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ESTABLISHED 1799.
The Situation.
CONSTITUTIONALIST OFFICE, 1, A . m
There is not much additional news
from the elections.
In Florida no attempt has been
mad© to count the votes. Governor
Sieabm is reported, to be anxious to
the question himself so far as
Presidential electors are concerned, but
neither he nor his Returning Board are
able to overcome by any false couut
[he ample majorities of Tilden and
Drew.
Much to our surprise we have no
report from Columbia, where the Su
preme Court have been considering
the question whether the Board of
State Canvassers shall declare the
result according to the statements
'nrfiisbed them by the County Can
vassers or go back to the original
agures of the precinct managers in
case of discrepancies between the
returns of the managers and those
of the County Canvassers. Upon the
decision of this question depends
a part of the electoral vote of
the State as, while the entire
Hum ticket is elected by the
returns of the county canvassers,
A least one of the Tildes electors is
ahead by the precinct returns. As
these last figures were made by the
officers who actually counted the votts,
itseems proper that recourse should
bahad to their figures when necessary.
CM this question is passed upon by
the court nothing can be considered as
let tied in South Carolina except the
lection of Hampton.
The justiy celebrated Returning
i*rd of Louisiana is at last in mo
i:a. It sat yesterday from 10 a. m. to
m., and will be in session daily be-
Heea the same hours until its labors
H:? finished. Committees of Derno-
B:.- and Republicans with atenograph-
Bsare present aud note all the pro-
B' The parishes are being called
B a rioully and canvassed if not ob-
Hced to. Three were disposed of
HfrrJay and in a few days at the
the objectionable parishes
Hbe reached. We have a great deal
■ ifilence in the Returning Board
Bicounting out machine, but in its
[Bsest days it never attempted to
Hfle 9,200 votes, and it cannot suc
do it now.
Washington dispatches tell us of
excitement over a report
s^B::iii'entration of troops at that poiut.
ijHfhild it is too much of a fuss for a
matter, it yet serves to show how
■ stive our friends at the North are
Mae least movement of the WashiDg
m administration.
Bw-morrow, we hope to be able to
= ■ a little more light upon this
Had question. *
Birading a brave officer.
B Hunt Wants to Know Why He
Has Relieved from His Command.
B--V Dispatch to Philadelphia Times.)
November 17.—Colonel
■m the Third Artillery, recently
)fii "Heved from the command of Charles-
BS. C., arrived hero to-day. He
• Hto Gen. Sherman to learn why he
lisfl relieved, but was referred to the
of War, and by Cameron to
1 ‘''’■President. At last accounts he had
B obtained an audience of Grant. It
, Btown here that he was removed at
ct. of Senator Patterson, who
Hungry with him for making a re-
Bto the effect that the only intimi-
B lfl ia Charleston was of colored
m B-ftats, and that the Charleston
1. Bo*wiiß a mo b 0 f unruly and turbu
l B negroes.
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CALIFORNIA.
nbllc&n Frauds Charged in San
Francisco.
Special Dispatch to the Word ]
Francisco, November 16. —Gov-
-Irwiahasnot said that he will
to the election of the electors
State. There were, no doubt,
k frauds committed in this city,
1 rigid investigation is about to be
ft'ueed. The frauds were commit
lueaiui of false certificates of re-
Wi°n, which were issued during
* a preceding the election to
timber of at least 6,000. The vote
pfy as by this means run up
■WO, when it has never before been
■AOOO. The Board of Supervisors
■-•iking a move to unearth the
■ft but they are opposed at every
Federal officials and leading
The County Clerk, a for
■ -taocrat, is openly accused of
at the bogus registration for
gain. He signed certificates
Mj, by the hundreds, and they
■f'" u in bundles to the Republi
to fill up and distribute,
matter will doubtless be
f. tQ light before Governor Irwin
B c:< certificates.
Stock Still Rising.
■ the Cincinnati Enquirer, Nov. 13.
■*s bait a day and last evening
Places sounding public opin
business depression has af-
Wm yPablicans more than Demo-
H. ; , lt h the Repnblioans party
nigh extinct. These are
business or professional peo
whose affairs a criuis or sus-
disastrously. They are
H Rusted and satiate with a
the offices, and most of
•B L ° ret that Tllden was not at
r 1 ® ( 1 and inaugurated. The
Jf ttle Qrvphte, who ha* UP*
aa y ß fi o would rather sae
than any more fuss
'Fhe air seems to hold
that Tllden will succeed
fitORQB Alfred Townsend.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
More Arrests —Reward Increased-
Arrest of One of the Principals in
tbe Hausemans Murder.
(Special to the Constitutionalist.)
Aiken, S. 0. November 20.
Messrs. Jordan and Oakley were
brought to Aiken this afternoon and
Lieutenant John Henry Dennis, of the
Militia, who was amsted i u
Columbia last Friday as one of the
principals in the Hausemans murder.
He confesses the crime, aud implicates
several others.
The reward for Adam Johnson has
been increased from five to fifteen hun
dred dollars.
Some twelve or fifteen citizens from
the Ellenton section have been ret used
bail by Chamberlain’s suborner, D. T
Corbin, and are now in jail. Captain
George W. Croft has called a meeting
of the parties under bail in the Ellen
ton case for Wednesday. y
The Haus email and Partamana
Murder.
Charleston, November 19.—John
Henry Dennis, one of the negroes im
plicated oy the Coroner’s jury in the
Hauseman and Partamaun murder
was arrested in Columbia. On infor
mation given by one of the parties
arrested, a posse of four went out this
morning eleven miles to arrest two
other negroes, named William and
Stephen Anderson, who were present
at the murder. William was arrested
in town and Stepheu at his house. He
refused to surrender, and was only
captured after being,shot several times,
although not seriously. Six negroes
are now imprisoned charged with com
plicity in the murder.
The Walter Murder.
Charleston, November 19.—The iu- j
quest on the body or E. H. Walter, kill-1
ed during the riot on the Bth inst., was I
continued on Saturday, and the testi- j
mony, given by three responsible wit- I
nesses, fastens the guilt of the shooting j
upon one of the four colored policemen. I
It has been established beyond doubt
that several of the negro pplicemen
fired on the whites with Winchester
rifles, and one of them is said to have
fired eight or ten shots. Further evi
dence will he taken to-morrow.
Arrests Under the Enforcement Act.
Charleston, November 19.—Four
more arrests under the enforcement act
were made yesterday. Nearly all of
the prisoners were bailed, but some are
still in jail, District Attorney Corbin
having instructed Commissioner Boo
zer to refuse bail for several and to
postpone it for others.
Negro Murderers Arrested.
Charleston, S. C., November 20.
Two of the negroes concerned in the
killing of {Sherman and Deßoach. near
Lawtonville. were arrested at Beau
fort last night. All is quiet now at
Lawtonville.
snootmg anray-The Walter In
quest.
In a shooting affray in front of the
detective office, about B>* o’clock to
night, between George sshrewsberry,
colored, chief of detectives, and
Mr. Frank Johnson, a young white
man. the former was shot through
the head aud almost instantly
killed. The difficulty grew out of
a quarrel between the two concerning
a colored woman, and about A o’clock
this afternoon Shrewsbury gave John
son a severe beating. Four shots were
fired, of which Johnson fired three
and Sbrewsberry one. Both men were
active Republican politicians.
In the inquest in the Walter case to
day nothing important was brought
out. The evidence still strongly points
to the guilt of the negro policemen.
No Permanent Vacancy in Rhode
Island—The Ineligible Elector will
be Replaced.
Providence, R. 1., November 19.
Gen. D. E. Sickles telegraphs from New
York to Gen. Lippitt: “It is leported,
on the authority of Mr. Wm. Beach
Lawrence that one of the Republican
Electors of Rhode Island is ineligible,
and that the law iu your State gives
the office to the person having the
highest vote who is qualified. Law
rence claims to be elected himself.”
Gov. Lippitt replied; “Our State laws
provide for all contingencies in case of
vacancies, from any cause, in the Elec
toral College. This State will give four
votes for Hayes and Wheeler.
H. Lippitt.
The only occasion for this correspon
dence is the fact that the Hon. George
H. Corliss, Elector elect, is a Centenni
al Commissioner, appointed by the
President on the nomination of the
Governor.
Timex : An Atlanta policeman dream
ed he had caught Wiley Redding the
other night and was engaged in a des
perate struggle with him. When be
woke he was wrestling with the coal
scuttle in the middle or the room.
The average population of Bruns
wick for ten years is 2,500 and total
white deaths 275. In 1876 to epidemic
9 died, and during epidemic to Novem
ber 7th, 102. The yellow fever was
brought in a vessel from the West In-
Binyon, the defaulting cashier of
the Atlanta National Bank (in that he
made away with 816,500), was found
guilty before the United States Court
on lit Saturday. He has been sen
tenced to the penitentiary for five
ye Enauire>': Columbus once more wraps
herself in the mantle of great respon
sibility, takes her destiny in her own
hands* and treads cautiously along the
niddy verge of a momentous crisis
She i*s about to elect anew Mayor and
Board of Aldermen,
Jefferson News: From every section
of our county, glad tidiugscopies to us
that our farming friends are busily en
gBl ■“ p :rS-oa“ 5 wheat
sowing small gram
Ss 'aaj'th-*” conclusively that the
Uv. g n.uintrv are oot so
With the poll
tboroi g - COUDtr y aa to neglect their
tics of t a, right fieutlo*
*>“? PUt in enough for
Ei nnd VP^tbl,
*°sd Cbarito WHHugham, of the Oar-
SSTwhSES they° D get up a purer
b L and a more consistent ‘-rebel
must go outside of the State of
until fibe fact is ascertained.
LOUISIANA.
Preparations for Canvassing the Voie
in New Orleans.
New Orleans, November 19.—There
turning board has received returns
from thirty-five of the seventy-one
parishes, and will commence th • can
vass on Monday. Counsel will be per
mitted to inspect the returns when re
ceived, and see that they had not beeu
tampered with. Ex-Governor E F
Noyes of Ohio, Gen. Lew Wallace of
ludiana, and Hon. John A. Hasson, of
lowa, left here Saturday by rail for
r lorida. The visiting Democrats have
appointed the following committee to
remain here and be present to witness
the counting of the votes by the return
ing board : John M. Palmer and Lyman
Trumbull, Illinois; Wm. Bigler, Penn
sylvania; Geo. B. Smith, Wisconsin; P.
H. Watson, Ohio. Gen. Sherman, on
behalf of the Republicans, has accepted
the- invitation of the board, bat the five
persons to act have not been desig
nated.
The Latest From the Crescent City-
Ten Thousand Majority to Count
tJut, or Tilden is President.
New Orleans. November 19. — The lo
cal vote of Louisiana, made up from
duplicate poll lists or forty-seven par
ishes, and ten parishes estimated by
registration this year and the vote of
1874, is as follows: For Governor,
Nichols, 84,202; Packard, 76,112. In
creased vote this year over the vote of
1872, 12,519. NichoTs majority of the
votes polled over Packard is 8,090. Of
the Tilden Electors five have a ma
jority over the highest vote Tor the Re
publicans of 9,249. The other two Til
des Electors have a majority or 7,036.
The discrepancy in the majority is
caused by the omission of the names of
five of the Hayes Electors from the
Republican ticket iu many parishes.
The following named gentlemen have
left the city : Oswald Otteudorfer, F.
Coudict.New York; C. W. Wooley, Con
necticut ; Gen. J. E. McDonald, John
Coleman, Indiana ; Governor John Lee
Carroll, W. T. Hamilton, Maryland ; Ex-
Gov. A. G. Curtin, Pennsylvania ; J. W.
Chapman, lowa ; Charles Gibson, Mis
souri : W. R. Morrison, Illinois ; J. B.
Jeffreys and W. K. Sullivan. Chicago.
The geutlemen here at the request of
the President, aud also those sent here
by the Republican organizations from
States other than Louisiana, have de
termined, they say, to secure a full
stenographic report of all the proceed
ings aud evidence before the returning
board, so that an impartial statement
may be given to the Republic and sent
to the President. They have also de
termined to change their committee of
five from time to time, so that all their
members may observe tbe mode of
proceedings, aud the appearance and
character of the witnesses examined.
The New Orleans Muddle.
New Orleans, November 20.—Thero
are three tables in the circle in the Sen
ate Chamber, or.e for the Retursing
Board, 9 4 ‘are
guarded by assistant seargents-at
arrns. The committees entered at
noon. The Republicans are : Doolittle,
Garfield, Sherman, Hale and Stough
ton. Democrats as before reported.
Each committee has a stenographer
to report proceedings. The commit
tees will be preseat duriug the Execu
tive session of the Board. Sessions
daily, from 10 to 4 o’clock.
New Orleans, November 20.— The
Returning Board adopted the following
rules: The board will first take up the
parishes in which there are no contests;
after disposing of these parishes those
will be taken up in which there are
objections. All motions, etc., made by
attorneys must be in writing. No orai
arguments will be allowed. Any can
didate, or his representative, who pre
vents a witness must also preseut in
terrogatories. No ex parte affidavits
to be received.
Judge Spofford offered a rule as a
substitute for the rule for the execu
tive session, to the effect that the ses
sions of the Board should be public,
and that representatives of each party,
and press reporters be allowed to be
present. Judge Spofford spoke iu be
half of his motion. Gov. Wells stated
that the Board could not accept the
amendment. It had been decided to
admit only the national committees
and their reporters. The answer to
the protest of the Democratic Com
mittees on the returns was read.
Col. Zacharie filed an additional pro
test in behalf of Cougress.
Gov. Wells stated that the name of
Dr. Kennedy had been submitted to
fill the vacancy in the Board, and that
he knew of but one vuucancy.
The application was laid over, sub
ject to a call.
Col. Zacharie gave notice of a pro
test against the Board not
until the vacancy was filled.
On motion of Mr. Kenner, tbe Board
resolved to take up the returns of
parishes, to the canvass and compila
tion of which there had been no objec
tion.
Col. Zacharie made application for
the admission of the United States
supervisors which was taken under
advisements. Col. Zacharie stated
that he had District Attorney Beck
with’s opinion on the subject. The
returns of Ascension, Assumption and
Avoyelles were sent for, and the Board
went into executive session,
Minor Telegrams.
Raleigh, November 20.—The Legis
lature of the State, more than two
thirds Democratic, met to-day and
organized, and elects a Senator to
morrow.
New York, November 20.—An easter
ly storm has prevailed here since Sat
urday night, with considerable damage
in this city. The weather is reported
to be very rough outside of Sandy
Hook.
Montgomery, Ala., November 20.
Tilden’s majority in Alabama is 31,'’83.
Atlanta, November 20.—Business is
at a standstill, on aceouut of the urn
settled state of politics. Many large
orders are held back, and merchants
! are afraid to increase their stocks.
Pinchback Cornered.
New York, November 20.— A Times
New Qrlean§ dispatch says: “It will
be remembere4 that the Returning
Board was created by the sapie Legis
lature that elected Pinchback to the
Senate. He was refused his seat on
the ground that tfte legislature was
not properly aud legally organised.
Now he claims that if the Returning
Board is recognized aa a legal body he
should be seated.
Gazette • When the new houses of
worship ill towp flow unfinished, are
completed, Elberton, in its number of
churches, as in every other particular,
will be behind no town in the State to
the number of its inhabitants.
AUGUSTA, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1876
FROM WASHINGTON.
'■ ■■ A m. - 40*
News and Gosdp tram the Capital.
Washington, November 20. —Severe I
companies of soldiers have arrived
here, and others are coming. This is
made a basis for the sensational para
graphs about massing the army in the
Distiict. There are assurances that
these troops ana merely en route, and
their movements have no strategic o’-
political significance. It is likely, how
ever, as the District hag no local gov
ernment, that the army will police the
ten miles square until alter the 4th of
March.
Washington, November 20.—The
commission of Weden Oneil, as Mar
shal for Kentucky, has been signed.
The movement of troops, so far as
regards the concentration here, has no
political significance. Three members
of the Cabinet, iucludiug the Secretary
of War, had no knowledge that they
were coming.
“Big Talk” Among Cabinet Offic re
in Regard to the Army— ‘ ‘Much Ado
About Nothing!”
Washington, Movanfbar
IV ar and Navy Departments were to
day special objects of attraction to
many persons seeking information
about various rumors whfch have been
iu circulation here and elsewhere, all i
of which tended to occasion excite
ment. They referred'prinoipally to the
movement of troops in this direction
and naval manoeuvres aud other
acts of similar import. To direct
questions as to the meaning of the !
congregation of troops in this city, 1
Secretary Cameron unhesitatingly re
sponded that there was no significance
whatever in the presence of troops
here. They belong to this military de
partment aud this is a convenient aud
economical point for stationing them.
The Secretary of War further remarked
that no additional forces of troops
would be to this point. The
Secretary of the Navy, responding to in
quiries as to the concentration of a naval
torce hereabout denies emphatically
every rumor to that effect. The ves
sels of the navy are, he said, pursuing
the usual routine avocation without
extraordinary orders or movements
whatever, and there is nothing in any
recent suggestion or direction from the
Navy Department to the commanders
of naval vessels which can be construed
into an act which ought to
occasion the slightest sensation
or excitement, Cabinet officers freely
talk upon the question of the signifi
cance attending the movements of
troops hitherward, denying as herein
mentioned that it has extraordinary
meaning, but upon the subject of sev
eral extra Cabinet sessions during Fri
day and Saturday of last week which
are reported to have been held not only
at the Executive Mansion but at the
Department of Justice, and assoeia
tious also made at the private res
idence of a very prominent mem
ber of the Cabinet, there is
absolute reticence, and no information
can be obtaiueiL...Tjhtu'ja._i<'u.\__u)DU/’a.
last Friday, at the close of which the
members repaired to the office of the
Attorney-General, and -were engaged
for some time in eonsulcipg statutes,
was a session of very deep interest,
and was followed by se\%ral other jeon
sultatious in addition to which it was
noticeable that one or two. prominent*
members were actually visiting other
departments, while there is no positive
official knowledge, it is generally be
lieved that impressions have metqjuo
miuent Government officials .that it is
well to be prepared for any con
tingency, however remote it may be,
that can arise in future out of the
present complications. Even this state
ment is not made by Cabinet
officers, but other officials and persons
who hold intimate political relaf&fhs
with members readily so express them
selves. Among the reports which have
had curreucy is one to the effect that,
at a meeting Friday night, ex-Gov.
Dennison, of Ohio, now one of the com
missioners of this district, was present,
and that, on Saturday, Chief Super
visor Davenport, of New York, aud
Gov. Dennison, were together in con
sultation with the Attorney General.
There are several other rumors afloat
of lesser interest, but, generally, there
is no comflrmation of them au
thorized by auy high authority.
Iu addition to what has been
said by the General of the army, Sec
retary Cameron, Secretary Robeson and
Secretary Chandler, said to-day that
this military movement was not a for
mal act of the Administration, but an
orninary army movement. He himself
did Lot know that any companies had
bee* ordered here, and is not aware
that any more are coming. He thinks
it just as well to have them stationed
here as elsewhere, and in fact better,
because it is a cheaper place to feed
them than most other places.
Supreme Court Decision.
Washington, November 20.—Morgan
vs. the State of Louisiana. Error to
the Supremo Court of Louisiana. In
this case it was claimed that certain
property of the New Orleans and Ope
lousas and Great Western Railroad
Company, which had come into the
bands of plaintiff in error by purchase,
was exempt from taxation as his prop
erty, because it was exempt by law
while the property of the eompany.
The Court held that only a franchise
of a Railroad Company, which is defined
as a right for privilege,is essential to the
operations of the oorporative, suoh as
the franchise to run cars, to take tolls,
to appropriate earth and gravel for the
bed of its road, or water for its en
gines, and the like, may be conveyed
to a purchaser of the road as a part of
the property of the company. That
immunity from taxation is not one of
these positive rights or privileges
essential to the working of the road,
but is personal in its character, and
incapable of transfer without express
statutory direction. Affirmed.
Washington, Noyember 20.—General
Barry, commanding at Fortress Mon
roe, has been ordered here. Most of
the troops here belong to his regiment.
Rev, TANARUS, J. Adums, the faithful pastor
of the Baptist Church in Saudersville,
has been re-elected for another year.
The residence of Mrs. Sabiua Phelps,
near Penfield, was destroyed by fire
last week. Loss from 83,000 to 81,000,
and no insurance.
Mr. W. E. Mumford, of the Talbotton
Slqrviari}, is a candidate for the office
of messenger to bear the electoral vote
of Qeorgia to Washington.
A Columpus youth named W. A -
Howard i@ in trouble in Macon. He
endeavored to Charlie Ropf a green
Irishman's valise, but the police Bossed
him. How-ard it is to be thus carried
off in one’s youth.
The gin house of Henry S. Crowder,
in Harris county, together with about
twenty pules of cotton and the seed of
thirty more, was burned last friday
night.
FOREIGN NEWS.
LATEST FROM THE OLD WORLD.
The Eastern Question.
London, November 20.—The Daily
News’ Vienna correspondent says posi
lively that neither Germany nor Aus
tria would oppose Russia’s entrance into
Roumania. The strength of the Rus
sian army, now in process of mobiliza
tion, it 250,000. All ships of the Rus
sian Black Sea Navigation Campauy
have been impressed.
Turkey’* Acceptance Confirmed.
London, November 19. —A dispatch
to the Reuter Telegram Company,
dated Constantinople, Saturday, says
the extradinary grand Council to-day
resolved to accept the conference. It
is stated that Midhat Pasha and San
fedt Pasha will be tfie Turkish pleni
potentiaries: Cheakt Pasha has been
sent to for trial by the
Commission which is investigating the
atrocities in Bulgaria.
A Reuter telegram from St. Peters
burg, dated to-day, says the State
Bank announces that it is authorized
by an imperial ukase, dated November
18, to receive subscriptions for an issue
of 100,000,000 roubles in bank notes
bearing interest at five per cent., tbe
issue price to be ninety-two. The Offi
cial Gazette says the loan is rendered
necessary by the extraordinary expen
ditures in view of the present political
situation. It hopes all classes will
subscribe.
London, November 20.—The Marquis
of Salisbury, special Ambassador to act
at the coming conference, left for Con
stantinople with his family. He will
stop at Paris, Berlin aud Vienna, pre
sumably for consultation with the res
pective foreign ministers. The Pall
Mall Gazette publishes a letter from the
liotbfoebilds, completely denying the
story Dublished in the Cologne Gazette
Saturday that they have promised to
advance Bussia mouey.
Sunday papers generally take a more
hopeful view of the situation. The
Time* says : “This morning opens so
fairly that we are perhaps led to be too
sauguine iu holding that peace is as
sured. It is hard to believe when ten
persons, all representing powers deep
ly interested in keepiug peace, meet
in council, that they will
not mail tain peace unbroken.
Fast Indian News.
London, November 20.—Official re
turns at Calcutta give the loss or life
by the cyclone at 215,000. The Calcutta
Pioneer says the Indian Government
is preparing a strong contingent for
Egypt in case of war.
Miscellaneous News.
London, November 20.—Careful offi
cial contradictions are published this
morniDg of recent reports of activity
at Woolwich Arsenal,where the Post, on
Saturday, stated an order had been re
ceived tor fort.tT mtlUiuw.
in which to pack cartridges for trans
portation. The increased demand for
cartridges is solely in consequene of
the adoption of the Martine Henry ri
fle in the Indian army.
London, November 20. —The mail j
steamer WindsorCaStle, plying between
Great Britain and the cape of Good :
Hope, was lost. The crew and passen
gers were saved. The British gun boat
Lapwing is reported lost in a gale off
Chafoo.
Madrid, Nov. 20—The Imparcial says i
Marshal Serrano has determined to re- I
tire from private life.
Rome, November 20.—The King, iu
his speech from the throne regarding
the relations between Church and
State, said the extensive liberties
granted the Church ought not to im
pair public liberties. The Government
would, therefore, propose bills for ren
dering efficient the reservation in the
laws respecting the Papal See.
THE BOLDEST STROKE YET.
Tne Governor of Florida Asserts tha
Right to Decide the Vote—The
Democrats Alarmed and Excited at
this Monstrous Usurpation of Au
thority, Backed by Grant’s Bayo
nets.
l>y Telegraph to the Nows and Courier.)
Tallahassee, November 19.—There
is reasonable ground Tor believing that
Governor Stearns, of this State, will as
sume that the State board of canvass
ers has no power to canvass the -elec
toral vote, but that that power resides
in the Governor. The assumption will
permit the Governor to decide all is
sues pertaining to the canva&s, and is
sue his certificate to whichever set of
Electors he decides are elected. This
assumption is based upon the fact that
the act* creating the Returning 1 Board
does not use the word “Electors” in
giving the list of officers whose vote
the Board shall canvass. The power
to canvass this vote not being specifi
cally conferred upon the Board, he con
tends, resides in him, as he is required
by a United States law to issue the
Electors’ certificates, and must canvass
it in order that he may decide who is
entitled to certificates.
The Democrats are very much aston
ished that this claim should be set up,
and conteud that the woid “Electors”
is not used in the act referred to, sinn
ply because Electors are inoluded un
der the head of State officers, which
expression is used in the act. The
Democratic Committee waited on the
Governor and notified him, that, if he
contemplates such a step, they would
ask permission to file a protest. He
stared that they should have an oppor
tunity to do this, and this morning no
tified them by aletter that he should
be please if they would forward iu
writiog whatsoever they bad to say
upon the subject. This is considered
an intimation that he inteuds to go on
\yjth the mattep without dplay, Elabo
rate opinions are being prepared on
both sides of this question.
There is some movement ordered in
military circles to-night; precisely what
jt is cannot be ascertained. It is sup
posed that troops are going to some of
the contested counties.
Mr. Dan McKinnon, a well known
farmer of Stewart county, died last
Wednesday night from the effects of a
blow received a few weeks since from
Dr. Kidd, with whom he was fighting.
At a sale in Twiggs county last Tues
day, corn sold for fifty cents and pota
fqea fop penss per bushel,
qats s4ty-fiyq cents per hundred, hogs,
gross, seven to ten cents per pound
and cows twelve to fourteen dollars.
Appeal, of Brunswick, says the fol
lowing is the list of victims of yellow
fever since the 4th: Miriam Williams,
T. M. Burgay, John Fullman, Win, Bil
lings, and four colored persons.
Gartersviile b >a-sts of fewer loafers
thu u any other tu.vn of its size (n the
gfoutb.
STEALING THE STATE.
THE CANDIDATES REPORT A
MAJORITY FOR THE IIAYEA
ELECTORS.
They Disregard Errors and Irregular
itiss that Give the Electoral Vote to
Tilden-An Appeal to the Supreme
Court and the Consequences.
[Special to the News and Courier.!
Columbia, November 18, 12 m.—Con
siderable excitement was caused here
this morniDg by what purported to be
an authoritative statement that the
Republican candidates for electors had
been elected by majorities ranging
from 600 to 250. This report was tele
graphed to every part of the UnioD,
and was evidently a foreshadowing of
the result of the tabulation of the state
ments of the County Canvassers by
the State Board. The tabulation as
declared by the Board gives the fol
lowing results :
Democrats. Republicans.
Irwin 90,906 I W insmith 91,870
Wallace 90,905 | J0hn50n....... .91,852
Barker 90.896, Myers 91,836
Harrington... .90,893 Nash 91.804
Aldrich 90,860] Bowen 91,786
Ingram . 90,798 | Cook 91 432
McGowan .90,737 | Hurley 91,136
Highest Democratic vote 91,906
Lowest Republican vote 91,136
Republican majority 230
Average Democratic vote. 90 856
Average Republican vote. .91*672
Average Republican majority gIG
Upon this result being declarod the
following protest and exception was
tiled by Gen. Conner:
“The counsel for the Democratic can
didate except to the aggregation of the
results and the announcement of them,
on the ground that the canvass and the
comparison of the mauagera’ returns
with the county canvassers’ statements
show' irregularities, errors aud omis
sions which vitiate the vesv.lt, and pre
vent the aggregation or the county
canvassers being re
garded as a true aggregation of the
vote cast at the election.
“James Conner, Counsel.”
Senator Gordon has just made the
following statement to your correspon
dent ; I give it in his words :
“The statements, as tabulated by the
board this morning are only the state- j
meats of the county canvassers, aud
differ by thousands of votes from the
returns of the managers of the elec
tion at the precincts who counted the
votes.
“Counting the votes, as given by the
managers of the election, gives the
State to Tiiden by a larger majority
than the doctored returns of the couu- 1
ty canvassers give to Hayes,”
The Supreme Court will be asked to j
instruct the State Hoard that it cannot
take advantage of the willful per ter- !
sion of the returns, or the clerical mis
takes of the county canvassers.
The Democrats were aware nr the re- i
K.au v aoocio, out uiese nlunuers o j
county canvassers will of course have ,
to be corrected by comparison with the
precinct managers’ returns, which will j
entirely change the result. The board i
has taken a recess to half-past 3.
The Union-He>'aid accounts for the j
smatluess of the vote for Cook and ;
Hurley as follows: “Wilson Cook, (Rep.)
by a clerical error of one set of mana
gers in Richland county, was left out I
of the return, and thus falls below the !
others, and the same is the case with ;
Hurley, who was omitted from one re- !
turn in Charleston county.
The Aggregation of the Vote for
State Officers and the Result.
ISpecial Dispatch to the News and Courier.] •
Columbia, November 18, 10 r. m.—The
Board of Canvassers have finished the
tabulation of the vote lot State officers,
as shown in the statements of the
County Canvassers. The result is as
follows:
SECRETARY OF STATE.
Ilayneaßepd 91,7 I
Sims, (Dem.) 91,44<> j
Hayne’s majority 227
ATTORNEY-G ENERAL
Elliott, (Rep.). 9i i4c
Conner, (Dem.) 91’,130
Elliott’s majority 7
COMrTBOLLER-GENERAL.
( Dunn, (Rep.) - 99 gsg
Haloed, (Dem.)... 91*114
Hagond’s majority 2GG
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
Tolbert, (Uep.) 91.112
Thompson, (Dem.) . 91,552
Thompson’s majority 440
ADJUTANT GENERAL
Kennedy (Rep.) 91,606
Aloise (Dem) 91,545
Kennedy’s majority 61
STATE TREASURER.
Cartlozo (Rep) 91,485
Leap hart (Dem) 91277
Cardozo’s majority 208
This tabulation elects only Gen, Ha
good as Comptroller and Capt. Thomp
sofi as Superintendent of Education
among the Democratic candidates, but
to the several votes the following ad
ditions for erroneous votes are ex
pected to be made:
For Tolbert, (Uep.) 532
For F. C. for T. C. Dunn, (Rep.) .318
For Conner, (Dem.) as comptroller-gen
eral t stead of attorney-general 407
For Elliott, (Rep) as comptroller-gen
eral instead of attorney-general 241
For Hagood, (Dem.) as attorney-gen-
I eral instead of comptroller-general... .412
For Dunn, (Uep.) as comptroller-gen
oral
These changes do not affect tjje re
sult its to Secretary of State, adjutant
geQeral and treasurer, but chauge the
vote for attorney-general, comptroller
general and superintendent of educa
tion, as follows :
ATTOBN EY-GKNEKAL.
Elliott (Rep.) ! 91,146
941
91,387
Conner (Dem.)..... 91139
407—91,546
Conner's majority 159
OOMPTHOI^tII-aBSERAfc,
Dunn (Rep-) 90,858
318
238
91,414
Hagood (Dem.) 91,114
412—91,526
Hogood’s majority. 112
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
Tolbert (Rep)....'..'..'..,' 1,112
532
91,644
Thompson (Dem.) 91,554
Tolbert’s majority ......T. .*.. 90
4 Demand for a Copy of the Precinct
Returns - The Refusal - Suspicious
Action of the Bo^rd.
As soon as the State Board had an
i pounced the tig urea (or the candidates
an tl(e State ticket, Gen, Gordon sub
j mitted the following petition :
j T*o the Hon. Board of State Canvassers:
1 X respectfully request, in the interest
lof fairu+se, that clerks appointed by
! the board and the Democratic attor
neys respectively, t, H permitted to take :
(ionic* of toe returns as certified by the
precinct managers. I make this re .
quest, hoth in order to insure silt Lfae
tion, and ill view of the fact that these
returns may become an important fac
tor in ascertaining the result of the
election. j. b. Gordon.
He theu stated that he regarded ti e
request as most reasonable, inasmuch
as all the evidence furnished by the
managers of the precincts was exclu
sively iu the possession of oue political
party; that these certificates of the ac
tual vote polled, as returned by the
precinct managers, had already been
shown to differ widely from the returns
forwarded by the county canvassers;
that he did not ask for the possession
of these returns, but had asked that
they he copied in the presence of the
board or Its clerk, or some of its mem
bers; that no wrong could result, and
that It furnished a security to which
every citizen of this State, and of the
United States, was clearly entitled.
The board, in reply, declined to ac
cede immediately to the request, but
said that an answer would be given on
Monday.
Senator Gordon replied that what he
wished to secure was the integrity of
the returns in the interval between this
and Monday.
The Board, however, postponed an
swering until Monday.
Senator Gordon maintains that in
the seven or eight counties in which
the Board had examined the true
I returns made by those who counted
I the votes the result was entirely re
versed.
When the Board began yesterday to
tabulate tbe returns for electors, the
Chairman announced that the returns
made by the precinct mauagers would
be compared with the Canvassers’
returns. This was done for five or six
counties, but when the diacrepencies
appeared the Board decided act to
make known tbe managers’ returns
any further. This action of the Board
led to the request made by Senator
Gordon.
HAMPTON AND SIMPSON ELECTED.
From an official count made up by
the Democrats from papers which tally
with those of tbe State doard in every
particular, so far as these have been
made public, the vote for Governor and
Lieutenant-Governor (which tbe board
did not canvass) is as follows :
Hampton (Dem.) 92,216
Chamoerlain (Rep.) 91,127
Hampton’s majority 1,134
Simpson (Dem.) 91,689
Cleaves 1 Rep.) 31,550
Simpson’s majority 130
The Democrats are confident that
this is correct. The other side will give
uo estimates, and Hayue, chairman of
the State board, says they have none.
C. McK.
A Plain Summary of the Situation—
What Depends on the Decision of
SuDrema Court-. Tn.n-r, a t-_
the Whole Democratic Ticket.
(Special Dispatch to News and Courier.)
Columbia, November 19, 10 p. m.—
The vote for the Electors aud State of
ficers, as telegraphed you last night,
was correct as derived from the minu
tes of the State Board. The votes
which I telegraphed as corrections
have not been added to the regular
vote. It remains for the Supreme
Court to decide whether they shall be.
Leaving out these irregular votes,
Hayne (Rep.) for Secretary of State,
Elliott (Rep.) for Attorney General,
Oardozo (Rep.) for Treasurer, Hagood
(Dem.) for Comptroller, Thompson
(Dera.) for Superintendent of Educa
tianjfcnd Kennedy (Rep.) for Adjutant
General, are elected. If the vote*
should be allowed, Hayne (Rep.), Con
ner (Dem.), for Attorney General, Car
dozo (Rep.), Hagood (Dem.), Tolbert
(Rep.), for Superintendent of Educa
tion, and Keunedy (Rep.) are elected.
Besides the above-mentioned irregu
larities, however, another is reported,
being an illegal precinct iu Beaufort
county. The law requires that one poll
in that county shall be held at Gard
ners’ Corner, where It has always been
held hitherto. It was not held there
on this occasion, but at the Sheldon
Place, said to be three to six -jniles dis
tant, 553 Republican and 6LDemocratic
votes are deposited there, if these votes
are thrown out by tne Supreme* Court
the whole Democratic S-ate ticket, and
certainly one elector aud possibly two,
are elected.
I have not seen the fact mentioned
elsewhere that Judge Mackey ordered
the arrest of five deputy marshals at ;
Chester on the election day for intiini- !
dation. Tbree of them fled the County
forthwith, but Isaac Castles and Cato
Porter, both colored, were oaught aud
lodged in jail. Castles appealed to
Lieut. Turner, United States army, of
the 18th Infantry, to rescue him, but
Turner declined, saying he could not
interfere with the power of the court.
LOUISIANA.
REPLY OF THE DEMOCRATIC
COMMITTEE.
A Calm and Dignified Rebuke of Oen.
Grant’s “Small Attorneys.”
New Orleans, November 17.—The
following is the reply of the Democrats
to the last communication of the Re
publicans :
The Hons. John Sherman, Stanley
Matthews, J. A. Garfield, W. D. Kel
ley, John A. Kasson, E. W. Stoughton,
0. Irivn Ditty, E igeue Hale, M. Quay,
Will S. Cumbaek, E. F. Noyes, Job E.
Stevenson, John Coburn, Lew Wallace,
J M. Tuttie, W. A. McGrew, J. A. Chap
man, W. R. Smith, Ahner Taylor, S. B.
Haven, J. M- Beardsley, C. U, Far well
Courtlandt Parker, Sidney Clark, J.
C. Wilson—Gentlemen : We are In re-,
ceipt of your letter of the 14th inst., in
which you inform us of your determi
nation Dot to confer with us for tiro
purpose of exerting such influence ns
we inay possess in behalf of sucfi a can
vass of the votes actually cast at
the election in Louisiana, as by its
fairness and impartiality shall com
mand the acquiescence and respect
of all parths. We gincerely regret this
failure of our attempt to secure the co
operation of the citizens from other
States in furtherance of the purpose
which, as we supposed, had brought
them hither at this juncture. We re
gret it all the more because your refu
sal to ooftier and co-operate with us
appears to be based upon a serious
misapprehension of the language no
less than the spirit of auj eommunica
tion. It can hardly have escaped your
notice that our statement of the result
to be attained by the co-operative ac
tion, which we sought to bring ahout,
was a simple reproduction of the lan
guage of President Grant, at whose re
quest, we understand, you arc here. In
his recent order to Gen. Sherman, that
SI X DOLLARS A YEAR
j language was deliberately used no
doubt in view of. the fact about which,
as we conceive, there cart bend dis
pute, that the first and most essential
prerequisite to an honest and just dec
11ration of the results of the recent
electiouiu Louisiana is a fair and impar
tial canvass of the votes actually cast.
It seems to us that you do the President
great injustice iu supposing that, iu
speakiug of the “votes actually cast,”
he meant to include votes illegally ertst,
as you certainly do us injustice by the
imputation of a desire to insist upon
such a narrow and vicious interpreta
tion. In our judgment the expression
“votes actually cast,” of necessity des
ignates votes legally cast, aud, as a
consequence, of such votes only did
we desire to secure a fair and impartial
canvass. We beg leave to say, there
fore, that you are mistaken in the be-
lief that we sought unduly to narrow
the basis on which we invited your co
operative action, and you are no less in
error in attributing to us a purpose to
interfere with the legal authorities of
the State in the discharge of their
duties, to claim rights and to arrogate
to ourselves powers which we do not
possess. In writing our letter we were
fully aware that both the organi
zation aud action, whether ju
dicial or ministerial, of the Re
turning Board of Louisiana* were
beyond any authoritative control from
without, and that it would be the
height of arrogance and folly to at
tempt to alter the laws of a State of
which we are not citizens, or to ob
trude our interpretation of these laws
upon those whose duty it is to admin
ister them, but we * had supposed,
nevertheless, that there was an influ
ence which might be rightfully ex®rte<l
even by citizens of tb;s Republic who
are strangers in this State, uud wfe had
t.i ken it for granted that your pres
ence here, iu response to the sugges
tion of the Piesuient, was a recogni
tion of this iact. We had supposed
that it was not improper for us to
reiniod the authorities of this State,
by our mere presence at least, that
there are certain rules of fairness aud
justice which underlie all constitutions
and laws, and upon whose observance
must depend the acq uiese nee' of the
people or all parties in the resuit £
the Louisiana election—rules such as
those: That no oue ought to be judge
in his own case; that the decision
of any contest ought not to
depend upon the mere arbitrament
of one of the parties thereto; that be
fore such a decision is mads both par
ties ought to be fully and fairly heard;
that all questions of law ought to be
decided in conformity with its estab
lished general principles, aud ail ques
tions of fact upon evidence duly pre
sented aul weighed under the rules
which me of universal recognition iu
all the States or this .Union; that the
trial of all causes invoicing public in
terests at least ought to be public, and
that all the proceedings resorted to for
tne purpose of determining the issues
iu the present electoral content Ought
hfVhatr been 'perYeVuea Int o~i n, tr u mVii
ments for the violation of its spirit. Iu
this connection we may be permitted
to observe, that while uudouot-dly, as
you say, a sedulous inculcation and
cultivation of the habits of obedience
to the forms of law is vital to the pre
servation of constitutional libeity,
it is no less important that a refusal
to yield such obedience be not
provoked by using these forms as
means for subverting the very ends for
which they were desigued. Without
untiertaking to question the sincerity
of the belief, which you are at pains to
express, that you kjjow of no reasou to
doubt that the Louisiana Returning
Board will make a perfectly honest and
just declaration of the results of the
recent election in Louisiana, we deem
it not improper to remind you that the
presence in this city of so many citi
zens from all parts of the Union at this
moment seems to be evidence of a
widely prevalent distrust of tfie action
of this Board, and that such distrust
has this foundation at least, that the
constitution of the Board has not been
changed since its returns were set aside
by a Congressional committee, of which
the Republican candidate for the Vice-
Presidency was a member; aud this dis
trust is not unnatural in view of the
fact, that, as we understand, one of the
members of the Returning Board was
a candidate for au office at the recent
election, aud another the holder of an
office of profit and trust by appoint
ment of the present Executive of the
National Government, while all the
members of the Board are believed to
be in affiliction with but one of the
| parties to the present political contest.
In view of all this, it is hardly neces
sary to add that the terms of our let
ter were not designed to prejudge the
question whether the functions of the
Returning Board were judicial or min
isterial, but simply invite you
to see, with as,.that whatever may be
tjbe character of these functions, they
are openly, fairly, and honestly dis*-
chargetf; and while we thus refrained
from any attempt at stating or con
struing the laws of Louisiana, we
deemed it equally irrelevant to the
subject of our correspondence with
you to allude to the duties defolving
upon officers other thau those consti
tuting the Louisiana Returning Board,
under the laws and Constitution of the
United States. Whether, as you ob
serve by way of illustration, under the
Constitution the President of the Seu
ate both eouuts and declares the votes
of the Electors of the several States,
his duty being purely miuisteiial and
not subject to the control of Congress,
or, has been the practice for more than
eighty years—a practice inaugurated
by men, some of whom had been
among tbe framers of the Constitution
—the votes are to be counted under
the direction and control of the House
of Representatives and Senate, is a
question, upon the discussion of which
we deem it no part of our dui<J* to enter.
Iu conclusion, permit us to say that
notwithstanding your refusal to co-op-
Prate, we still cherish the hope that the
Returning Board, warned by the his
tory of the past and conscious that Its
actions are beiig observed by the
whole nation, will discharge its delicate
duty with such circumspection, fair
ness aud impartiality as wiil give’ satis
faction to the American people. To
this end we wifi continue to labor.
Should a different result follow the
action or the Board, we shall have the
satisfaction of knowing that, while you
have taken the responsibility of de
clining to act with us, we have done ail
in our power to avert the cousequenees
which may follow. Very respectfully,
John M Palmer. 111., J W Stevenson, Kv
LymauTrumbull,Hi, H D MuHenrv, Kv.’
'' m R Morrison, 111., O Ottomlorfer, N V
S J Itandall, Pa.. J B Stallo, Ohio
A G Curtin. Pa., Louis V Bogy, Mo.
y> m Bigler, Pa.. J O Broad head. Mo.
J R Doolittle, Wic, O Gibson, Mo.,
Smith, Wia, John Lee Carroll, Md.
J E MeDonala, Tnd., \V K Hamilton Md
Go<> W Julian, lad., W R Sumner Conn’’
M D Mauson. lml., P H Watson. O ’
John Love, Ind., F R Coudert, N. y_
Henry Watteicun.Ky.