The Somerset Herald.
WLUESDAY
April "it, I:;.
For tbe first time in tlrce yeaia
ibe Republicans cl Rhode Wand
la" week elected their entire State
ticlet by tLe pc-pnlar vote.- Titty
.i ,,1 4 !r. micrtT W b
'I
bran' 'lira of tic I-igislat
w.r ii.mpwx rlcadlur for Lis
aj -.pic. o
poor,blred.Dgootlitaru.in,rcn).na8
tie Burlington Ilawtfje m me iu
who killed is father and mother an.l
.,,.., h,-mhe eoart asked Lim it be
had anything to say before sentence j bM n0 figbt eupport lba rigbiful
was parsed upon bim, begged To ibe ; j. eKte& man with the power of the
mercy of the court. became bo was 1 ,Uona Government,
"a poor orphan," This locks to us most marvellously
." . .i,".i,t 1im the lie-:
oakum." j"
nubKcan candidate for Speaker of the
next House. IfourcoDciuaieuoou.u-
.. . . I a L
ern brethren mean business, tney will
r ..m rotirefcTDtauve Uc-
p b i roY tbe Nor h, the stronger coerce a Su.- W. know what
The Liter lie sbonld not be any UaJ)e of that AVe thought the pesu
la acceptable to Southern I)cmo-lrnt doctnne bad been stamped out,
" . 1 tt.Mnv U to' tbrouzb years cf blood and misery
..i4 than Ai ''"-
Nonberu Republicano
Tat New York Tim', one of the
warmest supporters of 1'residcnt
Hares, says of the withdrawal of the
troops in South Carolina: "Hamp
ton's unviclding arrogance proved
more potent tbat Cbambeilain'a con
ciliatory enggesliona, and ibe experi
ment resolved upon by the adminis
,ration will at cce lVn- IUmP'
ton would mako no bargain, but be
bas put on record promises tbe value
of which remains to be tested. This
is not the solution of the bouib
Carolina problem which we have
desired. It is soluti -n wLicb
justifies fome acxiety. It t" not
been arrived at hastily, however, and
we are not fully advised as to all the
detail
How the magnanimous policy
President Hayes Is pursuing towards
tbo South, is rei-poDdtd to in many
sections of that community, may be
gathered frcratbe following concilia
tory article from the Memphis .!-
-Siu town tUHr ll.rt
itot their
S -S M ,
And from tbc following extract from
a communication from Congressmtji
Kllis of Louisiana, published 1 inn tha
New
Orleans Hcmocrvt ci me
2GtLult:
Hoax It oin!Utloobly DemocrmiMi,
f ui r!iM) will bring ns rteiry In in "'
Says the usually well informed
New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia l,thjer, in a late letter
to tbat paper.
It is conceded moreover, tbat the
Soulb, in any event, is entitled to
the next candidate (for President)
- and tbat Wing tbe case, bat
"better man could lie got than
'Hampton."
'Jerc is tbe milk in tbc cocoacut
aetrounted for. The mmeadons
trcirelc just successfully ended to
Tt-. u.nmton Governor of
UlBfcC 1, UV 1
South Carolina, and its resulting
tin. abaDdonmect of
( t ucuvt ,
the Louisiana Republicans, makes a
aolid South. Florida, South Caroli
na and Louisiana, by whose votes
Hayes and Wbceler were elected,
will be speedily converted to Dem
ocracy, by tbe same process that
secured Mississippi and Georgia; and
in IS80 when a solid South with her
138 electoral votes demands the can
didacy, the Democratic party will
concede it just as it used to do ia tbe
old elavery days. Meantime with a
Democratic House, and a merely
1 innhliran maioritT in the
UUmmw"f" ' "
Seca'e, both bodies will be controlled
by a well dcCoed Southern policy,
and all things will be made bend
,. rda secnrinir a Southern Demo
cratic President ia 1 SSO.
It Sa m. lnriff wav off. the nej
Presidential election, but it is web
eoongh for tbeconntry to understand,
thctwhenit does come, we shall
have to face a solid South, and thai
everv energy of the Democratic
party will be strained towards thai
end. We may aa well face tbe
truih,' and prepare at once to act
upon it.
We guess it'a all right, io fact we
,,.n,maA it in pntirelv so. because tbe
ruuv- v r
l'reident baa so decided ; but still
we cannot. exactly get tbe bang of
tbe thing through onr hair, tbat u it
ricbt. tbat Chamberlain end 1 ik
ard who Were respectively elected
Governors of South Caroliua and
Louisiana, by the Republicans of
those States, in both of which that
party bas an ontpaeMionable majori
ty should be cuRtcd by their Demo
cratic opponeuts, becauso tbey pos
ses tbe money, ibe arms, and ibe
lam less abilitr to do so. Beyond
all doubt, the President believes tbat
iu both these States the Republicans
were successful, eke bis own iitlo is
worthies-. It s not a iratter of dis
pute tbat in bath, tbe Republicans
Lave large majorities, and that there
fore tbeir success was a legitimate
one, and yet the ground is taken
that because the Democrau set up a
false claim to have carried them, and i
with threats of armed violence, pro-;
ceed to seize the public offices, and
usurp their powers and prerogatives,
therefore tbe president must not
recognize" tbe . Republican officials,
whom tie lelWres to' have been elect
ed, because it follows that te". would
bs compelled to suppori them witb
the power of the .National Govern
ment Toe President bas no right
'uustLii new-fangled interpretation
' f Stale rightsta force a. Governor
j upon the State that is not wanted by
the pwple. Itfarther follows' then,
as a corollarj to this doctrine, that
" "eB uJ'uurnv is ucaico, an 11,
in do and it is nrr-rilr what was :
' i... '
v., , .11 !t . r r
: fcs.tear.ua, tale .Large b, force,
tbe olljr lot.aI efficea. ;
; . voa'L bare , Governor
f(jrc,j ufon thfUK inaugurate iheir (i: lawyer of a Republican contestant
.,i ' ;:., ,,. ,t. rvMsnt.' swears, that be is received with
like the doctrine cf 1SG1.
"Tbcorth
bad no right to elect Lineolu" -''He
wasn't fairly elected" "We wont
hare bim forced upon us'' "The
National Government has no right to
. -
ana anniieraTie woe, ana yei nere i
the old serpent again rearing its
Lead, and apparently making prog
rets on the wrong side of the fence
too.
We suppose it is only our obtuse
ncra. Wc know tbat the President
wants to do what U right, we feel
tbat Lr thinks b is right, and we
try to lmlieve that Le ia right, bnt
sororbow as we said ' in tbc begin
ning, we ' can't Rt it through our
hair. At all event, wo most sincere
ly hope tbat the sequel will prove
bim rijrht.
, . 1
me StalK.
A WatLiogton ' dispatch
Chicago morning papersay:
to
It
"
believed "that by. the time the
next election occurs in that State
South Carolina, two years from
Iaci V-irm1ir tfirfi rliflntrfta will
have Ukenpl.ce in the political a,j
sociation cf the two races tbat tbe
rccnrrcncc of a controversy similar to
that which tbe State has ju-t pawed
will be almost impossible."
We agree aith this statement, and,
indeed, go a step father. We are
. 'ifi.letit c.ivj political controversy in
SoutL Carolina, hr some years to
e. will be ,7,
imnoeeille. The
condition of S-outh Carolina under
Hatuptoo wemeao underLim literal
ly, .under bis bee! will doubtles be
preri-fly wlri? ibe wndition of Mw9-ii-ippi
r nr.drr the brl of tbe Demo
cratic party cf that State. There are
practically uo puliiieal oatrorer jies
ia Mississippi. There have been
none in? the ai-jption of Hampton's
plan. Tbe plan works admirably; it
puts tbe ue.-J svbere, aijjrdiag to
tbo White League, he belongs, under
tbe heel of tbe white man. The
Mississippi or Hampton plan accom
plishes just what the' institution of
slavery did abolishes the freedom of
speech, prohibits freedom of political
actioo, and crashes out tbe negro as
a faction in politics. Tbe negro citi
zn does not vote cheerfully in the
face of a shot-gun ia the bands of a
Hampton guard. , In J 372, in Miss
issippi, 82.490 negro citizens voted,
but the Hampton plan had not then
been introduced. Last fall, when
riamptcn machinery bad been put in
full operation, 30. COO of the negro
citizens remained away from the
polls. Hampton is a very persuasive
politician. His plan .convinced the
negroes of Mississippi that they were
much more secure ia their lives and
property at home than at the polls on
election day. He will exert the same
gentle and repressive influence in
South Carolina. Everybody is confi
dent tbat there wili be no more politi
cal controversies in South Carolina.
There will bs paee there; no daubt
of :t; bat it will hi the peaco of despair.
Order will reign ia South Carolina,
but it will be tbe same peculiar order
tbat occt reiened ia Warsaw.' Ia
some parts ofihe South tbe Demo
cratic authorities convict negroes of
petty crimes, aud hire them ont to
coutrnctora in large gu to build
railwayaod work plantations. And
tbe contractor?, well, tbey treat them
precisely as tbey used to treat blares.
Set urge them, half 6tarve them, and
then, when tbey seek to escape ont of
their misery, run ihcm djwn with
bloodhounds. It is believed that
lucre will be no more political con
troversies in South Carolina for some
time tc come. Chicago nh-r Own.
A srrciMES of the regard to be
paid in the future to Republicans av
ibe Sumn comes up to us irom Glials
aippi. That Stale, be it remembered,
is one it those redeemed Irom "car
pet-bog iulen by the bullet of tbe re
vclver. Lamar Bits in the Senate 10
represent a State where tbe party
that detests Lamar and bis party
have 30,0 JO majority if tbey could
manage to cast their roles and live.
Tbe Congressional districts iu Missis
sippi were formed by tbe very lrautt
u lent Legislature that elected ibis
son of a blaver to the Senate ; aud
in making ibis apportionment one
district was formed which cvuiained
a majority of 16,000 colored voters.
Tbe purpose of this district ws two
fold. It was intended to thus give
the Republicans at least one member
of Congress, to serve as a foil for
stealing all the other members in a
State where, on an honest apportion
ment, tbe Democrats cannot elect one;
and to combine ia that one district a
Republican majority. which, being
ttonestly distributed, would elect eve
ry Republican candidate in ATissis-
sippi. . Uaving ecus oy twinaie ee
cured the Congressional representa
tion, save tbia one, tbe elated Democ
racy concluded not to permit "tbe
d 1 Diggers and cawpet-baggaba"
to bave evea tbat one. Applying tbe
"Mississippi plat." to this district tbe
White League drove the Republicans
from tbe polls at tbc last pretended
election at the muzzle of the shot
gun, and so b?at the colored candi
date of that party, electing or rath
er eventing in-e rebel villain named
Chalmers, who was the Adjutant uf
Forrest at Fort Pillow, and carried
ont tbe savage ordera of that brute
when he ordered the massacre of, the
negro" troop there." Lynch, 'the. Re
publican candidate, feeling sore that
he could establish" Cia 'rlyrbt to tkej I not expect that this decision, rich
seat thus torn from his party, engage with precedent from your project
ed a lawyer Democratic lawyer, jeora, will be taken as a safe guide (or
iooto visit tbo district and secure! your actions. Tbo distinguished
such evidence of violence, cheating
and false returns as be conld procure
(or presentation to the Hoaae of Rep
resent&tives to sustain cooteet
Lynch proposed to make agaiast
Chamber.
And now J-yncn Lem-
ocraiic lawyer publishes bis affidarita
in the Natchez Democrat that the re-
fouHiruciol law-and-order twoirt
on bow some RepuMiciu are . ; from this State, published in the A-
v rcrng f,,f ba prouction , f jiW W.f.n of tbc.So.b lost,
lh ri-bta of aH t.llsaei of; from which 1 quote:
jcmyeDl, in the South ibis Democrat-1
blackguardism, that his legal work is
hindered, that be is arretted lor en
daneriog the peace, tbat be ia fined
for adinioimeriog pretended oaths,
and tbat by a farcical disiortiou of
law he is prevented from performing
his legal duty to Lis client. Mr. Hew
ett, Mr. Lynch' lawyer who makes
the charges against the officials or
his own party, says the conviction in
variably follows arraignment before
tbese Democratic official, and that
be is forced to abandon the work bin
client baa employed bim to perform,
simply because tbe While League
ruflUn who now trample on tbe ma
jority uf Mississippi have concluded
thai he shall not be permitted to
gather evidence to oust tbe man from
Congress whom their crimes thrust
into tbat place, in violation of the
very rights they are now trusted U
protect and defend. Wnat w it but a
midbammcr madness to remit one iota
of precaution a tbe face of such
proofs of ingrained deviltry as this J
Who but an idiot can look for faith
in such an organization of Thug as
these ? Toroing over to men who,
of all other men in Sonih Carolina,
cboso tbe butcher of Hamburg as
their especial representative and
choice for a seat in the United States
Senate, the endangering political
freedom of tbe late slaves and the
white Republicans is an act of such
suicidal character that it is difficult
to estimate the infatuation necessary
to its commission. President Hayes
will demand a better security than
ibis. Depend upon it ! llarrixhurg
Teh-graph.
(JOY. PACKARD'S POSITION.
Aa open Letter to the President.
New Orleans, April 0. Governor
Packard addresses the foil iwiug oien
letter to the President :
State or La., Ex. DrpAUTiEXT.
New Orleans, April 5, 1877
To His Excellency President Hayes,
Washington, D. C. ...
Sib: Permit me respectfully, to
call your atteuiiou to the fact thai
tbe instructions issued to me commis
sion delegated by yoa to visit this
State and report upon the situation
of affairs either exclude or d j not di
rect inquiry upoo three esseutial
points. ;
1. Which is the legal govern
ment, entitled to recognition ?
2. Which is the legal judiciary ?
. 3. Do domestic violence and in-
surteciion prevail within tbe mean
ing of section 4, article 4, of the
Constitution of the United States?.,
Oo the first of these poiots the in
structions say the services desired of
and entrusted to th's commission
do not include any examination iu
to or report upon the facts of the . re
cent State election, of the canvass of
the voles cast at that election. Thin
prohibits the commission from
all inquiry as to who are entitled to
the oCices of Governor and Lieuten
ant Governor by virtue of the late
election and canvass of votes by
tbe General ABembly, and als as to
who were elected to the other disput
ed State ufliccs. It is my desire that a
searching and satisfactory investiga
tion should be made upon this import
ant point. - I believe ibe nation will
iudire of my claim according to
whether it bo a tact mat 1 was elect
ed. 1 am constrained to think tbat
your Excellency is in duubt upon
ibis point, as repeated requests for
recognition of my government bave
not yet been responded to, and I con
fess that, having received several
hundred more votes than some of the
Republican cKctors, I did not antici
pate that my title would tnus oe put iu
0'iesiion. It further seems to me that,
iu considt ring the situation of affairs
in this State, u is ot material import
ance t j a c rtain wbetner the Su
preme Cctiri, appointed in obedience
10 iti cotstituiion by my predecessor,
Governor Ke.logg, is the legal cuun.
If it be to ue.ermiucd by the commis
sion, the ascertainment ot the fart
will probably prove of assistance in
tbe solution ot existiug diSicimies.
It ibe oppcoing (Nicbolls') court be
fuuud to be entitled to no more re
cognition than auy other equal num
ber of lawyers convened on the call
ot any one 01 tier citizen ot the State,
ibe nation will surely justify tbe
Commission in so declaring by inves
tigation on these poiuts. Your Ex
cellency will be thus able to ascer
tniu tno lawful executive and judicial
braucbes 01 tbe btate government.
Tbe legislative branch will adjust it
self wuen you determine who is ex
ecutive 01 the Otate. I ne lr as to
wnicb government was elected being
Ouce established, tie t'ommission
would probably tiud lif.'w difficult!
iu coming 10 ct'uclusfon on ibe
third poiut, as to whether or not
mere exist such domestic violence
aud iasurrectiou agtiusi tbat govern
ment as contemplated by section LA
article 4, uf the Constitution of the
Cuiied States, aud sections 5,297, 5,
299, and 5.3U0 ol the Uuited State.
Revised statutes. Tbe honorable
Secretary uf State, differing Irom
Cuiel Justice Tsuey, of tbe Coiled
States Supreme Court, iu tbe well
Ituowucasevf Lumber vs. Rrdou,
nolds, if 1 correctly understand his
letter of instructions, that neither
tbe constitutional provisions nor acts
ot Coukrced were framed with a de
sign uf giving ibe President power
to decide between tbe conte&'.iog clai
mants 10 State governments. In the
case referred 10, Cbtet Justice Taney,
as the organ uf the court, said ; "by
this act tne power of deciding wheth
er ibe exigency ' bad arisen ' upon
which the guVtrnuieut of the United
States is uotiua to interfere is giveu
10 the President, be to act npou the
application of the Le6i 1 iure or 'the
executive, and consequently be most
determine what body of men consti
tute the Legislature, and who is tbe
Governor before be can act. Tbe fact
tbat both parties claim tbe right to
guvtrumeui caunot alter tbe ease, for
both caunot be entitled to iu If
there is au armed euuflict like the one
of which we are speaking 11 is a ease
uf doUillC TtvIebCe, aud one uf the
parvus must be lu lusurrectiuu against
toe Jaiul government, and tbe
President oust uf necessity decide
whii-n is the government aud nvica
party is unlawfully against it before
hne can perform tbe duty imposed up
on him hj tbe act of Congress. ' "May
gentleman by whom tbc instructions
for the commission were prepared is
understood to favor a line ot policy
toward this State which bas bsen
foreshadowed by the Hon. Sianlcy
Matthew. The natnre of that pol
ler ia diaclooed in a statement of EL
John Ellis, tbc most candid of Dem-
ocratic Representatives in Congress
"I then told Air. Matthews that bis
views and those he attributed to Gov
ernor Hayes were most gratifying to
us, but there appeared to me a good
deal uf practical difficulty in carrying
out these views. I told bim, for
instance, with regard to Louisiana,
that tbe people who bad voted for
Hayes bad voted for Packard. The
supporters of Titden were the sup
porters of Nicbolls; that the Return
ing Board, which bad assumed 10
award the vote cf Louisiana to Hayes,
had awarded also a majority to
Packard, and that I did nut see bow
Mr. Hayes could consistently eustaio
Nicbolls under the circumstances.
He replied very quickly, 'I can see
very easily bow Nicbolls can be sus
tained. I do not 'assume to speak
absolutely for Governor Hayes, but
my policy would be to obtain from
NicbolU assurances that tbe peace
would be maintained ; no ono perse
cuted on account uf political offenses;
life, liberty and prosperity guaranteed
to all ; then withdraw tbe troop.
Your people Would then pay taxes
only to A icbulls, while bis govern
meut would grow firmly iaaatbority,
and Packard would starve to death
for lack ot money to support bis gov
ernment; and tbat should it become
necessary for tbe President to recog
nize any government in that State be
would tiud only one government in
ibe State, that of Nichols', and ibat
without inquiring into its original ti
tle be would accept tbe fact and rec
ognize it,'"
I earnestly urge tbat investigation
by tbe commission be not confined to
the narrow inquiry bow Nicbolls
can bo sustained and Packard starv
ed to death for lack of money to sup
port Lis government If the inquiry
be tLns restricted a grave wrong will
be done h those by whom 1 was
called to ibe executive chair, aou
whose votes cast, often at tbe peril of
their lives, bave elevated your Excel
lency to the Presidency uf the Amer
ican people. In tbeir name and on
tbeir behalf I ask that the instructions
given to tbe commission may be so
amended and enlarged that right can
be ascertained, and tbat tbe govern
ment thus found to be republican iu
form, aud to bave been chosen by tbe
mjority uf tbc people, according to
tbe legal methods sanctioned by the
Constitution and laws, may be recog
nized and sustained. Very respect
fully, ynor obedient servant,
S. B. Pacblabd,
... . . Governor.
rtaylnsrtfce Devil."
This phrase is commonlv used ia
the figurative sense, but it is literally
descriptive of an occurrence which re
cently took place in the north of
bpaiu. An individual who .was
about to die refused to receive the
consolation of religion, and tbe par
ish priest who bad been sent for,
when the man refused to see bim,
departed with tbe declaration that
the devil would come in person to
carry ofTtbe hardened sinner as soon
as he was dead. Not long alter as
the family were . watching by ' the
dead bod; , tbe door was .burst open
with great noise and there appeared
on the scene a personage arrayed in
red, decorated with a long tail, and
smelling strongly of ' sulphur. The
apartment - was speedily vacated by
the mourners, - who withdrew io
great terror. A, man servant in
another part of tbe bouse beard the
noise aod went to tbe room. Mas
tering bis fears be fired three shots
from a revolver at tbe. apparition,
wbo bad just taken tbe body in his
arms.' Tbe supposed devil fell to tbe
floor, and on examination turned out
to be tbe parish sexton, who by ibe
order uf the priest, bad undertaken
tbe part of Satan. He was quite
dead when picked np, auu four priests
wbo were suspected uf having plan
ned the masqueradt, bave been uk n
into custody.
Flr la Weat llrslala.
Cumberland, April 6. A Ore at
Piedmont, West Virginia, about 4
o'clock ibis morning, ongiuated in a
vacant bouse 00 AshSeld street,
ww bed by Peter Lubrmau, recently
occupied by Mrs. Bell as a millinery
store. Five bouse9 occupied as
dwellings wero entirely destroyed,
with .Moran's bowling alley and
saloon. Tbe loss is teq to twelve
thousand dollars, iosured for little
o'er half. Tbo bouses were torn
dovn, which stopped tbe spread of
tbe Are. 1 he Cumberland hre com
panies and railroad employees went
by special train from here in thirty
eight minntcs. Tbe fire was under
control when tbey arrived. While
assisting in pulling down tbe bouses
Nr. C. F. McAlear was caught by
falliog limbers, which broke one uf
bis lega. Tbe fire was opposite the
City Hall. The new. opera house
barely escaped. r
(MKiam'Mlrlkwc
PinsBtKon, April 6 Tbe miners
at ConneHsville, Broadford and along
ibe lines uf branch' roads in Favette
county have struck for higher wages.
Tbey were getting twent-fire ceeis
per wagon load, and now demand
thirty -three cents. They are oppos
ed to Company stores and want their
pay iu cash instead uf part in store
orders . as heretofore. Throughout
ibisregiou all coal mined is used for
coking. In tbe Youghiogbeoy dis
trict the miners are still at work, but
a strike is anticipated. There will
be a meeting uf miners at Bruadfurd
this afternoon.
Chicago, C Tbe Braid ood coal
miners have struck for a dollar aud
five cents per ton against the propos
ed reduction from tbe present rate of
uiuety live cents lo seventy aud eighty
one. At least 1,500 bands are out,
aud are well fixed for a strike.
Fl.sh traBf. '
Cleveland, Ohio, April 2A
fiendish outrage was. committed last
evening in Berea, Ohio. A Mrs. W.
U. Crawford, recently divorced from
ber husband on . account uf trouble,
bas for tbe past tew weeks been
keeping boose for her two nieces,
young ladies attending school. Dur
ing the temporary absence of tbe
j oung ladies her divorced buat.aud
visited ber bouse and violently as
saulted aud knocked ber dow n, after
which be poured oil of vitr-ol on bar
prostrate body, filling ber ears, eyes,
and face with the poisouus liquid.
She is in a critical , condition,. Tbe
scoandrel cscaped.and it U believed he
big gone to Toledd;.
I A jatwrtaaa EirlMtea.
New YorK, April 5 An explosion
'occurred at 10:0 ibis morning, by
j which Mr. George W. Jeweit, of tbe
; Orut of Joltu Jew ett &..S011,. maun
j fartorura of white lead, wa lunianUy
killed, and Cr. Orvi.1 D. Jeweu,
his brother; fa.ally (rounded. ' 42r.
Joseph A. Dean, . was wounded in
faii leg, but his iujorie avo not dan
gerous. Persons rttracied to the
scene by the noise and chattering cf
windows found the three members of
tbe firm lying bleeding upon the Q-or
amid the ruins uf tbeir office furni
ture. The floor and the persons of
tbe injured men were Covered with
soot and fragmtotsof a bomb, which,
when wboieuust bave been foor in
ches ia diameter, were fouud in ibe
office and aOjjiulng room, the parti
lion having been wrecked, aud even
the framework uf the safe damaged
by tbe flyiug pieces of shell. There
have been two theories advanced, as
to the cauae of the accident. Oae is
tbat the shell was tbronvn into the
grate with the coal, aud the other
that it was a percussion shell and ex
ploded while beiug carelessly ban
died. Mr. OrvilleD. Jew its served
111 the army during trie civil war, aud
it is totaled that the missile in ques-li-o
was kept by bim iu the office as
a relic of ibe struggle. Others who
profess to be familiar wittr the vJu-e
deny the exisieuce there uf such a
meuiento. ' Mr. Dean was able 10 be
drveu to bis residence ia Waverley
Place, ' but Mr. Orville D. Jeett,
who resides at Orange, N. J., was
couveyed to ibe ' Chambers Street
Hospital, where, in tbe afternoon,: he
as thought to tie dyiug. , lu con
nection with "the accident a cruet ru
mur has beeu started to' the effect
tbat tbe disaster was tbe result of
disagreement among the members of
the firm. Mr. S. F. Rawson states
tbat his Crm were the legal advisers
uf Mr. O. 1). Jewell aud knew all the
tacts, aud that the rumor is without
the slightest foundation. It bad
been decided on Jauuary Is; that
Mr. Orville D. Jewett should ret re
Irom business, aud the final . adjuair
meut ot tbe matter wai to bave been
made at Mr. Rawsun's effiee to-day.
There was no feeliug but that of
good will among all the parties. Tbe
firm was composed uf George W.
Jewett, wbo was killed; J. W. Deao,
slightly wouuded ; Orville 11 Jewett,
bauly wouuded ; and Charles 11.
Jones, wbo was not injured. As Mr.
Georgu W Jeaeti, wbo was killed,
was one of the rematuing prtues,
aud O. D. Jewett the retiring one,
ibe re flection will be seen at unci to
be euttrely unwarranted. ' .
Orville D Jewett one of the mem
bers uf lbs firm uf Jeweit & Sous,
mat was injured in tbe explosion to
day, died ibis eveuiug. '
TUB ilVSTXBY I'.NRA VEI.EP.
New Yokk, April 5. Tne Tim
lo-uiorrow Mill publish from authen
tic sources the true story of tbe ex
plosiou, revealiug ihe " diabolical
crime perpetrated. Orville D. Jew
ett Was admitted to the flrui, ot
which bis fatoer when alive was a
member, six or seven years ago,
simply because of that relationship.
He bas beeu somewhat wild and paidj
little attention to the buisuoss, which
seems not 10 have been to bis taste. 1
He has beeu absent the past winter'
yachting at Bermuda, aud un bis re
turn recently expressed a desire to
withdraw from ibe Crm. His part
ners did not wish to make an
change in the busiuess, and opposed
his retiring, iut he persisted m tbe
determination, aud Busily became so
disagreeable that tbey couceded bis
request aud agreed to pay bim $200,
00U tor bis iu teresl. The ' uecessary
papers were drawn up, aud were to
have beeu sigued lo day. Youu
Jewett, probably crazed with liquor,
came to tbe omce aruieu with a baud
grenade, a pistol and a dirk. Some
ugry words passed, and he pulled
the grenade from bis pocket aud
threw 11 on tbe fljor. The explusiou
followed. Tne uncle was killed, bis
own ' legs broken, and be received
three terrible wound in tbe abdo
men, lie then drew a pistol and at
tempted to sboot himself through tbe
head, but bis aim was ineffective
tie died ibis eveuiug iu tbe hospital.
Deau, wbo waj iujured by tbe ex
plosion, is understood nt to b9 in a
dangerous' condition.
Mr. Joseph Dean was visited au
his residence, No. 14 Waverley
Place, to-nigbt, and fouud to be iu
very favorable condition. Hereceiv
ed a very severe wouud in ihe thign.
and also right forearm." Judge
Laihrop received all callers uud
represented Mr. Dean. ' lle: says
that previous lolbe explosiou Mr. U.
W. aud Orville Jeett were in bi
offiee quietly conversing about' ihr
dissolution uf tbe partnership w bicn
bad previously been agreed upoo,
aud that Mr. Dean bad agreed to
purchase Orville's interest, paying
therefore about $200,00. Mr. Deau
was sitting at the desk busily cugag
ed iu wriuug up the books, a arti
cles of dissolution were to be signed
aud tbe muuey paid over at noon to-
day. : -' ;
Coroner Liinger impaneled a jirv
to-day, wbo viewed the bodies. Iu
vestiirwlioD will be commenced ou
Monday.
Chamberlain Aeajaieseent.
Wasiiimgtos, April 5. 1877. Gov
eroor Chamberlain to-day called upu
tbe President 10 take leave uf bim
before returuiug to South Carolina
Tbe President expressed his profoano
appreciation uf the spirit of aeqaies
ceuce displayed by C o 'ernor Cbaa-
herlain, aud which so saiisfactorly.
teuded to the solution of the South
Carolina controversy. Governoi
Chamberlain observed in reply thai
though he bad surrendered none o'
bis views uu the subject of bis elec
tion, tbe result now inevitable wa-
doub le-s the imperative tendency of
fveuis, iul'ruaiiug bv this that lb
element coninlliuir, iu - iuflueuoe ii
not in nu rater s, in South Uroin a
was agaiiist bis suceesstul'coniest Un
the sole executive' authority ia tba
State. He will mako 00 factious op
p-sitioa aud will ci-"perate iu au
rigbiful measure ia briugiug the coii
test 10 a close tins iu bis suriendr
of bis Gub rjatoria! authority crry
iug out the uniforui couduct of his ad-
minis;ratio of affairs in South Caro
liua and demouniraiiug ceocluttvelj
hii-Jiuieresi in tbe peace, welfare aui
pr-ierity f bis adopted Siate."" '
PtiiLADELPinii. April. C. A' coa
siderable deficit ba-i been discjverea
iu tie accounts of Theodore Hnel,
a tleik in the ffice of ' Receiver ui
TaX.-a. T tie re la Tfeaavu to' ' bell.' H
that the am out is about f 50,00, aou
has been Used in speculaiiou. Th
eiubrZZleuient bas been iu prukr-si-
since about the beginning of March.
Lity aolicuor Collins, wbo bas charge
of the matter, ia very reticent aa to
tne racu or tbe case; aod Utile In tor
(nation can be gained at present
ot at WAsaisarox letti-.b.
WAsuisim.x, D. C April 7, 1877
seclected legklatios diri.no tin !
bessiox or costsMSi
' . .
late complication connected with he
protracted congressional ac ion ia
arriving at a satisfactory count of ibe
leetorwl vote was , tb necei"ry
postponement of the cjosidera:ion of
a large nnruher of important i!ls.
which died with tbo Congress.' Tbe
depression of buisces.i of every de
scription called for, and still calls for,
curative legislation. The fact ef to
day there arc thousands opon thous
ands of able-bodied, skilful, ami wil
ling mechanic aud laborers roft'niog
through our large cities and over the
country seeking. - uay even b-vgiug,
: tor employment i deplorable in the
eiireme. it must oe admitted that
tbe public interest d ws not de-mand
this slate of thing. Unemployed cap
it! in abundance id hidden away,
tbe possessors being afraid to invest
it in auy enterprise, while, if public
confidence were restored, it would be
freely used for the development uf
the resources t,f the country iu ail its
wide expaucse.
Uuder tbe circumstances referred
to it becomes tbe paramount duty i.f
the representatives cf tbe people.' iu
Congress assembled, to initiato and
probably perfect such legislation ai
wiil teud 10 ameliorate this lamenta
ble condition of affairs. We have
nioi 0 particular reference U the en
actment of proper public laws, al
though there are many private bill
which hat e teat merit, aud which
should receive favoroble considera
tion. We do not hold hit all bill
left iu au utiGuished condition upon
the table should be revived, but mer
itorious ones should be passed at th
earliest dav.
takiug mis view ot the situation.
Cougrcts, at the approaching extra
session, should not limit its duration
to the few days required to pa a.
single bill, nor do we believe it will
do so. The deiuand for required b'ir
islaiiou will.bo so pressing that it
will hi respected. Government aid
to the c instruction of the Texas Pa
cific railroad would securo thsnAit
completion of the important link of J
communication with tbe PaeiSe. and
would give employment toroanr who
are n w suffering for want. This is
only une uf sevral measures which
-h jtild bo acted upon if Congress will
give heed lj the wishes of tbe peo
ple. We predict a lively and inter
esting session. The 'newspaper press
will be supplied with intelligence
which will be anxiously looked fr
by all wbo give attention - to what
transpires at the Capital. Even in
advance of the Hession tba inaugura
tion of a new administration, bring
ing with it uowmenand new meas
ures, attraies public attention to the
political Pietr-ipoiin Tbis interest
will increase day by day as the pol
icy f President Hayes develops it
self. THE KASTFft RiXIlilOlU SERV.'CM IV
......WAslUSSTOJi. .
The Easter services in tbr several
churches iu Washington uo Sunday
were of very interesting character
Up hi the birtb and resurrection of
he Savior the whole Christian fabric
rests, the festival commemorating
the latter event was generally ob
erved at all the places of Christian
worship, loo attendance being very
larnfo- at each. The President's fami
ly wm represented at tbe Metbodist,
the Episcopal, aod tbe Catholic
churches, which fjet woul seem to
judicata a libera! religious sentiment
in tbe domestic circle. ' Aa an indi
vidual ibe President ban, no doubt.
bis preference among religious denom
inations; but it is bfcomiae that, as
President, he should give counte
nance to all modes or system of wor
ship wbicb bave for their object the
iocuk-a i in of morality, aod the ele
vation of mmkind t a bigbf plaae.
Libt-rty of c-m-tcienCA ia the dis
charge of reiiai.ins duties, is a birth
right of which every American citi-
z-o sbould be proud, and wb:cn ' be
should grard against inn-vaTin.
THE NEW AKStSTAT SECEETAKT Of TRE
TREASURY.
The appointment uf G-iveroor M
Cormick as Assistaot Secertary of
tbe Treasury meets with genersi fa
vor. Tho new Assistant Secsetarv
takes tbe place tf Mr C-mam, wbo-
P t rt ,. ,t . - - , i
vi ti-ici icj fc-. i i ji ki. r-1 irini-iiiii io iu-
... 1 ,, .
public erv;c. Mr. McCorniick
gained no lirilt credit as Secrta'y of
tbK National Republiean C mca'tr.ee
daring the recent Presidential cam
otigi. He is a Republican in princi
ple.wbo bits given bis hes etrrts to
'be promotion of the interews of the
otrty and its cindidtes. He was
itronelv recommended for a place in
President Hayes' Cabioet His val
uable political services deserves rec
ognition and wc are right g! ;d that
in tbe hour uf triumpn, be bas not
Hecn forirottea. Tbe av Assis'aor
S-cretrv is the soo-io-law of thit
prominent Democratic w:r-horse,
s-oator Thurmao, of Ohio. Some
irdent political friend of the Senst r
requested bis influence to nwuro art
official favor from Mr. Mi'Cormick
reqoestinif an introduction and
word in hi behalf. To this ihe Sen
ator rpplied that tbe husband of bi
daugbter was a staunch Repnblicai.
and it were ueless to ask bim to dis
pense favors in the iaterest of tbw
nm'M'racv In fbns answerinir ih
reqnestof his friend Senator Tbur
nn pid a high, tribute to the con
ai-uency and party integrity of hi"
4in-in-law. If tbe same could be
ruibfully said of the other otli.:iJ-
who bave been elevated, either di--ect'y
iir indirectly, by ll-publicao
votes, we apprehend that tbey would
lose noibiii?in the estimation evei
of their political opponents.
BEUriEREXT BULL3 OPPOSID Trt I.OCo
W T1VE3.
A serious disaster recently t.ccur
red on a Virginia railroad Ii n
relgbl truiu while. pa-siu over
o. idge. A bfligereiM. bull, oo iL
pproHch of the Icruwotive, Btei Hfii
ut, up iu the rod and equnred Ii iu--elf
for u bint with the iron hor-e
The result was, that bis bull-sbij
tin under, but Ibe locomotive m.u
part ot tbe train left' the track, su..
as completely wrecked,' killing lh
rtug net-r. Tti reminds usofan-
u re.ice up iu what is now ku wn s
the Pennsylvania railroad, wii.-b a.
that time (1837) belonged to ibe Siaie.
Li-C tuoiies were bniug brougoviut.
requisition a a taoiiv -power. Tue
tbeu Farmer Governor ot the Key
stone (Joseph Ritoer) objected t
their use cn thf ground tbat it would
mterfere with the business uf wagon
ing freight between poiuts in the Fist
ud West. He vetoed a bill .appro
(trutiug m-iiicy lor the pncbase H I
iu Hives by tne S.aie, claiuiiug that
. was better io use borse-poWer ibau
eain. A locomotive bad beeu pLc
d upou the road as aa exueriuieul,
nd was iu u-e. Jos . at ibis time, at
a point in Lancaster county, a bad,
t elonging to a Mr. Slay maker, seeing
tbe machine coming, belching fire and
smoke in its progress, bowed his
I neck, and, showing more courage than ;
' discretion, c oiesd the right-of-way ?
j II" had t succumb, but iu bis death 1
hu aliased hid simroVal of ibe naUTJl -
iaji of the Governor. The reigniog
toast 1 ben was: -Governor Kitnef,,,
-lk l:L CI I,,, t lj .mnm.
td l locomotives,"
THE FEE.-EXT AST! TOBMEE LADIES Of
THE EXECUTIVE MAJfSlo.V.
" The lady wh presides over ibe
h"Hi unties
of tbe Executive Mat -
,sioa has alwuvH been au olject o!
much interest t the American ueo-
pI. t rom me aays i me urst 1 re-j
idenr. in the persou uf v.b Father oj
bis Country, to the prcseuttime, each
t Od mistress uf the White Iloute has
beeu uoted fjr peculiar trails, exhib
ited in her "walk and conversation."
Many still living have a plesaot rec
ollection of Mrs. Dooaldsoo, who fill
ed ber station with much sweetness
and dignity. . Then came Mrs. Polk,
whose rare accomplishments and in
telligence were tbe themes uf admira
tion while ber husband occupied toe
Executive chair, and wbo still lives
to receive the anuual tribute of ven
eration from the representatives uf
the people ot Tennessee. Ia turn, we
cnue to tbe Presidency ufJ Bu
chauau, duriug which ttio sweet Miss
Laue, bis niece, so gracefully discharg
ed her duties as th" presiding lady of
bid borne : No-00 in tbat station of
life, before or sine , acquitted herself
with more marked magui&ceoce than
did the accomplished assistant of
Pennsylvania's favorite son. In the
very near past, wbo has not admired
the exhibition ot the wifely, tbe moth
erly, and the social qualities of Mrs. ;
Graut, duriug ber eight years occu
paucy of the Executive Mansion.- It
is acknowledged that she banded
over her residence, with its furciture
und adornments, to ber successor in
such condition as to betoken the per
sonal care of tbe true house-wife.
I And now, for a fow days past, we
have before u the new ly -installed
wife of Preside ; Hayes, whose ur
banity aud go 1 eeuse are already
the subjects uf popular approbation.
She is a type of the very !est clas
of her sex. Although not claiming
to be a prophet, ur the son of a proph
et, we feel very safe iu predicting
that she will perform all berwomauly
dlltl in ber exalted position, in sucn
manner as to reflect credit upon
nation, ber husband, and herself.
tbe
Triumph mt Art
Travel.
KulrMd
,
Year by year we note tbe fooKeps
ot oroirress iu in toy directions, iu
uo direction is progress more palpa
ble than iu the facilities offered tbe
railroad traveler of tbe present day.
Looking back but a tew years, we
...... .i. - :i i.l . .. j -
cu mre i,uet toiiiug suaii-nao Mivwin
made day by day by the emigrant's
wagon, s it was slowly but surely
drawn toward sundown by the pa
tieat u., ur the slowly moving farm
borse ; tbeu cnue ibe old 'ashiooed
stage coach ; tollowiug closely we
bad tbe 1 caual packet; tbeu the
steamer ou tbd lakes aad rivers ;
then the locjmotive eugine and the
ataize Itka car. Now 1 tbo palatial
coacb, aud more than the pwlattiu.1
drawing room and sleeping car.
Yet, not satisfied with these, tne
marvel uf mamm Jth western corpo
rations the Chicago & North- Westers
Railway, as we stated some weeks
ago, bas developed hotel cars' tbat
will, for elegance, usefulness and real
comfort, eclipse everything ut the
kiud that bas hitherto been placed in
service ua any road. Some uf oar
readers seem to have some doubts
about tbe merits uf hotel cars, or
their superiority over tbe . -called
diueiug car, that is run'tor a few
uiiloa on some roads. "1 am not so
sure about tbat," said ono of our
frieuds, - as be bad finished reading
our Erst article about these hotel
coaches that are to be run on the
Omaha aud California lioe of tio
Chicago & Norib-Wesiern Railway
"1 am uot 8 ; sure 1 would care to
take my diuper ia any car, no mat
ter bow lunch like a palace, while it
wasruuuiug at tbo rate of forty miles
an hour." it is a say lug "mat tne
faster you ruu tbe safer." Why last
Jube it wilt be remembered, tbat this
road hauled from Chicago to Council
Biuffs, iu less man . ten boars, tbe
uew celebrated "Jarrett and Palmer
Train." On that traia was a hotel
car, uot as large, witn less wheels un
der it, poorer springs, and iu no
war t " OVllUg BUU CP , toi iiuiuk tu
. , J .
as mese new cars are tj be, aud yet,
... . ... ... ,h?
.Mr. Jarrett said "while un the Chi
cago fc North Western liue, ruaning
at au leverage rate of lifiy miles au
hour, we lock uur breakfast as com
fortabfy as we would at Deknooico's
iu New York "
U 15 well kjown That the Chicago
ii North-Westers Railway is built
ov.;r the loost favuraoic- liue an U
grades tbat could be fouud between
Chicago aud the Missouri river, with
out few curves; its track is mostly
of heavy steel rail, gravel ballasted,
wrth broad roadway, giviug It per
uiauence aud solidity it is as smooth
as a tlo-or; and its cars strong,
witn pleuty of wheels uuder ineiu,
aud withspriugs so adjusted that toe
usual "bjuuciug" aud oscillation are
reduced to the uiiuimuui. We obaerv
ed last week tbatiu any urdluary car
ihe side motion aud rising aud falling
uf tbe car was less than half aa inch,
aud sometimes scarcely perceptible.
We believe h will be fouud that a
persou w ill it iu these hotel Cars and
eatorwiite as Comfortably as) be
Could at til-, desk at home ; this we
ch use to call Ibu triumph uf arc id
railway travel.
We iearu Ibat ibis new line uf
hotel cars Is beiug pushed to) coniple
tlou as lust as the lull force ut" work
men iu toe Pullinau shop Cau da. it.
We shall be certaiu to see them in a
lew weeks. Cedar ttapxd Jl publi
can, th 1877.
tLri riiis is khodi: ii.d.
The Entire Krpablteasi I Irfcat Ktoefeii.
Proviuence, R. 1 , April 4.
i'rctnv returns indicate that this
li publicau caudidates for Governor
aud Lleuteuaut Governor are elected
iij Irom 400 to 600 uinjority, and tbe
reuiaiuder ot the Republican State
vU-Kst by from 1,000 to 2.000 majori
ty. Tue Ueueral Assembly is un
it ub.etlty Republican.
LATER. . t
Providence, If. 1., April '4 For
the tirst time lu tLree years the Re
publlcaus bave elected . titu euiue
state) ticket by tbe ueoplu. TLe
plurality for Governor aud Lieuten
ant Governor is about 500. ' Fur tbe
remaiuder of tbe Slate uf!i.ers it is
two or three limes as lare. Tbe
Republicans have large majority
iu uoib braucbes uf Ihe Assemblv.
pRovlDEXCE, M.rtb4 Vuzodlher uuhc wnu Ujchuw ouU
Itepuo.l au, Io. Uoveruor, uue low a,
iackiug, had 12,334 . Voles ; Baruab
11,623; statteriug 23
Josh Billings says : "Tbe inewl i
a larger bird than the gose or turkey.
He bas two legs to walk with, and
two more to kick with, and wears) it
wings uu ibe side of its bed. '
rr7-rtv Tiwi la s Cava.
ClX'JMAS'B FeBHV, PB.NN , April 3 i
1 ..,!. .h.mulit.,1 f.n -
"rt lbl. Iire ,,'f . bf)'iu'i in a - -
- .,.,- .t ,b ,0 ...ini-i.
.. . t - l : ....
was fUild Tnzeu dea'-Bj lit '"p;
. . .1. ... .......... .f I,.-. I
: anew arill nrar inj -u" ! ASUtSIIToX, April ., 13l I. f
cave tu Friday v-uiu Ut. At .
"rnb!e"tormofsn,wa0d-i.,l bad! -P" to . mv eoter.og npoo
Si. l:r..i;,. ,hJ ,Bt.;n- f,r lsru'th-.It.'.f tbe P.e-.dency tber-
1 in T . v M:n,
- ,. ' bt.it..u
trarv to his
llf Mtn D ;
. , mlje Uom bi
flb njr
L7buv something to eat be having
f tO UilJ SUUICiUIUIJ w mv
J . . t At . . ,).,
been without food for two or three
aays. me cuners ' '
ItlffltM I ti'.M OHf-
mittoremam witn toru, . , condition of affairs in
and not attempt to brave tbe fury of ;
the storm by returning ff'lfequire urjastifv the cntinued oc
He b .d not spent a night from h.s , 1 J -
V!nWAVnh.!,VibVKlMoJui..otb-r.d.--.oi now exist in
luaeu siay ni lur ta-ii',.
euttera themselven were Dearly
to death. The hermit, nlthvugh
nearly 72 year3 old, maanged to reach
within a few feet uf his cave, when
i.- ... i,. iii r
. . ,,. r ,.
oeep uy . sUJw. -
were leariuiiv uistorie., auu ins aur'-s
, - . , . . -
were drawn up to hiscbin.
i.j . .in .!. - .ir,
It does not seem credible that this
. , . . . ,r . t
man, who buried himself iu the
, . ... i r ..
Sliurrumn lor utci unit u i a iti.
and j
wbo at last met so terrible a death,
mi..., k. l;,.,l 1,1 anil lilfiirv.
, . i , - i
and been surrouuded by friend in
. , ' l,. .
the best socieiV. He Was bom uean
., u r . ,- i4,. , ;
;ooy Crenk, Conn., io ltit, -aud
. - . ' ' ! t . ;.t .
when he was 26 years old married a
ladv named Tuthill. tbe dau.-hter cf
a wealthy geutleiuao liviax near the
citv of Hartford. Sheldon'! family
. ". .i... i- .
Bradford, where be has a brother
and sister still living. His wife died
10 vears aftir their marriage, aod
Sbeldou soon afterward disappeared.
II had always been an enthusiast in
relmioo, and bas often expressed a
wisb to go to heathen countries as a
missionary. Hi friends believed
tbat he had gone to aoiiie ucii
country, and nevr bearing from him
tboogbt he had died there.
Forty-five years ago the ciuotry
; in the northeastern part of Pennsjl
' vania was nll in great part a primi
tive wilderness. Lumbermen had
'commenced invading the forests,
,'however." la 1S.,S a party uf pros-
j peotiug lumbermen made a camp on
the northern slope or tbe M-tosu;
Mountains, in Wayoe C-Miaty, Peuu ,
aud one day discovered a cave oc
cuoied by a man. miles awav from
My human habitation. He said he
I .. . .
bad lived there a year, and hd bt-ea
roaming ibe forests of (.' inuectica
Vermont and New York locking for
such a place as his rave for two years.
He gave his name as Austiu Sheld n,
but told nothing uf his past. Tbe
lumbermen growing more pleory, be
left hi- cave anil was beard of no
more by tbein.
In 1813 two hiiDt-rs discovered a
man liviug in the cave near which the
1 horuiit was fouod dead on Fridav
This wai Anstiu Sheldoa. He told
them he bad not seeu a human
being for 10 year.-. He continued to
live there, but nothing was known
about bim until last Summer, when a
paragraph appeared ia ibe New York
Timet, mentoning ibe fact that a
man named Austin Sheldoa wai liv
iug as a hermit iu a cave ia tbe wil
derness of Pike County, Pfnna , his
past being a mystery. Tnis item
was seen by bis relatives in C uuec
ticut, and a brother and sister visited
bia cave. . They offered him every
thing tbat wealth could bestow if be
would leave his eave and go borne
with them, but he refuu-ed. From
these relatives tbe faets as to Shel
don's early life were learned.
Sheldon seldom left bis cave, and
tbeu iwly to obtaiu fish, game, roots,
or berries for his food. At tbe lime
ot bis death h was bent and wriuk
with long, malted trray lock-, and a
beard reaching almost to his waist
Tbe clothes be wore be bad not taken
off bis body for 22 years. Tbey were
tattered and ragged, and held togeth
er by hickory withes. The hermit
oever washed and bis face and h to ls
were er crustcu with dirt. His cave
W-ib a' oa eight feet square, dark,
damp, an I lothesome. He slept in a
rude chair, surrounded with bone,
filth, and rubbish uf all kinds. He
was very taciturn, speaking willingly
only on the subject ot religion. It
was bis bi a t that be bad read Lis Bi
ble through nearly 100 times, aud that
be communed personally with G-d
and the a'lcieut prophets. Wbeu he
walked be used s long staff, and bis
old. well-worn Bible was fastened to
bis leathern girdle. Forest fires fre
quently swept overjtbe mouutaios
about tbe hermit's cave, and many
times it was surrouuded un all side?
by fire. Tbe hermit, saying ibat be
was ia tbe baads of God, never vol
antariy sought safeiv wben thus im
periled, and couragotis uativeit often
saved his life at tbe risk of tbeir own.
lie was ften saved from death by
freeziug iu tbe same manner. His
ouly explanation uf bis living ia tbe
wilderue-M aloue was that be warned
notbiuz to take bis thought from
God As he bad considerable money,
according to his "relatives, at tbe time
be left Connecticut, many believe that
be buried it about his cave.
The PmldKt Smm4 far Mafclac
Term Wild Waata Jlanaploa.
Boston, April 4 Tbe New Ken
laud Couference uf tbe M. K. Church
opeued lo-dsy, une hundred aud elev
eu oi the 2 to members present. Res
olution)) on the Southern qoe-iioo
were presented by Re. W. F. Mat
lien, D. D , of Bosiuu, aod upon be in
read were received with great ap
plause, aud by a vole uf the Coufer
ence were referred tu a special corn
mi .tee uf five lo lie appoiuied by tbe
Chair. The preniabte to the resolu
tions reviews tbe blighting effect of
slavery, audthe two liual reaoluiious
are iu substance as follows: Tbat we
a.-e alarmed aud filled with apprehen
sions for. tbe future when we coutciu
plate the practical sale of oae uf the
great pjlincal panics of the Uepublic
by two pjliiiciaus uf ibat party, wbu
barelield, and now hold, vtry iuti
mule relations to the Pieai lent, I'm
sacrificing principle) aud party and
rigbteoo scotj ft t ' bo sake of t mi p rat v
success; tbat r protest ui.jv, r,ues
ly against lhJ ocuou tif tbe uew ad
luiuistration m making terms with
tbe chief KuKiux iosiiriior uf the
Hamburg massacre, M. C. Bailer, aud !
still tuoif earnestly iIj protest
against iti uffiri.l recognitiou y tue
ao. ministration uf ihit r.-K m,.i ..f
to bave beeu huug for treason, Waie
Hampton, ufSuum Carolina, aud w bo
now by threats and iutimidatiou uc
der ibe Very .-oof uf the White House
as well as ua railroad ptatlurmsaud io
other public places, defies the po wer
of tbe Government aod bullies tbe
President into compliance with bia
traitorous and wicked Usurpation.
r i U coutenplated by tbe Coostitntion
storm was over tbat no communica-, . y . J .;k . . ...
. -ii. i . -i ' as the around upon wbicb the mill
lion with the settlement outside ,ua ,,,u v.,!u.i r
, . , u j .ir ti tarv p-wr ol the National Govern
eould be obtained until I rid y. Tne 1 '- , . . . .
The Dtfflrall PraMa Slv.
! ASHISOTO, April J Ibe f..U
i,laS WAi written by lb
.'t-l " to- wwe,
ot War to day :
LxtclTlVC Massios,
, . . . n aa--
J La- Oeej sUtioned, by order vf my
ractr. i tie fciale II jusc at
; toiu.iioia. ..u'h Caro.wa, detach-
l H" u fc vi V ut:u aiaJc-v iuibuii f .
'0? l bat place. I have
' luoogni prtper to ueiay a ueeisioo
, 8 r .,..' , ,
1
I c.iuld consider and dmuine
, - . .,K ,I...aUi' - t
feut-tj ut tne state, mere are it is
tru-, grave and set ious disputes as to
the rights of certain claimants to
the Chief Executive Cce of tbat
i Slat, but these are to be settled and
j delermint.d no, br lhe Executive of
, . . ,
the Luited States, but by each urder-
i, . . , . 1 .
iy aud peaceable methods as may be
J :,.: . . .
provided by ibe Constitution and
, . J c , , .
Uho ihe State. I feel assured
no resort to violence is contemplated
in any quarter, but tbat, on tbe eon-
trarv, me disputes ia question are to
-' i
be settled solelv by such peaceable
- ' . - a
remedies as the Constitution aod
.. .
laws uf tbe State provide. Luder
r
-
Gdnuce, I now deem it proper lo take
action io accordance with the prio-
..flt'lples
aunouueed when I entered
lb" "f l Tt '1
,m urn thrr.irH directed to see
that the proper orders are issued for
tbe removal of said troops from ihe
State House to their previous place
i-f eucsmpment.
R B Hayes.
To Hon. George W. McCrary,
Secretary of War.
AX ORDER FROM THE VAR DEPART
MENT. Washi.notox, April 3. Tbe fol
low iu letter was sent to General
Sherman ibis afternoon by tbe Sec
retary of War.
War Department
Washington, April 3, 1377
Ur.t-ral William. T. Sherman, Com
umixJing L'liifr.d Slatts Army :
Gi-Kt-ra! I enclose berewi b a
copy of the communication from the
President of tbe United States, in
which be directs ibat tbe detacb
meii'. of Uuited States troops now
stati turd iu the State House at ' Co
lumbia, South Caroliua, be withdrawn
and re;uritd to their previous bar
rack or camping ground. You are
hereby charged with tbe execution uf
this order, and will cause the witb-
'dra;tl to take place uo Thursday
on', the 10. b of April, at 12 o'c!ock
i M. Very respectfully your ubedient
servant.
Gfi'Ege W. McCbaky,
Secretary uf War.
New Orleaxs. April 7 Accord
ing to appointment on Friday night,
a joint committee from tbe Demo
cratic Legislature waited nptn lbt
Presidential Conirnision oo Sturdy
moruiug at the St. Charles Hotel.
The consultation lasied t wo hours.
It was secret and nothing was glean
ed further than tbe fact that tbe
members of ibe Commission were
proinnding nnmerotn questions as
to the slate of afftirs. The commit
tee made a detailed verbal statement
of lb" status of tbe Government, giv
ing ibe number uf parishes and offi
ciaU that bad acknowledged alle
Klance to Nicbolls' Government, and
will at a future interview present
documeutary facts. The Commis
sion wiil at an early day next week
visit tbe Legislature and various
Stale office
Wbej the Democratic Committee)
retired. Chief Jastict Ludeliog and
Associate Ju-aices Kiud and Leo
nard, of the Kellogg Supreme Court,
bad a lengthy iuterviesv with the
Commis-iou aod laid before them aa
elaborate printed brief, showing their
title lolbe office, irrespective uf tbe
question whether Packard or Nicb
olN was the rightful Governor
At three o'clock District Judges
Marks, C de and Uuater of the
Four.b, Fifth and Niu h Judicial dis
tricts of ibe State, elected un tbe Re
publican ticket, bad a long interview
wi h tbe Commission, and emphatio
ally declared tbe sentiment of tbVir
districts to be ia favor of the Packard
Goverum-int. These districts em
brace eleven parisbew, with a Viral
population uf 130,001. An exciting
interlude iu the interview wit the
cross-examinatioo ut Judge R. A.
Munter, who was asked :
Wh.. AA
( , r .s f .s fi ...,.. ..v;h
t.ls." "Who did you vote f.r for
President? .'"Tilden." -How long
have y-u beeu a Democrat?" "All
my lite, I was born a Democrat right
iu this State, and 1 expect tu die a
Democrat." "Why do you now de
sert ibe D -mocratic party aud sup
port Mr. IVkard?" "Because the
Dirm.icra'.i ' party has left me, aod
does uot p'otect the rights of citizens,
but advocates murder, and I do not
approve f murder, aod because I
believe Packard was squarely elect
ed, and a majority uf ibe white peov
pie f my district (Rapides, Grant
and Yerner parishes) prefer him for
Governor."
General Harlan had a long inter
view with Governor Packard ia tbo
eveuiog, tbe purport of which has
uot uauspired.
At five r m members of tbe Xich
olls' Supreme Court, by invitation
Called uu tbe Commission. Tbe
consultation was entirely informal.
A Marine Crlaalaal.
Louisville, April 4, Henry
Johnson, the supposed leader uf a
baud uf burglars, before the com
mencement of his trial t -Jay, suugbl
to escape by descending forty feet
from ihu window in tbe Court House.
He ued a suull piece of twine, and
oad.l Artilv proceeded four feel when
it broke, allowing him to fill to ibe
brick oaieiueui below. Wbeti pick
ed up . I. tiusou was fouod to be se
rious! ifjured. A paper of pper
and a large knife were fouod in his)
pjssessioo.
Alinap'a TerliM .
Lascaster, Ooio, April 4. The
uiaiiKit d reuialus uf a UlaU, Suppose !
to be Win. F. Twig, of Pit sburg,
were fouud uear tbe Hvtkiog Valley
lUilroad irat k at Carroll, yesterday
morning. Coronor Tarpy held aa
mquesi, but nothing throwing light
on the manner of Twig's death was
elicited. Tbe deceased is supposed
to have been a tramp.
frozen ui"J ' iu . wv uo ue-