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deeds as terrible as those hnvc related, and
these Will no doubt be praveA when the Un!ted
States Court meets. sineerely and respectfully,
MARTHA SCuoFIELD.
LOUISIANA.
NOTHING NEW.

Special N4Edfch TO 1n& 1ffa9f<-
NEW OntgAAa, Dec. 2-l0:&9 p. m.-Thero
arc no developments to-day which throw any
Hight upon what Tho decision Of the Returning
board Will be. Nothing better than conjecture
can be given. They arc considering the protests
and eytdenco which has been aubn1itted from
more than half the parishes, and the Republic
ans have made Tremendously strong case.
There Inns been moro publicity given To the crl-
detce. from xtlat have been known IL the asc
bulldozed parishes, aud particularly To that
from Ouaci1ta, but when the evidence
has all been published, Is It soon will
be, It will b. found TINT many other
portions Of tho State hare suffered from tho
aatne lawless influences, though perhaps IN
less degree.
It should bc remembered that the Election
law OF this state makes no provision un'n
praof Of intimidation ard violence for leaving
uut the vote ot parish from compilation. but
Il docs provldc that the poar1 eilall not compile
sict Intimidation a1d violence shall have been
knawn TO have aQcvtc1 the result. Thc
Board must Mt upon each separately, AM!
tue only way II Mh!c, H., the - ~. yntc Ing, q
ing cacl poll in the parish. Tie strongest eases
willrl. the Republicans have tnalc, outside Of
the five parishes, are against two polls II, Natch-
| ltoelies, Two III Ayoyelles, several Ill DcSotp,
aud Vernon. Without knowing how the Rc-
| turning Boartl will dccidc, Republicans arc con.
iIdcnt that thnt body viii reject tle returns
| fro.n some II mot NIL tho protested polls In
| TIE PARISH OF GRANT.
| No legal election was held, the Cutnrntssloner
having bcull run uut bY tho bulldnzers Just
bcforo tic III Of November, aud tue Dcmo-
| cratic United Btates Supervisor conducted the
| thug himself and made the returns. The He
publlcans, In case tile returns should be made In
thts way, Woul elect the Hayes Electors, tho
| full State L!ckct, ntout sixty-scyen or sixty
eight out Of l2u members Of tic Lower House oi
Senators. ii were gone to guess, should m
guess Il would ultimately turn out about that
wu5. The city Is perlcstly au!et.
New Y9 pss :rs.ee rs@o 81 taa 3asT ths morning
publtshrs the following telegram from Sci'ato
sherman, explaining how the protest Of the su'
pcrvlsoF Of Dcsoto got into tho envelope WILL
the rcturns Of q previous date:
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 9, 1871. You have beef
laying tlat Mr. stou:h,vn and. disagreed ss e
or,e cory Of ths returns had been OPENED " tA'
SnperyItoE, and hts certificate and ah1daytts added
bnt this was without fraudulent Intent ana @ son.'
agreed. Jons SHERMAN.
TIE CASE CLOSED.
| Special Dfspdtch to Jae Tribune.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2-5 p n.-Iac case be
fore tho Returning Board was closed this morn
tss, when t!lr time for receiving evidence, whlcl
hati bccu extended Mt the request Of the Demo
cratic col,1lscl closed. Tic board has since beti
III consultation over the evidence No int!Ina
tIo,l bus yet been made Of when they will arFiv
Mt decision, but 1t WILL probably not he bctor
Monday.
T'his eyonlng Senator Sherman and Gen. Ga
field, OF Ohio, Mr. Stoughton and Gen: Van A
len, of New York, and Gcu. Harry White, 9
Pennsylvania, left for tho North III
Hon. Job f. Stevenson, of Ohio.
Tic only one Of tho gentlemen from tue Mort
invited here By tho President who still remain!
These gentlemen haye all been assltuots !
their eadcavprs, siucs they have been In Mo-
Orleans, to get
CORRECT INSIGHT
into tho equities Ut the Louisiana campaign, an
, they have no doubt been successful, as1l hay
) gonc away with perfectly clear fdcaa upon tt
: subject. The rcpprt wllrh they. will, Ia 1e
, days, make to tho President may be relied upo
} By tic country as based upon the closest al
most impartial personal observation.
Tho representative Democrats 8, Including e e
| Gov, Palmer, ex-senator Trlinlull, Grorge Y
: Julian, and len. Smith, who havo soNle'sll
recovered from the pauic intowl'cht the Onacn,
D Testimony threw them, will rcE'ain until! aft
, lbs Board shull have promulgated Its decision