American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-02
TIE CRISIS il rHa SuuTU.
THE RETURNING slas0,s MES SCHEME
" COUNTING.
Democratic PIotes,s Unheeded-oood
Advice from Wade Hampton-south
Carolina's Board 10 be Arrested for
CQnfamnl.


Csrolina's Board 10 be Arrested fol
Contempt.
II'roin the New York Sun
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 23-Tht
Louisiana Republicans are yer!
much elated over the news from
South Carolina, apparently holding
The opinion that the fragrant con
inct of that Board Of Canvasserl
withdraw attention from the boar,
here. The Conservafves rcceiv,
his news with becoming philosoph,
as suen conduct of Southern Re
turning Boards they naturally CT
pect.
The Republican Supervisors o
East Feliciana, who testiies tina
al fair. a,ri that he chang. =
ti,ariafion il ahsoiut~l, als-.
ns,stn~d b, Kellogg with lr.u b
men, for GRIMES committed al
.nown To re De f;.cto before A a..
.an, the Supervisor. was a..po,ot-'
TO this responsible Office
Before the Returning Board ven
into executive session TO-DAY, con
servative counsel requested that al
seiurns now received should b,
opened so thar il could ,s discn..-
e1 which are protested. Well
ieatea lils request. and cuat,-e -f
retire. This refusai gives u.
Republicans tile. lasE Illegal sdvssi4
.ge the, desIre. As Sitb ut Il pile,
aey Can deciie a contestdp parisS
i've days .ti>tan, from this cit,
saving already notified their here.
witnesses to I've present. exclndia {
ali Conse, vatiye evidence and pre-
venting the presence of any Dem
ocratie witness ~ho could furnis
evidence 20 the National Committee
The official teturus fr,sh all thu
pariahes havs bee. transmitted b,
telegraph and published, and the
.tigiual Ieturns sent to the eity er<
n the hands of Republican cau,i,
,i,tes aud Supervisors. The returns
from nine par ishe. are still he.,i b.
tt-se custodiaus, Who base hidden
Them, and undoubtedi, .doctetec
them.
Il ,I,arj i-sued orders today
for the delivery of these returns
rather late toi such u demand
The board gave notice that il
souid tomorrow .ake up the Case
OF East Ba,or Rouge, having can
vassed all the strong Republican
parishes AMI Come 10 patisnrs con
amin. Democratic majori'irs,
which are all contested.
Their action IS to East, Baton
Rouge is a~aited with great anx-
i-ty by our people and northern
committees. IA The hoard will be-
sarced tn carry ont its threats Of
hroyinx out the Democratic vot-
.,r back down from it's bold pret.n
sses AID act With some fairness.
The first course will undoubtedly
re adopted, as The board has by its
conduct up 10 date given lea -on IL
.0i,e only for fraudulent counting.
The board has canvassesi sixteen
'arishes containing: Renubiican
najorities. 1869; Democratic ma.
IOiities, 5000; net Republican
u .jority, 6,579. The remaining
.orty-two parishes contain net
Democratic majority on five elec
nrs of I 5,6GS. aud on three electors
If 1858. How these maiorities
IAN be counted ont, the LonisiaD,,
Board only know, but it
: we'll known here that they are
capable of accomplishing it,
Thousands OF vague aud wild
'amors are sflost Oh the streets to-
l gii Tue anxiety aud general
depression are fertile ground for
heir multiplication.
TIE FLORIDA INJUNCTION.
The Court, bc'ore which the case
# the injunction against the Gov
'rnor and the mandamus to tn.
returning Board was 70 be tri'd
net this morning at Taiia''assee, NJ
L o'clock. The court room Was
DIVIDED 10 the utmost.
The Governor presented through
ounsel an Affidavit Iva which he
tztes that he had never IN ade up
us mind to csnyass me vote aad
lad nor stated 70 any one suaz he
lad done done so; that s.ye" 40 !;
ne present writing he had not ae-
ided that la WAS empowered 20
anvass the votes.
he Democratic c"uus-., disc
arding this affidavit, arsues.
Iirough George J.. Raaey. .hat 81. /.
Governor had no risnt to Canvas I,
he electoral vote, bus THAI suci,
ight resided in the Canva>slng
ioard aud, further, that the coar
id have Jurisdiction over the Coy !
rnor not in restraining him ffDu
DING what he was impowered b. |
w 10 do, bnt in restraining h.s,
ON performing an act h- had rs.
ght to perform under the law.
Gen. Barlow replied on behalf OF
lie Governor, and denied the
of the Court. He SAID
lat an injunction Issue against tue
overnor by the Judge on the
ouch woul | have no more effrc
ian if it were issued by a private
dividuai He ahjured the Judg.
carefully consider the risk hr ran
issuing IL writ OF injunction THAI
,uld not be enforced by any les;ti-
L I .
to resist it.