Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 6, 1877, Page 1

VOLUME XXXI. SULITS AND CLOAXS, Remarkanie ~ Inducements! Freld, Leiter & Co. ISTATE & WASHINGTON-=STS., Calt attention to thely SPECIAL 4 JOB TABLES in SUIT DEPT! There will e found goods that have Been marked down, consisting of Emb’d Cloth and Cashmere Mantles, Juckels and Overskirls, Snits, &, & §ilk Velvet Cloaks for $25, former prico $75 to $100. : TFec also offcr in this Dep'ly 4 good Worsted Suit for $10! A good Cloth Cloak for $5! A good Black Silk Suit for $45! SPECIAL ATTENTION I8 called to this Dep't, as we are of- Yering some of the greatest bargains yuer known to the public. The above goods have all Ucen marked with a view to close, to make ‘goom for the following scason. ARTISTIO TAILORING, Al On all Garments ordered of us durlng January and Fcbruary, 1877, 1f paid withiu Gve daye trom dallvery of goods, Wedding Garments aSpecialty Jondies' Jackets and Overconls mudo to measues. Servante’ Livary mada to nicasure, EDWARD ELY & CO,, ‘Wabash-av., cor. Monroe. “BUSINESS CHANC For Sale or o Rent, A Faotory, with grounds, in this city, contrally located, adaptod for wood.-working purposes. Cnapacity for 80 mon with room for_ enlargo- mont. Engina and Boiler, Dry Kiln, Machinery, Steam Heating, Wator, Gas, and everything in perfect run- ning ordoer. Pricoand torms to euit rosponsiblo parties, AddrossP 23, Tribuno ofilce, B Pow Ly v 7 PER CENT and 8 per cent joans on apnroved clty resl estate mada by FLANCIS B, PEABUDY & €O, 174 Dearborneat. “Money to Loan OX CITY REAL ENTATE, AT & PRIl CENT, IN sums of $5,10) snd upwands, Enaller sums at o per cent, MEAD & COE, 153 LsSalle-st. "7 PER CENT, ey cholce fuans st SEVEN: $10.000 at 71 $5,000 OLB; B UIh BLUDNL D BUUDDEN & 3TABON, 107.100 Dearborn. PARTLY MADE NITITTS, Xeep's Patent Partly-Made Drewa-£hirts, The very best, 1 for €0; can be Anlshed s casily a8 siweling @ sitatehh ieam, NFIPG CO.. 173 Fast Madlson:at, 3 Stockholders' Meeting. The e gular annual menting of the Btockliollers of the Mevinics and Tradcrs' davings Loan and Dullds g Avsoclatiyn, will o held at (b otlie uf the duoel: ailon, loum 11, 1 und Block, on Monday eveniog, Jun. ¥, 177, aC 7800 clock. A full shi punctual att Tendaiica 8’ Fequentcd, 84 Important busincas la (o bo copidered. AWL NASON, bees JoJ. WIITEHOUSE, Vivo Pree. | Stockholders’ Meeting. Turun NATIONAL BAXK, ) Curtg A, W, Dec. v, 1873, § “The sanual meetingat thastockholders of thile Hank for tha election of Directors wili be hield at fts Banking ©fceon Lucadar, (e ull 3y of Juusry Bexi, bt 0 tho buura of 4 uod 4 0'cluck p.' POHATAE A Prestdens, STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. o"° ual meettog vl llu:luirklvmhlc ho lield a1 238 pouth Wi mberiChs ESCURiIE, €8z 1l At ) oelavk Dr Hie Tucadsy, dnv. 0, b, tor the puryase of electlng & Hoard uf Directors for the en. Jifng ur, wad for fie ratiation of such other bual- oAy ol bafors ther LY Colis LeTrs (e o1, LONG, Becretary. Stockholders' Meeting. The aonnal mecting of tha wocknoliers of tha Chl. 0 Gas-Lixhs 9ot Coks CO. will Le Lield at ths adice Ot iue Compuay. 74 L'carbogii-at., on Sugd 'flls“"‘ o, $E30'ciook . i, at wiich tine thero will bs au elecy ton fur nins Directurs Lo eervo the ensulng year, sid ih L’.“;" bualugca transacted a4 ey «ume befure the JAS. K. BURTIS, Sec'y, "TGERMAN NATIONAL BANK. The annual meating of tho Stockholders of this g1 Bk for the clection of Directars will be held at ts tanklug otice on Sucsday, Jau. U, butween 2 a4 y'click . m. — IAFFNER, Cashler. "COLLAWS. g‘ XKeep's Collars. 830t Styles, Beat Quait 1,50 per dozens #ix for knru‘ht‘h;;s.quu‘x“\u 0. ¢ Chicage Dailp Teibnme, CHICAGO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 187/—TWELVE PAGES. ACOIDENT INSURANCE. At e HAPPY NEW YEAR! LOOK 0UT! Democrats Descry a Cloud on the Northwestern Coast. It Is as Big ns a Man’s Hand, " and That Hand Is 26th Semi-Annual Grover's. STATEMEN OF THE TRAVELERS Hartford, Conn,, Jam 1, 1877, ASSETS, Tteat estate mwned by th T o e and tn hank... 4L INUTLRAREA Tes il valte of sume, $4.0538, Tilden's Friends in Congress | and Ont Affected with Cold Chills. Fight Thousand Dollars Traced to the Oregon State-Houso, A Salem, Ore, Banker Sup- ! penaed as a Witness ! to Prove It 1 Ktate and municy aliroad atocka and ho) Bank aud Inanrance tlocks. .. ‘Total Amsets. ..., LIABILITIES. Tieservo for re-insurance, accident dep't.. Tieserve, N.Y, Standard (434) life dep| $101,188.52 dlurted and nng due, and a1l 2o 0, B0 6 Clafma Bnad d 3 BIET MAANIER ovsorses Lo MO.3I5.00 “Total Liabillties.... oo, 2,307,8¢4.14 Surpiun Asregands poticy-hotders ... 81v§15,206,10 Burplie as shore, on 4 per cent reartye, Siaaschusetts oni Conneciteut standardn, 8131870.50m4 SO5TI024 | pp o Fight for the Telograms Be- ‘; coming Very Interesting. Barnes' Counsel Protents the Matter in an Entirely New Light. Hiatistica of 1he Yenr 181G, LIFE DEPARTMENT. Numberof Lfo Policles written {n 1870..;...0c 42! Vnole number of Lite Polfcics written tdate. 24 :llg “'lln‘cnnmburuf Lifo 1" orce.. (:,g i The Question of State Rights As= f sumes Prominent Pro- ! portions. Net derrease I Amoun 22323 2N e e martiént. S DU, S8 8.00 ACCIDENT DEPARTMEST., Kumber of Acclent Palteles weltten 1 1R76. €ash Premlums for same. 51516 Gain {n Pre) Gatn {n Poticles written over Whole number Aceldent Policies wrf Number Accldent Clalms Patd 1n 1476, Amount Accident lalms Pald ih 187, AWhojo humber Aceident Claiiny Padd. ‘Whule amount Accident Clafins I'al “Total Losses Paid, both departoents, $3,520,710.74 Erperionce of Ropublican Committesmon ; in Bouth Carolina, OREGON. THE SENATE COMMITTER OF THE S/ENT, Spectal Dispateh to The Tridune. JAR, . BATTERSON, Prealdent. ously something rotten In this Orcgon busincss. RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary, JOIN F. MORIUS, Asalatant Recretary, J. 1. NOLAY, Oepersl Agent, 84 Lasal! ., Chicago. NEW PUDBLICATIONS @) NOBLE ART WORK."-New York Horald Works of Wm. Unger. A setles of seventy-two Ftchings, after the Old Manters, wit eritical and descripilvo notices by . Vosmaer. *‘The seventy-two Etchings befora us are, on the whole, the mont remarkanlo et of stuillva from Cild Masters which has been {ssued by the enter prive of snodern pabdlishers,” =P, . llamerton. “*Their oxquisite qualities cannut escaps tho acnno of the mureat novice in auch matters; evory one must fect that here )s work of the highest kind, "—Atlantic Monthly, dan., IR77, **The Palutinga represented are auch as private lmuplu may nover hopo 1o possers, and | prive leze, Instead of a olehonor, to have them in the form of & copy, when the copy I8 8 work of speeind genluy Jiko Unger's. "—The Nution, Nov. 30, 1874, The work will be completed In ten parts, each containing seven large plates, with descriptive text, Prico per part, 36,00, Parts 1—5 now ready. Tho edition Is limited. Intonding sub- ncribers will do well to hand in thelr namesat once. A avecimen part will be sent to any address inthe clty for loapection, If deslred. W. T. KEENKR, 03 Dearborn-st., Solo Western Arent, scent, and the nervousuess of the Democrate, ver, adds to the gencral bellef that it will lead toan {mportant discovery. The theory of the 000 was rolsed in New York to carry out tho schemo of atealing tho Electoral vote; that Gov. Tilden's intfmate sdvisers procured the funds and transmitted them ing-houss in Balem, Ore.; that Senator Kelly, when on his way East, was turncd back by dispatches from New York to oversce the consummation of the job, and that the mon. ey was SILARED BY THE MEN IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED fnthe affalr. Whether thia theory Is founded on fact will probably be developed {n a few days. ‘There {s no more talk of counting Cronin’s vute, aod the chief object In exposing the whole dis- reputable transaction would be to bring merited opprobrium upon the moen engaged in it, and upon the party fu whoso Interest it waa perpe- trated, snd whose representatives in Congress Jave not yet shown sufliclent sense of hunor to denounce it Gov. Graver appears deterniined ta lay sfege 10 the Senate to forca ¢ 1€ possible to admit ‘the posslbility of his acting from honorable motiver, Tolay he tovk Senutor Thurman's ~vacant desk, aud, with a young gentlenman who -appeared to be his private sccretary at his sido to Niclp fumish ammunition, he opened fire, with Scnator Kelly as his heavy artillory. Kudly attempted to answer Scnator Wright's attack of Yesterduy, and clalmed that Grover's declafon that Watts was incligible was not a judiclsl but 2 political act, which, as Chief Executive, he had = right to perform. THE CONTEMPT CASE, The Benate devoted the whole afteruoon to & colloquial discussion of the resolution declaring that Turner, an agent of the Western Unlon ‘Telegraph Company In Orezon, should avswer certain questious propounded to him by tho Commlitteo on Privileges and Elections, Tha Oregon Electoral vote was mixed up with the question befors the Scuate, and when the uyes Tave, UNDER COVER, all sizes of thele superior aud uays were finally reached s many Senators Dad left that there was ho quorum. “The votes LAOKAWAN N-A- of those present wero 83 i favor of the pass- m‘u of thu resolution, and 3 against ft, Ho it will undoubtedly be passed on Munds, _The_vxamination of Augustus F. Martin, a New Y otk broker, late this afternoon, befure TWhich they can deliver clesn and fres from snow | thie Senate Committee on Privilezes and Elec- or lce, Wholerate and retall, at lowest market frates, tions, alwwed that the broker's finn of Mart Also Briar 111, ]‘l‘"\‘“’h of which he {8 a member, drew a chy Moin Offiees 97 WASHINGTON-ST. & Buah, of Batem, Ore., for 3,000 on the Oth ot last December, 1lis partner, Mr. Runyan, has been uub&mnlul to appear to-morrow, and tell what he kuows about this check. GROYER'S TESTISONT was severo upon Judee Hoadley, of Cincinnati, 11e testitled that ho hud no acquaintsnce with or krawledge of the gentleman, and he coukl not ceqcelve ow he happened Lo take It upon him- 8,10 to write hin §n regard to his duty as Gov- cxrnor of Oregon. Nor did Mr. Hoadley Intimate that he had written bitn by suggestion of any ‘bther person,. Eenutor Kernau was very uncasy throughout tho examination, e throw all obatacles possl- ble in the way of the examinution of Martin, the New York banker, A curious Incident has oceurred in connection with the visiv of Alr. Martfu here In obedience to the subpena of the Senate. He was jolned ut Newark by u gmun of rather imposing and ngreeable presence, who nade his acquaintance, and finally undertook to voach him as to how ho should teatlfy, telling him to contiue himself to what ho positively kiew, and not to_mention ol the Bank of North Amerles {n favor of Ladd PIOPOSALS, The Board of Commissioners OF COOK COUNTY ‘Will recelve propasals nntil 12 o'clock, noon, Jan. 8, 1877, for all ‘Gracerles necded by tho various County Institutlons, and for printing proceedings of the Bosrd in psmphlct form, during tho year W7, Far exhibits and other information anply to the Clerk of loard, JERMANN LIEN, Clerk T PAPERS., OLD PAPERS L] what he-bad beard or might think, ~ He intro- duced bhimself us Col. Burt C. Hurri- FOR BALE, AT non, forimerly Privats Secretary to Jell Davis, and iore recently to Mayor Wyckbam, ol Now York. Today hio cscoried Martin to tho Cupitol and shadowed hin, exclting sus- E_!dun apd cliviting the above facts, To-morrow ‘ol Harrlson will'have un vpportunity of tell- Ing hiow hu cmno to take this fntercst in Martin's testlinony, aud who wished him to look atter ft, ‘There are strone Indleatlona that when the |m’.zr1.fi:l;ms were unlt to on-gon' jor the uvne vote Tilden wanted, large sums of jmoncy wers remitted thero for the x"un’lmu of it. e THE SENATR COMMITIRE, .. Totks Western Assocluted iress, ‘Wasminazos, D. C.. Jou, b—Gov., Grover, of Oreguu, was cxamined belora the Sepate Con- mittee on Peivileges and Electlons to-duy. Ho stated that ho lssued certiticates of election to the three highest Eloctors eligible, In so dofug he acted o confonnity with the Constitution, and In accordauve with the best legal suthonty hulwul-l procure, e 1 wnawer to questlons from Benator Morton, Glov, Grover tated. shat ho Bud recelyod a beiter 60 cts. per Hundred. Apoly at Tribune Connting Room, AGENTS for the largest and best- iy Btatluuery Puckag In (lis Wozld, 18 contalus 18 sheets of paper, 18 envelupes, Ln'ucll. peur holder, golden pea, sud & pleca of valuable jewelry. Conipleto saupio package, with elegaut wuld-plaic sleeve-buriong and ladies"fiablonauis fancy et pin aad ropss pusi-pall, dsceate; A peckaces with dsort Jeweliy, gl selitiold Putent Levwr Waich free 1o all agensa.' BIRIDE & € o) tronidwi Y. frum Judge Houuley, of Ciuclupatl, u which > four suthorities relating to cases of ineligibility ILAES, of pclrs::lm wdumm was z‘llt&l. l}‘wmu threc- fone e add aos el Y T I TP TP age letter, aud was recefved at the Executs Dréss Sitf B and | Bl sl Sl Hetdro ha witnies Soft Hats, rendered lls decdsion in o the 0 of HOLIDAY STYLES, | Watts. Wituess wus unacqualn with Tiiet yeceivetls Judge Hoadicy aod with hia politics. He bad o correspuisleace by letter with any persou or ersons in Now York fu regurd to Waits! vase, e recelved o telegram from ex-Senator Givin, stating thut certaln promineut lewal guatlemon thought Watts incligible, and bs wented to kuow by what thius the yuestion had to be act- tled. Abram 8. Hewitt, of Now York, scut wit- uess & votminunjcation in whblch two daclslons in Indians, one in Mnr&tmd. and one lu Penusyl vania wera cited uy being .Iaplksblc in_ Watta! case. Mavoton Marble, of New York, telo- gruphod witpess collig attention to Watte' vage, ond withess answered that he then hud the vaat uuder consideration. Witucss bes ineg Az, Patrick vace. He met Ll 18 the Execu- tive offico in Balem. Patrick wus {ntruduced to by 8enator Kelly, Witnsss kucw noth- 8, BARNES & €0., 70 Madison __FIRM CHANGEN. COPARTNERSIIIP, 1have this day sdmltted to an Iotorest ia my business Yisuk ¥. Cudebeck, Quiacy A. Glass, sod Wi, It White, Firm name uachanged. 1, I8TT. JONN H. NUYCE & CO. T smanwrs. Y AR A P e R A A RN Keep's Custom Shirts, Y Leat, 8 1¢ ). Ny 6 S, T bl RS ‘e Iy satlaticiony. FAL0. T Eask Madi g A W WasmineTon, D. C., Jan. 5.—There s abvi- The Committeo have already struck a strong cepeclally of Benator Kelly and Gov. Gro- Oregon Republivans hero s that $25,000 or $30,- to s bank- fng ahout Patrick, and looked upon his call at the Execotlve office as a compliment. THE TURNER CASR IN TIE SKNATZ. Tn the senate Mr, Morton called up the resolu- tion submitted by the Committeo un Privileres and Elections Wednesday Ilast, declaring that William M. Turner I8 in duty bonnd, under his oath, to answer the questions propoundud to bim Ly the Cotnmittee In remard to the transe misslon of telegraphic messages through his ofiiee at Jacksonvilie, Ure., and that he cannot excuss hinsell from answering the tame by reason of his offiial connectlon with the Wess. ern Unlon Telegraph Company, as manager of thelr oftice at Jacksonville, Ore, M. Kelly Boped the resolution would he adopted, ‘There was no reason why felegraphie remmunications shonld not he mude public when justice demanded it. 1t was o well-known principle of Iaw that written eommunications, no iatter how contldentiul, must he produced in courts of Justice, when niecesaary to save the ends of fuatlee, and nothing was ‘more sacred than confidential letters betseen twn persons, Turner had unquestionably leen lraky; he had gUsclosed something * about the dise rn hes lmlm! through his office, and wow dioukd he made to tell the whole. He (Kelly} wan very confident that no communiea- thon which passed over the wire refersing to po- litical eventa ot Balens, Ore., woubl show that anvthing wrong had been done, If ang lmproper telegram had passed over the wire he (Kelly) wuuld have known sotnething about i, Ile was watlsfled that nothing lmproper conld be shown, that not & dollar had been expended unlawfutly and Improperly, e waa present at Salem at "Iw time, and "knew of all transactions takims olace. Tho question was dlscussed at lepath, and finally 2 vote was taken which resulted yeas, &35 nuys, 3. No quorum vouny, the Senate ad- Journed untl Monday. The following Is the vote In detall: Alitson, Nortan, Doy, Parterson, Tiooth, Trice, Toutwell, fiandaighy Hruce. e, twoD, Canicron (Ps.), Kliermian, Chmnce, Rpwnver, Ciayton Watincer u,gnlrexl. muu—. iragin, [y Edmuuds, Wright-33. NATH, Tarnum, Burnetde, Ettan=2, MORE LUGHT. Befare the Eenate Committee on Privileces and Elections to-day, Ausustus Fo # Martin, of the firm of Martin & Kunyan, £tock brokers, New York, teatiticd. It appears from a stub fn the firm’s chicck-bouk, that o cheek was drawn by them on the Bank of Nortl Ameriea, Dec. O, 1870, for $3,000, payable to Ladd & Bush, of Salem, Orezon, The stub was in tho handwriting of G. H. Tughes, thelr bookkeeper. Witiess knew nothing about the check, except frum his part- ner und bookkeeper. ‘The latter had told bim that tho check was returned thu emne duy unused. Benator Kernan oblected to any further ques- tions belng put to witness ro ing the chicel us hic had testificd he had no personzl knoswl- edge concerning It, and as the other persons named could be suinmoned to appear. Kenator Mitchell then chcited from witness that he was sccompanle) to Washington by Burcon Harrison, uf New York, to whon he was Introduced .\'ualcnlu{ by hin uartner, Mr. IRun- yon, who told hini Horrfson was golng to Washe ington, and wauld eive hin advice and help hlm along with his business. They caine over on the traiu together. The only advice wiven him by Harrison wus to testily to nothing than he koew, o, (. ather words, to give no hearsay testhnony. He did not think he needed such widvice. [Luughter.| e had no previons acqualatance with Harrison, and conld wot say what hia (Unrrlmu'lz businees vecupation was, He waa fntroduced to m in bls (Harrfson's) Wity i3 a Republicsn m) ts a Democrat, AN IMFORTANT WITNESS. Sax Fraxcisco, Jan, H.—A Saleny, Oregon, dispatch suys Bush, of Ladd & Bush, hankuie, I8 summoned to Washington, Dush camne to the Stats House about noon on the day of the counting the Electoral vote. ‘The Repubhicuns say the Democrats sre awniting his arrival with sreat anxiety, and it ix asacrted that at the time he was Tilden's disbursing azent, und the anzr.:mme carrled out then was not assured 111 hils arrival at the Stats House, £ TIIOSE TELEGRAMS. THEY ARE NOW ON A VERY 10H NUELP. . Spectal DirpatcA to The Tribune. Wasitinaroy, D. C., Jon. 5.~The Ionse Demuocrats do pot flad the telegraph question so easy of scttiement as somae of the hot-heads hind predicted. By o unanimuous vote of the Housu the decislon was reached that the matter was one of sufliclent gravityto be carefully con- stdered, Accordingly, the Judiciary Committeo was nstructed to conslder the rlghta of the House. Tho brief of witnesses' counsel I3 a very ablelegal paper, and sets forth the relative righta and relations of Congress und telegraph companies with remarkable succinctness and vigor. ‘The principal argument of the brief {s this: First, that witness is not in contempt of the House. Thla argument was sus- talned by proot of greut Irregularity In tho form and nature of the subpenas. Second, that a telegram is as Inviolable under the Fed- ceral Coustitution as the mail. Third, the wit- ness has NO CONTROL OF THE DESIRED DISPATCHES, consequently punishment for contempt could not effeet its object, as it could not result fu the production of the dispatehies. Fourtls, the doe mand, which covered o perlod of chelit months, without spevifytugg partientar disuatehes, made the subpanag, I gtich it was, a bill of discovery rather than o subpaeus duces teeun, and in that rvespect s {n contradiction of the fourth article of the Constitution, Fifth, that by stotute of Loulsiaua, in which Statn witness resides, and where productlon of the dispatches couldl be slone demanded, thare {s a statute lmposing o penalty upon any telegraph operator ¥OR DISCLOSING THE CONTENTS OF BISUATCIES, and au baprisonineat for a second offense. ‘This Inw of the State it {s not competent for Con- cress by o law to abrogate. Much Jess s it competent for a single Howse to nullify It The tHlouso bas no vower to guarantee u wit- ness immunity for violating a penal statute of the State where he resides, or to set aslde 2 law of the Btute, I this vould bu dune a8 to telegrams it would be competent for Congress, eveun for one brauch of t, fo destroy sl ateri- butes of State soverciguty. The argument, which was prepared by J, Hub- ley Ashton, former Asststant Attorney-General of the United Btates, was toa fornidable o dov- ument for the Democrats, who ehanged thelr original determination to act ut once, and scnt the case to the Judielary Committe THE FINAT COUN'T. WIAT WILL PERRY DO! Speciul Disputch to The Tribune. WasuingToy, D, C,y Jan. 8.—~There I8 great suslety to know the views of Vice-Preshlent Ferry upon the Electorat questlon, and particu- tarly to learn, {f possible, the plen which he has decided to udopt fn the countingof the Electoral vote. Ferry, owing to his peculiar posltion, canpot permils an suthoritative statement 1o Lo made, but it s contidently belleved by thoss who have excellent opportunities for knowing, thut he has adopted one of the two followiug plans: First, he will cither count all the votes, opeutug only thoes frat the four coutested States which he consiilers to bo the rightful ones, and will unuounce the result to the folnt convention, with the stutement that that fs his Judgment as to the proper county bat that if the two Houses convurrently uriive at a different conclusion, he will obwy any ju- structions which the Joint couventlon, recting concurreatly, shall give him, Becond, Me will count at first only the votes from States as to which there is ne d'spute, and will then present THE DUPLICATE BETS OF RETCUNS from cach of thy four cuntested Stutes to the Jolnt convention, with the anuounucement thus as to them ho awnits some lustiuction from the twa tlouses, actiung conaureatly. It canuot Lo stated with equal plubiucss what hls sctiun would be should the two Houses not azres upon some specific fnstruction as (o the disputed votes. Thero Is good reason, howscver, to bo- Myve that ju tho cvent of the two Ylouscs de- clinlog to give Lita the concurrent ustruction hio dailres, ho will then consider Lunisel! under tho Constitution roquired to declyry the result sonliog ta his best judgments . In such coase there could be little doubt that he would conut the returns from the dispated States which the Republicans at present conslder the only legal v, Tut of one thing there can be little doubt, naniely, that, aa to the trouble with the ques- tions conneeted with the four States In dispute, Mr. Ferry will first ask a concurtent Instruction from the'two Houses. These cunclugions pro- coed upon the ascumption that prior fo the 14th of February the two Ifonack o not agree stpon edeh ride “or svwcific Tnatructlons oz Mr. Ferry now eimtemplates asking, Shoubt such an agreement between the two Houkes be had tofore that time, the conuting and declaration of the vute would be entlrely mlulsterlal. COXY. TIE GETA IN A MIPP AKD WILL NOT PLAT: Spevial Dispatch to The Tridune, PRILADELIHIA, Jan. G.—Dirsenslon s reporte ed in the Hon, 8. 8. Cox's Inveetigating Come- mittee. Having completed their labors clse- whers, Mr, Cox waited here one day and a balg fur tho coming of the remalning members of the Committee. Meanwhile, having re- ceived no notification of their where- abouts, or the probability of the time that they woulil reacht Phfiadelphia, Gen, Rice, of Oy, arrived this morning, ana informed Mr. Cox that the absentees would probably arrive during the dav, o8 o dispatch had been received 1o that effect by Uem Riee. Mr. Cox was evidently not pleased with the trestment that he, ns Chairman of the Comtnlittee, hal recelved. since it appeared that liis colleagaes had fgnored him entirely, At this Juncture Mr. Cox sppointed Gen. Rive Chair- inam, ard departed teeday on the 4 o'clock tealn Sor Washington, for the tirpose of conferring with the” Hom, Samnel . Randall, Speaker of the House of Representatives. 1le will entleavor to have the Committer creased and then divided into a enbcommittce, Shortly after the departure of Mr. Cox the re- nualnbiz mewbers of the Committee, Me. Wells of Misstesipol, Mr. McDongall of - New York, and Mr. Waldell of North Caro- lina, arpived, This _evenlng an informal meeting of the Coammittee waa beld, fen, Rice belngr in the chalr. It was resolved to summon a larze number of witnesses, amt praceed with the investigation vromptly at 10 a'clock to-moriew mornlng. A member of the Committee, referring to Mr, Cux's uneapected actlon, remarked that the abventees ha no fne tention of treating that gentleman aisresiwe Subly, and, had thev known be was i Ptk phid, they would bave telegrapled him instead of Gen. Ria HERE AND TIHERE. THE ONF. GREAT QUESTION, Spectal Dtrpatch to The Tridune. WasiinGroN, 1. C., Jan, b—Gieneral politi- cal debate upon the question of counting the Eleetora] vote will begin in the House next week, Walle the persons who are to open it are not very prowluent, the Speaker expeets thiat they will pave the way ta a zeneral debute in which most of the promiuent speakers ou cach side wiil take part. LASUING LAMAR. The Unlon to-day has a column attack upon Lamar, basedd upon its fears that he has too mudh respect for Gov. Hayes. Quite a number of Bouthern men are disgusted with the evident attempt of Thiden's managers to lash them with the party whip Jf they expose sny views concerning & future for thelr see- tion which does mot of necessity Include bliwl obedlence ta Northern Democrats regard- fug all pending questions, The artlde closca with the statcment that thus far of the South- ern men Lamar 1s the on)y one who thinks it be- Jongs (o the Senate, through ita presiding ofleer, to muke the President. SOUTH CAROLINA, “1he Republican members of the South Caro~ 1ina Committee ray thut su far as the subject Intrusted to them was concerned they mizht have returued the day after they reached Co- lumbla, The Democrats expected to find that the State had been given to Huyes by rejecting the votes of the bulldozed countien, Edufivld and -Laurens. The.Cotn- mittee, however, on the fiest doy after thelr arrival, discovered that the vote of there cornties had not been rejected, and that Iayea hail carried the State, counting ali these frands, Gen, Bauks says thut the Stute I8 an urmed cam. Judee Laphomn suys that Wade Hampton lias as complete control of the white populathn s b tugdd of s regliment fn Wae thue. e or- dered the rifte clubs to jeave Colimbia £0 as not o create a bad impresslon upon the town, His wish s Jaw o the State, The white people of South Carolina o not wish war upon any na- tional fssue, and they are determined not to have ft. They fully ndorse Ben Hill's sentl- tuents in this resheet, NEWITT'S COMPUOMISE, Wasuixatoy, . C., Jan. hi—some of the Democrata were greatly tronbled yesterduy overa report that Chalrmun Hewltt was dia- }vu-wd(u ek down, wnd would endeavor to ef- fect a cotnpromise with the Renublicans by pro- posing a new election, Mr, Dewitz was usked 28 10 the truth of this story, and replied that he hanl katd that, to prevent a'vivil war, with all ita horrors, e would favor anathier clection, us e preferred ballots 1o tmbists. This s what ho woull concede—**unly this and nothing more.” THE PLORIDA COMMITTEE. JACKSONVILLE, Flu., Jun, 3—The Houee 1n- vestigating Comanlfttee Jeft this mornlng for Washington. TOUISIANA, RIGNS OF LIVELY TIMES, Spectal Dispasch to The Tridune. New Onneass, Loy, Jau, 6.~The prospect for next Monaay- {8 extremely squally, Gens Nicholls is making evéry preparation for taking possceaton of the Gubernatorinl ofllee, and i~ suing comndsslons nnd appotuting ofifeers for the whole State, Cougress und the Prerddent will be soon clled wpon to declile which s the Jegal Government, that of Gov. Packard, estublished npon law, or that of Nichotls, based upon returns of Democratle counsel. Whether armed coltiston shall come dtreetly through the effort of Gen. Nicholls to take possession of the oftlee or not, it will be almost fmposeible to avold this disturbance, through the olalins of minor oflkers whont he commissions. For Instance, he witl commission a Buanl of Metropolitan Pollee Commissioners tn New Orleans. They fn turn will uppoint u pellee force, which will, all protability, sttempt to displace the furg D existence, That will ralse musses; purs Ish witl have fts scparate row. because the Den- ocrats declare they will not recognize any otfl- cors commissioned by Packard. Both partles wiil have thelr Scoators in Washinzton hefore he end of vext week, and they whl protiabiybe Licut.-tiov. €. €. Autolne from the real Legis- ture, and James B. [fuestls from the Mehulls Legidlature. TP BENATE COMMITTER. NEw Oureans, dan. 5,—"The Scuate Cammit- tee this worniug examlued three colured men fn regurd to the electfon {n Morehiouss Vartsh. all of waom teathiicd that u large number of volored mea yoted the Democratle tieket at the last aeetion, and there wus no fntlmidation. Two more witnesses testitied to o falr and Peaceabls vlectfon . Morehouse Parish, sl that numbers of weproes voluntarily voted the Dumorats theket. Senetoe Saulsbury read afildavits of Capts, Theabold sud Jumes G, Logun denying b Plukston aud Cora Willkoas® charges that they took purt i the mander of Plukston and Will- fatng, wixl 1nat both conld prove un alibd; giso that they declizned 10 obey the sutmmos 10 s iy unliss goranteed that they would not be arrestedd, as was dune in the case ot Lyors and Phitlipa, when here o teatdly before the Returu fng Buard. he Committee declined to order thele deposle tions tukeh uy as. inhiury. FILE DENATE H 3 3 heard the testimony of Lleut. ticorgs Arch, of the Third Inguutey, dn reganl to thy election tn Eust Batou Rouwe, whose r’um’rn\ testimony was to the effect that it wus falr und !m bl He saw no disturbaee on the day of election ‘Fhat day Dryu'y Upfted Btutes” Marshal M- Alplne vomplabied that Ee tud heen exeluded o the polls by the Batan Rouge police, tn Tuvestization, he found that Sleabune hiulnot {uforined them of bis otficial position until weer Le wus excluded. Mayor Jawes Brooakt, of Baton Kouge, sub- aw stantlated the testimony of D. Dup £ 5d he waa a member of the Two-Ninety-El; ° uthad never met with it since the elcetl’ = jought hie cauld get permission to tell abor 3 Maj. Bascow, Thirteenth Infantr; 7 itied as tn' the conatitution of_the Unfon * & s Stop Club, e sald the oath bound the abers v secroey and to obey orders. The 2 S ution in regard to killng after the thind 3~3 atlon to Jom was on a separate plece of p5 3 .o with- out date, Had turned 1t over "a £ teivil an- thuritfes. w Amacdee Delambre testified in n English to the organlzation of bulldozers o. _ jegulators tn East Fellejana for the purpoke of preventing ¢tealing. [le and others had subseribed to arnt those unable to arm themselves. Col. Frank Powers was Chie! Commander. During thie eross-txamination witness hecame very much excited, amd shoke of the Young rang steallng the votes, and ¥ your scalawags > but lminedintely apologized 1o the Committee, At the demand of the Chairman for a peremp- tory anawer to aytestion, witncss jumped up and anked the Chatrman 1 e wanted to Heht. At the eveninz resslon of Senator Wadleiph's Conmittee, Dr. J. W, Willlama testified to o peaceable election in_ the Elgith Ward, and E. M, Creizhton to the same iu the Twedith Ward, of East Baton Rouge, NEPORE TIIE NOUBE COMMITILE, to-day, J. B, Harris, of Point Coupee p: y Literal Repunlican, testified. e lad sccom- paned Packard [uto Eust Baton Rouge, East and_ Weat Feliclana, and found the colored Re- publicans feit they eould not vote thele tleket with safety 1n the countey, and that Republiean apeakers there were ¢d at and Insuited, but well treated In Richianed Parfah, Ona fepzthy crosa-cxamination, he ald he had superlutended the preparation of amdavita In the Custom-flotixe of. the fustance of Pack- ard, and had a twofold purpose in preparing them, viz.: for the use of the Rettirning Board and to assist Unlted States Supervisor Wollfey i1 making his reporte, and that the Iatter bad turnished the coplea fucorporated In Sherman’s report, Witness thought the natural Repuli- Ifean majority tn the State Is 1,000, aud that no eonslderable number of colored men voted the Demueratie ticket of their own chofue. . B. Gorham, of Nachituches, und District- Attorney there, testiied that durdng the cam- palen he visited Ouachita, and found s reizo of terros there. Foupd the colored people afrald to attemt Repabli-an meetings, and Jolning Democratie clubs for eafe The House Comnitte the evening heard 1. Zncharie In reference to the question of the Sertion law snd mets of the Retnrning Board under it THE HOUSE SUN-COMMITTER Tieard several witneases n referenee to Living- ston Parlsh. E. B, Lockport, Bepublican cundl- date for Sherdfl, stated that e rly sle- fuated, and the election was falr and peacenble Gicorze White (eolored) safl his house waa rned becyyee DA sons were necused of stenl- [hehoge, Never sald 1L was burncd becanse he was a Itepublican. If aflidavits to the }rniru before the Deturning Board they alhe Jsrav} Rogers teoloren) testified entored men were (ntlmituted by Democrats, Colored men were whipped In neardy every ward In the pars iah, and e cotored chureh fired into. eizht or nine thiee white service was eolng on. On_ cross-examination Rogers sall he knew nothing ahout Intimidatlon except from hear- say. His aflidavit to the contrary wes prepared in_the Custom-House, Willtam B. McIntlre, also colored, testified to the same effect. M. A. Leddet, Supervisor of Registration, tes- tified that. Moore, Republican eandidate for the Senate, offered him §2,500 toreturn hin clected, Said hie bad never read the Registratlon luw through, but had thrown out some polls be- cause not returned on time, and others for in- formality. At the nfternoon geaslon Daglel Bread denfed the statement of Levl Jackson that he ha cliarged him for voting the Bepublican tizket, ne he mever knew how Le had voted untll he sty lls testiony punibshed, Jackson's con- traet hnd explred, and he was o bl character, Tony Clark, culored, testifled: Was Tecorder of Murt for Last Feliclang, and In 1535 was waited upon by s committee he by Dr. Suunders, aud told 1 shouldn't Uy erey anid Dadd deft and comne harged with being voncerned with John ¢ negroes to arm, but the real catise was his beiuz a Republican. Witness introduced a letter from Col, Hardie, of Clinton, {n reply to a_questlon whether he could cute back, telling him *The whlie peo- ple will hate you e lomgz ax vou hold oftlee, and you know Girant's buyonets alone keep Kelloge und Bis crowd in the State,"” James Deti colured) sald hie had held rev- eral ofticea, ad hren foreed Lo reslen the Inat onie, that of Tux Collector, and that un- merous outeazes had heen perpetrated on the Blacks Iy Kast Feliclana, DIl not vote the He- publtean ticket. Was afraid to, THE LEGISLATURES, The Republiean Lesilatiuee passed a Wil re- peating the law Hmiting the supply of station- ary to & per month for each member for the fes Also passeil a ML supplyine each member with a copy of the sevied statutes; also a protest agatist the clostng of Bayou L tourche. The Democratle Legisiature sdopted an - Aress to the people of Louistana reviving the vanviee 1 cleetion, the acttos of the Retuen- ing Board, the evests of Jun. 1, of the State- Houwe, vt Kellogiz nominated Alfred Shaw for Judge of the new Superfor Clvil Court. Nieh and Packard wilt be inaugura Monday by thelr respective followera, E the Guovernors witl doubtless proceed ta orga fze u State Government. rish, on 14 S GOAIL" TUREATENING LETTERY TO GOS. TAVES, Coteapts, (0, Jan, d—As the pro<pect of grating Mr. Titden (u the White House becomes smatter by degrees il beantdfully less, the friends of Demovracy and Heform manifest thelr dissatisfacl ing number of threatening letters t Such letters reach the Exeeutive ofie by every mall, nmd, ax o purt of the voutino busiiess of sonie of the attachea of the oflice, are Kept together, duly classitied, and Tabeled ¥ Assassination,™ Ty come by due cour=e of madl, mud ure from different eevtiuns of the countes, They are of conrse anonymuns i ull enses, and wsunily bear evidence of sonte nttempted disculse of the amdweitiog of the sender, or of the adoption of an assumed churacter, The following was oy on that subject . lovis Mo, Dee. 2 Hares: The wrter of thi you, urentin wot 10 be hnpe whthall tairly heaten you bn this_electon, and yon uil every ono vlsw Knows posltrely that the whole r-nuumnr-vuple would, af course, umder (hele er- istiag poiltical circumstances, naturally ol fur the Detiocratle nomin President of Stute olli- cern. You may be i gaad fan, Mr Shaves, but we da nat want yeu for eir Preeident You know, were it not e the fmported Ttad the Sauth, fucuce the voting e 1 but the voles fur Tilder wncounted il the Dot we it ot for thexe fagrant facts and (rands, e, T1 den's aforitica in all the Southemn States would have been overwhelming. Su, nais, Mr. flayes, 1 you wre, {0 fact, toaent aud sty an wish uthers, s the public, 1o bel you o, come Elit ontand o 1. #ay you will not be puifed i tice for Presdent by crhapg the Radlcal ** tov=tine " ~ epecdily—or Lo carcled dun'twisl ta *thenetalen You, wy uear wir. but Jud remind you that we Rontherners ouee rald we wanld nut hiave Loae i or our President, amd we diil it very ot have vou recollect wae Witkea Hooth, snd shat there are others of the wamge i1k left bel SA wordiv thy wiae by sulliclent. ™ Your wife und chillren may seed you, and, 1¢ on kuow your own test interet, you will give up Lo Breofaent now. and Wil come out bohlis, Ticavely, od sqnurely to the frons und declare you wiil give wuy 10 the min who so cleaely won the wid Wik du fLut once, my deat »it, toguict L salety, fur yut whl at ls cerlains ro, do tparty (o dve crive y Tr sihodu aim by Tucae fof thomaclyes and 1o tarthers ent e spleen upon the alre appresee | atl vntliwed Souta- een people. They (yous party) vare thins for Yoru persnnally, bl waut you for the Wan puanport to keep them to more aid cu tinnei villalny. Yuar witldeawal ut once, the aale of peitee and W rave plaodshed, snd pe render Justis 1y elected, woth North ) bat il out by oiets, 1 1 or halluze ™ and touth, pr dear slr, win you ghen of the word, elf 12 tec] sk leaet cmb. Fiep. fur 304 woald e horored fue ity (e woe- thy auid pobie-wind n couclusion, 1 $hor uf thiv by Aud, though ub prescnt a resldent v 1odd that wone eave {he oue nowledge of 1y being written. t. Louis, she PRICE FIVE CENTS,. :: belones to the extreme Eonth—2 citlzen of poor, down-trodden Loufelans—an ex-iebel elaveholdee and ex-Hebel, And In onr prescnt—political—cause, 8 pugnaclons erldoir, - The ‘pum:udous widow's fctter [ have given, following viosely ita italfcs, capitals, and punc- tuntfon.” It scems 10 afford an gdmirabie pl ~ form for John G, Thompsou's IE\IIMI-.\ - nest Mundz‘y. Beajdes 1he anonymous Ictters threatening hims, Gov, Hayes frequentiy receives others from {riends, wha give warnlue of antielpated attdcks upon him. In several fnatances so mich of de- tail is furnished ns 1o the destens of persons named amd deseribeit as to feave no room to doubt. the entire sincerlty of the writers whose alsmatures are in ‘these cases ot anonyms but genutne. o] THE SOUTH. CONFEDERATE SOLDIERY DO NOT FROPOSE TC FIGHT OVER A DISIETED PRESIDENCY, The Sbuth fan't o el nth, 't a8 rolld as it war.—S7. Loul. Yes, the Santh s sotld,—soltd for peace, an no war-fonll«hiness over u pmme-.un‘i' clcrllo?! for the benefit of Northern speculntors an - Southern grave-diggese, — Jemnlds Acalanche, We hope the Arvafanchs §s right, but a g ° mang of vur Southern exchanges still talk in ths old fite-eating atyle: bat peraspa thin should not Yo n matter of surprise when tacy have ro men Notthern Copy 1 rherte hoveliug for ** wah ® und **guan,“~ o Aritutne. We doubt If a mujority of the rantankerou.’ flreccaters of 1461 have changed. They ares sty #poiting for the it in which few of them on- azed when fighting was the business of the country. Buta larre number of them have elnce paseeid from the busy seenes of life, and thefr places have uot heen filicd. Besldes,~anc this fs the vital point,—thelr audienves ha. ] changed. The men who Taced the musle of mus-, ket balls from 12461 to 1865 must do the fighting * another war comes, Appeals to passion fatle dead ou thelr vars, 'rh-i' do_ nat propose to - to war ahout a disputed Presidency. They knaw what kleeping In the swow, snd marching or fiehting all day under the cheerful Inspiration d-tuek ™ and “rour-belly,” mean, [ 1561 to rouse the war-spirlt and fill the ranks of reglinents h the flower of the The ninu who should attempt to re” the experiinent fn 1877 would by hooted out of every commuumty, Experfence fs a practical teaciier.—.fewmphis Avatanche. ILLINOIS. TIHE Wil COUSTY DUMOCRACY, &pectal Dispatch to The Tribune, Joticr, il Jan. 5,~The Democrats held a so-called massmecting at the Court-House lu:" night, which was not. very numerously attended or enthuslastle, and appoluted the followmny. wentlemen as delemates to the Democratie Cone yention at Springield, on the Sth inst.: W, A, Steels J. Lo O'Donnell. George B, Martin, Mansfiehl Younz,J. A, Boyer, Joseph Braun, H. C. Le Curon, rhonnclly A W, Harwood, Beruant Burke, Howk, Willinin Werner, 2 Raynor, Dennts MeDanald, A, N, Ellis, W 8. Brooks, D. 1. Pinuey, aml C. Kuowlton. Noue of the delegutes persanally are for * wah," even 1€ Tilden B counted oat.™ CIIICAGO, VETERAN REFORM CLUD. tien, Lich, Ballwin & Co., mustered Ia* evenlng a fese of the many hungry Democr *. who are hunting for place. The gatherin; called dtself the Veteran Reform Assoclation. This mtroduction §< sufllcient. The Committeo appointed o fire a salute, to celebrate the elecs tion of Tililen, reported, and nsked for further time, which waa granted. The Committee ta ¢ commanders to reerult companies in the 1 wards reported, and a wranale ensued. The resuit was, {f uny result conld 1o gotten out of the quarrely that several persous were named to orzanize companles. The rest of the meeting was uto trylng to find out what was the oblece of the lxsocintion, s question ralsed by a0 new-comer, who safd be had heard a0 much talk of war that he had been taken back to 186}, when hie had met many of those hefore him orsanizing Lo o to the support of the South. Tis hrought Lieb 10 s feet o explaln. The objeet of the Assa- clation, he thonzhs, was well understond; but 10 makieJt better Kpown he suld 1t was to gaar- antee to fts gevernl members a respectablas Drfal, want trom what he s fUinteht be heces- sary to hury some otlher foliss Inthe near tu- ture, neanfue, of course, that i Hayes were Iu- angurated, his veterans would entert wholesale slanughter, and that 3T, angurated, md bis erowd did not gel the post- oMlces, that there mizhb alse he™a scason of wore. Fhe mecting wis farzieal In the ex- treane, and the taore Intellizent membersof the Ansoviation are already Leglunfnz to Il at themselves. C. 1. f MARITAL INFII A Woman fn St. Lous Cowliddes Her Huse hond s the Streets. g Spectat Disateh to The Tridune. St Lotts, dan. Se—An exciting eplode oc- curred last evening ubout 5 o’clock on the eide- walk In front of the Evereit iouse, which s served to set gossip fairly ino stew, The facts arc pubstantially s follows: A year or twe ngo a woman o by the mamo of Vieln Clifton came fo St. Louls and appeared nt the ‘Sheatse Comiue i the hatlet, After danelng, drinking, and pirourct- thyg (ty the baltet for some thoe she left tho pligue and entered opon an engugement b s Theatre us a *change artist.” The D tiseled, cose-itting zarb fn whicls she dres nightly served to set off w fale, rouod and o profuslon of cosmeties mnds & ¢ asttig o look apone Mr, D C. Thatdite then oue of the proprictors of tha vrett o, saw Vioks In her witchery, o, L muse her acquaintance, und in due tine all co- ventlonalities Were overe e, utd the two bes: came Intensely tumiliar, A room was engaged {1 the bdlding Jocated on ghe northeast corner of Filth and Plue streets, 22 aud the wquafntance becatne excecdltedy resthng, A plano belon o Mra Mary Deasle, whivh fed In the Everett lowse, was pemoved to Ruom 82, likewiss 1 number of tne pletures, Logetlier With other ornamenta e s v o wlve tie ne v quarters the uo-t pleassie, comfurtable, and Lnpusiige appeatse. Now everything was txed, aimd tha day wd nfghie went by ik the: sottent notes ol a dving refrain, " Viola not Tonger siuge and dance § before o allery and | plt tuil of huan Gaees, bt reserved dll her; charms fur one onl ate overtukes ua all atlme. Fur sudry reasons Viola deparged for Phita-, delphis lunt Week, leaving M. Thateher atona to, worey with the ilts of this larze worl v hiappesssy i the natural coree Mr, Thateher bits w0 wite, Whoh every vne estecnl of better furtune thian s come to her, Liew, aud while smurting under the, sullered, aid sl loger, er whicly had Leen riahtfully Ited Der husband wieh n"l‘i awd tme mentioned ol Lreach she disape, leavinz her husbaod tof see. Hie has kept his nmmi b wilt protustily leave the city to-nlgbt.d noon Mrs, Mary Deglof sued out a wit of_replevin befuro Justive Cune: ninschant awainet O Thutcher snd Viol | Chifton for hies plane, clalwfug dumages in the: suut of ¥30. e OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, New Yok, Jan. be—Arrived, o7 ¥ Switzerland, from Antwerp: Auchorts, from! Glaszow. Bteumer Greeee, which went ashore Yyesterds . in the lower bay, got off, uud prov sded for kinidled, sho s Dide at the pl After comtitting thls sud peared up the etrd 0 bltter cons L pe, 0w, dau. Se-Steamsb, . Bt ant Wyom frum New York, and Casplas, frou) Ahnore, have arrived out. i B e Bt s reported_that the, Awchor Line steawee A: ayria, from Now York, Dree. 1, which urrived u ~ “usgow Jau. 8, Jetq ttsuned part of her cargo 1 vassage. NEW Youi, da, d—Amie beaner Lewd ' stugg, from lamburs. e — = — THE CANADIAN STRIKE. : MoxTneat, Jau. 5.—P. 3. Arthur, Chiet o the Brotlicrhood ot Locomotive Euglucers, st the Grievane: Committee, und ten engioed © ersof the Groud Trunk kad a June fterde with Mr. Hickeou, manager of the tvad, to-da~ Jesulting i & permanent. revonalistion betwe the Cumspany aud mew.