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Show LOUSMN.V. The Cnuvassers at Uork, New Orleans, 21, The returning Dnard ni'-.t at 11.35 this morning. 3overnor Wells advocated the admit-liuuof admit-liuuof the crowd, whicli was done. Z vcbarie filed the protect which he foreshadowed on Monday, on behalf ot the democratic candidates lor congress. con-gress. Alter a brief conference the board went into executive session and tho bull was cleared. The uortheru republican committee now consists of lieardsley, Illinois; Eugene Hale, Maine; Van Allen, New York, and Garfield, Ohio. During tbe executive session tho parish returns are placed ou the tabic whero Bit the republican and democratic demo-cratic committees, and they are invited in-vited to examine and see whether or no they have been disturbed or tampered tam-pered with. The returns aro then opened and consolidated lor each elector called off. The clerks then verily tho additions mado by the commissioners of elections. If these are correct the members of the board eign and npprovo them. Judge Sporlord, in behalf of certain candidates, filed a protest against being excluded from tbe room during tbe canvtibs of the returns, aud again? t secret sessions. Counsel for the United States supervisors riled a protest against the exclusion of the tu per visors, basing tbe protest on the act of congress directing them to remain re-main where the ballot boxes are irom the close of the polls till the! ballots aro counted. They also quoted from the opinion of United States Altornev Beck with of October 13th, 1872, in support of their position. , Protests wero also filed by the counsel for candidates for office ( against a secret council. The democratic demo-cratic candidates also protested on behalf of the democratic electors not named ou the tickets used in the 14th senatorial district. Tho ticket contained the names of W. 1 Kellogg, Kel-logg, J. tt. Birch, Osear Jall'riau and u ulhers. Counsel protested against, tiist, the counting of said ballots ivuieh have not been cast in favor ol said Joseph and others named, for any other elector;, except those specially named upon said tickets or ballots; 2d, the permitting of returns from said uarishes lo stand, especially of Iberia Mid tit. Marlins, showing all such ballots to havo been east for said Joseph and others, they being iu eai'l respect false and fraudulent or lo be considered before this body, and said votes to be counted lor any eleclurs -xcept said Kellogg, Burch and Jnflnan, whoae names only are on said ballots. The protect is ba-icd upon grounds as follow? : That t!:e tale to the position of elector can be derived only by lho vote u! the people, and no vole can be givi.n and cuuutol except when pia.d in the ballot box; thai electors were eho.cn under me laws of the state, which requires that the n.uiH s ot persons voted for and the otlict; shall be accurately peeilieJ on the I'uktt. The commit-jo commit-jo asked for an investigation iuto the facts. A similar proiet was filed against lho counting ol 2,2A) ballots, east in toe parities ot Concordia audi Natchitoches lor any elector except those named ou the ticket, kel.ogg, Burch and lire water. Tue amiu-a m the ll'.h senatL.ri.il district are Iberia, St. M .rtm, Ibi rvdle and Went B.itun KuiigC. Tue board was in executive e-n i about three hours and examined re uiriis in a number of pansner". It i-lound i-lound that there arc contest in cany ail. Too parishe canvas cd r.y the returning bvard arc A-cen-sum, li.den, 1,'2'W; Hayes, 2,701; Vumption, Tudcu, l.oNJ; May.-j, lu:2- AvMyche.i, 'lUdcn, 1,-171; H )'. l.-'; i-alcaiia, l i.d. n, 1,2.'N llayc.-, .l; L'amt'fon, lilden, 21. , tiavm, 0J, l'oint iJ-mpee, iildt-n, 1 nco; Hayes, l.'."7; St. H-rnirl, liiden, Hayes, tS'.M; St. Jamv?, Tilden, 0-; U ye.-, 1, St. J n.n lUpti.t. ii.di.-n, 7 li; Hay.., 1.2o.. l:..e tigurts do not d.t! r mat. r;ai. rum duplicate jo;l hits in Hie hand, of toe democratic coinmill'-e. ti nine penmen cauvivr-l only iwj give a democratic ma;oriiy phoing thai mrmtuf i be prolf-iO are tv r- puVicaru- m detno'ratic parnti'. A delegal:uti of til'leen colored men from variotn Cotinti-s in lia chita pari.iii, call'd on the vislling .Itftnocrala al lho St. Carle, hotel t-,U. t-,U. i iicy h id all bi n n imblic int. ni l scverw'l were recently prcsM-t prcsM-t repubh-an tin', an I lo-ir reasons why thev b.ul cluiJ'd. New York, -1. o'i'.' New Or-leain: Or-leain: Too Mlualion ticro remain', .in. naiiK'd. H ah p lo-s are artnely preparing lor the unt l whic:i i- u-;,,me u-;,,me and the public aro unxium ly l,ul quietly awaitmg tbe r-jll. It --.ma t be delimit ly under in--J by both parte s tint the vote of lms-lana lms-lana must decide lho presidential election. The democrats have given up South Carolina and are not nearly i couli tent atwut Florida m lU y were toree das ago. In pursuance of their programme ol inll'icnring tbn public mind, toe local dem'x ralie l. ad.TH mi niomuig brought a num h. r of drunken n.roe to the nnw of tlm national itf mocmtic commute-nd commute-nd diUyed l.iem nn men who had Tou-d inc Ucio .cratic ti'-kei fr-.ni con viction. One ur two of Ibom ma h glowiiiK BUtem-ht of bow th y had been alntsui by ll.o people ol their own color brrautr of their piiue:pl 1. New York, 21. Tnhunts New Orleans; As there, are nearly u.xly prinheo in Ibu ' tbo week wib p.isi hi-forr un'i'ir-tK.ned r tunn ar-di-prneil of, unh si the b'nl bold longer meeting. T!ic use of imperfect imper-fect electoral Uek'-la Ins t:ivr" riM' l" no htl'c duciif-ion atoiti rejuit on tho election iu thi n'ate and m the United Stales. As live Hays electors elec-tors run con-Mderably behind, il ban been cotMrturcd that when tbo count in complebd no candidate in thru) live di-tncl may bo lonnd to have r.'reive.l a mfljorily r.f all the Voir-cunt Voir-cunt for prcidcNl. Tho fpi' Mio-i ha-, arisen whether, in such event, any oufl will have boon elected. If no one is elected in these dnlnch, then tlirmfi who denrrvn certiliculen will, under tbe laws of the utato, till the vacancies. An examination of tbo rnn-litulion and laws uf Iouis-iiuin, Iouis-iiuin, (hsclfwn tbo fact that thoy jro both silnnt on the rjurHtion wttelher the law n-ouiren tlio unn to ho cbonen to receivn a niajorily of all the votea Rant or only a grenler num. her than any oilier candidaln. In the chfiico of governor or other hUIm ollic.ir a plurality elerm, and gKd lawyers hern lmlil that wlmro ho Mpecillc: a provlnlon is mado ns iu Huh chic it nuglit to bo followed. A delegation of colored men from Ouachita parinh, reprieiM in every ward exeept one, and comprising clergymen, ncbfinl teaidiers, larnmM and others who Htumpnd their neigli-iHirhundx neigli-iHirhundx for tho ilemocralio ticknt, and loted with cilnbn m they had for Tilden and Nichols, lias nuivcd iu theeityand had nn interview wiln prominnut democralfl from the north. I lieir utori.H went very inlere!iiig. None of Ihem had necu or heard of any iulimidalinn, violent:" or illegal mejuin of preveiitinn the negroes fim voting as Ibey pleiiHed. |