Show by ey telegraph AMER AMERICAN ICAN tallahassee 27 the canvas bing slog board met today to day mclin in the chair A protest was filed by the republican electors against attorney general cockes sitting as a member of the board on the ground that ho he had virtually decided and given bis his his decision already having telegraphed that the democrats had certainly carried the state and the republicans could not cheat cheat them out of it mr cocke stated that he bad sent a dispatch in reply to a friend in baltimore who asked his opinion and who furnished it to the newspapers apers he respectfully submitted mitt that the dispatch and the opinion therein contained did not disqualify him for sitting as a mem ber bet of the board the protest was entered and the board proceeded cowgill moved that gov stearns steams nud gan gen brannon Bra nuon commanding the troops here be admitted to the session mr cocke amended by adding the name of mr G P F dreu the amendment was accepted and the board then went into private session and und adopted the rules the board beard then agreed to radi admit mit six gentlemen from abroad six local politicians from each side they have agreed to commence their dut duties es on the tho of nove november in b er nt at 10 and meet daily except sundays and holidays remaining n ig in session each day as long as the necessities of the case require to admit persons not exceeding six in 16 number equally representing each political par party ty to witness the proceedings except when the board may think it necessary or desirable to close the doors for deliberation the secretary of state shall open the returns from each county whereupon the board will proceed to examine the same and d defex defer ew moine roine ln from the face thereof subject uba tto to f finai final I 1 nal nai review whether the legal formalities and requirements have been complied with and on an affirmative determination of such preliminary matters the chai chal chairman shall announce the vote of the county then any person may give that said eaid return and election of the vote of said county or any precinct thereof will be contested and the clerk shall note the objection contestants after the announcement of such result must file with the board statements in writing giving specially the objection proposed to be made ade with particulars of the time place and circumstances together with loth a statement of the relief demanded since the board has no power to compel the attendance or examination of witnesses it will receive in evidence proper affidavits and also such official certificates as s are made evidence by law and may be otherwise adais sable if either party desires to produce viva voce testimony they must submit to the board brief briet statements in writing of the names and nod residences of witnesses and facts expected to be proved by them ant an ani 1 the board in fir their discretion will allow them to attend and will themselves examine them affidavits and documentary proofs on each side shall be filed with the board in the office of the secretary of state and shall be accessible to the other side under such regulations as the secretary of state shall think proper for the safe keeping thereof all motions and arguments men ta shall be in writing and signed no oral argument will be allowed the concurrence of the majority of the board being necessary to determine the action of such concurrence with respect to any proposition or matter may be formally ascertained by the vote voter upon a motion duly made and seconded or informally by the assent of at least two members the board reserves the right to make and announce such modification or addition to these rules as the case may require bartic parties in preferring charges and in presenting their proofs and arguments should bear in mind that the canvas must be completed aud the result reached in time for the electors to discharge their duty under the law deng ORLEANS 27 Pres ia in the returning board to today day declined hearing any protest protests son on motions read col filed a protest against the sudden modification of the rules so as to tb allow the admission as rebutting evidence of ex parte evidence in iii contested eases cases fe ile claimed it was Irr irregular egglar and a discrimination against the democrats the protest was tabled without reading or action mcgain megain filed a request that the t tally tily ily lly sheets 0 of f east baton at on rouge bouge which had bad been ordered and telegraphed for on Saturday but which were not telegraphed for on account of the lack of funds be sent cent for now and the money for the purpose was deposited by the democrats through the lignor ignorance ance of tha the commissioners of election the documents were sealed up in the boxes this mistake will cause the throwing out of the ballot unless the tho tally sheets are provided there are democratic majorities in this parish the board went into executive session and examined bienville west baton rouge bouge besier begler caldwell carroll clayborne jefferson morehouse rapids red bed river st landry webster and vina parishes and the 2nd and ath ath teh esth ath loth lith nad aad wards of orleans and laid them over for future action there being protests and contests in each case in the ward of orleans the parish supervisor threw out the vote orono of one ono poll where there was a majority of for the tilden electors on the ground that the vote had not been counted and returned within awen ty four hours after the close of the election COLUm COLUMBIA dia DrA S C 27 the board was placed in jn charge of the united states marshal the members are now at large but accompanied by dt deputy auty marshals it is understood that troops will be placed at the state house tomorrow when the legislature meets mi ets to organize the following dispatch signed by senator gordon of ot georgia senator John johnson soil of Virgini aVade hampton several circuit judges a large number of state senators and republicans white and colored and many other prominent citizens of this state has just been sent to president grant we the undersigned undersigner under signed visitors from a distance and a committee of democratic members elect of the south carolina legislature the democratic executive committee and citizens have just been seen by an associated press prem dispatch that gov chamberlain has applied for united states troops to be placed under his orders at the assembling of the legislature tomorrow to morrow o and send this our solemn protest against troops being placed under the command of governor chamberlain we have no objections to the presence of troops and will operate cooperate co with them in preserving peace but we protest against against the use of the united states army in controlling the organization of the legislature and enforcing the inauguration augu ration of gov chamberlain who has been defeated by the white and colored voters at the ballot box there is not tho remotest danger of a disturbance of the peace by democrats if it occurs it will be at the instigation of gov chamberlain ber lain iain W whose h D e partisans parti artisans arti artl have taken the oni only y liv lives ilves e rost post fost in the late exciting canvass in this state not one drop of blood has been shed in any political disturbance except by the republicans it is 18 literally true that the democrats received the greatest test majorities in the counties grea w where e r e united states soldiers were stationed what whit pretence predence pre tence therefore is there for gov chamber lains demand for troops to keep keepthor the pe peace ce we refer for confirmation of these statements s to ta the com eom commanders man of the united states forces here hem and arid elsewhere in this state the rho rhe democratic counsel and the democratic state executive committee telegraphed this after to chief justice waite reatie rea tea nesting tilla his attendance at the united states circuit court on wednesday when the habeas case cage of the state board of canvassers will be heard beard both parties are in caucus tonight to night the city ia its full of people nothing has transpired since sinco morn morning ing tag cave GAVE cowx CIT ky 27 T there ere is great excitement nere here over the hanging of a colored man who voted the democrat fe ticket by negroes nc groe last friday night he was taken from his house despite t the pleadings of his wine wife and chit chil s 1 dren aud and hung to a tree petra tors are probably be lynched NEW YORK 27 bison boat beat joseph dion in the bilili rd game garnel this afternoon by goo to km itu 4 dolph beat daly daiy tonight to night 3 boto vito VI to gamier garnier beat to i edwin booth has been beeri defeated defraud in the suit cult to Te strain restrain jarrett ild fid iid and pal mer from further using uvin g the name of booths theatre and to recover 10 damage for the use of the name since edwin booth retired from the management CHICAGO 27 the tribunes washington special says the republicans here apprehend that enough republican members of the south carolina legislature will be forcibly detained fro arora A the tho capital to give the organization of the legislature to tile tite democrats only three or four need be detained to effect this wm wiil A cook a lawyer of columbia represents the feeling on both sides aides there as intense and violence is anticipated Heb he elleves believes that a large force of rifle clubs are prepared to capture the state house at a moments warning he regards the electoral question as settled fettled there is a rumor here tonight to night dight that such evidences of fraud in louisiana have been discovered as will insure the state to the republicans lica ilca s beyond controversy gen manning chairman of the committee to reorganize the army has arrived A din dif lerent larent spirit prevails from that of last year anz ani and even tile the democrats are not disposed to further cripple the army but to mak maa it mare more effective COLUMBIA 27 i gen hamptons Ham home three mil mii miles es from this city was burned on friday last during the night the iiames flames burst so simultaneously from all parts of the building that the generals two sisters and two young sons song had only time to escape with their lives the library and articles of virtue saved from the fire of 1865 when Hamp hamo hamptons Ham nam tonys fa fathers therla homo was burned at the same time as his own the silver and clothing were all burned the ladies escaped saving only their dressing gowns and gen hampton has hns not a single article of clothing except those he has on the fire was incendiary the general lodged in the city that night ko no insurance cilam UllAM jESTON 27 the story of the burning of gen hamptons Ham house by a mob ia Is unfounded it probably arose from the fact that the residence cf gen hamptons Ham sister slater about fite five miles from colum bia was burned on friday night supposed incendiary PoTTS potes pottsville VILLE pa 27 thib thia evening the yorktown colliery near pa was burned loss sr louls louis 27 the metcalf frost contested election case was concluded in the circuit court today judge hindley will render his decision on wednesday OMAHA 27 budd doble with goldsmith maid and other trotters left here for san francisco today to day NEW YOEK 28 the heralds Kerald 8 columbia special intimates that chamberlains game is to get the democrats to commit some breach of law so as to call on the military the release of the board of canvassers today to day is really a worse and more daring judicial usurpation than ian lan discharging them after afler hear bear ing ig the cause and deciding them to i be illegally deprived of their berty liberty they are re now discharged from the commitment of the supreme court for contempt without argument examination or adjudication by the united states court the supreme court committed them for contempt and judge bond releases them until some in definite time in the future when he will decide whether they ought to be sent back to jail or not the negroes are greatly elated ai at the me release of the canvassers but the news of troops being placed at the dispo disposal salof of the governor has ten rendered them insolent and intolerant in a marked degree on the other hand this a correspondingly depressing effect on the tho democrats they are determined to maintain peace at all hazards and under no circumstances will they be provoked into a disturbance for the purpose pobe pose of furnishing capital to republicans at the north manten marble telegraphs to the herald from tallahasse Talla hasse haase that certified copies of the official returns in the custody of the democratic state committee show a clear majority ron for tilden electors over and above all frauds no returns have been beer shown by the republicans nor have any official figures thus far been disclosed the heralds tallahasse special saysie says it is discovered th this is morning that the tho official returns from dade bade county are not in it is suspected by the democrats that gleas gleason 0 n clerk of dade bade county court who w b d has been absent from his bis post since the elect election loni ioni is secre secreted ted outside within telegraphic corn coro communication of this place with a blank cerrill cato cate te for that county which he lie will fill up with figures sufficient to give hayes a majority as soon as the tile canvass of the returns return is made mad he knows knew how much is needed I 1 aih m disposed to believe that cow gill ill lii has haa kicked out of ah tha L pa party ty traces races and will pursue an I 1 independent role during the canvass if this is true the democratic outlook is vastly improved gov steams stearns claims that the face of the returns will show forty two majority for hayes this estimate includes alachua alacqua votes which it seems to be agreed will not be counted and twelve votes of acknowledged over count in jemerson jefferson county which will certainly not bo be counted admitting these votes the democrats st still ili claim majority for tilden there is 13 not a olner diner ence of ten votes between any an y of the electors the heralds new yew orlea orleans spec spee le ial says governor bigler and an d G W julian who have all along b been ee r the most confident and hopeful I 1 the committee are today to day very despondent and are considering the proper course to pursue in the emergency now deemed almost inevitable both parties are collecting evidence and bringing negroes gro esto to the city as witnesses witness A on n intimidation cases the republicans have stacks of affidavits and and the democrats have already received some from negroes who voted the democratic ticket rhe the rho preparation pep of evidence upon both sides is upon so extensive a scale that there is no probability ability of its ever being examined otherwise than superficially everything is quiet and business almost prostrated the worlds columbia special says the democratic members br sais t the e house have taken possession of their seats and intend to hold hoid ta them em till ejected by the united states troops if it comes to that jhb excitement increases ho hourly url uri all the hotels are filled to overflowing and more people are arriving the situation seems in brief to be this if there ia is no interference by the united states troops the democrats will organize and control the legislature gi slature and ands ande eat seat their elected ejected members by force if necessary but they will not resist the tho slightest show of federal authority and a corp corporals guard would be gulte quite as effective as a division the bulte democratic members of the legislature t ure under the advice of hampton and gordon abandoned the idea of holding possession of their seats beats all night and after canvassing a plan of action adjourned the 11 aralds |