Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, March 01, 1877, Image 2

NEWS !SOX ALL 114710N5.
VENILE criminals are mitnerons in
York.
THE, Pope is said to be the wealthiest
•r.l:in living.
qt - EEN Vic-rOnia will spend Easter in
.I:ermany. ~„.
Goi,r) bead embroidery on lade is a)
in iuto'cogue
THE new spring wraps aro dolmans and
arf mantles.
SOME modistes are nsing coralino as a
til - ess trimmitig..
. .
I3AuLET is six inches high in Los An
plos county, Cal.
EDNII*ND TAT& is making $15,000 a
year out of his nowspiper.
• A woots cat excites the special wonder
of. all Neiltwine, Wis.
I Witt: Washington Union, Democratic,
be-discontinued after to -day.
Fi:vrttnit - s studded with steel and crys
tali are shown for evening partireit.
brown and navy blue are still the
Li writecolors-for little boys' suits.
Tits empress bonnet. is large . crowned
a!1.1 - of 'modified . Normandy simile.
A WIDOW aged 14 recently .-took a
husband in Alton, 111.
rc,rroN's new Art Museum is to be
! jpen to the public on Sundays.
- TuF. jail on the island
,of 'N antucket,
31 zss., hasn't had a!tipceupant for a year.
rl~.: rioter of Bprnardino,' Cal, is
settingT,out 40,000 grape cuttings this
season.
,
A L.knit area will be Sown in wheat
in California , the emu/I,C season than
ever belore.-
.
Tr N, Texas, consumes $1.000,000 in
amually. The city's population is
-
THE LegiSlatnre of Rhode Island is en
deavoring_zo make education compulsory
11,1, - ;ugliout the State. - .
IF.I'..F.TAItY Mot - tun. has so far recover
c.,i alto be able to fit up. He is regarded
!Jiit_of danger.._
Bum:7c, MALLOV S Co., hat jobbers;
.N:.v..York, have failed. Liabilities, $8.4-
0: - real assets, ;' , 40,00(1.
HowE was refused
:iceovninodations in a Western botel be
t iu , e she was swonian lecturer. •
11•” ! :rox has built on an average fifteen
1,11•Iie. buildings, }'early, for - the last
I-re 'tears.
.psi, Cionpox, - African explorer,
I,2cn appointed governor . of the en
ti.%• province of `;;;ondan.
Coni - pany. with $`;10.00,000 capital,
I.;:ybeen formed .on the Pacific coast t*,
wccnte the lumber business in Alaska.
Is - Boston over 5000 fg.tA of blue glass
.%,•re sold hp a single 14se in one week,
a: the price-Las advanced 50 per cent.
Yonit manufactuters of vinegar
u-.t the bilge water of ships as a founda
t:•m- Drowned rats give it the proper
S. RA— has free soup houses this
vi4ter. but her soup houses- next
s;;;!;:uur will be expensive enough to
lit eki up fin• it
westein papers are urging the
inonaht:lture of sugar from corn. It is
itr,otii , -y extract 'of corn that finds more
foror ont west. , •
J.: 1,4 'proposed to introduce Amer . can
1i e engines into Germany, a cowntittee
11,vin , z-been-appointett to come over and
i igate them.
i'ET:TioNs • are being signed by the
I:',. to Island coast population to have
I::cir lines - and shelleries protected. We
~r theirmkitives arc shell-fish also.
A 111:!DE at Franklin, Ind.. who had
n beaten by her husband thrice ere
t:;-• honeymoon had waned, attempted to
end her existence with poison.
cATII ot.ic clergyrnatt of •Manitowoe,
Wis.-. has been fiped $lO for leading a
I'.l;,Z , Hpiuster from the church by the
e ti . , iri the presence of the cmgregation.
Foi u- thom4and- persons were treated
diseases of the eye at the Wills Op
tl• • , mic libspital in Philadelphia during
t!:•: past year.
NE tni:v all the land along the line of
the Allegheny river from Coudersport,
Ptt I er comity, to Olean, N. Y., - is said to,
for olpurposes. ,
Tuft total imports of Nirley into the
'United States from Ontario in-1876 were
busliels against• S, - ..:;1;,62542 bush.
c: receipt..at Oswego in 1816,
:; I•2? - (114-; bushels. •
- As the e'old yield iu Australia decreas..
c••• Coe wool crop grows more valuable.
car the wool crop of that country
NN.lti ;ri,"'10,000, more than four times as
. n.u.•li as its gold product.
A co:met:tient accident insurance com.
p :fly has declined tikcompensate to in.
s:;iefs who were hurt`. Idle coasting at
c,w London, on the kround that such
..:dents are, not in the bond. .
TILE - largo ,consumption of spirits in
;•'weder. is proved-by the fact that,,witha
.I,lllatiOn of only about 4.00(1,000, the
1. venue derives nearly 14,000,000 crOwns
the tax on home-made spirits.
Dakota legislature has passed
s providing for a Unitedi States court
for the Mack bldls, and otherwise ar
- ringing fir the settlement of the coun
tiy lipoti the ratification -by congress of
1.4:e I veaty with the Sioux. .
digging the foundrpions for the
co•ction of the .New Jersey Smte
at Iladdimheld, the worknien fofind a
i..oilier of silver pieces,_ one of which has
iiioascertained t 6 b . (' of Spanish make.
ts . o.. will be. presorved and placed in the
A. Victoria dispatch states , that an In
:..n belunging tci a tribelteariKametitt,
..ufcs.ed that. fifteen .perstms who t'each
.•lllic store front the weeetz of the steam
•- ;eorge I. Wrigth, — three Yeats ago,
murdered by •his tribe, and the
s thrown into the sea.
..,, .•••
. _..
- Oil: French • government has _lately
;.;uteri A pension of 914:10 a year to the
, :flow of the French consul Moulin, who .
%as killed , . in a Turkish riot at Salonica
,s: May :7' In addition to this, the Turk
government has paid the lady and her
.L. 1144 1 reu $ 10t), Dm. . -
T::;: additions to the Princeton College"
14-;;I- y are Professor S, 5; Orris, of Mari
na college„ Ohio, to the new Greek
~:or: Professor Charles G. RockwOod, of
:age's
,College. to the new chair iu
L4:iisticg, and Professor C: A. Young,
: l':.4ri:Uoilt'..4, tO the neW chair of mathe
-4 I.:es. PrOtessor Rockwood will be de
-4,4;ed to the Iselentitie school.
I. ;NI - Ai:l:pi. has • a Howard Lecture
mrse - , the- addrgissezi being delivered by
.r o a r iiHilectuil citizens: The lecture
4... weak wli,s given by W. U. Hensel,
•4;!..444. , 1i:06 . 0f the InteVi:x MY r. Rev. _
4this War :V -7 Huirord, of the Lutheran
hureh. f sleike list :evening, on `' The
-4 4rking14.174t.; Problem."
'NEtbotVWif the Shaft on the south.
.
:1;4 of the Washington Monument reach-
1. a few 'itays since. an immense gneiss
k, nrich is believed it) extend under
pi: the monument and to-fornra
fournlition at a distance of thirty
ec belt.rw tho surface.
WoonnuFF. of Indianapolis, who
is long been arranging for a grand ei
usi4m alumni the world, announces that
• I..ts secured the required number of
, •111,sioniSts, and will be reacs to sail
vi his scheme is to take sixty
at $40.101) each. ~ lle is to furnish
c ves 01. provisions, &e.. arid copduct r
= xeursion for two years.
i imi Ve - contl day's proceedings" of the
•n al Association of Mexican V.eter
, mipriSed a visit to the White House,
.eie tlley were. received by President
_oft eoktliallt.freeting,. They also
a hearing before the committee on
:,,ant and presented a statement argil
' in Cavor olig,ranting pensions to their .
1; ratles.
John S. C; Abbott has had
Ile time - several Japane: students
•)•:.i his. family, at I.fair haven, Conn.
•,f them young lady of high rank,
, lerhome recently to the government
ht-r Eunily for permission, to join a
istian Church. This was granted, and
baptized by 31:r. Abbott.
:retitle/nail of this city a day or two
. while walking over the battle ground
.1c Crater, picked up a curious and In 4
-,tmg relic of that famous and hotly
:ested field. Is was two !Muni° balls
iered` and - imbedded -in each other.
• .u* them was a- federal and the other
' , g,federate ball, and on being fired:
.q.po.qte directions they had struck
.:Welt against each other, and became .!
ledticd one in the: other, forming as it
Jta.ring of lead, with We •balls pro.
in,ls,n either side, ling retaining sutif. I
tr4fxr . 11'4 'al 4 lTiggsit ill 9 Fide ti)
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E. 0, GOODRICIE. W. ALVOED.
Towards, Pa., Thursday, YLirch 1, 11Ifftl
REPUBLICA-Sr ISTAIiDING C0361111T.
TEE. j
In pursuance of resolution, the Republican Stand
ing Committee are requested tti meet In the Grand
Jury Room, in Towanda, Tuesday, March 12, 1877,
at 2 o'clock r. si.„ for the purpose of taking action
action in regard to selecting delegates to State Con-
TenUon: The members are also requested to come,
Prepared to fulaish names for Vigilance Commit
tees. . W. H. CARSOCIIAN„ Chairman.
J. R. M. Iftxmax, Secretary. j,
TUE END.
The REPORTER has steadfastly con
tended ever since the 7th of Novem
ber that the Republican ticket was
successful, and HATES and W i nEELEtt
would be inaugurated. For a time
-such a result seemed to be jeopar
dized by the action . of Congress in
passing the Electoral Commission
bill, but the tribunal,selected by the
Democracy themselves has confirmed
the claims of . Republicans and de
clared- HATES and WHEELER duly
elected. The,glorious endilig of the
long.contest-will call forth devout
ranks from every loyal citizen,. and
result in giving-a - new impetus to the
business of the country:
PRESIDENT GRANT.
Eight years ago Gen. Um - ssEsk S.
GRANT, was inaugurated President
of the United States, and has Pre - ;
sided over the Government two con
secutive terms during the mostlrying
and eventful period - of the Republic,
With marked ability and statesman
ship. We cannot, 'and would. not,
ignore the fact that he has made mis
takes—that he has been deceived in
the character of subordinates; but
taken as a whole, history will accord
to his administrationerank with the
best . that have preceded him.
His military record is without a
parallel in the annals of modern
times, and reviewed dispassionately
and in_ the light of. reason and patri
otism, his civil career will shine not
less brilliantly. He will carry with
him to the retirement of private life
the best wishes of the nation'.
Conscious of having faithfully dis
charged the duties of the high posi
tion ,to which he .was called by a
gratefulpeople, his remaining years
will be spent in the enjoyment which
they only realize who have lived
likes devoted to the welfare of their
fellows. The impartial historian will
*rite of him as of the first President,
" Fit-St in war, first in peace, and first
in• the hearts of -his country men."
A NOBLE INSTITUTION.
It affords us pleasure to call atten
tion to the gOod work which has been
aecomplitihed by the University Hos-
I at Philadelphia. The institution
is loyated near the depot of the Penn.
R. II.;" so that patients can be
conveyed to it with but little fatigue
Or disturbance. Patients from evert•
portion of the State are admitted to
its wards and treated free of expense.
_Some faint idea of what it has done
may lie drawn from a Perusal of the
annualreport. During the past twen
ty-eight months 10,855 sick persons,
300 serious cases of accident, and a
vast number of nkinor injuries were
treated. The - patients thus - treated
represented lift.: Counties, and the
(:Ombined total cost of treatment
reached the large sum of upwards of
$53,000. The applications for rooms
and treatment are inere'xsing so rap
idly that the trustees find it abso
lutely necessary to make an addition
to the builditv, and the legislature
is very properly asked to make an
appropriation for the purpose. The
ground upon ,which . the building
stands.ivalued :it $150,000, was do
nated by citizens of Philadelphia,
who lave also raised a special endow-
tnent ftind of $350,000. We trust
there will be hi) hesitancy on the part
of legislators in aiding this noble
institute in carrying, on its benevo
lent and charitable work. It is cer
tainly worthy of generous aid.
This bill gives to this Commission the same
powers that the Houses of Congress separately or
together hare, whatever those powers are. If con
stitutionally they cony go behlott the decision of a
returning hoard, this Commission can go behind It:
If constitutionally they cannot go behind that de-
Cision. Ibli Commission cannot go behind It; and
therefore It is a nterl, license of speech to call this
a shuffling bill. You might as well call any hill
'such as we s., often pass authorizing the Court of
Claims to deride on 'a claim against the United
States. or authorizing any other court tu decide a
claim, a shuffling, Lilt, beeause in the act we pass
we do n o t deride the rase Itself, but submit It to
the judicial determination of the court.”
In view of these plain declarat'ons
of the men who framed the bill, made
in open debate, it is simply folly for
Democrats; to say that there was an
understood agreement that the Com
mission should go behind the returns.
The" other Democratic excuse for
.
TILE MOLLIES.— For, some' years rev uiii t i on i s equally futile. • Both
past the anthracite :coal regionS of ', C 4
..,enthor EDMI7NDS and Senator : Turn !
this State have been infested with a I:t:c.tleclared that the Commission
band of outlaws and murderers, was only to interpret existing lavi,
whose deeds rival those of ,the bri- ' not to make new regulations. f'lVliat
Bands. Under the guise of an organ- ' has been the Democratic interprets
ization, the ostensible object of which Lion of the law about electors ? In
was a : beneficent and laudable one, . 1873, when no party conflict was
the most barbarous and outrageous
warping men's judgment, Senator
crimes were committed
; with as little ; THURMAN, now a member of this
compunction as if the 'perpetrators ; Commission, while discussing:'n,reso
were carrying - out the professed ' 'talon "to inquire and report wheth
eleemosynary objects of the society.
- er the recent elections ofelectors.of
Through the instrumentality of a -Pre - • I
suient,ln the States of Arkansas
detective agency, and the'determipa-.. and Louisiana had been conducted
of the railroad.and coal comps - in accordance with the Constitution
OAS class,Tnany.of the members Mare Hies danger_ and laws of the - United States," spoke
been apprehended and -punished,—or ; "I know of as follows
n"
o power vested in Congress toi pass
rather, are now awaiting ekecution ; a w n h y m l i a 7 h
e m e k
I t e l , : ‘ l t f i, subject shal except I n a . w paicnhg
State
t t e l m i e s
as murderers. The last trial was toapint irflec In the mannertheLegisl
a ;tun!Lsanro.irtherele any contest concluded at Bloomsburg on Satur- ;of the right of persons to hold the office of elector.
it seems to have been the contemplation orthe rya.
(Is 3-, when three more of the " Mol- . nets of the Constitution that that was to be pro
vided for by the States themselves: that each State
lies '' • were found guilty of killing a
any
nnist - deterntine In such a mode as It shall provide
question that may arise between different per-
Mr. REA several years since. The . sons claiming to be elected to that (Ace. No juris
diction over the subject scents to have been given
evidence showed that they eneom- i congress. • • • now far our power goes 1 am
nut prepared to say; It Is a matter that requires the
pased the death of REA after weeks gravest consideration ; but Ido nit wish to be con
, shirred as committing myself to Iluy implication
of preparation and premeditation.:
test that
of we
theita 14 I t sa o w f e i t h t e o se gc el i e n e t t o nrs the ik v e e s i t n le a u r o u t e ' aeon
.coin .
If ever a homicide was deliberate possibly,!.f.ltiteied.e seta from t t t e d e e t t ,i t c r i m al l , n;lh n ic c h e.
and organized. it was his. The mar- otelnecero;c:ilt,ya;
: that entitles their certificates-to be received and
votes by them
derers, it seems certain, were selected ; tea full oriven
difficult t 8 be counted, but It Is a sub.
.
by. lot, and their hapless victim was ; Senator BAYARp, another Demo
marked for death long before he Met i cratic member of this Commission,
his doom. The " Molly Mag,uires " - !spoke as follows wt. ! -*ft
equal explicit
are organized slayers. Their" asso- ness: - -
"a:owhere Is' power given to .either House of
ciation is nothing less than a murder- : Congress - thel I - ith the
i - t ' , to pass upon e ect on, e. er man
ous, conspiracy. It remains to be' ; i i. e re r :i r d the ent
. fa a c n t,4[, f
if electors e c Lo n r President h a e nd t
I\i'lltceed
prociN'ell whether-the laws of the State, i SdtcarletP:eeg"ullseeroornep,trtetltholotuesstsn,gshlicasousuntLegnna
fearleisly and rigorously executed, !,,-coLe
aretod f o e I f tl o e r
m th t e h t e ac co t il o e f v the y
whomelection:h e°
k e el s e i lo n rs t
can effectually put an end to -this: and Vice-President are to be chosen, then they will
- i tease taken arson themselves authority for which I,
system of American " Thugism." i !fur out, can find no warrant In this charter of lim
ited powers,"
! 7 '
-
i Where the pattisanship of the de
lON. DAVID REID, late U. S. Pic: ' eisionp q‘f thp Electoral Com Mission
triet Attorney for the Western Dig, lies wel4yo our reader t % with filq
trice or , !lifi State die d in Pi t t s b urg;zpres s oion of opiol tfo
pl4-timn,
• , •
~ :: t I r to &LIMA, - -..;
THE TIVOICTIONO Of THE COMM.
SION.
These columns bear record that the
Electoral Commission was earnestly
opposed by us. It is equally well
known that almost -every 'Deunknit
in and out of Congress advocated
and fivored the measure. Now that
the friends of Mr. TILDEN find them
selves beaten by the tribunal of their
own choosing, they are unsparing in
their demands of the majority of its
members, and boldly assert that they
have refused to carry out the spirit
and intelit of the special law creating
the Electoral Commiision. Do the
facts warrant such a conclusion ?
The bill was first discussed in the
Senate,' and the debate on it was fin ,
ished there and it was passed by that
body before it was discussed in the
'House of Representatives at all.
Representatives had, therefore, the
advantage of knowing all that was
said bout the bill in the Senate be
fore t ey had to discuss it or to vote
on it, d the Senators' interpreta
tion of it 'ca not be said to have been
concealed. hat was this interpre
tation ?
M o r. EnmuNns, a member of the
itc• Int - committee which prepared the
, ill, in his opening speech explaining,
,
pt.ovisimis, said : . -
"Yeti will observe, Itr. President, precisely the
question that is to be sent Into this tribunal for Its
consideration, It Is to inquire Which of the papers
of the conflicting ones is the paper that the Consti
tution ealls for; that Is. the electoralvote of a State
In the Union, as the Constitution sacs, as It need
scarcely have said, but some language must have
been employed. It is the constitutional vote of the
State, the voice of the State In the manner pm
scribed by its Legislature In the selection of elec
tors who have voted for President, that is to be
sought for; and It Is the person who has the high
eSt number of those vot.esl am not now quoting
the language of the Censtitution—but what every
bode understands it' to mean—who is to be the
President. Therefore this tribunal, or commis
sion, as It is styled In the 'bill more accurately, Is
called upon to determine one single question De
rivren the two conflictlng.papers purporting to he
the constitutional Iffrates,'and that is, they are
to determine which of them is In conformity- with
the Constitution and which of them Isjot."
Referring to the question as to the
right to go behind the decision of
the State authorities, which one side
maintained and mother denied, he
said:
'• What could we do? We could do that, Juht
that simple thing we thought, that we bare done,
and that is to say that this Presidential election
roust be settled, and settled only upon the Consti
tution and the principles of law as they existed
when It took place. Who Is to decide what they
were when It took place? Exactly the tribunal
that must decide everything In the end—whatever
tribunal the Constitution and the law constitutes
for the purpose ofluch a decision. This law con
stitutes a tribunal to decide that very thing, among
others. In other word*, at Is commanded todecide
what Is the constitutional vote of a State ; and In
doing that may take Into view any evidence of any
kind that tln. Constitution and the law as It now
makes appropriate to that subject, and not any
other. • • • • • • •
—Then we require that the decision madeltj this
CVllllllls,lol3—thus under a special oath to follow
the Constitution and the law;and , nothing else. and
In deciding these rights to folloW the law as It Is
now, for the hill gives them no new law t it only
creates them to decide npon the be re
ported to the two Houses in writing."
Mr. FREL INGII u r another meth-,
her of the committee which prepared
the bill, in his'speech said
"The very nature of the tribunal that is to count
the votes (assuming that It is either the two Ifons.es
of Congress or the President of the Senate) pre
eludes the Idea that there can he any investigation
back of the certificates. returns and accompanying
papers. Whether Congress or the Commission can
go back of the certificate. returns and accompany
-Mg papers is one of the questions referred by the
act to the Commission. And lam entirely willing
to abide by the decision of the fifteen sworn mem
bers of the Commission."
Mr. FnELINGIICYSEN was even more
explicit than this, for .not only- did
lie assert - that this question
.was to
be entirely in the hands of the Cum
mission to decide, but he gave his
own views in regard to it as follows:
...It may be sahl that If this doctrine of nut cuing
behind the returns is true there vraS tio necessity
of taking testimony in Louisiana. Ido Hot think
there was the least necessity for so doing, except
ing for the purpose of satisfying the public that no
Injustice had been done, or to give the Executive
such. information as he might require to decide
which of the to - o government e . he should rerignlce.
• • The Constitution of Louisiana or auy
other State has tolling to its with the electoral
vote. • '• The Constitution of the United
States did not repose in the cou%entlon which
framed the constitution of Louisiana the right to
fix the manner in which electors should he elected,
but reposed that right In the Legislature of Louisi
ana. and 11 that Legislature sees proper to say that
in the election of electors there shall be a returning
board which shall have the power lorelect the vote
of a parish inhere intimidation and violence pre
vents a fr e election, of which that laetrd Is to
Judge, that legislation is valid and constitutional so
long as It does not viidate the Constitution of the
United States, from which source alone the Legis
lature derives Its power to legislate on that subject.
So I do hot see that there is any constitutional quer
Lbw to come before theCommlssionln that regard."
Mr. THURMAN, one of the Demo
cratic members of the Commission,
was equally explicit in regard to the
powers of the Commission. He said:
TUE LOVUILIITA CJUlta
settle
The Louisiansiosse is td, , ' but
everything which goes to show that
it has been rightly settled is of inter
est and 'Value. A letter lirritten by
. 11r. CORTTANtOr -PAltkrAt - - Or New
•
Jersey, who went to New Orleans
- upon - the request of President GRANT,
to witness the count, to a private
citizen of Boston has been published
recently by the Transcript of that.
city. Referring to the circumstances
nnder which he went South, Mi. l'An-
KER saps:
•PA arm Republican , and earnest idit rt
ilret of all
I had learned of Governor llsyes, devoid of any
sympathy for his opponent, fearfdl of his principles
and especially so because of the shrewdness' and
disposition to finesse which are supposed to distio
gulsh him, few exceed me, or could pessiblyexceed
me, In the wish that Tilden should not be Presi
dent. But, when I went to New Orleans, I believ
ed the votes of other States would elect him ; I had
given up all, or almOst all hope. And I had well
nigh come to believe that. considering the, turbu
lent elements of the Democratle party on one side,
and the law-atdding characteristics of the Republi
can ou the other. the peace of the country woad
be most secure if, the election 'sing so clam, Mr,
Tilden should he Inaugurated. The idea of its be
lug the Interest of my associates, as you say some
have had the Injustice to suppose, to bring about
the return of Mr. Ilayes, least of all that I person
ally should aid in such a scheme, never crossed me."
After reviewing the circumstances
of violence and intimidation amid
which the,Returning Board was cre
ated, Mr. PARKER. says: •
"With the members of thdboard I was entirely
unacquainted. They were all violently assailed in
the Democratic journals of New Qrleans., and by
the leading white population, and as violently vin
dleated by the single Republican newspaper there.
But I soon found that violence Was the habit in
Louisiana. If a man was a Republican, he was ac
cused of every wickedness or weakness. And lus
. deed, Done believed every man,lhe whole populi-
Bon was anything hut respectable. • Every man's
hand was against his fellow.' tiaras impossible to
pursue any course, but to shut one's tare against
the universal obloqny, and to see, hear anti deter
mine for oneself. It seemed tome that a profes
sional experience so extended as my own might be
safely trusted to arrive at a nearly correct conelu
*lon as to the conduct of the board in discharging
their delicate duty.
-There were considerations, evident ed , ugh toij
a looker on, why the sessions of this board might
hare been entirety private, except when candidates
rouglyt a hearing before them. - The personal sale.:
ty of the members was pretty evidently far from
being assured, At former sessions, it was said, it
had been endangered: I think It was actually as.
railed. Several dexterous and sometimes trying
legal gentlemen were constantly before them, front
whose importunity they might be pardoned the de
sire to escape. Their duty required quiet (Imola.
Trottel' and consultation. The statute underwhich
they acted, does nut, In my judgment, contemplate
open sessions except for the 'hearing' mentioned;
it certainly does not require it. Aud, therefore,
when the board propciSed sessions in the presence.
of committees of the two great parties of the coun
try, with stenographic reports, publfaldel daily to
the world, and promulgated a set of rules eminent
for good sense and Impartiality, they Seemed to me
entitled to my confidence—a confitieuce which in
creased day by day, •as I witnessed their intelli
gence, their desire to acimaint,every one with their
most tuluute proceedure, their patience under the
annoyances, not to say indignities, to which some
of the counsel alluded to subjected them ; their Ms
regard of mere techhicality as an objection to any
proposed canvass ; their apparent desire to give ef
fect te the true will of the people as expressed
the election. while sternly conscious of their duty
to preveut its repression.
-That they were decided in their political senti
ments Ido not doubt. That these sentiments gave
them a bias and perhaps interfered with
_their ju
dicial eqelpalse is possible. To say this is to say
no more than that theywere human. lint it is but
justice to them to ray that no set of men engaged
upon a like duty. no jury in a box, no court open a ,
bench ever seemed more disposed to do what was
right, within my observation, than did this Return
ing limn) of Louisiana."
Mr. PARKER comments as follows
upon the objections that the board
had no right to canvass the votes for
electors, and that the way was • not
prepared for inquiry . . as' to intimhla
tion by die protests of the supervi
sors of elections and of the failure to
fill the vacancy :
•• It is said that the board had no jurisdiction—
no right to count the 'rote for elertom No such
objection was made. to my knowledge. during its
long session. And it seems to me unworthy of the
distinguished lawyer who has suggested it."
—lt is said that protests by supervisors nr poll
commissioners which, cOnfessedlY. are
jurlodle
tiouall% necessa , y to any Inquiry by the board as
to intimidation, are required to be made at the time;
of closing the poll returns, and cannot be added af-1
. „
leeward. This Is not true. If It were. Me- Intent
of the law would be frustrated. for the int imida
tion which interfered with a free rote might also
prevent the official protest. And the iangnage of'
lba act. evidently directory. and. there:Ott, not
Important. enables the board to consider the pro
tests If accompanying the return without inquiry
or care as to when theywere made, If only before
It was opened!. The act mates It the duty of t.
supervisors of registration who are aware of Intim
idation make the protest. It would be strange
if their neglect or delay In performing this tittty
aLoahl lon tent the inquierdireeted."
••That the board did not 1111 the vacant'y existing
was. I thought, said. and still think, to he regret
ted. But theirXod doing 'to - did not vitiate their
pro:ceo Mg.. For the board. whose action hereto
fore was sustained by_the State Supreme Omit.
co - list:tett of only four members. When it Is re
membered that the- vote of throe was essential.
whether the whole number was four or eve, and
that all the proceedings except consultation were'
in the presence of at Lest ten gentlemen who par
ticipated In everything but derision, the import
ance nf.this vacancy Is greatly diminished. It was
salt that they had offered the post to several Dem•
nerats, who declined- I do.,not think they were
called upon to appoint the, gentleman tendered
them by the Democretic conimlltee."
Mr. PA , RKER mentions some of the
evidence OT violence and intimidation
and says
"The leading tact that hands of arm ~ d , mounted
men, belonging to the Democratic rt r. regularly
drilled and otheered, habitually patrolled the par
generally at night. Inducing negroes, for fear
of their lives, to leave their homes, and, with their
favillies, sleep in the woods. And inspiring univer
sal terror among them, and that these men pro
claimed that negroes must vote with the Demo
crats, or curler, Is really unquestioned. heard
the eilstence or these patrols proved by Democrat
ic witnesses, • And it did seem to me that no poll
shotild be counted where this armed mounted
nightly patrol existed, and where the intimidation
naturally to be expected followed.''
In the conclusion of his - letter Mr
PARKER says :
"In the event of the trial through which the na
tion is now passing shoun, be ?to exhibit that. re
spect for the forms of law otliwhich the existence
of the nation hangs, and at the same lime drag to
light and remedy the unhappy condition of ;the
southern negro pi:lnflation, we may recognize,4
providence in that closeness of the vote which at
present occasions such just apprehension as to ?the
fate*. The north has make a great mlstakeli It
suniposed that freedom and the Rag was sufficient
protection to the slave, t, forgot his Ignorance,
poverty, hereditary helplessness, servility and lack
of self-assertion. It forgot the powerof intelligence
and property; the exasperation of the negro-ballot
to those who had formerly - Owned the voters: their
Ineradicable hatred to the nation MO the flag which
had Intllcled this great insult. What,the South has
always needed, what It still needs, is the' presence
of the flag and of national power thronghout the
entire country, held In'readlness, and in sufficient
numbers, to give courage to the masses of ignorant,
dependent labor, and at the same lime protection
for property against the natural vices of ignorance."'
Trig animus of modern Democracy
is the sameevery where, In the South
It results in White League and shot
gun, clubs. Here .in the North the
folleterS are less bold, and display
their deviltry in a different
,way. The
Elmira Adrertizter gives this instance
as transpiring in one of the few Dem
ocrittic towns of Bradford county:
" The devil in the- Democratic par-,
ty will crop out. On Tuesday last
there was artown election in - Wells,
Bradford county, Pa. The town is
overwhelmingly Democratic, and for
the first time in its history the Re
publicans made a break in their
forces. It was but a trifle.which they
won—a constable ; but it was not so
much in getting a Republican consta
ble as in beating the Democratic one.
There was great rejoieing among the
Reptiblicans,and great dismay among
the Democrats. The Republicans'in
tended to run up the flag in token of
their victory. The Democrats, sus
pecting this, secretly cut thig ropes of
the flag-staff; so that the, flag could
not be raised. Of course there is
much indignation among the. Repub.
Jicans. 'lt seerns to have been as
great an outrage to bent that Demo
crat for constable as it has, been to
beat Tilden for President.- Theyy will
both have, to stand it ; and, however
much they kick and rebel, they can't
help themselves, and may as' well b 4.4.
quiet.:'
A -Harrisburg
.correspondent of
the Elmiia Adr. rtiser says Hon. -E.
REED MYEIC is being •strongly urged
by friends in different parts of the
State to be a candidate for Aliditor
General. A better selection , could net
be made,. by the Republican Conven
tion. • V
Tneitz 'rill be no very prominent
inanggration reremonfro, The Helm!
• .4 !ban( ni
TwakrooLnorsr. LAW.
EMM:3
The following -is' the Poorgetiso
.
bit' 'Presented, bySetator 1;00its. et
this county ' And. reported *OM the
Jadiciary.Coitlinittee last lieek. The
bill is eatettilly drawtind its protti
,
slops clearly, stated, so'' that there,
will be no difficulty carrying them
into operation.. If the bill becomes
a law, as' it undoubtedly will, steps
should ,at once , betaken to secure a
farm and have a suitable poor-bouSe
erected in this county ; •
81cTIoN 1. Be it enacted, &c., That
the first section of said act be amend
ed as follows: section 1; • 'That' the
county commissioners of the several
counties of..this Commonwealth may
:select such real estate as they may
deem necessary for the accommoda
tion of the poor of their respective
counties, and shall-Bubmit such selee
•tion, together - with the- terms and
conditions upon'. which such real es
tate can be 'purchased . in fee
simple,
to the court of quarter' sessions in
and for the proper county ; and if the
same shall be approved by said court
the county "commissioners shall take
'a conveyance therefore the name
and for the use of the Corpora:o4n
mentioned in the fourth sectio6 of
said act, and they hall certify the
proceedings therein under their hands
and seals to the clerk of the court of
quarter sessions of such county, and.' .
the same shall be entered at length
upon
„the records, of such,. county;
Provided, That before the 'purchase
or any such real estate shall be
Prove,d :by said court the same shall
' be submitted to and approved by two
successive grand juries of the proper
county ; or the said court may sub
mit the question of the erection ,of a
poor,houseto a vote of the qualified
voters 'of the county, and if a majori
ly of the Votes cast is in favor of a
county poor-house, then, in either
ease, the court shall approve of the
purchasei of the real estate selcdted
as aforesaid by the county commis
sioners.
SEC. 2. That the election provided
for in the first and sixth sections of
this - act shall be held by the proper
election officers in. the several town
ships, wards •and boroughs of the
several counties of this Common
wealth, at the plabe for holding the
general election, at such times as
may be fixed by the court o: quarter
sessions of the proper county.
Sec. 3. That it shalLbe the duty,
of the judges and inspectors of the
elections to °receive tickets, either
written or printed, from - the legal vo
ters of each election district. labeled
on the outekle " poor house" and on
the inside "for :.potir-house " or
" against poor-house," and deposit
said tickets in the proper ballot box
as required by law in case of general
elections, and the' tickets so received
shall be counted, and a certified re
turn o: the same made and se6tm:>r
delivered to the clerk of the court of
quarter sessions of the proper county,
as now provided by law for making
.returns for township' and borough
elections. and it shall be the duty of
the•clerk of such court to aggregate
the votes in one column cast " for
poor-house," and in another column
ithe,votes cast "
.against poor-house,"
which aggregate, together With the
returns of such election, shall be laid
before the jiidges of the court of the
proper County at the next regular
term
. .thereof succeeding such elec
tion, and it, shall be the duty of the
judges to examine such returns and
the aggregate of the vote 'cast for
and against poorlousc and publicly
declare the result, which result shall- 1
ire certified by said judges and filed
with the records of said court .
SEC. 4. That in receiving and count
ing, and in making returns of the
votes east, the inspectors and
judges and . clerks of said election
shall be governed by the laws of tiis
Commonwealth regulating ' general
elections, and all the penalties of said
election laws are hereby extended to
and applied to the voters, inspectors,
judges and clerks voting at and in
attendance Li>on its elections . held
under the provisions of this act and
the act to which this is a supplement.
SEc. 5. That the expenses of such
election shall be paid by the treasurer
of tile proper county; Provided, No
new election shall be ordered for
three years after the holding of . Lhe
last election.
SEC. 6 provides that the bill shall
not affect tOwns or districts where
poor.6umit arc now maintained. It
also provides for the erection of two
houses in counties' containing - over
60,000 inhabitants.
45 THE LOUISIANA ....INFAMY."
Mr. 11. V. REDFIELD, who examin
ed the affidavits 'before the Louisiana
Returning Board, and was in New
Orleans during the count, writing
from Washington to the t!incinnati
a
Commercial last week when the ar
,•
gument before the Commission was
finished, said :
..I,4inislana W 33 carried for Tilden by wholesale
murder, violence, intimidation and bull-floatng; on
the '3llssissittpl plan.' In five parishes.. The net
Democrat le gain In these five parishes Is more than
the inaJprity which Thlen has on the face of these
returns. Without attempting to defend the cor
rupt and Imbecile so-sailed Republican government
of Lr nislana, w'hich is a stench In the nostrils of
every honest *an, yet I would ask Mr. Carpenter,
If It was not for the Returning Board, what reme
dy would there be fur wholesale intimidation
Sonet all. ° Had there been no Returning .Board
in Louisiana the State would have been declared,
for Tilden. and we would have had the singular`
apectario of a President elected by murder Ton
can inske nothing else out of II! Murder anti in
timidation carried the five bulldozed parishes of
Louisiana, and the net Demorratie ga'n In those
parishes gave the State to Tilden on the , face of the
returns.
••1 disclaim all sympathy with the present State
government of Louisiana. the so-called Republican
government. It is a farce aid a libel -on civiliza
tion. and I don't care how stem It goes overboard
and ceases tilt`tronble us, convinced that there can
be no peace until the white people obtain control
of their domestic concerns. Yet the spectacle of a
4Prest,lent elected by the vote of a State raffled for
him as Louisiana was carried for Tilden fills me
with hor-or and alarm. The Returning Board Is
bad enough In all conscience, but It Is not so bad as
the taking of voters out of their beds at night and
killing them because they will not support particu
lar candidates, and to strike terror into the rest.
national issues. as between Hayes and TB;
den. Louisiana Is not for Tilden. I an perfectly
confident of that, and nothlMp could carry it for
him but the shot-gun. Five parishes were overrun
by bulldozers, a reign Of terror established and a
Republican majority of about 4,500 turned Into a
Democratic majority, of about the same
thus giving the State to Tilden on the face of the
returns."
. The Chicago Tribune :thus recalls
the figures with which the ficturuing
- Hoard bad to deal :
"The argurnent that has been made be [one . the
floaril of Arbitration on the Louisiana ease would
make a pretty large volume, but we can state- the
gist of the ease Ina few words. Them are filly
nine counties, or parishe.t, as they are sailed, In
Louisiana. The Pr,!sidnutial election wait field with
tolerable fairness In fifty-font of the CITY-nine par-
Riles ; hilt in five, ellery species of fraud, 'violence
and villainy was practiced by the Whim-Liners to
wipe out the strong Republican majorities therein,
and mate them return heavy majorities for Tilden.
For the purpose of easy comparison we ;dace stele
by nide the result of he elections.of 11574 and WC.
The former election' was well contested on both
sides, but the White-Liners did not resort' to bull
dozing and asussinatlon to Influence the Republi
can voters:
1874. 1876.
Dem. P.ep. Dem, Rep.
viaj maJ . 163.1. nixj.
990' 615 ....
. 841 1.736 ....
. 689
. 361 598 ....
. 928 ! 1.07:....
Paristi
East Raton Rouge...
East Fellelana -
West Feliciano, •
3toorhronse
Ouachita
Total mai or Ity
"Herr was a flepublican majority of nearly 4,000
utterly wiped out, and i Confederate tosprity of
4,4 M! sateetituted ttlr•fur, midang p ihfifir In tbo
velqlc r An, vie 1114 4 0 milinol7 Ma f i kg l P
•t. bee_ 4,,
d. tepresentatiNet Of the Asicielated
•
Preiti tailed _oti 'President °Mar the
other day, ihd the following le the
result of the lutervieW . ' •
Id response, to a iquestioa , !as to
what he *mid do should no declara
tion be made of a President, he reg
plied that it rested entirely with
Congress, but he thought that such a
declaration would be, reached, as
those who yesterday sought unneces
sarily to postpone the count met with
a very decisive rebuke in the. llotaie.
It would be quite proper, hoWever,
for Congress to pass' a law amenda
tory of the act of 179,A, designiting
what per Son (the presiding officer of
the Sehate,lor Instance,) shall act as
President until a new election be
ordered, in case there should, owing
to factious opposition, be , no &clam- .
Lion of Presidentlnd Vice President
based on the !.Electoral count. The
agent - said . : ftlt has been asserted,
Mr. President; that an :arrangement
was 'in progress by which, in the'
possible contingency . 'above named,'
yoii would resign your, office, thus
permitting the presiding - officer of
the Senate to fill the. vacancy thus
occasioned." The President replied,
With a smile "So I bear, but the
only knowledge I have 'of such an
arrangement is from the newspa
pers.",
The• Agent—Something ,has been
said ;about your ordering . more
- ,•
troops to Washington.
The President Such is not my
present intention ; but if they were .
needed I should Order them here. I
think, however, that every thing Will
be peaceful, as there are no indica
tions of disturbances in connection
with the Electoral count or the dec-,
laration 'that may be made.,
' Ike Agent—it has been published
that you have distinctly said you-1
would not formally recognize one of
the two Governinents in Louisiana
and South Carolina,?
The President—lt is true, as I
think it would be improper for me to
fix a Southern policy for-my success
or and
_thus embarass-- him. If
Were to recognize the Republican
Governors they would have to• be
sustained by military • force, and I
think 'the entire people. are tired of
the military being employed to sus
tain a State Government. If a Re
publican State Government cannot
sustain itself, then- it will have to
give way. 'lf a remedy/ is. required,
let Congress, and not the President,
provide it.
The Agent—Much unfriendly com
ment has been made on the executive
order prohibiting a military demon
stration - in Charleston, S. . C., on
Washington's Birthday. If you.
have no objection, it
,aroiilq be inter
esting to learn :the - reason for your
action in the premises.
The President,--My proclamation
heretofore issued commanding all
illegal or-unauthorized armed associa 7
Lions to disband, is still in force.
The men who were going to parade
were nothing but armed political
bands. • They have -never respected
the proclamation, and only seemingly
disbanded. .1 must say that wliiliz I
believe the Democratic leaders would
have done all that was possible to
prevent an outbreak, yet on 'an occa
sion of that kind men sometimes in-
(bilge too mucli in strong drink, and
while under its influence might so
express themselves against their po
litical opponents as possibly to pro
voke retaliation and thus incite a
tiot, with serious it not fatal conse
quences, and which disturbance
might extend to other locOities.
Therefore, entirely apart . from the
propriety of observing the 'day, it
wii thought better that time military
deMonstrations should be prevented
for the reasons stated rather than
run the rig: of •a. riot.
The Agent—l have seen it stated
that Gov. Hayes will arrive here on
Thursday for consultation with his
friends. I presume, therefore, that
you, have some information on the
subject.'
The President—l have no idea
that he will start: for Washington
until the result of the Electoral
count is declared.
. The Agent—Mr. -President, are
you well acquainted with Gov.
Hayes? -
The President--I cannot say very
intimately, but I had frequent occa,
sions to see' him when he was'a mem
ber of Congress, and he called just
as' others did.
The Agent-You have bad a mn
her of grave, public questions before
you during terms of service,
some of which, of a diplomatic char
acter, have been peacefully settl&l.
I hope nothing has oceured tq.occa
sion your-regret concerning them.
The President--I am satisfied that
they wiil bear examination, and there
is but little, if anything, of which I
complain considering that before I
was elected-to the Presidency I never
had a political training or a- desire
to occupy a politi*.al position.
The conversation then turned on
measures of the Administration,
both foreign and domestic, and it
seemed to be a pleasing felleetion to
the President that now, on the
.eve
of his retiretnent ffom office, the
United States are at peace with all the
world ; the treaty of Washington, by
which the so-called Alabama claims
were satisfied, and the settlement of
all disputes with Spain culthinating
in an extradition treaty, being the
two most prominent teaturas Of di
plomacy. The President, however,
thought that the financial policy of
the Administration was equally suc
cessful: He expressed some regret
that there woud- not -be time for
Congress to act . ..on his4 - reeent'reco-'
inendation,,..which would facilitate,
the resumption' of specie payments
and bring gold and currency on 'a
par, and the:: balance of trade being
so much' in our favor,' gold would
accumulate in the hands of the people
as money instead of being a market=
able commodity. . •
There having been rumors, that the
President intendeifte send a valedic
tn.), message to' Congress; it can be
stated on authority of the President
himself that he has no sticA intention.
UNDER the guise of 4eform, the
Democrats of Philadelphia succeeded
in • electing their Sherif last fall.
The manner in which that official
carries out reform was illustrated by
his conduceat the election last week.
He . , appointed 3,000 deputies, at a
Cost of $25,000 to the tax-payers.
The only work they had to do was
to hunt up votes for-the Democratic
ticket and elpotioneer at the polls.
A number of these deputies-were ar
rested during he day for drunken
ness and bull-dozing.
3.981
IDEZI
lklAyoll ST9KLEY, of 11 hilaclolphia ,
wag re , viectco for 14)111 term lost
tits. earkiro valise
Mr
____ MISTRIAL MID 001I
MEROIAL pcanox,
At a recent meeting of the Man
ehester (Eng ) . Chamber of Com
merce, it was stated by the Piesident
of that body that thy =exports of
Manchester goods to the United
States ; which formerly afforded an
excellent market, were ,now nil; and
that there isff considerable trade in
Manchester in cotton 'fabric* manu
factured in America.
Mr: Hilton, manager of thellrm of
A. T. Stewart 4t Co., in speaking of
the trade' between Europe and 'the
United States, recently used the fol
lowing emphatic language:
" The English government limits
duty to the importation of a very
few -articles, and :raur goods enter
British ports free.' In the United
States, however, the duty on English
and French eottoroiress goods and
chintz will run froin thirty-five to
sixty, per cent., according to value.
A safe estimate of the average would
be, about fifty per cent. Thus we
have this'great advantage of tariff
over Manchester competitors, and
can pour our goods into their mar
kets. The English manufacturers
ship, largely to Australia and the
East Indies, but we are beginning to_
compete ver - Y' , seriously with them
there. In several parts or the world
the Manchester inenhave obtained a
bad nariot for 'their cotton goods by.
weighting them with size, which
gives them a strong, solid appear
ance, but when washed and the size
removed they are seen to be light
and flimsy and transparent enough
to allow a New England priiner-to be
read through the texture...) It is no
vain boast to say that our American
cotton goods bear the beat repOtation
in the East, and iinportera there
would not change them : for the Brit
ish products. 'When cotton is high
on the other side, as it is to-day, it
does not pay us to export, although
some of our largerfcotton
_niantitirc
turers arc overloaded. Mill owners: ,
do not want to stop their mills, as it i
always has a projud . icial effect. They
will willingly sacrifice ten to' fifteen
per cent. on the . price of -their goods
sooner than to stop manufacturing.
Percale is sold in New York at fif
teen cents_ a yard, Which compares
favorably -in appearance with Eng
lish awl French prints
_at fOrty-tive
cents a yard. The last- six months
haVe, been terribly dull in our trade,
particularly the last three. The un
certainty:and-insecurity -as regards
the Presidency has had much to do
with it. Southern trade is entirely
stopped, and thi jobbers are holding
back for a falling market. I cannot
tell you the Blass of communications
we receive from the ~ .South, but will
only say the sooner the Presidential
question is settled the better.
" West - of England broadcloth we
cannot fully imitate. The best qual
ity realizes here, $lO per yard, Uer
man broadcloth sri,,and American
$2 20. This remark still applies to
a "ood Many articles. Of course,
importations have. to pay duties more
or less high. We have dress goods
made of silk, camel's hair and wool,
and containing -twenty-five, fifteen,
and ten per cent:of silk respectively.
We used to buy this class of goods
froth Trance, where they niade them
of camels' hair spun . with wool. In
Mr. Stewart's life time we agreed to
gether to buy up all the
_camels' hair
we could find in the United States,
and cleaned out the market - , obtain
ing altogether some 40,000 pounds.
To cat a long story short, we are
now manufacturing these goods and
shipping them to Paris and other
European centres and selliiilrthem
at half the price we' did' the same
style of goods we formerly in porte:l
from r France. Another thing we
have ceased to import, woollen blank
ets. In concluSion, I maintain that
since 1873 - i t.his criiintiy has advanced .
fifty per cent, in excellence, at least
in the manufacture of woollen goods.",
THE PRESIDENT ELECT
7 ,--
FREMONT, Feb, s.—Gov. Hayes ar
rived here last evening, unexpected
ly, on the 5 o'elo::k train, via Fosto
toria. An iinpromptu reception was
given him at the residence. of Gen.
R. P. Buckland. Many of the citi
zens turned onto meet the Presi
dent-elect, and - Vim 7 o'clock until
10 ~. stream of peoplellowed to and
from the house. The- Light Guard
Band serenaded him about-0 o'clbek,
and the Governor made the follow
ing happy little speech to them an
the other friends assembled. G'en.
BuCkland stepped forward and intro
duced the GoVernor with a few
friends : «I have the pleasure of in
troducing Or President-elect, as we
believe." ' The Governor then said :
," Friends and Neighbors: The man
:ner`in which I am introduced' makes
it rather easy for me to speak with,
out much embarrassment, but we had
better stick . to old titles until we are
sure of soi;ething
. new. In . these
times of uneertainty ,we are often
disappointed the good news. of to
day is often dispelled by the .evil
news of to-morrow. During the few
months since the 7th of November, I
have achoolcd myself so as not to be
very much down nor very much up, l
but to try and keep as near the even
line as possible. This kindly meet-
ing thts.i.evenine. I do not take so
much as honoring me.as a congratu
lation
upon the manner inwhich this
strange and peculiarmuestion is now
being settled. No other country in
the world could have endured . 8
tich a
struggle without sutTering lasting
calamities. In-the event of my re
maining:among y'ou f'er the next two
or three-yeara, I will attend the next
annual pioneir's meeting, and bring
a bundle of letters and notes of a
kind which I am Constantly receiv
ing, containing '-curiously drawn
sketches of knives, daggers, and re
volvers. But I have not lost much
sleep from any of them yet. .One of
the most, amusing was received this
week. I' w. - -s a knife about two feet
long, with one edge hacked like a
saw, probably for - s awing, the bones,
and the Other side for cutting' the
flesh. This was wrapped in several
thicknesses of paper,. ;Ind inside was
a note,' as follows : " This is the knife
with which the editor of the Capital
was to assassinate you as you. went'
from the White House to' the Capi
tol.. It was taken from Ida pants leg.
while he was asleep." Well, friends,
11, think I have talked long enough.
As I am in the business of shaking
hands, I would say that I am enjoy
ing excellent, physical ,health, Mul l if
- any of you wish to shake bands, .
will be glad to do so, but I wilt step
into the hall out of the cold to shake
the hand." The Governor then step,
Ped into the hall, and the band'came
forward and extended=' heir congrat
ulations, and ahook hands with him.
Other trends and citizens keptreom
ing Mail . neat 10 o'clock. The affair
was 31, token of hearty -,good=will to
wara tip Gournor, apd eyjpeed the
WO ”iNni kw41911149.1g_1414 by.
I urrrno nox on coinonnzxn.
- WAsittitaroW. D. C., lab. 23, 18Y7.
MIL PASItiONASLEAXASON,
The Capital this winter Sias notpreseatid• its
Ritual Mount of brilliancy, bustle and activity.
There have apparently been;fewer Visitors that*
ttt3tosary, and the number of its balls, parties and
grind receptions bar been materially lessened. ito
clety, or rather that whien is knowri as the social
life of Washington, has beeri remarkably quiet.
Too many have been sitting an the " ragged edge."
While watching the varied changes of the political
horoscope the fashionable world bas been neglected,
and consequently the fashionable season has been
prenonneed " flat, stale and inproftsiblo," eve
respnnding deprerrioni it may be said, has also pier
railed in business circles, s$ many anspeasSiins
and failures have taken place; -All this,' with the
Wiry disagreeable weather !Med most of the time:
prevailed. has made the put winter at Washington
a decidedly dull one.
BULL-DOZ 1111; iMMOCRACT.--
Our goodly city, however, has by no means been
without its excitements. 'finch a state affairs
could hihilly eilst.at the great political . Mecca,
where plots and counter - plots are proverbially rife,
and' where scheming and intrigue are evidently In
dlgenons to the climate. Id this line, the bill has
been more than filed, . During 'the. past four
months, while the question, Who Is going to be
made President? was trembling on every tongue
the leaders or i the Democracy were busily engaged
in setting traps to catch the unwary feet of Itepub- •
jtcans. To bring about the defeat of the IteptibLican
party and place Mr. Tilden In the White House,
every sort of villainy mai practiced, and every sort
of scheme that could be thought of was resortedio.
With desperate cunning,. and as , - unscruPuluns. as
desperate, the Democratic h aders iu Congress and
out left no trickery and villainy untried which they
could to any way summon to their aid.
.1311$ with
all their - slime Micas, with, all 'their ; schemes and
planning, they were at last ' , hoist with their ovrn
petard they were beaten at their own game t.
they fell Into the pitfall of their own ditiging. The
burl of money was found to be potent only In ttuilr
own atmosphere; beyond that it proved to be pow
erless,
SENATORIAL GRIEVANCES
Without attempting any - discuistou as 'to he
stituttouality of the act, the concession ofd the Sen
ate, allowing the corning of • the electoral vote Ito
be done by a Commission, was clearly a mistake,
anti the Republican Senators who favored and coun
seled the "measure are beginning to see It. DI Is
beginning to dawn upon their *Won, when perhaps
It Is too late, that the lustre of a once proud name
has become tarnished, and, shorn of their strengil .
the bright star of their political prosperity has
gone into elarkmess. The-complowlse agreed to by
these Senators was a Ilberailty.whlch neither Mr..
Tilden or his f rlend!, had they possessed the powef,
would not under any circumstances have conceded.
ft was a liberality which-the - Democrats hid uo
reason to expect and wiffch In no way was recipro
cated by them, as witnessed In 'eery move that
they subsequently made. Not a ruling. not a de
cision of the Speakerof the Donee, made in connec
tion with the settlement of this question, bat was
made entirely in the Interests of the Democracy.
- From the beginning to the end, with them It was,
constantly and invariably, " heads I win and tails
,you lose." Rut happily foi the peace and prosperity•
of th'c country, there proVed to be sunicient firm-
Hess and decision in the compOsltlith of the Com:
mission to stand by tbe'rigin, regardieis of the bull
tiozinethreits of an enraged land menacing De
mocracy. Right was !invite:ltch. After a long
contest, In which every possible obJectioMwas pre
, seated by Mr, Tilden and his' friends, the tribunal
gave in their decision, and the it•sqle are relieved
from the Ion; strspensip - which so threateningly
hung-over them and width pi:allied every branch
of (Justness In the land.
TILE ?RESIDENTIAL QUESTI.ON
- With the inauguration of Gov. Hayes, It Is confr
dentlPpredimmt will come a general resumption
of presperity, Gold has gradually and steadily
come down to almost a par value., Fictitious values
and inflated prices are near an end. We are down
to the bottom: ..hard . ' pan" has certainy- himn
reached, and the consequence must be that the
business interests of the country, resting on a more
solid basis than they have at any time since the
close of the rebe'llon,Mmst soon ievive. The Dem
ocratic blatherskites in Congress,' who have been
bull..lozing about froM -the verybegiuning of the
session, may now retire. The little game of bluff
and than:lda lion which they have been so hilt:std.
ons:y practicing is now at an end. In the policy.
principles and measures of the Republican party.
the g,Mit masses of the people will in the future as
in the past repose an abiding faith.
DEssocitlssfie I'AHTi .A SFII7 Y.
It Is said that "dtll7s well that endS well,". but
throughout the entire contest there WIIS manifested
nothing but the most lijtense party feeling.. From
-the Democratic judke,nu the bench down to the
lowest bull-ifozer of thu House, there was shown ni.s.
thing but the most bitter anti determined patti.san
ship, demestrating the fallacy of expecting a
Commission to rise above political prejudyees iu
questions of this charar!ter an d (nip:it:lance. There
was conelusivm evidence,_ notwithstanding the
blustering. and bravado of the Democracy, that
Hayes had falriy . iecelved a majority of the
electoral votes; that! he was honestly and fairly
elected; and In T itrlT k( such fact, it was very gen
entity felt that it was the duty of Dm Senate and
Its presiding officer tii;eount the vote, instead of
compromising and sliqteng the responsibility trout
their own shouiders ttl, those of others. The result
of this vacillating and jomprenilsing cour,e Is not.
however, Without its lesson, as It has already be
come maulfi;st that lit certain sections Senatorial
stock Is resting at rather a.low figure. In the very
just condemnation wlilclt, certain ,Senators are, re
ceiving at the bands . of their constituents, It is be
pretty fully demonstrated that the will of the
people cannot be subierted and disiregarded merely
to gratify the disappointedaspirauts of soinelofty
and imperious statesman. .
CALMS ET-SL
And-now that the suspense is over. speculations
as to who will be called into the forthcOnilng Cabi
net are next in order. Among the mantes of those
frelueutly tueutioned t this connection, we oh
servo tharof eaker Grow. renu,ylvnla he;
Itigtf.,..‘tri.iargest States in the Union and hav
ing been almost entirely ignored daring the admin
istration of Geu. Grunt, it Is very generally con:,
ceded that the State Is fairly entitled to a represen
ta, .n In the Cabinet of the new President. But
it.;ide from this. which is hot perhapsa matter of
vital importance, In political circles His generally
admitted that in Mr. Grow President Hayes would
have not only an able and Judicious adviser, but an
able executive ottleer as well.. Mr. Groves career
as'a public man needs no comment ; his- name has
become a tower of strength In the land, and his ap
pufntmeut and acceptance of a place in the Cabinet
would not only give satisfaction to the people of his
own State, but; having a national reputation, It
would be hailed with like 830 s -tackle% by the entire
people. •
TILE OED ILEBEV.TELL. ,
The ItepUblican,party and the Union element of
the'country have ret•-pulo cOugratutite themselves
on :their very narrow escape•from what woulallave
unquestionably been a most disastrous defeat. If
by any means,. foul or fair, the Democracy cauld
have secured that one vote and deelared,Tilden
elected, the old rebel yelVwhich has been smoth
ered so long would have burst forth louder, strong
er, aturln a more demoniac spirit than ever. With
the rear} of government again In the hands of the
old Bourbon Deraocrney, and the South clamorous
ly, dem?ntling at the'doors of Congress payment for
all and - more than they lost during their late rehell
lon, there would in the future of the .country be
little to hope for. A depleted Treasury and a bank_
rupt nation would in a very short time be the sum
total of all that would be left. That Same old rebel
el; wonhi have again echoed from the parched
hroats ot at least a legion of lean and hungry Con.
ederates who have all winter long iirowled around
the purlieus of the city, watching and waiting.
Like famished wolves around' the carcass of sonic
animal, they'sttrel around the coffers of the Treas"
nry, waiting for the - open s e same to be pronounced
by their friend Tilden? fate or fortune
would have it, they have waited In vain. They fos
tered the Plectoial CommiSsimi into life, and on it
built many hopes. It WaS io lead them from out
the wilderness of their trinbles, but alas.: there Is
liminess in their camp, and wailing is lttartkaniong
the-faithful who have expatiated and pxjwctorated
and declared that the country must hOie Tilden or
"wain" The disciples of Calhoun and the apostate'
from American national honor have come to trier
an'ti" are sv'tsping like PaCkard. They mourn the
lass of theli fondling. Their great expectation hi
failed them. The commission of their`oWn making,
his — gone back" on them. The cop , of their joy
has turned to gall and bitternitt, and they feel like
gnawing a Me anti fleeing to tine mountains of Hap'
Milani, where the lion roareth anti the whang-doodle
mourneth foci its offspring,
TIIIRCLATIONS 0) TIIE DEMOCRAC•PAND THEIR
iltl7/i INWARDNESS.
The brilliancy which radiated and flashed like a
meteor from Cronin's nose, has gone out. Post,
mastership's, consulships and foreign missions have
faded away into airy nothingness, and the dispens
ers of whisky and bash are left to look in valulcir
the payment of their little - accounts that *ere to.bc
squared when Tilden 'came in. liar-rooms, street
corners, and places of questionable character are
descried. The great army of ImPerunlons.patriots
sinxious to serve their country In any capacity are
gone. With slight paraphrase, itlinay be bald of'
them as it leas said of tumor old, ""They have flown
away as a . dreatn and 'cannot be toilful. Yea, they
have been chased away as a vision in the 'night.
The eye of the landlord and boarding-house keeper
also which saw thein shall see them no more' ? nei
ther shall the place any more behold them.",
TITS r,w ADMINISTRATION.
Inch by inch and step by step, through the' can
vass, at the' polls, In The Etcetera! College, In CMI•
gress, and the list resort. of the' Democraey, the
;taxed tribunal, the Republican part, bas foughi
the Presidential - contest.: Through all this It has
beim obliged to echateAti trial 4 meat bitter ono tie.
OP9/ 1 11 4 4 oPpoPilifT: tote (pluming samigic
!tePO II f(I !Pa 1
,!4:01 sppecti hs Pp 094
ehich hai - rehttrtt
to that Eimer:Ohl ht almost
eval• Iteledetetit-of the Rorernmeitt sk eiseli.ot
persona whosesentlments are Inimically - therein -
cipleseatt measures of the Reptile _ an patty. The
terra self protection detiiiimis that a stronger hand
be had Mod the Pentnth& Let there be a thor
ough clearing out, uetil , the party Is net onlYen
tirelteilvested bf ttit often:it* but is thorougbiy •
ridden of the civil service nonendes id& which It
Is encumbered. "Let no Entity man eiMpiy.
,RANDALL AND 11111 COV.XAGVIS4AN.II.22II4
lfrore the idol pretreas made in counting the .
electoral vote, it is evident that-an extra session of
Cangress meat be held. The entire session his been
devoted exclusively to, politics. The par y -that
cried aloud so much about reform have forgotten
all about their promises. The business Interests
of the country have been set aside, and thousands
of dollars of the people's money have been expend
ed in trying to pot upon them a bogus President.
In ttie face of what is admitted to be a foregone
couclutien, Silas Madan. Speaker of the limas and
would-he leader of his party, with a few- kindtid
.spirits, continue to aiverialdence of a Oppididou
to filibuster, and If possible prevent the counting f
the electoral vote for Hayes and Wheeler. Their
opposition, however, will be of no avail ; but !twill
not he their fault. The Southern members of Conf
grist are deserting them, and' some of them are
giving evidence of a disposition to throvreff the
yoke which has been put upon their necks by the
Copperhead faction of Northein donghlaces, led by
Mr. Randall. They say that they have grown tired
of the wrangling of their doughfaeed friends from
the North, and are willing to mote l s sacrifice qr
partisan feeling to promote. the Interests of the
country, But such nit n aaßandall—the, most un
scrupulous demagogue that ever occupied the
Speaker's cbalr—would plunge the country lato a
fratricidal war, if possible, and glory in itspins.
Since salary-grab Randall bas beenVevated to the
once of Speaker, he has almost daily-disgraced the
position. To what a pass Save we come when tins
chair once graced by the most honored names In
American history must be disgraced by such a pra-
Ilttcal leprocy: lits very !mine has become a stench
In • the nostrils of the American people, and the
sooner he Is remanded to the obeeurity froni whence
Came, the better It will be for the country.
I
Petitions continue to flow into the Legislature
from all portions of the (tomtnonecaltb. from out
side of the cities especially, In favt;f of the passage
of Honse Bill No. S:. 't An Act fixing the rate of
Interest and prohibiting usury." Mr. Foster; or
Bradford, presented petitio..s.on the subject; two
from Asylum, one from Towanda, Herrick, Orwell,
Ulster, Shesbequin. and Athens. Thltse names are
only alluded to, to inform-the , citizens of those .
towns that th• Ir petitions had.reacheil their desti
nation. Mr. Gillett, also, presented a large num
ber from his locality, the townships from whieh
they ,emanated not having been recorded. Mr.
Myer has presented petitions for that bill probably
equalling both the others. • The bill itself may be
reached this week on second reading, Then ohr
Jeremy Betathain'S and Whipple's may lie heard
from.
The appropriation !if ssed second reading on. the
2101 instant. Mr. Long, the Chairman of that Com
mittee, had so carefully prepared the bill, that few
objections or emendations were trade. 'The aggre;i•
gate eXpenditures will not vary much !font those
of the past fete years. Republicans appear t deter
mined to keep the old ship well trimmed, and no
extruvaganclei or extra allowances will be penult
ted.
TWo artractiVe 1.411.4 must he reached em long— -
Interest and-Local Option. From present Indica
tions they will each colisuine a fair share of the
time of the session. Of theW ' rteNit, either It would
be needless to predict. One h r Opeilul. view of the
subject is that people are discussing the merits of
both wills commendable otathuslasin ; not for. the.
purpose of cheapening Vie commodities einbi - at'etl.,_
within timpundew ofi-their, discussions. but for
cheapening one and prohibiting the other, isoth
are desirable results to accemplish; bothare worthy
the study of philosopheiis and statesmen; Lint the
way to do It has titus far baffled the wisest . in all
ages. So long as society assents to tis. ; above hy
pothesis, as an end desirable to be accoMplished, it
may.continue to remain a matter of encouragement
that time will solve the problem. But In eue of the
predicates it is not clear that the business world
gives Its assent, viz: cheap money. But upon this
subject, as upon the other also, see will soon have
smile deleidable diatribes from the leading minds .
of the State, and I ran only wish that your readers
could be here in enjoy,the feast.
In speakieg of the appropriations, and the ex
penditures of governments, which it •betieines so
very difficult to retrench in view of the - cot:Gun:id
expansion of bustness.and population., and also ex
travagancies magi Big into the living of all clusSes,
tome new expenses to the governed have crept In
that have not, It is believed. been Insisted oil, nr
even solleited by them. Take the State Boitril of
Agriculture, Board of Public Charities, and LIAM
of Piddle Health as au illustraticm. It may well be
questioned whether either of those Boards,
,which
will eventually grow tutu huge proportions, and be
accompanleirlasith eorrespendlog expenditure's..
'were ever ileinantledLlsy
,the p...0p1e. They are fair.'
iy Inaugurated. whether utility or 'ottrerwis., and
will isecunr., if they are err already, fixtures of
government not to be ilispensoil with. Nut coutet,t
with fostering experimental farms, fasteuiega
p , nsinners theiitate, a Board . tr:ntst
be in•tt
tuted, the costly applianees such i:rganiza
tions demand. Not tni•wing precisely what th. ,
duties devolving upon that Beard may it Is i.,•.
!toyed by many minds that t
lug dkquatiiis for agrieultural products ar s'...stitti
e/eut stimulus , to improvements. If sm9U lariners
'e.s Gov. Ilartraaft (uho very ealitliilly
ed he could never get a tieing from that caitine.'s
desire to tell whit they know of farming." it
might be ilette iii treaties at 71111.11 „les,
to the State than prideii'eated hr a
Board. The experimetirFil farms tmdr r Stale im •
couragennent are already prolis:g tliry ran
raise fifty cents , ' worth ef - zerntp4 for a dollar, and
that's sLihat Mr. Greeley did at hisown expense. if
that de-ire to test kid-glove exp.rinients
where they are really need..d. uou'd smzi:...t a trial
On smue of the sew heintilcii (allows of, Ssillivaii nr
Lycoming counties. There th`e'ir phosphates and
gilt-edged machinery could let beautifully Wide,'
on a virgin sob. Successful experiments in keeping
the. hard-pan Inlow the surface, and farming with
out means, would be most gratefully acknosciOgtnl
by tho tax-payers of stumpy acres. On the'iich
bolt todaiulS'of the great valleys of tire State, with '
markets at every man's door, the state Board' of
Agriculture might be dispensed with. •
THE CENTENNIAL. REPOP.T.—Tffe
preliminary report of the Peribsylva- .
nia Board of Centennial Managers
has-been made public in'a handsome
pamphlet of 100'.pageS. , It giVes an'
extremely „interesting account of the
ipart taken by this State-in the Cen
itennial Exhibition, from the time the
project was first entertained until the
close. The whole number of Pefinl
sylVania exhibitors'was 3,04 p: The
whole sum furniShed by . Pennsylva 2 ,.
nia in appropriations and stock sub
s.e,riptions, was $4,454,468., The
propriation made to the State Board
was $40,000, of which only $?9,25.8.75
-Waa expended, leaving a balance of
$10,841.25. Many other facts .are
presented in the report which
_pre
creditable alike to State anti Board.
Tut - Election Commission having
disposed of South Carolina; has. dis.
banded. Before this paper reaches
all of our readers HATES will be
declared elected , :President
A Wonderful Discovery.,-om. numerous
exchanges are filled ulth accounts of Ancat wondef-
tut " cures effected by Lr. GAGE'S ••NIEvicAL
Wo,iotit." It is itald to be the ffiraiest vitalp , et
yet discovered, giving buoyancy to the spirit iqa.•
llclty Is" the step. and tusking the invalid lirlrty.'-
couragc4)us auttstrong. It cures all illseases of the -
Stomach l Kidneys and splue4 Scrofula azi , ll'
all Blood Diseases; cures :Nervous Prostratien .thd
Weakness of either sea. restoring Tone and
.slVigL:r
to-the Whole system. Read the following cure:
Prof. If. A. ITILSON, Saratoga, Y. V,. widelY
known as Principal of one of cur le.ading
tions of learning, says that' his wlfeFha.s used the
. 9fedicalWondrr , for a complication of til..asci
with the most happy effect, No tither renti-dy esTr
touche:itlhe case like it. '
ALIirICT TIit'ESDALF., rillitAnk. N. IL. Im:h.
soine scrofula; supposed:to be in cotistitini,
cured. I •
Mrs. 1. S. APPLETON,. 111lIsbldp, N. H., sl , fral
digea.c-
HAIN Eg, Oneida. cured of terrible ratan h.
E4d4.titnin tirocip, Sheds•Cerne- N. V., ovaria.ll
tumor lar.tiiirripsy. reduced 15 IncLrw armind
N4..)iti`d X 11CNT, Sheds Clnrtlers,
ful cure et dyspepsia aiel-heart disease, -
'Mrs. Z. AVhite, Shed:. Coruers,N. V., terri-He
Scrofula'and Kidney I)lsease ; gained 40 is,tnui,
IlAwl.r.x._Saratoir,a, says that - "'Medical
Wonder" gave him health, strength and appetite.
llrs._c. I'. picnw.ti, Concord. N. U., coutiued
to bed Iff th female and kidney disease;
No spacefor 1,000 other cures.
Ask your I)ruggiAt [or Y.%ltleel Wender, - and
be. cured. repared by Dr, liAuE Ce,,Saizjelgi! ,
I.T. Y .
Far tido Iq Tamils by Dr. It. c,
Wt+ 4lo o, tfr It r •