Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-27
The Sham EIcstiOn.

Yl5emeDC requiring LUZ Doaiu Va C'"'1 o"A'
sers to make comparison Of the returns OF county
cauvassers and the retuIDs Of precinct maua-
gers in the cases Of Presidential electors, and
will render decision to-day. The Coult
declined to issue an order giving certificates to
members Of the Legislature from Edgctled aod
l.aurcus counties, refused by the Board, but
stated that such members could obtain copy
Of the record from the Clerk Of the Court,
which would be equivalent to a certificate.
The five members Of the Board Of Canvass
ers who were constructvely arrested Saturday
morning. reported at the jail that evening,
where they are now confined. Their names
are L. l.. Cardoza, Treasurer; I. I. Dunn,
Comptroller; Gen. VIM. Stone, Attorney G:n-
cral I'll. e. Hayne, Secretary Of State, aud IL.
". Purvis, ex Adjutant and Inspector General,
COMPRISING the Board of Canvasscrs.
1t is understood that efforts will be made TO
have Judge Bond. United States Judge. lc..
lease the Board Of Canvassers upon writ OF
habeas corpus. They are, however, still 10
iail, and no action Of the character mentioned
has yet been taken.
The following dispatch has been sent by the
President to General Ruger and Colonel Ii: NJ,
Black at Columbia. South Carolina, tor their
information ana guidance.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Nov. 20. 1876.
Hon. j. D. Cameron, Secretary Of War:
.Sr-D. II. Chamberlain is now Governor OF
| the State of South Carolina beyond any con-
troyersy, and remains so until new Governor
shall be duly and legally inauguratcd. Uoder
! the Constitution the Government has been call
| ed upon to aid With the military aud naval
! forces Of the United States to maintain rcpub-
i;,,n IN hn ut opaincf stance
| too formidable to be overcome by the State au-
| thoritics. You arc directed therefore, TO sus'
| tain Governor Chamberlain 10 his authority
| against domestic violence until otherwise d.
rected. u. ;. GRANT
Iu obcyiog these Instructions you will advise
with the Governor and dispose your troops III
such manner as may be deemed best Iii order
to carry out the spirit Of the above order oil the
President. Acknowledge receipt.
| j. D. CAMERON. Secretary OF War
A dispatch from Charleston says that lea d.
| ing radicals there express the coohdent hope
that the crisis will be solved By the tayoGct
within forty eight hours, and last night about
| five hundred negroes, armed with Stale guas
marched iuto Columbia, and are now quaEteroi
there.
The Louisiana Board continued with the
counting Of the vote on Saturday, and flulsned
I'D three or four more parishes. When The
seal Of the returns from DtSo'o parish WAS
broken by member Of the Board there were
found inside 3 consolidated statement OF the
| vote, the commissioners statements and tally
sheets. Attached to the returns were large
number of protests and afhdavlts. The sccre'
tary Of tic Board said the package had been
received on the 18th INST, aud such an cntry
was 10 his receipt book. The returns, he SAID
| l.j I,,,, Of 0r
it vas discovered that one Of the protests ofthe
| Supervisors, charging general intimidation,
was dated November o. and sworn 10 10 that
! city before Commissioner Of the Circuit
| Court. When called upon to explain how 4
protest dated the 18th inst. Saturday. could get
into sealed registered package received by
| mail cn the 18th inst. the secretary SAID he
had received two packages. lie was detected
| BY Que CT the democratic counsel present 10 tie
| act Of making another entry in his book cl t%o
packages received. Alter some delay another
package was produced, and found to contain q
| consolidated statement Of the votes aud cam-
missione:s' returns, but no protests or aida
Wits. The members Of the Board were unable
TO explain the matter, and Senator Sherman,
Of the republican visiting committee. remarked
that there was 70 use to disguise the fact that
returns had been opened and protests inserted
after the package Of returos had been received.
| The affair created quite ! sensation alnarg
the members Of the committees preseu!. The
members of the democratic committee were
very outspoken III the opinion that fraud Ind
| been perpetrated, and the republicans did not
DENY that the affair had very peculiar aspect
The democratic counsel say that simlar thing
has occurred iu the case Of other parishes, but,
as they were notadmitted until Saturday, there
was 40 opportunity to discover the frauds.
The Florida Board Of Canvassers received no
litigation Saturday morning from the Secretary
of State, who is ex ofticio q member Of the
Board and charged with calling it together,
that they must meet to day at II O'clock To
canvass the vote Of the State. The Judge has
not yet decided the Injunction and maDdamus
cases now pending before him, aud this action
Of the Board seems TO Obviatc the necessity OF
decision, as this will be doing precisely what
the democrats prayed the Court to command
to be done. The Board will admit commit
tee of five from each Of the political parties and
the chairman of the two State committees to
its sessions The decision as to the admission
of newspapers correspondents has not yet been
made. The official returns are now all in. The
result will hardly be reached before the 9th day
of December, when by the laws of the United
States the electors certificates must be issued.
A special to the Baltimore Sun from Colum-
bia last night says: learu from trustworthy
republican sources that the plan finally agreed
upon by the republican leaders, who have been
10 conference all to-day, is 10 release the can.
vassers tomorrow by an order OF the United
States Court, to surround the State House Oh
Tuesday With Federal troops commanded by
Ruger, to eject the democratic members Of the
Legislature from Edgefed and Laureps. elect
republicau.speaker, and at once declare Cham
berlain elected Governor, This is undoubtedly
| the programme.
There is no material change 10 The situation
! to night. The clerk of the Supreme Court ls
engaged preparing certificates, under the seal
of the court, to all persons shown by the re-
port of the Board of CanVassers to the court
last Monday to have been elected, including the
democratic members of the Legislature from
Laurens and Edgefeld. All the democratic
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