, 1876-11-11

thMk WI t3tAtG r. III Five AEtuEb HNh lGdb kuaA
1000 or 8,0N maturity. lie bases his statement
upon returns received By letter and telegram,
and estimates Of thu Committee.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
SENATOR PATTERSON CONES TO WASHINGTON
TO HEAR THE HEws
Special D1spateh 10 ne Tribune
WARRINGTON, b. c., Nov. 10.-senator Pat
tersun has arrived here from South Carolina
lie came chiefly for the purpose Of aecertalnng
the results Of tho national election, a It had
been utterly impossible to learn the truth ut
Charleston. Until llo arrived At Petersburg he
had supposed from tue private and. Democratic
press reports that Tldcn had carried Wisconsin,
Illinois, nnd nlI tho Pacific Coast States; but he
had heard nowhere in South Carolina tho claim
made by Democrats here that Tfllcn Or Ilanp-
ton had carried that State. Ho did not know
until today that such claim WAS made. Demo
crats yesterday In Charleston refused to take
ttts on 4 majority of 10000 for Chamberlain.
Patterson says that there is no ground fordoubt
TINT tho Republicans l,nvu carried South Caro-.
linn. Gov. Cha,nbcrlaln's private telegram from
Columbia tlls evening confirms this claim. It
appears that the only possible basis for the
Democratic cinitns for carrying the State Is the
assumed majorlties ill the river counties along
the Georgia border In some Of these counties
there arc
nut FEW roLL1N9-rLACEt,
and In nll Of them there arc but three
companies Of United States troops. At all
potl:ng-placcs near which there were no
troops Senator Patterson asserts that the DEM
ocrnts pollcd largc numbers of votes from re-
pcaters who cAtne over the Georg!a line. Tho
Increased mnjoritlcs fn these border counties, It
had been hupcd BY tho Democrats, might give
Hampton a chance al succcss, hut Gov. Chain
bcrlain says there Is no doubt TINT, coutcltng
all that the Democrats claim for these counties,
the Republicans still hAvo the State by 10000
| majority; without concedfne, the Republicans
claim to have majority oi 20,oO.
THE ELECTION Law.
The Law relative to the counting Of the votes is
very severe aud strict It was enacted at the time
| Of the ku-klux troubles, and was designed to
| give the bafot-box the utmost possible psotcc-
| tiou. Thu PROFESS is this: On the day Of cleo
ton lora, election ofIlccrs count the votes and
make q certificate Of the returns. The ballots
are scaled In their boxes, aud the certificate of
returns Ia sealed In d separate package. Thcrc
Is ITO Official copy kept Of It. Thcso arc returned
to tho County Election Commissioners. 'rhrsc
t County Election Commissioners canvass the
vote, listen to charges OF Irregularities and cor
rect thctn. Their special duty is to see whether
| the certificates Of the returns agTec
| with the number and character Uf tho vutcs in
the boxes. The County Commissioners trans-
init tile certificate with their comments to tlc
State Boarl OF Cany!sscrs, retantng themselves
| tic ballot-bnxes. The return Of thu County
| Canvasscrs Ia generally considered olllcial, hut
1t is not flnal TIL alter ,s examination anu up.
pruyai ty tho Stale Buard VI Culyassers. Tic
inter lave tho right tu supervise thu entire
couut, and to ecnl fur tho balaot-buxcs II ncres-
sary, The County Canyasscrs will canvass the
county returns OH next Tuesday. tuttl then
f1S
announced official returns fc!oEc that time
must be made up from pEvntc memoranda,
| which nrc not official. The State Doard OF Cali-
rasecrs will not cs''nuence their ranFnss bctore
ONE WEEK. FROM NEXT NoSDAr.
Until that TINS the formal official announce
mcnt Of the result In South Carolina WILL hot be
| nude.
froln thtrty to tlftv men were wounded On both
sides. The riot originated n ali attack made by
the Democrats upon, q white Republican be-
@ tured to hurrah' Tor Hayes. TIC colercl people
had not fnturiercd With tho Democrats throngls'
out tue entire day when the, Inter, Ind been
shouting for Iilde, but upon ttn reception q
bly, elected, the Democrats commenced their
IRE. The colorcl men, after cxl,austiag thuls
small arms. retired " their houses, aud obtain
cd guns. They formed III regular linc OF battle
| rlFTEES MllSDREp HTRUfu
and drove the Whlto-LtncIs with their rifles,
whn also formed In battle t!ne for two entire
blocks. The United States troops got behind
tic rif1o clubs, when the latter opened ranks
and allowed lin trouns Ia runic brtwrcn them
on,i fh" ,rrrnrs. rhhu Inter tbrn rrased firing.
the whites nlaag u,Eent ',ppsMtS .. " 5nc .suops
lof nfotGvtoa ace" uo s.,. "'e ~ neo,as w.. ois
requested That troops oe stat'ohea a. ~ tIs Dolls
IN s0tlu OF tho coast counties, wlllet! the Repuo'
lirans In no lnttanrc dtl. The only troops at
the pulls In South Carotna were there ut tl'c rc'
qurst Of the Democrats.
CuAn1EsTuN, s, c., Noy. 10.-Thc 4ftHs and
tourttr Aas Just received official nIyiccs from
ths lust Ut the counties, hitherto reported un'
officially. lnaklng Haupton's majority Tor Gov.
eEnor ,4H. Iflden's n'alority may ta!l ~ Of
700 behind I1ainptoh's, hut 1t Is certainly oVct
LOCO. -........-
FOR DEMOCRATIC GossuMrr'oH. 49,.
1.ouisslLLE, Suy. lo,-The following Ia Just
received:
| MoplLE, Ata.. Nay. 10.-To John tHn Horne,
Gtatrds superintendent Iltstkr" Enion 7t'tgrapih
Company. u AtT nFitHn4: the nemosfn."; WIN y;