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Resolutions in Regard TO the Count Of the
Electoral VOte-RepOrt OF the Ju-
dietary Committee on the
Same Subject.
Senator Mitchell, Of Oregon, after CrOnan
Debate in the Senate on the
Joint Rules-A Straw Show
ing How the Wind Blows.
Many Prominent Democratic Senators
Vote TO Sustain the Decision of
the Chair, which was that the
Joint Rules are Not in
Force.
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, December S.-Mr. Bakel
Ind. introduced bill proposing an amend
| ment to the constitution fOrbidding the as
sumption or payment of any claim for loss Ol
| damage growing out of loss or destruction o.
property during the late rebellion.
The house committee on the Judiciary
agreed to report favorably on the resolution
offered by Mr.. NJ 'Crary yesterday. providing
for the appointment of a committee TO act IN
conjunction with a committee of the senate
to secure the count of the electoral votes and
the determination of disputed questions by a
tribunal whose authority none can question
and whose decision all viii accept as final
The committee will recommend the adop-
ton Of the resolution without any amend
ment, except one providing that the special
committee shall consist of seven instead OF
FIVE members. 1t will probably be Brought
before the house next Monday.
Mr. Piper introduced bill establishing the
Territory of Black Hills and providing a tenn
pOrary form Of government therefor.
Mr.. Lemoyne offered the following resolu-
ton:
WHEREAS, Serious differences of opinion may
arise between the members Of the two houses OF
congress to their Jurisdiction and powers In iOiut
session In counting the electoral votes and the queS
tionS involved being questions of law;
ResotUed, That the senate be requested TO appoint
appointed by the speaker of the house, In present
ing to the supreme court such questions as either Of
said committees may deem important in this crisis
and asking the members of the supreme court to
give to congress an opinion thereon.
Mr.. Hoskins rose to debate the question
and it therefore went under the rules.
Mr.. Faulkner offered resolution instruct
ing the committee on military affairs to IN
quire into the object Of the government In re-
Gently becoming the purchaser of the armory
property at Harpers Ferry, and whether it
would not beexpedient to establish national
armory there.
Mr.. Mills offered resolution calling on the
President for information as to whether the
cavalry forces had recently been from the
Texas frontier
Mr.. Faulkner introduced bill to continue
the appropriation for the improvement of the
MonOngahela river in West Virginia. Re-
ferred.
The pension appropriation bill was passed.
and then Mr.. Wood N. Y. called up the
resolution offered by him yesterday, calling
upon the President for copies of the instruc-
tons sent to and of the reports received from
the military or civil authorities in the south
since August.
Objections were made by the Republicans,
but the resolution was adopted without de-
bate and the house adjourned till Monday.
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RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
j. G.. Simpson. .

At a meeting of the Howard Association held al
their rooms on the 9Th instant, the following pre-
amble and resolutions were adopted I'm honor of the
late ]. G. SIMPSON:
WHEREAS. The great Ruler of the Universe has in
His wisdom taken from us our friend and brother J.
q. SIMPSON; and whereas, we desire to recognize his
services as a faithful and devoted member of this
Association to attest appreciation of his gener
GUS nature and our sorrow for his loss; therefore
be 1t
ResolJed, That In the death of Brother SIMPsoS
this Association has lost of It's most active and
eilclent members, We faithful brother, and the
poor a benehcent friend
ReSotcei. That as a member of this Association.
Brother SIMPSON did his duty. ana he did It we'll
Resolved, That we deeply lament the sudden and
unexpected death OF Brother SIMPSON and sincerely
sympathize with his bereaved relatives.
Resolved. That these resolutions be published In
the Memphis papers, and that a copy of the same
be sent to the family of Brother SIMPSON
B. p. ANDERSON,
W. j. B. LONSDALE,
W. J. SMITH,
G. W. GORDON, Committee
copy-attest: J. II. SMITH, Sec'y H. a.
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Latest Styles and Lowest Prices
TreBIe-PIated Silver Table Knives at
SO per dozen.
EXAMINE OUR STOCK AND SELECT SOON
Trustees Sale Of Real Estate in Ar.
kansas.

NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue Of the
power and authority in me thereto vested by a
certain Deed OF Trust made By william f. Perm
and Mary L. Perry, his wife duly acknowledged and
recorded In the proper Office and dated the second
l2dl day OF July, AID. 1915, to secure the payment
70 1aeger Milling Company Of St Louis the sum of
-Four Thousand and Six Hundred Dollars, Will on
Tuesday, 10th Day of January. 1877.
at the door Of the courthouse In the town Of Marion
CTittenden county. Arkansas between the hours of
ten 40 OF the clock am. and two (2) of the clock
u, expose 20 sale at public yendue and Outcry 10
she highest and best bidder therefor for cash in
hand, the following described lands lying and being
situate In said county, TO wit: The southeast QUAR-
ter OF section nine 90 containing one hundred and
sixty $50 acres; aud the northeast Qua rter OF the
northeast quarter Of section sixteen 49, Containing
forty acres, both In township six 81 north OF range
nine "! east containing In all two hundred acres OF
esnd With all the improvements etc. thereon or
thereto belonging or attached This IS said to be
valuable tract OF land and the title IS believed to be
and by virtue OF the said conveyance
August -, 1875. JOHN CRANGLE. Trustee.
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The Mill Grinds slowly in south Caro-
lima.

COLUMBIA, December 8.-The congression-
al investigating committee arrived late last
night, and this morning met and organized,
and soon thereafter drove 70 the Statehouse.
The Republican house and senate are in ses-
sion, but have taken no important action.
The committee appointed by the Democratic
house yesterday Is now in the discharge of It's
mission, winch Is to call upon the officer COM
manding the United States troops and IN
form him that the house Il legally consiitu-
ted, and ask the withdrawal Of the troops
from that building, and, if refused. to de
mand by what authority troops are retained
there. The Democratic house has also IN
structed the Judiciary committee to employ
counsel and proceed against d. II. Chamber
lame for reasonable acts IN usurping the
government Of the State Also, directing
the committee 10 ascertain and report what
counties are not represented in tbs h0use.
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TIE FUNERAL.

The funeral of the identified dead will take
place on Saturday instead of Sunday, as pre-.
Viously stated. The memorial services, how
ever, will be held Sunday noon. Tomorrow
the militia will assemble on Schermerhorn
street. the right resting on Flatbush avenue
The procession Will be formed in the follow
ing order: Police, band, clergy in carriages,
hearses escorted by military, relatives and
friends in carriages, city officials in
carriages, and citizens. The procession
will move at one o'clock. The services
In the cemetery will consist of PRAYERS,
addresses and singing by choral societies.
The bodies will be taken from the two
morgues by the undertakers without special
ceremony, and carry each coffin In a separate
vehicle to the place of assembly on Schermer-
horn street, which will be kept free from or
dlnary travel while the cortege is forming.
Places Of business viii be closed between the
hours OF one and three o'clock. The lot in
Greenwood cemetery is on the summit of an
elevation. 1t is circular and nearly sixty feet
in diameter, The rise from circumference to
center is about two feet The ground
was presented by the Cemetery association,
and the plan for the arrangement of the
cottins was made by Comptroller Perry. In
order that the services may not be marred bv
the presence OF an unsightly hill of fresh
earth thrown up by the grave-diggers, Comp
troller Perry volunteered to have all the earth
carted away and afterward carried back
again. A circular trench fourteen feet wide
will be dug completely around inside of the
circumference. This will leave a center pIat
for a monument Of about thirty feet in diam
eter. In the trench the bodies will be laid
with their feet toward the center, and as close
as may be necessary. The workmen arc
buslly engaged to-day in digging the trench.
The lot Is on Baute avenue, near the gate for
the exit of funeyals All coffns are to be
alike; they will be plain but taste
tul IN construction, the only orna-
ment boing a double row of dia-
mond-headed tacks. 1t is suppospd
that not more than one hundred vehicles
will be needed. About three thousand infan-
Try, under the command Of General Thomas
y. Dann, WI. t0In the escort. The Hne of
march VIII be through Flatbush avenue to
Sixth avenue, thence to Third street, thence
to Fourth avenue and to Twenty-fifth street
which leads to the cemetery. The services
on Sunday afternoon will be held in Hooley's
operahouse, Park theater and the Academy
OF Music. The vocal music will be rnGe, the
direction OF F. w. LOvejGy, and the instru-
mental music under the direction of l.. Com
terno, hand-master Of the Twenty-third regi-
ment,
CHARACTER OF THE THEATER.
The Brooklyn theater has not made a par
tlcularly brilliant record. says the New York
IT'bRl.c. 1t was built for Mr.. and Mrs. f.
IL Conway, and was by them conducted, for
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DIED.

PARKER-At the residence Of his father, Deem
Der Sth. at 5ls O'Clock am, JOHN RICHARD eldest
son OF r. NJ c. and Matilda Parker.
The friends and aequaintances are invited to at
tend his funeral, at No. so PeytOn avenue this
SATURDAY afternoon. at O'CLOCK
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several seasons, IN a dignifed and conscien-
tious manner. 1t had an efficient stock COM
pany, and it was devoted to the better order
Of entertainments. Prominent stars have ap-
peared there, and the efforts Of the
management have always been directed
toward making the Brooklyn theater,
TOR Brooklyn, what Wallacks thea
ter is for New York Mr. and Mrs
Conway dying, in rapid succession, the
house fell into other hands, and of late it has
been managed by Messrs Shook and Palmer,
who have presented there such artists as John
Gilbert, Catherine Rogers, Augusta Dargon.
Clara Morris, John Z. Owens. George Faw-
cett Rowe and Ben DeBaf. The energy with
which changes were effected and bright at
fractions put forward was beginning to make
itself felt in augmented good fortune for the
house 1t had acquired some prestige, andit
may be said that it is destroyed just as the
tide Of its affairs had really turned toward
solid prosperity.
Albany, December 8: A fire broke out in
L. a IL. - -
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A MARROW ESCAPE.

A very interesting escape from the flames
was that Of one of the stage hands, Timothy
Owen, who made his way through the under
ground passage to the coal-bunk under the
pavement and succeeded in getting beneath
the coal-hole, where his rappings on the
cover attracted the attention of some bv-
ISLANDERS. They saw the cover move, and
prying it up pulled out the fortunate fellow
and comrade
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CLOSING RATES

Yesterday Of cotton and gold: NeV York
cotton, II f-sc. Memphis cotton, II Csc.
Nao York gold, I07 If. Memphis gold
IO7.
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December 23d, at 10 O'Clock am,

to act on divers propositions to amend the Charter.
to-wit: Sections 30, 30, 81 and 3d. and Others as
to assessments for books and expenses and for the
use OF the Library by lawyers and others not MEM
beTs and such other matters of concern to the As
ISOLATION as may be then presented
HENRY q. SMITH, President etc
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POST MORTEN EXAMINATION

to-day. Physicians believe that most of the
deaths were caused by sufocation. There
was rumor this morning that the men dig
ging in the ruins had come upon new pile
containing two hundred dead and mutilated
bodies, but there was no foundation for the
rumor. The relief commissioner is now
ascertaining the number of surviving rela-
tives and their condition. At the services in
the Catholic churches to-day reference was
made to the disaster, and the congregations
were called upon to make manifest their
Catholic charity by prayers for the dead and
pecuniary aid for the living.
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REMOVAL.

7 B. MFARLAND, Attorney, has removed from
Il. 80 Madison street to ~ Madison.
over fernando Insurance company. nOvi4
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New York, December {: John Morrissey
has declared of all pools sold in his house on
the direct result OF the Presidential election.
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Albany, December 8: A fire broke out in
the Adelphi theater this morning. and the
entire interior of the building was consumed.
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IN, and the pollce t
ick; there was also a
:, but | met with no
OF half of the people
,ry at the time l left ;
ldicate the breaking
; down; the people W
IC-STRICKEN
=.
al;j were falling on each other.
very few women.

asd were falling on each other. There wers
very few women.
Marshal Bryan, who was in the par
quette, testified: 81 do not think there
were six persons behind me when I got
out; am sure, when got out, there was not
a man or woman in the parquette. Eighty
bodies are still in the morgue, and eighty
three in the Adams street market. Parts of
some Of the corpses have crumbled, and look
like heaps Of offal. The carbolic acid, which
is poured over them hourly by order of the
board of health, the chloride of lime scat
tered about the floor, and the decomposing
limbs and trunks increase the offensiveness Of
the place. The coroner made a further
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Notice to Lawyers.

(Y request Of five members of the Memphis Bar
ID and Law Library Association notice is given
that meeting of tse members of the Association
will be held at its rooms, in the Courthouse
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Plantation fOrSale or Lease

THE weIl-known Walnut Grove PIaa=cOzg Ia
L CoahOmd comfy, Mississippi. = miles iiau
RObinsOnytll9 Landing. consisting ar ahsut 1900
acres clear land and about i.iTl acres woodland.
Offers will be-FECeved bS ~ Sfa 4 CO, 20 E-nad
street, New YORK
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Old Folks of Shelby County.
SPECIAL MEETING-A special uecting of the
= Society Will be held at 3 O'Clock . (SATTR-
DAY) afternoon, at Office OF ]. G. onsd = No is
Madison street; Members Will attenu prom tly
By order of the President.
]. p. PRESCOTT Re-. Sec'Y
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CHARACTER dF THE THEATER.

The Brooklyn theater has not made a par
tlcularly brilliant record, says the New York
Ir'bnnc. 1t was built for Mr.. and Mrs. f.
IL Conway, and was by them conducted, for
The daily gazette., 1876-12-28
FLORIDA.

The situation in Florida has been still
further muddled. The notice fora meet
ing Of the Returning Board to recanyass
the vote, in obedience to the mandate of
the Supreme Court, was withdrawn YES
terlay morning by the Secretary of State.
Ecl.in McLin and Cowgirl refused to
obey the order of the Court and announ-
ced their intention to file motion to va.
cate the rule and set aside the mandainus
Aitcr their refusal tu recdnvass, Attorney
General Cooke, the other member Of the
Board, made the recount himself from
the lace Of the returns, giving Drew. the
Democratic candidate for Governor, 4g7
| majority, and the Tilden Electors a ma
jorlty of94. lie filed these returns inthe
| Clerks office, as directed by the Court
i Subsequently Mclin and Cowgirl agreed
to recanvass, and the full Board met fol
the purpose in the afternoon. The ma.
jority, by throwing ont Clay county, anC
adopting what the Democrats allege to b,
a false return from Baker county, gay,
Drew l95 majority, and the Hayes Elec
tors 2O6. A protest was entered by til,
Attorney General. The Supreme CourI
reassembles to-day, and will review tn,
action of the Board. In the meantime
eX-Attorney General Williams has gon
to Tallahassee, and Judge Wood, of til
| l. >. Court, is also reported to he goin
there.
The daily gazette., 1876-12-28

ri NOR says that Mr.. Frelnghuysen
will cooperate with Mr.. Conkling aud
Mr.. Christiancy in resisting the forcihle
count-in Of Hayes. Some oI the New
Jersey papers seem quite confident that
Mr.. Frelinghuysen will be among the
first to 90 over when the break occurs in
the republican phalanx. They think
however, that he is waiting for the testi'
mony of the southern committee. But
this can hardly be true. The evidence
before the country is already sufficient.
The daily gazette., 1876-12-28

THE FLORIDA lNAU GURATIoN.-The
democratic Governor-elect of Florida,
Hon. Geo. L. Drew, will be inaugural ed
in Tallahassee on Tuesday, January ,.
The occasion will be made one to be re-
membered, and invitations are now being
sent out inviting the people from every
palt Of the State and Union to be present
to witness the first step in the new era of
the Commonwealth. \ grand inaugl-
ration ball will be given at night.
The daily gazette., 1876-12-28
sENAToH MOTIONS RECORD.

We have heretofore given very signiti-
cant extracts from Senator MOrton's
speech at the last ession of Congress in
support Of his bill onthc subject ofcount-
ing electoral votes. In the speech he
pointed out the broad and statesmanlilte
way of setting such dispute as has now
arisen. Here are some additional express
sions from the convincing speech refer
red to:
IL do not accept the suggestion that
the Nicc-PrcSilcnt of the United States
| has anything more to do in the business
OF counting the vote for President and
Vice-I'resident than that specific duty
which is prescribed for and enioinea
upon him by the constitution. That
| duty is, i'll the presence of the Senate
| and House of representatives., to open
| the certificates. There being no other
| duty assigned to him. ] infer, naturally,
| that he is TO do nothing more"
Again, in explaining his bill, he thus
explicitly meets the contingency ofa con
tested return:
"The effect OF this section is to deter.
mine which set of electoral returns is to
be counted, and if the two houses do not
.
the vote goes out. The State has no
vote BECAUSE unless there is some tri bun
al to settle which vote shall be counted.
you cannot count both, and, therefore,
you cannot count either. Youmust have
some tribunal TO settle that difficulty; and
what tribunal is safer than the two
houses Of Congress-
The question now is whether Senator
Morton will stand by himself 1t would
seem increaible that he should not though
there would be no question about it but
for the facility with which it is charged
that he has before sacrificed consistency
for the sake OF personal and political ad-
vantage If this be so it is not surprising
that there should be some natural curiosi-
ty to see how Morton will answer Nor
ton. y public man engaged in the pro-
ess of fselt-StutitiCation is incomprehen-
sible to simple-mindcd outsiders, but it is
edifying to all who do not wish him well
whether personal rivals or political an
tagOnists. We hope better things of Mr..
Morton, however.-Bdh .Sua.
The daily gazette., 1876-12-28
LOUISIANA

The Louisiana investigation yesterday
developed SEINE very interesting facts.
Samuel McEncry, brother Of Gov.
McEnery, gave succinct statement OF
the plans and policy of the democratic
party in the late campaign in the State.
Further testimony ON both sides relating
to the subject of intimidation and yio-
lence was taken. f. w. Barnes, the West.
ern Union telegraph smanager at New
orleans, was IN custody to appear before
the bar of the House of Renresent.
atives at Washington for con
tempt of the order of The
House requiring MIN to oproduce dispatch
eS before the committee. The New Yorl
Investigation clased last evening. Amont
the witnesses was United States Distric
| Attorney Bliss, who agreed with Daven
port in considering the election in Ney
York to have been fair one.
The daily gazette., 1876-12-28

An important meeting of the democrats
Of New Jersey was held on Friday night
at Newark, which was attending by a
number of the most prominent democrats
Ill the State. After full discussion of the
present political situation, a committee
was appointed to draw up report on the
condition of our federal politics, and on
the duty Of the State of New Jersey in
he emergency.
The daily gazette., 1876-12-28

GOVERNOR KELLOGG is determined to
have Republican majority in his Legis-
iatre if he has to rob the penitentlary
and every Jail in the State to effect it.
Dave Young, the Senotor whose prosecu-
ton he interrupted yesterday. is one Of
the greatest Williams in Louisiana. and il
tried he would have been surely convicted
Of the embezzlement Of which lie stood
charged. But lie has been a useful man
to Kellogg, and may be again. Times.
The daily gazette., 1876-12-28
THE PINKSTON TRAGICRoMANCE

Special DISPATCH % the New York Herald.
MONROE, La, December 26.-It was
proved to-day before the subcommittee
that Henry Pinkston voted in 1874 the
Democratic ticket and was then threaten.
ed by Republican negroes. He is shown
to have been much liked by the white.
and to have been man who attended /,
his own business. Eliza Pinkston j.
shown to have killed woman in Uniou
parish and tG have been notoriously u baC
character.
The daily gazette., 1876-12-28

ofthc republic may guide legislation, and
the country be relieved from the present
uncertainty and apprehension by a
determination of the mode in which the
issue shall be decided
The daily gazette., 1876-12-28

The committee Of New York bankers
merchants and others, appointed by a
meeting at the residence ofIIon. VIM. Z.
Dodge, have prepared a memorial to Con
Sres> praying that i'll the pending presi
dental question all mere party consider
ations may be thrown aside, that the pure
and unselfish patriotism Of the founders
The daily gazette., 1876-12-28
THE MISE HOUST0NS'
Select Day and Boarding SCh0(
COMMENCES AT 900 DELAWARE AvANrM
SEPTEMBER. 1876.

These young lqdies are thorough educ cii
of tho most refined kind, in miad ma
ana spirit. We are sure the greatest Ju' Il
viii be done to all pupils iutrGsted t, Il
care, To teach the Dung 10 think. u Il
out the young mind, and TO pour lnsuur
out of one mind into another with itc'iI
ard m a way that is useful and delightful
happy art. and this is the method and Gu n
are said to be encourl a ging, as their num9
is limited and films up. Those who, VI
the advantage of their instruction should
ply soon. The location is healthy and com
pient, directly on the street car route.
pupil ii c'u the heart OF the city IN an' Sut
pieasar = seather could step in and get Gui
the doo., an d in other weather the WALK 10
yigoratinR and healthy. "uhi
The daily gazette., 1876-12-28

Ia ley Turnpike co. Stockholders Meet
ing and Election of Officers aud Managers,
nj T.. IrughurSt's office. Gth and Market
Sis. ON Isl mo. (lan.l sth, -. nj 3 p. M.
dpc2G 2awtm II. TATNAII4. JE., See v
The daily gazette., 1876-12-28

NoTI,cE. ,.,.,a,. ma. H., ., ,.-c
The annual meeting OF the Farmers Mu-
tual Fire Insurance Co fthc state Of Del
aware, formerly of Mill Creek liundred)
will he held ut the Office of the Company
No. S}3 Market street. Wilmington. Del. on
Monday the sth day of January, tsi7, ut 10
o'clock. a. N. O., at which time the election for
seventeen Managers of the company will be
held and one years interest ON all deposit
notes will be payable The Agents of the
Company are authorized to receive the dues
of the members.
T.. e. STOTSENHIRG, President.
.gW. \. LAMOTTE. Secretary. dec2i TIM