The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-04
By Telegraph,
TO THE DAILY CLARION.
louisiana EegisIa ture.

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 3.-The sub-comm nit
tee from Baton Rouge having returned and
made quorum, the House committee, by a
party vote, reported President Orion, w.
| L. Telegraph Company, to the House for
contempt, in refusing to answer to the Sec
Ond subpoena.
The House committees are examining
witnesses relative TO the general character
of the campaign. Nothing important elic-
tied.
The Senate Committees examined Robt
Wilson in reference tn the characters OF
Capts. TheoboId and Phillips and Walter
Logan, of Ouachi;a, charged with numer-
Gus acts Of violence. The witness said their
characters were as good as any in the par
ish, and as to Willis FravZer's reputation as
a thief, he had never heard him accused of
thefts except stealing a box of tobacco aud
seed cotton, but he was never arrested on
that charge.
Committee room deserted by spectators
City quiet.
LONDON, Jan. 3.-The Standards dis
patch from Belgrade reports that Gen.
Nickitin on Monday dismissed the Russian
and foreign officers whom he had engaged,
and with Dandeville, the Cars adjutant,
will soon return to Russia. The Russian
soldiers who remain in SerVia viii be IN
cerporated in the Servian army, The
Skuptz oc China will Assem- BILE imm ediately
to vote on the budget question and of con-
Guiding peace with Turkey, and other
questions will probably be raised at the
same time The Standards Berlin dispatch
says it is reported from st. Peters burg,
that Gen Ignatieff has already re-embark-
ed archives of embassy.
The Daily News special from Constanti-
NOBLE saws that somebody is encouraging
the Turks to resist. Some believe that
Austria is doing so secretly.
A Vienna dispatch says that lgnatietf
voted for q prOlongation of the armistice,
Jar tar IN ShOulH
to Servia and Montenegro, and that no hos
tilities carried on elsewhere should be con-
sidered in violation of engagement. a tel
eoram from Pesth, reports that Gen. Slckl,
tine has been recalled by order of Car, and
that Russian volunteers must leaVe there
before January 10Th.
Daily Telegraph special from Pera gives
additional details of what passed at an IN
teryieW between Neidhat Pasha, ana Lord
Salisbury, showing that the language USED
very Neldnat aeElaa end ' nnt
the Sultan would upnOld MS rlghes anu Pun
his trust in God. ~.
A Paris correspondent Of the Times dis
cussing various rumors concerning the
condition of the Russian army, says the
truth is, the army continues TO DE orSahlZeu
with great rapidity, and that the men are
neither so unhealthy, nor so dlscout aged as
they have been reported to be- and VIII De
ready to take the field in two Dlonths, pro-
vided capable General is placed at their
head The real complaint OF Granu LUXE
Nichols is inefficiency. The moderation OF
Rusgia is not caused by military weakness,
Init by her desire to throw blame OF proVok-
ing war on Turkey.
A Paris telegraph to the Times announ-
ces that the Banque OF Franco Holland Is
declared bankrupt.
wheeler Interviewed.
NEW YORK. Jan. 3.-Yice- President
Wheeler has been interviewed. MT. neel-
or snurns and rejects all talk about com
nromise. He declares empnaticaily tnas
thhere is nothing to compromise. ana tnaI
.he Presidency cannot and must not De The
snb;act Of barter between men OF Dotn par
e;as and that the great issue oil the gay
shaiI and must only be settled by the strlct
aarryinu out of the letter and spirit Oh tue
Constitution. Mr.. Wheeler, py tue Der
Las interview is made to speak thus.
s.Tts nv firm conviction that OohSress
never be constituted National can
con ons;na or Returning Board. CohSf es
aannnt so behind the returns ueyoaiu .me
ara question of regularity OF cerIlnca'es
I.,aarStan nd me clearly, for It's POM 1n
,yhich would not like to De mlsunuu, stbar
that Congress cannot inves,Id.s s,' or HAYES.
s ynn,s;ana has gone for ilden OF Inns ,h;s
LOU a"tion of the Returning BOARD gu 'n,s
, nn1 has been final and conclusive IN Lou
isiana. c.hot e there had been