The Osceola times., 1876-12-02
last Sundays Memphis dPPeal
contained tho following


contained tho following
@Thc nows this moraing from
tho states Now struggling in tic
tolls Of the Radical thieves is chcc'-
ing in one respect at least. she
infamous returning board OF Louis
lana infamous by con
rrcss, by General Sheridan and
u,bers-has bccn caught in the act
of sSindling, aud in u way so bare
faced that even John sherman, of
Ohio, had to c,nicss the fact. Wells
wlltcd, Anderson was dazcd. Ken
ner was dumb rs any oyster he ever
onencd. and Cazenavc was rs silent
rs any grave he ever flied. The
clerk spoke. But it would have
been better he had never opened
his mouth. He told II lie 20 cover
. the attempt to "bulldozc." but was
d Sc, red in II, and, upon rroduc-
ing tho document that was to for
,,iy h,s f,lschood, only produced II
series of documents that confirmed
the original crime. And yctthls
is only sample of the means re-
sorted to in Louisiana, Florida aud
South Carolina, to cheat the Dem
ocrats out of their hard d-carnedssIc-
tory. The Same thing has beer
done over and over again in sccrc,
session. for, rs the leading German
editor OF New York, MIR. Ottendori,
SAYS, "rhesc people will not be de-
TERED either by an appearance OF
absurdily or OF villainy in their
proceedings" Now the question
Occurs, What will the North say Z
Ienving that question to ho an.
swer,d d, and coming to the figures
made BY the count OF parishes 50
far as it has progressed, we lind
that Hayes is now only 9S7 votes
ahead OF Tllden, with majority of
the Democratic parishes to hear
from"
The returning board in South
Carolina have been pat in jail for
contempt Of the supreme court. In
Florida, the counting commenced
last Monday. Speaking Of I.ouisi-
uuu, tho Appfai special says
.When the returns from parishes
marked Contested were opened,
The Democratic counsel were al
Al.wei TO be present, The returns
iran DcSoto parish were brought
la, and contained in one package,
scaled with wax. When the seals
were broken by the members of
the board, there were found in.
side consolidated statement of the
votes, the commissioners state.
ments, and the tally sheets. AT
t,ched to the returns werc large
number of protests and atildavlts,
The secretary of the hoard said
that the package had boen received
on the lSth instant, and such was
the entry in his reccipt-book. The
returus, he said, had come by matt.
IN the course OF inspection 1t was
discovered that one OF the protests
of the supervisor, charging general
intimidation, was dated November
25th, and sworn 20 in this city be-
fore tho commissioner OF the cir-
cunt court.
When called on to explain how u
protest dated on the 10Th instant
(to-day) could getinto II sealed reg.
istered package received on tho lsth
instant the secretary said he had
!. 'received two packages. He was
>leiec,cd by one Of the Democratic
/counsel present in the act of making
another entry IN his book of two
packages received. Aner some de-
lay another package WAS produced
aud found to contain consolidated
statement OF the voters and the
commissioner returns, but no pro-
tests or ailidavils.
The members OF the board were
unable to explain the matter. Sen.
utor Sherman, of the Republican
visiting committee, remarked that
there was no use To Disguise the
fact that the returns had been
opened and The protests inserted
alter the package had been re.
ccivca
The affair created quite n scnsa-
tion among the members OF tho
committees present. The menbers
Of the Democratic committee were
very oulspoken in the opinion that
n fraud had been rerpctrated, and
the Republicans did not deny that
the affair had very peculiar as
pes.t. The Democratic counsel say
that similar thing has occurred IN
the ease OF ether parishes, bat that
as they wcro rot admitted until
to-day, there was no opportunity
40 d &C yer the frauds"