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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-01
For the Dispatch
EncreduIOsas.


II cannot be. We do not believe it !
What, General Grant steal the preS'dency-
eclipse the big. stupendous robbery OF the
Credit obilier. Throw the record o. ms
military fame to the dogs Pass down the
roll of history as a political blachleg! Dis
inherit his children OF the fair renown that
will emblazon the family escutcheonS Oh,
no, We cannot drop him in our estimation
into such d pit of disgrace as that.
We have old Scotch blood in our
veins. and would say to him, he
not the tool of any party. Ii
the country has declared for Tilden. take
the earliest opportunity to throw OPPOSE
ton to the winds. Never mind If the coun-
try is wrong,,yeu said "the will Of the peo-
ple is the lawssI the land" That Is grand
sentiment-the base Of all republican gov
eminent. The people have declared in q
manifest majority for Tilden, and you Will
Gain the high esteem OF all honest men by
sustaining their action. Never mind If the
Democratic party have Interior designs
against the Union never mind If they will
ATTEMPT to nulIify the constitutional
amendments and reconstruction acts i;
never mind IL they should cry "Havoc,"
and let slip the do g of war, the people can
take care of the Union without consulting
anv party. What the country wants now
is respect paid to public honor, to national
dignity. 1t Is impossible Mr.. Hamilton Fish
could agree to rob and pick the pocket OF
Mr.. 1ilden of one hundred thousand dol
lars and be considered an accomplished
thief; that Morton could lose all regard
for moral principle, and seek the
notoriety that belongs to the names in
Newgate calendar; that Sherman could
place himself at the command Of parcel OF
bdndiHi conspirators to effect a purpose
which to name is indecent and to carry ont
would shock the civilized world. No.
This is not party question. why, COM
mon gambler pays when he loses, and gives
up the stakes. Shall the Republican party
be so low as to hold on to the miserable
spoils of Office when their tenure is declared
by the voice of the country at an end3 We
think not.
Surely there is n basis OF goodness in
most men. When bad predominates over
our better nature it is to that extent lunacy.
A word at times dissolves the spell. OF SIN.
Jul Mathematician guilty resolve, and
again clothes the spirit in all the high attri.
butes OF humanity. If mad ambition will
persist in carrying into the temple of liber.
ty an unrighteous banner, and despoil il
of the shechinah of human freedom to
choose a ruler and chief of the nation, then
it must expect the moral vengeance OF the
people to overtake the aggressors. In vain
has been laid the bases OF q republic fol
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of any party. In
vain has conquest extended the limits
of dominion and sagacious counsels
convened to throw all the elements
of perpetuity around. Full soon will the
outworks give tokens Of disruption-the
hectic signs of dissolution appear. 1t may
struggle for time with it's silent antagonist,
but must pass on to the hopeless stages OF
decay till it ultimately falls into PROSTATE
ruins. A. ).
Milford, Va.
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The Speaker.

There has been much discussion az 70
who shall be Speaker Of the House.oi Rep
resentatives. We have looked upon the
question as already settled. We feel CONT q.
dent that Congress thinks Of nobody but
Mr.. RANDALL, Of Pennsylvania. We look
upon 1t as settled by two facts: The plain
indication Of the opinion Of Congress was
expressed when KERR was elected; and sec
ondly, the settled conviction that no one
that has been since tried Is at oil compare
BILE to RANDALL. Indeed, be should have
been elected instead Of KERR, who, although
an able and stainless public man. had not
the physical vigor required by the ofhce'
while he was otherwise not equal as pre-
siding officer to RANDALL, whose self-pos'
session and familiarity with, parliamentary
proceeding are eminently needed at the pre-,
sent session OF the House OF Representa-
tives
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from the New York Herald OF yesterday
The South Carolina Interference,

1t ought to be remembered that the inter-
ference of the President with troops in
South Caroliua has no relation to the cleo
toral vote of the State and can find no eX-
cuse in such plea therefor. The troops
were used by the President to control by
the force OF bayonets the organization Of
the State legislature. Federal soldiers took
possession of the State House, admitted to
the Legislative hall such persons as Gem
eral Grant chose to admit, and kept out
those whom it did not suit his purposes to
letin. -......-s,!E
Now, where in the Constitution does the
President find authority given him for de-
Gliding who are and who are not members
Of State Legislaturey His duty is to
"protect" State against invasion or edo
nestle violence" on the declaration Of a
Legislature or Governor that these are una
BILE, with the State forces, to repulse inva-
sion or repress violence. There has been
no violence in South Carolina, as everybody
knows. There has not even been threat
of domestic violence although the
Constitution is careful to warrant
no interference on the mere excuse Of
threats. Where. then, does the President
get his authority? And il in SO grave q
matter as this he has acted without author
ity must be not be held responsible2 II he
may post troops in the South Carolina State
House, and take upon himself or delegate
to any other person to decide who are and
who are not members Of the South Carolina
Legislature, why shall he or some successor
of his not do the same thing In New York,
or in Massachusetts, or in Ohio? When
Federal soldiers removed from the Louisiana
Legislature in 1874 members pointed out to
them by an agent of Governor Kellogg the
public resented the outrage, but the Presi-
dent was not held to his responsibility for q
clearly unconstitutional act because 1t was
said there was no danger that it would ever
be repeated. To-day we see it repeated.
Nor is this all. So unjust and inexcusa-
BILE was the Presidents violation OF the Con-
stitution in his interference In Louisiana
that Republican Congress felt itself forced
by public opinion and by the facts deyel-
oped ON an investigation to replace In their
seats the very men whom the Federal troops
had by bayonsts expelled from the Lsgis!a.
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A PRESIDENTIAL BACK Down Washing
ton, November 29.-It is stated on good
authority that in his message to Congress
the President will attempt to escape the
responsibility for the use made OF troops IN
Columbia yesterday. This was the way he
attempted to sneak out Of the Louisiana In
reference in Jan uary, 1875. He will claim
that he simply directed such disposition OF
the troops as would be calculated to preserve
order and prevent collision between the
two opposing factions, and that to insure a
wise disposition Of the troops the Secretary
of War directed the commanding officer to
consult with Governor Chamberlain. With
these two officials rest. certainly, the re-
sponsibllity for the use OF the soldiers as
guard to keep the people out Of the State
House.-Special dispatch to the Gazette.
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HAYES WILL GET LoUIsIANA.-Ne1 w.
leans, November 29.-The Pinkston muir
der, on which the Republicans laid the
greatest stress as q case OF intimidation,
broke down to-day, although the Returning
Board made strenuous efforts to keep out the
rebutting testimony. Ex-Governor Palmer,
OF Illinois, and other liberals on the north
ern Democratic committee, are now satisfied
that politics had nothing to do with the
murder. The charge of political in
timidation was trumped up by Kellogg, and
the witness was suborned to help the plot
on with perjury. The dramatic spectacle
OF q poor colored woman brought in on q
sofa to relate the murder OF her husband
and her babe, and the attempted murder OF
herself, was cunningly devised to work or
the feelings Of the northern committeeman
The brutal fraud partly did its work yester-
day, but the reaction to-day is plainl!
shown in indignation freely expressed
by all but the strictest Radical partisans.
The Board win hear no testimony
after Friday, aud will probably re-
turn the Hayes electors on Satur'
day or Monday. Kellogg is armlnS
the police. and making great show OF pre-,
pairing to meet trouble. He pretends thal
| there is ground to fear collision, and thai
the situation threatens danger. This is par'
OF the Radical programme to back up the
villainy OF the Returning Board by armed
force. The city is quiet tonight, as 1t mas
been through all the uncertainty since tue
election. It will remain so. There viii D.
no outbreak, no collision-nothing but
peaceful submission. The people will look
to higher authority than Kellogg for Jus
tice.-Special dispatch to the Baltimore
| Enzetfe .r
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RETURNS TO BE CHANGED.-St. Louis,
November 29.-In the Metcalfe-Frost case
Judge Lindley this morning ordered per-
emptory mandamus to issue compelling the
county clerk to change the returns Of pre-
cinct No. 81 from 292 for Frost to 272, as
was originally written, and to certify the
returns of the Third congressional district
to the Secretary of State, in conformity with
this order. This will give Metcalfe, the Re-
publican candidate, 9 majority,
Counsel for respondent asked the Court
to delay the issue OF peremptory writ until
they could decide whether to take nm appenl
or to apply to tie Court OF Appeals for writ
OF error. The opposite counsel conseDting
to this, the matter so rests till Friday, when
argument will be heard. Meanwhile the
alternative writ of sndndamas issued some
days ago remains in force.
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Morton TO the Fore.
RAKING UP PRECEDENTs FOR THE BENEFIT o
" THE SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS.
Especial dispatch to the Times.]

Special dispatch TO the 1lnes.J
WASHINGTON, November 2S.-In CONVEX
sation tonight Senator Morton said he
thought he should make an effort, lmmedl-
ately on the assembling OF Congress, to get
the Senate to take up and pass the bill which
he introduced at the last session to provide
for and regulate the counting OF the cleo
toral vote. He predicts that Congress at
this session will entirely revise the Electoral
College system, and that the task will be
accomplished and a President elected be-
fore the 9Th Of March without any conflict or
bloodshed. He has evidently been study
ing up the South Carolina situation, and has
worked out the cue for bis less able brethren.
He says the Republicans in the Legislature
there have good precedent to prove they
have quorum. There are 1l8 members
elected, and they have sixty. That. is a
quorum of the actual membership, and he
says Congress in 1862 and 1863, and the In
diana Legislature, under his lead, IN 1869,
established the precedent that quorum was
certain part OF the actual, and not OF the
possible, membership. Morton has shaved
off his moustach, is much better in health,
and looks ten years younger than ut the
close OF the last session.
n(But those were war measures. and there
were no other bodies claiming to be Con-
gress or to be the Indiana Legislature. The
white House in South Carolina has tile ma
iority OF the members actually elected
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M~ THIRD SUPPLY OF WINTEF

n1a THIRD SUPPLY OF WINTER
GOOD Just received ut L. STERN & cos Dry
foods house, 52S Broad street, between Fifth and
Sixth streets.
Having Just received a very large stock OF goods
from the late New York bankrupt sales, we are moi
able to meaion all the bargains we have therefore
only cali your attention to few cut OF thousands o.
34c. KID GLOVES, worth 81; ,s1.25 KID
GLOVES for 45c. The best judges or these
goods have pronounced them the cheapest arucie
ever sold In this city. Call early. -.
As BLANKETS for 1926; 90 BLANKETS for
1915. Look at them! OK. 49,
400 sHAWLS for ladies and misses from 2oc' up
The hast BOULEVARD SKIRTS for Soc;
REMNANTS BLACK yELVETEEN at 3Oc.;
sSew PRINTS and PERCALES at 6 and &c.;
CASSIMERES WATERPROOFS, B FAVE R.
CLOTHS, CLOAKINGS-a good assortment ut
our NOTION stock Is we'll assorted with the latest
STYLES RIBBONS, COLLARS and CUES, TIES
SOAPS, PEREUMERY, C9R SETS III .SrI L ATs
BIBS, ACE COL Al ), bhACs.LEAS'
COMBS and BRUSHES, &C.;
The largest stock or ladies' and gentlemen hASO-
KERCHIEES In the city from &c. 70 ~;
Ladies and gentlemen's UNDERWEAEn speciaisy,
New BUSTLES just opened; something nsnosome
{ In CARDINAL RED BUSHES. Zone ano
look at them ut L. STERN CQ.S.
5g3 Broad street. between F1fth ana Sixtn.
New goods received daliF. Ao 90
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Still Parading the Ghost

The ultra Radicals of the North, prolopg-
ing their lives only by holding on to the
"bloody shirt" as leeches live by sucking
blood from the veins Of the living, are as
10th to let so as are the lecches. They lose
no opportunity to maintain their hold.
Poor Mr.. DAVIS is reported as having AZ
rived at New York, and forthwith that
brutalized Radical sheet, the Times, sets its
hounds to nose him out. But they did not
succeed in finding him. Nevertheless the
Times carries out its purpose Of making a
mendaciously mean'' article about Nh.
DAVIS. 1t says that "Goyernor TILDEN
Uniformed Times reporter that be
"had not been called upon by the
eX-President of the rebel Confede-
crazy" Ii the boot-black and shoe
shine" of the Times called upon Mr.. TILDEN
at all he was probably directed SO to call
upon him to make the inquiry with view
to involving that gentleman in some suspi-
cion. And if the discriminating interrogation
did reach Mr.. TILDES, and was vouchsafed
an answer to his inlpertinence, Mr.. TII.DEN
gave no such answer rs that reported. The
words that "he had not been called upon !"
by Mr. DAVIS were intended to imply that
call from Mr.. DAVIS was expected by Mr..
TILpEN, and would have been in conformity
with the custom Of the gentleman styled by
the Times "the eX-President OF the rebel
Confederacy." 1t was intended to show u
great sociability between Mr.. TILDEN and
Mr.. DAVIS to arouse the preiudices of the
northern people. But this was only hit In
passing. This concluding sentence of the
Times is the main point:
"Many persons believe that the rebel ex-
President did arrive here on the Adriatic,
and started south Immediately upon bis
arrival. They believe, also, that his secret
actions portend some rash movement in the
South"
Exactly! That's the point. Mr.. DAVIS
is nothing more than defeated "poor
but honest" gentleman. We know not
where be is; but wherever that be, ne Is
u man to be respected for his truthfulness
and honor, and that is what cannot be salo
Of any OF his prosecutors. SO Tar IRON
dealing in plots, poor man, he has as much
as he can do to obtain the means OF living
He is too brave and manly to be schemer.
His acts have been always frank. He re.
tired from the United States Senate like 0
man and gentleman. And that character,
we believe, he will maintain the brief re
mainder OF bis eventful life.
But wouldn't 1t be grand Tor the extreme
Radicals of the North If the South would
commit some crash y actY Probably ;
million would be paid for some such act by
the leading Radicals, who could, and they
alone, be benefited by 1t. The suggestion
OF the Times concerning this matter in con.
nectson with Dir. DArIs's name is only ,
wicked suggestion Of the malice OF a ser
j vile partisan. Fl,
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SENATOR MoRToN's IMPRESSION Wash.
ington, November Ex-senator Morton ar
rived here late last night, feeling in better
health than usual and in excellent spirits.
He says the sentimental notion of yielding
to the rebels is responsible for the loss oil
Mississippi and Alabama, and that we are
now reaping more fruit of the same mis-.
taken policy. While he believes in magma.
nimity, he thinks it ought to be cautiously
administered; that the element which at.
tempted to destroy the Government Is not
one to be tenderly handled; that the same
revolutionary spirit prevails now in the
South that did during the war. The Sena.
tor had long interview with the President
to-day, in which he clearly demonstrated
that unless something was done to stem the
tide intimidation Of Republicans and other
violent acts would soon place every south.
ern State in condition OF menace against
the peace of the Goyernment.-Speciai d,s'
patch TO the Philadelphia Press.
Morton is champion yillain.]
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The Counting I'm Louisiana.

from the Boston Advertiser, Repubncap.J !.
II was discovered at the session OF the
Louisiana Returning Board Saturday that !.
the seals OF the returns from the, parish OF
De Soto had been broken. The requirement
is that where fraud OF !, violence Is, charged
afidayits in SUPPORT OF the charge shall ac-
company the returns. The package when
had been tempered with was postmarked AZ
the county.seat Of De Soto. November IA,
and was received in New Orleans Novcm-
Der 1S. It was delivered to the State Re
turning Board Saturday, November 20. or
opening the package the atndaYlts were
found dated and attested In New Orleans
that very day. It does not appear that tne
Board took any action upon TINS return
nor that any explanation was given now pa
ners drawn and witnessed in New orleans
on the 25th November, came to be found IN
q package sealed and postmarked In the pa
IRISH Of De Soto eleven days before.
The statement comes by way OF the Asso.
ciated Press; which In the southern cities
must be taken with some allowance on All
matters In controversy. But the least tnai
con he said of it is that it puts the MEM
hers of the Returning Board on the defen-
s;va r. il their business, and not that OF
the volunteer committees before them, to
f;nd o,lt what such indications OF fraudu-
lent intention mean, and from What source
they come. 1t is the more necessary tha'
thew should do so because they have as
sumed to go on with their WORK witno o.,
filing vacancy in the Board caused by the
resipnation of Mr.. Arroyo, the only Demo-
cratic member. There il no compulsion on
them to I'LL the vacancy. But the intention
Of the law is evident enough, and every
consideration of policy Is In favor OF their
filling It. The Board Is itself on trial, ana
when such vast interests are at stake 1t can
not afford to give It's opponents such srotno
OF complaint against its good falth.
II the facts about the De Soto returns are
correctly stated in this dispatch, the meln'
hers OF the Returning Board have an OPP
portunity to administer exemplary justice
on their secretary, and that would 60 Tar 10
restore public confidence. That officer ap-
pears to have been detected in an Infamous
crime. for which no ordinary punishment Is
adequate. Whether the deception attempt
ed by the secretary and his confederates
would affect the aggregate vote mucn or
little, the effect will be to throw suspicion
unon all the returns. Neither Governor
HAYES nor Mr.. Wheeler could honorably
accent office under such circumstances,
nor could the Republican party take the re-
sponsibility of the Government under the
imputatfon or the suspicion Of such fraud.
1t is for the Republican party, and espe-
cially for those who have it's interests in
their keeping in Louisiana, to cut them
selves adrift, once for all, from the cor
ruptors Of the franchise. They have every
thing to lose by such partnership. II
would be infinitely better to be disorganized
and destroyed at once than to gain tenn,
porary advantage by such means. 1t would
only lead to greater dishonor.
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Florida

This State is still in the folds Of the Radi-
cal constructor. See the specimens Of fraud
and villainy that have been employed to de-
feat the voice Of the people. One fraud en-
posed by the activity OF the Democrats, if
it is properly considered by the Returning
Board, will assuredly elect the TILDEN
electors; but the expedients Of the Board
are not yet exhausted. They have several
counties vet to overhaul. Florida will hardly
escape the GRANT programme for counting
her for HAYES
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JEFF. DAVIS AND HESDRICKs.-A telegram
from steubenville, Ohio, to the Pittsburgh
Commercial, dated November 9th, conveys
the following: ",eff. Davis and Governor
Hendricks and wife passed through steu.
benville on the Pan Handle train No. 10
Yesterday morning en- route West. Davis
sat in seat Immediately in front Of Hen
bricks, and the fact that they were closely
engaged in conversation is looked upon as
being rather significant. 1t is said that
Wilson, the cavalry officer who captured
Davis, was also on the train, but this lacks .il
confirmationo
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tire. In spitA Of this warning and expo.
sure, In spite q protests from the most
eminent men of hs party. GENERAL Grant,
after two years, once more sends troops 70
take possession Of State-House, and once
more assumes to- decide who are andWn
are not members of Legislature. Thus
for second time he sets precedent whlcn
can surely no longer be held without peril.
IT, such lewless acts are overlooked To-Day
who shall assure us that under .anotner
President or another party these pfecedentss
will not lead to interference nearer nome
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In our notice Of the "new Atlas OF the
CITY of Richmond" now being delivered to
those who ordered tie work, we mentioned
that it would be on sale at the bookstores.
We desire to correct this in SO far as to state
that the work was sold only by subscription,
and no copies will be placed on sale by or
with the consent OF the publishers or any
one connected with them.
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CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE THE ELECTION
DIFFICULTY Washington, November 90
The House will among its very first acts
order committees Of investigation into at.
fairs in Louisiana, Florida, and South Ca.
rolna. 1t is the intention to have. them
promptly appointed and on their way be
fore the middle of the week in order that
they may take testimony and report at the
earliest possible period Of the session.
course before the counting Of the electoral
vote in February.-Speciai dispatch to the
WorI3
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@UPWARDS OF 100000 WORTH Ot
GOODS TO BE DISPOSED OF
AT PRIVATE OR AUCTION SALE!

GOODS TO BE DISPOSED OF
AT PRIVATE OR AUCTION SALE!
COHEN BROTHERS
h,ve concluded before moving TO their new store,
corner Fourth and Broad, TO sell of their STOCK fe
,rdIess of cost or value In order 10 opeu Win aa
entire new stock. All goods remaining unso'd WIN
be offered at public auction about the first par1 Oh
January.
Their assortment consists Of the first and nness
offered in this State, and consequently lends ehanoe
to DRY.GOODS purchasers never ofereo oeioie'
Among the thousands Yarsoas goods may DO NEIL
toned ..
A very large stock Of imported and domestic
BLACK and COLORED silks; ..
BLACK and COLORED ALPACAs; ~
rs pieces BLACK and COLORED FhEsCh
CACIIEMIRES:
DRAP DETE, .,.-
BOMBAZTNEs-
EMPRESS CLOTHS,
DELAISEs,
and all other variety Of DRESS GOODS OF TINS
Also, LADIES' CL0AKs,
FLANNELS.
CAsSInIEREs,
SHAWLS,
TABLE and PIASo-CoNEhs'
KID GLOVES, CoRsETs:
RrBBONs of every width and shade;
LACE SHADES, NOTTINGHAM ACEs,
CIJRTAIS-LINENs, SHADES AID FIArChEsI
A very large stock Of CARPETS AMI oiL'
CLOTHS;
TOWELS and TowELTNG;
WHITE GOODS Of every description
500 dozen KID GLOVES;
80 pieces FEATHER TRIMAlhde'
FUR TRIMMINGS, BRAIDs
PRINCES and GIMPS; -, ,x,.
A very large stock of REAL, PATENT "i'' IVA
TATION LACES;
Remnants of IRISH LINENS;
Every class Of goods for HousEm In .n.
A large stock OF UNDERWEAR lor M'"e' '>''
and children; H
500 BUSTLES for less than halt vsiHe' ornrRy.
over 600 pieces Of HAMBURGH EAbh' noIs
and thousands Of other things. -.