Show BY d P F I 1 congressional T washington 11 aton SENATE 15 the senators were early in thel their thein places and the bustie bustle attending the opening of the session prevailed kiltie athe oath ot of office was adminis to stanley matthews of ohio oh 10 elected in place of john sherman bherman resigned J don cameron in place of simon cameron resigned 3 and D H armstrong appointed from L V bogy deceased 1 the usual committee was appointed to loin join the committee of the house and inform the president that a quorum of the two houses had bad assembled adjourned until 12 tomorrow to morrow the senators absent morton arg Ard mcmillan Millan and sharon HOUSE 4 washington stox 15 at the opening of the session of the house the galleries were crowded and the corridors for two hours previously were almost impassable at 12 clerk adams called ca lied the house to order read the presidents proe prod proclamation convening congress and called the roll of the members by states beginning with maine when louisiana was reached tho the clerk made the following statement there were read from the th eState state of louisiana bearing date of december 1876 arid and declaring certain persons elected bioni rom the filst first fourth and sixth dia did trie tnie tricks ts but silent at to the other ether districts inasmuch as john mcenery was never defalto governor of louisiana and naver nuver in point of bf fact exercised or performed I 1 the functions of that office it is not deemed necessary to make any statement concerning conc eiruing the regularity or irregularity of the credentials coming from that source another set get of credentials was signed by wm vm pitt fitt kellogg as gover rover governor of louisiana with the leai seal seal beal of the state attached all bearing hearing different date sand all vin of bt which reached the hands of the clerk through different channels declaring persons elected from each of the districts except ex capt the tho second as to which district no certificate seems to have been issued by gov kellogg to any one the thelah law of louisiana Lou bou lalAna pre prescribing dg the charter of credentials provides provid es that as ae soon soun as possible after the expiration pi ration of thet the time of making the return returns bof of election for representatives jn congress a certificate of the ret returns urias sh shall allbe alibe be entered on the record by the secretary of state and signed by the governor Gover Hor and that a copy thereof subscribed by these officers shall be delivered to the person so elected and another copy transmitted to the clerk of the bouse of depre these credentials of gov kellogg are in no sense a compliance with the requirements of the law of louisiana they do not even purport to be a copy of the certificate on the contrary they are a simple declaration by governor kellogg that certain persons were elected without even stating the source of his information and they no more constitute credentials within the meaning of the law of louisiana than a similar statement from the treasurer or other state official would they cannot therefore be recognized by the clerk the other set of credentials credentia li as signed by governor nichols and the secretary of state arrived with the seal of the state attached they declare the persons elected in each of the tho districts of Loui louf louisiana slanA and conflict with the certificate signed by governor in reference to two districts obly only ohly those credentials comply with the law of louisiana in every respect respects and the clerk has accordingly placed on the roll the names of the persons contained in them when missouri was reached the clerk stated that no certificates had bad been received from the third district just then a paper was handed edhem him addressed to the speaker of the house louse eouse and he relea relta repeated ted the suggestion brig stig that as there was no speaker the paper should beo be opened by the tho clerk murmurs of ono no no n J cox hoped there would be no objection to the clerk opening the paper clerk inasmuch as it would raise a question which the clerk is not now prepared to determine he will leave the matter to the house after it shall have been organized the clerk also stated as to florida that he had received the corti acate cato or of COY steams to the elec clec tion of W D purman in 6 the arst first and horatio brisbee jr in the second district but he had subsequently jece received ived certificates from bov gov drew oue one of triese these recited the canvass which sho bho showed wed the election of purman had been by the supreme court of florida declared illegal and that another canvass had been made in obedience to the order of the supreme court which showed the elee election tion of robert H M davidson from the forst first district under such circumstances he had bad felt bound to place the name of davidson on the roll the other certificate of gov drew simply declared as to the second district that by counting the votes in a certain precinct in clay county where the board of state canvassers had rejected and which the supreme court had bad said could not be legally counted J T J finlay would be elected under tinder such circumstances the clerk could not see anything to invalidate the previous certificate in favor of brisbee and he had bad therefore placed his name on the roll with reference to colorado fhe the clerk said the be certificate presented by james B belford elford JB showed that he was elected on the third of october a time not hot authorized by the laws lawi of the united states or of 0 f the state stale of 0 f colorado Colo coio radd w while lle lie the papers presented jp resented by his bis competitor Patt patterson erson etson were merely certified copies coples of abstracts of the votes in the several counties which votes had bad never been can cassed by any board of canvassers the clerk had therefore declined to place either name on the roil roll but had bad left the matter for the house after organization to determine hale of maine rose to what he called a question of the highest privilege the right of a member to nis his seat while at the same moment wood of new now york roso rose to what be asserted assorted to be the highest lege the organization of the K ouse by the elec election tiou of a speaker FOREIGN t ea A telegram from Or chanie banie states that twe two twenty n ty four turkish battalions escorting a convoy to plevna defeated defea tidd the russian detachment sent to oppose e them frost and storms have rendered theSis the tova and Nico polls brid bridges impracticable for vehicles the last two days general prince Ime lias ilas li aa been appoint appointed bd chief of general staff of t the he russo doumanian army before plevna levria Il general taking command of lre Lie general L ays army corps LONDON Xi ONDON 9 sir stafford northcote c chancellor Chancello rot of the tho exchequer in a speech yesterday said 1 I cannot help thinking myself that there may be daur surprise prise which may disappoint the prophesies of those who have been claiming that the war cannot terminate till after another and more decisive campaign one thing is certain that both sides bides have displayed such gallantry that if an opportunity for a settlement should arrive they might accept it without any loss of prestige A special says suleiman pasha took command of the army of ithe the lom lorn at ernia erfia voda on saturday A special from frankfort says according to trustworthy intelli gence genca received here the fortresses of the franco italian frontier are being hurriedly put in a state of defence fenestrelle Fen estrelle and finandis Win andis alib are being armed with new steel and bronze guns negotiations between be bervia servia i vla via and russia have not been concluded servia requires rec juares a guarantee of independence dekende and ii a promise of extension of territory in the direction of besnia bosnia the russian envoy awaits further instructions Ac hemet eyoub pasha rasha will take command of the turkish forces on the servian frontier palus PARTS 9 gambetta is prosecuted for pla carding his manifesto nian nesto neato to the electors of the twentieth arran dis disso ment on the streets streeta not for its publication the printer of the maul maui manifesto festo nas has been summoned before dorethe tho the correctional tribunal M LONDON 9 the Rus bus russians commenced parallels before e PI plevna evna under the of general Ger idral the heavy masses of troops which are being sent to bulgaria certainly indicate their purpose to prosecute active operations during the autumnal aut the russians do not need these reinforcements to retain their present positions A belgrade correspondent correspond erit brit says he heard beard from a diplomatic haf hat the porte lini has demanded e id eai regarding serviano lans ians purpose jn arming and negotiating with bus hua sla aia and roumal lla its and the deporte porte declares that it will be obliged to send aspe a special elal dial commission to belgrade to enquire wb ether its suzerain rights righta are not bein being g tampered with all first class militia brigades except those of 0 belgrade Blia Sha batic batio and ana have marched to the fr gutter putter the second class will follow more moro money and several hundred boxes of shoes have arrived from russia sussia negotiations with russia have at last come to a satisfactory close A cabinet council unell co resolved upon warlike meas measures thou thop though gh not before the middle midd leof leot of november ber MONTREAL L 9 it is believed that fosters the grand trunk railroad defaulter has drawn heavily and appropriated misappropriated mib mis money belonging to the employed emp loyes fundor fun fund dof of which he had charge he issued money orders when claims were made on this thid fund and in many cases casek the receivers could not vf their own names it is also charged cashed bogus checks und and appropriated money from the funds of f t be the international bridge treasury treasur yi rais PAIS 9 gambetta addressed a great groat republican meeting this evening which pa sed with out dla dia tun tur bance jn in hib his speech gambetta said thu the existence of universal suffrage was at stake and pointed out the danger which that institution would incur if after having at the jast elections pronounced in favor of a republic it should now give itself the consequence of governmental ern mental pressure in that case public peace would be compromised for far universal suin suir suffrage rage was possibly its only defence ia ILs fall would involve the decadence and blid death of the country gambetta eulogized the man best fitted for continuing the work of concord conciliation and respect for law he disclaimed any desire for jor power for himself and concluded with a violent attack on the clericals who he tie said excited the fears rears of europe bythe by the presence pre vre sence senco of an air anti antl republic can ean coalition coan coah lion llon gambetta in hia hla speech referred to the republican prospects and said after sifting the inform information which reaches me from all ali quarters I 1 assure you that the wiil will versailles reinforced to LONDON 10 the bullion with drawn from the bank of or england unbalance on balance to davus dayda the times says everything points to dearer money it seems beems likely that even a five per cent bank raie rate of discount will not be sufficient to arrest the outflow of gold one hundred thousand pounds worth of american eagleb eagles is to said to be ordered for today to day LONDON 10 A correspondent corres t with chavka pashas headquarters telegraphs from ne near plevna on monday our army ol 01 occupies celishe Te lishe and today to day effected a junction with pasha who took tia tip up a position on the heights of bubrik there has been no fighting on our way hither ex except capt a trifling cavalry skirmish the russians fled on our approach we hope to arrive in plevna tomorrow to morrow re in any direction have failed to disclose a single russian A russian official dispatch yesterday says in consequence of the occupation of new positions by our broo troops pa in recent op operations the enemy last night abandoned the most of his positions including kizel and began retreating W we e pursued bd him and during the n night ig t occupied the line of rale ra ae cabatan Sa batan batad and Kul werdan gen en gourko with eleven regiments of cavalry and eight batteries of horse artillery started to bofia sofia via and selvi four cavalry regiments of buard guard will join him en route in consequence of restrictions placed by russians bus Rus on the inave movement of correspondents the number of those with the army before pley na have bave been reduced from sixty to two a number of english and russian correspondents having recently been ordered fo to quit the fact is the authorities are endeavoring to keep the state slate of the army secret eye witnesses say the sol boi soldiers suffered from severe weather and lying on the bare earth the hos hospitals pi are full of wounded and sick pass the danube by loads at a time A special says an engagement took place off the sulina mouth of the danube on ba tuesday between russian and turkish steamers the latter exploded and bank sank with all nil hands all immediate apprehension of famine in northern india next year has passed away though high prices anu and some pressure on the poor will remain until the spring crop is assured emigrants from the threatened tracts are already returning home and agriculture agrIcal ture la is active everywhere the hip ship from boston jane 29 for ban san francisco put into rio jat jai janeiro elro eiro oct esth in a leaking condition until further orders no correspondents pon dents will be allowed with the Rus at plevna it is expected that general zim merman Js army will shortly assume the offensive A karaja correspondent confirms the report that mukhtar pasha had evacuated ICat Kat zelpa and Sou batin retiring to 10 the summit of dagah 11 the rho corres correspondent says these move movements m 1 e nasare are necessitated by Mukh tars having lost men during the battle of oct and 2nd and aud ard 3rd the russians occupied led the positions vacated by the turks later the bup RuP on wednesday ne sway in consequence 0 of f unfavorable weather retired to tho the epos positions the they v for lor formerly merly occupied operations ns ehre postponed the russian bussian loss to the presen preset is A galatz galaz special bayba says a bamerger vessel from the st george mouth the th dan danube bound n d for hru iru hulcha icher ac ci bi dentally struck a russian torpedo and blowup with ail all hands bands this la is possibly blythe the origin of the report of bf the naval battle A telegram arm kara lon ton We wednesday dries drips noon says a battie battle ivas was fought yesterday day hear bear ing from midday until six in the thip evening the losses are heavy on both bides movements are dl dis bernable this morning in jn the russian camp which seem to 0 indicate a renewal 0 of the night fight queenstown QUEENS TOWN II 11 th the 0 steamship corset from antwerp for new kew york arrived here with her bo we wp stove and her forward ard compartment filled with water from a colli collision slob with the ship jesmore Jes sore from liver liter pool with passengers pa passengers for mel AM bourne at 4 0 on wednesday mornin morning g miles west est of fastnet the batik nuda auda tle corsett rescued all hands A ish a r office coti firms the report ort orl of the junction of checket pasha wi with thOsman osman pasha and the entry of and anif supplies jp into 11 herr tiza dmd th hungarian il premier baa haa informed irid the diet that 2000 rifles and three boxes of dynamite were sei sel seized zed but only eight perso nef nsf ari arf arrested ested in 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