The New York Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1875, Page 5

v PERUVIAN CREDIT. The Paymenton the January Coupons Suspended. “Official Announcement of the Fact in London. British Press Advice to the Em- barrassed Bondholders. [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE. J Lonpon, Dee. 17, 1875. The Peruvian Legation in this city com- municates to the public the necessity which exists for suspending payment on the coupons of the bonds of the Republic due on the Ist of January, 1876. A FINANCIAL CONTRACT RUPTURED, The result of this announcement is a rup- ‘ture of the Peruvian contract with the Société Générale, WHE LIMA GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO MEET THE DIFFICULTY. The Lima government is unable to meet the money crisis, which, it says, is only temporary. ENGLISH PRESS ADVICE TO THE BONDHOLDERS. The Pall Mall Gazette, writing editorially on the subject, says:—‘‘The time, therefore, ‘has come for the bondholders to unite for the protection of their interests. The de- ‘fault of payment on the coupons affords a ‘formal pretext for forming an association for ‘this purpose. THE DUTY OF THE ASSOCIATES, ‘This committee must negotiate directly with the Peruvian government for the man- agement of the guano pledged to them. Nothing else can be done to make something out of a bad business.” {THE FINANCIAL CONDITION AS IT EXISTS IN ‘PERU—A GLOOMY REPORT FROM THE CaP- ATAL. Panama, Dee. 7, 1875, “Dae nows by last steamer from Peru to the 28th ult. “is quite disheartening and throws a gloom over Panama, with which it has intimate and frequent business rela- ‘tions. i“ FINANCIAL DEPRESSION, ‘The refusal of the government to accept the terms ‘offered by the Société Générale has sent Gnancial mat- ters into an abyss of still greater depth than ever be- fore. BUSINESS ts absolutely stagnant. Gold and silver are on the rise. Merchants refuse to sell goods, as no exchange can be procured on Europe for remittances. THE ERIE RAILWAY. HE HURST AND WATKIN COMMITTEE OF GONDHOLDERS' REPORT—PROJECT OF CON- | @ERRING A VOTING POWER UNTIL THE POSsI- “TION OF THE UNDERTAKING IS RETRIEVED— OTHER SUGGESTIONS—CALL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF BONDHOLDERS. Loxpox, Dee. 17, 1875. ‘The Harst and Watkin committee of the Erie bond- dolders in Englana propose the following scheme to be carried out, under foreclosare, by a committee of which Governor Tilden Is to be invited to take the chair- manship:— THE PROsECT. Tho plan proposes to give the bondholders the voting power until the position of the undertaking is retrieved and the reduction of the fixed liabilities to a level with the net revenue by reducing onerous rent charges, and also by reducing the engagements of interest on Erie Grst and second mortgage bonds, as follows :— Holders of the first mortgage bonds and of the ster- (ing six por cent bonds shall receive mortgage bonds of the same class for interest at the present rates to Mareb 1, 1876; thereafter until 1880 the interest shall be payable in gold at six per cent and after that time at seven per cent; but the company shall be entitled to re- deem prior to 1880 at 105 for Erie second mortgage, in- eluding the convertible gold bonds. Two classes of gold sterling mortgage bonds, running sinety years, are to be substituted; the first for sixty percent of the principal, carrying’ interest at six per cent, and payable in bonds of the same class from the dates of default until March, 1877, and thereafter in gold; the second for forty per cent of the principal, carrying four per cent interest and payable only out of net earnings until 1881, and thereafter tive per cent. THE | DIVIDEND on the preferred stock is to be reduced to six per cent; assessments are to be levied at the rate of $3 in the $100 on the preferred stock, and $6 in the $100 on the ordinary stock ; shareholders receiving for the amounts thus paid third mortgage bonds, to bear five per cent interest, payable only from net earnings, and also shares in the reconstructed company. A moeting of the bondholders is called for January 4, | 4876, to consider the foregoing propositions. THE LENNIE MUTINY. ENGLISH MUTINEERS AND MURDERERS TO BE BROUGHT FROM FRANCE FOR TRIAL—POLICE AND NAVAL ACTION, Loxpo, Dec, 17, 1875. English detectives and a force of English police are about to start for France, to bring back the crew of the British ship Lennie, Captain Hatfeld, from Antwerp | for New York, who, it will be remembered, mutinied on the 3let of October last and killed the m: and boatswain. The probability is that the govern- ment will despatch a gunboat for the purpose. ELEVEN SAILORS TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER. Eleven of the crew of the Lennie will be charged with murder, A large number of witnesses will also be brought | here, ‘The examination of the Greek sailors will commence | at Nantes on Monday next, the British Consul assisting. ENGLAND AND DENMARK. fHE PRINCESS OF WALES TO ENJOY THE HOLI- DAYS IN THE COUNTRY OF HER BIRTH. Loxpox, Dee. 17, 1875. The Queen of Denmark and Princess Thyra have re- turned to Copenhagen, They were accompanied by Her koyal Highness 4lexandra, the Princess of Wales, and her children, who will spend the holidays in Denmark. GREAT BRITAIN. Lonpoy, Dee. 17, 1875. ‘The telegraphs between London and Liverpool have deen somewhat disarranged to-day, and there has been consequent delay in the transmission of despatches, NATIONAL HONOR TO THE FOREIGN SECRETARY | O¥ ENGLAND. Epinacron, Deo. 17, 1 The Earl of Derby, Secretary of State for the Foreign Dopartment, visited this city to-day and will remain | ovor to-morrow, THE RECTORIAL ADDRESS, To-day ho will deliver the inaugural address as Rector | of the University, and in the evening will attend a meoting under the auspices of the Workingmen’s Con- sorvative Association. a RMAN OF THE CITY. To-morrow the freedom of the City of Edinburgh wil! | ‘be presented to nim. The noble Lar! has een enthusiastically received. EGYPT. —— THR KWEDIVE'S EXPEDITION TO ZANZIBAR RE- CALLED. Loxpoy, Deo, 17, 1875, A special telegram from Cairo, dated to-day, appears | gate of the cemetery, | and the upper lake region falling barometer, NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1875.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. THE FRENCH SENATE. GENERAL CISSEY ELECTED A MEMBER UPPER CHAMBER. THE WHISKEY —WRONGS. [srzcux pesrarcn 70 THe uenaxp By cavix.) | General Babcock Expected to General Cissey, Minister of War, was elected a Senator of France by the Assembly to-day. It was the only election which took place during the session of the legis- lative body. MACMAHON'S MINISTRY. THE FRENCH MINISTER OF FINANCE PERSISTS IN HIS RESOLVE TO BESIGN. VuRSAILLEs, Deo, 17, 1875, The Ministerial crisis caused by the intended with- drawal of M. Leon Say, the Minister of Finance, con- tinues, inasmuch as M. Say persists in his determina- tion to resign. THE DYNAMITE DISASTER. TWO HUNDRED PERSONS SAID TO HAVE BEEN KILLED AND WOUNDED—THOMPSON’S WIFE GONE TO DRESDEN. Bremen, Deo, 17, 1875. ‘The total number of killed and wounded by the dy- namite explosion at Bremerhaven is now estimated at THOMPSON'S WIFE RETURNS TO DRESDEN, Thompson’s wife has returned to Dresden. She ap- pears to be innocent of any complicity in her husband’s crime, THE NEWPORT BURIAL CASE. FATHER GRACE'S EXPLANATION OF HIS REFUSAL TO*BURY THE CHILD OF MANUEL DE FRAY— NO HOSTILITY TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Newrorr, R. I., Dec. 17, 1875, As might have been expected, the paragraph in the Heap on Thursday, in relation to the unburied child of Manuel De Fray, in this city, created considerable talk, and various opinions have been expressed. The priest in question—the Rev. Philip Grace—called upon the Herat correspondent this afternoon in relation to the paragraph referred to, He stated that it was not troe that he had refused to officiate because the child was allowed to attend a Protestant school, In fact, he never heard until after her death that such was the case, He also denied refusing Christian burial, which would be @ consequence of his refusing to officiate, He further states that last week the father of the girl called upon him and requested that prayers should be read, ‘The following usual inquiry was made;— “Did a priest see the child before it died?” De Fray answered in the negative. ‘According to the law of the Church,” said Father Grace, “the sacra- ment shall be administered to all children over seven years of age, and it was for the parents’ neglect alone spat he declined ty read the service, thinking, and de- siring too, that it would serve as a caution in the future,” He gaid:— 4 “I frequently administer the sacrament to children who attend the public schools, and shall continue to do ‘so if there is no other reason why I should not, I think there canuot be any objection to what is taught in the schools, because every study is essential to the perfect- ing of man.”’ He said that it was not customary in any other place in the country to read prayers at the funerals of chil- dren; but there was not the slightest objection on his part why the child should not have a Christian burial, He desired it to be emphatically understood that he did not reiuse to read the prayers over the child’s body save for the reason given above. Father Grace has been here for several years and is one of the most popular men in the city, He is not re- markable for intolerance, bat though strictiy Catholic in his principles has never bad an uncharitable senti- ment or feeling tor his dissenting brethren. THE OTHER SIDE. ‘The following version of the matter was given by Mrs. De Fray, mother of the child. She states that on the evening of the child’s death her husband calied upon Father Grace, asking the latter to have prayers read. ‘The priest asked, immediately, what school the deceased bad been in the habit of attending and, upon being infurmed that it was tbe Protestant school, he said, “No; if you gend your children to the Protestant schools I will not allow your request.” Mrs. De Fray further stated that \t was not the first time she bad been snubbed on account of her daughter being allowed to attend the public schools; that she and her husband had been prohibited from doing their duty to the Church—viz., making con- fession according to the rules of the’ Church. The Catholic school being a long distance trom her home was the only reason, on ber part, why she had allowed her daughter to attend’ the Protestant school. The latter was but a few rods from her residence, When her child grew older, she said, she intended to send it to the Catholic school. The above are the statements of both parties, and it will be seen that they vary in many essential’ pomts. ‘The affair is just now the town’s talk, but it 1s the family’s wish that the funeral service should be held in accordance with the rights and privileges of their Church, and the matter brought to an amicable settle- ment without any further trouble. TORPEDO EXPERIMENT. Newrorr, R. I., Dec. 17, 1875. The United States torpedo boat Intrepid went outside | this afternoon for the purpose of experimenting with | one towing and two spar torpedoes, and see how fast the boat could go. One of the spar torpedoes was lost, caused by the breaking of the sleeve to the boom: | The others worked satisfactorily to the officials on board. ‘The boat made between eight and nine knots per hour, STARVATION IN MONTREAL. Plead To-Day. | PENALTIES AGAINST THE “RING.” Social Effect of the Exposures in St. Louis. THE TUTTON LETTER. Sr. Lovts, Dee. 17, 1875. After a consultation between the counsel for the Prosecution and for the defence this morning, ex- Judge Krum and ox-Judge Madill entered their appearanco betore Judge Treat as Babcock’s attorneys, and it was agroed to make the formal transfer of the case from the District to the Circuit Court to-morrow and to cail Babcock by telegraph from Chicago, If he obeys the call of his counsel, General Babcock will appear to-mor- row morning befure Judge Treat to plead; if not, then the excited St. Louis public, who daily flock to the court room in the expectation of seeing him, will have to wait till Monday. The prosecuting counsel say that Babcock’s case will not be tried until the McKee and McGuire cases are disposed of, which is equivalent to a postponement until the latter end of January, ‘This is very unwelcome news to the public, for the greatest anxiety and curiosity are manifested to see the case tried speedily, Babcock is exceedingly well known in St. Louis and has a great many old acquaint- ances, Judge Madill, who has been retained as an ad- ditional counsel of Babcock, 1s 4 partuer of Krum, and is considered to be an able lawyer. ‘The order upon R. C. Conery, of the Western Union Telegraph, to produce copies of certain telegrams up to November 1, 1875, which was made by the Court November 27 last, was, on motion of Colonel Dyer, amended and changed so as to read to December 1, 1875, ‘These telegrams are for use in evidence in some of the forthcoming trias. THE PROPER PENALTIES. It is generally understood that Judge Treat has asked Judge Dillon to sit with him in the trial of these great cases, in order to obtain his judgment in regard to the punishment which should properly be inflicted upon each of the thirty odd distillers and revenue officers who have pleaded guilty. It will be remembered that Judge Treat refused to sentence McDonald on the ground that he wanted to kuow all the evidence in the other cases, in order to duly apportion the measure of guilt to each of the actors im this great whiskey con- spiracy, Ihave conversed with some of the disullers, and although they are very cautious not to express any confidence in the leniency of the Judges, there is no doubt that they flatter themselves with the hope of geting off with fines and a sbort imprisonment in the jounty Jail. Many of these have rendered important service tothe government, and their hope in this re- gard is based pn the PROMISHS OF THE PROSECUTION. The revenue officers do not seem to be so confident of getting off with a slight measure of punishment, on account of the outspoken determination of the gover ment to punish them much more severely than the dis- tillers, who, as it has been conclusively shown, have been so fleeced by the various political assessments and demands of the officers that they scarcely made | anything out of their stupendous frauds. As all these men are out on bail, and are rather too numerous to be watched separately with any degree of vigilance, it is thonght by many persons that some of them will fail to put in an appearance when they are called up for sentence, but wi:l be found to have gone to meet Buss Tweed and Harry Genet. However, the prosecution are not very anxious on this score and say that the government would just as lief have the amount of their bonds (from $15,000 to $20,000, or whatever it may be) as to have the body of John Jones or Tom Smith, When it is considered that many of these thirty odd self-convicted defrauders of the government belong to the very highest circles of this city, then only | can ‘THR SOCIAL EFFECT of these frauds be understood—an effect which in a | moral point of view resembles the physical uspect of | an earthquake. A dozen men who bave been invited | regularly to the most recherché parties for years past | aro now missed at those festive occasions because | people whisper “They are in the Ring,” and they are | oW awaiting sentence. So all-pervading hus the Ring proved to be, so constantly have the names of the per- | sons implicated in it increased in numbers trom day to day, that probably every school girl half fears her beau | muy, after all, be found to be mixed up with it, While the disclosures have broken up the crooked distilleries they have thus broken many social ties, for McDonald, Joyce and their comrades were great society men and weil liked for their generosity and genialty, qualities in which they resembled the old New York Ring. SUPERVISOR TUTTON’S LETTER. The letter of Supervisor Tutton to the President, de- claring that it was he, and not Babcock, who induced the Prosident 10 revoke Dougiass’ former o: , has been the cause of considerable merriment here. It is considered very funny that Tutton should try to per- suade the American people that the President revoked this order over which there had been so much fuss, be- cause he (Tutton) could not take his family to St. Louis, and because he threatened to deprive the nation of b valuable services. It is regarded as a very thinly and clumsily arranged dodge to shield Babcock, and every- body who has talked to me about it has laughed at its absurdity and expressed disgust at the sycophancy which prompted its author to write it, Of course some malicious persons stoutly declare that Babcock wrote the letter, or, at all events inspired it, but they have no proof to support this statement ATTEMPTED MURDER AND 8sUC- CESSFUL SUICIDE, Rovnpour, N, Y., Dec. 17, 1875. This morning, about eight o'clock, Martin Ritter, living at Flatbush, six miles above this city, attacked his | wile with a hammer, striking several bluwS upon her head and crushing in the skull, near the top of the FIFTEEN HUNDRED MEN CLAMORING AT THE CITY HALL FOR BREAD—A DEPUTATION TO THE GOVERNMENT. Orrawa, Canada, Dec. 17, 1875. A deputation from Montreal arrived here to-day to wait on the government and request them to proceed with the Lachine Canal work immediately, to relieve, in a degree, the thousands of men now starving in that cit is Montreat, Dee, 17, 1875. This morning between 1,000 and’ 1,500 desperate laborers again surrounded the City Hall, clamoring for bread, Alderman Gremer, Chairman ot the Polico Committee, addressed the people and quieted them, ad- vising them to wait till to-morrow. If immediate aid is not given it is feared a riot will be the result. A NEW YORKER LYNCHED. San Francisco, Dec. 17, 1875. | A despatch from Carson City says a man named Thomas Burt was hanged by the Vigilance Committee last night Be was found this morning hanging to the He had been recently engaged | in many cases of arson and robbery, and had escaped imprisonment by the want of legal evidence. He had received repeated warnings to leave the vicinity, which he disregarded. He was taken quietly from his bed by masked men and hanged without any disturbance. Burt was a native of New York, and was twenty-six Ovrice ov THS Curlxr Sicxat Orricrr, Wasmixetoy, D. C., Dec, 18, 1875. clear weather. For the Gulf States, Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, years of age. eg MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. Probabilities. For Saturday, in the South and Middle Atlantic War Derartarnt, States, rising barometer, cooler northwest winds and southeast winds and warmer, clear weather. For the upper Mississippi and lower Missour! valleys armer southerly winds and increasing cloudiness, H For the tower lakes, the Middle and Eastern States stationary or rising barometer, stationary or lower | temperature, northwest winds and clear weather, with occasional snow, Cautionary signals continue on the New England and | North Carolina coasts, For the canal regions of New Jersey and Virginia, the temperature will remain below freezing. The rivers will continue falling. THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. The following record will show the changes in the | tomperature for the past twenty-four hours, in com- parison with the corresponding date of last year, as in- dicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, Henavo Building :— (a the second editien of tho Aimes this afternoon, which confirms the recall of the Egypti-Zanzibar ex- ‘aetvon, 1875, 1875. BAM. M830, M. 29 6 A.M. a 6 P.M,. 22 9A M. 39 PME 20 12M... 36 12M... 7 Average temperature yesterday... 856 Average temperatur jor corresp is XC nannanarannrsscapanaaracanmasceagererssene Uda | UAV COLWELL Wi MAEM MbMMiai wile ie | trom Troy to this city. head. Ritter then cut his throat with a razor, and lived about two hours in an unconscious condition. His wife 18 stil alive, and there are hopes of recovery. ‘The parties had led an unhappy Ife on account of re- ligious differences, and the assault is supposed to have grown out of that, THE SUNNYSIDE DISASTER. INTERESTING TESTIMONY OF THE PILOT, The following testimony was taken yesterday by the United States Local Inspectors of Steamships, Messrs, Matthews and Simonson, at their office in Pine strect, with reference to the loss by ice of the Troy steam. | boat Sunnyside, on the Ist of December, in the Hudson River, opposite hyde Park, while on her way ‘Twelve lives were lost, The investigation as to the cause of the loss of the vessel'is now being carried on in Albany by the local inspectors there, and the evidence taken in this city will be trans- moitted to them. ‘The portion found below was taken here on account of the witnesses being residents in this city. The following is the testimony :— Watson Dutcher, pilot of the Sunnyside, being duly sworn, state Ltook the wheel at haif-past one A.M. when’ my ner went off watch he told mo of 0 hour after I went on watch the mate told me all was right; ten or twenty minutes alter that word came that the steamer was leaking; the captain and other pilot called this out, and I heard nothing | more about the leak until the captain gw to rum the boat ashore to the westward; I did so as quickly as could be done; the boat was run out about | two feet forward, and about the same time the captain | every teamer ordered the one on the hurricane deck; the bank ao short time when id went out paraliel with | the banks; I blew the whistle for assistance as long as | we had steam; there was a propeller above us that did not come to our assistance (the Christenyah); after- ward the steamer Walter Brett came along, but ren- | dered no assistance; we blew no whistle to ber, as we | bad no steam; I left the pilot house after blowing the | whistle and went aft, but did not get forward again; rising, followed by falling, barometer, northeast to | | to the Sunnyside in the dock at | and Alexander Laber, employés of the ferry company. the hurricane deck {orward was under water, the water being up to the middie of the pilot house window; I saw nothing of the landing of the passengers forward; whe after end of the boat did not go down tll @ day or two after; there was no other place in the river where we could put her ashore at | that time; I did everything in my power to save the | boat. Edward Downing, ship carpenter, who made repairs Red Hook, then de- posed :—I put ber om the dock on the Ist of October to repair a hole stove in her bottom; I sheathed the boat from the keel to the turn of the bilge; I do not know about her soundness at the water line; she looked very fine; I do not know about her general soundness, but believe her to have been thoroughly sound. THE SOUTHSIDE COLLISION. An investigation was held yesterday at the office of ‘the Board of Local Inspectors of Steam Vessels, before Messrs, Masthews and Simonson, relative to the causes of the collision between the tug John Cooker and the tyboat Southside, which collision occurred in the East River on December 6, Abijah Barker, the pilot of the Southside, testified to the eflect that the col- lision was the fault of the pilot of the tug, This tostimony of the pilot wus corroborated by R. J. Place, her | She remains conscious and is able to talk. | WASHINGTON. FLOM QUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Wasuinatos, Dec. 17, 1875. {RE HARMONY BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE MEMBERS O¥ THE CABINET ON THE WHISKEY TRIALS—HOW REPOLTS TO THE CON- | TRARY ARE STARTED. Fiiteen lo tise beet reason hove Gow saying that all ro- prts of disagreements, past or present, between the fesident, Secretary Bristow and Attorney General jerrepont about the Whiskey Ring cases or General Aboock, are unfounded. The President has consented | every movement in the prosecution of these cases. e bas known fully beforehand every step taken or toposed, He has interposed no obstacle in the way of fosecuting those indicted, and Secretary Bristow and je Attorney General have worked harmoniously to- ‘ther and with the President and Cabinet in ese prosecutions. It is generally acknowl- ged here by the President’s friends that he hde a blunder in consenting to the moval of General Henderson, but it is a fact that the pole Cabinet were agreed upon this step. A friend of President, discussing this matter said:— eneral Grant lost his temper, which is always a {If it bad been General Jackson he would, prob- al have challenged Henderson, and if it had been Lincoln he would have let General Henderson say wit he pleased, Men are made differently, and in this iter the President acted out his nature, here are plenty of people here who would be gli to make trouble between the President and Sqetary Bristow. They are people who aro cerned in the whiskey frauds, or who have frhds to be protected, and they fill the streets and hgls, almost dally, with rumors of the Secretary's Tegnation; of trouble between him and the Attorney Geral, or of high words between the President and Mj Bristow, Such rumors are telegraphed West, péaps to inspire the Whiskey Ring with courage to stid out, They are untrue, Secretary Bristow has th full support of the President and the Cabinet, ay when he ceases to have it tho country wil ktw it, not by rumors from the West or from here byby prompt anp public announcement, | oe more turned toward its borders, i | | TE SOUTHERN TROUBLES IN CONGRESS—MIsSIs- | SIPPI, LOUISIANA AND ALABAMA PRESENTING QUESTIONS FOR SETTLEMENT. ‘he Southern troubles will come up In force in Con- giss after the holidays. Senator Morton is deter- mhéd to investigate Mississippi, and a number of Aes men are here to prompt him, He means to eiry his resolution for an investigating committee tlough the Senate on Monday, but he will probably fj. The Louisiana question will come up ona mo- th to seat Mr. Pinchback, which will be debated at giat length; but, it is said, that if the Louisiana islature, which meets on the Ist of January, sbuld mako haste to elect a good man as Shator, the Senate would probably accept him instead ofMinchback, The Alabama question will come up in th shape of a presentation by the Legislature of evi- doe intended to unseat Senator Spencer, The Legis- Iqire meets on the 29th of December. The Investiga- tin Committee which took evidence during the sum- me and fall and will take more at once, will make its reort, and on this the General Assembly will appeal to th Senate. Mr. Spencer has taken alarm and has alfady made the first move in the Senate to counteract hyopponents, Arkansas is quiet and prosperous un- dq Governor Garland, and the tide of emigration has FROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS SENATE. | Wasuinaton, Deo. 17, 1875. fr. Epuonps (rep.). of Vt, submitted the fol- lofing:— hereas, since the lst session of the Senate the Vice Pfsident of the United states has deceased; therefore lesolved, ‘That on the 7th of January next, at ono o'clock, afhrnoon, the Senate will proceed to the election of a Prosi dat pro tem. \fr, Epwuxns said he offered this resolution, and wuld like to have it le over and be printed, in order tht during the recess Senators might look up the pre- edents and consider the important question, which hp been suggested in the newspapers and otherwise, inrespect to the Speaker of the House of Representa- tyes and President o/ the Senate in the event of what if the course of life was a probable contingency. He Jad no personal doubt that the present presiding fiicer of the Senate was the President pro tempore within the constitution, but his (Mr. Edmunds’) opin- ‘on Was tbat it was advisable, if there was any possible | doubt about it, that the Senate should put the question | at rest ‘Mr. Tuurman, (dem.) of Ohio, suggested that the frou Vermont consent w having the resolution ‘Teferred either to the Committee on the Judiciary, of which he (Afr. Edmunds) was chairman, or to the Gom- mittee on Privileges and Elections, If referred to a committee a report could be made, and the Senate | should have a report upon it from some committee, Ar, Boctweut, (rep.) of Mass., suggested that it be rerrred to the Judiciary Committee, Ar. TuurMan moved that it be referred to the Com- mitee on Privileges and Elections, dr. Savisnory, (dem.) of Del., said he was a mem- ber of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, but hedid not seek to avoid any duty. It occurred to him tht this question properly belonged to the Judiciary Canmittee, and he moved to refer it to that committee. Mr, EpMoNps said he was willing to have it referred, ant the motion of Mr, Saulsbury to refer it to the Ju- dicary Committee was agreed to. Sabsequently that motion was reconsidered and the resélution was referred to the Committee ou rrivileges | anc Elections. | THE MISSISSIPPI ELECTION. | ‘The Cuarr laid betore the Senate the unfinished busi- | ness, being the resolution of the Senator from Indiana, Mr. Morton, authorizing the appointment of a special committee to inquire into the recent election in Mis- | sissippl. * Mr. TuuRMAN hoped the discussion upon this resolu- tion would yo over until Monday, Mr. Bavakb said a number of Senators had accepted | an invitation to visit the Centennial buildings at Phila- delphia to morrow, before the Senator from Indiana | brought in his resolution, Had they known that his resolution was to be brought forward they would not HOTEL ARRIVALS. Mr. John Jay Knox, Comptroller of the Currency, is residing at the Filta Avenue Hotel. Congressman H. HL. Hathorn, of Saratoga, arrived at the Gilsey House last evening, from Washington, Professor Alexander Winchell, of Syracuse University, is staying at the Hoffman House, Mr. Robert Garrett, of Baltimore, is among the late arrivals at the Brevoort House. Gen- eral Thomas H. Neill, of West Point, ia registered at the Everett House. Congressman George W. Hendee and Mr. Horace Fairbanks, of Vermont, are at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel Mrs. Belknap, wife of the Secre- tary of War, and Mme. Antoimette Sterling, have apart- ments at the St. James Hotel. THINK OF IT, LADIES! 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Address all TAYLOR & CO., Bankers, 1 READ THE SUNDAY TELEGRAM—OUT TO.MOR- | ROW MORNING, CONTAINING ALL THE LATEST LOCAL AND TELEGRAPHIC NEWS, PRICE TWO | CENTS, SOLD EVERYWHERE. have accepted invitations. He (Bayard) was not one of those who had accepted, but others had, and they would | not like to be disappointed, | Mr, Morton said he had been spoken to by several | } Senators who had made arrangements to go to Phila- delpbia, With his experience m the Senate he knew | the difficulty of attempting to keep the Senate in ‘in an hour he would be glad to have it, | committee on enrolled bills Albert C. Wilson (the Superintendent), J. H. Wilson | Cc. B. The Jobu F, Chester, master of the tug John Cooker Wilson, the engineer, and others, were examined, If a vote could be taken If not, he would not press the resolution to-day, and, therefore, inade no objection to it going over till Monday. The Senate then, at half-past twelve o’clock P. M., went into executive session, and at fifteen minutes to oue o'clock the Senate adjourned until Monday next, session to dispose of a matter, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wasnixetoy, Dec. 17, 1875. In the House a number of petitions were presented. Mr. Buarg, (rep.) of N. H., rising to @ correction ot | the journal, stated that he had voted on Wednesday tor | the resolution against the Presidential third term and he was not so recorded. On motion of Mr. Ranvatt, (dem.) of Pa., the Senate amendment to the concurrent resolution for the ad- journment, postponing the day of meeting from the 4th to the 5th of January, was taken up and agreed to, The Srxaxan, alluding to the necessity of Ne 4 a in respect to oills that might pass Congress before the holiday adjournment, appointed Mr, Harris, of Georgia, as such committee. AN UNKASY THIRD TERMER, Mr. Pager, (rep.) ot Cal, offered the following resolu- | ton: Whereas the constitution of the United States as framed by the fathers of the Republic impoxes no limits on the eliyi- bility of citizen w the office of President, further than must be native born and of @ certain age and time of ce ; therefore, ived, That in the judgment of this House the right of selecting candidates for the office of l’resident can only be Inwtully exercised by the people under existing constit tional restrictions, and has never been delegated by the p to the House Representatives orto any of the mem- bors of the saine, and that any attempt by the House of Rep- \ resentatives to limit or forestall the public will on # question of such importance, is an invasion of the powers reserved by the people at large, to be treely exercised by. them without any interference irom any legisiative body whatever, ‘The reading of the resolution was greeted with laugh- ter on both sides of the House, and the House refused Wo second the previous qnestion by a vote of 80 to 89, ‘A NECESSARY AMENDMENT. resolution, which was agreed to:— Whereas the Incorporation of generat legislation on ap- propriation bills sometimes requires either the suppo® of an jeetionable proviston oF opposition to ry uppropria: therefore, That ‘the Committee on Rules be directed to re- ment to the rules which shail exclude from bills all genoral logisiation, either on reports © committees or otherwise Mr. Cox, (em.) of N. 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