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"' JAS* ?. m*W:t Yul??Z E. B. Ml KRAY, \"r**mwn* THURSDAY !*08?!!??S; IA?. 4. ?877. DEMOCRATIC COUN?T CQNYKftTIOK. Ia obedience to the resolution ndopted by tb?v, Andereon Connty Democratic Convention, nt thc meeting held on Tues day last, the delegate* v?:U rr-asscmble in the Court House on Monday'next, 8th ?jf January, at eleven o'clock a. m., for the transaction . of important business. The Clubs not already provided with representation will meet on Saturday next, Gib inst., at two o'clock p. m., and elect thc number of delegates (to which they are entitled, on thc basis nf one del egate for every twenty-five mcmbent. The delegates Including those heretofore chosen will attend promptly at the hour designated. JAMES A. HOYT, County Chairman. Tn Leon County, Florida, there was Mich a transparent case nf fraud in the election that the Republican member of | the Congressional Committee (Mr. Pini ndi) would not even ask a question or put up n wilness to refute the exposure before his Committee. One hundred and seventy-six Republican votes are in volved in this fraud, which is confined to oHc precinct alone, and tho Returning Hoard cnnvass;d it originally without al lowing a moment's discussion. Mr. Pan nell nays there can be only one opinion ns to this precinct, and he has openly pronounced it a fraud of thc most gk'ring nature. Tho "Democratic Investigating Commit tees of the House of Representatives in Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina sit with open doors and examine wit nesses publicly, while the Republican Senate Committees in these States hold their sessions in secret. Truth docs not fear thc light, and the Democratic com mittees have nothing to conceal, seeking .inly the truth and the whole truth in re gan! to the election in these States. It is fair to presume that those who take their evidence nnd reach their conclusions in secret ure not willing to expose their ac tions before thc public gaze, "choosing darkness rather than light, because their deeds aro evil." Thc Republican Sena tors cannot justify their conduct before the American people. Mr. John J. Long, who was counted in ns a representative from Do 8oto Parish, recently addressed a letter to the Louri ana Returning Hoard, in which he posi tively refuses to accept tho position, on the broad ground that ho waa fairly de feated nt thc polls. He declares that there was neither fraud or Intimidation practiced by thc Lamocratic party at any precinct iii the parish, and that hui self respect will not permit him to become a party to such a questionable transaction, whore a candidate so clearly defeated aa himself is returned as elected. He avows that he is a Republican from the firm conviction that the principles of that party ure best for the whole country ; but he is a planter, not a politician, und does not believe the good nf tho State or the interests of the National Republican party can be promoted by such notion as waa taken in his cuse. In fact, he is con vinced that very much nf tho disturbance which hus prevailed throughout Louisi ana for .several years past ts justly attribu table to tho fact that, in many parishes, men not elected by the peoplo have been falsely returned cs elected and maintain ed in office by tho power cf the govern ment. Tho Supreme Court ? of Florida sus tained the demurrer to the answer of the Canvassing Hoard, and grunted a peremp tory order fora ro-ennvass of the votes, from the face of the regular returns, on the 27th of December. Tho decision maintained that thc powers of the Board were purely ministerial, and that any strictly judicial power - could not exist. On the day fixed by the Supreme Court, the Board of Canvassers were summoned to meet in the ofneo of the Secretary of State, aMd nt the appointed hour, Attor ney General Cocke (the other members of the Board refusing,) canvassed the returns by himself, which canvass give? Drew, the Democratic candidate for Gov ernor, a majority of 497 votes, and Tilden 94 majority. Subsequently, the Repub lican members became alarmed, and the rull Board assembled to comply with the orders of the Supreme. Court. But the members, under instructions from Wash ington, entirely disregarded the mandate of thc Court, and instead of adhering.to the face of thc returns, threw out au en tire county and adopted a fraudulent re*, turn from another county, which elvea Drew 195 and Hayes 200 majority. The Supreme Court was expected io re-cou vene last week, when the action of the Returuing Board would be reviewed, but no session has been held up to this' time. Gov. Stearns and other leading Repupli cans acknowledge their defeat on the State ticket, and it waa expected that Drew would be inaugurated on Tuesday la9t-_? Tho voxed question as to who is tba lawful Governor of ?South Carolina has beer, before Judge Oi^-^ftfe!" *n Colum bia for the last two weeks,, upon ii writ of habeas corpus tuted out by one Beti r Smith, a convict in the Stale Penitent tiary, who was grunted a pardon by Gov- J crnorVChairlbcr?ain on tho 20th of Dc- ' comber. Col. Purni clo, the Superinten dent of tho Penitentiary, refused to re cognise the pardon and declined to re lease the prisoner, on the ground that J Chamberlain is not tho lawful Governor of thc State, and that tho attempted grant of pardon is void and without eflect. The facto connected with thc recent elec tion, with tho pretended inauguration of j Chamberlain, with the election and in auguration of Hampton, the constitution ality of tho Wallace and the Mackey Houses, and tho legality of tue Senate's action in recognising the bogus House, aro all involved In the controversy of thia I question before- Judge Carpenter, , who'1 .tated at the outset that the question as to who is the Governor defacto would bat] ?jnare?y met by bim. The argument c^j copied several day?, and was. conclude* on Saturday last..'.' .'??t&.: Barker^- < ^ Charleston, made a ttronrf and exhad*1> fr% argurjtt&Tt 8jg&to& ftftJ iSHa tit Ub???* berlnin ss dt facto Governor. He wu associated with Messrs. Youmaua and S?.xwcl? rcprcssnticg tis Superiaten dent of the Penitentiary. Mr. Chamber iain sra? vepresented hw R. H. Elliott ?od D. T. Corbin. Jirifet* Carpenter 1? not likely to render hi? ?Jr-, ??ion for several days. THE C0?UB?8H?0NAL OOtfUITSE. The Committee from tb? House ef Representatives to investigate the r?cent1 election in South Carpjiua ha? concluded its labors, and the members returned to Washington last week. The committee embraced nine members, as follows: Hon. Milton Sayler, nf Ohio, Chairman, Judge Abbott, of Massachusetts, Col. John P. Phillipa, of Missouri, Col. j Timm?" L. Jones, of Kentucky, Ex-Oov. ! John R. Eden; of llliuois, Mr. Alva. G. Cochrane, of Pennsylvania, Gen. N. P. Banks, of Manschiwetu, Judge William Lawrence, of Ohio, aud Mr. E. G. Lap ham, of Kew York. Thens gentlemen were engaged for three week* in the lu vestigatioa uf the f?*?ta coaufccSed with the election in this State, aud their labors were conducted in a spirit of fairness and justice, without reference to partisan re sults. The commute? wa; composed of six Democrats and three Republicans, and tho fullest latitude wat given to the Uepublican members to Introduce testi mony as to the character and conduct of tho campaign on the part of the Demo crats. Though the agency of the Repub lican officials lu this Stale, the oppor tunity was tully employed to sustain the false and slanderous allegations of Cham berlain and his associates that the Dem ocrats overawed and intimidated vow rs, especially in Edgefteld and Laurens. Wo have not seen the evidence taken be? fore the Congressional Committee, but wc know enough to state that the failure on behalf of the Republicans to establish their allegations was proof conclusive to neurly every member of tb? committee '.hat tN*e charges of freud and intimida tion were without foundation. Thc committee acted as a whole for about ten days, and held their session io Columbia, mainly devoting their time to the examination of the public records touching the election. Afterwards, it waa divided into tbrco sub-committees two of which went to Charleston and the other remained in Columbia-and their lahore were directed to the examination of witnesses brought from every part of thc State. These sub-committees will re assemble this week in Washington, and make up the report to be presented to the House of Representatives. The conclusions of the sub-committee I remaining in Columbia, composed of Mr. Sayler, Judge Abbott and Judge Law rence, are already before the public, how ever, and we will briefly summarizes the views attributed to them. According to the newspaper reports, tbstte gentlemen ascertained that a majority of the vote? actually cast in 4bis State were given for the Hayes Electors, and that upon the face of the returns aud statements of the county canvassers there waa an average majority of about 600 for the Have? Else tors over their compatittrs. Thia doe? not include any reforeuce whatever to certain illegal boxes, irregularities ?nd discrepancies, and does not include the famous Robbins box in Barnwell County, which WHS not eveu claimed by the Re publicans. It was too clear and palpable a fraud, where the box was only open four or five hours, ?nd there were 1317 votes reported, altogether Republican, requiring six men to the minute to be sworn and voted to make up the number oi* votes in tho box. There ia no doubt iii the minds of th? sub committee that sufficient precincts in tho State were tainted with fatal errors, omissions and irregularities to set aside the result upon mero technical pointe. But . these gen tlemen regarded their duties as pertain ing to a grave question in which tb? nation was interested, and declined to render their decision upon technicalities. It is understood that the report of the committee will be unanimous in declar ing that tho solid electoral vote of South j Carolina was cast for Hayes and Wheeler on th? 7th of November last. I In regard to the election of Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the other State ! officers, it was not required that the Con- j grcasional Committee should examine into the legality or th? result, aa the reso lution under which they were appointed did not embrace these officers within ita scope or meaning, and hence the informa tion obtained' upon this point was only incidentally secured, although it ia strict ly accurate, and clearly authenticated by the retaros examined in tbs office of th? Secretary of Stat?. Tb?' conclusion reached in the examination of thia ques tion was that Gen. Haispton ?nd the entire Democratic 8tate ticket >iere elec ted ur *. d?iiivs ?sjerity, rasgis- fro? 1,100 downwards. This is the statement made by Mr. Sayler, who says there is no question, about Hampton's election, in hi? judgment-, and that be would be re? cognised as the Governor of Sooth Caro lina. In regard to the testimony of th? Cat ted States officers, Mr. Sayler ?aid j "The testimony of these gentlemen entirely sets aside that of the negroes aa to intimi dation at th? t^M?, and these officers wer? brought in to testily wRhont any refer ence to their politics, for th? purpose of getting ah impartial and unbiased state ment upon this head." The tact ls that th-* officers were selected fron? the com punie? garrisoning the counties whare tba Republicans claim that violence and wholesale intimidation were practiced by the Democrats against the negroes. This is ?specially true ia reference to the coun ties of Laurens and Edgefield. The offi cers, without ? singlo exception, testified to an orderly, quiet and peaceable elec tion in every locality ie which ;h*y wera stationed; and, upon cross-examination, Judge Lawrence, Republican, failed to elicit from them a *fW|l* instance of ?vea th? mildest sort of intimidation within their observation or knowledge, Th? committee examined a larg? number of witnesses, beth Rcpablleans and Demo crats, al) of whoo? established th? fact that neither the Hamburg affair nor th? Ellenton riot' hid any political signifi cance ; nor had they any relation to the canvass or the election whatever. To ?nm up th? conclusions of tat? Con?' gressiooal Committee, the retrait of theil examination tatp the e?*etinn wftwV " Hare* and ??ton t?irit? ?M? and thu the erection, was oondt pgw^f ana fiftrly on <*e porto?OA ?r*<C HAMPTON ?OVKHNMENT. Tb? following address to the people of j South Carolina hu bien inunl by Gov. Hs^ptqja, ittiaccordanee with the author House of Representative* in the pream ble and resolutions which w? published hut week : COLUMBIA, 8. C., January 1. 1877. In accordance with and under the au thority given by the snuczed resolutions of the House of Represeutative, I hereby call upon ?ll faithful, In s-ubidiog aud loyal citicens of Boutb Carolina who de sire to maintain the government of their choice, to come forward promptly, and to pay fra per cent, of the amount r.T the taxes paid by them last year. Dur .lotice will be given to the citir.cn* of each county of the appointment of ?onie prop er ageut for the collection of the contri bution here called for. The rt-mlmina* of the Hou?v of Representatives authorize a call fur twenty-five per cent, of last year's taxes, but all imm?diate wants of thc legitimate government of the State c-3 bc supplied, if tbr people will re spond generally to the call here made for ten per cent. The inmates of the chari table and penal institutions of the State aro now suffering for want of proper sup plies,, and it is to meet their needs which appeal to us co strongly that fund? are now required. It ia for the people of South Carolina now to determine whether they will sup port the government they have installed or thc attempted usurpation which is only upheld by the bayonets of the Federal troops. I am but thc representative of] the people of the State, and to their decis ion I shall bow with profound respect. As loug as they choose to support me as thc duly elected Governor. 1 shaii main tain that position, sud if supported by them I feel safe in assuring them that their rights will soon be firmly established and fully recognized. Our cause is just, snd we hsve left its vindication to the highest legal tribunal of thc State and of the United States. I adjure our people, therefore, to bo uteadfast, law-abiding sud peaceful, aud I pray that the new year will bring to them the blessings of peace and prosperity. WADE HAMPTON, Governor of South Carolins. The request made in this address is not only reasonable but it is a modest one, the compliance with wbicb addresses it self to the patriotism of our whole peo ple. We hare elected tho government of our choice for the first time in eight years, and a Republican Senste, in defi ance of tho will of tb? people, baa united with an usurping body, styling itself the House of Representatives of South Caro lins, and inaugurated by the support of Federal bayonets the most brazen pre tender of modem times as Governor of South Carolina, and that after be had been defeated by more than eleven hun dred votes at the poils. In ohedicneo to the will of tho people as ox prettied ut the ballot box, ?nd under the forms of law, ss far sa it was possible to observe them, the Constitutional lloune and Senators inaugurated us Governor Gen. Hampton, who wss the choice of the people. One or the other of these dual governments .jjust fall for lack of support from thc people in the way of taxes. Which shall it be? The Chamberlain govern ment, usurping power in defiance of the highest Court of the State, bas levied a tax of about seventeen mills, while the Hampton government has levied no tax, but appeals for support to the contribu tions of tho people, under the pledge that the amount paid by them shall be good for taxes whenever- they sre levied. The call is only for one-tenth of what persons paid last year. Our people must decide to which party they will give alle giance. If they do not support Hampton his government will fail ; if they do not support Chamberlain his government will fail. Jt will not be a severe druin upon our people to contribute ene dollar out of every ten which they paid for tases last year, and they will have the satisfaction of kuowing that it ia honestly employed aller it ia contributed. The Penitentiary, the Asylum, tho Courts of Justice and all the public institutions of the State are io be supported by Hs?.?-t.-.r. gsTcrsaeat fiesee, ?f 1 portant for our who!- p-op.c to respond j promptly to the call of Gov. Hampton. We are confident that the pr opie of An derson, County will cheerfully pay in their proportion to austaiu the glorious victory, (br which we bsd the honor to begin tb? battle. We presume thia among other things wilt occupy the at tention of our County Convention on uext Monday. Those who pay to the usurpers are very ?ure to lose their money, while those who pay to Hampton are reasonably safe, and eveu if it was possible to lose it would not be one-tenth of wu?; ;bey ?r-iuld threw away by pay ing to Chamberlain. Let our people pay to the government of their choice, snd it will prevail, despite the tyranny of des pots and the chicanery of knaves. - A political suicide in real life took place Tuesday, the 4th of December, at Bedalia, Mo. Hezekiah Cola, . farmer, who bad been an active and vehement supporter of M'. Tilden, became partly insane over the long delay in obtaining returns firm the Southern returning boards, and on receiving intelligence nf the occupation of the State House at Col umbia, S. C., by the Federal troops he went and hanged himself. - While th Patron.- .f H V-i .<' v have not, ol late, taken any part .'i ? tit-H. they have bv no means tost t.ndr organization. The statistics of the Na tional Grange show thai, ibero aro in the United States, 13,693 Granges, with a membership of 632,460. Last year there were 690 nev Granges established. - Ez-Gov. Koerner, of Illinois, con tends thst the whole electoral vote of Illi nois is nullified by the fact that the elec tors attached their osases to their ballots In violation, as he says, of the Constitu tion of the United Otates, which means a secret ballot where it directs that electors mast vote "by ballot." - The Charleston Neva and Courier publishes a long list of fires occurring in th!? State daring the year jost closing, by which $260,000 worth of property was destroyed principally by Radical ne gteee._-'? - Sam. Randall enlisted as a privat? soldier ia the Union army as soon aa hostilities began, and waa lint elected to Congr? ea while in thc field. Now Chan dler decrees that he ?hali be considered a ?tm**. . M_ Diphtheria ls a sort of garroting ?IIf tM. It takes a fellow try the throat ftfic&fe* s fret**** Mn ?Art ot bim. i THE LABOR BE M) RX MO? KM E?T OF LAUKK??S--ITM PRINCIPLES AMD ITS AIM?, It begun in September, 1876. lt slowly and steadily removed difficul ties that seemed insurmountable. It boldly confronted evils th ut stood in the way ot | regress ?ike the Alps ..nd Appenine?. ? . It attacked : 1. Radical of II er--holders, who were using the offiee without regard to the public interest. 2. Radicalized mudes of traffic in farm products, especially of send cotton, which was spreading demoralization and insub ordination among the laboring classes. 3. Ncgroizcd modes nf contracting and ijcgroizi-d modes of executing contract?. Through thc public press, through pu' lie discussion, through perpetual, private talk it erra ted a healthy, a most robust public sentiment against these wide-spread evils. The wisdom of the movement ia justi fied tn the people tn thc magnificent re sult* thai followed. The very dullest utan in Lau re as is applauding the good already accom plished. Labor Reform is still in ita infancy. Labor Reform is j mit on its tegs, and has taken its first step, but that step is tb.* step of A giaut. Labor Reform must take another step forward. Thc relation with which it dents is that of employer and employee. It purposes to dispose of the great question of capital and labor by trans ferring it to intelligence and skill. The problem nf capital and labor has new and remarkable difficulties in the South. lt would grapple with and overcome these startling difficulties. It would solve the great Southern questiou in all its relations-industriel, political, sucia! and religious. It would begin at the bottom and work upward ; it would begin ut the entre and work outward. Its philosophy is inductive and Baconi an. It would bury thc obsolete past. It would set in motion and control new agencies and new influence:) upon a new theatre of nction. It recognizes tho business element as the most needful, the most important, the most popular, the most powerful American element. Especially docs it emphasize the busi ness clement as the dominant Southern element. It says this great annual outlay of muscle, and energy, and skill ought to bring in fuller and richer returns to en terprise and labor. It nay? let us work ; let us work intel ligently ; let us work profitably ; let ua encourage labor ; let us honor labor; let us make the least labor accomplish the moat good. It would therefore utilize steam. It would utilize scientific inventiva?. It would puah ahead in the fi vid of new discoveries. lt would not work alway? withautany profit. ft would not work always and be us poor Christinas us it was in January. It would not pay twenty cents per pound for Lacon un time, tvbcu it could buy it for ten ccu ts per pound for cash. It would not make cotton at 12} cents per poued und sell it fur ten cents per pound. It would have a pig in the pen. It would have a lamb in thc pasture. It would have a colt grazing in the meadow. It r'otild have a newspaper on the table. It would have a neat school house on tho roadside. It would make the very name of Thief obsolete in the land. It would make labor reliable It would make labor productive. It would make labor remuueix?ive. j It would make labor contented, j It would make labor friendly to capital. It cherishes the great ideas of progress aud prosperity. j It would not haul cotton forty or fifty ! m lita io Greenville, ihuugii U?ce?i?ii?? U the best mai hui i? tac wOfiu? It would make one "Iron Horse" do what a thousand, two thousands moles arc doing, with great waste of mule muscle, and in the midst of great dis comfort. Laurens Labor Retain would build the Laurens and Greenville Railroad. Laurens Labor Reform would build this road, and build it quickly. Laurens Labor Reform hereby engages te build it to tue line within ten months. Will Greenville build it from the line to the city f \ We have only mentioned this os an illustration. What is the great idea upon which Labor Reform is resting T Union. What i? the great American idea of the Amevtcan States? Union. What ia the great South Carolina, Hampton idea? Union. But deeper, and wider, and moro pow erful thar, the national idea, than tbe State idea, than any political idea is the great iforld-wlde relation of employer When v.. tin -c ?i ?s irk- U>dei'wbnn:Vitri tin lt ;? ..i in tdd tbe .wrl , y-.-u :'i..d this relation. It is constant and cosmical. It is thc creative, the progressive re lation. Upon it all business, all comfort, all civilization depends. Labor Reform says utilize this rela tion. Labor Reform says to employers, "Be one." Labor Reform says to thc countless army of employers and employees: "Your interesta are identical ; be one, and control." Labor Reform says to these: "Make more, though other classes enjoy lets." R* - "I wara the Senate," said Senator Carpenter (Rep.) in 1874, "that if it should happen that a Presidential elec tion should tnrn on the vote of Louisiana,' situated os that State is, and an attempt wcr^made to use that corrupt return, it would be. followed by civil WOT, for rtb Og* nannie wiuld fubadt to tbe inso?ttnt?a WASHINGTON NEWS ANO GOSSIP. A Rciutne of Newspaper Curotaents In ? the s.asi =?"'.? s t!: ;-M :. j . WAHI! i NU TUN, DOC. 21, 1876. The Speaker to-day appointed^ the1 acven member* of the Mouse o? Repr? sentative? who are to act conjoiutlv with a Se'iate committee to report - *?r j counting the Electoral vpt? aud^djuatinx the pending dispute. Mr. Ferry baa been blamed for appointing ? two very ultra Republicans on thc Senate coinmit leo-uaruely : Measra. Morion ana Logan. Mr. Randall is also criticised by bis party friends for severs) of his appoint i^Uta on the other committee for inquiry nd report on the powers uf the House of j Representatives in reaped to the electo ral voie. The Republicans complain that while giving them three members, net eue of them is a lawyer. Some of | the Republicans appointed - viz : Wil "ard, Seelyo .aic. Monroe-are among the st liber;;! and upright of their party, und muy act independently. The action nf the joint committee will be watched with interne interest, und here are hopes that -.onie solution will be arrived at by a majori?y of the joint iiniiiiltif. Tbe Senate wing ha? ul ready organized and made provision* fur meeting in the Senate judiuiary rooms, riny ni!! go on during thc week, No meeting of thc caucus committee of I conf?rent?1 has been held for several days, and it is doubtful il there bc any till after j the holidays. The address of tho Democratic mem bers of Congress will not be issued until the committee now io the South report. The duties of thia advisory committee of I seventeen will necessarily be in abeyance [ until tbe commit!ec* of investigation to { report on the mode of examining the electoral vote shall have acted and made their report to Congre*?, if it shall ap pear that there is a fixed purpose on the part of the Senate to cheat Tilden out of | the Presidency ami install Hayes hy mili tary force, the r?i) ties of the advisory com? millee will iu auch a contingency assume j the highest importance. There ia authority for stilting that Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar is not suliabed with the position attributed to him in certain pub lic journals, and that especially he is not willing to be understood as stating that the South is indifferent to tho result of the Presidential content, or would be neutral if, unfortunately, the two great parties at the North should undertake to adjust thc dispute by forco. Tbe ac counts which have appeared in print stating that be and others were ready to accept Hayes aa President upon as surances of a ne?* line of policy towards I the South and the assigument of South- ] ern Democrats cr Conservatives to prom inent positions under the Hayes admin istration ia so fnr untrue that Colonel Lamar hos not even allowed any prop-, dition of such a nature to be made "/ bim by the fckndi rf Governor Hayes. Tbe intelligence from Florida of the order of the Supreme Court for the can vass of tbe vote is regarded aa highly im portant in its bearinga on the presiden tial question. lu conjunction with tho j letter of General Barlow it will lead all candid men to the belief that tho State went for Tilden. The only point DOW that gives the Democrat-; serious concern is South Carolina, wu*re the carpet-bug gers and President Grant are anxious to I precipitate a conflict, and have the power | to do so by pushing the people beyoud tbe poiut of endurance. L. Q. W. Omttftmitmct of thc Philadelphia Tiru I. WAHU.NOTON, Dec. 22.. Tbe drift of public sentiment here is ! unmistakably toward the peaceable in auguration of Governor Tilden os Presi dent. It may now bc regarded ascertain that the Senate will not consent to follow the lead of .Moiton and Sherman in their desperate policy oi forcing President Ferry to ussume thu responsibility of, counting the vote himself, und declaring Hayes elected. The complication thrown into thc issue by the action of Governor Grover, of Oregon, has done mud. to unsettle the Morton-Sherman, ?rogri.mme. It kuti been decided that 'err / should fortify himself in arbitrari ly declaring tho votes of Florida and Louisiuna for Hayes, behind tbe certifi cate;) of thc Governors of the States, on the assumption that the appointment of I Electors was confided to the States by the 1 constitution, and that the certificate ol'] the Go vern o Tj under the seal of the State, could not be inquired into ; but that rule now would elect Tilden, as under it the Tilden vote in Oregon would have to be counted. The daily protracted rud bitter j debate on thc Oregon question is bul the ebulitioa of the thwarted revolutionary Republican leaders in the Senate, for the Democrats do not claim that Tilden shall, be declared elected by that vote. It ia' Morton and Sherman petulently fighting their own disappointments. The various expressions on the Prcai- ! dential issue now are marked by a degree of candor and freedom that was not ats played a few weeks ugo. Then none I knew where the party lines v.ould drive | dcucy to reticence^ ten ?ay*, positive; .Republican exprss^is?s j uouncing any attempt to ior.:e Hayes into the Prc '.dency in accordance with the Adoiini . .ration plan. Tbe most significant declaration is that of Ch ?vf Justice Waite, whose opiuio'u are not concealed, on the issue, although he has expressed them with the prudence that becomes his position. He is the personal and political friend and neighbor of Gov. Hayes, and all his aympathies ore natu rally with. the Republican candidate ; but he has declared that the result must depend upon tbe fasts is the dispnted Sutes, ana that the present aspect of the controversy points very .strongly to the election and proper inauguration of Til den. It U no-./, well understood in politi cal circle* here that tho Supremo Court cannot be trusted to declare,Hayes -elec ted, strongly Republican es it is, and thia. development has done much to de moralize the already weak Morton-Sher man leadership. Gen. Butler's visit here hos also been a damper to the adminis tration. H ream's to stand up to the Louisiana ar d Florida returns, mid pro lawes to remand the election back to the people ; but all concede that in a new* election.Tilden would sweep the country like a whirldwind because of the very general conviction that he was honestly elected in November. Indeed, in case ol* a new election, it ia not a Asl that Hayes would not be allowed lo become the Republican candidate, because of bis nworiation with the return board traud?. lt - to.v i({UR?, -i:-iv eXUj'uteij i -xi -'O. r?i Mill H; wit,..-.. '. .1 -.mi vicytwit, immy; Ureak m tb? Ri-puoi cau san ii. h rf. ti nte agaiuot whait id vulgarly cabed ibo '.'buli-doaing? imlay of the administra it M to put Hayes into tho Presidency, and it i?* quite probable that Conkling, Maine, Edmunds, Christiane}* and L)awi<& will be among the boilers. Whenever the break U onee made there.will be a general stampede, and thc Morton Sherman programme will bo kicked out of the Senate. There is fear and trembling about tho House demand for the telegrams which passed between . the Republican man agers here and their associates in South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana. It ia known that the returning, boards there acted under, sp?cifie orders from Sher man, Noyen, W. E. Chandler and cajicrs who attended them, and it ia known alan that some very. .j?ajnaging telegrama passed between them in the desecrate emergencies which arose, ff the fele Ems shall be obtained it will bo shawn t thc return boards Of Florida" Louisiana were positively instructed I . Washington to count in aU the Reput! can Congressmen, and that atjOnunt?^ the' Unexpectedly largo roaJbWtfe* tamed for Haves tn those' Stetes? "Pr,.. dent Orton, of the Telegraph Campeoy, half in&tivi/Jb? bis ft tara Into. Uti isbaH s <wtv*. - m tm m w?/#^f**?wn?r' ' a? ^-Tr ibe telegrams tu tho Congressional! com mittee, ahd< it ia .not. coneealed thet ho does uo to iUe the s4rr^stretior?. from opes sb$pw Slowly but8a-e5?tba tr. usc, n en heaaiFr?luiu of thc vois Ter !*re?? dcpt iv?ai n lng groo nd, and tt (bice not new siWtoffpos^bl? to prevent tho peacea ble inauguration ofGovi?wor Tildes. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. The decision o! U!? onnreme Court of Florida, that tbs returning board uiiut count the vote of the parishes it threw out, has had the effect of a bombshell in the camp of the conspirators. Their fol lowers were-already -faHermg;, and this last shot, coming as it doe? right on top of Gen. Marlow's letters, is likely-to pre cipitate thc impending break in thc Sen ate and throw th? whole Hayes following into a pauic. Morton is still whistling up his courage, talks confidently aud out wardly maintains a firm front. In con versation this' afternoon be said be did not see how the 'decision of the Court could afTecl the eiectnr&i vote of Florid?. The Electoral Colleges were required to meet on a certain specified dav and cast their rotes for President and Vice Presi- i dent. The Electoral College of Florida, legally authorized to act, and with legal certificates of thc returning board tn show their authority, had met on the day pre?' scribed, had veted according to lao, snd the return ni" thal ?otc, duly certified to j wita now iu the bauds of th? President of the Senate. Obliviously a new Electoral College could.not now be formed, and it was clearly too late for thc Supreme Court of the State to reach the record of ] thc doings of thc legal action. As to the actual result of the Court's d?cision he could not, of course, say. He was in formed that even such a -ecount as the j Supreme Court had ordered would show that the Haves Electora were clearly elected ; but lie supposed it would give j the Democrats control of the State gov ernment. AH usual, he was very reticent as to any plans which he and bis co la'/orers might bsve for the future. The 'Star foreshadows ? plan in thc fol lowing editorial paragraph, which may bo "inspired," but probably is not. ft saysrm "The farce lately played iu South Caro ? lina bas been re-enacted iu Florida, whore the State Supreme Court bas ordered the board of canvassers to count the vote of certain counties which the board threw out. The board, it is said, will refuse to obey the order of thc court, on the ground that it bas no jurisdiction over their ac tion and cannot compel them to couut certain returns which a law of the State authorizes them to throw out. It ??prob able the court will follow Judge Moses' example in South Carolina ana commit them to jail for contempt. The board will then appeal to thc United States Court for release, as did the South Caro lina canvassers." All the aigus, however, indicate that the Hayes leaden are getting demoralized ns well as the rani, and file. Don Piatt, in thia morning's Capital, ??aserta squarely that Morton himself is weakening, and declares that on bis recent trip to Indiana be found public sentiment so unanimous against bim that he basc?me back fright ened and will act very conservatively. In answer to a question whether the Sen ate committee of seven were likely to re commend the passage of his bill to pro vide for the counting of the Electoral vote, 3!orton said this afternoon that he did not know; the committee had held only one very short meeting and nene of the members had alluded to Iiis bill. The Senate committee will meet again Wednesday. Most of the Congressmen had left the city for the holidays before the news from Florida came, but tbefew IVniocrats who. were here were jubilant, oeuator Jones, of Florida, who bas predicted such a de cision as the court has made, now reiter ates his assertion that such a recount as is demanded ?ill give the Tilden Elec tora a very respectable majority, and show that the Democrats have elected their two Congressmen and the whole State ticket. Conover admite the Con gressmen and i:ie State ticket, but still holds with Merton that thc Hayes Elec tor)* have cu- J the State. ? Private nd vices from 2 Congressional committee now in Flon. 1 are very encouraging for the Democrats, it is said that the Re publican members are so fully convinced that frauds were committed that they will not countenance them, and that the com mittee will unanimously report that Til den has carried the 8tatc. Congressman Hoar, who is a member of the House committee of seven, nays of. Louisiana that the committee will present two dia metrically opposite reporta, accompanied with such a mass of testimony that Con gress will not have time to digest it, and a proposition will be made to refer the question to some outside tribunal. That proposition, he thinks, will Tai' first be cause there is no provision in thc consti tution or precedent in history for it ; and second, because in the struggle of boih parties for advantage in the composition of the tribunal an agreement would be almost impossible. He lenber-says that the J resident of the Senate will count the vote, will announce Governor Haye? I ele? .c-d. the administration will, see bim I im u.-^urated, and there will be nn conflict. ! ?rst, b-cana* rmbody'WKtiU io fight, anti j ?S??r?d: because ibo DemOerai? ans suit? I Ol VlO?Ory iu?r j???is wi???CS, ?ira WwU?d rather wait for it then .fight now. Spite of all these utterances tho proba bility that Tilden will be peaceably insu ?united grows greater from day to day. Innfidence bas taken the place of irreso lution in the Democratic ranks, while the bloater and bravado of the Hayes rain is giving way to- frequent secret con? sui tat iona and outward signs of fear. Thu Southern Hayes movement appears to be pretty effectually squelched. Senator Gordon is authority for the assertion, in the strongest possible way, that no such movement exists anywhere among the people of the South, and if any Southern member holds au-jb'Views-he ?rr/holly without support at home. : Alexander Sivf-h?Dp, mS?-m letter-pubHshed i ?vthw Atlanta Constitution, says, over bis own signature :"' "1 "nb statement going the rounds of the papers that I am advising a friendly acceptance by the people of the I South of tho inauguration of Mr. Hayes is utterly unfounded. I never have and never shall advise them or any other people to give a friendly acceptance nf any administration inaugurated by the grossest frauds and most palpable-usurpa tion."?.? Mr. Lamar is equally jositive sod explicit in his repudiation of any and every charge of complicity in such a movement. After a thomngb canvass of the; Southern members, the-whole head und front of such a movement appears' to be Hen Hil), bf Georgia, and the other O-"?!? iwimbv?r* iwsert roost |>osilivelv th .' it" !i< ..!cur- -ti di a :'oi ui.-nt he d '?..<: represent unylfntly in his own Stale, lt is ascertained that Hill, him self, has already sent a private-letter C:ia trusted friend in-'Georgia', to Ive used, if needed, In ' hU Kcnatoriul utroggle, in whlch.be declares, tinder dat? of some dava ago, thr.' hf I* not'and has hot been in sympathy r.irn any such movement. Mr. Stephens, in conversation this evyn* ingi expressed it as bia belief that thtf action of the Supreme Court of Florida will result in throwing ont the Electoral vote of'Florida. He consider? that t>.o decision of the Supreme Court is virtu ally that no l*gal Electoral College met in Florida on the day appointed by law] and so no Electoral vote was legally cast, there being an informality in the action of th? Tilden Electors, but be does nut think that Congress can now either couut the-vote bf the Tilden or Have* Electors or form a new college. i ?1'?J' CbrntixmJenc*ef the Kc* York Herald. W AS H i NOTOS, Dec. 25. 1 . Intelligence which . reaches here from different parts of the country. East as well n.ffttyytam fftri of JH??U f/y ia HIM W wilbewj one of the mo?t InTfrkditea ejedaai i eli ?I nutritions this coqntty ba* ever ^en. Pronifatloti* aro , cmh*iy makins in nine or ten Northern ?afr* ?? jirjbU? ttrrjrt?a?s fi Vb held tifo that day, not onlV in the large citiee, but ? in towna and Tillage*, by Democrat* to ! protest against, m fraudulent or irregular I Man Ung in Kif A President. It has be? 1 i^c'inQtrn that in several States and in many. JncaSHiee numbrr-i of itepubiicans wjfo voted fi* Hayes tai Wheeler ba\e determined *?? join in this protest and de mand fair play and an honest count. There is not least intention to break tho peace, but it-ia meauC-??A? tb? pivUii shall be earnest, and show that the peo ple ar? attentively natch t Cg what is going on ?nd are uot asleep.' Letters -m-Tired herc fro r.r different States by in fluential men show that the constant re-. I iteration by kadinrr Republicana bore that the Vice President shall count and declare the vote at all b?tards, and the echo of this sentiment in Republican organs produces great excitement and irritation on the public mind, the people thinking that this question should be set tled by a committee of Congres?' and not bv a predetermined partisan arrangement. WA? H l NO TO sr,1 Dec. 28. Intelligence received here from influ ential men in 8outh Carolina shows that there is no likelihood nf violence there. The Democrats are determined on peace, and the extent to which the taxpayers and property owners, Republicans as well H* Democrnta anrl hincks ns well as whites, are uniting to protest against the pay ment of taxes tb" the Chamberlain collec tor*, shows that this is a general n?ov** ment, such ns it will bo difficult to resist. The circuit courts in the'Starte will, it is believed, almost without exception, sus tain the reneul to'pay ia xi s to Chamber lain, ami declare Hampton to bs the rightful Governor, ami while, if the movement included only a few people, Chamberlain's sheriffs would doubtless seieo and sell their property at auction, it is manifestly impossible to sell out a whole State ft sheriffs aale. There viuld be no purchasers, and if any were found they would not risk their money on transactions which would confer no clear title. There is reason to believe that if General Hampton should summon thc Legislature to meet in extra session after some weeks a constitutional majori ty of both houses, having Returning Hon rd certificates, would assemble at his call for the transaction of business, and there are signs that only a very few of the Chamberlain Legislators would re main with him. Most of them would join the Hampton Legislature, believing it to be the legal body. The developments in Florida are watched Itere with much interest by both sides. The extreme Republicans assert that even if Florida is shown to have gone clearly D?mocratie, the only elec tors who had tho lawful certificate of the Governor have cost the vote of the State for Hryes, and that they o.My cnn be recognized. Thus they hold, though the Legislature and the Stute officers may tum out to he Democratic, this can not change the recorded vote of the elec tors for Hayes, and will not help Tilden. Some Democrat* hold, however, that the Legislature has the right to take notice of a froud in the electoral returns; that it may, on proof that the State wont for Tilden, give notice that the Hayes elec tora were not chosen, and had therefore no lawful existence, and that it may thereupon authorize Governor Drew, who will come into office ott the 2d of Jan uary, to appoint and certify the Demo cratic electora as being the persons right fully chosen, and send a communication to Congress showing what has been dune and asking that, as a matter of equity, Congress shall cot reject the lawful elec toral vote of Florida simply because by fraud the lawful electors were denied their certificate in time io meet on the appointed day. The cass thus officially presented, it ie held, would then be anal agotts tc that of Wisconsin in 1856, when the electors were prevented by a violent snow storm from meeting on the day by birr appointed. Congress in that case chose io overlook the technical irregu larity and admitted the vote of Wiscon sin, both houses by resolution agreeing to accept the report of the tellers who had counted the vote. WASHINGTON, December 28. Hie ( omni i t tee appointed by the Senate for the purpose of devising means for ex amining and verifying thc Electoral vote had a protracted session to-day, all the members being present but Mr. Logan. The committee entered upon the prelimi nary work by examining and discussing the* course adopted by each House for meeting in joint convention, and their decisions while in r-uch convention, in declaring the vot? for President and Vies--. President since the foundation of the government. These were trken np and discussed in some instances quite elabo rately, the members of the committee de siring tu get all the information possible out of tiie journals and records cf Con gress, and from contemporaneous politi cal history. No new probbsitions were debated, though there was hardly a mem ber of the committee who barf not re ceived nome contribution on the question from one source or another, and Which, at. tho proper tim?, may prove of Borne value. The meeting indicated very plonrlo fVtnt ibo <>/inlm!ll/i? mill Kfe'WMcYfO -ry--j.. ~ mw.v iv secure an authentic account of each joint cbnvantlcn. both aa to the journals, end thc- debates sn the same, with the excep tion of one or two of the earlier Congresses, where the journal of tho proceedings only can be secured. The record of the de bates alone will make a large volume. The committee, will meet again to-morrow to r-*ume the db.cuciion.' They hope,by thc middle of next week, to have a con ference with the'House committee, which resumes its session in January. The nub-committee of the House com unttce, consisting of Messrs. Hunton, Springer and Willard, have h?i a meet ing for the purpose of gathering facts fbr the full committee, which will meet when Mr. Payne, thc chairman, returns. When the two committees meet in ioint i session ali ?he preli?iin?ry work will bave been done, and eouchisi v\ action may be cAu^Civ? ?5r?y ?n ./".nuory. Meantime, the special committee of the House, of which Mr. Knott is chairman, to determine the privileges and powera of the House in ascertaining and determin ing the Electoral vote, are pushing their investigations, and will probably report before the joint committee is ready for action. . Several members of tbe Senatorial com mittee are understood to bo opposed tu the submission of any question growing out of this controversy to the Supreme Court of the United States. They hold that this would be depriving Congress of ita power as the representatives of the people, which the framers of the Consti tution evidently designed that Congress s'lfHtW! SHH!? jw**^"* uml U?J. ni ?ia Hi?, emtioii. The exceptional ;character ol tba. present controversy is considered no reason why Congre*- should surrender tl.jkii-ower. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. The National Republican, thia morninu printe an editorial headed : "The House cannot elect the President," of which tbe following is thc concludion: "But, arter ?ll, what can the House dot Ita hands are dosed tighter than a snugly pressed vice. Should it attempt, to elect Mr, Tilden the. Republicans will withdraw ano icave it without a two-thirds m. jori. ty of the State* necessary for a quorum. Again, niter the fruitless Julnt Commit tee. Convention is broken up by a failure to agree (JO a mode of counting the vote, the Pr?sident of the Senate will undoubt edly proceed, according to the constitu tion, to perforai the duty of counting ?ad deciding the vote, i "Should.thcDemoerfitic portion of,the House refuse, to join the Senate in th? EBrformance.of.tbla.duty, and mtirinft old a session of its own, in which fit Sneaker* announces that as no Prc*',.* jn| Afilie United States'has been elected, fete? *n\ I^i^.tn WUot/for thtS ttoeVTnen theShohfcn* \hW riio*vc ia) made he would b?corh? ilia Wwattint di constituted authority, and a traitor to thu lawittl goura muat of tire tFnlfcd Stauj and would bo summarily ?rr????id/?^r?. peny with all those disposed to laimStl ia bu revolutionary action. The ff?? bss lu o o ww*, hot !? -an ?-J OBS scheme to Attempt to oppose eoaS' rational au iii I) ri ly." . The Dael Go vern tn eat. Se RAMS* rt2? ilea. - * a?rr<5pw>S??M? ft/ tA< ObMOMta* Om??^j CHATTANOOGA, TBNN" Dec ii What will bo the result oT/tlTSreW complication in South Carolina? Tba^. wJ>o Cxpeci._bl.tlQd MJ.JpejBsaAAaijr^ lion of thc difficulty othsr than turnin? ! the Biaje ?fer-to the Democj-ata-^? ?f . the white people-csn undeceive then j selves. So-called Republican a-oveni ' m?rit is at an end there, and fr t?T chance, Chamberlain continues to act *? governor, be will be powerless. What is such a government as ku u Sontb Carolina anfJCeHoggV "rT?a. ana good for /anyway? They cannot stand alone an hour if Federal protection is withdrawn, and with that protection they ?re powerless to command respect or enforce law. I fail to see what good ii iL come, from a continuation of an attemnt to uphold so-called Republican eovenY ment? in these States. U 6 ra" The double government at present in i South Carolina ls the fourth of the sort we have bsd in the Southern Stat??52 ib? war, Yoe remember the tw*>.^<-.-??? government in Alabama 'that "was^frwsa long a trme, a nuisance and * ?home You remember the appeal* to Washing-' ton, the fights and turmoil. It ix nil over and AI sba m a ia ut peace. Then there wa? thc doubl? governmeu? in Arksosu Brooks et the head of one end and Batter at the other. It ia tiver ; the white p?o pie, that li Ut say the Democracy, areTa power. Old Joe Brooks has a Post Office and there is pe~ce in Arkansas.I* Lowi-' ann had a long experience with ? double government, and, Indeed, has it now for MeEnery has never entirely subahled After January she will have more of it for Nicholas and Packard willi both be inuugurateo. : ' The reason that tho 'Republic:^ pVrty is a failure iu the Cotton States is because there is no, white1 element in it except the nfficc-holdero. The blacks canuot; con duct good government, and if they coald I don't believe the whites Would ' long submit to it These agitators in the Cot ton States are rebellious against negro rule where the negroes are in tb?j majori ty. That is the truth of the matter. And you need not look for peace under so-called Republican government in th? Cotton States, unless some -.-bite material can be got into the Republican party. It is- the talk here that Haves, if inaugu rated, may attempt to build np the shat tered Republican party in the Southern States. It cnn be done, but the effort will require skill and courage, and the cutting loose from numerous carpet-bag gers who have brought shame and dis grace upon the very name of Republi can. There is a good opportunity for states men to come to the front about this time if there are any in the country. H. V. R. The South Carolina Memorial. WASHINGTON, December 29. Io the Senate, Mr. Cordon presented the memorial of Wade Hampton, Wm. D. Simpson, W. H. Wallace, and sixty eight Senators and Representatives io the General Assembly of South Carolina, ad dressed to Congress, reciting at langi! the events which have recently transpired in the State, the interference of the military, dec., and asking Congress to take such action as will cause a cessation of milita ry interference ia tho affaira of the State, and enable the Governor and Legislatura lo exercise the duties of the offices to which they were elected. The memorial having been read, Mr. Gordon moved tha_ it be referred to the Committee on thc Judiciary. Mr. Frciiiighuysen moved to amend a? us to refer it to the Committee on Priv ileges and Elections, instead of the Judi ciary Committee. Pending tue discussion, Mr. Gordon by unanimous consent, submitted a resolu tion recognizing the Harar toi govern ment as the legal govern rat rt of South Catolina ; but objection was made te it by Morton and others, and it was laid over. The question being on the amendment nf Mr. Frelinghuysen, twelve Senators voted in thc affirmative and thirteen in the negative; no quorum; so the Senate, at 12,80, sdjonr :_4? until Tuesday next, in accordance with an order previously adopted. LATER.--The South Carolina memorial comes up Tuesday on a question of refer ence. The resolution offered by Senator Gordon, which follows, can be called up by bim st any time, and will be regularly before the Senate. It is aa follows: I Retched, by the Senate, That the State government now existing in the State of South Carolina, and represented by Wads Hampton as Governor, bi the lawful gov ernment of said State ; that it is republi can in form, and that every assistance necessary to sustain ita proper and lawful authority in said State, should bt given by tho United States when properly called upon for that parp?se, tb the end that the laws may bc faithfully and promptly ex ecuted, life and property protected and defended, and all violators of law. 8t*te or national, brought to a speedy punish ment for their crimes. - Womeu may now hold office ia Iowa except those of members of the Legislature fend Judge of the Superior Courts. - It is reported that Mrs. A. T. Stew art..bas- engaged rooms st Jacksonville, Fla., and will pass most of the winter at that place. - Over 24,000 Masons were made in North America last year, ?n.i the whole number ol affiliated Masono on the conti ent at thia *i_3* ???"red* 600.000. - The North Carolina Legislature ?a about to repeal the law imposing a tax ci $50 on traveling salesmen. The Ala bama Legislature baa just repealed a Bim? Uar law. .vu A report iecuirentth?.tex-SecreUry Belknap and his wife are writing a boo* which will give an account of society ann Kliticul life in Washington during the it five or six years. 8PECIAI. arotrcES. .HT? 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