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fore the close of the coming week, or the
board would not be able to get through
with its deliberations, Col. Zachariah in
quired whether the board had determined
to fill the vacancy, as it was the more nee.
essary to have representative on the board
towards the close Of the deliberations than
q, any other time. Gov. Wells intimated
that the Democrats had lost any claim to
representation on the board BY Mr.. Arrsyo's
resignation. He said the board would try
to fill the vacancy if they could agree on
any one. Mr.. McGlain asked if the Demo
cratic committee would Be accorded the
privilege Of cross interrogator,es to the tes-
iimony of Clover, Supervisor Of East Baton
Rouge, and the three corroborstive Aida
wits, and inquired if the board would order
the corroborative witnesses to be present on
Monday. Gov. Wells stated that the priv
ilege OF appending croes interrogatories
would be allowed, but that the proceedings
of the board could not be obstructed under
any confederation. He said further, that
notice would be taken Of the afidavits pre-
sented BY both sides, but adhered to the
ruling that afidavits should be fled within
ten days after making up the returns. Mr..
Gsugethux asked if protests would be en-
tertained after the returns had been
srrt to the clerks for compilation. Gov.
Wells answered in the negative. The
board then went into executive session, and
took up the parish of West Feliciana-
ST. Mn the executive session, the
board called for the returns, and announced
the vote from the consolidated statements
Desota, Hayes, S9S Tilden, sos Oacha.s,
Hayes. 19S Tilden, ], 1863; Lincoln, Hayes,
33I; Tilden, 1,O64 East Felicians, Hayee,
nothing Tilden, l,11S7 West Feliciana,
Hayes, 0s; Tilden, 1,249; Richland
HAYES 81; Tilden, go; Caddo, Hayes
1851 TiIden, 1.65i Sabine, Hay e, 1928
Tilden, COG. The votes Of these parishes
we're not canvassed, there being contests
6xed for hearing next week.
When the returns from the parishes
marked contested" we're opened, the De
mocratic counsel were allowed to be present
The returns from Desota parish were
brought in, and were contained in ore
package, sealed With wax. When the seals
were broken by the member Of the board
there uere found, inside, the consolidated
statement of the votes, the commissioner
statement, and the tally sheets. Attached
to the returns were. . large number Of pro.
tests and af6davits.
The secretary of the board said the pack.
age had been resolved o. the 18Th inst
and such Gas the satsy In hi rscsipt book
The returns, b sai1, Aad eoos y nail. Il
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A PROTEST.
New YORK. November %.

The "Herald's" Raleigh, N. c., special
says that Col. Thos. b Keogh, chairman Of
the Republican State committee, last night,
filed a protest with Gov. Brogden, against
the announcement Of the vote Of North
Carolina for Presidential electors. He
enumerates twenty-three counties in which
he objects, on the ground OF illegal re.
turns He claims that the throwing out Of
these counties will, with the omission Of
eight counties net heard from, give the
State to Hayes. Col. Keosh further more
alleges that VIM. B. Clean, a Demo-
cratic elector from the 9Th district, is
ineligible, being commissioner under the
act establishing the Southern Claims Com
mission.
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SPECIAL SESSION.

Providence, Z. l., November 2S.-It is
UNDERWOOD that special session OF the
General Assembly will be convened on Fri
dav to elect Presidential Elector in place
Of George B. Carless, United States Cen
tennial Commissioner, held by the Supreme
Court as disqualified.
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John Y. Foster and John l.. Murphy
fled protest against the election of Benja-
min Will ,mson, one of the Tilden electors,
for the r. ason that Williamson held the
position of United States Commissioner, an
office OF profit. and was, therefore, ineligi-
Bile After debate, the board refused TO re-
ceive protest, on the ground that they had
no right to consider the question.
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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS, November 2S-The re-
turning board met as usual all the menu
bers, Republican and Democratic commit
tees, and counsel. being present. Judge
Spofford suggested that the board give an
order to compel the supervisors of the fol-
lowing parishes to hand in their returns:
Franklin, Grant, Livingstone, Lafayette,
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DEMOCRATIC VIEW.
LEAvEwoKTH, November .:

LEAvNwOKTH, NOVEMBER ..
CD. d. r. An;hony:
As your paper is the only daily Published
in our city, and supported alike BY the
Democrats and Republican,, l would re-
spectiully ask you to publish the inclo'ed
article, clipped from the Philadelphia
Times, which in a clear and succinct man.
ner expresses the views entertained by the
Democratic party, in regard to the election,
in the States OF South Carolina, Florida
and Louisiana. Very respectfully,
ISAAC +. EATON.
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INDIAN NEWS.

CHICAGO, November 2S.-Gen Crook,
under date at camp on Crazy Woma1's
Fork, November 2Sih, reports that Col.
Mack enzie, Of the Fourth Cavalry, attack
ed Cheyenne camp, Consisting Of hun
dred lodges, On the west FORK OF Powder
river, on the 18th inst, capturing the viii
Isge and the greater portion Of the Indian
herd Loss on both sides thought to be
considerable, but not definitely ascertained
when the carrier left. Lieut.. Mckinny,
OF the Fourth Cavalry was killed. Weather
very severe.
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Reliable Evidence.

Avery, Her.ca Co., M,eh.. July 10. 1872.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla November 25.-The
board Of canvassers received noiifca' ion,
this morning, from the Secretary Of Stale,
who is an er o6ieio, member of the board
and charged with calling it together, that
thew must meet at II o'clock on Monday
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the wheat Just harvested in California
goes by way Of Cape Horn, and will not
reach England until next winter. How
can it break the market price now? The
demand of the mills now determines the
present price.
Again; there is great deal said
about the immense crop Of Kansas. What
is it, Five million bushels! Why two
or three counties in Minnesota raise that
much annually. And this year the grass
hoppers have eaten that amount in our
frontier counties. And Kansas does not
raise wheat enough to bread her own
people.
Against Kansas and California we set
decrease Of at least fifteen million
bushels in Minnesota, ten millions III
Iowa and twelve millions in Wisconsin,
with poor crops in Illinois. Indiana, &c
We do not adyiss any man to hold HI:
wheat, for it is impossible to toresee the
results which the hard times may pro-
duce upon the price but we cannot re-
main silent while existing facts are mis-
represented to break down the price o
our great cereal.
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surplus yield Of a farm to payll0 per cent. IN
terest upon mort gage for one-third its value,
the dullest 1intelect perceives something IS IS
wrong. If we cannot reduce usury, we shall
grin and bear it until we extrioate ourselves
from debt; meanwhile we shall remain poor
customers to Eastern importers and man
ufacturers-Charles Boone.
Very well, as far as it goes. But why
not 60 farther and ascertain why it is
that the farm is mortgaged and the farm
er driven to the basest economies? And
if it appears that these results are due to
bad laws why not correct them at the
ballot boxo What is the use OF saving at
the spigot, if manufacturers. railroad
men and bankers are boring bung-holes
all over the barrel until it locks like a
tish>box? Is the grange Quaker Or
ganization, preaching non~resistance to
injustice and patient submission to OPP
preston? If SO it is better fitted to make
slaves than freemen.
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ki.if L -tf.sI,.

Oar valued cotemporarr. II. + Hal Is
mad ali over The following from the
p.oaeer-Press- Tribune o. the s.h inst.
explains in part his disturbed state or
mind -
Tie democratic state CENTRAL committee held
4 meeting }. the Merchants Hotel a.. evening
% lay on: work for Inc fal eaInpaigl- From
some remarks made tv members b. the CON-
...i;.s-. !: leaks oct that good deal ot 1iasz,is-
faction and DISCUS. prevailed .; the war this
meeting xas called II tn first place, there
was -. = b. - earthly -eason .0r this pre-
sna.ur- gathering, n The next plae., !. Was 10:
officially called :: sll, the chairman. Mr. VIM.
L., IesaS absent from the STATE. Tie s. Pan
pis.Aicn, i. 5 alae-.i, simply ordered tie
committee 10 assemble u st. Paul, By publish
Ea- al editorial paragraph IT, this etf-c. On ths
9TH Of I1i~. The democratic state central
committee las t~en called to inset in this CITY
:. he Merchants Hotel - 1.3o p Il mex
Tha-Ssav. This viii T. to most ir-.ro-.a--
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TIE LETTERS.

The long-looked for letters OF Mess.
Tilden and Hendricks are at last publish
ed.
Gov. Tilden wades through three col
umns and says nothing, except few
platitudes such as bave already passed
into proverbs in all countries His let
ter is very able as literary production,
but one cannot pick out oft with a pair OF
forceps, any distinctive conclusions, not
already embodied in the st. Louis
platform. 1t will probably, for that rea>
son. prove acceptiole to all factions Of his
party. 1t is positive upon those points
on which all mankind are agreed, and
obscure upon everything else.
Gov. Hendrick' S letter has more OF the
American style it iscIear and ringing.
but at the same time cautious and non.
committal The amiable and subtle
InGianian covers vast amount OF sagaci
ty with the fairest seeming OF exquisite
candor.
The letters will doubtless strengthen
the candidates and the party. They ties
ttylhow wide aud deep is the current O
financial reform, which is bearing these
men forward into harbors they did not, "a
first, intend to reach.
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WHOLE NO. l09.
occurs to property entrusted to him occasioned
BY the want Of such diligence he is RESPONSE

occurs to property entrusted to him occasioned
by the want Of such diligence he is RESPONSE
bic.
This degree Of care or diligence spoken of as
ordinary care or diligence has been defined to
be, THAT degree Of diligence which men in
general exert in their own concerns and
warehouseman would be bound to take the
same care OF property entrusted to him that q
man ma OF ordinary prudence would bestow upon
his own property under similar circumstances.
Keeping these rules in view the question
whether or not the warehouseman is response
BILE for damage to wheat in his care is one 50
entirely depending upon the particular facts in
each case, that those facts must be known be-
fore an opinion can be given as to his liability
For instance, in the case suggested by your
question we should first enqnire "what caused
the wheat to heat?'' If such heating could have
been prevented by the use Of ordinary care,
then the warehouseman is liable But if the
heating does not result from the want of ordi-
nray care upon his part then he is not liable
and the loss must be borne by the owner.
Yours Respectfully,
O'BREN & ELLER.
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I PROPER REBTHE.

There is no doubt that the wheat crop
OF Minnesota is on the whole,a miserable
failure. We doubt If it will average
eight bushels to the acre. Hon. Leon
ard B. Hodges,a practical and Intelligent
farmer, who has just returned from
visit to southern Minnesota, says he
would not take the wheat crop OF that
section as gift and pay tor the harvest
ing OF it. In Dakota county much OF the
wheat will rot average five bushels to
the acre. We hear similar reports from
Wabasha county, Washington county,
etc. And vet If one read the Pioneer
Press Tribune or the Winona Republican
they would infer that we had splendid
crop, not quite so large to be sure as the
mammoth crop Of last year, but yet an
abundant yield.
We are glad to see that the farmers OF
the state are beginning to understand
| that thcy.are the victims of this persistent
system OF lying; "a system which helps
to keep wheat at seventy cents per bush
ell. The Farbault county Grange OF
Patrons of Husbandry met the other day
and unanimously adopted the following
poinlou iesoiu''ouS WHICH 'ney e0no 70
iol p0'4'e"'sou
| WHEREAS. It is fact OF which no intelligent
man II TINS part OF the state can be lsnofan''
i.a, w.. h;ab ~ sn e"l onr -esnonsh
citizens hayr heretofore promulgated; and
whereas the Winnebago City Press takes occas-
on,ln It's issue Of July 7th,to characterize these
reports as untrue, charging dishonest motives
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day two going southwest towards Ne

day two going southwest towards Ne
braska.
Mr.. Bean described the numbers
that went to Nebraska as something ter
rible. On a perfectly clear day they hid
the sun from sight and moved with a
roar like thunder. He says one fight he
saw would, if they had lit down. have
covered the earth several several feet
deep.
He thinks our proposition to poison
them perfectly feasible. He says they
seek out bitter vegetables, like worm
wood, tobacco, etc., and that if some
bitter acid was mixed with strychnine or
something equally deadly, and scattered
where they breed, the whole of the next
generation might be destroyed.
Let a poison be discovered. and the
state give a bounty for the dead 'hoppers
and the people will take care OF this
dreaded enemy Then let us clamor at
the doors. Of Congress until it grants a
national bounty, and the problem is
solved; for that will break up their
Matching places in the territories.
The state will be greatly remiss IN its
duty il it fails to offer liberal bounty
Already the 'hoppers have reached Man.
kato and St. Peter, Meeker county, Ste
vens county, Todd county, and have
crossed the Mississippi into Morrison
county. Each year brings them further
east. They must be fought intelligent,
or they will take possession ct the whole
state. They have appeared in grea
numbers at Des Moines, Iowa.
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n. pAUL. Mimi, Jniy - 1876.

II. PAUL, Mimi, Jnsy - 1876.
Editor A,stt-N onopolast
DEAR SIE. In answer to tfla question sub
iai.t-d hy ron 70 q for onT answer, namely:
Nv neither the owners u whsa. III elevators
u warehouses are Obliged ~ stand the loss oc-
esa@io--i BY hating, Or are ,h. owner D. the
@arnhonses responsible for the damage We
would say:
laat amer the act b. The Legislature pass.d
.zst winter, entitled .an act 10 regulate the
storage Of grain, We think il any damage &C.
ours to the identical grain deposited while the
EarehonseIoan il In the exercise Of ordinary
diligence in Its care the wareltousefnan is not
responsible and the loss mnsi ~ borne by the
ow nsr If the grain. But in order 10 ~z orlera.e
himself .roIa Liability N such case i; mus,
APPEAR that the identical wh.a; deposited by
the elairnAn; has been damaged and .hat III.
damage did not occur through the want OF or.
binary care upon the part Of the warehouse
man.
Section one a tie Law referred 10 yrn-sde.
that. Ene-.evsr any grain shall be delivered
ioF stora.- - 4nT I@rsoaAc- sncn deliver,
stall II al things = treated IL ta.lrneu. y III.
This likes tha liability oi tie xsrehousemar
Or elevator company - b1ilees for hire. fsur,
Taslng OF course ff1s the tailor PAYS o. prom.
So 10 pay Tor the storage OF his wheat,
The AT requires tia; haile- Of this charac.
| isr should U.s. ordinary diligence in the or,
.! TropsrT s-s.r-.s.fr. u him md !. --T 1e--.a
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meeting OF the committee during the campaign
as the work for the entire canvass will be map
ped out at that time.' This unofficial order
was supplemented by notes or postal cards
written to each member Of the committee by
Mr.. H. II. Miller, who runs the democratic
party OF Minnesota during the absence Of Mr.
Lee. All this, as was remarked, created the
most profound disgust on the part Of many
members Of the COMMITTEE, but they assembled
nevertheless, and held lengthy session last
evening, but whether this vas 'the most i'm
portant meeting OF the campaign" remains to
be seen.
Now why II. P. called that meeting is
good deal OF a mystery. 1t is no doubt
true that H. F. intended that it should be,
for MIN, 1.-THE most important meeting Of
the campaign If it was not, we min
gle our tears with his, in profound SYM
pathy.
But why he should abuse us, just at
that time, we cannot understand And
ii it be true. as he alleges, that Peter
Cooper answered our appeals tor money
with campaign documents, that is no
reason why McNair should treat him in
the same way. Halls politics would
not survive an hour on such diet.
The trutn is that 20 paper in Minneso-
Ia has SO little influence as the Dispatch.
No person has the slightest faith in it. A
great many admire Halls energy and
snap, but there is not one that believes
in him. We doubt if he believes IN him
self. He is like Bulwer's hero,-sn in
tellect withou, soul. His paper is a
small copy Of the New York Herald; q
sort ofjournalistic jack-a-lantern, dane.
ing around in dirty places; an evanes-
cent, bewildering, tantalizing, unreli.
able exhalation. 1t McNair attempts te
follow it he will find himself up to his
chin in bog mud, with Hall dancing .
p,rouette on the end of his nose.
We admire our sulphurous cotempor.
airy with the satanic vivacity too much
to quarrel with him; and all we ask i.
that when the Democratic party goe.
back on him he will not vent his splcer
on our humble head. He should re
member that an organ" has dutie,
which are not expected ola journal tina
sits on the fence and that it is Difficult
to lead the hosts Of reform into battle
with one leg still over that fence 1t i
too severe strain on the cashmere, an,
startling revelations might shock mod
est world.
Stick to your party, Hall, it, like our
self, they teed you on pamphlets.
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MISSOURI.

The Revolution spreads. The follow
ing ringing call appears in the Patrons
Helper last week, to all those:
Who favor the immediate repeal Of the specie
resumption act
Who oppose special legislation in favor Of
bondhOlders.
Who protest against increasing public and
private debts, and decreasing the value Of lands
and labor, by contracting the currency.
Who oppose demonetizing and destroying
the legal tender notes.
Who oppose fastening upon US the English
monetary sys+em-the chief engine Of oppres-
sion of labor in Great Britain.
capital, as in Europe, and that our government
is becoming the willing instrument Of this e.
slavement.
Who believe that the Republican and Demo-
cratic pgrties are now bidding for the support
Of the money power, as the Wing and the DEM
ocratic parties We'd with each other, cringing
tawning, to the slave power direct; insult to
| the toiling and voting masses.
Who believe that there is no way out q oul
present dangerous position, excepting through
Independent action of patriotic voters, who
hold country above party, and who, (even in
venal and time serving aga, vote theil
| principles.
and to all those who intend 10 vote for pete,
Cooper this fail for President this call is ssleC
| for mass convention. 10 b. held ii the iaur
| House in the city VI Des Noin.s, Thursday
August gath, 70 put ii nomination candidate
/ for Congress
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HARD TINES AND THEIR CAUSE

The struggle for bread in the overcrow"
ded mining regions grows sharper every
day, and the problem is becoming serious.
The Pottsville Standard in its last issue
says:
I'VE look for much restitution and distress
among the mining population during the COM
ing SIX months. The market is absolutely
overloaded with coal, and it is not possible that
the mines should keep running on half time
during the entire season y
What is to be dones There are plenty Of va
cant tracts Of land, on which farming privileges
can be secured for mere song. Small tracts
OF land, as rule, pay better than large ones,
and the Standard suggests: "Let our mining
population then divide their forces, and while
one portion delve in the mine, let the other
raise the food to feed the miners on
4 Cincinnati correspondent Of the New
York Sun says:
was in Indianapolis recently, where saw
Hendricks, and heard an awful clamor from 9
"communistic" crowd in the street to dellber-
ate as to what they should do to find work and
means to subsist themselves and families All
over Ohio, Indiana Kentucky and Illinois there
is deplorable state Of financial depression. In
our own city there is no business doing, no
houses building, no factories running, no i'm
provements progressing. Few goods are SELL
ing and laboring men once busy are now idle,
and families once in attluence are in want
Greater depression in real estate never was felt.
Firstclass property has fallen from 80 to 80
per cent; and although rents are very low hun
dreds OF dwellings are labelled ITO let" and
none want them. Or, il they are taken, their
proprietors tell me they might as well stand
empty, for their occupants cannot pay the
rent
Now read this:
| The figures OF failures in business, all over
the United States, for the first two quarters OF
the year have been forwarded to us by the Mer-
camille Agency Of Messrs. r. q. Dun 4 Co.
The total for the past. six months, as compared
] with the same period OF last year,is far from
reassurins, as the following will show:
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TIE REPEAL or TIE RESUNP1ION
ACT

One year ago we denounced, IN the
Democratic Republican state convention,
the policy of resumption inaugura'ed by
the Republican party, and we were met
with abuse and execration. The Dem
ocratic party OF the nation have now adj
vanced to our position, and in the House
of Representatives on the 9TH inst. they
repea so much of the Resumption Act
asfixed date tor the redemption OF
greenbacks IN gold.
This is grand revolution, and implies
an extraordinary change in public sentl-
ment. In another year we expect tc
see the Democracy \ unit in favor OF pre-.
serving the greenbacG in circulation
interchangeable with 500 bonds.and re-
ceivable tor all debts due to the govern
ment
Verify, as Calico said, "the worlt
does move.n
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DTSTRICT CONI'ENIION.

In another column will be found call
for an Independent Congressional Mass
Convention, Of the I'd District, to be held
at Pennington, September 18th. We
trust the friends OF the cause vii! attend.
With proper efforts the Independents
can carry the District and defeat both
Democrats and Republicans.
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&. WIS. EXAMPLE.

These are hard times, when the best o
men cannot always meet the demands up
on them. 1t is cheering to find that the
great and good Washington, the father
OF his country, first IN war. first in peace
and first in the hearts OF his countrymen.
Suffered ia his day. from the same uni
vcrsal disease. And now reader We
would advise You 20 have lot OF these
letters printed and send them in reply 10
each Cunning appeal aud say that YOU
cannot depart from the example Of the
great G. w.
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RI SUBSCRIBERS.

Remember that it is an inyarlabIe
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MoNopoIIsT at the end OF the period pad
for. We have no right to presume that
a subscriber desires his paper continued
if he does not renew and remit; and we
are not willing to force it on him.