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SOUTH CAROLINA.
. LrslBlA , Nov. 28—The delegatee
i e( i to the door of the hall, ^ead-
ifthe Edgefield and Laurens dele-
■ - x so niiers on either side guard-
", entrance, and in which two offi-
■ >too( l_ The certificates of the Edge-
" ,1 Taurt ns members were pre-
' . Uu l were decided to be invalid
[he ( t 0 or-keepers, when the Deiao-
‘ a ]-, rc tired and assembled in front
, e ^te House, from the steps of
the following was read in the
ef the military and citizens:
-tin legislative protest.
Coi.oi.ua, S. C., Nov. 23.
• c a majority of the members of the
* - 0 f Representatives of South Car*
!S .elect, protest against the refusal to
7^. to the Hall of Representatives,
[•"protest against the military power
'\e United States barring the passage
the State House of members elect
, Legislature. We protest against
■polity of tno proceedings, and es-
acainst the army of the United
„ being placed for the purpose of
...retention, under the command of
'j 0 i, n R. Dennis, a partisan of Gov.
rberlain- We protest against the
iVuiii.-' instructions to the guard
r.a one to the State House ex-
r his own pass or a pass of A.
lories, former Clerk of the House.
, m ay thus exclude all except his
partisans and who by the Repub-
pro* 7 ramme is to organize the said
\V e have piesented ourselves
judgment of the highest Court
, Carolina, certified to by its
with tire great seal of the Court
to our right to participate
organization of said House. We
fused. l,y order of said Dennis,
don to said hill except upon his
: the pass of said Jones, or the
i state of llayne, Secretary of State,
I ioisnow under condemnation of said
let lor refusal to issue certificates in
dance with it? judgment and man-
pretesting against this barefaced
this trampling on the laws
constitution of the State, this defi-
of the highest tribunal of the
is our purpose to offer no resis-
this armed intervention, but to
ar solemn appeal to the Ameri-
:people without distinction of party,
veneration of law, our respect for
:ijpreme Court, and the usage of all
•e assemblies, forbid our parti-
in such unprecedented and
rjitionary proceedings.
i by all the Democratic mem-
/4 in number.
Dfipomts then proceeded to the
rer the southern Insurance Core-
tuiiding, where the caucus was
. whif’u adjoumed to meet at 3 P-
Ui:i:i Hal!. The Democratic
was secret.
:k: i.koisi.ature in session.
C., Nov. 28.—The Dem-
attmbers elect to the House of
met at 7 P. M. in Caro-
Sixty-four Democrats and
rltpubiicans participated, and were
|-k by Judge Cook. Thu House
-si and will claim recognition
Sn*. This leaves fifty-eight in
kwblican House, one less than a
'-claimed by them, and five Ipss
• naatlter which the Democrats
'tfctasary for a quorum. Each
*21 demand of the Secretary of
s tit returns of the vote for
All quiet to-night.
'jprtrne Court has not yet deci-
|te qucsii.<ii of counting the elec-
: rote.
1NSItiK run CAPITOL.
(A, Fov. 28.—The Dem-
Katbtrs. before being allowed
tlie State House, were required
t-'-r.Jtr their private arms, which
’ “d'tlv given up, but were again
the lull door. The Kepub-
"•eabers were not questioned re-
l J viocrat. who bore a certificate
f. 1 ' 1 ; Board ,.f Canvassers, entered
: w nere the Republicans were
organized with the Speaker in
1 an ’l the Clerk at the desk. He
■ to tie door and was refused
f-mil h. threatened the members
|rto!'cution for false imprison-
ikaking out.
[ '- hill, a Republican member,
,je °ter the hall with Federal
* al the door.. Reddish is now
['■•h the Democrats.
• 1 ' x immense Crowd
The Federal officer asked
^Hampton, who was in the State
o prevent the crowd from pass-
' hampt°n appeared at the front
“Pressed the crowd.
Hampton speaks.
"’ 5 ‘ 1 I ant truly doing what I
earnestly doing during thi?
Uing
contest. “ pouring oil on
waters.” It is of the great
er to us all as citizens of
i that peace should be pre-
a ppeal to you all, white men
’ :i ' Carolinians to use every
r Flown violence or turbulence.
|tolence may precipitate bloud-
t: olation. I implore you then
the peace I beg all of my
.. Hpsrse, to leave the grounds
an( ' I advise all the color-
| to the sa me . Keep perfectly
• the streets, aud do nothing to
Kj t. IVe trust to the law and
ai 'T we have perfect
L■Justice of our cause.
immediately dispersed, fol-
° reat many colored people.
M. DWINELL, PROPRIETOR.
“WISDOM, JUSTTCE
VOLUME XXXI.
ROME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY
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G, DECEMBER 6, 1876.
NEW SERIES-NO. 14
CALLING TIIE ROLE.
Charleston, November 28.—Jones,
Clerk of the House, called the roll, and
fifty-nine answered, which he declared a
quorum. E. W. M. Mackey beat N.
Myers, colored, for speaker. No Demo
crats present. Mackey took the chair.
In explanation of proceeding, it may be
stated that a full house consists of 124
and sixty-three is a quorum. The Dem
ocrats, including nine disputed members
are 64 Republicans, when all are present
60. The Republicars claim that a major
ity of those to whom certificates have been
issued make a quorum. The house went
to work with 59 and members sworn in.
Jones, the former clerk was sw on in.
BUSINESS PARALYZED.
Charleston, November 28. — The
events o' to-day in Columbia have caused
a feeling of profound depression in all
business circles here. Capitalits and
tradesmen say they must contract their
operation within the narrowist limits, and
general gloom and despondency as to the
future prevails.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, Nov. 28.—Usual at
tendance. Gen. Anderson made anoth
er personal explanation. Judge Spof-
ford suggested that the board should
issue peremptory orders to the super
visors to return certain parishes. They
are largely Democratic. Wells said the
supervisors were entirely independent
of the board ; if they are not here they
cannot be counted.
Mr. Gauthriaux asked if certified
copies in the district courts could not
be produced, as the law provided for
the use of these copies when the origi
nal returns were lost, or could not be
prepared.
Gov. Wells said he had already ruled
on point, and thought it was unneces
sary to say more about it, the copies
would not be received.
Mr. Gauthriaux aud Judge Spofford
urged the necessity of ordering super
visors to make their returns.
Gov. Wells replied that he would
give an order if ttie returns were not
produced by Wednesday.
Ouachita parish was taken up, to the
surprise of the Democrats, East Baton
Rouge being fixed for to-day. Four
negroes were introduced and examined
orally. After a discussion, in which
the visiting committees participated,
the Democrats were allowed to cross-
examine. The witnesses’ testimony
was as to intimidation and outrages,
and they were very diffuse in- their
statements. The Democrats will intro
duce rebutting testimony to-morrow,
when the consideration of tl e Ouachita
case wiU be resumed.
Florida.
Special Dispatch to the Constitution.]
Tallahassee, Nov. 28.—To-day has
been the campaign. It was ascertained
this morning that the republicans
were claiming a certain majority for
Hayes. The democrats were unable to
suspect where the fraud by which they
were going to reverse the Tilden major
ity with would be produced. They ex
amined all their official returns care
fully and figured up a majority of 129
for Tilden, alter giving the radicals
every contested vote. When the board
met it was discovered that the returns
of the very second county called (Baker)
had been doctored. The duplicate <>i
the official returns in the democrats’
hands showed that it was democratic
by 95 majority. When it was read out
from the return it gave 41 republican
majority. Then the demoerts rose up
and talked out in the meeting. They
protested against the count and the
board adjourned fordinner. The bogus
return from Biker made a change ol
186 votes and gave the state to Hayes
by 36 votes.
The excitement ran high at dinner,
and in the evening Mr. Pasco, for the
democrats, arose and charged that the
chairman of the board had received a
return from Baker different from the
one he had read and that he had ille
gally suppressed it. After a short but
bitter discussion, in which Pasco press
ed him mercilessly, he confessed that
lie had received such a return Pasco
then demanded that it be read to the
board. After another sharp spat this
was done, under much confusion.
The original return gives Tilden 65
majority and elects his electors by
about 135 majority. The victory is a
splendid one, and will stand, and now
when you want to write a bright ^and
brightening name, write ’‘Pasco.” II.
W.G. ,
The Latest Election News.
FLOKIEA.
Tallahassee, Nov. 30.—Board met.
Democrats claimed that, besides the
points of irregularity in the altered
Baker county returns, the justicee of
the peace who signed it had been ap
pointed since the election!
The Alachua county testimony crea
ted great excitement. The democrats
first offered proof that the alleged
affidavit from Green R. Moore purpor
ting to deny certain facts in another
affidavit he had made was dated and
exaecuted on the 23d .
They then pronouueed the affidavit
purporting to be from Floyd Dukes a
°They then introduced Moore and
Dukes as witnesses.
Moore swore specifically that alll the
points in his affidavit of the 23d were
true : that he had stated the tacts there
in contained openly time and again ;
that he was an inspector at Archer and
only three hundred and sixteen votes
were cast or counted; that hve hundred
and thirty-five votes were not cast, tnat
he signed the election certificates in
blank, not thinking there could be any
dispute; that he was approached the
other day by Barnes, Republican sher
iff of the county, who offered him one
hundred dollars if he would sign a
paper. He asked if he had to 8 "' e:ir ‘°
it and was told that he had not. He
then signed it, and received the money.
This paper was the one_ produced in
court as a counter affidavit.
Floyd Dukes, colored, swore that he
was inspector at Archer precint; that
only 316 votes were cast; that no more
votes were cast; that he can’t read or
write; that he never signed a paper
saying 535 were cost Upon the coun
ter affidavit alleged to have been signed
by him being read, he swore that he
did not sign it; that ex-Congressman
Walls and Justice Belton came to his
house to get him to sign it, and offered
him S23 if he would sign it, hut that
he refused to do so.
The Democrats then called attention
to the fact that in the affidavits from
several hundred negroes swearing that
they voted at Archer precint, that elev
en namek appear in two places, two
names in three places, two names of
men long since dead, and two names of
men proven to have voted elsewhere.
The Republicans submitted objec
tions to two precints in Columbia coun
ty, alleging that a Democratic inspector
industriously changed ballots when
they were handed him, and that the
negroes were taken by three Democrats
into a swamp, a week before the elec
tion, and, after various outrages, were
made to swear, on their knees, that they
would vote the Democratic ticket.
Pending the preparation of papers in
other cases, the board adjourned.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Columbia, Nov. 30.—The Democratic
House took peaceable possession of the
State Legislative Hall at their regular
hour of convening, 11 o'clock, this morn,
ing, and proceeded to work under their
organization.
The Republican House entered the
Hall at 12 o’clock, their regular hour
for meeting.
Wallace, Democrat, in the Chair;
Mackey, Republican, at the Clerk’s
desk.
A debate is progressing. The Repub
lican members, Hamilton and Myers,
denounce the action of the Republican
House as illegal and unconstitutional.
Everything is peaceable and good tem
per prevails. No persons are allowed
in the Hall except members. The
Democrats are cheerful and confident
The Republicans are anxious aud dis
pirited. Some of their members say
they want a settled government, and are
for South Carolina rather than for the
mtn who have ruined her.
Columbia, Nov. 30, 7 P. M. : —The
situation is but little changed at the
State house. Good humor on both
sides. Some efforts have been made at
a compromise, which may result satis
factorily.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, Nov. 30.—The pro
ceedings of the board show no new
feature.
A Bull-dozing Sewing-Machine.
Rochester Union*]
The tnlk of the Vermont Republican
Senator about “ intimidation” of Repub
lican negroes at the South leads us to re
publish-the order of “intimidation” of
white Democratic mechanics in his own
Stale of Vermont from the “ Howe Sew-
ing-ma' hineCompany’s” office in this city
(o the company’s offices in Vermont:
Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 3,1376.
To the Rutland Office:
We wi.-h you to DISCHARGE ANY
OF YOUR SUBORDINATES WHO
VOLE THE DEMOCRATIC TICK
ET. We believe that the success of the
Democratic party, will be the ruin of our
country and business, and will not sup
port any one who will not stand by us in
tliis. this is a struggle between the intel
ligent and respectable portion of the com
munity and THE IGNORANT AND
ROUGHS AND ROWDIES OF THE
CITIES.
Mr. Stockwell fully concurs with me
in the above. Geo’. R. Pettibone.
Write to all your offices to flic above effect
and what we wish.
Geo. R. Pettibone.
Senator Edmunds aud his Republican
brethren of the North are terribly ex
ercised about the alleged “ intimidation”
of negro field hand at the South by Dem
ocrats, but such actual and outrageous
intimidation of white mechanics in their
very midst and at their own doors here
in the North, by rich and powerful cor
porations, which insult and calumniate
whole classes of the people from whose
substance they draw aud gain profit, re
ceivers no rebuke—not even the slightest
attention from their itinerant statesman
ship and philanthropy. The hypocrites!
The Hampton Testimonial.
From tho Kewa and Cou-ier ]
In the following letter Gen. Hampton
expresses a wish that will be law to the
fair daughters of South Carolina who,
as a mark of reverence and regard, pro
posed to replace his lost home:
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 20, 1876.
To the Editor of the News and Courier:
My attention has just been called to
a very kind proposition, made through
your paper: That the women of the
State should join in presenting a hon e
to me. , ...
I need not say how deeply this prop
osition has touched my heart It adds
another to the many obligations under
which my friends have placed me, and
I hope that they will consider me as
neither ungrateful nor ungracious when
I beg them to take no further action in
this matter.
The women of .South Carolina have
discharged nobly their whole duty in
the glorious struggle to save the State,
and to them is due, in a large measure,
the success ihat has crowned ourefforts.
In behalf of the State, and for mysi If
personally, I thank them gratefully for
their patriotic and uious work. The
redemption of the State will bring me
mv most coveted rewaid, and the con
tinued confidence and, regard of my
friends will satisfy my highest ambi
tion. I am, very respectfully, yours,
Wade Hampton.
As the last Congress failed to adopt
the twenty-second joint rule, by which
either house could object to the vote of.
any State, there is really no rule pre
scribing the manner in which the vote
shall be counted. The constitution sim
ply provides that the returns Bhall be
opened by the president of the Senate
in the presence of both houses, and mat
the votes shall be- counted. The
custom heretofore has been to appoint
tellers. , What direction -will 1 be given
thecounting ot votes in February is not
known, but it is hoped that such rules
will be adopted, or precedents followed,
as will satisfy the people of the integ
rity and fair dealing of - both houses.
This the people- have a right to expect;
and this they demand.
One Organ that sees the Point.
A Republican Paper that Doesn’t Believe
iu Throwing out Parishes
Fnm the Chica-o Tribane ]
If we can get at the difficulty in Louis-
correctly, the dispute is chiefly over five
parishes or counties, and whether the re
turns of these shall be counted at all, or
if counted, how they shall be counted.
It is ahe-gtd that these five parishes had
a large registered vote three- fiftas or two-
thirds of which wa3 Republican ; but
that oq election day the greater part of
the colored Republicans, being intimi
dated by tne white-liners, ran off aud did
not vote, while the confederates remained
and voted. Now the controversy stands:
On the one hand the Democrats insist on
the vote being counted in exact accord
ance with the number of tickets cast: on
the other hand there are two propositions:
1. That the vote of these parishes be
wholly disregarded and thrown ont, on
the grounds of intimidation, by the can-
vssing board. 2. That the vote polled
be counted, but that the canvassing
board reckon also as polled absenting
themselves from fear of bodily harm.
The average Nothern voter has no prece
dent for such a condition of things as this.
In the fitst place, deadly intimidation is
not known at the North, and in the place
it will be difficult for a Northern man of
any party to understand how 2,000 voters
of one party in a county can be so suc
cessfully “intimidated” by 1,000 as to
be unable to approach the polls, the lat
ter were protected, or supposed to be, by
the United States supervisors. It will
be difficult to persuade the people of any
Northern county that the minority, num
bering 900 voters, could so intimidate
the majority in East Feliciana, number
ing 1,800, that none of the latter dare
show themselves at the polls. Neverthe
less, it is certain that the negroes did not
vote, for some rtason. We assume that
those who did not vote were voters, and
know of no right recognized by any law
of any State where the votes of legal vo
ters, lawfully polled, can be rejected and
ihey disfranchised.
We do not believe, therefore, that the
moral sense of the American people will
consent to or tolerate that the election of
a President of the United States shall be
determined and decided by throwing out
the votes of several thousands of legal
voters, legally polled, in any State of the
Union.
Wetake.it, theiefore, that the votes ac
tually polled in these five “ bull dozed”
parishes of Louisiana will be counted, no
matter what may be the result produced
upon the election by so doing. If-the
facts be as stated, and we have tried to
collate them fairly from the statement?
of both sides, the Republicans of Louis
iana and of the country have to bear the
consequences of the panic which seems to
have so stricken the colored vovrs in t.icse
five districts.
It is claimed by the Democrats that
their party will have a majority of the
whole vote of the State, oTOr'Sntd above
their vote in these parishes; but while
this ought to settle the matter, it may not
do so, if thecounting of the nonpolled
vote be insisted upon by the other side.
If, however, the Democrats do not have a
majority except by counting the votes in
these five parishes, pnd the result in the
State depend on their being counted, then
the issue will be a direct one, and one
upon which the country will promptly
reach a judgment, and no canvassing
board will dare attempt to put the judg
ment of the nation at defiance; aud the
American people will never engage in a
civil war to uphold the counting ot votes
never cast or offered to bo cast, or to re
ject lawful votes legally cast and recorded
on the poll-lists.
Mexico Again in Disorder.
Havana, Nov. 23. — The French
steamer has arrived from Vera Cruz,
and brings the (allowing intelligence
from the capital up to Nov. 12: The
political situation has become much
complicated. Ex-Chief Justice Iglesias
has proclaimed himself Provisional
President of the Republic, aud estab
lished his seat ot Government at Leon,
in the State of Guanajuato, the Legis
lature and Governor of which sustain
him. A portion of the procession es
corting Iglesias to Leon attacked the
American missionaries with the cry of
“Death to Protestants.” The mission
aries barricaded themselves in a house
until the police rescued them. Two ex-
Judges of the Supreme Court and sev
eral Deputies have joined Iglesias. He
has established a regular Cabinet, and-
appointed Ministers of War, Foreign
Relations, etc. Troops are marching
upon Guanajusto, and the flight of Igle
sias and his government may be ex
pected in a very short time. No other
State has seconded Iglesias’ movement
in Guanajuato. President Lerdo is re
ceiving congratulatory dispatches and
offers of suppqrtrtfrom all parts of the
country. . .
Gomez Palacio,former Commissioner
at Washington, and Alas and Ramirez,
Judges of the Supreme Conn, are in
cjose imprisonment on the charge of
conspiracy. Four thousand insHrgents
took possession of Apizaco, where the
Puebla railroad branches off from the
Mexico, and Vera Cruz railway, inter
rupting all travel and communication
between those two’cities. On the 12th,
advices reached Mexico that Apizaco
had been evacuated by the revolution
ists upon the approach of the Govern
ment troops. There was some fighting,
but no particulars have as yet been re
ceived. It was hoped that railway
communication would be re-established
on the 14th. In the meantime, a mail
line was established by private individ
uals, with postage rates at S2 per ounce.
Gen. Diaz continued to hold Oaxaca.
Mr. Foster, the United States Minister,
has arrived at Mexico. - ri- sgc: t •..}
Most of the cartoons of the late fero-
cious campaign lacked the element of
truth; but there was one that was des
tined to hit the mark with extraordi
nary precision. It represents-the cells
of a jail. Over the door «f each cell is
the name of the occupint- Fitui is
Avery’s; next, McKee’i; and 'then
come “Joyce,” “Hesing'’ and others.
President Grant, standiig in ftont of the
cells of McKee and A/ery with*,key
and a bundle marks! “Pardons;”'-is
about to open Avery’s cell door, when
Governor Hayes, stepping hurriedly up
behind him, taps -him upon the shoul
der, and winking a wicked kink, whis
pers: “Let Ho guilty man scape until
after I am elected.” i
Commodore Paul Shirley died- -on
Saturday, while on the cars ea route to
Memphis.
The Voice of the People.
: ‘ TheJ&tding editorial in : the Spring-'
field Ripublican of last Saturday as-
ser'A-d that it had “private information
from good authority, that both Gen.
Grant and Mr. Forney think that Mr.
Tildetfhas been elected.” From the
same-jidper for Monday we extract as
follows: . .
Tbjje is no . '’.-jdate progress toward
result in the disputed Presidency. Bat
the difficulties in the way: of -the Louis
iana and Florida returning boards in
changing the .Tilden majorities of the
votes actually cast to legal Hayes ma
jorities seem to be increasing, and there
is an apparent growth of public belief,
even among Republicans, that Governor.
Tilden W<]1 have, in the end, to be de:
dared elected. The Democrats in
Louisiana seem to be. armed with as
much evidence to sustain the local re
turns as the Republicans are against
them. Tur- Tilden majority to be over
come in i - according to
the last accounts, to some 10.000, and
toe Republican managers do not yet
give facts or figures sufficient to reverse
it.
The public temper is, on the whole,
greatly improved on both sides> There
is a growing disposition among Repub
licans both to concede and to be recon
ciled to.Tilden’s election, and increased
disposition among the Democra‘8 to.
acquiesce in whatever results come up
to Congress with the forms and author
ities of law from the several States.
Speaking of the “counting out” pro
cess, the lrantcri.pt, a Republican paper
published at Holyoke, Mass., well
says:
The rejection of returns legally made
is dangerous business. It is a two-
idged sword, and liable to cut two
ways. There is a question if it be wise'
to allow a returning board to go bock
of the polliog of the ballots, amd decide'
whether there was intimidation or
fraud. Wbat limit is there to their ac
tion? A body of partisans could re
verse the honest result of any election.
If- the Tilden electors have received
the majority of the ballots honestly
cast in Louisiaua. they should be de
clare^ elected. The Republican party
&in afford to be disappointed, but it
cannvt^affdrd. to be dishonest.
\V|: Jasper Blackburn, a Republican
eXmqember of Congress trom Lonisi
ana, has publised the following truthful
card; - Iw hnr x •’
As the oldest native Republican in
the Gulf States, I call for a display of
manly .honor In this matter.a Tilden
and Nichols are evidently elected. Lei
them be inaugurated, if not, then It
us have another war and >ta el cutta
separation, or auother policy of recon
struction." ; The South, especially' Lou
isiana, cannot live as she has been
hving ior~tbe past decade. It t is %
mockery npon human rights, and an
insult to all true manhood to slijr that
she can. .si
TheEffsct ol.^iarkvon NT. Pot-
j Letter. -
Naw Yi»rk Correip.tndetU of the Detroit Free
j Pre:,.] ’■ ''
Hoa. Clarkson N7 Potter’s letter on
the political problem is regarded as
the most important expression which
that subject has yet called forth. It
presents, clearly and boldly, a plan of
action which, if put in opperation, will
undoubtedly giye Chandler ar.d his co-
conspirators a gfeat deal cf trouble. It
lh a full and fair warning that they
Will be fau s ht at every step' of th?
marbh they have undertaken. The de
claration its to the rights of the House
ot‘ Representatives is considered the
mhst sfg’ii.ficaut part of the letter. It
suggests' a programme which seems
well calculated to block the Radical
game of fraud when the electorial
votes came to be counted.
Mr. Potter is not an enthusiast, nor
is he in 1 any respect shallow. He is
universal} recognized as a man of solid
ability. The Potter family is an im
portant One in New York. It is also a
lucky one. Bishop Potter, uncle of our
ex-Congressman,' holds bis high posi
tion" in the Episcopal Church quite as
much through intellectual merit as
though social and theological eminence.
His nephew, the rector ofGrace Church,
is also a man of distinction. His
(Mace is in the front rank and he is well
able to hold it. Clarkson Potter's in-
teliectual quality is too well known to
need any illustration. The third
brother, whose appointment as United
States Supervising Architect, occasioned
a good deal of surprise at the time it
5 a8 made, is likewisea man of strong
laractet and considerable social im
portance. The family all though is
probably one of the most influential in
the country. There certainly is no
other family in NeW. York snperior to
it In this respect.
.. Candid Contession.
—
i A Brief Editorial.
j 71 io ‘.-aiiatfr _
| The shortest editorial I ever remem
ber to have seen an^jonrnalj says the
London correspondent of- the New
York World, was written by an eccen
tric old editor, named. Ldign,in a paper
ailed the MofitssiliU, at. one time well
Inowni in India.! The .celebrated Gor-
lam case had been going on for months,
filing all the newspapers and weiging
’down all the mails. When the English
journals were eagerly. opened for news
from home, nothing appeared but col
umn after column about the Gorham
case. It was upon this that -Laing
Wrote the editorial I have mentioned,
afid. I have often thought that it com
bined many of the greatest merits an-
editorial can posses—for it was short,
coold be understood bv everybody, and
it faithfully reflected public opinion.
This: is it all, just as it stood, head-line
and all r .
THE GOBHAM CASE.
D—the Gorham case;
. (Everybody was thinking that, and
when Laing said it, tnereWib a great
shout Of approbation. ■ -# a«-
It is somthing possible to catch these
dissimulating Republicans off their
guard and get a candid confession that
they were boHesUyLaad Mriy,, beaten.
Thus the New York Post of last week
offered-the" following bit of advise-to
the Republican state committee of Ne w
York respecting the necessity Yor_a re
organization of the party in thkt state :
.“They cannot afford to di^ye ,away
Republicans from the, party. They
will all the strength they can get. This
is true whether they are to be? in ad-,
ministration or in opposition the next
four ; year8. - Whether Hayes shall
prove to be elected or defeated, the
senate and the house of representatives
wili be very close. The Republicans
will need all the force theycan gather
tocarry on the government if it shall
be entrusted to them, quip oppose
powerfull resistance to Dem
policy, and to prepare for the
struggle of 1880.” ’ ‘ . . j,
And even the Time;, tb:
is nb mere violent and
partisan organ An
moved to an even more open avowal of and more devotedand
the real'trouble in the( Republicani ^ ***■>"•
party than can be gathered from .the
negative intimation of the Post. ' The
Times had been bewailing the poor core
gressional • nominations which were
made in New York and bluntly charged
the loss of several districts,, nab
Republican, to that cause. .Continuing
in that strain, it concluded in these
words:
. “New York,'however, If should be
^ald, is not the only state in which the
importance of the congressional contest
was not borne in mind. .Jaking ' one
with another, the congresional nomi
nations of the RepabhcoD party ~were.
Hot strong, and the party representa
tion in the next hou3e bids fair tb be
weaker in point of brains and energy,
as it certainly is In point experience
and parliamentary skill, than it is in
the present one. Several of the ablest
leaders have retired. What the. new
men will amount to no one can now
say: but it is only too obvious that thy,
party has'not done itself justice in the
canvass just cltired.”. , -‘.j'/’i.'.
This' will do to remember, for though
it is hot so inteuded, it is a full admis
sion that the charges of intimidation
and corruption urged by the; Republi
can press as the explanation of their
recent ouerwhelming national defeat,"
are not believed by thi intelligent men
of the party. They know, and the
Timet says as.much,- that‘their party
> r : is beaten be^aufe-jt : deserved .to fee.
Brooklyn,FaiJs. W.hpH -bg.aent troops
to Kellogg’s protection, and .fold him to
cheat,whifo he afforded him, (personally,
protection if he chose to doso, he rath
er improved upon the ioj unction of the
college boy, who saw his associates
maltreating the bailiff: “Don’t nail his
e^r ito the pump, boys.” The. “boys’?
knew-what he meant, and took, the
hint, 1 and. so will Kellogg, writh Phil
Sheridan again to back lunr. 7 > - r
Si.ick.tQ Business.
- 1 '
flierefiPtcVfnng which ihopldhe more
requeoily i in pressed" upon the minds‘of
jife yonilglnren than the importance of
ilea (lily pursuing some one business. The
frequent changing from onorSuiploymeni
o> another is one of the”common errors
(lonimitred. and to it may be traced more
than half the foil u rot of .men iu business,
and much of tne disconteut and disap
pointment Mhfrli. render life uncomforta
ble. It is a very common thing for a man
nibe dissatisfied with bis business, and to
desire to change his business for some
other, which, it seems to him, will prove
a more lucrative employmant; but, in
nine cases out of ten, it is a mistake.
Look round you, and yon will find among,
your acquaintances abundant, verifications
of oar. assertion. There is an honest
former who has toiled a few years, got his'
form paid for, but does not grew rich very
rapidly, as much for lack of contentment
mingled with industry as anything, ho is
not aware of it He hears the wonderful
stories of California,-and how fortunes
may be had (for . the trouble of picking
them up; mortgages his farm : to raise
money, goes away to the land of gold,
and, after many months of hard toil,
uomes home to commence again at the
bottom of the hill for a more wfcary and
less successful cflmbiug up agaiu. Mark
the men in every community who are no
torious four ability and equally, notorious
for never getting ahead. ‘You will find
them to be those who never stick to any
one business long, bat always forsaking
their occupation just when it begin^.tobe
profitable.
The Death of a Gold King,.
William Abbott, “the' King of the
Cariboo gold mines," recently died in
Victoria, British Columbia. He'was
the “lion” of the winter of 1862, and
spent his gold lavishly. Oh one occa
sion he entered a saloon and shied a
handful of twenty dollar gold pieces at
a large plate glass mirror behind the
bar, shattering it. When reproached by
the barkeeper he requested him to keep
the “beast for the damage.” On another
occasion he and another Caribooite as
tonished Government' street by throw
ing twenty dollar gold pieces at each
other until stopped by the police. On
his return to Cariboo, Abbott’s good for
tune continued, and he h'as'been known
to stake teh thousand dollars on a hand
at poker. After' two or three yhars
prosperity he got to the bottom of his
claim and his purse at-the same time.
He died miserably pp6r.' r -; : :
— » — » ■
Gen. Sherman’s report to the Sicrhta-
ry of War, jnst published, shows that
the army now numbers-25,361 men,
“all of whom,” saya the general, “arc
as actively employed aa'though war ex*
isted. Every foot of the oountry is
under the supervision of a general offi
cer near at hand, wjtta part of the army,
proportioned to supposed necessity, to
maintain order and peace, whereby the
settlement of the country may-progress
and civil officew be enabled to enfo’rce
the laws of,the United States” The
General speaks of a remarkable state of
peace” which has been maintained
among the Indians. ‘ “In'the military
division-of' the;Atlantic,” he observes,
“thare art no hostile Indians, but the
troops - have been actively, employed in-
aiding the United States marshals in
forcing revenue lawB and in' -protecting
the weak against the prejudices of the-
Strong in frequent cases of civil- elec* 1
tions.” i t ci ...
• - "*■ '•« ®V. .“-uT iwT »-
l Are Irishman, being n littfo fuddled,
George Sand antT George Eliot.
London S&tcrdsj Review J
.When; once .the difference of race, of
-national manners'and of accident are set
aside, the resemblances between George
Sand amf'Gfiorge Eliofoome more clearly
into view. Both of them “ drive at prac
tice,” and insist on edifying, so strenuous
ly, that both have been accused of being
prosy and didactic. This love of preach
ing is the result, in George Sana, of an
qssured and definite'doctriiie. She main
tains, in almost every one 'of her hovels,
that half the unhappiness in the world
and. most of the mischief, is - the
egotism of what she calls persona ^
. It is unnecessary to remark what stress
George Eliot^ays oH the same theme.
That the World was not made for Hetty,
or for Rosamond, or for Gwendolen, is
the .constant burdenofher sermons. But
She expounds her secret, a very open ire
secret, by a method which is mbt^that of
to Sand. That lady’s exer
. aa, : for.instance, Edmae in/
_ the heroine of “ Malgre tout,”, the
priggish hero of “ La Filleule,” and a
dozen other devoted and unselfish men,
— J more devoted and unselfish women,
?;'alf to have, been'bdm Sibol. (they
have a native honor of selfishness, and
instinctive fury of self-sacrifice. The mo
tive for the self-sacrifice may .be slight, or
even ridiculous. Thus Sarah in*“Mal-.
tout” actually impairs her fqrtupe fix.
satisfy the selfish sister’s abandoned hus
band. All these persons of impossible
and perhaps undesirable virtue seem fo
be good by what:Aristotle' would call
“ Euphuia,’.’ the hart andpoblest gift that
a man con possess. . They tare: examples^
burning and shinning lights,'to the httie
world aronod them ana toithfri reader.
Occasionally .their influence: and their
|ove do!work a change -in characters'
Which meet: them, and another soul is re
claimed from perionnalUtL ■ J I . u-
i All thicis.very different from the man-
per of, George Eliot, who prefers to follow
her characters through the hard and even
cruel processes by winch circumstances
impress them witu their own nnim’part-
ance, knock the selfishness lout-of them;
or punish them for retaining it It is
dnly here aud there; in such a character
is Dinah, that she presents us with a pure
Ami after the ty pe of Mme. Sand’s wre,
1 ten. Or perhaps even Dinah dwefe fob
to religious enthusiasm too little to
.tore, Romola comes nearest to the
eroines beloved by MmerSand.
.The .Harlem train rqn over and kiUepl
two' tramps on SaturdaA, near Hudson, -
New York. , —
Mrl Strakosch has now completed an
opera-house io every one of the NeW
Tfokpapeifr . tuB ftffr
“Yesterday being a pleasant Sunday,’?
says the Norwictf^?flffrffit7“tnost of thp
boys who attended -Sunday“SSfintn
brohght home a good many chestnuts •
which & kind mforT jffljf ven thtm/j.,
“Makegood use of the mdresjqlinyU
son,” said a nice-matrwlw had given a
newsboy five- cents’ fob some trifling
service. s-tii tail ::io
“Yov bet 1” said-thre boy; “I alius get
-way with the other fellers if when I
pitches nickles.in toe ajlpyj-’. .. -in:!:
Saturday Rexnew: “Girlsit would seem
are by nature more inclined to untruth
fulness than boys ; hot this inclination
is really very, often the result Of moral
cotrardiec, adefect which^it may. bo;
said is as common to boys and men as
to girls and woman. Among men the
practice of falsehood is, perhaps, not
more rare than among women, but it is
apt to take-a less harmful form.,’
Information hks been received that
irty-two women, dressed in male attire, 1
oted the Radical ticket at toe precinct
"own as Barnes’ Store, in Alachua
uhty. Two or three of;toe parties
ere arrested and theirsex ascertained. -
Tot content wttfr emptying the jails,
off making men of hundreds or m£-
ots, toe Radicals violate law, justice
nd decency by giving toe right of suf
frage to toe—ignomntfrHnd deluded
— ' T ackonvUk. Frets. ac'V
Grant is H man to be dreaded when
ever he adopts any: .of .toe., fine senti- —*-p----a wwwbs nut from hut nelnnw mitts nnin ninnvrn
menfocOtoerttwrite-fta hinr, says the I w^ tokrii jrtfoi-waabtoi«l«eligionelbre ,t„i
*iffy i £ Pi ^ seated in theirca&iagB^.^-*' ^
her; andifeith ftat’s fieS ftoiri office: - 'The Southern Dre'
m j...;.- j tj,-. jhpcraQy are not such asses., They,
J ‘5 18 : Betfol Supreme Court,"jisihoW never nominated ffisatSflified ‘ tnkn for
the NewYorklimaspnlsit^Whanrefer- office. Moreover, there are but-few
ing to the highest .tribunal in! South, men now. living'who ‘ sre r ’disqualified
Carolina, 7 an , •- ;; rby the XIVth Amendment. . -!>,■
She Could, tint She Wouldn’t.
iwl? ai fsqndt) ■ .7-0 a
A Detroiter, who baa been married-
tit three , rnonth^, was toe ‘ other day
rssing'over the thingsin his' wife^ sew*
-basket, when he came across a little
iof newspaper’articles about Laura
air-and Irene House. ■ r « r ; ,
“How didyyou comb by these?” he
iked; as his wife .entered .the room.'
“Those? : Why, I took great pains to
[tit them but and 'preserye them,” whs
h iHBfttolifsHjo ianoilim wo io
“But how can you take any interest
readingfrf such women, one of jwhom
lot a friend and the other a husband?”
“Oh, T merely cut them out," was her
ivasive reply. • i v„ oh I . >
J There was a painful silence for two
dr three minutes, when she crossed over
to him and tenderly said:
i “G.eorge, you heedn’the afraid of me.
know I conld shoot you'and then sre
iure a star lecture engagement, but I
love you too well, and besides. I want
ou to fasten my skates on this win-
r!”—Detroit Trsa-Pte.ts*—
The Boston Globe, is .authorized to
dtate that' Sidney Lanier , .will, shortly
Bring out an entirely new ofiginal : '«tn:
tata a potion of which will run- as fol-'
lpwsit.-MtiT/ soicjyi ol inwtf stil had
»Louisiana, out of the* ! i 1 . -j
Carolina, thee,—thee, Florida.
: -'Tilden ericas Techeat! awayl • • ‘ J "■ ‘
. Packard yell*; We don’t! Hooray;
Kellogg bawls: I’m boss to-day l
Chandler shoots : Tour votes ihalt stay.
j The New York World says: “Twid,”
qtherwise Boss Tweed, is once more
back in his old quarters in the Ludlow
street jail, and is probably taking the’
measure, so tb speak, of his keeper, with
a view to another foreign tour after he
aiallhayeirecuperated from the -on?
Ieasant effect of bis long voyage.
Fere the city any .other than New
fork, people would jaiarvel. much that
be Sheriff from whom he formerly es
caped still holds his place; and is again
toe-custodian ofthe Boss. ’ ‘
, If Mr. Hayes shall enter, say§ the New
York Sun, the White House iu March,
ije will be the first President who 'ever
tpok his seat in the face of a hostile out-'
going and incoming House. With a bare
majority of one in the electoral colleges,
with a universal pnblic conviction that
his succes was due to fraud, with a ma
jority of more than 300,000 against him
at the ballot boxes, with a retiring House
of Representatives denouncing him as a
usurper, and ccnfronted by a House
'which holds in its hands the key of. the
treasury and ths power (if impeachment',
mid regarded him as having stolen 1 his
high office from another to whom it right
fully belongs, We fancy‘that his ptece
will be as uncomfortable to himself .as his
administration will be "disastrous-to .the
peace and prosperity of the nation.
The story is told that in -tore early
lifeojf: CommodoreYanderbilt-jiiswife
was a most frugal and faithful helper.
From toe money (riven her /or house-
hold exneuses arte 1 - saVed what she
could, and so - a handsome little sum
was. accumulated. When at- length
her husband saw 1 , a chance to purchase
a' ferry-boat/and so to lay toe. founda
tion for what hecame so great a fortune
he lacked ‘some ready' cash. “How
much do yon need2” said the good
wife.- The sum ware named; andtotoe
husband’s, surprise she produced: the
full ‘amettot,'which, had"been saved by
h,et skill and prudence.
i Jz:t; -iF reni on’-t t "i'’c v.l.'L.c
1 The following little incident is truly
stoti- si: in
Senator McDonald and several.otoera
(foiled upon Kenner, ooft, of
inetobert qf'’toe 'ie'turning boardl re-
l cefi8y: -‘ Hfc stflie proprietor of aiftHalf
rnm mill; with a -' billiard saldoh con- \
ining one taWd in^the’rear.Htt-Caine
t from bis salreere-irehire shirt sleeves
One-kalf column three months... 3S Ot
One-half nolntnn fix months-..—. M 00
Om-haU eotnan twelve 104 00
One column one month.. 00
One eolsmn three months. 80 00
One column six montha 104 00 1
Vne column twelve montha. 104 00
jMVTb) foregoing r&tee ass for,
ar^WAMflyr W>cn pAriUui 1
SO per oeat. additional npon tahla rataa.
Lotnfin V..
,A leading Pans grocer offers for. sale,
mall bits of macaroni for use in' soup
which are stamped -Bith_the image of
Napoleon IH; instead of; as ordinarily,
■ith the letters of the alphabet. ^t>en ,
the macaroni swells, tne' foatures ere
large until the nose, moustache and
profile of the late Emperor stand out
in starling relief.- Republicans com-
plafft" that, -having- had to swallow the
Emperor dtiiingi twenty years, it is too :
uch to ask them to renew toe . t
The proprietor of a LaCrosso saloon
ad a live-tqrilre that was destined to
ler the ace-box, and its powers oi Ioco-
jiotioh were" supposed" to be'dimnarit;
Two old toberefwhrre Siftiing by a table
and mumbliijgoVtrtJieiPBiastea. Snd-
detriyi tofe turtle, which had waddled
fromto'wioejxix, encdtnfer^dJa thass
if leather under toe table, atid, .not .
laving time to go arounlltoo obstruc-
ion, Started tb .climb Over it. The
oani within toe boot looked down and
usnecL pale. ? “Boys,”' he whispered, q
“take me'home .and send for 1 a doctor.
I’ve got’em!”' J i:
i o? ;-.t-are.’.A:..re»-——1_ - -iq .•...
The relieving of Col. Francis Hdnt' b
om his command at Charleston,.S. C.,
is anothef act characteristic bf Grant’s
administration. The Colonel had
ported "that, toe only iutirqidatioa in
Charleston was that of .colored Demo
crats, and that the Charleston police
★as a mob of unruly.a.nd_turbulent ne
groes. He thereby incurred the anger
simply'did his duty ih reporting the
true state of affairs to his superiors;
but the truth is not what-Grant, Patter
son and Chamberlain wank .The army
officer.who will not bring himself down
to" ineir level has but little cihancs of
gronitition, oi eVeii 'of toJeration,". " '
I Descriptions of a wonderful autom- *
ation, called PayTffio?have come to this
country from London,where it is ex
hibited by a conjurer. It represent? a'
squatted.Turk, wttoqplaysf, a game of
cards atui performeamany tidugsseem
ingly fequieing inUlugentf. , It ,-s
plaiced on top of tt section of glass
cylinder, so that"a clear view between
4 and the table is given. Thusitseems.
tDchwv4"b(»'cbCnection with''aaf‘ lt exr- L ‘ J
teri'Or power.-. So ingenious is PsycHo '-
that articles .discussing, it haye been:,
tublished in the Engligh magazines.
. [Tow, it is said jBhqt the figure is worked
By varying the pressure of. aBtitipside
the cylinder, toe compression of air.ac: t0
ting like a push and the 1 partial
Hiitistibh'Iike 'a pull.'' "The‘iir -fibitere J
drvS ieaxes t through the baza'- Covering
of the table; and acts, on delicate dock-'.
work. n-bror in
. That President Grant- has been the
friend and associate- of thieves is a no
torious . and indisputable fact .-. 'The'.,
New-YOrk Sun has, howover, pfoduefed ’
documentary evidence,, showing-‘that
tie Las,.been the dixeqt; i *C(ibjppl*cg£t»f c-
thieves.. The &in..of Thursday- con
tained a full history oCtoeJthite House
wito the St ‘Louis whiskey T ring.. It
showed that both Babcock and Luckey, -.
tho private Secretar of tpe .^resident,
—eremfembersofthe wh'tslrejrrfngybtft 4
tis was known dalreadyi-iThei Sunii'A
however, shows in addition- i.'mt.
by toe direct action of Grant .toaf.Jhe ;
ring perfected itsdefeocea aud attained
Its .vast ,,development,.^ AtMEEg was
made chief clerk Of the tr'cisury '-le- ,
by Grfint at -the t 'l^crtaribi? -
fe: arid Luckeyl nSOrhald'^ti-sH
viously been-. the ‘ intimate, frietido of:!*
McDonald aud Joyce, and was indebt- -
ed to-them for favors. In makingltm. „
chief of the treasury department' ‘tb'O [
.ring expected him toact ns their ag@KF i! *
and keep them tnfbrtaeef flf the move
ments ot tore special agents : ’of the treail
ury, depffotuaenL. eo thflt:toej9 could-. ,'
iareaL c Bat-Avery, )i rre...ft
—„ atiff resisted thb ifi.
I of Jl^eefidd ‘MeDonald. 7 ^
dally,-.-Joyce' wrote'!to him again.qu
forginghim^pwdfore.toOfr agen.Hn tbi 11
planner described; and closed with the
-‘ca cL o’U
” qaMve.any -.doabt ot-too-pro-. .
riety of sending this information,, eeg..'!.
siirBabcock. It he U nit in the rily tee
fob ol trrJano floOgnidsa u ti: bio
.. This letter Averyiienttto" the WhitedT
: louse; and.-it came baok. with th© ifol-’^a
istworthy. Let them have tte WiMP c:
mis woald nev|rtob*e c«tjeyed!’4fcti»vo
implgto %SttUarify::.With'the anovgcub
““ .whicreeq,.- i;
del
0 menf Of. miUi'ons. .
is responsible lW% w[1
-whiskey fraodri : : ;