Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-12-13

The uaticai >ituatl III IL the a!Sloteu states
remans il, the same unsettled condition 10
which it has oeen since tie determination OF
the radicals t. carry tben 10y fraud was first
discovered.
FLORIDA.
If the Suprcu,e Court of Florida decides that
;he powers of the Returning Board are purely
uyuls,clisi. aud Is grntraIy baheved that 1t
viii, the Board Is pledged to recanVass the
votes from the face OF lh, returns aud issue
certificates ut tn: rcsui; rel ched 10 that way.
Ii tins is dn.a the second canvass of votes Will
give the Tnden clecsos, i2y majority. Drew's
majority 90 he fac" Of the returns Will be
about 672 acd bot!, # the democratic candl
dates Tor Congress vii b. elected by good ma
jortleS.
The Congressional committee has decided 10
20 into an investigation OF bOtn the State and
national election a cal Was made upon the
Secretary OF State for c)pies OF the returrs,
which will be tufoisbed.
LOUISIANA.
The Congressional committee met at New
Orleans Yesterday. Gen. Hurbut gave notice
that be would file a protest to the jurisdiction
of the committee gclog into election matters.
Charles S. Abel, Secretary OF the Returong
Board, presented communication signed by
all Lie members of the Board, stating that the
four pembers OF the Returning Board deny the
au hority of the House of Representatives to
review the decision of the Returning Board
uotil they deliver their documents to the Gen
erai Asscmbls; also protesting against the at
tempt Of the House Of Representatives OF the
United States to obtain and review documents
10 their possession, aud claiming that as lndl-
viduals, they cspuot, uoder the laws OF the
low b.,p Theu ST. To f,,rt her th at
they will have copies of all documents made
for the committee il the com mittee will provide
the pecss,ary means; that the State Legislature
has uaje 10 appropriation for them, ADD they
cuunot therefore furnish copies unless the COM
mliiee furnish funds. These copies, they say.
will be made as soon as they are through with
the documents, provided tunds are furnished.
When the communication had been heard
the chairman asked If Mr.. Wells was present,
and being answ red 10 the negative he los ruct-
ed the sergcaut-at arms to notify the members
of the Returuing BJard that their presence
would DC expected at | a. III. on Wednesday
lu ob, deuce to the orders OF the Speaker OF
the House Of Representatives OF the United
States Another communication from Charles
S. Aocll, Secretary Of the Returning Board,
was then read 10 answer to the subj oela duces
tecum served on him declining to present the
documents, a, he had been instructed not to
do 80. These reIusals created considerable ex
element The room was crowded with specta-
tors aud witnesses
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Ccrhin, the u. 5. District Attorney, who
was yesterday elected u. 5. Senator by the
raCica! Legislature, is Vermouter, who, since
1863 wnen he went to the State, has held Office
aud amassed large fortune Six hundred more
troops arrived at Columbia yesterday. 1t is
though, the radical l. gslature will remove
Justice Noses OF the State Supreme Court.
aud reorgauize that Court on a radical basis.
The tax bill proposed in the radical House.
Yesterday will swar!p the value OF all the prop.
erty left 10 the State.
a Columbia correspondent to the Baltimore
Sun, dated last uiRLt, says:
In the course OF tie INV StlgatoDs OF the
Congressional COMMITTEE to day the startling
fact was brought TO light that over thirty boxes
were not couuted at all by the board OF canvas
sers, every Que OF these boxes being 10 strong
Democratic COUNTIES Bayne, the colored Secre.
,ary of State, and member Of the board, when
uu s,iooed in rcga,d to these boxes, said he
was unable to explain why they were not count
cd. The committee nave been hampered at
every step IL their il Quirics by the Bond Cham
berlan ring. ID cuu .uts have been persistent
~ held back, and several important witnesses
have been spirited away on the cars by the
c,uvassers and their henchmeo. The committee
are 10 session 70 plght, aud two sargeant-at
arms arc now searching for missing witness |
VINO tried to get of on the Charlestown train
this evening. |
News Of the Day.
In the muoicipal election at Boston, yester-