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A BBAVE GIRL.
BY N. M.
In the winter of 1842, a gentleman and his
daugher, a young lady, while traveling through
Canada, arrived about nightfall at an old-fash
ioned tavern. The gentleman concluded to stop
there instead of going on to the village ot S
which was ten miles distant, and which they had
thought to reach.
The daughter—Carrie—expressed her willing
ness, as the tavern presented a comfortable ap
pearance, and they alighted, when it was plain
ly to be seen that the gentleman was quite
lame, so much so that he was obliged to use a
cane.
The landlord came out, and, calling a boy to
take the horse and sleigh to the barn, he ushered
Mr. Spencer and his daughter into a pleasant
sitting-room, where a bright fire was burning
on the hearth, which proved very acceptable to
our travelers, who had been in the sleigh since
morning.
“Your room will be ready by supper-time, sir,’,
said the landlord, as he left the room and went
into the bar-room.
Slipper was shortly announced, and after re
freshing themselves, Mr. Spencer and Carrie re
turnd to the cozy sitting-room, where they
talked and chatted until half-past eight.
They were then shown their room which was
on the second story, in awing somewhat distant
from the main portion.
The room was very long, with a high ceiling.
On one side was a window, and on the other a
door.
Just above the door was a bust of King
George HI.
The loom was very plainly furnished, ion
taining two beds, a washstand, and a few ebai.s
Carrie took in the whole room at a glance,
and it must be confessed, had there not been a
cheerful fire burning, she would nave felt nerv .
ous about sleeping there. As it was the warm
glow lit up the room into comparative cheerful
ness.
While she and her father sat by the fire, her
eyes wandered to fhe bust above the door, when
the noticed that the c\e*balls had evidently
been knocked out, leaving two empty spaces.
“Well, Carrie,” said Mr. Spencer, presently, “I
think you had better lock the door. lam going
to count my money.
After Carrie had done so, he drew out a mon
ey-belt heavy with bills, and proceeded to count
them.
While doing so, Carrie’s eyes involuntarily
wandered again to the bust, when, to her horror
and astonishment, in place of empty space were
two glittering eyes, greedily watching every
movement of her father.
Theyouuggirl couid scarcely repress a scream;
but, controlling herself, she looked towards the
fire, while her father went on counting a large
roll of bills.
“I mutt h ve been mistaken,” thought’the
fair girl. “What could make ms have such a
strange fancy, though?” she contined, glancing
again at the bust.
The eyes were still there—two burning, sav
age eyes, that brightened as Sir. Spencer went
on countin'.
“Good heavens !” thought Carrie, “what shall
we do ! We are evidently in a den of thieves,
and will get murdered for my poor fathers
money 1”
How to communicate their danger to her
father without those terrible eyes noticing it,
Carrie could not think. Suddenly a blight idea
came to her.
“Father,” she said, aloud, “let me take a card
and pencil. I wish to make a memorandum of
some items I want to purchase in the village.’
Her father handed them to her, after stowing
away his belt. Carrie wrote, tremblingly, in a
fine hand—
“ Father, do not be frightened ; we are in a
trap. Go in the opposite corner of the .loom,
where your face will be in the dark, and look
at the bust above the door. In it you will see
two glittering eyes that have watched you count
ing your money.”
“Read it,” she said, aloud handing the card
to her father. “I want you to see if you think I
am too extravagant.”
Her father betrayed no emotion as he read,
bat said—
“ You are pretty extravagant, Carrie. I sup
pose you think your father is made of money
and he arose and went to the washstand, which
was iti a darkjeorner.
Once there he glanced toward the bust, and
that glance confirmed bis daughter’s extraordi
nary statement.
When he came back to his seat, Carrie saw
that the eyes were gone.
Then, leaning towards her father, she said, in
a low tone—
“ You see it is as I said. I have thought of a
plan, however, by which we can both escape.
You would be perfectly helpless in an affray of
any kind on account of your lame leg, so I must
try to save us both.
Then followed a whispered consultation, dur
ing which Carrie kept her eyes fixed on the
bust; but the glittering orbs had not come back.
As site concluded, Carrie went to the window,
threw it up, and looked out. Beckoning to her
father, who came, she said, or rather whispered—
“ You see this shed, father? Well, they will
probably come up on it and get in through the
window Ido not think they will make the at
tack before twelve, so I will get out of this win
dow, jumo front the shed, go to the barn and
take our horse, and go to S for help.”
Flinging a wrap over her slight figure, she em
braced her father tenderly, and bidding him not
worry over her, she jumped lightly out on the
shed and disappeared.
Mr. Spencer watcli'ed her tor a while, then
closing the window, took out a handsome watch,
saw that it was nine o'clock, and proceeded to
work.
He first covered up the fire, blew’ out the light,
and rolled up a blanket, with which he made a
dummy. This he placed in the bed which his
daughter was to occupy.
Then he sat down and waited—oh, how anx
iously !
Ten, fifteen, twenty minutes went by, and no
sound came from the vicinity of the barn.
Taking off his boot§, he crept noiselessly to
the window' and peered out, but he could see
nothing.
Then creeping to the washstand he laid his
money-belt in the drawer and closed it.
He then threw himself on the bed, and once
more waited.
After an hour had apparently gone by, Mr.
Spencer threw oil his coat and vest, tumbled
up the bed, hobbled to the door, unlocked it,
and stepped out into the hall. This was all in
accordance witl^Carrie’s plan.
1 “Landlord! landlord!” he shout.d.
ELUERTOX, GA., XOV’R 29,1376.
He then went back into the room and noise
h sslv threw’ up the window, all the time shout
ing for the landlord.
That worthy catne flying up the stairs, and,
late as it was, he was still dressed.
“Oh, landlord,” gasped .Mr. Spencer, rushing
toward him, “I have betm robbed! my money is
gone 1”
“Gone!’’ echoed the landlord, in dismay.
“Who could have stolen it!” groaned Mr.
Spencer. “I had five thousand dollars in a 1 elt,
and it is gone—stolen !”
The landlord lit the candle and looked all
around, chagrin depicted on every feature
“Why don’t you wake your daughter, sir?” he
questioned.
Mr. Spencer hurried to her bed.
“Carrie, Carrie!” he called, but no answer
came; and the landlord, drawing near with the
light, saw the dummy, and cried—
“ Why, man, the girl isn't there 1”
“What!” gas,>ed Mr. Spencer. “Oh, I see it
all!” Tne wicked giri has robbed me while I
slept, and run off to meet her lover, from whom
I was taking her.”
He ran to the window, followed by the land
lord.
“Yes, yes, here are footprints in the snow on
the shed !” cried the landlord, while Mr. Spen
cer groaned aloud. “How long do you think
she has been gone, sir?” asked the landlord.
“For an hour or more, tne deceitful jade !”
replied Mr. Spencer.
“Then there’s no use looking for her sir ” re
joined tne landlord.
“Oh, but I must!” cried Mr. Spencer, as he
began to descend the stairway, followed by tte
landlord, who had believed every word Mr.
Spencer said.
They proceeded to the barn, followed by the
landlord’s confederates.
They found the horse gone, and her mode of
flight was easily explained
“You may as well give her up, sir,” said the
landlord, consolingly.
“I suppose I may,” groaned Mr. Spencer, and
they returned to the house.
As they left the barn he heard the landlord
whisper to one of his confederates—
“ The job’s up, Jem ; we’d better let the old
man alone.”
Once more entering his room, Mr. Spencer
threw himself on the bed, and awaited the re
turn of his brave daughter.
“God b!e-s her and bring her back in safety.”
he murmured.
Meanwhile all grew still, and the hours rolled
by.
The fire had been raked up and cracked mer
rily. The eyes were not looking from the bust;
they had evidently disappeared for the night.
At last, after what seemed an age to the anx
ious watcher, he heard a loud knock on the
front entrance,and five minutes afterwards heard
the landlord stumble to the door. Then followed
a confused jumble of curses and struggles, then
a rush of many feet up the long hall and stair
way.
The next minute the door was thrown open
and his daughter rushed in, followed by the
officers, who (Fagged in the landlord and his
confederates.
“Oh. tather!” shtferied, “you are safe, safe!”
and throwing her arms arounu his neck the
brffve girl burst into happy tears.
The sheriff and his posse of men held the
landlord and his confederates in a vice-like
grasp, while Carrie related the adventure of her
perilous ride.
“After I left the barn I led Tommy to a fence,
all unsaddled sprang on him, wound my arms
lightly round his neck, and whispertd, ‘Go,
Tommy !’ and away we went like wind. Up
and down, over the frozen road we went 1 My
arms felt like ice I thought I should certainly
freeze, and after what seemed an age of cold
and pain, and mise y, we dashed into the main
street of 8 . .is we came up in front of the
tavern the stage drove up, and tiie inmates
sprang out and rushed to my assistance. I must
have been almost inscns'ble, for I had to be ear
red in by the landlord. I was given warm
drinks until I fully recovered, and was able to
relate mystery. I told them my suspicions and
my fears, and ibu gentleman”—here Carrie
paused, and turning to a fine-looking man near
her, said, “Mr. James, by his ready belief in
what I told, and his energy and spirit in arous
ing llie sheriff and his men, has been the main
cause in bringing assistance.”
Mr. Spencer grasped the young man’s hand,
and thanked him.
“Your plan succeeded admirably, Carrie,” he
said, and advancing to the washstand, he took
out ihe money-belt, saying, “My money is all
right, as you see.”
The landlord quivered with rage as he saw
how completely he had been defeated.
As the men began to search the room, the
landlord protested his innocence, declaring that
they had no right to hold him or liis men pris
oners, or to search his house.
Breaking open the door, above which was the
bust, the men rushed in.
The room was empty, save for a long ladder,
which reached a shelf above the door. A hole
above the shelf disclosed the bust to be bioken
in half, so that a man could easily climb up the
ladder, get on the shelf, thrust his head in the
bust, which was large enough for an ordinary
sized man’s* head, and see all that was going on
in the adjoining room.
On returning to the room occupied by Mr.
Spencer, they again searched every nook and
corner.
Suddenly, Carrie and Mr. James, who had
been standing‘by the fireplace, gave a loud cry,
foi on close examination they had found spots
of blood on the bricks which formed the hearth.
They began to pull up the bricks, which prov
ed loose, when Carrie, feeling faint, gave way’to
the sheriff and his nrPn, who soon had them all
pulled lip, when a cavity was disclosed, contain
ing the murdered body of a gentlemen whom Mr.
Janie- and the sheriff remembered to have stop
ped at S three days before.
The evidence w s conclusive.
The landlord and his confederates were well
guarded through the night, and the next day
they were lodged in jail, where in due time they
were sentenced, and suffering the extreme pen
alty of tiie law.
— -a-
Lengthened Sweetness. Dunber’s
wife listened to a long political discus
sion while riding down town yesterday
morning and at dinner she remarked to
her husband: “Well, eight days more
wilFchc'.de this election.” “In a meas
ure,” was his guarded reply. “I’m aw
ful glad,” she continued “ you comrnen
eneed going out o’ nights about the
Ist of March, and you've kept it up
ever since! I’ll be one happy woman
about the Bth of November.” “Chars
line,” solemnly interrupted the husband,
“can’t you understand this thing! The
election will occur on the 7th of No
vember. ®cf course. After that date I
must help count up returns, verify them,
put our clubs in training for the next
campaign, examine the lies of the op
position. &c., and it may be next April
before I get through. You must have
patience, for everything is working all
right.” Wat could she do but burst in
to tears ?
PRESIDENT TILDEN.
! New York Herald ]
Governor Tilden presents an unique
j picture as be stands there in bis magnifi-
I ceDt borne listening to the effusive out
pourings of his enthusiastic followers.
He is a man whose modest, unobtrusive
personalty is in singular contrast with
the worship which he receives from men
who tower above him in stature, and
whose dress and manners are so infinite
ly more pretentious and assertive than
his.
There stands the unpretentious man —
Mr. Tilden looks smaller than he really
!is by reason of his stooping carriage—
j with bis small, smooth, boyish, round
I head, bent with that sleepy droop in the
left eye lid which is undoubtedly caused,
at least partially, by ptosis, with his
smooth face and his small, delicate, utterly
unobtrusive features, dressed with a
plainness which the prettiest clerk of a
fashionable dry goods store would de
| spise—there stands this man, apparent
ly so weak, so mild, so selfless, so un
combative, and yet around him crowd
the colossal G.v’in, the burly Willis, the
statuesque Wood, pompous Ward, the
majestic Wickham, the great and preten
tious men of the party, and bow before
the modest, quiet little man with the
cold, passionless, sagacious face. It re
minds one of Utile Napoleon receiving
the homage of Soult, Bernadotte, Murat
and all his great generals. Tilden’s
I face, however, has none of the wonder
ful imperiousness of Napoleon—it is
one of the most unobtrusive, gentle,
harmless faces you could pick out in a
crowd. His clear blue eyes are some
what paled by age ; his complexion,
though tolerably fresh for a man of ' ii
age, does still betray the wear of study
and mental labor, and the wrinkles round
bis eyes deepen the impression of a
character formed by a severe strain of
intellectual activity during a busy life.
The pleasantest part of Mr. Tilden’s face,
as he stands there listening to his friends,
is his mouth—a pleasant, small mouth,
utterly wanting in sensual warmth, but
indicative of much decision and firmness.
The nose, too, which is small, thin, but
with an inclination to a bugle at the end,
is clearly drawn, and the expression of
the entire face has more of this charac
ter of firmness than of anything else
It has been said that Governor Tilden’s
individuality is all absorbing in all his
relations of life, that he towers over all
his associates and advisers, and shapes
his policy to suit himself and nobody
else. There is certainly no indication of
this in his appearance, which is that of a
man who cares but little /or self. Yes
terday Mr. Tilden was, in addition, rath
er in a mood of abstraction. It is nat
| urally somewhat tiresome for a man who
stands on the very brink of the I’residen
| cv, within an inch of the greatest ambi
| tion of an arduous life, and also within
j an inch at the same time of ruinous de
| feat, to have to entertain an increasing
stream of visitors—many of them entire
strangers into the bargain—whose main
obje ct is to have a good stare at him and
to shake his already aching hand. While
listening to these people and doing so
in an attitude of patience and resignation,
if not of cheerfulness, he was evidently
cogitating over the great result shaping
itself now among the everglades of Flor
ida.
But Mr. Tilden has wonderful self-con i
trol, and his severe mental training ena- !
bled him to entertain all these visitors
and send them away satisfied, even while
his mind was busy with figures of elee
toral majorities. Besides this expression
of abstraction, of immense mental ab
sorption, little that was unusal was to
be noticed in his face. There was not
a vestige of anxiety, of painful suspense
in it. If he felt these emotions he very
effectually concealed them. All yon
could notice, was that he was perhaps a
tiifie less elated than on Wednesday!
morning, when his election was regarded
as beyond all doubt.
—
THE PRESS ON THE DI PUTED STATES.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind)
Whatever the State laws may technic- j
ally allow the returning boards to do, |
we doubt if the country will acquiesce
in a President chosen by their changes
in the local returns of the votes cost.
Without knowing which candidate will j
be chosen by the rule, we believe the |
great bulk of both parties are ready to
agree, in advance, that the one who has
received the majority of the actual votes
put into die ballot boxes of any single
State should have the vote of that State.
To go behind the ballot baxes and
change their recond, and, by such change,
to change a President, is so delicate and
so dangerous a proceeding that we
doubt if any plausible grievance will be
accepted as justifiying it.
< liicago Tribune, (Rep.)
It is claimed by the Democrats that
their party will have a majority (;of the
whole vote in the in State over and
above their vote in these parishes, but
while this ought to settle the mat
ter it may not do so, if the counting of
the non-polled vote be insisted iqion by
thc-ether side If, however, the Demo
crats do not have a majority except by
cc unting the votes in these five parishes
and the result in the State depends on
their being counted or not counted,
then the issue will be a direct 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, and the
American people will never engage in a
civil war to uphold the counting of votes
Yol. V.-jSTo. 31.
never cast, or to reject lawful votes
legel’s cast and recorded on the poll
lists.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The board of State canvassers on 21st
made a report to the Supreme Court,
stating the persons who had received
1 the highest number of votes for the of
fice for which they were candidates. Ap
pended to the report of the results was
a memorandum of the board, stating
that in their opinion that certain irreg
ularities which affected some of the Lie
publican candidates should be corrected;
and also that the vote of Laurens and
Edgefield counties, which gave a large
; Democratic majority, should be excluded
j on account of frauds and intimidations.
On the 22d the court parsed an order
I commanding the board to issue certifi
cates of election to all the persons who
were shown by the report of the board
to have received the highest number of
votes for members of the Legisleture,
including the counties of Edgefield and
Laurens.
The court also took up the case
of the electors and issued a rule on the
board to show cause why they si ould
not correct the statement of the county
canvassers by the precinct returns in their
possession. Pending these proceedings
! of the cc urt, and notwithstanding their
' own resolution that they would take no
action until their powers and duties had
been defined by the court, the board held
| a session without the knowledge of any
of the parties on the Democratic side,
and issued certificates to all the members
of the Legislature except for Laurens
1 and Edgefield counties thus securing a
majority of the legislature to the Repub
lican side and securing the defeat of
Hampton and the election of Chamber
lain, and also issued certificates of elec
tion to Hayes and Wheeler electors, and
to ail the Republican State ticket, cor
recting the errors which defeated their
own candidates, and ignoring all errors
of the same character which would have
elected the Democrats. The board then
adjourned sine die. This action of the
board has created much excitement, but
the citizens are determined to rely upon
the courts, and exhaust all legal means
of redress.
it is currently believed that the action
of the board was taken under directions
from Washington, and rumors on the
the street credit a prominent judicial of
ficial who has recently arrived here with
being the organ of the authorities at
'Washington.
HAMPTON TO THE PEOPLE.
General Hampton has just issued the
following address:
Columbia, S. C.—To the people of
South Carolina : The board of canvass
ers have by their unprecedented action
to-day shown not only their contempt
and defiance of the Supreme Court of
the State, ! ut their utter disregard of
their own official integrity. While the
grave questions determining the result
of the recent election were pending be
fore the Supreme Court, composed of
three judges belonging to the Republican
party, and in direct violation of the or
ders of this tribunal, the board have is
sued certificates of election to the Re
publican Presidential electors and to the
Republican State officers and have re
fused to give ceitificates to the Demo
cratic members of the legislature, shown
by the same board to have been elected
in the counties of Edgefield and Laurens.
This high handed outrage is well calcu
lated to arouse the indignations of our
long suffering people, but I assure them
that this daring and revolutionary act of
the board can have no legal force what
ever. I appeal to ycu therefore in the
fullest confidence that the appeal will
not be unheeded, that you will main
tain even under that provocation your
character as an orderly and iiuv abiding
people. During the past exciting can
vass you have studiously avoided even
the semblance of a purpose to disturb
the public peace, or to transgress the
law Your cause—and it is the cause of
the constitutional government of the
country—has been carried to the highest
court of the State, and we are willing
to abide by its decision, feeling assured
that this tribunal will see that the laws
shall be enforced and justice secured.
Wade Hampton.
GEN. JOHN B GORDON HAS CONFIDENCE THAT
ALL WILL YET BE EIGHT.
General Gordon, of Georgia, expresses
a determination to stay and see the con
test ended. He says the question now
is, whether the State court of South
Carolina can enforce its own mandates,
or whether the State board can take
the law into its own hands in utter dis
regard of the highest court of the State.
The fight is now between the supremo
court and the State board. He reposes
with confidence on the issue he says and
is sure that the American people will
not countenance such revolutionary pro ;
ceedings. He is also confident the
supreme court will not permit itself;
defied by a set of desperadoes.
New York, Nov. 22—10 i>. m. —Great j
indignation among conservative men here !
at the conduct of the returning board in !
South Carolina. It is believed here to
be a preconcerted scheme on the part of
the worst men in the Republican party ;
to have all the doubtful States announc |
ed for Hayes, and that Gen. Grant is in j
full accord, and that the movement and
concentration of troops at Washington
is part of the plan. Some Republicans
insist that the troops are gathered at
Washington because there are in the
South armed organizations that may try
to interfere with the government, or that
may try in some way to interfere with
the administration. Business men are
more earnest in their protests against tho
present political status and are begin
ning to clamor for some settlement that
will bring peace and restore trade to a
healthy channel. The Democrats are
determined and will insist on their rights.
Despatches received from all parts of tho
country urge vigilance and determina
tion.
SILLY-GILLY AND HIS 00 UONSPIRA
TORS.
Kilpatrick is reported to have said
“If Samuel J. Tilden is elected, before
he is inaugurated the streets will rim
with blood.” Blaine inquires; “If Sam
J. Tilden is elected will you allow him to
be inaugurated ?” In the face of returns
which rightfully give Tilden a popular
majority, a majority of the States, and
electoral majority, Grant says: “Hayes'
will be elected.” John B. Alley (M C.,)
of Massachusetts, during the campaign,
called upon his hearers to stand prepared
to prevent, by force if necessary, the in
auguration of President Tilden. Sena
tor Patterson, of South Carolina, re
peatedly used similar language. United
States District Attorney Badger, at New
born, asserted “that the United States
Senate would refuse to declare Tilden
elected if he received a majority of the
I votes of the Electoral College, and would
j most assuredly reject tho returns from
South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida,
provided those States voted for Tilden.”
General Harrison, late Republican can
didate for Governor of Indiana, on the-
Saturday prior to the Presidential elec
tion, said: “Will ycu allow Tilden to
take the chair occupied by Washington
and Lincoln if elected by frauds in New
York, ns, if elected, he will bo ?" Wo
might multiply quotations, all going to
show that if the returns from South
Carolina, Florida and Louisiana cannot
bo secured by fraud that force will bo
resorted to, and it has been more than
intimated that Grant will bring the army
and navy to the support of the conspir
ators. These threats are vain, and are
only referred to to show the extent’whicli
the vile desperadoes are willing to go..
We have an abiding faith in the honest
election of Tilden by a majority of eigb
teen electoral votes, and we have not tho
slightest fear that Mr. Tilden will not bo
inaugurated, and that without bloodshed
or even a notable breach of the peace.
DO THE RADICALS MEAN WAR.
Just at this time the declarations of
! Senator Booth, of California, may ho
| opportunely produced. These declara
tions were communicated to a reporter
of the San Francisco Chronicle a few
weeks ago. Here is the report.
Senator Booth—ln the way matters
stands at present, if the final declara
tion of the choice for President depended
upon the acceptance of tho vote of ono
of the Southern States to which troops
had been sent, the House would inevita
bly refuse to allow it to bo counted in,
and an appeal to force would be necessa.
ry to settle the matter.
Reporter—What do you mean by force 7
Senator Booth—Physical force—war.
Reporter—But don’t you suppose
that in order to save the country from
the visitation of another war the Demo
crats would be willing to concede a little
in the event of matters coming to such
a crisis ?
Senator Booth —I do not. They havo
a united South, while they have a
divided North, and they would feel they
held the power and would refuse any
concessions, and I think it is remarkably
fortunate for the country that, wo liavo
a Republican President, who is also com
mander in chief of the army, so that, in
the event of any serious complications
the Government has a man at its back
who will protect it. There are a good
many reasons why the Democrats should
not be suffered to gain control of the
Government.
GOOD ADYIG'E TO BOYS.
The boy who spends an hour of each
evening lounging idly on the street con
ners wastes in the course of a year 805
precious hours, which, if applied to
study, would familiarize him with the
rudiments of almost any of the fatnilliar
| sciences. If in addition to wasting an
hour each evening he spends 10 cents
j for a cigar, which is usually the case, the
amount thus worse than wasted would
pay for ten of the leading periodicals of
the country. Boys, think of these things.
Think of how much time and money you
are wasting, and for what “? The grati
cation afforded by the lounge on the
! corner or the cigar is not only temporary
but positively hurtful. You cannot in
dulge in them without seriously injur
ing yourselves. You acquire idle and
wasteful habits, which will cling to you
with each succeeding year. You may
in after life shake them off, but tho pro
babilities are that the habits thus formed
inearly life will remain with you to
your dying day. Be warned then in
time, and resolve that as the hour spent
in idleness is gone forever you will im
prove each passing one and thereby fit
yourself for usefulness and happiness.
[Pittsbury Gazette.
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It is a curious fact that the admission
of Colorado into the union as a State has
kicked up all this excitement. If Col
orado had not been admitted Tilden
would have had a clear majority will
out the doubtful States and one to
spare. There was no good reason for
the admission of Colorado. Its popu
lation is not sufficient to entitle it to a
a member of Congress. But the Demo
cratic House of Representatives went in
for admitting her and probably for
political reason. —Boston Herald.
• —-
According to the World's table, Til
den’s popular majority is 308,500 ; his
gains over Greeiey were 1,139,000.
Hayes gained over Grant only 2,000 and
that in a single State, Rhode Island.
Popularly, it was a tremendous sweep.
