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Blot PUIOLIJI Car netted $2,638 hit
• . Prrsa COOPER polled about - 400 votes
iii Oregon- .
lisw Yosx - is to have that new, cheap
cal) company.
' Bussrs does not wish to curtail the
. sovereignty of the - Sultan.
TILE Springfield, lifavvvAnAetts, Young
Men's Christian Association is bankrupt
TILE American colony in Paris consists
of= not more than three thousand peisons.
Tau CoMmon Camel of Philadelphia
,liasfixed the tax rate for that city at. 2.5:
Dn. °sown says that Christianity has
teen behind much by art but none by
science.
AT Dresden, Saxony, on Saturday,
twenty-five miners were killed by a colli
ery explosion.
vi TUE steamship Weser,•from Southamp
ton, arrived Monday, brought - nearly $l,-
090,000 in gold coin. • .•
THE freight business of the Bog n and
Albany, principally for 'expurt at Boston
was never larger.
THE Pope's jubilee at Rome next year
• will be attended by a large pilgrimage _of
Canadian Catholics.
LASCASTER has organized a new gas
company, hich will be r*Xidy for business
on January 1: 1877:
ONE hundred kegli`of powder exploded
last week 'in an open shed in Schuylkill
county. Nobody was hurt.
Ar.ocr thirty vvcsPls were blown ashore
in the gale of Saturday, on the Jersey and
Long Islands coasts. Several lives were
lost.
• As Elk county youngster of twenty has
been arrested charged witka trutal out
ragerlii the person of a woman sixty years
of age.
_ .
Tire remains of Harry Murdoch, one of
tha'actors who perished With the Brooklyn
theatre, - were interred Monday at Phila--
delphia.
Tad falling off of travel has caused the'
.diicharge of twenty-three drawing-room
and sleeping-car conductors on the New
'York Central - •
'TBE Cincinnati Southern Railroad-has
its track laid to ~.exington;, K entucky,
aird will be completed to Chatham, Ten
nessee, by Feburary 1. -
Two MEN recently entered the granary
of Samuel Brown, in Lehigh county, bored
holes it the floor, caught the grain in
bags and c u rried it i•ff. ,
THE Chi'ago and' Erie line, inaugurated
by the Palace Car Company, has
Suspended after a
_year's battle against
low rates and hard times.
OXFORD University Rowing' Club has
declined the challenges of the Yale and
Cornell clulyi to a; four-oared ra4a3 on the
. Thames next August.
FIVE white students have resigned from
the Crozier Baptist Seminary in Alabama,
because-a negro student was admitted.
'Theybelieke in a color in souls:
TuE efficacy. of vaccination was shown,
duringthe late epidemic of small-pox in
Santiago, Out . of the victimsrilne
ty per cent pc the unvaccinated died.
Is England railway companies are
bound to supply first-class carriages to.
passengers, free from tbbacc., smoke, if
so demanded. So the courts have decided.
- THE Missouri, Kansas and Texas lately
i.sued orders to its freight agents to load
- -
no -more corn until further notie,
because other freight paid better, but
the farmers - found it very haild upon them.
. MR. ADAMS Ii:ELLOGG. of Madison Par-'i
ish, Louisiana, who received the award .
at the Centennial for *growing the finest_
cotton in .the world, is a native of Ver
niont; who went South after the war.
PDARLES PENNO FlorFstas . was once
a popular poet iii this : country," says the
New York Herald of. 'Saturday, " but for
twenty-six years he ,'has been confined in
the Rate insane asyluin at Harrisburg."
Prrnot.sum bait begin discovered in thg
neighhorhood -of Pa id Lake, in Neva
da. Two springs are said to have' been
found from Which flow about eighty or
ninety gallons of crude petroleum a day.
Tun,,Tersey Shore Herald says Oa+ the
Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Buffalo
Railroad bas paSsell 'into the hands of
the Reading Railroad;,-Oompany, and Will
be recommenced 'ancr completed during
next summer.
Mts. WlLcos, the daughter of Andrew
Jitason Lt:Onaldsen, the nephevr and
adopted sonl:of - Gen; Jackson. is a trans
lator in the:Dead Letter Office. She has
been translating : the postal treaty between
this country and-Italy. I
t •
Tit - ERE are seventy Protestant cburches,
;with 20,000 .registered Members, in East
ern - Turkey; in Central Turkey ',twenty
. six churches and 8,000 "members, arid in
:Western: ThrkeY twenty-four churches
and-5 , 000 members. -
.
' TEE number of inmates in Oak Berks
county almshouse is 535. Two persons
Lave been in the institution fifty-one years
-;3l.ary Brown,
.who-was born there; and
Samuel Oprdon. - Last; year there. were
fifty-six deaths ; so far this year twenty=
eight. •
•Ar Calhoun, Henry County, Missouri.
Saturday, •three' miners built a fire
_in a
- stove in a small shanty at the, moutri_ofn
coal shaft and - laid down on the floor and
went fo. sleep. The building caught fire.
supp - osed from the stove, and the miners
were lw.rned to death. •
M..tron elect Smith - Ely, Jr.i - of NeW
York, has resigned his position as Repre
sentative in Congress: from the sixth dis
trict, in that city. A..special election to
filithe vacancy, has been ordered for the
2nd of January. It is stated that Horatio
Seymour has been requested to acceptthe
nomination, but declines,
Tics Erie Observer says : "The marine_
risks on lake property expired on the Ist
. inst., aid navigation may be said to have
'closed on that day, though a few vessels
are still out, making their way to winter
quarters. The season will, be long re
membered as one of unprecedented dull
ness and unprofitableness."
TukuE is anew sect in Russia called the
Purifiers, belonging to the Greek Church.
Their leading doctrines are said to be that'
all must marry on becoming of 'age, but
that the husband must be subordinate to
the wife, add recogiiize her as the bead of
the family. Also, that once a week he_
must confess his sins to his wife.
OF..OItGE VAN Jas. tyros has recovered
2,000 in the Indianapolis Circuit COuri
from the Pittsburg Cincinnati and St:
Louis• Railway. The plaintiff had a first
. - claSs ticket, which he refused to, give up
nulc4s accommodated with a Seat in the
• lad:es car; ' and: was accordingly put off
the train by force. ( . -
TIE one hundred and five'miles of the
Northern Pacific Railroad in Washington
Territory, connecting Puget Sound and
the Columbia river, between Tocoma and
Ealama, yielded a - revenue last year of
*102,221,94, or nearly '4300 for every work
ing day l of the year. The operating ex
penses were $66,732,57, or about $2OO per
slay.
TUE Cincinnati Southern Railroad
bridge over the Kentucky river is rapidly
approaching completion, and is said to be
a notable trnimph_ of mechanical and en
gineering skill. The bridge is 1,125 feet
in length, divided into three spans of 375
feet each and 286 feet above water. The
scenery in that - locality is the'grandest in
Kentucky.
TILE translation. of the - Bible by Julia
Smith, one -- of the Glastonbury Smith sis
ters, is now finished and for sale. It is
the first translation of the Bible ever
made by a woman, and she acquired all
her knowledge -of-Irebrew, Greek and
Latin Mainly by — her own efforts, at a time
when no college admitted women.
31as, BARNEY WILLWIB - has ordered a
costly monument to be erected over the
earthly remains of herlamented hue rand,
in Greenwood Cemetery. A marble bust
of the popular comedian will be placed in
a niche in the front of the obelisk, and
underneath will - be a harp, with strings
snapped. A: simpre and appropriate legend
will be cut on the bay. of the column.
THERE is* noticeableiemigratiorf more
' - molt toward Texas just now, and the
Pennsylvania road is doing quite a-lousi
ness in.he sale of emigrant tickets. Wild
lands arek very plenty and cheap in that
_State; and the low emigrant fares that
now prevail on the railroads are being
o,i:riled of - by many mechanics who wish
tai becometillers of the soil.
• ~Tas - foitr fast freight- lines, ki.owu as
the Erie and North Shores, Erie and Mil
waukee, emir - lambi Eitprein and Dia
mond Line have been •waftd and are
to be called the Erie and North Shore,
- Isith headquarters at Detroit ,1 4 1%.
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TunEN's bull dozing policy having i
failed in securing him the necessary
number of electors, the happy thought
struck him _that the Confederati
Governor of Oregon, through the
operations of the "22d joint rule,"
might he)p him out of the trouble;
and that functionary, willing to show
hia subservieneey to party behests.
wantonly violated his official prerog
atives and certified to the election of
one Democratic elector, when the
returns showed he wanted several
thunsand votes to give him a majori
ty. - The; expectation of the Democ
racy wazi that this high-handed pro
ceeding would throw the State out,
and thus give TILDEN a majority
But " the best laid plans of mice and
men gang aft agle," and jhst as this
cunning and wicked scheme seemed
to promise success to the Democratic
intrigue for the Presidency, the Sen
ate ,almost unanimously decides that
the "joint rules " are not in force ;
consequently, the rebel House will
have 'no voice in counting the elec
toral votes. The three Republican
electors of Or4on, with the evidence
of their electiotklearly established,
will be counted for HATES 1 011 the
second Wedneiday in Febru a ry oy
the President of the Senate, and on
the sth- - of *arch RUTHERFORD B
Hares Will be inaugurated' President
of the United States for four years.
GOVERNOR: HABTRANFT has ap
pointed the commission to select a
site and build the flew hospital for
the insane for the southeastern dis
trict of the State. which includes the
counties bf- Philadelphia, Bucks,
Montgomery, Delaware, Chester,
Northampton ,amlf Lehigh. The fol
lowing is the commission :
GEohnE L. HARRISON, JOHN 0.
JAMES, HERBERT M. HOWE; JAMES
S. CHAMBERS; Delaware. Wm. H.
MILLER; Chester, GEORGE F. Snit;
Montgomery, ' LEWIS W. 11E4) ;
Bucks, HENRY T. DARLINGTON ;' 'Le
high, ROBERT MCALLISTER; North
ampton, Juni SnousE. The gentle
men are all well known and eminent
ly qualfied for the work. They are
required to serve without compens.4-
tion, and must select a site within
four months of the date of their ap.
pointment.
GENERAL GRANT having' sent to
Congress SENATOR SHERMAN'S letter,
setting forth the proceedings of the
Louisiana Democracy,the majority in
the House are very angry. It is true
that to the terrorism, which Ms.
SUERMAN describes, the Democrats
owe their victory in Alabama, Air
kansas and Mississippi. It is true
they counted ,upon such torrorism to
give them South Carolina,' Louisiana
and Florida But although Crime
and bloodshed are powerful agents
of success, they. are not, pleasant
things , to read about. The exceed
ing wrath of the Democratic mem
bers shows the soreness of a guilty
!conscience. If such crimes as Sher
man describes arc allowed to carry a
President to the White Rouse,-tbe
-country, is indeed ill danger.
ONE of the Elect Ors of 'South Car
olina says that he was offered $lO,OOO
to cast hia vote for TILDEN, and an
Elector of Louisiana stated in the
Electoral College and he has since
sworn to the &et—that he was offer
ed $lOO,OOO to vote for TILDEN. Mr.
TILDEN wanted to be President Neu
much—very much inVeed; all for the
sake of " reform," you know.
GOVERNOR CIIAMBERLAIN, Of South
Carolhia l was inaugurated last Thurs
day. He i made a fearless and pairi
otic address to the Senate and House.
He denounced the conduct of the re
cenVelection onthe part of his politi
cal opponents in South Carolina as :
". vast, brutal outrage," and declared
his purpose to maintain the stand he
has taken. '
WADE HAMPTON says ; " Neither I
nor the men with whom I act; coun
tenance the hand of the assassin."
And yet General BUTLER, who is
'now under indictment for murder
for rizirticipation in the horrible
Hamburg massacre, only a few
months since was the leading HAMP
TON candidate - for t United States
Senator.
4
,IT is a source of devout thankful
'mess that we have a man of the nerve,
honesty and patriotism of ULYSSES
S. aIIANT, in the PresidentiO chair.
With a4ime-server such as BUCLIAIi-
AN, at a time like this, our Republi
can form o 1 government would be
put to a severe test
JOHN SzLLEY,the successor of BILL
TWEED as Tammany Chief, has been
appointed Controller of New York
city, by direction of TILDEN. 4.notli
er evidence that the Demociacy are
in favor of reform.
ALL the lcading Ilepublicans of
the State freely acknowledge air.
MYER'S eminent fitness for the posi
tion of Speaker of the Bouse, and it
now looks u though he will be the
successful than
JOHN MORRISSEY, whose name
.should be a hissing and a by-word, is
a Democratic Senator in the New
York Legislature. Bring on another
" reformer.".
T#s National House of Represent
- are' spending their time
holding Democratic caccosia.
, 1114 ` 11 :- ' l44 4 --
- that
when itihecame . -appirent that there
would' be difilcaltieA Attending the
count of the vote cast at the recent
election in Louisiana, President
GRANT suggested several eminent
Northern men to proceed to New-
Orleans and witness it, so that they
might obtain such information as
would place them in a position to
satisfy, the people in regard to the
proceedings there. Among those
was Senator . SEIERMAN, of Ohio, who
has prepared, a .report to President
Gaarr - of what they saw and heard
there, which report is signed by him
self and the other distinguished mem
bers of the Republican party who
accompanied him. Its length pre.
yenta its insertion entire in the RE
PORTER, bixt we give some of its most
important points. The. report, with
accompanying documents, was trans
mitted to Congress on Wednesday
of last ih.ek:
THE ARRIVAL AT NEW-01LLEAN8 AND THE
PRELIMINARY MOVEMENTS THERE. •
To the President of the United States
In pursuance of your request that sev
eral of the undersigned should proceed to
New-Orleans. and there witness the can
vass by the Returning Board of the State
of Louisiana of the votes cast in that State
for electors of President and Vice-Presi.
'lent of the United States: we have pee
formed that duty, and now most respect
rally report that on our arrival in that
city we found several gentlemen from
other States who had proceeded there at
the request of the chairman of the Na
tional Den ocratic committee. We also
found there several sentlemen who came
representing the Republican State organ
izations, who have throughout co-operated
with those who went at your request, and
whore names are also appended to this
communication. Between the gentlemen
representing the Democratic party and
ourselves a correspnmience in writing en
tiled, a copy of which is appended hereto.
Reference to it will disclose that'a confer
ence-with us for the purpose of exercising
an influence upon the Returning Board
was declined upon the ground that the
only duty devolved upon us was to attend
before the board. carefully note its pro
c kedines. and finally to report a faithful
history thereof, with such opinions con
cerning the same as truth and justice
should demand. Stich report we are now
able to present, and we - take pleasure in
stating that our ability to do so is due to
the exercise of a courtesy and kindness
by the Returning Board which entitles
its members not only to our thanks, but
to that confidence which a just public ex
tends towards every tribunal which de
sires that all its proceedings should he
duly presented to public scrutiny.
* * • • •
A lIINPTE DESCRTPTION OF TUE WORELNO§
OF TIIE BOARD
Tbe scrutiny invited by the board has
been constantly exercised day by day ;
both committees have been in attendance
before the board with their stenographic
reporter, and in addition a privilege ten
dered to both the committees of inviting
gentlemen from States other than Louisi
ana has been several times availed of. As
returns were opened, whether contested
or not, the papers enclosed
_have been
freely tendered to the committees for ex
amination, and have usually been careful
ly inspected ; and as a means of detecting
any possible changes in the returns after
leaving their , respective pariShes, :both
committees were furnished by the resper:
tive parties with statements of the vote as
claimed by them respectively, that by
comparison it m'ght be known if any al
teration had been made in returns to be
pasted; upon by the board, with which
statement the returns usually agreed.
Whenever it was. known to the board that
a return was to be contested the attorneys
for the candidates interested were sent
'for to be present at the ceremony of open
ing, and when such knowledge was at
tainable only by inspection of the t inside
of the package containing such retnrns,
these attorneys were invited to be present
before any action was. ta. en upon it.
There were thus secured in the manner
Mentioned publicity of all the proceedings
or the board. The most careful scrutiny
of, every package of returns by it opened,
and an opportunity for.-candidates insist
ing upon the vat dity - of returns to appear,
personally and by' counsel before the
board, in many instances before returns
were opened, and in every instance before
aCtion was taken upon them. It has been,
we believe, quite .unusual to give such
full and widespread publicity to the pro
ceedings of 'a Returning Board ; nor do
we think. that better means for perma
nently recording every - word and act of
its 'members whilst engaged in the dis
charge of their duties could have been
afforded than enjoyed. ,
FACTS CONFERRING THE BELL-DOZED PAR
ISHES OF THE PRESENT TEAR.
It will be seen, when the statute organ
izing this board and defining its duties is
examined, how inadeq ode are its provis
inns to afford full relief against the wrongs
it was deSigned to prevent. Thus the
powers of the board are limited to the re
jection of votes polled for the causes
stated, whilst it cannot, in anjease, add
to returns, votes which would have been
polled but for the intimidaticM violence,
etc., mentioned. To illustrate, the un
dersigned will refer to the five parishes of
E t i st-and West FeHelena, East' Baton
.Rouge, Moorehouse and Ouacnita, which
appear, as the evidence discloses, to have
, licen specially selected for the perpetral
lion of such violence and intimidation as
wouldsbe necessary to prevent the Repub
lidins from casting any considerable vote
In either. In each and all of these there
is a large Republican majority. In all of
them the white voters registered for this
year numbered 5,134, the colored 13.244,
a majority of 8,110. If, by intimidation
and violence, the Democrats could secure
in each of these parishes a majority, an
'iimmenie gain would thus be achieved, for
if the board should, upon the canvass,
reject the vote of all it would be power
less to administer that complete justice
,which would consist only in declaring for
the Republicans such a majority in each
parish as, but for-the intimidatiou.and
violence, would have been cast for their
candidates. The law before quoted in
this but provides a partial and inadequate
remedy for the grave wrongs from which
the colored people and white Republicans
of Louisiana have long suffered, and when
the proof taken by the boird is examined
and weighed, it, will be found, as we be
lieve, that the returns by it exchided for
the causes mentioned are generally from
polling places which, but for intimidation,
violence, outrage and murder, would have
given Republican majorities, thereby
greatly increasing that declared by the
Word. \ln considering its powers and
duties this important feature of the law
should be , borne constantly in mind, for.
whilst that tribunal may upon proof and
in the exercise of judicial discretion reject
votes for the causes mentioned, it cannot
return any not actually cast. It will,
therefore, readily occur to any one that a
careful selection of political managers of
certain parishes known to have lar e Re
publican majorities, for scenes of intimi
dation and violence, in the belief that oth
er parishes within the State would enable
them to carry it for their party, even
should their majorities in parishes thus
selected be rejected, might well be a fa
vorite for achieving success, and as we
proceed it will be 'apparent that such was
the Mode adopted to curry Louisiana for
the Democratic party, whilst from the
very nature of the mischief to • be reme
died, the law Could but partially repair it.
The statute under which the board acts
is so framed as to prohibit the rejection of
votes cast &tautly poll or voting-places un
less certain solemn formalities are first
complied with, which must be supple
mented by the testimony of witnesses.
The statnte organizing the board declares
in subs-ance that whenever from any poll
or voting-place there shall be received by
the board a statement of any supervisor
of registration or commissioner of elec
tion, confirmed by the afildaviti of three
or sore citizens, of any riot, tumult, acts
of eloknoe, intimhlation„.armed disturb
ance, bribery, or corrupt ittibteucea, which
prevent - or - . tend-to precast et fah., free,
aud imaginable:rota ot-an-Aualitiiiii +lbw
.11.* -the
eftidridt. ....:i6oolllo~Viat
- enriVeeireilk-A&Aee:•ienfiefbintlet**6o . -
witthe - patittnad finedoin inch *leo; -
;,!:wi Prevent. a intilicient;erneber of
fuen voters tom voting - 10 'materially'
change the
,iesult of the election, then.
such votes shall be canvassed and com
piled ; but if they - are not thns fu ll y con
vinced, it shalt be their duty to examine
further' . testimony In regard thereto, and
to that end shall have power to send for
papers and persons; and if after examina
tion the board shall be convinced that
such see of violence, intimidation, etc.,
did-materially interfere wirli the purity
and freedom of the election at such poll,
or did prevent a sufilcientl number of
qualified electors from registering or vot
ing to materially change the result of the
election, then the board shall not =vase
or compile the votes of such poll, but
Foal' exclude it &oil their returns.
AN OUTLLNE OF THE TROOPS OF VIOLENCE
.AND INTIMIDATION..
We will now ;unseat such an outline of
the proofs as disclose not only such vio
lence and intimidation as prevented a fair
I election in several parishes and at many
polls, but disclose also that those grave
offences were committed in pursuance of
a preconcerted and settledplan formed by
the Democratic leaders to prevent Repub
lican voters from attending the polls,. and
that such unlawful purpose was so effect
ually accomplished as not only to interfere
witii,the purity ann freerlom a the elec . -
tion, bat materially to change is result.
To illustrate how carefully the political
campaign was considered and the plan
mentioned contrived'hy the Democrats, it
is instructive to refer to a circular issued
from the rooms of the Democratic Con
servative State Central Committee at New
Orleans, marked "confidential, " 1 and
sgned by J. W. 'Patton, President, and
P. J. Sullivan, Secretary, intended forcir-'
culation in each pariah, and, recommend
ing the formation of ward clubs therein.
These circulars urged that "In conversa
tion no gloomy forebodings should be in
dulged in, and that the result of- the-elec
tion should be spoken of as a foregone
conchision, as we have the means of car
, rying the election, and intend to do so.
But be careful to say and do nothing that
can be construed into a threat or intimi
datiou of any character." . The cirt - ular
also recommended that there should be
frequent meeting% of all übs to be
formed, and that they occasionally form
at their'several places of meeting and pro
ceed thence on horseback to the central
rendezvous, ;stating that "proceedings of
this character would impress the negroes
with a sense of your united strength."
And it further recommended that on the
day of election, .at each' 'polling place,
there should be affidavits prepared to the
effect. that there bed been no intimidation
and no disturbance on account of any ef
forts by the Democratic Conservative party
to Prevent any one from voting on account
of race, color, or previous condition of ser
vitude. This carefully guarded form the
central Democratic authority, by this se
cret and confidential circular urged to im
press on the timid blacks by horseoack
processions, a sense of the united strength
of their former masters, and warned to
prepare blank affidavits in advance that
Ino terrorism had been exercised. The
next and not the least important part of
the scheme of these leaders was to select
the parishes where, "having the means to
carry the election and intending to use
them." as stated in this circular, they
could do so with the most effect. There
Fere in, the State of Louisiana on the day
of election 92,99 G white registered voters,
and 115,310 colored, a majority of the lat
ter of 22,314. It was well known that if
left free to vote, uninfluenced by violence
or intimidation, the blacks would be al
most unanimously Republican, and that
with the white Republican vote its major
ity would be about equal to that above in
dicated. The plan appears to have been
to select for, purposes of ntimidation and
vio!euce ari - rfew parishes as possible, (for
iu forty of fifty-seven parishes where these
were riot employed, the Republican major
ity was (XX)), but to select those in which
the colored vote, as compared with the
white, would be large unless unlawfully
prevented, for in so doing it might be ex
pected that, -shJuld any majority they
could thus obtain in Such parishes be re
jecteil, they would nevertheless attain
their purpose by the suppression of a large
Republican vote. In pursuance of this
plan, five of the parishes selected, in which
the greatest violence and intimidation
were practiced, were East and West Feli
ciana, which border upon that portion of
Mississippi in which mut-der and outrages
so prevailed during and preceding the
election, as substantially to prevent any ,
RePublicat. vote ; East Baton Rouge,
which borders on the southern portions of
East Feliciana; Morehouse, which adjoins
the State of- Arkansas, and Ouachita,
which adjoins and lies directly south of
Morehouse. The geographical position of
these five parishes was well suited to the
purpose to be attained, for it was easy for
members of the clubs to be formed there
in, and who usually perpetrated their out
rages with masked faces, to i pretend that
they were committed by border ruffians
from Mississippi and Arkansas, where
like outrages had been perpetrated. The
location of these five parishes was not,
however, better suited to the plan to be
accomplished than was the great dispro
portion existing therein between the num
ber of white and colored voters. The
fOrmer numbered but 5,134, the latter 13,-
244—a majority of the hitter equal to more
than one-third of the entire majority of
colored voters in the fi fty-seven parishes
of the State,; The returns of votes actu
ally cast in these five parishes suggest
that the clubs to whom was assigned the
task of securing the Dsmoeratic majori
ties there had performel their work of
violence and iutimidatibli effectually,
whilst the proof discloses, trier summa
ries of portions of which ate hereto an
nexed, that where violence 'andintimida
tion were inefficient,
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MUDDED., MAIMING, MUTIIJATION, AND
WHIPPING WERE RESOHTED TO.
. . .
Instead of a majority of six or sev n
thousand, which the Republicans should
have had in ' these parishes upon a fair
election, there was actually returned to the
Returning Board a Democratic 'majority
for the parishes of East and West Fetid
aua, Morehouse, and Ouachita of 3,878,
and in East Feliciana, where the regi -
tered colored voters number 2,127, not a
Republican Vote for, elector was cast. In
East Baton ' Rouge,' containing 3,552 C(1-
ore& registered voters and but 1,801
whites. the Democrats claim a majority of
617, which, but for the rejection of sever
al polls by the Commissioners and Super
visors of Election, would have been re
turned to the Returning Board as the'
Votes actually cast. If to the Democratic
majority from the four parishes as above
stated, we add the 617 thus claimed and
insisted upon before the Beturning Board,
a Democratic. majority of 4,495 is the re
sult of an election in five parishes, con
taining 13,244 colored Republican and.s,-
134 white Democratic voters. the con
clusion that intimidation and violence
alone could have produced this is almost
irresistible, and that such influences were
employed, and were supplemented by
murder when that was thought necessary,
is established by the proofs already refer
red to. It but confirms this conclusion to
refer to the vote cast in these five parishes
in 1874. When no special motives existed
for the use of cruel means to influence the
election, the Republican majority therein
was 3,979, A result so suggestive of vio
lence and intitaidation,,•was obtained by
means the most terrible and revAting.
Organized' clubs of masked armed men,
termed as' recommended by the Central
Democratic- Coininittee, rode through the
country at night; marking their course by
the whipping, shooting, wounding, maim
ing, mutilation and murder of women,
children and defenseless , men, whose
houses were forcibly entered ' whilst they
dept, and as the inmates fled through fear
the pistol, e rifle, the knife and the rope
were em p ' sl to do their horrid work.
Crimes lik hose testified to by scores of
witnesses were the' means employed iu'
Louisiana to elect a President of the Mil
ted States, and when, they shall succeed
the glories of the Republic Will have de
parted, and shame and horror will sup
plant in the hearts of our people that love
and veneration with which th Ly have hith
erto regarded the instituti ns of their
country. Theproof of viol ce ' and in
timidation and armed dist rbances in
many other parishes, is of .e same. gen
eral character, although me. ~ general and
decisive as 'to the five parishes particularly
referred-to. In others these causes pre
veiled at particular - polling places, at
many of which a Republican vote was to
a considerable extent preven - , . We hope
to be able to fur aish full • , ,• - of all tee
tinuoey taken by the board, , - the ins,tial of ite..concluMenssuey be ppveciatet:
:It - laW,Whenit -- .freaL'.wlichz . - ,-- -"cewbe
lifi'-' -
, f , ,Nravroxs - rj -4.• .4:."c,:it.7 . 1.1.". -
'amaiietryl,aoierittrielellbst; -
Adiadbilitiaitetibeetird; Thalia&
heroathei htearkriatinguadereath,we*
boundly W, it. aserditi eta Usti'
numy, that , riot; tunic% acts of . violence,
or armed disturbance did materially's
terfere with ' r the purity and freedom of
the eketion at `ny poll or voting place,'
did materially change the result of the
election thereat, to reject the votes thus
cast, and naiad° them from their final
return. Of the effect of such testimony,
the board was sole and final judge, and if
in-reaching a conclusion it exercised good
faith, and was guided by an honest dc.dre
to do justice, its determination should be
respected, even' if upon like proof adiffer
cut concluskur might have been reached
by other tribunals or persops. To guard
the pgrity of the ballot, to protect the cit
izen in the tree and peaceful exercise of
his right to vote, to secure him' agai nst
violence, intimidation, outrage espe
cially, 'moreover, *hen he attempts to
perform his duty, should be the desire of
all men and the aim of every representa
tive government. , If political success
shall be attained by such violent and ter
rible. means as were resorted to in many
parishes of Louisiana, complaint should
not be made if the Notes thus obtained
are denounced by judicial tribunals and
all holiest men as illegal and void..,
JOHN SHERMAN, Ohio.
. E. W. STOUGHTON, NOW York.
J. IL VAN ALEN-, New York.
EvoEsk HALE, Maine.
J. A. GARFIELD, Ohio. -
CORTLAND PARKER, New Jersey.
W. D. KELLEY, Pennsyl eania. •
SIDNEY, CLARK, Kansas.
J. C. Witsox, Kansas.
PRESIDENTIAL CONTESTS.
Five Presidential electiOns, says
the Tribune, in which the vote of
some one : State might have changed
the result s occurred out of the 25
from 1789 to 1872. In 1796, when
the State. Legislatures chose the elec
tors, ADAMS had only a majority of
two over JEFFERSON, the vote being
71 to 69. l
1812 President MADI
soN was chosen over DE Wrrr CLIN
TON by 128 to 89. In this contest
the 'vote of either Pennsylvania (23)
or Virginia (23) would have made
DE IVITTI CLINTON President. in
1824 the 011 electoral vine of New-
York (34) would have given ANDREW
JACKSON a majority of all the votes
cast. As it was he received only one
vote from this State, and the election
devolved upon the House of Repre
sentatives.
The contest in 1844 was exceed
ingly close. POI.K received 1;0 votes;
CLAY, 105. The loss of New-York
was fatal to HENRY CLAY. POLK'S
plurality in this State was only 5,106
—so that a change of 2,554 votes
would. have secured the election of
HENRY CLAY, with all its eventful
consejucnces. At the sixteenth
Presidential election (1848), the vote
of New York (34) or Pennsylvania
(24) would have given Cass a major
ity overTAYLOR. DUCIIANAN won in
1856 by 52 votes. Without the aid
of Pennsylvania he would have had
only 148 votes—the exact number
necessary to a choice. Had -Perinsyl
vauia gone Republican in October,
his defeat was inevitable. Lincoln
received, in .1860;180 votes against
123 for his opponents. . Notwith
standibg his great plurality, he need
ed the vote of New York, to give him
a majority of all the 'votes cast.
Henceforth' small as well as large
States may deerb themselves of great
account.
LOUISIANA.
The Returning: Board of Louisiana
give the following 'sound reasons for
the manner in which they discharged
their duties :
" The Returning Board of the
State of Louisiana claim, first of all,
that under the provisions of law they
are the returning offi .era of all elec
tions • held in the state ; that there
are, in law 'and in fact, no returns of
any eleetion held in said state until
first examined, canvassed and com
piled by them; -that the statements
furnished by Commissioners of
Elections are simply statements of
votes purWrted to have been east,
and that until the fairness and legal
ity of the voting at that poll or pre
cinct have been passed upon by the
Returning Officers no validity' at
taches to any such statements. In
strict compliance with the Taws of
the United States and of this . state
the Returning Officers of the state of
Louisiana have proceudeg to ex
amine, canvass and compile state
ments, of the votes purported to have
been cast in this state at the general
election for President and Vice-Pre
sident of the United States held on
the 7th day of November last.
" The votes purporting to have
been cast in the parishes of Grant
and East Feliciana have been • ignor
ed in ; the official canvass • In
Grant, parish not one . form of law .
was observed. There were no legal
Supervisors or Commissioners of
Election, and the vote taken was as
informal as votes taken on a railroad
train. In East Feliciana the Return.'
ing Officers were tunable to find one,
poll at which, from the evidence be-r
fore them, they could certify that a
full, free and fair election was had.
In the parish of East Baton Rouge
the Returning Officers canvassed and
compiled the votes of three polls sit
uated in the.city of Baton Rouge,
where there was military protection
afforded, and also three other polls
situated immediately on the river,
where there was comparative immun-.
ity from intimidation.
"The evidence as to - intimidation
by murder, hanging, whipping and
other outrages, as affecting the vote
at the other polls, was so conclusive
that the Returning' Officers unani
mously rejected the votes stated to
have been cast at those polls. In
the adjoining parish of West Feli
ciani the votes of six polls, were re=
jetted on similar conclusive eviden
ce. In the parish of Ouachita eight
polls were rejected; while in the City
of Monroe, the parish seat of that
parish, the 'statements of the votes
cast were accepted because the voters
there were measurably protected from
violence by the persenee of United
States troops. The United States
Marshal in charge of the ballot box
at one of the rejected polls was shot,
and 'throughout the whole Tatish
there prevailed sy . stematic intimida
tion, murder and violence toward one
class of voters, white as well as
black, of such a character as to have
scarcely a parallel even in the history
of this State. In the adjoining parish
of Morehouse the statements of the
votes reported to be cast in six polls
were rejected.
"Chi similar efideuee polls were
also rejected - hi the parishes of De
Sotoi,Bossler t ..Frasklim, 014borue
and • nPOncie*Otd**Att
4Pioni - iiilfrittooti4lociiits I
- pliperektFtidayi' Tillie more bodies :
vere.taifin froin the ruins Ohl Morn-
big between eight and AWilie. They
'Maki the_ grand . tOtalso - f4.:-290*. *The,
'workmen Camp upon — them' under a
pile* or. brieks" in. the corner of the
theatre which. would have been. di
rectly beneath the . Flocid's - alley-end
of the alley,- the position making it
probable that they were : People-from
the: parquet. There is very little
hope of their being identified. There
was no cessation in the work when
these were found ' although it steins.;
-to be the opinion, of those in charge
that, the end of 'the dread list has
been reached._ The labor • that is
being done now is the systematic
process of excalhition. About twelve
men are employed in the disagreeable
business, watched over by the chief
Of police. , Otlicers are stationed
along the edge of the Flood's-alley .
wall to keep the 'gangway. clear for
the workers, who occasionally stag
ger up with bits" of tangled pipe,
fragments of chandeliers, and other
weighty articles,, to throw theth in a'
clattering heap upon a mountain of
bricks that has, lava-like, inundated'
what might have been a pretty gar
de&'belonging to a neat frame house.
FroM the half-consumed flag-pole of
the theatre, rising from the skeleton
of the cupola, flies the flag at half
mast. It is ravelled; at the end, is
faded and 'patched here and there,
seemed to be just the banner that
should flutter in the raw wind over
the scene , beneath. The only' other
color in the cola, gray scenels a'bun
die of stained , red and blue stuff,
which is pitched together in a wet
heap agar the centre of the enclo
sUre. Some of the Julius Casar
things," says' the Chief, kicking it
"with his boot. .. Just • beyond it is a
roll of Brussels Carpet—a
.roasted
roll of Brussels carpet—looking hor
ribly suggestive "'of the similarly
shaped affairs that have been taken
out of this cellar of cremation. A
bunch of worked roses that bloomed
through all the fierce heat establish
es the identify of the tapestry. Near
the carpet again is a buff trapping of
a horse, or at, least it would seetn to
be such, which still retains its sheen
and lustre, and. not far from it is the
gay coat with buff cords and metal
lic danglings, which evidently- be
longed to the cavalero that was to
have mounted the barb.
Charles Vine, a bill-poster,; who
was in, the gallery, testified . ai s fol
lows: As soon as the cry of fire was
raised the people rushed toward the
door, bin at the bidding of the ac-'
tors resumed their seats for a mo
ment; after the Ore became visible
there followed a dreadful panic; the
whole audience in the gallery, where
there were. women and boys, rushed
foe the doors; the women screamed
amt the men cursed 'andisivore at
each' opr; they piled up in a heap
in the esa.ge-way in the gallery be
fore theY'reached the stairs; the gal
lery*s well filled ; there was but
one o 61.! nin t ,ir from the gallery to the
hall %There the stairs were, and this
opening had no doors ; it ,was about
six or eight feet wide rthe Crowd
tried to get out of this door;- in a
body, but a number got out at the
first alarm and blocked upthe stairs
—then nobody could move ; I look
ed at the crowd a second and saw
they could not or d l / 4 1 not move ; I
then looked for some i other means'of
escape ; I ran to a Iv indow on Flood's
alley, raised the sash, which was
stuck hard, and looked out; I saw
the height from . the ground was
great and did.-. - not dare jump the
crowd was still inside ehe gallery
screaming, and some of the women
were rushing wildly to and 'fro be
tween the seats; there was still
plenty of light, but I think the fire.
made it and not the gas;. as soon as
turned around I saw the ceiling
• was on fire 'over us, and 'it was drop
ping down on the people; it was one
great sheat of fire.; it could not have
been more than two minuses from
the time the fire broke out;" I saw I
could not get out by the stairs, and
saw others rushing about crying
wildly, and I went dowu to the front
row of the gallery, looked down into
the dress circle 'and jumped to it ;
the gallery was 'like a furnaca at that
time; the flames and smoke Were
surrounding the people and so neof
them were already scorched ; it Was
awful ; I stood the heat as tong
could: the roof was on - fire and all
the heat seemed to be in - the upper
gallery; 1 did not see any officer
'there; ,when the first rush came
everybody was knocked down; even
bad the doors not .been blocked and
the -stairs not crowded, I do .not
think tire people would have gotten
ut in time to save themselves; the
fire got to the root of the gallery
rom the scenery ; the smoke smell
d like burning paint, and was most
uflbeating ; when I jumped down in
o the dress circle 1 struck on one of
he iron chairs and was severely in r ,,
tired about the groin 1 , tilid not no
tice
any one in the dress circle till I
of to the stairs ; • there I found many
women and children on their backs,,
boot three deep, unable to move ;
he cause, of this was-u woman who
•aug,hther leg in the banisters and
ould not be extracted ; there was
,'0 light in the dress' circle when I
eft there it was also quite dark on.
he stairs ; there may have been
eoplc in "the dress circle; when
eft there; . I was behind the crowd on
he stairs • I Baw they could not
ove, and I jumped over the angle
sf the stair case on top of the peg
le's heads below ;
I rolled into the ,
allway, and .made my way, into the
.treet; I did not know where I was ;
here were ten or fifteen policemen'
hreatening the people at;the back
f the crowd, telling them they could
not get out that way, and using their
clubs; they had to do it to extract
he women from the crowd ; the
'omerr were on
.their backs, With,
heir - feet twisted: on the' bannisters
jumped when the police were not
ooking;' I had to du it; it was too
• at behind me and I was suffocat
ing; I remained at the door nearly
n hour afterward ; I do not think
hat the' crowd could have gotten
ut by the dress-circle stoics; it
was horrible, and it-was worse on
he gallery stairs ; the people were
aving -- ,mad, and did not seem to
- now what they were doing ; I think
here would have been a-loss of life
f there had 'been, a dozen stairs;
hink the request of the actors saved
good many lives, because it allow
d' those who started first to get half
way 'down before the second rush
sok place; if they had all'started
t the first rush there would have
seen mere lives lost ;. I was the.only
• ne .who jumped to the'dress-oircle ;
saw no one else try the window in
e. gallery ;. they followed each other
bout in the :hope that one of theni
wonid s findlionte mew-of emit*
' ' '4 1 .0* , ;10*.: ;o,'*:llfttjt!-thk
libought - afire were - 44 500-in.
the gallery; I think -probably 150 of
of the - 500 got out, bat no pore ;
noticed no breaks In , the gallery
"stairs, they. always seemed very solid
to me; I have lbeen down them in a
rush many a time; I never saw any
trouble except at the angles ; this
would, always cause some delay; I
have peen up and , dbwn those; tairs
once a week
-for four years; I never
saw any trouble there before ; no
part of the gallery stairs fell down
or broke while I was there or in the
dress-circle.
AN ACTOR'S REVELATION-THE UN-
HEEDED WARNINO OP THREE
WEEKS AOO.
William, R.Smitbou actor who
was employed by Mrs. Conway, tes
tifies, that he was at the parquet door
when the fire broke out; was on the
stage about three_weeks ago ; when
4, The Long Strike" was played, at
which time the rubber connection of
the „border lights in the third en
trance caught fire, but the excite
ment did not pass beyond the few
people who stood. around, and the
gas was shut off at Once. If it had
touched one of the-borders then the re
sult would hate been the .aine as on.
Tuesday night. The' witness was in
the gallery on the second night. John
E.' Ow6as played in "Our Boys."
That night an alarm of fire occurred ;
there was a movement of the people,
when Murdoch told them to sit
down; heard that this fire was in a
curtain in a box. Witness further
testified.that he thought at the time,
of the 'fire there were pies on the
stage labelled,. "Not to• be used ex
cept in case, of a fire ;" he knew that
the "fire'door" from the parquet to
Flood7Salley was open at the time
of the fire, and that a number of
people went but there.
BURYprO THE DEAD
.
The five members of the Solomons
family, three men and two women ;
who were killed on Tuesday night,
1
were buried today. The . funerall
services were' held in the Jewish clubs
room, at No 7, Willoughby street,
but a block distant from the impro
vise& Morgue on Adams street.
There were tiVe hearses and a long
line of &ails'. The bodies were in
coffins covered with black cloth
.The burial took place in the Jewish
graveyard, . Washington. Cemetery,
near Flatlands.. The brothers, Denz,
Aaron, and Abram, also Hebrews,
had their fimeral services held to-day
in the . Temple Israel on Green
aven..e, between. Adelphi street and
Carlton avenue. A number of other
vietims of the disaster were buried
to-day from, various parts of the city,.
Those bodies which have not, been
identified, as .well as all of those
which have not been removed, by
relatives, will be buried ,to-morrow
in Greenwood Cemetery, a plat on
Battle Hill having been preSeuted by
the directors of the cemetery to the
city. About three thousand infan
try, under the command' . of Gen,
- Taos. S. Dakin, will form, the escort.
The procession will form on Scher
medium street, by Flatbush avenue,
and will start at 12 o'clock. The t
policemen will walk first, and clergy
men
will follow in carriage's ; after
the military escort the relatives and
friends of the dead persons who pre
sent,themselves in carriages w i th take
their place.S. 'The line of march will
be through Flatbush avenue to Sixth
avenue, thence to Third street, ,
thence to Fourth avenue, and to '
Twenty-fifth street, which leads to
- the cemetery. Appropria .,, '-eligiousl
services will be held on t r , t
gi,,i.tuuds.
i
The tServices on Sunday tafternoon I
will he held at 2 o'clock ' in Hooky's
Opera MOW, on the corner of Cann I
and Rem Sen streets; in the Park
Theatre, on Fulton street, oppositd,
the City Hall, and in the Academy i
of Music, in Montague street. The
order otT the services has not yet
been arranged.
At a meeting of the members of
the theatrical profession held at the
Union Square Theatre, New York,
resolutions were adopted deploring
the: loss of life at the lire, tendering
their sympathies to the liereaved
sufferers; and offering their services
and means . to alleviate their distress;
regretting the loss of their.fellow ar
tistes'; declaring that they would at
tend the funeral in a body; appoint
ing a committee to take- charge and
arrange for the funerals, and tender
ping their sympathies to the mana
:gers, Messrs. Shook & 'Palmer, be
-1 lieving they were free from- blame ip
this catastrophe. It was resolved
ithat the funeral .of Murdoch, and
Burroughs -take place at the " Little
Church Around the Corner" on Sun
day afternoon. The pall bearers ap
pointed were Lawrence Barrett, E.
L. Davenport, F. B. Wade, Edward'
Lamb, W. E. Sheridan, LeSter Wal
lack,,H. J. Montague, F. Robinson,
P. F: Mackey, W.ll Simi., and Hen
ry-. C. Jarrett. '
: ,wilv,7=7T..m7i.amm:rati
WAS4INGTON, Pa., Dee. 6.—The
body, enclosed in a linen sheet, was
lying in a crib which rested.,on the
catafalque in. the reception room.
The general appearance of the, body
was dark, nearly black, completely
'mummified, the tissues placid, eyes
sunken_ and wasted, and colOrless, ex
cept, : ft faint smell of carbOlic acid,
contained in the antiseptic or pre
servative powder in which the body
had been packed. 'The skin was suf
ficiently dry to bear separation 'from
- the muscular tissue. In short, ithe
body was about as dly as it would be
after lying for two weeks on,, a dis
secting table. The body was strewn
with abutilon, begonia, geranium
roses, prim roses, evergreens. and
palm. Enclosed within tits; winding
sheet was placed myrrh, frankinsense .
and spices. At precisely twenty-five'
minutes past eight o'clock the pall.'
bearers, consisting of ColOnel Olcott
and Mr. Newton at the head; and
Dr. LeMoyne and Dr. Asdale at the
feet, lifted the crib containing the
-body, carried it into the room and
quickly shoved it into the retort and
,closed the door. The furnace. was
red hot,and in tivominutes the sheet
was burned off, exposing the body to
view. In five minutes the body began
to burn, emitting 9 slight unpleasant
odor and sending a heavy volume of
smoke out of . the chimney.
The fires in the furnace were drawn
at twelve ci'elock,the incineration be
ing,perfect.. The ashes were taken
out and urned at once. To-morrow
the urn containing the ashes of the
Baron will be taken to New-York by
Colonel Olcott and party„,who will
remain over for that purpoSe.—E,4
VfE ARE pleased to notice that-our
old friend, Dr. BRADLEY, late of the .
Montair Ainerican, and one of the i Jon's MORRISEY, first lieutenant of
most ,irigormis political writers in; TILDEN and the notorious New York
the State, is favorably mentioned as gambler,Jtas declared the bets , at his
4iMm4i4ate..,er.tmOng- elark; of thO ool.rooms oft,. Wfoild he have dooi,
te* 44)SmtMaiter .
t ai a 4
• .
Tambeeel tlifiVfeir—Ths
, -.l:bieftist cf .the Trettleiti:lrci. Tete; ea 'tliht
Petit Sistatneil by rifty to y ou r.:Etreet of the
Deelsicte—Plani et the Derecorita.. - •
• !-WAstuscrioN, Dee: 8.--Day before
yesterday Mr. Ferry, 'President pro
tern. of i l he Senatei„.upOn'a question.
raised by Mr: Merrimon, of Nor*
Carolina, decided that.the joint ,rules
of the two !mimes - of Congresa. were
not now. in force, because the present
Congress had failedlo re-enact them:
Mr. Merrimon took an appeal from
the President pro.- tem., and this
morning at the opening of the session
he took the floor and made an ex
tendial arguatent in fairor Of it. 'Tie,
took Mr. Randall's - view of the ques
tion, and assumed the . untenable
groin(' that they were always in.
force ufileSs repcalid by both houses..
His colleagues on- the Democratic
side *took very little interest in the
discussion, and were in 'fact much ;
disgusted than he had raised the
questien at all. They, therefore took
no part in the debate," and allowed
Mr. Merriam!'
.to get badly ,defeated
'by Senators Morton and Eilmimds,'
who took opposite ground fromlim,
and supported - the decision tit -the
President pro tern. Mr. Bayard was
the only Democrat who spoke, and.
he said but little more than to. reiter,
ate his known views, that there were
not now and could not be any
rules of the two. bodies. Sena
tors
Edmunds and Morton :conducted.,
the debate upon the Re'publican side,
and their arguments were clear and
conchisive in support of Mr. Ferry's
'ruling. •
The vote upon this question was a
surprise'o every one, for* had al
most-been made a part of the Demo
cratic programme that the joint rules
were in force, 'and that they could
thereforei insist Upon their - right, ud
der the twenty-second joint ruse, to .
ot..ect to the counting-of the Elec
toral vote of, any State, This is the
position maintained by tlltrDemo
cratic House, but the vote of . the
Senate to-day upon .this question de
veloped the f.iet that the Democratic
' Senators' held an entirely different
view, and therefore -Mr. Ferry's de-'
cision that there - are no joint rules
now in force was sustained l by a vote
of fifty to four. - All the Republicans'
voted in favor of sustaining'the view
of the President. pro tem., as did
Senators Bayard, Cooper, Dennis,
•Eaton, Kernant McCreary,• r Vrjee,
Randolph, Wallace, .Cockrell,. and
McDonald, Demderats. 'Senator
Thurman sat in his seat and refused
•to Vote, as did Senator's Johnston,
Norwood, and Goidthwaite. SenatorS
Whyte, of MarOand ; Maxey,-.of
Texas; Merrimon. of North Carolina;
and Withers, of Virginia,- were the
only Democrats voting against sus
taining the decision of Mr. Ferry.
,This result has caused considerable
comment, and is looked upon as set- .
tling beyond dispute tliat there are
no joint' rules. •
The action of the Democrats in the
Senate respecting the joint rules
leaves the House. without the neces
t nary- support to enforce the Views of
Mr. Randall, that the tWentysecond
joint rule is in force,
.and that the
House pan reject • the -Electoral. vote
of a State accordance with its
provisions. The decision has little
bearing , upon the purpose of . the
Democrats to reject the votes of , the
three disputed Southern States.. They
intend to find the necessary authori
ty in the Constitution itself, by
Lineation, as Mr. Merrimon would
say, which is the: - method he e . mplos
to discover authority for the framing
of joint rules. The .Democrats. will
expect the 'Senate to take action in
the • case of Oregon and count the
three votes for, Hayes; ' The HouSe
would then claim the-right to act t;n'
the same authority, and reject the
votes of the other States. 'fey ciaiM
either that the vote of Oregon Must
be counted as certified. by the Gover
nor, or else it must be admrtte(Pthat
tile two Houses can go back 'of the
certificates and decide upon the
va
liditj•-of the eleetion' of b lectors. I t
is doubtful if their plith is entirely
perfected, and in fact,theie is reason
to believe that it is not. 'The•Repub
ican position, so far aScan 1;e judged
at this time, will
,be•tbat the.,Presi
dent of the Senate, aeting:tipder the
direct authority of
.the Constitution,
shall count the votes, whiehlinvolves
the power, of coarse, to Cohtit ‘Vhich
. ever set of electors froth Oregon lie,
may deem just and legal. All the
precedentS from the beginning of the
Government show that 'the 'intention
of the Constitution was. for the Pres- .
ident of the Senate to nuke the .
count. The appointment Of., tellers
was not for the purpose of indicating
that the two houses had any power
to interfere in the count, -but-only to
give official expressibir to 'the fact
that the' two hoses. were present
The , suggestion that: one house of
Congress alone could - throw' out the
Electoral vote of a State was never
heard of_ until the twentY-Second
joint rule was ,hurriedly framed. in
18115. It was made for the purpose'
of providing a method for excluding
the votes of ,seceded States, which
had been proposed or suggested
should be sent to Congress. The rule
was passed for a.special case, just as
some people are no*'.endeaVoring to
patch up a constitutional amend
ment. It filled its purpose, althofigh
it was made upoira, wrong principle;
for it is clear enough 7, to common
sense that if a State is, to b4deprived
o:" its vote for President, tfiv concur
rence of both . houses of t`dogress, at
least, should be'required. The main
tenance of the, prineiple . of the twen 7
ty-second joint rule beiii'g no eon- -
venient for the Democrats, they are
endeavoring to find authority in the
Constitution to stistain'it, while it is
safe to say that but for tire previous
• existence of this rule, not a single
member of Congress wou'd have
dreamed of 'discovering such power
in the Constitution: The action of
the Senate in annulling the joint rule
was taken last August, • beforel any
one could possibly fores . ee what'' the
effect would be upon the Pre4iilential
election. It y tvas. repudiated by the'
Senate ratlre' - 'n the hope of securing
action on some bill that should de-' .
termine in advance. the methOd of de.;
tiding all the oneStions that have'.
'now arisen, and if the Democrats had
then joined with the Republicans in
securing legislative action",:,
_there
woull now be no occasion for a
phte about the counting of - the 'Elec
toral'
vote.—Times.
in Oregon 110 dwelt.
A man not known to - fame.—
The ..Lierreoait. f!,11 on
bhn—
The rose were sweet called by aboth r nanie.
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WZAGI:WiUIiiAng
:1 1 14.614, iteldairier es to pliant
liffoirlfrArovitillmoo4ldoCloithao,
ilsomstrued kis Worfo--,Tho President's
Opinion of the MAW Ertiostioa
=2:w
WasurmoTON, December 10:—The
President states that daring his con
versation with Mn: 'Hewitt,. about
which sopuch has been written in
the newspapers, he simply said that
he thought sixty-three members
were necessary for a quorum in the
South Carolina Legislature. A tele
gmtn came from Gov. Chamberlain
hest day stating that. in Columbia it
Was reported that Gen. Hampton had
received a telegram from 31r. Hewitt
alleging that the ; President\ said
whichever Legislature bad tiir,,ty
tilree'members would be reeognik.d.
The President states
-what he did say
was that as be. understood it, sixy
three members were • , pecessary in or
der to legally organize the Legisla
ture, but that it was simply lin ex
pression of his private opinion: He
added to-day by way of comment,
that the Republican House consisted
of 59 members and the Democratic
of 56, excluding those from Laurens.
and Edgefie/a, who hold. no certifica
tes.
" • On Wednesday last the President.
received the following dispateh.froin.
Mr... Hewitt : , •
„--
ilocsr. OF RitrItZSICITATIVLS, WARUINGTOINC,
D. C.. Decem!ler
The President, Ereentir mansion:
I bare received a reilatd telegram frdm Cobra
b:4 istatiug-that the stxty-third members hording a
certificate from the Secretary of State ttai iteen
sworn • into the llotwo ,prestgod over by Sir-taker=
Wal!ace. which is therefore orgaelz-td in accord- .
ante with Oh , r-quiremerds of law al, tlitgirl I,y
you. (Slgnud) / ABBAIt S.:HEWITT.
..,
A' second dispatch k .s from Mr,
Hewitt stated tlfat - the -Supreme
Court had ' just decided that the
,House presided over by ; W. 11,Wal
lace was the legally constituted otie. .
From these the President infers that . •
Mr. Hovitt 'misinterpreted him in
his communication to Wade , Himp-.
ton.. ,He states that the conversation.,
Was 'free and confidential, Jand lie
had no idea it would be used in the.t,
way. -. . . . .
On ,the same day Mr.- Hewitt and
Mri:ltandolph called, and the Presi
dent showed the former the telegram
from Gov. Chamberlain and- his re
ply' stating in plain terms that his
confidence had been ablfsed. Mr. _
'Hewitt then said that he !only gave
sixty-three as, in the opinion of the
President, the necessary
_number to
transact business. Just then Senator
Randolph preseritAnka dispatch from
Wade Haniptonstuting in etliet that if ,
the President recognized the Wallace
House 'and . withdrew the 'troops all
would be peace and quite. , .
The president protiiptly'andWarm-,
ly replied that it was a piece of iia= ,
pertinence on the part -of Wade
Hampton to instruct •him as to his
duty; that the troops were in South'
Carolina in obedience to the consti
tutional ( cmand of the Governor, to.
.prevent finestic violence.
The President in his conversation
to-day further stated that, he had.
been grossly misrepresented. In -
speaking of political matter.? he. said '
that Mr. Hayes got the votes of ail .,
the States which assistetiin siipprerss-'
ing the late rebellion,•except four„,.
ant! that Mr. Tilden carried all tae-"
States which furthered the rebellion,.
except three. , hi New York the'
greatest Democratic majorities were
inwards where'crinic and illiteracy.•
predominated ; that the thirty-five.
electoral votes of the State were se- .
cured through the instrumentality of
men who had no stake in the State.
The same class of men carried Cull
necticut and •New Jersey. The only '
Northern State carried by respect=able votes for Tilden was Indiana.
As'the illiterate ' classes referred to
have - the elective franchise, no one •
claims that Mr.-Tilden did not le
-gaily carry those States. If the
colored people in the South were al
lowed .to vote with the same tree-
dom. there would be no -contest over
the .States of Florida, Louisiana and .
.:Onth nrrolina.. But suppose the
colored people were not 'alhiwed to
vote, the representation frinu the
"southern Sttltes wduld be grotl3-,re7
duced, and Mr. Tilden would be .
Thirty-tire votes short from 014 sec
tion, which would have elketed Mr.
Hayes beyond doubt. The Presi—
ient defended General Ituger's ac
tion under. the circumstances. Ile
;has two resolutions - of inquiry from
Congress in regard
. to. the use of the l
troops. and in replying he will ex- r
press his views more fully. With
regard to "Vashington;there would
be troops concentrated there if occa
sion demands itl; He
. had no obj;:e
tionto impeachmOit, as he could de
fend his conduct 'to the satisf,ction
of all fair-minded persims. Ile has
received f tive or six threatening let
ters per day, but pays no atteLtiori
to' them.
SEVERE WEATHER.
NEW YORK, Dec., 10.—Indianapo
lis, 10 degrees below; Keokuk, 10 de
. 7ees . .beloff; Omaha, 5 degrees below;
Cincinnati, 6 degrees. below ;: St.
. Louis, 5 degrees' below; Louisville, 5
- degrees' below ; Pittsburg, 3 degrees
below ; Cleveland, § degrees below ;.
Cairo, zero; Grand Ilaveu, zero. Lea:
venworth, 2 degrees above ; Erie, 2
degrees above; Detroit, 3 degrees
above ; Rochester, 7 degrees above ;
Washington, 7 degrees abOve ; ,Balti
more, ' degrees above ; Albany, 14
d. grees above; ()swum, 12 degrees
above,; Nashville, ti, degrees above;
Philadelphia, 12 degrees. above, and
Buffalo . 10 degrees above. . ' .
- NEW- : YORK, Dec. - 9.--,-During, the
gale which swept over the city this
mornin, the new ;rain elevato'r at
, ~,
the foot of Sixtieth street lia4 dam
; aged to the extent of 410,000.. By
I clearing a portion , of the imilding,
1 which was being blown to atonic, one
lof the watchmen, Edward Looney,
I was instantly killed by the falling .
I debris: ' •
A Wonderful Dfsrotrery.--Ournumerou
exchanges are filled with accounts of most wonder
ful cores erected by pr. ClAGt'a
Woxore." It is sahib> be the greatest' vitaliser
yet discovered, giving buoysney to the spirits. etas
ticity to the step, and tusking the Invalid lenrty,
courageous and strong. Itturesnit illseati es of the
Liver, Stemat It , . Kidneys anti Spine: Scrofula :Mil
all Blood Diseases; cures Nervous Prostranon and-
Weakness of either sex, restoring Tone anti Visor
to the whole system. ' Rend the following cure,:
- Prof. 11. A. Unsex: Saralega, N. Y 4, vilely
known as Principal of. Ole of our leading int:time
liens of learning, says that his wife has used I be,
Medical Wonder' , fora coMplleation of disra-os
with the most happy effect. No ether remedy eter
touched the Case like a.,
1)r..1. ILAILTO: , :, liorrlsvllle, N.Y.: sl.ter In 'red
mt., yf ars.with tea!alti awl nenrunsil.s , a. - 9.; enr.:4l.
r ALIMICT Tucr.soAtx, Tuncooit,: IV. IL.
sci•orula; supposed to be la coleseltat len;
cured. ,
31r1. 1. S. ..k.vrtrao2c, 111115 bore, N. U..
Offer e- , •
Z. 4. White. Sheds Cernrrs, N. Y., terribia
Se4ofnia and Killney Disease; gained 40 pound.. - .
4.11.11AwL Basaimga r sa)s that •`Medical
W.fPntl«.l-" gurp:hitu health, strength and at. Nate.
Mr& C. P. 0111M.11.1r, Concord. hit 11., coutittetl
to bed with female and 'kidney d4imusc; cured.
liortfaceter 1000 !Aber cores. '
41.16 - 4;rqDrFigls6 .. for Wonder,'
417 . . Dr. 01yitik* De,
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