Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-01-03
The Disputed States.
LOUISIANA.


New ORLEANS, Jas. 2-Shortly before noon
a commt.ee from tire ST. Pa,rlck's Hall House,
cnsss,ing Of Messrs. Il. Il. Wede, OF New Or
Nav>: J. Vi. WiiIi.mS, of East Baton Rouge,
aud Singleton, Of S.. Landry, waited upon Gov
rrnor X ,lio,s, at the STATE House, and pre-
serted written communication lutoruug HIM
tha, the II use ot Representatives was organ
iza(! a, ST. Patrick's Hall, AZ the same time en-
TERN. solemn protest against the occupation
Of he State House by armed police and the
militia, against the exclusion from the Stale
Ii u. 81 the duty c:ecei Representatives Of
tie people and ag 'inst the pr"sruce Of armed
metropolitan police aud soldiers.
Gov Kellogg decIireI to receive the COM
uuucatou.
The republican Senate to day adopted res
oIu;on requesting the Governor TO transmit ln'
mcdiate!y 10 Senators and Representations 10
Congress those portions OF his message which
referred TO the political coOJltion OF the Stale.
rne situation is unchanged ADD everything Is
uuct The Legislature is constituted as io'-
| lows: State Ii use S-na,e-S Senators holding
| over and II returned by the beard. House
| is III MIXERS returned BY The board, - OF whom
ne danecratS claim were Got elected. o.
| Pa,ri ks hal! Svuate-9 hOidiog over, S re.
turned by The board aud who were couDted d
ont but WHO claim that they were elected.
Housu-4D returned by the board aud 20 who
cain hat ihcy we're elected, but couutcd Out
by the board.
In the democratic Legislature cuncurreu!
| ,l,,.;, RI
dent OF the Un,ed States thai the General AS
>cmDty u l. ul-iaua Is Low 10 scssion at 81.
Patrick Halt
4 i,iu, sessicu met and read the vote OF the
| S!ate BY parishes, ADD declared Nichols elected
Governor ami Wiz Lieutenant Governor.
The Interest in the investigating committees
ha, given way 10 Interest 10 State politics. 4
committee OF the democratic Senate to-day
waited upon Secretary Of State Deslonde auc
ask i !nr The official reurDS Of the State cleo
ton. d suudc iccliued 10 recognize them, aDc
said the law directed him to furnish them t
the Speaker Of the II use, which he had done
Oae member Of the democratic House to-day
lett that body aud reported al the State House
Eight members returned elected by the board
ara still abs2ot from the city.
Tue radical Legislature heard MIR. Burct
read the returns from each parish as furnished
by the Secretary OF State and compiled By th'
returning board. aud announced that Packard
ad beeu elected Governor aud Autolne Lieu
tenant Governor.
WASHINGTON, January The application
from tue radical Legislature OF louisiana tt
the Presdent for protection by the natloua
authority was received at Washington yester
day, but 10 reply has ye! been made 10 1t. |
is understood that the President will sustain
the radicals, but that it is considered that tber
are enough troops 10 New Orleans TO prescrv
the peace, whch has not been threatened b.
any overt act.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON, January Five thousact
dollars III tax.s were easily collected in Charles
tou to-day under Gov. Hamptous order Il
carry On the lunatic asyIums and the peolteD
uarY
Ii is COW sal that the habcas corpus case
Involving the title 10 the GoVeruorsnlp, wa
arraigncd bctweco Chamberlain and Carpeu
ter, the Judge before whom It is to be tried
upon the assurance that it would be decided II
ChamberalD's favor.
The Congressional Committee deuy tina
they will rcpor; unanimously that the Haye
electors were successful, ard say that the rajc
ton Of illegal votes will give the liideu elector
uej ,r!ty.
FLORIDA.
New York, Jan "a Tallahassee dispatch
of January =, says:
A coaciusion OF The maudaUu| proceeding
was reached to-day The board made return
to the writ which Sluply declared tue vote TO
the cifcps OF Governor and who had received
the hgiIcst humber Of votes for this Office
This response the court accepted as substan
tiaI answer 10 its writ aud The respondents were
,hereupou discharged with their proper costs
WAat aciou will be now taken With reference
TO the electoral votes is pot determined on. 81
far, the proceedings iu the Supreme Cour
have had no reference to this vote.
The inauguration Of Gov. Drew took place
about twelve m. to-day. The oath was admin
istercd by Chief justice Randall. The address
was short and very conciliatory. 1t guarao
tred full concession and protection 10 the enjoy
nent Of all rights and privileges under the con
sltuiop and the laws Of the UuCed States t
the freedmen. A great many colored people
witnessed aud took part 10 the Inauguration
and but lew republicans absented themselves
| Nearly, If not all Of Gov. Stearns cabinet off
GERS were present. Cav. Stearos himself did 10
| attend. Oath was administered to the Lieu
| tenant Governor, also by the Chief Justice
| The legislature is organized 10 both branches
and 10th are democratic.