The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, January 18, 1877, Image 1

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Ad rertlsiog by contract mutt bc confined te tb? lav >? ?d?ate builn es* of tb* Arft? or laatrtdtjal ceatna t ina- * Obituary Notice? ?x-Mdisf AT* lint?, Tri Va Ut of Ile?peet, and all pettana! eonmvulcatlon? or Titter* sf lodWlduaf interest, will be charged for (t advertising raus. Asaiwist squats of tajurtagss and J eat bj, and not ko? of a religious character, ar? f.poctfullT ?oltelled, and will be tuertos patts ELECF?OK 0? OOUHTfJ OPPI?EB?. A DECISION* OF Tn s QUESTION wiiETHteJt PHEBE WAS A LAWFUL, ELECTIONW COUNTY OFFICEE? IN NOVEMBER AN APPEAL, TO THE SUPREME COURT. Before Judge Reed, in the Court of Qenernl Sessions for Charleston County, an agreement waa made in the case of Jacob Willitnan vs. J(ohn H. Oatendorff, who were conteswiits tor Urn Clerk of Urn Court in said County, to have a coniro versy without action, or a friendly suit to determine which of tho contestants was entitled to the office. The question in difference submitted to tho Court was whether, under the Constiution snd laws of the State of South Carolina, Mr. Wi?? lim?n, as holding the office till his succ?s sor should be elected and qualified, is such clerk, or whether Mr. Osteadorff is mich successor and entitled to the office by re BAOT of the votes citst .for him on thc 7th November, 1876, and the subse quent declaration. of the board of State canvassers. . , , It was agreed that Mr. Ostendorff had been commissioned, and had taken the oath of office and given the bond as re quired by law, nnd is in all respects duly qualified to perform the duties of eaid office, provided that the 7th day of No vember was the proper day for holding thc election for said office. The case was elaborately argued on both sides, and Judge Reed announced his decision and opinion in the case sq follows^ In Re. Jacob Wildman and John H. Os tendorff, ta be Clerk of Court.-Contro versy leithoul Aciton. To determine the question submitted td the Court in tho caso made, it is neces sary to recur to and stato the principal constitutional and legislative provisions in regard to the election of State and county officers. It is provided by Section ll, Article 2 of the Constitution, reading it as amen ded in 1872-3, that "the first election foi Senators and Representatives * ? ? shall be held on the 14tb, 15th and 16th days of April of the present year, (1868) and the second election shall be held on the third Wednesday in October, 1870, and forever thereafter on the first Tues day following tho first Monday in No vember in every second year." So thal the 7th November last was unquestiona bly the day fixed by the constitution foi tho election of members of the General Assembly. In Article 3, Section 2 and 6, it is pro vided that the Governor and Lieutenant Governor "shall be elected nt the first general election held under the constitu tion for members ol' thc General Ac-cm hiv, and at each general election there after." The term general election is np plied by the constitution to the electior of Senators and Representatives, ant would seem to be fixed thereby. In section 23 of tho same article it ii provided that "there shall be elected bj the qualified voten? of th? State a Comp trailer General, a Treasurer and a Secre tary of State, who shall hold their respec ti ve o lu ceo for the term of four yean,' but no time is fixed for the election. Section 19 of. Article 4 provides tba three persons shall be elected by th? qualified votera of each county for th? term of two years, who shall constitute : board of County Commissioners, bot ni time is prescribed for their election. Section 20 provides for the election o a Probate Judge for each county for th term of two years, but is silent as to th time of election. Section 27 provides that "there shal be elected in each county * * * on Clerk of the Court * * ? who sba! hold his office for four years, and unti his successor shall be elected and quali fied," but fixes no time for his election. Section 28 provides that "an A Horne; General for th? State shall bs sleeted b' the qualified electors for the term of fou years," fixing, however, no timo for th election. Section 80: provides for the election c a Sherill" and'Coroner for each count} for the terra of four years eacbt but i silent aa to the tima of their election. Section 1, Article 10, provides for Superintendent of Education, who sba be elected at the same time that thc Stat officers are elected. Section 3, Article 13, provides for tl election of an Adjutant and Inspect? General at thc same time that the Btat officers are elected, and Section 10, Article 14, directs the tin when all State officers shall be elected, I wit : at the general election of Senato and Representatives, which is, a? hi been shown, "on the first Tuesday folios ing the first Monday in November i every second year," os to those office whose term is for two years, and in erei fourth year as to those whose terms a for four years. The constitution is, therefore, entire silent asto the timo when county office shall bo elected, and has been so regardi and treated by the convention th framed it, and by the General Asset bly. This, ss to the constitution, is demo titrated by nb ordinance ratified on t 7lh of March, 1868, to be found in x Revised Statutes immediately followii the constitution: and as to the Qenei Assembly, by the legislation that fa hp?n lia.I ni, ida ...kfL~? Q- .K~ ~ ...-. ---- -J -. -V 2??< nance referred to, an election wss oider to be held for the. ratification of the'cc stitution and the ?lection of State offici on the 14th, 16th ano 16th days of Ap of the same year, and a board of co missioners, appointed by the same on nance, were authorized'and required order an election for all county officers. be held within thirty days after the ra fication of tho constitution. The fi election fo^'edhrity ?ftWeMfio^proVid for, thereTTrff, ny Ihe colfvemidh 'tl framed the constitution, and was hold pursuance of the ordinance in May. 18 eaving it to the Gehend Awombly provide for hlliatllre elections. This they proceeded to do, and I first, act on tue euhiect to which mr ieatjon bsa beeb called ls that of tba 1' of Kebru?rv, 1870, aa re-enacted in i Revised Statutes, pert 1st, title 2d, ?hi ter 10, piigo $3, 'of thfe election of com omt?!*? The first' 8octiort of that provides ?hat "there shall be a oes. ?cttion fot the 'cl?ctlon of th? follow comity officers, to wit: Judge of Prob] County Commissioners, School Como wooers, held in eaqh county, on the til Wednesday of October, ??TO, and on same day, in every second year thercaf tod fur the election of Sheriff and Cl o? the Court of Common Pleas on third Wednesday of October. 1872, i ?,n the same day in every fourth j thereafter." By the second section of the Cou poomissioners' act of tho 18th of Al 1876, (16th Statuts? 086,) an effort made to take the election of these oftl out of the act referred to, which el WM eor.??mm?t?d hy tho act of 24t March, 1876, (16th. Statute, 168,) and election of Coiiuty Commissioners is. Ito come off wich the general < ?on in November of overy second, j ?bese acts cT??ioustrato that the Leg turc^f aMft^tty?^nnt Ounoider-the,, I !?f ojcciirig cc?hty'ofllc?io ns prese: forln fe instrument. The tenn general election, ss will bc .wi HU appiltd in the constitution only to the election of members of the Gen ers! Asserr.hlyt but ber? the Legislatur .pplies (t to the election of county offi cers, and it seems to hsre been used in differently by that body as descriptive af either State or county elections, if held rn the several comities at the same time. Tola will appear by reference to the 1st section of ?a act entitled "Of County Sheriff;.** OhsDier 50, nan-a 157 o?' th? Revised Statutes, and ali?lo the 1st sec tion of sn act entitled "Of County Coro ner/' Chspter 21, page 170, Revised Statutes. On the 1st March, 1870, the General Assembly passed another act entitled, as republished in the Revised Statutes, Title 2, Chapter 8, page 29, "Of the man ner of conducting elections and returning votes." The first section af that act pro vides "that the general elections in this r?tate shall bo held pursuant to the contti tuiion thereof, on the third Wednesday in October, 1870, and forever thereafter on the same day in every second year, and shall be regulated ana conducted accord ing to rules, principles and provisions herein prescribed." It ha* been adjudged that tho provisions of this act in thc first and other stations are inconsistent with the set of the 14th February, and if not operating as a repeal of the former either directly or by implication, at least .tarn ishes a presumption that the Legislature intended to include the election of all officers. State and county, and hence cov ering the election of Clerk of the Coart. It will be seen that this act was passed by the nam& Aesemblj at the same session and only fourteen days after the act o~ the 14th of February, and whilst it was designed in its several provisions follow ing the first section to direct the manner wi holding and declaring all elections, it in no way conflicts in its first section or elsewhere with the terms of the act of the 14th February fixing the time for holding elections for the principal county officers. It does, indeed, in the first sec tion proscribe the time for holding the general election*; (which ls, perhaps^not inappropriate, cone'deriug the number of State officers to bs voted for,) but in pur suance to the constitution and the elec tion for Senators and Representatives is that that is termed general in the consti tution, and the only one it attempts to fix the time for holding. The act of the 14th of February, 1870, was intended to supply an omission in the constitution by fixing a time for holding elections for tho principal county officers thereby Tented, whilsL that of the 1st bf March, 1870, was to enforce the mandate of the constitution prescribing thc time for holding the gen eral election-that is, the election for members of the General Assembly, and to arrange the machinery for conducting and declaring all elections. These sta tutes are, therefore, designed to aid in carrying oat tho scheme o?r the constitu tion, and are in no way inconsistent with each other. But even if there was sub stance in the argument as to the effect of the first section of the act of the lat of March, 1870, it has been repealed by the act of the 19th of March, 1874,15 Sta tutes, 788, leaving the balance of that statute, and the act of the 14th of Feb ruary, 1870, except as to County Com missioners, of full force as the law of the land, and the only law directing and au thorizing the election of Clerk of the Court. This view, I sm inclined to think, is in accord with the intention of the framers of the constitution and of the members of tho General Assembly who passed the acts referred to. The office of Senators and Representatives, As also of the mem bers of the Executive department and of most of the State officers who are directed by the constitution to be elected at the same time, are political in their charac ter, and it is entirely proper, not only that they should ba elected together, but that for the convenierfce of tue electors and the good Order of society the election should be held on the same day upon which members of Congress and Presi dential Electors are chosen. Not so, however, with the county offices. Most of these ore judical in'their character and the incumbents should be chosen exclu sively on account of their peculiar quali fications and character. Indeed, the pub lic interest demands that their selection :?jould be entirely unconnected with the excitements and contentions of a politi cal election, and it would be vastly better for the general weal if six months instead of three weeks could intervene between thc day of their appointment and the general election. For being chosan c? tho day of the political election they are driven to become partisans, and the idea of a partisan Judge of Probate, a pu. titan Clerk of Court or a partisan County Cominis-ioner is abhorrent to a decent regard for public justice, and to require an aspirant for any of these offices to go upon the hustings and engage in a parti* san scramble ia to unfit him for an impar tial discbarge of the important trusts to be confided to bira. I am, therefore, in duced to believe that considerations like these led to tho fixing of the election of tbase important officers on a different day than that upon which the general elec tions are held. However that may be, it is my business to declare the law as l find ii, and to my mind the construction i have given to the matter in controversy il so clear thai I do noi perceive how there can be two opinions upon the sub ject. It ia therefore adjudged, That the' elec tion held for Clerk of the Court of Com mon Pleas for Charleston County on the 7th of November hut was without war rant of law, and that the defendant, John H. Ostendorff, acquired nu legal title to the office thereby. .?nd it isfurthci adjudged, That Jacob Willimar, :tb:eJWiffil|idi o^r?n?fr the coddfitilifnlaldjf?fruthex?|aSd requir^J to exercise the duties o? the office until a successor shall have been lawfully appointed. January 9,1877. J. P. REED. Th? Court room was crowded with the members.ot,the Dar ana cager epectntnrs who had assembled, many of them from sheer cariosity, to hear the termination of the case and to learn who was Clerk. i During the reading of the opinion strict ' j order and, silence were maintained, and at the announcement of Court's judgment the counsel for Ostendorffgave notice'of an immediate appeal to the Supremo Court. Ostendorlt hung amana the Court roora for awhile and thon retired? Edward W. Lee, Mr. WilHman's deputy, who hits been holding the fort with him since the late election and bas determined to sink or swim with him, came triumph-, antly forward, and miietV P?><?^eu to assist Mr. Winkler in the duties of tho chu c. , Later in tho day Col. Simonton sub i. milted the following wrid of ouster, which i the Judge signed : i th* State of South Carolina, Charlettan f County, The State tr rel. Jacob Willi . ?PCT? vs. John H. Ostendorff. r Tho proceedings in this case having . been submitted to thc Court 'on a case . suited in a controversy without i?ction, - nnd it fairing to the.Oos.rt thai the ?election under which the mandent , claims waa not held at tho ?moprcs?iibod ? by law? to .witt on tba third Wedneadaj t i& October. 1874, and that the relator, t^jtder tho Constitution, bolaro Vor ?J3U! a successor io him hss been duly elected and quit i fled. Hi? adjudged, Taat the defendant, John H. Ostendorff, be ousted from th? office of the Clerk of Court of Qenersl Sessions and Common Pleas. And be it further adjudged, That Jacob Williman, named in the proceedings and a plaintiff in this action, is and he is hereby declared to bo entitled to hold r.aid obiT in that he rf as tb? duly elected Clerk of the said Court under the elec tion held in 1872, and, having qualified as such, is entitled to bold the same until his successor is duly elected and qualified. January 9, 1877. J. P. REED. Upon the (?suing of this order tho counsel for Mr. Williman were served arith notice of appeal by Major Stone on behalf of Ostendorff, sud tue case will be tsken immediately to the Supreme Court. Mr. Williman did not make bis ap pearance, being confined to his room by sickness. According to tho agreement entered into by tho counsel on both sides, Mr. Williman will be optitlcd to enter immediately upon the duties of the office, while Ostendorff resorts to an appeal to the Supreme Court. Should thc Supremo Court sustain the decision of the Court below, Mr. Willi jian holds over until another regular election be held or at? extra election be ordered. But if the Supreme Court should reverse the decis ion of Judge Reed, then Ostendorff will enter upon the duties oi the office, and will bc entitled to all the fees. &c., which bsve accrued during Mr. Willimnn's oc cupancy of the office. Sooth Carolina's Senator, (Jes. M. C. Bitler-. No one supposes thst the I nmocrntic Legislature of 8outh Carolir a either would or could please the Northern Radicals in their cholos of a United States Senator. The vials of their wrath were all ready to be poured out upon the devoted head of any gentleman, thus honored by the legal Legislature of the Palmetto State. It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that all the barrel organ , of the Grant dynasty are busing, to the best of their ability, tho distinguished soldier and statesman who will alone rep resent South Carolina in the United States Senate after the four h of March next. In this section Gen. Butler is known to us all as one of thc most moder ate and conservative men in South Caro lina, and knowing this fact, it ia not nec essary for us to enlarge upon it. But we take pleasure in reproducing from thc Philadelphia Time*, ajournai thoroughly independent in politics, thi following ar ticle. In speaking of General Butler's career and antecedents, it says: "And what are the facts? Mr. Butler is a highly cultured Sooth Carolioian, who has ever been conspicuous Ort his conservative counsels ana actions. He served under Hampton dnring the rebel lion, lost a leg at Brandy Station, rose to thc rank of Major-General in the insnr {' ;ent army by his merits as a soldier, and, ike'all brave men on both sides, when the war ended he bowed to the arbitra ment of the sword, and bas ever been in accord with Hampton in teaching, alike by precept and example, submission to the government in the generous spirit that 13 due from faith ful citizenship. He was at Hamburrr on professional business on the day of the horrible butchery, and: as the preliminary hearing provea, hau no part in.tho bloody affair, except to make exhaustive efforts to maintain the peace. But his prominence as a citizen made him an inviting ttrget for those who sought to turn a cowardly murder to political advantage, instead of judicially ascertaining the truth and punishing thc guilty, andbia name baa been insepara bly interwoven with that revolting trage dy. Gov. Chamberlain waa then the us disputed Governor of South Carolina, with the regular troops practically at his command, with hb State milV.ia armed and absolutely under his orders, with Re publican judges in every judicial district, and with Republican machinery for the selection of jurors. He had but to com mand tho law, whose agencies were all In political accord with himself, to en force swift judgment against the murder ers, for atrocious murderers'there were at Hamburg beyond a question. But t'r-at did not suit the purpose of the man v.*ho was charged with ?hi preservaci?n of tne peace of the Sta ? and the enforcement of-the laws. Instead of summoning the law to assert its majesty, he rushed away to Washington and called for "more 1 troops" with dramatic flnnr?*!? to fire the Northern heart. In a pnbiic letter he ? associated the nama of Mr. Butler with I tho massacre, to which the accused pub licly answered that he was innocent, that be was voluntarily in the hands of the Jaw, and that he challenged prompt und searching judicial investigation of the murderous affair, so that the innocent ahould be acquitted sud the "uilly pun ished; Nor did Mr.'-Butler,- Uko Gover nor Chamberlain, stop with a newspaper proclamation. At the earliest moment ne appeared before a Republican judge and asked-not for his discharge, but Tot a reference of the case to the proper tri bunal for the most exhaustive'investiga tion. The Republican Judge held this I "red-handed rat5sn," ??'5 J"Ejo??n?j spirit lin the bloodiest deed recorded in our ? modere hi*****"" " *o h=??i in tb? ?tim of one thousand dollars for his appearance r.t the (wurt for trial. This was last mid* summer, and why has he not been tried? Why has the Republican Governor not made his Republican judge call in his Republican jurors and try Mr. Butler for the Hamburg massacrer Fivo blacks were horribly butchered after they had been captured and disarmed. There must be a clear case of most diabolical murder against some parties, and if Mr. Butler aided or abetted the murderers, he is equally guilty with them alike in law and morals, and why has he not been tried? He -has publicly challenged Chamberlain to try bim before nil ibo Chamberlain legal machinery, and be sravs notice that Ire'would then and' the** i show who wore, the real authors or the Hamburg tragedy that he hud striven m tnt earnestly to prevent. It waa this notice that made Chamberlain retreat from the trial of Butler, ft was the fear that Butler would prov, that the Ham burg massacre was concocted and forced to consummation by political leaders most trusted in the counsels of Chamber lain, ?nd that ie would be established before a Republican court and a Repub lican jury that th? Hamburg outbreak j was one of the deliberately planned fea tures of the Chamberlain political cam paign to arouse ! the country, - furnish ?n excuse to place South Carolina under martial btw and thus insure- a-new leas? of carpet-bag power in that State. Fmru August last until now Mr. . Butler has defied Chamberlain in his cv.n courts, and as yet he ts without any to accuse bini ut the bar of justice. Such is the truth of Mtv Butlers association with the Hamburg butchery so far as the public eau judge from sn Impartial hearing of both tades." So long as thic distinguished Carolinian i ia thus . nowa ta the enlightened pres.-* . und people of the IT-itu, ho can afford to [j pass over in silence the petty mouthing i of those Radical papers whose political , creed begin and ?ind?' with hatred to the I South and ber people". TH fl STRUGGLE Iff LOUISIANA. Initial Success of the Democrats-A Peaceful Herolutlou Accomplished. Spteitl Corrttpm&tnct ojth* Stu York tttrmM. NEW ORLEANS. LA., Jan. 9,187?. The long expected hour of contest has arrived, and though thus far in its pro gress no gun has been fired, the events of thc dar save left thc Republicans no foothold in tho State except that bound ed by tho walls of thc State House and thc Custom House. That this has been accomplished, and without bloodshed, is owing to thc fact, which is admitted by all partied, that the Packard government, like its predecessor, has not one iota of moral support in this community, while ita physical backing, when deprived of the co-operation of federal troops, hos proved almost equally insignificant. The question upon which the issue was made to-day was solely whether Sheriff Handy (Democrat) should be supported ia defending possession of the court buildings. It was known that the Pack ard Supreme Court would sit to-day. The new Superior Civil Court hod already set, and it was believed by the citizens that if this was peaceably submitted to tbo question of a de facto government would be decided against them. This they were resolved to combat, and all day Monday Generals Ogden, Penn, Nicholls and other advisers were in earn est consultation. A preventive policy was at fiint determined upon, but the new members of tbeSuprcme Court being called iu council no decision was arrived at in time for action on Monday. It waa nearly twelve o'clock last night before the Governor and his advisers de termined to act upon the vigorous policy recommended by Generals Penn and Ogden. At that late hour orders were issued through couriers ordering the dif ferent military organisations in the city, amounting to between 2,000 and 3,000 well armed mee, besides a similar num ber with side arms only, to bo iu position near the temporary State House, oppo site Lafayette square, by nine a. m. The night, though bitterly cold, was an eventful one. Couriers dashed through the streets, cabs rumbled in every direction, while tho rat-tat-tat upon the doors and ringing of bells echuca in every neighborhood, summoning tho faithful to Ult* field. Scarcely had day light dawned before groups of men were seen hurrying through the streets in every direction. By eight o'clock armed parties began to assemble in the neighborhood, but it was not un til ten o'clock that the crowd commenced augmenting by tho arrival of organized bodies of citizen soldiero who were in iu??ir every-day clothes, and armed with every description of weapon from the Winchester down to the saloon rifle.. By. eleven a. m. General Ogden appeared on the field and rapidly com pleted the organization, which shortly after moved do'vn to the levee toward Jackson square, ?umbering about 1,000 completely armed men, one battery of artillery, consisting of two niuo pound howitzers and about 3,000 men with side arms only. As they marched down, Gen eral Penn heading the column, their ranks constantly augmented. From every direction people, armed with every describable species of weapon, were soon hastening to the'scene of conflict. Arriving opposite Jackson square, which fron tn tun court buildings, where a large crowd had already assembled, one company was despatched, under com mand of Captain J. D. Hill, to demand the surrender.. In the meanwhile the Packard Supreme Court bad opened at ten o'clock, with Judges Ludeling, King and Leonard. Sheriff Handy having re fused to recognize their authority he was suspended and Alfred Bourges sworn in tn ufa place. About, the time tho head of General Ogden's column reached the ground they had adjourned in respect to th? memory of Judge Saucier, who died yesterday, and thereupon left the build ing unmolested by tho crowd assembled. Shortly after thc gates were thrown open by, the police, wno surrendered the court room, ?lie Third precint station and tba Stato Aracmil, nil of w.h'oh are located in tho same building and which the forces of General Ogden pr iceeded to occupy. Sheriff Handy at once notified the Nicholls Supreme Judges, who im mediately repaired to the court room, where the Supreme Court was duly open ed by the Sheriff and shortly after ad journed, leaving the former in full pos session. General Ogden remained in possession. until one p. m., when hs moved,the forces to the levee, threaten" ing thc State House. Pending the progress of iheso event* Chief Boylan, under the onie? of Lieu tenant Governor Wiltz, demanded thc surrender of the Central police station corner, of Carondelet and Lafayette streets. He was informed that it nnlj needed a ob ow of forco to effect ii, ant this being made by one o'clock p. m. al tho important points, with the exceptioi of the state House, were tn the bonds o: the new government, tho other polia stations boing abandoned. Shortly bo fare three o'clock p. m. Governor Nicholii issued the following proclamation : EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, \ NEW OBLEAKS, January 9,1877. j Th the: PViyrJf nf fjyin?rmn . T ?h m il/ bc most profoundly surprised and disap pointed'should any citizen of LOuisiam at this moment so far forget himself as t< be guilty of any excess whatever. Ther is danger in collecting together in larg' bodies. I urge you, therefore, to returi at once peacefully to your homes. Th' greater the wrongs to which you hav been subjected the greater to your credi should yon recognize and recollect you own simple and plain duty as citizen: Let ho one be injured, however obnox ious ho may be, and let the people of th whole country sec that we aro law-abiding just und moderate. FBANCIB T. NICHOLLS, Governor of the State of Louisiana. Tn iUa Slrtla U/III.A '.I.? _-.--r. .- Q-ttj.Jflt .hension* prevailed. Early in the muru ! itig Packard telegraphed to Presiden Grant to recognize hw 'government tc day ' or all was lost. The Metropolita Telegraph wires were cdt during th 'morning and application 'was made b Puekurd to the United States Sigm Corps by whom men were, furnished, an 'kn active signalling between thc Stat House and Custom House was continue during thc day. During tho previous night all thc aru from tho di tie rc nt police stations and tl most reliable portion of the force itse had boon concentrated al the St.no linus A strong disposition was manifested i advance on this stronghold, and ont during the day, when au attack was mac ;by a rJt?mber ol' boys., five shots were fir? from the windows, hut only into the oj Ksite wall. No one was hurt, howe ve on after Mayor Austin drove up in carriage and read Governor NicholWpr clumation, when p?rt of thc crowd di persed, but thc larger portion romaine Lc;u in tho afternoon several dc.*erte f?*am thc Packard police went nvr-r ?J? ri Nich ?Us militia and reported the Repa Hean force* badly demoralized. During the'day thu Legislature mot suasion and attempted to ballot for Son tor, bat V/armnth withdrawing with t ftidads hooke the quorum? Lsio ti evening they ?re still in possession,. but at Adjutant Penn's office it is reported that it will certainly be abandoned during the night. About five o'clock p. m. General Og don, who had kept his men massed upon the levee, received orders to dismiss his command, which immediately formed into line and marched up town amid tho enthusiastic cheers of the people who lined the streets. In the way of quiet irony they made a detour toward Rampart srtcet, which took them past ex-Gov. Kellogg's resi dence. By six p. m. tho forces were ?ll dis missed, thc city perfectly quiet in charge of the new police, and were lt not for the air of jollity upon all face? it would hardly be conceived that a popular revo lution bud occurred, overthrowing one State government and establishing an other. One great cause of the satisfac tion manifest, no doubt, lay in its having1 been bloodless. Only one casualty occurred, and that at the Arsenal where a soldier was woun ded in thc leg by the accidental discharge of his musket. The Arsenal, when captured, contained two Gatling guns, three Napoleons and .bout 900 stund of small arms. Of these about 800 were immediately issued to unarmed companies. Two companies are in charge for the night. These, with a picket cordon around the State House, which permits any br. Jv to leave but no one to enter, constitute the only loree now on duty. . Before tho column mored down to the court buildings this morning a detach ment of sharpshooters were detailed by General Ogden, who took position upon the roofs and galleries of all sdjacent houser, commanding the position. The forces were thoroughly drilled and dis ciplined, and consisting of the best peo ple of the community, carried a moral impressment sadly demoralizing to the Metropolitan police. Throughout thc entire proceedings the Ucited States troops remained closely confined tn their quarters, and, bey?nd cheering tho Wash ington Artillery as it passed the windows of the Custom House on ito way to the front, made no demonstration whatever. Late in the afternoon General Green, of General Augurs stuff, had an interview with Governor Nicholls, tho particulars of which huvo not yo? transpired. Gen. Augur, on being visited, reiterated his often expressed information that bis in structions were to keep the peace, and that he would only interfere in case of ii being broken. It seems the action of to day was not regarded in that light. It is highly probable thc Nicholls' Legislature will assemble iu tho State House to-morrow or next day. The Democratic Legislature, with a quorum in both houses, voted for a Uni nited States Senator. J. O. Eustice re ceived a majority of the voles cast for Senator for the term ending in 1879. I There was no choice for Senator for the long term. Orders have been issued to the picket cordon to permit free ingress and egress to the State House. Everything quiet. The Republican Legislature is still in session at twelve o'clock midnight, and will continue so all night and until twelve o'clock to-morrow, endeavoring to obtain a quorum so os to ballet for Untied States Senator. Up to twelve p. m. this had not been secured. Warmoth seems i determined to keep it broken. Mr. Packard had been at the State House ali day, and announced his inten I tion to defend his government to the last extremity. He had concentrated his forces on that point and the Court House, and was much chagrined to learn that the defences of the latter had surrendered without striking a blow. All kinds of sensational rumors are afloat to-night, notably one that the State Houso is to be attacked. On this subject : prominent Dem?crata stated that the glan of the Democrats was to have the upreme Court enjoin Packard from usurping the functions of Governor, and in the event of bis refusing to have him arrested for contempt. . Nothing was done by the House com* I mittee to-day beyond continuing the ex amination of Colonel Zacharie in regard to the action of the Returning Board. Ex-Governor Kellogg, who has re mained all day in the State House, is evidently dumbfounded at the torn affairs have taken. He bad never believed that thc people would undertake so desperate a measure. He expresses his determina tion to hold the State House, believing that a conflict is sure to secure the inter ference of the United States military. All kinds of minors are in circulation, Erincipolly emanating from the State louse-one to tho effect that General Grant has telegraphed General Augur to disperse all illegal bodies of armed men and that Governor Nicholls and Govern or Packard had each beeti served with copies. It is admitted, however, that the practical effect of this order depends upon General Augur's interpretation of the word "illegal," to which the largest lati tude seems to bo given. At General NicholPa headquarters this is positively denied. Another rumor states that Mofen bas telegraphed announcing that the Demo cratic Supreme Court will not be rccog _:_t _j.t._..i . r?..t ? .SISES, SHU mm mo i uuntu government will bo sustained by the Executive An other, upon heiter authority, but still doubtful, says that General Grant will to-morrow issue a proclamation settling* the whole issue definitely in favor of the Packard government. Governor Packard upon being inter viewed, appeared tobo utterly iutiiednrk. remarking that he expected despatches in mi hour. After a chute investigation your correspondent is inclined to think that this must nil be taken' furn grano tali*. The Republicans are badly demoral ized, and from every visible oppeuranqy, their power is melting like toiow b- forc the pun. Without f?d?ral ''interference. ;?ii<i timk profit pit/ waly cause iseviueni ly Impcle-a. m'.i* The Nicholls government have a strong police torpe on duty throughout the city. HAMPTON'S LETTER.-The G?k<-tun Nett* (Dem.) doe* not regard General Hampton'" lutior to Governor Haye* in the fame light that mott Democratic journals do. It* comment* are H* fol lows: Hampton's letter to Hayes must be re garded a* another fine stroke ot policy by that monler of political lad. lt placen . tho canse of good government in South Carolina, which is still sadly misunder stood by many of Mr. Hayes' partisan?, in a new and "striking light before al) III* j telligeiii Republicans who have , boen I misled ss to the Actual condition of I things in thia unhappy State and the j nnitire of the' political 'fcWnHiet lhere. . This we suppose lo have bren ita xnle purpo' e, ns the ?imilarcommunication ni Mr, Tilden save? Genend Hampton from ?ny n???ibl* ???tpicion of a bargain, ?nd .?ue.h a purpose, it i* to be hoped, the let ter will materially ?iib-erve. * - When you're in a quandary wi KI HO ? write nbou;, au article on snow ought a!? I. ways io cover the ground these times. II i' i - M . . -? ??? T?iE DUAL 00?EBN)SE?TS. ?>>>9 rat Ian or th* Hawptoo MaeMaery ef Government- Chamberlain's Bali-, ance ou Wrahlugtoa for Huppoit. . . Correspondence New York Herald; COLUMBIA, Jan. Ti lift: The Senate committee ht? been In sea* sion now nearly oe? month, and bases?, atm nod about 260 witnesses, a large ?a ioritv of whom were negro**' carefully collected bv United States District At torney Corbin from the vicinity or th* scenes of the Hamburg and Ellenton riots. About one-fourth of the witnesses were white men introduced by Senator, Merriman, Democrat, and I have infor mation which states that the testimony of the latter bas successfully rebutted that given before the committee by Mr... Corbin's witnesses. THE COMMITTEE'S MISSION. The mission of this committee waa strictly to investigate whether any citizen of the age of twenty-one had been denied or abridged in their right lo vote, bul Messrs. Ch ri?tiancy and Cameron have gone into nu clt-oorale and exhaustive collection of outrsges, atrocities and hor rors. So far, however, lt has been clear ly ?nd ' successfully established that be yond the unostentatious displays made by: the whites during tho campaign, there was little or no Intimidation pf vote* practiced, and that intimidation of ne Sroes by negroes waa mora extensive than y whites. This was further demonstra? ted by the fact that the Republican party polled a larger vote at the last election than it ever did before, which satisfacto rily refutes the charge of intimidation. TSE OUTRAGE ?s?LL. With these results staring them in the face, th? mission of the committee is a failure ao far as. tho party is concerned, and hence it was necessary that they should go into, the outrage milt business to enable them to moke turns sort of par- ' ty capital. I am informed that on this score tho distinguished Republican Sen* alors will also fail, for. it ts well known that neither the Hamburg affair nor the Ellenton riot had any political signifi cance whatever. TUB GUBERNATORIAL QUESTION. It is stated that Judgo T. J. Macwey will appear before the committee on Tuesday next, and will produce docu mentary evidence very damaging to Chamberlain. The latter, it ie suited; Is engaged in preparing an elaborate docu ment, bhowing tho grounds upon which his proclamation was issued, for the com mittee. It will be hard for him to prove that there WHB a necessity for a procla mation or for troops in the face of the fact timi he never attempted the arrest of one of the Unmburg or Ellenton rioters. THE HAMPTON GOVERNMENT. i Hampton's government floats along steadily. Contributions, under his call for ten per cent, of last year's tax levy, are rapidly flowing in from the tax-pay ers, and he baa already:placed the chari table institutions and the Penitentiary in a condition far above any immcdir.to or prospective want. He is in daily receipt of profiera of money and renewed assu rances of allegiance, and each mail brings him a basketful of letters, to all of which he gives his persona! supervis ion and attention. If this contin?en, as the indications are that it certainly will, the Chamberlain dynasty will assuredly be starved out. despite the presence of thc company of United States troops at the State House. PUBLIC MEETINGS of the taxpayers are being held in every county in th? State, which are in man; instances largely attended by negroes, at which r?animions are pissed toadlo ni re Chamberlain's government as a usurpa tion, refusing to pay him a cent of tribute, and indorsing Hampton and pledging him the support of ali tho taxpayers in the 8tale. CHAMBERLAIN ON THE SITUATION. Singular to relate, in the face of these substantial overtures to Hampton and I these unanimous public demonstrations in his favor, Chamberlain regards it all with seeming philosophical equanimity. He remarked tame to-day that the action of the Hampton government in provi ding for the lunatics, orphans-ona coo j victo relieved him of his greatest embar ! rassment, and he was gratified that thc I Democratic taxpayers and other charita ? bly disposed persons bsd assumed th? I care of these unfortunates. Chamberlain does not think that thia voluntary contri bution of taxes will have any o (Te ci whatever in deciding which is the lega Governor of th* State, and1 ba congram lates himself that such grave resporisi bili ty hos been temporarily removed frou bis shoulden. RELIANCE ON WASHINGTON. He says that the question of tho Gov eruorship cannot be decided by tho pea fde of the State now nor by ?ny tribuna a thc Sute, but that it will be settled ii Washington, either by-Congress or by tb President, Tte Gnveroor; belle ves. th? the present condition of affairs will draj along until the 4th of March next, unies Congress sooner disposes of the queslim nf the Governorship! He feels sefe a long as President Grant remain* in th White Houae, and thinks thst'after bi term expires he will he supported b Hayes, who, he firmly believes, will h inaugurated. If, on the other hand, Til den should occupy the Presidential chai fdr the neat four years he hos but littl doubt that the- latter would recognii Hampton and his government. THE SENATORIAL QUESTION? . . Another view taken by Chamberlain i tlfaL if Congress fails io act in thc matti be fore (lie 4th nf March, the question ? to the legality of the State governrner will .come up Squarely beioie - the Senai upon tba application of General Bulle the Democratic Senator elect, and,of Un ted Slates and District ' Attorney Cojbil I?!?? isepuoiican oinVBioi erees,, wi nunn nion to that body. vi ?J >? THE PROCLAMATION PROGRAMME. Under the influence of the ?harp drit conns |n the Northern papers; and adv ce* from Washington, Gov. Cho-yberlni ?Seins to have abandoned the anti ?patt programme of issuing a proclaiinitk against Hampton and ni? government; i such a game: would, be loo. dangcrou He now says thal he does .not, look fo wnrd to any 'collision's or clashes of tv tl iori ty that would be serious, and'th all minor conflicts na tonne possession offices would find an least'and peacef solution iu thc courts.. This Ia til* til time he has been known to trust sn thing to a decision iii tho Stale cour and the Governor Wa? in a degree fell* tous and cheerful, which wi-vqult* un susi for him,., ",, . ASSURANCES FROM. ^WASHINGTON,. This fraino of mind waa. I lound, thc mai II, the rflt-ct of a telegram recel ed by him from Washington. The d natch informed him that Congres-iih Bunk?, Ltpiunn .and Lawrence,' ta* I publieun members nf thu KIMI** comm ti-e who were here investigating the'vb (oral vote of the SiAte. had calicd u;i I, ?tbo Picnjdent ainco their arrival in. Wa^ j togton, and bad assuredb\in{ that Cha 1 twriatu was elected Govsmofo/thpSui i .i! .? -.-ti. A\ \-> Tho House committee did not, go into an axamihation of tho Toto for Governor except in an incidental1 manner, ?hd while t*>e si* Democrats are ?Jsttfed'of Hampton'? election, the three Repubti? can?) seem to be equally assured of Cham her?an'* election according to hie advites frmn Washington. TUB HAYES-UACKEY INTERVIEW. ' i Go?firtr?f Chanjfcer?s'ri chuckled over j the annoyance ^ occasioned among the Democrats by Judge, Mackey >oiucious. zea) in visiting Governor Hayes, and ma king professions and overtures which have been published as coming from and authorized by Hampton. He said that while Governor Hampoon hod deuied these published reports, yet, nevertheless, he could not divest' himself of the fact that Mackay was the eoe redi ted bearer of.a letter from bim to Hayes which, in itself, placed Hampton ,in ap awkward position. GOV. HAMPTON'S DISCLAIMER. In thin 'connection Gov. Hampton is very embhatlq io disclaiming all respon sibility tor the vie<j?o announced by Judge T. J. Mackey in bis interview with Mr. Haves.' In the course of a conversation with your correspondent this afternoon he stated that Judge Maskey went to Ohio on private business, and waa not sent by him, nor authorized, in spy way to speak for him or for the Democracy of Bou th Carolina. The views he expressed were his o?n, and General Hampton can only account teethe misconception which has arisen upon, the supposition that Judge Mackeys declaration of his own Views were in some manner confounded with those he gave as coming from Hamp ton. . . ' M TILDEN ELECTED*, ii ' General Hampton said in conversation that he has always believed that Tilden was fairly elected, but has entertained grave doubts as to whether he would be allowed to take his seat.. He said : j "Our people desire a peaceful, cousti tut ional solution of these questions, and we trust this will be had. Peace is essen tial to us, and we of the South should take no part in the,settlement of tho Presidential question until called on to do ao by sorao legitimate authority:" " A UB?*D SLEIGHING CARNIVAL. A DAY OF JOVIAL FON AT THE CAPITAL -THE MASQUERADE PROCESSION EX CITED GREAT MERRIMENT. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6,1877. All Washington was gloriously excited this afternoon .by a carnival sleighing procession on Pennsylvania avenue, which transcended iu fantastic scenes ard fun any public frolic here since the grand carnival of 1870. The broad avenue freshly paved with snow, and resembling, in its. width, at least, a Parisian boule vard-was before three o'clock lined with thousands of people, on foot, under um brellas, and In carriages, moist and ex pectant spectators cf tbs shot:. Neither the Senate nor the Supreme Court was in session, and the dignitaries of both those bodies came down from their homes with their wives, children and' coachmen. Half the. houses in the capital were emp tied of their occupants, wno crowded the walka, on both sides of the avenue till near nicht-fal I and stayed thern despite the haiFand rain. At an early hour tho House of Representatives adjourned and poured forth its members and clerks to swell the moving mass of lookers-on. Among these not the least interesting were the colored population of Washing ton, the shrewdest, best natured, wittiest and most intelligent negro multituJe in any American city, and who bril from every part of the Union, North and South. From their rollicking lips came ch?eSy the shouts which greeted the toys ts re rs" of the carnival. The latter appeared en masse in sleighs, cutters, hogsheads, boxes and barrels on runners and in procession formed a spec tacle prodigiously comical. ' The vehicles io which ther rode would have sufficed to excite mirth enough, representing as they did every.'Style of winter equipage introduced in the United States since the day -f Washington ; but the masquers, the costumes and their mishaps caused the greatest glee, and for hours the ave nue was in on uproar. It seemed as though the museums of all nations bad been ransacked for an cient garments'to encase tho Volunteers of this odd festival: The jungles of Af rica and India; tho forests of both Americas, and the wilds of the Rritish possessions north of the United States con tributed, along with the 'toy and costum ers! shops, to their make-up. Aa they went by behind, horaca, both fleet and. ?lpw- they presented fesms, of giants, monkeys, tigers,"' opossums, dwarfs, whales, ostriches, bears and wolves, al ternating between sleigh tula .of vividly bedecked mock specimens of emperors, pri d?esses and queens, "ls dem/1 ex* elair?ed a. wondering darkey, "de same crowns dey .'pears in when, dey ia on de thrones 7" "Of course. Now, I neva knowed it. Dar was Jim Blossom, my brudder-in law, de. minstrel man, what perfawmed before Queen Victory. He said abe didn't wear no crown/' A mighty elcd, j bearing ICO ma^querauer?, ?aa draw u by | a dozen mules, hitched tandear, went by \ with Waving Of flags and1 many voices. Another aide, occupied by men with blackened faces and attired like women, in calico dresses, sped fast. A sleigh full of men in pasteboard masks, with long noses and scarlet cheeks, followed by s SUtter crammed with boys, imitating in reas and motions a .cluster of orang outangs. excited merriment which wat swollen into great peals of laughter as i vehicle on-run new rep resenting the I^ou inj SQ? Rc^rologi .Boord, came ?nu> view The personages. composing; this, boan w?re none too complimentary to the orig fnals't itfdc?d, their aspect wai iii prac ti cal a* cad be-fancied. Not tho group o Moliy. Maguires in a cotter close aJtei them, nor even.the silent: four oietnberi ot the Ku Klux Klan, who tailed oifthii 'branch of tho pfctcesainn, matched thei ?Vrotiou* looks. ; The cheers And cachi nations o?': thousands o? i spectators rollet down tho avenue in a roar, os rcxoundiui a? the,Nea Year's guns feo in thc Nu vj Va rd. -> Nothing in the pageant wits more de hghtful thud tile gootf humor-' with whibl all classes of people- beheld .all kinds o ?alijrea and j burlesques upon the presen political difiicultle-,. Such satires, bow ever.,clumsy, were.numerous,, but the; trovoked naught but hcartydaugbter.atii armlet** witticisms. The very-Cabine officers, and ? other offieerholder*. oft bot parties who poked out their 'heads frok their carriage windows.to view the spot toole, laughed, shook and choked bchin their handkerchiefs. Ryi.s& pr AN ANCIENT SETTLEMEN' --Vhs ruijia-of, the older* t*ttle.tt?eot : ti ;the upper Jame? River were disco vc rod ([few days ?go on the upper Fr. ll* Plann tion by a, Mauche^er (Vs. \ stu ?qu?* They ?re oupppsed Urbe, the rewatfi-. < ?n .sild stnive.. iiuatte or. fort i which w< erected by CoL Thoma/.ft'logg, nour tl Three Islands- in the year ltkioV ' !a*jsji>^?' Vi ^ b^lvl^atry '! '. t! fi# * *?iii?ti?>.H SQ?.'Vf B?tUW^a^?r?olT^ lawrie tinSS7 ,UJ01P* *** *W *?14 W*7 *M ****** oar? W? ar? not re^^ntibU fox tb? *bw? ?st ttplalona of our corre?indents. , . All wi?monteatloB?fchowM WaA4r*j?d t*''EA>1 Hon I?Wll*:nc*r." snd aUcftesks. d^a^o?*^ otatn, At.fehooJa bt nomo pavabbi to the order . II lilli II.' i" I limul in i m>' WASHII?OT?N. Jan. 7, 1877. Here I? the story bf the Florida Can vassing Board, from the Democratic side. It ia a plain atory, < easily; under-stood ; audit i? thought hero that, before the Republicana claim Florida for Mr, Hayes, they ought to show this tole tope Tarie. . '?' ' ? Florida has thirty-ni no counties. When tbe Returning Board met they be gan by sn attempt to ascertain how tho vote stood on the face of the returns. But they met at once with a difficulty, in Baker county, from which two return? came up, one nf which gave the State to Haye/?, the other to Tilden. Under the Florida law the County Canvassers uro, required to meet at the office nf the Coon-1 ty Clerk, within six day., after the elec tion, to canvass the vote and.compile the official returns. The Board of Canvassers. are the County Clerk, tho County Jt -?ge, and a justice of the peace or 8heriftV In the case of Baker county the Judge (a Republican) refused to meet the clerk, ano, after waiting for him, the clerk i called ip a justice of the pence and pro ceeded publicly to canvass the official precinct returns and sent the result '.hus made by two of the three persons desig nated by law to the Secretary of State. This return gave the State to Tilden by 103 majority. The County Judge, who bad refused to meet the other two. at the same Unie called in a person who had been appointed Justice of the Peace after the election had been held, and these two canvassed, not the official returns, but duplicates that covered only two of the fo*ir precincts, 'and Sent their returns to the Socrltary.i of State; whiefr gave" the State to Hayes: by 42. The Returning Board decided, as, wag proper, that the clerk's return wan tho correct one,.and this ww therefore allowed and counted. I Next comes Clay county. ' Here tho county canvassers,'oi*0 Republicans, left// out one precinct, on the ground that it did not appear that the inspectors took the oath prescribed by law. But they ' made a statement with their returns, showing that this precinct gave 24 Dem ocratic majority, and t tho Returning Board held that the objection was not good, and, therefore, counted the pre cinct. But, having gone so far, the Board be- . gan to throw out votes. In Monroe county they throw out a Democratic pre cinct on tho ground that the canvass there was not completed on the night of the election, as tue law demands. The inspectors completed tho count at one o'clock, but one of their number, a Re publican, fell ill, and moved to defer the , declaration of the return until the next morning. There was no pretence of* fraud. In Hamilton county the Board flung ii out Jasper precinct, on the. ground that during the election two of the inspectors, both" Republicans," deserted the polls. One ?if these deserting inspectors-a Re publican, be it remembered-himself made the affidavit pf the irregularity ott which the Board flung out the vote. There was no attempt to impeach the rectitudes of the vote. In Jackson county the Board threw out votes on the ground that the ballot boxea were placed sp high that the colored voters could not see into them. But atl the election officers were Republicans and tbe boxes were all alike. In Mantee co inty the whole vote was flung out on tho ground that there was no County Clerk to attend to the registra tion und other duties. The circumstan ces were these : The Clerk of the county Won s Republican, appointed by Gov. Stearn*; be resigned shortly before the election. The inhabitant)- appealed to him to resume his untie*, bot he refused. They asked the Governor to appoint an other, but the new appointee refused to qualify. Hence no new registration of votera could bo made, and the law re quires that every voter shall previously and in the same year have been register ed. After consultation it was determin ed to open tho polls and to accept the votes of all who had registered before the previous election, each voter appending an affidavit that be bad so registered. The commissioners, inspectors and Coun ty} Judge did their duty. The county is strongly Democratic and the Democrats claim timt they lost between 200 and SOO votes by the discouragement of their vo ters and the impossibility to register new voters. . However that may be, the Re turning Board flung out ihc whole coun ty. ' ? .;' . ; ' By these operations the Stale was count- ' ed notonly for Hayes but also for Stearns, , Si Republican Governor, candidato for , election. Bat Drew, the Democratic candidate for Governor, appealed tn the Supremo Court ; and tho Court, on tho evidence before it, and which is above briefly recited and was not disputed, or dered tho Returning Board to jrecanvasa. the whole State, mentioning particularly four counties. .The Board complied lite rally with tho1'order of the Court; but when' they' esme to Baker county they accepted the returns which before they bsd rejected as. false, ami they flung opt the whole bf Clay, to which on the first ' count th?y hud made he objection and ' where n?'fraud was charged. Thus they cruvii flin Rtatn nil th*? Bjw?/.rvj jjn;l ?;? Drew and the Democratic State officers, but still maintained it for Hayes.. . This ls the D?mocratie side of the sto ry, obtained from a moderate and well informed source. It must be remember ed that iu all the counties which were flung out tho election officers were Re publicans, and that tho wrong Or infor mality asserted waa' caused by them ; that the Board first counted ?ti both Stearns and Huye?, and on. a. recount were able to! count in .Hsyea only by arbitrarily flinging out votes to which, on their first count and wheo they could not calculate so'closely i they made no objection. It' ls clearly n?oajwary that the republicans 'who poMcssed all the election'inachinery. . liLfiVsEQ: .?.-- .LI- -.- ?i .i* ?lection Is false?; They cannot alford to ave Mr. Hayes Counted in by such frauda an ari? above 'recounted. . SENSIBLE,Z ?DVICE.-Tho following -sensiblS'advice ' was .given by tfae~lntn Prof. Maury'to his noa, then at school To the truly wise and good man, office, place, honors, distinctions ore desirable ' or welcOnoe oiStjf as thpjf increase his sphere of usef'dnea* and enlarge bin july* liege bf doing "nod. To win Iraelj privi leges, I .hope, will he th" h;gbVit pol ?it to- . ward* whii-h tin- ambition <>:' nay otic of ;iny ?.ons will cwr. hr directed. I do not kiViw whcio their lot may 6<3 cast', for .they ore ?ill to hi; thc uitifuor^ jl" ;hi ir own fortune. But whatever it may be, I hope they will let politic* alone, afc?U to be uveful meii?bejr> of tfse community in \vhi<h limy live, and study the' wei tare,OT ttlie Otimmon^raith it? winch they belong. Ivel thl? be a ?ute of conduct with you^ ' now, tir. little hoys muy make themselves I useful a* Well aa great ???. . ---r-: - .... < .?? 1 . . , - "this is very braning weather, air," ? ?aid a. bland landlord m an unhappy .hoardsr.i i-VOhtd io hear, ic?,wast.tito reply. "Bop* lt will brace) ?pw.your t breakfast citFco, which has been vary palo. : ?tTwwk nf U*te.'f