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THE FAMOUS IIANEOCK-SHER¬
MAN LETTER.
A n Interesting Document—The Status of the
Army on Constitutional Questions—True
Democratic Doctrine—The Party Will Stand
Upon Its Utterances.
The World of yesterday published
the following. This letter was written
iynsply to from two General letters on Sherman the situation,
:
Carondelet P. 0.,
Louis, December 28,1876.
the 4tW inst., reached me in
York on the 5tb, the day before I
for the West. I intended to reply
it-before leaving, but tbe cares
dent to since my departure interfered.
again, my -arrival here, I
been so occupied with personal
of a businers nature that I have defer¬
red writing from day to day
this moment, and now I find myself
debt to you another letter in acknow¬
ledgment of favor of the I7ih,
ceived a few days since.
I have concluded to leave here
the 29th (to-morrow), in the
so that I may be expected in
York on tho 31st inst. It has
cold and dreary since my arrival
I have worked like a Turk (I
that means hard work) in the
in making fences, cutting down
repairing buildings, etc., and am
least able to say that St. Louis is
coldest place iu winter, and is the
test in summer of any that I have
countered iu a temperate zone. I
known St. L mis in December to
genial weather throughout the month.
This December has been frigid, and
river has been frozen more solid
I have ever kuown it. When I heard
the rumor that I was ordered to
Pacifio coa st, i thought it probably
ccmsidorin past discussion on that
subject. Possibilities seemed to me
point that way. Had it been true,
should of course have presented
complaint nor made resistance of
kind. I would have gone quickly,
not prepared to go promptly. 1
tainly would have been relieved
responsibility and anxieties
Presidential matters which may fall
those near the throne or iu
within the next four months, as well
from other incidents or matters
I could not control, and action
cerning which I might not approve.
was not exactly prepared th^^ to
Pacific, however, and I re
relieved when I received your uote
forming me that there was no truth
the rumors. Theu I did uot wish
appear to be escaping from the
sibilities and possible dangers
may cluster around military
eratn ,h. ^ .^UHy !. the cri.
“ P ,tat Ci endrlen P?,0 “ 0hm8 - A "
wen ll tnat ends well.
lhe whole matter of the
seems to me to be simple; and to
mil ot a peaceful solution, ihe
chinery for such a contmgeucy
threaten to present itaelf baa been
carefully lubrication prepared. It only
owing todisnae
army should have nothing to do
the olscuon or tbe mauguratmu
1 leBiueuts. Ihe people elect I
deuts—-Congress declares in joint
aiou who he is. We of the army
only to obe\ nis maudates, aud
protected ia so doing only so tar
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SAVANNAH, MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1880.
they may be lawful. Our commissions
express that. I like Jefferson’s way of
inauguration; it suits our system. He
rode alone on horseback to the Capitol
(I fear it was the “old Capitol”), tied
his horse to the rail fence, entered and
was duly sworn. Then he rode to the
Executive Mansion and took posses¬
sion. He inaugurated himself simply
by taking the oath of office! There is
no other legal inauguration in our sys¬
tem. The people or politicians may
institute parades in honor of the evont,
and public officials may add to the
pageant by assembling troops and ban¬
ners, but all that only comes properly
alter inauguration, not before, and it is
not a part of it. Our system does not
provide that one President should in¬
augurate another. There might be
danger in that, and it was studiously
left ouc of the charter. But you
are placed in an exceptionably im¬
portant position in connection with
coming events. The capital is my
jurisdiction also. But I am subordi¬
nate and not on the spot, and if I were,
so also would be my superior in au¬
thority, for there is the station of the
General-in-Chief. On the principle that
a regularly elected President’s term of
office expires with the third of March
(of which I have not the slightest
doubt;, and which the laws bearing on
the subject uniformly recognize, and on
the consideration of the possibility that
a lawfully elected President rnaynot ap
pear until the fifth of March, a great
deal of responsibility may necessarily
fall upon you. You hold over—you
will have power and prestige to sup^
port you. The Secretary of war, too,
probably holds over. But if no Presi¬
dent appears he may not be able to ex¬
ercise functions in the name of the
President for his proper acts are those
of a known superior—a lawful Presi¬
dent. You act on your own responsi¬
bility and by virtue of a commission,
only restricted by the law. The Sec¬
retary of War is the mouthpiece of a
President—you are not. If neither
candidate has a constitutional majority
of the Eiectorial College, or the Senate
and House, on the occasion of the
count, do not unite in declaring some
persons legally elected by the people,
there is a lawfal machinery already
provided to meeUfchat contingency and
not been recently used, no occasion
presenting itself, but our fore¬
fathers provided it. It has
been exercised, andhas been recognized
and submitted to as lawful on every
hand. That machinery would proba¬
bly elect Mr. Tilden President and
Mr. Wheeler Vic 9 President. That
would be right enough, for tbe law
provides that a failure to elect duly by
the people, the House shall immedi¬
ately elect a President and the Senate
a Vico President Some tribunal must
decide whether the people have duly
elected a President. I presume, ot
course, that it is iu joint affirmative
action of the Senate and House; or
why are they present to witness the
count if not to see that it is fair and
just? If a failure to agree arises be¬
tween the two bodies, there can be no
lavvlul affirmative decision that the
people have elected a President, and
the House must then proceed to «ct,
uot the Senate. The Senate elects Vice
Presidents — not Presidents. Doubtless,
in case of failure by the House to elect
a President by the fourth of March, the
President of the Senate (if there be
one) would be tbe legitimate person to
exercise the Presidential authority for
the time being, or until the appearance
laid down in^ffhe^o'nsLtution. 6 Such
courses would be peaceful, and, I have
firm belief, lawf ul. I have no doubt
Goveruor Hayes would make au him excel
lent President. 1 haye met a d
know of him For a brief Cas period he
served under my command. the
matter stands I cannot see any
hood of his being duly declared elected
by the people, unless the Senate and
House come to be in accord with that
fact, and the mouse would, of course,
uot otherwise elect him. What the
people want this is a peaceful determine
lion of matver—as fair a deter
minadon as possible—and a lawful one.
No other determination could stand
the test reVolution <1 The country Lome if not nlunapd iSer
into i’ would
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J.t.l.trbi ta lfT ,e ,0
“ “u.tar'v LtTou r “fn
favor
^,h OT
ashed loi advice, 1 would have advised .
| bun not, under any circumstances,
allow himself or his troups to
mine who were the lawful members of
a State Legislature I could not have
p-eu him better advice than to refer
him to the speciat message of tbe
idem m tbe cue ot Dtutsiana some
ume before. Bat in booth Carolina
be bsd the onestioa setUed bya desi
sion oi the Supreme Court of the State,
. the highest tribunal which had acted on
the question, so that his line of duty
seemed even to be clearer than in the ac-
1 non of the Lousiaaa case. If the
oral court had interfered and over"
ruled the decision of the State Court,
there might have been a doubt, ccr*
taiuly , but the Federal court only in¬
terfered to complicate not to decide
or overrule. Anyhow, it is no business
of the army to enter upon such ques
lions, and even if it might be so, in any
event, if the civil authority is supreme,
as the Constitution declares it to be,
the South Carolina case was one in
which the army had a plain duty. Had
Gen. Ruger asked me for advice, and
if I had given it, I should of course
have notified you of my action imme
diately, so that it could have been
promptly been overruled if it should have
deemed advisable by you’or others
superior in authority. Gen, Ruger did
not ask for my advice and I inferred
from that and other facts that he did
not desire it, or that being in direct
communication with my military su¬
periors at the seat of government, who
were nearer to him in time and dis¬
tance than I was, he deemed it un¬
necessary. As Gen. Ruger had the ul¬
timate responsibility of action, and had
really the greater danger to confront in
the final action in the matter, I did
not venture to embarrass him by sug¬
gestions. fie was a department com¬ i
mander, and the lawful head of the j
military administration within the i
limits of the department. But, be¬
sides, I knew that he had been called
taking to Washington to consultation before
command, and was probably
aware of the views of the administra¬
tion in relation to civil affairs in his.
I knew that he was in
communication with my superi¬
in authority in reference to deli¬
subjects presented for his consid¬
or had ideas of his own which
believed to be sufficiently in accord
the views of our common su¬ |
to enable him to act intelli¬
without according to his own judgment
the suggestion from those not
spot and not as fully acquaint¬
with the facts as himself. He de¬
too, to be free to act, as he had
eventual greater responsibility, and
the matter was governed as between
and myself.
As I have been writing thus freely
you, I may still further unbosom
by stating that I have not
ft tearful or <Hse tit 9
transpired east of the Mississippi with¬
in the last few months, eave so far as
they may be brought into action under
the articles of the Constitution, which
contemplates meeting armed resistance,
or the invasion of a State more P
fl tui ,i than ,,, „ the ,i a State . , authorities can sub- ,
due i i by ordinary v and j then ., ,
{ l process, V on - v
when requested by the Legislature, • i . or,
if it could not be convened in session,
by the Governor, and when the Fresh
dent of the United States intervenes in
that manner it is a state of war, ’ not
peace. mu Ihe army is • laboring , . ■ under
disadvantages, i 1 i. and 1 has , been used ”, un
lawfully at times, in the judgment of
the people—ill loft mine, cerlainly-anJ we
have a great deal of kindly feeling
felt which the community at lalge once
for us. “ft is time to stop and
unload." Officers in command of
olten find it difficult to act wisely ./
safely f i when i their ,i ■ superiors • m authority
have different views of the law from
theirs, and when legislation has eanc
[h^lundamenta^Lv^ tothe^kuiwn and^thev o*r
erally defer lud-meat of
their auDerior officers of the such'Went >u-mv
L^and They are Je so half regarded in i^ibif
to such r^
ity> especially those at or near the head
of lt; aIu ^ necessary cm such mo
.
fm-^heasefves what is lawful
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Z 'Zt jpossib!} v£wi J^thJ be the case in such ex-
5 j. n n -n f ^ .
j aetion if ionkr it has acted wnnufnl! v
On r W U'nU Knl t m
ou i“ affections f ^ nt * the the P nprr eo P le i - o{ nt t0 ’
f ■ sn i L d Vi! tS f 8 U ^ P eri0r hf odlc 1? ® h r8 f r P ower
v 1 h I J ? -
’
? i is tne
bdW w n and institutions which
r 0 pr esent , It is a well meaning
[ utlou - aud ll w o uid be well if it should
have an opportunity to be recognised
bulwark msaoport oi tire righU
the people and of the Tt law.
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Exhalations.
From the matter that creates mala
r j a i fevers—yellow fever and its kin
dred ailments, are not cognizable with
the senses, but imperceptibly locate in
the blood, poison it, and originate the
- diseases named. Warners Sate K.duev
ani Liver Cure, used iu connection
with Warners Saw Pills, is the only
blood purifier known
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The German Government has expelled
ail of tne Mormon missionaries who
been seeking converts. I
Water as a Diet.
Interesting Facts Showing tho Physical
pertiesof Water—Its Use and Abuses.
A western physician, lecturing upon
a timely topic, says:
One of the first questions I ask a lean
person is: How much water do you
As a rule they state that they
take “very little,” “ never drink,”
"don’t take a drink of water once a
month,” or only drink during hot
etc.
Few people appreciate the fact that,
to the best calculations,
constitutes ^ in the normal human
about 70 per cent, of the entire
weight of the body, The water which
forms a part of the animal frame
derived mainly from without. It is
in the different kinds of drink,
also forms an abundant ingredient
the various articles of food, Water
universally fluids present in all the tissues
of the body. It is abundant
the blood and secretions, where its
is indispensable in order to
them the fluidity which is neces¬
to the performance of their func*
Water is therefore an essential
^ ci’the fluids, for
it holds
solid materials in solution, and
them to pass and repass through
animal frame, Water is also an
of the solids, muscles, ten¬
cartilages, bones, teeth, glands,
etc. If the water of tendons,
etc , be evaporated they become
in color, shrivelled and un
lor performing their functions.”
This accounts for the sal¬
appearance of lean people.
“V ater takes part in the vital func¬
principally by its physical pro¬
It is the universal solvent for
the ingredients of the animal fluids,
them iu solution either by its
other liquefying power, or by the aid
substances which are them¬
soluble. It thus enables the
elements of the food to find
way into the circulating fluid,
to penetrate the substance of the
organs. It permeates the organ¬
membranes of the body, and
into contact with each other
parts, and enables them to as
s by thcar- mutual
to ail t.he~ &S2 36m3 ,
transudation, exhalation, and
chemical union and
which mak? up the internal
functions f the animal frame.”
ton. |
We J) get a better idea of the
value ot water when we study / ,
proportion .1 in which it eaters . into . “r ,
y U-i n c <: ®y 8 . em V1Z . th
\ adult i bod ? c0 ntain * wat •
, ,
] ^ propel ions.
nnw \ ‘ V’ t/ P er cen 0
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the bones .13, the carti ages ” . 55 . ’
teetli . even 10 the liuaments .768 _,, 0 77
. , >0 • »
^ VL oUL
1 • Water , r ,,
T1 T l b '°° J -Q- ' 9 ° « nt . b ‘ le 88
f 31 - -
' P™ , reat ' c W™ -99. 0
7. ^ 'f 1 oil ’ aut Sastrrej^ce e ‘ret - solvent 9 7o,
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l ‘ J e f ° 0 ; i ' - the
quantity , „ t oohhalfof of .990 per ceut , of water
o U | y ' 1 per * cent., of
m u tel . '
Hari-Kari. Hari-kari is a form
' !’ U '^l^er^rmsd ^ ao ^y nea iu Japan two by cr 0 8 *fl fi
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WU 1 a 8 l:< ? rt sword * Ncarl 7 a11
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my w Jh and ‘he Sfo f to
lorm hari-kari with, if their
b ° n ° r 13 at all damaged. It is a
honor aS by S °, doifl g
mans - Officials - .
is saveu.
often commanded to kill
by this method when by any all act
il \ to d by
their children inherit all
property and their father’s
batDot 60 if the suicide ta
nn 6 iddea. , Persons who
suffered unendurable affront,
ca nnot otherwise be satisfied, som
times kill themselves iu this way,
thiis satisfy their revenge ou the
my .
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lew - -ring an since, earthquake that
a years the inhabitants of
alarmed, village were generally very
bin they wore at the
time surprised at the calmness and
r»«"t joy of an old lady whom
areyou °aUid^’ "No,"
mother in Israel • “T wiiiw ll
thv ‘ J hav» ...... a <7 1 fin'
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A white man in Alabama married
Degress the other day. This, we
is the first case of miscegenation on
cau..^. Tne fellow should at
go into tbe cologne business or
L.s nose amputated. .
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Hans Makart's new picture,
met by twenty, represents Diana
her n rmphs ceasing a ata : ? It bus
Mumcl .
sold to a deaAr in for
They Wanted to Live in the Stars.
[From tlio Burlington Hawkeyo.]
Very near us sat two young people.
He wore the face of a ms>n who shaves
three times a days, and that white
necktie had never seen the starlight
before. There was pearl powder on
the shoulder of his coat, and a tender,
dreamy look in her lovely eyes. They
eat and looked up at the stars, and they
didn’t care for any solitary thing any
nearer to this earth. “Mortimer,” she
murmured softly—“Mortimer,” his
name appeared to be Mortimer, though
I couldu’t learn whether it was his
frout name or his after name—"Morti¬
mer, dear,” she said, “if we could only
live apart from this busy and sordid,
unsympathetic world, in one ot yon
glittering orbs of golden radiance, liv¬
ing apart from all else, only for each
other, forgetting the base things of
earthly life, the coarse greed of the
world and its animal instincts, that
would be our heaven, would if not,
dear ?”
And Mortimer, he said that would,
“There, heart of my own,” he said, and
his voice trembled with earnestness,
“ my own darling Ethel, through ail
the softened radiance of the day and all
the shimmering tenderness of night, out¬
lives would pass away in an exalted
atmosphere above the base-born wants
of earthly mortals, and far beyond the
chattering crowd that lives but for to¬
day, our lives, refined beyond the com¬
mon ken-”
And just then the man with tho
gong came out. Mortimer, he made a
grab at Ethel’s hand and a plunge for
the cabin door. Ethel just gathered
her skirts with the other hand, jumped
clear over the back of her chair and
after him, and away they went clatter¬
ing down the cabin, upset a chair,
ran into a good, sweet old Quaker lady
and banged a bad word out of her be¬
fore she had time to stop it; down the
stairs they rushed, collared a couple of
chairs at the nearest table, feed a wai¬
ter, and opened the action without
skirmishing. mould I am a man of coarse
and an earthen-bound appetite
myself, and I wouldn’t live in a star
so long as I could find a good hotel in
America; but long, long before I could
get seats at the table for my family,
.TO
corn boiled bread, a plate of hotcakes^wo
eggs, and a bunch of onions,
and the waiter had gone out to toast
them some cheese.
MORAL.
I have, during my wanderings, met
several people, who wanted to live in
a star, where the earthborn people
with animal appetites could.not trouble
them, and I always found the safest
place for an earthborn man, when the
starborn soul started for the dinner
table, was behind a large rock. Dis¬
trust the aspiring mortal who lives ia
a plane so elevated that lie requires
the use of a telescope when he wants
to look down at the rest of us. And
' if he ever wants to board at your hum"
ble table, charge him $15 a vou’n^ise weoi:, and
feed him lots of soup, or
money on him.
No FltAR.-The chaplain of the
British naval vessel Comas, thus de
his visit to the Orozet Islands,
a group in the Indian Ocean : “The
sensation on landing was ike that
probably experienced by Robinson
Unisoe. The birds and other animals
out" o»T W !cL* fouH
kffids of penguin^tbe i )>eD
goin, the king penguin, Mnd the crest
ed peugum. They stalk about, in troops
’ ke a Bch 00 a regiment of soldiers;
they pecked . at our b gs we walked
along and their tactics quite puzzled
our large Spanish dog. woo barked at
them but gave them a wide berth. It
" as moulting reason, and most of
the old birds looked* very disreputable
with then tattered feathers and semi
j naked bodies. Wi.d duel;- arid teal
popped up but their heads through
long gross, scarcely took the
fly away. Sea hens and other
were easily knocked down with a stick,
while pretty white birds like rock
pigeons, called snowdrops, liew to wel
come us with a little chirping note, and
could be caught by the hand."
Be Wise and Happy.
X / w;i1 ..... *®P “d 1 your extravagant
^ iS S
or humbug ,ofV. cure-alls, ,hit do harm al
wavs, and use only natures simple
remedies for all your ailments—you
\ will be wise, well and happy, and eave
'great this, expense. the Tne greatest remedy
for great wise and good will
tell yon, is Hop Bilte-s-rely ou it. See
another column.
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The Count Sclioav .hff, who recently
: won $3,000,000 from Prince Denndofl;
, , t t the rooms of lhe St. Petersburg
Yacht Club, aod w*is induced by the
Czar to returu seyeti-eighihs of
1 winnings, is not cue diplomatist, but an
aide-de-camp at the palace.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
Business Cards.
JAS. McGINLEY,
C AR TPEaSITER.
YORK STREET, second door cast of Bull.
.Jobbing prom pi ]y attended to. Estimates
furnished , when uesired. Jul i-(Sin
BEEF, VEAL AND LAMB.
JOS. H. BAKER.
EuTCHEB,
STALL No. 66, Savannah Market.
A LL other meats iu their season at lowest
market rates. Orders promptly filled
and delivered. Will victual ships throughout.
Give him a trial oc31-tf
ANDERSON STREET MARKET
AND ICE HOUSE,
J • *. kinds PHILLIPS, of Meats, Butcher, Fish, Poultry and dealer ami in Mar¬ al
ket Produce. Families supplied at their
residences, and all orders executed with
promptness and dispatch. Satisfaction guar¬
anteed. ap.6 Bin
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C* A. CORTINO,
Hair Cutting, Hair Erasta, Carta and
SHAVING SALOON.
HOT AND COLD BATHS.
der 16634 Planters’ Eryan street, Hotel. epposite Spanish, th'cPtaarkot, Italian, uu
and English Ger
man. spokon. selfi-tf
W. B. FERRELL'S Agt.
RESTAURAMT,
No. 11 New Market Basement,
(Opposite Lippman’s Drug Store,)
|an13».f SAVANNAH. GA
Plumbing and Gas Fitting*
CIIAS. E. WAKEFIELD,
Plumbing, Gas & Steam Fitting,
No. 48 BARNARD STREET, oue door north -
or South Broad treot.
Bath Tubs. Water Closets, Boilers, Ranges,
Joboiug Promptly attended to.
Also, Agent of “BACKUS WATER MOTOR,
McELUNN & McFALL,
PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING.
46 Whitaker street, coruer York st. Lane
N.B. Houses fitted with gas and water at
all upQ go, Jobbing promptly attended to
work guaranteed, at low price
gtfesL:
n
East side of Bull street, oil® aoor irom York. .
Practical Plumber and Fitter
JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDE& TO,
All work guaranteed to give satisfaction.
Prices to suit tho times. mh7tf
Paints, Oils and Glas Ho
J OH N U. HU TL ER
Wholesale aud Retail Dealer In
WHITE LEADS COLORS, OILS. GLASS,
VARNISH, ETC.
Mill.Supplies. Ready Mixed Paints, Railroad, Steamer and
Sole Agent for Georgia Lime
Calcined Plaster, Cements, Hair and Land
Plaster. No. Zi Drayton street,
janietf SAVANNAH. GA.
ANDREW HANLEY,
—Dealer 1 m—
n L'fiufc) Saaks, Blinds, Mouldings
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Limo, Plaster, Hair and Cement,
STEAMBOAT,
Railroad and Mill Supplies,
paints, oils, varnishes, glass, &o.
No. 6 Whitaker & 171 Bay St.,
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— Dealer in —
Steamboat, Hail Road and Mill Supplies,
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, &c.,
DOORS, HASHES. BLINDS, MOULDING
Balusters, Blind Trimminqs,
No. 5. WIlL i'AKER Si’.,
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