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Chronicle an& Sentinel^
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1876.
THE ARMY TURNED OVER TO CHAM
BERLAIN.
The following is the fall text of the
order issued by General Grant to the
Secretary of War taming over the com
mand of the United States forces in
Sooth Carolina to Daniel H. Chamber
lain :
Wash i noton, November 26, 1867.—T0 Gtn
aral Thu-mat H. Huger or Col. 11. M. Black,
Columbia, S. C.: The following has been re
ceived from tbe President:
Executive Mansion, November 26, 1876.
Hon. J. 1). Cameron, Secretary oj War—Bia:
D. H. Chambeklain is now Governor of tbe
tttate of Booth Carolina beyond any contro
versy, and remains so until anew Oovemor
shall be duly and legally inaugurated. Under
tbe Constitution tbe Qovernmeut hsa been
called upon to aid with the military and naval
foroes of tha United Htates to maintain a Re
publican government in tbe State against re
sistance toe formidable to be overcome by
State authorities. You are directed, there
fore, to sustain Oovernor Chambeblain in his
authority against domestic violence until other
wise directed. U. S. Grant, President.
In obeying these instructions yon will ad
vise with the Governor and dispose your troope
in such manner as may be deemed best in order
to carvy ont the spirit of the above order of
the President. Acknowledge receipt.
J. D. Cameron, Secretary of War.
A numb it of prominent citizens of
Mscon have published a card, refusing
to support the nominees for County Com
missioners in Bibb county unless they
pledge themselves not to increase the
present tax for the support of the com
mon sohools.
It is stated that daring a recent pub
lic welcome given to General Botlbk, at
Baugor, Me., there was stretched across
the street a flag bearing the motto:
“Welcome to General Butler, the ‘Hero
of Five Forks,' and God knows how
many spoons. ”
Dootobs refuse to take the medicine
they prescribe, and lawyers will not at
tend to their own cases. The great con
stitutional lawyer, ex-Attorney-General
Htanbehhv, threw away his ballot the
other day by voting for Tilden and
Hendricks direct instead of voting for
tbe Presidential electors. Sad.
.A New York State law of 1842 allowed
Presidential Electors the same pay as
members of the Legislature— sß per day
and mileage. Afterwards the salary of
the legislators was raised to 81,000 a ses
sion, loug or short, but nothing was said
with regard to electors. So that, as the
law of 1842 gives them thu same pay as
members of the Legislature, it is now
held that they are entitled to receive
$1 ,500 eaoh for their session of two j
days.
In an article on the present compli
cated oomlition of affairs, the New York
Journal of Commerce says that what
ever be the decision in Louisiana, the
people must judge whether that decision
is fair or foul, aud then express their
judgment frankly anil without fear. Af
ter that judgment is expressed its in
fluence will be felt throughout all classes
of society, and will tell effectually where
it is bound to have fiuul effect—on the
Seuate ami House, and ou Mr. Tilden
and Mr. Hates.
Pinohback makes a palpable hit. He
says tbe same Legislature which oreat
**l the Returning Board of Louisiana
elected him to the United States Sen
ate. He was refused his seat ou the
ground that the Legislature was not
properly organized. If his. election
was illegal the creation of the Return
ing Board was also illegal. In spite of
the statement of the Time*' correspond
ent that Republican lawyers in Mew
Orleaus laugh at this presentation of
the oase, it strikes ys that Pinch.
makes a neat point.
Charles H. Thorpson, Assessor of
the Fourth District of New Orleans, is
one of the State Board of Assessors,
and is required by law to make oath to
•11 tbe tax rolls. The rolls of the First
•ad Second Districts were made by one
Hkbixg and one Paris, two sweet scent
ed shrubs that flourish in the oorrnp
tiou end garbage of New Orleans Radi
calism. “Theae rolls,” says Mr. Thomp
son, “have been made ont in a manner
that violates every law of right and
truth, and are oppressive end false to
the last degree;” and for this reason he
will not approve them, and he sets forth
these facta in a letter to Governor KEL
LOGG.
Thk New York Evening Express says
that this is uot the only close election
by long odds, but it appears to be the
moat exciting. In 1797 Adams was
elected by three votes. Jkkfkrson in
180a received seventy-three votes and
Bean seventy-three votes, and the ques
tion was decided in Congress. In 1812
there was difference of only twelve
votes betw>Wtf Madison and Clinton.
In 1814 Polk was elected by the elec
toral vote of New lork, the popular
■majority in that State being *uly 5,00 b,
in 1848 Tatlob was elected over Cass
by only nineteen electoral votes.
Moss soldiers are comiug to Washing
ton. A Washington special say* that
persons conversant with matters at army
headquarters report that thirteen com
panies more of soldiers have been or
dered there, and will come at their
leisure with all their camp'aud garrison
equipage. The detachments which ar
rived on Sunday night were rushed so
suddenly that they reached the arsenal
without rations or camp furniture. The
expected new comers irjll comprise in
fantry and cavalry, so J4**4 the twenty
two companies which are to *titote
the garrison will be made np 0* tfifi
three arms of the service.
Colokkl A. R. f.iMAR, the Soliotor-
Oeoerml of the Eastern Circuit, left for
Savannah last night to attend Molntosh
Court. Colonel Lamab has been among
the most popular of the Savannah refu
gees who have made Atlanta their head
-qnartere, and the many friends he has
made here will be sorry to bid him fare
well. It ia possible that, acquiescing in
the general with of the people of the
Circuit, Colonel Lamas will be an ap
plicant for reappointment. He has
made a moat excellent officer, and has
given the moat anbonnded satisfaction.
Wherefore, it ia to be presumed that he
will have little or no oppoeition. -Atlanta
Constitution.
THE NENATORNHIP.
It is very generally understood that
the most prominent candidates for Mr.
Norwood’s seat in the United States
Senate are Governor James M. Smith,
Hon. B. H. Hill aDd Mr. Norwood him
self. We observe that a report has re
cently been put in circulation that Gov
ernor Smith intended retiring from the
race. This is not the case. Governor
Smith has announced no snch intention,
and the rnmor was evidently started for
the pnrpose of injuring his prospects.
Governor Smith is in the race, and those
who think he is ont of it will find them
selves moat capitally mistaken when the
Legislature assembles. He naturally
feels that he has some claim upon the
people of Georgia, and be has the best
means of knowing this claim is
recognized and appreciated.
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
The Brooklyn Eagle thinks the Chi
nese question mast long remain one of
anxiety and importance to the people of
this country, and any and all efforts to set
tle it will be watched with unfailing inter
est by justice loving people. The Joint
Oomittee of Congress now in San Fran
cisoo have had testimony of the most
startling kind furnished to them, and
no donbt the present Winter we shall
hear much of the subject in Congress.
Three special points concerning which
there has been most testimony taken are
the society laws which the Chinese en
force, defying in so doing all municipal,
State and national statutes; the invete
rate gambling propensities of the race,
and the enforced slavery of women.
Upon this latter point the evidence ta
ken is of the most debasing and terrible
nature, fully establishing the truth of
the statements whioh the San Franoisco
people have been making all along. Let
it be hoped that the fearful slavery
forced upon the weaker class of that un
desirable people will induce the making
of laws so stringent that the emigration
of Chinese to this country will be at an
end forever. They are not sufficiently
desirable as oitizens as to cause the
peace and well being of society here to
be imperilled by their presence.
THE SITUATION IN EUROPE.
The San Francisco Call thinks it is
apparent that Rossi* has not muoh hope
of a peaceful result from the Constanti
nople Conference. If her conditions
are those enumerated, it is quite as well
that she lose no time in getting ready to
fight. Turkey can only consent to these
conditions when they£tre dictated by a
conqueror. The Conference, however,
will doubtless be held, as additional
evidence that the nations of Europe de
sire peace. The speech of the Czar Borne
days since was a defiance to England,
which seems rather to have taken that
nation by surprise. The Czar said then
that if he coaid not obtain snch reform
in Turkey as he deemed essential to the
safety of Christian subjects of Turkey,
he would fight for them single handed.
Russia responded to the declaration
with enthusiasm. It is now declared,
not officially however, what the Czar’s
conditions are. Accepting this state
ment as correct, Russia’s case seems to
be made out. Turkey can yield at the
point of the bayonet, or accept the issue
of arms.
Meantime the probable action of Eng
land in the event of war becomes more
and more problematical. Lord Beaoons
field has declared that England could
not permit Russia to take possession of
Constantinople. The English Govern
ment and English people have seemed
to regard Constantinople as the key to
the situation, which must bo defended
at all hazards. But now comes an arti
cle in the Spectator which aims to prove
that Constantinople is of no especial
advantage to Russia, and, consequently,
no especial threat to England. The
argument hitherto has been that if
Russia should seize Constantinople she
would be able to shut up the Black Sea.
The Spectator shows that Russia would
not be guilty of such madness. In the
first place, her desire is to promote
trade and not impede it, and shutting
np tbe Black Sea would do the latter.
If she were disposed to close the Black
Sea she oonld do so now by stationing
iron-clads off the eastern enterance of the
Bosphorns. As the Spectator warms
up with its subject it shows that
Constantinople would be a terri
ble weakness to Rnssia, for it could
only be defended by sea, on which
Rnssia oonld be beaten even by a single
power. With regard to the interrup
tion of English communication with
Isflia, which after all is the principal
argument against Russia’s occupancy of
Constantinople, tj}e Spectator antici
pates no danger unless Russia becomes
at the same time the first of maritime
powers. A Russian fleet emerging from
the Hellespont, says that journal, would
be merely a fleet, aafl conld be destroy
ed with just as mnch e&ae or just as
maoh difficulty as a French fleet emerg
ing from Marseilles or Tonlon. Finally,
the Spectator does not believe that Rus
sia has designs en India, Her con
quests in Asia rather tend to enable her
to attack Persia, and through Persia
Turkey. To reach India, Russia would
be compelled to conquer a larger popu
lation than she possesses. An American
contemporary, commenting on the Spec
tator’s article, expresses the opinion
that the rial; Empire of China is mnch
more likely to attract Russia’s eyes than
India, the possession of whioh would in
volve the longest, bloodiest and most
expensive war ever known in the history
of the world.
A dKNTLSRAN “ familiar with parlia
mentary usage” has been interviewed by
the Washington correspondent of the
Herald. The “gentleman familiar with
parliamentary usage" eaya that proceed
ing on the hypothesis that Governor
Hates had received the votes of tbe re
maining doubtful States, and appeared
before the Senate with one hnndred and
eighty-*yo votes, whatever truth there
may be in the charges of corrupt and
fraudulent manipulation efi the returns
of Louisiana and Florida, the President
of the Senate would have to aocept the
oarti£catss from those States. He oonld
not go behind thair face. He wonld
have to take them as prigpi facie and
bona fide, evidence of the will of the peo
ple, because the Returning or Canvass
ing Board in each Skate is the creation
of the people, and is intaiiibie and can
do no wrong. Tbe President of the
Senate mast thereupon declare the can
didate elected who baa the majority of
tha votes. Should the House refuse to
he present at the oeremony its absence
WQold pot invalidate the election of
Preside j indeed, it would be the
wiser policy CU thepSfi pf the House to
be present and entet A |WWRt, then
Mr. Tilden, the defeated cafifliflate,
oonld be elected by tbe Honse, and for
tified with a certificate of snch election,
oonld go before the Supreme Coart and
ask a writ of quo warranto or a manda
mus. Thus the matter wonld be brought
before the higheet tribunal in the land
and t a judgment elicited that would
settle the dispute.
Wbat yon see, bear, touch, smell or
feel savors of politics. No matter how
busy a man is he always finds time to
■top a newspaper mao and inquire
“What’a the new* TANARUS”
THE INFAMY IN COLUMBIA.
Columbia, November 28, 1876.
This has been a day that will long be
remembered in the history of the Gov
ernment. For the second time the
military power of tbe United States has
been employed to make a government
for a sovereign .State. Four years ago
a detachment of soldiers reversed the
judgment pronouneed by the people of
Louisiana and made William Pitt
Kellogg Governor of the State. To
day a Legislature has been given to
South Carolina literally at the point of
the bayonet. Shameful as were the pro
ceedings in the former case the out
rage upon South Carolina is the more
shameful deed of the two. In Louisiana
a corrnpt and perjured Court gave some
semblance of law to the usurpation.
But in South Carolina the highest Court
of the State pronounced in favor of the
government chosen by the people and
usurpation assumed its most odious
shape.
The proceedings here last night and
to-day were not a surprise to any per
son. From the time that the Board of
Canvassers defied the Hnpreme Court
and its authority by refnsing to issue
certificates to men legally elected, it be
came apparent that military power
wonld be employed to install a Radical
State government. The Democrats
fully expected the scenes of this morn
ing, had disonssed the matter among
themselves and determined what line of
oonduct to pursue. It is stated that a
different policy was advooated by some
from that which was finally adopted. It
is believed that General M. W. Gary was
in favor of having the legally elected
members of the Legislature go into the
State House Monday night and permit
themselves to be ejeoted only at the
point of the bayonet. In my opinion
this wonld have been the wiser course,
as it would have made a square issue
with the usurpers and compelled the
latter not only to pat themselves in
by military force but also to employ
the same means to put out of
the Capitol the candidates of a major
ity of the people. This plan, however,
was not adopted, but in lien thereof the
one put in practice to-day. Last night
at twelve o’olook a oompany of Federal
infantry was ordered by General Huger
to take possession of the State House,
and only admit snch persons to the
bnilding as had the permit of H. E.
Hayne, Secretary of State, A. O. Jones,
Clerk of the last House of Representa
tives, or “General” Dennis, a Radical
politician about the Capitol and a staunch
henchman of Chamberlain. The soldiers
marched through the almost deserted
streets of the city to the State House
and exeouted their orders swiftly and
exactly. When day dawned this morn
ing early visitors to the Capitol found
the front entrance completely closed
and the hall of the east wing guarded
by a squad of soldiers commanded by a
Sergeant. The rest of the company was
in the main hall of the first story. As
soon as the news spread through the
town Generals John B. Gobdon, Brad
ley T. Johnson and others walked np
to the Capitol and attempted to enter
the bnilding. They were stopped by
the Sergeant, who was very polite and
equally positive. “Why am I not al
lowed to enter?” asked the Senator.
“My orders are to admit only such per
sons as have a pass from Mr. H. E.
Hayne, Mr. A. O. Jones, or General
Dennis,” was the Sergeant’s reply.
“Who gave you such orders ?” “Gen.
Dennis.” “You refuse then to let us
enter the Capitol of Sonth Carolina.” “I
do, sir, unless yon have such pass as I
have mentioned.” Thus ended the con
versation and the Sergeant and the
Senator separated, the Sergeant be
ing master of the situation. Between
ten aud eleven o’clock the front door
was thrown open, but here, too, a squad
of soldiers was present to prevent the
entrance of any one who did not have
the “open sesame” of Hayne, Dennis
or Jones, The two former stood be
hind the gnard and ordered the admis
sion of suoh persons as they thought
were “all right.” All who were admit
ted for some time were Radicals, except
a few newspaper correspondents, who
ran the gauntlet safely. Most of the
favored ones were members of the Leg
islature and nearly all of them were ne
groes. In the second story of the
building the Radical members elect
held a jealously guarded oauous in
the Senate Chamber, and there ar
ranged the details of the villainy they
had planned. It was determined that
both Houses of the General Assembly
should be organized by the late Clerks,
who should make up a roll of the Sena
tors and Representatives who had re
oeived certificates from tbe Returning
Board—thus omitting the members
from the counties of Edgefield and Lau
rens, and giving the Republicans a ma-1
jority of five in the Senate and two
the House. E. W. M. Maoket, jB
Charleston, was selected as the
candidate for Speaker. Ml
As the hour of noon
ed, the orowd around the bnilH
ing increased in numbers and tIH
exoitement grew more intense.
tween eleven and twelve a compan^Bf'
soldiers, commanded by Major Stcabtß
marched np into the wide hall wkichl
separates the Senate Chamber from thj
Hall of the House. As they neared
entrance to the latter, the men came ‘io
a halt and the commands were given to
“order arms” and “fix bayonets.” The
soldiers were made to describe two
sides of a hollow square and ordered
to stack their arms. In the mean
time the door of the House was
guarded by a Reygeant-at-Arms, who re
fused admission to any quo yhom he
did not recognize as being in authority.
The doors of tbe gallery were also lock
ed so as to exclnde spectators. Newspa
per reporters were allowed to send in
their cards to the Clerk, who sept or re
fused them cards of admission, as he
thought proper, yhp (oytnnate fey were
told that they would be allowed to enter
“when the proper time name."
At eleven the Republican members o I
j the House left the Senate Chamber and
j proceeded to the door of the Honse.
Rgre each man was halted and his cre
| dentials They all hadeertifi
i cates of election signed pj the Repnbli
, can Returning Board, and npon the pro
i dnetion of these were allowed to pass un- 1
; questioned. The Sergeant-at- Arms, who
was funfttps officio and wholly without
; authority in Rie premises, gave his in
j attractions to any ,one,who asked them,
j J. am ordered to admit only snch mem
] bers as pafe certificates from the Board
j of State Canyaaaers and to such other
persons to have received passes
from Mr. A. Q. f ones. ” Hie rulings
were enforced by two files .of armed
United States soldiers, nnder the com
mand of Major Stuart, who formed a
lan e to the doer, and stood with loaded
riflee fpffffj to fire when ordered to do
so. PP t? fch* to® Democratic
members had to come jp, the
soldiers stationed at the entrance of the
lower story refused admission to the
members from Edgefield and Laurens.
At the request of General
General Rcgeb at last so modified the,
instructions given as to permit all per
sons to the State House who claimed
to be members. Before entering
the building each Democratic
member was required to lay
aside any arms be bad no his person.
AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1876.
No snch demand was made of the Re
publicans, who were allowed to wear pis
tols with impunity. After entering, the
Democrats proceeded np stairs and,
headed by the delegation from Edgefield
and Laurens, presented themselves at the
door of the House and demanded ad
mittance, The Doorkeeper asked for
their credentials and was shown certifi
cates of election taken from the records
of the Supreme Court of the State and
based npon the report made to that
body by tbe Boards of Canvassers. The
Doorkeeper examined the pipers and
then said he mast refuse to grant
admission to the House on these
papers. The soldiers stood ready
to bar the way with powder and ball,
and all the Democrats—sixty-four in
number, and comprising a clear majority
of the whole Legislature—turned and left
the bnilding. With doors guarded by
United Btates soldiers, and with less
than a constitutional quorum, fifty-nine
Repnblicans proceeded to organize a
“Honse of Representatives.” No spec
tators were admitted with the exception
of a few newspaper correspondents.
Nearly every member present was a ne
gro, and most of them seemed to be of
the lowest order of intelligence. The
plan of the Radical caucus was
carried ont to the letter and the
solemn farce went on without the
slightest interruption, save once, when
a Georgian who had gained admission to
the Hall rose from his seat and calling
“Mr. Speaker,” demanded in a loud tone
of voice the reading a second time of a
message sent in by the Senate. The
fifty-nine were so surprised or so fright
ened, that they came near complying
with the request, but recovered in time
to decline. They seemed like men not
altogether satisfied with their position,
and when cheering was heard in the
yard below muny anxious eyes were
turned in the direction of the
windows. The production of a
single pistol in the room wonld
have caused a general stampede.
A. O. Jones, a clipper mulatto, played
the role of Fatty Harris in the Georgia
Legislature of 18fb, and oommenoed to
“organize the House. He had before
him a list of the members, from which
he had excluded the members elect
from Edgefield and Laurens. Not a
single Democrat answered to his name.
Fifty-nine Republicans responded “pres
ent. ” E. W. M. Maokey was then
elected Speaker by almost a unanimous
vote. Declining to make the customary
speech, he took hold of the work of
“organizing” where Jones had left off,
and rapidly completed ttie job. Tbe
fifty-nine were sworn in, and a Clerk,
Reading Clerk and Sergeant-at-Arms
elected and sworn in. Thus did fraud,
supported by United States bayonets—
the officers and men of the Federal army
—give a “Legislature” to South Caro
lina, and defeat for a season, at least, the
will of the people of the State solemnly
expressed at the ballot box.
After protesting publicly and solemn
ly against their exclusion from the Capi
tol, the Democratic members elect went
to Military Hall, and at the evening ses
sion organized as the legal House of
Representatives—electing Hon. W. H.
Wallace, of Union, Speaker. There
were present sixty-five members, con
siderably more than a quorum of the
whole body. It remains to be seen
what will come of this aetion. There
are, at this writing, two bodies in Co
lombia, each claiming to be the legal
House of Representatives of the State,
and each one of which will claim the
right to decide who has been elected
Governor of South Carolina. Which
body is the legal House, and whioh one
will be recognized and obeyed ? The
first question can be easily answered.
The constitution of South Carolina says
that the House of Representatives shall
consist of one hundred and twenty-four
members, apportioned among the differ
ent counties of the State, and that a
quorum shall consist of a majority of
the whole number of members. The
Republicans organized with fifty-nine
members—four less than a majority of
the whole number, The Democrats have
sixty-four members—ope more than a
majority. The Remoprats, therefore,
have a quorum, aksd the Republicans
have not, and theirjHouse of Represen
tatives is the Housl of Representatives
contemplated and is
entitled to obedience as
suoh, say that the
eight Edgefield and
Laurens to seats, be
cause certificates
Rom (VS* wate Canvassers
t h in b e r
b* '*’* ■ and and sixteeD,
T!i
of the State does not
that any county shall be
There must be pritna
|yrs from these counties who
to seats until their cases
and the question of
Kty of their election definite
ped. The Board of Canvassers
)d to the Supreme Court over their
gnaturep that the returns showed
e gentlemen who plaipi to repre
ilgefield and Laurens in the Leg
e were prima facie elected. They
legally fie deprived of their
until after investigation and a
judgment of the House against them.—
They are clearly entitled to Beats until
ouch judgment shall be pronounced.
Bat if the report current here to
night be confirmed by the events of
to-morrow the Radical rump are pro
nounced usnrpers by their own logic. If
the Republican member fromOrangeburg
and the Repnblican member from Snmter
have joined and will continue to act with
the pemocratip body, the latter will have
sixty-peyep and the Repnblicans fifty
eight members. Leaving ont the dele
gations of Lanrens and Edgefield the
House will consist of one hundred and
sixteen members, of which fifty-nine,
exactly a quorum, are Democrats,
and oj two less than a quo
rum, are Republicans, The democratic
body yvill therefore unquestionably con
stitute tfcp oniy legal House of Repre
sentatives in Sonth Carolina. The indi
cations are that the Honse will meet to
morrow morning and formally notify the
Senate that it has organized and is
ready to proceed with the dispatch
of public business. If the Senate re
fuses to recognise them an issue will be
raised which will have to be decided in
some manner—exactly how I cannot un
dertake to say. In the last resort, and
assured of a majority, the Democrats
may recede from their position and join
the Republican body, ff jthey do this,
the organization will be against them,
but with a majority on the floor against
them the Repnblican officials cannot do
mqch jpjsofiief. ft is stated here to-night
that two or ibrea Repj&iipag Senators
are shaky, and that they may mt with
the Democrats of the Senate. If this
shall prove the case the Democrats will
stand a much better chance of winning
ibe victory.
Tib pocpjp here seem to feel that the
situation is antieai. There is a great
deal of suppressed feeling’on account of
the ahamefnl spectacle of this "morning,
bnt I apprehend no actnal outbreak.
The town is heavily garrisoned with
United State* /mjfijsrs. and the troops
are at the absolute dispose] of Cham
berlain. General Hampton and aQ the
other leaders are perfectly cool, and
counsel calmness and* prudence, and a
Strict regard ipf the forms of law.
H. G. W. .
INFAMY’S KEYSTONE.
AN UNBROKEN SPAN OP TYRAN
NY IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
The ritate Heu.u Bristling With Federal
Baronets—Chamberlain’s Crew Admitted
and Organized—Democrats Debarred from
Entering—Solemn Protests from Honest
Men—Both Branches of the Bouse Or
ganised.
[•Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel ]
Columbia, November 28,10:10, a. m.—
At 12 o’clock last night a detachment of
Federal soldiers, commanded by a Ser
geant, took possession of the Capitol.
This morning, General Gordon, accom
panied by members of the Legislature
from Edgefield and Lanrens, asked ad
mission and were refused, the Sergeant
saying he had no authority to admit any
one except upon the pass of Jones, the
Clerk of the House, Heyne, Secretary
of State, or Dennis, negro, late Keeper
of the Penitentiary. The Capitol has
been converted into a barracks. Negroes
pass without difficulty. White men are
always stopped. The Legislature meets
at twelve. The Democrats are consider
ing the propriety of organizing a sepa
rate Legislature at Military Hall. Gen.
Gary’s advioe was for the Democrats to
stay in the Capitol last night, but he
was overruled. No indication of any
disturbance. H. G. W.
[Special Dispatch Chronicle and Sentinel .]
Columbia, S. C., November 28.— At
12 o’clock a company of. Federal sol
diers took possession of the Capitol.
No one was allowed admission unless he
gave credentials from the Canvassing
Board or some reputable newspaper.
The Honse met at 12. The Democrats
refused to present themselves, and only
fifty-nine out of one hundred and
twenty-four were present. The mem
bers from Edgefield and Lanrens pre
sented themselves, but were refused ad
mission by the Federal soldiers. No
one here regards the election to-day as
either valid or binding. The Democrats
have not yet decided what oourse to pur
sue, but will resist any assumption of
authority by the United States Govern
ment. H. G. W.
[Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel-]
Columbia, November 28.—This even
ing the Democratic members, number
ing sixty-five, met at Carolina Hall and
organized by the election of W. H. Wal
lace, of Union, as Speaker; John T.
Sloan as Clerk, John D. Brown as Ser
geant-at-Arms and W. D. Williams as
Reading Clerk. Mr, Robert Aldrich
acted as pro tem. Speaker, and made a
conservative and handsome speech on
taking his seat. There is an intense
feeling of interest, but the people are
cool and calm. Daring the organization
the forces of the Democrats were
further increased by W. H. Red
dish, of Orangeburg, Republican,
advancing to the Speaker’s desk
to be sworn, and subsequently J. W.
Westberry, of Snmter, doing the same
thing. Judge Thompson N. Cooke
swore in all the members and his pres
ence on the floor was hailed with ap
plause. The House adjourned, to meet
to-morrow at ten o’clock. The Cham
beilain and negro Honse of Representa
tives elected that prince of scoundrels,
E. W. M. Mackey, 3peaker, without a
quorum. One hundred and twenty-four
is the fall membership of the Honse, and
the Democrats have sixty-seven.
C. E. R. D.
Awooiated freu Report.
Columbia, S. C., November 28.—At
midnight, last night, the State Rouse
was occupied by United States tro >ps.
No one was allowed to enter without a
pass from Mr. Jones, Clerk of the late
House, or Mr. Dennis, one of Chamber
lain’s men. About 9 o’clock Gen. Gor
don, United States Senator from Geor
gia, and General Johnson, State Senator
of Virginia, with Messrs. Peek and
Jeffreys, members of the Legisla
ture demanded admittance. The ro
tunda was filled with troops, and
arms stacked aronnd tbe Wash
ington statue. The members of the
Legislature exhibited their certificates
from the Supreme Court of their elec
tion, and the corporal of the guard re
fused them admittance under the or
ders of Dennis, who was standing by.
The Democratic members then met in
caucus, and about 11:15 proceeded in a
body to demand admittance. In the
meantime Governor Hampton had
an interview with General Huger, who
then changed tbe orders so as to allow
aDy one to pass the sentinel, who claim
ed to be elected members of the legis
lature. Under this change of orders all
the members are now being admitted
slowly, as the corporal of the gnard ex
amines their oredentials. The members
are thus admitted to the State Honse,
but not to the hall of the Senate or that
of the Honse of Representatives.
Democratic members of the Honse af
ter gaining admission to the State
House, proceeded to the door of the
House with the delegations from Edge
field and Laurens at their head and de
manded admittance on certificates of
election taken from the records of the
Supreme Oouft. Sijp soldiep wejre ranged
on either side pf the floor, two officers
in the centre. The certificates of the
Edgefield and Laurens delegation be
ing presented were declared invalid
by the Doorkeeper, whereupon the en
tire body of Demoprats withdrew. They
assembled in front °f the State House,
from the steps of which the following
protest was read in the presenee of the
military and citizens :
Columbia. S. C., November 28.—We,
a majority of the members of the
House of Representatives of South
Carolina elect, protest agpinst the re
fusal to admit us tp the Rail of Repre
sentatives. We protest against the
military power of the Rnitefl States
barring the passage into tfie State Rouse
of members elect to the Regislatare.
We protest against the legality of the
proceeding, and especially against the
•army of the United States being placed
for the pnrpose of this exclusion under
the command of one John B. Dennis, a
partisan of Governor Chamberlain. We
protest against the said Dennis’ instruc
tions to the guard to admit no one to the
State House except npon his own pass or
a pass of A. O. Jones, former Clerk
of the House, who may thus exclude all
except his own partisans, who, by
the Repnblicau programme, is fo organ
ize the said House. have presented
ourselves with the judgment of the
highest Court of South Carolina, certi
fied to by its plerk, with the grpat seal
of the Conyt attached, 43 to put right
to participation in the organization
of said House. We are refused by or
ders of said Dennis admission to said
hall, except npon his pass, the pass of the
said Jones or the certificate of H. E.
Hayne, Secretary of State, who is now
nnder condemnation of said Oonrt for
refusal to issne certificates in ac
cordance with its judgment and
mandate. In nrotesting against
this barefaced T usurpation, this
trampling on the laws and constitution
of the State, this defiance of the highest
tribunal of the State, it is onr purpose
to offer no resistance to this armed in
tervention, but to make our solemn ap
peal to the American peop'e without
distinction of party. Onr veneration
for law, our respect for the Rfi
preae tPourt and tfia usages of
all legisjatTve aSseiablages,
our participation in siicih unprecedented
and revolutionary proceeflings. Signed
by all the Democratje members—64 m
number.
The Democrats then proceeded to the
hall over the Sonthern Life Insurance
Company’s building, whence a canons
was held which adjonrned to meet at 8,
p. m , at Carolina Hall.
Columbia, November 28 —There are
only three whites in the Honse. The
Democrats srp in secret session.
Columbia, November .—Democratic
members before Allowed to eater the
State Honse were required to surrender
their private arms, Which were promptly
given np, but were again stopped at the
hall door. Republican members were
not questioned regarding arms. A
Democratic legislator who bore certifi
cates of the Board of Canvassers entered
the hsll, and found the Republicans al
ready organized with a Speaker in the
Chair agfi Clerk it tfie desk. Re re
tired to tup flofir, sai refused egress,
nntil hp threatened the members with
prosecution for fajse imprisonment.
Wm. H. Reddish, Republican member,
refuses to enter the ball with Federal
bayonets at the door. Reddish is now
acting with the Democrats. An immense
crowd being gathered a Federal officer
asked General Hampton, who was in the
State Robs®, to prevent the crowd from
pushing in General Ramptek appeared
on the front steps and tubs addressed
the crowd:
“My friends, I am truly doing what
I bsyp done earnestly daring this whole
exciting eontest—poaring bil pn the
troubled waters. It is df the greatest
importance to ns all, as citizens of South
Carolina, that peace should be pre
served. I appeal to yon all, white men
and colored, as Carolinians, to nse every
effort to keep down violence and dis
turbance. One act of violenoe may pre
cipitate bloodshed and desolation. I
implore you, then, to preserve the peaoe.
I beg all of my friends to disperse—to
leave the grounds of the Capitol, and I
advise all the colored men to do the
same. Keep perfectly quiet, leave the
streets, and do nothing to provoke a
riot. We trust to the law and the Con
stitution, and we have perfect faith in
the jnstice of onr cause. '’ The whites
immediately dispersed, followed by a
great many colored people.
The Democratic Honse organized and
will claim recognition to-morrow. This
leaves 58 members in the Repnblican
House, one less than a quorum claimed
by them and five less than the number
which the Demoorats claim is necessary
for a quorum. Each Honse will demand
of the Secretary of State returns of the
vote for Governor. All quiet to-night.
The Supreme Conrt has not yet decided
the question of counting the electoral
vote.
Charleston, November 28. —Jones,
Clerk of the old House, called the roll.
Fifty-nine answered, whioh he deolared
a quorum. E. W. M. Maokey beat N.
Myers, colored, for Speaker. No Dem
ocrats were present. Mackey took the
Chair. In explanation of these pro
ceedings it may be stated that a full
House consists of 124 and 63 is a quo
rum. The Demoorats, inolading nine
disputed members, are 64. Repnblicans,
when all present, are 60. Republicans
claim the majority. Those to whom
oredentials have been issued make a
quorum. The House went to work with
the 59 and the members were sworn in.
J ones, former Clerk, was sworn in.
The events of to-day in Colombia
have caused a feeling of profound de
pression in all business circles here.
Capitalists and tradesmen say they must
contract their operations within the nar
rowest limits, A general gloom and
despondency as to the future prevails,
Washington, November 28. Chief
Jnstice Waite telegraphs to Columbia:
“Business of the Supreme Court re
quires my presence here.”
Wade Hampton’s house, near Colum
bia, has been burned. Two young chil
dren and his sisters esoaped in their
night clothes. Incendiary.
Columbia, S. P., November §B.- (Jnited
States troops have possession of the
State House, and refused admission to
the Edgefield and Laurens delegations,
being Democratic.
New Yobk, November 27. Hon. Mor
rison R. Waite, Chief Justice of the
United States, Washington, D. C. : I
am satisfied that your immediate pres
ence at Colombia ftt this jnnotnre may
save the country from very serious com
plications. I hope that you will see
your way clear to go.
[Signed] Abraham: 8. Hewitt,
Chairman National Democratic Com
mittee.
To which the following reply has been
received; * f
Washington, November 27, 1876.
2b Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, Chairman,
&c.:
The business of the Supreme Court
requites my presence here.
[Signed] M. R. Watj*.
' *-* —t
CHAMBER!,AIN'S OANO BULLDOXE
ANOTHER COUNTY.
Barnwell Delegatee Thrown Out—Certifi
cate* O f Their Own Board Ignored—Pro*
tents From Republican Ranke—Going Over
To the Democrats—The Voice of the Press
Upon Apt No. 3.
[Special Dispatch to the Chroniole and Sentinel.]
Columbia, November 29.—At three
o’clock, p. m., the missing member ot
the Radical rump Legislature, who, ac
cording to their construction, completed
the number sufficient to form a quorum
was brought into the Hall of the Re
publican House of delegates bv the
Sergeant-at-4rms. £e jg q full blooded
negro representative from Beaufort
county, by the name of Hamilton, and
although a man of extremely limited
education, is a fellow of strong native
intelieot and has hitherto been regarded
as a man of decided and honest oon
viotion, A Republican all the time, he
has made himself fapjoqg in pagf ses
sions as an independent thinker and
actor in all questions affecting the inter
est of the State and bis party. After
his appearance the rojl was called and
he obtained the d°or and made a spepch
strongly denouncing tb e effort of
the illegal body to proceed, but
a majority voted him down and
admitted a Radical delegation from
Barnwell, a county which has hither
to been nncontested. the Demo
cratic delegation from that county hav
ing had oertifloates issued to it even by
the infamous Board of Canvassers who
did not pretend to have been informed
of any contest from that county. After
the vote was taken admitting these bo
gus representatives, Ferrater, also a Re
publican negro, made a speech in which
he denounced the whale proceedings as
infamously unlawful, and told them that
they had laid the last feather upon the
camel’s tiaejr which would yum the Re
publican pqrty, not only of the State
bqt in the Union. The Democratic
House has been in session all day, and
are working with a fqll quorum—
no measures of importunes having been
passed howeyer. The Democrats are
hopeful that everything will turn out
right in the end, and this seems to be
the general belief of the people at large.
Both Hquses adjourned to meet to
morrow, it igThanks
giving <fay. 'Th? Ma^ob.
[Special Dispatch to the Chronicle ani, Sentinel.]
Columbia, November 29L—A large
crowd assembled in front of the Colum
bia Hotel this afternoon tq hear speeches
from representative ipen. dodge Cooke
acted as master of ceremonies from the
standpoint of a dry goods bo* erected
for the purpose. His remarks were
listened to with the utmost attention
and were vehemently applauded. Mr.
Reedish, from Orangeburg, a converted
Radical, was introduced and his patri
otic utterances were listened to with
attention. After this Messrs 0 H
Moise, Judge Mackey, C. E. R Dray
ton and E. W. Moise were introduced
by Judge Cooke. In the absence of
General Gary, Mr v Draytqn was received
with tpmqltpops applause, as there
seemed to be an anxiety ‘to hear from
the so-called murderous counties of
Aiken and Edgefield. His yeiqarksTyere
Xe trSelTaUr^ 6 ’ pqq ™ 8 T°
Washington, November 29—The two
lower Houses at Columbia are composed
of 64 Democrats and 2 Republicans, the
other 68 Republicans. There is pend
ing before Judge Bond habeas corpus
in favor of the canvassers committed
by the Supreme State Court for con
tempt, and before the Supreme Court of
the State a rqle for counting theelectoral
yoto. ‘ 1
Meratrf, special from Columbia says
three Republican Senators will vote
with the Democrats, making a dead lock
m , that body. The excluded Demo
crats from Edgefield and Laurens have
a good chance for admissu .. The
Democratic House appointed a commit
tee to inform the Senate that the House
was orgagised ooq ready tor bustoess;
also appointed a comrimtee 1 to obtain
returns forth© State officers.
Chableston, November 29. The Re
publican Honse was without a ‘quorum
m the sjofhmg. Th©' Senate discussed
concurrent resolution passed by the
Heuse yesterday to go into canvass for
State officers. The Democratic House
is in secret session. The Secretary of
State replied to the committee that he
had surrendered the election returns to
Mackey, Speaker of the Republican
House The military still garrison the
State House. ?
,-1-ke Supreme Court met and adjourn
ed without transacting' any business,
lawyers bding engaged making return to
the habeas corpus in the case of the
Board of Canvassers to Judge Bond’s
United States Circuit Court. The Ser
geant-fit-Arms of fhe Republican House
was engageq Poking up absentees, 1 with
out success so far.
IiATEB—The missing member w%s
brought in, giving the Republican Rouse
HRy-uiue, whereupon the Committee on
Elections, appointed yesterday, submit
ted a report seating five Republican
members from Barnet The
Senate, which seems to be ’ recognised
by both Houses, adopted a resolution
appointing 12 o'clock Friday to com
mence tbe canvass of the vote for State
officers, and adjourned to that time.
Washington, November 29. — A special
to the New York Host says: Xm Raves
®lectpira will not khqdp* lertiijoates fiom
Gov, Chamberlain, of Sbuth Carolina.
Comment, of the Frets.
Washington, November fifi.—The
Philadelphia Enquirer' (Republican)
oonolndes an eaftoral on the South Ca
rolina situation; “The only ofher in
stance ot the Federal troops interfering
in the formation of a State government
was that of its interference in 1874 with
the creation of the Legislature of Louisi
ana. Their action in that oase was not
approved by a Repnblican Congress,
the leading legal minds of the oountry
condemning it as improper. There may
be, however, oironmstances in the pres
ent oase as yet unknown outside 1 f offi
cial circles whioh will demonstrate that
the aetion of the troops yesterday in de
ciding the disputed question between
the Returning Board and the Supreme
Court of South Carolina was eminently
proper. At present, however, snoh in
formation, if it exists, is withheld from
the pnblio.”
The Herald has a strong denuncia
tory article, the drift of whioh is the
oertain impeachment by the Honse,
holding that the exonse of ignorance
whioh Grantplead in the Louisiana usnr
-sation in 1874 cannot Bhield him now.
he following is an extract : “ Now
mark the language in whioh President
Grant proceeded to deny and disclaim
all right of interference ; he stated the
true doctrine on this subject with a
precision and force whioh wonld have
left Mr. Evarts himself no ground of
objection : ‘I am well aware,’ said
President Grant in his special message
of January 13th, 1875, ‘ that any mili
tary interference by the officers or
troops of the United States with the or
ganization of a State Legislature or
any of its proceedings or with any oivil
department of the government is
repugnant to onr ideas of gov
ernment. I can conceive of no case,
not involving rebellion or insarreetioo,.
where snoh interfeenoe or authority
of the General Government ought to be
permitted oroan be justified.” President
Grant on that occasion shielded himself
from oensure by professing that the in
terference with the Louisiana Legisla
ture was without his direction, sanction
or knowledge, and, to olear himself
more folly, he made the sound state
ment of constitutional doctrine whioh
we have jnst quoted from his Louisiana
message. But cap fig pretend ignor
ance ; oan he expect anybody to believe
that what wasdone at Columbia yesterday
was done withhut his sanction ? Unless
he oan plead ignorance and disclaim re
sponsibibility now as he did in the Lou
isiana case he stands condemned ont of
his own month. Bat who will aooept
such a plea with respeot to the transao
tio“® a ‘9 ol A“bta J't
The World 9 leader is captioned ’'lm
peachment of Grant.” The Times com
mences its editorial: “The assembling
of a State Legislature under the protec
tion of United States troops is not a
speotaole of whioh Americans oan be
prond. The question to be considered
is, was the presenoe of the troops qt 6°'
lujpbiq yestprflay ranflered necessary by
events, and to whom may the responsi
bility for the events be justly attri
buted ?” And concludes, “It ]is olear
that law and right are on the side of the
Republicans, and that nothing the Su
preme Court of the State hag do#? di
vests the Deppptetjo proceedings of the
lawlessness whioh is their principal
characteristic.”
The Tribune’s editorial oonolndes:
“It seems probable that the Court of
Chief Justioe Moses has usurped power
even more unscrupulously th|n did the
drunkpn Ouyen'tfrq yegfa agft ip Rew
Origans. Qn the other heed, we hve
graye dfiqbt as to the right ol the Unit
ed States Circuit Judge to review the
case or to interfere with the sentence of
the State Court, Judge Bond has not
the reputation for oautious and judicial
temper whioh we should most desire in
any United States ofi|cer qqmjqg for-
Wa *s til 6 P,f e aeftt' qonYusiqu of
aqthpri|y. We earnestly hope that tbe
President will tolerate no Federal inter
ference in this affair of purely State con
cern. The duty of the hour is : ‘Hands
off,’ Let the troops preserve order and
aid the constituted authorities in pre
venting domestic violence. Beyond
that they shqqlj pot )iff
nmßpf Pf tfP legislatures and two Gov
ernors [s the business ofßouty CayQjina,
Let Soqtb qajoljM settle it. 1 There is
prajse in nearly every journal of the
conduct of General Wade Hampton. He
seems the hero of the day.
To-day’s New York Evening Post
says : “We cannot permit the ocnuDa
tion of the South tjta% House
and tnp pontrql of the organization of
the Legislature by Federal troops to
pass without a protest qf the utqjogt
solemnity uqd Energy. Wf> PJfttest
against it Uftt qqjy w tpe nWa qfjiberty
and jqatiga, pfit 1U behalf of the Repub
lican party, whose gdod name is brought
in question by a resort to military foroe
as arbitrary as the act of Cromwell when
he was turned out of the British Parlia
ment. The Republican party Qtppiot
sustain the respopiphjjify' joy gpoh an
° c f<dp&MPfh.d H R iq wise U will make
haste to disclaim all oonnivanoe with
the act. That no violence was done is
to the oredit of the people of South Ca
rolina. Had the Demoorata pushed for
ward into the State House there would
have been violence; they took a wiser
course iB appealing to the people oj the
United States, and in this the people
will sustajq them.‘l
Columbia, Noyembey 2Q.—The Re
publican' House seated tfiq fire from
Barnwell epunty by % yotq of fo 14
Certificates for thfqp spqta had been
issued regularly t<j the Democrats.
A WEIGHTY WITNESS.
Wheat Prof. Sumner, of Yale Colleae, Say.
About tbe Sitoutlou In Louiaian^.
Prof. Resident of Yale Col
lege, who visited Hew Orleans at the
request of Governor Ingersoll, of Con
necticut, has published the result of his
observations there. He says all the
gentlemen wUp Tfenf to Louisiana at the
request qf thq National Democratic
Cotqmittee expressed to. each other a
determination to certify the truth as to
Louisiana affairs without any regard to
party hias. He adds ;
“ l have before me a detailed state
ment, by parishes, of the returns re
ceived as the result of the efforts of the
committee, with a memorandom of the
authority on whioh each return is based.
Allowing for possible errors of detail,
this statement establishes the moral cer
tainty that Governor Tilcjeu oaryied the
State by 9,00$ adqprding to the
returns. ) mgt no person in Rouisiana,
and I mixed as freely as pogsiblq with
persons of all classes and both parties,
who deqied or do.uhtefl tfelt t|w WW the
true reqqlf of fhh hlPtia. No counter
claim fq made in yegard to returns ; the
only answer made is that there have
been outrages and intimidation in five
or six counties; that the Returning
Board will have to correct the retnrns
by throning out the vote of
parishes. The Republican
of the 14th instant, y[entj ! further and
declared that it would 'be necessary to
insert vOteS whioh Would have been cast
for the 'ltepubliean ticket if intimida
tion haR hot takeiji Wlaj.i.' 1 5 mat so per
son who admitted any other
i hypothesis than that the Returning
Board would bring out a Repub
lican majority- It waa not dis
oussed ; it was assnmed as a mat
ter of coarse. All oharges of 0"t-ises
were denied, especiaU? fLa pt oil'd' and
general Intimidation,
tbe qenialß bfeing by men of unques
tionable character and integrity. Wtej
an effort was made bv To
prevent frapd R mto vroot
of intention to oomipit fyaud, and WW
through tpe North fa the preset temper
of the people, finding ready credence.
Society in Louisiana ia almost entirely
disorganized, and strong facts are al
leged in proof that this is doe to the
maladministration of the oivil officers,
from the highest to the lowest. With
very few exceptions the law is made aq
engine of abtwe. At eyery t&m pMqers
of every grade uaslfqt of violate Their
duty for fayor oy reward. The most sa
ored institutions of civil society are per
verted to produce wrong and abuse -'
The election law is intricate and, while
apparently adabtffiJ fq pyo\ide ’for all
conticssnniesj really creates hundreds
of technicalities and machinery wfpqh
render really popular
ble.
“ The play of Rs various parts allow
scope iof frauds, chicanery and abuse,
anait depends upon an army of officers,
many of whom are far away from any
control, and free from sfii rqpncsmbilfty,
while they are # J whole
purpose of toe emotion by corrupt or
msUoious assertions. The ingenuity
with whioh devices are planned and
practiced for production of fraudulent
results is simply diabolioal. Th* party
in power have j^ % ary,
and can muky ahj election a mockery,
asd th'e odmtouhify iUelf’is looked a
nrt wory of Unity arrangemmdA from
which escape seems impossible. 1
-—i ■
The item about Pastmsster J. H. Es
till went along beautifully until the
mountain compositor got hold of it. and
now some startling information about
Postmaster ff. H. Refill Boats wmoleat
edly around in North Georgia. After
$1 frngM is bqt a bauble.
*2 A YEAR—POSTAGE PAID.
KNOXYILLE ANJ) AUGUSTA.
AN IMPORTANT MEETING YES
TERDAY.
View, at Prominent Gentlemen-The Augusta
nnd Hartwell and Aiau.ta end Greenwood
Railroad.—Resolution. Adapted.
Pursuant to call, the committee of
twenty-five met at the office of the Com
mercial Bank, yesterday afternoon, for
the purpose of conferring with gentle
men from the oountry in reference to
Augusta and
Knoxville In additton to theoommit
■ tee the following gentlemen were pres
ent : Gen. Bradley, of Abbeville, S. 0 •
Mr. Eh Lockhart, Hon. J. L Wilkes, of
Linooln oounty; Messrs. John H. Jones
and John McCarty, of Elberton, and Mr
Belcher, of Hartwell.
The meeting was called to order by
MriF. R Phimzy, the Chairman.
, Mr - Wheless said the meeting had
been oalled far the pnrpose of conferring
with gentlemen from the country. Maj.
J° ne8 i of Elberton, had a speeoh
which he had intended making to the
mass meeting, and whioh he now moved
he be requested to read Lere.
Maj. Jones said it was merelv a state
ment as to route. He then read a state
ment showing the advantages of the
route via Elberton thence west over the
Elberton Air Line. The latter road had
already been graded. The report was
Intended to with deep attention On
motion of Mr. Wheless, it was received
as information.
Hon. Robt. H. May stqd R was cer
tainly a notorious fact that he had been
an advocate of the Augusta and Hart
well Railroad from its very inception.
Bnt it was evident that no subscription
oould now be obtained under the pres
ent charter. The management of the
road several years ago, it woujfl fie re
collected, got into tfie fiqqda of a set of
unscrupulous adventurers. Fifty thou
sana dollars had been expended and
nothing done. He was in favor of ap
plying to the next Legislature for anew
charter, with a similar State aid olause
If the people had not trusted spec
ulators from abroad tbe toafl would
long since have hqilt. Since
the days of top Rqriwell Roqd the Au
gnste panqt hqd heeu pplqrgefl and the
oilmens hqfl tq pay one dollar and six
teen cants to one dollar and twenty-five
cents for every dollar’s worth of work
done, and the oredit of the city had been
depreciated. He had nothing to say
against the oanal; it was a <yrnat work
but the fact remaififfl fbtf was
not now qplq q corporation to sub
to Bay other enterprise. The pro
jectors of the road cannot expect any
aid from Council, and the people of the
city would be opposed to Council taking
any snoh aotion. It is all |h.e WtjAwi
do to take oare of Iw oredit. But
there is a apiiqt enterprise among the
qitieus whioh oan build the road. The
State should oertainly do something in
the matter. Other places have received
State aid, but Augusta fiap,
Why can’t we get it sagge as others
have done ? Rq fiqd o dqqfit that if a
BPWW.JWJMWWtoB to the merchants
of the City, fifty or cm® hundred thou
sanfl dopant woqld be subscribed and no
receipt or stock even asked for in re
turn. He knew one gentleman at least
in that meeting who would subscribe
one thousand dollars in this way. Ronds
of the road, endorsed by the Rtftte, would
bring par, but wfcqt WPlfld they he worth
if the gify £nfloteed th e W when her own
bqnda wete depreciated ? Ha would like
to know whether gentlemen along the
line of the road would be willing to give
up their interest in the old organization
and enter into a project for obtaining a
new oharter,
Mr. Papin, aggpf of the Chicago
1 . Railroad, said
h had been directed by the Presi
dent of fh%t oompany to come to
thiß meeting. This road would like to
oome to Port Royal. It is its intention
to make Port Royal its terminus, where
the largest vessels can come. This sec
tion of oountry wants more than one
oonneotion to the Northwest. He had
informatiqpthaffpjft, ooo,ooo were wait
ing in New york to be invested in Part
Royal in case of Hampton’s inaugura
tion, bnt not one dollar if Qhamherlain
is put lq,
HftU. Jf. I*. Wilkea, of Lincoln, was
calfed on. Re said that he had ridden
all day through the rain and oold to get
to Augusta in time for the mass meet
ing, and on his arrival here learned that
the meeting had been abandoned, be
cause it was said it was impracticable to
hold it at this time. He had been
coming here for lo j these many
; rears m the interest of the Augusta and
Hartwell Railroad, and he had always
been met with coldness. There were
plenty of good wishes but nothing sub
stantial. Why have suoh a farcical
meeting as this ? Why should he ride
so far through the rain tA eome to this
meeting ?R if advance the inter
ests of the enterprise to give up the old
Oharter o,f the Augusta and Hartwell
Railroad, the people were perfectly will
ing fo dA it, if Augusta is ready to ad
vance fhat enterprise. If she don’t in
tend to do it, all the country people will
;o baok to their mule oarts and pole
loats. He was in hopes the through
route from Knoxville to Augnsta woqlfl
be built. This was not a grain produc
ing oountry, but he thougl't it wonld be
better tp, pfaAt less cotton and more
grain,
The Chairman said he thoroughly ap
proved of what Mr. Wilkes said.
Colonel Samnef aaffl he understood
Mr. May fo weah that the suits against
the Hartwell Railroad was, the reason
why he desired to obtain anew charter,
Mr. May said that was correct. Maj.
George T. Rarpea stated the aotion of
the sub-committee a few days since in
regard to the Angosta and Hartwell
Railroad. He hoped a committee would
be appointed to discuss the question of
anew charter.
General Bradley was requested to ad
dress the meeting. He thought that
far as the city of Augusta was CPMoerned
if it oould not
be well fm it consider which—the Au
gq'l and Hartwell o? the Augusta and
Qreenyrood—woqld bring thcs&cst trade.
The and Greenwood Road had
a charier tq Greenwood and the route
had hWB ar#eyed, It is fifty-eight
tnilea from Augusta to Greenwood.
Twenty-eight miles of this will not cost
more than 82,600 a mile to grade. The
company does’nt owe any man a dni’aj
They had on their side of tfverat
one time $168,000 bojj.fr fide subscrip
tions. Probably not' many feel bound
by thi subscription at this time. They
would be able, however, to the
; road from Greenwood tfl,t'no rlter if Au
gusta would bui\d river and pnt
the briMe MWt S'.tewa,
Mr. mlsessaidtheeitiaens of Augusta
h%4 Sunk a large amount of money in the
oanal, and so far had received no benefit
from it. He cautioned Mayor Estes
against the canal enlargement. Taking
what Mayor Estes had said, Ik* canal
ought to be lined factories from
one end ;
aoty one little factory had been built.
|He dran’t believe, from wb% c bad
heard of the finances o' the city, that it
would be ab>° U help the road much
offered the follQwiu* res
olution, vjctc after
which th'e meeting adjourned ;
fjesplvyH, Thut the Qhairman of this
meeting be’authorised to appoint a com
mittee to be oompoeed of five citizens
from each of the counties through which
the proposed Greenwood route would
ran in South Carolina and through whiob
the Auguata Railroad, as
projected eclating acts of the
rt Georgia, would run in
W? State, and that the committee so
constituted be announced through the
public press and h* requested to meet
m Auguste *u ftaday prior to the as
*t the Georgia Legislator, to
consider the various proposed schemes
for a railroad connection between Au
gytu aud the West, via Knoxville or
other Similar connection, and the prepa
**£*£?’ “ **?ey should deem necessary, *f
* '“in, seeking from the next session of
the Legislature of Georgia a charter to
carry out such proposed railroad con
nection.
committees from
the different oonnties be appointed snb
jeot to ratification or rejection bv meet
“f , 1 !* 1 ' 0 ' 1 “ayJ^ 6 , in the respective
aud that any ap
*w>, wetings shall take
*o%4s^6°*“A gentlemen appointed as
% committee bjtfo Qfealrman of this
meeting.
Savannah Epidemic. —From the!
Savannah News, of yesterday, we obtain
the following in regard to the deaths in
that city during the prevalence of yellow
lever :
total VaUow other
Death* Fever Me. White* BUcfc*
Aug.. 172 S3 IS9 u 81
s*Pt-- 783 656 227 5|S 208
Out.. 474 BS7 1M 801 173
lov.. 145. 34 81 M 54
mt*A 1,474 ~m ~m hm Ha
SOUTH CAROLINA.
PALMETTO NEWS LEAVES.
“Fraud and Faroe” is good.
Chester pays stiff cotton prices.
Quick elections and slow returns.
Williamsburg wants a fire engine.
Chester is afflicted with house break
ers,
Williamsburg had a tornado last Sun
day.
The brigade of office seekers are on
the march.
Charleston 6 oompaniea of troops in
Carolina coroners are doing the State
some servioe.
The Walhallasohools are in a flourish
ing condition.
Chester lias shipped 1,666 bales of
ootton this season.
Every farmer should sow bountifully
of wheat and oats. J
■ ine “ eg [° incendiaries are carousing
in the Chester jail.
The Gypsy maid has been telling for
tunes around Rock Hill, 6
Cotton will be a second consideration
with the farmers this year.
ii ® lue Rld ge, in the upper part of
tiie State, are snow capped.
and , P r °t )lem just now is, can the
Board be counted out of jail ?
The occasional flicker of Chamber
lain s torches are still seen in the land.
frnt, M d A n^ 6 Bt ° le “ ba]e 0f Cot tOll
from Mr. A. McDowell Saturday night.
The Abbeville Medium and Kooweo
mPZ {avor McGowan for the Senate,
ihe Canvassing Board are- now trying
to pull down the blinds of the Columbia
jail.
Some political fiend instigated the , 10 .
faTtwcek^ o^ VOO^8 near Florence,
A Greenville patriot has 20 uound
tai r dmner Send Hampton ‘Orhis inaugu
. o their late arduous duties it is
but fair that the Board have a ltttlo
recreation,
• coun ties are moving in earnest
* a of the Augusta and Hart
well Railroad.
Three hundred and thirty-nine colored
men in Georgetown county voted for
honest government.
Aleck Cornwell, a negro preacher and
a staunch Radical, was convicted of hog
stealing in Chester.
By thia time the Canvassing Board!
are prepared to term the Supreme Court
‘ a fraud and a farce.
, toir count has developed conclu
sively that a considerable snow fell in
several counties last week.
From all portions of the State come>
accounts of the burning of dwellings,,
gin houses and other buildings,
Ihe report that the Returning Board
had struck, is false. They are simply
enjoying a recess from their labors.
A Columbia man was accidentally
shot in the big toe the other day. The
police have the would-be assassin in
1 tow.
.Behind the bars of the Columbia jail
the Board will have opportunities of
taking an impartial view ©J the Ques -
tion.
The trouble which led to the killing
of detective Shrewsbury, in Charleston,
all grew out a controversy concerning
a wom^u.
The Williamsburg Republican brings
out a very puny Hayes rooster, who,
looks as if he was sick of the wbol©
campaign.
Clark Berry, a colored boy, died in
Fort Pickens last week from a conges
tive chill, superinduced by eating too
muoh cheese,
Owing to a slight fall of snow üßd u
lively rain of buckshot, Charleston,
thieves are now sunning themselves an.
Sullivan’s Island.
A large number of troops, stationed in,
Columbia spend their evenings in the
reading rooms of the Young Men’s
Christian Association,
Mr. Thos. Dent, who was shot by Mr.
John Cochran, Senator from Anderson
county, in a fracas in Columbia, Wed
nesday, died Saturday.
In ibe election for member of Con
gress from the Third Distriot Colonel
D. Wyatt Aiken beat his opponent;,
“Ohlory” Carpenter, 6,926.
When Chamberlain piously remarked
that neither h—ll nor shot gun Demo
cracy can move him, he inadvertantly
omitted the Supreme Court.
The Cainhoy negroes have desecrated
the grave of Mr. Postbl Ingraham, killed
in the recent massacre, by taking up the,
tombstone and carrying it off.
The Colleton jail, since the Ostobei
term, has been without a prisoner, and
this, too, during the most exoiting cam
paign ever known in the State.
A Charlestonian who can engineer his
way through the streets without coming
iq contact with a stray buckshot or a
ruffian’s club, is fortunate indeed.
The Columbia Register wants it re
corded that a Republican Supreme
Court has in this instance at least per
formed its sworn duty to the State.
Some of Chamberlain’* ehums have
sent him anew hat, t© be inaugurated
in. Daniel will hav© to “shoot that hat,”
for it will never #raoo his official head.
People throughout Edgefield county
are reaoJute in their determination not
to give employment to any person who
voted the Republican ticket at the late
election.
The. Misses Hampton, sisters of
Gen. Hampton, lost their residence by
fire at Millwood, five miles from Colum
bia, last week. It was the work of an
inoendiary.
The election in Newberry county cost
$450. This is the average county; there
are thirty-two counties in the fiitate; the
expenses to the State, then, cannot be
less than $14,400.
Colored boys in Charleston are doing
bloody work with the axe. Another
youth, trying t* cleave a lightwood
knot the other day, lost four fingers in
the glorious cause.
Qhamberlain contends that he has no
particular desire to be Governor any
more. Thus much he admits to keep
General Hampton from feeling any deli
oaoy in taking his seat.
Thus the Sumter Watchman .* We
have done a great and good work, but
there is still much to be done. Honesty
and competency in office—nothing
more, but nothing Uss.
The Coroner’s jury in Charleston, in
their inchest over the body of Detective
Shrewsbury, decided that F. M. John
i stone did feloniously kill George
Shrewsbury, against the peace and dig
nity of the State.
The Columbia Register says : jndg
, jpg from the sang froid with wi/ich the
i little Attorney-General slipped into the
prison door, with his blanket un
der his arm, when it we* opened by the
under Sheriff, one would suppose he
‘‘ knew the ropes and had been there
before.
At the''Coast House precinct, ”in Cam
den, 98i votes were cast for Chamber
laip and 91 for Hampion. The poll was
not opened until 6:45 o’clock, three
quarters of an hour after the time fixed
by law, and the managers, after the
i polls were closed, did not proceed to
count the votes and declare the result,
but allowed Frank Carter to carry the
box to his home.
BRUTAL TREATMENT OF HtISONERS.
How Democrat! Are Treated la Mouth t'aro.
Una.
[Cohmibia Register ]
The gentlemen who were brought here
on Saturday night from Aiken and Barn
well and confined in Richland county
jail, give a very unfavorable report of
their treatment in that institution.
They were eleven in number. Six of
them were confined in one cell without
fire, and five in another. Sheriff Dent,
through his kind-heartedness, loaned
each man a blanket, but as they were
United States prisoners, he could not
and did not undertake to feed them,
and the marshal made no provisions to
supply them with food; consequently
they were left without the latter article
for twenty-four hours. Some of our
citizens, hearing of their condition, sup
plied them with something to eat Sun
day morning. One of them was an in
valid, and while they all suffered from
cold Saturday night, which was the
coldest we’re had this Winter, it must
have been particular hard on a sick man
to remain in a cold, damp cell on SHch a
night. The gentlemen are some more of
Munchausen Corbin’s victims, and were
arrested upon affidavits made by a set of
negroes in these counties on the charge
of engaging in the Ellenton riot, When
it is considered that such affidavits can
be obtained by the flour barrel full at
fifty cents apeiee, we think the hard
ships of these gentlemen particularly
aggravating. God grant that snch out
rages may cease to be perpetrated upon
the people of this State. And we be
lieve they will.
Since the circulation of the new sor
ghum juice wiregrass politicians have
quieted down.