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QLO SERIES—VOL. ICI REV SERIES-VOL. XL. TERMS. THE U .11,V CHRONICLE A SENTINEL, the oidaat newspaper in the South, U pobliehed duly, except Monde?. Tonne : Per year, #lO ;en months, #6; three months, #2 SO, THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE * SENTINEL is pobliehed every Wednesday. Terms : One yeer, #2; six months, #l. THE TBI-WEEKLY CHRONICLE * SENTI NEL is pobliehed every Toesdey, Thnrsdey and Setnrdey. Terms : One yeer, $5; six months, #2 90. SUBSCRIPTIONS m ell case* in advance, end no paper continued after the expiration of the time paid for. RITES OP ADVERTISING IN DAILY.—AII transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of (i per sqnere each insertion for the drat week. Advertisements in Tri-Week ly, #1 per sqnere; in Weekly. #1 per square. Marriage and Funeral Notices, #1 each. Special Notices, #1 per sqnere. Special rates will be made for advertisements running for one month or longer. ALL COMMUNICATIONS announcing candi dates for office—from County Constable to members of Congress—will be charged at the rate of twenty cents per line. All announce ments mast be paid for in advance. Address WALSH A WRIGHT, Chbokiclk A SmrrntKL, Augusts, Os. 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.