The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-30
By Telegraph.
TO THE DAILY CLARION
YESTERDAY EVENINGS DISPATCHES,
FROM WASHINGEO /.
Visited the President.

WASHINGTON. d. c., Jan. 29.-Senators
Sherman, Morton and Hamlin, and Repre-
sentatives Hale and Kellogg, and Pitkin.
visited the President yesterday, and other
pressure will be brought to bear between
now and Tuesdays cabinet meeting to Sc
cure some positive action in Packard's ia
vor; there are no indications yet of a
change in bis policy.
Loss by Fire
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 29.-The loss by the
Academy of Music by fire won't exceed
$125,000.
Peace Propositions
LONDON Jan 29.-Dispatches report the
basis of peace offered by Turkey to Servia
and Montenegro, as moderate and very
conciliatOry.
The POpes Illness.
LONDON, Jan. 29.-Ronce. the Ultramon-
tame organ, admits that the Pope kept his
bed two days and had more than one attack
of semile epilepsy.
Turkish Parliarnent-..Pea 10 he
Concluded.
PERA, Jan. 29.-The first Turkish Parlia-
ment meets on the 1st of March; Midhat
Pasha has issued an edict ordering the
disarmment of the population. A Turkish
ShfOy has DCCH tIlISSlOucu 10 COHCIuUt
peace with Servla on the basis of Stdtu quo
ante bellum. Turkey is willing to grant
some territory to Montenegro.
Death of n Magician.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29.--Autoni Blitz,
the magician, is dead aged 81.
Signed by the President.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator Conover.
Chairman OF Senate Committee on Enrolled
Bills, presented the bill at 10 A. M. in re-
gard to the electoral count, to the President,
who signed it i'm mmedately, and informed
Senator Conover that he would send spec
ial message to the Senate to-day announc-
ing his approval of the bill.
More About Peace.
LONDON, Jan. pa dispatch from Con-
staDtinople 10 the Reuter- Telegraph Co =,
says that dispatch from the Servian govern
ment requests the Porte TO instruct the OF
ten an Am boeoador at Vienna to enter into
negotiations with the Servian diplomatic
agent there. Servia having no representa-
tive~at COnstantinople, the Prince of Mon
tenegro has not eplied to the dispatch invit-
ing him to treat for peace directly with the
Porte.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 29.-Mr. Robert
sou, of South Carolina, presented resolu-
ClOnS Oh cIJlZeUS Ol county, D.
c., com posed of persons OF both cOlors and
both political parties, denouncing the
Chamberlin government in that State as
usurpation, and declaring that the Hampton
government is the legal government of the
State; referred to the Committee on Privi-
eges and Elections.
The Republican Senators caucussed two
hours yesterday-the discussion being
whether the bill was Democratic measure
and whether the Senators favoring il should
have a place on the Grand Commi ssion.
The caucus meets again at three o'clock.
The Democratic Senators will hold no eau
Gus. Bayard and Thurman, by consent,
will represent them.
Morrison's committee is examining Fred
Littefield, clerk of the Returning Board,
in Joint session with the Committee on
Privileges and Powers; the examination so
far is prelimin ary.
No Hopes for Mr. Stephens.
Mr.. Stephens doctors have given up all
hopes this morning.
During the morning hours Robertson, of
South Carolina, called up the resolution
recently presented by Mr.. Gordon, ,acknowl-
edging the Hampton government in South
Carolina as the legal government OF that
State, ard addressed the Senate III support
OF the resolution; ; he reviewed at length the
recent events in that State, and denied there
was any intimidation OF blacks by whites.