The Portland daily press., 1877-03-16

| the Governor, Judge Reed decided that the au-
thority of the trial justice must be respected as
that of defdcto and dejure officer of the state
| This decision establishes the legality of the
Hampton government as to the Charleston Cir
cults. The other circuit judges throughout the
state had already made similar decisions.
| The position of President Hayes on the LOU
isiana and South Carolina governments, as
| stated by one who assumes to know, is one of
great embarrassment. In his own conscience
he is convinced that upon fair election, with
| out intimidation, both Packard and Chamber
| lain would have been chosen by majorltes
ranging from twenty to forty thousand. lie is
| also convinced that the Returning Boards in
| Louisiana and South Carolina were created for
| the purpose of eliminating fraud from the bal.
| lot box, and for preventing the party that
| practices intimidation from profitng from it's
| crimes. He regards the action of the Returning
| Boards through which Packard and Chamber
lain were declared to be elected as the exercise
| of lawful jurisdiction, necessary for the pro-
lection of weak voters, and for tbs repression of
| lawlessness and crime. In common with a
vast majority of the Republicans in the United
| States, President Hayes has no doubt what
ever as to the validity of the title through which
Packard and Chamberlain have become de
tdcto governors; but the President is confronted
with the fact that neither of these de fdcto gov
| errors can maintain his position for single
hour without the protection of the United States
| troops He is not permitted to decide which
| Governor has valid title to the Office, but he
| is bound to determine whether state govern
ment, too weak to stand alone, shall be propped
up for four years by federal bayonets. If it
were conceded on all sides that the Packard and
Chamberlain governments were lawfully chos-
en-, it would still be grave question whether
the army should be detailed to execute the
writs of their courts aud protect the executive
officers from the violence Of the mob. The
constitution authorizes him to suppress insur-
rection and violence in the states, but he is
doubtful whether the constitution warrants the
maintenance of perpetual guardianship over
state governments too weak to stand alone.
A Southern trip is contemplated by Vice
President Wheeler.
Stanley Matthews says the President desires
commission of eminent public men to 60 to
Louisiana and try to get the opposing claimants
to the governorship to agree to plan of settle:
ment.
A New Orleans despatch says the legislative
caucus has agreed to postpone the election of
United States Senator under the advice from
Washington.
A letter from Wade Hampton addressed to
the President as commander of the army re-
quests the withdrawal of the troops, in order
That the state government may be established.
Business organizations in the south are quite
generally endorsing the Presidents Southern
policy.
Gen. Garfield, after consultation with the
President AMI at the special request of the lat
ter, has decided not to be candidate for the
Senatorship from Ohio. The President has no
candidate and is not making himself party to
The contest in any degree, but his request to
Garfield is based on desire to have him re-
main in the House of Representatives where
his services win be most important to the ad-
ministration. The leading candidates are Stan
ley Matthews, Judge Taft and Ben Wade.
Simon Cameron has resigned his seat as Sen
ator, and it is believed that his son, Don Came
ron, will be chosen by the Pennsylvania legis-
lature in his place.
Family enough both Nichols and Packard
endorse the Presidents policy; but it evidently
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Jacob Hirschfeld, a tailor, was found shot
through the body and with a handkerchief
crammed down his throat Tuesday morning at
the door of his place of business in Boston. He
died soon after. Robbery was the object of
the murder.
james j. Smith. clerk in the store of Wi
SOD, Brakeman, Taylor & Co., New York, edu-
cational book dealers, has been arrested
charged with stealing. In his room at Matthaves
was found over $4,000 worth of steel pens and
other goods marked for shipment to dealers out
side of the city. The thefts have been going on
for long time, but he was not suspected
The plasterers strike in Brooklyn has ended,
nearly all the bosses agreeing to give 49, so per
day.
Mr.. Merrman, insane at Rock Creek Centre,
Ind, Tuesday shot his two sons aged 16 and
Is, and then blew his own head off.
A dye house belonging to Whittendon mills,
in Taunton, Mass, was burned Monday night.
Loss $4,000; insured.
The verdict of the coronor's jury in the Ash
tabular disaster put, the blame of the
disaster upon the railway company for
neglect of proper inspection of the bridge and
for using non-extinguishable stoves. The jury
also find the fire engineers censurable for not
pouring water upon the burning cars,
A tornado on the Sth destroyed all the houses
on Grlmomett's plantations in Tallapooso coun-
| ty, Alabama, killed a son of Grmomett, and
negro The storm demolished several other
buildings in its track.
jackson Hotel, the aims house and Tiles
County National Bank buildings were burned
Monday night at Pulaski, Ky. Loss $4,000
Twenty thousand ordinary and about 500 reg
istered letters were destroyed by the burning of
postal car attached to train on the Buffalo
and Chicago railroad leaving Chicago at 9 a. M.
the 9Th inst.
Fire in franklin street, New York, in the
building occupied by Townsend & Co., dry
goods merchants, caused the following losses:
Bullock & Co., $4,000; Bacon & Co. $25, 1000;
Townsend & Co. $4,000. --.
4 Salt Lake despatch says that snow has
been falling for the past twelve days. Tues
day snow-slide occurred near Alta, killing
Matthew Ingram and Jared Pratt A cave in
Flagg Staff mine covered five men and killed
Henry Johnston No others were badly hurt
John G. Tracy, President of the Farmers and
Mechanics Bank of Hartford, has been indict-
ed for misapplying some $500, 900 of the banks
fund and making false entries to cover up.
j. L. Chapman, cashier, has been indicted for
aiding in the theft, and perjury.
w. 9. Gray, son of David B. Gray of Mont
pelier, VT, took his fathers receipt for one
dollar and by skilful erasures, altered it to
note for $1,000, which he sold and then left for
Kansas. His father will probably shoulder
the loss.
A panic in the church of ST. Fraucs Xavier
in New York, Thursday, caused rnsh of wo-
men in one of the galleries and in the tumult |
which ensued, six women and one boy were
trampled under foot and killed. The audience
was composed entirely of women, and chill |
dren it being women week. in Lent. The
number of persons injured was very large.
A disastrous fire in ST. John, New Brunswick |
Friday, destroyed large business block on |
Prince William Street. Loss 100000 Seven
men were buried in the ruins.
A jackson despatch of Friday gives on or