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HORRY NEWS!
T. W. BKATV, KdTtohT
8ATUIID W, .1 AN 'J7, 1877.
The Plan of Counting I In* Vol* Agreed on J
by tlio Joint Committee.
The Senate and House Committee,
of Congress, have agreed on a plan
lor counting the Presidential volo,
and have submitted their report, and
a bill, to be passed by Congress and
approved by the President, embodying
their views agreed on. Senator
Morton was the only dissenter. He
reitiMed to sign the report.
The Committee believe the bill submitted
by them embodies the most
practicable plan, in st riot accordance
with justice ami the constitution, that
eou d be arrived at, and they recmn
mended its early passage by both
Houses.
Outside of the right and powers <?l
sole arbiter, in the case, claimed by
some ol the leading Republicans Cor
the President of the Senate, the great
diliie.nlty has been to agree on a plan
ot del to mining which is the legitimate
vote where more than one return has
born sent up I com any one Slate, and
that that decision so anivod at shall
not do violence lo the constitution or
the expressed will of a majority of the
people of a State in their vote. To
decide these questions, and determine
whether any and what voles I rein any
Stale sen ling up two sets ot returns
ar?* provided for by thn Constitution
ol I In* United States, the hill provide*
lor a couiuiUsion to cons'sl ol live
iiit'iiiln is ol t.Ito House, five of the Senate
and live ol the Judaea ol life Su.
pieme Court ol the United Slates.
Tiio composition ol the commission
will he as Iree I rout |?.?r 13* Idas as could
possibly bo ma le. Four ol the justices
are named in the bill. They are
selecled lroin different sections ol I he
country. These lo%r justices are to
ueel on the la-t Tuesday in this mouth
and elect the tilth man from among
the remaining justices ol the supreme
bench. On the same day each House
ol Congress will by viou voce vote up.
point live ol its members to tin* com
mission. Neither House will have
any control over the commission
when organized, and the commission
k11:? i i i ik. u:\iiui iw>uj?ip to
inino questions relating to tin* vole
that now verus in Congress by Hit*
Constitution mni law.
In order to give ample time to got
through the work helore the 4ih <?1
M irch the j int meeting to begin the
count ol the vote will meet on the 1 hi
of February iuNteud of thu 14th, an
heretofore.
The two Houses having met in joint
session, and two tellers having been
previously appointed by the Senate
and two on the part of the House of
Representatives, to whom shall he
handed, as they ar?^ opened by the
I'resnienL of the Senate, all ih? certificates
and papers purporting to lie ceiliticates
of the Electoral votes, which
Cert ificates and papers shall be opened,
presented and acted upon in the alphabetical
order of thu Slates, beginning
with the letter A, and said tellers,
having read tlio same in the presence
and hearing of the two Houses,
shall make a list of the votes as they
hluill aniii'.-:r Itn n l.lm w>i.l < i?i
"I I "? ~ v/. . ? .
and tho \ otes having b?en ascertained
nnd counted, the result of the same
shall he delivered to the President of
the Senate, who shall thereupon announce
the stale ot the vote and the
names ot the persons, it any, elected
which announcement shall be deemed
a sutlicient declaration of the persons
elected President and Vice-President
ot the United States, and together
with a list of the votes, be entered on
the journals of Iho two Houses. Upon
such reading of any such certificate or i
p iper, when there shall bo only one
return from a State, the President ot
tbe Senate shall call tor objections, it
any. Every objection shall he made
in writing, and shall state clearly and
concisely, and without argument, the
ground thereof, and shall bo signed by
ill least one senator and one member
oi the limine ol Represent atives before
ibe same shall l?o received. When all
objection* ho made to iiny vole or paper
lrora a State shall have been received
and read, the Senuto shall
thereupon withdraw and such objeclioiiH
shall bo submitted to the Senate
lor its decision; and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives shall in like
manner submit such objections to the
House of Representatives lor its decision;
and no Electoral vote or votes
Irom any Statu troin which but one return
hut been received shall bu '
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rejected, exee^ by thw afli r
vote of the two houses.?
the two houses have voto<l^| pi'
sh i 1 i irirmdiaivly again muei and the
pro-tilling officer shall thou announce
the decision vof the question submitted.
When thero shall bo more than one
certificate or paper, purpoling lobe
the Kleotnrul vote of any one state,
all such certificate* or papers arc to be
opened by the President of the Senate,
han-led to thu tel let's and read by iheni,
and thereupon the President shall eall
for objection, if any. Kvery objection
shall ho made in writing, and
sh ill state clearly and concisely, and
without argument, the ground thereof,
and shall be signed by at least one senator
and one member ol the I louse of Kepresentatives
before the same slnl I he received.
When all such objections, mo
made to any certificate, vote or paper
from a State, shall have been received
and read, all such certificates, votes
and papers so objected t o, and all papers
accompanying the same, together
with such objections, shall be forthwith
submitted to said commission,
which shall proceed to consider the
same, with the same [towers, if any,
now possessed for th?t purpose by
the two houses, acting separately or
together, and by a majority of voles
decide whether any and what votes
iroin such mate aro the votes provided |
for by the Const tuition ol the United \
States, and how ni:iny and what per- ,
sons were duly appointed Electors io
nit eh State, and may therein tike into j
view swell petitions, depositions and
other papers, il any, ashy the Constitution
and now existing law may he
competent and pertinent in sech consideration,
which decision shall he ,
made in writing, stating briefly the I
ground thereof, and signed hy Re
members of said commission agreeing
therein. Whereupon thw two Houses!
shall ig iitt meet, such decision shall :
he read anil entered in the journal ol !
each House, and the counting of the
votes shall proceed in conformity j
therewith, unless upon objection made j
thereto in wiiiing t?y at least five sen- j
ators and live inemhers ol the House
ot Representatives, the two Houses
shall separately concur in ordering
oincrwtse, in which easo such concurrent
order shall govern. No votes or
papers from any oilier State shall he
acted upon until the objection previously
ma le to tho voles or papers
Irom any State shall have been finally
disposed of.
OUJt WASHINGTON L2TT3ZI.
The Klcetornl C.itm!?Some of the Investigations?An
Artixan man Is Astonished?Nov
Senators?A fVit Words
about Life Insurance?Senator Anthony's
Health?The President's Orguu
and Poverty In other Shapes.
[Special Correspondence to the
llomiY Nkws.]
Washington, D. Cm
January 22, 1*77.
Telegrams and letters are coming
here from ail tent tops in aunport of lite |
Electoral hill. Every business center I
which has so lar conununicated with
its Representatives in Congress has
urged the adoption id trie measure.
The most radical ol Republicans only
are opposing it. A lew are undecided.
lint there is no prospect ot detenting
the lull, unless the members ol
the Court, as is unlikely, shall suggest
object ions on i oust it tr.ional ground*.
Democratic objections to the toil are
disappearing. J mice Hoar attributed
hi* election a* Senator trom MassaclmHt*ith
to the active part lie took, an a
member of the committee, in the preparation
bill.
The investigations here lor the last
few days have not been an interesting
as before. Mr. Murtagh, the President's
Editor, under investigation for
using the police of the city for improp
er purposes, was on Saturday shown
to have violated the confidence reposed
in him by a brother Mason who was
trying to serve him. Previous developenienis
in the ease bad prepared the
public to expect anything from
Mortagh.
J. Madison Wells, of the Louisiana
Kotuining Board, was examined on |
Saturday as to the number of votes j
thrown out by the Board. He said
he did not know whether a hundred or (
a thousand wore thrown out, ami did
not know whether 1 he result was
changed by throwing out votes. He
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...... V..V. uauvm \/i n v*ri y t?"HJ I"* Mil III IV"
tee hero, and his knowledge will increase
before ho gets away.
The people ot Arizona havo sent %
gentleman hero "on a mission." He
eamo f ho other day ami presented to
the Attorney General letters from the j
principal men ot the Territory asking |
tor the removal ot a U. S. Judge out j
there. The Attorney General said lie
had some other papers in the case, nnd
showed them to our friend. They
turned out to be from the same men
lor whom the missionary from Arizona
was acting, b'lt they strangely enough
urged that the judge be retained. The
one set ot letters accused ike judge of
'v w"11' having a *i11ti< r in
ol the Mississippi,
oilier lot spoke ol liiin as an
upright judge and an ornament to the
Inmclt. The ambassador from Aria.#
IIa w ill go back to his home a wiser
and sadder man.
It in not a pleasant thing to look
lor ward to six years of Senator ll<?ar,
of Massachusetts, tor in many tilings
lie is a narrow man; hut he was, by all
odds, i be best man who had any
rliaili'M of election. lie is a strong
friend of this District, ami his election
therefore, gives pleasure to nil who
are permanently located here.
In many States, especially in New
York, great interest is just now lelt in
tlie subject of life insurance. This it
caused in part by the latin re of several
companies of reputed strength. One
or two ot the strongest companies have
requested men ot high stuiidiiur to ex
amine into the assetts ol the companies
slid their manner ol dowig bust,
ness. Oilier companies will have to
Pillow suit and wherever the result is
favorable the companies will find their
profit in such a course. A very strong
company was organized here six or
seven years ago, hut 'he lailuro of a
single large business house coum-cled
with it completely deprived it of business,
though its assets were not albc1
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it'ii. i nese t inngs seem K? show tluil
sometliiiijf beside individual credit, or
the f?ij^li standing of a company's
oflicers, in necessary to make :i com- '
|>:iny succcdul. Now, what company
will enrich itself and give standing to
line enormous branch ol business, by
adopting the plan ol investing a certain
proportion ol its assets iti (iovern- 1
incut bonds, to he held bv t he Seentary
of tlm Trea?ur) ? A lixed percentage
ol lis rec? ipts could also be so in
vested troiu year to y?';ir, and absolule
sec-irity t) the policy holder insured.
The necessary legislation to authorize
the Secretary to receive such deposits
would be rery simple and could he
readily secured. The assets ol a sin
Ifle company are reported to he as
much as #so,000,000, and others have
amounts not much less. Whenever
one ol these larger companies shall
adopt this olan. Other coiiin-inii'S will
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liud it itiy to follow suit, No
business requires security so much a*
thi?; no security would be ho ^oikI aw
lit u proposi'd. '
DeHpitu report* to the contrary,
there in reason to believe that Senator
Anthony, ol Hhodc Island, is threaten
cd wiih dangerous sicklies*. He if i
very I'vehle. lie has served longer
than any other man now in the Senate
ami has the respect ol eveiy man,
Democrats and Republicans in either
I loose. He cannot well he spared
Iroin the New England delegation,'
which is not now "what it has been.
Over one thonsamt htmilies are being
led, clothed, and supplied with fuel
bv charity, at this time, in Washing
ton. 1'he otter prostration of all else
see and the prolonged cold weather
accounts lor this. A bill has b.-en in
I rod nerd in the House mauling money
lor the temporary relict ol tin* very
poor. IVlvaie charity is not. *ullieient.
The National Republican, the 1'icsi.letit's
oilman, hpp?ais this morning
reduced in size hut otherwise improved.
It is not a prolitahle paper and it
is not a good paper, hut i' has been
poorer and nearer woithlers than it t?
now.
N K MO.
The Situation in Columbia.
The patient work ol the Democratic
leaders has nowhere been more
fruitful than in the proceedings hctore
Referee Wilkes, in Columbia. Kvery
precinct return in the entire State has
been critically examined and compared 1
with the statements ol the County
v^nnvnwiN, in? clerical errors have '
been noted, and tlie statement of the
tint ire vote put in kiicIi a sh?pe as t<?
enable the Supreme Court to make an i
intelligent decision tipon the questi-m* 1
submitted to it. These proceeding*
by mandamus, a-* to the State officer*, i
began nnntediately alter the election, 1
Inn lay in abeyance until the question*
connected with the Klec.toral (
vote and the vote for members of the 1
Legislature could he settled. The
prayer of the mandamus was, that the i
Hoard of Stale Canvassers be required
to compare t he returns of the precinct <
managers with the statements of the
County Canv??sers, which they had
failed to do. This, by order ol the 1
Court, has been done before Referee
Wilkes, wliOhO report will be ready
shortly. (
The general result, of the reference,
wl en the lirst scrutiny ended, was the i
election of the Democrat in candidate* 1
for Attorney-General and Treasurer, >
and the defeat of the Democratic candidates
for Secretary ol Slate, Adjutant
General and Superintendent of
Education. This was obtained by
correcting an error of 1*7 votes at
McMillan's, in Marion, and of 223
votes lit Graham, in llarnwcll, where
these votes tor tlie Democratic cundi- '
Mate for Attorney-General were countid
for the Democratic candidato for
Comptroller, and the same number of
votes counted for Attorney-General
that should have been counted tor
Comptroller. The Itollins ho* is not
taken into account; nor is the disputed
Abbeville box. The exclusion of this
last named box, which gave the Republicans
about 400 majority, Jh confi
dently expected, and will elect, all the
Democratic candidates. Without
this exclusion only the Democratic
candidates lor Attorney General and
Treasurer were shown to be elected.
A second examination of the returns
was made which brought to light the
1-7, 187'7.
ta t thai there was a difference ol liny
votes b-tweet) the t??tal vote cant lor
Comptroller General, as reported by
the County Canvasser ol Horry, and
the total vote shown by the return* ol
the Precinct Manager*. It was ascertainetl
dial these tilly volea were
accounted for by an apparent alteration
ol the ti ?i?re* in t he returns trout
Simpson's Creek and Dogwood Neck.
The Precinct Managers were sent lor,
and these made affidavit that the figures
had been altered; the vote lor
Dunn, the Republican candidate tor
Coinpt roller, ha.ing been changed in |
t he Simpson't Creek return Iroin 2 to j
32, ami at Dogwood Neck from 10 to 80. \
The original ret urns were at once
called lor, but they were missing; and
it is a nnlew'othy coincidence thai
these same returns were not to lie
lound when the Congressional Committee
called lor them. They were
lost and were lound, and are lost j
again. Fortunately, t heir places can!
be supplied. Mr, Dunn will not gain
anything should they never he ivcov.
ered The Secretary ol Slate is their
custodian, Slid it lie does not tind I hem
suspicions will tall upon him. Meanlime
the change of lilty Vole? gives
(fen. I lagood, I lie Democratic candidate
lor Comptroller, forty nine majority.
The Iraud in thellorry returns
was artistic. Dunn ran, lor insiuncc,
at Simpson's Creek, ju>t 80 vole* b? hi ui
the oilier Republican candidale.*; ami
the change Irotn 2 to 32 had a very
natural appeaiance, as it put Dunn on
the same footing as his associates.
Only the fact that the apparent alterations
accounted lor the exact difference
between the Precinct reluiusand
the County statement put thn Demo, j
it at io counsel on the trail. Not a
word was said until the evidence was
forthcoming to establish the fact that
the returns had been doctored. Then
lilt* >1 II niniiir I.nmu
(-hief .1 nstice Moses will probably
be able to resume I.in seat on tin- bench
it; about ten days, ati<l before the lull
bet i ll the report ot the Rcleree in the
mnmhimiiilease will be heard. We
have every reason to believe, ho
?lrong is the Detnoeralio ease, that
the decision of the Court will give the
Democrats the offices they claim.
There have been no noisy demonstrations,
Mil the goo.| woik gct'8 bravely
on. ?-Aretcs ""(I ('otirier.
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OS A NKW YolMC COMPANY?ALMOST
A CATAsTltOPtl R.
[From Oar Own Correspondent.]
N itw York Jan. 2 2. 1877.
New York always lias a good m?ny
queer t hings and queer people in i?.
The flush d*ys of the w.ir had their
uiunacteristleu of shoddy and general
extravagance which were the themes
ot endles* comment and fun, and now,
in eireitmstances tlie very reverse ot
those, the city comes np smiling with
its quota ot incidents and characters I
suitm<( to t he hard tirnea.
'The very rteh elans are always rich
and keep up their show through thick
and thin; so one would har.llv think
i>! looking among them tt?r signs u!
the limes. hui it in a somewhat fin
pillar lad ilia', while 111 i>* upper cruet
goes into as much expense lor iise'l
ami its pleasures as ever, ju?t ihe
moment its members arc dunned lor
the cash they are very apt to tall back
oti the '"universal stringency." 1 have
the authority oi one o! our Sunday
papers lor some striking examples. A
case was recently known where, in
lite same day a young Ciqosuh gave
ihe order lor n supper parly which
would cost one thousand dollars, and .
yet dispntud a household account of
six months standing, amounting to
only twenty live dollars, and finally
Intved Ho poor creditor to take about
two-thirds o| 'he bill, on the ground
o! the "hardness of the times." One
bachelor on Filth avenue, w hose in
come is about five hundred thousand
dollars a year, ar.d whose yearly ex*
penses do not exceed half that sum, is
said not to have paid a bill in three
months, unblnshingly pleading '"the
I'ondii on ol the count ry" as an excuse.
And litis is carried on into the very
last details of domestic economy.
One butcher in a fashionable neigh*
borhood hits eight customers, all ap*
patently well-to-do, who owe him
over $'.J00 apiece. One high stepping
Fifth Avenoodle, who drives his hand*
some team ami wears a crest on his
carriage door, pleads poverty each
time that this same butcher presents a
bill of nearly $700.
There is one phase of human nature
which these days hting into clear
relief ami that is the tenacity with
which hoc i ft I standing is clung to ami
appearances kepi up until the Iphi
possible moment. Thia cIhsh of the
"rich in pride ami poor in pocket" in a
large one though 1 don't imagine that
all it s members won hi he willing to
go to the length* occasionally reported.
At leant two instanced are known
where ladies who have seen belter
days, but are now left to depend
upon themselves w ith only the very
scantiest resource*, rather than descend
from their social plane devote the last
attainable cent to the payment ot rent
ami a servant, and then, under cover
ol a disguise, and on an assumed name,
go around icliel societies and tradesmen
to beg provisions and coal.
It has been preliv generally supposed
that "Fifteenth Amendment"
troubles were over in this latitude at
least, Inn h vim just brought against
Anlor 11 on se serin* to indicate the
1 contrary. The plaintiff in the rac? in
J. Milton Turner, "Consul General
i and Minister Resident to the Republic
I of Liberia," an he modestly signs
himself, and his grievance is thai hs
was refused accommodations ret"the
Amor House sum* time lam Fall on
account ot his color, which is so^e
two shades darker than the blackest
midnight The hotel keepers on the
I contrary contend thai the only reason ft
tor the lion reception ot the represeu*
taiive of the stars and stripes on
Africa's shores was the crowded con*
dition ot i heir house at the lime. The
case went before n relerr^| and Turner,
who although born of a slave
mother and himself reared a slave, is a
pretty sharp lawyer, conducted hit
own case. It had but little to rest on
and I believe he gets $2.00 damages.
A case ??t richly mounted duelling
pistol* in a Broadway window btars
this disappointment placard: "Pistola
not used by Bennett and Mav." Just
where the pair that tcere used on thia
memorable occasion is still a myatsry.
But upon one point gossip is for once
correct. Mr. Bennett has gone to Europe
alter lying concealed on the New
Jersey side tor a week alter bis duel
with May. He was accompanied by
anVMi-u I Inan.l j * ?/! - *
u icnun > << |>i n (o make %
considerable stay, prohaW till h?
thinki* llif affair has blown ver sufficiently
to warrant his return. Hut
society must have i's little sensation
an long as it can possibly be kept
alive: "so, Mr. Bennett being temporally
disposed ol, attention is directed
to liif* opponent, who ii* still "nowhere"
ami with regard to whom the story it
started that he ii* hiding hie head o*
account of his cowardly behavior at
the duel itself, where he is said to
have to-cured his own safety by
firing before the word wan given.
Ilia pistol minced tire, it is said, and
then Bennett, who, if this is true,
would have been almost justified in
shooting him dow n, tired in t lie air
and left ihe place. This storxpsoumis
rather thin, but then people t havs
something to talk about besides hard
tiuies and politics.
In view of the recent lamentable
failure of the Continental Life Insurance
Company, and the shock give*
iherehy to insurers everywhere, special
care should i?? taken by the public
to avoid confounding the defunct
corporation with the original Continental
Life of Man ford, whose
strength and standing have nev?r
been in the least impaired, but which
on the contrary have grown steadily
through good times and hard times.
The Company has recently originated
several entirely new systems ot insurance,
in which not only is insurance
given for a definite period, but there
is also guaranteed an annual income
thereafter often amounting to more
than hall the annual premium previously
paid. The introduction by a
conservative company of plans so
plainly advantageous to its patron*
shows its strong vitality.
One of our prominent New York
companies init week had been made
the victim ol an annoying swindle.
Somebody with more 'cutcnens then
honesty in lound to have lorged the
signature of the officer* of thia com.
pa?y to a check for $04,000, and to
jutttn done his* work ho well an to have
got. tlvo oheek certified and cashed,
ami tw? weeks the marl of hie pursuer*.
The Ions will fall on the bank
whose cjlifciicr'a eyes were not *h*rp ;
enough to detect the forgery, bnt who
allowed the cluck to fee certified and
made the institution responsible.
The matter in being quietly but vigorously
worked up by detectives.
An <rjfd accident watt that a few
days ?igt> when the enow suddenly
slipped Ironi one side of llie roof ol
the Grand Central L)?pol and tell in
one thick tfryel, twenty by four hundred
lie* In size upon the arched
glass roof below, crushing through the
hall inch panes an though they had
been eggn shells, and tilling one side
of the big building will) a confused
mass ol glass and enow, which cams
down will) a crash and h roarAxm a
line ol horse cars drawn up^Tnnide,
waiting lor the arrival of a train.
.Mont lortuiiatcly the accident occurred
while all employes were at dinner,
and that portion of the depot was
empty. Hull a minute later iii? mnnt
----
would have hern crowded with the
passenger* ut the train mentioned, the
engineer of which k.?w the sliding '
snow just in time to stop hi* train
outride and ave^l a genuine catastrophe.
Ah it war, the tors was merely
one ot money value to the extent
of not over $:t,000 illicit those who
have seen the old Commodore's will
think that Win 11. Vanderlnlt, who as
president of the New York ^mtral
e.oiitiols the building, will he mle te
stand without hurting hiinseM'mu^h.
1# intr
Citizens ot Sayhrook, ill., mobbed a
inuii win? intended to open a drinking
itluoii.
A Baptist Preacher Testifies.
I)K. Tutt:
Dear Sir:?Ilarlng used in my family for
six years your Kxpectoraut, I deem it due to
yourself and the public to elate that I h*v?
uniformly found it efficient in relieving and
curing pulmonary diseases. I am stiictly
opposed to quackery, but touching this very
excellent medicine * 1 have testified tha^Hkhich
I do know and that which 1 have ePpeti"
cnced." Respect fully yours,
J. C. Ha BO ROT *4,
raster Baptist Church, Clmire, N. T.
March 19, 1814.