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THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 11,1877.
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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
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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
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^ 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
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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'
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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 ]
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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
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novo bllug gu\i buuiucvu v? vu?
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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.
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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
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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,
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