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The approaching Legislature will
to elect a United States Senator,
. jer[U of Hon. T. \V. Norwood ex-
nag on the 3d of March next. There
■•I i, e no lack of good men to select
' v an d already a number have heer.
,adit prominently before the public
pre-eminently fitted for th>- place,
long those mentioned, we find the
of Gen. Lucius J. Gartrell, who,
ugh not at all obtrusive its a politi-
j 5 a man of sterling worth, great
and possessing a strong hold
the affections of the people. In
'.section with this subject, wo find
„ M owing pleasant notices of this
pieman, which we present as a drift
public sentiment. The first is from
» Conyers Courier:
,1 number of influential journals are
•jngly advocating Gen. L. J. Gartrell
the United States Senate. To is is a
id move. Let us thrust aside some
these creedv seekers after office and
»ct a man whose talents have been
conspicuous in the private walks of
e as in the public arena. Smith
ouhl be satisfied with his share of
ehonors; Norwood was sufficiently
mured by his one term in the Senate;
jl sought the position he now holds
let him keep it; Johnson is on the
•ach—let him stay there; but Gar-
die peer of any of our public
l as held himself aloof from the
mly scramble after office, and has
the same time done his whole duty
a patriot and a citizen. Let’s send
m to the Senate !
And this is from the Cedear'.own
•if"**' ;
We find the above question asked by
e Gumming Clarion, which, meeting
i views fully and taking, in our opin-
3, the best position for Georgia to
irsue in the selection of United States
nator, we cheerfully transmit to our
lums arid freely endorse the article
that paper under the above head,
n. Garttre.ll as a statesman, soldier
d congressman has indeed but few
ers, and no superiors. He is known
ben firm, unflinching democrat, and
:en urged by many warm and ardent
sails to become candidate forgovern-
and with prospects very flattering.
, like a true patriot and loyal delim
it, withheld his name from the ce.r.-
otion, for the sake of harmony. i,
due to tb" State, the interest of the
:ty and Gen. Gartrell, that he be
iced in a position where his great
ent, experience and devotion to the
: t interest of the country can be felt
1 realized. When Georgia seceded
resigned his seat in Congress, came
no and went to the tented field,
a re he served with daring courage
1 ability. We ask, under all the
rcumstances, if Georgia does not owe
in a place in the United State Sen-
where he could complete the proud
ngressior.al record he commenced
J secure to the State, by his expe-
bnce and ability, her right?
A SENSIIJL'I LKiriSK.
The following sensible letter was
ritten by Robertson the present Radi-
.1 U. 8. Senator from South Carolina
shows that even a Radical can see the
11 y of their revolutionary measure-
CoiXMttrA, S. G\, Dec. 9, 1S70.
Dear Sir :—Your request in behalf of
ourself and others of my friends for
i expression of my views and wishes
to allowing my name to beused a3 a
indidate for re-election to the United
utes Senate, at the election intended
be held on Tuesday next, in which
is expected that the Senate will co-
iperate with the body known as the
lacky House, conveyed by vour letter
f this date, has been duly received.
I can see no way in which, eonsis-
ntly with my views of duty, I could
rmit myself to stanu r s a candidate
ir re-election by that body. It has
en decided by our Court of last resort
at the body claiming to participate
that election as the House of Repre-
ntatives is not a constitutional and a
pil body, and that it can perform no
t that can be recognized by the courts.
I am bound by consistency with all
y past official action, and by my
ersonal opinions and convictions, to
old that it is the province of my own
ite, having the same rights as the
ost favored States in the Union, to
termine for herself the qnestion of
ie constitutional and legal character
her public officers. I know of no
'her way of reaching a final conclusion
a such a subject, but that through the
termination of the courts,
As a citizen, believing that all seen
ty for life and prosperity rests in obey-
g and supporting the judicial author
s’ of the State, I am constrained to
eld to the final decision of this ques-
on bv the Courty I should not be
orthv to represent my State in the
nited States Senate if I did not both
spect the constitutional rights of the
ate, and give to them my full efforts
■r their maintenance, or if I failed to
Id obedience to the constitutional
iirtrs appointed by the State for the
termination of such questions.
-'"or could I hope that I should be
Stained by the United States, should
field myself to measures looking to
a disfranchisement of my State or
t!?ting her constitutional authorities.
That body has always acted with em-
6 ut dignity and justice, and could I
T «come all other objections, I could
•M possibly present myself before that
l .U seeking its recognition while
dotting against the integrity and hon-
| r .°{ the State dear to me by birth and
-e-long associations, and peculiarly so
■ader the relations that I sustain to her
fl er representative in the highest Na-
’f-al body, bound to exert myself for
'protection and advancement,
regarding this body intending to
'eeed to elect a U. S. Senator on Tues-
next as constitutionally defective,
[’''jut of the co-operation of the Con-
’.1 fl An n 1 Urviin#. a !•* a .. • A — — _ f
Letter of Hon. Joseph E. Brown.
Rome, Ga., Dec. 11, 1876.
To the Editor of The Courier:
I send you a copy of Gov. Brown’s
letter. It was an appendage to a letter
on business,and not written for publica
tion ; but, as it is upon a subject of
great public interest, one nut seciional,
but pervading the whole Union, and
just at this juncture, of much more in
terest to the North and West than to
the South (for in this contest the South
don’t amount to much, being very thor
oughly ruined;) and, as I know Gov.
Browu never wears two faces, what he
says privately he is willing to say in the
face of mankind, and, believing the
truth ought to be known, and, further
more, as I have myself, all along,
doubted whether great frauds might not
have been committed by the white, and
therefore Democratic, party of the
South—understanding how utterly hos
tile they were to the domination of the
white race by the black ; and, as it has
satisfied my mind that Governor Til-
den has been elected and ought to be
President, I give it to the public, trust
ing the Governor for forgiveness for
what might seem a breach of private
confidence.
Augustus R. Wright.
Hon. Augustus It. Wriglit, Rome, Ga.:
Dear Sir—As you have noticed, no
doubt, in the newspapers, we were un
able to do anything with the Radical
majority of the canvassing board in
Florida, except to expose their villanies.
Any other count than the one made by
them would have counted themselves
out of office, as they aro appointed by
the Governor; and they therefore de
termined to throw out counties and
precincts that had given 'Democratic
majorities, until they had overrun our
majority and established theirs. This
was done upon mere pretext, with an
unblushing audacity which you have
seidorn seen. C T pon any fair count that
ould be made, Tildon carried the State
ioncstly. So did the Democratic oan-
fldate tor Governor and the two candi
dates fur Congress, with a majority of
the Legislature Democratic. But two
out of the members of the hoard were a
majority, and no influence that could
be brought to bear upon them could
control them, nor did any sense of
shame deter them. We have left the
matter in a condition, however, where
the Congressional committee can have
little difficulty in getting at all the
facts, and have no doubt that the
honest men npon it will report the ac
tion of the board as an outrage upon
justice and law.
Very truly, your friend,
Joseph li. Brown.
honal House of Representatives, I
'-'mstrained to withhold my name
J candidate before it.
ery respectfully, yours,
T. J. Robertson.
Washington Correspodence.
Washington-, D. C., Dec. 8, 1S76.
Iu the Senate yesterday the chair laid
before that body a communication signed
by Cari Schurz and John Z. Henderson,
dated St. Louis, Dec. 4th, praying that a
Constitutional amendment he submitted
to the various States by which the count
ing of the electoral vote for President
and vice-I’rcsideut, and declaring the re
sult thereof, may be conferred upon the
Supreme Court of the United States.
Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont moved that
the communication be laid upon the table,
the subject having been already reported
to the Senate. It was so ordered. This
letter of Mr. Schurz was identical in
substauce with the resolution offered by
Mr. Anthony on the first day of the ses
sion. The ancient wits, poets and phi
losophers, when they found that some one
had already used a brilliant i lea which
they had londly dreamed was the offspring
of their own brain, were accustomed to
say “ a curse upon that man who has said
our good things before us.” It is ren
dered in the vernacular, “ the fel
low who has stolen my thunder.” I
don’t know that that the immaculate
Carl will accuse the august Senator with
having stolen his thunder; nor do I know
that the paternity of the idea is worth
squabbling about, but I know this, that
Mynheer Schurz is a born demagogue and
likes to he before the people; and siuee
Ins wayward fate will not permit him to
enter the front door of the Senate he tries
to creep in the back way, hence bis patri-
oiic communication. Mr. Scburz’s com
munication having been disposed of so
summarily, Mr. Anthony, of Rhode Is
land, from the committee on printing, to
which was referred the President’s special
message and the accompaning reports of
Senator Sherman and other.-, touching
the. action of the Returning BoarJ in
New Orlears, reported in favor of print
ing the report and other accompanying
papers. This brought on a spirited dis
cussion between the leading Senators on
both sides which lasted till five o’clock
when the Senate adjourned. Iu the
House Mr. Atkins, of Tennessee, a mem
ber of the Committee on Appropriations,
reported the pension appropriation bill
and gave notice that he should call it up
this morning. The bill appropriates 33,-
853,300. A number of bills were in
troduced and referred, and at 1:45 the
House adjourned, the Democratic mem
bers remaining in the hall to hold a cau
cus. In the course of the interchange of
views upon the general subject ol the po
litical situation several members express
ed great indignation at the course pur
sued by the President in interfering with
the freedom of elections by sending
troops to the Southern States and severe
comments were made upon his action in
sending to Congress, in the guise u r an
official document, a report of the Louisi-
to forestall the judgment of Congress.
The caucus took no action upon any of
the suggestions offered except to appoint
a committee to take into consideration
the policy to be pursued regarding the
present and prospective political situation,
and also in reference to the suggestion for
an impeachment of the President This
committee met al the house of Mr. Hew
itt ami remained in session till midnight
Speeches were made agaiust an impeach
ment by Messrs. Lord, of New York,
House, of Tennessee, and John Young
Brown, of Kentucky, their arguments,
particularly those of the latter, were con
clusive against the policy of impeach
ment and were fully concurred in by the
other members of the committee. The
sentiment of the committee seemed to be
not that Grant did not deserve impeach
ment, but that it would be impolitic, in
the present posture of affairs, to undertake
it. The Republicans aie much disheart
ened by the fact that the Governor of
Oregon has given a certificate of election
to one Democratic elector and two Repub
licans. This is a fixed fact and secures
the one elector that Tilden wanted. A
sad accident occurred in Judiciary
Square last night. The Republicans,
under the auspices of Mr. Chandler, pro
posed to celebrate Mr. Hayes’ election
by firing a salute cf 185 guns. At the
110th discharge the gun burst, killing the
gunner and putting an ominious end to
the salute. Reno.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 11,1876.
A general feeling of depression appears
to pervade the city, and the stagnation
in business of every kind is really de
plorable. The meeting of Congress is
generally the signal for the beginning of
gayeties which only have their full swing
during and after the Christmas holidays;
but these preliminary festivities have as
yet failed to put in appearance. Good,
honest cold weather has set in in earnest
and fur cap3, overcoats, and gum shoes are
at a premium. The river is one sheet of
ice as far down as Maryland Point, thirty-
five miles below the city.
Were the cold weather and lack of
social festivities all we had to complain
of, our cause of grief would be slight;
but far gravei matters than these demand
the consideration of every citizen. He
who thinks that the institutions of this
country are not seriously threatened sim
ply mistakes the signs of the times. No
bolder attempt at subversion of the rights
of any people were ever made than are now
being made by the plotters who made the
false counts iu the three States and now
expect to thrust that falsehood down the
throats of the people. They have tri
umphed over the counrs and common de
cency and now they expect to triumph
over Congress and the people. Whether
they will succeed, time alone can deter
mine. I, of course, can oDly give you
what are accepted here as fixed fact3. It
is currently stated that the Radical pro
gramme has all been arranged and that
it embraces the counting in of Mr. Hayes
under any and all circumstances. It is
thus stated that the time-nonored custom
of counting the votes in the hall of the
House, on this occasion, will not be fol
lowed, but that that ceremony will be
performed in the Senate Chamber. The
members of the House will simply be no
tified that the counting is to take place
and seats will he provided for them in the
Senate. But no more attention will be
paid to the members th in to the visitois
in the gallery. Giant is fully aware of
all that is iu contemplation. He is reported
to have told Col. Moshy 'hat he consid
ered Hayes elected ; aud that he should
he inaugurated if ii took the whole army
and navy to do it: aud he took occasion
inform Mosby that if any such
military extremity arose, he (Mos
tly) should hare a larger command than
any he had had duriug the vrar. Mosby
himself is authority for this statement,
having repeated it to four gentlemen in
the lobby of the National Hotel. Ac
cording to the latest advices quiet reigns
in Columbia, not exactly the same but
nearly similar to that which reigned in
Warsaw. In Warsaw it was a quiet
bathed in blood, but in Columbia it is a
quiet wrapped in the mantle of Wade
Hampton’s great good sense and self-ab
negation. A movement is on foot here
to subscribe a fund as a testimonial of the
high esteem in which he is held by the
people. Hon. George Bancroft, the his
torian, started the project some days
ince, by subscribing 8100, Mr. W. W.
Corcoran followed with 81,000, and Mr.
Columbus Alexander added another hun
dred I have no doubt Gen. Hampton
will feel deeply grateful for their kind
appreciation of his course but it is doubt
ful if he will accept anything iu the shape
of a gift. He begged the ladies to desist
in their recent attemot to raise the neces
sary funds to purchase or build him a
house. Mr. Bancroft, though a Republi
can iu politics, commends in the highest
terns, the conduct of Gen. Hampton dur
ing the recent canvass in South Carolina.
The Republican groans, over the Ore
gon elector, are loud and deep. They
have long since decided that they cannot
go behind the broad seal of the Governor
of a State and the Oregon matter stands
thus. Three electors were chosen and
when they applied to the Governor for
certificates he knew that one of them
was ineligible by reason of holding the
position of United States postmaster.
The law directs that the Governor shall
issue his certificate to the person or per
sons holding the highest number of votes.
Watts, the postmaster, had been repeated
ly warned that be was ineligible, but,
being' the only man- who could beat
Cronin he determined to run. He gei
more votes than Cronin but they were so
many votes thrown away and might just
straw. Cronin then being the only eligi
ble man who received any votes in that
district was fairly elected, and Governor
Grover’s action in giving him a certificate
is sustained by overwhelming authorities
and well established precedents without
number. Dem.
Hewitt’s Answer to Grant. •
He Takes the
Important Decissioix.
The test cases, involving the liabilities
of subscribers to stock ini the Memphis
Branch - Railroad, which were carried np
to the Supreme Court, has been decided
in favor of the Defendents. We ap
pend the decisions as reported
The Memphis Branch Railroad .Co. .vs.
Sullivan. Sait for assessment -on
Hide * in of our Druokeg • ^ksubscribed, from Ftoyd.
Lying, President. JACKo'JN. J.
I. A subscriber to shares in ;
The following is furnished by Hoi
Abram S. Hewitt, addressed to
Washington Agent of the Associal
Press:
In yesterday’s papers I find a
patch from you, relating a conversatioi
with President Grant, in reference to thi
unfortunate state of affairs In Soul
Carolina and my interviews with Asm!
in reference thereto. So far as Smith
Carolina was concerned the President
enjoined no confidence, but expressly
stated that I was at liberity to commu
nicate his views to the public. - He did
enjoy confidence in regard to what he
said of Louisiana affairs, and that con
fidence I have respected, although I
have already stated to him, I believe
the publication of his statements would
do much to tranquillize the public
mind. In regard to South Carolina the
President stated that in his judgement
not less than 63 members having cer
tificates from the Secretary of State,
were eligiblo to organize the House and
transact business. As tiiis view accor
ded with my own, and as no confidence
was enjoined, I telegraphed it in the
following language :
“A. C. Haskell, Chairman, Charles
ton, S. C.: I am able to say that nei
ther house will be recognized by the
President until it gets 63 members
holding original certificates from the
Returning Board.
“Abram S. Hewitt.”
My object in sending tnis dispatch
was that I thought it would tend to
allay excitementin South Carolina and
prevent a collision between the pepple
and the troops, of which we were very
apprehensive. Oo the 6th day of De
cember I received a reply, which in
duced me tc send the following tele
grams to the President:
“To the President: I have received
a reliable telegram from Columbia,
stating that the 63d member holding
a certificate of the Secretary of State
lias been sworn into the Houss presi
ded over by Spe-ker Wallace, which
is, therefore, organized in accordance,:
with the requirements of law, as stated
by you.”
“To the President: I have just re
ceived a later dispatch, savimt_iliittj.ru:
Supreme Court of South C®'os£ituted"
pronounced itsjudgm nt, aflaiid
that the House presided overl“" '
Wallace to he the legally c*
House of Representatives..
Mackey is a private mitelif
Speaker or in any respect an officer of
the legislative body.”
On the evening of the same day Sen
ator Randol ph suggested that he and
I should call upo' 1 the President and
ask him whether, under the cirrumstan-
ces, he should not see his way clear to
order the withdrawal of ths United
States troops from Columbia »ru recog
nize the House of Representatives so
constituted with 63 members. The
President granted us an interview,
which began by my saying cut I had
sent him two telegrams from the
House in reference to South C irolina
affairs. The President at once replied
that he had received them, aid very
late on the proceeding evening he had
received a telegrame from Columbia
saying that I had informed parties
there that the President would recog
nize a3 the legal House that Indy which
should have 63 members with certifi
cates from the Secretary ot Stale. The
Presiden said that he had replied that
he had not made any such st-treincut;
that he did not believe that I had said
he had done so, and that, at any rate,
it was not true. I replied that I had
not sent any telegram to that effect,
but had sent one, as nearly as I could
recollect, as follows: “I am able to
say that the President will not recog
nize any House does net contain sixty
members with orignal certificates from
the Returning Board. The President
replied : “that is correct: I did say
that was my private opinion, but
I did not say I would recognize a
House that had 63 members.” I re
plied : “that is true, but I think it is
implied, and we have come to ask you
to do so.” The President replied that
as at present advice he must decline to
recognize the House containing 63
members, and he did not know that
he would recognize the other House;
that Chamberlain wa3 Govenor until
someone was regular inaugurated in
his place, and that he should sustain
him. The President did not say that
I had violated- his confidence in aay
particular, but he said that it would
have been so if I had sent the telegram
reported him from Columbia, the send
ing of which I again denied. I then
reminded the President that he had
means of testing the accuracy, of my
recollection of his statements, because
immediately after the interview Sun
day, I bad dictated the substance of
the conversation and furnish hed him
with a copy and requested him to re-
turn.it to me with any corrections he
urght choose to make, either to be
published if he would consent, or to be
retained for his future justification, in
case after the fourth of March next,
bis intentions should be called in
question. He has not returned me the
copy so funished, nor made any cor
rections therein to my knowledge.
The President said nothing to me in
regard to my using any of his state
ments for the purpose of defeating the
party he (the President) represented.
I have never regarded the President of
the United States as representing any
party, and I shall regret to see the
President take any other position than
that of the honored head of toe people
of the United States without regard to
party.
[Signed] Abram S. Hewitt
a cor-
ition contracts with reference to the
; and the number of shares to
ibscribed, or the whole capital
necesary to do the contemplated
Jjtlsiness, constitutes an important ele-
it in the contract A man might
. e to make one of ten to raise one
lousand dollars, and still might refnse
be one of the ten to raise five hun-
red. The latter sum might, in his
idgement, Tie wholly inadequate to
accomplish the purpose of his subscrip
tion, and to subscribe in such a case
would,be toithrow’away his money.
2. If the sum fixed by the charter
had been subscribed, and yet sucscrip-
tiens bad been realized so as to reduce
the capital largely and materiallv
Without the consent of the subscriber,
the effect would be the same as if the
stock released had never been subscri
bed. A mere nominal subscription, to
fulfil the letter and break ihe spirit of
the kdntract, is no substantial compli
ance with the charter, and when releas
ed because it was nominal, it becomes
equivalent to no subscription ab-initio.
3;: Whether an amendment to a char
ter, be meterial or not is a question of
law for the court and should not .be
left to the jury ; but when its evident
purpose is to legalize previous illegol
proceedings, and its effect is to reduce
the capital stock at the option of the
corporation, and the verdict is in favor
of the part/ asserting its meteriality,
this court will not interfere.
4. If a subscriber acquiesce in the
progress of the work by paymment of
his subscriptions, assessed or otherwise
he canuot afterwards object either to!
the failure .originally to get subscribers
to the whole stuck or to a meterial
amendment of the charter; but the!
fact that he merely pays his assets- j
ments to have the route surveyed, T-•
not sufficient to show such acq.il
North Georgia Conference.
The second day’s proceedings of the
North Georgia Conference of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, South, we t4ke
from the Macon Telegraph and . Messen
ger of Sunday:
“The Confrence was opened with re
ligious service by Rev. J. P. Duncan,
Bishop Pierce in the chair. Thu Bish
op is more thorough this year thin for
merly in the investigation ol' tb< offi
cial administration- of the preachers.
Every point is inquired into, aaj the
delinquents are "reprimanded kindly,
and admonished for the future. It has
had a beneficial result in stirring up
the sluggards who are always backward
in their reports. A report wasi read
from A. H. Bedford, agent of the pub
lishing house at’ .Nashvill, Tennessee.
Rev. R. J. Mayson, President of La-
Grange College, presented a report of
that institution, which "wasreferred. to
the Board of Education. Dr L AJ
agent of the publishing house c
against the general government, pre
sented a request that bis mission be en
dorsed by the Conference. It was re
ferred to'a committee, consisting of J.-
E. Evans, Jesse Boring and W. A. Park.
The Bishop then took up the second
question. ‘Who remains on trial?
The names of the following were called
and characters passed, and they were
continued: G. W. Duval, J. W. Quil-
lian, H. M. Quillian, W, D. Anderson,
J. L. Perryman, V. V. Harlan, J. D.
Hammond," W.'A. Candler, O. A. Thro-
her, E.' H. - Wood, D. C. Timmons.
Elam Christian was discontinued at
his own request. The Bishop enforced
the duty of studying the discipline in
an earnest address. The following
were received into full Connection, the
requirements being to pass'a good ex
amination after having traveled two
years: J. E. England, J; J. Harris,
T. J. Eil wards, W. H. Trammel, J. W.
Lee, F. M. T. Branon, E. A. Gray, T.R.
Kendall, A. J. Hughes, C. L. Pattillo.
This cla.-s was also elected to decon’s
orders. W. E. Shackelford was con-
t.nued ciftrial.•-Bishop Pierce called
fi r - i Xjinero to ..transfer to the South
jra, Confrence,' Also two men to
Arsaesas Conference. Dr. McFerrin
exr.ortod alter the Bishop, and wanted
• inenr'for -Southern' Kansas and
-ences iii Texas and.Califor-
Uer Conferences are full
This latter fact distinguished thi- ik
from the case of May vs. The ,Me:np).
Branch railroad company. 4 4 Ga. .
SVG Pick. 23; 10 Pick. 142;45M . ..
524i 1 Redfield on railways 176, etf:g
and casiB cited.
fg-meiit affirmed.
J. Hammond, attorney general;
abney <k Fouche; Smith ifc Branham;
een A. Thornwell, for plaintiff in error.
Wright & l'patherston, for defend-
The Memphis Branch Railroad Com
pany vs. Ornberg. Suit for assess
ment on stock subscribed, from
Flovd.
JACKSON, J.
This case is stronger for defendant
in error than the case of the Memphis
Branch Railroad Company vs. Sullivan,
just decide, and is controlled by it.
Let Grant Resign. 7
^ew York Herald ]
We hold it to be the patriotic duty of
President Grant to resign his office for
the good of his country. Senator Ferify
or whoever may be his legal succeaser
for the remaining few weeks of his term
will stand in the position of the govern
ment. He will possess all the constitu
tional powers of the present Executive,
butWiannot superad I the power and
umbition of a soldier to the authority
of the Chief Magistrate. Mr. Ferry,
strong-partisan as he iB, could not be
susp^tted of a wish to turn this dispute
to his personal advantage. His bias as
a partisan would not subject him to the
suspicion of sinister personal aims. If
the President is a patriot the emolu
ments of office for a few weeks will be
readily surrendered to relieve the ap
prehensions of ths country. The con
testing claims of the Presidential can
didates ought to he decideb in accord
ance with law. With a civilian at the
head of the government the law will'
have a better chance to be heard.:
vyhatever phase the controversy may
assume Mr. Ferr\ could not be suspect-;
cd of sinister tims. whereas President
Grant cannoi escape this suspicion.’
His resignation would remit the decis
ion of the Presidential question to pure,
ly civil methods, undisturbed by the
military elemtnt. The peace of the:
country aud tie permanence of onriin-;
ana election which was the work of par
tisans of his own selection, and an effort as well have been given to a man of
The famous Charles Pittsfield estate
in England is at last to be distributed
among the heirs. The testator died in
1740, and the first decision was not-
reached by the courts till 1793. Origi
nally amounting to $80,000, the. prop
erty, between the increased value of
London real estate and compound in
terest, is now said to be worth nearly
85,000,000, though there is probably
some exaggeration here.
Mng-qeW .
.» . ... A. Dillard, Asbury.W.,Quil
J vyo'oJ, E. X. Smith./ The
Asaioh this morning has, beep one o!
i:- most interesting Iu the history oi
r Conference. , It_brought out some
of,the brethern in eloquent speeches,
file address of Bishop Pierce to the
Candida!* s furdecoiiVorders was replele
with thought and godly advicu, and the
pouogmen will not soon forget the
iinpres-ive declarations of the good
Bislmp. The Conference is moyiilg
along pleasantly: but an adjournmezt
is not expected before Monday night.
Dr, Pierce is too feehle to be in the
Conference room, but is expected to be
here on to-morrow and address the body
in reference to the history of the past.”
New York is up to its eyes in Christ
mas and Centennial business, andjtne
children are running riot in big toy stores
docorated with mottoes and Christmas
trees, an*, which quite take the edge off a
modest home celebration. Tne display
of toysduring the holiday has grown into
dsmensions which are positively.marvel
lous. There are acres of space devoted tp
everyihiiig conceivable in the way of
play-lHugs, from the penny while to the
rocking-horse, and the doll with a superb
tronsseuu aud completely furnisned house,
to the small painted wooden image sold
-for two cents. The progress has not been
confined (to dolls and their personal be-
longings. Dolls’ furniture makes its ap
pearance iu the finest woods, with marble
tops, and also in new Eastlake designs.
As for dolls they are everything but hu
man, and whatever can be found in the
wardrobe of a woman of fashion can be
found in the outfit of, a fashionable doll,
from jewels, India shawls and trained
reception dresses to shawl straps, scent
bottles seta..and dressing combs. The
French-bred dolls, painted perfectly
formed with high high-bred faces, and
stylishly arranged blonde hair, are the
great t desideratum for all the girls. of
eight to twelve years, who can appreciate
their,elegance and the peneetiou of their
Parisian! toilettes. One house advertises
that all its.dolls have been -dressed by
Madame. , a distinguished Parisian
lively Language from Chaa.
O’Conor, "
SL Louis GIobo-Democrat, 5thJ <
We have been permitted to copy from
the original the following letter from Mr
Charles O’Conor, of New York, to a gen
tleman of this city, wno had written to
him for his views on the political situa
tion. We print the letter m full:
Fort Washington, N. Y.,)
November 29, 1876. J
Dear Sib : Gibbon says there is a vi
tal difference in the consequences of a
foreign and a civil war. “The former is
the external warmth of summer—always
tolerable and sometimes beneficial; the
latter is the deadly heat of fever, which
consumes, without remedy, the vitals of
the Constitution.”
I do not think opinions of a judicial
nature concerning the law or the Consti
tution of any consequence; The droken
Democrat whom-theTRepub]
ont of the Galena gutter, besmeared with
donfcticbr3;Sd"Kfted^tcria'high pe
destal as the Moloch of their worship-,
rulcA and, until a great change inienti-
mentshall take place, most continue to
roleijver the prostrate ruins at of Wash
ington’s Republic. That Republic per
ished oh the day that McDowell moved
“on tb Richmond.’’• 1
) " -i Yoois,’truly,
lr. ;r Charles O’Conor
It wafh ire been observered that
there is a gr if diminution of the war
like tenor of the European dispatches
during the p it week, (tod that the for
eign journal which have the ear of the
London, Par i Vienna, Berlin and St
Petersburg a inets, have ceased to pre
dict war as a irtainty. There has been
an easier feel ig'at tne' great commer
cial centred,: id we take this to be an
indication th: (hope,is directed towards
a peaceful sectendent of the disturbing
“ ’ "" Movements of the head-
e Russian army to a point
Tennyson is about to pafaiuh a new
drama totrttod “Hamid.”.
issues. The
quarters of
not far distant from the Turkish fron
tier might ban been accepted as an
alarming incilnt if there had not been
such a strong hnfidence that diplomat
ic negotiationJwilladjust the pending
questions andprevent the threatened
armed interfermce of Russia between
Turkey and thedisconteiited principal
ities. The ueaisr the possibility of a
great war is aporoached.tbe more thor
oughly the fact is recognized that the
voice of Deopleis for peace. The com-
in. conference of the"Powers will bein-
fluenced' by the. popular demand that
the nations shall not be plunged into a
tremendous conflict, and this pressure
the statesmen who will participate in
that assemblage cannnot be neglectful
of. Europe has had quite enough of
war recently, and it will be dificnlt for
the ambitions ol monarchs to force an
other conflict.
raodhltej 5Another has in oue oXjjts win
dows adoli’s wedding,' the high contract-
invqnntiea dhessed a Ai George and Mar-
thk • Wasbiugton, and all a fantique, aud
ih mother a.“ kettle drum,” thecompany
. i. ■ , , ,,at*l tea:service arranged in the latest
stitutions recinre that law. and not style. siSdii snotherdislays to the pass-
soldierahip, s^all determine the result i-ars-by a complete bird’U/e view oftbe
—uciinia: buildings and grounds, the
models oeii"? accurate, correctly placed
sasttUHSarsecied with gravelled walks,
•^i»/!s. - elevations, beds of flowers and
qti^r, features which add to the general
ndeify. as well as to the picturesqueness
of its appearance.
Election Beta declared. “0fii”
People who invested in pools on J.ue
Presidential election will he interested,
no donht, in the news that Mr. John
Morrissey has declared “off” all bettvor,
the result of the Presidential election
in which he is the stockholder. He
notifies all those interested to call on
him and. have their money returned.
The following statement was made by
Mr. Morrissey to a Herald reporter who
spoke to him *n the subject yesterday:
“I think thit the spirit of all bets
made on the result ot the Presidential
election was on the result of tbe electo-,
ral vote in the several States on the 7th
of November last. Since then a mem
ber of the States have been in dispnte,
charges bf fraud have been made! in
three of the Southern States, antf/the
question bf the right of Governor to fill
a vacancy has arism in Oregon, which
must be decided hereafter. Both par
ties to-day claim to have elected their
candidates, and n^ matter which side
wins, in the face of so many complica
tions, the other would not be satisfied
with the result 1 should have taken
this course before tow had it not been
that I was known t> have wagered con-
* j li. L ir_ tpru ir'
A Washington despatch to the New
York Herald says’: “It is satd thatthe
attorney-general, who has from the first
taken extremely partisan'views in
South Carolina matters^ and who has
not yet reproved’ his "district attorney
in Columbia for the gross indecency of
defying the Supreme Court of the State
while acting as cotiusel lor tbe the re-
turning boardT&aRurged the President
that he is entitled to recognize the Re
publican House, though it is a minori
ty, and there is Republican authority
for the assertion that the President
means after all to recognize the Cham
berlain Legislature, ana thus to make
"Chamberlain Govenor. This _ report
creates a good deal of excitement
here. It is known that the President
had expressed himself so frankly on
this point a few days ago that Gen.
Hampton was assured that if the Dem
ocratic Legislature had a majority' of
„ the whole number of members it would
siderable money on Mr. Tilden myself, be at puce recognized? and as it would
maids ' Hampton Governor be would
and for fear peoplemigbt place a wrong
constqction on thef&ct. As the matter
now stands! thin, no one can charge
me with benefitting myself.
iri recently applied
t tbe Woolwich, Eng-
ii.r
The son of an
for his dischaige
land, Police Coi
the Royal ‘
only five hundred tbuqdg pocket mqney;
annually, but aft* r. twenty-four hours
in a barrack repeated,
charged.
He waaudis-
also be promptly recognized. If it
proves true that the President puts in
Cbamoerlain by the help of a minority
of-the House after all that has passed,
it is fearedi-here that there' may be
trouble! iu.jjjlqtith Carolina, though it 'is
h^ljev^t that Ggp,,. Hampton will do
his best to; preserve peace.”'
- Ihe-'wife. of George Rignold, the ac-
tor, uses the billets-doux sent
band for carl papers.
A prisoner was being tried for sheep
stealing, and he was asked by the pre
siding judge, an Irish Chief Baron,
what he bad to say in his defense. “Ah,
sure, your Lordship, didn’t meself,
and my fawther, and my grandfawther
all vote for your Lordship when ye put
un for Tipperary? And, begorra, didn’t
we cany your Lordship to the head of
the poll ?” “True, true I” murmured
the judge, and he'was visibly affected
by the reminiscence. He looked kindly
at the prisoner at the bar, and in sum
ming up, directed the jnry to acquit
him, though the evidence was very
strong for a conviction. The jnry felt
the pressure pat upon them, and the
foreman, in giving him the verdict, said,
“ Well, your Lordship, I suppose we
must call him Dot guilty; but faith,
your Lordship, there’ll not be a sheep
at all left in the county.” To which his
Lordship complacently replied, “Ah,
never mind, gintlemen—never mind
themntton! Acqnithim,and eat beef!”
And acquitted he was.
The London courts have been taken
np with an odd case which illustrates
the romance of tbe aristocracy. To
wards the close of last century a certain
Sir Fletcher Vane, the bead cf a well
known family, ■ m'arried his mistress.
Almost immediately after the marriage
Lady Vane gave birth to a son, who, in
due course of rime, succeeded to the
title and estates, and waa in his turn
ncceeded by his .eptL and heir, the
present baronet . The estate is an en
tailed one, and his now claimed by
an uncle or Bib bpMenmhe plea that
his elites brother,was -born just before,
not just "after; tne?wedlock of their
parents, and was* therefore, illegitimate.
The plaintijf accounts for his long de
lay in brirging the action on'the ground
that his mother survived' both her hus
band and her eldest son, and died, at
an extreme old;age only aiew years
ago. It is an old story, and it is hard
to say where the truth Ues, .. ..
A New York letter sayB:
“There iB a growing disposition on
the part of the stockholders in several
,of-onr banks to wind those institutions
up. The banks are making no money,
and confidence is being lost in them, as
is. evidenced bv the decline in the
shures. The trouble, is'not that the
banks are badly' managed <thongh.this
remark will apply to some,of them),
but that there is no business doings
and, withont business, a bank can make
no money. With the present condition
of business, two-thirds of our banks
could be wiped ont, and their Jobb
would not be felt. Some of the savings
banks are also, in an uncomfortable
condition, and, nnless they can induce
their depositors to accept lower rates of
intercut, a wind-up willfbe almost a
matter of necessity.”
Sherman’s Partisan Unfairness.—
J. \V. : Patton, Chairman of the Louisiana
Democratic State Committee; publishes
a flat denial of the charges against tbe
committee committee by. Sherman, Gar
field, ,et ah He accuses the Repblicans
of sdppressing material portions of his
circular, for instance," this sentence:
“Rut be careful to tag.and do nothing
that can be construed into a threat or m-
(imidation of ang.sjiaracter”- .Mr. Pat
ton declares, that the circular is just such
a document as campaign committees are'
in the habit of cTrculating; that its pan
poses were legitimate, and that hoi aecre-
cywae observed in its fliatfjbntion.
Governor' ‘TUciim is represented [as
very sensibly believing that the Honsei
has hot the power to declare than has
been no election,' and then elect Samuel
J. Tildeq; but Imdi
can prevent an. elec
defeat the inal
Itfek esa good deal of-piety to make
a man smile' wiild. .he ;is eating, a
church-fair stew. • cr •
When the EeQoim&yx of either sex
enter a house, custom compels the 10 to
remove their seal-skin jackets," leaving
nothing bnt Esquimaux.
m ' i ni
The white pKfpnfeitiOn of Colorado
does not ai'gregnte’90,000 souls, and yet
representations Were made to Congress
several years ago that it bad 150,000
npon it% QihnnijjnnTi WBS based.
.AIIV-UMUW)fUlliaHWWlV| w ji*vuuu»»v
several bills to passage by both Houses
of Congress. To those who will be
satisfactory, a'liberal salary will be
paid.. Address W. W., City Postoffice.
' ' - '^7 ■*: —
Fort .yalley Mirror: Mr. Sam Salter
of this" coiinwi nas .one hundred. and
fifty hop is fflajfcljjKi/tnte fall. Pig’S
‘ r .eto.,will beplen-
tiful at his home. " Every, farmer in the
bfinntry-biqjhf^tq' make every'pbtmd
of meat And lardjconsumed at hornet
' . .
Gen. Sherman’s date-report gives the
whole ranknhd filehC the army at 28,-
571 men,;Of whpm 2,151 are .officers and
26,420 emujted, men/ The lawful limit
of enlisted, men Is '27,500. The cavalry
numbers 9,686 officers and men; artille
ry, 2,842 officefs’anTTmTb; infantry, 12,-
803 officers'andineii'J !!I,: ‘I
-i ■■■’"' . U 'hi
The proposal to submerge a portion
of North . Africa J>3 r means pf a canal
from the Gntf 1 vr VaWs, letting the
water of the MediteiTanean over the
lake regions pfiPjendTseeins from the
facts just detailed" byMM. Rudaire and
Rupnis, to'be not only practicable, bat
also likely to turn iQ.ut a remunerative
undertaking. * • •
A comic opera conqpanv. composed
of .Commodore Nutt, sue other dwarfs
as small, and Cot. Goshen,'thfe giant, is
traveling in the West They play
“Jack, the Giant Killer,” Goshen of
course pereonaflog the giant. They
enter a town, with Goshen ridiqg ahead
on an jmmensk-hqfse^ahtl the dwarfs
following in a tiny carriage.
1 ' The messengers .who taie Electoral
votdj of the Vhrions States to Washing
ton." are paid byothe General Govern
ment at the .-rate twenty-five cents a
mile ijaveled from the
place where the? votes are. cast to the
National Capital and bapk. The-mes-
sengers' from the Paicifii. States * will
receive abont $700 or 8800, while the
compensation of'those from Virginia
and Maryland will be less than '820
each.
Id
die before the 4 th of March and the" I
ate should recognizeHayCs,and the House
should stand hy-Tilden, and the Indians
should scalp 'Sheridan, and the House
should impeachShermaD, and the bulldo
zers should capture Don Cameron, andtbe
European war_gh&qjd homologate Secor
RobesoD, and the Supreme Court should
go crazy over the .complications, then
who would be President l—Alexandria
(La.) Democrat. ifaoil qs iwe
Secretary Fish is;
interviewer of
represented by an
ew York World as
having indignaptlv dgnied and pro
nounced as q “he,” emphatically a lie,
the recently published statement that
he had disagreed With" the President In
his Southern polieyn: He is also repre-
seated as ^ecXarieg that there has not
Y the Southern
. President, and
ancf theCahinet
been aainglerj
controversy ‘ where
himself haA disagree*!, auu wo uuium
is claimed UT"]5> Iq 'fianpeny in snp-
fBffBfig the PrriitfebW ifoKdy. '
Dr. Mary Walker got-up. the other
morning in a thoughtful, dreamy mood,
bat mind dwelling unijr^minisoences: of
the babpy by-gone" days, and in an
absent manner she tried ‘to put : heir
pantaloons on over her head, and She
worked herseirHitoa Si of passion and
vexatiofi'*b&bre sbfr'fiebo^eteif'berself
and fiaw what thB'.matter.TvaS: -Then
she aat.down/on^fjie aide of the^d,
with the lega ofthos.e navy-blue breech
es dangling round her ‘fair’ neck, and -
cried like'a wbiinn for half aii honf.
His fhe tyrant afidnsiirper of the Bur
lington' Hiathege ihabsays: this-/:' - i-T
After reading- yaateaday’s special to
the.New York Hergf^lxpm Columbus,
ding Governor Hayes’ decla-
... tis Bearpornoie.about*lff#H
'being "aH^ibheSt and' pure man. 'The
New York ^San'e estimate bf Hayes
proves ttr bo correct- He is just as
’ "l«fcl»A I aq, i «ny. of the
- _ .Tne'.last
lingering doubt of his being an enenfy
of the Constitution- and a traitor to
Republican goTerifindSt is removed,
and neiftfifofrii tie most be clmsed with
theismaller villains Of the It-publican
pfiriyoN.H? b$B not the sense, to become
joy’,-jo H st::- voD
A man who was nridergbiidg exam: na
tion fora schbblteacherin Maine,after
stumbling through some ipmple arith r
metical problem, waa naked where Bos
ton is. He answered, “ I know all aboqt
it, probably jnaLssjtelLfls you do; have
heard, of the place several .times, bnt
can’t,8ome how or other, seem to locate
it.^ Wit& a view of helping him out
thecotbmitteamsnsa'id:" - It lathe cap
ital of some State, is It not?” “Yes, I
believe it is,” “.What State?” “Well,
I -know, probably, as well as yon do,
what State Boston js tbe capital of, bnt
yoesee l haven’t the'fffiw of language
to ’expree& ifc” ’ • : : ; -
-TT-rf—■ - •
The Architect and Rudder, a mechan
ical and scientific journal, whose au
thority on' 'matters appertaining" to
New Y-btktotelve 5,000
seats (feasible: ..It argiies that the latg-
present hold few
.tors,, and they
T Befiloiz/wrHingon
tHiflf subject, rets arks Shattoariy -operas
fell fiafahihe Grand .'Opera* In Pari 3
which were afiflftwra in-fmaller,theateiB.
JHe thinks that it would pp dcmoraliz-
ing tath'epnblicaiid ruinous feSnejaR’
vcncealfuie great Opera-bofise of/NeW
York' Were mkde unsuitable for all
music but that of the noisiest kind.
