The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-12-31

10 an e$tra0ttiCn treaty, with Great
Britain, and announcing that since
Great Britain had handed over Brant,
: the fnrger, to the Government, LIE would
regard the t.eIiy Hs sill in operation.
lie hoped new ;.eA;y would DC entered
into; rof, rrcd to the Committee on For
eiEn A&;!irs.
| SaSATE--Atu meeting OF Tho Scnn.o
Committee OH Privileges and election,
Today, Herman presented reluest
from Senator Kelley. o. Oregon, asking
that j. 4. Miller and. John pGIker. per-
sons who acted with Comm in the
Electoral College, aud W. Il. Laswcll
ana Henry lai:lul. who were voted for
with Comm, Tie sTbroenncd to .sppear
hero as witnesses i'll the O:egou case.
; They were Summoned us requested
New OnLEAas, Dec. 81.
| Before the House subcommittee to-
day, Formau. Bell, colored, of Ascension
| parish, tculiIed that he WAS shot nj be-
! d",se heyyo;ed the Democratic ticket;
| knows coiorcd men who were knocked!
! down md beaten for elcctioneering for,
and voting the Democratic ticket; had n
| club OF from two to three hundred col
ored Democrats; intimidation was all
by Republican negroes; heard Republi-
Gun candidates aay that Packard would
he counted in, even though Nichols got
q majority o. votes; Republican iuti,ni:
dntion caused the Democrats to lose
twenty-five or thirty negroes who voted
Tie Democratic ticket; heard many
nj groes on election day say th-y wouli
lile TO vote the Democratic ticket. bnt
would lie afr id TO go homo to their
wives if they did. pre- '"'': @'''.'I
William Wal!ncn, colored, OF New
Orleans, testified That he was in DIN
ald$onYillo on election day, and te6ti-
fed MS TO intimidation and threats by
colCrcd Republicans; Savo Democratic
tickets to negroes and saw them voted.
E:lwnni Lefranc, coloroJ, OF New
Orleans, testified that he published
card fnvoring Nichols and Witt; after
thai, cnt TO church and was abused;
Henry Clay said any negro who voted
the Democrniic ii, Ect, ought to have
bis throat cut; said it several times;
preferred charges against Clay, bnt tho
Church paid 10 attention to them; WAS
tnrnod, out Of church for yOtin. the
Democratic ticket.
f@2.FHr; .s.s EEw YoRX, Dec. 81.
Parties from here who have Just CON
cluded fortnisht's trip 10 Galveston
viz Selalia, Missouri and through
northern Texaq, and returning via east
ern Texas end Arkansas, say that dur
ing their journey, they couYorsed freely
with ihahy Southern Democrats on tho
Presidential muddIc; while uniformly
TX pressing the conviction TINT Tildcn
was fnirly elected, itwLs the generally
declared bslicf that Hayes would be
counted in. Not ono man showed The
ledst disposition for an armed btruggIe
over The Presidency, but OH the con-
trary, uniformly asserted that civil
war il no remedy, and whatever they |
can't euro peacefully, mis-; be endured
patiently. They earnestly rcpuGiaicd
and denounced Northern partslu5 who
express war sentiments ng BrliiBh mis-.
chief makers, whose only excuse is,
they know nothing practically OF war
HORRORS. They add that since property
III slaves is abolished, every Southern
pocket interest is pledged TO national
peace, and against tllia fact appeals 10
sentiment or passion nro utterly without
influential force.
e. RELGGADE, Dec. 81.
Tho Russian General, Ndnbin, ur-
rived Mondny, TO take command Of Tho
Serbian army, vice rcchgrnayeif. Gcu-
cr.l Napkin said hO hnd como by order
Of the Emperor 81 1lussin to nssnino
Of The army, and said all for.
ci@ners in ScrviG, serving in Jtussinn
corps, would DO considered II part Of tho
Russian army. Orlcrs wCro issued TO
SCryiam corps Commanders, TO proceed
TO their posts. All volunteers wcro Of
dcrcd 10 tho Drina army. ....,.
.... LoSDoS, Dec. 81.
Tho Giobe ngscrtg thnt RussiG has or.
deicd her hoct 10 rtndrzYon nj Olscha-
kOGi, MS nclivo measures nrc feared by
The Turkish fleet.
Il : ,-f:-;: LoYDoS, Dec. a..
a TI|rs' Vienna dispatch says Some
believe that tho question Of prolonging
Tie arinisticu will be made dependent
III Turkeys giving decisive dcclnra.
H"' on subjects Of reforms and gunran.
''cS' This sccms 10 tally with tho
',o"S ''rn Kischoncn', that prcparn.
u""a "r' liking To advance the Russian
n'"''llntt'rb' 20 Chaicu, on tho from.
''Vr' INC sigma for This movom ont vas
expected .,i, from corotnniinopIo. No ono
",.'"n hcAdlnarlors doubted that Tho
T., - "D y, l, Gr9as Tho i'nlh ut Shulgini
III INC WEteuoi,>, Joasi. ,oLon honI.
nj. il Ia calculated lhafed TO UhUhc-
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