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r:mltlil.lill ?tlfwll:^!^?^ -1 ' pypj?'.? B/MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY. JULY 12, 1877. VOL. X1P-N0. ?2. ' '_ - ll.:--' ' 'IIB PM^MWW- ijjmuymTpawtmm'iiui'.mJifwt-? -UJ-H?J?? w? MATES Of SVBSCBIPTIOX.-Two Dor ?AU* p?r?KBunt. an*?9Ji AJO^LA* for tlx month?. ?abac^jtlo?s r,ra cot tuleen for a lesa period ih ea air. uioot.ljj. ']'' Mberci Jc?'ictlons made ?Q chu)? pf ti** or, ??rt? riib&sri'.t'rs.t RATJSS ?t rADVtrarrsma.-Orio Douar per ??.ju ?re of one Inch for Uta fl roi Intertton.and Fifty Couta per aquaro fcr?ube*<[.^tlaMtttoas ICM than ihre? mouths. N? UTWiiMaetris toante les? tuan a square. JJ Ix tal Contract* ?ill ba ruade with thowe wl/'alng to advertise for tb??e, six or tweiro monto? Ad ?nrU<ln? hy rnntmt must be confined to tie lm raedlate business of the firm or Individual o-atr?c mattera or individual TlHP Iff |TlMm?|?'rr r*1 nt n-?ref luring rai?. A&j??uJi?teeiBlrflBHM a nd death*, and uelkesgM lflfrfii? W HW'I ar) respectfully a^jy^d^BM ^wtfl M InferteoTgratis ,|r/|line ,#ee,#ft'th ti pIeas?nv;country Iiousc full of gay young people, andtiMs t?ouci waa one of tue pleasantest of housjs, ita caners the most charming of hoste. What with rides and drives, inusif, visit*, and boating, timo flew ;ilmost too fast fur some of tue inmates for tiloso whoso stay was limited, for those who found that long rides in green woods and voluptuous summer nights among tho roses led to results more serious than flirtation. The number o? matches which had bc MI made at Hani* Souci was a ROU ree of groat p ?de to Mn. Jennings, who was a confirmed matvh-nvkcr. AU men of marriageable nco ?nd lAarrhurcable me-sus who fe!! into her bands ihV regarded with an eye ! to matrimony, and sue never failed to ' of-r them eXtollent opportunities to ex change tho sinde ~<yt ibu wedded state. It was not likely that, under these cir cumstances, ?he wcild neglect the inter ests of the cousin who, in what she folt | to be a truly .pathetic condition of lone? linean, had drifted into her Sands. On tho day after his arrival she informed him, ..'itu a significance which was al together wanted on Iiis obtuseness, that Hary Herbert was one of tho most charm-} ing girls in the world, (tho number of .charming girls that Mrs. fennings knew spoke volumes for her belief in ncr own BOX,) and would make tho best of wives for any innn who was fortunate enough to secure her. To thb Thurston cheerfully assented, though the idea of becoming that happy Benedict did not for a moment occur to bim ; but he did not rebel when he found himself constantly in Miss Herbert's company during the next few days. She was a pretty, pleasant, well-bred girl, who entertained him sufficiently to keep ? ennui at bay, and who taught him (thc dullest of pupils) tho abstruse science called croquet. Being in tho same house with Miss Lorine, and sitting at the same table with her threo times a day, not to speak of other occasions of meeting, it was im ?osaible that he could altogether ignore er presence. . In fact, that presence was not one which could readily be ignored. Whether for good or ill, for pleasure or pain, Agatha boring was a person who, under all circumstance:! and at all times, commanded l?tritiortr^t ftast. Bitterly as Thuretoff'bated-' h?r^Tte found his glance foljowing the motions of,her gracetulirjaurQ ; ie 4oufl bi> ear nttract cr^ ny]the fjdlj sweet mu?jc^bf ljerJton.es ; ba lbuna li is eve festing, with a mixture of reluctant admiration and repulsion, on the perfect outlines of her head. with its dars braids.'- He could not fm I to-.per ceivn that Ihei? was a distinctive charm about h?r which marked her out and set for apart fruin other womon."?^J?y?can wei call -this chaim, which is ad firle ?that it eludes, analysis in words?: Whatever WO C?llv it^EBK?lt?l.mii?ilfitiii;.-_ .?-.inri. tion,;.or aught'el?c-i-the fact rcm'aiiis that it ia a special gift, a crowning 'gr?ce of Homo women, and ? that too elton it is ruthlessly' used for purposes of harm only. >;Xfc was impossible for -Agatha Loring's. best"frionas to dony that she had used: it with i'cruel*recklessness which sonie tiisic-? Scentu? like the ? au lon mischief of a chii'd; while dark Wore tho tales her enemies told of the lives she had wrecked, the hearts she had broken. Afb.? the mander - bf moat women of her class, ehe was very capricious in her fancies, and a marx's be*t fortune often -Lr? in not nus make "it worth ber: while to fascinate him. Let his social rank, wealth, or 1 puwer, bc what it would, if he did not possess this interest, she paid ho regard to- him. If, on tho contrary, aho con ceived a caprico in his favor, nothing satisfied her ?ave his complete subjection. A fancy of this description she had taken to Thurston at once, and when she saw his deliberate intention to avoid- her ! -when she-read accurately enough the scarcely-veiled dislike and contempt he felt for hor.-pique came to the aid of I caprice, and she determined to bring such a stout rebel to her feet. "My dear," she said one afternoon, when Mrs. Jennings sought her room during tho siesta hour, "what is tho rea son that your Egyptian cousin dislikes me so much?" "I-really I don't know what you mean." . answered Mrs. Jennings, sur prised and a little confused. "Why should you imagine that Colonel Thurs ton-I {suppose it is ho whom you mean -dislikes you ?" "Hy? ?risyis.uo? at.all your partic ular talent, Lucy.?A waa- tho quiet rp sponsor1 r'? ?bhiot"nirriprllrb1 that Colonol Thurston dislike me-T ?n?ie it. Do you remember when you introduced him to n?q ? Before we had either of UB ut tered a word, his eyes told mo what his j sentiments rAwnrd ?ne were. Have I in jured him inU?ny pMt ?tato of existence, or what'".* the r.C5*Qn of bia ?is?iks?" .' "I suppose hb^has beard"-of all your wicked coquetries, and. disapproves cf them-as-well he may," said Mm. Jtn nings, vim bad by this limo recovered her selBBAessifc.'' "Ho is a wise man not to ^MPTMUt ebnnnn to win his heart, for if he^C?^iW?bld fare no better than others have ?o;.o'." Miss luring laughed softly. "Wo Bh?ll BC6l?* she said. "A ch?U lengo is somryJiing I could never brook, anal hayo taken a fancy to his face and j manner. Ho seems so frank, BO honest,, so brave-I should like him forafrlond." "A friend 1" Mrs. Jennings scornfully repeated. ' "Agatha, I am ashamed of I you ! ' Why not call a spado a spade, aud1 say'at once that you want to make a fool cf "lr.. ?" "Because that is not what I waa*,. I ami tired of making fools of meu-oh, ?ou may raiso yOur hands if you like; am ti>d of nil B?ch fo'.ly. I don't say I 'could live without it-I don't say ? shall hot bo a coquette till I dio^-but 1 do aay that sometimes I would Uko to ted that I had one honest! genuine friend in the world, and .such a friend, this; nid?i could bc.' I can eec. in his fac?^&vho would go through flr?rlrid waterer any ono for ?bom ho>-oarcd." JL tritn!: ?lC TTCUSU, cum .mn. DCir nings, "but ho will nevef go through" fire and water for you, and. tho Roorrcif'you put auch ideas,ont of your head the bet ter. Ho is not tho kind bf man whom you can fascinate, and'ns fot- friendship, Hint, of ooui?er ii titdfTl Contont your self with men who belong to yonr own , Joy?n Know HnaFc very word you utter gives mo an additional reason for overtomhig tho prejudice that your Egyptian cousin appears to have concci*^ jucahurt me?l . . "Aft<?Wtianli:?>^u 'i^tl?frVnost heartless girl and the greatest bunilla of will havo tho truth-though I was asked not to tell you-you have already inflicted pain enough on Philip Thuraion- " Tap, tap, at tho door, and a domestic summons took Mrs. .fennings away at once, leaving her fMmtpnco unfinished. . Agatbiluadc no effort to detain her ; but, aftcrlhe door cloaed, abe aaid tojhcr "Strana i - Wbkt pcwible pain bave I over in?iicd on fbilip Thurston ? And 8be waa ?ked not to tell me. Well, I aha", notfaapt blr to betray hia confi dence, bus Trill ateb information at tho fountain-lAvd." I Tbougblauallybneof the last of the t'emiritoe ?and totappear, Must Loring broke thr< gh bei habit thia afternoon, and half ii hour before tho dinner-bell rang Bho i 'ept ligktly down the broad staircase, J id pau*d in tho wide, airy hall helot . Evdything waa silent 1 around, fo ibo masculine aa well aa tho feminine < :cu panta of the house were still atrugg ng with their ev ening toilcta in tho upp . regions and tho cool, dusky drawing-ro tn waa citircly deserted. Ho abe h|d though), ab least, until abe entered r ail r.rrw?^ half Its length. Then'?'ihfq ?Vfigbre ?se from a couch iu i a bay-wint >w, and utranced toward her. At first, i the dirr* obscurity, Bho did not recogn e him. thmahcr heart gave a leap, ands c felt that Fate fought for her. "Ah, Cdjonel T'hufcton, you aro like myself-fina in the Ifield 1" she said. "The beatie tropical, H it not? But you :have realljj found a coU place, I believe." j . "My exrcrience in \ tropical country baa Riven no a kind olinatract with re gard to cod\ places," Tturetcn answered. -'If you wi! take a a er. ti n thia bay-win j dow, Miss 1 oring, you till catch a plcaa I ant breeze; 1 "Tbiinks but I wort deprive you of 1 your leuugi ig-nlace-I il fact, I am sorry to have oil turned youlfor I am on my way to the arden. Ml toilet needs the finishing to ches of sorri roses, which I could not i uat even nt maid to gather for rae." V 1 She lookel straight at Thurston with those limpid darkly-frinled eyes, which poor Bertie} bad said varo "all expres sion." and to any othes man that look would have icen enough! But thia man received the bianco like eanite. "The aun fias aunk l?svtnough for you to find tho garden very ?jeasant now, I have no doubt," he nnsiered, atanding quite still. ! Then ber'lipa unclosed h a nm ile, and a bright light, half amuse* half beguil I inp, flashed into ber eyes. I 'And do you mean to lea me go unat tended? I tm afraid, Colael Thurston, that Eastern habits hnvo fade you for I get our Wealern code of gplantry." "I did not suppose you vAuld caro for my attendance," he replie* "but if I can bo of rervice, pray comnand mc." "You ein bo of service atm cc, if you will be so good as to go toMrs'.Jenning'c sitting-room and bring me hiv garden abeam." , i i Thurston went for the shej-s, and c moment later, io his own ?i'prise, hs found himself attending Again Loring na she strolled slowly toward ?tie. flower garden, j j Once oat in ?.he open airitley found thc waning afternoon more beautiful thar they bad imagined : for wbotp loveliei than the je??se cf a royal sprier day 1 Long, golden light was steaming or rich green foliage and close-, horn turf tho distant hills were weariv a penrlj haze, soft na a bridal-veil; dem shadowi stretched over tho land ; aw unnum bered sweet odors were wafteqto and fri by tho breeze, which came wit coolness and rcfrcipment on its wings. I "This fa better than IvirV beiint closed blinda, with a novel in bno bant and a fan in the other," aaifl-Agatha "But probably our heat eeernsko yoi a trifling, ifter Egypt, that I hm btff ashamed |o complain of it." I "it dori not;b'<iom very great* Thura ion answ^?d : "But even if ?t wsrb 'thy aro many pleasant-things which ino dc not appreciate until ono loaes then. Io example, I suppose it hardly atraes yw Miss Loring, that tho greennca whijl ! clothes the land is a marvel and blight But it would do so if for five yoarsrou hi< never seal a forest or a valley lim that I And he psintcd to the emerald jxpuns '.below. I I "It you'; can enjoy what appfar to t 8ucb oidiaary things, you must find great dca? of-picture in yourVisit t America."j ,. ' VI "I vipucic? to fiad a great uiai" h replied : "but tho expectation Iii il largo sense! has been wholly disapppntec and I am low forced to take what tnmt of enjoyment I can find." She sent u swift aide-gluuce ataiu and, seeing the dark shadow whichbn fallen ovcrhis face, interest and euri: it stirred within her breast. "Could be have been coming oval bc nannied, and did ho arrive to find ta aelfjiHed*'she thought. "Such tbAj often make; mea v.omcn-hateia; bu3t doqa not, ?rem to hate tome kind .i women !"r "WhUt?;piiy T' she said-and the ? tone spoke jyoluraca of aympnthy, aecdi ed'by the'clear oyea. "Surely, dL? pointmcnt is tho saddest thing in lu and how much of it wo have to endu> Even I havpiiiown agreatde?!, thougi am not very old ; and now I never < .?oet to "rasp a ^Isastirs in its ccmplc ness, fkripw triero muat bo a drawb; somewhere-a dash of bitter in all awe ness." "A drawback-yes," said Thurat coldly; "bot that ta not a completo i crushing disappointment, a- But h we aro among tho roses, Miss Lori Shall I outpour flowers ?" "If you will be 80 kind: for I aju exactly in toilet to venture among the ..-though lt seenia selfish to ranko ; riak scratching your banda." "My hands aro not delicate, nor they surrounded by laco ; but you m tell me what roses to cut." "Thia way, please. I want thc cb of-gold, and yonder uro several beaut half-opened buds." - ..AMS cat ?ii .tho. buds inuicatea; ti mindful of tho tender white handsaw ing - th?hi, spent a minute carefully moving cv6iy thorn from their 8tn< green stems. Tho woman watching was a keon observer of human nat and ?he saw nt once that this little waa very characteristic. "Ho dislikes me," aho thou "Every word that be uttcra. overy 1 ho gives me, tells that ; but ho no thcless aa careful not to lcavo any tl to wound my banda aa if-aa if, bc lt mop . And in that 'moment, perhaps, tragedy Of these ?wolivea was settled that moment a sudden longing for love which abo felt fnaUnctivcly thia could bestow roso in 'Agatha Lori breast; in that moment Philip Tl ton's chancea of happincavT thia sic it, iuira ->.?--'- -.-it '. -'?."Itftw little of lt as any I know when the most fateful hour of lives comes, '.Hft^g removed all thorns, he extended tho roses, sayinp "I think you will find them barr now," "You arc very kind." aho said, wi smiler rtbut your labora are not < endedh \ .' I want ono moro bud Bmaller ono there. No-, tell mo wi your favorito flower?" i'1 Ml do not know that I have a fnv flower," bc answered, clipping tho abc wauled; "but if I bavo it ii white jasmine-aloiply from ita aaa lion with other things." "Tho apciation of certain memories * with certp flowers is very powerful, is it act? 1?re arv some Howers which, < on that atount, are hateful to me-but tho jaarnh is not one of them. I, too, love it"- d here her voice sank a little -"becaue it reminds ino of ray mother, who UBed a wear it in her hair-my ' pretty.mol er! so long ago, for I was a mero chilt fben she died. "And I ke it," said Thurston, isrget ti.ig hims* for ? moment, ana forget-! ting whaUunnner of woman th'? was whoso porously sweet voice sounded then so paflctic, "because it covered one of tho pians of my old home,, "".d ita fragrance binga back a thousand'' memo ries of my tyhood." "It has tl eamo kind of association for both of us ft that case-and hero is a hedge overran with lt. Cut a few sprays, Colonel Thjrston. and then wo will go back io thc ouse." Back to ie house they went accord ingly, and, when they re-entered the drawing-roc i, they found it still unoc cupied. 'This is i rtuuato 1" Baid Agatha, "I can put tl finishing touches to roy toilet hero, Iho rest appear, and you shall give vfar opinion ci thc e?ect." She wall d to a large mirror, and stood for a i inutc or two arranging the flowers in h : hair ; after which she fast ened a dust r in front of ber dress, and turned. . "Throw ( >en tho window," she said, "and tell mi what you think of my ap-1 pearance." Thurston never forgot the picture which was evealed to him whdti the window wa thrown open and a level flood of sum line streamed in, filling tho room with golden mist; Surrounded by this, as Ito old painters surrounded the figure ol a saint, Agatha stood dressed (as he knci alro^?y) in black-light draperies of ?ulle and lace, with hero and there an ai istic touch of amber, the golden rose which he had cut lying in a cluster wh( e tho corsago revealed the white neck, md crowning the soft masses of ber dark mir. Involunti ?ly tho self-contained mau, who dislike 1 and despised her, caught his breath. It was a vision of loveliness -hefghtene , by tho accidents of time and place-: ich as in all his life he had never seen I rfore. He felt in every fibre that this wonan was more than beautiful, that ehe was enchanting; and, forgetting conventionality, and ail the rules which govern social intercourse between men and women, the truth sprang from his lips: ','My God!" he said. "I can under stand now low you have worked such mischief!" j The intense passion of his tone was not lost on the/quick ears which listened, Sb* advance' eagerly toward him, ano paused-so hear that he inhaled tho fra grance of the roses which she wore, sc near that be looked straight, into thc wonderful depth:; of her eyes. "Why should you say that?" sh( asked. "Ai least I have never worked mischief tc L'en." "To m he began, and stopper abruptly. \ No, it was impossible ; ht could not'mention Bertie's name witl the face which had been Bertie's undoing gazing intd hie. own. ''Pardon me," lu said, after a minute ; "my remark wa altogether unjustifiable. I should havi said that your toilet is admirably chosei and does credit to your taste." "I am glad you like it," she said changing ber tone as entirely ss ho ha< changed bi?. "Now. to repay you fo your exertions in my behalf, I will mak you a bouquet for your button-hole See ! I have Kept this bud which yon cu last, and J. will makv it up with you favorite jasmine." Which she did. One or two gloss dark-green leaves, tho delicate guide rose, and two or three sprays of starr jasmine-these grouped together mad up tho tiny bouquet. "Is it not pretty ?" she said, holding i out between uer slender fingers. "But i must be tied together, and where shall get a bit of threa? ? Ah ! this will do. Sho lifted her hand, and from a lon dark curl which fell on her shoulde drew a strand of hair. "I will excuso you from quoting tht 'beauty draws us with a single hair,' she enid, with a laugh, as she wound th about tho stems of the flowers, "but ye must understand 'hat it 1B mv own ha -not one bought from a h ai rd ress er which I have given you. Here is yoi bouquet. Shall I pin it in your butloi holer" "If you will bo so kind," said Tkursto; who began to comprehend her ouje very clearly now. "She wants to ph tho same game with me which sho h already play ci with Bertie," he though "Let her try--one failure, perhaps, wi teach her a lesson." Despite ibis penetration, however, 1 could ?ot keep his pulses from heath moro quickly when sho drew near ai slipped the bouquet into his button-he witl: a dexterity evidently the result long practice. Then she glanced in 1 face with a smile that made even his cc head giddy for an instant. "I nope you don't object to wcari my colors for ono evening?" ehe said. Whether or not he would have ina tho answer plainly demanded of him ii ?uestion of doubt, for at that morat (rs. Jennings entered, and paused transfixed with astonishment. "Agatha, you down!-and Coui Philip !" Miss Loring turned, a gliut of triuin in her laughing ?yes, a cadence oft um ph in her quiet voice : '.YeSj my dear I have been do some time-ono'- ?uarnber is so wa these afternoons !-and I found Colo Thurston before me. We have boen tho garden, and, since ho kindly assis mo io guvuur soma rases tor my tone have been sharing the spoils with hit "So I perceive," said Mrs. Jr mir very significantly. So others perceived; when tho cc fiauy gathered, and as usual Agatha tv n to dinner on Virien's arm. It chan that Thurston was seated iust oppos _ ; and the creole's oyo soon foll on tho i 1' in his button-hole. "There appears to hnvo been st occult sympathy between Colonel Th ton ana yourself in the matter of c .thia evening/: ho said; glancing at ?Irosos which were tho chief adornment i Iiis companion. i ; Sho looked at him serenely. - \ j ".Occult sympathies must bo ea , established, then: This only means . we went into tho garden together.".. r i Tho g??on-cyed monster suddenly r grsan aa tbai&g?&ISgl i vd ?a?y4r?! 3 t?art.* 2ft, too, kad jccn in the* gar r ?nd well ho know what apel" had I j yoven about him there. /'iSomo ono hag remarked," ho i ; ttd?2 to speak lightly; "that gar lavo always been dangerous place ! B?tnkind, since tho fV?; of tho first" 3 *as accomplished . ?bcee; b? ; tho j t vornan." s f'Poor Eve !" said Miss Loring. V. eery Adam since tho first has cast i s poach at her I Yet ber only fault 1 likening to a _.rpent who has left r 3 pibtotypes behind-in gardens, and ^ [TO BE CONTINUED.] ! -T' ' '? .THE ELECTORAL CONSMBAC?.? tu fudge tsiack Excoriates the Eight to p< Seven Commission. n, . .rj Judgo Jeremiah S. Black, in tho July lumber of tho Norih American Reriev, tl jontributea an article entitled "Tho Elcc- Ci toral Conspiracy," which is the most v< :omplete and scathing exposure that has t,{ rel beep. ru*do of the fraud which pieced, ct. Mr. Hayes in the Presidential chair, yj Dur space will only portait the reproduc- T lion of the most striking'passages. After n, bil?fiy adverting to tho indignation felt j, by honest men tbrobrbout tho country at c] tho gr?at outrngo upon the rights of tho ol people, Jhdgo Black proceeds to depict n the condition of n fini ra iu tho 8tato of ? Louisiana nreylous to tho Presidential ti elation.' Fir6t, he describes tho carpet- C) bagger: g WHAT THE CARPET-BAGGER IR. jt Tho people would uot have been wholly 0 crushed, ether by tho soldier or tho no- h gro, if both had not been used to fasten u upon tho domination of another class of o persons whose rulo was altogether unen- e durable. These we call carp et-baggers, o not because the word' is descriptive or n cuphoniouB, but becauso they nave no p other name whereby they are known fi among tho children of men. They were u unprincipled adventurers, who sought v their fortunes in tho South by plunder- a iug tho disarmed and defenseless people : r somo of them were drcga of the Federal I army-the meanest of tho camp follow- t era ; many were fugitives from Northern ji juatice ; tho beat of them were thoao who 1 went down niter tho peace, ready for any I deed of nh ame that waa safe and profita ble. These, combining with a few treach erous "scalawags" and some leading nc- 1 froea to serve as decoys for tho rest, and c ached by tho power of the general gov- t eminent, became tho strongest body of \ thieves that over pillaged people, j Their moral grade was far lower, and yet ( they were much moro powerful, than tho < robber banda that infested Germany after ( the "Thirty Yeara' " war. They swarmed i over all tho States from tho Potomac to ] the Gulf, and settled in hordes, not with j intent to romain t he re, but merely to feed . on the Bubatancca of a prostrate and de- i fcnselesa people. They took whatever carno within their reach, intruded thom- ] solves into all private corporations, aa sumcd the functions of all offices, inclu ding the court i of justice, mid in many ?laces they even "run tho churches." ?y force and fraud they cither controlled all elections or ciao prevented elections from being held. They returned sixty of themselves to one Congress, and ten or twelve of tho most ignorant and venal among them were at tho saino time thrust into the Senate; Thia false repre sentation of a people by strangers and enemies who had not even a bona fide residence among them was the bit terest of all mockeries. There was no abow of tm?h br honor about it. The pretended representativo- was always ready to oppress and l?Ja?'sve his so-called constituents ; bia hostility waa uncoil- j ueaied, and he loss no opportunity to do them injury. HIS DE8CENT UPON LOUISIANA. The agricultural and commercial wealth of Louisiana made her a strong temptation to the carpet-baggers. These vultures sn. n.xl tho prey from afar ; and, aa soon as the war Was over, they swooped down upon her in ?ack& that dnrkened the air. The State '???a delivered into their hands by the military authorities ; but the officers imposed some restraints upon tbeir lawless cupidity. They hailed with delight tho advent or negro suffrage, because tn them it was merely a legalized I method of studing the ballot-box, and ? they a?t???et? ?w. incuccxorfr&t, an*! down to a very recent period, tbey gorged themselves without let or hindrance. The depredations they committed wcro frightful. They appropriated, on one pretense and another, whatever they could lay their hands on, and then Sledged to themselves the credit of tho tato for uncounted millions more. Tho public securities ran down to naif price, and still they put their fraudaient bonds on tho market and Bold them for what they would fetch. Tho owners of tho best real estate in town or country were utterly impoverished, because the bur dens upon it were heavier than the rents would discharge. During tho last ten years the city of New Orleans paid In the form of direct taxes more than the estimate 1 \alue of all tho property with in her limits, and still hos a debt of equal amount unpaid. It is not likely that other parts of the State suffered less. Tho extent of their spoliations can hard ly be calculated, bot tho testimony of the carpet-baggers themselves against one another, tho reports of committees sent by Congress to investigate thc subject, and other information from sonrces en tirely authentic, make it safe to say that a general conflagration, sweeping over all tho State from ono end to the other, and destroying overy building and every article of personal property, would have been a visitation of mercy in compari son to tho curso of such a govern ment. THE INVENTIVENESS OF RCOUNDRELIflM. This may seem at first blush like gross exaggeration, becauso it ia worso tlmn anything that misrule ever did before. Tho greediest of Roman proconaula loft something of tho country they wasted ; tho Norman did not atrip the Saxon quito to tho akin ; tho Puritans under Crom well d>d not utterly desolate Ireland. Their rapacity waa confined to the visi ble things which they could preaontly b?ndle and use. They could not talco what did not exist. But tho American carpet-bagger has au invention unknown to thoHO old-fashioned robbers, which increases bia stealing,power as much as tho steam engine adda to tho mechanical force bf mete natural mushl??. ti? rrmlrpt negotiable bonds of tho State, sigua and scala them "according to tho forms ol law," sella them, convert? thc proceed; to bia own uso, and then defies justice "to go behind tho returns." By thia do' vico his felonious fingers ure mada lon j; enough to reach into tho pockets of poa tcrity ; ho lays bia lieu on property ycl uncreated ; bc anticipates tho labor o coming ngca and appropriates tho fruit/ of it in advance; bc coins the iudualrj ' of futuro generations into cash, am anatol)PA ' tho Inherlt?inf? frnm nhilnror ; whc30 fathers aro unborn. Projcctinr. his cheat forward by' thia ' contrivanci and cperating literally nt tho samo time ho garnira fen amount of plunder whirl no country in tho world would havi - yloldcd to the Goth or tho Vandal. THE GENESIS OF T?I?BETURNINO BOARD Tho wretched cyatcm of carpoUba; ? g?f?in?ricot could iioi. possibly iaai < From' the first it had no real eupporl i Tho nativo people and tho honest immi giauts, who, went thcro for thc purpose i of legitimate business, held it in abhor J renee, and the negroes were not long ii '" finding out that it was a sham and 1 anare. A3 early a? 1870, and before that - the handwriting waa Been on the wa] r?h!ch anc ..?acoa tha?i a largo and ded r alvo majority of all tho votes, black an - white, had determined to break up th! i den of th io ves. They must, therefor r prepar? tor flight or punishment, unlci - *bvj could contrito a way of defcatin tho popular will whenever mid howevi it should bo expressed. Then tho rt ming board, was invented. This was n machine entirely new, with ! )wcrs uover beforo given to any tribu tl in any State. Its object was not to turn, but to suppress tue votes of the lalified electors, or change Ibero to suit 0 occasion. By the terras of tho law ii tn exclude, suppress, annihilate all the )tes of a parish for violence, intimida-: on or fraud, which it finds to havo been iramilted and adjudges to have mate ally influenced tho result tho polls, his is judicial authority BO broad that ) court would consent to oxerciso it dieting tho fearful (cnalty of diafran moment upon thousands at once, with it a hearing and without legal evidence, jffor any offenso of their own, but for ie supposed sin of others over whom icy confessedly havo no cont rob i Of misait is in direct conflict with the, late constitution, which uvulares iuat ai! idicial power shall be vested in certain dainea and established courts, and fdr ds it to bo used even by them except pun trial beforo a jury, and conviction 1 tho testimony of credible wituesscs mfronted by the accused and cross camined by counsel. It in, besides, a lost insolent auront to the fundamental rinciples of all elective government, for makes the poll of tho people a moro lockcry, which decides nothing except bat tho returning board is pleased to pprovc, and elects nobody whom tho ?turning board docs not graciously favor, ls newer to veto a popular vote extends > all elections, for every class of officers, idicial, legislative, ministerial executive, minding electors of President and Vico resident. UCW IT MD ITS WORK. Tlie, board consisted of five persons, hey wera originally appointed by a nrpet-bag Senate, without end of their mure and with power to fill vacancies, h iel i made them a closo corporation and ave them perpetual succession. To put n some show of fairness, the law ro uircd that all partied should bo rcpre M ed. This waa at first thought to bo let by tho appointment of one Democrat, ut when a deed of moro than common aeeness was to bo done, tbe Democrat ras got rid of, and tho o?' er four, desir ng to work in secret, rc jed lo fill his dace. iPPLIED TO THE PRESIDENTIAL KL ?LO TION. Tho election came off on tho proper ?av, supervised and controlled nt every lolling placo by officers of the carpet-bag utcrcst. According to their own conni-, ho result was a majority of 7,639 br the Tilden electors. It baa never yet leen donicd that this majority was made ip of ballots cast by citizens legally qual ncd. Tho vote was regularly taken and jroperly counted, and a true record of it nado perpeluam rei memoriam. These facts bel?g undisputed, it follows that .ho Tilden electors were duly rppointed, if the people of the State have tho ap. pointing power, which they certainly lave, unless tho constitution and the statuta book aro not to bo relied on. But the opponents of Tilden and Hen. hicks determined that tho record ot the appointment made 'jy the people should 30 mutilated and changed BO as to make t appear as if electors for Hayes and Wheel er had been chosen: They \:to ;endvid IU belioro that violence'and in ;imidation. had frightened tho Africar [laves men from tho polls, and that theil ?~/"-dico ought tc- bc visited, in tbs fors )f disfranchisement, on tho hoads ol hose who had intrepidity euough to per brm their political duty. Tho allega ions wero utterly false. It was made no mly ^without evidence to sustain it, bu; n the face of overwhelming proof to tin contrary. All the places of regietratiot iud voting vreru guarded by the creature )f the Federal and State administrations iuperintendents, commissioners, donut] marshals, and soldiers, and all of Ines? with ono voice said that the election wai peaceable and free. Indeed, ii is literal ty impossible that any intimidation oi violence could ha?e been practiced. Nc sensible person evor gave credit to it foi % moment. Notwithstanding much men tal anxiety about tho result, various rea sons combined to make tho oleclion it Louisiana probably the most quiet ant undisturbed in the Union. THE CUABACTEB OF ITS MEMBERS. Tho personnel of tho board justified th? faith of the carpet-baggers and thei: allies. If tho evidouce concerning it members be rightly reported by the in vestignting committee, they were market out by the history of their previous lives noted and signed to doanydeed ofshami which might bo required at their hands Wells was a custom house officer at Nev Orleans, and one of the worst of that bat lot; a defaulter to tho State of lon) .stand ing, without character for integrit or voracity, and for thuty years regard?e as unworthy to bo trusted. Anderson' character for honesty was equally bad he had earned it in part by aiding, whil lu), was Senator, to put up a fiaudulcn job upon the State, and taking tho in ?quitous proceeds to himself. Of tho tw mulattoes, one was indicted for tareen} and, after admitting bis guilt, was al lowed tb escape punishment, and prompt ly taken into tho board. The ether wa too ignorant to know his duty, but hi testimony showed such indifference t tho obligations of an oath that ho wa deemed as safe for the carpet-baggers a cither of his colleagues. They comprehended tho situation, sa< the difficulty of the work beforo then and resolved to make it pay in somcthin better than mere premises of "rccogni lion," however "generous and ampio. Wells, who was their spokesman in pr vato a? in public, wrote in strict tionf deuce to a carpet-bag Senator then : Washington a letter which, being cot doused into plain English, means thia "There's millions in it. See our friend un/' nstt AI-A.IW.I1 rv Hat*? ? ?.-. ImMA^I ?Ar A1 or wo will sell out to tho other sid Talk freely to the gentleman who presen this ; ho knows the moves." To tho ben er of tho letter ho explained that it wi hard work to count in tho Rep?blica candidato-tho Democratic: majority wi too large to handle-be wanted to ?erro fa party, but ho would not take this ic without compensation ; he must lm\ "$20C,000 apiece for himself and Ande son, and a ?maller sum for tho niggers On this basts ho Authorized his emboss: ot. W??bingtesi to ticgotJate -with tl Republican 'mtmagexa- Afc tho wane tin ho waa offering himself ab New Orleai to tho Democrats, first for half a millioi bot afterward proposed that bo won' leavoin enough votes to elect-Mr. Niel oils (Democratic candidate for Ooverno if $200,000 ooah were first placed in h hands. ..-'.ii THEIR VIOLATIONS OFTHE STATUTE. Tho action of the returning officers i this wbolo business was unsupported I legal authority. Tho Legislature of tl State did not, because it could not, gh them power to disfranchise quail fit elector^ They lacked, therefore, tl ?oncral jurisdiction which, they awunc tut this is not all ; they proceeded in tl rer/.tcetfa ev* .i of thc vo?d stall} strhh they professed to follow. Tba?, statu pretends to give them no such nuthori ax . they exercised ovar any return which a protest or statement or charge intimidation is nat attached whdO lt sont in by the Supervisor of Rcgistrnti or tho Commissioner of Election, a -:--:-.?. ; -, ,,i-rr-f-1-? . y j tho charge SQ attached to tho return must u be supported by tibe affi^ayiU of iwree tl citizens of the proper pansu. ? Wanting tbi?, the board was absolutely tr without tho pr?teuse of power to touch a tho return from any parish or polling a place, except for, the purpose of com- fi piling it and adding it as true to thc others. By tho election law of Louisiana ' the board has np moro authority to ex- w amino or decide a question of-intimida- o tion which is not raised by tito election n officers than ,1 private inpMy.danl would 1 have to steal it from tho records and burn p lt.- So stands tho law. Tho fact is es- ri tablishcd by conclusivo evidence that h from every one pf tho Democratic par- 0 Ishes the returns came up without any ?' charge.statement, or protest. In nil tho^o t cases they wore therefore without color j ll of jurisdiction. < t! FORUINU AFFIDAVITS AND RETURNS. 'I But the conspirators could not afford g to be balked out of their game by '.he v failuro of the local officers to mako a P falso ehargo of intimidation. Theso votes v must be excluded per fa? mit nefas, and f* the returning bonrd must do it; that was v what the board was made for. The re- . turning officers went upon the principio * aut inveniain ant faciam. They made tho 1 protests which they could not find ; alfi- c davits which uo creature in tho parishes " was baso enough to bael: with his oath v wcro fabricated in the custom houso, and c used by thc board with a full knowledge I 'hat they wero mero counterfeits. Tho v oxcltiaion of returns on tho ground of c, intimidation was in every icaio dishonest, jt: for in none waa there a particle of evi- [.* donee lo juBtify it. When nothing ciao ! would serve tho purpose-, they did not r scruplo to resort to plain forgery. Of * tho return from Vernon pariah every fig- J ure on tho whole broac! sheet ras altered 1 with elaborate pains under tho special * direction of Wells. Perjury and sub?r- \ dlnation of perjury entered largely into ; tho business. Thero is hardly any spo- 1 cics of the criiTifii/a^l for which tho law Jj lins a punishment that did not become c nn elementary part of tho great fraud j which was committed when the defeated * electors nnd State officers cf Louisiana -' wcro falsely certified aa chosen by tho 1 people. 1 CREATION OF rm: COMMISSION. But how waa the object of tho con- 1 spiracy to bc accomplished ? The House e of rtcjucScritutivco waa Democratic, and j without its consent, expressed br implied * in some form or another, tho Senate could not givo effect to a false count. The first intention was to claim that the j Prcaidcht of the Senate had power to do- ' termino absolutely and arbitrarily what ( electoral votes Bhould bo counted and | what not. This was tho great rallying J ftoint until Mr. Conkling took it up, and, ! n a Bpeech of surpassing ability, utter- 1 ly demolished and reduced it to invisible ! atoms. It became settled, therefore, j that tho two hous** moat ?ouut tho I votes, and thia clearly implied tho power ! to inquire and determine what were votes. It could not bo denied that tho j . volr.n of tho Hnimn nf ltr>nr'o?^ntfttiyp? ' i waa at least ns potential as that of tho 1 I Senators ; and it was not supposed that ! > the HouBo would suffer a fraud BO glair- : I ing as this to be thrust down the throat 1 ? of tho country "against tho fitomuch of - its sense." But if tho two. bodies would 1 i declaro Inconsistent results of tho count, '. r and proclaim the election of different i Presidents, a ?t?t? of thing*, might conic f which would subject our institutions to ; ? strain severe enough to endanger thom - greatly. It - as in these difficult clrciim t stances that n mixed commission of ?f i teen waa proposed, consisting of flvo ) Senators, fivo Representatives, and five 1 Judges of'tho Supremo Court. Tho 'rhode i of appointing thora made it certain , that fourteen would be. equally divided r between the parties; ano: a? tho fifth j Judge would bo named by tho consent j of bia brethren on both aides, ho might . bo expected to stand between them, uko r a daysman, with a hand a? hiavy, on one > head aa the other. Tho Democrats con r sented tu thia in the belief that, no seven . Republicans could be taken from the . Court or Congress who would swear to: i decido thc truth and then uphold a I known fraud ; if mistaken in tba?, opin ion of their adversaries' honesty, they felt sure, at all events, that the umpiro $ would bo a fair-minded man. They wcro r bitterly disappointed ; tho commission ? went e'ight to seven for tho great fraud . and all its branches ; for fraud in tho 1 detail and in' tho aggrcgato; for every i- item Of fraud that was necessary to mako ? the ?nm total hip enough-eight to Bevon i, all tho time. V IT REFUSES TO DO ITS DUTY. i Wo must look nt the state of the caso 5 as it went before thc commission. Til f den and Hendricks-had 184 electoral ? votes clear and free of all dispute, ono s les.?, than a majority of tho whole nuui ! ber. They also han in Louisiana eight, 0 and in Florida fe fir, appointed by Tho - people, but falsely certified to Hayes and " Wheeler by tho Governor?. ' lu Oregon P tho1^ had ono certified' bv thn "?v?rnor ri I but'against whom a popular niajor?ty had" '"? j boori cast for an ineligible'candidate. To '* elect Hayes it was necessary *.h?t,c?ch 3 and every one of tbyso thirteen vptea 9 Bhould bo taken firom Tilden and given to 0 Hayes. As thia required rqariy distinct i? rulings based upon contradictory grounds, 3 tho path of thc commission waa not only fitccn but crooked, fr Tho great and important .duty'Cwt. l? upon thc commission by a ppccialjiyr' g and by a special; oath of oa?h n^ehit?r. |*1 was to decide, in tho case Pf Contested votes from a State, "whether priy ano - what votes front such State aro tho votes I" provided for hy thc constitution of tho 't Uiii?c? States, and how many and what i" persons were ?'?ily appointed electora JH . such State." lt is not denied that ?he ls Bolo power of appointing electora for tho j kju.tCo ui jj^iiio....... iiiiu i' luiiuit ia in int; c- people. It was then and still is an ad is milted fact 'that tho people had exorcised t- tho power of appointment in thc prc is ?cribed rind proper way ; they did only n mako an appointment of elector;), Ina is their act was duly recorded, and so made is a perpetual memory. Thia thing waa ?b not "done in n corner;" it was "coen ?o and known of all men." That, c ich of r- thc two States named had duly appointed ." Tilden electora at a regular election .>- called for that purprj*3 on the 7th pf No -~ vember, in pi. ?o?. ? ri co of law, was a part 10 of their history aa much as the fact that >s they wero States of the Union. ?'All the a, members o? tho commission)'knew it a?, ld well na they knew tho geographical post-' >-" tion of Tallahaaoee or New ?rtcanB. It r) needed no proof; but if specificovldenco ia had been required, thero was the1 record, from which the truth glared upon them as clear aa tho :sun. -"They < shut their In eyes upon the record, and TO fused ? tb* sse ry "how many And what persons were duly ie appointed ejectors'' by tho peoplo, but ve listened '^gcrly to Vtx? evidence \alimd? ?? tho?gh it *vaa) which showed "how io many rtnd what persona" had been desig d. na ted by tho returning oQlcersv- It was io ultimately hold, (eight to 'seven) that tho :h appointees of th? returning Aboard werb tc duly appointed, and tho apppirrteioaj of ty tho pimplo i were unduly appointed. Did to tho eight suppose that tho le gal power to ojP makP-Vauch an appointment was vested ia' bytilaw) in tho returning boards ? Did un they think ie w?? not vciited In tho peo? ad, plc? No, that is impo?siblc. B?t they j] ti;'-.'i i".vv"'.irr \i)'r\>yvr-'.i . { t my havo oohecjgnUpuely b^UBvcd ?th?i io iutorcHt of c?icir fa?cipq ivpuid ,be c!? Bervcd by Ilnyc*' election.. They ??y have been prompted by h' virtuous dmirntion of carpet bag government, adi vero, ?incerflly. anxious to savo it ?ou) Wilden's reform. ITS PBtTlFdOOINO. ?Jut tbi3 decision rh favor bf fraud, -hieb'so shocked the comnion tenso unc? onnnon honesty of tho natiou; waa net lade without sonio attempt to justify it. 'ho eight cave reasons ?o1 many and no iauslbio that Kellogg and'Weils must avo chuckled with delight when they card them, Ono argument:vary sori udy urged, waa that if-.would be .trouble-, unie, atm required a great deal of timo, 0 ascertain who was utily appointed by be peoplO. ' lt Waa much easier to accept bo false voto and pay po ?more:.about st 'o decido how many, and. what posons ot ccrtiQcatcs from tho returning.board , rae a ?h?rt and simple nrocess ; but to ush tho inquiry bohind that-to ir.piiro ,'iicthor the certificate Waa honest, to look ur tho evidence which wpuid.show yyho ? rere duly Appointed-hie labor /toe oput ti. The seven reriiitided tba eight, but cmindod them in vain, that tho due an oint mont, which nobody it; ttio world xcept tho people had the least , right to lake, was the very thing which they ..ero to find out ; and they could not be xcuscd from a duty to which they Were dodged and sworn by tho mereincon cntence of performing iL Beside*, the ight kticw very weil taut there was no liillculty in it ; it was but looking at tho ccord of tho appointment as tho people :ado it up ; they could read it as they an : tho truth was plainer than tho lie ; be honesty of the case was as easily seen s tho fraud. But no persuasion could nflucnco them to castov.cn a glance at ho ?'.dual appointment. WhaVdl" they bink thin commission was made for? iVby was this great combination of leani ng and statecraft Bet up ?, According to ho eight its sole purposo was, not to Icterrninc any matter in dispute between ho parties, but merely to declaro that ho returning boards had certified for the iayea electors ; which everybody know drcady, and nobody eyer denied. If its ibject was what tho law said-tb decido rho wore, duly appointed-then tho light succeeded in making it merely a plendid al?oril-:::?, becauof, .among otbor eason?, iL waa to:> much trouble to make I t anything elso. ii BOOING FOE ?hnooN. But tho commission, following tho end of counsel for Mr. Hayes, insisted bat the certificate of the pioper Stato liDcer ought to bo regarded as conclu livo ovidenco of tho appointment made >y the people. It is undoubtedly truo bat the Stato has a right to speak on this lubject through her own organs, and vhen abe does so speak, her voice should io regarded as true. But what officer is icr pron or organ ? The Governor being 1 er i political chief, and . his : cert ific.ito joing required by act of Congress,,,it S'ould not havo been unreasonable to lold that it was conclusive unless tainted .vitil fraud. Tho Hayes electors had tho 3xecutlvo certificate in Louisiana .and Florida, and this, in regard to thoBO States, gwMjfoi Sight ft/gml Jegal ad rantage. biri they threw it away, aban doned the attestation of tho Governor, as worthless, claimed no faith or credit for lt, and pronounced it open to contradic tion, no mftttc-? how hona^tlv it-jnav hsv*? been given. What was th? - meaning pf this phenomenal niling which apparently opened tho door of investigation ?ven wider than tho Democrats "asked ? It was understood by everybody. The com mission was hedging, fur .Oregon., Tho eight were reaching across to the Pacific for the one vote there, which was just as important as tho twelve on the Golf of Mexico. But having gone behind the: Governor's certificate for tho sako'of cor recting errors, could there be any possible justification for stopping beforo tue truth, was reached? If tho head of the com monwealth, whose attestation is required by Federal ?aw, w ent for nothing when over it was contradicted, how could tho conclusiveness be asserted of a paper made by subordinate officers unknown outside of the State, and. -powerless even by tbo local'law to make cv cor ti fien to of n?orr? tbuu prima Jacio validity ? Yet tho doctoral commission (eight to Bevon) de cided that the Governor's certificate might be sot aside for a mero mistake of law or fact, while' that of tho returning boord would: stand, though known to ba founded on - falsehood and saturated all through with corruption. EVIDENCE ALIUNDE. f. The unvarying proferenco of tho eight commissioners for tho fabio Over tho true becomes very striking at this ; poi ut. When they'got bohind ? tho Governor's pipers, they found lying valiunde two other seta of docutnonts^ ono Of which was!ft record of thc actual appointment made by the people j the other Waa'it more fabrication or tho returning board without any semblance' of':truth'i fhoy embraced tho latter with ail the ardor o'f Bincero affection, rind'reiected thc former with tdl'possible- marks of their dislike. . THi: INFAMOUS MIGHT. Tho bigW commi?sioners did not stop there. Xuoy went much further. ,.. They practically justified and sustained all tho infinito rascality, of ibo rcturnihgbofirds. They not only refuaed to tako voluntary, notice of tho atrocious frauda perpetrated by. them, but they, excluded'the;proofs oi tlicdr/., corruption which tho Democratic cou nsel hedd i ii their hands, andotlercd ??> exhibit. These commissioners choked off.fbo CYidunctynud smothered it narc morecry as Joella and bia associates supj pfcsscd.. Democratic returns. And 1MB tljcy put ob.. the express ground that, lo them it was all ouo whether tho action of tq?so boards was fraudulent or not.. They would^.auffar no proof of corruption ? to luYuiruuio inn jrighc <;uynic?-ujr-a Jt?avcs man tb put in tho vote of ft.Stato jforbis candidate. This monstron? and unendu-r rabje outrago was resisted tb the utmost All of tho seven ipiplore*d; a#d brpjosjed against i t. Judgc Clifford, tho Presiden fc oi the coininUwion, laid it down as a maxim of tho common law that fraud vitiates whatever it to^cthes, and proved it undeniably. Ho might havo, proved more. It is not merely ? maxim of the common law ; itbolougs f.0 ail countries aud aliases ; np code caa claim, it exclu sively; ii. i>i;?viiuui lix), pysicins of; juris prudence;; it bas it? it o ;nq in ove ry hon est heart; it is tho uhivqreai;8cbtir,icnl o?a?) just men f it ivppltcV to all huma;] dealings*1 Jnd^^cdd^kedinthofacc of,, tho majority, and. told tbetq. plainly their disregard qf J*is grcatpriuclplo wv "aa shocknig iu.morala o?i^wasunsount !n law.'.'ana, sf*d?d; "U ??.^raM|B|^ knowledge*, th?* fraud, vitiates, all. pro ccedinjrrf, ?yen ino moat solemn ; that nc form of words,. no amount ?of, pcrcmony nq solemnity, of proceeding, can ahicld,*i front exposure or protect- its .structuri from assault.hod destrocen,'' But th? chjbt, w<-"? ??'dpaf as.adders to tho voici ot reason and'justice. - They would-no fiermit tho fraud tojjo assaulted, mud ess to bo d?troy^cT."^^iby 6tood over i td shield it, protze?; it, mid save it, Ira ponlrig'tho'brbad regis b?tKe?ir*,<tduf???t' to cover it hgainse cvoryriftaolf?'.' .'The eight/persistently-dcnifnl pov. er or that of ConMB^^|^j|S they wcri c-omniahded ' bjj1 fho!^wWiS .-thal is, decide wh? word duly appoirjl "cuiden-, twahur-ilear, ? - - - 83.CO , TW (lORRt?PairOKKni+iw arriar larawftc ?tlcnliou, communication? moot bo uxodtpUSM? DOC ?wry eUuai^r.rerurnUltciitohwtbt f>Q6teg? thereon. ' . , . .?a-. We ?ru not rcspou?Mdd for. the vie vs ?nd opinions ot oar correspondent*. All co?nniuuhatlons ftboutd t>? addressed to"Ed- . ' \ Uv?? ?ilUjjsiR?uc?r.1' ?ad all chewko, drain, ?oney , ^ orders, dc, ?boula bo made rmrslio to tho order of . E. B.t?UBRAY i CO.. Aod<irttOQ,8.C. ?rn?ii i??w?i??^w??wic?n?M?n?CTW??MM??iori?j cd. They would only decide .that certain persons werri nan?cc?. a? eioiora by a re turning board. Th?V would not iinder etand that thal appointment by thc peo ple might ho onq tiling, and.thc action c ' the returning boaid-another, or that th. latter, even aa evidence pf tho former, waa worthless if It wasfraudutent. FRAUD WNbKft'T??? FOBIfl? OF LAW.. In ali the discussions of tho anbjcCt tho men dlaupapd,,.ta fp.vor the conspiracy professed*^.most profound veneration for tho "forma of low." Thin was tho key boto struck ??' Ncw Origan's by thc visit ing committee, ond it fa* heard hi every Bubseo.ue.nt largement of counsel ?nd commissioner qn that sido. It eoemr .l tn bo understood among them . .. ; a formal cheat waa perfectly aafo from exposure If tho sepulchre was whited on tho out side, lt rnade? no dfS?rence that St was filled with "corruption, dead men's bones und all uncleanness." Ko refuge of lies could h. swept away,1>0 hiding place of falsehood could ever bo uncovered, if it waa built lu the prescribed form; O?ly ?;lve it the legal snape, aud theovcrflov ng scourge would bc turned anido. Hut legal form, however valuabloaaacoyering for fraud, was, in their judgment, no pro tection for tnitb br 'justice' or public right. Tho will of Louisiana waa pro nounced, at the election with all tho sol emnities required by tho law ol"thoState and of tho United States. Tho appoint- . mept of tho Tilden electo'r?n tho 7th of November was a perfectly legal piece of work ; there wai not a ?law is the record of it as it came from tbs banda of the ap- ' pointing power. Hut it was looked on with perfect contempt. Neither tho vis iting committee nor tho Hayes counsel, nor the eight commissioners, bestowed on it any of their love, Their, affections wcro otherwise engaged, they cavo tho homage and devotion of their hearts'to tho beautiful regularity, tho exquisito Erccislou, with which the returning oard compounded its falso certificate. . Another paradox of thecight is curious enough to bo noted. They declared re peatedly that they bad no power to f ry a contested election case, ana for that rea son: they would not look at tho evidence which ahov/ed what persona wero duly appointed electors by the people. Now mark! Tho case waa thia: Each of thoao votes came accompanied by what wa? ??er?ed tc bc proof that it TYM CUS? by electora duly appointed. The conflict waa ?o? bp determined- {by, tfbo verifying Eowcr which Congress unquestionably as, and which tho commissioners ex pressly assumed whoo they swore that they would d?cid? who .were duly ap pointed. To decido it ono way or the other required precisely the same juris diction, and called into exercise exactly tho same faculties. Yet;they hold/that if they decided according to thc truth in favor of the' electors actually ' appointed they would be tryingaconi ?sted election1 ; but if they deeded favor of the pre? tenders,, who. had nothing but 'a fraudu lent certificate, they would not bo trying a contested election : ' in other word3, Tran lull aim eiliplO IO decide it falsely,'but . Wholly unequal to tho duty of deciding it truly. THE FULL EXTENT, OF THE OUTRAGE. - After all, 'there was but ono question before th? cdrnmisaion. Had the Ausser- ^jf icon peopio a right to elect their own * Chief Magnate? Thoy had tho rifeltt, I Thoir ancestors struggled for'it long, fought for ii often, anti won ic fairly. Boing embedded in thoir constitution, it cannot bo destroyed osoepi by a force strong, enough to overthrow tho organic--, structure of tho government itself, fieg ialativo enactments or judicial decisions .aro powerless ?lthertO Btrength?n or im* nair it. The ?-^rdsm=!ri cf ?s~--sr?ftt. tho catches of special pleading, the abap Seri-does of practice, do not help us to ccido a matter Uko this. A great nation must not be impaled upon a pin's point. Precedents which might, bind u court of quarter sessions determining tho settle ment of a pauper cannot ticuptho hands of tho supremo legislature''defending a fundamental right of the whole people. When GreaviU?^al7M^itcd.JhoJ^u.-^>^ thority of ; divers cases toTsbow- that America might be taxed, without repre sentation, Pitt answered:' "I como not hore armed st ?ii point" with thc ?tatUtc book doubleddowu iuoog'a cara to do-:. fend thc caqsa.pf liberty. ' I car, acknowl edge no. veneration for any procedure, law or'ordinance that ia repugnant to reason and tho first principles of our con stitution. I rejoice that Amoricahns re sisted." So ?poko tho deflaut friend , of our race in tho presence of a hostile Par liament teil years befdro tho i wclaration . of Independence. And noir, after this long interval of tinio,web6boMourgrent cat right-tho right on which all other rights dop;md-successfully assailed in our own Congress willi tho eamo Binall woapond that Grenville ?scd. If brute forco had crushtid it out, * w? might bavo borne the calamity with fortitude ;? but to ace it circumvented by knavery and pet tifogged tb death, is too much to bo cn dtired With 5^7 feh'dw of nsder.ec. ! ?'?f tho majority of that commission ftnuid.. hut b&vo rc?Uisedi their.' rsspcusi- ? b?lity to God and man, if thcycould pnly havo understood that iu a tree country liberty ' and. law*'are inseparable,1 they wou?d? hate1 been enrolled among' our greatest benefactors* fbi* thoy would havo added strjcnirth. a nd grandeur io cur ? in stitutions. Bul thoy could not come up t? tho h0lght'of tho great subject. Party j p?ssidb'so benumbed their faculties thain J : a fundamental right-'seemed 'nothing td 1 j them when,lt came in conflict with sotno 1 argument supported by artificial reason- ( lng/and dravtvi from tho supposed aualo 1 glcs of technical pVo?edii rc: Tho const!- '.' ,' tution'waiiinthoirjudg?nentjOUt?Wghed by a void statute and act iou of a corrupt ; returning.board,, : Lot thes? things bo remembered by tiur . children B children ; ana lt the" friends pT [ , freo government shall'ev?r again have such a. contest, let them take caro how they leave Mo decision. ^ like that which betrayed tho nation by enthroning'th?'?reat' fraud of 1876. i m r' " -; . >j: ;j.'S.!BtACK. .-Tho .Turka havo secured all tho EgyptiajQ^rouclada, Two frigates.and a guqboat, of little ' value, aro tho only , fighting teasels' in tho Egyptian navy. &*i Ex-S?natof Siidon'tSftmerori aiid his_ u cia? sra represented as bciog greatly-dla- S ;.; satiqfigd. with tho PrcaidpnCy Isle,order, .'^ ; and S(iv boldly that they intend td,-lot i Pcnha^lvitbia go Democratic at (h?.cdm > log eledtion as tt rebnk? to tho Admlnis >? tration. i The New York ?jun says: ;'Tl?p ratjwff I interest for money on bond and ?ior'.c;. ' real CA?r.t?? :::?'.y ?;^.. bc >Cn*i??Uu,ap ^?v-l y at 6; per 'c?nt-1 per annum and;'tinder. } ?bo great;caving? banks mako it fi per i,, cent, on i qUi; Jpnna. lyithout exceptio::. i TJip.(Mutual.X?fo. Insurance Company 3 m'akw.it G per cen?. to borrowern whoso ? v^Spiia?s^o 'hv?Tircr?h^ liV? t percent, from nun i' whom i confidence .abu on property vihich?ulti t ihtiinl fli^srcdu. q^^f?^bioiuv Babv1 Syrup>hich'ia always safe and > I liabfc and ncv.v disappoints. 25 cb.