New-York tribune., 1876-12-06

W. A. Leay Ivth Congressional District, 7O,525.
K A. Cross. vth Congressional District, 7o,55S.
We the undersigned returning officers pursuant 10 tne
authority vested in by Act No. 98 approved Nov 2o
d. 1872 do hereby certify that the foregoing true
and compilation of the statements of the votes
cast at an election for the election OF
President and vice-Presdent Of the United states
held on the 7th of November. A. d. 1875 under
writ Of election promulgated Sept 16 A. d., 1876 order
ing the same, and hereby declare that the following
persons duly and lawfully elected, to w.t. William
p. Kellogg, j. Henri Burch, Peter Joseph Lionel A.
Sheldon j. Morris Marks Aaron b. Leviseo, Orlando d.
Brewster Oscar Jeffrion.
j. MADISON WELLS, G. CAssENANE,
THOMAS c. ANDERSON, LOUIS NJ. KENSER
The vote for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor
was also returned to the Secretary OF State, the
total being: For Governor, s. B. Packard, 74,624;
Francis 7. Nichols, 71,19s; for Lieutenant
Governor, C. C. Antoine, 1869; l.. A.
| Wilt 71,O93. The clerks of the returning
officers had not, up to midnight, completed
their duplicate copies of the returns for promulga-
.on in the official journal; 1t is understood how
ever. that four Republican Congressman, viz, Dar-
rail-, lid Districts Smith, IVth District; Leonard,
Vth Districts Nash, With District have been returned
elected, and Gibson, Democrat, Ist District Ellis,
Democrat, lid District. The return for all these
Offices State and Congressional, will be promulg gated
tomorrow
The suboined statements of the grounds acted
upon has been obtained from the counsel of the Re-
turning Board:
The Returning Board Of the State Of Louisiana claims,
of ALL that under the provisions of law they are the
returning officers Of all elections held in the State that
there are In law and fact returns OF any election
held in said State until first examined canvassed and
compiled by them; that the statements furnished by
Commissioners OF Election simply statements OF
purported to have been cast and that until the
fairness and legality Of the voting at that poll or precinct
have been passed upon by the returning officers no valid
ity attaches to any such statements. In strict comp-
ance with the laws Of the United States and OF
this State the returning officers Of the State OF
Louisiana have proceeded to examine, canvass, and
compile statements Of the votes purported to haye been
cast in this State at the general election for President
and President of the United States held ON the 9TH
day of November last
The votes purported to have been cast in the parishes
Of Grant and East Felcana have been ignored entirely
in the official canvass In Grant parish not one form OF
law was observed There no legal supervisors or
commissioners Of election, and the vote taken was as
informal as votes taken on a railroad train. In East
Felicana the returning officers unable TO find one
poll .at which, from the evidence before them,
they could certify that full free, and
fair election was had. In the parish of East
Baton Rouge the returning officers canvassed and COM
Baton Rouge where there was military protection
afforded. and also three other polls situated
comeoraGs p%eastfg immuny from Intimidation The
evidence as TO intimidation by murder hanging whip
other pols was so conclusive that the returning officers
unanimously rejected the votes stated to have been cast
at those polls
WHERE THE VOTE WAS THROWN OUT.
BOXES REJECTED IN SEVENTEEN PARlsHEs-IHE
VOTE ACCEPTED WHERE TROOPS WERE STA
TONED.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBCSB1
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 5.-Thc Returning Board in
compiling the figures of tho election has not except
in one OF two cases. rejected the entire vote of par
shes but has thrown out boxes in precincts wherc
bulldozng is claimed to have been most general and
counted those where the negroes voted in great num-
bers under the protection of the United States sol
ders.
For instance in most of the parishes of this State
the colored voters were advised to mass their votes
at county seats and large towns, where they would
be protected by troops. The white men voted in
the precincts where they lived The vote OF the
former has in most cases been counted, on the
ground that tho election in them was
free, while the vote in the latter has
been thrown out for intimidation. The parishes
which have been thus treated are Catahoula
Ouachita, East Feliciana. West Felciana, Clai-
borne, Livingston, Grant, Sabine, DE Soto, Tang-
pahoa Morehouse, Richland, Lafourche, East Baton
Rouge, Winn, Washington, and Lafayette, the five
in which bulldozng was first charged, and II
others. Mr.. Robertson, Democratic candidate for
Congress for whom a majority of about G,OOO was
returned, is defeated.
Ii is impossible to pass any judgment on the work
of the Returning Board tonight, because 1t is i'm
possible to gain access to the detailed figures and
ascertain which precincts were rejected, and what
the testimony touching the election in them was
That will be a work requiring days of labor and 1t
will not be thoroughly done until the Congressional
Committee arrives.