Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-04
Alefan0rla Qaxett&
MONDAY EVENING, MARCH !.

c How South CAROLINA WAS COUNTED FOR
5 HAYEs.-Mr. Moses, Ex-Governor Of Soutl
Carolina, under tho conviction that an homes
ori',ssion is good for the soul, is DOW tellin,
the truth about the 'outrages" that character
lied radical rule 10 the Palmetto State. IL
has fully exposed tho ku. .klux stories ths
were used to fire the northern heart, and nop
he tells how the vote Of the State was count"
for MIR. Hayes. lie says the real power behlud
tho scenes was Judge Cartier, from Wasblog
tOn, who kept up constant tcegraphlc COIN
municaton with the national authorities Of that
city. Chamberlain also spent days and nights
in earnest consultation with tho board aud their
counsel. Tho party Of oonspirators, who had
assembled in the Office of the Secretary ofState,
proceeded to open and verify tho returns, and
it was found that Tidon had carried the State
| by over one thousand majority Of strictly legal
votes. AT cnco it was determined that such
result must be reversed, and to effect this the
roturrs Of several republican counties were tam-
percd with so as to increase the majorlties
which they had really given 10 Hayes and
| Wheeler The figuring was done by Hayne.
| Cardosa, Stone and Cartier, and the alteration
Of the returns was achieved by Dunn alone.
who has since been heard to say 10 Wash
1
| Charleston Colleotorship of Customs, that 1t
was his right hand which saved South Carolina
| for Hayes, and that he could prove it by Judge
Cartier.
A moderately prominent and worthy repub'
lican living 10 Columbia, has in his possession
one of the pages of the paper on which the
figuring was done. All the characters, with
the names Of couuties are 10 the Handwriting
of f. L. Cardosa, one of tho members OF the
board. The returns from Charleston, George
town and Darlington counties were tho ones
which were tampered With, and in which SUI
icient votes were altered to give the State to
Hayes Itappears from Moses statement that
John 3. Dennis offered to testify before the
Cochran investigating committee, that to bis
personal knowledge the true returns OF Charles
ton Georgetown and Darlington counties wero
tampered with by Thomas G. Dunn. 10 tho
presence Of other members of the Board OF
Canvassers, and so altered as to give the State
to Hayes This testimony was deliberately re.
jected by the committee of democratic friends
of Wade Hampton. and armed by tho demo.
cratic legislature with full powers to investigate
this and all other frauds in South Carolina.
A POSSIBLE BIsHoP.-It is confidently OK
pccted that the Rev. Alpheus W. Wilson, D.
D., the present pastor of Calvary Methodist
Episcopal Church South, will be made Pre-
siding Elder of ono of the Baltimore districts
at the Annual Conference which meets next
Wednesday in Baltimore. Probably be will be
appointed to the district made vacant by the
death of the Rev. Dabney Ball. AS Presld-
iur M Elder he would be valuable to the Church,
but it is questionable ii be is not better quail.
fed to be Bishop, and there is wde spread
impression among members of the Southern
Methodist denomination in this and other cities
that the Bishops of the Church, when they
meet in April next, will elect him ono OF their
number 1t is claimed hero that Maryland Is
entitled TO a Bishop. and as there ls no ques.
tionipg the fitness of DIR. Wilson for the office.
it il fair to expect that he will hold that in
portant relation in the Church before very long.
Some doubt is expressed az TO whether DR..
Wilson would consent to take the place OF Pre-.
siding Elder, but those who know him best feel
that if he Is convinced that lie can serve The
Church better in that way than as Bishop, be
would consent unhcstatingly. Since the death
of DR.. Duncan, it is conceded that Dr. Wilson
is the most ccuuen. and convincing preacher
of the Church ia the upper Southern Statc9.
aud although be has not had opportunity 20
give evidence OF his executive ability, it has
Only been for want Of opportunity. During his
term as pastor of Calvary Church he has co.
the means Of adding materially to IT'S roll ot
membership. - BALTIMORE ADleri;Gn
TIE Love SICK PRIVATE. John &. Cor.
bet, the soldier Of the Third u. 5. Artillery
Battery, stationed at Fort Wsdsworth, ). Us
whose attentions 10 4 yOuuv daughter OF a
wealthy resident Of that vicinity were RECENTLY
the subject OF some litigation IN the Onitch
States Court, instituted suit Tor damages against
General Gibson his commanding officer. Cor
belts term of service will expire on March II.
lie was placed under arrest from November
20, 1877, until January IT., 1878, tho charge
preferred against him being conduct prejudi,,
cial to good order and military discipline:
Corbett claims that his confinement was the
result OF conspiracy, and that it was contrary
to the rules Of tho army.
He also alleges that the defendant libolod
him when he wrote Of him as being either "a
scoundrcl or fool" The amount Of damages
claimed is not stated. Afew days ago an order
was obtained from Justice Westorvelt, as Com.
missioner of the Supreme Court, to examine
General Gibson. An order was subsequently
obtained from Judge Gilbert by the counsel for
the defendant to show cause why the original
order should not be oVerruled. Alter nearing
brief argument upon the return of the order
| to- day, Judge Gilbert denied tho motion to
| overrule, and the case goes back to Justice
Westervelt for examinatiou.-N I. Times.
| COMPLEX MATHEMATICs.-A mathcmat
cian and connosseur in mint juleps, having
heard that the ice crop in Maine was estimated
to have reached 3,5OO,OOO tons, says that al
loving a quarter Of q pound Of ice for miot
iulep, and making allowances for those who
don't drink, the rest Of the people 10 Maine
can have about torty.nlne drinks EACH Saying
that seven drinks will make a man feel toler'
ably happy, out OF forty.ninc drinks nc can
manage to have seven drunks, and one man
drunk seven times is, Of course, equal 10 seven
drunken men; so the whole ice crop will yield
an aggregate Of 100000 drunken men. Sup.
nnsa that from every fen of those who get