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The New York herald., 1876-11-23
tn. Political situation.

South Carolina furnishes the doubtful
State" sensation for to-day. The Supreme
Court Of the State yesterday issued an order
to the State Board of Canvassers command
ing them TO certify to the election OF the
members of the Legislature as appeared
from the face of the returns, leaving the
judicial functions pertaining to the status
of the individuals appearing SO chosen to
the Legislative body. The order also called
on the Board to show cause why they should
not revise the aggregations of votes for
Presidential electors-which were founded on
the reports of the county canyassers-by
comparing them with the precinct returns
also in their possession. This was calcu-
lated to give the democrats hopes ofreaching
result favorable to their calculations, BY
sudden stroke, however, the Canvassing
Board cut their way out of the legal net by
issuing certificates to the Hayes electors and
to the republican members of the Legisla-
ture, throwing out tho vote of Edgefeld and
Laurens counties on the ground OF fraud and
intimidation. The Board then adjourned
without day, pleading that by the law they
must decide within period which expired
yesterday. This is very sharp practice. If
the Supreme Court cannot support its
authority, which the Board have defed. the
vote Of the State must be counted for Hayes
The throwing out of two democratic coun-
ties gives the State and the Legislature, which
carries United States Senatorship with
it, to the republicans The audacity of this
act betrays great desperation. If undone in
the course of justice it will stand as monu-
mental infamy. Even if the Court fails to
reach the Board the electoral vote of the
State will be little better than stolen goods,
which will taint the receiver as we'll as the
sharp practitioners who purloined it. Can
the republican party afford to take its first
instalment from the doubtful States with
the highest judicial tribunal of South Caro-
lima crying, stop thief" after its nimble
carriers 1?
In Florida the question of the powers of
the Governor to canvass the electoral vote
comes up to-day before the District Court,
involving also the issuance of o mandam us
to the Board Of Canvassers to include the
counting OF the vote for President in their
labors. Attorney General Cooke sends US
his opinion on this matter. 1t is this repub-
lican officials view that Governor Stearns
has no powers in the premises. de-
cision on the arguments to be heard will not
be reached before tomorrow, it is thought,
and an appeal to the Supreme Court is
inevitable, SO that nothing definite can be
expected before the beginning Of next week.
The visiting statesmen" were evidently
busy yesterday helping their respective
sides for to-day's contest, as we have no
manifestoes to present to-day.
The count proceeded yesterday at New Or
leans without remarkable developments.
Eight more parishes were counted, with re-
suits varying but little, it is said, from the
democratic figures furnished o week ago.
The New York herald., 1876-11-23
The Negroes as yoters.

1t is commonly assumed by prominent
republican leaders and journals that States
like South Carolina or Louisiana must
necessarily be republican because the
blacks there arc in the majority that is to
say they assume that the colored voter is
unmoved by reason and necessarily supports
the republican ticket Now, if this were
true. twould be public calamity. and would
show that the colored man was unfit to be
voter for he has now had nearly ten
years training in political duties, and ought
to be more or less reasonable being ought
at least to be affected by appeals to his own
interests.
But the facts arc all against the re-
publican assumption many causes have
conspired to alienate the respectable and in
teligent colored men in the South from
their usually corrupt and selfish white re-
publican leaders. We will enumerate only
few. The failure of the Freedman's Bank,
inhicting distressing losses on a great many
industrious blacks has led many to leave
tho republican party. The high taxes i'm
posed by republican rule in such States as
Louisiana and South Carolina have induced
a great many colored property owners to go
over to the democratic ranks. The constant
turbulence Of these States, compared with
the orderly condition of Arkansas and Ala
bama, has led many colored men to
seek similar quiet by giving the local gov
ernments to the democrats. They have dis
covered that negroes have all their rights in
democratic States and are more prosperous
than in the republican States. Again, dis
appointment at not receiving from General
Grant, after many years Of waiting, tho
celebrated forty acres and mule, !
which republican politicians in the South
SO freely promised, has embittered
many ignorant plantation negroes against
the republican party The fact that
employers Of labor, impoverished by pub
The New York herald., 1876-11-23

but We do not need his assistance to see
that President in Office seeking re-elec-
ton would always succeed with subservient
House, if Mr. Potter is correct expounder
Of the constitution. We reject and denounce
any theory which leads to such absurd,
such dangerous consequences. We fought
the third term with too much vigor to show
any quarter to doctrine which would enable
President to re-elect himself whenever he
had majority in the House.
1t seems to us that Mr. Potter's dexterous
technical reasoning is refuted when we show
that it leads necessarily to such dangerous
consequences. If physician makes an in
genious discourse to prove the value of a
medicine we need not so into any learned
refnements to detect the source of his
fallacies if we are able to demonstrate
that whoever swallows that medicine needs
to make his will at once if he is ever to have
chance Of making will at all. If a
medicine kills the patient it is ridiculous
for the learned doctor to show by refined
medical reasoning that it was the appropriate
remedy. AS it is the business of physician
to cure his patients, SO it is the business of a
statesman to save his country from perils
and when deadly poisons are cried up as
remedies it is not necessary to 60 beyond
the fact that they infallibly kill or shatter
the constitution Of the patient. Learned
experts might think it worth while
to 60 into the niceties of science and
refnte the false reasoning step by step but
learned and unlearned alike must recognize
the danger of administering large dose Of
arsenic, and the protests Of plain people are
as well Warranted as those of chemists and
psychologists. The practical adoption of
Mr.. Potter's theory would lead to civil
discord and to the ultimate sub
version Of our institutions, and such
consequences are sufficient to refute and ex-
plode it. If we were writing merely for
lawyers we might adopt different method
of reasoning ; but the mass of the people are
only bewildered by legal refnements
and subtleties We prefer arguments
adapted to the understandings Of plain
people, especially when they are Of such
character as to carry equal conviction to
that the Senate would scorn and reject a
President elected by his method, nor
that the logic of events, in such q
case, would lead US either to civil war,
to preventive use of hemp, or to q prompt
abandonment of pretensions which rested on
the separate action of the House Of Repre-
sentatives.
Mr.. Potter has the chivalric generosity
to declare that his letter merely expresses
his own views. Governor Tilden knows
better than anybody else how much reason
he has to be grateful for this act of devoted
friendship. Mr.. Potter puts him at entire
liberty to disclaim and disavow these alarm
ing constitutional heresies. We respectfully
ask him to do so.
The New York herald., 1876-11-23
Cheap Cabs.

The Cheap Cab Company does not pro-
gress as rapidly as it ought to progress
in view Of the promising character of
the enterprise. A large amount of SUBJ
scriptions has been secured, but not sufi-
cient to enable the company to organize and
capital should be all subscribed before a
start is made. and should be ample to enable
the company to proceed with its work on q
grand scale without the fear Of being Grip
pied for want of means. With a sufficient
capital there need be no apprehension that
the investment will not pay handsomely.
We do not know whether the company has
yet made any arrangement by which the
present small owners of hacks may come
into the new association on favorable terms
. If not it should do SO at once. The pres
ent hack owners will be thrown out of en-
ployment when the cheap cabs come into
use, since they cannot hope to contend
against large capital, and the company will
soon enjoy practical monopoly. 1t is only
fair that the man who makes living for his
family out of one or two hacks should be
offered liberal chance to become interested
in the association that will deprive him OF
the means of support. A generous PROPOSE
ton that would take into the business the
present small proprietors would give the
new company an impetus that would be
beneficial at this time.
The New York herald., 1876-11-23

NAMES AZ TRADE MARKs.-The suit brought
" Edwin Booth against Messrs. Jarrett Il
Palmer to restrain the latter from using the
aame of Booth to designate their theatre is
watched with interest by professions outside
Of the theatrical. In this connection may be
escalled the long warfare of the Farinas
against persons who rivalled them in the
manufacture Of the eau de cologne which
gave them . worldwide reputation. The
allegation that there are other Booths
In the world beside the tragedian is paral-
lsled in the fact that the rival manufac-
,urers Of cologne were known to search the
sountry where people Of the mime Of Farina
are plentiful for one of that ilk with tho
Christian names Of Johann Marie. Such
one when found was given . small stipend
Tor the use Of his name.
The New York herald., 1876-11-23

ably follow. we shall experience southwest
erly winds and cloudiness, followed by cool
and partly cloudy weather and winds
from the northwest. The weather in New
York to-day will be slightly warmer and
cloudy or partly cloudy. A storm centre is
evidently approaching from the westward Of
the Indian Territory, and will probably be
noticeable by this evening at points west
ward of the Mississippi
The New York herald., 1876-11-23
Il r IPLE SH e e Il
Nrw YoEK, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER sa, 1876.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Owing to the action OF portion Of the carriers and
pcwsmen, who determined that tie public shall
can prevent It, wc have made arrangements place tho
HERALD in the hands OF all readers the reduced
price. Newsboys purchase any quantity they may
desire at No. l.2o5 broadway and No. 2 Ann street.
The New York herald., 1876-11-23

WALL STREET YEsrERpAY.-Stock were
erratic and closed at lower prices than on
the previous day. Gold opened at 100 1-2,
declined to 100 3-S and closed ut 100 1-2.
Government and railway bonds were gen.
orally firm. Money on call loans was sup
piled at and 2 1-2 per cent.
The New York herald., 1876-11-23

The EPISCOPAL CONVENTION OF NEW JER-
sEY met yesterday and was well attended
The annual address of Bishop Odenheimer,
which was very impressively delivered, con-
graduated the Church on the good work
performed during the past year.
The New York herald., 1876-11-23

Coal CONTINUES TO SELL at low rates ct the
great Sales Yesterday large quantity was
disposed Of at very moderate prices COM
pared with former figures. 1t would be
very satisfactory to the public if the reduc-
ton of the price of this necessary article
could be experienced by purchasers at the
retail yards. Cheap coal should be brought
the benefit of the producers.
The New York herald., 1876-11-23
Do Not Worry.

We are sorry to see that our German
neighbor, the Staats Zeitang takes very
dolorous view of the political situation. 1t
seems to see the ruin of our liberties near at
hand, and thinks the American people .'in-
capable of fulfilling the mission inherited
from their fathers;'' we ought, it believes,
to confess that in spite Of our good re-
solves we are no longer capable Of self
government" 1t concludes that ''the down.
fall of our proud Republic is only matter
of time, unless this depraved nation can
gather renewed strength out of its deepest
humiliation"
All this is very sad; and the worst of it is
that the "depraved" American people will
be very apt to laugh at this new jeremiah
AS for ourselves, we take comfort from such
n paragraph as we yesterday copied from the
sun That powerful and sensible journal
wisely says:-''Better submit to wrong for
the time. however gross, than appeal to any
but legal, constitutional and peaceful RENE
dies" That is sound and by no means de-
praved American doctrine. The American
people are not fools. They do not mean to
allow civil war, for they know that they
have remedy for all possible evils without
that. A physician who should declare that
the only cure for his patient was to cut his
head off would at any rate get no large prac-
tice in this country. We beg the Stats
Zeitaing to make its mind easy. OR liberties
are safe. Even if wrong should be done
now the people will take lawful, peaceable
and constitutional revenge two years hence.
But there is as yet no wrong done.
The New York herald., 1876-11-23
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.


BROOKLYN THEATRE
COLONEL SELLERS. at = 7. NJ. John r. Raymond
GlLMORE's GARDEN
BARNuMs CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE. at , and T.
rv =, wALLAcK,S THEATRE.
NIBLo's GARDEN
AMERICAN INSTITUTE
GRAND NATIONAL EXHIBITION.
NEW YORK AQUARIUM
BowERY THEATRE.
EITA OR. LIFE AMONG THE CYPRESS, atsPM.
MISS xULToN. a,sr. ~ Matinee at l ;soP. N.
- GRAND OPERA, HOUSE
UNCLE TOMS CABIN Nsp.M-
BOOTHS THEATRE.
SARDANAPALUs At 8 p. N. Mr.. Bangs and Mrs. Agnes
ru.ouou xrG SEeMANIA yoss a y,aHT ynEATRG ,Grns
HAMLET, a. r. tiofSM Il. ES~,n iaaAi'h bae,s
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE
AS YOU LIKE IT. atsP.M NJ.
TONY PASTORS THEATRE.
VARIETY. ats T. NJ
THIRD AVENUE THEATRE.
DRAMATIC. at T.. NJ.
MABILLE THEATRE.
MABlLLE MYTH. at 7. NJ. Matinee ut . p. r..
PARTISAN VARIETIES
VARIETY, at 8 p H.. Matinee at2 p. NJ.
VARIETY mspTTlvoLI TlvoLI THEATRE.
VARIETY. atsPM
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTR-LS
atsP.M.
KELLY / Icons MINsTRELS
nsP.M
NELLER'S THEATRE.
1REsTIDiGITATEUR, atsP Nj.
COLUMBIA OPERA HOUSE
VARIETY. ats r. NJ Matinee at n. NJ.
THEATRE CoMiQuE
VARIETY, atsP NJ
OLYMPIC THEATRE.
VARIETY AND DRAMA, At T:i5 p. VI.
PHILADELPHIA THEATRES.
KREUTZBERG's ANATOMICAL MUSEUM.
TUE GREAT SIEGE OF PARIS
Daily from A. NJ. TO 10 7. NJ. east of tho Philadelphia
Main Exposition Building
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM.
Ninth and Arch strects-rWO ORPHANS.
GEOLOGICAL GARDEN.
KIRALFY'S ALHAMBRA PALACE
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
NEW NATIONAL THEATRE.
THE BLACK CROOK.
The New York herald., 1876-11-23

From o,r reports this morning the probable
tiles are that The ,ceather to-day ,cH be Slightly
ndrInor and partly cloudy or cloudy.
The New York herald., 1876-11-23

To-DAr4s THE ANx1vrRsAaY of the capture
of Fort st. George from the British by q
party of American patriots. washington
and glory" was their rallying cry. 1t is one
well worth remem bering just at present.
The New York herald., 1876-11-23

As THE CHINESE hare erected their
temples in our midst We do not see why
they should not also fly their kites, espe-
cially when that amusement takes the form
Of religious observance. We do not mean,
Of course, that on this account the Chinese
kite is to be considered the emblem of a
bird Of prey; for it is only symbol of the ex-
alted spirit as piring to celestial happiness.
The New York herald., 1876-11-23
Tho Death or Patrick padden.

To the law, that great instrument of
human justice, imperfect as humanity itself
is imperfect, every now and then some in
nocent man falls victim. Jean Vatican, in
Lies Miserables" Of Victor Hugo, for the
small offence of stealing loaf of bread
when a youth, was pursued by the law for
life, his repentance discredited and his
plans of benevolence destroyed. The story
may be an exaggeration, but its moral
should be needed. 1t is sad enough that
the law should sometimes be the uncon-
scious instrument of injustice, but it is
worse when, without its authority, the in
nocent are punished for imaginary crimes.
The case of Patrick Padden, who was shot
the other night in boat on the East
River as river pirate, may prove to
be an unjustifable homicide. There is
as yet no evidence that he was q
thief. He had been engaged in q legiti-
mate business. He had been sailor
all his life, and was known to be hard
worker who supported wife and nine
children by his labor. His dying words
were:-'I am no pirate. always worked
for what l got, and worked hard for it."
That he had not stolen anything when he
was shot is proved, and it seems that he was
killed on suspicion that he might steal. II
he was thief his purposes were thwarted;
but if he was innocent-what then?
Only a desolated house a wife deprived of
husband, children made orphans, the good
name of a poor family darkened. 1t is pain
full to think of the scene in Mrs. Padden's
humble home when the tidings of her hus-
bands terrible death were brought to
relief for her md her children. No
atonement could be made. 1t is true
that there is no class of thieves
more dreaded by the captains of vessels
anchored in the rivers of New York than the
river pirates, and that suspicious boat in
Therefore the impulse to fire upon boat
under such circumstances is natural But
if it shall be proved that Patrick Padden
was innocent, that no crime had been COM
mitted, that neither the lives nor the property
on the vessel were threatened, then heavy
responsibility rests upon his slayers We
trust the affair will be thoroughly investi-
gated, and if Padden was guilty let his
death be m example to evil doers if he
was innocent it should be made warning
to thos, who use the pistol on suspicion
only and without evidence that it is needed.
The WEATHER The lake region is now
| that in which the lowest barometer prevails.
The depression has moved very slowly
eastward, accompanied by cloudiness and
| rain, which extends as far southwark as
The New York herald., 1876-11-23

WILLIAM Nj. TWEED has not yet arrived to
glad the eyes of the anxious officials of New
York. The Franklin, with the big prisoner
on board, was spoken yesterday not eighty
miles from Sandy Hook, and the ship
of war was making haste very slowly.
What is the matter? Does the government
possess any knowledge of Tweed's prefer
ence with regard to the Presidency, and
keep him away for fear of complicating
matters still more? just imagine Tweed
dded to the Louisiana board of canvassers.
The New York herald., 1876-11-23

The WEATHER lake region is now
that in which the lowest barometer prevails.
The depression has moved very slowly
eastward, accompanied by cloudiness and
rain, which extends as far southwark as
Pittsburg and eastward to the New Eng
land coast Following it comes an
area of high pressure, with low tenn
perature, which by contact with tho
western edge of the depression has pro-
duced snow at Pembina, ST. Paul and Al
pena. Sleet has fallen at Parry's Sound,
Canada. The thermometer ranges in the
Missouri Valley from ffty-three degrees at
Leavenworth to sixteen degrees at Bis
marck, and shows some decided variations
within q small area of territory. As tho
centre of the depression moves up the st.
Lawrence Valley, which course it will prob
The New York herald., 1876-11-23

BROOKLYN THEATRE.
SELLERS, MT = 7. NJ. John r. Raymond
The New York herald., 1876-11-23

GlLMORE'S GARDEN.
BARNuM's CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE. at and =.
wALLACk'S THEATRE
THE SHAUGHRAuN. ats r. NJ.
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VOLUME .......................So Sss
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AMERICAN INSTITUTE.
GRAND NATIONAL EXHIBITION.
NEW YORK AQUARIUM.
Omen dAily
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-02-07
LOST.

The Sunday Leader referring to the
$4,000 deficit says, "If West Virginia
ever gets dollar from the affair We are
ready to say that the workings of prov
idence are past finding out" That is
probably so, for in either event, whether
the money was kept in the treasury of the
reorganized government of Virginia, or
whether it came into the State Treasury
and by that peculiar system of
book keeping which existed in
those days, and about the same now in
practice in the United States Treasury
Department, no record was made of it,
the claim is barred by the statute of limi-
tstionS and consequently lost to the State.
Just there is the difficulty, and that was
the obstacle in the way of the Legisla-
ture. The House Committee reported
the deficit but could suggest no means by
which it could be reached.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-02-07
.Rehel" Records.

WASHINGTON, February 5.-Thc Sec
retary of the Southern Historical Society,
replying to Secretary Belknap's letter to
him, says: "The people of the South are
not only willing and anxious that the
v hole Of their official records should be
given to the world, but that future his
torisns should have an opportunity of
Judging them in the light OF those records.
BE assured, then, of our hearty co-opera-
tion in supplying your department with
the missing Confederate documents. We
will have furnished you properly authen-
ticated copies of such rs are in our pos
session, and will assist you in procuring
Others; it being understood, OF course,
that your department will afford US SINH
lar facility in the prosecution OF our
work
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-02-07
Louisiana Election Law.

NEW ORLEANS, February 5.-The
points of divergence between the two
Houses OF the Legislature on the election
law are thus summarized. The existing
election laws contain Returning Board
clause, approved by Gov. Yarmouth In
connection with the election of 1872.
The House bill abolishes the Returning
Board. The Senate substitute retains it,
but provides for its reorganization
three members to be appointed by the
Governor, with the consent of the
Senate, and two members to be elect.
cd by the House. The powers and du-
ties of the Board are stringently defined.
In cases of alleged violence, intim-
idation or bloodshed they have power
to send for persons and papers, and COM
pel attendance Of witnesses, and admins
ter oaths, and if, after inquiry and eI-
animation, said returning officers, or
minority thereof, shall find and determine
HAT there was not full, fair and free
election in any such locality, poll, ward,
precinct or parish for any OF the reasons
or from any Of the causes stated In this
section, and that the result Of the vote or
election in any such locality was materi-
slly affected thereby, then and in that
case they shall not count, compile or give
any effect to any vote or votes cast at
any such locality, pail, ward, precinct or
parish, but shall discard and disregard
the same IN the canvass and compilation
of the votes cast at said election.