The New York Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1876, Page 7

? NEW YORK WERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the World THE CONFERENCE AT WORK. The Question of Occupation a Delicate Ons. DISSATISFIED. THE PORTE Russia and ‘Austria Not in Accord as to Bosnia END OF THE FRENCH CRISIS. Jules Simon the New Premier—A Re- publican Triumph, THE SPANISH TROUBLES. The Press in Germany—Greek Cabinet Troubles. [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Lonpon, Des, 14, 1876. Public attention here is still occupied with the Con- ference, and the hope seems to grow stronger day by day that its deliberations will result in peace. Two things, however, havo been noted already, which are of evil angury, though to those not tully conversant with the designs of some of the rival Powers they appear of little moment. First of all, the Turk is dissatisfied and sullen. Hoe is not content to havo the Russian representative preside at the sittings of the Conference, and he gives vent to bis bad humor by Slaying away. The Conference goes on without bim, and proposes, evidently, to settle hia affairs witbout tonsulting bis wishes, and the chances are that if Eng- Jand dces not persuade him to keep the peaco he will Insist on resisting tho decisions of the Conference. AUSTRIAN AXD RUSSIAN INTERESTS IN Bi Then there is the delicate question of Bosnia, about which, we are told, the Conterenco could not agreo, and bad to postpone its consideration. It is well koown fact that Russia and Austria have views and interests in relation to Bosnia which are in direct con- Qict, and therefore, even at this carly etage, a question somes ap, the settlement of which may array these bwo Powers against each other. PROGRESS OF TAY CONFERENCE, A despatch from Constantinople says the plenipo- tentiaries seem to bo agreed that Bulgaria should be placed under w Christian governor. There bas been fome discussion on the future conditions of Bosnia, wut tuo consideration of the question wi djourned, the Austrian aod German plenipotentiaries asking time to refer the subject to their respective govern- mente, TUR PORTE DISSATISFIED, AConstantinople despatch says:—‘The absence of the Porte’s representativos from the preliminary con- ferences-creates an unfavorable impression, The fact ‘that Russia, an interested party, is permitted to sit in Judgment on tho questions at issue is commented on in Turkish circles, The Sultan and his Ministers yesterday witncssed experiments with torpedoes and the heavy Armstrong guns of the iron-ciad fleet,” ‘THE GRAXD VIZIER CONSULTS SALISBURY, The Porte is evidently troubled about the Confer- ence, and cannot be expected to Jeol very comfortable at the thought that the great Powers of Europe are ‘undertaking to decido its fate without paying over much attention to its wishes. In this emergency, as im all others, the Porte, through the Grand Vizier, seeks the advice of Engiand. A telegram from Con- Btantinople reports that the Grand Vizier had @ long Interview with the Marquis of Salisbury to-day. WHO SHALL OCCUPY BULGARIA? A Berlin aespatch this morning says the rumor that England has eanctioned or shown any disposition to sanction Russian occupation of Bulgaria 1s not con- firmed in Berlio. Tho Kussians seem to think that war might be avoided by the Roumanians occupying Bolgaria and the Russians Servia, The attituae of Rassia‘/at the Conferonce will be supported by Germany and Franco, WARLIKE ACTIVITY OF THE TURKS. A Vienna despatch just received says great activity is reported te prevail at Widdin, Tho Turks have col- lected forty dismantied vessels with which to con- -struct a bridge, and four monitors are there, The town is crowded with irregular troops, ‘THE FRENCH CRISIS EXDED. The report which I sent you yesterday morning wdout the ending of the Cabinet crisis im France has been confirmed by an announcement in the Journal Oficial, The result is a decided triumph tor the re- publicans, although the Ministry still contains many men who are very far from being republicans by con- viction, The tact that tho President of the Council is such @ pronounced repablican as Jules Simon, and tbat he also holds © portfolio of Minis. ter of the Interior, which gives him the ‘eontrol of the prefects of departments, onght fo de suMfeient to satisfy the Loft for the present. M. Bimon is an able man, with a long parliamentary ex_ perience, and his administration must have the effect of ull further conselidating the Republic and of pre- paring the way for a homogeneous republican Ministry which eball be in full accord with the majority in the Chamber. M. Martel isalsoan able man and a con- sistent) republican. The following telegram was re- e¢ived {rom Paris last night:— THE NMW MINISTRY. The appointment of M. Simon as President of the Council and Minister of the Interior and M, Martel as Minister of Justice, vice MM. Dufaure and Marcére, who retire, is offictally announced to-day. The Cabi- net, theroforo, remains as belore tho crisis with the exception of the above mentioned changes. . GENERAL BBRTHAUT. Military men who look only to the reorganization of the French army and care little for politics are very much gratified at the retention of General Berthaut in the Cabinet. Ho is looked upon in military circles as the most competent man for the position at tho present juncture, and it would be very unfortanate if a man of uch decided ability as an organizer should be sacri- feed to the exigencies of party. General Berthaut was a member of the military commission which drew ap the plan of reorganization which 1s now bei: put in the army, und it is said that tbe mai of the plan were conceived by him. He is admittedly the best man to superintend the reorganization, apd, therefore, the Ministry of War is his proper place, Over a year ago an English military critic, after witnessing the perfection to which he had brought the organization and disciptine of the corps he then tommanded, pronounced nim tho coming General in Prance and the future Minister of W: ALL PARTIES BATISTIED, A later despatch trom Parts eays the appointment of M. Simon to the head of tho Ministry 18 geperally well received. Kven the Legitimist a Bonapartist organs do not asa rule regard it unfavorably, ‘The Republican Union, which comprises several groups of the Left, at a numerously attended meeting to-day, manifested unanimous satisfaction at the ministerial ehanges. The section led by M. Gambetta, however, maintains reserve on the subject. All parties praise the attitude of President MacMahon, M. Martel, the newiy appointed Minister of Justice, is ill, and it 1s possible that he may, after all, decline the portfolio. RPPROT OF MACMAMON’'S FIRMNESS. Acorrespondent in Paris, commenting on the gertle- (ment of the difficulty, shows uhat the solution of the Ministoriat crisis was in a great measure brought about by President MaeMabon plainly informing the ‘Ministers that he snoald not hesitate to issae a mani. feavb to the nation to explain his determination aod Aissolve the Chamber of Deputies. It also appears that during she negotiations Ga betta suggested a list of — oe ee Ministers, with Duclere as Prom’ The cespatch says this scheme bot entertamod fora momenh RESS OFFENCES 13 GERMANT. From Germany the only item of news worth noting is that the Federal Diet bas rejected eighteen articles of the Judicial laws voted by Parliament, principally relating to jurisdiction over preks offences, compulsory of editors and the prosecution of public functionaries, Parliament was notified of the Diet's action yesterday. PRESS COMMENTS OX THE NxWR The News’ Berlin correspondent, commenting on the ‘action of the Federal Coudet! on the jucicial laws passed by the Reichstag, sees no on so believe the present oF next Parliament wiliaccept a promise Two yeprs' work has deen wasted The most important measure of unification yet attempted seems to be acomplese fallure a bitter and excited feeling prevaiis tn Parliamentary circles. The Prussian Cross Gazette romarks that !\ 1s possible that German judi- ciary organization may end in a political catastrophe of great significance for Germany’s Internal policy. / THR Cast OF BREST. ‘The statement published here that Charles Brent, the Louisville forger, will be delivered to American Getectives on Saturday isincorreck He’ will probably de delivered on Tuesday and will be placed im custody of some person 4 ated by Untiec Siates Minister Pierrepont. This person has pot yet been named THB NEW BPANISH CONSTITUTION. From Spain comes the intelligence that the new Constitation will not be immediately pat tn operation, A dispatch from Madrid says that in the Cortes yester- day Prime Minister Canovas do} Castillo, replying to Sefiors Sagasta anc Martinoz, stated that the govern. ment had decided to put ai] the articles of tho new constitution in force early next year. THE BASQUES QUIET. Adespatch from Madrid says reliable tnselligence bas deen received that the Basque Provinces are quiet, althodgh there is passive resistance to the law abolish- ing the fueros. Some depatics from those previnces have resigned their seats in the Corses, but the major- ity remain in hope of conciliation. SEW GREEK MINISTRY, ‘The Greek ministerial cx1sis seems to have been tem- posarily settied. A despatch from Athens ‘sthata new mioistry has been formed under Comoundouros, who ts President of the Council and Minister of the In- terior and Justice. THE SWISS CONFEDERATION. A despatch from Berne announces that M. Heer, Vice President of the Federal Assembly, has been elected President of the Swiss Confederation for 1877. M, Schenck is tho new Vice President, GOLD VOR AMERICA, The White Star line steamer Ceitic, which sails from Liverpool to-day for New York, will take out $180,000 in specie. AUSTRALASIA. THE CONTRACT FOR THE PACIFIC MAIL-—SE- VERE STORM IN NEW ZEALAND—MORE COM- MUNISTS ESCAPED FROM NOUMEA. ‘ Say Francisco, Dec, 13, 1876. The Pacific Mail Company’s steamship City of New York afrived to-day from Sidney via Honolulu, bring. ing the British mails. The news is as follows:— The ww Zealand Parliament had adjourned, having completed the work of consolidating the various pro- vinces into one’colony. New Zealand and New South Wales had not yet agreed upon the terms of the modification of the postal contract with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. No decision 1 likely to be reached before the meeting of the New South Wales Parliament, A sevore storm passed over tho northern part of New Zealand on November 11, occasioning con- siderable damage. One man was killed and a large number of fires, caused by hghtning, occurred, thi losses aggregating £500,000. * MORE COMMUNISTS ESCAPED. Twelve Fronch Commenists had escaped from Nov- meaina steam launch. A war vessel overtook them and captured ton of their number. The other two jumped averboard and wore drowned. ICE GORGE IN THE MISSISSIPPL St. Lovis, Mo, Dee, 13, 1876. The steamer Centennial, tnvolved in yesterday’s crush by the ice, sunk at about four o’clock this morn- ing. More than this mo notable chango has taken Place since last night, All the boats previously mentioned are still wedged tightly together, and when the tice gorge breaks away most of them will go down:.with it.and eithor be wholly wrecked or damaged still more than they are now. Tho Centennial wasa largo freight boat of 2,000tons burden, and is said to have cost $125,000, instead ot $40,000, as previously reported. There 18 a fro risk on her, but to what amount cannot now be ascer- tained. She bad never made a trip, ‘and there was probably no‘ marine insurance on her, . A careful survey this afternoon of tho scene of the foo gorgo disaster at the Arsenal, shows that some of the steamers clasped im the gorge there are not in so bad a condition as they were Inst night, and that others are not 20 badly damaged as previously reported. T! water rose considerably last night and to-day, which relieved the pressure somewhat. The Lake Superior 1 afloat, and with the exception of a trifling leak is in good ovndition ‘The Savannah, lying just below the Lake Superior, is afloat, but leaking badiy, and is kept from sinking only by constant u: pumps, Carpenters are en- deavoring to stop the leaks. ‘The War Eag' Iso afloat; but she has a bole in her bottom, an fter guards and ir works aro gone. She has eteam up, and all of her pumps.are in operation. Her furnit' and tablu ware bas been taken ashore, and ber mate, who bas a iarge gang of men at work on her, says he can savo The Alexander Mitcholl is in a precarious condition, being apparently held up by the ice on ove the wreck of the Bayard on the other, and wh jee goes ont is expected to sin! Some hopes are expressed now that the Centennial can be raised. ‘The Andy Johnson Is hommed in between the Cen- tennialand Davenport, but is not leaking, and, for the present at least, is safe. The Davenport is sunk to her boiler deck and is a The rise of water floated the Golden Eagle, and, with the aia of the Northwestern, she is now iifty or sixty yards below the jam. She has steam up, and, if she is not farther damaged by the next movement of the leo, $200 or $300 will pure! her repairs. ‘The Rov Roy also has steam up and 1s propared to moet any coming emergency. The tug Rescue has succeeded in cutting her way through the gorge from above toa point abreast the imprisoned steamers, and is now attempting to break up the lee along their outer side, so that those . Which can be rescued from their perilous positions can be taken to open water along the shore below. This water is not great in extent, but there is enough to afford moving room tor several stoainers. Further out there is an immense field, extending north nearly to the city wharf and south beyond the reach of the eye. Thin was the situation at eight o’clock to-night, and as the weatber is considerably colder the prospect is that no movement of the ice will take place to-night, : ICE IN THE OHIO RIVER. A RAILROAD BRIDGE SWEPT AWAY—GREAT DAM- AGE DONE BY AN ICE GORGE THAT CARRIED ALL BEFORE IT. {From the Cincinnati! Enquirer, Dec. 12) Since the 1ce has been running gorges at tho Southern Railroad bridge have been frequent, as the ico had but a narrow channel on the Ohio sido to pass through. No damage occurred until about noon yesterday, when a gorge formed more formidable than any previous one, which extended up to above the foot of Plum street, At one P, M. aslight movement of the gorge occurred which did considerable damage, which 1s recorded below. After stopping at one P. M. the gorge kept yathering in force for the grand move, which occurred at fouro’clock. At that hour the gorge commenced moving with the siow but re- sistiess force of the ocean’s tide. The first movement of the ice commenced at the head of the gorge, oppo- nite the foot of Plum street, and worked its way slowly down to the toot, breaking and crumuling the ice iuto small pi carrying all before it. ra ‘The trestiework of the Suuthern Railroad Bridge across the main channel of the river resisted Pressure until twelve ininnies to. Nvd o’cluck, wh with w great crash more than two-thirds of the 519 fect fell into the river, and was followed a momont later with the remainder, with the exception of ive benches, which are still standing The fallen simber was carrted of by the cu and will provably wks below bere. joss 1 material wii Company, which, a8 near as we can Derwoen $40,000 ‘and $59,000, Our 1,000,000 (eet of lumber, vaiued at 000, which, to- gether with the expense of placing in position, cannot fall much veiow our estimate. ‘The greatest loss wiil be rn the construction of the bridge, as it 1 diy probable that the trestiework can be put up again before the coming §] We were intormed last night th Intend entori: is against the city and the Bridge for the damages sustained yesterday, as no one conversant with ihe facta will dispute that the obstruction was the cause of all the loss, WASHINGTON. Tho Efforts to Settle the Presi dential Question. DEFEAT OF SENATOR EDMUNDS’ MEASURE, The Decision of Vice Président Ma- son in the Wisconsin Oase, ABECORD WHICH WAS INCORRECTLY QUOTED Senetor Morton's Substituts for tha Twenty- Second dont Rule Resuscitated FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONOENT. PROGRESS IN GETTLING THE PRESIDENTIAL MUDDLE—DBEYEAT OF MR. BDMUNDS’ CON- STITUTIONAL AMENDMEXT—A PRECEDENT RELIED ON BY SENATORS EDMUNDS AND MORTON EFFECTUALLY DISPOSED OF, Wasmixctox, Dec, 13, 1876, Real progress was made.to-day in the Senate toward settling the Presidential muddie, In the first place, Mr. Edmunds’ constitutional amendment, pro viding that the Supreme Court should count the electoral vote, was defeated by 14 yeas fo $1 nays, There was a general dislike to this amendment on the ground that it would drag the Supreme Court into politics, and it was doomed to failure. trom the beginning, lt ts ander. stood that members of the Supreme Bench have ex- pressed their very strong desire not to have the Court brought into the political strife in any way. The small vote which Mr. Edmunds’ measure received raised a smiie at bis expense, da Senator remarked that, like a recent strike on a road, as a success it was a failure, but as a failure it was undoubtedly a complete success, During the debate on the me: Senator Randolph briefly recited the history of the electoral count 1857, when an offer was made to throw the vote of Wisconsin out, and his few remarks caused a good deal of amusement at the expense of Senators Morton and Edmunds, Im a previous debate the other day Mr. Edmunds had stated that in the Wisconsin case the Viee President decided substantially that the two houses had no authority, and that the Vice President had authority to count and scrutinize the vote. Mr. Edmunds sald on that occasion:— “The certificate was received by the President of the Senate, Mr. Mason, of Virginia, and was opened and was reported by tho tellers in the regulan , with all the others, On the President announcing that vote somebody rose and questioned the right of the presid- ing officer to determine whetner that was the constitu- tional vote of the State of Wisconsin or not, and the presiding officer, it 1s stated, declined to entortain the question of order or to submit {It to the bodies or peo- ple, whatever they might be called, who were before him, and retirea trom the chair and with the Senate came back to the Senate Uhamber.’? Mr. Monron—And said the only thing in order was to count the votes. Mr. Epxunps—And be said the only thing in order was to count the vote. Having read these words of the two Senators Mr, Randolph briefly showea them to be entirely mistaken by quoting Vice President Mason’s own words from the Congressional Globe, Mr. Mason said:—‘‘The presiding officer considers that the duty of counting the vote has devolved upon the tellers under the concurrent order of the two houses; that the tellers should determine for them- selves in what way the votes are verified to thom.” Further, Mr. Letcher, im the Convention, having ob- Jected to the count of the Wisconsin vote, Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, tho reading teller, said :— “I suppose, Mr. President, the proper way would be for the tellers to report the facts to the convention of the two houses and let them decide,” and the Vice President at once repli “The presiding officer so considers,” Senator Randolph emphasized this Jast point, and called the attention of the Senators from Vermont and Indiana to its clinching force, but they made no sign, He quoted trom Senator Crittenden, of Kentucky, who made a vigorous protest against the assumption of any power upon the part of tho President of the Senate to decide upon the validity or invalidity of an electoral vote, to which the Vice President replied: “The presiding oMcer is utterly unaware that he bas assumed the exercise of any such power.” The opinions of other mombors of both houses were then citedto the samo effect, among them, Senatcrs Soward and Douglas, Bat the hardest blow was ro- served for the last, when ho quoted these words of the Vice President :— “The presiding offlcer desires to gay, as he thought he had aistinctly stated whilst presiding over the two houses in the chamber of tho House of Reprosenta- tives, that the conception of the Senator from Georgia ‘a entirely erroneous in the judgment of the pre- miding officer. The presiding officer did not undor- take to decide whether the vote of the State of Wisconsin was a good vote er a bad vote. The presid- ing officer upon that matter did no more than rei the fact which was reported to bim by the tellers, pursu- ant to the concurrent order of the two houses, The presiding oflecr did no more than agnounce that the vote of Wisconsin bai been given to Joho ©, Fremont. Whether it was a. good voto or bad vote ho did not undertake to decide,’ And finally the Vice President said ne had “not under- taken to decide and had not decided whether 1ne vote of the State of Wisconsin had been given to John Cc. Fromont or not, a power that the ir atterly dis- clans and never asserted.’ These quovutions stirred the Senate, and evidently settled geveral Senatora’ minds as to the powers of the Vico President. The defeat of Mr. Edmunds’ amendment and Mr Randolph’s demonstration that the Vico President assumed no power to ‘count’ the vote or to deeide upon tho admission or exclusion of a State in 1857, but, on the contrary, clearly and re- peatedly stated that this power belonged to the two houses, produced an unexpected result, he close of the session Mr. Kdmunds gave notice that he would call up to-morrow the bill offered and advocated by Mr, Morton last session as @ substitute for the twonty-second joint “tule. This Dill, after long bate was once passed by the Senate, but was recon- sidered, moved # second time to a third reading and thore rested. It is, therefore, properly before the Senate, It provides that the two houses shall count the electoral vote; that where there is ob- jection to receiving the vote of a State the two ‘houses, shall, vote separately on the question, as ander the twenty-second joint rule, but that the vote shall not be thrown out except by the concurrence of both houses, In this it differs from the twenty-second rule, which provided that the vote of a State should be thrown out on the objection of one House, Mr. Morton's bill also pro- vides that where two of more sets of returns come up, each claiming to be rogo- jar, the Vice President shall open both or all and they shall be submitted to the two houses; and if they cannot agree as to which return shall be received voth sbali be rejected and thé vote of tho State shall not be counted. it was believed im the Senate that Mr, Edmunds’ nouce of his revival of this old bill was without previous arrangement with Mr. Mor- ton, because the Intter’ face expressed both surprise and annoyance. The republicans say the bill will not do at all, but the awkward fact is that nearly ail the republican Senators voted for it at the last session, and inthe long debate about it most of them committed themselves to all its features, Tho section commanding the Vice-President to open all the returns received, where more than one set comes up, and declaring that only that retarn shall be counted on which both houses agree, was especially championed by Mr. Mertos, whe defended it as the only reguias and m1 stitutional method of settling such a @ispute. 18 ts re- membered that during that debate no republican Sen- Alor expressed doubds as to the power of the two boures fo actin the manner provided in Mr. Morton's DiIL The revival of tne bill by Mr. Edmunds hae produced @ commotion among the republicans this evening FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, Wasmixcton, Dec 13, 2 INELIGIBLE ELECTORS INCRBASING—VIEWS OF THR ATTORNEY GENERAL ON THE EFFECT OF THE GOVERNOR'S CERTIFICATE. ‘The republicans believe they bavo @ Missourt Roland for the Oregon Oliver. The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections bas decided to subpmna the Secretary of Stare of Missouri to attend detore MN with a certifed copy of the Presidential vote and copies of the: laws relating te elco” ‘ors Governor Morton, chairman of the comm:ttes, gays that the investigation of thie Missour: matier furne upon the case of the elector Frost, who deen, 1 1s said, discovered to be ineligible under the fourteenth ameniment to the constitution Press was disqualified dy rebellion, but was pardoned by Presi- @ent Johnson The sufficiency of this pardon is ques- tioned Senator Morton says that he ts going to in- ‘vestigate this case, as well as all othera, very thor oughly. ‘ lh w treecty said by republican Senators that when tt comes to ‘lame ducks” among the electors the dein0- erats will Ona they have as many of them the re pudlicans, some of whom, it '# edded facetiousiy, will not be able to stand on their foet at ai, It ts claimed by the republicana thas there are five cases of incligibilily to be shown up among the democratic electors, two in Missouri, two in New Jer. sey and one !n New Hampshire. The Attorney General gays that, after full examination of the law, when an elector bas been olectea, has received his Certificate from the Governor and voted there ts no legal possibility of going behind tho Governor's certificate, because he bas become an eléctor de facta In many of the cases in dispute about electors and their eligibility he thinks tt almost amounts to quibbling and can produce no condition of affairs to change the result, In case an electgy in Migsouri is found disqualified and a vacancy 1s tHereby occasioned that State will be found in the same gondition as Vermont was, without any law to fill {t, doless provided vy the calling of the Legislature, which would now be too late, Notwith- standing all this discussion Attornoy General Taft says | the clection is all right, and will prove so in the fual success of Governor Hayes, who is honestly elected, THE SILVER COMMISSION—-NO NOTICE TO BE TAKEN OF THE BLAND BILL IN THE SENATE UNTIL A REPORT IS MADE, The commission of which Senator Jones, of Nevada, is chairman, appointed to juvestigate and report upon the sliver question, will not be enabled to complete their labors within the time specified by the reso- lution expiring on January 1, They will ask for more time. Senator Sherman, chairman of the Senate Fi- nance Committe, who is also # member of the Silver Commission, ts giving coosiderable attention to the same subjett, and furnished as his principal reason for declining to go South on any of the Investigating committees his wish to be bere mainly to lend, a8 be said, nis special exertions to the Silver bill, as well as to look after other important matters which may come up in the Senate, Until the commission appointed by the Senate reports po notice will be taken of the Biand Silver bill passed by the House. THE PASSAGE OF THE SILVER BILL—ORDERS {TO BUY GOLD RESULTING—RELATIVE VALUB OF THE AMERICAN GOLD AND SILVER COINS. ‘Tho pas: by the House to-day of the Poland Silver bill, or. rather, tho substitute therefor, providing for the coinage of tho old silver dollar and for making 1t a egal tender for all debts which are not specified to be paid in gold, drow attention away tempo- rarily from) tho Presidential dispute. The Senate has yet to - consider the bill and is hkely to be slow in passing it Notwithstanding the very remoto success of the meas- ure its passage by the House was tho signal for a rush of orders to Wall street to buy gold, the operators in which nave watched the progress of the bill with the keenest anxiety, It is likely, too, that operations for a risein the silver market in London were conducted by cable, as the quotations will show in'the morning. Atteption 18 directed to the fact that the bill provides: that the new coin dollar shall consist of 412% «grains. «of | standard silver, whereas in the original Congressional enactment, yoars ago, itwas ordained that the value of silver to gold should be as one to sixteen. Now, as tho standard gold dollar weighs twenty-five and cight-tenths grains, the silver dollar should woigh sixteen times as much, or 412 8-10 grains, being three grains more.than the quantity of silver fixed in tbe Dill ed to-day. If this be an oversight, it is susceptible of ready remedy; Dut if not, 1t disiocates she relations betweer the values of gold and silver into an awkward compound tractiol LOBBYISTS NOT IDLE AMID THE PREVAILING POLITICAL EXCITEMENT—THE BURLINGTON AND MISSOURI RAILROAD BILL—A CORPORA- TION THAT BLOWS BOTH HOT AND COLD. The expectations entertained some time ago that, owing to the shortness of the session aud the magni- tude of the questions to bo settled by Congress in the dozen weeks between its opening and closing, the character of its legislation would be comparatively tree of jobbery, are likely'to be aisappointed. Tho bill reported by the Judiciary Committce to-da7 in rela- tion to the Burlington and Missouri Railroad, and which became the occasion of a bot debate, would seem to indicate that the gentlemen who visit Wasb- ington in—to ase their words—the interest of the people and to aid in the development of the country will not allow the more exciting and ab- sorbing political topics of the hour to monopolize the entire attention of the public. One of the principal points in the bill in question ts to dec! the Burling- ton and Missouri road a branch of the Union Pacifie and to compel the Union Paeific to pro rate with it, Mr. Crounse, of Nebraska, one of the advocates of the bill, said, in as parliamentary language as be could use, that there was a strong lobby on the ground determined to defeat it While te spoke one or two gentlemen well known in all Pacific railroad legislation might be observed entering one of .the galleries of the chamber and taking seats whore they could easily see and hear what took place on the floor boneath them. Mr. Frye, of Mai made a strong speech in oppositinn to the bill, in which he asserted that (his same road bad procured the enact- ment of legislation some years ago, declaring that it was nota branch of tho Union Pactflo lin of which it was enabled to obtain 1,200,000 acres of the richost land in Nebraska The bill was recommitied to the committee to ap- parently the present supporters of the Union Pacific road. THE INDIAN PROBLEM—THR QUESTION OF TRANSFERRING THE INDIAN BUREAU TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT. The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs ts divided on the question of the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department, and the only thing im that ai rection which may be expected will pertain only to the most uncivilized and warlike tribes, which, it ts argued, are but # small proportion of the whole number. The present peace system qili be continued on ac- count of the influenco and exertions of the various religious sects, Tho Chairman of the committee (Sena tor Allison) and a majority of the committee are op- posed to the supervision of the War Department over the Indians There is no probability of any change of the present status of the Indians for somo time to come and wotil the present hostilities are ended, The War Department does not want the transfer of the Indiang uaoti) ample provisions bare been made by appropriations to feed them honestly according to the treaty stipulations of the government. TH ALADAMA CLAIM8—HAS A UNITED STATES WAR VESSEL ANY STANDING IN THE CouRT? The Solicitor of the Navy Departm again ap- peared to-day before the Court of Alabama Claims, ana fied a petition and claim for damages, to be paid from tho Geneva award, for the destruction of the Hatteras, areguiar war vessel of the Untied states, by the Ala- bama off the Atlantic const. Mr. Creswell, attorney for the court, will demur upon the ground that a United States war vessel has do standing in the court, cour The decision tn the present ease of the Hat- Seras will establish the sole precedent in hike cases PRESIDENT GRANT ON THE aVENU ELEN ITY OF Wi8 BXCELLENCY. President Grant took a quiet walk along Pennsy!- Yaris avenue this afternoon at about tour o'clock, meeting the tide of friends and foes in Congress who were returning trom the Capito! after the sdjourn- ment Ho seemed to de in excellens health ang hy whole appearance gave fat contradiction to the stories | Of excessive il! temper on bis pars arising oat of his controversy with the democratic leaders on the subject of the Presidency. GENERAL WASHINGTON OESPATCHES, Wasnixoros, Dec, 13, 1876. COUNTING THB ELECTORAL VOTE—THE DEFEAT OF MR, EDMUNDS’ CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND- MENT—ANOTHER MEASURE FOR THE ACCOM- PLISHMENT OF THE DESIRED FE. An analysis of the vote by whieh the Senato to-day rejected the joint resolution proposing a constitutional amevament to empower the Supreme Court to counts the electoral vote shows that thirteen republican: a one demoerat voted for the proposition and that eighteen democrats and thirtec& republicans united in voting agatust it The bill which Senator Edmunds gave notice be will endeavor to call up for action to-morrow isthe measure orig:naily introduced by Senator Morton, which was passed by the Serie last March, but replaced on tho calendar April 19, 1876, by the adoption of a motion Wo reconsider Its passage It provides for an assem- blage of the Senate and Mouse of Representatives in the ball of tho latter on the last Wednesday of January for the purpose of counting the electoral votes, and its main feature 1s con- tained in @ provision that no electoral vote or votes from apy Stato, to the counting of which ob- Jections shall have been made by a meinber of either | branch of Congress, shall be rejected except by the affirmative vote of the two housea’ The vote on the passage of shis bili, on March 24, wag thirty-two against twenty-six—Messrs. Thurman, Koy and Merrimon, democrats, voting with twenty-nine republicans tn the affirmative, and Messrs. Conkling, Edmunds and Howe uniting with twenty-three democ: 1m the vote against {\ Tho motion to reconelder the passage of this bill was carried by the votes of twenty-six democratic Senators and five republicans—Messrs. Conkling, Dawes, Edmunds, Howe and Paddock. The votes Qgainst reconsideration wero all cast by republican Senatora, numberiug twenty-three.” VASY MAILS AND THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE— NON-CONCURRENCE OF THH HOUSE COMMIT- TEE IN THE: SENATE AMENDMENTS TO THE post ROUTE BILL. The House Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads t have substantially agreed to recommend ajormal non, concurrence in the Senate amendments to the Post Route dill of last session, which provide for a restora- ion of the fast mail service and the revival of the tranking privilege, The committee, in reporting back the bill to the House, will take the ground that these subjects should receive independent consideration, and are too important to be aeted on as amendments to an ordinary routine moasure like the annual bill for the establisnment of new post routcs, ELECTORAL VOTES RECEIVED LY THE PRESID- ING OFFICER OF THE SENATE. | The electoral votes of Maryland, Virginia, Masgachu- | setts and West Virginia have been deposited with | ator Ferry President pro tem, of the Senate by mes. gers from the abové mentioned States, The elec- toral votes of the States*ot Massachusctts, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Alabama, New York, Hiinois, Ohio, Dolaware, Minnesota, New Jersey, Connecticut, Georgia and Iowa ha been reecived by mail The law requires: one copy of the certified votes to bo deliverod by messenger and a duplicate copy to be sent to tho presiding officer of the Senate by mail TELEGRAMS CALLED FOR BY THE ELECTION INVESTIGATING COMMITSEES. A. 8. Brown, uf New York city, Superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and Capta'n Whitney, Manager of the Western Union office in this city, are the parties on whom subpadaes have just been served by the House Sergeant-at-Arms to appear before the House Committee now at New Orleans ‘ex- amining into ,he recent election and action of the Re- turning Board of Louisiana and to produce certain tel- ograms, including those of Secretary Chandler sent pending the canvass of the vote The Western Union is the only company thus called upon for despatches, The Senate Investigating Committee have not yet calied for despatches, THE CBEDIT MOBILIER CASE, The Supreme Court was to-day engaged in hearing the Crédit Moviller. case, FORGERY BY A POLITICIAN. COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRIAL OF FRANK A. BEAMISB, A CANDIDATE IN THE LAST CAM- PAIGN FOR A SENATORSHIP—A CHABGE OF EMBEZZLING TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS: (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HEBALD.] Witxessanne, Pa, Doo. 13, 1876, Tho trial of Frank A. Boamish, charged with forgery- and embezzioment to the amoant of $10,000, was opened in the County Court to-day, and caused no little excitement. Beamish, who was the domocratic candi- date for Senator im the Twentieth district during the sate campaign, was in 1872 sec- retary of the Fourth School District Roard of Seranton, and in tbat capacity autaoriszed to collect the taxes of tho district, levied for schoo! pur- poses, and acts receiver. His duplicate for that yeer amounted to rete money it is charged by the ‘Taxpayers’ Protectiv Association, be collected and then embezzled $10,000 of it, altering bis duplicate in suck a manner as to call for but $50,000, He will now be tried upon this serious charge, which may give him a cell in the Eastern Penitentiary. The trial 1s condacted by the most eminent counsel and will probably Jact for some time. MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. Wan Duranruert, Orrics oy THE Cursy Sanat O1 Wasnisatox, Dec, 14—1 A. dL Probabilities, For Now England and the Middle States warm south- erly to westerly winds and clear or fair weather dur- ring the day, followed during tho might by colder and rising Darometer. For the South Atlantic and Eastern Gulf States, southeast to southwest winds and partly cloudy Weather, with slight changes in temperature and ba- rometer, and possibly local rains auring the evening on the coast. For the Western Gulf States warm, clear, or fair weather during the day, followed during the night by colder portberly winds and rising barometer. For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley increasing cloudi- ness and winds shifting to northerly and westerly, fol- lowed during the night by decidedly lower temperasare, rusing barometer and threatening weather, For the upper lake region, Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys, brisk and high, northerly to westerly winds, decidedly colder weather, with oo- casional snow and rising barometer, For the lower lake region, southwest winds and clear or fair weather during the day, followed by northerly to westerly winds, rising barometer, threat ening weather und occasional snow by Friday morning. Cautionary signals are ordered for stations on tho upper lakes. The Upper Ohio River will fall slowly. The display of cautionary signala will be discon- tinued at tho lake stations, except Milwaukee and Grand Haven, on the 20th inst. { —— THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. 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