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The Situation.
CoM 9Tmm°NAiJBT Office, 12:15, a. m.
There is no news of importance from
Louisiana-
Iq Florida the Democrats have ob
tained from Judge White of the Circuit
Court, a teinpory injunction restrain
jog Gov. Stearns from canvassing re
turns of electoral voles or issuing cer
tificates to any electors,and an|order re
turnable to-morrow, why the injunction
should not be made permanent, and
B lso, an order directed to the Return
ing Board requiring them to show
cause to-morrow why a mandamus
should not issue, requiring them to
ptoceed at once to canvass the votes.
The law allows an appeal from Judge
White’s decision to the Supreme Court,
but there will be no regular session of
this body until January. We await
with equanimity the result of the mo
tion before Judge White to-morrow.
Iti South Carolina matters are slowly
coming to a focus. The Board of State
Canvassers made yesterday to the Su
preme Court a report on Presidential
electors, and State officers except Gov
ernor and Lieutenant-Governor, which
will be passed upon by the Court to
day. The Court ordered the State
Canvassers to decide upon the
Congressmen and members of
the Legislature according to
returns before it, which give to the
Democrats two out of five Congress
men, and a majority of one in the
Legislature on joint ballot. A Demo
cratic Legislature insures the success
of Hampton for Governor and Simpson
lor Lieutenant-Governor. The other
State officers and Presidential electors
depend upon the Supreme Court and
its decision to-day. We possess our
souls in patience and wait results.
GOV. TILDEN READY.
WILL CONTEST THE POINT TO
THE LAST.
The Choice of the People Must be Re
spected—A Constitutional Battle
With the Weapons of the Law—A
Determined Fight on Fraud.
(Special Dispatch to tne Baltimore Gazette.)
New York, November 16.
Business is at a standstill iD conse
quence of the election contest, and the
miuds of our merchants are filled with
grave apprehensions of danger to the
republic owing to the attitude of the
Radicals in menacing the Constitution
and the rights of the people. Advices
received to-day from New Orleans, to
gether with the views of eminent con
servatives of the United States, are fill
ed with forebodings for the future.
They declare most emphatically that a
conspiracy has been inaugurated
by leading Republicans to place
Gov. Hayes in the Presidential chair
by throwing aside the ascertained and
decisive verdicts of the people of South
Carolina, Florida and Lousiana, and
giving their electoral votes vi et armis
to the Republican candidates. It is
now tgreed that there is no fairness or
justice to be hoped for at the hands of
the Louisiana Returning Board, and
the heavy Democratic majority in that
(Minmonwealth is to be utterly ignored.
What exasperates all classes of true
patriots most is the positive announce
ment here that the order of Gen. Grant
was written by Don Cameron, and is
sued at his request purely for partisan
political advantage, and that he has in
structed Hayes to accept the office of
Chief Magistrate in its present condi
tion, tainted all over with fraud, and it
is known that Hayes has consented to
take the place and run the risk of rev
olution. Under the circumstances
there is no wonder that the commercial
community is excited, nervous and de
spondent. It is absolutely impossible
to move the wheels of trade while war
i impending.
Governor Tilden remains calm and
ouusels the greatest forbearance on
the part of his frit nds and supporters.
He has the most unbounded confidence
iu the sense of justice in the American
People, and his trust is that they having
done their duty and expressed their
w ill at the polls, will brook no attempt
to rob them of their rights. He has
the most positive assurance from gen
tlemen of the highest legal t handing in
th 6 country that he will be inaugurated
president of the United States next
March, although he is perfectly satis
“ed that tie will be counted out in Lou
tsiacH. His reliance, primarily, is on
Honda, where the Attorney General,
a member of the returning board, is an
p 9 and accomplished J)emocratic
uwyer of great influence; sufficient,
, e believes, to demand and enforce
pistice at the bands of the other two
otate canvassers, who are Republicans,
wd who, if not overawed by the mln
bcs of Grant, are really inclined to act
‘airly. His best hope is in Oregon, where
wre is a prospect of securieg the one
sectoral vote necessary to give him a
in the electoral college in the
event of his being cheated out of the
!, ote * of Louisiana, Florida and Houth
-arolina. In the event of failure iu all
these channels, Mr. Tilden will or
ganize the most stupendous constitu
mal contest In Congress ever ex
perienced in auy country in the memory
l. “ aD > and with the whole people at
ia hack (for vast numbers of Republl-
now cordially support him, and
-hers warmly applaud his patriotic
jneanor), with a cause that Is the
use °f jn B u cei be will demand the
)7 o C K 0f Chief Magistrate, 1° which he
ki s en elected, and he will not cease
,k i orts coder the constitution and
aws until he is inaugurated. While
drink. 1 ? 0088 * a this position is un
deprecates all publications
■ utrif Woul H tend to stir up internecice
I tho r' is perfectly confident that
iuati w ‘*l h& v e reform with peace,
I md f e witb P°Pular and state's rights.
I tv I ‘dealing without intimidation.
I ter vi 18 is based upon an in-
I MU if w . w ' t H a leading statesman, who
I PnLiri
I r&ini Tilden's cabinet, and whose
■ riw nf ß i ? re en titled to great weight, in
■ hiaint a ' l3 high standing, as well as
lunacy with the President elect.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Probable Election of the Entire State
Ticket.
(Special to the Constitutionalist.)
Columbia, S. C,, November 21.
Ex-Attorney-General Akerman ap
peared to-day in the Supreme Court
and tiled a petition in behalf or j. R.
Tolbert, Republican candidate for Su
perintendent of Education, praying
that he might be made a party to the
action now pending. The proceedings
in this case are regarded as merely
dilatory. The court will probably ar
rive at a decision to-morrow.
If the illegal precinct in Beaufort
county is thrown out, the entire State
ticket will be elected, and probably one
or two Democratic electors.
W. H. M.
THE GREAT QUESTION.
The Latest IteirardiiiK the Election—
The South Carolina Supreme Court
The Florida, Case —A Change of
Front by Some of the Colored Loui
siana Republicans.
Columbia, November 21.—-The Board
of Canvassers made a report to the
Supreme Court, to-day on the election
of State officers. The Court now per
mits the Board of Canvassers to de
cide only on the election of Congress
men and legislators, as indicated by the
returns. This action will decide the
question of the Governorship. The
Court will act to-morrow regarding the
report of the Board on electors.
Ex-United States Attorney-General
Akerman, United States District At
torney Corbin, and ex-CoDgressman
Elliott, colored, appeared as attorneys
for the Republican candidates.
Tallahassee, November 21.—The
attorneys of the Democratic man
agers yesterday applied to Judge
White, of the Circuit Court, for two
orders, one restraining the Governor
from canvassing the returns of the
electoral vote or issuing his certifi
cate to any elector or electors, unless
by order of the regularly appointed
Board of Canvassers; the other in tho
shape of a mandamus to the Returning
Board, ordering them to proceed at
once to the canvass of the votes. The
Judge granted the injunction prayed
for temporarily, and ordered the
Governor to show cause on Thursday
next why the injunction should not be
granted permanently. He also issued
an order commanding the members of
the Returning Board to show cause on
next Thursday why this mandamus,
ordering them to proceed to canvass
at once, should not be issued. The
papers were aerved this evening.
There is an appeal from the Circuit
Judge to the Supremo Court subject,
however, to this possible difficulty—
the Supreme Court is not now in ses
sion and will not convene in regular
session until next January. Id it does
not of its volition convene in extra ses
sion before the 6th of December, when
the Electors’ certificates aie obliged to
issue, there can bS no appeal from
Judge White’s decision, as there will
be no court in session to which the
appeal can be made.
The Circuit Court to-day issued an
injunction against the Governor and a
mandamus to the Returning Board.
The order covers three thousand
words.
New Orleans, November 21.—The
Returning Board will hear evidence
and argument in contested polls and
parishes, and lay them aside for Huai
decision in secret session.
The Board opened at 11;15, and was
open to the press. The public was ad
mitted for a few minutes, when the
room was cleared for executive ses
sion. Two of the Northern Committee
only allowed to remain.
A delegation consisting of fifteen
colored men from various precincts in
Ouacnita parish, called on the visiting
Democrats at the St. Charles Hotel
to-day. They had all been members of
the Republican party, and several of
them had recently been presidents of
Republican clubs. They gave reasons
why they had changed and led their
respective followers to the polls to
vote the Democratic ticket.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
News and. Gossip From the Capital.
Washington, November 21. —Full
Cabinet. Routine business. No allu
sion made to ordering troops to Wash
ington. It may be added, on authority
of two members of the Cabinet, that
this subject has never been discussed
or acted upon by that body.
Consul Saunders, at Nassau, reports
to the State Department tho wreck of
the American schooner Thomas H.
Sweeney, from Philadelphia to New
Orleans, with coal and gun powder.
The loss of the schooner Annie Vorden,
from Philadelphia to GalvestoD, is
reported.
Counting all arms, with marine, tfie
military force here is about 1,200.
There is no excitement about the mat
ter. The District government is a very
feeble affair and there have already
been signs of turbulence.
Wm. Chandler telegraphing from
Florida claims the State for Hayes, but
says it is close, A Herald special says,
regarding South Carolina: ‘*rbe result
of the election may be briefly summed
up on the Democratic side as follows:
The election of Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor, a gain of seven State
Electors apd thirty-one Representa
tives, which give a majority and se
cures the return of a Democrat to the
United States Senate, a gain of two
Congressmen, a gain of five solicitors
out of eight, the election of the Comp
troller-General and probably of the
Attorney-General and Superintendent
of Education.”
VERMONT.
Jurisdiction of the Board Qf County
Clerks Defined.
Montpelier, November 21. The
Board ef County Clerks reassembled,
and John B. Hale, (^ UHt y,P le f rk ,. f^ r
Bennington county, offered the follow
ing resolution: , , „
Resolved, That this Board of Can
vassers are of the opinion that tneir
powers ara simply ministerial, and that
their duties are already defined by the
statutes of this State, and they there
fore decline t* bear or receive evidence
outside of the certificate of votes by
the proper authorities. Adopted.
Counsel for the contesting elector
will apply to the Supreme Court of the
State for an injunction.
An elaborate argument is.progress
ing before the County Canvassing
Board on a motion that they return
Postmaster Sollace to the Governor as
ineligible. No decision reached.
King Kalakaua, of Hawaii, 13
Jng a pair of Napoleon IIRs suspend
ers,
FOREIGN NEWS.
latest from the old world.
The Eastern Muddle —Russia and Tur
key Preparing for War.
Zara, November 21.—Intelligence re
ceived here announces that Moukhta
Pasha is concentrating twenty battal
ions of Turkish troops at Carinao, near
Deergatto, on the Austrian frontier.
It is asserted that he intends to pro
ceed to Grovosa, where troops will em
batk for Constantinople. This would
necessitate their marching across Aus
trian country. Several Turkish trans
ports, it is stated, have already arrived
at Grovosa. Up to the present time
five Turkish battalions have reached
Carinao.
Brussels, November 21.—The Gov
ernment of Belgium nas received a
communication from the Belgian Con
sul at Malta announcing that the Malta
authorities had informed the Chambe
of Commerce that torpedoes had been I
placed at the approaches to the ports
of Odessa, Kertch, Sebastopol and Es
chakoff.
St. Petersburg, November 21.—A
dispatch from Semlin announces that
tho Servian ministry have refused the
demand of General Tchernayeff to be
admitted into the Cabinet declaring
that if he entered they would resign.
The Czar’s Position,
London, November 21.—The Foreign
Office publishes a dispatch in which
Lord Loftus, the Biitish Ambassador
to Russia, reports in detail what passed
at an audience he had with the Czar on
November 2d. He reports that the
Czar said he had sent the ultimatum, to
the Porte because ho feared the dis
comfiture of the Servian army might
be followed by atrocities. The Porte
had, by a series of manoeuvres, frus
trated all attempts at pacification. The
present state of things was intolerable.
Unless Europe was prepared to act
firmly and energetically he would
be obliged to act alone. He regret
ted to see that inveterate suspicion
and continual fear of Russia that ag
gression still existed in England. The
Czar reminded jpord Loftus that he
had on several occasions given most
solemn assurances that he desired no
conquest. Ho had not the smallest
wish or inteutiou to acquire ponstanti
nople, as such aa acquisition would be
a misfortune for Russia. The follow
ing are the exact words of that portion
of the dispatch referring to Constanti
nople :
“The Czar pledged his sacred word
of honor in the most earnest and sol
emn manner that he had no intention
■of acquiring Constantinople, and that
if necessity should force him to occupy
a portion of Bulgaria it would only be
provisionally until the peace and safety
of the Cdristian population were se
cured.” The Czar could not understand
when both countries had a common
object, uamely, the amelioration of the
condition of the Christians, and when
he had given every proof that he had
no desire for conquest, why there
should not be a perfect understand
ing ’between England and Russia
based on a policy of peace
which would be equally beneficial
to their mutual interests and to the
interests of Europe. Generally, the
Czar said, nothing could be more abr
surd than the intentions attributed to
Russia of the future conquest of India,
which was a perfect impossibility. He
deeply deplored the distrust manifest*
ed in England and earnestly requested
me to do the utmost to dispel it, and
charged me to convey to Her Majesty’s
government the solemn assurances he
had given me.
Miscellaneous News.
Lonpon, November 3J. —NJr. Cross,
Home Secretary, at tho banquet, spoke
hopefully of the aspect of Eastern af
fairs, and thought the conference would
meet before the end of the week.
Paris, November 21.—The Senate re
jected the bill recently passed by tne
Deputies for a cessation of the prose
cution of the Communists.
A spepial from Pesth to the Temps
says Russia is determined on war.
Minor Telegrams.
New York, November 21.—Jno. Kelly
was married this morning to Miss Te
resa Mullen, niece of Cardinal.Mc
(Jloskey. The wedding was very quiet.
The ceremony was performed by the
Cardinal,
Philadelphia, November &I.—A meet
ing of cotton spinners and others in
terested in the cotton trade was held
here to-day, at which an association
called the Philadelphia Cotton Ex
change was organized. W. S. Russell
was elected President, and Samuel
Riddle Vice-President.
Atlanta, November 21.—Hon. A, H.
Stephens is here on his way to Wash
ington. His health ; s much improved.
Toronto, November 21. —Hamilton’s
foundry and car works were burned.
Loss $300,000.
REPORTS OF CROPS, ETC,,
FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER,
1876.
Returned tp tjip U e p art bm nt of
Ag riculture, at Atlanta, Ga * Novem
ber Ist, 187d —General State Aver
ages.
State of Georgia, )
Department of Agriculture, !-
Atlanta, November 18, J 876. j
GORN.
The yield of corn is reported at 122
as compared with last year, being an
increase of 2 per cent over the esti
mate of one month ago, and £)2 per
cent, greater than the crop of 1875.
The April report showed that 10 per
cent, more corn was planted this year
thfin last. It |s, therefore, just to
ponclqije that the quantity made is 34
per cent, greater thap last year.
As was remarked last month, the
cost per bushel has beeu 43 cents com
pared with 58 cents last year.
cotton.
Tbe reports indicate a yield of 97 as
compared with last year—an increase
of 7 per cent, over last month’s report.
The cost of production has been
cepts against J 1 cents last year, This
difference is attributable to a general
reduction in wages of labor, together
with greater economy in tho consurap?
tion of supplies. Much less corn and
bacon have been purchased. This is a
very considerable reduction in the cogt
of production, and with the abundant
supply of oorn on hand, and the in
crease in the amount of home raised
pnrk to be killed this winter, and with
average seasons, we may expect the
cost to be reduced next year to eight
cents.
AUGUSTA, GA.. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1876.
Fifty-six per cent, of the crop was
sold by the Ist of November.
Sugar caue has improved 7 per cent,
since last report—los against 98.
Sorghum syrup is a product of grow
ing importance. Farmers are wisely
recovering from the prejudice con
ceived against it duiing the war, and
are gradually restoring the culture of
the improved varieties. It is found to
be a profitable crop even in the upper
edge of the sugar cane area.
Field peas are reported 34 per cent,
higher than last month.
Ground peas 2 per cent, better.
Chufas, or Earth Almonds, as a crop
for fattening hogs in the field, is re
ceiving more attention than ever be
fore. Those who have tried them are
unanimous in the opiuion that, for the
purpose named, they have no superior.
They are easily raised, very prolific,
very fattening, and are not difficult to
eradicate from the soil. From actual
reports made to this Department, it ap
pears that forty to fifty bushels may
be oasliy produced on one acre of very
ordinary land, at a cost not exceeding
15 cents per bushel, if left for stock to
gather. If dug for seed they will
cost 75 cents to $1 per bushel. Names
of parties having seed for sale are on
record in this Department, and will be
furnished on application.
Turnips, owing to the very dry fall,
have been a comparative failure, the
crop being reported at only 50.
SMALL GRAIN.
Wheat.—There is a reported increase
in the probable acreage that will be
sown of 8 per cent. Very little of that
sown is up. The Commissioner is
making earnest efforts to discover a
more reliable variety, and has distrib
uted, this season, to all parts of the
State several bushels in quart and gal
lon packages, of a variety called the
“Dallas,” grown in this State and rep
resented to be very hardy, and com
paratively rust-proof. No reasonable
effort will be spared to procure and
distribute samples of varieties of for
eign wheats which promise to supply
the great desideratum—a rust-proof
wheat.
OATS.
The present and prospective acreage
is 11 per cent, greater than last year.
There is a growing conviction that, in
the near future, the oat is to become
the great proveuder crop of the Sooth.
Farmers are again urged to sow with
unsparing hand. They may be sown
until Ist December.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The cotton crop, except in a very few
localities?, has beeu neatly all housed
and in fine condition.
FINANCIAL CONDITION.
Of 159 correspondents who answer
the questions propounded to them, 129
say that farmers are in a better condi
tion than last year—3o aay no better,
SUPPLY OF GRAIN.
One hundred and thirty-one corres
pondents say that a full supply has
been harvested—43 of this number re
port an average surplus of 22 per cent.
Twenty.riiine claim that there is a de
ficiency, amounting to an average of
13 per cent.
MARKET PRICE OF CORN
Is reported as averaging 62 cents per
bushel, which jeayes a margin for profit
of 19 cents per bushej on coat of pro
duction.
DEPREDATIONS ON FIELD CROPS,
Avery large majority report less
than Jasfc year, and that the amount of
loss from this source is exceptionally
small. This is gratifying, and is evi
dence of the presence of unusual
plenty, if not of improved moral per
ceptions.
SEASONS DURING OCTOBER
have been remarkably fine fof gath
ering all crops, but pother yufayorable
for sowing grain.
killing frost.
No general killing frost had occurred
up to the Ist of November.
a retrospective view.
And now that the harvest is about
ended and the year is drawing to a
close, it is well that we caluily review
the ypar’s opefatjops.
Ret each iaipqer closely ejamjno and
criticise his plans and policy of the
year—in the light of the result attained
—and while memory is clear, let him
begin to mark out a wise course for
next year. Let him settle up his debts
in full, if possible, wind up the year’s
work, and begin on the new year before
Cfmstmas-
Let hint map out his year‘B pro
gramme, mark the dangerous places,
avoid them, hew out new and shorter
roads, steer wide of the pit-fall of debt,
correct his blind wanderings of the
past.
In this connection, the Commissioner
advises farmers to adopt some simple
ayatem of keeping accounts with the
farm. How can a just and true bal
ance be struck if there be kept no ac
counts of the incomes and outgoes of
tho farm ?
How would a merchant doing a large
business, selling on credit, corqe out at
the epd of the year if he kbpt no books ?
How could he succeed without an in
voice showing the cost price of his
wares? The farmer supplies his fields
of corn, cotton, oats, and wheat with
horse power, manual labor, fertiligerg,
seeds, use of wagons and implements,
machinery, interest on investments,
wear and tear, and last, though not
least, with brain labor. He should
price ail these supplies at 'post and
charge them up regularly against each
field. When the harvest opens, give
credit for every item of produce at the
market price, and then strike a balance
In this way alone may the farmer
knovv what he is doing—whether he is
making cotton at a cost of 15 oentgand
selling it for 9, or corn at 7& cents,
Wbep his little oat orop cost only 25
cents—in a word, he may know wheth
er he is making or breaking— and if
making, he will know on what crop—
by what plan. He will know where to
cut down expenses, where to invest
more jabop, whioh crop to increase
which to diihiniph or leave off. He will
perhaps see that It will not do to buy
IN OONCLHSpjf.
Notwithstanding the low price at
which the cotton crop is selling, farm
ers are paying up mote promptly than
for several years past; there is a cheer
ful spiritjprevailing, less disposition to
leave the farm, leas of the feverish
desire to "Go West,” and an evident
Inclination on the part of men now
engaged in other business to embark
in farming. As a business, it has
reached the ebb, confidence is being
restored, and there are indications of a
returning tide of prosperity and pro.
greaa.
A Sunday speaker spoke on Corin
thians. He opened by stating boldlv
that we cannot all go to Corinth. The
disappointment was so great that the
members of the infant class were af
fected to tears.
THE STATE BOABD.
TWO DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS
MEN AND A DEMOCRATIC HOUSE.
Judge Bond Hobnobbing with Cham
berlain-What It all Means —The
Durell Game Can’t he Played Twice
A Startling Rumor —Was Judge
Green Counted Out?
[Special Dispatch to the News and Courier.]
Columbia, November 20, 11 p. m.—Cir
cuit Judge Bond, of the United States
Court, whose Court does not open for
a week to come, has arrived here and
is staying at Governor Chamberlain’s
house. All manner of rumors are
afloat, but the most plausible reason I
hear given for his extraordinary zeal is
that, if defeated in the State Courts,
the Radicals here will try, by some ho
cus pocus, to get the State election
into the United States Courts, and if
the desired opportunity should arise
bow fortunate it will be for them that
this particular United States Judge
should be on band. A prominent Re
publican informed me to-day that Judge
Bond is here in attendance on the
Board of State Canvassers in an “ad
visory character,” whatever that may
mean. \
Ex-United States Attorney-General,
Amos T. Akerman is also here. He
arrived on Saturday, it is said, but no
body knew of the fact until this morn
ing. He, as will be remembered, is one
of Grant’s special pets, and his pres
ence here is hot without significance.
The board of State canvassers ad
journed from 2 o’clock this afternoon
until 4 o’clock. They did not re-as
semble at four, however, as Secretary
Hayoe, Comptroller Dunn, and Treasu
rer Cardozo were engaged in taking
sweet counsel with Gov. Chamberlain,
District Attorney Corbin and ex-Attor
ney-General Akerman. The confer
ence lasted until 5 o’clock. The board
then met and sat until 8 o’clock, at
which hour they nominally adjourned,
the members remaining in close com
munion, and all other persons being
excluded.
' A startling rumor was current here
to-day to the effect that papers had
been discovered establishing the fact
that Judge Green, the Independent Re
publican candidate, was elected by a
large majority two years ago, but was
counted out by the Board aud Cham
berlain counted in. It is further stated
that these papers were what Elliott re
ferred to iu the State Convention in his
threats against Coamberlaiu; and last
iy, that they are now iu hands that will
soon make them public. This is mere
rumor, so far as I can ascertain, a"d I
give it as such, c. MoK.
Ot&eial Returns for Solicitors and
Congressmen.
(Special to the Journal of Commerce.)
Columbia, November 20.—The follow
ing is the vote for Solicitors as shown
by returns to the State Board of Can
vassers:
First Circuit, Buttg, Radical, 19,480;
Jervey, Democrat, 11,566.
Second Circuit, Lee, Radical, 17,377;
Gantt, Democrat, 12,356.
Third Circuit, Hirsch, Radical, 10,366;
Dargan, Democrat, 6,587.
Fourth Circuit, Sellers, Democrat,
10,993; McCall, Radical, 9,558.
Fifth Circuit, Abney, Democrat, 12,-
528; Brayton, Radical, 10,313.
Sixth Circuit, Pelham, Radical, 8,864;
Gaston, Democrat, 8,972.
Seventh Circuit, Fleming, Radical,
7,845; Bail, Democrat, 12,185.
Eighth Circuit, Cothran, Democrat,
15,943; Blythe, Radical, 7,72(j.
The following is’the vote for Con
gressmen as shown by the returns of
the State Board of Canvassers:
First Congressional District, Rainey,
Radical, 18,180; Richards, Democrat,
16,661.
Second Congressional District, Cain,
Radical, 21,385; O’Connor, Democrat,
13,028; unexpired term, Ruttz, Radical,
21,378; O'Connor, 43,03^
Third Congreasioual District, Carpen
ter, Radical, 15,553; Aiken, Democrat.
21,479.
Fourth Congressional District, Evans,
Democrat, 21,875; Wallace, Radical,
16,071.
Fifth Congressional District, Smalls,
Radical, 19,954; Tillman, Democrat,
18,518.
Tne Democratic Members of the Leg
islature—Official Returns from the
Board.
(Special to tho Journal of Commerce.)
Columbia, November I T|qo fallow
ing are tne Democratic members of the
General Assembly, by the returns of
the Board of State Canvassers :
Abbeville—l Senator, 5 Representa
tives.
Aiken—l Senator, 4 Representatives.
Anderson—4 Representatives.
Barnwell—l Senator, 8 Representa
tives.
Chester—2 Representatives.
Colleton—s Representatives.
Edgefield—l Senatpp. h Representa
tives, * ’
Greenville—l SeLator, 4 Representa
tives.
Horry—l Senator, 2 Representqtiues,
Laurens—4 Senator, 2 Representa
tives,
Lancaster—2 Representatives.
Lexington— 1 Senator, 2 Represents •
tives. n
gallon—-4 Sjeoajor, 4 Representa
tives.
Marlboro— 2 Representatives.
Oconee—4 Senator, 2 Representa
tives. 1 '
Dickens—2 Representatives.
Spartanburg—l Senator, 4 Represen
tatives.
Union—3 Representatives.
York—l Senator, 4 Representatives.
Total—l3 Senators and 04 Represen
tatives,
RECAPITULATION.
Senate. House. Total.
Democrats 15 64 79
Republicans 18 60 78
Rep. majority 3
Dem. majority.. 4 j
THE SUPREME THREE.
Au Application for an Order, and the
Result —The Honorable Corbin and
the Honorable Court—A Side Issue
—The Board Inyiteff to Report T<*>
Day.
Special t > the New# and Courier,
Columbia, November 20.—The Su
preme Court met at 11 a. rn. Mr. You
mans, for the Democratic contestants,
asked the Court to pass the following
order:
State of South Carolina, in Supreme
Court—State ex rel. R. M. Sim*, ej of.
vs. it E. Hayne, et at, Board of State
Canvassers—fn Mandamus.
It appearing to the court on the affi
davits submitted that the Bqard of
State canvassers did, under the order
of the court of date November 17,
1876, in the above case, proceed to
compare the statements of th * ooonty
canvassers with the returns of the
managers of the same precincts, and
did so proceed until the comparisons
had been made for the counties of
Aiken, Abbevfiie, Anderson, Barnwell,
Beaufort aud Charleston, when said
comparison was stopped by order of
the Board of State cauvassers.
That on said comparison it was made
manifest and did appear that there
were many irregularities aud discrep
ancies between the returns of the man
agers and the statements of the county
canvassers.
That votes not entered upon the
managers’ returns were entered by the
county canvassers on the statements.
That votes given to one candidate,
and so appearing on the managers’ re
turns, were, by the county canvassers,
transferred to another candidate, aud
so put down on their statement.
.-That the county canvassers included
in their statement returns purporting
to come from precincts not designated
in any statute.
That the board of State canvassers
received returns, not forwarded ac
cording to law, and signed by the man
agers of one party only, and never sub
mitted to the board of county canvass
ei s, but forwarded by said mauagers
of one party after the county canvass
ers had made their official statement
and closed their labors.
On motion of counsel for relators, it
is ordered that said . Board of State
Canvassers in reporting their action in
the premises, under said order of the
court, dated November 17, 1876, do
also report to the court at the same
time all errors and irregularities which
appear in the statements of the County
Canvassers, and all discrepancies
which exist between said statements
and the managers’ returns forwarded
by the County Canvassers according to
law, and do annex to the said reports
all the official documents and papers
in their possession which shows the
nature and character of such errors,
irregularities and discrepancies.
The order was based upon the affi
davit of Mr. Louis LeConte as to facts
reiterated in the order.
Mr. Youmans said the order as sub
mitted was exactly on the line indi
cated in the order of this Court, of
date of November 17, 1876, and in ac
cordance with the views presented on
tfie part of the relators, aud not con
tested on the part of the respondents,
in argument on Saturday last.
J udge Moses said : “It seems to me
to be a very irregular way of proceed
ing. How are we to anticipate before
the board make any report? After
they have reported then it would be
proper for you to take exception to
that report, if you object to it. It
seems to me that that is the proper
course of proceeding. Has any notice
been given to tho board or to their
counsel ?”
Youmans said : "No notice has been
given and no judgment made, uud we
supposed the other side would not ob
ject.”
Judge Moses said: “This is just as
if, uuder a reference, under the late
system qf Chancery practice, you were
to go into court and ask that the Mas
ter’s mode of proceeding be changed
before he has acted.”
Judge Willard said: "What responsi
bility are the hoard under in virtue of
that order ? They are not commis
sioners in equity nor referees at law.
They are not in performance of a power
conferred upon them by this court. It
seems to me that you have mistaken
your right. You trying to accom
plish by that order what you could ac
complish by a definite writ. The writ
of certiorari would bring the record
before this court, and eoablo this oourt
to feg}qye auy obstructions that may
S rov v out of the action of any Quasi
judicial board. This is an auxiliary
order, the object of which is to bring
the record before this coqrt so that this
court may lh°W h°W to proceed. The
omy groqnd ou which I could mgt\iv
that order wqs on our power p- issue a
writ of certiorari. j thought the juris
diction of this could he sustained by
the court to issue a writ of certiorai i,
and because this was a causo o[ great
public importance, iu which technicali
ties ought, in some measure, tq be
overlooked; but irregularities ought not
to be committec|.‘l
Gen. Conner said: ‘T understand the
objection 04 Court as going to the form
and the desire of tho Oourt, in which
wo all sympatiae, to be that tho pro
ceeding be as strictly regular as possi
ble. The purpose of this order is to
save time. By the order issued on No
vember 17, the Board wepe commanded
to do certain things, and report to this
Court their action in the premises.
This order is not in conflict with any
thing that has been passed by the
Oourt; but only that they should re
port their entire action. Under the
order of 17th November, they might
report merely their aggregation of the
statements. If they had done nothin ,r
but aggregate statements, tl\at Wuuld
have been the only report t bat could
come intq th(s Gohr-t. But they went
farther and compared the statements
of the Couuty Canvassers, with the re
turns of the managers for six counties
and, by this comparison. If made
manifest that great had
beep committed. The object of this
order is, to compel them to report their
entire action.”
Judge Wright said j “How do you
know but what they will report their en
tire action ?”
Gen. Conner said : “J?row the fact
that they stopped that mode of pro
ceeding. after acting so on sis counties.
The object of this order is to save
time.”
Judge Willard said: “This idea ot
saving time may be carried too fsr.
This is a case of great pubiio import
ance, and it ia probable that we should
save as much time as possible ; but
there is much greater need to save the
State and the public.
Judge Moses said’: “Mr. Corbin, do
you know whether the Board is ready
to make a report ?”
Corbin said , “i do not know that
they have anything to report. I sup
pose they are performing their duty
and will comply with the order as toon
as possible.”
Judge Wellard said ; '“Can'tyou give
us any more definite information than
that ? This court must have it.”
Judge Moses saidf "It is very im
portant that there should be as little
delay as possible in the matter. This
is Monday, and the Legislature meets
oa Tuesday week.”
Corbin said: “I suppose this court
does not intend to compel the work to
be done faster than it cun be dope nor
to make that Board the clerk of 'this
court. It is proceeding under its stat
tory power, and not under the order of
this court. No time was fixed in the
order of this court within which they
were to report. There was no limita
tion of time in that order. v
Judge Willard said; “My sugges
tion was an inquiry as to whether a
more definite reply could not be given
as to when that report would be pre
sented.”
CoiLiu Slid: “Ido not think there
can be. I know they have not com
pleted their work. lam not instruct
ed to make any report to this court.
lam only giving the court what in
formation I have.”
J udge Moses said: “Mr. Corbin, the
Court recognize you as the counsel of
tne board. If your suggestion be true
that the Court has no power to compel
m jre rapid action, then it is in the pow
er or the board to defeat the order of
the Court. Ido not mean to say that
there is any purpose to defeat, by de
lay, the order of the Court.”
Corbin said: “I do not like these in
timations that they intend to defeat it.
Here are two papers. An order of pro
hibition and an order of mandamus.
The purpose of the first is to restrain
the board from exercising certain pow
ers; to restrain them from exercising a
jurisdiction not warranted by the con
stitution or judicial powers. We ar
gued the question why the Court
should not pass its order. The
maudamus has not beeu argued at all.”
Gen. Conner said: “Oh yes! both
eases were taken up together. We sep
arated the records; but argued both
cases together.”
Judge Moses said: “Yes, that was
the understanding of the whole Court;
that they should be argued together.”
Judge Willard said: “Yes, that they
should both be argued together.”
Corbin said : “Well, that may be so.
I would like to know for what purpose
the record is to be brought here, and
what this court wants to know? The
prohibition only restrains them from
doing eertaiu things. Of course the
court does not want the record here for
that purpose. Suppose the court should
say what they have been asked to say
on the other side, they would say : You
have been restrained from exercising
judicial powers, and from saying any
thing about certain officers. That is
all the court ought to grant. If you j
are with them, then you have exhaus
ted that case. First Nott & McCord
says prohibition shall not be used
where certiorari can be used. That is
in the line of the suggestion thrown
out by Associate Justice Willard this
morning. Certiorari is to restrain the
exercise of lawful power ; prohibition
is to restrain the exercise of unlawful
powers.”
Judge Wright said: “Are you ar
ruing against the order of 17tii of No
vember?”
Corbin said ; '‘Not at ail. I would
like to get at what report this court is
entitled to have. If all kinds of pa
pers come before that board, I would
like to understand somewhat how they
are to be brought before this Court, if
the court say3 it will have the report
for the purpose of revising whatever
action that body may take, then the
proper order will have to be drawn up.
But if the court means simply to know
what is the aggregation of the returns
then we would like to know that ”
Judge Willard said< “We did not
intend that under that order a final
canvass would be made. We ouly
meant them to aggregate the votes.
We did not understand that we ordered
a canvass at all. That would have
neen the function of mandamus, which
has not yet been issued. But this
court desired to know what was the
state of the count. The papers, if we
had them before us, would have fur
nished us that information just as well
as the board or State canvassers.”
Mr. Youmans said: “Our apprehen
sion was that the court wanted; as the
Associate Justice haa said, information
in the cqas, and this order is to enable
them to get that information iu full, so
i hat they may adopt the matidamus if
they issue it, to the actual facts pre
sented.”
Judge Moses said: "The trouble is as
to tho facts presented in the affidavits.
I ha\e no doubt the faots are true
from the woU known oharaoter or the
gentlemen who makes the affidavits.
Mfit, it seems to me, this is in conflict
with all the practice 1 have ever known
of.”
Mr. Youmans said: "The order is
precisely ou the line submitted by the
counsel for the board of canvassers.”
Judge Moses said; "When the report
comes up, j[ they bring nothing but a
mere report of the number, you can
then make your order. Can you gen
tlemen tell us how the Board are pro
ceeding ? How did they commence ?”
Gen. Couner said; “First, they took
up the votes for the. Presidential Elec
tors; then the fcjtate ticket; then the
Congressional ticket.”
Judge Moses said: "Mr. Elliott, you
are counsel for the Board How are
they proceeding?”
Elliott said; “flrut, the Presidential
Electors; then the State officers, and
tpep the Congressional ticket. They
are through with the State officers ”
Judge Moses said; “What do they
propose to take tip after they finish
with the Congressional ticket T
Elliott said: “I am not advised.”
After some consultation with Qar
dozo, Elliott said: "They propose
tiien to take up the Solicitors and
members of the Legislature.”
Judge Moses said: “This court de
sires, and orders, that the ftoard pro
ceed to determine, iu the spirit of the
order, the vote for members of the
Legislature, and report to this oourt.”
Coxbiu said: “Does the court intend
to pass a formal order to that effect ?”
J udge Moses said ; “A formal order
ss not necessary. An intimation from
the Court is sufficient.”
Judge W illard said : “Here is a ques
tion of great moment for the Legisla
ture, and I think it is necessary that
the question be speedily decided. We
do not propose Vo have any responsi
bility for delay on that question rest
upon this Court.”
Judge Moses said : "The court will
adjourn till 41 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, when they hope the Board will be
ready to report on that question.”
The Court then adjourned.
C. McK.
A Critical Period in Detroit.
(From M. Quad’s Detroit Free Press.)
The paiuf ul suspeuse of the last three
or four days has not been confined to
men alone. All the women have been
more or less agitated, and in stores and
an street cars have discussed “tbe sit
uation” in a lively manner. Two fe
males, one apparently an old maid, met
in the post office yesterday, and the
married woman remarked: "Well,
there is a great deal of excitement.’’
“It is terrible—terrible,” was the reply.
“Why, you seem to be really nervous
over it. “So I am—dreadful nervous,
I sincerely hope and trust that no un
worthy man will make me a proposal
of marriage during this period of sus
pense, for I'm so dreadful excited that
J-I “You might accept?” “No- in
my agitation I might throw the ohanoe
away,”
A New York newsboy puts it this
way; Ere s yer full aoccuntuv
the defeat uv Peter Cooper!”
SIX DOLLARS A YEAR
GEORGIA NEWS.
Incendiaries are burning out Sumter
county.
Dahlonega is going to have anew
post office.
Hayes and Wheeler were without a
friend, white or biack, in Irwin, and
Pierce was unknown.
Mr. Ed. C. Hill, of Long Cane, a ne
phew of Hon. B. H. Hill, is a candidate
for Clerk of the House.
There has been a larger amount of
cotton sold in Perry this season than
any year since the war.
Col. W. B. Jones, of LaGrange, late
messenger of the House of Representa
tives, has entered the field for re
election. H
Ti:o young people of Greensboro
have been misbehaving in church, and
| a writer for the Herald gets after them
with a sharp stick.
The residence of Mr. John R. Ed
wards, near Springvale, Randolph,
j county, was burned last Friday night,
j together with ail the outbuildings.
Tho young ladies of Fort Valley are
engaged in a war of extermination
against the tribe of bachelors, and are
i thinning them down to an alarming de
gree.
Dahlonega Advertiser: There is nn
interesting series of meetings going cm
at the Methodist Church at this place
uuder the auspices of tho Youug Men’s
Christian Association.
Jasper Kirk was killed last Wednes
day evening, six . miles from Marietta,
by the discharge of a gun iu the hands
of Johnny Henry, ten years of age.
Supposed to be accidental.
A competitive examination for a
vacancy in the United States Military
Academy for the Fourth Congressional
District will take place at LaGrange
on the 28th day of November.
Prof. Sehiimaker, who has for a long
period been identified with the musical
department of the Southern Female
College of LaGrange, has transferred
his taleuts of the LaGrange Female
College.
Dalton Citizen: They have got a
nick-name for Senator Norwood—
“lan Yard Tom,” who was raised to
inhale the stinks of vat water and cur
ry hides, but then it does look as ir
Tom was going to scalp ’em in Janu
ary,
West Point has covered herself well
over with glory by inaugurating a first
class full school system. Her wortbv
Mayor, Capt. White, aided by the enter
prising citizens, deserve great praise fur
this act, which places West Point along
side of the first towns in the State.
Conyers Register: We were shown au
apple, a few days ago, by Asbury Neal
that was taken from a tree belonging
to Mr. John D. Neal, of this couuty,
that produced the second crop this
year. The apple was fully grown and
ripe It is not the “apple” of discord
but the "apple of our eye.”
Two young gentlemen of West Point.
Dallis Jackson and Gaines Huguley,
have set a worthy example to other
young men who are out of a job bv
raisiug 20 bales of cotton, 200 bushels
of corn and 75 gallons of syrup with
their own hands. They did ‘ the plow
ing themselves.
Greensboro Herald : One of our citi
zens, a short time ago, lost some fine
Berkshire pigs, which a post mortem
examination proved to be caused by
suffocation from snuffing the blades of
grass from a lot of hay in which th>v
slept one night only. The nostrils were
completely plugged with the hay.
Farmers should make a uote of this.
Greensboro Herald: A goeffi woman
has beeu called to her re vard. Mrs
•Elizabeth Eley, wife-or Mr. John H.
Eley, and daughter of Col. Albert Jer
utgau, late of this county, died at her
j husband’s residence, near White Plains,
on yesterday evening at 6 o’clock. Iu
the death of this estimable Christian
woman the community has sustained
au irreparable loss. We tender the be
, leaved family our heartfelt sympathy.
Hawkinaville Dispatch: That Pu
laski planter who ran eleven plows this
, year, of whom mention was made in a
previous issue of tha Dispatch, has
about gathered his crop and it turns
out one huudred aud twenty-nine bales
j of cotton, now ginned and packed,
I eighteen hundred bushels of corn, peas
and oats iu abundanco, but potatoes
j and meat are short.
A one-legged man robbed a one
armed room mate at the Reid House,
in LaGrauge, last week. Tho latter
discovered the theft during the night,
and forced the offender to restore tho
money at the muzzle of a revolver.
The thief was duly arrested, but the
citizens, through sympathy, paid the
coats, and ho was permitted to go on
; his way.
Willie Bibb, in the Madison Home
Journal: fo tho thirty-two onthusiastic,
impartial and discerning male citizens,
qualified voters, who discovered on last
Saturday that the “office was seeking
fbti man, aud resolutely, as one nian
signified by ballot in the nomination
that the grave office of Coroner of
Morgan county was seeking the under
signed, I most reluctantly and sadly
■ make my most melancholy bow, aud
! look around for some defunct carcass
upon which to “sit” to weep bitterest
tears of regret at their unpardonable
mistake and my consequent Inglorious
defeat.
Commonwealth, : In our absence, some
days ago, a locum tenens stated that
J udge Lochrano was an applicant for
the Chief Justiceship of Georgia. No
one was more surprised at this an
nouncement than the Judge, except
ourself, and he now requests us to say
with emphasis that he is an applicant
for no offioe whatever, and is not an as
pirant for any. He further says the
present Chief Justice of Georgia is able,
Taithful and above reproach, and that
he deserves to remain where he is as
long as he has mental and physical
strength to serve the State.
A Bible canvasser has found in the
town of Adams, 839 families without
Bibles. That accounts for the large
Republican minorities there.- BosUm
The Count of Paris has sent §SO to
the Southern Historical Society of
Richmond, Ya., with a request for a
certificate of life membership.
liedfleld now telegraphs to the Cin
cinnati Commercial that he is “satisfied
t.he Republicans have overdrawn the
amount of intimidation ia the disputed
parishes.”
“We never knew what it was to feel
squarely insulted,” says the Fashion
(Aiitner, “until we received a letter
from a mau somewhere down in Egypt
offering to buy a ‘Domestic’ right away’
provided we would take our pay in
hippopotami at three dollars per dozen.”
The wine crop 0 r France this year is
unusually large, being a third larger
than the vines promised at the outset
of the seasou.