The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-18

happy hecause know Hayes il
elected" Very few If the Republicans
feel - cheerful as the secretary. They
cannot help feeling little les. certain Of
Florida than they did week ago.
Positive ASSURANCES Of Democrats b.
Ing troubled great deal and that they
fear that frauds have been committed in
remote Democratic counties. which can
no. be fully established for the want Of
time before the returns must Be can
vassed
The 7ra5sfa<'s New Orleans special
speaking Of The Republicans reply TO
the Democrats, says An answer was
prepared and ssnt 70 the Democrats st
3 o'clock NJ On receiving the docu-
ineni, the Democrats 81 once called
meeting and voted 10 send reply i'm
mediasely. The committee TO prepare
1t consists Of Trum bull, Doolittle, Stall
10 and 0teniorfer The paper will not
be ready for delivery until tomorrow.
II will assume that the Republicans. By
their note, decline 10 perform the duties
imposed upon them by the President.
AMI will ask what representatives, Of
the two parties are TO consider the de-
tails Of the returning board. Some say
il is the talk on the street to-day that
no Democrat will serve who may be
chosen, unless some present member Of
the board will agree to resign and make
place for q second Democrat. The same
special says the Democrats here are very
joyful over the dispatches received from
Florida. They announce that the re-
turns Of the election In that State are
ali in and show Democratic majority
Of between roo and 500. The Demo
Gratis in Florida assure their friends
here that there cannot possibly he any
mistake about it,
Miss Lille Morse. daughter of the
late Professor Morse, before sailing for
Europe, by the Bothnis. yesterday.
gave a public denial to the current ru-
NOR Of her engagement TO Gov Tilden.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov --latest re-
turns Of the election in Louisiana re-
ceiyed in this city show that the Repub-
lean majorities in the aggregate are
smaller than they have been supposed
IL be. Politicians Of both parties have
heretofore conceded. in private. not in
public. that the result would depend
entirely upon the decision Of the return
ing board in regard 10 the vote Of FIVE
parishes in which ii Is asserted that in
limitation and frauds were resorted 10.
If these or any three of them are count.
eel Is polled. it is supposed the Demo
crats would carry the State: but If
they were all thrown ont the State is
almost universally conceded to the Re-
publicans. Grave d ubts now exist in
regard 10 there being Republican ma
Icrsty ~ th. rea.~intnx v~v4.h.--
NEW YoRK, November l7-Lste
dispatches 10 prominent Republi-
cans in this city, who have excel
lent opportunities for obtaining correct
information. make tho State very close
without the vote of the five parishes
mentioned, with the chances rather in
favor Of the Democrats. 1t must not
he construed that the prospects of the
Democrats carrying the State have been
improved. Enough OF the vote in the
bulldog counties may be accepted by
the returning board 10 give the Re.
puollcans majority In several Of
these, the impression which seems to
have gained ground, that the returns
from sn entire parish In each will he
rejected, is erroneous. In each parish
there are several voting precincts. and
the citizens are allowed by law TO
choose at which Of these they will de-
posit their ballots. u. = soldiers were
stationed At most Of the county seats.
and at these points it is admitted that
the election was generally quiet. and
the negroes voted there without being
molested II was in the country pre-
cinc,s that the iniimndations are said to
have taken place The board passes
upon the case of each ballot fox sepa-
rateiy. and il is not At all known that
the vote in the large towns and the
county seats in the disputed counties
will be thrown cut. OF that any at
tempt will be made By the Republi.
cans to dispute the elections in these
places. as the negroes from the country
generally tlocke,i 10 the town 10 vote.
After this explanation it will be seen
how difficult IL il to forecast from the
returning vote what the actual result Of
the count will be The republicans
are fully confident that the returning
board will declare the vote Of Louis
lana 10 have been cast for Hayes and
Packard. and tho Democrats have al.
most unanimously arrived at the same
conclusion The latter at the same
time assert tia, this can OILY be
brought Slsassf hy nnfs,r ,n.aps arl