Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-12-07
THE VERDICT! /!
HAYES PRESIDENT (!
Louisiana, Florida and South
Carolina for Hayes.
LOUISIANA.

LOUISIANA.
New ORLEANS, December I.-There
was q slight mistake in the figures last
night. Upon the face of the returns the
highest Tildeu Elector has $3.50; the
lowest Tilden Elector, S3,529. The
highest hayes Elector, II, ,152; the low
est Hayes Elector 1854. All the Ill
den Electors run pretty nearly togeth
er, but there is great variation In the
Hayes Electors, only two OF them go
ing above II ,OOO; the next two stano
"a 889 and 1884. The remaining foul
90 a few hundred above 5000. ThIi
was owing to the Electors names be
irg left of of tickets by mistake. Wha
the Board will do in these cases is NO
yet determined, but 1t is doubtful i
they will attempt TO count votes no
cast. The highest Tilden Elector owe
the highest Hayes Elector is :, ,72s; ovel
the lowest Hayes Elector, $3.50.
These majorities represent aoou
what the Democrats gained by revolu
five parishes. On fair elec
ton they would not have carried th'
State on the face of the returns, ol
BENJAMIN Morgan, Coroner of Eis
Baton Rouge Parish, testifies that ths
bull-dozers killed eleven men In ina
parish from January To September, up
on which he had held inquests. Ac
his afidavits are copies o
all these inquests. In SEPTEMBER ns
was ordered to stop holding lnquests IL
the following order from the Captain o
the Bull-dozers:
"Mr. Ben. Morgan, Coroner:
"You will please bear in mind tina
your absence is required ia the coun
try, and / inform you that if you ar,
caught there any more, your fate shal
be as those you come to hold your in
quest over, Yours truly,
captain OF REGULATORS"
Thus warned he ceased holding in
quests. Since that time there havt
been eight more murders, making
nineteen in all that are authenticated.
The Republican Committee have tn,
name and circumstance of each muir
der. More may yet come to light.
DN lIlS
idation the usual Republican majority
was overcome, and the Democratic ma
jority substituted.
So far, the evidence shows that thert
has been more slaughter in East Bator
Rouge than in any other of the fiv,
bull-dozed parishes. By the arpli-
cation of the shotgun i'm thes'
parishes and the inauguration o
a reign of terror, the Democrats have ,
majority on the face of the returns
which they would not have had haC
the campaign and election been free anC
fair. If there was no Returning BoarC
there would be no remedy.
Ii. V. REDFIELD.
Louisiana for Hayes.
New ORLEANS, December 5.--The declara
tion of the Returning Board gives the loves
Hayes Elector S,447. The majority of th'
highest is 4,567. 1t is understood that tn,
entire Republican State ticket is elected by
$500, and good majority in the Legislature
Particulars later
Report Of the Returning Board
New ORLEANS, December 5.-At $50 p
NJ, to-day, the Secretary of State, PERSONAL,
served on Governor Kellogg, the following
notification.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE,
NEw ORLEANS, Dec. 6, 1876.
l, ]. P. G. Deslande, Secretary of STATE
for the State of Louisiana, do hereby certify
that the Returning Officers of the elections
he'd in said State on the 7th day of Novem
Der, A. ID. 1876, has returned to me as Sec
retary of State, according to law, the follow
ing persons as duly elected electors of the
President and Vice President of United States
for the State OF Louisiana, at such election
to wit:
For the State at Large, VIM. p Kellogg
j. Henry Burch. For the Districts: lst
Peter Josephs; I'd, Lionel Sheldon; Sd, Nor
ris Marks; 4th, Aaron B. Levisee; 5th, Or.
lando Ii. Brewster; 9th, Oscar Jeffrian. In
testimony whereof have hereunto signed
my name and caused the seal of the State tc
be attached this 5th day of December, A. D.
1876, and of the independence of the United
States one hundred and first
(Signed PIG. DEsLANDF,
Secretary Of State.
Accompanying this certificate was a state
ment of aggregate votes for Presidential elec
tors as certified to the Secretary of the State
as follows: VIM. P. Kellogg, at large, rs,
135, Henry Burch, at large, rs, 1877; Peter Jo
sephs, LIST district, "a, ,014; L. A. Sheldon, 81
district, 74,027; Morris Marks, Sd district
"a, ,41S; Aaron B. Levissee, 4th district, "a,
OLA; Orlando H. Brewster, 9th district, "a,
OH; Oscar Jeffriane, 9Th district, "a, 1856; Jno
McEnero, at large, 70,5OS; Robert c. Wick
life, at large, 70,509; Louis St. Martin, Isl
district, 70,553; E. P. Pochez, I'd district
70, 1856; Alcibiades Deblune, Sd district, 20,
536; w. A. Seay, 4th district, 70,525; r. w
Cobb, 5th district, 70, 423; K. G. Ross, 6tf
district, 70,556
LOuisiana-The Electors.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 5-The Hayes
and Wheeler electors, bearing certifi
Gates from Gov. Kellogg, met in the
Senate Chamber, including Brewster
and Levisse, and cast q unanimous
vote for Hayes and Wheeler. The
Tllden and Hendricks elelectors, with
certificates signed "John McEnry, gov
ernOr," met in the House of Reprensen
tatives and voted for Tilden and Hen
bricks.
SOO SkA
Gen. Ruger's Defense of the Mil.
itary in the Capitol of South
Carolina.
COLUMBIA, s. c., Dec. 1.
To General w. Il. Sherman, or Secretary OF
War, Washington:
have carefully abstained from inter
ference with the organization of the
House from the first. On application
of the Governor, and my own belief
for the necessity thereof, or for the
preservation of the peace, 1 placed
troops at the State House, but not in
the rooms of the assembly, of either of
the houses, on the day of meeting.
Itcame about that for time soldiers
were placed OIL either side Of the door
of the entrance to the hall of Represen.
tatives, under the following circum-
sfancas. A nersnn at tho door 81 tb E,