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Year: 1877

by the President of the Senate in the
presence of the two Houses of Con-
gress, unless it appear from the count
SO made that tho electors have failed
to elect a President by a majority of
their votes so returned, opened apd
counted. In case of such failure, "and
if no person have such majority, then
from the person having the highest
numbers, not exceeding three, on the
list of those voted for as President,
the House of representatives shall
choose immediately, by ballot, the
the House ofrcpresentativcs shall not
choose q President, whenever the
right Of choice shall devolve upon
them before the fourth day of March
next following, then the Vice Presi-
dent shall act as President" etc. A
failure by the electors to elect Vice
President, confcrs, under the Consti-
tuition, the power on the Senate to
choose that officer. Can any candid
mind come to tho conclusion that the
trainers of the Constitution, when
they conferred on the respective
Houses of Congress these extraordi-
nary powers, intended to invest them
with the still more extraordinary
power of rejecting the votes of cleo
tors returned from the several States,
and thereby creating the contingency
which alone gives them the right to
elect President and Vice President? /?
The mere statement of such a prOpo-
sition exposes its palpablc absurdity.
If no such power rests with the two
Houses for concurrent action, how
much more preposterous is it to claim
that it abides with the House of rep
resentatives alone To what a dread
result would the nation be brought if
that body, by its mere objection to the
counting of the electoral votes re-
turned by the electors of any State or
States, could prevent an election by
the Electoral College, and thereby
gather to itself the power to elect the
President of the Republic? The Con-
stitution contains no such wicked con-
trivance as this. A majority of the
votes returned by the electors, and
opened and counted by the President
Of the Senate, elects President ofthe
United States, and nothing but the
absence of majority declared by this
method can confer upon the House of
Representatives the power to elect
President. The system may be defec-
fective. With this we have nothing
to do at the present time. 1t may
need amendment. 1t cannot be done
to reach the present case. The votes
have been cast and returned to the
President of the Senate. The case is
made up and cannot be changed.
When the votes shall have been
opened and counted, as herein before
indicated, the person having a ma
jority on the face of the returns will
be the lawfully elected President of
the United States. Whoever that
person may be should be accepted by
all who wish the country we'll, as the
rightful possessor of the executive
power of the United States.


Yours tIuly.


JAMES It.. WILSON.
Year: 1877

Eight thousand dollars cannot be
said to be very high for Tildcn to pay
for o deciding electoral vote. If he
has bought his way as cheap as that
from the beginning, it certainly has
not drawn SO hugely upon his "bar'p'
as might be supposed. What a strik-
ing similitude there is between Satan
storming the battlements of Heaven,
IN the name of Reform, and Tilden
ana democracy beseiging the Prcsi.
dency under the same battle cry,
Year: 1877

Tho city of Salem in Oregon has
adopted this original method Of deal
ing with drunkenness: When any
person becomes intemperately given
to strong drink, certain number of
citizens may petition to have him de-
clared drunkard. The petition is
directed to the city recorder, who
gives notice by publication in some
daily paper, that the person named
in the petition has been declared q
common drunkard." After such
notice it is unlawful for any ono "to
give or sell to such person, or assist
him in getting any wine, spirituous
or malt liquors"
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.


boutwell, presented the resolutions
Of the Boston Board of Trade asking
Congress to provide for the appoint
ment of Commission to meet a
Commission from other countries and
consider the expediency of remone-
tizing silver coin, and to authorize
the President to request foreign ma
tions to appoint similar Commission
ers for fixing the value of silver in
relation to gold coin, and until such
International Convention, silver shall
not be made legal tender for any
sum above ten dollars. Referred.
Year: 1877

We think the General Government
is straining to the very last notch its
hands-oR policy in dealing with the
two sets of governments in Louisiana.
The facts appear thus: Packard, de-
clared elected by the only proper
authority in Louisiana, viz the Re-
turning Board, and the Legislature,
also declared elected by the same
Returning Board, assumes his duties
in due form as the successor of Kel-
aogg, the retiring Governor. At the
same time Nichols is inaugurated,
being sworn in by Judge who is
not Judge, and Immediately some
tive thousand armed men rise up in a
night at his command, and by menace
Oyerpower the city authorities and
turn out of the Court room the
Judges of the highest Court in the
State. True, no blood is shed, be-
cause the safety of the lives of the
few does not warrant their opposition
to so large an armed force. These
armed lcgions march through the
streets of New Orleans, and reign
of terror follows among the people.
Evidently, secretly the arrangements
had all been made to arm and place
in line the White Leaguers in Louis
lana at moments warning, before
the Inauguration of Nichols. We
would not pretend to be wise above
our rulers in these matters, but we do
think that the report given us for two
days past Of the high-handed pro-
ceedings in New Orleans, goes far to
convince us that martial law ought to
be declared for brief period in that
city, a drumhead court-martial or
ganized, the result Of which would
seem to us to be the use of some con-
siderable hemp. We don't believe
anything else will settle the bull
dozers of that State.
Year: 1877

New YORK, Jan. 19.-A portion Of
tho glass roof of the Grand Central
Depot was crushed to-day by the
weight of snow, and fell directly
over the spot where the trains dis
charge passengers. No person was
injured, but a number Of street cars
were damaged, and car horses were
cut by the glass.
Year: 1877

CrOnln let out 100 much. He was
not shrewd enough. That large nose
Of his was not an indication of large
brains. He spoiled the democratic
broth, and oven his old party friends
turn and kick against his coat-tails as
he starts for


Home, hone-sweet home in old Oregon,


Where they fix drinks SO hot.


They go right TO the spot--
Thcspot be longs TO feel touched again.
Year: 1877

CRIB: JUSTICE FRENCH writes from Prescott on June 30: l found 6 great accumulation of cases here. Although came to try only certain class of cases, Judge Tweed is SO feeble that have had to take hold on the The general business and have been on the bench day and evenings all the week. The special cases which l came to hear will not be reached for long time. I shall therefore be de- tained here much longer than l expected.
Year: 1877

JAMES E. BAILEY, ESQ, was in from Pueblo Yiejo valley this week. He says the crops of barley and wheat are better than in previous years. and that harvest ing is about all done. Water has been abundant and surely will be for the fall crops. The valley is quite as prosperous as any in the Territory.
Year: 1877

WARM weather this week, both day and night. Until the past few days, the nights have been quite cool, stage passengers needing oyercoats before morning, but the past few nights clothing of any kind seemed in little demand. Tuesday night there was little rain fell south and east of here, and clouds now hang round in d threatening manner.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, October 26.-It
seems that the Interior DEPARTING ent
and Post Office Department refuse to
to allow the Pennsylvania clerks to go
home to home to vote unless they lose
their time. The President and the
Pennsylvania committee which came
here from Philadelphia seem to be
powerless to prevent Schurz and Key
from placing an embargo on the Re-
publican party. The clerks will prob
ably lose from two to six days pay.
Their expenses will probably be paid
by the Republican committee.
Year: 1877

PRESERVING Eeas.-The following is
recommended by the Poultry argus
No difficulty can be found in keeping
eggs three or four months if taken
when perfectly fresh and packed in
salt. For this purpose stone jar hold
ing from four to six gallons will be
found the most convenient. Use very
dry salt. Cover the bottom OF jar with the
salt to the depth of half an inch; then
set the eggs, with small end down, in
the salt; cover them over with salt and
proceed in the same manner until the
Jar is filled; then set it away in q dry
place. Unless the salt is dry when
used and is kept dry afterward, it will
be difficult to get the eggs out. By
following the above directions you may
have fresh eggs in mid-winter, when
they are scarce and high. The expense
is trihing, as the salt may be used again
after the eggs are taken out. Be care
full to put in only fresh eggs. A stale
egg will not get any better by being
packed in salt.
Year: 1877

This elegant preparation is prepared from the
TRUE Jamaica Ginger, combined with choice are
MATES and genuine French brandy and is vastly su.
perior to every other Extract or Essence of Ginger
before the public all OF which are prepared with al
cobol by the old process,
Year: 1877

In the barn of model farmer bedding is
about as essential as fodder. Bedding saves
the liquid manure, and is itself manure after
1t is used in the stable. 1t also keeps stock
clean, dry, warm and comfortable, thereby
saving fodder and grain and promoting the
health, beauty and thrift of the animals.
You can get along without bedding in your
barns as you can in your house, but YOU
can't afford to do without it. To attempt it
is slovenly, shiftless and expensive. The
time to gather some kinds of bedding is now.
There are brakes in your swamps, and weeds
by the road side which should be gathered
and saved for your stock to sleep on next
winter, and when you have got all these
within your reach, you can find plenty of
muck and earth which when dried will make
good litter and increase your manure heap,
Later in the season there will be forest leaves
to gather, and il you cant get nothing better,
plenty of sawdust at the mills. ANY
and all these will richly pay for getting.
Don't be afraid of getting too much. No ami
NAL was ever injured by having too good
bed, and we have never heard of manure
heap in this part of the country which was
too'large.
Year: 1877

The crop of ''tidies' is unusually large
this year. The ladies have made great
improvement in this article. and can now
cover the back of a two-dollar- and a-half
chair with a wonderful maze of silk, satin
lace, and embroidery, costing fifteen or
twenty dollars Experienced and far sight
ed married men in this city are laying in a
stock of camp stools, SO as to have chance
to sit down this winter
Year: 1877

AT the Presbyterian Church rooms last Sunday morning, the Rev MT. Anderson preached & rather more than usually in- Iteresting sermon from the first part of the second verse Of the 53d chapter of Isaiah, -" For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as root out of dry ground" The minister considered "the

 root, the ground and the effect Of the root

 upon the ground" Christ Is likened else

 where to the vine; he Is not only the vine

 but the root whence the life, sap and vigor of the whole growth springs. The char acter of the surroundings Of the nativity and life Of the Savior bear witness to his extraneous production, and in the speak er's mind is an evidence of his divinity. The ground was verify dry ground. and Christ was a vigorous and life installing root In the desert, the presence Of a root stays and retains the shifting sands. The speaker cIcsed wi h an earnest exhorta- tion 10 his hearers to make sure that they were rooted and grounded in the great source Of all spiritual life.

 The singing bv the choir improves every Sunday. Before the service last Sabbath, a member of the choir sang the sa- cred air, "Fiee like bird." and 1t was beautifully rendered.

 There Ia evident disposition on the part of the choir to spare no pains in making the musical part Of the service attractive. Hereafter the bible-class will be held in the evening.
Year: 1877

BoYs will be boys, and the only trouble Is that they will be awful rough boys af times. If there is any one thing more aggravating than another 10 the average street boy in Tucson, it is to see a poor Jackass unoccupied. As long as the jack will keep an unreasonably heavy load of wood on his back the boys will let him alone; but let the former dump his load of wood and stray down the street in quest of a stray bit Of hay or brown paper or broken glass or scrap iron or whatever may turn up in the shape Of lunch, and the street arab Is immediately after him for frolic. The otherday we saw ? small boys discussing one poor little jack. They had tied leather thong around his nee k and fastened the other end of the thong to a box on the ground in the rear. In this box and stopping over on the sides and holding back on the tail-end were about l5 Of the small boys; ranged along in pro- cession on the jacks back were some 9 more Of the small boys; perched on hls ears were 5 or s. b's., to each ear; hanging tO the jacks shaggy sides and tail were a score more S. b'a., and come to think of 1t there must have been over ? boys origin ally or else the returns are wrong some where. Anyhow, there they were thicker than office candidates yelling and kicking, and the only thing lacking was little spirit on the part of the jack. If he had known enough to turn his hind feet into returning boards and thrown out all the boys in thes box, and had then lain down tOrmenters, we should have been quite coutented.
Year: 1877

As we have been requested to pub fish in full that portion of the report of the late grand jury bearing upon public nuisanccs, we give the same

 herewith.

 The grand jury, through their cou- mittee, report: We have made care ful inspection of the various localities in the village of Tucson and find that there are still number of wells in open and vacants lots, which remain uncovered, and some that are so care lessly secured that they are nothing more or less than man-traps. We re- commend that the city authorities be ad- vised of this state of facts and Ot the importance of compelling the owners or claimants of these wells to at once fill them up or secure them so as ren- der them entirely safe to the public

 We further report that he ditch or canal passing along the western side of the village of Tucson is getting daily and hourly greater nuisance, and is now regular slime ditch of disease; much of the time it is allowed to remain. almost dry or void of run ming water, and the result is pools off stagnant water and the accumulation of rotten and decayed vegetable matter and soap-suds, rendering the vicinity unhealthy, and, together with the gen. eral filth which is thrown of by theI washing of clothes, &c., in the acequia, and lodges Tn the same, not only en- dangers the health of the whole village but is likely to be the cause of con- tagious diseases and pests. We there fore recommend that the washing off clothes should be confined to the lower part of the ditch, below the village, that the filth may not have to pass through inc whole length of the town, and that proper measures be taken to secure a sufficient quantity of run nIng water in said ditch, so as to carry off all debris and all rotten and decay ed vegetable and other matter, and that the ditch be cleaned at least oncel a month during the warm season. We also submit that nearly all thel bridges crossing the ditch are too low, and consequently all rubbish, filth, &c,, will De stopped running down the stream or lodged in front or under the bridges. and we recommend that the street or road commissioner raise the same or require the proper parties to do so.

 We further submit that as hot wealth CT is approaching, the precaution bel taken, on sanitary grounds, of requir- ing all private corrals to be cleaned once a week and the rubish removed to a reasonable distance from the settled part of the village.
Year: 1877

THE Presidential agony is over and Hayes and Wheeler are declared elect. ed President and Vice President by proceedings under an act of Congress passed with unusual unanimity by both political parties. Inauguration will undoubtedly take place next Mon day. It is understood the Republicans of Tucson will this evening or next Monday, burn some powder and other wise celebrate their victory.
Year: 1877

THE DAILY BULLETIN appeared in Tue son on ThurSday-Chas. H. Tully, pub fisher. It is the size of letter sheet; will month or two copies one month 8. Its tone is fair and for its size is quite newsy. But for press Of advertisements by mail of yesterday, we would reprint Its saluta- tory
Year: 1877

MAJOR J. II. LORD was lately the recip- tent of a present in the shape of drink ing glass with musical attachment. You i'll the glass with liquid and lift 1t to your lips and as the contents meRnder down your throat, the music-box on the other end Of the glass plays a lively tune. 1T you i'll the glass with water the music plays Hold the Fort" &c., if you fill it with the ruby, the accompaniment is Think Of your head in the morning." &c. But occasionally the tunes get mixed, and the ruby gets away with Hold the Fort"
Year: 1877

GRAND OPENING LORD 6 WILLIAMS MILL DISPLAY FOR PUBLIC IN w spection one Of the Largest and Most Attractive Stock of Goods ever before Brought

 to this Market. Tbs Great Easter. shsu sf New

 Goods. They have arranged to have arrive Month ly, a complete assortment of such goods as the people of AriEoRs want. and they Can Sell them at WhoIesaIe and Re- tail Cheaper than they can be

 Afforded from any other

 Market. Not excepting the much s-s0lied Quay

 nas route. We have taken especial pains 70 import nne goods, such aI we can warrant, and In the line of

 Nice things to Eat.
Year: 1877

NAUTICAL nonsense-(By a Horse
Marine, as related by Judy)-No ship
should answer her helm without a
speaking trumpet. You can tell the
pitch of a vessel by any tar on board.
When you ware 4 vessel, see where it
was before it were where you wared it..
Steamships in the pool take several
lives and then divide. Is the mainyard
where the poultry and pigs are keptp
Does the painter on board a ship ever
have the lead? Is it the correct thing
for man-of-war to be seen in ships
stays? We suppose the Buoy at the
More is quite used to smacksp In hug
ging the shores look out for the Need
les.
Year: 1877

CHICAGO, October 10.-The Journal, com.
menting on the Ohio election, says: Staunch
Republicans in the Western Reserve are not
a little dazed by the unexpected turn affairs
have taken. In Washington and in Repub-
lican party politics it is uncertain what the
harvest will be. Many of them stayed away
from the polls. They are prepared to for
give and forget to the extent the President
goes in reconciliation. The recent Southern
tour of Hayes was wise and useful move
ment, we believe, all things considered, but it
must have deferred good many Republicans
from voting yesterday. The Civil Service
policy is a stumbling block to a great many
Republicans of the better sort of men who
have always lived in such localities as the
Western Reserve.
Year: 1877

LEAvENwoRTH, Ks September "a From


a private letter l extract the particulars of


one of the boldest robberies recorded in the


annals of frontier life and its tragic ending.


quote: "You have probably heard of the
big steal of Texas cattle and the fearful JUS


tice visited upon the thieves. Seven thousand
five hundred head of cattle were stolen, and
eight of the thieves were killed. To one not
knowing the manner in which cattle are ham
died in Colorado, it will seem almost impos-
sible that so many cattle:could be stolen with
out immediate detection. Cattle are allowed
to run over the range in one vast herd, and
once in year grand roundup is made,
and each cattle-owner cuts out his cattle.
Sometimes they are not seen for months.
Thus it was that twelve of the robbers with
which this country is infested succeeded in
getting 1000 head together, and nearly got
away with them. They were seen by herder,
however, who gave the alarm, and fifteen
we'll armed rangers gathered in pursuit. Af-
ter five days riding, the thieves were over
taken in the extreme northwest corner of
Kansas, on fork of the Republican known
as the Frenchman. The pursuers sur
rounded their camp, taking them by sur
prise, and opened deadly fire, killing four
at the first volley. Panic-stricken, the thieves
tried to escape by running, but before they
were out of range three more hit the dust.
One, Mexican, threw up his hands and beg
ged for mercy, but rope was thrown around
his neck and he was dragged quarter of a
mile to a tree and hung. This was on the
21st day of last August. On the 18th of
September party ran across the pile of dead
men, and attempted to bury them, but the
horrible stencil was too much, and they were
obliged to leave them alone"
Year: 1877

He was man of awiu! presence, was
this mighty .ivire, and as he pointed ont
to Chicago family the grave duties
which they should perform as poor and
miserable sinners, and was sending fits
of freezing horror up and down the back
Of every soul IN the room, by laying down
the law with nnctious precision the small
lest member Of the family little fellow
Of four years. with amazing herOism
pranced up and inquired:


Mister, does 90 own 0Od?"


Then the august walking derrick seized
his beaver and left the awe stricken family
gazing in speeches. amazement upon its
plucky little hero.
Year: 1877

The Gentle press of Utah circulates the
statement that john D. Lee is guarded by
a Mormon whose secret obligation com
pels him to do an. thing for the prisoner,
even to release him; and it is also said
Lee has the freedom of the Warden's
house. notwithstanding the sentence to
be shot on the 25th of next month.
Year: 1877

matters of religion present very different spec
tacle from the lamentable one she offers to us now
The boys of 10 will then be young men OF 20, ana
will know that there is thing called Truth, ana
that their first duty is to search. diligently
and respectfully for it, and love II
always But NJ. Waddingtons example seems con-
tagious, for in even that worst stronghold OF Irad
ton, that temple of must and mold, the Foreign
Office the breath Of reform has been felt, ana
genuine efforts being made to establish rules
and regulations which shall rescue the
diplomatic service Of France from it's notorious IN
feriority and, in some degree, aim at Transforming
its ignorant useless members into possible ser
wants Of their country. This is another ser
vice rendered by the Due Decazes, who
let what will be said of him, is wholly
without prejudice and completely modern-ninded
Naturally neither he any minister Of the existing
class will go half far enough in their reforms OF the
diplomatic service; but the present Is eninentIy
step in the right direction and when the real trans
formation, which may be hoped for in $780, Is abont
to take place it will at all events find part OF the
way paved for its work.