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sustained the platform and he
fell five feet with q heavy thud, and
his body was dead and his soul
WY fahnched into eternity. This
was at five minutes past twelve o'clock.
Seventeen minutes later he was pro-
noupced dead by DR.. H.yr. Lyon, and
vast put Tin the !coffh which had
besn brought for htiRy His friends
were not present to claim the body and
the Sheriff expressed it to them at
Ninety-EiI on Saturday morning.
'NoTEssef HIS CASE. !
Jerry Coleman, wss tried and
Convicted Of Murder at the June
(lSf3) term Of court for Abbeville
county, and sentenced to be hung in
February, 1874. A motion for a new
trial was made and refused by his
Honor Judge Cooke, and an appeal
therefrom was taken to the supreme
court. A new trial was granted, and,
at the October (lS75) term, a second
trial took place, which resulted in q
second verdict of guilty of murder.
A motion for q new trial was again
made and refused BY the circuit Judge,
and an appeal was again taken to the
supreme court.
The supreme court refused O new
trial upon this appeal, and he was
sentenced to be hung on the 2sth day
of last July, but before the day ap.
~pointed for his execution aNpetition
was presented to the Governor for ex.
ecutive clemency. and owing to the
near approach of the day appointed
for him b be hung, the Executive
respited hfp for three weeks fro =
that day, and in the meantime lie
examined the evidence Very care
fully, and as he saw upor.sGiR.
gredient of the eSimes"-6f murder
which was absent in this case" he de-
clined to Interfere andSIlowed the sen
tence Of the law to be executed.
SKETCH OF COLEMAN.
Jerry Coleman WAS a full bloodeC
negro, aged about % years, Of dark
brown color, medium size, with an ex'
cellent physique, always dressed neatly
and was prepOssessing In appearance
was born the slave of DR.. J. A. Stuart
appointment citizen Of Ninety-SiX, and
a year or two before the commission o.
this crime, he had for his misconduct
been ordered ftom his former mas
ter's premises, with instructions not
to return, but in violation Of this or,
der he did return. which resulted in 6
disturbance among the negroes on the
place. Getting the worst OF a figh!
ut the negroes house. he left, lay in
wait that night down the road and
slew Adam Hackett, the negro, with
whom he had fought in the evening,
I'm two hours previous. by hit
ting him q fearful blow on the back Of
the head with q heavy sassafras stick,
which split the skull of his victim.
This occurred on a Sunday night,
and on the following day he went>t to
work In the field as usual and contiI,-
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Mr.. James Shillito, Sen, on Sunday
night last. The plant upon which
this bloom grew is four y~ears-old, and
lever bloomed until this/ SuIhmer.
Mrs. Shillito has a splendid sffsction
of rare plants, which will repay q Wis
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-12-13

DEMOCRATIC honesty is well Illus
TT ated in the attempt of Governor
Grover, Of Oregon, TO steal a vote
for Tilden. Beyond serving the pur-
pose of an illustration of the means
by which that party would maintain
itself in power, his action will be of
service to no one. In Vermont,
where the Republican majority is
about %, 000, an enthusiastic and not
tuo conscientious Democrat organized
himself into an Electoral College,
and proceeded to cast one vote for
Tilden. Ia Nebraska, the Democrat
ic members Of the STATE Senate re-
NAMED away from a special session
Of the Legislature, called for the pur-
pose of canvassing the vote, in the
hope that thereby a quorum would
not be present, and the vote Of the
Stale would be lost to Hayes; bis
majority being about $1,000. Every
trick which could suggest itself to
the fertile mind of an INSCRIPTIONS
lawyer, has been used by Mr.. Tilden
and his friends TO secure q vote in
States confessedly Republican. In
view OF the many and desperate at
,empts to defeat the expressed will OF
Northern States, does not the shall
lowness of Democratic ~pretentions
for an honest count appear with a
force sufficient to convince the mind
of every reasonable citizen that more
desperate means were used in the
South to Obtain the votes of such
States as Georgia, North Carolina,
Mississippi and Alabama. "An
honest COUNT Such a thing in the
DAYS Of Democratic power was un-
known. The thugs of Baltimore to-
DAY prevent the State Of Maryland
from casting a Republican vote. AT
the last GubernatorIal election voters
we're driven away from the polls and
beaten, net only by the mob, bu: by
Democratic policemen, and when a
legal investigation ensued and the
facts appeared the Democratic states
men, of the Monumental City, justi-
fed and defended policemen and
roughs, and Governor Carroll to-day
has not as clear a right to exercise
the Office Of Governor as Kellogg, of
Louisiana, OF Chamberlain, of South
Carolina. Democratic honesty is
very much like Democratic love for
the Constitution, a very good thing
to give an airing in the Democratic
organs, but a bad thing to practice :
HARRISBURG TeleGrGph.
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Louisiana.

NEw-URLEANs, Dec 5-Shortly
after 6 O'Clock this evening. The
Louisiana Returning Board, after be
ing continuously 10 session fJI
eighteen hours, concluded the canvass
of the Presidential vote. They did
their duty uHder the law iearlessly.
faithfully. aud well. Right and JUS
tice have triumphed in spite of threats,
fraud, violence. and murder. and
Rutherford &. Hay es will receive the
Electoral vote OF of this State bv a
majority of over 5000. The MAORI
ty for the lowest ElectOr is 3.435. and
for the highest 4,5GT. The result
has been obtained by the %strictest adj
herence to the law, aud by the throw
ing cut Of only such polls as we're
proved beyond all question 20 have
been controlled bv violence or fraud.
Tue misprinted tickets, which bore
the names ofoHly part of the Hayes
Electors, were only counted for those
candidates whose names appeared
on them; hence the difference be-
tween the vote tor the highest and
lowest Elector. The State Legisla-
lure will be Republican by a MAORI
" of24 on joint ballot, the majority
in the House beng 30. and in the
Senate 4. This secures the election
of two United States Senators, one
to Gil the seat made vacant by the
of Mr.. Vests term. aad
other to serve for two years in the
place of Pinchback, whose election
declared Illegal. The gentleman
10 Vests place will serve for
six wears. Gov, Kellogg is Il promi-
nent candidate for this position.
The Congressional delegation will be
four gepablicans aud two Demo
Gratis.
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A Das,ara,y Political crime.

PoRTLASD. Oregon. Dec. 6.-Tte
arguments before Gov. Grover on
on the question Of Watts disqualii-
cation as e,ec.or. were concluded
or Tuesday evening at 10 O'Clock
Gov. Grover announced that be
would reserve his decision until this
morning at l0a n. The Board
then adjourned. This morning, at
the designated hour, Grover anbounc-
ed that he bad concluded to refuse
Watts a certificate, and to issue on.
to Cronin, Democrat, who had re.
ceived the next highest number Of
votes
AZ II O'Clock to-day the Republi-
can and Democratic electoral caDdi-
dates assembled in The room, The door
Of which vas locked. aud guarded
by a Deputy United States Marshal
Shortly after II O'Clock the Govern
or issued three Certificates to John G..
Cartwright, William II. OdelI, and
L. A. Cronin, which were properly
certified to by Secretary Chadwick
These certificates were issued ia trip
%lieate, and placed ia an envelope by
Chadwick. who went 10 The room
7here the six Electors were assem-
bled.
The envelope was addressed to
OdelI, Cr0nin. aud CartHtight.
CDad wick knocked at the door, which
was opened by Cronin, and the en-
yelope containing the certificates
was handed to b o.. Cronin, on re-
ceiVing the certificates, refused to give
Cartwright. and Odell tbier'-. These
two gentlemen refused TO recognize
Cronin "a u qualified EIector, when
be announced his readiness to pro-
coed with the Electoral ball II. Gro
nin stated then. that in2smuch "a
Cartwright aud Odell had refused to
acknowledge him as an Elector, be
declared the Offices vacant. and pro
ceeded to fill them himself.
He appointed John T. Miller, Of
Jackson county, and John Parker, Of
Linn county, both Democrats. TO ill
the alleged vacancies. These self
constituted elec rs then proceeded to
cast the elect raj vote If Oregon,
Cronin voting for TildeD, add Miller
end Parker for Hayes. After casting
the vote, Cronin hastily left the room,
taking with him the certificates and
the electoral ote. When he bad re-
tired, the three Republican electors.
acting on the assumption that as
Watts bad been refused Il certificate.
there existed a vacancy. proceeded to
I'll the same by selecting Watts as
electors, aud then east the electoral
vote of the State for Hayes.
The feeling Of indignation on the
part of the Republicans at what they
consider the unwarra1,able. Illegal.
and revolutionary action Of Grover
and the Democrats is intense. The
Democrats themselves, in NUMBERS,
denounce the proceedings. Others
justify it on the ground Of retaliation.
Very few Of any class claim that the
action Of the Governor or of Cronin
is legal.
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HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL
IN THE DEMOCRATIC BREAST-IN
TERvIEw WITH HENDRICKS, OF
INDIANA.

INDIANAPOLIS, December THE
Journal publishes an interview with
Governor Hendricks on the situation.
He thinks the action of the returning
boards in Florida, South Carolina
and Louisiana not IN accordance with
The laws of those States or the Fed,
eral Constitution, but hopes Congress
Will do justice aud assert the true
spirit of the Constitution. He does
not believe that the Vice President
can declare who is elected. or that
The Two Houses Of Congress are
simply witnesses as To the count, fur
nlshIng tel ers to certify 10 the Cor
rect reading of ballots. He relies
upon The twenty-secOnd juint rule,
which he contends has been in opera
ton since 1858, aud declares it a leg
islaLlve Interpretation % the Consul
tutlon specially intended for such a
C isis as the present.
He admits the possibility of the
House declaring Tilden President,
aad The Senate declaring Hayes Pres
ident, aud that such a crisis would
be Of the most serious character, and
entail upon all parties the gravest
responsibility. He declined any
statements as to his recent meeting
with Governor Tilden.
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Mr. REDFIELD, of the Cincinnati
Commercial, whose letters from New
Orleans at the outset leaned strongly
to the Democratic side, now has this
10 saw in favor of the Returning
Board: These men who composed
the Returning Board have been
abused folly as much as they deserve.
They are Republicans from principle.
They endanger their lives by count
ing in the Republican ticket, but are
without reward. On the other band
they could get SlO0, O00 each to count
In Tilden. 1t is asserted that $500
600 OF Democratic mouey from New
York is how there, TO be used If pos
sible, in buying up the Board, but SO
far without success. This money
nav have been sen by New York
betting men. | do not know as to
that. But | have reasonably good
authority for saying that it has so far
been without avail. | am informed
that one of the members Of the Board
has been approached in a manner that
be could not misunderstood, but the
approach was useless. If the Board
was as black as it has been painted,
il seems remarkable that so large a
sum should have no influence upon
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mode Of Reconstruction" or 10 spfdk
more plainly, as 10 mhether the DON.
troll Of the government should be
Mrotrn immediately into The hands q
those who had so recently and persis
tentiy tried 10 destroy Il, or mhether
The ricfors should continue 10 hare IN
equal roice nth them IA this control
Reconstruction, as finally agreed
np0n, a THIS:
In this his last message, President
Grant has placed on enduring recSrd,
his matured opinion of the Democrat
ic party. They hated him before for
his brilliant military and civil SER
vices to the country, and now they
will uniorgivingly execrate him for all
time to come. The whole message
is filed with sound, honest, brave SEN
timents, and we commend it heartily
TO our readers.
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The Brooklyn Horror.

NEW YORK, December G-The FIRE
in the Brooklyn Theater last night
was attended by an appalling loss OF
lite, aud, it is thought, not less than
one hundred and City persons were
killed in the rush To the exits or
burned to death, being unable to
escape. The fire broke ont during
the terfrrmance ofthe last scene OF
the 1.-TWO Orphans" in which Miss
Claxtoa, who PLAYS the part of The
heroine. lies. on the boat house floor.
Ia FIVE minutes more the audience
would have been dismissed. aud
there would have been nothing more
serious to record than the destruction
of the property.
BROOKLYN, December 6. 4P NJ
one hundred aud sePenty-hve bodies
have been taken from the ruins of
the tbeater. The ruins are still burn
ing, making the work of removing
the bodies very difficult.
Flags are ar half mast throughout
the city, and the theaters draped in
mourning.
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thur and informed him that a cipher
despatch had been received here this
morning by Mr.. Weed from a person
in South Carolina, signing himself
President of the c., C.. and A II. X.
He asked authority from Colonel
Pelton to pay D of the ii yves
electors thirty thousand dollars"
ANGRY THREATS IN wAsHINGT, Y.
WASHINGTON, December 6-BIt-
ter disappointment prevailed au .pg
the Democrats in the House to-day.
when they learned that the vote of
Florida has been declared for HAYES.
} hey had counted so confidently on
the success OF measures which they
believed had been taken to secure
this Stat that many of them celebra-
ted last night in a cornwall way the
victory which they though already
gained. The news to-day confirmed
about one O'Clock, threw them into o
state OF great of excitement. They
gathered in groups about their lea
ders, and for owe an hour discussed
the situation among themselves 10 u
way that was anything except calm
or wise. Many threatning remarks
were made. One member, for exam
pie, said that''There is nothing no
for Democrats to do except To buy
muskets." Mr.. Morrison, the Dem
ocratic leade. had, while in New Or
leans, predicted to Gen. Garfield that
people would be cutting each Others
Threats within "a hundred days, aud
to-day be walked over to Gen. Gar
fields seat, and, after asking him If be
had signed the Louisiana report, said
You remember the prediction | made
in New Oorleans?" Garfield replied
that he did, but that hoped that Mr..
Morrison had changed his mind by
this time. ''On the contrary. said Mr..
M~orrisoD,"I repeat my predsction,
and believe it more firmly now han
ever" This conversation was not in
tended TO be private, but it was so
loud that a number Of Republicans
sitting near heard it.
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Florida.

WASHINGTON, Dee. 6.-The follow.
ing is received:
TALLAHASSEE. Dec. 9-The count
is just finished. Hayes majority is
$50. The Republicans elect Cover
nor, Lieutenant Governor and both
members of Congress. All is quiet.
LEW WALLACE.
Tallahassee. Dec. 80 Hon.
L. Chandler, Washington Hayes
majority $50 Stearns' m~siority 500
less. Both Republican Congressman
elected.
". E. CHANDLER.
TALLAHASSEE, Dec. G-To Hon.
A. TAFT: We have the Republican
electors, Governor, Lieutenant Gov
ernor and one member Of Congress
7. W. OSBORNE.
JACKSONVILLE. Dee 6.-GreeH Is
Raum, Commissioner Of Internal
Recenue: Hayes majority $50. In
all of toe most important points the
board were unanimous.
A. A KNIGHT,
Collector.
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Beaten TO Death.

PHILADELPHIA, December G-0n
NoFember 18th "a woman named
Mary Powell was found 10 a dying
condition 10 West Philadelphia, with
serious wounds on her head and face
She died last Monday. IL appears
that she had been an inmate Of the
Almshuuse, and at.er wandering
about the street she called ia The
tavern Of Barney Keboe. on Market
street, In waru herself. On leaving
the place, il is alleged, she was fol-
lowed and beaten be two men. At
the Coroner's Inquest today. John j.
German, James Dempsey. Dennis
Dempsey, John ii German aud VA.
Cav we're held for a further hear.
log.
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why the Trick Cannot Succeed

WASHINGTON, Dec. THE Dem.
ocratlc members appeared to take
their cue from Mr.. Hewitt to dav.
They were not, however, in the Sc.
rene mood of men who were confident
Of their ground, but were in bad TEN
per and could not discuss tie situa.
ton 10 conversation with Republi.
cans or even with each other with.
out displaying au excited and Amos,
threatening manner. The Southern
Democrats wera noticeably cooler
than their Northern brethren. aud
most of the conciliatory appeared to
proceed from them. The Republi-
cans were grave and anxious. A
comparison OF opinions during the
day went far toward %reassuring them,
however. Sagacious men, looking
at the facts 10 tn Oregon election.
soon perceived a fatal flaw in the
Democratic case They saw that it
was by 40 means certain that the re-
turns declared by the President OF
the Senate will show a vote for Til
den.
The case stands thus: The Gov
ernor of Oregon issued a certificate
that Cartwright and 0dell, Republi-
cans, and Cronin, Democrat, were the
lawful electors. This certificate
Cronin put in bis pocket. He organ-
lied himself as the electoral College.
moved hat be fill the two vacancies.
put the vote to himself, declared il
carried, elected two Democrats, and
made up a return of n vote for
Tilden and two for Hayes. which be
will bring on himself to Washington
and deliver to the President of the
Senate. The two genuine electors
met, found a majority OF the electoral
college present, filled the one vacan-
cy, cast the vote for HAYES in ac-
cordance with the verdict of the peo-
pie, and made up a legal return in
due form.
The President of the Senate will
open both the returns He will find
in the fraudulent one the certificate of
the Governor. BY this certificate be
will learn who are declared to be the
electors. He will then refer to the
conflicting returns to ascertain which
comes from q majority of the electors
thus certified to. That return. il is
declared, be will present to be count
ed. The other will be treated as a
There will be no going be-
bind the certificate, because the GER
.licate itself, whenever found, will
show which is the genuine return aud
which is the fraudulent one. The
circumstance that this certificate
comes enclosed in the false return is
lot important. Ii is perhaps all the
it should be SO, for it exposes
he fraud which it was hoped it would
conceal. Republicans now under
stand this clearly, and are not at all
roubled at this last trick of their OPP
oDents.
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THE mud singers Of the Democrat.
ic press are just now busily engaged
in bedaubing the President, Secretary
Cameron, Senator Sherman, General
Garfield, Hon. W. d. Kelley, and all
those who opposed the efforts OF
their party to cary Louisiana, South
Carolina and Florida by murder and
fraud, or wbo-bear witness TO he
horrors inflicted upon the Republic
an voters Of those States, as testified
by their wounds and scars as well as
by themselves orally before the Return
ing Boards. Ifsneer downright mis-,
representations and lying would
avail, the public mind would soon be
satisfied, but, as against the high
character Of the gentlemen whom
they vilIify, and the cumulative testi-
mony of scores ir-reprochable wit
nesses, their rawlings viii amount to
nothing.
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Is violation of the uniform deci
sicns of all parliamentary bodies, and
all courts of law, for tie past one
hundred years, the Democratic Gov.
ernor of Oregon issues a certificate Of
election as q Presidential elector to q
man without the shadow OF right &c
exercise the functions Of that Office.
That shsdowy fraud on sill legal
right appoints two colleagues, who
have less right than he to act as cleo.
tors (f anything can be less than
nothing). And these three ghosts o:
rascality proceed to cast a of the
electoral votes Of Oregon for Samuel
j. Tilden, whom not the most hard
ened rascal in the United States pre-
tends was the choice of the people Of
that State for President. Whatever
hope may be based on the success of
this petty trick is doomed to speedy
disappointment - Harri sbrrg Te'e-
graph.
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their Democratic Governor. We
give the average Democrats credit fol
TOO much sense, to believe that they
have any idea that their tool in
Oregon had any right, legal or moral,
to vote for Tilden or any one else in
the Electoral College. The whole
thing is a trick, doubtless invented
bv the cunning little lawyer Tilden,
TO procure two sets of returns TO be
sent to Washington, and thus if pos
sible, 70 compel the Senate TO recede
from its present position, that its pre-
siding officer can exercise no other
functions, than that of counting and
declaring the vote for President, as
certified and returned TO that body.
That the trick will not win, and that
Hayes will in due time be declared
by the Senate the legally elected
President the country may feel
asnye1
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THE most scurvy, and at the same
the ~silliest trick ever attempted, by
any one claiming to be a gentleman
and a man OF honor, is the effort OF
the Democratic Governor of Oregon
to deprive Governor Hayes of the
vote of an elector from that State.
Although one Of the Republicans
elected, may have been disqualified,
by reason of holding the Office OF
Post Master at the time of his election,
vet no Gsa Of average common
sense belle yes that Cronin, a Demo
crat who was defeated at the election,
is a duly qualified e%lector, or that the
certificate given him by the Governor
could make him one. The entire
proceeding is so absured, that the
wayfaring man though a fool, could
not be deceived by it. 1t has been
decided scores of times, and the
common sense Of mankind sustains
the decision, that when an ineligible
man is elected to a position be cannot
ill, there is a vacancy. The doctrine
that the defeated candidate is entitled
to the position, has been repudiated
by the Courts and Legislative bodies
ever where, and is utterly absurd.
In fact there is proof positive, that
the Democrats themselves do not be-
lieve in or endorse the silly action
of oregon's assanine Governor. For
on the same day that be was proving
to the world his knavish folly, the
OF Missouri permitted..o ne
Of their electors, who was totally
disqualified to hold the Office, by
reason of being a rebel soldier, and
never having bis disability removed,
cast the vote OF that State for
rilden, by virtue of a certificate from
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-12-13

Mr.. SPEAKER RANDALL vents bis
little spite. by emitting Colorado
when he calls the States for bills,
and call her among the Territories.
The President has proclaimed her a
State, in accordance with the law
providing for her admission as such,
and the Senate unhesitatingIy ad-
miited her iSena.ors. Yet his bull
doing lout, who was elected Speaker
of the House, simply because be is
= bully, disgraces the State which be
in part represents, the House over
which he presides, and the Nation at
large, by this contemplate conduct
What q beautiful commentary on
the much Wanted Democratic dec
trines of Estate rights" and reform"
this political bruiscr is placing ID the
pages of National Legislation :,