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iikflihj Censfitiiikmaiisfc ygPySSOIY. . : :.U' i.,V 23 1377. 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.