by billor otherwise"

House.—Tho Senate joint resolution authorizingthe appointment of a commission to attend the in-ternational convention to inquire into the relativevalue of gold and silver was laid on tho table.YeaB, 125; nays, l'.i Mr. Lynde, from the Judi-ciary Committee, made a report relative to the ref u-fal of Wells, inderson, Cassatiave and Kenner,members of the Louisiana Returning Hoard, to pro-duce before Ihe committee ou election in JjOnisi-ana certain papers demanded by said commit-tee. The report concludes with a resolu-tion directing the 8ergeaut-at-Arms to take intocustody and bring before the bar of tho FJOUK-thiabove-mentioned gentlemon, A long and lively po-litical discussion followed, participated iu byMt-curs. rr;,e, Luttrell, Cox, KaSBOn, Garfield,Wood, Lawrence, and others, at the conclusion otwhich the previous question was seconded and tin

resolution went over The Speaker laid beforothe House a communication from K. W. Earnep,the recusant witness, declaring that theanswer which he made when last beforethe bar of the House was made in goodfaith, and that he was entirely willing to producethe messages demanded if it were iu his power, an<]that, he would make every effort to obtain said mes-sages, and asking that he be permitted to make theattempt, promising that if ho was unable to do so hewould a^iiin place himself in the custody of the Ser-geant-at-ArniH. The communication was referredto the Judiciary Committee Mr. Ilunton, fromtho Judiciary Committee, reported a resolution per-mitting Wm. Orton, now in custody of tin- Si r-geant-at-Arms, to proceed uuder his charge to NewYorK for tho purpose of consulting his physician,and providing that he should return to Washingtoron Friday. Adopted.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 17.—Senate. — Mr. Morton,from the Committee on Privileges and Elections,stated that the money appropriated to carry on theinvestigations now being made by that committcohad been expended. A bill appropriating $")5,i (:0additional to defray tho expenses of the commute*had passed the Sonate but was delayed in thellouso of Eepreeentatives Mr. Morton re-plied to tho remarks or "Met-srs. JohuHtyn andWithers, of Virginia, made yesterday, in regard totho occupation of Petersburg by the military on theday of the late election for President. He diorui-ed the action of the President, and argued tintunder tho law tbe President had tho right to sendtroops to any pulls in any Stato for tho purpose ofkeeping the peace. The debate waa further con-tinued by Messrs. Johnston, Sherman aud Aitfi-ors, after which the subject was laid aside.

Houttt.—Tho House parsed a resolution permit-ting Barnes, the contumacious witness, to returnto New Orleans, in charge of a Deputy Sergeaot-al-Arms, to see whether he can procure the telegraphicdi^'piitches called for by Mr. Morrison's committee.

Bills were introduced aud referred : JSy Mr.Htone, of Missouri, to provide for the brganlgatioBof tho Territory of Oklahama; byMr. Khldor, extending the time of the paymentfor public iands in cafes where the crops haveboen destroyed by grasehoppera ; also, es'ablmhinga land district in the Illae.k Hills... .Mr. wells,from tho Comruittf-e on Appropriations, reportedthe Indian Appropriation bill.. ..Mr. Harris offereda resolution instructing the committee on privi-leges and dutiofl of the House to report what num-ber of electoral votes is necessary under the con-stitution to elect a President. Refi-rredA dismission took place upon the resolution re-portod by tho Judiciary Committee in relation tothe refusal of members of the LouUiana KeUirningHoard to produce certain papers before the I. mini-ana special committee. At the conclusion of (hedebate a vote was taken and the r s >;.iti p fbr thearrest of the members °f the Louisiana ReturningBoard and their production before th^ b:ir oi theHouse to aiiHwer for contempt was adopted by astrict party vote—yeas, 15M; nays, HI.

TBUUHDAV, J:iu. IK.—StntUe.—Mr. E Iicunds,from the special committee appoiutod to devimmoans for counting tho electoral vote, submitteda leport in writing, ftcoompaiiiod by a bili. Thereport, ho was happy to pay, was signed by All theinemln r* of both committee?, with ono exception.The committee was of the opinion that the mcus-ur.j they recommended waa not whit cotUd bocalled a compromise, but it was a measure of jus-tice, and in aid r>f oOnfttltDtional Oovernnuut. Noo:i" wo-.iM h&vethe rigbttoM; lhal auyta ids ivtowlbad bees BOrre&dt r«d In ;-.nv respect*.. Mr. Jooes, ofFlorida, pn .•-•'.Hied the j-ititiou of ibe foTir Di mn-

ti P i d t i l l t f i l i i t, p jtir Presidential elootore of i io a, olaijniDfi to

k it thf , l a j i f i

have beta legally riictid, and ifktog tint thoelectoral vole cant by them fur I'residi ut and VicePresident be counted instead of thut ca^t by thoelectors *>n tho other side.

Ho\uie.—Mr. Payne, chairman of tho committeeon Veuoting the eloctoial voton, made a concur-rent report of the two couiinitUPrf oi the House and

Congressional legislation could adapt it to the vantcemergencies of different generations. He aenict;ho faol emphatically that the precedents show that:he President of tho Senate has counted the votes

On tho contrary, Mr. Kdmunds affirmed that, asan arithmetical proposition, ha had never ovencounted one vote. The tellers were always appoint-ed, and that from John Langdon to Schuyler Col-

ax the two houses dictated to tho presiding officerof the Senate the course he should pursue.

Hoime.—Tho House, in committee of tho who'odevoted tho day to debate, Uio speeches taking avide political range.

MONDAY, Jan . 22.—Senate.—Mr. Morton ad-dressed tho Scnato iu oppesition to tho CompromiseJill in regard to counting tho electoral vote. Holitterly assailed the measure, characterizing It as'the product of tho Mississippi plan," declaring.hat " the shadow of intimidation had been Bee]n the Seuato chamber." Ho believed Gov,

Hayes kad been elected under the formsof law, and that should ho be countec

there would no revolution. He ar-;ued in favor of the right of the President of theSinate to count the electoral votes. Tho Presidenof the Senate did count the voiefcr seventy-twoyearn ; tellers were mero facilities for making cal-culations aud keeping aocounte. They countedwhat the President handed them down t>count, and nauding them down the certificatesto count was the declaration of the voto. It conttuued from 1789 to 1801. Whether the elector!were eligible was a matter loft with the States under tbe injunctions of the constitution. The handing down of the certificate by the President of thedonate was a declaration of tho vote contained init. Very few Republicans respect the bill. It wilbo taken by Republicans, if taken at all, as a diof caitor oil. Senator Edmunds burned his shipbehiud him when he denied tho power of thPresident of the Senate to count the voteB in thabsence of legislation. He thus seemed tmake it a necessity to accept this billMr. Morton's chief objection to the bill was that igave the commission power to go behind thruturue, and ascertain alone what electorwere duly appointed, which he held to be unconstilutionaj, and regarded, besides, as a change of thoxiBting status in favor of the Democrats. MrFreliughuysen followed Mr. Morton in a wrlttespeech in favor of the bill. He argued in favor othe constitutionality of the measure, and deniethat it gave tho commission power to go back otho papers submitted to see how returning boarcperformed their dutiea. After Mr. Frelinghuysetooll his seat nobody rose to speak. Mr. Ecmunds wanted to push tho bill to a third reading, as no amendments were offered. MSherman pleaded for delay. Mr. Mitcliejuovi-U to adjourn, and it was voted down. MKdmunds explained the necessity of prom]decision for or against the bill. Mr. Shermawanted the members of the committee to gi\their _ views upon it. Mr. Thurman explaine

in their report, and

appointed a number of prominentpublic characters aud representative men inthe party with whioh lie is associated to visittho State of Louisiana, " to ece that theBoard of Canvassers make a fair count of thevote actually cast." and expresstd the hope

lat " fair men of both parties " would attendo this duty. The Returning Board itself soar recognized tho gravity of the situation andle widespread distrust of its integrity, thatn official invitation was extended to tho viait-rs from distant States of the Urron to attends session, wl ilo ctnvas-ing tho returns andscertaiuing the result of the Presidential elec-on in Louisiana.THE K«sroNsimi,rrY FOR THFSK TROUBLES.These are very romarkablo proceedings,

'hey have no precedent in the history of.merican politics, mid theybeur witness to theearful decay of public virtue, and tho alarni-ng drift of public alTiirs toward abnormal andevolutionary methods. At wlioio door lieshe just lojpomubility? Who is to blame forhe atmosphere of suspicion which now covershe land, and the feeling of national perilvhich recalls BO painfully the opening of therear 18G1 ? The atswer to theso questions isnot unknown to tho people. Tho present gov-ernment o' the Btatoof Louisiana was foundedm flagrant usurpation and barefaced fraud,t was conooived in the illegal order of a

drunken and oorrnpt Federal Judgo.and mid-wifod by tlie politioal knavos and traders whocontri ltcd tho National Administration fouryears, a« thoy control it today. While thejooplo of Louisiana have boen prostrate andKlplcsB under tho lieel of Fedoral tyranny,

the Returning Boaid hap been the vile instru-ment of that tyranny in tho furtherance of its>aleful purpose!!, which it has sought todrapo over uuder the forms of law. It is thocreature of the fame organized politicalrapacity which has trampled down law

mombers of tho board itself! They had neverheard that Geo. Sheridan had summarily turnedthe President of the b ?ard out of his G tiberna-torial ofiice in 1867, on account of his shamo-less rascality and disregard of law! Whowould havo supposed that our country wasailiicted with BO raro an assemblage, of politicalHip Van Winkles as that which reported forduty m New Orlenns uufler tho lead of S ler-man, Qarfiold and KeDj ?FUBTHKK UEASONS—"THE INNOCENTS ABBOAD."

But these Republican patriots declined ourproposal for a joint conferenco for the furtherreason that they wero present as mere 'wit-nesses, without power or legal influence" everthe action of the board. They said they were" strangers without official fnr.c'.ions," andthat " i t would be amamfest interference withBtato rights and local self government for pt r-pons like ouraelvei', without orticUl rights, toattempt to interfere with or control" tho ac-tion* of mch a tribunal. Wiil wonders mveccease? John Hheroian and his con federateliipublicaus preaching the gospel of Staterights and local self-government in Lot.i-i.ii'fl.The chief apostlos of Federal usurpation anuthe ChiUtiauity of tbo baionetutriving to hidethe vi lainieo of a Republican roturting boardunder the mantel of Thomas Jeffcrs >n. Thesanctities of law invoked by tho atsussins ofa State! Could anything be moro sublimelyimpudent or more oWunUDgty satanic ? Theseemissaries of the President know that themen who proposed a joint conforouco werenot such idiots as to suppose It wcu'dpossess any oiiicial power over thelegal functions of tho board. When SonatorSherman pretended not to know this, the manwas forgotten in the pettifogger. What wehoped from the presence and co-operative ac-tion of leading Republicans and Democratswas the exercise of such a moral iullueuco over

and insultedof tho South

decency iuduring the

the Statespast eight

year*. Under the set civating- thii board, itsmombers hold their places for life, with powero appoint thtir nu^etHnors. There is no ap-peal from thoir decision, whatever It may be,sccording to tho ruling of tho Supreme Courtc f the State, and no accoutiUbility to cue peo-ple for their acts. Although they are a tiiLmnal of special and limited jurisdiction, andtheir acts, whether ministerial or judic al, areto be construed strictly, aud are absolutelyvoid if not authorized by the law from whichthey derive all their piwer, yet, according tothe authority cited, there is no redrew K againsttheir rulings, LoTevev defiantly they maytranscend thoir jorifldiction or trample justiceunder their feet. For any reason or for noreason at all, thoy may count in or couut outthe vote of any parish or preoinct in tne State,and thus arbitrarily deteruaino the character ofthe Government under whioh her people areto live, contrary to their ohoioe, and the char-acter of the National Administration for fouryears, should it depend on the vote of the»;atf. While the guilt of the board in au actso heaven-daring would be multiplied by themillions wheo voices it would stifle, tho*!)millions would bo utterly without remedy, evenin the Congress of the nation, according to theleaders of the Republican party.

THE RETURNING BOARD.

And who are the men constituting this auto-eratio if not omnipotent institution of the Re-publican party in Louisiana, conoocted in theworst dajs of carpel-bag government, and forthe most nefarious purposes ? Two of themure white men and two colored. They are the

thi.i suspected tribunal as would secure pnb-licity, impartiality and fairness in its methodsof canvassing the votoa and ascertaining theresult. Our purpose was unmistakable, and itaccorded perfectly with tho declared wish ofthe President, that "representative and fairmen of both parties" would visit Louisiana•• to see that the Beard of Canvassers make afair couut of the vote actually cast." Thepresence of those. Republican louder* in Ne»Orleans in response to tho invitation of theirohief, was a dear recognition of tbe verypower which they afterward disclaimed bystyling themselves "ntrangera," with no riglnto "control or influence. »ny of the oflictrao:the board as to the manner in uhio'a tliey shalperform ministerial or political duties." Fel-low-citizens, can any of yen divine whatbrought these gentlemen to New Or-Uaue? They recoil from the very thoughtef exercising any iuilueuce, legal ormoral, over tiio action of the boardor the method of its proceedings. Tne;say they kuow of no reason to doubt tuat iwould make a perfectly honest aud just dcclaration of the result of the election. And yehere were twenty-s'x "eminent c.tizenu" an("Christian statcsmon" simultaneously leaving,their homes for Lou siana at tho call of thePresident and attending the sessions of ihe Returning Board in successive squads till itswork was done. What is the meaning of althin ? They say they went as " witnesses," buwhy go so far to witness a performance thawould undoubtedly bo conducted with perfechonoaty and fniruess? Why make a longjourney for tha mero purpDee of bocorriuispectators of a proceeding over whieh the;could cxorciao nuilher legal control normorainfluence? Theee provukiug questions arerendered all the moro so by the singular facthat this formidable body of "witnosse»which the President detailed for duty at NewOrleans disobeyed their orders. The privaticitizeus ai.d strangers, whose innocent amuseless mission was that of simple spectatorof the doings of the board failed even in thaduty. They wore in the ooiirt room inwhich the coard sat • bile canvassing the returns and examining tlie papers, but with raraud very slight exoepUous they gave no morattention to what was go;ng on, and manifest-ed no more interest iu the proceedings than ifthe whole affair had relatod exclusively to thedenizens of another planet. Their confidenceiu the board seemed to ba so gtuliing aud un-reserved that thoy poacofully resigned them-selves to their correspondence, their news-papers, »nd thoir cigarK, while iho prosecco ofa formidable military force iu this c.ty to ' ' seethat t ie members of the beard were unmo-lested in the performance of their duties,' wasprobably felt as a superaddtd solace to theirsouls. Taey may have been " witnesses" to

some of the acts of tho board, but if so, itmust have been at night, in some appointed

ed bv a Republican.Congressional c

n t eopponents should now makeM C d b

heard.

mittee, of which one William A. Wheeler waa amember. They are all members of the Ropub-liotn party, andoi:eof them holds a custom-hou a office und:r the spoils-hunting system ofthe proeeut administration. J Madiaou Wi 11'.tlie President of tho board, who was electedGovernor of Louisiana under the reconstruc-tion; o icy of.Presidtut Johnson, was summarilyej.c.ed fiom that oilico ia 18C7 by Gen. Sheri-dan, fcr violating an act of tho Legislature re-specting tho repair of her lovtos, aud seekingto prostitnto the funds of the Stato lo partisanpurpo es. Gou. Sheridan branded him as a" political trickster and a dishonored man." andcharged him with, "subterfuge and politicalchicanery." He declared that "his conducthad been as sinuous as the mark left in thedust by the movement of a snake," and that"he had not one fiiend who is an honest man."After a stay iu New Orleans of over threeweeks, and mingling freely with the peoplewhen not engaged in watcniDg the action oftuo Returning Board, I have no bo i'.ation inindorsing the statement of Gen. Sheridan astiue. Gov. Wells is not only a journeymanaud expert in rascality, through long yoars of* * I & but hg fa ^ d l

Mr. Cameron made a brief speech against thebill, denouncing it aa a Democratic affair, got-ten up by throo or four Republicans togratify their political opponents. Mr. Edmundsfinally consented to lot the bill go over.

House.—Mr. Frye introduced a bill for the trialof contested elections for the offices of Presidentand Vice President. It provides that an electionmay be contested by any eligible person who kasreceived the vote for President, and that the courtfor tho trial of huch contested tlectionshall consist of the Chief Justice of the SupremoCourt and six Judges of the Circnit or DistrictCourts, to be selected by the Chief Justice. Bills

g y™ P& fa a^undrel

aboriginally; and in saying this I believe Isimply give expression to the general senti-ment of the Stato. Anderson, tho other whiteman on the board, ia not quite bo vicious. Theelement of humanity is not so fatally left outof his composition. He is not so ooldblooded.If placed in command of a pirate ship he mightfalter in some emergency which his more intre-pid and satanic companion on board would en-joy as a luxury. Bat he is not wanting thoqualities which have made tho RelumingB d famous, for he is a thoroughly

kravn und Rwiiid'nr UsKi.a\o and BWind.ei. Me

qBoard

Court!., to be selector bv the Chief Justice. Bills ? fwere also introduced by Mr. OanlfloM to regulate counts well, and is, in a word, the b . com-

panion and asKOCi&to in oihce of the Presidentf th b d C f th l d

tbe ili-position of troops In the District of Colum-bia, and by Mr. Say'er to n form the civil service.

The Fluctuations In the Price of (told.Tho rapid decline in tho price of gold

renders interesting a statement of itsvalue in Federal currency since the be-ginning of tho war. On the 13th of

of tho body. Cassarjate, one of the coloredmembers of the boaid, H an undertaker byoccupation, and was a slaveholder before thewar. Ho is a man of limited education andintelligence, and not at all qualified bycipacityor training for the position ho occupies. Hois a very strong partisan, bnt is regarded as akindly, well-disposed sort of man, whoso worstmisfortune is that tho thoroughly unprincipledI.,.. .... I O M :* A j 4. i n-» uuwioruino it* un i inw u;oroui:fiiy uupunoiim-a

January 18)2, it was quoted at 103, m o n On the board use him as their tool. Thi«and by the 18th had fallen to 101}. An ; mU8t bs regarded a» certain, in the ab'enco ofadvance began in Juno, and on the 18thof July it was quoted at 119. In Octo-ber it reached 133, and at the close ofthe year was quoted at 133£. By thoend of January, 18G3, the price was159@160:; ; IB February it reached172$ ; in July it declined to 123}, andin IJecember it advanced to 152£. InJanuary, 1864, it opened «t 151|@152 ;in April thR highest price was 181; ; onthe List day of Juno tho price was 245@250 ; iu July it reiehed 285, and re-

any prcof that he has ever opposed the con f oseedillegality and fraud of his associates. Kenn' r,the other colored man, and junior member ofthe board, is a very sma>l, light mulatto, quickand sprightly iu his movements, but altogetherunfitted by talents, education, or experience,for no responsible a position. Ho is a gamlleraud grog-seller, a very low fellow, and a fewyears ago was kicked out of a saloon in NewOrleans for stealing the money of his employer.A CONKEltENCK FIIOPOSED AND REJECTED—THE

UEASONS.Bepreeeutativo men of both political parties

bad reached the theater cf trouble, as theinaincd above 200 nearly all the rest of : avowed miBtiionarics of poace and fair dealing,

ar, closing at 22<1'<W>,227' on the i The men who represented the Democratic sideT»« .« . m w " I of tbe controversy, fuly appreciating theof L)ecember. seriousness of the situation, addressed a bri6f

l'liorn was a gradual docline in 1865 letter tr~ Stanley Matthews, John Sherman,until May, when the lowest quotation i and other representative Republicans who had

128i : tho price was higher (hiring ' b o o n deputed by the President, proposing arpsr n'f tlifi vnur plnninv nt 144»/M • J o i n t conference "in orde" that such influence

wasthe rest of145' i of such a canvass of the votes as by its fair-

Iii 1866 the bighost price was 157, on j ness and impartiality should command the re-the 26th of J u n e ; and the lowest 126, I spect and acqaicscenco of the American pco-on the 16th of April. I t closed at 134 i P l e o f alJ Patt ioa;•" I « } l b m i t ' ° »» JOs* an<JAprilon the last day of December. In 1867the highest price was 146J, and the low-est 133. In 1868 the highest price was150, aud the lowest 183}. In 1869 thehiglicfit price was 162). (on Black F i i -day), and the lowest H9 | , In 1879 thehighest price was 123;, and tho lowest110. In 1871 the highest price was115;, and the lowest 1081. In 1872 thehighest price was 115J, and the lowest108;. In 187:) the highest price was119 , and the lowest 1061. I " 1874 thehighest piico was 114;, und the lowest109. In 1875 the highest price was1172, aud the lowest 111;.-Post.

•New York

Emancipation in Brazil.Tho emancipation of Brazilian slaves

is progressing in a slow but continuousmauner, according to recent statistics.In tho provir.co of Qoyaz the 8,5)03slaves registered in 1872 had on the 31stof December, 1875, become reduced (o7,888 by 357 do.itha, 222 liberations and436 removals. At the same date thereexisted 021 freobcm children of slaves.In the province of Pernambuco, duringthe same four pears, tho 106,201 slavesdiminished 3,386 by deaths and 1,049 byemancipations. From Sopt. 28, 1871, tothe end of December last the number c fchildren of slaves born free under tbelaw of 1871 was 12 312, of whom 2,802died, leaving 9,510. In the provinr ofHan Paulo there died, from April, 1872,to the end ol 1875, of the 147,746 slnvisregistered, 8,561, aud 3,410 were cm.in-cipated. In 111 of tliii 151 parishes thetreeborn births were l»S,17t), of whom

,861 had died.

THAT place noar N e - York whereHell Gate used to be is frozen over.

but in so threatening anof public affairs the effort

reasonable men that thi-; was a fair aud maniyproposition. I am sure it was made in goodfaiil), and that r:ot a man who joined in itwould have been willing to see Tilden . andHendricks count* d in by fraud. Wo (implyasked for a fair count, and the supervision oftho canvass by a conferenco representingbtt'i sides of the disputed qnestion. It mightnot havo accomplished any valuable re-sult,pectcertainly to be commended, and could nothonorably be declined. What was tlie anBworto our proposition by tho deputies of thePresident and loaders of the Republican party?They say in the outset that they "know ofno reason fo doubt that a perfectly honest undjust declaration of the results of tho rccontelection iu Louisiana by its lawfully constitutedauthorities wji be trade." Oentleinen, wouldany of yuu have believed \t morally poswiblofor Stanley Mst'howH Johu Bhormau, andtheir licpublican co-ln.b<-rwd in Louisiana toface the Anorican poo)l > with u statement soshockingly iuend ble ? And ytt they woroequal to tho tX'iaordTnary task, and tlioy are"all honorable men." 1 will not be no iingoii-erom and impohto as to call in question the rveracity, but it can only 1 c defended by an im-pBnchmmt (f their intelligence, aiutet Mdiegraqefol as lying. No rrasou to doubt thata perfectly hoiie-t and j.ict declaration ofthe vote in Louisiana would be made bythe infamous ReturniDg Ikwrd ! Thon tlioynad mii.gle \ froi ly with tiio peopleof Now Orteina without ev?r havingheard of tho notoriously ba"throe of the four mombers iWillinm A. Wheeler, two jo rs ago. prouoi ta "ri'gruoe to civilization:" Ti.eyhadheard that it \V*M proved boforo p. Congression-al committee of Bepublioani", about tiio namotimo, that the President of thin b w l perjareShimself in the testimony ho gave l'tnoe ;tingtho election of 187-1! They had novoi -heardof the perfectly well-known fm-t that in thatyour thin board illoK»lly and luiimtly took thom»joiiiyof votes honottly find faiily given tothe Democratic tckot, end oonnti I them onthe other ride, &s admitted by fio Con^rt-n

mean and cowardly ; but in tho light of thefacts I havo stated 1 again ask the question,why did this remarkable troupe of politicalpartisans visit the State of Louiiana? Didthey go to sea the orange groves and eugarmills of the State, or the jettits of the Missis-sippi ? Was it a trip of mero pleasure, or pri-vit'-o business, accidentally happening at thetimo the Betumiug Board was in session'! Wasthe invitation of the President utterly withoutmeaning? If thoir mi^niou was political, doyou Leheve they went aa an embassy of peace,putting party under their fcot iu the overmas-tering desire to UMnqotUze the public Kindand enforce justice aud law in counting thevotes of the Stato ? Or did they go as thebackers and accomplices of the ReturningBoard, in the conspiracy to count out the law-fully elected President of the United States,by wrenching from the people of Louisiana forthe third time the prec.ous right of self-gov-ernment? Answer these questions for your-selves, after you have followed me in thefurther development cf my subject.

THE VACANCY IN THE RETURNING BOAKD—rBTTI-FOGOING.

The board entered on its regular duties onthe 20th of November. Was it logally consti-tuted ? The law creating it declares that itshall consist of live members, aud that all thepolitical parties of the State shall ba represoi. ted. But there were but four members,and these alt Republicans ; and yet SjnatoiSherman, in the Senate the other day, saidLi the board was logally constituted." Whatdoes he moan by so reckless a statement? Itis not denied that the action of four memberswould be as legal as that of the whole, so faras numbers aro concerned; but here is a posi-tive requirement that all political parties shallbe represented ou the boaid. This is just asbinding as the provision fixing the number oithe body. A board consisting of two membersoould not act, because it would lack the mimi-r-lcal qualification prescribed by law, just as aboard composed exclusively of members of onepolitical party lacks the political qualificationproscribed by the same law. Tlie lirst duty ofthe board, therefore, without which I think itwas powerless to perform any other, wasto fill the vacancy, which the. law expresslyauthorized and required it to do. The counselfor the Democratic canci-iatos formally a*kodfor the performa-joe of this obvious and imper-ative duty, suggesting tho name of a mo itworthy and well-qua itied rjcan for the position;but tiie board refused. It defiantly tram-led under foot the two-fold command of the

'the peer of any mau in the Senate," and heoes nothing wrong in the further fact thathe clerical force of the board was also packed

with lloputiliciius. Hi say.i fieie was m lawequiring a politcal division of tho clerks, andhat Democrats, whan they h.ive the ofiicos, dolot divide with the ll-jpublicans. Bat tbia is avery transparent dodge. Tho point here involvod is not one of law, but dcctin'y. TheloturniiiK Board is covorcd with public SUP->icion. Its character is siainol by fraud. If

upon further rascalities it wcul-J, ofcourse, wai.t a body or faithful cler'cil scul-ions, skillod iu tho work of fal'iclv and fraud-ulently canvaining Hud tabulating tho votes,and all acting harmoniously in the sevvice ofheir master. This, of ouise, would beHoricusly interfered with by the presenco of3emocr*ttfl, while no harm would be done iflonor and fair play were to be the governing>rinolplo». All this is as palpiblo art thonoral blindness which hltoaeifl very diitlnijuishod and honorable gentlemen from ueo-ng it.

BECUK<:Y A:.D SKULKING.

But Iho board not only eignalized the bo-gii-ning of i's work by "j only violating theaw affecting in orgftnixation aid functions.Out it still further conirmed (ho popular dis-trust of its iutegrity by < x'.Indian tho publicfrom its session*1. Judge HpoffnrJ, ono of thecouncil for tho D.>mocra'ic candidates, madea very carue t aud el quont oppoal f<T pub-licity. Ho reminded the board that forty mil-lions cf peoplo wore waiciiing its proctcdiugn,and quoted the language of the President",that "should there be any grounds of sus-picion of a fraudulent couuting OJ tho othertiido, it shouli bo reported and denounced atonce." In the name of tho American peoplehe asked thit no part of ths work should >' bedone in a corner," and deci&rcd that there waa'no call fi r privacy in applying fio rules of

arithmetic." But the bjard refused to listento this demaud on tho ilimsy pretext that if itwas surrounded by a multi'nde of people itwould ba disturbed and dtlaj cd in ita pro-ceedings. What tho country wanted-a aJ, notonly an honest count of the vote, butthat tho proceedings should be con-ducted with such evident furnons* as to makeMa unquestionable to the people of all par-ties. It at nil possible, snspicou should havebeen entirely disarmed by invoking the fulllight of day upou a transaction so pregnantwith intercut, both to the State and the nation.But " men love darkness rather than light be-cause their deeds are evil." The people ofLouisiana were not allowed to witness the can-vass of their own votes. The press reporters,representing tho leading newspapers cf thecountry, were excluded fromtheoourt-roomontheir petition to be admitted. The li inerv.o. r.iof liegistration aud Elections who desired tov/itnees the canvass of the votes were not al-1 jwed to be present, either in parson or bytheir couusc 1. The Democratic cai.d datesaud their attorneys were also excluded, except ou the hearing of contested cases, al-though their prcsonco was txceedingly im-portant during the entire proceeding!", owingto their familiarity with the different paiiihi«and voting preciucts, and their ability to deteat any indications of fraud on tlie openingof the returns, whick the visiting committeepresent would necessarily fail to discover.The board, it is true, so far yielded tothe pressure from without as to permit thepresonoj of twopoii:ieal committteeu, with areporter for each, but this wai an exceedinglyfrail bairier against secret manipulation aLdfraud in tho returns. Tueee committees werecomposed of strangers from distant States,wholly unfamUir with tho practical roguery ofLouisiana officials, while the exclusion of thegeneral press report< rd, the people of theatate. the Supervisors and Registrars of Elec-tions, and tho Cindidates for otnee, wan whollyindefensibly, and utterly irrcconc labls with anhoneat purpose to serve the interests of truth.It perfectly accorJed, however, with the actionof the board in other respects. It had oponlyviolated the law as to its organization. It haoexcluded from any share in its deliberationsevery element that would not yield unhesi-tating obodienca to its baso purooees. It hadusurped thorightto sit as final judge of its ownfiigitious acts. It had fully recorded its pur-pose to re-enact tlie foul gaoie of Ib7i. It wasentirely natural, therefore, that it should wrapitself in the mantle oi darkness when enteringupon t ic liaal chapter of its uuhallowed con-spiracy to cheat the people of the United SUtes.

THE LAWLESS ACTS OF TIIE BOAltD.

But let us follow tho board m its work. Tliecounsol for tho Democratic candidates, at theoatset, protested against the right of the boardto canvsss the electoral vote at %11, but theprotest was eummaril? overruled and no op-portunity allowed for argument. With char-acteristic enc-sidedness, the board ruled infavjr of its own jurisdiction; and Sonator8h<raian, in l i t late letter to the Presidentdeclares tLat its a t i m is "ii.d pendent ofState and national laws other thau thesa ofLouisiana," aud "linally and substantiallycone udive as to the votes cast and candidateseleo'cd " Iu sufp^rt of this position he cites adecision of tho Bupremo Court of Louisiana,well knowing at the timo that Chief JusticeLuieling, who pronounced that decision, hadbeen branded with ' • fraud and broach of tru-st''by Iho Supreme Court of the United States, ina case wnich brought his o'uaraoter in ques-tion. But conceding that there is no appealfrom the decision of this board, their finalitycortainly coull not be admi'.ted as to questionsbeyond its jurisdiction. It has no right towander away from its appointed wotk,and pass upon questions not cognizable byit, under the law from which it derives its au-thority. Judge Trumbull and his associates,in their late Louisiana report, have conclusive-ly shown that the law of 1872 creatuig thistribunal, and under which it acted, makes noprovision as to the raannor of appointing elec-tors for President and Vice President, while itseems to ropeal ail other laws on the subject

it

Costly laces and Jewelry.

Quoen Isabella, of Spain, possessescollection of old lacen which cannot lequaled in Europe, and which is wornseveral millions. Productions of Icountries, kinds and ages are thereperfect in work, and of infinite ri«iin'<One dress of point D'Aloucon. iswornmore tbau 100,000 francs. Some fonseta of trimmings in o i jbelonging to Her Majosty, arethemsolvos a fortune. Thattion of laoe is the pendant tocashmeres belonging to Queen Victoria'which is estimated at not legs th«'5,000,000 of francs. Her Majesty CBosses India shtuvls to which tho laboof more than twenty years had been devoted, and which, at no matter wWprice, could not ba reproduced at prosent—existing workmen having 1O9( ^secret of such sn art. We do not speatof certain shawls woven with the threadsof gold, and in which the embroidiornamented with pearls andTurning to other matters ofnamentation, wo can say that the finestemeralds in feminine jewelry are n^.sessed by the Empress Elizabeth ofAustria, just as tho richest and mostperfect collection of rubies extant is the

property of the Grand Duchess of 8aieWeimer, grand-daughter of Paul iEmperor of Russia. Pearls and tnt!quoi'-e-),which are without rival, belongto tho Russian imperial family, as dosapphires to tho British house o(Guelph. As for diamonds—except tiecrown jewels of various nations—]vate collections can vie with

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w to fill the vacancy, and to supply the po-ilalitical eleuieut which waa wanting. PresidentWelle, "tbe plain man," who seems to l>a agreat favorite of Sonator Sherman, Baid tlieDemocrats had lojt tho.r right to a member ofthe board 1 y the resignation of Mr. Arroye,which 1 thiuk took place a year nnl a half ago.He further said that tho board had failed toagree as to the appointment of tho gentlemansuggested, aa if no other man coulci be foundamong the more thaa 30,0U0 Damocrata andConservatives of tho State. Ho made the fur-ther pitiful plea, that when this Returninglionr.l was first created there wasno such organ-ization as tho Domocratio-Conservativo partyiii the State, as if that fact could furniub theulighteet excuse for violating tlie law to-dayTuis miserable drivel, by the side of whichthe worst forms of ptUifogging become re-spectable, ia paraded in the Senate of theUnited States by Mr. Sherman as a vindicationof the board ; while in a recent debate in theHouse of E jpreaentativoe, Mr. Hale, of Slaine,sought U> extricate Gov. Wells from Ins des-picable dilemma by saying that at ita late ses-sion the board had offered tho vacancy to asmany aB six Democrats, who euccebsively de-clined it. Tbia statement is absolutely untrue.Not a Democrat was offered tbe position, al-though tho board was urged, mcraing aftermorning duririg iu so«ions, to fill it. Why didit refuse ? Jb'or the perfectly manifest reasonthat a Democratic member would bo an mi-manageable obstacle to the work to be done.Ho would have a right to tako part in the oralexamination of witnesses. He would have ashare in the work of canvassing tho roturnB.He would nave a right to be present in theBecrot conferences of tho board, during itsprotracted public sessions. And le. would bopresent at the fiual cooking of tho returns bywhich the Sta'.o was to be cheated, and wouldbe tbe witne«w of tho transaction. These aroexactly tho reasons why the board stubbornlyand bifizenly refused to fill the vacancy; an 1I bolitve no man will deny it who ia ac-quainted with its history, except the innocentand childlike Senator Sherman, and the guile-lens political babes who played their p u t as*• Witnetjees" so iuoffeneively at New Orleans.Gentlemen, tho defense of euch lawlestmtsi byhouorablo men in either branch of Congresswould be a melancholy fact, evon if this Boardhad been able to point to a record of uuini-puueh'.ible good behavior in the past. But itocharacter wan lad. in the judgment of all po-litical parties. It had thwarted the will of thepeople of Louisiana two years beforo, by mak-

d o'lM'JOier of ing the ballot tho football of Knavery andof that board? i frami. Its integrity was suspected by irtelh-

iunctd < gent meii throughout the entire land, aud itsnever action ia thus violating the principle that no

man nball be a judgo in bis own csse, wai aashameleBsaa would bo that of a Judge of one ofyour own courts who should claim the right tooccupy the l:eucl> tud cliart(O tho jury ou thetr.ul of an indictment against himself, afterA former conviction for the name offenfo.Its audacity in clutching >it parly machineryand Mcouting tho virtues of houeaty, im-partiality, ami fairniss, while proceedingto 'locido tho gravo issues nf a Stato and

aToommitteereftired to, wiiioh Wag comppiedITnattim.1 .1. ni.-ou, is enough t> provoke theof tbe political fnouda of these eurpiis rgly ! laughter and am-zement of dcviM. Sonatoriunocontand ignorant politicians, and of t!io Bhermiui defends ir. Ho thinks Uov. Wells

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its legal authority in throwing out votaccount of intimidation and violenoo. It

of elections. They show that if the previousact of 1870 respecting tho appointment ofPresidential eleotors is repealed, there is nolaw of the Stato on the subject, and tho boardia consequently without authority to canva-jsthe votes for uuch offices ; but that if the actof 1870 ia not repealed, the canvass of thevotes for electors must be made by th6 Gov-ernor in the prtsenco of the S cretary of State,tho Attorney General, a Judge in the districtin which the seat of government may be estab-lished, or any two of them, as required by thatact. Tho public has boen made aquaintedwith this argument, and I need not repeat it atlength, and although Mr. Sherman refers toit as " an array of technicalities," ita sound-ness has been indorsed by some of the ablestlawyers of the country, and has not been suc-cessfully impeached in any quarter.

But even if tho board bad the right to can-vaea tho electoral vote, it clearly transcended

tea on• sim-

ple duty was to eanvass and compile the returns aud proclaim the result, unless the Com-mi&rioners of Election or the 8uporviaor» ofRegistration imposed upon it a further duty bylaying a legal fouudstion for it aa provided forin eeciiona 26 and 43 of tbe Stato Election Ian-.That foundation mint consist of the affidavitof the Sip r.'is ir of Iicgn t ation or Commis-sioners) of Elections, supported by the afti la-vita of three or more cit zene, eottiog forth thofacts of any riot, tumult, acts of violence,intimidation, armed disturbance, bribery, crcorrupt influences which prevented or tendedt~> prevent a fair, free and peaceablo oloc-tion, and showing the number of qnali-fiod electors de.erred by such proceedingsfrom voting or register m. This statementmust be mnd.i o it within 24 hour) after thereceipt of all the returns for tho differentpollii g-placefl. and 6hall be forwarded in du-plionto to the Supetviaora of Ropis'trationof theparitOie". If this found ition is not laid, th.!board has no jurisdiction whatever except tocount the votes returned. It has no right toattack tho returns from any poll, ward or par-ish in tho State, for any of tlie causes &p»ci-no 1. If tho decision of Uio board \i fiuul, it iebecause ita procordinga have trai ked the law.and are therefore backed by ita authority. Thebosrd haa no ex-ofncio powar to iostitute com-plaints against any poll. 'Ihe special provis-ions of Iho law have an unmistakable meaning.Thair purpose is that all the Supeivtorsshell be engaged tinultmoously in thoirseveral p .rishi s in completing their returnsand statements on the epjt whera theelection was held, without communicationwith each other or with persona beyond theparish, aud before they enn obtain informationof what has been douo in otlicr perishea, orany clear knowledge of the result The de-sign ia to exclude from tl-e consideration ofthe Returning Board all ex post farto com-plaints which might be trumped u;> a' ti.e lustmoment for dishonest pur o.ttj. And this wasthe declared opiu >.. of Messrs. Hoar. Wheelersn'i V ye, in their famous report of February,Ib75 in which they say: ' W o are clearly ofopinion that the Returning Board haB no rightto do anything < xcspt to canvass aud compilethe rtturns whieh were lawfully made tothem by lecal oflicers, exep?. in caseswhere they were accompanied by thecertiflcea of the Supervisor or Com-missioner provided in the thirdsection." I believe no s:ich foundation forthe jurisdiction of tho board aa tho law re-quires was laid in any pariah of the State, andcertainly not in any of the fivo which havebeen the chiof theater of alleged intimidationaud violenc •. Tne action of the board, there-fore, in seeking to defeat the will of tue peopleof Louisiana, by disfranchising moro han13,000 Democratic voters, waa not only aflagrant usurpation of authority, but a mostunpttrdonabio sin against lt the habit of obodi-ence to the forms of law,7' which the visitingcommittee of Repnb'icans at NewOrleans latelysolemnly warned us ' ' should be sedulously in-culcated " and that "the resort to extra-con-stitutional modes of redress for even actualgrievances should be avoided «nd condemnedas revolutionary, disorganizing, and tending tolisorder and auarchy.1'

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