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('ONGUKSSIOXAL
•SEX ATE.
Washington, Dec. 11.—The Senate
passed House bill appropriating s2l,*
000 to defray the expenses of Special
Committees of the House to investi
gate the recent elections in South
Carolina, Louisiana and Florida,
with an amendment appropriating
150,000 to defray the expenses of the
Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions in ranking the investigation au
thorized by the resolution of Mr. Ed
munds.
The committee on elections and
Privileges of the Senate agree and to
take up the Oregon investigation as
proposed in Senator Mitchell’s reso
lution. The investigation has been
referred to a sub-committee, consist
ing of Senators Morton, Logan and
Kernan. Oov. Grover and the Sec
retary of State of Oregon will be
summoned.
The programme telegraphed on
Saturday in all other respects is
adopted.
The Committees for Florida, South
Carolina and Louisiana leave for the
scene of their labors ty-day.
The Judiciary Committee of the
House considered the Representa
tive from Colorado this morning, and
will take action to-morrow.
Bogy desired to present, for the
purpose of having it printed, the re
port of the five Democrats invited by
the Returning Board of Louisiana
to be present at. the canvass of votes.
Hamlin asked if it was addressed
to the Senate.
Bogy replied no, nor was the report
of the other committee.
Mr. Edmunds said if Bogy turned
the paper into a petition it would be
proper to print.
Bogy*Baid he would have the paper
read aspartof his speech. He finally
decided to present it in the form of a
petition to-morrow. It covers 8,000
words.
The chairmen of sub-committees
of Privileges and Elections were em
powered to administer oaths.
Boutweil was excused from serving
on the committee.
The petition of Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston and Gen. M. L. Bonham
was presented for the removal of
political disabilities.
The Senate then resumed consider
ation of the unfinished business, be
ing the joint resolution of Mr. Ed
munds proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of the United States
so as to have the Electoral vote
for President and Vice President
counted by the Supreme Court; and
the amendment of the Judiciary
Committee authorizing the Electors
to vote viva voce instead of by ballot,
was agreed to.
Mr. Morton opposed the clause
providing the court shall, in the dis
charge of the duty, disregard errors
of form and be governed by the sub
stantial right of the matter. He ar
gued that this clause would give to
the Supreme Court a boundless ju
risdiction. It would authorize that
body to do almost anything—per
haps to go and count the votes in the
State of Vermont. Such a jurisdic
tion should not be conferred upon
any tribunal, as it was dangerous.
Mr. Edmunds said the object of the
clause was not to authorize the court
to exercise boundless jurisdiction or
go anywhere to count the votes of
citizens, but it was to authorize the
court to do exactly what all courts
do in matters which they are called
upon to try, and that was to disre
gard forms and decide the substan
tial right of the matter.
He then explained at length the
provisions of the joint resolution pro
posing the amendment to the Consti
tution, and said it was a device, as
some of the newspapers had inti
mated to swap horses in crossing a
stream. It was introduced by him in
the Senate on the 22d of March last,
almost a year ago, and reported
favorably by the Judiciary Commit
tee, with amendments, on the 12th
of May following, before either of
the Presidential candidates were
nominated. He then referred to the
proceedings of the convention which
framed the Constitution, and said he
bad been unable to find anything in
the debates of the convention which
threw light upon the clause of the
Constitution in regard to the count
of the Electoral vote in the presence
of the two Houses of Congress.
The extent of the power of the pre
siding officer as to the Court, was not
defined.
In referring to the last section of
the proposed amendment, making it
applicable to the present contest if
it should be ratified in time, Mr.
Edmunds said he did not share in
what was suid by parties who should
not have made use of such expres
sions, that there was danger of any
civil convulsion by force. There
would not be such troubles, unless it
was forced by the men who cure more
for what they can make out of war
than they did for the peace of their
country. If the two houses of Con
gress did not agree in regard to the
last election, It did not follow that
the wise men and patriotic men
would think they must fall back on
their muskets. He did not think the
good sense of the nation, with its
love for law, was going to allow any
dispute as to which of the two men
voted for last November should ap
point postmasters and sign commis
sions during the next four years.
There would be found somewhere in
the Constitution a way to settle It
PMoefully.
No action.
Ogleby appointed on committee of
Privileges and Elections, vice Bout
well.
Adjourned.
HOI HE.
In the House, the first business
was the call of the States. Atten
dance thin.
Among the bills introduced and re
ferred was the following:
By Darrall, of Louisiana, author
izing the State of Louisiana to close
the mouth of bayou Lafaurche where
it opens into the Mississippi.
Also, to apply the proceeds of sales
of public lands to the education of
the people.
Banniug, of Ohio, moved to sus
pend the rules and adopt a resolution
reciting the eulogism passed on J.
Madisop Wells, of the Louisiana
Returning Board, on Senator Sher
man's report to the President, and
calling on the President for copies
from the War Department of all re
ports, orders or correspondence con
nected with General Sheridan’s re
moval of Wells from the Governor
ship of Louisiana in 1867.
The motion was defeated—Hi to 80
—not the necessary two-thirds.
Mae Deugal offered a resolution for
the appointment of select commit
tee’s on election frauds, as follows:
Committee’s of nine for New York,
Brooklyn and Jersey City; five for
Virginia—the Second and Fourth
Congressional Districts; nine for
Mississippi; five for Philadelphia;
and three for Alabama. Negatived—
yeas 124 nays 88 -not the necessary
two-thirds.
Cox then offered a resolution for a
select committee on fraudulent regis
tration and fraudulent voting in the
cities of New York, Philadelphia,
Brooklyn and Jersey City—adjourn
ed.
On motion of Goode, of Virginia,
the Judiciary Committee were in
structed to inquire and report on the
legality of the circular letter issued
by the Attorney General during the
late Presidential campaign to the
United States Marshals, in relation
to their duties on such election.
A resolution offered by Spencer, of
Louisiana, for inquiry into intimida
tion practiced on Government em
ployees during the late election to
compel them to contribute election
funds, was defeated for want of two
thirds.
Democratic t'aiiruN.
Washington, Dec. 12.—The Demo
crats of both liojses had a caucus
session this evening. Nothing is
known of its proceedings beyond its
pledge .to secrecy. The Democratic
Senatorial caucus, after discussing
the situation, appointed Thurman,
Bogy, Boyard, Kernan and Eaton a
committee to confer with a commit
tee for adjusting only difficulties re
garding counting the Electoral votes.
The House Democratic caucus to
day, after a very animated discussion,
agreed on the motion of Hunton to
instruct the Judiciary Committee to
report what course j.he House should
pursue regarding the counting of
Electoral votes, and what legal pow
ers the House and Senate respective
ly possess on the subject.
Some excited speeches were made,
bat the general determination was to
take no other action until the receipt
of reports of Southern investigating
committees.
French Politic*.
London, Dec. 11.—The Paris corres
pondentof the Times says the minis
terial crisis beginning seriously to
affect trade.
Up to midnight Sunday, the Left
.have refused to let M. Dufaure have
a portfolio. The difficulties do not
appear to have been cleared away by
Drefaur’s conference w.ith Simon.
There is a chance of a list appearing
in Monday’s official journal.
Paris, Dec. 11.—The interview be
tween Dufauve, President of the Min
isterial Council, and Jules Simon,
which was held on Saturday last, and
at which M. Simon was offered the
portfolio of the Interior, has proved
abortive. The Journal lie* Debate
says Dufauve has now abandoned
further efforts to reorganize the Cab
inet, and insists upon resigning
definitely.
Chandler’s Telewram* Demanded.
Washington, Dec. 11.—It is stated
the Congressional Committee has de
manded the telegrams sent by Secre
tary Chandler, also those sent by
Mr. Wm. E. Chandler, who has been
to Florida during the canvass.
COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1870.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
A qIIET MUMBAI.
Rrporlrd l.ynrhlnir ot Negro Murderer*
Colombia, Dec. 10.—Everything was
remarkably quiet to-day. The Con
gressional Committee attended the
various churches. There Is nothing
I to Indicate the slightest ruffle.
The Democrats nre hopeful and
confident of justice.
Columbia, Dec. 11.—It is reported
that ten negroes, who wounded one
w bite a nd killed anot her, at Lowndes
▼ille, were takeu from the Sheriff’s
posse and lynched by Georgians.
! Charleston, Dec. 11.—Sixteen ne
groes were arrested in Abbeville oouu
| ty, Charged with the murder of two
: white men, whom they umbushed
and shot, near Lowndesville, on
Monday. Six of the negroes made
a full confession, implicating
j their fellow prisoners, and divulging
a plot for the murder for the white
men of the village and capture of
! the women. Twenty of them were
; in the conspiracy, und they had be
gun the butchery by slaughtering
j the two white men. Of the sixteen
arrested, thirteen were started from
Lowndesville to Anderson, the in
tention being to send them from
Anderson to Abbeville by railroad.
This round-about course was
adopted to avoid being lynched
by men who were said to be on the
direct load from Lowndesville to Ab
beville. The prisoners started for
Anderson on Saturday, under a strong
guard, but up to evening have not
been heard from. It is rumored that
they have been intercepted and
lynched by a party from Georgia; but
no confirmation of the report has yet
reached Charleston. Two of the pris
oners had been hurt when captured,
and the party may have stopped on
the road to ease the wounded, and
especially as the weather hns been so
cold.
LATER.
Columbia, Dec. 11.—Positive infor
mation lias been received here that
the Lowndesville murderers were not
lynched. They have been removed
to Walhalla, O’Conner county, a9 a
precaution against violence.
Investigations discloses that the
plot to murder the whites indiscrimi
nately was so horrible as to arouse
the excitement among the whites to
the extent of threatening summary
punishment. The precaution taken
avoided this, aud everything is cow
quiet.
One of the captured murderers
took laudanum and died from the ef
fects. A jury in ilia case reudered a
verdict unanimously : “We the jurors
upon our oaths do say that, Samuel
Bouton came to his death from
the voluntary use of laudanum,
taken by himself, and received by
him from the hands of his brother.”
The prisoners are now all safe in
Walhalla jail.
JUDGE BOND REI.EASF.B THE CANVASSING
BOARD.
Columbia, Dec. 11.—Judge Bond
has delivered his decision discharg
iug the board of Btate canvassers on
the ground that the Supreme Court
of the State had no jurisdiction.
A confiscation. Case.
Washington, December 11.—Tho
Supreme Court to-day decided Wind
sor vs. McVeigh and Gregory vs. Mc-
Veigh, error to the Corporations
Court of Alexandria, Va. These
were actions by McVeigh to recover
property which had been confiscated.
The court below held that McVeigh
had no notice of" the confiscation
proceedings, and judgment was for
him. That judgment is here affirm
ed, the Court holding that the juris
diction acquired *by the seizure in
such cases is not to pass upon the
question of forfeiture absolutely, but
pass upon that question after oppor
tunity has been afforded to the owner
and parties interested to appear and
be heard upon the charges against
them. Some notification beyond that
arising from the seizure is essential,
prescribing a time within which ap
pearance must be made, and not
having been given in that case by
the usual modes, the decree of con
demnation is held to be affirmed.
Mllp WK.
Norfolk, Dec. 11.—The Tobigu,
ashore at Lambert’s Point, floated
last night, by the assistance of tugs.
The body of Capt. Berg B. Gandy,
of the schooner Dreadnaught, from
May. was found last night float
ing in the harbor here; supposed to
be an accident.
New York, Dee. 11. -Schooner Har
ry Elliott. Thomson, has been wreck
ed on Long Island shore. The cap
tain, wife, child and mate drowned.
The remainder of the crew are safe;
vessel almost a total wreck.
Schooner Fanny Blivenport, Jeffer
son, capsized on Jones’ Inlet bar.
Two of the crew drowned. Capt.
Seth Robbins rescued but lies in a
precarious condition. The vessel is
a total wreck ; value $25,000.
Over 30 vessels reported ashore yes
terday near j3andy Hook. Several
hauled off yesterday.
The Weather To-Day.
Washington, Dec. 11.—For South
Atlantic States, warm, southerly to
westerly winds, with slight changes
in barometer, and partly cloudy
weather.
From ttin Atlanta Couititutiou.]
HOW IIKOWX VIEWS IT.
THE ASTOUNDING FRAUDS COMMITTED BY
THE RADICALS IN FLORIDA—HE THINKS
THE GOVERNOR OF OREGON, WHETHER
HE ACTED LAWFULLY OR NOT, HAS FI- J
NALLY SETTLED THE QUESTION.
Ex-Governor Brown returned to
the city Friday morning and was all
day in his room, busy about private
matters, and we could not uut.il yes
terday see him and talk about what
had been done in Florida, where he
has been for three weeks aiding the
Democrats to get a fair count. We
found him at home yesterduy, look- j
Ing better t han we expected. He!
says he has suffered very much with
an attack of pneumonia, that atone
time made him quite uneasy, but he
1 is now almost entirely recovered.
Wo asked him about things in Flor-
I ida. He replied : “Things have been
f very fully reported about proceedings
there, but I am willing to give any
additional information in my power.”
Reporter—What is your candid
opinion of the votes in the State on
the 7th of November, and the result
announced by the board?
Gov. Brown—There can be no pos
sible doubt but that the vote of the
State was for Tilden and Hendricks
Gov. Drew’s majority was larger than
Tilden's. Take the returns as much
by itio county canvassers with all the
frauds, and it gave Tilden a majority
of 120, and Drew over 800. I have no
doubt but if there had been a fair
poll and proper return by the county
fjoards, their majorities would have
I been larger. It was necessary for
the State Board to overcome these
majorities, and they did so in a very
I bungling manner; but plainly shows
j their infamous conduct. It is cer
tainly the boldest piece of fraud ever
perpetrated. The truth is it will not
■ stand the test of Investigation by any
fair minded man, I care not what
! party he belongs to.
j Reporter—Was there no way to
j prevent this?
Oov. Brown—None at all. Every
thing was done that could be, and we
have accumulated a mass of testimo
ny that will convince any one when
it is published. This is all that could
be done. The Democrats have labor
ed under very great disadvantage all
the time. Every officer in the State,
except members of the Legislature,
from the Judges down to constables,
are appointees of the Governor. All
the precinct managers and persons
who had control of the election were
appointed by Gov. Stearns, and in
the first instance they did everything
to make the vote as large as possible
for the Republicans nnd as small as
possible for the Democrats; and when
they found that they were" still de
feated, they were ready with every
cunning device to suppress the
truth when it cut against them,
and were open and bold, even resort-,
ing to perjury and bribery, to estab
lish their claim to a majority. In
Mauatee county the entire vote was
thrown out because persons voted
who bad not registered, when it was
cjearly shown they were entitled to
vote. In Alachua county, at Archer
Point, they wore detected in the
grossest frauds in trying to sustain
the 212 fraudulent votes; but, this
board did not hesitate to count out
the one nor to count in the other,
and they kept throwing out counties
and votes until they got enough, not
only to elect the Hayes Electors,
but, all the other officers who were
voted for on the 7th November. And
it must be convincing proof of fraud
to even tiie Republicans, that having
everything in their own hands, with
nothing left to the Democrats but to
vote, tiiat this board should find, or
pretend to find, that only the Dem
ocrats had acted so as to lose their
majorities. In not a single county
was a vote lost to the Republicans,
but whole counties that gave Demo
cratic majorities were tiirown out by
this board. The gross frauds perpe
trated by all the men who had charge
of the returns was done to keep in
their Governor, as much as anything
else, because they knew if Drew
was elected they would lose their
places.
Reporter—What did the military
do there?
Gov. Brown—They were user! by
the Republicans whenever they
wanted them. A company was sent
to Archer precinct with a State offi
cer, to get up affidavits to sustain the
219 votes. When they got there the
man who had been sent, called all
the negroes in the neighborhood to
gether, and I am informed circulated
the report that ail the negroes who
had voted the Democratic ticket
were to be arrested by the military
and carried to the chain-gang. This
was done to keep any of them from
saying they had voted the Demo
cratic ticket. He brought back a
number of affidavits signed by ne
groes with their mark—but not
enough even then to show 219. One
affidavit stated that be voted and
fifty others voted for Hayes; these
were ail taken by the board as con
clusive evidence. One company,
under Capt. Mills, who is well know n
here, was sent to Jackson county,
and ordered to report to some low
down fellow there that had nothing
whatever to do with the army, whose
business it was to get up evidence
about intimidation. When Captain
Mills returned to Tallahassee he was
much disgusted at the work he had
assigned him, and complained about
the manner in which the person had
performed his work. We wanted the
board to let Capt. Mills come before
them and testify about it, but they
refused to hear him, yet took the
affidavits brought by the person who
had been sent to get them up.
Reporter—WAS there anything that
indicated that Gov. Stearns knew of
their frauds?
Gov. Brown—He knew oil about
them. Housed his power whenever
it was necessary to carry them out.
Whenever a man would not certify to
suit him, he would remove him and
appoint another.
Reporter—How about the telegraph
wires, who cut them?
Gov. Brown —Well, they were cut
several times, whenever they wanted
! to keep outside news from coming
in, or anything from going out, the
wires were cut. This was the work
of the Republicans. The raorniDg
they sent off the dispatch about the
j result of the board, they sent the re
sult over the wires, and immediately
the wires were cut. During the day
i they fixed them up again, and sent, a
i few more dispatches, and then cut
them again.
Reporter—Who is there that will
; aid the Congressional committee in
their investigation?
Gov. Brown —Attorney General
Cooke, Mr. Pasco, Judge Hilton, Mr. |
Raney and Mr. Call, of Jacksonville, j
are there and they are good men, und j
will aid them iu getting up all the)
additional evidence. These gentle
men have the evidence wo accumu-1
luted, which will all be laid before)
the committee.
Reporter— Where wore you when
you heard froni-Oregon?
Gov. Brown—Wo were at Live Oak
on our way home. Several Republi
cans and Domocratis were on the
train. Mr. Marble received the dis
patch, and it made tho Republicans
gloomy. They had been talking a
great deal about a prima facie case,
and It would be hard to overcome it,
which is true.
Reporter—What do you think of
the Oregon matter?
Gov. Brown—l think it settles the
Presidential question. I have not ex
amined The law to see if the Governor
of that State has compiled with it;
but even if he hns not, there is no
way to get around his certificates,
without providing a precedent for
the Detnocrais to go behind the cer
tificates in South Carolina, Florida
and Louisiana.
Just here some friends called to see
the Governor, and we were compelled
to leave him, or we would have
pumped more out of him on the Ore
gon case. We were satisfied, though,
that he is certain of Tilden’s inaugu
ration.
THE PRESIDENTIAL DI DDLE
nitdrully or Electing My the House.
special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.J
Washington, Dec. B.—There is t bis
danger if the two Houses count the
Electoral vote recognizing the Joint
Rules to be in force. The House
would of course object to tbe South
ern States stolen for Hayes. Next,
the Senate would object to Missis
sippi, Arkansas, Alabama and other
States on pretexts which can easily
he conjured from the fecundity of
Radical imagination. If the result
should throw tho election into the
House, t he Republicans could check
mate tbe Democrats in two ways.
First, by filibustering until after the
4th of March, thus robbing the
House of its constitutional preroga
tive. Second, by absenting them
selves from the count. The Consti
tution explicitly provides tiiat tho
counting of the Electoral vote shall
be done in the presence of the Senate
and Houso ot Representatives. If
tlio Senate will not. attend in tbe hall
of the House, and if the House will
not attend in the Semite Chamber,
it is very evident that - the
vote can not be counted. If
tho vote is not counted the
President of the Seuate can make
no declaration us to who is elected
President, and the House might then
proceed to elect a President. But
tlio Constitution provides that when
the House is called upon to elect a
President a quorum for that purpose
shall consist of two-thirds of the
States. More than one-third of the
States represented in tbe House have
a majority of Republicans, and it
would be in their power, by absent
ing themselves, to prevent a quorum.
Then the Senate could elect a Vice
President who would succeed to the
Presidency. This may, after all, be
the game of the defeated party. Of
course it would be revolution, but a
party that can steal three States with
the eyes of forty millions of people
upon them can also do this, and say
complacently, "What are you going
to do about, it.” The Democracy
have a tricky, scaly set to deal with,
and before temporizing with them it
is well to consider what steps they
might not attempt, to beat Tilden out
of the Presidency.
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE.
Saturday, Dec. 9.—ln the Senate,
on tlio call of the districts, the fol
lowing were among the new bills in
troduced : *
Mr. Bice, to provide for the remov
al of convicts from the penitentiary.
Mr. Armstrong, to authorizes W. M.
Lewis of Macon county, to peddle
without license.
Mr. Tait, to require railroad com
panies to pay for stock killed in cer
tain cases.
Mr. Comer, to protect sheep hus
bandry in this .State,
Mr. Saffold, to secure to the resi
dents of this State the exemption
from execution of real property al
lowed by law without reference to its
actual occupation by the owner.
Mr. Seay, by leave, introduced a
bill to authorize the Governor to fill
vacancies in the offices of circuit so
licitor, coroner, and justice of the
peace.
The bill to provide for the appoint
ment of a commissioner to adjust the
State debt, and the bill to regulate
the parties convicted of felonies in
certain cases, were made special or
ders for Monday.
In the House, on the call of the
counties, bills were introduced—
Mr. Harrington, to amend an act
to create a lien in favor of owners of
str.llions or jacks.
Also, ro authorize the taking of de
positions in certain eases.
Mr. Kelly, to amend an act to pre
scribe the manner in which tho ex
emption of property from sale on ex
ecution may be waived.
Mr. Herndon, a joint resolution to
Congress in regard to the construc
tion of a breakwater in the bay and
harbor of Mobile. ’Adopted.
Also, to regulate the practice of
medicine in this State.
Mr. Glennon, to provide for the re
demption of lands sold for taxes and
purchased by tbe State.
Mr. Hubbard, to prescribe the time
within which proceedings for the al
lotment of dower must be commenc
ed by tho widows of decedents.
Also, to put in force section 25 of
article 5 or tho constitution.
Also, to require in the allotment of
dower, to assign the entire dower in
terest in the lands embraced in the
homestead, and to increase the dower
interest therein by the amount or
value of it in the homestead.
Mr. McMath—To amend the act re
quiring tho county taxes of Shelby
county to be paid in State obliga
tions. ,
Mr. Dillon—To prevent the levy of
an execution or attachment on the
crop of a tenant in certain cases.
Also, to prevent injury to domestic
animals.
Mr. Stevens, from coffee, from
Committee on Federal Relations, re
ported favorably on a memorial to
Congress in regard to the homestead
law. Adopted.
Mr. Jackson, from Committee on
Publlo Roads and Highways, report
ed a substitute for bill in relation to
working the public roads. [Provides
that auy person failing to work thC
roads shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and fined not less
than $2 nor more than $5 for each
day such work has not been per
formed.]
A number of amendments were
offered and defeated, when the sub
stitute was adopted and the bill or
dered to be engrossed for a third
reading.
Mr. Manasco, of Walker.from Com
mittee on Military, reported favora
bly on bill to more efficiently organ
ize the volunteer militia of Alabama.
On motion of Mr. Betts, the hill
was laid upou the table, and 150
copies ordered to be printed.
Mr. Jere, from Committee on Agri
culture and Commerce, reported
favorably on bill requiring ware
housemen to give full weight in re
ceipts for cotton received for storage.
The Governor informed the House
of his approval of the bill to make
defendants in proceedings to keep
the peace, competent witnesses in
their own behalf.
THE COMNFIRACY.
The True Inwardness ol Senator Ed
munds' Invesrilcatlnß Resolution.
CONGRESS TO BE BULLDOZED.
Special to the >’. O. Democrat.]
Washington, Dec. 9.—The Repub
lican majority in the Senate has now
determined to stand by the Return
ing Boards to the end.
The committees contemplated in
Edmunds’ resolution have been
agreed upon and will commence op
erations next weak. Their make-up
is ot the most Radical character,
particularly those to investigate
Louisiana and Mississippi. The
real scope of Edmunds’ resolution
does not seem fully understood by
the Democrats.
On its face, it is simply an inquiry
as to violations of the Constitution in
Southern elections, but its real pur
pose is to lay the foundation of a pro
gramme by which the next House of
Representatives is to he bulldozed.
The scheme is for the committees of
the Senate to report that certain Cou
gressiouul districts in Louisiana, Al
abama, Mississippi and the other
States named in Edmonds’ resolu
tion, have been carried by the Demo
crats through intimidation, etc. Then
the members from these districts are
to be prevented from taking their
seats by military force, and the next
House is thus to be organized as a
Republican body. This is the true
inwardness of Edmunds’ move, and
is thoroughly understood by tho Re
publicans here, though the Demo
crats do not seem to bave discovered
it. No legislation will be attempted
in either House pending the work of
tho committees. It is not expected
that any committees of either House
will be ready to report before the 10th
of January.
The President lias fully decided to
sustain Chamberlain and his Legis
lature, and the dispersion of the
Democratic House in South Carolina
by Gen. Ruger may be expected any
day.
All attempts of Hewitt, Randolph
aud others by personal solicitation to
induce Grant to give Hampton fair
play, have proven futile.
The Republicans hope to torment
the South into resistance against
Federal authority; in which event
they think the North will rally, as of
old, and give them a united support.
How We Have Clot Kill mormon.
Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.)
The Oregon muddle sticks in the
gills of the Republicans, aud they
see no loop-hole for escape. They
must now either reverse all their dec
larations previously made, or give
Tilden his seat on the face of the re
turns, which will show him to be
elected. If the Hayes Electors refuse
to file the certificates issued them by
Gov. Grover, and merely file a sworn
statement of their organization, John
Sherman’s declaration made in the
Senate yesterday, that neither the
President pro tern, ot the Senate nor
the two houses in joint convention
had any authority to go behind the
certificate of the Executive of a State,
goes for naught. The trouble, then,
is just this ; If the two Hayes Elec
tors file the Governor’s [certificates,
what credentials will the Elector
Watts file ? If the certificates of the
first two are recognized, what is to
be done with the Democratic Elector,
Cronin, who will come here armed
with a certificate equally as valid as
those of the two Hayes Electors?
Again—if the Senate shall insist
that there are no joint rules in
force, how is the certificate of Cronin
to be rejeoted ? The Republicans
assume to say that the matter will
come out all right. They hold that
the President of the Senate when
Cronin presents to him his certificate
will throw the same into the waste
rubbish and take cognizance of the
three Hayes Electors, including the
disqualified Watts. Sherman said in
tbe Senate to-day that he did not see
how the Governor of a State could
certify to the election of an Elector
who was not the choice of the people.
This is a strange position for one to
assume who for three weeks remain
ed in Louisiana to defeat the popular
expression of the people of that State.
The indications to-night are that tho
Democratic Senators will take Sher
man at his word that the Governor of
a State cannot cheat the people out
of their choice, and will raise the ar-<
gument against the patent Returning
Boards which have been guilty of
just what Sherman complains of.
The Democrats in Congress withhold
for the present an expression of judg
ment concerning the action of Gov.
Grover.
TKI.KBKAPIIIC MUMM Y BY.
Burlington, N. J., Dec. 11.—Twenty
buildings on York street burned.
Loss 100,000.
Madrid, Dec. 11.—The Cortez has
passed a law making Education com
pulsory.
London, Dec. 11.— A report Is Cur
rent that the Turks are about to
enter Roumania.
Charleston, S. C., Dec. 11.—Hon.
Geo. A Trenholm, Secretary of the
Treasury of the Confederate Govern
ment at the time of the collapse, Is
dead, aged 70.
LAWYERS.
BEEBE CRAWFORD. J. M. Me NEILL.
Crawford & McNeill,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Lai,
ItH Brood At., ColtimMua, CM.
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UU'L V. HATCHAB. . B. OCMCMIO*.
HATCHER & GOETCHIUB
Attorney* m 4 CmbmUot* t Law.
Practice la State and KedoraJ Court*.
OrFira—B7 Brood atiaat, over Wittlch k Ala*
l*a Jewelry Rtore. ,
Leo MoljOßter,
A TTOHXK Y A TI.A W,
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H MKTA, Di.
MR BROKET ATTENTION TO COLLECTIONS.
W. Xj. Tj A'a* rA A*BdE
Attorney at Law, Hamilton, Ga.
WILL practice In the c nun tie* the Chatta
hoochee Circuit. fcb3 ly
Thomas J. Chappell,
Attorney At Law.
OFFICE OVER 118 BROAD STRERT,
Columbus, fin.
march 2 tf
CARRY J. THORNTON WM. F. WILLIAM.
Thornton & Williams,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
AND
BEAL ESTATE AGEHTB.
OFFICE UP STAIRS OVER THE STORK OF
C. K. HOCUHTKAHBER. Broad street.
Will practice in the counties of Harris, Talbot,
Taylor, Marion, Chattahoochee and Stewart, and
in tbe Supreme C6urt of the State, District ami
Circuit Courts of the United States; also in the
counties of Lee and Russell, Ala.
Will also give special attention to tha purchase
and sale of Real Estate, Examination of Titles
aud Conveyancing. Also, to Renting and Collec
tion of Rents. aorl4 tf
Joseph F. Pou,
Attorney A Counsellor at Law,
OFFICE west side Brood street'over stor# of
W. H. Itobarts A Cos. Practices in State ami
Federal Courts. Advice and services tendered to
Administrators, Executors, Guardians, &e. Spe
cialty made of Conveyancing, Examining Titles,
&0., in Georgia, or anywhere in the United
States. All business promptly attended to.
feb7 dtf
IJO\i:ii C. LEVI, Jr.,
Attorney and tnunarllor at Law.
Commissioner of Deeds N. Y, end other States.
Office over Georgia Tome Bank.
ESTATES.—SpeciaI attention to keeping accu
rate accounts, vouchers, Ac., snd making an
nual returns for Guardians, Administrators
snd Executors. sepUD-ly
R. JT. MOSES,
Attorney at Law.
OFFICE over Georgia Home Insurance Com
pany.
Office hours from Ist October to Ist June, 10 to
4 p. m. _ tepid ly
O. n AT.TTOTTKr,
ATTOENEY ATLAW,
Geneva, Ga.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
the Chattahoochee Circuit.
Special attention given to Collections. He is
Corresponding Agent for the Oeneaai Collecting
Ageneies of New York snd Savannah. Therefore
his facilities for pursuing that branch ef the pro*
easion is unsurpassed by any lawyer in the
State. octaFtf
THORNTON & GRIMES,
Attorneys at Law.
OFFICE over AMU & Co.'*. cornet ot Bn—d
imi St. (Ur atrwta, lub>Dm, fl*.
Jail ly
GRIGSBY E, THOMAS,
Attorney at Law
Columbus, Go.
Office over 0. E. Hochstrasser’s.
JanlQtf
HINES DOZIER,
Attorney At Law-
Hamilton, Ga.
WILL practice in the OUtUhooebee (Hr
or anywhere else.
Mr. O. A. B. Doaier will be found in my office
on and after October Ist. 1870, and will Sssistla
all collections and office work entrusted.
*ep26 ly
B. F. HARRELL,
Attorney it Lav and Solicitor in Equity
LUMPKIN, GA.
9~Hpecial attention given to Collections and
remittances promptly made. Bovltf
J. D. Bamxio. W. W Macsax*.
RAMBO Hi MACKALL,
(UorneTi at Law,
Office lu Uurrug’ Building. Colambne, CM.
mhl mul&wly __ __
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GRAND OPENING.
WE WILL ON THURSDAY NEXT. OPEN OUR
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Embracing all the paraphernalia of a la
dy’s wardrobe. Having conaldera
i'i bljr increneed our atom-room, we
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