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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-01
UheGntelliqeufer.
4 Historical bay.

: The meeting Of the two houses Of Con.
grcss in joint assembly to-day, to canvass
the electoral vote for President and Vice
President Of the United States, will be
one Of the memorable days Of American
history. The order Of procedure as de.
fined in the Act passed last week Is that
the two houses shall meet at noon in the
Hall Of the House Of Representatives, the
President Of the Senate in the chair, aud
taat AS soon Ms met the President Of
the Senate shall open the Electoral re.
turns from all the States and hand them
to the. two tellers Of the Senate and the
two tellers OF the House, by whom the
votes thus opened shall be read to the
two houses, beginning with the letter A
in the list Of States and proceeding on
through the list. In case any objection
ia made to The returns from any State
from which there is no contesting vote,
the two houses are to separate and de.
eide the point Of objection raised, pro.
vided said point has been reduced to
writing and signed by ut least one Sena.
tor and one Representative. In order 10
sustain any point Of objection thus raised
the two houses, voting separately, must
concur, otherwise it falls to the ground,
and the vote Of the State is counted as re.
turned. In all other cases, that vto say
in the case Of contestng returns from any
State, the two houses have agreed to re.
fer such returns TO the Commission, to
which Commission all papers relating to
said returns will be reicrred"zilhOut de.
b1te.y
II is mot likely that the two houses will
tind occasion to separate to-day. The
Act has been 80 drawn that no result can
possibly be achieved by any such separa.
ton. The Senate would be sure to vote
one way and the House the other on any
point Of objection that nigh! be raised in
regard to the vote OF Alabama, Mississip.
pl, Georgia, or any other State about
whose vote any objections has been moot.
ed in Or ont OF Congress. This being the
case, the first act in the grand drama u
the Presidential succession will, no
doubt, be wholly gone through with to.
day, and after today business will pro-
ceed as usual in the two houses until the
Commission send in their report, which
may be in one week, two weeks, or even
later.
The great question which will absorb
the country until the report is sent in
will be, in whose favor will the Commits.
sion decide. In other words, is IL to be
Hayes or is il to be Tilden? In answer
tothis question We submit the following
quotation from the debate in the United
States Senate when the Act providing for
the Commission was under discussion
Mr. shCrman-can you tell me how they will
decide
M. Thgrman-Eo; u ItovM I,Eyuhi no, rate
for hsbW.
The strength Of the plan of settlement
is we'll illustrated by this answer. No.
body could tell how sncl, commission
would decide. To the uncertainty that
surrounds its decision the country owes
the sucraIS of this naorstul anl,,;o,, II
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The National Tube Works Com.
Dnny.

BosToS, January 3l.-The Treasurer
OF the National Tube Works, says: The
statement in regard to the company in
the Journal is exaggerated. The whole
amount Of drawback received by the
company since their business commenced
is less than $4,000, and they claim that
every dollars worth Of it was English
iron, Of which they have had largo impor-
tations, and having paid government du.
ties during the same time OF over $780,
900. The company voluntarily Offered
all their books for inspection to the gov
ernment. officers.
PrTrsBURGH, January 3l.-The Ma.
tional Tube Works Company state that
the article from Boston appearing in
this mornings papers is the product Of
q discharged clerk, and that the alleged
difference between the company and the
Government is one oil old standing and
originated at time when they were i'm.
porting largely OF foreign iron, the sum
amounting to much less than $1,000, and
can be easily and satisfactorily explained.
They state that the whole business is one
OF blackmnil. %.
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OHIO LEGISLATURE.
The Poisoned Convicts.

COLUMBUS, January 31.-In the House
tins afternoon the special committee
appointed 10 investigate into the facts
connected with the alleged poisoning OF
convicts at the Ohio Penitenuary last
January, submitted report declar-
that they were unable TO fully ascertain
the exact cause Of the poisoning, but all
the evidence upon that point at which the
committee could arrive indicated that
the sickness was caused by tartar emetic
which, by some unexplained means be-
came mixed with what was supposed to
be carbonate Of soda, kept in keg and
used in making corn bread for the prison
ers. The committee say that the use ol
the mixture caused serious illness OF 1876
persons, but all finally recovered. They
further said that but for carelessness OF
certain employees this mistake could not
have occurred.
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MINOR TELEGRASIS.

AT Detroit, Michigan, Marine Smith,
Che murderess OF young Nickerson, was
sentenced by Recorder Swift to % years
hard labor in the State Prison.
-G.. W. Patton was confirmed by the
U S. Senate as U. s. Marshall for West
Virginia.
IA. S. Kendall, OF West Swansea, n.
y, has been nominated for Governor by
the Prohibitionists.
The Kansas Legislature on the sixth
ballot gave so votes for Plumb and G5
for Law. Plumb was decIaIed elected.
He was foSmerly citizen OF Zanesville,
Ohio and printer by trade.
Robert Drury, who killed his uncle,
Albert Gibson, was arrested AZ Paduca
last Friday night.
"A telegram from Ashtabnla says that
Col. Harry Tomlinson, n we'll known in
surNnce agent Of this city and for many
years President OF the St. Andrews
Society, is in dying condition. He wa.
one Of the victims Of the bridge disaster
there.
The Cincinnati & Terre Haute rail.
road, % miles completed and in opera.
tion, has been sold under decree Of the
United States Court 10 W. K. McKeen,
President Of the Vandalia line. for S76,-
900.
Hammond, the revivalist, is conduct.
ing series Of meetings at Terre Haute,
which are largely attended and are ex-
citing intense interest
r. Alli.;.,.i 1,L.n-u,,L ~. - n
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LEGISLATIVE NoTEs.-How doth the
little busy bee improve each shining
hour. The Charleston lobbyists were
very industriously bnzzing around among
the members yesterday morn.
The hum OF conversation was much
louder than usual on the assembling OF
the House yesterday. The principal
topic was the poll tax qualification. The
majority seemed anxious to get an op,
pOrtunity TO correct their record.
Messrs. Farnsworth and Rowan seem
TO be favoritcs with the Speaker, as they
are called daily to the chair.
The House pushed business yesterday
forenoon rapidly. A large number OF
bills were ordered TO their 3d reading
and passed.
The mileage brigade seems to be com. =.
pletely and thoroughly organized, hold.
ing the Capital in a state OF siege. Daily
the cry ascends "give us mileage or give
US DEATH" ,.-..-
The verdict OF the ladies of Wheeling
is that the present House of Delegates, is
the best looking and the most intelligent
'h"t haS aSSSthOlSu slhGe tHc IoTulullOu VI
the State.
The "niggers" are evidently meant in
the Poll.tax Bill.
The tramp, tramp, tramp Of the youth
and maidens' Of Wheeling are daily heard
through the corridors and halls OF the
Capitol.
When II. B. No. 25 (the Capitol Bill
was announced by the Clerk at noon yea
terday, a tremor Of excitement ran
around the Hall.
The gallery Of the House OF Delegates
yesterday afternoon was packed with cit.
izena, all anxions to learn the fate Of the
Capital Bill. r. r.r
Speaker Gibson authorizes us to say
that his order given in the House yester.
day afternoon, did not include ladies' OF
any one having passes from him.
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SENATE.

The President pro tempore laid before
the Senate communication, signed by
Associate Justices Clifford, Strong, Miller
and Field, Of the United States Supreme
Court, announcing that they met yester.
day, in pursuance Of the Electoral Count
bill, and elected Associate Justice James
p. Bradley the fifth Associate Justice
upon the Commission.
A concurrent resolution was adopted
providing that no person shall be admit
ted TO the south wing OF the Capitol dur
ing the counting Of the votes for President
and Vice President, except upon tickets
issued by the President pro tenn. OF the
Senate and Speaker OF the House Of
Representatives, such tickets to be dis
tributcd equally to each Senator and
Representative by the Sergeants.at-Arms
Of the Senate and House Of Representa-
tives.
Frank Hereford, elected. Senator from
West Virginia, took the oath Of office.
The Chair laid before the Senate the
credentials Of John K. Mcpherson, elact-
ed United States Senator from the State
Of New Jersey, which were placed on file.
Mr.. Anthony, from the Committee on
Printing, reported back the resolution Of
Mr.. Wright, submitted yesterday, TO print
10000 extra copies Of the message OF the
President approving the electoral bill,
with an amendment to print $500 instead
OF 10000. Adopted; ayes 2i7, nays IA.
Mr.. Merriman said, Upon scrutiniz-
ing the resolution adopted this morning
in regard TO issuing tickets for admission
10 the counting OF votes tomorrow, he
found II did not answer the purpose, and,
upon his motion, the vote by which the
resolution was agreed 10 was then recon-
sidered, and he submitted an amendment
to strike out the latter part OF the reso.
luton, in regard to the distribution Of
The tickets equally TO each Senator and
Representative, insert in lieu there.
Of the provision that tickets, as
assigned by the Committeeof Rules
the Senate and House shall be issued to
Senators, Representatives and others and
distributed by the Sergeants.at.Arms OF
the Senate and House OF Representatives.
He said that the object of the amendment
was to issue tickets to the families Of the
Supreme Court Judges, members Of the
Cabinet and other officials. The amend
ment was agreed to and the resolution
passed.
Messrs. Bogy and Sherman favored the
bill reported by the Judiciary Commit.
tee.
Pending the discussion the Senate went
into executive session and adjourned.
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PTrsFrELD, MASS, January 3l.-Jacob
Stranb, a naturalized citizen and resident
Of this place has just returned from a
visit TO his parents near Straudeburg,
Prussia, and gives the particulars Of his
arrest by the PrussiNn officials and en-.
forced service in the army. He finally
escaped to France after many hardships
and embarked for this country. His
friends will call the attention Of the
State department st Washington 10 the
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and thaL lhey lil noL care % have h

and that they did not care to have 1t
read.
The resolution Is: That at the late
election the Electors on the Democratic
ticket were fairly and duly chosen as
Presidential Electors; thus that Is shown
by the face Of the returns and fully sub.
stantiated by the evidence Of the actua!
vote cast; that these Electors on the first
Wednesday In December cast their votes
for Tilden for President and Hendricks
for Vice President, and that they conse.
quently are the legal votes Of the State
Of Florida, and must be counted as such.
The report is signed by Messrs. Debolt,
Thompson, Walling and Hopkins.
A motion to adjourn was then made on
the Republican side $50 as to prevent .
vote on the resolutiOn), and was resisted
on the Democratic side. At 1895 the
effort TO get vote on the resolution was
abandoned, and the House adjourned.
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Clearing the siaIIery.


1t will be seen by onr Legislative re
port that t'quite scene occurred in the
House OF Delegates yesterday. The Cap.
ital question being under discussion, a
vote was had on Mr.. Ferguson's amend.
ment providing that the question of per.
manent location be submitted to the pco.
pie oil the same day in August OF this
year on which School Commissioner are
to be elected in the various counties. This
amendment was voted down by SO TO 90,
and after the announcement OF the result
there was faint demonstration Of ap.
pluuse in the gallery, which, by the way,
was densely packed with people. The
Speaker, as was perfectly proper, raped
his gavel, commanding order, and in an
instant there was perfect order in response
to his rap, save one slight kissing sound
from somebody-nobody knows who.
The Speaker. at once demanded that the
offender should be pointed out or that the
gallery should be cleared-onc or the
other--and, inasmuch ~ no one pointed
out the offender, he at once ordered the
Sergeant.at.Arms and the Sheriff OF Ohio
county C2)'to clear the gallery.
This most extraordinary order he pro.
ceeded to enforce, and did enforce, and
actually drove from the gallery Pev.
eral hundred quiet and unofIending
people because they could not or did not
point out who il was that hissel. lie not
only drove them out, but, as is under.
stood, declared that the gallery would not
again be opened during the debate on the
Capital question, an order that We ven.
tnre to affirm is without precedent in
parliamentary annals.
The fact that there was but one offend.
er is shown by the Speakers demand that
the offender, not the offenders, should be
pointed out, and because this single
offender could not be pointed out, or, at
least, because he was not, the Speaker
excluded the public from the privilege Of
admittance to the gallery.
The people retired, as a matter Of
course, under the order Of the Chair, but
hot without manilcsIing their resentment
In this feeling Of resentment there was
abundant evidence OF sympathy on the
floor OF the House among the members
Everybody, almost without exception,
felt that such an order was entirely un'
called for under the circumstances, and
so far as We have heard, there is but
one expression Of opinion in regard TO it
What makes the order appear all the
more rash and unnecessary is the fact
that a number Of persons on the floor oi
the House and in the gallery say that
they failed to hear any such noise as the
Speaker complained Of. Others think
that the noise, II there was any, may have
been entirely ymisinterpreted by theSPeak
er, and instead Of being defiance Of hii
rap wassimply hushing sound, intended
to assist in restoring the order command
ed by that rap. -t #A
Atall events. it was very slight dis
turbance, be the motive what II may, and
considering the fact Of the large crowd
in attendance, and the uniform disposi'
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Hereford sworn in nv senator.

Hereford sworn in nv senator.
The Hon. Frank Hereford was sworn
in yesterday as Senator from West Va.
in place OF Gov. Price, who was the
temporary incumbent Of the late Senator
Caperton's seat. 1t thus appears that
Senator Frank concluded not to serve
out his term in the House but TO 20 up
higher Immediately. By so doing,
he, Of course, unseats the Gov
ernor and creates vacancy from
the Third District, which cannot now
be filled. This looks little precip.
itated like. We thought, perhaps, that,
inAsmuch as Senator Frank was chairman
Of the House Committee Of Commerce,
and an immense power in the House as
the head OF that important committee, he
would remain at his post and look after
the Kanawha appropriations. But he
had a boyish ambition to get into new
room in the graded school at Washing.
ton, and no "ht ont" as soon as he got his
certificate,
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come out and take our stand and say, By
the helpo God we will try TO lead men
10 Christ? ! don't believe in wholesale
conversions, but l do believe in personal
eilorU. believe in men taking up the
wor and saying, We will do what we can
10 bring men to Christ. One man who
really tries to do thing has great pow.
er, but suppose you have 1900 men all
trying to do one thing-what terrible
power.
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tion manifested to pay attention and pre-.
serve order, 1t was altogether too insie.
nihcant circumstance to be made the
occasion Of sweeping decree OF general
exclusion against the public.
We do not think that the honorable
Speaker can sustain himself to his own
cooler and better Judgment when he re-
views his decision. He was evidently
much excited at the time Of making and
enforcing the order, having himself par.
ticipated extensively in the preceding
debate, and on the side, too, that was
voted down, and therefore no doubt un.
duly sensitive to any symptom that might
seem to reflect upon his position.
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MOODY IN BOSTON.

Extracts f,om his remarks to the BOstonIlns.l
| tell you, after working in the vine
yard for Christ, the last 81 years, find
there is no joy in the world like it. Oh
the luxury of winning soul for Christ
Oh! the luxury of helping TO build up
Gods kingdom! The luxury and glory
Of telling what Christ has done for US,
and TO think that God condescends to use
us; that he gives us power to lead men
out OF darkness into light Somebody
said that he did not believe there was an
angel in heaven that would not be willing
to come into this world and take the po.
sition OF any child Of God Just for the
privilege Of working for him. Suppose
an angel could wing It's way to this world,
tonight, and should go bach to say
"There is Just one solitary child in Bos.
ton, whose mother is dead, and whose
father is drunk; and the poor, homeless,
motherless boy is wandering in the stree" "
and God should call around his throne
the angels, and ask il any one OF them
was willing to live here Tor 80 or 100
years to save that little child. | don't
think there would be one who would not
volunteer. can imagine each one say.
ing: "Lord, let me go and have the lux.
ury OF leading one soul to Christ"
CHRISTIANS MUST REPENT FIRST.
While David was living in sin with
Urish's wife, he might have prayed in
formal way, but his prayers were Of no
avail, for he was not penitent. II there
are any aims that We committed long ago,
and have not repented, do you think God
is going 10 forgive us or grant our pray.
ers II there ia any sin in our souls com.
mitted years ago, and never repented, let
us confess and repent II; of with the arm
or out with the eye. My experience is
that the work among the unconverted Is
in proportion to the work in the church.
But, il il is superficial with us and docs
not take hold OF us and 60 down deep in
our hearts, and il we have not had tender
consciences and have not dealt honestly
with God, the work isSuperfcial.
THE "TEERlBLE P0wER' OF 1000 CHRis.
TIANs.
Suppose 1000 Christians in Boston are
by the grace Of God willing to work for
Christ for the next 80 days, and each one
shall say, il God gives him one soul in
February, he will pray for one in March,
and then in April; suppose, l say, there
are 1000 Christians that do that, there
are 1000 souls won to Christ in the next
three months, But suppose there will
be good many wise men shake l..sir
heads and say, 81 am afraid Of that whole.
sale work" This ia the least we can do
for the Son Of God. Shall not we have
courage to ignore public opinion, and
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A SABBATH day remark Of President
Grant about the settlement bill: "When
you get outside OF the politicians and
down to the sober, honest, independent
sentiments OF the people, those who have
a real interest in the welfare and pros.
perity OF the country, you find that they
are in favor of the measure. They do
not care so much about constitutional
forms, when the peace and honor of the
country afe at stake"
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Iorton.s Lost Opportunity.

The home revolt from Senator Morton
on the settlement bill proves to be pret.
ty powerful one, and his sceptro Is shat
tered, II it has not departed, even in In.
diana. The indianapolis Board of Trade
urged their representatives in Congress
to give hearty support to the bill, and
the petition in its favor that Mr.. Conk.
ling auttered in the face Of Senator Nor.
ton during the debate had about as
weighty list for its numbers as n town
ot the size Of Indianapolis could furnish.
1t included some Of the most prominent
business men, judges and ex.judges, a
Republican Ex-Governor and Lieutenant
Governor, the Republican candidate for
Attorney General in the late State elec.
ton, two Of the Hayes electoral candi.
dates, aud the Republican candidate for
Governor in the late State election. The
independent journal Of Indianapolis, the
Ne~S, we'll InIerpreIs Mr. Morton's de.
feat as follows
There has been 10 public measure for
the last II years, which Mr.. Morton has
lost the personal advantage Of as he has
OF this one. lie missed mighty fine
chance for grasp" when it came up,
and the consequence il that he is left lag.
ging in the rear while the country Il
"eyes front" One reason for this may be
that this is the first measure since MIR,
Morton has been in public lie which has
called for something larger than partisan.
ship, and there is thus given an opportu.
nifty to gague his effective caliber. 1t not
only Gnds him wanting in the wisdom and
sagacity which ARE the first elements of
statesmanship, but il does not show his
prominence as party leader in the gia.
gantiC proportions that have been lie
especial boast OF his adherents.l
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San Francisco, January 3l.-At an
inquest this evening on the body Of Mr.,
Wildon, an intimate friend testified that
he had been in the habit Of using chloral
hydrate to induce sleep. The jury found
a verdict, declining TO decide whether the
overdose was taken accidentally or with
suicidal intent,
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TnESroN, January Sl.-Gouernor Be.
die declines to convene the Court OF Par.
dons IN the case OF Ashwald and Ryan,
sentenced to be executed at Newark on
Friday Of next week for the murder Of
Officer Brock.
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In the Senate, consideration Of the con-
tested election case Of Cox vs, Harman,
was resumed; T. G. Campbell, counsel
for Cox, and Judge Hoadley, counsel for
Harman, occupied the afternoon with ar
guments. ~
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WAR DEPARTMENT,

WAR DEPARTMENT,
OPVICE oP TIE CHTRT SIGNAL OPFICRR,
WASHINGTON, D. C., February LII a. =.
PRoRABILITIKs.
In Tennessee, Ohio Valley and Lakes,
rising barometer after temporary fall
along the lower lakes, south TO west
winds, clear or partly cloudy weather
and stationary or low temperature.
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Bequest 10 the Common schools.

r:JoHNsBuRG, VI, January 3l.-The
will OF the late Arunah Huntington, Of
Banford, Province OF Quebec, native of
this State, leaves $202, 900 as a fund for
the benefit OF the common schools of Ver'
mnnt
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NEw York, January 3l.-.The Tribune
says that indictments for embexElement
and perjury against the officers Of the
Security Life Insurance Company are ex-
pecied from the grand jury at an early
DAY.
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Obituary,

DETROIT, Jan. 3l.-The Hon. Chauncey
5. Payne, Of Flint, Mich, died this even
ing aged 81.
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ENGLAND.
Smallpox IN London.


LONDON, January 81. = Eighty.six
deaths from smallpox occurred last