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?0tMle tftqatm. YORKFILLE, S. C.s THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 11,1877. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post-office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York county who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where thev receive the paper, are not liaV>lo fr>f rvrvat-ncro it hfiincr nrsnaia at the DOSt-offife here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork. are cash in advance THE MEETING LAST MONDAY. The mass meeting of the people of York county, held in the Court House last Monday, was largely attended, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather. Every sectiop of the county was represented, and imong those present was quite a number of colored citizens, who were as enthusiastic and determined in the encouragemenf^RRnupport of Governor Hampton as are the whites. A remarkable spirit of unanimity characterized the action of the meeting, and from the proceedings, which we publish in another nnlnmn if will Kfl Hflftn thftt the DeODle Of VVIMWiM) mw ?--- X XT York have resolved to "cordially uphold and support, by all lawful and peaceful agencies," the government of Wade Hampton, and will recognise no other. Not the least and effective of these agencies will be the financial aid which the tax-payers will cheerfully contribute whenever called upon to do so. Upon this point, so far as we have been able to learn, there is not a dissenting voice or the slightest opposition. With equal alacrity the heavy as well as the small tax-payers evince their willingness to respond to the call of Governor Hampton, and if the other counties of the State will do their duty as fully as we feel assured York will do hers, tlfere need be no fears that Wade Hampton will lack for funds to keep in motion the government of reform which the people have inaugurated with him at the head. THE FEELING IN THE STATE. Already reports of mass meetings, in Bupport of the Hampton government, have reached us from various sections of the State. Charleston led oil on the zist or .ueceraoer, by adopting resolutions recognizing Wade Hampton and none other as the lawful Governor of South Carolina, pledging such aid aud assistance, moral, financial and material, as may be required for the establishment and maintenance of the constitutional government of which he is the head. On the first Monday of the month meetings were held in Edgefield and Union counties, at which resolutions to the same purport were adopted ; and on last Monday, according to tW we have seen, meetings, having for their object the endorsement of Hampton, were to have been held in Darlington, Lancaster, Abbeville, Spartanburg, Newberry, Anderson, Lexington, Williamsburg, Marion, Sumter, and Richland counties. Be Bides those Darned, we presume every county in the State has, by this time, or will, at an early day, hold public meetings to give expression to the popular will on the question uppermost in the miuds of the people?whether or not those who support a government by their taxes shall have the right of representation in that government, and receive its protection. The people have adopted what appears to be the most feasible method of solving the problem of their political complications. It has been termed by some "the starve 'em out policy"?that is, to pay no taxes to the Chamberlain government, and thereby "starve it out," as it is notoriously true that money! money! is the one sole aim and purpose oi ? mL. J* 11 xi /? ^ carpet-Dag ruie. xne louowing, tnereiore, from the Columbia Union-Herald, Chamberlain's organ and mouth-piece, is not without significance at this time: Gen. Hampton strongly intimates, in his New Year's address that he will measure the confidence of Democrats in the legality of his movement by the readiness with which they ^-respond to his tax levy. This is wise. Taxes are a test of sovereignty, and their payment indicates loyalty. Gen. Hampton has called for an installment of 1 4-10 mills upon the taxable property of the State. This should produce $175,000, on the basis of the receipts of last year. It really is not a large sum for an enthusiastic people to pay. Throw ofi $25,000 for the Republicans and it is just about two dollars per head for the legal Democratic voters of the State. Small as it is, however, we should consider it a remarkable exhibition of confidence, and if Gen. Hampton is able to announce within thirty days the reception of that amount from the tax-payerr throughout the State, we should be ready tc acknowledge that the "starve 'em out" policy might possibly succeed. THE HAYES-MAO'KEY IM'EKVIEYY. We published last week a letter from Governor Hampton, to Governor Hayes, of Ohio, which letter was borne by Judge Mackey. While in Columbus, Judge Mackey was interviewed by a correspondent of the New York Herald, who, in his report, causes Judge Mackey to place Governor Hampton in a false position regarding the Presidential contest. The fact of Governor Hampton writing to Governor Hayes under the existing circumstances, (notwithstanding he wrote a similar letter of the same date to Governor Tilden] has been the subject of criticism with Democrats, North and South, and the position said to be ascribed to Hampton by Mackey hai had the effect to excite inquiry, the result oi - la fkot ftnvArnnr FTamnton did not au TV Jills 11 JO HUM* V>V( ? ?.. r?, __ thorize Judge Mackey, nor has be authorized any one else, to give expression to his views on the Presidential question. If Judge Mackey is correctly reported, he must have made statements unauthoritative^, and on his own responsibility. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier interviewed Governor Hampton upon the subject, last Friday, and reports the following as to what the Governor says in reference to Judge Mackey's statements and the letter to Governor Hayes: On visiting Governor Hampton's office this evening, I found the ante-room full of visitors in waiting. The private secretary was busily eugaged issuing and mailing certain commissions, the forms and headings of which are identical with those long used in the Executive office. Upon inquiry I also ascertained that several thousand dollars of the volunteer tax levy have been received and Md now in >ank. ; V Governor Hampton has informrd the super' kA I intendents of the Lunatic Asylum and the Penitentiary, that he is prepared to provide for the relief of these institutions, and has directed the superintendents to draw on him for the amounts needed. Both institutions were sadly in need of help. My attention having been directed to several articles in the newspapers published outside of the State commenting on the MackeyHayes interview, I obtained from Governor Hampton a positive declaration concerning it. In his office was a copy of the Cincinnati Gazette of January first, in which, in the report of the subsequent interview with a Qazette reporter, Judge Mackey says, in speaking of the interview with Hayes, that "he did, of course, notsay anything to indicate a purpose on the part of Hampton to favor the inauguration of Hayes. Hampton had expressly warned ' him to do no such thing." Governor Humpton thinks this statement of Judge Mackey 1 sufficient to correct the false impression produced by the first interview. He, however, said further the Judge went to Ohio on purely private business, and was not sent by him, nor authorized in any way to speak for him, nor for the Democrats of South Carolina. The views he ("Mackey) expressed are his owu, not Hampton's, and the reporter must have confounded the two. Governor Hamptou said further that he has always believed Governor Tilden fairly elected, but had entertained great doubts whether he would be allowed to take his seat. In reference to the letter which Mackey bore, Governor Hampton said the duplicate letter forwarded to Governor Tilden was not published as he desired and requested that it should be, and the publication of the Hayes letter alone had attracted attention on that account. The sending of the two letters had been cordially approved by various prominent Democrats as an evidence of the peaceful and ' fair spirit in which the Presidential question was regarded here. He said, in conclusion, that Tilden or Hayes must be President, unless a military Dictator'seizes the government. "Our people desire a peaceful, constitutional solution of these questions, and we trust this will be had. Peace is essential to us, and we of the South should take no part in the settlement of the Presidential contest until called upon to do so by legitimate authority." SOUTH lAKULlflA UJ&na. ? Two men were recently frozen to death in Lexington county. ? John R. Tolbert, the Republican candidate for State Superintendent of Education, has taken possession of the office. ? A farmer, in Greenville county, lost sixteen bogs and goats, which perished from the cold. ? Governor Hampton has already commissioned a number of county officers throughout the State. ? Mr. George Timothy Wade, a worthy citizen of Lancaster county, aged about 49 years, died from pneumonia, at his home in that county, on the 21st ultimo. ?The weather in Anderson county, on the 3rd instant, was the coldest that has been i known for twenty-one years. The mercury registered two degrees below zero. ? A diploma and medal have been awarded i by the Centennial judges to the State of South , Carolina "for a remarkable exhibition 01 the [ universal phosphates of the State." ? The Register is authority for the state; raent that the troops stationed in Columbia will soon be ordered to leave that point and re pair 10 toeir respective quarters in tuo vanuua i barracks and forts of the United States. ? Mr. James McCorkle, living four miles u. north of Lancaster village, committed suicide on Cbristraas-eve-night by banging himself to a joist in bis house. His family were ab' sent from home at me time. ? The soldiers are still on duty in the State House at Columbia, with negro constables at , the outside doors. The soldiers and constables employ their leisure time in playing at cards. ? Broad and Saluda rivers, during the re? cent cold snap, were frozeu hard to within a few feet of the middle of the current on each side; while floating ice, in immense cakes, tumbled along through the open space. Even the Congaree is icy in some portions. It is the first time such a thing has been known in many years, i ? Four negroes were brought to Edgefield > iail on Mondav of last week, charged with | J if ' , the killing of another negro who voted the ; Democratic ticket. He "hurrahed for Hampton" at a Christmas frolic, and was set upon ; by his Radical companions and so badly shot and beaten that he died a few days later. ' ?The committee of six Democratic and six , Republican members of the State Senate, who were appointed to consider the question of the legality of the Mackey House of Representatives, met in Columbia on the afternoon 1 of the 4th instant. The committee remained 1 in consultation but a short time. Neither side was willing to make any concessions, and ; being unable to agree upon anything else, they finally agreed to adjourn sine die. I PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 3rd, various bills and I - - *? ?li:_ :? I I peilUUUB Ul UU puunu lUI^Ul muuc ncic pio^ sented and referred to the appropriate committees. Mr. Morton, from the committee on ' privileges and elections, submitted a report declaring that the manager of the telegraph i office at Jacksonville, Oregon, a witness sumi moned before the committee to testify in re' gard to the electoral vote of Oregon, had re' fused to answer certain questions propounded | to him by the committee, on the ground that he could not divulge the business of his office and testify as to matters passing over the wires. Accompanying the report was a reso. lution of the committee, declaring that the , manager aforesaid is in duty bound to answer , questions, and cannot refuse to do so by virtue . of his connection with the Western Union ; Telegraph Company. Ordered to be printed, i Mr. Morton gave notice that he would call it t up for consideration to-morrow. In the . House, Barnes, the manager of the telegraph office at New Orleans, who having refused to . testify before the Congressional investigating . committee, and being under arrest, appeared i before the bar of the House, and through the . request of counsel was allowed until Friday to [ file his answer. A bill was introduced to i amend the charter of the Freedman's Bank, ' relative to death, resignation or disability of . commissioners of thd Bank. 1 In the Senate, on the 4th, Mr. Conkling i presented the petition of the bankers, mer- j chants and other business men of New York i i city, in favor of an amicable settlement of j i the Presidential contest. Referred to a special j i committee of seven Senators appoiuted to de-; I vise means for a proper count of the electoral! ; I votes. A bill introduced by Mr. Wright, to . iestablish a court to count the electoral vote,was i; discussed and referred to a select committee.; ' During the debate, Mr. Kernan, of New York, i argued that the President of the Senate is not 11 constitutionally vested with the duty or the ; >! right to count the electoral vote. After quo-; | ting from the constitution, be said the duty ! of counting the electoral vote devolves upon 1' the two Houses of Congress, representing the ; ' | States and the people. He cited numerous ; | j precedents, and said it would not be wise now i for Congress to attempt to give a new conj struction to the Constitution, which would . l greatly to what all deprecated?the heat ! and excitement of the hour. Mr. Sherman spoke briefly on the same question, saying that the result of the twenty-second joint rule, which the Democrats claim to be in force, and by which they claim both houses should be governed in counting the electoral vote, is worse than that of any rule in Mexico. The House passed a' bill granting a pension of $8 per month, to soldiers and sailors of the Mexican, Florida, and Black Hawk wars, and their widows. It excludes all persons under political disabilities. A resolution of Mr. Throckmorton, of Texas, directing an iuquiry into the purpose for which troops have recently been stationed in Washington, was objected to on the Republican sideof the House, and was, therefore, not received. In the Senate on the 5th, the resolution regarding the telegraph manager in Oregon c xuing up, Mr. Kelly urged that it should be adopted. The debate assumed a legal character as to the sanctity of telegraphic dispatches, and the final question, upon the adoption of the resolution, failed for want of a quorum? only 36 Senators voting?yeas 33; nays, 3. The Senate then adjourned until Monday. In the House, Barnes, telegraph manager at New Orleans, was presented at the bar for contempt of its privileges in disobeying the subpoena requiring him to produce certain telegrams before the New Orleans investigating committee. The answer was by an argument prepared by his counsel, taking the ground (6rst) that the paper served on him was not a subpoena at all; (second) that before its service he had transmitted to the Superintendent at Mobile all the business of the office from the 1st of November to the 6th of December; (third) that even if any of the messages were in the office they were not legally in his possession, but in that of the company ; and (fourth) that the demand made is at variance with public policy and with constitutional rights. The whole subject was referred to the Judiciary Committee. No other business of importance was transacted. In the House on the 6th, most of the day's session was devoted to business in the District of Colombia. The proceedings of either House on the 8th were unimportant. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The fair grounds at Charlotte have been leased for a term of five years, and will be converted into a dairy. ?On Friday last, Samuel W. Watts tendered to Governor Vance bis resignation as Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, to take effect the 1st of next month. ? The Raleigh Observer says that the applications for office average about twelve for each position that Governor Vance has power to fill. To give all these the careful consideration which they ask, would consume fully six months of the Governor's term of office. ? On Tuesday of last week, Mr. W. H. Thompson was shot and instantly killed by Mr. George Lloyd, at the house of the latter, - ? / r\\ i iu:n some 9even or eigtii mues west or ^napei nm, The difficulty that led to the tragic affair originated in a friendly game ofsnow-balling. ? Murchison's cotton factory on Little river, a few miles from Fayetteville, was destroyed by fire on the 2nd instant. The fire was the result of accident. The building and machinery were nearly new, haviug been rebuilt since the close of the war. Sherman destroyed the old factory at the same place. ? Says the Asheville Pioneer: "Sheriff lweea, or Mauisou, urrUui ?u u.'.o having in custody John Rineheart. Rineheart was convicted and sentenced to death at the spring term of the Superior Court of Madison for the murder of a man named Joseph Turner, his neighbor. They resided near Warm Springs. His death sentence was commuted to imprisonment for life. Rineheart is seventy-three years of age, and is so crippled in his nether limbs that he requires a staff in getting about, yet his eyesight is good, and enabled him to bring down his fellow man and nearest neighbor at a distance of two hundred yards, with an old squirrel rifle." Turner was a native of York county, S. C., and will doubtless, be remembered by many of our readers. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Judge Mackey Again to the Front. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier telegraphs to that paper the following, under date of Sunday night last: "A rumor of a decidedly sensational character is current on the street that Judge T. J. Mackey, who arrived yesterday, and Governor Chamberlain, have been summoned^before the Senate Congressional Committee, aud that Mackey has notified Gov. Chamberlain by letter that if he does not withdraw his claims to the gubernatorial office before the 1st of February he will make public documents now in his (Mackey's) possession, the contents of which would consign Governor Chamberlain to the penitentiary." Hands off in the South. The following, telegraphed from Washington under date of the 2ud instant, can be taken by our readers for what it is worth : "Inquiry confirms the statement that the action of the Cabinet to-day was negative and conservative. No action will be taken regarding South Carolina, Florida or Louisiana, unless some overt act of disorder makes Federal interference imperative. The recognition of Hampton or Chamberlain in South Carolina, Nichols or Packard in Louisiana, Stearns or Drew in Florida, will be avoided if possible. The tax-payers have the issue in their own I >> anas. Views of the Governor of Maine. In his inaugural address to the Legislature of Maine, Governor Conner uses the following language in reference to the complications of the Presidential vote : "A heated Presidential contest has not been followed as is customary by the acknowledged election of the candidate of one party, and the ready submission of the defeated party to the result, but there is no preseut reason for fore- 1 boding. Partisan clamor will be hushed in the majestic presence of the law when the time comes for it to manifest and assert itself. We cannot doubt that the tribunal upon which devolves the settlement of the vexed question, composed of men chosen of the natiou for wisdom and patriotism, will establish the right by clear proof of law and ancient custom, and i that the general voice of a law-abiding people will accept their decision." The Florida Governorship. < ? The Supreme Court of Florida refusing 1 to receive the canvass as made by the Return* < Board on the 27th ultimo, on the 3rd inBtant the Board made another return incompliance with the order of the Court. The Court accepted this as a substantial answer to the writ of contempt and discharged the parties with proper costs. What action will be tak-1' en regarding the electoral vote has not been i determined. j: Drew, Democrat, was inaugurated Govern- i or on the 3rd instant, Chief Justice Randall i administering the oath. The inaugural guar- < aoteed full concession and protection in the enjoyment of all rights and privileges under i the constitution and laws of the United States i to the freed men. A great many colored peo- i pie witnessed and took part in the inaugura- . tion and but few Republicans absented them-! I selves. Nearly, if not all, of Gov. Steams' j *\ Cabinet officers were present. Gov. Stearns i himself did not attend. The oath was ad- j ministered to the Lieutenant-Governor, also, j by the Chief Justice. The Legislature is or- y ganized and both branches are Democratic. - ( Chamberlain's Supporters.. ; ( ? The New and Courier of the 5th, gives 1 an account of a meeting of Chamberlain's \ constituency, held in Charleston on the eve- t ning of the 4th?it being the second attempt i to get up a demonstration, sympathising with t the Chamberlain government in that city. I The New and Courier represents the attend- 1 auce at the meeting as being quite slim, and says "the resolutions were endorsed by half ] J II . :?P W M a uozen araau lax-payera, mciuuiug j-j. ??. >?. t Mackey and the officers of the meeting; but i the amount of capital they represented would , hardly, in the present condition of the real j estate market, purchase ground enough to ( bury them in." 1 Per contra, the Union-Herald has the fol- ] lowing in reference to the same meeting : t "A gentleman from Charleston informs us | that the meeting of tax-payers of that city on Thursday uight, to sustuin the State govern- { ment under it? chief magistrate. Governor Chamberlain, was a grand success, there being | not less than 2.500 persons .present, who, with 1 singular unanimity, resolved to pay their ] taxes to the proper authorities under the j Governor." ? The Presidential Tote. ' ' ?> \ The following is given by the Washington correspondent of the NfiW York Post, as i the course acting VicaPresident Ferry will i pursue on the second Wednesday in February, t in regard to counting the electoral votes. The t Post says it may be regarded as a semi-official ] statement, although not authorized by Mr. t Ferry, or published with his knowledge: I If the Senate and House of Representatives f agree as to the course to be pursued, Mr. Fer- ( ry will act strictly io accordance with such { agreement, be it what it may. If no agreement is reached by the second Wednesday in <%?? * ibill nvivooorl fn <?nnn anrl -I r cui unrjr, iui* rcnj win ?,w ?j^uu couut the votes of all the States excepting * those frora Oregon, Louisiana, South Caroli- j ua and Florida. The question of counting t the votes from the four named States will he . submitted to the two Houses. If they agree ? that the Republican or Democratic corticate . from one or all the States shall be counted or rejected, Mr. Ferry will abide by such decis- ( ion and act in accordance therewith in count- ] ing or rejecting the certificates. If by the 3d i of March the concurrent action of the Senate ] and House is not had in regard to the four States, Mr. Ferry will then proceed to couut j the voles of said States and to declare the result. Mr. Ferry will not attempt to exercise judicial power, or to decide which are proper I certificates from the States of Oregon, Louis- ] iana, Florida and South Carolina, unless the j Senate and House fail to agree, but in this j event he will proceed to act in accordance . with the Constitution as he interprets it. Grant SayN, Hands Off I. 'fhe President had his customary Sunday tilea tile with the venerable Mr. Gobright, ( Agent of the American Associated Press, on i Sunday last the 7th instant. On this, as on I former occasions when in conversation with j Mr. Gobright, the President was quite voluble 1 and communicative. He confined his remarks | mainly to the situation iu Louisiana, and in | reference to the appreheuded inauguration of | Nichols, Democrat, he used tjie following lan- ( guage: ' "There will be two inaugurations of Gov- ' ernor to-morrow, unless one of them is pre- ' vented. I do not, however, propose to inter- 1 fere with them. I have nothing before me to justify action in the way of recognizing either ] Ohrvciuvi, an\l UioicAjic CttllllUl llO 80, pETllO* < ularly as a committee of each house of Congress is now engaged in investigating all the ( facts of the late elections, including the contests of the tioo Governors, and the two Legislatures, both claiming to be legally elected. Under these circumstances, for me to recognize one or the other would be hardly justifiable, and I have so informed Governor Kellogg." The President further said that the Demo- j cratic State government organization has the ] sympathy of such portion of the people of i Louisiana as have the means required to give I sustenance to it, and their Governor and Leg- 1 islature would be recognized, even if there were not half so many as are now in the Democratic party of Louisiaua. ( This is all well enough; nurwtiy not appiy to South Carolina the same rule that the President would apply to her suffering sister State ? The Hampton Memorial. ?A Washington telegram to the Baltimore Sun, alludiug to the reception of the Hampton memorial in the United States Senate, says: "If the memorial goes to the judiciary committee there will be a much better chance for an impartial consideration of the questions at issue than if it goes to the committee on privileges and elections, which, as at present constituted, is perhaps the most partisan committee of the Senate. So also with the resolution by Gen. Gordon recognizing the Hampton government. If it is sent to the committee on privileges and elections, it may naturally be expected that Governor Morton and ] his party associates on that committee will j look at it entirely through partisan spectacles. ( If it is brought before Judge Edmunds, who i is the chairman of the judiciary committee, J he will feel it as a matter of personal conscience < to consider the law and the facts, just as he i did in the Pinchback case. If the reports t which came from South Carolina as to the f "" "' in nf .Via T-Tmiao cnmmit.tM that the Hayes Electors have a fair majority are verified od the return of that committee, it will make matters easier for Hampton. It is gathered from the conversations of leading Republican senators that if the cause of Hayes can be dissociated from that of Chamberlain, most probably enough of them will go with the Democratic senators to secure the recognition of the Hampton government. These senators say, however, that they cannot commit themselves until they have before them the conclusions of the Senate South Carolina committee." Wheeler Interviewed. The New York Herald prints the report of an interview with the Hon. Wra. A. Wheeler, who has been stopping in that city for a few days. In reply to the reporter's remark, "You have undoubtedly read the statements that you are hostile to a compromise with Tilden, by which he is to be elected President by the House, and you Vice-President by the Senate," Mr. Wheeler responded : "Such reports are necessarily absurd. How can there be any compromise? I do not be- j ! ?"? Kof ?lia .nflVanM nf tha A mflrican neo- I ' novo bllug gu\i buuiucvu v? vu? fl pie can be made the subject of dicker or barter. What right have any men to forestall ] the constitutional settlement of the question by bargain, arrangement or compromise? c Call it what you will. As to my submitting f to serve under Governor Tilden's Presidency, J if he is lawfully elected, what could I do but j to submit cheerfully and respectfully? I t may have my individual preferences, but, if j Gov. Tilden is lawfully summoned by the <j House to the Presidency by a failure of a t count, and if the Senate elects me Vice-Presi- 1 dent, I would of course yield to him that jr ready and hearty allegiance with which every i American oitizen should submit to the lawfully chosen President, be he whom he may." 8 Mr. Wheeler, however, said "I can not conceal n ny conviction that I have been elected by the >eople. It is my firm conviction that Con* jress can never be constituted a National canvassing or returning board. The Congress sannot go behind returns beyond the mere luestion of the regularity of the certificates. Understand me clearly, for it is a point on vhich I would not like to he misunderstood: ihe Congress cannot investigate whether Lousiana has gone for Tilden or Hayes; the ac.ion of the returning board, on this point, has seen final and conclusive." hro Legislatures In Louisiana. On the assembling of the Legislature of Louisiana, on the 1st instant, there was, in tome respects, a repetition of the recent scenes n Columbia. The doors of the State House ivere barricaded, policemen patrolled the grounds, and admission was refused to Democrats claiming to have been elected, but who lad no certificates of election. These, with Democratic members about whose election ;here was no contest, organized in another puilding. The Republican House passed resolutions, inder a suspension of the rules, alleging -that irmed resistance to the State authorities exsts, and calling on President Grant for the protection guaranteed by tbe constitution. A oint session of the Republican Legislature innounced the election of Packard and An;oine as Governor and Lieutenant-Governor. The Democratic Legislature, in joint seslion, adopted an address to the President of ;he United States, and proclaimed Nichols ind Wiltz to be elected Governor and Lieu;enant-Governor. They were inaugurated ast Monday, at 8t. Patrick's Hall. Packard, ;he Republican, claiming to have been elected Governor, was also inaugurated at the State House on the same day. Each of the governors will doubtless proceed to organize i State government. On the 5th, both Houses of the Republican Legislature passed a bill reorganizing the state militia, appropriating $200,000 for that surpose, and makiug all military organizaiions, outside the militia, illegal. The Resublicans are enrolling militia daily, and it is said General Lougstreet, who is in New Oreans, will be iu command. An executive orier has been issued on the State treasury to pay no more money out of the interest, school md general funds, all the present funds being ield subject to an order for defensive purposes. riie Oracular President. President Graut accorded to Mr. Gobright, agent ot the American Associated Press, another interview, recently, in which ;he affairs of the nation were discussed at some length. Touching upon South Carolina, the President said: The result so far as the Republican electors were concerned, seemed to be conceded by all parties, and that the facts elicited in the case }f Edgefield county were sufficient to vitiate the election there, and that the casting out of those returns was justified in the fullest decree by the law of the State. In this county, is officially reported, armed bands, non-residents of the county, took possession of the voting places, posted their pickets, voted as often as they pleased and allowed any one else to vote who would vote their way, ai^had a ijood time generally. That when thereturns were made up and sent to Columbia and canvassed by the State Board of Canvassers, they showed about twice as many votes cast as there were residents in the county. He is also reported as using the following language In reference to complications in this State : By way of commeut upon the intensity of the political sentiments entertained by-a large portion of the people of the South, he said that if, by any means, the contest should finally result in the choice of Mr. Tilden, none if the Republican governments in the South jould stand twenty-four hours. In reference to the Democratic contestants for authority in South Carolina and Louisiana, le thought they would continue to hold out until the Presidential contest was finally disnoflfid of. and if favorable to the Republicans .hey would quietly disband; but if on the contrary favorable to the Democrats they would, jnder the auspices of the National Government, doubtless make a summary disposition )f the Republican authorities, and they might consider themselves fortunate if allowed to eave at all. In speaking of Hampton's letter to Governor Hayes, he had seen it printed in the newspapers, and he thought it was in keeping with :he other acts of that person. He did not ;hink that as matters now Btood in South Car)lina that they could be legally reversed. He ;hought that the act of the Legislature, which was empowered by law to canvass the vote for governor and other State officials, could not ie tet aside; and it seemed to him that the juestion of administration in that State has seen definitely settled. i Correspondence of the Yorltville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. ! Chester, January 8, 1877. , A meeting of citizens was held at the Court House on last Tuesday moruing, for the purlose of nominating an Intendant and Warlens for the town of Chester for the ensuing rear. After organizing by placing J. J. Hemphill, Esq., in the chair, on motion a i :ommittee of five was appointed by the Chair- j nan to make the desired nominations. After i brief consultation, the committee made the ollowing report: For Intendant?John. L. , \.gurs ; for Wardens?T. N. Youngblood, I. , L Gunhouse, J. J. Hemphill and Joel R. : liiuril. The report was adopted by the meet- ( ng. Some of the gentlemen, who were not ( imbitious of municipal honors, desired to dedine the nominations, but they were persua- | led to allow their names to remain with the | icket. ' As last Monday was such an inclement day, | in sales of either real estate or personal prop- , srty were made by Sheriff Walker. The sales rill take place on the 1st Monday in February. The following is some of the real estate hat will then be sold: Two tracts of land, )elonging to the estate of Jesse Castles, lying in the waters of Sandy river; a tract of 136 icres belonging to M.S. Hardin, lying within i short distance of town; a tract of 175 acres lelouging to Mr. Thomas McFadden, lying in the waters of Fishing creek ; an excellent louse and lot in town, once owned and occu>ied by Major James Pagan, and now the iroperty of Mr. W. L. Eason, of Charleston ; md a house in town belonging to John Lilly, he notorious forger of public school certificates, and at the present time a refugee from ustice. In addition to the realty, a lot of totton will be sold. Those who have money md desire to place it where it will do the nost good, will have an opportunity on the in TTohrnarv | f ,0l< "iuuuu; ... ^ ? -" J The Odd Fellows of our town had a jollifi- 1 ation meeting on last Monday evening. The 1 tccasion was the installation of officers. Those < nstalled were C. H. Hutton, Noble Grand; f I. C. Rothrock, Vice Grand; Edward Kaio, i Recording Secretary ; I. L. Gunhouse, Treas- f irer;G. W. Curtis, Permanent Secretary; t tf. V. B. Capps, Warden ; J. R. Simril, Con- f luctor, and D. B. Rothrock, Chaplain. Af- i er the installation services, which were quite 1 m posing, a considerable number of the breth- c en partook of a,splendid supper. There was t io speaking, but any amount of action, in the t ray of hearty eating. i The members of our town council, whose s uccessors are elected to-day, discharged their t aunicipal duties quite satisfactorily. They. ? preserved the peace and ???d order of th town, and kept the streef8 to good repaii The most important act o? toeir administrc tioo was the extension Wylie street t Gadsden street. This im Movement is bot useful aiid ornamental." 1 *6 good building have recently been erected upon the corner of Wylie and Gadsden a?r sets; one by Mr. 1 N. Bennett and the other >3^ Mr. W. Holme Hardin. The structure b;r toe latter gentlr man is of brick, and is a v8r7 great improve meat to that portion of town. Mr. Job Coleman is about completi >g a splendid brie building on Gadsdeu stree The two room on the first floor are of finP dimensions, am will be used for stores. T|?e second floor wil be devoted to the uses of alkali. So notwitfa standing the bard times i and toe financia stringency consequent thereupon, Cheste keeps on in the even tenor ?f her way, whicl is the path ofprogress an<i improvement. Mr. T. M. Graham has been appointed am commissioned Postmaster at this place, vie John Lee, resigned. A rjP020, to the bnild ?. 4l_ ^ ^J Hotel wni be use Kuuwii ms iiiii? iuuixiPGi?j? ? ? as a pcstoffiee, which is ni* ? Very central Jc cation. I The National BanEof Cheater has declare a dividend of five per cen^ This is a ver good dividend, considering the condition c the country. I?. A meeting of Republic^0.8 took place 01 Friday, at which the follof*11!? ticket for In tendantand Wardens of tPe town ?f Cheste was made: For Intendanr"~S- J- Couch ; fo Wardens?Purvis Alexan^er? Harrison Bai ley, D. I. Walker, and Sen*116'. Edwards. Th ticket, with these names, i8 displayed to th public view at the post-office. w'ib this exhoi tatiou, "Republicans, staq'd to your party. For several years p^st a < om promise ticket composed of both R^publie ">s*nd Democrat! has been elected ; hut this Xe*r a square figh will be made betweflr the two parties. Fo this reasou to-day promise* to he a? excitini one in our town, as>acb p W'H doubtles make a powerful efljrt to H' a heavy vote The Democrats, Ho< iver, {are almost sure o success, for they ha i a*su}?c'ent majority t carry the election, i >very| man will vote. ' Saturday was a d iftdful day in town. Eat ly in the morning a cold ain l>egan to fall and continued so to Jo tb rbughoul the day People from the c jUntrj 8 exceeding! scarce, and the store niigh 'as well have beei #?lr>opd for nil the bur ness -hat wa9 done. Pc litical troubles and t^e exc ?diogly bad weatb er combined, have sraoet annihilated busi uess. If the present, stag nation. in busiues coutinues two or those mc "ths longer, ther will io all probabilit/ beju ,r?e mercantile fail ures to report at thh place* Qui. Chester, llanuary 9,1877. Contrary to general expectation, the mu nicipal election passed off very quietly Dei: on yesterday. The-Republicans wisely dc termined upon not ruuniug the ticket whicl they had placed so de6fQtly in the field This very sensible coursf on their part, o course, resulted in theeleotion of the Demc cratic candidates, whose dames have alread, been given. , The January term of tte Circuit Court fo this county, Judge T.- J. jMackey presiding met on yesterday morning* The charge o his honor was brief, but fd" of meaning. H dwelt, for the most oart, Ipon the dual gov ernments now misting in w118 8tate. TheSu preme Court, he s&ii, had(decided in favor o ihe recognition of tba Ha^H'ton government agd from this decision th ere was no appeal Every official in his Circ ''t? he said, woul< be required to recogiize he Hampton gov erument, and every ict p ^formed by Cham berlain, or his Legislature wbuid be regarde< by bim as null aud void. The Judge, in al luding to the tax.of one-t?Dth, called for bj Governor Hampton, said |t was a voluntar; tax, and could not he enforced by execution At the same time, he said that those who re sponded to the chII of jlampfon, would b given credit to tne extent ?f the amount pai< by them, when the regain;t** shall he col lected. , , At the conclusion of thd charge, T. C. Gai ton, Esq., the newly elected Solicitor, lai< several hills before the giand jury. A tru< bill was fouud in the case the State agains ? Jackson, colored, charged with stealing i cow. The case was ^tried and the jurv ren dered a verdict of guilty A true bill wa found in the case of the &|ate against ? Pur ter, colored, charged wijh stealing >cotton The case was tried, a'nd i11? jUI7 rendered i verdict of guilty. i The presiding Jorge, having received i dispatch summoningfliim M Columbia, to tes tify before the Senate Instigating Commit tee, announced that therewould be no sessioi of the Court on Tuesday. Tudtre Mackev. in exDressiQg sentiment in regard to the Presidential flection, said hi did not entertaid"a doubt that Hayes woulc be declared elected, and froi?ld be peaceablj inaugurated PreaideE^of the United 8tates ! ~ " Qui. MEHE.MENTIO^. Two companies oi. the Second Regimen U. S. troops have bee^ordeijed from Atlanta to Jefferson ville, IndJvna. J Two companiei of the Sixteenth R^tfent, it is said, hav< also been ordered fror ^Alabama to Jefferson ville. A death fi *no administering ethei occurred in a New Ji **7 dentist's office las Saturday. Van erbilt, the money k'inf of New York, died laA Jhureday." Eph Home, famous (or the last twenty-five yean as a negro minstrel,, ? dead." Th< Louisiana tax-payers Jeclare^heir determine tion to support with m^orialand financial aid Nichols the Democrat^ Governor. "Jas Gordon Bennett, was assaulted on the streel in New York one day J*at week by Frederic! May, brother Tof Miss Ida May, the young loHw tn whom Rennettoad been engaged, "jfht marriage was broken iff by the lady's fatbei refusing to give bis co^nt, and in additioE thereto her big brothef attempted to cowhide the expectant groom. A duel is now talked of as the result ^he New York Cham' ber of Commerce urgefc'at the silver dollai be made the standard 1/8*1 co'? throughout the United States, whjf the Boston Board o 1 Trade oppose the silver basis." An extradition treaty between the United Statet md Spain has been ^ned. ? Gen. Crook is not^isposed to belittle the foes whom be has bee* fighting since last spring. He thinly th*t an Indian warrior makes the best cava!rj00** ,n the word, and be is undoubtedly rigfct. In his annual report he says: "When the Sioux Indian was irmed with a bow and arrow he was more rormidable, fighting a? he does most of the ;irae on horseback, tba* when he got the old fasbioued muzzle loadPg rifle. But when he ?me into possession of the breech loader and metallic cartridge, whph allows him to load ind fire from his horse with perfect ease, he of nnno ton tKrk'land times more for jgtauu^ uv WMW WM vmw. nidable. With the idj)roved arms, I have leen our friendly lagans, riding at full ipeed, shoot and kill a trolf also on the run, vhilo it is a rare tbio^that our troops can lit an Indian on horset&ck, though the sollier may be on bis feft *t the time. The Sioux is a cavalry soldfir from the time he las intelligence enough to ride a horse or ire a gun. If he wished disrhount, bis harly pony, educated by 11 og usage, will graze iround near where, hef^ been left, ready vhen his master wants tins, either to move 'orward or escape. Evfo with their lodges ind families they can f'bvei" at the rate of ifty miles per day. T ey are perfectly faniliarwith the country^ve thai*,spies and lunting parties out allflhfe time alt distances >f from tweuty to thirtj miles each way from heir villages, know tjtfnnmber jmd movenents of all the troopsffct may be operating igainst them, just aboafwhat they can probthly do, and hence c'n choose their own itnes and placet of contot or avoid it altp;ether. ? - e LOCAL AFFAIRS. r. I- NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. o W. B. Allison, Executor?Land forSale. b H. C. Strauss?Private Boarding. J. M. Rawlinson?Card of Thanks. " \y. H. A J. P. IJerndon?1877?Time Waita on no * Man?For Cash?Flour?Groceries, v . , \ R. 11. Glenn, 8. Y. C.-SberMTs Sales-^Judga of M Probate's Sale. Francis D. Hillson?Cbmmos, Ac. . . 5" Joseph A. McLean, Judge or Prolate?Petition l- for Homestead. J- circdit'coiirt. . January term of the Circuit Court for j York county was called last Monday, but in II cousequence of the absence of bis Honor i. Judge Mackey, the juries and suitors were >1 dismissed until Tuesday next, 16th instant. J TOWN ELECTION. The municipial election, last Monday, re* d suited in the election, for the fourth term, of e the old board of officers, viz.: Intcndant? I* W. H. McCorkle; Warden*?Joseph Hernd don, J. R. Schorb, Robert Wright and Ed r ward Wheeler. j the methodist church. y Rev. W. 8. Martin, the newly-appointed f pastor of the Methodist Church at this place, has arrived, and delivered his first sermon Q to a Yorkville congregation last 8abbath, ira~ pressing very favorably, all who beard his r discourse. . i- sudden'death. e Patrick Goforth, a colored man, died'sod6 denly yesterday morniog at the house of Ella ,* Good, near Yorkville. He h$d been in bad , health for some time, yet able to be up, and ;.<> ,J yesterday morning, while feittdliug a fire he t was suddenly seiied with difficulty of breathr ing, and soon expired. THORNWELL ORPHANAGE. The following extract of a letter from W. f P. Jacobs to Miss M. E/McPheetels, of * this o place, agent for Thornwell Orphanage, explains itself: "I received by mail for the Tn'ornwell'Or*.'., phanage $1460, for whieh please give oof than ks to the generous donors. I have alsp y received a box. Please, if possible, rettiTW; 0 our heartfelt thanks to tho noble friends who h have responded so generously. God bless l' them?everyone. Yours sincerely. t ' W. P. Jacobs." B ? ? e , FORT MILL ITEMS. ffmm mir Purt Mill mrresiiandMit we learn that Catawba river waa frozen over from bank to bank for several days daring the recent cold weather. The ice was thick'* erthan has formed in the river since 1358. * At Dinkins' ferry the ice was sufficiently I strong to admit of persons crossing on it with L safety. f There have been eightdeatbs near Fort Mill, >* within the last nine days?six colored and f two white. Among the latter was Tillah Viola, aged nine years, daughter of Richard. r Younge, her disease being diphtheria. f MASS MEETING *IN YORKVILLE. e At a mass meeting of the people of Yoylt ' county, held at the Court House in Yorkvilje, f on the Sih of January, 1877, .the same was organized on motion of Mnjo.r T._J. JBell, by the appointment of Dr. A. P. Campbell at i Chairman aud W. B. Williams as Secretary, * The Chairman requested I. D. Witherapoon, ' Esq.,to explain the object of the meeting. * Mr. Witherspoon, in response to the request, delivered an impressive argument, showing ? that it is the duty of our people to. support i. Governor Hampton in his efforts for reform,: - aud contending that they should pay their ~ 1 ?. .. _*i ? . _ ..'Ai. _ ? b taxes to uo oiner persuu claiming auinority | in this State. At the conclusioo of Ittr. Wiiherspoou's f remarks, Major J. F. Hart offered the follow^ j ing resolutions, the adoption of which he ad* e vocated in an able and eloqueut speech: t Whereas, the general election held iu South, a Carolina, on the 7th day of November, last, . resulted by a majority of the votes cast, in a the election of Wade Hampton for Governor, . . and of W. D. Simpson for LieutenaotGur. ernor, and in the selection of a Democratic i majority in the House of Representatives; Aud, whereas, efforts are beiug made to do-, i prive the people of the results of this election, - by setting up a rival government under the . administration of one D. H. Chamberlain, 1 without authority of law; and whereas, it behooves all classes of the people to deolare a their position in refereuce to said usurpation. t ' ? Therefore, 1 Resolved, That we recognise in Wad* 7 Hampton and W. D. Simpson the duly elect-. . ed and rightfully installed Governor add Lieutenant-Governor respectively, of this State, and will recognize and regard no other persons as filling those offices. t Revolved, That we recognize the Housed Representatives, presided over by. the Hon. 1 W. EL Wallace, as the regularly organised 3 House of Representatives, and will regard no 3 other. Resolved, That we wHl cordially uphold r aod support, by all lawful and peaceful ageot, cies, by our ineaua aod influence, and by our united determination, the persons and. official bodies herein endorsed, and will refuse to ' countenance any other usurping persons or 1 bodies. > Resolved, That it is the sense of this meet- . - ing that all the citizens of York county . , should promptly respond to the recent request of Governor Hampton for funds to re| lieve the preaajng demands on the State government ; and we would urge this upon our ' fellow-citizens as the simplest solution of our \ present political complications. ) The resolutions, after-being read, were sec onded by Col W. C. Beatty, in a strong aod i eloquent speech, at the conclusion of which* > Major T. J. Bell moved that the memorial to I Congress of Governor Hampton and the Dera ocratic Senators and the members of the Con stitutional House of Representatives, be em; bodied in the resolutions and adopted as tha i sense of the meeting. The motion prevail* . ing, the resolutions were submitted to the i meeting and adopted, first by acclamation, and afterward, on motion of Major Bell, by a rising vote?every person in the oourt-room; > which was densely crowded?voting ia favor of their adoption. A ftar the adontion of the resolutions, on motion of Major Hart, the meeting adjourned. PUBLIC MEETING. At a meeting of the citizens of eastern York held at Rock Hill, on Saturday, the 30th ultimo, for the purpose of pledging their sapport to Governor Hampton, Gapt J. M. Ivy was called to the Chair, and Dr. T. C. Robertson requested to act as Secretary. Upon motion, a committee of five were appointed to draft a series of resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting. The committee reported the following resolutions, whiol?; were unanimously adopted: Kesolved, That the conservative citizens of Rock Hill and vicinity, without distinction of party, do recognize Wade Hampton as the lawful Governor of South Carolina,And they pledge themselves to contribute such amount of tax as may be required for the maintenance of the government of which he is the head. Resolved, That we recognize W. D. Simpson as Lieutenant-Governor and the House of which W. H. Wallace is Speaker, as the legally constituted House of Representatives. Resolved, That the Chamberlain government is an usurpation, achieved by fraud and the sword. We loathe and despise him and his abettors. It is no government of onrs, and we will pay to it no cent of tribute. Resolved, That these proceedings be published in the county papers and Colombia Register, ' } ^ ' / - . ' - . vV * a - ' . -- --- i . _