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FROM ATLANTA.
Retrenchment as a Promise and l’ei- i
formance —Gov. Colquitt and His Co- j
Laborers—Political Gossip—The Con
vention—Business—Marietta and N.
Georarij^Jtoad.
[Correspondence Constitutionalist.)
Atlanta, February 24. j
This city, that during the legislative j
session has been enlivened by the
presence of the people’s represents j
tives, is now remitted for life and ae-1
tivity to her own citizens and the usual j
moiety of occasional visitors. Only a j
few members of the General Assembly
remain, as if loth to resign the charms
of existence here. It is hoped that
those who have ieturned to their pri
vate pursuits will prove as beneficial j
to the State as they were while engag
ed overhauling a most excellent code
of laws under which the people have
enjoyed the blessings of “life, liberty
and prosperity.”
RETRENCHMENT.
The purpose of retrenchment, so
sacredly cherished and clamored for,
has fallen short of accomplishment.
Earnest efforts in this direction were
made, - but proved unavailing because
the expenditures of the government
had already been reduced to a basis of
reasonable economy. This is a great
Commonwealth, embracing immense
and complex interests that must, be
cared for, and the cost of the necessary
service aggregates a sum which ap
pears formidable. Those who ami i
pate large retrenchments under the ad
ministration of Gov. Colquitt are like
ly to be disappointed, since such a re
sult can only be attained by abandon
ing interests which it is his province
aud duty to protect. It should be re
membered that he is not the immediate
successor of a reckless and wasteful
Executive, but of one who is said, by
his friends, to have inaugurated and
enforced all possible restrains in the
government expenditures.
• THE ‘STATE DEPARTMENTS.
The efficient" employes and their
chiefs io the several departments of
State, including the noble Georgian
who honors the Executive Chair, are
working with assiduity iu giving the
finishing strokes to legislation, and it
will be. many days before they will
have reached' the routine of ordinary
business.
POLITICAL, GOSSIP AND PLANNING.
Gossiping on poliiioal topics, State
aud National, assumes a vaiiety of
phases—among which are tho e that
astonish, thiili. sadde i or disgust.
Very little thatfgives hope to a patriot’s
heart greets tne ear. It is rumored
that ui-vciuents are on the tapis,
which involve the abandonment of old
party organizations and the formation
of new political associations ; and tha*
caucusing for this object has been go
iug on in high political circles here.
What prodigy of power or patriotism
is destined t. issue from the. throes of
the period has not transpired, but a
lover of his country who judges new
experiments by the “Commission,”
finds in these reports nothing to rekin
dle hope or dispel the troublous appre
hensions of the times.
MR.. HILL DISCUSSED.
The name of Mr. Hill is on the lips of
the multitude, who are scrutinizing his
conduct with profound iuterest. There
is an undercurrent of opinion which
links him, his motives and his plans,
with those of Mr. Hewitt, and muffled
complainings are uttered against the
great Georgia Senator, who, it is fear
ed, has gone so fai in the interests of
peace as to purchase it at the price his
country’s oppression. Some who were
zealous advocates of hio electiou, be
cause of their faith in his patriotism
and his powers as a statesman, express
the fear that he has fatally erred iu
policy. Th»e apprehensions, however,
are somewhat modified by the hope
that, wtieh the smoke of the prevailing
conflict at the National Capitol shall
have cleared away, and a full expose o
his conduct is made, it will meet the
approbation of bis constituency. Com
ment, in no instance, has assumed the
character of absolute censure, and jus
tice to Mr. Hill forbids that this Should
be the case at present. It is the part
of justice to wait, consider and deter
mine.
THE COMING CONVENTION.
The public discussion of the proba
ble Constitutional Convention, and kin
dred subjects, seems at present to be
“pretermitted;” but the men who pro
pose to lead the people with reference
thereto are neither idle nor speeehle
in private, if rumor is to be credited.
The “ slates ” are being no doubt
piwpared for the campaign, aud tilt
quiet prevailing betokens the approach
of an excitiDg contest. Candidates
who oppose a convention will occupy
the novel attitude of running against
themselves, and as human nature has
a weakness for results that pay, it may
be that their resistance to the call vviil
fall short of the force necessary for its
defeat. It. will be difficult for a ma
jority of this class of candidates to
suppress the desire to represent the :
people in such a convention, and to
'this natural fact the friends "f the 1
measure may look with hope.
A SHORT SESSION.
The penny-wise and pound-foolish
are clamoring already for a short i
session, which means a botched job. |
Some are going so far as to measure I
out to the delegates the brief space of
two weeks as sufficient for the great
work of reforming the Constitution of
an Empire State. There ought to be
no haste in this matter, but every step
should he taken after calm, deliberate
and earnest consideration. To accorn- |
plish the object of the Convention ben
eflcially to Georgia, ninety days would
not be an excessive term—and it is !
better to spend such a period for the
creation of a good Constitution than to
fail in this purpose by hasty action.
aCMSMS OUTLOOK.
While, during the last forty day*,
money baa been more stringent heie
than ever before iu the history of tl •
city, and business has been exceed- 1
rngly dull in the regular c 'niuiercial
circles, merchants aud traders, gen-,
erai.j, declare an improvement iu the •
laet ten days, and express themselves
noperully as to a permanent change
lor the better. The painful dearth of
money is, by some, attributed to the j
prevailing political uncertainty, which j
lias induced prudent men to keep back |
their capital from investment. If this
be true the decision of the muddle,
though unsatisfactory, will revive trade,
secure to the laboring classes employ
*? en *> 811 and restore general prosperity.
Ihe fact that the trade in mules I
has been better this winter than for !
several seasons, and that the farmers !
have generally paid cash for their pur-!
chases, is a favorable indication that |
| l p ere is more money iu the hands of j
|| bo people than "in circulation. If, ou
the other hand, the country must wait
for anew crop before relief is realized,
t here wiil necessarily be a great degree
sufferiag among the poor.
THE MARIETTA AND NORTHEAST RAILROAD.
The Governor has approved the bill
I appropriating the earnings of convict,
labor to this road for four years, aud
iu doing so lias assigned his reasons in
au elaborate and able paper. The
friends of the enterprise and the lib
eral people of the State, who know the
great advantages that will acc u e from
its completion, w illcordially endorse
tiiis action of his Excellency and his
reas ins therefor. Wentworth.
GRANT’S SUNDAY TALK.
lIE GIVES THE COLD SHOULDER
TO THE CARPET-BAG
GOVERNORS.
Washington, February 25.— President
Grant had a talk to-uigbt with Mr.
Gobright, the agent of the Associated
Press, in the course of which he re
marked that but little remained for
him to do previous to the expiration of
I his term on Saturday next, when he
j and his family would leave the Exeou-
I dye Mansion and temporarily sojourn
j with Secretary Fish, as iu April they
j would make a visit to their homo iu
the West. The time for their de
parture for the West Indies and Eu
rope, which they contemplated, was un
certain. The President, when Mr.
Gooright entered his office, was en
gaged in assorting and binding such
papers as he intended to retaiu, whin
fragments of oLiiers were scattered
profusely on the 'flu or. Two ancient
looking ludian medals, one of copper
and the other of silver, seemed to be
valued by him very highly. The silver
one bore the bust of Washington in
relief, aud on the opposite side* was a
representation of clasped hands. This
medal had descended from the days of
Washington to the chief, who, two
years ago, presented it to the Presi
dent as a mark of profound respect,
and iu gratitude for his peace policy,
i The President, in return, presented the
1 chief with a silver medal bearing his
j own likeness. The President remarked
j that he had been for some days exara
j ining his private papers, but was happy
! to say that ho had just completed the
j work, aud now anxiously awaited the
j dose of his administration. He desired
l 7 o have at least one year’s rest or recrea
j tion. In response to a question as tt>
what he would do should no declara
tion be made of a President, he replied
that that vested entirely with Congress,
but he thought that such a declaration
would be reached, as thoso who yester
day sought unnecessarily to postpone
the count met with a very decisive re
buke in tiie House. It would be quite
| proper, however, for Congress to
Ia law amendatory of the act of 1792,
I designating what, per.-on—the presid
ing officer of the Senate, for instance—
shall act as President until anew elec
tion be ordered, in case there should,
owing to factious opposition, be no
declaration of President and Vice-
President based on the electoral count.
Mr. Gobright said : “It has been as
serted, Mr. President, that an arrange
: meat was in progress, by which, in the
j possible contingency 7 above named, you
would resign your office, thus perrnit
| ting the presiding officer of the Seriate
j to fill tiie vacancy thus occasioned.”
The President replied, with a smile :
; “So I hear ; but the only knowledge I
j have of such an arrangement is from
! the newspapers.”
; Mr. Gobright: “Something has been
; said about your ordering more troops
1 to Washington ?”
i The President : “Such is not my
present intention ; but, if they were
needed, I should order them here. I
think, however, that everything will be
peaceful, as there are uo indications of
disturbances in connection with the
Electoral count or the declaration that
may be made.”
Mr. Gobright: “It has been publish
ed that you distinctly said you would
not formally recognize one of the two
| governments in either Louisiana or
! South Carolina. Is this true ?”
j The President : “It is; as I think it
I would be improper for me to fix a
j Southern policy for my successor, aud
j thus embarrass him. If I were to
| recognize the Republican Governors
I they would have to be sustained by
j military force, and I think the-wmire
! people are tired of the military being
I employed to sustain a State govern
ment. If a Republican State goverti
! rnent cannot sustain itself, then it will
i have to give way, and if a remedy i
| required, let Congress, and not the
, President, provide it.”
Mr. Uobtight: “Much urifrieudiy
j comment has been made on the Exeeu
tive order prohibiting a npiitary
i demonstration in Charleston, S. C., on
i Washington’s Birthday. If you have
no objection, it would be interesting to
; learn the reason for the action in the
premises.”
The President: “My proclamation
heretofore issued, commanding ail file- |
gal or unauthorized armed associations
!to disband, is still in force. The men
who were going to parade were noth
ing but armed political bands. They
have never respected the proclamation,
; and only seemingly disbanded. I must
[ say that while I believe the Democratic
| leaders would have done ail that was
possible to prevent an outbreak, yet,
l on an occasion of that kind, men some- l
times indulgo too much in strong
1 drink, aud while under its influence
might so express themselves agaiust
their political opponents as possibly to
provoke retaliation, and thus incite a
riot with serious, if not fatal conse
quences, aud which disturbance might 1
i extend to other localities. Therefore,
i entirely apart from the propriety of
observing the day, it was thought bet
ter that the military demonstration
should be prevented, for the reasons
j stated, ratner than ruu the riskof a
1 riot.”
Mr. Gobright: “I haveseen itstated
that Governor Hayes will arrive here
on I hursday for consultation with hi3
tneads. I thought, perhaps, that you
have some inforformution on the sub
ject.-’
The President: “I have no idea that
he will start for Washington until tire :
result of the Electoral count is <ie- :
dared.
Mr. Gobright: “Mr. President, are
you well acquainted with Governor
Hayes?
The President: “I cannot sav verv
intimately, but I had frequent ecoa-!
slops to see him when lie was a mem- j
bet of Congress, and he called just as
others did.” |
Mr. Gobright: “You have had a nutn
oer of grave public questions before
you during your terms of office, some
ot which, of a diplomatic character,
have been peacefully settled. I hope
that nothing has occurred to occasion
you regret concerning them.”
ihe President: “I am satisfied that!
they wiil bear examination, and there
is but little of anything of which 1
complain, considering that before i j
was elected io the Presidency, I never
had a political training or a desire to
occupy any political position.”
Ihe conversation then turned on the
measures of the administration, both
foreign and domestic, and it seemed to
be a pleasing reflection to the Presi
dent that now, on the eve of his re
tirement from office, the United States
are at peace with all the world, the
Treaty of Washington, by which the
so-called Alabama claims were satis
fied, and the settlement of all disputes
with bpaiu culminating iu an extra
dition treaty with that country, being
the two most prominent features of
diplomacy. The President, however,
thought that the financial policy of the
administration was equally successful.
He expressed some regret that there
would not be time in Congress to act
eu ms recent recoinmendatiqp, which
would facilitate the resumption of
specie payments and bring gold and
currency ou a par. The balance of
trade being so much in our favor, be
thought goid would accumulate in the
hands of the people as money, instead
of being a marketable commodity 7 .
There having been rumors that the
President intended to send a valedic
tory message to Congress, it can be
stated on the authority of the Presi
dent himself that he has no such in
tention.
That tickling in the nose, stop it, be
fore it becomes Catarrh, by Dr. J. H.
McLean’s Celebrated Catarrh Snuff, it
soothes aud allays irritation, it cures
sores in the nose or skin, aud removes
pimples from the face. Trial boxes, 50
cents by mail. Dr. J. H. McLean, 311
Chestnut, hr. Louis.
They Hu> Us From the Ftus
will not join in the denunciations raff
any w 7 ho blame the Democrats in Con
gress for voting for the Commission,.
The thimble-rig jugglery of which the
eight of the Commission mastered
every obstacle in their way was not to
have been foreseen, Our members may I
have been overreached ; but, after all,
it.only spared us from being overawed.
Ferry would have declared Hayes elec
ted. The army would have sustained
him. The South could not have dared
to initiate opposition. The Northern
Democracy would not have moved.
We might have lodged a case under
quo warranto , to consume itself iu
musty murk of the courts. Our Samuel
would have thus played tho role of
■ poor Richard, and jaundice would have
been only on our side of the suit. Gen
tlemen, if they “had us” they had us,
and there’s an end of it. It is much
more comforting to think that they
had us from the first. Let us think so.,
—Huntsville (Ala.) Independent.
How to Sell a Tramp.—A Hartford
newspaper tells how a iady of tiiat
city “plays it” on tramps, through the
agency of the spurious money known
as “advertising greenbacks,’’and which,
to the casual observer, appear genuiue.
The lady, with studied carelessness,
puts a bill of this kind under the mat
at the back door, aud waits tiie ap
proach of the innocents. Up to the
door comes trampy, and his greedy
eyes at once alight on the money. In
a flash it is transferred to his pocket,
and without stopping to knock and
brg, as he intended to do, he hurries j
out of sight, radiant with the joy of I
one who unexpectedly strikes good j
luck. When at a safe distance ho loo! a
at the bill, and as tiie extent ol’ the 1
terrible decepilon dawns upon him, he I
clutches his hair, and with a wild, de
spairing cry of “Sold ! ’ crawls into a
convenient rat-hole to die. He does
not die, however.
An Independent Kentucky Youth.—
j Little Brown, the ten-year old son of
the Hon. John Young Brown, of Ken
i lucky, is a practical and independent
| youth. He went to a matinee at ti e
No-tonal Theatre in Washington the
"< her day and presently beard that the
: < :edei 7 had entered a box with t‘s
. ''‘Hilly. Bound to see all he could, be j
' went »• iiud to the President's box,
uvd it, aud entered, aanouri-’ng,
: imnself as John Young Brown. J, , of
| Kentucky. The President received him
cordially, introduced him to his family, !
1 and littiu Brown saw the rest of the
! performance from the august sanctu-,
; ary of the private box.
A scientific wonder, this new antisep- j
tic remedy for catarrh, cold in the !
head, sores in the nose and throat,!
Dr. J. H. McLean’s Catarrh .Smith It
soothes and heals sores. Trial boxes,
by mail, 50 cents. J. H. McLean’s 314
Chestnut, Bt. Louis, Mo.
The grand jury of Beaufort county |
has raised the price of retail liquor 1
licenses to The giTind jury of l
Richland county bus reduced tho price
of licenses to #IOO. 1
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
The Pole Star of Principle the Only
Safeguard—The South Must Ur„w
More anil Mere Solid—uuvn With
the Trading Traiiors-The Proud
PoaUionof lieorgia-The Results of
the H.ghoidJoiut-Tlie True Point
of Honor— The Duty of the Hour.
iSpoc-ial Correspondence Constitutionalist.]
Washington, Ga. Feb. 24, 1877.
Allow me to say a few words as to :
t!i3 duty of the hour. It is but natural ■
that on hearing the decision of the'
Federal Returning Board, we should '
fall to exclamation aud imprecations.'
but it wid not do to waste time on these ■
The opponents of carpet-bag govern
ment, (for this is the principal issue be
tween political patties), are forced to
organize an opposition on the shortest
notice ever given any party. While or
ganization is in a great measure the
business of leaders, generals alone do
not foi m an army ; and if the peoplo
are to act together, there must be dis
cussionthrough the organs of opinion
In the first place, we of the South
must stand by each other. We are
not only bound to Louisiana aud South
Carolina by every tie of brotherhood
| and misfortune, but. also their cause is
i our cause. Whenever it is uecessary
! 10 cany the elections to Federal offices
by bulldozing Georgia, it will be done;
aud the more the Republicans lose at
the North, the more States must they
bulldoze at the South. Every consid
eration of honor and self-iv -peot. as
| WO N as °* self-defense, binds the South
ern States together.
| The question lias been raised, shall
tli© South try to inako terms with the
; Kadicals, seeing the Democratic party
i *J as not availed to defend us ? In the
; first place, vvliat terms could we make 9
| We could agree to nothing less than
the withdrawal of troops at once and i
forever, and non-interference with the j
i abolition of lietu ruing Boards and'
carpet-bag governments. Now, it is
! very’ evident the Radicals could not
grant these points without destroying
i their party and losing the election in
| 18t>0. I hey would also pass thestrong-
I possible condemnation on their
| means of success in 1877. And finally,
if they desert Packard, Wells el al. ,
they know perfectly wvl! that these
gentry’can avenge themselves by’ re
vealing the secrets of the past cam
paign.
It is doubtless true that they would
like to cheat us into believing that
titey have fair intentions towards us,
but if we were disposed, after the
Electoral Commission frauds, to be
lieve them, it fortunately happens that
in the cases of Packard and Chamber
lain, Hayes must show his hand so
soon there will be no mistaking bis
1 policy.
Mr. Hayes will doubtless try to di
; vide qs, and create a party hero by
i offering office to Southern men. The
I people at. the North have always very
. much overestimated the personal in
!11 uonce of leaders at the South, in re
gard to. Georgia, no one who knows the
j ‘political history of the past twenty
I years can full to see that, no tiian.no
I set of men, carry tho vote of Georgia
;In thcir pocket. The people of Goor
■ {jin do their own thinking, aud are not
I led but. select lenders with whom they
: agree. Nearly every prominent man
jin the State —Toombs aud Stephens
during the war ; Hill and Brown since
—have essayed new departures, but
they had scarcely any effect on the
vote of tjeorgia, And the indepen
dence which characterizes the voters
of Georgia is doubtless a trait of other
Southerners.
If Hayes were not so soon forced to
show his policy, some Southern man
might perhaps persuade himself that,
by taking offieo under him, ho would
secure fair measures towards the
South. In any event, it would turn
out that such a man would only lend
his sauction to tho severe measures
which tho incoming President will
adopt against the S uth. shit whoever
l takes office under.hitn will not only not
create a party, but will at once and for
ever lose bis Influence here. No man
in Georgia certainly, and we suppose
no man in tho Southern States, has
any tolerable personal following that
he could carry over with him to the
Bepublloan ranks. And, as such u
man would carry no weight with him,
lie would bo despisqd by those whom
he disappointed. Ho would have to do
| tho dirtiest work, and would sink to
j the level of the lowest scalawag. Un
. loss some tnun had a party or personal
! supporters, whom he could take with
j him, it would be impossible to cieato a
j party by corruption. There certainly
i t* l-0 *mt offices enough to give awav
one to every voter sought,; and the
! Northern supporters of the President
j will not endure to see a large number
I given away ut the South.
The next question la; What can the
Democratic party do fur tho South ?
They are by no means powerless, since
they hold the Lower iimi-.e and can
atqp supplies. Unless Haves can use
the army, it Is evident in • carpet-bag
governments of South Cutolinn and
Louisiana will fall to pieces, and money
is just as necessary to keep up an army
as rnen,
if the Democratic party fund dies
money to keep the army at the South
it will certainly sign its own death
warrant.
In addition to the control i the
purse,the position of tic Democrats
i carties moral w
The Kadicals wnu helped to form the
; Electoral Commission wanted, not
I merely to commit the Democrats to
: submission, but they wanted moral
sanction of their act*. But they have
acted so that the decivlort of the Elec
j tora! Board has not thesmallest power
over opinion. One prognostication of
those who opposed the Joint Commis
sion has certainly come to pass. Thev
have ruined the reputation of the Su
premo Court, which has been bad ever
since Grant packed it to obtain a par
i tisau decision. No one can have asso
dated with intelligent Europeans, and
especially Englishmen, without being
aware that nothing has Impressed can
-1 did and impartial thinkers so unfavor
ably with the United States Govern
-1 meut as the packing of the Supreme
Court. It had the unqualified con
demnation of English lawyers.
Besides this advantage of ' s hc Dem
ocrats, it is plain that, no one can now
sustain the Republican party and disa
vitl' complicity with carpet-baggers.
\\ hat was supposed to be the better
section has thro.vn itself into the arms
of the corrupt wing. It is now an or
ganization which must attract corrupt
men and repel pure ones.
There is another point. It is cus
tomary where a fair election has been
held, and lost, for the losiug partv to
| pay such personal courtesies and* at
| tenuous to_the successful candidate as
give evidence that they consider them
selves fairly beaten. This is regarded
as the proper course for gentlemen.
I Can Democratic gentlemen call and pay
j their respects to a usurping President
i aud \ ice-President ? It inav bo said
there is nothing on earth to'be ga’ned
| by absence from the White House.
! Such measures might tell where all the
education, money and rclluenieut were
| °*, 1 side of the losers, but the houses
! mt* lo President and Vice-President
will be crowded with those who will cut
! T" 1113 aa much figure as those who will
; stay away, so the President will uot
care a straw. This is certainly true,
; and such a measure as a coercion of
j the Executive would be simply absurd.
{ But it would have effect iu other re
speefs. It would call the a tention of
all impartial foreigners to the fact that
the Union as it is now administered *s
a °J force and fraud. That the
Radicals desire the sauction of opiuion
ts plain, from their complaints about
the ©olid South—aud beside3, how can
men of honor pay respect to a usurper?
finally, there is nothing worse for us
to do than get up a quarrel over the
responsibility for the Electoral Com
mission. Unquestionably its authors
aud advocates were cheated because
they thought better of the Republican
party thau it deserved. Being honor
able themselves, and depending on the
justice of their cause, they wore not
sufficiently suspicious. They were not
mean enough to suspect the villainy of
their opponents.
It has been said some men were
afraid for their bonds. Perhaps they
were. It is certainly true that the man
or party which has reached the point
that it will under no circumstances
light, is utterly worthless, but a hesita
tion to plunge the country iuto war Is
not an unworthy trait. The condition
of Louisiana and South Carolina is as
just a cause to tight for, is Anglo
Saxons ever had. But it la not wise to
precipitate an uncertain contest, and
parties were certainly not very un
equally divided, and "there seemed by
waiting a reasonable chaueo for one
side or the other to strengthen and ex
hibit, without bloodshed, what th i re
sult must be. At any rate, there can
be no doubt that the conversation of
Mr. B. H. Hill with tho Herald reporter
did just as much to discourage heroic
measures, as anything Mr. Hewitt did
or didn’t, aud tho State of Georgia is
regarded as having endorsed Mr. Hill’s
course.
So don’t It t. us go to quarrelling
among ourselves as to the responsi
bility for subjecting us to the infamous
frauds wltieli have victimized us. Let
us organize for the protection of tho
unhappy people of Louisiana and
South Carolina, Argus.
BONN IMA. P H BLOODY KNIFE
X
Governor Hayes Receives It- ft Is
Taken From Donn’s Darts —A Very
Hilly Htteec b and a Shake Hands All
Around.
Cincinnati, February 25, -A special
dispatch from Fremont to the Gazelle
says Governor Hayes arrived there
unexpectedly last evening, and an im
promptu reception was given him. He
was introduced by General Buekluud,
who said:
Friends—l have the pleasure of
introducing our President-elect, as we
believe.
Governor Hayes said:
Friends and Neighbors—Tito manner
in which 1 am introduced makes it
rather easy for me to speak without
much embarrassment, but wo had hot
ter stick to the old title until wlParo
sure or something new. In these time t
of uncertainty we nro often disappoint
ed. Thu good news of to-day Is often
dispelled by tho had nows to-morrow.
During tho few months elude the 7th
of November I have schooled myself so
us uot to be very much down nor very
much up, but to try to keep as near
tho oven line as possible. This kindly
meeting this evening I do not take so
much as honoring mo as a congiatula
tiou upon the manner iu which the
strange and peculiar question is
now being settled. No other coun
try in the world could have en
dured such a struggle without
suffering lasting calamities. In the
event of remaining among you for
tho next two or three yoais I will at
tend Lite next Pioneer meeting, and
bt lug a bundle of letters aud notes,
many of which I am constantly receiv
ing, such as curiously-drawn sketches
of knives, daggers aud revolvers.
But I have not lost much sleep from
any of them yet. Guo of the most !
amusing was received this week. It !
was a knife about two feet long, one j
edge bucked like a saw, probably for
sawipg the bone; the other side for J
cutting thu flesh. This was wrapped
In several thicknesses of paper, aud lu- j
side was a note, as follows:
‘'This is the knife which tho editor of
the Capital was to assassinate you with
a« you went from the White House to
the Capitol. It was Taken from his
pant’s leg while he was asleep.”
Well, friends, I think I have talked
long enough. As lam In the business
of shaking hands, I would say that I
urn enjoying excellent physical health,
arid if any of you wish to shako hands
1 will be glad to do so.
Those present then congratulated
the Governor, and the assemblage dis
persed.
Nothing in the Quaker city has re
ceived more unlimited or woil-merii< and
praise from its guests than the Colon
nade Hotel, Philadelphia, for liberal
management aud excellent courtesy.
feb2B lw
1 »♦ - ——
The people of Laurens are coming
up handsomely In the matter of taxes,
#•>00 having been paid, in since the last
return of #1,700.
WHAT GOV. HENDKICKS HAYS.
An Interview With the Indiana Gov
ernor—What He Thinks of the Fu
ture of Gov. Hayes as President—
The Democratic Partv Growing
Stronger.
(By Telegraph to the Herald.)
Indianapolis, February 24 1877 \
Herald correspondent called upon Gov.
Hendricks at his residence, this after
noon, for the purpose of obtaining bis
on the residential situation.
Iho Governor, when informed or the
h e A f vUUol ’ a “is.-i >n. stated
that ho had been contined to the house
for over a week by illness, growing out
of a severe cold, and was not able to
hold a consultation upon politics,
owing to his indisposition. Ho had uot
given the proceeding© iu Cotuaess
much attention during tho past row
days Ho would wish to prepare with
pteat care any express-i hi or opinion
1 O ' b ° m the Herald
, r /" U h,, »- As he was un
fnrmnV do this now ho must decline a
formal interview. The correeptm ; ut
with the persistency characteristic of
the Guild, managed, by waiving core
tnony, to draw' the Governor into a
chat, upon general topics, and so led up
to the subject in hand, during which
Mr. Heudrlcks gave the off-hand ex
pressions or opiuiou which occur iu the
following report of a substance of, the
interview:
Correspondent—l suppose, Gover
nor, you have rt ad the afternoon dis
patches from Washington ?
Governor Hendricks—No ; but I sup
pose they will eontiuuo to count us out.
won’t they ?
Correspondent—The latest dispatch
states that Congress received the re
port of tho Commissioners on the Ore
gon case, and the two Houses sepa
rated for discussion. I suppose, now
that Oregon has been declared for
Hayes, there is nothing more to hope
Governor Hendricks—No, thero is
nothing more for Hie Commission to
pass upon.
Correspondent-Then, 1 suppose,
like the rest of us, you give it up as a
defeat? 1
Governor Hendi ieks (hesitatingly and
in a thoughtful manner) -For the pres
ent, yes.
Correspondent—Do you think the
llouso is bound to abide by tho divis
ion of the Commission?
Governor Hendricks -Only bv hav
ing voted for the law. The Ilo;a>
could, if it chose, place the whole mat
ter as It was before tho creation of the
Commission.
Correspondent—Tho Democrats are ■
greatly Incensed over wlmt they doom
the strictly partisan rulings of tho
Commission.
Hendricks (very decidedly}
The Commission having gone accord
ing to law, tho result will be the elto
tion of Hayes. I do not, think that
they acted according to tho spirit of
i ( be law. Tho’r decision will not be
! satisfactory to the country, and the
| longer this people think upon it, the
I more it will be condemned.
; Correspondent —Many Domic tats me
' now abusing their Congressmen and,
i saying they were imbeciles tor voting
: for the Commission,
j Governor Hendricks -V< s; but it Is
i because they don’t comprehend the
| difficulties which would have arisen
i had the question not been so divided,
' The Renata would have ohvtuii Hayes,
! and the House would have utectod *Til-
I den, both would have bei n icaugu
, rated. Haves would have had the sup
| port of the army, the office-holders
aud the other resources of the Govern
ment, leaving Tildcu nothing to light
with, had a light been deemed advisa
ble.
Correspondent—l hear a great deal
of talk utnoug Democrats about not
voting again.
Governor Hendricks—That is the
first result, of course, of disappoint
ment. They all come around again.
Tho Democrats have been gaining very
rapidly of late years ; when l was elec
ted by about 1,100 majority four yearn
I ago f was the only Democrat elected
Nortli of the line. This year we car
ried the State by about, 6,000, and the
country by an increased popular ma
jority. The popular expression you
speak of shows that the action of "the
Commission is universally condemned,
and it will react destructively upon the
Republican party.
Correspondent—Morton has worke
hard for this triumph.
Governor Hendricks—Yea; Morton
thinks success la everything; hut this
last effort will only result in his defeat
two years from now. He is a man of
wonderful vigor, and despite Ids afflic
tion can do more work than nil of
them; but after all his career has not
been as successful as tlti.se or lit* oon
frerex. Cameron could always hold
Pennsylvania and Logan Illinois, ami
] Ohio bus generally been held for the
! Republicans, but we have taken Indi
■ at. o.i away from Morton again and
He will be defeate<l again two
ly au ft' trt now. The middle of oar
adtn ! i.teti>ii ion is always its weakest
period. The offices will have been par
celled out by that lime, and where one
expectant is satisfied live will bu disap-
: pointed. Hayes will hot be able to set
aslile the claims of Morton, Chandler,
Cameron and the rest of that junta,
| and therefore will nave to retain a ma
j jority of the present, office-holder*,
j This, of course, will produce wide die
[ satisfaction within the party ranks.
Correspondent.—Wlmt do you think
of the pacific polios it. is reported that
Hayes will adopt toward the South ?
Governor Hendricks—The statement
that llayes will recognis ■ the Xichi lls
government in Louisiana is absurd.
He could not do it without stultifying
tho methods to which ho owes hi*
place. To recognize Nicholls would bd
to say that Packard was not elected by
the votes In Louisiana, and yet he him
self (Llayes) was.
At this point Mrs. Hendricks entered
and in a pleasant manner asked the
correspondent “Why are you botheting
the Governor ? I believe Governor Til
den says nothing.” Mr. Headricks evi
dently accepted this as a conjugal hint,
aud brought the conversation to a
close. ,
The total number of deaths in Co
lumbia, for the week ending Monday,
was three—one white and two colored.