Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-30
'E'iae Situation.
Carolina.
FLORIDA,

I.1GC the TCluluS lium itaL piCCluCt pNSSa
raised PIG votes over the true poll cast. They
supported thei. claim by afidavits from hlr.
Fleming, who sworc he had stood at the door
and took the name Of every voter az ii was
called, and only 3l9 were cast, whereas the re-
turn set up claimed that 536 were cast; OF Mir.
Tucker, who sWore that he was requested by
tho inspector to assist in summing up the vote,
and oply Glg were cast; of two OF the three IN
spcctors, who sW0rc that there were only "l9
votes cast, that the return purportlng TO sho"
53S votes was. fraudulent; Of one OF three mem
bers OF the county board who swore that he
was cognigant Of this fraud aud would not sign
the rcturns; Of another member OF the board
who swore that he knew fraud had been COM
mitted. but felt bound to sign the return that
it might so to State board for final action; oil a
circuit Judge that he saw the Archer ballot box
opened by the proper officials and counted, and
that only 80 votes were found there. There
were O number OF other afidaVl;s sustaining
above AMI to prove new but miDos p0lbts OF
fraud. The tao inspectors who made the att.
davits and the two members Of the cauvasslng
board are republicans. and are 4 majority Of
each body.
The radicals introduced counter atlldavils
from Moore and Dukes, the two inspectors,
and Bolton and Webster, the two members oil
the board referred to. swearing that their for
mer aCidavils we're made under duress fear or
misapprchension, and were false. The dem
ocrats introduced a third affidavit from Mr..
Bolton, who swore that if he gave any secoud
affidavit he was not responsible Or III his true
mind when he did so.
This WIS backed by afiIavits Of citizens Of
Gainesville, who swore Mr.. Rcltou was drunk
during the whclc day on which the second aft
davit was delivered, and was in the hands OF
the republicans 10 q state OF intoxlcatloD. He
reatirms 10 the third affidavit the assertions
made in the first one. The democrats cannot
understand the counter afhdavits OF Moore,
Dukes and Webster, aud will bring them be-
fore the board 10 person tomorrow or next day.
10 Baker county The democrats produced 40 at.
idayit from the clerk Of the court certifying that
the returns which give the democrats % malori-
ty wastrue,a and the ouly returns from theGounty
of Baker; tina! it sas tho only one that he had
been called on 20 certify to or that was
filed 10 bis Office; that he has no knowledge Of
any otilar canvass having beer made than the
one By which The returns Was made up; that lie
had never been notified that such a carfqass was
going TO be held ar asked to participate in it as
the law required he shauld De; that ito return
has been iaudod with request that he forward
it to the Secretary Of State as the law requires
be sba!! do. They presented further certified
copies Of each OF the precinct returns IN Baker
county, regularly signed by the precinct inspec'
tors, which footed up precisely the result thu!
was cited in the true return.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The condition Of affairs in South Catolina
yesterday is described as follows by the cor
respondent oil the Baltimore Sun vino tclc
graphs from Columbia under date Of last hight:
There are four different centrss Of attraction
at Columbia, viz, the rival Houses Of Repre-
sentativas, the Senate and the courts. This
tends to divide public attention aud prevent any
dangerous concentration at either polrt. The
capitol, to-day, as yesterday, bristled with Fed
erel bayonets. The proceedings 10 the Senate
we're not particularly exciting. The body con-
sist8 of thirty.tiyce members, but the seats OF
the democratic Senators from Laurcns, Edge
field and Abbeville are contested, and there are
only thirty Senators 10 their places, OF whom
twelve are democrats and eighteen are repubil-
cans.
After . stubborn fight the concurrent resoiu-
tiou Of the House to meet in joint assembly on
Friday TO declare the election Of Governor and
Lieutenant Governor, was adopted By j vote Of
Is to IL, Cochran, an independent republican,
voting with the democrats. The twelve demo
Gratis entered a digoltied and earnest protest
%acaiDs: and recognition of the sOcaElcd House,
rccilirg the fact that the military had con
trolled the organization OF the House of Rep.
resentativcs, and denying that any Lawful! House
had been organized.
The Senate refused to receive 4 cammunita-
sion from Speaker Wallace, OF tic constllu-
tional House, announcing lis organization.
The Mackcy or bayo1ct House was without
a quorum until three p. NJ, when Hamilton,
the missing member from Beaufort, came 10.
Then tho hand OF the Chamberlain faction was
more clearly shown. The democrats carried
BgrnWeIl county by over LOO majority, and
their candidates were declared eleeted by the
canvasaiug board. The members Of the lagis-
latura from the county are in the constitutional
House now sitting. Yesterday the defeated
republicans entered Il protest Ia the bayonet
House, which was referred to the elections
committee.
As soon as Hamilton's presence to-day gave
q quorum the committee, consisting exclusively
of radicals, recommended that the contestants
be declared elected and scaled. The commit
tee has taken no evidence except the statements
| OF the contestants, and three Of the seven OF
the members OF the committee refused to sign
| the report. Hamilton and one or TWO others
made stong opposition. The programme is to
ELL up the House, now consisting OF hity-nlne
members, 10 eighty or more, byseatiug republi-
can contestants from different counties. When
| this is done an attempt will probably be made
TO impcach the Judges of the Supreme Court.
The public proceedings Of the constitutional
House were limited at the morning session TO
receiving the report of the special committee
to the effect that the Secretary of State re-
fused to place 10 their hands, as demanded, re-
turns and statements OF the vote for Governor
and Lieutenant Governor, which have already
been delivered by him to the Speaker Of the
other House.
AS was expected this evening, the motion in
the latter House to seat the contestants from
BarnHcll was carried under the previous ques-
ton.
Feriter, a white republican, warned the
House that this act, by a body whose legal eN.
istence is questioned, would cause the support
ofthc Northern people and the military to be
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