Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-30

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Westbury accounts for his recaIcltrancy by say
Jog that he vent into the House this morning
TO get his certificate Of membership, which he
locked he could not get out. Iie voted against
the seating Of the BarnTcll negroes, and says
he will not, now that he is out, 90 into that
House again. The House adjourned to Fri
day.
The proceedings ol the constitutional House
this afternoon were secret, but it is asccrta!ucd
their policy Is to ignore the other body and
await the decision Of the courts. Adjourned
10 to. morrow.
The democrats arc profoundly indignant at
to-day's work st the State House, hut speech
es have been nade tonight BY prominent
leaders advising prudence aud patience.
Ore result Of the manifestation oia dct0rml
nati0n on the part of the national adminstra-
ton to support with the bayonet through thlck
and thin the ~iniQuitics of what is called repub.
licanism 10 South Carolina is the very general
disposition Of the negroes 10 license and out
rage. The fact that TIE blacks throughout the
State are emboldencd by recent events to as
sault white ladies With u treqnentcy and IN.
punity hitherto unprecedented is matter oi
common talk here, though for obvious reason
little il said On the suhject IN the newspapers.
Many instances could be given Of shocking az
suits upon white ladies' without csaoris in the
streets Of Charleston il broad daylight during
the present week. The negro police are not
eager to arrest or punish the criminals. who in
yariab!y run on the approach OF q white man,
and who under any circumstances would be
hard to identity. The feeling in the mmu
lily on this subject is intense.
\ noteworthy indication Of the uncasinosa in
business circles Is the purchase TO day by the
two Wealthiest merchants OF Charleston, through
their New York correspondents, OF Two hun.
drod thousand dollars ia sterling exchange Tor
their Individual account.
The situation 10 Columbia yesterday was no
changed, with the exception that the Eepubii-
can House was in session all m0rning, but un-
able to transact business on account Of ataen'
tees, which leave it without a quorum. The
Senate are discussing the concurrent resolution
passed by the House to 30 into a canvass o! the
returns Tor Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
The democratic House went into secret session
ia Carolina Hail after receiving the report Of
the committee appointed yesterday to obtain re-
turns from the Secretary Of State for Governor
and Lieutenant Governor. The committee re-
ported that the Secretary had surrendered the
returns 10 Mackey, Speaker OF the republican
House. The military still g~arcisoa tho State
House.
The Supreme Court mel aud adjourned with
out transactirg any business, the lawyers being
engaged 10 making q return to The habeas COR
pus case of the Board Of CanvasscrS in Judge
Bonds United States Circuit Court. The
Sergeant-at. Arms OF tue republican House vas
engaged in looking up absentecs.
The republican House seated live colored
contestants TO seats fer Barnwcl! county, for
which certificates had previously been given 10
democrats by The Board OF State Canvassers
aud the Secretary Of State. This vas done By
a vote Q! IL to II, protests bclog entered by
two members, as the democrats were hot aware
OF contests, aud seats were accorded on teatI.
rnory which was cy portc.
In the Senate the concurrent resolution
passed yesterday BY the House providing for \
canvass Of returns I0r Governor and Lieutenant
Governor to-day at 2 p. NJ, was amended mani
lug II ID, Friday, to which tine the Senate OIL
iourned.
4 protest, signed by all the democratic Sen
ators, was entered upon the records of lie
Senate against recognizing the Legality Of tie
radical iloasa oi Representatives,
LOUISIANA.
In the LOUISIANA Returning Board, yaster-
day, Gov. Wells stat"s! that the testimony in
the contested cases must tie closed by Friday
afternoon AZ ( 0'ciGc6. lie added that the
board would then go into executive SrSs.na,
aud said the democrats could present two Wit
neascs in the case Of Ouachita parish, and only
one could be in Tie ruom at 4 time.
Upon going into executive session EeDcia!
Anderson read a report from Sergeant Chan
met, OF the metropolitan police, TO the effect
that at SIS o'clock p. N. on Tuesday McssFs.
Hugh Jennings, Sam Young and Jos. SWAN
had gone to the residence oil Eliza Psnksiou
aid ]propounacd questions 10 regard to the
killing OF her husband, whether he had been
killed by whites or negroes, etc. 1hc report
went on to say that one OF !he men put his
baud on his pistol, and that Eliza PiEkston
had fled from them.
Mr.. Gauthraaux, Col. Zacharie aud others
Of tho democratic counsel called upon the
board 10 allow them to produce Witnesses 10
prove that the charge was false.
General Anderson said it would cot 90 iG!0
the record.
Mr. Gauthrelux said it bad hoen scnt to the
beard and read, 10 produce an effect on the
visitors, and he thought the accused should be
heard.
BY request Of Gcv. Wicklitfe, Mr.. atnb!cs,
q lawyer of Ouachita, Was heard. He sad that
W Of the persons nsmad in the communiea-
ton, Mir. Swain aud Mr.. Young, were 10 the
same room with him, No. l3l Canal street,
with about twenty other persons, the wnola OF
the evening and up 10 | o'clock a. night.
Mr.. M1c(4loin said there we're twenty other
persons who could swear TO the same thing.
Charles 1idwe!l and }. I. Swan we're called
to the stand to testify Oh behalf OF the demo-
Gratis, and questioned according to tho inter
rogatcrics p:opourded by the republican couu-
sci, the latter being allowed TO examined wit.
nesses orally. They gave rebntting testimony
TO that gwen BY Eliza Piaks!on on Tuesday 10
the Ouachita case.
The returns from Lafayette, Grant and Tan
gipahoo parishes We're brought in during the
day. Two polls in Lafayette parish, giving
$50 democratic majority, were not found Oh
the consolidated returns. but the vote vas CD.
tanned from the accompanying tally sheets.
There was q protest with the returns dated on
tie 18th. The vote Of one poll in Tapgipahoo
narish was missing and the tally sheets also