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$7 66 a Year. BA YARD .TAYLOR DEAD. Americans of all parties, of every sec tion, and not Americans only, will hear with deep regret the intelligence of the death, in Berlin, yesterday afternoon of Bayard Taylor, the distinguished WiniV'er of the United States to the Imperial Court of Cermany. The decease of Mr. Taylor was not unexpected, as for some time r ? port have been published of his "fust fail ing health. In the crowded condition of our coin in ua this morning, we have not the s-pieo for that full obituary of the deceased which is demanded. We can only say that a con siderable poet, an excellent journalist, one )f the most entertaining of travelers? and a gifted and -'.accomplished general writer has UfTrratlu'red to his fathers in the niyMerioiis land. 'The Masque of the Cods" and "Deukaiien'' are his lest known and most highly prized achievements in poetry. His hooks of travel are multifarious. The volume on Egypt and Central Africa h the only o.ne i "with which we have personal acquaintance. It is charming. The.' loss of -Bayard Tay lor is a great one to American literature. Tin: ( A vssi; uoAiin. The result of the adjourned stssjbii of the State Canvassiug Board was given by special telegram in yesterday's Sr.v. J h addition to the details then furnished.,; we priirt, this morning, an outline of the argu ment on i(dh sides in the Kitehiii-O'Ilara contest It was expected that the Hoard would give Mr... Kitchin his certificate of election as member of Congress from 1 tie Second District, because he was elected according to the returns from the counties, and the Board had decided at the previous session that it could lact in a ministerial capacity only. I 6'IIara. who of the two Republican Candidates had the larger vote, secured an injunction restraining the State Board from counting the returns fim Kdge--eombe, Craven and Halifax, unless these returns should Lc altered so as to admit certain precincts thrown out by .the county hoards for informalities and want of cmi formity to law. This injunction t lie State .Board at its first session refused to regard as . binding, but still adjourned until the lHth instant. In his opinion in the Kdffecombc mandamus case lud're Seymour, who had granted the in junction in the case of the State Board, said there were two questions which arose: 1. Had the county board the right to re ject the precint returns for the reasons as signed in their answer. 2. Had the Su perior Court, sitting as a Court of Kquity, the power to grant the relief asked. The. -Judjrc held that the powers of the canvass ing board were only ministerial ; that they had no right to reject returns,-but that they must simply cast up the returns and certify them. He cited a number of au thorities to show that the canvassing hoard acts ministerially enlvf On the second' question the Judge was 'more reserved. "The question is one," he says, "that has been difi'erently determined 'by different tribunals. The high author ity of Judge Cooley is against the power "of the Courts under the circumstances of "this case." And then he cites Cooley so far as to put that eminent jurist where' he. Seymour, can make what he imagines, is a "happy answer to the difficulties raised. Juiljre Cooley had said in his' great work that "if canvassers refuse or neglect to per 'form their duty, they the Courts may bc compelled by mandamus, though as "these boards are created Tor a single pur "pose only, and are dissolved by an ad journment without day, it would seem "that mandamus after such adjournment 'would be inapplicable, inasmuc h as there is 'no longer any board which can act. (' -ley. Con. Lim..p.(V2X " This objection." says Judge Seymour, " is a purely tcehui cal one." . He gets out of the difficult v by holding that i-the canvassing board of "Edgecombe has never counted the vote "of that county, and it is still in existence "as a quasi corporation, and under obliga tion to .perform its unfulfilled duty. "This obligation the court can compel it "to fulfill." He then cites authorities, some of which had 'been cited by Judge Cooley. and one case from the North Caro lina reports that of Moore vs. Jones. Ho bases his decision to issue the mandamus to the canvassers of Edgecombe on the au thority of that case. In the matter of a further, restraining order to the State Canvassing Board, he "reluctantly comes to the conclusion that "he has no further jurisdiction." The minority of the county canvassing board in the disputed counties have pre tended to file returns in obedience to Judge .Seymour's instructions with the State Board which "returns" ot course were not regarded. The case will come up en ap peal before the Supreme Court. Mr.' Kitchin will take his seat iu "Congress, and we imagine there is no doubt that be will "wld it during the term for which he was elected, unless he should unfortunately Tor the people of his District, "shuffle off this mortal coil." We trust lie may he jspared fcr yet many a tilt with the enemy. borne of our contemporaries are urging the abandonment of the present mode of tauvassing the votes and the return to the old one. The Charlotte -.Observer and Veiocrat anJ th(J IIUlsb3ro Hecorder nthelaw should he repealed by the -gislature. In this ' opinion The Si n concurs. The-' present y.-teni is complex . ports so large as to necessitate the con and opens t'"e w.iv for bitter personal dis- ! stant, shipment f gold, and so precluded t,utes and mo'omred liti-.ition. Bede. as the law i-tands. th"rc is doubt a- to what . i the pow rs of the boards are. whether judi- j cia! as ! as well in ni-terial or inin-sterial i onlv. SUN THULIUM. EARLY , AND - MIDNIGHT REPORTS. am: fi-:di-:kal cmsital. Postal Car Service Passage of (lie Indian Appropriation Hill . ""Iessage irom tin White House. rtc i:te. ... Washington, December 10. Sknatk The Vice-Pre-H nt to-day laid In-fore the Senate a communication from John 1. Davenport, clerk of lie- Cnitod .States Cir cuit Court for the'-Southern District of Nov latelV York, found enclosing tin. presentment l.v the jrran ! jury in that of fraudulent suggesting va- court in regard to the i.s-ue naturalization pap rs,-an i i r is . Laws ain.-niisrictiis m u; naturalization liefer red to the judiciary committee.- Mr. 'Chrisiianev of .Michigan; from the committee on the revision of laws, r-.part-ed to "that committee yesterday to repeal sections K20 and S'Jl of revised -statutes of" th" United States. The substitute provide-for the rrpeal of section 820, provid ing the t st oath .for juroiv. Ordered, That it be printed and placed on calender. Mr. Beck a vi notice that he the bill up f. r consideration would call to-morrow morning. . - 1 Mr. Dorsey of Arkansas, from the com mittee .on appropriations, reported favor ably on the lluii.-e bill. Provides for, the deficiency in the transportations by rail roads and gave notice thai he would call it up for consideration later in the day. Mr. McDonald of Indiana, introduced a bill to reimburse the several-States for the interest paid on the war loin and 'for ot lie r purposes, Referred to committee on judi ciary. The Senate ,at the expiration of the morning hour, resinned the Senate bill to annul the statutes in -relation- toj patents and for other purposes. The Senate committee oil appropriations to day agreed to repor.t favorably, niid without invndinont. the House bill appro priating S l."0.)00 to continue the postal card service throughout the current fiscal year. , ' Assistant Postma-ter-General Branch and Mr.' Thompson, superintendent of the railroad mail service, were previously heard iv the committee this morning, in advocacy of the bills. A majority of the committee were op posed to the House stipulation that there shall be no increase in t!:e present poslal car service during, the remainder of the year: but rather than endanger the speedy enactment of the hill by returning to the House, the committee decided t.o advise its passage by the Senate, without amend ment. .The llepubhcan Senatorial caucus failed to reach a s-.it if.cto'r'y concluiou as to de termining th; Bep'.iblfean membership of the committee of investiga.tion under Blaine's resolution, owing to engagements made by the Senators (or a holiday, and other considerations' of J personal conve nience. " Messrs." Blaine. Alii'-on and Christiancy were appointed a committee to ci-nfer in divhlua.ly with the members of the caucus and those not present and arrange matters to report at a future caucus. The Senate parsed without amendment the House bill appropriating -l.")0 000 ' dol lars to provide for diticiency in appropria tion for transportation of the mails by railroad during tie- present fiscal year, providing there shall he no increase in the postal ear service. btyond wh it existed on the first of December, hsTS. Among the confirm itions . to-dav, were Edward A. Sullivan. 'to be postmaster at Harrisonburg. Opel ike. Ark. and l-'red. Strange, at everal other appoint-- ments of postmasters. Indian agents and naval "officers, were also, confirmed. .The Vice President announced, as a select committee to impure whether constitutional right of citizens' were vio lated, in accordance' with Blaine's resolu tion, adopted on Tuesday. Messrs. Teller (Col.). Cameron (Wis.), Kirk wood (Iowa). Mitchell (Oregon); Piumb (Kansas'). Bay ard (Del.), Wallace ' (l nnl, Baiiey (Tenn ). ;.nd Gurl id (Ark). Me-srs. M t; ht 11 a ;d Plumb were subse quently excused .from service on the com mittee, -and tlicirp'.ac s respectively filled bv. the apointment of Messrs. Hoar and McMillan. , The patent l.iw. which, had been under 1 until January discussion, w 7th. 0: VpOtitC The Sen.ie -adopted the House bill cx- tending the t line or report of the commit tee on Indian trar It r. Horsr. On motion Lbuisian J. S.-Y nng Mr. Acklen of was sworn in to fill Fifth Congressional j caused by the death the vacancy in .the District of Louisiana 6f J. J. Leonard. 1 I he House went into a committee ot the who.e en tlief Indian appropriation lull. AVhen the again called Indian up for appropriation . hill is consideration in the House it is jhe intention members on the committee of prominent on Indian af- fairs to" submit-an amendment abolishing tlie board of peae commissioners This hoard receive 'uo compensation for their services, but are. according to the exist ing law, entitled to $15,000 do'lirs to de fray expenses. ' . The House passed the Indian appropria ion bill. There will be ub actiau -by the Senate finance committee cn the subject of the proposed reduction of the tobacco tax un til after the holidays, nor will any public arguments he heard on the subject until after Congress reassembles. - The'President transmitted to the Senate his message in reply to a resolution asking information in regard to the commercial intercourse between the United Stetes and South America. After referring to the importance of foreign commerce, he says that oar exports, during the twenty years previous ty 1877, were so small and ira- WILMINGTON, N. lu IWSSiU."v u. ue remiiipuuu oi specie j payments. in lbio, owing to rigorous enuns 10 e.ienu our loreign commerce, these conditions were reversed, and the enorts to - extend our loreisn commerce. outward drain of gold ceased. The agen- i cies by wnicnunis cnange was effected j must, he saya, he raainta.ned and strength i e'licd, in order to make the future secure, j Many of the products of the United .States are now held in such favor abroad 1 that. with-POtial enmmrri'll fanilitiae ma I need not fear competition in view of oar ret rn to a basis of coin values. It is of the greatest importance that our export f trade shall not suffer for want of means of communication with the other coun j tries. He closes with the statement that ! aijy measures in furtherance of these im i portant interests will have his cordial ap proval. '- Accompanying the message is a report from the Secretary of State, attributing the commercial predominance of Great Britain in South America to a regular steam postal communication, and urging the promotion, by al! just and appropriate means, on the pirt of the Government, of this first and principal agency for the de sired expansion of our foreign commerce. The governments at the foreign states with w;hich this commerce is to be opened, he says, are ready to share with us the ex pense of this steam communication, and the participation or non-participation of the United States is the turning point, in the acceptance or rejection of the recipro cal trade offered u?. The State Department was called on, to day, by the House committee on foreign affairs for papers in the case of John C. Landrau. who cl.iims several millions of do Jars damages' from the Peruvian Gov ernment for an alleged breach of contract in connection with Guano Islands. Messrs. Ames and Po'meroy stated, to day, before the House committee on Paci fic railroads, that there is danger that the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Rail road will be sold under first mortgage and second mortgage bonds, held by the Gov ernment, and rendered ' valueless, unless the Company's claims for subsidy bonds and lands earned, will he acted on favora bly by Congress! The House committee on private lands claim's agreed, to-day. to report favorably a bAl granting to Mr3 Myra Gaines the title to 5,470 arpents of land in Louisiana. The balance of her claims of 82,000' ar pents w;as disallowed. A meeting of Southern Senators and Representatives was held at the Capitol, -to-night, to express a public sentiment in the region recently afflicted by yellow fever, with regard to the charity and as sistance rendered by the people of the North. Senator Eustis presided. II. D. Money, of Mississippi, Secretary. A committee composed of Seuators Lamar, Harris and Garland, and Representatives Ellis, Young, Cravens, Manning and Gooue, reported resolutions expressing most grateful' feelings towards the people of the North for their generous charity and kindness during the prevalence of the feVer. Eloquent speeches were made by Senator Eustis, Representatives Young, Ellis, Manning and others. The House committee en .claims to-day authorized Mr. Henderson ol Illinois to report. with favorable recommendation the pending bill authorizing the proper ac counting officer of the Treasury to pay the amount the State of Tennessee for keeping and maintaining United States military prisoners from Jul' 1st, 1SG5 until Decem ber 1, 1871. A pardon was . issued from the Depart ment of Justice to-day for Jasper Johnson, formerly postmaster in Texas, who was convicted of embezzlement of government funds and imprisoned at Austin. XEW YORK. Vive .lletlal Railroad Strike Red Lcarj in Court. New York, Dec. 19. The James Gor don .Bennett medal for meritorious service was'this morning presented to Fireman Thf.mas J. Dougherty, of Hook and Lad der Company No. 1, for heroic conduct in rescuing two persons at a fire. One hundred policemen are on duty along the line of the Third avenue rail road, although everything is quiet. The strikes this morning commenced receiving aid from the drirers'OB other lines. ' Under a strong guard of deputy sheriffs armed with revolvers, Red Leary, SHspect ed of being the Northampton bank rob ber, was brought into the Supreme Court this murning on habeas corpus proceed ings. The court room was densely crowd ed. The prisoner's counsel demand the sheriffs return, claiming a case of mistaken identity. Thy assert that Leary was not in Massachusetts at the time of the bank robbery and claim that the whole proceed ings were forced on the Governors of Mas sachusetts. and New York. Detective Penkerton testified as to the identity of the prisoner, but on cross examination ad- mi ted that he had uo personal knowledge oi n:s oeing m .Massac nusetts at toe time ol the robbery. A formal motion was then made for Leary's discharge. Judge Davis held that a prima facie ease had been made, and adjourned the case till Satur day to allow time for the-production of evidence of the defective character of the papers on which the Governor acted. Death oi Bayard Taylor, Wasiuxctox, Dec. 19. The Secretary of State has a telegram from Mr. Sidney Everett, Secretary of the United States 'Legation at Berlin, announcing the death "cf Minister Bayard Taylor at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Berlin, Dec. 19. The fatal symptoms which preceded Minister Taylor's death, came on suddenly. He had been out of bed and was transacting business jrith of ficials of the American Legation yester day. His death was peaceful and painless. Perished in the Flames. Coiiec. X. YM Dec. 19. Last night, a fire, in Bowery street, destroyed the resi dence of. Patrick Rourke. His four sons and. two daughters were in the burning building. The girls were - rescued ; the older one is so badly burned that she can not survive, while the younger ras com paratively uninjured. Mr. Rourke died, soon after bcinsr taken from the building. t-The boys -were all dead, when found. The .house was burned to the gronnd. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1878. OVER THE ATLANTIC CABLE. Fourth Week or the Strike. Mr. iladtonc. LcxDO.v, Dec. 18 Gladstone's willing ness to contest Ediuburghshire fur the House f Commons, is conditioned on assurances to be given by the Liberal com missioners, that they caa secure hi3 return. The object being to win that important seat, Lord Dalkieth present member be ing Conservative. Au Oldham dispatch says a number of mills, principally those of limited com panies, nave commenced running part their machinery at a reduction, but the -'Minders" have in very few cases ippea-red to look after the mills. The "Piecers" en gaged in many instances for "Minders'" work, have performed their duties satisfac tory. It is a part of the scheme of em ployers to break down the ' Minders" union by employing '-Piecers'l to tend the mills, and thus "dispense with the '-Minders' al together The following companies have started work : Borough, Broadway, Hig ginshaw. Bell. Wernath, EquitaVde, Baun dary and Honeywill. In tho case of one or two, they have been obliged to com mence in consequence of larg and profit able orders. A scheme ha; been set on foot by which a reduction will remain in abayance until. the settlement of the dis pute; in the meantime the money will be invested at interest, and if employers win they will draw the money and rice versa. The employers generally will not agree to such a thing, and demand that a 5 per centage reduction be unconditional sur f arced. It is. stated that so bad is trade, that they are even prepared should the op erators go in upon a reduction to win for a short time. Tliey are firm upon the ques tion of reduction. The strike has now en tered upon its fourth week, and there have beeH lost in wages '00,000 besides the lost f capital. There is great distress among the laboring lassas and appeals are being made for their relief. The Welsh American minister 'is some better. Commissioner McCormick reports that nearly all goods tobe returned tothe United States from the Paris Exposition, are al ready at Ilarve. and will be shipped from thence on the Constitution and Supply be fore the first, of January. A telegram to Lloyd's, dated Galata to day, reports the steamer Byzantine from Marseilles for Constantinople, as having been sunk in a collision. One-hundred and fifty lives were lost. Only fourteen per sons were,, saved. SOl'TII CAROLIXV. Consolidated Bonds Pronounced InvalidHampton Slowly Improving. Columbia, December 19. The Court of Claims, popularly known as the Bond Court, consisting of three Circuit Judges, announced its decision to-day upon the va lidity of the consolidated bonds, coupons and certificates of stock issued under the act of 1873, known as the consolidation act. The opinion holds that the vouchers upon which such consolidated bonds and stocks were issued as, specified in the con clusion reached by the court, amounting to about 81,400,000. were not issued in ac cordance with law and authorized tobe consolidated under the act of- 1873, and that consolidated bonds and stocks ex changed for said vouchers so far as they rest thereon for their validity, are not binding obligations upon the State. The opinion is pronounced by Judges Thomson and Aldrich. Judge Hudson dissented. The matter will be carried to the Supreme Court.iu the interest of the bondholders Gov. Hampton's condition remains about the same, although it is slowly improving. thought he is Trogdeu Liberated Virginia Debt Richmond, Dec 19. In Hustings Court te-day a nol. proa, was entered in the case of Wm. F. Trogden;-o'f Greensboro, N. C. and-the prisoner liberated. Trogden was arrested in Juue last for obtaining goods under false pretences, tried, convicted and sentenced to three years in the peniten tiary. Upon appealing to the Supreme Court the decision of the lower court was reversed. Trogden has been in jail since first arrested. The adoption, by the House of Delegates, of a resolution in relation to a conferenc e with, the State's creditors en the 15th of January next, with the proviso that no settlement can be had except on the prin- ' cipies oi me mrnonr bill, was incorrectly stated yesterday. The resolutions were only reported by the committee and will not come up for consideration till after the holiday recess. The Xew England National. New Haves. Dee. 19. A call has been issued by the members of the Executive Committee of the National party of New England for a mass conference of the re presentatives of the party at Boston on January 2nd, for the purpose of perfecting pJaRS for systematic organization, etc. tButler has signified his intention f being present. Xew Electric Eight. Philadelphia, Dec. 19. Profs. Hous ton and Thompson exhibited last night before Frankliu Institute an invention of electric light, which they claim solves the problem of cheap lighting bv electricitv. Light is produced by incandescence of i carbon points, and not by burning as in j electric lights hitherto exhibited. 1 .V Disgraceful Scene. ! Baltimore, Dec. 19. A sparring match i with blackened gloves between Prof. Wm. j Miller and Joe Goss. which came off to night at Maryland Institute Hall, in the presence of 1.500 spectaters. which result- V- 1 f Ml 1 f a-V. ed in a victory ior -Miner iy a score o, face hits, to 19 for Gess. Robeson's Defense. Ex-Secretary Robeson and his chiefs of bureau have been granted four weeks in which to prepare their defence before the navy committee of the House, a majority of them being chirged with malfeasance in office. Nothing can be dene at the present Congress and in the Forty-sixth Congress Robeson will himself be a member of the naval committee and will have abundant chacce to look after his goed name. LATKST MAlIiS. K D ECO n 11 K AM ASH. Mercantile Failure Wau Stabbed in a Fight. B TTi.EBOKo. N. C, Dec. 1 regret to report the failure here of Mr. J. A. Taylor, which was made known yesterday. The amount of the failure is not known to the writr, but I am safe ia saying it is not more than $10,000. if that much. I am glad to say that it was not from any im prudence that caused it, but from the gene ral depression surrounding every other business in the land. He has made an honest surrender of everything, and his creditors show great willingness for him to manage the future as best he can. Had cotton been selling at average prices, as was. expected in the earlier part of the season, he would have come out all right, and would not have shared the fate of many others'like himself. A cutting affray took place on the streets yesterday, between W. Taylor, white, and Junius Watkins, colored, in which the latter was badlv cut to pieces. The dis turbance o seems to have irro' out of a quarter -of beef sold some time since by Watkins. which belonged to Taylor. Wat king claim-id to have sold the beef on credit and' could not collect the money, whereupon he was called a "thtmw-tl liar," when they hitched, razors and knives being used. They were tried and bound in a bond for their appearance at February court in Nashville. Pf.tkk. Call For a Meeting of Northern Hon Kesifliug in the South. ('harloff? O'm'i itrr. Mr. N. Dumont. a Northern man. who has been for several years a resident of this city, has conceived an excellent idea which .is fully set forth in the following circular, copies of which he is sending all over the South to Northern men who have settled in this"section since the war The circular is as follows : ' Charlotte, N. C, Dec. 14, 1878. Dkai: Sir : I have consulted with a r.uniher of gentlemen who have moved from New York. New Hampshire and other Northern States and settled in this State, South Carolina and Georgia s'nee the war, many of them ex-Union soldiers. I myself am from Springfield! Mass. The conclusion I have arrived at is that North ern men have in their hands the solution of the question as to whether any consider able number of good Northern men and ac tive Northern capital can be diverted to the South. Many of the Northern papers are giving wrong notions as to how Nor thern people are received, and you know many of our friends will not put much faith in what Southern men or papers say on this head. We who have consult ed upon this matter deem it wise to hold a convention of Northern men only, who have settled South since the war good, fair representative men. Your name has been given as such an one. It is thought wise to hold this convention about January l."tb, at Chir- rlotte, N. C, it being more central .for all. Arrangements have been made with the railroads for the round trip at one fare. Will vou be kind enough to s:gnify if vou will come or not, and if you cannot come please address me a letter stating your views.. It is desired in the convention to prepare a statement for publication in Northern papers, setting forth the soil, climate, prices, ease of making a living and .social treatment of the individual Northern man. It "is not desired to cover any question of politics or extreme views of any kind. "In your JeUer. w hether of acceptance or declination, please state whether you were in the Federal army, company and regiment, where you moved from to your present residence, and how. long you have resided at your present whereabouts. "We shall be glad to hear from you at the earliest day. Yous ob't serv't, - "N. IH-moxt. Charlotte. N. C' iiold at Premium and Far. A premium was first established on gold January 13, 1862, when it sold at 103. The highest point reached in the yrar was 133. on 31st December. It opened in 1863 at that figure, and rose to 172L on the 2th February, closing the year at l'."l. It was at its highest on 11th of July, 1864, when sales were at 285, but by the last dav of the vear the figure recordeJ is r-'if. un tne 4tu .January, i.oo. the rate was 233?, and was down, to 128 1 on 11th May. but closed the vear at 145. On Black Friday (23d September, I860,) the the rate ranged from 133 to 1624, and on the' reopening of the Exchange on the 30th Septemir. i860, the figures were 132 and 13Us". In.'the next tw years gold declined from 122 to 108, the latter in the last fen days of 1871. In 1h75. after the passage of the resumption act. 'it began the gradual fall which resulted Tuesday in the exchange of cold for greenbacks at par. What 9Ir. Jeukt Saj. Philadelphia Tinux. Senator Blaine shoaid have hired Mrs. Agne6 D. Jenks-to make his speech for him, as she appears to have the facts. That lively woman has just written a let ter on Louisiana polities to a paper at Co lambns, Ohio, which will make Blaine feel as though he had bee a maliciously thrown ofFhis feet so far as oae of hLs States u concerned. She says it ha3 been said f bul t arlciallrthat the ReDat- ; iican t in Loana Ls dead, without a i hone of its future resurrection : instead of making nominations of their own the Re publicans fused with the Nationals'. Iwst themselves and gained nothing. Hayes is to blame for this, but Ilayes couldn't hand Mrs. Jenks over to the CDemj with his policy ;"that il'oble woman stands as the sole remnanVof the party in Louisiana: Edwi Booth is clearing from $1,000 to week by acting this season, Lis being half the receipts. Bf $4,0(X J terW OOOa INVHSTHiATION ORDEIIED. Scene and Abtrac!n or Kp.hc on the rajMage of the llhUa Resolution Through the -1 1 onc Democratic Good Nature -Senator Ithyte I .angh Senator Rial ae ont of Countenance. We make up from various sources an ac count fuller and more graphic than that ! sent by telegraph "of the scenes cn lh at sage of the political in vest "Ration in th. House, on Tuesday : Wasinx.iTuN. Dec. 17. Mr. Blaine's' Investigation resolution was finally paxd this afternoon by a practically unanimous vote, only six of the Democratic Senators voting in the negative. It was perfectly : feasible fur the Democrat to have earned the discussion over the holiday reccis. but they came to tke conclusion that the game was not worth the candle. They men in tlucncedin their conclusion by the studied indifference toward the ( subject which has been displayed by the Republican Senators generally for several days past. To-night, after the Senate adjourned, two or three Republican Senators siid openly that they would not have cared whether "the resolu tion passed or not. It is noticeable that during the whole debate Mr. Blaine has been left to do all the talking by his Re publican associates. In the debate to-day. Mr. Merrimon (Dem., N. C.) said that he listened with astonishment and indignation totheas&ault upon the white people of the South by the Senator from Maine. , It could only serve to revive sectional hate and array the col ored people against the white people. Ic would injure the industries of the people, their trade and their commerce. Thecoun try should have peace and harmony, and there should be an end of sectional feuds. Thousands of colored men iu theSvuth had abandoned the Republican party, and vol untarily joined the Democratic party, and the number increased at every election. It was to the decided interests of the colored people. to vote with the white people. The DemiKTutrc party was .in power iu the South, and, as a result, pence, order and good 'will prevailed. Mr. Wallace "(Dem. of Pa.) said he -would have arrayed the Democrats of the Senate solidly against this resolution if he could, for it could bring no results, and the peo ple were sick of sectional and political ag itation, The remedy for these alleged troubles in the South was by contests for seats ii" tfve other-House of Congress. It would be monstrous to pnnish a State and deprive her of representation because the negroes refused to register. He referred to the conduct of elections in Philadelphia and said the Republicans or Republican managers, placed at every mll in that city deputy marshals, mauyof them oT the most disreputable character, to drive away vo ters. A subservient legislature had taken from the sheriff of Philadelphia the pawer to appoint the deputies because he hap p ntftl to be a Democrat. No matter what was done, let results come such was the Republican . rule in Pennsylvania. The negro voter was provided by them with a tax receipt, and the white mau too oorto pay his taxes was driven from the polls. He 'argued that the condition of the South was infinitely belter than it was five years ago. The country must be content with its j rogress, through which the capacity of the negro for self-government could be fully tested. Mr. Blaine inquired if this great tyranny prevailed in Pennsylvania, how it was that the Senator, a leading. Democrat, occupied a s -at on this flwor. Mr. Wallace answered there were al ways earthquakes, and an earthquake sent him here. Mr. Blaine And the Senator is in a state of eruption yet. Continuainsr his remarks. Mr. Blaine, said in the brief period be had been in Congress two Democratic Senators had been" here from Pennsylvania, showing that earthquakes occurred" there with the same regularity. The question being, on Mr. Blaine's amendment, offered yesterday, authorizing the committee to take testimony, adminis ter oaths, and visit any portion of the country, when such visit may in their" judgment facilitate the object of the in jiuirv, it wa3 agreed to without a division. The speech of the debate was made this afternoon by Senator Why te. Mr. Whyte adopted that most effective species of ar gument, the humorous and earcastic; aiid discharged shaft after shaft which pene trated clear through the hollow pretenses and the sophistical reasoning of Mr. Blaine. Both the floor and the galleries were kept in a coutinual roar of laughter, in which Mr. Blaine made a sickly attempt to join, but it was very plain to, see his writbings, and the best evidence of kow deeply he wa.s cut was the fact that he made no at tempt to reply. After he had concluded he was hiirhlv congratulated on hiring m ide the most effective speech of the.&e- , sion. 'Another pajersays : Senator Wkyte, of Maryland spoke very earnestly against the practice of sending roving committees, like tramps, into tbe South. He shewed that in this case it was worse than useless, for nothiog ceroid be accomplished until the present Congress was out of existence. He said that duricg tLe last summer on Bea ator, or perhaps two Senators, had crossed the Rocky Mountains with half a dozen stenographers at the public expense. Tor twenty minutes be kept the Senate in a roar in his funney allusions to Blaine, who lmiTbfxl -is fiMrilv an anv of them. He i spoke of Blaine's giTingadvice to Senators' and compared him to a guide board which points the way but never goes it Allud ing to a statement by Mr. Blaine that he was a boy in 1853, Mr. Wbyte said that he did not believe Blaine ever was a bor, at least he had been nothing bat an ow boy in the Senate. He thought that tbe Senate was not the place for Blame'i shin dies, and regretted that the Maine Senator had ever left tbe House, lit also oroagui i lie scoaiora 10 itui umjuim j o Blaine a political Moody. Blaine did aot attempt to reply to Wbyte, and tbe dis cussion ended in the best of humor. Mr. Morgan (Dem.; Ala.) made a !oa speech in opposition to tbe resolation. lie defeoded the Southern people, and denied that there had been aay discrimination against tbe negro ; on the contrary, eTcrr thinghad been done to qaaliff a"j e itix?nsbip. The negroes Toted with the 3 Cents a-Copy Democrat lau tby wtre wmrjfKe.1 that the iVmocraU were bvnet ao4 W sired to do rirht by there. He (rVe no tice that this in tcs ligation sboaMhc a fall nd fair cne. It most go iuU IVrmh.. tna and see bal had We a doo tbrre ;' into MachsetU,X York and out WrM lo Colorado ard Netada Mr. Teller (Pweji. Col.) denied that thrc bad ln any fraud tn the pjrt of Bel iHibhcar;. in. Colora.lo. ami in r ted trV la'deit invetiratioii. TT ru,',oa hem wi ihe rrudution of Mr. BUise, a amrtKksl.it agreed m najji, f, , follow; ItrrnLbr. n in italw ras A'!i$.,h, Ani.htttiv. Armlrnt-. w i' IUr"Qtn' ll7rt."l!tlu'KiiM, it ot h, llnmudr, Hotler, Ctpier.,(Pa., turner,, h tWkl CUriUi.tus r-lrrll !; ,' '''""S IVnni, r'ti. JVrr. 'farland. t'rdon. If.tmlin, Harris. Here, ford, II,xr. f.nv. jn.;.f'. Jones (H ). Jr Kcnut.. AVriiro.. McPatuhl. McMdlcn. Mc.Ph lUodotpk, K4t)em. .sifHfrr, -. Trllrr-, Ilrtlhn. .S,iHiflt.rn - oorbec. a.ftjh. UVro en 56. t SMd Ub .Nays.hatoii H,1I WalUce.and Wbte it t MtCrtfty. Morp an. -. . ' tevr. i rover and Sialoburv acre paiieu wan Mer4. ITumb ai,d Conovcr 1 he resolution at pouted i 4 follow: l!r1veit, Tkat aeommtttf. to cHiit 1 or niae Senat.rs Ik apj.;uted by the Chair, to inquire ami rejrt fo the Senate wheth er at the recent election the eovtitutjonal richts ofcitizem were violated iu any of the States of the Cnion; whelhcr th right of suffrage of citizen uf the t'nited Stile, or any clas of su. h eitiw n. av !-m or abridged by the a t.ou .f the ?HtiM officers of any State., or-uf. the Cwttl StaU1. iu rehiMiig to 'receive their votr'. in fading to rount- tln-ni r in nt-eivine and counting fraudulent b ill.'ia pjurn. ance of a conspiracy t mke th Uw fu'l votes tff such citizens of nu'io- eflVt t Valid whether such citizens w r- jt-v iiird fri-m exercising the elective frauc hive, or f..rved. to use itagaint their wu-he by iolnee. or threat, or hostile lemr.n! raiL.tn of armed men. or other orgairizat oin. r bv any unlawful mrans r practice. The committee shall ulNoiniiiiircwhftbt-r any citizen of any State hA !.' dimiil or threatened with dismissal from rmplo rnent. or deprivation of any ri?ht tr privi. lege by reaon of hi vote or in tent ion U vote at the meat clec.tioiiM, or l,a lievn otherwise intc-rferetl with; and .to inquire -whether, in the year iiioney wa raised by assint-nt or otherwise -upon Federal ofliceholderM r eiiip!oyeiH foridrc-' tion - puqtttfes, ;uid under- what ciretiny stances, and liy wkatinean-; aifd if n, what anionnt was so rai.o d and ho'w -the ran was expended; and further, whether u h assessments were "or were not in vi!;i!ini of I iw; and ldiall further iuqinro into the -action and cndu t tf I 'nite I .t at ujk r visors of elect iu i in the njverul " Slarei, and as to the number of marshal, deputy marshals and othei employed to tlale part in the conduct of the x;iid election; in what State or city appointed: the amount of money paid or promised to be p-iid t them, and how or by whom, ai.d under wlnt law authorized. - IltiioUerl. That the cumiuittee a fur. titer .instructed to inquire -nd report wheth er it is withiii the comjieteiiry of Congrefa to provide by additional 1ci,itioti for ll; more perfect e urity of the right of uf. frape to citizens of the I'nitfd States ti all H.ales of the Cnion. Jlt tohyil, That in pro.veutiit; tlej-M- iu-qniri-. the committee tha)lhire the right, by itself or by any sub committee, to send for terson and pajn-rs, to take tet4mony,' to administer oath ami to visit any ior. t ion of the country where toch vinit nuy. in their judgmeat. facilitate the ohjett if their inquiry. It was said iu this correspondence, sotiic days ago that Mr. 'Blaine .Would nVi.i fet enough in this matter. It wmi that he has come- to the conclusion even earlier than might hive bt a extacted, af Ueaii. nouncod to-lay that be diI not want to lc chairman of the committee. Of the four? memberB of, the committee four will given to tbe -Democratic Senatom. wb meet in -caucus to-cnorrow to make the se lection. It is understood that tw of tlj members will by Messrs. Wallace and tjar land. Judge Tbannan stated posi'ivtlj to night that he would not serve on th.? committee. The Republican memVrs of the judiciary committee aro of the ollel raerolicrs of ibat sid. and it is so rted that none of them are willic to irve. At least a dozen more Repibhcau Sen " ators are anxious about their re-election, which come off within the next month, and will not b dmoed to give tirae ii Mr. Blaine's foolish projects wjiilc their seats in tbe Senate are in jeopardy. TbU narrows down the selection v-try much, and Mr. Blaine's committee is. not likely to bare a very able representation of Rej'uh lican? on it. 1nnstarml C'oaduet or jsIsom. Xete Yvrk Sttn. There is something aaaatural, it seems to us, iu tbe persistency with ahich a son of the Hoa. Abraham B. Conger pursues his effort to ruin and destroy hifA own father. Mr. Conger and his wife had: lived re spectably together itil their children grew up and engaged in businesafor tberi sclres. Mr. Conger experienced some pv-. canUry reverses, aod wtth them came trying domestic trials. I Mrs. Conger grew jealoas of the clergyman's w;fe, and brougbt a suit for divorce. " A referee whpatjco" lr took twelve baadred pages of testiraooy inferred therefrom that there wa, no fan daUoa for the suit, and rejrted a d" It seems strange that Mr. V" -son should have been FjJlPf : charges against his fatben b"DfffA aca.daT oSo tbe family . ; f the referee r ,"7, " ' pose all parties might hare heartily re- joiced. ' , -.'.:" ; Sew Jenej IreanlBm Wlsie ' Phys ciana state that tbe Port Wines that took the preniinm at the Centennial, prodaced aod afrered for tale by Mr. Alfred Speer, of Xew Jersey, are wine that can be safelr used for medicinal purposes, beinz pore and free from medication, and are more reliable than other Tort Wines. For gale by James C. Manda, P. L. Bridrcr Jfc Co., and Ureen t lanner. Adv '.- '.; to
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