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The Commission Steals the Vote of Louisiana for Hayes. On llrxolutmn ami Fvjht Substitute*?The Trt/Jecnfet not to Unearth the Louisiana Fronde?Another Stent for /laves. AV vsiuxumx, I). I?., February 1 >.?Tlie Commission assembled in session ni 10 o'clock this morning, and remained in session umil about half-post 2 o'clock this afternoon, when lltoy tool; a recess lo minutes. Nothing could he asceriaincd as to the proceeding* of the Commission, hut ut half-past 1 o'clock a prominent l'epuhiican told a representative of the Star that vtie?f 'the Commission had assured him that up to that time nothing had occurred to damage the prospects of the Republicans, lie inferred from v iiuis mat llie case would lie decided the same us the Florida case, Mini the Commission would decline (<? accept testimony except in case of llie ullcged ineligible Klcctors. I. ATt.lt. WashiN'iiTuN, l>. C.t February 1<?- 10 IV M,? The following are llie resolutions acted upon by the Commission: Mr. Hear submitted the following: Ordered, That evidence be not received. Mr. Abbott offered the following as a substitute : UtfoU'ttl, That evidence be received to show (hat so much of the act of |?miisiana establishing the Hemming Hoard for I bat State is unconstitutional, and the acts ot the said Itcliiruing Hoard arc void. 'I'liis was rcjcclcd by the following vote: yens, Messrs. Abbott, Hayard, t'lif ford, Field, lluntnn, I'avtie and Tlnirmnn, 7: nays, Messrs. Hradley, Kdinuuds, Fielinghuyscn, (JarfieM, Hoar, Miller, Morton and Strong. S. Mr. Abbott offered another substitute as follows : Itfxoh'rit, That evidence will be received to show tlilit the Itcliirning Ibmrd of bouisitiua, a*, tlic tune of canvassing and compiling tlie vote of that Stale, nt the Inst election in that Stale, was not legally constituted under the law establishing it, in this; that it was composed of fair persons of one political parly, instead of five persons of different parties. IS ejected by the same vote. Mr. Abbott then offered another substitute : /'f salmi, That the Commission will receive testimony on the subject of the frauds alleged in the specification uf counsel for the objections to certificates I and !. H'jftJed by the same vote. Mr. Abbott then offered f.iuili substitute as follows : /?V.?o/iyi/, That tisiiuinti) tending to sbow that the so-called lleliiraing Hoaid of Louisiana bad no jurisdiclion to cxmn.-s tlic Voles for electors for President and Vice-President is admissible. I {ejected by the same vote. Mr. Abbott offered a filtli as follows: h'r'otrcf, That evidence is aduiissiliie; that the statements and atlidnvits purporting to have been made and forwarded to said Heturiiing Hoard in pursuance of the provisions of section twenty-six of the election law of lST'J. nlleoiinr riot, tumult, intimidation mi i violence :ii or near certain polls 11 n>I in certain parishes, were false, fabricated ami forged by certain disrepntable persons, nmler tlic direction ami knowledge of tlie said Hemming Hoard; that said lieturning Hoard, knowing the said statements ami .tlidavits to l?e false ami forged, and that none of such staiemeiits and aflidn\its were made in the manner or form, or within the time re<|tnred l?v law, did knowingly, wilfully ami fraudulently fail ami refuse to canvass or compile more than lti.tMin votes cast, as is shown hy the statement of the votes of the commissioners of elect ion. It ejected hy the same vote. Mr. II it tit < >11 offered a sixth substitute as follows : Hix.ifrrif. That evidence he received to prove that the votes east and given at the said election, on the Till day of November last, as shown by the return made hy the Commissioners of dec lion fir the said polls and voting places in said State, have never been compiled nor canvassed, ami that the said Heturiiitig Hoard never even pretended to compile rr canvass the returns l?y said Commissioners of flection. hut that said Iteturuing Hoard only pretended to canvass the returns made hy the State Supervisors of llcgist ration. It ejected hy the same vote. A seventh substitute was offered bv fir. Hay ai d. as follows : L'fS'ilrrtl, That no person holding otliee of tni-t or profit nmler the I nited Slates is eligible to he appointed an ficetor, ami tlint thist'oiiimission will receive evidence lending to prove .said ineligibility, ?s otl'cre 1 by counsel for objectors to certificates Nos. 1 and U. Ilejeeled by the snme vote. Mr. Justice field, ottered the eighth an 1 last substitute as follows : ulrrif, That in the oiiiniou of the Commission, evidence is admissible upon the several matters which the cotim-cl for objectors to certificates numbers one ami tli.ee oifcrcd to prove. Kejected by the same vote. The i|iicstioii on the original order, submitted by Mr. Iloar. then came up; vi/.., that the evidence offered be not received. Mi. 1'age moved to strike out the word "not." Itcjcete-l by the suae vote. The vole on the original order was then taken and it was adopted by the following vole: )'.</*--Mes.-rs. iiriidley, fdiiiunds. frelinghuyscn, (laiticld, Iloar, Miller, Morton, Strong. ?8. Xiii/x ? Messrs. Ahlinti, ISaynrd.Clifford, field, Jluntoii, Payne, and Thurman.? 7. After tlie conclusion had been reached by the Com mission, counsel were admitted, ami the above rcsuliii i.iiis w.-ft. I t.v it... s On motion i t' Judge Field the injunction of bcCVi'CV was removed. Justice Field then moved tit it an liouv ho allowed to counsel on either side for further argument . Mr. flat field said the time allowed l?y the original order hud been exhausted, and he objected to a further extension. Mr. Morion suggested that counsel be consul ted about the subject, lie would vote against the motion unless counsel desired it. Mr. Kvarts expressed a willingness to let the case stand as it now stood. Judge Campbell raid that as the Commission had excluded the evidence they had nothing to add to the argument presented. On motion < f Mr. Hoar, the doors were then closed, and -the Commission resumed its secret session. In the secret session a motion was submitted by Morton thai the certificate of the Mayes Uectors should be counted as the Klectoral vote fo Louisiana. 'I bc motion was adopted by a vote of eight to seven, ami a committee, consisting of Judges Miller, Bradley and Mr. Abbott, was uppointed to diaw up the decision of the Commission, and at 0:10 P. M. a recess was taken till 7 F. M. The Connnissiou remained in session until 8.'i7 1*. M . when, on motion of Mr. FJmunds, an adjournment to 4 P. M. tomorrow was or tiered. The following i? i lie I ex I of the resolution ottered by Senator M./i toii, and adopted by the Electoral Commission by u vote of 8 to 7. Resolved, That the persons named as electors in certificate Nttl were theliwful electors of the State of Louisiaua, a;id t'jat their votes tire the votes provided by the Constitution of the Coiled Stales, and should be counted for President and Vice-President. The decision 11 be presented to the two houses on their renssoiubliyg^will be somewhat longer, and give the reasons why the Commission reached its conclusion. TIIK SOUTII (WtOl.lN \ I ASK. The report of the South Carolina Committee will he submitted to the House to-morrow, when Mr. Sayler will move that it be printed and recommitted. It wilt thru be held until the doctoral Commission dcci'le the Oregon contest Chamberlain lias been called the Ilumaik of; 80 tilt Carolina. -I'nii-n //? Kxneilv! hike his prototype, he proclaimed peice, when he 11 cant war. He is like llisjuark only in his treachery?in nothing else. Greenville .\'ucs. 1U .. . (Tin' Mffltlu otnioii (Times. ! K. M. STOKKS, Editor. UNION, mi DAY FKI'.KUAItY 'JS, 1*77. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1 Copy, one year. in .\i?v\n< k, <i one your," " " ." 'i 5 " ii.no 10 " " " *J*MM ADVERTISING. 'iiv ~>|unri'or iiu-ii. urM niti'i i loll, - - - Jioo Isaeli .oiltsi'|iiel|l infi l l loll. ------- < "> I.I born I 'IimoiiiiI made i > nun li.Ill I - ami other* ailvi ili-in^ l'or ?ix month* or liy tin* your. Obituary Not ire* of loll tile nor le**, inserted free. " over tell lilies, charged in A ln ilise iiioiitn. i. n i/o |>or oonl aiMiiioii.il for adf ert is\jiriitx ordered mil to :i|i|M-ar ill roimxutlvr issues. KM>?. Tlif I'liioit Hotel slill keeps up it ft reputation :i.i tliv best hotel in the up-country. fihrV" Almil S I "Jo (JO') litis heen received by the Hampton jfovcrnmeiit, from the 1" percent, call. ? Seniitor Cochran, tried l:mt week in Colittnhia for the killing of Mr. Tlminns L>eut, was ucipiilcd by the .jury. Aiken is the youngest ('ottnly in the Slate, Imt it has paid to the Hampton (ioverittiienl So.t'.tMl. It hits set a nolilcexample to the ol-ler ('uiuit tcs. . r* . {"it'" htir frieti'l, .1. '1'. I'risock hauled a load of wood over fotir miles to pay his suhscription to the 7?/?<. . Such subscribers always put tin I e I it or in a good humor, and makes him believe that mankind is not so had after a'l. * Cn-ty- If any of our readers would like to try a crop of Chufas, we would inform them that they can obtain seed from Messrs. Noll ?.k I.title at Sparlaiilitir^. The < 'litilii should be cultivated by every farmer in (.*ni ti. fl-.y llervy Aiii*ausrll, lisip, of I.aureus, after passing a full examination in open Court, on | Thursday, was admitted to practice law in this j Malt'. The I'iiinmillcc to examine, consisted of Hon. W. I?. Simpson, II. ('. Walls, Ks?j., and II. W. Hall, Solicitor. - I" coiisci|iicnce of the 11 el ay in organizing the juries ami oilier necessary detentions, there lias lieen so liitle iluiic in I lie Coiirl ilial we have hut little report this week. The Court is still iu se-sioii ami a full report of its doings will he published next week. ?I'kJ),.. We thank our friends, T. J. Vinson & I. S. tiregory, for a splendid Shad, the first of the season, for its. These gentlemen have opened n i i.nv in tho building next to \V. It. Ihivis' liar-room, and propose to supply our citizens with fresh Fish, "ys.ers. canned Is, (Jreeii Groceries, l-'niits and other luxuries. They receive fre.sli Fish and Oysters every I'uesday and I'tiday. C~?>" < hi Moii lay afiriiiuen last a fire broke out iu an outhouse of l>r. A. W. 'I lioinsoii, which consumed two buildings ami most of their eon j tents ? Hour, bacon, I oil bushels select cotton i seed, peas, corn, ami many other articles of val- i ue. Fortunately the wind was blowing strong from the dwelling Imuse or that Would have been destroyed also. It is supposed that the lire originated from the kitckcu stove pipe. . We regret In state that on Monday last, j a spark of lire from the "team engine belonging j to Mr, John I'. MeKiasick, about three miles above this town, was lilowu between some bales of cotton, and the wind being strong it soon lila <o'' sloppis4???fmos| entirely destroyed eight bales. The lire occm led at the same time that I'r. Thomson's houses Mere burning. - ? I It'-.i . ' A most excellent iiiuioriiiiiil \ is u nv o!' fere I lair citizen* to obtain fmelv cxecut< l I'lio- i . i v I :i:i: 11<. Mr. .1 ml I Ita- rclitc-l I'm :* slon i tiloe ' 1 . It the tiilmirahlc i-txiiii just below the I'? -1 oSnc? , s which was liitol ii|> year before e\| res-ly I , lor a Photograph Hal.cry. l?y Mr. Pearson, ui.<1 iiiviu-s nil who wish Photographs taken lo call ami examine specimens of his work. " As Mr. .Imhl will remain with us only a liin- ' I itC'l lime we mlvise till who wish l ? secure |>ie- | 1 lures e<jtia! to the lies I, to emhraee liie present t ojijioi i unity. Wo have seen photographs taken ? l.y him timl <lo n t hesitate to pioli uinee them 1 excel lent. t .It I he .store ol Win. Siorr ?N < o., n'.'S j l'.roatlway, .New York, importers ?.i the linesi I'reneh I.noes ami Agents ol" the famous l.ace j Mmiufaetui er^'l aureus \ Son, of I'aris, was rohhe.l on Thiirs<lay of lasi week, of Sl<>,itio 1 voriii of valuable laces. Some years ngo a s'lnilnr lohlu ry oeeiirve<l in I New York. ami a lew months alteram I a num. | her of l.ace i>e?l<llers -men ami women - were : ' ' . i roaming through the South. It is probable I hat we shall have a similar visit, ami wo .olvise our |ie:|>le to he otj the look out. I 1 Cvx)" We thank Mrs. Shouair for n specimen ol 1 ( her tlclighi tul hretul, ami congratulate our ciiizens upon the fact liiat tliey now have a bakery where they can at all limes obtain the nicest light-brea<l, cakes, or any other article ma.le by | a city lkiker. Mrs. Shoilair is tin estimable willow l. olv, who ' t has settic'l among us to earn a living lor hers.-lf, | i>y li< nest industry, and *e commend Iter a.? worthy ilie 1 nirotiiicc of all our citizens. She \ also keeps a lull ."look of all kinds of candies, canned fruit', ti?h. meals, \c. ller stole, for tlic present, is opposite Col. J. I.. Young's dwt^'" S j j' Siuoit i ui. 'I'i;sr.?-Wileox, ? ?v < u.'s Ma- a nipulntcd (iiiauo litis stood the test of ten yours' use by die leading planters of South Carolina, North Carolina, (ieorgia, Alabama and Florida, | . constantly gaining in popularity, and is now the 1 best and most favorably known fcrtiii/.er in use ! j in these States. ii has been their aim (j fur- i : nisli a fertilizer that cannot 1 e surpassed, and | tl?y have succeeded in doing so, as j-evidenced | bj*itjs high r.putation. It is otfeied on very ! favorable terms; delivered at depots in the into- j j rior; payable in cotton, on (lie basis of tifieeu , , cents for middling, delivered a! pluuivis depot | ; next fall. Call and see their agents. * i Tko Silver Cornet Band Suneer The voting gentlemen of the In ion Silver | Cornet Hand, celebrated the second anniversary of i ttir organization at tie1 I niou Hotel, last Thursday night, in an oy.-ter Supper. gotten up in Messrs Wallace & Allen's best style. It was < one of the pleasantest occasions wo remember ? ever to have attended, and pa-sod oil in the 1 most (elope.ate manner. The Hand lists now tie- c come a permanent in?liln: ion ..f I niott, of \\ hi< li > ilio citizens ate justly proud. It is conn -e l of 1 young men i hanu ter i .1 high social standing t in the comiiiunity, ami \.e lope to attend many of its annual celebrations. ' The Court. The February term of Court was opened lad Monday, Judge Northrop and the new Solicit'1', Col Hall, promptly at their posts. Hie juries were empniinelwl and the Judze 1 was uhoiit to deliver his charge to lie Viral I Jury, when II. II. I> Byron, Ch uuberlui s Ire Rsnrer lor l.'nioti t'oiniiy, arose and made ib- < jeclioiis the ji. t ies, claiming that they had sot i heeu drawn in sirict accordance with the lit*. Before proceeding further the Judge refer'ed the matter to a committee ot' lawyers, cuhijaw < of W. II. Wallnc^, K. W. SI.III.I, v4i. mJk ami I lie Solicitor, with thd|i?uggcstiofc AhnWro <*0111 ini11oo call 11 meeting of the bar for consultation 11}?' ! it. Tlie t'mirt then adjourned to 1 Tuesday morning at lit o'clock. The Court met on Tuesday morning ami Mr. Wallace, as Chairman of the Coininitlee, reportel that the liar was divided iijwii the matter of the legality of the jurie s, hut suggested, as the ohjections were only lechuiuil, and did not charge fraud or corruptioi in the drawing, that the Court proceed upon the Sessions Docket, , with the undirstaiiding that in any case where the parties interested shall object to the legality of the jury, upon the grounds slated, that case shall be con'inued. To this arrangement all parlies gain assent, and the Court proceeded to business. The Judge's charge was in every respect appt opriate --plain, practical and impressive, lie eluci Itiicd the duties and powers of the (irand jury, the different crimes which would likely be brought before them and the law govvrt.ingtlicni, in a very forcible nml coinprclaAnible *mnunar. Ilis denunciation of the illegal trafUckrffg in whiskey and the intemperate use of intoxicating li.ptors was timely and in excellent style, and met the approbation of all who hoard hint. Taken all together we think the clrorge did Judge Northrop great credit and increased the I opinion before bad of liini by the people. lie is fa-t restoring the respect for rii^ dignity of the licnch which was almost entirely lost through the imbecility ami suspected corruption of his predecessor. We have confidence in Judge Nortlirop's justice and integrity.. Solicitor l!.ill lias taken bold f bis office with in industry ami determined will that inn?t make him an efficient an I acceptable oli'tccr. We know him well, lie is a in in of talent and one of the most higlitntied. honorahlc men in the State. As yet he hits not had a chance to show Iii< ic-i us au officer. Will *ve believe lie will become very popular, among all classes, before lii." term expires. The following gt niK-mcit of Iho Ui?r of neighboring enmities have been in attendance: j.'iuirii.*, Lieut.-(invent ar W. I>. Simpson, Inliii \V. Kergu-ain ami II. ('. Watt". S'(t'ir'iinfiutif, .1. IS. I'ieavcbui-l ami J. Vim, smith. *?* I I lie latest telegraph;e reports slate that I'ongress had reaelie'l Oregon i:i counting tin-! eleelni;.! vote. The eertilicatct of Jhe repnhli-! ran i lHv?: - were pro.-enlc 1. ami el jeetiutis nta<lu 1 in the case of Watts, tine of tht electors, upon j the grounds, 1st, that lie wasliuclig.hie. The Lihjeelioti elosvI with proof mat he liehl the ullice of I'ostniaster?an oli'uaj of trust and profit litt ler the I uited States. Ac >tt I, that the I'ert iiicates have not I he eert i licit e of the 15 verir<r attache*! as rc.piire I l y tid- United Stales law. Thitil, that the law of tlregon reiptiteil [he Governor to give a certificate of election or ippnitiltm a! a ' eleci"rs t ('ariwright, (> Ivli ami V niti. they heiu^ylje only " vtlo li . l received the highest UUtllher TA Votes it the electi it liel'l on the Till of Xovctnwr, as \ A atts the.t hel l tlieotlicc of I'oat master It T.tiiyette. Oregon. It is a kit >tty ipiestioii, hilt the . lepiiolicatis cire nothing for that. 1 they 1 n: t until' th" k't ! hy fair means, they have ''."ie 1 tlu'iiio'lvei as expert iitcutt'iiy through . atcli knots as bin glat- are in holing tin utgli lie <l"or or shutter of a store for robbery. O ' I 11- v.* t'n Tuesday night tlie boys of the Union -ilver t"met Lund, showeil their respect for | .iciuciiaiit. tiov. W. I>. Simpson. Solicitor it. ! ( A . Hall anil iho ll.uiipt.iii (Soveruiueut,hy giving j ajse geuilciueii a doiiglttfnl serenaile. It was a >tii pi linen t worthily e\leinle?l ami highl? tip- ( ireciatcl. The Lieut. Governor was ca'.llu out mil ma le otic of his happiest speeches. *S >!tc.- | ?r Ltall also rcspi n?ie I in excellent stvHAr ; and ^ is our people iicvi f leaves a meeting jV.Tcctly atislic l until they hear front their favorite man ui'l orator, Speaker W. 11. Wallace,* lbs boys ? Hid there was a goodly nutiilier of old and young toys there?called upon him to peak to tlieut, , ahich he di i in his usual cloipicat and stirring nauiicr. Three cheers an 1 a lizur. were tii. n ;iveti lor Simpson, Hall, Wallace iukI I lie llanip- , mi government, au.I all peaceably dispersed. K*'}.. The white militia companies of t'oluniii.i li.ircbvcn drilling lately for (lie purpose of taring a iniliiary para<le in honor of Washingoii's bill Inlay, on lite -'Jd iasl.; bin thecomiiamler of lite troops stalione.l at liinl tiiy has eccivc I orders freiii (lie <loU in (lie \\ iiilo House it Wa~hiugioii. without assigning any reason, to pieveiil the parade. i n 1 1 ih it tool ol i haiiiherlaiti, 1'attersoii, in.ci oii, Morion ami oilier eorrupliouists, sloop o a more contemptible act? Willi saeli an orlor staring lis in liie face, what Coiifuleiicc can \e place in his pretensions of liberality and ustice to the while people of the ?>oul|). ilis vord is ii. t worth u biubce, if nlc lickspittles iroiind him order otherwise. lie \\ ill soon leave . he hi :ii oliiee lie has di. graced, and sink out of ighl in "his nut in slime and slough. ? France and Frenchmen. I'rnf. Atiisuiisell, i highly e inealed Sweodish , u'liileiiian, now residing at 1.alliens I'. I!., will a lelircr a very luiiuoroiis and iu>iruclive I.eclure " ii I lie Hall over Hill \ t'o.'s store, upon France ,...1 |.\....... I. ii.n i .... i - * ' ""V ) ((l-llllcinCIl ll 'III hatH'CIIS who llUVC hoard I I'mf. Ani-ausell deli\cr this lecture tell us it is ilinirihle, mill the Professor delivers it ^1 he charaderistic giacc of a polished v?t-A ' iducutcd Froiicl'tuau, mi I in excellcut style.| Si > doubt it will Ik a treat, as it ..ill he a recroa- i ion. to till tin- intelligent good hiiiuorcil people 1 >( Ciiion. I'rioe of a luiis-ion *. ? ci :.ts\ l>oors to the 1 .' clutv room will bo opened at 7o'clock. tKi>' The i.uurer.sviffe // .?/'/jwid Greenville v. ... i from Lauieitsi II. to tiroettville. Wc are very partial to our i hi "stamping ground," l,i i#ciis, and should ii%e to see Iter got bevon 1 I lie "ragged edgo i f thsourii v I v llaili m I cotiiinuiiicatiuU wifli till I iVorhl; hut it s mud* > uiie vhat ouoor to hear icr trtlk uti'.ut htiil ling ihiriy*livc tulles of rail* . oml while she is awfully puzzled to raise enough uoucy to complete nine utiles of unfinished road j o Clinton. 9. Bradley. Miller and Davis. When wo look calmly upon the political events which have transpired since the election in November last, ami compare tItem with the decision ' of the Electoral Commission, we naturally make 1 the practical inquiry, whose fault is it thai the ' will of 11 majority of the people of this country, 1 expressed through the ballot box, as to who 1 shall be President has not been pronounced? - !l The answer is at the head ol this article -llrad- 1 ley, .Miller ami Davis. Tlie oilier Republicans on t lie commission, are political bull-dogs, from wlu.ni was expected nothing but a persistent hanging-on to the party, right or wrong. Their | teeth had been for years set upon the vital parts of the country, and they had been sucking the I Ve-I.lood of the nation ever since they were al- ^ Hwed to insert their fangs, therefore, when the i commission was authorized by Congress to decide bit ween t ic people and tlieir party ascendancy, til one expected they would do an honorable act oi cast a magnanimous vote in favor of the pcop^c. Hut the hope of the people rested in the j jiiliciary clement of the coin mission. No one supposed that the whole machinery of the government had become so completely ossified by the influences of party interests that the liigli| c-h tribunal of the country could not be moved 1 by the combined electrifying powers of honor, : justice and patriotism, i'.ut, alas ! how sadly 1 have the people been mistaken in the source of 1 their last hopes; and what depravity has the 1 commission developed, even upon the Supreme ' llctich ?d' t he country. J.et us look at it: Itradley accepted the high position with his uiiii|l fully .uijid^ up to decide the matter in fa- , vor of his favorite candidate and friend, irrespective of the popular vote of the people and in defiance of the infamous frauds so abundantly exposed and .substantiated against his party. Miller accepted the position under similar feelings and influences. Hot It knew that they were elected Commissioners, not as partisans but a i impart ial jmlgcs, to decide t lie iim.w important quest ton ever acted upon by any tribunal of this or any other country, and they accepted the position with the wilful and deliberate determination !o sacrifice the honor of the Supreme Court, their own self respect and the peace of the country upon the altar of a corrupt ami in fit mono pari/. Could men fall luivei than those two men have? B'ti what shall we say of Judge I hi vis? If we were to express our individual convictions we should say he has sold himself and the peace and tranquility ol his country for a seat in ('no Senate We should say that we believe the t .wins upon which ho was elected Senator over Logan wcAJ uiat he shoul 1 refdSo a position upo i tlie commission, > that the iufatuoii lira lley may be placed there, for party purposes; and we should say I lint lie was aware of the plot. l>a\is' refus:al to act because he had been cite" led a Senator is all bosh, lie is tod a Senator to-day, u >r will lie be until after the Ithof next in null, lint he is otte of your / '< r t! Ilcpublieaiis 1 lie is one of tliose men to whom the democrats have been pinning their faith !' r niaiiy years, as a compromise can lidate, and. like all uther.-i of that kidney, he has sold them out. In his case one oi two things is evident : either he is a deep dyed corrupt lladieal partisan or he lias purchased a seat in tlie Senate to defeat the people in their choice of a i'risidoul.? Ta'.e hint iii vuii will, lie presents another evidence tiiat no confidence can be placed in any in in who has ever : uckc I radical pap. Now, the question is, will the people submit lo.ench a deliberate and iiif.iu >us swin ile? Our opini? u was, when tirant was gathering the army at Washington, if the people ha I assembled in every township" in the country and leteriuiiied, after it was ascertained that Yilben had received a majority of the..votes, that l.e >li odd be inaugurated or there would be a tight, i ill this delay, anxiety and f-.uud Would have been prevented, A large majority of the bond holders of this j ouiitry are llepublicaus. A light for the I're-i | i lency would endanger the whole value of the ' | bonds, and much as they want their own i'n-i- ' lent, they value their bonds more, and would have yielded to ike determination uf'tlic people rather than risk ail i;i a tight. The loci is, IS rant, t 'handler and Cameron have 1 iill-d i/.< d the whole democratic party : an I if Haves is made * i Ltic President ho will do tho same tiling in the next election- provided another election for President is held. ?? The democratic counsel have neat ly completed their preparations of the contest over Oregon. Tiiey any, they will win there, or utterly tisgrace tlie Commission."' \\ e have no faith in t!:e impcd-for winning, 111 d tvr dlill'l SCO llovv the democrat c counsel in di-graec tlic Commission more than it has dy disgraced i I sell', ll.ili ! this depending, i ii I >' > 11 /? '< /!// Republicans for honesty and doB* iey is like a drowning man catching at M raws In save liirasclf. So-called lilieral Republicans lulk glibly ami always loo! the Democrats. lor when il requires a vole to sac ilie Republican party they are never found voting against it? I heir liberality a.nl honor is sure to ooze out un- ' ler the parly i ressurc. W e would as soon trust , i dog with our dinner as to expect the neAt lib- I ral talking Republican to vote against hi> party ' iutcic.-t. In I hi- Slate liberal Republicans have been elected to the Legislature hy l>enioeralie j cotes, ntid :n every instance they have turned t nit to bo the most tabid and mcanc-t i***|>ni>1 i- ' tans tn ihut l>?dy. Kaporience has taught ns 1 ioi to trust a Republican,^iven when lionet ami | loiicsty is pitted against party interest, iltat.ge that all the Democrats have not proliled ' >y the many similar lessons they have learned. (ii.s. Ki ksiiam's I* !.-?i riuN. In liiii speech at taueisier last week (ien. .1. 15. Kershaw i . icpnrted io have sail: "liven though the dearest I lv is 11 i I' ur hearts he defeat ed hy (tie Inline ot' : Mr. TiMon to he declared I'res.dellt I still have I fur. faith that, with liayes as President of the ? I tilted S: ijes, justice will he done throughout .? [lie wiiolv land, mid glory and liotior and peace I will crown our country through liis wi-eaml he- < nigti administration of its governineni; and, as : Io toe ijucMioii of hi< title to the Presidency, ' diall hold lite jiidgiiicnt tf the high P.lecioral L'.>iiirni--i -n now silling at Washington as final in I noihoritaiive upon ill the issues involved in , I he great and perplexing nrolilem which it has , Ik*i*11 ii>M'inl>!?' l to .-.*l\c. ' "I liis. wo bclievcj , will bo tlio position of every mnn in tboSoufli , ivhnM* is worthy of njticc.?Columbia , / ii" ti //> mill. V.'fl .', lieu, Kershaw is a Christian ^ontleman, I iii*1 wo a*!miie laih character inucli, lull wo. can't ' -ve any ? hristitmi-y in encouraging fraitil ami 1 l. *r it a | > 11 *n by submit! in,; to it. \Vc<lon't know Ilrti i*iti' "position is worthy of notice," but we v\o can assttM the Union-Jf> mhl follow that here i is oiio man who w ill not -hol.l tho jn?ljriiiciit of 1 the high lilocl'ii al Commission n tin i! an 1 uutlioi'itat i\ c,"' far we believe that e\ > v\ inenila-r of lint t'oiiiiiiission fools tliit tin* ji; !;_'tii'*ti:, ex|iia*9s?*i| by tin* vote of the majority, was I'oiimlc*! i njton ba c perjury ami infamous c< "nipt ion - "f Fur the Tho Immortal Eight Jugglers. In icfi'ieuci' lo the nll-nhsorbing topic of the lay ? the great l'resHenlial swiiollc hy the im- ' aortal eight pilitieai ami junicial jugglers ? , here is, perhaps, nothing in the whole transac- * ion, that has create*! mure surprise, than that i ' he Democratic lawyers in t.'ongvess, numbering | is they *h?, some of the most eminent of the pro 'ession in the I'nioii, bhouhl have permute*! j licmsel ves t e> be li nod-wink* *1 into the belief that 1 'undress possessed tlie coiistitntional authority j o create that hyhri*l political monstrosity callc*!n , Commission?the legitimate offspring of a genu- I tie vaiikee trick. |' Iii regard to the unfortunate recipient of the J Yaudiileiit boon, without laving claim to the | ?i11 of prophecy, either by direct gift or inheri- t a nee, we nevertheless hazard the prediction ! h:it the sentence that will be awarded by tin 1 nit raged community against the authors of this ! letarious fraud, will hardly fail to attach to the | recipients of its fruits, that is,it load of ohihpiy j 1 ?i|tial to, if not greater, than that which was ionic to the grave by I'uticdict Arnold. ?iWhen the decision of lite Lleetoral t'om- ' ttissioii upon the vote of Louisiana was formally ' innoiiueed to the Senate, Mr. Kernan otiered he following as si substitute for the llepuhlican resolution declaring "that the decision of the L'ummi-sioii stand as the judgment of the Senate, the objections made thereto to the contrary notwithstanding Onhri.il, That the votes purporting to be the electoral votes for President and Vice-President, mid which were given by Win. P. Kcjlogg, J. II. I'urch, Peter Joseph, I.. A. Sheldon, MVrris Marl;--, A. It. I.evt-sc, II. Ilreivstcr and Oscar Jellroin, elaiuiing to be electors for the State of Louisiana, be iioi eouiited, the decision of the commission in i'h- contrary notwithstauding. Mr. Itayar I, of llclaware, said, as a iiicmher of the elceti.ral commission, he had given all that he could give of earnest study, patient labor and devotion to secure a just execution of the law under which lie had been appointed.? His labors and his cttorls had been crowned by failure. Deep was his sorrow and poignant was his disappoint incut, lie mourned his failure f>r his country's sake, for it seemed to him not only did this decision of the eight members of tlie commission level in the dust all the essential safeguards flu-own around the election of a chief magistrate, but it is announced to tlie people of this laud that truth and justice, honesty and morality, were no louger the central basis of their political power. Sherman's i - tlullon was adopted by a strict party vote of 11 to 1>. K-jX.. The following action of the Southern lKunuernts, aided by the trno Northern Democrats *T ( we-frMtErfncn mow mi mi nt than any action yot taken by ili.it b ? lv. It is practical aii'l strikes just where it wi'.l bo foil in. si by our political enemies. Wo sincerely hope those who have made the proposition will be sustaitie I. ami that the unscrupulous llepuh j licau- will \tv furcft to do justice to the South: A propositi in by ('apt. Kllis, iiiotobor of t'on?res.s from Louisiana, that appropriations be withheld until self-government to Louisiana an I i South Carolina was restored, was receive I with a storm of approbation. The Southern members of Congress, hacked j by numbers of Northern Democrats, seem in earnest in t his m ilter. The speakers in the rattens to-night range 1 thenisiiv s as follows: I'or resistance nut right, Ib'.ndall. Mills. Knott, MeMahmi, i'oppletou, Wailing, an 1 L ties, ef Keniueky. Submission. eiuitiugi'iit on the recognition of ilampioti and NieholN, llc| rc-cnlativcs bllN. Hooper and Springer. Against any action, Drown and Durhunt of Kentucky. Tho easM.'.j| way for a citi/.en of a place t " kill its prosperity is to purchase all his goods abroad, i and the easiest way to make people go abroad is 10 neglect to advertise at home. People who don't believe that advertising pays should not . complain if people, attracted liy ibe liberal ?dveiliseinents of merchants i i oilier places, go abroad t do trading. ? A The low.i of I'nion is a ease in joint. We lii\ not two col nuns of /> ;///?;/ advertisements in our colutiins tliis week; hut if wo were to throw- them all out we should either have to till their places with gratuitous advertisements of |iupcrs outside the State or incur a cash outlay i>f S1II per week to "set up'' new matter. Win. t- (b>vi:i;.\oit.?(hi the trial before the ; Supreme t.'oint, of the case involving the rjttcs- i lion of who is (iovcrtior, The t'l ief Justice in- I tiiiuite I that tho Senate had hecii iioiilh-d after tlie decision, and had acted in coiitcuij't of this t'ottrt in refusing to respond. M .. ? I - ! . .mi. > .nviivn-r comumcu mui 111 any event the pre-oiicc of I lie Senate w.ss nccc nry to a count of tlic loie, nii l tlull Mr. Hampton coiihl not Vie qualified until m??t-11 count amivi^g^kriiiioii. anil that up to that lime Mr. Cliatiilicrlain had I lie | right toll l.l over, given liiiu V?y the cotislitu- j I toll. Tlte < "lief Ju-{ici?ii.?!?c"l the pertinent question i whether si Semite or Mouse of l!rprcsentativcs h\ I refusing to come together could defeat the will if the poop'o? Mr. t"siveinicr repliel that lie miglit he cx ii: ed from .answer iug in view of the fact that it , lihd p.i//.! : I s>.i-ic d ii.e wi .-.-t in the national councils. ? a lisrirt:, Si.ow fat Si 1:1 \ New York dispatch reports the arrest of three of the seven drilled burglars who "cricked the Old Hank j it Northainplou, Mass., on the Morning of .Ism- . uiry - >, lsT'?. and carried olf S7-",(tttt.t of iinds. More or less, theexaet am >11 uC taken nev- ; r having hoen given to the pulilic. Tiie N iw \ ork dt tcctivcs captured at Soluri'ls estiiuriini, oil I niveisity place, on Wednesday smI, Hilly t'oiinors, a notorious cr;u ksniau, ivhoiu they po->ii iveh identify as one of thesev- I n famous Northampton hurglnrs. I'minors an I lis wife were living sumptuouslyat the restaurnid, i resit muMy oil the proceeds of their steal. I lie was brought up at trie nninn, ...i | oil led to await a requisition from flovernor . Ilice. Two of <'minors'* a legcd confederates, loin i t Sc ill and -I. I'. I in u!.i p, were captured it I'hilade1| !iia on Tuesday. O Yes. it is si farce ! Tin? second act lists jus | jegun. One more ? with the scene in Oregon? ; iud the performance will he over. That jolly i I'rencli hiirlesipie, "Trial hy Jury." is no great- | r farce than tUi.s pcrl'urnuince. so lar.as its re- | odi is concerned. Hut of this more anon.? i l.et u- only hoj e that we are mistaken in llio | 'Intruder of the play, as many play goers often | ire. It inav lie no faiee hot :k tr:e>edv \. i. }*y/7. SMI. - ? No ('orsTV ArruTou*.?Tlio Kingstrec Snr is oilhorizcd to say that floveruor Hampton will not appoint a County Auditor fur thi< or any 1 Mhcr county at piresftnt, an it is expected the 1 Dllicc will soon be abolished to save expense, ami ; I lie duties roii IcriT 1 on the County Treasurer. Patriots waiting foi this office to turn up and Call on their broad shoulders need no longerstop the plough. They w ill not be sacrificed on their country's altar.? //-Try Xuct. Ml..h i V <)\. Ft; i\in.? Ohl Sigh" is of the pinion that Hayes is 'lectcd, in ' tharl'orc he lint a<l/:u ily curtain w het tier lie is a Hiuiocrai ur'publican ! lie thinks, maybe, lie would be i publican if they woulda| pint him postmaster! He d .ii I want ter be revenue olli.'or right now. It's a little ilangersoiiic! lie don't ptreisely know whether lie voted for Hampton and Hayes or not, but thinks it more nor likely lie did it , Hampton is (Snvuer and H aves i- I'ruideiit. V - *# 4 Summing u( Louisiana. Au liut :!? ;>??? ; that so ctonstous a wrong should >e a.tempted as to reeugtiiro these jifissns (thu eturmtig board) iu having lawful nnd rightful iiiihortiv t? rule over l.ousianu, even then the 'ouiiuigMvtii will nvt, tlie Di'iiiutrutcs U'lioi*, , vmi!re i?i justify and accept (lie uniawlul itml taudulcut acts by which i! v returning bourl mused (<? di?ap| vac from (lie poll lists a majorty of leu thousand cast for Me. liidcn, uu<l to tubsltlulc in its place u pielcnded majority of cveial thousand lor .Mr. Hayes. They cannot oucit I lie proceedings ul the board any* where ivitlioiu coming upon wro g or upon violation of lie estate law, under which it is bound loact. If [cstiuioiiy is admitted will be shown that the liotird had no authority under the law to count ihe pKlectornl vole; that its lour llepublican member , refused, in viwhtl ion < 11 lie law, to admit jveit a single Dcmociaiie member; that thev offered the vote of the Stale lor sale; that they threw out votes in violation of law ; that they uroetiied fraudulent certificates et iiitunidation to be made at New Orleans, whereas the law expressly provides that certificates must be made it the place of voting and within twenty-four hours alter the election. They will he shown ihat, without such unlawful and fraudulent protests, the vote of the Sta.e must have been given to the Tildeti Kleetors, and if they should venture still deeper into these mat.cis they would discover in the very preparations lor the election by* the Kellogg usurpers lite clearest violations of right and law?ptoperly* registered < voters erased from the registry and their pro- a tests teltiseda hearing ; fiaiululcnt legist rat ions j protected where they favored the nsin pet s ; the ollicers charged with the registration of voters and the election ollicers throughout the State either themselves candidates for re-election or holding places tinder Kellogg, and in numerous instances not residents ot the parishes where they were sent to supervise the registration and election. Thus they would find Hal n, Stu e rcgistar, si candidate for the Legislature; eight supervisors of elections in New Ortatti&Customhouse ollicets ; the supervisor for Ouachita a collector of internal revenue: the supervisor for Claiborne I'ari.-h a clerk iu the New Orleans l'ostotlice, and not resident in the parish; the supervisor for .st. Tammany a resident of New Ot leans; the supervisor for Madison a resident of Alabama, under indictment in New Orleans for burglary; the supervisor for Last Hat on Kongo lately a member of the Mississippi l.egislainto, and before Hint n resident of New tit/ leans, and so on to the end of the chanter.? Having been shown all these things can ilie electoral ('ommissioti hone-tly decide to* give * the vale of Louisiana lo the Ilepublican ennflidates? W e await wiili deep solicitude the answer of the Cnmmmission to this vevy importaut question.?.V. J", //inil'f. .?. Tut: Qt'i:stion Ski i ?There lias been a controversy between the Charleston Journal of I'uiimo/v, Columbia HryirXcr, (ireenville *\'cus and I'nion 77/mv. as to whom the credit ul'origilulling the struiglitout inovetnent in this State belongs. I nch journal daius it. but the Charleston .\Vus ami Cnuriir, constituting itself a. Returning p,o rd, threw tin in all ouPatid counted in the Anderson Inirllii/inrrr and the Fdgcfield A'h'>rti.ni r. We intended lo asl; for a rerun vass, feeling assured that when Pickens was heard ft mil the SrutiH'l would eoiiic in ahead of the Journal of / < ? , /?< </' -.'' ? and tireenville N?? .*, on the grounds of seniority, sis the Sai[iiol was established before either of tlieni. and did absolutely refuse to endoi.-c lite candidacy of either Tondinson and tirccn and contended all the while lor a straight-out tictet. As to the tnlchi/i n't r, '/'lines ami A drrr!>*rr, we did not know how to get over them unless we alleged fraud and iutitiiidiition. Hut the W innlo.ro .Y< ? < iiiiJ l/rrn/tl has settled the quest ion and relieved us of, perhaps, a long and exeiting contest.? The Ail/.* and Humid says that to I'M ward P. Stokes, of (Jreetivil/e, and W iliis Goodo, Colored, * of Pair field, O'Connor lleiuocruls, belong the honor. We throw up the sponge and retire from the Held chagrined and demoralised.? t'icl.ins Sniliurl. Well, gentleman, we arc glad tin* vexed question ' is settled without resorting to a Commission. The seif-e.'iistiiutc l Returning Hoard was altogether too j artisan to give a decision that would satisfy the people, therefore^ we accept the decision of the W'iunsboro .Yrict mid Ilrrahl, particularly its it awards the honor to a Stokes. Unlike our neighbor of the Pickens Scn/tml, wo arc neither chagrituM iiov dcmnralixed. li is not s<? mueh the men who originated tho straight-onl policy a* those who so manfully acet pled and worked for its success, who are entitled to praise. We are perfect fuly willing that I iic honor shall be cquiia'ily divided between the people who voted for tl e Mampto'n ticket und the Ldilors in tiie Scute who daily and weekly labored to encourage ami convince tho people. I.et us have peace, any how. . -?. Gooddbyo Chamberlain. W vstiiMt'i'iix, Feb. I'd.?The New Yolk Tribune publishes an interview with Grmt regard ing South Carolina. The President is made to say: lit South Carolina the contest has assumed such a phase that the whole artuy of the I oiled Stales would be inadequate to enforce the authority of Governor t humberiaiii. Tito people of that State have resj'ved not to resort to .UIVIII.V, win nil v v ll'liil'IVM a lilt.UC l.( I 'C'SIStUliCC mi.el) more formidable arid effective llian armed * . , demonstration; they liavc refused to pay their State taxes to (inv. Chamberlain, and it would lie useless to sell out their property as no one would buy it. I'nless (jov. Chiunberlain could compel the collection of taxes, it would be utterly useless for him to expect to maintain bis antliorily for titty length of time. This state cf affairs must inevitably result in I be abandon* nienl of all cllorl by liov. Chamberlain to maintain himself in th^ exercise of the gwbernalorial fuiiciioiis of the State ol South Carolina.? Teli'i/nrj'/i I" (h feuvtllr .Xrtrs. That is all very good on paper, but it is ho sccurity for the future opinion or action of Grant. It may not sui: Morton, Garfield, Cameron et id umur i/tlitis ; if so, Grant will have to change front. ? I.m' fiiK Hi YKii lij w uti:.?The Philadelphia Ittdycr has the following which is of gieut import.nice to the commercial publ.c: "The recent decision by the Supretne Court of this Stale, wherein it declared that a sale of goods by sample was not a warranty, is attracting great attention in other States. This decision t'rafefeVlJIs 'nu'I'otl*icra'' l/anVf>fbATi'li also compels the buyer to exercise-more care than lias hitberlo been the rule. The case is that of IJoyd .v Co. vs. Wilson ik Stewart, and* the decision vitally allects the trade of New York and Hait i more houses w ho send out 'commercial travelers.' The buyer and sclley in these transact ions must have a distinct understanding as to whether the merehandiso is to corrcsp* ml to the sample, not hi tig must lie tnkeir for grunted ; I lie sum pie, when no agreement is made. only regulates the 'kind' sti <1 not ilie i|iiiiliiy' of (lie goods ; and so long us I lie goyds delivered r.rc u merchantable article of the sumo kind its lho sample, there is ii<> breach of warranty or actionable variation front the contact." * r.AitrocK At .us. ? N i.w VottK, February 1">.? The >iin litis morning publishes a dispatch front Washington, alleging that (icncrul llobcek is believe,I to be a defaulter to the government to the fit in of over ^bOlt.tHKh It charges that I bibcock'ti aeconnts as engineer in charge of public buildings and grounds bad for soute lime been suspected of crookeilness, and that a committee w of the House investigated his atl'airs, at.'l, on c\iiniin<iiiuii 111 iii* iiccniiiii*, nris iiceis it'll lo ihe Conclusion dial Itiilifufk failoci in account lor bun ilrt'ils of tlioiismi Is of ilullars a|>|>i-o|>rinlo>l by Conjrrcss nil I placoil in lii* lian<!s for xpcinlii m c?. It nl? > clinr<ros Ibal many of tlie* vouchors ronib roil for oxpeiiiliiurcs arc suspicious. Tho Sun also publishes a sinioim iil of tho appropriations ami oxpcinliliiros of llaboork's department for tho past c four years, showing appri piialioiis ainouniinjr to 1.I'll* t 17,n'.', an I voiit'liovs roniloro I lor SlbT.-J .i?, Icaiiiii' unm emintrJ for,