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for Presidential electors and ten counties for Governor and Lioutenant Governor, Hampton gains on previous estimates, but the Hayes electoral ticket falls bebind if the illegal votes caet by \be republicans are thrown out, which is very likely. —-—- FIGHTING IN SOUTH CAROLINA, 2 COLORED DEMOCRAT BEATEN BY NEGROES— TWO WHITE CONSTABLES KILLED AND PRIS- ONERS RESCUED—TWO THOUSAND NEGROES TH ABMS. CuaR.estox, Nov. 17, 1876. A epecial despatch to the News and Courier, re- @eived at half-past two o'clock P. M., to-day, says a colerea democrat was severely beaten by radical negroes at Lawtonville, in the upper part of Beaufort county. The Trial Justice issued a warrant for tho arrest of tho offenders, and five of them were arrested by the constable and his posse, who, whilo returning with the prisoners last night, were attacked by a body of armed negrocs, Two of the white constables were killed and the prisoners rescued. The Sheriff of the county ts now on his way to Law- tonville. Telegrams from Varuville state that 2,000 armed Degroes are at Stafford cross roads, near Lawtonvillo, They swear vengeance om every white man in tho county. ‘TWENTY-FIVE CITIZENS ARRESTED. Cnanastox, Nov. 17, 1876. No additional trustworthy particulars of the affair at Stafford’s Cross Roads have been received up to aqua: ter past nino P. M., except that only two constables, Deloach and Shuman, ma e arrest of the five ne- Broes, and that early to-day despatches were sent along the line of the Port Royal and Savannah and Charles- ton railroads, calling for help, which help it is sald bas beon sent. A later bat anconfirmed despatch from Stafford’s Crosn Roads says there was a fight thero yesterday, lasting until dark, betwoen twenty-seven whites and BOO woll armed negroes, Nono of the negroes are Teported hurt, Twenty-five citizens, arrested ander the Enforcement act, were brought into Aiken from the Ellenton section this morning. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Avausta, Ga, Nov. 17, 1876. A posse of six men were sent out by Trial Justice Mulligan, near Lawtonville, S. C., yesterday, to arrest & party of negroes for beating a colored man, After the arrest was made, tho posso was surrounded by an armed body ef biacks, and two whites, named William Shuman and Abe Deloach, wero shot. Shuw.an’s body was found this morning, with his head chopped open. BUTLER ON THE CRISIS, WHAT HE THINKS OF LOUISIANA—THE DUIY OF THE PRESIDENT O¥ THE SENATE, Gencral Benjamin F Butler arrived in this city yes- terday on his way to Washington. About ten o'clock A representative of the Hrraup called upon him at his rooms at the Filth Avenue Hotel, and found him en- gaged in reading the morning journals, when the fol- lowing conversation took place:— Reroxrtsr—General, are you‘going further South than Washington ? . General BuTLER—Do you mean in Loutsiana, Florida orSouth Curolina? If youdoLam not. I have just been reading a letter signed by some very much re- Spected friends of mine—Senator Sherman, Mr. Gare Geld, Mr, Kelley, Mr. Stoughton and others—which convinces me that I ought not to go there if I had any doubt about it before. They mako 1t entiroly certain that the Returning Board of Louisiana have certain ju- dicial functions to perform in canvassing the returns avd adjudicating whether there has becn’ frand, intimidation or violence used to prevent a fair lection in. any of the parishes alter hearing evidence upon these subjects, And then they say:—Had a corresponding board in the State of New York in 1868 beon authorized « to pass upon the fraudulent return of votes of the clty of New York that yonr, and a delegation ot citi- zens of Louisiana, however respectable, attempted to influence its judicial action upon the facts presented to it under the laws of that State, such attempt would Bav¥e been universally condemued.” 1 agreo with them in this, It isconclusive. The question returns, then, what are these gentlemen in Loutsiana for? A delegation of citizens of other States, “however Fespectuble’’—why do they mot allow Lousiana to manage her own affairs? Tthought I was right wnen I telegraphed that I would not go. I now know | was, But this is by no moans the most curious part of their letter. They proceed to say as follows:—If the dutics Of the Canvassing Board of Louisiana were merely ministerial or clerical, as in the case of any officer charged by the Jaw with the duty of verifying and de- luring the result of any election or mvestigation with no discretion, os when tho President of the Sonate * counts ard declares tho votes of the electors of the several Sta in tho election of President and Vice President under the constitution of tho United Btates, a different case would be presented.’’ Admitting fer the moment their assumption that the President of the Senate is to “count” the electoral votes in the presence of the two houses, they make the very significant admission that he 1s a ‘ministerial or acierical oficer onty;” that is, that he has no other power than simply count the votes that are certified to him without any power to adjadicate whether the rcrtificates are genuine or forged, or whether the votes bave been properly or improperly cast, so that {f tho President knew that an elector had voted for a given man_as President for a bribe paid in hand of miny thonsand dollars he would have no othor right or duty but to count” his vote, Taking their assumption also, and considering that the republicans have the President of the Senate, this 18 0 west remarkable giving up of power in the Prosident anybody to get electoral votes before him ot any and they will be available and counted, . Lt by no means agros that the President of the Son- ate bas the counting of the votes, Tho words ot the constitution are:—'They (tho certificites) shall be opened by the President of the Senate in the prosence of both hous nd the votes shall then be counted.’? Jf the constitution meant that the President of the Senate should count the rotes, why, it was very casy to say, “He shall open tho certificates and connt the votes in the presence of both houses.”’ The uniform practice of the goverament bas been since its torma- tion that the votes should be counted by the tellers appointed by both houses, acting, of course, as the * eyes and ears vf the two houses under their inspec. tion; and thus we have a contemporaneous construc- tion of this clause of the constitution by the tramer, and continuance of acquiescence ever since by all par- ties. Thero is but one dictum against this that [ know of, and that is by Chancellor Kent, who, when speaking of the danger and possible troubles that might ariso under this constitutional provision, says, ‘The votes areto be counted by the President of the Senate, I presume,’’ but enters into no reasoning upon the {westion, and evidently had not given it a thought. Df course, acting under tho constitutional provision, if tho President of the Senate hi right to count tho Votes at all it must bo a prerogative or power given him by the constitution, Therefore, it is no answer to the continuous .usage in counting the votes by both to say that that was done under a joint rule, beeau: + ifthe Presidect of tho Senate has the power by the constitution, no joint rule of the two houses ought or could deprive him of it, Iu fact, that joint rulo of tho two houses was only a declaration of con- venient modo by those bodies of doing the counting of the electoral votes, which they assumed the preroga- tive to do, ! R¥vorteR—Do you think, then, that the two houses must agreo on the votes before thoy can be counted? General BuTLex—If any instrument says that A and Bure to do a thing—for example, to make an award or enter a judgment—can A do 4¢ without B or B dott without A? If both houses are to count by the consti tution, can ono count without the other? If so, which? If our republican friends in Louisiana, in their letter, had claimed the right in the President ot the Senate to adjudicate as tothe propriety or right- fulness of the electoral yote when they made the claim that he was to count them I should have thonght it very significant; but as they have insisted that he is 4 . ¢mmerely a machine or clerk to register what may be 4 opent bim | do not think the democratic party will be likely to be much moved by their manifesto, which certainly leaves tho President of the Senate sbout as harmless a pleco ‘of clockwork as could well be imaginea, it being his of the Senate, and an invitation, as it seems to me, to | J only duty to tick ont what ts placed im tho wheela I belicve that whoever has the counting of the vote in he last resort to d: termine an election hava right to scrutinize that vote, ascertain its legality, its fairness and truthfulness and whether it represents in the case of a vote by proxy, as the electors are, the will of the people who are their constituents, All that of coarse cannot be done by the Presideat of the Senate, and therefore must be done by the two houses. If it can be done by the President of the Senato then the most alarming stride against the righty of the people bas deen taken when the claim is mado that the President of the Senate is to count the votes. Fortunately, however, the claim thas made by this very respect- able body of republicans in Loutsiana ts entirely omas- culated by the concomitant assertion that the Presi. dent of the Senate is to bo a simple machine, minis. terial officer or clerk. Revoxter—Well, what isto be the outcome of all this if the two houses do not agree in the count of the votes ? General Brrien—I carnot for a moment contem- plate or entertain the idea that if thero ia a’ fairly ex- pressed majority of the vote of the Electoral Collego, properly and justly showa for either of the candidates, that either House or Senato will fractiously take any step to prevent the counting and declaration of the votes in favor of the persons so chosen. The people of tms country would hurl to destruction any party which should undertake 80 gross an outrage. One voto majority fairly thrown and properly counted is as good as 1,000 under our system of determining clec- tions. Iean conceive of no greater danger to our frame of governmeng, nay, to the very goverament (t- self, than the idea, if it be entertained, that the will of the majority may be overcome by force, or traud, oF ehicanery of any sort. Rerorren—non you betteve that {f the houses should divide on the counting of the votes 1s would re- sult 10 revolution? General Butien—Na, I doubdt that, but is would in bankruptey, national and private. Mr, Belmont satd, and probably rightly enough, that the result of of an election would uot affect the prico of our bonds in Europe, Of course he meant a fair election. But he has not given his opivion what the effect would bo ov our bonds in Europe of a vomelection, leaving the country exposed to anarchy, Indeed, this 1s a matter for very grave contemplation, The constitution has disclosed a defect 1n our frame of government not well understood even by ourselves, and one which proba- bly never came to the attention of any foreigner who owns our bonds—that is, the possibility, and, perhaps, not distant probability that the two houses might divide upon the counting of the votes, and the executive government lapse for want of a constitutional provi- sion as towho sball be at its head after the 4th of March, a8 tho President can only hold over, if atall, by an assumption of power, because of tbe necessity of the caso. If we get into this dilemma, not only the funding of our debt would bo stopped, but our bonds would be returned upon us by millhuns, because an un- known and unforeseen danger is always the most iright- fuland most fruitful in pauic. The sagacious and pa- triotic statesmen of the country will pause and reflect betore they commit themselves upon such a dangerous and unknown sea of political and govcromental action, RevontEx —Goneral, de you seo any way out of this? General BetieR—Ii is always easier to foresee danger or appreciate a difficulty than {t is to find a remedy, 1t requires in so grave a matter everything of the most careful investigation and thought and the coolest re- flection. I, however, may suggest, as a means of get- ting as near a regular government under our constitu- tion as possible, to which there is no constitutional objection that 1 know of, Gecoral Grant’s calling a meeting of both Houses of Congress on the 5th day of March to act upon and’ deal with the problem: t shall then be presented. True, no President; ver called a meeting of Congress to be held in the term of his euccessor, although, as I have said, thero 1s nothing In the constitutign inpibiting it that 1 am awaro of Tho son "why it hay not been dono fs that no emergency ke the pres- ent has ever arisen to call for it, and that an outgoing President would be Dagurally Feluctant to take any action which might embarrass his succesgor, which is a sufficient cause of a want of precedent, Both houses of Congress being in scesion some action might be taken in which all would agree to keep a govern- ment afloat until a successor to the President could bo elected, Revorter—It has been suggested that tho Presi- dent of the Senate might act efter the 4th of March, General Burnen—As he can only act in ense of a vacancy by death, resignation or removal of a Presi- dent, and as there will be 00 death, resignation or removal on the 4th day of March, when the President goes out, I do not see how the President of the Senate could act at al But if President Grant should resign on the ist of March, and the President of the Senate should become acting President, I think his term would expire with the term of the President tor whom be was acting. At this point General Butler seemed impatient to attend to a pile of letters and papers on his table, and to a large crowd of callers who wore waiting for him, and the reporter left. THE ELECTORAL ENIGMA. EX-GOVFRNOR WASHBURN’S OPINION. Said ex-Governor Washburn, of Wisconsin, at the Fitth Avenue Hotel, Inst evening, to a Herann re- porter: — “In our State, wo (that ie, the republicans) have car- riod tho State by a largo majority, and we are now Jooking for the rosutt inthe doubtful States with anx- tety. Every republican, as fae as I have observed, wants a fair count, and whoever is declared elected, we are disposedto acquiesce, I don’t know a respect- able republican who would be willing to sce Hayes in- augurated if bis ciection was not carried legally and fnirly. As to wno 1s elected, 1 have no opinion. There has been a great amount of lying on both sides; but as near as can judge the democrats tako the palm in this particular, and it scemed from the first a preconcerted detormina- tion on their part to claim everythmg, whatever tho resultsmmight be, The country gow is very anxivus to have ihe question settled. Business is suilering every day in consequence. Whoever inay be in ated I look tor no troutie, The people want Tecolloctions of the late war are too Iresh in the minds of everybouy to prevent them ent involving the navion m another civil war over a ques- tion Which at most can be settled in tuur years and long re it could be by a clash of arma If Tilden be inaugurated as President [ hope he will do better than we tear. interested are those who desite to remain in office aad those who bave been waiting and watching tor fi teen Yoars for their opportunrry, Fortunately the country wiil not javolye itself in war to oblige either party.” JUDGE DITTENHORTEN'S VIEWS. A. J, Dittenhocter was of opinion that the three doubtfal States, on a fair vote, had gone largely repub_ lican, The pregeuco of Northern politicians in the South, he was convinced, was entirely useless. ft might exert a moral effect upon the canvassing boards, inasmuch as 1 would show them that the cyes of the whole country were jealously watching thetr steps, but nothing more, “The republicans,’ he enid, “aro as anxious to have a fair and honest election as the democrats, and they will abide by the result, whatever it may be, They will not consent to bave Mr. Tilden swindled out of his election if he is ted, nor, at the sumo time, will they permit Mr. Hayes ta be brow. beaten out of his,”” Speaking about the erectors of Vermont, Oregon and Rhode Islind, who it is alleged are imeligible of act- {ng aselectors on account of being officeholders, he said:—“Iho President of tho Senate has no other auihority than to count (he vote ag returned to him vy the clectors of the several States. The election and appo.ntinent of the electors being exclusively within tho jurisdiction of the state Legisiature, the President ot the Senate cannot go behind the certificate to in- quire whether any of the electors were properly ap- pointed under the State laws. If there is any detect, constitutional or otherwise, in the appointment of an elector, tho defeated candidate can, ty an action of the nature of Aquo Warranto best the title to office of the candidate v ho has been deciared elector." “Do you think, sir,’ said the weiter, ‘that the House of Representatives by its absence could render the official veclaration of one or tne other candidate for the Presidency impossible 7"? : “In my vier said the Judge, “the claim made by democratic journals and politicians that the House of Representatives, by refusing to attend at the powmted timo and place, when the certificates are to opened by the Pre lentul the Senate, can invalidate the court, 18 unreasonable and unwarrante’. Section 1, articic 2 of the constitution proviaes, among other things:—'The President ot the Senate, in presence of the Senate and the House of Representatives, shall open all certificates and the vote shalt then be counted.’ In my judgment this would be a reasonable construction of this provision:—the President of Senate shall, in presence of the Senate and the Hou: if they choose to attend, open all the tfeates, Any other construction would it iu the power of the Senate or House, by reiusing to discharge a duy posed on them, to absolutely nullity the erection of the people, made ih accordance with the law. 6 ath ox- treme and improbable Suppose that at the time Appointed tor tho count an epidemic prevailing in Washington should bavo disabled by sickness a ma- Peace, anu the | ertaining the idea of | The men who now seem most | Sy sy for sea in ton days. bed jority of tho House from attending, can It bo contended that the entire election would go for ght on that Under the constraction 1 have made | be- that the President of the Senate imust go to tho appointed place at the appointed time and open the Certificates of the electors in presence of the two houses, if they will attend, and withont therr presence if they retuye to dono. Ly the constitution they are Made simply witnesses of the act.’” EX-GOVERNOR EDWARD SALOMON was found at bis office, No. 4 Wall street, yesterdoy afternoon. Upon the Hena.o’s representative asking what eflect the declaration of Hayes’ election in the three doubtful States would have upon the people, he declined to express any opinion. “Do you think, Governor,” further inquired the writer, ‘that the fact that certain electors wore office- holdors at the time of their election would incapacitate them to act as such, even (f they resigned their office immediately atter the election?” “Under the constitution I believe it will,’’ briefly answered the Governor. “Now, sir, has the House of Representatives tho power 10 absent itself from the official declaration of the electoral vote, and, tn case it did so, what would be the result?’’ “Phis, my dear sir,’ replied the Governar, ‘4s one of the great knotty points of our law, and ‘as I am not sufficiently posied in this matter [ teel, both a lawyer and asa man, unable to give any opinion wha ever upon the subject. In fact, 1 do not believe in lawyers giving off-hand opinions upon such tepica ’? As further \nquiries elicited nothing further, and as | “the Governor evidently did not seem to relish the idea of being “interviewed,” the reporter here bade him adieu and took his lenve. el ERS PRerAkAVIONS, A DENIAL THAT THE ACTIVITY IN BROOKLYN NAVY YARD HAS ANY SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE— GETTING THE FRIGATE TRENTON READY FOR SERVICE, (bx TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Wasmxatox, Nov. 17, 1876. A report from Brooklyn that warlike preparations are visible in the Navy Yard there, is attributed to the NAVAL x | faces that orders have been given to hasten the comple- | tion of the new frigate Tronton, now building at the yard, so that she may bo ready for sea by March next, atthe furthest; seventy additional men being put to work upon her, Captain John Leo Davis, now on duty as@ member of the Lighthouse Board, will vo Assigned to the command of the vossel, which will be sent to the Mediterranean as the flagship ot Rear Admiral John L, Worden, commanaing the European feet, Coret Engineer Edwin Fithian and Pay Inspector Edward Foster will be ordered to duty on the vessel, and on her arrival out will be assigned as floct engineer and fleet p»ymaster on Admiral Wore den’s staff. There aro now nearly 500 men employed | on and about the vessel. The Trenton will have a battery of eloven ten-ineh rifled Dablgren guns altered from eleven-inch smooth bores, ghich will De the most powertul battery ip the service. The Trenton is a ram of 2,300 tons, actual measurement, and nearly 4,000 tons displacement, and when completed will be'the | most power(ul qaacmared WaT Verse) In the world, OFFICIAL VISIT TO THR NAVAL STATIONS. The Tallapoosa will leave the Washington Navy Yard on Monday next for’ Port loyal, S$. 0., with Admiral Porter, Vice admiral Rowan, Rear admiral Dav Chief Engineor King and Naval Constrector i visit the various naval stations on the Atlantic coast and report as to the advisability of closing ove or moro of them, STOOPS OF WAR ORDERED TO SEA, ‘ [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. ] PortsmoutH, Va., Nov, 17, 1876. Tho sloops of war Shawmut and Adams, were sud- donly ordered to sea to-day, under sealed orders, dropped dows to Kampton Roads, after receiving coal and provisions. Tho storm now prevailing may pre- vent their sailing, tneir destination is sou bward, The flagship of Rear Aamiral Trenchard. tho Hartford, ts ected to follow, and tho Huron .8 ordered to bo THE SLOOP ADAMS FOR PORT RoyAL, Fortress Moxnos, Nov. 17, 1876, The United States sloop Adams sailed this afternoon for Port Royal, CAUSES FOR THE REMARKABLE ACTIVITY IN THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD EXPLAINED. In consequence of the prosont political situation rumors of att &(ads have been flying around, and among otb ‘was one which stated that the Secretary of tho Navy had telegraphed from Washington to put the Navy Yard on a war footing and ft ont the Minne- sota apd Co:orado for sea It was also reported that these measures had bveca taken in order to be ready for any uprising in case tho republicans resolved to count in Hayes in Loutsiana, In the excited condition of the people these rumors were eagerly retailed from mouth to mouth, and they lost nothing by ropotition. The after- noon papers took the matter up and published sensa- tlonal reports of the active preparations at the Navy Yard, and the general pablic began to believe that we were on tho eve of another civil war. In view of tho above situation a Hxra.p reporter paid a visit yesterday afternoon to the Navy Yard, and called apon the Commandant, Commodore Nicholson, The latter goutieman had got through with the duties of the day, and was tound in his private quarters. He very courteously responded to the request of the ro- porter, and sail be wouid be happy to give him any tn- formation ho could furnish. The following conversa tion was bad:— Revorter—I have called, Commodore, to ascertain what truth there is in the report that the Navy Yard has been put on a war footing. Commodore Nicnotses—It 1s no more on a war foot- Ing to-day than it bas always been—in fact, it 18 always of « wat footing, What preparations of a warlike nature you made in the past tew days? Commodore SicnoLsox-—Since my taking command of this yard I have planted some 200 trees and repaved & portion of tho yard, ReronteR—They say that you have been issuing a large quantity of ammunition, Commodore Nicuotson—the regular allowance of ammunition has been issued to tho Minnesota and Colorado, and | have also issued 6,000 ball cartridges to the marines, a4 a requisition had been sent in to me for that amount on the ground that the ammat tion they had on hand vas damaged. Reronten—f have heard also ands every day. Commodore Nicuosson—Yes, 1° am. You seo the Minnesota and Colorado are two xchuolships in which ‘we are trying to educate young men and boys for the naval ecrvice. Of late there nas been a great seamen, and at present the most of our men-a are manned by Irish and Germans. It has }y idea of Commodore Schuleldt to have a number of schoolships stationed at all the different yarde with a view to educating a number of ai to the ser- vice, so that we night have edie seamen to man our veavels, Lately [have been dritling these reeruits in the yard, as there 1s more room there than on board ship, and that has probably given rise to some of the rumors you heard. Ruronren—flow {s it, Commodore, about the Minne. sota aud Colorado being ready for sen Y minodore N:czonsox—li is my endeavor to kecp them always ready for sea, a8 since the Cuvan excite- ment last year, orders were issued t tee Navy fo have them kept always ready fc Keronrer—I have also been toli toate and watchinon bare been put on duty, all armed teeth, Commodore Nicnorsox-—-There are to extra watch men on duty, and, as fr as being armed to the tecih, they sinpiy carry a club anda loaced revolver, weapons that they are always supposed to carry, Reronten—Did you receive any special instructions from Washington about preparing jor trouble y Commodore Nicnotson—None at all; in tact, all the preparations that I have made, tneluding the planting , have been done on my own responsi- to the bility. Retoxtan—Have you wot lesucd some large quantt- ties of ammunition to the Minnesota and Colorado y Commodore N:corsox—I have tssued nothing moro than their regular allowance, which ts generally used up for saluting purposes, Alter thanking the Commodore for his coartesy the Herat reporter retired, NEW YORK ATTENDS, HOW OUR CITIZENS AWAIT THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION—EVERXSBODY PATIENT. The feeling in the city yesterday was very quict as compared with previous days during which the etec- tion excitement was at its height People have at last settled down to the conviction—although very unwi- ingly —that tho result 1s not to be known for days, and they have determined to suppress their anxiety and to wait as pationtly as they can, Any one who had scen the vast multitudes crowding around the newspaper bulletins during tho exciting days of last week, and noticed the empty spaces in front of tho offices of the leading daily Journals on Park row, must have thought that the city was eithor deserted, or thut the people bad forgotten all about the election in their continuous search fF pewexcitement Underneath this apparent quiet, however, there runs a substratam of uneasiness, of painful suspense, which is by no means allayed by the threatening words that havo lately emanated from some bitterly partisan sources, There wero thoso who still kept saying, “There may be trouble,” and others who boldly changed the “may’? into “wit,” and who gloomily predicted that there “will be trouble’? There are others, however—and, to the credit of the American character be it said, they aro largely in the ma- Jority—who havo suM@cient faith in the supreme pa- tienco and good temper of tho American peo- plo to feel confident that the controversy 7 will be sottied, not without some very vio- lent sparring in Congress, but without any disturb- bance on the part of masses, To the proprietors and guests of cortain hotels where the exertemert was mainly concentrated, such og the Fifth Avenue Hotel and the Everett Hougo, this reiapse into quiet and peace has been a perfect blessing. At last the em- ployés and guests of these hotels can move about | without having to elbow themselves through a dense, pushing and almost impenctrable multitude of news seekers, In’ the evening the shrill cries | of the ‘Extra’? whieh kept up so piercing a music | through the past week until eleven or twelve o'clock were sadly missed by the waytarors on tho strects, for none of the papers published “extras’ after five o'clock. Upon the whole the coange, while it may not be pleasant to lover of excitement, must prove ex- ceedingly grateful to she quict-seeking ciasses of the community. Notwithstanding the great change that has come over Now York it ix still a fact that the Presidentiay dilemma 1s uppermost in the minds of all politicians, and that very large and poweriul body of the commu- nity which takes an intense, though impersonal, inter- est in politics. Tho conversation in cars, in the street | and in public places generally yesterday still turned largely on the puzzie—Hayes or Tilden? And the an- Bwer to the query was often dictated by the wish which fe “futher to the thought." And thas New York ja sull waiting to leara the result of the Presidential battle, THE COUNTY CANVASSERS. MORE DISTRICTS COMPLETED-——-HOW THE WORK PROCEED*. Tho Board of County Canyassera will probably conclude their labors this evening. The following ad- ditional districts were coinpleted yesterday :— ——Sheriff— | Reilly, Gi 5,014 a2 —— Governor ——— ‘Morgan, 140 3,112 B.A 3.356 ‘ 3,6) 4689 ——County Clerk—— Gumbieton, Murphy. 40 Hy Totals...... 00612408 13,231 ALDERMEN—FIFTH SENATOKIAL DISTRICT. Morris. De Vries, 2,918 3,056 3.217 14,017 Seward. 2,932 3.410 4,406 3,715 14,463 . 18,951 12,480 14,74 BENATOR—FIFTH DISTRICT, Wagstag. 4,230 iy. 1; Joseph Hoffman, 1,811; Elliott C, Cowdin, 4,622. > Herman Woy, 3,304. ; Robert H. Screhan, 3,606, MAINE. MAJORITIES FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. Avousta, Nov 17, 1876. ‘The offictal majorities of mombors of Congress aro as followe:—Reod, 878; Fryo, 2910; Lindsay, 2,953; Powers, 1,813; Hnle, 2,891. There wall be tive contested seats in the House of Represontatives, NEW YORK OFFICIAL RETURNS OF COUNTIES, Povaunersr, Noy, 17, 1876, The official canvass for Dutchess county gives tho following republican majorities:—Hayes, 398; Mor. gan, 520; Rogers, 516; Spencer, 512; Trowbridge, 517; Ketchum, for Congress, 1,724; Hammond, for Assem- bly, 192; Webb, tor Assembly, 361. For the amendment in relation to the office of Canal Oomminsioner, 4,559; for amendment in relation to the oilice of State Prison Inspector, 4,947. The Veter Cooper clectoral ticket received 14 votes inthe county, Daotorth, Associate Judge, 271 ma- jority. “Awe 10—Christopher Fiecke, 3,50! Henry Wehie, 1,670. 3,02 11—James McConnell Holah . Rich, 12—Maurice 13—Thomus I Lowvitix, N. Y,, Nov. 17, 1876, The following fs the oficial vote of Lews Tilden, 3 610; Morgan, 3, 7 Dorsheuuer, Sinith, For Assembiy—Wright, 3, Rice, For the consttntional amendment 2,503, Carsktst, N, ¥., Nov, 17, 1876, ‘Tho official returns of Greene county aré as fol- 2 3 iF en, 4,771; Hayes, 3,678. »bingon, 4,808; Morgan, 4,761; Rogers, ; Dantorth, 3,630. Spencer, 3,666, ‘Trowbridge, 3,665, | 62, oper, 12; Smit For Congress—8. i, Maybam, 4,713; T. H. Tremper, B71. Yor Assembly—O. T. Humphrey (dom.), 4,440; U. Bourke (rep.), #005, Constitutional Amendments (both sections)—For, 76; against, 883, ‘ .¥., Nov. 11, 1876, Osw eco, official rotarns of Oxwego county are as fol- es, 10,229; Tilden, 7,417. 74; Robinson, 7, Rogers, 10,154; Dorsheimer, 7,4 Spencer, 10,178; Ogden, Trowbriilge, 10,180; Anuerson, 7.410. For Congress—W, Hy saker (rep), 4,804; 0. M. Bond (dem. }. 7.504. Court of Appeats—Danforth, 10,086; Earle, 7,413. Koxnour, N. Y., Nov. 17,'1876. The official returns tur Cistor county are as fol- W35 Tilden, 10,636; Hayes, 8,914, pbinsgn, 10,619; Morgan, 8,047. netintional Amendments—Public Works—For, ngainst, 1,852; State Prisons, for, 9,400; against, s CONTRADICTION. Sackamexto, Nov, 17, 1876, To tHe orton ov THs TrnaLy:— Tho despatch said to have been received In Washing- ton from ine, that I wonid not give certificates to ree publican clectors on account of the discovery of frauds, Was not seat nor authorized by me. WILLIAM IRWIN, Governor, SCARE, ~ The vexed question of tha “pools on election” known as “the pool scare’ to men about town, is fully settled in the statute which 1s quoted below. It is as foliows 1 R. 8., 662, Sec. § —All wagers, bets or stakes male THE POOL to depend upon any race, or upon any gaming by lot or chance, or upon any lot, chance, casn- alt) or unknown or contingent event what- ever, shall be unlawiul, All contracts for or on account of any money or property or thing im action su wagored, bet or stuked, shail be votd, : 9. back.—Any person who roperty or thing 19 action, Npon te eveut of any Wager or bet herein prohibited, may sue for and recover the sane of the wiuner or person to whom the same shall be paid or delivered, and vf the stakeholder or otuer per- gon in whose hatids shal! be deposited any such wager, bet of stake, or any part thereot, whether the same shall have beep paid over by such stakeholder or not, and whether such wager be lost or not, be ° Ske. 15.—Overseers of the Poor to use,—In caso the person having such sam or value shall not, within the Ume aforesaid (three calendar m !, 1m good faith and without collusion, sue for the sam or value so by him lost and paid or deitvered, and prosecute snch suit to effect without unreasonable delay, the 0 seers of the Poor of the town where the offence was committed) may sue for and recover tho sum or value 80 lost and paid, together with treble the said sum or value, from the wiuner thereof, for the bouelt of tne puor. She, 6.- (ch, 214)—Duty of Public Officera,—It shall ‘be the duty of all sheritis, police officers, constables, and progecating or district attorneys to inform against and prosecute all persons whom they shall have credi- son Lo believe are offending against this act, and for reiusal so to do they shall be gmity of a misde- meanor and punished by a fine of not moro than $500, In the opinion of many prominent legal gentiemen conversed with last night ou the subject, an injunction from any court rostraining the distribution of money Placed in the hands of pool Lolders must be recog:ized, and al] moneys bet are subject to tbe law which is elted abews, NEW YORK HERALD. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1876—WITH SUPPLEMENT NEWS IN THE CITY. Coroner Ellinger investigated the case of James Me. Guiro, of No. 640 Eleventh avenue, and founda that death bad resulted 1rem consumption. There was a slight fire lust night on the first floor of atonement house, No. 621 East Twelfth street, occu. — by Karl Steel, caused by a defective fue; damage Stephen Smith, aged thirty-cight years, no home, was found sick and destitute on Greenwich strect yes terday and was sent by the police to the Chambers Street Hospital. Cyrus rush, aged thirty, ot No. 777 Gates avenuo, Brooklyn, fell overboard last night at picr 34 East River. [He was rescued by Officer Ubristopher, of tho Fourth precinet. Coroner Woltman yesterday took charge of the fol- lowing cases:—C. H. Richards, two months o d, of No, 146 Christopher strcet; Anne Fox, aged two years, of No, 601 West Fortieth street, Tho body of a fomale child, about one week old, was found yesterday morning on Fourth avenue, near Sixty-fourth street, It was sent to the Morguo ana Coroner Woltman was notified. A few more pupils can be a¢commodated in the frce class in modelling 1 clay at the Cooper Union, There are probably many young men who would like to avail themselves of this opportunity. Yesterday afternoon Mury Boss, aged twenty-seven, of No, 7 Oak street, was seriously scalaed by falling with a kettle of boiling water in her hand, She was | sent to the Chamvors Street Hospital. James Molloy, agod eight years, of No, 562 Wert Forty-ninth street, jumped trom a Hudson River Railroad car at Sixty-second street, and fell under the wheels. Hos skuli was fractared. He was sent to the Koosevelt Hompital Mark Tully, aged sixty yoars, an inmate of tho Charity Hospital, Blackwoll’s Island, accidentally fell and fractured his neck and thigh afew days ago. He died frow the effects of his injuries, Coroner Woltinan was noted, Mary Tilman, colored, aged thirty, of No, 145 West Thirty-ffth strect, was knocked down last night on tho | corner of Sixth avenue and Sixteenth street by a track | and was severeiy injured. She was taken home, No one appears to huve Leen arrested. “Aunt Sallio Winslow’s Old Folka” gave a concert last yveming at Dr, Parson’s schoolhouse, on Black- weil’s Islaid, for the amusement of tho inmates ot th Lunatic Asylum. ‘Tho entertainment consisted of ‘a lyste of songs, both sacred and worlulie,” James Brainard yesterday filed nis assignment in the County Clerk:s office to Isaac B. Conover. The fotlow- ing schedule was also filed in the Common Pleas Court:— Maurice Levy to Adolph Gershir. Tho liabilities aro Stated at $47,249 25; nominal assets, $70,000; real assets, $24, 400, Thomas Dunnigan, a paper stainer, aged elghicon years, of No. 5:9 West Thirty-second street, was held for trial at the Washington Piace Police Court yester- day, charged with breaking into the storehouse of the 83 | Hudeon Kiver Railroad depot and stealing a number of bre castings. At the Waghington Pince Police Court, before Jus- tice Kasmire, yesterday, David Adriance, a machinist living at No. 165 Wooster street, was held for trial on a charge of entering the apartments of Susan Busso, at No, South Fifth avenue, and stoaling a quantity of valuable property. A lecture was delivered last night before the New York Liberal Ulub by Dr. Charles W. Brink, on the “Future of Mexico.” Tho panacea which tho lecturer advocated for nil the Ills.of that distracted country was annexation to tho United States; but he faited to say how the Mexicans would relish this sovereign cure for their political maladies, At the Essex Market Police Court, beforo Justica Smith, yesterday, a woman named Julta Keller was charged with stealing a remnant of sjlk, valued at $40, from the store of Fanst Strauss, No. 11 avenue D. ‘The property was found In the possession of the pi over by Detective O'Connor, of the Eleventh precinc! She was held for trial in detault of $2,000 bail, On Thursday Detective Ferris, of the Contral OMco, saw Ann Sullivan, alias Mary Williams, an old offender, pick the pockot of Mrs. B. May, of No. 488 East Ninth street, while the latter was attending the tu- neral of Mr. J. Foster, inavenue B. On being arraigned before Justice Kasinire at the Washington Place Court et sho was held for trial in default of $1,000 bail. Rev. D. M. McCaffery, rector of the Church of Our Saviour (rrotestant Episcopal), in Third avenne, near ‘Thirty-ninth street, who has since August 21 relieved over 3,160 poor persons in the neighborhood ot bis parish, appeals to tho public for donations, They may ent te him at No, 558 Lexington avenue or to Andrew W, Smith, M. D., of No, 110 Kast Thirty-cighth street. Early yesterday morning a firo occurred in the threo story brick dwelling No. ‘121 Weat Twonty-ninth street, The basement was occupied by Hattie Adgley; damage 1o furniture, $50, Building owned by Alfanco Mallet; damaged $20, Cause, defective flue; insurance un- known, Engino No, 26, while on the way to the fire, was rap oF, with by the horses, who took fright, The the ohn Ripham, was thrown off and slightly injured. The Fire Marshal’s report for the month of October shows a total of eighty-nine fires. oss of buildings: $15,925; on stock, 5,090; total, $21,015. Tnsurance on butidings, $335,500; on stock, $138,150; total, $473,650, Uninsured loss on buildings, $355; on stock, $400; total, $755. Number of tires on which the loss wi Jess than $109, 67; between $100 and $1,000, 16; be- on $1,000 and 35,000, 5, and between $5,000 and venr, for the same month, the num. ghty seven; loss, $22,765; Insurance, BROOKLYN. Justice Delmar yesterday committed James McCor- mick, aged lorty years, to await examination on com- plaint of Sarah McCormick, wife of the latter, who charges nim with abandoning her and his toar chil- | dren on December 24, 1874, The mission of the Jesuit Fathers, under the loader- ship of Rey. Father Damon, 8. J., which has been in progress at St. Mary’s Star of the Sea, Court street, Will terminate on Sunday moraing (to-morrow), Michael Hanley was committed to juil yesterday by Justice Delmar for feloniously assaulting Robert Rid- ley, on Hoyt street, on November 7, by striking him on the head With a stick, The injured man is ina very critical condition, In the case of Meta Schrieber against Wm. G. Stein- metz, who was saed for #5,000 damages for malicious prosecution, the jury rendered a verdict for the piain- Uf in the sum ot $250, A new trial will be held in the cure upon newly discovered evidence, The Jocal Committee of Public School No. 1, Con- cord street, to whom was referred the resolution of the Board of Education in relation to the application of Adrinn White, the colored drug merchant, for the admission of tis tour children to said school, hi granted the request. The little people of ebony h wili now sit side by side with their pate-taced brothe: and sisters, WESTCHESTER. His Eminence Cardinal McCloskey w'll administer the sacrament of confirmation in the Church of tho Immaculate Conception, at Yonkers, to-morrow atter. noon. y On Thursday night some malictously disposed per- son of persons Gesiroyed two yoke of valuable oxen ond three cows, the property of Warren and Newman Graham, farmers, at Unionville, by spreading a quan- tity of Varis green on sppics given to the cattle for food. The animals were ail found aead yesterday morning, and a post mortem examination revealed tho fact of the potsoning. THE COMPTROLLERSHIP. RUMORS AND SPECULATIONS AS TO WHO WILL BE THE NOMINEE. Nothing new was developed yesterday as to the probabio successor to the Comptrollership should Mr. Green fail to again secure the prize. Gossippers are still busily engaged in prophesying what will be Mayor Wickbam's course undet tho cireamstances, That | Portion of section 25 of the charter of 1 which | apparently leaves the mode of appointment of Comp- troller of this city an open question, has caused consid- erably comment, The extract was published in,yester- day’s Heratp. Tawnmany politic M1 assert that Mr. John Kelly’s came will be sent in to the Board ou plnhone A ne: out cortain inends of Comptroller Green allege that arrangements have been made by which this gentleman can retain bis place without tho Decossity of a roappointment by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Under the term ot bis appointment Mr, Green's time will be up on Monday next. Mayor Wick- ham will not give the slightest indication of what he ice tends to do in the matter, One of his nearest friends, however, tos that ho 18 most likely to appointJ, Nelson Tappan, the present City Chamberiaiu, A SEA MONSTER. At four o'clock yesterday afternoon the tugboat Pennsylvania was entering the wharf at the Pennsyl- vania Railroad depot, Jerscy City, when one of the dock hands saw a large fish following the boat ou the port side, Scizing a buat hook he plunged it into the body of tha fisn and drow tt ashore, The animal was three feet four inches im jength, two feet and two inches in width, and Aad a capacious mou inches in diameter, Tho stomach was found t+ be full peri | recognized this craving for stimalant as a of small A latge crowd witnesecd this cx\raor- dinarv tacle during Venine, 3 CHURCIL CONGRESS. The Closing Proceedings of the Conference. PREVENTION OF IN TEMPERANCE, A Discussion on Revivals and Christian Nurture, Bostos, Nov. 17, 1876 Tho Episcopal Church Congress of the United State, which has been in session im this city during the past four days, held its flual meeting in the Music Hall this evening. The attendance of both clergymen and laymen at the various sessions has been larger (han at any previous gatherings of the body, and on the occasion of the final exercises this evening there was a concourse of nearly 3,000 people asse: d. The important meetings of the Protestant Episcopal Church lave rarely been held in Boston, but now it has been selected not only for the Church Congress, but also for the great Triennial General Convention, to be heid in October, 1877. This great council of tue Church, comprising nearly sixty bishops, beside priests and lay delegates from this ertire country, will be held for the second time only in New England. The only session that has taken place previous'y was in New Haven, in 1811, Boston has hardly ever been re- garded as an Episcopal centre. The great cities of Philadelphia, with its ninety churches; New York, with eghty; Brooklyn, with thirty-five, and Baltimore, with about thirty, havo always preceded Boston in Episcopal church influence, but still the growth of the Church, even in Boston, im tho Inst fifty years, has been large—from about four or five parishes to nearly thirty—in this “metropolitan district,’ comprising Bostou and throes or four adjoin. ing cities and towns, such as Cambriago, Somerville, Brookline, &c, This Congress has no legislative power whatever; it is only held for the free discussion of great subjects by men of divergent views and elaborate essays, who are chosen for that purpose, Theso dis cussions are now to Boston, and were listened to with much interest by churchmen and oh “THR PREVENTION AND CURE OF DRUNKEXNKSS.”? This was the subject discussed at the morning ses sion, the oponing address bemg by Jonn &. Tyler, Me D., of Massachusetis. Thu Doctor commenced his’ ad- aress by uiluding tothe emphatic condemnations of drunkenness contained in both the Old and New Testa ments, and glanced at the various roads to inebriety, No one can hear tho tales of wretchedness or the pa- thetic memories of days gone by contrasted with the present, told by a wile, a mother ora son, and not wisd for some measure to stop this evil, Dr. Tyler thea alluded to the moral insensibility which arose trom in-+ ebriety. ‘This leaves no pleasure in doing right or pain tn doing wrong. This class of inebriates are generally very clever fellows when sober, plecsant companions, as presenting no strong morsl points or feeiings to jut with any opinions of your own. So long as moral foul- ings remain there 18 hope for reclamation at home, but alter the condition which has been described has been reached there is uo remedy of the sigh but forced restraiut. Alter elaborating these v1 . Tyler said the Imperative necessity was constraint by the State or responsible parties, under legal ennetment, whi should provide for restraint long for core; not more than twénty or thirty inebria io be con fined together, under restrictions Which should alse aliow considerable degree of freedom of movements, Dr, Tyler then proceeded to consider the ques- tion of prevention of intemperance, alluding cape- cially to sociat temptations, and arguing that places where tea and cofleo might be hye ot meg ond where the social influences should bo beneficial would bo a decided step in the right direction, In this connection he allud dto the hght wines of Europe, which took the p of the strong stimulante used by Americans, as very beneticial in their effects, and said thata light unaduiterated native wine might yet come to be considered by us as a blessing. Iho speaker then proceeded to speak of the variout organizea movements tor the promotion of temper: ance and heartily indorsed the labors of the various orders, however differing their names and methods, Tho next essayist was H. A. Hartt, M. D., of New York, who was received with applause, The speaker commenced by saving that im this age wo seem have condensation on the brain, and humorously luded to the snortness ot the time accorded to speaker, The temperance work of the men ot the inst filty years is an event which will be an ¢; history of man. In all races of me> th uneradicable evils, and fron ail the a: bations we hear the soug of the.d! duty of man to bring Jorth » > The speaker, in giowing Jat various Scriptural allusions wh’ ence to the use of wine, and | The early history of the Jews /) «8 (se © pied a prominent portion @f © seuriliv n= miracle of Christ was the tor 1 Waker inbo viibng und one of Hin last nets was tc oom rete the jaibe af the grape as His blood,.whiteh! os bo b> weed ip thee te ission of sins. The assertive ines Vie wide of (he® Scripture was uplermented was staied to be talse, and tne doings of the Church of Corimtu was instanced as an example of the truth of the spoaker’s statement, A portion of a circulur issued by a temperance house in New York was read and several sharp com- ments made thereon. There ure times in man’s bise tory in which alcoholic liquors are necessary, and were said in certain instances to be a gratetul restorative, The relapse aiter the ase of liquor was said to be that of a nervous reiaxation, Alcobol was stated to be the gilt of God, and the speaker said that it was time to draw aside the veil and expose the groat excess of that which may be a curse, Under the Jewish law drankenness was equal to that of murder, and to-day it ought to be put on the same ground as that of the!t and other crimes, be punished on a par with these acts a; of society. The fear ot punishment wa the only tuing which could eflectually put a stop druncenness. Intoxication, if branded as a felony, would soon be vanished from the ranks of respectabl¢ sociely. asi ¢ The REV. R. HEBER NEWTON, of New York, was the next spenker, and considered physical and’ climatic conditions as applied to the question of sobriety. Any thing which should pr tend to bea short and essy cure forthe great social evil of intemperance must be ever quackery. Nawure igo here salely by the vioe, as appeared from the jucts ¢ run! enness did not become @ great social evil in countries whero cheap light wines were common, He alluded to measures to provide the people with cheap light wines as powerlul and direct blows at m- temperance. The speaker alluded to social efforts fos the furtherance of temperance, and said that society should make intemperance something more thea wrong. It should make it ¥ulgat ‘omen cvery- where should discourage those social which lead to excex#, and social sentiment should make drunkenness sbametul. He earnestly social efloris for the amelioration of tho condition of the poor, for whilo a soctety took better care of its horses and cows than of its men and women, it must not be wondered at if the latter resorted to the con- dition and tastes of brutes, The temperance reform mouvement sbould enter into the household, and even into the food which men and women oat The prevention of intemperance, in a word, is the enliure of character which sbali raise it the lower wants and tasies, The poor oaght to be weaned from the grogshops by teaching them pleasures aud purer tastes, and every mstrume: ally. ab whieh makes men become virtuous should be utilts against intemperance. The prevention of drunkem ness Is to be reached by an onward movement alot the whole line of progress. He suggested as the issat of this discussion the formation of a Church Tem of England. Mr. Newton was rewartded by hearty and Vester applause, In the course of bis remarks Mr, England and New England people had taken im the work of the promotion of temperance, was held in Music Halland that spacious edifice was filled to overtiowing. i of the Congress for courtesies and hospitalities re- coived during 1s sitting were extended by Nev. Dr, Ose Ely expressing sympathy with the purposes of the Vom+ gress was reav. Narture.”” The essayists were Rev, Richard Newton, D. D., of Doane, D. Bishop of Albany, and the speakers Rev. Arth Brooks, of New York; Bishop Whipple, Rev. M: perance Society similar to that of our mother Church wien paid a warm tribute to the part which New TNE EVENING SES810N Previous to tho regular discussion the formal thi good, ot New York, and a letter from the Bishop of ‘The topic for the evening was ‘Revival and Christian Philadeiphin; Right Rev. Crosswett Ben. son, of Engiand; Rassell Sturges, of Boston; Right Kev. Dr, Leo, bishop of Bithop Paddock, as pre | business ofthe Congress 10 a clos the atholicity of spirit that had mé the transactions of the week, and referred ly to the unanmity of fecling among the more liberal means should be employed im ture ke The nudience, to f “Gioria in Excolsis,”” and the Cong! REMEMBER THE POOR, —— Rev. J. L. Spaulding will deliver a lecture to-morrow evening at the Churob of the Tri street, under the auspices of Conference of St Vincent ce Paul. is subject will be Popular Objee tions to the Chur THE NEW BERGEN TUNNEL, Tho (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railpes@ Company has concluded to enlarge the new tunnel under Bergen Hill to the extent of 1, The tum. ne! would have been opened for trafic on tha Ist inst but for the acuon of the Hobokew and eer ay. ae thange bc’ grace “Thedauuel wn ae reaay bop hange Of “rains votore the 28t of Decembe.