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4 } vote of November 7, and offically deviascd tne eitc- tion of the six democratic Presidential electors. Fed Tilden vote was...., Tilden over Haye Tilden over all In 1872 Grant’s majority over Greeley was 4,424, and the result this year shows a democratic gain since 1872 of 7,324, On @ total vote the increase is 26,000. TUR GUBERNATORIAL Vore. The canyass of the gubernytorial vote showed a Dlurality of 3,420 for Richard D. Hubbard, of Hart- ford (dem.) over Heury C, Robinson (rep,) and a ma- jority over all of 2,044, THE CONGRESSIONAL The majorities in the Congr: First, Landers (dem.) over Ha’ Phelps (dem.) over Kellogg (rep.), (rep.} over Waller (dem.), 1,748; (aem.) over Hubbard (rep.). 1 GOVEKNOR INGEKSOLL'S BLIGIBILITY. ‘The project of some of the leading republicans here of aitempting to prove the eligibility of Governor In- ersoll, democratic elector at large, ended in smoke this morning. Last night they were coulideut that he atill held an office as United States Commissioner and * was therefore ineligible, and a written natice of con- test was prepared and signed, aud arraugements were made for serving it on the Board of C: sers when they met to canyass the Presidential el This morning your correspondent called upon the tlerk of the court, and was shown an old record book of the United States Circuit Court conta'nin lowing entry in the familiar handwriting of Judge Loren R. Waldo:— ‘Tuurspay Arte Ds, ersoll, of New Uayen, filed United States Commissione: Court ‘This set at rest a!l possible doubts vorr. Fourth, Warner ptember, 1870 —Charles R. In- is resignation of the office of which’ was accepted by the to the question. THE ELECTORAL VOTE. PRECEDENTS AND INTERESTING FACTS FROM CONGRESSIONAL HISTORY. {From the St. Louis Republican, Nov. 2 To mx Epirox ov rue Rxpuuiic In view of the fact that the canvassing Board in one of the two States on wnich the result of the Presiden. tial election is now couceded to depend has been re- garded with great distrust and suspicion by candid | nd its action at the last election | men of both partie: in a strictly local matter so scandalously Miegal that it was formally condemned and sct aside through the in- tervention of a republican Congress, the question of the counting of the electoral votes becomes of very great importance. The republican leaders and organs, even betore the election, intisted that the twenty-second joimt ryle, under which the last three counts have been made und which provided for the exclusion of any. State on the objection of either house, is no longer in force, owing to tho failure of the two houses to re-enact such rule in the present Congress and to the expressed dis- sent of the Senate, and that the count this year must be made and the result determined by the President of the Senate (Senator Ferry, of Michigan), Since the election the republican press and Jeaders further insist that the action of the State canvassing or returning boards, no matter what it is, must be accepted as final d conclasive in the count in February. Now that the House has a deniocratic majority of 10 and the Senate a republican majority of 17, in view of the maniiest possibilities of the situation, it be- tomes a matter of grave importance to determine whether these positions ure sustained by the prece- fents of previous counts. The count 1s made under the followjug provision of amendment 12 to the constitution:— * * * The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and the House of Representatives, open all the certiticates, and the yotes shall then be counted; the person baying the greatest number of yotes for Presi- dent shall be the Presjdent, it such nvmber be a ma- ority of the whole number of eleciors appointed. vee \he construction of tt ough never before essential to the determin dential election, has been discussed on several occasions in Congress, Phe amendment was proposed in 1803, alter the aes: rate coulest In the House of Represeniatives under nal prov tution, which re- of eth ¢ Presi- Chancelior Keat inclined to the view that in nce of iggislation the President of the Senate 16 constitution does pot expressly declare by whom the voles are to be counted and the result do- clared. {h the case of questionable yotes and a closely contested election, this power may be all Important, and I presume, in’ the absence of all legislatt Figion on the subject, that the President of the senate counts god vetermines the result, and that the two houses are present only us spectators to witness the Twirness ana accuracy of the transuction, aud to act ohly if no choice is made by the electora.’’ (1 Kent's Commentarie On whe oth 8 on tue constitution, 18 of opini: is made for such an emerger issus in the constitution; and Judge Cooley, of : stinguished authority on constitutional law, 10 lie notes in the last edition of the Commgn- taries sevimed to take the same yiow:— “In the erigiual plan, as Well ag in the amendment, ao provision ts made for the discussion cr decision of shy question which may arise as to the regularity and iutheaticity of the revurns of the electoral votcs, or the right of the persons who gave the votes, or the tanner of circumstances in which they ought to be J, Justice Story, in his Commen- that no pro- counted. It seems to have been tiken for granted {hat mo question could ever arise on the subject, And that nothing more was necessary than to open the certificates which were provuced in the presence of both houses, and to count the names and numbers as returned. Yet it 18 easily to be conceived that very delcate and Tueresting inquiries may occur, tit to be debated and aecided by some deliber- ative body. in faci, aquestion did occur upon the rounting of the yotes tor the Presidency in 1821, upon the re-election of Mr. Monroe, whether al! votes of the State of Missouri might be counted; but as the count tould make no differeuce in the choice, and the decla- ration was made of hig re-election, the Senate imme- ately withdrew, and the jurisdiction, as well as course of proceeding in'a case of real coniroversy, was left in mbarrassing situation”? (2 Story’s Commen- taries. section 1,473.) fhe Congressional records, however, show almost a ananimity of sentiment on’ all occasions where the matter has been under discussion against the exe wstence of any such a power in the Vice President. As eminent men have taken part in these discussions at times When there was no temptation to party lines the opinions expressed are entitled to weight, independently of the fact of uniform and settled practice. It has been ably and forcibly argued, among others by General Butler, of Massachusetts (whose lezal Ability no one Will dispute), that the express power given to the President of the Senate to open the certificates excludes the idea of a fartner grant of power by intendment to count, To quote his language, as reported im the Con- gressional Globe for February, 1867, on the oceasion of the debate on the Georgia question:— “Where the power is expressiy given by law toan officer to do a certain thing only, that power is limited, and a further power to do another thing not expressly conferred upon him cannot be given by imtendment, and the very conferring the power with a hmitex- cludes the tutendment. ”” The Congressional records show that the actual count of the electoral votes Was made in the following manner up to the adoption of the twenty-second rule in 1863:—The President of the Senate opened the certificates and then handed them to the tellers pro- viously appointed by the two houses, The teilers counted the votes, and reported the count to the Prest- dent, who thereupon declared the successtul candi- dates elected. The only controversies in relation to the count prior to 1865, of which I find record, were the cases of Mis- Bourt in 1821, Michigan in 1837, and thatof Wisconsin in 1857. The two former cases presented the same question, Each State baa been admitied to the Umien just prior to the election, and it was seriously doubted whether any provision had been made for the election of eiec- tors, The Missouri case is mentioned by Justice Story in the paragraph above quoted. On that prece- dent the resolation in the Georgia case was passed in 1869, as will be hereaiter seen, ln the Michigan case the following resolutions were adopted by both house: Resolved, That in relation to the vi the votes of an to be counted, the result would ve, for AB lor nt — votos; il riot counted, for A B— but in elther event A B is elected, and in like manner for Vico-President.”” ‘This was reported to the Senate by Senator Grundy, the cbatrn ‘of the committee, who remarked that the game cours: taken in the Missours case in 1821, on the regolution of Henry Clay. The adoption of this resolution, while it a dd the determination of the legality of the vote, yet seems to imply the assertion of a right in the houses to! direct the President of the Sepate in the count. Francis Thomas, of Maryland, a member of this committee on the part of the House, thirty-two years afterward, in 1860, was again a mem- ber, and in the debdate in the Georgia case recited tue above facts, and in the course of his remarks said ;— “Tt was (then) Agreed on ali hands that Congress had the po not only to proseribe the manner, but to inquire into the validity, the suiiciency, the actuality of the yous which might be presented to the Vice Presidents to be counted. "—(Congressional Giobe, third sceston Fortieth Congress. ) THE COUNT oF 1857 deserves particular attention, us the action in the Wis- consto case that your Is being very extensively cited on the authority of Senator Morton as & precedent for the right of the Prenidont of the Senate to make the count wos the result. The facts in that case rare liows:—The electors of Wisconsin, owing to a . Severe snow storm, which prevented all travel, were Bnable to reach the State Capital om first Wednes- of December, the day prescribed by Jaw, bat did mect there on the — following and cast their votes in due form fF Fremont and Dayton. Their certificate contained & Tecitel of these facts, On the day of the count, the teliers reported to the President of the Senate (sena- tor Mason, of Ma that Bachanay and Breckin. Fidge had recei 174 vi Fremont and Dayton 114 ‘Votes (including the Wisconsin), and Filimore the fol- | NEW YORK HERALD, THU | ane voneison eight votes; and they also reported the facts of the Wiscousin case, Mr, Mason immediately declared Buchanan and | | Breckinridge elected by a majority of the electors ap- pointed. Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky, protested against the action of the President in declaring the r sult elore the legality of the Wisconsin vote was termined by the House, on the express ground that at some futare time it might be precedent against the right of the Hous make such determination, The Senate re- ured, and a long dtscussiot ensued in both houses, in which there was @ considerable diversity of | opinion as to the legahty of the Wisconsin voie, but ot as to the right of question, So decided was the feeling on the iatter proposition that Mr. Mason took occasion the next | day, while presiding over the Senate, to make an 6x- | planation of his action and to disclaim ihe assertion | ot any such right im the following languag the | presiding officer, in his own judgment, (as he believes now: t James Buenan: u est puinber of votes, and that that number | was a majority of tae whole number of electors; not | undertaking to decide and not having decided whether the vote of the State of Wiscousin had been given to John C. Fremont, a power that the Chair utterly dis- | claims aud never asserted,” (Congressional Globe, | second session Thirty-fourth Concress, p. 649.) ‘The action of Mr. Mason will hardly serve as a pre- cedent for Mr. Ferry in the contemplated republican programm ‘The proceedings in connection with the counts of 1865, 1869 and 1875 are interesting, as the three made while the republican pariy nad’ control of all the branches of the Yoverument. As in Is21, 1887 and 1857, so in all of these the results were overwhelming in their favor, irrespective of any disputed or informal votes, so that there was no temptation for either house to be controlled by party bins. It 1 a singular fact that, as early as 1865, Louisiana | was the occasion of a discussion in Congress on this very question. Republican electors had been voted tor in that portion of the State which Was held by the the spe national army. senators, notably of Ben Wade, of Oblo, taking most curnest grounds against the use of an army in any manner in connection with an election would furnish uptillustrations for a discussion ongsome features of | this clection, ‘The result was the adoption of a joint resolution excluding from the count the votes of any States which had been in the rebellion, In addition fo this was also adopted the now famous twenty-second joint rule, The Jatter was adopted without debate in | the House, but in the Senate was the occasion of an in- | teresting discussion, in which the power of Congress to contest the count Was expheitly affirmed; and tho theory of the power of the Vice President to control it | was denounced with special carnestuess, Just prior to THE COUNT OF 1887 tho two houses passed a joint resolution concerning the counting of Georgia (the State not having been admiited to representation in both houses), similar to the Missouri and Michgan resolutions above noted. | During the count the yore of Louisiana. objected | to on the ground that the elechon had been carried | by “intimidation,” but che objection was overruled by | botn houses, under the rule, and the vote was counted | for Seymour and Blair, When Georgia was called | General Buticr objected to its beg counted, and the two bouses separated to consider the objection. ‘The House of Representatives voted to sustain it, but the te decited that under the jomt resolution | above noted the objection was out of order, On the return of the Senate the President (Senator Wade) ruled the objection out of order, and refused to entertain an appeal. A scene of great disorder fol- lowed. Butler vehemently demanded a hearing, but the Pregident persisted in ruling him out of order, and in the midst of a great uproar, in Which Butler offered a resolution that the Senate have leave to retire and Ubat the jomt couyention be dissolved, and proclaimed the right of the House to clear the ball of interlopers, the President declared the result in accordance with Joibt resoluuion; announced Grant and Colfax elected, ‘and then retired with the Senate to their own chan ver. In the House @ resolution was at ouce intro- duced by Butler, censuring the President of the Sevate oiating: the privileges of the House, General i made one of his characteristic speeches, in which he denounced the joint resolution ' as unconstitutional, and im vivid terms described the imminent peril! to the country im the | event of a closely contested election, should, the rights of the House be aliowed to be disregarded bY the President of the Senate. The successiul candidates had su large inajority that this controversy degenerated ito a personal squabble between Butler and some, of | bis repoblican rivals, and the whole matter was ‘al- jowed to drop. Iwill be observed that in this caso | the trouble arose uot from uny assertion by'the Presi- dent of the Sonate of a right in himself to determine a count, but from his insisting on enloreing a joint reso- Iution of the two hous ‘THE COUNT OY 1873 furnished some interesting precedents, Voor Louisiana again appears as w disputed State, this time with two sets of clectors, One was certilied to by Governor Warmoth, whose signature was attested by the Assistant’ Seeretary of State, and was accom- panied by the olticial Certificate of the count of votes from the State Kegistrar; the other, or Grant electors, were certified to by the tary ot State, riy in the session the Senate tive on Privileges and Elections had veon in- | ito investigate the election of electorss and | several objections based on that report were made to both cerulicates and both were excluded by the votes of boil houses, When the Arkansas certificate was Teached Senutor Rice, of that State, objected to the vote being counted because “the oificial returns in Said State, made accoraiug to the laws of said Stute, show that the persons certified to by the Secretary of Stute as elected were not elected as electors of Prosi- dent and Vice President,” The vote was excluded by the Senate. Three votes from Georgia, cast for Horace | Greeley, wore uiso excluded, . ‘Vbus We tind from the records:— “irst—That prior to 1865 the count was made by the tellers of the two houses; that im no instance did the President of the Senate exercise or assert the right ot controlling the count; but that, on the contrary, in 1567, Senutor Mason expressly disclaimed sueh a right. Second—Vhat since the accession of the republican party to power Congress has in the most emphatic yanner asserted and enforced its control over the count, not by laws but by jotut rules and Poaclations: und bhs thus passed upon the validity of imaividual «i the executive certificates and ex- tes from the count. in tho casv of Louisiana we have tho following spe- which cannot be too carefully Fursi—That the only electoral vote ot Louisiana counted since 1861 was that vivgn in 1868 for the demo- eratic nominees, Seymour and Blairwand that on that occasion the objection of “intimidatiun” was over. ruled by both republican houses. Second—That in 1872 the legality of theelectoral vote was investiyuted by the repuolcan Senate, and on the facts disclosed by that investigation the votes were excluded, noi withstanding the Grant electors were cer- tified to by the Secretary of State, and the State officers declared elected by the same cavVassing board had been installed in oifice by the army by command of President Grant, But, we are told, the twenty-second joint rule being no louger in force, there is no power in Congress to control the count, and it all rests with the Vice Presi- dent. The staiement of such a proposition ts its own refutation. A jomt rule inno conceivable sense can conter on Congress the right to control the electoral count. No legisiative body by a joint rule cap add to its constitutional powers. On the contrary, the con- tinued regulation and enforcement of a power by rules is the strongest possible assertion of the possession of the right. Conceding, then, that the jojnt rule is no longer in force, bow is the situation changed? Under the operation of the role either house covid Toject the vote of any State, so that while the House could throw out Louisiana the Senate could throw out Mississippi, and so on. Now, we have in a disputed election, according to the. pre- cedents, a right in Congress to control the count, yet no mode of procedure agreed on between the houses to regulate the exercise of that right. Should then the Louisiana’ Returning Board ado now what Mr. Wheclers Mr. Evarts and other eminent republicans have warned us they may do, and what at the last election it was formally determined that they did do, the republican precedents of previous counts “point out clearly the way in which the present House can prevent the final sauccessiul consummation of so greatacrime. It can invite tbe Senate to follow i own precedent of 1872, and unite in investigating the facts, Should a joint committee, composed of repre- sentative men of both parties, copcur in a report (us did the House committee of 1875), it would carry such moral weight as would practically settle the controversy. If it should be jound that the Hayes and Woeeler electors were fairly catitied to their certiil- cat that would end the matter. Butif the commit. nvassing Board in either was found in in 1872 and 1874), then the rejection of such yotes would be the on’y cuurse (follow ng the pr dent of 1873). Iu this event Tilden and Hendricks would be elected by the Eiectoral College, unics the House should take the view that the rejected votes were inciuded in the computation of the ‘whole num- ber appointed,”’ in which case there would be no choice by the colloge, and Tilden would immediately be elected President and Wheeler Vice President by the House and Senate respectively, according to the Constitution. It as clear that any bt these results requires the exer- cise of an impartial and non-partisan spirit, which tt n be hopeless to expect from purty leaders, however | hdhest, in an exciting party emergency; bat only such | a spirit on both sides can save us from the most dan- gerous controversy which can threaten tho stability of | any government or the peace of any people. Assuine, then, that the Senate refuses to joi in any investiga- | tion, insists upon the absolute conclusiveness of the action of the Keturning Board and the soe right of 1:8 President to determine this tremendous quesiion, on | every point defying the precedents of its House and its party, what then? ‘The meeting of the two houses forthe count und these circumstances would almost certainly result ip two Presidents. While it is true that there are no pre- codenis for (he determination of a question by vote as in joint convention, yet, as we lave seen, they are against any such right in the President of the Senate, From the proceedings of the count in 1869, when mat- | ters of no moment caused the trouble, we can form | some idea of the possibilities of such a situation, If it | Is said that Mr. Hayes would be recognized by the present executive (a la Kellogg), and imstailed by the army, it must be remembered that the House of Rey- Tresentatives, without whose acquiescence no adminis- tration can stand. not only in this bat the next Con- gress, exiendig through halt the presidential term, Might retuse to recognize his title, Hut the House would have another remedy, should all 11s efforts to obtain the co-operation of the Senate in securing an honest count according to the above precedents jail, |p refusing to meet the Senate for the count, Under the Constitution the President of the Sonate can open the cervilicates, and the count bo made only in the presence of the houses. In all the discussions on the subject this hax been accepted a Jed, and the contingency has been on several Occasions mentioned, The day of counting tg fixed by statute, and can be changed by lexiiation. In this contingency \t would seem that the House and Senaie could not elect, for their power is conditioned on the previous ascertainment of the result of tho electoral Vote, and under existing laws the only remody (sup- the houses to determine’ tho | ches of several republican | | posing the deadlock to continue would be the or- of a new election for ext November by cretary of State under section 147 of the Revised Statute@#® The result of that election could not be declared until February, 1578, and whether there is any provision in the statutes tor the interim between the expiration of General Grant's term ou March 4, and that time is not entirely clear, ‘The weight of current authority, however, seems to be that in that cuse the President of the Senate (to be elected this winter, ax Senator Ferry’s tim on the 4th of March), would hold the office. that these uncertainties will be the m (even in the unforiunaic ency of a deadlock im this count), woieh will y such embarrassinents, and, if possibie, re- vise the whole electoral system by a constitutional amendinent, and save the country from such trouble in the future. Respecttally, BF. N, JUDSON, St. Lovis, 6. A ‘NEST-EGG OF REVOLUTION. {From the Evening Poet of yesterday.) We were disposed to treat lightly yesierday the scheme for the election of a Pregident by the House of Representatives upon its own responsibility, without regard to the votes of the electors appointed by the several States, and without regard ta the proceedings of the Senate or its presiding officer. But Mr. Clarkson N. Potter considers the scheme seriously and with an evident coveiction that it will be adopted by the demo. cratic leaders in certain contingencies. The ability and experience of Mr. Potter will secure attention for anything he may have to say upon public affairs. Be- side, he isa man prominent and influential in the democratic party, and Was the choice of probably a majority of its members for Governor alter the de- chination of Mr. Seymour. bat an untimely treme State rights speech in support of ex- prevented his nomination at Saratoga. Still more important is the belief, held in some quarters, that he repre- sents the views of Governor Tilden, The Hexatn, which publishes his letter, assumes that he speaks for Mr. Tilden, whatever doubt exists upon the snbject will increase the interes, with which the letter will be read. 4 We shall not follow Mr. Potter through hig review of Louisiana politics or his criticism ypon the character and conduct of the men by whom the government of that State unfortunately has been controlled. We shall not examine just now his constrnetion of the const}tution in respect to the counting of the electoral votes or his application of precedents in the case. What we reter to now is the remedy which he pro- poses for the wrong which ho takes for granted is About to be done, This is the gist ot it ‘The constitution nas proviaea tor no person or body’ to notify the House that there hus heen no election for Presi- dent by the electo y deciding whether to make or withhold syph judge of that tuet, but has Toft the Holise sole judge of the bapponing of the contin. gency calling for [t» xction. As one of the counters of The electoral vote, the House must necessarily know whether that vote bas resulted in # cuoica, aud #0 knowing does not require notification of the fact, ‘And to whom could the question of whether the power was to be ex wid be so properly committed as to the body which is to exercise the that great popular branch of the gove IY represents the cople, aud those members'o. wll those connected with the federal zovernment are alon ed by the people. Having, then, the ordinary nyal wuthority of e superior body.” invosted with exercise of & supreme function, of determining for tthe odeeasion when It fore, the au- pony be lawfully exorched: and having, th thority to decide for ityelf whether a President lias been chosen by tie electors or not, and. if not, to then itself choose the President, wiv can lawfully dispute the authority of the President whein the House of Representatives may thus choose. This is, in substance, tho plan tor securing two Pres- idents tow! ferred yesterday, Mr. Potter makes no allowance for avything which the Senate may do, or which the President of the Senate, who is put by the constitution inte tho foreground of the pro- ceedings, may do. This r : clare that a President had been dul, 4, Potter would have tho House go on and elect: another President. The Senate might differ with the House as to whether or not there had been an election. but Mr. Potter would have the House go on and hoid another election all the same. He makes no allowance for what the electors, appointed by the States under the author. ity of tbe constitution, may da, He does, indeed, bintat the possibilty of two certiticates from Lonisinaa, the contesting one to be signed by Governor McK but it canpot be pretended that McEnory would even any color of right to give such a certificate. There might not be an entering wedge tor an objecti to the formal regularity of any returns trom any Stato. but Mr. Potter would have the House suil goon and elect a Progident in the face of these rewurns. He therefore puts the House—the popular branch of Con- gress as it is called, the representative of the national rather than the federal theory—above the only federal oflicer to whom the constitution in terms gives any control of the returns. Ho puts it above the which directly represents the States. above the States and their reserved which the constitution and the our political history admonish us rasp cl, No matter how distasteiul to us may be the yor the persons controiling those Btates or exer. pal ciging those privileges. Thys 16 a curious Htion to be taken by aState rights democrat, b ng may pass for the present. The remedy which Mr Potter proposes to apply isa contradiction of the argument by which he leads up to it. His argument is that the President of the Senate 1s amero instrument inthe proceedinzs which aro had upon the counting of the votes. Whatever judi- cial junctions are provided for, he bes fe must be dis- charged by Congress. Congress really counts the votes and decides what ure votes In doing this, he says, each bousy has cqual rights; each bas the right to object; the 0 houses must concur in aly steps which are taken, But when tho most important function is to be discharged, when what may be called the supreme Judicial act 1s to be done, when judgment vpon all the proctedjngs is to be pronounced, when the question who has been elected or whether there has been an election at all arises, Mr. Potter foreakes bis ling ot argument, he concedes no right to the Senate, he gays nothing more about « coacarrence ol the two houses: but he makes the House of Representatives the s judge; he gives to it the exclusive exercise of judie! Junctions. Since, however, Mr. Potter contradicts t! whole theory and practice of our government, It ts not surprising t! @ contradicts bimself. 'e Shall refuse to believe, except upon the very best evidence, that Governor Tiigen shares Mr. Pot- ter’s views. We prefer to believe that he will not in- cubate this nest egg of revolution. We prefer to be- lieve that Governor Tilden is better represented by the Sun, There is no room to doubt the sincerity and heartiness of its advocacy of the democratic cause before and since the election, The Sun says that the result of the election, as it sball be ascertained from the regular electoral certificates of the must be acquiesced in, and 1) and oppose any action by the House of Represen tives looking to any dispute of the regular electoral certificates {rom any of the States.’’ This is orderly and according to common sense. Whatever remedy there may be for any wrong done in Louisiana or any other State, revolution will pot be tolerated romedy for an instant. In this case as In others prevention js better thun cure, The best way to treat the wrong is to use every available inilu- once to avert It, Lot the full force of public opinios be brought to bear upon the canvassing officers In the doubtful States to induce them to uct honestly and to give to their proceedings that open, frank and fair character which shall satisfy the people that they have acted honestly. On the other hand, let it not be taken for granted that they inteud to act dishonestly. If avy of them should defy public opinion, if they should act dishunestly, there 1s one remedy to which we look forward with a clear faith. edo not believe that Governor Hayes will accept the Presi- dency if it shalibe secured for him by avy questiona- vie means. He hus said (hat he would scorn to gain the office by a trick, We have no doubt that if it should be awarded him by a frand in Loaisiana or where else he would, without the loss of a day, known his refusal to accept it. His conduct comfortable contrast with the revolutionary course of th jocrats.. We have as httie doubt that republi- cans are almost unanimous in their agreement with Governor [ayes upon this subject At all events, it is significant that no threats of Violence or revolution come trom republicans. All euch plars have a democratic origin, We know that there are republicans who would give the Presidency to the democrats ten times over rathet than seeare it for thomseives by unworthy methods, cr in securing it involve jountry in strife and anarchy, It is to be wishad that there were more signs of a ike spint bat or ileed self-sacrifice among the democrats. — ow that the name of Governor Tilden has been used to give weight aud importance to a detestable scheme, we hope that he willcrush Mi Potter's revo- lationary nest egg promptly and effectually, CLARKSON N. POTTER. HIS LETTER 10 THE HERALD AN EMBODIMENT OF HIS OWN VIRWS SIMPLY-—TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS CORRECTED. 61 Wat Struxt, New York, Nov. 22, 1876. To Tas Epitor ov Tuk Henatv:— Sm—Permit me to ask further space of you to say— First—That my letter published this morning was not meant to be taken as representing any views but my own. Second—Owing to mistakes In the types or copy let me add that thore usually are two tellers appointed by the House of Representatives to count the electoral votes; that the certificate to the Gratz Brown elector in 1872 was made by Warmath, Governor, not McKoery, and those for the Grant electors by Borie, Sevrotary of State, instead of Kellogg, Governor, as printed. CLARKSON N, POTTER. MAJOR GENERAL SHALER. To tax Eprror ov #a® Henaty:— Four or five anys ago I read in the Now York Sun an account of an interview with Major General Sha which ne is represented to have said that he was pre- pared on election day to consider himself under tho orders of Mr, George Blive, United States District At- torney, as representing the President; that be did not idor it ry that the Prosident’s orders biel id be transmitted to him through the Executive of that tn of a cul 1 of authority no would di rd the orders of the Go v, and was ready himself to take ideas If this story 16 true tho people of this city shot w it, and papers such \ RSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1876, Itis believed that nothing | We prefer to believe differeutly; buy | is the Hekate should not hesitate to express au opinion upon it Could you not‘let one ot your re- porters mierview General Shaler to see if the Sun re- porter bas uot been romancing, and let the public | know the result? MILITIAMAN, Naw Yori, Nov. 21, 1874. PAYING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. ADDITIONAL LEGAL COMPLICATIONS 48 TO THE PAYMENT—MEETING OF BOARD OF OAN- VASSERS—-RETURNS MISSING FROM SEVERAL counTixzs, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD, ] Aumaxy, Nov, 22, 1873. The puzzle about the pay of electors bas been ad- ditionally muddled by the discovery, to-day, that chapter 9 of the Laws of 1875, declares that members of the Legislature shali bo paid $10 per day, until the close of tho session, and the residue out of the snnual $1,500 shall be paid at the adjournment which leaves a loophole for the money savers ef tho State, wishout actually set- tling the matter. For good authorities hold that $1,500 18 nevertheless the actual pay of members, without regard vo the method of paying them. A Gordian solution of the dificulty, however, les in the fact that no appropriation whatever has beep made by the fast Legislature tur the .pay of electors, and that even the expenses of the messengers from the various counties Who bring the returns cannot te met under the present lay by the Comptrolier, ‘The evil hay be- come so positive that the next Legislature willbe very sure to remedy at, THE BOARD OF CANVASSBRS. The State Board of Canvassers met to-day to count the vote for Presidential electors. There were present | Seeretury Bigelow, Comptroller Robinson und Treas- urer Koss, and the State Engineer, Mr. Van Buren, the only rei malin member of the ‘Board being still absent, sick at hie reeidence on Staten Island, Mr. Bigeiow stated to those present that returns from the couuties of Cattaraugas, Chemung, Chautauqua, Orange, New York and Kings were still missing, and that under the law they could not proceed to canvass «any votes, Upon further = in- quiry it was discovered that upon the tourth day of the sitting only couid they make a canvass, it the whole retarns bad not been received, aud they aro permitted by law to sitoniy tive duys. He therefore moved that an adjournment be bad until to-morrow afternoon at four o’elock, whieh was agreed to. Tele- grams Were sent to the clerks of the countios (the re- turns from which are missing,) to hurry them up, and it 1s probable that tho complete returns will be in to- morrow. A POLITICAL SERENADE. THY DEMOCRATS OF THE ELEVENTH DISTRICT PAY THEIR BESPECTS TO CONGRESSMAN WILLE. The Hon, Benjamin A, Willis, Congressman-elect from the Eleventh district of New York, was the re- cipient of a serenade last night at the Wixzdsor Hotel, Filth avenue. Among those present were:— Hon. J. S. Thayor, Justice Duly, Orlando Stewart, Alderman Twomey, Abraham Brown, E. B, Hart, Al- derman McCaffery and many others. The procession consisted of the Ninth Ward Red Whiteand Blue Association, with torches; the Pat- rick Gaf_lney Association, of the Seventeenth Assembly district; Tammany Hall Association, trom the Elev- euth Assembly district, and ciubs from the Seven- teenth, Eighteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first As- sombly districts, the whole being headed by the Sev- enty-Grst Regiment Band. Mr, Thayer introduced Colonel Willis to his constituents; and the latter spoke in substance as follows:— THN ADDRESS OF MR. WILLIS, My Furexps—Were I unmoved by the warmth, tho sincerity, and the grandeur ‘of this demonstration, | | would be w reproach upon hnman nature. No service performed by me in War or peace, no service I cau render my country. cau justify the muguilicent ovation you now tender me. ‘The banner of a purified and reformed democracy, upborue by our President-elect, was by chance placed m my bands, and, thanks to a good Providence, 1s stul high auvanced in tho Eleventh ‘Congressional district ew York, This glorious conciusion 1s due toa itueney whose firmness cunning could not shuke, | whose patriotism and virtue the hopes of spotis could not debauch, and therefore I doin my heart's depths congratulate you forthe victory which way a hard carned triumph of honesty and decency over corrup- tion. My friends, a party is a mere agency through which certain ends’ are attained, or certain ideis of govern- mept and legislation carried out The moment it couxes to be a just agency, or becomes an instru:vent of wrongdoing, it should bespurned and discarded. When the war was over and its resuit well garnered, ‘universal suffrage, sanctity of tho national debt, repu- diation of the rebel dept, vecame accomplished facts, fortified by constitutional amendments; when a nution wag exultant thatthe chains of slavery had been broken and a republic saved, the republican party bad an opportunity, never before in history vouch. satéd fon political organization, to enthrope itself for all time upon the affection and gratitude of a mighty people. To torgive our brothers their offences, to abandon ail arbitrary excesses, to re- store constitutional limitations, constitutional rights, eonstitutiooal money, to ponge and purty. But alas! Repubheanism merged into Granusm. Sumner, Greeley and Chase were obiiged to resign their leadership and driven humiliated and heart-broken to their graves. Under the auspices of Mortons, Chand- lers, Butlers, Blaincs selfishness, greed and hate be- came RLEMENTS OF RULERSIIP, A roign of plunder was inaugurated, which, while it enriched an oli ih impoverished a people. A forced loan, declared uneonstitutional as a a currency by the Ingbest court in the nation, and subsequently legalized by a packed tribunal, still mocks us ip tbe guise of money, Government notes discrea- ited and at a ciscount of ten per cent is the glaring sham which blots all over the otherwise transcendunt glory of the Centennial year. A tariff oppressive, in- quisitorial und unconstitutional, because unequal, cx- po the merchants to the machinations and extor- tions of blackmailing officials Raseahty and corrup- tion in official service, foreign and domestic, go unpun- ished when capone and admitted. The American people have a right to expect from Samuel J. Tilden peace within our borders; confidence, to be bad only by bridging over the deep gulf between labor ynd cap:tal; economy, which has aiready beeu initiated by the present Congress; a repeal of all laws passed which provide for the payment of Soutnern claims, whether of rebels or Joyalists, and @ repeal of the present iniquitous tariff, KINGS COUNTY CANVASS. The oflicia) canvass of the vote of Kings county, which has just been completed, gives the following re- sult:— PRESIDENT, 7,557 Tilden electors. 39,125 Hayes electors, Cooper electors. Tilden over Hayes. Robinson (dem.) Morgan (rep.)... seeeeeeee 15,840 50 252 44,87 Robinson over Morgan...... COUNTY CLER! Delmar (dem.) Berri (rep... Delmar over Borri... Barre (aem.) Tanner (rep.). Barre’s majority... SURROWATE, Livingston (dem.) Dailey (dem.)... Livingston’s majority.........66+ JAKITY COMMISSIONER. Midas (dgm.) Canningham Midas’ majority........ CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. i CONGRESS. First district—W. D. Vovder (dem.). James Cavanagh (rep.) + 8,331 Third district—S. B, Chittenden (rep.) + 110 T.S. Dakin (dem). 17,868 Foarth district—A. M. Biiss (dom. « 18,506 Solomon Spitze: REPUBLICAN DISSA'TISFACTION, Tho Citizens’ Republican Association of the Thir- teeuth ward, Williamsburg, beid a public meeting on Broadway, near Fifth street, last evening, to express thoir dissatisfaction at the manner in which the federa; oilice holders bad managed the republican party in the ward, Willam H. Palmer’ ided, and, alter speeches from Supervisor Demas Strong, Colonel Charles B, Morton and others, a committee Was appointed to pre- sent charges against the office holders to secure either their removel from power or {air primaries in the future, Some excitement ts expected when the com- mittee are roady with their re} THE COMPTROLLERSHIP. ‘The situation reiative to the Comptrollership re- mained about tho same ‘yosterday. Tammany politi- cians insist upon it that Mr. John Kelly’s name will be sent in to the Board of Aldermen by Mayor Wick- ham, and, of course, confirmed without any troadle whatever. His Honor will not commit himeelf to any statements relative to the subject, aud no definite con- clusion éan be arrivod at as to what course ho means to pursuo in the future, If he constrnes sec. 5 tion 25 of the charter to the> effect that no power rests in bis hands to nominate © Comptroller, toe ot course, Mr. Groen will hold over until some slative action considers that the —TRIPLE SHEEY, ing which may be called within the ten days laid down yy statgtes. The following are the words of the bearing upon the iatter view of the contro- M1 nowiuations to aay office or ofices, which by t te Mayor is authorized or empowered to nom- inte & person oF persons to in place of apy present in- cumbent or incumbents, shail be made to the Board of Aldermen within twenty days alter the passage of this act, and any such nomination or nominations to Lill apy vacancy which shall hereatter occur by reason of the expiration of the Ler of office of any officer or irom any other cause, and which shall not be ereated uy ng im this act providing for the ter- mination of thé term of office of any olficer or person now in office, shail be to the Board of Aldermen within ten days from the day of the date of any such ‘vacaney. Thus stands the case at present. Comptrolier Green’s bia dard term expired on Mond it, and the Mayor hus ten days from that tune 1m which to send in a naine to the Board of Aldermen, Should he consider that the wording of section 25 does not em- power him to nominate a Comptroiier, then it js clear sailing for Mr. Green. But many ihink that this ts a false \uterpretation of the law, and that Mr. Kelly or somebody he may designate will be the choice of Mayor Wickbam. * 1 NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. j EFFECTS OF THE “EQUAL REPRESENTATION IN THE LOWER HOUSK-—ANTICIPATED STRUGGLE OVER THE ORGANIZATION—THE UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP--TaCTICS OF THE BE- PUBLIOANS, Trextox, Nov, 22, 1876. The organization of the lowor house of the State Legislature, which mects on the second Tuesday in January next, promises to be a problem admitting of no easy solution, ta Consequence of the members elect of both parties bemg equal in number—thirty to thirty. . THE SPEAKERSHIP, Ataconferonce of prominent republicans, recently beld, they refused to concede the Spgakership to the dymocrats, giving as a reason that they (the repuoli- cans) are entitled to that office, because the Governor is a democrat and the President of the Sen- ate will also Qe of that party, Outside of this tecling expressed in the conference there is an element in the republivan party Jed by the clerk of the last House, John Y. Foster, wuo are working to have that geutieman reapported to the clerksnip. Ags one parby caupot monopolize the Speakership and clerkship, {t ig evident thut if Mr. Foster suecceds jn accomplishing his object the Speakership will be given to the democrats A prominent republican said to a HERALD representative to-day that it was likely Mr. Foster would “have things his own way as he isan adroit wire puller.” THK UNITRD STATES SBNATORSUIY. ‘A United States Senator, to succeed Mr. F.T. Freling- huysen, is to be chosen on the second Wednesday a.ter the orgauization of both houses. Now, it the republi- cans choose they can defer the organization until alter that time, unless the democrats eoncede everything to them, thus preventing the election of a democrat to | the Senatorship for wu tull term. In that event the Governor would have the power to Hil the vacaocy for one year, and then at its expiration the next Legisla- ture might be republican, thereby giving a member of that party aterm in the United States Senate of five 4 years. That the republicans will strive to carry out this scheme is very probable, as many threats have been made by prominent members of the party to do so, John Y. Foster's ambigion for the clerkship not- withstanding. This is itmation at present, and it 1s dificult to tell whether ther. will ve a democratic United States Senator for #ix yours or for one year, commencing on the 4th of March next. ‘THE CANDIDATES, The number of candidates for the United States Senatorship has not decreased. Ex-Governor Parker, State Senator Abbett, Robert Gilebrist, Ashbel Green, John I. Stockton and Joba R. McPherson are still in the fleld. Jt is said that Mr. Green is making rapid strides for the prize, and that he is abead in thg race. ‘THE SENATE. In regarg to the organization of the State Senate, it is almost settlea thas Leon Abbett, of Hudson county, will be President, and Captain W. H. Gill, of Union county, Seeretary. Tuis branch is democratic by ope majority. : SUPREME COURT CLERKSHIP, State Senator John Hopper is looming up aga promi- nent candidate for the clerkship of the Supreme Court; but it Was reported 1m the State House to-day that Gov- ernor Bedle will reappoint the present incumbent, Benjamin F. Lee. NORTH CAROLINA UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP. Rawicn, Nov. 22, 1876, Hon. M, W. Ransom was to-night nominated by the democratic caucus, Pe acclamation, for the United ‘States Senatorstiip, He is the present incumbent. HON. BARDWELL SLOTE INTER- VIEWED. | iis Aieaie WHAT HE TOLD A ST. LOUIS REPORTER ABOUT THE GREENBACK CANDIDATE. [From the St. Louis Globo (democrat), Nov. 20.) The Hon. Bardwell Slote arrived in this city last evening from Indianapoils, where he has been making @ series of eflective stump speeches in the interest of the “Mighty Dollar’ and the Cooper Presidential ticket. Feeling sure that the distinguished st®esman must have some valuable information to impart a re- porter called on him atthe Lindell Hotel and sought an interview. He found the honorable gentleman pacing to and fro on the top of the water tank in great agitation, his left hand thrust under his stroaming coat tails, and the off corner of his starched neck collar drawing streams of tears trom the correspond. ing eye. ehing him on the fly by the coat the reporter usked him what was tho situat Loujsiana. “You D. Id fellow), said he, falling on the reporter’ ‘ali our efforts have 8 boen N. ( Sera nunquam est; Peter Cooper's G. U.”” Rein queried (he reporter, puzzling over the re- mark. “Yes, G. U.—one up; the fact is, we've been sold out. Ii we'd nad proper party maghinery the P. Y. (popular vote) would have elected Cooper by # large majority; but old Pete was a T. T. (trifle tight) in fipancial matters, and when I ted him to pay wy the D. F. (dear fellow) winked hi ye and called tt all 3. (gigantic joke); hi id the B, D. (bull-dozed were sure to bring him in as K. 0. (counted ad. G. ( districts) out.” “But,” continged the reporter, “youare not gong to let it rest there 1” “Not bya G, F ; wecan’t afford that; magna est dollariam et prevail a bit; the Mighty Doliar is a P. G. ‘T. (pretty good thing).’” “Then, how will you proceed?” that’s A. 8. 3, (all satisfactorily settled); we will invoke the powers of our grea: constitution, and forth- with despatch a committee to supervise the action of the returning boards. and if they don’t count P. C,’s vote and make bim President, why then, mark me you b. F. (dear fellow), there'll bo'a B. W. (bloody ‘ho constitute your committe?” ‘Phe best meu in the land. Lemme see; there’s Count Joanues, Berry Mitchell, Awtui Gardner, who 1s a fair stand off for Morrissey ; Ed. Stokes, Vie Wood- hull and George Francis Train.”* “Who managed the finances in your great cam- paigny” “Finances, eh? Well, | rather think that they were managed by the only representative of the ‘Mighty Doljar,’ and Bardwell Slote takes th to re to you, young man, that when there’s any finauces to manage he generally sees to that hiysell, and puts them where they’!] do the M. G.”” “Where's that, Mr. Slote 1?” “Pp. P., young man, P. P.,’? and the groat statesman coughed hig way through tho nearest skylight, mat- toring something to himsei! that sounded like private purest WONDERFUL ESCAPE FROM DEATH. Jacob Waldham, a contractor at Union Hin, N. J., while driving a wagon load of sand down the moun- tain road yesterday had a wonderfal escape from death. Tho horse became frightened and started off at ll, at av angle of the road, horse precipitated down the bank a dis- twenty feet, Waidham sustained ter. rible contnsions, aud was removed to his home in an unconscious. condition. The horse was seriously burt and the wagon was 4 total wreck, DISAPPEARANCE OF “A GIRL Sarah McLaughlin, a respectable girl of Aiteen years, left her bomeon Monday night last to go to night school and has no} been seen since. The police authorities b mt a description of her to the vari- ous station housesand her rejatives are making every effortto Gnd traces of the girl Sho is five feot in height, has light complexion, blue eyes, with a grayish spotin ono and light brown hair. Sho was neatly THE WORLD'S WONDERS, In the public hall of the Masonic Temple, at the cor- ner of Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street, Professor Cromwell is now presenting one of the most pleasing and ingiructive entertainments ever given to tho ott zens of Now York, It consists of a nerios of views of foreign cities and statuary of auctont modern heroes, classical and civic, which are in detail | sla ha Ld as bhnesy <p and geen ye vl 9 ‘endell Holmes rays it t# ‘‘a beau eyes wide open " "those who have not travelled in Pipi nd pi we Se oe Bye. hee ey ym ny of the gran inte to be seen, | tive their memories by this mont. GEORGIA BOAKD OF HUALTH. i Atavaxta, Noy, 22, 1876. ‘The Georgia Board of Health have resvlved to meet the ¥ in Savannah December 13, to invostigate Me cause of | ellow fever, eC WOMAN SUFFRAGE, WENDELL PHILLIVS ON TUE NEED OF A NEW MORAL FORCE IN AMERICAN POLITICS, [S¥ TELEGRaPH TO THE HERALD.) Yuovivence, R. 1, Nov, 22, 1876, At the anuual meeting of the Ruode Island Women’s Suffrage Association beld in this city to-day Wendell Phillips delivered an address, in which he touched upon some of the leading topics ot the day, He spoke for two hours, and the audience paid close attention to his remarks, of which the following is a synopsis:— We have three great progressive isyues that are soon to monopolize the attantiog of the Americag peaple— pamely, Woman's rights, tue temperance question, ana a change in the fiuancial methods of this Kepublic. When they will come ap, and of course Bo ono can tell, Te influence of each will be ¥ large upon =the social life and the welfare of these forty 3: and po one ean toreses how wide and how deep wil changes «introduced by each, Ordmarily speaking no bation can treat but one question at atime. We are to expect, therefore, that in & question so rad- ical as this of wWoman’s rignts, whenever |} the nution and the States take it up, it will be taken ap by itself, and will almost monopo- lize the attention of whe citizens, ke the tem. on iw one respect. This question, ne ded by legigiation, but no help that’ we can ever get irom the law will ever put an end to the temperance causa 1 see the great clam of this idea on our attention when I look at the nature of our politics, Take for ingiunce the question of this hour, whether Goyeryor Tilden or Governor Hayes ve here elegtod President. What renders it possible? Putting aside the solid South, first, Indiana gives her vote very naturally for her son. Otherwise whore is the support of the democratic ticket? Simply THE CITY OY NEW YORK, It is the majority of the city that overwhelmes the Empire State. It ts New York overilowing into New Jersey, carrying its wealth, its social. influence oves there, that carries that State. The same influence of New York overflowing’ Western Connecticut makes Western Connecticut a suburb of the great city, and, consequently, that city holds three States. We know that the influences that muke the yote of a city are corruption and accessibility of a large clase of the citizens to corruptions. Against t evel of politicethe ouly thing that we have to hope for tn the future is tho access oi a new moral toree, A hundred yi 40 there, was a new force to pe brought i It Was a great question with our fathers whother they should tryst men with yoies who were not property holders, They went to work and examined the question with ail the surrounding circumstanc+9; they tried the experiment; the result is the century just passed. The result is success, Now we stand in the same way. This residential election teaches, more emphatically than anything else, on what a delicate thread she success of our instilp- tions = hang. Our citics have become over- whelming in their political power. ‘That all or almost all our great cities went for Tilden, is evi- dence tuat there is somo cause Working in those great ejties, some peculiar cause which puis them in the power of one s) nd when you look into the matier and examine the constituent elements of the great cities you will observe the clementa into which, by the ucts ‘of the trade, the political system hag fallen. Now, whether this condition of af- fairsshall continue is a great question. With such ab outlook the question comes to.us, is there y- condition, any new element that we can bring into the field anu marshal for the coming struggle? It iz this that gives to me just now my peculiar interest in womanhood ; not so much on the side ot woman her- self claiming to vole, as on the side of the nation claiming of woman tbat she sball vote, WOMAN A¥ THE NATION’ MORAL RESERVE FORCE, There are vast aggregations of wealth in the hands of a few individuals, and that jocreases the danger to Tepublicanism by introducing an element that con- trols votes and independence. In our women there ia reserve force, which brought fairly into action in our politics may cnable us $0 survive ail toe perils that threaten us. Furity of public life is nol just what 1 am Danertaring: now. I believe public fe is ag good as private, ana I do not accede at all tho assumption that our representativ tion. Our public men are only representatives of thr averago American. CIVIL BBRVICE REFORM, Neither would 1 change, as 1s proposed, what called the civil service; that is nothing but desertin, our standard and surrendering the Deelgration of in dependence. The proposition 1s to create an aristo cratic college, with 70,000 scholars in 4t, to stay there for life and to perpetuate themselves by putting ir their relatives. : A WOMAN SUFFRAGE PARTY. In Massachusetts the woman suffrage question hat ripened into a political issue, and we can build a party consecrated to 1t; aud we shall never succeed until we do. Itis too radical to bean appendage to any other movement, The republican party was orgav ized by a danger, and was kept togethe by the cohesivene: of a danger; but ‘io two years their journals have been engago in tearing the old leaders to pieces, and are credulow toun extreme against themselves, whilo at the same time . twelve archangels had precsns wo oe ai news of the out in the & 5 they came near being defeated. No idea Kent them to- gether. Until some new element of cohesiveness 1 Introduced into the parties, politics will be at a stand-still, The lines haye got to be drawn. God will give for intelligently, apd as our fatbers supplied the condi- tions which have lasted up to this time we have got to supply the conditions that make it probable that our government will succeed in the future, and universal suffrage is one ofthem. It has been #et forth by prom- inené pen that the educated classes ere the most trastworthy in politics. The educated classes are not the best by any means; if you take book educa- tion, I will find you more cheating at a ballot box ina ward where all the men are educated than in any other ward. If it means the ed; munity to recognize the duties ai ship aod to contorm to them, then the term is enough. NECESSITY OF HARD WORK. When we f°, toto politics 1 have nos found that either the rank and file of the women’s movement or of the temperance movement are up to the level of the old anti-slayery rank ul Ge jn the sorgiign 9 time the beh *y ‘money. sat] o moment we Ilaunel this = pew ides ours, ry think we ought to Jaunch it i soon as {tripens, into the political arena, the for dreax of us ‘have got to work. We havo got s very great thing in our ds, and much deeper than some of us imagine It is revolutiog in roligion; it is rebellion in State. What we on in’ this bour of our nation’s perplexity and danger, is that we should come forward with all tho strength and the power of working that we have within us, and deinand ot the American people its Feyonpttinn a8 & measure of pairs j and that this nation may be worthy of that civilization which it represents, a = OLD ROXBURY. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION ¥Z8TERDAY—A GIVIC AND MILITARY PARADR—GENERAL BH. BINNEY SARGENT AS THE ORATOR OF THE DAY. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Bostos, Nov. 22, 1876. The citizens of old Roxbury, now forming a part of the city of Boston, united in. centennial celebration today of considerable magnitude and interest during this afternoon. There was # civil and military parade in the midst of a disagreesble storm, and this was followod by interesting commemorative exercises in Dr, Pugnam’s church, in Eliott square. , It was opened for the admission of the publicat two P. M. and wag speed. ily filed. The gailery was Milled with ladies, while the pows on the main floor wore reserved for the various bodies composing the procession end the invited guests, The ex com! it three P, . The Hon. Joba tho first Mayor of Roxbury, presidt the anthe: titled “Ode on Science’? was supg the old tolks’ cboir, of the Wintorop Sarre jodist Church. Prayer was offered by Rev. H. M. King, which the “Star Spanglod Banner’! was su: orator of the day, Generel H. Binney Bei \ 4 ae ot ite f q interesting Or pe beg \eamertea”” pds ung aud the exercises of.t85 by the Rot with the pronouncing of the John 0. Means, STRAKOSCH’S TEMPLE OF ABT. —— Nuw York, Nov. 21, 1876 To rus Epitor or Tit LD i— Among several opinions expressed by some of the leading newspapers of the city, and published in the columns of your mighty paper, in regard to Stra- kosch's opera Bouse, I could not help noticing par- ticulariy that of the World, in which it takes for granted that the people of New York do not want or have no uso for Itahan opera, and that Italian opere has gone “clean out of fashion.” My opinion ts that for such people as only attend the opera for fashion’s sake, and only go there to chat, y nd got tired, as the World justly remarks—for those people, who eithor bave po music tn their souls, or whose musical taste ia #0 coarse that they cannot appreciate good, refined music—for these and for no one else bas italian opera gone “‘eleam out of fashion ;”’ but tor true lovers of the 7 it will never, never, go out of fasbton, any more than Shakespeare's works for literary characters, The World must bear in mind that it does injus- tice to its readers; for the perusal of # an articie jn Edrope would surely tend to form a very poor és- mate of American musical caltare. If our people do not like Italian opera, ay the World romarks, it must be trom Jack of cultivation and appreciation of it How, then, doea the World expect ‘that Wagner's “music of the future” will be understood and for all that it ma: Strakosen’s ont in cold water; but, on the contrary, ove shoud asvist him to accomplish such a magnificent philanthropic undertaking, and to those who woul Oppose it we would remind them of Shi i mortal words: ‘The pinm that hy ‘or 1s not mov" » tit for treason, The motions of hk And bis affection ‘Let no such man be ‘Yours traiy. =