THE FEZLINQ IN WASHINGTON.

W1IAT Til K UKST IMOUMKU CORULSIMShKNTS »'AS Tu TilK raOUABLR FINAL UKSUI.T.

Washington, Thursday Night, February 8.Tliesituation to-mglit in ay be summed up as ftlows: There is a very perceptible increase

* confidence among Republicans, which tins be<strengthened to some extent by the rulingthe Cumuii*" uu to-day. In fact, there nre bfew members of that party who do not expretheir decided conviction that Hayes will be tnext President. It is to be nolcd>boir*ver, tliamong the exceptions arc to be included soiof the most sagacious of the Republican leadeiThese latter, and (jovernor Morton is one

them, say unhesitatingly that they consider truling of the Commission as a great point gainfor the Republicans, but they do not yet loupon the tiual result as a certainty. Tue ra:lit' flin l)p|l)ilOtnl<l vvKn af I'A.I I an nrn no ntltitv

ing as the mass of I lie Republicans, and equaljump to parly conclusions, are undoubtedly i

sp< n lent, tiiough at the same time they haveno means abandoned hope.One very essential element which contribut

to the discouragement of the Democrats is tfact that one of the leading counsel on tinbide takes a gloomy view of their prospectwhich view, however, was really entertainedliiin prior to the ruling of the Commission.the other hand, one of the nlilcst of the Dencratic members of the Commission expresses Iopinion that the Democratic case has a betiprospect than the Republican case. The saimember says that he believes Justice Bradley w

try the case as a judge and net as a partisan.It is significant that the entire foundationRepublican confidence and hope is predicat

Muuunipiiuu nmv justice OTfnicya partisan uud not nu impnrtiui arbiter of jtiee.

This much may be said ns between tlie tcases. As now known, tliero are not likelybe less than a dozen cases of law and fact pseated for the determination of the commit!If the Democrats sustain a single point their eis won. If the Republicans do not maiutithemselves on every point their case is lost,the Republican tssumption is correct, thatcase is to be tried and decided on partisan cside-rations alone, then, of course, there canno question that Haves will cotno in. If,the people believed, and which belief lay atbitlom of the popular demand for the passtof the electoral bill, tlio title to the I'l-csi lencjto be passed upon by the application of the ptciplcs of law and justice, which arc tinderstito be the mainspring of judicial action, thctis in the last degree indelicate and improperone party to the contest to be claiming a verdin advance.

it is proper in this connection to suggest tlimplicit reliance need not be placed in accoupurporting, nnd falsely purporting, to represaccurately the expressions of members ofCommission iu secret session. It is gratifylu twj «% % ...vtidrcn Ul tilt? Ovtiiunu«Aw«.|the almost entire abstinence from speaking ci.. it.oi.- to ..» .i.»t >

liberations, have shown that in this import;respect, at least, they recognize the ohligutioitheir judicial functions..Cor. JJiiltimore Sun

Stronger Cases for the Democrats.Washington, February 8..The weakness

the Democratic claim as to Humphreys, theicged ineligible Elector, was so apparent tlit is a wonder that the question was ever raisiCertainly the objecting to this vote must litbeen made without due inquiry into the fatThe only purpose that can lie imagined is t!it was desired to get the tribunal committedthe principle of imputing into such c.tses indcr to make a sure thing of it when Devise aBrewster, in Louisiana, and Watts, in Orcgtare under consideration. Humphreys did thold the office of shipping commissioner whthe election took place. All investigations, heever, serve to increase the strength of the Losiana ineligibility cases. If Devise's votecounted it will be in detiuuee of notorious farendering him ineligible. Judge Trumbull u.Matt Carpenter are bard at work on the Don

nunTUtti* lnv »%**.,r» il>« .

constitutionality of the returning board lawThe claim which Carpenter says can be fullytaliiishcd is that the returning board bad no rijto canvass the returns of a Presidential electi'that the board was illegally constituted, and tthe canvass was in many respects conductedviolation of law. Carpenter says Louisiana welect Tildcn beyoud a doubt.

why tiik rU>lt 111 a case was i'kkskntkh.in conversation to-nigln one of the einim

counsel lbr the Democratic patty said he andassociates had Hesitated about making the poas to tlie ineligibility of Humphreys, because,the facts, it was so much weaker than tlircofour cases of tliesnme kind, which are inrescrbut they made it in deference to some leadiDemocratic lawyers. The counsel regardOregon and Louisiana cases of ineligible electas impregnable, and believe the Commissionnow committed to the principle they willvancc when these are considered. They areat nil appre tensive about I he election of Tihhand they only fear for Hendricks, as the inthey dread is a failure to elect by the peoplecause or me throwing out of one or mere vo

by ineligible electors, in which event the llotof Representatives will choose the President,Cor. 1'hiliidelplua Timet.h »~r

A Possibility of a Change of the Democratic Titics if Louisiana is Counted for Hayes.WAStciNoros, Friday Night, February 9..T

Democratic members of the Commission, nindeed till well informed Democrats, consiciTihlen's cause very far from lost by tbe resultthe Floridacontest. The Louisiana case presetseveral strong points not heretofore laid beltthe commission. Matt Carpenter and Trumbare thoroughly prepared, and though Ihc formis expected to make the greatest argumentthe controversy, a principal point of it willthat under the.statutes of Louisiana creating treturning board the power to canvass the volfor Presidential electors is not given them, aiit should therefore nave been done by the Cicernor and other othcers named as canvassers udcr a proper law.The leading Democrats held a conference t

night to discuss the situation nnd arrange thetactics for the future. It is believed they hachanged their views, l'ctdiaps they may coelude if Louisiana is given to Hayes by a parvote in the electoral Commission to object tollvote of every State that comes up afterwards,

in, pi llli><liiiliiivHie it 1 of March, and thereby force a new el<tioti in December. The time is so limited tlis entirely practicable, as the house must sejrate and discuss for two hours every such cns

Under this slate of things the president oftSenate would hold over, and would be nctiipresident until bis successor is elected on ihc-lof March, and that successor would probablyMorton or Sherman.From a member of the Commission I lea

that the day was taken up in discussing the

quent legislation of Florida, and judgmentits Supreme Court. The eligibility questicame up first, and the Republican members sn

as they had voted not to take up that questint all they would like to hear what Judge Urnley had to say. Me would like to hear argunicbefore giving his opinion. It was to this poithat Bayard tin 1 Hoar principally directed tinarguments. Finally Judge Bradley dcuidagainst Humphries, nod gave an opinion whithe Republican commissioners construe as picluJing any hope for the Democrats upon a

other eligibility caso tl at may he raised. BuiDemocratic member says lie did not so consult.Thurman offered a resolution declariHumphries ineligible, but it was at length deded by a unanimous vote to drop Humphries.Bayard's cheerfulness Is very apparent, a

Abbott and Thurman ere hopeful.A new oase of ineligibility in Louisiana h

been quietly worked up, and it may stnggJudge Bradley in spile of his bitterly Itepiihcan wife and Morton's and flarflcld's hiill-dnztiiIt is positively asserted that Joseph, Republicdoctor in Louisiana, served a term oP thryears in tlio penitentiary for burglary.. C'<Richmond Dhjmtch,

(lev. Hampton has commissioned a numberoffices of the .Military Conipnui«s of Columbiti

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&Itc SOIftltlg pinion 5$imfs.R. M. STOKES, Editor.

UNION, HUDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1877.

Jl TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.1 Copy,one year, in advanck, $3.002 ('u|>K>s OlM) year," "3.50

or s * " ii.oollt 10 " " « » J0.00

ADVERTISING.,s Out 'i)iurr or oni' indi, Itrsl iuwrllon, - - $1.00he Each subsequent insertion, ------- 75lttt 1,1 bora 1 discount made t>> merchants and others advertisliixfor six months or by the year.u® Obituary Notices of ten lines or less, inserted free.

»." " over ten lines, charged as AdvertiseQf inents.

. ni" 20 percent additional for advertisements orderedM HOI tO a|i|M-ar ill COUSCCIItivO issues.

ok Over $0,000 has been collected by Got.,ss Hampton's Agent in Newberry.ik- - -

"y Wr. John II. Davis, one of the oldest'c~ and most valuable citizens of Laurens County,

died, on tlio 8th insi., aged 80 years.tcsl,u firiT" The Grand Jury of Hichland has foundeir a true bill against John 11. Cochran, republicans; Senator from Anderson, for the murder ofby Thomas Dent, in Columbia, last fall.Dnio- ftay The dwelling bouse of Mr. T. C. Pcrrin,1,18 at Abbeville, was destroyed by fire on Tuesdayine rnor,,inJ? 'as'- Cause, defective chimney. Nonil insurance.

for C>6^" The quo warranto case of Connor vs. Kiellioti, for the office of Attorney-General of thew * -»-- -eX»rxail to Mr. T. ). Arthur,us" wi.li power to issue subpoenas and "subpoenas

wo daces tecum. Thirty days is given for the report.tore. © aST'Tlie Greenville Xrnx lias deliberately comeee. to the conclusion that the only things this countryuse needs now, is more immigration, more railroads,

jj inure honest men and two more Democrats on theljic .Ya'ion it Iti-turn in// Hoard.

J. H. Kutikle, ex-Solicitor of the .us Circuit, committed suicide in Fine's saloon, Co-

[Ill' IUIIMJIII* liMl 0«Hin»H/f '»> SHUUllllg llXIU.il'll 111

go the head. llunklc was nbout 20 years old; a18 native of Ohio and a brother-in-law of Ex-Con>odgrcssinan liogc, of the .Id District.

for We gi vc as nittch of the news from Washlictitigton as we think will fully post our readersupon the condition of the Presidential contest.

I,rt' No one can at present tell how it will result.

"'1 except, perhaps, Judge Bradley no.l his politit),ecal wife.

©a?" Thomas K. Agncw, brother of "Johnecu Agnew, .Mayor 01 uoiumoia, nas ueeudc- a bankrupt. His liabilities foot up $884,00(1,IU" while his assets are nominally $[(50,000. Ag1

new was a large grocery Merchant in VeseyStreet. New York.' °' Eggs arc selling in Charleston at from

'JO to 25 cents per dozen, and meal from 8 to 15l.j. cents per pound. Considering that the Charlesieton butchers cut off all the superfluous bone on:,s- the meat, it is but very little, if any, more than(o we pay here. Eggs are selling here at 20 cents,

or- and net very plentiful at that.

Ct.'i?* The Greenville Xcus has made its npiotpearancc with more than usual regularity theicn past ten da} s, and the result is, it is eagerlylW[* sought for on the arrival of the morning's train.

j Through it we get nearly all the telegraphic reelsports and the cream of the other news found innd the Columbia papers of the same date, but rcccivedhere in the afternoon.

bar & Smith, and it has been suggested that ns

^n. there are so many Smith's in the country wehut should tell which Smith it is. The suggestion111 is good, and in order to clear np the mystery we

inform the public that the full name of ihc firmis N. II. A. Dunbar and J. Drayton Smith..

eu( There may lie many Smith's in the world but wehis arc confident there is only r.ur N. II. A. Dunbar.i ii ton BPDu Mr. Wm. A. Courteney, of Charleston,or has solicited our young friend, Laurie Young, to

act as Agent for the Lee and Hampton Portraits,1,^ for Union County.ors Laurie has placed specimen copies of these

,!j Portraits on exhibition in the window of Fosterit Wilkins* store, and has already a nuinbci*«fnot J

l.,, subscribers. We advise people from the counosttry to see Laurie when they come to town andoc- .secure a fine portrait of each of those lovedes chieftains for a very small amount.ise

CriiT' Sona or Nash, Chairman of the Board ofTrustees bf tho coHfted Orphan Asylum, calledon Gov. Hampton last week for pecuniary aid

'he for that institution, and the Governor gave"d Nash a check for one thmuanil dollars. We nrclor |()| Hli,u »« uovcrnor was awe to respond to (lie

l(s call so promptly and liberally, and we hopeire Scnntor Nash will be as ready lo recognize1)11 Hampton as Governor, in the .Senate, as ho is

when the Orphans of l.is own color need assiststance from the public Treasury,lie o

es B&m Our friend, U. \V. Tinsley has just refjdceived a now supply of spectacles, and says lieiv- has^omc that will almost restore sight to the,l" blind. He intends sending a pair to Bradley0_

and Garfield, of the Electoral Commission, with,j,. the forlorn hope that they will enable thosevo Commissioners to discern the difference bet ween11" the true vote of Louisiana and the false count of

J. Madison Wells and his returning Board. Weso know Tinsley has some powerful spectacles, butfcfc urn IViir mi nm;li ryuyiitvlii will!p" commission, for there are none so blind us those"s who will not recognize the rights of the people!0 above party interest.

The Grand and Petit Jurors of this

ifj County, drawn on the 20lh illt , have, no doubtbe been apprised by the Sheriff that their attendancewill be required by Judge Northrop at

Court next Monday. The Judge is anxious to

fC. please all parties, if he can do it "within theof Statutes," while our new Solictor, Col. Ball, willod be on hand as a terror to all law breakers. Itl'1' will be pleasant to have, once more, a sober andon '

J. honorable Solicitor, and to feel that every officernt of the Court, from the Judge to the constable,

will do their duty faithfully, irrespective ofpolitical or personal entered or bias. The day

cj, of bribery and corruption, in the Courts of thisre- Circuit, is, we believe, gone for ever, and with"y it is passing away the inclination to commit1 a crimes and acts of violence which at one timetie

ng filled pages of our session docket at every court

ci- and kfept up continual distrust and insecurity. in the minds of all classes of thcpcople. Stern

justice in our Courts, tempered with mercy,ns never fail* to command the respect and even

;er obedience of the most hardened criminals, andH- is over more potent in preventing crime and

maintaining the pence than too great leniencypf. toward evil doers, or the general belief that moi.,t.cy can purchase the ncquitnl of a culprit..

Keep our Courts pure, and just in its udminisof tratnon <>i I no laws, ami inc peopie win r>c

I pure, onlcrly ami prosperous. ^

I ;illi§The Eleotoral Commission.

From tliu hint wc have lmd very Utile faith inthe Commission created by Congress to decideupon the coutested Electoral votes; butfound that the Senate had elected Mortod andGarfield to that Commission our fhith in it( us auon-partisan tribunal, became still weake , fob jwc knew then that trickery aud pat isan Uschemes, entirely unbecoming a tribunal at rua- '{ted with such momentous national into eats, ,would be resorted to by the Republican m) Vrfr mof that body, and the wishes of a large maj'omy ,of the people, as expressed through the bi/lot-'box, would be ignored by such extremo <»rti- \sans, and the party whip would contiul theCommission. Still we hoped that the ripresen-tatives of the Supremo Bench would ris« aboveall pnity considerations, that tho comm! doners Vchosen from that dignified position would bring '

to the great work only the spirit of justite anda decent respect for the plain voice of tin peo-pie. But this hope was almost blasted wlun we

found that the four Judges hnd selected JudgeBradley as their associate upon the Commission.We could not forget that Brudley was chiscn asa partisan judge when the discussion u{on thelegality of the greenback issue was to fe decidedby the United States Supreme Court, andhe has continued a warm supporter of tic parlythat placed him upon the bench ever since..Nor was that the only cause for our fear Weheard from the best authorities that Judge ilradleywas a warm, personal, as well as potiicnl Ifrtcml or TJov. Hayes, tne ucpauibmn nfor President, and, furthermore, that lie hna expressedmore interest in the election than anyother Judge on the Bench. Taking all thesethings into consideration we had strong reasonsfor our tuisgiviugs that the Commission wouldhe controlled more by pnrty prejudice tliap a regardfor the expressed will of u majority Of thepeople. As we said before, the CommissUn wasloo strong Republican iu its feelings nnd mleretltto give much hope that it could riso uboje party,even upon such a grave question.We, however, have not given up thenntesl

yet. Wiser heads than ours seem to thimt thatLouisiana nnd Oregon will present stronger argumentsfor Tildcu than Florida did. f It docssccui to us that no man of ordinary intellect andrespectability can read the infamous frauds so

incoutcstubly proven against the Republican ReturningBoard of Louisiana and brieve tln.tHayes received a majority iu that Stack, and wedon't btlieve a majority of his own p\rty will

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tier such infamous circumstances.The Commission is now in session upon tlie

Louisiana vote, nud we cannot better explainthe present situation of the Electoral disputethan by giving the following from the Xetcs andCo ii rirr :

The count has now reached Louisiana,and if, as is probable, the party division inthe Commission remains as heretofore,Judge Bradley must decide the vote of thefc>tale. The case of Louisiana differs inmany respects from that of Florida. Inthe latter ease but one set of Electors votedon the first Wednesday in December, andbut one certificate bea^j the signature olany person claiming to bhiCoventor of theState at that date. In Lwisinuu both setsof- uteu claiming to be Bwetora mkt. andeast their votes on the day appointed by law,and both received certificates from^pcrsous

, fiovet^or of

Mr. Bradley, will feel called upou^to decidewho was the legaTTloveinor of Louisianaon the (hit of December. There are otherphases of the ease which make it differentfront that of Florida. Even the ca«es oialleged ineligibility are different, jJTroui tinfactthat Brewster and Leviseedo not claimtojhavc resigned their offices bdl'ore theelection. The Louisiana case will presentseveral new poiuts, and it is very far fromcertain that the decisions thus far madesettle the final result.

O tr invaluable fellow-townsman, Mr.dames (Irani, exhibited on our streets last

\ Wednesday a contrivance for a fircenginc, whichis simple and inexpensive, and we believe wouldprove eincicm in case of fire. It was nothingmore nor less than an iron Force l'uinp fastenedinto a hogshead with arms attached to work it.With about twenty-live fee: of hose he threw a

pretty good stream of water to the cone of Mr.McXiilly's two-story store.Many ellorls have been made to organize a

Fire Company in this town, but the expense ofpurchasing an apparatus has heretofore stood inthe way. Mr. Grant has now overcome that objection,and we hope the citizens will give himtangible encouragement in his laudable ctfort tointroduce a plan that will give sonic securityagainst fire.Wc think the town Council should consult

with Mr. Grant about it, and the citizens.particularlythe property-owners.should call uponthe town officials to move in the matter.We shall speak of Mr. Grant and his improvisedfire engine more fully hereafter.

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Bt-iA- L>''- J- !' Thomas, Gov. Hampton'sAgent for the collection of the ten per cent contribution,reports that helms collected a littleover $H,')00.

While ilysis doing pretty well, it ^orijuncome up to what was expetfed of L'ni^yi.

While <piitc a number of colored repuhliJBshave promptly come forward and paid the 1 in®tontax, th ire arc a number f the largest whitetax payers who have not responded. Furrlythey will not uUolv colored republicans to thusshow greater fealty to the Hampton Govcrnmei\tthan they do?

'1 he Doctor has filled his appointments throughoutthe County, but will keep his books open

during Court week in tlie Commissioners' office,where he wiil he flensed to give receipts to anynumber of tax payers who may wish to sustain ithe Governor and government chosen by a ma-fljority of the people. Let is nil go up and pay! r

We would not have Oov. Hampton think thatthe people of old Union had "gone gono backon him" on any account.

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Washington, February 12..A dispatch tothe Commissioner of Internal Revenue fromAgent Chamberlain, doted CurteravillfeUa.#TOportsthat a raid had been made in thtnCWibglra (part of that State, and 38 stills destroyed and8-1 arrests made. Lieut. Mclntyre, of ihe JndInfantry, was killed in Log Mountains t.yBIOillicit distillers, who ntlacked tlio govcre^Kktforce under covci of night. *

I f the killing of Revenue officers and soldierscontinue, it will he hard to find men willing torisk their lives hunting for illicit distilleries.When you sec a cat put up her Lack and

snarl at a plate of sausages yr.u iirtty kiiOW' they m* genuine.

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Iyfagg..1.

Union and its Drawbacks.' The stagnation of busiuees and the scarcity of (joney in this section is truly alarming. Ourberohants are doing almost nothing. No trade

£es here, save what is forced through liens, ,

the merchants hare to keep a tfriet watch |[>r that in many coses, or be in danger of losing. '

IVagons pass this town, from below, and go to '

Spartanburg to soil cotton and buy supplies,rhile from almost every other part of Union|bunty the towns adjacent county are rccievingl mrcfc Amount of oasIi trade.

Why is this ? Why can the Cotton buyers ofSpartanburg pay nioro for Cotton and sell goodscheaper than Union? These are questions thatthe people cannot answer, consequently theyhave come to the conclusion that the merchantsof Union are a set of sharpers and swindlers.We do not expect to answer them to the satisfactionof all, but we will make such statements

as we are satisfied can bo substantiated.A farmer bought a barrel of Molasses in Spartanburg.The merchant charged him for 40

gallons, but theguager's mark (which had been

eraced) only called for 42 gallons. The excuso

of the merchant, when his attention was calledto it, was : "Oh ! T. does so, and wo have to doit also, or we could not sell as cheap."Another case is similar: An Agent from

Spartanburg called on our morchnnts and proposedto soli them a car load of Liverpool salt at

a very reduced price. The salt was ordered,and in due time it arrived; but upon examinationit wns found that «ach sack was uenrly. 30/lbs. less than the usual weight of Liverpool salt.The result wns the Union merchants would not

stoop to such a client upon their customers, so

notified the shipper that the salt wns nt theUnion Depot, subject to his order.These are the only cases, of that character, that

have come plainly to our notice, but others havebeen mentioned.

llut Union lias another and, we think, a

greater enemy to its prosperity. The freight onn car load of inercliandi/.o to Union is just threetimes ns n.ucli as to Spartanburg.28 miles aboveus.on the same road, lly the published rates

the freight on a car load of Molasses to Unionis but to Spartanburg.'28 miles beyond.it is ouly $33. Our merchants now ship theirgoods to Spartanburg and back for one-halfwhat they would have to pay if the car stoppedat Union, on its way to Spartan!urg.

Again, cotton is shipped from Spartanburg toCharleston for much '.ess per bale than from Utr[1011, rot* tnnMlNf tliuii Vtcitttc#Isa iray station. This is a great drawback to thebusiness <4 Union, niul we cannot help thinkingthat the discrimination in freights between thetwo points is unjust and cx.raordinary.The Town and County of Union has done as

much, if not tnore, than any other section, towardthe interests of theSpartanburg and UnionKailroad, and il docs seem hard now that theroad should be used ns a prominent means ofinjuring our troic to build up the interests ofan adjoining coAiy. We fought hard to secure

the $li>0,000 subscription from this County tothe extension of the road, and secured it. It wasthe most liberal subscription, all things considered,made by auy other county, but we had no

idea that the reffl which would receive thegreatest benefit from that extension \#uld sofar ignore our claims as to make such a ruinousdiscrimination. In the building jof the SpartanburganJ Aslicvillc road Union has received

* Jolh'r of.l.cnc^t. m Nearly all the moneyhas jioon spent in Spartanburg. We doAiotcojnphuu of that, for we knew from the first thatit would be so, but we did rot anticipate thatouf liberality would be used so pointedly and so

flagrantly to our disadvantage.We have no idea that anything we might say

will have any effect upon those who control theSpartan! urg and Union Railroad, hut it is possiblethat the bare mention of the difficultiesunder which our people arc suffering may arouseto some clfort to relieve themselves.

While it is an unpropitious time to call uponit,- |>uu;>iu ui l ii ion 10 uuiut a runroan, si ill we

believe it is their duly lo seriously and earnestlymake sonic more towards establishing a competingline of transportation. A charter for a

road from Chester to Union has been granted bythe Legislature, and the merchants of Chesterarc anxious to have that road built. They standready to suliscribc liberally toward it, and weask them to move in the mutter at once. Allthat Union con jwssiFtly do, by individual aid,will be cheerfully and promptly done. Our peoplefeel that they must have another railroadoutlet, or their property und business will becompletely ruined. Will the merchants of Chesterand Union give us any encouragement to

keep the matter before the people? Let us hearfrom you, gentlemen.

«.A Shocking Murder

Wasconun^ttcd <yi Friday last, near JoncsviUc,by a colored man named Wntics Cist, upon thebody of his aged Crandinothcr.The circumstances, as they were reported to

us, are as follows: Waties is undoubtedly crazy,lie has been in theState Lunatic Asylum at leastonce. He says the Lord commanded him to killhis "Granny," so lie built up a large fire in thefire-place, then took the axe and "chopped herhead in two," and then put her en the fire,where she was found bv a brother of Waties.."The body was almost moil up when f»»n<t.Waties was arrested and brought to jail the followingday, and appears ns unconcerned aboutthe horrid crime he committed as if he had onlykilled a mad dog.

Since the above was put in type we havelearned that Waties' lunacy is spasmodic, andin his lucid intervals, since he has been iu jail,be has eviuccd intense anguish for the crime liecommitted.

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The Yoiikvim.k Knqcinun's Position..InAlia lait iauiiA nf lhA Ynrlfvillw A!nnuir+r oimon»a

notice from J. L. Watterson, former County'rensurcr, informing the people of York Countyhat he is ready and desirous of receiving theJfState and County taxea for the yenr 1877. Inthe same isaue of tho Enquirer appears an editorialarticle advising (lie people of York to rcapoodto this call, and urging them to pay theirCounty taxea promptly, on the ground that theeducational, charitable and penal inatitutions ofthe County are, or soon will be, in a very impecunduscondition.t It is eaay to understand that Chamberlain'*appointtee should be ready to gobble up themoney of the taxpayer*, but we confess that we

are somewhat at a loss to understand how theYorkville Knqttirer, a paper which is supportedby tho,taxpayers of York County, can advise thepeople to recognize the Chamberlain usurpation.

. 1_. * i Stsi- #__It savors very nirongiy 01 treason. jno HamptonHerald, published ml Rock llifl, given thering of the true metal, when it wya : "We advineour people not to pay one cent of t ixea toMr. Watson or any one els j who now ignores theHampton government ami prefers allegiance tothe Chamberlain usurpation.. Charletto i Journalof Commerce.

FLORIDA QlYEJf TO HATRS)u Grounds Fatal to His Chances for tke

White House.a strictly party votb.

Washington, February 9..Tho Grand Commssionbos decided to give Florida to Hayes,jut it is claimed that the conclusion was reacheday two Kepublioan members of the Court upon(rounds fatal to the hu&l success of their party.al.ltl.... *^ !- A..ti. 1. .1 1AA*nviiuvr pnnjr 19 ijuiiq iimppjr uvcr uio bkuiuvo.Tbe Commission continued ia session until

half-past 8 o'clock. Each of the fifteen membersuiade elaborate statements of their viewsof,the case, and the following resolution was

adopted:Resolved, That the four persons, to wit:

Fred. Humphreys, Charles W. l'earce, Win.II. llolden aud Thos. A. Long, are duly appointedElectors of President and Vice. I'resideutfor the State of Florida, and that the-votes castby the aforesaid four persons are the votes providedby the Constitution of the United States.The vote in detail on this resolution was as

follows:Yeas.Bradley, Edmunds, Frelingliuysen,

Garfield, Hoar, Miller, Morton and Strong.Nays.Abbott, bayard, Clifford, Field, ilunton,i'ayiie and 'fhuruian.In the case of Humphreys, Judge Clifford was

of opiuion that holding the otiiuo of shippingcommissioner would have reudered him ineligible,but that his resignation of the office beforothe election was valid, and in this view of thecaso action on the objection to his vote, madeby Seuntor Jones, of Florida, was nbandoned..Those proceedings will be prcscuted in joint sessionto morrow, when the couut will progressto Louisiana.

In the formal report to the joint session, theCommission will assign the following reasonsfor their decision:

1 Jb'irsi. The Commission, exercising the powersor uotn nouses unuir thodsw, snut' fwrlsftexamined all the certificates and papers referredto them, find that they have noauthority to hearevidence aliunde, or, in other words, to hear evidenceoutside of the certificates of the Governorof the Stale of Florida, fouuded upon thedetermination of the canvassing bourdns to itsvote.

Second. The Commission cannot consider ascyidcuce any acts of he Legislature or courtsin determining whom the Slate had appoiutedas Electors after the day that the said Electorsgave their vutes.

Third. In regard to the alleged ineligibilityof F. C. Humphreys, there was not sufficientproof that he held otlicc on the 7th of November.The decision of the commission was formnlly

reported to the Senate and that body immediate-ly repaired to the House.

The following objections to the decision of theCommission wero submitted by Mr. Field to thetwo houses.

Objootlons to thA n^tatnnThVllffdWlUfenWWWJlSitfaSBtlll'ly

Mr. Field»An objection is interposed by tho undersigned

Senators and Representatives to the decisionuinde by the commission constituted by the actentitled "An act to approve nnd regulate thecounting of the votes for Presideul and VicePresident, and the decision of questions arisingthereon, f»r the term commencing March4, A. L).1877," as to the true and legal electoral vole otFlorida, on the following grounds:

1st. The commission determined that thevote cast by 0. 11. Peurce, F. 0. Ilumprcys,\V. II. lloldeu and T. \V. Long, asclcctors otPresident and vice President of the UnitedStales, in and for or on behalf of the Stale idFlorida, is the true nild legal electoral vote otthe said State, when, in truth and in fact, thevote cast by Wilkinson Call, J. E. Youngo, Roberti.. Hilton and llobcrt Bullock is the trueami lawful vote of said Slate.

- I. For that Ihcsaid commission refused to recoive competent and material evidence tending toprove that C. II. Pierce, F. C. Humphreys, W.11. Ilolden and T. W. Long we c not appointedelectors in the manuer prescribed by the Lcgts"Utureof <h«-ekato>. eC. jji^orida, but wero designtinted n* electors by tho returning board of saidStale, coiruptly and fraudulently, in disregardof law, and with the intent to defeat the will olthe people expressed in the choice of WilkinsonCall, J. E. Younge, R. C. Hilton ami RobertRultnck, who were legally and regularly appointedelectors by the State of Florida, in the niaunerproscribed by the Legislature thereof.

3d. For that the decision aforesaid was foundedupon the resolution and order of said coinmissionprcvious'y made, as follows:Ordered, That no evideuce will be received or

considered by tho commission which was notsubmitted to the joint convention of the twohouses by the President of the Senate with theditlerenl certificates, except such as relates tuthe eligibility of F.^C. Humphreys, one of theelectors.

4th. For that said decision excludes ull theevidence taken by the two houses of Congressby I lie committees of each house concerningfrauds, errors anil irregularities committed by t liepersons whose certificates are taken as proof oltli'ir due appointment us electors.

Oth. For that the said decision excludes allevidence tending to prove that the certificate oiStearns, Governor, as also that of the board oiState cativssers was procured or given in pursuanceof a traudulent and corrupt couspirucyto client the State of Florida out of its rightfulchoice of electors, and lo substitute thereforthose who hud not been chosen as appointedelectors by said State in the manner providedby the Legislature thereof.

Oth. For that the said commission refused torecognize the rights of the courts of the Stateof Florida to review and revise t lie judgment of

' flie returning board or bonrdof canvassers, renderedthrough fraud, without jurisdiction, uudrejected and refused to consider the action ofsaid courts, after their decision that l'earce,Humphreys, lloldcn un.l Long were not entitledto cast the electoral vote of the Stale of Florida;which said decision w- s rendered by a court ofsaid State, lawfully brought before said court,which court had jurisdiction over tlie subjectmatter thereof, and whose jurisdiction over thesaid Pcurce, Humphreys, Hidden and Long hadattached before any uct was done by them aselectors.

7th. For that the said decision excludes allevidence tending to show I hat the State of Florida.by all tlie departments of itsjgorcrnment.legislative, judicial and cxeeuTTve.lttfd decidedas fraudulent all the certificates of SteamsGovernor, ax well as I liAt of I lie fc*lwte canvassers,upon which certificates the sniil commissionhas acted, and by means of which the trueelectoral votes of Florida have been rejected,and false ones substituted in their place.

8th. For that the count of the voles of l'earce,Humphreys, llolden and Long, for l'residentand Vice-l'residont, would be a violation of theconstitution of the United Slates.

Signed by Senators Jones, Cooper, Ilarnum,Kernan, Huulshury and McDonald, and KepresentnlivesKnott, Field, llolman,Tucker, Thumpson,Jcuks, Finlay, Saylor, Kllis, Morrison,Hewitt and Springer.Upon returuing the Secretary of the Senate

read the objections »ubmitied.A motion for a recess to Monday was urged

by the Democrat*, but wns'dost by 20 to 44.astrict party vote. - uSherman offered the following :Itftolved, That tiro decision of the commission

upon the electoral votes of tho State of Floridastand as the judgment of the Senate, the objectionsmade thereto to the contrary notwithstanding.

Adopted by n strict pnrly vote.Kccess to 10, A. M., Monday.

. .* .The Oregon Cask.. Prominent Democratssay the eotmnUsiuq has adopted a line

of proccduro that must throw out the votoof Witts, the Qregbn postmaster.

Alexander H. Stephens finds sweet solace inlistening to the obituaries which are read tohim by his private Secretary as he sits proppedup by a bolster. They do him more good thanthe doctor's stuff.

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A Slashing Rebuke to Weak-Kne*d ^ftSniocraoyWasuinoton, Fob 12.t.Mr. Carr, from Mr* '

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sttid:Florida should haTe been returned f«Jr Tildca

and llendrieks, but, sir, at the same lime, I holdthat the democratic majority of this house hasno moral right to complain that this commissionhas rendered a partisan decision in reportingthe four electoral rotes of Florida for Hayes andWheeler. While 1 assert that this decision iscontrary to the lacto, and contrary to the will ofa largo minority of the people of the UnitedStates, 1 as boldly asseit that the Vrong ischargeable in a cause further back than the T*

commlwdeau The wrong rests upon the shouldersof those who established this partisan tribunal.When the democratic minority of tbia . 'J'house adopted this law, with the full knowledgethat a majority of the commission would be republicans,govered by republican instincts, controlledby republican interests, warped by republicanbiased, moved by republican motives,they deliberately abaudoned every claim which m

the democratic masses asserted to control our

national affairs. The commission have done no

moro nor less than what eould or should havebeen expected or required of tliciu. You erecteda political tribunal, invested it with politicalattributes, and gave them political questionsto deteriuiue, which they have settled from a

political stand point, Being Republicans, theybelieved that the Republican candidnto for thoPresidency was and ought to be elected, lumaking their declaration, they have been trt(» ^ y'*Land faithful to their political sentiments, educa- *

tion and assertions. No legal wrong can attach ||ito them for this; but wheu you as Democrats,dcliboratcly put such power over such questions {in the hands of a tribunal, so constituted, you JKcommitted n bold and daring wrong to yourpretended political conviction, and assuredly to

political constituents, whose political sentimentsand rights you betrayod and abandonedto your political adversaries. 1 riso to remindtho Democrats, that in common decency, youtrvotes on this measure have estopped you from. .

interposing even one word of criticism againstthe decision of that tribunal." £

Ile concluded ; "i denounce tho majority of .p 9this Ilouso as being responsible for the wrongand ignoranlly or corruptly recreant to the con- jlfidenco which had been reposed in them, and 9faithless to the trusts confided ta them." Ap-iRplausc.

While a bill relating to the Frcedman's Bankwas under discussion on iucsuay, senator lam* flcron took occasion to express his mind freelyin regard to the employment of several cominis- Ssioners, at nn annual compensation of $5,000 Veach, to settle the affairs of that bankrupt insti- Itution. lie said he was opposed to paying large Vsalaries to these commissioners to enable themto live riotously and fare sumptuously, while thepoor nogroes who deposited in the bank are

starving. IOne of the rankest offences of Grantism warI

the plunder of the Freedman'a Bank, and the^

t" misstoners who now have control of its re- Imnining assets seem determined to use them up 1in expenses and salaries. The head of these Jjcominissioners is John A. J. Creswell, formerly rBPostmaster-General, in which office he acquireda reputation for assisting straw-bid contractors *;!to swindle the Government, which seems to have 1recommended him to Grant as a suitable person * ijslto be intrusted with the care of what was. leftof the frcedincn's funds. Creswell holds one ortwo other offices, besides running a bank of his > Jown in Washington, lie is simply a pensioneruponthe poor defrauded negroes.*.Arte York JSun.

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nurse, an ull colored woman who says her nnmois l'olly Sumter; thni she was (he servant of oldGen. Sumter, aud a grown woman af hi*death;tlist after his death she remained in the familyof his only son, Col. Thomas Sumter, and nur&cj^-his four children, whose names were Titos. DeLarge,"Francis, Sebastian and Brazilian; that sha fttwns brought to this State beforo the war by Mr. \John.Joseph, and bought by n speculator named Di^^rDixon ; that her prayers are 'that shomay li ve to see her young masters and mist t osses,her old Carolina homo and _ber only datighuffl > » .». -«-a|Linwaybefore she dies. She further soys ntv ',daughter was carried to Virginia by Mr. JohnBroomfield, and that site would like to know ifsite is still living. *

This ol«l woman moves about quite lively, andher memory is splendid. J

Virginia and South Carolina papers would. ^confer a favor on this old woman iiy publishing '9the above..W. 1$. S. in Montgomrry (Ala.) Ad~ '

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day evening to a personal friend whoui ho .A."had requested to go to Washington : "Sayto our lYicuds that they have no reason tobe depressed if the Couimission decidesagainst the Democracy in the Florida case.I expect the decision will be adverse, but

^ do not encourage despondency. The loss,of Florida will nut surpiso me, but there 'vjare other points upon which I aui confident

the Democracy will succeed."' -Mr. Tilden is represented as talking as

unconcernedly about the final result as

though it were the case of "Johu Doeagainst ltichnrd Roe." Yet he said, "I auia fatalist in so far as I believe, as the representativeof the Democrats,* the final decisionwill be in our faver."

"jAx 1 nki.ioiulk Elk.ctob..Washington, Feb- Arunry 10..The committee on tbe privileges andpowers of the House examined Postmaster Qcn- Jernl Tyner, who produced front his files all papersbearing on Walts' resignation, which showWatts resigned by telegraph November 18, and 1teUgrnphic acceptance wns sent by (lie l'obt masterGeneral on November 14. Watts' writtenresignation 10 npeciAi Agent uwlprwooU wu not *Ireceived at the <lepartinent until December 9..>jThe record of the department show that Henry .1W. Hill was appointed Watts' successor tfoveta- '

her M. Hill's bond was fotvnrded to him De- *|cember 11, and was returned approved January i8,1877, on which day his commission was senthim. A special agent took charge of Walla* \othce November 14, receipted for nil governmentpi»ii«ny»« i ssswatahassn ~ u; ~~ * -*i^bts tMbuilding, HiSudden JUhatiis and Murder in and

Around Augusta..Agustn, Ga., Feb 12.,.Gustuv Stoepol, German Watchmaker,

was found dead in bis bed this morning. Hodied of apoplexy. To-duy Patrick Shea- *

ban fell in the canal and was drowned..Mose Sullivan, a Colored constable, was shotand killed in Hamburg by Edward lvey,colored. Mitchell Blair bad his throat cutby Sautuel Stuart in Gruuiteville and died.Both were colored. Liquor was tho cause.On Saturday night 11. J. ltozicr, a merchantof Sparta, was waylaid while goinghomo from his store, llo was struck with

a slung shot, and robbed of a hundred dollarsand his watch. 11c has since died.

Mr. Tildkx's l't hpose..An Influential Democraticchairmnn of one of the leading investi- M*gating committees of (ho House remarked touighlthat if the Anal decision of the electoral ** '*count should be adverse to Oovernoa Tilden,«hewill not accept the result without further testinghis rights in the courts. The last section of thecomptomise bill pfbvldes that either of the pai*iic.i III iiiivicbi, IIUIwiuismuumg llit) awurtl 01tlio coinminion, shall not bo deprived of anyrights how possessed andcr the constitution orthe laws to try thsrijgbt of the Presidency byan order in quo warranto or otherwise. Thischairman says fh.it vlr. Tilden will cortsinlybegin the higgost law suit of the century to obtainthe office if he ie declared to have been dc-<leatod.. Washington TtUyram to Ntic York Trtbunt.

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