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, 1877-02-04

1nose letters from Gov. WE11s to the wit.
ness MADDOX, which the Bourbon oro.n.
and the THDEs clique have been decla5;no .
would convict Gov. WELLS of an attemnt to
seA OUT the vote OF Louisiana to TnpEs for
million of dollars, hare at last been made
public, and are published elsewhere in our
telegraph columns, Instead of conrict;no
GOV. WELLS of corruption, they convict the
witness MADDOX of being little less than an
unmitlgated liar. Instead Of showing INV
dishonesty upon Gov. Wells part they
show determination on his part, that the
paroled prisoners OF Gen. GRAx1, aided bv
the white-Gvered towards of the North. shall
not rule in Louisiana He demands Of this
'ery man MAnDox that he shall go to
he President and warn him Of the
, 1877-02-04

the criminal class will speedily depart from
such lnhospitable shores, and seek othe,
more hberh quarters as they now flock tt
Illinois when prosecuted elsewhere. II it be
true, as these vagrants claim, that the world
owes them living, then the world has q
right to fir the terms on which that living
shall be earned.
s. A law is needed sadl y to correct IN
abuse of the Law giving q change Of venue
IN criminal cases. It is common thing for
an accused person to arraign the whole
Bench Of Judges and the whole community
with hostility aud prejudice, and thereupon
demand change of venue as matter Of
right Judges are every day confronted
with aflidavits charging them with pre-
Judged opinions and unfairuess against par
ties of whom and of whose cases they had
never heard and knew nothing. From these
affidarits there is no appeal, and tho change
of venue follows as matter Of right. This
change Of venue law extends to the Justices
Courts, and the practice is universal to de- i
feat justice by the transfer of MI city cases
from Justice to Justice, until Witnesses are
got out Of the way and all other means
adopted to prevent honest and prompt trials.
We do not believe there is Judge in this
State who would try case in which he felt |
he slightest feeling or prejudice against the |
accused, nor would he, if the accused gave |
my reasonable cause for asking q change of |
'enue, refuse it. But, when the demand is
ounded on evident perjury, and for mere
elay, the Courts of every degree ought to
are some discretion in the matter.
6. Two bills have already been introduced
establishing the Registry law in the cases
: all city and town elections. In rural
'wns, where every voter IS known person.
ly to all the others, there mny be no occa-
On for registration Of voters but in cities,
here committing frauds at elections is IN
trade or profession, such law is
partial protection which the Legislature
|ould be willing to extend. AL the cities
the State are interested in honest Gov
and honest elections are essential
honest Governments. No man who wit ,
sscd the town elections in Chicago last :
ring would hesitate in providing any law !;
means to prevent the repetition of such
Infamous mockery Of law, fairness, and =
nesty. !.
, 1877-02-04

PRESIDENT GRANTS long promised mcssace
on the subject Of specie-resnmptiou is nrint.
eo ELSEWHERE The President is confident.
IRON the existing condition Of our trade with
foreign nations, aud the accumulation of
specie during the past year resulting from
the large trade balance in our favor, and aJso
IN view OF the steady supply of the American
m'nes' that resumption can practically be
attained before the term now fixed pno, 1,,,
law, and that such course vould 1or,o,,-
oenene every material interest of the
country The details of the Presidents
scheme will interest tinanciers; but it is
hardly probable, with the conflicting views
existing among Congressman on this suh;ect
thnt any practical Legislation will he ctfectad
during the present session.
, 1877-02-04

The Chicago Journal is one Of the thick.
headed faction that won't understand any.
thing that interferes with party success. M
matter what tho means necessary to secure
that success. The President of the Senate.
IN the absence OF any law Of Congress reg
ulahng the counting Of the vote for Presi-
dent' can only act as ministerial officer, md
count those returns certified to him nv tha
Governors OF the several States as the pro-
ceedlngs OF the Electors legally appointed.
The law makes this certificate Of the Gov,
e1nor requisite part OF the returns and
the evidence of the legality Of these re-
turns. The President of the Senate has no
Judicial power; he must follow the letter of
the law; and for the same reason that he
would count those returns from Louisiana
certified to by the Governor, he would have
to count the returns from Oregon certified
to by the Governor of that State. Itwas
because the President Of the Senate had no
authority to go behind the Governors GER
tlfcate that tribunal Was created having the
ludl4lal power to do SO. But the Journal
says:
TWO sets Of returns were presented In vjca~
resilient FEERT. The CRoSiS pupers showed TINT
nc lawful Electors were ODELL, CAnrsg1aur. and !
;EoSIs. FERRY would have had no authority to
INQUIRE into the vnlidity OF Cnos1Ss title. The |
ioTeFnoF's certificate would be dnal. But the r.
urns would also show, By the attcstation Of the
resident and Secretary OF the College, and the cv-
iencc Of two out Of the three Electors TINT f,uox
Eeated vacancy by withdrawing from the colleee
nd TINT his place WIS supplied in accordance with
w. |
This is rank Ignorance or stupidity. In
10 first place, the returns by the Republican
lectors do not show that they were appoint
/; they have no certificate from the Gov /
nor OF their appointment. The only GER t
ticate that Electors were appointed is that '
tached to the returns made by Caosrs,
, 1877-02-04

Sue makes the same grand round on the wesi
s1ae OF the house. She is not quite happy
aud oontented until the sun has gone down
and darkness sets in. She is substantially
! a'dea IN her raid against the sunlight by the
heaviest OF shades, curtains, and lambreouins.
Ihus the light goes on day BY day and sea-
son ny season.. In summer sho shuts out
tho sun because it is too hot. In winter
sue shuts it out because it will
spoil her carpets. In spring and fall
sue mas other reasons. She has reasons for
an seasons. Thus she keeps the house in
perpetual shade, in which the children grow
up slckly, dwarfcd full of aches and pains,
and finally have to be sent of into the conn
Try post-haste so that they may get into that
very sunlight which they havo been denied
at homo, and in which the country children
run and are glorifed. The fashionable fe-
male world follows the same meaboninable prac-
tice, lollng about in the darkoned house MI
day and rushing into the gaslight at night,
with results which. are only too painfully
apparent in pale faces, weak backs, aching
heads, and general good-for-nothingnes and
all-goneness. This is their condition nearly
two-thlrds of the year. The other third is
spent at country resorts, seasides, beaches,
and watering places in the sunlight and open
mr., where they are reinyigorated by the genial
warmth and bracing freshness for another
in the shadow.
Gen. PLEAsoSroSs blue glass may cure. or
t may not. Whether it does or not, he has
'endered his kind an invaluable service by
getting the sun into the house, whether it
omes IN as a blue, red, green, OR yellow ray.
de has hit at the very foundation Of hygiene.
Undoubtedly much of the present prevailing
nhealthliness has been caused by the ab-
ence of sunlight during the past seven or
light weeks. With rare exceptions, the sun
rs been hidden behind clouds since last
and wo have lived in the
lade, exposed to tho heavy, lowering inf1u-
aces OF the leaden clouds, inducing depres-
on and low spirits, which in turn have had .
depressing effect upon the body. The :
athy which we can suggest without incur :
ng the wrath Of any school OF doctors, be- .
& outside the profession, cannot be :,
seriously considered by our v
aders, Let in the sunlight. Take sun =
tn every morning. Nature offers three a
eat sovereign remedies,-co1d water, fresh n
= and the warm, vivifying, e1hilarating -
might, which expands, invigoratcs, aud AMI q q
'tcs everything it touches. There is no os
ton, elixir, or balm like it. It is better ~ ~
an belladonna, sulpho-carbolate of soda, or V
? lotion or potion tha f1ncfnrs ear, ,p;~ 1e
it through white glass, blue glass, or red ~ ~
ss,-it makes little difference Us TO color ~
= get it.
, 1877-02-04

a prominent member OF the Chicago Ro.n,
Of Trade relates m experience in bfs o~n
family which tends to confirm the blur.,,r
theory. His daughter had been an inysln fo,
several months, and recently has been so mnrh
debi1tated that she vas unable to moye h.,
limbs more than few inches. Last week h.
had one OF the windows Of hts residence 6ttea
ap With blue glass, and the young 1ad7 N,
wheeled In. her chair to position rbere Al.
could enjoy the benefit Of the ray. The drzt
day she felt somewhat better. The second DIV
the affected part was uncovered, 50 that 81.
could receive the full force Of the rav on IL.
lower part Of the spine, without the tn1erpoe.
ton Of clothing. The family Was astontshel
the following morning to see her bound into ths
room at breakfast time, the picture and The
very 1act OF health. She Is entirely recovered,
aud her father ia happy man, though be con-
[esses that, while the blue g1ass appears to be.
*onderful thing, he steannot sec thropshtsn
L. clearly as he would like to.
, 1877-02-04

Nearly o,00 alligator skins arc yearly used
By the boot and shoe manufacturers In tho
United States. Only portion Of the hides ale
serriceablc. These are packed in barrels, IN
strong brine, and shipped to the Northern tan-
ner, who keeps them under treatment for from
sir to eight months, when they are ready for
use. The skins formerly came almost entirely
from Louisiana, and New Orleans was the great
centre Of the business. The Florida swamps
and morasses are now the haryest-telds, and
Jacksonville, In that state, the great depot
The alligators often attain length of eighteen
to twenty feet, aud frequently live to very old
agc
, 1877-02-04

city. There only remains to invent some
sort Of metre or gauge BY which the steam
can bo measured as it is used by the different
consumers, aud the charge regulated accord
ingly; but we have no doubt that Chicago
ingenuity can devise q method for this by
the time the works shall have been finished
and the pipes laid The first set of works
should be in full operation by next winter.
, 1877-02-04

Argument as to the adu,issibility of eyi-
dence was commenced before tile Electoral
Commission. yesterday, ,-1Iessrs. Mrnn1cz
and BLACK representing The Democrats, and
Messrs. SroueHroS and MATHEWS speaking
for the Republicans. WILLIAM Ii. EyAn1s
and CHARLES 0'CoSoR viii close the arc1,-
ments for the respective parties on Monday
forenoon
, 1877-02-04

Among tile measures introduced at Spring-
held yesterday was one for the resumption Of
specie-payments so far as taxes are con.
cerned This bill provides that after the
1st day of January, 1879, all taxes shall be
paid in coin Or its equivalent. Two bills,
hnvlng for their object the compulsory at~
tendance Of children ut school, were intro
duced in the House.
, 1877-02-04

SAM BoWLEs, Who does not like President
GRANT orermuch, is constrained to par this
compliment to his late snecial message indoE
ing the Arbitration Electoral bill:
Gen. GRANTS message accompanying his efgus-
turc to the Electoral bill Is by ell odds the ablsss
statc paper he ever wrote II, indeed, be wrote it.
70 compress within that space correct statement
Of the constitutional law and historical preeedsnt
M impressive presentation OF the crisis cleM
defense OF the bill. as t4not q compromise Of
right. but m enforcement Of right" an eHectirs
eh Tor Its passage as essential to clear the title Of
q future constitutional amendment makes dita-
gether feat in the art Of statement of which my
man might be proud. 4 strong reason for suspect-
lng that Gen. GRANT wrote It Ii just doubt
epacc. Less than five weeks Of official life nov
remain to President GRANT, and we hope that 10
act OF his In the meantime will diss.pate the sayu
of his term
, 1877-02-04

senator-e1ect HILL, Of Georgia, is the "favor-
1te son" Of all the tire-eaters, who absu,dlr
believe that he "chawed up JIM BLA1ssn ia
the fiery encounter that took place about a vea.
ago over the JET DAVIS and Andersony11e
Prison horrors When it Eas ascertained th.t
he was elected over Senator NoRwoop, IN
abler but milder-manncred man, the report Of
the scene says: ;.
Members we're embracing aud weeping, eyep;
pats we're thrown high in air; men jumped on
the desks and hurrahed; the crowd in the corridors
and about the State-liouse answered them. and the
excitement was wild. Among the many dispatches
sent was o scurEilous one to Senator BLAINE:
Scramble out Of the back window Of the Senate
bRT Hull i coming In at the front door," Ano,he,
read: 1.-THE people hare beaten the politicians
pace more, and the South gives another Hzxar
CLAY ~ to the Republic" Upon the announce.
t1ent by the President Of the Senate OF III. HnLs
election for the term Of six years, the Speakerse
natural 1ife.''
, 1877-02-04
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1877.

At the New York Gold Exchange on Sat-
arday graenbacks ranged at 94s@95c.
, 1877-02-04

Heduelng tue actual weight Of meats to
IONS, there were exported in the four months
OF 1876 tho number Of 30, 100 tons, and
1or the corresponding four months inst
passed, 0,900 tons, which is On increase of
more than 100 per cent.
, 1877-02-04

ST. BERNARD COMMANDERY, No. IS, X. t.
Stated Ccnciavc "Wednesday eventng &. Feb !, at 1880
O'Clock Work On the K. 7: Order.
J.O DICKINSON. Recorder. " Les ~
, 1877-02-04

lie direct foreign exports Of what the
trade calls provisions"-m pork
from Chicago have assumed enormous nm.
portions. The increase Of this export trade
IS something remarkable-indeed, astouish-
1ag- Counting from the lst Of October to
t.1e 9th Of January Of last season and This
seeson' We find the following comparative
expectations of pork:
, 1877-02-04

CoEIETnlAS CHAPTER, no. g. r. 4. M.-snc.
c!al Convocaton Monday evening, Feb. 5. at 1850
o'clock Work on The Il. !. Degree. b. order
~ ,..~ j. A. CRAWFORD. H. T.
, 1877-02-04

LAFAYETTE CHAPTER, NO. . r, A. M.-snectal
Eoayocatlon Monday evening. Feb at 7:a0 o'cock,
Fited. By order Of the II. 2. E. i. TUCKER
Secretary.
, 1877-02-04

TLEIADE5 LODGE. No 47s, H. F. and A. M.-Ree-
s1ni Communicating Thursday Evening. Feb. r. OBJ
1cct Of meeting take action in regard renting
hail. Full 1T enhance Of members requested. Per
der W. =. F. F. NEWELL. Ser
, 1877-02-04

surely as the pecunlary interests The mo.
ment they determine to do this, the fact is
ultimately assured, by their education.
shrewdness, foresight, experience, disci-
pine, wealth, and ability to take advantage Of
the known weaknesses Of the neproes 4
writer in the last Harper's Magazine saws
OF Barbadoes The negroes who were
emancipated in 1884 own no land of onv
consequence, and have but little to saw in
public affairs, the white minority having de-
cidedly the upper hand"
Plainly, an attempt to keep the adminis-
trat1ve power for q time in the hands Of the
ignorant negroes, by consolidating b1ack
vote, will for the most part simply
result IN dividing the Offices between
morally and intellectually incompetent |
olacks, and imported whites, popularly |
known as carpet-baggers, who, for per-
sonal greed and ambition, will pander to the
passions and foster the prejudices Of the
freedmen. This necessarily results in poor
government aud foul corruption, and aggra-
Yates race jealousy and hatred, until relief
is sought by violence, intimidation. aid
bribery.
And thus again we learn that long.
2erpetuated barbarism is only to be over
'ofne by slow remedies. No act of 1eeisla-
ION end no military aid will suddenly raise
ne negro to the level of the white. His I
pecial friends, and the clear-sighted patriots
rho perceive thnt the future welfare of the ]
ountry Is largely in his hands, will there
ore fall back upon education of mind and =
enrt as the only papacea for the evils Of his /
resent condition Schools and churches
re what he needs fer beyond ballots and t
ayonets' The same writer quoted above +
'ys OF the negroes in Barbadoes: ssWhen e
'ey have the ability, they, however, rise e
'metl1nes to high positions, there being Ii
'W one negro member Of the Assembly q
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-03-09
President Grant. Administration

Whatever may be the final historical es-
timate of the services and achievements of
ex-President Grant during his eight years.
term of service as civil ruler, il may at
least be set down as certain that his admin
istration will be remembered for the good
which ii has brought to the country rather
than for its mistakes or for what it has in
any way failed to accomplish. Already, as
Gen. Grant has stepped down from the
presidential chair and once more taken his
place as one of the people, have the more
candid and consistent of the opposition
press and people made haste to avow their
belief in the essential honesty and integri-
ty of purpose which has been the animus
of his whole official life. On this point, in
fact, men who have watched him closely
and judged his acts without partisan bias
have never had any doubt. That Presi-
dent Grant has made many mistakes, that
his selection of men for important offices
has been oflen bad, that he has been un-
wise in the choice of friends, and that he
has many times been unduly influenced
by unworthy advisers, must be fully con-
coded. But here the severity of criticism
must practically end. His errors have
been errors ofiudgment and never those of
purpose or intention. He took charge of
the government at lime when its condi-
ton, in many respects, could hardly have
been more perplexing and unfavorable,
and the trials and adverse influences which
he has had to contend with from first to
last have been neither small nor few.
In the great matter of civil service re-
form, which is now the leading political
susject occupying the minds of the North
ern people, it must be remembered that
President Grant was the first to make his
voice heard. He it was who first thought
10 do away with the unfortunate and vi
cious legacy of Jackson's administration
the "spoils" doctrine-and 1t was only afler
he had repeatedly, but in vain, tried to
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-03-09

The mystery thickens about those Ore
gon cipher kilograms, for it is growing evil
dent that nobody ever sent them or knew
anything about them. Col. Pelton, Mr..
Tilden's nephew, read a written statement
TO the Senate Election Committee last
Thursday, in which he declared that his
uncle never saw any such kilograms, and
that he (Pelton) did not enter into any ar
rangement to purchase an elector in Ore
gon or any other State, and he never re
ceiv ed telegram containing such prop
osition. Mr. Tilden had already proclaim
ed his spotlessness in the matter, and we
had also been made aware that both Grover
aud Kelley at the other end of the line
we're equally guiltless. We are therefore
obliged to accept the Trlbune's theory that
those ''sinful ciphers" were clear case Of
Spontaneous generation" together with
the still more remarkable suppositon that
"there was au automatic banking office
somewhere down town which sent large
sums of money to Oregon on nobody's or
der"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-03-09
MINOR NOTES.

President Hayes was "a years old the 4th
day of last October.
Pres ident Grant vacated the White House
Mon day afternoon, and is stopping tempo
rarily with Secretary Fish.
The next Democratic presidential candi-
didato will not bail from the State of New
York. The last four have.
The Democratic Chicago Times says tina
if Tildeu should ever run for President
again, he would get the same number of
elector al votes that Peter Cooper had last
November.
An exchange suggests that Cronin and
Morrissey are the only men who have made
money out of the Democratic campaign.
Cronin was wise enough TO pocket his $1,000
before he did his work and Morrissey re-
tAins the commissions on the pools which
he declared off.
Ga Saturday the House passed resou-
lion declaring all Investigations at an end,
and rel easing all persons confined for con-
tempt. This releases the Louisiana Re-
turning Board, and of course dismissed the
Court proce edings under habeds corpus.
Most of the House Democrats absenied
tbemsel YES from the inaugural ceremonies
- - Ia. I,1;sa.l az, I,ioI5
also declined to be present with the other
members of the supreme court, and their
conduct is generally condemned as child
ISL and illmannered.
The Ne w York sun INDUCED in a foolish
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- aai. - N,euda =, no tanr - NJ
H., ;,,,,,,.,,,o,i,, ,,looiro ,to a..
a,,c, a. 1,,,iIdi,,,, - ha,r go,
Canarossn,an Uoa.i,, rasin,. If. oh,ir
...at,s 49, a. -, aas,,aa,,o aa,',
nInsni =. " W. -; - W. $50
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ar,.,os. - 1T 80 49, So,o,o-
VI many 'uins7 ""io" "ei' u'uo' Sen"'o'
Barnum Of Connecticut succeeds Mr.. Hew-
lit.
"A last and desperate attempt. was made,
on Friday, 10 give ridden another chance
to get the Presidency, by the Introduction
In Tie House oil bill by David Dudley
tleld 10 facilitate quo pdTT dnto proceed
lhss TO test tue lile Oh fresiueht hayes
The bill was promptly rejected, the more
moderate and sensible Democrats uniting
with tho Renuh,icans AGAINST II
Tho st.,o dinnor aivan hy con Gran, nm
co,urda,, oronino o. ,roIoon,o 20 ,ha IN
ooo,,,,,, p.os;aop, "a nc r,-o,,o1, 80 ,ho
,non,hers Of tho C,hinet nos Tho most o,ah-
$50 on,or,ainn,ont ora, ni,or =, ,ho
80. -" M ,o,.,a -, 49,
, !" nv -io' - an ""9 se' - .ue
iS'se uinlns ioo"i ''' 90 Peisons anu tue
rePast was Oh the most suhip'uous chaTac-
ter.
The Presidential family will consist of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-03-09

While ii is true that the Democratic par
ty has suffered disgrace and humiliation
by the action Of tho fifty or more hot-head-
ed revolnlionisls who sought to prevent
the completion of the electoral count, it
must also be remembered that it was
through the patriotism ard good sense of
the majority of the Democratic majority
in the House that the operations and des-
perate efforts of the filibusters were rem
dered void and of no effect. This major
ity had it in their power 10 prevent the final
declaration of Mr.. Hayes's election, but
they stuck TO their agreement 10 abide by
the decision of the Commission, and it was
an interesting and suggestive scene when,
in the desperate struggle on Thursday
night, Fernando Wood took the lead OF the
House against the Observation-Disclosures final
ly defeated them. Speaker Randall evil
IDENTIFY sympathized at heart with the fill
busters, but toward the end his rulings
were firm and decided against all dilatory
motions, and it was largely by his aid that
the vote on Vermont was at last reached
and that the Wisconsin case was so soon
disposed of.