Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1876-11-30
action of:thc Court on Friday and satus

action of-thc Court on FRIDAY ana satlis-
day may be gathered frolH the following;
telegrams:
Special Dispatches to Chronicle d: scrsime1.
COLUMBIA, S. c., November 2l.-rhe
SEpreEie Court has been in session all
day. Late this evening the Court iipa9l
ordered tho comnittaL~Jf ttrS
Bo@d Of Canvassers,. 10 prison, and di-
recStS counsel to prepare the or(;er Or
conI N.S9ent; but, irtonsequenceo OF the
g,fq Ss IL OF the n6Guired order, which
= 1-Sof The people had moi pro
.4ras given them until Lllis
IL q prepare it. Meantime, the
hdiourned the Beard to think ov@
after, and hoped they would coi-
s. obey the order of the Court aid
the returns, us previously ordcred7
~ Sthev come into Court to-morroW
2hg. There is good reason 10 subS
= Ind it is stated b. parties who ha@
81 to know, that the order has beJA
Ze cut TO night. and the BoarG sentdp
that n United States Marshal was IN
Est1Sng, to taks them out of the custody
e Stare officers. Judge Bond, O! IN.
Sd States Circuit Court, is here. and
ben for some time, and is the cor
- homDanion ef Chamberlain. Should
programme be carried. out, there is
3l6t entertained but that troops viii
cred to take possession Of tho State
a on Tuesday, and permit no mem
s6ef-SS the Legislature to enter who has
not q Certificate from the Board OF CaR,
vassers The Boare, having thrown out
the counties of Edgefield and Laurens,
this will give the Radicals majorityof
eleven on joint ballot. The people are
intensely excited and eXasperatod at lhe
anticipated consunlmation Of the con-
spiracy, but iID trouble is apprehertiea.
Nothing could induce anything like ep-
nosition to the National troops, andthe
Democrats will lave to submit tothc
State being stolen from t.:.nl after their
hard earned victory.
COLUMBIA, S. c., November 25.-The
Supreme Court met .i:is morning. at II
o'clock, and sparring between -coutsel
continued for several hours, tie. reSnh n
the session being that the Court o.
mittea IL the Isichfand couUtyrS
contempt, +. J.. Cardoza, Sates
rer; 7. c. Dunn, Comptroiler-5
ri w. Puryis, Adj jutant and ~ 4
General; H. l.. Hayue. fSeTSei5Ssss- 1t
State, and WA. Stona, Attorney :GenGS3as
These parties constitute the ~BpaHd @
State CanvasSers In addition to tbs I'm
prisopmenL, Il fine Of fifteen hundred
dollars was imposed upon each. There
was 10 interference by the United States
Marshal. as was anticipated, and the par:
tics ale now in Jail. 1t is supposed moth.
ing wii.be attempted in the shape OF
writ Of Aa6eds corpus before Monday
The Court also declared United States
District Attorney Crrbin III contempt
but allowed him until Monday morning
to purge himself CT the contempt, auG
adjourned. nIr
COLUMBIA, S. c., November @o.-Dis
trict-Attorney Corbin, coGnscl for aht
Board Of Canvassers, disclaimed any il,
territorial contempt and asked till Mon
day. The Court is now occupied with
argument OIL the electoral vote.
COLUMBIA, S. c., November 25.-1'hs
Supreme Court this afternoon TOOK ar
order urder alvise!nent,' requiring the
Beard os State Canyassers tn make 5
comparison Of the returns Of tie Go!nty
GanvasSers and the returns oi rhe pre
circt managers il cases OF the pfcSi,ldIl.
tial electors, and will render q decision
Monday. The Court declined to issue
an order giving certificates TO the nTGin-
bers Of the Legislature from ,EdgetielG
and Laurers counties refused by this
Board, but stated that such members
could obtain copy of the record from
the Clerk of the Court, which would hf
equivalent to certificate. The five Nom.
bers of the Board Of CanvasScrsi who
were cons;ructively arrested this morn.
ing reported at the Jail this evening
where they arc now confined. Teeil
names arc F. L. Cardoza, Treasurers II
G. Dunn. onptroIierG Wm
Stone, Attorney General; ii. e. Hayno
/ Secretary of state, and II. w. Purvis
eX-Adjutant and InspeclorGenerab com
prising the Board Of Canvassers.