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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
CHALLENGED ELECTORS.
THE TWO LOUISIANA CAsEs-THE TILDEN OFFER or
100000 TO LEvIssE TOR HIS VOTE.

THE TWO LOUISIANA CASES-THE IILDEN OFFER VI
100000 TO LEvIssE FOR HIS VOTE.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The cases of the two
Louisiana electors, Levisse and Brewster, have
raised question not presented by the of Hum-
phries from Florida. One was a United States
Commissioner and the other a surveyor. Both were
disqualified at the time of the election, but they sub
sequently resigned and their designations were ac-
ceped prior to the meeting Of the Electoral College
In order TO remove if possible any remaining doubt
as to their authority 70 act electors they ahsented
themselves from the first meeting of the Electoral
College, thus causing vacancies which were hlled by
the other electors reappOntlng them. There can DC
no issue raised, it would seem, as to their chg bty
10 act when they voted. They not then IN pos
session OF any Federal office, and their appointment
to fill the vacancies which they themselves caused
was in accordance with the Louisiana statute. The
Democrats will no doubt set up the theory that BY
the choice 0f Ineligible peSOns the State lost two OF
her electoral votes. There seems TO he no doctrine
however absurd. unjust destructive TO the rights
of the States. which the Democratic party is not
ready TO advance, provided If opens chance 1or
gaming the missing vote for Mr.. lllden.
If Levisse's testimony before the Senate Louisiana
Committee today is TO be credited, the Democrats
pulling than string in their efforts u
prevent the electoral vote OF Louisiana from being
given to Gov. Hayes. While they were endeavoring
to brbe the Returning Board, they were negotiating
with Levisse to induce him 10 rise in the College
make speech taking high moral grounds, and then
to give his vote for Mr. Tilden. According to
Levisses account, Aslur the agent of the Demo
Gratis in the transaction. began by offering him
$50. 600 or $4,000, and finally rose to 100000
beyond which he would not 60. Leyisse held ont
for $500, 900, and the negotiation finally fell
through. Levisses story is that he set the figure
higher than he thought could be paid, and that MS
purpose in the affair was only to see how far the
Democrats would 90. In connection with this story
it is interesting to recall the account gwen last De-
cember of the meeting of the Louisiana Electoral
College. II was then reported that the prominent
members of the College, suspectinG that some OF
their associates had been bought by the Democrats
locked the doors of the room where the meeting
held and, drawing reyolvers announced that If any
man betrayed his trust he should never leave the
place alive The report, of course. was not true.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10

INpIANAPOLIs, Ind, Feb. 9.-At Franklin,
Ind this morning, +. T. Taylor the dcfaulng cashier
Of the First National Bank Of that place was found IL
the back room of DR.. Payncs office in an unconscious
and apparently dying condition. He has been removed
tos own residence. The doctors declare that he Is IN
sane His condition il at least very critical as ne Is
subject 10 heart disease. he has no money Win Did,
but SAYS his raYelins-Dag, which supposed to CON
rain nancy taken from n" bank. left "A caboose-
c?r Il il Thought thar ne arrived during last night on a
freight train He says has been absent six years AZ
o'clock this afternoon Taylor again became nnconsri-
0us The belief IN Franklin ~ thar the loss 10 ne OaIh
vii raa,b SIS 900 Tie genera. led ger aud other books
OF IMPORTANCE Ire s;l missing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
XACANCIES.
PLEDGE OF CHAIEMES OS TIE SUBJECT.
InY III rGpA pn LII LII rRiRrNI


WisHINGToN, FEB. 9.-One of the curious things
connected with the composition of the Electoral
Commission was an agreement entered into III
writing by which the four chairuen Of the party
caucuses in the two houses bound their respective
parties to specified method of filing any vacancy
which might occur III the Commission after its Sc
lection. paper was drawn mp and signed by Sen
ators Cragin and Stevenson and Representatives
McCrary and Lamar By which it was agreed that
in ease II a vacancy from any cause, II should be
flied by the selection Of man of the same political
party a. tic person creating the vacancy Ii was
further agreed that the selection should be made by
the caucus Of bis party in the house 10 which hc
belonged: aud that such caucus nominee should be
supported by both parties IN IRA rOce vote III open
session. -Four copies of tins agreement were made,
and one is retained by each Of The four gentlemen
named above If possible, the Democrats of the
House were bound more strongly than Tie rest by
the action Of their caucus chairman, MI Lamar,
since h. III addition to signing the paper added an
ENDORSEMENT III further support of its purposes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
COUNTING THE VOTE.
FLORIDA FOR HAYES.

YuE COMMITTEE so DECIDE BY A VOTE OF TO =
ILLINOIS, LOUISIANA, AND OREGON TO BE At
Tackled NEXT.
The Electoral Commission debated the Flor
ida case all day yesterday. Addresses were
made by every member. 1t was finally resolved
nv a vote of S to to report Florida as for
Hayes and Wheeler Judge Bradley voted
with the Republicans. The joint convention
of Congress will reassemble to-day. protest
against the decision of the Commission will be
presented. The Democrats are Respondent,
but will challenge the votes of Elector Ciiaree
in Illinois, Levisse and Brewster in Louisiana,
and Watts in Oregon. Testimony was taken
as 10 Levisse and other electors yesterday by
committees
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THE 0FfICLAL PROCEEDLNGS.
THE COMMISSION.
THE VOTE ~ DETAIL-sKEICH OF IHE REPORT
lGESERAL PRESS DlsPATCH.l

THE VOTE IL DEIAIL-ShEiOH VI lHE hfIOhl'
lGESERAL PRESS DIsPATCH.l
WAsUIyCToN, Feb. 9.-The Electoral Com
,rssiou were N secret session IOn 10 a. M until Z
oiork this evening continuously, with the exception OF
t short rcccsscs Almost the entire time until nearly
te c,o,e Of tic session occupied with debate IN
WINCH every one of the - members of the Commission
~, ys participated Two three Of the Justices and
several Of the senatorial members read eiaD0dey pre-
nard op,uio. upon the main points at issue. ana the
diusscn - understood have been from the begin
pin Ia the close Of extraordinary power ana ability The
oucston of the eligibility OF +. c. HUMPHREYS was not
made the subject of much discussion, nor Was any vote
taken CONCERNING IT,
At one stage OF the proceedings however, Senator
Thurman Offered a resolution declaring that there Was
no Sufficient evidence offered show that HuiIpAries
WAS not a shipping commissioner the seventh day OF
November This resolution criticized by several
Republicans members the ground that II might carry
AN implication that # Humpbres had been such com
missioner on the seventh Of November. his vote would
have been invalid, and the resolution not urged;
there seeming to be practically unanmity OF opinion
that Huuphries resignation legally efectua!, being
rendered ana accepted before the election.
About d 70. u, the debate being ended Senator Ed
muuds submitted a resolution declaring IN substance
that the four Republican electoral votes OF Florida
should be counted and embodyDg also various reasons
for such declaration. Representative Hunon offered
the following "a substitute;
Resoired That the electors named in Certificate No 2,
10 vii: Wilkinson Call L. Yonge, Robert Banock, and
Robert Is. Hit ni the four persons VINO were uIy
appointed electors by TIE S.ste VI iioilaa On TIC 11
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THE srsorru,yyA ICE GORGE.

PonT DEPOSIT, Nd, Feb. 9.--Ihe lee gorge
continues 10 settle and large channel Il working s
WAY through aonZ the Hartford shore Tue field extend
ing from Mount Ararat % Hayrc de Grace remains un
broken Below Hayre dc Grace the ice Is all gone on the
western side Of the pay and the eastern side there are
large channels through it. The river is falling and the
water is mite clear. Nothing make trouble except
the breaking away Of the gOr-es above, or sudden rise
in the river brought by heavy rains. Things nave re-
.r,d t,rr usual asp,rt and comparatively ir;e attrn-
non - now paid the Ice The river Is unchanged
AT NcCal.'s and sOlumbil.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10

transfer OF IT'S vtes has been made from the Demo
cratic the Republican side and that this transfer va
made before the final compilation of the vote OF the state
bY tire Returning Board proved by the fact that these
votes appear the Republican side IN the result as
promulgated nv the board A..
While il is possible that Lttleaed may have made tne
transpOsition without the authority knowledge OF inc
Returning Board and may therefore be wholly respoh
sble for IT, the fact still remains that the kctrnns
Board did throw the Democratic votes IN three pre-
ccts OF this parish aud that they based this action on
adavits taken in NewOrleans and sworn 10 py ns az,
dayit not having been incosed with the returns OF ior
warded by the supervisor never gave the heturnhs
Board any jurisdiction TO make any change III inc 'oe
This Darsl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
WASHINGTON.
SINKING FUND BILLS
LONG DEBATE IN THE sENATE-SO RESULT.
lBY TELEGRAPH To THE rRIBUNEl


WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.-The Senate took
another long pull at the Pacific Railroad question to-day
without any result. number of speeches were made
Among them that OF Mr. Sherman in favor OF the Judi
ciary Committees bl and that OF Mr.. Boutwell, against
H. we're probably the most noticeable. Tie probabilities
OF the passage OF what is known the Railroad Com
mttee's bill are increasing The friends Of this measure
argue the question chiefly the ground OF the legal
rights Of the companies while the supporters Of the
judiciary bill stand more upon the equities existing
between the roads and the Government. II legisia
ton Il adopted the companies will not be found to do
anything toward repayng either the principal ar inter
est Of the Government loan until the bonds fall dne
cept 10 forego oBca OF their charges for Government
transportation and to pay five per cent OF their net
earnings into the Treasury Even the latter obligation
not binding upon them until the Supreme Court settles
the question " how their net earnings 10 be es
mated The Railroad Committees bill whicI has the
assent OF The companies makes them pay than they
can he forced 70 by existing law. Sidney Dillon, C. p
Huntington, and other officers the Central and Unien
Pacific are here watching the progress Of the pending
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10

SAN Francisco, Cal, Feb. 9.-Relatiye TO
the imor Of the consolidation u The Atlantic and Pacific
telegraph Company with the National Telegraph Com
pany Francisco, the report Is generally considered
here a. stock1ObbinE report Inquiry ut the Bank Of
California fails % elicit whether the latter company has
any funds to its credit there The records 81 the county
clerks office show that that company Was incorporated
with go 900 capital, of which S7.5O000O was sub
scrDe and - per cent Of the subscribed capital was
legged tO lIvc been pad IN Nhefc tAat aih"il - OF
what has been done with II cannot be asceraned here
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
A NEW COMET.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. "a comet was
discovered by Prof BOrely of Paris On Feb in right
scensiou l. hours 10 min; decnatiOn. / % south
It's daily motion plus min. Il IN right asccn-
sion ana plus 9 = in decination. 1t has brilliant,
round nucleus.
JossrH HENRY. sec'y of Smithsonian Institution
lin tins locality the comet should be looked for
during TWO hours before sunrise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
sENATnR EERRY,s PEN.

WAsHINGr0.;, Feb. 9.--SenatOr Ferry. President
uro trIn of the Senate to-day received from Mon
anaa feather over feet long from black eagle,
the sender saying that he wanted him to certify the
election of President with it, and asking lin, in
case Hayes is counted ill., TO the quill part, and
in case Tilieu is counted in, to the feathered
end.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
FALURE OF A SHOE FIRM.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Feb. 9.-Cushin. Kirk Il Me-
fan Wholesale dealers in boots aud shoes at the corner
of ybash.ye and Madson-sr, THIS morning fled their
petitiou In voluntary bankruptcy. Their liabilities are
500 900 and assets 300 900 TIE creditor. Of the hrm
are chiefly Ia Bostop and New YORK.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10

IMPORTANT CIRCULAR FROM THE PORTE - RUSSIA
STILL OPPOSING PEACE-THE sCLAvONIc sOCIE-
TIES ACTIVE
CoysriSTTSoPLg. Friday, Feb. Q, 1915.
The circular OF the Porte the failure OF the Confer
ence dated jan p. after reeapitulaDg the arguments
ustifyng the rejection Of the proposals Of the Powers
comments In very contempuous the assertion
made by Gen Iznatief, az the final sitting Of the Con
ference that the Porte. by its action had virtually
abrogated the Treaty OF Paris. The Porto declares
nothing would have been easier for the Turkish dele
gates IL they had considered such expcfient.
than to show thten. gnaties assertion was defective
both In form and substance. The delegates, however,
relevant the object II the Conference The European
delegates by their silence, gave an unequiyoea siIn OF
ACCOMPLISHMENTS a. the iansuage IN which Cen Ignaten
pretended 10 express the views OF The whole Conference
BUCHAREST, Friday, Feb. o, 1877
The Goyernme has sent home the recently
called out
PUBLIC FEELING IN RUSSIA.
LONDON, Saturday, Feb 10. 1877
The Ti5ness dispatch from Belgrade says: Tbs
servaus declare IL rossibcto discuss stipulation for
granting privileges Jews and Armenians equal 10
those enjoyed by other servan subjects. The opposi'
ton IL actuated by trade Jealousy, and comes
from combination OF Belgrade merchants who
influence the clique which furnish ministers
Cor both political parties. seryia does aot
seriously object any other OF the Turkish conditions.
VI. KaTtsof the Russian ConsuGeneral, Is still openly
opposing peace. He j. recognized identified with tho
plans OF the sclayOnc societies IL is believed IN the
highest circles that official Russia earnestly desires peace
between Servia and Turkey, would remove rause
OF irritation with Austria and leave Russia at
liberty 10 deal with Bulgaria.
The Russian Sclavonic societies desire war believing
that Turkish occupation would follow and force the Rus
sian Government take active steps Immediately They
also desire to provoke the Hungarans believing that the
SclavOnans in Austria must triumph aroused by any
overt act OF the HUM rian minority
1.-THE question OF peace hangs upon the relative
strength the influence exercised IN Belgrade by official
and unofficial Russia. Four thousand men left Belgrade
Thursday for GiadOya. The ScrvaDs eoncentrat
ing all their forces in that quarter"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
PRICE FOUR CENTS.
THE PORTE AND THE POWERS
TURKEY AssAHs RUSSIA.

IMPORTANT CIRCULAR FROM THE PORTE - RUSSIA
STILL OPPOSING PEACE-THE sCLAvONIc soCIE'
TIES ACTIVE.
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WAR NEWS.

The Russian cavalry were reported
on the DIST to be at Phillppopolis, only So
miles from Adriancpole. A 10 hotrs' en-
gagement tcck place near Plevna, in which
the Russians were badly defeated.
A dispatch of the oath says: There
are indications of sharp fighting hefcfe Rust
chuk, and a successful movement in that di-
rection would place the Russians between
Adrianople and Constantinople.
The Russians have met with quite a
serious defeat at Plevna, which they at
tempted to take by assault ca the 18th. All
outlying forts around Nicsics have been cap
tured by Montenegrins. The fortress OF
Nicsics itself alone holds out.
An official dispatch from Biela, Goth,
announces that the Russian steamer Nicho-
las and two sloops, armed with cannon and
mitrailleuses, engaged Turkish monitor
near Silistria. She was set on fire and con-
siderably damaged. The Russian vessels
sustained insignificant damage and no loss.
Five Turkish steamers and two monitors
going FROM Rustchuck to Silistria, on the
23d, were attacked by the StobOsia batter
les. Three of the steamers burned and one
sunk.
A dispatch from Adrianopls, eth,
SAYS: Suleiman Pasha has been defeated in
Kars Buenara. He lost ten guns. His army
j. retfeatiug on AdrianOpIe. 1900 Russians
are at Osmian Bazaar. The Russians also oc-
cupy Kasan, at the foot of the northern slope
of the Balkan Mountains. Fighting has been
going on since Thursday between the Rus
slams and the forces of the Balkans,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-02
An Eccentric NIiser.

Albany has just lost a queer fish in
Mr.. Amos Fish vino died few days
since, leaving an estate of $4,000 to
charitable institutions, and cutting off
his wife with dollar a day. In de-
scribing his manner of life to a friend,
he once said: Il buy shank of beef
from the butcher which costs me 10
cents. My. wife makes enough soup
from this to do US one meal, then the
meat cut from it afterwards makes two
more meals, or one days food for 10
cents. | split the bone and get the
marrow for cooking purposes, and my
wife finds sufficient fuel in the bone
itself to do considerable cooking. Then
in an iron box save the ashes, which |
use for manuring few plants that real
ize for me six cents each" Yet when
extra taxes were put upon his property,
he very rarely, if ever, demanded more
rent from tenants than what they had
been paying. He married widow who
had two children and a little money.
He offered to borrow the money and to
allow her Z per cent. His wife accepted
the proposition, and he was in charge
of the property for long time. One
day he FORGET a settlement with her,
bringing in bill for her own and the
children's board, and leaving her in
debt to him.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-02
Pity Poor England.

Indian corn natures moderately well
in the southwestern Counties of Corn
wall, Devon, Dorset, and Somerset, but
even in Those favOrite localities its
growth is exceedingly precarious, while
in central and northern England it does
not mature at all Green corn is prac-
tically stranger to the English table,
and 1 can not help adding that people
who have not known the luxury of
green corn deserve the profOundest sym
pathy. Sweet potatoes are known here
only as the existence of ice is known in
India-by hearsay. AS might be ex-
pected, the delicious tomato will not
smile upon a country which is not ge-
NAL enough to coax Indian corn into
maturity. A few days ago | saw some
tomatOes-none of them could safely be
called large-and asked the shepman
the price, Eight cents each; twelve
cents for the largest y was the reply. l
limited that they were never cheap in the
London markets, probably. sob, yes, y
said he; sin the season we often have
them as low as 81 and $3.50 a bushel!''
They are generally shipped from France,
and very few can afford to use, them.
No kind of fruit is at any time cheap in
England. Land is valuable, mouths
are many, and the climate is not very
favorable. Hence, the best and most
delicious of all foods is only luxury
of the rich, for the price effectually
banishes it from the tables of the poor.
Good apples and pears were selling in
the fall at four cents pound; but by
Chrstmas-time pears were gone, and
good apples we're worth five and six
cents a pound Good grapes were not
to be had for less than 5 cents pound,
and most of them came from France
and Spain, Peaches are usually worth
five to 10 cents each. Berries, also, are
expensive, and do not often appear on
most tables. Canned goods OF all kinds
are very little used.-Letter TO C'Dc'n''a-
IL GGz cite. g.. -I- IT. v.fL @
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" Stick to Dad

ga farmers boy'' writes us: 81 am
tired of farming and want to come to
town to make living for myself. What
do you think Of itP'' Well, we think
you are a fool if you don't stay on the
farm. The city is Overrun now with
"dead beats" and tramps, and if you've
got dead sure thing on making "bread
and meat on a farm, you'd better stay
right where you are, and dig potatoes,
than come here and go to the Work
house and peck rock. Stick to dad.
Stay on the farm. You are worth more
to yourself, to your neighbors, to the
State and the country at large than all
the one-horse, mutton-head "profes-
sional gentlemen" that are living from
hand to mouth in this city or State.
You stick to the pillow, the mower, the
reaper; freeze to that farm like fly
blister to a negro'S lip; raise corn,
wheat, hay, rye, barley, oats, potatoes; ;
chop wood, maui rails, burn brush, cur
~ mules, feed oxen, raise stock, and
instead of hanging around the street
corners, dependent upon lunch-houses
to keep sand out of your craw, you'll
be at home on your farm living life OF
''independent happiness" while thou
sands of mice young men," too pretty
and proud to work and too lazy to steal,
will be lighting out ''over the hill to the
poor-house, merciless beats and lazy
subjects of utter dependence upon public
charity. Young man, if you know
which side of the bread of life the but
ter is on, you give up the foolish idea o
coming to Louisville to ''make living
for Yourself" Twenty-Five acres o
ground and chap like you to till it i
worth more to the country than the big
gest bank in this city and the smarteS
capitalist we know of to run it. YOl
stay where you are. Follow the pillow
and engineer the dOcile, willing null,
that pulls it. Our word for it, an.
Young, healthy, stout farmers boy wh'
will give up his chances for "a dea'
sure thing in life'' and come to town oil
an uncertainty is not smart enough t.
take care of himself, and should be ar
rested and sent to a lunatic asylum TO
darned fool. Stay where you are
Louisville COurtcr-JOurnGl.