ILH Tho Somerset Herald. rSOBDAY . February a. itn. Vkl are rapidly nca.-ing the end. Eteet one of tie fifteen members! republican States were, claimed as Aod then. it . that the cheated , r oarHjwdai orti.wioi. timidation and murder, intended to be j away forBVer frora a foiou with al for bim. for ti nun.. of South, disgusted, maddened, by the! U ITLIVI - VWaililf MVU, w a 0- " ( " f I , - j - . , I lMiviiiiv...v uv-j- -o - w . . -. . j itself with stem resolve to breaKi Oregon. And yet it is 10 proof that te got three thousand dollars for per sonating one, aDd nil thewerldku that Governor Grover waa ass enouqb to Commission him as each, aad the IK ITliniXBTOS LETTER. claim that lis vote for Tildca was right aad legal. What a lovely pair used for the purpose w rapturing them, and money was ponred oat In a never ceasing; stream ns an adjunct in the monstrous eehsroe ibf villainy. Democratic leaders knaves enough leAad when the battle was fought.' the telegraph was instantly called into operation to proclaim ibe lie that it of "Reformers" are Cronin and Cro-! bad beep won, even before tbe count ver!! nnd Lew -exceedingly fcineere j could be Unu-bcd :u tte fcmallest pre- was the cry for "Ileform'' thouted by Tilden and his followers! ! Amos'? otber important items tele graphed from AYasbin-rtou t the . ... i Il. 1-..!. V,,. TJu .-i I'rulriir Jiibt. On Vridev fttnsu last, urn r.iec- r- o uuu lue iuiivw nig . "Captain McClelland, chairman of toral Coroniiaeiou decided by the usual vote eight to seven that i to the Democratic State Centrel Ceimait. three electoral rotes of Oregon n-uati erri?ed bere to day from tlarris- be ounted for Hayes and Wbetler. South Carolina is the only remaining State to go before the-Commissi on, and will be soon disposed of, for the Democratic House Committee, after ibe fullest inrestgation, was reluc tantly compelled to report, last wr ek, that it bad been undoubtedly carried for Hayes snd Wbeeler. . listen at every point, tbe Denio crati of tbe House, are still deter mined to prevent if possible, the inauguration of President ' Hayes, and will resort to every means in tkeir power to prevent the formal declaration of bis election, before tbe 4 th of March. We feel assured however if be is not assassinated in tbe mean time that on Monday next, (tbe 5tb intt.) President Hayes will be duly inaugu rated. The Senate will never per mit tbe crazy obstructionists in the Ilcu&e to prevent it by dilatory and revolutionary proceedings, and we ex pect, if tbe end Is not sooner reached, that on Saturday tbe Speaker of the Senete will count tbe few remaining votes, snd declare the result. burffj'n company uh Geceral Coflroth of Somerset. Theyjrcpon the univer sal sentiment of the State Democrats is not to submit to the consummation of the Louisiana fruud Cof froih says the Republican iival lead ers are already puckering their mouths in shape for sayiug, afier IIys is inaugurated, thai the Democrats, by suffering Louisiana to be counts for him, condoned any fraud that niigLt exist, and therefore were estopped from howling 6n that key any longer." We'll bet two to one nickels that eotne blustering bull-do.er, has been personating "our A lick." Did aoy one ever hear of of his ' beiug thcugbt a fool ? He knows that "tie Republican lucal leaders.'' are on such a broad grin that they could'nt pucker their roouth9 to eave them. General, dear General come borne. Failing to cheat, buy, or tteal the Presidency for Tilden, sonic' of bis friends now advocate the as.-assiua-tion of President Haves. Tbe Washington CopiioJ, a news paper edited by a man named Don Piatt, in its issue of Sunday kt. qq di?guisedly suggested aud abetted the assaseioation of the President elect. In an editorial article teeming with the vilest abuse of the Supreme Court, and more particularly of tho?e members of it, who ss members of the Electoral Commission decided that tbe votes of Florida and Louia- What an immense satisfaction it is to the average Democratic editor, of Justice Bradlev of the -r - . - Supremo Court, as "Joe Bradley." j Una should be counted fur II yes, Le So soothing to their feelings, you ! ayg : know. We never knew tbe Hay (es) fever to prevail so badly as it is now doing. You can't meet a Democrat wbois'ut troubled with tbe sniffles. One by one the Democratic rotes fade. First Florids, then Louisiana, and now Oregon. A stolen boquet which "Slippery Sam" vainly imagin ed be would be permitted to wear. Thi Democratic journals have set tied down to the policy cf "makiug mouths" at Governor Hayes, and covering themselves with corses of tbe Electoral Commission, as with a garment. .XorwiTnBTANDiiw tbe eighty thousand converts to temperance, which Murphy lately made in Pitts bnrg, lbs Democrats nominated a liquor dealer for Mayor, and what is worse, tbey elected him. on Tuepday last. ' Tni newspapers and tbe politicians are intently engaged in the businets of Cabinet - making, for Presidect Hayes. We do not observo tbat any of tbem are attempting tbe same labor on bebalf of Tilden. Suppose tbe Electoral Commission had decided tbat Florids, Louisisna, and Oregon, or either of them, should be coutted for Tildkx snd : tbe Re publicans bad refuses, to abide by the decission. What would tbe Demo crats have said and done ? Xow, that nobody would kuock tbe chip off their shoulder, nor tramp on tbeir coat tails, Democratic editors are no longer for wwah" and have concluded to accept tbe inevita ble. Prudent people will however, not mention tbe "Electoral Commission" in tbeir presence. Til man who deliberately make? a written contract with bis neighbor, and afterwards "flies from" and re pa'iates it, is a sconndrel. Yet this is precisely what tbe Democrats want to do, in regard to tbeir contract to abide by tbe decision of tbe Electoral Commission. How much better it would have been if Justices Clifford and Field could have abandoned tbeir partisan ship and voted with tbe majority, in behali of law and equity. Tbe repu tation of the Supreme Court would not have suffered as it is now doing. But Jndges, like men, will be stub born and hide-bound. So sorry for Je poor Democrats, tbat tbeir own dog bit them ! They would hare the Commission, nd tbe Republican who objected to it, was as nopatriotic knave, or a fool, or worse. With them it was tbe Com mission or blood. Xow tbe poor fel lows insist that they were cheated into it Did they ever bear the little story of the fellow wh j went' boss sober one night, and was bit tea by his dog? " He sever tried the experiment again. , - fc4 - ' l .in . - J How. Jlxirar W. Williams one' of tbV Justices of the Supreme Court of this State, died at his resi denc in Pittsburg on Monday of last week (19th iost). Judge Williams1 - wti wa able jurist, and a learned and xemplary gentleman, and bis death will be oncfa regretted bj the legal profession. Tie was first appointed U tbe Su preme Bench by Governor Geary in October 1868, to fill a vacancy creat ed by the resignation of Judge Strong, and 1869 was elected for the full term ef fifteen years over Cyros L.; per biag, the Peaoeratfe candidate. ' If t mantbu return Ml In Dower ran rM In afclr Innu '.tie Kxecutlve Mmnion to the Va liot tobe'lnaufrarattul. we r BiukI -lur ttie elaverr that will lullim tb UuuKUratl'i. We tio ant r liev the people ( Ui X n!tt Stutc ro uf tlilK ervile eort. We do not cllev i hat they re jwe- pired without blow to part with their nam cars ml. bhwd-itBined Moreee'liiM. ?i otic te now eerr- mi on the citinenaot Loulitiana and South Carollu that thee tnKt are f"r themeela. How o.i lnni-)Mu will bear fruit i lor them to any. To the people ot the North ami West notice Is given that all the toll to which they are eun.ieetcd, tlmt oomlhoiiieni and ionoilii may laiteti eeeurc, i reiiaid Lv no aecunty of their riichtn, anil that a hrlnkaireof valuenix now 111 onlor. If tlifre l a law lortraud. there i reaxm l.r violence, and to ihatco4 womalieour laat appeal. There is no mistaking this language. It is clearly an attempt to incite the murderer of Mr. Haves, and so well siui-Ged of it was President Grant that, on Monday morning after con sulting several members of the Cabi net, the District Attorney was direct ed to commence proceedings against bim. On tbe succeeding day 1 e ! indicted, and on TLursday tbe Grand Jury found a true bill against bin fur inciting to riot, rebellion, and incur rectioD, aol he was arrested. 'This prompt action by the President is commended by all good citizens, and it is to be hoped that due punish ment will be inflicted by the Court. The striking cf William Patterson was never more stoutly denied, than is the rascally attempt to buy or Meal the Electoral vote uf Oregou, by tbe Democratic thieves. Tilden rows be bad nothing to do with it, and yet the $3,000, sent there is traced directly to bis jxa b-ak, aud shown to have been sent by hU own nephew and private Secretary. TeltoD, tbe nephew, plends igno rance, but it is in proof that he teat tbe money, and the secret instructions in cypher, by telegraph. Governor Grover swore that he never ' commu nicated his views to any one previous to deciding in favor of Cronin, the bogus elector, and vet a week before tbe decision was made, he iicgrapb- ed TUden "I shall decide every point in favor of the Democrats, ic." Seualor Kelly protests that be knows nothing of tbe attempted bribery, and vet be endorsed a cvpber dispatch; sent by one Patrick, asking for money j to buy a Republican elector, asd he; further asserts tbat be did not ucder staod the cypher, while at tbe same lime he used It lo oltur dipatpbes when communicating with the Kew York thieves. And Hewitt, iano-j cent Hewitt, who as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, bad charge of the entire campaign, vows, that be i9 as innocent as an unborn babe, of all complicity with tbe trans-! actijn. Tbat there was a monstrous conspiracy, Erat to bribe Governor j Grover to commission as a Denio- eratic elector, tbe red-nosed Cronin, who was beaten at the polls, aud afterwards to bribe one of the Re publican electors to act with bin i9j casting the vote of the . State for Tilden, is proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, and now the very men whom their own dispatches ebow to bave been in, and concocted the con spiracy, each and all deny all knowl-; edge of it, thus adding perjury - to tbeir Otber crimes. Xo wonder Til-! den thought "reform is necessary." He knows bow it was himself. ' ci nets. Then came the effort to reverse the verdict at the ballot box, by renewed attempts at bribery, and tbe purchase o( the one ekcior&i vote, Lc yet lack ed, despite his prevuus frantic strug gles. Ia Florida, in Louisiana, in Oregon aud in South Carolina, thous ands cf dollars were offered for the much coveted vote, and in every in rUnco the biflies wese rejected. Agrio tbroogb bis purchased press, was tbe -assault en public sentiment renewed. "'Convections . were called to manufacture- a spurious public opiaioc, threats of ermed rebietacce were publicly made, and wordy treas on was as rampant amoog his sup porters as it was previous to the; lite oi;t or the woods. As 1 ite, the decision of the Tri- lies so Ouwortby and so ba?e The day of retribution -has come Northern Democracy named as can-jlligh-Joit Electorsl Tribnoal in an didates at St Louis two of tbe very j aoujieed in the famous cwtt of , the men whose, heresies had cau-ed the j American v People -permt-.Cronin's the end shall be saved." Instead of recognizing Cbamberlaia sad Pack ard, tbe rightful Governors uf South Wasfhnoton, D. C., Feb.21.'i8;T.i&lS? "d boifr meu ' ' . i of noble character and d t nun .hml service he assert that he will only maintain tbe existing condition c f af fairs in those States. I 'told "Grant at my Interview with him, of v uich 1 spf)ke in; my . last letter, that be teemed to be like his favorite ; ud wwr. The Sijulb, not vet able t see Cucus. All ibn Democrats, judtr- i that its ailianee with Xortbera -. Dera- jes, Senators and Representatives i roped making hi ticst' time ocracy was surely fstal, gave an ver wheluiiug support to those candida tes. The contest came, and again tbe Northern Democrat tried to win office and plunder -by threatening civil war. Then Southern eyes were opened. Mr. . Reagan, Postmaster General of the late Confederacy, sug- ti tbe voted mat Cronin should elect the j bome-stretcb. it looks, u?w, na if his urss. i resiuani: ana su. tLe itenuoi:-: were tireil out. and Rfnh t et,,;nt cans Judges, Scoaiors and Repre-ire.-ipoosibitity, and let Lis administra tion Bzzle out. I like Graot. but I love the truth ; and therefore , I fee! sorry for his recent weakness'. It is By ouf Special CYfrespiwIent- OIB IUISISl!l'U LETT Clt. FtiMIICti. JCOTCS. Hriliery in tlregim, 8.iia.,-!Ui:!.n la .m jisiaua, perjury ia Wafl.-t02';n. orrttption in Gramercy Park s . tn Ueun-' ' cmticmiimiiia. P!i!d3:.;1 wtystltst te Urvt "rt t-imin.; Irncrij" t.i i, fit te, I,:: an;.- rti!if-tM u i wm r h:n.sle iu ':Je Lands s-t' lt tilht.:. The tLrce fct.her, .. k:i-.I siiinu-ie .ii to liwa m (JUfiu oiin an inert t;i ,:s ill tins . w.iM-fc it iim rented that the South would nriup: decision, excepting a partisan decis- up the reserve this lime. -Mr. Hill jiou, froru auy ; intellif-ent A''up ttf jcunteiiiptuouKly observed tbat Mr. Anicrnrau mUzens in an istie in vol v- lilderj i (nends bad littie conception Mng political Ueas of s - premacv. u tne cooservaiivn iDiiueuee , t i is tivv juuih iusi lOiitience men so (ifieeu-iucb shell, with the lure in process of combustion. Mr. Tildeu not like him to dodge a duty ; bui tbe President is doing it to-day. South aud bis Northern friends stormed, blustered, bullied, but the Soutb only laughed. Tbe Electoial bill wfcs pass ed, largely by Southern votes. It would have pleated many -Noriberu Democrats to deloat it, but they did not dare. Tbe decision in the Flori da cu9e was iu favor of tbe Republic ans, and at ouce Northern Democrats proposed to repudiate a compact they bad accepted. Then came the co.-i- t U'lnpluous rei-lv from Southern lead- seDtaiiven voted to sustain the rights of the American , People to choose their Chief Magistrate. - lnj votes in tbis tribunal; have shown tbe folly ofeverexpectiog anv Carolina is lepubllean by at leat i!0,d00 majority ; Lduisia'ua is P.e putjlicaii by never lees tbati 23,000 It I IlltinrttV. . O.-C -.mi. rl naMinolInn inliuetiee , t f . not facts tbat infltience men so ! 1 disdain to ennhen.iA r.e..n,.et . -I. -I.. ..,!. . .. .. -' . . . t ' aiucu mcories. - De-jator jsaysrdjea tuuruer ly calimg i; "bull-dozing" is at houorablc itiau hu1 so is Seoa-1 was tbe cause and the soIcaus of tor Aiorion; out notn are, and both Cfjuaity urn earnest partisans reoeliio'i. Tbe prompt gitLenug of;tr. ; Denjuciatic caucus: "You a sufficient militarr force at the t pusiblv, are capable of tbis knavery ; National capital, by President iir.t, i "o not." Ttiree times duriug f r'ntv mul I,.,1! ti 'lul u'on-n i'cmocrais uave ueeu isfetnbled in caucus at tbe desire ot Mr. Tildeu and bis friends, aud men like Randall aod Springer: thrte tne reciuetiou ot their votes at tha last election, it ia disgrace to hes- Tbe world's history can show no such struggle for power, by open de bauchery, as that just about ending in the disgrace aod defeat of Samuel J. Tilden. Nominated by the pur chase of votes at St. Louie, ia tbe face of thi? bitterest denunciations of his own party organs, and the protest of tbe ablest of his party's leaders, an organized system of bribery was at once resorted to, to mass aod con trol his party's press, sad its effect wL.-e EenEe of duty aud i-yakv to country, tbey well knew could not be trifled witb, soon checked these treas onable designs, and then rarun the in solent proposititidu to submit to a corntuishioa a question , a!- readv determined by the ballut box, and by the laws of the country. la a moment of wakne?, for tbe purpoe of presenting Jurtbt r turmoil and unseemly wranglicg, tbe Repub licans assented, aud now, when the Commission, forced upon tbe country by tbeir own action, repudiates their attempted frauds, find decides against Ibcm, tbey refuse to abide by tbe re sult, and iuvoko odium upon tbe judges who decline to nullify tbe ver dict of tbe people. Tbe country is disgusted over the shameful exhibition, and tbe dis closures made, but there is a measura ble compcoeaticu in tbe fact, that public opinion wiil now compel a provision against falne counting, bribery, corruption and intimidation by politicians of the Tilden, class. It niuit uecflrfsarily ba years however, before public virtue Ciu recover from the effects of tbe terrible ldssjo iu de bauchery taught by this bad man who stole the livery of reform in which to teach tha roguery ct the devil. Tbe radical difference between the two parties is show n in the following dispatch from Washington to tbe Cin cinnati Gazvitc : "When tbe 100 extra pidicemeo at the Capital to serve during tbe couut were drawn up in the rutuda, to be sworn in, tbe fifty appointed by Self geaut-at-Arnis French, cf tbe Senate; stood by themselves and those of 1 hotnpsonof tbe lioutie by themselves. Upon calling upon French's line who could take tbe ironclad oath . to bold up tbe rigbtbatid, all but three did so two of the three Laving left tbeir right at Gettysburg ia the service of tbe Union, hcid up their leit acid so the n bole took the irouclad bath. When Thompson's iine was called on, only three bands went up, and the re maining forty-seven were obliged to af k for tbe modified oath. From ttie N ew Voris JWlaae. ., Slow-footed, tardy, blind, but ter ribly sure, Justice at last lays its beavy band on the Democracy of the Xortb. From 1S0O to 1S7T is a long chase. Hut memories are yet longer, when sealed with blood. Perhaps the Northern Democrats fancied that the South had forgotten. But graves last longer tbsa monr.metits; the South can forget everything else sooner than forget, its dead. Who sent them down to death, tbe brave sons of tbe erriur South ? The Northern Democrat. IJis fawning treachery to the convictions oi the Northern people, his assurance tbat Nor. hern men had no principles be- caose be bad none, his eucoUrncrrueut to threat. of disunion, bis pledge that Northern streets should run with blood before an army should go South to defcud the flag these were tbe causes of the w ar. Greedy eet?k ers for office at the North were will ing enough to endanger the Repub lic, willing enough to entrap brave men at the South in treasonable schemes, in tbe belief tbat commer cial timiditv would turn the ecsle, tbat Southern threats would stupefy Northern consciences, that Democ racy would still prevail, aud fat cf- uccs bo given to hungry Democrats. lad the &ouih dreamed iu 18C0 tbat every Northern Sta'o would found standing in defence of the I'aioa as limes the atterr.pt has been made to commit that party to political ecouu drelism by repudiation of its agree ment. Bat eve.-v time tbe scheme has beea defeated bv the unetieak&ble coutcmpt of Southern Democrats tor the dishonest and revolutionary tricks of tbeir Northern allies. Put into words, the votes of Southern mem bers iu caucus would read thus; "You lied to us in 18f0, and cheated U3 iu 1SG1, and our fathers, brothers and sous lie in graves whica your broken nledces opened. Beain the next revolution yourselves. Not - by our couseut shall lasting disgrace be added to defeat.'' The South re members. Never strain will South ern men bo used as catspaws by jrreedy, office-fecking tricksters of the Northern I'emocracy. Sa 1SG1 is avenged; 1877 squares the account; and Ntrthern Democra cy sits down in tbe shadow of a most humiliatin"; defeat. Tbe despised negro in tbe swamps of Florida struck down Demo'-racy because it had denied his rights, and now the defeat ed Southerner Humps out the new rebellion which Northern Democrats, maddened by greed, are irapatieut to begin.. Will not the South see at last that alliance with Northern Dem-: ocrats has cost it quite enough? Will it not at last seek the iofluence in pnblie affairs which it may right fully exert, no longer through alliance witb those who cheated the South iuto war io 1SS1, but with the con science and braiu and sturdy man hood tf the North? It is for the Southern men to say. Their great service to the cause of peace aod good government, rendered wiibiu the last jnootb, justifies a hope. But ia any case the Northern Democrat Das bis reward. lie sowed diboDr in 1SG1, and be reaps disbouor iu 1877. and in every dispuw into which par-j Hate to atamp iuto tbe earth, Nichols ty quest iObi enter they vote every 'and Hampton, the ehtufs of the conspiracies. Oh, Grant conqueror of rebellion, do no; kueel in submis sion before these rebels now ! - ''": INSURANCE raAlDS. ' ' 1 , Poor pei.'p!:?, all over the country, are losing their scant hoardiacs by tbe failure of xaving b.tnfc aod insu ranee companies. When the people win g;v0 us much . attention tj pjli tica as it deserves, they will discover to tbeir surprise that there was no fceed of Rising a siujrle dollar by tbee corporate neencies : that t?, State should be. the olii insurance agency, and the munMptiihf.- or town, th e. ttolf. sa ? n is ImnL: tV h n tbr State becomes responsible for all the insurance w ithin its limits no Bre, however destructive, no epidemic, however fta!, will break it and ruiu' the investors or tbeir boirs; and tbe vast earnings now monopolized by corporations will practically abolish taxation, or at leant so increase the revenues of tlie State that public im provemests aow impracticable will be cheerfuiiy undertaken. We throw away, or farm otii, to corporations revenues e.'ioup-h Wiiiaiateiv be longing to all the people, to "erect! EIGHT TO SEVEN ! G rounds for the Decision in the Oregon Case. Washington, Feb. 24. Tbe two Houses of Congress met in joiut con vention afiuooD, and tbe decision of the Electoral Commission touching the votes of Oregon was read. Tbe brief ground of the decision, wbicb is ia lavor of all the Hayes electors, is, that the said elector appear to have been lawfully appoint ed, and they voted a? eucb at tbe time and in the wanner provided for by tbe Constitution of the United Slates and Saw, and tbe Commission ers are further of tbe opinion that by the laws of Oregon, tbe duty of cao vassiug tbe returns of all ins votes ifiven at aa election of President and Vice President, was imposed upon tbe Secretary of State, aud upou no one elee ; that the Secretary cf State did canvass these returns, aud ascertained that J. C. Cartwright, W. II. Udell aod J. W. Watts bd a majority of ail the votes given for electors, aod bad tbe highest number of votes lor that oSjee, aod by tbe ex press language of tbe etatutes those person are deemed elected ; that iu obedienje to bis duty the Secietary it Mate matte tbe canvass aud tabu lated tho statement of voles sbowiuj; tbis resul:, which, according to the law, he placed on file io bis oilice tbe 4ibof December, 187C. All tbis appears by tbe official cer tificates under the sea) of the Secreta ry of State, and signed by him aud delivered by him tu the electors, aud forwarded by them to the Presideut t.f ibe Senate witb tbeir voles; that the refiial or failure cf ihe Governor cf Oregon to sign tbe certificate of election of persons so elected daes firmlir au the tf.vriofiticio ititla hart tbe Sontb comprehended th depth ,;) i uot have tbe effect of defeating tbeir Northern convictions, or tbe lutem-i ty of Northern attachment to tue Union, not a single mau would have gone down to death in a war for se cession. Cut tbe South, did not know.' It had listened to tbe lying tongues t-f Democratic office seekers. It believed tbat Northern sentiment bad no fight in it ; that Northern loyalty was not more sincere than tbat of Democratic politicians ; tbat "Northern shopkeepers" and North ern "mudsills'' would piotest a little but Ik'nt DOtat all. It bad fai'h in tbe solemn pledges ct men like Pierce and r.aloo ; faith in tbe declarations of men like Ducbanan aod Tilden; and trusted tbat Democratic resist, an en at tbe North weald make seces sion easy, peaceful aad safe. ;Tbo fatal step was taken. Half a million of men were doomed to death by the trickery of Northern Copperheads, who promised to strike but i. only t dared Io diss.-" a i a a ..-:;,.;... s. Thus the war came. The South, witb high courage and with noble trust, took the lead, ; risked every- thing, una expscted the Northern Demociat to insure success in - tbe struggle which he had prompted. The full of Fort Sumter brought a revelation. Northern loyalty and Northern convictions StarUr-'d the world by tbeir uprising. Copper heads hunted tbeir holes.- Pledges of aid to tbe South were forgotten in schemes for personal advantage 'or safety. Tbe tricky Democratic lead- the Re- was soon seen tn the ma a leioz laud- i ers bad not only rlaodered d as a great reformer, whose rascftU- P1;,10; hopkeepers" and the . , . . . . ,. . , k. "niuddl"4 the North, but, as it ty, but. brief Urns previously, tbey iyeJ( lbpJ bad ,j6d' had exposed and denounced. Wuhj Democratic masses, who sent many bluster, snd brag, and coo! effrontery,! thousand brave soldiers to the field. appointment for such election ; that tbe act of tbe Governor of Oregon iu giving E. A. Cronin a certificate of his election, though hj received a thousand votes less than Watts, on tho ground tbat tbe latter was inel igible, was without authority of law, aud is, therefore, yoid ; that, although the evidence fabows Watts was post master at the time of his election, that fact is rendered immaterial by his resignation, both as postmaster snd elector, and his subsequent sp pointrneut to Gil a vacancy iu the Electoral College; tbat, as a 'e-Vu-- queuce of the toregoiog, aaJ upon tbe grounds befura ttated, the paper purporting io be the certificate of the electoral vote of Oregon, signed by E. A. Cronin. J., N. T. Miller aud John Parker, is not tbe certificate of rotes prjvided for by- the Constitu tion of the United States, and ought ijoi to ue counted as such. , . Alerubers of the CoaimUaiua airree. mg and opproviag of this decision ore i Eamuel F. Miller, W. , Strong, Joseph P. Bradley, Geore F. Ed munds. O. P. Morton, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, James A. Garfield and George F. Hoar. - . , . Let tb Coant goon. time WHO their political allien There is nothing either wroa-e or dishonest in tbeir action, bei-ans it is founded on different views of life. 'Conservatives resist progress; rsdi caU insist on progret-s; conservatives regard motion es disaster; radicals see iu motion, life. Heuce . tLev must always regard the same faciM as having a totally or at bHst a widely different significance. , The' American who isuot a partisans i ile relict to bis dntyM the public. Ev ery American oueb5 to be a politi cian. Instead of ptidiog himself w abstaiuiutr from politics the Ameri can w no d es so, proclaims bis own ' scarue. AH intelligent men take 1 either tbe progresMvc or the coriserv ative r:w i f life, aorl as t colors ev ery set 'id thought their decisions ars tii'cei.ari!y partisan whether tbey are called Senators or Judges or Congressmen. Hence comes" the fact that one man decided tbe late contest. Tbe Democrats rfesired Cronin to decide it ; tbe radical Re publicans desired Ferry to decide it; and the conservative Republicans elected Bradley who decided ir. One! man did it. ; It was it narrow escape. ! HAVES ASP HIS TASK. ! Hayes stands at tbe beginuing of (Treat career. To no man has the New orli ever entrusted a nu:re sacred or ' a' 'great r tak. Ashe a. l :.t .i . i suau oeai wuu tue rtoutueru pr'j!- lem, his memory shall be cursed or crowued iti the annals of tbe comiug ages Hung amoog the cobweb-. the Pierces and ibe Buchanans, or esalted etiioog the stars, tbe Wasb- lugtons and Ltncolds. Let us give bim a strung soiinjrt. but not a blind support. It is cnlv by frank and friendly clitic-Hoi that errors can be avoided ia a party, aud reform withiu it made possible. CABINET MAKI.Ml. Ever) body nrw is eDgaged in makiug cubiuets for President Hayes. As it is barely possible ibe uew President may take a band in tbis game timself, ami win, it i hardly worth tbe trouble to ebrouicle these jrueB.aesor the prottnble programme. There is one new feaiere iu these scbemings. - Two- f-Sections'" claim, aud justly claim,', a Cabiuet repre sentation tbe Pacific coast and ibe South. Tbe Pacific coast is hunger ing ' for the Interior Department. 1 trust it will not get that portfolio, al though it is entitled to a eeat in the Cabinet. Tbe Indian Bureau is a division uf tbe interior - Department, aod tbe public sentiment of tbe Pa cific Coast is hostile to tbe red man. Its average i pioion is that all ibe bad Indiana should be killed and thut all tbe good Indians ere dead already. He Lave been cruel enough, long enough, .o tbe aboriginal American. No man should be permitted to enter the Interior who is not a friend of the Indian aud rsady always to throw the whole wti: of tho Government bet weeu him, and bis enemies. , HAEaisistEii, Febfuary 21, 1877. The House is making desperate ef forts to clear its calendar of too lare number f bills that are now upon k. A special session was held oa Wtd-uet-iiay uiuht t censider bilison firs-t reartioir, aud one fiuudred arj'l fccveu- I'f.'i; shell. w be rcttu-a ra-mi ft ' iv were paused in ab.ot twa bou: . swittiy that a fair cant w; lre;hlcr:.-Mi.-. Doirjg business at tbis rat.? of eour, '. A.'-a. it was impossiole to read each bill t.i. If in tlie coming w of ib-j futMre. full, S' only the lilies and a few lines ': some ambit inu Or. i Uliefffi ,r; of each were read by the clerk. It is. i iot' Jir- Tiit:''n '".mh- h" c8,mary to pa.s dl b:lU on H K reading without opposition. If there t'j ft a loreman, rn !!: in.j.rewica is any objection to a bill it is brought that he bs struck a bra ii:;ni-. '-. T-'iij-on second or third reading, so tbat ' lluvkrye. the passage of a bill on first reading j DupUcste keys :r uv, re y, becomes a mere form and w no tndi- F-:,ie.l in MUsiwiijTH a ni' oXei in cation whatever of what may Le its! le-tncingtlte Ifcpw.tiittn vo:. r l'r final fate. There seems to lie no die-Kbits in lnibna. They- t.-troy 11 Dowition on tba iart f iit Untim t, i pubiii-an majority w:thiit r k-t jilel extend the time fixed for final ad-! m1 TlT,: ' ViX ju!umrui( .uuiiii i.j.u vtm cirries ine wore sua no unnecessitrr dely, it the urdur of tbe day. The Senate,!, f' Train a.itdratl.-a bowevec. has uot,et agreed to theKureUhhiut.. u,,,', X 'to nous resolution ia regard to a-; the DcuitKrHiic jooromeui aod may p-ssibty amend to wuu.r. Wheuevetamsa Tiiiii L':n it, CXiog a iatt!r dae, ; IseU aivepuutican ctmn.ii a mnmi;ssai, Some recent decisions of tbe Attor-!u'ias '" baU be tn. u the ney General of the State have alarm - latWu: ; A Ih-ilh'anl Army of &,- Wri!,-r Saw Bof. Tsiirgifcirf; Bcy;t. Bija.-4 Tjjv, X.-i. HxJgso Banicft, Sctiv. a- ! -:J-?. Nt. f:rt ir- - tr. l HI nr 2 r-r.s-T Vti.i l," TAT U tt V I. A S r , " KfSlfiTf T. ;V"i'K:tv-: "AX i-,'?.--S:B: R St"i;i," V-cr':a utif .-n.f,, "A DlvC.tt.v ' vrdit-t.-st! 1 tt,,-.-t- a j,;; -i; ntl- vet .it:)j -an y .1 ri.-'Ei XV i,;. -ft. ;,( 4 ii. r if,-. K:iit i H' iin ttt nh'n hpp.n in lrrriNr S"cr aitu wviU mn 'ini.nr t'i rt-... iff a ;Lnn, 1 tso wi-rt Ihv Un fl;l K'Wf'll IlLIK: I JU rVrU-lIV, and mru'utain public schools, libraries, "lu " jz) uiuaiums iu every town in the SfHte. -But until we ge't rid of tort cant i bat talks of tbe "cirty pool of politics," and recognize the holiness of duty to our eonntry, the function of wbih is polities, we shall Cootitue ti be swindled by corpora tions -without responsiWity, without character, without rightful authority to levy taxes on the people. Jams Redpatu. The CrrhlUratt'o Plnaii. -Tbe Was uinto.v, February 19. reside ut will leane. tlie Manstua ou Saturday, March 3, and With -V.rs. Graut, will he tbe guest of - Secretary Fish, until their ! deoarture ! lte1 .., , w ...u: . L . i property ow 11 (.fjniiii, wuicu wui oe ear ed many of the n--mburs ou the qu;s lion of compcuss. ;on for services ren dered duriug au adjourned n&nual session. Toere are many who bold that if the adjourned sest-iyii to be held uest winter is to be regarded es a continuation of the present jessieis, member can draw no pay' bvoud ihe $1,000 S-ted by iar for ' liUi! SIS- sion, be it. short or lon. As tbey draw tbat aiuouo'- in Jul: ! r this win ter's work they do not ilk'; t'.ie idea o! cuttjing here ii.ti? winter to woik IVr the dear people for notbing. To jirc vent any auch dire catustrophe tLo resolution fisia tbe time ..f adjourn ment has been recoiled :Vii:i th? Sen ate, (to wbub oc'y it tits been eet-t for concorrene- ) tor ih 'pnrpote of sinkiDg from ; . the ponion which provides that when tLe Legilalure meets iu adjourned annual seion nest winter it shall take up ihe work just where it was left at the close tf the present session. By striking ibis outaud takings frefhstartiifXtwiuter it is confidently predicted iha;. ail quibbles and doubts iu regard r0 t:M inimer of salary will be uirpored ol aud lueriibers will receive the full compensation that the framers of the uew Constitution contemplated when adjourned annual session were pro vided for. au act to revise, amenu HU'l con solidate existing laws for the assc-s ment nod coliecticin of morticipal tax es aud county and towubsp rates uud levies a very iojportaut biit, which was defeated ou Weduesdav la,-t hv a close vote, was to day reconsidered tfkllfl uiriilr il.i..u.l n...n l.u u..!n.l ". , 1 of the LiOJi-e atid its final tia-saie i 'probable. Oue of its most important u:i nitt-rcii ii, i .1- rVkriMry -04kk y$vu( wi;h u'i,: ,.r ii'-r .1 i i N. icii,i-.-r. i liti wnttr is liMt-' v' r. a:i t :. ;.. , ' 'T'Ont-FisS s; in Kangcly iskss " '.tjk1;Wi riicr.tj 3;nlrf ! ;:nvif:nr; t'ue tt llw lrt lri. "!''' 'i'Pi ;.r!l.-..' is .,1 j.K S'li. i,,;.. ili :iSi !t r.ut'1 -'.w O? ittv E-iu-r,l j.nMl'-, i"l-.v!' iai'.i.wi -.i i ijr is a n'U'fv, .y K, s. 1. i ii it .1 a- vri'i'f. Wiult- " ui Mt i. have been Ueceivcl ami UicUtO, tly v ill i ..V" 7 : "l".". . . " r."!?' TUi; fxiuisvlite Vnft'i:f-.J-si t'i'ii Uiut-s . Kit of tins Prvaidcuiiul Jijsli; wish its nt i;)," t I-Ati ii its legs, fiitir.irii ;X- wiooin..; ! jii iiu '. It abciies the mciuticrs of iLe ti iisii- t i u;ii. but eaa i "ibouch lite iiria-ra: i "Ths S:c-9sc; tn. S. i! It-:rrii pa a: si Sic Fiswe.-. not violate tbe kouor th:'y lt(:;ttl to ibf country when they asn-ed io arbsut.ti-n." Honor T i Tiiutu' idea that he ci-pl J buy a IU rih U in elector lor .w,U.'. 1 iil?u-'.-i. u iiA u. that of the ban Vran i.-eo tiirae r iin is ou tlie road to tin; f tniteniiai." ior.tryisiL; to buy Zacu. Cli.nit.'er Uir tf.!jO. Tie trouble with tbfso iK-i.iocrats i ihi'.t tbey estimate Re;u''iicau iu'iecs in.n ill- liiir ket value ot' !) m.x:r ("roula" 'pri was $:,0CO, so they tbotii'st -cruft'.:y s lktpubiican eould lie bad Ir v",'!-!,l. '"bey were mistaken. i Hero re not a few IVtiiorrtls who feci j itu- ri . iSo jaMury uua-.tifr: -tt'ii .' as Aast'V on! wucn be s.d : "I wz nnst i '' ou-tunc t trr ksi in favor or the Joint Commisitu. and wiwj eastcr to Lev it. When it. wur. . 2-n.tl t '-1 shir that a ni ijurlty uv in j.i.iie w. u'i ,nr prhrnf tb Janw. te Dinuvrat. gives "a a mjontT uv iue j ' VSery Xanbr. wIJI rrreivo in .the lot. i wiieva it to U'cou'u!iin;:. - '' ' Mc:im.-4 mtirs), la riwinxl by if -u;- I l-r''"! '1"T, :).! Mi-.Ky I: i i,i,iW.ii,r i.. I Kp i!!-'is In ; uiruiirt uLe; r'i:. A .-kcirriw'. I "!' ' !. si ;r.iii.ra.i,- hy 1. w. clnrrr-r j will ntcaU u M-timiii aiuni n;f ..t ..n- I .?-f. i.'-fn ; tjut ' ': .! : " V Merr,i:-K wi h sir Jn'ia lton-l !.' . Kr yir'.a ". r-i.-.H : s;ai 1im- ..f t ren'-a I yr- siwr? ' j srltn st.T", .:hn. im- .H'ML.tiKy-j...ajSu:si: : ('.irrH-K ill Si.- i l! .- Jf..y, ! l..-nry Hn.witi : -Hi- i.o 1 k-i. w -.v'i; :. rife liii-i"' ' hy rj;N s:. KitwanK t-u.t. K.:i:ot;.!l.-, ntss: jit. vlu..it' Ivn.i-r l.-t-Ici-. i new i. ticiri- : Ir:v -.!-?:,-;!. '. A . A.-. m;v it Bi:i;8i5i i Mt cni.ua a provmion tnaatug each property owner the appraiser of his owu property, thus preveating unus( appraissuieuts and unequal taxation. It i mated thut thii law is in force iu several stales aud tbut it bad bten found to woik admirably. A bill to prevent - stock gambling has been introduced in both the-Senate aud House. It is supposed tbat it will prove qai'.e a cbecit upon the operations of ihe third street brokers of Philadelphia, but no doubt these gentlemen would tiud a wey to evade iis provision.- rboulil it pn.-s. There wasalively tiaie ia the House yesterday over tbe general appropria tion bili. Mr. Locsr , of Allegheny aud Mr. Spaujr of jloilford eaayeil ia a war ct words tost wa- very ex citing for a wbi'e. Mr. Long iscbair- kuJr. i .i. r i uiau ui iue us.iiroinai.ioa .eoiiiiuuiee headquarters, but niso tbo u.Lcial ma-! , . , fl 1 . r. - i.. 11 u:.. c , and takes some pnde lu tbe work of iy iu A;oriI. Mr. uad Mrs. Srtoti will take up their residence tbisieek with Mrs. Louia Duct iu this buy auit will rem aiu until May, wben tbey wiil ba.I for Eurone. Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., tho l'resident's secretary. win leave ur .etv lork ou Aiarcb a to begin tbe practice of law wiib tbe firru of whica he now is a mem ber. Col. Fred. Grant, who has been iu Washington for two winters, en gaged in makiug copies of tbe record of Gen. Sheridan's headfiuarterH. which were destroyed in tbe Chicago lire, will return to the bcadouarter of the Lieutenant General at Chicago at once. Ibe data which be barf been acumulating while here embra ces not only official record t-t th ClxciXffATT, Feb. 32 A petition was signed by nearly all the promi nent bubiuess men of tbis city to day, and sunt to Congressman "Banning and Saylcr, ai-kiug them not to longer Wilder tbe work of counting th ti for President, or delay the work of tne commission in any manner. petition orges quiet submission decision, and i tbe . almost nnani mouB expression cf the business pub lic. ' ", . -:j '-.,;- .4-' : . TBE SOtlfHEtt.1 RErcru.rc.tNs. The Southern Republicans each of ihe three clashes cf tbem are working for a representation .ia. the Cabiuet. . Alcoru of Missiscippi, aud Settle of Xortb Carolina,'ire pre sented as tbe candidates of the South ern native white Republicans. Roth are able men, brave, and of stainless integrity. TLey would do honor to tbe party. ' Both were in the rebel army; both are of old Southern fami lies; both are mn of property and standing in their respective States; both were wealthy slaveholders in the days of tbe ' peculiar institution;" both, as soon as tte war closed, pub licly icdeotiSed themselves wiib the Republican party, and bave fought iu battles ever sines. Setlla, has re cently accepted the position of U. S. District Judge in Florida, ad' ibis fact, although be has uot yetassbmed its duties, rather favors the -union of tbe Southern Republicans on Alcorn, j We ought to give bim tbe position. ; As a party, we bave usrd the South ern Republicans shamefully; aud, as tbey saved us at tbe - last election, it is lime to acknowledge onr offences against tbem by Honoring one. o( tbeir representative men. KKI.LINO Ot;t tllJE SOUTIIEUM REPI.B-"- IICAXS. Ami yet there arc, Republican pol iticians here so utterly depraved iu heart aud seared in conscience that tbey coolly recommend that Hayes shall give a Cabiuet posiiion to some Southern Deaoerat Ben Hilt, ofi Georgia, for example, Lamar, of AVsausippi, Brown, of Tennessee, or Haucock, of Texas; Hill tbe defend er of the fiendish conduct of tbe Con federate olficers at Andersoaville ; Lamar, who talks of peace here iu Washington but oevr raised a word ot protest agaiudt tbe atrocities of tbe Mississippi campaign in which as sassination waaorgauized into a sys tem and culmiuated in hi election to ibe Senate; Hancock, a bitter Demo crat w hose only claim to our consid eration is that be was a Union man before and duriug tbe war; Brown, who ha now bis headquarters in tbis city, aa the tool of Tom Scott, iu the infant'ua scheme uf plunder kuown a the Texas Pacific Railroad. If we desert sucb men as Chamber lain aud Packaid now, whose cour age enabled ns to retrieve the defeat organized by Xach Chandler aod his personal faction ' in 'the ; .National Committee, the Southern Republi cans, black and white, will desert us in a body, and iu 188(1. the Democra cy will take permanent possession of tbe National Administration. And, a relent U-publican ns I am, I should rather that my haud should wither up tbau that it should ever again ad vocate the claims of a party capable of such treachery. Ohio ilepublicauS j are advocating thia villainy. But as j Bob IngerscJl said tbe other day. J i don't rifcltaVA Idas lf.Au iji ..ruT.v s some pride iu tbe work ir. We and don't like its rent to be foiled fauit with too much. Mr. lafiu r..i m ..li e i . i .v. mil juiatoiT ui vieuernt l - . . , , . cs . . , . ' - uiscommitwe aaa aori t lite us reports oberiuau unneetiosi with iIim w.r ! . . . 1 'I'l,.. I-.,f...,. :n i m. icmuciH will Kive uti mure le-1 o : e .t. . t vees nor dinners. Tne report that be Sp " f ,be "-eaetmeot will give a Tarewell dinner tc-hisCab- ""f. 't fel"'W9- ,,eflJ"" , - ., . . X,. 'With tbe amount appropriated in the met was entirely unauthorized. The omisr-ion of tbe usual Presidential le vees this winter bun been the subject of comment. It may be said that tbey were baudouea on account of ibe excited state of feeling incident lo the political contest, and that under the circumstance it would be beet not to bold these levees. The President has no intention at present of residing permanently in ibis city. Tbe house which be owns here was taken by hiiu only to relieve the per sons who bad purebasid from him tbe ground which bis house partly occupied. Before departing for Eu rope tbe President wilt vismhe West. When the President WaveiS the Exe eutive Mansion the public property wul, as usual, be v'aced iu tbe cus tody of the ftewacd of the bsonsehold. It is presumed inat Gov. H ayes wiH arrive. beresrtly after tile formal declaratioa ot his election, Jid after his inauguration w ill ba foruallv wel comed to tbe possession of tme Execu tive Mansion by the President aud bis ouroinK Cabinet. - I'aciblutlan el tlUer. Chicago, Feb. ID. A sutabiuauou of tbe distillers of the euti?e country, embracing . nearly every importaat establishment in tbe United States, has bceu formed for tbe purpose of self-protection, aud for pooling their earuinjts. Their plan is ta deposit tbe sum of teu cems fir every gallon of laxablo spirits that is muLUfacinr- ed, aud to divide tbe sum thus accru ing seuii-monthiy auioug all distillers . - . .1. . i .! - iu proporuou io me capacity, oi meirfw hl.ri. ...... , i, ti,,.., ..f 1 ilM Pl'S.1'1 1 several aisiiitenes. it is lmrouterial whether any still is in operation or not, tbe proprietor receives his pro portion of this deposit tbe s&m? as though be wasrunniug. It is expect ed ibat iu tbis way the market prico bid to tbe Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds. Tbis roused Mr. Long aud be "eat for" Spang. He charged that tbe tceatlemaft Kukw very little of tbe merits of ;Iie pie. tiiiu, tbat though he (Spang) was a member of the appropiiatiou commit tee he was never present at aoy of its meetings bir. one, tbat he hud tak en uo part, or interest iu its work and tbat it came wiib a bad grace from him lo attack its well considered measures in the House. This was a hstrithir i.r Sttutin- Ia, tlnunrh ..t,u .if l ' the ablest members s.f the House he " ,t? '? f,B "l''J. is never ia bis seat xcept w hei he has no busines to atteud to iu Bed ford ciuutv. Xexc weik will be a very busy o-je sod f will try to your readers posted. hen it l;jkt iz liio we tvo.t r-.-t I'Udi.-a ar.ii ri;!nr:;i ia tlitit way, ami muUe mt shoor of my postolfis, I pre.'erre-i if. to Muw!. W'itU IJnuliey on tho C'iluuiiaiin the comtts 14 clearly u.- the -.'i-iisy un that it is lineonsiotsliuei. Sieh a Hon:: vsu n;. ver contemplated by the father!, it u never !one alore, am! liier am t no prrcc slent for it." Representative Hewitt, it is reported, met Juslgo bwayoe, ot the tuned t;a;e Supreme Court, a o'ay or t -.w- a:::), uvu said : "Jsisljro. isn't it eiini'ii lo no!; tin- (act that the Judge ;n ibe .Kieeioral Coin mission do not rise liivj partisaus'iip, aad iiiiit'oriiv vote oa the pipy iitii'S':" The Jiuli;e, wiih a iii.--!res-e(i expression ol ci-uutenance. "nut wi:U a twinkle ia bis eye, replied : Why. yes, my ilor fclr. it was a subject of iiioi t::ieittii.u to me. ttuil I have seriously ihouLt ot renonstratiiKj wit;; !Jro;liers l'li!r.ril ami Field oo that sui-jeet ; but you know !t woukt be r-iln-r aitklicate m.it!er for ni- to lio.mui j.e: !)i:; .i you had better tr. spmji thi-at you.Mi lt." This Ayprnuebsa oflh St. I.ouio llrllife Knrarsl. utl: jiii!-t ( Ji lll. ltr.. Scnfcncr's S n-.-ff tn!. -ril ithl i, Is Kontfis for ti.00. T. fh.qitv.-s ,:r K r.aMii'ier.-: ;--iiit j.i.: COnllS Dtthl":-r. P:i;jtf 1.JVSW St s:i: j.i; & fo., Ti t !;r0iia-,,y tit if LtJ.'? .l' IIWT; lutti-.-T li h! i:i v r ii-u .i: 3" th i pri.ii, nit llie sutler:: r i n-ii:. 1- : V.Vt y.:ar ; . ke B. A MiocJiinjr Si!iiiirs-k. Boston, Feb. 21 A leir wss re ceived ia tbis city yesuuLy lrom Captain Kaue, of the American schooner F. E. M'Dotiald, dated ut Garel, on the west coast .f Airica, January 24, iu which tn says that oti his outward passage Iroui 1s;o;i, whence Le sailed December IT, he fell iu with the wreck of ibe Biiiisa bark Maris, Captain Grayson, baviug on board two survi.'ors of a c-ew of 14 men, ihj others having perished from exposure and 1'aoiue. The wreck was discovered in ia; i tude 373 2 ; longitude 32 3 3d, with ihe masts goi,e and 'full of water. Tbe to luen were taken uc lioard the ecbooiier, bui cue of th m .lit-d if) a From tne sole oiirviyor ic was ascer tained ibai i ho bark wa bound from Doboy, Gsiorgla, to Belfast, Irtlnud ; thatshe spraug leak ia ii!e aud jille.i wiib water, ho thut it impossible lo hnvn H.itV l.Pov iisiit ,r l'-Ml. m. u.. of wbifekey will be raise.1 to a figur.. j tKr Tt)1. u!uI)er wilb ves. at wr.icn mouey can Do made. Iuh i s...tart i Sr. Lot ts, Feb. 20. A S;e broke outabjir. midiiignt iu a row of frur.id bouses, just north of tlie bridge ap proacb lit East S;. Louis, aud at tbi.- hour, (I u'ciuck a. in.) about a Al.-u hou.-e.-t are uearly CjLsuiuiiI. A strong north west wind carried ihe flames lo the wyjii w ork of ihe bridge, approacli, aud about 1,00 fee: ot the structure became tuve.'optd iu the c-juflagraliou. Several fire en gines from St. Lmiis atteitiptnl to cross tbe bridge to asi-t iu subduii.,: the fire, bu; were cut utf by tbe H itu ; aasl forced to return. SuWiUeutiy two or three tire eugiued werrf taii-o over on the ferry boat ui re nJm doing good service. Bat little .Jtij ite information can le obtained t" oigb bin it is now tbonbt th-t, tin eastern appronch end of th b;i L'' i so badly damaged tbt triias c-viu-t crors, aud tha-. tiiu t t. i J i u wLe.-e tbe lire tuiiianteil wiil be enlirelv de stroyed. Xu e-niinii-.' of the Joss em hj given lt-uijbt. Sr. Lours-, Feb 20. An examiua i n of tbe br-dze ibis mornlosr a!i .'v ihat ths) slauiagtt to the structure was uot ueaiiy sogreatas wftsapprebeud- ed last night, homa (U)0 or .v'UO feet of carriage myonmch. whicb m cou- structed largely of . iij work, were destroyed ai,d soma li.ibter iron wctk upuortiug the carriage ivav i-i ri irless Wnrittid aud twisted and will The rail is? fl nr ;f the approach is much lus- i.i- jured, aod thsj pi rsotjs- in cLar2; of the b-i.i-e believe tLe fai k ill be so fariesuoei: that 'rains wiil be able t-i cross in t tir d tys. The bridge c-.tii-paoy have a large aniouut i f !u.li- cate nraciiig, cttoru-, etc, aed Hi,'; place tbeiu lu p isitimj ;tt nhce the most vigorous uieuturee will ? taken to repair the tlaoi.st-s s as tu-.!i as p.issib,V. The reported I s of U.e bridge company, as published ben this umruiag. ii great-y e.ta--ei sr,i d and totally unreliable. The Beiuil loss caauot now In given bu, it will probably 1)4 not more tbu-i $.")(" DOO. There will iin b- deliy of truiii" wh.Ie the repairs are pri.-i-ttsic-, as Tbe pis.-:irers ami tiei;,; Mlit traafcsred bv tbe ferrv. ST. NICHOLAS "THE KiMC OF ALL PUOL10A T!C?jS !.?EU D FCS THE TOUNC C.'i 1THE3 S:5Z OF TH; ATLAJi- T"k tffi--r v)'u :t;i bH i:r- 'tt; prs rr Iau;i-..-mm. u ;U -isr hurt ir-! r .! ii .-: iv., ;j . .u j -c $tX t tin r' -l -I rs- tt T. t: "li.-T-r;.! imJ. i5 -ti- TiT ir.ri--. ".r. AU'iMUHi fuf'l ' .'act f.ViiV-- )7..;.;f T,f pK'i'icttiirm in cli rrnfterf ki.id. ' ti&vi O' '- ty 1 'crt,i r.tc -nhi'r tha ' 'f t4 no; u pr:wis-;iy ,;oht. T;e .'hUTbiii;i!j. Kar.t-i--rie ST. NICHOLAS for 1877, Wilis h -x-nw?t!s jr.-Tmt-e. 7,1 Ks'"' Silil'KI' AN! VKIiV KNTKUrtUPti SHIAI. VROM FMKr kKNs'll. -i HK Kli;- I'sim ii,-t!ikg;(i:k! sni;v aim.'-i. l-i T THIS TKA.VK.saiVlXO St A.-l) .inoitier a.-rinl; u a'(r!r.a laier .'it tj U,y. IILS QWS :.IASTEJi." Vj r. v. u.nvi:n;m; ifthor of;;.' '(rc Hazard Stories.'' lettja lat;; 'ris'iui 1-1 .til.; y Nu'ujkt, I'tcin h yiT rv will e t? tirvr 1'-l-r iif Ms. Vi'ilHnm 1u.-n Hrv at. .It.ii;. i r. uuiivr, l!t;ii:;s illicit., rt liiir.i I-r. U.ili.ui.i f"'i.f.'c :,L -l'n;it t, ua.:.if.-l fi. limn, V'r m.'a U. S'a.'-r. nti-1 o-ht-r. i i.-n1 wilt -t-tirl. k:ih,,j. rt 7"ir. of ''v. -A iuttnt t. ic.ri. hv h:trriT? Hre-.-..r t, sti-:r--U S'i-Mr. .'- h 'v. S.!rti Wn;-? K- il.nr. K'jt- S'u tr: I'h- I;.. LT!j-rt A!; )'f. L:" r."l t'. U.iK Oiw J:'-s:it. "Vif Vi i j 1 ti lu'f. an-i ui.-uty t.tmrr T lcr wi:l MBlf TWELVE SKY PICTURES,'' i'y Pnpnmm tvrso.-ri:. the As:,.n i-' n m; .-liua "Tn Mt.-iM uf r.e-'i ?.!f n.li." w'li -iwill i-- l.i y l-i nrfi-t-i- in (r.rrr-f nry . -, i-." ;a ?--('!ll.r a-ivim,i t9'mitiy n-n lt sri .isi,- AHiisr.nrir ,! ivrnn'rinv, e-.t;- ati iKoi.ic. alJ. hit ami lKS., Tt. Msilj on B;iu-4fii ais iser!t,,i,,r. :i,i Mt. ?.h-.iii.s will i-.r--iiui- i:i a. :::'.n ok .-..- un-l :r:vo pleis-siri- tmsdl. IES LC2JEH LITESiRY wGiUD m : T''i i c is iv! ma-jczinc for Ihr Tt,l;i7 th tl run -s p.. ..is. -in ii.-vi r.Tir.- ;;i ut: -ic'ii;,: c' .Si !tiMMi:t s 'i-r sfl v?nrr or i,-t-vs. . si.s rsth! ''mid p.tint ' i'lTil! H 1t f-'i rrHrtrt. s. w,i.!,iji, trill ritai tH. J-t'f at:-t crliitic 4ri'fi a,'o::t ci-? Zii.l t Tl Tl.iilv- XW9 ! sill.' fli fttuii in our e:r.t pcri'rii b. Irfahllnl i:pliln. mouey smulloi distilK-rs will be glad to form such an alliance, as at the preset i. rate tbuy are actually lot ing mouey, and the larger distillers keep prices down below their lo-went rate. F.m-lbqaali In Jla.lise. sel was loaded isreveuieil hjr t oiu sihk iig, but the weight of tbo in.-is turned the veswel ou her t.ui siads, until the masts broke away, hen 'be righted uud tbe men revfainesl the dick. Having us food or water, liow evtr ihey isoou began to Ole sit i-iar-vnnoo, uud as woou a oue died Use The Portland (Me.'l Armi f th.f r'!,t "'3isted ou the U,dy, and wan Ift.h iusii. say?; "A distinct shock of! Uui'd ouly two were left.. The t-ur-earibquake was felt iu tbf; city at 2:3i T'Vurs whose name is J suites M' yesterday afternoon. The rombliutr' "'"uK,lin, aud who belousrs to ili-ltast, riotiod was distinctly audible, followeii"! Irelaud, sys tbat ouly siobII portions by the phakiriL' of buddies. Iu t bs-. vicinity of tbe keroseuo work ihss effects experienced were even more noticeable than iu tbe city. Tbe farnify of Mr. (Jardeu Gcrd ou were very much Ktarttrd.thinkititbH works bud exploded, so loud wad the noise. Then followed n rumbling Sound tike tbe reverberatious ot thuoder, jt' ing leas and lesa distinct as tbey re ceded. 'The1 sounds . lasted 'severul seconds. - Houses were rocked, win dows and doors rattled, and in pouie instauces dishes fell from the j-helves?. KailroiMl Krie Brsac4.- IlABaiSIiVBSi, Feb. 18. Kigbt orl1 or 1,,T- V 1 ' "."''(iipiiiw of tbe Lewi;owu and Sunbury Tci himsstltdown a eouudrel by sf ... , , .. .. U,J o tbe 8n surrender." ...;JJT'lbr,tt?9n ,lotbe - 1 destroyed by firs last mght.iu volvmir wViw vaavWM 41' tumid.1.1. a loss lit 93l,000. The loMi s.f tbe r Grant seems to be forgetting tbe 1 bridge deetroys tbe conuection of the ol4 troth i tbat He that eudurcth to Lewistown road with Sunbu ry. ClNCt.VXATt, Feb. 21. (i( P,.;i ,,, the Gazette from MiddJetovra, Ohio, says llie boiler t xpiosi ics whii b oc curred there ti-d.iy wns of a :ure s ri.sin uiiiure lhau a; lirst uppiseii. t oor i-tijos were iimtMs.sivr kii!,l and sevs-ril of the others arc sr' seri ' usly hori bfii tbeir recovery is df spsaired f. - Tbe epl ss'rtu t-ce'irred iu the Citiu-u ntii t'icti.ry, n oit-h employs some thirty s r fori? in u ml :.-, i,erlv all ..f aIjoiii ui-r GOOD :W3 T2T COYS ar.d !P.LS. T- in-?t th'. lipniin 1 fur X rTin.ii-. r Sr. ?C;r;j.-Ls',itf-KWili. kite prieet v.;. i mui ii Him bt cn rei tit a t-iv.u. liia Ur viriuu.c. in nu o' IiiT.iry tap?. re iia i-r i U. iu luii ytlr, v. It.UT, ft , i;iv(i ISoil r nilr 11 3 iVljij-ivrU' ?c. W'triii i the iir.fi nu ry cijiitJrtru'i I ... ft.;: ft hti; ;',.r, piU-p. a x.ir. Th'1 ihrt Njrntl r iti.ii.'S it it a U' -i ;i'iPi r thi yftr. nly Sui.-v.Ti- i i: fi Eiir fsfM-rt-i-t lH-w.tKuU-r, cr sctui !;t-n: y i,i i-in-' k. ir I. U. itt.iay wracr, or iu T'-m- H Kir.N Kii it ff. ... 7a. Ur.ttitlw.iy, Xow irif. 7Vd:..ej sall. (.'.lyn.iui I h in ut SiMii-T-ii, t.'o., fr uri'!-rr- -i-'iii-: A..u,.! !' U in. -Mwryan will a; Mb- . Saturday Zl-inh 3, 1ST 7. is IU 1,'il-K-k . ssi.. on tV jri-ini.Ji-slri ,ltTilitle, lJ.i.. t e ts.!iussUK ralualslR r-l ats.l. v'.i : X,l. 1. LS1:SJ lirt i-C iT rU!i:l iSltTi STiS ill -I ,'VST1; ' .it. P.i.. feni-KLysm the vvis-r.il ssi-in s i,"rs'U2i A lil il. n.l l'ruii:;a issi is Uet t,n Ciller istri-sl, :.!.,.. ii.ii, 4 I,: , na.-rlj- i.wiu-.i j i. liuiimr, tinviai: is sen-si :wi-Tnrr irtiresj !,i:l,;!,;- niiii inMvs'fy s-xi'-n--t-m tiururs cmseii. Ni.. Ki'jv It.i ui r-.,u.i.l ditusiv in Uia n-:w :wl- Slti-.n !i..;,i ::.r,.n:i ,.( .Mi -, rl;slt-. i-n ihss -""a f- i-t ft s-.uin rty ereek. knwn an Sa. 7. u ii,c in n i,i ton isiiiiui.m; lmvmj nt.-.-t!,ry "awe '-wcUiiiK, nu-iia au-i ola.;r osilbcit.ii r lii.-i-u-.,n eri cipt. . Tt M of trwvl knonn . S'js. anst l. ui sal I aiiiii: u n tu MtytHttue ijufuuub, as.'iuid- iillT i'lS Si. ". UI-lVi- -Jir.if-rii,.-"!. .. -t. ! li-l i r.Pi.i Kurttii if i,.t Jii tnn.ii'1 !sliti;o Mi the u..rsi!ieh ol Aissven,!:, Is-, ii;iiiiiu! is-' K. a'ri n,i:ri ss-ii. iu mhvh tts-rs. arc srrs!srj a L.rg .it.ul.l iwi. si.j- inriia Sr: Tiro .r. irr;ir l-ll .-w ,iv-i:-,i uf a'.J M. iii. f f. U M? :t In ;!,ir.( of (.ar-hane M-i .111 c-jr ' i tne units. .The nam s,f-1 h : : . i"'r t or ine fteu DoiJles eoulil bss euteu. No one was killed, but tlie uioioeot oue died the eight survivor cut the throat of th deceased uud lr(, k the blooit, and then divisleri tbs bean aud braiu. . it was thirty-two riajs from the time tbe disuster occurred until tbe wreck was lighted by the b joo- er, aod during all thai tft tin- cresr bad noc a drop of water r oy oib er food ibau the bodies of their shipmate. K'.l.ea are U.iorifB iltiey, Adam Sii-I. Crist .1ssod, aaci Johi; IJrou Tbe warded Hre : A. A. HoSloa.f, o-iol ibs pi..pi i.-tors, pr.sbably la aily i s j irs-.t ; Ad.w; Fremnnuv, -f.;,at. -cjIi.'s d and m iii die, and .-wvrn.i nih s-i s s-: s-.s.m y ; ,S. Ii:al,V M .r.iu lliibsr, tt t ,y ,,,, ih ti.".--ry, whs iii.sw-it i;,sjrl dretl tf.-t u,t, i jt ;r ,u ay, esft;iil serum n.jorv bs)i:di'i ,n( nmchirterv i f ifis ry site it stal s is-i k. U.H1' a ut iie as A;.ri! r..;irr. ,..;.. r.s ... six tSi.-silK. Mrt tniLilW!; in line Tsiiir inh 'hi... Hi f m it--rreil iitiyios-nt. ttynsviiu lo ncnp.,1 SH-r m-r,s. i.r t.,.i,... ssj'jsi.v tu 1:.. paS.-l i-n lzy uf .-;.i". w. H. KrppfX, AMixnuouf urn. Sl.ir in. ii-jiirni ive.l io ' a bijo- -irisuK" to Ttie fstsV.:- iiiitiiii's oth;e." ?C,s. 1 M. J. Iiii,.r, W.J J.i.tisj.j J. II. SlcTCr. Raid I'pon Hilda tla(IIIrrlrn Collector Carpenter, of the dduui bia. South Carolina Dis-tritt, Las telegraphed to tbe Cominissiouer of Internal Reveuue that upssny whi.'ii had just returned fn-w its-, mount ains of that Staie bad capture! teu distilleries.one hundred stands s,f bter and nine prisonerji. Tbey bad no trouble. JSSIGN YrDiroR-s notice. t.auiel.T.ikrl.eySKAj.jx,,. A-isjui,; T,-rin J's-ii Slfct. JV.-lont.irA'.'iixniiierf. hiiVi!-.s"Ms-ni,,,,.iiitfrl An lt..,r MtlKS imn , l.,mm.m f.-iosnt s.m..-rwl IN... 1'n . t ,i,,,rli , tl.ss in.a hisrife-i,-.ia i.im Asiu..,. sl.k t;., s. an t ams.ssir iratr. Iitty i-ntnli tln-Mss si. -w is l-ii.y lrfl-.s t:.:,l I ;! xnl nit i-ssrl.- mu-rcsie-l ls mo., ihs-rt-usl. hi n ..ifce m I'm ss...r.,sih..f!i6es.. wj ini.ay -' 2, u..v f ;is"'i'i'-.i."!fiIi'-''v'-Ck M '. ' ww t.ic ,iu,i-ii..r-.;iia .-,,., ii; i- iii-t,a.-.re,i. U- ... Aislitur. holography eroetoat Wi Cavils fliiP .l-'n S'i.... 1. I I ... . i .. ... in .ll,-!,. ..: .,. V Z i . I tr ... . V ' - -'i ......v. .ni.nisl:.! - "' IUI1 US fc.., , r.A.M'r i.41 .-lil. St-J.l.1.1 UllV -l'i , ,,a - ,, luLsyin, sj.lt Jv , -.Un-h ,' ll .-IHir .rl--v ';t t,- i.r'".'i;r. "rit. U. Ill . sli.1 t ...i. .r..., .... ..".j... ... . .1,-. .- - ' " M ...r O .11 Itlir. , f .!,. 3, J ....! 'I' lir-r 13.11.1 A . . . .'1.7 ' S'-1 !s.i. .ijjl..r-iy U u SH- --r. ..rnrrh-.snn ,.wrf .,--1:1,,.." , , aolit . I ouuUBirJ Ox CKMrKsiAi. y.y.niatrma. AaKsriuM'eaifcntJ,! W!aw M wlsirt (-. ! """", '" t-i nr. t f th, gtjwtUaaJ kt.au ; i-.i-js.-i (issirs.wa r.-jHusrv. '. Truiss irv hn, t is ICS S.-ll- s is tmrr'.tr gsivii IbM tviss' h, Dsi,s,,,i svl Amlilnr ry tli- 'Sin ..f l's.feiui..n l i-., .Si.in.-It I..VSUIT. lnsiltri:,sil Ilia ia, ,; V'mtl o.'i-s lis. tsi-ria a ih;- III Ois rs-il rr Sls-.,t ' H.J. Msyw. w n.! ".M.II!,- l.rltveniHW ! . :. - v. j.-p its in, r j i:..,i ; T an. .r .VtHsori. ,siisii.'.i,.n i IxrT. isl 1 V! Hiss iuu-r.-Jiwi m.sy aitvni. Vets. U J. O (XH.K. NKE3 NOTlCi:. ""1 rlvea that Jeu B-t-iitwii I amtwiw.it Vilfurt n... tlHwiH 1N . ! i ' itsal i.r Vsisamary AaalinsniaiM, havss,awlKBs.i nil Oisslr real an.1 mmoj.i. itaos i m- in iru i;,rtlic Iwntlitor rrwiisririi. All t-rss..-. to t ,. f Dn.iiKaiE. wli, aiiin prutnrn pnvmss.i urnio. an.1 tn.aw imvinie i-Unsn .lnwii t'j wi:: ysnwiwiiMiy oss.-ssnsl.Hs wi;hiii .1, ..... Illll ITU . U l.'t... ' 3 . ili. U11UA IJTi, Amiciioc, 1 " will Jan. -IA. V'trhg- abd Pro5ti.b! ' I'r, !.' srirt,. t..,t,.l,.-uci thi-M at r,mp. Fist m hy a litaiaarf bo;ttt;er. A,Krt, .WI-? xu f aovjx g A Pit If ( O. . 1 S15ov2 I3,TEiS3t fM KXmBITItfSd.UrSD.
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