Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-07
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Louisiana.

Louisiana.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE RETURNING BOARD.
Moo. 2~4.-Another application was raade
for the appointment of a Democrat to I'LL the va
cancy on the Board. but i: was again refused, as
was also q request for the appointment of Demo
Correspondents Of Northern newspapers. aasking
for permission to be present at the SEES
sions of the f;oard, was elso rejected
The returns from Sc. Martins Parish were can
vassed, and the returns from the contested
parish of East Baton Rouge were then taken up.
East Baton Rouge has fourteen polling places;
Counsel for Democrats claim that the total vote
Of the parish. as ascertaiDed from returns OF
Commissioners at polling-places. was 2,21s Ior
Tilden and 1926 for Hayes, hursthe supervisor
Of Registration, by consolidating the returns
from only seven polling places, leaving ont the
other seven, and emitting to send up the orig
only / ,l02 votes for Tilden and AT for hayes.
Affdavits were filed stating that the super
visor in this parish. and in every otner parish IN
the State, is a Republican; that returns from
fourteen parishes are still missing; that several
of the missing returns were and had been
in the city Of New Orleans for days In the lanas
of persons who were net Supervisors; that TILL
the returns from East Baton Rouge were opened
it was not known TO the Democrats what afida-
Wits ccompani ga, them eeisc or the r effer m IToa w dis.
cussion the returns of East Baton Rouge were
laid aside. T 81
Moo. @.-Notice was given by Gov. Wells
that hereafter all reading of protests or motion
before the Board must be dispensed with, and
| that all evidence must be in before the close OF
the coming week, or the Board would not be able
to get through with its deliberations. The most
| noteworthy event of the session was the opening
of the sealed package of returns from De Soto
Parish, purp%orting to have aye beer esa rese nvmb In i "
protests and affidavlts were found enclosed, anu
| among them an affidavit charging intimidation,
which was swora to in ss New orleans .T6ia di esIUre q
caused quite a ripple of excitement, and the
Democrats present charged that a palpable frauo
ed by the Secretary, to the effect that there were
two packages of returns from De Soto, and the
original package was finally produced and open
| ed, and was found to contain a statementof votes
| and Commissioners returns, but no protests o.
affdavits.
Nov. 27.-President Wells stated, after
calling the Board to order, that hereafter thu
| Board would decline to hear read any InotionI
| or protests whatever. The returns from a largt
number of contested parishes were examined IL
executive session. These returns We're laid owe
for future action, there being protests and con
tests in each case. In the Seventh Ward OF Or
leans Parish the Supervisor threw out the vote o
one of the polls where there was a majority o
lib for Tilden Electors, on the ground that tht
votehad not been counted and returned within
hodrs after the close of the election.
Nov. 2S.-The contested parish Of Qua
chita was taken up, and a number of witnesse
testified as to intimidation.
Nov 29.-The evidence of Eliza Pink
ston, a celored woman of Ouachita Parish, wa
completed yesterday, and to-day the Democrat
introduced evidence in rebuttal. Eliza swor
that a number Of white men came to her cabil
one light previous to, election, burst open TIL
door, seized her husband, Henry, tied his leg
together, dragged him outside and shot hin
seven times. :. They also cut her baby'B throa
from ear to ear, and then, seizing her (h
witness) outraged her, shot her, and thel
Icut and stabbed her in a most frightful manner
The woman exhibited her wounds and pI'esente'
a most pitiable spectacle. She testified that he
husband was killed because he was a RePubH
can. and that the names of the principal actor
in the horrible tragedy were DR.. Young, Capt
Craig Capt. Tebault, and a Mr.. Carter. At tn
conclusion of her statement the Democrat
counsel saId that they had in their possesslo
afidavits clearly disproviag that this out
rage was committed bYwhite men. TIL rebuff
ting'testimony was taken at length.
C. NoU. 0.-In rebuttal of the evidence 9
Eliza Pnkston, Charles Tidewell, a farmer {
Ouachita Parish, testified that he had know
Eliza Pinkston for many years, and that sh
formerly belon ged to his family in Alabama
Eliza came to his house about D O'Clock Sunda
morning and tDld him that four or five negroe
had come to her house and killed her husband an
child and beat her nearly to death. Witness WEI
over to her place and saw her dead husband h
was shot in several places, but was not multi
ated. She afterward, in presence of witnesses
charged the crime upon white men. Other wit
nesses, testified as to a fight between Plnksto
and another negro named Brooks, and tn
threats of the latter to kill the former; also to tn
general bad chararter of Eliza and her reputa
ton for untruthfulness.