Show BY TELEGRAPH congressional MOUSE washington 11 Ha hamilton wilton milton from the committee on foreign affairs reported a bill in the matter of the venezuela claims it authorizes th orizes the president to enter in into to a further convention with venezuela ia in case that government should desire a hearing of any of the cases decided by the commission heretofore organized printed and re committed wigginton from the committee on public lands reported back the senate bill for the sale of timber lands in california oregon and washington territory it provides tha such land may be sold to citizens of the united states in quantities not exceeding igo 16 acres to any one on eperson person at the minimum price of per acre and makes it unlawful after the passage of this act to cut any timber on public lands after being so amended as to include in its provi blans the states of nevada and colorado the bill was passed mr wright W night right of pennsylvania from the same committee reported a bill providing for the loan of to every person who shall settle on ou the publia lands under the homestead law the act to be in operation until has been expended in such loans the bill was reported without recommendation and referred to the committee of the whole gouse from the same committee reported a bill to restore to the market certain lands in utah passed welch welchs from frono the same committee reported a bill for the relief of settlers on the public lands passed wigginton from the same committee m attee reported a bill providing that any person who shall plant protect and maintain for eight years ten acres of timber land shall shail a at the expiration of that time be entitled V to a patent for the whole of such quarter section passed hewitt from the same committee reported a bill permitting nebraska to cede certain territory P in that state to the state of missouri washington 13 potter presented a resolution directing an investigation by a select committee into the alleged frauds committed in florida in the iata into presidential election the resolution contains the names of edward noyes and john sherman in con with the frauds after considerable discussion the speaker decided that the preamble and resolution presented a question of the highest privilege and must be received an appeal from the decision was as taken by a vote of yeas to JOS nay naym a the appeal which was taken by conger was laid on the table the vote was a party one with the ex caption ot of mitchell butler of mass blass and fort who voted with the democrats and mills milla and buckner who voted with the republicans public ans potter as a question of privilege presented the following preamble and resolution herem the state of maryland has bag by its legislature formally declared that due effect was not given give u to the electoral vote cast by the state t ate on the ath day of decem ber 1876 by reason of fraudulent returns in id the electoral votes from tha the states of florida and louisiana and whereas an affidavit by samuel 33 mclin chairman of the board of state canvassers of the state of alo rida for the election held in that state in november 1876 for electors for president and vice vlee dent has been made public alleging false and fraudulent returns for votes for such election in that state and that the choice of the people of that state was annulled and reversed and that the action of the board of state canvassers making ranking such returns was influenced by the conduct and promise of jelon jaon edward F noyes now min to the government of france and whereas it is alleged that a conspiracy existed in the state of louisiana whereby the republican vote du fin all the precincts of the parish of east feliciana and in some precincts of west feli fell felie Felfe clana claua at the go general election in november 1876 was purposely withheld from the polls to amford afford a pretext pro text for the ex elusion by the board of the state of the vote castin the these se precincts for the electors of Pre president Adent and vice president and that jos E andersen anderson supervisor visor of registration of maor kati mast east as eller Foier feliciana Feli eeli ciana lelana and D A weber supervisor of registration t in the parish of west feliciana in that state in furtherance of that conspiracy falsely protested that the election in such precincts had not been fair and free and that the state returning board thereupon falsely and fraudulently excluded the votes of said precincts and by means thereof of other false and fraudulent action busaid by saida ret beard board the choice of the thu people of that state was annulled and reversed and that such action of said weber weber and anderson was induced or encouraged by the assurances ot of the hon john sherman secretary ot of the treasury of tile the united states and whereas tho the gravity of these charges the nature of the evidence upon which they are reported to be based and the official dignity and position of the persons named in connection with said frauds make it t proper that the samo same should be I 1 inquired into to the end that the honor of the nation insy be vindicated and the truth as to such elections made known therefore be it revolved that a select committee consisting of eleven members of t he the house be appointed to inquire into the aforesaid allegation as to the conduct of the persons in office aforesaid in respect of said election and into the alleged false and fraudulent canvass and return of votes by the state county pariah parish and precinct officers in the said states of louisiana and florida and into all the facts which in the judgment of said committee are connected with or pertinent thereto and that the said committee for the purpose of executing this resolution shall have power to send for persons and papers to administer the oath and to take testimony and in their discretion to detail committees subcommittees sub with like ful full lau iau authority of the said committee in every particular and with power to sit sib it in florida and louisiana which committees subcommittees sub shall be committees of this house and the chairman thereof shall be authorized to administer oaths that said committee and subcommittees committees sub bub may employ stenographers abd and ba attended each by a deputy sergeant at arms and may sit all during the sessions of this house and during the vacation and that bald sala committee proceed in this inquiry and have leave to report at any time AMERICAN NEW YORK 11 the winter theatrical season is about finished and according to the worlds has been one of the most disastrous ever known in the annaia annala of the american stage the world attributes this to the hard times and too many stars in the dramatic firmament sign Sig norand oran d algnora Sl gnora maj Majeroni aroni have been drawing good houses bouses at the fifth avenue in husband and wife both are characterized by the critics as highly fl finished artists the principal novelties of this week were furnished at the grand opera house by mccullough who pr presented e r anted in succession king lear ca damon jack cade lucius luclus brutus virginius virginias and macbeth it is said that mccullough lough h has cleared this season bara sara jewett had a successful benefit at the union square on wednesday school for scandal was presented with miss jewet as lidy teazie the concert season ia Is now in full blast and chickering and steinway halls are occupied for that purpose almost nightly it is reported from boston that harry josephs of the evangeline combination is hopelessly insane through softening of the brain it As is reported from london that there is trouble between lydia thompson and henderson and that a separation will ensue the sole question in abeyance is the settlement to be made to lydia by her husbands hus bandas he is the pos possessor sessor gessor of the money made by his wife travelling Tra velling companies are gradually disbanding for the season and coming in fast union square is beginning to assume its summer aspect W J X coggeshall ex mormon elder will deliver a lecture on the curse of utah at ChIc chickering kering hering hall on sunday evening when he will I 1 expose the true inwardness of tho the mormon faith falth and practices coggeshall has been wen actor spiritualist and mormon and Is now a roma romo roman catholic the baggage of augustin dalys travelling tra velling company of which fanny davenport is a member was seized by the sheriff at scranton pennsylvania on wednesday to satisfy a judgment against dal dai daly daiy y for breach of cont contract radt there thore will wiil be quite an exodus of prof professionals donals for europe this spring including john T raymond al mccullough ccullough h J 0 williamson F fred ered r ed warde annie edmondson heller and his sister clara loule louise kellogg rose robe Eyt est eytinge inge iDge crane and possibly lester A al palmer and josh joan hart harl h rose bose eytinge boes goes on a prospecting tour with the intention of in england if she gets a proper opportunity A dispatch from ranis paris says the off meers officers at havre wll wil not permit arms from the united states stales lor the russian government to be landed CHICAGO ll 11 the times washington special if says saye the recent news from egland england and R russia us ia has made a decided impression in diplomatic circles it id ii now generally believed by diplomatists that the tile chances of peace have been greatly increased by th the e negotiations of the last fortnight russia has undoubtedly manifested a disposition to yield material points to england while england is disposed to concede something the real cause of dussias Rus sias present pacific disposition is her failure to get money had she been able to negotiate another loan she would not have yielded to the demand of england the fin ger of bismarck was discernible in the refusal of the german bankers to listen proposal to place her loan on the market the attitude of austria of course becomes more menacing in proportion to the coolness of Germai germany uy towards russia the game of bismarck is not comprehended but diplomats are satisfied that an understanding 9 between england and russia is now possible it is no secret here that the english naval navai officers and secret agents ot the british government are swarming in every locality where the presence of the agents am are suspected there have been quite a number of english naval navai officers here during the past few days they came quietly and went west and south there have been no russian naval navai officers here yet sk the reported visit of count to washington vla Yia aTao owe evl wyl owa n m made ade baron Sch iskin does not mean to take up his residence in new york he means to go to the seashore as the season commences in the meantime his residence dence will be washington the health of his hia wife is bad and her physicians have je commended recommended sea air therefore the baron will seek a quiet place convenient either elther to new york or boston preferring the former locality for many reasons though not practical ones the interests of russia are always ably and jealously represented at the commercial metropolis by consul general bodisco who ia Is a son of gen bodisco so long the representative of russia in this country and who married miss williams the belle of the capital was blessed with a large family and was buried in oak hill cemetery on georgetown heights JOLIET 1118 ilia 11 ll the coroners jury in the case tf of gus reed the negro who died after receiving discipline by the penitentiary authorities ties gave a verdict that he died of pulmonary v apoplexy caused by persistent yelling with a gag in his mouth put in under the direction of the prison officers who were j justified in doing so because of his unruly conduct the case has caused some excitement throughout gh the state TROY IL ii edwin W hall ex president of the merchants national bank whitehall has been arrested on a charge of embezzle embezzling ing Jo OOOO of the funds he gave bail ball NEW YO YORK 11 in the thirty six hours walking match here george guion gulon of chicago secured the second prize having walked miles in 33 hours 36 minutes and 53 seconds A harrison of haverhill mass made miles in 1 hours and 29 minutes and was awarded the first prize in the awen twenty ty four hour amateur walk james B gillie won the championship O 11 michael byrne amateur who started to walk miles in hours had 5 minutes anil aud 44 seconds to spare captain Semet hemet of the tho russian navy just arrived here bore frankly avows what he professes to be his government s naval policy he lie says the steamer cambria cimbria is under his erder eider and that an expedition is to be organized on this coast he has agents in various quarters qu arterb artera and intends to purchase a fast vessel and supplies he added that his government was preparing if need be to attack england on the theseas seas A squadron would soon leave the baltic for these waters but no let ot of marque would be issued and no private ering carried on under strict naval discipline the prizes which might be captured would revert to the home government he hd was confident that in purchasing arms and stores stoics in time tim f 3 of 0 f peace he be would not violate viola te any of the principles of neutrality if war should be declared the her consorts would weigh anchor and cease e in this count country rr we learn by european mail that the society for the promotion of of russian maritime commerce whose headquarters at moscow has favored the bame same p principles T two wo eminent authorities on international law were consulted by the society and the views of the professors were identical on this question Private ering they held must not noi be e thought of first because it was illegal and secondly condy ee because all that was formerly done by privateers could now be done quite as well by cruisers owned by the government and commanded by officers holding government commis commissions siong professor biant Blant echil and professor martens assume that on sea as well as on land a commission from government marks the distinction between regular and irregular warfare the coak commander ader of a duly commissioned cruiser which may or may not farm part of f an admirals fleet is neither a triva oriva privateer privateer teer nor a pirate the leau ball mau stall gazette implies he same view it asks what there is to prevent russia from buyl buying ng any number of vessels in the united states and granting commission commissions to americans who will consent to enter entee her naval service Au AUGUSTA gusta ausTA me lle liw 11 jason scrib ner nor a small email farmer near here bere killed hilled three of his children thib this afternoon and then attempted suicide his wife and wid oldest child escaped him scribner Bc ia Is in prison manchester N H 12 notice of a it cut down of about four per cent is posted in the langdon laugdon mills the operatives of other corpo rations anticipate anU abu cipale the same notice the starn stark mills have discontinued the manufacture of linen goods on account of the dullness as of the market and now make crash goods from cotton DEADWOOD D T 11 12 this evening a couple of or boys playing on the mountain sides east of town discovered a dead body with a bullet through the head from all appearances the man has evidently been murdered in cold blood and robbed A memorandum book the only thing found on the body bears the name of chas E lee the deadwood papers chronicled the arrival of a man of that name on the ath dinst by the cheyenne route me are 12 the visit of the schooner vnus venus to southwest harbor was simply an effort to sell the schooner to the russians the officers laughed at the idea and said they had h ad no need of such vessels it is 8 impossible to tell when the cambria cimbria will |