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The Portland daily press., 1876-01-24
SUNDAY SERVICES.
CHESTNUT STREET.

CHESTNUT STREET.
In the morning, Rev. Mr. Jones received six
adults into the church, by the rite Of sphinx
ling, and then preached from the passages of
scripture found in Psalm 1O3:13-"Like as
father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth
them that fear him.; also Hebrews 217-
Wherefore in all things it behooved Him to
be made like unto his brethren" The preacher
spoke of his intention to give series of ser
mons upon the emotional nature Of Christ and
in the present Introductory discourse he wished
to answer three questions which some might
ask in view of such subject: 1. Is the Divine
mind susceptible of emotions? 2. Can we I'M
derstand those emotions? 8. Can we sympa-
thize with them? Some deny to the Divine
mind succession of emotions or ideas, as if all
must be present with God, like an accomplished
fact. Such confound two things-the certainty
of occurrence and the actualities of existence
While everything must be known to God,
yet his mind and every mind must be influ-
enced by the actualities of existence. God is
not an immovable, unimpressible, cold, unsym-
pathizing being. The human heart cannot
feed upon cold, abstract truth. Humanity
cries out for loving Father, and we long for
suCu WOIuo as tucSc- LIKE DIS d ldtuor plbl6bu
his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear
him." Again, if God had these feelings and
emotions, can we understand them? To some
the idea of God is overwhelming-so infinitely
above us that we cannot conceive of his nature.
While it is a mistake to think that God is alto
gether like ourselves, it is also an error to i'm
agne God to be utterly unlike us; for if SO,
then he would not have tried to reveal him.
self to us. The preacher referred to DR..
Channing's explanation of this kind: "All
minds are of one family-God, archangel,
angel, man. In the material world it is not SO;
there are different species unlike in their ma
ture; but in the intellectual world all minds are
of one nature. Truth is the same to all these
minds, misery and happiness, virtue and vice.
Hence we are not only one of the human race,
but also of the great family of God. No man
has seen God, but Jesus has revealed him to
us. God had before revealed his justice, power
and greatness; but in Jesus he revealed his
heart, and we are drawn to love him and rest
in him. In these sermons on the emotional
nature of Christ, the preacher hoped that he
should be able to reveal to his people the loving
heart of God, so that they should be drawn to
him, and more and more be able to rejoice in
his love and delight in his service.
STATE STREET CHURCH.
Rev. B. HI. Leavitt, returned missionary
from Japan, gave missionary address at State
street church last evening. He is about to re-
turn to Japan.
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Arrival and Departure of Mails.

From 500 m to $50 p m, Sundays excepted.
Sundays open for Carriers and General Deliver
from to 10 m.
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Grant.

Mr.. HEWITT is reported as having ex-
pressed confidence in the sincerity of Gen.
GRANTS professions at their recent inter-
view. This report cannot be true. We
should be sorry to believe that Mr.. HEw-
TIT has been so easily deluded.
GRANT Is very cunning man. He has
that sort Of guile which pulls the wool
over the eyes OF the unsuspecting. He had
rather tell the truth; but when he Is driven
into n corner, or when the execution OF his
purpose renders IT convenient, he will lie.
We have too much respect for Mr..
HEwITTs shrewdness and penetration to
believe that even such a fox as GRANT
could cheat him so egregiously.
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Republican Merchants Of PHILADELPHIA who
Called for an Honest Count.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5.-The movement
for an bipartisan mass meeting In this city to
protest against any crOokedness in the count Of
the electoral vote has been abandoned. not be-
cause il did not receive encouragement from
Republicans rs we'll as Democrats. but because
the gentlemen having the matter In charge came
To the conclusion that so tardy protest could
have no possible effect upon the action Of the
Returning Boards.
The call for the meeting proposed an express
sion of Indignant dcnunciation Of any and
every attempt at dishonesty and fraud in tho
return Of votes, especially at the late Presiden-
tial election, wherever and by whomever the at
tempt may he made" This was sufficiently ex-
plicit, since all the machinery Of election and all
the opportunities for crookedness are in the
hands OF the Republicans. Notwithstanding the
srraignmeut Of the policy Of Chandler and
Grant, implied in the wording OF this call. II re-
ceiyed the signatures of large number Of iniln-
entail Republican merchants, banNers. and busi-
ness men Of Philadelphia. IL is unnecessary to
say that the names Of Republicans 81 the stamp
81 kemble and hackeS are conspicuous 10y their
absence
Had this meeting been proposed n week or a
fortnight earlier II might have done much to-
ward convincing the managers OF the party in
power that honest Republicans as we'll ~ honest
Democrats wanted An honest count, and that
they we're not prepared To take their definition
OF honesty from the dictionaries Of j. Madison
Wells, W. l.. Chandler, and j. Goufs tribune.
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oeeding have been characterized scores
OF times by leading Republican Senators
a. stepped In villainy and crime. Yet the
election 40 obtained has been allowed to
stand. KErLoaa's Government has been
the recognized Cover nment, sustained by
| the bayonets OF the United States ever
since II was first innugurated.
Right here is the origin Of the present
scandalous proceedings OF the Louisiana
Returning Board over the electoral vote
OF that State. They openly defy truth,
justice, and honesty In the count OF the
vote. They commit openly, aud under the
gaze OF all mankind, the most heinous
crime against public liberty that oan be
committed under our institutions They
do II under the shelter OF what they believe
Federal protection. They are doing just
exactly what the Returning Board did
which seated KELLOGG. That action was
sustained, and thus they believe this will
be. Violence and fraud succeeded before,
violence and fraud they conclude will sue
coed now. The example Of yesterday, in
famous as II was, Is followed without
shame or hesitation to-day. II villainy
succeeded once, vllalny shall succeed
twice. This Is the reasoning of these polit-
ical pluDderers. III they had had no
countenance before, but had been rebuked
and punished for their former crimes, rs
| they deserved, they would never have
| thought of venturing on their present
abandoned course. They would not have
dared 10 confront honest men with their
present crime.
tits only because their iniquitles were ap-
proved before that they have had the cour-
age now TO repeat them on q larger scale.
This shameful exhibition will not be
wholly useless II 1t shall receive the stamp
OF public reprobation rs IL deserves; and,
moreover II 10 shall enforce the lesson
Of proper caution in investing incapable
and corrupt hands with political power.
Senator SUMNER has related how, little
before Secretary STATIONS death, the lat
ter sent hur1edly for the Senator. The
d, ing statesman rose with difficulty in his
bed. and Immediately opened the inter-
view by saying, Mr.. Senator, I have
something which weighs heavily on my
mind. aud which must say TO you before
II Is too late. see," he continued, THAT
Gen. GRANT is to be President. l have
'ohe nuCNh anu tAostt1 oDscifcN ven.
GRANT. have studied his character. aud
know him well, and l tell you. sir. that
he can never govern this country" He
said no more, but sank back IN his bed,
and the interview ended.
We have had many reasons to show how
calmly and Justly the great War Secretary
judged President GRANT. The latter has
missoverned in ways too numerous to be
named. His acts and his examples are still
bearing fruit. They have In hundred
cases been deeply and permanently permit
cious. We sec in this Louisiana business an
instance which has borne the fruit OF the
present fraud ana corruption. We are yet
10 see its fun and final outcome and frui-
ton. We shall rejoice II the danger that
now threatens she'll be safely passed, and
II Secretary STATIONS prediction be not
fulfilled TO the letter.
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In the Southwestern States the people are
gradually coming to admit that II 10 a mi TAX n
policy to depend so exclusively as they have
been accustomed to do upon their cotton crops,
and they are yearly devoting more land and
more care to the cultivation OF cereals, vege-
tables, aud other agricultural products that they
formerly procured maiulv from the North. Hut
planters generally have nd an idet that the
climate Of the extreme Southern States was too
warm for the successful production OF wheat,
ana have seldom attempted to raise that impor-
tant variety Of z, ain. The truth is, however,
that wheat comes to the arestest perfection In
somi-tropical olimes. within few years India
has suddenly acq tired Importance As a wheat
producing country. the exports from outta
having risen from 900 tons In 1870 to 10000
tone for nine months OF 1875, and the Cit6tti
wheat has become fivorite with Engli,b
bakers. Some OF the Southern newspapers are
earnestly urging the planters to enter into com
pstition with o .Ifornia In the produ elton Of
wheat upon the extensiv, sc lie wnicn ma, char
scterized tho oper itions OF the gre It whe Il
growers In that State. As SOuthsrI wnsat IAN
be harvested six weeks earlier tna1 tn & grown
IN tho North, the Southern crop would be In tho
market while the grain was still growing IN Iowa
and Wisconsin.
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his person large amounts Of money. and al
the time of his death had concealed in his
bed bonds valued at 100000. The non.
appearance Of money or bonds, the sin.
gularly quiet manner OF his burial, and
the desttution in which II was reported
! he had died, excited the suspicious and
anger of his only daughter, Mrs. BURKE,
and she devoted her life to unravelling the
mystery of his death, and to tracing his
property.
Publicity given to her story by THE SUN
resulted IN the discovery OF n part Of the
bonds in the possession of the people In
whose house the old man died. An 40
counting was demanded, and refused on
the plea that ALEXANDER, grateful for the
kindness and attention paid him In his
sickness, had given tho bonds TO his nurse.
The improbability OF this story, and the
circumstances OF her fathers illness, in
duoed Mrs. BURKE to go before the Grand
Jury and charge the nurses with poisoning
and robbery. These proceedings were
rapidly taking shape, when the daughter
found her fathers will. by which all his
property was left to her. Friends became
more numerous as the strength Of the case
developed, and after long and sharply con-
tested effort, Surrogate HUTCHINes I'd
mitted the will TO probate. This necessi-
tated ali accounting, aud the holders of q
part Of the bonds, the rest not being found,
were ordered to deposit them with the
Union Trust Company, there to await the
issue between the rival claimants.
From that time TO the day of her death
a..
mother, fought with tenacity OF purpose
for her rights, and for the punishment Of
those who she believed had killed aud
robbed her father. All her New Orleans
property was sold at great sac riflce to fur
nish money. and when that was gone
friends aided her somewhat till they, too,
were exhausted. Finally, as 1t was hoped,
relief came in an order from the Surro-
gate TO deliver TO her portion of the
bonds but when she went TO get them she
found herself anticipated by delay So
cured by the other SIDE.
The last phase was curious. A lawyer
offered his services a, che supposed, gra-
tmtously, and carried her case on and up
ward with energy and success-but his bill
of services rendered. aud largely also for
expenses, required nearly all that was
assigned her. This new d lfficulty she also
resisted. but was defeated by the judg-
ment Of three legal referees, who decided
that the professional service was worth
$1,000. Judge VAN HoEsES ordered the
counsel not 10 spend the money, but that
didn't help Mrs. BURKE, who succumbed
at last, and. after months OF weary wait
Ing, literally turned her face TO the wall
aud died. Here are romance, tragedy, and
melodrnma all together II dead father,
$60, 900 gone somewhere, relentless prose-
cutor. heavy legal expenses, unfathful
friends, "a chivalrlo defender with IA $40, 900
bill. disappointment, wretchedness, and
death. Mrs.. BURKE is buried to-day, aud
who is to have that money!
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The Source Of Our Dnneer..

Our present political complications nriee
from misgoyurument They come of set
ting bad examples. They come of igno-
rance and violence aud shortsightedness.
They come Of incapaclty IN the governing
powers. The eggs that are now hatched
were laid in Louisiana when KELLOGG was
brst recognized Governor by the Execu-
tive At Washington. lilo was not elected
Governor. He was the offspring OF n
fraudulent count. lie was the spawn of
ali Infamous conspiracy. Everybody knew
II. The Washington Government knew IL,
GRANT knew it. The Republican Senate
knew II. What is more, they have de-
clared the fact over ana over again. All
the transactions connected with the pro-
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IL is well known that very large class
OF tue citizens Of the P4oihc States are r1estiy
opposed to Chinese immigration, from wni,
they predict no end Of evils and SO persistent
have been t1eir Complaints In rexsid 60 tue in
hux Of MonGon ius that Congress appoin ed a
committee to visit Cillfornia and investlSats the
subject. while this con nittse " IS holding its
sessions at the p lace Hotel IN n frInci co, the
anti-Cuinese party, desiring To make favoi aJls
Impression upon their offici i visitors, conceived
the idea OF making a demons ration wnici
should oe significant and I'm pres i've. aud 50 they
got up grand procession, one OF tue m 1t con
spicuous features OF who was an ell ~ II thu
Rev. OrIs GIBSON Of tue Cnlness mission. which
was carried suspended by the mock fro.D tue end
OF d long pole. wh ersct THIS mad upon the
committee Ia not known; but II lei to meet
ing OF the Methodist ministers OF s n francisco,
IA which Mr.. GIBsoss services as a missionary
for ten years In CIin aud elsnt years among the
Chinese In California, we're recogniz d as en-.
It'll - his opinions on the Cniuese. q IestiDn to
respect. and at the same time q resoluti Al was
passed In which the assemol lge ~ oier9yinen
formally accepted tue insult to Mr. GIBSON as
an insult to themselves. u o. the W lOle, IL Is
very DOUBTFUL whether the effect Of the dshion-
straion will meet the expectations VI its pro-
jectore.
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tyro Of popular Ratherinesf Thew should be mi
tiated into the easy methods Of going into con-
vention, taking the place OF temporary Oh 'Irmsn.
acting In re feet harmony with II, and, when the
nomin .tion Ia made. go on In a funk. get up a
public meeting TO denounce its action and repu-
diate its chosen candidates. For those Of the
legal profession. he might interpolate some hints
for securing fee Of $4,000 for LAWYERS services
to an Administration wnich he affected to des-
pise and cOntemn.
We want text books in our DAYS Of Returning
Boards. and Mr.. MATTHEWS can do the profess
sion and the people good onices in their compi-
lation.
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SnnIh Cnrnlina.

The course Of the Republicans in South
Carolina ~ of itself "a glarng proof that
they have not even n sincere belief that
the vote of the state WAS really gwen for
HAYES. Had they possessed an honest con-
hdcnco in their own claims, they would
never have re-orted 10 the violent and
revolutionary means which they have
taken TO accomplish their purpose An
honest cause needs no such methods and
tolerates no such defence.
The conspiracy Of ZACH CHANDLER, JAY
GOULD, GRANT, and the Republican party
generally, to steal an election III which
they have been defeated, odious and
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The stolen Votes.

We have no doubt that Mr.. HAYES will
to-day receive the eight stolen votes Of
Louisiana with entire complacency. They
are necessary TO his election, and IL l. q
venerable legal maxim that necessity
knows no law. To steal these votes FOR
HAYES has cost Il terrible struggle, and his
agents III tho transaction deserve valuable
compensation at his hands.
II this grand larceny is approved by the
country, Mr.. HAYES should make II known
that he intends to confer upon Mr.. Il. w.
SToUGHToN the mission 10 England or some
elevated judicial station. In the mean
time, the Bar OF this city, of the LAM
DAULET WILLIAMS type, should give Mr..
SToUGHToS a service of plate, and the
other members might give him piece of
Their mind. WELLS, Chairman of the Re
turning Board. deserves place. Gen.
SHERIDAN once said it was state prison.
HAYES could send HIM out OF the country,
rs GRANT has sent some Of his relatives.
TO iilch from Mr. rlLDES the four votes
OF Florida was apparently "A less difficult
job than that III LOUISIANA. But then
HAYES should remember that his New Or
leans friends are hardened villains. aud
have got used TO ritlng ballot boxes, while
IT was new business to his Tallahassee
operators.
WILLIAM f.. CHAsDLER OF New Hamp-
shire, formerly Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury, has worked up the plot in
Florida with the asslduity and skill that
years of slippery service in the Washing
ton lobby had prepared him to put forth
IN desperate case.
We are sure that Mr.. HAYES will to-day
receive the seven stolen votes Of South
Carolina with revcreutial composure. As
this State plunged the country into the
civi, war. he DOUBTLESS thinks it IS rclig-
ION, duty 10 punish her by allowing the
Republicans to take from her all they can
lay tnpir hands OH.
Two agents Of HAYES in this door. -,
STATE deserve SPECIAL consideration. We
refer 20 lhe corporal of the eunrl, and TO
DENNis, the furniture dealer. When the
corporal stood ut tn door Of the Repre-
sentAtive-' Chamber he held the key Of
the situation. He examined the credCn-
tials Of those claiming to he members, let
mug in aud keeping out at will. He cXclud.
ed the Democrats Of Edgrnrld and Lau-
| rens counties, and upon this decision OF
the corporal on the opening day the entire
case has since turned. HAYES should re-
| ward hun and rs Gen. RUGER has proved
n failure. President HAYES should have him
court-martiallcd, ana then make the cor
| poIal Of the guard II brigadier by breVet
vice RUGER. As 10 DENNIs, who stood M
the corporals elbow III that trying houI
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CfSiL BOARD MEETING.


ALBANY, Dec. 5.-The Canal Board held
special meeting this morning to consider a
proposition to eXpcnd $4,000 on new worN and
extraordinary repairs chiefly upon the Cham
plain canal II was found by reference to tive
law that the work must be recommended 10y the
state Engineer, be approved 10y the Board Of
Canal Commissioners. and Ice directed 10y the
Canal Board. The pcputy STATE Engineer eN-
planned that he had pnWrr to act ia tnc absence
of the Engineer but II Was determined To- retuiu
the recommendation aud nave ~ conform win
the law
After a recess. the law having been com
Piled win, a tr-ulution was adopted dUecung
tine WORK To D." done. The mainr part Is ui tuc
Champlain canal and the total expenditure viii
amount To 5iif,ill Treasurer ltI-- voted uu.
y resolution Wa also adopted call4u. un ". I.
Morgan of lhnghantnn To pay for tur stuue be-
i:lug To- the stat" Nni. "a he TIA. "a ,cu during
some yoAr' past. The board then Adjourned 10
Dec. IA
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The Returning Board Of Louisiana have
counted In the HAYES electors: but, at
Ibis time of writing tmidnight), there is a
doubt about the di position of the four
votes OF Florida, md n report that they
have been given TO TILDEN. We hope that
dispatches received after this moment for
eur first page will settle the matter.
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that can be applied TO the counting Of the
electoral votes.
The theory on which Mr.. EDMUNDs bases
his movement 10 OF the fllmsiest character.
He recltes the second section OF the Four
teenth Amendment of the Constitution,
and he proceeds upon an assumption,
which may be u GRANT Republican doc
trine, but which will not bear the test OF
any application TO this matter of counting
the electoral votes. That assumption Is
that the Fourteenth Amendment contem-
plates a reduction In the basis OF repre-
sentation whenever, at any election for
tho choice of Presidential electors, the
right of suffrage has been denied
to any Of the male inhabitants Of state,
by reason OF the personal acts Of indivd-
usls. II Congress wero to undertake to
reduce the bass OF representation of any
State, either in respect to Its Electoral Col
lege or Its representation In Congress,
upon this theory, Congress would be met
by the plain meaning of the Fourteenth
Amendment. which is that denial" of the
right of suffrage means denial by the au-
thority of the State, and not denial by or
through the acts Of individuals.
The Fourteenth Amendment, section 2,
reads as follows:
Repre- cntstves shall be apportioned among the
eisl states acc0rdins to iheiI respective numbers
executing Indians not taxed Hut when the right to
vote sny election for the choc OF ctors Pr.s
den, ana Vice President Of the united states Repre-
sentaiyce In Congress, the executive and Judicial ON
81 ss or the Te%g S ~ a. hss ,Srs
state, n"ing twenty ycars Of age. and citEcns OF
w. unted states OF 70 any WAY sordved ehfep, iot
preeenttion therein sla be re luced IN the propor.
to the wnoe NUN er male citizens twenty ono years
Of age In such state"
The obvious meaning of this constitu-
tionel provision is. that the denial or
abridgement Of the right TO vote. which is
to cause reduction in the basis of repre-
sentation, is n denial or abridgement by
the Constitution or law of the State. Mr..
election the right of citizens Of
certain States to vote has been
denied or greatly abridged" He
does not mean that this has been done by
any authority of the state. He says only
that IL is alleged" TO have been done.
THIS means that somebody is said to have
prevented some voters from casting their
ballots when they were entitled to cast
them. As a foundation for tho exer-
else OF an authority by the Senate TO reject
the electoral votes OF those Statos, this
theory Is the most far-fetched, uutenable,
and absurd doctrine that has yet been pro
mulgated or imagined.
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Our obituary column to-day contains an
announcement OF the death of Mrs. NIR-
GINIA BURKE, the daughter OF Capt JoHN
ALEXANDER. whose tragic death at Har-
lem attracted general attention and
caused much comment several years since.
Capt. ALEX .EDER was n wealthy mar
liner from New Orleans, OF eccentric
habits, rich and misery. He carried on