Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1876, Page 2

thatthe Investigating Committeos can fsene drag- net subpenas upon every telograph operator in the country, and that the House must cnforco such a demand, There were threo distinct propositions presented to the ouso by the dudiclary Commit- tee—the Lyndr, the Turd, and tho Knott resolus tlans. The Lynde resolution was the majority re~ port of the Committee, the Hard the minority, and thio Knott o substitute prepared by ‘an fndiviinal member, Lynde maintalned the right of Con- gress, whenover any materlal lasne was Involved, o cnforca the production of telegrama withoutany such description as must necessarily bo mada the ‘baals of thelr praduction in a conrt of justice. The IHurd resolutlon denled this right to Congress, and maintatned in subatanco that Congress must Isy & ‘basin almilar to that required by 8 court, and, that basls being lald, the telegrame desired MUST B IDENTIFIED by some descrintion of convenlent particularity, Knott's resolution went atlll furthor than Lynde's proposition, and declared that a tolegeaphic com- munication 18 entitled to no mors privilego than any statement made orally,—that, inshort, the tclograph company can have and can protect no secrets, Lut {s compelled to surrondor the entire files of its ofiice npon the first demand of an Inves- tigating committee, The Lyndo proposition had he support of all the Democrats on the Judiciary Commitieu except Murd and Knott, The Hurd proposition was supportod by only one—Hurd him- ecif—and by all the Repuplicans, The Knott sub- stitute, shich sirikes dawn the privacy of tho tele- Reuph, and 1e recarded sa ikely o be a seilous in- ury to the telegraph companies, wna supportod in the Committee only by Knott himaelf, but received in tho louse the votes of the rank and fle of the partisan Damocracy, Thas TIE 1$3UZ IAS BUZR FAIRLY MADE, and the Honsc of Itepresantatives has doclared that thero I8 nothing In tho law rendering a communica- tion tranamltted by telegraph any more priviteged ‘than & commuzication made orally or 10 any other manner, and that the louse has the power, through subpenas and through punishment for contempt, to enforco this proposition, ~ Thoso who should know say tbat Hewitt's tele. eaphic corrcepondence na Chalrman of the Nntfonsl Demncratla Commitice war condncted over other namea than s own, or that his permis- #ion to Orton 14 n pleco of bluff, At all eventa, {f the Honso Commliteces go monsing about in Chandler's telexrams, it wili jot ba very long be- foro the Senate has possession of tho Interesting telegraphic campalgn correspondence of iewltt to Tis managing-sccretary, Pelton, of the literary- * bureau nincompoops, and of the redonbtable Duke Gwynn, The dispatches of thelalter in the matter of tho Oregon Kloctors, it s oxpected, may prove interesting, HEWITT'S SERIOUS ACOUSATION sgainat tho New York Post-Ofiice created a great ecnsatfon in_the House, sna Platt immediately offercd a resolution providing for A cummittes of glu 1o make an investiga- tion of the charges. This was objected to by Lut- trell, and, ns it could only be recelved by unan! monn coneent, was not bmlxtzlhl before the House Howitt privately explains that his nttentlon w firet called to the matter by an anonymons lciic writ(en to him by a_person who sall hc was a clerk in the New Yurk Post-Oflice; and he 1old him that his letters were nit upened by the uso of ateam and examincd hefore ke recelveil them, Subsequently ho noticed that tho flaps of namajority of the Jotters which he received from that “office wero wrinkled, as lhm\fill they had been opencd, while those recelved throngh other Post-Officcs 'wero almost Invariably smooth, e had ahown theae Jetters to A NUMBER OF EXPERTS, who gavo it asthelr opinion that the letters had Teen opened and rescaled. Uo Had never called the attention of any of thie Post-Ofice oflicinls to {his fact, beeanso he had suppsed it wonid be utterly uscless (o do do so. FPostmaster- Gen. Tynr, who occupled 3 seat on the fioor when Tewitt made his speech, nald to those who spoke with him on the subject that ho bad never received any intiroation that Hewlit's lettars had been tam- pored with, and that the accnration now made sur- prised him very greatly. 1f Mr. Hewitt suspected iy much interforonco with s corresponience, ho #afd it was his duty to report it to the Department. ‘Any such report would havo received immediat attention, and the Department haa the means of ascortuining within forty-elght hours whetherlet- fera are opencd in any particular Post-Offco or Bot. A publlc sccusationiike that mads by Mr. Plowritt thia afternoon, Mr. Tynor eaid, would put the gulity persons on tholf guard, if Any such there were, and make the detection’of the erime moro dificult. It is his purpose, howover, to ra- queat Hewitt to giva him all the ficts on which he Based hin suspicion, ond o make A thorough in- vestigation of it. 1t {s not nndorstood that be will, saapect Postmaster Jamos of having any knowlodgs ‘whatever of this matter. That of r ine the cou- fdonce of the entire Now York delegation, witlout Tespect to party, and Howilt himaelf, in'a brief speech which i mnde Inst sesaton, apoke In ver: Digh terma of Postmantor Jamen, recognizing his ehiclency and uprightness in the conduct of his oflice. 0 the (Western Auaciated Prese, Wastixaton, D, C., Dee, 2L —A majorily of the Ioure Commitice on the Judirnry decided to- doy that the Syecin) knvestizating Cormlttees hava .8 right to send for telegrupble dispatches when in tho opinion of the Camnittecs such dispatehes are essential to the purposo of (he Inquiry, oz, In other words, that any committes's demands . for telo- granun must bo complied with under the fenally of eing hield In contempt of the House, This was, in substance, the position taken by Mr. Lynch, the Chalrinan of the wub-Committee to whom the subject wan referred for report. flurd and Mc- Crary Teported that, in their oplnion, the tolegrams €allcd for should be mpeciically described, o this vlew they wore sustalucd by Mexars, iToar and Frye, but Lynde's proposition was sdopted by a yote of b againet 0, tho § affirmativa votos being cart by Knott, Ifunfon, Asbe, Lyads, and Caul- fleld, Messrs, Lord and Lawrence wero absent. ORTON BUBPENAED, Mr. Orton wan yesterday served with a suhpana to sppear In person Dec, 28 _before tha Election Investigating Committeu at Now Orleans, and pro- duco certaln desireil telexrams, The acilon of the Youse to-day gives authorlty to the Sergeant- Arma to enfarcs all needful process in that direc- on. TOSTMARTER JAMES BPEARS, New Yong, Dec, 20.—Mlr. James, Postmaater, bas sent tho following to tho Hon. A. 8. Hewitt, ¢ Washington: - ‘*Iam Informed that you clarge on the floor of Congress that your lctiers passing through this oflice are or bave been opened before nachlngggur beods. Do you chatge that it ls or has boen actually or probably done inthisoflice? If so, rluna supplement your charge with o motlon for mmediate Investigation, as 1 pronounco such an sccusation utterly and absolutely false." GOV. HENDRICKS, B AGAIN FIRES OFF NS MOUTH, Ixptaxiarors, Ind., Dec. 20,—The Journal of to-morrow will contaln an interview with Gov. Hendricks, tho leading points of which are aa fol- Tows: ' The Goyernor st d the men who voted for Gov. Tiiden bellova ha wan elected, and they sre greatl; excited at tho posslbility that he in to of tha ofice snd snotlier lo be Inaugu: was not elected, by means of party antl-republican In Iis character, vegard of the local law in ite organization and by the fraudaient exorciae of its powers, They do 7ot hielieve that, under republican Institutions, it {s possible that’ no inquiry can be made into the conduct of the four men wio UNDERTOOK TO CONTROL the Prealdential clection by frsudulent means. They bellevo that it fa the duty of the House of Tepresentatives Lo seo thai the proposed wrong bo defeated, cven should the Senate attempt to main- winit. Thooplnlon prevalls generally, 1 belleve universally, among them, that the Ifouss of Hepre- sentatives ls clothed with equal power with tho Eenate dn the decislon of all questions which arise during the progress of the coust of the Electoral vote, and § WOULD BE A USURPATION in lllsrlm violation of the rights of the pnnxlu should the volo be counted and the question do- cided by the presiding ufficer of tho Henate (n de- of the righta of the lonse, : -What public significance should be attached action of the Democrats in calling pablio D 1u tho Northwest, and eapecially In thie Btate, and as your supposed connection with it haa given rise to much comment, will you ‘whoth. e in your oplulon either party woild, UNDER ANY CINCUMSTANCES, be juatified in resarting to furce to recure the Pres- enc{? A.—The fact that t luwerlbuv allud: ed to Iy cletmed fur the Presldent of the Sei fts exerclre Ly himn threatencd, haw grestly cons tributed to exclte popular fueling, In this condi- tlon of {he public mind the Democratic Committes of the 5t Issued the call for the Convention of tne blh of January, not for the purpose, as [ Buppore, of making ‘any threats, of of orgunizing nny resirtance to authority, but for the purposs of makingn public exprousion againet threatoned I vanions uf popular sights, and of giving the House of Kepresentalives AN ASSUKANCE OF SUFFORT in the exercive of Its constitutional righte and pre- gogatives. Thero |s no purpose, 80 faras 1 am in- & formed, of kolng fosther, ~ Lu furllor answor to uurhmulny. 1do not regard force as & means to contempluted 1o secure the I Bo fur as the Hih of Javuary s concerned, 1 am very © sare that fts relisnce the _onl, rellancy 10 secure the reeults of the Presidontis] cleciion will be upon 1he force and power of public oplalon In support of the right and ecainat the wrong, sud in_support of the Houee of Representstives {i the s er&m and ezercing of s constitutlonsl powers, ss those Jowers havo been daclared in the uniform practice It Tou asecrt ity Hight (o 'participate in Y 1y wovements, but becauso he purposcs of which ure dangorous Lo th not because of any of a conilict {n thu without auy tribun snd in the adoutlon of the tweuty-second ulm rulc, snd the pa by ¢ zon's bill at the Jast sesslon, perha proper to add that, should the w-mvelfi the count, #hould that right be denjed and refused by the 8 ate aupported by the Executive pawer, WEB WOULD 6TAND IN TUE FRKSENCH OF SXRIOUS DANOLHS, chinery of the Government, for jta adjnatment, Iobaerve {n somo nowspspers tho statement (hat a sacret ‘xalhlcal soceiy ls being nized 1u thl pe of soclety, I think I am in & position to know if there were any such movements in this Btate, or say portion of it, snd I feel confideut {n anying that ths report lu without foundation intruth. Jila wholly fulse, 28 3 belleve sud as 1 thick I know, :ng haa its orlgin with bad men and for partlean I DAD PURPOSES. The contest In thia Stato Iaat swnmer and fall was, onthe partaf the Democency and Conscrrativos, eminentty faic and opon. Thors fn no motive, st am muco there 14 o purposs, 0 depart from tunt ol LOUISIANA. MORA DEMOCRATICLOVE TOR THE FREEDMAN. Spectat Ditpatch to The Tribuns. Nzw Ouuxans, Dec, 20,—The Scnate Commit. tee got falrly to work this morning In taking testi- mony. Theday sceslon Jastéd from 11 tonear 4 o'clock, and four witnesscs wers examined, three being from Ounchita Parish. These wers llen Jamos, George Aholton, and Jane Logwood, wite of Fiaton Logwood, They ware called by the Re- publicans to provo that such a conditlon of terror- 1sm exlated in Onachita aa to render the clection there no falrand freo expression of the popnlar will, Tien James, colared, way the firat witness, 1o is the Deputy United States Marshal and Poll- Constable who, on the morning of the election, while on his way from Monroe to the Logtown poll, was captured by a band of bnlldozers and taken to ‘what his captors styled headqnarters, and shot and LEFT FOR DEAD. Tiis arm was broken by a charge of buckshot, Mo recelved n bullet in tho thigh, and anothoer In the ‘calf of the leg, and had two wounda In the head, In onc of which the bullot stll remalns, He lookn much better than ho did two weeks ago, and will probably recover, Hia story waas published In thesc dispstches In Tax Tninuxg of Nov. 27, and waa to-day only repcated bofore the Committee. Tle testified as to the partien who did the shooting, and attributed it solely to the roason that ho was a working Republican, Thoro wero usually 200 Re- publican to 25 Democratic votes cast at tho Log- town poll, but owing to tho fact of hia being shot " and the consequent non-arrival of the ballot-box, NO ELECTION WAS MELD thero thiayear. While ho was lylng wounded in Monros, & white man came to his bed with some- thing in & Dottle, which ho aald waa medicine sent by Drowster, a leading Republtean, which he arged James to drink, Ile refured, Lowever, snd tho man left inapparent anger, Drewster never sent the mediclne. Scuntor McDonald's cross-cxamination falled to ‘wenken the teatimony of tho witness, Dr. Lewle, & physician in the Charity Hospital, dencribed tho natare of the wounds of Eaton Log- wood, and sllayed Scnator Saulsbury's fears that the Committes might be taken out of their way to Tear testiniony for dramatic effect, 1Mo sald that Logwood's wound would PHODABLY PROVH PATAL, and ho conld not bo moved without great Imme- dleto danger to his lifo. Goorge Bleiton, colored, was another badly wounded witnoss, Tlo bad a bullet hole in his Lreast, and tho ball had been cat out of his back. Tis loft fore-finger was shot off, and a bullet was otill romalning in hia hand. Lo carried hisarm in saling, Hisoffonse had consisted in the steady refusal to joln the Tlomocratic Clab at Trenton, whero hollved. Ho had very shrowdly, as he seemed {o think, spont his time away from home, and his honse Lad been VISITED BY TNH BULLDOZERS scveral times. At last, however, on promlse that he ahould bo protected, he had retnrned home, and his wifo begged bim to joln the Democratic clab, He had gone to a Democratie club meeting, and stepped ont before it was over. On hia way homo ho met & Mr, Wilile Howard, whom he recognized by his volce, the night being very dark. 1o begged Toward not to shoot, and sald ho would Join the Democratic club, but without & word Howard blazed away at him, wonnding him as described. Iio wae lald out on a gallery to bleed to death, his colored brethern bolng afrald to shel- ter him, Afterwards the Democrats tried to make him bellove and testify that he was wounded by the Yankecs, meaulng the Federal soldle: Senator McDonald ellcited the facton cro: aminatiou that Moward had knocked Sheiton down with a stick two yearango ou mccount of his tempt to protect a colored womsn from Howard. CONSIDERADLD AMUSEMENT was canged by Sonator Saulsbury's attempt to olleit from the witnoss a plain statemont that he did not know positively that the shooting into certaln col- ored people's houses, which hedid not himself se ‘was done by Democrats, The witncss insisted that they wore Democrats snd bulldozers, although he didnot see them. Senator Saulsbury finally gave itup, x- JANE LOGWOOD. wife of Eaton Logwoaod, teatified as to the shooting of her husband and the killing at the same time of her brother, Primus Johnson, Ier house hiad heen searched by the bulldozers thres several tlinca for her husband, when he was absont, and o the sec- ond occaalon Capt. Theobalds ordered hor $o tell her husband o report to him befors o certain moming or he would kil him on sight. 8he recognized In tho party on this occasion George Phillipa and Walter Logan. On tho 10th of October he was in her room in the house, wwhen she heard a shot, and hor husband ran tn with THE BLOOD STREAMING ¥NOM IN8 SIDE. e was going for his gun, bnt she made him jump out of & back window and run fnto s flold. Direct- ly after she heard another shot, and her Lrother, Primus Johnson, ran to the door, with hla child In il d exclalmed: ** My God, dear siater, Iam killed|” and fell headlong Into theroom dead, AL this polnt the witness burst into tears, and It was somo minutes bafors tho procecdings ivere resumed. There was scarccly a dry eyo in the court-raom, and oven the Domocratic attornoys looked distressed and uncomforiable. Senator McDonalit kept hin eycs down on foma papers which he was turning over. Senator Wadlelgh conducted tho examination In chiof for tho Republicans with great tact, and Benator McDonald most of the cross-examining for the Democrats. Tho Committee st 4 o'clock took & recess till half-paat 7. . RVENING BESSION. At tho cvening session of tho Scnato Committeo Cora Williama, colored, was tho Orst witness, Bhe testified to having been whipped and outraged by membera of Capt. Theobald's 1tife Club in Oua- chita Parish, and to hove seen thom dragging Merimon RRnudes past her house on the Batunlay night preceding election, the night that tho Pinkston outrage wan commiited, 1or testimon ‘was tho samo as glven befars the Returnin Dunn]{ suppleuiented by the statement of a \'M¥ to the houss whoro sho ond Eliza Pinkston are stopping in the ell{ by Dr. Young, _Joo Bwan, and Hugh Young, unclo of Dr. Young, since #ha gave that teatlinony, snd to threats mads by them on that occasion. Her story was yreatly T'Mng‘nnned by Benator McDonald's cro natlon, ANDREW M'CLOUD, eolored, was another wounded witncss. fivg wounds in his back and legs, and threo balln not been extracted, Ho lives near the Moro- house Parish )ine, 'ho Lnlldozers wore rding about Ouschits, aud ha received warning that they were looking for him. Ilustarted away from homne with four or five others, but hearing that a hody:! of bulldozers were l:l)llllnfi down (he road on whic| they were, they crossed tho bayou into Morehouau, There thoy met more men and boya who wers refugees [ika themsolves, and thers wure about welvo or thirteen of thew'altogeihor. ‘They suds donly came on to s y of arincd whito men ordored them to halt, but Instead of vbeying they broke In uvu'({v dlrection, and the white men treil into them, McClond was wounded as stated, i ranintoa thicket and lald there fora couple of oure, Home colored men who lived in tho nolgh- borhoud wero told by the whites thore was & dead Digger lying there, came to him, and tool him to o house, where he was soon vislted by some of the white men. One remarked: **Well, 1 reckoa yuu'll bu ready to plant In the morning.* 1ils gun and plstol were taken from hl ud after ho LfUl well ‘ouough he went to I but stead of_gutting it an aMdav i Ife had ¢ the IRopublican tcket becausn thicre wors troops there, When ho went howe bis colored friends who liadbeen compellod to Join the Dumocratic Clube wero afrald to bo scen speaking: to him, Allogethur tio dnya’ fuvestization by the Senate Comlites has beon fraitful fn bringiog to light o CRIMES AGAINST THR YOOH COLORED FEOPLE on account of thelr ddelity to thy Plxly which they belleyo gave them everything worth h"fl"r in life. The Committes has now heard the testlimuny of sovon wilncases, fuar of whom, oz, have buen wounded and left for dead, one woman v:lelp!lI and outraged, and ane othor woman whose hue- vand was wounded nearly untodeath, whowo brath- er wus killed before hor o Ueforo the day's the sffect of cuue- on Republican and o ;I;u to what questions souumittee witl, it it 1s necessary, subdlvide 0o two committecs of three wembors cac, THE NRTURNING BOAUD RECOND, 10 ihe Wealers droctatsd Py P New Onizaxs Duc, 2U,—1The Benato Committos met ot 11180 o'clock, ' Thia atatement of votes re. Jected in euch puriak, and ot what polls rojectud, s ecelved frow the Returning lloard. :::uht‘)xr: H:Duul|d| mld-‘ -'nfim“nn thata aub. 8 tecut ssue to 0 lictar or all tho protosts and afida: AR ne tha consolidated stateme for the returns of #aid that ho could not protests and afidavits which formed tha baais of the n of the le- tarning Board would cat fn this jnrestigatlon, nn. less the Committes proposea o reviow ‘l‘hn action of (Lo Board fn an appellate capacity, Ecuator McDouald sald it was uot the provioce of tha Committes to determine snythinz. Thi 0 Com- miltteo wanted only the facts for information of the idy from shich the Committee derived its an- thotlty, Tha Committeo anght to knaw the facte fpon whieh the Uoard rolected tha votes which, by their stateinent received, ticy admit thoy did ro- Jeet. NEN JAMES, colored, teatifled bofore Nov. 24 " 1lo residen In Ouachita Farish. Constable In that parlsh for two yoars, and Us the Heturning Ronrd on Waan States Dopnty-Marshal at the tinio of the elsction. Witness testitled that on Nov. 7, at 1p, atarted from Monroo “for the Logtown pol), twelve miles distant, with the Inliot-bo: m., he A ll;flllt about twu miles from tho city hefwas hnited by & party of whito men, who maked him where “he was going, and that anbscqnontly ho waa taken by one of the men to A dweiling-honse where about 100 men_were gatherea aronnd n fire. theso mon were' aemed with guns, After parley, witnes was ordered with one of the men. Keeper and ran through tho woods, Sone of a short a go down the road Ho broke away frowm. his Buvoral shots were fired at him, and ho was wounded in tha arni, Hle took rofuge in & ditch, but was discovered and agaiu fired upon by one of his pursucrs, the ball geazing his head, © 1l was pot farther {njured, and succeeded in reaching ‘the resldencs of o plnntor in the nelchborhood, by whow he was cared for and fnstractod to make afidavit againkt tho partles who had dono the shnotina, e left tha baliot:bos, oad his horse, and is pistol, In ihe handr of the mon who ind stoppgd him on tha toad. Witness nlso testifled that juixt previons to the clectl ored yoopla from the country went of Monrue armed in order fo protéct them way: that & number of guns tind in thetown by United States troops.. 1le that no Repiblican mcotings wers hold jon col- into the Town on the hoen_ discovered 1 In the mum{t oxcept when tho troopa were present. ife thongl clection In Duaghita, mthnidated n whito men thaf election by the bayonet. \Wsapresentats cratlc mne!h“z when the spenkors state negroea should vote the Demogratic ticket | santed a good Government and dosired to pr Tlo stated that noj d threatencd. theru had not heen & faie and_penceablo ea wero Ha was told by same t the Democrats would carry the TNemo- d that t they it hon- et men inoftice, Thu Itepublicans were making fools of the colored people. On cmnu‘unmlnnrx’lolz witness sald the Demo- cratn had placed grarda on the roads leading into Montos before the arma socreted in tho city colored men were relzed by tho United by tha Shton troops, and that the colored men had carried thelr a there. GEOROB BTELTON, colared, of Ouachita Parish, testified that ahot by Willle 1oward on account of being 10 Monroo to protect - thuwacives .in going he was A Re- I'"""“""‘ being shot in the lelt breasat and twica in he right band.© That after being shot ho wo friend's houee, who put him out on a pall fear the whites won’ d como in fnd kl“pl.ll\'ll. nt to a ory for ilo ulgo testifiod to e&“"ml inthinidation by tho whites who had guards tho ronds the day of tho clection and brokcn up skiffs to prevent the blacks from gomg to the polls.” 1le had voted the Democratio ticket at the clection, but thonght hls heart would jump out of his mouth when he dii ro, the Democratic ticket at tha instigation of 1 Hopublicans in onder to aave thelr lives. JANR LOGWOOD, Other colored men had also voted eading colored, testified: Am tho witd of Rnton Log- woud, of Guachita, Either on the 1st or id Septembor, Capt. Theabold, with nincty-siz men, cams to her houso and askad for Katon, told them he was not there, ‘Theobald sald: him to come and sca me or Il kil} him."! uf loat armed She ‘4 Tell Know ‘Theobold, Georgo Phillips, und A, Lminn.bulnunn of the others of the party, men came and searched the honse for him, "The next I'eiday four After they left rhio went down into th woords and told her husband he had botter leave or ho would be killed. The nextday Thenboldscompany came back, searched the Lonee, felds, and adjacent woods for him, Falling to find him, Theobold told witness to tell her huedand to come nnd sco hig tho next morning of he wonld_consider hitn his encmy, and kill him, as hie heard Logwood wanted negroen to ny. arm and \\h(lP Lls (Theubold's) com) n the J0th of Beptember wi then left. tingon bed v the house, and Got up and atarted to the sald, **Qlve me my gune."” which be did. f?:n: out at tho door met my by i sald, **ON! my poor sister, I am down and dicd. Hero wilicrs burat into tears, #ho contlnucd: o was shot {n’tho, alde. sea tho mian who did th whooting. sltting on & lumbar plle fn tho front stot. ~ He was n Baniist minister. After her husband retarnod, killed,’ After ami yard. card n gun fired. door. Mt Taton, who 1 told him to run, Just then 1 heard another shot, and ther-in-law, s Johnson, with his buby in*his arms, who lod, " and fell oment Did not ohinwon way when Capt, Theobold came to see him; safd he wus sorry for him. and sent for adoctor to dreas hiswounda. Cupt. Phlllips and threo othor white men also came ta sce him, Her husband askod for the’ Governmont troopa at Monroo_ for }rrmemon. and thoy guarded him {t oloven daya i roc, [Iler husband had twenty-three acros o and somo cattle. erwards, and then touk him to 3on- ! land lie bad four balls in his shoul- der, one In his arm, and one in the right side. TUB NEXT WITNES8 called was Ben Jumes, colored, who -mémd on the stand with his right arm {u o sling, that ho reaided in Ouachita Iarish. testified Vas a Conata. ble. On the morning of Nov. 7, started from home befare day to carry_the ballot-boz to Log Town tweive milen bolow Monroe, having been appolnte Deputy Marshal, wnles wwas met in'n lano by a man named Cool another younger man, who haltod me, amil where I wea golng, "Told th carry tho ballot-baxes, Sald I could not go When ho liad gone dowp two y and askod ewn to Loz Town to with- out seeing Mr. Aead, and they wonld have to take me 1o Leadquarters, guarded mo down the road, times halicd by parties ' on ‘When asked, Who goca there? they snswered ass on. He was taken do ‘They got on thelr horaes and and ‘wero soveral the rondelde. cott, wn the and were tuld to p road in frout of Jos itcholl'n louse, whera they found a large party of men lyin; fire, Sullrfilmflze Mlu;he"ylll Dobe) up, and after ! Come to me, " and ordered me to followy around a camp ydom cama Blsporing tagether Mitchell waid, m. I kneyw I was going to bo killed, as Mitchell said, **T wish I had 1y double-barreled gun,™ After going ashort distance I broke and run, and they fired on ine and broke my rishtarm. I ran to the {umpml over it, and loy down in Mitcholl to me and damn fix hin platol my (red, Witnes lett temple, and aaid after tho shot was fired came insensible, and Iny thersa lo him, 1aft itch, Joe 4, G time. fence, od and pit templo and orc showed potvder marks on tho e be- On coming to hixreines he minnaged to walk and craw] some distance with great Menity, having boen, shot in the arm and back of the head, being nearly bilnd, Aftor going same distance he foll 1 down and Jaid thero untll the next day, when hs suc- ceoded In resching Col, Porguc's place, , The Cole onel hud him put In a cart and sent bome. Witness aleo tetifled to the furmation of rills clubs and general intimidation of colorod voters by them; also that he had been shot because ho was a Ropub. llean. who shot him, BLIZA PINKSTON. It having been asseriod by Had nevor had any dificnlty with tho men the Demotratic counsel yesterday that Bliza Pinkston, the colored woinan who testiffied before tho Returnin aftor befug carrled thote on a littor, had running up the steps of the Custom-Ifous: fallowling certificato was filod to.day by the Bonrd, on svon 8. the conn- scl for tho Itepublican slde, hearing date do-duy: **We certify that the physical condition of Rliza Pinkston, realding at 292 Gravier street, will not pormit her to maks the oxertion required to attend the Court, e bellove that for some days whe should ba confined to her heli:llnd that any ex- STitation (6 he prdacht febintated Conditio cation to her present del e i L present TG Wiervr, 3 CYA. W, Sarrie, M. ikely to add & serlons com- The surgeon of Oharity Toepital stated thutehe § was atten Ipg Knton Logwool I:ltl?l v, , whose deposition was ard s wnld patient wea suftering from e ungs, lull.glalled 10 tind the ball, [ T Ln:rduy. witness baing unablo to attond. e colored, of Oua- taken n-shot in the left slde, which had injured his 11ad prohed the wound four or five {nches, ‘Ilought the wouni would prove fatal, as he was sullering and was much prostrated. QLONUGE SIELTON, colored, of Ouachilta, eatified tint ho had been shot at one night previous to the eloction, coming trom a Democratic Club-meeting by & youn mnn named Willle Hlownrd; that s gcflr N!V(mll*fl had a difleulty with Howard aboul ahol in tha chest and urm. o woman; he was Aftorwarda he waa furnished with wood and provisions by white men who cama to see kim and urged m Domocratlc ticket, which he did. ;nnhflm Republicans were atealing all " the an s to vol te the They tald him achool e gava zeneral testimony as to intimldation. SENATOI M'DONALD enid that the array of sritnensds on both sides was soio plan of operation. Mr. Ed Democratic couns BURR bt i wonld, ruquirs many neares from distant parts of tho Staf there was sono rile laid down taking up parlalies, it would fnvoly White, very large, ani it wonld be well to delermlnc'\l]mn 0 1 to the Commlttes days to summon wit- to; that unless 10 the time of great cxp to ho tavernment and canee material In}nry to plantera and thelr laborers, who wore mak] rangcuments for uext yoar. The Chalriman cmu{nl ng ar- ered this fmportant augges tion, and requested counael on each side to furnlsh on Thurulay a list of witnowsos thoy des! ired to summon aud the means of securing lialr attend- once, CORA WILLIAMS, colored, of the Fimt Ward, Gradhs school-houss four dayabefore th Houry Finketon and wy, hushaud we stand] s eide by side, Plukston cried, chuers for Drowstert ™ bulidozera tho same night. s Mar! come In undstruck & match, snd searc] h Ouachita’ Futiuby testilad: Was at a flopubHcan mectin; in ctlon, there, Tt o daveraly 68 \vau whippod savero Pla 1 Huoo's Bady was boight 4 by leare P, sndoth i tho hauao for my bushand, After thoy left Thomas Jones sald It wonld havo been proper to ve him helland make him tell. Thoy came back, four of them, and taok mo out and whipped from buggy. Georgs Rnodes we ‘Tlicy eald 1 had worn mmy {:oln(l‘llonl Phlllips’ men.” T'he! rather-in-law's houss nnd whipped Lim. thun camo back and asked uie about '“K Walton lopan then I"". pistol on the 1ada mo put tho I After he loft, mo Philtips o w ‘Phomas Lyons comin, on the bunk of the bayou, After the time bieard & gun fired down towarda Heary o nway, which “was four il 1B whipping wers Democrats, Hud & riding aboul day und nizht. Bil) Theobold's corapuny. with & trace and Bl ere thelr nowics, Ulack did the whipning. train to meotl ng and went down tomy They hushund, bed and,) out and ga to bed with hlin. back with ashovel, and saw thom burying Matlon Rhos Toft the 1 Pioke- d ton’ Heard next morning that Plukstou wus killed.” The mon who did 1 (h “Cheve men belong He wag in the rou when they whipped mo and safd? **Give her lell, but don't let her boller, ™ 1fs gave Rhodo paper which ho atuffod fnto wy mouth. Bien orgunized the lat day of August. % somo Thesa George Thillips biindfolded me, and I asked him not to whip me. Dr. Kennedy snld, **Qlve hee hol." Dr, "Potte was thero, tor they gave 200 Iashes he sald, *'Doys, that's enough. Elie's not abls to take what sho' onght to have.” Willis Frarer Htved near me, Heard hin granting when they whipped Nhn, Marion - Rhodes hind stapped and told me good-Lye the night he was killed, 8ald he wan golng to the swamp. They bronght him back tled to tha ltarae’s tafl. 1o war gmnnln(. Tho moon wan shining, and I conld ree im plainly, My husband was in a corn-field noar by, Il camo In noxt dny, snd then went to Mon- roo, and walted til) T come. They huntod for him three days and nichts after_fie Inft. The blacks In my netthborhood were Republicans, hut wera afrald 10 vole the ticket hecaure the Democrats were armed and_around the polls, The whites Tiunted for Jim Thomasson and others, _Theabolil enld as wo wero colng fo @ RepublicAn meeting that they would cripple every male child In the “paclah If thoy did not carry ‘the parlsh. Auram Williame, wy brother:In-law, "V'n¥ near me, was whipped and beaten the same night 1 was Wehloped. T aaw hiwm next morniniy Inying in bed all bloody, Tho men swho whipped me snid they wanted my hnsband beeansa hio wonldn't foln thelt club, _Walter Logan was the only one who violated o, My Wtle glri, of 10 yanre, was in bed at tho time. “Thin waa Eaturday night hefore the election, On the mornln after “the -whipping went to the Dbank of the bayon and saw freslenrth piled np like n grave, and tald Col, Dicldnson they had baricd Tthodos there. hut the colored people wers sfeaid to examing the g 3 | + Un the day Brewster and Goram apoke at Gradls, ‘heobold and his white compuny wers there, and o the east side of the house, Thero were forty of them, On the day of election saw ‘Theobuld and Stecrs' companlos paes my door, ait armed, Sall they were poing déwn to the falls, That night they eama back and .mgwm Cale's stores aid hranght out o bucket of ywhlaky and trented colored men. Was emmmoned here by tho United States Marahal, -Hail- talked with Iirewster, Goram, and the United States Marsbnl abont the testimony and made afldavit beforo them. They read tho aqnestlons ind [ answered them. Witness was lhup clossly laterrogated: in refore once to the aflldarit printeil in Sherman's reor anil stated she had given the answers contalnes thoreln except that Rhodes wia dragged behind tha horsp, #s ha was fastoned to the lhorse by a rope under his arma, 1iis stomach was cut open, Hecould not fall beranea th rope held him up. Since 1 hava Leen hora Liugh YORng came to saa me, “Said ke hind been hero throa iweeks, and swanted to know how things wero at home, Asked me ont on tho gatlery.” Askod me it I knew wha whipped aue. Itolt’him I did, but refused to tell him ~who_thoy were, . Told me I had bettor miud how T talkied, and thought ha was going to draw a ravolver. When he left 1 {followed ‘him down to the door. Joe Bwanand Dr. Younz hid thera, They Ilved 1n Ouschita. Saw Al throo of them A faw days after in tront of the Custom- House. : ANDREW M'OLOUD- (colored), Ouiohita, testifed that- on_Sopt, 1 he had crored over tha rlver from Ouachits, In Morohiouse Purleli with & parly of #lx colored men, Lo escupo a party of balldozers, who o had heared were coming “after him. Tle wan armed with a gun and pistol, and the othor men. jogether withanamber who hatt joined him, wero aiso nrmed. ‘Thoy encounterod o patty of whitos at Morohouse, and’ witneas ran sway, - Bomo whots wore fired, and he was wounded with huckshot in the back, Tio hid In a thicket. Tho party of whites informod +tho negroes at lie adjucent piace that a wounded man was n tho thicket, and the negrocs went alter ‘him and bronght bim fo tho louss, whore he wua vislted half an hour aftcrwards by tho 8herilf of tho parish, subscqnently by some men from Ouachita, who told him ha had hetter Jeave tho State,. 1o _did not know whether tho party that fired at him was o Sheri's -posso, and bud not heard of any houso in Moro- houae belng fired into by tha wmob, and thnt the Shori(f wan out ofter mon charged with thie otfonse. Witncss went {o Dartrop, in Morohotee, Lo get lia gun, und was arrested on afldavit nnd iodged in Jall. “Did not know what the chiargo was. The testimony of Eliza Pinkston will probably be taken Tharsday, * - ‘Che Commitice adjonrned ti) morning. HOUSE COMMITTEE, FROM KNAVES TO 1DIOTS. - Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. NEw OuLraNs, Dec, 20.—Tho Morrison Touse Commlttee snont most of the day Investignting membars of the Returnlng Toard, A few morc bulldozed colored Democrats wore placed on the ‘stand, The panel of knaves having been oxhanst- ‘ed, the Committoc s mow occupy- Ing ftself . with idlots. A half-witted fellow named George Augustus Dranstorph “testifled, ou cross-cxamination hy Gen. Huribut, that he was s native of Santa Cruz, West Indies, and thatlo was naturalized twolvo years sgo in New York, Doston, and Thiladelphla, ond hod led all over the country, 1Iohad been bulldozed by baing arrested by a policeman for disturbing the posce, sad afterwards by being sent to tho Parlsh Prison. They had stretched & ropo and tripped himnup, Hedeclared ho bad been spotted by the Ttepublicans. HIRANSTORPIU'S STORY. Ty the Wertern Assoclated Press. NEw OnLEANS, La,, Dec, 20.~The liguse Com- miltee fook testimiony of George A, Hraustorph (colored), who voted. the Domocratic ticket and wwas aftorward knocked down and beaten, and then arreated and sont to tho Parish Prison for ten days. ‘They beat him because ho voted the Donocratic ‘ticket, He named the partioa who attncked him. Ile mnde complaiut to the palice, but they rofused 1o protect him, Ila wan threaiencd ibefore the election, Women wont uronnd, talllng the colored men that they would ba returned to slavery if the ettt ¥as tiot troubled. duslng. ‘ross-examitned: \Wos miot troubled during the election. Ha reltorated thas he had been attacked, and dotalled tho clrcumstances of the attacks, Aftor bofng attacked he mado complalnt 1o the po- lice, and_they arrested him for distarbing the cuce, He wag tried by aJustica's Conrt, and con- cmned to fny $5 fino or stay ten daye In prison. 1o vwas scnt to prison, He waa formerly a topub. Tican, but changed hia politica bacause he had noth- Ing to do and wanted work, CIARLES CABANAVE, of the Returniog Hourd, teatificd that hio was born i New Orlpans. Hois the Recorder of Dilla of Dirthe, Doaths, and Marclages; hus boen a momber of the Returning Hoard slnce 1672, ~ All the mom- bara of tho Board bolonged to tho Republican party. . There wha a_recommondation to il a Ml a vacnn- ¢y, but the Poard could not sgree. Mr, Kennedy was proposed, ''Tho witness rofused to answer whethor or not ho favored olocting Kennedy naa mombor of the Doard, Bome returns of the Super- visors wore returnod direct to the Board, and oth- ore Lo tho Becretary of . State, The returna were opened in the presence of ropresentutives on both pactics. Al fnal doclafons were made In rivate seanlon, The Honrd made up the roturns rom the consolldated statements of the Supor- visors, They never allowed any additions to bo mude by the Bupervisora after aiatoments wore.ro- celved by the Board, Ina fow cascs they went for the boxes, but don't remomber what parishes didn't, The canvass of Grant Parlah was recelyed, anid some Irregular roturus wore thrown out from Last Fellolana Parlsh, becauso of the gonoral fn- timidation before and during tho electlon, Don't romeinber having acted on_any charge made of in- timldation previous to tiic last registration, When asked if hontendod to bring for the In. spoctlion of the Committce tho original returns of the Bupervisors, ho said he had not brought the papors, and could not bring them without the con- sent of the Joard, e would consult_ather mem- bors of the Boanl, and bring thom if they consent- ed, Tdon't know whethur the Tilden ‘or lloyes Bloctars hiad » majorlty of the voles cast, accord- ing to thy Supcrvinors' statements, Nover heard any of the mombers say who had o ml)nrll‘y. 1 know they threw out two parishes and severaf polls in other parishes; think Ltho votes thrown outage grogated sovoral thonsand, Ho couldn't_say how many; thtuka probably 4,000 or 5,000. Don't rec- ollect the number of parlabies in which votea wero throen out; thinks fourteen or ffteen. on Alr, Casanave s o stand, Uasanuyo gave testlmony almtlar to that of Ggn, Anderson last ullzhtl rogarding thethroe questioned ol fu Orlcann Parlsh, and wmost other matters us 0 tha action of the Doard. THOMAN O, ANDERSON was recalled, and banded a statoment to the Com- gxlnnu. saying It waa the origh ignod ing tho voto fur Proaidentlal Electors in tho State, Tho atatomont contained the aggregate voto of the State by parlutics, Anderson atated that he or- dered the Ulerk to maka out a complela statement of tho vole, by barialics, to be flled befory the Bacre- tary of Btafe, but don't kuow whether that was done. Aswoon as thoy got thrauh ' parish they sont it to a clerk, marked ** compiled, * to be Immediately entured on the list. When polls wers rejectod, dhone polls wore marked ** rejectod, " and sant to tha clock, Wo couid not make a complet of fhe vote of tho parishes 1o Lime to zmmul to a cording to law, but ordered the clork to do Jt after wards, Was absent when rce patishen were Deing compiied hy the Bokrd, “'be cherk mada tha addiflon of the votos, leaving out the polls reject- The Noard revised these udditions, 1In the ment hauded the Committes, (¢ was evident ut the fgures and lettors had'been changed, which wes explained by Gen, Anderion saying that aoio of the parishea had been ) 1 by the clork, but that he did uot remomber vory well how tho mistake occurrsdi that ¢he clork had satlstactorily explained atthetime. No ono was presunt In the roon when the Bourd was at work on thio, night bofors the promulgation excopt meiu~ burs of the Loard and counsel when brought in to s&vu legal advice, Witneas l»rnnncud & menjorans um of the polls rejocted Ly the Returning Hoard, gave renvons therefor, The llst showa dfty-four r ile in twenty parlshes thrown out and the Pare shos of Grant and Bast Feliciana. In anawer to interrogatories Mr, Anderson testified: We mnade aur compllution from thy cunsolidated statements o regintrution, sud did not consider any returas = wmade by any Commlisaloners of Electlons, It Supervisors muds returns with threa or four olla ~ Jeft out, ww count. ed only those returned, Considored no roturns of the Cuinmissioners, Rcfused tp rocolve ovidence of cerhitlod coples of returns of Com sloners of Election led In the THetrict Courts. - raising tho votu for Electors in Madison Parish w: had evidenco of the Commisstoner of Kiection showing that those Electors received the number ro- Yol ghven (e, o't ke which party Colved A sajorlty In the polls thrawa oak. Knaw that every poll thrown out gave s Dymoc, mu]nm{. Don't know thet the Buperyiser of Eust Tinton Houge mady his prolest aftes makiog hia ro- ‘Il’;_lll 10 the Board, ho Chalnuan read to witnees {nstructions to bring il tho papers befors th mitt wero mentloned fu the suby stated that the Conw! ¢ ouly to indpect the orlglual dociiuiunts, and thst the Doard eed R0t parl with tbem; (bt tho clerica of the Comwmite too had been at work clght dayn copying the originats, and wore not_yot noar through, and that t was necesaary tha Commitlea should sec the Ppapers as soon ns poaniblo. Itn, ter to tho Board, and read a communicalion statin, that the Bonrd refuscd to glvenp tha orizinl papera, an thoy wera recorda for the Inspection of tho General Assembly only, 1OUIS M, KENNER (colored) Tives in Now Orleanss keops n saloon: vianbarn in Lotisisna; was 8 mombor of tho Hoard of Hny Inancctorat Is a member of tha Stata Honrd of Returning Oficersy tvas Tpnlnuul In 1870, Thero {A & vacancy on the Tloned which haa noyer been fiiled, Four mombers are on tho Doard at prerent, ail of whom nre Itepublieana: don’t know e numbcr of poila thrown out by the Bosrd; don't Dellove any were thrown out fn the Parieh of Orlenns. “Mado. roturns from collecled state- ments of Bapervisors of lcglatration, Bellave thie Sriporylsars failed in sonio instances to make roturns of all the polls. Did not tell any ono the fenult of tho compllations of thio vte by the Lioard, and did not have an interviow with Kel |0Rf. Pitt. kin, Packard, Uinnchard, and others whon tha ‘work of the Toard 'was golng on. Don't now who rocelved a nwjority on the face jof the returns, Dun't © know who rocelved & mujority until about to promulgate. Iinve a memarandum of the poila thrown out, and will Paenish it to the Committes, Dld not_bring i (mn tho subporns called for. Could not do ro withont the consent of the Board. Wil sce +whather tha Board will conzent to the production .of the orlgial papors. i THOMAS C, ANDERSOX CROBS-RXAMINED, Am i) yonrs of nge, Am a plantor, but have been amerchant, Wasa Confederato soldier duringthe ar, Am worth in real eatato sitnnted in_ Loulslans nbout 7100 000, Yecamo n Hepub- Jdican in 1873, Oflclated In’ 1874, Tianad our ‘rensona for throwing ont volis on what we con- (Mdered good and suthicient evidonce. . Tool up tho contentod patishes after wa wero throuzh with the uncontesiad unce, and gave ample op- portanity to il to ke toatimony. In soma fn- stances oxtended the timo for taking teatimony, Throw out the entirs Parish of Eaat Feliciana, bo- caure we had good ressons for Ao ‘doing. -1iad no time to allow witness to be bought from the parish here, and if tne inmocent snflered +for the gullty In loeing thn effoct of their franchive “it was thelr own fault, They had o business th bo [n_bad compnny, In the Parish of Vernon we .gave 175 votes to Kellogg and Burch, hecause the Commissioner's retnrne showed that unmber for those didates, Complaints wera by Temocrats that “they did not fnough tmo fo | take testimony, ' but ‘hollove they had smple opportnuity. DI not rend the aMdnvits of, Domocrats in publle, ' Ttead thom inscerot, when parlshes to which they reforred wora belng compited. Gave the Democrats 1o an- formation of what they had todieprove by afil- davits, RONERT POINDEXTER, colored. Lives in New Orlcnns, 1las been In the city about thirtcon months, Wax fonnerly for thirty cars & roskdent of Assumption Parish, 7! Took the censie ‘of Auum‘punn Parish [l 1875, Mndo roport to i) n the State Registrar, Fonnd, aftor slaning the re- port, that tho figures had been changed; that Abont 100 ero taken from the gencrsl populatlon, and the figurea changed 80 as to fncronse the voting rll nlation nbout 600, Remarked tho change and nformed the clorks in tho Reglstrar's office, and was told that it was necessary to swell the colorod yote because the Demoacrata .inAugist or Septem- ber, after the Baton Rougo Couventlon, had more confldence in Nicholix thdn in Packard, —Always belleved the TRepublican party in the State ta bo corrupt since when o Scuaior in 1808 T wan offered o newspapor and $35,UG0 to voto for o printing blIl, Canvassed the Stata for the Demo- cratic qmy, Nevor heard of tho {ntimidation of colored people by whites, Waa assnulied with brickbata atter atiending 8 meeting of tho Demo- seratic Club, Belleved the Hopublican party re wponsibio for all the murdera and outrages com. |mitted In Grant Parish in 1873 and other time ‘Jleard that Itepublicans pofsoned Licut,-Go Dunn. Democratic speakers, in thelr speeches, alwayn connscled pence, nrder, and faltneas, Tho 'bfryk““ feeling cxisted among the whites and ‘blacks. B 2 s — SOUTH CAROLINA. TIT8 LECISLATURE TO ADJOURN, e CoLuxnia, B. C., Dec:20.—Tho Benate to-dny declded by a striet party vote to adjourn with the TRepublican House sine dfo on the 22d inst, Thelr tax and appropriation bills paasod s sccond read- .ingin the Senate. The tax lovy aggrogates seven- teen mills, exclusive of local tazos, and fa equat 10 §2,010,000. - Rerolutlons passed In the Democratic onea to- dny tustructing Gov, Uampton to issue a praclama- tlan calling upon the citlzens to pay to auch ner- rona an he may designato 26 per cent. of the Btate and connty tax for tho Inst flacal year, and the persond payIng such tax shall recoiva certificaton recelvablo for tazex hereafte New Yor Coruxsia, Dec, 20.—The Humypton mon do not appear to llke the carly adjournment of the Leoais. Inture, und nccnse tho Itepublicans of deslring to get thelr mombers Away to prevent n Compromize, - What kind of & compromlsn tho ~ Democrats woro antlcipating oy o not say, bnt it e supposed they expected in time to captnru enough refusc Senator o glve thomn o quorum in the upper louse. Afterndjourninent sine dia they will be powarless, aa a Leglslature can only be called together again by Gov. Cham- borlain, Ilaving only one Louse, the llampton Loglalsture TASS NO LAWS nor o even throngh forma of legislation of any kind. Maving no Becretary of Btale or other Cab- Inot officinle, and no Btate scal, they cannot lasts commisslons to any county or local ofticers. -In fact, thoyaro COMPLETELY BLOCKRD and aro enld £ bo now walting In iopos Chamber. lain will dlsperse thein with the uld of Unitod States troops, which wonld give them an excuse for terminating their farce of Govermmnent and at the ¥nme timo enable them to o 1o the country with the old cry of milltary ‘Interforence anid bayonct despatism. But, as_ ihcyaro a harmlens boily, it 18 not probable that Chamborlain will have any accasion to call on the military to help them pulan end to thelr oxlatonco, THE SENATE COMMITITR had before thom {o-day six colared women as wit- nesses, each one of whom teatidod to havl) oen a witness of the wurler of ong or more rmllw- by Domuarutic Ku-Klux assassin during tho cam- paign last fall. 1t {s snid that the enormity of the gvin;-n;;u f;x}\mlt:fil ml‘ “lmlmlomfilwwh ur“clm- ato for thelr polltical opfulona will aurpass cithor 1hnt of Missiasipp! or Loulalana, v TLORIDA, TIE MOUSH COMMITTRE, TALLANABAEE, Doc, 20.—~The Ilouso Principal Committeo Joft ta-night for Live Oak. where it will bo met by witnesses from Jasper Precinct, In Uamliton County, It will go thence to Jackson- villo, whoro Duval snd Alachua witnesscs arc awaltiog thom. The Invostigation will bo closcd thero, 1t fa probablo tha} the final report will bo ‘made by the st of Janusry, The sub-Committes will proceed to Jackson County and canvass that county. TOE SRNATE COMMITTEE, atill holds secret aesslons, and spent the day In examining witnesues from Monroe, Manatee, and Jackson, Tho Supreme Conrt did not reuder (he declslon to-night, bat adjourned til to-morrow, whena docleion 18 looked for. Tho Senate Com- mitteo called on the Secretary of Btate to-day for A TADULATED BTATEMENT of the vote for Presidential * Electors on the faca of the ,returne, which' was fur. nished, figuring up, Tayes, 24,370 and ‘Tildon 24,312, thls including return No, 1 from Daker Connty, which was by unanimous action of the Duard rojected and other returns substantiated, which glves Tildon 110 majority, The investiga- tion of the Jackson County returna produced evi- dence- that, at Friendship Church Precinct, the voters wero compolied to pass their tickots throngh a1window a foot above their heads, and P LOST BIGNT OF TUBM before they were depoaited in tho box; that the Tiepubliican Superviaor was driven from the room, snd that the votes wers canvassod two miles from the polling-place, The Commiites also took tho tostimany of A JUDGN OF MANATER COUNTY, ‘whoso evidence was sbout the sama as before the Honse Committoe, and showed that the County Commlssionets totally neglected to revise the registration-llet, to appoint procincts, or precinct ofcers, or glvo any notice of the clection. A small voto was cast, mostly Democratic, There ‘were maoy who refasod to vole. ANOTIER REPORT, [Nsto_York Tymes Apecial,) ‘TaLLAUASSEE, Fls,, Doc, £0.—The Ifonss Com- mittea loft to-day for Live Onk, leaving somo of tholr witnessca unpald, some of whomn had coma long distances, causiug much (ll-feellng, Tho argument In the mandamus case before tho Hupreme Court was concluded to-day and a de- murrer waa taken under sdvisement, “The Nepub- 1icans _strongly hope for eclsion talning 4 Ha jurisdictlon, took * a great the Cauvassing Voard The Beuate Commitl ‘deal of tostimony ay. It oxamined into the case of Manaf County, which 'was thrown out by the Btate Canvassing Doard for grous {erogularitids in conducting the siectign, All testimony showed that tho clection in this county was A FARO] All the requisition of the Consiltution and statutes were dispcnsedwith, Animpression wasaedalously created by Domocratio ofiiclala that na election .would be held, but it was given out to the Demo- crats tobo at tha pulling-places of tha previous th‘"ll it ¢ eloction, Democrats got sn Y. es {rauds by Democratlc officers re shown in Jackeon County, At Campbeliton Precinct the Republicans voted three or four to o) Democrat, the tickets haviog a flagon them. The Republ who voted after dinner wae seventy-six by o count keptat the time. ln the aftcrnooon they bad alternated hour by bour with Democrsts b arrangoment, The box ot noon was kopt where Bemacnu oaly ad ace 3 WITHOUT ANY GUARD, ‘When the count was made therc were only 77 Rte- publican votea intho box, ALl the Republicun en cast In the forencon had been taken from the box and Democrativ votes mobstituted The Democrats thus gota larga majority ot the precinet, The Benate Committes labora undor many difoulties, owing to a fear of Itepnb- 1lcans to visit certatn localitles to hunt up Hepub- lieana who know (he facta, ASSARSINATION. Tn Jackson County, 200 lending Republicans svero aneasalnated dusing the yenrs 1800 nnd 1870, Twao Republican Connty Clerks were among them, In thin coucty Mr. I'urman, member of Congross, was shot at, the hall passing through hin neck an killing Dr. . Finiayson, who was with him, AT TIIB IECENT ELECTION, a8 waa praved to-day, guns and piatols wero freely cxhiblted at tho polls by the “Democrats. Tho only wonder is (lnt tho colored Republicans stand up so bravely an they do. ILLINOIS. TIIE MASS-MRETING BUSINESS, Bpectul Dispatch to The Tridune. SrnixorieLn, 111, Dec, 20.—Tho Democrats are ‘nat numorously aesembling in responsc*to tho in- formal call for & meoting of the Democratic tate Central Committoe. Thus far only four—Parsons of Clay County, Tergon of Jacksonsille, J. C. Campbell of LaSalle, and Couk of Mnral members of thy Committee—have arrived, but Sam Buckmaster af Allon, Tom MerritL of Matlon, and & half-dozon or 80 of {ho local magnaiea af the purty, huve put In an ap oaranco a4 lookers-on, A sk prolonged until nearly midnight wae leld, trom which it appears that the rogramme for ta ndvine to-morrow {8 ho holding of o B mass-mootlig and the appolntment of A Cummilteo o confer with others from the Northeastern States reguril- ing concortod uction In_bohalf of Tildon. 1t in not probable that Chinirman McCormick will bo dinpluced, or ovon asied to reaign, at the demand Iargely of the personnl apleen of the resident c Becretary of the Commlittee, and defeatod cand date_for ronomination to that position, and of other *'wah'" mon_horctoforo invisible in wwae. Tho chances aro u very siim meetiug wiil be hold, Adeniro for McCormlck's presenca i expreascd, but ho has not been heard from to-night. ~ Paliner fa absent, and canuot be hure to £peak to-morvors, CONGRIESS. BENATE, Wasmixarox, D. C., Dec. 20, —3r. Titcheack Introduced a bill supplemental to tho nct forthe apportionment of Representatives in the Blates, according to tho ninth census, Reforred to the Committeo on Priviloges and Electfons, 1L pro- vides for an additioual Represontative In Congress frow the Stato of Nobraska. ‘The Senate reconsldered the voto by which the blll to establish the Torritory of Pembina was ordered to n third reading and passed, on the 8th of August Jost. ‘Tho name of (he now Territory, which fs to be organized out of o portion of the present Territory of Dakotn, way then changed from Pembina to 1turon, and the biil wus pnesed, Tho Chalr Inld before the Yunate A communica~ tlon from the Socretary of War, Inclosing the re- port of Maj., Comntock, of the Corps of Engineers, #howing the condltfon of the work of fmproving the South Pass of the Missinsippl River, Ordered Printed, and tolio on tho tble. Tho Pensfon Appropriation bill was paseod, with tho aniendment snbmitted by Mr, Davle, requiring the Commissionel of Penslosis to hereafter incor- porate in his annual report a statement showing the amount prid for additionn] pensions, and also tho aunual reduction in penrlune, Mr. Wright pave notlc that on Friday morning, tmmedintely atter the moralhy hour, he woultl mavo to take up the Benate bill decluring the truo intent and meaning of the Unlon Pacific atlrond approved July 1, 1862, July 2, 1864, and July 3, 1860, Tha discusnion tpon the resalution of Me. Mitch- oll, authorlzing an Investigation na to (he nppoint. ment of Cranin for Presldontial Elector ju Oregon, was then resumed, Mr. Bogy resumod his argument from the polnt whera he suspended yesterday, The Committea on Vrivileges and Gicctlonk of this body had gut to be o most nnportant Committee, No man conld put his fuot 1nto the Senate until he had passed the or+ denl of that Committce. No mun could he o Benator, whether glected hy his Legislature or not, unloes ho waa alsy elected by the Chalrman of tho Committoo on Privileges ~ and _Eloctions, the Svnator from Indiana (Morton). T'hts Committee rominded him (Bogy) of what in called in modern times a Returning Board., The Committee on Privtleges and Blectlons had got to bs the grest, Relurning Board of the Sonate,” These Returning Boardu wero o now invention, It was concedued that Tiklen had a ]mreullr majority of 400,000, bit Ilayes had thres Neturning Liowrds, so that, to cipher tho thine down, one Keturning Board was worth just 100 (100 votes, Mr, Mitehell nalil }f the Retnening Board [n Ore- guon could carry out Its purpose it would be equal 1045, 000, 000 of people. Mr. Bogy was giad thot this Oregon matter had happencd.” It was n most fortunato thing, as it hait compellod Senators on tho other slde to inves. tla oeu questions as Lhey should do, Tas Oregon e hay upset Al this srgument about a prina-facio case, 11 it had not happoned there would have beon 1o end to arguiments on the ather slde nhout retnrny from Louisiana and ¥lor- ida conatitating u primna-fucio case, and Conuress could not go Lehind tho action of the Returning Boards of other States, Now It was plain that Conzrees had n right and power lo carry onut the will of the people. Ar, Morton suld the Returning Boards were not a new invention. ‘I'icy wero as old as the Constitn- tlon of tho Unlted Btitea, 'There was not a Stato In this Unlon which had not authorlzed one or more ‘xmom to connt votes and certify whowas elected, n yome States, av in Lonisiana, theso DBoards had discretionury and judicisl powers. Fhe declsion of the Returnlng Modrds In romo States, by the lnws of the Statex, were ninde finnl, In Oregon the Gov- eror had wo dlscretionary power, no judiclal power. Tie lind no pawer to cotnt out a fratdulent vate. In Loulslana the Returning Dourd had hrond udicinl power. It may have nindo a wrong decls- on, 1l would not dixcuss that question now, but tho Govemor of Oroyan oxercised powers not given him by the luws of thoe State. Mr, “Katon snld he would not count ont a vole which bie believed thrown to elect a man who hsd telumphantly been elected President by the Aweriean peoplo, ile dld not desire tho ndvantage ~of nny wrong In thla canvase of the votes by tho Senate. 1l arguod that ever, bullot caut for Wults waa no more than a blank l’lecu af paper, and the (lovernor of Orcgon, taking st vlew uf the cane, saw his way clear to qlw Cronin the cortifcate, Lvery vote given for Cro- 1R was a propur, legil vote, By a strict construce tlon of the Jaw of Urogun, the certificate of election to Cronin was right und proper, though ho (Katon) thought the (lovurnor sliould have cortiied to the election of two men, and only two men, 1o (Ka- ton) would not vote toplace In the Presidential chair the candidate of the Democratic party upon the vote of the Democrutic Elector in Oregun. The political ‘stomach of the Senator frum Orogon (Mirchell) ho held to he dirordered now by a vcr{ sinall matter, bt it could stund the gariic'of Sout! Carolina, Louisiana, aml Florlda, 1lu thon read a recently-published letter of John . Long, publican candldate for the Loulsiana Lelslaturo, declining to nceept a keat awarded him Dy the Returning Boardon tho ground that he hiad Lten fairly defeated by his Denocratic opponent. and, reauining his argument, sald 8 single witnes ko this man welghed down s dozen afiidayi Long sald thera was no Intimidationin DeSoto Pa Iuh,but tho Seuator from Ohlo (Shorman) d clsred there was, 1n cancluston, Mr. Eaton argued {hat tho ropra- sentutives of tho people could not afford to do wrong. The President of the United States had ‘buen l}llu\efl as nfllng he would deliver over the office to Ilayes it he should bo declarud to ho elect- cd. ‘The President had nothing to do with it. I would not do to talk aloat enfurcing nmythlng. ‘The good wonse of the peopleof this conntry would aeo that justice was done, Mr. Eaton also argued that the Presldont of the Benute hnd no mure right to, count the votes for Yresident than oncof tho piges, President of the Senate was not the Presldent of the Jolut Conventlon unless choson by the Jolut Convention 1o_that position, Mr, Bhernun enld he was not informed that the Returnlog Boand had returned Mr, Lfm%l acte 1o the Legisiatire from Detoto Parfsh. 1o thouxht the \ifln(lemnn leapod hofore be cume (o tho stile, Tle then roforrod to the atiidavits of intimidation In DeSoto Parish, and, ruumln? said the will of the peuple of Oregon hau been falrly exproased In favor of the Iinyes Jilectors, and he was cntitled to threo votea from that State. Mr, Bogy—Apply tho same rula toFlorlda, Mr. Sheeman eald he wan perfectly willing to lppli therule to Florida, but these things were gov- orned Ly thelaws of the Btate, Oregon her laws and Florlda 1f (ov, Hayes should be- coma sutisfied he had not a ajority of the legal votes of Floridaand Louistans, he would not ac- cept tne oflice of President. 1t It should Lo clear that Gov, Huyan had not recolved that majority, ho (8herman) would not have him accopt the ofice Mr. Sherman then argued that the Loufslana Toturning Loard was & Tegally-conatituted body, and it had not been whown that that Hoard mado falve returus, He did not desire to sco Uov, Hayes have thio benefit of any wrong, and he was satisficd that lio mpoke thy sentiments of Gov., 11a; ‘whon he wald If that gentleman should be conviuced that the Returolog Koards of Loulsians and Floridn acted wrong he would make no clsim to the ofiice of Prealdent, ‘There was an absence of any proof that these Boards kad acteld \vmnfl As the retums from those Stales now stood, they were just us niuch entitled to be countad 'as tho returna from New York or Ohlo, and ho conld show, from evi. dence now befora the Sonato, that the 'vote of the Blate of Lonlslaun, in falrneas, should be counted for Qov. 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