Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1877-11-29

              ri .J W V' VAX vol. xxxvni. COLUMBUS, THURSDAYNOVEMBER 29, 1877. NO. 286. SIEBEHT " & ULLEYi ULANK BOOK WANIil'AtTUBEKS. Frlutr,Itnlers, Stationers and Le i;al Blank Publishers. BOOK BINDING l) ewy Zerp(ion, by the Edition or Single Volumi. Opera House Building (Up Stairs), ap4 COLUMBUS. fill Hi WINTER WOOLENS. GEO. T. DUVALL, Merchant Tailor ! 1S7 blUJTH IlIGU ST. aulB ly MOODIF, HUBBARD & CO, 61 SOUTH HIGH STREET. ,ij9tfip GEO. W. GLEASON, Bookseller.Statloner & Newsdealer, Ot SOUTH HIGH ST., (Opposite Ibe Capitol.) All the Popular NEW BOOKS end PERIODICALS.Fine A8;rtmcut of FANCY FRAMES. FRAMES cf all sizoB made to order. New PICTURES, including HELIOTYPES. New Styles VISITING CARDS. THERMOMETERS, various kind. PHYSICIANS' VISITING LISTS for 1878. Full assortment now; shall not have them in January. RUSSIA LKATHKa POCKET BOOK?, BILL BOOKS and LETTER WALLETS. Best Goods! OnePrioel Plain Figures! sep29 6m lp Okii.T ; JliKh, Pearl ami ('impel Sis. . J. U COMLT. A. W. FBANCIgOO. COMLY & FRANCISCO, PUBI.ISIIF.H8 AXD rKOPRIETOHfl. A.W.FRANCISCO, - (1 moral Manager. Congressional Snmiuary. Nov. 28. Senate. After the reading of the Journal, the resolution to admit Kellogg as a Senator from Louisiana was called up. Objection was made and overruled. An appeal was taken bnt not sustained. An amendment was proposed to swear in M. 0. Butler as Seualor from South Carolina. The vote resulted, yeas 31, nays 31, when the Vice President voted in the negative, and the amendment was rejected. A substitute for the resolution was offered. reciting the charges made by Spotl'ord and providing for the recommittal ol the whole question to the committee on Privileges and Elections. Pending discussion, the Senate adjourned until 12 o'clock to-morrow, Messrs. Patterson, Oonover and Davis of Illinois voting with the Democrats for adjournment. Indications (or the Ohio galley Biting and high barometer, diminishing, northerly to west Kinds and decidedly colder, clear or partly cloudy weather. Gold closed in New York yesterday at 102. We learn from an Associated Press dispatch that A. W. Fairbanks & Co. have sold the Cleveland Herald toex-Congressman ParsonB and Colonel Fogg for $100,-000.The telegraph announces the death of Thomas A. Stow, for several years connected with the Cleveland Plaindealer. Mr. Stow was active in the lecal politics of Cleveland, was elected to local offices, and at one time made a close run for the Legislature. The struggle in the Senate continues. Under the ruling of the Vice President, yesterday, the report of the committee on Privileges and Elections in favor of Kellogg, of Louisiana, was taken up, and an amendment to substitute the case of Butler for thnt of Kellogg was lost by a tie vote, Conover voting with the Republicans. The Democrats then mude an effort, in which Hill, of Georgia, was conspicuous, to Bend the Kellogg case back to the committee. Pending discussion the Democrats effected an adjournment till to day, Conover, Patterson and Davis voting with them. fir Ik ham Tonng's Grave. gait Lake Letter. 1 He was buried in a walled grave, built according to his direction, of granite, with iron rods binding its Bides, ends and bottom, and an immense slab of granite to cover it, and bound in iron in connection with the rest. The slab is said to weigh several tons, and was put in place, as was all the rock, with a large derrick. It was, no doubt, the determination of the DroDhet to Bleep the long sleep of death undisturbed by his enemies. In addition to this, watchers day and night, living at first in tents almost over the crave, have been in con stant attendance, and now a house has been completed, and these custodians of the prophet's ashes occupy it, and never leave the spot. What danger there can be in leaving this grave, when no ten men could open or desecrate it in a day's time, it is hard to divine. BY TELEGRAPH to raz vmo stats jovusal WASHINGTON. Battling at Close Quarters in the Senate. The Report in Favor ot Kellogg Given Precedence. Ar Amendment to Substitute Butler Lost by the Vice President's Vote, Conover Voting with the Republicans Against the Amendment.An Effort to Send the Louisiana Case Back to Committee. lteu. Mill Charges Kellogg villi Iustigatiug Fraud. The Demiicrats Effect an Adjournment by the Votes of Conover, Patterson and Davis. REPORTS OF DEPARTMENTS. Washington, Nov. 28 The reports of the heads of the several Departments are all completed, with the exception of ma. or me Becretary ol the Treasury, which will, however, be ready for the printer to-morrow. These documents will be Beat to the press throughout the country, in order that they may aa near as is possible appear in print as early as the afternoon editions of Monday next, the day for the meeting of the session of Congress. The Secretary of the Treasury will send n financial report to the Assistant Treasurers and Collectors of Customs, and to Postmasters in places where no one of the other mentioned officials are stationed, with instructions to deliver at noon Monday.The PoHtmauter General will send his report to Postmasters for delivery at the same time, and the report of the Secretary of the Interior will also be sent under similar guard to prevent premature publication.THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAUE, There is no apprehension whatever of the President's message being delayed beyond the noon hour of Monday next, as the House is already organized. It would be only some extraordinary emergency that would make a delay. So far aa the tenor of the message is concernedno one outside of Cabinet circles bas been advised thereof. In fact it is not complete, and the regular Cabinet ression of Friday next will probably hear the final reading, though there may bo an extra session Saturday to complete the message in every respect. RUMORED INDIAN STAMPEDE Private advices, not officially confirmed, have been received to the effect that some 1700 Indians, en route to the Missouri river and now about a hundred miles from their objective point, have stampeded and left the main body. TWO BODIES OP THE WRECKED HURON RECOVERED. The Signal Service observer ut the wreck of the Huron reports the bodies of Charles Carson, landsman, and Thomas Armstrong, seaman, who were lashed to the bowsprit, have been brought ashore. XI.VIIi iougreis-Eitra Session. BENATI. Immediately after the reading of the journal, Mr. Wadleigh, Chairman of the committee on rnvileges ana Elections, moved to proceed to the consideration of the resolution reported by that committee for the admission of Kellogg as Senator from Louisiana. Mr. Thurman objected, and read the eighth rule, which provides, no bill, report ol committee or oilier subject upon the calendar, shall be proceeded with in the morning hour, unless by unanimous consent. A loner discussion in rerard to tne rules ensued, which was participated in by Messrs. ltdmunus, Thurman, Wadleigh, Wallaceand others. Finally the Vice President decided that the subject was a question of the highest privilege and could be considered in the morning hour notwithstanding the objec tion. Mr. Thurman appealed from the decision, and the yeas and nays being called, the decision was sustained yeas 29, nays 28. Mr. Fatteisjn voted witn tne Democrats in the negative, and Mr. Conover with the Republicans in the affirmative. Mr. Davis of Illinois did not vote when his name was called. The question then was will the Senate proceed to the consideration of the resolution reported by the committee on Privileges and Elections, declaring Kellogg elected Senator from Louisiana. The vote resulted yens 29, Nays 29. me vice rroBiueat voteu in me anirm- ative, and the resolution was taken up. Mr. Conover voted with the Re publicans in me emrmnuve, ana Messrs. Patterson and Davis of Illinois with the Democrats in the negative. After it was decided to take up the Kellogg case, another long debate sprung up between Messrs. Wadleigh, Bill, Hoar, Sauls-bury and McMillan, all members of the committee on Privileges and Elections, as to the status of the case of Eustis, claiming a seat from Louisiana, for the term ending March 4th, 1879, the Democrats arguing that his case might have been reported before this time, and the Republicans claiming that it would have been already reported had not the committee been prevented from meeting yesterday by the continuous sessio.i of the Senate. Mr. Thurman then moved to amend the resolution by stiiking out all after the word resolved and insert that M. O. Butler be now sworn in as Senator from South Carolina. Mr. Kdmundj said he did not want time used unnecessarily, and therefore suceested that a vote be taken on the admission of Butler Saturday at one o clock. Laughter on the Democratic side The vote on Mr. Thurman's amendment to swear in Butler resulted yeas 31, nays 31 Davis of Illinois and Patterson votim with the Democrats in the affirmative and Con over with the republicans in the negative. The Vice President gave the deciding vote and declared tne amendment lost. Mr. Thurman arose to a point of order and challenired the riizht of the Vice President to vote on this matter, as the question was one affecting the organization of the Senate, and not a question wnere a provision or me uon stitution that the Vice President had a de. cidine vote in case of a tie. applied. Mr. Edmund3 To such extremes have we rome at last. Mr. Thurman said if it were a direct vote on the question of seating Butler, instead of a vote on an amendment to snotner resolution, he was quite sure the Vice President would not have a right to vote incase of a tie. This w8 a very interesting question, and he submitted that the provision of the Constitution that the Vice President shall have no vote except in case of a tie did not apply to the seating of a Senator. The other provision of the Constitution that each House shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its own members, left this matter in tne hands or tne senate, rne Question must be decided by the Senate it self, and the Vice President could not vote in case of a tie. Tho Vice President was not a Dart of the Senate, but simply the presid ing officer. He was not elected as a Senator. Mr. EdniundJ said if the whole of this affair was not something extraordinary, this latter move would cap tne climax. However, it was In keeping with the whole affair, o nothing could be said on that point. The Constitution provided, without limitation or qualification, that the Vice President should have a easting vote. It was desirable for this occasion, however, to impart some qua! ification or limitation, and that was that each liouee snail be judgo ot tne election and qualifications of its own members. The Constitution provided the Vice President should be rresiuent ot toe senate, and being President cf this body, he there fore belonged to it. If the proposition of the Senator from Ohio be true, the Vice President could have no vote on a bill or anything else. The Senate, as one of the bouses of Congress, must agree to a bill-passed by the House of Representatives before it could become a law. If the Vice President could not vote in case of a tie, in matters pertaining to the organization of the Senate, then be would have no vote on a Din in case ot a tie, as it required the action of the House of Representatives also upon it. Mr. Beck said it was not necessary that the Vice President should have voted to-day at all. He thought he was rather hasty in giving a vote, and that being so all this discussion was out of order. The amendment did not receive a majority of votes, and therefore was lost. Mr. Eaton said he had no doubt in his own mind that the President of the Senate had no power to act in the organization of tne senate, no is not one ot tne Represent atives of a sovereign State, and when the Draper time came he (Eaton) would be el ad to argue this matter. He would go farther, and say that if any man should get a seatin the Senate bv the action of the Vice Presi. dent, if he (Eaton) lived in 1879, he would ask that the chair filled by such person be declared vacant, in nis opinion, bucii action on the part of the Vice President would be a violation of the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Edmunds The Constitution, notwithstanding.Mr. Eaton (to Edmunds) My friend is witty and Batiricil, but he will find out this is not a one-sided thing altogether bel'oie be gets through with it. Continuing his remarks Mr. Eaton Enid: Should the Vice President assume unto him-ee 1 the right to vote in case of a tie in seating a Senator, and give a seat to any man, he (Eaton) should protest agaiuBt it, and when the proper time arrived, on the 4th or 5th of March, 1879, he would move to fill that chair, regarding it as vacant, Mr. Conkling said he had hearil it said that occasion did not arise this morning when it was necessary that the Vice President should vote, for the reason that the amendment had not received a majority of votes, and therefore fell. He would like to know when it was that a tie vote was not fatal to the affirmative side. Mr. Eaton replied that he had said no such thing. Mr. Allison Suppose the Vice President had voted with you? Mr. liaton lhat is a supposition my friend has no right to make. We have learned during the last three days that supposition is not tenable. Laughter. Mr. Thurman said he made the point of order for two reasons. In tho first piace he wanted to call the attention of the Senate to a question which might arise at auy time; and in tne next place ne ma not concur in the views of some of his friends to the effect that the Vice President might have abstain ed from voting. If that officer had the right to vote it was His duly to vote. However, ho (Thurman) had achieved all he desired to in calling the attention of the Senate to the matter, but as some Senators thought "sufficient unto the day ia the evil thereof," be was quite content to withdraw his challenge. Vice President Wheeler said he had carefully considered the question as to his right to vote in cases where the vote of the Senate was equally divided, and he had no doubt of Lis right. After what had fallen from the Senator from Connecticut (Eaton) he would take occasion to say that as at present advised he would exercise that right in his discretion. Mr. Saulsbury submitted a substitute for the resolution of the committee reciting at length the various charges made by Judge Spofford against the returning officers in Louisiana, the legality of the Legislature which elected Kellogg, and that Kellogg, himself Governor joined in illegal acts with such returning officers, and therefore providing for the recommittal of the whole question to the committee on Privileges and Elections, with instructions to said committee to take testimony in regard to such charges. Mr. Saulsbury, in Bupport of his amendment, argued that it would be an act of justice to one oi tuese coniesiauiu iu ia&e mis testimony, inai tne oenaiu uiigut auuw all the facts. Mr. Wadleigh said the committee had what seemed to it good reasons lor reiusing tne request of Spofford to take testimony in regard to these charges. When he made such annlication to the committee it would have led to further delay, and the subject had already been thoroughly investigated by Congressional committees, and was before the committee on tnousanus oi pages oi icau-mony, already taken. Therefore they thought it best not to delay the case. Mr. mil said tuis question nau a mucu more imnortnnt bearing than Senators were inclined to give it. If the proposition of tho Senator from Delaware should be refused, the Senate would do a great injustice to one of the contestants. He (Hill) charged here, and the Senate must hear him, and the country Bhould hear him, that Judge Spof ford appeared Deiore tne connuuieettuu iu nraannne of Governor Kellose. and in pres ence of his counsel, made distinct charges that the Returning Board counted in mem-bersof the Packard Legislature for the purpose of electing Kellogg to tho Senate, and that Kellogg himself was one of the promoters of fraud; that ho had access to the Board to carry out Buch lraud; and it was carried out. Here was a charge that fraud was committed at the instance ot Governor Kellogg, and for the express purpose of get-tine ud a false Legislature to elect him Sen ator, and this charge was made in the presence of Kellogg. Mr. McMillan laid tne sessions oi tue ne-turnini? Board were all attended by Demo cratic counsel.and testimony onthese chirges had already been taken. Mr. Hill eaid he challenged any one who voted in the committee against taking testimony to point to any testimony in all the Louisiana investigations heretofore made bearing upon the points which Judge Spofford alluded to when Judge Spofford read to the committee his fourth charge as to the complicity of Kellogg with the Returning Board in an illegal act. Kelloee cot up to join issue with him, when Mr. Hoar, a mem ber ot tne committee, oojectea. air. oponora did not make his charge behind the door, but said he could prove it, and so far as any testimony having been taken last winter on the subject of this charge, Judge Spofford said the factB had recently come to bis knowledge. He (Hill) appealed to every Senator on this floor to sink the partisan for a moment, and not deny the right to this contestant to take testimony which no court on earth wonld refuse him. Kellogg came here now to claim the price of bis fraud. He came here to ask that this Senate would give effect to that fraud. A committee had bjen ap pointed to examine a'l such cases, and this committee said: "We have taken so much testimony about Returning Boards that we will tab e no more." Mr. Wadleigh said the Field committee took testimony on this very point. Mr. Hill eaid the Field committee took testimony in regard to the electoral vote. That was closed, and as far as he was concerned it should be closed forever. Mr. McDonald inquired of the Senator from New Hampshire (Wadleigh) if he did not know that members of the Louisiana Returning Board refused to testify before tne House committee, and were not summoned before the Senate committee last winter. Mr. McMillan said they were examined by the Field committee. Mr. Hill resumed again, and called upon any Senator to put his hand upon any testimony already taken as to Kellogg's complicity with the Returning Board, as Judge Spofford offered to prove. Mr. McMillan It would be very difficult to prove a fact which never existed. Mr. Hill Did anybody before ever hear a J udge tell a party asking leave to present testimony, wny you can t prove tnat, even if I give you permission." Addressing Mr. aicniiien, air. him smu : now do von Know it never occurred r were von down tnere (Laughter.) Mr. McMillan I waa there ioralong time. Mr. Hill well. 1 did not know that be fore. We will investigate you. f Renewed laugnter.j Continuing Ms remark's Mr. Hill said Seuatois should not ait as judges to decide tne riguts between parties and Eav they would not let them take proof. Kellogg did not pretend to have the Legislature ex cept bv the order of that Returning Board. He admitted tnat ibree ot tlie members ot the State Senate returned as elected by that Board were not elected by tue people. It this should be proved, was he fit for a Sena tor in tins bodv r Would senators say that the Governor of a State might collude with a Returning Board to elect himself to tne senate r would tney seat bucu a man in this body t bo certain was tne com' mittee at first that it would have to take testimony that the Chairman applied lo tho Senate and got authority to do so, and when the committee got the parties to join issue it refused to take testimony. If Governor Kellogg Bhould be convicted of these charges, u would not only close tne senate to turn. but would open the Penitentiary to him. The cases were referred to the committee for the purpose of inquiring into all the facts. He did not want to reopen the question of tne electoral count; nedid not want one particle of testimony on that subject; but he did want Judge Spofford to have an opportunity to prove tnat iveuogg aiuea in counting in three Senators and ten members of the House ot Delegates, who were not elected. for the express purposo of making him Sen ator. The Legislature which elected him never did a single act for which they claimed vitality except the election of Kellogg. It had disbanded and gone. But oh, said his friends on the other side of the Chamber, it was a Legislature when it elected Kellogg This whole fraud wssconeocted by Governor Kellogg for the purpose of transplanting him to the Beoate, that he migh misrepresent the people of Louisiana for fix vears. Would the Senate tuke a men in with the charge ringing in their ears that he was (he author of the fraud which sent him here? Would the Senate take the statement of the Senator from Minnesota that this fraud was not true because it could not ba true? It was the first time that he (Hill) ever beard that n man like Kellogg could not comrnita fraud. Laughter. Should the Senate do this wrong it wouid be one for which there was no compensation, and lor which there was no excuse. He wished, if ho could, to break through this crystallized crust of party bias and get to the sound, honest truth. Kellogg paid the price of Louisiana and comes here now to nek the Senato to give him his award. All this baste iu the Kellogg case was never made in the com mittee until after a cortain motion had been made in the Seuato. When a direct charge of personal fraud is made by one of the contestants, in the presence of the other, it was the duty of the Senate to allow him to take testimouy, to see if he could prove it. Mr. Wadleidh Baid hp bud tisrenrrl tUo furious speech of his friend from Georg a with a good deal of interest, because it showed how great a noise could bo made about a small matter, llo thought the Senator from Georgia was not justified in stating all that ho had. Mr. Wadleigh then referred to the testimony takeu by tho Senile committee of which Senator Howe was chairman, the Citizens' committee of whichi enator Sherman was chairman, and tne Field and Morrison committees of the House of Representatives. He argued that this testimony covered all the essential points in tho case, and for that reason the committee thought it best not to consume time in hearing more evidence. Mr. Hoar ol Massachusetts also spoke ot the investigations made by these committees, aud said that Judge Spofford himself at first was not in favor ol taking any more testimony, and he was certainly familiar with all the circumstances, Having been oi counsel for the Democratic party before ono of these committees. Judge Sponord had set up no substantive fact in his request to take testimony, but merely said he intended to prove ,i .. itti.-. ; .1.- : - S) anu mu. tv uuit cuurt iu i(io uuiveiac would take such an offer. Pending discussion Mr. Conkling moved the Senate take a recess until eight o'clock. Mr. Patterson moved tue Senate adiourn. Agreed to yeas 29, nays 27 Davis, Conover and Patterson voting with the Democrats in tho affirmative, ond tho Senate adjourned until 12 o'clock to-morrow. Oovornor Hemlrlcbs Lecturing. Indianapolis, Nov. 28. Governor Hendricks made his first appearanca in the lecture field at H armonic tiall this evening, for the benefit of Grace Episco pal Church. The Biuiject was .revolution, which he treated from the standpoint of history under the different heads of abortive, deliberative and inevitable revolutions. The effort was highly cred itable and entertaining, evincing much study, careful preparation, and very con siderable literary excellence, the audience was large and appreciative. Grocer's r.xclnnxfo Organized. Cincinnati, Nov. 28 A Grocer's exchange waa organized here to-day; R. Dymond was elected President; B. G. Stahl and W. F. Bishop, Vice Presidents; A. K. Ulark, Secretory; J. U. .Hopple, Treasurer. A member reported the pur chase of three hundred sacks of coffee at Mobile, under New 'iork prices, with additional advantages in freight and time of shipment Hovernor Ilumptou's Itltdmite. Columbia, S. G, Nov. 28. Governor Hampton has sent his annual message to the General Assembly. He strongly deprecates the repudiation of the State's obligations, and argues tnat tne settlement of the public debt question shall be made upon a basis which will not impair the credit ot tho state, tie urges tne fostering of the public school system to give free education to all classes. Nnalheru Items. Mobile, Nov. 28. Secretary Sherman has revoked the order refusing clearances to vessels from Mississippi ports. CitizsnB of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana have petitioned Congress to send a commission to investigate the log question and conduct or the Government agents at Pascagoula, Nine Deputy Marshals arrested the Sheriff of Jackson county at Pascagoula to-day; charges not known. Meeting; of Log- unit Lnmborlus; Men, Mobile, Nov. 28. A large and order' ly meeting of log and lumber men held at Pascogola, yeBterday, pledged the citi zens to tne uovernment in its rignta to enforce efforts to protect the Government lands, and appealing to Congress for pro tection from unwarranted seizures by agents of the Interior Department. Dcniu of Tnomas A. Stowe. Cleveland, Nov. 28. Thomas A Stowe, a well-known journalist and Grand Master of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Ohio, died in this city this morning, AaslKnment. Buffalo, Nov. 28. John P. Trible wholeeale provision dealer, has made an assignment to Philip Becker. Liabilities largely in excess of assets. SENATOR PATTERSON. Iteport of llie Special Invcs tigaUug Committee. About Twenty Members of tue Lpc Itlaiure or 1873 Teatlfy lliol Tlioy Wore Bribed to Vole for Patterson. Columbia, 8. C.Nov. 28. The special investigating committee appointed last spring to examine, among other things. into the'election of John J. Patterson as United States Senator in 1872, haa sub milieu a report, rne report gives an epitome of the testimony taken before the eommitteo, including about forty ex-members of the Legislature, white and colored republican, whose evidence con oars in the statement that Patterson's lection was Bectired through bribery, About twenty testified that they were bribed either personally by Patterson or nis agent ( wortmngton), receiving amounts ranging from $100 to $2500. Abont twenty more testified that offers of bribes were made to them and refused. Elliott, a colored ex-member of Con gress, who was Patterson's most formida ble opponent, was offered $15,000 to with draw from the contest, which he refused, The offer was made by J. B. Dennis in the name of Patterson. Major Martin K. Delauey, colored, was present apd corroborated Elliott's state ment. Governor Moses afterward appointed J. B. Dennis Jury Commissioner, to draw juries for the protection of Patterson when ne was indicted in 1S73 for procuring his election by bribery, and the arrangement was Huccen8fully completed. Every witnees testified that it wsb gen erally known and understood among members that Patterson was purchasing his election. The evidence also shows that the Votes were bought while the elec tion was in progress. Maxwell, a colored (Senator, was naid to change his vote to Patterson, which gave a majority in the Senate, and avoided the necessity of a joint assembly next aay, FOBEIGN. Interview with PrenlUent Itlnc. IHnhOK. Paris, Nov. 28 Deles-ales of the Trades Councils of this city, who went to the wynee to day, were received by Vis count DeHarcoiirt, Secretary of the Pres ident, wno said President MacMahon re gretted that he was unable to receive them. Ihe uelegates presented an address to the President, calling attention to the stagnation of trade in Paris and to the fact thnt many workmen and others are reduced to misery and embarrassment. The adJrean concludes: "We think it lies with yon to end this disastrous and dangerous situation and avert the conflict threatening between the powers o.' State, by giving complete satisfaction to the wish which was clearly and loudly expressed at the recent elections." M. Hatbie was to havo another inter view wilh the President to day on behalf of tho Orleantstfl, to urge an immediate return to a conciliatory policy. London, Nov. 28 Loid Derby, Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, to-day received a deputation representing the Society for the Protection of British Interests and three other political societies, headed by Lord Strathcden Campbell, who presented a memorial urging active nterferenca in lavor ot lurkey. L.orrt Derby replied that the Government eaw no reason to depart from its neutrality. Ho did not think Constantinople or the Suez canal in danger. When the Govern ment saw a reasonable opportunity, it would do what it could to bring about peace. Russia' i'omiuci clul IlclrtMons. Beklin, Nov. 28. The commercial relations of Kussia with Central Asia are constantly increasing despite the war against Turkey. The import of cotton from Khiva and Bokhara is of special im portance, for within threo months about 30,000,000 pounds have been imported thence, and the Orenburg railway has forwarded a total of about 1,150,000 weight of cotton. Russia, on the other hand, has already exported to Khiva and Bokhara manufactured cotton goods to the value of 3,000,000 roubles. Ttirhs Rennlieil. London, Nov. 23. A EusBian official dispatch eays the Turks on Monday morning violently attacked the iwelttn corps at Tcselink aud Metcka. After six hours severe fighting tne lurks were repulsed and pursued until night. The Turkish loss miiBt have been very heavy. Tho Russian loss was 300, including a large number of officers. Simultaneous demonstrations against Folomnrka end Kazelero were repulsed with trifling fight ing. Abolition ;l I'll l (il Pnulatiment. Home. Nov. 28. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day, during the debate on the penal code, the clau.ie abolishing capital punishment waB adopted by a large ma jority. Several Deputies afterward urged that the Uovernment should insert a clause in the future extradition treaties exempting criminals under sentence of death from liability to extradition, Tbe Russians Antfclnntlnu; Jfrheniet All. Vienna, Nov. 28. The news about the movement of Kussians at i-.tropol and Orchanie leaves no doubt that instead of waiting for the operations of Mchemet Ali they have determined to anticipate him by a vigorous forward inarch, which it successful would cripple, if not altogether prevent the intended effort for the relief of Plevna. Indications I but tbe Russians are CloinK Into Winter Quarters. London, Nov. 28. Ghazi Mouhktar Pasha telegraphs from Erzeroum that the Hussion Bayazed column is encamped between Lerdenkan and Karakillissa. Everything indicates the Russians are prepar ing to suspend operations and go into winter quarters, Snow has fallen in the mountains to a depth of three feet. Olliclnl Notice of Alfonso's Intended Sfarrlnco. Madrid, Nov. 28. The Minister of Foreign Affairs will to-morrow formally notify foreign powers of the intended marriage of King Alfonso with the Princess Mario De Los Mercedes. I hnuge ol Turkish Commanders. London. Nov. 28. Achmet Evoul Pa sha has been appointed commander at Shipka. Keoufl Pasha goes to Adriangle to superintend the organization of the now army. IMstrees in tiornwall. London Nov. 28. Distress among the mining population of Cornwall bas be' come bo great as to require an organized uuniiiuuie movement lor ti.eir renei. A Tarnish Surrender in Scbiplia Pass. St. Petersburg. Nov. 28. Four hun dred lurks have surrendered to tbe Kus siane in Schipka Pass. Italian International Exhibition Announced. Milan, Nov. 28 It is announced that an International Exhibition will be held here in 1870. AHEAB IN PKICES AND CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS LOWER TIILTV HYEB OFFERED NEIL CRIME AND CASUALTY. latboat Ileninllftbed Five Persons Drowned. Pittsburg, Nov, 28 John B. Painter. of this city, with a party of colonizers, thirty eoulg in all, left this afternoon in a (latboat, intending to travel by- river to Arkansas. They launched their boat about two o'clock, and bad only floated a short distance when one of tbe steering oars broke, and the boat began to drift wilh the current. Just as they entered the Ohio river, the (latboat struck a fleet of coal barges and the ilatboat parted in tnree pieces and broke up, throning the emigrants into the water. Some of them climbed out on the coal barges and others were rescued by skins. A Swisj family named Kife. consisting of father, mother and two children, and man from Philadelphia, name unknown, perished. All the rest were saved, although wilh the greatest difficulty, One woman, with an infant, dented several hundred yards before she was picked up. Murder or lr. SJN'XVIiorlcr at Athens, Ohio. Cincinnati, Nov. 28. The Times Athens, Ohio, special says : Dr. J. W. Mc-Whorter quarreled with hie brother yesterday afternoon, and the brother went a mile for his gun, returned and shot the doctor, killing him instantly. Arrival of Rande, the Outlaw. Galesbuhg, III , Nov. 28. Frank Rande, the notorious outlaw, arrived hero from St. Louis in charge of officers this morning, and was safely incarcerated in the presence of a large crowd. Professor Tope Explains n Hon Nlorj. Nashville, Nov. 28. The American to-morrow will publish a letter Irom Pro- ing tho statement going the rounds of the press, to the effect that he had discovered, in Texas, a new variety of hog, with hoof unclcft. The Professor says ho has known of its existence in this country many years, and ia we 1 aware that it has been in the books a long time. The variety is, however, an interesting one in an evolutionary point of view, and some remarks of his to this effect in a letter to some one probably gave rise to the impression that it is new. Sudden Ocath. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 28. Hon. E. H. Buckingham, District Attorney for the Third Judicial District, died at 7:30 a. m. of heart diEeaBe. A council of -pfay- sicianii decided the disease was the result of violent boating exercise when attending Vale College. The deceased was twentynine years old, aud graduated in the class of 1873. Halo of the Cleveland Herald. Cleveland, Nov. 28. Fairbanks &. Co. to-day sold the Cleveland Herald to ex-Congressman R. C. Parsons and Colonel W. P. Fogg, of this city. Consider ation, one hundred thousand dollars. The change in proprietorship takes effect December 1. Close of Business Offices To-Day New York, Nov. 28. To-morrow being Thanksgiving Day, a legal holiday, the .National. State and municipal offices. banks and several exchanges will be olosed, BY MAIL AND TELEGRAPH. The steamer Scythin .arrived at New York yesterday, bringing $500,000 in gold coin. Emanuel Dial, on trial in Coshocton county, on a charge of murder, has been acquitted. A Washington dispatch, received at New York Saturday, Bays the sub-TreaB' urer at the latter place has been ordered to sell one million ol gold Saturday. On the 27th, the Borden mine, near JVroatburg, Maryland, fell in, imprison' ing John Davis and John Hayar. A large force of men are engaged in digging them out. A Verinonter denies emphatically that iizra l. esmitn, who is accused ot poisoning his wife, was ever a deacon of the Baptist Church in Vergences, or, indeed. ot any cnurcn in tne state. The Nashville American prints letters from Congressmen House, Whitthorne and Atkins, ot Xennessee, urging the prompt acceptance of the proposition to compromise tho Slate debt as a measure of justice, expediency and Belf-inlerest. , Mrs. Lois Thompson, the ister-in-law of Senator Sargent, who committed eui- cide in .Lowell, Saturday, rid herself of life, it is reported, because, like the Providence milkman who killed himself the other day, she feared that she should come to poverty and want. An apple tree in Cumberland, Ken tucky, measures thirteen feet four inches in circumference five feet above the ground. Its origin was a email twig stuck into a rotten walnut stump about eightythrec years ago. It is probably the largest ap ple tree in the State, and laBt year yielded apples enough to make twentyfive gallons of brandy. A number of Congrersmcn and others witnessed at Washington on Saturday the performance of a steam press, which prints revenue stamps and greenbacks equally as well as the hand process now in use, striking off 5000 impressions daily. It is claimed thnt it will reduce the employes in the bureau of engraving and printing ninety per cent. At their late election the people of Minnesota approved the proposed amendment to the Constitution of their State, to provide for biennial sessions of the Legislature. The plan provides for one session of eixty days' length every two yearB. The State is to be districted bo that Senators and AsBemblyrfien shall be elected from the odd distriots one year, and from the I even the next. Senators will hold office OF stitjoin" -FOj-A-CS- hall HOUSE BLOCK. four years, Assemblymen two. It is estimated that this plan will save $100,000 every two years. Ohio1. There is a strike in one of the mines in the Mahoning Valley. Silas Bailar, a Fairfield county farmer, has made an assignment. Assets, $18,-000. ' The trial of Dimmit, on a charge of robbing tho Clermont county Treasury, is in progress. Nothing new was brought out in the firBt day's trial Tuesday. An attempted jail delivery' at Ml. Vernon, on the 27th inst,, was promptly frustrated by the Sheriff, who got wind of what waa going on from a discharged prisoner. Tuesday night a section bosu named i Miller, on the new Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad.was attacked by about thirty men and women at the Half-way House. about oue mile east of Youngstown, and was badly beaten with clubs and stones. He was left for dead, but finally recovered his senses and wan conveyed to Hazletcn, where he ib now lying at the noint of death. Miller discharged a number of men on Saturday, and it was thought that they committed what may yet be a mur der became they were discharged. No arrests. The stockholders of the Columbus and Northwestern Narrow-gauge railroad met at Urbana Tuesday, and elected as Direct ors Lemuel Weaver, Edward Jennings and John H. Young, of Urbana; N. E. Hoover, ot Sidney; rienry Cargill, of Port Jefferaon; Joel Burnsideof Mechan-icsburg; J. M. Beach, of WeBt Jefferson; R. Q. Dun, of London; William Jamison. of Columbus. The Board organized by electing aB president Lemuel Weaver, ison, Columbus; Secretary and Treasurer, A, M, luurman, of Columbus. J. K Williams was made Superintendent of the work. Foreign. A great slorm with snow prevails in tbe Balkans. Amount of bullion withdrawn from the Bank of England on balance yesterday, 50,000. A correspondent stales that the estab lishment of the Roman Hierarchy of Scotland has been indefinitely postponed, There aro renewed reports of fighting near Ruschuck, the Turks being the aggressors. Whether these movements are extensive enough lo cause the withdrawal of any forces from Plevna, even if the Czarovich's army were wrecked, is not known. The report cf the committee on Special Accounts, opened by the De Broglie Ministry during the recent discussion, amounting to 18.000,000 francs, declares the ac counts illegal, and that they cannot be sanctioned by the Chamber without com promising the rights of the Nation. THE LIFE STATION NOT MANNED. What Chief Iitmball Says-Short Appropriations The Crews on This Coast Not Set to Work Until De' ceuiber 1. Washington Telegram to the N, Y. Tribune. Mr. 8. 1. Kimball, Chief of the Revenue Marine Division of the Treasury Department, of which division the United States Lite Saving Service forma a part, gives some information regarding the or ganization and work of the Life-Saving Service, and the roasonB why aid was not extended to the drowning men on tbe Huron. He Bays: "Our stations in the Sixth district, which comprises the coasts of Virginia and South Carolina from Cape Henry to Cape Halteras, are not yet manned, and are not to be put in operation until the first day of December. The reason why they are not manned earlier in the year is that the funds appropriated by Congress are not sufficient to allow it. The amount placed at the disposal of the Secretary of the Treasury for the Life-Saving Service during the present fiscal year is $146,000, out of which the actual expenses of the stations maintained amount to $144,040, leaving $1960 for emergencies. "The Life-Saving establishment, as at present organized, comprises eleven districts, into which the sea and lake coaste of the United States are divided. The personnel of the service embraces a super intendent iur eacu uisiriui, a Keeper, anu ) acrew 01 ?l 8"rl- l,ue superintendent six suri-men lor each station. and keepers are em ployed the year round, but the surf-men are only employed during the inclement season, which varies in length, according to latitude. In the First district, which comprises the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire, and at four of the stations in the Second district, which constitute the coast of Massachusetts, we employ the crews from the 1st of November to the 1st of May. At tbe ten remaining stations of the Second district the crews are employed from November 1 to April 15, cutting off the expense of fifteen days' service in older to extend the time at stations where a greater need is felt. In the Third district, that is, on the Rhode Island and Long Island coasts, seven stations are manned from November 15 to April 15, and twentyseven stations from November 15 to April 1. In tbe Fourth district, the New Jersey coast, six stations aro manned from November 15 to April 15, and thirty-two from November 15 to April 1, In the Fifth and Sixth districts, which in clude all the coast from Cape Henlopen to Cape Halteras, all the stations are manned from the first of December to the first of April. The Seventh District takes in the coast of Florida. Here we have only houses of refuge, designed to protect castaways on tbat coast rather more from hunger and thirst than from other peril, because as there are no rocks in those re ALL STYLES! T DIED. Blackwell On the 27tU inst., Wm. Blackwsll, of heart disease, aged fifty years. Funeral will take place on Friday morning at 10 o'clock, from the family residence, on McDowell street. it BOYER'S Carmelite Melissa Cordial, (Eau de Melisse des Cannes.) 30O VF.1KS I Repntutiou. Annual Sales ' In Paris alone. 1,300,000 BOTTLES. Supported and sustained by the endorsement of (he most eminent of Fuench PaACTiTiONras. A Sovereign Remedy lor i sr s r es i J i jk. DISORDERS of the SIOHACB, And all Nervous Affections. Get tho Genuine. Beware of Imitations. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. General DeDOt at BOYER'S. No. 69 Park Place, New York. R. Jones & Son, Wholesale ueaiers uolumbus, u, sepu ly lp PlrTWfc Saves 95 to 30 per cent. In Steam and Fuel. ool51taw"otlp" UEMPHTEn A VO 6 East Broad. gions vessels going ashore strike so high up that escape from them is easy and the danger is that of starvation. The length of time during which the several stations are kept manned is deter mined by a computation made from the best data obtained from every source of the average length of the stormy season. The stations on the North Carolina branch are ten miles apart. Mr. Kimball thinks the number of sta tions should be doubled, and will recommend in his next report appropriations by Congress to effect this. He continues : The advantage which would bave been derived in the caso of the Huron, by the station being manned, lies in the fact tbat the wreck would have been discovered pretty Boon after she struck by the patrol. The men patrol the beach constantly through the night during the active season. As it was, it is understood that the wreck was not discovered until eight o'clock in the morning, and that then it was too late for the crews to get together, and render the needed assistance. It is very rare tbat they have any serious disasters on the coast before December 1. I understand that the present position of the vessel is only about two hundred yards from the shore. If she was no further away when she first struck she would have been within easy reach of our shot-lines, the extreme range of which is about 410 yards. Probably no boat could have reached the vessel through tbe heavy sea which was running, but it is possible that all might have been saved by the use of the shot-line and the breeches buoy." Alt. Vernon Notes. Mt. Vernon, Nov. 28. To the Editor of the Ohio State Journal : Preparations are being made for the hanging of Bergin December 7. The unfortunate man appears quite despondent of late. The concert given by the Y. M. C. A. Inst evening, was a most delightful affair. The best musical talent in tho city participated in the performance. "Soft and Low," rendered by Mr. Singer and others, is especially worthy of note. The entire exercises were fully appreciated by a large audience. Frank Howard, as the "Spy of Shiloh," has his company well in hand. Their re hearsals have passed oft in an excellent manner, and the prospects are Mattering for tbe success of the play. Clinton (Jommandery, unigntB xeni-plar, will hold their annual banquet at the Rowley House, December 31, It is good to see the wheels moving once, more at the Cooper foundry works. ProsDects are good for this large estab lishment to be run on a substantial basis. The Council have under consideration the question of providing a suitable armory for the Guards. As the boys have rendered considerable service to the cay and State, they should be found a suita ble place to meet without luriner dillydallying. A Bis; ocean C'araro. The agent of the Hooper, which sailed from New York during the week, reports : The cargo I have obtained for this vessel is the largest which ever left New York in one bottom, it consists ol t.,B3U bushels com. 9000 bushels peas, 37,500 bushels wheat, 430 tons linseed oil cake, 1750 bales cotton, 1M0U barrels Hour, zuu tierces beef, 200 bags flax seed, 30 hogsheads tobacco and 600 bag' clover seed, making a total of about 5250 tons dead weight, The captain of the Hooper, Captain F. Marred, has laid some 7000 miles of submarine telegraph wires from his vessel in the seven years he has commanded her. The Hooper has three im- mense tanks for containing cablea, one of 41, 51 and 53 feet diameter. In the largest there are now stored 59,500 bushels of wheat. Her decks are of asphalt. IL ST JEAN ds liCROrO -ti --nr r