, 1877-02-03

following members: Senators, Ed.
munds, Morton. Frelinghuysen and
Bayard; Representatives Payne,
Hunton, Abbott, Garfield and Hoar;
Supreme Court Justices Clifford,
Strong. Miller and Field. The fifth
member is to be selected from among
Associate Justices Swayne, Davis,
Bradley and Hunt.
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 3O-Daniel o.
Neill, editor of the Pittsburgh Dis
patch and widely known, is dead.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 3O.-By the cap
sizing of skiff, this afternoon, four
young men we're washed over the
falls; two losing their lives and the
others being rescued.
LONDON, Jan. 3O.--The Standards s
dispatch from Vienna says negotia-
tions between the Ottoman ambas-
sadors and the Servian diplomatic
agent have already commenced.
The Pera correspondent of the
Telegraph announces positively that
Gortschakoff has resolved to retire,
and his resignation is merely a
question of few days. The same
correspondent declares that the Rus
sian army of the south is about to
be withdrawn, and only eight thou
sand men will remain there.
The Paris correspondent of the
Times says that the memorandum of
Powers was settled shortly before
the conclusion of the conference.
Since the conference closed, how
ever, hesitation seems to have arisen
which explains Russia's silence.
A special from Vienna reports
that, in consequence of the refusal
of France to send instructions for
the proposed gen d'armes to Turkey,
the Porte has now made overtures
to Austria.
A special from Pera says Turkey
wishes to have Mr.. Chave as finan-
cial administrator. England's in
tentions are unknown, but it is un-
dsrstood she will not nominate a
minister for Turkey until peace is
decided. A Vienna tclegr am to the
same paper says that England as
we'll as Russia has advised Prince
Milan to conclude peace, if he can
do so on proper terms.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-The COM
mittee on the Florida election re-
ported tonight. They say it is diff
fcult to conceive of more wanton at
, tempts to defeat the will of the peo-
pie and impose on the State and
country, officers not their choice,
than is here presented. 1t has been
judicially ascertained that the per-
sons named upon the face of the re-
turns as having received the highest
number of votes, we're elected, and
the committee say that in order to
ascertain who were chosen Presi-
Dental electors, the House has only
to look upon the face of the record
and read the words and figures
which determine that result. The
committee are of the opinion that
the facts have been judicially deter
mined, and that the Hayes electors
did not receive a majority of the
votes cast at the election. And in
this is involved a denial of their
right to cast their votes as Presiden-
tial electors, and no determination,
other than that which has been
made by the Supreme Court of Flor
ida, is required to show thst the act
of these electors in casting their
votes for President and Vice Presi-
dent is illegal and void. All papers
before the canvassing board apply
ing to them all the statutes of Flori-
da, will give 80 majority for Tilden
and Hendricks beyond dispute.
New YORK, Jan. 31.-Judge Law
renee has denied the application of
Rufus Hatch and oiher stockhold-
ers of the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Railroad Company for a
mandamus to the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company, to give access to
give access to transfer books of the
railroad, the object being to COM
municate with the rest of the stock
holders as to the alleged misman-
agement of the road by w. II. Van
derbilt and other directors. The
court hold that no exigency exists
for the writ, as allegations are fully
met in respondents affidavit.
PrrrsFIELD, Mass. Jan. 31.-Ja-
cob Strab, citizen of Springfield,
just returned from visit to his pa
rents near Stroesburg, Prussia, gives