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Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-02
FoRTY-sXTH CONGRESS.
WAsH1NeroN, Feb.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l.
 SENArE.-Mr. Morgan, from the select committee on counting the electoral vote, re- ported resolution introduced by MT. In- gals inviting the House to witness the count inp of the electoral vote, with substitute agreed on by the Democratic caucus last even- ing, providing that the two houses meet in the Hall of Representatives on Wednesday, February 9, at 12 o'clock the president of the Senate to preside, and one teller to be appointed on the part of the Senate and two on the part of the House, result to be de- livered to the president of the Senate to declare the result. which shall be considered decla- ration of the result and be entered upon the journal of the two houses. Should it ap- pear that the vote of any State has been cast on day other than that provided by law, and which would not change the result whether counted or not, in such 8 case the result is to be declared that If the vote of such State be counted, A B would have = votes and c D = votes, and if not counted would have = votes, O D = votes, but in either an evident = is elected MT. Mor- gan asked present consideration of the reso- tuition. but MT. Edmunds asked that it go over one day under the rule and it went over to be printed.
 MT. Harris called up his resolution provid- ing that at the conclusion of the morning business for each day the Senate will proceed to the consideration of House bills that have been fayorably reported and continue such consideration until half-p one. The reso- lufion was considered until the close of the morning hour, when the regular order was de- manded and the bill ailotting lands in sev- crafty to Indians came up After protraet- ed controversy between Messrs. Dawes and Kirkwood in relation to the ac- ton of the Secretary of the Interior in repect to the Poncas, Mir. Logan said he intended to call up the bill placing General Grant on the retired list, but as the morning hour had long since expired he asked the Senate to agree to vote on it at D. ID. Tuesday.
 MT. Eaton objected on the ground that there were matters of grave importance be-
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LOCAL NEWS.
At the State Capitol.

Business for the Week-The Bridge Ques- tion Before the Committee-The Assist ant Judgeship of New Haven City Court Other Matters of Interest.
 HARTFORD, Feb. l, 1881.
 Especial to the JOURNAL AND CoURIER.l
 Both branches of the General Assembly met at 12 o'clock m. to-day, and proceeded to dispose of the business before them, which consisted principally in the reference of peti- tions and bills for public acts. The atten- dance of New Haven members of the 'GThird House" was not as large to-day as usual, al- though there were few representatives of this body present both from New Haven and East Haven. They were principally inter ested in the proposed law regarding the ex- pense of building and maintaining bridges between adjoining towns. and providing that the expense shall be borne pre-rata, according to the grand list valuation of towns. Of course East Haven is anxious to have the proposed amendment become law, and New Haven is equally anxious that the law shall remain as it now is which divides the bur- dens equally
 Several New Baven law officers were be- fore the Committee on State Prison this af- ternoon. in relation to the petitions of Stephen Abbott. of West Haven John R. Johnson of Meriden, and John Lynch, of Waterbury, for release from State prison. The caucus of New Haven county Republi-
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NEW JERSEY.
Ashore on the Jersey Coast-Probable
 Loss of a Large Steamer.

Ashore on the Jersey Coast-Probable
 Loss of B Large Steamer.
 OCEAN BRANCH, Feb. 1.-The screw steamer Roamia, from Demarara for New York, is ashore 15O yards from the beach here inside the bar. Her crew of twenty-four men and two passengers refuse to leave her. There is binding snow storm, with heavy sea and no hopes of her getting off to-day. The Ro- alma is about 2,OOO tons She lies badly at the mouth of Shaak river inlet. Thecrew of the life-saving station went twice to the ves- sel, but her commander refused assistance. The storm is severe and the chances of sav- ing the vessel are slight.
 The Roaima mistook the two lights of stations and for the Highland lights. She left Barbadoes January 23d for New York. Her owners are Steele, Young $ Go. of London, and she is valued at $15O, GOO and insured in England.
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! The Coercion BfIl-Parne1I Holding the Commons i'm Protracted Session-Bofh Parties Working i'm Relays-Parnell Offering Himself as Martyr-The FihGt Becomes One of Physical Endu- rance.
 is still in session, all efforts to effect an ad- journment during the day being defeated. There is no prospect of an adjournment, as neither side will yield Gladstone and the government party are not inclined to abandon their demand for 8 division on the main question of the coercion bill. The Home Rulers continue their obstruction tactics Scandalous scenes are of frequent occur renee and sharp passages at arms between the two sides. Both parties are working on the relay system and whips are busy and wig liant. The House has never presented
 more exciting appearance.
 During the debate this afternoon, MT. Par nell said with considerably greater heat than he had hitherto shown during the debate, that he was ready to stigmatize the govern ment itself as the greatest obstructionist in all matters relative to Ireland, and added that for the words he had uttered he was pre- pared to answer with his head or to go to the gallows as might be most satisfactory to the government and it's supporters. The present debate has been more prolific in personalities than any in the annals of Parliament.
 LONDON, Feb. 2.-The debate in the House of Commons on MT. Forster's bill still con- tinues amid countless scenes that defy de- scription. The Tories repeatedly urged the Speaker to enforce the rule against obstruc ton and expel MT. Parnell, but the Speak CT refused to do so Finally the Tories led by Sir Stafford Northcope march ed out of the House amid much noise and the jeers and laughter of the Home Rulers. During the confusion MT. Biggar called MT. Mallbank bloody fool and threatened to
 fight him. In reply MT. Mallbank called MT. Biggar an impudent scoundrel. A conference is being held between Earl Beaconsfeld and Lord Harrington to consider the deadlock that now exists in the House.
 6 A. M.-The House of Commons is still in session and the abuse of members is increas- ing, and the Speaker is almost powerless in preserving order. One member during the debate called another member a bloody hum bug. The Irishmen are sleeping on the benches while others are eating and drinking It is now only question of physical strength and the sitting is likely to last for a number of days At o'clock this morning MT. John Bright arose in his seat and announced that MT. Gladstone would propose a eloture. There is great excitement in this city and throughout the country over the proceedings in the House.
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The Electoral Count-Morgan's ResOlu-
 ton i'm the senate-Senate Committee
 Action on the Refundfng Bill = The Greenbackers to be Reorganized-Other
 Matters.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. Pursuant to the
 caucus instructions MT. Morgan introduced
 his electoral count resolution in the Senate
 this morning, but the Republicans objecting
 to it's present consideration it goes over till
 tomorrow, when the purpose is to call it up
 and force vote. MT. Morgan and the other
 Democrats so far as can be ascertained pro-
 fess to acknowledge Garfeld's and Ar
 thurs election and claim to be fighting sim
 ply against establishing dangerous prece-
 dent conferring arbitrary power on the pres-
 ident of the Senate. Pending the expected
 renewal of hostilities in the Senate over the
 electoral count the House is disposed to do
 nothing more about it at present MT. Cox
 intends to press his reapportionment bill as
 soon as the District appropriation bill is dis posed of, and he has the support of large
 Democratic element in this programme. The Senate Finance committee considered the funding bill this morning without reach ing final vote on the bill. They have vir- tually agreed to fix the rate interest on bonds and certificates at 3 per cent bonds to be redeemable at the option of the gov ernment after five years and payable in twen- ty the certificates to be redeemable in one year and payable in two. No vote was talk en on the fifth section of the bill, but the members of the committee express the opin- ion that it will be retained.
 At the Cabinet meeting 1t was decided to take measures for the relief of the lost Arctic vessel Jeannette. The President will send a message to Congress urging an appropriation for that purpose.
 The total coinage executed at the United States hints during January was 6,336,o53 pieces valued at $9, 592, 230.
 The debt statement issued here to-day shows the decrease of the public debt during
 January to be $7 1882, 167.71. The payments made from the Treasury by warrants during the month of January, 1881, were as follows: On account of civil and miscellaneous $5,116, ,656.31, war $3, 427, 7O6.24, navy | $1O4, ,41O.O O9. Interior-Indians $570, ,4S4.- 1 33, Interior-pension $3, 1871, ,709; total $13, ,502, ,972.97, The above does not include payment made on account of interest or principal of the public debt of the United States. In an interview to-day, Commodore Jeffers, | chief of the Ordinance Bureau of the navy, | expressed himself in favor of twelve inch | guns for coast defences. He thinks these | guns will be able to protect a ship that could | make successful vorage. These guns have been sufficiently tested and further expert l ments are unnecessary Such guns may on | account of Eghtness be used in the navy, | where weight is important; but for army and | coast purposes iron guns will be retained. The Greenback leaders in Congress pro- pose to reorganize their party as soon as pos sible after the 4th of March. They will call
 a convention in Chicago at an early day. platform of principles is to be adopted. The | Peoples party is to be the name of the new orOanizafion
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NEW MEXICO.

The Murder of Colonel Potter-His SIay- CTS Under Arrest--A Brave Fight for Life.
 SANTA FE, Feb. 1.-Sherif Armayo, upon receipt of news that a man named Escalisteo Piuer had been implicated in the murder of Colonel Potter, who was employed by the Interior department to collect mining statis- tics for the census bureau, sent two men and arrested him at Isleta, fifteen miles from Albuquerque. He denied any. knowledge of the murder and felt affronted at the sheriff when he stated that which he said had been related to him by one of the D arties to the murder. He was placed inrjail and securely guarded as it was determined to lynch him on the following day. The sheriff with six armed men, and accompanied by F. c. Van Zandt, Colonel Potter's intimate and faithful friend, started for the place where the body of Colonel Potter was left. About twenty five miles from Albuquerque they left the road and following the trail came upon the body and two horses, one Colonel Potter's, the other one of the robbers. A pile of ashes and half burnt brush was designated by Els calisteo as containing the remains of the murdered man, and search being begun few bones, some scraps of clothes and a num- Der of peculiar buttons were found. The latter were identified by Van Zandt as be- longing to Colonel Potter.
 Colonel Potter drew his weapon and shot one of his assailants in the arm. The second shot took effect in Potter's breast and his re- turn fire killed the horse of one of the rob- bers. Potter's horse then fell dead from a bullet, and few seconds later was followed by his unfortunate master. The bandits af- ter ridding the body of all but the clothes they being too bloody to safely take, covered it with brush which they fired in order to de- stroy all trace of their crime. Further in- quiry elicited the fact that the assailants of Colonel Potter were burrowing in the noun tains not far from the spot of the murder, and the party at once SUIT ounded the1r house, effecting their capture, and by the same means that had been employed in the instance of Escalisteo produced confrma- tory confession from them, with additional information that the robber who had been wounded by Potter was no less a parsonage than Marine Leyber. He had been known to have presented watch to Pinhetton Mira while being absent month ago at Bernalsto on charge of murder and theft. This watch answered the description of the one worn by Colonel Potter, and the fact of Marines ap- bearing at the same time. with a wounded arm, which on inquiry he ascribed to fall from his horse, convicts him in the mind of all men as one of Potter's murderers. The watch was traced from the hands of Mira to 8 pawnbroker in Albuquerque, but the case had already been melted when demand for it was made by the sheriff.
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THE WEST.
Illinois.

Severe Snow storm at Chicago = Hard
 Times for the Railroads.
 CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-The snow storm. which with short intermissions has prevailed in this vicinity since noon yesterday, has caused se- rious delay and a partial blockade of railway travel on the roads which center. here. The snow fall has not been very heavy, but being accompanied with very strong east wind it has drifted on the roads very badly. Els. pecially is this the case on the roads coming in along the lake front. The heavy wall west of the tracks has caused the snow to drift so that the local trains on the Illinois Central railroad are at standstill, and the regular trains on that road and the Michigan Central and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy are from four hours upward behind time. No trains on the Baltimore and Ohio road due this morning had arrived up to noon. The snow still continues to fall at intervals, but the drifting wind has subsided.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-02
TELEGRAPHIC JOTTINGs.

Elliott, has been sent from Owenton, Ky, to the insane asylum.
 dispatch from Cape Town says there has been battle at Leydenburg and the Boers are in possession of the town.
 The will of the late B. A. Sothern leaves all of.the testator's property, including land in New York, to his sister, Mrs. Cowan.
 A collision occurred on the Northwestern road at Central Park yesterday morning, wrecking eight cars and delaying the train for five hours. Nobody was hurt.
 The fourteenth intellectual ballot for United States Senator for Pennsylvania was taken yesterday and resulted as follows Wallace, 7s; Oliver, 76; Grow, 50; Hewitt, 3 Mac Veagh, 3; Phillips, ?; Baird, Snowden, Agnew, 1 ; Curtin, Wolfe 1. Total, 217. Adjourned until today
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THE FIRE RECORD.

Another Large Fire i'm Philadelphia.
 PHILADELPHIA, Feb. -Four large build ings on Third street, occupied by Mayer & Stern, shoe manufacturers s. M. Larzellere, printer, Weikel $ Smith, spice manufacture CTS, and the Keystone Forge Co.,, were burn ed this morning. An adjoining building oc- cupied by Frederick Schmidt, @ tailor. also caught fire and soon after falling walls crush ed both that structure and saloon. Kirch- ner's saloon, corner of Exchange Place and Carters alley, also caught fire, and several other buildings in the vicinity were likewise considerably damaged. Mayer & Stern had $15, 900 worth of shoes packed ready for ship ment, which were all destroyed. The prop erty burned belongs to John Hummel, jr., president of the Mechanics bank, and was valued at $2OO, ,OO0. The fire has completely ruined the buildings and there is but small fraction of the total sum covered by insur- ance.
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fore the Senate and he thought this bill could wait without injury to the bill or its purpose.
 The pension appropriation bill was then taken up and considered and an amendment adopt ed appropriating $19, PSI, ,206.O8 for a def- ciency in the pension appropriation for the present year.
 Mir. Withers then offered what is known as the s'sixty surgeon biii'' as further amend 1nent. This led to heated debate on the pension commission. and it's allegations of stupendous frauds upon the pension fund through fraudulent claims. Messrs. With CTS, Davis of West Virginia and Cameron of Wisconsin defended the commission and in- sisted that change in the law was necessary. while Mr. Logan declared that the comnis- sion was incompetent and hostile to the inter ests of soldiers, and the fault was not in the law but in it's administration
 Without deciding point of order raised by MT. Teller against legislation on an ap- propriation bill, the Senate at 4:30 went into executive session and soon after adjourned
 HoUsE-The House spent the entire day in considering the District of Columbia ap- propriation bill A number of amendments were discussed, but no material change in the bill was made, and the House adjourned without disposing of the bill.
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NEW YORk.

Vennor's Thav-Hosv it Struck New York
 -The Rivers Filled With Ice FIoes.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-Vennors prophecy that a general thaw would begin to-day was blown to the winds by the appearance of snow which began falling at o'clock this morning and has continued up to this hour, midnight. Snow early in the day fell thick and fast, covering the frozen snow and ice on the streets, which were soon rendered very slippery, and man and beast found it 8 hard matter to make much progress Street cars were delayed and general inconvenience followed. Many on the various railroads run ming into the city were greatly delayed by the storm, being from one to seven hours late and some of them arriving drawn with extra engines. The ice on the North river was beyond all precedent and the river was filed with great flashing fields. The ferry boats did not make their usual trips, but struggled through the heavy foes up and down stream at half speed for long periods. Travel on East river was much the same. The ice foes in the Sound are the largest seen for years and the steamers had a very rough experience last night, though nearly all of them arrived in this city this morning on time. The temperature in this city has been very cold, the thermometer falling from r at p. m. to at midnight with strong breeze from the north.
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THE NEW DOMINION.
VennOr Undismayed-Stin Predicting
 that Welcome Thaw.

Vennor Undismayed-Stin Predicting
 that Welcome Thaw.
 MONTREAL, Feb. 1.-To-night's Witness contains the following letter from Vennor:
 The date given for the commencement of the thaw in my general prediction for this winter lis out, but the general position given to it as 8 whole, namely in February, wil think, yet prove correct. It is my February probabilities which contain the great break in the winter and possible disap- pearance of snow and sleighing, not those in January; in other words, while admitting the head of the thaw to have been misplaced, it is my firm belief that the body of the same will occur just in the place assigned to it in my almanac. However, let all observers score one against me and go on reading as closely as they will. February and March, par tieularly the latter month, will furnish se- were tests of my weather theories As for these my probabilities are given in consider able detail
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FARM FOR SALE

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NEW ENGLAND.
Rhode Island.
Accident on the s1onington Train.

Accident on the stonington Train.
 PROVIDENCE. Feb. LA bad accident oc- cured on the Stonington train which left here for that place at 2:03 o'clock this after noon. The crank pin of the engine broke when the train was near Kingston, letting loose the connecting rod. The cab was smashed by the blow from the swiftly re volying rod and the engineer, Orvin T. Mowarty, was terribly scalded and injured internally He was brought to his home, 23 Grove street in this city, and it is thought his injuries will prove fatal.
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New York Produce Market.

NEW YORK, Feb 1.
 FLOUR-Dul1 and weak at & O0a3 65 for No. 2 :; 95a6 75 for trade and family brands Southern four in moderate request at unchanged prices
 WHEAT-Dull and 15c lower. Spot sales at S1 IA for ungraded red; S1 18A for No. do., and s1 r for No. white No. red, Feb, quoted at $1 1sa1 19 do March, sl 2oala1 20zS and do. April s1 21 4a1 22.
 CORN-Opencd 1a3lc lower, closing steady but quiet, Spot sales No. mixed at AK steamer do. 554 No mixed, March. sold at 55sA, and do. May 54.
 OATs-Quiet. Spot sales of No. white at 471S : No. do at 45gsa48; No. mixed at 43l, and No. } mixed at 431.
 RYE-Stronger and in demand at $laI O. BARLEY-Nominal, PORK-In fair demand Ordinary mess for early delivery, $14 50.
 LARD-Quiet. Spot sales of western steam at g s5 and city do at S 90 BEEF-steady but unchanged Plain mess, $9 50 a10 %; extra mess, SIC 50aS11 CUT MEATs-In more demand and steady. Pickled hams 9H shoulders, 6. WHISKY-Dull and nominal SPOT CoTToN-Lower. Midlands, Il 1916; fu- }ures weak. PETROLEUM-Business is fairly active and prices shade frmer. BUTTER.creamery; fancy, s4; dc. good, s1a 32 fair, 23a25 State daries, choice, 25a36 good -a24 fair,-a23; State frkins choice, 24a25 fair to prime 22a24 State pails and tubs, fine, 2Sa29 good 26a27 fair 23a25.
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News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. RESISTING COERCION. STORMY SCENESlN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. BOTH PARTIES WORKING IN RELAYS. ParneII FIingsED Defiance at the
 Government. THE TORIES RETIRE IN DISGUST. Personal Taunts and Insults
 Freely Indulged.
THE IIORIES RETIRE IN DISGUST
THE OLD WORLD.
 Ireland

The Coercion Bfll-Parnen Holding tine Commons i'm PrOtracted Session-Both
 Parties Working i'm Relays-Parnen Offering Himself 8 Martyr-The
 FfhGt Becomes One of Physical Endu-
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THE PACIFIC COAST.
California.

Destructive Cloud Burst.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. During the storm at Shosta on Saturday cloud burst occur red, tearing away large portion of the mountain side and carrying large pine trees clear down the mountain into the public street. Another slide fell against the back of the residence of E. Valentine and filled his house with mud and sand.
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