Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 30, 1877, Page 1

“VOLUME XXXI WATCHES. e AN AR e e WATCHES. A Fine Assortment of the Celebrated TISSOT WATCHES, And a Large Stock of AMERICAN WATCHES Of Standard Makees, AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. E.V.RODDIN &C0., Lake & Clarkests. PIANOS. STENWAY UPRIGHT ~ PIANOS, The home and forelgn demand for these unapproach- able Instruinents hins withia (hEPflt year Increased 1o suct an extent that we and It ex{remcly diMcult 1o ob- fain them In quantitiea sutlicient to supply our jocal je. e have, Nowever, & moderate supply of ail uut the cheapeat atyle, and hope, within thnuexe thir- iy days, 10 ba in & condition to !llh Al 5 of, go'clock, p, M., ¥ Hpndred (160) Convicta, There men arc able-bdled and adapted to most any Xind of labar, and & Portion of thein have bren working with knitting-machluc. ~Ample o) rootn and stcams vower witl be furnlahed. 4 ‘Contracts to rnn not longer than edght yrars, Ali, pronosals nted 1y A good nd susiiclent bond, it contrict aud bond will be entercd Into If proposal Is sccepted. For turtler partlculars the undersigned, W W, McCLAUG ¢ o Frisom O MUSICAL. Hersey Scholof Moseel A, HERSHEY MUSIC NALL, 63, 85 ond 87 EAST MADISON-8T,, and 42 SOUTH ANN-8T. 11, CLARENCE EDDY, Qcneral Director. W, & B, MATTHEWS, Vice Director. MitS. 8. 1. HERSHEY, Vocal Dircctor. MOODY'S SERMONS. The Boston Daily Advertiser WILL REPORT THE MOODY AND SANKEY MEETINGS, With the scrmans of Mr, Moody verbatim, for the torm of the meetings i Hon TERMS Dally, $1per month, In advance; Weekly, 82 per annuis, In advance. E. ¥. WATERS, Treasurer, 20 Court-st., Boston, " EERM CHANGE ¥ o DRDUSINICSS CITANGIS. 1 inforin 1y customers that 1have sold my bustness o Mesary. Martin Meyer &Co., who wi!l carry on the same at the old locality. C. It. MILLER, Paper Box Ssuufacturer, 27 East Washingtun-st, Reterzing to the ebove notice. we would announce to our fricuds aad the pubite in gencral that we shall con- H, Miller under the firm sving wae tinuo the buslucss of M uamse of NEW YOUK I°, L BOX CO. chin o Jateat conatructivn, ‘work aspeclalty. GENERAL NOTH 1 hee B O BLIC NOTICH » herel von that the Finance Conunlttee o! Yonrd of Commienionor of Conk County \rlll‘ lrl‘lf celve proposals until 12 m., Wednesday, the 3ot imst., to loau Cook* County One Hundred Thon- #and Dollars uatil June 1, 1877, same to be nayi- Lle from the general fund of safd County [n the County ‘I'reaaury, Iidn will ba addeesscd to 19 nance Committee, and depoaited with tho Clerk of tho Board, and will wpecity th rato of inte manded. ERMANN LIEN RAVENSWOQCOD. .OSCARY CHARLES, Town Collector of Lake View, will be found on Wednosday, Jan, i1, 1877, :‘l;'. 1. BRUN'S Store, at Ravenswood, to recelve Fine Spectacies sulied to all sighis_on_sclentifie prin- e mu Field” Gl fiero elples, Glases, Teleacopes, Mic scapca, Uarumeters, &c, ik i 54 T 0L TANKS, R b zWILSON & EVENDERN, 7 A0S o ! an» SHIPPING CANS, 47 & 40 West Lake Btreet. EIIOA GO, yos Cavatovu, OlL TANKS FINANCIAL, Ry DT o TPER, CENT. at BEVEN: $10,000 8 741 83,000 :l;d 8 per ceut luaus un approved clty real estate made FRANCIS I. PEABUDY & CO., 174 Dearhorneat, FOIE SALE, , Diamond Cross Lflel;x.finl.v. ‘Héeren‘ Whhe Diambnds, one carat U;\Sl‘"bu‘l ariaing mp?(‘;!.:lrguv Inquire of T0 CABITALISTS, For Salo, a firat-class store on West Madleon-st. One of thy beet corners In the eity, and & good fenant guasantewd for o teri of years at u falr ren- tal, R. BOWEN, 2 LaSullo —— - - FURN, FURS 20, Seal aud Mink Sacques wil ho sold at cost to close out " J, the lot. ‘'hese goods are of our own well-known make, and warranted, BARNES & C0., 70 Madlson-st, ° BLUL GLASS, BLUE GLASS. MoCully & Miles, Stained Glass Manufaoturers, 85 Hast Jackson-st. — iv_ o FAIKBANKS' STANDAKD SCALES OF ALL KiNDS, " FAIRBANKS.MORSE & CO. 111 & 118 Lake St., Chicugo. Becarsfultobuy oaly the Genulas, IT IS A LAW. The President Approves the Electoral Bill in a For- mal Message. I‘ourtee.n Members of the Grand Arbitration Board Selected. Edmunds, Morton, Frelinghuysen, Thurman, and Bayard Rep- resent the Sennte. Payne, Hunton, and Abbott Chosen by the House Demoorats, Judge Davis Positively De- clines to Serve on the Commission. The House Prerogatives Committee and the Louisiana Case. They Think They Have Struck a Rich Lead, but Aro Soon Disap. . pointed, A "Reliable” Witness Acknowl= edges that He Has Fibbed Incontinently. Report of the Majority of the Senat Committee on the Florida Election. 1t Furnishes Few Crumhs of Comfort for the Resident of Gramercy Square. A South Carolina Judge Says That Btate Has No Legally-Inaugurated Governor, THE ARBITRATORS. SENATE REVEDLICANA ON TIIR COMMISSION, Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune. WasINuTON, Juu, 20—1he sume dispute which last week disturbed the harnony of the Republicans ju the llouse when members of the Electoral Commission were nomiusted broke out among their brethren In the Senate to-duy, Bafe from the heaving of the publie, hehiud the locked doors of the caucus-roum, the factlons of the moderates and the extremists could not refrain from glving each other u plece of thelr respective minds. Last Friday it was thought tiat such an affair had been forestall- < by o pretty general agreement that Edmunds and Morton should be appolnted to repre- sent the friends and the opponents of the compromisc, and that Mowe should be the third man, ho being not offenslve to elther party, although a supporter of the bill, This umicable scttlement wos disturbed this morn- fug by THE REFUSAL OF JIOWE TO AZRVE. The Edmunds party wanted to have Conkling chosen, The Morton party expressed distrust of Conkling’s soundness on theguestions cssen- tial to the mafutenance of Ilayes' claims, Heo Tad been reported, they alleged, to have sald things in private couversation which left grave doubts a3 to his real position. Besides, he had waited nearly two months after Cong Kress met before saying even as much as that lic beleved Hayes was clected, keeplig up all the whilo a mysterlous reticence, Edmunds strongly urged Conkling's appointment, but finally Conkling himself ended all question on thut score by TOSITIVELY DECLINING TO RERYD 3t chosen, and statiug that lie did not wish the place, The Morton party vresented MeMillan, of Miunesota, and were carrylng the eaucus for Bim, when Edmunds esid that he would have nothing to do with the Counnlssion It two ene- mies of thy whole scheme of settlement were vut upon . In the midst of thy cxcltement which folluwed his remarks, the hour of moon arrived, and the taucus was obliged to adjourn to attend the sesefon of tho Hemate, It mict agaln at 8 o'clock, and, after o gowd deal of discussion, FHELINOHUYSEN WAS FUT FORWARD to heal tho breach, and was elected ps the third member of the Commission, Edinunds and Mor- ton having been previously chosen, This con- clusion, ulthough it came somewhat fn the nature of a compromise, was nevertheless u substantlal victory for the moderate parly, nasmuch as what Edmunds all the while stren- uously Inslsted on was, that of the threo Repub- lican Benators on the Commisslon twe should be men who suppaerted the LI, THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS held a caucus this afternoon to sclect thelr two members of the Commieston, Senator Stephou- son was fn the chalr, and sald that it lnd heen ngreed with the Republicans that thres mewm- Liers of that party and two Democrats should be voted for on the sume ticket, There was some ubjection to this from Senators, who thought they ought not to be compelled to vote foru man as dlstasteful to them politically as Mor- ton. Wallaco proposed u limited vots system by which cach Senator could lave three candidates, and tho five highest be chosen. This would result 10 the cnolee of three Republicans anatwo Dem- wocrats, just as the plan adopted would, It was thought, however, lmpracticabla to sgree with llw‘otlmr party at this late day {nanew method. Bayard and Thurman were unanimously chosen for members of the Cominlsslon, and Whyto was selected as the teller on beliall of the Dé- fic;l:u to count the votes fn thy Joint Couven- DEMOCIATIO COUNSEL, The Democratlc members of the Houso of Represcutatives held a caucus to-night to deter- nine who they will support for members of the Electoral counsel, The caucus et at 7:30 aud rontinued in session until 10 o’clock before de- termining upou tho men ol their cholee. Tho candidates vominuted were voted for vy bal- lut, which neceasarily consumed a good deal of thoe, The first” two ballots decided the cholee of the caucus for Mr. Abbott, of Mas- tachusctts, and Mr. Payne, of Oblo, Upun the cholew of the third member there wus conslderuble difference of o{:lulun. sud there wero thres Lallots had, and tho candidates were tll, Hon, Feruaodo Wood, the Hon, 8. 8. Cox, dhid the Hun. Eppa Hunton, of Virginla. The third ballut resulted {u the choice of Mr, [uuton. The caucuy §s uu- derutood to have differed widely upon the ques- tlon of supporting Mr. Gartleld, uominuted by the Republicau caucus, un the grouud that thut entleman stands prejudiced In the mutter, he finvlug alrvady expressed himself emphaticall upon the Loulslaua = matter after o visit to that Stute,” and baving jolned in the report of the President’s fricnds sent by the lutter to that Btate shortly after the election, T CHICAGO, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1877, which was afterwards sent hy the President to the Ifouse, which opinlon then expressed that the Democrats of Loulslana practiced great frauds, and carrled the election by unfair and corrupt means, It {s thought, lowever, that the caucus nominee will be elected on both aldes [n spite of the outeropping opposition. TIE HOUSK DEMOCIATS catenssed until alate hour this morning, and nfter three ballots chose for members of the Electural Commisalon Payne of Ohlo, Hunton of Vieginja, and Abbott of Massachusetts, all men of weight and character, and gond lawyers. Ao&»nllmlnnn they may he classed with the moderate wing of their party, A large number of candidates were put tn nomination. sml on thie first bullot Payne, Hunton, Fernando Wood, Abuott, and Cox fed the poll about in the order named. On the sccond ballot Wood fell off, and Payne and 1funton had cach a majority. "The third bullotreaulted inthe cholee of Judize Aubott. There was some talk sbout refuslng to aceept the declson of the Republican caucus as final in the case of Gen. Garficld, who apuears 0 be particulazly obnoxlous to many of the Democrats, but the party-leaders frowned upon this inciplent movement to disturb the entente cordlale, taking the ground that It was good pol- fey o allow the Repaiblicans Lo put ony two tnen they liked on the Commiasion, ALL BUT THE PIPTEENTIL ‘The caucuses of the two Houses having se- lected their candldates to be voted for to-mors row, the Electoral Commission will conslst of the following members: Senators, Edmunds Morton, and Frelinghuyscn, Itepublicans, s Thurman aud_Bayard, Democrats; Representas tives, Payne, Hutiton,'snd Abbott, Deinocrats, and Garflell and lHoar, Republicans; Supreme Court, Assnciate Justices Chilford, Strong, Miller, and Ficld,—the fifth member to bese- lected from among Assoclate Justices Swayne, Davls, Bradley, and lant. THE COUNSEL, Stanley Mntth who, with Willlam M. Fvarts, Robert lngersoll, and Uen, Stougliton, {8 tv he counsel for the Republleans before the Electoral Commlesion, has arrived here, Evarts in expected to-morrow, when a councll of these lawyers will be had. 'The Democratic lawvers wilf be Judpre Black, Matt. Curpenter, Campbell ot Louisiuua, and ten, Butler, SPECULATIONS, ‘There are man; !["lcculnllmm ns to tho proba- ble award of he Electoral Conunls- slon. ~ The Republicans are hopeful, but o not conceal thelr anxiety, Such eminent lawyers as Whllam M. Evarty and Robert [nger- goll'say that the Commisslon must declde that the 1835 votes for Hayes inust be counted,and can- not go behind the returns, but it 13 noticeable that there is Iess confidence fn the result smong Tepublicans thun umog Demovrats, ‘Fhe latter are enthusiastie, They du not aduit the possl- bliity of u doubt, and Dan Vourhees and Smith Weed fu the lobbles of the hotels are already openly dividieg the offices sad arranglng o Cabinet for Tilden. TR BENATE IEPRESENTATIVES. To the Western Assoclated Preer, WasuiNgrox, U, C,ydan. 2.—The Republican Senators wero W0 caucus to-day nearly two hours, and, without coming to any conclusion, adjourned till 3 o’clock, ‘The whole time wus cousumed In general discussion; firat, whether the passaze of the Electoral bilt wns a Repub- liean surrender, and, secund, whether tho He- publiean members of the Coanmission should conslst of the ndvocates of the so-valled sur- render, or of the opponeuts of the bill. At un adjourned mecting this afternoon, Messrs, Edinunds, Morton, and Frelinghuyzen were unaninously chosen to be members ol the Senate branch of” the tripartite Electoral Comn- missfon, and they will be formally eiected by the Benate Lo-morrow, together with Thurman aud Bayvard, The proccedings of the caucus this afternoun were catirely hiarmonious, THE JUDICIAL BRANCH. Assacintealustice Dayls, as soon as the bill nsaed both Houses vonstituting the Electoral vote Commission, notifled his associates and other friends that In the event of his heing offered the fifth place fn the judielal brunch of the Commission that under no clreumatanees would he allow his nume to be used in this con- neetlon. EHe considers it Indelleate, after being elected Beuator, to take a position which might lie npen to critivlam, and refuses absolutely to recansliler his decisfon, Assoclate Justices Clifford, Btrong, Miller, ani Field, the four ncinbera of the Bupreme Court required by the Llcctoral act to serve up- on the judiclal branch of the Commission, were thia afternoon euch furnished with u certitied copy of the nct by the Beeretury of State, They will meet to-morrowand sclect'n 0fth Assoclate, i necordance with its provisfons, TIIE BILL APPROVED. MESSAGE OF TRE PRESIDENT. Wasuinatoy, D, C., Jan. 29.—The following is the text of the Presldent's inessage concern- Ing the Electoral bill: T the Senate of the United States: 1 follow the example herctofore occasionnily presented of come wmunicating In this mode my approval of the act to provide for and regulato thy cuunting of the vutes for Presldent and Vice-Prealdent and the decleion of the quosiions arling thercon, bocause of my apprectation of the fmminent perll to tha fustitu- ttons of the country from which, i my Sudgment, {ho nct nffurdx wise and constitutional ineans of es- cupe, For tho flest time in the history of our t country, under the Constitutlon ° ay now Is, 0 disputs exists whth regard to the result of the clection of the Chiet Mugfstrate of the nutlon, It N understond thut g the disposition of the disputes touching the Llectoral votes cast ot the lato “ele by oneor more of the Staten dependa the question whetlier wne or the uther of tho cundldates for the Prosl- dency I T LAWPUL CIIEP MAOISTRATE, Tho fmportance of having clearly asceriained by proceduro regnlsted by tuw whichof the two eiti- vens has been elected and of having the right to ieh oflico recognixed and cheerfully agreed to by all the prople o the Republic camnot be overs extimated, aud leads mo to express ta Congrens and 1o the nation wy great satlsfactlon at the adoption of a measute thut sfiords an orderly ncans of a declsion _of the ;fln\-ply exciting quews tlons, While the Tlistory ef our country, in §ta earlicr pertods, showa that the President uf th Benato has counted the vates nud declared thelr wtandlog, our wholo history xhows that in no ine atance of doubtor dlspute” has he exercised the puwer of deciding, and that the two Houses of onyress have disposed of atl wuch doubts and din. vutes, nlthough I 1o Instance Litherio have they heen such thut thelr decision could exsentially huve effected the result. For the first thue, then, tho #iovernment of thie United States lu now broughtto meet thequestion os ong VITAL TO THE RESULT, and tils under conditions nut the bes lated to produce an agreement or to Induce calm feeling in the = several branchies of the (iovers ment or among tbo ople_of the country, In o case where, as now, tho result is involved, it ts the Nighiest duty of the Taw-makfng power to'provide in advance & cunsti- tutlonal, orderly, and Just method of executing tha Constitution In " thix wivst nterestiog and critical laune of its provielons. ‘ho doing so, far fromn belnz a compromtes of ‘tight, In an enforcement of the right und an exeeution of the powers conferred by the Constitation on Conzeess, | think that this ordrly method hius been secured by the bill, whicl, appealing to the Conutitution nnd lew as a gulde in ascertaliing the rights, provides ineans of decldln:s queations of “slngle returne through tho direct action uf Conzress, amd in rexpect W dou- blo return Dy ‘o tribunal of inquiry whose duciriona stand tnless both Houses of Con- greas ahall concur In deermintng otherwise, (hus securing a definlte disposition of oll’ queations of dlupute in whatever uspect they may arive, Wth or without thie law. ~Awullof the Stutes have voted, andasa tie vot s imposeible, 3t munt be that ONE OF TWO CANDIDATES HAS LEEN ELECTED, and 1t would deplurable to witess an [rregular con truversy o4 to which of the two should recelve or i which rhould continue to hold ofiice. In all periods of histary controversies huve arlsen as to tho suc- cesvlon or chofce of chicfs of States, and no rull or citlzen loving thelr countey and' 1t freo nstitutions can wacritlce too much of feeling inprescrving, through the upright couras of law, thele conntry from tho smullest danger 1o It peace ou suck an vceasion, zud 1t cunnot bo lmpressed too Arwly in the f all poople that trae Hberty and real procress can exist only through a cheorful adherence fo constitutionul faw. The blll purports to !vnwld« only for the setile. ment of queations arls from the recent clec. tiond, The fact that sach questiony can nrise dumonstrutes the necessit; which I casnot doubt will elore b wupplled, of 1 pernanent general lewhslation to meet cases Which have not beer: coutem, plated In the Conntitu- tlon or tho laws of tho country, The bill muy uot Le perfect, and Ite_provislons may not be auil us wouhl be beat upplicable to oall futire vceasions, but Il[h ::l(’u‘lll'\'“ to m"l‘ the |:l5;-=n| tnudll‘lnn I;l uestions and of the counl u country s agi- tated. 't leodu and 1t destrc goes FEACE AND Q snd harmony between all parti 1ts Iudastrics are arrested, labor us ud all sections. omployed, can: 1tal und entiprise paralyzed, by tesvou of the douLt sud snxlety atending the oncertsiuty ut 8 double claim to the Chief Magistracy of thena. tion. 1§ wante 1o bo axeured that te result of the election whil bo sccepted without resistunce froum s wupportera of tne disappoluted candidates, sad that Its bixheat oficee shall not hold his place with a questioned titls of rizbt, Bellcving that theil will uceure theso ends, T give 1t my alguature, U. 8. Gmaxt, Exrcutive Maxsiox, Jan, 20, 1877 SENATOL DAWKS SUFFOLTS TUR FLAN. 8ruiarieLn, Mass., Jan. 20, 1877.—The' Hons tenry L. Dawss, UnMed Statés Senalor, HWashs ngton, D. 0.2 We bsg of you mout caruestly that you exert tho powerful {nflucuce your loug ex- perlence has given you in procuring thn passaze of the act recommended by the Committes for nd- Junting the question about the Presidentinl elec. ton, (llmmv;j Mrnntax, S, Wasnikatox, D, C.. Jan. 2. 16877, —Dear Si T am greatly abliped 1o you, both for the telegram and your zood letter. “Yon have always had a warm slde for me, and nobody could sppreciate it more than 1 do, That I have’been ro long in pubi- Jte rorvico in Massnchunetts, nnd eucceeded In keeping the confidence of suclh men s you, has been iy chief reward, 1think that it will be a great mistake not to pass the b1 rr‘mrlml hy the Conference Committee, It jenot in ail respecta what it suzht to be, b cannot ufford to vote against I, Almost i better than the present condition of things, the passage of the bill should recure the inaugura- tion of Hayes, it wonld greatly strengthen him in the Prestaentinl Chalr. If under {t Tilden in fn- augurated, | woull tlullu ns willingly bave him reachy the ['residency that way as any other, and let hisn demnonstrate what ho' can do” ander these circumatances. There fs no aspect of the cune which {nduces me to hesltate to give the bill, in i« wain features, my support. Yours truly, To GroRue MEiniaN, Il L. Dawes, LOUISIANA. LYING BOMEWHERE. Apectal Diwateh to The Tribune. WasnINGTON, 1. C., Jan. 20.—The testimony of Littlefleld, elerk of the Loufslana Returning Board, afforded the Democrats much satisfac- tlon to-dny, e was examined by the Loutsiana Committee and by the Prerogative Committee. In the former bo placed himself many thpes o contempt by refusingg to answer u great many questions. In the latter he also refused to answer keveral questions, but swure to enough to cnable the Democrats to catablish, at Jeast by negative sequence, what they hoped to do. Littlesleld, In the Prerogative Committee, plain- ly identitled the consolldated stateincut of votes from the Vernon Parish, which has Leen before the Committee for some days, as the orlginal return, which was before the Returnlng Board. e decllned to state whether the figures In the return had bLeen chunged, for the reason, as he stated, that it night criminate himzelf. Then 4. W MUNPILT, OF DAVENPORT, IA., testified that he was the person who brought the famous Vernon returns to Washivgton, and handed it to Dudley Fleld. Murphy is the person who bas been coaching Field for several days, and whose name the Democratle Commle- slon In every lustanca declined to give, Tho ost they would say was that he was an expert engaged by the Committee, e has heen conatantly about in company with Gen. Corse and other Ieading Democrats who are here fu Tilden's interest, Murphy testified in substance that he recelved a dispateh to proceed to §t. Louls, aud there met o certuin gentleman, On the 26th or 27th of December ho met there Mr. Speartng and Mr. Littleficld, aud the latter handed him this paper for [nspection only, florcturned it to Little- fleld, and it was next given to him (witness) by Spearing, on thelr way to New Orleans, He sald be PAID NOTIIING POR TIIL PATER, and had no knowledge before ha reached St. Louls how the paper trat 1=ft New Orlesns, In reply to s question by Mr. Jenks as to auy state- ment Littlefield made to himy at the time, Mur- phy sald that Littlefield told him the following story: Oue night wblle the Returning Bourd were having on executlve sesalon Gov. Wells came to him aud dirccted him to transposc the votes of Polls No. 2and 9 of Vernon Parlsh ta the other side, in order to elect the Republican candldates for District Attorney and District Judgre, they BEING WELLS' NEIOHRORS AXD PRIENDS, This was done after the Congressfonal inves- tigution had begun. Wells came to him and told blm there was some annoyance about Ver- non Parlsh, aud usked him whether he could uot figure up to throw out 173 votes, Little- field took the return, and after looklug it over told Well that Precincts Nos. 1, 7, und 10 we- groguted 178 votes, Wells told bim then to MARK THEM REIECTED, and gce that the proper rocord was made up. Ite (Wells) would attend to have the necessary aflldavita prepared. Wells then burned in his (Littieield's) presence all the tally-sheets of Vernan Parlsh, and directed Littlefleld to make ncopy of the return s altered, and to destroy the orlzinal. & Murphy further s'ated that, after hearing this story, ut his suggestion, he, 8pearing, and Little- fleld proceeded to Springdeld, 111, to consult with Quv. Palmer, and to hlin the story was again related. Murphy stated, in concluslon, that Littlefleld was subpanacd at his (Murphy's) soggestion. TIOSR ATOLEN IOCUMENTH, Field's operutionstoday, with stulen Lonlsiana returns fn his posaession, have excited universal remark und a poodgdeal of disgust In his own purty. To-day dumng the sesston of his own cominittee he took Yhe returns, and saving they Telonged to the Morrlson Comumlittee, und were wanted, he started out with them and went down to the other LCommittee-room. Thero he tried to get them out of his bands and futo Morrison's posseasion, but the latter ahsolutely refused to bhave anything to do with them, and bluntly told Ficld 1n o luw voice that he would not touch those papers; that e could “huve had them in New Orleans bLut did not choose to muke use of papers ob talned as those were, Fleld then, fnthis Com- mittee rouidy attempted to ercate the (m- pression that they belonged to the other Cam- ittee, nnd not to. himself. ieid's actlons throuighout yery ‘h the appearance of a man wanderlng sbout the Umplml‘ seekd and seans Jof getting rid of stolen goodw, The at- tempt fo prove fraudulent crasures i these re- turns mukes Httle fmpresslon here, aw most agree that the mwn who would steal returns would not hesltate at murlbating them, KRNNER'S TESTIMONY. To the Western Ansoclated Press. WABHINGTOS, Jun, Zu~—The Committee on Powers, Privileges, und Duties of the House fu countlig the Eleetoral vote recalled Louis M. Kenner, of the Louisfana Returning Board, when Lawrence objected to hils further exan natton on the ground that the Committes had 1o flght to produce & withess in custody of tho Bergeant-at-Arma for contempt with- out the consent of the House, but the objectian was_overruled—i to 3, As to the retuens from Vernon Parish, the winicss hiad no doubt of the orginality of the paper vre. sented on which he had written “the word Seompile Huad not thought why 178 v had been trausterred from “Lilden to T slde knew of nothing dene to those returns fu the Board of Loulsiuna, The Committee sent for the papers upon which Kenner’s examinution was based, and, in order 1o cxuming the witness who brought them from New Orleans, the Comnlttee ud- fourned for a short time, Mit. LITTLEVIELD, one of tho clerks of the Louistuna Returning- Board, wus cxamived to-day by Morrlson's :,;nunnluec. and was asked tho followlug ques- ons: Did the Board, or any member thereof, give directions to clerks other than by written e oramla concerning the returnsd Did any mewber of the Board ask you to per- torin auy duty in relution to returns from aoy parisht Do you kuow, of your own knowledze or in- formiation, of auy {astruction from & member or members of the Relumllui Burd concerning the alteration of the records us they originally came to the Returning Boardd Did you tubulate or perforus any duty In con- nectlon with the returns from Vernon Parlsh (S Did not somebody direct you to change the vote of Vernon Parlshi ‘The witness refused to answer all the above questions, and hu also refused to answer tho quustion whether the paper shown to hing wus tho origzinal of the roturns fromn Vernon Parish, Q.—DId you not abstract this paper from the files of tho Returudug Board at Nuw Orlcauns? Tho witness refused to anawer the question ‘whether a change was directed by any anember of the Returniug Board trausferring tho Demu- cratic vote to the Republican side, uud whether the chuoge was not wade before the paper pmed.au; of the hands of the Returniug Board, YORK A. WOODWAKD, ©one of the clerks of the Keturning Board, testi- Bed that be did uot know of any instructious to In relation to additlon, tabulation, and compllation other than thy fustructions written ou returus thewmsclyes, although sugiges- L tlons inlehit have been made by members of the Board, Hedld not know by conversation or otherwise of a purpose on the part of any mein- bers of the Buard, or other leading oflicials con- nected with the yote, of haying it come out ina particular way, 1ie conld give no explanation as ‘u r‘iml change of the record of votes fn Vernon Parish, 4. 11 MRy, of Davenpart, Ia., testified that, having recelved u telegram fn December, he went in parsuance ot a request contatned therein to 8t, Louis, and there et Mr, Stearing and Mr. Littlefield, Lit- tlefleld showed to hitn the return from Vernon Parish for lnspection, When wituess handed 1t back to bim, subsequently, Steanme handed the Kame paper 1o Witness, N uney conshderas tion wus pald by the Jatter for the paper, Lit- tlefleld made n'statement to witnees about this return, and witness repalred to Sprinefield to consult with Gov, Palmer on the subject, Littletield's statement was that while the Returning Board was In secret sesslon, Gov. Wells cane Into the clerk’s room, Littlcficld heing at his nwn desk with the returns from Vernon Varlell hefore himn, Gov. Wells re- quested Littlefield to TRANSPOSE THE VOTE of the secoud and ninth precincts to the other slde, aud the reason assizned by him was that such transposition stould elect Republican can- didates for Disteict Judge and District Attor- ney of this District, Lttleficld told witness tht such transposition was accordingly made by him. After Morrdson's Committee lad called Gov. Wells to teetify, Wells suld to Littleficld that there being some an- noyance about the larlsh of Vernon, there would have to Le some change, and asked Littlefiehl whether he could not fizure up and sce whether hie could not make 178 voles for those eandidates. Littlefield sald he could do It by altering three otber precineta,—1, 7, and 10. 7 Very welly" sald Gov. Wells, % make up the record und we will have the affidavits pre- pared.” Wells told him to make a copy, and certain tally sliets were then destroyed by Gov, Wells. The witnoss went to New ™ Orleans to verify the statement which was repeated by the witness to Gov, Palmer. Witness sald he was l»rcmnt in the committee-room durisg the time hat Littlefield was bere, LITTLEFIELD LIED, Littlefleld testificd that he never recefved any Instructions from Gov. Wells, but he_inforined witness to the contrary, saying ihat Wells did #0 fnstruct lim, The Committee on powers, vrivileges, and dutles of the House In counting the Elcctoral vote were present duning the examination, aud when they returned to thelr room they called Tittlefield before thein. They asked Tim ques: tions concerning the precinets In ques- tion, but hc declined to answer. He ' also dedined to answer us to whether ie had any conference with any Demo- crats converning the papers contalning “the re- turne, Ile stated tn reply to & question that he went to New Orleans clght vears ugo, und lat terly eld a position under the Kellogis Govern- nent. o The Commitiee agreed that Littleficld should o NEPORTED TO THE 10USH {nr'v;nt auswering various questions propounded 0 him, Mr, Lawrence moved that the telegraph ours, DeBerry and Brush be also reported illor reasons, but this motion was post- poned until the next mecting of the Committee. APPLICATION FOIt HAREAS CORPUS. A rumor prevailed to-night that Messrs. Shel- Jabarger and Wilson, attorbeys for the members of the Returning Board of "Loulsfaus, nuw In contempt of the llouse of Representatives, had made an uuewlicuuun for a writol habcas corpus, the return for which was fixed for to-morros There seema no doubt that the application was mnde to one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of this District, but up to avery late Lo the Cterk of the Court has' not fssucd the writ, ChieiJustice Cartter, It i3 belleved, wos applied to, aud refused to grant the wilt. TLORIDA, TEPORT OF TIE SENATE INVESTIGATORY. Wasminaros, . C., Jan. 20.—Scnator Sar- gent to-day submitted to the Scnate the report of the 8pectal Comtaittee of that body appoluted to investigate election natters fn Flovidn, After reciting the resolutions under which the Com- mittee acted, rnd setting out the Electlon law of Florida, it proceeds to stato and discuss the ac- tion of the State Canvassing Board, showing that it wnade o preliminary canvass of the re- turns on thelr face, giving to the Hayes Elect- ors forty-five majority. The Board then com- menced to biear contests, holding Its sessions n publie. The Committee say that the course subsequentdy pureued by the Board fu this matter was exactly IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS IRACTICE 1IN 1874, when, by written ndvice of a Democratle Attor- ney-tieneral, and of Democratic lawyers, it weat Lehiud the returns for the benetit of the Demo- cratfe party. The result of this canvass was 830 majorlty tur the Hayes Electors, The Committee argue st length that this vount was legal and constitutional, and that the Hoard had the right to scek the true voto be- hind the returus under the statute which ere- atedit. They say u statute cuacted pro bono lmhllr:u, to prevent electfon frauds, should be heneficially construed., The report then gocs on to argtie that the tinding of I.gw Board {s con- cluslve, and CANNOT DE HEVISED by n recanvass, or reached by a writ of quo war- ranto, because the Electors are firnctus ofletl, or reversed by Congress, beeause the Constitutlon lodgzes the whole power in the Btate. A great muny wuthoritics are cited to sustain these posi- tians, A distinction fs drawn, however, in case of & miuvisteria) certiticate of a Governor, who s not a micmber of the Board, and has no power Jeckle anything, It s argued that Congress Took bebiml “his certlieate to ascertulii the 4 13 1 court may o hebind the nere wins- rlal - certilleate “os a clerk purporting to to s¢ what the 13, ut, it Coiigeress can revisu the action of the Board, it must zo to the hottom of the poll and axeer- taln the true vote in all the conterted countles. It wonld have togo as furas u court In u quo warranto yra(‘emllll!- Such an attempt would ot be made, for there oot Ume, and anything less would bs unjust, for going to the bottom of the poll, the Comnittes aay, would show, aecord- izt cvidence taken by them, that the Hluyes Blectors NAD MORE THAN 030 MAIORITY, The report then proceeds to disetss the teatl- mony in detall. In Alachua County the Com- mittee examined fadividual voters ut both th Archer No. 1and No. 2 precinets, and the pe- port usserts that Instead of Republican fraud there was a Democratle fraud of over 100 votes fn those precinets, ‘The Committee quote hmdf’ from the test(- mony, and prescnt a considerable smount of ar- gument in support of this ussertion. They also present evidenco to show that o rullroad trafn of passeners voted the Tiden ticket fu Waldo precinet, althourh CITIZENS OF OTHEI STATES. In regurd to Buker und Duvall Counties, the Comumittee suy it Is showu that the State Board decided that the only legal return befure them from Baker County was that of the County Judize and his assoctates; that they so dechled the tirat day, sud simply adhered to that de- clston in the revanviss mado under the onder of the Supreme Comt. They, however, previous 1o thut order, went to the precinet veturns for the true vole, but when the court mwle lts order mo{ recurred to thy return which they Liad kst adjudized to be the legul one. The Conunltiee clalin to show that the County Cleck’s puper was f1 no senso & return, sud hail uot at auy thne been treated us such, ond that it coulid 1ot be 8o treated beeause tho persons necessary to make the Jegal canvass wWere not present, ws they were tn Duvall County, which he Democrata fosist 14 a gurallel case, The Comuuttee, howeyer, clafm tumake it very ap- lun'nt that thers fs o vital Jilference betieen hu two cases, und say, “If the fucs of tho returns {s to fale, it should rulo in Baker County, where at most there was wisgulded zeal, 3 well a3 in Juckson, where there was premeditated ruscatity, Counting ull returns on thelr face, und tukiie even the pre- tended return mads by the County Clerk of Baker, will still : LEAVE IIAVES A SMALL MAJORITY.” The Committec vay they carefully examined foto the clection in Duvall County and found it Tionest, but In Jackson _County they found evic dence of 250 fruudulent Democratic votes, which they proceed to set forth very fully, They = state that they found wmany indled- tlons of fraud and wmuch {utimldation of voters at Precinet N Koy West, in Mon- ro&County. In Manitee Couuty they say the election was a Democratic farce. Iu"Hamilton County the returns of the Electoral vote were duterlined Into tho returne of one precinet several days after they were signed and deliv- ered to the County Cierk, und UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS MAUE THE CANVASS; 10 anuther previnct the officens siguing the ré- ~ The Chicage Dailp Teibune, turns having no personal knowledge of their correetness, In Jeflerson and Columbla Countles there was a violent Intimidation of colored voters and social and business proscription. In many counties n system of tarked tickets was em- loyed to compel eolored men to vote the )c‘umcrmc ticket, detalls of which are fully sct out. Other counties and toples are also discussed in detaill. The'report was adopted by all the Rn{mhllmn members of the Committec on Privileges and Elections. SOUTH CAROLINA. A DECISION AST0 THE MERITS OF THE GUBER- NATORIAL MUDDLE. Coruxnis, 8. C., Jan. 29,—Circuit Judge Carpenter rendered the following decsion to- day on his return from Washington: Firs—] find conclusions of law that D, If, Chamberlain was not, on the Tth of December last, lesally installed as Governor of South Carolina, Seconwi—Wnide 1fampton was not on the 14th day of December legaily Intalled 1ato the ofica of Uovernor of tate. Third—Tas attempled inatallation of 1. H, Chomberlaln_ being tilegal and vold, It did not operate in law as A realynation of office as Gov- ernor, which he held at that time, as by the Con. stitution the Governar holda the office for two years, and until his successor is chosen and quallfied; sad, as there Las been no legal qualifica- tlon of his successor, b, 1. Chamberlatn i Jawe- fully In possession of the Exeeutive office, and entitled fo discharge the functlons of the same until such qualification takes place, A vase slinllar to the one givenabove s now pending In the Supreme Court. CONGRESS, SENATE. WasmsaGroy, D. C., Jau. 20.—Mr, Robertson calied up Mr. Gordon's resolutlon acknowledg- ingz the Hampton Government In South Carollna as the legal Government, and made un address supporting the resolution. Hedenied there was any intlmidation on the part of the whites to- wards the blacke, On the contrary, hie had no doubt many blacks were deterred from votlng the Democratle ticket by Republicans of thelr own color, The Hon, Joseph E. Balley, recently elected United States Senator from Teunessee, tovk the oath of oflice, Mr. Windom vresented jolnt resolutions of the Minnesota Lemisluture ‘fu favor of the pas- sagze of the Houee bill in regard to the remone- tization of silver, and also to tnable partics having silver bullion to huve the same cofned at. the mints of the United States without refer- enee to the amount in clreulation, Reterred. The Chalr kuid hefore the Senate a message frout the President of the Unlted States, riving his reasans for approsing the Eleetoral Count bill. * After It had been read, Mr, Conkling eald, * [ move this fmportant anud wise nessage be printed and lie on the table.” Agreed to. “The Chalr also Tald before the Senate o mes- sage (rom the Prestdent transmitting the pro- ceedingsof the Cominisslon appoiuted toexanine the whole subject of reform and reorganization In the nrm}r of the United States. Ordered printed and le on the table. Mr. Sargent, from the Committec on Privi- Jerzes and Elections, submitted the report of the sub-Committee which recently made the inves- tigation fn regard to thelate electiomn In Florida. Ondered printed ond to He on the table, He also gave notice that Mr. Cooper wonld present & report on bebalf of the minority of the Committce. The consideration was resumed of unfinished Busines cinz the Bl §n recand to the ereation for th tlement of the - tic Raflroad Com- pan {r. Mitehell spoke In opposition. Before Mr. Mitelicl] concluded s rewarks he ylelded for n motfon fur tive scedon, which was agreed to, and when the doors re- opened adjourucd, TIOUKE. i "l'h::l followlog billa were introduced and re- erred s Mr. Banning—Fixing the time for the reg- tings of Congress. It protides thattie firet session of every Congress sbull begin uu the 4th of March. By W. B, Whliams—Declaring forfeited to the United States certain lands rranted Michlzun for ralirond purposes, and providing for their sale to setual settle By Mr. tlubbell—Chartering o frelght rail- roud conipany from tide-Water on the Atlantle to the Mizsouri Jtver, ‘The moroing hour having cxpired, the House resumed the consideration ot the bill authoriz. inr Lhe Sceretory of the Treasury to un v James e mouth 1. Eads, constrictorof the Jettivs ot of the Mississipp! River, $500,000, question wus ou B g puyment in United States bouds, —y 3. 0avs, 162 The bill then went over. A message from the Senate {nformie the House that the President had shrued the Elees toral Compromise bill was read, aud Mr, Payne thereupon gave notice that he woubl move ut 1 o'clock toe-morrow thut the House proceed to t:‘m clectiun of five wewbers of the Comunis- slon. The Tlouse then adjourncd, and the Demo- craticeaucus was annouuced to tuke place lw- wmedlately. BEN HILL'S SPEECH. RECOVERING LOST CASTE WITIL TUE PIRE-EAT- ERS—DENIES ALL THE GOOD TUINGS ASCRIBED TO ML The Tlon, Ben Mil), tinding himeclf hard- pushed for the Scuatorship by Norwoorl, snd that he was charged with belng a friend of peace, opposed to ~wah,” and saying that the Eouth did not waut to fight, made o speech at Atlunta befure the Legisluture, detluing his position. e retracted or denfed all the goud thiugs that had been aseribed to him, and clatmed, In tact, to be a firc-cater, and thut he hiad been playing double with the Republicuns, foolingg them with the iden that be wus s Con- servative, when just the reverse was true, Wo malie the following: extructs: The great hope of the Republican part; Dle thew tocarry out thelr kchewme of force, remnake an dwsne between the South aud the Northi 1o convince the peapla of the North that the people of the South were dangerous; aud that, from the moment they returned, through the Deuineratic party wiich they wero. wiid to coutrol; tas purt In the admindstratfon of the Guvernment they would take possension of it in a sectional Fpinit, and undo il ‘that the Republican party hud dune, i’ (Grant] would prosoke tho peopls of the Routh tu du things that would furnish this pretext, 11 he eould. has worried the people of South Carolina, and day by day sought to proyoke the galiant Jlampton to do something wrong, e fulled, and tho Awmerlaau peuple can never fully appreciate thy oxsmplo plforded by that historic imcter, the bernof South Carolina, And he hund wow upou Louislans. e expected, when Congress e, that our hot-blooded ~ Suuthern Iepresentatives. the hundred ex-Canfoderates " —would come up swag. geriug snd sweariog on every hand that *STilden i elected, und we wre golng to hnangurate bim," ‘That s what Uraut wanted, and, what |8 wost re- markable, (uey looked with more pe Lo the mewmber frum the Ninth than tonny cf man to great fool, Well, the old gentleman wos fn brying hle day some iftecn ar tweaty of ushada caucus, —conferences they are called,—and, it be- g Sunday, we thought ‘cverybo: sheep wepe ia the ditch and it was our daty tu help them out, — 204 we talkea over the matiof together, Tho thue bad come. It was thu criss! The Dewmocratic party was to maske out the policy which was to put It un un uggreslve loe or other- nd it was upou that occasion that 1 wade tho wpeach about which you have all heard so mucl, and Luow notuings about whiclh o wany venlone have been puvlished, and nota single worl {n any of them trueo, 1 then weut [uto u calm, dlspasaionate discuseion of a fow thinge which | thought would bronite that result, and of & fow otbers which 1 thought would obatruct that result, 1 uever wuid an unfind word of anybody, —no Democeat! [Laughter.] 1 never said unyiliig about +ths conmeryative litucuce of w tnchi sbell with the fuse fn @ stato of cour+ bustion,* because 1 did not konow anything ubout i wysclf, (Laughter and applause,] T nover used thore bewutitul expreanous Ut you base scen_traveling around (bo country abaut **in- vincibics In peaco and insiebles bn war." (Lauch- ter.| A never ravped my friend, Mr. Wood, —nut a bivof it On tho coutrary, lt stould gratify you allas much ae fu did e, 'that even Mr. Woud, who reported tho resulation, accepted the su; tiun, aud it was adupted undniuously by thet, Tlic wuprewe duty of the crlsly s W secury the peacelul naugurativn of Fiiden and Hendriche, [ mxiug gppiaure. b Whatever promotey thia end s wise, Whatever obatructs thls end 1o unwise. Accomplish thin, and_all other goud things will cone 10 our country. Fall to sccomplivh thls, snd all athier il will ciuso upou our umnion cudatey i Every slugle Southern man who was there sgreed with we, and ) have beard it thero every duy aloce, that that little 1unocent speech was ‘tho turulug point of the whalo tatfer. 1t was unauimously sgrved that the deportment of 1hu South i1 this crisls should bo guiet—periects ly quist! And it would be excecdfugly fmproper 10z the South to tuku the position that, if warvc- L5 Stuqyy E FIVE CENTS.: 2 = gnrrr €3 shonld be excinalvelya Northern war, been? S at would not he Yincere. 1t would belm- Proge rayin adrance that you wanted It to oce, m"z = vanted to o into it ltwn|m‘:mdenlh lech & © the Northern Democrals by te theivm wonld not go Inif {tdid come, and again lp‘o‘u‘l?'un nlstake to sttempt to patrunize them Into And it was nnnecessnry, wholly so, for youe Sonthern Representatives to Indulge in bravada and tell which side they wonld take it war came, heeaune (L wan our daty fo keep off war If poswible, but it war must come, the whole world know whick :Yhd:"&h? South wonld take! [Load applanse and Urant commenced weakening from the very day of that caucns fn which that question was deters mined, | tien. Geant, Morton, sad the uther lead- ermof tke Republican party commenced weaken- ing, and the only comfort ihat I had, when the whole prefs of the country was saying that I wasa teaitor and aelling ont. 10 Jayen, T could prove the contrary by Girant and Morion, for both of them Were cueming me for being a d—d hypocrite. [Laughter and applause. After this d Rijourned several davs we began to ece In the newspapers that, Me. Ml had made & terrlble speech In’ the cancus, and had rasped Mr. Wood fenrfully, and thatwe had sll fallen out ard broken up ina row. ¢ Well, we just Inaghed at [t afl, snd Jet it pass, and tatked to- gether. 2 After awhile It became Important that some Southern man should make an emphatic exvrea- slon upon some points, [ was asked to make it, , not having an_opportanity in House, but {n an interview which ban become generally known ae ald xnmmeT published in the Herald. That Interview as been vory much mis= understood, and [ desire to say something about {t. And, 8net, that I a not responsible for either the interpretation or the ntroduction given tolt by the reporter, all of which arc untrue; and, second, thas every worl in it was the resuly of conferences With the most trusted and prominent of ourleadersthers in Washington. Talk of my policy, The Demo.’ cratlc party has a policy !~Mp, Hill has no policy. The Demacratlc party hias & policy, and Mr, Hill 13 n vart of ftf [Applaase.| ‘And it was in further. ance uf that policy that the interview wan had, and the majn fdea of it was to put a centre-shut’ Into the claim that the President of the Senate could alone count the yote—and [ did it! And the other Dart of It was {o say that we were not going 10 get up another rebellion t ‘And now [ dosay 1o _you that thero 18 ot 4 man in Conurews from the South wlio las more of the | affectiun and confidence of the Democratic party o£." the North thun 1 have! [Applause. ) It simply fell 10 me to nnke & few remarks upon & certain line of [olicy. oud it waa their policy—~not mine. A for hat [ woa charged with beluz ready to scll oot 1o Hayes, LOCAL POLITICS. THE BPMING CAMPAIGN OPENS THIS WEEK, The spring campalzn will be opened by the Democrats of this clty on Ssturday afternvon next at 2 o'clock, when the City Ceutral Com- wittee will hold s public meeting in its new rooma, In the Amerlcan Express Building, on Monroe street, near Dearborn. Apropos of this event, the local political cauldron fs Just com= mencing to be filled, aud fuel is belng put un- der it to brinz it to a secthing polint. Among the Democrats there arc as yet but few aspirants for the Mayoralty. Among the Jeuders the talk has been a noo- party mau. They wantto elect a merchant or respectable business tsu, and one who would do credit to the ¢ity, Among names mentioned as Democrats are George L. Dunlap, Mark Kim- ball, and Tom Hoyne. The latter, it is said by it friends, would prove s very scceptable man. Mark Kimball, they hold, should havo it be- cause he has been hankering for an offlce for rome thne past. John Rountree is looking up New the intercsts® of Mr. Dunlap and wourk. Ing hard for him. It nothing clse stood in the way of his eleetion, this would certalnly defeat bim, for no man fa more unfavorably knuwn to publie life than M. Rountree. For Treasurer, John Mat- fowk's name has been very favoratity mentioned. He {8 not anxious at al} for the honor, and it i doubtful if he would accept it. Johu Forsythe and John C, Richbery have also been named for the position. For City Clerk but very few names have been mentloned. J. K. C. Forrest is being pushed somewhat, but not with au ex- trmordinary enthusiusm, Jerry J. Crowly hos alku been mentfoucd for the place, and he finds a good many supporters, Frank Adams Is talked of some for Clty Attorney, but for this place as yet not man’ candidates have {ssucd thelr cards, though, inall pr;)kl’:uhuuy, they wiil soou be Oying arvund very thick. ANONG THE REPUNLICANS there have already been mentivned numerous names as candidates for Mayor, among them A. M. Wright, Movroe Heathi, Louks Wall, 8, i, McCree, Henry Sayrs, Charles I, Kellogg., The two jast named gentlemen are not aspirants for oflice. They are bath cmineut meschants, but the extent “uf thelr business 1s such that they could 11l afford to aceent publle position. ‘The friends of Monroe Ifeath clabn thst tha y matter will not stand In the way of his | on, 1. Wright {s well and favorably known as o werchant and mewber of the Board of Trade. 1le has a large support aud {8 bighly spoken of as o fafr-minded mau aud of strict thiegrity, und as eminently quatitied to fill the requircments of the oftlee., ¢ Ald. 8, . McCrea is prefty well known, and’ 1is course in the present Council wmany friends and also somoenetmles, 1le [s not over-anxious for Mayoral honors. Luuls Wahl 18 urged forward becauso ho {s a German, It is held that lic will be the ouly one who will he able to divide the German voto i€ Culvin runs, us he nurclf‘ wlll, on un Indepond- ent ticket, Mr, Colvin 3 making all the prep- arntfon to carry on an aggressive and bot cam- palgn, For tho other otllees, so far, but few candidates have appeared. Richard 8 Tuthillis strongly urged for re-clecton us City Attorney, and Cusper Butz as City Clerk, For Treasurer 10 Republican name bias been mentioned os yet. THE WEATHER. Wasinixaton, D. C., Jan. 30—1 a. m.—In tha lake reglon, followed by fallisg barometer, wind shlfting to southerly or casterly, statfoary and rlsing temperature, and increastuie cloudiness, with probably raln, partly changing into snow in the Upper Lake reglou, and possibly extende Juyr to the Lower Lakes, . LOCAL OBAERYATIONS. Ciioaao, Jan. 20, Wind, _(Rn. | Weaiher, ieter. 48 minlinuin, 33, AL GINERTATION Ciuioauo, Jun. 29-Midnight, THar, + TA AW eather, Maxituin tiiermo! wEY) Fations. d s Mryueiie a3 Siiwaugra. i Special Dispaich to buna. “Iullsnx‘:‘\\'lfl.. Jffln. o —flnfleumcr turned wara night before last, and has continued up to to-night. The deep suow whick bas lafd on the ground for the past month Is npm{ dis, a urpmflnx. rendering the rvads fmpasssble for slefizhs, To-nlzht o warw raln has set s, which s lkely to carry off the snow, 8aN Fraxcisco, Cal, Jau. 29,—Unusnally mild weather has succeeded the very severs weather which bus prevalled for some tine past. it i el el OBITUARY, % Special Dispateh (o The Triduns. Laravsrry, Ind., Jan 2.—Secbulon B;\In!,. who has rauked as one of the ablest lawyers i Inuluna, died at his residence fu this city to-day. Mr. Balrd wus born o Monmouth County, N, J., camie to Ohilo witt his parents, gradusted st Oxford, studicd law fn the otiice of the Hon. Thowmus Corwin, was adnitted to the Bar lu 1837, und moved to Lafuyette, which bas sluce been bils howe, Durivg the War be served on the statf of Gen. Milroy with tho rank of Cap- tain. About four s pincy L fractured his left Teg and sutlere umi:umlnu. from which he never fully recovered. Hu bas been s yuilerer frow seute cetarrh for the last tive years, which was thecause of his death, R lcndonisn i THE HOLY SPIRIT AT ADRIAN, Special Diapatch to The Tribune. - ADEIAN, Mich., Jau. 20.—~The cvaugelical elo- meut of thls clty have lnduced Ma). J. H. Cole, of Clicagu, to commence s serics of Gospel meetings at the Opera-House Wednesday, ‘The leadlog city pastors, with their people aud cholrs, bave unlted fu the work, acd there s every prospect that the place will be enabled tg cujoy @ tirgtclaas splritual awakeniuz, has won him