Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1876-11-27
SECOND EDITION.


THE SITUATION UP TO LAST NIaHT-MosFss
COURT AND ITS ANTIos-THE PRESIDENT
SUPPORTS GOV. CHAMBERLAIN - FLORIDA
FRAUDS.
The order of the Moses Court in South
Carolina committing the members of the
Returning Board to jail was given in Satur-
days COMMERCIAL. They all gave them
selves up, and were imprisoned at 5 O'Clock
that afternoon. They are still in jail. The
proceedings have caused much speculation
in Washington, and it is expected that
Judge Bond, of the United States Circuit
Court, will issue writs of habeas corpus,
and thus the whole matter will be
thrown into the United States Courts.
The court at its afternoon session. refused
to order the Secretary of State to issue GER
| tificates OF election to the Democratic can
didates from Edgefeld and Laurens coun-
ties, but instructed the Democratic lawyers
shat a record Of the proceedings might be
had of the Clerk, and this would be equiva-
lent to certificate. The application for
mandamus in the case of the Presidential
Electors was taken under advisement.
President Grant has issued an order, di-
recting that full support shall be given to
Gov. Chamberlain, as the Executive of
South Carolina, ''until new Governor
shall be duly and legally inaugurated under
the Constitution" To-day will probably
show whether the controversy cannot be
carried into the United States Courts
through an application to Judge Bond, of
the Circuit, for writ OF habeas corpus.
The Louisiana Returning Board did not
canvass the returns from any parishes on
Saturday, but announced the consolidated
inIt el,
subject of contest, and marked them for
hearing in the week following. The North
ern gentlemen who went to New Orleans
are getting anxious to return ;and everybody
is desirous of the result to be declared by
the Returning Board, one way or the other.
The board have determined TO hold long
sessions this week, and the count will prob
ably be finished by Friday or Saturday.
In Florida, the whole legal proceedings
will probably fall to the ground, The
Democrats asked that Gov. Stearns be en-
Joined from canvassing the vote of the
State, and for mandamus compelling the
Board of Canvassers to commence the cam
vass forthwith. No decision was given by
the court on Saturday, and as the Governor
swears he never intended to canvass the
vote, and the board it is announced, will
commence work to-day at noon, there will
be no necessity for either injunction or
mandamus. The returns from nearly all
the counties are now in. Hon. w Il. Rob-
ertson, of West Chester countyEN. Y, a
prominent and trustworthy RepIF lican, re-
turned from Tallahassee on Saturday. He
/ gives every essGrsT.c.s tfsr tho coRne OF the
vote will show majority for Hayes.
Senator Osborne OF Florida s'written a
letter ON the Democratic vote in that State.
He has analysed the returns, and inds that
the Democratic vote shows a most singular
and uniform increase of one-third over pre-
vious majonties. He states that this was
done in accordance with previously ma
tured plan, and by such methods as the To-
cal managers found most convenient to
adopt-as repeating, intimidation, or alter
ing the returns.