The New York Herald Newspaper, January 2, 1877, Page 3

one i BAYONETS OR CLUBS _ Democratic Members Denied Admission to the State House. oy ARMED STRIFE ANTICIPATED. Two Distinct Legislatures Organized by the Opposing Parties. FEDERAL TROOPS ASKED FOR. Respective Programmes of the Contending Parties. KELLOGG ON THE FINANCES [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) New Or:eans, Jan. 1, 1877, ‘This morning early the democratic programme was again changed, and an agreement made to adhere to the policy adopted by General Nicholl, In con- fermity therewith tho members of the Legislature proceeded at twelvo o’clock M. to the State House to demand admission, Colonel Louis Bush was pre- viously elected Speaker of the democratic House, and 8 spokesman, Upon the demand being made at the only entrance not barricaded ho was met by Colonel A.S Badger, in commund of the police and militiaon duty, who refused him and his associates idmission. Colonel Bush then read a protest, anf re- Mred with the democratic members to St, Patrick’s Hall, whero another Logisigiure was organized by Ulerk Trezevant, of the old House, act NO POPULAR EXCITEMENT, About 1,000 citizens were in attendance atthe en- trance of the State House, who subsequently accompa- nied the democrats to St, Patrick’s Hall; otherwise the proceedings were orderly and croated but little public excitement. TIM STATR HOUSE PREPARED FOR SIEGE. The State House is strongly barricaded, and in some Nearly all tho police force is on aA passageway in the rear leads into an adjoining house, places loopholed. duty in the butiding and about 500 special officers, occupied by the United States troops, who can lend immediate assistance in cise of any attack. Tho proceedings of the two Legislatures, both of which claim to have quorums, were without special in: portance and referred only to organization. DEMOCRATIC INTENTIONS. As yet no well deflned plan scems to have been Settled upon by the democrats other than an intention to call upon the Secretary of Stato to-morrow for a promulgation of the election returns as received by bim from the various polls, This demand will of sourse be ignored by that oficial, anda tho result is fraught with danger. AN INFLAMMATORY APPRAL, The oxtra Democrat, published this evening, uses tne following significant language:— “To-morrow morning, at the legal hour of assem- bling, the members of the Legislature must proceed to the Stale House and occupy it. It lawless rufMans claiming to be policemen and militiamen attempt to Interfere witn them these rufflans will be swopt from their path, Nothing must prevent tho legal Legisla- ture of Louisiana from assembling in tho Senate Cham- ber and Hall of Representatives of this State, except the bayonets of the federal government,” VIOLENCE ANTICIPATED. It is hardly probable, however, that this step will be taken to-morrow, but from present prospects its oc- currence upon the inauguration of General Nicholls on the Oth inst, is almost a certainty, A feeling seems to be growing over the community that it is now necessary to plainly demonstrate the fact that tho present State government rests upon no other foundation than the bayonet, and that the issue must now be squarely made. REPUBLICAN CONFIDENCE. In face of theso troubles the republicans manifest the same contidence they have exhibited throughout the entire contest, and, as their course of action will depend upon that adopted by the democrats, have little to say in regard to the present muddle, STRENGTH OF THR DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION, . The St. Patrick’s Hall Legislature bas only one member in excess of a quorum, while throe or four of its members are believed to be disposed to act in- dependently if notin the interest of Mr. Kellogg. It {s mtimated that the democratic programme is in harmony with advices received from the National Committee, and has the indorsement of all the leading flemocrats at present in the city. Another caucus will \ be held to-night, % A CALL ON THY PRESIDENT FOR TROOPS, The republican Legislature has just passed a con- | warrent resoluiion calling upon the President for \roops to suppress armed resistance to the constituted Authorities, under act 4, section 4, of the constitution of the United States, They havo also passed a joint bill establishing a superior civil court, and abolishing the Sixth lyptrict and Superior District courta, | 4 4 PLANS OF THK REPUDLICAN LWADERS, The republican programme is to entirely ignore the seceding body of democratic legislators and to procecd At once to the business of the session, if the latter do hot enter and take their seats within forty-oight hours they will be expelicd and their seats given to others, Two Senators--Louis Texada and a negro—were ex- pelled from the Senato for refusing to take their seats, This action secured @ reliable republican quorum in both houses. 4 4 i i / In case General Nicholls or his Legisiature should ) Yommit any overt act of resistance to Kellogg's gov- 5 womeént the United States authority, which has al- i dy been legally invoked, 1s relied upon to disperse ‘hem at once, Evidently tho issue is narrowing down vo a well defined point. & NEW DFNOCRATIC STATH: GOVERNMENT TO BR CREATED, Tl cholls prograinme, as decided upon, contem- plates the immediate establishment of all the ma- shinery of a regular government, Court Bench wiil be at once appoimted and new Dis. trict Courts created by (he Legisiavare, il] also be cominiss) A new Supreme ‘Tax collectors 1,10 Whom tho taxymyers are xpected, and, it i# said, have consented to advance xea, Which will be used to defray the expenses of the jew government, Immediate measures will be taken repeal the Metropolitan Police bill and a new police ree will be created, to act under the authority of the ity Council, which is im full accord with the move. ent, DEMOCRATS WILL STAND ON THR DEFENSIVE, The policy as defined to your correspondent by a | Old North State, | elect and reasserts the election ot Prominent leader is to act entirely upon the defensive until the national question is decided, but they will be Prepared “to defend what they create,’? and are de- termined that Mr, Packard shall wield no authority whatever, except through the armed usurpation of tho United Staves, which will not be contested. There ts Yery uneasy feeling in the community, though mod- erate counsels still prev: MONEY FOR TIE NRW GOVEREMENT, Petitions are in active.circulation amoug taxpayers, Pledging them to advance five per cent upon their taxes for the current year, and are being gonerally Signed, As the taxes of Loui $3,000,000, this, it is calculated, will secure over $100,000 to the support of the new democratic govern- ment, jana amount to about GOVBRNOR KELLOGG'’S LEGISLATURE — THE DAY'S PROCEEDINGS AT THE STATE HOUSE— OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE STATE FI- NANCES, New Ogveass, Jan, 1, 1877, About noon the democratic committee called at the State House andasked that the barricades and police be removed, which Governor Kellogg declined, ana the democrats withdrew. At hal{-past twelve o’clock the Clerk of the House made a similar demand, which was likewise refused, wheronpon Louis Sauer, mem- ber trom Avoyelles, called the House to order atthe request of Secretary of State Deslonde and called the roll, Sixty-eight members answored, making a quo- rum, Without administering the oath to members nominations for Speaker wero announced, ex-Gov- ernors Haby and Warmoth being tne nominees. A Vote was then taken by yeas and nays, and Mr, Habn, receiving filty-three votes, was declared elected and took the chair, The Senate was promptly organized by Lieutenant Governor Aptoino with more than a quorum, GOVERNOR KELLOGG’S M#SSAGE. Governor Keliogs’s Message is not long, but it is very pointed. He refers to the difficulties which have surrounded him—organized tax resistance and armed rebeliion during the first two years of his adnunistra- tion, and subsequently tho revolutionary attempt to seize Slegal control of the lower house and an effort to displace the executive authorities by false and frivolous articles of impeachment, which were adopted in violation of plighted faith. STATE FINANCES, Respecting the State finances he says:—The total con- soliduted interest-bearing debt, when funding is com- pleted (exclusive of interest coupons due prior to January, 1874, and interest warrants issued therefor, amounting in all to about $100,000), will be $11,855,92 The taxation for State purposes when this admiistra- tion entered into power was 214% mills on tho dollar, with an equal or even greater taxation in most parishes for parish purposes, Taxation for all State purposes, including schools, is now limited by constitutiona! amendmont to 1444 mills, and by the law of the State the race of parish taxation cun in ne case exceed the rate of State taxation, Constitutional amendments limit expenditures and render null and void all war. rauts Issued in excess of the revenue. The total ex- penditures of the preceding State administration tor the support of the government from 1869 to 1872, in, clusive, were $11,622,005, ‘The total expenditures for tho support of the govern- ment during four years of my administration nave been $4,209,825, a saving of $7,412,180. The interest on all bonds funded up to date has been promptly met at maturity, The payment of interest falling duo on January 2, 1877, 18 announced. Political aificulties have rendered the collection of taxes somewhat slow, and it has not been thought desirable to hasten the funding of the bonds which stilt remain to be con- vertea, The Interest fund 1s intact and cannot bo di- verted for any purpose, It 1s belioved that the dehn- quent taxes to come in will be sufficient to pay the interest on every outstanding bond, SOUTHERN PROSPERITY, The Governor quotes from the tax assessment rolls to show that the assumption that the Southern States cannot prosprr under governments elected in strict ac- cordance with the requirements of the thirteenth: fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to tho consti- tution of the United States is disproved by facts, The crops mado in the State during the present ycar aro computed at 450,000 bales of cotton; 186,000 hogs- heads of sngur; 364,000 barrels of molasses, and 270,000 barrels of rice, with more tban sufficient corn to supply all home demands. ‘These figures are exclusive of other products, which being added make @ total value of between $55,000,000 and $60,000,000. By whom have these results been produced? Not to any apprectable extent by white labor, It is one of the lamentable legacies of slavery that by a largo class of the white population the cultivation of the soil is re- garded asa badge of degredation, Cotton, sugar and rice, Which mamtain the commerce of New Orleans and afford support to the great bulk of the population of our chief city, are the products of tree colored labor, FLORIDA, ACTION TO COMPFL. TUE RETURNING BOARD TO RECOUNT THE PRESIDENTIAL YorE, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) TALLANASSEE, Jan. 1, 1877, To-day Colonol Call, en behalt of the democratic Presidential olectors, gave notice that he would apply | to-morrow for a writ of mandamus compelling the Re- turning Board to recanyass the vote for electors, atter recelving this notice Governor Stearns notihed Gover- ernor Drew that he had been making arrangemenys for turning over the State government to him, butthat this move on the part of the democratic Presi- dential electors might make it necessary for tim to further resist, This action of Governor Steaens is sin- gular, and is regarded bere as intendet to forco the democrats to accept the last count of the Canvassing Bourd, which gives the State to Drew as Governor the republican electors, andasaturthor coniossion that tao Hayes? electors could not maintain their case velore the court Drew will, howover, be quictly inaugurated to- morrow, VANCE’S INAUGURAL. POSITION OF NORTH CAROLINA IN REFERENCE TO THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION—SHE RK= LIES ON CONGRESS TO DO RIGHT AND WiLL SUSTAIN JUST ACTION OF THE NORTHERN DEMOCRA\ [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERATD.] Ranusou, Jan. 1, 1877, Governor Zebulon B, Vance was to-day, for the third time, duly faaugurated as Governor of North Carolina, ‘The occasion produced a high degree of enthusiasm and the ceremony was graced by w large astomblage of the beauty as well as the wisdom and patriotism of the On taking the oath of oflice Gov. ernor Vance delivered a long and impressive address, which was listened to throughout with rapt attention, and in many points loudly applauded, After an open. ing in which be recounted the history of the State dur- ing the last filieen years, and criticised with telling acerbity the acts of the republican party in reference to the reconstruction of the Southern States, after the detoat of the Confederate armies and the overthrow of the attempted secession, he continued as follows :— Jn assuming once more the government of our nas tive Staie weare reminded that with power there comes responsibility. The deep wounds which the Just fifteen years of war and misgovernment have In- ficted npow as still gape unbealed, Gur public eredit has been almost entirely destroyed; our wealth has been swept away; our educational fund has been losi; | Unpatriole partisan statesmanship bas inereased and embittered sectional tecling, and worse, perhays, than all, the races composing our people bave been sev ut enmity against each other, Though tt ts almost tweive years since the war closed little has been done by the doiminaut party. to heal the Jewlousies of late enemies or to reconcile the antago- nism of tho white and the biack races, Much, indeed, on the contrary, has been done to aggravate buth evily So far as in us lies 1tisour bounden duty to remedy these 1hings; 10 restore vur public credit; to prowoto the regaining of our wealth; to educate the ebildren of the State; to mitigate Mectional and Face animnosities, Jn an especial manner should 14 be our duty to disabaeo the tuinds of our biack citizens of the talse impression which wuscrupulous demagogues have instiled into them, that we intend, im any way, to interfere with their chartered rights, Let us convince them by libe eral legisiation und Kind treatment that we not only iuiend thom no wrong, bub that we eurnestly desire their prosperity aua Duppiness; that we constivute the party in this government which, par excellence, maintains and observes the coustitution upos Which their rights depen; that their former owners are, and naturally should be, their best iriends; that as mep of Christian affections we mver can forget the kindly friendships which were formed between master and servant, between jealous protection and faithful ser vice Qnaily, that as men of chivalry and honor we scorn to deceive or oppress them because they are weaker iv numbers and intelligence than we are, ‘Their instrumentality in our oppression has not bee so NUCH their fault a8 the fault of those who cputroll ana direeted them, Let this fact vever be forgotten, th they served us, they served our fathers and our grand- iethers, with tideliiy and with patience always, and for the greater part not as unwilling slaves servo hated task masters but as humbie friends and de- pendents serve those whom they love. When war was rampant over the laud and nearly ai! our able-bodied Men were absevt m the army, within hearmg of the Very guns which were rourmg to set them free, th #reut body of them remained quietly at homevlaboring iw our telds, supporing and caring for our women, chilaren and non-combatants with ap aflectionate fidelity rarely surpassed by any’ race. So, too, since their emancipation, nine out of ten of the misdeeds commitied by the biacks against the whites can, !n my opinion, be traced to the instigation of scoundrels of our own color, They have mostly dove ey because they were im evil bands, 1 frinly believe that ‘every semblance of personal hostility toward the negro will pass away When is almost unani- mous political hostility toward the whites shall have passed away, A wisestatesmanship already recognia in hin, under laverable circumstances, an element not only of public wealth but ol conservative power in polities which may become a cherished bulwark of the South, Labor, though it be ever so ignorant, if it be closely allied to capital, is yet not uufrequently tho real strength of society. 1t also becomes our especial duty to look after the rights and liberties of tue people, without wiich all material intel are xe tbe smail dust in the balance, Puor as We are we would be poorer suil if we had more wealth and less of liberty, The treedom and integrity of elections constitute the very corner ‘stone of our representative government, When they cease to be perfectly lair and uniorced bloodsued aud anarchy are Beer as babe. We are ow approaching a crisig in the late of this country which ali honest men should honestly lace. No one, | presumo, douvts the maxim that LO preservo tho blessings of tiberty we should have Irequent recurrence to the first principles of our constitucion, They are the embodiment of the wisdom of our ducestors ‘eliminated, tested und approved by their experience of many huvdrods of years, So weil have they become established as tho ‘organic law of politics, and s0 tly do they mateate the normal condition of a free Slate, that any departure therefrom 18 followed, sooner or later, by results precisely similar to these which follow violauous of the laws nature, All corruption, civil con- yuision and degoueracy flow waturaily from a failure on the part of a State to observe the aws of its being, Just as heresies tlow from a uoi observance of the text ol the Scriptures, Thus is the certain source of alt the contusivu and threatened evils that now distract the land. There is no plainer or more important principle in our constitutional polity than that of the right of the States to conwot and regulate their own domestic affairs within ineir own borders; and this prinerple has been selected {or te most repeated and persistent attack, because itis tho great and almost only barrier to centrauzation, Lts violation is also the parent of neurly every danger which threatens the individual liberties of the citizen, DANGER OF FEDERAL INTERPERENCE. For, be it remembered, that no power in this Union has ever successtully detied the law and the courts ex- cept federal power; and no power has ever attempted it except when incited thereto and upheld by tederal power. So long, and only so long, as tho States are lett in the undisturbed exercise of this domestic sov- ereiguty can the public peuco and public freedom be preserved, The governments of the three States of South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana are now in pos session of men who wero placed there by the w 1 ranted interference of the contral government They have been kept in power by the same band, 1m defiance of the will of the cit 3 they consider theinseives responsible, not io the peopic over whom they rule, but to the real authors of their power av Washington, In every difficulty they appeal not to their constituents, asin represensative governments, but to adistant and alien tribunal, They are mostly men of evil reputation, and houest people every where Jook at their best deeds with justituble suspicion, Now, it 80 bhappeus, that upon the electoral votes of these three Stutes depends the chvice ofa Chiet Magis- trute for 40,000,000 of people. Prima facie, u very decided majority tor the clectors of Satiuel J. Tilden aud Thomas A. Hendricks has been given in Florida, and a large majority of many thousands tn Louisiana, The returning boards of these disputed States ure the creatures of theso federal appointed tate governments, ‘They owed fealty, not to the peopie, but to the powers ut Washington, Their duty was to return the republican electors ag duly clected, Many oi them Were Lhemseives candidates on the same tickét, but they properly conciuded that inodesty should not restra:n them if honesty did not. By throwing out votes on the pretuuce of traud aud intimidation THEY CREATRD A MAJORITY for thoir party electors and themselves, In Soath Carolina, while there is strong reason to belicye that at least a part of! the democratic cleciors have been chosen, and such was loudiy claimed to be the tact, an attempt to investigate the matter by a judicial inquiry was smothered by — federal bayonets, Tho Keturning Board relusing to obey the mandate of the Supreme Court its members were Mmprisoned for contempt and a heavy fine impoxed upon them. linmediately a partisan’ federal judge appears upon the scene and releases these culprits, while some invisivle hand 1urnishes the money to pay thoir tines, Grave charges of corruption and fraud are made ngaicst all these returning bourds, and it 4 sale 10 Say that the honest men ol the pation are not satisfied thatthe thing was twiriy done... Univer. xal discontent prevails, and tho pence of the country is endangered. The question simply comes to this If Mr, Tiden and Mr. Hendricks aro fairly aud hon- estly elected, shall the will of the majority prevail or shall federal interference prevail? Shall the constitu. on and the laws rule or shall the republican party rulo? Shail the people elect a Presiden: or shail the privtorian cohorts APPOINT AN EMPEROR? For, if our votes aro thrown out of tho ballot boxes by interested partisan returning bourds incited and sustained by federal soldiersthis time, who shail say it will not be done next time, and for alltime If so, why go to the polls at aily Why mock the hopes of freedom by swearing our officers to support an instrue ment whi j@ im fact ead or ovsolete ? NGRESS THE RELIANCE OF PATRIOTS, Lhave said this much in regard to this matter be- cause I conceive our situation to be critical inthe exe tree, Our only rehanes now ix upon the moderation und patriouism of Cougress, if the representatives of the people and of the States shall not be able to find a peaceiul and constitutional soiutioa of the difficulty in which the country tinds itself, and should there be an atrempt to inaugurate candidates not fairly olected, one of two things will happen—either the ma- Jority of the American people will qmetly submit to a great wrong myolving the destruction @ their const{- tunon or (hero will be @ resort to violence, Let us look tbings in the face. NORTH CAROLINA'S POSITION. The circumstances of North Carolina, as well as of the Southern Stites geoeraily, hperatively demand that she should not be forward in this matter. More than ali things vlse, except good government, we need o pee Iu common with the constituuoual party jiu the North. we tpink we have fully civeted our candidate {oF President, Upon that party, and not upon ourselves, devolves the propriety and the duty ef Wking the needed steps toward secure ing the rights of the majority. Butletitnot be sup. posed that we are indifierent to their action or decline to come to the front because less entitied to do #0 than others. Biasied we have been by the desolation of war, purged of rashness by the ‘lires of revolution, and’ sobered both Ly public dilamity and private sore Tow as we have been wo yet cherish the love of liberty in our hearts, Ax the mouthpiece of more than a null. that North Carolina may voutidenily upon to susiain. that ‘portion of the people of the United states which shail convince us that itis struggling for the constitution, the laws and public Justice, which are the life and the soul of the American Union, On the ono hand, we do not wish tt to be un- derstood that we are ready or witlng to embark in revolution; hor, on the other, that we are willing to directed by purty zeal may seo Mt to impose—the one course tending (0 provoke violence and the other to invite oppression. We do wish it understood that bin atid the lead of the constitutional men of the North, A HARD FATE, FROZEN TO DEATH IN SIGHT OF HoMr. On Friday night, while the snow storm was at tts height and the wind was sweeping over the Newark meadows from the bay with relentiess tury, J. Kehoe, an employé of the Central Railroad, heard cries of distress in the vicinity of tho Singer sewiag machine factory, at Klizabethport, Stopping a mo- mont, bis car distinetly caught the words, “Save me, save me; I’m lost!’ but from what direction the voire came he could not tell, After answering several times as loud as he could, and not hearing the cries repeated, ho searched for a while in the gioom in hopes of finding the stranger, but {ailing to do so and becoming chilied through, he went home, Atten o'clock on Sunday morning several citize who had been searching for Michael O'Neill, a well- to-do resident of Elizabethport, who had been mirsing from his home since Friday morning, iound his body frozen suit in the snow a short distance from the Singer factory, Only a small portion of tha head was visible, and irom wil the circumstances surrounding His death it is apparent that the cries heard by Kehoe on Friday night Were those atiered by O'Neill, He Jett hix family on the day wnentioned, saying that he would return bome in the afternoon atter he had collected bis wages at the Driver joundry, Where be was employed, He was Inst eon alive walks ing m the direction of his house in Court street at mightiall, Ibis thought that, missing his way and be- coming bewildered, he wandered to tie open meadows, where, benumbed ‘by the cold, be sunk in his tracke, at Screaming for assistance, and perished almost within sight of the Ii,hts from his dwelling, In his pockets was found bis wages, almost intact, and sev. cral small articles for bis family. ed was an old and respected resident of the Third ward of Elizabeth, and was a promient member of the Buiid- ing and Loan Association of that city, A GOOD SIGN, The locomotive works at Schenectady will begin the construction this week of ten new locomotives for the Central and Hadson River Railroad, Duriug the past week tweuty freight engines have been added to the rolling stock upon the main line. Of these ten came from the Athens branch und ten were brought trom the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern road, This addition bak been made neccesary by the pront rush of freight over the read, and which has brought into use everything im the shape of mot 0 could be utilized, ” it ata dhanaid jon people I believe | can with propriety say for them | be relied | quietly snomit to any outrage that physical torce | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1877. ROBINSON INAUGURATED. | Governor Tilden’s Graceful Rétirement from the Executive Office. WORDS OF WISDOM. Address of the Governor Elect—Reform and Economy. CROWDS IN ATTENDANCE. AuBaxy, Jon, 1, 1877, ‘The inauguration ef Mr. Lucius Robinson to-day as Governor of the Stato was a brief ceremony, but the Attendance was uncommonly large and included some ofthe first people of this ancient and aristocratic burgh. Many were unable to gain admission, and if the plaudits that were reudered to the speeches of the Totiring ruler of the State and his successor had any significance it must be owing to a certain complication of parties elsewhere. Governor Tilden looked bis brightest aad best, Time bas piled the years upow him to the number of sixty or so, but it writes few wrinkles on his brow, THE SCRNE IN THY ASSEMBLY CHAMMER, 1t was about noon wien Governor Tilden, escorting his successor, Governor-elect Robinson, made his ap. pearance in the Assembly Chamber, followed by I, tenant Governor Porshotmer, Secretary of State Bigelow, and all the other State officers and tho anes to the Governor, Go nor Tilden naturally was the cyoosure of every eye, aud the moment be opened his lips pro- found silence retgued, Stunding inside of the clerk's desk and within an arm’s length of Governor Robins son, he spoke in clear, firm tones as tollows:— MK, TILDEN'S REMARKS, Mr. Rowisox—he people of the State have given you n distinguished evidence of thetr confidence in Shoosing you for their chiet magistrate ap n1e 80 unexampicd. In that testimony L cordially coucur, without assuming to add to its value, It is to me a great gatistaction to surrender the chict official trust of this Commonwealth to ono whose valuable co-opera- Hon J have experienced and whose carcer furnishes such assurance of his parpoxe Lo prosecute the Work to which I have consecrated two years of official service and three previous years of my private ite. fo recall the government of wis State to the pure condition in which « generation ago you and I knew it; to remove the fungus growths which in evil times had overspreud its administration and legis- Jation; to hghien the intolerable burdens upon tho people; to tuprove mstitations und laws; to system- atically call into the civil service—whether by appoint. ment or election—men of higher ideals of ollie lite, Ot better training and more zeneral culture; thus wtiliz= dng a class inferior in the arts of political competition, but superior in capacities for public usetuiness—these are noble objects, They had to be pursued through stormy conflicts with selfish interests and fixed habits, Our Support Was an ublaltering trust in the people if the prospect of real returm could be made visible. Our Inspiration was a belicié that notuing worth saving couid be lost ifonly our work did not tail, (Applause.) THE SCRUTINY OF ALL candid men may sately be chailenged as to what has been already accomplished. Wastetul and corrupt systems destroyed, Stato taxation reduced one-hatl, new reme- dies for ollicial maiversation envcted, the management Of the public works aud prisons reorganized aud com- missions preliminary to vther reforms tnstituted, These are valuabie results, but there are ethers even more important, The stundard of ofticial conduct has been elevated, and with it the ideas, motives and in- fluences which surround official Lite us with an atmos phere, The public sugpicion of legislative venality is disuppearing and the lobbies are disbanded, ‘The chi executive aud administrative trusts of ihe State have been committed to gentlemen who are eminent not oniy for personal probity, but for capacity and high ideals of oflicial duty.” A genuime reform in the civil service has thus been reahzed which could not ve the product of any more system or any mere legislation without the ellective co-operation of n conducting tke actual adininistration, 1 have these results approved by the people at the last two elections in this State, because they encourage aspirations of the community lor # betier government and tend to inspire a noble ambition in all rsiag men to compote for honors and power by appealing to the best moral forces of human society, AS an examplo these resulis are infinitely important. | congratulate you, sir, thabatsuch a time and with « favoring auspices you enter upon an administration which, L beheve, will be truitful of public benetit and of honors to yoursell, (Applause.) GOVERNOR RONINSON'S ADDTESE, When Governor Tilder coocluded there was a pauso of a moment in the proceedings, to permit the outburst of applause to subside, and then Goveruor Robinson regponded in these words:— f Governor Tinpnx—I thank yon for the kind and en- couraging words which you have addressed to me. In receiving from you the great truss which has = rested upon you during = the last tt years, I tudy appreciate we ad- monition of ‘the King of israel, “Let vot nim that giracth on bis harness bonst himself as ho that put. teth it off’? You have had your trial, and have re- ceived the grateful approvai of the people not only of this Btato but of ibe whole Union, who have called you by an emphatic popular majority to the highest place in the natibn, (Long continaed applause.) You have arrested gross abuses ana Waste/ul expenditures, have enforced ccouomy and reduced largely the bure dens of taxation, More than this, you have restorod au higher moral tone to the administration of govern. ment, aud have driven from his camtal those who made it a house of merchandise and earieved them- solves by buying and soiling legisiation, [trust that by noactot mie will they be eacouraged to return, (Applause. ) Fruow 1zKx8—L am here to take in public, be- | fore you, the oath required by the constitution, We cannot forget that this is the lirst ceremony of the Kind in the sceond century of our national existence, made in population, wealth and eiilization during sue hundred yenrs that have passed. No one will deny that tis ama: progress has been due, under Providence, to the free institutions, Lhe constitational governments, by the wisdoin of the fathers of the Republic. Standing at the thresbold of anew century, it scems to ino a iting ume and appropriate’ to present circumstances (0 recail some of the loading principles | which underlie our institutions and are Vital to thei continuance, understuod by the faihers them- | selves, They thus annonneed by Mr. Jefferson | in bis first inaogural address:—"fbe support of the State governments in ail their rights as the most com- petont administrators of our domestic concerns and the surest bulwark agains publican tendeucivs, the preservation of the ge overnnient in its Whole constitutional vigor as the sheet-anchor of our peace at home aud safety abroad, and the jealous care of the right of eleotion by the people, a mild and sate correction of ubuses Which are lopped by tue sword of revolution When peaceable remedies are unprovided, absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the supremacy of the CIVIL OVER THE MILITARY AUTHORITY, economy in the public expense, that labor may bo lightly burdened, the honest payment of our debts Bud the sucred preservation of the pubite laith.’? (Ap Yo the honor of our State bo it suid, it hus adhered steadily to these principles, never seekin | any wodne advantage by reason of tts superior wealth anu power, While it has tatutully upheld the just Tights of the States it hus promptly responded to © yery cull (9 maintain the constitutional power of the federal govornment. It has kept ever ouward in the true and sale road lying widway between the heresy cession On the one Land and the equally tatal y Of centralization on the ober, (Applawse.) Let us then, tellow citizens, as we advance jute the new century, renew our vows of luyaity Lo those great principles and our hopes that the centuries to come may be even more prosperous, peaceiul and happy than that which has passed. (Applause) The oath of ofllco was then administered to the new Governor by Secretary of Stute Bigelow; and alno to the Lieutenant t, William Dorshomer, The | whole thing transpired m about A DISTINGUISHED 8F Prominent among the + pectat har Tapper, the great gymnasts advanced down the aisie leaning on the arm of Coloue, Joun D, Van Buren, nis taco enwrapped in sweet angelic sinties, and “his form clothed in the latest London style. There was no seat for the dis tinguished ‘mitator of Solomon, but yet be betta low took in the s ton aba giane 0 for him im bern borhood, so that Mr, Tupper had a fair chance of sve- ing one particular transaction in American political Hite, ré Was Martin Farqu- poet of England. He A HAYSRED GREETING. When tho new Governor, excorted by the late one, retired to the Execativo Chamber, were was acon. siderable rush of country folks to pay their respects, and Mr, Robinson shook more horny haods than he ever shook before, The entire affuir was characterized by great good feeling, and republicans along with democrats joired in bearty telicitations of the new Governor. Androw H, Green |s talked of for the position of Supermiendent Of Public Works, the new position created by the re cently adopied constitutional amendment, A MONTH'S FINES, The fines taken in at the Fifty seventh Street Court daring December amounted to 4 nor can we be unmindful of the progress our Siate Las | THE LEGISLATIVE CANVASSES, TON, GUORGE B. SLOAN NOMINATED BY THE REPUBLICANS FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE— GENERAL HUSTED GRACEFULLY ACCEPTS DE- FRAT—LUKE ¥, COZZENS NOMINATED BY THE DEMOCRATS. {py T#LeGRAPa TO THE HERALD.} Atuany, Jan. 1, 1877, The caucus of the republican party was held iu the Assembly chamber this evening, aud resulted, as pre- dicted in the Hakatp despatches of the past few days, in the selection of Mr, Sioau, of Oswego, as the candi- dute for the Speakership. Mr, Fist calied the caucus to order and’ nominated Mr, Straban, of New York, for chairman, Mr. Strahan on taking the chair briefly tanked the members for the Lonor conferred upon bim, and in relerring to the centennial of the nation’s independence hoped that the nominations which they were about ty make would be such as to gain the confidence of the entire people of tho State irrespective of party. On @ motion by Mr. Aivord, which was prefaced with aglowing eulogy, Mr. Johnson, Clerk of the last Assembly, Was nominated as secretary of tho caucus. Mesers, Goar and Marvitt were appomnted tellers and Mesers, Orr and Skinner additional secretaries, Tho | secretary called tbe roll aud sixty-nine members | answered to their names. 4 NOMINATION OF MI, SLOAN. of Oswego, in a short and impressive muted tor maker of the As» detailing his qual and bis acceptability to the part, | speorh ed With xreat applause, and it was | evident that Mr, Sloan's strength had been greatly une | derestimated by the adherents of Mr, Huet GEN PRCULIAR PUTN KS ew York, arose and spoke services of Mr. Husted, of bis great experience aud pecohar adapiability to discharge the dutics of the oillee of Speaker, Ile drew attention to the fact that among the democratic mi- nority were men of long experience in legislative al- fuirs, and thoroughly posted in parhamentary haw and He pointed out the danger of elecuing a officer who was uot possessed of suflicient acu men or quickness of sion to meet and be equal to the necessities of the occasion, ALYORD'S Mr. Graham, of Mone bo was aut under any cire then arose y that Me, w lis nume to ty a candidate before th ws, This announe aa predicied by tha He narrowed the contest down between Husted and Sloan, and the dark horse Which the uninitiated thought might rush in and win was declured out of the race, Tt was noticed, too, that there was a marked difference between the applause which followed the nomination ot Mr, Husted and that of Mr. Sloan. The one was Spontaneous and bearty, the otber forced and savor ing of an organized clique ina theatre, The caucus then proceeded to ballot, the roll being caliod, and with the following result:— THE VOTE, Whole number of votes cast, 67; of which Sloan received 37 and Husted 30, ueither of the candidates voung. GENERAL HUSTED COMPLIMENTS HIS SUCCESSFUL RIVAL This result boing announced by the Chair, Mr, Husted nd stated that Alvard would not sed as, ment, briefly Utnked his friends for their support, saying that probubly im the — political history of the State for tho t contary — there never had been a cauc held ih which so much courtesy and kinaly feeling had been evinced as upon the present occasion. He could bear witness to tho chivuiric conduct of his opponent, the honor- able geutieman from Oswego, and tok great pleasure in moving that the nomination of George B, Sloan bo made unanimous, Mr. Husted’s remarks were re- ceived with the heartiest kins of opplause, and he cor. tainty displayed great tact ip getting out of an unplea: ant predicament in a gracetul manner. Mir. Sloan responded in much the same kind of com. plimentary terms, and expressed Lity appreciation of the grave respunsibility which uttached to the duties Ot the office and modestly hoped that their confidence had not been misplaced. OTHER OFFICERS, Mr. Alvord then nominated Edward M. Jobnson for Clerk, seconded by Mr, Hogeboom. Tho nomination being received with tue usual applause, was made unanimou For Sergeant-at-Arms there were four candidates— ; Goss, of Mouroe county; General Morgan Christler, of Columbia county; Mr’ Wing, of Albany, and Mr, Authony 1, Wood, of Livingston, The ba‘lot resulted 1. 56 for Goss, 5 lor Christer, 7 for Wood and 1 for Vin, Eugene L. Domers was chosen first doorkeeper; Strickiand, of Cattaraugus couaty, Orst assistant, and Mahar, of Orange, second assistant. THR DEMOCKATIC CAUCUS, The democratic caucus to select a candidate tor Speaker was held in the Senate Chamber, but ax tho honor of a vomination was at vest only a bare compli- excepts what was derived from the tact Lyons developed more strength as against Mr. Cozans than was generaidy accredited to him, Mr. McGroarty, ot Kings county, culled the cancus to order, Mr. Peter Micheil, of New York, nominated Mr, Wyant, of Rockland, tor cha:rman, who, on taking the chair, thanked the caucus for the honor of selecting him to presive over their deliverations, Mr. Hirath Caikins Was selected ag secretary. ‘Ihe roll was cailed, when flity members answered ‘to their names, NOMINATION FOR SPEAKER, Mr. Groarty, of Kings county, then put in nomina- tion Mr. Lyons, of Brooklyn, a8 candidate for Speaker, the nomination being seconded by Me. Michell, of New York, Mr. Martin Nachtman, of New York, nbominated Mr, Luke F. Cozons Mr. Ruggles, of Steuben, was nominated by Mr, Davenport, of | Otsego," and Mr. Herrick by = Mr. Mahar,’ of An informal ballot’ was taken, resuit- tollows: for Cozans, 1 for Na Herrick, A iorinal ballot resulted in the choloe of Mr. Cozens by a vote of 26 a8 against 19 for Mr, Lyons, | _ On motion of Mr. MeGroarty a comuntiee of five, | with the mover 2s cnairman, Was appointed to conduct future caucuse: THE HOMELESS POOR. A TEMPORARY SHELTER TO BE PROVIDED For THE POOR AND THE NEEDY, To Tux Epiton or Heratp:— As is well kuown the station bouses of the city afford | antght’s shelter to homeless people. Lust winter a committee appointed by the State Charities’ Associa- tion visited the various precinct houses, inspected the lodgers?’ quarters and collected what facts could be re- lied upon concerning the various people who were the nightly guests of the police, The resuits of these in- Vestigations have been recently published. Itappeared that in the month of January, 1876, out of atotal nom. ber of 20,774 station house lodgers there were 20,920 | “revolvers,” or persons who were always registered at one precinct of the other, and this proportion was maintained during voth ‘the winter aud summer wenty for L ot ons, en were compelied to lie’ upon the same rude piatiorm with the dregs of the city population, The scene at twelve o'clock in theo quarters on a full n horribie in the extreme. Two months ago « ice of three gentlemen of this city, impressed with the need of securing some radical, Comprehensive hung in this system ot receiving houseless people, obtaiued a hearing irom the Board of the Cominissio Porioe and asked thas the system of receivin teriess people at the station houses be discontint ‘This appeal was strengthed by the opinion of polre surgeous thut the practice of huddling together hike cattle a large number of drunken, dirty and often dis. eased wretches contaminated’ the air breathed by patromen tn sume building; it engendered typhoid diseases und) Wasa source of sickness among — the sund men, The Board adopted a resolution, i directed It to be circulated among the police force, which the admittance of prolessivnal Wainps was Téelused to the station houses, and their apprehension an rants was ordered from and after a certain date, er persons applying for shelter ot the precincts would be pasted ou to proper jodging houses, when such should be lurnished vy private charity, This or- dor went ito effect on the oti ot November, Its tine mediaio result Was to reduce the hummer of applicants for sholter from 507 on the night of November 1 tw ou November 6, Wlile the arrests for vagrancy rose from an average of four per day in October vo twenty per day in November. There still remains to be dealt with in the rough quarters of the poliee sta Hons several bundred visitors of both sexes (Who form cond of HOU-habitual Glass Of the homeless poor), Provide accommodation for these poopie, who, traceable of tion,” of New York city, bas been formed and aid bas been obained from the Exowe fund, with tae ap proval of the city authorities, A gatiable building has been see ed AL the oy ‘oer ot f street avenue D, which will, it 1 hoped, be opened Weal ¥, January & ' Here ample aceon | ean be ad for ail who require a temporary shelter of (he siinplest character, i they eouform to the requirements of the institution and are absolutely destitute and homeless, while proving their compara- tive worthiness by their readiness to periorm such Javor os will be provided. For the present only per- sons farniwhed with ¢ards from the polies precincts will be nam ted. Further information will be furnished to the pablic from time to tine, CHAR TH, DERBY, M.D,,) JAMES Bway TON, Executive ALFRED PELL, 6 ¥ TEMPLE PRIME, eaiesoie PHILIP J SANDS, FRANCIS A. ROOSEVELT, President Nesay FE. Venimw, see New Yous, Jan. 1, 18 BROOKLYN'S POOK TO BE CARED FoR, At a meeting of the Kings County Charity Com- missioners, held yesterday afternuon, at their office in Willoaghhy strect, Brookiyn, a reorganizawon for tho year took place. Dr, Norris was re-clected as Presi- dent aod Commissioner Midas as Troasurer, Ment, the proceedings were void of any 8} ecial interest | that Mr, tman, 8 for Ruggles and 6 for | mouths. In other words, during the winter S00 or 900 individuals received Jodging each might, and these were largely “revoivers’ of “rounders? — | gars and tineves by day, living im tree quar- j ters at night. ‘The Jolgers’ quarters were found to ve shockingly overcrowd badly ornot at all ventilated; respectabie, deserving poor | that | | either throagh twilure in finding?® empl rom | On) through sickiess oF other ental | ines, SLUps Tat pw be tuken known ay t Associa- AMUSEMENTS. EPWIN BOOTH AS BRUTUS, Tha Lyceum Theatre reminded us last aight of one of those houses bust im the Arctic regions by adven- turous sailors. Outside a wild snow storm was raging, the streets were as white ag the skies werg dark, and tho northeast wind whirled the counties flakes before it; inside was warmth, light, comfort and pleasure, The audience was not large; but those who dared the storm were well repaid by the splendid performance of Mr. Edwin Booth in John Loward Payne’s fine dy, “Brutus, or the Fall of Tarquin.” Mr. Booth, who never acted better than he is acting this season, put 60 much fire ard energy imo the charace ter, that at the end of each set be was enthusiastically called before the curtain. Like Milton, be might bave said that he had “ft audience, but few.’”? Winter might reign without, but the summer of genius ruled within, “Brutus”? is probably the best tragedy written by ag American, Its author took Shakespeare for a model, and bis treatment of a very great subject 1 mMways utifal and someumes powerlul, The verse is full of unconscious imitations of Shakespeare ; but if this isa tuult, itis pot one whch needs ta be condemned, ‘The action is spirited, and if the dialogue ts redundant and the appeals to beaven and the gods of Rome too fre. quent, that is better than the meagre, meaningless, monotonous tion with which the picts of modora ed, as the bony legs of a bad actor padded. Thore are plays that we have seen from whict no one could carry away one sentence worth remembering, but 'Giuias’ is rick in noble thoughts arrayod in stately rhetoric, ‘Vio character of Bratus ts especiall folly whick dviermination is at first dramatic, The » feigns, the patriotism he cherishes, the to make Kome tree, whieh he con. and exeoutes at the Inst, are nents which in themselves would make an heroic character, but Payne added another ele. ment ot pmendous pow when he displayed the father as well as the liberator. The Afth act, in which Brutus condemus tis untaithful sou to death, asa traitor to Rome, 1% a tragedy completo tn itself, Booth floely expressed the contrast of the pre- led sof Brutus and his unconquerable enmity to Tarquins in the first part of the drama, but in th he surpassed bimself, The je between the love of the father for bis soa and ro duty of the jud eof the best ex- ork stago bas otic and terrible, of the tragedian was almost ua- nSiLY Of bis passion, The general performance was uneven, Mr. Frederick Robinson 1s Hot adupted to tragedy, and bis habit of balancing his vote between a tow Whisper anda loud shout produces effects which are not very agreeable. Sumo of the Romans were fearful to behold and moro dreadful to hear, but from this eatexory 1t1s only tare that Mr George R. Pierea shoud be excepted, He set his countrymen an exemple which it would be wise fur them to follow, We have respect for the ancient Romans, bat we see no reson why they should be allowed to buli-doze and intimidate an unofiending American audience, ‘The ladies were at homo tn their ré/es, but a woman who ean read blank vorao properly is as rare as one who can pass a millt- hery store without pausing to look at the new Lonuets. The words they kuow, but they are ignorant of tho mosic, We are incined to think thatitis as bard to read blank Verse as it 1 to write i GRAND OPERA HOUSE, The sensational drama, “Under the Gaelight,”” was revived at the Grand Opera House yesterday afternoon, dnd repeated again at night, The play was produced under the supervision of the author, Mr, Augustin Daly. ‘The principal parts are sustained by prominent members of the Filth Avenue Theatre company, among whom may be menuoned Migs Mary Nunez as Laura Courtland, Miss Mary Wells ay Old Judas, Helen Dingeon «6 Peachblossom nd Miss B, Righ ak Peart Courtlaua, Mr, Harkins was the and a good one; Mr. Ed mudas in a clever = manner; Davidgo a inost acceptable Mr. nal man, and of the Ray Trafford of Mr. Parkes and the Byke of Mr. Dovere, iittie can be said of them beyend this, that they acted thoi parts tamely. ‘The railroad scene {4 quite as well put on the siage us when the play wa lust produced here, and tho pior scene bag all the old- time life and fun’ about it which always won hearty applause from the audience, Taken together, “Under the Gasignv” is well acted and well produced, and promises to inect with a fuir measure of suceces, NEW BROADWAY THEATRE, This house, formerly known as Wood’s Museum, opened last night under a new management with Byron’s sparking comedy, ‘Checkmate, and the farce, **Young America.” The audience was smalt and the company large. In the comedy appeared Miss. Alton, Miss Newton, Miss Whittle and Mias Leighton, and Messrs, Melton, Webster, Loveil, Ayling, Forrest and Grower. In the farce wero Mrs. Post, Miss Leighe tou, Mr. Ward and others. The performance was not characterizod by any special murks of excellence. The faree showed many clever traits on the part of Mise Leighton and Miss Whittle. Td-night Mr. Joseph H. Keane will appear as Rip Van Winkle. The theatro has been considerably improved, and in sueh a work as that which Jove Jeferson has rendered immortal in dramatic annals there is no reason why the house should not occupy @ commanding position among its confréres of the metropolis, GERMANIA THEATRE. “Contenninlschnurren” (Centennial Drolleries) was the title of a burlesque extravaganza produced last evening at the Germania Thoutre, The house was literally packed, and it 18 no exaggeration to say that the situnions of this farcical medley were searcel: more screaming than was the laughter of the audiences, It required but little German to understand the pans fomimie fun, tho comical songs and absurd extrava- gunce of the play, whore action was cleverly en- twined with some of the humorous aspects of the Cen- tennial, Here Wit and Herr Urban carried off the honors of the performance. The ladies were weaker, but nevertholess acceptable, MUSICAL. AND DRAMATIC NOTES, Miss Adelaide Neilson will play Cymbelne at the Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, during the week begiuning February 5. Mr. Augustin Daly has consented to give a grand matinee pertormance at tho Fifth Avenue Theatre on andary 17, in an of the poor of St, Stephen's parish, ‘Tho arrangements are being perfected by the Society of St. Vincent do Paul, of St, Stephen's, and strong hopes are entertained that a handsome sum will be re. alized for the poor. The genial Jobn Brougham and Stephen Fiske are actively co-operating with the sock ety and Mr. Daly to promote the success of this char* b) 1B table undertaking. oe OBITUARY. FRANZ LIMBERG, Mr, Franz Limberg, « native of Westphalia, ane well known in Cincinnati as one of the proprietors of the Volks Freund in chat city, died yesterday, WALTER E. COYLE, Walter E. Coyle, promingntly known as base ball re. porter for the Cincinnati Gazette, aterward with the Enquirer, and more recently employed on papers in and Brooklyn, died yesterday im Cincinnat, ity-four. JODGY MONDELET. Judge Mondelet, the oldest Jutge on the Bench of the New Dominion Sapreme Court, in the Province of Quebec, died yesterday at Montreal of congestion of the lungs, MBS. ANN ELIZA M'LEAN GARDNER, On tho 26th inst, Mrs, Ann Eliza MeLean Gardner, relict of the lute Colonel Charles K, Gardner, formerly acjatant general of the army, and mother of G. Clinton Garduer, general superintendent of the Pennsylvanta Railroad, died, aged seventy-seven years, THE LAY DELAY. ASTORY FROM THE DEBTORS’ PRISON, While the prisoners in Lugiow Street Jail were yes. terduy bewainng their tate two of them received wel- tidings of a speedy release ‘These prisoners were Louis Vertmness and Guillaume Rameaux, Their savior came in the jorm of Mr, Frederick Hemming, a Jawyer, of Wall street, who had heard of their case, According to the statewents made by the prisoners by Mr, Hamming the nistory of their mearce Mevoals a eIngulaF romance Of social life. Both n were coniined on the, complains of « woman named Clara Furness, who claims that they converted to their own ane $5,000 worth of her jowelry. On that charge they Lave beon confined lor oue year, AS told by Vermoss, who 16 9 Bot and aman ot good family aud education, t thee ort Tar ts ae follow) 0 1876 he formed the a quarntance of the woman rness and hired for her Use @ bull Of apartments in Thirtty-third strect. When his money became exhausted #be told him that hw company Was not needed. flo jeft and soon afterward Wax arrosted on @ charge ol stealing $600 worth of Jowelry from her, He was brought up at the Washing: ton Piace Police Court, and on the representationa of Counselior Joseph H. Steiner, Who appeared tor bi was bonorably discharged, Rameaux, who kept @lancy gouds stand in Sixth avenue, was a witness against Miss Furness, and testbed to fac directly contrary to What she swore. shortly after the termi nation of the civii salt, both Rameaux and Vermese were arrested of a suIL ebargiag them with stealing 45,000 worth of jeweiry trom Miss Furness. They gud bo money to pay Motion fees, and ev remained in Lads low Street Jai. Finaliy oposition was made to Shem that tt they woud 2 ugrectBent, releasing Mise Furi irom all acuions for jaise imprisoument, she would withdraw the com laint against them Yesterday Mr. Hemming, who had beard of the called onjWardon Watson, at thepLadiow Street Jail, whatover, ind cai ho. Would bring the’ laatlee batons atever, said ho the Grand Jury at once, mv y