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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.

MAINE.
AUGUSTA Dec 1.-The MaHe Electoral Col
lego met In the state House tins ar,ornooa. Amos
NOurse OF Bath chosen President mo EsVors theh
adjourned until TO morrow
NEw-HAMPSIuRE.
CONCORD. Dee 1.-The New Hampshire Pres
denal Electors to-day, aud organized by choosing
loci Eastman President aud Is. f. Prescott Secretary
Adjourned until tomorrow
VERMONT.
MONTPELIER Dec. 1.-The Presidential Elec-
tors of this state consisting or the Hon George W
Grnndey of Vergennes, Horace Fairbanks. esq or "
~ Rmtland the Hon r. W. Clark OF Brattleboro. and
thc Han George W. wilkins OF stowe District Electors,
assembed IN this place to-day Ihey orgho Aeyyu of
election OF Con. Grandey as President ana Col ~,
tho lat District Secretary, and then adJonrnou uh'
MASSACHUSETTS, -
RosrON Dec. 1.-The Presidential BEStoss
-, Nassnchuses met this afternoon In the Scna,s VA
30 IA orcenizea by the choice OF John " Chnoru %
President and wlliaia whiting Secretary Iho' 'n "
iourned until 10 morrow.
A,,,xv Dec 1. The Electoral College oil
,his state met Mt the Capitol at o'clock ids
and wes called to order by seersary OF Sago .s u;
Ihrce Eleetors-chares r. Loew ana EuwIu Son Us "
an.i Nth Cornelius W. Armstrong, ana Marvin
=, ~. gare appolntea to ll tho vacancies ION BIO
cum was chosen President aud De MIL " west anS
Samuel North, Seoretato@ INV N"A'S' ~ "'
until tomorrow morhihk
c,yc,vN,rI. Dec. 1.-The Presidential Electors
., M atate of Ohio assembled In Columbus this morning
~ Wo,oev Dorsey was nominated TO All the vacancy Il
| tho College. oausod by tho ueasn VI ohooN Ao@ III
| Electors will vote tomorrow,
| CALIFORNIA.
| GAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-The Supreme Cour
| an f, bench to-day Unanimously decided that Honma
Republican, Is ent.tod To the once OF Eector ln
gives full Electoral voto OF tho state to Grant M
| ColflI
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

A large meeting at Cooper Institute las! night
sent to the Governor of Pennsylvania an earnest
appeal in behalf of Hester Vaughan, the poor
woman in Philadelphia, convicted-on INSULT
cient grounds, as many beleve-Of numbering
her infant child. The meeting was not wholly
free from that Incorporate spirit which seems
essential to the advocacy that some give to
the Rights of Woman, but its general temper
was good, and its influence is sure to be felt
for good
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

The fire ut Fort Lafayette, yesterday, is
another lesson against the filmsy character oi
the barracks so commonly erected ihslde our
defensive works. The magazine was not ex-
ploded, and nobody was hurt; but the heavy
armament of the Fort was seriously injured by
the intense heat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

Chief Justice Chase, in the case coming be-
fore him at Richmond, has sustained the con
stitutionality of the Confscation acton the
ground that in cases involving it, tried befcse
the full bench of the Supreme Court, neither
the Bar nor the Court questioned its eonstitu
tionality. He expressed the hope, however,
that it might be brought before the fun Court
in such a shape as to secure a positive express
sion Oh the subject.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

The speculative gambling has reached its
legitimate conclusion in Chicago in the end of
the last corner in Corn. The "shOrts" settled
their losses by repudiatiDg-as the dispatch tells
us-about twenty-five thousand dollars A few
more such settlements will have n more decided
effect in breaking up the gambling and rcstor-
ing business to legitimate basis, than ali the
solemn resolutions of the Board of Trade.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

In the decision of the Taylor will case at
White Plains yesterdays case involving over
half million collars worth of property-the
woman who had lived for years with Mr..
Taylor as his vile, without actual marriage,
was held to be his legal wife, and the Off
spring were admitted as heirs. The verdict
seems to us righteous, and likely TO be pro-
ductiye of good
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

DR.. John p. GGrrish, the well-knOwn oph-
thalmo surgeon aud lecturer will deliver MS intro
iuctory lecture on Ophthalmc and AurO Medicine and
surgery at the Cosmopolitan Hospital Rooms, corner OF
broadway and Thiriy-fourth-st, on Tomorrow Thurs-
day. evening No charge Is made for tickets OF adms-
eon The profession students Of medicine aud tho pub
liz are invited 10 attend
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

4 motion has finally been enteredbefore Chief
Justice Chase to quash the proceedings against
Jefferson Davis and it is to be heard in few
days, Richard II. Dana appearing for the Gov
eminent. The motion comes mono to soon.
Mr.. Davis should have been tried or dismissed
years ago. We hope 1t may now be found
possible to do one or the other
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

Ex-Gov. Eyre has been again on trial FOR his
method of suppressing the Jamaica outbreak.
This time vengeance came in the shape OF an
action for 10000 damages, brought by man
named Phillips, whom the Governor in these
days of terror had caused to be imprisoned and
logged. The court had not rendered its de-
cisiop Mt the date of our last advices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

1t looks as if the ambition of Gen. Prim
would prevent Spain from achieving KepuD-
lean triumph The revolution will DO imper-
feet unless it leads to absolute freedom. we
had hoped to find among these intrepid leaders
a second Washington, and we had fondly
trusted in Prim az the Liberator and Pacih-
Gator This hope seems to be passing away
Spain loses the Bourbons but what does she
Gain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

The lawyers on both sides in the Erie contro-
yersy probably regard the matter rs sereney
"A tie Scotch barrister. who, being retained by
the plaintiff in a case, WAS obliged to refer the
defendant to one of his professional brethren,
which he did in the following cOuplet:
Here be twa fat geese GANG to law thegither
DO ye pluck the ano an III plnck the thor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

Three of the gentlemen whom the enormous
frauds in this City made Presidential Electors
for the State of New-YOrk failed to make their
appearance at the meeting yesterday at Albany
-Messrs. Chas. L. Loew, Edward Jones, and
James McQuade. The Electors filled the va
cancies by the selection of Samuel North, Z.
w. Armstrong, and Marvin NJ. Jones
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

necessity or the honor of the Government
Pledge yourself to this now, and you will be
better able next week to begin the work of
remorseless retrenchment, and to hold out
against the unending opportunities with which
Won are sure to be beset.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

The Supreme Court of California has settled
the "informalty as to one of the Grant
Electors there, and brought the Democratic
gamblers to grief The full electoral vote OF
the State will be recorded to-day for Grant
nnd CnlfnY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

The United States having provided resi-
dence for Gen. Grant, no has sold his present
one TO the Mayor of Washington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

The declaration of the vote OF New olH oy
the State Canvassers, shows an even ten thou-
sand majority for SeymOur-being thlrty-Seven
more votes than were allowed him in our last
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

The decision of the Commissioners of Inter
nal Revenue on the Redistribution OF low w'neS'
conforming the rules of the Bureau TO the re-
cent opinion of the Attoney-General' is gwen
in our Washington dispatches.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

servatives, Liberal majority of liz. Mr.. Dis
raeli is preparing for leaving the Government
and will not propose any new names for the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

Weston's fye-thousand-m mile walk from Ban
cor to ST. Paul, and back through ClncinhaV'
to our City Hall, began yesterday afternoon.
He is due opposite THE TRIBUNE ONCE IN just
one hundred days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

The returns from the English Elections have
now all been received. According TO the clas-
sifcation of The London Times. there will DO
In tho next House 3S4 Liberals and 2H Con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

Ex-Treasurer Volney Dorsey has been Sc
lected by the Presidential Electors OF ONO 10
fill the vacancy caused by the lamented dea'h
of Gov. David Tod
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

The Indianians in Washington welcome the
Vice. President elect and his bride by COLI
gratulatOry call next Monday evening"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

The attention Of newspaper prqprie'or' "nu !.
is directed to the advertisement 10 'ouin"
another column.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

special treaty to defend American interests
and citizens if tho Panama authorities fal 10
do SO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE will be ready TINS
Morning at O'Clock, In wrappers for mailing Tiice
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

Our columns contain this morning the sad
story of the suicide of a respectable klepto-
maniac
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02

The New Hampshire Women's oun'"S'
Convention will meet IN Concord On she saa in''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-02
Rneintss HOtitts.

GoRHAM ELECTRO PLATE, at prices eS'"o
H.bed BY the Manufacturers 49,,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-10-15
The Graham Affidavit.

Editors OF the Register:
1t seems from Mr.. Wm. p. Graham's
very interesting affidavit that Mr.. J. n.
Camden's declaration, even in the worse
language of this honest aflidavitmaker,
whose right place, on his Own Showing
was ain the Southern Army" did not
save his Burning Springs property from
complete and purposed destruction by
the "robels." 1t was well-known at the
time, and universally spoken of, that
one chief object of the "raid" then made
was to destroy that property, because it
was Mr.. Camden's. He lost by this
wanton destruction from ten to twenty
Thousand dollars.
William p. Graham, on the I'd Of Oc-
tober, makes an affidavit to show that his
rigM place Was in the Southern army, that
he was SO regarded, and that Mr.. Cam
den's property could only be protected
by conciiiating such men as he was
Where was Billy Graham when the
large and valuable property was de-
stroyed by his friends.
Bill Graham and Jim Watson, the
affidavit man in Philadelphia, affirm
their own shamelessness, as the latter
declares his own pcTjury-the latter be-
cause he was not paid enough for his
villainy; the former because he was not
paid enough for his Southern services
They are proper tools of the party which
uses them.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-10-15
Yellow Covered Literature and the
N1ormons.

The Western Christian AdrOcdte Gays
Not long since we met clerical gentle
man of another denomination, who was
returning from a tour of observation in
the Western Territories. Among the
multitude of remarks that he made,
there was one fresh and singular that
we wish to put on record. He stated
that the greatest enemy Brigham Young
had to contend with was that class OF
sensational novels which has been desig-
mated "yellow covered" literature
These novels, in which the staple of the
story is a handsome young lover, pro.
fuse in glowing protestations of eternal
love and devotedness for the lady of his
love and her alone, who perils his life
to rescue her frsm those who oppose
their love, have taken strong hold on
the imagination Of the female portion
of Mormondom, especially the young
and unWedded ones. The books are
secretly circulated, and the poison has
spread throughout the whole comnu'
nifty of Utah. The elders of the church
have hurled their anathemas against
this pernicious literature, but youth and
trade contend successfully with bigotry
and elderly care, and good trade is
carried on in the prohibited article
Our friend thinks that, as soon as the
railroad reaches Salt Lake, the fecilities
it will offer to runaway lovers, will
make Cheyenne a good place for minis,
tcrs' perquisites, that marriage fees will
be frequent. Outside of any specula
tion in it, we rejoice in any plan which
tends to the destruction of the hated
social system which hides itself in th'
wilds of Utah.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-10-15
he State Elections

, lave returns from the recent elections
d less favorable result than we
',' ''f Oh Tuesday night. Pennsyl-
Ia which We had hoped to carry,
+. SODO against us by small majority.
Ina Is exceedingly close, both par
Y a'ei'hg II, and will be carried in
.'''mOor by the most active and con-
workers. The general result
- I'ss lie Presidential contest in con.
rt,,''e ''O'e doubt. Diligeut and unre.
GS G"DS ezeFtion on the part of the
>rr,' >'A'' will carry Pennsylvania for
,.n'N o'N IN November aud thus
,.r DIS election. While we
,., 1--we that in spite of TUESDAYS
-, ''' naFd work will win back Penn.
- -L'a' We would not underrate the
,r,, ~, De' recent verdict may have. II
H.. ~ compels the Democrats, to .
~ " take off their coats and leav,
6M, ~, spared to secure the great enc
D, ,, ~, '"Oor.' If they come squared
s,N - 'ue business before them there i
Tia, uPie ground of hope. We tlus
f., al will derive from the late de
On, o" incentive to exertion SO tha
6ns, temporary adversity may com
'nd glorious triumph.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-10-15
Succe.sfuI search.

Mr.. l. affronted his wife, who, to
punish him, resolved to act dumb when
ever he was present, and so well did she
maintain her resolution, that nearly a
week passed away during which not
word did she utter in his presence. She
performed her household duties as usu.
al, but speak she would not. He tried
to coax her out of her whim, but IN
vain. At last he tried the following
plan to overcome her resolution, by
working on her curiosity-the most I'M
governable of female propensities. he
turning one evening from his employ
ment, his lady sat there as usual, mute
He Immediately commenced vigorous
search throughout the room. The closet
was examined, the bedroom drawers
boxes, shelves; everything that could
be thought of was overhauled. bis
wife was struck with astonishment at
his unaccountable behaviour; and as
he proceeded in his search, she became
nervously anxious to find oat what he
was looking for. What could it be !
She looked in his face, to CLEAN, if pos,
sible, from his expression, the object Of
his search; but no 60, he was sober as 8
Judge. He lifted the edge of the carpet
locked under the table cover and finally
approached her chair, looked under it,
and even went so far as to brush hel
dress partially aside, as if what he
sought might be there. She could stand
it no longer. She burst out-"Bob
what are you looking for 7" He smiled
and answered." Your tongue, and
have found it ~
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-10-15
The Effect at Home.

How will Tuesdays elections affect
the contest in West Virginia There
are many reasons for believing that ad-
verse results in other States will not
materially prejudice our cause in West
Virginia. We are fighting here under
peculiar circumstances. The National
issues, important as they are, do not in
terest our people more than home ques-
tions. The Democratic party OF West
Virginia are opposing State policy
which is so unjust and tyrannical that
quiet submission thereto, while legal
remedies ale available, is not to be
thought of. Prescription makes no con-
verts.
In other States men may be influenced
by Republican successes to become Re-
publican voters. Not so here. Every
Republican success hero is but an addi-
tional guarantee of imposition and
wrong; it but furnishes. a stronger metive
for opposition and exertion. With each
succeeding year of Republican rule in
this State our burdens become more in
tolerable; our liberties are still more en-
dangered. As the load becomes heavier
we strive for relief: as the danger
grows upon US we labor to avoid it.
Thus it is with US, and though the
whole country should sanction Radical
ism, the Democracy of West Virginia
could not abate one jot of their opposi-
tion thereto.
For four years we have been fighting
Radicalism in West Virginia. Our
record in this State has shown Il series
of defeats from each of which we have
risen with new strength and unabated
zeal. Beaten in 1864 by majority of
more than $4,000, We have to-day q ma
jority of the registered votes of the
State. II we choose we can redeem her
from Radical hands at the coming elec.
ton. The Radicals themselves fear that
their downfall is impending. Troops
have been stationed in Marion county
to overawe the people and fright them
nom the polls. Registration infamies
unparalleled have been perpetrated.
Threats and violence and the mob ar
sument are now being used to compel
Radical success. These things merely
show the extremity to which the Rad-
calls are driven. They fear defeat, aad
if the Democrats SO will, their fears
will be realized.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-10-15
Rend the silent Argument

There is one mode of reaching the
popular heart that will have its effect
in every community; that is the silent
reflection of the people; every house
hold can see the changed condition OF
our once happy country. The New
York Erpress has well said that every
where, on every side, in every home
and at every hearth-stOne is q Demo-
cratic argument-such as
"The double price of tea; the triple
price of sugar, the double price of cloth
ing; the velocity and volume with
which property in almest every part of
the country is running from the poor to
the rich in consequence of the lnequall-
ty and injustice of taxation; the de-
struction of our foreign commercial ma
rine; the Punishment of all gold and
silver as coin, and the universality of
paper; the downfall of the Constitution
every where; the substitution of con-
solidated for Federal form of Govern.
ment; the overthrow of the right Of trial
by Jury, of the habeGs corpusI among ten
mi llions of our people; the snjugation
of eight millions of white men in the
South to three or four millions OF ne
grJes; tho reign of carpet-baggers IN
Congress (generally runaways from the
North), assuming to represent the
whites and negroes in the South"
All these are Democratic arguments
every mans mouth, and are present
more or less everywhere, in every house,
cottage and cabin.-Pittsburgh Post.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-10-15
Twenty Thousand Dollar. Worth.

Mr.. Edwards Pierrepont sends S20,-
900 to A. I. Stewards Grant Committee
to avert the calamity" of the election
of Seymour and Blair, which in his
. judgement would "reduce the value of
our property one-half."
1t is quite natural, perhaps, that
Judge Pierrepont should judge OF the
country's prosperity, and of its causes,
and its causes. And we are not prepar-
ed to contend that, so far as he himself
is concerned, his computation may not
be correct.
Capitalizing Judge Pierrepont's in
come for the last six or eight years, de-
rived from his profitable intimacy at
the War Office with Secretary Stanton,
by the procurement of fat contracts
and the prosecution of doubtful claims,
species of emolument not esteemed by
all members of the legal profession as
the most legitimate, or pure, and vary
ing in amount, according to the success
which that intimacy insured;-capital.
izing that income, it is not strange that
the election of Seymour and Blair should
seem to Judge Pierrepont calamity
likely W TtuuCG INC NSluO VI Hto plOPSL-
ty oRe-half.
Indeed, we should say that the elec-
tion of fSeymour and Blair would destroy
that source of Judge Picrreponts in
come altogether, and, considering how
large a proportion of it is obtained in
that unprofessional manner, we agree,
too, that it "might confuse and para
lyze his business" in most disagreea-
BILE manner.
But the point of the Judges error lies
in reasoning from his own situation to
the country's. For the fact is, that
the country is benefited in just the pro-
portion that jobbery in the War De-
partment is stopped. And while he may
look at the prospect of nOn-contlnu-
ancc of the Stantonian regime with
more than twenty thousand dollar tre-
pidation, his tax paying fellow citizens
must take exactly the opposite view,
and rejoice, with joy unspeakable, that
the reign of the thieves and corruption
lists at Washington is to be ended by
the elections to-day, and ended, too,
the jobbery and the profits of all their
toil.-World.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-10-15
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE !
Burning of the Steamboat
william Butler.

The steamer VIM. Butler, lying at eur
wharf, took fire about two o'clock this
morning, end before the flames could be
extingui shed she was burned to the wa
ter's edge. She had been at the landing
but all hour or two when the disaster
occurred. The passengers escaped, but
managed to save little of their baggage.
There was large number of mules on
The boat; only four CT five were driven
off and saved. There was but little or
no freight aboard, and that was badly
damaged. The VIM. Butler was owned
by Capt VIM. Knight, of Millersport,
Ohio. We did not learn the extent of
the loss, nor the amount of insurance.
The machinery may be saved, but the
boat is a total wreck.
1t was feared the Rebecca and other
boats at the wharf would suffer, but for
tunately the flames did not spread be-
yond the Butler.