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An-o-uccruenU of marriages .ml deaths, and notices of j religious character, are r .pe. tfullv solicited, and will be (utertod gratia (.BAIT'S 3WUTABYINTERFERENCE. THE UPI5 PFf BOOM AT I EI,IA7riOB,?-jfA.N- 4 MivKK br ruEtdDENT, ?(If A?T TO {TI1E BE60LUTIOK OT THE HOUSE ASKING INFORMATION-HIS VIEWS ON THE OUTIES OK THE EXECUTIVE UNDEB THE CONSTITUTION AND THE I.AW8. WASHINOTON, Jan. 22, 1877. In reply, to thc resolution of the House of Representatives, " p?aseil early in De cember, 1876, requesting the President to transmit to that body conies of all orders OT directions emanating froni him qr/ronj' either of the executive dcpartuiunU lo any military commander or civil officer relating to thc service of the army ip Virginia, South Carolina and Florida since thc 1st of August lust, together with .ill reports from any of said military or civil officers, the President to-day sent to the House of Representatives the follow ing nies?nge. Alter stating that the House resolution reached him on the 9th of Deccmher, the President say?: It was immediately or soon thereafter referred to the Secretary of War and thc Attorney General, the custodians of alt retained copies of "orders or directions" given hy the Executive Department of the government, covered by tho above inquiry together with all information up on which such "orders or directions" were given. The inforiuaii-oj.. it will, be ob served, is volumiuou^and arith t&ejimi' ted clerical force in Mic Departi? et: t of Justice has consumed the time un to the present. Many of the communications accompanying this;'-httvo been, alttddy made public in Connection with'messages heretofore sent to Congress. This class of information includes the important dc-coinents received from the Governor of South Carolina, and sent to Congress with my message on the subject of the Ham burg massacre ;'aldo the documents ac companying my .response to the resolu tion of the House of' Representatives in regard to soldiers stationed at Peters burg. There have also come to nie and to the Department of Justice, from tim? ld time, other earnest written communica tion? from persona holding.publiq truste, and others residing in the South, some or which I append hereto as bearing upon thu precarious condition of thc public peace in those States. ' Those commuai-' cations I have reason to regard as made hy respectable and responsible men, many of whom deprecate the publication of their names aa involving danger to them personally. The reports heretofore made by com mittees ot Congress of the result of their inquiries in Mississippi and Louisiana, and the newspapers of several States, re commending the "Mississippi plan," have also furnished important data for estima ting thc damage to public peace and or der in those States. It ?B enough to say that these different kinds and sources of evidence have left no doubt whatever in my mind that intimidation has been used, and actual violence, to an extent requir ing the aid of the United States where it was practicable to furnish such aid, in South Carolina and Florida and in Loui siana, as w?ll as in Mussjstipjii, Ahibama and Georgian The trooper oi tho -tj-rnred Staten have been but sparingly used, and in nc pasc so as to interfere, with the ftjll. exercise or the right of snfTr'fige. Very few troops were available ? yr .the purpose of preventing or suppressing the violence and intimidation m the States above named. In no case, except that of South Carolina, was the number of soldiers in any State increased in anticipation of the election, saving that twenty-four men and an officer were sent from Fort Foote to Petersburg, Va., where disturbances were threatened prior to election. No troops were stationed at the voting places in Florida aud Louisiana respec tively. \ The small nulrtber of soldiers in the, l4ild; States' I werte? stationed at euch, points In ench State its'were most threat ened with violence, where they might be available tts a posse for the officer whose duty it was to preserve thc peace and prevent tho. intimidation of voters. Such a disposition of the troops seemed to me reasonable, aud justified by law and prec edent; while its omission would have been inconsistent with the constitutional duty of the President of thc United States to "take cave that thc laws, be faithfully executed." The statute expressly forbids thc bringing of ti Kips to thc nolls, ex cept "where il is necessary to keep the peace*" im ply jog that to keep the. peace it may b?'curtie; but 'this even, sb far as I am advised, lias not in any case been done. The stationing of a coinpanv or part of a company in the vicinity where they would bc available to prevent a riot has been iii ? only usc mr de of troop.; priori tp'tbd ?lectwiii, and at the (tjmd 'pf the' election they were so stationed that they could be tailed in an emergency re quiring it by a -marshal or deputy mar shal as it force to aid in suppressing un? lawful violence; 2< '- ... J The evidence which has come to me has left me no ground to doubt that if there had been more military force avail-, able it would have been my duty to have disposed of it '.ii".several Stales with a view to the prevention of violence and intimidation which have undoubtedly contributed to the defeat of the election law In Mississippi, Alnhnmaand Georgia, ns well as in South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida. By article 4, section 4, of thc constitu tion, "the United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and on application of the Legislature or of the Executive (when the Legislature1 cannot be con vened) against domestic violeiictt.,,1!'0y act of Congress (R. S. U. 8., Kee' Ifi?^S) the President in case ot "insurrection'in any State" or of "unlawful obstruction *o thc enforcement of the laws pf United States bv the ordinary course of judicial proceedings," or whenever-"domestic vi olence in any Staic's'o ?T^tf?cts the exe rt'!??> ?/ tlie .aws tocr?of fln(* of the "S*w?u Julien ns io deprive any poi .ion of the people of such State" of thtir civil or political rights, is authorised to employ such parto of the land nnd naval forces ns ho may deem necessary to enforce the execution of the laws and preserve thc peace and sustain thc authority of thc otate and of the United States. Acting under this title, 69 of the Revised Sta tutes of the United States, I accompa nied the sending of troops to South Car olina with a proel??motion, such as is therein prescribed. The President is also authorized by act of Congress "to emplir/ such part of thc land or nava' forcea o? the I nked States" aa shalt be necessary ?f?T?^W^iviolation MfN wMrc . ? ,fl?WSWWfi nf ?no nruvfs?oiM.vrol title 24 of tho Revised Statute? of the United ?.<*4tes for tho protection of tho civil, righto of citizens, among which ls the provision against consplrace*, to pre vent hy force, intimidation or threat, ?ny citizen who is lawfully entitled to vote from giving his supoort or advocacy io a ?gal manner toward or In favor of thc election of any lawfully qualified person as an ejector.rpr.Ercaidtmt or Yi?o JL'reai dent c4d4ftcmb?r h^(%hgre*AWine United States (U. S. R. S., 1789.") lu c*?ca. falling ;under this title i have nfcl considered it necessary td ' issue a procla mation to precede or accompany the em ? "yoient of such pf tho anny as aocmcii to bc necessary. lu ea?.? o? insurrvctior "gainst a 8t*to govoTawoot, or 3gaiu?i the government of'th? TJnited 8tatea a proclamation ?i? ynroprUta. JhjU ia. keep ing^*/ peaoe of Cir? United States' at an election, at which members of Congress are elected, no HUCO call from tho State or proclamation from the President is prescribed by statute or required by prec edent. In the case of South Carolina insurrec tion one) domestic violence gvero BO clear ly showja ajpd Ibe aiplidatian of th? Gov ernor thereof waa ?July presented, that I could not deny his constitutional request without abandoning my duty a? the Ex ecutive of the national govert! merit. The tompRTiiea rUationcd in ihe other Staten nave been employed to secure the better execution of the laws of thc United States aud to preserve tho peace of thc United State*. After-the;election haO been held and where violence wa? appre hended by which tho returns from the counties and precincts might >.<e destroyed, troops were ord?ret? to the State pf Flori da, and those already in Louisiana were ordered to the points in greatest danger of violence. I nave not employed troops orj slight occasions nor tu any cay* where it has not been necessary to tholenibrce ment of tho laws of thu United States. In thia I have been guided by thc consti tution and the laws whfch have been en acted and thc precedents which have been formed under it. It hos been necessary lo employ troops occastortnliv to overeoruo ?c-??!?to.nco to th?lrit?rrlatrev?nue law<'rr?Tinlw nnfe of the resistance to the collection of the whiskey tax in Pennsylvania, under WnJhVnfeton, to thfe^resfiit time. In 1854, when it wa? apprehended that resistance would bc made in Boston t J thc seizure and return to his master of a fugitive Blave, the troops there stationed were employed to enforce the master's right under the constitution, and troops stationed at New York were ordered to bc in readiness to go to Boston - if it should prove to bc necessary. In 18-59, when John Brown, with a small number of men, ?nade his attack on Harper's l?orryy th? >PrjaBidcnt ordered United Stales troops to assist in the ap prehension and suppression of him and nia party, without c. fbrinal call of the Legislature or Governor of Virginia and without proclamation of the President. Without rccalliiif; further instances in v.hich thc Executive has exercised his powers as commander of the army and navy to prevent or suppress resistance to the laws of the United States, or where he bas exercised like authority in obedi ence to a call from a State to suppress in surrection, I desire to assure both Con gress and the country that it has been my purpose to administer the executive powers of the government fairly, and in no instance to disregard or transcend the limits of the constitution. U. S. GRANT. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Jan. 22, 1877. Reformation of the Election Lawfi. Governor Hendricks urges the reforma tion of thc election laws of Indiana which are made as pervious to fraud as a seive is to water. He suggests that all pohtica], .nsjrtj?s be represented on the .rtmrri xrP' election officers ; ihut voting places be made numerous and thc pre cincts small ;._that.a reasonable residence be required to qualify "a voter," nn?TTh?t some steps be taken to prevent the use of money to influence elections, "if in the contest for power," says Governor Hen* dricks, "money shall become stronger than thc people, we will Lave the wont government possible." He recon. .lends as tending to further the purity of elec tions, that the time of holding them be changed to the Tuesdiiy after the second Monday in November. Such a step will deprive Ult (tatehex eleelm&fot tiffi sig n.ncanc?. ? It is of the utmost importance that the election laws should be reformed, and that such Irgul safeguards and guarantees should be thrown around the ballot box as will not only effectually preservo its purity, but will inspire thc confidence and respect of the people. Any attempt, however, to reform the present defective system that does not provide a uniform and fair method of counting the votes and establishing definitely and beyond the suspicion of fraud, the result of the polling-win bo deficient. It would be well if tho several States of the Union would adopts-for the gov? eminent of Federal elections at l?ast-1 uniform election Inw, so framed that un der its provisions the people would be enabled to give certain aud irreversible expression to their sovereign will through the ballot box. To accomplish this end tbe law should provide for the appoint ment of trustworthy and responsible citi zens, equally representing both political parties'who should bo amply protected by thc local civil authorities in conduct ing the election in.a fair and orderly manner: ? -Al* the' ci?se : of the qJ?Il? it should be the duty of the managers to proceed at once to count the votes in presence of representatives of both par ties, and the counting should bc continued withont intermission, by reliefs if necessary-the ballot box not being removed from public view-until all the votes aro counted, On the cora Eletion of the counting the result should e properly certified by the managers of the election, and publicly proclaimed arid an official certificate of the result, giving the vote pulled for each candidate, posted in some conspicuous place at each polling place, i The remit of tile bal lot i i::; th us officially cc. tified, ' publicly proclaimed and conspicuously posted should be dc-, eldred by law ho jfe dtaUetitid,:y?0M3BW firial, nnd should he subjected to no after ' revision or manipulation by any other tribunal than the managers of the elec tion under whose supervision the votes were cost. The officUl result thus made public could not afterwards1 bo falsified or sup pressed. Tho law should trinke provision for the adjudication, on the spot, of alf . (Jin .ii Ullin of IcgKlily", Ut'iU ?IIOU1U ?J>C*Ctil*? n uniform system of registration; also tho manner of conducting the election and of certifying the returns, which being strictly complied with, should render tho official return of the managers conclusive and irreversible. Such regulations properly enforced would insure fair elections and prevent fraud or the suspicion offraud ; would do away with all pretext for State canvassers and returning boards, that are bringing our boasted elective system into merited contempt and put an end to contested elections and the strifes c 'action which ? threatens tho destruction ol'the Pipublic. J i Thc puritv of the ballot box should bo held sacred," but thc purity of the ballot box Is not to bo preserved through the means of corrupt and irresponsible re I turning boards. The ballot box is the ? ou ree sf free, popular government, and [f it is tn r-ontinue to express the popular will, th4 closer it is kept in hand by the i people the surer will it subserve the pu, - ? pose for which it was instituted. - Vanderbilt, the great railroad mo 1 nopolist, bequeathed some rnooev to a I Granger-the widow of Gen. Go.don * Granger. I - "We've got to economize, or thia )'ou ti ty is ruined," waa tho soliloquy of a >etroit liuabaad, aa ho kindled tho fire ?til his ffifo'a bustle, THE REPUBLICAN C0R8PIRAT0RS. THE DANGERS WHICn THE COUNTRY HAM HAPPILY ESCAPED- PROJECTS AND PURPOSES OP REPUBLICAN EXTREM IS rs IN WASHINGTON-HAYES TO BE COUNTED IN, EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OP A WAR-A GIGANTIC CON8PIBACY AGAINST THE NATION'S PEACE. Con itfondtnc* oj tM If tic York JU- tid. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21,1877. Previ .us to the harmonious action of the Joint Congressional Committee, the politics! situation uer? had changed so greatly and so dangerously for the "peace of the country within a week that what passed here, if it were known to the peo ple elsewhere, could not 'iii to create deep and well-founded alarm. The coun try appeared to rest under the belief that, however the politicians may disagree and quarrel, when the proper and law-ap pointed time comes a proper and lawful settlement of the Presidential dispute would be made. During some weeks the result seemed not improbable ; but with in a few days pust the extremist? of both parties had begun to show their hands and develop ta^lr intentions, and I do not exaggerate when I tell you that the opinion hos been widely entertained that unless the substantial men of New York and of the whole country spoke out promptly and plainly, unless they united in an Imperative demand that there should be a peaceable, constitutional and honest settlement of the question, trouble of the most serious character lay imme diately ahead. I Nothing is now more absolutely certain than that the peace of thc country de pends on the two houses coming to some i agreement before the 14th of February at to the manner in which tho electoral vote [ should be counted. If this question wot not settled beforehand, the Republicar. leaders btu determined that the Vic? j President pbould count the vote, anc .should count only such certificates ai they would have directed him t> open They would have claimed that, nc agree ment having been reached by the houses the duty of counting devolved by th i failure upon the Vice President, and thu they meant to count in Hayes, no matte what protest might be made by th? House. Buc if tnis scheme was carrier out it is very certain that the House ot its part would proceed to elect Tildei and proclaim bim President, and lcadin; Democrats, looking to the great possibili ty of such a complication, were quietl; taking measures to secure the nttendanc here of 5,000 or perhaps 10,000 men t make ?? demonstration under the guise .jo petitioning Congress for justice. . Now, the Republican leaders were nc in the least averse to all this. They bav been credited with a determination t crush every effort looking to an agree meut of the two houses. They were 61; ing their organs all over the country wit assertions that the Vice President nos th constitutional right to count, and tht preparing the public mind to sustai their open opposition to any plan tb joint committee might produce, an meantime the; were using party terro ism and all other means to prevent s agreement in the committee. Th< pointed to the silence of the country ; evidence that "nobody wants a plan i agreement ;" and they had already, by few days of unintermitting work, so cow? some Senators and puzzled others that was doubtful whether any plan or ogre ment could pass the Senate. The Chandler-Morton theory was tb it is better to provoke a new war than give up the power they posten. Thi held that the Democrats would .Junde that the Vice President's cou it vould 1 accepted by the country, or any ra that which had tho. most plausible a pearaoce of loyalty ; that if a Democrat moss meeting assembled here it wou authorize and produce a Republic; counter demonstration, and that with t! federal power, forces and arms in th? hands, they could crush auy moveme here, while if it should extend and b come a general outbreak, they wou thank Heaven for a new rebellion, which they meant to be the men to e force peace and carry out the lawB. It is not di iii eu lt to see that thisschei was full of strong points. If the Den crats submitted then Chandler wou have carried his Doint, and he, Mort and Sherman would reckon on the nee sary gratitude of Hayes. If th? Don crats resisted-as they unc.mbtet would, and as no force oi influence whi could be used could prevent them fri doing-then hurrah for a new war, vast raid on the South in the name peace ; and these leaders, who carried the lost canvass as a crusade, beliov tho ocople would follow than, or, rath would spring to arms at a De in ocra demonstration. The one thing feared by Chandl Morton and Sherman was an agreeim by the two houses upon a plan-any p -for a count of the vote. They w not so averse to a plan which ohoi leave the decision concerning the c .dulce! States to a committee co m po entirely of members of the two hom The members of auch a committee wo have been chosen by party caucuses, t it was well understood that Mr. Mor would manage that men should be pointed from the Republican side v would disagree to everything. But proposition now adopted to bring in le experts, and those judges of the Sup? Court, was a different matter. Tho publican leaders could not hope t i these judges could be deceived, or t they would decide on partisan grou the questions oslo constitutional mctln law and weight of evidence which now como before them. ' Mr. Cham and his allie? aro not blunderers ; t have a perfect knowledge of the facti thc disputed States ; they know that t case in Florida and in Louisiana will bear even a slight investigation by t . ?i-?in.-.<l tn t ' i ti vrnrlr and .imnoriml their judgment. Hence their pro alarm and opposition to this plan of < lng in judges "of tho Supreme Court; thc immediate renewal of the cry in thc Republican organs that the 1 President must count. Hence the tin that were made here prior to the af mcnt that any man in either house even' weakened on this question stn be considered .a traitor to his pa should be upposed at home and nounced everywhere, and should be i manly expelled from public, life. ' threats have more effect herc than thin?r, as a, multitude , of Congress hold their places by precarious ter ?nd need at every election the help o party. They also have friends and i in local offices, and they have beena? tomed to follow their lenders'. ' ' . But there is not the least doubt thu administration loaders conceived their main strength lay in the supin of the public. Daily and triumph; they pointed their followers to th? that nobody demanded an. agreemei a plan. "The people don't care," they u ?Why should you move-how dare move arlina: your party ?'? The few amiable politicians dent i (rom i Near -York and other citiei f hauest settlement only excited their temp:. "Tho/ wero ?riguu? lr/ ttntbea?s/ said. "The party is a unit. Stand still and it will ah" bo right." ! The Senatorial elections in Illinois and Massachusetts attract extraordinary in I tercst, because the results there would five some evidence of popular feeling, f Messrs. Boutwell ana Logan are rc I elected it would be held by Chandler and . Morton as a clear indorsement of their I course, for both Boutwell and Logan . have committed themselves to the moet I extreme measures-even to o new war 1 if that would be necessary to put in Haves, and Mr. George F. Hoar's course, : which is moderate and judicial, had al ready caused him to be privately de ' Bounced os a traitor and no better than s fool. j I say to you, therefore, that v ?ess the two house? had agreed upon a plan be I fore the 14th of February none would , huve beeii adopted ; and in that case my 1 deliberate advice to everybody would be to prepare for a new and bloody war. I i do not say this hastily ; you know that I ; have uncommonly good means for know I ing what goes on here below the surface. The danger wns not greater in I860 than j it has been in 1877. I have given you i not mere impressions ; the fears I have I expressed and the schemes I have related j were the topics of private consultation , here daily among members of all classes. I War was in the air, and despondency gained on thc one hand among men anxious for peace, while thc other side grew more boastful and assured of suc cess. Happily all this cloud of doubt and danger has been dissipated by the agreement of the joint committee to a peaceful and constitutional settlement of the question at issue. The country has been rescued from terrible peril and our institutions received a renewal of strength from tho fact that they have withstood such a tremendous strain. JUDGE JERRY BLACK ON GRANT. Testimony of a Mau who Knew Much of the First President or the United States. Judge Black aud n party of Constitu tionalists wee engaged in discussion in the gorgeous dining room of the Riggs House last night. I was surprised at the apprehensions these men indulged. They hold Grant cupable of any bull headed lawlessness, even to the extent of immuring the Tilden majority in Con gress in the bowels of Fortress Monroe, os he openly threatens. Judge Black's tongue is shin per than vitriol and aqua fortis. As to nates, or hopes, or fears, or Sassions, or predilections, he seems to ave none. Sitting at the sumptuous table, the head of it-as "where JDouglas sits is the head of the table"-he recalled the singu lar career of the clod who, bv the satire Of chance, sits in the seat of Washington and wields a power a million-fold greater. The very comparison between the men drew from the Judge one of those com fiendious apothegms, which have made ris pleas before the Supreme Court treas ure houses of the most enduring wit Some of these gentlemen had rather de precated the greatness of Washington, thought he was & common-place person ; great onlv because surrounded by medioc rity of a lower order, end tried by events cf only ordinary perplexity. "Not so." said the Judge with a tone of reproach and the nearest approach to vivacity that his grave voice ever gives loose to. "If any power, supernatural or otherwise, had appeared in the American Congress, and, laying down 'Plutarch's Lives,' said take your choice of all these heroes, you shall have the one you select to lead your armies and restore you from tyranny, they could not have found." said the Jlidge emphatically, "a character sc rounded, complete, and thoroughly equipped as Washington's." This re markable testimony, it must be bore in mied, comes from a man who was quite a boy when Washington died-who, in deed, knew much of the first President. Upon this broad basis Grant's characl?r was discussed, and it was agreed that if "Plutarch's Lives" couldn t furnish a parallel for Washington for virtue, patriotism, wisdom and moderation, neither could it supply a counterpart for the General who in a hundred battles never won one, save where his forces were five to one and his slaughter in the same proportion ; who never knew a generous emotion ; who never dreamed of a higher position, save for the oppor tunities it gave to reward dependents; who never yearned for power, save as a reward ; who never dreamed of office as a trust ; whose motives are in every posi tion ignoble ; whose rewards arc selfish, and whose resentments are degrading. Upon such a character as this the peace of the country, conservative men hold, should not be permitted to depend. It is true that impeachment could not reach him in time, but when the people are in {icril, there are those who claim that thc aws, which are made co'ely for public safety, should not bo suffered to render them a prey to designing scoundrels. Hence tue duty of Congress to imitate tho Cromwell House of Commons. The Writ of the Speaker, under a vote of the House, could bring the whole busine?" to a sudden issue. With Grant, Chandler, Sherman, Don Cameron, and Taft sequestered in some State prison for a week or two, the conspiracy would be without the vigorous inspirations of per fectly unscrupulous malefactors, and tho popular forms of government under no shadow Of subversion. Like breeds like. If Chandler and his kind had never set thc evil example of open conspiracy, there would bo no occasion of discussion of this sort. But when the purpose of tho malcontents has been boldly set forth, theie is no reason why the defenders of popular rights should not prepare to meet revolutionary schemes by methods equally as resolute.- Chicago Time?. PERRY AND HAMITON.-In a letter to n r?cw ?inven i mtuiuum, c.\-u?\ ci nur ii. F. Perry comes to the rescue of the good nome of Governor Wade Hampton. Al though Governor Perry at one time de sired the re-election of Chamberlain, and says os much, he does not hesitate to de? clare that Gen. Hampton's public and private character ia freer from reproach than that of any man whom he has ever known in a political experience of half a century. He says : He is kind and gentle, modest, unas suming, thc sou'of honor, and attaches every one to him who makes his ac quaintance. His character is very much that of Washington's, distinguished for wisdom," firmness and purity, looking only to the interest of his country and rinlng above all party considerations. He did not wish to oe Governor, but felt it . his duty to obey the popular will. Be i fore South Carolina seceded he was, like myself, a Union man, but felt that ho . was bound to share the destiny of his ? otate for woo or for weal. In the Con federate army his genius and talent?, rendered his Career a brilliant one, atui i he rose to be a Licutenr.nt-General. Never was an officer more idolized by his ; command, and ho deserved the love and admiration of his soldiers. Ho has been known to null off his overcoat and glvo it to a soldier whom he saw lying on tho r 1 gixmai! and shivering with cold. TUE ENGLISH YIEW OF IT. A Stranger's Sketch of Home Recent Scenes !t: CeiasW?. Correspondence of th* London Times. COLUMBIA, 8. C., December 2. * * * Whoever may have refused admission to the eight members from laurens and Edgefield, there is uo doubt that it ?as refuged, whereupon the other Democratic members, who, being pro vided with certificates from the board of canvass, might have entered the House if they had liked, declined io separate from ths;r cora rad tts, and this whole Democrat ic party went to another hall? ?nd there formally declared themselves the legally constituted House. It seems to me, I must confess, a pity they did not remain there; but on Thursday, taking advan tage of the thanksgiving holiday, they stoic a march upon the enemy and got into the 8tate House, hustling away the doorkeeper, who made a feeble effort to stop them, aud ne i zed tho unoccupied chair for their own Speaker. The Re publicans ooon gathered, and attempted to dispossess him by commands and throats; but no force was resorted tn on either aide. The attempt proved a fail ure, and he ts ?till there, the Republican Speaker being driven lo the not very dig nified expedient of occupying a chair alongside of him. The comical part ot the situation is that neither party dare leave the House uugarrisoned, lest they should be surprised by a coup de main, and -ome of the garrison have now been there over sixty boura continuously. They have their food brought in, and at night lie on the floor, wrapped iii blau kets, or sit dozing in arin chairs round thc stoves. The negro legislators while away thc time by singing political songs to religious airs, such as "Hold tbs fort for Hayes and Wheeler," and by other grotesque buffoonery of a kind never, I suspect, witnessed in a hall ol'Legislature before. Their usual chairman, a white man, can keep them in something like proper order, and so can two or three of the abler men of their own color. But as the chair has to be always filled, and the chairmen, in consequence, arc con stantly being changed, an average mem ber occasionally gets into it for whom they bave no respect, and then scenes ensue which, ns an Anglo-Saxon with the same blood in my veins as the white members, Democrat or Republican, I am almost ashame to describe. I need not, I hope, say that I have no sort of prejudice against tho colored members as such. There are among them some very able and well educated men. Mr. Thomas and Mr. Miller mado as good speeches us one could expect on the aver age to hear in any Parliament, much bet ter speeches than Home I have heard in St. Stephen's. Such men are, of course, in their right place, for, though they have i.iore white blood than black in them, they take rank, according to the custom of the country, with tho negro population, and are well fitted-so far as their intellectual qualifications go-I know nothiug else about them-to watch ? over its interests. Mr. Hamilton, com monly known rt* "Tom Hamilton," i? another type of colored member to whose presence in the House uo impartial man would object. He is not well educated, in the ordinary sense, and his English and grammar are sometimes quite his own. But he can make himself intelli gible, and can speak very straight to the point. He is, perhaps, a little too fond of talking about his pistol and the good shooting lie can do with it. In one speech he told a member who was rash enough to venture upon an interruption which would have been thought very mild in the House of Commons, "Any man that feels himself insulted by a re mark from my lips has his remedy ; he has only lo say how he wanta it." In another speech, turning to a group of his colored brethren, (he has, though a Re publican, temporarily joined the Dem? crata on the question which House is legal,) he remarked-"I am one of those who, if they think a mau u - thief tell him so. I don't talk about my shooting, though I now and then hit a sparrow fly ing over the rice fields just to keep my hand in. Make your threat, but when you go to put it into execution make your will." I took down these observations verbatim in my notebook, as I thought I had seldom heard any more pithily ex pressed and to tho point, and they were aii the more remarkable as coming from a man who, a few minutes before, had expressed a hope that if he were Li ll ni fighting for his dear South Carolina, his "remainders" might be deposited by those of his father and mother. It is only fair, too, to explain that this reference to shooting and fighting does not sound as unparliamentary here as it would in the House of Commons. The whole atmosphere is charged with talk about pistols and fighting. I believe that I, being tho OMI-; neutral, am the only person who goa: .o the House with out a pistol ; somo "strangers" take two and even three, so as to have a spare one for a friend. The reporter's gallery is ' armed, and some of its ocsupuuts quite eager for the tray. When one of them found out in thc course of conversation that I had no weapon, li? stared at me much as in England a man might have I Btared if I had Baid I did nJtown a tooth brush. I de not, of course, wish to imply that this iu the ordinary state of things iii Columbia, at least as regards the House. It is due to the threat uttered by the Re Eiiblican party that they will have the aurons and Edgefield members forcibly expelled from the House by tho State constabulary, and the Democrats solemn ly declare thal they will offer armed r? sistance to the State constabulary unless it is supported by Federal troops. With ihe latter, whose authority they recognize and respect, they have no wish to come into collision. Hence every Democrat in thc House, whether a member or "atranger," would assuredly ioin in a fight with the constabulary (who are col ored,) and, therefore, a Democrat now wants something more than the one con ventional pistol, de rigueur, which li .car ries about everywhere. Thc Republi cans, I need not say, aro equally well armed, and each side keeps very clone watch upon the other, and the leaders do their best to see thal by the withdrawal of members or the introduction of volun teers and free-fighters they are not out numbered. The Democrats have one volunteer who is said to have killed his two or four men-the accounts given me varied-and he is so afraid of missing a fight that he has not once put his foot outside thc House lest the Republican doorkeepers sh..nhl not let him in again, and means tn slick there until the dis puto is somehow settled. The Laurens abd Edgefield members are specially watched, since if they ventured out of tho House, and could be kept from returning, the Republicans would have gained their point. Only one of them has, I believe, so far ventured out, and he has auch a well-established reputation for fearless ness and unflinching readiness to risk his life, i "nat the doorkeeper has probably to be found who would care to stop him. This morning, seeing his entrance create somo little pnrr.motiou round tho door, I went up to ask him how he got in. HU method waa very ? impie, though, ?esl ii Hbuuld in cons?quence bu tried hy thc un* wary, let me explain that ? roan roast have made tho same reputation aa the in* venter if he wishes to adopt it with sue ces? or safety. He told metbat "at ten yards he fixed the doorkeeper with his eye (a most wild bcast-quellirig eye let me remark parenthetically,) ana laid bis right hand upon a large nnprovtd Wes son under his cloak." If, ?fter ? .?Int so gentle yet emphatic as this, the door keeper had held the door shut, be would have at once "le. daylight through him." Nobody who knows the man doubts that he would have done what he says he meant to do. Mr.Tom Hamilton'? plato) has tempted me into an unduly long digression, but I hope it may have the interest of, at least, novelty to the peaceable, not to say tame spirited, fr?quentera nf St. Stephen's. I wa? going to point out that such colored members as he and Messrs. Thomas and Miller, with two or three others, whose names I do not know, would not, by any fair man, be grudged their seats in a House of Representatives fur a State of which more than half the population is colored. Hut such members can be counted on the fingers, and ns for the rent of the colored members, their meritn are of a kind to whicn I fear it would be im possible to d< justice at the end of a let ter r.l ready too long. Lord Duffcrin's Speech. At a dinner of the National Club at Ottawa the Governor-Geueral of thc Do minion got off some very modest remarks, from which tho following extract is taken : As for the United State*, although they may be too proud to own it, there is not a citizen of the neighboring Republic who does not envy the smooth and har monious workings of our well-balanced and happily-adjusted institutions. Of ono thing I am quito sure, that there is not an American politician between tho Atlantic and the Pacific who would not at the present moment be content to give half his fortune, and perhaps a great deal more, to possess that most serviceable and most useful thing, a Governor-Gen eral. Indeed the acquisition by thc United States of so valuable a personage has of late esme to appear of such prime necessity-would prove such an obvious mode of solving their personal difficulties und of remedying tho defects of ther gov ernmental machine-that I have been extremely nervous about passing so near the border as I had to clo on my way hither. There is no knowing what might happen in case of people under such a stress of temptation. Raids have been prompted sometimes by love ae well aB hate. In fact, the tame ceremonies of modern marriage are but the emasculated reproduction of the far more spirited finnciple of capture by which bride a in ess sophisticated ages were obtained. Who knows to what lengths Mr. Tilden and Mr. Hayes, and the millions of their respective adherents now drawn up in hostile array against each other might not be driven in the agony of their pres ent suspense. A British Governor-Gen eral I What a cutting of the Gordian knot I And so near, too-just across the water. A gunboat and a sergeant's guard and the thing is done. And then think what they got in him. A person dislo cated from all sectional interests, preju dices, and passions who can never be come stronger than the people's Parlia ment or divide the national voto. A representative of all that is august, ..table and sedate in the government, the histo ry, and the traditions of the country; ?ticupuu?e ni partisanship, and lifted far above the atmosphere of faction ; with out adherent** to reward cr opponents to oust from office ; docile to tho sugges tions of his Ministers, and yet securing to the people the certainty of being able io get rid of an administration or fariia ment the moment either had forfeited their confidence. Really, gentlemen, I think I had better remove nearer tbs North Pole, for I am sure you will be lieve me when I say that after having been made to feel for so many years how good and kind are the people of Canada, having had an opportunity of apprecia ting how high an honor it is to be con nected with a Dominion so full of hope, with such a glorious prospect before h<;r, I shall never be induced, even under the stress of violence and a threat of being "bull-dozed," to sit for one moment 1__ . i_T_i- i - ._ . i- rt_: j_ luugvi wiau x i.mi ump ll, inc i ICOIUCII tiai chair of the United State*. .Should I gc you may expect mo back by tho under-ground railway. Nay, moro, so deeply attached am I to our Canada that the Push al i k- of Bulgaria, shall not tempt me away, oven though a full domestic establishment, such as are customary in that country, should be provided fur me out of the taxes of the people, and Lady DuSfenn gave her cono?ul, winch is doubtful. GIVE UB A REST.-Civilization and hunger are incompatible. AU the virtue and graces of humanity-certainly cf male humanity-fly before an empty stomach. It may be possible for a man to be hungry and amiable at the same time, but it is not safe for any wife to tiresume upon so unlikely an occurrence habitually. Ignorance of this physiolog ical truth has been thc ruin of many au otherwise happy household. And we may set it dawn from both obocrrw'.lo?o and experiences-premising that our ex perience in this respect har, been excep tionally happy-that preprandial discre tion is the severest test of a good wife. Just before 'jinner is the worst possible time to bother a husband with questions or complaints, or even with efforts to be aggressively agreeable. Then is tho time anovo rtll others when social silence should grace the homo, and make it seem to the v 1 man the most delightful and resift1 zo cs earth. Half an hour of quio. ?si then ie the best por si ble prepa ration for tho social enjoyment of the coming meai, lor then toe nervous i?n-1 sion and mental strain of business care ' and anxiety can bo gradually relax? ' and the entire system brought into con ditions for enjoying food and the ameni ties of social society. Yet how frequent ly does tho wife choose that particular timo to speak of her trials ana troubles, the misconduct of servants and children, the petty requirements of the household, or other,things trivial or disagreeable, and then marvel that her husband's tem per is not so sweet as it ought to be I The offense in worse even than ino intro duction of such topics at meal-time. Scientific American. MARKS OF A GENTLEMAN.-NO man ! is a gentleman who, without provocation, would treat with incivility the humblest of his species. It is vulgarity for 'which no accomplishment nf ares* or address can ?ver atone. Show ns the man who desires to make every ono around him happy, and whose greatest solicitado is never to give causo of offence to any one, and we will show you a gentleman by nature and species, though ne may never, bavo worn a snit of broadcloth, nor aver heard of a lexicon. Wo are proud to i say for thc honor of our species, there aro many men in every th mb of whose i heart there is solicitude for the welfare , i ol mankind, and whoso OTcry breath ia t perfumed witU kinda**, BOMAKCE OF THE ATER?E. Ito Waau't Drank, lit waa Only His Roof. From Do? Piatft Wthingkm Capital. One night laat week a member of Con gress, quite an executional one, iu respect of the proprieties ot his station and from a social point of view, catted on a well known young lady of this city. The pavements were slopptry and bia fret were wet. White waiting io the parlor and vainly essaying to imbibe warmth at tho register, a lucky thought struck him. end a* thero JVW nr. cns in the room aaa uo prospect of his l?4y acquaintance for twenty minutes, he removed his boots and stretched his brown-sock encased feet io front of the register. The effect was soothing and comfortable, and when sufficiently satisfied with the heat our Congressional rooster et ar ted to pull on his damp boots. The movement progressed finely as far as the legs were concerned, but the rapid transit was wholly stopped when he strack the instep and there stuck. Stamps, oaths, jerks and wrest ling with the leg straps were of no avail. Ho heard the rustle of the lady'? dress, and crowding his off-boot iuto the remain ing, boot stood, with perspiration on bis brow and cold chills down his back, to receive her. When abe entered he sank into a chair with relief, and with the ex ception of ?orne agitated absent minded ness, all progressed well until her father dropped in, when, rising to greet the fraternal bird, our M. C. torched dread u I ly? so markedly that he was keenly watched in his conversation, and his en* barrassed language resulting from the situation subjected to scrutinous sus picion. The general idea prevalent was not favorable to the Congressional servant of tho people, and worse still he forgot him self, and asking the young lady to sing, offered to escort ber to the piano, which, under the circumstances, be could not very actively accomplish. Aa it was he lurched to leeward^aad starboard, rolling on the uppers of bis treacherous boots, while the lady recoiled from an abrupt fall on bia part, and the old man seized him violently by the shoulder. "You are a little off," he said as polite ly as possible with the occasion. "I will vail my man ; ho will see you home." "I ain't drunk," espostu'itted the mem ber, "it's my boots only ; my boots " "Why you muet he in a bad way I Snakes in your boots? No, no, my good folio?, don't \Ki alarmed, a good night's rest and ai. will be well. Thomas" "You infernal old fool," howled the booted man ; exasperated beyond the limit of decency by hin wretched condi tion and the placid misunderstanding of the old gentleman ; "you infernal old fool, I ain't drunk I I can lick the head ofFn you in two minutes-I ain't druci 1" "I never saw a man in a more rampant and beastly state of intoxication in my life." (Thia in an undertone.) "If ft were not that I am rca*.rai ned by the presence of my servants I would put you out myself. Thomas, show this gentle man into the nearest street car." Overcome by the coolness of the old man and the muscular development of the darkey boy, the unhappy member was ted out jogging arid jerking on his rickety boots ana spraining an ankte at every lurch. The darkey boy returned in a few minutes, saying ; "Godillerai ty ! I never see such a drunk en man in my life. He wanted to fight me fust and then gimme ten dollah bill fe' my shoes, and sot down on de cu'b stone and put 'em on. Dey was too tight fo' him though, fo' he was a Republican gen'leman." (As he was a Republican member, we deem it hecessary to state that the ten dollar bill in this instance was not coun terfeit.) Lawyer and Client. TKn ft\\\r.\u i n re nrtrji>tu BH fW\m f Vi Q I -.*-' " *"0 - - - -.?- -- --. .?.w lectures on the "Study and Practice of Law," by Emory Washburn, of the Har vard Law School, may correct some pop ular errors : "I would not, however, bo misunder stood upon this subject of defending persons charged with crimea. There is a great deal of cant and twaddle in the community about lawyers leuding them selves to shield tho guilty and defeat jus tice, a? if thc cause cf justice was net strengthened and the confidence in its administration confirmed ia tho public mind, by its being known that no man can bc convicted except upon a fair trial, even though, nbw and then, a guilty man escapes. * * * * But the question does not expend itself upon individual Instances of courage or thc conviction, or escape of^this man or that, charged with CC1LU6S. lt hcS uecpcf fiOu gOcS ??v/u to the foundation and coacitution of civil government itself. One of the purposes of government ts to create a feeling of security on the part of the citizens, that the humblest of them is protected by wise laws, wisely and impartially admin istered. Nor can a people b>- accounted free who do not feel that life and p.oper ty too, are safe from the tribunals which are to pass upon tho questions on which these depend. Next to the certainty of having justice done is the assurance that the law can and will apply testa aa nearly infallible as may be, to discriminate be tween tho guilty and tho innocent, be tween what is right and what is wrong. It is here we have to meet the question with which we started, with no . sickly sentimentalism about the guilty 'going unwhipped of justice.' The truth is, the public need and they must have, a class of able, trained and disciplined men, set apart as ministers of the law, whose ser vices all may command, who can and will stand by any one against whom soci ety is aiming a blew, so far as to reo that he is fairly dealt by, and tfcat justice be tween bim and the pub..'.! is mee ted ont T?ih ss ST*" **?">?' "But while I am in-lsting that it is not only the right but tue duty of a lawyer to act as the advocate of any man who is charged with a crime, it his services are j sought or desired, I claim for him no in? ! dulgence in the way of trick, falsehood ! or misrepresentation. He has no more right to use these in defending another I than he bas in getting his neighbor's money or cheating by fatso pretences. But such means as the law haa furnished him, and made it lawful for him to use, ?. ._i _? i__ j_i : . tr i_r-tl .A MO VfOUlU UO UOlOIIUIr (lt uut; ?. uv aa..vu to apply, no matter what lils rospicioss may bs. If a guilty man thereby es capes, honest men would feel safer in the assurance they: would thus gain, that whatever tho law is, it is no respecter of ? persons, and that no man is beyond the pate of ita protection, than they would to see a wretch sent to prison because no one could ho, found to plead hts cause. "I come back, then, to the enquiry with which we began, by saying, solong as you keep within the limits of fair, honorable dealing, you need have no mis giving in lending your aid to anyone .accused of crime, or in giving him the best of your power and skill. Nor is there any danger that; tho State, which commands tho bc*t talent in tho markot, will not be equally canefiilih seeing ?hat Botlccj, wbicta elli onlf U inserted ?Loo th's -sn^&S^i *s . . $3.00 ^lV,^.?^^i9?0to'_. ? - H! . TO 'oBM?S^i/blUfTH^-U oktr U* recette attention, cuminuulcatioua nutt be ttccompaoled by th? tnt* ?.?>. ?; J i -# jfc? nm-, ??etti .uanusc'rlpt?V.lf?otV? returned, sniesa tbs peoeeeary ?taxapa are furnUbed to repay ? ba postara tberrop. aa? Wo sr? not rc*pon*lblo for tbe vlewe sad opinions of our correspondents. All coroniunkat Inn? should ba add rewed to "Ed itor? Intelligencer,'* and all cneek?. dran?, mosey orders, *e., obould bo made payable to the order of HOYT & CO., Anderson, B.C. A PHILOSOPHICAL BRIDfetiROOH. His Affianced Elopes With ? Rival, Whereupon He Marries Another. trtm IA? Si. lattU Times. Lexington was the scene of quite a little episode, in the (brm of a dual wed ding, within tbe past few days. The facts are as follows: A young gentleman, by tbe name of Tolbert Hickland, residing some two and a half miles from the city, on the Dover road, had arranged for his nuptials with one of Lexington's* fair damsels, a Miss Fannie Jennings, and all arrangements had been completed for the consumma tion of the happy event at the time ap pointed, at the residence of the father of the young lady. It appears that Mr. Russel Cather, of this city, had.been also paying his .iddr/j* to tbis same young. lady for some tir .? pant, and on the day preceding the day set for the wedding, called to see the lady and proposed an elopement with her on that very day, to which she readily as sented, and on that evening, after the family had retired, both she and ber trunk were stealthily spirited away from ber lather's domicile, and she and her lover, ofter considerable difficulty in pro curing the services of a clergyman, were united in wedlock and crossed the Mis souri river that night at the dead hour of midnight, where awaited them a carriage to convey them on their bridal tour and in search of their honeymoon. Morning came, and soon thereafter Mr. H. ap peared in town only to the realization of the fact that the bird bad flown, and that he still remained a voyager in search of a wife, but was destined nat to remain so long, as the sequel proved. In the fami ly of the father of the young lady there was also another young lady, poor, but estimable and quite pretty, to whom .had been offert-1 the comforts of a home Miss Alice Haywood. Thither Mr. H. bent his way on learning the faithless ness of his affianced, and arranged that th? preparation for the elegant wedding cupper should not be for naught, ana that he and Miss Alice should be mar ried at the appointed time and place at which he was to have been married to Miss Fannie. In the course of the dar these facts were quickly circulated ana known and discussed by all. The clergy man whose services had been secured by Mr. H. met him aud jocularly remarked that bo would expect him to call for bim at his residence at the hour appointed, to which Mr. Hickland replied that he would. True to appointment he called for the parson at tue hour Bet with a close carriage. The parson, not knowing just what shape matters bad taken, in a sort of semi-bewilderment entered the ccrriage in quest of the solution of this wonderful and curious nflair. Finally tho carriage was brought to a standstill and the parson invited to alight and enter the house, which, to Mu great surprise, he saw was the tame one tc which be had been called tc perform the marriage of Mr. Hickland with the young lady who had so mysteriously and unexpected ly eloped with another party. On enter ing he found a pleasant company assem bled, and soon thereafter united the afore said Mr. Hickland to the beautiful and estimable Miss Alice Haywood, after which the evening was spent delightfully, and the wedding supper proved no* to be spoiled for the want of a wedding. No Longer a Sphynx. The wisdom to be found in the reti cence of our administration finds illus tration when he speaks. Sileuce with him was indeed golden. For many years we have gazed upon his intellectual coun tenance, ind marveled greatly at tho tap Eased thoughts and feelings hidden be ind the dull, dead lock of the modern Sphynx. We cried out again and again, "Speak, oh, mysterious being I Let us know in oracular speech of what thou seest." It is human nature to believe that animals see spirits, and feel the ap Sroach of the earthquake and th? torna o. We feel that we aro warned when the horse or dog stands trembling, or looks amazed when there is naught wo can see to alarm. In like manner tve watched our executive, believing that ho . saw signs and had visions. Alas ! he has spoken,-and our Sphynx is as dull as he looks. We are reminded of tho story told, if we remember rightly, by Charles Lamb. - He was impressed by a Caesarian head and a solemn countenance at a dinger party. The owner of this imposing ap pearance spoke nev jr a word, and the poor author felt depressed in the pres ence of this thoughtful mon. He feared to open his mouth lest his utterance would meet with disfavor. The dinner wore wearily on, for the wise man said not a word. - At last a dish of smoking bot dumplings were brought in, and tue feared philosophere roared out, "Them's the guv'ners for me." Since the President has opened his ponderous jaw and let out his views, "we are ashamed, through all our being, to have been wroth with so weak a thing." I'. U too pitiful for laughter. He seems ?a be obvious of noted events in his own term of office, such as the vote of Loui siana in his second election. His opin ions woold disgrace a colored Legislature and fetch a ten-year old boy up for pun ishment. In the midst of such grave events, before complications brought on by wicked men, that threaten the very, existent*) of our republic, to have our Chief Executive, upon whose wisdom, caution and forbearance depend so much, uttering such twaddle as he gives oat through the Associated Press, is enough ! to make a people despair. We have those views before us. It was our it'tent to givo them comment and criticism. But this is too much like dis secting a worthless insect beneath a mi croscope, for our taste. And so we dis mir; His Excellency-as we trust tho pcoplo may ba able to dismiss him on lt.- ^?1- -f aC~~.U ..?-*_mA*Ky *vf? AlHui* ! feeling than one of. commiseration far bim and for ourselves. For him, that he ! has been so pilloried by a false position, ? and we. that his pillory was the Presi dent's chair.- Washington Capital - A new tribe of aboriginal Indians bas been discovered uear the headwaters of the Brazos who have been so quiet, that even their existence bas heretoforo been unknown to the government or any of tho whites. They have nov*r a-dced Cr.. ~cr.;C2 Gr blank-J ts. Their tribe is called "Plato." and they number about 500. They nave been living with the Comanches, and have behaved like little men. Very recently, however, they have notified Col. Hatch that they desire to go to Wescalaro Agency, at Fort Stan ion. They represent that they aro very poor, and that if they aro transferred it will ho necessary to furnish thom two or three weeks' ratious of beef and a mili tary escort. They are to be transferred and fed.-Denver iVew. - Saint Valentine's Day comes ou ?ie second Wednesday of February, the ay on which tho electoral voto for Pres ident and Vicc-Prosldent is to bo an nounced. As Hayes is a married man and Tild?n a bachelor, the latter is the only ooo of the two who oatt approptiate ly receive, such a valentino astpo.raw*>