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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-11-24

The Kansas City Times is making
. great hoodoo over the movement
of q company or two of soldiers
from Fl. Leavenworth east. The
following telegram explains the
matter:
LEAvENwoRTH, Kas., Nov. IL
One hundred and ten men and six
officers Of the Sd United States ar
tillery left Fl. Leavenworth this af-
ternoon for Governors Island, New
York, their old quarters. One COM
panY of the 18th infantry will be
ordered here Immediately, and the
balance OF the regiment, which Is
now at Newport Barracks, will also
arrive soon. The 9th cavalry band
left this afternoon for Fort Hayes,
Kansas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-11-24

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1.-THE to.
tails Of receipts of the Exhibition
from all sources, from May 10 Nov.
10, may be stated approximately as
follows: From admission fees, $3,-
813, 724; from concessions, 5000. 600 ;
from percentages and royalties,
S205, 010. Grand total, s., 308, 735.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-11-24

The following are official majori-
ties: Alabama, for Tilden, "a, 1888 ;
New York, 81 1886; Maryland, 49,
1919; Arkansas, 1880; Pennsylva-
mia, Hayes, 1894; Illinois, 1884 ;
Kansas, (about) $4,000.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-11-24

The Younger Brothers, who have
just had their trial in Minnesota,
for the recent bank robbery there,
have all been sentenced..to the States
PRISON for life. They will probably
aeon be ct large.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-11-24

VIM. Mckee, editor Of the st.
! Louis Globe-Democrat, and nearly
all the other parties convicted there
last year of completely in the whis-
ky frauds, have been pardOned.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-11-24

The Republican gain in Arkansas
at tbs Presidential election was A.
600. There il some hope for that
State yet.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-11-24
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice to Ladies.

have received large stock Of the most fash :
ionabIe ladies' cIoaks, which were bought Of the
at great reduction in prices. Ladies'
should avail themselves of this opportunity buy
Ing beautiful and fashionable cioaks figures,
as they are likely 60 be sold An early examI.
nation will be desirable.
d. HHUMAS. BaECrOft Block.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-11-24

Montpelier, VT, Nov. To- The
bill TO accord women the same
privileges As men was defeated in
the House to-day-lll to 46.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-11-24

The New York Times gives the
Republicans 136 members of the
House, and the Democrats 145-l
three members yet to be chosen
New Hampshire) and nine in die
pute.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-11-24
new ADVERTISEMENTS,
Notice Of Final Settlement.

THE undersigned, administrator of the
i estate of w j. Harris, deceased. will,
on January 1st, 1877, make final settlement
of said estate at the ofice OF the Probate
47-4t JOHN i. PRICE.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-11-24
State NORMAL SCHOOL
EMP0RIA, KANSAS.
The Winter Term Commences Jan. 5
1877.

ORGANISATIONS for new students Jan
u I'd. Experienced teachers in every de-
Partment. Tuition, payable in advance, is
s. per term for Preparatory Year; 81 for
higher studies. 50 incidentals. Text books
at cost, or rented for cents per week each.
81 per week. Students can rent rooms and
board Themselves at less cost. Furnished
rooms in Boarding Hall for ladies can be
rented for $3.50 per month Applications
should be made early. to the President.
N. B.-THE TUITION FEE will be refunded
to all NORMAL students at the close of the
term, provided appropriations commencing
with the fiscal year are granted By the Legis-
z7-4tl c. R. PoMERoY. President.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-11-24

IIATERF ERENCE WITH STATE RIGHTS
and local self-government for per-
sons like ourselves, without official
right to attempt to influence or con-
test its judicial election. Had 9
corresponding board in the State of
New York In 1868 been authorized
to pass upon the fraudulent returns
Of the votes of the city of New
York that year, and a delegation of
citizens of Louisiana, however res
pectable, attempted to influence its
judicial action upon the facts pre-
scented to it under the laws of that
State, such attempt would have
been universally condemned. If
the duties of the canvassiDg board
of Louisiana were merely ministe-
rial or clerical, as Ia case of an Off
Ger charged by law with the duty of
verifying and declaring the result
of any election and investigating
with no discretion, as when the
President of the Senate counts and
declares the votes of electors of the
several States in the election of
President and Vice Presidedt un-
der the Constitution of the United
States, q different case would be
presented. Il is in our judgment
vital to the preservation of consti-
tutienal liberty that the habit of
obeyance to the forms of law should
be sedulously inculcated aud culti-
waited, and that the resort to extra
constitutional modes of redress for
even actual grievances should be
avoided and CONDEMNED as revolu-
tionsry, disorganizing, and tending
to disorder and anarchy. To reduce
the whole question, therefore, to
the mere clerical duty of counting
the votes actually cast, as proposed
by you in distinction from votes Ie-
gally cast and returned, irrespective
of the question whether they are
cast, or otherwise vita.
ted, Involves a notification of the
provisions of the laws of Louisiana,
which have already been adjudica-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-11-24

THE DEAUChAIIC COMMITTEE OF FIVE.
The visiting Democrats sppoin-
ted the following to remain and be
present to witness the counting of
the votes by the returning beard:
John M. Palmer of Illinois, Lyman
Trumbull of Illinois, VIM. Bigler
of Pennsylvania, Geo. B. Smith Of
Wisconsin and P. II. Watson of
Ohio.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-14
Proposed Radical Coup d'etat.

Washington Special to the New York World.
One thing is known. The revO-
lutiOnary leaders have now no hope
of installing Hayes according to
the forms of the Constitution, and
their present plan is a coup d'etat
to seize the city and executive de-
partments on the 4th of March
like the French, who when they
make a revolution. begin by seizing
Paris. In a wore, they propose to
do the very thing which it was
feared the secessionists might at
tempt to do 1860 81, namely, to
capture the Federal capital by
quick, bold military movement,
seize the Government officers and
trust to the love of peace and
quiet on the part of the people for
submission TO the revolution. IN
luckily for the secessionists of 1860
81 they had no such leaders as Cam
eron, Jay Gould, Sherman and
Morton; and they thus lost their
opportunity. These men are play
ing the same game with a boldness,
a vigOr and an audacity that either
of the two Napoleons could scarcely
surpass. Hayes is nothing in him
SELF But we read in history of
many cases where a weak pretender
to the Thrones child or a woman,
maybe-was carried into power by
cunning, bold conspirators who had
their profit to make by the opera
ton.
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-.Howq"

That is now the question. Never
before did a little monosyllabic
question so agitate and disturb the
radicals. "HowP' In the Senate
rial caucus the other day, some one
asked what was to be done about
the Oregon business. "Why, throw
out the VOTE" was the reply. But
"How2 was the stunning inquiry.
Hayes must and shall be counted
in, says one. But "HowT' inquiries
another. Tilden's vote must be re-
duced, says one. But "Howg"
echoes along the hall. Louisiana,
s. Carolina and Florida vote for
Hayes and mast be counted that
way. Oregon gives one vote for
Tilden, but it shall not be counted
that way. But 'How" are we to
prevent it, comes swelling up from
the hills and hollows of all the
States. "How?" There is but one
man in America who can answer
the question. Grant can solve any
problem, with Sherman, Sheridan,
Cameron, Ruger and Chandler to
back him.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-14
SCHEDULE.
D. & C. 5. r R., Decatur Divis'n
For a Constitutional Amendment
WHEREBY
THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
Can YOte Directly for
President & Vice President.
rhe Great PolItIeal Muddle.


If there was ever a call for higher
craftsmanship in this country than
the present political situation de
mands, the knowledge of it has
never come to US. 1t is an intri
cate problem, AID one not to be
solved by cunning or chicanery.
We must not merely consider what
we wish to have, but what the best
interests of the country require.
The constitution and the law are
supreme in all this land, and each
citizen has equal rights under them.
When the point is reached where
the inherent right of revolution,
though latent under constitutional
forms. springs into practical exist
ence, it then becomes the duty as
we'll as the right Of The people to
use whatever means they can com
mand, whether constitutional or
not, to protect their rights against
all who may assail them. But we
are not to presume that this point
will be reached, in the present cr-
sis. Let us hope that for all time
constitutional and legal remedies
may still be invoked and still prom
Use redress. The rights of the peo-
pie of several of our States have
been wantonly trampled under foot
by the iron heel of lawless power,
and popular suffrage strangled to
death by the secret cords Of corrup-
ton. If no other remedy were left
revolution would he a duty, what
ever its results, as death is prafera-
Bile to submission to despotism.
But it is one of the most notable
and benefcent elements of a high
civilization, and of a hereditary love
of constitutional liberty, that the
people are law-abiding. They feel
by instinct that law is a better
guardian of their rights than force;
and they know it rarely happens
that constitutional remedies, when
patiently sought for, fail to right
the evils Of civil administration.
The American people will therefore
wait with the dignified composure
Of men who know they can only
lose their freedom when they de-
serve to be slaves, for the working
out Of this intricate political prob
lem. The principles of our consti-
tuition are ample for its solution.
And they feel confident that those
intrusted with the ultimate power
of decision will have both the intel
ligence and the integrity to know
and to enforce their constitutional
rights. Let MS be as considerate
and patient as possible. Mr. Til
den will be inaugurated when
Grants term expires.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-14
Wade Hampton's Speech

On the 9th the Telegraph reported
the following speech as having been
made that night by Wade Hampton
ut Columbia, 5. c.:
Il am supported by the property
owners Of the State and by the
good men Of all classes. Two
months ago I said l would submit
my claims before the people OF
South Carolina, and, if elected Gov
ernor, that by the Eternal God
would have my place. Since then,
in sp;Sa of the frauds and false
hoods, all the powers of the State
Government and the bayonets of
President Grant, I have been by rs,
600 white men and 1900 colored
men chosen to be Governor of the
State of South Carolina, and Cover
nor I will be. The ballot-box has
announced the verdict Of the peo-
pie, and l will be their Governor,
or they shall have a military gov
eminent
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-14

We did not advocate the election
of Mr.. Tilden, but before the bayo-
net shall keep him from entering
upon the duties of the office to
which we believe he has been elect
ed, we are ready to close our office,
lay down the pen, take up our rifle
and go direct to Washington or any
post of danger he assigns us.
We hope it will not come to this
but if, in defence of the right and
to teach the bayonet that it has no
power over the ballot, we are ready
to quit all business and 90 at once
to the duty and the fate before us.
There are millions of men who
will do the same. There are enoue h
Democrats in the country who dare
fight for the right to crush Grant
and his army into the army and do
1t at once.
If Tilden is elected President he
must be PRESIDENT Let him call for
help, and it will colBe. If we are
to have las0, let law prevail. If we
are to have a00r, we are ready for it
The country has had too much Of
Grant or Republicanism, of militia
ry rule and bayonet interference
with the rights of sovereign people,
and if President elect Tllden wants
that chair, he can have it, for all
the power there is in Grant, Sheri-
dan, Sherman, or all the uniform
bayonet soldiers in the Union to
prevent.
Mr.. Grant, you have heard how
rockets go up and how rockets come
down Brick Pon1eroy.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-14

Ex-Gov. Isham G.. Harris stands
pre- eminently at the head Of the
list of candidates for U. S. Senator.
HIS profound learning and great
political sagacity, coupled with his
indomitable nerve and zeal, temper
ed by his great conservative judg-
ment, will make him a power IN the
Senate chamber. Cur own little
admiral-little only in point Of
physical stature-a giant in states
manship-Whitthorne-w would yoke
well with Harris, and the two would
make a strong team. Next comes
the able, the incorruptible, the elo
quent Bright-the demosthenes of
the American Congress-and with
him comes Baily, a man o: genius
and profound ability. We have
plenty of good material. There is
no necessity for sending a man of
mediocre talent to the Senate. If
any of these should decline or prove
unacceptable, rather than have a
second rate man in the Senate again,
Tennessee had better call upon Gov.
Jno. G. Brown to sacrifice his pri-
vate affairs, and the great enterprise
he is now engaged in, to accept the
position. 1t would be a great sac
rifice to him, but he is a man vic
never fails in any emergency. He
will probably not thank us for the
suggestion, hut we are not writing
for thanks now. A crisis is upon
us. We need the counsels and la
bors of our wisest men, our great
est patriots, our profoundest law
yers. He would probably decline
contest with any of the above gen
tlemen for the position, and would
undoubtedly prefer not TO enter the
lists at all, but if the voice of Ten
nessee calls him to service in the
national counsel, he dare not de-
cline. He is 2 man who never
shrinks from duty nor fails in an
emergency, and he is made of the
right kind of stuff for a Senator
just now.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-14
sHERIFF'S SALE.

u Y virtle Of three writs of venditioni ex-
u Ponas to me directed from. the Circuit
Court ofGiles County. in the cases of A. G..
Irvine 81 Co. and Ba.lentine & Irvine VS..
james T: Moore and A. G. Moore, / will sell
to the hie hest bidder, for cash, at the court
house Goor in Pulaski,
On Saturday, Jan. 9th, 1877,
subject to redemption, a tract of land living
in the 18th civil district of Giles county on
the " tiers of Riehand creek, about one mile
east Of the Brisk Church. and bounded on
the north by the lands of 6. W. Porterfieid.
on the east by g. A. Hopkins aud Porterfeld,
and on the south and west by the lands Of
Mrs. Nancy Moore, containing 17S% acres
Iess 81 = acres and 10 poles conveyed off of
said tract by James P. Moore and wife to J
K. p Blackburn.
decl4-td RA. BLOW, Sheriff.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-14
The Latest.


Chamberlain's rump Legislature
has elected a U. S. Senator, and de-
clared the office of Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court vacant, and will
fill the vacancy tomorrow. This
was done in the face of constita-
tional provision that the Judge of
the Supreme Court can only be re-
moved by impeachment on a two
thirds vote of Senate.
There is no doubt now but that
there is a conspiracy among the Re-
publican leaders to provoke a COLI
sion between the races. Chamber
lain is issuing arms and ammunl
ton to negroes, and some schemes
of desperation have been concocted
by the Union Leagues.
The Washington authorities are
said to be determined to inaugurate
Hayes at all hazards. They insist
that the electoral vote shall be
counted by the Senate.
Special kilograms to the Courier
Journal give the details of a con
spiracy, and military preparations
for n coup detat. Troops are being
raised and armed secretly in Penn
sylvania. It is given out that all
this preparation is to inaugurate
Hayes, no matter what the House
may say or do. But the democrats
are unterrifed. Mr.. Tilden, in this
trying emergency, proves himself
worthy of the support given him by
his countrymen. He is no coward
or trimmer. Having been called by
the people to this position of high
trust, he is ready to go to the front.
He says he has not long to live, and
is willing to accept the personal
risks of defending the course Of the
people, and that if they are stricken
down by a military despotism it
shall not be his fault.
This is Mr. Randalps version of
Mr.. Tilden's position after having
just interviewed him. There was a
full and free consultation between
leading democrats of the County
the other day to map out a pro
gramme of action. A possibility
OF war was freely discussed, but all
legal ard constitutional means are
to be exhausted, then if the republi-
cans insist on their usurpation and
determine to override ali law, Til
den must be inaugurated at all haz-
ards.
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Original Attachment.

State of Tennessee-G County.
J. j Patterson 81 Co., VS. STEPHEN Smith and
T. g. Jones vs.. Stephen Smith
I n this cause it appearing by affidavit that
the defendant, stephen Smith, is Justly
indebted to the plaintiffs, and so coneeais
himself that the ordinary presses Of law can
not be served on him, and an original at
tachment having been levied on his property
1t is therefore ordered that publication be
made in the Pulaski Citizen, a Newspaper
published in the town of Pulaski, for four
successive weeks, commanding the said Steph
en- Smith to appear before me or some other
acting Justice OF the Peace, at my office in
Elton, Sth civil district Of said county, 5 on
Monday, the 22d day of January, 1877, and
make defense to said sGits against hlm. or
they will be proceeded with exparte
4. " MOORE, j. P,
dec14-4ws Giles County, Tenn.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-14
TiIden Determined and Demo
Gratis Firm and United.


Washington Special to the Coulier-Jou-nal.
There are indications of a bold
and more energetic policy being
pursued by the Democratic party
in Congress than heretofore. The
statements of Republican cores
pOndents that a serious division of
opinion exists between the North
ern and Southern Democratic mem
bers are wholly unfounded. The
Southern Democrats are really to
follow any lead that their North
ern friends may take to defeat
the plot of the Radical cOnspirators.
The next ten or twelve DAYS will
undoubtedly be fruitful in impor-
tant events.
The Democratic National Com
mittee will publish an address to
the American people, stating that
Mr.. Tilden had received 1S5 eIecto-
raj votes, according to the face Of
the returns, and would have re-
ceiyed 204 electoral votes but for
the frauds of the Returning Boards.
They viii accordingly congratulate
the country on his election to the
office Of president, and demand that
he be peacefully inaugurated.
Another address will probably be
issued by the Democratic members
of Congress, stating sharply the is
sue before the country, and calling
on the people to hold meetings and
elect delegates to State conventions
to be held on the Sth of january
next.
MR.. TILDEN S VIEWS.
There is authority for the state
ment that Mr. Tilden regards the
great trust that has been conferred
on him as one not now to be abne-
gated or declined at the bidding Of
the eonspirators, and he is deter
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-14

mined to be inaugurated as presi-
dent. He will do his duty, and
trust to the people to sustain him.
That he can rely on them is cyl
denced by the letters which are
pouring in to Democratic members
from al narts of the North.
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Notice to Creators.

A IL persons holding debts against Edward
u +. Everly are hereby notified to present
and file the same with me, duly authenticated
at as early day practicable in order that
they may participate in the proceeds OF the
property conveyed to me by said Everly by
trust Deed of date 4th Of Oct, 1876. tor the
benefit of his creditors
oet26-6m JB. STACY. Trustee.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-14
saIo d HOUSE \ LOT il Pulaski.

! n pursue nee of Trust Deed made to me
L by Jack Amis and wife, VII CHI is registered
in the Registers Office of Giles county. viii
sell without the equity OF redemption, to the
highest bidder, at the court house door in the
town of Pulaski,I
On Monday, Jan. 1st, 1877,
one House and Lot situated in the town of
Pulaski, enc bounded on the north BY Jno
Black, on the east by Sallie Ciack on the
north by David Rose and OF the west by Nor
ris Cleveland, containing about q OF an acre
Terms cash. L. II. SMITH.
Parker & merrell, Att'ys. decI4 I'd
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$50 Reward.

CTOLEN on Monday night last. from stable
~ on Col. Grigsby's farm, near Elzton. u
large bay horse. aboEt OF 8 ears old, with
trace marks on has side. I will pay 10 Tor
any information that viii lead to his recov-
cry and SIC. for the recovery Of the thief
CALVIN SLGSS.
dec7-2tN Elkton Tenn
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-14

I HAV Five new houses IN the western. part
4 OF Pulaski, thre3 brick and two frame
houses, two roOus each, with good gardens
and wells, for grat or sale to responsible per-
sons on easy terms. All persons who have
eEy just claims against me wisl presan4 them
aud get their pay. Apply Immediately
des7-st ". B. R0BERTs.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-14

DERSoNS shipping goods by Express go
ing South from Pulaski mist have it at
my Office It time TO be booked, at 80 minutes
past II A. NJ; and going North at 20 minutes
past p. n. Nothing short Of a corpse will
allow me to deviate from this
G. 5. TOWNSEND,
dec7-2t% Agent Southern Ex. &c.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-14
Burning of the Brooklyn The
alter.

The burning of the Brooklyn
Theater was the most heart rending
occurrence of its kind that ever
happened on American soil. No
single event has occurred since the
late war which caused the thrill of
horror which followed the an
nouncement that more than three
hundred human beings had been
burned to death without a chance
Of escape. Certainly no similar
event that ever took place in this
country viii in any way compare
with this in the loss of human life.
The burning of the theater at Rich
mond, Va, in 1921, has until now
been REQUIRED to as the most tragic
occurrence of the kind in the annals
of American playhouses, bat the
loss Of life on that occasion was
scarcely one-ffrh of that which oe
Cured in Brooklyn.
Since that bleak winter night
when so many families in Virginia's
hitherto gay Capital were thrown
into mourning by the carelessness
of scene shifter, scarce a year has
passed that one or more theaters
were not burned and hundreds of
their panic stricken audiences wild
ly trampled under foot in their at
tempts TO escape In. the lifty-Gve
years that have elapsed since that
time, eighty theaters in the United
States have been burned; and still
the managers profit nothing by the
horrible experience, but 90 on
building them just as they did from
the outset-making tinder-b boxes of
them. Too much attention is paid
to show and glitter, and too little
to making them substantial and
safe-too little to the means of
egress.