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VOL. XIX.
- COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22. 1877.
NO. 45
THE PRESIDENTIAL COUNT
MIOOH UAOHID AND OOBD
TO THN OOMMiniON,
TTunoiw, Feb. Si.—Balk Houses
voted to oonnt Nevada. The oonnt pro*
|Wmd rapidly until Oregon wee reached,
whan a (AU reading of doonmanta waa de
manded. Credential! of Hayea alee to re
wara oertiflad to by a notary poblie. At-
taohad ia a fall raport of alaotiona by
oonatiae, oertiflad by Score tery of State.
Than an ST avowed imoonaiUablea in
tha Hoorn. They may Incorporate In
thalr objection to Booth Carolina the ov-
Idanaa taken in that State by the Oon-
greealonal Oommimion and lnaiat npon it*
being read, Thia will oonanma fire daya.
Than an abundant machinery to defeat
tha law, if tha minority lnaiat upon tha
advantages, which parliamentary law
gives them. It ia impoetablt to aay what
may happen.
■otmm bupabati.
Objectiona ware read and the House
aaparatad.
Tha objectiona to Watt* cloeee with the
aaaertlon that on tha 6th of December he
held tha oflloe of postmaster, an office of
treat and profit under the United State*,
oor. onovna’a certificate*.
Gorernor Groter, in hia oertifioatea,
make! no mention of Watte.
Grover’s verbiage ia “Eligible Elec
tor!,” and tha name of Cronin aa having
received tha third bighcat number of
votea.
Theae pa para are in all raapecta aimllar
to thoee of other Btatea, and given Hayea
two votea and Tilden one.
Senator Mitchell opened aa objeotor on
the Republican aide,
onnonona to txb Warn obrtifioate.
Firat—Tha pepen purporting to be the
oertifioatea of the Electoral votea of the
State of Oregon, have not annexed to
them a oertifloate ,of the Governor of
Oregon, aa required' to be made and an
nexed by aactiona ISO and 138, U. 8. Rov-
anue Statute.
Seoond—The papers have not annexed
to them a list of tha nameaof Cartwright,
Odell and Watts as eleotors, to whloh tha
anal of tha State of Oregon waa affixed
by the Secretary of State and signed by
the Governor and Secretary, aa required
by auction 60 of ohapter xiv 1. 9; of the
general laws of Oregon.
Tldrd—It was the right and duty of the
Governor of Oregon, under tha laws of
that Slate, to give a certificate of eleetion,
or appointment aa electors, to John C.
Cartwright, Wm. H. Odell and E. A. Cro
nin, they being the three parsons oapable
of being appointed Presidential Eleotors,
who received the highest number of votes
afl tha eleetion held in Oregon on Novem-
berjth, 1876.
Fourth—Cartwright and Odell bad no
right or authority in law to appoint Watts
an elector on December 6th, 1876,
mnoh as they did not, on that day, oom-
poaa or form any part of the Electoral
College of Oregon, as by law constituted.
Fifth—Cartwright and Odell had no
authority to appoint Watts an elector on
December 6tb, 1876, because on that day,
Watts was still the poatmaatar at LaFay-
ette, Oregon - , and waa still on that day,
holding tha said office of profit and trust,
Sixth—Watts, who claims to be an elec
tor in the above-described certificates,
was, in February, 1873, appointed poat
maatar at LaFayette, Oregon, and was
duly oommiaeionad and authorized aa such
postmaster, that being an office of trust
and profit under the laws of the United
States, and continued to be and aot as
such postmaster from February, 1873,
nntil after November IStb, 1876, and was
acting aa such postmaster on November
7th, 1876, when the Presidential eleotors
wara appointed by the State of Oregon
and that he waa ineligible to be appointed
aa ons of the said Presidential alec tors.
Seventh—When the Governor of Oreo
gon caused the lists of the names of the
else tors of tha State to be made and cer
tified, auoh lists did not contain the name
of said Watts. bnt did contain the names
of Cartwright, Odell and Cronin, who
acre duly appointed electors of President
and Vioe President of the United States
in the State of Oregon on November 7tb,
1876.
objections to obokim’s oertifioate.
Firat—Because neither of said persons
waa aver appointed electors by the State
of Oregon in any manner whatever.
Seoond—Because it appears from tbere-
omda and papers contained in and attaehed
to the oertifioatea of H. H. Odell, J. 0.
Cartwright and John W. Watts, that they
were duly appointed elaotors and cast
their votes aa auob.
Third—Because it docs not appear from
the face of Governor Grover’s eertifleatee
attached to the returns of the votes
Cronin, Hiller and Parker, that aueh oar-
tijoatea were issued-to three persona hav
ing tha highest number of votes for elec
tors, but wara issued by him to persona
whom be deemed eligible; though one of
them, E. A Cronin, waa not appointed
thereto aocording to the laws of the State
of Oregon.
Fourth—Beoense it appeara from the
certificates of S. F. Ohadwiok, Secretary
of State, that Odell, Cartright and Watts,
received the highest number of votes, and
theBeeretary of State, in pursuaooe of
Uw, so declared, and that, therefore, the
certificate of the Governor in so far aa it
omitted to oertify the name of J. W.
Watts mono of tha eleotors appointed,
and in ao far as such cartiflante contained
the name of E. A. Cronin, aa ona of tha
electors appointed, fails to conform to
tha acta of Congress in auah
and prevised, sod to tha tow of Oregon,
and that such eertiflaete to, as to said
Cronin, without authority and of no
off sot.
Fifth—Baeaaarit appeara from both
eerttfiestas that Odell sod Cartwright, n
majority of the Electoral Collage, ware
duly appointed atootoeu by tha State of
Oregon in tha manner directed by tha
Legislature, that their record presented
to tha President of tha Beasts, and by
him to tha two Houses, abowa that a va-
oanoy in tha office of Eisotor existed on tha
day fixed by tow for the aaeating of elec-
tore, and that auoh vaeancy waa filled by
tha appointment of Watta, commission.
Senator Kelly aad Congressman Jaaks
spoke in behalf of tha Dazeooratto objec
tors, and Representative Lawrence ia
behalf of tha Republican objeetom.
No resistance waa aaada to tha Com
mission.
A motion wm made and tkey adjourned
to tha Senate Chamber at 7:80 O’clock.
Three hours and a half was allowed each
aide for debate.
Morton wanted tha question d sold ad
without an adjournment to the Besets.
Carried unanimously.
Horton voted nay on .the second prop
osition.
It is understood that tha Oommimion
will endeavor to ait it out to-night.
The oity is remarkably quiet. The gal
leries daring the day were not half full.
Rpacts! ta (As £*?uirar-Sv*0
Washington, Fab. 21.— After Lawrence
dosed hia argument for the objeotors,
Mr. Hoadley, of the Tilden oounsal, asked
an extension of time for tha disoussion of
tha question.
Mr. Everts mid tha other side did not
ask for farther Urns. They supposed it
would bs mainly a question of tow.
Mr. Hoadly presented hie of or of evi
dence as follows i That Watts wm com
missioned as n poatmaatar in 1873; that
ha held the office at the time of hia also
tion, and up to and beyond the 6th of
Deoember, and nntil hia resignation was
aooepted, and that more than eleven hun
dred voters of Oregon bad notioa that
be was, by virtue of holding auoh office,
Ineligible for an elector.
Mr. Edmunds submitted a proposition
that the Oommimion take a recess till
half past 7 o’olook, to meet in tha Senate
Chamber, and that counasl have three and
half boors on eaoh side for agument on
the whole oaae.
Mr. Thurman said that ha had never
been able to understand why testimony
that wm indisputable wm i
without requiring proof. He ooould not
why if testimony wm to be admitted, that
it could not be admitted m ha understood
it wm, undisputed that Watts wm a post
master, Ac.; that he held the office on tha
seventh of November.
At 6:45 p. n. the Commission adopted
the motion of Mr. Edmunds and took re-
WzsmraroK. Feb. 21.—Hon. E. Barks
dale, Tilden Elector at large and member
of the National Democratic Committee,
testified concerning Mississippi affairs.
Entire good feeling has been established
under Democratic rule. He participated
in the oenvam of 1875 aad 1876 and had
knowledge of how they were oondaetad.
The Democrats promised the oolored
people protection to their rights aad im
partial laws, and the promise wm kept by
the Democratic Legislature, aa .declared
by the colored Republican m
at . the close of
last two sessions. Witness wm consol ted
by members of the Democratic Commit
tee of Hinds oounty, and G, l. T. Lester
during the oenvam of 1876, oad he never
heard of any duplicate keys for ballot
boxes. Bines appearance of Lsater’e state
ment baa inquired of eleetion managers
and membera of the Committee, and they
deny any knowledge or urn. of donble
keys, and have expressed a desire to tes
tify to that effect.
HATES XL SOTOS FBOK SOUTH OAEOLINA
When the Commission assembled in the
Senate ehamber, it wm announced that
Mr. Hoadley would open the argument
and be followed by Evarta and Mat
thews on the other aide, Mr. Merrick mak
ing the closing arguments for the objec
tors. Regular argument then com
menced.
Io dosing, Mr. Hoadley dwelt upon all
the momentous importance of the ques
tion involving, ha said, a government of
the people, but by returning boards end
the danger that a usurper should sit in
the seat of Washington, Jackson end Lin
coln, without the exeroias of jodidal pro
ceeding, they oould but give the vote of
Oregon to Tilden and Hendrieks, and
oould not give it to Hayes and Wheeler,
Adjourned to tea o’olook to-morrow.
CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON.
here to aasiat in inauguration display.
Tbmofhy Hurley, the South Carolina
elector, testified that he wm bora in Boo-
Tke grand Jury found a true bill against
Piatt for seditious writing. He wm ar
rested aad held to give a $5,000 boil, whioh
he promptly furnished.
The President has issued a proclamation
ratifying the extradition treaty with
The revenue officers have eepturad ten
distilleries aad nine men lathe mountains
South Carolina.
axmasmon tzsatt.
Wasaxuaron, February 21.—The extra
dition treaty with Spain cover! the at
tempt to murder, rape, amen, burglary,
robbery, forgery, oonatarfHttng, am bee
Element aad Hdnappiag.
The two houses of North Carolina
adopted resolutions nearly unanimously
endorsing Congressional aid to the Texas
Pacific railroad.
HE REPUDIATES THE AGREEMENT OF
THK SINATB AND HOUSN AS
SENATE,
Washington, February 21.—The Sen
ate returned to ite chamber at 12:50
and the legislative boeinem wm rmi
Mr. Sirgent, of California, from tbs
Committee on Appropriation!, reported
book tha defioienoy in the appropriations
bill, with sundry amendments. Pieced
on tha onlendnr.
The legislative and postoffioe bill pmeed
with many amendments, inolading a half
million dollars.
A subsidy wm offered by Mr. Bogy for
mail steamers between New Orleans and
Brazil.
Shermtn, from tha Finance Committee,
reported a bill to aid the rmnmption of
speoie payment.
Reoern.
II OCX E.
The House removed the political disa
bilities of P. A. Chilton. •
The' sundry oivil appropriation* bills
were considered to reoern.
Celebration wf mo Mad Peetpaaed.
Special ta Enquirer-Sun.]
Ohablmtoh, Feb. 21.—Preparation!
bed been mode here by the Washington
Light Infrentry, to oolobreto the 22nd
with great eolst. There wm tohave been
a parade of the battalion and many es
corting Companies. An oration and oth
er exercises at tha Aoadamy of Moaio and
a banquet in the evening, but ia defer
ence of Gov. Hampton’s proclamation
issued in oonsequenoe of tha President’s
order the whole oelebration of the day has
bean postponed.
Dlsaatrows Explosion.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.]
Cincinnati, February 21.—The boiler
in the Clifton Barrel Work*, *t Pomeroy,
Ohio, exploded, killing four and woond-
ing twelve.
Washington, Fab. 2].—Indi*ntion»-->-
For tha Booth Atlmntio and Gulf States,
warmer aouth wind*, felling barometer
and partly oloudy weather will prevail.
Tha World't dispatoh aaya it is under
stood that Harley, one of Hayes’ electors
from Sooth Caroline, who arrived here to
day from Charleston in ons tody of the
Sergennt-at-Arms of the House, is an
alien, who hm never taken oat naturalisa
tion papers.
Howa’sooMiiiTTKa on HOHonn’s Louisiana
DOCUMENT*.
Howa’s committee have oommenoed on
Honors’! Louisiana documents. Webstar
pariah doonmenta were opened. Thn
paper* were so confused and oontradiotory
that the oommittee shirked work and
ferred the whole matter to OoL Burke and
Counsellor Oavanso for Democrats, and
Judge Davis and Mr. Aboil, clerks of Re
turning Board, for the Republicans to
epitomize the whole matter. Thia will
ooeopy two days end the oommittee
adjourned until them gentlemen srs ready
to report program. This delays indisput
ably Howe’s report, upon whioh it wm
hoped by the RepnbUonns the President
would not.
Special to the Enquirer Sun.
Washington, Feb. 21.—Mr. Honors,
Secretary {of State of Louisiana, wm
present with a large peeking oem end n
oommodlous osrpet bug containing thn
returns of ths.22 challenged pmiahefe of
Louisiana, together with tha papers and
affidavits attaobed thareto. Tha Commit
tee’s room wm oleared of alt spectators,
exoept the reporters and two of oouusel
on eaoh aide, aad tha box wm opened in
the preseno* of tha Committee.
The papers oonneoted with Webster
parish were firat taken np
and the consolidated supervisors
returns were examined, showing that polls
1 and 5 were thrown eat by the Return
ing Board on aaoonnt of alleged infor
mality of poll 1 because the vote* were
not counted at the polling plaoe, and poll
5 for the reason that tha votm were not
ooooted by dnly authorized person*. The
endorsement on the tabulated statement
wm to the affeot that twelve straight
Republican doable ballot* wara thrown
oat by the Supervisor*, and Judge
Davis, obief elerk of tbo Returning
Board, stated that the Board took no no-
tioe of this foot. The commissioners’ re
turn showed that the eleotion wm qoiat
and satisfactory, and that than wm no in
timidation. The poll was, however,
thrown out by tha Returning Board. Tha
affidavit aeoompanying the rejected polls
was sworn to on tha 27tb day of Novem
bar, 1876, ths day the vote wm oaovaased
by the Returning Board.
The Chairman of the House inquired
wbat use wm to be made of the mam of
testimony to be aoenmolated ? Wm
proposed to take oopim of the papers
presented ?
Mr. MoDonald stated' that hia object
wm to show the differenom between the
returns of tha eoperviaor* aad aha oom
misaionen, and to show npon what evi
deuoe the returns were rejeoted. For in
stanee, in thia case the examination hare
wan oaae where a parish had been reject
ed upon affidavits, sworn ont nearly
month after tha returns had been signed
by the eleotion offloers. Certainly these
returns had been rejeoted npon evidenoe,
whioh would not have been considered
hia oounty. There is nothing to impeaeh
the polls thrown ont.
After some interchange in views be
tween the members of the oommmittee
and the counsel, it wm agreed that for
the purpose of facilitating the examina
tion, all the papers connecting with the
rejeoted returns should be referred to the
ooonsel, Messrs Burke and Oavanalr ’
behalf of the Demooratio side, and Mseers.
Davis and Abell for the Republicans.
The papers pertsining to eaoh pariah, in
olnding tha consolidated statements
the supervisors of registration, the state-
mints of the commissioners of elaotioni,
the original tally shoots, and tha protmt
and aooompanying affidavit* are to beanb-
mitted to the committee. This work will
probably oooapy tbeie gentlemen at ltaat
z oouple of dzysi pending which the eom-
mittee will not be likely to hold any ees-
aion.
MISCELLANEOUS.
It is stated that, E. 8. Chittenden testi
fied before the real estate committee pool
ha hed paid repreaentative Garfield $6,000
to monre hie good offloe in having oon
tracts. The oommittee will invite Mr.
Garfield to be praaent at tha orom ezami-
The President approved the ooean oabl*
hill from Baltimore to Earop*.
i Eight oompanim of troop* an expected
Regards Hit Bank Account, and Disclaims
Any Immunity, Protection or
Benefit from It.
SEE (PEAKS BOLDLY AND TO
THE POENT.
MKXICO.
THE MINISTRY PROBABLY TO
REOROANIZEO.
■E
Hash Trewble Del ween the Die
Factions.
‘Returning Boerde” Organized.
dearest nights are likely to be those on
whioh there is a bright moonahine, it ia
very possible that neanralgia, paralysis,
or other aimllar injury, paused by sleep
ing in tha open, hm been attributed to
tha moon, when the proximate oanee may
really have bean the oAs'll, end the moon
only a remote oena* sotiug by dissipating
tha clouds and hue (if it do so), and
leaving a perfectly dear sky for the play
of radiation into apaoe.”—“Scientific MU-
cellanyfin Tha Galaxy for March.
HOW LOEIX1ANA wax loxt.
Special to Enquirer -Sun ] ’
City or Hxxtoo, Fob. 11.—Gan. Dias
arrived hare to-day amid great rejuiolng.
Hawill probably reorganise tha ministry.
Monties, Ogaaon and Tog!*, three of
the moat prominent member* at tbs Oob
last, have resigned, hot aeting Pud deal
Maudes, hm refused to aooept their retag.
TILDEN.
Special la the Enquirer-Sun.]
Nxw You, February 21, 1877.
To Mon. Francis Raman, Washington :
A talsgrsm to the Asooototad Press,
published this morning, states that a har
monious agreement hm been brought
about between the Benato oommittee, of
whioh yon are a mam bar, and a oommit
tee of the Hoorn, by whioh it hei
been decided not to go into an ex
amination of my bank aoooont on
the one hand, or the aoooont
of the Chairman of the Republican Na
tion Committee on the other hand. I
repudiate any anoh agreement, and dto-
elalm any snob immunity, protection or
benefit from it I reject the utterly tala*
imputation that my privet* bank
contains anything, whatever, that
to be conomled under the pretext* of
looking for a payment in Daw
bar. Tha demand EM . -' fa* all
payments after May and all
deposit* daring nine months. Tho bank
wm repeatedly mao seed with tha removal
of its offloers and hooka to Washington, n
transcript of entries of private business,
trusts and charities, containing everything,
but whnt the oommittee wm commissioned
to investigate, bnt nothing which it wm
commissioned to investigate, because
nothing of that sort existed
been taken with knowledge
Washington. Of coarse there is
item in it relating to anything in Oregon,
for I never made, authorised or know of
any expenditures in relation to Urn elec
tion in that State, or that of rasaitttng
controversies or any promts* or obliga
tion or negotiations with the subject. Mr,
Elite, the noting President of the bank,
himself n Republican, some time ago
told tho chairman of the oommittee and
several of its membera that there
is nothing in ths account oapable of far
thering any jaat objeot of the investiga
tion.
I am alio informed that n revolution
wm pmaed to summon me m a witm
but have reoelved utterly no subpoena,
had written before this telegram appeared
requesting you to my to the oommittee
that it would be more agreea
ble to me not to visit Washington,
if the committee would send e sub-oom-
mitte* or hold n aaeaion here, but, other
wise, I should attend nndar ths subpoena.
As to thia arrangement now reported,
hare only to aay that I eon aooept daoo-
rum and dsoensy, bnt not n fiotitions
equivalent for n mantle of sooraoy to any
body elm.
(Signed) 8. J. Tildun.
Outrageous frauds wore aommtttad at
an election ooUag*, organised for Oax-
gramfonal election*. Tha Taxi apt*
of partisans now ia
power formed thamaafvm into a
sort of retoming board and soon tad
more votea for thalr candidates than than
were elector*. Tha chairman rafunsd to
allow disonanion, and Ih* Opposition sent
for tha Governor. Frand wm proved by
tha Governor calling thn roll, whonnpox
ho immediately dissolved the college. A
pistol wm fired end the polio* took pos
session of tha building.
Vice President Mendel ordered the re
assembling of tha oollega, whan tho Oppo
sition's charge of frand arm mtebllabod.
Although Eepeman, n prominent Gov
ernment leader wm defeated, tho Oharah
party to looming np. Moderate max
train from notioa, and tho result will bo
that either the Ohnoeh oa: the lower strata
will oome Into power. The Liberals eo-
earn Dies of tanning towards ths Ohnroh
party.
A oonnter revolution la oartnin. It ia
possible that Dins may prevent dialnta-
gration and tha rain of hia party by re
maining In tha Capitol, Voa Da Maxtao.
Tb* organ of tha Cntholio* party da-
nonnoea strongly tha outrages recently
committed on the Proteataate in diffei
■eotions.
The Dlanlsts rejoins bosons* the United
States here received the firat installs
of mooay awarded by the Mertaon Com-;
Liana
lav!tallow So WwoMacton
Infantry DcEnsod.
Augusta, Ga., Fab. 21.—Oapt. Ford,
of tha Clinch Rifles, end Ospt. Clerks,
of the Riohmond Hnaiars, telegraphed to
tha Washington Light Infantry to-day,
inviting them to oelebrats the twenty-
■eeond in Augusta. The oeptain replied
deelining tbs invitation, saying Hamp
ton’s proclamation would be respected,
and the twenty-seoond would bo diet non
<n ealabratia.
Failure for a qaariar of a Million
Speaial ta Ms Enquirer-Sun.
Chicago,Feb.;2t.—Joseph H. Hobbard,
real mist* agent, failed for a quarter of
million, whioh wm moored mostly by
mortgages.
Local Election* ta Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 21.—The Demo
crats elected the Mayor and Comptroller,
and the Republicans elected the Treas
urer.
Fhiladxlphia, Feb. 21.—William
Stokely,Republican candidate,wm elected
Mayor by about 8,000 majority.
PDANCE.
PalSXDXNT or MUNICIPAL council.
Pam*, February 21.—M. Dovardiar,
extrema Radical, hm been elected Presi
dent of tha Mnoioipal Conn oil.
XPAIE.
Madsid, February 21.—It to stated that
Ih* Ministry intend to raotmmaad tho
King to proclaim general amnesty.
THK KANT.
London, Fab. 2L-Dnriag tha debate
Derby mid that if earn tb* NtaoEa
amu rad that pmea is bopslaaa, than to
every reason to faar thattha great energy
whioh now indnoea them to strain every
carve to avert war, will lead them in the
future to my this question moat be set
tled at onoe for all. That ia tha tarribla
danger.
THB IABL OP BKAOONBFIXLD.
The Earl of Beaoonatield challenged the
opposition to propose a distinct motion.
PRAUR BEGABDRD A* CERTAIN.
WELDON.
Undoubted Proof* of tho Dry Good*
Olork’s Insanity-
THE CHAEN OP CEBCVNIttTANCEB
WHICH E8TABLIBH ET.
WELDON’S PERSONAL RESEM
BLANCE TO J, WILKES BOOTH.
THN DEBATE DDBINO THE SECRET SESSION OP
TM OCMMIBSON—BOW BRADLEX EXCITED
TM HOPEH AND PEABS OP TM TWO
PARTIES.
Oomapoodano* of tb* Philadelphia Timet.]
Washington, Feb. 16.—Then roes Brad-
lay, e-wmacn opinion in bend, and read
rtoirip nat with worn manifestation* of
nenmawnm, while every other men on
tho oommimion a eg arty aad oarefnily
weighed hie words. He arid he wm al
i paranaded by ths argument* io favor
at tha Tttdan earn. Bat ended by dealer
teg ogtonm it. Tho points of this opinion
luerihad by tho least unbiased and
; lawyer-like mind on tho Demooratio
aid* of tbo tribunal aa “Points that are
u" “Hie premises," said tbit mem
ber, “did not totoh him up to hie ponolu-
sioos at all. If be ever publishes hia opin
ion it will bo soon to be the moaf illogl-
cal composition that wm aver uttered
from a banoh of law. The partiaan
Republicans wbo listened trembled with
anzioty throughout the whole first and
middle part of it, and the Democrats were
correspondingly pleased, but the ocnoln-
aiona derived from the premises tilled no
better than naw wine in old bottles, end
ware unexpected to every listener. I
thought, ” continued this Demooratio mam-
bar of tha Ooauaumion, “that he wm go
ing in oor favor, and when he wound up
against aa I nottoed the astonishment on
•VKB BtpSbllOU ft Of The faot is Brad-
lay mad* his opinion for tho oem io oppo
sition to ovary deeidsd cm* and the opin
ions of ovary text writer. He held that
Ih* College of Electors in every State
may bo pereons inelligible coder tbs Con
stitntiaa, providing they resign their offloe
helm* the day fixed for easting the oleo-
toael vote.”
Pam'S INDIGNANT PROTEST AGAINST MOB-
- TON'S RESOLUTION.
At the second secret session held on
Hoar's motion aftar counsel was called in
and ths dotation annonuoed, Morton im
list sty introduced a resolution reoom-
tdidg that the eleotoral votes of Leu
titans be eonnted for Hayes and Wheeler,
having, in the meantime, telegraphed tu
the Governor at Colombne:
“Oommimion refused to receive testi
mony. You are taootod tare."
Representative Payne tried to get the
floor to opoek to the resolution, when ob-
Hts Desire to Easwt ale tho E>mper
mit Actor—Statement af
Mr. laaSif-
N. O. Ftaarom, mth.)
As the smoke from Weldon's ona-bar-
reled two dollar asoond-haad pistol altars
sway, and the noise of its ezplutaon is
dispersed In echo** that beoume leas faint
day by day, ws are enabled to esoartain
more oleeriy it* anteoedenta and oatuoa,
whioh prove beyond a par-adventure chat
Weldon wm not only alone in the attempt
ed assassination of Mr. Paokard, bnt also
that he wm insane.
On 8undey lmt the Picayune published
the result of an interview with Mr. Paul
Jogs, the Chartres street gunsmith who
sold the pistol to Weldon, hie statement
to him mat be wm * Northern man, a per
fect Btrenger in Louisiana, end his uncon-
trolable desire to aecertain from every
person he conversed with on Thursday
morning the residenoe of Mr. Paokerd.
This, with hiB oonfession aftar the aot,
that hia purpose wm to kill Mr. Paokard,
and then Gov. Hayes, ig order “to save
the country,’’ giving aa a reason why ho
attempted the life of the former first, in
stead of the latter, that “Hayea is gone,”
together with tha names assumed by him,
until it wm finally discovered the! he wm
aotuelly Wm. H. Weldon, of Philadelphia,
and hti remarkable oondnot with hti
quondam friends, the one-legged end one-
armed men, in ths “boarding boom, City
of Lazamboiirg,'’No. 40 Tonloaae street,
altogether ezhtbit eaoh a history of un
natural oiroumstauoM aa no man of sound
mind ooold possibly oombine.
Nor is this all—later developments
proving that the first great oanm whioh
aotnated Weldon in attempting to taka
the life of Mr. Paokard,and, if anooeeafol,
also that of Gov. Hayea, wm an insatiate
and overruling passion, or msnts, to Imi
tate the man who killed Mr. Lincoln, J.
Wilkes Booth.
Yesterday afternoon a representative of
the Picayune called upon Mr. E Landry,
one of the two gentlemen who were pres
ent in the gnn store of Mr. Jttge when
Weldon made hti sooond appear an oe at
that establishment on Thursday morning
from tha Repobliows,
should be no mi
Turkish dispatch** represent that pesos
with tha principalities is regarded aa oer-
EtarasUlUa by Maras tho English
sad French Coweta.
London, February 21.—A dtipatohMtya
that tho Shipping GasaO* of last evening
contains a fearful record of lorn as during
■term of Monday night. Thirty
vessels, many of them with entire orews,
have been aaorifioed to the fury of the
gal*. At Deal, Bridgewater and Chatham,
the atom wm severe. Communication
by the English mail steamers wm entirely
interrupted by the storm between English
and French waste snd the ohannsl islands.
The ship Rountree is ashore on the Walsh
west and will probably prove a total loss.
The storm raged ell Monday night over
Cornwall and wm exceedingly destructive
at Petueanee and over Monnt Bay, be
tween Lends End and Lisard Head; also
destructive on the ehora. Ite aria waa
exceptionally extensive. It embraced
the greater part of British Islands and
tho wholt of Northern and Central
France.
A Parti dispatoh my* that it oanaed
vast amount of devastation that*, and wm
extraordinarily violent at Bologna.
Ih* ground that than should be no more
fiahnla, tha haiw find for a vote having
passed. Mr. Payne than gave vent
On Mo feetinga ha very emphatic lan
-gwga, pratamluw tfisr sWi wm the lest
plow in the world in whioh e gag-law like
that to whioh the minority had been anb-
jacted all day should be anforoed. He in
sisted, with a vehemence whioh surprised
thorn wbo know hti oven tamper, that he
had a right to be heard, whereupon he
wm heard. He was amazed at the spirit
shown by some of the Republicans of
whom a spirit of fairness had been ex
pected. As to the others,of oourse nothing
good hsd ever been hoped of them. He
entreated ths majority to pease before
giving their sanotion to the frauds by
whioh Louisiana had been returned fur
Hayea. With the proposed verdict the
oonntry would not be satisfied. In this
oonneetion be expressly referred to
Mr. Jnstio* Bradley as having for
faited tha wnfidenoe of the wnntry by
failing to rim above party considera
tions in any single inatanoe. Judge Brad
ley resented this referenoe to him in a
daprsoating way and with great agitation,
raying that it wm very herd that he should
tho* be iioglad out. Ho did not know
why more shoold be expected of him than
anybody elm.
Mr Psynsatad, nevertheless, his peouliar
position made it trne, and the gentleman
ought to know it. Ha repeated that the
result wm not whet the oonotry expeoted,
still, if there is any party that iB satisfied
with aeatiog a President in thia way, they
were welcome to whet oomfort they oould
get ont of it. After farther desaltory snd
not very jndioial disoussion, Morton's res
olution wss adopte^l, and Messrs Miller
end Bradley were appointed to prepare
tha report to the joint oonvention.
Mown Madness.
The popular belief that tb* moon’s rays
will oanee madness in any parson who
sleep* exposed to them hm long been felt
to be absurd, and yet it hm appeared to
have ite sonroe in undoubted faots. Rome
deleterious influence i* experienced by
in full
thoee who rashly oonrt slumber
moonshine, and probably there is no su
perstition to whioh the well-to-do pay
more attention. Windows are often
attention. Windows are
oarefnily oovered to keep the moonbeams
from entering sleeping room*. A gentle
man living in India furnishes “Nature”
with an explanation of this phenomenon
whioh ti at least plausible. Ha says: “It
has often been observed that whan tha
moon ti fall, or near lie foil time, there
ary rarely any cloud* about; and if there
be elands before the fall moon rises,
they are soon dissipated; and therefore
a perfectly dear sky, with e bright fall
moon, ti frequently observed. A clear
sky admit* of rapid radiation of heat from
tha surface of the earth, and any parson
exposed to snob radiation ti snre to be
ohilled by rapid loss of beat. There is
reason to believe that, under the oir-
enmstanoea, paralysis of one side of the
faoe la sometimes likely to oeonr from
chill, as one side of the face is more like
ly to be exposed to rapid radiation, and
consequent loss of ite beat. This chill is
more likely to oeonr when the sky is per
fectly clear. I have often slept in the
open in India on a olear aommer night,
whan than wm no moon; and although
the first part of tha night may have been
hot, yet toward two or three o oloek in tb*
morning, tho ohill hm been so great that
I have often been awakened by an Mb*
in my forehead, which I often have coun
teracted by wrapping a handkerchief
round my bend, oad drawing tha blanket
over my fee*. As the drill ti likely to bo
greatest on a very dear night, and the
Daddy Isn't Army of Marshal*.
Senator Bayard hm extracted some use
ful information from the Attorney Gener
al's offloe about the electioneering appar
atus employed lmt November. It seems,
from Mr. Taft’s response to the Senator'*
resolution of inquiry, that he hsd about
12,000 Deputy Marshals, under pay and
at work for hti party, at the polls. These
were distributed through all the States—
New York alone having a fourth of the
whole number—and formed s very impor
tant element in the oampaigu. It is
claimed that these meu are needed to
preserve order at the polls; bat if that
exonse ti true, how does it happen that so
great a foroe wm stationed in New York,
where no one anticipated or predicted the
slightest diatnrbanoe at the eleotion. Had
any trouble ooonrred here, the polioemen,
and not the United States Marshals,would
have quelled it. There may be an appar
ent reason for putting some of these men
on guard in Southern States, where disor
ders ware threatened between blacks and
wbitea—though under those oiroumatan-
oes they usually only add to the excitement
and foment riots by their partisan inter-
feranoe. But the general appointment of
auoh men in peaceful and orderly commu
nities ti without a shadow of justification.
Elections are not mads pure, bnt the con
trary, by their preaenoe. They are select
ed for their dog - like devotion to party and
to candidates, end ere paid to make all
the votm they ean. They are more likely
to perpetrate and oonnive at eleotion
frauds of every description than any other
set of persona, their offioial positions
giving them opportunities for obeating
whioh few others have. The party now
in power will not willingly resign the
patronage and the other advantages of
these twelve thousand appointments; bnt
we hope that Senator Bayard will profit
by the ooomion to point out to the ooun-
try in one of hti brief, luoid speeches the
praotioel operation of the system. Such
exposures of evils tend to hasten the cum-
ing of tho good time when popular elec
tions shell again ba made free of all
interference from the oentral power.—
Rate York Journal of Commerce.
Mr. Landry makes tha
niutnxa btatoment
ia relation to that interview, whioh
thrown tha dearest light upon the obscur
ity that involved tb* first two or three
deys' history of the affair:
On Thursday morning I called npon
Mr. Jogs, who ti my brothar-in-tiw, to
see about tho payment of hti oily liaenee,
before I went to the Oity Hell for that
purpose. Mr. Peal Devron, a drag deal
er, and Mr. Jnga were alio in the store
at ths time when Weldon oame in to tea
quest my brother-in-law to withdraw the
load of a single-barreled pistol end load
it again, as he said it would not go off.”
In addition to what Mr. Jugs haa already
stated regarding what Weldon said In oor
presence that morning, Mr. Davron will
substantiate tha following: Mr. Jug*
probably too bnaily engaged with the
pistol to notioa ell that wu said.
Weldon opened the conversation by in
quiring of ns if we knew whore Mr.
Packard lived. W* replied that we did
not. I added that I did not think that I
should know Mr. Paokard if I wm to see
him. Weldon than atad we ought to get ac
quainted with him, that he (Weldon) wm
a Northern man, and would like to know
Mr. Paokard and make his acquaintance.
The question wm then opened by Weldon
aa to tha personal safety of Mr. Paokard
at this time in the community, when I
said I believsd that the personal safety
of Mr. Paokard wm aa secure in New Or
leans as that uf any other man, and even .
under extreme eironmstanoea, it it was in
my power, I would, aa a Democrat, and
friend of Governor Nioholla prevent Mr.
Paokard from receiving either injury or
insult at the hands of or from mem
bers of the party to which I be
long. Weldon replied: Well, if
yon don't know Paokard, do yon know J.
Wilkes Booth ?" I mid, yon mean the
man who killed Mr. Linooln? Weldon
answered yea. Mr. Jnge at this bended
him the pistol, when Weldon left the
store, saying to ns aa he passed ont of the
door: “Perhaps yon would like to go to
Paokard’a funeral,” or “Don’t yon want
to go to Paokard's funeral," I am not cer
tain whioh.
As I wm returning from the oity hall,
> hoar or so Ister, after paying my
brotber-in-lsw'e license, a friend met me
on St. Charles street and asked me if I
knew Psoksrd wss shot. In an instant
the conversation with Weldon reonrred to
me and I thought of him at ones aa.tbe
man who did tha •hooting. Weldon wm
insane or under the influence of same
strong stimulant on Thursday morning.
I and Mr. Devron are ready to make an
affidavit to it if neeassary, as I have seen
Mr. Devron ainoa in relation to the mat
ter, and that ia hia opinion as well ss
mine.
COINCIDENCE OF APPEARANCE.
From the description, ss pnblished, of
William H. Weldon, his resemblance to J.
Wilkes Booth does not simply and by n
comparison of the dead whioh both rep
resented wm the actuating motive that
induced the former to attempt the life of
Mr. Paokard and the latter to kill Mr.
Linooln, but the looks and personal ap-
peeranoe of tha two men (at Booth wss
twelve yean ago) are so wonderfully alike
aa to be remarkable; more especially so
under the eiroumstaneea in which we find
them. Each of the same stature, both
handsome, with almost classic featnres.
IE TOC WANT
A BEAL BARGIAN IN 10-4 SHEETING,
Be* Kirven's stock before baying.
otal-eodAwly
The Pope has become very much al
tered. His feet do not carry him any
longer. His face formorly fresh, aDd of
a jovial expression, is now shrunk and of
a listless aspect. He rarely leavea hia
bedroom, and reoeivea visitora there, be
tween 5 and 7 in the afternoon, more re
clining than sitting in an ermohair. He
has a large table before him on which a
fow candles only era plaoed; between
them there stands a ornoiflx. His memory
is failing him very mnoh in matters of quite
reoent ooourrenot, though he remembers
well the things of a long time post. Many
donbt whether be will oomplete hti 85th
Dr. Mmon cures Diseased Gome and
other diseases of the month.
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