The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-17
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


sets forth {: That the late election iii this Sta't
was Gt certain polls snd in cer'S!n precincts rd'
par;sho. mado hull aud void in law by violence
aid intinid .;ioa that from Il: 600 to lo,0o'
Eeynbltcan vo:crs Who desired to vote were put
IN foar Of thc.c lives and kept from tho polls,
aud that from 5000 to G. 600 Republicans who
desired to vote tho ltepablican ticket were
forced TO vote tie Democratic ticket: that III
said c!e:tiou the night OF from lG. OG0 to 2O,0CC
colorod persons to vote vas BIZ these means de-
nicl and abridged. The report gives parishes
in which intimidation is declared to have tEken
place Jy nasrc. and cls1ges that White Demo
Gratis arc responsible for tho intimida ion. Il
cites :nsrances O, mur,!er which it charges
wcrc fer political intimidation. The counsel
for tho Democrats il t!lni: report ray that a.
the e,ec'i0n il tho S.ate November 7, 1876
majority OF the loyal votes for tho Democra
tic cand!ds'cs averaged about 5000, and tina:
LIE election 50 far as tho Democrats we're con.
corncd ~Es fair and poscoablo, and no effort
us, spared by the Democrats to secure a fail
and quiet election. 1t charges that the leader
u t.iC lttpNrs.SGtt i'LIIt uSNSIiuiilu dlii Coll
spirci to carry the State by fraud and unf.i,
Uoa;s: that they appointed Noue but Ecpubii,
cas- as supervisors OF ~o,e.tion ; :hAt they
sent out col, upt men from the cities to the
parishes 70 SCI AS supervisors; that fa'se
registration PAGES TO tbs na1.bor Of 10, GUC
were givento coiored men who wi=Eel to vote
the Democratic ticket that Illegal United
States deputy marshals were appointed to sur
round the polls and irtimilato voters that
federal money vas wronyf used to aid the
Republican cause; tn | he returning boar!
OF the State was illegally composed CT Rcpu1-
licaIs clone, ard that tho board exercised
powers that they did not passes that one OF
the Renrbl can electors held his cflice ille-
gally. being q Unitod STATES Surveyor at the
tine, and that tho returning board did, as the
climax Of sill conspiracy, fraululeltiy cast
out ! number Of Democratic votes, say about
5000, in somo cases casting cut whole par
i-hcs withou. justification, and in other boxes
showing hesvy Democratic majo!ities, viola
ting las and even violating its own rules and
mode OF proceedings, thereby accomplishing
the results desired by said conspiracy.
By . collision OF tho B3ston, Bsrro and
Gardner rsilssy near Princeton, Mass, one
man vas killed outright and twenty passengers
injured, several of them iataly....A schooner
ladcn with fish stuck on the Thrua. Cap shoals
ut tho cLt.auce to Halifax harbor and went to
pilces. Her owner, . Baker, OF Jedaore,
AMI . nan named Gould, wero drowned 900.
Tho steamer City Of Bristol left Liverpool
December 6 for Pii'a ielphia, but encountered
heavy weather when a ioy days at sea. daring
which sho lost her foremost and rigging, and
hsd tho second officer snd four seauen washed
from the deck and drowned. ...A considerable
portion OF the v;llago of Mays Lick, Ky, was
burned. Loss, $4,000 .....Grecce proposes
to raise an army OF two hundred thousand men
Tho lossgs by the Little Rock fires amount
to $3.50, 600. The fires are beloved to have
Eeon the work Of inceGdiaries. 80. The second
evenings sale of the Johnston gallery, New
York, brought SIG, S22 FOR Einety.seven paint
ings AID two statues. The highest p7ica paid
vas $40, 500 for Caurch's Niagara Gerone's
death OF Cesar" realized $4,000; Mcis-
sonier's Marshal SAKE and Sac" 50. COO, aid
T'rcyen's ".Auturrn Morning" 80, 100. Tho
tugboat jacob l.. Neaiie exploded her boiler off
the N9vorrink Highlands and sunk with The
captain and two men, the others escaping,
badly Injured. Phillips, Ne, suffered ths
loss Of i've stores and two dwellings by fire.
LOSS, 80, 900.
In an interview with a reporter, Gov. Hen
dricks, OF Indiana, declared i. tho duty OF the
House to So, thst any wrong the Senate may
attempt is defeated. When asked what public
significance il to DO al: sched to tho action CT
the Democrats in Calling pubic meetings in
tho Northwest, especially in Indiana, GGv-
Hendricks replied that the fact that the power
to decide the electoral vcte q acclaimed by the
president Of ito Senate greatly contributed to
were called by tho Democrats, net fer tao pur-
pose, he supposed, Of making any threats, or
organizing any resistance sgeinst an:hcrity,
but for tho parpcec OF making q publ; express
sion 1T the threatened invasion OF popular
rights. and OF giving tho House Of llcpreson-
tatives all assurance OF support in the cxe,cise
Of It's constitutional rights aud prerogativea.
1t is pe:haps proper to adj, no says, tina:
should tie House positively assert ita ris 1t to
participate in tie count, and should the right
be denied end refused By the Senate, support
Oh by the Executive, We would stand in the
presence Of serious dangers; not because of
any party movements, but because Of a
conf ct i'll the machinery Of the government,
without any tribunal fer its adj astmcnt. Tho
report that e secret political society is being
organized III Indiana, tho purpose Of which IS
Dangerous, he IL confident is without founda-
ton.
Anothcr incandiary fire has occurred at
Little Rock, A~Ck-bting the sixth in as many
days-and 3l2,O 600 damage done. Two ether
fires wcro started. but were discovered and
extineuisied. A vigilance committee is being
formed, and it is generally understood that
any person fouad firing a building is to be
shot On tho spot......Tbe Alabama claims
CCClV lCdNC vJ,OUOiV WV vi I1slN SOF-
ernnent Of Colombia, South America, has Sue
cesefully p t down the rebsilion, after defeat
ing tie rebels in . rumber Of engagements.
$3.50. Liort. Frank D. Baldwin sends the fol.
lowing dispatch to srny headquarters, under
date Of Dec. 9Th " Yesterday, with a force O.
ono hundred men OF the Fifth infantry, I FOL-
lowed and drove Sitting Bulls camp Of 100
lodges south across the Missouri river, rear
tho mouth CT Bark creeE. He resisted nv
crossing for o short tine and then retreated
to tho Bad Lands.' Sitting Bull is in camp
on Bark creek, with over i've huadred war
,iors.' ...... Twenty-one maie and eleven
female students wore arrested in st. Peters.
burg. Russia, Tor uufurjipg u red flag bearing
tho words "Ulion and Liberty" and shouting
"Liheltg" at the time. Col. James Bagley.
who commanded the New York Goth regiment
d7rirg the war, snd a prominent menber OF
The Tammany society, died suddenly Of heart
disease.
A number OF leading citizens OF Philadel-
phis, embracing both parties, Lavo pnti.i3ned
Congress relative to the present political q jii-
Guilty. 1t confidently hopes "that your honor
able bodies will earnestly consider scme mole
Of reaching a decision Of the pending qacs-
tons that vii! satisfy the consciences OF tho
country. They feel assured that when soma
tors and representatives OF the United States
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