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GAMES. ?ii ci lures to Southern Democrat?-Seu ator Lamar to be tendered a Seat lu thc Labluet. Cin?nn<iii Ctrmymdtnee lo thc Kev Yirlt Herald. CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 3, 1876. Tin1 Enquire,' published yesterday a despatch from Columbus giving, nt some length, a rather curioua story about some impressions of Governor Huyes in rela tion to hi? policy if he should become President. Thc story Ima not attracted much attention or beiiei' here becuuso of the quarter in which it appears, und bc cause, also, of certain details which arc incorrectly stated. I am in position to give you a correct mid accurate account of the whole matter, which was intended by Governor Hayes and his friends to be "kept secret. As it hu? leaked out through somebody's indis cretion, some ot inc friends of tl? Gov ernor now think it best to make the cor rect story public. THE CORRECT STORY. Tho Governor has never Leen in sym pathy with those Republicans who pressed the .Southern issue, and he baa no sympa thy at all with tuc carpet-baggers and adventurers like Governor Chamberlain jn South Carolina or Governor Kellogg in Louisiana. He lias waited impatient Iv for an opportunity to let honest South ern men know his real views, and assure them that thnv need'not foar, if he should become President, that thc abuses in thc South, which general Grant has tolerated and encouraged, would be continued. MU. LAMAR DECLINES. After consultation with two or three of thc safest advisers,- Jio conclcded that it would be well to seo and confer with Mr. Lamar, of Mississippi, and that gentleman was written to by Mr. Halsted according ly, and asked to stop in Cincinnati for a conversation on his way to Washington. When he got there Mr. Halsted informed him of Governor Hayes' desire to consult with him. Mr. Lamar was nt first in clined to go to Columbus from herc and meet Gov. Hayes, but on consideration thought such a meeting nt this time un wise, as possibly committing both him and thc Governor to matters which al tered circumstances might make incon venient. He said that he did not nt this time wish to see Governor Hayes' hand, nor was he prepared, nor did he feel the time had come, to talk over Southern questions with him. He therefore de clined in a courteous note, and went on his way hence to Washington. TUB GOVERNOR'S PROGRAMME. Colonel Roberts, who is, I believe, managing, editor of the New Orleans Tima, and. a gentleman of ability and reputation, was thereupon asked to go and see Governor Hayes, with a view to get at the Governor s ideas, au as to be able to communicate them to Mr. Lamar; Col. Huberts went from here to Columbus by appointment cf Governor Kaye*, hud had a long conference with him; nt thc Governor's house, and Governor Hayer explained to him very frankly his politi ct! programme. . The conference wai private, of course, and was intended tc du kept so, but as au incorrect story bas got out, it is now thought best by th? friends of Governor Hayes to let thc public know precisely what w'as sahl. Il should be premised that thc Governor ii very well informed. on Southern affairs has" mude them a study, baa friends ir some Southern States, and did not neel info?niation from Col, Roberts. WHAT GOVERNOR HAYES SAID. He said to Mr. Roberts that he w?shci Mr. Lamar and also General Hamptot and other Southern men like them t< knuw and to be assured that he bclievet himself fairly elected to the Presidency tbathe meant to be President, and to h< his own man and have his own policy that no p.^Bon whs had been prominent ly concerned in the administration o t?oiicnil Grant, whether in Washington nr elsewhere, should have a'ny office o power under his administration! H thought reform absolutely necessary, am Impossible except by calling in new mei ind dropping the men now in power an pince. About this he spoke, as it I known he feel?, very positively. HAYES' SOUTHERN POLICY. As to thc South ibo Governor?aid thu ht desired to consult wIlhvBUcn men a Limar and General Hampton ; that li thought Hampton had acted a noble pai in recent events in South Carolina, fe which thc country owed him thanks that if he became President he shouj wish to call Mr. Lamar into his Cabine and should not ask bini, in that, event, I abandon his present political relation! that he meant to frame his Souther policy on the advice of these two genth men ; to make the Federal nppointmen in the Southern States upon their, recoil mendations, and entirely of 8outhei men, considering thia- the 1 only propi disposition of, these offices. He sai fraiikTy.'fli?itcftrp?t?Difg government hi not been successful; that; the. complain of the Southern people were justin th mutter; that he should require absolu justice and fail play to the negro, b that he was convinced this could be g best and most ourely by trusting thc ho arable and influential Southern whit< and putting the responsibility on them maintaining peace and punishing outr g*. SYMPATHY WITH HAMPTON. He expressed his strong oympathv wi Hampton ju South, Carpliija, au'd I opinion that* the 'President1 lind' net down there in a very ill-advised mann Finally, Governor Hayes said that ?ion ns the electoral vote was declaw and hm election thus publicly assur< "e jruhed to have a private conferee ?otb. Colonel Lamar and General Ham ton, and would fake measures lo tl end, believing that then they could i no obieetinn? lor its object the good of their own BI hon and the harmonizing of differein which had gone so far. that recoiicilinti was Absolutely necessary for the good the whole country. This is a true" account of what G Hayes said. Ii: comes from a sou thoroughly informed, and it prese what those who know Governor Ha; intimately have known to he his views to the necessities of a public policy wi ?e becomes President.; ' WHAT Mn. ROHERT? SAYS. . WASHINGTON, bee. 3,187C Concerning his reported interview w Governor Hflyt^.MrilRoi^U/'lwho "ve., m Washington last night and u?cldedly reticent, spoke as follows : . "On my way fron? Cincinnati to Wn ?ngton I stopped at Columbus to see fl Hayes. I wns there not accredited anybody but for the New Orleans Tit 1 had n letter of introduction from "?lated, of the Cinci:innti Cbnunrn ?M one from J. R. Stevenson. I ha r<?nvcr*ation r ith Mr. Hayes, of s< Jroor three boura' duration, perhapi ?ne house of General Comly. We tal !.4ln.e ??uli?prn situation very fro .expressed some regret-that l'auff?afio? of tifo South hnd.poti] ?onjj)lete4.auo! thc whole question settled. I had un authority from General Hamp ton or Mr. Lamar to make any proposi tion looking to n compromise, nor did I state that I had any authority. Ila asked me no questions about that nt all. He ipoke favorably and very pleasantly of Mr, Lamar. Ho said that Gen. Hamp ton's course during tho canvass had been a conservative one. Touching the matter of tho last election and the Presidential question he said nothing." A PI,AH TO CAUSE THE ftOUTHEBX DEMO CRATS TO ACQUIESCE IN HIS ELECTION. F.<m flit Cincinnati Enouinr, Dtet mtrr J. COLUMBUS O., Dec. 1. Governor Hayes has made c. new move in thc Presidential game, and has made overtures through Stanley Matthews, Job E. Stevenson, Jiu rat Heisted, Dick Smith and other of his int?mate'friends, to prominent Southerneru to induce them, and through them their section, to acqui esce peaceably in his election, ?nd to give his administration their beauty sup port. Thia movement has boen on foot for several days, but in reality only as sumed definite shape in this city to-day, when Col. W. H. Robert?, of the New Orleans Tima, met him with a view to arranging, if possible, the terms of the settlement, ft had been the original plan to have General Lamar, of Missis sippi, meet Governor Haves, but upon that gentleman reaching Cincinnati and confering with Hal ted, he thought it best to give Colonel Roberta a letter to Hayes explaining bia views on the situa tion, aud authorizing him to act in his behalf. It appears that the Southern men bave been assured that it is thc de sign and intention of Hayes to cut loose from the carpet-baggers and scallawag Republicans of the South, and also the Grant element of tho party in thc North, and to rally around him the support ot the liberal, conservative and democratic element in the South. Colonel Roberts brought letters from Job E. Stevenson to Hayes and W. H. Groesbcck from New Orleans, and was also strongly indorsed by other Republicans ia the South. Stanley Matthew?, Habited and others met in conference in Cincinnati on thanksgiving day, and the result of theil cogitation was a despatch from Matthews to Hayes, telling him that^ in view ol certain contingencies, it would bc ex tremely desirable for the Governor tc conciliate the conservative and liberal democratic clement of the South by of fering it power, place and emolumenta in return for ita support. Hoisted also fur nished Roberts with a letter to Haves, indorsing him highly and commending Iiis mission to his earnest attention. This morning Colonel Roberts arrived liere and was met at the Neil House bj General Comly, who took him to act Governor Hayes. The trio dined at Gen Domly'a house, and had a three hours :onference together. Hayes talked verj freely, and informed Colonel Robert: that he had made up his mind to eui loose entirely from the Grantitsm of th? Republican party and thc carpet-bagger ina scaitawagri with winch it i? infested md look for bis support to thc bette :lass and more patriotic of its member ind to thc conservative and liberal dem sciatic masses. He clearly indicate? that he had no sympathy with the Kel loggs or Chamberlains of the South, am lirectly stated that he thought it wouh l)e for the interest of South Carolina am Louiaiaua and the whole country i Hampton was declared Governor of th former State, and Nicholls, of Louisiana He declared that he was perfectly wi Hi m to d;vide the* official patronage of thi Southern States among thc conservatio Republicans and liberal Democrats, am looked to them for that hearty suppor that all hone-it men should be willing tx iccord to any honest administration. After this expression of sentiment b the Governor, the following plan of ope rations was agreed upon : Col. Robert wilt start for Washington to-night, an upon his arrival there he will lay th matter before General Lamar and a eau ;us of the Southern members of Congres: who will take tho matter into considera lion. Then Lamar and General Wad Hampton will come to Ohio and visi Governor Hayes in person, and definite! arrange the terms of the agreement. 1 la thought that there will be but littl : rouble in carrying this arrangement int effect, for the Northern Republicans wi be so eager to get their own norainatior confirmed hy the Senate that they wi force that body into acquiescing into th confirmation of tho Southern conservi lives and liberal democrats. The Soutl ern people, it is believed, can be entirel controlled by Lamar and Hampton, i th uv will see that, as they cannot hai Tilden for President, the next best thin for them to do is to make terms wit Hayes that will enable them to rid then themselves of the carpet-baggers, ar placo' the control of their State goren m en ts in their own hands. Willi am fl Corry and Theodore Cook, of your cit accompanied General Lamar to Wast hinton in the intercut of thia plan, at many other prominent dem?crata a understood tobe in sympathy with it. TABLE ETIQUETTE.-See that tho about you are helped before you coi monee eating yourself. Do not eat soup from the tip, but tl side of the spoon. On passing your plate to bo repleuis cd, retain the knife and fork. Wipo the mouth before drinking. Remove the teaspoon from the cup I fore drinking tea or coffee. Use the knifo only in cutting the foo do not raise it to the month. Eat slowly, az eating rapidly is u healthy. If you find anything unpleasant your food avoid calling the attention others to it. Close--tho lips when chowing yo food... . . v " . , . - Kceji "your elbows off the Ubd>s< ways. fm not sneak with food in your mon When asked to help your neighbor, not shove, but hand the plate to him. Do not turn your head and stare abi thc room. If any one at thc table makes a rr take, take the least possible notice of .f- Ministem will have tbeJr little jo like oth?? people. ' <'Conie over t preach for mc to-night," said a Cbict divine to a clerical friend whom he i on Abe ed reef not' ninny days einten can't to-night,"" wis ?e reply ; "I'm moat down sick with a headache.' "Well," drolly observed the other, guess you eau do it, for if you preach you usually do, you won't have to your_head any!" Then they b laughed, and pinched each o'her in ribs, and said it was a good ?M?e, just heartily as though they had been worst kind of sinners all their lives. - Wnr?itffl The man who enter? newspaper ofuc* t?hd asked with a co dentin! air and persuasive smile, ''Ju lng from your latest advices, who do think is elected ?" hits not been seen sii - "Send me a kiss in a letter," is till? ?if a pew song. It is ta he folio by "Send tn? a Boaring, Old-Fashioi cWt-Splihmg- Hug by Tcjcgrapb you-plcaSc." j? ' . *?. Governor Soyaonr Speaks. At a meeting of tho Electoral College, , of New York-, Ex-Governor Horatio Sey mour waa elected to preside, and, apon assuming tbe chair, made the following able a nu exhaustive address: , The grave duty of giving in behalf of this great State Its votes for the men its citizens \vi.:h to place in tho high office of President and Vice President of these United States, has impressed itself upon the mind of each elector. We feel still more the importance of our action as this centennial year recalls the first acta la the struggle which mad? ne a free pcoplo and the events which led to the forma tion of our Union and the adoption of ito constitution. Our action at thia time I? one of the transactions necessary to the life of our government; one without which it would fall into anarchy and ruin. This day also reminds us nf tho growth of Now York. We represent more millions of people than lived in our country when our fathers fought the bat tles sf thc revolution, or fumed thu gov ernment of our Union. The ceremonies of the year have excited a pride in our country, it? history and ii? government. Du; none of these beve lilied our minds with such a deep s^nsc of thc diguity of American citizenship as the political ac tion of thc last month. Upon a given day more than 8,000,000 of men, moving simultaneously in all pails of this vast country, went to the bal.'ot boxes, and gave tuc votes which told their will as to the men who should fill the highest offices in our government. When a ma jority of more than 300,000. represented by the proper number of electoral votes, declared their choice, r.tl strife ceased and all cheerfully yielded to the will of thc pcoplv. Business began to resume its nctivity, public confidence grew still more strong as we thus happily rounded out thc century of our existence as a peo f>le. By this grand exhibition of this anltleas working of the mechanism of our government we proudly challenged the admiration of the world. A GRAVE PROBLEM. We find ourselves confronted at the beginning of the second century of our political existence with problems as grave aa those which faced our fathers at the outset of our government. Have we their wisdom, patriotism and virtue? This is a great crisis in our public afTairs. Upon the conduct of our people the world will decide with regard to the character of American citizens and American patriotism. The events of this day will be recited through the centuries. We are making a chapter in history, which will teach either good or evil to those who will come after us. If we have the patriotism to rise above party interests and pardons and to do what .honesty demande, wc shall lift our people to a higher point in the eyes of the world and in our own re gard than we have ever yet reached. If we fail, when the lessons of this cen tennial year should teach us virtue ; whet the vaned in tc res to of labor, of arta, ol commerce ind of espita! all urge ss to ! line of conduct which will inspire th? world with confidence and ourselves witl the highest sentiments of honor, thci our failure will be a long step towan national decay and degradation. TUE OFFICE-HOLDER'S CAMPAIGN. There is a darker phase of the last elco tion. Thc . administration sent cut i Cabinet officer to take charge of tho can vasa on behalf of the Republican party His very position at thc head of its man aging committee made a foi ced loan upoi nearly 100,000 official dependents. I proclaimed to them in louder tones thai vrords, "Yon must work. You must vote You must pay to aid the election of ? candidate who declares himself in favo of civil service reform." It told then that if, believing and acting upon his as ouranee, they followed their own convie lions and voted for his opponents, tho would be punished by the loss of thei positions. They were forced in thousand of cases to submit to extortion with amil ing faces, but with heavy hearts. I a like intimidation had been used ia Southern State it would have been seize upon by the administration as a reaso for declaring martial law, for arrcstin and imprisoning every BUS pee ted citite' It is duo to tho best class of tb'- leadt and journals of tho Republican party t say that they prof- Ucd~ against thia indi cency. But such acts did not stop wit eajre itnpjreprieUeaj They ripened into violation of the spirit of tbe law. In il resolutions, journals, and in ita speechfc that party has declared its detestation < such abusen and ita purposes to rofon them. At the iast session of Congress made ita crime, punist?.??!* with ?uiprii onment and deprivation of>:!;>e, to lei assessments upon office-holders for poli leal purposes. It limited the punial men ta to one class of official?, becaua under the constitution, thosr buldir their positions by thc appointment of tl President and Senate could not constiti tionally be removed from their offices I such an enactment. But it ia a high moral offence in higher officials, punish ble by the more impressive procesa of ir peachment. Hore no technical difficti ties can hinder' the punishment of th crime against political morale or publ welfare. No one doubts or. denies th such assessments were made with tl i knowledge and consent of the committc THE GRAVITY OF THE OFFENCE is made more gross by the fact tliat the last session of Congres J, when it w proposed to reduce thc- pay'bf officials, order to relieve the Industry of the coo try from the burden ot taxation, it tv resisted by the Republicans Upon t j ground that this could not be done wit out iniurjr to the public service. Yet ? see a National Republican Committee : dueing their pay by assessments for pi tisan purposes, ana diverting thc mon paid to them from the public Treasury enable them to serve tho people faithf ly, and thus, as declared by the solei action of Congress, disabling them fn doing their duty to the Republic. Ab? these facts there is rio dispute. The pi lie mind is agitated by conflicting stn menta with-regard to thc conduct of I Republican canvassing officers in the mote Southern 'States. Po not the a of the heads of the org i-ritation, d< under our own eyes, throw light U[ those disputed points? If morals w violated ut the fountain head in North were they respected by men worse than doubtful character at South? These men, by their call u? thc general administration for its uni fotces, proclaimed to the world their pendence upon its power and their sei tude to its wishes. The head of the publican committee held the double p tion of a Cabinet Minister advising i directing the action of government i at the same time managing the) machin of a party l Thus, at an exciting eleci the government of the Union op? allied itself with a party, gave lt a no ol' coercion over its officials, in viola of the spirit of the laws against INTIMIDATION AND BRIBERY. It did just what it charges ?gain?* people of the South. What leasoni law and morals and of duty did ? I cxuniplc teach these dependent offii . In JL?AOsiaoaf<. "Tut^ouptipua ? J pr^^toj?^W?; Upotj. tho !]?&?.', consciences of every honest mari. Until we ponder well upon wfea; we know of tho canvass at tho North, we carnot judge wisely ttiih regard, to ita character, at tno South. Were mcii of bad reputa tion,' acting under the influences nf in terest and passion, tempted to violate duty and. morals by thc example of a committee beaded by a Cabinet officer? If we can conscientiously say the conduct of the committeo was right, wc can then go on and investigate thc conduct of offi cials at the South. If we sec that it was wrong we need look no further. AN APPEAL TO HU8INB?8 M KN. Rising above all party consideration, we appeal to the men of business, of labor and of capital to assert their rights at this time, to admonish their leaders not to go too far in tra m pli og under foot rights that are vital io the security of in dustry and of property. Such men can, if they will, by clear expressions of their opinions in way? customary in tho usages of our people, settle this question in ac cordance with right, lt is not a subject which belongs alone to those who are actively engaged in political affairs. !t is a great American queatiou, which con cerns, every citizeu and every heme. They can make a grand exhibition of the genius of our government and of tho power of its citizens by a calm rebuke to frenzied rulers. Even those who despe rately seek to hide the records of past misconduct from thc knowledge of our people will quail before an aroused pub lic. I have not uttered one word of re proach to thc Republican candidates for the offices of President aud Vice Presi dent. I have too rauch respect for the characters of Messrs. Hayes and Wheeler to think that they wish to bo put at the head of ibis Union against the declared wishes of a majority of thc American Ecopie. 1 do not doubt that if this is tu e done by men in Louisiana, of whom they think as ill' aa we do, that they would feel that the highest o Hies of State would be for them not positions of honor and dignity, but political pillories, in Which they would stand to be pointed at, now and hereafter, as the representa tives of a foul fraud. ONE TH1NO ALI. MEN SEE. The Republican party cannot decide its own case in its own favor agaiust thc majority of the American people, upon the certificate of branded men in Louisi ana without making the body of our citi zens and the world at large feel that it is a corrupt and partisan decision. Such judgment wil' not only destroy our honor and credit for thc day, but will be a pre cedent for wrong-doing in thc future. We cannot have Mexican politics with out >te*>???n ?as'ucea and Mexican dis orders. Tho business men in all civilized countries haye been taught by recent bankruptcies and dinordera in* govern ments mado unstable by agitations to bc watchful aud distrustful when they see the slightest de nation from political honor, without which there can he no financial honor. On thc other hand, let the party now in power viold to the pop mar wis:, c;cmr,nc; mmcn lamm io ac cordance with , the constitution, bow to the majesty of the law, and then every citizen will feel a renewed confidence in our institutinus and the whole world will hold us in higher respect and honor. A Short Talk with Governor TboN. \. Hendricks-Ills Earnest Counsel to All Good Citizens. Governor Hendricks arrived in this city Thursday, and will return home to day. During his short stay in New York be ha? called once on Gov. Tilden, and will probably see him again to-day before taking bis departure. Governor Hen dricks, received many callers at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and everybody who con versed with him nnxiously asked his opinion as to the present crisis. In his replies tho governor w?s coo!, deliberate and uuimpassiunate. THE BITITATION IN THE SOUTH. "I think," said he, in answer to an in quiry by the writer, "that it is of great importance that all Democrats and good citizens generally should keep perfectly cool and preserve their temper till the crisis is over. They should endeavor by' means perfectly peaceable to seo that tho votes in Louisiana and Florida are fairly and honestly counted, and if the vetes afe honestly counted there can ha no doubt ss tc the result." "Arc you convinced that the States of Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina cast the majority of their votes for the Democratic electoral ticket?" "I have no' kind of doubt that the Democrats carried Louisianna by a large majority. They also carried Florida by a smaller majority. As to. South, Caro lina, the reporta' that I have seen from there in regard to thc ?lectoral ticket have been so contradictory as tb be con fusing." How ii j "Do you think there will ho an honest canvass of the votes tit New Orleans?" "^Th? eyes of the4 whole nation are nt present fixed on the Louisiana Returning Board, and. I ca? not see ! how lt will bc nossiblo for the men composing that board to perpetrate a fraud under such scrutiny. They would doubtlctB'gi ve the 3tate to tho Republicans"!f they could, but I don't think they will have the bold ness to perpetrate such a fraud under the circumstances." "And Florida?" "I think the canvassers tn Florida h?ve also about made up their minds to net squarely, and that thc State will ultimate ly be given to the Democrat?,'as it cer tainly should be." "Do you not think that- thc Republi cans throughout the country aro still bringing a great pressura to bear upon thc canvassers in the State ?" "Undoubtedly. And what makes it woree, the Republican leaders promised that State with so much confidence to Mr. Hayes in the beginning that now the Republicans claim it, ( and their friends down there will do everything in their power tp fulfill their promise. But when the voies are countca the proceed ings of tho canvassers will bc scrutinized clo -ely, and I think it probable that they will bc obliged to give up any. intention to perpetrate a fraud, and that thc State will bc declared as having gone fur thc Democratic ticket" 18 THERE DANOEIt AHEAD? "Do you think there are any signs of danger to the peuce of the country in the present prospect?" "I t.ee no cause for any disturbance of the peace at present, but in case certain men are determined to subvert what the will of the people of the nation has de creed, any one can ace that there would bc a possibility of the country having to confront a situation of affairs which must be very hazanious." "What would -be your advice to the people under the present circumstances ?" "What I sincerely wish to see thc peo ple do is to keep perfectly cool and tem perate. We must show the people what the tr:e state of affairs is, ann if trie Democracy is cheated the people must be made aware of tho swindle. That being c'.one. the people would probably decide that justice should be done, and that tho will of the nation, a? expressed at tho polk, ahbiild Sa obeyed .without further 4t^?fte^ow|t?^?r^ ? ? ? - . fl fl THE TALK \VJTH GOVERNOR TILDEN. "Havo you any objections to saying what? thc tenor ,qf youl conversation with Governor Tilden waa, so far, ?a relates to thc political situation ?" . "babouin1 have no objections if I did not think Unit nt thc present moment we should all bc very guarded iu our expres sions, and especially when we speak through the press. For my own part my counsel ls to all my Monda to thoroughly retain their self-possession. All good citizens of both parties should wish to sec justice done, and I believe thp.t if it is clearly proven to thc poop!? that the ma jority of the electoral votes should be cast for Mr. Tilden, the jrreat mass of the people of thc Union will acquiesce in thc true verdict, just thc same as I should expect them to do if it bsd gone thc other way."-Arv York World. BRAZEN IMPUDENCE. Chamberlains Pretended Inaugural Address. Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Rep resentatives : I accept the office to which, by the \; ice of a majority of the people ol' this State, I have u second time been called, with a full knowledge of the grave re sponsibilities and difficulties by which it ?3 now attended. No considerations, ex cept thc clearest convictions of duty, would be sufficient to induce me to accept this great trust under the circumstances] which now surround us. I reg n jd tho present hour in SouthCatolina as u crisis at which no patriotic citizen should shrink from any post to which public duty may call him. In my ?ober judg r>cnt our present strugglu is iu defence of the foundations of our government and institutions. If wc fail now,, our govern ment-the government of South Carolina -will no longer rest on the consent of the governed, expressed by a free vote of n majority of our people. If our oppo nents triumph-I caro not under what guise of legal forms-wc shall witness the overthrow of freo government in our State. My chief personnl anxiety, is that I may have thc firmness and wisdom lo act in a manner worthy of the great interests so largely committed to my keeping. My chief public caro ? all he to contrib ute my utmost efforts to defend the rights, to guard thc peace and to promote the welfare of all thc people of our State. The constant occupation of my time with other duties which I could not post pone, has prevented me from preparing the usual statements and recommenda tions respecting our public affairs. At the earliest practicable day I will dis cbarge this duty. Our greatest interest, our most commanding duty now, is lo stand firmly, each in his appointed place, against the aggressions ami allurements of our political opponents. Our position up to the preseut time, has been within the clear limits of our constitution and lawn, Nothing but the cowardice or weakness or treachery of ouror.-:: friends, can rob us of thc victory. 1 otate what facts show, what overwhelming evidence proves, when I say that if we yield now, we shall witness the consummation of a deliberate and cruel conspiracy on tho part of the Democratic party of this State U>'Overcome by brute force the political will of a majority of twenty thousand of the lawful voters of this Slate. I' have mourned over public abuses which have heretofore arisen here. I have, nccording to thc measure of my ability, labored to make thc conduct of our public uifairs honest and honorable. Dut I stand appalled at the crimes against freedom, uguinsl public order, against good government, nay, against fovernment itself, which our recent po kies) experience here has presented. And I am the more appalled when I see the north, that portion nf our country which is secure in its freedom und civil order, and thegrent political party which has controlled tho Republic for sixteen yearn, divided in its sympathies and judg ment upon such questions. It is written in blood on the pages of our recent na tional history, that no government can rest with safely upon the enforced slavery or degradation of n race. In the full blase ofthat great exam plc of retributive justice which swept away half H million ?f the;best lives of our country we see the American people divided by party lines upon the question of tho disfranchise ment and degradation of tbe same race 1 whose physical freedom was purchased at such a cost.- And, what is more aston lobing, still, there ave Republicans who permit the errors which nave attended the ?rd efforts of this race in self-govern ment to chill their sympathies to such an estent that they stand coldly by and practically say that the peace of political servitude is better than the abuses and disquiet which ' newly acquired freedom has brought; I denounce the conduct of the recent election, on the part of our political op ponent* in this State, us a vast brutal ouirage. Fraud, proscription, Intimida tion m nil flinns, violence, ranging ' through all its degrees, up to wanton murder, were?its effective methods. Tho circumstances under,which we have as sembled to-day show us how nenrly suc cessful has been this great conspiracy. It is for us, in tho face of all dangers, in thc face of false or timid friends, in the fuco of open enemies, to show that we understand the cause in which we arc en gaged, and that no earthly sacrifice is too great to secure its triumph... The geullemuu who wa? my opponent . for this office in the lat-a election, has re cently declared, as I nm credibly in formed that he holds not only the pence of this city and State, but my life, in his hand. I do not doubt the truth of his statement. Neither the public penco nor the life of any mun who now opposes the consummation of this policy fraud mid violence is safe from the assaults of those who have enforced that policy. My life CD.:? easily bc tsken. I h RVS held it, in tho judgment of all my friends here, by a frail tenure for the last three months. Dut there is one thing no mun in South Carolina can do, however pow erful or desperate ho may be, and that is to cause me to abate my hatred or cease my most vigorous resistance to this at tempted overthrow and enslavement'of a majority of the |>eople of Sou li Carolina. "Here I stand ; 1 oin do no otherwise ; God be my helper," Wife and children, nearer to mc than "are thc ruddy drops that visit my sad heart"-all other con siderations, must give way be f ire the sol emn duly to resist th? li nul success ofthat monstrous outrage, under whose bl ick shadow we are assembled to day. - In London, a Jew has beth charged with the murder of a Jew. It is said that this is the first time such a thing has happened, and that the last Jew bunged in England was bunged two hundred years ago for forgery. - " What is heaven's best gilt to mun ?" asked a young lady on Sunday night, smiling sweetly on a pleasant-looking clerk. "A horse," replied the young man, with great prudence. - One of tnc.reason* tlmt n side-.utrhllo : rambles.a four-quart jug lo hecauJO it, koJd^ggatl-o?r t: i L'2i :'' A TEH HI ULK TRAGEDY. Hurtling ol' tuc Hrooklyn Theatre Over Two Hundred S.tves Lrcat. . By Teteymph to the Newt and Courier. BROOKLYN, December 6. A fire broke out last night on the stage of tho Brooklyn Theatre during the per formance of "The Two Orphans." afr. Studley, who played the patt of Jacques, made an effort to calm tho excited au dience. Ho ?tepped to the font-lights and said : "Thcre is no trouble here, there in no fire ; Indies and gentlemen, keep your seats." Many persons re mained in their seats, but only for a few seconds. The dames spread rapidly, and the theatre was soon enveloped in flames. Miss Kate Claxton and Mrs. Farron showed great self-possession. They re mained upon tho stntro til! thc scenery al tho left was completely wrapped in fiamos. They then rushed out in their costume, saving only thc dresses they were. Tho panic became general, and before the actors left the stage the audience rushed for tho doors. Women fainted. The aisles were blocked and many persons were thrown down and trampled on. The ushers and police made overy effort to induco tho people to retire in good order, but without effect. The heat was intense and many fell help lessly to the floor. Mrs. Farron and a number of the actors jumped into the auditorium and took their chances for au exit by the Washingtonstreetdoor. One hundred lives ar? believed to have been lost, including Mr. H. S. Murdock, the actor, who has not been seen since thc fire. Most of tho killed were in the dress circle, their means of escapo being cutoff by the burning stairs. Every member of thc theatrical compnuy loses bis clothes, jewelry, costumes, &c. Tho Brooklyn building Association lose forty thousand dollars. Shook A Palmer lose the scene ry of "The Two Orphans," and several thousand dollars' worth of furniture and personal property. Ida Vernon's ward robe nnd diamonds, valued at from $6,000 to $8,000 are lost. Total loss, ?200,000. HU'IV. FURTHER PARTICULA US. NEW YORK, December 6-12 M. Tho loss of life nt the Brooklyn theatre is appalling. Bodies were found this morning in heaps within a few feet nf the door. Il is supposed they went down when lobbies fell ; tboy are burned be yond recognition. Eighty-six names are registered as missing, among whom is H. F. Murdock, the actor, who, after endeav oring to calm thc crowd last night, went to hts dressing room. A bulletin dated ll o'clock sayx : "Forty-four bodies have been recovered, and it is supposed that at least one bun- | dred more remain. It will tnk? nil day j to get the remains from thc ret-hot ruins. It is supposed that tho dead aro those who were in the dress circle and gallery. There is intenso excitement. Thc courts have ndjourned, and scarcely any busi ness is doing. The Park Theatre has closed for the week, and ? meeting of the profession is colled for Thursday to con cert measures of relief.". TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE BODIES RECOVERED. BROOKLYN, December 5-4 P. M. One hundred and ninety-five bodies have been recovered, nnd nt 5 o'clock two hundred and forty-five bodies had been recovered. A H Kl HT TO APPALL THE BTOUTErtT HEART. NEW YORK, December 5-Midnight. The fearful extent of the Brooklyn dis aster was not appreciated until daybreak, when it was discovered that a great num ber of thc audience had perished while endeavoring to escape frcm thc gallery and dress ct.cles. The upper portion of the house waa packed full, although the attendance in tbs orchestra stalls ?a? only moderate. The Maire and lobbies to the upper floor became quickly choked up with tne terrified crowd, who trampled over one another until their progress was impeded. Many were 'doubtless suffo cated by tho smoke, which was dense within tho space of three minutes from tho first appearance of the fire. The bodies were found in heaps along the line of the main lobb)' and gallery stairs, hav ing fallen through the upper flooring, which waa burned away. The sight t?p [billed tho stoutest hearts. Charred leads, legs and arms protruded in ghast ly disorder from amid a blackened mass of debris. Recognition was impossible, except, perhaps, in a few case?, where remnants of clothing remained. Tho holocaust was mainly confined to the gallery occupied by tho men and boys, although lt is feared that a number of those who wero in the dress circle or first tier have also fallen victims. When tho flames were discovered, Mr. Murdock acted with coolness and composure. He said that the fire would RUOH be extin guished, and then ascended a small.stair way to his dressing-room, which was nt tho right of the stage. His valuable wardrobe was there, and tue impression i- that- he went there to save it. Ho was hemmed in by tho flames and perished.' THE LATEST. NEW YORK, December 6. Up to 2.30 p. m. two hundred and eighty-fivo bodies have been taken from tho ruins of the Brooklyn Theatre. Work will bo continued all night. Thc streets are stjll crowded, and the excitement is giving Way to a feeling of intense gloom and depression. It is now feared that the number of dead will reach three hun dred. What might have added to thc immense loss of life, and resulted in thc killing of more ludias and gentlemen of thc theatre company',' was the panic stricken movement of the janitor at tho stage.door. As soon OH he got an idea of what was going on inside, he hurriedly locked the stage door and kept back the astonished crowd by refusing admittance or egress. A party headed by Mr. Paul Nicholson, however, broke open tho door and pushed him aside. In the excite ment of ino moment nobody took sny count of the number who made their es cupe by this means, and who would other wise liuve been sacrificed. This afternoon n gentleman living in Hemsen street came to the police station and inquired for two friends, a Mr. George A. Grange and a Mr. D. S. Morton, both of Galveston, Texas. They were stopping at the St. Nicholas Hotel in New York, with their families. The gentlemen enmc over to | Brooklyn to dine with their friend in Remscn street, nnd after dinner they wont lo thc theatre, bought their tickets and went in. They have not been heard of since then, and have? not returned to their hotel. Their families are wild with grief. Mr. Granee was a millionaire, and leaves a wife ami child six weeks old. No trace of them has been found. - "Joke," said a blushing damsel to a lover that her father lind forbidden the house, "I don't care il votir feet are big, ? l.-.vc you fust as much." "Well, 8rdly, I don't mind so much about thc tire of mv own feet, but ? wish your dad's wero a little smaller ; I should feel more con fident, you know, about staying." - fai.QOO colored children have been .furnished with schooling and th;, nrivi ?leg??-bf education by Democratic! Geor :?itt- : z j- -- _ .-.. IIOBBOIU* NEAR THE POLE. WHY TU IC DRITIMIl ARCTIC EX FEOITION PROVED A VA1XUHB. Apprehensions that Made Cowards of Dravo Hcnnien-Children'? Cania and Inverted ? tilpa-A Whirlpool ?bat eau Huck tbe Navies of tbe World lulo Ita Vortex. Grout disappointment bas naturally been evinced al the dismal failure of the two perfectly equipped English screw steamers-Alert and Discovery-to reach the North Pole. It seoms as if the secret of that ? mysterious rrgion defied nil the knight-errantry of navigators. Pur rea sons to bo subsequently advanced, it is improbable that tho pule will be reached if the efTorts are to depend on ordinary seamen. For it may as well bo under stood, once for all, thar, the failure to ac complish thc mn.ooo of tho late British expedition aroso not so much from the obstacles presented by Nature ns from the weak-hcarledues? of tbe crews. It was not '.he stupendous flocbergsof the Puhe ocrystic Sea that bullit.I Captain Nares ; it wns ineradicable (superstition and de moralizing fear that paralyzed his sea men. This view of thc subject obtains no recognition in tho elaborate report of the commander, but it is well understood among intelligent seafaring men. The crews of tho Alert and Discovery lind been selected with great caro by Cap tain Narcs' subordinate officers long be fore tho expedition sailed in 1874. The experiences of Baffin, Boss, Purry, Col linson and others pinn ed to this impera tive precaution. The long monthu of un relieved darkness which make up the Arctic winter, trying to the nerves of educated men, are a terrible ordeal to the naturally superstitious seamen. Even when the dense darkness is relieved by the gorgeous pyrotechnics of the aurora borealis, the ordinary seaman only sees another evidence of some terrible and occult cause which lins its existence nt the pole, whither he is tending. To him the tierce, weird flashing which intermit tently light, up the sky before him, are Aro glennis having their origin in Home horrible hell presided over by a fire demon. When, therefore, Jnck reaches n latitue beyond thc eighties, he invaria bly exhibits evidences of demoraliza tion. As far ns practicable, therefore, none hut vigorous, intelligent men were shipped on the Inst expedition, and ex traordinary means were employed, in the form of school masters mid examiners, to test thu mental quarfffcationa of thc men ; and when, amid thc plaudits of thou sands, the two ships steamed gracefully up tho channel pust Beitchy i lead, thc sanguine commander no doubt congratu lated himself on possessing the most trustworthy and completely equipped ships, and the most intelligent and per fectly disciplined crews that ever essayed to penetrate thc mystery nf tho pole. Ere the two steamers hud passed out of the North Sea, however, or crossed the Arctic circle, in latitude 76 degrees, it became known to the petty officers that most of the forecastle talk at nights turned upon CUII.ORES'lS. CAULS as an infallible preventative against death by drowning. There wero more than a score of cauls in the two ships, and those tars who had their membra nous underclothes, foll tolerably secure, while those who wero without this birth amulet began to feel correspondingly de pressed. By imperceptible gradations, ibis superstitious fear deepened, and pl? sense rs of cauls were offered ridiculously large sums-amounting, in some in stances, to half a years pay-to part with them. But whnt was money or the promise of it under such circumstances? What is ton thousand dollars compared to a chunk of bread where starvation is imminent? What were so uiiinv pounds sterling compared to a caul and safety ? The men stuck to the mystic fibre and luck, the others tried to joke but felt uneasy. This uneasiness was not lessen ed when on the 30th of July, the ice pack was B:-hted off Cape Sabine, and when exactly a week later tho snips were caught und encompassed by that drifting pack, the caulless men were ready to curso their luck and give themselves up for lost. Whistling on board was now considered in thu forecastle a criminal offense-it might raise tho wind, and the ships would bo dashed tu piece?. The struggle with the ice was incessantly maintained for three weeks; and tho most obtuse seaman univ that once in volved among thoao changing w>n>r channels it was as hazardous" to proceed ns to return. Ou tho 25th of August Captain'Nares decided to leave the Dis covery io winter, on the west sido of Hall's Basin, in latitude 81. deg., 44 min., while ho pushed on in the Alert. The two crews parted company with a silence that might bo felt. The Reamen of the I Discovery were filled with gladness to bc left behind ; the seatneu of the Alert went forward us a band of men who com pose a forlorn hope. As the Alert ?Htenmcd out of sight of her companion i b ip along thc coast of Grant Land, mid was lost to view as she turned the north east'corner of that desolate and unex plored portion of terra firma, the crews of .both ships received a paralyzing surprise. From the dec!: and rigging of tho Dis covery the Heathen and officers .saw tho Alert suspended in thc air in AK INVERTED POSITION, traced on tho horizon in the clearest colors, and with the most distinct and perfect representation. Tho officers ex plained that this was a common optical .deception attributable to a certain condi tion of the atmosphere. But thc -ioto cast le ' men regarded1 lt as tho wraith of - the ship, and lu low voices wondered and -discussed the probabilities of the caul men having survived thc revealed catas trophe. Ou board' the Alert, meantime, an equally demoralizing state of affairs ex isted, instead sf iTr.dir:- a csnifosous coast line leading ono hundred miles northward, as the commanders and every one on board bad been taught to expect the ship was ou the border of whnt was unquestionably a very extensive sea with impenetrable ice in every direction. This was disheartening ; but when en countering tho same peculiar atmospheric conditions as had struck terror into thc ? -cameo of the Discovery, they beheld on the horizon real lilies whero towers mid battlements and spires BOSOMED HIGH IN TUFTED TREES, were clearly emblazoned, they could not be persuaded that what they beheld was an optical illusion produced by huge mis simpen icebergs. "We have seen mirage before," thoy said, "but mirage docs not create cities where none exist." Tho Alert was pushed as far north as possible, mid secured inside a sheltering burrier of grounded ice, and, here abe for eleven months remained. Before., hor was ap parently a sea of ancient ico, i-.inposed of gigantic angular blocks tov/e -?ng over ? fifty feet in the air, and with H diameter ol'a mile-a wilderness of floating ice j islands, whose savage depths lay hidden I forty yard* beneath tho MU face. Amid i this whirling chan*--thoa* rotating icc 9 mhuutaiiij.wiih'mls a-it is not surpris* I lng That ns?-darkue?sj:aiuo oh- until'it Ult* Jil I'll Ililli I ul ?VQ4fr.Al)Vh'f?TJW#Q^Vrf>sn coroprllcd to rcqatro cash payaient* for adv?rtl?lnj ordered of Executors, Administrator? and yiher fidii-tar?c?, aud horovltb appe.d tho-ratea for the o;d:nnry notice?, which wfll only liri iatatto. vrlioft th? CIMlloM, tVOluacr'tioiTiV '. Ct* . $8.00 Estato Kolice?, three Insertions, - - 3.00 j 4Mt3ft?^ atuoUan, w?m> ri tatton? mutt I* i siMnimlij by tho true name and r dd Tra? of the writer. Eo> jeeiadtinawineript? w))M.*>l bp returued, unless tho ucccJwy stamps ?re fura.ilicd toi'.ipay thepostage IhnrfOP ?ar Wc aro not re* po t.-?I bl? for tba vie* ? and oplDtoud of our correspondents. All communication? should be addressed to "Ed itors iDtcIllgvncer," and all check*, drall?, money order?, dc., should bc made pnyablo to thc order of r ilOYT ft CO.. Anderson, H. C. overshadowed them in gloom, and the sun was seen ho moro for even u short half hour above tho southern horizon, the men Demil to ponder, and tobe alarmed, and to dream dreams. The crew of the Alert envied the crew of the Discovery they at least v;cro near the open'sen and safety. The seamen of thc Discovery, on tho other hand, believed that their com rades on thc Alert lind perished to a man. Besides, on the bleak liill-sidc near tho ship was there not o cairn and a grave? And was there not a tablet-a "head stone," thc men called it-on the board to be erected over Captain Hall's lonely resting-place, when thc sun should again fling his roya athwart the dreadfully en during darkness? Then thor.' was the mystery of poor Hall's fate. WHB he poisoned, or did ho commit .suicide ? Or did his heart fail him as their hearts had already failed them, or did bc die heart broken in cons?quence? Then there were the early Dutch ships spoken of by Barrington and Beaufoy, Fellows of thc Royal Society of England, who hud reached within two or three de grees of the pole, and of finding thero an open sea ana destruction-all except one man miraculously saved by a walrus. Ami thero was ii record of another Dutch ?hip going down two degrees beyond tho pole, recorded by tho lato Admiral Fitz roy before the Geographical Society of Loudon, in April, 1865. The Esquimaux who had seen thc ship enter the sea, and another baud of Esquimaux who had seen ber on '.bc Asiatic side, agreed, the Admiral said, in declaring the disappear ance of thc daring navigator. Thc Esquimaux on Smith's Sound, or radier on tho mountain, 2,000 feet high, re-discovered by Lieutenant Aldrich in latitude S3 deg., 7 min., saw the vessel steer through an open channel and enter the mild oneil sen. At first she answered her helm, but ns she sai led northward she deflected considerably from the normal route. Finally, like II dancing dervish, she begnu to whirl round the outer run of the irresistible eddy, Uko a mnd ship in nu ocean circus. "Ko doubt," said the Admiral, "this isa correct description of the event, if it ever happened. Every fresh circle of that -ea will whirl n ship faster than the preceding. Faster and faster will they be driven ; round and round will (hey go, till at last they plunge how foremost into tho central abyss, crashing amid the wreck of ice bergs and the bleached skeletons of ma rine monsters." With minds stored with such cheerful details and enlivening traditions ns tho foregoing, Commander Markham, Lieu tenant Parr and tho fully equipped sledgo parties started on their bleak journey northward when spring came. Hie men were demoralized by superstitious fears, tho two officers in command were dis couraged. They progressed little more than n mlle a day. Their track had to be hewn through the up-reared ridges of ico with pick-axes. They labored be tween sixty and seventy days, and on tho 12th of May reached the highest latitude attained by any modern expedition-that ?if 88 deg.,' 20 min.,20sec. north,or with in four hundred miles of tho mystery of the pole. They lucked the courage to penetrate that mystery, and Captain Nares and his discomfited command find it convenient to assert that there is no Open Polar Sea. At the samo timo scientists mid navigators in both conti nonts unite in pronouncing Captain Nares mistaken r.ud bis expedition a fail ure. But none of his wealthy denouncers exhibit any alacrity to lead tho way to the pole to hoist their country's flag there. For every recently recorded fact proved tho existence not pf a "Sea of Ancient Ice"-"tho Palrcucrystic or Pul cortic Sea," buta whirlpool sea, whoso bordes arc mingled by varying masses of gigantic icebergs centuries old. There are secrets of nature which man it wouid appear, is not destined to unlock. The pole and the aurora boreas seem to bo long to these. Tho mystery is Uko that of tho lifo eternal ; it can only be solved by yielding up the lifo present. Odd Chlueso Customs. Thc Chinese havo some odd customs in connection with death. When n per son is dying they hasten to dress him in his best clothes that he may meet a better reception in the other world. He must be removed from the lona, (brick hedi lest his spirit should'enter therein ana haunt it. When a mun is dead ho is supposed to bo compelled to cross over a deep abyss, walking upon u very slender thread, 'flus is very dangerous, and he is liable to bc precipitated into fearful flames. In Shanghai a member of tho Episcopal Church died. His wife was a heathen. Some of the assistant^ iu dressing him, wished to put on a pair of boots with leather soles. "No," said the wife, "they are so slick, ho would fall off the bridge." When the fuueral is near nt hand, a tent of matting ia erected at the street door of thc house in which lies thc dead body. This tent is furnished with bench es and A table or.two, and is for the con venience of tho lured musicians. For two or three duya and nights( the music (?) coes on at intorvals, to foreign ears mak ing day wearisome, and night hideous with thc din. To the natives it is a real festival, oven moro jolly, in appearance i than a wedding. Friends and relatives conic dressed in white. Even tho little . boys arc clothed in thia way. They gen erally look particularly happy on such occasions. The firing of pop-crackers adds to the solemnity of tho seonol The day of the funeral is the gayest of all. Thc coffin is placed on a bier covered ?vi th cloth, which really looks quite hand some. A number of ragamuffins, picked un anywhere, wearing tho shabbiest of old clothes, and the most comical of clown'? hats, have been hired to carry thc red banners, which add to the mag nificence of thc occlusion. When all is ready to start to the grate somo pieces of matting uro spread out on thc street. Thc ladies in the family, dressed io arhlln. some of the younger ones with their faces painted and looking quito pretty, como out and throw themselves on thc matting, with their faces to tho ground, and weep most bitterly. They seem to think it is delightful. They hardly ever get outside of their own door, and now to be taking a prominent part in such festivities L really charming. The young Indies look as coquettish as .any Fifth avenue hello, and evidently enjoy tho admiration they excite. When tho funeral moves away the ladies retire, no doubt very sorry that the fun is over.-Kind Words. - The day after election, a merchant in Spartauburg County gave nu old man who hud voted for^ Hampton, a pair of shoes. After putting them on he stepped back ond said, "Good Lord, If I had knarced dis, I had voted for Hampton long ago." - An old minister once said to a young preacher who was complaining-of n small congregation: "Its ns largo a congregation, perhaps, as yon will want to account mratthe day of Judgment.'.* -I It was said of n s > n . va Lt tedious counsel that although ho . had not . the ability to prove black white, he could argua till ad was blue. ?-?. Tho man who nibbles round,a gro* Cory stum h .rtdw^caUtfTft Sug?fr.tteatv "