, 1876-11-13
The State Of South Carolina Unquestion-
ably Republioan---Florida
Republican.
Prominent Citizens Now on Their
Way to tic Focal Points Of
Interest.
GOVERNMENTAL.
DISPATCHES At THE CAPITOL.
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SL}&Ct1f Lhkb0tEA 10 1H1 1F1aHHe
WASHINGTON, u. c., Nov. E-8;m p. n.-
Information OF tho most specific character from
the Government and State officials In South
Carolina, Floriln, and Louisiana, has reached
tho authorities here to-day, which fully tussidcs
tho conclusion tllat cach Of these States has
voted for Hayes. At the sau,o TING, ndviccs
haYo been received OF formidable efforts In scv-
eral qunrtcrB to prevent returns from rcaching
tho central stations, and in South Caroiina Of
movement to take possession and prevent
count, in caso tue Republicans do succeed In
getting the returns all In.
SEVERAL IMPORTANT ORDERS
have been Issued by tho President to-day, Ill
looking to tho protection Of tic ballot-boxcs,
and those having them lii charge, until full
md fair count has been completed, and to pre-
yent breach Of order while the count Is pro-
grcsslug. These orders are as explicit "a 1t ia
possible to make them, to tho end TINT fair
count Of all votes legally cast Inay be had With
out rcgnrd to party.
oEs. SHERIDAN
will at once proceed to the South, and make his
Headquarters at Now Orleans. Tho information
from Florida Is that enough Of tho returns arc
safe In tho hands Of tho proper counting
otltrcre to psaco tho result In that State
beyond al1 contingencies Of Interference by
the Ku-Klux. In South Carolina, certain returns
wl,!cl, White Liners had planned to capture
wcro saved BY strategy, and are now In the
hands Of the Board OF Canyaascts. There Is q
very suspicious dolby in some Of the returns
fro,, Certain OF tho moro remote Republican
districts, Prominent Dcmocrats III South Caro-
liua are conccdng that the Electoral vote is for
Hayes, but
THE MAIN OBJECT
OF the evident Intention to tamper with tho
returns IL to secure tho election Of Hampton.
Orders wore given today to look to the safc
/ conveyance of tho baiot-boxca to tho places
DESIGNATED BY law for thu count, aud securing q
| fair and impartial count OF tho ballots. As to
| North Carolina, whtlo returns thus for received
are not a promising % were hoped for, still tho
State Is not conceded to tho Democrats nnd the
Western counties may Jet savc It to the Repub'
llcans. .
| THB CABINET.
| Special Dt1pasch to ms 71auns.
| WASHINGTON, Noy. I'LL p n,.--lt has hceS
IN anxious day In Washington. Tho member.
of the Cabinet have been it. session or III intlf
vidual conferences during mitch of tic day
They layo had dispatchea from tho lesuding civi
aud military officers iu tho three doubtful
Southern States. rhoy have taken steps ahic',
10 far as lies in tho Executive power, will pre-
servo nnd protect tho purity Of sl,e hal!ot.boa
! AMI secure fair and honest count. Thu drift
Of the information from ti,c three doubtful
States presented to thu Cabinct WAS Ia sub
stance this:
IN souTu CAROLINA
thc Republicans still matntaln tho accuracy O
the claims Of Gov. Chamberlain to d majority o
| at ioast 5000 for lluycs nnd Wheeler. ali'
| Chamberlain. III several Of tho counties, cs
| pccia1ly those along tho Georgia border, and Il
what ID called thu uphill country, there hay
been sevcral attempts by ku-klnx or despctnt
pursols to sclzo tho hallot.boxcs and destru
them. Thcao attempts, With few exceptions
l,avo been defeated. Precautionary measurc
hays boon taken which II Is thought vi! et1cet
ually gunr.l tho rest Of tho ballot-boxes froE
Nko t,uugcr until after tllc Official count Is tlt
cttled. Tho counting will talio placo at Colul
bin, where
NHAELr ALI. TltH THoors
left In tho Slate have hecn concentrated, an
where what state troops tho tovcrl"r co
cut,,tnu,ul vii! b. put In rendezvous IN or1icr
preyont my possible isturbauro. dov. Chan
i,erl4in telc1snpicd tn tho Department Of JustFe
; to-day that thru was considerable danger ths
,nauy of tho witnesses against parsons who hay
committed or attempted election 3Tnu.ta wort
danger OF their lives At Aiken, whcro Eres
many arrusts hayu bean ,naals. 1t II exptctc
that aurh stct,s will b taken "a will prcser'
/ tic lives Ut thcso witnesses, 70 that they l1ls
give thcIr testimony.
|. yi.onlpA.
Nothing Moro tu detail has boon receive
from Florida beyond what fAa already bct
tclcgsuphetl. T!oro ID information that sover
ta1lot. boxes hayo bcen hsukcn uth und th
! carriers haya bum tntcrferud With, oat It
thought THAI gteat majority of Tho sotuf'