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THE AUGUSTA FACTORY.
The Augusta Factory is on institu
tion in which the citizens of Augusta
have always taken commendable pride
and in the proper management and
prosperity of whieh they still feel con
siderable interest. The semi-annual
meeting of the stockholders of the cor
poration was held yesterday, and in the
local columns of the Chronicle and
Sentinel this morning will be fonnd a
very full and interesting aooount of the
proceedings, whioh we eommend to the
attention of our readers.
The President's report is short, bnt
to the point, and shows that the oom
pany has made 813,000 net during the
past six months, whioh is a little more
than two per cent, upon the capital
stock of the company and at the rate of
abont fonr and one half per oent. per
annum. Mr. Jackson spoke of the
hard times whioh manufactories, as well
as individuals, have experienced daring
the past three years, bat thought, and
apparently with reason, that the future
looked hopefnl.
Mr. T. O. Barrett, one of the Direc
tors, followed the President and made a
statement in reference to the affairs of
the company apparently with the view
of inducing the Directory not to declare
a dividend. Be stated, in substance,
thatj from July, 1873, to July, 1876—a
period of three years—the oompany has
paid ont in dividends one hundred
and three thousand dollars more than
it has earned. Mr Barrrtt said that
the corporation had made money bat it
had paid out a great deal more than it
liad earned.
Mr. O. H. Phinizy introduced a
resolution, based upon this exhibit,
rednoiDg the salaries of Presi
dent Jackson and Superintendent
Gogin to four thousand dollars eaoh per
annum and deducting ten per oent.
from the salaries of all other employees
receiving more than one thousand dol
lars per annum. Mr. Phinizy gave as
an additional reason that the return to
hard pan made the purchasing power of
a dollar to-day equal to the purchasing
power of two dollars five years ago. Mr.
J. B. Gumming opposed the resolution,
because the salaries had already been
fixed for a year from last June, and
oonld not, legally, be reduoed nntil the
expiratiou of the twelve months, and
because the offioers of the oompany were
already considering the propriety of
making a voluntary reduction in their
compensation. Mr. Phinizy then had
the matter referred to the Board of
Directors for investigation and action.
Mr. Patrick Walsh called attention
to the reports that Mr. Francis Gogin,
the Superintendent of the Faotory, had
been aocused of bulldozing the opera
tives and of making them vote in accord
ance with his individual inclinations,and
offered a resolution forbidding any such
conduct in the future. The resolution
was seoonded by Mr. W. H. Howard,
one of our moat respeoted citizens, and
was adopted unanimously, after the
preamble bad been stricken ont. It is
to be hoped that in the future Mr.
Gogin will obey the order of the com
pany, and it will be understood that
the stockholders, and not Mr. Gooin,
i>wa the Augusta Factory.
A MARE’S NEST.
A correspondent, of the New York
Herald has discovered a mare’s nest of
formidable dimensions. He writes from
Oinoinnati the result of “ a long and
“ full conversation with a gentleman
“ who has within three or four days left
“ Washington, whither he went to take
“ part in the movement so much spoken
*• of lately to win some Southern men
“ over to Governor Hayes,” snd reveals
what the gentleman from Washington
told him of a plot between Governor
Hayes and the Southern Democrats to
inaugurate the former as President of
the United States. Lika all strokes of
genins,the scheme is exceedingly simple
and is certain to succeed :
It ie planned by the Governor's friends to
insist on the Viee-I'reeldent coanting the elec
toral vote. It is believed that the delibera
tions of the Joint committee can be eo man
aged that it shall come to no agreement: bat
that it shall make no report until the day set
for the coantiog of the vote. It ie then ex
pected that the Democrats in the House will
either refuse to go to the Senate for a joint
meeting or that, having met there, they will
resist the offer of the Vioe-President to oount
and declare the vote and return to their own
chamber. In that ease, either the Republicans
will refuse to go with them, or, going, they
will move in the House that the Vice-Presi
dent shall count and declare the vote. In
either case the Southern Hates Democrats
are to act and vote with the Republicans, and
by doing so give them a majority.
The votse of thirty Sonthern Demo
crats will be snffioient to give the Re
public .ms a majority in the House. The
President of the Senate will insist upon
the right to oount the vote and declare
the result, and he will oonnt the three
-votes of Oregon and the four votes of
Florida for Hayes, giving him a majority
of one in the Electoral College, and pro
claim him President of the United States.
Both the Senate and the House will
sustain this action, and General Grant
will see te it that Mr. Hayes is inaugu
rated. The-thirty Southern Democrats
will be rewarded with a conciliatory
policy towards the South—and lucrative
Federal offices. Seriously, it is strange
that such staff shonld find its way into
print Mr. Hates has already denied
that he had made, or that he would
make, each a bargain, and there is not
one Southern Democrat in Congress
(mnoh lees thirty) who would sell his
manhood, his party and his country for
office. The publio will pay little at
tention to snch silly reports.— The peo
ple know that Mr. Tilden has been
elected President of the United States,
and* they also know that he will be in
augurated on the fifth day of March.
DAVID DCDLKY FUOLB.
The resignation of Mr. Smith Ely,
Jr,, a member of Gongress from New
York who was elected Mayor of the
city at the November election, has oc
casioned a vacancy in the New York
Congressional delegation. The New
York World editorially recommends
that Mr. David Dcdlxt Field, the
great lawyer, be ohosen in Mr, Ely's
place. Mr. Field is a man of inter
national reputation and is one of the
great lawyers of the world. In the
consideration of the many legal points
which will arise in the settlement of the
vexed question of the Presidential Men
tion, Mr. Field’s assistancejwonld be of
great value and his opinion would have
much weight with Congress and the
country. He bss studied the Constitu
tion more closely perhaps than any
other lawyer in the United States, and
especially the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
amendments as defining the rights of
States. The World says that Mr. Field
argued all of the vases carried up to the
Supreme Court of the United States for
the purpose of testing the constitution
ality of the different acta passed in pur
suance to theee amendments, and was
successful in the four that wore decided.
In each case he represented either a
sovereign State or a citizen. In two—
the Louisiana and Kentucky cases—the
Court ‘'swept away the whole wretched
“ and unseasoned fabrio of nnconstitn
“ tional legislation, the tinkering of
“ whioh has wasted so mnoh of the
“ time and attention of Gongress daring
“the last ten years.”
In the case whioh Governor Jenkins
made for the State of Georgia Mr.
Field represented the State, and in
1872 the first Legislature ohosen by the
people since the passage of the Recon
struction Acts passed, by a unanimous
vote, a resolution reciting that ‘ ‘the aer
“vioes [rendered by David Dudley
“Field in striving to maintain the
“ rights of the State of Georgia before
“the Supreme Court of the United
“ States are highly appreciated and en
“ title him to onr grateful thanks,
“ which are hereby tendered.”
“THK OCEAN FERRY" IN WINTER.
The St. Louis Republican says from
past and present indications this Winter
promises to be as severe upon the sea as
upon the land. “The ocean ferry” dar
ing the last month has been anything
bat a holiday exenrsion. Every steamer
that arrives at New York from Enropean
porta has the same atory to tell. Tre
mendous westerly and northwesterly
galea throughout the entire voyage, ac
companied by heavy discharges of elec
tricity, and producing snob a commo
tion of the waters as none can appre
ciate save those who have experienced
it. The Gity of Bristol, a stannoh, fall
powered vessel of over 3,000 tons, after
vainly trying for twelve days to reaoh
the Amerioan shore, was finally com
pelled to put back for Queenstown with
the loea of the second officer, fonr men,
bowsprit, foremast and all the rigging
attached. The same storm sent the
Britannia from New York to Queens
town in seven days and thirteen hours—
the shortest passage on record. Whioh
shows the difference between going with
the wind and sea and going against
them. The North Atlantio, when fully
roused by a succession of Winter gales,
is the ugliest piece of water on the
globe, and even the boldest sailors have
a healthy horror of it. Of oonrse steam
ers have many advantages whioh sailing
ships do not possess, bnt they require
much more careful handling, and their
superior speed is not always balanced
by superior safety. A break in the ma
chinery leaves the steamer praotioally
helpless, bnt they are, as a rale, lightly
sparred, and when forced to rely upon
oanvas alone are always painfully alow,
and not nnfrequently dangerous.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
An opinion has just been delivered by
Jndge Earle, in the Court of Appeals at
Albany, in the oaae of Roerlino et al.,
vs. Duncan, Sherman & Cos., which will
be of no little interest to bankers every
where. It appears that the defendants,
who had been doing a very extensive
banking business for years in New York
oity, suddenly failed on the 27th of
Jnly, 1875, without any premonition or
expectation on the part of the publio.
The plaintiffs had done bnsioess with
them for several years, and believed
them to be perfectly responsible. On
the 21st of July, 1875, the plaintiffs pur
chased of the defendants in the ordi
nary way, at their banking house, a
sight draft on the Union Bank, London,
whioh was presented for payment early
in August, aud payment was refused.
The members of the bankrupt banking
firm were arrested soon after the failure,
at the instance of Mr. Roebling, who
believed himself to have been defraud
ed. The plaintiffs claim that the defen
dants knew of their embarrassed condi
tion on the 21st of Joly, and yet kept on
their business, “holding ont to their
easterners the same delusive appearances
of solvenoy, and inviting the same con
fidence.” The plaintiffs olaim that in
doing this the defendants acted fraudu
lently, and that the latter should not
have allowed the former to consummate
the business transaction of the 21st of
Jnly. The Judge's opinion, whioh, as
we have said, has jnst been rendered, is
in favor of the claimants.
Hon. A. H. Stephens thinks that the
aotion of the Supreme Court will throw
ont the electoral vote of Florida. He
oonsttnes the deoision to mean that no
legal oollege met in that State on the
day appointed by law, and hence no
electoral vote was legally cast. He does
not think that Congress can now oonnt
the vote of either the Tilden or Hayes
electors, or order anew election.
The Public Record thinks the ab
stract of the new Turkish constitution
proclaimed in Constantinople on Satnr
day indicates that whatever may be the
result of the pending controversy with
insurrectionary provinces and foreign
powers, the present Saltan has a sinoere
desire to effect a thorongt reform of do
mestic adminis'sration. From a despot
ism tempered only by conspiracy and
assassination he proposes to elevate his
government into a limited monarchy,
and to endow the people with all the
righta now possessed by the masses of
England or France. Mahomedanism is
to remain the State religion, bat free
dom of worship is aooorded to all sects,
and oitizens of all creeds are to be eligi
ble to office. In the matter of primary
education an advanced position ia taken,
as it is made compolflory. Snch a con
stitution will not do for Turkey. The
Turk of 1876 is as unfit for constitution
al government aa the Sonthern slave of
1865 was unfit for the ballot.
Last New Year’s Day the newly elect
ed Mayor and Council of the city of At
lanta wen inaugurated. One of the
features of the oocaaion was the reports
of the principal committees of the ope
rations of the different departments da
ring the year. We hope this example
will be followed in Augusta. Indeed,
we think it wonld be a good idea to
have monthly reports from each com
mittee. They wonld interest and in
struct the citizens who, heretofore, have
knows too little of municipal matters.
UENERAL COLQUITT.
General A. EL Colquitt, the Govern
or elect of Georgia, waa in the cityyee
terday for the purpose of attending to
some private business, snd while here
paid the Chronicle and Sentinel a
very pleasant visit. The General wean
his honor modestly and graoefnlly and
the people of the State will be glad to
loam that he is devoting much time and
labor to the study of taxation—a subject
which, like the rod of Aaron, threatens
to swallow np all others. He knows
how mnoh the people have suffered from
“ hard times” and he is anxious that
the burden of taxation should be re
duced. If this be impossible he wishes
the expenses of the government made as
light as poesible,
EX-440VERN0R H. V. JOHNSON.
It seems to be taken for granted, in
certain quarters, that Gov. Johnson is
a candidate for the United States Sen
ate. This impression bss gathered
strength from s communication which
appeared several days ago in this jour
nal, announcing that he would address
the Legislature, at the opening of the
approaching session, on the political
aitnation. Without attempting to
speak authoritatively, we venture .the
opinion that Gov. Johnson is not a can
didate for the Senatorship. Judging
from his letter of last Sommer to Gov.
Jenkins snd others, touohing the nom
ination for Governor, as well as from,
onr knowledge of his patriotism, we
doubt not that he would accept the of
fice, if it should be tendered to him by
the General Assembly. But we have no
idea that he will enter the arena as a
candidate, in antagonism to any of the
other aspirants.
We shall be pleased for him to be in
Atlanta at the opening of the legislative
session and pleased, also, if he should
deliver an address, as indicated by the
writer above referred to. Nor do we
donb: that his presence and his voioe
in counsel, in the present perilous con
dition of onr country, will be hailed with
satisfaction by the immense throng who
will gather in Atlanta to witness the in
auguration of General Colquitt, as Gov
ernor of Georgia. But we venture to
predict,with the ntmost confidence, that
he will not speak at all, if he should be
of the opinion that, under existing cir
cumstances, it would be injudicious to
do so—that he will not speak at alt, if
he shonld find that each an aot on his
part is to be construed into a candidacy
for the United States Senate—that if
he should speak it will not be in the
spirit of the partisan, bnt in the higher
interest of the country. Whilst on the
bench, he will never tarnish “ the er
mine” by a partisan harrangne, or an
appeal for votes to bear him into politi
cal office.
We have eaid this mnoh, as dednoi
ble from his well-known views and uni
form conduct. Thus far, we are quite
sure, we rightly interpret him. But in
conclusion, we may assert that he will
never oonsent to enter into a contest for
the Senatorship. How highly soever
he would appreciate such an honor he
will neither say nor do anything to in
fluence the free and volantary choice of
the Legislature in selecting their repre
sentative in the Senate of the United
States.
CHANGE IN REPUBLICAN OPINION.
A Washington special to the New
York Herald, says there are constantly
increasing evidences that the unfair and
intolerant spirit of the extreme partisan
Republicans there canses a growing dis
content in the party in both houses.
Pretty much all the Republican mem
bers and Senators went to Washington
at the beginning of the session firmly
believing that Gov. Hayes was fairly
elected, and determined to have him
inaugurated. When they, were told
that the Democrats v ould resist
this, and that, to make lit sure, it
was necessary that the Vioe-President
shonld oount the vote, they very readily
acquiesoed in this also, because they
were led to regard that, not as a consti
tutional, bat as simply a party question.
Gradually, however, many in both
houses have been led to entertain donbts
whether Gov. Hayes did really carry the
three disputed States, and, as they are
honest men, this causes them to wait for
farther facts. Meantime they have been
led to investigate the precedents con
cerning the count of the electoral votes,
and here again they are staggered by
the disoovery that it has been always
held, and by the most distinguished
men of both honses, from Chief Justice
Marshall down to Olay, Seward, Doua
lab, and many others, and by the whole
Republican party in three electoral
oounts, that the honses are)to “examine”
the votes, and that, with the exception
of less than half a dozen men, no one
has ever asserted that the Vice-President
had the right to count and determine it.
Under these circumstances, a consider
able number of Republicans are waiting
to see what the Southern committees
shall report, and what debate shall show
to be the constitutional method of de
termining the vote. They would like to
see their candidate inaugurated, but
they want to be certain that he is elect
ed, and friendly conversation with lead
ing Democrats has convinced them that
these, too, only desire fair play and an
honest count, and that there is no each
factions spirit as they looked fer when
they went to Washington.
THE BALANCE of' TRADE IN OUR
FAVOR.
The Philadelphia Record notes the
gratifying fact that a table of the ex
ports of thirty-fonr articles sent from
the United Kingdom to the United
States daring the fonr months ending
November 30, 1876, and the correspond
ing period of 1875, shows that there has
been a diminution this year in the qnan
tities of all the commodities designated
except six, namely : Alkali, copper un
wrought, copper wrought, pig lead, ma
chinery, articles of silk sod other ma
terials, and wool. The increase in each
instance represents only a small quan
tity or value, the most important being
in the exports of wool, whioh amounted
to 512,500 pounds in the fonr months
named in 1875, and 2,614,336 pounds in
1876. Some of the diminutions report
ed represent large quantities. The ex
ports of ootton piece goods feH Horn
76,859,000 yards in 1875 to 52,834,400
yards in 1876; the exports of linen
pieoe goods fell from 89,934,700 to 68,-
980,000 yards; the exports of worsted
staffs fell from 49,388,300 to 39,635,200
yards, and the exports of carpets from
2,079,800 to 948,600 yards. There is
also a considerable falling off in the
quantity exported to this oonntry of
beer and ale, earthen and ohina ware,
haberdashery, hardware and cutlery,
iron and paper. Theee changes are
probably caused partly by diminished
consumption and partly by the rapid
progress toward industrial independence
in nearly all branches of manofaetares
which has reoently been made in this
oonntry. The list or quantity of im
ports of manufactured articles steadily
decree see, while the number and quan
tity of thingß exported are both in
creased, and such an astonishing change
is the character of the foreign trade of
the United States has been effected by
this doable process that tire value of
American exporta now greatly exceeds
the value of the imports.
AUGUSTA, GA-, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1877.
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DAVID DUDLEY FIELD.
wenotjoed'the move
ment by seme of the leading Democrats
of New York, having for its object the
nomination of David Dudley Field for
Congress, 13m movement bus been sne
oecsful, and Mr. Field will soon have a
seat in Congress. Of this nomination
the Nashville American well says :
‘.‘lt is ey hard for a party to select j
one of the opposite party for any office.
It is npt to be expected, and every man
must Stand, as a rule, upon the record
he makes, and rise or fall with the sne
oess or defeat of the principles he has
advocated and their adherents. The
seketipn of David Dudley Field for
Congrpsa to fill the term of Mr. Ely,
who became Mayor recently, is a' com
pliment to bis ability and worth, and
shows* the race discretion and good sense
of the Democracy. Mr. Field is a great
lawyer. He believes in a fair and hon
est count. He has always been a Re
publican, and he stands now unpledged,
except by a declaration of his views and
the knowledge that he will porsne the
law and the Constitution. It shows also
the reliance the Democrats have on the
legality and jnstioe of their opinion, for
it is well known that Mr. Field will
pursue the law and the Constitution.
The district is largely Democratic, and
a nomination by that party is equiva
lent to an election.”
LABOR IN GEORGIA.
A meeting of white and colored citi
zens from the oonnties of Oglethorpe,
Clarke, and Oconee was held on the 9th
inst. From the published proceedings
of the meeting it appears that the rights
of both whites and blacks were duly
considered aDd a plan adopted for the
purpose of doing equal justice to labor
ers and employers. It was resolved
that the meeting would do everything
in its power to produce and maintain a
state of good feeling and of confidence
between the two clases. The employers
pledged themselves to pay “good, hon
est wages for good, honest labor;” to
pay laborers at all seasons as large wages
as the times will permit; to pay prompt
ly when wages become due; and to
charge as little as possible for sup
plies furnished. Laborers employed
by the year for money, wages or part of
the crop will be required to do a full
year’s work. No improper means will
be used to induce laborers to leave one
employer for another, nor will any
laborer be employed who is in debt for
supplies furnished, unless the consent
of the creditor be first obtained. No
employment will be furnished tramps
or idlers who are without a permanent
home, and no laborer already under
oontraot will be hired for temporary
work without the oonsent of his em
ployer. Rations will not be furnished
any laborer able to work and refusing
to do so. The practice of purchasing
seed cotton, loose lint cotton and other
farm products, not delivered in mer
chantable order and at proper times,
from laborers, is severely condemned.
The cordial co-operation of all good
oitizens in oarrying out this line of
policy is invited.
DEATH OF AN EMINENT GEORGIAN.
The Rev. Charles Wallace Howard,
formerly of Bartow, died on Christmas
morning at his mountain home in Wal
ker oonnty, from an attack of cold and
fever. He was an ornament to the pul
pit until, after a long period of useful
ness, he was compelled ,by failing
health to abandon thg ministry. Re
tiring to a farm in Cherokee Georgia,
he devoted his gifted mind and wide
social influence to the development of
that seotion of the State. Although
bitterly opposed to secession, notwith
standing his feeble health, he took an
active part in the Confederate struggle,
and his gallantry in the field was only
equalled by the fervor with which he
successfully appealed to the public for
funds for the Wayside Homes for sol
diers. Of an active, enterprising spirit,
mnoh of his time since the war was
devoted to works of practical utility
and in advocating snch modifications of
onr agricultural and social systems as
are demanded by our new circumstances.
While doing this he entertained an
abiding confidence that the manhood
and honor of the South would be un
subdued, nay, wonld be stimulated and
strengthened in time by the trying or
deal through whioh her people had been
fated to pass. He was an advanced
thinker, and his ideas, scattered widely
through the State, have taken root and
are bearing fruit through the minds ef
others. Mr. Howard was a chaste and
polished speaker—one who would have
graced the American Senate in its better
days. His patriotism was singularly
strong and unselfish,and hiß devotion to
his native State never wearied—Savan
nah News.
Municipal bond*.
The municipal bonded debt of the
United States is now estimated at more
than eight hundred millions of dollars,
and is steadily increasing. The validity
of some portion of this enormous issue
is daily being brought into question.
The New York Times presents a careful
and trustworthy statement of the impor
tant points whioh may be considered as
settled, the authority being the Supreme
Court of the United States, from which
we make extracts, as follows:
1. The Courts, from lowest to high
est, agree that municipalities have no
implied or incidental power to issue
bonds for railroad aid subscriptions,
but that snch power must always be ex
pressly conferred. But whether, in gen
eral, there is an implied or incidental
power to issue securities possessing the
qualites of commercial paper is not yet
settled, although we consider the drift
to be in the negative.
2. The bonds mnst be strictly for a
public purpose, because they are payable
only from taxation, and taxation can be
used only for a public purpose. It is
nnlawfal to take by taxation the prop
erty of one forth* benefit of another;
and all private enterprises—snch as
hotels, mills, manufactories, and the
like are excluded, notwithstanding
they may be collaterally a public benefit.
Nothing is more definitely settled than
that the purpose mnst be clearly and
strictly publio, and any bonds falling
ontaido of this rule have no legal valne.
3. As the bulk of oertain classes of
municipal bonds in several Western
State* waa incurred in aid of railroads,
it is important to note that, whether
wisely or not &s judged by results, the
jurisprudence of the oonntry, althongh
Kent denominated railroads “private
corporations, ” has finally agreed to con
sider them a public purpose, on the
ground that although they are private in
ownership, they are pnblio in use and
benefit. Legislation in their favor has
been sustained in at least twenty States,
as well as in the Supreme Court, and.
the oonoluaion is past reversing. Bonds
in loan, in subscription to stock, or in
donation, are, per se, valid; but they
most be issued by express—bnt not ne
cessarily special—authority from the
Legislature.
4. Want of power, or, in other words,
the plea that the issue was an act be
yond power conferred (ultra vires) is al
ways a good defense against bonds. The
Supreme Court, by Judge Clifford, in
St. Joseph Township vs. Rogers, (16
Wallace* 644, 669,1872), said : “Bonds
payable to bearer, * ** * if issued
by a corporation whieh possessed no
power .from the Legislature, are invalid,
even in the hands of innocent holders.”
As will be Reen further ou, the corpora
tion may; be estopped front pleading ir
regularities in the exenijse of the power
conferred, against innocent holders,
without notice of sucta irregularities;
but thjß plea of want oMpbwer may al
ways He made, aDd, if established, is
always a complete defence.
5. Bonds issued in .negotiable form,
under, proper authority, and intended
for sale in market, have the attributes
of commercial paper, notwithstanding
they are under seal; and in the hands
of indooent holders fbk Value, without
notice; are not snbject to equities before
due ; they pass, also, either by endorse
ment pr by simple delivery. No point
has been more completely established
than this has been by ‘ the many cases
arising out of the loss or theft of United
State* coupon bonds, and municipal
bonds are upon the same footing in this
respect. ■
Ti IB WAR SPIRIT IN RUSSIA.
A, fit. Petersburg journal speaks in a
somewhat glowing way of the desire for
war, now prevalent among young Rus
sian officers, as natural, in view of the
decisive defeat of Russian arms in the
Crimean struggle. Since that time, says
the journal, Russia has rather been
spurred to reach higher phases of civili
zation than depressed by military dis
aster. Russians of all the higher grades
of society, and possessing the means to
travel, have conspicuously mingled in
the prominent social circles of Paris,
Vienna, Ro te, Florence and Berlin, al
ways igaining ground in popularity, re
finement, and the facility of adapting
themselves to every shade of superior
social usage aud all national peculiari
ties. In view of such assertions, whieh
suggest editorial enthusiasm in extoll
ing the warlike ambition of the Rnssian
soldier, one of the influences to be exer
cised in favor of war is apparent. Under
all the circumstances, it is not to be
wondered at that Russia of to-day, with
her vast population, military spirit, re
ligious devotioD, and ambitious states
men, should appear ready to enter the
field under slight provocation.
A WATER FAMINE IN MASSACHUSETTS.
The Troy Times says the water famine
is felt this Winter over a larger extent
of country than daring any previous
year for a long period. From almost
every section the cry is for rain. In
Central and Western Massaohustts the
drouth is very severe. The entire Sum
mer and Fall little rain fell, and now
with about three feet of snow on the
ground the streams and wells there are
either very low or completely dry.
Farmers in many places are obliged
to melt snow for their cattle to
drink. The country grist mills, upon
which farmers so largely depend, are
wholly crippled for lack of driving pow
er. The manufreturing interests are
eopecially suffering from the famine,
The Ghiekopee manufacturing company
has’been obliged to step running, and
over 300 operatives are without work.
The suffering among them is very great,
to relieve which a town meeting has
been held and 810,000 appropriated.
This is only one instance of suspension,
several of which are reported,and the des
titution among the poor dependent upon
these mills is attracting wide attention.
Pittsfield is almost without aDy water
supply, and the gravest apprehensions
are felt in view of its helplessness in the
event of a fire. Added to these troubles
and anxieties is that of probable floods
when the large body of show shall pass
off. The Mill river disaster, as such ca
lamities are wont,evoked much discussion
and many promises that reservoirs and
dams in that section should be strength
ened aud rendered safe. But suoh need
ed work has not been done, and the
possibility of a large loss of property
and perhaps of life, throngh this neg
lect, is not an agreeable subject for con
templation.
geographical distribution of na
tional BANK STOCK.
The report of the Comptroller of the
Currency recently issued gives some
carious figures exhibiting the geopraph
ioal distribution of National Bank stock.
From these it appears that the total
number of shares is 6,505,930, and of
shareholders, 208,486. Of these 29,661
are held abroad, distributed in 25 differ
ent countries, of which England holds
the most, 4,650; Germany next, 4,172;
France, 3,764; New Brunswick, 3,656;
Spain, 2,242; Turkey has 68; Syria, 18;
Russia, 136; Japan, 10; Egypt, 40, and
even Persia, 3. Die Eastern States
hold 1,858,398 shares, the Middle States,
2,702,260; the Southern and Southwest
ern, 358,335; the Western, 839,391, and
the Pacific States and Territories, 62,-
62,515. Every State and Territory ex
oept Washington aid Alaska has shares.
The number of shareholders living in
the Eastern States is 86,975, of whom
46,564 are in Massachusetts; in the Mid
dle, 68,126, of whom 26,339 are in New
York and 28,612 in Pennsylvania; in
Sonthern and Sontawestern, 11,004; in
Western, 17,170, in Pacific States and
Territories, 721. There are 104,976 hold
ing ten shares or less; there are 767 who
hold over 500 shares, of which 205 are
in New York, 104 in Maryland, 83 in
Pennsylvania and 53 in Massachusetts.
The average amount of s|ock held by
each shareholder is $3,100; in the East
ern States about $2,100, Middle $3,100,
Sonthern $3,400, Western $4,800, Pa
cific States and Territories $8,300. The
capital stock of the' National Banks in
operation July Ist, 1876, was $505,482,-
868, which would be represented by
5,054,828 shares of one hundred dol
lars each. Some of the banks divide
their capital into shares of less than one
hundred dollors, a few as low as $lO,
Thus there are six mil ions and a half
of shares distribnted among 208,486
shareholders; these are issned by banks
goograpically distributed as follows: In
the Eastern States 2,018,826, of which
Massachusetts issues 988,700; Middle
3,051,378, of which New York issues
1,482,746; Sonthern, 429,393; Western,
987,333; Pacific, 69,000.
Hon. E. O. Standard, formerly a Re
publican member of Congress from Mis
souri, and still a Republican, said to a
reporter the other day: “I think Tu
rns and Hendricks were elected, and
that they ought to be inaugurated on
the sth of March, and it appears to me
that all fair-minded men must come to
this conclusion.” To this it must come
at last. All fair-minded men mnst give
it np.
Among the thou sands who qnote the
expression, “ Cleanliness is next to god
liness,” it is very safe to say that not
one ont of millions know its authorship.
The recent speech of Mr. Musdelt.a, an
English M. P., who attributed it to one
of the apostles, has indnoed Mr. Mon
cube Conway to give ns its origin as
Hebrew. It first appeared in Beraitha
as the last Mishua of Sola, chapter IX,
and is often repeated in Rabbinical
works. “ The doctrines of religion are
resolved into carefulness, carefulness
into rtgoronsness, vigorousness into
guiltlessness, guiltlessness into abstem
iousness, abstemiousness into cleanli
ness ; nloanlinmn is next to godliness.”
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR
VANCB.
Severe Weather Hew Te C'eue It Over
Tar Heels—Patriotic Women, Etc., Etc.
[Special Correspondence Ghronicleand Sentinel. ]
Raleigh, N. C., January I.—The old
est inhabitants agree that the present is
by long odds the severest spell of cold
weather since that of ’56. The snpw
storms of that date were of unnsnal se
verity, hundreds of cattle perished, and
no little suffering was experienced by
that very large class, the members of
which are always with us, A trip
throngh different sections of this State,
upwards of seven hundred miles, has
just been made by your correspondent.
On all sides, as far as his eyes could
reach, be found the earth—plain, valley,
hillside and hill top—wrapped in a man
tle of white. Whilst the song of “ The
Beantifnl-Snow ” is npon the lips of old
and youug, there are grave apprehen
sions that a great deal of suffering to
man and beast will result. The old
adage about the wind and the weather
has just found clever illustration in this
State ; for Raleigh is crowded almost to
repletion with “fair women and brave
men,” who have come hither to do honor
to one of the State’s most beloved and
illnstrions sons. Hotels and board
ing honses are literally ppoked, and
good feeling rales the hour.
When you meet a North Carolinian
and desire to put yourself en rapport
with him, tell him a joke. Coupled
with his other wonderful powers, that is
oue of the true secrets of the popularity
which Governor Vance has with the
people. In that remarkable joint dis
cussion campaign (some of the fruits of
which we witnessed to-day) between
Governor Vanoe and Judge Settle, the
former often need an anecdote so clever
ly that his opponent was completely ob
scured, ana the people saw and recog
nized no one else save Yance. I was
here when Governor Y. started out on
the campaign, and recall now the hap
py manner in which he interpreted that
portion of Governor Hayes’ letter of ac
ceptance relative to the South, and the
course he would probably pursue if
elected President. Governor Vanoe said
thq declaration reminded him of the
proposition John made to Bill, who held
in his hand a beautiful red apple. Quoth
John; “Rill, give me a bite of your red
apple, and darned if I don’t show you
my sore toe,” Bnt Governor Vanoe is
not only apt at joking. He is $ states
man in the highest acceptation of that
term, and no one can excel him in
flights of eloquence or power of argu
ment. He is a perfect magnet.
This has been a proud day for Yanoe
and local self-government. Its events
mark an epoch in the history of the
“Old North State.” For eight long
years the people have prayerfully wait
ed for its dawning, and to-day daugh
ters and sons have faced the blinding
snow and trod the ice-bound streets, to
witness in the inauguration of Zebnlon
B. Yance as Governor for a term of
fonr years—their complete disinthrall
ment, Honor to the men for this aot of
devotion and interest, bat higher honor
to North Carolina’s fair daughters, whose
faith never wavered and whose energy
never abated whilst helping to work ont
the grand results cf the recent cam
paign. Despite the weather, almost too
inclement for men in their great coats
and over-shoes, Tucker Hall, where the
inaugural exercises took place, was
crowded with ladies an hour before the
appointed tipie. At this some were as
tonished, bnt yonr correspondent said
to himself, “What wonder ? Had not
these illnstrions examples to follow ?
What women excelled the women of
North Carolina in patriotism in the
dark days of the Revolution.” Properly
translated, to-day’s demonstration sig
nifies that the people appreciate the im
portance of the change wrought, and all,
white aDd colored—always barring po
litical tricksters and stirrers-up of strife
—are satisfied that anew era has dawn
ed upon the State—an era of restored
good feeling and confidence, and anew
and greater prosperity.
The Governor’s inaugural proved to
be all that was expected at his hands—
able, appropriate and comprehensive,
The results of Governor Vance’s elec
tion have already begun to manifest
themselves in various portions of the
State. The colored people are making
contracts earlier and more readily than
usual, and the prospect is that the
troubles which have environed the labor
system of the State will soon have been
entirely removed. Governor Vanoe is
Governor of North Carolina, and will
hold the scales of justice even. Of this
truth, none are more firmly persuaded
than the large mass of colored voters
who rallied to Vance’s banner, as did
their fellow-countrymen in South Caro
lina to that of Hampton.
North Carolinians are fond of ventilat
ing the nigh admiration in whioh Geor
gians are held by them. This morning
I had the pleasure of being presented to
Gol. Polk, of Polkton. As soon as he
learned the State from which yonr cor
respondent hailed, he exolaimed: “Ah !
we think a vast deal of Georgians. The
Tar-heels and Georgians were greatly
attached to each other in the army, that
is they seemed to repose perfect con
fidence in each other. I remember that
on the 21st of September, 1864, as onr
Division (Rhodes’) was abont to move
into action at Winchester, Longstreet’s
Corps took position on onr right—
Georgians being on the extreme left of
the same. The latter asked, ‘Who sup
port onr left ?’ the answer was, ‘Tar
heels.’ Instantly the suggestion waa
made, ‘Pass it along the line; the Tar
heels support our left,’ and,” said the
Colonel, his eyes flashing and his face
brightening, “inspired by this evidence
of confidence, we did support their left,
and, in doing so, left eleven hundred of
onr division stark in the arms of death
On that bloody field. Yes, North Caro
linians are very fond of Georgians.”
Happy New Year to all I
Martin V. Galvin.
Vance’s Inauguration fn Raleigh—The True
Ring in His Address.
Raleigh, N. C., January I. — The in
auguration of Governor Yance to-day
passed off quietly, a large crowd being
in attendance. His address was ap
plauded to the echo. Alluding to na
tional affairs, he said:
‘‘l conceive our situation to be criti
cal in the extreme. Our only reliance
now is.upon the moderation and patriot
ism of Gongress. If the representatives
of the people and of the States shall not
be able to make a peaceable and consti
tutional solution of the difficulty in
which the country now finds itself, and
there shonld be an attempt, as is threat
ened, to inaugurate the candidates not
fairly elected, one of the two things will
happen, either the majority of the Amer
ican people'will quietly submit to a gross
wrong, involving tbe destruction of the
Constitution, or there will be a resort to
violence.
“Let ns look things in the face. The
circumstances of North Carolina, as well
as of the Southern States generally, im
peratively demand that we should not
be forward in this matter. More than
all things else, except good government,
we need peace. In common with the
constitutional party in the North, we
think we have fairly elected onr candi
date for President. Upon that party,
and not upon ourselves, devolves the
propriety and the duty of taking the
needed steps toward securing the rights
of the majority. Bnt let it not be sup
posed that we are indifferent to their ao
tion, or decline to come to thqfront, be
canse less entitled, to do so than others.
“Blasted as we have been by the deso
lation of war, purged of rashness by the
fires of revolution, and sobered both by
public calamity and private sorrow as
we have been, we yet cherish the love of
liberty in onr hearts. As the month
piece of more than a million people, I
believe 1 can with propriety say, for
them, that North Carolina may confi
dently be relied npon to sustain that
portion of the people of the United
States which shall convince na that it is
straggling for the Constitution, the laws
and public justice, whieh are the life
and the soni of the American Union.
On the one hand, we do not wish it to
be understood that we are ready or will
ing to embark in revolution; or, on the
hand, that we are willing to quietly sub
mit to any outrage that physical force,
directed bv party zeal, may see fit to
impose. The one course tends to pro
voke violence and tbe other to invite
oppression. We do wish it under
stood that we will .follow the lead of the
constitutional men of the North. S&ow
ns the law and it snfficeth ns.”
The Governor reserves an expression
of his views on State policy for his mes
sage to the General Assembly.
It is said that the feeling between la
borer and employer in Abbeville county
ia good, and it is supposed the year will
begin prosperously.
THE WRECKED CIRCASSIAN'.
A HORROR OF THK ATLANTIC.
Particulars of Her TerrlMe Disaster aa Um
Island Coast—Twenty.eight Men tile By
laches Before Their Helpleas Friends’
Eyes.
New York, December 31.—The sec
ond wreck of the ship Giroaasian is the
most disastrous that has ooonrred on
Long Island coast since the wreck of the
John liilton, fifteen years ago. She
ran ashore in a blinding snow-storm,
and all on board, thirty persons, were
lost. 9he crew of the Milton were fro
zen stiff in the rigging, their arms stand
ing straight ont in front of them. The
men on board the Circassian had
finished on Friday night all necessary
preliminaries for attaching a hawser
with which she was to be drawn off da
ring the esrly hoars of the night. Tbs
wind freshened, and the yes began to
run very high until abont 6 o’olook,
wheD it began to break dear over her.
The men, apprehending danger, went in
the forerigging, where they were ordered
for greater safety. All on board, thirty
two souls all told, remained thns ex
posed till early in the morning, when it
was deemed advisable to shift quarters,
as the falling of top hamper, caused by
tbe rolling of the vessel, made it diffi
cult to hold on. The crew was safely
transferred to the mizzen rigging, where
signals of distress were shown. All this
time tbe shore was in plain sight. The
moon was shining brightly, anfi the fires
built by the crew of the li/e-saving sta
tion showed plainly (h 6 figures 61 the
crowd oh the beach, harrying to snd fro
in vain endeavor te aid the mea in the
rigging. It was
An Awful Suspense ~,,
for the poor fellows lashed to the mast
and yards of the ship. They saw at
tempt after attempt made to establish
communication with them fail, and eaeh
failure seemed to measure their purchase
upon life. Every effort to get a boat off
the shore proved futile; as often as it
was attempted the sea drove it high and
dry od the beaoh. Captain Henry Hau
ling, of life saving station No. 10, now
brought a mortar into service, and seve
ral balls with a rope attached were
thrown ont to the sfiip. £nt one of the
cords reached the Ship. Its hold was
not very secure, and it presently fell off,
and the Blender thread on whieh 32 hu
man lives depended was snapped asun
der. The station men, while these en
deavors were being made, oonld see the
men in the rigging quite plainly and
hear their cries for help. Many of the
weather beaten herpes on the shore, whp
have been used to wrecked vessels' and
saving lives since boyhood, were moved
to tears by the piteous importunities of
the wretched men off shore. The vio
lence of their efforts to save mitigated
the suspense they wonld otherwise have
felt dnring the early hoars, bat when
the last charge was shot off and nothing
else possible to human effort or bravery
remained to be done, they became un
manned, and many of them wept. The
nervous excitement and sudden inac
tivity utterly incapacitated them for any
duty. 1 They coaid not leave the spot,
and it only remained for them to remain
inaptjyp and see their fellows
Perish Before Their Eyes,
To leave the beach would only add to
the terrors of the death that stared its
victims in the faoe, and to remain'inao
tive wonld probably give oantie for un
just reproach from the poor, helpless
waiters on the wreok. Superintendent
Hunting and his men remained aud
tried to answer the calls from the wreck,
but nothing that was said on shore was
heard op the ship op account of the di
rection of the wind. In terror and sus
pense morning wore on, the wind hav
ing veered around in the meantime to
the West southwest.
In the Arms of Death.
During the early part of the night be
fore the paep went ipto the rigging the
oables were slacked, bnt the ship moved
only a short distanoe, and continued
throngh the night to strike the bottom.
Every time she atruok the men thonght
she would lose her masts, to whioh they
had lashed themselves. While conscious
of the great danger and the utter im
possibility of saving themselves if the
mast should go by tbe board, it being
of iron, they were nnable to slacken the
lashing. Some of them, with more
self-jwssespion than others, had taken
this contingency into their calculations
and bad not aeonrejy lashed themselves,
and among those were the only four
saved from the wreck,,,At. half-paßt
fonr o’clock in tbe morning the long
dreaded crisis came, and the mizzen
mast went by the board with a orash,
carrying the main mast with it. A tre
mendous swell had struck the Circas
sian aft and rained Jjpr very high. When
it receded she thumped heavily, and the
terrific jar threw the mast over the side.
The masts being iron, went to the bot
tom immediately, oarrying with them
twenty-eight souls. T
A Terrible Scene.
The Custom House officer detailed to
superintend the landing of the oargo, in
his description of the terrible scene, says
the ship was lying out six hsndred feet
off the shor). Amid the howling of the
tempest and roar of waves there was
borne to onr ears the voioea of poor
fellows in the rigging singing hymns
and praying in ohorns to God. Tharp
was hardly a dry eve on shore among us
as we heard these thrillfpg and supreme
appeals to God. Among those on the
wreck were ten Shinnecok Indians, who,
as a rule, are very good men. Dnring
this agonizing scene, whioh lasted for
honrs, we heard these men praying. The
beach was lined with people, many of
them women, sobbing piteously. Some
of them were wives of the doomed men.
The wind on shore raged with terrible
violenoe, driving tbe people hither and
thither. The life-saving orews of
Southampton, distant five and a half
miles, and Easthampton abont the same
distance, arrived, bringing their mortars
with them, bat did not attempt to nse
their life line when firing. Nothing
could be done. They . however fired a
number of blank shots to try and reani
mate courage of those on board.
ONE OF t-RANT’S VICTORIES.
Hew the President First Made the AcqaalaU
ance ofZach Chandler#
Detroit, December, 9, —Some twenty
five years ago. Grant having recently
graduated at West Point, was stationad
in tnis oity. Now, the barracks was
situated .jnst outside tbe city limits,
and to get to his quarters, from the
business portion of tbe town, Grant was
obliged to walk a long distanoe through
nnfreqnented Streets and past vacant
lots, several of whioh belonged to
Chandler, who at - that time was the
most prominent wholesale dry goods
dealer in Detroit.
It so happened one night among the
wee small hoars that precede the day,
that as Grant and two or three of his
boon companions were meandering to
quarters, Grant slipped down and was
so severely wonndea that he had to be
helped to the rear by his brother-in
arms. In a few days, a* soon as he had
beoome sufficiently convalescent, be
again went over that battle field end
taking down the number of the vacant
lot, be sought the Register’s office and
finding that Chandler owned tbe lot,.qt
onoe called on him at his big store, and
stating his ease in the presence of his
witnesses, claimed damages on the
ground that the snow had not been
shoveled from the sidewalk, as the law
required, and that the ’rain* and frost
had changed the snow into iee, obarging
that hia smash np was entirely owing
to there being ice on the track, so that
the brakes wouldn’t work,
Chandler heard him through, and in
stead of coming den handsomely, he
wouldn’t pay damages worth a oent.
On the oontrary, he poured out the
vials of his red-hot Wrath npon the
heads of Great and hi* companions;
told them, among other things, that
they were a disgrace to the army and to
the oity; that they were habitually com
ing to town, frequenting the vilest ram
holes, drinking tanglefoot whisky* and
making night hideona, and advised them
to stay at their quarters, keep sober,
and stndy their tactics.
Grant retreated in good Order/ taring
all his men, and not even making a
speech. Old Zaoh supposed he had
won a signal victory. Not' so, however.
Grant immediately commenced nit
against him, and there being a city ordi
nance fining every one who aid not have
the snow removed from the sidewalk
within twenty-four hours, Grant got a
judgment every time the snow fell, tad
aa Chandler owned a good many vacant
lota, he was fretted and worried ah Win
ter with petty lawsmta that always went
against torn, nntil finally he oondnded
the best way was to make friends with
the young soldier, and ha sent a note
to him, asking tim |q gall at ti yflftna
$2 A TEAR —POSTAGE PAID.
tojhd purpose of making an amicable
v But: Grant didn’t go a second time
into the enemy’s stronghold. Instead
he, sent word that if Old Zaoh wanted to
sroliim for an amicable interview he
eonid come where be waa, adding that
he had some powerful tanglefoot and
large Fall pippins. Chandler im
mediately ordered his carriage and
drove to the barracks, but all that waa
*Xbr known outside the quarters abont
that interview is that Chandler did not
return to hia place of business that day,
and that Grant and he have been inti
mate friends ever since.
ANOTHER TALK WITH GRANT.
Hie Views ou the Pelitlenl Situation— De
nounces the Democrats and Claims that All
Southern States shonld he Republican—
Champions Chamberlain and Abuses Harnp.
foP-The Presidential Election Not to he
DepQed hr March 4th, and the Preeldent of
the Senate Moat Coant the Votes.
Washington, December 31.—The Pres
ident to-day in an interview with the
agent of the National Associated Press,
amons other subjects of conversation,
alluded with particular* ’ emphasis and
detail to the politicbl aitnation in the
so-oulled contested States Sontb.
He observed that he had- reeeived no
letters or telegrams from there for ten
days, whioh indicated te him a most sat
isfactory condition of things in refer
ence to the results of the recent elec
tions. Neither Governors Chamberlain,
Stearns and Kellogg, and the constitut
ed authorities of South Carolina, Flor
ida aid Louisiana with them had made
reqifii litions 'in that time npon him for
aid hi assistance in any shape whatever,
whioh was snffioient evidence in his
mind [they felt implicit confidence in the
oontii manqe of the present statue of af
fairs, Speaking more specifically, he
said that while he had heard nothing,
directly from the authorities in those
States, he had been fully advised of the
progress of events, by persons who had
been requested to go there and who had
but just returned. In'regard to South
Carol iua, he said that the result bo far
as the Republican electors were pon
cerned, seemed to be conoefipd by all
parties, and that the facts elicited in the
oaae < f Edgefield oonnty were snffioient
to vi iate the' election there, and that
the casting ont of those returns waa jus
tified in. the fullest degree by the law of
the 8 ate.
In hia county, as officially reported,
armed bands, non-residents of the
oonnty, took possession of the voting
places, posted tbei? pickets, voted as
often aa they pleased and allowed any
one else to vote who would vote their
and had a good time generally.
That when the retnrna were made up
and sent to Colombia and canvassed by
the ! Itata Board of Canvassers, they
show id about twice as many votes oast
as th >ro were residents in the oonnty.
In re jard to Florida he said he was in
form* and that on the faoe of the returns
origii tally shown tbe majority was for
Have i and Wheeler, but on a subse
quent examination an addition was dis
covered which was promptly corrected,
and which, gave Tilden and Hendricks
138 majority, On the examination being
continued it was discovered in the re
turns of one oonnty that there had bean
no registration nor other legal measures
taken to hold , ftn election; that the re
turns showed over 240 majority for Til
den pind Hendricks whieh were nnder
the exact provisions of the election laws
of Florida. These were discarded, leav
ing a! majority/of over 100 for Hayes and
Wnealpn in regard to Louisiana it was
the ojpinion of all who had been there,
and* who had subsequently conversed
with (him oh the snbject, that the action
of the Board ia final, and there ia no ap
peal -from its deoision, He said that
there always had been trouble in that
State on account of frauds committed at
elections, That it was a fact that the
electoral vote of Louisiana had not been
counted in any Presidential eleotion
since! 1880.
In speaking generally, he said he did
not think there had been a fair election,
where tbe people could not go to the
polls and vote as they pleased, as they
would in New England or in any of the
Eastbrn States, except, perhaps, in
Delaware. That in Maryland, it there
had been a free election, at least three
Republican Congressmen would be
eieoted. That in Mississippi there is a
Republican majority of at least 35,000,
instead of which at the late eleotion
there waa a Democratic majority of
about 68,000. That in Alabama and Ar
kansas there is also a legitimate Repub
fray ot Comment npon the intensity
of tpe political sentiments entertained
by a large pqrtion of the people of the
Sonth, be said that if, by any means,
tfie contest ahoiild finally result in the
ohoiee of Mr. Tilden, none of the Re
publican governments in the South
could- stand twenty-four hoars.
Jn reference to the Demooratio con
testants for authority in South Carolina
ÜBd Louisiana, he (nought they would
continue to hold out until the Presiden
tial contest was finally disposed of, and
if favorable-4o the Republicans they
would quietly disband, bnt if on tbe
oontrary favorable to the Democrats
they would, under the auspices of the
National Government, doubtless make a
summary disposition of the Republican
authorities, and they might consider
themselves fortunate if allowed to leave
atalL
In speaking of Hampton’s letter to
Governor Hayes, he had seen it printed
in the newspapers, and he thought it
was in keeping with the other acts of
that person. He did not think that as
matters now Stood in South Carolina
that they oonld be legally reversed. He
thought that.the aot of the Legislature,
which was empowered by law to eauvass
tbe vote for Governor and other State
officials, oonld not be set aside; and it
seemed to him that the question of ad
ministration in that State has been defi
nitely settled. In reference to the situa
tion in Louisiana, the President-does
not share in tbe belief that there will be
trouble in the meeting of the Legisla
ture, and the inauguration of Governor
Ppokard. In this connection, it has
been ascertained that the orders issued
to tha military commandant in i872
have not been modified in any particu
lar, and in case of trouble the military
will Certainly interfere for the purpose
of protecting life and property and the
preservation of the peace.
.The President, in referring to the
Presidential question in Congress, and
the existing differences between the two
Hons** a* to the mod* of counting tbe
eledtoral vote* and as to their respective
powers andjirerogatives,said that he had
no disposition to judge the oase, bnt, as
a matter of opinion, it appeared to him
aa if the question of hia successor
would not be disposed of by the time of
expiration of his term of office at noon
on the 4th day of March, 1877, at which
time all power and authority vested in
him wonld eease. To his mind the law
and the precedents gave the President
of the Senate the power to open and
oonnt the votes.
Washington, January 2.—Another in
terview with the President is published
npon whioh the changes Bre rang in
specials to the Tribune, Herald, World,
and whoever wonld publish or pay for
it. It is harsh, and oovers with its ap
proval alt the olaims of the the Repub
lican party. It may be said that it does
not accord in tone or spirit with views
of the President as fairly given to Mr.
Gobright in his report of the interview
whiefe the Preeident accorded him.
FROM FLORIDA.
Drew laaa*amed at Naen.
Tallahassee, January B.—The Board
made*return to the Court dealaring
the vote for Governor. The Court accept
ed this as a substantial answer to the
writ, and discharged tbe parties with
proper neat*. What aotion will be taken
regarding the tlectoral vote has not been
]&ew wta inaugurated at noon, Chief
Jnstioe Randall administering the oath.
Tb* inaugural guaranteed full conces
sion and protection in the enjoyment of
all right* and privilege* nnder the Con
stitution ebd laws of the United States
to tke freedmsn. A great many colored
people witnessed and took part in the
inauguration and bnt few Republicans
absented themselves. Nearly, if not
all, of Governor Stearns’ Cabinet offi
cer*** were present. Governor Stearns
himself did not attend. The oath was
adminiatswd to the Lieutenant-Govern
or, also, by the Chief Juatioo. The
Legiolataro is organized in both
branches and both are Demooratio.
On tke Uth the old Barnwell house at
Lear el Bay, on Port Royal Island, was
destroyed by fire, it was onoe the resi
denoe of Hon, William Barnwell, and ia
eaid to have been bnilt by Lord Carlton
nearly two hundred year* ago,
THE PENDING ISSUE.
MB. LAMAR SPEAKS OUT.
Strict Adherence to Constitutional methods
the Only Safeguard—Wbnt Wheeler Thinks
—The Returning Boards .Bust Stand—The
“Tribune” Moralize*.
Washington, January 3.—Mr. Lamar
is quoted as follows: The safety of this
country, and especially the happiness
aaid prosperity of the South, depend on
the strictest, most loyal devotion to the
Constitution and all the disorders that
afflict the country at this time are the
result of departures from the funda
mental law. All the dangers now ap
prehended are the dangers whioh will
spring alone from the violation of the
constitutional methods. There is no
necessity for any revolution or
for violence in order to bring
the Government back to constitutional
procedure. It is only ueoessary to con
centrate the attentiou of the people
upon Violations already committed and
those threatened, in order to show
this danger and difficulty; indeed the re
sult of war, of secession has not elimi
nated from our system. All resorts to.
extra constitutional remedies, and hap
pily ip this emergency, are unnecessary.
Whether the joint committees of thp
two Bouses agree or not, the pro
visions of the Constitution are ade
quate' to a safe and satisfactory
and final solution of every question in
volved in the present emergency On
the 14th of February next the House
will be bound under the Constitution to
meet in the same chamber and perform
the duties and to exeroise the power
which the Constitution devolves upon
them, and to examine and ascertain the
result: of the election of the Presi
dent ! and Vice-President, Neither
House oan refuse to perform these
duties without abnegating its con
stitution power and violating is constitu
tional duties in this august assemblage,
It is the oondition of our national life,
that the duties imposed shall be dis
charged in the spirit of truth and pa
triotism, regardless of oonsequences to
party, but profoundly anxious for those
that concern the whole country. If,
however, as the Constitution contem
plates in this as well as in other eases
requiring the co-operative action of the
two Houses, they are unable to agree
upon a decision whether either candi
date has been elected, it must follow
there oau be no Constitutional ascer
tainment and judgment put upon
reoord that any one has re
ceived a majority of the electors
appointed, it is in effeot a failure to
elect andin such case, the Constitution is
clear and it devolves upon each of the
Houses immediately their respective du
ties, one to elect the President and the
other the Vice-President. Let the Con
stitution be maintained inviolate and
there need be no disorganizing collisions
and no necessity of resorting to force.
The Tribune says editorially: “There
was a pleasant serenity about yesterday’s
Cabinet meeting. The public welfare
was duly discussed both as to internal
and external affairs. The conclusion
was that the body politio is not in a very
bad way and is not in need of Govern
ment medicine. In such oases no news
is good news.
New York, January 3.—The Herald.
prints a report of an interview with
Hon. Wm. A. Wheeler, who has been
stopping in this city a few days. In re
ply to the reporter’s remark: “You have
undoubtedly read the statements that
you are hostile to a compromise with
Governor Tilden, by which he is to be
elected President by the House, and
your Vice-Presidency by the Senate,"
Mr, Wheeler responded, “Such are
necessarily abßnrd. How can there bo
any compromise ? Ido not believe that
the suffrages of the American people cau
be made the subject of decker of or bar
ter, What right have any men to forestall
the constitutional statement of the ques
tion by bargain arrangement or compro
mise, call it what you will. As to my
submitting to serve under Governor Til
den’s Presidency if he is lawfully elect
ed, what could I do but to submit cheer
fully and respectfully ? I may have my
individual preferences, but if Governor
Tilden is lawfully summoned by the
House to the Presidency by a failure of
a count, and if the Senate elects me
Vioe-President I would of course yield
to him that ready and hearty allegiance
with which every Amerioan citizen
should submit to the lawfully chosen
President, be he who he may. Mr.
Wheeler, however, said; “I do not con
ceal my conviction that I have been
elected by the people, it is my„flrm con
viction that Congress oan never be con
stituted a National Canvassing or Re
turning Board, The Congress oannot
go behind the returns beyond the mere
question of the regularity of the certifi
cates. Understand me clearly, for it is
a point or which I would not like to mis
understood, the Congress oamfct inves
tigate whether Louisiana has gone for
Tilflen or Hayes, The action of the Re
turning Board on this point has been
final and conclusive.
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
YESTERDAY’S PROCEEDINGS, £
Pacific Railroad Bills—Telegraphic Troubles
—Barnes and Orton In Contempt—Freed
man’s Bank Bill.
(Senate.
Washington, January 3.— During the
morning hour various bills and petitions
of no public importance were presented
and referred to the appropriate commit
tees. On motion of Mr. Wright, the
bill declaring the true intent and mean
ing of the Union Pacific Railroad acts
of July Ist, 1&62, July 2d, 1864 and July
3d, 1866, was taken up. It refers to u
claim made by the Central Branch of
the Union Pacific Bailroad Company
for lands and bends for construction of
its road in excess of 100 miles from the
Missouri river.
Spencer, of Alabama, presented the
petition of the ship master and others,
of Mobile, remonstrating against the
passage of the House bill to amend the
shipping act of 1872, referred to the
Committee on Commerce. Morton,
from thcCommittee on Privileges and
Elections, submitted a report declaring
the Manager of the Western Union Tele
graph office at Jacksonville, Oregon, a
witness summoned before the commit
tee to testify in regard to the electoral
vote of Oregon had refused to
answer oertain questions propounded
to him by the committee on the
ground that he could not divulge the
business of his office and testify as to ,
matters passing over the wires. Accom
panying the report was a resolution of
the committee declaring Mr. Turner
is in duty bound to answer questions,
and cannot refuse to do so by virtue of
,his official connection with the Western
Union Telegraph Company. Ordered
to be printed. Mr. Morton gave notice
that be would call it up for considera
tion to-morrow.
Bill allowing the late Collector of the
Fourth Oeorgia Distriot his salary,
passed.
Writs of railroad were discussed to
adjournment.
Heuve.
Barnes appeared at the bar of the
House, and at the request through
counsel he was allowed until Friday to
prepare his answer. Meantime he re
mains ip nominal custody of the Ser
geant-at-Arms.
Washington, January 3.—A bill was
introduced in the House this morning
to amend the charter of the Freedman’s
Bank, and provides that in case of the
death, resignation or disability of any
of the Commissioners appointed under
the act of June 20th, 1874, their sur
vivors, or survivor, shall be invested
with the possession and legal title to all
the property of said company, and shall
have all the rights that were conferred
and enjoined on the three Commission
ers. It also provides that if all three of
the Commissioners shall die or resign
before the final execution of their trust,
then the Trustees of the Freedman’s
Savings and Trust Company shall se
lect a Commissioner to perform their
dnties upon his giving a bond to the
amount of SIOO,OOO. The bill also au
thorizes the Secretary of the Treasury
to accept the resignation of any of the
Commissioners which may be tendered,
and gives the present Commissioner au
thority to compound and compromise
debts.
Even the worm will turn. “Jjhnny” Daven
pobt did such service for Quant in 1872 that,
when the managers of the “machine” came to
the conclusion it was desirable to show that
there were frauds inNew York at the recent elec
tion, they sent word to “Johnny” at once sta
ting the amount of fraud required. They ex
pected the draft weuld be honored in full, but
were painfully shocked to hear from “Johnnt”
that it was no use to try that game, for “the
canvass of votes cast was honestly conducted."
J.i>. evidently feels that Ghent is on the
wane.