The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-09
CURRENT NEWS.
GENERAL.

GENERAL.
The Electoral bin passed the Senate At
7:l0 on the morning Of the 35th, after m
an-night session, by vote Of AZ yeas 10 II
nays. With the exception Of Senator Eaton,
OF Connecticut, all those voting nay are Re-
publicans.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs
approves the action Of the President and
Secretary Of State IN declining the Centen-
nial address Of the Irish people, presented
BY John O'Conor, member Of Parliament.
The committee say that all communications
TO this Government from aliens must come
through the regular accredited channels Of
the minister representing the Government
to which they belong.
According to . Washington dispatch Of
the 25th, Judge Davis was on the bench Of
the Supreme Court when he received tel
egram from Springfield informing him Of
his election TO the United States Sem
ate. After the adjournment Of the
court he was called on by Illinois
friends, who congratulated him
on the result, and inquired - TO his accept
ance Of the office. He did not say whether
he will accept ii or not, but IL he should
conclude to do so he will not resign before
the 4fh Of March, the Senatorial term not
beginning until that time. He stated he
had not been consulted regarding the use Of
his name as . candidate and had not author
ized Il.
The President has nominated Thomas
Settle, Of North Carolina, United States
District Judge Tor Florida, and Benjamin
+. Flanders, United States Assistant Treas
urer at New Orleans.
The entire Iglesias Government Of Mexi-
co arrived In San Francisco on the 25th,
having taken passage on . Pacific mail steam
er to escape capture by Diaz. They had
intended to disembark At Mazatlan ard or
ganize their Government there, but arrived
Just in time to find that Diaz had gained
the allegiance Of the people Of that region.
Iglesias and his party were very
earnestly sswanted', on shore, but the Cap
tain Of the steamer refused to surren der
them to be shot rs rebels, and they sailed
on to San Francisco The President and
his Cabinet were expected to take the Pa
cific Railroad TO St. Louis, thence 10 New
Orleans, and thence TO the States on the
eastern side Of Mexico, where they hope to
find more favorable reception.
1t was reported from Washington, on the
27th, that movement il on foot in this
country to raise force Of from 10000 to
20, 900 men for the purpose Of placing Pres
ident Iglesias at the head Of Mexican affairs.
Several graduates of West Point, who won
distinction in the late War, are said to be en-
gagged In the enterprise, and are furnished
with the necessary "sinews Of war; Re-
cruiting officers will be sent to several Of
the Southern States, where 1t il believed
sufficient force Of excellent fighting men
can be raised in = very short time. The
inducements that will be held out to these
flibusters are said to be grants of land in
the richest mining districts Of the States Of
Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora, Sinaloa, and
Lower California. These five States of
Northern Mexico are sparsely settled, and
are rich in deposits Of gold, silver, copper.
and other valuable minerals. The region Is
thu finest grazing country in the world, and
there are tracts Of agricultural lands amply
sufficient TO feed . population Of several
millions.
u The British ship Ada Irondale, with
cargo Of coal from Scotland TO San Francis
Co, took fire in the lower hold on the voys
age, and when discovered the fire had made
such Roadway that the crew were forced to
abandon the vessel, which they did on Oct.
u, In three open boats. On Nov. ., after
great suffering from exposure and hunger,
and the loss Of one boat and one Of its crew,
the survivors reached Marquesas, 400
miles distant from the point where they
abandoned their vessel.
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railroad milege for the year 1876 ~ 2.442
miles, Of which 3sS was In Texas, $50 in
California, 30 In Ohio and 155 in Colorado.
This IL the most extensive Of any year since
1873. There was also built 537 miles Of mar
row-guage in 1876. The total mileage in
the country Of broad-gauge 10 new 76,6l0.
A cargo OF arms and munitions OF war for
the Turkish Government, valued at ST.
100, 100, was shipped from New Haven,
Conn.,, on the 18th, on the British steamer
Lotus, to Constantinople direct.
The National Executive Committee Union
League Of America, at . meeting held In
Philadelphia on the 18th, elected Gen.
Daniel Ullman, Of New York, Chairman for
the ensuing year, and adjourned 70 meet IN
Washington on the 1lth Of February.
The President signed the Electoral bill on
the 10Th. In bis message approving the act,
he says he believes the bill gives assurance
that the result Of the election will be accept
cd without resistance from supporters Of
the disappointed candidate, and that the
highest officer shall not hold his place with
questioned title Of right. The President
alIudes 70 the imminent peril the country
has escaped through the adoption Of the act,
and says the country needs and desires
peace and harmony, which the bill IL well
calculated u promote.
The committees Of the two Houses APP
pointed under the Electoral Tribunal bill I
81. a.