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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-22

HARDLY So.-Tho v. /. Tines. AS
will b. seen hy our dispatches, is au
shorisy for saying that Ben Butler
gives il as his opinion that in the
event of neither HAYES nor Tildcn
being declared elected 30 the Pres
dency by March next, tha, the presi.
dent Of the senate the pro telapsre
onel will suec al to the Presidency. Ii
occurs In rs that the Constitution
only provides that the Vice President
elect shall become President IN such a
case : and that il neither If the above
named candidates are declared 10 be
duly elected 10 the Presidency or
Niee-Presidency. then. owing 10 the
dead l1ek there will be in consrs>s.
We may look TOR what il called an
satsrrsgsSw--ii not fer something
worse.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-22
THE DAILY INTELLICEN(ER.
III
DAVID HIGGINS.

rur DAILY uSTTIIIaENsER q.
7ubttshed every morning. e9nasTs 81
c gyssst snA delivered g sfser1 t7s sfy sisFe II
TIE city, al - ee1tE per geek. raTsb1e - t1ss
CARRIE ssngsn copies q" cents
Per aDnuaa. sfo.oo 81 GdvsEcs
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-22

,@g7 The steamer Eliza Anderson ar.
rived here on Monday at midnight from
Victoria with q full freight aud forty
passengers Ten of these were from
Port Townsend, thirteen from Port Lud-
low and seventeen from Victoria
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-22
rur WEEKLY INTEIIIGENeER.

This % 4ra popaiay i9styuAl = Nesssrn = l@f-
ingtou with tae largest e.FeTisftph - All fAf<f
ia a.. Terrssary "a EsghIisases every SATURDAY
aorr.iug Terms Three Dollars f<r And
agnn. Ia s.vAnee OskerEike. 500
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-22

Further investigation into the loss OF
life by the burning Of the Brooklyn Theater
developed the fact that over three hundred
lives were .ost BY the terrible casualty. Up
% the night Of the eth 90 bodies had been
removed from the ruins. and the CHASTITY
WORK VA stil progressing. Most Of the
bodies were unacceptable.
The cremation OF the remains o. the late
Baron O. Palm took pltce 81 the crematOry
% D.. lie Moyne. az Washington. Pa, on
the 9th. The Incarceration Wa completed
In Two hours and forty minutes. and was a
success IN every particular. The process
Vas witnessed BY large number Of scieu-
ti-ts from various parts % the country, and
subsequently meeting was held AZ which
the subject q cremation was fully discussed.
\ New York dispatch saws that John Nor
ris-ey has declared % al pools sold by his
house on the direct result Of the Presiden-
tial election.
The unidentified remains OF the victims
Of the Brooklyn Theater disaster were in
TERED on the 9Th. They were inclosed in
one hundred e0fins, and the whole inferred
in = large plot in Greenwood Cemetery.
Business generally was suspended through
out The eisy, and a vast concourse followed
the funeral co rtege % the grave and par
tlcipAted in the final ceremonies.
A wagOu-loaa Of nitro-glyeerine exploded
near Petrolia. Pa, on the 10Th. The horses
and wagon were blown 20 atoms. and two
men named smith and Humphreys. who
were engaged In unloading the explosive
material, met with a similar fate, only de-
taehed fragments Of their bodies being af-
terwar,i found.
Mr.. Henry :. Murdoch. who lost his life
BY The burning Of the Brooklyn Theater.
wa born in Boston and was about - years
Of age. tie VAS AZ actor Of considerable
ability, and was a nephew Of Mr.. james r.
Murdoch. the great trAgedian. Mr.. Claude
Burroughs, another victim Of the Ire, was
- YEAR Of age. and an actor OF promise.
Both were gentlemen highly esteemed both
10 their professional and private life.
MAJ. Gen. W. ;. Hancock, late iu com.
mand % the Military Department Of the
Esst, with headquarters At New York, has
been ordered . the Pacific Coast, and Gen.
Phil. sheridan put in his place.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-22

by the moving Of the ice gorge in the
river at Louis, on the 18th, the steamers
BAyArd, Jennie Baldwin, Andy Johnson,
and Rock Island, belonging To the Northern
Line, were cut down and sunk, aud the
Golden Eagle and War Eagle and some 9TH
er boats Of the same line were badly dam
aged. The Fanny Keener, belonging to
the Naples Packet Company, was slso cut
down and wrecked, and number OF smaller
boats and barges were also more or less in
iured.
II il reported from Vicksburg that John
II. BriscOe, a prominent Democrat, and
Chanccry Clerk OF Claiborne County, was
assassinated on the 9th, while out hunting
near Port Gibson. He was the only wit
ness against the negroes who fired on the
Sheri1's posse, October n.
BY the explosion OF the boilers In saw
mill near Texarkana. Ark, on the nth,
nine men were instantly killed and two
Others badly injured. The names of the
killed are Chauncey Beach, james May, W.
White, Nicholas Rosebaugh, Ed. Griffin,
Geo. Green, Tip Stewart, Geo. Jackson asd
Fred Williams.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-22

DAY. vas A<rccd o.. with amendment, BY Mr..
kdnuusis. requesting me Attorney gene raj %
also ca I1u unicate o. The senate fun stAtene ~
a. O. tnc uccessity FOR thcr employment, the OBJ
j~ct lhercof, nagure - their duties. etc.
MessF-. Mitchell and Morton spoke a. some
lcnytA on the kisctorAl Collcge complication In
Orczun AMI Doth freely denounced Gov. Grover
Tor his action In tho matter. Pending discus
sion, Mr.. kimuuds demanded the regular or
der. being the Joint resolution proposing an
amcltnent % the Constitution. 80 az % have the
electoral vote oouuted by the supreme Court.
TIE HCu-s occupied nearly the entire ses-
zion with debate regarding the Continuance Of
the Joint rules ~ the Forty thiri Congress. the
Speaker having decided that such rules we're xii
M force Mr.. Holman. thairusan OF the
Committee on Appropriations, reported
the P1st-of1oe Apprppria ION bin. 10
rtconl uceuds the appropriation % si.. - ieA,
which d REJECTION of OIL so COZ from the
amount - ltsi session. and a Reduction OF tS,
tou GO nom the department estimates The
speaker appointed az the committee % inquire
a. Oh whether frauds had been practiced in the
e.sctilu In New York, Brooklyn, jersey City and
Ptiateiphia, Messrs. Cox u. \ y. Rice tOhiOl
Nai.iel, McDougal. ant Wells Mss.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-22

20 the sfsci that no 1stiou, excspt % pre-
lininAry cbzrseier, sh.usd BE- taken con-
corning the existing or possible future Po-
liticzl compilations. until 2fIer the return
from the south u the House inyestis Ating
committees.
The Chicago Tri5sas's Washington cor
respondent telsgrzphed on the llta. The
Republican programme vii doubtless be
for the President % the senate % invite the
House 70 Be present In the senate Chamber
on the counting % the vote The votes viii
then he counted A. is for Hages. including
the Republican Electors from OREGON.
The President % the S-ua,- Will
hold that. under the Constitution,
no business = In order; that, a. there are
10 Joint rlles, no motions can be snt-r-
tanned OF debate heard. and that the only
duty viii BE an open c0unt and q deci1ratIon
4 the votes. Toe senate, through the
SergeAnt-Et-Aruls. vii So % 1. that order
j. preserved. The vote heiug declared.
Hayes would be Immediately inAugurated
ard President Grant would immediately
surrender the Government 10 him"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-22
CURRENT NEWS.
GENERAL.

The Presidential Electors 81 the various
States met At their respective Stale Capitols,
on the 9Th. in accordance with the proyi-
sion Of the Constitution. and cast their
votes for President and Nice-President-
The only States in which there Wa any So
rious conflict - 20 the choice q kiectors,
were Florida. Louisiana. South Carolina
and Oregon. In the first three % these
States the Republican Electors. holding
commissions duly signed by the Governor,
met and cast their votes Tor HAyes and
Wheeler. while the Democrats Electors
also met and cast their yoie> FOR Iiiden and
Hendricks. In Florida ire Democratic
Electors held certificates % election signed
by Attorney General Cooke. one o. The
Board Of Canvassers; IN Louisiana, John
MeEnery, 81 Governor, signed The oerlin-
Gates OF the Democratic Electors; and In
South Carolina the Democratic Electors
based their official actiOn on the decision. Of
the State supreme Court In oregon the
contest turned upon the assumed ineligible
ify OF J. W Watts formerly Postmaster, one
Of the Hayes Electors. His election was
contested by Z. A. Cronin, the Democrats
Elect0r receiving the next highest number
Of votes. and Governor Grover issued the
certificate 70 Cronin. The two Republican
Electors refused g E-cg; vyita CTSsiil. Abi
the later thereupon appointed two other
Electors, who east their votes for Hayes
and Wheeler. while Crouin cast his vote
for Tilden and Hendricks. The original
Republican Electors also met and
Organized. and Watts. who bad resigned.
was reelected by the other two. and the
three votes were east for HAYES and Wheel
er, which. with their sworn statements and
copies % the abstract % votes east ln the
State, certified 10 by the Secretary o. state.
were sealed and forwarded 20 WashingtOE.
The result Of the Presdenfial election,
therefore. a. viii probably appear upon the
face Of the official certificates a. signed hy
the respective Governors, is-Tilder. Is;
Hayes, Isl.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-22
WErr AVID .orrrI.

The Legislature OF Colorado. BY nearly
unanimous vote, adopted Joint resolution
protesting against the action % the lower
House Of Congress in declining 20 qualify
Mr.. Bedford, the Representative-eiect from
that state.
The Oregon Republicans were reported
A. greatly indig nAnt over the course OF
Gov. Grover in commissioning the Demo-
cratic EiectOr In that state, aud passed res
Olutious asking the United States Senate
20 prevent him from taking bis seat, on the
ground that be had willfuliy violated his
oath.
The Official canvass Of yotes'pOlled In New
Mexico ~ the recent election gives Romero.
Republican, for Congress, 1851; B1ldez,
Democrat, 7,fls.
The National Association 81 Short horn
Breeders met ~ 81. Louis on the 9Th, rear
iy one hundred being present. The conven-
ton adjourned 20 meet at Lexington, Ky,
on the cath % October, 1s57.
T. j. fitzgerald, ex-sditor Of the Cath
Slic dGr1c0fs, and late Auditor Of the l..
=. and :. ". Railway. committed suicide,
~ louisville. with strychniae, on the 1lth.
Cause, no work.
A Charleston e.. c. dispatch Of tho 1iih
says that 10 negroes were arrested In Abbe-
willie County. charged with the murder OF
two white men, Allen and Baker, near
Lowndssyi'ie. aad with having formed con-
spiracy % murder the white inhabitants Of
the village. They were placed under guard
and started for Anderson, and Il was re-
uorfef that. while en- route, they were can
tured, and 13 % the negroes lynched. A
later report, however, says that the negroes
were lodged safely in Jail az WalhalIa, with
the exec ytion q one, who committed sui
eide
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange crop
report f5r November, Tor the states Of
Louisiana. Mississippi and Arkansas, shows
q falling OF 10 the yield % from p TO S8 per
cent. a. compared with last year. Most
% the crop h1d been gathered on the 1T Of
December. and a large proportion already
marketed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-22
FOREIGN.

There was important news from Mexico
on the 9th, 10 the effect that President Ler-
do and his entire Cabinet had been captured
by the Reyolutionists near the City OF Mexi-
co, and that Gen. Escabedo, Secretary Of
War, together with some others, had been
shot. Monterey and Saltillo have surren-
dered to the insurgents, and the whole
northern frontier, with the exception OF
Maiamorss, was in the possession OF the
supporters OF Iglesias.
By an explosion ina coal mine, at Wind
berg, Germany on the 10Th, % miners were
killed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-22
THE DISPUTED STATES.
south Carolina.


The rival House 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 num-
Der II deserters from the Republican
body, and now claimed 63 members
bearing the certificates % the
Board Of Canyassers-a constitutional
quorum. as claimed, and - recognized by
the Supreme Court. Wade Hampton
made a public speech, in which he said that
he had been fairly and legally elected Gov
ernOr Of the State, and in conclusion de-
clared--''The ballot-box has announced the
verdict OF the people, and / shall be their
Governor OF they shall have q military Gov
ernment.'
Gov. Chamberlain was inaucurated and
sworn In by Probate Judge Boon, in the
presence Of the Republican Legislature, on
the eth, and delivered q short inaugural
address, ia which he said that no consider
alton but duty impelled him TO accept the
position 70 which he had been chosen.
The Democratic House appointed a COM
mlttee 20 inform the Senate and General
Ruger that il was the legal House under the
decision Of the Supreme Court, and re-
quested the latter 10 withdraw the troops
from the State-hOuse.
The Democratic House, on the Sth. de-
cided 10 employ counsel and proceed against
u. II. Chamberlain for treason in usurping
the Government OF the state. The Supreme
Court granted temporary injunction, re-
strAining the banks where the State funds
are deposited from paying out such funds
upon the orders OF Cardozo, the Republican
Treasurer. The Congressional investigating
Committee arrived and Immediately organ
zed for business.
In reply 10 an inquiry from the Demo-
cratic House, General Ruger, on the 9th,
stated in writing, that should that body APP
pear At the door OF the House OF Represent
atives and demand admittance, and should
they be refused admittance by the door
keepers, his orders were 10 furnish assist
ance, IL called upon, to prevent their en-
trance.
Judge Bond. on the 18th, delivered de-
cisiOn discharging the Board OF state Can
va-sers from custody, on the ground that
the supreme Court OF the State had no ju-
TisdictiOn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-22
The Presidents Views Regarding the
Political situation.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-President
Grant, In the course of long, free CONVEX
satiOn to-day with representative OF the
Associated Press concerning political AZ
fairs, said that recently he had received
dispatch from Gov. Chamberlain informing
him that il was currently reported in CO.
lumbia that the President had, In his inter-
view with Representative Hewitt, OF New
York, = week ago, remarked that, when six
ty-three members OF the South Carolina
House Of Representatives, holding certih-
Gates from the Secretary OF State, should
convene, ne would recognize them a. the
legal House. The President In reply 10
GOV. Chamberlain telegraphed him that, II
Hewitt had sent or authorized the sending
OF such a dispatch, Il was untrue that he
had 80 expressed himself. The President
says be had free and agreeable converse.
ton with Hewitt, Ia which be said that, IN
his judgment, not less than siXty-three
msnbers were eligible TO organize a House
and transact business. including q deter
minatiOn Of the qualification OF its menu
hers. This was the view he then held, but
ID was merely q private opinion, and he
might have been wrong. The President on
that occasion further expressed his views
with regard 70 the grounds on which each
wing or member Of the House respectively
claimed their seats, and, Ia this connection,
the President produced note addressed TO
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-22

The Northern Democrats who went TO
Florida to witness the canvass Of the votes
for Presidential Electors, on the 9Th for
warded by telegraph an address TO
the House OF Representatives, stating
that the counting in of the Republic
can Electors by the Board OF Canvass
ers was done in the face Of a decisive popu-
lar majority for the Democratic Electors,
and that the result was accomplished by
throwing out whole Democratic precincts
and counties in open disregard Of facts and
in violation Of the law.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-22
THE HOUSE INVESTIGATION.


The Louisiana Congressional investigating
ccumitlee arrived az New Orleans on the 18th.
an Immediately organized and served subpD-
nas upon the members OF the Returning Board
Al number % parish Supervisors VINO were
then 10 the city.
On the i2th, the Secretary OF the Return
ins Beard. Mr.. Charles ;. Aseu. presented to
the COMMITTEES a communication, signed by all
the members q the Ssar,i. denying In effect the
authority %. tie House u Representatives % re-
vers- tn decision % the Bolri The Sergeant
1t-Arlls Was instructed o. notfy the members OF
~ Boari personally % appear ~ II a. N. on the
following day
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-22

The Fiorida Congressional Investigating
COMMITTEES organized az Tallahassee on the i-ih
aud decided q 20 into an Investigation Of both
the state ami National Elecsous.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-22

Tally 81 The Duchess Of Edin-
burgh has another daughter. That
makes 81 children and grandchildren
in the family of Queen Victoria, all but
three of whom are living. The Ouch
ess Of Edinburgh is very regular in her
habits. Her first child was bora 10 Oc-
tober, 1874; her second In October,
1875, and her third in November, 1876.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-22

The publication of the Mem Century
the bright little paper issued from
the woman's department of the Centcn-
mails to be continued; and an organ
izstion called the Woman's Centennial
League is to be formed, with the vari-
Gus Centennial Committees and the eX-
hibitors in the Woman's Pavilion as
nucleus.
, 1876-05-23

From ArtntFt LIE QfkhA Q4ktn.
uhte hpon tlna there WINS q y1nnx Frlnct5st
beautiful ~ tho day, according to her aa.tofcrs;
Gus; who ~ the age OF IL was married to tho hrtr
70 the throne of friendly State. This rrincc wns
dlslodtlon. lts was a. dull and heavy Ia sho wus
public, and hft oniy tAsten were for hunting and
la&sonxJ. After Lis marriage hu continued to hunt
the stas, 70 help shs tnssoNs when they came to
work on tle p4lIec and to ut Al the table without
opening ~ mouth c1Eapf to gEeedIly levour food,
AZ TO tho FI!1eess, sls cared for no other society
than that Of number OF dirty, noisy little lofG
that tore snd sollt Lss dstssei hex 1featGst nesa
ufs WA TO sldv on : donkry At t4o dix OF
being thrown, stA she liked to hayo somo
onc point out 10 her. all this odd vls4Kts
a. tho co1rt,--A ploCued!hx thAt amused bcs
20 much that tAr aftca tuIst ont ladyldug In pco.
plo's face< Her ony in!llasts fftsnds wors Indies
who were ~ fund lf talking atAhdAl "a herself,
which Il saying not little. Called W. ihA deerecs
ot Providence 70 gQtsEn = great euualsT. cha day.
side BY side with hsF stupid husband, sLs dssp!.cd
her future subjects 20 much tbst &A attd " r..
spert hcssolf; shS neglected " put IN 19tseh L wtn
shout to appear tn public. snd she as.ss efusted
hss teeth, although. y ~s bare .t.tsd, ~: ~ ~
slightest Of hoE eaptess were to ~ otsytd shs ts'
fusol to learn snythlny Iirr Ignorance Wa sI-
cesal1e. Hhe could scarcely form heF ists*n. Aaf.
although Aha had readur she could not <1duss "
listen t9 Elm for n1use than halt hUur day. SD
Then only by dnt Of playing with hst d1xs u vi
!ttts children rho wete brought 10 her expressly.
Nelthst music nor even singing had any charms @ot
Soma AppliesysIs
, 1876-05-23

nalre, w pulling blaine ar.i l. and Df!stom 9ceonds
,WOh. that ii too transparent jugRlcfy to
cartivata nnybody. II woula a!Epf5 show thht ihe
RcnnbiicNn managers understand the art how not
TO do it. bnt tho art how not to do f. I'LL scaFce.
II be successful this time. II appears to me ne
american people are determined to clean ont the
Atgcan aiablcf. II tl,e Republican party givc my
evidence Of m earnest determination 70
use every means They possefs to TINT end.
they will succeed II they do not. lhon tho main
force Of that sentiment VII! be hCa'nst them. u
vii BE- very Dangerous for ths Republican Tasty 10
shc lesser evil. >"
ceived 1t The banda II ito rrcs. strlke yoar'
III think the more thoughtful elaea Of Rcpnblfc.
An papers hnye tscated Il well enough. OF courae,
there arc como who Think that thoec who insist
upon honcat government arc impraeticable drcam-
eTs deserving only the contempt uf practical shtes.
men. The managers Of political parties ought 10
understand that there Is thrgc numbes Of citizens
In this country to whom tho fnvors rs we'll ~ The
trcnts and the abuse nj party are utterly indifferent.
The independents do mol present themselves before
tho Republican or my other party as intrusive pc
tltlonctn asking favor foE Themselves. What they
Aak for II for the corlnon good Of ALL and they do
not expect 10 derive amy more benefit from II than
anybody else, and that position they mean TO runl.
tain. They cannot bo scoldcd OF snccted out Of
H."
.1t Is still reported hero and there in the papers
thnt yon intend u take mp your permanent resi-.
dencc In New York. n there anything In ~"
''Thcre Is not. md tllero nnvcr was. have
been there only Temporarily for private reasons,
mad continue 10 be q citizen Of st. Louis"
, 1876-05-23

A story Of tho Connecticut State Prison.
Apropos Of the amsliaEat[on Of d!acipltno Ia tho
Conpecticut State Prison, during the past Thirty
years, The story Of Pool Of New. uasen, sentonGed
tor lto for burning hi4 .taEe. - told oaes more.
but Pool dd not !so 70 reap the fsni4 Of tue can.
fcas!on Naturally Of tne sens!bllities aad noble
lnent, and forfeited his lie: Fool was placed In
thu aAoe. alop, and c1mpelled to anah az pai1s 9
ha accomplished th!a task. But tbs greedy con.
tractors, not eantcut Aoon fnefeascdthe burden to
eight pairs. An cxpoAsulation OF m1rmar only
brought blow. An ,oye turned 10 Heaven
look up. With this task, Pool found Ills health
fstlipE, b1e tninl gofng. llls nar7es weto unbal,
aMcsd by tho la4st Irritation The sweat poured
mhRded and punished Every keeper seemed
watching With III owl eye and tannttng him with
threats and loera, TO add to hts dAtEaAs hls task
wa Increased 70 ten pairs. Ho deluufzed, pro-
te&tDd, flaw Into q tsge: Tint night 10 Was
logged, thrust Into t,ls dunQeon without food,
without bed, aud nnxt dAy. With his back Ill raw
apd not mumcnt Of slesp, with but crust tor h!s
food, hs Wsa orderod TO dntsh .cleven pairs; Pool
falt TINT the hour OF his dissolution bad come.
Innocent Of tho crime alleged, Jet having
no hupe Of liberty on earth. 10 c9ncaalea
hs could. ua did, what he VIA ab!e ia DO Of tho
ta4k that Day, aud eyap marp, but thu bel! st5aeK
snd The eleven pairs wefo not finished Wata
neadish mslignlty the keeper. ordered 6!n 70
tho dungeon to AWxit tho Warden. Tho WstIeR