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The Brooklyn Disaster. Ter.

New York, December 1.-THE public
manifestations OF excitement in regard
TO the Brooklyn calamity appears to
have been generally ended with the me-
mortal services yesterday in the solemn
mass Of requiem which was celebra led
to-day in number OF Catholic Churches.
Most OF these churches were sadly
stricken, one losing as many as thirteen
young men, and others from one TO four
members each. Hs
This morning there were only small
groups ofspectators in the neighborhood
Of the burned theatre, the near approaches
to which were guarded by the police, as
the walls left standing were considered
unsafe. The street cars have resumed
their trips through Washington street,
but travel ia forbidden through the part
OF johnson street near the theatre, and
the officers permit no one to approach the
ruins. Laborers are at work on the site
OF the stage, and in the yestibule and It's
neighborhood some pieces Of charred
flesh were uncovered, but the police do
not regard thisa the discovery Of a new
body. I.' ~
A reporters FIRE badge, issued by the
New York Fire Department, and mum
bered llG, was found near the middle Of
the yestibule. Thiswas undoubtedly the
badge OF Stewart Hand, reporter Of the
Commercial Advertiser, who perished in the
FIRE. 's.lt..
A ring set with Dirkstone, or stones,
and part Of ladies. gold watch were
recovered this morning.
The office at 353 Fulton street, where
the articles found in the ruins were de.
posted for Identification on Friday, has
been closed, and all things not recognized
are now in charge Of the property clerk
at police headquarters.
Mary Jane Cassiday, the girl who on
Friday gained admission to the morgue
on pretense OF seeking the remains Of
brother and then pretended to identity
one Of the bodies, but whoproved 10 have
been merely playing heartless trick
which she considered good joke, was
arrested this morning by order OF CorO-
NOR Simmons. She was taken to the Dis.
trict Attorneys office.
The persons in the employ OF the Cor
oner are busily engaged gathering infor-
nation which will aid them in 1he exam.
fnadonof witnesses at the inquest. They
have obtained proof, 10 ia alleged, that
some Of the theatre doors which swero
said to have been unlocked from the in
side were really opened from without by
the police.
The emblems OF mourning remain on
the City Hall, Court House, Postottice
and other buildings in Brooklyn, while
many aags are yet at half mas /. There
are some young men still missing whose
names have not been reported, The
Tribune publishes o carefully compiled
list Of the names Of all persons absolutely
known to have been lost, This list gives
total OF 27l; Of these the remains OF 2l7
have been identified.
Saul 0'Rourke, a dfiverof one Of the
carriages at the public funeral Saturday,
fell from his seat, receiving injuries from
which he died to-day.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.



COLUMBIA, December 1l.--Positive in
formation has been received here that
the Iowndesyille murderers were not
lynchel as reported. The prisoners were
taken from Lowndesville to Anderson
Friday night and removed thence to
Walhalla, Oconee county. as q precau-
tion against violence owing TO threats
made BY tho people. The investigation
discloses that the plot to murder the
whites indiscriminately was horrible,
which aroused the excitement among the
whites to the extent Of threatening sum
mary punishment. The precaution avert
ed this and everything Is now quiet.
One OF the captured murderers took
laudanum and died from its effects. "A
Jury in his case returned the follow ing
verdict unanimously:
ave, the jurors, upon our oaths do say
that Samuel Benton came To his death
from the voluntary use OF laudanum,
taken by himself and received by him
from the hands OF his brother"
The prisoners are now all sale in the
Wallhalla Jail.
srATEoANvAssERs DISCHARGED.
Judge Bond has delivered 4 decision
discharging the Board Of State Canvas.
sers from custody, on the ground that the
Supreme Court Of the State had no juris.
diclion,
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A Benefit tor the Brooklyn Sui.
leFeFA

SAN FRANcIsco, December 1.-THE
theatrical fraternity Of this city are max
ing preparation to give a benefit for The
sufferers Of the Brooklyn fire, John Ne
Cdllough, manager Of the Calitornis
Theatre, will give the total receipts o.
the house the same night the Brooklyn
and New York theatres devote to thai
purpose. Thomas Mcguire, leSss Of the
Baldwin Theatre, Magnirss new Theatre
and the Opera House, is.making arrange
ments for a benefit at all those houses
Manager Wade's Opera House will prob
ably do the same. Camillaurso offers
the entire proceeds Of her first concert
tomorrow evening. ''-
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FLORIDA.
Trial for Contempt Continued.

AEAA AVE SVuAeuPt SOAAAAuS4s
TALLAHASSEE, December 1.-THE
contempt case against Messrs. Cowgill
and McLin, Of the Returning Board, was
continued to-day, pending the trial Of the
mandamus ordering them to open the
canvass again and make purely minis.
terial canvass Of the returns. The case
will be tried tomorrow.
The Congressional Committee has not
yet arrived.
A DEMOCRATIC MYTH.
The following correspondence explains
itself:
TALLAHASSEE, FLA, December II.
IYm. Lee, Clerk Of Board Of Stais canva3ers:
SIR-We have been not 4 little sur.
prised at seeing in print what purports
to be protest Of VIM. Archer Cooke,
Attorney General, and member OF the
Board OF State Canyassers, filed with the
Board, protesting against the action Of the
the majority Of the Board, no such or
any other protest has, to our knowledge,
been filed or presented 10 US, nor has any
protest Of any kind been fled with you as
Clerk Of the Board or handed to you to
be filed, II so, please inform US Of the fact
and OF the time when signed.
s. B. MCLIN, Sec. ofState.
co. CowGILL, Comptroller.
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WASHINGTON.
Senatorial Caucus on the POIiu-
cal Situation,

WASHINGTON, December L. The
Democratic Senators held caucus this
afternoon, at which, after an extended
discussion Of the political situation,
Messas. Thurman, Bayard, Bogy, Herman
and Cation were appointed committe 10
confer with any similar committee which
may be appointed by the House with re.
ference 10 the Presidential omplications,
and to report what legal means exist for
adjusting any difficulties that may arise
between the two branches OF Congress in
regard to the counting OF the Electoral
vote.
Solicitor General Phillips today pre-.
sented TO the Supreme Court petition
Of the United States District Attorney
for the District OF South Carolina, re-
questing that an order be made in
accordance with the provisions OF the
Revised Statutes directing special term
Of the Circuit Court for that district to
be held at an early day, for the trial Of
parties recently arrested there for MUIR
der and other crimes against the United
States. It Is probable that among the
cases TO be presented for trial there will
be u number OF those involving the qnes.
tion Of intimidation Of voters.
AHousE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
The Democratic members OF the House
held caucus this afternoon, which con.
tinued two hours. There was general
and spirited debate concerning the pres
ent political situation and the difficulties
which may arise between the two houses
OF Congress In regard to counting the
electoral votes and the inauguration OF
President. Among the principal speak
ers were Messrs. Randall, Wood, Hun
ton, Caulfeld and Carr.
A determined spirit was shown to main
tain all the constitutional rights Of the
House and to give effect to what is claim
ed by Democratic members to be the ex-
pressed will Of the people in the recent
Presidential election. With a view to
this end il was agreed, on motion OF Mr..
Hunton, to procure the passage by the
House Of resolution directing the Ju-
dietary Committee 10 inquire and report
what course the House should pursue
In reference to the counting and declara.
tson Of the electoral votes, and what are
respective rights and duties of the two
houses Of Congress, separately or jointly,
in regard to the entire subject Of the
Presidential election. Several members
including, it is said, Randall, Waters
and Ely, having had interviews with
Gov. Tilden recently are understood to
have communicated to the caucus the
views expressed by him to the effect that
no action except Of the preliminary char
ac,er above indicated should be taken
concerning the existing or possibly
future political complications until after
the return from the South Of the House
investigating committees. This morn
ing's publication OF the statements made
by the President in au interview yester-
day was the subject Of considerable
earnest comment OF All uniavorable
nature, and several members asserted
that the views then expressed by the |
President indicated settled purpose on
his Fart to perpetuate the power OF the
party irrespective OF all
political consequences.
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EIORIDA.
what Ex-Governor Noyes Says
About it.

WInt E2-6OveruOf NOyeB nays
About IL.
IYOa,srday's Cincinnati GSrOtic
Ex. Gov. E. +. Noyes, returned, on
Saturday night, alter nearly a months
abSence at New Orleans and Tallahassee,
whittier he went 10 see o fair count. In
the course sof brief interview with a
Ga:etts reporter, he told something OF his
experience. He said Of one thing he
was certain, ,,,that Florida was as fairly and
|honorably Republican at the last election
rs Ohio and Vermont. Said he: "There
was almost no one In the Capital 70 look
after the Republican interests, and when
! found that there was no need for me al
New Orleans l was coming home, when l
was asked to go to Florida. l got
Kasson, Of Iowa, Lew Wallace, Of Indi.
ana, and Attorney. General Little, OF Ohio,
10 20 with me. We found we had, with
the other gentlemen from the North, al
most the whole cause TO attend to. There
are no Republican lawyers in Florida.
We divided the State into districts and
gave each one certain counties TO look
after, and then we began to collect teSti.
mony. twas not case like Louisiana;
there was no bull.doling; II was a worse
kind, If possible, tampering with re.
turns and ballots after the election, or
grossly irregular and illegal voting. In
one case a tFain.load Of people voted al
a station, and the excuse offered by the
Judges was that they supposed that at a
Presidential election, people who were
registered had right 10 vote anywhere
In the State. The task OF gathering proof
was difficult. We were obliged 70 send
messengers. One sent to Manatee Co. was
stopped on the way, and required to show
a paSS from the Democratic Committee,
or 10 allow u Democrat 10 accompany
him and know everything he did or said.
He went back. Another found II impos.
sible to return overland, and hS'got on a
revenue cutter and came back that way,
An attempt was made to aSsaSSinAte an.
other at Live Oak. We were quite sue.
ceSsful, nevertheless. The Democrats
tiled one hundred aftidayits on Saturday,
December 2, in reference to one contested
county. We had little time TO prepare
counter afRdayits, but we got q train,
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PETROLEUM made u sharp advance
Yesterday, rising to 81 10 at Parker's for
crude, and 81 cent? for Philadelphia de-
livery Of refined. Yesterday morning
NquOIed crude at 50 77!, and refined at
Scents for Philadelphia delivery. This
time last year crude was selling at 81 90
a9d 81 %! at Oil City, and at l2s cents
New York delivery Of refined. tThe,rise
avery marked, and il does not look so
mushroom in its character now az It did
'n'es months ago. Apparently there Is
supporting influence at both ends OF the
market, viz: foreign demand at the sea.
00Afd aud a powerful combination
o. capital and railroad influence al
cleveland and Pittsburgh. And yet
'uca rise can hardly be considered
U'oeF than = speculative movement
'Ake away The combination and The
F'ee would bO apt to drop several points
'pesoIly' notwithstanding the talk about
decreased production and the exhausted
S0na'tlon OF The foreign markets. And
ys''a'' speculative status Of the market
wye not prove anything rs regards the
ptt@ananCy Of the advance. The power
y. .s,! .as bull element has been abundantly y
"'seS IN the last three months, and those
''" '"o nave been looking for old prices to
, ,o4't again speedily have been compelled
"1SSEnOTIedge themselves disappointed.
,.S tS'aOW how teverish the petroleum
S.a.s .e. v" at headquarters last week,
E.,5u sSuOss as tOlloWS from the report oi
asy' n transactions In the oil City
Oer,st ~. oil Saturday last:
a nd 7i's;; s:! oSs S.. ss'ss s, ssns.s bee.
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A Revolutionary Document.

CHICAGO, December ll.-Yesterday
morning the newspapers published a
paper which created great excitement
here, purporting to be issued by the
National Veteran Reform Association" !"
and addressed to Gen. Sherman, being
signed by Gen. Corse and Don Cameron.
II sets forth that dark conspiracy
against the national liberties is aHoat,
and that a military force will be used to
hold the Government.
The paper declares that the slgners are
in earnest, and will fight il Tilden is not
declared President. II declares that there
will be fighting. and the army, il II op-
poses the will Of the people, must lay
down its arms.
Gen. Corse, in letter TO the Chicago
Tribune, repudiates this document, say
ing it was published without his know
ledge, without the authority OF the asso.
cisiion and in violation of his orders.
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Grind stone Explosion.

DAToN, O., December 11.-A grint
stone s feet in diameter and weighing
1000 pounds, burst this afternoon atthI
machine knife factory OLA. A. Simonds
A man at work at the stone escaped un
injured, but the flying pieces twis
through the roof, windows and walls o
the building, doing considerable damage
The accident was the result Of the re
cent cold weather, the frost having
cracked the stone.
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Ticket Robber In Jail.

OMAHA, December 1l.-Frederick B.
S.rade, OF 81. Louis, was arrested here
last Saturday night, charged with steal.
Ing 37lfirst.ciass tickets from ST. Louis TO
San Francisco, valued at 81, 4,40s. He ad.
mitted the charge and was taken home by
a constable this morning,
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Negro Murder.

LOUISVILLE, December 11.-At Law
renee Greek, near Msysville, Ky, yes.er
day, Dick Green, colored, was murdered
by Sam Taylor, also colored. They hat
quarrelled concerning 4 trivial matter
but mutually agreed to forget their baC
feeling. Taylor soon after left the other
saying that we will fx this matter some
time. In a few minutes he came bacl
with an axe, and rushing on Greene
buried It hilt deep in his bosom. Thu
latter was trying to escape when struck
and soon died. TAYLOR aed.
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nemncratic Meeting.

CHICAGO, December 1.-THE proni.
nent Dmocrats OF this city held a largely
attended meeting this evening to discuss
the political situation. The senti-
ments expressed were generally Of .
pacific nature, but It was the general
opinion that the House Of Representa-.
tiyes must be maintained In It's right at
whatever cost. Il was decided to hold a
mass meeting at an early date.
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Hon. S. B. AeLin and Hon. O. o. CowsiR: :
GESTLEMES-In reply to the question
contained in your letter Of this date,
have TO say that no protest against the
action Of the majority Of the State Board
Of CanvasSers by Hon. W. A. Cooke, AT.
torney General "a member Of the Board)
has been filed with me US clerk Of the
Board or handed me 10 be filed, nor have
l seen or in any way received such q
protest.
[signedl WILLIAM LEE,
Clerk Of The STATE Board Of Canpqssers.
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Marine IntelIIgence.

LONDON, December l1.-steamers An
choriA and Amerique, from New York
arrived.
NEW YORK, December ll.-steanShtp
Wisconsin, from Liverpool, arrived,
LONDON, December H. Steamers
State Of Virginia and Arragon, from New
York, and Peruyisn, from Portland, ar
rived out. - ~ -+.
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Solid Block OF Ice.

sr. LOUIS, December 1.-THE harbor
is solidly blocked from here to the ore
dump at South St. Louis. Pedestrians
have crossed on the ice to-day, and un'
less the weather turns very warm teams
will cross 10 day or two. The tenn
perature has been much milder this
afternoon, but there are indications to-
night OF the mercury falling. The report
OF the sinking Of the Leopard proves to
be untrue. She Is In Rush Tower bend
badly careened, and Will probably he
total wreck,
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Harper's Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED.


The MdgsIAs has attained In lis one quarter cen.
tury and more Of existence 10 that point whore II
may be said Of It, In the words Of DR.. Johnson ait
Is vain TO blame and useless to praise" The lustre
OF lts ong-ago-RttAned reputation has increased
the years passed aud It's future seens "a bright
Il not brighter than Ut any time since the golden
hue Of prosperity settled around ts later aud beat
yearA-Brp0kiyR Edys.
Hdrper'S Monthly Ii marked by the same charao-
teristics which gave II circulation from the fnt
with the better class Of readers II combines read
ing matter with lllstrAtlons In way 10 make clear
and vivid the facts presented. Pictures merely de-
signed TO catch the eye Of the Ignorant ara never
InScTted,-ChinlD0 Journal.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
ovFlcR OF THx CHEZ SIGNAL 0YPIcER,
WASHINGTON, D. C., December l2-l A. H.
PRoBABtLirfKs.
For Tennessee and Ohio Valley, clear
or fair weather, with temperature above
freezing, south to west winds and slowly
rising barometer.
For the Lakes areas Of snow, south to
west winds, slight rise OF temperature
and falling barometer, east ot Michigan,
followed by rising barometer.
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New ORLEANS December ll.-A
Peayune Vlcksburg special says; John
P. Briscot, prominent Democrat chan,
Gerry clerk Of Claybourne county, was
assassinated on Saturday last while out
hunting two miles from Point Gibson.
He WIS the only witness against the
negroes who fred on the sheritt's posse
October 81,
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TIM ridiculousness Of the Oregon elec
tors position is seen In the fact that hi
got two allies TO act with him and cast
their votes for Hayes and Wheeler Will,
he cast his vote for Tillen. II he haC
possessed the power he assumed to fll
vacanceS, he would, of course, have cas'
all three votes for Tilden. His actor
only serves to show that ne was conscious
Of attempting to do something very thir
and irregular.
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srArEcANyAssERs DISCHARGED.


CINCINNATI, December, 1l.-Goyenor
Hayes who Is in the city visiting public
institutions, as member Of the Board
OF State charities, was serenaded this
evening, and made briei speech in which
politics were not mentioned. He will
probably return to Columbus to.mor row
or Wednesday. "-I
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LONDON, December 1l.-A correspond.
ent Of the Standard at Constantinople
telegraphs the following: ~ learn from
undoubted authorities that the confer.
snce will certainly result in peace.
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FIRE RECORD.

ST. PAUL, December 1l.-A FIRE at
Faribault, MINI, Saturday night, burned
Bean Bros. & Tenants -four mill. Loss
$40, 900; insurance $1,000.
The Fifth National Bank building q,
Fergus Falls, Minn., burned last night.
Loss $4,000.
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Shielded with stryehninc

LOUISVILLE, December lit. J. Fitz.
gersld, editor Of the Catholic Advocate, and
late Auditor Of the L. T. s. w. railroad
Guicided' this evening with strychuine
Cause, no work, rrz5s o..
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TELLGRAPH WAR.

The A. P. Telegraph Company
to-day organized at Lawrenceburg Ind
for the purpose Of condemming the right
OF way and constructing the lines between
Cincinnati and Louisville, along the
route OF the Ohio and Mississippi Rail
road.
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ALPHABETICALLY The beat suatdined trOrt Of
The Kind IN The World"
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The Democratic mind at Warrington
is much disconnected because Of Grant
the President. II they only knew what
Grant intends 10 do, they could come to
some satisfactory conclusion what to do
themselves. But as long as Grants In.
tentions are mystery, they cannot
make up their minds whether TO as.
sumo strictly Constitutional or u
slightly revolutionary role. Mr.. Hewitt
tried TO sound the great American
spLynx buthe found al last that he had
not touched bottom by considerable. So
he lied 10 New York TO tell Tilden about
what he had failed to find out, and to ask
his advice as 10 what ia best to 10 under
the circumstances.
The Democrats at Washington look
upon Grant with the same feelings that
the New Amsterdam Dutch looked upon
the Connecticut Yankees in the early
settlement Of New York, with great re.
spect and abhorrence."
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Benefit for Brooklyn Sufferers.
PITTSBURGH, December 1.-THE first
benefit for the sufferers by the Brooklyn
disaster, was given by Maggie Mitchell
and manager Gotthold, at the Opera
House tonight.