Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-12-30
WADE HAMPTON.
SOUTH CAROLINA,


j. q. Abbott, democratic members of the house
investigating committee, publish q card saying
that after careful examination, they find Hayes
and Wheeler have fairly carried South Carolina.
NEW YORK, December 20. A Columbia des-
patch to the Herald last evening says The house
committee has sscertaned that the Hayes electors
have An average majority of about six hundred
votes over Tilden electors, iD this State.
This result was reached early this morning by
accountants of the committee, and is based upon
returns Of precinct managers
The two sub committees now at Charleston will
meet the At Florence a few days, when
the entire committee proceed to Washington to
complete its labors.
1t is safe to say that the committee will be
unanimous in declaring the solid electoral vote of
South Carolina was cast for Hayes and Wheeler
on the seventh of November last.
1t is equally safe to say the committee are al
most unanimous in their opinion that Hampton
and the remainder of the democratic state tic ket
are elected by msJorilies ranging from eleven
hundred downward.
Sayler freely expressed hi. opinion that Hamp-
ton should be recognized as governor, and the
Wallace house the legally elected house of rep
resentstive of the general assembly.
COLUMBIA, December 26. Messrs. Sayler, Alb
bott and Lawrence. sub Congressional committee,
completed their work here today. Their report
from the returns submitted gives the State to
Hayes and Wheeler by about 100 majority but
show Hampton and the entire State ticket elected
by much larger majority. This committee will
leave for Charleston night, to join the subcom
mittee there, and will probably leave for Wash
ington Monday.
FLORIDA.
New YORK, December 30. A Jacksonville dis
patch to the Times says the senate commit ee
state that instead of 1ayess majority being one
Thousand, the republican national and state tick
cts have, on fair vote, twenty five hundred to
three thousand majority in lorida.
| TALLAHASSEE, December %. Nothing of spe-
Il has opc al
supreme court will certainly be here tomorrow
and it is expected that final solution of the vexa
tious uncertainty which now disturbs the country
will be arrived at so far as regards Florida.
LOUISIANA.
! NEW ORLEANS, December 30. The Senate
committee were engaged this morning hearing
rebutting testimony III regard to Ouachita Parish
| Nj. Salisbury asked for information in regard
to the seemlug inaccuracy in the statement of
the returning board 10 regard to the total vote for
republican electors.
| The chan man said that all the necessary doc
uments would be furnished.
| Tue Senate sub committee, after hearing one
| witness, adjourned to Eliza PIukston residence
| to take her testimony.
The House committee examined Col. Patten,
chairman of the democratic state committee, and
will examine all the witnesses who have been be-
fore the Senate committee.
The senate committee has devoted the entire
day to hearing rebutting testimony in reference to
the Eliza flukstOn testimony. SOme ten or a
doz. N witnesses (whte and colored) testified to
her notoriously bad conduct being charged with
infsnicide, and leaving another child in a fence
corner to die; also tina; she had been discharged
from two plantations because all the colored wo-
men refused 10 say unless she was sent away
That she was a notorious prostitute and unworthy
of belief.
Chairman Howe said he had long since come to
the conclusion that nothing Eliza said was 10 be
believed merely because she said SO, therefore
there was no use in attempting to strengthen that
opinion by such evidence.
Mr.. Salisbury thought those charged by her
VITA participation in the assault should be allowed
to contradict.
MI, Howe said they might. He also said tina,
Eliza was wounded and Henry killed were facts
not affected by her statement.
Several witnesses testified 10 Alexander Brooks
having threatened to kill Pinkston last May for
beating him and biting his finger off.
The Senate sub committee went to the resi-.
dence OF Eliza Pinkston at noon, to take her ties
tmony but found her laboring under such in.
tense nervous excitement that the idea has beer
abandoned for the present. The people with
whom she lived said person had called there
this morning and excited her by telling her tina
people from Ouacbita were coming to testify nu
merous things against her in reference TO hei
children.
The House sub committee oxamined three wit
ne.ses 10 reference 10 La Fourche parish, whC
testified to the imidation of colored democrats
|
The committee also examined seven witnesse.
from Plsquenne parish, who testified to many ir
Irregularities and considerable crookedness on the
part of the ofic ials who conducted the election.
Charles j. Lewis, colored said that he was q
! member of the counsel of freedmen, Of which
nearly every prominent republican in the state
was n member and that among the penalties
was the death for any member who was cleo
pioneering for the democrats. A copy of by
laws and constitution was identified and filed a
evidence.