Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-12-04
FIRST EDITION.
News From the south.

THE MOSES COURT AGAIN IEvoBKED FOR DEM
oCRATIC URPosEs-FLoRIDA STRONGER
sTILL-THE LOUISIANA RESULT 1000 to
5000 FOR HAYES.
Matters remain about as they were in the
Legislature of South Carolina. Both parties
continue to occupy the Assembly chamber,
and one Republican member has joined the
Democrats. The count of the vote for
Governor has not yet been made, but it can
not be delayed later than 2 o'clock to-day.
It is signifed, therefore, that the speaker
of the legal House, Mr.. Msckey, will this
morning have the bogus claimants Of seats
from Edgefeld and Laurens counties eject
ed, and will call in the State constables or
militia to aid him. The Democrats say
they viii fight these constables, and in that
event, it is likely Gen. Ruger's soldiers
must be called on to preserve the peace.
On Thursday, Wade Hampton tele-
graphed to the President that "the Legis-
lature will not interfere with the Presden-
tial electoral vote" 1t seems, however,
that the purpose of capturing the State for
Tilden, in spite of the fact that the MAORI
ty for Hayes, has never been given up, and
this is declared to be "the milk in the
cocoanut" of the Struggle the Democrats
have msde. On Saturday, the managers on
that side again went to the Moses Court,
and procured orders, returnable on Mon
day, requiring the Secretary of State to
show cause why he should not deliver up
the returns of the Governor vote requir-
ing the newly elected State officers to show
cause why they should not be enioined
from qualifying and, lastly, requiring the
Presidential Electors to show cause why
they should not be epjoined from meeting
and casting the vote Of the State.
The rule served on the Electors is in the
nature of a quo loGrrdnto to show cause by
what right they presume to act as electors.
At o'clock to-day, the hour when they are
to appear before Moses, is the time, when,
according to the statute, they Vmeet to or
ganize and fill vacancies. II they do not
obey the Supreme Court order, or if they
attempt to act, the democrats threaten to
have a.sheriff call upon the posse conletdtuS
to arrest them, and 20 prevent their meet
ing as college the next day. It is claimed
at Washington, that, after being elected aud
commissioned by the State, they are Fed
eral officers, and will hs protected by the
U. s. courts.
THE SITUATION IN FLoRIDA-DADE COUNTY IN
AT LAsT--HAYEs' MAJORITY INCREASING.
In Florida, the last returns are in. Dade
County comes up with a Republican ma
jority of 4 in total vote of IA. The
efforts Of thr nemo Yratc to attack the Re-
pubhos-.- niajOribl0s have been complete
failures. Their chief reliance was oil
proving the return from Archer town
ship, Alachua County, fraudulent. The
witness they introduced yesterday
testified against them, and COM
pletely demoralized the party. The
Board of Oanvassers continued its labors
yesterday. ALI the testimony and papers
on both sides must be submitted to-day.
The decision on Presidential Electors and
State officers will be rendered at the same
time. A characteristic trick of the Demo-
Gratis is made known by which an engine
was disabled in order to prevent Republi-
can official from returning to Tallahassee
with important Witnesses. The scheme
failed. 1t is reported that the Democrats
will have two majority in the State Senate
and the Republicans the same majority in
the Assembly. Florida does not elect a
United States Senator this year.
The majority for Hayes, on the face of
the returns, without rejecting any of the
Tilden maiorities proven to be fraudulent,
is now counted at 81.