Arizona weekly miner., 1877-01-26

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 very slight rain fell here yesterday.
 Jndg, C. \. Tweed informs inc ho Will on or about February 2ith next hold an extra session ol Court at Prescott to try Territorial prisoners. and perhaps clear out The JAil "' some birds.
 Ti,err i. a smallpox excitement here sufi.- cicnt io keep Dr. J. C. Handy busy Sacrlna- ting people who fear the disease. learn that Dr. Goodwin will aSsisi nE. Handy. Several Noriherncrs have already submitted thsir arms
 !. II. Behan has rendered your delegation and county considerable sers ice since his arrival here truer man than Johnny nccd not be looked for in havapai County.
 Washington. Jan ls-Gen Anderson and ex x-Goycfnor Well.. of Louisiana, of the Returning Baari, arrived here today and were immediately arrested by the Sergeant at-Arms ot the House
 Frcl May thc hero of the duel with James Gordon Bennett, Is here unhuri.
 Omaha. Jan. EN-Governor Saunders, Rep Was elected | s Senator to-day.
 Cons,antinople. Jan is.-rhe Grand Coun- oil have decided that atihcrc can Ice no further negotiations except upon the Turkish Court proposals.
 Lsier-Tlc Grand Council to-day rejected ihe proposals of ,hc powers.
 San Francisco. Jan. i9-A recent report 0i the failure ofJ. C. Duncan, of the Pacific Stock Exchange. vas crrOaeous as Co ihe name. Duncan is not member Of the Stock BoafI. aud has not failed He is President of the Pioneer Saviu-os Bank.
 X dispatch from Vallejo, ihis afternoon, ,ays tomorrow ali the dHughtsman. clerks, scf,auts. etc ai the navy yard, in fact, cvrs bsdy but fhr officers of thc navy and six men. will be dischargcd-cause, eN- haustcd appropriations.
 There is a heavy snow-stoTm raging Do lhc mountains, and ihe liucs are down east of Calfzx.
 Washington. Jan ls.-The Senate Spe- gial Joint Committee, On counting the elcc- toral vote. has made thc following report
 Both House. are to meet ou the tirst ThH-,lly ia February. at 10 ?. m.-tbe President of ihs Senate. presiding. who shall appoint tWo ieiieTs from each House, who.e duties shall bc to open. Fead and make li-: of tho votes appearing in the ce!tifc1irs. and deliver the irsu.t tn ihe President uf ihe Senate. who shall announce the vote which announcement shall be deemed sufficient declaration of inc persons elected President and Vice President, and with the lists of votes shall bc placed upon the Journals of both Houses When the vote 8, read. the President of the Senate shall icall for objections. winch must be made in writing. s,aiing the grounds thereof, and signed toy at least one member of tbe Sen ate and one member of the House. Such objections are to be considered by the Sen nF1 hall consider them in the same manner. The House shall then meet and their decision shall hr announced. The objection must toe affirmed hy both Houses go bc valid. Thi, plan refers io eases of objection where ihcre is only one return from the State m question if any more than one set of re- turns are received from any one State, they shaii bc submitted tn a Commission com posed of i've members from each House of Congress. and ihe Justices of the Supreme Court from the l-i. 3d. Sth and 9th Circuits. who shall choose d fifth Justice t0 complete the Commission. the eldest Justice to be the President of the Commission. This Commission shall decide which is the law iul return and report t0 the Houses of Con grcs., and the counting of the votes shall prnc,cd in conformity herewith. unless ob- iectiou shall be made in writing by al least five mcmbers of each House. II the two House, separately concur in ordering other wise. such orlcg shall bc given. No debate shall Ike allowed in the joint session. and debate only to a limited extent in separate session Nothing in this Act shall be held to impair the right existing untler the law, to question the election of any person as President or Vice President, by proceeding in the l. :. Courts"
 The Committee desired to take up the bill on saturday or Monday at furthes,.
 Washington. Jan. ls.--1hc Secretary of the Interior will in few days issue direc- tions to the Suryeyor-General of Arizona 10 examine into ali land grants in that Terri tory and report to the Department. Such examination was authorized several years ago by law. but for want of Department in- structioas, ii has never been carried into effect
 The Indian Appropriation bill as reported Co the House to-day contained the fol lowing items: Three hundred thousand dollars for the subsistence of the Apaches in Arizona; and one hundred thousand dol lars for Apaches in New Mexico. For gene ral expenses of Indian services in New Mexico, fifteen thousand dollars.
 New York, Jan. lS-Thc lIcrald's Columbia, <. C., special says |. :. Commis- sion m the canvassing Of the vote for State officers. find that the returns from Perry county have been changed since leaving the hands of the county CanyaSSers. Tn favor of Dunn, the Republican candidate for Atty General.
 Washington. Jan. l9-Thc Executive Committee of the Western Union Telegraph Company were released to-day by the House Commiitc on powers and privileges.
 Ice in the Potomac river broke up last night Great damage done
 Chicago, Jan. 2l. The Times Washing ton special says that the National Demo- cratic Executive Committee will call meeting of the full Committee here Febru- sry l2th. If the electoral compromise bill gasscS, the Committee intend to call National Convention.
 New Orleans, Jan. 20.- The Republican House has expelled Albert Estapenal, and he has joined the Democratic House.
 Boston, Jan. 20.-Ilon. George F. Hoar wa. elected |. S. Senator, yesterday.
 Nashville, Jan. 19.-James E. Bailey was elected L. S Senator to-day.
 New York. Jan. 19.-Cuban dispatches say the Spanish troops have just been de- fcated in two important engagements.
 London, Jan. 20.-TelegIams from French sources announcing that Germany