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Mr.. John J. Long, who was counted in
as a representative from De Soto Parish,
recently addressed letter to the Louisi-
ana Returning Board, in which he posi-
lively refuses to accept the position, on
the broad ground that he was fairly de-
feated at the polls. He declares that
there was neither fraud or intimidation
practiced by the Democratic party atany
precinct.in the parish, and that his SELF
respect will not permit himlto become q
party to such questionable transaction,
where candidate so clearly defeated as
himselfis returned as elected. He avows
that he is Republican from the firm
conviction that the principles of that
party are best for the whole country; but
he is planter, not politician, and does
not believe the good of the State or the
interests of the National Republican
party can be promoted by such action as
was taken in his case. In fact, he is con-
vinced that very much of the disturbance
which has prevailed throughout Louisi-
ana for several years past is justly attribu-
table to the fact that, in many parishes,
men not elected by the people have been
falsely returned as elected and maintain
ed in office by the power of the govern
ment. -
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The South Carolina Memorial. I.
WASHINGTON, December 20

WASHINGTON, December 29.
In the Senate, Mr.. Gordon presented
the, memorial of Wade Hampton, VIM.
D. Simpson, W. H. Wallace, and sixty.
eight Senators and Representatives in tho
General Assembly Of South Carolina, adj
dressed to Congress, reciting at lsngh the
events which have recently transpired in
the State, the interference Of the military,
&C., and asking Congress to take such
action as will cause cessation of militia
ry interference in the affairs of the State,
and enable the Governor and Legislature
to exercise the duties of the Offices to
which they were elected. i -. -. IL
The memorial having been read, Mr..
Gordon moved that it be referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary. 7.. 81:
Mr.. Frelinghuysen moved TO amend,so
as to refer it to the Committee on Priv
ileges and Elections, instead of the Judi
ciary Committee. i.t., ..-...s.s. p
Pending the discussion, Mr.. Gordon by
unanimous consent, submitted q reso@u-
tion recognizing the Hampton govern
ment IS the legal government Of South
Carolina; but objection was made to it
by Morton and others, aud it was laid
over. 'tt
The question being on thu amendment
of Mr.. Frelinghuysen;; twelve, Senators
voted in the affirmative and thirteen in
the negative; NO quorum; so, the Senate,
at 1880. adjourned until Tuesday next,
in accordance with an order previously
adopted. 49,. =
LArER.-The South Carolina memorial
comes up Tuesday on question ofrefer.
ence. The resolution offered by Senator
Gordon, which follows, can be called mp
by him st.any time, and will be regularly
before the Senate. 1t is "a follows: -
Resolued, by the Senate, That the State
government now existing in the State of
South Carolina, and represented by Wade
Hampton as Governor, is the lawful gov
ernment Of said State; thatit is.republi-
can in form, and that every assistance
necessary to sustain its proper and lawful
authority in said State should be given
by the United States when properly called
upon for that purpose, to the end that the
laws may be faithfully and promptly ex.
ecuted, life and property protected and
defended, and all violators of law. State
or national, brought to speedy punish
ment for their crimes. :1
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Advice Gratis.

The Hon. Alexander II. Stevens says
"The Globe Flower Cough Syrup has
proven u m,,st valuable remedy to me.n!
Gov. James NJ. Smith, Of Georgia says: !:
Il shall always use it with perfect conf!
dence, and recommend it to the public
as y remedy which will afford that salts:
faction experienced BY me and mine. Il
excels everything for coughs, cold. aud
obstinate lung affections" -
Ex Gnv. Brown, of Ga, says :-"He
finds the Giobe Flower Cuugh Syrup q
most excellent remedy" >
Such endorsement by our great aad
goth men deserves the attention Of the
afflicted. rhoae suffering from cough,
Guilds and lung affections should iise tie
Globe Flower c0uglTSyrap. Ut uiliposs
itively cure consumption.
Tor sale by Simpson d esdler.
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DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.

Tn, obedience to the resolution adopted
by the Anderson County Democratic
Convention, at the meeting held on Tues
day last, the delegates will re-assemble
in the Court House on Mondaysnext, 9th
of January, at eleven o'clock a. M, for
the transaction of important business.
The Clubs not already provided with
representation will meet on Saturday
next, 9th inst, at two o'clock p. M, and
elect the number of delegates to which
they are entitled, nm the basis of one del
egate for every twenty-five members.
The delegates Including those heretofore
chosen will attend promptly 1T the hour
designated. Ia,.! 'a
81; ~ JAMES "A. ROYT,
4it' ,''=4 County Chairman.
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- Women may now hold Office in
Iowa except those of members Of the
Legislature and Judge of the Superior
Courts.
- It is reported that Mrs. A. T. Stew
art has, engaged rooms at Jacksonville,
Fla, and will pass most of the winter at
that place.
Over $4,000 Masons were made in
North America last year, and the whoAe
number Of affiliated Masons on the CONT
nent Mt this time exceeds 100000.
- The North Carolina Legislature in
about to repeal the law imposing tax Of
$50 ON travelin,. sAlesmen. The Ala
bama Legislature has just repealed sira.
liar law.
"A report is current that ex-Secretary
Belknap and his wife are writing book
which will give an account of society and
political life in Washington during the
last five or six years. 1..#a' u! 3ss'a
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The Democratic Investigating Commit
tees of the House of Representatives in
Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina
sit with open doors and examine wit
nesses publicly, while the Republican
Senate Committees in these States hold
their sessions in secret. Truth does not
fear theslight, and the Democratic com-
mittees have nothing to conceal, seeking
only the truth and the whole truth in re-
gard to the election in these States. 1t is
fair to presume that those who take their
evidence and reach their conclusions in
secret are not willing to expose their ac-
tions before the public gaze, choosing
darkness rather than light, because their
deeds are evil" The Republican Sena-
tors cannot, justify their conduct before
the American people.
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Tho .Dnal Government, In sonth Caro-.
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cbnYe.deaee Of ne csesnaaa obmmeress,.


- CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. :, Dec. q.
What will be-. the result o. the present
complication in South Carolina? Z, Those
who expect To. find any permanent solu-,
ton of the difficulty other than turning
the State oyer to the DemocEatsTtbat Is,
the white people-can undeceive them
selves. So-called Republican govern
lnent is at an end there, and if, pei
chance, Chamberlain continues TO act as
governor, he will be powerles. - . -
What is such q. government IS his in
South Carolina. and Keilogg's in Lou!si.
ana good for anyway They cannot
stand alone an hour if Federal protection
is withdrawn, and with that protection
they are powerless to command rcspector
enforce law. fail to see what good is to
come, from continuation Of an attempt
to uphold so-called Republican, govern
ments in these States.
The double government at present in
South Carolina is the fourth. of the sort
we have had in the Southern States since
the war. You remember the two-headed
government in Alabama that was for sn
long a time nuisance and a. shame
You remember the appeals to Washing
ton, the fights and turmoil tits all over,
and Alsbama is at peace. Then there,
was the double government in Arkansas ?
Brooks at the head Of one end and Baxter
at the other" It IL over; the white peo-
pie, that is to say the Democracy, are In
power, Old Joe Brooks has Post Office,
and there is peace in Arkansas! !e. Lonsi-a
ana had a long experience with q double
government, and, indeed, has it now, for
McEnery has never entirely subsidized.
After January she will have more of II,
for Nicholas and Packard will both be-
inaugurated.7'i' <@' 9,'l ''ni a, ;,a'h'
Tie reason that the Republicana party
is 8 failure in the Cotton States IS because
there is M white element in it except the
ofhce-holders. The blacks cannot con-
duct good government, and if they could,
I don't. believe the whites would long
submit to it. These agitatorrs ii the Cot.
ton States are rebellious against negro
rule where the negroes are ID the majoti-
ty. That is the truth of the matter. as.'
And you need not look for peace under
so.called Republican, government in the
Cotton States, unless some white material
can be got, into the Republican party. It
is the talk here that: Hayes, If inaugu-
rated, may attempt to build up the shat
tered Republican party in the Southern
States. It can be done, but the effort
will require skill and courage, and the
cutting loose from numerous carpet-bag-
gers who have brought shame and dis.
grace upon the very name Of Republic
can. .,''"5'!'-;
There is a good opportunity for states.
men to come to the front about this time
if there are any in the country.
H.V. r.
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JAMES "A. HOYT,
County Chairman.

In Leon County, Florida,, there was
such transparent case of fraud in the
election that the Republican member of
the Congressional Committee (Mr. Dun
nelly would not even ask question or
put up a witness to refute the exposure
before his Committee. Que hundred and
setenty-six Republican votes are in
yolved in this fraud, which is confined 70
one precinct alone, and the Returning
Board canvassed it originally without al
lowing moments discussion. Mr.. Dun
nell says there can be only one opinion
as to this precinct, and he has openly
pronounced it a fraud of the most glaring
natarre.a-s
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

r9 Simpson & Sadler are. giving
away handsome book entitled Pearls
for the people" containing much valua,
BILE information aud many interesting
articles. j, also contsiis history of the
discovery of the "Hepatine," for diseases
of the liver, dyspepsia, constipation and
indigestion, &C., and gives positive assu.
rance that when the Hepatine il used it
effects permanent and lasting cure Of
these diseases, which prevail ~ such AL
alarming extent in our country. Take
the !Hepatiue for all diseases Of the
liver. =.
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. ,o,;.;,., ,,;c;do IN mo, life toc

"A political suicide in real life took
place Tuesday, the 4th of December. at
Sedalia, No. Hezekiah Cole, farmer,
who had been an active and vehement
supporter of NJ. Tilden, became partly
insane over the long delay in obtaining
returns from the Southern returning
boards, and on receiving intelligence of
the occupation of the State House at Col
umbia, 8. O., by the Federal troops he
went and hanged himself.
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Ex.Goy. Koerner, of Illinois, con.
tends that the whole electoral vote of Ilii-
nois is nullifed by the fact that the elec-
tors attached their names to their ballots
in violation, as he says, of the Constitu
ton of the United States, which means y
secret ballot where it directs that electors
must vote "by ballot"
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The Supreme Court of Florida sus-
tanned the demurrer to the answer of the
Canyassing Board, and granted a peremp-
tory order for re-canvass of the votes,
from the face of the regular returns, on
the 9th of December. The decision
maintained that the powers Of the Board
were purely ministerial, and that any
strictly judicial power could not exist.
On the day fixed by the Supreme Court,
the Board of Canvassers were summoned
to meet in the Office of the Secretary of
State, and at the appointed hour, Attor-
ney General Cooke lthe other members
of the Board refusing,) canvassed the
returns by himself, which canvass gives
Drew, the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, majority of 497 votes, and Tildsn
"a majority. Subsequently, the RePub-
lican members became alarmed, and the
full Board assembled to comply with the
orders Of the Supreme Court. But the
members, under instructions from Wash
ington, entirely disregarded the mandate
of the, Court, and instead of adhering to
the, face of the returns, threw out an en-
tire county and adopted fraudulent re-
turn from another county, which gives
Drew 1876 aud Hayes 206 majority. The
Supreme Court was expected to recon-
vene last week, when tie action of the
Returning Board would be reviewed, but
no session has been held up to this time.
Gov. Stearns and other leading Repupli-
cans acknowledge their defeat on the
State ticket, and it was expected that
Drew would be inaugurated on Tuesday
last.
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al warn the Senate" said Senat

.-"I warn the Senate" said Senator
Carpenter (Rep.) in 1874, "that if it
should happen that a Presidential elec.
tion should tnrn on the vote of Louisiana,
situated as that State is, and an attempt
were made to use that corrupt return, it
would be followed by civil war, for no
tjee nAople would submit to the insolence
81 such an uutt5gse."
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= W,;,e tn Patrons # Hass,s II Y

Wti!e th Patrons If Hls'm id'v
have not, oi iat:. taken iii, i,a.: - .,.f.
,ica. they have bv no inrana lost ;.irr
organization. The statistics of the Ma
tionaI Grange show that there are in the
United States, 1858 Oranges, with II
membership of 632, ,460. Last year there
were $50 new Oranges established.
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berlain as de .facto Governor. He was
associated with Messrs. Youmans and
Maxwell in representing the superinten-
dent of the Penitentiary. Mr.. Chamber
lain was represented by R. B. El!iottand
D. T. Corbin. Judge Carpenter % not
likely to render his decision for several
days,
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- The Charleston Ne,cs and Courier
publishes long list of fires occurring in
this State during the year just closing, by
which $3.50, 900 worth of property was
destroyed principally by Radical ne
groes.
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Gam Randall q

Sam. Randall enlisted as private
soldier in the Union army as soon as
hostilities began, and WAS first elected to
Congress while in the field. Now Chan.
dter DEGREES that he shall be considered q
nrahal.n
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- Diphtheria Is sort Of garroting
disease. 1t takes a fellow by the throat
EnH EAo1es doctors bin out Of him.
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and would be summarily arrested inrcom.
pany with all those disposed to join him
in his revolutionary action. The Hopse
has its power, but it will find it danger.
Gus scheme to attempt to oppose cousti.
tutional authority"
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this relation.
1t is constant and cosmical
1t is the creative, the progressive re-
lation.
Upon it all business. all comfort, all
civilization depends.
Labor Reform says utilize this rela-
ton.
Labor Reform says to employers, "Be
one"
Labor Reform says to the countless
army of employers and employees /:
"Your interests are identical; be one,
and control"
Labor Reform says to these: "Make
more, though other classes enjoy less."
L. r.
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lima.
In regard to the testimony Of the Uni
ted States officers, Mr. Saylersaid: "The
testimony of these gentlemen entirely
sets aside that of the negroes as to intimi.
dation at the polls, and these officers were
brought in to testify without suy refer
ence to their politics, for the purpose of
getting an impartial and unbiased state
nent upon this head" The fact is that
the officers were selected from the com-
panies garrisoning the counties where the
Republicans claim that violence and
wholesale intimidation were practiced by
the Democrats against the negroes. This
is especially true in reference to the coun-
ties Of Laurens and Edgefeld. The OFF,
GERS, without single exception, testified
to an orderly, quiet and psaceable elec-
tion in every locality in which they were
stationed; and, upon c-oss.e1aminasion,
Judge Lawrence, Republican, failed to
elicit from them single instance Of even
the mildest sort of intimidation within
their observation or knowledge. The
committee examined large number Of
witnesses, both Republicans and Demo
Gratis, all of whom established the fact
that neither the Hamburg affair nor the
Ellenton riot had any political signif'
canoe; nor had they any relation to the
canvass or the election whatever.
To sum up the conclusions Of the Con
gressional Committee, the result of their
examination into the election shows that
Hayes and Hampton carried the State,
and that the election was conducted
peaceab'y and &sIy on the part os ths
UesgbctatS.
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mittee are understood to be opposed to
the submission of any question growing
out of this controversy to the Supreme
Court of the United States. They hold
that this would be depriving Congress of
its power US the representatives OF the
people, which the trainers of the Consti-
tuition evidently designed that Congress
should alone posscss and use at its dis.
crutinn. The exceptional character oil
the present controversy is considered no
reason why Congress should surrender
tbis power. .-...... ,.7,e.,..
WAsHINGToN, Dec. %.
The National Republican this morning
prints an editorial headed: "The House
cannot elect the President" Of which the
following is the conclusion: but, after
a.l, what can the House do7 Its hands
are closed tighter than u, suugly pressed
vice. Should it attempt. to elect Mr..
Tilden the Republicans will withdraw
and leave it without two.thirds lnajori-
tv of the States necessary for quorum.
Again, after the fruitless Joint Commit
tee Convention is broken up by a failure
to agree on mode of counting the vote,
the President of the Senate will undoubt-
edly proceed, according to the constitu:
ton, to perform the duty of counting and
deciding the vote. -.
"Should,the Democratic! portion Of the
House refuse to join the Senate in the
performance of. this duty, and retiring,
hold q session of its own, in which the
Sneaker announces that rs no President
Ii Che United States has been elected,
the. House will proceed to ballot for the
same. Then the moment. this ti,oSe is
made he would become the ;assailant 5f
constituted authority, and a traitor to the
lawful government of tire United Status
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-10-29
THE FAMINE IN CHINA.

In a letter from China, dated Chefoo.
June 25th, a gentleman who has been
engaged in furnishing supplies for the
needy writes as follows to the New York
Observer:
In March and April of this year
large proportion of the inhabitants of
this whole province were subsisting
principally on chat, bran, and the dried
leaves of vines and sweet potatoes.
While this was the case in the province
generally, in what is known as the fam
sne Notwithstanding from 800 to 500
square miles-thousand and tens of
thousands, unable to obtain even the
poorest food, such as is ordinarily fed to
animals, were perishing of sheer starva-
tion. Most of the cattle, mules, and
asses, had long since been sold. House.
hold furniture and farming utensils
were also sold and pawned, generally
for about one-tenth of their ordinary
value, and often considerable less. Then
wives and children were sold. the people
justifying themselves by the plea that
there was no alternative but that or
death, and that by this means both the
lives of those who sold them, might be
saved, or at least prolonged. Many
left their homes, and went into the sur
ounding districts to beg, and of these a
large proportion perished by the road.
side. Villages were almost depopula.
ted. Houses were torn down in order
to sell their timber, which brought ir
the market the merest rttance. | have
known men to tear down their houses
and wheel the timbers on barrows dis
tance of 80 miles, when they had no ex
pectation of obtaining for it more thar
enough to provide them with the coarses
food during the journey. Many gav'
up in hopeless despair, waiting fol
death to put an end to their sufferings
and some committed suicide. Nothing
was more sad and touching to me thar
the language in which they expressed
their gratitude for assistance rendered
them: ..Thank youl thank you'll Thi
will allow me to live little longer,
the idea of permanent relief being quit
beyond their expectations.
| The efforts of the government to re
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On Friday last, the papers having al

On Friday last, the papers having al
ready been made out for his arrest,
William G. Gilman, the Wall street
forger, voluntarily appeared in Recorder
Hacketts's court, plead guilty to the
charge of forgery, made full confession,
and was sentenced to State prison for
five years. The confession, which was
read in court By Gilman's lawyer, was
addressed to his pastor, Rev. DR.. Hough-
ton. is simply the old story with
few variations. He was intrusted with
the money of other persons. He made
investments which turned out disastrous
ly. He could not meet his obligations.
When the panic of 1873 came he raised
the first certificate. The necessity for
the next followed. and after that be
rushed forward to ruin at fast rate.
He had expended largely for benevolent
and religious objects and had lived
somewhat extravagantly. but his ruin is
mainly to be attributed to speculation
with the money of other people and he
made his crime greater by his forgeries
to meet current demands. Full inves-
tigation showed that his forgeries
amounted to nearly $35O.000. upor
which he had realized almost 1853, 900
On Saturday Gilman arrived at Sing
Sing prison, where he was dressed il
prison garb and consigned to a CELL
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