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> . • ffihe $tcitnri! flaindcalcr. ] J/VAN SLYKE. TGMJSHEN. T T ILLINOIS. MoHENEY, THE NEWS condensed. THE BAST. , Th® Gr*f>?ere' encampment building at Elm Pennsylvania, railroad, a few miles from Philadelphia, was totally destroyed by fire last week. Lo««, •SO.OOO; |nwiran<», $50,0°°. ^ W*. H. PAYNE'S grain ana flour mills ana elevator, at Two Hundred and Twenty ninth street and Second avenue, New York city, was framed the other night. Loss heavy. A JOINT resolution has passed the Vermont House ol Representatives to instruct Congress­ men to use their influence to secure the per­ manent resumption of specie payment as early as Januarv, 1879.... By the sinking of a coal barge in Boston harbor, recently, seventeen persons are believed to have been drowned. THE WEST. It ia now stated that negotiations have been about concluded between John H. Lick, the trustees of the Lick fund, and various ben- ©fidMies, which will result in fn am* ioable settlement. The details have not yet been fully settled-- Advioes from Gen. .Crdok Indicate that ae con­ siders that the Indian war will soon be ended. He writes that he will prosecute the wintei campaign with energy, eo that it wiil close before the season is too far advanced. He says that there are hardly any Indians on the war-path, except the band under Crazy Horse, which is not very numerous, and about 2,000 Indians who are estimated to be yet witn Sitting Bull, and supposed to have gone north, Even should the«e latter confront Gen. Crook, it is believed that be will have a sufficient force nnder to contend successfully with the hostile^. But the ©pinion prevails strongly that Sitting Bull will not fight any more, aiid that the harassing he has been subjected to, and the losses he has suffered in the large numbers of followers who have deserted him, will cause him to fly northward. It is not be­ lieved that he or his followers will come into the Agencies. It is feared that Gen. Crook s command will experience similar and as great suffering now as they did last year on the plains. THEBEiB occasion for general rejoicing at the capture of the villains who attempted to rifle the tomb of Abraham Lincoln of its precious contents, • few days since. They were captured by tbe detectives at Chicago, last week. THE annual repents of the officers of the Inter-State Industrial Exposition were made to the annual meeting of the stockholders, held at Chicago on the J9th inst. The Treasurer's report far the year ending Nov. 17, 1876, shows as follows: Total re­ ceipts, $114,140.11; disbursements. 6105 - 635.27; leaving a remainder of €8.604 84. The exposition of 1876 lasted twenty-nine days, from Sept. 6 to Oct. 9. The number of exhib­ itors was 541. The whole number of admis­ sions was 217,189. not including exhibitors or employes who had season tickets. The^amount accruing from sales of tickets was $66,664.50. showing an average attendance of over 7,500 Sitsons Der dav During a performance at oore's Opera House, in Sacramento, Cal;, on Saturday evening last, the floor gave way, kill­ ing B6v©ii end wounding about 100 spectators. The Opera House was situated over a large livery stable on Second street, between K and T.( »nd was formerly need as a State armory. It had recently been converted into a theater by putting up a gallery and a tier of boxes, making the hall capable of seating 1.000 persons. The floor was unsupported except by the usual 'beams. The vaudeville troupe had engaged the theater, and. it being the opening of the establishment, the house was crowded. Soon after the performance commenced a sudden •inking of the floor "was noticed, accompanied by the cracking of beams, and directly the en­ tire auditorium, carrying with it the stage and gallery, was precipitated into the stable be- nmth Many of wounded taken from the ,ruin s are in a crippled condition, and a number will probably die. FBOM Northern Dakota reports have been •received at Washington that Bitting Bull is being supplied with ammunition from British territory. It is said that immense quantities have been purchased ap there and shipped across the country by wagons. CHICAGO elevators contained, last week,2,832, 483 bushels of wheat; 422,403 bushels of corn; 435,254 bushels of oats; 167,091 bushels of rye, and 1,053.377 bushels of barley, making a grand total of 4,010.808 bush­ els, against 2,555.296 buehelB at this period last year Carlos S. Greely and Henry Tillard, recently appointed Receivers of the Kansas Pa­ cific railway, took possession of all the prop­ erty of that road recently under an order of the District Court of Kansas City. Robert Carr was appointed General Manager, and T. J?. Oases General Superintendent. THE Board of Indian Commissioners, con­ sisting of Gen. O. O. Howard, Hon. W. Stick- ney, A. E. Barstow, D. H. Jerome and Col. WOOH. npjjoiui«u uj IU« Gowuuieiii confer Trith the Kex Perces, with a view to an adjust­ ment of the existing difficulties relative to the poeseesion of Willow's valley, have returned to Fort Lapwai. The Commissioners held a four days'conference with the Chief -Joseph with regard to the question whether settlers or Indians are entitled to possess the valley. Good feeling and harmony characterized the conference, and it is thought the question in dispute will be amicably settled. The Christian Convention of tne Northwest held a convention in Chicago last week. Many prominent evangelists were present, and great interest was manifested. THE SOUTH. THE business portion of Magnolia, N. C_, was destroyed by fire, one night last week. Nineteen buildings, including the railroad <depot, telegraph and express offices, with their -contents were burned. The fire is supposed to have been incendiary. WASHINGTON. THE following statement, says a special to ' he New Xork Evenmj Post, taken from the «*x>ks of the Postoffice Department, shows the receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending J una 30, 1876, and will form the basis of the annual report of the Postmaster Gen- Receipts from.all sources... .$28,644,197.50 Increase ov*-r last year 1,8"2 836.91 JtependitureB of all kinds. 83,'^6:1.487.58 Decrease from last year 347,821 «7 JExceBB of expenditures over aeceipts.. 4,019,290.08 JBxoess of expenditures for previous year was.... w 6,472,126.99 Nearly the entire receipts of the department juse derived from the sale of .stamps, stamped envelopes, and postal cuCa, the receipts from these sources being .$26,879,512 10. Among the items of expenditure the follow­ ing were the principal once, viii Island traaaportatioii. .$14.7+5.845.95 Compensation of Postmasters 7,397,397.91 Clerli8 for pott< /fllces 3,48<),730. i5 Jjetter-carriew 1,980,795 02 Railway clerics. . - 1,223,710.19 Manufacture of stamp*! envelopes postal cards and wrappers £80,610.86 Foreign mail tmmpportatwn 329,123.26 The revenue from money-order bwtofiss was <120,000. IN the case of Admiral porter and otiaars. ̂ the North Atlantic squadron, against the mote Texas and Beaufort, and ten other Confeder­ ate vessels, in which $1,500,000 was claimea a decree was issued laat week in the District Court at Washington, declaring that for want of proof the captors are entitled to but one- half of the proceeds of the prizes, and that the value of the Texas was $65,520, and the Beau­ fort $12,000. THE 30th day of November has been ap­ pointed a day of intercession for the m;s*ions of the Churoh of England throughout the world. GEMEKAU ;• THS Western Wholesale Drag Association had a called meetidfe at St. Louis, recently, at which business of interest only to the uiem- ben was transacted. A bauquet was given b7 the looal members at the Linaell Hotel. • THE Methodist Episcopal Missionary Com­ mittee last week made the following appropria­ tions: Japan, 115.000; Arizona, t2,000: con­ tingent fund, f25,000; incidental expenses, *25,000- office expenses, $>14,000; and for dis­ seminating missionary information, $20,000. THE clearings of the Chicago b»nka for last week foot up a total of $21,126,033.66, being about $3,170,000 less than for the correspond­ ing week of last year: MULLINS and Hughes, the two men arrested in Chicago recently on the charge of, attempt­ ing to despoil the tomb of Abraham Lincoln of its precious contents,. were indicted by a special Grand Jury of Sangamon county for two sepa­ rate crimes--attempted larceny and conspiracy --and each was committed in default of bail in the sum of §11,000. THE case of D. W. Munn, Illinois Supervisor of Internal Revenue, indicted for complicity ia whisky-ring frauds, came to a curious end the other day before Judge Treat, at St. Louis. A demurrer was made to the indictment by the defendant, UDon the ground that it set forth that the offense was committed "in the year eighteen hundred and seventy cents," the doc­ ument BO reading. Judge Treat held that the date fixed must be held to mean 1870, and, as punishment wouM have been proscribed by the statues of limitation, he ordered a nolle prose­ qui to be entered, and Munn and , his surety were discharged. POLITIC AI>. THE official canvass of the vote in Ohio for President has been concluded, and it is found that Hayes' plurality overTilden in that State was 7,516. IT was (decided by the Louisiana Return­ ing Board to admit five representatives of each party as spectators of its proceedings, »t\A also to allow contestants to be represented by counsel at such times as the Board should designate for hearing arguments upon disputed questions. A similar provision as to publicity was made in South Carolina, the Canvassing Board having voted to allow a committee of Democrats and Republicans to be present.... Complete returns from all the counties of Ill­ inois give Hayes a majority over Tllden of 17,406. THE total vote of Ohio at the November elec­ tion was 659,757, divided as follows for Presi­ dent: Hayes, 330,698; Tilden. 323.183; Cooper (Independent), 3,057; Smith (Prohibition), 1 636 ; Walker (Anti-Secret Society), 76; Hayes overTilden, 7.516 The majority for Tilden in Maryland is officially reported at 19,709.... The official majority for Hayes in Illi­ nois is reported at 18,013.^. The Re­ turning Board of the State of Louisi­ ana met. in pursuance of law. on the 17th inst., at New Orleans, for the purpose of canvassing, the vote of that State at the recent election. The only business transacted was the reception of a plea on the part of the Democratic candi­ dates against the constitutionality of the acts of the board, and the forwarding of a com­ munication to the visiting gentlemen of both parties, requesting the appointment of committees to be present at the count. In response to this communication the Democrats appointed the following to remain here and be present to witness the counting of the votes by the Returning Board : John M. Palmer. Il­ linois ; Lyman Trumbull, Illinois; William Bigler, Pennsylvania; George B. Smith,Wis­ consin ; P. H. Watson, Ohio. THE count for President stood, Nov. 21, as shown in the table below, with Louisiana, 8 votes, and Florida, 4 votes, to be returned: FOB TILDEN. States. Votes. Alabama 10 Arkansas 6 Connecticut..... 6 Delaware. ?. 8 Georgia 11 Indiana 15 Kentucky 12 Maryland.., Mississippi. Missouri..^, jg ky ia nd 8 iPP1 J V**" States. Votes. New Jersey 9 New York 35 North Carolina 10 Tennessee 12 Texas 8 Virginia 11 West Virginia ... 6 Total 184 FOR Htm Votes. States. " Votes. New Hampshire 5 Ohio 22 Oregon 3 Pennsylvania 29 Rhode Island ., 4 Vermont 6 Wisconsin 10 South Carolina 7 Total. .173 States. California 6 Colorado 3 Illinois 21 Iowa 11 Kansas 6 Maine 7 Massachusetts 13 Michigan.............. 11 Minnesota 5 Nebraska 3 Nevada 3, Total electoral VQte ,.869 Necessary to a choice 185 VIRGINIA'S majority for Tilden is 44,244. The majority in Alabama for the Tilden and Hendricks electors is 34,383. THE official vote in Pennsylvania is as fol­ lows : Hayes, 384,148; Tilden, 366,204; Cooper, 7,204; Smith (Prohibition), 3,182. THE Supreme Court of South Carolina, a telegram savs, has issued a peremptory man­ damus to the Board of State Canvassers to is­ sue certificates to the membersof the Senate and House of Representatives appearing on the face of the returns to be elected. The final contests iu those house are to be decided by the mem­ bers themselves. This gives the Senate 18 Espublicano to 15 Democrats, and in the House, 60 Republicans to 64 Democrats. Democratic majority on joint ballot, 1. The Legislature counts the votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor and elects the United States Senator. In defiance of this mandamus, the Board of Canvassers held a session aiid issued certificates to all the members of the Legislature, except for Laurens and Edgfield counties, thus securing the majority of th>; Legislature to the Republican side, and the defeat of Hampton and the election of Chamberlain. The board also issued certifi­ cates of election to the Hayes and Wheeler electors, and to all the Republican State ticket. The board then adjourned sine die. This has caused great excitement in South Carolina. Wade Hampton, the candidate for Governor on the Democratic ticket, has issued an address to the people of the State, calling for peace and obedience to the laws, and advising them to have confidence in the decisions of the Su­ preme Court. THE official vote of Wisconsin at the recent election was : Hayes, 130,067 ; Tilden, 123,- 926 ; Cooper, 2,045. Hayes majority over Til den was 6,141. .FOREIGN • A HAKBUKO, Germany, dispatch says that the Public Prosecutor of that city has instituted proceedings against Ferdinand Keyn, late master of the German steamer Franconia, for manslaughter, in canning down tbe British Bteamef Btrathcljde, and causing the death of a number of person*; through culpable negli­ gence. Capt. Keyn was convicted in England for the came offense, but on appeal his sen­ tence was quashed for want of jurisdiction. A REOTBB telegram fcsom Calcutta states that later accounts say that 215,000 persons per­ ished rturipg the cyclonewhich passed through Eastern Bengal ontheSisfc of October. The Government ic taking active steps for the re­ lief of the distressed population of that dis­ trict The Extraordinary Grand Council of Turkey resolved, on the £!ftb, to accept the conference. It is stated that Midhat Pasha andSanfet Pasha will be the Turkish Pleni­ potentiaries. A CAI/JCTTTA dispatch of Nor. 20 gives the following account of the great tidal wave of Oot. 31: "Three iajge islands, natsKtly, Hattiab, Hundi-ey and Dakhan Sh&habazli&re. and num­ erous smaller islands snc.uded in Bacfcergunge, Nookholly ai.d Cliitta^ong, were entirely sub­ merged by the i-torm-wave of Oct. SI, as was ,I1HO tue mainland for &ve or six miles. These U 'ard* are all in or ueur the estuary at the 1th'er Mepua, The largDakhan Shahabaz- hart. was 500 rqaare ru les in extent. It iad a normi ation of about 240 0' 0. Hnttiah and 8uo- deep, tv gether, had about 100.000 population. Up t j about .11 o'clock on them^bt of the 31st there were no signs of danger, but before midnight a wave swept ov» r the country to the depth, in many places, of twenty feet, surprising the people in their beds. Dense groves of coooa- nut and palm trees around the villages enabled many to save themselves by climbiug among the branches. Some took refuge ou the tops of tht ir houses, but the water burst the houses asunder, and swept them out to sea. Some were carried thus acroes the channel, ten miles, to the Chittagong district, but the vast majority were never heard of again. The country ia perfectly flat, and almost every one perished who failed to reach the trees. There is scarcely a household on the islands, and on the adjacent coast, but lost many members. The cattle are all drowned, tne boats are swept away, and the means of communica­ tion with the other districts are destroyed. There i« much distress among the sutvivors, which the Government is relieving. The (Gov­ ernment Gazette says that wherever the storm- wave passed it is believed that not a thud of the population survived. The islands have barely one-fourth of their former inhabitants. The stench from the putrifying bodies is in­ sufferable, and a general outbreak of the chol­ era is expected. A correspondent says that this fear is happily not yet realized, except in Nookholly, where the disease has appeared." The English steamer Windsor Castle has been lost near Cape Town, Africa. Passengers and crew saved.... Her Majesty's gunboat Lap wing is reported lost in the great gale near Chafoo, China. No lives lost. HAMILTON & SON'S foundry and oar-works, covering about three acres of ground on King street, near the Don river, at Toronto, Can., LOUISIANA. The Correspondence in Regard to the Can- TUBS of the Vote. THE REPLV. The following is the reply of the Republi­ cans to the communication from the Democrats inviting a conference: NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 16, 1876. To Hon. John M. Palmer, Lewis V. Bogy. Lyman Trumbull, James O. Broadhead, W. R. Morrison, and others, present at the request of tho Cbhir- uian of the National Democratic Committee: GENTLEMEN : The majority of the under- eigned, to whom your note of the 14th iust. was addressed, only arrived in this city yester­ day evening. We have, therefore, been un­ able to reply until this morning, and c»n only regret that vour communication should have been given to the pre^s immediately upon its delivery, and without the possibility of an answer accompanying. You remark that we came at the request of the President to see that the Board of Canvassers make a fair count of the votes actually east, and ask that we meet and confer in order " that such an infiuenoe as we possess may be exerted on behalf of such canvass of the votes actually cast as by its fairness and impartiality shall command the respect and acquiescence of the American people of all parties." We join heartily with you in counsels oj peace, and in the expression of an earnest desire for a perfectly honest and just declaration of the results of the recent election in Louisiana by its lawfully constituted authorities, and we may add that we know of no reason to doubt , ... , , , that such a declaration will be made; but we were entirely destroyed by fire one morning do not see the propriety or utility of a con- lately. The buildings, with contents, were worth $350,000, and were only insured for f30,000. Two hundred men were thrown out of employment. THE British steamer Leonor and the Ameri­ can brig Frances Lewey,from Swatow for New Chwang, China, have been in collision. The latter was sunk, and six of her crew and pas­ sengers drowned The loEg-projected mar­ riage between King Alfonso, of Spain, and the daughter of the Duke de Montpensier is now reported definitely arranged. ference on the basis and subject to the limita­ tions you propose, for we fiavo no such duty imposed on us, and, as suggested by the clause of your note first quoted, we are at raost requested to be witnesses of what shall occur in the canvass of the votes, without power or legal influence over the result, or ever the means by which, under the laws of Louisiana, the result is be determined. We cannot doubt that you, upon reflection, will concur with us. We are here as private citizens, with no official poweis. We, therefore, cannot supersede or modify any laws of this State, nor have we any right to control or influence any of its officers ss to the manner iu which they shall perform the ministerial or judicial duties imposed upon the n by its law, and should we. being strangers and without of­ ficial functions, attempt this, we should be condemned by the people of every State in the Union for an "improper interference with local administration. The following extract from the laws of Louisi­ ana shows the Canvassing Board is expressly re­ quired in certain cases to exercise judicial as well as ministerial functions : SEC. 8. That in such canvass and compilation the returning officers fhall observe the following order: Tney,:shall compile, first, the statements from all polls or voting-places at which there shall have been a fair, free and reasonable registration and election. Whenever from any poll or voting- place there shall be received the statement of any Supervisor of Registration or Commissioner of Election, in form as required by Sec. 26 of this act, an affidavit of three or more citizens of any riot, tumult, acts of violence, intimidation, armed dis­ turbance, bribery, or corrupt influences which prevented or tended to prevent a fair, free and peaceable vote of all qualified electors entitled to vote at such poll or voting-place, such returning officers shall not canvass the count or compile the statements from such poll or voting- place until the statements from all the other polls or voting-places shall have been canvassed and compiled. The returning officers shall then proceed to investigate the statements of riot, tumult, acts of violence, intimidation, armed disturbances, bribery, or corrupt influence at any such poll or voting-place, and if, from the evidence of suchstate- «nent, they shall be convinced that such riot, tumult, acts of violence, intimidation, armed disturbances, bribery, or corrupt influence did not materially in­ terfere with the purity and freedom of the election at snnh poll or voting-place, or did not prevent a sufficient number of qualified voters thereat from registering or voting to materially change the result of the election, then, and not otherwise, said returning officers shall canvass and compile the vote of such poll or voting-place with those previously canvassed or compiled; but, if the said returning officers shall not be fully satisfied there­ of, it shall be their duty to examine further testi­ mony in regard thereto, and to this end they shall have powei to send for persons and papers; if, af­ ter such examination, the said returning officers shall be convinced that said riot, tumult, acts of violence, intimidation, armed disturbance, bribery, or corrupt influences did materially interfere with the purity and freedom of the electien at such poll or voting-place, or did prevent a sufficient num­ ber of thq qualified electors thereat from register­ ing and Yotinfi to materially change the result of The Situation Explained. Everybody "was undecided. No one could say with certainty that Hayes or Tilden was the next President, and in the midst of all the conflicting opinions and contradictory dispatches it was re­ freshing to fall into the company of a group of intelligent persons whose com­ prehension of the situation was general enough to give interest and weight to their estimates and conjectures. Such a group gathered on Jefferson street in front of the palace book store of Wesley Jones, late Democratic candidate for State Treasurer. There were several of the best young men of/the metropolis, easily distinguished from the common herd by their languid Sir, and their weak mustaches.1 "Aw," remarked one, "d'ye know there's a deuce of a time about this elec­ tion ?" " Wha's it all about ?" said a second. I tho't th' election was over Tues­ day." " So'twas," said the first one; "an the people were all satisfied Wednesday mawning 'bout the thing. Tilden was elected and the waw was over. Tha's wa't evewybody said. But the Hawk- Eye came out th' next mawning an' said 'twas a Democwatic lie an' 'at Hayes was elected, an' now they'll have to count thfe whole thing over again." " Dawm the Haxvk-Eye," said a third. "It is always waising a wow about something. 'Twas the Hawk-Eye 't beat Curt and Hobbs an' the west of the boys. An' now it wants to beat evwy- body on the ticket." Another best young man broke in here and attraoted the attention of the whole crowd by the startling announcement: " Vino but didn't Oooltwattttnietito*' ©lection, then the said returning olflcters shall n art ' not canvass or compile the statement of the votes the Hawk-Eye f " How'd he do that ?" chorused all the rest. " Wy, by his telegwam or something," said the last young man. " Coolbaugh says't Stone may have Louisa county'n Lee, too, 'n Tilden '11 take Illinois 'n Ohio 'n beat him yet. So the Hawk- Eye '11 have to give it up." " Lookee heah," said another, " wha's all thi* talk about acollege got to do with it?" "Wy, goodness gwacious, man," re­ plied the first speaker, "don't you know't the wepublicans want to throw the thing into the colleges because all'e stu­ dents believe in hazing, and them 't'ave been hazed can be depended on to haze all the rest. That's just a Wepublican twick to cawwy th' election." " So't is, I deolare," chorused the crowd. "See heah," said one, after a pause, " don't you know't the Wepublicans say 't 'is thing could all 'a' been fixed up yestiddy if only Bawke'd give up the Postoffice ?" "It's a lie," shouted two or three at once. " Wha's tfie Postoffice got to do 'ith electin' a Pwpsident ?" " Well, now," said the last one, " don't get so excited 'bout that. How'd I know anything 'bout it ? Tha's w'at they say.' Then there was silence, and finally one of them remarked, "Wha's all this talk about Flowida? I tho't't Flowida was a pawt of the solid South." " So't waV replied another, " 'n Cool­ baugh says't Flowida's gone Democwatic too, 'lonR with Colowado. Coolbaugh cawwied Injunaplis by fo' thousand,'n he knows more 'bout the N&shnal finances 'n any other man 'xcept Shep. Leffler." We didn't stay any longer, but wan­ dered away entirely satisfied that every department of the body politic was thor­ oughly alive to the exigencies of the hour.--Burlington Hawk-Eye. How to Buy Meats. To the housekeeper the question how to select meat, when she is purchasing for table use, is a puzzling one. Good and wholesome meat should be neither of a pale rosy or pink color, nor of a deep purple. The first denotes the dis­ eased condition, the last proves the animal has died a natural death. Good meat has more of a marble look, in con­ sequence of the branching of the veins which surround the adipose cells. .The fat, t specially of the inner organs, is al­ ways firm and suety, and never moist, while in general the fat from diseased cattle is flabby and watery, and more often resembles jelly or boiled parch­ ment. Wholesome meat will always show itself tirm and elastic to the touch, and exhibit no dampness, while bad meat will appear soft and moist, in fact, often more wet, so that the liquid substance runs out of the blood when pressed hard. Good ireat has very little smell, while the unsound meat has a disagreeable, cadaverous smell, and diffuses a certain medicinal odor. Lastly, bad meat has the peculiarity that it shrinks considera­ bly in the boiling; wholesome meat rather swells, and does not lose an ounce in weight. of such poll or voting-place, but shall exclude it from those returns; provided, that any person In­ terested in said election by reason of being a can' didate for place shall be allowed a hearing before such returning officers upon making application within the time allowed for the forwarding of re­ turns of said olection. Hence, if there are any facts requiring the judgment of the board upon the validity of any election or returning as affected by such frauds or violence, it wonld be a manifest in terference with State rights and local self- government for persons like ourselves, with out official right, to attempt to influence or contnst its judicial election. Had a corres­ ponding board in the State of New York in 1868 been authorized to p&t-s upon the fraud­ ulent returns of votes of the city of New York in that year, and a delegation of citizens of Louisiana, however respectable, attempted to influence its judicial action upon the facts pre­ sented to it under the laws of that State, such attempt would have been universally condemned. If the duties of the Canvassing Board of Louisiana were merely minis­ terial or clerical, us in the case of any officer charged by law with the duty of verifying and declaring the result of any election, and in­ vestigating, with no discretion, aa when the President of the Senate counts and declares the voteB of electors of the several States in the election of President and Vice President under the constitution of the United States, a different case would be presented. It is, in our judgment, vital to the preservation of con­ stitutional liberty that the habit of obedience to the forms of law should be sedulously in­ culcated and cultivated, and that the resort to extra-constitutional modes of redress for even actual grievances should be avoided and con­ demned as revolutionary, disorganizing, and tending to disorder and anarchy. To reduce the whole question, therefore, to the mero clerical duty of counting the votes actually cast, as proposed by you, in distinc­ tion from votes legally cast and returned, irre­ spective of the question whether they are fraudulently or violently cast, or otherwise vitiated, involves a nullification of the provi­ sions of the laws of Louisiana which have-f already been adjudicated as \ alid by the Su­ preme Court, and would be wholly unjustifiable here as well as in any other State of the Union which has provided laws to protect the rights of voters and the purity of the ballot. We cannot, therefore, concur in your proposition for a conference on that basis. Very respect fully, John Sherman, Stanley Matthews, J. A. Garfield, Ohio; Wm. D. Kelley, Pennsylvania; John A» Kasson, Iowa; E. W. Stoughton, New Yorlx; C. Irvin Ditty, Maryland; J. H. Van Alien, New York; Eugene Hale, Maine; M. 8. Quay, Pennsylvania; Will Cumback, Indiana; Ed F. Noyes, Job E. Stevenson, Ohio; John (,'oburn, Lew Wallace, In­ diana ; J. M. Tuttle, \V. A. Mc'-frew, J. W. Chap­ man, W. R. Smith, Iowa; Abner Taylor, 8. K. Haven, J. M. B. ardsley. C. 1). Karwoll, Illinois: Sidney Clark, J. 0. Hilson, Kansas. A BEJOINDEB. The following was issued by the visiting Democrats from the North: NEW ORLEANS, NOV. 17. To the Hons. John Sherman, Stanley Matthews, J. A. G irfield, W. D. Keller, John A. Kasson. E. W* Stoughton, C. Irvine Ditt.v, J. II. Van Allen, Eu­ gene Hale, M. S. Quay, Will S. Cumback, E. 8. Noyes, Job E. Stevenson, John Cohurn. Lew Wallace, John Tuttle. M. *. McGrew, J. A. Chap­ man, Wm. R. Smith, Abner Taylor, S. It. Haven, J. M. IJeardsley, C. li. Farwfil, CourtlaudtParker, Sidney Clark, J. C. Wilson GENTLEMEN : We are in receipt of your an­ swer to our letter of the 14th inst., in which you inform us of your determination not to confer with us for the purpose of exerting such influence as we may possess in behalf of such a canvass of the votes actu­ ally oast at the election in Louisiana as by its fairness and impartiality shall command the acquiescence and reepect of all parties. We sincerely regret this failure of our attempt to secure tl/e co-operation of the citjzons from other States in the furtherance of the purpose which, as we supposed, had brought them hither at this juncture. We regret it all the more because your refusal to confer and co­ operate with us appears to be based upon a se­ rious misapprehension of the language no less than the spirit of onr communication. It can hardly have escaped your notice that our state- nient of the result to be attained by the oo- ODerative action which we sought to bring about, was a simple reproduction of the lan­ guage of President Grant--at whose request we understand you are here--in his recent order to Gen. Sherman. That language was deliber­ ately used, no doubt, in view of tho fact about which, as we conceive, there can be no dispute, that the first and most essential pre­ requisite to an honest and just declaration of the result of the recent election in Louisiana is a fair and impartial canvass of the votes actually cast, and it seems to us that you do the President injustice in supposing that in speakiDg of the votes actually cast he meant votes illegally cast, as you certainly do us in­ justice by the impufation of a desire to insist upon such a narrow and vicious interpreta­ tion. In our judgment the exoresaion '1 votes ac­ tually cast" of a necessity designates votes legally cast, and, as a consequence, of such votes only did we desire to secure a fair and impartial canvass. We beg leave to say, there­ fore, that you are mistaken in the belief that we sought unduly to narrow the basis on which we invited your co-operative action, and you are no less in error in attributing to us a purpose to interfere with the legal authorities of the State in the discharge of their duties, to claim rights and to arrogate to oursolvoi powers which we do not po-jsess. In writing our letter we were fully aware that both the organization and action, whether judicial or ministerial, of the Returning Board of Louisi­ ana, were beyond any authoritative control from without, and that it would be the height of arrogance and folly to attempt to alter the laws of a State of which we are not citizens, or to obtrude our interpretation of these laws upon those whose duty it is to administer them; but we had suppose.], nevertheless, that there was an icflueuce that plight bo n&hifully ex­ erted, even by citizens of this republic who are stranger? in tills State, and we had taken it for granted that your presence here, in response to thef suggestion of the President, was a recog­ nition of iliis fact. We had supposed tkat it was not improper fcr us to remind the authorities of this State, by our mere presence at least, that there are cer­ tain rules of fairness end justice which underlie all constitutions and laws, and upon whose observance mnst depend the acquies­ cence of the people of all parties in the declared result of the Louisiana election. Rule's such as these : That no one can judge in his own case ; that the decision in any contest ought not to depend upon the mere arbitrament of one of the parties thereto ; that before such a decision is made both parties ought to be fully and fairly heard; that all questions of law ought to be decided in conformity with its es­ tablished general principles, and all questions of fact upon evidence duly piesented and weighed, are rules of universal recognition in all the States of the Union. The trial of causes involving public interest at least ought to be public, alnd all the proceedings resorted to for the purpose of determining the issues in the present electoral contest ought by their manifest impartiality to disarm the suspicion that the forms of law ha've been perverted into instruments for the violation of its spirit. In this connectioa we may be permitted to ob­ serve that while undoubtedly, as you say, a sedulous inculcation and cultivation of the habits of obedience to the forms of law is vital to the preservation of constitutional liberty, it is no less important that a refusal to yield such obedience be not provoked by using theBe forms as the means of subverting the very ends for which they were designed. Without undertaking to question the sincerity of the belief which you are at pains to express that you kuow of no reason to doubt that the Louisiana Returning Board will make a perfectly honest and just declaration of the results of the recent election in Louisiana, we deem it not improper te remind you that the presence in this city of so many citizens from all parts of the Union at this moment seems to be evidence of a widely prevalent distrust of the action of this board, and that such distrust has this foun­ dation at least, that the constitution of the board has not been changed since its returns were set aside by a Congressional committee of which the Republican candidate for the Vice Presidency was a member, and this distrust is not unnatural in view of the fact that as we understand one of the members of the Return­ ing Board is a candidate voted for at the recent election, another the holder of an office of profit and trust by the appointment of the present Executive of the national Government, while all the members of the boafd &*e believed to be in affiliation with but one of the parties to the present political contest. In view of all this it is hardiy necessary to add that the terms of our letter were not designed to prejudge the question whether the func­ tions cf the Returning Board were judicial or ministerial, or both, but simply to invite you to see with us that, whatever may be the char­ acter of these functions, they are openly, fairly and honestly discharged, and, while we thus re­ frained from any attempt at stating or con­ struing the lawB of Louisiana, we deemed it equally irrelevant to the subject of our corre­ spondence with you to allude to the duties de­ volving upon officers other than the constitu­ ents of the Louisiana Returning Board under the laws and constitution of the United States. Whether, as you observe by way of illustra­ tion, under tho constitution the President of the Senate both counts and declares the votes of the electors of the several States, his duties being purely ministerial, and not subject to the control of Congress, or whether, as has been the practice for more than eighty years, a practice inaugurated by men some of whom had been among the framers of the constitution, the votes are. to be counted under tho direction and control of the Senate and House of Representatives, is a question upon tho discussion of which we deem it no part of our duty to enter. Iu conclusion, per­ mit us to say that, notwithstanding your refusal to co-operate, we still cherish the hope that the Returning Bosrd, warned by the history of the past, and conscious that its actions are being observed by the whole world, will discharge its delicate duty with such circumspection, fair­ ness and impartiality as will give satisfaction to the American people. To tins end we will continue to labor. Should a different result follow the action of the board, we shall have the satisfaction of knowing that while you have taken the responsibility of declining to act with us, we have done all in our power to avert the consequences which may follow. Very re­ spectfully, Lyman Crumbull, John M. Palmer, Wm,. R. Mor­ rison, Illinois: Samuel J. Randall, A. G. Curtin, Wm. Bigler. Pennsylvania; J. R. Doolittle, Geo. B. Smith, Wisconsin; J. E. McDonald, Geo. W. Julian, M. D. Manson, John I.ove, Indiana; Henry Wat- terson, J. W. Stevenson, H. D. McHenry, Ken­ tucky; Oswald Ottendorfer, New York; J. B. Stallo, Ohio; Lewis V. Bogy, James O. Broadhtad, C Gib­ son, Missouri; John Lee Carroll, Wm. T. Hamilton, Maryland ; W. G. Humner, Connecticut; P. H. Wat­ son, Ohio; J. R.Caudert, New York. THE FINAI^ LETTER. The Nort' ern Republicans in Louisiana made the foliowirg raply to the Democratic note of the 17th: ' NEW ONLFARS Nov. 18. To the Hons. J. M. Palmar, Lyman Trumbull, W. R. Morrison, Samuel J. Randall, G. Curtin, William Bigler, J. R. Doolittle, George B. Smith; J. E. McDonald, George W. Julian, M. D. Man- son, John Love, Henry Watterson, J. W. Steven­ son, Henry D. McHenry, Oswald Ottendorfer, J. B. Stallo, L. V. Bogy, Jamos O. Broadhead, C. Gibsou, John Lee Carroll, w. F. Hamilton, W. G. Sumner, P. H. Watsou, F. R. Coudert. GENTLEMEN : We are gratified to learn that we have misapprehended the language and spirit of your communication of Nov. 14, and that we were in error in attributing to you a purpose to interfere with the legally constitu­ ted authorities in this State in tho discharge of their duties. Perhaps this misapprehension was the natural result of tho language em­ ployed. Your request was to " m ;ot and con­ fer with you, either personally or through committees, in order that such influence as we possess may be exerted iu behalf of such can­ vass of the votes actually cast as by its fairness and impartiality shall command the respect and acquiescence of the American people. This, as we understand it, was a request to co­ operate with you for the purpose of influ­ encing the action of the Returning Board in tho discharge of its duties. Jhe President had requested us to attend here to wituess, not to influence, such canvass, and knows that such request by him was not intended to limit to wit­ nessing the countof the votes actually cast, but the entire proceedings of the board in reaching a result as to the votes legally cast to be count­ ed. We are gratified to learn that you concur with the President and with us in this under­ standing. You also state you are "fully aware that both the organization and action, either judicial or ministerial, of the Returning Board of Louisiana was beyond any authoritative control from without, and that it would be the height of arrogance and folly to attempt to alter the laws of a State of which we are not citizens, or to obtrude our interpretation of the laws upon those whoso duty is to adminis­ ter them." We may, therefore, as we think, assume that you will agree with us that it would be arrogance equally to attempt by our concerted action to influence the proceedings or result of the courts of justice or of boards acting judicially, and hence we are gratified r.t being able, from the language and ten r of your letter, to assume that you did not wish to confer with us for the purpose of influencing the action of the Returning Board, but only to securs Puch co-ope ration on onr part as would enable us jointly with yourselves to witness the proceedings throughout. A con-, ference for such a purpose would now seem to be unnecessary, as we learn from a commu­ nication just received from the board, which appears to us to accomplish what by your ex­ planatory note you desire to attain by the pro­ posed conference. We will add that it is very apparent that if your wish is to see a fair ana honest expression of the electoral vote of Lou­ isiana, there is no difference between ourselves and you except as to our conduct in reference to that result. You have ' proposed a conference and active associated influence. This we regard as beyond our duty or ou privilege as individuals. We shall be happy at all times to confer with you. and as individuals to co-operate in whatever shall be right, but concerted action for the purpose of influencing an official board we hold to fee beyond our privilege, and we shall hope that all may come to pass which good citizens can wish without tho use of any such means. We remain^ gentlemen, very respectfully, John Sherman, Stanley Matthews, J."A. Garjield, Ohio: K w. Stoughton, J. Van A lieu. New York; w. D. Kelley, Pennsylvania; Job E. Stevenson* Ohio; Eugene Hale, Maine; J. M. Tuttle, J. W. Chapman, William R. Smith. W. A. McGrew, Iowa; Sidney.Clark, J. C. Wilson, Kansas; C. B. Farwell, Abner Taylor, J. M. Beardsley, 8. R. Haven, "li. nois; John Coburn, Will Cumback, Indians; S. Irving Ditty, Maryland. The Man Who Has Been to the Centen­ nial Exhibition. « A bashful-appearing man stepped into the Enquirer editorial room the other evening, and edging up to the table of the managing editor, hat in hand, saia in a hesitating way : " You like little items for your paper, I suppose?" " Cer­ tainly," replied Mr. Cockerill, " a news­ paper, like life, is made up of little items. What have you to offer?" "Well," said the bashful man, playing with his hat-band, " my name is Smith --John Smith--and I've just got home.** "Glad to see you back again; Mr. Smith," said Cockerill, "been gone long?" "I have been," saiid Mr. Smith, with a tremor of pride in his voice, " ta the Centennial, and if you want to make a little notice " " What!" cried Cockerill, springing to his feet, "youVe been to the Centennial? And you've got back? Give us yonr hand; I'm de­ lighted to see you. Spear, let me intro­ duce you to John Smith. John l^w been to the Centennial!" Spear shook hands very warmly with Mr, Smith, and then ran to the aperture communicating with the reporters' room and shouted : "O'Snauglinessy, come in here, quickj here's a man that's been to the Centen-. niai." Then O'Shouglinessy bounced in, followed by his assistants, all of whom embraced the bewildered Smith warmly, and expressed the gratification it afforded them to meet a man who had been to the great national Exhibition^ Word got down stairs somehow, and Joe McDowell, Bill Small and Uncle Joe Shadenge came up stairs at a tearing rate, to gaze upon the individual who had been to the Exhibition. It was too much for the modest man to bear, and, murmuring something about making an item of his return if they wanted to, he hurried out just in time tolmeet on the stairs the foreman and thirty-two com­ positors, all eager to get a glimpse of the main who had " been to the Cen­ tennial."--Cincinnati Saturday Night. The Tengeanee of a Fly. A poor man died a few years ago in the hospital at Paris from a car bun ol# produced by the poisonous puncture of a fly. 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