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|nnBBjjS| - ■ v- utmiret 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. fsb-’t tf ft j] 1 f J; % | i i l ti -
