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Show New Orleans, 22. The returning ward of state canvassers convened O'day and took under advisemcut tho counsel's motion for copies of protests, pro-tests, contests, Ac, entered on the. republican side. Thednmocrata filed a protect against the board's rules. The bourd then went into executive aesni'.u, excluding Governor Wick-liflb, Wick-liflb, democratic elector at large, the board deciding that he could only appear when a contested case was called. Wick litle filed his protest. The following remained in the room : The democratic committee Palmer, Trumbull, Julin, G. B. Smith and Bigler ; republican committee Sherman, Hale, Slough ton, Garfield Gar-field aud Kelly. The clerk reported that the returns from fourteen four-teen parishes were not yet received. The following parishes were canvassed ( to-day in executive session: St. Mary Tilden, 1,485; Hayes, 2,407; St. Helena Tilden, 64tf; Hayes, 520; Tensas Tilden, 464; Hayes, 8,207; Terrebonne Tilden, 1,302 ; Hayes, 1,970 ; Vermillion Tilden, 902 ; i Hayes, 277; Washington Tilden, 514; Hayes, 105; Lafourche Tilden, 1,694; Hayes, 1,865. The vacancy in the board has beeu filled. Adjourned. Chicago, 22 Times New Orleans correspondent conversed with a number num-ber of Ouachita parish negroes to day who all denied the existence of in-ijmidalinn in-ijmidalinn there on election day. New York, 22. Times' New Orleans Or-leans : The democratic committee here estimates the votes lost to republicans repub-licans by the omiaiion of the five names will aggregate nearly two thousand. Litigation is likely to follow, as the tickets were headed Hayes and Wheeler, and tho voter undoubtedly dosigned to vote for all. A. well known Louisiana lawyer contends con-tends that if tho five electors referred lo are defeated by the means indicated, indi-cated, tho three who are elected would have the power to fill the vacancies; in short, that the places of those defeated by a mistake in tho ticket should be considered vacant and to be filled .in the biiuio way as in case of death or resignation ol an elector. It is reported that the re.is m why tho vacancy on the returning board is not yet filled, is because of a conspiracy conspir-acy entered into by democrats and Casanue and Kuuner, two colored members ot the board. By Die terms of the reported agrwenient the members mem-bers named were lo act in concert with the democrat who tmould be appointed to fill tlie vacancy, and wilti him count the whole democratic ticket. For this treason to tiieir party they wero tn receive $100,000 oach. It is but just to stato that l'ackard and Kellogg declaim all knowledge of thii transaction. Wells continues to receivo threatening threat-ening Utters from all quarters, including in-cluding one today from five New York democrats, who sign their names, declaring they will kill him if Hayes is declared elected. New York, 22. 'Jnhune's New Orleans: When the returns from Lafourche parish were reached to day, no returns were found lo havo been received from the lU'.h precinct, but a note was appei-ded by tho supervisor of registration, saying that the men who brought them lo him were inlox-icabd. inlox-icabd. A quilion was raised by the democrats whether that was a legal eicue for the cupervL-nr not reporting report-ing the return-'-' In the 15th pro einct of tho a tine parish a portion of the republican ticket contained the names ol only three elector, and the official rcLurno made by tho com inn I (doner of election iV.nwt d that tht 1 others have run behind the remainder !of the ticket, but the up- niftnr for ihy pari.-':i in conioinlating tht return, c-unt'd tho ric'.ttri . wiu'to ii.iuu-i were dmitud, an Living received us mny v tea a 'the other three. At this i.!l no ! deiin cr itic vote wrre cut. It turns 'from uf ti p iruhe were op nrd jto-d.iy. At the tnerin.gof thr board this mjrn:n return from filtern pr-lhi'S pr-lhi'S had Hut f, record :th .t'Ljh lb k tic-Con t"k p'j. v iif tei i d iyt iV- It'-ttimt from alk-ul oi.edi a!f of I l.i ptr n arc k in wn lo have b'en uj city, j;ne of th' in a wi k. |