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CONGRESSIONAL.
Proceeding of the Two Houses Yes
terday.
Washington, December G.—-The Sen
ate is discussing the resolution submit
ted by Withers, of Virginia,, yesterday
calling upon the President to inform
the Senate why troops were stationed
in Petersburg, Y a ., on ejection day
The Louisiana Committee will reach
New Orleans Monday for business
House-Routine. Wallace’s dispatch
to the 1 resident causes no excitement
> and H shout is heard as the people pass
the bulletin board.
House.—The only matter of interest
in the House to-day was the transmis
sion by the 1 resident of a communica
tion made to him by Senator Sherman
and others, and the testimony taken
by them at, New Orleans, in regard to
ihe Presidential election in Louisiana.
The message itself made no suggestion
, : recommendation. The reading of
the communication was demanded on
the Republican side of the House and
resisted by the Democratic side. The
Speaker decided that it must be read
and it was accordingly read.
When the readiug was finished Wood
of New York, rose and expressed his
surprise at such a message hav
ing been sent by the President. He re
garded it as most extraordinary and
unprecedented, but remarked that this
is a marvellous and extraordinary time
The President had had the ex
perience which nearly eight years of
service had given him, and that ex
perieuce of itself should have given him
a knowledge not only of the theory but
of the practice of the Government and
its officers, aud yet the President had
seen proper to send to the House this
unauthorized communication from per
sons clothed with no official position in
the premises. The President, by giv
ing to it his official sanction,
and by transmitting it to the House’
made it one of the records of the Gov
ernment. He (Wood) could conceive
of but one object which the President I
-ould have had in transmitting it, and
that was the incidental one of sug
gesting that the House was clothed
with authority to institute a careful in
quiry into the election of President.
In advance of the regular presentation
of that great subject, the President
told the House, by this proceedure,that
the House is authorized to institute an
inquiry as to the correctness
and integrity of the certificates
of election. The exception which he
(Wood) took to it was that the Presi
dent should have transmitted in such
an unauthorized way an unauthorized
document of a mere partisan and ex
•parte character, and his first impulse
had been made to move that the com
munication be returned to the Presi
dent. If he had followed ttio indigna
tion which rose to his heart when the
document wa3 presented to the House,
he wouJd have made such a proposi
tion, but ite should not now do so. He
shoi’ild simply move that the Presi
dent’s message, with the accompanying
documents, be laid on the table. [Ap
plause.]
Hoar, of Massachusetts,said that his
side of the House desired to have some
debate ou the subject. The motion,
however, was not debatable, and it was
adopted by yeas, 153, nays, 90—a
party vote.
Adjourned.
Correction.—The name of George A.
Bagiev, of Kentucky, was
given as voting on Monday in favor of
the resolution for a select committee to
go South. The third Kepublican who
voted for it was Willard, of Michigan.
In the Senate, Morton moved, in
view of the increased labor imposed on
the Committee on Elections and Privi
iiges by yesterday’s resolution, that
three Senators be added to the com
mittee. Adopted.
Witliers called up the resolution sub
mitted by him yesterday requesting the
President to inform the Senate, if not
incompatible with the public interest,
under what authority and for what
purpose troops of the United States
occupied the city of Petersburg, Ya.,
ou the 7th of November, 1876, the day
of the general election.
Logan, of Illinois, move 1 that it be
referred to the Committee on Military
Affairs.
A lengthy debate followed, during
which Mr. Withers argued that it was
not usual to refer such resolutions.
At the request of Logan, Withers
modified his resolution to read :
“Resolved, That the Prosidept be,
and he is hereby, requested to inform
the Senate, if not incompatible with
the public interest, whether troops of
the United States were stationed at the
city of Petersburg, in the State of Vir
ginia, on the 7th of November, 1876,
the day of the general election ; and
if so, under what authority uud for
what purpose.”
A running debate followed, cov> riug
the whole field of the alleged Southern
■outrages, i'he resolution, as modified,
was ngi'ce.! to without division. The
‘id’s message, with Sherman’s
report, was receive I. Thurman ob
jected ro priming all the matter ac
companying tue message.
Mr. Sherman explained that the com*
tnumcation was prepared in response
to the request of the President—that
certain gentlemen proceed to Louisiana
to witness the canvass of votes before
the Returning Hoard- These gentleman
did meet in New Orleans, and this was
their report to the President. The mo
tion to print was referred to the Com
mittee ou Printing.
FOREIGN NEWS.
London. December 6. —Duke Nicholas,
Comaiander-in-Chicf of the Russian
Army, with his staff, arrived at Kea
cheneff yesterday.
The Cliiuesp E rib assy left Shanghai
for Europe December 2 1.
L >nd n, December 6.-— Gladstone
will p uncinate In the uinference of
ptumiiient Liberals and philanthropists
Friday, ill a object is to irifiience pub
lic opinion against the support of I Hi
ke y.
Three Norwegian vessels have been
wrecked <ff Peterhead since Sunday.
All hands, zl in number, were drowned.
A telegram from Constantinople re
ports a growing disposition on all sides,
particularly Turkey and Russia, to
prevent antagonism breaking out im
mediately. Nicsic and other forts will
be provisioned by the Montenegrins at
the expense of the Turks.
Cremation in Pennsylvania.
Washington, Penn., December 6.—-
The < lemation of the late Baron de
Palm was a success. The remains
gradually shruuk in size and passed
Rway in vapor. At the end of the tlist
hour the bones crumbled. The crema
tion occupied two hours and twent\
mi antes.
Peoria, 111., December 6. —Yell and
Francis’ distillery was burned. Loss
$60,000.
GREAT FIRE.
Destruction of the Brooklyn Theatre
-Immense Loss of Life and Prop-
P ecember 6 —A fire broke
? at night on the stage or the
•m°e k o y ? a
2? w ®. ol bhe rwo Orphans.” Mr
ma U d and i e> L’n Wh °fr Played the part of J acque,
made an effort to calm the excited
and sa| e d a Tt, BtepP . ed t 0 the f °otlights
and atd. There is no trouble here.
There is no fire. Ladies and gentle
S ? Se f 9 V Ma °y resumed
Tifi a ' but onl - v for a few seconds.
ThLtr ameS Spread rapidiy and the
theatre was soon enveloped in dames.
Miss Kate Claxton and Mrs. Farren
showed great self-possession, and re
mained upon the stage till the scenery
at the left was completely licked up
and then rushed out on the stag in
their costume, saving only the dresses
they wore.
The panic became general before the
actors left the stage, aud the audience
rushed for the doors. The women
fainted. The aisles were blocked, and
down and trampled
on. The ushers and police made every
effort to induce the people to retire in
good order, without effect. The heat
was intense, and many fell helpless to
the lioor. Mrs. Farren aud a number
Oi actors .jumped in the auditorium
and took the chances for exit by the
Washington street door. One hundred
lives are believed to have been lost
including Mr. H. S. Murdock, the actor,-
who has not been seen since the fire.
Most of the killed were in the dress
circle, their means of escape being cut
off by the burning stairs.
Dreter’s Hotel was damaged $5 000—
every member of the company losing
clothing, jewelry and costumes; the;
Brooklyn Building Association $10,000;
Shook & Palmer, scenery of the “Two
Otphaus” and valuable property and
costumes ; Kato Claxton, wardrobe ; !
George Butler, several thousand dol
lars worth of furniture and personal
property ; Ida Y r ernou, wardrobe aod
diamonds, valued at SO,OOO to $8 000.
Total loss, $200,000.
New I~ork, December 6.—The loss of
life by the Brooklyn Theatre is ap
palling. Bodies were found this morn
ing in heaps within a few feet of the
door. It is supposed they went down
when the lobbies fell. They are burned
beyond recognition. Eighty-six names
are registered as missimr, among whom
are H. J. Murdock, actor, who, after
endeavoring to calm the crowd last
night, went into Ids dressing room. A
bulletin, dated 11 o’clock, says that
forty-four bodies have been recovered,
aud it is supposed at lea?t one hundred
more remain. It will take all day to
get the remains from the red hot ruins.
It is supposed the dead are those who
were in the dress circle and gallery.
There is intense exeitemeut, and the
courts have adjourned. There is
scarcely any business doing. The Park
Theatre is closed for a week. A meet
ing of the profession is called for
Thursday to concoct measures of re
lief.
Brooklyn, December 6, 1 p. m.—
Ninety-four bodies have been recovered
and others are still visible in layers
four deep. Mr. Burroughs, an actor,
is among the victims.
Later— One hundred and thirty
bodies are removed, and are still find
ing others.
The loss on the buildiug Is $150,000 ;
fixtures, SIO,OOO. Shook & Palmer,
lessees, lose $30,000 ; uninsured.
At four o’clock 195 bodies were re
covered. At the o’clock 245 bodies
were recovered.
New York, December 6—The fearful
extent of the Brooklyn disaster was
not appreciated until day break, when
ir, was discovered that a great number
of the audience had perished while es
caping from the gallery and dress cir
cles. The upper portion of the house
was packed full, although the attend
aaoe in the orchestra stalls was only
moderate. Tbe stairs and lobbies to
the upper floor became quickly choked
up with the terrified crowd, who tram
pled over one another until progress
was impeded. Doubtless many were
suffocated by the smoke, which was
dense.
Within the space of three minutes
from the first appearance of the fire,
the bodies were found in heaps along
the line of the main lobby and gallery
stairs, having fallen through the upper
flooring, which was burned away. The
sight appalled the stoutest hearts.
Charred heads, legs and arms pro
truded in ghastly disorder from amid
a blackened mass of debris. Recogni
tion was impossible, except, perhaps,
in a few cases where remnants of
clothing remain. The holocaust was
mainly confined to the gallery occu
pants—men and boys—although it is
feared that a number of those who
were in the dress circle, or first
tier, have also fallen victims,
When the flames were discovered,
Mr. Murdock acted with coolness and
composure. Ho said that the lire
would soon be extinguished, and then
ascended a small stairway to his dress
ing room, which was at the right of the
stage. His valuable wardrobe was
there, and the impression is that ho
went there to save it, was hemmed in by
the flames, and perished.
Nkw York. December 6. —Up to 8:30
p, m., 285 bodies were taken from the
ruins’ of the Brooklyn theatre. The
work wifi be continued all night. The
streets are still crowded, and excite
ment is giving way to a feeling of in
tense gloom and depression. It is now
feared the number of dead will reach
three hundred What might have
added to the immense loss of life, and
resulted in the killing of more ladies
and gentlemen of the theatre company,
was the panic-stricken movement of
the janitor at the stage door. As soon
as he found out what was going on in
side, he hurriedly locked the stage
door and Kept back the astonished
crowd by refusing admittance or egress.
A party, headed by Mr. Paul Nichol
son however, broke open the door and
pushed him aside. In the excitement
of the moment nobody took auy count
of the number who made their escape
by this means and who would other
wise have been sacrificed. This after
noon a gentlemaD living in Remsen
street came to the station and inquired
for two friends—a Mr. George A.
Grange and a Mr. D. S. Morton, both
of Galveston, Texas. They were stop
ping at the St. Nicholas Hotel in New
York with their families. The gentle
men came over to Brooklyn
to dine with their friend in
Remsen street, and after dinner they
went to the theatre, bought their tick
ets and they went in, but he returned
home Thev have not been heard of
since then, a*nd have not returned to
their hotel. Their families are wild
with grief. Mr. Grange was a million
feire and leaves a wife and a child six
weeks old. No trace of them has been
found.
ELECTION ECHOES.
Tlie Outrages in Louisiana and Florida.
New Orleans, December 6.—The Re
turning Board gives Kellogg, Republi
can elector, 75,135; McEuery, Demo
cratic elector, 70,580; Packard, for Gov
; srnor, 74.G24.
Both the Republican and Democratic
Electoral Colleges will meet to-day.
The latter will have the certificates of
McEnery.de jure Governor.* The Dem
ocrats claim that two of the Republi
can electors are ineligible; Nicholls,
for Governor. 71,198. It is understood
that they return Republicans in the
third, fourth, fifth and sixth districts,
and Democrats in the first and second.
The Returning Board’s statement
shows that they ignored Grant and
East Feliciana parishes, East Baton
Rouge, except six polls, thrown out;
sli polls in West Felicianawere rejected,
eight in Ouachita, six in Morehouse.
Polls were also rejected in DeSoto.B us
sier, Franklin, Claiborne and Calcasieu.
New Orleans, December G —The
Hayes and Wheeler electors, bearing
certificates from Gov. Kellogg, met in
the Senate Chamber, and a unanimous
vote was cast for Hayes aud Wheeler.
The 'iiiden and Hendricks electors,
with certificates signed by Jno. Mc-
Enery as Governor, met in the House
of Representatives aud voted unani
mously for Tildeu and Hendricks.
Washington, December 6. —The fol
lowing is bulletined by the Western
Union Telegraph Company:
Tallahassee, December G.
To President Grant:
Thejcouutis just finished. Hayes’
majority is 930. The Republicans elect
the Governor and both members of
Congress. Ail quiet.
[Signed] Lew Wallace.
We have nothing through regular
channels.
Live Oak. Fla., December G. —The
Democrats have issued an address to
Samuel J. Randall, in wich they de
nounce the counting out of Tilden aud
Hendricks. The adoress gives a full
narative of the manner in which the
work was done.
Oregon.
San Francisco, December 6.—A dis
patch from Portland, Oregon, says ar
gument before the Governor of the
contested Presidential elector case will
not be closed in time to issue certifi
cates before the time for casting the
ballots. It is generally conceded by
the Republicans that the Governor will
not issue certificates to either Watts or
Greene. Intense interest centres in the
action of the Governor.
Washington, December G.—A dis
patch received by Senator John Mitch
ell, from John S. Steel, of Salem, Ore
gon, states that to-day Mr. Cronin, the
Democratic candidate for elector, him
self appointed other Democrats as elec
tors, and they cast the vote of Oregon
for Tilden and Hendricks, and the
Governor and Secretary of State
recognized them, aud irave Cronin the
certified lists of the electoral vote. The
two Republican electors, of whose elec
tion there is no doubt, met aud elected
Mr. Watts to flil his own vacancy, and
cast the vote of Oregon for Hayes and
Wheeler, but the Governor and Secre
tary of State refused to give them the
certificate.
North Carolina.
Raleigh, December 6.—The full elcc>
toral vote was cast. No kind of objec
tion.
The Vermont Postmaster.
Montepelier, December 6.—Aldrich,
the contesting elector, appeared with
counsel before the Electoral College.
He offered his vote for Tilden and Hen
dricks, and tiled his protest against the
vote of Sollace. He appointed himself
to carry his own vote to Washington,
when he will fight it out in Congress.
Alabama.
Montgomery, December G —The
Democratic electors met to-day and
voted for Tilden and Hendricks. L. G.
Mead wa3 elected messenger.
Washington, December 6.—Nearly
alii the States cast their ballots full for
their respective parties.
FROM COLUMBIA.
The Democratic House Secures a
Quorum.
Columbia, December 6. —The Demo
cratic House in session at Carolina Hall
has just sworn in another member,
who deserted the Mackey House,
making sixty-three, being a constitu
tional quorum holding certificates of
the Board of State Canvassers. The
Supreme Court decided the Democratic
House to be the legal House of Repre
sentatives, and will issue a mandamus
compelling the Secretary of State to
turn over the returns for Governor
and Lieutenant-Governor to Speaker
Wallace. The Democrats are jubilant
over these events.
Columbia, December G.—The Demo
cratic electors met at 12 m., aud. after
a long session, cast the vote of the
State for Tilden and Hendricks, and
entered a protest in the mandamus
case against the Secretary of State,
Havne, compelling him not to deliver
the election returns to Speaker Mackey,
as the Supreme Court decided.
The Mackey House passed the bill to
its third reading allowing the Governor
to be sworn in by any officer qualified
to administer the oath. The law now
requires the Chief Justice to perform
that duty.
The Democratic House, in session in
Carolina Hall, after swearing in the
sixty-third member, who deserted the
Mackey House, giving them the consti
tutional quorum, appointed a Commit
tee on Privileges andElections, to which
was referred the legality of the election
in the counties of Edgefield and Lau
rens. Adjourned.
Tho Congressional Committee will
arrive to-morrow morning.
VIRGINIA.
Meeting of the General Assembly—Ob
jection to a Colored Senator.
Richmond, December 6.—The Gener
al Assembly met at noon, with a quo
rum of both Houses. When J. R.
Jones, colored member elect from the
30th Senatorial District, t* fill a vacan
cy, presented himself to be sworn,
objection was made, and an hour’s dis
cussion eneued upon a resolution or
dering an inquiry as to whether any
legal election had been held in that
District, and whether at said election
the free choice of the people was con
trolled by the intervention of the mili
tary forces of the United States, either
in said District or so near thereto as
to influence said free action of said
people. The discussion resulted in the
swearing in of the Senator, also the
adoption of the resolution. The mes
sage of the Governor was then read.
Fire in Sayannah.
Savannah, December 6.—A fire broke
out in Bresnan’s Hotel at 6 o’clock this
evening. The furniture and building
were partially destroyed,
AUGUSTA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7,187 G.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
News and Gossip From the Capital.
Washington, December G.—Nomina
tions : Frank Morey, Appraiser of
Merchandise; Calvin J. Cowles, As
sayer of the Mint at Charlotte, N. C ;
Isaac M. Osborn, Collector of Customs,
Pearl River District; M. F. Bozain, As
sayer or the Mint at New Orleans;
Samuel Weeks, melter ; Powers, Col
lector of the Second Mississippi Dis
trict ; Brewster, Third Texas District;
White, Third Virginia District.
Nothing later from Florida. The
line to Tallahassee has been down, but
Wallace’s message was probably sent
by a special messenger to Monticello,
and thence by telegraph. It is doubt
less authentic. The Democratic caucus
resumed its session two hours this
evening. In the course of a general
interchange of views, several members
express great indignation at the course
pursued by the President, alleging #ie
had interfered with the freedom of elec
tions by sending troops to the Southern
States, and commenting with special
severity upon his conduct to-day
in sending to Congress, in the
guise of an official document, a repiTt
which they denounce as the work of
partisans of his own selection, and for
which alone, if for no other reason,
they argue, he ought to bo impeached."
The caucus took no action on the
suggestions, beyond appointing a com
mittee to report to the adjourned meet
ing to-morrow their recommendations
as to the policy that should be pur
sued. The committee consists of Re
presentatives Hewitt, Payne, Wood,
Holman, Sparks and Warren, and
Speaker Randall.
Sherman, Hale and Garfield have re
turned from New Orleans.
The following is the message which
t.io President sent to Congress to-day :
To the Senate and House oj Representa
tives :
1 have the honor to transmit here
with a letter, accompanied by testimo
ny , addressed to me by Hon. John Sher
man and other distinguished citizens
m regard to the canvass of the vote for
electors iu the State of Louisiana.
. U. S. GrantJ
Executive Mansion, Dec. 0, 1876.
The letter transmitted bv the Presi
dent is as follows :
To the President of the United States :
In pursuance of your request, that
severul of the undersigned should pro
ceed to New Orleans, and there wit
ness the canvass by the Returning
iiuard of the State of Louisiana of the
votes cast iu that State for electors of
President and Vice-President of the
United States, we have performed that
duty, and now most respectfully report.
(Theu follows an immense mass of
mattei of a character which may be
judged from the conclusion.)
If political success shall be attained
by such violent and terrible means as
were resorted to in many parishes of
Louisiana, complaint should not be
made if tne votes thus obtained are
denounced by judicial tribunals and all
honest men as illegal and void.
Signed by John Sherman, of Ohio;
E. W. StoughtoD, or New York: J. H.
Van Allen, of New York; Eugene Hale!
of Maine; J. W. Garfield, of Ohio;
Cortland Parker, ol' New Jersey; W. D.
Kelly, of Pennsylvania; Sidney’ Clark
aud J. C. Wilson, of Kansas.
Arrest of Burglars.
Montgomery, Ala., December 6.—Last
night several bouses in this city were
entered by burglars. Two strangers
were arrested about daylight under
suspicious circumstances.” They gave
their names as King and Bennett. To
day the police found an overcoat in
which was four gold watches. The
overcoat and watches were identified
as belonging to parties in one of the
houses entered last night.
One of the arrested men had on
a splendid stem winder go) watch,
with independent second hanus, made
by Barrand & Sim3, London, number
fourteen hundred and sixty-one. The
watch was evidently stolen before his
arrival here. The t.vo men have beeD
traced from Mobile to this place, and
have been iu New Orleans and Galves
ton lately.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Frank Leslie has an artist in Colum
bia.
An old resident of Columbia is a
postmaster in Australia. It is to be
hoped that he is an Eiector.
The Congaree was frozen over on
Saturday, caused, it is supposed, by
the game of “freeze-out” which is be
ing played in the State House.
The gin-house and stables of Mr.
Richard Singleton were burned to the
ground on Saturday night, at Acton.
No doubt about the fire being the work
of an incendiary.
This is a leading article in the aver
age country papers about this time:
“The month of December, like the
three preceding, derives its name from
the place which it held in the old Ro
man calendar,” &c., &c., &c.
A watchman at the WilmingtOD, Co
lumbia and Augusta Railroad depot
in Columbia, discovered a thief steal
ing wood, and instead of turning the
offender over to a trial justice, gave
him a sound whipping and turned him
loose. The thief then bad the watch
man carried before a trial justiee, and
fined 25 cents and costs, amounting to
$5.25. Agent Craig, however, immedi
ately had the thief arrested on a charge
of stealing some time ago, and he is
now in the hands of the officers.
Mrs. W. R. Cathcart, daughter of
William Kelley, of Charleston, died at
Columbia on Monday afternoon.
Journal of Commerce : Beside the
regular correspondence of the Charles
ton papers and the local press, there
are now in Columbia watching the
course of events and faithfully noting
every change in the political pro
gramme many attaches of other jour
nals. St. Louis, Chicago, Ciucinuati,
Louisville, New Aork, Boston, and In
fact the principal cities in the Union
are represented by their newspaper re
porters. The interest that centres in
Columbia has also attracted the artists
of I rank Leslie’s illustrated paper, and
a correspondent of the London Times
was in attendance at the House during
the proceedings of la3t Saturday.
We are requested by Col. E. C.
Wade, Deputy Collector of Internal
Revenue, to state for the information
of our readers who may be interested,
that betakes the place of Gen. LaFay
ette McLaws, in the collection of In
ternal Revenue taxes in this city and
the counties composing the late First
District of Georgia, and all correspon
dence, remittances,[etc,, should be ad
dressed to him at Savannah.—Savan
nah News.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
PLANS OF THE ARCH-CONSPIRA
TORS laid bare.
General Gordon’s Views of the Radi
cal Conspiracy Against Liberty-
A reporter of the Atlanta Constitu
tion went out last night to Kirkwood at
ten o’clock, and found Senator Gordon
at home. Knowing the deep interest
felt by the people in what is transpir
ing in South Carolina, we give the re
sult of that interview :
RETORT OH GEN. GORDON.
Reporter—General, you are aware of
the intense interest felt in South Caro
lina affairs, and I wish to obtain from
you, for publication, some statement of
1 facts that will give the public a clear
idea of the situation.
Gen. G.—Well, sir, the situation may
be summed up in a few words; yet it
will require many columns of your pa
per to give in detail the facts of inter
est to our people. The situation is
briefly this: The Democrats have hon
estly and peacefully carried the State,
aud the Republicans intend to count
them out if the administration at
Washington will support them in the
fraflfßT and the administration will, I
fear, give the coveted support of
troops even to the disgraceful end of
this melancholy farce, unless the pro
tests of Northern Republicans as well
as Democrats shall be speedily and
formidably made.
li-—Tgu say the Democrats carried
the State. Do you mean that remark
to apply to both State and National
tickets ?
Gen. G.—l do. I mean not only that
such te the result if we could exclude
all the fraudulent votes polled by both
sides, but according to the real vote as
declared by the returns sworn to by
the managers of precincts who counted
the votes as polled.
R. —General, is that opinion support
ed by any facts which you are at liber
ty to give
Gen. G.—Unquestionably. You must
understand there are three classes in
South Carolina who under the statutes
are’empowered to hold the election and
ascertain the result. First, tnere are
what I call the precinct managers at
each polling place, two Republicans and
one democrat who hold the ballot box,
count out the votes, make and certify
the result. Secondly, there are the
county Commissioners Canvassers, two
Republicans and one Democrat in each
county who receive these returns from
precinct managers, add up aggregates
and certify the result of the county
vote, as declared to them by the pre
cinct managers. Third the Board of
State Canvassers who sum up the re
sult of the counties and declare the ag
gregated vote of the State. Now ac
cording to the reports of the second
class—the county Commissioners —the
State has gone for Hampton and a De
mocratic Legislature aud for the Hayes
electors. But by the returns of the
precinct managers who oounted votes
and swore to the returns, the State has
gone for Hampton, a Democratic Le
gislature and the Tilden electors. Tne
county Commissioners have altered the
returns of the precinct managers iu
favor of tho Hayes electors; aud to
force the State Board to correct these
alterations and count the real if ote was
one object we had in going before the
Supreme Court.
Rep.—General, how do you kr ow tho
county commissioners altered the re
turns, and that these alterations would
change the result in favor of the Dem
ocratic electors ?
Gen. G—Because I stood by and saw
the State Board count the returns ac
cording to the precinct managers, and
I noted the variations from county
commissioners’ statements through six
counties. There has been a sufficient
gain—a gain of about 1,600 votes—in
those counties to give the State to Til
den by a handsome majority-Hampton
being elected by one of tbe returns. As
soon as this supple board discovered
that the real returns from precinct
manageis were against them they at
once abandoned that method of count
ing, threw away the calculations and
additions thus far made, and went
back to the county commissioners’ re
turns, which had been so doctored as
to give the State by a small vote to
Hayes.
Rep.—Well, General, is there no way
of getting at these facts and having the
vote as the managers counted it made
known ?
Gen. G.—That is precisely what we
are attempting to do through the Su
preme Court. We seek to get at the
real vote, and if frauds have been com
mitted by either side, the court is the
proper tribunal to ascertain it. If the
whole question is brought before the
court, the facts, as well as the law,
will give us the State for both tickets.
As to illegal voting, we shall be able to
show that large numbers of colored
women voted in men’s clothes, and
boys under age. On the score of
illegal voting, we shall be able to prove
that much greater frauds were perpe
trated by the Republicans than by the
Democrats, and I presume there were
illegal votes on both sides. The ques
tions of law as to the-manner of hold
ing the elections must of necessity give
us a vast advantage; for I believe it Is
literally true that in every case where
the boxes were left unlocked, and the
votes not counted in the manner and
at the time required by law, the Re
publicans have large majorities. What
we want—all we want—is to get to the
bottom facts, and stand upon the real
vote as cast, or the honest vote as
found by a Republican Supreme Court.
This, I maintain, is a proud position
for the Democracy, and whatever may
be action of the administration in over
riding the court, this position of the
Democrats must challenge the respect
of every fair minded man in the whole
country, and satisfy the people that
the Republicans are afraid of trie
truth.
Rep.—What do you mean by the ad
ministration’s overriding the court?
Gen. G.—l mean that there is the
strongest grounds for believing that
the State Board in defying the man
date of the Supreme Court, acted un
der instructions from Washington. The
plan was evidently laid outside of Co
lumbia and the board relied upon a
power superior to the law or the
Supreme Court. It was stated by the
board or their partisans before their
imprisonment that they would be re
leased immediately, and in a telegram
to the North I expressed the belief
that Judge Bond appeared upon the
field at that time for the purpose of
their release. This opinion was ex
pressed days before he acted, and at
the very time when he was asserting
most positively on the streets that he
had no such purpose.
Rep.—You think there was a concert
ed plan of action matured at head
quarters ?
Gen. G. — Yea. I mean It was a con
spiracy set on foot, I will not say where,
and is now in process of execution.
The various steps in it were these; The
Board was to defy the Supreme Court
of the State, go to jail and be released
by the Federal Judge (Bond). They
were to issue certificates of election to
Hayes electors while the case was
pending in Court, and before the facts
could be brought to light; and in or
der to defeat the Court, stop investiga
tions, stifle the truth, and seaure the
State for Hayes, this Board was to
throw out tho two largest Democratic
counties; give the Legislature to the
Republicans, who, when iu power, were
to impeach the Judges who dared to
stand in the way of the consummation
of their villainies. Mark you the stake
played for is the electoral vote and to
enable Congress to count it for Hayes
they must stop investigations, and to
stop investigations they must get rid
of the court; to get rid of the court
they must have Chamberlain and a
Legislature to impeach it, and to get
the Legislature the troops must be
used, and to use tbe troops effectually
they must bo placed under the orders
of the notorious Dennis, the partisan
of Chamberlain, and to give Dennis
success in his role of unblushing in
famy, he must instruct the corporal of
the guard to admit his own parties on
his own pass, and so obstruct by sol
diers all access to the hall of Repre
sentatives, as to prevent the entrance
of Democrats until the House is organ
ized. This is the whole conspiracy in
a nut-shell. It is the most stupendous
wrong ever perpetrated upon any State
or people—far outstrips in the deliber
ate and premeditated purpose of the
overthrow of civil government in a
State the Louisiana outrage, which was
so vigorously denounced by the best
men of the Republican part&
Reporter—l'ou say the electoral
vote is tbe stake played for. Do you
mean that Hampton could be inaugu
rated if the Hayes electors were per
mitted to go to Washington unchal
lenged ?
GeD. G. —That is precisely what 1
mean. Such a proposition was made
to General Hampton before the elec
tion. It has been made to myself
again and again since the election, by
parties who stated that while they had
no authority to pledge the administra
tion, they did not doubt but that their
recommendations would be respected.
So that it has come to this—that the
administration is willing to see inaugu
rated in South Carolina a State gov
ernment which it claims has been de
feated, if the Democrats will withdraw
all contest for electors; or if tbe Dem
ocrats persist in looking into the elec
toral vote, then the administration
threatens to prevent the inauguration
of the rightful State government. It
is not a question of whether Hamp
ton or Chamberlain has been elected,
but whether by setting up the one or
pulling down the other, the administra
tion can coutrol the vote of the State
for Hayes.
Reporter—Then, if I understand you,
this has been one of tho principal ques
tions you had to discuss in South Caro
lina.
Geu. G.—-Not exactly so ; for neither
Gen. Hampton nor the Democrats of
the State have ever thought of making
any such bargin, but it has been sailing
tween breakers to avoid wrecking the
State government on the one hand or
the electoral ticket ou the other. Per
haps a more delicate cr difficult task
than this has never devolved on any
party or people. In addition to this
was the difficulty of avoiding disturb
ance on the one hand, with an unscru
pulous party ever seeking to provoke
it, and the maintenance of the right on
the other from the usurpations of a
party ever ready to destroy it.
Reporter—What, General, is your
opinion as to the result?
Gen. G.—That depends entirely upon
public opinion at the North. It de
pends not upon the number of votes
proven to have been cast for Hampton,
nor for the Hayes or Tilden electors.
It does not depend upon any decisions
of the Supreme Court, except so far as
these may act upou public opinion at
the North. I have some confidence left,
though much shaken in the determi
nation of the northern masses to see
the rightful government inaugurated
at Washington and Columbia; but
tmles we can bring by the investiga
tions in the Supreme Court such facts
to light as will arouse the Indignation
of honest Republicans as well as Demo
crats, and unless these classes of citizens
promptly and vigorously express their
indignation the fruits of this gigantic
conspiracy will be gathered by the con
pirators at Washington. Let me be
distinctly understood. It is not a ques
tion of votes, for these will be thrown
out by partisan boards—it is not a
question of law as interpreted by
courts, for this will be over-ridden by
force—it is not a question of the
method of counting by the two houses
of Congress, for upon the programme
which I am satisfied has been arranged,
the purpose is to couDt in Hayes upon
any method. It is none of these, but
it is simply, solely a question of how
far the Northern people mean to see
this conspiracy go without arresting it,
and how much of a protest they mean
to make against the overthrow of Re
publican government.
Monroe Advertiser ; Years ago (be
fore the war) there were two brothers
living in Monroe county who talked
together concerning the best portion of
the South in which to make money.
One left for Louisiana ; the other was
content to remain in Monroe. The lat
ter has prospered, and has always had
a snug sum of money laid by for hard
times, and although times have been
hard indeed this fund has been kept
safe aud sound. The one who went to
Louisiana desires, after the lapse of
many years, to visit bis old homo aud
friends. But not having prospered he
cannot do so unless his brother sends
him the money. And yet Louisiana is
said to be a more desirable home than
Georgia.
The last Barnesville Gazette chroni
cles the marriages of six young cou
ples. Among others we notice the
marriage of our friend Capt. J. C. Mc-
Micbael, editor of the Gazette, and
Miss A. M. Sandwich, a beautirui and
attractive young lady of Thomaston.
We wish our brother and his fair bride
a long and happy life. He has wisely
concluded not to endure tho miseries
of a bachelor’s life auy longer, aud
thus demonstrates anew his claim to
being a man of good judgment.—Mon
roe Advertiser.
Dr. H. H. Carlton, member elect from
Clarke county, has declined to make
the race for Speaker of the House, and
will use his influence for Hon. A. O.
Bacon. Dr. C. has always made a first
class legislator, and was strongly urged
to contend for the honored prize of
the Speakership. In withdrawing he
has set a worthy example of unselfish
ness for the good of the party and tfle
State. His will commands the resDeet
of all good men, ■„
I HOW IT WILL BE DONE.
THE OFFICIAL GRANT PRO
GRAMME.
Counting Hayes In Long Since Deter
mined Upon—The Whole Plan Early
Perfected in Detail—What Is Relied
Upon to Compel Submission.
[Occasional Cor. Philadelphia Times.]
Washington, December 2.
Sitting in his comfortable back par
lor on Thanksgiving evening, with his
slippered feet absorbing a grateful
warmth from the glowing grate, a
member of the administration said to
me; “Don’t give yourself the least
uneasiness about tho result of this
Presidential business. I assure you
that Hayes is elected, and that he will
be inaugurated. I wish I was as cer
tain of living five yeais longer as I am
of this. There isn’t the least doubt in
my mind. I tell you, I know just what
I’m talking about, and things are go
ing to come out exactly as I say. The
only doubt has been whether we could
get a fair count in the close Southern
States. We have taken measures to
insure that, and nothing the Demo
crats can do will defeat us now.”
“It was a close call for you in South
Carolina,” I said.
“ Y’es. The Democrats played a strong
game there, but you see'they didn’t
hold either bower. We knew the trick
they were preparing, and if we had
been stupid enough to trust them, we
should have been undeceived in time,
for Hampton’s organ in Charleston
gave them away. Several days ago it
boasted that the Tilden electors would
get the certiflcates. A fine game—a
tine game ; but we euchred them, ha !
ha! And the high official seized the
poker and gave the Are a few vigor-
ous thrusts, laughing exultingly all the
time.
“Then you think they had it all set
up to capture the electoral vote,” I
said,
“Not a doubt of it,” replied the offi
cial, restoring the poker to its place
and leaning back in his chair with an
air of evident satisfaction. “The Dem
ocrats in South Carolina professed en
tire acqieseence in the decision of the
State Board of Canvassers, which gave
majorities to the Hayes electors. They
said they didn’t care for the national
contest if they could only get Hampton
inaugurated. I believe they were hon
est in this at first, but the Tild?n emis
saries from New York, who had been
sent out on a hunt for that odd vote,
saw a fine opening. Under cover of
the hullabaloo going on in the news
papers about Florida and Louisiana
they got ready to buy tbe vote of
South Carolina. The native Democrats
down there were a little rirnid at first
about taking a haud in the game. They
feared they would lose the points they
had already secured, but they were
easily persuaded. There was more
trouble with Hampton than with any
one else, I hear. He thought It hardly
honorable to play such a trick, but the
3take was too great for him to hesitate
long.”
THE SOUTH CAROLINA PLAN.
“Were the Republicans going to con
cede to the Democrats the Governor
aud the Legislature, and rest satisfied
with the electoral vote ?”
“Yes ; the Republicans accepted the
result as It appeared on the face of the
returns, and did not intend to go be
hind them to investigate the effect of
t he Hamburg massacre, the negro hunt
in Barnwell and Aiken counties and
the rifle club intimidation in all the up
country districts. But the Democrats
did not keep faith. The performance
of the Supremo Court uncovered the
plot to steal the electoral vote in de
fiance of all pledges.”
“How was it intended that the
scheme should work?” I inquired
wishing to get a full view of the Re
publican side of the question.
“If the Canvassing Board had
obeyed the Court, then the Court
would have directed what precincts
and counties should be counted and
what should be thrown out. The Board
was to have no power to go behind the
returns, as far as the vote of Gover
nor and members of the Legislature
was concerned, but was to be forced to
Bo so on the electoral ticket, and to
make up just such a result as the
Court might order. Well, you know
how this game was blocked. The Til
den men had two strings to their bow
however. They had the other, which
was to get control of the Leglalasure.
If that had worked, all the rest of the
programme would have been easy
enough. To-day Hampton would have
been inaugurated, to-morrow anew
canvassing board would be legislated
iuto office, aud day after to-morrow
tbe Tilden electors would be counted in
and equipped with certificates signed
by Governor Hampton. Where should
we have been then, eh ?
“Eioored, I should sav.”
“Exactly ; but they didn't catch us
napping, you see,”
a'HJ! 09QASI0N FOB TBOOF3.
‘'But didn’t you go a little too far in
posting your troops iu the State
House?”
“Not a bit,” replied the high official,
with great earnestness ot manner.
“They would have carried things with
a high hand if we had not interfered.
Why, do you know that they brought
their rifle clubs into Columbia from all
parts of the State, and even went out
side the State for reinforcements ? A
train-load came from Georgia. Tnere
were ten thousand men assembled in
Columbia on the day the Legislature
met. They all carried revolvers, and
had a quantity of breach-loading rifles
deposited within ten minute*’ walk of
Hie State House. They were officered
aud drilled, aud could have been form
ed into companies and regiments In
half an hour’s time. Any force that
Governor Chamberlain could have
mustered would have been like a hand
ful of chaff in a whirlwind. But they
did not dare to walk over the soldiers
of the United States.”
“What card will the Democrats play
next?” I asked, the whole struggle for
the Presidency Impressing me more
aQd more like a game of cards between
skillful and unscrupulous players.
“None in South Carolina. The last
card will be an effort to buy up the
Returning Board in Louisiana, or to
bribe some Hayes elector to vote for
Tilden. It won’t win, though. We arc
prepared for everything. We have
elected Hayes, and no amount of bluff
or cheating will keep him out the
Presidency.”
votS” y ° U f * Cl 6are of the
iJ oi fectly. I yoo again we know
just whpppwe stand. We shall have
State *^° UDt aDd that WUI give m the
Impressed with the boldness and
conflileucQ of the man, I asked him
SIX DOLLARS A YEAR
whether he thought public sentiment at
the North would sustain the decision
of the Louisiana Board. He replied
that when the facts concerning the
wholesale and systematic intimklatkx
practiced in the bull-doz-el parisbe*
were fully developed the North wouM
be horrified, and the common senti
ment would be that a party that would
resort to such methods to carry an
election ought not to be allowed to reap
success from its owu villainy. I!
spoke with considerable warmth, an J
was so obviously convinced of the ex
istence of a system of organized ter
rorism in Louisiana that I could not
doubt his sincerity. Rising to gc, I
asked one more question:
“Do you apprehend armed resistance
to the inauguration of Haye3, or a
revolutionary demonstration in support
of the claims of Tilden ?”
“No; there are those who do, but I
do not. We shall have law aud justice
on our eide and the power to enforce
them.”
THE ADMINISTRATION VIEW.
Hers the readers of the Tunes have a
glimpse of the administration view of
the situation. I have reasons for be
lieving that all the members of the Ca
binet and all the other prominent gov
ernment officials hold substan
tially tbe same opinions. They btlieva
there was a gigautic conspiracy to steal
the votes of Republican States in the
South by terrorism and fraud; they be
lieve that Hayes on a fair vote would
have carried at least four Southern
States; they believe it right to take all
means that have the color of law to re
cover for Hayes what they think be
longs to him; they have no scruples
about the employment of the military
believing that the Southern situation’
demands sharp and decisive mea
sures; they believe the President
was warranted in employing the
troops in South Carolina, * just as
Governor Chamberlain directed, to
defeat the consummation of what thev
think was a double scheme of fra.nl
and force, ir Democrats had any lin
gering doubts about the course or the
administration In this miserable entan
glement about tne Presidency, their
eyes are opened now by the recent per
formance in Columbia. The President
will strain his constitutional power to
ths utmost to Insure the defeat of
Tilden at all points iu the game. He
will be sustained, too, by all the mem
bers of his Cabinet. Even conserva
tive Mr. Fish justifies the military in
terference with the South Carolina
Legislature, and so does Mr. Morrill
who is much too old to be counted ;is a
Radical, and Taft, too, who in Ohio
used to be thought a sagacious jurist.
Democrats may as well make up their
minds at once that their opponents are
just as much in earnest in this content
as they aie themselves, and will carry
it through to the end without once
showing any weakness springing from
lack of faith in the justice of their
cause.
THE OUTRAGE MILL.
As soon as the result is announce!
in Florida and Louisiana, the Demo
cratic cry of fraud will be met with
the old outrage cry, ten-fold intensi
fied and backed up by abundant testi
mony. For a month ot two the Ke
publican newspapers will be filled with
blood-curdling accounts or the opera
tions of tbe bull-dozers. Not knowing
what to believe, distracted by the con
tradictory affidavits, statements and
newspaper letters tilling the party or
gans on both sides, tbe average citizen
will end by believing whatever would
be of advantage to his own party. Re
publicans will be more and more cou -
vinced that Hayes was fairly elected
and it will be folly for the Democrats
to count on any support from them tor
their projects to resist his inaugura
tion. The “tremendous Constitutional
fight” which Mr. Tilden is reported to
have said he means to carry on in Con
gress this winter will bo met by just as
strong a fight on behalf of Mr. Hayes,
and there will be no desertions from
the Republican ranks. Each part -
ought to give its opponents credit for
being sincere, but unfortunately each
thinks the other side to be unscrupu
lous rascals, and this adds greatly* to
the difficulty of the situation.
what can the democrats do ?
I do not see what recourse will servo
the Democrats iu case the electors give
Hayes 185 votes. In all the expedients
proposed the odds in the chances for
success are heavily against them. It
is like playing a hand at euchre against,
the two bowers. The Republicans will
have the forms of law on their side
and the power to enfore® them. Twov
alternatives only will be open to tbe
Democrats—first to accept the result
under protest, take an appeaL t 0 tho
country and find compensation 'or pre
sent defeat in the assurance of a speedy
success so overwhelming to be un
questionable ; second, tQ give Tilden a
color of authority by an election by the
House and to support him by anew
rebellion. No doubt manv hope a third
alternative will be fouutL namely, that
of farcing the Republicans to yield by
the pressure of public opinion, bur
they are deceiving themselves. Public
opinion will be as divided as it was be
fore the election. Party prejudices
will put spectacles on all eyes, and
every man will see tacts and arguments
through his own partisan glasses. Let
us look the situation squarely iu tb e
face. Hayes will be the next President
and a civil war alone can limit hia au
thority. Nobody wants a war The
game is not worth the candle. Who is
anxious to be shot for Tilden or for
Hayeß L Shirley.
Col. Estell, of the Savannah News is
seriously Ul,
Hon. W. B. Butt, of Buena Vista.
Marlon county, will make a decided
impression on the Legislature as a can
didate for Clerk of the House of Rep
resentatives in December.
Fred Dismuke has made one hun
dred dollars worth of turnips on one
ttfiu a fourth acres of land, ucar Grif
fin, which probably accounts for
Bpeer s typographical error in refer
tbe Prominent candidate for
the Cnited Status Senatorship.
Mr. M. J. Hardwick was married tc
Miss Amanda Conway, at the residence
Mr. Hardwick, Newton county, bv
S. J. Chestnut, J. p., on the 3d inst.
The Albany New* is confident that
the Hon. W. H. Hammond, of
county, will bo made Speaker of
next House of Representatives
I>o ° Ple diSgUStid With
drimfoff r 5^ urnin ß hoard, and are
sJkif Week bfcfore last
ouiue uawson, a woman aged one hun
dred and fifteen years, died at the res
idence of Mr. J. W. Tavlor in Monroe
! eounty.
v Judge John B. Weems, of Macon
| died suddenly at his home in Tatnail
square last Friday.
‘ Haar ford, December 6.—Very Rev
j d *? es Lynch, Vicar-General of tin
• Catholic Diieese, of Hartford, is dead