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t THE EUGENE CITY CUARD. 8ATOBDAY. NOV. 5. 1B70. EUGENE CUT. OREO OX". The Election. . Up to tVw writing wo have nothing dofinite as to who is to bo Trident to succeod General Grant. Tbo dis patches lurniBhed to tho Oregonian by the truthful Simonton are as con tradictory as at first. Yet they are plain enough to show that while Mr. Tildcn has been fairly elected the Re publican managers have no intention of allowing him to hold the office. Already he has 184 votes, without any of the disputed States. It would ap pear to any fair tnindod person that he has now 180 by the following dis patch from South Carolina on the 20th: Tho follnw'inff snecial lo a New York pa- ner wag received oo tbe 20th : The official Miint of South Carolina election s R nnhlimin nltr.tora at larire : U. C. UoweD, 90,780 ; John Wiusmith, 90.7HO. IHdtrict electors: 'J'. U. Johnson, 91,852 ; Timoihr Hurley, 91,136 ; W. li. Nash, 91,804; WH on Cook. 91.432: Win. F. Myers, 91,820 Democratic electors at large : T. 0. Barker, 9039C; Samnol Mcuowan, 90,o'J.; J. unf ham, 90,798; William Wallace, 90.905; J. U Irwin, 90.00G; Robert Aldnch. 90.8C0. ' Yot in tho faco ot this a Columbia dispatoh of the 22J says : The Hoard of Mate canvassers yostorday reported to tbe Sup-eme Court, stating can didates who bad received tho bijjhaat vote, also giving a uittuicirunduiu ol the board, stating that in their opinion, certain irregu larities a!Tocting some Republican candidates Should be corrected ; also tue vote oi L,au rens and Edgefield counties should bo ex eluded on account of frauds and intimidiv tions. This morning the court ordered tbe board to issuo certificates of election lo can' didataa for tbe Legislature shown by lh hoard's renort to have U)9 uiirtwat vote in eluding Edgefield and Laurens counties. The court issued a rule lor me ooaru io huuw cause why tber should not correct state- menU of couoty canvassers by the precinct returns. Tending these proceedings, bow Avr. the board held a session and issued ..i(lntos to all members of the Legislature except r,D0'L'in'iu aim unum,. .niiej, ums ocurins a majority of the LoKisliiture Re publican, tbo defeat o( Ilumpton and the election ot Uliamberlain. 1 lie board also IS' sued certificates of election to Republicai electors and tbe Republican State ticket The board tkon adjourned tine dit. This ao tion has created uiuchi excilemeut, but tho citizons will roly on the ceurls and exhaust all legal means of redress. Ia Louisiana thoro nppoars to bo no doubt that tho Demooratio catvliJates lor Electors havo majorities ranging from fivo to c'mht iboutnnd. And it also appoars curtain that the Uuluru ing Hoard has duuidud to chango the figures so as to eivo tho olcution to Hayes. From tho following tlfcputcl it sooms that a now oauso of contro vorsy has arisou in that Stato : Tbe use of impcrfoct electoral tickets bus circa rise to uo little discussion as; to i's ul feet on tie eleotiou m this State und United Statos.'a in five tbo Hayes electors ran considerably behind. It has been conlect- urod that when the count is completed uo candidate in those five districts may bo found to have received a majority of all the votes cast for 1'residout. Tbe question lias arisen whether In such event any one will have been elected. If no one is elected In ihe dis tricts then the two who deserve certificates will, under the laws of tho State, till the vu cancics. Examination of lbs constitution and laws of I-ouiaiuuu discloses tho fact thu; they are both, silent on tho question a to . whether by law to bo chosen moans to re ceive a tniijority of all the voles cast or only a greater number than any other candidate. Iu tht choico of (Jovernor or otbor State of fice, tbe plurul.ty e'eota ; and good lawyers here hold that wbero no specific provisiou is mado as in this caso, custom and law In anal agous cases ought to be followed. Tbe Tunas' New Oiluuns special says: Ihe lXwocratio commilttM here estimates the votes lost to tbe Republicans by oinii- Bions of tba Uva names will aggregate nearly 2,000. Trouble Is likely w follow, as the tickets were beaded lluves and Wheeler, and tbo votes undoubtedly designed to vote for all. Well known Louisiana lawyers contend that if tbe five electors referred to are de feated by the means in licuted, three who arc elected would bivo power to fill vacancies la short, that tbe places ol those defeated by mistake in the ticket should be considered vacant, and to be tilled in the same way as ia case of death of resignation of tbe elec tor. Says tho howling dervish, of tho Vet: We stand upon perilous ground. American oir-gorerumcut is undergoing the sternest trial of its history. Duys count, in tbe sin pense of the moment of pausing the rocks which now surround our national ship as months, in lbs Irve track of prosier iiy. Kuthor tho days count as nothiug whilo we stand upou this perilous ground. As nothing, becauso civil liberty no longer exists in "tho land of the Ireo." "Tho pooplo who own the GovcrnuKut," as Uio bullet hoad ed fanatic oi tho All any Register has it, decided months ago to. carry this election, no matter what opposition was brought to bear Against them. , And when it became apparent to the Radical party that one of its creatures, the negro vote, would if left to itself turn against it, violated the Constitu tion and laws and outraged honor and decency by overrunning" the South with troops, sending them even into Virginia, whero there has boon the most profound peace for years; ao profound that even tho brain of Zach Chandler, so fertile in schemes of ras cality, couM not invent an outrage, and they were sent without a pre tense if provocation. It was thought. tho presence of the army in the South would be sufficient to overcome all opposition, and the Radical managers were stunned when they found that in spite of this foariul odds they had been voted down. But the shock was but momentary and they soon set to work to destroy tho last vestige of American liberty, and tho indications are that they are going to do this work thoroughly. And while they ptosecute their nefarious schemes their organs cry ''peace, peace, as if it were in tho power ot their op- posers to resort to arms. In the event of Hayes' usurpation of the office the solid South' will never bo heard from in another Presidential election. It will be destroyed crushed lor its te merity in even thinking it had any rights that ought to be respected. American will no longer have a re Dublican form of government. That which is almost accomplished, a mili tary despotmm, will lake its placo. On tho second day alter the eleo- tion Govornor Hayes was interview ed and expressed himself as follows : "I do not think it right to joke over this matter. 1 don t care for myself. 1 ne par ty, yes, and tbe country, too, can stand it ; but 1 care lor me poor coioreu peopieoi inn South. I don't feac that business will be irreativ disturbed bv Mr. Iildeus election Trade governs llseii. capitalists muy just at present Buy, we won't lend money, but it will be only a nine days' wonder, which will wear 'away as soon as they recover from tbe chagrin of defeat. Husloess will, I think, go on as usual. I do not think parties respou sible for the financial depression. Ws see the troublos they b ve bad tn Uermany and Austria. It any part ot the country sutlers or remains at a standstill HwiM be the aouta Under the new regime Northern men cun t live there and will leave, and immigration into the States will uruse ; but, as 1 suid before, 1 do Ditv the poor black men of the bourn The result will bo that tlie southern people will practically treat the Constitutional amendments as nullities, aud then the color ed man's fate will bo worse than when he was in slavery with a humane master to look after bis interests. That is tbe only reason I regret that the news is as it is." Ttiis might tavn appoared reasona bio to him so soon after tho cWion whon he had not had timo to recover irom tho shock of dofcat. But to-day it is not reasonable to supposo that tho negroes will sulfur from tho ohango. Every man of ordinary sonso knows that on tho vote of tbo nogro depomls tho tcnuro of office of the Democratic party, and ho will bo pUUUtt imllut tlion rocU0lUCI; IlU will bo shown that ho has been benefitted by tho chango. To suppose that tho pooplo of the South will attempt to ignore tho Constitutional amendment is to supposo that tlioy aro all fools. Wade Hampton's Oplnlou, Tho WorUPt Columbia reporter in terviuwed Wade Hampton on the 22 1 Ho takes tho mutter quito coolly. He hits no fears for the result. He main tains tho board ot canvassers are clearly in contempt, and has faith in tho power of tho Supremo Court to compel a fair count. A tilliiipea of Ihe Mlvor Lining. Nkw Yohk, Nov. 21. The 7'mim' Talla hassee special says : A ripple has agitated me suriace ot iniuirs by the appearance of telegram clipped from the lUllo Gaztttt, sigued W m. Archer Cocke. Cocke is At torney General and a member of the canvass lug bourd, and cer aiuly prejudices the rase, Morally such prejudice disqualifies Cocke for uu Impartial Investigation which lb oouutry requires at ins namis, aud is an implied re tleetlon upon bis associates dismays a taste amounting to almost bad temper. Here tbe telegram referred to in full : "Tallaiuhski, Nov 14. Tbe returns ol the county uianagr of election are not yet in. The board of Stale cun valors, of which 1, as Attorney General of the Mate, ana member, does not meet until thirty-five days after the election, but you may rest assured that Tilden has carried the Stale, and that Drew, lieruocratio can didate for Governor, is also electa!. I don't tbiuk tbe Kid cals can beat the liemocraU out of tbe election. (Signed), "Ws. Am-iiKK CVm," Wade llaiuptou uu the Uoard of Caa vaeaers). A Columbia dispatch of tbe 22J says Cien Wade Hampton has just issued tbe follow- iug to the people of South Carolina : Tue board of canvassers have by their un precedented action li-ddyfbowa not ouly inoir utter disregard ol ttieir own olQcial in tegrity, while the grave questions determin ing the results ol tbe election were ponding Mora tbe supreme court composed ol tare judges belonging to the Republican party, uo ia direct vioiauoo ol their duties, this returning board have issued certificates of election lo Itepublican presidential electors aid to Republican Stale officers, and bar rvlused to give certificates to lemocralit members of lb legislature, shows by tba re turns of Ibi unit board to have been elect ed iu tbe couulies of LvlgtfiVlJ and Laurens. This bigh-baoded outrage is well calculated to arou-a tbe indignation ol our long-sulTer in; people, bu. I assure then that this dar ing and revolutionary act of tba board can bar no force what var. . I appeal to yoa. therefor ia the fullest confidence that lb appeal will not b DobeedeJ, that yoa will maintain even on Jar that provocation, yoor character as orderly and law -a Ji Jin people IU'ing tb past elcitiog canvan yoa bare studiously avoided the eenblaoc of purpose to disturb tbe public pea or lo trauvrrs laws. Yoor cause, and it is the caasa of lb restitution and government of tbe courlry. bs been carried to tba k Urban mart Stata and ws ar willing to abidw by its de cision, feeling aoureJ this tribunal will m that lbs laws shall be enforced and jostics secured. Wadi lUm-tax. 1TGJIM OP NEWS. Tweed bas arrived lo New York. Tilden's official majority ia Alabama is 31,383. Each party io Florida accuses the other of fraud. On the 20th the President was preparing bis Annaul Message. All Northern men of note oo both sides have loft Charleston for home. Chamberlain says the Democrats of South Carolina oppose all Investigation. It now appears that Hayes rnns only 800 ahead of tbe Louisiana State ticket. Eastern papers express Diucb solicitude at concentration of troops at Washington. It is reported that tbe British are supply ing Sitting Bull with wagon loads of am mu nition. Republicans claim intimidation to colored voters io Edgefield, Laurens and Barnwall counties. The Vice Prosident of the Japanese Com mission left Philadelphia for Japan on tbe 19ln ins'.. Tbe net profits of the Baltimore and Ohio roads for the past year have been over lour million dollars. Blaine buys there is do foundation to the ... . . . " ..i- :.k Washington romor connecting uis name wuu the Presidency. Fonr companies of artillery arrived at ISew York on tbe ZOta oo their way to Washington. Tbe heirs of James Lick claim that he was not of sane mind when be deeded his property to trustees. All the ships io the Russian Black Sea navigation company have beea pressed into service by tbe Czar. Several Americans have applied to Rus sia for letters of marque to be used against hngland in case of war. Tbe interest in tbo Moody and Sankey meetings have been unhVgiug during all tbe election excitement. The Timtf' Washington special says there will not be more than 2,000 troops stationed at the Capital enough. It is rnmoted that Pinchback and War mouth have entered Into a compact to beat their common enemy, f ackard. Many of tbe Northern Democrats left for their homes on tbe 50th. A dispatch to the Timtt says they bave given it up. Tbe official . vote of Pennsylvania- is Hayes, 284,148 j Tilden, 3G6.204 ; Cooper 7,204; Smith, (prohibition) li.Wi. Most of the dispatches received from the South are twisted into N. Y. Times editori als before tbey are telegraphed here. A special to the World says that if the il lairal votes are thrown out. Democrats la South Curulin will hava two electors. Tho Quartermaster's storehouse was de stroyed by fire on Itedloe's Island, on the 20tb Loss, between $12,000 and $15,000. According to the New York Tnbuut spec . I .L! '.II U . .1 L . I f ..!. iu', everyiiinig win ue uouo oj iuh Louis iana returning board to arrive at a fair re sult. Florida Republicans will not send in fig ures through fear that the Democrats will bolJ law ppomuoia baca in ov4v to "top them. Tbe Younger Rrothers pleaded guilty of tbe murder of Haywood, the Minnesota bank cashier, and were seuteuced to imprisonment for li lo. A wngon loaded with DC persons ran o(T the side of a bruise ten miles from Cincinnati on tbe 19 tli, severely wouuding eleven tbe in. Hoxie, Democrat, has been elected to Con gress troin Illinois, instead of AMrich, Re publican, on account or irregularities in tbe latter s count. Frost, the Democrat elected to Congress from tbo Third Missouri district, has wrilteu to bis opponent to again submit the election to Ihe people. Juilge Robinson, Assistan' solicitor of the Treasury, Unds that six Democratic Electors in the Sou b have not had their political dis abilities removed. Tbo reports of tbe different officers in Washington have been delayed on account of the lute period wbeu the river aud harbor bill was passed. Radicals io North Carolina think the elec toral vote of that Slate should be thrown nut because tho statute seys tbe ballots should be written and not printed. Wm. Beach Lawrence, of Rhode Island, contests I). II. Corliss' election as a Repub lican Elector on the i: round that he was a Centennial Commissioner. The floor of Moore's variety hall in Sacra mento lell through on the opening night, the 1 8th. Two persons are known to bave been killed and about 90 wounded. Tbe Northern Republican committee ap pointed to witness the workings of the Lou isiana reluming board, consists of Garfield, van Allen, Hale and '(eardtley. It is generally believed that Gov. Stearns of Florida will outrage all laws and insist upon ruling out tha canvassing board aud counting tbe electoral vote bimscll. Colored Chief of tbe Charleston detectives. was shot through the bead and killed by a young white man named Frank Johnson in a pistol affair concerning a colored woman on toe i'jia. Io a speech oo the 20th, Judge SpafTord recommended to tbe President ol the Louisi ana Returning Board that be give bis rulings so that they "be beard to tbe uttermost ex tremities of the Union.-' Tha Circuit Court of Florida, has issued ao injunction restraining: Gov. Stearns from crnvaasing the returns of tha electoral vote, and a mandamus requiring tbe board of can vassers to begin tbe count. Joa Jorgenwa. Conrren)n elect from the Fourth Virginia District has brought sail against tha Richmond DitpotcA for 10, 000 damages, for accusing him of embezzling wbeo postmaster of Petersburg. Tha Democrats will hava one nuiwitv oo joint ballot io tba South Carol io Legisla ture, lo tba Assembly tha Democrats w II ava 64, Republicans aixty, and the Senate will stand 13 Republicans to li Democrat. Fifireo negro from various prveinets io Oocbita paruara reported to tha Democrat of tha St. Charles H lel. New Orleans, oo tha Slat, that although the; had hewo Pres idents of Republican clubs, thry aew leave laeat, and gave reasons therefor. Tha Timet' Washington special says: Beo Butler arrived to-day, and had a consultation ith Caleb Lashing. BaUer think if Flor- ida aod Louisiana era ri to liay. thej lldUm mm wWi 10 lb fWMioO Of theiI vow. and the Senate will otyvt to Alabama and titrp. and the Prtsideat will But ! b choeo by March ; creating- th I rrxideot of Its Seast President of Uk United Allies. Ballod's Mokthlt Maoazikb roa Decem ber. The December number ol Balloa's Moolbly Magazine u issued, and contains the conclusion of'M. Quad's great story, "That Taylor Boy," and which ends most happily (or all concerned. Io addition there are some remarkably good stories, poems and eogravings, and oo one can read a single number of Ibis cheap and popular monthly without being profoundly Impressed with the conviction thai it is tbe best ciagazioe io the country, and bos the most variety in it. Now is an excellent time to subscribe, and thus secure the oew 3tory by Col. James F. Fitts, which will commence in tbe January number. Published by Tbomes k Talbot, 23 Hawley street, Boston, at 81 50 per an num, which is cheap enough for anyone. OREGON. Circuit Conrt was ia session at Jackson ville lust week. Tbe Alden fruit dryer is doing a good bus iness io Jacksonville. Large bands of hordes are sent from Jack son county to California. Wheat has been advanced by tbe Kinney Bros., io Salem, to 80 coots a bushel. Jacksonville is the banner Democratic pre cioct of Oregon. Several ladies bave beea around Albany racing money to fix tbe U . r. Church grade Jobo Payne has bought out tbe line from St. Joe to Albany, and yesterday tooK pos session. Baker City is already putting in its claim as the Capital ol tbe oew State oi eastern Uregoo. Two families, of fifteen persons, arrived at Baker City last week from Arkansas en route for Ulympia. Mary St. Clair, a notorious woman of Southern Oregon, died at Canyon City re cently, leaving 840,000. A true bill has been found against Henry A. Grigsby, of Jackson county, for an assault with a dangerous weapon. Tbe Daughters of Rebekah at Albany pre sented a large Burdette organ to Albany Lodge, Iso. 4, 1. O. O. t ., last week. Tbo Presbyterian Indies of Roseb urg will give a supper on 1 bankagivinz night. ow is tbe tune tooemmence taking appetizers. A Jacksonville gentleman, named Vest, had his pocket picked, at Roseburg last week ot a considerable sum ol money. About 9,208 barrels of beer are, yearly made in Oregon. Multnomah makes the most, Clickamas and Benton tbe least but 46 barrels. Astoria made a feeble effort to enforce tbe Sunday liquor law last week. Two men were arrested on tbe above charge aud then acquitted. Mr. T. C. Land has large pieces of gold which he found on the beadwatersol the six es river. He will resume prospecting in tbe spring. By some mistake the money poach from Roseburg to California last week, was tagged "way mail," and tbus escaped falling into the hands of tbe road aaenta- The annual meeting of the Board of Man agers or the Uregoo Mute Agricultural So ciel) will bo held at tbe Secretary's office in saiem, commencing oa luesduy, Mo vein ber 28tb, at 10 A. M. Hon. J. H Douthit, formerly of Linn county, died at his residence in Upper Ocho co. Oct. 19. 187b He was one of the first settlers in Linn conuty, and was universally oeiovea ami respected The Cauae ot the Army Movement New York, Nov 21. -The World't Wash ington special Buys : There is uo longer any uouni mat tne Administration decided at secret Cabinet meeting held one evening last week to garrison Washington from now till after the Stb of March next, and even longer il its successors in offii a after that duy do not order otherwise. This determi nation was considered agaio and adhered to at a conference held at Chandler's Saturday evening . so secretly have these extraordi nary steps been taken that tbe orders which bave been sent for troops have neither been forwarded by mail or telegraph but have been transmitted by special army officers de tailed for that purpose. j , Hon. J. K. Lutlrull is re elected to Congress by a small majority. Ciarrlaoulaa; Waahlugton Nkw Pork, Nov. 23. The Timet' Wash ingion special says: mere has been oo new arrival of soldiers to-day. but more coin pariios are on tbe way. or under orders to come here. A high officer of tbe army says Ibat within a week or a lew duys there will ne ii companies in Washington, which will comprise, altogether, perhaps 1,500 or 1,600 men. It is not disclosed whether this will be all lbs force gathered here but probablv not. It is likely two or tbree gunboats may also come here, as they would certainly be ... a I a . m . . usemi ii any lorce snoutd be necessary. The Late State Senate. ST A MKMBKB Of THI TH1BD HOUSE, SENATOR DAVIS, Of Multnomah county, is a bachelor, and therefore a favorite with the lady reporters. "Tom" should bave been called Adonis. He is about twenty five years old old enough to sleep alone. But notwithstanding bis youth be is a model seoator. Io ihe Senate ha barely talks enough lo tell what he wants, bat is very apt to get it. Honest aod con scientious, with judgment to keep him right, he commands tba coofiJeoc and respect of all. Senator Davis is ao unadulterated Dem ocrat. SESATOR GEORGS, Of Multnomah couoty, is a lawyer, and looks U be ooder thirty. A is tall and graceful ly built Mr. George and Mr. Wisdom were by at least one Udy supposed to be lb only two baadsome aea ia the Seoat; but I think diffrotly. Mr. George is a talking member, bat Beyer a bora ; b know what k want tii aay bafore rising; aod after he his said It t ha the gJ seas to slop. Noon lb k th narrow of a sobjact mora reaJily thao ha, and ao one extracts it with . S; . ' . . ,0Jen,- j U3" Viitw) ui I (Oat said it.3 1 his delivery woolj b faultlesa. Senator I Uorr is a man of promine and a nsefal lev bialur. A lf abl.can, but Dot aJWreiW 1 tluided tbcrtbj. SKNATOB MYERS, Of Clackamas, is a portly, firm looking man of about forty-five summers, with a pleasant countenance and a very high forehead, which one might rnistoke for incipient baldness. e has bad much experience in public 1 1 to. and is ao industrious aod faithful legislator. Mr. Myers Is a pleasant speaker and on all proper occasions is willing to be beard. But for a habit of looking down over his desk when speaking, as tbongb consulting some data, thereby rendering himself almost inau dible, be would be one ol the most agreeable speakers io tbe Senate. A Democrat io whom there is no variableness or shadow of turning. SENATOR OPF1ELD, Of Clackamas, is apparently about thirty five years of age, medium size, tbin visuged, and wears side whiskers. He talks some, bat is not noisy. He oses good language and goes directly to the point, and knows when be gets through. Honest unl sincere, he delivers himself with great earnestness. He it was who tore np his railroad pass ia tbe presence of the Senate, as though he were afraid he might be corrupted by retain ing it, though no one else thought bim in t ie least danger. Mr. OOTield is a Democrat. SENATOR WATT, Of Washington, is about fifty years old, medium size, somewhat gray, aod a very agreeab!) crentlemaa. Mr. Watts is an in cessant worker, giving his entire time to the business of the Senate ; vigilant, practical and methodical, notbiogescaped his observa tion. Being himself a scholar, he is pecu liarly fitted for detectiug any errors iu a p- per before him. He is a good talker, always making his points clear. A aselal Senator, ihoagh probably a littie factions about the close of the sessioo. He Is a Republican. SENATOR BRALEV, Ot Yamhill, is another fine specimen of a Kentucky gentleman. His age is something over fifty; wears a goatee, which is some what silvered, as well as tbe hair of his head, bat he has tbe appearance of being a well preserved man. Mr. Braley is clear-beaded and caa always tell whether he is for or against a measure, and when his min i is made np all further argument with him is a waste of time. He would not be called a talker, but occasionally gives his views to the Senate, always in a sententiens maimer. Mr. Braley is remarkably independent as to tbe manner in which he discharges any duty impoeed upon bim, yet he is a true Demo crat. Information has been received at Wash ington that a number of memie s of Con gress havo already signified tht Ir intention to oner amendments to tbe (;nn"n,1', the United State" " ing in the f' now atten Then those su . ' plaint More th ' in the Unitt . . 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