Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 19, 1877, Page 2

no person recelved a majority of the thn,bu uol IE: whole _of the Electors ape inted, the Tonse of Representatives, vot- by States, shall Immediately choosg resident. and (he Senste a Vice: Presiden s the Constitation dors not provide an determining whether such contingency har ariaen, and as 1t 19 8 principle of Jaw that those who are tequlred to perform a contingent dnty mast be the sole judges anto when the contingency arises, it 8 roperly’ devoltea on each House of” Congrese bR Rieeao for Tisell when sny contingency hua ! arisen that tequires Ita separate action sinder the Constitntion in the election of President by the House of Represcntativee, and a Vice-Preeident by nate. ve Y55 “FRAt the canstitatianat action of th Honses of Congress, elther conctrrently or feparately, in 1he discharge of these dnties, must be susialned and a1l_opposilion 1o snch action by force of arma would ba Lrearon and revolation. ~ 7. Thats of the proceedingn of this Con- Jyentlon be n“y the President lo our Eenatora ‘and Represcntatives in Congress, and that a ccpy of the rame be sent to the Preeident of the Senmle #nd Bpeaker of the fouse of epresen ) e thae the same bo presented to their re- spective Homses. CHANDLER. THA DRMOCRATIC INQUISITION. 8 8pectal Dispalch to The Tridune., WasaNaroy, D. C., Jan. 18.—The Bpecial Committee on the Powers, Privileges, and ‘Dutles of the Flouss in Counting the Electoral Vote had before them this morning Sccretary Chandler, who was accompanled by his stenog- rapher. ! Mr. Field nsked him If he was now ready ta _answer the question heretofore proponnded, ““namely, by whose authority ho zent the tele- +, Rram to Gov, Stearns prowmising troops? 8cere- “* tary Chandler sald hie was not prepared to an- swer.. He was further asked i any copy of the ., telogram to Gov. Btearns was in exlstence,—tho telegram sent on the Sth or 9th of November, 4 and snswered, * Not that Lam aware of.” He * kept no copy of it, and could ot teil who wrote it. Hothought, however, he sent it to Gov. « Btearns. Iestated hio declined to answer Ne- . cause of the cgmflilential charaiter of the com- *, munication between tho Presldent and himself, 5 * and other members of the.Cabinet, and as he ‘Wwas summoned to appear before the Committee s Secretary of the Interlor, *Mr: Durchard fnquired whether he, at that , was Becretary of the Interior, and Mr, Chandler soid he tvas. Mr. Lawrence—Do Fou base your oljectlon to answering solely on tho ground of the conflde tial character of the communication between tho , . President and yourself? . * Mr. Chandlér—Ido, on that ground exclu- b cei ‘slvely. K Tn{: Becretary went on to eny that ho had no + moro right to disclosc what hnd passed hetween Timsell and the President than a United States Benator has todtsclosewhat s done in au exeeu- tive scasion. £ Mr. Tucker asked Chandlcf whether the tele- gram to Gov. Stearns was gent as a member of tho Cabinct. Mr. Lawrence abjected to the question, when the Committec went Into private consultation, When the doors were opencd, Chandler was asked whiler he sent tho telegram to Gov, Stearns on his own volitlon or as Chalrman of the National Republican Committee, Iie answered that ho presumed the telegram was sent by him on his owu motlon, and fu lis own name. Question—IVas the acoding of that telegram your own individual act, or that of the Chalr- man of the National Republican Committect Answor—I do not suppose I signed my name as Chalrman of the Committee. I presumo 1 4id not. Question—DId rou fend o telegram at the re- qufit or suggestion of anybody clsc thun your- 8¢ o to® 3 Answer—My Impreselon s that I recelved & telegram from Gov. Stcarns suggesting the ne- cessity of scnding troovs. ‘The witness then referred to o telegram pub- lished Inthe New York Tribune dated Nov. 9, sddressed to the Chairman of the Natlonal Re- E;lbhmn Committee, charging Ku-Klux efforts prevent a count, Uoy, Stearns telegruphed {rom Tallahassce that there was no doubt of & Republican mafority In Florida If an houest van- vass of the vote conld bo sccured: that the in- * dicatlons wera that violence would b resorted to in the interior of the State, and that tho Ku- Klux had prevented the ieturns from belng re- (cefved, ete. The Impression of the wituesa wa ‘that this telegram first suggested him the ne cesaity for troops. fle did not know who fur- nisbed this telegram in the 7ribune, and did not know whether the Governor or Legislature ed for troups. Question—DId you send your telegram to Gov. Btearns on (ynur own volitlon, without sug- -+ gostion, tnatructlon, or direstion of anybody - elee Answer-Probably & suzzestion came from ‘tho quarter already menttoned. " Question—And nobody elscl Auswer~I decllne i answer, on the ground of olliclal contldence between the members of the Cubinet and the President, Mr, Flell—Werayon informed of tho telegram sent to Oregon, mentlonlng money, by or on be- Lalf of the Democratic party - Answer~I only know of that from tho news- papers and from converaations. ucstion—DId not Mr. Orton communicate '.oxuu a telegram to Orezon on that subject? newer—Not that 1 remember. Witness was then dlscharged for the present, snd the Comauittee went into scerct sesslon, IIEWITT. PROPOSED NATIONAL RULLDOZING CONVENTION. Wasnixaroy, D, C., Jan. 18.—The Democrat- fc Executive Committeo held a meetiug to-nlght .at the resldence of thelr Chaleman, the Hou, A. B, Hewitt, and authorlzed the Chairman and ‘Beeretary to call o meoting of the Demoeratic Watlonal Committee at an early day, if they .should deem proper to do 60, with a referciice to the remlutlon adopted by the Demovratle Conveatlon at Columbus, O., on the §th of Jan- uary, requesting thy Natlonal Democratie Com- mittes to call a National Democratie Couven- tlon, to meet ut Washingion City on the 19th of February, 1877, TITE MISSISSIPI’L PLA MORE TESTIMONY REGARDING 1T, b Special DispateA to Tha Tribune, ‘Wasnixaroy, D, C., Jan. 18.—A good deal of additional testimony In regard to the late elee- tlon I Misslsslppi was tuken before Morton's .Committeo to-day. Representative Lynch cun- cluded hls cvidence. The subatance of it was that n all the countios of his district except .Claiborne and Warren, the reglstrution waa con. aucted with reasonable falruess. In those two countles, however, 1o less than 4,000 Ropubtic- ans wero denled the right to reglster upon varfous pretexts. A very common trick was to demand that the applicants should tell in what townshlp, scction, aud range they lved, ond, as tho seetions sod runges are comnmonly known omly Jto survevors, of course ths colored peopls could ‘ot answer. In Jefferson and Cluborn Coun- .tles Lynch safd there was systemstic sud elfee. .tive intimidation by meaus of HIPLE CLUS, which allowed no Republican meetings to bic held. In spito of all this, however, the Repub- lican majority of votes put in the boxes he ho- .Jleved to kave been between 8,000and 6,000 but this was overcome by thomost glaring and open frauds, under what scemed t0 bo a gencral are rangement throughout the district. Thou- sands of Hepublican ballota wero re- woved from the boxes and Demo- cratic ballots substituted in their place, By this means a diatrict fn which the Repul- Mcans have fully 17,000 wajority, and which was ~ made up in the gerrymandering of the State by the Democrutic Leglslature (u such o way us to tass the Leuvy uegro countics together, was CARUIND DY THE DEMUCRATS by a majority of over 3,000. The room of the Senate Committes I8 crowded every duy with crsuns of both partles from Misslsippl who .bave been summoned to testify, Seuctors Morton und Mitchell conduct thé examination f‘n Mhn{‘l‘ of ‘mf llcllm'i»liv:ri, nlx:\' Eeu::lur crusn Is very diligent fu lookiug out for poiuts that can bo used Iu favor o. tho Democrats, KINUSTUN PRECINCT. Tb tha Western Auwciated Pres Wasmnazoy, D, L., Jax. 13, presentative Lyuch, In Lis testinony befure the Committes investiguting Misslssippl electlons, sald Lo was *at Kiugston Precinct, in Adams County, from the openiug of the polls till 2 p, m, At o'l over 300 votes (Republicun) bad k ad Leen polied. Ha sat in the roow where the ballot-box was for neatly tureo hours, sud saw cvery ballot ed, 88 the luspector who took balluts from Bauds of tho votcrs opened before puttiug thun into the box, and 1t was an ecusy matter to distinguish Repablican from Democratic tickets. e {s sure “there wero at least 300 Kepublican ballots cast ‘before 2 u'¢lock p. m., and ubout elzhtv-five after 2 p. m., but, wben tho votes of Ringston Prodnct wers counted, there were unly slihty- fiva Republican votes among them. ‘The wit- noap stated Lhat he was sure that the 800 Repub- Hean bullots which wers polled previous to 2 o'dock were rewoved from the ballot-box and replaced by Democratic ballots, and that this them AN SRE o Ed ‘was done during the recess which the Inspectors ook fof the purpose of eating their dinners, A. M. Hanly, editor of the Natches, Miss., New South, testified that he had heard Demo- crata threaten, previous to the laat election, that fn case there should be nnr disturbance at political mectings the leadera ol the Republiean p:flr. and not thelr fgnorant foflowers, woult sfiot. Witness charged the Democrats with ballot-box stnfing at the last election, and eatd he was In such danger of being mebbed that he had to leave Natchez for a few daye. When lio returned ft was under the protection of the Mayor and o United States Marsbal. Witnees belleved Misstasinpi would hnse glvena Ro;mb- lican majority st the late cicction had there been no fraud and Intimidation. LOUISIANA. PANISI OPPICES, Spectat Ditpatch to The Triduna, New Onreaxs, Jan, 18.—The manuer in which Gen. Augar preserves the atatu quo thronghout the 8tate may be judged from the fact thatin all the bulldozed parishes the parties who were defeated fn the lato electfon according to the Jegal returns are forcing themnsclves every day into tho offices, thelr only claim being commis- sfons from Nicholls. ‘fhe Benate Committee to-day closed Its In- vestigation, and will leave for Washington to- morrow evening. Benator Howoe stated to Tns ‘TRinuse correspondent to-night that he re- parded the fnvestigation fncomplete, as the Committee had exhausted its fundebefore taking. up all the parlshes. It has, however, been very thorough as to the parishes which had been taken under consideration, and particularly as to Ounchita, East and West Fellclaus, East Baton Rouge, and Morehouse, denominated TILE DULLDOZED PARISIES, There had been wituesacs cxaminea in ndaltion from Richland, Webster, and one or two other parishes, In reply to the Inquiry as to how tho Committee would be able to make a report upon an Incomplete investigation,Senator Howe enld that they could take the parishes which had been examined 88 o basis, If the Committce found that actlon of the Returnine Doard In relatlon to them was justitied by facts, they might reasons ably conclude that they hiad not gone far amlss in regard to other localities which the Commit- tee has Leen unaMo to cxamline, If, onthe other hand, the Commlttee found that the ac- tion of tho Board was not justified by the facte fn those parishes, n different couclusfon might be reachied. While tho Eenators are of course reticent as to what their report will bey noanewho has heen present through thelr entire fnvestigation, ns has Tune TriBUNE cor- respondent, can enferfaln any doubt ns to WIIAT THEIR OPINIONS ARE in regard to the violence, outrage, and murnder which has been practiced upon white and colored Republicans in the parlshes, Scnator McMillan was aleo o member of the Boutwell Misstesippl Committee last yoar, and understood the situstion pretty well before he came down here. Eenator Wadlelgh, how- ever, stated to me that his mind hiod underwent a complete revolution since he had been down here. He liad not belfeved it possible, nor would he have belleved it, had ho not ecen for himeolf that such crimes could be committed as ho has scen evidenco of In this Btate. 8cnator Oglesby has taken great palns in and out of the Committee to THOROUGNLY INPORM NIMSELP. Thave scen his face redden with indignatlon when certaln witnesses bavé related thelr woful cxperience. Scnator Haulsbury does not believe anything, Scnator McDonald {s an ardent Democrat, but 100 good-hearted not to sympathizo with suller- Ing when he sces it. *To-dayafter Amy Mitchell, widow of Isaac Mitchell, a colored man who had been killed by bulldozers, had been on the witness stand with her fathierless baby, Senator McDonall sterted a subseription for Ler, giving $5 to commence with, This Investigation bas been falr, and the re- port of the Committee will be a substantial Lasls to o on. ‘Tha House Committec investigation was an extremely partisan affalr. AURESTED, WastttvatoN, D. C., Jan. 18,—~(en. Anderson and ex-Gioy. Wells, of the Loutsiana Returning Board, arrived at the Imperisl Hotel at 9 o'clock thls morning, and st daylight were arrested by the Scrcesut-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, An ofl- cerof the House left last nleht for New Or- leans to bringg Kenner aml Casanave, the re- malnlng wembers of the Board, to the Uar of the Ionse, Anderson and Wells have been fn the custody, fn the Fast ftoowm, of the Sergeant- at-Arms ull the morniug, THE SENATE COMMITTRE, New Omicisy, Lo, Jan 18.—The Hen- ate Committes continued the examlination of the clection n the Parlsh of Richland to-dav. M. I Vickers and John A, Ilunter tes- tllied that the election was fafr and free, amd knew of no intimidation, The former had heard ona colored man ray he had been told he muat vote the Democrat(e ticket. Witness fiad told bl colured hands thot ne that voted the Republican teke pect employment after their contructs expired, o8 he clalmed the right of an Amerdvan clifzen fo employ whom he ot Laten o salL o bl e tiue prolor. ence In employlng hunds to men of Wis own parts, ¥ Willlam R. Hardy, District-Attorney, testifled that Capt, Franets wdvired him not fo attempt to make ucanvass {n Richland, but to contlng himsclf to Ouachita. : Alexander . (ieorge, holding-over Ecnator from the Purlsh of Webster, (estified as 10 a freaceful cloction, uml thn tlio avowed paliey of lie Democrats was to give no pretext for'the Republleans to clatm Intlinfdation, Henry Blaie_(colared) testified to genera and s,»crm«- futimidution fn Morehouse Parfabi thut the Republicans were not allowed to nake the canvass; that ho had heen threatened with death by Dis ciployer, Dr, Larken, und uthers, for belng u Lepublivani that George Boyd {(colored), a school-teacher, amd nimeclt were drlven from the parlsh, THE BENATE KUH-COMMITTER resumed the examination of West Fellciana. Henry Brookhart and John Haley (culored) tes- tilied’to voting Iho Democratic ticket, und that thery was no intimidutlo J. B. Biws, De. U 1t ud, and W 8, Ham- 1lton testitied that there was no politieul fntimi- daton,but, owlng to lawlessness, plilaging, und Killing of 6tock, & ciub hud been formed 16 e ish offenders, and was called the Unlon Con- servative Club, und_ the members visited the houses of suspected persons and adnduistercd chastbenicnt, Slims said two or three colored et ad beeu hung, and ten or twelvo shot or killed. but none of theso acls had any connee tlon with polities; that Henry Templs Left the purfsh because he nad once led s colored come pany to Hayou Bara, and wua afrald of the cous scqilences. Mrs, Ann Mitchell, widuw of Tke Mitehell, detgded tho Killing of her husband by eight whios who camiie to the hotso with. masks, and sald they would break up that dunned Radival hole. Atter e was heaten by Charles Barrow, Jatnes Duwnlug, end Robert Wilson, with thelr plstols, they took him outside and shot him to death, Barfow's wask was torn off in the scutile, rindell, Coroner of tha partsh, testl: fled to the tnquest ou tillbert Curter, und thut e was unab) but two witneases, and tho verdict was hilled by persons unknown. In the case of Lhe Mitchell fic was unable to get wit- nesaen, White people thers rajasl woney to puy his wilow's expenees from New O there (o onler she might testify, were unxions to have the munder but she refused to vome back, Ephrajin Smith S;- ored) testified to intimida- h&nu of colured Democrats by colored Kepub- cans. Clarles A. Fisher, an attoruey, testitied that thers were between W0 sud 1,080 colured wem- bers of the Dewocrutic clubs in the parish, ‘Uhe Scuate Comwittee has virtuslly com- pleted lts work, and wili uuli‘ meet Weinorrow to adjourn to Wushington. The members wiil Jeuve L-IoFrow ey tning. THUB LEGISLATURES. Batloting fn the two Legislatures for Unlted Btates Benator resulted iu no cholce. ~ Only scyenty-three Incinbers were present In the Jomnt Ression of the Republicau Leghalature T . WARMOTIL AND FINCHBACK. Doun Piat's Waskington lLater tn Cincianati Ene utver, A friendwas telling ine, the other day, of & race frum New York to New Orleans, made by Wurmoth, then verbor o Louisfana, snd Pinchiback, his Licutenaut-Governor. ** Plucn ™ was in with a leglolative comblnation that had ‘:a.w.d sundry bills for their rutual benetit that Warmoth would not spprove. Untlt such up- proval they could ot become a law, sud * Piuch” watched his chanee to be Actine-Goy- eruor so that he could ehsn, us required. Neitber, however, would lvave bis post, Warmoth want- ing badly cuough to go Norib, but Le could not leave it Licutennot behind., The two maneu- yered ke palr of foxca eseing one hen. At Inst “*Pinch” not only left tho @ity, bot made his = way to New York. Warmoth, learning this, went to Earatoga. Each, it scems, had roles upon the other, and onc day when Warmoth had driven o fair Indy to the Iike, aud was fn the midst of a tremendous flirtation, the Iulrgmrh ticked out the warning that the enemy bad left for New Orfeans. Wartioth threw a kles to his Indf-]m'e with oue hiand, while the other grasped hia car- rct sack, and away ne went sonthward ns rapid- y a8 lightning trains could carry him. But Pinch had twelve hours of a start, and was fly- inz nlong as rapldly ne his pursuer. In vain ‘Warmoth telegraphicd for and eeenred locomo- tives for ifmacl(—Plnch, too, engaged exprean traife, There were millians fn it, and It wasthe desil take the hindmost, Warmoth Legan to realize that Pinch bad o polnt gained and was Tikely to hold it. And he would have held it but for a hapny thought that came to the Guvernor'sa fertile brain. He nat only kept telegraphing for special transportation, Lut he also telegraphed to the yollee of—I have forgotten the name of the town—that a murderer and forger calling himself Plachback, a light-tinted mulatto, stont and well-dreseed, was ficelng from justics, and would pazs thelr town an_an cxpress train at 3 . M. of that day—arreat hin. This was signed *John R. 8mith, Chief of Pollce, Now York," Poor Pinch, while comforting himaclf with the happy thouehe that Lo woulid soon be in New Orleans, and_certainly for twelve hours Gov- crnorof to Aclze pounced uy the State, snd 80 be enabled hia lecalized plunder, wns pon by some flldooking conservators of tho' peace and dragzed off (o jull. The preciona time was lost in the expross that had whirled away, and in_vain effort to nrove that ho was Lieut.-Goy. Pinch- back, and no forger or murderer, but n true man. Inthe meantime, Warmoth rattled hy, taking no paina whatever to verlfy his startling telezram, - One day while the Excentive head of tho hot State was striving to kecp himeelt ool with declmm’m\! e, shirt-rlecves, and a \vlnd(mlmmantrfllmffi fan, the Lieutcnant came in on bim Jooking very sulky and i at case, “ (jot home, have you, Plnch! Hope you en- Joyed your sumnier vacation,” sald the Gov- ernar. " Goto h—II1" responded the Deputy Gov- erors “If there was any Inw in thiy State I'd make it damned nncomfortable for the trick you played on me.” HYou damaned old fraud, there s no law in this 8tate but what T approve, and that's what's the matter, Piuch," replicdthe Chief Executlve. ALABAMA. A OENEMAL DENIAL. MonTtaoMERY, Ata,, Jan. 18.~Resolutions were offered In the House of Representatives to- day by Mr. Delmos, Republiean, and referred to the Committeo on Federsl Relations, to the effect that all reports tlat the elcctions of 1370 iu Alabama were unfafr or illegal are without foundation, FLORIDA. DECISION OF TIE STATE CINCUIT COURT 1N PA- VOR OF THE TILDEN ELECTORS. Dispatch to Cincinnate Enquirer. Wasnixaron, D. C., Jan. 17.~Information has heen recelved here that the Circult Court of Florida, In the quo warranto case, hias declacd that the Tilden Electors were chiosen; and that an appeal from the decsion will be taken to the Supreme Court of the State. Dispaleh 1o Cincinnats Gasette, ‘Wasmixatos, D. C,, Jan. 17.—Tho facts con- cerning the declafon by the State Cireuit Court to-day in Florida, In fuvor of the Tilden Elect- ors, were as followa: The declslon was on a de- murrer In this court, and the Iayes Electora have the right to appenl to the Supreme Court of the State, or tomake 8 motivn to answer over, which 8 1n the discretion of the Court. 1f they answer over, then tho valldity of the clee- tlon will be tried befora the Cireult. Court, nnd all the ballot-boxes In eve the State can be fnquired into, " The Clreuit Court has the right 10 summen a llur! to try &ny question of fact which 13 ralsed acv any e, ‘Tha question ralsed by the demurrer is this: The Iluyes Electors demurred upon the ground that thelr functions had been performed, and that they were functus officio, but this writ wna served on then on the day that they cuat thelr votes for President and Viee-T'reatdent, and at the tine they asscmbled, and beforo the votes lad been cust. They have tho right to appeal at onee to the Supremne Court upon the detnurr- er, and, (€ they do 80, it belng n matter affecting the yublle interest, the cass will be ndvanced upun the docket and heard ot once. But i€ the cas [8 Lo be tried upou o questlon of fact before n Juri' in the Circult Court, the exmnination may bo s extended as to prevent uny declsion before the 14th of Februney, The declsion to- duy, tierefore, does nut ussiire judgment. by tho kighest tribunal of the Stuto {n favor ot ‘lililen, which bas been hoped for by the Demo- crats. voting_precinct In SENATE. WasiixaroN, D, C. Jan, 18,—Mr, Jones (Fla.) presented the petition of Willlamson Call, Robert B, Hilton, J. E. Young, and Robert Bul- lock, Democratic Prealdentisl Blectors of Flor- fita, clalming to have been legally elected, and aeking that the Electoral vote cast by them for Prestdent und Viee-Precident be counted tnstead of that cust by the Electors on tho other slde. On mution of Mr. dones, the petition was lalil on tho table, and hie gave notice that he would call it up next week. Mr. Hamlin introduced o Ml to amend the scction of the Post-Otiice. Appropriatiou bill for the present Gacal year so as to chango the compen- sation of Postmnsters of the fourth claga to a basls of stumps canceled fustead of stamps Rte. ferred. ‘Fle Senute non-concurred In the amendmenta of the Flouse to the bil) making spprovriation to rupnly certaln deflciencled in the contingent fund of the House of Repreacntativer, and a confercuca committeo wan ordered, “I'lie Chuir appainicd i sembers of the Commlt- tee on the part of the Senule, Mesars. Wiralom, Alllon, and \Vithers. ‘Il venate il aniendimg the Penslon law so s to remova thy dirsbility of thors Wwho, having p ticipated [ tho liebelinon, huve alied it termim ton enllnted 1 the army of the Unlted States, becuino dizabled, waw called up by Alr. fugall pansed, VARG Senate taol up_ tho resolntlan recently wub. mitted by Mr. Wallace on the saina rabject, anid Mr. Boky spoko at leuztlh In reply ta the recent argumeit of Mr. Shorwan in rekind to Launians mtters, Mr. Bogy spoko of tha actions of the Retarning Board of Joulsiand, and argued that they were |1+ tegut. e quoted 'from thie laws of the State to olin what the dtuttes of the TOATd were, and des clared that the rejectlon of thevatoof rertaln Jarbatice Ly this Retugudug Hoard wiw oy act of (- uwy azatnat which af} hotieet men should proteat, e “contended that the electiun thraughou Kiate way frea aud fatr, snd quoted at grent lenuth frous the teatimony taken by the Democratle Cot- wliteo which withessed tho count to show that thero wan no Intinidation during the canvam. Ile srvued that In et Fellciand the ltepnulieans knew thut Democrats would curry the pariet, and they, forued " a conepiracy not o Vote' iy Corder that they might charge thot Mepublicon voters had e n - kept out by {ithmidition, “He tead from the Watimony L apport of bis etatencnt, and alto (o show that in varius parishes movt of ‘the truuble grow out of vivleure tuwards colordd Demoera Tepblican, Uefore Wr. Wozy concluded hin remarks he yiclded to Mr. Authony, who reported i preo! 20 print 10,000 copiva f the Feport of the Sp Cotumittee o the Subject of Counting the Elc ote, After exceutive eslun, adjourned, HOUSE. A gaod deal of time waa occupted this morning in deeiding the prellinfuary nuestion as to whothe e whivuld now proceed to the conmlderat] futlons rporsed fast Friday from the Con- rivileges und Dutles of the Huuwe in Counting U Electorul \'tes, oF tothat of the come Pprowies plan propused. ‘Tho Lepubiicans tavored the lutler und ‘the Desiocrats the former, Flually avote of yess und says was fuken, and resnlted in yeas 141, uays 81, in favor of proceciing with the Tesvlutlons reporied by Mr. fnott, the Chaliman of the Committee on Privlleges, cte,, and Mr, Kuutt nadreseed the ffour In the course of his argument, Slr. Knott de- terfere with thy cor clared that any attempt to Dl Suitutionsl rikhta of the Howees li fogard (o cousite ug the Electoral votes would be tresaon. Sr. huott vaid the power 80 count a3 well os o rtidcates had no oty beva conferr o th Freshient of the ferate than on Wi Scr- caut-ai-Arius o Dourkeeper. 'l chilin that it 4 waw utterly t war with the cuntruction which tho Kepublican yarty Itelf put ugon that #atme provision of the Constitution twelve years ago. When ft had active contrul of esery Departaient of the Govermnent, snd which construction that party had continued 16 pructlco us well us reuchy o loug s 1t rolled o the tioad-tide of success. Why was Dot the twenty-sccond jofut rula just be faie and juat a4 couatitutional now 4 it way twelve or «i4btor four years agor Why had thero been anch a rudlcal revolutlon in the oplnlon of ceitain Jte- publiczna as to the constitativnal mode of counting he votes? o not knaw, but he di know that eome of (hem had changed frong by s sort of gymnastie feat. e sduiticd that nelther Nolaw could rejvet auy far vota of tho State. 1t would be rovulution tv 4o so, but 1t woull be au equal criwo to counta fraudulent ole. e theu dudulged i a litdy sarcasn of the expeua of e Presifeul, lutfiating chat bls cou- struction of bls duty inthe premises wus (o atsip the frooticr aud crowd the Capital with traops. in copclualon ho sald: Belioving thavihis Houss THIS CHICAGO , TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JANUARY _—— Y, 1874, haa the high power and a rolemn daty to perform In regard to counting the Elcctoral votes for Proni- dentand Vice-Frosident, fn my humblo Judgment, any attempt on the part of any man or body ol men, excentive, legialative, or ministerial, to go- erce this Hanas to cannt a vote which in ita §n r ment {8 invalld or vold, or to coerce thin Haure to hrow ont a vote whicl In i« jndzment in legal and +0ld, of to interfere in Any manner whatevee with the peacefnl diacharge af “the constitutional func. tions in this high recard, would be an ntter sub. verslon of onr conatitutional governments and 1t accompanied by an armed and otgzanized force, would be trearan tothe United Statea of Amorica JAP;\IM!W on the Democratic side of the House and n the gatlerlen, ] Mr. Barchard lIILI. amember of the Commit- tee, offered on behalf of the four Repnblican mem. bern of the Committes the following as & sabstls tuge for the tesalutions by tha Committee, Rexolred, Arat—That it tho power and duty ot the Honse, ¢ojointiy with the Senate, to provlde oy law of ather constitutional method' s mode for lulr'.{ and troly arcertaining nnd properly connting the Electoral vote of each Siate ra as to give effect to the ehinice of each State In the election of Preei- reaklent., in the abuence of a legialative pros yislon on_tho eubject, or suthoriiative direction from tho Senate and Hunee of Heprescntatives, the Tresident of the £ .o rening the certifl- cater, declares and contita ti 211 votes for Frestdent and Vice-Presiient of thie Fnited States, Mr. Burchard sald iat the rosolutions reported hy e majority pascrteid the most extrome power on the partof the Honse, and Invoived the great constitutional question wiether the Federal Gov. ernment bad the right ta review the proceedings of oficers of W State in the election vr aypolntment ot FEleclore. 11 that position were correel, then either touse conlil examie collaternlly whether the ofiicers of a State ha taken the ontfi to snpport the Constitution, e defed that richt on the part of cither ilonse, and held that the acts of a duly-con. siituted amority of a State, When vorifed, a8 reqoired by law, munst' be taken ah legal and correct, Ho clalned that thers was no llv_nwcr to fo behind auch acts. n Adams snd hawan Jefferson were aupposcd to know some- thing nbeut the Constltntion, and cach of them, when hie was Presfdent of the 2enate, wizned a cere tificate in which he stated that T8 had opened the cortificates, and ad counted the Electoral vate He (Iurchari) had endeasored 1o come to hincon- cluelons on the stbject b uo partisan apirit, and he was glad to scc that o better fecling wan provailing with respect 1o the duty of Congress, snd that the question was to be dectded Tn n_conct rpizlt, glving to each eide eredit for hones that above all thincs violence should be re only in that emergency, that last resort which ified the action of the fathers of the Revaintion. Such a time could never come in the history of The American Government, anc it was wicked to talk about what might bo done ina case of emerzency, At the tloee of Mr. Burchard’s speech the resofi- tion went over without action, and the Hlouse ad- Jonrned, Mr. Payne, Chatrman of he Commitice on Connt- ine the Flecfornl Votes, made a_conenrrent report of the two Cammitteos af *he Tlonsc and Senate, which report having been read it was, on motion of Payne, roconmmitted sua ordered printed. and Iayne sinted he would soon move 1o mako it a special order. ILLINOIS. JUDOE TIFTON'S BUCCHSSOM. Spectal Ditpaich to The Tribune. Broostixaron, 11, Jan, 18.—At 2:30 p. m. a Delegate Convention of the Republicans of this Judleial Distrlct, conslsting of McLean and Forit Counties, met {n the Circult Court-room. ‘There were present a full conventlon, consfating of fifteen McLean-County and five Ford-County delegates, all fnstructed by thetr respective Qounty Conventlons, Ira Abbott was called to the chalr from Danvers Township, and Richarad Osborne, of Bloomington, and King, of Paxton, appolntedSecretaries, Eloven ballots wero cast, all allke, Bloomfiekl recelving 9 and fraction; TReeves, Band fraction; Rowell, 4 and fraction. On the twelfth ballot Rowell's men went over ta Reeves, giving bim 10 and a fraction, and maklvg him the nomi- nec. On motion of B. F. Funk, the vote was made unanimous. Reeves has been o member of tho Bloumington Bar since 1854, and (s known as one of the most feliolarly and able members, He 8 desersedly popular nitong all parties, and will prove n worthy successor on the Bench which has in the ‘m!t been honored by such nien as David Davle, John ML Scott,and Thomas F. Tipton. MISCELLANEOUS. NEW UAMPSIRE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL HOMINATION. Coxconp, N. IL, Jan. 18.—The Democrats of the Sceond Congrcasonal District to-dny noml- nated Alvah W. Sulloway. TUE WOMEN OF AMENICA WANT TO JIAVE A PAIR AIOW AND A PAIIL COUNT, Dirgatch 10 Cincinnatl Gazette, Warnmnarox, Jan, t e Natlonal Women's Suffrage Convention to-day, Mrs, I3, A. Lockwood oftered o report reciting that Lhere aro crave doubts aa to whether thero has been an election of Presldent, ete.; that a committes of five competont women be olected to mako o falr count, and that an army of 100,000 uniaar- ried women be eulled to Washington to watch Honry Watterson's 100,000 untusrricd Democrnts while the committee of women aro mahing the count. Tho resolution was adopted with chcers, P —— FIRES. CIICAGO. During the cold duys, the young Iadies In the abstract departinent of the Recorder's offive complalned bitterly of the fnadequary of the heating-apparatus of the eatablishment, and be- sought all whom it might concern that somo provigion be made for their comfort. The de- partment 1s situated on the ground floor and heated by a furnace underueath. The furnace- man was sent for and concluded that he could arrange things to warm thoss girls up, 50 he lotroduced another flue, running up from the heator, through the Goor, about five feet from where onc of the old ones passed, and opening rzht bestde o vartition, About 6 o'clock yesterday aftornoon a blaze sprang up from the junction of the floor snd partition. It threatencd bad worle for a winute, and Mr, Otto Peltzer and his asaistunts worked hani to et the Index books into tho vault, fearing o conflagration. These eentlemen did_noble ser- vice, but unnceessarily, for the Fire Vatrol arrived aud promptly extimeufshed the flames, Tt was discovered that the whole trouble arose from the carelessness of the fur- nace-mun, who had run the flue toomear the four, i direet violation of the bullding ordi- nance, It cannot he attributed to any fault n the construction of the bullding, but solely to the careless arrangement of the flue, which has been remedicd. Al ELIZABETIN N, J. Evzanery, N J,, Jan. 19,—The Government. bonded warchouee on Shutlers' Island burned. Loss, $50,000, SALT, Apectat Dispaich o The Tibuna, EAsT BaatnNaw, Mich., Jun, 18.~The annual meeting of the atockholders o tho Michigzan Sait Assoclation was held in this city to-day, 3,700 out of the 4,151 ehares of stock belng rep- resented, Reports ! the Prestdent and Seere- tary showed the operations of the Assolation for the past year. A resalutfon was adopted fixtng the rates of ndvancea At 65 cents per bar- rel instud of §0 cents, und olso for the purposo of tuking steps to secure better storage at Inke A Buard of Directors was elected as fol- wunty, W, . Buirton, N, Harnard, Burlow, Ueorge Williains, careon : Bay County, A. Miller, y No B, Bradley, O, 1), “Chapin, 11 e, T. Cranage, Jr,y Eddy; Huron County, F, Crawlord, J, 8 Thompeon, At o mecting of the Board of Directors the foltowing (leers wers clcted: Pribiont, W, R b urt § ~Prestdent, Albert Slillers Trensurcr, ‘T, Cranage, Jr; Seerctury, 1. (. Hoiland ceutlye Couinitier, W2 R, Turt, A, SMiller, Craisge, dr., No Barnurd, J. L., o Dataen, LUMRER, Fpectal Dispatch io The Tridune, East 8ausNaw, Mich., Jan. 15.—The report of the amount of lumber manufuctured during the yeur 1570 ot the wills on thy Flint & Pere Marquette Koliway, ackinaw Division of the Michigan Central, Baginnw Valley & 8t. Louts Rowls, and continuous poluts, will be published to-marrow, Following s the summary of jum- ber cut: Ludington, 100,348,030 fect; other Flint & Pery Marquette Rutlway mills, 75,600,253 feet; Mackinaw Diviston of the Michigan Central Ratlroad, 49,530,600 fect: Saginuw Valley & 8t. Louls tatlroad, 15,000,000 feet; Lapere Conuty, G, 425,000 feet§ Tuseola County, 12,400,000 Lo Hurun County, 48,550,000 feet {"total, 861,501, 1 feet. “The uniount msnufactured at the wbove pomnts in 1875 was I53,640,058 feet. Tho total amount of luber ony hand ut the above-named mill at the cloee of the yeur was 121,159,000 feety with the cut of 51,200,050 pleces; shingles, 210,300,000, ——e— INDIAN DEPREDATIONS. Cueyrxse, Wyo, Jan. 1%.<Intelligence ar- sived Lers to-day from Chugwater, Uity 1ntics north of this city, that the Indiane mude a ruld on rauches uear Chugwater Statfon last nizhi, drivi off about flfty horscs, The Indians were followed by ranchinen for seyeral wiles, but succeeded bn gettlog away with the stock, * CRIMINAL NEWS.- Rxeoution Yesterday of Dasilel Prico, Negro, at Warrenton, Mo, The Hideous Scene Witnessed by 8 Vast Throng of People. Extraordinary Procedurs of the Calprit's Oounsel at the Scaffold. Shocking Instames of TFarenfal Inhemanily ot Wilten, Mass. PUBLIC EXECUTION, Spectat Dispatch to The Tridune. 8. Louts, Mo., Jan, 18.—At Warrenton, Mo., this morning, Danlel Price, a full-hlooded negro, aged 83, was hanged for the murder of Samucl Talor on July 20 last year. Ha had been lving In adultery with Taylor's wife, and the two con- spired to kill the husband, The wife Is serving n twenty-flve-year eentence in the Penitentinry for the crime, and Price is In his grave, At hilf- past 8 o'clock this morning the inclosure was made around the geaffold In the jail-ynrd by stretehing @ halfdnch rope, which was attached to Jocust trecs, nand the ends made fast to the fence on the south and west sldcs. The fatal rope was adjusted to the heam of the scaffold. Ina few minutes Cook, the Deputy Sheriff, stepped forward on the platform and addreesed the crowd, reminding them that the reputation of Warren County was at stake, and, as law-abll- ing citlzens, he exhorted them to maintaln per- fect order. Tho yard was a perfect jam of hu- man befogs, among whoin was . sprinkling of women, mostly colored, They all appearcd as Jovial as though they were ab a plenle, eracking Jokes and geeming to enjoy the situntion huge- 1y. At four minutes past 9 o'clock the prisoner was seen approaching from the fall, fa compa- pany with the Sherdff and Deputy Coal. Price walked vretty firmly toward the seaffold, and mounted the steps with but little show of nervousncse, Rending the death-war- rant, Deputy Cook turned to the condemnned and asked Bim Kindiy it e had anything to say, The prisencr, evidently very mueh offected, ro- piled: 1 have nothing to say, Mr. Cook, except thot Tam an Innocent maw’ At this point, Mr. Stewart, who so ably defended the accused, advaneed Lo the front of the platform and ad- dressed the crowd ns follows: Friiow-CiTizexs: Yon are now ahout tawitness tho execution of a fellow belng, one whom | do- fended with all my ahility, and of whose innocence Ilavo not the fenst doubt, 1tell you, fellow. citizens, that In_tho execation of tuls man the peopla of Warren County are about to commita moat helnous crime—that of exccuting an nnocent nan. = urfug the delivery of thisaddreasthe dooined man exhibited no eémotlon, hut stood gazing atole ll¥ on the crowd below. A white hand- kerehie? waa tied over his eyes,und the black cap adjusted. During this trying scene Price kept his nerves remarkably well. lefore binding lis arms he shook hamds with the ofticera, thanking them for thelr kindness. ‘Then the trap wus sprong and_Daulel Price dropped witha dull l‘ulfl. and_his !l;h’"» ole fts flight to other clines, The ody fell to within an fnch of the ground, the toes not clearing ft by more than that distance, Although his neck wad not broken hy the fall, the body struepied but little, and In twenty minutes the physiclan pronounced life extinet, death having ensed by strangulatin, The remains were taken clurgze of by somgeolored relatives of the deccased, who prep he body for burial in the old Pinckney Gravevard - nccondunce with a request made by hfm & few davs shnee that his body miaht rést beside his wife. ‘The owner of the cemetery objecting 1o his burfal in the grounds, somc “other disposition will be made of the corpte, At noon ost of thoso who came to witness the hanging had taken lunch and Jeft for hom INIHIUMAN PARENTS, Dirpateh 1o New York llerald. MMiLToN, Mass,, Jan, 10.—A most terrible ense of parental cruelty, alsclosing tho fmprison- ment and neglect for sovonteen years of an i otle son, aud the possiblo murder of another, has sct this usually quict borough into an in- tense fever of exvitement. As the story gocs, about seventeen yeurs agoa quarcel uceurred in tho family of Jusiah Ficlda, by occupation a laborer, in which futher, mother, and several sous participated. In the course of the dispute Joslah, Jr., hardly of age, offended his father Dy his continucd obstinacy, and the latter, s ls suppuged, struck the hoy a severe blow, inflict- ing upon fim somo permancnt fujury. In order to prevent the discovery of the deed'the wound- ed lad, it §a alleged, was locked in n. chumber. ‘The sudden disappearance of the lnd wus ace counted for In varfous ways by the peopls of the neighborhood, the famlly giving out that the buy had ryn away. Last baturday ond of the sons dicd®ud the privacy of the funi! vaded. One lady golng to a room, from which an almost overpowerlig stench emanated, haa the curjosity to unlock the door anid peer in, Bller testhnony Js to the effect that a stranze it on all fonrs, naked, with long balr and beard, ran at her, uttering guttural founds, and befog apparently unablo to speak distinetly, A geueral alarm followed. ‘The matter was nolsed ubout town, and the creature wallowlng in his own filth was readlly assoclated with the long- missing son, Josiah, Jr. 8o much excitement wus oecasfoned that the relectmen of the town thought it their duty to investizate ‘the aflair, On Saturduy they called in a bady, but were re. Qu«slnul to postpone thelr Investiation untl Monday., Onthe morning nued Col, Henry W. Rtusscll watted on thc family and found o oor, hall-witted fellow, sallow fn complozion rom his long conflnement, with a nlcely-shaven face und cropped head. 1t turned out upon further Invectigation that during the fntervad between Saturday and Moy- day tho inhuman parents had thelr'ron shaved and put {n presentable shape. s appearance now ia of an ordiuury man, who stoops. slichitly aud has o very sullow complexton, and, what is ceuliar, lio s quite stout. Of late he has been seen at the windows of houses with blunkets weapped about him, und this gave rise to the story of a “wild ian* roving about the wouwds. The fumily wssign no renson for havlng kept Lim concealed wtl these years, and will uot allow,, him to be acen by any one ut the preseat time, What adds to the terror of the foregolug story 18 the fact that _snother son hus also been nius- iniz for u||munlu of sixteen years, nud at the time of Lis disappearunce an old well neur the house was suddenly tilled up. The wildest ex- citenent. prevallé, and ponding the digging out (lyl tho well the Vields fumily are under survell- auce, DBODY-SNATCHER SENTENCED, Bpectul Dispateh to The Tribune, B1. Louis, Jan. 15.—1The notorivus 8t. Louls resurrectionlst, Ernat Docpke, ias como to grict in the Criminal Court. Doepke was tried for breuking open 2 rave in the old Jucker Ceme- tery fn December, 1875, and carrying off & coflin in which were encased the remulns of one F, Doll. 1ls sttorneys pleadedemotional Insanity a8 une of the grounds for defense, the other ground heing based upon u decslon rendered In the Court of Appeals aboula year ugo to the effect that colllus committed to the crth were no property, and, therefore, a person who stole one could not he pulity of lareeny, The jury returned s verdiet declartng M callty of wrauil larceny, und ossessing hls punishinent ot two years” hnprisonment n the Penitentiary, An wppeal will be taken to the Court of Apveals, fn the hope that that tribunal wlit assert the doe- trine that a cotlin vics burled is not subjeet to Tarceny, and, aleo, that a sccond-lund collin 1s not of sulliclent value fo couatitate the erlime of grand lureeny, L S OVER-CONFIDENCE. &peclal Dispatch fo The Tribune. DagviLLe, (11, Jun. 18,—A man representing hinpsclf to be James Btock, of this county, ap- peared at the loan ageney of Palmer & Bon, on Baturday last, and requested the loan of 3500 on real cstate security, showlng an abstract of real estate Ju this county clear of incumbrance. The brokers examtned thye atter, and aiter sutiulying themselyes that the title was ull right, furnfshed the money uud touki 8 Mortgge o the rewl estate. The matter bovo rested until to-day, when |t was discovered that the man who hud executed the mortgngs and ob- tained the monsy was not Btock ot all, but some shurper who Lol got up tho job, and, as it proved, carrled it to a successful fssue, No clew has a8 yet beeu ubtaiued of bim. THE SCRANTON RING. Harmisuvaa, Pa., Jan. 19.~In the Dauphin County Court this afternoon two Lile wers found sgulust Jamca Curtwrleht, ex-Couuty Treasures of Luzerne County; Jamea L. Mills- pangh, ex-Clty Trensurer of Scranton; H. C. Jones, of Whikesbarre; M. 8, Smith, Iate_clerk’ in the State Treasnry Department; and W. W, Kerr, Willlam J. Jackeon, snd John A, Waz- conery clerka In the Anditor's depariment, for onapiracy to embezzle by filing false stnte- menta anid settling false aecotints, Al of the above are concerned [n false returns uf teense feer, ete., to the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vanta, The trfal will probably commenco to- MOFrow, T CAUGITT A't LAST. Loxpoy, Ont., Jan, 18.—Smith N, Hawes, late City Treasurer of Covington, Ky., who has been Hying with s wife and family at the Te- ennsach flouse the past six months under the name of [fouse, was arrested to-day on a charge of forgery. ‘xrc!utml hy the Coviugton authorl- tlea. Applleatfon for”extradition s based on tho charge. - 11e altered $200 orders of the Cor- poration on the Northern Bank of Kentucky o #1,200, and_ fored the indorsement. Hawes® total empezzlement is stated ot 250,00 to $60,000. The ease Is umder examinatlon. $“ALL 18 NOT GOLD," ETC. Apectul Dispatch to The Tridune, Peonia, 1k, Jun, 18.—Last wight o young man, nnme unknown, was confidenced nt the Unlon Depot by a sharper. The latter repre- sented himself as Just from 8an Francisco with gold which hie wanted to exchango for currency. The young man accommodated Lim to the ex- tentof &40, The gold, of courae, tirned out to be spurious, and the sharper has disappenred, 'This 8 a new trick hereaboute, and unsophistl- cated people may hear from it at other places. RECATTURED, Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune. Bontverow, In, Jan. 18.~This morning, when the tealn from Keokuk stopped at the de- pot in this city, Oficers Rider and Lavelle ar- rested Charlie Cullaton and Mike Flynn, two of the elght prisoners who cseaped from the Fort Madison Jall last evening. Cullaton was under indletment for a minor offense, hut Fiynn s awnlting trial for murder, and his eapture is of more tonsequence than that of all the others, ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. Mgestpis, Jon, 18,—Yesterday afternoon John 8. Fritwell attempted to n¥sassiunte Sherl(l A, J. Mauning, ot Austin, Miss., whilo he was cat- ing supper at his raidence. Manning fa the confessed murderer of J. B. Harvey, of Louls- ville, who was killed at Austin some time since, and '{t {8 supposed the nssassination was at- tewpted beeaure of his murder of Lurvey, Fretwelt escaped. FORGERY. New Yonrx, Jan. 18,—Horaco E, Brown; bro- ier, of 85 Broad strect, has been arrested on susplelon of having been hnplicated in the for- gery of the check for $02,000 which purported to have been deawn by the New York Life-Tu- nee Company, and which was certifled ns zenuine by the Cashier of the Union Trust Company, MORE FORGENIES. Nrw Youk, Jan 18.—Julius Btring, of Pitts- Durer, was urrested here this evening by request of the Chiefof Police of Tittsburg, on the chargo of having cmbezzied sums of moncy by means of forged checke, A DEFAULTER, Barrivone, Jan. 18.—A speclat from Annap- olis says the [on, Georze Wells, for th H(l)’fi'v:lu President of tho Farmers® and ers' Bank, {a a defaulter in the sum of §63 ————. ETT---)!.\I The “Trus Account of an Eye-Witness," Which Reflected on May, In Tuarn Donled by a Friend of ‘Chat Gory Shot. Sueclal Dispatch to The Tribune. New Yous, Jan, 18.—There appeared to<day what purported to be a true account of the Bennett-May duel, ns given by an eye-witness. Thia eyc-witness was only. too evidently a witness In Mr. Bennctt’s fuvor, Ile vould not, n fact, seo anythiugs fn they affalr that was not to May's shome and Bennett's praise. Ile charged tiat May, who bad tho first shot, fired ot tho words “are you ready " {nstcad of at the *“onc, two, three!” Thon Bennett licaped humiljation on his nervous adversary's head. “I vould kifl you If T wished to" eld Lo, with slgnal seorn, and fimmedintely sent the fatal bullet’ into the chill Muryland uie. The red flush of what the oyo- wittess saw to be shame stole over the unin- Jured May"s face. Tl turned and ran frow his cternal dlzgrace aud Jomes Gordon Dennett. He did not tarry to return thanks fora branded 1ife that was wondo thun a branded nvalidism oraudden death, Not a sound was heard, not » funeral note, as over toward Dover May hurrled, This is, In substauce, the * true nc- count,” ns given by ouns of Mr. Bennett's frlends, Tn regard to the story, somethig like 1t was originated in Brooklyn last week and at- tributed to John A. Foley, ong of the Iawyers retalned by Dr. Phielps. Mr. Foley denled its authorship or truth, and it was dropped. Had it been possible to place Mr. Hen- nett fn ko fayorable a light, ft fs not likely that Leonsrd Jevowne, who ls ono of s close frionds, would nve neglected the op- portumty when ho gave s veraion of tho affair. e certainly put his friend in the best ight the facts would warrant. 1lis version, given tn Tux TRIBUNE, 13 sustained by the followmg letter, whivh comes from trustworthy sources, and will uppear in the Times to-morrow Certaln repori havo been widely and fuduetel- ounly cirenlited for tho paat ten days In_the news- papers, which | haye every reason o belfeve have, o gre d by partica in this city, who, knowla the truth, yet desired to con- cral it for the purpose of “croating the - pression that tho late meeting Lutween Meanre, fay ond Bennett wia stopoed on account of “bloodshed. 18 hna heen dafly published that the former Was wounaed,—at doc thne it was stated Celightly: b i agaln and'it has been walid that he had died of 1 now take this method to slience theao falschouds, and to Infu the friends of Mr. May, on ihe authority uf a letter from lis vecond, that nelther ho mor any part of his clothing was hit, scratched, grazed, or f uny way touched by the onv and only shot which, atihe distance of twelve paces, was exchanged Ly (ho patties; aléo, that the aifalr then terminated by the purty secking iafactlon declaring himself satine ed.” 1f thoro jsany persun who hias been con- cerned, in clrculating direetly or tudirectly the falschooda t which 1 kiave alladed, or, If there in any ouc elue dispused to queation oF contradict the facts as stated by we, wnd bo will avow his ro- sponsibiiity in 80 doing under bis trie signature, hio will bo promptly niet by my real name, Bnd not by tho fctitious one of Venran, Dr, Phelps was discharged from custody to- day Ly Judyge Glldersiceve, who sa The law will ot compel & man 1o condemn Blmself, Invomo carcs the mantle of humuunity In thrawn ovor the witness by the statute, aud, in » ho witness muay bo compelled (o un- NSEEE Ahe qucationg, Tho cune befure i duc ot appear {u be one of these, [ do not think the third section of th l)unllnulcllprll any ullense except thums created b L o sectionn, aud, shucu tha inguiries Ly and Jury scem' 1o be directed toward the o¥ence utder the first twa sec- tiona, 1 think the witness In clearly catitled to de« clinu’ o answer the question when e pluces his declination upon the ground of self-criwination “The Grand Jury have abandoned thelr inquiry into the all I duel, having falled to obtaln any fnfermation on the subject, .0 the Western Associ NEw Youk, Jun, 13, the lirst accurate narrutivi duel, It 13 the story of an_eye-witness, whiy sayu: The first shot'fell to Mr, May, Tho ur- raiigements having been completed, The princi- Puh togk their pusitions at a distance of about W Fres. ¢ Zribune publishes of the lenneft-May chve yanls wact. The bt and handed to thew, und the one shle. Then canto the question: * Are you reudy (7 befuro the * viia 7 lumwliml\‘lr, sid could be given, Mr, May ralscd his pistol, ok u hasty ulne and pulled the teveer. The weapo miszed fire. On recefving ftimation that it was his turn, Mr. Bennett raised his pls- tol und crld scornfuily, “1 coutd Kill you now 3 1 wialied,” uid, poliating 1L futo the alr, tired quickly, The ductlsts then suluted one wiother, When, su Wenly overcome by shame aml moitl Heatlon, to the ntmost amazement of all pres- cut, Frederick May turved und burrled swuy, unable luneerto fuce his disgrace. No words pusked between the princivals at any tme dur- 0 the mecuny, exvept Mr. Beonett's remark when he fheed Lis plstol tn the alr. As soun as the retreattug duclists were out of siehe the ri'-l of the party returned to the rullroad sta- ton. . Mr. May betruyed a uervousness strangely at varlance with hiy reputatiou as u ool and ace curate marksmun. - Benuett, on the other hand, showed no slzns of trepldation, either o speech or suanner, and frum the first seeined 1o look upoa thy icetiug ratler s & disigreeably than & dangerous wurrene. MAY UNUURT. Wasiinorox, I, C., Jun. 18.—Mr. Fred May fa futhis ¢ity. 3o arrived boro Tuesday lust, und [s ushurt, “ ROLLAND.” Capture of the Notorious Chame bersburg Bank Robber, Surpriced at His Home on tho West Side, Ho Quiotly Surronders. He Will Be Sent Back to Penn- sylvania. . Louls C. Cleremont, atlas Rolland, wha was wiltten up to eo great an extent fn the carlier portion of last December, and who figured prominently in tho Hon, R. P. Derlekson's Interesting story of his visit to Philadelphia and Chambersburg, upon behalf of a young man who had been led asteny from the paths. of virtue, was eaptured yesterday by Detectlve Steele, In company with Detective Macauley, Stecla spent many o cold, weary, day and night In piping off the reafdence of Mrs. Ruger (his own und Adney 1. Wicks' motly law), No, 035 West Harrlson strect, and {t was_not wntli last evening that either of them fully learned that ‘*eternal vizllance s the price of Jiberty,” In the afternoon Supt. Ifickey Jeartied from splea that Cleremont was at hiome, md thither Detective8teelo was at ones dispatehed, accom- nanled by tvo oficers from the West Twelfth Street Siation and by Deputy-Supt, Joe Dixon. Btecle entered, and, npon stating that he wished to search the honae, was confronterd by Mre. Rueer, broom-stick In hand. The door was quickly sfammed and barred agalnst the ofticers, and Mes. Iluger was determined that her house should not be avarched without war. rant, and denled the oflleer’s right to goup steire.” Ho went all the same, however aml suoth wan faco to face swith ifs man, who facel Wim with & clear, unflinching cye, his hand raleed ta his breast, to druw & weapon from * his foner coat-pocket. Hesida lim stood his fvife, alao facing the musle likea courageons, bold woman that sho fse Cleremont dee manded to know wiat was wanted, umt unon 8teele's modest Toply, “You, sir” ho smiled and answered, ~ “Here's your man’' Upon seaivhing him a revolver was drawn from his fner” cont-pocket, another from a Wlp-pocket, and A terriflc' weapon an tha shape of o large clasp-knlfe, The olllecrs wended thelr wav. back to the stotlon, and Cleremont was tocked up at the Central to awnit a responsc ton telegrain, ot ‘once sent on to Chmmbershurg, P’e, Durlug the eventng a TRIBUNE reporter had a tete-n-tete with the cracksman in an ante-room ol tho station, It anyhody expects ho found there an fdeal bank-plundercr, ha 13 greatly mistaken. Cleremont, who Is only about five fect six or ecven fnches in “hefsht ami sltmly bufit, entered the room with a measurad trend that would denote great deliberation aud firinness of characier In n inan of moro fnpostiz stuture. A fino florkl countenance, touched oil with black wavy falr, n durk-brown nustache of fine and juxuriant growth, and srelf curlea ot the end, larza round gray eycs, with oyelils c; lmmu of the most cunning moyements, o spot~ icns embroldered shirt-front, daintily-tied eravat, Inrge linnds, and exceedingly amndl feet, coni- plete his deseription, save that the whole is sut off with dismonds of the purest ray, Iie con- vereed freely about his capture, and his escaps from the Pennsylvania Penftentiary, bui woull eny nothing that has not already been publishe ed. Indeed, HE WAS VERY RETICENT about every matter, until e hiad first 'thought whether or fiot It ld been published, and when bis memory failed him ho dld not liesitate to ask. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Der- 5 fckson had gone down to Pennaylvania for the rummn of saving an Oliver for him (Rolland), he €tll had the kindlicst feeltnge towards him. In only two particolurs did_he contradict the Derickaon, I;ml in story us related by Mr. thin” counegbion s blamed Mr, belng 5o tush a8 to give nway resulted fn his own, discomfiture, r stance,” sald lie, 4 Mr. Derlckson put Wmaelf in an awkwaed ‘puahlon by stating that he aaw mo upon the trafn, for that one fact more than any other made rome folks belicye that hohad some- """%"“ do with my eseape.” But I can assure you e did not,” “Then it §s true that Mr. Derlekson snw you, s ho states, upon tho train,” put in the in- for quisltor, - ‘“Yes, that's go: but It Derickeon hnd not sa'd su, never would havo glven him away,” replied Cleremont! “Now | remember,” Do continned, 4T do nat wlah Lo sy nn)‘lhlnz In contrudiction to Mr. Derlckson, but that atory of his nbout o beatlng n poor family out of " 84,000 §3 a Jittle mean. 1 am too honornble nnan for that.” “Ilow about that Hickey 10 per cont story 1 aqueried some one In the room, “That, sald he, *is another error, and I eannot fimagdoe where Derlckson got that from, T uever told Lim any such thing, for 1 never knew Supt, Ilfeley until today, and I find him' @ very kind and - considerato coutlean, Now let mo tell you, Mr Derickson when ho first visited ino waa rather too inquisitive, and 1 rather shut down upon b, Perhaps in my evasive answers I dld say something which Mr, Derlckaon construed g, awculnst Superiotondent Iickey’s character, 1€ 80 3 IT I3 ALL A MISTARILY The reporter then took lease of the dlstine Fulkhm.l criminaly, with promiscs from him tht ie would think up seversl matters which ha thought ho coulll give nway to tho press with- out compromising cither hitnaclf or any other person, ‘The readers of Tie Tmouxe will recollect Mr. Derfckson’s story about the two meu, Role iund and JJohnson, who, upon the Hth of March, 1530, made a bold attempt ll?ou the Chambers burg Valley Bank, ut tho time contalning he tween 8500,000 and $1,000,000, anly £30,000 ot which was taken, The two men were culmuml, tried, and convicted, Rolland, whose real pamo waa Louls C. Cleremont, cscaplog from the fall, pending u dlsenssion for o new trial, and Johue wob, who wsreally Adney Bates Wicks, Clers mont'’a brother-tn-law, belug went up for thie teen years, which ho 18 now serving outs ———— INDIANS. Miles' Late Tntersiew with Sltttag Bull, Cuicaco, Jan, 18.—The following Is an ex- tract of Col. Biles® ofilelal report of the reeent battla with Bittlns Buil's bana: Slitlne Buli's band waw azaln defeated near tha tiead of_Ited Water, Iec. 1M, by three companica of tho ¥ifth Infaniry, under command of lcut. Frunk D. Baldwin, "The Indian trajl was obscur, by a overe snow-storm whew north of the Mise raurl, and, s the reporte were contlicttug, { Aivided my force, taking threo companles throngh i Murcle-tholl'and Dry Fork eountry, and wemi- ing three down the nort ! ¢ of the Missourl, four companied under Capt. Snyder helag then au the ey Porke. nitting Bull had croreed near Wolt Poing, bt on th approsch of Baldwli's forco retreated back agaln mt the head of his camp of 123 ludges. 1lo wav driven south of the Yollowstona and hixcomn eaptared with g Todizes, togethes with sixty horses and mules, amd cverything pe tabntng (o an Indlan villags ‘burned up. “Viie Ine diann er:;("ml with very liltle besidea what they hud ou thelr backs, Lizut, Baldwin end tho oflie cers und troops With Bt aro entitlud ty great credit, Tho command haw marchicd over 00 lles waking 73 miles I forty-eliht hours, and endured the soverity of a Montana winter with great forils tude. “Ive prominent Chicta of the Sloux Natlon wers Killed by thelr old cnemled, the Crow scouts, ot this polit on the 17th luxt., whilo combng In b Ing a white g, folluwed by Fome twenty or thirty othiers, 'Tho gullty (rows cecaped by fight, ~This affair waw most_uiifortunate, an thelr cundng in wuuld lave secnred the surrender of at loast & thoueand dghiing weu. ‘Laermomuter forty Lelow zero, FINANCIAL, Spacial Dispatch to Tha 152 ne, Atnory, 1L, Jon. 18.—8. Town & Son, Ine surunce ngents and real-estate brokerd, wmade an assigument on Baturday to J. M, Howell ‘Their Lubllitles wnount to about $10,000, the bulk of which {8 tor muney horrowed mainly from persons upon wi £1l with great severity, though the F tlonal Bank i3 down for 1,50, and the Unfon Natjonal for §50). ‘They had been in business & duzen or more years, and it {s hoped theirusscts. cousisting principally of real estate, will bo sufe Oricut to cover the vbligations. ‘Tho seulur memns ber of the tinn 15 ono of the oldest ud most Lighly-esteemed citizens of Aurura, aud bas the sympatby of thu entlse community. e ———— SUICIDE, Npecial Dispatch to The Tribune. Ente, Pa., Jan. 13.—Willlsm E. Richardson, 8 ork-packer of Buffalo, committed sulide Lers Phla niornirjs by shooting himsell through the beurt. Tusauit, THE WHALERS, GLouORSTRH, Mass., Jai. 13.—Tho total 1osses of the flshing . Gect fu thu past year foot up 203 lives uud twenty-seven vesscld valued up $150.- G00; fugured for $116,000. e ‘The vamo of 1. T, DBabbitt ls synonymous with boucaty snd success, and his ‘;vmd\lch are the very beat b the market. ' lis 'Woilct Soap rauks sa tha Sueat mnr fur bollet purpoacs n tha woald, belug eitlrely free from polagnyus clomeuts, aod the cleancet in uso, 8y 3130 Lho pleasautest furtho skia Shat cun bo uacds i . 2 ¥ & i — i