Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-12-30
LATE EASTERN TELEGRAMS.

LATE EASTERN TELEGRAMS
The Situation More warlike thar
| Ever
| Great quantities of arms and ammuni
ton have been received from America
The temper Of the population is warlike
and the situation critical On Saturday
the Sofas made a demonstration before
the Russian Embassy by shouting,
Down with Russia" Russian steamers
have ceased running on the Black Sea.
CONsTANTINoPLE, Dec. 26.-The Marquis
of Salisbury will today demand from the
Sultan his acceptance of the proposals
| agreed upon by the powers. Should he
refuse, Salisbury is instructed to leave
COnstantinople, and order the British fleet
to quit Turkish waters.
Aatamoros news, just received from the
interios OF Mexico, says that President
Lerdo and Cabinet have been captured by
the revolutiOnists. General Escobedo,
Secretary of War, was shot with several
others.
The Government of Lerdo is undoubt-
eddy ovcrthrown. Monterey and Saltillo
have declared in favor of Inslesias and sur.
rendered without fighting. The whole
northern frontier of Mexico, except Mat
amOros, is in the possession of the sup
porters of Inglesias. His friends in this
city are now out with music and torches,
celebrating the success.
The Invitation of General Reveilas yes
terday to the merchants of Matam0ros has
developed into scheme to plumber them
Of forty thousand dollars, under pretext
Of three>per-cent loan on merchandise
and property levied by himself, against
which imposition the whole community is
protesting as illegal and tyraunical.
Fraudulent Voting.
The times Washington special says:
Day after day reveals the fact that frauds
in the 9Th South Carolina district were
greater than those practiced in any other
portion of that State. Representive Wal
lace has the best evidence to prove that at
ponent by men from North Carolina and
Georgia, who aided to create the regin of
terror which prevailed in his district on
the day of election. He will also be able
to show over 1000 more votes were polled
i'll Spartanburg county than there were
voters inthe county. There was the same
method of increasing the vote of Greenville
Union and Pickens counties. Wallace has
determined to contest the seat of his Op.
ponent, Evans, and will be able to make
very strong case before Congress.
Quick Time.
QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 24-The steamship
Crittainic Captain Thompson, from New
York, December 10Th. arrived this morn
ing, making the passage in Z days and 10
hours, the quickest on record.
Privacy In kilograms.
Nf
of the Western Union held meeting
yesterday on the subject of telegrams and
the Congressional committee. The board
Yesterday instructed the executive CON-
mittee to destroy originals in futuIc as
soon as possible after their transmission.
It is authoritively said the Company will
even have messages destroyed ON the day
after their transmission if that is necessary
TO secure privacy.
Adjournment.
NEW York, Dec. 23.-The Times Col
umbia special says: The Legislature has
adjourned. Previous to adjournment the
Senate appointed committee of 3 Repub-
licans, Snazee, Taft and Within ore. and
three Democrats, letter, Metz and With
erspoon, to examine the authorities and
precedents governing organization of the
legislature, with view of arriving at
some agreement as to the validity of the
present legislature. 1t is not believed the
committee will come to any agreement, and
its appointment is looked upon as joke.
Leamons Howe & Steaven's domestic
medicines and a full stock of miscellaneous
drugs; also 1877 almanacs "for gratuitous
distribution, have just been received per
Dakota, by C,B,mann
Trick That Will Not Win.
Democratic leaders have instructed
CrOnin not to deliver the Oregon certifi-
Gates at all, purposing to prevent the
count of the electoral votes from Oregon
and then to claim that either 1874 is the
constitution majority, or else that the
Presidential election has been thrown into
the House Of Representatives.
Florida Deposits her Vote.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The Republi-
can electoral vote of Florida was deposi-
ted by the messenger with Ferry yester-
day. No receipt was given the messen-
ger, as there are two sets of electoral votes
of Florida.
Evidence Of Murders and Intlmida-
ton.
Private information from South Caro-
lima committee Of the Senate says it il Sc
curing an unexpected amount and strength
of testimony as to murders and intimida-
ton by which the election was controlled.
Senator Ferry's Opinion.
CHICAGO, Dec. 24.-The Times Wash:
ington special says: Senator Ferry thinks
it very probable some feasible plan will
soon be suggested by the conference
committee appointed for the purpose of
bridging over the difficulty Of counting
| the vote, and that no call will be made
upon the president of the Senate in Feb
ruary next to exercise his power in the
matter. He denies that there is any con-
certed plan of action on the part OF the
Republicans in the Senate.
House Committee Satisfied of Hayes
| Election.
The Congressional committee closed the
examination of the canvass of the electo
raj vote in the State, and are said to be
satisfied at least that Hayes and Wheeler
carried South Carolina. Wade Hampton
has always beer opposed to making any
issue on the electoral vote, and he posi-
lively refused to certify certificates which
the Democratic electors claimed to have
got from the records of the supreme
court. l was told that the vote as for
warded would be Withdrawn before the
time arrived for counting. have it from
the best authority that Hampton says he
will lend no encouragement to the revOlu-
tiOnary programme of hot headed Demo-
Gratis Of the North who propose to seat
| Tilden in the Presidential chair by force,