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A PHEUIfeTOKIC ROMANCE
by e.. Moonr.
in ages onoe thought to be mythic.
/ In the dawn of the rising man—
-1 refer to the Palieolithic
(I’ll be as concise as I can) —
"Not the time of the urus and bison.
But of spotted hyena and bear.
When the mountains had most of them ice on
Aud the rhinoceros was covered with hair—
Lived a man in a cave by a river,
With only a skin tor a shirt;
He had arrows of flint in a quiver
And an unpolished spear head for a chert.
Aud no metals he then had the use of;
He made needles and fish hooka of bone.
And for hammers he kept up a deuce of
A pounding with pieces of stone.
Him the girls all around had'their eyes on;
He was really a swell in his way,
He gave dinners of shell-fish and lion
With mastodon hash as entree.
Ho was brave, and all danger he darnueth
▲s he fights with his arrows and axe;
Just coulun’t he stretch out a mammoth.
He dealt them such terrible whacks.
Now, this youth was in love with a maideu,
Who was pretty as pretty conld be;
When he called on her always she stayed in,
And sometimes she asked him to tea.
But her pa said, “You can’t have may daughter.
Your family is really too new ;
While we in the cave by the water,
Generation entire have lived through.
I don't doubt that your family’s a good one,
But you haven’t lived long enough here.
Since you’re new in these parts, now, how conld
one
Expect that I’d not Interfere?"
With desperate manner aud bearing
He rushed to his cave through the plain;
With a jagged flint knife then despairing,
He opened his jugular vein.
I can picture no worse fate, nor manner;
For almost before his last groans
Ho was food for a spotted hyena.
Which chewed up for marrow hi* bones.
And now these old things a.*e the mania.
And of money tuey pay out a mint
For friable pieces of crania
And rough lookingfpiece* of flint.
Would you gaze on his boaes? You can see 'em,
At least when in London you can ;
They are there, in the British Museum.
Marked “Earliest Remnants of Mau."
A MESSAGE FROM GOV. TILDEN,
Ills View* of vlir Isuiislan.i Oiurawe ot
Executive Chamber, Albany, (
January, 12,1875. )
To the Legislature: Oa your ro-as
sembling, 1 deem it to be my duty
to iuvite your attention to the grave
events which have happened in our
sister State of Louisiana. The inter
val of your adjournment has offered
you an opportunity to receive the
statements of the parties concerned
in those occurrences, particularly
that if Lieutenant-General Sheridan,
in his Official'Report to the Secreta
ry of War, dated January Bth, 1875.
You are now enubled to know with
certainty all the facts necessary to
form a just and deliberate judgment
as to the nature of the principal acts
which have created so much public
excitement.
According to the Official Report of
Lieutenant-General Sheridan, the
United States soldiers entered the
House of Representatives of the
Sta eof Louisiana, while that body
was in session, and removed from it
five of its members.
The pretexts of this act are :
First—That it was done under di
rections from the Governor of the
State, recognized by the President.
Second—That the persons removed
“had been illegally seated,” and
“and had no legal right to be there.”
Third—That a fear existed in the
mind of Lieutenant-General Sheri
dan that, in some undefined contin
gency, violence might happen.
With respect to the first and #ec
onrl of these pretexts, it is a decisive
answer—that the Louisiana House of
Representatives had, by the Consti
tution of that State, the exclusive
judgment as to tiie right of these
members to seats; that its judgment
is subject to no review by any judi
cial authority, still less a review by
the Governor or by any officer of the
United States Army ; that its judg
ment in favor of these members thus
forcibly removed is binding in law,
and conclusive upon the Governor
and Lieutenant-General Sheridan,
and upon every other person.
In respect to the third pretext, the
fear in the mind of LieutenaDt-Gen
eral Sheridan of possible future vio
lence, when no violence really exist
ed,it is not only no lawful occasion,
but not even an excuse for an inva
sion of the right of the House of Rep
resentatives of Louisiana to judge for
itself of the title to seats of its own
members.
Interference by United States sol
diers was not only unlawful, but it
was without the color of legality. It
was an act of naked physical force in
violation of the laws and the consti
tution of Louisiana, and of the laws
and constitution of the United States.
There is a case of a disputed seat in
the Senate of thisStnte now pending.
Another was determined at the last
session. The transaction in Louis
iana is as if at the instance of the
Governor of this State, General Han
cock, commanding in this depart
ment, or an officer specially deputed
by the President, should send a file
of Federal soldiers and remove the
incumbent to whom the seat had
been adjudged by the Senate. That
disorders have formerly existed in
makes no difference. For
theTaibs—to which the President and
Congress are parties—recognize the
complete restoration of her autono
my. The right of her legislative
bodies to determine the title of their
members is as perfect and absolute
as the right of the Assembly or the
Senate of New York.
The animus of the transaction, as
indicated by the correspondence be
tween Lieutenant-General Sheridan
and the Secretary of War, is infinite
ly worse than the transaction itself.
On the day after the event, Lieuten
ant-General Sheridan sent a dispatch
proposing that a class of citizens, in
definite in number and description,
should be declared, either by Act of
Congress or l>y proclamtion of the
President,' to b banditti; and then
indicates his purpose to try them and
execute them by milllltary commis
sion. On the next day Genoral Bel
knap, the Secretary of War, tele
graphed to General Sheridan that
“The President and all of us have full
confidence in and thoroughly ap
prove your course.’’
The nature of the acts thus pro-:
posed by the officer second in com
mand of the army of United States,
and thus adopted and sanctioned by
the President and his constitutional
advsers, is plainly declared by the
common law.
In tlie recent oase of the Queen v.
Nelson and Brand, the present
Lord Chief Justiceof England, in de
livering the charge to the grand jury,
declared that “supposing that there
is no jurisdiction at all, that the
whole proceeding is coram non judice,
that the judicial functions are exer
cised by persons who have no ju
dicial authority or power, und a
man’s life is taken, that is murder;
for murder is putting a man to death
without a justification, or without
any of those mitigating circum
stances which reduce the crime of
murder to one of a lowpr decree.
Thus, in the case put by Lord Coke
of a lieutenant having a commission
of martial law in times of peace, that,
says Lord Coke, is murder.”
Such are the established doctrines
of the jurists and courts of this coun
try and of England. Such is the
voice of common law glorious juris
prudence of freedom! birthright of
every American citizen! Tis stern
logic declares that such an execution
of any human being, us was pro
posed and sanctioned in this corres
pondence. would be murder by our
laws; and that every functionary
civil or military—who should insti
gate it, aid or abet it, or become, in
any manner, a party to it before the
fact, would be guilty as a principal
in that, crime.
The patriot statesmen who
achieved our national independence,
aud formed our institutions of free
government, foreboded, if wo should
ever fall in intestine strife, that the
ideas it would inspire in military
minds—of insubordination to the
laws and of uncivic ambition—and
habit it would generate in the people,
of acquiescence in tacts of unlawful
military violence—would imperii, if
not destroy, civil liberty. Events
compelled us to a manly choice of
confronting these dangers in a strug
gle to save our country from dis
memberment, and to vindicate the
just rights of the Federal Union.
Having triumphed in that struggle,
now forever closed, we are made sen
sible of the wise foresight, of the
founders of our freedmotn in their
warning of the opposite dangers
which would utteud our success.
Those dangers come to us in acts of
illegal military violence, committed
itAlmes of peace—in the usurpation
by the soldiery of a power to decide
the membership of our legislative as
semblies, whose right to judge ex
clusively in such cases has ever been
guarded with peculiar jealousy by
our race—in the proposal, made and
accepted by our highest civil and
military functionaries, to subject our
citizens to tribunals in which a mili
tary officer will decide, without ap
peal, what persons, happening to lie
found in the locality, shall be sent to
them for trial—wilt appoint t he mem
bers of the court—will review and
confirm or change the judgment aud
sentenco-and may order instant ex
ecutions, aud in which the accused
will be tried in secret, aud without
counsel for his defense. This propo
sition is thus made, and thus
sanctioned, notwithstanding that,
for similar acts, our English ances
tors sent the first Charles to the scaf
fold and expelled the second James
from the throne; and our own fore
fathers-exiled by kindred tyrannies
and planting freedom in the wilder
ness—were careful to iDsert in our
Constitution, positive prohibitions
against the application to any but
military persons of such tribunals.
Unless such a proposition, so made
and so sanctioned, shall be condemn
ed by a public reprobation which
shall make it memorable as a warn
ing to all future officers of tli© .State
and the army, the decay of the jeal
ous spirit of freedom, the loss of our
ancestral traditions of liberty, ac
quired through ages of conflict and
sacrifice, the education of the pres
entgeneratiori to servile acquiescence
in the maxims and the .practices of
tyranny, will have realized the fears
of Washington and Jay and Clinton
and their compatriots.
New York, first of the common
wealths of the American Union, in
population, in resources, and in mili
tary power, should declare her senti
ments on this occasion, with a dis
tinctness, a dignity, and a solemn
emphasis, which will command the
thoughtful attention of Congress,
of her sister States, and of the people
of our whole country. With the
same unanimity with which she up
held the arms of the Union in the
past conflict, she should now address
herself to the great aod most sacred
duty of re-establishing civil liberty
and the personal rights of individu
als, of restoring the ideas and habits
of freedom, and of reasserting the
supremacy of the civil authority over
the military power throughout the
Republic.
Samuel J. Tilden.
Breaking Down.
Messrs. Murat Halstead and Joe
Medill are expected here in a day or
two. There is an impression current
that these distinguished editors are
coming here as ambassadors of the
Hon. lieturning Board Hayes toopen
up negotiations with Southern Dem
ocrats, to induce them to connive at
the fraudulent inauguration of the
said Hayes as President, who, in his
turn, is to give them seats at his right
hand, and other good things. If this
is their mission, they may as well
stay where they are. All the Demo
crats in Congress, Noith or South,
regard Hayes’ pretensions as a naked
and impudent fraud. The belief is
growing that the conspiracy to count
him in is rapidly breaking down be
fore the firm attitude of the people.
The feature of the plot, which was
for the President of the Senate to as
sert his right to count the vote, is
practically abandoned, both Houses
of Congress being committed to the
doctrine that they have the power to
count the vote. Mr. Edmunds’ reso
lution providing for a committee to
agree on a plan of arranging these
questions will soon pass the Senate.
Washington special to Louisville
Courier-Journal.
COLUMBUS, GA.. SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 1876.
A Truarrrt) Near Meniplilo-
MsMi'Hig, Dec. 19.—Yesterday morning
L. L. Ilill, an old and highly respected j
citizen, living four miles north of Shelby
Depot, was shot and killed by Gaily Rond,
under the following circumstances.
Rond had been paying attention to Mr.
Hill’s daughter, and visited Mr. Hill an
hour before the shooting. After the con
versation lie went off, saying he would re
turn in an hour. Bond went to his own
house, procured a double-barrelled shot
gun and returned to Hill’s aud shot Hill
through the door of his own house, firing
five pistol balls through his body after lie
fell from the first shot. After seeing that
his victim was down and dead, he seized
the young lady, actually dragging her
over the dead body of her father, and
carried her by force before a neighboring
minister and demanded to be married to
her. The girl refused, when Bond threat
ened to kill her. The minister’s wife
called her attention to the posse in pur
suit of him. At this time some of the
neighbors rode up to tbe minister’s house,
when the young lady yvas taken from her
captor and locked in a room secure from |
the possibility of his carrying out his |
threat to kill her. Bond had been riding
all the night previous and had so jaded
his horse that he required another on
which to make his escape. This he ac
complished by deliberately shooting one i
of the horsemen, so wounding him that
he fell trom his horse, which Bond mount
ed and rode to the residence of Mr. Par
son's, a few miles distant, and made a
forcible exchange for a line grey animal
on which he was last seen riding west
ward toward the Mississippi river,
making good his escape so iar from all
pursuers.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
1* it iLIM IN A Bl r CON I?lilt KSi UK
AtJKEEI*
roiitV.rtlng Deport* About the Turk*
tsli Ministry.
London, Dec. 21. —The Times, iu its
leading article, says the plenipoten
tiaries have concluded the most diffi
cult part of their task, byagreingthat
some kind of occupation is necessa
ry. Midhat Pacha must soon pro
nounce his decision on their propos
als. We fear the Turkish Ministers
are inclined to tho hazard of absolute
resistance. They seem to think they
can foil the conference by plunging
Europe into a terrible war.
A dispatch from Constantinople to
Reuter’s Telegram Company says,
the preliminary conference held its
last sitting yesterday. Tho plenipo
tentiaries have agreed to formulate
their proposals in terms acceptable
to all parties.
It is slated that a plenary confer
ence will meet on Saturday next. A
Turkish constitution is to be promul
gated immediately.
The nomination of Midhat Pasha
to the Grand Yizierat has been very
well received, and it is believed will
hasten a solution of ail difficulties.
Beloha.de, Dec. 21. —Prince Milan
has accepted the resignation of the
ministry. The ministers will remain
in office pending the formation of a
new cabinet.
London, Dec. 21. The Pall Mall
Oazctle this afternoon, in n leading
article, says: “If peace or war de
pends upon the acceptance of a pro
posal to garrison the European prov
inces of Turkey with Belgian or any
other foreign soldiery at the orders
of a foreign State, there will be no
peace. Our conviction is that th#
Sultan will refuse even to discuss the
scheme. There are abundant rea
sons for believing that the Porte
means to make a stand at any propo
sal of occupation whatever,under any
disguise whatever, come and take
what you ask for—will be t he Turkish
reply to the Russians. We ourselves,
it is to be hoped, would not hesitate
a moment in such a situation. Why
should we suppose that a determina
tion which would seem natural to U 9
is out of tho question with a warlike
and fanatical race like the Mussel
men ? Tho whole idea is a delusion,
as time, we fear, will but too shortly
show. We have no doubt that even
if England formally withdraws all
support from Turkey, yet, if foreign
occupation is put forward as an ulti
matum, the Turks will fight.”
Constantinople, Dec. 21.—Gen. Ig
natieff, Russian Ambassador, notified
the Porte that they were ready to
commence the plenary conference,
and asked the Porte to fix a day for
its first meeting.
PROPOSED AUSTRIAN INTERVENTION IN
FAVOR OF TURKEY.
London, Dec. 22. —The Stuwlard
special reports great irritation in
Hungary over the firing upon an
Austrian vessel from Servian forts.
The journals demand Austrian oc
cupation of Belgrade. A memorial
is being sent to the Hungarian min
istry urging the Austrian-Hungarian
Government forcibly to intervene in
favor of Turkey.
A Berlin special says the appoint
ment of Midhat Pasha as Grand Vi
zier, is regarded at St. Petersburg as
a challenge to Itussia.
(iermany Dreiai-ta tor Pfw.
Berlin, Dec. 22.—Emperor William
closed the session of the German
Parliament to-day, with a speeeh
from the throne. His majesty said,
in reference to foreign affairs, the
negotiations of the Powers upon the
Eastern question, as far as proceeded
with, justify the hope that my efforts
and the mutually conciliatory and
peaceful intention of the Powers im
mediately concerned, will be success
ful in solving the pending question
without prejudice to the good rela
tions now existing. Germany will
continue, by friendly, disinterested
moderation, to lend her co-operation
for the attainment of this end.
CONGRESSIONAL.
■ ■'•■■■ ——
SENATE.
Washington, Dec. 22.— The Senate
soon after being oalled to order this
morning, resumed consideiation of
tho resolution of Mr. Mitchell, au
thorizing an investigation as to the
appointment of E. A. Cronin as
Presidential Elector in Oregon, and j
aftera brief discussion it was agreed |
to without a division.
The committee had no official in- j
formation by Louisiana Committee |
that tho members of the Returning
Board of that State were in contempt.
The Foreigu Relations Committee j
discussed tho Venezuela fraud, in j
which Orth, of Indiana, is involved, J
but had no witnesses.
The Election Committee williuot
meet until after tho return of tho In
vestigation Committee. Though
there is a quorum present, Re
publicans are arc in a temporary ma
jority.
The question then recurred upon
tite substitute for tho preamble to
the resolution submitted by Mr. Bay
ard several days ago. Mr. Bayard
spoke in favor of his substitute, and
said it was not right to reflect harsh
ly upon Gov. Grover by the preamble
to the resolution offered in advanoe
of the investigation.
The Judiciary committee of the j
llouso considered petitions for the j
removal of political disabilities, with
a view of presenting another Omni
bus bill.
In the Senate the Oregon question
! was discussed- The call showed no
quorum and adjourned.
HOUSE.
The Speaker announc'd the follow
ing committees:
To confer with the Senate Commit
tee on the subject of counting tho
Electoral vote: Paine of Ohio,
Hunton of Virginia, Hewitt of New
York, Springer of Illinois, McCrary
of lowa, Hoar of Massachusetts, and
Williard of Michigan.
To report on the privilege powers
j and duties of the House in connec
tion with the same subject : Knott
of Kentucky, Sparks of Illinois,
Tucker of Virginia, March of Penn
sylvania, Burohard of Illinois, Seelye
of Masshchusetts, land Monroe of
Ohio.
The House passed a bill removing
tbe political disabilities of George S.
Hawkins of Florida.
THE SITUATION AT WASIIINtITON.
Uelli I' (tiu( (lie Election Will (4o to
t In* Two Houses.
PROBABILITY OF TILDEN PRESIDENT, AND
WHEELER VICE-PREBIDNT,
Washington, Dec. 22.— Tho public
opinion is hardening that tho elec
tion will be thrown into the House
and Senate, with Tilden and Wheel
er for President and Vice-President.
But a good chanee for Hendricks in
case it can be very clearly sltown to
the Conservative Republican Sena
tors that he is elected. The Demo
crats however, are determined to
struggle to the end for Tilden and
Hendricks on a count of the Electo
ral votes.
THE UIVII. BICIITS AI T.
AtoDlliik; DrclHton on It* I'onxtHu
ll mutiny
A PITIFUL DODGE.
Washington, Dec, 22.—0n the 14th
of November, Mr. Hugh W. S. Sheffy
of Staunton, made a motion in the
Supreme Court of the United States
for a writ of habeas corpus in behalf
of Madison Dorm, confined in a Vir
ginia jail on conviction in the United
States District Court for violation of
the Civil Rights act. The Supreme
Court set the twentieth of December
for tho hearing of tho case, but
on the 19th of December, in view of
the probable pardon of his client,
Mr. Sheffey moved a postponement.
Tito President yesterday pardoned
Madison Dorm. This action fore
stalls proceedings in the Supreme
Court, and as this is the only known
case of imprisonment under the Civil
Rights act, the consideration of fits
constitutionality by the Supreme
Court is indefinitely postponed.
THE III*PI/TEI STATE®.
MB. FERRY KEFUSES TO RECEIPT FOR
THEIR ELECTORAL VOTE.
Washington, Dec. 22.—1 t is stated
that Mr. Ferry will receive but not
receipt for the returns from Louisi
ana, South Carolina, Florida or Ore
gon, as the messengers could go to
the Treasury Department and get
their money. All parties must wait
till Congress decides which bears the
proper paper.
Mr. Ferry received the vote of the
Democratic Electors to-day, but re
fused to receipt. He will treat the
liepublieau messengers from Florida
in the same manner,
H EATHER PUOBABII.ITIE*.
SionalOffioe, Washington, D. C., i
December 22, 1876. j
For South Atlantic and Gulf
States, northerly to westerly winds,
rising barometer, stationary to slight
fall in temperature, and partly
cloudy weather, except light rains on
the South Atlantic coast during the
night.
PENNSYLVANIA.
UKMOUIt ATM CUMINS TO THE FRONT
AN A DURESS SIGNED BY FIFTEEN PROM
INBNT MEMBERS.
Harrisburg, Deo. 22.—The Demo
cratic State committee met to-day to
arrange for an expression of publio
feeling. A largo number of promi
nent gentlemen were present, who
desired to assist in the preliminary
arrangements, were admitted. Com
mittees were appointed.
The following address was unani
mously adopted at the afternoon ses
sion ;
Democratic State Committee to the
People of Pennsylvania:
Weaddressyou in that spirit of pa
triotism which is common to all the
citizens of this commonwealth. The
political condition of our country is
fraught with impending peril. The
expression by the people of their in
tention to support that constitutional
means which will meet the issue
made on t he Presidency may iirevent
what otherwise we will deplore.
Whatever violates either tho letter
or the spirit of the Constitution tends
to weaken and may destroy our Gov
; eminent.
There is not a question or a meas
j ure relating to tho penoe and liap
| piness of tho whole people, exciting
l controversy and portending discord,
for which tho Constitution fails to
provide. The election of President
and Vice President of the United
States is a high and solemn duty of
the people of the several States. An
attempt to evade an obedience to the
popular will by any effort to distort
the meaning of the Constitution, by
misinterpretation of law to seek to
set up barriers againsts the face of
this declared will, is substituting
revolutionary expedients for cousti
| tutional methods. The Senate and
! House of Representatives of the
United States have by the Constitu
tion the sole and exclusive power
to settle all questions which relate to
the validity of the Electoral votes of
| the several States. In one event the
I Constitution gives tue House of Rep
resentatives the power to elect tbe
j President. We therefore earnestly
invoke from you every effort cogniz
j able by law in the execution and sup
port of the constitutional methods
| by which is to be determined who
are the lawfully elected President
and Vice President of the United
States,
We invite those who feel the pres
ent danger to aid iti all lawful means
which may induce the Senators and
Representatives of the States and
people in Congress assembled to
obey tho plain interest and meaning
of tho Constitution and laws, and
not in defiance thereto to place In tSb
high offices of the Government men
whose title is tainted with frauds.
As free citizens of this common
wealth, we suggest that you consid
er those measures which such a con
tingency may invite or command.
We believe a largo number of our cit
izens, who are too patriotio to be
bound by the designs of the man
agers of the present administration
of the General Government, are pre
pared openly to condemn the dispo
sition they manifest to plunge the
country into a sea of danger rather
than return to the people the trust
committed to them for a specified pe
riod of a Presidential term.
If the people will, with courage and
calmness and full faith in tneir sov
ereignty ns the source of all jiolitical
power, made these declarations, then
their servants may listen and obey.
Believing that these opinions are
entertained by all honest and patri
otic citizens, we declare that Samuel
J. Tilden and Thos. A. Hendricks
were on the 7th of Nov. last elected
President and Vice President of the
United States. Self-gratulation has
no part in this our solemn statement
of the past, upon which we in
tend to rest our future conduct.
We call upon the members of
both Houses of Congress to
adopt such lawful means as may
lead to the official declaration of the
fact that Mr. Tilden and Mr. Hend
ricks have been elected, and we urge
them to resist with all their power
the proposal to settle the ascertain
ment of a fact already accomplished
by a reference of it to any other trib
unal than that already appointed to
decide by the Constitution of the
United States.
Report signed by a committee of
fifteen of the most eminent Demo
crats of Pennsylvania,
Till! IXniAN WAR.
Kitting Hull Driven Aero** the Mlk-
Houri.
EE PORTED MASSACRE OF MAJOR RANDALT.
AND FRIENDLY INDIANS.
Washington, Dec. 22.—There are
unofficial advices that Lieut. Bald
win, of the Fifth Infantry, drove
Sitting Bull’s camp across the Mis
souri river, and that Sitting Bull re
treated to the Bad Lands ; also, that
Major Randall, of Gen. Crook’s staff,
with forty Crows and ten Snake
scouts, were massacred on the Big
Horn. It is thought at headquarters
that these reports are probable, as
the situation makes them possible,
and the press heretofore has been
truthful in its accounts received in
advance of official information.
LOUISIANA. .
... ■■■■-
Wells Interested in Defeating Tilden.
Vote* Thrown Oat Without ftyitnu or
Rule.
MEMBERS OF RETURNING BOARD REPORT- j
ED FOR CONTEMPT.
New Orleans, Dec. 22.— Wells tes
tified ; I am a decided partisan, but
but would not allow politics to in
fluence me to do anything wrong.!
Did not throw out parishes and polls
simply because they were Democrat
ic. Did not know that any Republi
can polls were rejected. Tho
claims of my family against the Gov
ernment aggregate seven hundred
thousand dollars. I was not Influ
enced in my action thereby. The
lotter of Mr. Tilden saying he would
veto such claims as mine did not in
fluence my course. Did not expect
being Surveyor of Customs and Pres
ident of the Returning Board in con
travention of Grant’s order that no
Federal officer shall hold a State
ofllco.
The evidence generally shows a
lack of system in the operations of
the board aud its clerks. No one
knew what the other was about, or
how the other did it.
The committee in executive ses
sion ordered chairman Morrison to
report the members of the returning
board in contempt in refusing to
produce the records demanded.
FLORIDA.
TIH-: Mi I*HEME COURT TO ADJOt'RS
NSNIE DIE.
Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. 22.- The i
Supreme Court sustains the Drew
demurrer to the answer of the Can - :
vassing Board, and grants a preemp- j
tory order to the board to re-canvass j
from the face of the returns. This <
gives the State to Tilden by a small]
majority, and elects the balance of the i
Democratic ticket, including both
Congressmen. The Democrats are
quietly but heartily enjoying their
victory. The counsel for the board
gave notice of a motion to answer.
The court adjourned to 9 a. m. to
morrow, and announced its determi
nation to adjourn sine die to-morrow.
TEI.KUHAPHIC NVMMARY.
Pottsville, Pa., Dec. 22.—Four
men entered the Centennial colliery,
near Ashland, yesterday, and were
found dead this morning. They had
three kegs of powder with them,
which had exploded.
New York, Dee. 22.—At a confer
ence of prominent citizens last night,
at the residence of Sam E. Dodge, a
resolution was adopted imploring all
who dispense hospitality on New
Year’s Day to proffer no intoxicating
liquors.
Boston, Dec. 22.—The forger, Jas.
11. Carr, swallowed poison, which
proved fatal. The death of his wife
was the cause of ilia suicide.
Washington, Dec. 22.—The Secreta
ries of War, Navy and State were üb
sent from the Cabinet meeting to
day.
Two companies of artillery from
Fort Reno have arrived.
Cincinnati, Dec. 22.—A special dis
patch from Indianapolis says the Ex
position building was burned; loss
$40,000.
ADJOURNED SINE DIE.
Columbia, Dec. 22.—The State Sen
ate and Republican House adjourned
sine die, this evening. The Democrat
ic House is in secret session. Their
course is not known. The Congres
sional committee are still restive,
tabulating corrected election returns;
the result is not likely to be reached
for several days.
1 -
Liverpool Cotton Clrculur.
Liverpool, Dec. 22.—The circular
of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers As
sociation, in the review of the trade
for the week ending last night says:
Cotton was quiet in the early past of
the week, and the tendency of the
prices was in favor of buyers, but
there was more firmness on Wednes
day uud to-day (Thursday), with a
very extensive business, and the quo
tations of last Thursday are partially
resumed. American was very dull
early in the week, Jd. lower, but the
demand has increased and prices
have recoved 1-16. In Sea Island the
sales have been moderate at steady
prices. In futures transactions have
been comparatively limited, with lit
] tie change in prices.
Another Fire at Little Hnrli.
Little Rock, Dec. 22.—A fire, which
was the work of an incendiary, star
ted in the rear of Berry’s paper ware
house. Hayes’ mill saved. Loss will
not exceed 20,000. This is the sixth
fire within six days.
A vigilance committee was formed
to-day.
Oue inffectual attempt to fire
houses last night.
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Ship New*.
New York, December 22.— Arrived: Old
Dominion, Egypt.
Arrived out: Baltic, Gov. Morton, Rosa
mond, Nunquain, Dormio, Dogmar, Fan
frede, Zephyr, Austrian.
Homeward: Princeton, Hampton Roads;
George Washington, Savannah; Electa,
Eleanor, Wilmlngten; Mary Bowen, Bull
River.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE DAILY TIMES.
UOAEY AXI STOCKS.
PARIS, Dec. 22.—Noon— 2 r. Rentes 1051.
aud 21c.
NEW YORK, December 22. Gold opened at
NEW YORK, Ddc. 22.—Noon—Stacks active
audfatoady; money 4; gold 7* t ; exchange, long,
4.83; liort *4 85; Governments active and strong;
State bond* quiet aud steady.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Evening—Money dull;
sterling Arm at 8; gold quiet at T l V(s7**; Govern
ments active ami better new .Vs US; States
nominal.
WOT TO I*.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 22—Noon.—Cotton active
and llrinsr; middling uplands 6 9-16d, Orleans
6 VI, sales 20,000, speculation and export 4,000,
reoeipta 7,700 American 4,800.
Futures opened with holders asking 1-16 ad
vance, but have since become weaker; uplands
low middling clause, December and January de
livery 6 .January and February o*4®
21-324; February aud March *5 11-16(g)23-32d;
March and April April and May 8
13-16®25-32d; shipped November and Decembor
per sail, 6**4, Deroaftber and January 6 23-32d,
January and February fl%'d, March and April
07,'d.
2p. m.—Uplands, low middling clause Feb*
rnary aud March and livery *i 21-32.
3 r. m, —Sales American 11,300.
3 I*, m.—Uplands, low middling clause, January
and February delivery 6 )9-.'>2d, shipped Novem
and Doeember, per sail 6 19413d.
sr. M.— Futures quiet.
NEW YORK, Deo. 22.—Noou—Dutton dull;
sales 1,230, uplands 12,*4, Orleans 12 7-16.
Futures opened easier as follows: December
12%@12 7-16; January 12m<3V17-32; February 12
25-32t0)13-16. March 13(?> 13-32; April 13 7-32t^j 4 ;
May 13 13-32(^15-82.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Evening—Cotton dull;
sales 475, at 12'*($12 7-16; net receipts 386;
gross 4,199.
Futures closed easy; sales 33,500; December
12 11-32f<v 3 i; January 12 7-16; February 12 23-32(g)
X; March 12 April 13 5-32; May 13
5-16(3)11-32; Juno 13 July
August 13 23-32®V.
GALVESTON, Dec. 22.—Cotton Arm; mid
dling Utf.l
No weekly receipts; stock 120,906.
NORFOLK, Doc. 22.—Evening—Cotton atend};
HU.ldling 11>*.
Weekly net receipt* 20.487, gross 20,818: stock
84,105, sales 3,750, exports to Great Britain 21,-
941, Continent 1787, coastwise 15,294.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 22.—Evening—Cotton Arm ;
middling 12*#.
Weekly net receipt* 2,998; gross 3,698, stock
12,210. sales 2130; spinners 980; exports to Great
Britain 200; coastwise 1756.
BOSTON. Dec. 22. Evening Cotton quiet;
middling 11V
Weekly net receipts 2,479; gross receipts 9662,
stock 5587; sales 250; exports to Great Britain
2909.
WILMINGTON, Dee. 22. Evening Cotton
firm; middling 1 Hi.
Weekly net receipts 4699; stock 13,590; sales
517, exports to Great Britain 800; Continent 1.011.
coastwise 2119.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22.—Evening - Cotton
firm; middling 12*-,.
Weekly not receipt* 1760; gross receipts 2696.
HAVANNAH, December *2.—Evening—Cotton
firm; middling 11?^.
Weekly net receipts 27,245; gross 27,392, stock
94,826, sale* 1,160; exports to Great Britain 9,639:
to France 3,219; Cotinent 7000; coastwise 7,282.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 22. Evening—Cotton
strong; middling ll?*, low .middling 11%; good
ordinary 10%.
Weekly net receipt* 36,164; gross 44.832, stock
280,306; sales 51,000; exports to Great Britain 38,-
926: France 11,270, Continent 0,506; channel
1645.
MOBILE, Dec. 22. Evening— Cotton steady :
middling 11%.
Weekly net receipts 19,017; gross 19,018; stock
76,391; sales 20,200; exports to Continent 4135;
channel 4'joo; coastwise 4277.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 22.—Cotton steady; middling
11%.
Weekly receipts 22,008; shipments 13,437, stock
85,454, yiles 16,000.
AUGUSTA. Dec. 22.—Cotton steady; middling
11®%.
Weekly receipt* 10.600; shipments 9313; stock
10,187; sales 10,081.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 22. Evening Cotton
firm; middling 12.
Weekly net receipts 14,300; stock 87,802; sales
18,000; exports to Great Britain 18.675, Continent
5915; coastwise 4,910.
MONTGOMERY, Dec. 22.—Cotton quiet and
firm; middling 11%.
Weekly receipts 33,466; shipments 1,888; stock
12,422.
MACON, Doc. 22.—Cotton firm and In good de
mand; middling 11.
Weekly receipts 4,100; sales 3174, stock 11,462
shipments 3,086.
NASHVILLE, Dec. 22.—Cotton firm; middling
11%.
Weekly net receipts 2002; shipments 7680;
sales 30,031; spinners 103; stock 7,G43.
U.B. WEEKLYCOTTOX STATEMENT.
Net receipts at U 8. ports for the week... 6.933
Gross receipts 82,994
Exports to Great Britain 11.C67
Continent 860
France 5,000
Sales 7,284
Stock at all U. 8. ports ...215,000
Liverpool Weekly Statement.
Bales of week 69.000
Speculation 6,000
Stock at Liverpool 493,000
Bt'xk of American,uctual count. 230 000
Receipts of week 79,000
Receipts American 53,000
Actual exports. 8,000
Afloat 451.000
American afloat 400,000
Sales of American. 37,000
PRO VISIONS. AC.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.- Nooa—Flour a shade
firmer. Wheat l@2c better, active. Corn a
trifle better. Fork dull at $17.26. Lard heavy,
steam $10.85. Turpentine firm at Rosin
firm at s2.S6@t>s lor strained. Freights heavy.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Evening.—Flour 6<§>loc
better; superfine Western and State 16.20®
5.40, Southern flour 10c better, common to fair
extra, $6.666i>56.80, good to choice do. $6.85®
$8.75. Wheat 2c higher, brisk export and mod
erate milling demand; $1.3701.42 for winter red
W'esteru. Corn shade firmtr, very quiet; 59000
for new ungraded Western, mixed. Oats dull,
slightly in buyers favor. Coffee, Rio, % higher,
fair demand, 17@2Q)i for gold cargoes; 17022 for
gold job lots. Sugar dull and nominally
10. Molasses, foreign grades dull; N. O. steady.
Rice steady, at s#@B)4. dull, lower and
nominal, mess held at $17.26. Lard heavy and
lower; prime steam SIO.BO. Whiskey steady at
1.13. Freights a shade firmer, cotton, per sail,
6-16011-32, per steam %.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 22.—Oats dull end nomi
nal. Boutheru prime 37038. Rye steady tnd firm,
at 70072 %. Provisions quiet and stei dy, mess
perk $170517j%, bulk meats packed, suoulders
7, clear rib 9)4; bacon shoulders 7%, clear rib9>£;
hams 15}*. Lard, refined, Coffee
stroDg and buoyant, jobs 17*6022. Whiskey
scarce, small sale* at 16, Sugar steady at 11%
01*.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 22.—Evening— Flour strong
tnd higher; family $6 25050 40. "Wheat strong
or; red $1.306 40. Corn dull and drooping, at
43®44. Oats firm, at 30@38. Rye steady, at 80,
Barley dull at $1 U*@sl.os. Pork easier, at
sl6 50. Lard easier, steam $10), kettle 11.
Bulk meats dull and drooping, shoulders 1%
tow, short rib sides B*oß.*# short clear sides
BJ4@Bj4—allB J 4@Bj4—all loose. Bacen quiet, shoulders
7hi,'clear rib sides 9>,, elearjsideß 10 %. Green
meats easier. Whiskey quiet steady, at 8.
Butter lu good demand, lor packing qualities
17018.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 22.—Evening—Flour firmer,
family $5.0005.60. Wheat firm, red $1 80@32;
amber $1 35087, white $1.36®41. Corn steady
at 44Cfi,45. Rye steady and in good demand at 80.
Oats in flood demand, white 42@43, mixed 38.
Pork quiet and firm, at sl6 76. Bulk meats
in good demand; shoulders 6?^.clear rib sides
8% t clear sides 8 %. Bacon dull and nominal
—clear rib eides 9%. Lard steady, in good
demand, tierces lO#OXI, kegs 11 Jg. Whiskey
steady, at 7. Bagging 11#.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22.—Flour active, at ss.2*®
$5.85. Wheat, No. 2 red fall gl.36>i bid, No. 8
do. sl.36®s UfoX- Corn unsettled, No. 2
mixed 39*6@40. Oats quiet. No. 2 32# asked.
Rye steady, at 69#. Barley steady, choice to
strictly choice Minnesota 90®$ 1.90. Whiskey
quiet at 8. Pork steady, generally held at 10%.
Bulk meats quiet, job 66*@68* and $8.30
bid for shoulders clear rib sides and clear sides.
Bacon quiet, jobbing lots of new at 7%@9%
and 10 for shoulders, clear rib sides and clear
sides. Green meats and pickled hams nothing
doing.
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