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lb* futMU tafitim. YORKVIELE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 7, 1876. THE STATE CANYASSERS. The habeas corpus case of the Board of State Canvassers came up before Judge Bond, of the United States Circuit Court, on Wednesday of last week. The Board was represented by Judge Settle, of North Carolina and Judge Denny, of Indiana, and the respondents by Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, of Virginia, and Gen. Jas. Conner, of Charles. ton. A motion was made by the counsel for the respondents, to dismiss the writ of habeas . eorpiu, quash the proceedings and remand the prisoners to the custody of the Sheriff of Richland county. Judge Bond took the papers in the case and reserved his decision. In the meantime the Board of State Canvassers are practically at large and lending their assistance to manipulating the proceedings in the Bayonet House of Representatives. MEETING OF CONGRESS. The Senate met at noon last Monday. After the usual formalities, Mr. Edmunds offered a resolution which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed, providing that the committee on privileges be authorized to enquire whether or not the rights of persons in the States of Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi were denied and abridged in the late election, and if so, mkathar thara ia anv nnnati tn tinnal remedy therefor. The Senate then adjourned. The House was called to order by Chief Clerk Adams, two hundred and forty-eight members answering to roll-call. Randall, of Pennsylvania, was elected Speaker. The credentials of C. W. Buttz, of Soath Carolina, were presented. Mr. Morrison objected, and they were laid over, and afterwards referred to the committee on elections, under pretest filed by counsel for contestant. Committees were ordered to investigate the elections in South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana. The committee to visit South Carolina consists of Messrs. Sayler, of Ohio; Abbott, . of Massachusetts; Stenger, of Pennsylvania; Eden, of Illinois; Jones, of Kentucky; Phillips, of Missouri; Banks, of Massachusetts; - _ Lawrence, of Ohio; and Lapham, of New York. All but the last three are Democrats. After the appointment of the committees, the House adjourned. THE STATE LEGISLATURE. We devote much of our space, this week, to a publication of the extraordinary occurrences in Columbia during the past week. For these graphic accounts we are indebted to the Charleston News and Courier and the Columbia Register, which bring the proceedings up A AAnfinnofi/\n f\P fVlO 1 IU OAVUi UCIJ Ui^UU ?L wuiiiuunvivu v? events, as they have transpired since that date, may be briefly summarized. On Sunday afternoon Gen. Hampton received an anonymous letter purporting to \ have been written by a Hayes Republican, in which it was stated that another conspira- Cy was on foot* of a more 8tartling~"nature than any previously developed. The plot, as exposed, was to the effect that a party of seventy-five or more roughs, of both colors, some of them being members of the notorious Hunkidori Club, of Charleston, were to be brought to Columbia on Monday and appointed State constables; after which they would be stationed as spectators, or be substituted for the members themselves in the Hall of Representatives, and that at a preconcerted moment a demand would be made upon Speaker Wallace to vacate the chair and upon the Edgefield and Laurens members to leave the Hall. As confirmatory of this, on Monday, the Democratic House was notified that a large body of Chamberlain constabulary would demand the removal of the Edgefield and Lau rens members, and should the constabulary be resisted, the military would enforce the demand; whereupon, to avoid a collision and possible bloodshed, the Democratic members all withdrew and re-assembled at the Carolina Hall, where the Constitutional House was first organized. Monday's proceedings a*e reported by the Union-Herald as follows: The fifth day of the dead lock in the legislature found the members of the house lying on their arms, so to speak, waiting for something to turn up. Should this state of affairs continue much longer, it will be necessary to vacate the hall for the purpose of cleansing and fumigating it. Although a resolution had been passed on Saturday inviting three colored preachers to perform divine service on Sunday, the day nevertheless passed off" without prayer or preaching from either party. The military are still on duty in the main en- i trance, and the sergeant-atarms keeps out the rabble from the hall. The sergeant-at-arms, Henry Daniels, and his assistants, act under the orders of Speaker Mackey, and are remarkable alike for their prudence and firmness in the discharge of their important duties. Something of a serious nature is looked for to-day. A telegram was freely circulated in the house to-day, by a prominent Edgefield democrat, purporting to come from Abraham Hewitt, chairman of the New York democratic committee. It stated that the President would take no sides with either faction, but would recognize any house that could organise with sixty-three members exclusive of the disputed counties of Edgefield and Laurens. The receipt of this information divided the members into groups of from six to ten, who discussed the news, and if true. its probable results. The Democrats claim thattliey have sixty members without those counties. The hour of 12 having arrived, the houses respectively adjourned and reorganized by calling the rolls of each party. - . Speaker Mackey announced that a quorum having answered, the house was ready for business. A resolution was adopted by the house, at the instance of Speaker Mackey, calling upon the Governor to protect the house of representatives from the unlawful intrusion, intimidation and violence of men who pretend to the rights of members, and who, by tneir presence, prevent the meeting of the just assembly as provided by the constitution. When the democratic clerk finished calling the roll, Mr. Wallace said: The chair is officially informed that a constabulary force of 100 armed men have been organized for the purpose of ejecting certain members of this house from the floor, and that this force is acting under the authority of the Governor, and that if this armed body be not obeyed, the military, which is now within call, will oe brought into requisition. In the interest of peace, and to prevent bloodshed, he therefore urged the democrats to retire to another hall. Mr. Orr moved that the house now adjourn. Mr. Wallace put the question, and 45 voted in the affirmative, 7 in the negative on a division of the house. The Democrats then left in a body. From the same paper we learn that the Republican Electors were served with a notice to appear before the Supreme Court on Tuesday last to show cause why they will presume to act as Electors. The Union-Herald argues that the Supreme Court has been engaged in framing rules according to the suggestion of the Democratic lawyers, the direct effects of which are calculated to prevent the vote of State being cast at all, which would elect Htigjjbjl|^^ertainly as if the seven votes were I^H^^^SBMnBkmTote for Governor, the nH|H^HflHn^ybiiowing Secretary of Gov the returns to the legal Speaker of the legal House of Representatives, and has therefore exhausted his power over them and complied with the statutes, we do not see how a mandamus oohld liein any other State of the Union. These speculations are from Republican sources, and of course must be viewed as emanating from those who see only from a Republican standpoint. For the latest from Columbia we refer the reader to the news under the telegraphic head. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Masons of this State, will be held in Charleston on the 12th instant. ? The residence of Governor Chamberlain, in Columbia, is guarded by United States troops. ? In the Supreme Court, on Friday, in the matter of the rule for contempt against D. T. Corbin, the rule was discharged with leave to file new suggestions. m ' i-? t - -i?j ? waiter J\. oones, coiureu, mo putaro Secretary of Governor Chamberlain and Judge of Probate elect for Richland county, died in Colombia on Wednesday of last week. ? The Ledger mentions that a number of competent men in Lancaster have proposed to accept the office of treasurer and auditor of that county and transact the business satisfactorily, for $1,000 per annum, saving thereby to the county $3,000 a year. ? The cases of the Ellenton rioters came up in the United States Court last week. A large number of the cases were nol. prosequied, a few of the prisoners were bailed in mere nominal amounts to appear at the April term of the Court, and several were held for trial. ? Westbury, of Sumter, who was sworn in as a member of the Constitutional House, and afterwards returned to the Bayonet House, says that he went to the latter to get his cer-,. tificate of election which he had left in his desk, and was detained against his will. Westbury voted against seating the bogus Barnwell delegates, and says that bow he is out of that House, he does not intend to go back. ? Capt John Cowan, who lives in Magnolia township, Abbeville county, is something of a farmer. This year he made three bales of cotton, fifty bushels of wheat, fifty bushels of oats and one hundred and fifty of corn. He is sixty years old and did all his own work, only hiring help for three days during the planting and harvesting seasons. Besides, * -1A J - J mAAiinm an/) Via/) nlonf.V 6 UU6UUCU puiiuuai uioobiugo uuu uwvi of leisure. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The official returns of the election in North Carolina give Vance a majority of 12,009. ? The General Assembly will adjourn over the Christmas holidays from the 16th of this month. ? On Saturday last, Governor Brogden signed a pardon for W. EL H. Houston, convicted of forgery at the spring term, 1876, of Mecklenburg Superior Court, and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. ? The General Assembly has re-elected Hon. Matt W. Ransom as United States Senator. The Republican members supported Oliver H. Dockery, who received, on joint ballot, 40 votes. Ransom's majpjaty in the two houses was 80. .? Governor Brogden^s issued a proclamation declaring^<auly elected the Presidential Elecjerfon the National Democratic ticket.?T. B. Keogh, chairman of the State executive committee of the Republican party, has filed with the Governor a protest against issuing a certificate of election to W. B. Glenn, one of the Tilden electors, on the ground that Glenn was a member of the Centennial commission of North Carolina. MERE-MENTION. Jefferson Davis has returned from Europe. Last Friday evening, on the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, the mail and express cars were destroyed by fire, catching from a hot box. The entire Southern mail was burnt Destructive fires, having occurred within the past week, are reported in Cincinnati, Chicago and New Orleans. It is asserted by the Georgia papers that 50,000 colored children are attending the public schools of that State. The General Assembly of Rhode Island has elected W. J. Slater in the place of Corliss, ineligible elector. A dispatch from Cheyenne says that the forces under McKenzie have just gained a decided victory over the Indians, killing some 25 warriors. It is contemplated to attack Crazy Horse at an early day. Gen. Samuel Cooper, who was Adjutant-General of the Southern Confederacy, died in Fairfax county, Va., on Monday last. From the Charleston News and Courier. THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. [continued from first page.] Columbia, S. C., November 30?6 P. M. When the people of Columbia lay down to rest last night, they little dreamed of the eventful day that should dawn upon the morrow. JPursuant to adjournment, tne jjemocrauc i House of Representatives convened at 10 o'clock this morning and immediately went into secret session. From the hurried manner in which members went in and out of the hall, it was soon suspected that some decided action had been determined upon. A few moments passed, and then the plan became apparent to all. The Democrats had, at last, decided to make a bold Btand and demand their rights in the legislative hall of the State. In squads of fours and eights they steadily pressed nearer to the StatehouBe. At the door of the Statehouse stood a guard of the United States troops; but they evidently haT other orders than those under which they acted on Tuesday. The Democrats were admitted, and, in a solid body, ascended the stairs towards the door of the Hall of Representatives. Col. A. C. Haskell and Mr. James L. Orr headed the body, and were stopped at the door by a United States marshal and the Radical sergeant-at-arms. They asked for admittance and were refused. The members in the front rank drew their certificates. The doorkeepers, not expecting the crisis, were nonplussed. The door was opened to pass the front memKam in roV?n nn crAtt.intr half wav in. flunc m,? *"l I t> O J 0| open the door, and the Democrats as a body | marched into the hall and took their seats. There was but one sharp, decisive struggle, and all was over, although at one time it seemed that bloodshed was imminent. Inside of the hall were seated about forty of the negro members, who stared with blank astonishment at the influx of white faces. Gen. W. H. Wallace, the legally-elected Speaker of the House, proceeded at once to the Speaker's stand and took the chair, followed by the Democratic clerk, who also took his position on the stand. The Democratic sergeant-atarms remained at the door alongside of the Radical sergeant-at-arms. Things remained at a stand-still for about five minutes, when Gen. Hampton applied for admittance at the door, and was refused by the Radical sergeantat-arms. A scuffle ensued, and trouble again appeared inevitable, but before the issue came, Gen. Hampton declined to enter and withdrew. Five minutes more passed, when everybody's attention was attracted to the door by the entrance of E. W. M. Mackey, A. 0. Jones, United States Detective Hubbard and others of the hangers-on. As they naared the Speaker's ^a^^Speaker Wallace rapped with the gavel and said: "The House of Representatives wil come to order." Mackey and Jones ascended the stepe, ant Mackey, trembling with excitement and gasp ing for breath, said to Speaker Wallace: "Yoi will please vacate this seat." Speaker Wallace remained seated, and re plied : "I have been elected by a majority o the House of Representatives of the State o J..1 tl,* Pa.-r.Kni DOUlill varuuun, UUljr dtu.u iu, iu tuwH.wiu. Hall, on Tuesday, the 28th day of November instant. The Constitution provides that th< Legislature shall meet in the city of Colum bia, on the fourth Tuesday in November. I makes no provision that the House of Repre sentatives shall be organized in this hall. Oi Tuesday last a majority of the members o! the House of Representatives, with certificate of election, were refused admission to thii hall. They retired to the Carolina Hall an( organized with a membership of sixty-six who, according to the constitution, were dulj sworn in and their officers elected. We an here in pursuance of our rights under th< Constitution of the State of South Carolina We desire to oppress no one, and to depriv< no man of his rights on this floor. We de sire to claim only the rights that belong U us, and those rights we intend to have." Mackey said: "I claim that I was electee Speaker of this House by a legal quorum o members legally sworn in. We do not re cognize that any others than those sworn ii here on Tuesday last are members of thii House, and these men who are visiting thii hall without our consent must keep order. ] must again demand that you, Gen. Wallace leave this chair." Sneaker Wallace: "I have already declare that I am the legally elected Speaker of thi House, aad I must request you to retire." Mackey: "The sergeant-at-arms will pleas< step forward and enforce my order." Speaker Wallace: "The sergeant-at-arm will please step forward and enforce my or der." The Democratic and Republican sergeants at-arms marched up the aisle together, an< each obeyed the orders given them, and sev eral of the Democrats and Radicals ascende< the stand and stood behind their respectivi leaders. Neither Speaker Wallace nor Mack ey moved, and there was a general crowdinj toward the stand, as if in anticipation of i fight. But no fight came! Both parties hel< firm, the sergeants at-arms standing on eithe side, glaring at each other. One of the Democratic members then movei that a committee of six be appointed to adjus the matter. Speaker Wallace appointee Messrs. Simpson, Allen, Shaw, Gibson, Hamil ton and Goul. Mackey called out to his crowd to take n notice of the Democratic Speaker's commands and told Jones to call the roll. Jones pre ceeded to call the roll, while the Democrat continued addressing Gen. Wallace as Speab er all the while. When Jones got througl calling over the names, being answered onl by Radicals, Mackey said: "A majority bein present, the proceedings will be opened wit prayer." Thomas, of Newberry, the mulatto chairma of the committee of privileges and election) who admitted the negroes from Barnwell, yet terday, then went upon the stand and ofifere a prayer. Mr. Gray, of Greenville, moved thaj^il* chair appoint a committee of three^te^lnforr the proper authorities thatJbe~Hduse of Rep resentatives was disturbed and usurped by band of insurgents. Speaker Wallace ap pointed MessrsfSimpeon, Allen, Shaw, Hamii ton, Meyers and Gibson. Gibson, one of th Radicals on the committee, declined to 8erv< Mackey then called upon all the member wnouuu (JUL uecu gnuru tu vuujo lunrmu <*u be sworn. Speaker Wallace did the sam< No one came forward. Several Democrats then arose and were r? cognized by Speaker Wallace. Several Rad cals did the same, and were recognized b Mackey. Both Democrats and Republican began to deliver speeches, each addressin himself to their' own party. At this stag Mackey had a conference with Dennis, au sent a message to Chamberlain, stating that th House was disturbed by men not member! and calling upon him to send troops to ejec them. Dennis went off smiling, and Macke said, triumphantly : "Order will be restored i a very short time, and the illegal member will be ejected." Andrews, of Sumter, moved to adjourn, bu the Radicals refused to adjourn, the Demc crats taking no notice of the motion. Reed, of Beau fort, got up and made a speec! in which he said no one desired peace mor than he did, and concluded by hoping tba the Democrats would go out and be admitte by the certiBcates of the Secretary of Stat< recognize E. W. M. Mackey as Speaker, an have peace. Mr. Gray, of Greenville, (Dem.) and Gil son, (Rep.) both got up, and both mad speeches. Mackey called Gray to ordei Speaker Wallace called Gibson to order, an either came to order. After these two ha finished, Mr. Sheppard, (Dera.) of Edgefield and Minort, (Rep.) of Richland, both got u and started to speak. Mackey called on th Radical sergeant-at-arms to compel Sheppar to go outside of the railing and stop disturt ing the peace of the House. Speaker Wal lace called on the Democratic sergeant-at-arm to make Minort come to order. Both sei geants-at-arms attempted to obey orders, an both failed, and the double speeches con tin uec Mr. Sheppard etated that all he desired wa that a committee of conference be appointe and peace be restored, and pledged himself, i the name of the Democrats, that he woul abide by the arbitrament of that committe< N. B. Meyers, (Rep.) of Beaufort, then go up and made a speech, in which he said tha the time had certainly come when every re[ resentative of the people should perform hi whole duty. He came here from a Republ can constituency, but he loved South Carolin more than he loved the men who had brough the State to the verge of ruin. He was stand ing in his place for good government for Sout Carolina. I am, said he, satisfied that Get Hampton has received the highest number c votes, and I am in favor of South Carolina b< ing ruled by South Carolinians. Reed, of Beaufort, attacked Meyers, an Meyers replied: "I have fought corruptio every time. Governor Chamberlain has bee defeated, and even if elected he could not giv us peace or protect us, and I here declare tha I believe Gen. Hampton is the Governor r South Carolina^and the man who can give u peace. So long as you support a defeated ac ministration that has to be upheld by Unite States bayonets, so long do you oppose youi self to justice and right and support a goverr ment that should be allowed to go down as d( clared by the people at the ballot-box." All this time Mackey gazed with longin eyes toward the door of the House for th troops that should enable him to usurp th control of the House. But none came, an Dennis came in, after long absence, lookin sad. He had a conference with Mackey, an he looked sad also. Mr. James L. Orr then made a speech, i which he protested against the ordering c United States troops to eject legal members c the House. Speaker Wallace said : "I have a propos tion to make. 1 propose that both sides sha] be heard." Reed, (Rep.) of Beaufort, then made lengthy harrangue in which he attacked Mej ers in bitter terms. Mr. Orr made another speech, in which h appealed to the Radicals to agree to a confei ence and thus succeed in adjusting the mattei Mackey: "I am determined to have ordei The sergeant-at-arms will demand of all pei sons not sworn in here to leave their seats an go behind the railing." The sergeant-at-arms made the demand, be the Democrats remained firm, and the attemj: to move them was abandoned. Speaker Wallace said : "Every member c this House who has been sworn in will remai seated." It was then moved by the Democrats to r< fer the matter iu dispute to Senator Roberl 1 son and Senator Gordon. The RadicalsTefuB- ? ed to comply, "itnd Mackey said: "Any person a i in this House disturbing its peace will be put i - out for. cod tempt." U, ^ i Speaker Wallace: "Any person disturbing t this House will be put out for contempt." ( Straker, (Rep.) of Orangeburg, Thomas, a f (Rep.) of Newberry and Anderson, (Rep.) of t f Sumter, made speeches, the tenor of which c i was that the Democrats should go out and c , come m, as the Radicals felt disposed to admit s them. Andrews, (Rep.) wanted to know what t was before the House. Mackey said that noth- t t ing was before the House, but that members t - would be permitted to speak as much as they t i pleased. , ,. - t f Curtis, (Rep ) moved that the rule to ad- t 8 journ at 3 o'clock be suspended. The Radi- t s cals voted and the motiou was carried. Gray, \ 1 (Dera.) ofGwenville, made the same motion. 1 , Speaker VV aiiace put me muuuu, iuc ucwir i j crats voted, and the motion was carried. t 3 Hamilton, (Rep.) made a speech, an hour a 9 and a half long, in which he held that the . Laurens and Edgefield members could not 9 lawfully be excluded ; that they should bead- A - mitted, and under the constitution they would v ) have no right to vote on the question of their c own seats. He further held that the action of 1 1 the House in admitting the Barnwell Radi- t f cals was an infamous outrage and is a prece- g dent which threatens the downfall of the Re- e i publican party. In conclusion, ho. moved that s 3 there should be a reorganization of the House, e s or, if more conducive to securing peace, he t [ was in favor of appointing a committee of ? ^ equal number from both sides to confer and 1 try and settle the matter. s 1 Palmer, (Rep.) of Richland, followed with j 3 a speech in which he also ffvored the appoint- t rneut of a committee of five from each side to ' 3 confer and try and effect.a settlement. Robin- ' son, of Beaufort, called upon the House to < 3 come together and have peace. He saw no 1 use for a conference. All that was necessary * was for those with certificates to come forward ( and be sworn in by the alerk. The Demo- 1 1 crats then called upon the Radicals to go up ] - and be sworn legally by the legal clerk, Mr. * 1 Sloan. They refused. Jas. Wells, (Rep.) of I e Richland, Smith, (Rep.) of Darlington, Low- I '? * " Ti- ii j _ ,i "i;.: i - man, (^.uep.j 01 mcniaua, an mwie punnum I speeches, but failed to touch the question of < a cqpapromise. J ^ Mr. Brown, Democrat, of Anderson, then ? r made a speech, calling upon everybody in the ] hall to cease bickering and come together. 3 In conclusion, he said that the Democrats con- < t ceded that the same oount that elected Hamp- < 3 ton elected Hayes, and they proposed by their ' 1* votes to concede it, and in return all that [ tbey asked was that the Republicans should i o give them the officers they had elected. J i, Pinckney, (Rad.) of Charleston, followed i >- with a characteristic speech, talking a great < 8 deal but saying little, beyond general abuse of 1 > the Democrats. h Speaker Wallace and Mackey, who had ' y been acting as speakers for six heurs, then < g came down from the stand. Mr. Orr took h the place of Speaker Wallace, n ml Thiiiiiin, of | Newberry, took Mackey's u Mr. Sheppard then tpokthe floor and made a magnificent speech^dompelling the attention j of the House by hia^loquence and earnestness? i d After rebearsjjaa^he powers of the Supreme ] Court. aaf^tSe authority by which he was ^-pr^entThe took the ground that the Legislate ture had the right to judge of the qualifica- ' >* tions of its members, and he was ready to suba mit to the judgment of the House, even if it >- reversed the decision of the Supreme Court 1 1- that they had received the highest number of 1 e votes, but he held that they, as duly elected ' J- members from Laurens and Edgefield, were < 8 entitled to their seats and to participation in ' d the organization of the House, and to hold < their seats until contested by other parties. < If the contestants came up, he was ready to < )- submit the case to the committee of privileges 1 i- and elections, and abide by the result; but un- 1 y til the decision of the Supreme Court was re- i 8 versed by the House, he intended to keep his j g seat, and he spoke for the delegations from 'i e Edeefield and Laurens counties. 1 d (5. S. Green, (Rep.) of Georgetown, epoke ' e at length in a humorous vein, keeping both I 3, sides smiling for an hour. He wound up by 1 :t saying that all that had been said to-day had ' y no more effect on the Democrats than Moses' 3 n miracles before Pharaoh. 1 '? Robert Aldricb, Jr., (Dem.) followed. He ( reviewed the situation of to-day, and stated j that be and others who held certificates o&the >- secretary of State were turned away from the door at the point of the bayonet. Republi- J h cdlis only were admitted, and it was detere mined by those in power to count in the j kt Hayes electors at any cost. We, he said, ' d cannot help ourselves. The American peo- j 3, pie will not Buffer the expressed will of the d people to be set aside as here attempted. j A drunken negro (not a member) here sat , ?- himself in the aisle in front of the speaker, ' e and interrupted him with a running comr. ment on all he said. Another negro (a mem- I d ber) inquired directly, "Did you present your- 1 d self in person at the door and exhibit the cer- i I. tificate of the secretary of State, and were 1 p then refused admission ?" Aldrich replied < e that it was as stated. The inquirer responded, 1 d as he took his seat: "Weill showed 'em I >- mine and I had no trouble." 1- Aldrich, continuing, said he wanted a fair 18 organization, and then a fair count, and if the I r- result should declare, as he believes it would, i d that the Democrats had elected the Governor I. and the Republicans the remainder of the i is State ticket and the Presidential Electors, he : d would abide by it and support it; and if we ( n who have been elected, and have been so de- ( d clared by the Supreme Court, should leave j 5. here and go home, what can you do? You it cannot pass a law that the courts will not set ' it aside. You cannot collect a cent or pay your | h expenses. You cannot fill an office that any is honest man would have. He concluded by { i- warning them that by persistence they would a leave the State without a cent for the next it six months. I- Keith, of Darlington, followed and said : h "If times don't get better I will have to leave j i. Columbia for want of money. We can't af if ford to stay here all day and all night. I j- propose that speaker No. 1 and Speaker No. ( 2 adjourn their two houses, and all come d back to-morrow at the same hour. If we n don't adjourn I shall stay here until I rot, ^ u and hold the fort for Hayes and Wheeler e and Chamberlain, and wave the answer back it to Tilden he shall never win." The speaker ( if held 6n for a terrible time, nothing of impor- , is tance escaping him. He frequently and in- 1 I- advertently referred to Gen. Hampton as , d "Governor" Hampton, and was as often re- | r- buked, but went back again and again. < i- 10.30 P. M.?Things by this time have J J* worked down to a business basis. At first two ' persons spoke at once to two different Speak- < g ere ; but after the speech of Mr. Sheppard, j e things assumed the appearance of a public dee bate, and speakers on both sides were heard, d Dark came onf and the Radicals brought a g dozen candles, stuck in bottles, for light, d The Democrats thought they would beat that, { and the Democratic Executive Committee | n ordered the gas turned on, and, for the first ^ if time in many sessions, the Gas company obey>f ed the order of the South Carolina House of Representatives, and light was' thrown on i- the serio-comic scene, il When Keith closed his harangue, Mr. Calison, of Edgefield arose to make a speech, a when Abram Smith, of Charleston, the Cain- i r- hoy rioter, who was so drunk that he could < barely stand, tried to drown his voice with i e his yells. This was kept up for nearly half j r- an.hour. Smith was defeated, and Simmons, I r. one of Bowen's Charleston coons, continued r. to keep up the yelling. Mr. Callison, in the 1 r- course of bis remarks, conceded that the same d vote that elected Hampton had elected Hayes j and Wheeler, and they were ready to stand < it by it. it , The proceedings have now assnme4 the ap- | pearance of a mixed up camp-meeting, at ' if which the negro coons are still yelling. Both i n parties are determined to hold ont all night, i and daylight will find tbem at it. i y- 1130 P. M.?The situation at this|bour .in 1 t- the Hall of Representatives remains the same. < / jtraker, of Orangeburg, it now reviewing the in iction of the Supreme Court, and Mr. Robert gi yd rich it antwering him point by point The Democrats take the ground that while m hey hold that the decision of the Supreme er 3ourt gives them a prima facie right to seats b< ind participation in the primary organisation, hi hey concede that the House, when legally b< rganized, has a right to judge of the qualifi- cc iatioos of any of its members. w Now that the Democrats are in the hall, of hey propose to stay there, and it is more et ban probable that a proposition will be made 0 withdraw the delegations from Edgefield th ind Laurens, if the Radicals will withdraw lo heir bogus Barnwell delegation, and agree to b< 1 reorganization of the House. This will be pt i last resort. If this is done, the Demoorats pi vill have 57 members, and the Radicals 59. fo Hamilton, Meyers and Westbury have stuck ai o the Democrats all day, and are not likely tfa o recede. This will give the Democrats 60 w md the Radicals 56. J. R. B. # 80 Columbia, 8. C., Friday, December 1.? no [ P. M.?All night long the weary Watch in vas kept. The white phalanx of the Demo- ac irats was on the one side of the aisle, and the >lack crowd of Republicans on the other. Af- ai er 3 o'clock the harauguing of the Radicals to ;rew less frequent. Half of them were asleep, ind everything settled down for an all night tl nonze. About 4 o'clock Judee T. J. Mack iy came in and made 3 speech, which revived A he slumbering body, and for two hours more of i desultory cross-fire was kept up. The long- aj ooked-for daylight dawned at last upon the C cene. Visitors then began to crowd in, and pi ust before 12 o'clock Mr Orr, (Dem.) moved 01 hat that the House adjourn. .This motion Taa put by Speaker Wallace and carried, w The clock struck twelve and the House was w sailed to order, and another Legislative day >egan. The Radicals then followed suit, and fl< idjourned and convened. Both clerks then sc sailed the rolls at the same time, after which it )otb speakers announced the House ready to pi >roceed to business. The journal was read, di ind Hamilton, (Rep.) of Beaufort, said: "This ci hing is going too far, and I am afraid it will ir jreak up in a row." hi George Reed, (Rep.) of Beaufort, said no tl me wanted to avoid a row more than he did. w Ee was a Republican, but was ready to do p iny thing right and just which could secure b peace. * E Hamilton then continued in a long and ai jarnest speech. He again, in earnest terms, tl jailed upon the Republicans to beware. He a " ? AWAHA0AA/1 I "lUft + * igcllIJ CUUUVlUlicu, ao nc ca|;icoocu ib) buv ui jutrageous conduct" of the so called House n n.seating the Barnwell members, and stated fi ,bat the same committee was only now wait- o: ng to seat other members, when it would ei ake them six weeks to get the proof before tl them. He called upon his colleagues to be- ? ware that they did not bring down not only w the disapprobation, but also the entire enmi- tl ty of the American people. 80 earnest did tl Hamilton become that he shed tears in de- ci scribing the pass to which his own race had g brought South Carolina. 0 Reed, of Beaufort, said: "If you mean n that the committee on privileges and elections U intends to seat more illegal members, I will h put my foot down opon it" h Mr. Robert Aldrich, (Dem.) here arose, and u was recognized by the Democratic Speaker, b and said: I rise to submit a proposition that will commend itself to the justice of every a man here present.' We have sat here for Q twenty-four hours, night and day. Members j] on both sides of this House have^een discus- 5 sing our present condition with all the earnest- tl ess, with all the zeal, and, I am willing to u admit, with all the sincerity that they could command; and it seems to me we are no near- Q er the solution of this matter than we were t< so yesterday. 1 ask nothing in tbiB proposi- Ci tion of the other side that I do not accord to tl them. It is all that any patriot can ask. It n is everything that honest and just minds could ti require, and I believe that it is right, that it gj is just; and I wrote it under the inspiration [>f the sincere and patriotic remarks of that n noble man who has just left his seat. I ask n you all to listen to the proposition I submit. * Give it careful consideration. If it is unequal in any respect, then discard it. If it is just, tl fair and lawful, adopt it, and let us plant our- I selves, as soon as possible, upon the firm rock tl nf a constitutional government that will briDg q a blessing with it to every member of the soil, rhis, Mr. Speaker, is my proposition : Q Be it Resolved by the House^of Representatives d :>f the State of South Carolina, That the present 4 difficulties existing in the organization of this House be submitted to a committee of six on the part of the House and six on the part of the Sen- n ate, to be composed equally of Republicans and ^ Democrats from each body, and that their report 1 be submitted in duplicate, one to each of the a Houses on this floor claiming to be the legal a Houses of South Carolina Representatives, for rj their adoption, and pending the sitting of said committee that both Houses adjourn to re-assemble as they stand now to receive the said report. t< The Radicals refused to take any notice of the proposition, and Gant, of Beaufort, moved ? that the committee on privileges and elections I now report. Mackey, however, was not ready ? to admit any other illegal members yet, and Gant was frowned down. The proposition * was then read by the Democratic reading clerk ? to the Democratic House, and was adopted. H It was then resolved by the Constitutional e House and the Bayonet House, at the same time, to suspend the rule to adjourn at 3 tl o'clock. This passed on both sides. n Mr. James L. Orr then stated that there g seemed to be some misunderstanding concern- t< ing tbe position held by the Democrats on the h question of tbe Electoral vote. In order to ? explain this position he offered the following h resolution, which was adopted: tl Resolved, That this House has no purpose of in- tl terfering with the count for Electors of President A find Vice-President, and will take no action u in regard thereto. Humbert and Keith, (Reps.) of Darlington, then opened a private camp meeting, and oc- ^ cupied about an hour in reading campaign songs, &c. It was moved by Straker,. (Rep.) r\f OpRnorehnrcr. that the BDecial order for 2 P. v & a, ^ f g? M. (the declaration of the vote for Governor) be postponed until to-morrow at 2 P. M. The Senate concurred, and the agony is delay- ?. ;d one day longer. Before this was dooe, . there was a momentary expectation of a bloody , slash. J Straker, (Rep.) of Orangeburg, offered the , following resolution, which was adopted by the Bayonet body: q Resolved, That the committee on privileges and slections be, and it is hereby, instructed that, on ill contested cases of election referred to it for in- 8< instigation, they shall make a full report to this s< House, giving a synopsis of such evidence as has ,? been brought before them, and that the said committee give notice to all parties concerned in said ? contest, and grant such reasonable time for the ai sbtaining of evidence as in the judgment of the _. jommittee will not defeat the ends of justice, pro- , yided that after notice had been given, should & jither party to the contest refuse to appear or p submit necessary evidence, me committee hush 1; forthwith proceed to hear and determine the case. In the Senate, to-day, nothing of importance f( was done beyond concurring in the resolution t; to postpone the counting of the vote for Gov- ^ srnor and Lieutenant-Governor until 2 P. M. tj to-morrow, and receiving a notice of contest, by Cain, of the seat of Gen. Gary, the Senator n, for Edgefield. J. K. B. From the Columbia Eeglater of Sunday. ? ? 1 A The Doings of Saturday. a, Columbia, Dec. 2,1876. r< Another day was spent at the capitol yes- U terday pretty much as the day preceding, the a only occurrences of any importance beiDg the ol swearing of two of the strongest and best men p in the Republican branch of the House into a the constitutional Legislature. "j A visit to the House about 10 o'clock brought us face to face with the always troublesome sergeant-at-arms, who requires a new p identification every time one passes in or out, el even though it be a dozen times a day. p Once inside, matters seemed unchanged from F the night before, except that the members T looked a little the worse for the two nights of f< sleep on the sofas and ohairs of the House; ol and the blankets and bed quilts which here ai and there met the eye, gave evidence of. the tl "camping out" the party had unwillingly in-j w flulged in, and reminded one of the old times' c< i /. the arm j just after some commander would ve orders to "strike tents" and "march." The debru of the sapper of the night before ight be seen in the lobby in trays and wait- | s. Our modern statesmen seem to have ?n quite frugal, by the way, or else very ingry,,and devoured every delicacy placed tfore them, as the remnants in the lobby 1 insisted of a few crusts of bakers bread, ith here and there the undevoured jawbone ' a Scotch herring, and the hull of the instable "goober pea." I The members were lolling around reading ie papers, the reporters were at their desk oking weary and worn, and the telegraph >ys were occasionally seen to entei' and ae- , irt, bearing away with them some scraps of tper which in a few minutes more would inrra thousands of people miles and miles vay of what was going on in the capitol of le once proud but now prostrate common* ealth of South Carolina. A little before 12, as on the day preceding, uie one on each side moved an adjourn* ent First, Speaker Wallace and then act* g Speaker Thomas put the question, and an ijournment took place (in a horn.) Speaker Wallace called the House to order, id acting Speaker Thomas called the rump order. First Jones and then Colonel Sloan called te roll of their respective sides. Acting Speaker Thomas suggested prayer. . very likely colored preacher by the name ' Marsell walked upon the Speaker's stand id offered a prayer?such an one as all brislian men could listen to?the Democrats tying respectful attention, as they always do i such occasions. The readiug of the minutes was dispensed ith by both sides, for the very good reason, e dare say, there were no minutes to read. Tom Hamilton, of Beaufort, obtained the oor, and said that the issue bad to be made ?oner or later; that he mig)it as well make now. He then proceeded to arraign the Re* ublican leaders of South Carolina who had - i i^ii? i T* SDOQDCea vuamoeruuu OS a traj^ur, a vcuiu:at and a thief, after he had nominated him i the Republican Convention. He proved is consistency as a Republican, and pointed >em to measures which he had opposed, bnt hich they in their madness and folly bad assed over his head, and afterwards accused im of disloyalty and want of party fealty, [e told them of his determination to do right ad fulfill the oath be had taken, to support le constitution, regardless of the consequents that might follow. He told them that *o years hence he would be a candidate for selection, and that he would he returned om his connty. He denied that the people f South Carolina had any objection to Northrn people coming into the State, provided ley did not come as professional politicians, [e alluded to Leslie as a well-known thief ho had fled the State. Hamilton ridiculed ae idea of Laurens and Edgefield being irown oat on account of the number of vote* ist, and said that his own county, which had iven the second largest Republican majority f any county in the State, had cast 3,000 lore votes than it had two years ago. Hamilin's speech was a long and exhaustive one, and e closed it by warning the "bob-tailed Legisiture," as he terored it, of their effort to force pon the people of the State their unlawful ody as a genuine, bona fide Legislature. At the conclusion of his speech, Hamilton pproached the speaker's stand, with his comlission in his hand, and requested to be sworn i as a member of the constitutional body, lost intense interest was manifested all over ae House as Ha ml ton took the oath ; after 'hich he returned to his seat. Finckney, the "rural" member from Ibarleston, walked down the aisle and began > deliver a speech denunciatory of Hamilton's aurse. After getting as far as "the sight was le moat damnable," some of the old Kadical its went ap to him, wbisperedin bis ear, and le "Santee orator," with a sickly grin, sab* ded. i Thomas, of Newberry, then returned and loved the passage of the report of the Com* littee on Privileges and Elections, whicb as adopted. This report, recommending the exclusion of le Democratic members of Edgefield and jaurens, was adopted by the Radical wing of tie House, which, of course, amounted to othing. The time having arrived for the vote for lovernor to be considered, that business was ispensed with until Monday, upon which ay it must be considered. Miller, of Beaufort, followed the postponelent of the election matter in a speech in 'hich he made an exhibit of the increase and ecrease of population in Beaufort, Edgefield nd Laurens, and also made an exhibit of the atio of votes in proportion to the population, 11 of which was very satisfactory to Miller, if > no one else. Miller was followed bv N.\ B. Meyers, of leaufort. Meyers is a very intelligent colored republican, who has stood side by side with lamilton in his manly defense of the right At the close of his speech, which was very rell delivered, he also advanced to the Speak* r's stand and took the oath, which was de* vered by Oen. Wallace, the legitimate Speakr of the legitimate House. Whatever effect the independent course of ie8e two colored men (Hamilton and Meyers) iay have upon their large constituency, a reat majority of whom are ignorant, unlet3red men, it is observable that their coljagues, all of whom are ultra Radicals of the ory worst school, attribute to them no disonorable motive, and act towards them like bey knew them to be true men, whatever beir difference of opinion may be. Even liller declared yesterday his life-long and nchanced regard for one and his ample re [>ect for the other. No word that could be anstrued into anything like a belief that they ere not actuated by the best of motives has leaped the lipe of any of the Radical speakre, except the "Saotee rurial," and he was topped in his first utterances. During the afternoon session, it was discovred that one of the bogus Representatives, by be name of Gave, who had been declared ended to a seat from Barnwell, had never pat is foot inside of the hall, sod that some tricky tadical had beeifc answering to his name for im. Shortly after the discovery that Cave had ot turned up, the motion to admit the "constants" from Abbeville was taken np, and a )t of Radical delegates from that county was sated. These certificates were trumped up, ley never having claimed seats until instigaid to do so by the rump in order to give them n apparent qaorum. Of course, in the long in, the seating! of these ready-made memors will amouut to nothing. Following this roceeding, which seemed to afford special deght to the members of the rump, a full chois on that side began to sing "Hold the Fort TT J TTTI 1?_ ? >r ntijra nuu it nocic, , iuuku w ?u? vu>uv? on of Judge Denny, of Indiana, who is here 3 counsel for the Board of Canvassers, and je renegade North Carolinian, Settle, whom rance thrashed out so handsomely on the 7th f November. At the time of going to press matters remain nchanged from what they were Friday night. l majority of the Democrats are sleeping^ ad a large number of the Radicals seem to 3gard the whole business as a good joke, and > act as they would at a big barbecue, a camp testing or a militia muster. Meanwhile, the Id peanut-seller in the lobby is driving a retty fair trade?the average Radical states* tan being able to hol.d out a long while on goobers'' aod the hope of $600 a session. ? m >'?.? The Board of State Canvassers have ublished an "official" declaration of the late lection, in which they proclaim that the Re* ublican Electors of President and* Viceresident were duly elected in this State, 'hey also publish their canvass of the vote >r members of the Legislature hud county fficere, omitting the'counties of Edgefield nd Laurens. In referenr* to York county 3? report, of the State Board is in accordance ith the result previously announced by the juuty canvassers. X.OOA? AyrAias. * CHURCH CALENDAR# Services for Sandajr, December 10tb, 1876* PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Rev. L. H; Wiiaoir, Pastor. / ;:$f ? ' * Services at Yorkville at 10} o'clock, a. m., and 7 o'clock, p. m. . EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Rev. R. P. Johnson, Pastor. Services at Yorkville, at. 10} o'clock a. m.; snd4 o'clock, p. m. r t ;; > f 'a METHODIST EPI8COPAL CHURCH, Rev. J. E. Carlisle, Pastor. Services at Yorkville, at 10} o'clock, ? nu, and at? o'clock, p. m. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, i r' Wt R. H. Glenn, S. Y. a-Sheriff'a 8*le*.-Jodge of Probate's Sales. J. P. Wallace. C. C. Pls.-Sale of Land. \ f . W. W. Gaffney, Attorney in Fa#,?Land at : / Auction. Walah A Wright?Ctoronlcle andSenttneL . . / W. H. McCorklo, Agent.?New Goods. Clark Brothers?Seed Oats-Cabbage. - SM <^r . I T. M. Dobeon A Co.?January 1st, 1877?Read*Made Clothing?Dress Goods?Calicoes? V Shawls?Overcoats?Shoes?Boots?Tfljjjt',of January?No Respecter of Pe?oa%~ Harris' Fertilizer?A Special ty?Si namoa'a Hepatic Compound. Joseph A. MeLean, Judge of Probate?CUatioo-^ 8. H. J. Alexander, applicant?W. A. Alexander, deceased. S. K. Marks?Hampton and Reform 1 William J. McGUl?Notice. i; .; W. 8. Creighton ?Notice. r ?^ AUGUSTA CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. Attention is directed to the advertisement of the above otannch journal?tbe leading paper of Georgia, and one of thonoat'eiitety prising and ably-conducted dailies in the / South. f HON. h D. WITHER SPOON. / This gentleman, the Senator for Yorirfeora^ ' ty, is a member of the following comdtfiS?41 of tbe Senate: Commerce ana Mauufactorp, j Contingent Accounts, Privileges and Elfc. J inno nj fn.lina. -.MM ' TELEGRAPH OFFICE REMOTj^l&J^H Mr. Horace Beard, the efficient opejjtyffl of the Western Union Telegraph CompjjfaaJ this place, has removed the office fromJaawH H| insonVg?tal>.|ft..JllU Iftiltlluin. ^ sales-day/ / The only property sold by tbe^Bheriff on Monday last, was the land belooJey io the estate of Robert Full wood, decoifo^ldby order of Judge of Probate for dmtfibntion of proceeds?and bought by A. WSprings, fpr $8.00 per acre. f GIN HOUSE AULT. The Hampton Herald n&ntions that; the gin bouse and twenty bales ft ?otton, bdong* iog to Mr. Win. Roberta*, ofBoekHill, were destroyed by an incenfiary fire on Toes* day morning of last week. wk" Robertson's property was insured to thsSainoant'of one thousand dollars. ^ | SERIOUS FIG In. We learn that one day ^t wee^ jtwo men?one named Barber aadwJie other McCarter?were engaged in sellio&ifrluaky in the neighborhood cf Smyrna Chwcb, in this coanty, when a quarrel, leadingMo a fight, ensued between a man named writer and^ on mo ntKpr nergnn whose name .vHONKW. : learn. Barber attempted to quiet jSo disputants and seized one of them for thtt^brpdMr when Wisher, attempting to stab bis opjnseot, stabbed Barber in the head with his the blade of which went to the hilt. i&Jut accounts, Barber was in an insensible A&v tion, and it fs feared his wound may |jrove BY TEIsEGRAPl^ THE CLIMAX REACHED. \ The Ktlletl House Declares Chaabarlala HIS CLAIMS TO BE SUPPORTED BV . QUART'S BATQRETS. ; THE DEMOCEATIC HOUSE. * Persistency of the Radical Hoose ! Its illegal Coarse. . .fl . .. IJl li'Ji-v-' . Trawpmir SITLL COfWSBLDfO PBAGS, CHAMBERLAIN TO BE INAUGURATED* Columbia, Dec. 6?9.50 P/Jt The vote for Goveroor vm counted today , , \ by the Radical House, excludingEdgefield" and Laurens counties, and declaring Chamberlain elected. The Democratic Senators protested against the proceedings. The bitterness of feeling is greatly intensified by. this unprecedented action. The Radicals claim to have assurance thai Chamberlain will be supported.by the military. The Radical House today seated the bogus delegation from Aiken. Chamberlain, will probably be inaugurated to-morrow. Daniel Bird and John Gibson, colored Republican members from Fairfield, were sworn in as members of the Democratic House today. The Democratic Houae hasnoje^tytwo members?erelnsive of the Edgefield and Laurens delegates?who hold certificates given by the Secretary of State. It is now only necessary to procurt! one more in ohHk to constitute a constitutional quorum. . * v. u~y*?vrKt fenni. A motion to swear in the AbbeviUeBmuUor failed to-day, Cochran, of Anderson, being the only Republican Senator voting with the " * " -n-11 Democrats. l d. w. ?, :,,y, if. .'!JSi . Columbia, Dob. 6?ioi a. m. The Democratic House baa now a majority of members with certificates from the Secretary of State. The Radical House had c?Iy fifty-four members with certificate* when they By the rejecting of the votes of Edgefield * and Laurens, Chamberlain has 3,146 majority. they lose memb atnrith certificate. who join the Democratic House. Gob. Hampton ia still aertiog hituolf to preserve peace. He says he baa been elected, tod wUl be Gorpnorof South Caroline. Chamberlain will be inaugurated to-day. The action of the House, in counting the t?-JS?1 ia bm Kv All fair-miuded pereooe a? illegal. Then is a large and exclted crowd to the the latest. vy Columbia, DecemtaMU-1 P. M. The 8dpreme Court has decided that Geo W. H. W.1I** i. th. SWfcr of ife ^ Houue of Representati?^ j. a, m.