Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1876, Page 5

§ i i ] i ] ] ] g 3 3 b 3 = Horatlo Harris, Boston; A. T. Stewart, New York; Robert Napler, ship-buflder, En- Kwé; James Baird, irop-master, Scotland; Harvey Arnold, print-deeler, Massachusetts; on R. Vermilye, banker, New York; David Crawford, banker, New York. 5 THE ARTS. - 8olomon L. Verveer, painter, Holland; J. B. gwecker, painten England; Enrici Pollastrini, pasnter, Italy: George Harvey, painter, Scot- Jand; Felix Peckham, painter, Rhode Island; B. Cheverton;sculptor, England; Henry Gastinesu, water-colorist, England; Luigi Zuccoli, painter, ¥ Jtalys ‘Edmund Bristow, painter, England; Jos- eph von ‘Furicht, painter, Germany ; M. Phillippe Grasse, sculptor, Alsatia; John Graham Lough, genlptor; England; 3r. Merino, painter, France; Wilhelm Volkhart, painter, Germany; M. A. fiscler, peluter, France; M. Gustay Courbet, ter, France; Matthew Noble. sculptor, Eagland; Astyanax Scevola Bosin, sculptor; :~ Adolf Tidemann, painter, Swedenj Skinoer Prout, painter, England; Erost von Pandel, sculptor, Germany; Diaz de la Pena, painter France; Alexander Wust, painter, Bel- ¥ MUSIC. * Marquis de St. Georges, Auber’s librettist; Carl Evers, Vienna pianist; Alexis Azevedo, Peris critie; Karl Billet, Berlin orchestral lead- er; Ignacio Pasini, Italian tenor; M. Lavigne, ch tezor; Simon W. Waley, composer and t; Addle Ryan Coolidge, alto, Boston, Mass.; Deborah Kwynett, soprano; Francesco Bisnchl, violinist,- Italy; Celestino Salvatori, basso, Italy: Mrs. Fanny Frazer Foster, sopra- 10, Boston; M. Delotre, leader Opera Comique, Paris; M. Edmoud de Coussemalle, French mu- sical antiquary; Muwmg. Lefebvre-Wely, soprano, Paris; John Dasis Carfdforganist, England; Prof. George Rockwel), of Massachusetts; Charles Edward Horsley, organist, New York; Therese Greepebaum, soprano, Germany; Ijr. Gaunt- Jett, organist and composer; England; Elizabeth 7. Greenfield (“ Black Swan”); Signor Piane, Verdi's librettist: Celestini Salvatore, tenor, Ttaly; Isidore de Vas, Belgian composer; Joseph ‘Bobim, violinist, Vienna; Juifa Matthews, comic opers, England: Georges Ashmead, Director’ " London Choral Society; Julius Goltesmann, llist, Stattgart; Giovanni Bajetti, composer, . Jtaly; James G. Mceder; Antonio Barili, teacher, Italy; Carl Bergman, conductor, New York; Feliden Csar David, composer, France; Joseph Desseuer, composer, Vienns; Annle EKemp Bowler, vocalist, New York; Michael Engal- bert, organist, Paris; Franz Weber, organist, Cologne Cathedral; Kate Morensi, contralto; Thomas T. Mansfield, orgsanist and composer, Connectient; M. Battiste, organist, Paris; Julia Hesson, Grand Opers, Paris; Henry Phillips, wocalist, England; Mlle. Priols, Opera Comique, Paris; Jesn Francois Hennekinds (“fnchind1*?), tenor, Paris; Joseph Gregoir, pianist and com- -, Brussels; Hermann Mendel, editor of the Deutsche ~Musiker Zeitung, Berlin; George Codper, organist, England; Antonio Tamburini, ‘baritone, Italy: Henri Bortiul, pianoforte ‘com- poser; Ossian E. Dodge, vocalist. e . THE DRAMA. - George Vining, English actor; Harry Mur- dock and Claude Burroughs, burned. at - Brook- - _Jyn; Paul Falk, proprietor Tivoli Theatre, N. Y.; Willism-Henry Norton, Boston; William Holston, eccentric, a French tragedian; William B. Cavanagh, come- <" dian; Thomss Barry, Boston; Charles Hale, New York; Edwin Dean, New York; William Rogers, England; James Milne, Australiaj Charlotte’ Cushman, Boston; Samuel H. Hub- ‘bard, New York; Barney Williams, New York; ‘William Manning, negro minstrel; Adrian Val- ter, New York; George L. Aiken, New York; Louise Hawthorne, Chcago; - Kate Caldwell Helland, New York; J. W. Barrett Brutone, . .New York; John Dyott, New York; James Del- mon Grace, Providence, . R. I.; William Wheat-. ley, New York; George Lingard,” New York; Amalie Harris, New-York; John C. Ferris, Bal- timore; Mrs. H. P. Grattan, New York. Dr. Otto Friedrich Gruppe, German poet and critic; Emilie Praga, Italian poet; John Forster, English biographer and critic; Aune Glover, au- thoress, Massachusctts; Pierre M. Irting, New York; :Lady Chatterton, English authoress; Marie de Flavigny (* Daniel Stern”), France; Ferdinand Frefligrath, poet, Germany; Thomas Aird, poet, England; George Saud, France; John Neale, American author; Walter Thorn- ‘bury, suthor, England; Harriet Martineau, au- thoress, Englana; Clars Bauer, novelist, Rus- sia; Dr.'Gustaf Heorik Mellin, author, Sweden; George Alfred Lawrcnce, suthor, England; Anton Alexapder Auersperg (*‘Anatasius Green ), poet, Germany; Adolf Glassbrenner, ‘humorist, Berlin; George Heinrich Pertz, histo- risn, Germany; George Dawson, England; Ed- ward I Sears; editor Jnternational Review; Gen. de Gondicourt, novelist, France. . PROMINENT WOMEN. . . Mrs. A. M. Wood, eldest,daughter of ex- ‘President Taylor; Marchioness of Clanricarde; Mrs. Bartley, sister of Gen. Sherman;:Ladv Richard Grosvenor, of London;. widow of ex- President Johnson; Helen Eliza Benson, wife of ‘Wiliam Lloyd Garrison; Mrs. Cartwright, widow of the Rev. Peter Cartwright; Mine. Gravier, sister of M. Thiers; "Mrs. Cornelia Van Ness Roosevelt, New York; Lady Augusta Stanley, wife - of Dean Stanley; Mme. de Laveleye, mother of the Belgian publicist; Eliza Z. Es- daille, daughter of Shelley; Mlle. Fanny Pelle- tan, publisher of Gluck’s operss; Sophia Tho- reau, sister of Thoreau, the author; MMrs. June M. Wallker, sister of ex-President Polk; Maria Rosettl, England. 9 .. CENTENARIANS. The following list of those- who have died in the Centennial year st the age of 100 and up- wards will also be of -interest, especially as the claim has recently been made by an authowity that there is no such thing as a centenartan: Lucy White, East Rochester, N. Y., 100; Joha Bullock, of Providemce, R. I, 105; Benjamin Dowuing, Newport, R. _., 1013 Miss Ellen Free- men, Highland Falls, N. Y., 101; Abfgail W. Horrison, Bath, England, 100; John Chaffey, Dorset, England, 104; Mrs. Driscoll, Lawrence, Mass., 105; Mrs. Abigail- Kilgore, Dexter, éde., 101; Catherine Reardon, Birch Run, Mich.,104; Chawangs, 2 Cherokee woman, 1305 Mrs. Mar- garet D. Boggs, - Philadelphia, 100; Margaret + Tratnor, New York, 100; Mrs. Susan Perkins, Lucassupns, N. J., 101; an aunt of Gustav Flourens, Paris, 106; Jeremizh Harrington, Bpringfeld, Mass., 105; Hanna Hawley, toston, 302; Cook St. Johu, Walton, N. Y., 103: Elisha Morse, San Frandsco, 104; Milly Dodd, Green Hifl, Kx., 116; Mrs. M. Piper, Acton, Mass,, 101; Sister Magaalene, a Paris nun, 1075 Sally Worthrop, Connecticut,"100. Th the Editor of The Tribune. . Caicaso; Dee. 30,—A stakeholder, 1 am one of he unfortinates. One party tells me that ail cets on the Presidential election are **off ™' the other _ party declares that I have no suthority to refusd . the money. Now Iam in a dilemma. Flesse fnform e what to do, and by doing so you will confera great favor to many others afso. We don’t see that this gentleman’s distressed . ' eltuation calls for much commiseration orsym- pathy. - All he has to do, if he follows his ircli- nation, Is to play the part of the monkey with the cheese, and keep the money. 1f the betters will not allow him to do that, he is referred to Jomx MorR1sser, the highest Democratic au- thority on such matters in this country, and he says that “all bets are off,” and hashanded beck the stakes—less bis commissions. '1f our correspondent is not satisfied with either of these courses, he can pass over the stakes tothe ladies who are playing the part of **Good Samaritans;”* znd they will take care of it for him, . SR s SI SR PERSONAL. The London Spectafor arrives st the brilliant generalization that there s intellectnal doggedness in s0me women, though it i rare. - “The Cincinnagl Enguirer - contains characters- tieally offexsive report of the wedding of Mr. Peter Bawson Taft, a sonof Secretary Taft, dnd Miss Annle Natilda Hulbert. % Signor F6li, who pasees in London at Her Mojesty's Opera for 2n ltalian basso, 15, in the language of the times, & -*converted " Yankee,~ converted, thet is, into an Italian. ‘The suicide of Maj.-Gen. John P. Bankson, one of the most prominent citizens of Philadelpbis, was caused by despondency arising from business Te- ‘G. 8. Hsh‘flle, ‘Philadelphia; verses, He hads high social position, snd was :n]z[wsedto be very wealthy. He shot himself at 2o'clock in the afternoon in an ofiice in one of the busiest parta of the city. - For the erection of & monument to Linnwens wns 380.000 crowns have been received. The monu- x?euz will be erected In Stockhoim, and will be un- veiled on Jan. 10, 1878, the hundreth annlversary of thedeath of the naturalist. George W. Curtis' speech at the late New-En- gland dinner was 2 fine piece of eloquence, and was recelved by his anditory In the most enthasiastic manner. The Nation thls week makes allusion to his moderate utterances on the ‘political situation in & complimentary vein. ! - The discovery of new evidence 41 the Ticaborne case, a8 described by Mr. Jennings, will, if sufi- cient veriication of It be obtained, bring the mat- terinto the courts agln, Bat it will be well to ‘wait nutil an anthentic cooy of the paper sald to coutain a narrative of the voyage of the Osprey is Pprodaced betore placing credence in'the reports. Mr. James Adams, F. R. C. S., 8 surgeon who was cugaged three weeks ago at the London Hos- pital in renidving the leg of a boy at the hlp-jolat, saw symptoms of death frem exhaustion, and im- medistely undertook the operation of transfusion, supplying eizht ounces of blood from his own arm. He then continned his work, and completed it sue- cessfully. 3 A new novel by Mre. Alexander, called ** The Heritage of Langdsle, " will be immediately pub- lished under special arrangement with the suthor by Henry Holt & Co. The forthcoming book on Russia, by D. Mackenzie Wallace, which 3Mr, Ralston, tne highest English nathority, says, in the Athenzum, he believes ** will prove the ‘Test ever written about Russls,” will soon be pub- lished by the.same firm: Mr. John Albert Bright, asonof John Bright, hss just made his first appearance a8 a politician and an orator, delivericg a speech at Rochdale on the Eastern question. The leading mewspapers predict for the young man & brilliant futare. The Pall-Mall Gazette, we observe, refers to the sexior John Bright as **the Crusader,” doubtless in con- sequence of his vigorous assaults upon the {nfldels on behalf-of the oppressed Constiansissi +: . The Khedive of Egypl, having been reduced to petty allowance of $25, 000,000, at the instance of Mr. Goschen, who represents the bondholders, is now disposed to question whether it is worth while to rule at all for o insignificant a sum. He has by this arrangement o surplus of $:27,000,000, which itisintended he shall reserve for the payment of his debts; but the common bellef seems to be that he will not submit to these restrictions. The New York Forid of Wednesdaysays: *‘Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake, Mrs. Matllda Joslyn Gage, and some other ladies with three names apiece and = much larger assortment of progressive views, at- tended the session of the Newark Presbytery yes- terday, to show that body what it may expect if it does not taxe eteps to restrain 'the further hospi- tality of Mr. See.” The hospitable gentleman re- ferred to is a clergyman charged with the heinons offense of allowing women to preach in his pulpit. Three Boston women are singing in the provinces of Italy with some success. They are Miss Avoniy Bonney, who reached eight nights with Zucia at Naples; Miss Adinl, daughterof theonce well- known Lizzie Chepman, who made her debut at Varese {n **Dinorah™; and Miss Abell, whose first stage appearance wss also at Varese, where she personated Azucenc. There are more Amer— jcan girls seeking for engagements in Italy than there are thestges tohold them. * o The ramor which has gained currency in the Kew York papers to the effect that Mr. James Gordon ‘Bennett meditates a private wedding creates un- ‘bounded consternation ir the whole world of enob- ‘bery and tuft-hnpting. Some of the most advanced spirits venture to afirm that Mr. Bennett owes a public display on the occasion of his wedding to Dimself and tp soclety. But, if Mr.Bennett is mar- ried, perhaps the world ought to be content to allow him to be married in his owa way. ~Anything to gubdue his prond spirit! . Ar. Todhunter, in his *‘Conflict of Studies,™ says that if a boy **does not believe the statements of his tutor,—probably = clergyman of mature knowledge, recognized sbility, and blameless char- scter,—nis suspicion is irrational, and mamfesta a want of the power of svpreciating ‘evidence,—a want fatal to his enccess in that branch of science which he is suppoeed to be cultivating.” -If every- ‘body had implicitly trusted the statements of his tutor, because the latter happened to bea clergy- man, the progress of science would have been even slower and more painful than it baa been. - The paupers of Rainford lsland, in the vicinity of Boston, have recently made 2 complaint to the city suthorities of the treatment to which they are subjected. They nllege that the discipline at the poor-honse 15 in all respects the same as at 2 crim- inal inetitution, extending even to the opening of Tletters and the intercepting of eums of money sent to the inmates. The -Advertisér properly rebukes the authorities reaponsible for this state of affairs. They atiempt no denial, but offer 8 justification. The Adrertiser holds that it the paupers deserve’ the same treatment with criminals they should be sent to o criminal institution. The announcement in & Washington Sunday paper that Mre. Myra Clark Gaines was soon to be married to the notorions McGarrahan proved, on examination. a8 was to be expected, to be a heart: less hoax. There might be some poetic justice in the marriage of the two persous mentioned, since both are claimants to vast wealth; and both, ap- parently, are as far ae ever from the realization of their dreams, Mre. Gaines isa very satisfactory embodiment of Miss Flite. Now that she haa ob- tained o judgment from the Supreme Court, she finds insuperable objections to the collection of the full amount of her claims. The question which the breaking of Caponl's en- gagement with Mile. Grevy forces upon the world {s: **Was the great singer & hero or a brute?” The facts appear to be that the lady loved him and that lie professed to love her, until he learned that her father's opposition to the marriage could not ‘be overcome, Notwithstanding this objection, the 1ady remained firm—only the tenor began to yiéld. He nrged her to abandon the project, holding be- fore her in vivid colors the dangers of incurring a father's wrath. Whether M. Capoul really had all the reverence for & parent’s authority that he pre- tended 1o bave, or whether he, waa prevailed upon by vulgar money considerations to surrender his claim upon the lady, is an alternative that possibly may never be entirely removed from the mind of the historign. Al that can be definitely ssid is, that Caponi wanis mozey badly, since his volce has bezun to fail. ‘The London Academy of Dec. 16 mays: **We aresorry to hear that Mr. Barry Salliva, in the course of his fght with Richmohd, in the final scene of *Richard the Third,* on Tuesday evening 1ast. received an injury in the face. one ofhis eyes narrowly escaping destraction. Mr. Sullivan fell on the stage. the curisin bad to be dropped, and the performance was suspended. If the prescnt style of fighting is continued, accidents of this kind maybe expected. We have ourselvesseen Mr. Sullivan, by the force of his arm., knock the sword out of the hand of Richmond into the auditorium, and have watched Richard compelled to wait for his quietus uoti] some one would return his adver- sary his weapon.” The critic regreta that fighting on the stage camnot receive a3 conmventional ex- pression, as shouting, screaming, and s variety of other actions do, But if there were no real fght- fngin -*Richard 1L " we fear few persons would £0 10 see that interesting drama, which now draws jts principal support from the galleries. HOTEL ARRIVALS. . Grand Pacific—0cl. R. G. Ingersoll, Peoria; L. D. Tuthill, 8t joeeph, Mo.; S. A, Stevens, Philadelphia; H. H. Stafford, Marquette; the Hon. 7. R. Hillisrd, Springfield; C. M. Osborn, Rock Island;J. R. Claybrook, Terre Haute; Mrs. Gen. George Crook, utasha; Judge T. Lyle Dickey, Cbicago; E. E. Zimmermann, New York; L. Bige- low, Boston....Polmer Houte—D, P. Smiley, New York; p. W. N. Haverstock, San Francisco; Thomes Halleck, New York; R. 3L Armetrong, Baltimore; W, B. Taylor, Philadel- phia; W. S. Alezander, St. Paal; Cal. R. llnn_- ton, Quincy: Gea. H. A. McClellen, Jowa; C. V. Lloyd, China; Gen. J. T. Evans, Connucil Bluffs; he Hon. G. W. Adams, Tiffin, O.; Juhn David- son. Milwnukee; R. J. Hackett, Detroit....Sner- man House—Lsnier Dutn, Washingtos W Hempsted, St.Louls; G.C. Owen, New York; Joba Hawley. Detroit; C. T. Williams, Boston; Charles Lyon, Fort Howard; O. Howard, Milwaukee; K. Clarke, Philadelphia; . D. Haws, Leominster, Mass. ; Robert Stewart, Denver; B. J. and Charles Mason, Omaha; H. C. McKenney, San Francieco; ibe ‘Hon. J. E. Stone, Kaunsas; W. J. Dallas, Kansas; Capt. G. R. Peck, Topeka, Ean..... Tremont House—E. G. Calislsn and N. G. Chap- man, St. Louis; John Worley, Marshalltown, Ia.; the Hom. 8. S. Mann, Elgin; D. C. and H. B. Sherman, Plankinton Ifouse, Milwaukee; G- H. Frink, Binghamton, N. .Y.3 Col. George Lee, New Orleans; the Hon. D. B. Brigzs, Lansing; C‘o). C., N. McLonth, Kentucky; the Hon. S. L. Norris, LaCrosse; the Hon. F. G. Russell, Detroit; A, T, Whiting, Detroit; the Hon. A. B. Stone, New York: C. D. Lathrop, New York; the Hon. W. N Porter, Kew Yorks TRUMBULL AND SWETT. Meeting at Far;;vell A One-Sided . Hall. The * Ex-Senator Rehearses the Story So Often Told by Him. Alleged Outrages Perpetrated on Demo- cratic Black Men---Eliza ; - Pinkston.’ !_['he Returning Board All Wronges-The Joiut Rule Upheld, The Time Being All Consumed, Mr, Swett Made & Brief Speech, Counting the Votes---The Power of the House in the Matter. Adoption of a' Series of Resofutions Submitted by Senator Robinson. INTRODUCTORY. ORGANIZING THZ MEETING. A mass-meeting of citizens was held in Far- well Hall last night to listen to a discussion of the " political- situation by the Hon. Lyinan Trumbull and the Hon. Leonard Swett., There wasa large attehdance ‘and the utmost good order prevailed during the proceedings. Among those ou the, platform were Perry H. Smith, Senator Robinson, Hermau Lieb, Judge Otis, Judge Forrester, 8. Corning Judd, Gen. Stiles, W. C. Goudy, Thomas A, Moran, R. E. Goodell, Charles Cameron, and Melville W. Fuller. ' s GEN. STILES. The meeting was called to order by Gen. Btiles, who said: - A bare announcement in one of the papers that two ot our fellow-citizens would address ‘you to-night on the questions ‘which are engrossing public attention has called together this audience. Nothing but a sincere conviction on the part of the people that we live in - perilous times could have induced so large an audience to have gatheéred on so short o notice for the exchangeof views uponthe public situation. Are these not perilous times, when the people are asked to concede that the decision of a partisan Returning Board must be accepted as final and conclusive, although it defeats the will of & majority of the people and disfranchises thousands ,of voters; when we . are asked to believe that ~ the qualifications ;. of = legislators may be sed- upon and determined by an army-Ser- geant stationed for that purpose at the doors of the halls of legislation; when we are aszed to believe that the mondate of the highest court of a sovereign State may be defied ‘and tram- pled upon with impunity ; when we are asked to believe that the choice of a President may be determiued by. the arbitrary exercise of power -on’the ‘part of onc man, from whose decision there is- no appeal, and if his choice shall be such s shall meet the approval of the political aristoeracy whicl are now governing this coun- 1ry, there will be placed upon us as President of the Union aman who has been placed there by the actlon of a pulitical combination? It is not strange that there should be those among us ‘who look upon these as perilous times, whofear that we may be precipitated aain into a civil war. It is not strange that there should be on the minds of many the belief that it is well to get together and considef what may be_done to avert such a possible condition of affairs. It oceurs to my mind that’ nothing can be more conducive to that end than that the people should express their - voice, in & calm yet unmis- tokoble:manner, in favor of-the determination of this Presidential question by the Congress of the United Statées—[applause}—under the law of theland and according to the practice and usages of Congress ever since the organiza- tion of the. Government. g\gz‘g_lnnse.j You come bere to hear those and ed questions discussed, and I will detain '_gou no longer but pomipate as Chairman of this meeting Judge Otis. [Applagse.] -"The nomination was cordially ratified. JUDGE OTIS, on taking the chair, returned his thanks for the honor conferred upon him. There were great questions before the people. ° A large majority of the people belicved that Tilden and Hen- dricks were elected on the 7th. of November last, but there was strong suspicion that there Bad'been dark and crooked ways resorted to by bad men on the. other side. in - counting the votes. JAyu!nuse.] He and hishearers wanted. a President to come in by theé good old-fash- foned way. That men should be told, in_ the llmgu:\’ge of Scripture, that he wlo entered the sheep-fold by any other way than, by the door was a thief and arobber. [Qverwhélming ap- Flause.] Judge Otisdenounced thepresenteount- ing-iu system as Zach-Chandlerism. [Applause.} 1t was in direct violation of the provisions of the Coustitution, which placed the counting in the hands of the Scnate and the House. . According to this miodern system of Zach-Chandlerism, su- preme power was to be placed in the hands of the President of the Senate. This the speaker denounced -as revolution, tyranny, and treason. [Applause.] He wanted the voice of the busi- ness-mun of Chicago to go forth as denonncing any such action. RAupmuseJ He bad the’ pléasure of introducing to the audience the dis- tinguished gentleman who had served so long and well in the United States Senate,—Judge Trumbul). [Applause. ~ Before -Judge Trumbull commenced, Joha Forsythe nominated John 8."Cooper for Secre- 1ary. He was elected. Then Senator Robinson ‘moved to appoint 3 Committes on Resolutions aud the motion was carried. The following Cominittee was appointed: M. W. Robinson, Charles Hitchcock, Melville W. Fuller, Heury M. Sheppard, Edmund Juessen, Palmer V. Kel- Iogf, Robert Law, J: W. Doaune, Henry G. Muller. JUDGE TRUMBULL. 'HE FEELS HIS RESPONSIBILITY. Judge Trumbul, in starting out, =aid hehad fever before lelt such a deep respousibility when called upon to address the public.. It mattered little who was President, provided the person elected was glected according to the way 1aid ‘down fn the Constitution. But it was vital “ to this form of government, to liberty itself, that no man should be placed in the Presidential chair by fraud, outrage, and corfiption. [Applanse.] He had been one of those who went to Louisiana to see that a fair count was had of the votebythe Returning Board. As this State’s returns might control the result very largely, he would give ashort history of affairs inthat State for some years past. Gov. Warmoth had been elected in 1863, and his term would hbave expired in 183%. In 1872, Warmoth, Lynch, and the Recretary of’ State composed the Board. There was a dispute as to who was the 3ecretary of State, Warmoth upholding one man and Lynch anotber. Each appointed his man, and o there were two Boards, esch_claiming to be the legitimate Board of the State. All the returns, however, were by law sent to the Governor of the State. Lynch-had no returas to canvass, but there seemed to be no dificnlty in'that. [Applause. | The matter went into the courts. Gov. War- math took a bill out of bis safe, signed It, and it became 2 Jaw. It sbolished the old Board and created & new one, to which he appoiuted his ownofticers. About this time Gov. Ketlogg ap- ‘plied to Judge Durell to assist him to get pos- session of the State Government. - The Lynch ‘Board undertook u canvass of the returns,—not having them—and issned certificates vf election to Kellogg 2s Governor, and a sufficient number of the members of the Legislaturc to constitute .2 majority. In consequence of this contest, the matter was referred to the Senate Committeeon Elections, of which the speaker was 3 member. On the face of the retnrns it appeared that Me- Enervy and his ticket were elected by about 10,000 majority. The Committee thenwent into an investization of the action of the Boards, the conduct of the canvass, the election, etc., and the spealier went on to read extracts from their reports, noting the fact that the words used were those of Senators Cnrnent.cal}ogan, . This report declared t the i‘.'}icf kfi’;:rd was really svolished; that, in force, had no were it it ::le:ms 10 canvass; and that, on tke whole, this canvass had no scuiblance of truth and honesty. And yet it was on the returns of this Board that 2 Government had been set up in Louisiana to- day by the aid of Federal bayonets. (Applause.] The report 2 DENOUKCED THE INTERFERENCE deral troops, and the speaker read and ggml;senrt:tli nnpt e famous orders of Jndfiue Durell, the effect of which was, according to the speaker, to put things into the hands of the mimary.*nngw uphold this military gavern- ment. The Government of the United States, 1 through the Attorney-Geaeral, issued its t0 back up the infamous orders of Durell. There | were_really mo ret: and yet Kello; was declared elected. In less thnyu six hougr§ they had set upa spurious Government,deposed Kellogg, aud put up Pinchback. -[Applause.! ‘The business men of New Orleans, without dis- tinction of party, telegraphed President Grant earnestly requesting delay of executive action until their Committee nad arrived and scen him. The auswer came from Attorney-General Will- inms that their visit would do "no good; that the President’s mind was made up. Then came an order to Gen. Emory to uphold Pinchback. Did the history of the world show a more out~ rageous usurpation? . This Government, con- demned by gverybad{l. was the Government in Louisianato-day that had control of the elections. What could be”expected. of it} In 1874 the Couservatives elected thelr ticket by a large majority, but what good did it dof The Re- turning Board were there—the same four fel- Tows that compose it now. The Congressional Committee, known as the *Wheeler Commit- tee,” composed of five Republicans and two Democrats, sent to Louisiana to investizate this clection, declared the action of this Board as arbitrary, illezal, and dnjust. Who would be- licve that all these things happencd accident- allyt Men had said in their hearts that there was no God, but Omnipotence had given such men a name. [Laughter.} Coming down to the election of 1876, Judge Trumbull went into avery full description of the machinery of elections in Louisiana. Gov. Kellogg had the appointing of the Supervisors, and he was in the- habit of appointing partisan Republicans for thesc offices, What sort of a chance had the Democrats to registeri Any intimi{dation or violence on election or registra- tion-dny, was required to be reported to the Dis- triet Clerk within twenty hours. This was done in the Republican payishes preity promptly, but Rn_v the men in the Democratic’ parishes. The epublicans generally sent up the Republican returns, and put the Democratic retarns in their pockets, Yet, under a Republican Government, enough returns got before the Board to give the Tilden Electors more than 6,000 majority, [Ap- plause.| The real Tilden majority was’ 8,957, as the Democrats could show from sworn state- ments, drawn_from the registration-books and voting lists. No statementsof intimidation had as yet been filed, but when' the Republicans found themselves beaten they set up the cry of “ intimidation,” snd “ bulldozing,” etc., ete. ‘When a contested return came in before the Board, it was taken into a private. room, into which no Democrat ever entered. [Laughter.] ‘When aTeturn was all right it was taken intoa grlme room to be compiled. ughter.] The oard refused to send to the clerks’ offices and get the dnplir.mé returns, or get co'flea, on the pretense that they had nothing to do with what was not sent tothem. They would only can- ass the votes before them. "In addition to this, ‘the United States Marshal® appointed® Deputies at -85 a doy, under the pretense of preserving the peace, the majority of them being colored. And yet this Board, even Dy taking advantage of technicalities which even theyhad committed but hadn’t counted when on their side, found Tilden's majority over 6,000. Afterwards the Republcans de- clared, without a why or s wherefore, that THE TIAYES ELECTORS had something over 3,000 ‘magjority. When IWells, of the Returning Board, was asked if he had a proper count of the vote, & full state- ment of it, for general information, he said he had not, but he thought he could have one maode. [Laughter] ° In e, to the bu!lflnz{n% of the colored people, Judee Trumbull said it was a very easy matter for the partisan Republicans to make afiidavits. In ‘regard to the killing of Pinkston and his child, there was no evidence under heaven to show that the Democrats com- mitted it. It was absurd to suppose a crowd of men would kill one negro and child to pre- vent the negro from voting. The irath appear- ed to be that Pinkston and bis child were killed by a crowd of men, among whom there wasa b{nd: ‘mean named Brooks, who had previously had some trouble with Pinkstop. Tne charging it upon the Democrats, said Judge. Trumbull, was simply an after-thought on Eliza’s part. It was as much as a colored man’s. jife was worth to have it Lnown that he was going to vote the Democratic ticket. The reason was that the ignorant masses had been influined by persons telling them the Democrats would re-enslave. the. negroes; .it avas even preached from the pulpits that those who voted the Democratic ticket "were_traitors and ought to Liave their throats .cut... If. the truth should ever come, out, it would, be -found- there were more murders, more séourging, ‘more’ wmfipmg, and more abuse of colored men by their own race for voting the Democratic ticket than of colored persons by whites for voting the Repub- lican ticket. He - bad no interest in misleading them.. He wos no partisan. He bad no motive for telling them anything he did pot believe. He might be deceived. He Qi not claim infallibility, but he claimed hon- esty of purpose and integrity as to what he said. E}Applnuscr.fiw In his judgment the Rcturning oard of Louisiana had ne authority to canvass the vote for Electors. But, if they Dad that right, hie was quite sure they bad no jurisdiction or authority to cast out a single vote on account. of intimidsation an¥where. & Well, the question was asked, What are you going to do sbout it? He would tell them WIHAT HE PROFOSED TO DO. He recognized the right of every State to ap- point Elfectors of President and Vice-President in such manner as its Legislature shall direct; and if the Legislature of Louisiana had directed its Electors to be appointed by this Re- turning Board, he knew.no way but 1o submit toit. Somebody had to count the Electoral yotes. The Coustitution says the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of tha Senate and House of kebrcsenumves, open sall the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted. Did not the wording of the Constitution lead to the conclusfon that they were to make the count! But, if there wWere any doubt sbout the words of the Constitution, it was settled by A coustruction going back to the beginning of * the Government. He had been called the suthor of the twenty- second joint resolution, and hie would tnat the honor belonged to him.' If that joint resolution were observed, it would relieve the country from its present difficuities and save perhaps free institutions for another century. Thejoint rule had never been re-enacted. I was always in force. There bad been no need of re-enact- ment. 1t was acted on in 1865, in 1869, and in 1573. But it seemed, somehow or other, to have got out of forcenow. [Laughter.] Itwas asserted by the other side that THE PRESIDENT OF TAE SENATE hed the right to count these votes. To assume such a prerogative was to violate the usages of the Government for more than eighty years. It would be revolutionary in its character and could not be sustained by & single prominent Republican Senator without stultifying himself upon the record. [Applause]. It hsd been said that the Senate and House could mot asree, but nobody bad a right to suppose this. It could be said, with equal force, that they would not agree on an appropriation bill, or any other measure, but when efther House obstinate- iy refused todo its duty, tosupportthe measures necessary to naintain the Government, then was the American system of Government gouc. No one should suppuse that the two Houses could not agree. It could be brought about. There was a voice in this country that even conspirators to defraud the people of thetr rights, aud Senators and .Representatives woald héed, and this voice which, under God, was the most owerful - ‘on earth,” was_ the voiee of the people. [Loud applause.] Let it - be- heard! [l pplln_se*., Let it -go forth from this public meeting’ over the land [applause), and. by monster petitions to the Senate and House of Representatives, tell- jug ibem_and demanding that they do right, and give the people a fair, peaceable, and honest Count of these votes. [Applause.] This was demanded by the American people, mot that they cared whether Hayes or Tilden was elected. That was of no comparative consequence. But his hearers did care whether honesty and integ- rity were to prevail, or whether fraud and cor- ruption were to triumph. 'here was almost deafening applause for 2 few moments, and., 05 if to egg on the shouting populace, Senator Robinson at one end of the stage and John Forsyth at the other excitedly raised their hoarse voices and jumped around as thourh they were in the greatest agony. When they bad gotten partially over their at- tack, Judire Ouis introduced Leonard 8wett. 1t was then after 10 o’clock, but Mr. Swett did not séem to.be at all disposed to go bome without making his speech, of whose merits the follow- ing abstract wilkyive a very fair idea: LEONARD SWETT. RIS STATEMENT OF THE CASE. He said'he could not talk to them about New Orleans or the State of Louisians, for he was unucquainted with the facts which transpired there. They - ought, as everyone would per- ceive, to know more of the details than they did pow. In reference to what occurred there, they were compelled to bide their timeand learn from developments which would be made pub- Jic the true state of the case. The great ques- tion, the Convassing Board having canvassed the vote and arrived at aresult, was whether {he certificates sent to Washington as the result of theelectionshall beacepted assuch, or wheth- er Congresswould go behind that certificate znd ascertain what the real facts of the case were. Consequently, the pivotal point of this question was, as Lad been foreshadowed by the ‘public press, whether this certificate should be ac- cepted withont investigating.as to the vote "actually had In the State, or how the certificate -can freemen. THE CHICAGO ‘TKIBUNE: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1876~SIXTEEN PAGES. was obtatned. It was mportant to look at the recedents governing this subject. As Sepator rumbull bad satd, the first count occurred in 1789. The next time this question arose was u 17983, and ix 1797, 1301, and 1309 the saine ques- tion came up, and both Houses took part in the count. In 1865 a very grave question arose, which required and recéived the actton of Con- gress, and also involved the expression of an opinion on this subject by President Lincoln. It g:st in reference to thé count of the Rebel ates. THE QUESTION ATOSE whether Congress would count the votes of the States in rebellion. If he remembered rightly, Tennessce and Louisiana had sctually beld an election and had voted for President and Vice- President, and returned the votes in the ordina- ry way. “The joint resolutfon fixing the con- vening of the two Houses contained a preamble to tha effect that whereas certain States named had been fn_rebellfon, therefore, resolved, that the votes of those States be rejected. This joint resolution had been signed: by the Presi- dent, and the very subject they were™ discussing was brought to his attention. In a special message, the President stated thatin his ovn view the two Houses of Congress, under the twelfth article of the Constitution, had power toexclude from the count all Electoral votes declared by them to be illegal, and that it was not competent for the Executive to _defeat or obstract that power by a veto, as would be the case if his action were at all essential to the matter: Thus Abraham- Lincoln declared ex- plicitly his optnion that Congress alone possessed the power to count the vote, and that it was not theright or the privilege of the President tointer- fere with that body In any regard. ‘,Awlnwe.] Bat therc were ‘other things to be done be- sides castingup the returns, the clegibility of the Electors, ete. The Constitution dia mot 8pe that the vote should be counted by the President of the Senate, nor did {t affirmatively declare that it should be counted by the two Houscs. But there was another clause which provided that Congress should have the power to make all needrul laws to carry into effect the provisions of the Coustitution. ‘The Constitu- tion }Emvided, fn case of a failure to elect, that the House should proceed to elect a President, and the Scnate a Vice-President. The House had Fuwer, therefore, to determine whether o President had been elected or not. Then, there were Oregon, Florida, South Carolina, and Louisinna With two sets of voters each. MUST NOT THR HOUSE IRVESTIGATR all of the tacts in the elections in those States? ‘Was it not subversive of freedomn for the Pres- ident of the Senate to take a New Orleans cer- tificate and by it say he would decide the elec- tion in that Statet It there had been ‘“bull- dozing” by the Democrats, nobody in the hall wanted Tilden inaugurated. [Applause.] If, on the other hand, it was true that Democratic votes In Lonisiana had been counted out, no- body wanted Hayes insugurated. [Applause.] ‘There -must be a searching investigation into these elections. About 75,000 offices were to filled, paying from $10,000 2 year down to gen- teel . starvation, and there wers about twenty men’ anxious_fo get achanceat each office. [Laughter.] But the great masses of the peo- ple were controlled by no such sordid and parti- 8an motives, and they demanded of the politiciuns not to rush the country into another war. [Ap- plause.] All remembered the time when more than a million men in this country were bear- mgl arms, end they wanted no more of it. The wall-thinking people of this country wouid con- tinue to demand that the man honestly elected should be permitted to occupy the Presidential chair and discharge the dutics of the office to ‘which he was elected. [Loud cheering.) THE RESOLUTIONS. SENATOR ROBINSON, of the Committee on Resolutions, offered the following, which were adopted amidst loud ap- plause, aod the meeting thereupon adjourned: Resolred, That it is 8 matter of comparatively emall moment what individual, when legally chosen, may for four years exercige the oflice of Pre.ident of the United States; but it s of infinite consequence to the success of free government that the one fairly and Lonestlyelected shall be inangu- rated, and not the onc who has not been elected. Desolved, That the Government of the United States being founded on therlyiit of the people to govern themscives through the ballot-box, the free and fair exercise of the Tight to vote, andto have the vate, when cast fairly, counted, is the most sacred right of the citizen. ' That all attempts or- Ditrarily to abridge or interfere with thix right, in- asmuch a8 they threaten the destructionof our 1iberties, necessarily tend to anarchy and revolu-' tion. ~ That the deprivation of this right upou the allegation of violence or fraud fn fts exercise 13 the Boverest penalty whicls can_be visited upon Ameri- at such penalty onght, therefore, Dever to be inflicted exceat upon clear praof before B competent and jmpartial tribunal, ucting under the piain sanction of law. Resolved, That it isthe dutyof Conin‘n to ins sist with unyielding firmness upon the integrity of its constitational rights and prerogatives. and by their just and faiv exercise to svert the perils whick threaten the peace and safety of the coun- try, rg?emlmi. ‘That in the absence of any statute, role or order regulating the counting of the Elect- oralvote, the two Honses of Congress bave the right, under the Constitntion, to count the votes of Electors, to decide all questions arising thereon, and declarc the result. _And thot no vote ouzht to be reccived and counted for President without the assent of the House of Representatives, or for Vice-President without the approval of the Senate, upon the settled principle of law that, when xn officialduty 18 to be performed upon the happening of a certain contingency, and no made has been pro- vided for deciding when the.event has occarred, those Who are tequired to perform the duty must decide when the contingency has happened. Iesolred, That the States does not, ejther in terms or by implication, confer apon the President of the Senate the power to count the Electoral votes, nor tc decide any guestiona that may arise 8s to the reception or re- jection of such votes; that the assertion of such Tight is at variance not only with the practice uni- formly adhered to by the party in whose behalf it is now made, but with the time-honored nsages of our Government since the election and inaugura- tion of its first President; and that any attempt to ipaugurate a President simply upon the declaration of the President of the Senate would be an act of asurpation that should be resisted by the people without distinction of party. Resolved, That all lawfai means under the Con- stitution sud laws ought to be exhausted to give effect to the will of the voters at the late clection for President and Vice-President of the United States, snd that a free and independent peaple can- not surrender their right to elect their chiel execun- tive ofticers without personal disgrace. - Resolved. That the temporary control of the clvil ond militacy powers of the Government by one of onr political parties constitutes a sacred trust, which is .flagrantly violated by any use of these powers by such party for the purpose of per- petuating itself in power.’ Resolved, That the nsurpation of the fanctions of civil anthority by the military power fs full of danger to free institutions, and that the use of this power, not in the service of the country, but n furtherance of the Interests of o party, and the employment of national troops in times of peace to control or influence elections, or.to control the organization of State Legisiatures, of to overawe 1he Congress of the United States, is an outrage upon the rights and libertics of the' people. “Resolved, That the Secretary of ilis meeting be instructed to forward copics of these resolutions to the President of the United States, the Presi- dent of the Senate, 2nd to the Speakero? the Honse of Represcntatives, ~ a CORRECTING THE RECORD. To the Editor of The Tribune. CricAGO, Dec. 30.—1u reading the speech at Farwell Hall to-night, Mr. Swett forgot to state to which party be belongs, and knowing the Democrats had obtained his services with the object of claiming the speech as the utterance of a Repubiican, and knowing he would not like to be put in this false position, Itake the liberty n{gulunz him right: . He.did not vote the Re- pablican ticket four years ago; be did not vote for Hayes, or any othier Republican, at the last election, nnd, in” fact, has not voted with the Republican party for at least cight years. AnxER TAYLOR. IT WAS ALL SQUARE. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cricaco, Dee. 30.—In your lengthy notice of the recent suit begun by me to test the right of the County Board to issue county bonds, such notice does injustice to me, and so many false statements are made that 1 ask space for their correction. 1 mnever have been'a contractor with the county for furnishing milk or anything else. My office is No. 63 North State street, and I bave not been in the County-Attorney's oftice to exceed half 2 dozen times in my life. Ihave po relations with the County Commissioners whatever, and have never had a contract to re- new, or received a dollar directly or indirectly from them. 1 havefiled the bill in good faith, desiring to ‘have the question decided, so that Cook Co:nty ‘bonds shall be sold for what they are worth or not sold at all. M. A. DEVINE. - e ————— MINNESOTA SWAMP LANDS. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. St. Pavr, Minn., Dee. 30.—State Auditor ‘Whitcomb has just achicved a victory for the State, of which he and his friends are proud. Through reserving railway and other grants in bodles or by sections, the State’s title to all swamp lands has been ignored to the extent of over300,000 acres. Whitcumb discovered the mis- take, and .preseated the facts to Mr. Williams, Commissioner of the General Land Office, who decided in favor of the State, and issues orders accordingly. These orders affect nearly all the railway grants in the State, excepting-the Mil- waukee & St. Paul, and including the Winona 2nd the St. Peter & Southern Minnesota on its Western Division. A copsiderable proportion, ‘onstitution of the United - | however, has been taken by settlers under the Homestexd and Timber-Culture acts,and asmall part is Included in a grant patented to the Agri- cultaral College. For these the State will be allowed to select other lands. Pre-emption claimants on lands covered by swamp-land, grant will sutfer, the Commissioner having in- structed the Surveyor-General .to report the same 25 State swamp-lauds, unless fual proof and payment has been mad . e —— MONARCHS AMONG PIANOS. The Hallet, Davis & Co.’s pianos have taken the leading houvors, at all expositions where they have been represented, including the latest. and grandest of world’s fairs,—~the Centennial Exhibition. They have secured the most. per- tinent and telling of Indorsement from eminent musielans the world: over. . They have earned the admiration of thonsands upon thousands of delighted families in which they are owned and admired. - The Uprights of this firm’s make em- body all the musical wisdom and experience of practical piano-making, and are the scme of that art. Look in upon W. W. Kimball, corner State and Adams streets, and judge for yourself of the worth of these peerless instruments. e T———— THE ‘* CHICAGO PILOT” is making 3 present to each subscribnerof a splendid ofl-chromo of Cardinal McCloskey, beautifully framed; the finest we have yet seen. Truly, the enterprise, pluck, and independence of this journal deserves the support of eyery Irish-American in the land. e ————— THE HERSHEY MUSIC-HALL, now almost completed, bids fair to become the principal musical resort of Chicago. It will contain a grand concert orgap, teaching-rooms to accommodate several hundred pupils, and all the applfances of a first-class music school. - — 1877 1s now within a few hours of us. The best place to buy, if you would be well dressed for the year, is at the Assignee’s sale of clothing, fur- nishing goods, etc., No. 130 State. o ———— -HAPPY NEW-YEAR TO ALLY Since we have been peculiarly favored with such a liberal patronage we tender thanks to our many friends, trosting to merit in the future s continu- ance of your confidence. Weare still fnserting our best sets of teeth for $8. Gold fillingone-third the usoal rates. Teeth extracted without pain. Dr. McChesney, 72 Clark street. ) e —— ALL OV/NERS ot 0] Wheeler & Wilson sewing-machines should cali at the office, 155 State street. ' The Company are prepared to exchange with all their old custom- ers on very reasonable terms, and give them & new machine still better than the old, and far in ad-~ yance of any other. MONEY, MONEY, MONEY. Reform beinz the order of the day, I am de- termined to break up the long-standing monopoly of high rates, and will loan money on good collat- erals at 5 per cent. D.° C. GEARY, Broker, morthwest corner Clark and Adams streets. SPRIGGINS MAKES NEW YEAR'S CALLS to-morrow. Cook & McLain, the celebrated dy- ers, clothes-cleaners, and repairers, 80 Dearborn street, hove been ‘‘fixing" his clothes up, and everybody will want to know where b3 got his new clothes, A ———— FOR NEW-YEAR'S. DAY. ‘We have at our art room quite astock of deco- - rative material for New-Year’s Day which we have marked down to lowest prices. .Wolcots & [Co., corner of Adams street and Wabash aveauo. e ——— . CORRECTION. 1In onr article on Stote street business in Jast Son- day's issue the number of Bunte Bros. & Spoehr was put In 23 486, Instead of 416 as it should be. e —— ONE-HALF LESS. Dr. Price’s flavoring extracts require mauch les in quantity, and when used in cakes, puddings, etc,, makes them delicions. { * BUSINESS_NOTICES. Scarlet Fever Prophylactic Formula of Dr P H. Hale, Put up and for ssle by 4. Arenc, druggist, 521 West Madison street. Boland's Aromatic Bitter Wine of Iron ia s remedy for nervous debility, impoverished blood, and impsired digestion. Depot, 53 Clagk street. e e e VEGETINE. It Was Cicero Whosaid that “ Men were never so like the gods as when bringing health to their fellow-men.” : The following. Approved Statement will Speak for Ttself: BosTos, March 23, 1874, © R. STEVENS, Esq.—Dear Sir: A few days afcer the ourth of July last I got my leg hurt by a fellow-work- ‘man fettin: a plank fall, which strack me on the kne2. For foar months follow{ng I was ander the treatment of the physicians at the Dispensary, at the end of whick time they told me they could do nuthing more for me. and that 1 must go (o the Hospital and have my LEG AMPUTATED above the knee. 1 waa removed to the Hosplial, and lay there ten weiks under the treatment of the best skill the Hospital affurded. and Do pen can describe the great Saffering 1 cadured. My leg was swollen to nearly the size of my body. sod face of my knee turaed black, and I was told thaz my knee wos %0 disensed a3 to Tender it impossivle o save my leg;, and uoless ft was' umputated soon 1 WOULD DIE \hen I first went to the Hoapltal I raised suchian ‘ablectiun to the amputatlon of my leg they consented 10 try one alternattve, Which was 10 cut out all the diseascd Qesh and r&flllca it with sound flezh !lxl the other leg. They did cut six pieces from m: 1L legz and placed [t where the discased flesh had been re- moved, but the bone was 50 much diseased that this experiment proved a faflure, and | was removed to my bomen lupeless condition. Other physiclany were tlien employed. untilall the mosey which I had saved from my carsngs hod been expended and one thing after another disposed of w PAY DOCIORS) until 10y family was fo 3 desticute conditfon, hope for myself exceps rellef fn deatn, At I Mr. Hill, the police ofiicer {n my street, cailed in to see me, and, afier readering pecuniary sssistance to my faumily, Grought some VEQETIXL E0T me. urglng tne 1o give it's faithtnl trial, saying when thioke L0 botiles ‘were gooe he would sce that [ had some more. ter [ had been taking the VEGETINE three daya the uicers ln my kuee commenced to discharge, and [ cannot begin 1o deseribe the frightful quantity s dlacharged during the followlng elght dayi. snd though previously 1 had suffered fudescribable patn, rendering sleep (m- ossfble, After taking VRGETINE three days the pain all ete me ind my ‘whale complaint seemed to be pouring out of me with this corrupted matter. The VEGETINE Was ot only forcing discase fromme but i cave e strengen from day 10 day. When 1 commenced on the fourth bottlewof VEGK the sweliing had all Tett my Ieg, and the sore, which covered the vhiole surface of my kuee, commenced to kezl aexs i he deae. am 0w on the sixth vottie. the sore i3 eazirely baled, and my beaith o0 {mproved bato cusble 1 19 ralsallover town. The VEGETINE HAS SAVEw MY LIFE it has cared my leg_and restored me to beath: my Knec bears the niarks of niy great safering, ead (¢ willal- ways.alford me pleasure to show the proof of what this guod medicine bas dune for me. 1'sw. dearsir. very Eratetully, JOHN WELCH, 83 Kneeland-st. The Policeman's Statement. The above statement istrae. Iprocared the Veoe- TINE for him. and carefully observed nis condition from the time he commenced to use It autil he was cured. ¥ WM. B, HILL, Pollce uticer. Staclon 4, BG5ton, Mass. Pain and Disease. (Can we expect to enjoy g00od health wien bad or cor- Tupt humors circulate with the Llood, causinz pain and disease, and these bumors telng depoiited through the ectire body, produce plnoies. erudtiuny, ulcers. i digeation, cosiiveness, headache, neuraigia, rhenma- tisin, #nd pumerous other complalnts? Hemove the cause by taking VEGETINK, the must reliable remedy for cleansing aud purifyag the blood- FIRST DOSE On a Boston Police Officer. Bostox, Nov. 15, 1871 H.R. STEvEYA, Esq.~Dear Sir: _Inthe spring of 189 1 was stricken down with fever, which had » fon:s anc almost Dopeless run. The best medical sdvice befag (n attendance, [ was taken through the fever; but it lett me terribiy reduced aad weak, with excruciating pains in mystde, back, and hips. 1 was complerely proitrated iy Sadey complaiat, wd o medleine scemed 1o each my case. 1n this conditfon T was persuaded to try VEGETINE by a friend whom 1t cured of the same disease, and It seemed as thongh 1 cunid feel the edect of the Arst dose through my whole syscem, and from that moment 10 tme 1began to mend, grsduaily growlng better frum day tw sy and | olowed on With he VEGETINE URCH {t come ch time [ have pletely restoredme io Leaith siuce Wi een able to perform my dutics as 2 police oticer, en- joying good 'henlth; and there (5 no doubs about the great value In° VeGETINE o kidney complaizt and 3im} ani, sir, Tes| . 1 tfully. o AR BT YORD, 964 Broadway. Vegetine 15 Soid by all Draggists. CALL--STATE é()flERTiON. ‘Votlce s hereby given that on Monday. Jan. & 1877, at120°clock m., &t the State Capitol {n Springrield. 1iL] 3 Couvention will be el lu purSusiice 2o the foltowlug resolutions unanimously adopted by the Democratlé State Central Committee: Resoleed, THat the Commilttee do Zereby agirm the coustitucional rixat of the Seoate and Houss of 1iepre- sentatives, aller the President of the Senate shali have opened all the certiticates recelved by bia, to count the Efectoral vote for President and Vice- President of the Tnlted Statesy and declare the result of such count. That wedeny the exisience uf uny constl- 2 ght or power In the President of the Senare of the United Siates, fudependently of anthority frum e two Houses, 1o count the said votes and dectare the result thereof, nd. would regard such a proceeding aa reyoltionary. fesolred. That we have entire_contideuce (n the fo- tellizence and patrlotiant of Concress asu of the peopic, ood that, o this %re‘.\hnmemncy. tiiey Wiil rise ubove P:fld. maintain the right. aud sustaln constiution iberty, and that Congress will fairly awd {wpartialy deterimine the resit of the late Prexfieatial eicetion [ such manner a8 will commaad the cosfideace and sup- Dort of all zood cltizens. Resoired, That a mais-meeting be held In each county in this Stale on the 20tn day of December nex: vf ail citizens, Ul"thll\‘E of party, who ura it 1aver of pers peluating the Republican feature of our wysiem of verament by giving efect to the nopular croley ut Electors of Preaident aod VTre-Prestdent 1ade ga the 7th of November last. for the selection uf delvwntes tw & conventlon to be held at Springfeld on the 8th uf Jaa- uary pex, each COUDLY 10 be entlitled to the samie Tie ber of delegutes 3s were seat to the. State Democratlc Conventiou of June last. i Resolzed, That this Committee have an abidiay cond- dence that the inass-meeting here(n recommended will mclg-md 1n by all friends-of free govermmnent. ond that thelr procéedings will be o barmoay with the gravity of the occasion. The several countles of the State will be entftied 1o 1 delegate for every 500 votes, and 1 delegase for every fraction of 250 thereof, based onthe vute for Superiu- ;eaflen:ux Fublic Instruction at the election of 1574,28 llows: Countien, Vote. D¢\ Countles. Dete- Vole- jates. AViRION. ..o 225 et £ g papepee By gy FgREZEE ansREESEH pore farage 2 & ,., 413 DO RIS WRL LG R AR AR DR A b L sl W NG R W RN DA Db | | e ... 1,728 2 Total.. 197,400 308 ‘Thése masy-meetings may be held at any time preyi- ous to ghe Lolding of the State Convention. Done st Chicago this 29th day of December, 1870, CYRUS I McCOIMIUK, TroMas SmELEy, Secretary. Chatrman. 876,140 187 OVINGTONS. 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