Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-01-06
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~ TELEGRAPH.
SPECIAL TO THE EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL.
GARCEL0N ON THE MAINE
MIDDLE.
The Case Plainly and FOrcibly
Stated
DECISION OF THE SUPREME
COURT.
DISPATCHES FROM VARIOUS QUARTERS,

OElISkOA Of HE uf0EM
COURT.
| DISPATCHES FROM VARIOUS QUARTERS,
wATERvILLE, Maine, January 5.
The Town Hall was filed TO its utmost
capacity at the law and order meeting on
Saturday night. Governor Garcelon said !:
stand before you the most abused man
in the United States. | I'm not here to
| apologize or ask your pardon, but simply
to ask your attention to the constitution
and the law, and if in any respect / or my
Council have violated that law. you have
your remedy. You say that the majority
rule is the central principle Of our govern
mental system, but should not that ma
jority be expressed in a legal and constitu-
tional manner. You are all aware that at
the late election every effort was made on
both sides to secure a majority, and that
the Fusion party had a majority of 1000
votes. / challenge any man, and do not
care how ardent q Republican or rabid q
Democrat, TO take the returns, and IL there
is any instance where we have not applied
the same rule to friend or foe, then you
can condemn us. find tabulated returns
where "a towns have been rejected, 80 Of
them Republican. 80 Democratic and two
. tie. Does this look like a conspiracy?
| Does it look as II the rule had not been
| applied properly? So great has been the
| excitement that I have called upon the Su-
preme Court to decide questions which
have been decided for fifteen years. and
when that decision is rendered / hope the
people will be satisfied.
Resolutions indorsing the action Of the
Council were adopted.
The Supreme Courts Decision.
PORTLAND, January 5.
An Augusta special says that the quorum
question is settled by precedents that six
teen is a quorum. The Senate, in 1S47,
organized with eleven, in 1857 with fifteen,
and in 1854 with thirteen. In the latter
year the Chief Justice, and Appleton, his
associate. sustained this. They also held
that each House should compel the attend
ance OF persons who had received the Gov
ernor's certificate before, as well as after, be-
ing sworn in. 1t also says that Spout, of
Skowhegan, is already in Augusta, and
will take his seat.
The decision Of the Court has been dis
cussed freely by crowds upon the streets,
at the hotels and elsewhere, to-day. The
Republicans are greatly excited and jubi-
liant, and regard it as a consummate tri-
uiuPa tOi iutil NduoS. Lie OplulOu Is
freely expressed in well informed circles
that the opposition cannot stand up and
defy the Court. 1t is the opinion of lead
ing Republicans that the Governor can do
no less than cancel the certificates issued
TO persons not elected according to the de-
cision of the Court. The Fusionists have
no definite plan matured, and it will be diff
hcult to develop any tonight. as no more
than twenty members are present in the
city. The number present is about the
same as IN ordinary years., when nothing
unusual was pending.
The Lost steamer Rorussfa.
BALTIMORE, January 5.
The Italian bark Giamicena arrived this
morning. She brought five of the passen-
gers and six Of the crew Of the lost steamer
Borussia, who were picked up at sea, $50
miles off the Azores. All reported to the
British Consul for relief. They are in a
very destitute condition. They suffered
greatly in their open boat before being res
cued. The party was in a metallic lifeboat, |
having got into it on the eve OF December
I'd, provided with coarse food and water.
The sea ran very high during the night,
and the boat was at the mercy Of the waves. |
The gale continued the next day. A bark
was sighted, but the crew were unable to
attract her attention. That night the sea
claimed down. They were steering for
Fayal. The weather moderated, and the
sea remained calm until midnight Of the
4th. Sharks followed them day and night,
until one was pierced with q boat hook, and
then the rest left. On the morning OF the
9TH the wind. which had been gradually
rising, blew very hard. and they changed
their course from east to west, running be-
fore the wind, when they discovered a sail
bearing directly for them. At about 4 P.
NJ. on the 9Th, by waving blankets and
kerchiefs, and pulling direct for the sail, they
attracted the attention Of those on board
aud were taken aboard the Giamicena. The
lifeboat was cast adrift. All speak in terms
of warmest praise Of Capt. Bonifacio, of the
Giamicena, who gave them clothing and
other necessaries.
Grants Strength I'm the south.
NEW YORK, January s.
The Herald's Washington special saws:
Mr.. Whitthorne, of Tennessee, returns to
Washington from a visit to his district,
with the report that Tennessee is much in
terested in Grant, and if on his return he
declare in favor Of the annexation
OF the whole or part of Mexico, or the
acquisition Of the Northern Mexican States,
or OF assuming some sort of protectorate
them, it would gain him a great num-
OF adherents in the Southern States
among a large class Of restless and adven-
men. Mr.. Whitthorne appears to
believe that Grants visit to Mexico has
such purpose, and that it was ar
ranged in San Francisco, which has long
been the headquarters. If Grant should
or favor an annexation policy Mr..
Wh1tthOrne ia persuaded that he wopld
have a very large and enthusiastic follow
lng in all parts Of the South.
Heavy Tax pa Gambling.
New ORLEANS, January g.,
The Grand Jury recommends that
gambling houses be taxed IS, 900 per year,
10 that they may contribute to the public
reasury, as they are not suppressed, owing
the impossibility Of procuring evidence