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Announcement* o? marring** !n<t deaths, and notices of a religions character, are ;",p"tfullV solicited, and will be Inserted gratia THE DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE. Tha ramona Sherman* Lotter ?ad the Sec retary** Visit to Now OrVsana Inside His tory of tko xVooJaiana Election. Tbe examination of James E. Ander son, Ute supervisor of the election in East Feliciana Parish, Louioi.?"..-, re vealed copies of letters which throw a flood of light upon the election in thal State. Tho production of a copy ol Sherman's letter produced an unusual sensation among the Republicans, and took them completely by surprise. Io order that our readers may have a cle&i understanding of the equation, thodocu mcntnry evidence furnished by Anderson is herewith append jd. Tbe following is a copy of the le'.tei sent by Anderson and Weber to faber men: * ' ."" <r' ? "?? \" NEW ORLEANS, Nov.feO, 1870. SIR : We have carefully considered tin argumenta advanced by you in our inter view. Your assurance ??bat we shall ot taken care of is scarcely specific unoagh in case we pursue the course suggester by you, we would be obliged to leave tin State. Will yon. therefore, state in writ ingwhowe sholl look to for the fulfill ment of tnose promites f B^pcctfully D. A, WEBER, JAMES ANDERSON. Ho:?. JOHN SHERMAN. The following is a copy of the repl; made by Sherman : NEW ORLEANS, NOV. 20, 1876. GE NT i.KM KN . Your note of even dat bas just been received. Neither Mi Hayes, myself, the gentlemen who ac company me, nor the country at larg? can ever 'forget the: obligatiouo undo which j ou have placed us, should yo stand ?rm in the position you ha? taken. . ' j From a long and intimate acquaintanc with Gov. Hayes, I am justified in assun ing the responsibility for promises mad? and will guarantee that you will be pr< vided for . na aoon after tho fourth < March as may be practicable, and in sue manner as will enable you both to lea* Louisiana should you deem it necessar; Very truly yours, JOHN SHERMAN. The following correspondence was ab brought out in the examination of Ai demon on Saturday. The opening letti was forwarded in July last to the Ne York .-Stn, inclosing copies of the for goinm toffAi-a and thi* ess or* *"ina 1 lette written by Anderson. The possession < this evidence bas induced the consta! effort? of the Sun to have an investig tion of tho frauds in Louisiana; Letter from Jamas E. Anderson, (und fictitious initials): NEW ORLT?ANB, July 2, 1877. Sm: D. A. Weber and James ?. A ?cr&on were respectively supervisors East Feliciana Parish during the li election. Some time during the ps winter Weber placed a sealed envelo in the hands of a gentleman of this ci for safo keeping. This envelope w opened by mistake and found to contai amoug other things, the following doc menta ; which, taken iu rotation of dat form an interesting inside history oft last election ?rt Louisiana. Weber w kil'sd'is Marcii csa Anderson I- SOT? Washington. Preserve the lettr-s j closed, as they may bs needed fur futt use. i, W. B. F, Letters from Anderson to Weber: CUNTON, LA., Sept. 10,1876 DJEA?JW; Aaa fe receipt of ye letter. Everything ia. coing smootl with me. The Democrats are eatisf with my official course-more *o tb the Republicans. Payne, my Democra clerk, is a well-educated gentleman, a his selection shows that tha'Democr mean nothing, more than to have af deal, and that I propose to give thc As for Butler-well, he ia hell on I end of a poker, and no ia more.of a m tery to me to-day than when I first ca up. J. P. Harris has been here looki after Packard's interests. He says must return 1,000 majority from t parish. If you were to rake this pat with a fine-tooth comb you could find that number of Republicans, ( how they expect me to return more o Republican majority than there are : publican votes is a problem I bavo as failed to solve. Any D?formation : can give me on the subject will be grt fully received. It is simply imposai to organize our party in thin pari Powers, Da Gray, Butler* Campbell i -company ewear>rthey trill have norh to do. with it unless tho niggers.are b in the background, and tho.darkies equally..ita 'eniyudtJc' in assorting t they will not ufBllate with the ab named individuals, alleging that t are bull-dowrs; and so ic goes;. In meantime, the Democrats aro thoroug organised, and are working like beav You1 can say1 to E. L. that tho majo against him. will bo about 1,203; very condoling,''tis true, but ucvuriht 'tis true. What is the prospect in V F.? My impression is thst we will this State, but Hayes will go through ask nothing more. Yours, J. ET ? D.A.W. . OLO?TON, Oct., 12,187 DEAR DON: Will leave on Batu: for Nev? Orleans. Have sent .my. rt nation to Kellogg,, Tho parties wh< tacked mo on Saturday night havo ried,their point from tho fact that Democrats have unwittingly aided tl and I shall leave tho pariah. Wt backed by moro thau my suspicion this matter, I might pursue a diffc course. ! ' 1 will yet tvti at the botto; the whole matter. I think I know one of my assailants was and the mo that actuated him. WiU write you . I_ . .??-?--. ? ?? .?? v v?vv . * usn wj . .? ? D. A. W. NEW ORLEANS, Oct.-29,181 MT DEAR DON: I am in rece i j. yours of the 25th instant. The vt trouble here lies in tho fact that! exista a conspiracy, the object bel hold no election in East Feliciana, to throw, the onus of tho affair oe shoulders. Kellogg has refused to ai my resignation, at tho same timon ing. the Dem?crata that he desire! rt-turo. Ac. Thu white-livered econ has hi .-3d L. B. Jcnki to dog my steps, and should I attempt to would undoubtedly be arrested on trivial pretext, i'll beat the whole c yet, damn them. Of course aotfc can say vriH convince the Democrat' I am bot in thia arrangement, and t too, am to be made a victim. I t however, that on election day yoi frVi me, in East Feliciana, and ? teach Kellogg that there is ma?y i Ac I ara convinced that Packer no hand in ihig'dtlair, but am in as to E., L. Packard and Campbell always favored the Organisation < party in tho parish. They haye als ceded that the Democrats would, ct by a heavy majority, and baves desired to cut down that majority as sa pousiblc-. Dr. Gray has always OF this, and advocated no election ort lng out the pariah, und in this J h?c? seconded by Kellogg, Jewel others. They are likely to advoca1 f-irry out any plan tiny may ace t niay the devil take rae if I allow tl Kiddle tho Mams- on mr. Tom and tny*vlf will bc up in go.nl There will be no Repuoucan tic thc field, sod w?^quenuy f?rv, ? Republican Totee cast. This, I think, will ho their programme, as it will give them & case. Tho Democrats will un doubtedly poll about 1,600 or 1,600 votes, and if, as yu say, they carry Wost Feli ciana by 600 majority, E. IV? game is cooked. Of coursa he cannot overe?me such odds in Pointe Coupes. When I return I shall stop at my old place, No. 144 Custom House street. Come around as soon as you arrive. Find out who those damned niggers were that came over from your parish that night and whether they were in sympathy with their leader in his efforts to kill me. Truly your fr? nd, J. R. A. D. A. W. - NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 14,1875. DEAR DON : Meet me on royal street at ll o'clock. Packard is raising bell over your refusal to protest. Morgan I bas io!'owed me like a shadow since my return. Am in doubt as to whether he hos been employed by the Democrats or Republicans. I think be is playing into tho bands of Loth. In car? he. is frith me, do not atop, hut gu io Crops', and 1 I will follow as as soon as possible. Tnere is no doubt but they have changed my statement so as fo make it an intimida tion protest. Pitkin refuses to show it to mo. Make up your mind as to what we had bet??r do. J am opposed to doing their damned dirty work, even to save Kayes, If we pull together and expose the whole thing, Pitkin. Kellogg, nell and the returning boara combined can never carry this State for Hayes. Should wc go with the right, it H ill give us i reputation and standing that woulrj otherwise require years to acquire. Ai wo are hut boys yet, I incline to what ii juet in the premises, and trust to th< I future for our T/rard. ''.ours, J. E. ANDERSON. NOVEMBER 17,1876. DEAR DON : Since answering P.'s let ter yesterday giving Burke's proposition I have thought that possibly I migh have put roy foot in it. It is very powl bio bo may be a spy or an actor and hi letter a blind. However. I said nothim that could criminate either of us ; merci; stating that I had - given Burke tho in formation os he requested and Burke' reply. I otntod, however, that in case h ear/ you, to show you my letter and asl your advice os one here acting in accord No doubt it will bring him to the cit? and should ho call act carefully, doubt if he is ?b!? to "rubstantiate hi statements, and I v.ouid not give a coe tinenta! for them unless he can. Ha? you learned anything .about the big I joints? They are cursing me heavily and assert that I have sold out and ax going to Montalda to night WU! me: you at ll sharp, if there is anything nev A "VT ^"pe/tW NOVEMBER* 20,1876? MY DEAR SIR : Como around to m house this morning. I am not satisflei and have no more faith in Shermai Matthews and company than 1 have i Pitt Kellogg. Unless we get a writte ?uarantee that we shall Lie taken care c am unwilling to go a step furthe Como about 10 o'clock. As to-, ] will bo out hy that time. We ought eeo Sherman ?gaf? and insist on a wri ?c" r'-'-*rsp.tee. ? .' Yo?re tr?!?. ANDERSON. Letter from Anderson to P. C. Butlc .of East Feliciana: ? CUSTOM HO??S, NEW ORLEANS, L; COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, NOV. 16,1876. MY DEA* SIR : Yours of tho ll th w H certainly a surprise I thought I fe! I comprehended the capability of that ii Eression. I have suspected ?nat yi new ?nore - of certain affairs than y< I cared to tell. I made no protest agair I the returns-simply a statement of wh H really occurred and what cam^ under n ? observation. The parish will be ;hrov H out, and nothing I could have done H can do will prevent it. Had you co ! Med in me before, we fright togetfa \ havo accomplished . -mcthi..^. As it ? there '? no nae in butting my he against a stone wall. I disliked tue id ot making overtures to the Dembcra I and was at cea as to what action to ta H in regard to your request To-day Maj I Burke sent for me and stated they wt ? desirous of savin? tho parish and ask ? what assistance J? could give him a ? what I wanted. I repeated your sta H ment verbatim save as regards Packa ? which is too incredible to make uuh ? strongly corroborated. I did not, ho ? ever, mention your name, and left hi I uuder the impression that I would sc H stantiato the St?ter* ont made. He i ? fered me $4,000 a.-.d aa $1,800 positi for four years. Your fears that y ? would bo obliged to leave the State I ease you made the exposure, I think, i I groundless.1 Tho people would ovcrlc I your complicity in their joy at the res I which would probably follow. But i mitting that yeti must leave, I think t I amount, together with the positi I would give you a fal? start in any par? I the country. 'Should you accept, wi I te Burke-notify me also, sod I shall < Elain the matter to him. Had you ; etter come to the city ? Let me vu H you against one thing : Do not make 1 H attempt nnleas yon have document I evidence to prove your assertions. H you have oimply heard Dick instr H Tom and Harry to perform'some pico ? rascality, do not attempt to prove it ? the evidence of the latter. They j ? swear that nothing of the kind ever ? curred, and you will be regarded a ? falsifier. That is where the shoe pine ? me. Why, contd I prove all I kn ? some Of these detectable scound ? would be enjoying the hospitality bf Baton Bongo Penitentiary instead ? running the State government of Lor ? to come up. I don't think that elia ? would be beneficial to me, especial!) I this period. ? May the devil *ako the day X cons I ed to go to East Feliciana. Let me l ? from you soon. Take no steps witl I consulting me. I am anxious to bi I down these rascals, but there is no tte breaking our necks unless we can soc ? pl iah something. Should yon see D I Weber, show him this letter and con ? with ulm.- Wo are acting toge! I Truly yours, ? . JAMES E. ANDKRSO: The following letters from Sta: I Matthews wen; produced by the witn ? Agreement between Anderson I Na?h, F^presentative i;n Congress, j I Orleans, November il, 1876}, . ? ? ? Hy an agreement entered, into this I between baines E. Anderson, Super ? of Registration for the pariah of East brians, Louisiana, ftuti Charles E. fl i--cw\ , of Congress from toe Sixth < ? greaaionat' District of Louisiana, j I agreed that ?aid Anderson shall BP^I I evidence she^ng that the said puns ? EaM Feliciana waa fairly carried by ? D?mocratie party at tie election I NoTembar 9,1876, thereby electing I entl rV Democratic Staie ticket and. I gressmeii, in consider*.tiou of which I aawNaah agrees to seciire for ?dd I dcrton tho position of naval officer a I port bf New Orleans, La. ? (Bunted) JAMES E. A: ? C E. N The above agreement was ?gni I our presence, this 2lst day of Novel I 18'? r ,'? rrv?l?d ? (Bigned) u ? MOROAK I ? Letters fro ra Stanley Matthews to An derson : MB. ANDERSON"* Yon are at liberty to use the note on the other page aa an in troduction to General Harlan, who is one of the commission, and you can talk to him as freely at to me. You should say to Nash, if inquired of, that I hare the agreement, (Signed) STANLEY MATTHEWS. CINCMHATI, March 29, 1877. General J. M. Harlan. DRAB SIB : This will be presented fo you by Mr. James E. Anderson, who may desire to communicate with you oonfiden Hally. Yours truly, STANLEY MATTHEWS. WASHINGTON, April 17, 1877. DEAR SIR : I had an f aterviow to-day with tho Secretary of Siaio in reference to your appointment as consul a' Callao, the place you desired. Unfortunately, the Secretary is already under such com mitments in reference to that appoint ment as to make it impracticable to grat ify your present wishes. ? I have, how over, the bett reason? Tor saying.'sooner or later, and as soon as practicable, I shall be able-to obtain, for you a satisfactory appointment. Keep me potted from 'time to time of what you may have in respect to placet you would Hie to have and feel com petent to fill, io that I can better repre sent yonr winne*. Yours truly, r STANLEY MA?THEWS. To JAMES E. ANDERSON. CINCINNATI, April 27, 1877. Wv nam SIB: I have *our fa ver ot 22d instant, and I hav? ateo conferred with General Harlan, having traveled with him from Hiloda here, arriving last night. 1 The General told me he had as certained at the State Department that thc consulate at Tientsin had already some time since been disposed of. We both concluded it would be better to wait until the extra session of Congress, which will be called to meet June 4, when I will be in Washington regularly, and situated so that I can give the atten tion to your application which I have premised, and when I do not doubt X will be able to secure your appointment to some foreign .position which will be agreeable, to you. Yours truly,1 . STANLEY MATTHEWS. To JAMES ANDERSON, ESQ., New Or leans. CINCINNATI, May 7, 1877. MY DEAR SIB i l enclose letter tx Gos. Thoraui C. Au?eison, asking his in fluen?a in favor of your , appointment ai deputy collector, in answer to yours o the 5th instant, just received. Let m hear from you at io the. result. Your truly, STANLEY MATTHEWS. JAMES E. ANDERSON, ESQ., New Or leans. /-?-.- If._ m , C\r,rt vinuinnAii, luajr ?j iori. MY DEAR SIR :1 The appointment o Mr. James E. Anderson as one of th three deputy .collectors or other plac satisfactory to him in the custom hons at New Orleans I would regard es in th interest of the publio service, a deserve* [recognition of n?itcrvites and a persona ?favor to myself. M?yr I venture to as ?our personal influence in itt favor Toura truly, STANLEY MATTHEWS. GEN. THOMAS C. ANDERSON. StssUy. Matthew* ta.Sectary Bran recommending Anderson : CINCINNATI, May 1-L.1877. MY DEARSIR : The bearer, Mr. Jami E. Anderson, of New Orleans, is the get tieman ja reference .to whom, when la iisi Washington, I had x% private eonve cation with you, urang bia, nppuintinci to a conaulanip. Mr. Anderson has ha until now a subordinate clerkship in tl custom house at New Orleans,'which hi {always been unsatisfactory to him, nc i now his residence there nus become ? ,unpleasant that ha has abandoned it ac bia clerkship. The ?ircu instances i .which Mr. Anderson His been place ?and in which he has been compelled I ?act a very difficult part are such as 1 ?give him very strong claims upon the a< iministratioh in the publio interests, ar j I do most earnestly urge that some sati ?factory public employment may bo four Ifor him at once. Very truly, '? STANLEY MATTHEWS. Stanley Matthews to Anderson : j CINCINNATI, May 25,1877. MY DEAB SIB : I received yuur tel gram to-dayv;and/very ranch regret- y< arefuofc satisfied with tho apnobjtnte tendered' yoii, and which : by tho pepe I this momlng, I understan d was the co isolate at Funchal. I am really at a k to know vhai further to do. I ara qui willing to do anything you may sugg< that gives promise-reasonably of sueco Did you see, Mr. Eva rta personal! Write to ike nnd explain 'everything f?ll and let me know what you think, I c '.further do to serve you. Yours trul STANLEY MATTHEWS. JAMES E. ANDERSON, Esq., No. 73 : street, Washington City. Telegrams ana letters from Anders tc Stanley MiitthcT.s : WAirtmoToir, June 7, ?877. i Hon. Stardav Matthew?, Ci?sii?nati: ? The Presidoat claims to have rec?i? no letters. Want no more corrcspor ence and no ?nore nonsense, Come he and arrange this affair or you can all fe the music. Telegraph ms at once. Ci nothing about documents in yonr p session. ANDERSON Juno 27 MY DEAR SIB: General Smith i given me the text of your letter. I hi nothing further to ask at your hands, of the monumental fraua who occup tho White House, beyond Ja return those documents. A refusal r.n yt part to return them will justify mo publishing (and I Will publish) your 1 tera in the statement I propose to nu .liAuini. KAW T/Vniaiprin wu r-nrr?cu? Hayes." I shall remain here until Frit next, if I do not hear from you by tl time, I promise you shall hear from before the Ohio election. To HON. STANLEY MATTHEWS,^ glnia. WASHINGTON, June 19,187? MY DEAR SIB : When any ward bi mer, shoulder-hitter, Ac., who can no other position, mutt be provided in a seaport city, they are Riven a p ttou as Inspector Of customs.' The ht aro from G c. m. till 6 p. m. ; tho dui tri stand Under a broiling sun and 1 vent rascally sailors from smoggl The pay amounts to from $1,095 to ! 400 per annum. This is the p?tition feted me by General Smith. I h told him, politely, of course, that he take the position, and go to the d< He has no time to attend to my want account pf the outside rush, so 11 withdrawn from the contest and a now proceed. to get satisfaction in own way. If you desire to retain nu documents given yon yon eau do sa think it better you should, ax,by di so it Will leave you out of future con cations. You can use yonr own j ment, however. In my event, you c hear' from me.before the October i tiona. I shall be in Philadelphia foi week. You can address mo there that period. Very truly yours, JAMES E. ANDERSO Philadelphia, Pa., care of J. R.Sy| Attorney at Law. ! lido. STANLEY MATTHEWS. ?LI Stanley Matthews to Jame* Ander [IIn-tonal and Confidential.) UNITfiD GTATfc* SB*AtE CHAMBER, WABUnroTOJi. Feb. t?. 18", MY DEAR SIR: I havo your note of yesterday, and in reply beg to eay that ? do not recollect the suggestions hereto* fore made by you to which you refer, and which you thlutr, if adopted, might atill prove advantageous to the public in terest, and I would be glad to hear your report. I have never been subjected to so much misrepresentation in regard to everything I have.undertaken to do, that I do not think it wor?M he tows for mn to go to Philadelphia ?? Baltimore ?br the purpose of meetiug you. In case you should find it convenient to be in Wash- ( ington / shalt be pleated to tee you. Yours truly, STANLEY MATTHEWS. MB. JAB. E. ANDERSON, Philadelphia. A LEAF FEO M HISTORY. The Bayonet Er? tn the South Carolina j tttate Hoaaa, In the course of bis speech on the Ar my bili delivered in the House Of Rep resentatives a few days ago, the Hon. Minen I. Southard, of Ohio, introduced ?orne vory interesting telegrams and tes timony relating to the dark days of 1877 in Columbia. We copy this portion of his remarks from the official report in ! the Congressional Record : On the 14th of October, 1876, this tel egram was seut by Gen. Sherman to Gen. Buger, who had previously been trans ferred to Columbia, South Carolina : HEADQUARTERS OF THE A TOY, _W ABBINGTON, Oct. 14, 1876. ? io ueo. ituger, Columbia, S. G. : We are all back from California. If you want anything, say so. I want all measures to originate with you. Get along with the minimum force necessary, but you shall have all we can give if 70U need them. W. T. SHERMAN, General. On the 16th of October Gen. Buger answered that telegram, as follows : COLUMBIA, S. C., Oct. 16,1876. To Gen. V.. f. Sherman, Washington :, Think I have troops sufficient unless circumstances change. Have ni ?ateen companies in the State now in stations of one to four companies. Have some companies still in reserve. No special disorder has occurred cinco Ellenton riot last month. If I need more troops will ask for them. I ohall be here to-day. RUDER, j Notwithstanding that telegram from I Qc~. Buger, in which he said that all I was peaceful and quiet there, and that if he needed more troops he would call for them, and without further information,1 ; the very next morning a proclamation > waa issued by President Grant, from, ? Washington City, declaring South Caro lina in insurrection, and there followed numerous telegrams from the general of ' the army, ordering all tbs troops front I tho Atlantic coast from the extreme; ?North to as far South aa Fortress Monroe,, ?into the State of South Carolina. Here 'is a specimen of the telegrams sent: HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, WASHINGTON, Oct 17, 1876. . ?To Gen. W. 8. Hancock, Commanding Military Division Atlantic : It will be necessary to reinforce Gen. Huger to the maximum possible, and ws may have to order every available man. from the North Atlantic posts. Acknowledge receipt W. T. SHERMAN, General. '? In cbcJiGr.cc to ?hcj& Of dexa vom Washington, all available forcea were cent into South Carolina and other South ??'11 States 1?Uder pr?icucs cf pressuring .order, but with the purpose and effect ot ti carrying the election. Actual military i possession waa taken of those States, ana tho elections were controlled in violation, ?bf the Constitution of your country, in I violation of law, and in violation of every principio of justice and right, i ' Not only that ; it did not atop there ; military possession Of those Slates was continued until long after the elections. !Tha Legislature cf South Carolina was organized, not by the members who were : elected to it, but by tho Administration herein Washington through tho uso of Federal troops. I hold here in my hand tho official telegrams relating io that or ganization. There was a dispute about certain members from Edgcfield and .Laurens who held tho certificate of the Supremo Court; they wore to be ejected. Gov. Chamberlain sent this telegram to Washington City: COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec 1,1876.. I Hon. J. D. Cameron, Secretary cf War,, Washington : i Cannot Eoge?eld and Laurens men be removed? ,Taey are now acting as mem bers, and have no credentials. If they are removed the House can act and or der be restored. Cannot we ba protected against unlawful intrusion, when we have no power to enforce the exclusion t D. H. CHAMBERLAIN, Governor, j Then followed a telegram from the attorney-general *o Gov. Chamberlain, sad: sis? ono to Gen. Roger, from the Secretary of War. Here they nra : . WASHINGTON, Dec. 2,1876. ? Gov. D. H. Chamberlain, Columbia, 8, O: , Tho President thinks that you should exercise ymir own resources as Goverbo-. in behalf of the Legislature which you. ; have recognized by assisting it to purga itself bf unauthorized persons.. If you are resisted in thia Gen. Ruger has been instructed to enforce your au thority. ALPHONSO TAFT, Attorney G?n?ral. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec 2,1876. To Gen. T. H. Buger. Columbia, &.G.i The 'Governor of. the State of South Carolina should exercise bia own resour ces- to purgo the Legislatura which he has recognized of unauthorized persons. your duty to enforce his authority. J. D. CAMERON, Secretary of War. Subsequently the following telegrams were sent in relation to the same subject : EXECUTIVE MANSION,'^ I WASHINGTONCITY, Dec. 8, ?S76. Gen. T. H, Rug?r, Columbia, S. C. : Fearing your instructions maybe con flicting and leave you in doubt as to your duties in tho present unhappy condition rof affairs in ?outh Carolina, I wish io I say this : Governor Chamberlain is the legal constituted Governor of the State, and remains so until the Legislature canvasses the vote and installs nia suc cessor;, and he is entitled as such to your support and protection. It .is a civil duty to organise the Legislature devolving on Slate authorities. : Ali you can do is to prevent unauthorized per sons' from forcibly interfering with the Governor and other authorized officer* ia the performance of their duties. To be pialo, I want to avoid anything like an unlawful use of the military, but It will be entirely right to sustain tho Gov ernor, or any of bia agents br officers, in tho performance of any duty in connec tion with the Legislature if interfered wirb by outsiders whilo in the perform ance of that duty. U. S. GRANT. COLUMBIA, 8. C., Dec 5,1876. To Hon. J. P- Cameron, Socretary of War, Washington, D. C. ? Gen. Roger announces this morning that he virfll no longer guard doors of Sute House. The city ia filled wUh armed and violent men.- There is great er need than ever before of protection of State House.. Specific ornera must be eent- tespecUng thU matter Stocco, In . 1 1 .' j---'.? order to avert riot and bloodshed. Va* dilation hero now is roost unfortunate. ; Please ananer. AU X ask hi that State Houso be protected against violence. D. H. CHAMBERLAIN, Governor of 8outh Carolina. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 0,1876. To Governor D. H. Chamberlain, Co* lumbhvS. C. : I General Auger's instructions are to Eotect the Legislature from ali outside terference, and those instructions will repeated. J. D. CAMERON, Secretary of 'Var. I hold in my hand tho official testimo ny taken in relation to use of troops at the Presidential election before a special committee Of the last Congress, of which the honorable gentleman from New York (Mr. Wood) was chairman and i was a member. The publication of this testi mony could not bo obtained at the time, but I have lt as it was written. In it I find the testimony of Gen. Ruger in plain and unmistakable terms that he construed these telegrams to bim to mean that the Laurens and sedgefield members and tho .other conservative !*>08?bersof Ibo South Carolina Legislature were the "unauthor ised persons." And he interpreted these telegrams aright, for they could have no otbtr significance ; and accordingly be took steps to enforce these orders. The telegrama and the testimony of General Tin m?.* T will inc. rh in mt? remarks. I (len. Rug?r sent word by his orderly to the Legislature of South Carolina, after the two houses convened tn the hall bf the SUte House, Ullidg the Conser vative members. that they must not be there at 1% o'clock on the next day. In obedience' to that order they Withdrew, ?and having withdrawn, a committed waited upon Gen. Buger, and asked bim If these members would be permitted.to return the next day, and he told them that they must not go back. Here Is the testimony of Gen: Roger : ! Question. Did you give Gov. Cham berlain any assurance that you would aid his force in excluding anybody at tba! time frdni the hall of the House? 1 mean While the two Houses were in ses sion together. Answer. X bsd some orders in refer once to that subject, but I gaveGovernoi Chamberlain no auch S-osuranie?, prior t= receipt of auch orders, that I would nu in excluding any members. (i. What orders did you have ? ; A. I think you hare the telegrams. - j Q. At a still later period than that dh you make some order in reference to tb exclusion of certain persons from th houso? I a A ... --:?.- tUj. rt--.:_ *~ v. .uw vwunci f AVIV Legislature catted upon me and submit ted certain propositions in writing ; Id bot recollect now exactly the words, o perhaps , the substance, but they askei that they should be permitted to occup the hall as the legally constituted Legh lature, I told them that if their bod went tb the ball for the purpose of entoi ing there as the lower House of the Leg islaturo they would not be permitted t enter, that is, that if they were refuse ft'?ra??sio!? by the civil officers or th civil gdards ht tho door, and if the doo: keeper should call upon the militai officers there to prevent their forcibla m trance or assist' in doing BO, the office would prevent lt. That was after thc had gone out in the first place and whe 'they proposed to go back, but they di not go back. Q. What authority did you have < for what reason did you make that orde j A. My reason for it was the inst ru tiona which I bad and my undersUndirj of my duty under thc ctrcumstan't Governor Chamberlain called upon u before that for assistance in cuforcir the authority of the Speaker, I thin' ?He made a verbal application, and alto ward modo an application in writing tl same day. That was, I think, on tl 80th of November. I bad declined, an bad reported tho sta to of the case i Gen. Sherman, and the dispatch which received in reply to that waa that I (tho Governor)'should exercise his uv resources to purge the Legislature 1 had recognised of unauthorised percor and in ease be Was resisted that I sbou assist him. I think those Were the wor or substance. Q. That was in reference to the mei bera from Laurens and Edgefield Cou ties? A. I presume so. I had also, befo that application by the committee of tl Conservative House, received adiopat to prevent unlawful interference with t! Legislature by ouloidera. Q. You left it to him to decide whi was the lawful Legislature ? A. I considered that tho ether, that tbs one called tho Conservative Hou should be cla???? M nntaidera. I did c assume anything as to the legal sUti but I considered it within the intent my orders that X should support the s thority Of the Governor. Q. I thibk yon did bot quite liol your statement as to your answer to t committee that waited upon you. A. The substance of it was? that thoy appeared there, as proposed, for t Surpose of occupying the hall of < [ouse of Representatives, and if tb were refused admission by tho persons the door-the State constables or pers< having charge aa doorkeepers-and su persons should call on the officers command of the troops at the St House far assistance to prevent their < trance, it would be hts duty under orders to give it. If they were gran admission, of courts I should not hi prevented their entry. In response to a question whether G Roger had not sent his orderly to eludo tho Conservative mcmbora wi both parties Were lu tho hall, he said: A. I did at one time send word Speaker Wallace by Maj. Maginni* t st twelve o'clock tho next day the mi bera from Laurens and Edgefield sho .or must not be there. My impress waa that the Legislature would adjo that evening, ana that when they ct back at twelve the next day these ra< be? should not come. But that 1 nothing to do with the application by Governor. Several gentlemen had b to see ms before that, and had as whether I should give orders to exel the members who had certificates sig by the Secretary of State or pre\ their entering the ball. I said thi should not. They asked if I would that tho members who bad certifie from the Supreme Court might go io said I would not consent That wc have brought up a new subject, at did uot know what it might call foi also: I did not regard ; it within my thority. I was told by tbeae gentla that tho members who had the car ti fi from th? Secretary of Qi?i? would p ably go to the hall; and when I hi that tho Conservative Houso had { up and taken possession of the ba thought that I bad not been fairly ti ed. T suppose that Mr. Wallace kne this conversation. . Q. While the two bodies were in House t**gi?*;'?.cr/. and whilo tho Speakers were on the stand, was i sent ty you to Mr. Wallace, tho Spat that ct it o'clock the sexl day thc 3 rena and Edgefield members munt not be there T A. I do not remember that I said that they mimt not be 'here ; I think I said either most or should not, bat which ex pression I used I do not remember. Q. Do you know whether that mes sage waa repeated the second time ? A. I think not. I told Maj. Maginnis to say to Mr. Wallace that these mem bers should not or must not be there at the time of meeting next day. < ?. Were they in the House at that time? A. Yes, sir ; so 1 understood at the time. I gave the message to Maj. Ma ginnla._ BER. POTTER'S COMMITTEE. Ula ?Vetter to at Northern Friend About tb? I Frauda InresUgatlon-Tho Cry of f'Rovo lutlon" Only ? Republican Pretense for I'artS Mn Fturposee. Hon. Clarkson N. Potter has been ap peau J to so generally by letter and by representatives of the press to express bis views-as to the investigation into tho Presidential election frauds that he de cided to make publie a private letter which he wrote in reply to ono from a clergyman in Now York, and which covers very fully the inquiries addressed to him, not only from that but other Suertera. Mr. Potter shows very conclu ively that the cry of "revolution" which ! the. Republicans have set np over this h:restimation is eimply the cry of wolf ?when there is no wolf, and is a repetition pf the bloody shirt business. The letter ya as follows : WASHINGTON, May 27, 1878. : MY DEAR SIR: I have your letter ol the 25th. I egree with you in wishing i Congress would adjourn. I am one ol I those who think the world is govorncd too much. I should be glad to see the power of Congress over matters of private and special legislation entirely cut off And Since much of tho public legislation proposed disturbs business and unsettle: industry, I have thought it might be well Sf Congress, unless convened by thc President, met but every other year, ai is the case with the Legislatures in som< bf the States. I accordingly propos?e an amendment to the constitution pro ividiog for biennial sessions of Congress but it- h=s not been received with an; favor. Other sections of tho country d< not feel as we do nbout this, and wan currency or subsidy or other legislation ! You ask me why Mr. Stephens wa ''howled" down, The "howling" was b the newspapers. To interrupt tho pend lng order of business by a motion or statement requires unanimous concern snd every ?iembs? has thc absolute righ to object to the interruption. This ol jeetion ia expressed by the words, " pbject." or a demand for "tho regula order." Sometimes one person willpn vent the interruption, sometimes the di siro to prevent it is general, and thoa tb cry of "regular order*' will be from man persons. It so h opp ?ned that there wi a Very general unwillingness to hear M Stephens. He bad suggested that ? should receive and adopt the Ha amendment. It was reported that 1 twenty-two names who wonld follow hi in any motion of his to prevent inv?*i gation. About this ho was'grossly ni taken, and this made our side especial unwilling to hear him. But you wi observe that rhee I rose te make a pro osition to Mr. Hale, and the Republic! outcry prevented my being beard, it w announced by thc press that "Mr. Pc tor's ir juiry was interrupted." v.hilo ld Stephens was hcad-liucd as "the venei ;ble statesman howled down by Pc* te mob." You esk me why we would n let the Hale amendment be attached our resolution. Because it was not gt mane. Au inquiry into frauda accoi plished, and which changed the electoi vote, ia proper, to prevent their repe tion, but an inquiry into mere attemj at fraud which resulted in nothing is n First, because we understood it contain recitals to which we could not assei ami Wu'Cu W?li?u hu vi? "breed US ?O Vt 'against our own resolution ; second. 1 cause we offered Mr. Hale every opp tunity to have his amendment adopt las a separate resolution. That it was i so offered shows it was really not desiri Third, because its incorporation into t ! resolution might have had the effect preventing any report apon the reso tion. As it is, the committee will ht : probably but one opportunity to rep in this Congress, and this amendmi ; could, if added to the resolution, be cm to prevent the report at that time, ti thus to deprive us of an opportunity report at all. Just as we got ready report, we should be liable to be stop] to take further testimony in some of added States brought forward for very purpose of preventing a report. But you suggest that to raise. a qt tion about the last Presidential elect will bring on disturbance or revoluti Not at all. About that "possess your in peace." There ls not the eligh chanco of revolution or distnrbai When the whole country waa at fe heat on the subject of the election a i was found to establish a tribunal to \ upon the election, and every one subi ted to that determination. The Pi dent's title rests apon that. - -If nov should appear that there was fraud wi palpably affected tho electoral vote ; which the commission did not nol and if a legal remedy exists for corr ing the error, you cannot believe I such a proceeding under tho law ct lead to disturbance. If there bc no : ?cg?? rc"*.cd7 canting, and Cor.j. should hereafter, by tue approval of Proaident, or by two-thirds of 1 Houses without that approval, pro one, why should tho legal determina thereafter bad any more produce di: banco than tho decision of the cleef commission did? Is it exactly bec this is not Mexico, and because the pie prefer determining questions by 1 methods, and if the legal methods 1 not been provided to invent legal n ods of determining them and subs the determination thus arrived at, this country cannot be Mexican! About the enumeration of electoral < there could be no question. Eight eight could only be counted as six Neither could there be question tba conceded vote of every State shoo counted. To refuse that would be : lutionary. Bat when there wera bona fine returns tom a State, claimed to be its vote, it waa a nec< to decide between tni.te retorna b either return could br counted, determination could only be mat the Vice President^ - who ?peUed tl turns, or by. tao Congress in whose once they wino opened. I thong Clear from the nature of our governi from the precedents, and from the ions so many sUteamen had expr that this grave power upon wale last election did. and upon whicl election might d?pend, could on vested in Congress. If thia power : ia Congress alone, then the actl Congress was necessary before a < could be made between conflicti.r tarns, and to, whanaver tho two ii of Congress C?Uld ?ol agree iii choice of a return, on? ??oui4 pr?? one und the other the other, no ehoiee' could ho bsd, and the vote of that State would be lost. Not because one House had any greater rights Or powers than the other, hot bec?as? either or both Houses together bad the? rigbV to reject arbitrarily or to reicse;to reckon any cer tain electoral.voto, but only because in case of bona fide conflicting roturo* It?iss a State: each claiming to represent ile electoral vote, it was a necessity toci'cose between the returns before tue vote pf the State could be counted. Thia waa the viow nt last established. For tho electoral commission to ?'bcido tho dis* fluted votes WA*.crea ted by Congress, and bat was the only authority it .xxssecsed. Now, it seemed to mo in 1870 that thia waa BO clear, and that the leading Ito* publican Senators had so generally com mitted themselves to thin viaw in previ-' ous discussions, that we ought to stand Upon that ground to declaro that we would abide the action of Congress, would accept whomever the Congress found to be elected, and that if tho two Houses ahould fail to agree aa to-which of the rcturna from any State from which there were bona fide duplicate returns should be received, whereby the vote bf the 8tato we?-los?, and no election by ile? electors should thus result, we would then abide and maintain tho choice of the House of Repr?sentatives, the body authorised by the constitution to elect tho President where there is no election by the electora?, college. Instead of do inor thia we drifted along until nt Inst lb? Republicans, hewiug all'tho while to the line, had got us Where Wo were ready to accept the electoral commission. Hav ing accented Jt, of. conreo wo were bound to submit to its resulta, but we oughVat least to bo allowed to show-if ouch was the fact-that the returns upon which tho commission passed were procured by fraud. I admit that the Presidency. ie not worth a civil war, but I have not be lieved there was any danger of auch a war. The generation who charged "tip the heights of Frcdericksburg and ;do fended the works at reieraburg will nor go lightly, into another civil struggle. We must yet y cara further on boforo that will happen. I remember after tho elec tion remarking to General McDoViOll that a great mine ought to be exploded by a spark, to which be answered, "Yes, ir tho train be inflammable, but thin time the ponder ia wet." He was right. tho Republicana bluffed us. Years hence, when it is remembered that wo needed only ono electoral vote and that your aide could not get on without every one of the remaining : seventeen : fiat we had .JIU? nari _?:"-ltu . -4 --- = wv,wv , i/^i' ...... u?mv. ivj , ni?, ./..*. ...i-. jorities were around tho capital, yours in New England, the Northwest and the Pacific coast; that the : moral sense of the country was that our man was else-; ted and yours not: that you had nothing on your side but the control of an army of which 10,000 men could not be got together, the privates mostly in sympathy with u:i, and commanded, by officors edu cated to understand the supremacy of the civil over the military authority officers who, excepting the leaders,'Grant; gian-? va ?u? Shsiid?s? eosl?, ? hi?Hs?o, never bave been generally used to resist the declaration of tho HOUHP nf KenVe sentatives, (I am told this will appear certainly whenever the secret correspon dence of the War Department is re vealed,) .and that you Were laden down with the care of the national credit, the first shock to which would have arrayed against you all the. moneyed Institutions In the country j that under such condi tions, I say, your leaden contrived and wero ablo to carry, through tho capture of ali these votes, will be regarded as one of the greatest political performances of history. I admit the success of the Re publican leaders. Having lain down when the law was on, our .side and when we ought to have stood up, it is not for us now to stand up aa long us the law remains against us. But you will ask whether if there be no danger to publio order from legal proceedings there may aot bo from action by Congress. No; no moro than from tue action of the courts. Congress represents tho people ot* tho country, but does not march be fore them : it expresses, but does not an ticipate their will. Should.fraud con nected with tho electoral count appear BO gross and palpable that you and ail hon orable men shouid unite in denouncing it, : CV^rress might ? then take action. But if so. what Congress might do, beina the result of the action of men, of ali parties of the great body o? the people, not of a party, would be effected quietly, certainly ana without violence or distur bance. In saying this I do not mean that I expect the investigation to be 'followed by either legal or Congressional action. What, if anything should be Sone boca uso of the inquiry must depssd pon the results of tho inquiry. But I do mean that whatever action, if ?nyj should follow the investigation, such ac tion can neither disturb the order nor' tbs prosperity of tho country. This cry of wolf when there is no wolf, thia effort to make it appear that there is danger to peace or order from this investigation, is a Republican pretense, like the "bloody shirt" justification of carpet bag govern-, ment; Uko the "public danger ' excuse advanced for the enforcement cf Durella infamous order and the protection of the returning board by bayonets; like tho cry set up after the election to prevent sny agitation and to secure submission. We must have a very sorry sort of popu lar government if Congress cannot,even inquire into frauds in the choice of the executive with rmi. nndar.crnrinur tkn tMt&na I and prosperity of the co?ntry7 What then, yon ask, is the purpose of the investigation ? I answer, to ascertain facts, BO that if frauds be established a r?p?tition of auch frauds may be preven ted, and if not, to clear up th it .general belief thrcnghoat the country mat there wero such frauds. It ls true that not every allegation of wrong is to be in: quired into by Congress; but when alargo majority, of the people believe that tee but Presidential election, was secured by Iorganised fraud, surely an inquiry to ?s certalu tbo facts ought to be had. The fooling amongst many Republicans after the election was that while we had been cheated in the returns we had bull-dosed the negroes as badly, so that thc accounts of wrong we're about equal. Thia belief in tho bull-dosing of the negro wa* based mainly upon She fact that in cer tain districts in tho Sooth which usually gare Republican majorities there was not returned a single Republican votel Now, the people of th? North have never Uuderefc>od'that thia condition of things was fraudulently prepared by the Repub licans. They ought to understand that there never was? anything so dangerous to a free government as a returning board. ? i A delegation of persons vested with dla-1 j cretlcnary power to revise the votes cost j become thus the body that elect So long as they exercise their functions |upcxv ?ho protection of tho c?tate clono the jj'ilucnco and indignation of the poo pie will prevent them from any flagrant and enormous outrage. Tho publie pres sure will necessitate some excuso for sub verting the choice of the people, some limitation opon the outraces, uswdb to ' tho popular wish. But' . - .fa/EMi^'r-r^.???????..??! for adrariring ?rierV??y " Md ?iiar nduclarUJ W]f?jjHi' - SM. *id?> to receive retarn r^uale?? tia ^ Te for thu viovtaad . utunjni from the peopte by a, cordon of Federal droops under the pretense W-t?fwervtog - ?rder, sair?uid them with Ptw?erci bayo- : eta, and?they .qease, to b#mpon?iWeio ?qy ,oive but the national ad winlatrattofl , which protect, then.. Theij need theil be no limit to, aa there !? ledger no check apon, their abus?e. To throw ont the rotes of one side and keep iu the rotes *f"the ether. wit^aut cause, to invaat , pretext for such wrouac, tp accept after con?nved protests Sui* manufactured ob JeeUon? as color for their action, to permit Cg?r?s to bo altered, returns to be forged, frauds .to be perfected, and generally every mean? by which the will .of the peoplp may be frustrated and the popular voice stifled then becomes' possible, and ' there may be thus a condition of things. absolutely destructive of free government. We celiove that it was by such proceed? I iogs we were cheated out of tho election., Unless the proceedings, be exposed, the outrage Will be repeated. . ff an administration cac defraud ita opponents out of the results of an elec tion at which they had seventeen electo- - ral and 300,000 popular majority, and no effort is made even to inquire luto the Wrong, there ?is nothing the next time to tirevent tho same admin filtration cheating : heir ?ppo?ent?, wren though tho latter have forty electoral votes and a million popular majority. And. this will go on time after time until tho outrage becomes intolerable. Let ns rather, as Air. Jcfibr ton said, "have a jealous care of the right bf election by the people, t&A ?eek ? safe and mild correctivo for abuses which, where no peaceable remedy 'is provided, are lopped by the sword of revolution." ' It has been said!that there was nothing bore ^oowajrdly _*hao, $1,00&0$D? except $2,000.000.. This,is natura!. Bui it is the mistake of capital to magnify ' the ?l?ngere on the surface and overlook those hat lie held w. JustOow yrjur capitaUcta are troubling theraselvja about thp com mune, and oppose tho reduction of tho army, which they, would have kept up as a national -police,' And yet innogleat ' cojantry of tho world fa there so little . danger of communism as.is thia,-- for., nowhere is property BO generally difitrib utcd. But capitalists stood by supinely Iwhen the army was used to protect rc turnip? boards in stifling tbs votes of $tatie*- vtsd f??*traUcg the wsll of their neohin. Rhd F*?H|e? th? ??5tess?.-if u's+z- " bininrj order to Bubvcrt. the very priuct Iple of free government. Believe me in this there waa reald&nger. Govern ment? . ate based upon principle. Tho theory of thia government is that the poople of tho. States shall choose electors for them selves, and that by tho aggregate voico of such electors the national cxecutivo eh ail be selected. To let the party lb pover IntnriA?-^ hy forC-0 O? *?Vif)M nrptcL't a local board'in falsifying .tho Will of tho localities is to subvert the theory of this government and lead surely to its do- '. structlon. Whatever may result, from the proposed investigation, you may be sure that nothing can result that will dis turb either your flocks or yo~r balances. The trouble to capital, property and free dom will come,' uot perhaps in your time or mine, but come at last' from refusing to inquire into frauds. To confront the evil, ff you nay not right it, la to prevent ?t? re?i?titlon. To shut Voyr ,e?es to it supinely is to jeopard and not to preserve the future nesca, safety and proaparlty of I tho country. Faithfully yours, CLARKSON N. POTTER. -^ 'tiew ' . ? -? Ar?weij? ?b>\nir& As^?i?. > At the moctingof the Board of Hoaltb yesterday, Dr. Elwyn Waller, tho chem ist to the board, presented av long report of bis investigation into tho case of Ma ry Ann Dougherty, the young girl whoso death was reported to have beeri caused by the inhalation or absorption into the I .ystem of poi?on by handling artificial flowora colored with arsauiato of copper. Dr. Waller found that artificial leaves are covered with a film of wes. ta pr? tent tho colors from rubbing and to im part to the muslin of-which they arc composed the . necessary atiGu?d?. Sam plea of seven di?ersut- siy.es e? leaves were examined, With the fullering;re sult: Two of them contained conside rable amounts of arsenic, no doubt In i he form of Paris .green (srsenlato of cop:>er) ; two others contained very Might traces of arsenic, and the other ??neb Were entirely free from it. An the leavea ?re covered with was. or paraffina bo danger ls to be apprehended for these Working with the finished leaves; : Dried gsassos aro - colored and then tied in small bunches calle i ""piquets," and tho operatives thed arrange them with arti-1 ficlal leaves and flowers, ? in sprays, wreaths, &o.| which aro offered to custc-: mere. The grass used in .the piquets ia' known to botanists as tho Brisa media. In itself it has no poisonous properties. ri'?._ r^ ^<r""?-_.i t- - Jf. _f_.? btnation of the yellow ' and blue giving the grass a greenish tint. * An examina tion of thea? coloriBgi?atteregave nega tive resulte for arsenic? The other plant (need for the piquot ia botanically known as the Sialicc. It Is recorded that many of th? members of this family of grasses have very irritating properties, and ar? ?uaed by beggar* in tho south of Europe, to produce ulcers on the. skin, in order ?thereby to excite the pity of the charita ble. The piquets of this plant tt>ere i found to be covered Wills; a. preparation containing much corbenato of lead,ap 8^ lied apparently in a semi-pasty condl on. The piquets of both kinds when, shaken slightly gave off ? dust consist-' ir??, jf A> ltnniriu?nn>Ail milk tl.?? <w\l/vn?.?n!. matter used in their preparation. No areenic was detected "iu them. The Saesticn of how far work with those ar eles is dangerous to the operatives turns chiefly on tho dangers to be appre hended from the use of picric acid. As the hands Uko up enough of the color ing matter to carry if. ta the brows, if tho operatives ate their noouday meals with nnwasbed bands, they might be exposed to the danger of poisoning as well as the risk of absorbing it through the skin and lungs. . Picric acid b t^ed ca a ?add?cir ? in many diseases, notably in intermittent fever, as a substitute for quinine. In large doses it is poisonous, and when death is caused by it it results from a steppagii of the action of the heart. Ar regards tba fatal d?se for a human bifdg, no t5ase of fatal poisoning by picric acid ie yet on rocowf. In oanclu sloU, Dr. Waller recites the facts connec ted with the death of Mles Dougherty, and the result of the post t*ortet* exami nation, and says that ha must lea vs ? fWr one skilled in the practice of modi; jae to decide how far tho oeot?pation -th he deceased contributed to her death - JV. K 2W _ - OM postage stamps; *r0 b!? prised io Chins, and a hundred csncelled stamps will buy a baby. Acccudiagiy, tha ltpman CMbol.c mls?h^?^JW? collecting the old stated awipctet'-v k.^r tho infsbti, whom they .bria* ap.** Christians, while the Inf?*Q'0H,.?3?? arranca -hoir treesarss a* wau CKKKK? tiona. . , .- . ??? . For all dfsessM of th- b: know, of SOTjnj Ball's Blo???-Hf-v