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Newspaper Page TextW$T&‘ VOL. xix. COLTJMHUS, GEORGIA. SATURDAYI MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1877 NO. 35 ELECTORAL COMMISSION. Indtey Gives Florida to Hayee. Mum,hr*yi Hot SravM Inallsl- - StoM HoowwHor 7th. lllfllbA VL^iftMLi Ulm whwh i mifm nn imjwiuuii - Etoctfin StfflMiiit. r Boom treat tat* Whole oa private Report* of submitted at oriwt prtotad. Tb. majority report tMlntji that tha Dwt> eratio aUstor* war* alaatad It Laaririaaa, dnoiiMi t k§ iilloi of IIm RMm* lag Board at fnodaUat and void, aad tha Mtoartty daalataa that tha Hays* tlirtsci hart baas duly alaatad. Winmo*, Fab. 9.—Hi. will Mara Other Btotaa la TIIAaa. MfU MPMa«* MMMWMTM WITH rma odm> mum." Vauom, Fabomry ».—Tha Oom- miarioa U ia aaerat aaaaieh. It i* atatad ahah mambar will praa.nt aa alaborata raaana for bia rota, wbiob may prolong tha aaaaioa till to-aaonow. Thia morning tha boat opinion atillia tha OoSamiaalaa will giro tha rote of Ftor. jfe to Hayaa. V Waanmoroa, Fab. 9.—Tha Oomaaiaaian la atill in aaoiat ataainn, and both boaaaa rnaanaid to 10 o'olook to-monow. ■omit iboamt za oma una- Tha Oocnmiaainn daaidad not Jo ramova aaaraay natil 10 o’alaak to aaarrow. It ••mm ttimtood ||m baa daaidad to giro tha State to Hayaa, tort Mil* elaimad that tha aonalaaion waa ran ah ad by two Bapnblioan mam ban of tha aonrt upon gtoonda fatal to tha final anaaam of tbair party. It ia traa that ■atthar party ia, happy orar tha littla that baa transpired. to btati von una. Washumton, Fab. 9.—Tha Elaotorai flommiaalnn by a rote of S to 7 dadded that tha four alaotoral rota* of Florida ahonld ba oounted for Haym and Whaalar. A final raport waa aignad by Brat" Edmanda, FiwaUnghnyaan, Oarflald, Hoar, Millar, Morton and Strong. ytehaUIl ara^ritam tion of tha twfnSt bytta EM Statoa and Maiioan Oommlaainn. Passed, Morriaon, of Illinois, ohainaan of tha ■psoid eomaaittea on Louisiana affaire, anbmittad tha raport of that oomaalttaa, wbiob oonolndaa with a raaolotkm daolar- ing that tha DamoonMa alaotora raoaivod majority of tharotaa in tha State of Looiaiana; that tha pratendad oanraaa aad compilation of tha votes for alaotora by tha board of rwtoming ottoaaa waa with- oot thaaothority of law, fraodnlant and void; that tha rote of that State oannot ba counted for Hayaa and Whaalar with out tha oonflrotation hod approval of tha illegal aad fraudulaat notion of tha raid Eaturning Board. Townaond, of Pennsylvania, aubaaittod tha minority report, raoommanding tha adoption of tha raaolation daolaring that tha Bapublieaa alaotora bav* boon alaot- ad ia LooMana, and that tha alaotion waa aiaminad into, determined, daolarad and promulgatad by tha proper authoritlaa of raid State under all forma of law, aad in oomplianoa with tha ooootitatiaa of tha United Statoa. Both raport* ware ordered printed and recommitted. WASHINGTON. Waanmorou, Fab. 9.—Tha Uommiaaion non tin aad in amnion until half-paat Sight. Each of the fifteen mambaw mad* alab- of thair virwr of tha tho following raaolation waa Eaaohrad,’.That tha four parsons, to wit: Fred 0. Humphreys, Obarlaa W Faaroa, Wm. H. Holdan aad Thomaa W. Long, are duly appointed alaotora of m.lltrt and Vioa Praaidant for tha State of Florida, and that tha vote* cast by tha afnrmald four poraona are tha vote* pro vided by tfaa Oonatitution of tha United xllbqid nmuoiBLaa. Waanmorou, Fab. 9.—Before Houaa Committee A. B. Laviao, Bapnblioan aloo- tor, atatad ha rmignod hia offioa aa oom- miaaionar about Nov. .90,1876. Laviao tellaaatory about wa attempt to bribe him to vote for Tildan. Little intaraat attaohaa to tha eonuait- a. Albert Hcyscr, alaotor of Waat Virginia HzUbitad naturaliaation pa pore. consul nnooouuBD. Speciel It EnquirerSun.] Waanmorou, Fab. 9.—Tha Praaidant baa rooogniaed /suras Hunter vlaa oonaul of Portugal at Darien, Ooorgia. louisian/Tmattkrs. TUB VOTU ia detail in thia raaolation wm aa followa Tarn Bradley, Edmunds, Frelinghuyaan, Garfield, Hoar, Millar, Morton and Strong. Maya—Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field, Ronton, Payne and Thurman. In tha ana* of Humphraya Judge Clif ford waa of the opinion that tha holding of thaoOoe of .hipping ooauniaaionar, would have rendered him ineligible, bat • that km reeigaatioa of tha ofltoe before the alaotion war valid, and in thia view of tha ama, aetion an tha objeotion of bia vote, mad* by Senator Jones, of Florida, Them prooaadinga will bwpraaantad in Joint morion tomorrow, whan tha oonnt will program to Looiaiana. aanounn von sna nnatnou. atm* ri !• tnqnlnr fa*.] Washinoton, February 9.—Ia thy for mal report to tha joint aeerion, tha Com' miarion will aarign tha following reaaona for tbair daoiaion: Firet—Tba Oommimion, axaroiaing tha powera of both Houam under tha law, and having examined all tba eortifioetae and papere referring to them, find that they have no authority to hoar avidaao* «f<- wwN, or in othar word*, to hoar avidaneo outride of the oertifioatee of tha Govar. nm of tha State of Florida, founded upon tho determination of tba oanvaaring hoard aa to lta vote. Seoood—The Oommimion ooald pot aonaldar ao avidanoa any aat of tha Lag- ialatnre or oourte in determining whom tha State had appointed aa alaotora after tha day tb* raid elector* gave their vote*. Third—In regard to tha allagad inaligi- hility of T. O. Humphrey*, there wa* not nuMriant proof that ba bald oftoa on the 7th of Novambar. CONGRESS. ■■■ATE. Wuraowr, Fab. 9.—In tha Sonata Mr. Wisdom, of Minnaaota, introduced bill appropriating |7,000 for axpanam tho Elaotorai Oonamiaaiou. Marred Onmmittea on Appropriation*. Mr. Daw**, of Maaaaohnaatta, introdu* •ad a bill to anthoriaa and aqaip an oxp* ditioo to tb* Aratio seas. Kaf aired Oammlttaa on Naval Affair*. Thy hill provide* for an expedition ao aaofitag to tha plan anggaatad by Captain Hawgata of tba Signal Barrio* Bureau. The railroad aiahiag fnnd wm dlaoumad to Hamtiva ameiiai, whan tha Man taaa^wHh Spate wm ratified. Eoaam to 10 o’eloek tomorrow. mmusE. BOlaare being read to aanmmo laaaatin iiaWtilteThuraday 18th. Tha deflrianay apprnpriatian bill wa* ■•THIN QUKSTION- London, Fab. 9. —Karl Darby aaid It waa aaaaaaary to apaah with taearva of the probability of fhs miiatfeiniMi of pun whtoh dopaodi on RuAmUmi of • dogU ML Thi Eid of Booooatftoli, nid : Tko Eaatam Qoaation wm not alana a, qnss- tton of tha amalaoration of the ooodition of Ohriatiana, bat a qoaation of tha axio- tanoa of tha Empire. Wa moat treat it a^^Mt MjaAgm Lm imsiuius swnay wy tho Ottoman empire. W* would create anarchy and oonfution. Both houam adopted tha addram Imoariy. raoixonou or ronaiouaaa. It ia atatad that the French oharg* d'af- faira at Oonatantinopl* ha* applied for two French war vessels for tba protection of foreigner*. foliox or ran libbeaia. paial It Caf«<rap.Am.] Loudon, Fab. 9.—The detailed reporta of the apaaohaa made yaaterday by Earl Granvillo in tha Houaa of Lord*, and tha Marquia of Hartiogton in tha Hone* of Common*, ahow that the Liberal party Intended to uphold the.viaw that England ahould oo-operate with other Powar* for demand on Turkey,and avan co-op*rata with Ruaaia alone, if the other Power* declined to not. Tha. Fall Mali Gatette think* that the Qovammantin tha Lord* and Common! have apokan with different viawa. It adds, Perhaps, Midhat Paaha'a fall and Edham Paaha’a aocmlon may have anggaatad to aartain member* of tho adminiriraUon that Lord Saliibnry’a thraataning Ian gnage at tha oloea of the oonforenoo may b* repeated with advantage now. WELLS STILL OHILLY. The Democratic Counsel Contradict Him. AN INELIGIBLE ELECTOB. ■aaoeratle Cowasol Ontrailei. Well*. Washinoton, February 9.—Charles C. Avaima waa oounaal before tho E*turn ing Board for tho Domoontio party. H* taatifiad in tha return from Vernon pariah ha aaw the oartifioatm from tho Commie- aionera of Elaotion. They ware remivad on tha 2d of Daoembar by tha Board from the Baoretery of State and opened in wit 1 aaaa' preaano*; Governor Walla laid tarn them over to tho dark*, aad that wm all no other member of tha Board laid any thing about thorn; know that La via** waa a United State* Oommlaatonar aa late aa Novambar 19, and Brewater wm Sur veyor General of tho Land Offlo*. Oalaatla Lila Imsmrmmo* Coaapnay. St. Loci*, Fab. 9.—Oalam Prince, State Superintendent of Intnmnoo, has appointed a board of apooial examiner* under tha law to nppraiaa tha aamta and mpeoially tha real mtata of tho Columbia Life Inanrano* Company of thia oiiy ia tha pnrpoa* of inanranoo department to apply to aonrt for tha appointment of reoeivar for tho oompany on tho ground that the depredation of it* areata, aa- padally ita rad aetata, baa bean ao gnat that it ia no longer aaf* for tho oompany to oontinua business. Tho indiotmont of JohnT. Douglas*, tha Praaidant, and E. W. Bryant, aotuary of thi* oompany, oonddared, under the dronmatanoaa, great hardship, if not an outrage and that add action againat them will not atand againat them in tha oonrt. (May Cuahlar—BmmM Laaea HI*, OM. Special to Enquirer- Sim.] Indianapolis, Fab. 9.—At Franklin, Ind., B. Sat tier, tb* defaulting oaahiar of tha Firet Nationd Bank of that plaoe, waa found In Dr. Fayna'a back room unoon ■dona, and apparently in a dying oondi. tioa. Tha doctor daolarre him iniane. Tha lore of Urn bank will reaoh $170,000. Tha book* of tha bank are atill mireiag. WIMEB ~MEIEFB. Tha Karqaia of Hrilahary pretoatad ■teat thi Aaotatoathat w* awgki to aa* WASHINGTON GOSSIP. MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR- Bariy af Owvorawr Owlqwlu aaiu- Gavsrmar BaaUh to tha Been Iwtioa *f Majov Boa** which was ados law by Homo wIBap- Joaeph H. Dwyer, of Dwyar Bros., to- auranos broker* to Boaton, area arretted yesterday for frandolently placing $23,« 000 insurance with oompapiaa not author- toad to do bnainare to thia Btat*. The Wamantta mills have given notion of a radnotion of wagao. Sevan buildings, including the Hoglen block, toSwanton, Vermont, are burned. Lore $65,000. Ooahing, King A MoLean, wholaad* boot* aad abore in Chicago, filed a peti tion far involuntary bankruptcy. Liabili Ure $222,000, areata $100,000. Tba bark Basso, London for Baltimore, oolitdad with a French flahlngyareal off Baaoky Head, England, on Wadnreday. Both voreola aunk. Four sailors of tho 1 French vared ware drowned. WHAT THS LXADIHO DBMOOXATS IAI ABOUT THI OOHMISBION. Special to AUantaOautltatlon.] Wabhznoton, February 8.—At Colonel Fdton'a roome to this oity last nighl Obarlaa O'Oonor and Jndga Black droppe in. The former does not think tha dsoia- ion wholly advaraa to tho Damooratio aid* to Florida. H* aaya “Tildan hre loat one point to many; Hayaa hre gained one to a few.” Mr. Black ia not quite no hope ful. m end or tbs bitubuo. Ohdrman Hewitt aaid thia mornto; that if Hayaa waa daolarad elaotet ha would b* tha lut Praaidant of tho United States, for hadidu’t think the Bepnblio ooald ondnro, at whioh Ban Hill amilae grimly, and aaya Hr. Hawitt hre leu oonfideno* to the Ko- publio than he hre. Hawitt, of Now York, aaya ha thought it wre possible to gat np a tribunal of man who would rise above party, bat he is quite despairing now, bat he doe* not obarge partisanship bat ia fearfal. Judge Jen Blade aaya this afternoon w* have dl tha law and facta on oar dde, bat they (tha Republican*) bav* tha oonnt. CXHALTKBKD N*CXB. I. Proctor Knott and dl the Kentuoky members who voted agaicat tho bill are more happy tot having reoordtd tbair votes aa they did. A PBOK1MXNT TILDXN MAN, and one who ia porfaotly at horn* to the Arlington headquarters, add to mo thia morning “Bon Hill is raspondble, more than almost everybody die, for tha alao toral oommiuion. H* and Hawitt repre* rent vary near tha sum total of the nega tive foroea that brought it into boing. Mr. Tildan wre bitterly opposed at the first to thia oommiuion. He fait certain that he had been fdrly elected, and ha had the nerve to stand by hia rights. Hia friends bad arranged so that hia inatten- ratioa would have been a certainty. Tha oonspiraoy to keep him oot of hia rights would have been ornahad “like an egg ■hell in a vies.” “Mr. Tildan wre fully prepared to taka the reoponaibility of patting himrelf at tha head of tba honest people of the oonntry, and insisting to tha lut extremity on instioa and right. “But whan he aaw Hawitt ref ore to aril the National Convention together, that a definite and positive pnrpoa* might ba sab- atitutad for vagne and purposeless attar- snore and beard Ban Hill and the repra- untailva Southern man daclara that tha Booth wonld prefer Hayaa to eivil war, b* fait that it wre time to yield to the too- vitable and aooept tha uncertain fortune* ofth* mixed Commission. Had there baan no break to the ranks,no weakening along the lines, Mr. Tildan would never have oonsanted to have pnt bis viotory to jeo pardy and subordinated to arbitration what wre dearly bia own. It ia like a man who sea* a thief bonnoing oat of the win dow with hia watch, oalliog in a board, to ba named by himself and the thief alter nately, to decide to whom the watch be- “If the Commission deoidaa justly, of oourae it ia beat that the Commission waa organized. If it baoks np the oonapira- tora, however, then I ahonld bav* pre ferred the shorter and sterner method of settling the difflonlty.” OXOIOIA MEMBXSa' ADDXSMM. Senator Gordon, Gen. Cook and Col Smith are at Willard’s Hotel; Mr. Hill Mr. Stephana, Mr. Harris and Dr. Falton ate at tha National; Mr. Candler and Mr. Blount are at 629 Thirteenth street. Your correspondent i* at tha lut-namad plaoe. Tha following mareag* wre referred to • BpMial fimwillM, of If MRS. Fort, Moaaa, Bteama, Robson, and Shef field, of Early : oovbsnob oonqcrrr’a mssiios. Exaounva Dbpabimint, > Atlanta, Fab. 6, 1877.) Tt tkt Htutt of Jjaprrasatafieu ■' I bag lasva to anbmlt the foUowlag ■paaaa to yon* (asalsHan of Ha 3d, re questing ma tb Inform yoar body “no what law tb* following amounts have baan disbarred from tha publlo treasury, and wby amploynwnte haretnafter refer red to ware not mud* aooording to tb* provlaiooa of Beotion 63 of the Coda : MoOay A Tripps, retainer .$2,500 W. A. Hawktoa 1,500 T. L. Snead 1,500 D. P. Hill 260 W. T. Newman 200 8. Dotoher 500 $6,450 Aa tha employments ware mad* aad tha amount* disbursed daring the admin istration of my pradeoeaaor, Gov. James M. Smith, and as the executive raoorda do not afford tha explanation desired by yon, I anbmittad yonr raaolation to him, that ha might furnish the required infor mation upon tha matter. I tranamit to yon hia reply, which presents hia reaaona for making tha employment and diabora- tog the amount* about - which yon en quire. In thi* oonneetion, I would orit tha at tention of yonr body to the fact that aome of tha attorneys and others have presen ted their olalms to ma for additional pay ment of feaa in tha asm* oasas and for faaa to othar oasas. Under my oonstrno- tion of the law, and without reflection on my pradeoeaaor, I doubted whether I bad the authority to pay tbs snma, and referred the question to tha Attorney General. Yonr raaolation, however, enable* ma to lay the whole matter before tha General Assembly for ita oonaiderstion. I respect fully suggest that yon definitely state two points, vixi 1. Tha proper oourae to regard to olaima of thia oharaoter, initiated dar ing previous administrations and tha eon- tinned employment of tha counsel already retained. It may be proper to say that the State is involved to important litiga tion to whioh a strong array of adverts oounaal has been employed. 2. That yon pass a declaratory statute more distinctly. defining tha authority of tha Exeontive to employing and paying oounaal to protect the rights and interest of tha State. Alfbid H. Colquitt. xx-oov. smith's sxplt. Atlanta, Feb* 3. Hit Bxeelkncy, Alfred B. Colquitt, 0tr emor Bn—I am to reoaipt of yonr oommnni- oatlon of thia date, with the aooompany ing copy of a raaolation of the House of Representatives, to which you direot my attention. [Hers follows the resolution, j You aay to substance that tha employ- manta referred to were under my admin ietration, and that yon have deemed it dne to myeslf that yon ahonld submit the matter to me for enoh information a* I may think fit to give. Tha raoorda con taining foil and particular information not being before me, I shall be oompelled to trait in a measure to my memory in making statement* of faota toaohing the matter to qoaition. The first inquiry in th* resolution whioh requires notice ia, “wby were th* employments thereto re ferred to not made according to the pro vision! of the cod* eeotion 63?” The his tory of this eeotion ebowe that it wm passed to 1872 and wee intended to apply to a oltM of oases than just arising out of tba frauds, alleged to have been commit ted daring the administration of Gov. Ballook. At these casea wars involved in more or Ism doubt, it wm intended to be lift antirely in tha discretion of the Governor whether the soite ahonld be brought or not. And that tbe exeontive might not be misled by eager ooudmI and b* persuaded to embark in umIsm litiga tion, tb* compensation of the oounaal, m in the “Informer's eat” of 1871, for whioh the sot embraced in eeotion CSwM.to' tended to be a inbatitnte, was mads ooa ditional upon raoovery. Bnt m tba sot appears to ba general an its faoc, why wars not th* employments referred to in.the resolution made to ao- outdanee with’ita provisions? By refer ence to that Motion it will be seen that ita th* re. ‘or to reaoh, to a wall guarded manner, enoh aeeea that tha Mt embraced to lbs Motion was paired. It oertatoly wm not intended by tna Legislature to toolnd* actions for torts or for in jorire in tha nature of torts in thi* eeotion. Bnt there ia another reaeon wbiob ■hows oonrineively that the suite against Jones era not oovered by tho language of ■aid Motion. Aa has bMn already Inti mated, to bringing the enita authorized to be brought under the aaotion, th*Gov ernor la olothad with absolute diaeretion. It is not eontompleted that any salt shall be commenced unless “he shell deem it proper" to institute the Mm*. Bnt bow wm it to raferenM to instituting th* enita ■gainst Jones aad hia securitise. By re ferring to the sets of 1875, it will be seen that tha Legidstora by a iotot raaolation of th* two houses, ordered the Governor to toatttnt* the eoite. It wm not left to Me diMNtion to eoa or not m ha might "daare proper," bnt tb* bringing *f tea suit wm imposed upon Lim by the man date of the Legislature. Suite brought trader eeotion 63 must be instituted to tb* discretion of the Governor. In tbe Joum omm the Governor bed no deration, bnt wm forced to inetitnte enita by Legislative requisition. Again, motion 63 applies only to omm to ba brought after consultation with the Attorney General, if there Is such an offl- oer. The Joum omm were brought by apeoial order of tba Legislature. The original eat embreoed in motion 68 oon- tains no repealing danse. It wm intend ed to ba taken in pari materia with all othar laws on tha same snbjeot, repealing them only where it wm to eonfliot with them. Bnt I need not proceed farther to ■how that the Joum oases do not belong to the class of ossm referred to to eeotion 03 of the ooda. All of the other employments referred to in th* resolution were made (m I re member) to criminal cases except that of T. L. Snaad. Ha wm employed to exam ine the books and aoeonnteof Henry Clew* A Oo. to their tranMotione with the State. Hie work wm performed and hi* report is on file in the Exeontive offlo*. Neither this employment, nor tboMin the eriminri' oases, eaa to any way ba affect- •d by Mid Motion. For tbe raaeon* hereinbefore given,end for others whioh might be stated, the employment* referred to to the raaolation ware not made “according to tha provis ion* of the oode, Motion 63.” Bnt still another enquiry ia made in the resolution: under whet law wars tha amonnto referred to to th* rcMlntion dis bursed ? The Governor is obarged by the consti tution end laws with the duty of seeing that the lotos ere faithfully exeonted, and of premrving Ind defending tbe property end rights of the State. In performing these onerone duties, yonr Exoellenoy* predecessors, from tho foundation of the government, have sometimes found it necessary to employ tha eervioM of enoh oounml and othar aganta aa tha good of tha oommontoeritb seemed to require, end in enoh numbers m the gravity and im- lemandi H. W. G. Two Negroes Hang. Baltimobx, February 9.—Charles Henry Simpson and Martin Hanry, both oolored man, ware hanged to-day at Port Tobeoeo. Simpson's neek wm broken by the fell, and Henry died from strangulation. About 4,000 persona, mostly oolored, witnessed the execution. Weather. Washinoton, Feb. 9.—Indication*.— For the Bonth Atlantio States, northeast wind*, tiring, followed by falling barom eter, increasing olondinees, light rains aad stationary or lower temparatur* will prevail. language Applies only to anita for thi oovary of “debt*" dne tbe State, money or property belonging to the State.” In refarenoe to thMe, a very broad discretion wm given to tbe Gover nor. He might institute eoite if, in his opinion, he deemed it proper to do so. 'There wm no compulsion upon him, but he wee left to act entirely upon hia own dieoretion. Were the proceedings in whioh ■rid employments were made instituted for the purpose of reoovering “debts due th* Btate, or money or property belonging to the Btate?” If eo, then there might be some reason to doubt whether the am- iloymente mentioned ought not to have men made in aooordance with the provi sions of Mid eeotion. Bnt if, on the con trary, arid proceedings were not instituted to reeover “debts dne or property belong ing to the State,” then tbe atid eeotion is not applieeble thereto end there existed no legal obligation to make tha employ ments referred to in aooordanoe with lta provisions. Were the employments made in the suits instituted for the reoovery of “debts” due to the State ? The employments of Mseers. MoCey A Trippe, of w. A. Haw kins, end of W. T. Newman were made to rid in tbe proseontion of the ossm brought in favor of the Slate against John Joum end tbe MonritiM on bis offi cial bonds given m TreMnrer of the State. The objeet of the salts It to re- oover damages for alleged misfeasance and nonfeaMnoee while Jones WM Mttog m Treasurer. Tbe dernagM sought to be recovered do not in any legal sense con- etitnte e debt or debt due to the State. As well might tbe damage whioh wonld ■nene from a wrongful injury done to th* Capitol or Exeontive mansion of th* State be termed e debt due to the State, M to ■o style the damage whioh roanlte to tb* Common we rith from e breach of official doty on tbe part or one of her Mrvante. Section 63, as baa already bMn stated, originated at s time when it wm supposed that much proparty or mousy of th* Stats wm in th* possession of pereona who wrongfully withheld th* earn*; and it wm portanoe of tha ocoaaion demanded. Both th* right and duty to do thia has been tally recognized by the Supreme Court of tb* State. At the January term of last year the Court deoided, to use ita own lan guage, “that the Governor bed the power end authority to institute suit against th* defendants under tbe general power granted him of a general supervision over ell the property of the State, with power tb make ell necessary regulations for the protection thereof when not other- wiM provided for, and to engage the Mr- vices of any oompetent person for the disobarge of anv duty required by the lews ana esMntel to the interests of the State, or neoeMsry in en emergency to S reMrve th* property or fande of the tate." The cases against the late treMorer in volved a large amount and were exceed ingly complicated in their oharaoter. When ordered to bring the enita by tbe Legislature, it wm oleerly tbe doty of the Governor to exeroise the powers confer red by law upon th* executive that the Legislative will might be oerried out. A strong array of eminent oouusel repre sented the defendants, end high M is my opinion of the abilities and experiano* of tbe lets at torney general, I should have fallen below the measure of mydntyto theStaM if I had left him to oontend, single-hand ed in enoh oases end against snob odds: The criminal esses in which oonnMl were retained were the case of the State vs. John Jones, tbe several indiotmente againat H. B. Ballook end others, end tb* insurrectionary cases in Washington oounty. Esoh one of these proseontiona wm con sidered of enffloient importance to tbe pnblio to require the employment of ad ditional counsel to rid tbe proMonting officers to enforoing the lews. Most of the aforementioned oases, with mroy others of grMt magnitude, are still pending to this end other States. Among others that might be mention ed, ere several omm brought in the State of Tennessee, involving over $100,000 end in whioh the State is the reel defend ant. There oannot be any recovery for tbe State in theM oases, and counsel could not be paid m provided under seotion 63. Still, the interests of the Htato demanded that oonnMl should be engaged to repre sent her in the cases. Can it be BuppoMd that tbe Governor is left at liberty to em ploy oonnsel to defend the State, and fix and pay oartsin fees therefor, bnt is for bidden to engage oonnsel to sne for the State, no matter whet amount or interest* may be involved, unless be oan find com - patent lawyers who will take the oases offered on speculation. In oonolnsion, I bag to say that while considerable amounts have been paid for oonnsel face during the late administra tion, each payments, in every instance, wets rendered neoeaMry for tbe protec tion of the pnblio interests. The compli cation! of the treMury rendered legal rid and service necessary in New York, end ■iso at home. Resistance in the oourts to the oollection of the State revenues also involved heavy. expenditures for oonnMl fees in the State, end also at WMhington oity before tbe Su preme Court of the United States. The dne enforcement of tbe laws required occasional disbursements from the TreMnry. These expenditures were made necessary by the condition of the finanoes end people of the State. Tbe qUMtion presented to the Executive in ell auoh cases, wse: Whether be wonld allow a false notion of eoonomy to control, or whether be wonld, in the spirit of trne eoonomy, use the means appropriate to Monre a dne enforcement and acknowl edgement of the enpremeoy of law, end for the proper protection of the money and property of the State? In MttUng enoh quMtione, it wm my purpose aimply to disobarge my duty to the pnblio. This, upon a review of my whole aotion, I am Mtisfled I did. I am, air, vary rMpeotfully, yonr obe dient Mrvaat, Jam** M. Smith. I KELLOGG’S GAME. GAMBLtNO OH LOUISlANA'l KHAMI—SILL ING THI aTATB OONaOLS aHOBT ON TH* •TaXNOTH or THH BBTUBNINO BOAND FBAUD AND FAGKABD B UaUBPATION. Bpeatel Dispatch to th* Baltimore Oaiett*.] Washinoton, Fab. 4.—Just before Kel logg’s departure from Now Orleans for Washington, Packard and a few others ot that gang ooospirad with a number of brokers to th* New Orleans Exchange to make a raid on a oUm of aeonritiM known m the State Consolidated Loan of Looia- Une, being ■ new ireus of the bonds of the State authorised by th* late Kri.oeg Leg islators to fond all oiMSM of the Sum in- dabtadaaaa. Tha programme of this oon- •piracy wm to a*U tha oonaola short both to New Orleans end New York, oontraete to oIom from tho 8th to tha 15th of Feb ruary. Tho theory of tb* oonspiraoy wm that tho row over the rioetorel vote of tho SIMl would have n toadonay to reader th* consolidated loan shaky, and snake it eerily soeoeptible of being hammered down by a wall- planned raid. Fart of Kellogg's mission to tha North wm to Hours th* reoogqi- tion of tbe PMksrd government, but the most important part of it wm flaenoial rather than political. It seems that np to data th* hupea of the conspirators in regard to the dapreMion of tha loan by tbe poliUoal troubles of Louisiana have not bMn rarilised, and within th* last two or three days .sinoe the Mtonnding developments oonoerning the Returning Board oame oot and particularly einoa the President's refusal,to reoogniM tha Pack ard government, together with the publi cation of th* probability that he Would ultimately recognize the Niohollir govern ment, the oonenle have materially atiffeu- •n np. Thia plaeM th* short ring in a oIom oornar, ond they will make a dee - pent* move, both to New York end New Orleans, early to th* weak, probably on Monday, to spring tbair trap and close ont their ehorte. The following telegram wm raoeived here yesterday from New Orleans to olpher, dated New Orleans, Feb. 1, 1877: To Hon. William P. Kbllooo, Will- abd'i Hotel, Washinoton : Balloon—65 —stipple—advent—J im—Clark—solitary —halt—mineralise—ahovel—ware*— You —temple—him—confirm—has—adz—ap plication—chant. Conquest Class. The translation of this dispatch is m follow*: State bonds (oonaola) steady at 65 with other stooka advancing. Jim Clark bH Mid half a million short. Telegraph him immediately whether he shall oonflrm tbe Mia. Hu Packard atill any ehnnoe ? Conquest Clask. The ring ie supposed to be from eight hundred thousand to thirteen hnndrsd thousand short on ooneole sold at from 62 to 66, oontraete dosing from the 8tb to the 15th toet.,' Th* intention ie to make a raid limnltanaonriy to Naw York and New Orleana.by raising a question m to tha validity of the consolidated loan by pleading want of legality in tbe Legisla ture whioh passed the bill, and in the Governor who signed it; also to oiroulete a rnmor npon tha authority of Kellogg, Packard A Co., to tha effeot that it ie the intention of the Nioholle Government, in the event of its recognition, to repudiate that loan, or at leMt to allow the interest to default and to oon test ita validity to the oonrti. It la also the intention of there oonapiratora to oironlate a report npon the New York stock board that a confederate ring to Louisiana hM bought np what are known m the Chattanooga railroad bond* at nominal rates, and that tbe first sot of tha Nioholla Legislature will ba to ’fund these bonds, whioh have bMn virtnrily repudiated for aome time with a new preferred State loan, whereby- the indebtedness of Louisiana would be inorsaeed several million* end tbe veins of tbe securities already on the market materially depressed. This, to brief, ie .the history of the oonepiraey to wbiob the cipher telegram from Clark to Kellogg af ford* a key. Of oourae after this publi cation it will be impoMible for the ring to oreate tb* panto they dMired on tbe ■took board in New York. This conspir acy hra only recently oome to the knowl edge of the Louisians Democrats, aud they ere taking all possible precautions to head it off. It ie not tbe intention of the Nioholle government or Legislatnre to intofere with the prerent fintnoiri ar rangement* of Louisiana, exempt in ao far aa it may be necessary to make farther end more adequate provirion for the pay ment of the iniereet on all just and lawfnl debts of th* Btats. nary a June. 6 17-1 Uplands, low middling elaaM, shipped la Janasry ut February, per tall, sKd; Kanh and April, IU-1M. ^ I lit r. a.—Uplands, low middling els use, Msreh end April delivery, * St-SXd; else, * l(-ied I April aad May, * W aid; May and Joes,« Sited. Uplands, low middling elans*, shipped la Janoary and February, per (all, * it- aa. t:0* r. Uplands, low middling elans*, April end Hey delivery, e^d. 4:14 r M—Futures, effarlsgat 1-SXd deiltae from to day's blgbatt prists. Uplands, low mlddltn* oIsum, Marsh sad April delivery, «£d; May end Jaae * 141*0. Naw Yobb, February *.—Hvaalag—Uottoa quiet; tales 1*4 bates, at tsUGiae. Weekly ns; receipts BO*; exports te Great Britain Si,lit, to th* eoatlasat loo; sales SMS; stock SbS, 19a. Nat noaipta 1,1*1. Futaras elsssd strong ; sate* ts,000 bates, M OALVM*oa, February *.—Gotten quiet; middlings lt^o. Weakly net receipts 14,1*7; Mies 4411: ex port* to ureet Brttale MM, te FranM —, to tha ehannal Into, eoattnant 4*41; steak *4,447. Nobxolk, Fsbraery 9.—Uottoa qaist; mid- tilings IS)*. Weekly net reoeipta le,***:rale* *14; stock 40; exports to Greet Britain *74*. WiLHlkUTON, February *.—Oottoa dull— middlings llo. Weekly nat receipts 9400; stock 7074; sates *4; exports to Great Britain INI. Savassas, February 9.—Uottoa firm; mtd- llnga 12)*o. Weekly raeelpts 84*7; leles HoO; export! te Great Britain 11,440; stock 94,994 Naw uslbab*. February 9,-Uoiten Arm aad held blgktr; middlings 190, low middlings —od ordinary 115*0. >y net receipts sa,IS0| exports to Greet Britain 99,907, to the continent 7794, oheauet 947, Franc* 10,047; salsa 97,7M; stuck *99,711. Mosilb, February 9 —Oolton firm; middlings 19o. Weekly act reoeJpta 11,Ml; stock 47,949 ; sites 4700; exports to Greet Hrltrio 4409, con tinent 4118. oheunel 1470. Uuaulmtok, February *. —Oottoa quiet; dddllna U%e. Weekly receipts *474; antes 9900; sxportsto Orest Britain 4148, to th* eoaUaeat 4004; stock 44.IIM. UN1TBO STATM WttKLT COTTON STATMfNT. Upecitl It £ftfuirar-5m.] Naw Yobb, February *, 1877. 187*-’77 1874-’7d Net receipts at ell U ’B ports for tb* week 149,*49 117,094 Total reoelpt* to date 8,984,904 9,l49,<«e Exports for th* week 110,38; um,*74 Total expo is to date. 1,079,771 1,494,904 1.. _ .- —■ — 904,779 197,400 703,000 PBOTinioEa, ■aw York* Naw Yobb. Fsbraery 0.—Flour, a fair trad* doing, mainly for home use, some little export enquiry, pries* without dsolded chsage—sa- berflna Western rad 6tate*4 4004 70: Southern more active—oommon to fair extra ft 74#4 78; good tu choice curs *e wg* to. Wheal rather more steady, little better milling dam*nd,sblp- E rs boiling off—el to for winter red Western, 48 for whit* Wes tern. Uora—new tower, :ht trade tor export end home use—esc ter yellow Southern, *40*70 ter new Western mixed; old e sheds east r, more doing. Get* lest eotlve, without ohaegt Cuffs* quTet—Bio —cargoes l!)g<391c, gold; job lots 17HO990,gold. Huger qulet-suo ter fair to good rafinlngi re fined steady and in fair demand—llHeilUo for standard A, UMOllKo for erulhad, llfft ter granulatadtUo lor powdered. Molasses quiet— -New Orleans 4u&*7o. Bios steady—itiOM for Louisiana; *HO*Ko for Uarollna. Pork da. oldodly lower, more settee—naw mass *10 4)0 IS 70, uninspected (17 00 Lard lower—prims steam (1190. GbMss Arm—lOOUUo for oom mon to prims. Whiskey qatet,(l«7H. leltlmore. Baltimobi, Fsbraery 9.—Oats ’ steady— Southern prim* 49c. Bya at-ady, 70GTIo. Pre visions Arm and quiet. Fork,(17 76G1700. Bacon —shoulders 7Ko, olsar rib aids* loWo. Hams, ttaitHo. Lard—refined llWGlljJa. Coffee dull—job lots 17HG990. Whiskey dull,(t 09. Sugar aotlvs, IlHo. It- Lamia. St. Louis, February 9.—Flour firm—*u- parfine fall (4 ooffit 96, extra do (4 4004 74. Wheat dull—No 1 rod tell (1 40 bid; No 4 do (1 4831 bid. Uorn Inactive—No 1 mixed 3M. Gats quiet—No 9, 48Ho. By# firmer, *7H° bid. Barley dull-No 8 spring 14040. Whiskey steady, (1 ot. Perk Innetlvs, (I* to. Bal* menu in good jobb'ng and small order demand —shoulders 604Ho, olsar rib sides (8 40, olaar ■Idas *4 74. Baoon steady and unchanged— —shoulders 7H«, clear rib Adas 9)40, olsar side* M4o. Lard, nothing doing—11a asked, 10M0 bid. Lire hogs aotlvo-paoklng (4 7800 96. Oattlo firm—steers (6 960640, good, to prime (4 600 419H- Lamlavlll*. LouiaviLLs, Fob. o.—Flour steady—sitrs *6 0004 40; ramily (4 7606 00. Wheal quiet- rod (146, amber (1 60, white (1 4001 M. Uora quiet—No. 1 whits 43 , mixed 4lo. Bya steady, 800. Oats firmer, red not higher—Not,4*0, mixed Western 400. Provisions itronx. Pork firm (17 00017 94. Balk meats la fair demand— MARKET REPORTS. BY TELEGRAPH TO THE ENQUIRER. riNAMCUL. IaOhdox. February INoon. — Oonaola r> ls-ie. I f m—Brin 8y r Paris, February 9*3:30 r. n.—Rentei loer. and loo. Naar Yosc, February 9.—Frontng—Money •aay at per oent. SUrllnjr quiet at 485. Ooul Arm at Oorernmentfl dull and ataady—new 6 t b, 11<>%. State bonda quiet and nominal. nnw YORK STOCK MAEKBT. Sjmcist to the Enquirer-Sun ] Nnw York, kabruary 9.—Stocki aotive but strong, aa followa: New York Central $10114; Erie, 8; Ijake Shore, 63%; Illinola Central 32%; PitUburg 92%: Ohloago h Northwestern 32%, preferred 62%; >k If * *“• UK •ah. 00y,, iiiiuuis central esyu; nvvsuui jo A Northwestern 3'ijj, praferro Book Island, 101. TBS aUB-TKBASURV. Mpeeitl It Ms Enquirtr-Sun. J Balanoss—Gold, (70,401,709; currency, *13,- 497,446. Hub-Treasury paid lutarsst, *36,000— for hoods (34,800. Customs reoelpts (314.000. COTTON. Llvarpoal Cation Circular. Li VBRrooL, February O.-The circular of tha Liverpool cotton Brokers’ Association, lu Its review of tbe week ending last nlgkt.seyi : The market has been eitremely, end with the largo supply offering prices have again declined. Amerioan, with a small demand aud ex cessive supply, hM dsollnod y,i: to 3-l8d. For Sea Island th* Inquiry has been moderate at unchanged rates Futures opened with a large business but oonsldorable desire to sell. At tho olosing on Saturday the decline was fully '/A- Business since hM been smaller and th- market loutewhat fluctuating. Tho latest trxnaaotloui show i decline for tho wook of 4-*2d„ LtvkUPOoL. February 0—Noon—Cotton steady; middling uplands 6%d; middling Ur. leans 813-ied; sates 10,000, Including 1,000 for ■peculation and export. Kxoetpte to-day 14,900—10,000 Amtrloan. Future* 1-lld dsurer: Upland!, low middling olxuso, February de livery, 8 1943d; M>reh and April, 123-S30t% t; April and May, 9H@6 97 33dd; May and June, 8 39-S9d; Jon* and July, 8 81-33d; July and An- guet, 7 l lld. Uplands, low middling elans*, shipped In Foruary and Maroh, per sail, 0.7-330. Sales ter th* vak 40,000—speculation 6,000; Mport 4,000; ftook 840,000, _Amarloan 561,000; ■Idss 0(40. Baoon quiet— h»uld*rs t rib aides OHo: elear sides J"-'- hems easier, 12)40180. Lmr. QllHe. prime xsg 13)4iat8e. Whiskey wt at (106. Bagging steady, 11)4° Chleag*. Special It IA* Enquirer-Sun.] Ouioaco, Fsbraery 9.—Flour ta light dx- mxnd, holders firm—Minnesota extras (6 OoO 7 60. WhMt strong and higher, but unsettled —Not Chicago Spring (1 48; N o 3 do(l 81(4 oath; (I 81(4 Maroh, (144)4for April; No4d >,(130. Uorn unsettled—Non, 41o cult, 4>J4* f r March. 46)4046(40 lor Muy Oats dull und a shad* lower—8&0 0Mb. 86)4o for April. Bya steady, 70(4». Barlay steady at 8l089He- Pork ao- tlv* and lower—(lotto oaah, (16 99H01496 for April. Lard In fair demand, but lower-(lo 87H oash, (10 00 for Maroh, (11 udH 'or April. Bulk meats dull und lower— shoulders 6->io, short rib sides 8(40, short oloar aides 8(40. Whlkey Irreg- U A r |’ternoom 1 °Board—Wheat higher—(1 830 I 32(4 for Maroh, (l 33H for April. Corn higher -tiHo for Maroh, 46(40 In Muy. Gate un- ohangad—36(4o for Ap 11 Pork firmer-(16 060 16 111 tor Maroh, (16 90 ter April. Lard higher -411133(4 bid, (11 00 Mksd Tor March, (11060 II I3H In April. Mew Orleama. Special to the Enquirer-Sun.] N*w Orlsanx, February 9.—Flour In aotlvs demand and higher, low grades eoarp*. Uorn— mixed 680, whit* 660690. Oats dull. Pork dull. *17 76. Lard steady xnd firm—ttero*llH°. keg 12e. Bulk meats lower—shoulders, loos* 6H0«H«. PMked 6(40»«". , rll > clear sides 9o. Bacon null—7(40 for shoulders, 11.140 for dear rib sides. 10)40 for clear aides. Hams, sugar-cured dull and lower, at 1901314* Whiskey qutet, (1 08. Uottes, market quiet hut Arm—Hi \ cargo:! of ordinary to prim*, 18(4m90)4o. Sugar fit fair demand—fair to fancy fair 6)40. Molasses OMter—prims to oholoe 96 . 0870. Kloo In fslr demand—ordinary to ohole* Louisiana 4(40*0. NATAL BTOMEH, Els; Moslm, Ac. New Yon*. Fstraary o.-Taltow more steady, 8(408 3-18o. Rosin steady-83 1002 14 for strained. Turpentine oailsr, at 440. Freights. Nnw Yob*. February 9.-Frelght* to Llv- erpool dull and heavy—eotton, par sail, J4C3 9 32d; per steam %d. Rest Canadian Oatmeal—16 ibs for $1. Pickled aud Spioed Pigs’ Frat. Choice Bssf TongUM at 75 Mute eaoh —for sals by , dec-'l eodtf J. H. Hamilton. Irish Linen, Tabls Linen, Nainsook, Jsoonct, SwiM aud Piqure closing out at fsb7 oodflt J- 8. Jones’. X naw lot ot Silk Handkarahiaf* at SBo, lOo, 50c, 75o and $1. J. 8. Jonel l fab 7 aodSt jisjl . jyu .j”' 1