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Morgue to identify missing relatives and
friends, and their lamentations are tru-
" pitiful. 1t required force of police
to keep them from crowdlng over each
other.
The Morgue is completely filed, and
bodies are now carried to the old mar
ket building in Adams Street. They
can not be recognized.
HORROR UPON HORROR
accumulated as the day advanced.
Corpse after corpse charred and black
ened was passed out and still the pile
of bodies in the cellar did not seem to
diminish. As the number mounted up
to $50 and 160, the belief that the num-
Der would reach over 200 grew into q
certainty, and finally at half past four
the two hundredth body was removed.
Some were found with limbs and hands
burned off, and nothing left but a ghast-
| ", blackened trunk. At o'clock the
number had reached 220-20 bodies be-
ing taken out in half an hour. A look
into the pit at this time still showed a
considerable pile of corpses lying cross
wise like sticks of wood, and there were
apparently still 30 or 60 corpses re-
naming. This was in the cellar under
the inner vestibule from where all the
bodies taken out to-day were removed
They lay in a pile apparently where
they had been pitched into the cellar
when the floor and stairway gave way.
EXTENT OF THE DISASTER.
At late hour tonight 265 bodies had
been recovered.
The Times says Fire Marshal Ready,
who has made an exhaustive examina
ton of the circumstances attending the
fire, is of the opinion that at least 35C
persons persisted in the flames.
PUBLIC CONSIDERATION.
The courts adjourned this morning
without transacting any business. There
is intense excitement in the city anC
business partially suspended.
The Park Theater has been closed fol-
the week. A meeting of the Theatrical
profession has been called for Thursday
to concert measures for relief.
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Soufh Carolina.

The Democratic members Of the South
Carolina Senate withdrew on the 9Th. The
returns OF the State election were canvassed
by the Republican Legislature, and Cham
berlain declared elected by 3,044 majority.
The entire vote Of the counties OF Edgefield
and Lsurens was thrown out.
The rival Houses Of the South Carolina
Legislature continued in session on the 9th,
the Republican body at the Capitol, and the
Democratic at Carolina Hall. The Demo-
cratic House had been reinforced by a
number Of deserters from the Republican
body, and now claimed 90 members
bearing the certificates of the
Board Of Canvassers--a constitutional
quorum, as claimed, and so recognized by
the Supreme Court. Wade Hampton made
public speech, in which he said that be
had been fairly and legally elected Governor
Of the State, and in conclusion declared
FThe ballot-boX has announced the verdict
Of the people, and l shall be their Governor
or they shall have military Government. {"
Gov. Chamberlain was iRaugurated and
sworn in by Probate Judge Boon, in the
presence Of the Republican Legislature, on
the It'll, and delivered a short inaugural
address, in which he said that no consider
alton but duty impelled him to accept the
position to which he had been chosen. The
Democratic House appointed a committee
to inform the Senate and General Ruger
that it was the legal House under the de-
cision Of the Supreme Court, and requested
the latter to withdraw the troops from the
State-house.
The Democratic House, on the Sth, de-
cided to employ counsel and proceed against
d. II. Chamberlain for treason in usurping
the Government Of the State. The Su-
preme Court granted a temporary in
junction, restraining the banks where
the State funds are deposited from paying
out such funds upon the orders OF Cardozo,
the Republican Treasurer. The Congress
ional Investigating Committee arrived and
Immediately organized for business.
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Report Of the Secretary of the Interior.

A large portion of the report of Secretary
Chandler Is devoted 70 lndian afairs or rather
q review OF the Commissioners report in which
the views Of the latter officer are July Endorsed
to-wlt: That the Indians be concentrated upon
a few reservations, accepting the proprietorsnip
Of lands in severalty, and that the laws and
courts Of the United States be substituted for
their tribal organ cation. The general statement
is male that, with the e ceptiOn of the Sioux
all the I ibes are at present under control of the
Department and making commendable improve
ment.
Public lands have been disposed of during the
wear 10 the amount OF 6, 524 ,326 acres, nearly
half of which were homestead entries, / ,00S ,OO5
acres approved TO states as swamp lands and
lOI.7,S certified 10 railroads. She cash re-
ceipts were 81, "A ,2l5.
The number of patents issued was Is, 9Ii, an
increase Of ,6sl over the previous year. The
receipts of the patent Office were tIsI.5e5 isi
expenditures sol, 35.I6.
The whole number of n mes upon the pension
rolls is % 1877, and the aggregate am 1unt pald
for pensions was S, ,5y36S, or 81 ISL, 10 ~
less than was expended for the same purpose IN
1875,
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The principal changes in the men,
bership of the Senate committees are
those caused by the resignation Of SEN
ator Morrill, and the death of Senator
CapertOn. Window becomes Chair
man of the Committee on Appropria-
tons rice Secretary Morrill,, and Blaine
is made a member of this committee,
and also of the Committee on Naval
Affairs, Of which Secretary Morrill, was
a member. Dawes is assigned to the
place vacated by Morrill, on the Indian
Committee. Boutwell, retires from the
Committee on Commerce and
from the special committee to
examine the several branches of the
civil service, Dawes taking his place on
the former, and Harvey succeeding him
as Chairman of the latter. Mitchell Of
Oregon is made Chairman of the Com
mittee on transportation Routes to the
Seaboard, rice Window, who resigns,
but retains place on the Committee
Senator Price is assigned to Caperton'S
position on Claims, Railroads, and of
Revision of Laws Committees. Mr..
Chafee is placed on the Territories,
Patents, and MINIS, and Mines and
Mining, and Teller on Claims and PEN
sions.
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THE Northern Democrats who went
to Florida to witness the canvass of the
votes for Presidential Electors, on the
9th forwarded by telegraph an address
to the House Of Representatives, stating
that the counting in of the Republican
Electors by the Board of Canvassers
was done in the face OF decisive pop
ular majority fo- the Democratic Elect
ors, and that the result was accom-
plished by throwing out whole Demo
cratic precincts and counties in open
disregard of facts and in violation of
the law.
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CURRENT TOPICS.

THE Brooklyn Theater was burned
on the night of the 5th. The fire orig
mated on the stage, at 1850 p. m,
when the company was about half
through with the last act OF "The Two
Orphans" The fire spread with light
ming rapidity, and the panic and con-
fusion was terrible. The smoke soon
became suffocatiEg, and women fell,
fainting, in the aisles, and were tram
pied over. Numbers jumped out of the
windows and were severely injured, and
some lives were undoubtedly lost.
Further investigation into the loss
of life by the burning of the Brooklyn
Theater developed the horrible fact that
over three hundred lives were lost by
the terrible casualty. Up to the night
of the 9Th 800 bodies had been removed
from the ruins, and the ghastly WORK
was still progressing. Most Of the
bodies were unacceptable.
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9,HE NIARKETs.
81. LOUIS. December 3. 1875.

81, LOUIS. OecdInDef - low
gEEvEs Choice. e. l5S i9oi GOOD J 70 %
ASH e54.G0i Cows and hslters' tz'o'a . 1'V'
Corn Fed Texans, S2.6OS 400.
HOGs-Packing S5.65g6 %.
FLoUK-Choice Country. s5.5Os6.2'; XAA.
'P WHs&T~ised, No. 2. 81 S2sl.32H; No. 8.
CoRsEN Stii Mixed, 4sHs4SXc
OATS-No. ?, 32&ae3c.
RYE-No. ., 729 7Islc.
TIMOTHY sEED-Prime, elise l.1O.
TOBACCO-Planters' LugB, S4.OOs . SOi M
dun Shipping Leaf. SS.0og 8 so.
HAY-Choice Timothy, sl2 0o6 l2.50.
BUrTER-ChOice Dairy, 25s2oc.
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LARD-Prime Steam, 100 1O<e.
WOOL-TuD- washed, Choles, 80 4O'i IN
washed Combing, 2ie 26c-
CCITOs-h iddllns 1Ic.
sew lORB.
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Lambs, t5.315s %.
HOGS-Live, $5.5 G 100.
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COTIOH-MIdGila- ~
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-14

The President, on the 9th, transmit
tedto Congress the report Of the CON-
mittee of Northern Republicans who
visited Louisiana for the purpose of
witnessing the canvass of the vote in
that State for Presidential Electors. It
is signed by Senator Sherman of Ohio,
Representatives Eugene Hale of Maine,
j. A. Garfield of Ohio, and W. D. Kel-
ley of Pennsylvania, and Messrs. E..
". Stoughton and j. II. Van Allen of
New York, c. Parker of New Jersey,
and Sidney Clark and J. c.
Wilson Of Kansas. The report is of
considerable length, giving full particu-
lars as TO the composition of the Re
turning Board and the law under which
Il acts, and the manner in which the
final canvass of the votes was conduct
ed. FThe evidence of intimidation and
violence in several parishes and polls,
as presented to the Board, and upon
which evidence the votes Of such par
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-14

The Presidential Electors of the va
rious States met at their respective
State Capitols, on the 9th, in accord
ance with the provisions of the Consti-
tuition, and cast their votes for Presi-
dent and Vice-President. The only
States in which there was any serious
conflict as 10 the choice of Electors,
were Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina
and Oregon. In the first three of
these States the Republican Electors,
holding commissions duly signed
by the Governors, met and cast
their votes for Hayes and Wheel
er, while the Democratic Electors
also met and cast their votes for Tilden
and Hendricks. In Florida the Demo-
cratic Electors held certificates of cleo
ton signed by Attorney General Cooke,
one of the Board of Canvs ssers; in
Louisiana, John McEnery, as Governor,
signed the certificates of the Democrat
ic Electors; and in South Carolina the
Democratic Electors based their official
action on the decisions of the State Su-
preme Court. In Oregon the contest
turned upon the assumed ineligibility
of j. w. Watts, formerly Postmaster,
one of the Hayes Electors. His election
was contested by f. A. Cronin, the
Democratic Elector receiving the next
highest number of votes, and Governor
Grover issued the certificate to Cronin.
The two Republican Electors refused to
meet with Cronin, and the latter there
upon appointed two other Electors, who
cast their votes for Hayes and Wheeler,
while Cronin cast his vote for Tilden
and Hendricks. The original Re-
publican Electors also met and
organized, and Watts, who had resign
ed, was reelected by the other two,
and the three votes were cast for Hayes
and Wheeler, which, with their sworn
statement and copies of the abstract of
votes cast in the State, certified to by
the Secretary of State, were sealed and
forwarded to Washington. The result
of the Presidential election, therefore,
as will probably appear upon the face
of the official certificates as signed by
the respective Governors, is-Tilden,
1856; Hayes, 1874.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-14
THE DISPUTED STATES.


The Louisiana Returning Board, on the
9th, declared the election Of the entire Re-
publican ticket, National and State, togeth-
er with four Of the six Congressman. The
majO1ties declared for the Republican Elec-
tors range from $500 to 4, 500, and for Gov
ernor, 3, 426. The votes Of Grant and East
Feliciana parishes, as well as Of 25 or 30
poiling-places in other parishes, were
threwn out, on the ground Of intimidation
and illegality.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-14

The Secretary of the Treasury has
submitted to the House of Representa-
tives the estimates of appropriations re-
CURED for the public service for the ifs
cal year ending with June, 1873. These
are: for Congress, s5,9SS, $50; Execu-
tive proper, S7S,400; Department Of
State, STAG, $50; Treasury Depart
ment, Sl65, 1889; War Department,
S54,25l, 355; Navy Department, S22,-
Sol, 96S; Interior Department, SIS, $780,.
722; Post-ofice Department, $685..
647; Department of Justice, S4,422,.
900; Department of Agriculture, S227,-
.290; total, S299, gil, 66S. These esti-
mates are S15, OOO,O 900 less than those fol
1877.
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TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

A Rio Grande dispatch says Gen.
Diaz has occupied the City OF Mexico, and
ward.
The National Association of Short-horn
Breeders met at St. Louis on the 9Th, near
ly one hundred being present. The con-
vention adjourned to meet at Lexington,
KY, on the oath Of October, 1877.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-14

FRICAssEED CHICKEN.-Divide your
fowls; wash well and lay in a tlat-bot-
toned vessel with the bone side down
cover evenly with part boiling water
and milk; let simmer until tender ;
skim off the fat that comes to the top
season with salt and white pepper ;
pile the chicken nicely on the dash; put
in the gravy bunch of parsley, large
minced boiled onion, blade of mace,
a gill of cream, the yelks of ? eggs, and
a tablespoonful of butter, rubbed to a
cream in tablespoonful of flour; let
all boil a few minutes; take out the
parsley and mace and turn over your
chicken, which you must have kept hot.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-14

THE cremation of the remains of the
late Baron de Palm took place at the
crematory of DR.. lie Moyne, at Wash
ingtOn, Pa, on the 9th. The incinera-
ton was completed in two hours and
forty minutes, and was a success in
every particular. The process was wit
messed by a large number of scientists
from various parts of the country, and
subsequently meeting was held at
which the subject of cremation was full
ly discussed.
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ishes and polls were rejected from the
final count, is said by the committee to
be conclusive, and the fairness and i'm
partially of the Returning Board in
conducting its Investigations are highly
commanded
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-14

WHEN a woman can feel q mouse
crawling along her spinal column, and
yet stop to think whether she has on
striped stockings, before keeling over
in fit, she is at least qualified to enjoy
the elective Enthusiastically ar
gus.
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Internal Revenue Receipts.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 24.-The
forthcoming Report Of the Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue will contain the following
recapitulatiOn of Internal Revenue receipts
for the several States and Territories during
bn lo- fcaa1
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Our Coast Defenses and HarbOrs.
ANNUAL REPORT OF GEN. HUMPHREY
CHIEF OF ENGINEERS

ANNUAL REPORT OF GEN. HUMPHREYS,
CHIEF OF ENGINEERS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-1he annual re-
port of General A. A. Humphreys, Chief
OF Engineers, presents a detailed statement
Of the various operations If the Engineers
Department during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1876, sketches those which are
now in progress, and makes numerous rec
concentrations for the future. The num-
Der Of officers holding commissions in the
Corps Of Engineers Of the United States
army at the end OF the fiscal year was l07
on the active list and five on the retired list.
The latter, however, under the law OF Jan.
81, 1870, are not available for duty. In du-
ties devolvipg upon the corps by law,
the employment Of a number of scientists
and assistant engineers has been
necessary. Among the estimates for apprO-
priatiOns which General Humphreys ear
nestly recommends are the following: For
completing the defensive works at Fort
Jackson, Mississippi River, S25, GOO; Fort
Philip, Mississippi River, SO, 900. On the
subject Of river and harbOr appropriations
for the current fiscal year, General Hum
phreys says: "Of the amounts appropriated
for public works on rivers and harbors by
the act approved August IA, 1876, certain
alotmentS have been made in compliance
with the instructions OF the Secretary Of
War of September 4, limiting the eXpendi-
lures under the act to y, 1000, 600, and di-
recting that no Few work Of improvement
should be begun. The following statement
exhibits these
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-14

am UNITS when his subor innate officers say
can be pIotitab Y expended during the next
fiscal year, the Chief of Engineers makes
no recommendation Of his own concerning
them.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-14

THE Rutland (vt.) Globe is response
BILE for the assertion that there are co.
522 white men in the State who can
neither read nor write, and 6,S67 more
who do both SO badly as to be called
illiterate,
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RECOVERING THE BODIES.

At2 o'clock rs bodies had been re-
covered, and there are probably as
many more within the ruins. Some
persons assert that none in the upper
gallery of the theater escaped. The
last man that left the stairs before they
fell says that behind him was a helpless,
halt-suffocated crowd.
On Washington Street line of horses
and wagons were ready to remove the
bodies. Great crowds of persons were
gathered in the neighborhood of the
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-14

In determining the amounts to be allotted
to each work named reference has been had
to the balances on hand Of previous apprO-
priatiens for the works specified. All these
improvements, for the continuance OF which
parts of appropriations have been allotted,
are, in my judgment, clearly national allOt-
ments to improvements Of lesser magnitude,
and, in consequence, are indispenssOly nee
cessary to protect what has already been
done. Officers in charge OF the improve
ments were notified OF the amounts allotted,
and the works are now being conducted on
this basis.' The report also epitomizes the
detailed accounts given by the officers Of
river and harbor improvements, etc., now
in pr 1gress under their respective manage
ments, together with a statement of the
amounts which these officers estimate can be
proftably expended during the next fiscal
year. Among these are the following
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-14

A NEW Prison Chaplain was recently
appointed in a certain town. He was
a man who greatly magniied his office,
and, entering one of the cells on his
first round of inspection, he with much
pomposity thus addressed the prisoner
who occupied it: "Well, sir; do you
know who amp" "No; nor dinna
care" was the nonchalant reply.
"WeI, I'm your new Chaplain. so,
We are? Weel, l hae heard rye be-
fore". "And what did you hear?" re-
turned the Chaplain, his curiosity get
ting the better of his dignity. "Weel,
1 heard that the last twa kinks ye were
in We preached them bath empty; but
III be hanged if ye find it such an easy
matter to do the same with this ane!"
A CURIOUS little scientific toy has
made its appearance in the opticians
windows. 1t consists of tiny wind
mill enclosed in q glass bulb of about
three inches diameter, which re7olves
without any apparent motive power.
The secret of the mystery is that the
four vanes of the mill are blackened on
one side, and coated with bright foil on
the other. The bright side reflects the
radiant heat of surrounding objects,
AM the dark side absorbs it. The en-
closing bulb being partially exhausted
of air, the difference of temperature
creates a sufficient current to cause the
vanes to move. The Continuance is
called Crookes's Radiometer, from an
erroneous idea which its inventor had
that its motion was due to the force of
rays OF light.
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DEATH IN THE FLAMES,

Particulars of the Burning OF the
Brooklyn Theater-Over 800 Lives
Lost.
NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-The fire in the
Brooklyn Theater last night was at
tended by an appalling loss of life, and
it is thought that not less than two hun
dred persons were killed in the rush to
the exits, or burned to death, being I'M
able to escape. The fire broke out dur
ing the performance of the last scene
of the "Two Orphans" in which Miss
Claxton, who plays the part of the he
roine, was on the boat-house floor. In
five minutes more the audience would
have been dismissed, and there would
have been nothing more serious to
record than the destruction of property
The house was about two-thirds filled,
those below sitting well forward toward
the stage. For those in the family cir
Gle, dress circle and galleries
there was no way to es-
cape except by Washington Street.
THE PANIC STRICKEN PEOPLE
rushed pell nell towards and down the
stairways, and the main exit became
Immediately choked up and scene OF
terror, confusion and distress ensued,
which beggars description. Just above
the landing-place of the stairway a
woman in the crush had her foot push
ed between the bannisters and fell.
The crowd behind, forced forward by
the terrified people still further behind,
fell over her, and piled on top of each
other four and five deep.
The police from the station-house
next door were promptly at the scene,
but, owing to the manner in which
the people were piled upon the top OF
each other and massed together, they
could extricate comparatively few, and
these were all bruised, bleeding and
manned. The firemen got to work on
the ruins shortly after daylight this
morning. They succeeded in getting
as far as the fall of the dress-circle,
where they found great number OF
bodies. Immediately began the work
of removal, and up to IL o'clock 65
bodies had been removed, and what
appeared to be 20 or so more were seen
In the basement, into which they had
been precipitated by the falling of the
burning floors.