Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1876, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1876~TWELVE PAGES. “ The Tribane. 3 N S ; e e e o et s s A e AR IRMS OF SUBSCRIVTION. IN ADVANCE—FOSTAGE PREPAID AT TIIS OFFICE. paity Eattion, ] arts uf & yest ¥ ga'au:]m 'fiu’l{'x' ey nd; ek 50 atnrdo Edition, iweive pai Tri-Weekiy, posthatl, 1 year 0 Yarts of a yéar, per montfi. o WEEKLY HUITION, POSTPAID, ., per yeo: R R Llub of twe Postege pre Kpecimen capies sent free. 7o yrevent delay and mistakes, bo nre snd give Posts Qe wddeess in (i, Ineluding Gtatn aod County. Hemittances may bamado oither hy draft, express, Foat-flico order, o {n reglatered letters, st our rlsk. 7RRMS TO CITY SUNSCRIDENS. Datly, dclt¢ered, Sutidny excepted, 23 ceats per week, Lnfty, dellvesed, Sunday ficluded, 30 cents per week Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANT, Corner Madfron and Ve Chicago, Il il L e ) SRIBUNE BUILDING DIRECTORY, Ro oms, Decupants, 1. CHARTER OAK LIFE (Insurance Dep't.). T CE._J. T, DALE, SR MAN'F'U COMPANY. . XEW TORR WATCH COMPANT. . TO RENT. . SYM. C. DOW. A. . DROWN. W.ROBBINS. NIl W, I. COOPER. . JAMES MO .\, BIIDGE, . CKNTENNIAL PUDLISHING COMPANY. D. TARDIN, . T REN 2 . ABSOCIATE EDITOR. LD N-CHIRF, BAT & 28, WILLIAM BROSS, . M, F. SORCLO! LYC! a5, 20. CITY EDITOR. ' Ofeces [a the Bufiding to rent by W. C. DOW. Room 8. ——— TAMUS] Adeipht Thentre. Monroe street, corner Dearborn, “Jack and the Beaustalk.” Affernoon and even{ng. New Chicngo Theatre. Clark stroet, between Lake and Randolph, Hibernia sud Iriah Coniedy Company. Afternvon and evening. Maverly's Tuentre. Randolph atreet, botween Clark and LaSalle. Cal- tender's Georgls Minstrels. AfternLen and bvening, MeVieker's Theatre. Madison _street, between Desrbormn nand Ftate. b Engogement of the Keliogg Opera-Troupe. After- Foone S \iluon.® Kvening, ** buF Noys *hy At veg ulur company. > Hanlsted Strect Opera Inuse. alsted street, comer Harrison, The Old Domlafon Siave Troupe. Afternoon and cyening. 5 Waood's Museums Monroe street, between Dearborn and State, ** Kath- leen Mavourncei.”_Affernoon and evening. February, Rye was firmor, ot 72@72}e. Barley closed stendy, at GUe for Jaunuary and G7c for February, Hogs were notive and bigher, closing firm nt 160 advance over Thursday's prices, The cattle trade was nct- ive at full prices, sales mokiug at ¥2.50@ 6,75, Bheop wers in light supply, at $2.75@ 4,75, One hundred dollars in gold would buy 2107.00 fn greenbneks at tho close, QGen. Loaax having sent word that presse ing business 1n Dlinois rondera it impossible for him to bo in Washington and serve on the Senata Commiliee appointed to confor with the Houss Committeo in devising some satisfnctory plan for counting the Eleot- oral vote, and having nsked to be exoused from this sorvico, Vico-Presi- dent Fennr yesterday designated Hen- ator CoxxriNe to flll the veeancy. 'Ihis ap- pointment is looked upon as nffording promiso of an ultimato ngreemont between the two Houses as to tho manner in which the vote shall bo comnted and tho result declared. Mr. Conxrina is classed nmiong the most moderate of the moderates, and as ho takes tho pla¢e of ona who represonts the other extremoin the Repnblican raks, the pros- pect of a harnonious ndjustment is bolieved to have Leon materinlly improved by the chango. Wan# Tlasrron lins ddrossed to both Gov. Hares aud Gov, Titoen a lotter obviously intended, first, to filo withitho fnture Prosi- dent a notice of his claim to bo recognized a8 the Governor of South Carolina, and in- cidentally to give nssurance that the people of that State are firmly and unalterably op- posed to any resort to nrms asa means of determining who shall b the next President of the United States. The incidental part of Gen, Haumrron's letter s by far the more importaut part. Leaving out of the question the merits of the Gubernatorial wrangle botween Hamrron and Cmaamgriawy s on affnir of local in- toraat, the country at large will recoive with interest and gratification this greeting of peaco and moderation from the people of South Carolina through one of her most prominent ropresontative men. To Gov. Haxzs the Haxerod lotter will be most wel- como without doubt, but the same, we fear, cnnnot be predicted of Gov. Tiupex, who would probably.prefer a less positivo declarn~ tion of that *‘firm and deliberate purpose to condemn nny solution of existing political problems that involves the exhibi- tion of armed force, or that move through any other channol than the prescribed forms of tho Constitution or the peacefnl ngonoy of tho law." These nra essontinlly Gov. HAves' sentiments, and, since the country lins recelved no similar declaration from Gov. Truoey, thoy are presumably not his sen- timents, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 80, 1870 Greenbacks at the New York Gold Ex- change yesterday closed at 98}, The Congre: Sub-Committee which reviowed the work of the South Carolinn Bourd of Convassors has affirmed the nccu- racy aud fairness of its declaration of the result g to Presidential Electors, and the announcement in publicly mado by the Sub- Committee that n mojority for the Haves Electors is shown ou the face of the returns, The naw revenue Iaw propared by BMr. ¥ruorr AxTuony, Corporation Counsel, is riuted clsewhero in our columns this morn- ing. 'Tho objects nimed at ore the samo a8 thoso comprehended in the bill drafted by Mr, Avaws, which was printed yesterday, viz.: the collection of bnck taxes, and tho simplification and perfection of the revenue systew, with a view to making it as uncom- fortable ns possible for the tax-fighters and Aelinguents, The row in the Fremch Assembly las ended in the mnuner predicted yesterdsy, the Sennte having unanimonsly adopted tho Budget a3 voted by the Chamber of Deputies on Thursday. One important result is mentioned in the cable dispatches as grow- ing out of the protracted fight over tho esti- mates—the establishment of a schism in the ranks of the Ropublican niembers of the Chamber, the Moderatos having definitely separated from the Extremists, Yosterdny saw the end of the remarkable murder trinl at Clesaning, Mich,, wherein two men and two women stood jointly charged with having porpetrated a most fear~ fnl tragedy. Mrs. Oanorn, whoso husband bad proviously been found guilty of juurder in the first degree, and sontenced to life im- prisonment, wos sdjudged to suffor tho same ypenalty ; while the young man Arexavpes and his paramour, Mrs, Ssuru, who had made full confession of their share in tue murder of BuiTy, ware rentonved for ten aud fifteen yeurs respectiveoly, Accounts of s henrtregding catastropho which occurred Iast evening nt Ashtabula, O., on the Michigan Houthern & ITake Shoro Rallrond, are given in our dispatches. Owing to the extreme difliculties attending the collection ot definite information, the details at hond ot this writing, 2 o'clock, a, m., are painfully meagre, and tho full extent of the terrible dinnstor in lows of life cannot be accurately stated. At about 8 o'clock in the evening, just ofter the West- ward-bound passenger express had pulled out of the station at Ashtabula, tha iron bridge spanning the creck at that point gave way, and the entire train, cousisting of eloven carg, and bearing 175 passongers, was pre- cipitated sovonty-five fect to the ica-coverod surface below. 'I'he weather being intonsely cold, and the wrocked cars taking tire imnie- distely, the lhorrors of death by freezing and burning were added to tho appalling accident, uud many who were not fatally jojured by the fenrful fall were either burned or frozen to death before thoy could bo rescued. At the hour of our latest odvices the cruel flames still hold posgesslon of the wreck, defying the efforts of the humane resouers who flocked in great nuwbens to the scene, aud it was fmpossible tostate accurately (holoss of life, Asnearly as could be ascortained, howevor, about fifty porsons were vither killed -outright or burned or frozed to death. 4 The Chicsgo produco markuts were active yesterday, and genernlly stronger. Moss pork closed 15¢ per brl bigher, at §17.00 for Jau. uary and $17.80 for February, Lard closed . 12jc per 100 lbx higher, at $11,10@11,12§ for Jauuary and §11.27§@11.80 for February, Meats closed je per b higlor, at Glo for . mew shoulders, boxed, 8o for do short-ribs, and Yo for do ehort-cleurs. Higliwines were 1c lower, at $1.07 per gallon, Flour was quiet snd strong. Wheat closed 1fo bigher, at $1.20} for January and $1.27% for February, Corn closed §@{o higher, at 45}c for January and 60 for May. Outs closed , fo higher, at 3t}o Januasy sud 350 for THE NEXT HOUSBE CANNOT ELECT. Mr, W. M. Grosvenor, cditor of the Pub- lie, originated the notion that, in case the wrangle over counting tho voto shall bo ex- tended beyond the 4th of March next, and thero shall then bo declared a failuro to elect, the next House will have nuthority to choose the Presidont. Whon he firat suggested this theory, Tnz Tnmune pointed out that there would then bo avacancy in the offices of both President and Vico-President, and a now olection must be called by the Becrotary of State, ns provided Ly the United States statute. ‘To this Mr. Gnosvexon replics by .citing the concluding clauso of Soe, 1, Art. XIL, of amendmonts to the Constitution, which saya: * Aud if tho House of Repre- nontatives shall not chooso n President when- ever tho right of choice shall devolve upon them before the 4th day of March next following, then tho Vice-President sholl act os President, as in cavo of denth or other constitutional disability of the President.” Mr. Gnosvevon conceives that this clause coutemplates an oleotion by the House after the 4th of March, in caso no choice should have been made beforo, if the foilure to elect has not been declared before the {th of March; that, the Uuited Statos statute being subordinate to tho Constitu-~ tion, the Intter must tako procedenco; and that the new House would Liave till March 4 next following (that is, March 4, 1878,) in which to choose n President, tho President of tho Bennte acting as President of the United States in the meantime. Tho? orror iu Mr, GuosveNon's argument consists in the soparation of the clause he aites from ita connoetion with the context of the article, Before this clause occurs, the contingency has been reached of a failure to elect in tho Electoral College, the decla- rotion of such falluro, nud tha cutoring upon ou effort to elect in the Touue of Represontatives. 'I'hore is no limit to the duration of this effort to clect, except the 4th of DMarch, when the House expires, At Jerrenson's fiest eloction it required two woeks for the House to chooso, and there might be a failure to chooso beforo the House dies, Iu the mearitime, however, the Seunte will have elocted s Vice-President, and the ITousa falling to clect before tho 4th of March, that Vice-President shall act as Proai- dent in case of thodosth of the Presldent; that 18, he would fill out tho unexpirved term, sud be Prosldont for the next four years, But in the present case there will be no Vice-Presidont, as tho Sonals Is not author- ized to eleck n Vien-President until a failure to elect by tho Electoral College hia been wscertained, Ionco this olauke of tho con. stitutional amendment will ho inoperative in tho present onse, and the Governmont noces- sarily falls buck upon the law providing for vacanolesin the oflices of both Prosidunt and Vice-President, which provides for calling a new oleotion, The ouly case covered by the clause which Mr, Gnosvexon eftes would Le as follows; 1t tho ¢wo Houses should agroe npon some rule for counting tho votes and should ascor. tain that thoro had Leen a falluro to elact, it ‘would then devolve upon the House to choose betweon Mossra, Truors and Haves for Presi- dent, and upon the Bonate to chooso between Messrs, Wnreien and Hexouiexs for Vice- Prosident, If the Benate should elect Mr. | Wuzeren Vice-President, snd the Iouse should fail to choose efther T'roeN or Hayes before the 4th of March, thon Mr, Woernen would beconts President under this con- stitutional provision, and would serve out the eutire torm, Dut thero is not the smallest likelihood of any such contingenoy oy this, If the Houso nud Bennto fail to agroo upon any law or rule for couuting the voto, and if the right of the President of the Bonate to count tha voto can bo successfully coutestod, then the 4th of March will come around without any result, bacauso the elec- tion will not lhave been completed. The presont: House will retiro pormanontly, and there is no provision for the meeting of Con- greas before tho- following winter. ‘There will bo a vacanoy in the offices of Loth Presi. dont and Vice-President, and n new election wust be called by the Becretary of State for the following Novewber to fll out the term, the President of the Hunx}}a acting as Prosi- deut of the United Htates ad interim unde the Inw. Itis duo to Mr. GrosveNoR to state that he belioves that, in the absenco of any lnw for conuting tho votes, that duty devolves npon the Presidont of the Henate, and that he nlone has the power to determino which aro the lawful certificates, 'The thoory he hns advanced waa simply the probable out- come nf any successful effort by tho Demo- orata to provent the count by tho President of tho Secate. But ho has plaiuly erred in snying that, in such event, thy cholce of TPresident will devolve npon tho next House; in tha evont of no count and no election by the House befors March 4, and tHere being no Vice-President, a apecial election by the people must be onlled. The Democratio wing of the Congressional Committees now investigating tho Louisiana election necidentally ran against a very ugly atump in thelr cffort to show that Republic- aus havae been bulldozing Demoerats, aud that tho Democrata conducted tho clection in a penceful and legal manner, Every now and thon they oncounter n witness who haa not beon properly conched, and who there- foro spenks right out in meeting. One of this clnss, testifying before the House (Dem- ocratic) Committes, produced the following extract from n Domocratic nowspaper printed in Morchouse County, which gave the fol- lowing counsol {0 Domocrats just previous to the clection s The Radicals are making desperate efforta to or- ganize In tho parish. Democrate, now la the time tomake your desperate steogglo, Go to every meeting they may attempt to hold; break them up. Hant every night meeting, Do not let them have 8 slngle one seeretly, and yor will soon strangle the life out of Radleallsm In Morehouse, The paper above allnded to is the More. liouso Clarion, the leading Democratic paper in that part of Lonisiana. On the 10th of June Inst it printed a communiention in Inrge typo, signed ‘‘ Junius,” the following extract from which will illustrate its general spirits Let them make the noble resolution that Radical- {am shall be no more, it matters not by what means Its overthrow is effected, As Gov. McENzny truly eufd, thoro must be war against Radleallsm to the knite, and the knile to tho hilt. The'cry of ‘‘fn- timidation " will no doubt be héard from tho car- pet-baggers and acalawags: but lot them seck re- dress from a dead-as-a-door-nail Enforcement act and Infamons Rcturning Board terrified at the wrath kindled In the henrts of an outraged people. Mr. Editor, Radlcallsm must bo defested in More- Tiousc net Novembor. The star of freedom, that ‘has 80 sadly waned durlng the past ten years, onco ‘more begins to shine its gratofal flght uponue. Wo recognize her inlnence, and under her unerring guidance will march on to a glorlous trlumpk. Juntus, Two weeks afterward thore appeared in the editorial columns of the samo paper the first extract which we have printed above, This {s Democratic testimony as to tvhether intimidation wns practiced in Louisinna by Domocrats, A raforenco to the testimony taken bofore tho Sonato Committeo confirms the Democratic ovidence, Republican meet- ings woro broken up by the bulldozers fol- lowing the ndvice of this Democratic nows- poper., Armed bands of White-Liners rode over the county threatening negroes, in some instances killing, in others besting and wounding them, Prominent white Ropub. licans were ordered to losve the county, A rolgn of torror existed, in which no Repub- lican was seonre in his life or property. What was the result of this peonliar stylo of conducting a canvass? In 1872 More- house County gave Gneerer @73, GRANT 1.084 ; Republican majorily, 411. In 1874 tho Republican mejority was 863, In the recent olection it gave 528 Democratic ma. jority,—n county which naturally is Repub- lican 10 to 6, How it was dono we have al- ready shown by roference to Demooratic testimony, which, of course, is impartinl and non.partisan, And yet this was o fair and freo cloction in Loulslana! CRONIN'S BLUNDER. Even the Democratio newspapors which laveapprovedof the CroNtiswindlein Orogon s a lever to onable the House of Representa- tives to pry into the general Electoral vate, nnd thus throw out the vote of Louisiaua, hove referved from timo to timo, though vaguely, to the blundor committed by Cronty, | What this blunder was has become apparent upon a full statoment of the case made by Messra, CarTwatenT, OpeLy, and ‘Warrs, the Republicnu Electors, on their ar. rival in Washington, It mee that tha refusal to act was not on the part of Oamt- wniant and ODELL, a8 kos baen alleged, but ou the part of GroNiN, who foolishly sacri- ficed all the advantago which ho Lad derived from the Governor's bogus certificate, and by his own naction enabled the majority of the Board to declare a vacancy and fill it by election in the wanner provided by tho law of Oregon, Tho scheme was nicely concocted betweon the Qovernor, Secretary of State, and Cuo- NN, to place the key of the situntion in the latter's hauds, and le threw it away. Messrs, WarTs, Caurwriart, and ODELL wera asseni- bled in o room in the State Jouse awalling their certificates which the Governor had promised tosend them at 1% o'clock, Whilo waiting, CroNiN camo in upon them, Asthe lisndof the town olock (which Crowiy had begn watching) appronched the hour of noon, Croniv sided up to the door of the yoom, Just ns the olock struck 12, there was' a nig- nal rap at the door. Ononin renched out his hand and received what purported ‘to be tho certificates of cloction, He stapped up to Messrs, Oantwrionr aud Oppfr, and vead from this paper the votes givgh soverally to OpkLy, Oanrwaiout, - aud Onroniy, in the form of a certificato, and then roplaced the poper in Lis pocket. 1f¢/refused to re-read it, and nlso to permit. it to pass out of his possession, Dut Messrs, Cantwniour and Opewy, necepted it as the certifioato of thelr election and proceeded toorgauizo theEleotornl Colloge, with CnoNiy at the samo tablo, Oanrwnient nomivated Opest na Prosident of tho College, and he was elected by the votes of Openn and Canrwaicnr, who con. stituted the majority. Obern then appolnt. ed Canrwnlour Becretary, snd the College wos organized, At this point a motion was mado aud earried demanding that the certif. cates be produced in order to| Pnurmlu whoth. er OnoniN had any right to a seat ju the Col- loge. But OnoxiN refused to produce the certificatos, nnd asked whether Messrs, Oant. watant and OpzLy refused to nct with him, ‘Thoy replied that they could not decide nntil Onoxix should produce his authority to act with thew, Ho porslsted in ‘his rofusal to show the cortificotes, aud flnally withdrew from the tablo into n renoto cornor of tho roomn, and did not reluru, As bhe wentaway, Oanrwaiant said to bim : * You wust not go away from this tablo and ever say that ‘we refused to act with you in this College ; it you have any right to sit in thls College, show us the evidenco of it.” It wes now in order to proceed to votlug for President aud Vice-Prosident fof the United States. CnoNix wes not present to oot with the twa Electors whom Le had pre- viously vecoguized, aud to whom le had rond certifiontes of election, and Warrs had alrendy rosigned his claims as au Elector. The two Electors therefore found a vacanoy oud filled it by electing Warts, The votes of the three wera then cast for Harss and Wneerzr; the President of the College then procured from the Becrotary of State certifi. cates of the ofileinl vote of the Stato under the seal of the State, and theso were ate tached to the Elootors' votes and inclosed in the returns, Mennwhilo Onowm, in one corner of tha room, hind organized himself and called in a couple ot Democrats to not with him, though there wére two gentlomen presont whom ho had previously recognized as Electors. It was in this way that Croxin forfeited all claim he might have set up to vote a8 an Elector by reason of the Governor's certifi- cato, Had he remnined with OasTwrionr and OpzLy after partaking in thefr organiza- tion of tho College, and simply inslsted npon casting his vote as sn Eleotor for Truoen and Hexonicxs, ho might have made the situation embarrassing, 1 Opey and Cant- wntont had attempted to declare a vacancy and fill it wnder those circumstances, he could have produced his cortificato and in- slsted upon his voto being included in the returns, In this way ho might have made out the prima facls case which the Domo- crots nre so nnxious to claim., But, failing to o this, and withdrawing from the Eleat- oral College at the organization of which he had assisted, he Dbecamo an insignificant outsider, and his snbsequent action cannot olaim any nttention from the President of the Benate or anybody olse. e .t THE POPULATION OF THE WORLD. Thoso eminent and laborious Germon sta. tisticians, Drs, Bemy nnd Waanzn, have just published the fourth aniusl issne of their well-known work on the population of tho carth, some general facts and figures from which will prove of extremo intoreat, just ab this time, when nuother yenr s drawing to its close. Thoy estimate the entiro populn- tion of the earth for 1876 to be 1,429,017,000, the ares of tho land surface to be 61,340,800 squara miles, which would give an avarage donsity of twenty-eight people to one square mile. The pupulation of the grand divisions of the globe is sct down aa follows: Densltyper Inhabitants, “gureniie i 78,1 B 770, 409, 70,83 824, 518, 600 3 . 48 Afelea, 11,416,804 199,921,000 17% Australia and Tal; ia., 9,381,210 4,748,000 134 115,087,840 86,519, 800 Y% Tho aren of the earth's land surfaco has dacrensed from tho estimato of 1875 ns much a8 83,040 mquaro miles, which tho London T§mes attributes to the result of moro acon. rate and extended surveys in the United States, innsmuch na tho deorease mainly affocts America. The population has in- cronged over 1875 about twonty-soven mill- jons, which is not due to cxcess of hirths so much ns to more accurato cemsuses and Xknowledgo of remota regions. A glance at tho dotails of the grand divis- fons will alsobo of interest. The populations of tho principal European Statesare st down aa follows, the figurea being token from the Iatest census in each Btate: Germany, 43,. 723,242, which is an incresse of 1,693,702 since 1871; Anstro-Hungary, 87,700,000 ; Bwitzerland, 2,669,147 ; Netherlands, 8,809,- 527; Delgium, 5,836,504; Rusels, 71, 730,080, total population of Russin in Europe and Asis, 80,486,000, on increasa of 500,000 over 1875, duo mainly to ndditions of territory in Central Asla ; Swedon, 4,883,- 291; Norway, 1,802,882, an incrense of 12,000 over 1876; Denmark, 1,903,000; France, 86,103,921, n slight decreaso which has ocourred for reasons that have already been pointed out in Tue Tnrnune; Great Britain, 33,450,000, an incresse ovor last yoariof 852,000 ; Spaln, 10,631,64%; Portu. gal, 4,208,881, au increaso of 310,000 sinca 1871 ; Italy, 27,482,174 ; Roumania, 5,073,- 000 ; Borvia, 1,877,068 ; Montenegro, 190,- 000 ; Graecs, 1,467,804 ; Europesn Turkoy, 8,600,000 Tho population of the wholo Turkish Empire in Europo, Asia, and Africa is set down st 47,000,000, of which Asin claims 13,000,000 and Africa 20,500,000, The TLondon Times, however, in o recent article upon Turkish populations, estimated Turkey in Enrope at a very little over 8,000,000, of whom o little more than one-third wero Mohammedans. The population of Asia is sot down ns 25,000,000 larger thon lost year, the bulk of the incresso being in the East India Islands aud Anam. British Indin bas nearly 239,- 000,000, tho inhgbitants in some parts of it uwumbering 750 to the square mile, China looms up s by far the most populous coun. try on the globe, having 406,000,000, with 28,600,000 outlying peopls, Japan hns 83,200,014, AustraliaLias 1,867,000; Now Zea- land, 421,320; and the once populons Fiji Tslauds have dwindled down to 70,000, The natives of these islauds aro fast dying out under the processes of civilization intro. duced by Gieat Britain, while the white population is increasing. With rogard to Africa, the population of Algeria is sot down at 2/448,001; Egypt, 17,000,000, a slight in. crense over last yenr; the British possessions in South Africs, 1,338,702, America {s crodited .with an increase of 1,200,000 ovor the number given by those statisticians last year, The population of the United Btates Is set down at nearly 40,000,000, evidently derived from the ven- sus of 1870, which estimate would be con- aiderably increased by the exact population for 1876; Newfouudland, 101,880, a largoin. crease ; Canada, 8,072,110; Mexico, 9,270,- 079; the Contral American States, 2,828,104, a ulightdecrenso; the West Indios, 4,816,178; all Bouth Amoric, 26,809,700, of which Brazil clalms 11,000,000, Drs, Brua and WaoNEn also give s list of 215 towns having 100,000 or more iohabitants and 20 towns whose population is 00,000 or more. Of these the following nino have over 1,000,000 encli: Berlin, 1,046,000; Cauton, Beangtan, Bhanchowfu, send 8inganfu (China), 1,000,000 each ; London, 8,489,428; New York (with Tirooklyn), 1,835,623 ; Parls, 1,851,792; and Viouna, 1,001,999, . It may probably be a mattor of somo con. solation to 40,000,000 of the people of the earth whose Leads are just vow muddled with political complications to know that the globe 4 mot etanding still peuding the Acolaration of eifhordir, axes or Br, Trrom as Prosident; and it will also be matter for vory general congratulation tho world over that, notwithstanding the supreme efforts of war, discase, and calamitics of all sorts to sweap off mankind, the population goes on {ncsdasing, and life kecps ahend of death by a very gratifying percoutage. A A South Oarolina is definitely disposed of, 50 far as any question as to its Electoral vote is concerned, by the fact that the House Dem. ocratio Committee has ascertalnod that the Havzs Electors recelved about 600 majority on the face of the returns without any refer- ence to the subsequent proceeaings of the Returniug Board. As tho Electoral vote of the Btate is all that enters into the national issue, South Carolina can searcely claim much attention from the country at large for nuy local disputes it may have, By the way, has the House yot admitted that South Carolina Congressman, electad to fill o va- canoy by A& large majority and whoso sent bas not boou contested? Here is n striking instance of the Dem. ooratic notion of falmess, A Con- gressman has been kept aut of his seat, and for noarly two months tho Ttepublicans have beon visited with curses nud contuwely, and the whole country koptin a white heat of oxoitement, because the Demoorats have chargod that tho Ropnblicans bad stolon South Carolinn from Tiupey. And now, whon the Domocrata come to look into the caso, they tind that Haves carried the Btate insplte of the * riflaclubs,” and * regu. Intors,” and ** bulldozors.” It is not alto- gethor compensating for the Democrats now to come in and admit that they have boen playing tho gamo of * blugk." as for as South Carolina goos ; but this confession will teach tho people not to put much faith in thoir at- tempt to play a similar game in regord to Loulsiana and Florida. S———— THE TRUTH AT LAST, 1t has been nt last discovered who did all the bloody work in the bulldozing of West Feliclana Parish, Louisiana. The veracious New Orleans correspondent of the Chicago Ttmes it 18 who has mada the discovery. It was not the White-Liners who did the bull- dozing. Far from it. So do they love Sambo, snd 80 i8 Bambo moved to love them, that ho had tobo bulldozed to prevent his voting with them, That's about the size of it, ns the Times mon discovers. 8o it appears, ac. cording to that veracions individual, tho bulldozing in that parish was done under the orders of Wenen, & Republican 8tate Senu- tor, and tho leader of the bulldozers wns Powens, a State tax-collector, and nlso a Rte- publican. Nothing could b clearer, ns this kuowing correspondent points out, than that the uvbject of this Republican bulldozing of negroos was to charge it uwpon the Demo- crats, and 5o fire the colored Leart ngainst Tmoey nud Reform. When .o colored voter was shot at, or shot, tied to o horse's tail, dragged ‘s mile or 50 into the woods, stripped and given a bull. doze of, say, » hundred lashes, nnd left to die, nll because he was a Republican, then, of course, s the Zimes corrospondent would have it believed, avory negrowho heard of it was bont upon fetching upon himself tho liko fato by being more than ever a Repub- liean. And when thoy learned of tho horrid ontrages perpetrated upon colored Repub- licans bocause they wero Ropublicans, those negro voters, who olso had so onthusiasti- cally voted for TiLpey, went to the polls,— instead of being frightencd away,~and as one mon, so to spenk, voted for HAYEs, That's why the bulldezing was done by tho Republican politicinus the 7%mes man names in East Feliciann Parish. Tho singular coln- cidenco s, that the colored voto thnt wag thus knavishly bnildozed for Hayzs, when the count was made, counted, so to speak, a8 nbout ono vote for Haves; and the great Republican mojority ordinarily roturned nowhero appeared. Evidently thoso wicked Ropublicons who went round of nights masked, and whipped, and warned to leave, and phot, and shot at, Ropublicana because they were Ropublicans, and admonished them in a way not to Lo forgotten to stay away from the polls,—ovidently those wick- od Ropublioans who did that oll to five the negro heart, did not do bLalf bulldozing cnough. That explains why tho nsual Re- publican mojority was not returned in East Fellciana. And whoover ean't sce it, but refuses to be bulldozed by this Times yorn, Ly that shaet will ho bo. blackguarded. DISMAROK ON PROTECTION, Prince Bssanrck is evidently no ndwmirer of tho polloy of a protoctive tari® sither at liome or sbrond, The Russian Government hos lately, a3 o preliminary, perhnps, to en. tering upon a long war, incrensed the tarif on imported manufactures, ine\\\}ling geveral classes of goods obtained froii Germany. ‘Chis matter hos attractod considerable atten. tion in Germany, and has been discussed in the German Reichsrath, aud it'was in roply to some suggestions that the Government shouldresent this unfriendlysction of Russin that Brastanck mado the following oxplana. tion and statoment ¢ 4 Herr Ricutes, who put & question to me with reforence to the rising of the Russlan tarlff, omitted to glve me any practical advice e to thu wmesns to be adopted with a view 1o effect a chiange inthe commerclal politics of the 8t. Petoraburg Government. In my opinfon, tho commurcial policy pursued by the St. Petersburg Government is projudicial to Rusala, and Will have to be chianged woonor or later. I wish Icould convince o 8t. Petersburg Government that In abandoning extrome Protection they would be henefiting, not only tholr nelghbors, but themsdives. But do you really think they will llsten ta me, whom they conslder an interested party, when they profcss to ba convinced that Protection I the’ only policy to Do Judicluusly sdlicred to by themt Wo had not the meany of preventing the ‘United Slates from ndopting n probibitive tarkl, thuugh terrlbly projudictal to us; nelther dy It in our power to persunde sho Rusalans that they aru wiataken in doing what smounta §o ull but shuttingout forelyn manufacturce, ‘The pnly consoistion we havo e that the Russiank can Liardly go much further than they have gonu, snd that the oxcesslve protection thoy have lutely adopted will tend 1o prove the ne- consity of uchauge, ‘The ouly repriaals wo could adopt woulil be to imposo 8 duty upon Russlan ox. port articles, such as corn, hemp, tallow, and the Jike, - But why dld Heer Rgenten duarm the tove wrnment by proclalming that Pasltament would not consent to auy »uch measures? Even supposing his assertion to Lo correct, was it necossary to wake ft{n pitblle? T am not at all sure that Varlla. sment, under cestain ¢lrcumstances, would refuse’ tofmposea tax upon the 270,000,000 marks rop- yesenting the corn and woud snnually cxported from Ruesla to Germany, If Herr Iichten threatens to purchase no more Rusalan stock unless the - Husslan Goverupiont sco the crror of thelr ways, all 1 can say ls,that thia wort of Teprisal haog (o be-taken by the Qerman nation, aud that it Is entirely beyond the power of tho Gurman Government 1o asslet or control the action of private capitalists, 1sm happy to Sad Merr RienTen does not adviso mo o make com- mun cause with the Turks morely to punisb the Russlan Qovernmont for Injurlng our commerce, 1le, howerver, voems (0 think that, without actual- ly defonding the Sultn, we might Impedo the sction of theJtusslan doverument in the Kast, just to give them to understand that we inight rendor oursolves still more dlsagreeabla unless ous in- teruats wero consulted, Thero fe no doubt that it wo chose to do 50, we might manage to follaw the action of our Rusalan friends; bat did it not occar to Herr WicnuTen Lhat the Russisus, were weto stop them fu tho presout critical junclure, might take & noto of it and romember our ing to our dléadvantage! I am afrald re & good many gentlomen In thls 0 Lellove that we aro slow fu uuing the power vested in this Goverument in consequence of the establishmentof Germdnunity. Jtlanotso lung ago wo were reproached by more parties than one with endeavoring to pick a quarrel; now we ase tou Well, we are. no doubt, pacific; we are, uo doubt, frienaly 1o Huasia; bul We arenune the less Uernan inourahws sud objecty. Merr icuvzs 1s quito mistgken If ho thinks that the Husslan Uovernment at this moment are asklug usto render thomi any very great wervices. All they sak of us {x neutrallty. Of course, were Jerr Hicatan right in bis anticipations that ke Ruwlan Goveramout mesn conquest aud arv luteut upon extending the sction of their prokibitive tazid’ to fresh Jauds which at present prowies us a proiuble trade, our policy would have to bevery conviderably modifed. Indeed, the pollcy of all Europe would be changed inanch a case, 1t will bo noticed that the German states. man auggosts that the Russian Government by adopting tho protective tarif policy In inflicting upon that Empirs a punishment 1moro sovere than could follow any systom of roprisals by Germany, In this ho his told the whole ntory of protection, the truth of which the United States furnish s falr ox. ample. For ton years ofter our War was over wo pursued tho destrnotive system of proteation, catting us off from foroign trade, and in offect prohibiting the exportation of Amerlesn manufactures, and substantially lavying nn export duty on il our other pro. ductions. THE MAJORITY, ACTUAL AND LEGAL. Suppose the eloction of Presidont depend. ed npon the popular majority in the whole country, instoad of upon tho mejority of votes in the Electoral College, does any one suppose a popular majority could have boen figured up for Trupex? That mojority ls re. turned from the Solid South. But suppose it had vol beon of *no use” for the colored Republicans of the South to get out their full vote,—supposo that in Alabama, Arkan- sas, Toxns, and the rest of the Lopolessly- Demoeratic States, every vote for Hayves had countad ono, instend of counting mnothing, beonuse overcome by the Demoaratic ma- Joritiesin those States,—would not the mnjor- ity of colored Republicans who stayed awny from tho polls, despite terrorism sud mornl bulldozing, have voted? Suppose, further, as would have been the case then, the col- ared Republicans of the South had beon en- couraged to come out and vote, instoad of Velng left to stay nway from the polls be- causge their votes could not chango the re- sult, not enough of the popular majority claimod for TrLpeX would have boon loft to talk about.. 5 But under our politienl system the major- ity in each State represents the whole num. ber of votes cast therein. That is the theory of government by the majority, and the Electoral vote is cast accordingly. Upon this basis the popular vote for Hayes should Vo set down ns the totnl voto of ail the States he carried. It would then bo s follows: Rep, States, Ag.vole.) Nep. Stales, Ag.vole. It 154, 505 Nevada, 10,483 470(N| H0, 048 2 58, ), 885 057 B50 5 1 Vi \Wlsconsin. Total... , which is that upon which the Constitution is framed and upon which the Electoral vote must be cast, T1z- DExN's popular vots was ns followa: Maine Mawenchusetts, Michigan . ta. Dem. Slates, Ag. vole.| Dem.Slales, Ag, vole, Alabama,. ... 170,813 0, Arkansas, 01, M3, Connectlc Delaware. ;Virginin 400 Weat Virgini , 701 100,004 Total 350, 800) The Haves Electoral vote, ns' the figures show, ropresents & majority of 162,708 on tho popular vote actually cast. But wera tho apportionment made upon the present popu- lation, the Btates which voted for Haves would have 149 Ropresontatives in Qongress and 42 Seuators, which would msake the Electoral voto for Haves 191, Upon suoh reapportionment Truoxn's Eloctoral vote would bo but 178, The figures speak for thomselves. Thoy utterly dispose of the popular-majority humbug srgument of tho Tildenites, and establish that, Were it roduced to n question of nbatract right, Haves' majority in the Electoral College wonld be 13 votes. It the power of 'filling botwoen fifty and sixty thousand offices by appointment was not sttached to the Presidency, how much talk would thera be of ““wah” to provent Hayes' Innuguration? Nobody in ali tho land cau tell what vital measure Havzswould veto, what he would do* to threaten the in- tegrity of our iustitutions, to subvert the Constitution, to destroy our liberties, or to bring any calamity upon the country or any part of it. Not iuall tho land can any man toll from what perfl the country or any part of it could bo saved by the innuguration of Titoex by Ywal.” If thefilliog of the fifty or sixty thousand ofiices wora oliminnted from it, what would bo left of the whole siruggle over the Prealdency, which office-huntorn seek to turn into a “wah"? Becnuse the Amerioan people understand that, I8 why we feel firm sasurance that there will be no * wah,” but that the whole matter will bo settled in the manner provided by the Coustitution. Dut tho presunt complications ura certainly suficient- Iy serious to wmake it seasounble to cousid- er whether it bo not time' the Prosidentinl election should cense ulso to Lo n lottery for the dlatribution of oftices to bring to the front such a rabble of unserupulous political gomblors ay those who now talk *webh.” Nobody else con by any possibility Moxi. canizo this Government. But for political gomblors of the same typo there would have boen no War of tho Rebellion, It ix time the Prosldency should cense to bo thp stake for which they all play. It will ceasa tobu s0 when tho machine-patronage system is nbandoned, aud in {ts stesd is adopted an efllcient civil-servico reform, When there aro no offteos to be fought for, {t s alwost imponsible to concolve of unything that could hmbruo thiy country in a clvil war, But so long os the prosent spoila system i maintained, ro long aro nourished the seeds of the uext civil war, Pending the decision of the Porte as lo war or peace, the following statement of the total nunber of troops which Turkey can place in tho field at the eZpiration of the presont armistice (as ostfmated by o corre- apondent of the London Zimes) will bo of intovestt Active troops: 180§ battalious of 800 men each, 142 squadrons of 186 men each, and 104 batteries of 100 men each, 1 ploneer regiment of 1,000 men, nud tho ar tillory of the fortificationy, served by 16,000 men,—in 61l 194,000men ; the resorves of the firet call, 160 battations, 124,800 men; the reserves of the socond call, 140 battalions, 120,000 wen; the corps of gendarmes, G4 battalions, 562,000 men; 3 battalion of palace gronadlers, 900 men; 80 nowly-formed Ar- monian battalions, 24,000 men; 20 newly- formed Lattalious of the Vilaret of Sidin, 16,000 men ; Bedouins from Damsscus aud Palmyra, 8,000 men; detachments from ‘funls, Tripoli, and Egypt, 4,000 wmenj Voshi-Razouks, Circassinns, and otherirregu- lar troops, 100,000 mon. ‘Cbe toth of all these forces mnounts ta 044,612 men, An- other authority, the war' correspondent of tha Vieunn Neuo Frels Presse, in n letler from Constantinople, puts the total of the L'urkish force at 700,000 men and 872 Kuuep guus, to which must be added 90,000 Zuptichs and Circassians, ‘This would make tho Turks nuwmerically not juferior, to the Russians, while in srmament, disciplive, and .courago thoy are oqual to the fing | Europe, and in brutality superior to g, W A, R. O requests Information In reg,, to the metcorlte referred to In our fssue of ypy 25th ult. na having fallen In the Paciie Oceyy, The deslred knowledge mas probabiy be gainey - from a perusal of the following which Appearey in the 8an Franclsco Chronicle abuut two Weekq ago; we have uot the precise date: An acrolite of probably much greater size (hy 1he one fonnd In Greentand 1n 1450, whl':rf%fi'."},‘ twenty.-tve tons) wae reen last Friday night s reporicr, who was Delatod on the Uccan fissd d. About 12:45 he notlced o pecalinr lighyon tho sand and soa nround hiun,and noon Inoeide tl o 'ed what appenred to be an | Ball o fra. deacending toward -the. enrin e cauree was #0 raphd that before he had recovercy from il natonfaliment the - niaxs fell into the seq apparently abont haifa mile from the shore, loud hissinig rolee, followed by 8 sharp explalo nccompaniod tie fall, and so frightened the hors which the reportor war driving that his whoy ox. crtion for the next fve minutes was dirccted 1y, ward the nnruly_animal, but he noticed that fall of the meteor, au It {s called, or. more proper. 1y, the combustion occaalonsd by thie inimense va. loclty with which the stone traveled through oye atmosphere, remained visible for about two mig. utes. "From the brilllancy and area of fire yny. rounding the fallen stone, and tl cd by ite sudden _{mmorsion, it | nerolite must have been of imme: af course no estimate could bo m any ae. cartey Uuring the fow reconds e sevoli iy sibie, ‘#plash occaston. taln that the €. althiougy ———— On New Year's Day Queen VICTORIA is to be aroclaimed Empress of India at the old Capital, Delhl, jn the presence of thousands of native Princes and nobility, and alarge Britfsh army, The ceremony will be performed on u largs plain, near the city, with pomp, and amidst salvos of artillery atd fusilades of musketry, But it seems there is no word {n the Hindoo lan- guage that translates Empress. How to express 1t in the native tongtue {8 the puzzle, The flrst attempt was to adopt the Latin and Teutonie term, Casar, or Kaiser, and call the good lady In Indlan, Kutser | Hind, or *Cmsar of Hindoo- land.” But this was of the wrong gender. A natlve Prince at a recent banguet' in Govalive said he wanted to be the firat to bend the knee to Kishourahind, or the * she-lord of Indta," But the * old woman," as the Irish call her, .wantsto be called the she-lord of Indla. A waggish * Lord * proposed to call her the “ Be. gum of Indla”; but, ¥hilo that' comes pretty nenr it, the title does uot sound grand enotgh for eithier English or Indian ears for the poten- tate of 230,000,000 of people. The title will ;hm;crnrurnrm(u untranstated, and be Empress of ndin. 5 e The House Committee Investigating election frauds in New York summoned Jonn I. Davex- rorT to teatify os to what he knew, Among other things, at the request of Mr. 8ax Cox, be gavo the naturalizatlon statistics for twenty years, from 1850 to 1870, The figurcs, If studied, will account for the Democratic majoritfes in and around tho City of New York. Thls is the tablo of natarallzations: 1856 6,480 1,143 3,078 9,903 4,107 . 31, The tremendous naturalization of 1808 was in large degreo fraudulent. The Deocrats gave certifleates to eveory forelgner who would prom- isc to voto thelr ticket, regardless of the five yeor residence. Thousands recelved $helr pa- pers who had not been out of Ireilind a year, The Stato was carrled by frauds of that kind, ————— —— ' The Government Directors of the Unlon Pa~ cific Railroad will' bo lfable to the susplefou of having been *"seen” Ly JAY GouLp, for the charactor of thelr new udvice on the scttlement of tha difflcultios of those roads to the Govern- ment, says onu of our exchanges. There are not many onlookers who will have the temerity to deny the suspiclon, Tho fnterest due on the | second mortgage 18 ovor $7,000,000, but the Company s paying dividends regularly on stock which 1s all water. The Senate had better take up the LAwReNGE bill; which passed the Houss 1ast winter, and pass §t. That bill required th¥ Unlon Pacific to pay $750,000 8 year for ten years, nod $1,000,000 8 year thercafter, to spply on the Government obllzation. — Speaking of the new valuc hinparted to copper by it use In making cartridges, the Sprivgileld Jepublican says: The new copper-minea of Newfoundland are re- ported to be developing fmmense wealth, the pro- duct for the year past being 20.000tons uf vre, worth 860 o fon atthe sineltine-works iu Walvs, Tho English proprietors are said to have made u profit of §450,000, This may prove a smart com- petition with' our American copper-mining inter- eat, ‘Thy war preparstions 1n Europe have mady & * fflud market for American copper, whosa superior oughnesy fits it for making cartridges. Conve- quently, over 7,000 tons have been exported in teu monthy, or more than double the amount of last ear, in the sume veriad, the value of cartridyes and fusce oxported hus Heeu from $324,000 10 B3, 268, VOV, » ———— The Fveiing Fost, which s ot working Iaboriously for the re-clectlon of Gen. Lodax, 13 somewhat distracted in mind in trying to comprehend tha . motives of various persuns who arc ostentationsly . throwing away tho Scuntorship, Itsa) The Journal declares CuLLoy {8 not s candidate agninat Loaan: Presidont GRANT {nuluts that he 4 ot o coudidate agaiust Louax: Gov, BEVERIDE Taseverates that ho be 1ot a candldate’ agoinet Lo- aaN. Bo they all say. Now, his proves olther St nane. o theso. gentlomen comsldor Lo- aan a candidate, or else that thoy woald all Le obliged to him If he would rul{n in thelr fovor, o elgo tlat lie bad promlved euch of theuw that, in case ho can't pull through, tlie leglslative conteuts of biw brecchies-pocket wholl inure to their benett, We Inciiné to tako the last horn of the diemma. Ordluarlly a dilenuna hag Lut two horns: iy three, for, consldered dllemway, it's & e —— +*The Democratic negracs are In overy way fu- warded and_petted,* snys Tuz Ciicaco TiInUNE, speaking af “Loulelana, Tur THIBUNE, yuu see, udlinlty, contrary to the general principles of it party, thut therg are, aftur all, **Demucratic ue- Eroes,"— Courles-Journal, . ‘There are purchasable colored as well as pur- chasuble white men. Thero are somo negrocs who lave been bought, bribed, or bambaoriud Into making o profession of Democrawy, How many of thess conversions ure genulue 13 an- other question, The number of couverts I3 nighty sl and i€ they hud u fair chauce the colored buckeliders . from the bulldozers® el would just about equal the nutber of converis e —————~ TEniax, Dec, £8,—1t {s afirmed here that tho Porte hinw declured 1ts willingness to make concess wlons aud offur ample securitics to the Fowens, but it unwaverlngly rofuves to sanction the uccugmlnn of ite pravinces by any troops whatevor, t bus aven refused its conven tion by Enghul troups, upon which puint the Aurkisiy Minlicy o contdently approached, but by Which owsr cannot ba Jearned.— Cable diapuich, 11 the * Porte * sticks to . this position, it will nat b long bafore the Great Boar las mude & dvelicious meal on fat turkey. e ati————— The old “wah" Cop, who runs the fourth the Chicago Julldoser has to hump bim- selt to keep ghead of the young “goah? Cop. Who pours siush on_the flret pege. For sble- bodled lying, tho young 'un is a little ahead, but In the line of mallgnant abuse of the Re- publicay party the old man ls sthl a Jong wey ahcod. 10 wcel) ———— e PERSONAL, Florence Is now more atiractive than ever, 1% socloty being reinforced by Herr Wagner, the Em- press Eogente, the Prince Imperial, and the novels writer Oulda, . The negroes of Hilton's Hesd bave named 8 church sfter Mr. Simon Csmeron, St Shnon's Clgpel. INl-natured Democrats seeny dusposed J0 wcoff at the appeliation, - ‘The rumor that James G. Bennett has been ne- gotisting for the purchiass of the New York Tomat is generally discredited by perions who sre ins position to know tha fasts. Letnot euvy rufie the placid temperament of the young msn of the period on reading that Ulysses Brant, Jr., s the beau of the Waablngton ball-room, and has been known 10 capturs more favors at the German than by could carry awsy. Rituallew in London fu & much more healthy growth thon in New York, The service in the Church of 8t. James, Hatchsm, js doscribed as 1o all_respects the sawme 86 a Roman Catnolic massi 10 respect tho orders of 1h8 Court of Arch recently declared from bl pulpit that the proceediuge sgalust bim 10 that Wi~