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THE ORDEB KOU TUK W1TIIDRAWAL OF THE TROOPS. Tho followmg letter has boen mude public by tho President : Exkcctive Mansion, Washington, April 3. 1877. ƒ Bra : Prior to my entering upon tho diitiea of tho Presidency, thero had boen ptationed, by tho order of my predecessor, in tho State Houso nt Colnmbia, 8. C, a dPfcii'hnient of T'nitod Statos mfuntry. Finding üiein in tliat place, I havo thoutïht proper to Jolay a decitñon of tho quention of thoir removal until I could conaider and determino whothor the condlöon of affairs in tliat State i now sucll a to Oither reqnire or justify the contimicd nrilitry occupation of tho Stato Houso. In my opinión thcro does not now exiht in tliat State Kuch domestic violence au i coiitetnplatcd by tho constitiition as the ground pon wliU h tho military Iower of the nntitmal (lovornmont may bo invoked for the defonBC of the State. Thcre aro, it is truc, grave and nerion disputes au t tlic rlgnte of oorUin eJaimant to tho chief exocutivo ollico of thtit Htate, Init theno, are to be nettled and deterniiinil. notby the Exeeutivo of the United Hiatos, but by Bneh orderly and peao-ful methOfTs au niaybeprorliled by tlic conotitution and lawn of the State,. I foei assured that no rowort to Wolonce Í8 oontcmplated in any quartcr, bnt that, on the eontrary, tho ilisputcs in queption re to bo settlod Bolely by sueh poaeeful remedies ae tho constltution and laws of tho state próvido. Under these oircnmstaneeii, and in tliis conftdence, I now deern it proper to take aetion in accordanee with the principio annfunred whon T eute-red upon tho dutioB of tuo Preaidcncy. Yoxi are, therefore, rtiroctcd to aeo that the proper orders aio isued for the removal of said troopB f rom the State Honsc to their prevlous placo of encampment. (Sieoed), 11. B. HATB6, To tho Hon. GeortfO W, MeCrary, Reorelary of War. Tho following lottor wu sent to Gen. Sherman by the Secrot.ii y of War : WAH DErARTMEXT, Washington, April 3, 1877. f To Oen. W ï. Shenuan, Coiunianding United States Arniy : Gknkrai. : I inclose horowüh a oupy of a communicAtion fnuu the President of the l'nitcd State, In which he directa that tho dotschment of United States troops now bUtioncd In tho State House at Colnmbia, S. C, be withdrawn aul roturncd to their previous barrack or camptng-ground You are hereby charRe.l with the eiccution of this order and wUl cansé thoir withdrawal lo take place on Tnosday next, the lOlh of April, ut 12 merldlán Very rospectfully, voor obodiont Bervaat, Geohoe W. MoCbabï, Secrotary of War. HAMlTOJi TO TUE rBEiilDKNT. Wado Hampton, bof ore the nbove order was iBSHed, gave tbo President a ritten pledge that there ahould be no resort to violenoe to assert hi claims to the Oovernorfihip, but that he wonld proceed against Chamberlain in a pe&ccfnl and legal nianner. and that he would see to it that overv citizen, white and blaek would receive full and equal protection in the enjoyment of all his rights undor the constitution of the Uuited States. FEIEFAL APPOINTMKNTS. .Tohn V. Höytj of Michigan, to be Governor of Anzoiia. John H. Hammond, of Illinois, to be Superintendent of Indiau Affairs for the Central Supenntendeney. Alfrod E.Leo, of Ohio, Consol General of the United States at Frankfort, Germany.' G. W. Town, Uegister of the Land Office at Evanston, Wjo. Postmasters ■ John 15. Manviüc. l!antoul, 111. ; MrH. Eliza Bellers. Pekín, 111. ■ ! Clarence L. Shern-ood. Dowagiac, 'Midi ■ Horaco M. Hamilton, Eaton Rapids, Hich.: Hcnry W. Wriplit, Raeme Wis.; Mra. Jam' Baldwin , Council Bluffs, Ia.; John H. Mier, tondduLac, Wi-s. I Tl' elford, Surveyer of Customs at GeorgoW. ilowe, Collector of Customs at Cuyahoga, Olno. wieëliiig.V'va!'''' SUrVyOr f CuKtOmS at Aloflzo Beli, As'sistnut Bocretary of the Interior Department. THE I-OVISIAJNA COMMISSIO.N'. The commisnion appointed by the President o visit New Orlcaus and bring about a pacific soliittnn Of the politieal trbubfcs in "Lonifliana Cha les B. Wr0Ilcc of nUnote, was elected 'CWorga.Sf 'T6 L%è2 ith Iietnrning lioard qoormn in SKS and the canvas bythat body on the dav named mtlie way prtsoribéd by the constifution, of the votes for Governor and Lieutenaut Governqr. He claimed that he wan the legallv olectcd Governor of Louisiana. and expríssed lumüelf satistied that lie could maintainhimself in tho position if recognized bv the PresMent rf instated m peMesskJn of the coiirt buildings' araenals etc., and accorded thc moral support of the National Government. The commisWon anbaequently ca] cd upon Nicholla wlio chumed that bis authority as Governor was undispntod evervwlrero in tho btato outsidc of the State iitmse. In the evennig the Gommiusionejs, in an unofficial capacity, visited a largo open-air mass mectinK of the fnends of Nicholls, at which speeches were dehvered by prominont local white and PiïichbackatOrf'' lncIudinS the "Topresible JoraT committees of tho Nicholte Legislature callod upon the Orajiníasion onthoSth. and made a detailed verbal Htatement of the statnn of arrair, giving the atonber of pariHhcn and officials that had acknowledged llógianco to the Nichol's Goveriunent. etc. lhe members of the Packard Supreme Court next vi8itel the comumsion, and laid bcfore them an elabórate printcd brief, shorrmg thoir title to office nader tho constitntion. i lien there was a visit ftom a deiegation of District Jndge8. who stated that the sentiment or tlieir district.s was in favor of Packard. These liad no sooner withdrawnthan the membera of the Nicholls Supreme Conrt, by imiiation. called upon the conimisnion iñ a body aiid had an informal consultation. The corenusöion, on the 9th, received a deiegation of New Orloans business men. hoaded by Mr. Black, President of the CottonExchange. THe comnnsaion said to tliem that thev had Kought LouiHiana but could not findit. "Thev found two Govorn-.rs, two Supremo Courts, and an alleged dual Government in all dopartmentK, hut, m f,ict, by the acknowledgment of all parfces, there was only one Legislature, tliou-h ït met in two halls. The ComnussnnuMs suggestwl that if self-governiiicnt ivas df.su-,.,1, and tlio withdrawal oTth armv ït oonM probabjy be secmed úi a day. shouid the pnbhc opinión of the State compelits tsgïslature to meet as one body. The dclecation was not ïm-linocl to aopeot the miggótion, niaintaunng that Nichoils nmst Tbo del fendcd as Gorefnor to tho fiiU extent A deleg.ition from the Union Club, a Kepubiican aosociation, was received and heard, and a comnuttce from the Packard Wialature prieated statistie, roord and briefs. THK EAST. DouoitTERY Bros. & Co., bankers in Pittaburgh, Pa., havo faild for $110,000.. . .Bertha Von Hillern, the female pedestrian, bas succocded, at Boston, in w.-ilking fifty miles in oss than tivelve hours. . . .Mr. Poter Burnsand tier clnldrcii were reeenUy lnunedto death at Iilunebeck, N. Y., by the burning of the fauuly residence. Five members of the New York Legfelatore are raid to have rec.ived 250,000 for thoir help tt jBRBBing thé infanjous Tweed charter wlnch placed the txeamnv of Now York eitv tntu-elv at tho mercy of tb Taiinnany thicves" 1 he evidenco of this bribery is understood to ' cxlfit)nce' 1ut itH wtitoatoB, the Itarpers' of New lork city, are rapprcssing it, with üie pnrposo of nogotiatlng for the return of tlie money to the State. A most diabolical crime wan perpetrated in New York city a few days ago. Orville D. Jcwott, a junior mranber of tlic tirm of Jewott ■ whito lead manufacturero, went to the oitico of the linn armed with a hand grenade a piKtpl and a dirk, for the ostensible purpose of having a xcttlvmont pro,aratory to iiwithdrawal fr„m (h house, m,, angry word passed bebreea him and liis nnelft ÍÍT S1 ffeweM' the head of tlH' lin". ■' pulled tbr gn-nad,, from hix ,X)olíot „„,1 thrcw iton , llu. AnJtpl08ipn followed. The ttnde was tólted, lias own legs l.roken, and ho itcoivcd hree terrible wounds in the ÜUofoen He tliendrew the nistol and attompted to hoot hrniHelf tlirongh the head, bat his aim was ineiTectivc. Youog Jewett dicd the samo ovenïnf;. It is .nid he Aras ernzrd by liijiur. Two other persons wero injured b the explosión. Lynn, Mass.. has been visited by a destructive conflagratiou, over $150,000 worth of pr.perty being swopt avray. ïhe Hixth :di(.ii;il Dank, of New York. wás entcred by biirglarH last Runday, and robbed of 2,5n in RilvcT coin. . ;,We Icarn from tho Nw York pajx-rs that the aetUemen) betwn tlio heirs of Cru inliuH Vanderbilt lias again been brought up on account of William H. and tnelius.T. Vandirbilt. All the licirs. witli the xception of Ooroeling, bod Mrrröd to accept il,(00,000, and Wüliam II. lwd agreed toa BottléiBont onthisbosu. Cornelias ■!.. liow■ver, made n claim for 92,000,000, und his sister, Mrg, T.a ritte, refuaed toinake &ny settlement until Conu-liii;. J. Kka'satigflad. ' Bleanwhiip the will baa been admittod to probate Xto oieratioiiH of a maininoth silk ring in New lork city are undergoing investigation with tlie result of establiehing the existence of a ennioination of Custoin Houw officials and importerswbo have been suecessful in dodging 5J''f "" Mv to a...om,t of from 10,000,00(1 to l:-,,ooo. y,,u. !v K()l,„. means not vet fully d(!veloped; tliis coinbinabonof eonspiratorx l,,-,, to import and sell silks at pnces below the coat of ],i.i!iuf:ii with thu dntv added, so that a house like that of A. 'l'. Stewart & O)., althoiigh o)eratiug its owii faetones in Franc, is unable to import tho goods of it own manufacture and compete with : the prevailing market ratee, but aotually bnys these idéntica] fabrica, which liave been BOld iii Europe imd smugglod into Ncw York. THE WEST. Advicbb froni the West report that Spottcd Tail is on his way back to the Indian agciicis. accompanied by Orazy Horso and his entile forcé of 900 followers. These savagos and tlioir hitherto implacable leader have agrecd to Burrender and accept the Gkjvefument'a term of peaee. The only hostile band of any consoquence remaining is that of Sitting Iíull, conBishngof not more than 300 or ÍOD ludianH - a forcé which the troops already iii thc íieltl will probably be ablc to teko caro of. ElonT'Winnebago Indiana were drowned in tlie Uisaouii river, near Dakota City, a few days ago. Fonr of them were on an island lmnting, and high water lloated off their boat, and four othera wbo went to their atristonce wcro swanipcd in tlio floating ice A dispatch from Sioux City, Iowa, lat week, Bftya : " Emigration to the Black Hilln has oonunenoed in earnent, and, instead of coming in mnall BqoadB, as has been the case the pust ïnontli, tlirv are now arriving in trainliliUl:-.'' Repobts from tho West indícate that, though some grassboppera are hatching, not so manv hatch a wtre expfctcd. and farmers aro not frightcned. So save a Lincoln (Nob.) teleglraini THE SOUTH. A iamily, snpposed to bo tho notorions Bcndoi'H, of Labotte connty, Kan., bas been arrested in Arkanaas by Kansas detective . . . Thc postoflice at Jackaonvillo, Fia., has been bnrned A paper mili at Angnsüae. Ivl.. was burnod last week. Loss, 100,000. The Louisiana Commission arrived at New Orleans on the 5th inst. On thc samo day Gov. Packard published an open letter to the President, complaining of tho naturo of the instructions Issned to the Commiseioners, in that they do not dü'ect inqnirv into tho qneetlon as to who is tho logal Governor of Louisiana. He says : " I ani constrained to think that your Excelloncy is in doubt upon thi.s point, M repeatcd requeHt for tho recognition of my Goveiiiinint have not vet been resjionded to, and I confess that, having received several hnndred more votes than some of the Bopublican Piesidential elector, I did not anticipato that my title would thus be put in question. I earnoatly nrge that tho investigation by the commissioii bo not conlined to the narrow inqniiy of how Nicholla can bo sustained and Packard staived to death for lack of money to support his Government." The Packard Senate also adopted a series of rexolutions denouncing the pledges of Stanley Matthews and Charles Foster for the withdrawal of tioops as a corrupt and di.thouorablo bargain ; sav they are slow to believo President Hayos is a party to mofa'bargaja ; calling on the President tofumiah the assistanoe nocensary to protect agaiust domestie violenoe and pnt down the Nicholls inKurrection, etc. Gov. Chamjieulain returned to Columbia. S. C, lnst week, and was interviewed as to bis intnitioiiR fnr tho futiu-e. He said he carud not to state the details, as he had not time to consider them, hut that in general he did DOt regard the withdrawal of the troops as afTccting bis legal rights, whatever effect it might have upon his practical ability to maintüiii them. He said it wimlil probahly be his du(y to hold his office until removed by f orce. WASHINGTON. Secketary Schübz says he will be in no hiirry to make appointments in his dopartmont, but will take his time, bo that he may be sure of getting the best men for the variois positions. The various deparbnenta are orowded wilh applicants for office Appointmcnta by the President: Armstcd M. Sirope, Collector of Internal Itevonue in the Seventll District of Kentucky ; James H. Mills, of Montana, Secretary of the Territorv f Montana : F. C. Itiimphreys, Collector of Custonis at Pensacola, Fla. : Edwin A. Iluwnrd. of Michigan, Agent for the ronca Indians in Dakota; J. A. Warder, United States Attorney for tho Middle District ofTenneasee. Si: iif.tary Schübz bas promulgated an order providing for the investigation and detcrminalion of questions comieeted with appointments, remováis and pfomotions in the various bureaus of his departmont, by mcans of n board of Inqulry, comprising threo membors. Tue Secretary of the Treasury has issued the forty-fifth cali for the redemption of 5-20bonds of 1865, May and November. The cali is for Y10. 000, 000, of which .9,500,000 aro coupon and 500,000 regiatered, the principal and intereBt to be paid at the treanury on and after the 5th of July next, interest to ceaw on that day. The following are tho dsoriptions of tho bonds: Coupon bonds- 500 No 40,001 to 49,800, both inclusive; ijl,00o' No. 132,001 to 141,000, both inclusivo, liegistored bonds- 85,000, No. 7,601 to 7,764 both inclusive Secretary Shorman has just made an important decisión relativo to the course to bo pursued by the Treasury Department in the suite against the persons whose names are on the bonds given for the honest faithful discharge of thrir dutioo by the revenue oflicials eonyiotsd of complicity in the whisky fraüds. It is anuoimced that the policy of the Secretary of the Treasury will be that of no compromiso with the bondsnien, whoso principáis havo violated their trusts and subjected the rovomio to enonnous losnes in consequeuce of their rascality, and that suits to recover the amount of these bonds will be vigorouslv prosecuttd. J Clekk Adams says that thus far tho roll-call of the now House indioates a Democratie majority of abont twelve. Of the 293 certificates, 2S5 have been received. Si:ikf.taySherman intends to discontinue the oftice of Appraiser of Customs wherever he .in do so without injuring the service. Ho bas discontinued the office at Memphis and Norfolk, and will very soon at Toledo, O. POLÍTICAS. MüNIorPAl clections wero held in many of tin: Western cities last week. We give the result on Mayor in the more prominent ones : In Chicago, Monroe Heath, Republicnn, was reelected ly a large majority; in Madison, Wig.. Hnrlow S. Orton, Democrat, was clected : La Crosse, Geo. Kdwards, llepublicau ; Beloit, Wis., O. C. Johnson, Temperance ; Grand liapids' Micli.. G. W. Thayer, Demoorat ; St. Louis, Mo., Henry Overstolz, Indeiendent ; DubUque, Iowa, Biu-ch, Kcpnblicau ; Cincinnati, Obio, Moore, üepublican ; Miunapolií, Minn., John DeLaitre, Independent : Cleveland, Ohio, G. W. Iiose, Iïepublican Tlie Presiderit's instructions to the Louisiana Commissie mers have been published. They aro of a general nature, recom monding the employment of argument and persuasión, and the sounding of public sentiment afleoted by the present political controvtrsy rather thañ the taking of formal testimony.' of which the recent contests in that State have already furnished oarHoads now piled away in tho State Department at Washington. TnK lihode Mand election bas resulted in the choice of the liepublican ticket by niajorities ranging f rom 600 to 2,000 A Washington dispatch says tho " President has recently stutnl to severa) friends that the liristow omoials in various parts of the country, who were removed from office simply beeanse thoy favored liristow and reform,' will, at the earliest convenient opportnnity, be reinstated in Unir dld places, or giveu otlier places eqnally good." A Washington dispatch tsays that since President llaves cune Into olticu two clerks have been kopt busy at the Whito House, breifing and indexing applications for and reOommcndations ti office. Over 4,000 applications for office have been received by the President, exclusive of those received by members of tlifi Cabiuct. Tn President, it is suid, contemplaten declin ing to hear ofnee-seckeers in person and to refor them to the several deparlments. GENERAL. The Western Union telegraph ha followed tbc lead of the Atlantic and Tacilic Telegraph Cornpany. and cstablishod a uniform ratc of 25 cents for ten-word message to all principal points North, East and West, covering tbc same general line of territory. A glimmer of light bas pierced the veil of mvsterv wbich has surrounded tne recent movements of New York city's ex-Mayor. As almont invnriably happens, there's a woman in the oaM. The vroman is descrlbed ;:s middleaged, and not vry fair to look upon. They are living logothur in a retired quarter of London. Ai;r. EtoDHBosELD, of Cincimiuti. hhe reported mnrderer of Besaie Moore, at Jeffenon, Texas, has licen extradited t the Texas nnthoritiea and taken to the Bcene of hiscrimc trial 'J'iik Mende and relatives of Qan. Cnster have prepared :tn aniendinont whioh tbcy jropose to havo attached to tlie Army bill at the extra Bcssion of Congress. This appropriatea .10,O0O for the ereotion of a monument t Custor and bis associates upon thé battle-ficld wliere they feil. It is thought by them that this wonld be better than to have tlíe bodies removed Eatit. Ni.w Yohk papera chrooicle the death of Dr. William A. Muhlenburg, the woll known EpisQopal rlrrgymaii and hymn-wiitT. Jlo wan tlio attthor of "I wonld nat live alway," and man; other iiopular hyiuns. The Hupreme Court of the United States has i tapped tho Centennial fund in the interest of the national treasury, it decisión being that ' ,. . . i .. . 4 .,- tho Government is a preferred credttor, and must have the $1.500,000 whieh tbe people's representativos loaned to that entorprise before tlie utockholders and other interested partios culi M allowed to dispose of the prolitH. FOKEIGN. BmMBOK has asked for and bbon grantcd a year'fl leave of absence, to reqtlporate his health. The nacification of Mexico onder Diaz was not of long duration. He lias (fuarreled with one oí lus principal Generáis, andrcvohitionary outbreaks have occurred in the various States. The friends of Iordo, the banished ex-President, are particnlarly active, and thcre is a stroiig prolmbility that he will bo recalled to preside over the affairs of the uiüiappy Kepublic. A KcuooL-nousE in the Nonvegian village of EUengoe has been burned and sixteen children perished. . . .In spite of the Igning of the protocol, military preparations are progressing vigoi'oasly in Kussia, and in Constantinoplo the Porto is doing what it can to keep pace with the formidable operations of its enemyi Thé feeling of uneasiness stillprevailstlirougiiout Eiu'ope, and the prospect of peaco is tek gardcd as anything but llattel'lng; Tltli test of the protocol, vhicii was signed at Lontlon on tlio 3ist of March, is transmitted by cable, togethor with the supplementaiT declarations made bv Count Schouvaloff and Earl Derby at the time of aftixing thcir aignatnrett. These declarations are appended to the protocol, and would (teem tQbe of greatcr signilicance than the instrument itsolf. On the part of Kussia it is distinctly annouuced that any agreeiiiciit lor nvipi-ocal ilisarmament must bc preceded by the conclusiun of pe&oe willi Mmteïiegro, by the acceptancc by tho Porte of the advice of Èurope to place tho Turkish nrmy on a poaee footing, and by the demonstraron of a readineaa to undertake the reforms deniandcd. With these preliminarios setiled, Kussia wil] urange wi(h Tnrkey the subject of disarmament, but witliont them, nnd nnless a repetition of the Bulgarian atrocities is preventod, RuRsia will veto all moasures looking to the demobiluation. Derby's deelaralion is eqnally significant of EnglancPa traditiomil distrust and lvatred of Kussia- being in effect a noticc to tlie world that, in the event of a failure to secure peace betweon linsia and Turkey, Englaud will regard tlie protocol as nuil and void, and hold herself at liberty to adopt a different policy. Wk have this bulletin of nows from the City of Mexico: "Tho disaffection is Rpreading. Tho oldeSt adherents of Dia, denounce liim, and the spirit of revolt has spread throughout the army. President Diaz is sick in bed, and various rumors as to the character of his disease are current. Tho manifestó of Lerdo created a Bensaii' n. The constitutional party are rapidly organizing. The troops of tho Rtato of Morcllos liavo pronouncod for Lordo. The troops in other part of tho country are groatly discontented, and a general outbrcak may be expected any day.".. .. Finzel V Sons, Bristol, Eng., who 'somo time ago closed their migar reñnery, said to be the largest iu the workl, have placed their affairs in the hands of their creditors. Their liabilities are estimated at $2,500,000 A ronewal of the Tnrkish atrocities in Bulgaria is threatened. Tiik latent advices from Mexico, via New Orleans, represent that tho reaction against Diaz has set in in carnest, and that the whole country will soon be involved in another revolutioii. . . .News comes from 8t l'etcrsburg that the Czarowitz has declarcd catcgorically in favor of peace, and that liusöia nj'gea Jlontenegro to niako concessions. . . . 'J.'luvi' is ■ coutest of jtiriídiction betwecu Canales, commandant at Matainoras, and Toruno Díaz, naurping President of Mexico, tho object in dispute being the possession of Cortina, the veteran revolutiouist and caltle-thief, dow a prisoner under sentence of doatli in Canales' departiueut. X)iaz has sent a Govemiiirat vcssel to the Rio Grande, and demaudcd the suiTendcr of Cortina, but Canales claims tbe right of possesíion because the old bandit was condemned under state law. Tukkeï objecte to the protocol and its aceompanying declarations, Safvet Pasha stating to the sovereign olliciuls that the Bulgarian massacres were the result of intrigues of foreign agitators, and that the proiolsed reforma were bcing carried oiiv.
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