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they may be gone into in all the
Statesf IL there is TO be trial In Louis
lana TO ascertain how many voters were
kept away from the polls by intimidation,
by what rule of determination is 1t to be
decided what constitutes intimidation, so
rs to authorize the State canvassers TO re-
iect the returns sent to them, or to make
deductions from those returns? 1t really
seems as If some of our Republican jour
nalists do not Mt all perceive that any cal
culatious OF the number OF votes that
might have been expected to be given In
particular locality, il there had not boon
intimidation" will lead into an utterly
indefinite field of inquiry, in which there
can be no possible standard of determina-
ton; and therefore there can he no legal
or moral responsibility for anything that
the State boards may choose to do. II
those boards shall do anything but to
count the votes that are certified to them,
in which, of course. is to be included the
ascertaining of the legal sufHciency of the
certificate itself, their announcement of
the results will not DO worthy of tho
slightest confidence.
An honest count means simply mn emu
meration of the votes that are certified in
the manner in which the law requires
them to be ceriined ana II our Democratic
friends who have gone to New Orleans
consent to any other meaning, or lend their
countenance to any Investigations going
behind the local certificates, they might
better have stayed at home.
We do not believe there IL any rule OF
law, constitutional principle, or dictate of
common sense, that can authorize those
boards in ascertaining which ticket OF
Presidential electors was chosen on the 9Th
of November, to reject or modify any re-
turn that is certified to them In proper To-
gal form. If there Is any statutory pro-
vision that authorizes them to try the cleo
ton IN any way excepting by an enumera-
ton Of the contents of duly executed
certificates, then the safety, the peace, and
the future OF the whole country are at the
mercy of men who can have no rule to
guido aud no responsibility to restrain
them.
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South Carolina.

The Charleston Ncics and Courier of last
Friday gives the political complexion Of
the members Of the new South Carolina
Legislature. IL seems that out of thirty
three members of the Senate eighteen
have now been elected, the other fifteen
holding over. or these eighteen, twelve
are Democrats and six Republicans; so
that tho Senate will now stand fifteen
Democrats to eighteen Republicans, Civ
ing the latter party majority OF one.
In the House of Representatives there are
one hundred and twenty-four members,
all OF whom have now been chosen; and of
these, sixty-four are Democrats and sixty
Republicans, making u Democratic major
ity of four, and giving the Democratic
party n majority of one on joint ballot of
tho two Houses.
The Democratic gains not only make
probable the election Of u Democratic
United States Senator to succeed MIR.
TnoMAsJ j. ROBERTSON, Republican, whose
term expires on the 4th of March next, but
they also confirm the probability that the
people of the State have not only elected
WADE HAMPTON TO be Governor. but have
given a majority OF their votes to SAMUEL
j. Tu.DEN for President.
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,Iediciue for Drunkenness.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: THE
Sun devotes much time aud space to the sub
ject OF ntoxication, inebrlaion, disease, &c, as
your many CORES pondents term the products Of
alcohol Your many correspondents consider
the desire for alcoholic drinks a disease, the
primal cause Of crime, family distress, national
decadeuce. aud lnally the ruin OF the soul. all
OF when alcohol Is indreI. Now. diseases, even
those OF recent origin, are cured by medical
SIKH, while TINS alcoholic disease - Old hs
Nodu's iiuc. Let me through your columns
ask all these good intenttoued gentlemen To
give us n pre-c ription for the cure Of this dis
ease. IL thoy cannot, the medic Al profession a.
such Is a failure. Lectures, sermons, editorials,
qua otner writ en- or spoken arguments, are
powerful, and appe i to the reasoning faculties,
out II this Is disease, why not cure II 81 the
AID OF medcIneY | trust that II can be SO cured,
ani thai he profession viii tlke II earnestly in
hand, for know Of no class of patients. clients,
or sinners That desire more to overcome the
enemy 10y tue aid of learned ad wiser than does
the poor ineuIiate. LAYMNN
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The Meaning of an Honest Count.

In the midst of all this painful suspense
and anxiety, it may be worth while for
people to consider what an honest count
OF the votes for Presidential electors in
the three doubtful States Will be in poiut
OF law.
II the Returning Board OF Louisiana, for
example, is to 20 behind the returns Off
cialy sent TO them by the local authori-
ties Of the different parishes, If they are
10 try the question Of how many lcpub-
lean votes or how many Democratic votes
ought to have been given in a particular
parish, or how much intimidation" oper-
atod 10 prevent voters from going 10 the
polls; and il on this ground they are TO re-
jcct the returns actually made and certi-
Aed by the parish officers, we never shall
Bee q safe and satisfactory end Of this ques-
ton.
by what possible rule OF determination
IS the verify of the returns TO lee tried? Is
there any rule that can be applied, except
ing that which assumes the actual verify
OF the certificates sent up ia the form Of
law by tho local otncersi A legislative
body seats or unseats claimant OF an
election. upon evidence that fraudulent or
unlawful votes were given, because such
body has express constitutional power to
Judge, that is to try, the elections OF It's
own members. But where IS the constitu-
tlonal or legal provision which has empow-
cred Board of State Canvassers, in count
ing and declaring tho votes of State for
Presidential electors, to try any question
relating to the fairness, the regularity, tho
legality OF the popular vote rs certified by
the local officers having charge OF the bal
lot bokes7
Is 1t not apparent that II inquiries Of this
sort are to DO gone into In those States.
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The Other Chandler.

The notorious lobbyist aud political
fraud, WILLIAM T.. CHANDLER, has gone
down to Florida on mission from the Ma
tional Republican Committee, to assist Tho
carpet-haggers in their attempt to count
Mr. TILDEN out in that State. He is emil
nently qualified for this business by long
experience in similar work elsewhere, both
as secretary of that committee and as one
OF RoILINs's licutenants in manipulating
Now Hampshire.
CHANDLER and others Of tho same stamp
have had A monopoly of the cotton claims
allowed under boutwell, and RICHARD
sos, Of which CHANDLER first acquired an
intimate knowledge ~ Assistant Secretary
OF the Treasury, aud then resigned to pros
ecuto them, in connection with tho Ring
which was organized for that purpose
These parties handled the bulk OF the
Southern claims OF so-called loyal citizens,
which passed while the Republicans had
both Houses OF Congress; and they acted
as the agents and attorneys for KELLOGG
and the other oarpet-baggers III ali THOR
schemes ut Washington.
With this training and these associations,
CHANDLER 10 . at person for the service IN
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Perhaps the Cologne Gazette is not the
very best authority for such report a. that
which II publishes about the proposed action OF
the Italian Government IN the event of the
Popes death. within short time, not a few
so-called official reports which turned out 10 be
forgeries, have been published In Europe; and
the one which comes to us from Cologne would
be more deserving Of credit II Il were sent from
Rome underline stamp OF VICTOR EMASUEL's
Government 1t would certainly be a singular
step Tor the italian authorities to demand the
right q viewing the Pope's corpse immed ately
after death In order to make out certificate Of
inquest, and, In case OF Interference
with their proceedings, to seize the Vatican by
military force, and hold 1t until they have ac-
comnlished their purposes, or for period Of
twenty-four hours. The election Of the sue
cessor Of Plus the Ninth by the College OF Car
dnals Will, In accordance with ancient custom,
take place Immediately after his death; and
such action as that said to be pro posed by the
Italian Government would DO a direct tnterfer-
ence with the regular course CT proceedings In
such cases. But the Italian Government Is Jos
sessed OF the power to carry out the plan In
question; and as the present Ministry Is more
strongly opposed to tho Papal claims than any
other that has yet exercised authority In Italy,
II Is not impossinls that II may execute the
scheme attributed to IT.
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The difference between the claims OF tho
Democrats and the Republicans In the disputed
Southern States Is that while the former give
the figures from the different counties aud par
ishes to support theirs the Republicans make
only the general claim that they have carried
the State, and talk OF frauds and outrages
which they fail to sustain by my evidence.
This last Is very suspicious. The Republican
dispatches fail to indicate any honest conf
dence In success on Il fair count. Taking the
reports from the Democratic and Republican
sources. no man accustomed to weighing evil
deuce can fail to see that the proof, so far as It
has been presented, is all on the Democratic
aida
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The visit Of the Prince OF WALES to
India has produced one result which ought TO
make the natives remember him "a a benefactor.
Everybody who knows anything Of Anglo-Indmn
society Is aware that the treatment 10y the Eng
lish OF the natives--niggers, as they are called
is contemptuous, overbearing, arrogant, harsh,
aud often even cruel. The Prince OF WALES,
during his late y st Indian tour, observed the
discourtcsy shown by the English officials to the
native princes, and tho harsh way In which the
IA tives were treated, and Informed his mother
of tho facts in his letters to her. The Queen has
now asked Lord LYrroN, Governor General Of
India. TO use his efforts TO stop such harshnesl.
Lord IYrToN will undoubtedly gladly obey her
request, fpr he not long 20 astonished the Eng
hsh residents by pnnlicy Insisting that AN Eng
lishman who had maltroated a native should he
punished FOR it, and expressing his dIssatsfac-
ton with the treatment Of the natives Generally.
An,lo-Indlans will he In uproar az the idea of
any interference with their liberty OF hio,ing
and cullng the natives. but they wall have TO
submit and treat them Gently.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir am
surprised TO see In IHE Sun tue following state
ment: In New York We have no training
SCHOOL that justly bears comparison with the
time honored school at Boston" Permit me to
say that Trinity Scuoul In THIS city Is nov fully
equal in thoruughness ana eniclency to any OF
the pubic schools IN England, ana consequently
superior to the Boston Latin school. 4, was
educated In one Of the i've great schools OF Eng
land, ami my son ~ IN Trinity, am enabled to
make a careful COMPARISON. Trinity school -
founded A. ID. 1909. NEKIrAs.
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The Rev. Mr.. AIorR, a Unitarian minis

The Rev. Mr.. ALGER, Unitarian minis
ter Of the rather diluted variety, reached on
sunday about the theatre and the church. ! he
subject gave him a good chance for rhetorical
display Of a 1nical kind, which IA Mr.. ALGER's
strong point. He named eight places in the
world from which Influences proceeded-he
might IA well h We made them eighty-ani put
tho theatre Grst. The priesthood, the palace.
the camp, the hosplt !, the tribunal, the studio,
the academy-Mr. ALGER's other innuences-
an must Yield to the theatre in the dir, ctness
OF IT'S influence, he saws. This IL stun. The In
Huenccs ne names are too different in kind to
be iarly comparable. Moreover, II is especially
absurd TO compare the Influence OF religion. Of
the church, with that of the theatre, to the dis
advantage OF the former. The theatre ia
n place OF amusement, Of relaxation, of
artistic pleasure, aud though, Ike a romance
or a picture, II may incidentally enforce a
moral lesson, yet its main purpose. like them, Is
art not morals. The church, on the contrary,
deals primarily and wholly with questions Of
moral and religious obligation, and, 40 far as
concerns its influence, Is as compared with the
theatre as the garnishing OF the dish TO the solid
food 1t contains. The acted drama has been
proved 10 he a coveted pleasure by all races Of
en-, but, though with the Greeks IL furnished
| a school Of mythology, its primary use and In
luence are ia the direction of the amusement
OF men, and particularly 80 at this period OF the
stage. Meanti religion remains the dom-
| nant influence with savage and civilized races.
| hut II Is hardly worth while TO blow away such
| pulpit chat as this Of Mr.. ALGER, who fancie'
that the function OF the pulpit is the reading II
pretty essays, which touch only tho surfaces Of
| life and fail to sound the real deUths Of the
| forces tn move the thoughts and STIR the pas
sions OF men. Hsthetics are not religion, though
| Mr. ALGER may think so.
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To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: VIII
you put the Democrats on their guard In regard
to the re- urns in Oregon? We are losing sight
OF that PARKWAY co ntry In our aagerness 20 SOC
the results IN the southern states OF flOridt,
south Cirultni. and Louisiana. am almost
positive that Oregon has gone ID mOcrauc.
There (, nothing the party with Chandler u the
helm would scruple TO do, provided II retained
them in ofhce. So look out Tor oregon.
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wAsnINaToN. Nov. B.-rho following cable
ssage received ny the Secretary OF the Navy on
saturday
Ct, THOMAS, Nov q.
Franklin arrived. l. short lOt COAL Delayed ny sue
ccssuu uf ADVERSE gales coast of span. and clnin
US light btctzes aud Gains in trNur wind regions.
Wal sal immediately after coahng Al well.
FRANkIIN, CAPTAIN.
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WAsHINGToH, Nov. l3-The visit Of Gen
Sherman the President last evening WAS by invita-.
ton to dinner. the e.idrnrs private note to Gen.
sherman expressly talms that he wished 10 see him on
amiter having uo reference 10 political or military
subject. Previously, about noon iestrd ~, toe fr'-
dent tccpr uucd - Gen. sheridan taat he thought n
would Dr advisable for MIA to 20 ~ New OreAis for
whitn Clty ne has Already rtartcd.
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1t is comforting to know that one pre-
tentlous sham will disappear from the Senate
after the 80 OF March next. The victory OF
TLDEs in New Jersey Is made complete by the
defeat OF FRED 4. FRELINGHUYsEN, who, while
affecting superior decency To his oarpet-bag
colleagues, has always been ono OF the most
servlle tools OF GRANT an unscrupulous pirti-
san, who obeyed MoRToR's orders ike SPENCER
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To THE Enron OF THE SUN-Sir: read in
TIM sun tolAy extract from the Norrstown lie al
riat John Henry Miller Of Warwick township. Pa,
cannot get any one 10 attend 10 nm amt his fanny
WAC are Gown VITA the tMa-pnn, nave md the d,s-
ease and volunteer 10 ~ ana TAKE Gaze Of lhenl Il
hcy NAL pay ny fare 10 thr lnclIty.
W. {. MARSHALL IS William u.
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The Moscow speech of the Car, though
fairly moderate I'm tone, had enough OF wirliko
suggestion In It TO excite alarm In
the sensitive financial centres Of Europe. The
anxiety regarding the purposes Of Russia and
the possibilities Mt Constantinople Is therefore
renewed. The Earl Of BEACONsRfrLD spoke
boldly and with fine rhetorical effect Of Eng
lands tenacty In a conflict, but commercial
Great Britain has no desire to see the country
enter the lists, and It has too heavy mortgages
on the other nations affected by the present dis-
quiet and whose peace is threatened by the
present complications to wish to see any two or
three OF them In nRnt.
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CHICAGO, Nov. Ex-senator John A. Logan
has declined the invitation 70 make one Of party to
visit New Orleans, believing that there would be an
Improperly IA dung So since the M tier of IA" Loul-
sa vote Will urObtbY como Oefurr the United States
senate Hon. G. u. farT'l, j, ". B'ardslry, lawyer
oi Rlck Island, AID Me-r+. Taylor and Haven mrr-
enanls VI lmeIgo. have gone from mere " New
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Advertising Igntcs.

pAny AND SUNDAY, 40 cents line. ordinary sdvcr-
ttne, large type 50 cents and preferred positions
b0eents to $3.50. according to classification.
NKKKLY.-5O cents a line, extra charge for large
bye. Preferred positions from 10 cents toe
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In a window in broadway are PORTRAITS Of TIL
den and Hayes side by SIDE and underneath Is written
the old Jacohln Legends
COD bless tic hing, God bless the faiths defender
Goa hrrf there's ul hlru hlr.Hing the prett
bul wto IN 4 protrudel Is, ana who mat king,
Goa Oless us ala h. qui e anOiner thug,
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Among the "prominciH citi2ous" whom
GRANT has invited to go to New Orleans to re-
strain fraud by the moral weight Of their presence
are Gen. LOGAN, KAssoN Of Iowa, and bE
GoLYER GARFIELD. The efforts Of these prom
inent citizens will be seconded ny Bon MACKAY
Of Pennsy lyania, who, according to the Herdid
has been sent to Louisiana by Dos CAMERoN
with Instructions TO leave nothing undone to
secure the State for HAYES.
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OTTAWA, Ont, Nov. l3-lhe rumor Of pro-
posed Fenian raid Canada from Vermont Is not
credited mere or thought to be greatly exaggerated
The TOrOnt GOLe says II the fenianB again come Into
Canada, they may expect NO quarter.
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and CLAYTON; and q shallow-pated pretsDder
kept up by fortune acquired through mar
riage. and q respectable name which he inherited
and has dlscredited. lie and SECoR ROBEsoN,
who contested the leadership Of the Republican
party In the State, will now retire to the shades
OF private life If the latter does not get what he
deserves for his jobbefy and corruption in the
Navy Departmeut
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Advertisements for THE WEEKLY Sun, is
sucd tomorrow morning, must DC handed IN this
<rtniig LtfOre sir o'clock.
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Hhrper's Ne0 Monthly MdOdsine for Decem-
her Is exceedingly Interesting. The Illustrated articles
are especially fresh and varied. novel by Capt,
BLAoKhoRE. called "frema, OF My Fathers sn." is
commenced. Mr. TRowBRIDoK has a Christmas poemi
ana there Is letter from Mr. GLADSTONE on the Ala.
with great Interest.
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WAsHINGroH, Nov. l3.-Ihe President to-day
signed pardon Tor william q. Avery, nov confined N
me penitonary at Jefferson Clty, Mo-, for compncity
IN The whlsk,Y frauds The frcuus uf william Mckee
express absolute confidence that he VIII be paruOAed
Wlthu Gay Or two.
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SYRACUSE Nov, B-rhomas G.. Alvord an
semDiY.
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which he is now engaged. But he may
discover In the end that oonspirators are
sometimes caught i'm their own traps.
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THE INDIAN MASSACRE.

On the 25th of June there was
fought one of the most sanguinary
Indian battles in the history of this
country. 1t shocked the contry,
and filed every heart with the deep
est sorrow. We give much of our
room to the particulars.
The engagement took place on
the Little Big Horn river, tribu-
tary of the Yellowstone, between
about 1000 Sioux and five companies
of U. S. cavalry, and resulted
in the total annihilation of the COM
mand, including Gen. Custer, fifteen
officers and three hundred men.
This equals, if not excels in COM
pleteness, the massacre on the
river Rasin, near Monroe, Michigan,
by Pontiac--Monroe, Mich, ia Gus
ter's home-the surrounding of
the inhabitants in the beautiful val
ley of the Wyoming, by Brandt,
and the defeat of Braddock, near
Fit. Duquesne, now Ft. Pitt. In
those engagements there was some
one left to tell the tale, but in this
there is but one Crow Indian scout
said to be left, and he with very
imperfect knowledge of the lament
able affair.
Gen. Geo. d. Custer, who was in
command, was one of the braYest
and best known officers in the SER
vice of the Unitee States. Brave to
fault and generous beyond most
men, he dies early, being only 81
years of age, having been born at
New Rumley, Harrison county,
Ohio, Dec. 9th, 1889. He taught
school until 1857, when he was ia
vored with an appointment to the
U. s. Military Academy through
the influence of the Hon. John A.
Bingham, then a member of Con-
gress from that district. He grad
uated 34th in the brightest class
that eyer left that institution, on the
24th of June, 1861 was commits
stoned I'd Lieutenant in Company
G I'd cavalry, whose commander,
the late r. E. Lee, had only q short
time previous left to join the Con-
federate force. In one month lack
ing three days from the time he
left West Point, he was engaged in
the first battle Of Bull Run, where
he was amongst the last to leave
the field, and when he did he car
ried with him the wounded body
of Gen. Heintzleman. He was then
for 9 short time an aid on Phil.
Kearney's staff. The next we hear
of him he is with his company un-
der Stoneman, and in the advance
in the attack upon Catteli's Station,
when the frat blood was drawn In
McClellan's campaign. While ac-
ting aid de camp he captured the
first confederate flag received by
the army of the Potomac. He
next was under Pleasantou at Chan
cellorville, when his meritorioas
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From Agnes City.
AGNEs CIrY, Jolly, 12th

AGNES CRY, July, 18th.
The harvest here, this year Is later
than usual. Rye and oats promise
an abundant yield; winter wheat,
good average, spring wheat, medium.
The prospect for corn is very good.
Potatoes large as goose eggs. Early
corn is ripe. a large acreage Of praf-
RE sod is being turned over preparste-
ry to fall sowing of wheat. Much
more would be broken, but for the
want of hands and teams. Three dol-
lars per. acre is the price paid. ssThe
harvest is plenteous but the lab0rers
are few" Jasper Head loaded .
young calf in his wagon last wet K
when his horses took One of those m.
accountable notion, so peculiar 70 such
quadrupeds, and left him suddenly,
the cali was badly spilled out, but no
bones broken.
Richard Clark has moved on his claim.
Two new settlers this week on up
per Bluff; still there's room aud well
come thousands of acres Of land that
will produce 20 bushels OF wheat 20
the acre. cheap as dirt; one crop will
pay for the land.
Mr, Mounce,s health has been bad
for several weeks; his little child also
has been quite sick. General health
of community is good. VRNTILAToR.