, 1876-03-23

overwhelming. iLey have a good major
isy in the House. probably % Of % au6
claim to have 8 out Of - Senators and
/ cut Of Councillors Full returns oi
the state are not yet received, bu'
enough seemingly to Justify The claim
The vote issipcreased about Leo Over
lssi year, being nearly S1.ooe, and i
Tie Iargast ever cast IN the state. Re
iyrns frosh al bniletin towns, give
chen4ys laajo,lty at 3.3i1. IN the
House there are 207 Republicans ana
ITS Democrats.
JAc1soN, Miss, March Id he sen
ete. hv vote q 30 to 1, found Lleat'
Governor Davis guilty, as charged ~
tbe articles Of impeachment; one COZ
ored and ) white republicans voting II
the affirmative, aud 4 coiored n 'he
rerstiye; The finding vii be formally
announced.
w.surrerox March l5.-Tas exam
;nation Of witness by the committee
.harre; with the investigation of the
AIasla Com,nercial Company is pea'is
ooro,,,asd sen, G. p. Ehrie, fogmeE'5
,,ev,oas,er of the 4. 5. Array, aiau'ne''
:. sj,t, testified today, that re visited
~ Sal Island With san. =. e. DAVIS
!, 1ses and during lew hours "e'eL
,a snsnt on st. Paul's Island be '9"de
,c,,iyr;.s bv means of an Interpreter
~itb q view Of procuring information
=, y-biel 10 base bid for the lease OF
-ba island. lie was acting IN she IN
tzrssf Of one K3noail, Saaier of t9e
- of si.ka. and q nsu named shirp-
s.r Ho couplai9 i h zine enough
1,a1n not been ei7en Or cross ezsm'na-
,or Ha admitted MS bad had been
~e,s;yea et the Treasury Department
,,sfore the award, and when ASKED
-r1e,bar he Alaska Commercial Com
amy had failed TO eomnly with lis con
1raef he replied they had undoubtedly
en1fVed their Obligations, lie did r9i
ts;nk they would be foolish enough 60
IN the goose lAlthe golden eggs
,ar them. Seoretary Hnstow testihea
that the compary hai. in rs opinion
oomnl;sd with the contrae'" were
la,sIv entitled to the privileges he
ssid # he had aiseovered any failure en-
,toir mart to fulfill their obligations he
zl,orl3 have auauiled the lease. fan su-
shorty 10 DO so being gwen him by lsT.
rbrs far the evidence before the eot'-
-,,i++se fiselosas no wIongfa- act m tbe
n.rt Of tlse company CT any Q. its agents
and tba on.x question raised IS the iessl
ono et;.b vas decided by 'he ofilae oi
,be government. when The LEASE EAs
awarded,
senator Mitchell has addressed let
ter 10 Bepgesentauvs lane. sugsesi'ps
.sat tbs Senate Bin extending the time
for the compulsion Of the Oregon Cen
fral Railroad f.oE Portland 10 As'ora'
be so amended in the Hoasa, as 10 eouf-
nel the company to complete twenty
miles Of road each year.
CHICAGO. March 15.- The FTibune's
Washington spea.si say 'he Messaehus-
sets oeopIe are terribly excited ever the
fs;lr,ra 10 confirm the President nom'~
nation Of Eichar3 Henry Dana as Mn
zstar to Great Britian.
San TnAxc5sco. March 15---lti IS siatso
That the owners OF the steamer " "1'
rabor have aa2n5onei their intention
Of pl9ciag der as an opposition boat oo
ebe Nortbs.n eoas, route, theg bong
-reI raid 1or Eeepios-ier laid mp
Considerable interest is fe's II naat--
cal circles over she tilao 10 be 1nada 6F
he Forest Qaeep and the DasA'ng Wave.
4 close race is expected.
NEw YoAa, lLaseh s5.-6ald closed st
Poa-1.sD. March i5.-Leaai 'araers
in Portland, buying -. sefhns s.
szRAcusr. March l5.--Ibs New {ork
Stale Graeubses Convention ss-as-eln-
i9ied this afternoon. There vas larg-
attendance. Rsehard se1e1 was naoe
per,nanent president Tha PlatfoTm
7ro,es,s against tAe resolutions ado. red
i,v the New York democrats for t1e pest
~ears. The resolutions declare opIosi-
fjon to any rerulia,ion Of the Sa,ioa S
obligations, bat assert TINT the act Of
Congress- Of March. 1852, promislrs 10
nav the 5 20s in gold Is q gross rioia;Ior
Of the contract whereby said bonds were
;ssued and said law was. p&ascd by
freud. That the effort now mahins by
she Secretary of the Treasury to pay the
fractional currency; ia zjlyer should be
at once prohibited, as s.l7eris worth less
taan currency that there should be no
9urther finding Of Government bonds
antil the exact number Of bonds out
standing is agcertained, and the a1ao&nt
dne from the syndicate settled That
legal tenders are the standard q value
while gold IS constantly ductnating tot
yarous reasons. That the advocacy OF
a contraction of eurrancy and reduction
IN price of labor by certain newspapers
il not to Ds wondered at that legal ten
ders should pay tho bondhoiaer' his ia
terest aud al otber debts, pirate and
public, inclaaiag duties on imports
The resolution were adopted unen'-
mously.
LoSDox, March 15.-Noon to-day is
payday, the last and most critical Of the
sortnigbtly settlement; feeling OF IN
aerrity and inactivity prevails; SIX iali-
1ree have already been posted III the