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THE FEZLINQ IN WASHINGTON. W1IAT Til K UKST IMOUMKU CORULSIMShKNTS »' AS Tu TilK raOUABLR FINAL UKSUI.T. Washington, Thursday Night, February 8.Tlie situation to-mglit in ay be summed up as ft lows: There is a very perceptible increase * confidence among Republicans, which tins be< strengthened to some extent by the ruling the Cumuii*" uu to-day. In fact, there nre b few members of that party who do not expre their decided conviction that Hayes will be t next President. It is to be nolcd>boir*ver, tli among the exceptions arc to be included soi of the most sagacious of the Republican leadei These latter, and (jovernor Morton is one them, say unhesitatingly that they consider t ruling of the Commission as a great point gain for the Republicans, but they do not yet lo upon 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 equal jump to parly conclusions, are undoubtedly i sp< n lent, tiiough at the same time they have no means abandoned hope. One very essential element which contribut to the discouragement of the Democrats is t fact that one of the leading counsel on tin bide takes a gloomy view of their prospect which view, however, was really entertained liiin prior to the ruling of the Commission. the other hand, one of the nlilcst of the Den cratic members of the Commission expresses I opinion that the Democratic case has a beti prospect than the Republican case. The sai member says that he believes Justice Bradley w try the case as a judge and net as a partisan. It is significant that the entire foundation Republican confidence and hope is predicat Muuunipiiuu nmv justice OTfnicy a partisan uud not nu impnrtiui arbiter of j tiee. This much may be said ns between tlie t cases. As now known, tliero are not likely be less than a dozen cases of law and fact p seated for the determination of the commit! If the Democrats sustain a single point their e is won. If the Republicans do not maiuti themselves on every point their case is lost, the Republican tssumption is correct, that case is to be tried and decided on partisan c side-rations alone, then, of course, there can no question that Haves will cotno in. If, the people believed, and which belief lay at bitlom of the popular demand for the passt of the electoral bill, tlio title to the I'l-csi lencj to be passed upon by the application of the pt ciplcs of law and justice, which arc tindersti to be the mainspring of judicial action, thct is in the last degree indelicate and improper one party to the contest to be claiming a verd in advance. it is proper in this connection to suggest tl implicit reliance need not be placed in accou purporting, nnd falsely purporting, to repres accurately the expressions of members of Commission iu secret session. It is gratify lu twj «% % ...vtidrcn Ul tilt? Ovtiiunu«Aw«.| the almost entire abstinence from speaking c i.. it.oi.- to ..» .i.»t > liberations, have shown that in this import; respect, at least, they recognize the ohligutioi their judicial functions..Cor. JJiiltimore Sun Stronger Cases for the Democrats. Washington, February 8..The weakness the Democratic claim as to Humphreys, the icged ineligible Elector, was so apparent tl it is a wonder that the question was ever raisi Certainly the objecting to this vote must lit been made without due inquiry into the fat The only purpose that can lie imagined is t! it was desired to get the tribunal committed the principle of imputing into such c.tses in dcr to make a sure thing of it when Devise a Brewster, in Louisiana, and Watts, in Orcgt are under consideration. Humphreys did t hold the office of shipping commissioner wh the election took place. All investigations, he ever, serve to increase the strength of the Lo siana ineligibility cases. If Devise's vote counted it will be in detiuuee of notorious fa rendering him ineligible. Judge Trumbull u .Matt Carpenter are bard at work on the Don nun TUtti* lnv »%**.,r» il>« . constitutionality of the returning board law The claim which Carpenter says can be fully taliiishcd is that the returning board bad no rij to canvass the returns of a Presidential electi' that the board was illegally constituted, and t the canvass was in many respects conducted violation of law. Carpenter says Louisiana w elect 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 and associates had Hesitated about making the po as to tlie ineligibility of Humphreys, because, the facts, it was so much weaker than tlirco four cases of tliesnme kind, which are inrescr but they made it in deference to some leadi Democratic lawyers. The counsel regard Oregon and Louisiana cases of ineligible elect as impregnable, and believe the Commission now committed to the principle they will vancc when these are considered. They are at nil appre tensive about I he election of Tihh and they only fear for Hendricks, as the in they dread is a failure to elect by the people cause or me throwing out of one or mere vo by ineligible electors, in which event the llot of Representatives will choose the President, Cor. 1'hiliidelplua Timet. h »~r A Possibility of a Change of the Democratic Ti tics if Louisiana is Counted for Hayes. WAStciNoros, Friday Night, February 9..T Democratic members of the Commission, n indeed till well informed Democrats, consici Tihlen's cause very far from lost by tbe result the Floridacontest. The Louisiana case preset several strong points not heretofore laid belt the commission. Matt Carpenter and Trumb are thoroughly prepared, and though Ihc form is expected to make the greatest argument the controversy, a principal point of it will that under the.statutes of Louisiana creating t returning board the power to canvass the vol for Presidential electors is not given them, ai it should therefore nave been done by the Cic ernor and other othcers named as canvassers u dcr a proper law. The leading Democrats held a conference t night to discuss the situation nnd arrange the tactics for the future. It is believed they ha changed their views, l'ctdiaps they may co elude if Louisiana is given to Hayes by a par vote in the electoral Commission to object toll vote of every State that comes up afterwards, in, pi llli><liiiliiiv Hie it 1 of March, and thereby force a new el< tioti in December. The time is so limited tl is entirely practicable, as the house must sej rate and discuss for two hours every such cns Under this slate of things the president oft Senate would hold over, and would be nctii president until bis successor is elected on ihc-l of March, and that successor would probably Morton or Sherman. From a member of the Commission I lea that the day was taken up in discussing the quent legislation of Florida, and judgment its Supreme Court. The eligibility questi came up first, and the Republican members sn as they had voted not to take up that questi nt all they would like to hear what Judge Urn ley had to say. Me would like to hear argunic before giving his opinion. It was to this poi that Bayard tin 1 Hoar principally directed tin arguments. Finally Judge Bradley dcuid against Humphries, nod gave an opinion whi the Republican commissioners construe as pi cluJing any hope for the Democrats upon a other eligibility caso tl at may he raised. Bui Democratic member says lie did not so consult. Thurman offered a resolution declari Humphries ineligible, but it was at length de ded 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 stngg Judge Bradley in spile of his bitterly Itepiih can wife and Morton's and flarflcld's hiill-dnztii It is positively asserted that Joseph, Republic doctor in Louisiana, served a term oP thr years in tlio penitentiary for burglary.. C'< Richmond Dhjmtch, (lev. Hampton has commissioned a number offices of the .Military Conipnui«s of Columbiti s 1JA-LJ'--!J-= * 1J1 L.I I T LU.1 'J. ii &Itc SOIftltlg pinion 5$imfs. R. M. STOKES, Editor. UNION, HUDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1877. Jl TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1 Copy,one year, in advanck, $3.00 2 ('u|>K>s OlM) year," " 3.50 or s * " ii.oo llt 10 " " « » J0.00 ADVERTISING. ,s Out 'i)iurr or oni' indi, Itrsl iuwrllon, - - $1.00 he Each subsequent insertion, ------- 75 lttt 1,1 bora1 discount made t>> merchants and others advertisliix for six months or by the year. u® Obituary Notices of ten lines or less, inserted free. ». " " over ten lines, charged as Advertise Qf inents. . ni" 20 percent additional for advertisements ordered M 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. tcs l,u firiT" The Grand Jury of Hichland has found eir a true bill against John 11. Cochran, republican s; Senator from Anderson, for the murder of by Thomas Dent, in Columbia, last fall. Dn io- ftay The dwelling bouse of Mr. T. C. Pcrrin, 1,18 at Abbeville, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday ine rnor,,inJ? 'as'- Cause, defective chimney. No nil insurance. for C>6^" The quo warranto case of Connor vs. Kiel lioti, for the office of Attorney-General of the w * -»-- -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. to re. © aST'Tlie Greenville Xrnx lias deliberately come ee. to the conclusion that the only things this country use needs now, is more immigration, more railroads, jj inure honest men and two more Democrats on the ljic .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; a 18 native of Ohio and a brother-in-law of Ex-Con>od grcssinan liogc, of the .Id District. for We gi vc as nittch of the news from Washlict itigton as we think will fully post our readers upon 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),e cal wife. ©a?" Thomas K. Agncw, brother of "John ecu Agnew, .Mayor 01 uoiumoia, nas ueeu dc- 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 Vesey Street. New York. ' °' Eggs arc selling in Charleston at from 'JO to 25 cents per dozen, and meal from 8 to 15 l.j. cents per pound. Considering that the Charlesie ton 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 npiot pearancc with more than usual regularity the icn past ten da} s, and the result is, it is eagerly lW[* sought for on the arrival of the morning's train. j Through it we get nearly all the telegraphic reels ports and the cream of the other news found in nd the Columbia papers of the same date, but rcccived here in the afternoon. bar & Smith, and it has been suggested that ns ^n. there are so many Smith's in the country we hut should tell which Smith it is. The suggestion 111 is good, and in order to clear np the mystery we inform the public that the full name of ihc firm is N. II. A. Dunbar and J. Drayton Smith.. eu( There may lie many Smith's in the world but we his arc confident there is only r.ur N. II. A. Dunbar. i ii t on 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 Foster it Wilkins* store, and has already a nuinbci*«f not J l.,, subscribers. We advise people from the counost try to see Laurie when they come to town and oc- .secure a fine portrait of each of those loved es chieftains for a very small amount. ise CriiT' Sona or Nash, Chairman of the Board of Trustees bf tho coHfted Orphan Asylum, called on Gov. Hampton last week for pecuniary aid 'he for that institution, and the Governor gave "d Nash a check for one thmuanil dollars. We nrc lor | ()| Hli,u »« uovcrnor was awe to respond to (lie l(s call so promptly and liberally, and we hope ire Scnntor Nash will be as ready lo recognize 1)11 Hampton as Governor, in the .Senate, as ho is when the Orphans of l.is own color need assists tance from the public Treasury, lie o es B&m Our friend, U. \V. Tinsley has just refjd ceived a now supply of spectacles, and says lie iv- has^omc that will almost restore sight to the ,l" blind. He intends sending a pair to Bradley 0_ and Garfield, of the Electoral Commission, with ,j,. the forlorn hope that they will enable those vo Commissioners to discern the difference bet ween 11" the true vote of Louisiana and the false count of J. Madison Wells and his returning Board. We so know Tinsley has some powerful spectacles, but fcfc 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 doubt be been apprised by the Sheriff that their attendance will be required by Judge Northrop at Court next Monday. The Judge is anxious to fC. please all parties, if he can do it "within the of Statutes," while our new Solictor, Col. Ball, will od be on hand as a terror to all law breakers. It l'1' will be pleasant to have, once more, a sober and on ' J. honorable Solicitor, and to feel that every officer nt of the Court, from the Judge to the constable, will do their duty faithfully, irrespective of political or personal entered or bias. The day cj, of bribery and corruption, in the Courts of this re- Circuit, is, we believe, gone for ever, and with "y it is passing away the inclination to commit 1 a crimes and acts of violence which at one time tie 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, and H- is over more potent in preventing crime and maintaining the pence than too great leniency pf. 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 udminis of 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 in the Commission created by Congress to decide upon the coutested Electoral votes; but found that the Senate had elected Mortod and Garfield to that Commission our fhith in it( us a uon-partisan tribunal, became still weake , fob j wc knew then that trickery aud pat isan U schemes, entirely unbecoming a tribunal at rua- '{ ted with such momentous national into eats, , would be resorted to by the Republican m) Vrfr m of 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 the Commission. Still we hoped that the ripresen- tatives of the Supremo Bench would ris« above all pnity considerations, that tho comm! doners V chosen from that dignified position would bring ' to the great work only the spirit of justite and a 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 Judge Bradley as their associate upon the Commission. We could not forget that Brudley was chiscn as a partisan judge when the discussion u{on the legality of the greenback issue was to fe decided by the United States Supreme Court, and he has continued a warm supporter of tic parly that placed him upon the bench ever since.. Nor was that the only cause for our fear We heard from the best authorities that Judge ilradley was a warm, personal, as well as potiicnl I frtcml or TJov. Hayes, tne ucpauibmn n for President, and, furthermore, that lie hna expressed more interest in the election than any other Judge on the Bench. Taking all these things into consideration we had strong reasons for our tuisgiviugs that the Commission would he controlled more by pnrty prejudice tliap a regard for the expressed will of u majority Of the people. As we said before, the CommissUn was loo strong Republican iu its feelings nnd mleretlt to 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 that Louisiana nnd Oregon will present stronger arguments for Tildcu than Florida did. f It docs sccui to us that no man of ordinary intellect and respectability can read the infamous frauds so incoutcstubly proven against the Republican Returning Board of Louisiana and brieve tln.t Hayes received a majority iu that Stack, and we don't btlieve a majority of his own p\rty will r \TO Baitoftvnl tf ) « Ink.. I,;. nnnt m I'tnu Jiia .1... tier such infamous circumstances. The Commission is now in session upon tlie Louisiana vote, nud we cannot better explain the present situation of the Electoral dispute than by giving the following from the Xetcs and Co ii rirr : The count has now reached Louisiana, and if, as is probable, the party division in the Commission remains as heretofore, Judge Bradley must decide the vote of the fc>tale. The case of Louisiana differs in many respects from that of Florida. In the latter ease but one set of Electors voted on the first Wednesday in December, and but one certificate bea^j the signature ol any person claiming to bhiCoventor of the State at that date. In Lwisinuu both sets of- uteu claiming to be Bwetora mkt. and east their votes on the day appointed by law, and both received certificates from^pcrsous , fiovet^or of Mr. Bradley, will feel called upou^to decide who was the legaTTloveinor of Louisiana on the (hit of December. There are other phases of the ease which make it different front that of Florida. Even the ca«es oi alleged ineligibility are different, jJTroui tinfact that Brewster and Leviseedo not claim tojhavc resigned their offices bdl'ore the election. The Louisiana case will present several new poiuts, and it is very far from certain that the decisions thus far made settle the final result. O tr invaluable fellow-townsman, Mr. dames (Irani, exhibited on our streets last \ Wednesday a contrivance for a fircenginc, which is simple and inexpensive, and we believe would prove eincicm in case of fire. It was nothing more nor less than an iron Force l'uinp fastened into 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 of purchasing an apparatus has heretofore stood in the way. Mr. Grant has now overcome that objection, and we hope the citizens will give him tangible encouragement in his laudable ctfort to introduce a plan that will give sonic security against fire. Wc think the town Council should consult with Mr. Grant about it, and the citizens.particularly the property-owners.should call upon the town officials to move in the matter. We shall speak of Mr. Grant and his improvised fire engine more fully hereafter. .. Bt-iA- L>''- J- !' Thomas, Gov. Hampton's Agent for the collection of the ten per cent contribution, reports that helms collected a little over $H,')00. While ilysis doing pretty well, it ^orijun come up to what was expetfed of L'ni^yi. While <piitc a number of colored repuhliJBs have promptly come forward and paid the 1 in®ton tax, th ire arc a number f the largest white tax payers who have not responded. Furrly they will not uUolv colored republicans to thus show greater fealty to the Hampton Govcrnmei\t than they do? '1 he Doctor has filled his appointments throughout the County, but will keep his books open during Court week in tlie Commissioners' office, where he wiil he flensed to give receipts to any number of tax payers who may wish to sustain i the Governor and government chosen by a ma-fl jority of the people. Let is nil go up and pay! r We would not have Oov. Hampton think that the people of old Union had "gone gono back on him" on any account. . Washington, February 12..A dispatch to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue from Agent Chamberlain, doted CurteravillfeUa.#TOports that a raid had been made in thtnCWibglra ( part of that State, and 38 stills destroyed and 8-1 arrests made. Lieut. Mclntyre, of ihe Jnd Infantry, was killed in Log Mountains t.yBIO illicit distillers, who ntlacked tlio govcre^Kkt force under covci of night. * I f the killing of Revenue officers and soldiers continue, it will he hard to find men willing to risk 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. II" m 1/ . » . I yfagg..1. Union and its Drawbacks. ' The stagnation of busiuees and the scarcity of ( joney in this section is truly alarming. Our berohants 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 rccieving l mrcfc Amount of oasIi trade. Why is this ? Why can the Cotton buyers of Spartanburg pay nioro for Cotton and sell goods cheaper than Union? These are questions that the people cannot answer, consequently they have come to the conclusion that the merchants of Union are a set of sharpers and swindlers. We do not expect to answer them to the satisfaction of 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 called to it, was : "Oh ! T. does so, and wo have to do it also, or we could not sell as cheap." Another case is similar: An Agent from Spartanburg called on our morchnnts and proposed to 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 examination it 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 the Union Depot, subject to his order. These are the only cases, of that character, that have come plainly to our notice, but others have been mentioned. llut Union lias another and, we think, a greater enemy to its prosperity. The freight on n car load of inercliandi/.o to Union is just three times ns n.ucli as to Spartanburg.28 miles above us.on the same road, lly the published rates the freight on a car load of Molasses to Union is but to Spartanburg.'28 miles beyond. it is ouly $33. Our merchants now ship their goods to Spartanburg and back for one-half what they would have to pay if the car stopped at Union, on its way to Spartan!urg. Again, cotton is shipped from Spartanburg to Charleston for much '.ess per bale than from Utr[ 1011, rot* tnnMlNf tliuii Vtcitttc#Is a iray station. This is a great drawback to the business <4 Union, niul we cannot help thinking that the discrimination in freights between the two points is unjust and cx.raordinary. The Town and County of Union has done as much, if not tnore, than any other section, toward the interests of theSpartanburg and Union Kailroad, and il docs seem hard now that the road should be used ns a prominent means of injuring our troic to build up the interests of an adjoining coAiy. We fought hard to secure the $li>0,000 subscription from this County to the extension of the road, and secured it. It was the most liberal subscription, all things considered, made by auy other county, but we had no idea that the reffl which would receive the greatest benefit from that extension \#uld so far ignore our claims as to make such a ruinous discrimination. In the building jof the Spartanburg anJ Aslicvillc road Union has received * Jolh'r of.l.cnc^t. m Nearly all the money has jioon spent in Spartanburg. We doAiot cojnphuu of that, for we knew from the first that it would be so, but we did rot anticipate that ouf 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 the Spartan! urg and Union Railroad, hut it is possible that the bare mention of the difficulties under which our people arc suffering may arouse to some clfort to relieve themselves. While it is an unpropitious time to call upon it,- |>uu;>iu ui l ii ion 10 uuiut a runroan, si ill we believe it is their duly lo seriously and earnestly make sonic more towards establishing a competing line of transportation. A charter for a road from Chester to Union has been granted by the Legislature, and the merchants of Chester arc anxious to have that road built. They stand ready to suliscribc liberally toward it, and we ask them to move in the mutter at once. All that Union con jwssiFtly do, by individual aid, will be cheerfully and promptly done. Our people feel that they must have another railroad outlet, or their property und business will be completely ruined. Will the merchants of Chester and Union give us any encouragement to keep the matter before the people? Let us hear from you, gentlemen. «. A Shocking Murder Wasconun^ttcd <yi Friday last, near JoncsviUc, by a colored man named Wntics Cist, upon the body 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 least once. He says the Lord commanded him to kill his "Granny," so lie built up a large fire in the fire-place, then took the axe and "chopped her head 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 following day, and appears ns unconcerned about the horrid crime he committed as if he had only killed a mad dog. Since the above was put in type we have learned that Waties' lunacy is spasmodic, and in his lucid intervals, since he has been iu jail, be has eviuccd intense anguish for the crime lie committed. . <* The Yoiikvim.k Knqcinun's Position..In Alia lait iauiiA nf lhA Ynrlfvillw A!nnuir+r oimon»a notice from J. L. Watterson, former County 'rensurcr, informing the people of York County hat he is ready and desirous of receiving theJf State and County taxea for the yenr 1877. In the same isaue of tho Enquirer appears an editorial article advising (lie people of York to rcapood to this call, and urging them to pay their County taxea promptly, on the ground that the educational, charitable and penal inatitutions of the County are, or soon will be, in a very impecundus condition. t It is eaay to understand that Chamberlain'* appointtee should be ready to gobble up the money of the taxpayer*, but we confess that we are somewhat at a loss to understand how the Yorkville Knqttirer, a paper which is supported by tho,taxpayers of York County, can advise the people to recognize the Chamberlain usurpation. . 1_. * i Stsi- #__ It savors very nirongiy 01 treason. jno Hampton Herald, published ml Rock llifl, given the ring of the true metal, when it wya : "We advine our people not to pay one cent of t ixea to Mr. Watson or any one els j who now ignores the Hampton government ami prefers allegiance to the Chamberlain usurpation.. Charletto i Journal of Commerce. FLORIDA QlYEJf TO HATRS )u Grounds Fatal to His Chances for tke White House. a strictly party votb. Washington, February 9..Tho Grand Commssion bos decided to give Florida to Hayes, jut it is claimed that the conclusion was reached ay two Kepublioan members of the Court upon (rounds fatal to the hu&l success of their party. al.ltl.... * ^ !- A..ti. 1. .1 1A A* nviiuvr pnnjr 19 ijuiiq iimppjr uvcr uio bkuiuvo. Tbe Commission continued ia session until half-past 8 o'clock. Each of the fifteen members uiade elaborate statements of their views of,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 appointed Electors of President and Vice. I'resideut for the State of Florida, and that the-votes cast by the aforesaid four persons are the votes provided by 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 shipping commissioner would have reudered him ineligible, but that his resignation of the office beforo the election was valid, and in this view of the caso action on the objection to his vote, made by Seuntor Jones, of Florida, was nbandoned.. Those proceedings will be prcscuted in joint session to morrow, when the couut will progress to Louisiana. In the formal report to the joint session, the Commission will assign the following reasons for their decision: 1 Jb'irsi. The Commission, exercising the powers or uotn nouses unuir thodsw, snut' fwrlsft examined all the certificates and papers referred to them, find that they have noauthority to hear evidence aliunde, or, in other words, to hear evidence outside of the certificates of the Governor of the Stale of Florida, fouuded upon the determination of the canvassing bourdns to its vote. Second. The Commission cannot consider as cyidcuce any acts of he Legislature or courts in determining whom the Slate had appoiuted as Electors after the day that the said Electors gave their vutes. Third. In regard to the alleged ineligibility of F. C. Humphreys, there was not sufficient proof 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 the Commission wero submitted by Mr. Field to the two houses. Objootlons to thA n^tatnn ThVllffdWlUfe nWW WJlSitfaSBtlll'ly Mr. Field» An objection is interposed by tho undersigned Senators and Representatives to the decision uinde by the commission constituted by the act entitled "An act to approve nnd regulate the counting of the votes for Presideul and Vice President, and the decision of questions arising thereon, f»r the term commencing March4, A. L). 1877," as to the true and legal electoral vole ot Florida, on the following grounds: 1st. The commission determined that the vote cast by 0. 11. Peurce, F. 0. Ilumprcys, \V. II. lloldeu and T. \V. Long, asclcctors ot President and vice President of the United Stales, in and for or on behalf of the Stale id Florida, is the true nild legal electoral vote ot the said State, when, in truth and in fact, the vote cast by Wilkinson Call, J. E. Youngo, Robert i.. Hilton and llobcrt Bullock is the true ami lawful vote of said Slate. - I. For that Ihcsaid commission refused to re coive competent and material evidence tending to prove that C. II. Pierce, F. C. Humphreys, W. 11. Ilolden and T. W. Long we c not appointed electors in the manuer prescribed by the Lcgts"Uture of <h«-ekato>. eC. jji^orida, but wero design tinted n* electors by tho returning board of said Stale, coiruptly and fraudulently, in disregard of law, and with the intent to defeat the will ol the people expressed in the choice of Wilkinson Call, J. E. Younge, R. C. Hilton ami Robert Rultnck, who were legally and regularly appointed electors by the State of Florida, in the niauner proscribed by the Legislature thereof. 3d. For that the decision aforesaid was founded upon the resolution and order of said coinmission prcvious'y made, as follows: Ordered, That no evideuce will be received or considered by tho commission which was not submitted to the joint convention of the two houses by the President of the Senate with the ditlerenl certificates, except such as relates tu the eligibility of F.^C. Humphreys, one of the electors. 4th. For that said decision excludes ull the evidence taken by the two houses of Congress by I lie committees of each house concerning frauds, errors anil irregularities committed by t lie persons whose certificates are taken as proof ol tli'ir due appointment us electors. Oth. For that the said decision excludes all evidence tending to prove that the certificate oi Stearns, Governor, as also that of the board oi State cativssers was procured or given in pursuance of a traudulent and corrupt couspirucy to client the State of Florida out of its rightful choice of electors, and lo substitute therefor those who hud not been chosen as appointed electors by said State in the manner provided by the Legislature thereof. Oth. For that the said commission refused to recognize the rights of the courts of the State of Florida to review and revise t lie judgment of ' flie returning board or bonrdof canvassers, rendered through fraud, without jurisdiction, uud rejected and refused to consider the action of said courts, after their decision that l'earce, Humphreys, lloldcn un.l Long were not entitled to cast the electoral vote of the Stale of Florida; which said decision w- s rendered by a court of said State, lawfully brought before said court, which court had jurisdiction over tlie subject matter thereof, and whose jurisdiction over the said Pcurce, Humphreys, Hidden and Long had attached before any uct was done by them as electors. 7th. For that the said decision excludes all evidence tending to show I hat the State of Florida. by all tlie departments of itsjgorcrnment. legislative, judicial and cxeeuTTve.lttfd decided as fraudulent all the certificates of Steams Governor, ax well as I liAt of I lie fc*lwte canvassers, upon which certificates the sniil commission has acted, and by means of which the true electoral 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'resident and Vice-l'residont, would be a violation of the constitution of the United Slates. Signed by Senators Jones, Cooper, Ilarnum, Kernan, Huulshury and McDonald, and Kepresentnlives Knott, 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.a strict party vote. - u Sherman offered the following : Itftolved, That tiro decision of the commission upon the electoral votes of tho State of Florida stand as the judgment of the Senate, the objections made thereto to the contrary notwithstanding. Adopted by n strict pnrly vote. Kccess to 10, A. M., Monday. . .* . The Oregon Cask.. Prominent Democrats say the eotmnUsiuq has adopted a line of proccduro that must throw out the voto of Witts, the Qregbn postmaster. Alexander H. Stephens finds sweet solace in listening to the obituaries which are read to him by his private Secretary as he sits propped up by a bolster. They do him more good than the doctor's stuff. ' ' 1*7* V* s^r*. - ' ... % ' "t *J %S» * . H _^u_x o> -^» ^ A Slashing Rebuke to Weak-Kne*d ^ftSniocraoy Wasuinoton, Fob 12.t.Mr. Carr, from Mr* ' ^ '« Kerr' old dialrict, in the coufse of his speech, * sttid: Florida should haTe been returned f«Jr Tildca and llendrieks, but, sir, at the same lime, I hold that the democratic majority of this house has no moral right to complain that this commission has rendered a partisan decision in reporting the four electoral rotes of Florida for Hayes and Wheeler. While 1 assert that this decision is contrary to the lacto, and contrary to the will of a largo minority of the people of the United States, 1 as boldly asseit that the Vrong is chargeable in a cause further back than the T* commlwdeau The wrong rests upon the shoulders of those who established this partisan tribunal. When the democratic minority of tbia . 'J ' house adopted this law, with the full knowledge that a majority of the commission would be republicans, govered by republican instincts, controlled by republican interests, warped by republican biased, 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 have been expected or required of tliciu. You erected a political tribunal, invested it with political attributes, and gave them political questions to deteriuiue, which they have settled from a political stand point, Being Republicans, they believed that the Republican candidnto for tho Presidency was and ought to be elected, lu making their declaration, they have been trt(» ^ y'*L and faithful to their political sentiments, educa- * tion and assertions. No legal wrong can attach ||i to them for this; but wheu you as Democrats, dcliboratcly put such power over such questions { in the hands of a tribunal, so constituted, you JK committed n bold and daring wrong to your pretended political conviction, and assuredly to political constituents, whose political sentiments and rights you betrayod and abandoned to your political adversaries. 1 riso to remind tho Democrats, that in common decency, youtr votes on this measure have estopped you from. . interposing even one word of criticism against the decision of that tribunal." £ Ile concluded ; "i denounce tho majority of .p 9 this Ilouso as being responsible for the wrong and ignoranlly or corruptly recreant to the con- jl fidenco which had been reposed in them, and 9 faithless to the trusts confided ta them." Ap- iR plausc. While a bill relating to the Frcedman's Bank was under discussion on iucsuay, senator lam* fl cron took occasion to express his mind freely in regard to the employment of several cominis- S sioners, at nn annual compensation of $5,000 V each, to settle the affairs of that bankrupt insti- I tution. lie said he was opposed to paying large V salaries to these commissioners to enable them to live riotously and fare sumptuously, while the poor nogroes who deposited in the bank are starving. I One of the rankest offences of Grantism warI the plunder of the Freedman'a Bank, and the ^ t " misstoners who now have control of its re- I mnining assets seem determined to use them up 1 in expenses and salaries. The head of these Jj cominissioners is John A. J. Creswell, formerly rB Postmaster-General, in which office he acquired a reputation for assisting straw-bid contractors *;! to swindle the Government, which seems to have 1 recommended him to Grant as a suitable person * ijsl to be intrusted with the care of what was. left of the frcedincn's funds. Creswell holds one or two other offices, besides running a bank of his > J own in Washington, lie is simply a pensionerupon the poor defrauded negroes.*.Arte York J Sun. Ax oi»i* Neoukss..I have in my employ, a» * ' nurse, an ull colored woman who says her nnmo is l'olly Sumter; thni she was (he servant of old Gen. Sumter, aud a grown woman af hi*death; tlist after his death she remained in the family of his only son, Col. Thomas Sumter, and nur&cj^ -his four children, whose names were Titos. DeLarge, "Francis, Sebastian and Brazilian; that sha ftt wns brought to this State beforo the war by Mr. \ John.Joseph, and bought by n speculator named Di^^r Dixon ; that her prayers are 'that sho may li ve to see her young masters and mist t osses, her old Carolina homo and _ber only datighuffl > » .». -«-a| Linwaybefore she dies. She further soys ntv ', daughter was carried to Virginia by Mr. John Broomfield, and that site would like to know if site is still living. * This ol«l woman moves about quite lively, and her memory is splendid. J Virginia and South Carolina papers would. ^ confer a favor on this old woman iiy publishing '9 the above..W. 1$. S. in Montgomrry (Ala.) Ad~ ' verlizer. - T Mr. Tilden s views.. Washington, ' j February 1>..Qovcruor Tilden said yestcr- * * < day evening to a personal friend whoui ho .A." had requested to go to Washington : "Say to our lYicuds that they have no reason to be depressed if the Couimission decides against 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 'vj are 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 Doe against ltichnrd Roe." Yet he said, "I aui a fatalist in so far as I believe, as the representative of the Democrats,* the final decision will be in our faver." "j Ax 1 nki.ioiulk Elk.ctob..Washington, Feb- A runry 10..The committee on tbe privileges and powers of the House examined Postmaster Qcn- J ernl Tyner, who produced front his files all papers bearing on Walts' resignation, which show Watts resigned by telegraph November 18, and 1 teUgrnphic acceptance wns sent by (lie l'obt master General on November 14. Watts' written resignation 10 npeciAi Agent uwlprwooU wu not * I received at the <lepartinent until December 9.. >j The record of the department show that Henry .1 W. Hill was appointed Watts' successor tfoveta- ' her M. Hill's bond was fotvnrded to him De- *| cember 11, and was returned approved January i 8,1877, on which day his commission was sent him. A special agent took charge of Walla* \ othce November 14, receipted for nil government pi»ii«ny»« i ssswatahassn ~ u; ~~ * -*i^bts tM building, Hi Sudden JUhatiis and Murder in and Around Augusta..Agustn, Ga., Feb 12. , .Gustuv Stoepol, German Watchmaker, was found dead in bis bed this morning. Ho died of apoplexy. To-duy Patrick Shea- * ban fell in the canal and was drowned.. Mose Sullivan, a Colored constable, was shot and killed in Hamburg by Edward lvey, colored. Mitchell Blair bad his throat cut by Sautuel Stuart in Gruuiteville and died. Both were colored. Liquor was tho cause. On Saturday night 11. J. ltozicr, a merchant of Sparta, was waylaid while going homo from his store, llo was struck with a slung shot, and robbed of a hundred dollars and his watch. 11c has since died. Mr. Tildkx's l't hpose..An Influential Democratic chairmnn of one of the leading investi- M* gating committees of (ho House remarked touighl that if the Anal decision of the electoral ** '* count should be adverse to Oovernoa Tilden,«he will not accept the result without further testing his rights in the courts. The last section of the comptomise bill pfbvldes that either of the pai* iic.i III iiiivicbi, IIUIwiuismuumg llit) awurtl 01 tlio coin minion, shall not bo deprived of any rights how possessed andcr the constitution or the laws to try thsrijgbt of the Presidency by an order in quo warranto or otherwise. This chairman says fh.it vlr. Tilden will cortsinly begin the higgost law suit of the century to obtain the office if he ie declared to have been dc-< lea tod.. Washington TtUyram to Ntic York Trtbunt. %
