The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-12-25
NEWS OF THE wEEE.
Ebst 10 Doing In the Old World and III,
New.

A revolution was tonented In tho southern
portion OF Japan by n discoa,entcd govern
ment official, aud the insurgents cGtturOd q
number Of tOwns and killed tho local and MILL.
tary officers and lvc hundred troops. Tho In.
surrectior lustoi for two weeks, when tho gov.
orumeEt quellGd Il and behoaded eight lead
ors..... The body OF Baron de Palm was sue.
ccesiuliy czems.ed at Pittsburgh, Pa, accord.
Ing to his last wish ...... Tho regular cortiA-
Gates Of tho Presidential olcctorF, forwarded
to tho president OF the United States Senate
authenticated by tho governors Of the several
stGtcF, give 1856 votes for HayOs and Wheeler
and ISL for Tlldsn and Hendricks. There
will DO some contested stGtos, and seno time
will yet elApsc before tho matter Ia fully set
He'd. From Oregon there arc two sets OF eiOc.
tors, 1t Is said, the governor having given
certificate 10 one Democrat, ONO Republican
being Ineligible. Tho RcpablIcans filed tho
vacancy, however, by seloctins third Re-
publican.
Prominent Democrats in Washington held n
caucus rClAt:vo TO proposed impeachment OF
tho President, bat tho matter was laid on tho
table, and NJ consequence no articles Ct i'm
pcGchmeut arc nov contemplated ...... JOHN
Kelly has boon appointed comptroller OF Now
York city, rice Green, whosO limo hAs expired
......Jchn MorrissHy, tho great pool hing OF
Nov York, has declared all bets on tho PECsi.
DENTAL election on. 10 gives as a reason for
tbis, his opinion that tho lHAl settlement OF
tho question will not DO arrived ct for come
time, owing to tho complications In Oresoa.. E.
The Louisiana returning board gives tho Re.
publtcans majority Of twenty-five In tho Log
islSture aud two in the Senate. e. After many
years fighting, Con. Porfrio Diaz has driven
tho government OF President Lordo to kn out
OF the way place in Moxlco, and has proclaimed
himself provisional president. Tho large cities
aud towns have all declared In his favor, and
tho merchants Of tho capital granted hin =
loan 81 $500 co., a. ono per cont month.
Railway Communication has boon resumed and
prospects look brighton already. Wien Lerdo
withdrew no had All cscoit Of ono thousand
men aud carried $500 900 In epeclc. The lrsl
day thrco hIlpdrcd mon deserted him, and all
will undoubtedly follow tho example ...... The
London NetrS prints tho following in oficiAt
form; "wG understand hOT majcrty'B govern
ment, after discussing With the United States
misisior, have accepted tho American interprc.
tatlon OF the eXiraditon treaty. It il hoped
that now the American Interpretation OF the
treaty has been admitted tho United States
will to willing TO outcr Into now treaty en-.
l2IRing the scope OF tho extradit,on." -. Gov.
Chamberlain, RIP, OF South Carolina, was In
augurAted for now term. Tho chief justicc
Of tho State refusing to administer the oath OF
Office, 1t was dOnO by a probate judge.
Gov. HOnddcks, Of IndGna. in giving his
opinion OF the political question, says "hc 10.
lies upon tho twenty second joiut rule, which
he conteuds has boon In operation since 1858,
and declares 1t Is legislative Interpretation Of
tho Constitution specially intended to meet
such c'ias as tho present One." 10 admits
tho possibility OF tho Houso declHrlng Gov.
Tilden President mud tho Senate declaring
Gov. Hsyos PfpEideut, and that such cribs
would be OF the most serious character, and
entail upon all parties the grayest rospoaAI-
bility.
In dispatch to tho Herald, Gov. Grover,
Of Oregon, gives hia reasons for declaring tho
electoral vote as ho did. IlO says that ono OF
the electors voted for held an office OF trust,
being n p1s;mssIOr, and was ineligible, and
lis election was protested against. Ills rulinE
Was based upon standing authorities, such as
CusLinS and Grant; tho decisions OF many
courts, like tho supreme court and tho court
OF appeals OF Now York; tho later uniform
practice 10 tho United S;Atcs Homo OF Repre-.
tcntattvea, and tho great weight OF English
authorities, both parliamentary and Judicial.
Tho law Of Oregon proTIding for filling ysean.
COS in the electoral college recognizes va.
cAncy only In c8+cs where thOro has been an
Incumbent and sucA incumbent has died, re-
fusCd 10 act, neglected to Rttord or is other
wire absent. In this case there Vac no In.
cumb0nt, unoss tho utxt highest candidate
should tAEO tho position, and there was
70 vacancy which could 10 Gled by the othtr
members OF the electoral college. THO ECxs
highest cGudiAhte eligible undor tho Cons,ilU.
ton CT tho Unitcd stAtea was, therefore, certE.
fed to bO duly ulcc!c3.
Tho official canvass OF California gives the
total vote "a 155,779 Comttiuy Marin county,,
Of which uGmbOr Hayes secured 1926 and
TlllCn 10, iG4..... Tie Turks claim to have
srSeStrd couspirstons who had arranged to
carry on tho sulan and declare The previously
dOpoaed lMltsn rGinstated -. .MIsssrIppl's
OH ,iAl lGurEU give Tildon lOSGil and uaye,
El,7sS-l totN! Of leo 429, and loo lority Of
56,5D ...... hdelphl TbGAtor, Albany, y. y,
was destroyed By fro. .... The city clerk Of
NowpoIt, = l., IL 4 iOrGultVr TO tho amount
Of from $1,000 to So 900 .,.... Jack IcCGnn,
WHO murdered Wild DiI In tho Black Hills,
last spring. was fund gilLy al YRnkton, D. T.,
and sentenced to 10 henged 800. George Al,
pAugh fell dead OF heart disoaac az he rOeO Ia
Load in prayer 10 meeting hold In Allentown,
N. J......Itis cisimrd that tho Democrats OF
Louisiana Will organize State government,
effect MI organization and lnauSurato Gen.
NlchOlls on tho arst Monday Of January. The
Democrats publish officially list OF rOptOson.
tALivcs GndSOn&tors which they claim Hro elcct
cd. Thcy c'ain four majority In the IIousI
and four In the SonAtc. Tho returning boar'
rOturns glyo tho ltspnb!icAus twenty-five ma
IorIty III tho House and two majority In tht
acuA,e. ... Tho number OF lives lost by thC
burning Of TIRE brooklyn TheAter proves tc
Eavo boon 299. or theto 2l5 have been ltien
tiled. SoVonty-goyCa recovered bodies wCrt
not ilsniiAnh and Mer0 hurled In nnn rrhSn