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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-12-08
In South Carolina.

Meantime the spectacle is presented
to the country of a State House i'll pos
session of United States soldiers. die
tatIng who are and who are not mem
beers Of u State Legislature. overriding
the decision of Il State Supreme Court.
and preventing the inauguration of a
Governor who has received Il majority
of the votes ca>t.-Springheld RepubH-
can.
If the Republican were not an ''indc-
pendent paper, it would not know 50
much more about the use of the SOL
diers i'll South Carolina than General
Ruger. who commands them. That
officer, who is IL Democrat. says in his
despatch to General Sherman:
Il have carefully ahstained from in
reference with the Organization of the
House fInm the first. On application
of the Governor. and in accordance
with my own belief for the necessity
therefor, for the preservation of the
peace. ! placed troops in the State
House but not in the rooms of the As
>embly of either of the Houses on the
day of the meeting. No act WAS done
by the soldiers except that of presence.
H. stated"
1t Is terrible thing. in the eStima-
ton of the Republican, for soldiers to
be i'll the State House at Columbia.
for the preservation OF the peace" :
and the lalr inference is that it would
not have troubled the Republican at all
t" have had the State House seized by
an armed body of Democrats. a> doubt
less would have been the case. but for
the presence of the United States troops.
Burlington Free Press.
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t. Suhnsburp Galrdunian.
The Presidency.

THE MAJORITY OF ELECTORAL VOTES
FOR HAYES. PROBABLY.
The action of the returning board III
Louisiana. giving that State to Hayes
10y 1000 majority. probably settles the
question of the Presidency in favor Of
Gov. HAYES. There is chance, how
ever. that some one ut the l-J Hayes
electors may vote ful somebody else.
or vote IL blank. thus throwing the
election into Congress. in which casc
GOV. Tildcn would he elected.
The states of South Carolina and
Florida are both given Hayes, and the
only question seems to he the right of
the Louisiana board To throw out the
vote ot the parishes where there was
intimidation oI fraud. They seem to
have the legal right to Ito IT, they have
done. We give the figures elsewhere.
The reports of intimidation and bar
baIity towards the black Republicans
of this state, are most shocking. We
give some account of this work on tia,
outside. but not Il 1.-THE of what has
come To hand.
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The South Carolina Middle.
DEMOCRATS Do NOT LIKE To SEE FE
ERAL TROOPS.

DEMOCRATS Do NOT LIKE TO SEE FED
ERAL TROOPS.
j. b. Gordon. Wade Hampton and A.
q. Haskell, sent Il protest I" Gen. Ru-
yer, against the occupation of the State
House 10y L. :. Troops. The follow
ing i Gen. Ringers report to his >upeIi-
OI
CoLUMBIA, :. C., December |.
Gen. W. I. Sherman OF the Secretary
of wal. Washington. ID. c.: | have
carefully ah>tamed from interference
with the organization of the House from
the first. On application of the Cover
nor. and my own belief of the necessity
therefor. for the preservation OF peace.
| placed troops III the state house. but
not in the rooms of assembly of either
OF the lionscs. On the day Of mcctin"
il came about that for a time soldiers
were placed on either side of the door
OF entrance To the hall of Representa-
tivcs. under the following circum>tau-
cc>. \ person at the door of the HOUSE.
and who claimed authority to examine
the certificates of those claimiu" Ia ZEE
members prior Ia their admission to the
hall but who. | think. had no legal
officer in command of the troops placed
i'll the corridor foI the preservation OF
peace for assistance. on the ground
that he was being pressed upon. and
could not perform his duty. Soldiers
were placed AZ stated. A. soon as
was fully informed OF the circum>tan
c,>. ordered the soldiers withdrawn.
~ | had previou>ly informed Gov. Cham
bcrlain that should contine my action
To the preservation OF peace. and should
do nothing with reference To keeping
the doors of the rooms of meeting of
the Houses. or the rooms themselves.
unless II became necessary because of Il
breach of the peace. which the civil OIL
GERS of the Houses should lie unable Ia
restore. No act wa> done toy the sol
dicrs. except that of presence. AZ stated.
but. whilst they We're 81 present. per
SONS claiming the right of entrance uu-
der the certificate of the supreme court
were refused admission.
THOMAS ii. RUGEE. commanding de
partImcnt.
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Our Radix Letter.

THANKSGIVING IN NEW YORK-PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE CHARITIES THE COURTS
THE VALUE OF A HEART BOOTH
AND BoOTH'S-A CLEAR CASE OF
MOTHER-IN-LAw.
NEW YORK, Dec. !. 1876.
To the Editor Of the CdledOnidn
The annual American feast of fat
things could not possibly he omitted
from the Centennial calendar, and |
have therefore to chronicle one of the
jolliest and most generous Thank giv
ings of many yeats. No one in our
rather meagre list of holidays touches
more deeply than this the heart of the
descendant from Puritan stock. for the
reason probably that it appeals to an
other no less important and cherished
organ. A sort OF glow pervades the
whole Republic on this particular Thurs
day of November whether its inhabi-
tants wildly realize their personal and
national blessings of the year or not
A rubicund smile ditfuses itself over
the face of the body polite even though
that of nature he sullen and her breath
sourly chilled. Outside discomfort acts
only rs al artistic foil to the cheer
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A Card from the Democratic Managers
THEY CLAIM TILpEN> ELECTION.
New ORLEANS. December |.
Ia the People Of tie Enited States:

INV 'kLtAN>. l'tttllllh'I l.
Ia the People Of tie THited States:
On our arrival here. i'll casting about
Ton approaches To the officials who CON
troll the elections i'll this state. We dis
covered that they were of one political
party. that the governor had appointed
none but republicans supervisor of clcc-
tions. and that tine returning officers
constituting the state board WcIt OF the
same political school. Influenced 10y the
inau>picious surroundings, our thoughts
and hopes were TUNED toward the tmi-
ucnt gentlemen who have been selected
10y the president to be present and see
that the board of cInNa>>cI'S make Il
tair count of the vote actually cast,
aud on the 18th OF November We invited
these gentlemen to meet and confer
with us. This cooperation WIS declined.
but We nevertheless have reason To be
lleVc that IL this correspondence may
Toe attributed the invitation To Us on the
18th ult. 10y the returning board to at
tend and report all Its meetings as
spectators and witnesses of its pro-
ceedings. Through this courtesy. with
the service of Il competent Steuographer,
We became possessed of all the essential
facts developed on the face of the Off
cial papers.
We have been furnished with Ger
titled copy of the duplicate statements
of votes made 10y the commissioners of
state. From these statements it appears
that the Tilden electors received the
following votes. to wit McEnerv. So
> ii, - n
1906; Poche, S3,529 DeBlanc. So
667: Seay. e3,o42; Cobb. -:},579; Cross,
5000. Aud the Hayes electors re-
ceIvcd the following votes, to wit: KEEL
logg. Il. l52 Burch. 77.I44; Joseph.
74,se9: Sheldon, 74.e4l: Marks. To-
22I Levis>ee. 1870; Brewster, To-
l51 Jcffrion. 1857. The result of
the vote for presidential electors. as
disclosed on the face of the returns
opened 10y the returning board in our
presence, was: For the TIldtn electors
-McEnery, 80 .2223; Wickcitft. -.
526 st. Martin. ~. 100; Poche, - .G6 ::
DeBanc. S2,O65; Seay. c22.2l2 Cobb.
81, $50 Cross. S2,IE. For the HAYES
electors-Kellogg. 1923: Bunch. To-
9e3; Joseph. 74.6i2; Sheldon. 74.67e {:
Marks, 75.Oo7 Lcvissee, %. l57 Brew
ster, 1920; Jetfiion. 1890. In most
cases the returns opened 10y the return
ing board corresponded with the Ger
titled copies of the statements of the
commissioners of election furnished us.
The most material difference arose from
the failure of the supervisors of East
Baton Rouge, Tangipahoa and some
wards of Orleans 10 forward the state
ments OF votes from all the voting places
III their respective parishes.
In 10 out of the b states in the Union
these figures would be conclusive: no
one would claim that Tildeu and Hen
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The Legislature.

The Senate confirmed. in executive
session. the 18th. the Governors noni-
nations for the State Board of agricul-
lure, manufactures and mining. for the
ensuing two Years, as follows: George
;. FasSett, Eno>burgh. Ga member OF
the last h"ard) Albert Chapman. Mid
dlehury: Peter Collier, Burlington
John II. Mead. Rutland; Ora Paul.
Pomfret and Henry Chase, Lyndon.
\ joint resolution was adopted on the
part of the House authorizing the Quar-
terinaster General to take the cannon
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bricks were not entitled to the electoral
vote of the state. But i'll Louisiana Il
tribunal has been set up which, on Tor.
mer occasions, has overthrow the VIII
of the people as expressed at the polls,
and for which the power Is now claimed
in its decision to change the result OF
the popular vote at the recent election;
In view, however, of the returns. and
the law and the facts which should con
troll the returning board, with which we
have made ourselves familiar, we nave
no hesitation in saying that the result
of the votes actually cast cannot he
changed without pallIablc abuse Oh
the letter and spirit of the law govern
ing the returning board and il manifest
peryerSion of the facts before IL. II
rerularities have been committed III
some instances by the officers conduct
ing the elections and Ill the making "i
returns. but they are about as much on
one side as the other; and us to lntln-
idatiou OF other illegal acts preventing
Il free and fail election, there Is evidence
ON both sides, but not of such IL chaIac-
ter Us to affect the general result. Ill
most instances the acts OF violence pro-
cceded from mere lawlessness, a> III the
case of Henry and Eliza Plnkst"n, ana
had no connection with politics. 1t l.
Il significant fact that i'll the parishes
where it is alleged that voters were
| kept from the polls 10y intimidation the
total vote of such parishes WAS as lalS,
Us at any time heretofore, ana III the
whole state is fifteen hundred above
any vote heretofore cast.
/ An bnurSt and fair canvass OF the re-
turns, even under the Louisiana Ia"
cannot materially reduce Tilden's ma
| joritN, us shown Oh the face OF the re-
| turns.
JOHN NJ. PALMER, LYMAN THUMBULL
! WILLIAM BIGLER, GEORGE Is. SMITH
GEORGE w. JULIAN. ii. III. WATSON.
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aud cracks here and there, which let in
great amount of cold, and which one
or two DAYS work would make very
much more comfortable. besides saving
considerable fuel. Let the men and
the women who read these lines, take
M the matter ut once tighten the Stats
which hold in the windows. and ciulk
those which it is not necessary to open
list the doors and then let the women
set the men to work with mortar or
cement. stopping the cracks under the
house. fthe house is then we'll banked
with fir boughs, tan bark. or SNOW, the
floors will not he So intolerably cold
for the wife and children, as most house
floors are from November to May.
After two or three days work about
the house, the men folks should go to
the barn and do the same thing there.
\ merciful man is merciful to his beasts.
How much of mercy is there III allow
ING the dumb animals To Shiver i'll cold
barns. when IL few days work will make
the barns comfortable , Let Your hu-
manity come to the surface, and do up
this work nor.
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captured at the battle of B,r,,i,...
Bennington Aug. Ii. I-11. T.,
under his supervision at the, ,... "
celebration there at that tine.
Bills passed the Hou>c r.....
for railroad police on the .,pn'i..'.
amy railroad corporation in H..
providing that towns may ,r,..
WardenS. who may arrr>r ~
found fishing during the >p,,...'
son and punish 10y Il tine -, -.
days Imprisonment a>>r>>ir..
town sending children to rh- IT,
School 80 cents per week i..
support.
The House passed an act .,E....
tues M Il div"rr" east the nigh, r...
fy and the right 10 trial h> I'm.
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The Nuisance Act.---A Sim.
Rumsellers =

lhI> addition To- the hJuur ...
State prov ldc> that ever. ...
taurant. grocery. cellar. >I....
room. hal room, and ,.,..
place OF room used ~ a I' .,,...
resort, where intoNicatIu. d..,.
ed To he unlawtuli SOLD OLD.
sale, shall Ice declared =. comma. .
sauce. On conviction Of .l.
keeping and maimtaiuIn.
is to pay il fine of not lr>> n.
dollars, nor. over TWO hanl...
or be liable to Il fine ut t..ft.
and imprisonment not h..~ 3D.
month nor more than thu, ..,...
the discretion OF the ,ou.t a..
conviction. the place, i, 90, ... ...'
10y order ot the c"uIi. ..d ,..
not allowed tn rc-nccupr '.,...
he gives Il bond in not l.., ,,..,
hundred dollars nor over u.,.... 100
dollars. not thereafter Iu ST..
for sale any liquor th,-,.. .'i
shall he liable t" il lint. of ,,.,. u
for each day III which hr >r,.
such place after con, Irti"u p,,..
lug such bond.
The States of Illinois anal N
| laws somewhat >imillr. II,...r
places liquor shops III rh,.>.n -.
houses of ilI-tamc aud ..m....,.
and provides much h,....- ...
Governor Common. ot Na....
10 have recent \ stated t'... -L..,.
nt inmates in the STAT, p..,., q.
creased fifteen per cen. -.r.,...l
+ came. into force
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In Louisiana the returning board has
gone quietly along counting the votes.
and has now disposed of all the uncon-
tested parishes and Il number of the
others, the count so far as made, show
ing about 700 majority for the republic
cans. The foundation has been laid fol
throwing out Il large number of votes III
inundated parishes by testimony from
negroes OF revolving crueltics practiced
upon them to punish or influence their
political action. The probability l.
that sufficient number of polls will be
invalidatcd on this account To give the
Statc to the repmhlicans.
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Prepare for Winter.

Although a little late. much can Vet
he done /" make the long winter more
tolerahle t" both man and least. NerN
many of the houses in Vermont have
loose windows and bad fitting doors.
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FLORIDA.

The efforts of the democrats to pro-
woke a collision between the courts and
Gov. Stearns and the returning board.
have entirely failed. The board has
gone on and completed the canvass of
the votes and found that the entire list
of Hayes electors is. on the face of the
returns. chosen 10y very small major
ity. a considerable number of returns
aIe contested by both parties, more by
the republicans than 10y the democrats.
50 that the probability is that the de
ciSion OF these disputes will still further
increase the republican majority. No
allegations of fraud have been made
against the Florida returning board.
even by the democrats, which makes its
declaration of the vote in favor of Hayes
all the more satisfactory.
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The Presidential Contest.

The past week has been quite AN
eventful one in the disputed States. and
as our room forbids the entire daily
dispatches, We summarize the news
from the South:
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electors. The democrats have sought
to persuade the supreme court OF the
State to push its preposterous usurpa-
ton to the point of counting over again
the electoral vote, in the hope OF con
irving to elect one or more of the Ill
den electors. But even Judges Moses
and Willard hesitated at this PROPOSE
ton.
Great excitement existed among the
Democrats all over the country because
of the presence of Federal troops ut the
State House. On Thanksgiving day,
the Democrats were allowed to enter
and take their seats, the soldiers not
inter fering. A little later the Republl-
cans came in, and found the Democrat
IT, Speaker in the chair. The Republl
can Speaker. us the next best place,
took the Clerks desk. ana Il lively de-
bate ensued, which the press dispatches
characterize as good-natured. The
Democrats were notified by General
Ruger that the Democratic Representa-
tives from Edgetield and Laurens coun-
ties would he excluded from the House
to-day This stirred the Democratic
ire, and II protest was sent t" the Gen
eral denouncing his conduct as contrary
to Democratic ideas of fair-play. On
Monday. after the two Houses were
called to order Speaker Wallace an
nonnced that as there were 100 specia
constables in the State House to ejec
the Democratic members, and as h'
| feared such Il movement would he re
sisted and bloodshed would enSue, Ia
adjourned the legally elected House t.
meet at Carolina Hall. The Democrat
i'll Il body withdrew to Carolina Hall
| where they held Il secret session. Ih
Republicans then went into secret ses
sion in the State House. The town i
full of people, and great excitemen
prevails.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.

In South Carolina the controversy
over the Legislature and governor vote
passed into a phase of great bitterness
and serious embarrassment, leaving the
result i'll doubt. But this fight over the
state ticket does not affect the presiden
tial vote OF the choice of the Hayes
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9 The drowning season Is come
again. and many mother VIII" watches
her boy go OFF with his skates, sees him
brought back Il corpse. Bows Will never
learn caution. but if they only would
have simply long board near their
skating ponds and swimming holes,
they could many times be saved by
companions.
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SuLLACE SoLACED. The Vermont
electors met Tuesday and settled the
dispute about Nh. S"llace very quickly.
Nh. >"lltcr signed his position and
declined to take his seal with the cleo
tors. +" fill the vacancy the electors
Immediately chose MI. Sollace. And
now exit Sullacc.
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81 The man who invented masks
did mankind an injury. Many child
gets ii fright from which it never fully
Iccovrr>. 10y some thoughtless one wear
iuy ii hidcous mask. 1t is useless for
grown people to reason that the little
ones need not he frightened 10y such
things: it is Impossible to prevent it,.
The selling and Wearing of masks should
Ice punished 10y law a> il mi>lcmeanor.
Until this is done, all thoughtful per
soils should use their influence To pre-
vent their u>r, especially before chill
drcn.
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LApl'> ALMANAC. The New Eng
Boston. have just ISSUED the well known
little almanac. called the Lady's Itmd-
mac. 1t has about forty pages of inter
c>tin" and useful reading, and as many
full pages for memoranda. besides the
usual almanac matter. And yet it Is OF
convenient size Ton the pocket. This
IadN'> Almanac has furnished pretty
Christmas present for tNenty-t"ur Years,
it having been published for that length
OF time. and this lcaI issue Is particu-
larlN attractive.
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SOUTH CAROLINA wARLIkE.

In South Carolina the Senate aud It-
publican House cauN .tSScd the vote for
governor. Tuesday afternoon. and ham
heIlain Is to he inauguIated at once.
Wade Hampton says he means t" be
governor. and the democrats seem to
still hope for an INJUNCTION from the
supreme count against the republican
program.
\ number of armed men. some SAY us
many as 1000. have been arriving III
Columbia since Monday. aud the theory
is. that they are members of the rifle
clubs, who come To back up the supreme
court, should it support the democratic
position AZ to the governor dispute.
The United States troops were with
drawn from the doors and entrances to
the state house. Tuesday morning. and
the places of the sentinels supplied 10y
special constables acting under orders
of Gov. Chamberlain. \ large number
of special deputy sergeants-at-a
were enrolled and placed at the doors
of the Senate and republican House.
Troops are still retained in the state
house for the purpose of protecting the
governor, and Il sentinel PAGES the cor
Iidor in front of Gov. Chamberlain
office.
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Latest from the Disputed States.
LOUISIANA REPUBLICAN.

The Louisiana returning board an
nounced its decision, Tuesday after
noon. 1t gives the state to HAYES for
president 10y nearly 5000 majority. and
Packard tor governor hy about 300 ::
returns touI republican congressman to
two Democratic and gives the Legis-
laturc. which is to choose two United
States senators. To the republicans 10y Il
large majority. Democratic precincts
were thrown out on the ground of in
timidation OF fraud. To such an extent
I> to reduce / ilden's vote from - 223
to 70.5O-. while Hayes only fell from
- ,n23 To 75.I35. The Tildrn electors.
however, will receive certificates from
McEnery. who claims t" be the legal
upNrTupT
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-12-08

BIr>-Thc>r same publishers are al
ways ready at the right time with the
books tnI children. They have Il choice
little Volume just ont. entitled. Bits of
Talk f"r l"ung Folks" 10y II. ii. We
wish every child could have it. There
are in it twenty six short stories. amn>-
img and instructive as we'll. some OF
them hcaliu" curious titles. such as "A
Christmas Tree fnr Cats. The Ants
Monday Dinncl. "Rumna Rig. "A
Good Time" etc. The illustrations are
attractive too. Howard y R"well will
show You these books.
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No NAME SERIES. The second vol
uimr ct he. NO Name Series. published
hN Mr>>I> Roberts Brothers. OF Boston,
has just been issued. Its name,
"Drirdlc." gives II" clue To the char;tc-
ter III the book. but i'll reading it. it
will Ice found that it is Il poem of eX-
clriu. intcIt>t. and that Deirdre Is the
heroine, of tine story. The strange for
tunes "l mi>turtunc> of this Young girl.
aud the thrilling tragedy connected
with hcl history. will interest all the
inquiry. VIII" il its author.