, 1877-02-10

GOV. sTEAHSs' sTORr.
WAsnlyorox, u. e.. Feb. 0.-1u tho uousc
Privileges Committee to-day ex.Gor. Stearns, Ut
Florida, was called to the stand, mid replied to
questions by Judge Lawrence, that Ae never
received or ecnt my telegram saying that VIC
tmeallnG the Itepubl!caus) must have Lousiana,
Florida, and soutl, Carollua, by fair tncaus or
or foul. Never received q Telegram from nny-
bols outside the State requesting him to send
eouiicrs for returns wllich must he: made to
show majority for Hayes. W'Ilne4s gayo
Frank 8herwin uo illspatel, to anybody In which
troops weru asked for. Inc dispatch from ".
f. Chandler, '' bismarck ought to come here at
once" was sent to c. u. Willard, Of this ctty,
had reference to rni]r0ad matters.
Hov, Stcarns stated that he knew the operator
lDcberry, who prolcsscd to 1itn to bc q Repub-
lieuu.
Sir. Field examinct! Gov. stear,s With refer
cncc to thu returns from DHkcr County, and
asked htm whether he wa. not Informed before
giving tic Electoral certificates that two out Of
four precincts In that county wers frnu1ulently
omitted by thu. Board Of Cnnyassets. lie re-
piled that he had ut Rtlch Information. lie
further stntctt that On Nny. y no kilograms
passed. tctwcen himself and parties III the
teleEraphc1 Secretary Chandler that trniu
a6Vard Ut w1.trh were the courIets l,a4 been
WRECKED 1T Ku.KLrx,
and that he thought there WA majority In the
ItAlE 1uF lAtSss - wv HpUEst IaHsahS tAA De
had, mud trt,ops TO preserve the peace. lie cx-
rlaillcd that lii about UnGtcntll 1T thu cuu,ltfca
III the Etate there were Democratic officials wEu
ucttsl ~ county canyasscrs; that 0n thu train
which WIS wrecked tiers were Onty two PERSONS
who had teen instructed u ~ u the western
counties, which wcrc largely Democratic, a,,A
turIl the result of the election. lIe was apprc.
hcn*lYo Ut ytulcnce, !nus'nucll as the people
were III a very excited Xtatc Of mind, and hence
le desired troops to
pnEaEnvE THE PEACE,
0ov. Stcurtls stated TINT OIL the same lny he
received reply from Secretary Chandler kny-
lug, Your telegram received mud referred 10
tllo President ut Philadelphia. Communicate
with hEnl." lie received alIuther telegram from
Chandler nbout the Dth ur 10Th, askils "What
Is tho situattoNfh and Requesting tu bu kept tf-
formed, to wilkh be replied that the Situation
was unchanged: liz dia not telegraph TO the
President. uor DID aher 4in, to ll!s knowledge.
About sume tItnc lc received tho telegram from
tbs Secretary ot War, saying that sufficient
%sss,see 4sSs o '1SaaP' saP bad 4ssee,s 6ssn fsnt 4,
any Telegram from Secretary Chandler
saying that he {Chandlrr1 lad seen
the President and Secretary Ut War, and that
troops w0ul.1 bo sent. Tn or ubnut Nov. 8 h,
received 4 dispatch from Secretary Chandler
saving: "tirava importance attaches to tic
Electoral yote, aud We tuvte your cnrcful at-
teutton and 4ltperytaion to the officials canvass
tnE thu vote," or words to tlat eitc:t. Nothing
was sall about money Il. any tciegraam which
North, and ho also said 10 had no knowledge Ut
any muucy having becn received frpm the North
either bcfure or after tho election.
without concluding tho examination Of tioy.
Htearns, tic Committee a1lourncd until to-
MORROW.