Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1876-03-14

              VOL. XXXVII. COLUMBUS, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1876. NO. 63. HEFFNER'S REAL ESTATE AGENCY. ESTABLISHED 1870. 118 1-2 S. High St. FOR SALE. Brick House on Oak street (new) $ 3,500 Brick Bouse on Oak street auuu Brick House on Oak street 4 000 Brick House on Oak stn et 2,500 Frame House on Franklin avenue 2,500 Brick House on Franklin avenue 7,500 Brick Bouse on Frauklin avenue 5,000 Brick Bonse on Franklin avenue 6,500 Brick Cottaore on Franklin avenue.... 2,700 Frame House on Hamilton avenue.... 1,500 Brick House on Lexington avenue.... 4,600 Brick House on Jefferson avenue 4 600 Brich Honse on Jefferson avenue 6.600 Brick House on Jefferson avenue 2.000 Brick House on Stale street 8,500 Brick House on Sute Btreet 8,000 Brick House on State street 7.600 Brick House on Sute ttreet 3.000 Brick House on State street (new) 8,600 Brick House on Stae street 6,600 Brick H rase on Rich street (new) 10 600 Brick House on Rich street 4,600 Brick House on Rich street 11,000 Brie House on Rich street 2,700 Brick House on Rich street 10,000 Brick House on Rich street 8.000 Brick Honse on Rich Btreet 16,000 Frame House on N. Washington avenue (new) 1.800 Brick Honse on N. Washington av... 5,600 Frame Cottage on N. Washington av. 2,600 Brick House on Town Btreet (new)... 10,600 Brick House on Town street 35 000 Brick House on Town street 16.000 Brick House on Brod street 16,000 Brick House on Kroad street 7,000 Brick House on Broad street 17,000 Brick House on Third Btreet 8,500 Brick House on Front street 9.000 Brick House on Front street 10 000 Brick House on Front street 4,600 Brick House on Front street 3,500 Frame Honse on Front street 5,500 Brick House on Marion street 4,600 Biick House on Seventh street 3,500 Brick House on High street 10,000 Brick House on High street 9,000 Brick House on Albert street (new):.. 4,000 Brick House on Friend street (new)... 2,800 Brick House on Gill street (new) 6,000 Frame House on Young street 2,000 Brick House on Fifth street 2.A00 Brick House on Town street 1,700 Brick House on Gay street 2,800 Brick House on Gay street 4,000 Brick House on Guv street 6,000 Brick House on Oak street 2,800 Frame Honseon Pro'pectslrcet(ouly) 850 Brick House on Cleveland avenue 3,000 Brick House on Starling street 1.6"0 Brick Honse on Mohawk street 1,650 Frame House on Montgomery street.. 3,500 Brick House on Canal street (new)... 1,500 Brick House on Friend street 3,800 Brick House on Mound street 2.600 Frame House on Summit street 1,500 Brick House on Lone; street (new).... 6,000 Brick Hous on McDowell street 2,000 Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc. My List is too numerous to mention. Call and examine and see for yourselves. Parties conveyed to seepremisea BRICK COTTAGEfour rooms, cellar, well, coal house, olcclioiee fruit trees on lot. Size of lot, 50 feet front by 93 foet deep. Price only $2800. Terms 900 casMalnnce in one.two nnd three years. A great bar-gain. Must be sold. Call soon. I-o. cated on Klcli street, near Seventh Btreet. CITY PROPERTY A SPECIALTY. TWO-STORY FRAME HOUSB New. Four rooms, gas, slate mantles, closet", cellar under whole house; well and cistern. Located' on North Washington avenue. Price, $1800 only. Terms $400 cash, balance in one, two, three, four and five years. A bargain snre. Several fine Building Lots on Broad, Town, Rich and Friend streets. LOTS EVERYWHERE 1 ALL SIZES AND PRICES! Agent for Burlington anil Missonrt Klver railroiid Com pany's I mill. Millions ot acres of choice LaiidNin Towa nnd Nebraska. Will sell on ten years' time. Wo principal is required for four years, and after that only one-seventh annually. I-and exploring tickets sold and cash deducted from purchase money on land bought in thirty days from date of ticket. Parties wishing to sell property are Invited to give me a call. No, sales no charges. Special Agent for 10 Lots in Samuel Bartlit's Addition. Located on Broad and Oak streets and Parsons avenue; one of the most desirable locations in the city. Will sell cheap and on long time. Call and examine my list of Houses and Lota for sale before purchasing elsewhere. 75 Lots in East Park Place for sale cheap. Terms easy. FOR KENT, STORE BOON, No. 01 North High street. Will lease from one to three years. Loans negotiated, Taxes paid and Rents collected. Deeds and Mortgages Drawn ' Notary Puhlic. MS A CALL. A. I). IIEFFNEll, " Real Estate Agent, 118 1-2 S. HIGH ST., cnrG (NauirJitoii Building.) SIEBERT & LiLLEY, fall Book Manufacturers. Printers, Bindors, Stationers And Legal Blank Publishers. BOOK BINDING Of every description, by the Edition or single Volume. OPERA ISOrSE HWIOISW, (Fp Stairs.) mr20 UOLUMBUN. Ohio Merchant Tailoring Co., MERCHANT TAILORS AND DEALERS IN Qent9' Fine Furnishing Goods, No. 163 SOUTH HIGH ST., (Opera House Block), COLUMBUS, 0 JNO. KIOH, Supt and Treas. S. W. STIMSON, Foreman. myl ly A SPECIALTY OF FINE GRANITE Monuments. Address ALFRED WHITE, ass I'iriii sit., ciiiciiiuuii, o. mv2n lp - to State $0raaL Office: Higb, Imrl ami C Impel Htn. H. 0OM1.Y. A. W. FEANOISCO. COMLY & FRANCISCO, PUBMBHEIIH AND PBOPRIETOBS. JAMKS M. t'OMLV, OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. March 13. Senate A bill to remove from tbe streets of Washington the tracks of nil railroads using steam power was introduced .Nearly the entire se-aion or ttie ftenaie was taken up in discus.-ion of the bill to provide for and regulate tbe counting of votes for President and Vice President. House Bills introduced : Prohibiting contributions from olliners and einployta til the Government fur political purposes; fur the benefit of distillers of ft less qunn'ity titan live hundred batrels per year; to allow twenty daya vacation, with pny, to all Government employes to attend the Centennial celebration; to rcurgunize and consolidate ttie territories and provide lor iiieir sueeny admission as Slates; to impose a tax on stlfH of stockfl, gold and bullion; p ran tine the irht of way to railroad companies tb rough Indian Territory; to exempt those in the postal service from militia and jury duty; allowing three months pay to officers nnd soldiers of the Mexican wa A resolution was onered recitiiiK that tbe Uuiteu otnttfi constituted one nation and nota mere confederacy of ritates or nations, and that in its ap propriate Bpuere ot government it is sov ereign and supremo; and that overt acts of treason by any Mate or ttie people tuereor, constitute treason. The House refused, by a vote f 91 to 72 (not t wot bird in the af- mative) to suspend the rules tor the adop tion of the resolution Resolutions were adopted 150 to 42 declaring the Govern- : i-Ai. Tt-.:j t: i u. l,...t,.l LUC lit Ul IUC U11UCU utauo lu uc a iwcini Union, formed bv the people of the several States; tbat the rights of the States have tbe same sanction and security in tbe Constitu tion as the federal Government, etc., and tbat doctrine ot secession was extinguished by the Into civil war Tbe conference report on the 3-65 bond bill was agreed to. Clenrrnl Assembly. March 13. Sena te Bills introduced: To equalize sentences of convicts; to require that in petitions for conversion of roads into free turnpikes, onebalf of the lands, in value, shall be represented; to authorize the Frank- in county commissioners to lew auai ion.u taxes to finish the bridge across Big Walnut creek, between tilmdevilie and Lockbourne. House Ba introduced: To allow assignees to reBitrn; to provide fur an additional Judge in the First subdivisiun of the Fifth Judicial distri t Semite bill to authorize a railroad company to change the tauge of the road, was lost; out in vote was lecou- sidered and the bill was laid on the table House bill to authorize a special election in Wellstou, Jackson county, ws passed Messrs. Monahun. Nigh and Converse were appointed to examine into aliened incorrec:-nebsofthe journal as to the Penitentiary bill. Clear or partly cloudy weather, slowly ruing temperature, northeast to southeast winds, and high followed by slowly falling barometer. Heavy Btoruin are reported on the Union Pacific railroad, and trains are (seriously delayed. New York pupeof yesterday despair of harmony in the Democratic caucuB on the finance question. Another Bnow blockade on the Union Pacific railroad is reported. Regular passenger trains are dragging through with difficulty, while emigrants are "sidetracked" for future reference. Di6ATCHS8 fioui Washington last evening represented tbe opinion at Democratic headquarters to be that tha vote in New Hampshire would be very close; while the EepubUcana were sanguine of victory. A Washington special to the Cincinnati Times of yesterday evening sayfl it is current talk among Democrats that General Butler is at the Capital fur the purpose of opposing the confirmation of Richard W. Pana jr. as Minister to Eng land. It 8 added that the story lacks confirmation. The question of State Eights was in volved to a considerable extent in two Bets of resolutions offered in the House of Representatives at Washington yesterday. Mr. Baker, of Indiana, presented a resolution upon which the Northern Democrats dodged a record, but Cox presented an orthodox article which was supported by Northern and Southern Democrats alike, and a few Repnblicans. Baker's resolution flatly declared overt acts of secession to be treason, but Cox's proposi tion modified this to a declaration that the doctrine of secession was extinguished by the war. BY TELEGRAPH TO TUB OHIO STATS JOVRSAL WASHINGTON. REVENUE PROTECTION. Washington, March 13. The Secretary of the Treasury to day sent to the Houbo of Representatives copies of letters received from the Collector and Appraisers of Customs ot Philadelphia, representing the absolute necessity for additional custom officers to protect the revenue in connection with goods imported for the Centennial exhibition. There is no fund at the disposal of the Department from which to pay extraordinary expense for the officers required to examine, appraise and maintain custody and control of foreign goods at the exhibition. It is estimated that not less than $100,- 000 will be required for this purpose. the pacific railroads. On motion of Mr. Lawrence, the House Judiciary committee were recently in truded to inquire and report what legislation is necessary to secure the Govern ment against loss on account of subsidy bonds issued to various Pacific Railroad companies. The subject was referred to a sub-committee consiHting of Knott and Lawrence, who to-day submitted to the lull committee their report, embodying a number of important recommendatioiiH. The report, which wns prepared by Mr. .Lawrence, goes into an elaborate examination of the relations which exist be' tween the Pacifio railroad and the Gov ernment, and shows by detailed statistics and computations that alter applying ail the means now provided by Jaw for reimbursement of interest and advan cea, there will be a deficiency of at least one hundred and nfty million dollars in principal and interest, when the Bubtddy bonds mature. This result is arrived at without allowing the Government to calculate compound interest on its advances. It is agreed that the companies will not be able to pay this sum, in addition to their first mortgage indebtedness to private parties, and the belief is expressed that tbey don't expect to. Sherman's claim bill. Senator Sherman's bill to limit the jurisdiction of heads of Departments in al-lowanceof claim, provides that noclaim againat the United States in any Executive Department, after being finally considered and rejected by the bead of that Department, shall be subsequently con rtidered or allowed, in whole or in part, by the head of that Department; but if presented ayain may bo referred to the t.'ourt of Claims. It also prohibits con-pideration and allowance by Departments of any claim that accrued more than two years before its presentation, and provid ing that such claims must be referred to the Court of Claims, if within the limits prescribed by section 1061 of tbe Revised Statutes. It is made the exprens duty ot the accounting officers of the Treasury to examine and pnes upon the legality and amount of each claim recommended for payment, as fully and completely as if no such recommendation bad been made. TAX ON BULLION SALES. Representative Fort to-day introduced a bill, which was referred to the committee on Ways and Means, providing that on and afler the first of July next there shall be levied and paid a tax on nil ale?, or contracts for sales, whether verbal or written, of gold Rnd silver bul lion and coin, at the rate ot onehali oi one per cent, of the sales or contracts for sales thereof. A failure to make return of sales, or rendering of fraudulent returns, is to be punished by a penalty of $200, besides payment of the tax due, to be assefRid by the Collector on the beat information he can obtain. REAL ESTATE POOL. Hallett Kilbourne appeared before the Real Estate Pool committee yesterday morning, and again declined to produce the private books and papers of the firm of Kilbourne & Latta, in relation to their real estate transactions, on the ground that he and his partners are engaged in private business and have no connection with the Government of the United States, except to pay taxes and obey tbe laws. The committee proceeded to make up a case niiinst Kilbourne, to be reported to the House. THE PROPOSED PURCHASE OF BULLION. The report that an arrangement has been made by which the Government is to purchase the entire bullion product of the Consolidated Virginia and California mines for a year, for use in the resumption of specie pnyment, is pronounced incorrect by the Treasury Department, although it is admitted a proposition of this character hits been received, and is now under consideration. THE REPORTKD CALIFORNIA FRAUDS. Secretary Ilritdow, in responpe to inquiries concerning the report that Revenue Detective Phillips has unearthed astounding corruption in California, and that testimony is to be sent to Congreps, says that the report is news to him. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue also says he has received no information in regard to these statements. ANOTHER RECUSANT WITNESS. The committee on Real Estate Pool have decided to report to-morrow Kil-bo urn's refusal to auswer to the House, together with excerpts from the record showing the ueations to which he refused answers, and accompanied by a resolu tion directing the Sergeant-at-Anns ot the House to present the recusant witness at the bar of the House tor its action, EXPERIMENTS WITH ORDNANCE. , It appears from the statement of the Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance that the Nut Island experiments by Norman Weard resulted in no good, guns either bursting or being thrown aside; $35,500 was paid him for these experiments. BABCOCK. The Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House, has sent to that body a communication stating that there are no papers relating to the as tumbling or to the business of a Militsry Court in the Babcock case, on file in the Treasury Department. PENDLETON. The examination of George H. Pendle ton has been postponed till to-day. to await the arrival of the books and paper of the accounting omce oi the Kentucky Central rnuioaa. NATIONAL BANK REPORTS. The Comptroller of the Currency has called unon National Banks for reports showing their condition at the close of business on Friday, March 1$. DIVIDEND TO CREDITOR 8, The Comptroller has also declared a dividend of thirty per cent, in favor of the creditors of the Gibson County National bank, of Princeton, Indiana. Iontli or Mm. llelhimp's .HIM or. Louisville, March 13. A Courier-Journal special from Harrodsburff announces the death to-day of Mrs. A. H. Bowman, wife of Collector Bowman, and sister of Mrs. General Belknap, me iu-neral is set for Wednesday, to give time to the Washington and Keokuk relatives to be present. Rev. John Montgomery, of St. LouiB, will officiate. NEW YOEK. FAILURE OF DANIEL DREW. New York, March 13. The Sun says Daniel Drew has filed a petition in bankruptcy. Mr. Drew states his liabilities would probably amount to $600,000. Tbe endowment of the Drew Theological Sem inary, at Aladison, JN. J., for SzoO.OOU, and that of the WeBleyan University at Middle town, uonn., lor $IUU,UQU are se cured by mortgages on his farms. This was done soon after his first troubles, when he felt the need of protecting them as executor ot the estate ot his grand children. Mr. Drew is liable for $600,- UUU additional, but this, he says, is se cured by mortgages. Mr. Drew has been in Wall street for thirty years pBt. He dates the beginning of his financial mis fortunes to the Joss of $l,0uu,Uu0 on a corner in Northwestern two or three years ago. Drew is liable upon the indorsement of a note of Drew Theological Seminary, at Madison, N. J., in the sum of $250,000; indorsement of a note of the Seminary at Middletown, Conn., in $100,000. These two notes are unsecured. His other unsecured liabilities amount to between $100,000 and $200,000. The amount of all liabilities, secured and unsecured, is about $1,600,000. CARDINAL tt'CLOSKY ILL. Cardinal McCIosky is seriously ill, Buffering from general debility. The fatigue incidental to bis journey to Rome, and his arduous religious duties, have afflicted his health so much that he was not able to appear in tbe Cathedral yesterday. 'the Meniiichy F1h1i Fnll. Louisville, March 13. After the publication of Prof. J. Lawrence Smith's analysis of the flesh that fell in Bath ; county, other scientists admitted the plausibility of his theory, but are inclined to differ, basing their objections on the belief that the batraclian spawn contains no blood, traces of which were observed on the Bhrubs and fences afler the phe-ncmenou. To-day Prof. Smith, in an interview, says : 'ln the remarks I previously made to the Associated Press agent, I should have said tbat a critical examination was made for blood cor puscles, but not the slightest evidence of anything ot the kind was found. Ihe matter obtained from the specimens was simply unorganized and gelatinous. The mere brown or reddish color is no evidence of blood, as most all original matter, in a desicated or semi-desic:tted state, when in contact with air, assumes a more or less brown color. The matter examined was simply gelatinous, and as it fell from the heavens we must seek am out; gelatin ous products for its origin, and as this is to be louud in spawn ot certain reptiles, and as spawn of tbe batrachian species has been known to have been transported as in this case, I see no reason for altering my original opinion." The flesh fall continues to excite the wonder of people, not only of this Htate, but most everywhere. Hundreds of letters of inquiry have been received. Viilon lncliiu Bl4ikiulG. Omaha, Neb.. March 13. TeleErauiH from the West Htule that the Union Pacific railroad is blockaded with snow between Raw lens and Bitter creeks, detaining the passenger and freight trains of yenterdny, bound west, at Kawlena. A very severe snow storm prevailed on Lres- ton Mill, and two or three freight trains laid up there. Omaha, .Neb., March 16. Passenger trains due Yesterday at Belt's creek, pass ed there to-day, about fourteen hours late, having pushed through the snow and storm on Creston Hill, about thirty miles east of Bitter creek. The storm is represented to be a fearful one. The snow is three and four feet deep on the hill, with a great gale blowing. There is eighteen inches of snow at Bitter Creek. All the rest of the trains emigrants and freights are laid up on side tracks at difl'-rent poihts, and will not be likely to move until the weather clear.) up. Wenttior l'robfthlli tie. Washington, March 14 1 a. m. For the Gulf States, Tennessee and Ohio Valley, clear or partly cloudy weather, slowly rising temperature, northeast to Bouth-aaat winds, and high, followed by slowly falling barometer. For the Lower Lake region, partly cloudy and continued cold weather, wet-erly winds, becoming variable during the afternoon, and stationary or rising barometer.For the Upper L:tke region, Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys, clear or partly cloudy and warmer weath-er.wiih east to south winds in thesouthern portions of thee districts, and threatening and continued cold weather with light snow in the northern portions, Fires. Omaha, March 13. Ahont 3 o'clock this morning the Central .Hotel, near the Union Pacific depot, on Tenth street, waB destroyed by fire. The inmatis narrowly escaped death and lost everything. Insurance $5900. A couple of firemen were injured. Memphis, March 13. General W. Smith, Surveyor of Customs, who re turned this afternoon, says but few papers of value and no money was lost by 1 fire in the Custom House this luornii He had forwarded all Government money to Washington last rnuay. Inienvlinient In AlisiHHliipi, Jackson, March 13 The Senate, by a vote of da to 4, found Lieutenant Uovem- or Davis guilty as charged in the articles of impeachment, one colored and hve white Republican Senators voting in the afiirmative, and four colored in the nega tive. Ihe fanding will be formally an nounced Wednesday. Memphis, March 13. At Pacific Place, Arkansas, on the 10th, Thouaua Lion, formerly of Mississippi, was shot and killed by George F. Morris, aged seventeen, to prevent Lion from murder ing Sam t. Waidwig, an inva'id. Morna surrendered, and was tried and acquitted. Murdered nnd Rubbed. Little Rock, March 13. John Hol-lorau, a boarding boss on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railroad, whs run over yesterday morning, near Tcxarkana. He is supposed to have been murdered and robbed, and his body thrown on tbe track. Forfred Nninrnlliniloii Powers. Lancaster, Pa.., March 13. Piatrict Attorney John W. Johnson was arrested here today, on a charge of issuing forged and fraudulent naturalization papers. The alleged offense was committed lour years ago. 8 lint by a Policeman. Omaha, March 13 A policeman shot an unkuown man who was trying to sell a bogus emigrant ticket to an emigrant this afternoon, severely, it not tataiiy, in the right shoulder. Muyder Trjal. Omaha. March 13. The Eandall mur der trial is still on in the District Court, and is extiitinir ureal interest, Randall was on tbe stand to-day, testifying in his own behalf. XLIVth CONGRESS 1st SESSION. Wasuinotox, March 13. SENATE. On motion ofMr. Morton the Senate took up tbe bill to provide for and regulate ttie counting of votes for President and Vice fresmeut. Mr. Bayard briefly addressed tbe Senate hi uppuHiuuu io me mil. Mr. Morrill of Vermont obtained leave to introduce a bill to remove from the streets of Washington the tracks of all railroads usiug steam power, and the memorial of the citizens to accompany the bill. Referred. Mr. Morton said the bill providing for tbe counting of votes lor President and Vice President, now before the Senate, presented three important changes from the old method, which he proposed to point out. Tbe bill provides for debate or explanation while the vote is being counted; it provides against disfranchisement of any of tbe S'ates, and itiprovides that the vote of every State shall bs counted. Air. Eaton said that the second section of the bill provided that the returns from Buch citates shall be counted which the two Houses acting separately shall decide to be true and shall return, and asked what would be the effect if the House decided that one set of rmurns were cornet, aud the Senate decided that another set was correct, in acace where there were two sets of returns from one btate. Mr. Morton replied that in such a case the vote or the State would tall to the ground, and tbe State would lose its vote, for there was no outside tribunal constitutionally quanneu to ueciue me mailer. Mr. Bu unveil said be had not the faith i the wisdom of the bill that the chairman (Mortun) had, although he should probably vote tor tnn bi t. He did not assume tuat the Vice President had any other duty to perform man simply to open the returns. For nearly a century the old nitthod had been in use under the Constitution, and it WbS not poioie tor congress to delegate it to a court or mi y body else. Mr. Thurman said it was time that some such measure as ihut should be adopted, for be could eiisily tuiesee that the voles o! the States might sometimes be thrown out to such an extent as to plunge tbe country into anarchy nnd rebellion. It could nut happen once in a thousand times that the Vice President would not know just what package of returns contained the votes ol hij particular party, aud he could pick thai up aud opi-u it. It was through his (Thur-man's) solicitation that the Senator from Indiana introduced the second section of the bill, and he considered it m-ceesary. If any Senator could devise any better plan he would be glad to hear it. Mr. Whyte said he would have left it just where our Fathers and ttie Constitution left it. He held that the Vice President hud tbe right to decide which was the correct set of returns. The two houses were present ao witnesses of the transaction. lie would not allow anybody to meddle with this mutter, but would much rathiT the House would do it than the Senate. The House represented tbe people and came from the people every two years, while the Senate did not; and he w..uld prifer to let them decide the mutter, if it was to be changed at all. Mr. Cooper entertained tbe fame opinion and moved to amend by adding alter the words '"the two huuses actiug separately shall decide to be true and valid returns," ihe following words: "nnd if the two houses cannot agree then the House of Representatives, voting by Mates, in the manner provided by tlieConstitution, when an election devolves upon the House, shall decide to be , true and valid returns." Mr. Kernan dUsented from the Senator from Missouri (Whyte). He dm not think the President pro lem. hud tbo right to de-cide which were truo md tiUH reLurui ho did not think the Constitution warranted such convulsion. It Snid he sbou d open all returns, and they should be counted. If any , question should ever arise, as bus been spoken ! of, then he would prefer lo have the House aVciue tue matter, as mey more clearly represent the pe.'ple. Mi. Morton said then if the House voted on the question by states, the -late which hud but oue representative would have just a much voice in the matter as the Stale ot New York, which had thirty three representatives. He said he had once made a computation of this matter, and had ascertained that forty five members of the House votiug by States, ai.d representing eight millions of people, could outvote the oilier two hundred and fortyseven members, representing th rtyfive ruillioiiS of people. Could anything be conceived of tijat would come far-thur from the will of the pecplu? The principle involved iu this bill is precisely the same as that upon which all legislation of the country depends. If the two Houats cannot ngne upon the bill before Congress, it jails, of course, uud there is not tbe power to refer to the thiid p-irty as arbiter or referee. If the powers can bu delegated to the Housa to decide upon valid returns, it can be delegated to the Senate. It ran be del gated lo the Vice President or President, and the entire wilt of the people be set aside. The i-iea of selecting an umpire or rcleree to decide a question of this character was an absurd one. Mr. Freelinghuysen mid that, absurd as tli u idea wns, there were several precedents fur it, and he instanced ihe case of Iowa, wherein the Governor had been declared elected, and a question arising, the Court of Claims was delegated as umpire. The Senate went into Executive session and adjourned. HOUSE. Mr. Cambeil presented the petition of 713 citizen of Illinois, asking for repeal of ihe Resumption uct, Rafurrrd. The Speaker then called the States for bills, uufier which call the fol. owing bills were introduced and referred: liv Mr. Hewitt of Alabama Prohibiting contributions from officers and employes of tue bovernmtnt lor political purposes. By Mr. Dibrell of ' enuessee For the benefit of distillers of a les quantity thun five hundred barrels p:r year. By Mr. Lenders To nllow twenty days vacation, with pay, to nil Government employes to attena the Centennial c- lebration. By Mr. Kort To reorganize and consolidate the Territories, and to provide for their speedy admission as States; als., to impose a tax on salts or stocks, goia ana oullion. By Mr. Farwell To extend to the nort of Chicago the privileges of sec ious 2990 to 299!. i u'lusive, of the Revised Statutes. By Mr. Brown Cranting the right of way to railroad companies through the Indian Territory. By Mr. McCanncnTo exempt persons engaged iu the postal service from militia duty, and from jury service. By Mr. Blaine Rfgarding the regulation of commerce and navigation nnd of Bteam vessels; also, by request, declaring the 14th of April, 1876, aleal holiday iu Washington City. By Mr. Meade By request, to pro ide for mote certain resumption of specie payments on January 1, 1879. Mr. Whitthorn offered a resolution directing the committee on AnDrooriations to in quire into tbe formation of divisions in the treasury Department navintr charca ot nro- cceds of eaptured nnd abandoned property. Aaopieu. by Mr. Riddle Allowing three months nay to officers and soldiers of -the Mexican war; al.i, in relation to evidence before tbo fcoutuern Claims Commission, etc Mr. Southard u Hi-red a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Truasurv lor in formation as to defaulting Internal revenue collectors. Adonted. A resolution calling on the Secretary of varior lmormation as to wnetner promotions in the nrmv Bince ihe 22d of June. 1B74, have been in accordance with section 1204 of Revised Statutes, and if not why not, was auoptt a. Mr. Baker of Indiana offered the follow in resoultion : Sttohiid, That the people of the United Staler constitute one n itiqn and not a mere confederacy of States or nationB ; that the Constitution waB formed by tbe people acting in their primary aud individual capacity, through their delegates thereto duly constituted ; that the Government under the Oon-atitution ii one of the people, by the people, and for tbe people, and that in its appropriate sphere the government of this nation is J poverei'u and supreme ; that in its nature it is pt-riu-inenl and lUiJisaoluble, except by the action aud consent of the whole people; that no State has any right or authority to judge of tbe constitutionality of laws enacted by Congress, or to nullify the execution of the same ; and that all overt acts b v an v State or people thereof, of secession therefrom, or of reoeiuoo against tne same, constitute treason, and that tbe late war of the rebellion for dismemberment of the Union was causeless and indefensible on any theory of right or constitutional law. He moved tbe rules be suspended and the resolution adopted, and he called for tbe yeas and nays, which were ordered. Mr. Stone ot Missouri moved the House adjourn. Rejected. Mr. Cox asked whether the resolution was divisible. Tbe Speaker responded that the motion to suspenn iu rules ana adopt tbe resolution wns not divisible. Mr, Cox asked whether it was in order to read from tbo Constitution these words: "Done in convention by unanimous consent of the States. Ceore Washington." The Speaker replied that that would be in tbe nature of debate, and was not in order The motion to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution was rejected yeas 91, nnys72, twothirds nothaviuir voted in thp alhrmative. Very few Democrats voted for i'. All the Republicans voted for it, all the Southern Democrats against it, and most all or me flortuern Democrats retrained trom voting. Before the vote was announced Mr. Baker called the attention of the Chair to the fact that many members were present who were not voting, and he mtide the point of order that thev be c-imnelied to vote. Mr. Rand ill remarked that there was a good denl of truth iu the resolution, aud also a good deal of false principle. Mr. Cox of New York offered the following resolutions : Retolved, That the people of the United States constitute a nation in the sense, to the extent and for the purposes defined in th Federal Constitution. Resolved, That the Government of the United htates is a Federal Union, and we formed by the p-ople of the several Stttes in their sovereign capacity; that the rights and powers of the Uuited Stales Government are defined aud limited bv tbe Federal Constitution, and these rights and nnwers cau ooi oe emargea or uimiuisned except oy an amcuunmii 10 ine constitution. Resolved That tbe rights of tbe States have the eame sanction and security in the Constitution as the rights and powers of the peaerai Government, and tnat local domestic government by tbe several States, within the limits of the Constitution, is absolutely necessary for the protection of the hb.'riies of citizeus and continuance of our Republican system of government. Resolved, That the doctrine that any State has a right to secede from the Union is in coi.flict with the idea of a perpetual Union, as contemplated by tbe Constitution, aud should be regarded as being forever extinguished by the result of the recent civil conflict. Mr. Holman called for the veas and navs. and they were ordered. Mr. Blaine expressed the hope that every Union man iu tbe House would vote agaiuut the resolutions. A. motion to suspend the rules and adopt the resolutions was adopted yeas 150, nays 42. All the DemocJnt-t and a few Republicans voted for the resolutions. Mr. Buck tier, from tbe conference committee on thejbill to provide for payment of in-teies'.on the 3 Go bonds of tbe District of Commbia. inndu a repurr. and nroceedrd to explain it. He stattd that the amount of lliese bond? issued up to the 25th of January was ilS.ruiS.TOO, and that from that lime up to the 3d of February tbe additional amount of $184,350 had beeu issued, but uux iimu no uuuuj utiu ueeu issueu. Mr. Holman argued in favor of recommit ting the bill to tbe conference committee, with instructions to insert a proviso that nothing in the act shall-be t onstrutd to create an obligation ou the part of the United Stntej to pay the interest or principal oi I o )iius, or to give validity to any bunds tnat may have been issued without authority of law. Mr. Cate said the onlv effect of Mr. Hol- man's proviso would be to discredit these bonds aud depreciate tbem in the market. Mr i niluitg ot Missouri Baia tuat no matter what irregularities or frauds may have preceded tbe issuo of these bond, yet if the bonds were is.-ued in accordance with law. and if the bonds bore that fact on their face, tuey were good in tue nands ot tlnrd parties, and there was no right to go beyond the bonds themselves to inquire iuto acts preceding their issue. Mr. Chittenden regarded it as a disgrace to the Government that tbe paymeut of in tnrrst on these bondj had been so long de layed. After ftulhr.T discussion the report was agreed upon yeas 108, nays 78. Mr. Blaine presented a memorial of citizens of Texas, protesting against the unjust and illegal manner in which the Stato of Texas is apportioned into Congressional district. Referred. Mr. Kelly offered a resolution declaring it to be the sense of the House that the issue of gold interest-bearing bonds for the purchase of silver and its manufacture into eoiu, 1 nn unwise and wasteful expenditure ot public money, aud ought to be discontinued. tteterreu. Mr. Conger offered a resolution calling for information as to life-savins' Btationa on the ocean and lake coasts. Adopted. Adjourned BY MAIL AND TLLEUKAPB. Twoof the leading collieries at Potts-ville have resumed work. It is feared the fruit about Memphis has been killed by the frost. Jefferson Medical College. Philadel phia, turned out 146 graduates on Satur day. New York journeymen job printers quit work yesterday on account of a reduction in wages of ten to fiiteeu per cent. Dr. Miner, of Cincinnati, has arrived at Montreal and is stopping with Caleb r. Marsh, at the St. Lawrence Hall Hotel. Sister Harriet, Superior of the Protest ant Episcopal Order of all Saints, died in Baltimore, Sunday morning, after a short illness. Joseph Sooy jr., defaulting State Treasurer of New Jersey, has been sentenced to imprisonment for threo years, and until costs of prosecution are paid. On Sunday morning five masked men robbed Jaines Crosby, a farmer on the Northern New Jersey road of $20,000 worth of United States bonds, and $10,-000 worth of silver ware and jewelry. The Pacific Mail Board has resolved to issue two millions of ten year seven per cent, ourrency bonds, for taking up the floating debt and discharging the loan from the Panama Railroad company.About 12:30 a. m. on Monday a fire wns discovered in the office of the Surveyor of Customs, in Memphis. The doors were broken open and the fire extinguished, but upt until the books nnd papers were burned or badly damaged. A clerk who had been working, stated that he had overturned a lamp. The Quincy Whig turns up the damages bv the late storm in Missouri : Seven per sons killed ; seventeen injured, three or four of them dangerously ; some thirty houses blown down, and immense damaee done to orchards and timber. It is esti mated that in Monroe and Rolls counties one thousand miles of fenoing are pros trated. An engine of the Indianapolis, Bloom-ington and Western railroad exploded at Indianapolis at 12:20 Monday morning, and the engineer and fireman escaped injury, although they were both in the engine, and the engineer was thrown twenty feet. An engine of the Cincinnati, Ham ilton and Indianapolis road, standing alongside, was wrecked by the explosion, and theengineer, A. E. Moore, was killed and the hreman, Isaac A. Ballard was km -,... J L .J mi ' uouijr oun.ucu uiiu uruiseu. i ne west end wan ot tne depot and a portion of the ruui were ueiuoiisueu. Ohio. The Workhouse investigation in Cleveland has resulted in favor of the iruHieea. Valentine Best, a prominent business man ana citizen ol Zioesville, died Satur- uaj nigm. Valentine Becker, a shoemaker, was lusuuiuy ke jrenaieton. Nnniinv evening, by jumping from a Little Miami iraiu. Trinity M. E. Church. At. T.im. v.. ucu.umeu ibsi ounaay evening, fourteen .ii'-uuou! uoiiara was rawed br anhanr n- lions, sufficient lo discharge the debt of Lilts uiiurcu. Dennis Sheridan, a teamster, had an al tercation wilh a street nr H.l. in nin. cinnati Sunday evening, and was pushed from the platform of a car, falling on his ucu mm eipinng in a tew minutes. Andrew Wallock and Jnhn T?.n,hr two Finlanders employed at the docks at jvsniaoiiia narDor, had a quarrel on Sun. day a revival of a feud in the old coun try. riainbare struck Wallock on the neaa with a pick-handle, killing him instantly, and then making his escape. John H. Maeee. Treasurer of Ottawa county, alleged to have been using public .umuo ...r private purposes, ana wno forcibly ejected the State Examiner when the iW' triel1 10 malie an examination of the Ireasury, was arrested at Genoa, Saturday, on two charges, hindering and obstructing the examination of the vaults and embezzlement. Wunbinirtou. Col. Lyford. Commisinnpr.Tnhn r.hn anu rroiesBor Bard were before the House committee on Appropriations yesterday, asking for $500,000 more for the Centennial.District Attorney Wnlln nrpannfufl raa. terday to the House Judiciary commit. ..un investigating me sale Durglarv, the confession of Nettleship, and the atarauieiii, oi Harrington, denying the main facts of that confession. Allen F. Terry, formerly steamboating on the Upper Missouri, testiBed yesterday that he carried goods for Casselberry to bianiling Kock and to other parties at trading posts. He knew of no transactions between Orville Grant and Durfee & Peck, and never said, as rennrio.l iht Grant was interested with the Secretary of " meuisposai oi trading posts. Purely u. The eteamehip California, heretofore reported disabled, was towed into Queens-town yesterday. Robert Buchanan, the poet, has written an appeal for a subscription for the purchase of Walt. Whitman's oomplete works. The insurgent leaders, Ljiebibralis, Pe-trowich, Fuella and Czarwi were arrested by the Austrian authorities Thursday last, at Vighani, on the Dalmatian frontier, near ImocchL Three hundred French Republican Senators and Deputies have resolved to uphold the resolution previously taken, "ffirniinp- the no. nl.j. r .r..tnHin0 those liinctionariea who are opposed to tbe Republic. A London disDalch snvs T.nnt Awl.. ford's wife has eloped with the Marquis of Blatidford, eldest son of the Duke of warioorough. The Marquis of Bland-ford is notorious forhis Bocial escapadoes, and the Marlborough gems have been, it is said, sold to pay his debts. A Belgrade dispatch says: The war-like feeling which had su'uBided iu consequence of Prince Melan'a peaceful assurances to Prince Wrede, while the latter was on a mission hire, seems to be now reappearing. Great pressure is brought by the war party upon Prince Melan, and it is rumored that the national militia has been ordered to inarch at a moment's notice. The London Dally News has the following dispatch from Alexandria, Egypt, dated March 12 : Wednesday night laBt the Abyssinian army crossed the River Decassa Deppa and attacked the intrenched camp of the Egyptian army, when a severe light took place. On Thurs-day the Abvssinians were repulfed and retreated. King Kassa, the Grand Vizier, six chiefs and five thousand Abyssiniiins arc reported killed in the trenches. Prince Hassan and General Luring, tile English officer in the Abyssinian army, escaped unhurt. Rhalib Pasha was wounded. The Egyptian losses were heavy, but the victory was complete. THE FAS! MAIL Pertinent Points from Ihe Eastern Papers of Yesterday. lr. Klorrn HevIewM mill 4'ritlelNeft no riymoiilli council. Mew York Tribune. 1 The resulls of the recent Adviaorv Council called by Plymouth Church were reviewed by the ev. Dr. Stom, in his church iu Brooklyn, last evening. In a long addreis he considered the conclusion of the Council point by point, and de clared mat mey were at variance with Congregational principles, and were cf such a character as to protect aa fully as possible the pastor of Plymouth Church. These conclusions, he asserted, were plain ly in opposition to those ol the Council of 1074, and lie criticised sharply the overturning of the decisions of that Council While declaring his great reluctance to withdraw trora Congregationalism at present, he protested against the npirit suit tfnileneiort embodied hv the Ply mouth Council, and declared lhatif those tendencies were not checked in the luture, he should not feel inclined to remain in the Congregational body. The plan for a new investigation of Mr. Beecher's case, if any responsible person should brim: chargm, was not approved by Dr. Storrs, wno saiu it was not calculated to bring iiDout a inn and impartial investigation N. V. Tlines.l In reference to members who absent themselves on account of a belief that their pastor was guilty of crime, though the Church hud acquitted him, I)r. Storrs continued, the Council had declared thut Buch reuHins for non-attendance, without asking for letters of dismissal, were invalid, schismatic, and unchristian. Sometimes a letter of dismissal could not be asked for, except as a matter of form. It might be better to wait for (i,d to bring hidden things to light, but the Council said that meantime the members should be loyal to Ihe authority of the Church. If this meant anything it meant that, in the in terval between t lie conviction of the pastor's guilt and the request for letters uf dismissal, a member must consent to hear the gospel from what he feels to be IviiiK lips, nnd to receive the body of Christ trum nanus wnicii he undoubtedly believes to be defiled with unoonfensed lust. Otherwise the Church may droo him. whatever his relation to the Church, or his interest in it and its welfare. The churches might be prepared for i frialo- ment of this sort, and ad.3jsucb. rules aa. these, but he was uot prepared to do scA ProffnoitlCAtlnni on the nTw llmpa ulllre Election. Special to the Philadelphia Press. After one of the most exciting campaigns witnessed among the Granite Hills for years, the pendulum of victory points to the Republicans to-night. Senator Oglesby, ex-Governor Noyea and ex-Congressman Burrows have pushed the Opposition to the wall, and outside of Manchester there is not a Democrat but who will admit that Governor Cheney will be re-elected, and that we will have a good working majority in the Legislature, which chooses a successor to United States Senator Cragin. In the city mentioned the Democratic leaders boast that Marcy. their candi date for the Executive office, will be suc cessful, and that they hare so fixed things as to leave little room for doubt as to the result in the Legislative districts. The chairman of the Republican Central com mittee, however, feels confident the whole- le frauds of the past in Manchester will be prevented on Tuesday, and tbat in the remainder of the State a satisfactorr connt will be had. There is little betting here of any consequence, but what money in being staked shows the odds to be in favor of the Republicans. The Tranafer Ihe Jadlelary t'ont- iiis. Washington Special to N. T. Times. The House Judiciary committee will begin to investigate the Belknap affair this week. The course of examination has not been definitely marked out. but it is probable the committee will first take up new cases of poBt tradersbips concerning which charges are made. It is morally certain that other trading posts have been sold by somebody, but it is doubtful whether the same clear evidence can be obtained us in the Fort Sill post. Mr. Clymer's committee is en tirely demoraliled and useless. Besides the doubt whether they desire any evidence, Clymer has no time to spare from himself, though the case which he iB now pursuing promises to be short, and he is likely to convict himself within the week, if the expected witnesses arrive. The Judiciary committee, however, has some really able and sincere Democrats, who desire quite as much to punish Belknap as to make a great noise. The Hunkrnpicy of Dnulel Drew. N. Y. Times-Editorial. Tbe bankruptcy of Mr. Daniel Drew will not be much of a shock in Wall street, and still less outside of it. Mr. Drew has been practically out of business for a year a fact to which the comparatively modest amount of the liabilities of the once redoubtable operator bears am- , pie testimony. A petition in bankruptcy is not a very brilliant ending to thirty years of stock-jobbing, though It carries witn it a tolerably instructive moral. Whatever may have been the demerits of : Mr. Drew's financial career, it has certainly been a more respectable one than that of his most notorious rivals on the Btreet. He will probably live long enough to Bee some of them make a far mere ignominious fall. DIED. Haiirib At 22 Has: Court street. Miss S. E. Hakhis, in her fifty-second year. ime notice ot luneral will be given. - jnew Advertisement. E Attention, Sir Kniglils. THERE WILL BR A SPKOIAL Conclave of Mt. Vernon Coinnianderv 1, Knights Templar, this (Tuesday) ' evening, March 14, A. O. 758, at7S o'clock, tor dull rehearsal. The attendance of all Sir Kniirhts is de sired. JAMES H. GUSHING, E.C. Hobatio N. P. Dols. Recorder. Dispatch copy. WALL PAPERS! RANDALL & CO. Oiler thubest inducements to customers de- tfinog Wall Papers, Borders, Decorations, Curtains. We have the largest and finsst stock in the city, and We will nut be Undersold. CHENEY BROTHERS' AMERICAN SILKS! Black aud Colored Grot Grains (SPKIXG 1876. These nilks, uiniindirtiired iu the most approved maimer, are warruntcil not to cut or change color in wearing, and surpass lu weight,flniah auii durability any that envH be obtained at corresponding prices. FOU si .'ILK UY ALL, THE L.E ADI.N KE TAILCBS "Cheney's American Silks combine moft beautiful!' in costumes wilh all the soft wocl fabrics now in vopue. and we heartily recommend lliein for their beauty and dura-lii ity to th- aitcntiou of our readers." Sm'(mr' Monthly. mrU iUw lm lor4p NOTICE. Tns Coldmbos k Hockiso Vat let R.R.Oo., 1 CoLi'MBrs, O., March 13, 1876. J A MRKTINQdF THE STOCKHOLDERS of this company will be held at its olIiue, in the city of Columbus, on Tuesday, AdhI llth. between 10 o'clock a. m. and' a o'clock p. m ; at which thirteen Directors will be etecteii, ana such other business transacted as may be brought before the me.'titiir. tt.e transfer hooks will be closed from the Is', lo ihe 11th of April, both inclusive. mrl4td J.J. JANNEY, Sec'y. Stockholders' Meeting. The Columbus k Toledo R. R. Compakt, J Columbus, O., March 14, 1S7U. J NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the recular annual meeting of the sUv.-khulderj of the Columbus aud Toledo liailrond Company, for the election of Directors nnd triuisnciion of oilier business, will lie held at the rrincipal ollice of the compiny, in Ihe city of Columbus Ohio, on Wednend iy, April 12th, lH7.fi, between, tbe hours of ID o'c ock iu the morninfc and 2 o'clock in ihe allersoon. JAMJSd A. WILCOX, Sec'y. TnrlS eod td Equal to th et anti cheap at) tilt) vheapent, At the Ohio NtHl Jour n a 1 Otlies PRINTING,