Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 8, 1876, Page 1

___ The Chicage Dailp Tribune. VOLUME XXXIL STOVES. “BANKRUPT SALE STOVES. my friends and patrons that 1 L e agent for tho aaia and diapo- e b atock formerly belonging to me at No. Take-st. ck conaists of Btoves manafactared by ni:fl‘fln‘ém Stove Mannfacturing Company of e LIRSS, ¢ Terry Stove Company, Bafem, Albany, Ji. hdry other patterns, together witl %i¢ Regleters, Hollow Ware, Blovo Repaire, m-(erl-?usunlly kept by a genaralatove dealer, wd Bl Clhorized to offcr the above mentiuned st prices that wi guarantce Their Immedinto Sale, e 1 suit , o lbll::pl:ch:l":d o oy o aa'aaaw 3u thedugh {4 stock ol No. 150 LAKE-ST.,, orwill glve you l{l lpl;furmullan by mail on appli- i Teapecttully, atlon. ‘A M. BEARLES, Agent. Chieago, Dec. 8,1 WORCESTERSIHIRE SAUCFE, P A A NN PPN LEA & PERRINS’ CELEBRATED EXTRACT PRONOUNCED BY of sLETTER from a CONNOIEEEURS MEDICAL GENTLE- 70 BE THE MAXN nt Madras, o Lis " brother at WORCESTER, “ONLY (00D Moy, 1851, § Ten LEA & PER § RINS that thelr Sauce SR 1 Wighly esteemed tn HELTORN Indts, and Is, In my == opinfon, the most pal- ZELL atahle oa well a3 the B most wholesomo Sauco that s made.” SAUCE,” Asd Appitesbla to WERY VARIETY OF DISH. WOILGESTERSIIIILE‘ SAUCE. LEA & PERRINS’ WGNATURE is on EVERY BOTTLE, i 3 JOHN DUNCAN'S 80NS, NEW YORK. FUIRN. “7"THE CANADA furManufacturing Co. Madison-st., N. W. Cor. Franklin, Inofferlng at Menufaclurers® cost prices. 125 Real and Nink Rocques. 100 Nova Sicatla 3ink and Shetland Seal Sets. 200 Genty’ Beal Cagn, fncat amallty, 2,800 Alanka Mink Rots. 1,200 Freneh Lynx Bets. 3,500 BufTalo, Wolf, and Raccoon Robea, &¢., &¢. \oyartlclo made to order at shortest notice, Minle and Sealskin FUR Sacques. 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WY AT 100 AT, To Warchouse Itcceipta for Grain and Provis: Tonae onChty Certinaion sni Vouchors: on lents & lorigages. LAZAIUS BILVEIAAN 00U BL B: act innber of Commierce. HOLIDAY GOOBS. YOU MUS Not fail to visit tho great EXPOBITION $1 BA- ZAR beforo buying your Presents for 1iolidays. 109 State-st., 205 Wost Madison-st. TOLIDAY FRISENTS T AL remen _Pler, foot of Third-st., Hoboken. ios m;'-ns'fi’r"e‘m’ifi'm;?'éflflz i 1T 100 WADISON BTREET abio, €00, gold; steorugy, £30 euerK ¥or froigns | £ TO VI @ v ALtidig s GO b e irpa e, | STEIN'S DOLLAR STORE Ureat Wostern Steawaship Line. MISCELLANEOUS. From New York to Dristol (ngland) direct. !ovznu:)T, Weatern, aturdasy, Deo. 10 [, Bymon: e o assigy, 451 Btoerase, 830, ‘fiun(m uafiu‘ 73 90, "%".3'3('5‘3 z‘en‘ gemfi-m-. £ Ay 1o WC ) W o7 Glarket., ttohigan allroad. __STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS. et A AN AP 7 T Stockholders’ Meeting. Cuicaco, BunLinaToN & QuiNey n"u"'m" Cuz'rtmi." 1876, t v JUIC, , Nov, 3 corice—a meetiug of Stockbolders 1n this l'g:fluny will e held ut the ofiica of the Company,, + wleigo, Monday, Dec, 11, 1876, at 11 o'clock s yayor the purposa of layisg boforo stockolders lloc'i“m" of tho Directors In acquiring 8t. Louls, pock Islund Chicago Itailrond, and for suchothot tincas as may l:;;ulchomo befora the meeting. 08 7', HHALL, Secretary, 0 . Stockholders’ Meeting. ,'fhe Anaual meoting of tha Btockholders of the Bmh Natlonal Dank of Chicago for tho election of lrectors for tho ensulng year will be held at tgo ;flu ol sald Bank, in Chicsgo, on Tuesday, Jan. ' 1677, Yolween tho honrs of 1 and 4 p. m. 1SAAC G, LOMUARD, Cashlor. 5, 1470, Chleago, pg = 0, 1, NOAR, Namely: OHIEN. TAL DETHRSIVE © BOAP. Does uot sheink Flaunals, 1t s the ofdest Famlly St [} It 2-1;., Made I:( MoKEONB VAN fim‘gfi? sdolpi £s. 8 N c:fi?;olgflo a, and nold by 600 leading = OLD PAPKRS, FOR BALE, AT 7 cfs, per lumdred. Apply at Tribugo Counting Room, Wanied to Exchange. Twao or four sesta (four preferred) adjolnlag an nlsle fn the third row of the marquet circle, Uontral Church (MoVicker's Theatre), tor st imber of seats In pare quet,_Address¥iinmedistely, 1, Fifsh Nationa! Bank, Worster Hams. Wo are prepared to fi)l orders for this celebrated curo of Hums, ABA WORSTER & CO., 788 biate.st, SHATES. We arotha Wostern Agents for the BXate, and have thelargest and moa c ment’Intho city. Alkg tho e b O for zatbtonnt. Sy SOAEy 3 cat o i Bend for gateleny & %0, speciuty. - BEALUIRG & i til.st, APPLES, 5,000 BARRELS Winter Apples, $1.50 PER BARRBL. CROSH. WOODS & CO.; u&H State-st OIL TANKS, FAPeY A o S A A WIiLSON & EVENDEN, OIL TARNKS 210 GHIPPING OANS, 47 & 40 Wost Lake Stroet, O IOAGCGO. oy DISSOLUTION NOTICES, COPARTNIERSHIP, ' eralgne hava this day formed 8 coparts B e T et e of Bk UPEEN AEITE CO., for the purposs of I:u'r‘llll on the wholesslo Mool and Cloting bustncas, &t i) And a1 WaDAN aY.: Chicsgo. 3. RUPFENE . PENTE AM'L NATHA Quwioauo, et 1o 1t7s. - - Proposition CHICAGO, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8, 187G. GROVER'S GAG. That Oregon Dodge, Upon Examination, Looks Very Flimsy. All Precedents Tell Strongly Against the Bogus Elector. Prominent Democrats Hesitate to Indorse the Gross Imposition, Democratic Congressmen in Council Decide to .Go Slow. Sounthern Members Appear to Set an Example to Northern Hot-Heads. for a Joint Committes of Congress to Talk Over Matters, Hewitt Puts on an Outward Show of Confidence. Gov. Chamberlain Is Inaugurated and Delivers His Mes« sage. . . The Florida Democratic Electoral Claimants Indulge in Bluster, John Morrissey Announces that All Pools Are Off, THE DEADLOCK. DEMOCRATIC AILGUMENT. 8pecial Dispaich to The Tribune. WasminaTon, D. C., Doc. 7.—The Democrats aro determined to stand upon tho fraudulent voto of Qregon, and to luslst that 1t elects Til- den. Mr, Howitt said in conversation this morning: “You Republicans may take cither horn of the dilemma you choose. If you jnaln- tain that thero {s no authority for the Houso to o behind the face of the roturns, then Tiden has 185 votes certified fn accordance with the forms of Jaw. If you insist upon investigating the Oregon case, then you concede us the right to do the same thing with tho returns from South Carollna, Florida, and Loulsiana, and we shall throw out those States, or count them for Tilden. In elthor case the result will be the election of Tilden.” Mr, Howltt was asked if e thought that one Elector in Oregon had the power to declare himself the whole Board, sup- plant the others, and PILL THE VACAKCIES, He replied that this was 2 point he did not care to gointo. Tho only returns accompanied by the certifleato of the Governor would show one vote for Tilden and two for Hayes. It must cither bo counted or not counted. If not counted, tho power to~ reject It would imply the power to reject tha returns of the disputed Bouthern States olso, It was supgosted to Mr. Hewltt that the Republicans might concede the right to go behind the re- turne, and that the Senate might throw out two or three Tilden States whoso votes are not now questioned. This he admitted might be done under the theory, which e belicved to bo cor- rect, that no vote could be counted when vb- Jected to without the aftirmative uction of both Houses; but [n that count he in- slsted that o casc would arse where the IHouse would constitutionally cleot the President, Ho odmitted, however, that there might be & doubt upon this polnt; that tho candidate having a majority after each House bad thrown out all the Btates It objectod to might claim to be olected, and that in this way Hayes might be figured {n. This contingen- cy he had not fully considered, but he thought the safe and proper way was YOR THE HOUSD TO BLECT. ‘Mr. Howltt was nsked if Lo feared that the difflculty would go os far as a resort to arms, Heo rteplied that ho could not tell what revolutionury measures the Republicans might take; that Tilden was lawfully elccted and would be inaugurated. As to s compromise of the difliculty, which was tho lastsubjoct touched upon In the conversation, he sald that tho only one which the Democrats could entertain would De for the Houso to clect the President, and the Benato the Vice-President,—an arrangement un- just to Mr. Hendricks, but one which he felt sure that gentlemun would agree to rather than risk any disturbanco of the public peace. He @id not think the Democrats would assent to the creation of the contingency In which the President of the Senuto inust administer the executlve oftice for a year, and a new clection be Lield next November. Tho Demoeratic members sppeared to TAKH THEIR CUR PROM MR. HEWITT today. ‘Thuy were not, however, in tho sercno mood of men who are coufldent of their ground, but were in bad temper, and could not discuss tho situation fu conversation with Republic- ans, or even with each other, without displaying an oxcited and almost threatening mauner. The Bouthern Democrats were noticeably coolerthan thelr Northern brethren, and most of the con- cillatory talk appeared to proceed from them, ‘The Republicans were grave and anxious, A comparison of opinions during the day went far towards reassuring them, however. Bagacious men, looking more carefully ut tho facts in the Qregzon election, Soon percoived A PATAL PLAW in the Domocratic caso, and clalm that {t {a by no means certain that the returns opened by the President of tho Scnato wihl show a voto for Tilden. The Governor of Orcgon lssued a cer- tificate that Cartwright and Odell, Republicans, aud Cronin, Democrut, were tho lawful Elect~ urs, This certificate Cronln put In his pocket. He orgonized himselt as the Klectoral College, moved that he #ll tho two vacancles, put tho vote to himsell, deviared it carrled, clected two Democrats, and made up o return of one vote for Tiiden and two for Hayus, which he will bring on himsel¢ to Washington and deliver to the Presldent of the Souate. The two genuing Klectors met, found a majority of the Klectoral Colloge pros- cut, filled the one vacancy, CAST THW YUTE VOR DATKS in accordance with the verdict of the people, snd mado up alegal return in form, Tho Presl- dent of the Senato will open both the returns; he will find In the fraudulent one the certificato of tho @overnor. By this certificate he will learn who are declared to be tho Electors. He will then refer to the conflict- ing returns to ascertain which comes from a ma- Jority of the Klectors thus certified to. That return be will preseut to be counted; the other ANVPPAt R eR, | will bo treated os & nullity, Thero will be uo golng behind the certifieate, becauss the cortifi- cate {taclf, whenever found, will ehow WIICH 13 THE ORNUINE RETURN and which the fraudulent one, The circum- stance that this certificate comes Inclosed in the falee return 18 not important. It is perhaps all the better that it should be so, forit exposes iho frand which it was hoped It would conceal. The truth s, the Democratic fraud is lome sod im- potent. It accomplishes nothing but to make plain and ohvious the sim of the majority of those who originated and those who defend ft. Republicans now understand this clearly, and arc not at all troubled at this last desperate trick of thelr opponents. NUNTING YO} PRECEDENTS, Special Dirpateh to The Tribune. ‘Wasningtox D. C., Dee. 7.—The Democrats arc not as well pleased with the Oregon compli- cation as many ot them . scemed to think they would he afew days sgoin case the Governor fgave one Tilden Elector & certificate. -~ Many of thein do not pretend to defend it except as they say It may cnable them o usc a techufcality to defeat what they helteve a fraud in Loulslana. As prominent &' Democratie lawyer s Qeorge McCook, of Ohio, openly ‘condemns the action of the Governor, and dézlares that the Demno- cratic party caunot stand upon this sction, The matter was Incidentally discussed in the Senate, where i was mude to nrpunr that Ina case involving the same principle Benator Thurinan had tuken most declded grounds against It, und that every Democrat In the Sen- ale had sustained him by thele votes, In the cascof Abbutt ve. Vance, the Legislature of North Caroltug, fn voting for United Btatea Sen- ator, clected Vance, Democrat, over Abbott, Re- publican. Vance was Innngi»io un aceonut of his political disabilities. Abbott claimed that as the majority candidate wus ineligible he, us the oue baving the next highest number of votes, should "be declarod elected. Mv, Thur- man, of Uhio, led thie opposition to this claim, and In a full and powerrul srgument DENOUNCED EVERY FEATURE OF IT in the stroncest possible. teims, citing prece- dents and law to sustaln lis pusition, und scouted the {dea that the clalm haa the least possible foundution. Those Demucrats who voted to sustain hls position werc Bavard, Blalr, Cusserly, Cooper, Duvis, Hamilton, John- ston, Kelly o Orcgon, Stevenson, Stuckton, and Vickera, There were only 10 voles In favor of Abbott, whila 42 voted with Mr. Thurman against him, ‘I'ie Democrats tn the House are cammitted in AN EQUALLY DEUIDED MANNER with those of the Scnate upon this sume prinel- ple. In the contested-clection case of Sinith of Kentucky againat Brown, Brown proving fu- clegible, Bmith, us the minority candidate, came into the Housc claiming the scat. The vote opainat his claln was 102 to 30, no Demoernt voting In favor of it, and all present voting agafnst 1. Among the prominent Democrats 80 votlng were Beck, James, Brooks, Eldredge, Holman,” Proctor_ Knott, Marshall of Illinols, {{przd-n of Ohlo, 8amuel J. Randall, Fernando ‘ood. REPORT OF TIE PROCERDINGS. 8Ax Francisco, Dee, 7.—The lutest advices from 8alem, Ore., ""é that afl the Republle- un and Democratic Electors assembled fn a room of the Senate Chamber. [The Secretary of Statepassed an envelops through the door to Cronii, who read it us a certificate of the vote givento Odell, Cartwright, and hiroeelf, He then put it in his pocket, refusing to show it to the Republicans. Odell, Cartwrlcht, and Cronin_scated themsclves at the tabla and or- ganized by electing Odel) Cunirman, Watts of- fered to leave the yoom, but, as the other Demnocrats, Klipell and ~ Laswoll, refused to leave, ho remafned ot the request of the other Repnblicans, Watts then teudered his resignation as an Elector, Odell nnd Cartwright scverely demanded thelr certfi- cates of Cronin, who repeatedly refused to sure render them, After some time Cronin asked it they refused to act with him, Odell and Cart- wright eald * No," very emphatically, but de- wanded that thelr authority to act should be showi. Cronin then left the table, tho Ropub- lican Electors having made no objection to co- operate with him, and, aftor calllng $n Miller and Parker, Cronin organized his Electoral College as before reported. Secretary Chadwick cloims to have Hlml“{ acted under” Gov, Gro- ver's orders. Tho laiter was burnt In elligy at Jefferson last night. INDIGNATION MEBTING, BAN KRANOISCO, Cal., Dec. 7.—A Balem (Ore.) dispatch says: **The hcvublluun hold & meet- Ing last night to conalder the action of Gov. Grover. Resolutlons were passed denounciug lilm and calling upon the United States Senate to prevent it frum taking his scat in that body, to which he s clected, un the ground that lie has whiltully violated Wls oathi - Prominent Republicans advised a calys exp) e opinion, and it {s now thonught that tie outbreak will oecur,” Later advices from Oregon state that Odell s been chosen messenger by the Republican Electors, Cronlu will act for the Democrata. 1t Is sald Grover's house s under guard, DISPATCT TO SECRETALY CHANDLER. Wasminaron, L. C., Dee. 7.—~The following gl.u received this mornfug by Becretary Chan- er: Sarrx, Ore., Dec, 6, 1870.—Ths Governor re- fused all the Republican certificates, but gave all three to Cronin, Democrat. Our Electors met, glled the Watts' vacancy, and gave X ,vates for Hayes, and attached a certificate of the vote for Eldciors obtained frum thio Secretary of Stata to the relurns for Waehington, Everytning was properly done. 'The Governor's certificate cannol be ob. talned. Cronin used them all in organizing & set of Democratic pretended Electors, who cast 2 voles for liayesand 1 for Tilden. Geonar F. Steee, J. N. CoouLay, i ‘TIR TWO REPUDLICANS," Benator Mitchell nni'n that he knows the two men who were subatituted for the regularly- elected Republican Electors by Cronin, the Democrat, who held certl@cates signed by Gov., Grover, und that both are stanch Democrats, who voted for Hayes under orders. plzselictl - IN THE SENATE. TIE OREGON SWINDLE. Special Dispaich to The Tribune. WasniNagrox, D. C., Dec. 7.—Indigration at the gross fraud by which the Governor of Ore- gon has sought to deprive the peopls of that Htato of the expresston of thelr cholce for Preai- dent found speedy expresson fn the 8enate to- day, Mr. Mitehell, the Republican Senator from Oregon, introduced o resolution directing the Committeaon Privilcgesand Elections to fu- vestigato tho facts, This, under the rule, was laid over and ordered to bo printed; but the Republican Benators were two full of the cn- grossing toplc: not to find an opportunity for expressiug thelr feclugs., The reso- lutlon of inquiry into tho elcctions in tho Bouthern - Btates was the questionbefore the body, but thediscussion had not proceeded fur before it was abruptly switch- ed off upon . THE OREON CASH by a atirring spocch from Mr, Sargent, who de- nounced tho hypocrisy of the Democrats in complaining of the actlon of the Loulslams Returning Board, whilo thelr party aasociates were concoe’dng a scheme of open aud apparent fraud, baro of all covering of legal furms. Mr. Bargent showed from the laws of Oregon that the Governor bad acted fn flagrant de- fanco of the statuto, which required lim to deliver -the .certificates of clec- tion to the College' of Elcctors and not to any {ndividual meinber of it, and gave him no show of authority to- commission .a candidate whom the people had defeated st the election, ‘Thero was great curlosity on the floor and in the galloriea to seo whothor any Democrats would VENTURR TO DEVEND TIlIS FALYABLE PIECK OF RASOALITY, Not oncof them denounced, and on the the- ary that silenee gives assent, all the Damocratio Henators placerd themselves in the attitude of approving, Mesars, Thurman and Bayard went still further, and while declining to commit themsolves as to the rightfuluess of the cssen- tial features of the affair, weut nto a tochnical discussion of the American and En- gllsh precedenta in tho case of election of fnell- glblo officialy, - My, Edmunds - tried- fa vain to wake these gentlemen too the mark on the question of the Governor's outrageous per formauce, but they aveoided him successfully, The dlscussion was continued by Mr. Logan, who showed the inconsistency of Mv., Thur- man'y present positlon with that taken by nim In tho North Caroliua contested Benatorial case of Vaoce ugalnst Abbott. Just before the Bensto adjourncd, the motion to print the Loulsiuns report was adopted by s vote of 40 to 13, which was about the only pleco of business accomplished to-day. % - e i DEMOCRATS IN COUNCIL. LAYING TIEIR PLANS, Fpeclal Dipateh to Tha Tribune. Wasnixoron, D. C., Dec. 7.—~The Democrats held thelr adjourned caucus this afternoon. Lamar presided, The caucus commlitee ap- pointed yesterday reported through Hewitt a resolution providing for & sort of committee of safety, to consist of fifteen members,—ten Rep- rescntatives and five Senators. The purpose of this Commitice is to examine into all questions connected with the elections Boutl, and with the Elcctoral votés and to generally coneider all subjects coming before Congress of a party character, ‘Tho resohitlon was unanimously adopted. * % Fernando Wood, following up his attack upon the President In the former caucus, and inorder to test the sense of the full csucus, presented & sesolution’ as to the propriety of introducing into the Iouse a resolution of inquiry as to the uge of the military in the South, with a view of ascertalning whether the President had com- mitted acts which were fpeachable. Scott Lord opposcd thls resolution. Ifc thought that the proposition was premature, and that it would be prudent to awalt tho return of the Investi- gating Committces from the South. Ben Hill als0 spuke, snd thought that Wood's resolution WAS TOD EXTREME, The debate was ulmost confined to Northern and Western Democerats, Southern members refraining from participating. When thelr per- sonal op{nlons were nsked, howover, they coun- seled moderation, It hius been noticed through this entire excitement thal the Bouthern Demo- vrata are inuch cooler thun thelr Northern brethren, The Bouthern Democrats eapeclall dlscuur_sfiul any attempis to Impeach the Pres dent. 14 appeared to he the general senti- mant of the crucus, with the exception of a few hot-heads. ‘The Houthiorn members especially referred to the action of Wade Hampton as an example of forbearance which the party in Con- gress would do well to imitate. ‘The caucus lasted nearly three hours, during which the cotire political situation was dis- cussed, The caucus adjourned to meet on call. 1t is apparent that the Deiocrats are to be ore controlled by caucus action than they have litherto been. ¥ There was A BPICT I'ASRAGE in cancue between Fernando Wood and Henry Watterson. Watterson spoke ageinst Wood's resolitlon to fmpeuch the President s impolitic, whereupon Wood turned to Watterson au asked lim it he did not advise him (Woud) In o private conversation to fntrodnce just siuch a resolution. Wattersou Is represented ss having been compelled ta confess that e did. John Young Brown opposed the impeachment resolution, He sufd that the work of the Dem- ocratie purty was pow to eclect Tilden, not to clect Grant,” If the attempt was made to Im- peach Grant it would make hita n hero in the country, and prejudice Tllden’s case in public oplnjon. Randall is eald to have supported Wood's rerolution. To the Western Assoclated Press. TILE CAUCUS, WASHINGTON, D. C., Dee, 7.—The Democrats of the House of Representatives held an ad- journcd caucus this afternoon, continuing in Beeslon two hours and o half. Representutive Hewitt, from the Committes appofuted yester- day. reported resolutions providing for the ap- pumtment of a committee of ten wembers to co-operate with such committes as may be appointed by the Democratic Senators to take futo consideration the subject of the ro- cent clections in the South and the use of Gov- ermmnent troops therein, and further that the) report to the caucus from time to time such recommendations as they may decm proper. This resolution was unanimously agreed to, Fernaudo Wood. offered a resolution propos- ing to introduce s resolutton fu the House in- structing the Commiitee on the Judiciury to in- quire lute: the fnets' attending milltary move- ments periding the recent elections in the South, and to ascertain and report whetbor in this re- spect thers hina been an VIOLATION OF TOE LAW by the President. Representative Scott Lord moved that all matters under discussion be referred to the Cominittee of Ten, to report when tite Commit- tevs recently. nmm(ntml ‘y the House to Inquire into the cleetions in Loufsfana, South Carolina, aud Florida ahall have returned to Washington with all the facts in the case. 4 ‘The caucus acqulesced In Mr. Lord's proposi- 011 During the caucus varfous members expressed thelr viows, andt nesrly all of. the apeoches wura of s palfia character. The generul sentimeut wus thut the pcnmnF questiona between the o rtics respectlng the Electoral vote should be preserved distinetively, and ull side issues which would divert the’ public mind therefrom sliould be avoided, and in this con- nection it wus safd there should be no move- ment toward the Impeschment of the Presi- dent. An effors to conviet would fail fu conse- quence of the prescnt composition of the Sen- ate,—a majority of the Senators belnq Re- publieans ° an friendly to the Presi- dent, The discussion was principally participated fn by Northern and Western emocrats, but when somne of the Boutliern Democrats wero appealed to for thelr individual opinions they expressed themselves as PAVORALLE TO UALMKESS and moderutlon, stating that in this reapect the conduct of Wade Hampton aofforded sn cxam- plo worthy of imitation, but owing to the pe- cullur relations of the Bouth at this time, they prelfrrcd not to take any active part fu dis- cuesion. Tho caucus adjourped subject to the call of Mr. Lamar, Chalrman, . TIIE POOLS DECLARED OFF. New Yonrk, Dec. 7.—John Morrissey has de- clared off all pools, suld fn his houss ou tho direct result of the Iresidentlal election, PREVIOUS DISPATCHES, Cincinnati Comercial, Dec, T, Tho following dispatch was forwarded yester- day to John Morrissoy and to T, B. Johnsou, the principal pool-seliera’in New York: CixcixxaTl, 2Dec, 6, 1870, —Anug and_Sullivan. pool-scilors here, declare Uots on thy Presidency of. Do yon payon thu ofiicisl voio of States or wait for ihecounttngz of votes in the presence of Congress. What {s the law? A, Harsven, Cincinoatl Commerclal, Tha following replies were vecelved: Nzw Yous, Lee, 5, 1876. —I, Jalated: We will advertise in tho Herald what we fotend to dot T, B, Jounson. New Yonk, Uce, 6, 1878,~M, Holeted: Tave aia nobota on the general rennlt. Do not propose o pay auy until oficially decided fu Washington, Joux Monniesty, SOUTH CAROLINA. INAUGURATION OF GOV, CHAMBERLAIN, Speclal Dispatch to Tha Tribune, CoLumnia, 8. C., Dee. 7.—At 1 p m. to-day tho Legislature met in jolut assembly to fn- augurate the Governor-clect, Mr, Chamberlain was notlfied, and cntered the ball of the House of Representatives, Jo ascended to the Speaker's desk and took the osth of office, which was administered to him by Probate Judge Boone, by virtue of & statute which had just been paussed. Licut.-Gov. Gleaves was sworn [n the Seuato by the sume magistrate. Tho enthusiasn of the Republicansisunbounded for the fivst tlmo stuco the trouble, Uov. Cham- berlatu delivered the following fusugural foa voico that rang through the Chamber, and in- spired hope aud couragu: ‘. THR INAUGUHAL. GENTLEMEX OF TnE SkNATE AKD Housz or Rur. WRSENTATIVES: 1 accept the ofiice to which by the volce of & majority of the people of this State 1 have & second timo been called, with a full knowl- edgeof thogravo responsibllities and diffculties by which it 1s now attended. No considerations except the clearest convictlon‘of duty would be be sufticiont to induce nie to accept this greas trust under tho clrcumstances now surroundiug I regard tho present hour fn Bouth Carolin crisls &t which no patrotic citizen should shrink from any ‘post to which public duty may call bim. In my sobor judgment onr present struggle 1s in defonse of the fonndations of our Gavernment and lustitutions, If we fall naw our Goyernment of Houth Carolina will no longer rest on the consent of tho governed, expressed by & freo voto by s majority of our people. If our opponopla trlumph, I care not under what guise of Icgal forms, wo ohall witneas the overthruw of fres governmont .in our Btate. My chief personal anxlety 1s that I may Lave the fizmness and wisdom 0 st fu a _ridor, and the constabulary - manner worthy of the great Interesta #0 largely committed to my keeping, chief pablic care shail ba to contribute my if o) efforts to defend the rights, to goard the proniote tho welfars af &l] the peop| The constant occupation of my dutles which 1 conld not postpon me from preparingihe uaual atate: mendations respecting our pn): the earlfest possible day 1 will ay. Our greatest intercat, our {& duty, s to stand frmfa appointed * place againat W5 sslons and allurements of our 1.7 | opponents. Our position up to the prese; has been with~ In tho clear limita of our, Co) tion and Jaw. Nothing but tha cowardice, br weakness, or treach- ery of our own friends carl rob ws of the wictory. 1 Mate what the fa how, what overwheiming evidence proves, when I eay that if we yleld now we shall witness the conrnmmation of a delibernta and cruel conapiracy on the part of the Detocratic party of this State to overcome by brute force tha political will of & msjority of 20,000 of the lawfal voters of this State. 1 have mourned over public sbuscs which Liave heretafore aclsen bore. 1 have, according to the measare of my ability, labored to make the conduct of our pablic allaire honest and honorable, but I stand appalied st the crimen against freedom, agalnst publicorder, sgainat good government, —nay, against government itaelf,— which oor recent political experience here lias pre- sented; and am the more appalled when I see the North~that portion of our country which is secure In s frecdom and civil order, and the great polltical party which has controlled the Re- public for sizteen yoars~divided fo thelr eympathies and judgment apon such question, It §s wrilten in blood on the' pages of our recent National history that no Government can rest with eafety wpon the enforced * slavery or degredation of a race. 1In the firat blaze of that great example of retributive justice which awept away half & million of the bestlivesof our country, we sce the American veople divided by party lines ‘upen the question of the disfranchizement and degredation of the same raco whose physical free- dom was purchased at such a cost: and, what is moro astonishing slill, they are Republicans who permit the errors which have attended tho first efforta of this raco tn self-gov- ernment to chill thelr sympathies to such an ex- tent that they stand coldly by. and practically say that the peace of political rervitude Is better than tho abases and disquiet which newly-acqulred free- dom has brought. Idenounce the conduct of the recent election on the part of our political opponents in this State as 8 vast brutal ontrage. Fraud, proscription, in- timidation {nall forms, violence ranging through all ity degrees up to wanton murder,.were ita effective methods. The circumstances under which we have assembled to-day showa us. bow nearly succesafn! has been this great conspiracy, It s for us, in the face of all dangers, in the face of false or tim!d friends, {n the face of open enemies, to show that we understand the case In which we arn cn- guged, and that no earthly sacrifice is too great. He who waa my opponent for this ofiice in the Iatu electlon has recently declared, as Iam credibly Informed, that he holds nut only the peace of this aad to r State. ‘I!h other revented nd recom- alrs. At this dnty. jommanding b in his city and State, but my life u his hand. I do npot dount tue trath of his statcment. Nelther the public peace nor the life of any man who now opposca the consummation of this policy of fraad and vio- lence s wafe from tho asssults of those who have enforced thot policy. My life can easily be taken, Thave held it, inthe judgment of all my friends here, by frail tenure for the last threc months, But there {2 one thing ‘no man in Sonth Carolina can do, howaver powerful or desperate he may be, and that is, to canse me to abate my hatred of or ccasc my most vigorous reslstanca to this attempt- ed overthrow and enslavement of 8 majority of the people of Bouth Caralina, Here Istand. Icando no otherwise. (Jod be my helper. Wife and chil- dren are ** dearor to me than are the ruddy drops that visit my sad heart.” Al other conslderationn 1must give way beforo the solemn duty to reslst tho final success of that monetrous outrage under whose black shadow we arc asscmbled to- THE INAUGURATION. To the Western Assoctated Press, CoLombly, B. C., Dee. 7.—Gov, Chamberlain to-day took the oath of office as Governor in the Btate-House before Judge Boon, the joint ‘res- olution repeating the lnw that the oath should be taken belore the Chief-~Justice or the Aseo- clate Justice laving Leen passed previously. | ‘The inauzuration was over bofore it was known in the city, and the only parties admitted by the authoritics witnessed the ceremony. A ‘com- pany of troops were stationed in the” lower cor- ed the en- thu;ce. Gov, Chamberlaiu'delivered his fnaug- uiw TUP DEMOCRATIC HOUSE met with a voustitutionnl quorum of membera holding certiticates from toe Secretary of Btate. cy confirmed all the acts previously done, and finafly seated the Edgfield and Lourens dc’egn- tion. A committes was appolnted to inform the Sonate that the House was ready for busi- ness, snd Lo ask Gen. Ruger to remove the troops from the 8tate House. CARD PROM LAMPTOX, QGen. Wade Huupton bias fssucd the following card to the public: The following paragraph appears in the address of D, H. cnamlio';?m{ eliverd In the Capiiol, ‘as duy: Y‘Tha entleman who was my npronent for this office In the late olection has ricently declared, us I am credibly informed, that he holds not anl( the rucu of thiaclty and State, but my Mlfc, n hls hand. I do not doubt the truth of his statement. Neither the public peacu nor the llfe of any man who now opposes the consumination of this pollcy of fruud and violence is safo from the assaults of tliose who have enforced that pollcy. ™" 1 pronounce this statement infainously faleo, I, by my rencwed exertions, have endeavored to pro- serve the {Kncn af this state, and I have thus con- triuted to shicld from popular indignation one who bas proved Lilmmelf 8 disgraco to hila rank and a traltor to his trast. s consclence may mako him tromble, but neither I nor tho men with whom 1act countedanca the Land of the assussin. Signed) Waus Haurrox, TLORIDA. THE TWO BETS OF ELECTORS, TALLAUASSEE, Fla., Dec. 7.—A quo warranto was fssued sud scrved on the Hayes Electors yesterday before they cust their votes; alsoa bill of injunction was obtained on behalf of Gov. Drow against the members of the Can- vassing Board, and the ordergranted restratning them from completing the canvass on the basls af the vote canvassed Dy tho majority of the Board of Electors, The Attorney-Genoral, W. A. Coke, a member of the Canvassing Board, proteated against the action of the Board in certifylng to a mnjority of the votors in favor of the Huyes Electors, and denounced the same us o crimingl und gross [alsification of the returns on Wlle in tho oillce of the Bccretary of State. He ulav gave certificates of election to the Tilden Electors, stating thereln that the returns on tlle, canvassed by the Board, showed a clear ms, urftfi for the Tilden und Heodrlcks Elcctors. he Democratic Eloctors—Wilk Call, Rubert Bullock, Rubert B, IHiton, and James E, Younge —mtt at tha Capitol, in the oitlee of the Attor- ney-General, and cast the voto of the Stats se- cording to luw, They aleo sigued a petition to the Heuato and House of Representatives of the Unlted Btutes, atnunfimelr legal elcctlon, and E,mying that they mizht be recognized ns tho ectors of tha Btale. The vieltors—Murble, " Saltousatall, Blddle, Sellers, Huy, Read, Gibson (0f Missourd), Gen, Young and Gov, Brown (of uorzla), Cal, Waley und P, 1L, Smith (of 1t~ nals), Gov, Noyes and W. Lisls (of Ohlo), Gens, Wallaco and Barlow, aud Mr. Chundtor—Jeft to- day. Mesars, Coyle and Parris remaln to meet tho Congressfonul Committee. Thu Republfcan Eloctora met in the Executive Chauiber and organized, electing ¥, C. Hum- hrics President, and A, W, Leonard Secretary. Cliey cust thelr vote for Haves and Wheelcr, andC. H. Plerce (colored), one of the Electors, was selectcd as measeoger Lo carry tho returns to Waahington, TIIH CANVASAING DOARD has not yet completed tha canvass, aud has been all day {n sesslon, and some changes will, 1t {s sald, Ka made fu the count for Btato officors, ‘Fhe coming of tho Congressional Committea s looked for with pgreat anxioty, nd it s expccted they will go into” thoso countios where frauds were conspicuous, and thus bo brought face to face with those testify- ng. fiuumey‘flunarul Cocke will, it is undcrstood, at the conclusion of the vanvass review tho pro- cecdivge and dissent from the opinion of his colleagues ou the Board. ‘The militury yet rewaln, but orders are ex- pectod callinig tho artlllery to Washington. TUB STHONGHOLDS O¥ DEMOCHAGY IN FLORIDA ~EXFERIENCES OF A SPECIAL MESSENGER BENT INTO TRE SOUTIERN COUNTINS.- rrespundence New York Thae, TALLABABYES, Fla, Nov, &.~1 hayo seyeral PRICE FIVE CENTS,. ' et e e o s e 4 14 times a'Auded fn my dispatches o th e obstacle "lllllcl}v‘.hc Dcmocn{a have thrown in the wa; u’ f 3 cllorts made by the Republicans to cnl{ect rll1 or.nnllnn Wwith regard to the manuer in whick lC ¢ elections were cunducted in the Democratle 0 ntles of Manatee, Polk, Bumter, Hernando, and Millshoro, in the sonthern part of the ‘ate. Messengers sent to those countles ta cxamine the records and obtain afidavits have been unlformly snvcntcd from pursuing thelr urnuyl and hiad thelr liyes threatened,” The: ound “that telegrams from the Democratia tato Commitice had preceded them, with lustructions to spot them and prevent thelr petting the {ulormation desired. I Bomo of thess countics the Kepube licans have found it impossible to get the necess sury facts and proof to guide the dctlon of the (Jnvmlng Board. The reports that have ben made by these mesaengers of the reception they met with afford s clear Inslfiht into the actunl state of things as they exist In the Democratic strongholds of Florida and the tactics employed bg the Democratic party generally throuzhout tho State. I send you one of theso reporta as & sample, and trust that it will he carefully pe= ruscd by every reader of tho Times. The gone tleman makIng this report is well known (n this Btate ns & man of unimpegchable chatacter, atid every word of his communication to Gov. Stearns 2au be proved by plenty of ‘witnesscs. As his business requires him to remafn in the State and to make frequent visi(s to the localltics mentloned, Lie requeats that his name shall not ::’p:xhlg(;levfighlutl&uh{nll ht bereatter have to wi L] Co B e y The following is TALLARASSER, Fla,, Nov.28,1870.—70 the M. L. Slearns, Goternor of Ftoridtl—aml:,“' have the honor to faform to yon the result of 8 trip taken by me at the request of Gen. M. Martin, Chairman of the Btats. Republican Committen of Lour State, thmufih the ‘Countles of Alachus, 7 ;:{Il",:z'l'k umpter, ternando, Hillsboro, Manatce, This trlp was taken for the 86 of procuriog certified :u{nlul of lhl\eltcllmm urns !rog cncg?g. thexo conntice, and to gather anch Information, 1 legal form, a8 would domonstrale the legality ' or* dliepality of the Iate clection fn tho Jocallties mentionied, 1 lccun}ln;flflllrud from this city at midnight, Sunday, Nov. 12, 1876, 0n a Jocomotive, and nrrived at Lake Chx at about daylight on tuo marning of the 1ith, ¢ this point T procured m team and proceeded sonth on the line Indicated nd arrived at Gninesvilla the same night about o'clock. At thls place I found the Hepubticans, both white and colored, greatly olarmed and cx- preaning fears for their porsonal safety at the then supposed, prospect of the slection of Tilden and Drew. Thinalarm I found, upon invest] tlon, (o be real and fonnded upan feasonable and. mttonat erounds, T learned from a Democrat near Mikes~ Yilte that on the night before three negroes had , heen ahot in that county. One was Inatantly killed, ono mortally wounded, and tho third badly, | but net fatally, hurt. At Gainesvills, notwiths | standing the presence of s few Unlted States sole dumi white Jienablicans - refused 10 leave (hcllli ;ln\:_l ings after dark, except In aguada of three otf 3 # o 1 found that the election returns from this county 1; hed beon nent, 1o Tallahassoe, and could earn oy 1 actual fraud practiced at the election or count. On the morning of the following day I starte’|| from Guinervifle, and areived at Ocala, tho conng; seat of Marlon County. Tho night of tha same day’ andatabout 11¢'clock, my fnstructions were to ha1 5 ; Mr. Le Caln, Clerk of tha Circult Court, go ot ontn ta Leesburg, in Sumier County, got a cortitied copz of the election retarns and such other political in» formation us ho could, and send tho same by #po- clal inesscngor to Tullahzsses {mmediatoly, 1eaw Lo Cain and other leading white Nepullicans at Ocala and Imparted to thein the object of my mis- sion. 1 swas informed by Le Cain that ho and'Capt. Adams bad been to Leesburg for the purposcsin- » dicated by me, and that they ware driven buck by the Democrats (or Ku-Klux) without beinz able ta accomplish thelr mlerlon. Cainy Clerk of the, Court; 3cGratk, SheriTof the Connty; the Poste master, and Copt. Adams, all leading white He- publicans, expreseed strong feurs of pcrsansl vig- lence at this time, and declared that no white or colared Republican conld live fu their county with wafely to his person ehoula Tilden and Drew e de- clared elected, Ou the morning of tho 15th T started for Brook- villo, Hernando County, and arrived there on the eveningof tho 15th, Oithe followinz day I provured acertitled copy of tho returin from [t suunug Conn ty, and the atlldavits of Arthur 81, Claf County Commlssioner), and Denjamin Suxon. the Sherid of the County. ' I then naked St, Clair 1o tako theso papers to aliahamyee. g1vha ¢ him money to pay his expenses, St. Clalr deelined 1o tase i Journey slone. for fear of belng mucdorid. 1 was then compelled to employ the Sheditf (Suxon) to accompany 8t. Clalr to Tullabasea. Tl 4 in the wght from Brookville, atl aftyr b nearly one week renched thls city, 1 fou same ftate of slarm smong Kepublicans ot Hrook- villo thas I had fonnd at Ocala and Galneville, Shortly nfter the election # colored man, who way apromiuent leader smong his racr, hud lns back tilled with buck-shot froin"a shut-gun in the hamds of Democrat, just about dusk tn ti evaning, The colored 1mun ‘saw thie pereun Wit shot hin e kncw him well, but his. fear fs so great that nothing will Induce Bim to civalze” the name, le rays to mako the “nome knuwa, or sny attempt to punish the wounl- < aesmseln, would result i certaln death. 1lu thie cqunty (Hornando), by such msans and by frandulent votes, the Democratic majurll was doubled tuis year from what it ever was bu- fore, ~ On Batardiz wnornlng (the 18th Tust.) [ started about daylicht, on @ mustan pony, for Tampa, Hillsborongh County, a_distaiice of firty miles, sud areived there between 8and 0 o'clocic Pome Ju tho morniny following 1 feaened Uit hires men had chasced me down from Ocala, and had arrived In 'Tainpa sowe threo or-four hours later an oy arrival. The names of two of thess men were — tlarrfson and — Dickerson, but the name of the third man 1 could not learu. ' I'ho ob- Ject of this pursnlt by thess men I conld only gath- or from the following facts and clrcumstances: 1,/ The extreme alarm of Ropublicans with whom & liad conversed on thls lrlr. 28 beforo stated, show- ing the tempor, etc,, of the Democrata In this poe- tion of your State. 2. The warnini glven me by all Itepublicans Who had beow constited by mey which was, that unless I woa very cantious and dia- creot my life would be taken, U. The mauner in which I was watched by these men after my arrivak in Tampa, and which came under my personal obe servation, ond was mado by mo the subject of per- sonal [nvestigation, 1t ucems thut they had learned from sore sourca that my deslgn was to unmask any frauds or the result of thelr intimidation In thess Democratic countics where they had reported such large and untsual mejoritics. * ‘This deaign thoy had unques- tionably Intended to defeat ovon'st iho sacrifice uf lite. 1 thereforo employed two colored men, snd bired & small lnlllna craft to go down the bay to Manateo and bring up Mr. Green, the Deputy Col- Icctor of Customa there, that 1 'might procire his atldavit of the manner of conducting the olection in that county, winle I remalnod in Tampa as & neusure of perdoual eecurily, On Tucsdny follow- ng the day of my arrival in Tanpa Mr. Green was hrought to Tampa by the boat befora mentloned, where [ took Lis affidavit showing that the Demo- crata held an election in that county without the form of law In any senec, and_counted out abunt 250 majority, They had no registration, no clerk of tho county, no legally appointed inspectors of elections, aud not even the shadow of law for thoir rmteedlng. The voters of the county, roganding he whale lhlnfi 28 & farce, not more than half af thom uttempted to vote, ‘Thure scems 10 bo u shade of poetlc Justice (n the fulluro of thy Democrats to hold a legul election in that connty, Tho connty officers clurgl:d with the conduct of elections emucruts except the Clerk “of y, who, througt fear aud tho Intimidadon of the Demucrata, re d oo or about the lat af September, O hi tion another Republican wia appointed in bls pluce who tendered a good and suficient bond. The oficers yrhoso duty 1t was lo suprovo or rofoct thia tand, beiug all ‘Democrats, rejucted ft simply with the hopo that the appolnting power would be com- peflod to appolnts Deinocrat, th fiving wll the couuty uflices (o the Domocrats, ‘Thele ubmtinacy and rascality wera thus tho means, luckily, of da- feating a fraudulent vote in Manatce Connty, After procurlug the aflduvit of Mr, Green and auch aflduvits aa could by obtained i Tampa, touching the clection in Hillsbrough County, [ abandoned the ides uf visitlug Polk Connty, whlcn waa tho ouly onu untouched by e on this trip, [ abandoned 1t for the veason that 1 betleved then, and now belleve, that I wonld huve besn uwsiasni- nated within au hour after leaving ‘Tampa, whother leaving eithier in the dnx(lxucnrnl nignt, i § had gone In thy direction of Colk Connty, Aftor completing my business in ‘lasinpa, 1 statod my condition to Cen. Aruold, tn command of the wquud of United States soldiora ut that post, explained 1o blm the fmpuslbility of my gotting back over the roud that 1 had traveled from Lake Clty, 1l kindly directed thot I should tiko pies- Bys o the Unlted States vuessel Mutchless, then ubout to Fall from Tumpu to Key Weat. 1 udcenls ingly embarked on tho Maicliless un the eveusnz of the iat, arriving ot Cedur Keys onthe 24thond wl the au ! eu on Lo Mith, ‘The desperate conduct aud murderaus Inteat of the ao-called Democrucy of Marlon, Sumter, Hers naudo, Iilshorongl, Sluuatee, and Polk Couns ties, oro to my mbidjceslly sulved aod explained. 1n the last four of the countles numed tha oficers sro all or nearly all Democrate und ex-yebels, In those coantics thoir wajorities wore doubled, aud. n &t loast ono instanco tho roported jaajority waw equal to tho entire legal vote of tho connty, uud that, too, whero It was sdwitted by everybody that the Republicaua cast between 140 and 160 votes, Threats of personal violence to Nepublicans b, men who ans Known ta be Ku-Klux, and the im- possibility of enforcing ihe law in thesu countles against tlieso desporadues inthnldsied both white and colored Republicand to such n deyreo that they nutonly refusad 1o vole, but refused to say auye thing ‘shout the frauds committed by theso wen. Bucl belng the condlion of aifuirs, no proof im detall could be obtalned of the frauds. Men who knew of thuw relfused to testily, .u-.-;-uf that should It bu kuown that they alded'in oxposing tho villainy uf these aen, thelr llves would be ia dangor unicas they loft ihe country. 1 have given you very briefty tbu sesult of my trip to the stranghold of the Demucracy of youb Hiate, At thls Juucluro of watlunal affuirs the Moy B uob s plessut onsy Ouly rogrvliiag thad P, o7 APy