Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-22

each house on counting the vote of
Nevada, the tellers announced that
Nevada had cast three votes for Hayes
and Whte err. Then followed in ~
cession New Hampshire, New JERSEY,
New York. North Carolina and Ohio.
The presiding officer then opened and
handed to the tellers the certificate re-
ceived from Oregon. 1t was read and
proved to be a sworn certificate of three
Hayes Electors-(artwright. Odell and
Watts, executed before a No airy.
The Electoral Commission.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81.
The Electoral Commission met at l
p. Nall the members present. The
President laid the papers received
from the two houses before the Com
mission and, on motion Of Abbott,
they were ordered printed. Papers
were then read by the Secretary.
Jim Keene and His Imve>tments.
NEW YORK, Feb. 81.
Jim Keene claims that he has
made half a million dollars Ivy the
rise and fall of the Western Union
stock. 1t is denied that he intends
taking any active part in the telegraph
dictatorship or make any telegraph
investments.
Action OF the Secretary Of the
Treasury Om Payments TO the
Pacific RAJ roads
WARRINGTON, Feb. 81.
The Secretary OF the Treasury per-
sists in the practice CT his predecessors
in wi hholding all cash pavments to
the Pacific Railroads until the pen,iing
questions AS to the exact meaning OF
the five per cent. of the net earnings
and liability shall have been decided
by the courts.
Indictment Against Don Piatt.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81.
The Grand Jury has found a true
bill against Don Piau and a warrant
has besn issued for his arrest.
The south Carolina Elect0r.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81.
Timothy Huxley, of Charlie ton, a
Hayes and Wheeler Elector, accused
of not being a eli iZen, proved To the
satisfaction of The Hou>e Committee
that his father Was nAturalized in Bos-
ton, where he himself was born.
thirty Vessels with Their Crews
1NbSt - W GeCA VI ~ y bb0E
and its Attending Horrors.
NEW YORK, Feb. 81.
A cable dispatch states that thirty
vessels, many with their entire crows,
we're lost in a gale on the English coast
on the night Of the 10Th instant. Tue
area of the storm was exceptionally
extensive; it embraced the greaier
part Of the British Islands and the
whole of Northern and Central France.
The violence of the storm Was exiraor
binary, the force of tha gale being
only egualled during recent years by
that OF tie one a fe" weeks ago.
Boston, Feb. 81.
A letter received from Captain Kane,
OF the schooner +. f. Mcdonald, on
The west coast of Africa, says that in
January, on his pass age from Boston,
he fell in with the wreck of the
British bark Maria, having on board
two survivors of a crew OF IA men,
the others having persisted from
exposure and famine. the wreck
was discovered in latitude 3S:23.
longitude 32:3O, with mast, gone and
iuli of water. The two men were
taken on board the schooner, but n
died within tour hour. The bark was
bound from Dobay, Georgia, to Bel
fast. She sprung al-ak in a gale and
filled with Mater so that it WAS impos-
sible to saw provisions or fresh water.
The lumber With which The vessel was
laden prevented her from sinking. but
the weight Of her masts turned the
vessel on her beam ends, until the
masts broke away. when she r,ghted,
and the men regained the deck, hav-
ing no food or wafer. They % be-
gan to die of starvation, and ~ sOon
49, one died the rest suhsisted upon the
dead body, and so on until only "
were left. The survivor. James Nc.
Laughlin, belongs to Belfast, Ireland.
He says only small portions of the
bodies could be eaten. The moinent
one died the survivors cut The thrOA;
of the deceased and drank the blood
and then divided the heart and brains.
It WAS thirty-two days from the time
of the disaster until the wreck was
sighted. During that time the crew
had not a drop of water or any food
other than the bodies Of their dead
s%hipinates.