The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-03-02

GENERAL.
MAJ. gen. schofeld, now in charge Of the
West Point Military Academy, has writtsa
! letter TO Gen. Thomas Ewing for the pur-
pcse Of vindic>ting the military order issued
BY Gen. Ewing in 1853, depopulating part
Of the western border Of Missouri. Gen.
scho6eld says that the order WAS issued with
the approval OF both President Lincoln and
himself, and after be (Gen. Schofeld) BY
personal observation had become convinced
that II was the only practiczbls way
20 terminate the barbarous border warfare.
He says further that q the order was an act
Of wisdom. courage and humanity, by
which hundreds Of innocent lives were
saved, and . disgrAcefui and bsrbArous
warfare brought to summary close. Not
. life Was sacrificed nor any great discom-
fort inflicted on executing Il. The
necessities Of AL the poor people
were provided for and none were permitted
TO suffer- He says be does not write TO- vim
dicats his own conduct, or TO shit the re-
sponsibiIity, but that II Il only justice to
Gen. Ewing, who has been censured for
issuing the order, to cay that tine response
bility Of IL execution belongs to President
Lincoln, 70 himself and to Gen. Ewing In
proportion to their respective work and au-
thority.
Senator Kelly, Of Oregon, states that be
indorsed the cipher dispatch from Patrick
70 Pelton in regard to purchasing Repub-
lican Elector, without knowing it, con-
tents, and upon the superstition that IL re-
lated solely to raising funds for legal ex-
penses.
Alta caucus Of the Democratic Senators
and Representatives, held on the evening OF
the 18th, Representative Clymer presiding,
Mr.. Wallace offered . resolution that, In
view Of the action OF the Electoral Commits
sion in refusing to receive evidence OF
fraud, etc., il IL the duty Of Congress 70 no
further recognize the said Electoral Com
mission. The resolution received but Is
votes. Mr.. Cochrane then offered . reso-
luton that II IL the duty Of Congress, by all
means known TO the Constitution and laws,
to defeat the fraudulent acts Of the Com
mission BY dilatory acts, etc. Mr.. Reagan
offered - substitute the following, which,
together with the amendment BY Mr.. Bright,
was adopted py . vote Of 50 yeas to 10 nays:
Reso,rss. That the count Of the Electoral vote
orderly exscutioa q ne sctof Csngress creating
The Electoral Commission, whose decision shall
be received and acted upon In accordance with
Bns ,his resoIation Is accompanied with the
solemn ard earnest protest Of the Democratic
party against the Grose and shamc1ess violations
cisions Il the majority Who signed The same in
the gases 81 florida and Louisiana.
Thelnajority report Of the South Caro-
lima Investigating Committee was made TO
the House on the 10Th. II states that ir-
Irregularities existed In the returns from
nears. every precinct, and that undoubt-
edly great frauds were perpetrated by rea-
son Of the failure Of the ruling party to se!
up the safeguard Of registration.
The result, BY sscertaining the votes
cast At all precincts and correct.
ing the mistakes made BY the
managers in returns, lshows that the lowest
Hayes Elector had : majority Of SCI over
the highest Tilden Elecfor. The sending Of
troops to the State IL denounced As illegal
and unjustifAble. The report says that the
evidence shows greater amount Of intimi
dalton on the part Of the blacks toward peo-
pie Of their own race, 20 prevent them from
voting the Democratic ticket, than was
used BY the whites against colored Rcpub-
licAns.
Rear Admiral, Charles ii. Davis, Captain
Of the Naval Observatory, died In Washing
ton on the 18Th, Of disease Of the heart.
Attorney General.Taft In response to an
inquiry By the Senate, states that In the No.
vember election l1,615 Deputy Marshals
were employed, distributed q ,, 7S7 polling
places.
According to Washington kilograms Of
the 18th, Dom Piatt Is to be prosecuted
BY the Government officers for the publics'
tion Of an alleged seditious article In biz
paper, the Capital.
A Washington special to the 81. Louis
Times, 30th, says that In case Gov. Hayes
II declared elected BY the Electoral Com.
mission, Gov. TiIden will Immediately In.
stitute proceedings in quo parranto to tes'
Gov. Hayes's title 10 the Presidency. Thii
will Be In sncc:an appeal frcu the Tribunal
to the Supreme Court in full bench,
and will determine the question Of
Jurisdiction; second, the question - q
whether the Tribunal properly discharged
it, duties under the law; and third, tho
question - TO whether the evidence exclud'
Cd BY the Tribunal shall be admitted.
"A Chicago telegram Of the 18th says tha
combination Of the distillers Of the entir'
country has been formed for the purpose O
pooling their earnings. Their plan Is 4
deposit 10 cents for each gallon Of taxable
spirits ] Manufactured, and 10 divide
she sum accruing semi.monthlI
IN proportion to the capacity Of the sewers
distilleries. II Il immAterial whether an,
stu Is in operation or not, the proprietor
rsceives his proportion Of this deposit. thu
same ss.though he was running. II 10 ex
pscted that In this way the market price o
whisky viii Be raised TO . figure 81 which