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Another Little CompIication

NEW ORLEANS, November 1.-THE Eren-
ing Democrat says: Two of the Republican
electors in Louisiana held offices Of profit and
trust under the United States at the time
they were voted for, and are thereby byinehgible.
0. H. Brewster was United States surveyor
general for Louisiana, and official documents
signed by him during the canvass are in ex-
istence. The day after the election he sent
on his resignation, and it is believed dated it
to cover his ineligibilty. Judge A. B. Le-
visse, another Hayes elector, is, we are in
formed, a United States commissioner, an
Office of profit and trust, and he is
therefore ineligible. The five Radical elect
ors will run further behind the Radical ticket
in the fourteenth senatorial district than was
at first expected. Almost all of the tickets
of the Wakefield Radical faction were printed
with the names of only three electors-the
two for the State at large and the one for
that district. The consequence is the other
five electors are behind six hundred and
ninety-fve in West Baton Rouge, four hun
dred behind in lberville, and considerably be-
hind also in st. Martin and IBERIA. 1t is i'm
possible to say just now how great the de-
tciency is, but it is certainly over one thou
sand, and may be az greatas two thousand.
MajOrities Of Samuel J. TiIden and r.
u: Hayes for President OF the United
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bIIt7oIdI 10 IIlc AVItEiII
New ORLEANS, November 1.-THE city is
Wild over the news from South Carolina that
Hampton is elected, and thousands are impa-
tiently waiting the count for Tilden. If the
figures are for our candidate, Louisiana is re-
deemed. J.M.K.
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COLUMBIA. November 1.-THE board Of
canvassers are proceeding, under the order of
the supreme court, to aggregate the vote of
the State for Presidential electors. and for
governor and lieutenant governor. They have
canvassed the vote of five counties for the form
er and ten for the latter, without announcing
the result. A large number of protests are
being filed by both parties, and irregularities
existing in several counties have been dis
covered. The order of the court does not
decide the powers or functions of the board
The petition for a writ of prohibition against
the exercise Of judicial powers Is held
under advisement, and the board is re-
quired TO certify the count OF the vote
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10 Final Decision bY the Courts.

COLUMBIA, November 17.-No final deci-
sion is made by the supreme court in the
matter of writs of mandamus and prohibi-
ton against the canvassing board but the
court has granted an Intermediary order au-
thOrizing the canYassers to aggregate state
ments of the county elections, and the COM
missioners are to ascertain who have received
the greatest number of votes and certify the
result to the court This is entirely in the
line of the writs asked for under this order
The board is at work, committee of Demo
board will first canvass for Presidential
electors
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HANANA, NOVemDer Il.-AdlltOnaI par
ticulars of the seizure of the steamer Mocte-
suma have been received. Only the captain
and three seamen were killed; and eight pas
sengers, with fifteen Seamen, were landed at
Cape Haytien. whence they were taken to
Santiago de Cuba. Two Spanish war ships
have gone in pursuit of the Moctesuma.
Adyices from Porto Rico say that the gov
ernor-gener5l of that island has received
telegram from minister Of the colonies, at
Madrid, stating that it Is not possible for the
Spanish government to forbid Cuban ports
receiving Porto Rico tobacco, and the gov
ernors- general may come to a mutual under
standing about the means of preventing the
frauds committed with Porto Rico tobacco.
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The Ramn,eIsburr Estate.

CINCINNATI, November lG--Ihe Com
meicial tomorrow will contain Il correct
statement of the effect of the decision of the
supreme court remanding for new trial the
case Of Rammclsburg against Robert Nit
chcil, enormously reported to amount to
Judgment against Mitchell for more than one
million dollars The new trial involves unim-
pertant real estate transactions and the
question Of the value . OF H. the good vii M
been included the estimate of the appraisers
would not have been higher than IT was
This viii be the only important matter in
the new rial. Rammclsburg's estate in 1862
when he died, was valued at three hundred
and fifty thousand dollars 1t Is now valued
at FIVE hundred and thirty-eiyht thousand
dollars-an increase of nearly twelve per
cent. per amum under Mitcheu's manage
ment.
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CLOSING RATES

feSferioyof ooftsa ard geld: Ntlc York
cotton, T2e. No-ghis cotton, II I-fc. Ne,c
York gold, l0s Is, MesnpL,s gold, IOe.
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Cravens Elected to Congress from Ar,
kansas.

LITTLE Rock. November 1.-THE official
returns from the second congressional district
show the election of Cravens, Democrat by
296 majority, over NJ Clure, Republican, and
Stuart, Democrat.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Result of the Canvass, with Open
Doors.

COLUMBIA, S. c., November 1.-THE SUI
preme court to-day issued an auxiliary order
instructing the board of canvassers to proceed
strictly in a ministerial duty to canvass the
returns and submit the same to the court.
The board of canvassers who have Just met
decided to admit five gentlemen on each
side witness the canvass. The result will
probably be reached to-nipht
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Special to the Appeal.

Special TO the Appeal.
New ORLEANS, November 17.-Since the
receipt of the news from South Carolina and
the Democratic response to the letter from
the Radicals, the latter have consented and
the returning board has agreed to permit five
representatives from both parties to witness
the count 1t is not yet known whether the
Democrats will agree to this or not,
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FROM OTHER STATES.
Florida Claimed for HAYES.

WASHINGTON, November ia private
telegram has been received here from Ex-
Senator Osborne, dated Tallahassee, this
morning, asserting positively that Florida has
gone for Hayes and Wheeler and dispatch
received at Republican headquarters to-day
makes the same claim in regard to Louis
lana.
A Congressional Contest in Maryland.
New YORK, November IA dispatch
from Baltimore says the reelection Of Walsh
to the next congress, from the sixth district,
Maryland, will be contested by NJ 'Comas, the
Republican candidate.
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OLIVER, FINNIE & co.
Notice.

| TNDER an assignment made BY W F. BOyle Sic
y ceSSOr Of Boyle & Chapman and sole member
Of Boyle Co., have taken charge Of all the assets
OF said firm. All persons Indebted to either OF these
firms will settle with NE; and all creditors will pre-
sent their claims to me for Inspection. The stock
on hand at
No. 270la Main street.
will be closed out as rapidly as possible
J. A. OABERG, Assignee
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3d of January. 1927.

the following described real estate situated In Fay
ette county Tennessee, 10 wit: Section six l6,
township one , range three 3 west; also north
east quarter Of section eight 49, township one n =
range three f3l west; also Onehalf OF the southeast
quarter OF section eight 81, township one / range
three 81 west-the SAME being bounded as follows.
to-Wit: Beginning at the northwest corner Of said
quarter; running thence due east one hundred and
sixty 5IBOI poles to the eastern bGmddy line Of
said section; thence with said line south hfty so
poles 10 a stake. blackjack pointer; thence wet
eighty so poles 10 stake In the hed; thence south
sixty 1901 poles; thence west eighty so poles 70
James MaTshalls line; thence north with said line
one hundred and ten no poles TO the beginning.
Also, lot No. one Il OF section five I, township
dred and fOFythTee 25i0O 1854 acres, less -four
25-lOO acres, being same tract conveyed by J0ynsr
Goldsmith by deed dated March, 1850. will sell
said land for the purpose Of paying of the Indebted
ness secured By said deed OF trust. Terms OF sale
Will be % the highest bidder. for cash. Equity OF
redemption waived. The title Il believed % be good,
but sell only for cash.
nOI7 JOHN ". FJLBER, Trustee.
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Associated Press Dispatches


NEW ORLEANS, November 1.-THE Demo-
cratic committee have received several hun
dred atfidavits from negroes and some from
Republican officials in Quachita and other
"bpll l-do@ed' Parishes, showing a peaceable
and quiet election, and, also, the intimidation
of negroes who desired to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket, but did not do so for fear of vio-
lence from Republicans of their own color
The Republicans have counter-affidivats, in
many cases showing violence and intimida-
ton where the Democrats have sworn nothing
of the kind existed. In all preceding Louisi-
ana electiOn-muddles the Republicans
have monopolized the affidavit business, but
this time their efforts will probably
be eclipsed by the array of affdavits that will
be presented by the Democrats. 1t Is stated
tonight on good authority that the returning
board; when il meets tomorrow, will reply to
the application of the Democratic committee,
allowing five members from each party to be
present during the canvassing of the returns
The report is current that the returns from
some of the wards In this city will undergo a
revision and reconstruction to secure district
judgeship for the Republicans, but the report
cannot be traced to a reliable source. The
Democrats are in good feather tonight over
the news from South Carolina. Business
continues extremely dull. with no prospect of
an improvement until the present political
dispute is adjusted and the election Of Presi-
dent conceded by the opposing party. The
belief seems to be very general that the re-
turning board Will repeat their performances
of 1872 in effect, ahd declare Packard elected
O-oyp,l,Or
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THE ELECTORAL COUNT.
The Vermont Case.

New York World
Let us look at the Vermont case which has
just been uncovered i'll this journal. The con-
stitutiOn Is peremptOry that a postmaster
shall not be made an electOr, either by voting
or by appointment Ballots were neverthe
less cast IN Vermont for postmaster. Can
those ballots be counted by the Vermont can
vassers. or must they be thrown out and
treated as not cast? II thrown Slt, and each
of the five Democratic candidates has the same
next highest number, which of them is to be
elected? Can the postmaster escape the con-
sttutlOnal prohibition by retiring from the
office after the voting and before the final
canvass of the voting? Can the canvassers
declare to be chosen one who was a pOstmas-
ter when voted for, and the governor COM
mission him? If he I've neither declared
chosen nor be commissioned. can his place be
made vacancy which the other electors
can fill? Are all these questions within the
exclusive State-rghts jurisdiction of Yer
mont the decision of which cannot be in
qUired into and reversed at Washington? =
In 1865 both houses evidently
thought 1t unwIse, unsafe and uncOnstitu
tional to leave this tremendous power to be
exercised by any president of the senate, and
why should they not think the same thing to-
day? And why should the two houses, on
GLciG ulttJllg ItAI DtCbDlDtlt refuse 10 re-
adopt rule which has been applied in two
Presidential elections?
Who Counts the Vote.
New York World. 18TH
The President has no power to count
the votes. His power is expressly given to
open all the certificates, but the count of
the votes is not intrusted to him. Time and
again in the history Of our Legislation the two
houses have assumed the power and duty of
counting the votes by their respective tellers,
consisting Of one senator and two represent
atives. The twenty-second joint rule adopted
and retained in force and acted under by Mr..
Sherman and his party for three Presidential
elections, recognized this and gave the whole
control of the count of the electoral votes and
their reception to the two houses, and in
vested each house with the separate power of
rejecting any vote. 1t Will not now be adj
mitted, as Mr.. Sherman quietly proposes, to
deposit this sole judicial power and control
over the all-impOrtant question of deciding
what votes shall be counted, IN the hands of
a single officer, selected by the senate. The
president Of the senate does open the certifi-
Gates, but no vote can be counted or declared
without the assent of the house of represent
atives and the senate, both bodies being pres
ent. The decision Of the question whether
the contingency has arisen for the choice of
President by the house of representatives, as
contemplated and provided for by the consti-
tuition, will be made by the house when their
duty makes 1t necessary
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DY virtue Of a Deed of Trust executed 10 me by
ID John Mcdowell on the 18th of February. 1875,
and recorded In the Office Of the Register Of Fay
ette county, Tennessee, in Record Book number I've,
pages 80 81 and ~. made for the purpose Of secr-
ing certain Indebtedness therein described, I will
coll ON hn ffra
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JOHN NJ. PALMER, Illinois.
LYMAN TRUMBULL. Illinois
WIN. r. MORRISON, Illinois.
SAMUEL J. RANDALL, Penna
A. q. CURTIN, Pennsylvania.
WIN. BIGLER, Pennsylvania
J. r. DOOLITTLE, Wisconsin.
GEORGE B. SMITH, Wisconsin.
J. F. M'D0NALD, Indiana.
GEO, W. JULIAN, Indiana.
NJ. D. MUNSON, Indiana.
JOHN LOVE, Indiana,
HY. WATgERSQN, Kentucky.
J: ". STEVENSON, Kentucky
H. d. M'HENRY, Kentucky.
OSWALD 0TTENDORFER, n. Y.
j. B. STALL0, Ohio.
LEWIS V. B0GY, Missouri.
JAS. o. RROADHEAD. Missouri.
c. GIBSON, Missouri.
JOHN LEE CARROLL, Maryland.
VIM. 7. HAMILTON, Maryland
WIN. q. SUMNER, Connecticut.
p. H. WATSON. Ohio.
r CONDIT Npyp York
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ORsRRVATIONs YESTERDAY.

WAR DEP'T. sTssAL sKHyTcE q. s. AR,rr. .
FRIDAY. Nov. II. 1870. IOJ0S nm 1
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ment while all the members of the board are
! believed to be in affihation with but one OF
! the parties 70 the present political contest In
view of all this, it is hardly necessary to add
that the terms of our letter were not designed
to PREJUDICE the question as to whether the
functions Of TIE returning Hoard were judicial
or ministerial, or both, but simply to invite
you to see with US that whatever may be the
character Of these functions, they are openly,
fairly and honestly discharged; and we thus
retrained from any attempt at stating or con
strung the laws Of louisiana we deetiied it
equally irrelevant TO the subject of our CORE
spOndence with you to allude to the duties
devolving upon officers other than the
constituents of the Louisiana returning board.
under the laws and constitution of the United
States, whether. as YOU observe bv way of IL
lustratiOn, under the constitution. the Presi>
dent Of the sennte both counts
and declares the votes Of the elect
0rs OF the SevH,-a, cratas his dufv
D'i- 70 purely ministerial, and not subject to
the control Of congress, Or whether as has
been the practice for more than eighty years,
a practice inaugrrated by men Of some of
whom had been among the famers Of the
constitution the votes are TO be counted un-
der the direction and control Of the house of
representatives and senate, is a question upon
the discussion of whieh we deem il no part of
our duty to enter. In conclusion, permit us
to say, that notwithstanding your refusal to
cooperate; we still cherish the hope that the
returning Board, Waf1ied by the history Of the
past, and conscious that its actions are being
observed by the whole nation, will discharge
its delicate duty with such circumspection,
fairness and impartialty as will give salts
faction to the American people. To this end
we will continue to labor. Should different
result follow the action Of the board we shall
have the satisfaction Of knowing that while
you have taken the responsibilities declining
to act with us, we have done all in our power
to avert the consequences which may follow.
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GRANTS PURPOSE.


Grant has done what was of course to bc
expected of him. He has ordered troops to
the doubtful States of Florida and Louisiana,
to influence the count of the votes under pre-
tense of preventing false or illegal returns
No one who knows the man or understands
the desperate mood of his advisers has any
doubt that the purpose OF this new use of the
military arm is in the interest of the Rcpubli-
can party. Grant is the man for Zach Chand-
Ter and Don Cameron in this emergency of the
party. He has no scruples to hold him back
This employment of troops at this critical
time is in keeping with Grants other opera
tions.
DIsGRACEFCL CONFESSION.
New Orleans Democrat Thursday
In one of his multitude Of epistles, Kellogg
says, referring to the Democratic gains in
number Of parishes in this State: Il assert,
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Second Note from the Democratic Com

NEW ORLEANS, November lB, 1915,
To Hon, John Sherman Stanley Mathews, ]. A.
Garfield, VIM. D. Kelley. John A. KaSsOn, E. ".
St0ughtOn, c. Irwin Ditty, J. Il. Vonalon. Eugene
hale, NJ. 5. Quay, VIII g. Cumback. T. ?. NOyes,
Job +. Stevenson, John COburn, Lew wallace,
John Tuttle, NJ. A. M'Grew, J. A. Chapman, VIM
r. Smith, Abner Taylor, s. R. Haven. J. NJ
Besrdsley, c. B. Farwell Courtlandt Parker, Sid
neY Clark. j c. Wilson, and others;
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CHARLEsTOS, November IA special
dispatch to the Neirs QHd Courier this after
The New York herald., 1876-11-02
NEWS IN THE CITY.

last night nre in the frame building No. 526 wcst
Thrtieth street. owned by Alexander Carruth caused
n damage of 81, 900; no insurance.
Albert Chesman. . eopyis,, OF No. 2oe Broadway,
VINO swallowed laudanum Tuesday In Grand street,
died yesterday In Bellevue Hos pital.
Jonn Finn, ofNo es Oliver street, fell into the water
at pier No. East River yesterday, but rescued
from drowning by officer OF the First precinct.
James Mcdonald, aged nineteen, clerk in tho Grand
Central Hotel. who was injured by a fall IRON
,hc elevator Tuesday night, died at Bellevue Hos
pitnl.
Justice Kasmire, At Washington Place Police Court
yesterday sent two bsggars, Catherine Murphy and
Ann Haggerty, each OF whom had an infant in her
arms. TO the island for six months.
Michael Madden, No. 5ls West Forty-fou
street, Was committed At ths Fifty. seventh street
Court yesterday 10 await the resclt OF = stab
wound inflicted by him on Thomas Crane, boy who
resides in the same house with him. Madden Ia q Pc
culiar old man. who Is continually annoyed by small
boys when ne goes into tho street. Crane was OF
q crowd that threw stones at him.
The New York herald., 1876-11-02

tho shcparas and nabcocks who have all In their
power 10 dishonor and disgrace the party Of SUMNER
Linr'dn and Andrc~, ana 10 whose memories you owe
70 strike another bio. Tor ,Fgr, honest pure, IN
selfish rvrnaicanisia.r
ErTi-.R's ErcoEp BEFORE. DURING AND ArrxH rsr VAR
Following ihr above INTRODUCTION come three chap
icrs, whch purpor; 10 DC correct biography o. Cen
era Bnter. They are, ss may be supposed IRON mo
preface very srathing ana strictly correct II would
seem thst the Congressional candidate is Que OF the
mosi terrible criminals IA the land Tho last chapter
''ihs lac, j. the mar is totally unit TO hold any
pubic once much iess,o represent Us republicans "i
the seventh district his record has been or
j distracc 10 Massachusetts,. lie has done
more Than any man IN this State and
generation 10 lower The tone o us politics.
!" mslead ard debauch the impressbic by example
Of had principles and bad practiees carrying with them
attention Alter such history and with such char
actcr. having ruined hiusclt ana hail ruined his
party Ia another district. INTO which he removed 10
ger political step, he now returns the disrirt he
deserted and ihrusts himself upon US = discarded
politician, Al war with The ch'c principles Of his
party ana IN state OF quarrel with no small proper
ton OF IT'S members
''feIow- republicans OF the Seventh district, by Tho
memory OF our glorious past and OF the great rcpubl
can party, remembering the insult which this Butter
offered TO Andrew the crimes which he las been tho
author OF against public morals and his ircachery 10
tho Union army, va adjurc you siand by your guns
IN 'his coming election Roll up the oi-timc majority
Tor our Wnc leaders, HAYES and Wheeler and Ebenczcr
nookwooa hosr, hut 'eniing 10 nna disgrace and
deserved defeat this man whose whole career Is
summed urin the sentence, swarger biustcr failure"
ISTEkFkekScx fRoA TuK REPUBLICAN
Some idea o how important the contest is viewed
from abroad may 30 inferred from The fact that Mr.
Forbes. the Massachusetts member OF the National
Republican COMMITTEES, has made effort have the
body witch he represents send some speakers into the
district 10 work in behalf Of Judge Hoar Mr. Forbes
SPEAKS OF General Butler as the eucmy of
puoiican party, man who did than any other
10 bring about Tho ''iidai wave" Two years ago aud
who Is now openly opposed 10 the most important
principles of the party.
rHK ELECTION GENERAL BUTLER roRgcuHE con-
OLusiox
In spite Of the combinations against HIM, the elec.
tion OF General Butler Is said 10 be absolute ccr
tnnty. He reckons upon majority OF between l. 500
and 000 and the Hoar aud TarOox leaders good
admit ais triumph by ut least l, ,0c0 majority. All
Of the cities and large towns will give him largo
maiorities, according % his canvass dust On
isned); and In Concord Judge Hoar's home) be reck-
ons on more votes than his disin guished opponent
The New York herald., 1876-11-02
AMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB.
EXTRA pAY's RACING AT JEROME PARK.

EXTRA DAYS RACING AT JEROME PARK
Should tho charming weather OF yesterday continue
throughout the week. on Saturday there win bs
Park that has graced that delightful racing
ground for years Fivc will take place, tho
first for purse OF s4O0 tho winner to be sold At auc
tion. II entered to be sold tor $4,000 (highost
pr;co) to carry weight for age; II for $780,
allowed three pounds; II for $1,000. seven
pounds; II for $500, twelve pounds; II fos
$500, eighteen pounds the distance ono mile and .
all ages, $500 entrance half forfeit 81 900 added
tho second $500 OF the stakcs tho
distance two miles. The third will be for purse
OF $780, beaten maidcns allowed nve pounds tho ds-
mile heats. Tho fourth viii be Tor purse
OF $500 sivcn by p Lorard), OF which 500 goes 10
the second, for horses that In training
stable within the last months entrance
free gentlemen riders welter weights; ths
distance mile. The hnn and closing event
OF tho day Will no handicap stecplcchass
for purse OF $7OO givcn by J. G. Bennct OF which
500 Will be given Tho second horse; frce
and tie will be the usual course.
All entries close at the this afternoon At four
O'Clock, when We expect 90 every good horse
this side tho Allegheny Mountains entered tor the
eral events Nearly all that participated at the late
meeting at Jerome Park together with those that
at Baltimore last week and at Washington this week.
can be there swell the numbers in tho several con.
tests making Saturday next the great racing day OF
tho Centennial.