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THURSDA?MORNING,?tC. 7. I87C. LATEST FROM COUJWBIA Spttiai TeUgianu to the Audermn inlriiigti\etr. COLUMBIA, December 4. Thc Democrats withdrew from the State Hou-c ut half-past twelve o'clock to-day, and assembled at Car dina Hall. This course of action wu? pursued in con sequent of threatened expulsion from thc bu.'-rV'-ig by the State Constabulary backed by the United States trouva, und the Democratic members deemed it pru dent and wise to leave before actual force was employed. Intense excitement and anxiety as to the situation has prevailed aincc the departure of the Democrats from thc State House. Cur members aro hopeful. Four Republicans bave united with them, and others ure expect ed. Roth Democrats and Radical? have been in secret session to-day. J. A. H. COLUMBIA, December ?. This morning two Republicans,Gibson and Hird, of Fairfield, who had been sworn ?.J the Mackey House, left that Or ganization un i joined the D?mocratie House, TIK-O make six Republicans who have left the rump concern and wi ted with thc lawfully constituted House, and who being added to the fifty-six Democrats holding certificates td' election frein the Secretary of State, make sixty two members. The President has signi fied his intention to recognize thc House which shall be composed of sixty-three members bidding certificates of election from the Secretary of Stat*, and wc arc quite hopeful that several more will join u* within ? day or two. The Democrats are all quite jnbilunt at the prospects, and in the meantime thc Radicals arc concocting more villainy. The Senate and Radical House passed a concurrent resolution this morning to cou ut the votes for Governor at one o'clock, and they ure now cnguged in the work, which will re sult by tiicir declaring Chamberlain Gov ernor; leaving out Edgcficld und Laurens. Tho Senate refused to admit Maxwell, ot Abbeville, und referred his case to the Committee on Privileges and Elections by a vote of 15 lo 15, tho President giv ing the casting vote against Maxwell being admitted without reference. Coch ra? , Greene and Nash voted with the Democrat.*. Thc Radicul House scated the contestants from Aiken County this morning. The greater part of thc troop? hos been w ithdrawn from the State House, and only enc company is left, and this held us a reserve while the State Con stabulary arc in charge of the building. The city is crowded with visitors from ull parts of tito State, and large numbers arc unable to obtain hotel accommodation-. Thc Anderson visitors arc enjoying them selves, aud will return to-morrow. Every thing is quiet. The State Fair opened to-day. J. A. H. THE REST YET. COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec. 0, i?7?. Thc Supreme Court has just decided that the organization oi thc House of Representatives under Speaker Wallace is the only legal and constitutional house. The decision maintained that Mackey is only n private citizen, and that Hayno violated thc law in delivering tho returns for Governor and Lieutenant Governor to Mackey. Bridges, Republican colored member from Newberry, made bl? ap pearance before 8pcaker Wallaco this morning, and after assigning the reasons for his conduct, took tho oath and as sumed his place as a member of the constitutional House. This mukes sixty three members with certificates from tho Secretary of State, which insures recog nition at Washington, and most likely by tho Senate in a day or two. Tho proposed bogus inauguration of Chain berluiu will not take place in four or five day?, if ever. Hampton will be inaugurated in due timo, but good rea sons exist for not announcing the pro gramme. J. A. H. TUE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. A telegram from New Orleans uuder dato of the 6th Inst., says: "The declara tion of thc Returning Board gives lowc.-t Hayes Electors 3,427 majority, by throw ing out from 12,000 to 16,000 Democratic majorities, it is understood they give the entire Stato ticket 3,500 majority, and a good majority in the Legislature." We have received no late telegram as to tho final action of tho Returning Board in Florida, but we fear it too has oboyed the edict of Grant. If so, the people may be assured that the twelve ur fifteen scoundrel? composing tho Boards in South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana will not be permitted to make a Presi dent for tho forty million? of freemen in the United States. Hayes will never t ike his seat as President, and if wc are asked our reason fur tb M opinion, we re ply, because he was narer elected. Will Americans consent for Hayer, to be President when ho has secured the vote of South Carolina by theft nud re tained it by fo co? Will the ycaplo of thc United 8tat?? mn?<?r>? fnr Cir cuit Judge to-undo the acts of tho Su preme Court of a Stato? Will tho great masses of patriots in this Union consent tb. allow a President to placo tho troops of the Natiou uuder thc command of a man who bas been beaten at the polls to enable him to sustain bis power over tho free choice of a great State, and the de crees of the Supremo Court of that State ? These are tbe momentous questions sub mitted for the judgment of our people. If they submit, the government of our forefathers is dead, and republics a e forever a failure. It will not, however, bo so, Vf 6 ii ??f. The fire of liberty burns brightly upon thc -Uar of American hearts, and the day of recoiling for trea son and tyrants is near at hand. Ulysses S. Grant, President of ihe United States, committed treason wheu Ito ordered tho troops at bis command to expel by force sud at tho polotofthe bsyont, the legally elected members of Ijie lower house of tho General Assembly 'of m b'f ?t?dXii th/d?m. ??rl.tClT. OF ? KANT AM? KU? Kit. We puhlifib in tliii? issue the report ol General Ruger to General W. T. Sher man, or the Secretary of War, under dat.* ol December 1st. Thin report will not hear criticism. It does not conceal the facts attending the great crime com mitted by Grant, Chamberlain and linger against the constitution of ihe United States, and thc rights of the people of South Carolina, and it is too thin to hide the motives which acti ntod and thc ends sought to he accomplished hy this miser able triumvirate, acting in concert to overturn constitutional rights, and to de feat the clearly expressed will of the people of the Slate. It is on its face self-contradictory. The first sentence assorts that ho (Gen. Huger) had ab stained from interference with tho organ ization of the House froui the first, and the last sentence admit* flint soldiers were fisted at tho dour of the Represen tative Hall, and person? claiming the right of entrance under the certificate of the Clerk of tho Supremo Court were refused admission. Hero, then, is an admission hy tho commanding General of the troops thal au atrocious and un justifiable wrong was committed by the troop?, but disclaiming that he did it. Grant denbies that it was done by his j order or knowledge, and Chamberlain j rep -ins mum. Who did it? The bu ndi ring confession i- made by General Ruger that it wan dom- by a person (!) ut the ?loor of thc House, who bad no legal authority for doing so. Why did Gen. K. perm i i t!,:s irresponsible person to uso his troops to enable him to perp?trate erinn against law and the legislative rights of the State. Tho end attained by this wrong, shows tho object with which it was done. No sooner was it ascertained that General Hampton had been fairly and ?dearly elected Governor of the State, and that a majority ?if Democrats had been eierte?! to thc Leg islature, than Gran', commenced tho concentration of troops in Cjlumbia, ai ?1 before tho hour for tho meeting ol tho Legislature these troops were sta tioned in the Capitol and at the door ol the Hall. A few days previous to thc limo for tho meeting of the Legislature Gen. it. was in Florida, but was ordered in great haste tu Columbia. C?en. R. knew that without tho interf?rence of troops the will of thc people as expressed at tho ballot box would become law, that Hampton would be inaugurated Governor and the L?gislature Demo cratic. Tho triumvirate knew that this would bo effected peaceably, and the troops were u?ed, ii"t to keep the peace, but to enable tho Republicans by disre garding the will nf thc people, and trampling upon thc most sacred rights ol man, to produce conflict and bloodshed. In this they have been disappointed. There bas been no lawlessness, except on thc part of Cirant, Chamberlain and Ruger. There bas been no desire to dis turb tho tranquility of thc State or thwart the will of the people, except hy the Republicans, ?nd they have attemp ted to produce conflict by exercising lawless usurpations, and thereby goading thu people on to desperation and vio lence. Chamberlain, by thu most un blushing falsehood, had the troops in Columbia placed at his disposal, Graut wickedly and cognizant of the falsehood ordered tho troops to bo placed at his disposal, and General Ruger permits a person at tho door of the Hall-a tool of Chamberlain-to use them for tho perpetration of lawless ness and to defeat the will of tho people. Notwithstanding General Ruger in this report disclaims all inteution of in ter furring with the organization of thc House, yet within two days he sent a member of his staff to announce to Speaker Wullaco that if tho Representa tives from Edgefield and Laurens did not leave the Hall before 12 o'clock on thc next day, ho would forcibly eject them. This he did not do; why, he hos never informed General Wallace or the country. Such an outrage as this, if perpetrated, would have euded Grantism and Radicalism in the United States. But why did Gen. R. not execute his threat? It is evident that a chango in tho policy to be pursued was agreed upon before twelve o'clock the next day. Ia it attributable to tho scathing rebuke that Gen. R. received from Gens. Hampton, n"-.l_~ .l Tr.._?., ii _r--.1 ?.:," v...,,,./,, u.m itiiu iviciicu ilim to his promises and his propos?e] viola- , tion of them, or to the dread of popular ( condemnation? When did regard for the observance of good faith or thc fear of public sentiment prevent Radical ' leaders from accomplishing their purpo ses? No, tho leaders who control the , action of Gen. R. have done all they j dare do to provoke a disturbance, and ( they knew that if United States troops ejected those members it would bo done without uny disturbance of the pence, that there would be uo riot, no blood shed, without which all their hopes ol 1 success must be disappointed ; and hence some other plan must bo devised, so ' odious and oppressive that tho Demo- ^ cruts will be driven to violent resistance The plan ns Anally developed was that thc State Constabulary force, under tho j lead of Hubbard, should enter the Hall ( und eject all who did not acknowledge Mackey as Speaker, and thus place the whola government of the State in the ( liauds of the Radicals-as vile a se? of .couudrols as can he found in any peni- ; lent ?arv. It wus known iii at Columbia ___ ?ll_I -Itu - r.. . >f tile State, highly excited at tho rascal ity of the Radical leaders, and there Was ivory reason to believe that these cUisens would resist the violent, unlawful and revolutionary action of the Constabulary Torce. If they had resisted, as the Radi cal plan contemplated ' .ty would, Gen. Huger stood ready to interfere with the troops, and having interposed, tho Rads, would hare accomplished what they have io long striven to bring about, riot and bloodshed, and a government, which is hated by the peoplo, established and tpheld by United States bayonets. Again they bavo been disappointed. The forbearance, good judgment and mind discretion of tho D?mocratie lead ins have prevented any riot. T'.ey qui lty retired from the State House, sud : croby insured the dual success of their auab. ' Tho bogus Governor and rump .legislatura cannot carry on the govern itent for three mouths, if wo keep down iolcnce, and titus afford no pretcxtjTor fe?*lacerto1 S* &Tr^V,trrott$n ' und ! toppling, und cnn bo sustained only by Federal bayon, ts (Irani denies that he gave (Jen. Huger any order tn Interfere with the Legisla ture of South Carolina. He again acts with the Hume duplicity that he did in tho case of Louisiana. He knew that there was no disturbance of the peace and timi there would not be unless it wan ..r,,,iKy ?jw. Radicals ? he knew tbs*. 1 Chamber? ai ti hail been defeated for Oov- 1 ernor, and that a majority of Democrat* 1 had boen elected to tin- Legislature; he , knew that Chamberlain wanted thc troops ?tere to tnuke himself Uovernor, 1 aud to drive out enough of ?he Demo- ' cratlf' members of the Legislature to . leave the Radical* in a majority. He knew all this, and under these circum stance* sent Oen. R. and tin* troops here, and placed them, as fools, at th'* disposal of Chamberlain. The ludepetideut Re publican Press of thu North denounce him, and tell him plainly enough that thc ph-u of ignorance will not avail him ; that it is his duty to see (bat his subor dinates do not trample upon constitu tions, laws and rights, nnd that he can not escape thc just responsibilities of his own orders and acts. More than this, if Cen. U. has violated orders or set laws at defiance, it is Grant's sworn duty to remove him from his command, and if Mr. Chamberlain bas violated thc confi dence which Grunt had in him at thu time he placed thc troops at his disposal, it is his duty to revoke the order placing tho troops at the disposal of Chamher Isi". Me Inti* not done this, and he must stand convicted before the world of duplicity and utter disregard of his sworn constitutional obligations. THE SITUATION. The changes which took place during thc past week were much more favorable to the Democrats than to thu Radicals. The attempt to subject the Stale to the government of tim Federal military has been only partially successful. Grunt and bis suppliant tools, Chamberlain and Huger, have done all they could to in volve the State in bloodshed uifd war, and thus enable them to declare mar tini law, sut aside the verdict ot the people ut the polls and establish u gov ernment of their own, sustained hy the bayonet. In this they have been disap pointed by the exercise of profound dis .retion on thc part of the Democrats and their appeal to the Courts to establish the truth, justice and equity of their cause. Chamberlain knows that (.Jen. I lampion bas a clear und decided majori ty.of the popular vote, and he hun relied on the vileness ami dishonesty of the State Board of Canvassers to count him in nnd the United States military to sus tain him. He will bc declared duly elected by the bogus Legislature and sworn in us Governor, but his right to thc office will never be acknowledged by either thc people or the Courts of the State. No act passed by the rump Leg islature can or will be enforced, nc' me cent of taxes can be collected, ano Iiis government must provo a fuilure. His Legislature was unconstitutionally or ganized, and no act of theirs performed under that organization has any force ot validity. Thc Democratic House was organized In accordance with thc consti tution and laws of the State, having more than the constitutional quorum, mid since its organization six Republicans have left the rump mid united with them. They expect more to do so, and if only one more .should come to them they would have a majority of thc whole num ber, without counting Edgcfield and Laurens. Under these circumstances the Dem?crata are not only hopeful, but feel sanguine of success, and that Hampton will ho inaugurated Governor of the State. The flagrant frauds of thc County Comm issi mere und the State Board of Canvassers ure so patent that they can never succeed if they be submitted to an intelligent and honest House of Repre sentatives. If tho Radicals persist in their efforts to control the government, the matter will be decided by the Courts Bonner or later, and Gen. Hampton de clared duly elected, and the people will then see that he ia placed in the guberna torial chair, to which their voted have called him. Siuce writing the above, telegrams in form us that tho Radical Senate und House, ou Tuesday last, declared Cham berlain elected Governor by 3,145 majori ty, and that he would ho inaugurated on tho next day,.Wednesday, by the bayonet House und Senate. This remit was reached by throwirg out Edgyfield and Laurens counties. As soon as this in famy was perpetrated by a rabble of vil lainous corn-field negroes, the. Democratic ?enators withdrew from that body. The rump Legislature is now composed of gnnrnnt negroes, with a few disreputable icallawags and carpet-baggers. Mid their iroceedings will hereafter be null, and roid, and not regarded either by the >ooplo or thc Courts. Gen. Hampton lcclarcd in a speech on Tuesday that he vould bi Governor, or wc would have a Military Governor. He was then prc inring his inaugural address, which he toped to deliver from thc State House iteps on the next day. The id tum ion is encouraging to thc Democrats, for tho government as con titMted is a fraud and cheat, und utterly lowerlcss to perform any of thc func iona cf government, and its acts will not ie worth the paper upon which thov are vriiten. President Grant in n late conversation vith Hon. A. 8. Hewitt, a member of Congress from New York, ?tated that it vas not bia province to decide whether ho election in the States had been fair or tot, but assuming that Congress should lecido to throw out tho electoral votes of louisiana, in consequence of frauds in bo returns, be discussed the effect of such .dion on the final result, und when it ronld necessarily throw tho election of 'resident into the Houso of Reprcscnta ivca and of Vico President into thc Senate. Tlie British Quarterly Bevieie say? that he chief lesson by which Gcorgo Elliot ..(?'lld purgo our passious lies in "thc ragedy of untanix'd human nature forg? ng for itself an indissoluble bond of ripie brass in its undying crimes and heir self-brought retribution." The les on is ;eApectfu!!y commended to the coe? rdcfrt'tfrij Hf th-tf tnlctt b'f br'antrsSm NEWS FROM COLUMBIA. ! DOINGS OF THF. Y.AWFL'L AND UN LAWFUL HOUSES. from Ihr Columbia Rfjutrr. Col.JJ vim A, Friday I ?IT. 1, I87b\ All night long on Thursday night the moobi Ts ol' tile lawful as well :in tin* members of tin* bogus Legislature re mained in the hall of tlx- Mouse of Rcp resell'.at ive* -'?on. Wallace, the Speaker .;' thc lawful House, rcmiining at his pod ulmus! continually, hoing relieved for -eiort periods nii'.y hy tut Democratic members. Mackey, loo, wa? on hand, i M' 1 occnsioually changed place * with ionio of the Hable statesmen of his own way of thinking, oi acting, al any rate. About half-past U, Judge T. J. Mackey, nf the Sixth Circuit, entered tho hail, walked upon the Speaker's stand at tho request of tom? personal friends, and de livered a speech of an hour and a half in length. Many of thc members were asleep when thc Judge hogan, hut were pretty wide awake hy the time he got well under way. After thia ?peech, many of thc mem bers resumed their snoring, and contin ued at tho pleasant pastime until long alter ?lay ; while others moved about thc hall,chatting, smoking, and some writing, while others rr.nl. Numbera o', thc low country, "rurial" members, continued to deliver speeches upon all sorts of subjects until just pre vious t / 12 o'clock m. yesterday, just pre vious to which hour Mr. Austin, of Creon ville, moved an adjournment. Tho motion wa? put by General Wallace and carried, the Democratic members alone voting. Mackey'* bogus crowd were put through thu s mic process, mid both Houses being presumed to have reassem bled, the Clerk of each was ordered to call the roll, which they did at tho same time. After thc calling of the roll, General Wallace ordered tuc minutes of thc pre- i vious day's session to bc read, when soit.o one moved that Ute reading bc dispemed with. Mackey issued thc saino order for the rump with a similar result. Mackey'* rump House had noa lorum. General Wallace called for oills, re ports, resolutions, motions, presentments of grand juries. Ac, us thc first thing in order. There was no business under these heads. Hamilton, of Heall fort, came into the hall about this time, and in reply to au "insinuetido" uttered in an undertone, remarked that this business was going t< v far, and ho was afraid it would break up in a row. Heed, the raving member, didn't want any row, but il there was to be any, ho wanted to bc lound "thar." Hamilton obtained tho lloor and made a sensible and earnest appeal to the Re publicans of the rump to beware of w hat lin y were doing. Ho again denounced their conduct in admitting tho unheard of delegation from Harnwell, and im plored thom to do what was right, as ho intended to do. During the whole time of tho delivery of Hamilton's speech, which was quito a long ono, ho was weeping, his manner evidently convincing every ono around him, of both parties, of his sincerity and honesty of purpose. Mr. Robert Aldrich, of Harnwell, a line-looking mau and good speaker, next took tho lloor, and appealed to thc Radi cals to agree to submit to some sort of a compromise. He paid a glowing com pliment to Hamilton, whom he termed a brave, honest and patriotic man." lie then offered a resolution, which he stated had been inspired by Hamilton's evident sincerity and nobleness of nature, of which he bad givou such strong evi dence in iiis appeal to thc less intellect ual members of his race and party. Tho resolution was to the effect that a com mittee of three Democrats and three Re publicans bo appointed from the House, with u like number from each party in the Senute, forming in all a committee .if twelve, to immediately assemble and confer for the purpose of seeing if all matters of difference could not be solved. Tho resolution was read and sent to tho Speaker's stand. Immediately after its reading, Gantt, of Beaufort, which county seems always to send its quota of bad men to the Leg islature, moved that thc Committee on Privileges and Elections be requested to make th' ir report. This fellow Gantt is one of the ultra Radicals of the House, and is not only ono of thc worst representatives of bis race, but about one of tho worst their in terests could possibly bo entrusted to. He is a full-blooded negro, ignorant, joar.se and brutal in appearance. He presents thc appearance ot one who edu cation und contact with a superior nico will improve but slowly, if ut all. Old "Shuv-'em-up" Humbert, of Dar lington, now arose for one of Iiis long winded talks; such an one as he has been famous for during the eight years iu which he has been a member "ob dis House," and au attempt to report it ver batim would ruin tho understanding of he best stenographer on thc continent, ile wanted to know, among other things, ivhat had become of the white "Repub ikins?" "Dey is all fleeing from us." 'What wo swine do if you 'bolhshes our ichools and our universities, and puts ihechilun nuten de door?" His remarks, which wore pretty much in keeping with he above, occupied about an hour and a lal f, and everybody seemed glad when ho ;ot through. Old "Shuv-'em-up" is one >f Cadetsnip-seller Whittombres pupils. At thc cloae^ of this tangled up ha angue, Mr. Orr offered a resolution thut t was not thc purpose of the Democratic neinbers of this Home to in any way in ertere with thc clcctornl vote of thc state, and disclaimed either the disposi on or authority to do so. This residu um was prompted no doubt by a knowl 'dgc that some such idea had gotten into ho thick heads of the Radical members, md their minds should bc disabused of t at once ; but you might ns well have alkcd tn tho bubbling waters of thc middy Coiigareo and bid them ceaso to low, for all the good it did or effect it ind upon them. Keith, of Darlington, an ultra Radical, hen got thc floor, and rambled on for an lour or more, quoting passages from the ?ible. and lining out hymns, in thc old limitation style, concluding with the ampaign song: "A charge to keep 1 have, A nigger to maintain." His remarks were highly gratifying to be rice fi?M sietnbcra^ Tho hour of 2 hnving arrived, which mur had been designated ns thc time at vhich the vote for Governor would bo onsidered, some member of the bogus rowd -ont a resolution co Mackey'c chair, vhich was to thc effect that the matter vould bo postponed untid to-day, at 2 i'clock. Tho resolution was read and unaui notisly approved of by the rump. This determination is supposed to have ?cen arrived at when it was discovered hat General Ruger had, for the present, oncluded not to interfere in tho prem sea. Thc same conciliatory disposition on ho part of tho Democrats that has, hroughout. marked their actions, was nnnifeatcd io day, and the samo stub born, nonsensical idea of tho Radicals hat they wero tho legal House, without quorum, the fraudulent Barnwell delo ation scated, and tho properly elected clcgatcs from Edgofield and Laurens ulcd out, waa exhibited by each and all f them, including tho mulatto preacher Miomas, from Newberry, and tho mein er from Bermuda. Old "Ring-tailed Roarer" Robinson, rom Beaufort, who has tho appearance f a Brar.ilian ?rpo, with the audacity of i'd Sevil uTmVcff, affccW tb' beWrtJ ?fl thin Wc?, i<M?. Ho delivered himself of one of Iii" usual !? j ieee I ?es in the s tier noon, taking |MMsession of tlie middle aisle ami naring up and down it fur nearly an hour, trot li ing and foaming like a hyena, wlio hud been chained with a three foot chain, endeavoring to obtain an apple four feet away. Old '.King-tail" paid hi? rc*|Hv*.ta to "?lat Dimocratic paper, de j Register." and Dually, becoming cxhaus- I ted, suicided. The learned Bermudian then obtained j the floor, lectured the assembly on their i loquacity, requested them to "keepquiet, I gentlemen," and he would only detain 1 them but a few moments. He endeavored i during hi* precise remark . to explain to the Ktatesmcu around him what was the meaning of a coup d'etat. His hearers, however, could not divine whetber he was talking about something to cat or their pay, and becoming weary of trying to linc out, gave up in des pair-one low country ui em ber hallooing to Mackey'? substitute, "After dat. Mr. Speaker, I rizes to inform de Speaker dat I is gwinc to bed," and suiting Mic action to his words, he twisted a gre*, horse blanket over bis head and doubled up in his seat j like a grub worm brought tu light, leav ing bis No. 12 brogans bunging over bis desk. A few minutes of quiet now prevailed, which many of thc nunn members took advantage ol and visiten the colored pie woman in the lobby, bringing back into ' thc ha!I peanuts and ginger bread enough to founder a regiment of dragoons. At 8 o'clock, Mackey who had been supplanted by Keith for an hom, re- ! turned to thc hall and resumed his sent I ns one of the Speakers. A rumor was shortly afterwards wliis |>ered about the hall that Mackey had j visited (Jenora) Huger with a proposition '. from both Speakers t" adjourn to-day at I 12 o'clock, both partie*, to return Monday j morning upon the same footing they oe- ! etipied last night, (lenora) Huger refused, on the g. und that he must obey orders from Washington, lu consequence of this interview, which we have since learned was actually had with Genera! Huger oolh parties remained in the House last night. The windy members on the Radical side having pretty well exhausted them selves, many members un both sides were sleeping quietly at midnight last night. SATURDAY, Dec. 2, 1870. SENATE.-Thc Senate assembled at 12 M.j and was called to order by the Presi dent. The House sent to thc Senate a con current resolution lo discharge the spe cial order for this day at 2 p. m., (joint convention,) and make it tho special order for Monday, December 4, 187(5, at 2 p. m., which was concurred in and re turned to the House of Representative*?. Mr. Jeter presented the following pro test, to be entered on the journal : According to previous notice given in open Semite, wo, Senators cf South Caro lin:), make this our protest to the adop tion of the resolution inviting the Senate to be present at the counting of the votes for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, whic!) email.lied from a body presided over hy E. W. M. Mackey, Esq., pretend ing to bo the House of Representatives, for the following reasons, viz: The constitution of South Carolina, Article XI, Section 7, says : "The House of Representatives ?hall consist of one hundred and twenty-four members," and in section 14 of same article a quorum to do business is defined to be "a majority of each house," which in the House of Representatives is sixty-three. There not having been that number in the bndy presided over by E. W. M. Mackey, Esq., according to its own journals, when he was sworn in, it wa? not the House of Representatives of the State of South Car oling and being illegal in its fundamen tal organization, cannot, become legal by any subsequent act, but to become a part of the House of Representatives must dissolve and begin dc novo. THOMAS B. JETER, A. P. BUTLER, I. D. WITHERSPOON. JONES. M. WILLIAMS, lt. E. BOWEN, R. G. HOWARD, W. A. EVANS, G. CANNON, J. W. LIVINGSTON, W. L. BUCK, S. S. CRITTENDEN, HENRY A. MEETZE. At 12.10 p. m., the Senate adjourned I till 12 m. Monday. HOUSE.-Another day was spent at the capitol pretty much as the day proceed ing, the ouly occurrences of any import ance being the swearing of two of the strongest and best men in the Republi can branch of thc House into the con stitutional Legislature. A visit to the House about 10 o'clock brought us face to face with the always troublesome Seigeant-at-arms, who re quires u new identification every time one passes in or out, evan though it be a dozen times a day. Once inside mattera seemed unchanged from thc night before, except that the members looked a little tho worse for the two nights of sleep on the sofas and chairs of the House , and the blankets and bed quilts which here and there met the -yo gave evidence of the "camping out the party had unwillingly indulged in, and reminded one of tho old times in the army just after so . o commander would givo orders to "strike tents" and "march." The debris of tho supper the night be fore might bo seen in the lobby in trays nod waiters. Our modern statesmen seem to have been quite I'rugul, by the way, or else very hungry, and devoured every dclicncy placed before them, as the remnant-, in tho lobby consisted of a few crusts of baker's bread, with herc nod there the undevoured jawbone of a Scotch herring, and thc hull of tho inevitable "goobel pen." The members were lolling around read ing tho morning papers, tho reporters were nt their desk looking woury and worn, and the telegraph boys were occa sionally ?cen to enter and depart, bearing away with the;a some ecraps of paper which in a few minutes more would in form thousands of people miles and miles away of what was going on in thc capitol nf the once proud but now prostrate com monwealth of South Carolina. A little before 12, as on tho day pre ceding, some one on each side moved an adjournment. First Speaker Wallaco and then acting Speaker Thomas put the question, and an adjournment took ] .ace (in a horn.) Speaker Wallace called thc House to miler, and ucling Speaker Thomas called the rump to order. First Jones and then Colonel Slonu culled the roll of their respective sides. Acting Speaker Thomas suggested (?raver. A very likely colored preacher >y the name of Maracll walked upon thc Speaker's stand an.", ofibred a prayer such an one as .11 Christian mon could listen to-the Democrats paying respect ful attention, as they always du on such occasions. Tho rending of tho minutes wore dis pensed with by both sides, for the v-.-ry good reason, we dare ?%ny, that there wcro nn minutes to read. Gantt, of Beaufort, rose to a privileged question-his object being to say some thing in reply lo tlie Register's account of the previous day's proceedings. Keith, ol Darlington, interrupted him by rising to a point of order-bis point if order being that no ?url of debate upon ir y question wu? in order. Gantt, however, was permitted to pro ceed, and did so mildly, with one or two receptions. He tho'ught that the re porters ought not to be hard upon lim because he was black Aid ignorant, iud reminded tho reporters that he had leen kept in slavery, hence hia ignorance. li is remarks wero all well enough, \ad ie only left out his declaration about hin ove for the carpet-bagger and the debt of 9*tUmf0 bo bwbd bim) sud by wotto ho ! ?reined to swear. As tne reporters ??re nut allowed to rise to privileged questions lu thc House, we will tell Gantt, and nil ?nen of his kind, that r.e. and the cla-j of white men to which we belong, do not, as he ??era* to think, despise him on account of his be ing black - even ignorant. On tho other hand, bu ?r the course he has been pur suing a.. is intemperate remarks, made in that V- v ignorance, in all probability with the hope of impressing some of his fcsHociaies, ile would, us many other Uten ofilia race have done, have made friends of the white men of thc Boil ill. Vc can tell him, further, that when the unccstors of'.bc very carpet-baggers who aro thc authors of alt his woos and the woes of his race fust brought his forefathers from the wilds of Africa, and sold them lo the .Southern planter, they were speculating in the Heidi ?md blood then, as they aro now in the credulity, of the colored man, for selfish, sordid motives. Even his liberation oy tho anniesof the North was effected by no love for him or his race, but simply as a war measure, adopted by tho North to crush their Southern broth ers, wbit'ii, for two years, willi all the wot ld ..; draw from for troops, money and material, they had been unable to do; and but a few weeks before they declared the biaek man Ireo, they declared to their w hite brothers of tho South which they persisted in calling us even then, that they uever desired, never intended, tho liberation of tho negro, and that any such declaration or act upon the part of any mau in their armies would be a violation of inc spirit ?iml ??f tho letter of tho con stitution under which we all had lived. Gantt should know these things and profit by them, and a-, he desired to see something giuid in inc Register for Mt Sunday reading, tr? have told him I ll ii much, which ho h dly know before. Just aller Gantt got through with bb remarks for "those Register" Mr. Howen a member of Hiv? Senate, made his ap pearaucc at the door of the House ami applied for admission. Tho assistai)' Sergcaiit-at-Arms refusing, in lauguagi which was offensive to Mr. Howen, ti permit him to pass, ho pushed him asidi and entered. nhis created a little rippb of excitement, but nothing caine of it ox cept that Mr. Bowen entered thc House as ho had a perfect right to do. A Charleston delegate at this monica rose to a "pint" of order, but being un able lo tell about his "pint," ho was di rected by tho member from Bermuda t take bis seat, which he did p 'ticiantlv declaring that he believed bc .ad a rigb to " 'seuss dc merits ami do demerits o ebrythiiig." Robertson, of Beaufort, said ho ha I boon called a "Ring-tailed Roarer" b I those Register, and ho wanted to corroe the "gentlemen* what writes dat paper. He said that ho was "Red-hot Ring-tuile Roarer Robertson ;" hence wo stand coi rected on Robertson. Toni Hamilton, of Beaufort, now ol fained tho lloor, and said that tho issu hail to bo made sooner or later : that (i might as weil make it now. Ho the proceeded to arraign the Rep?blica leaders of South Carob i who had di mimiced Chamberlain a. a a traitor, Democrat and a thief, after be had non inatcd him in tho Republican Convoi tion. He proved his consistency as Republican, aud pointed them to mea uros which he had opposed, but whit they in their madness and folly hu passed over his hoad, and aftewards a cuscd hi.n of disloyalty and want i party fealty. He told them of his d termination to do right and fulfill tl oath he had taken to support the const lotion, regardless of the conscquenc that might follow. Ho told them th j two years hence he r/ould bc a candida for re-election, and that he would bc r iurnrd from his county, He denied tb the people of South Carolina had any o jection to Northern people coming " in the State, provided they did not como Erofessionul politicians. He alluded .esl?e as a well-known thief who h ned the State. Hamilton ridiculed t idea of Laurens aud Edgofield bei thrown out on account of the number votes cast, and said that his own couni which bad given the secoud largest ti publicnn majority of any county in t State, had cast 3,000 more votes than had two yours ugo. Hamilton's spee was a long and exhaustive one, and closed it by warning the "bob-tailed Li islature," as he termed it, of their off. to force upon the people of the Stt their unlawful body ns a genuine, bo fide Legislature. i At the conclusion of bis speech, Ha ?Ron approached the Speaker's star with his commission in his hand, and quested to be sworn in as a member the constitutional body. The most i tense interest was manifested all over t House as Hamilton took thc oath ; af which he returned to his seat. Pinckney, the "rurial" member fn Charleston, walked down the aisle n began to deliver a speech denuncian of Hamilton's course. After getting far as "tlfc sight was the most dam nah! some of the old Radical rats went up him, whispered in his eur, and thc "S; tco orator," with a sickly grin, subsid Thomas, of Newberry, then retort and moved the passage of the report the Committee on Privileges ana El lions, which was adopted. This report recommended thcexclusi of thc Democratic members of Edgell and Laurens, and was adopted by I Radical wing of tho House, which, course, amounted to nothing. The time having arrived for the v for Governor to bo considered, that b inoss was dispensed with until Mond upon which day it must be considered Miller, of Beaufort, followed the pi ponement of the election matter ni speech in which ho made an exhibit tue increase and decrease of populat in Beaufort, Edgofield and Laurens, ii also made an exhibit of the ratio of ve in proportion to the population, all which was very satisfactory to Miller to no ono else. " Miller was followed by N. B. Myers Beaufort. Myers is a very iutellig colored Republican, who has stood a by side with Hamilton in his manly fense of tho right. At tho close of his speech, which \ very well delivered, ho also advancce tho Speaker's stand and took thc os which was delivered by Gen. Wnllc the legitimate Speaker of the legitim House. Whatever eflect ?he independent cm: of these two colored men (Hamilton i Myers) may havo upon their large c stituency, a great majority of whom ignorant, unlettered men, it is observa that their colleagues, all of whom ultra Radicals of the very worst sclu attribute to them no dishonorable mot! and net towards them like they ki them to be true men, whatever their i ference of opinion may be. Even Mi declared yesterday his life-long and changed regard for one and his um respect for the other. No word t could be construed into anything I a belief that they were not'netuated thc best of motives lins escaped tho of any of the Radical speakers, exe thc "Sautee rurial," and he was stop in bia first utterances. During the afternoon session, it discovered that one of tho bogus Rej sentntives, by thc name of Cave, \ had been declared entitled, to a scat t\ Barnwell, hud never put his foot im of thc hail, and that some tricky Rad hav? been answering to his name for h Many were the jests passed when it discovered that this doubly fraudul trick hud been played. Shortly after the discovery that C lind not turned un, tho motion to ad tho "contestants" from Abbeville up, and a set of Radical delegates fi that county was seated. These cer catos were trumped up, they never hi lug claimed seat? until instigated tr JO oy tho rump in order to givo them apparent quotum. Of course, in ToVg rtmj tub" ?cSrtfng of thtete reatfy-m members ?ill omount to not??ng. Following thia proceeding, which seemed to afford special delight to thc members of the rump, a full chorus on that ??de began to ??og, "Hold th.; Fort for Hayes and Wheeler," much to the edification of Judge Denny, of Indiana, who is here aa counsel for thc Board of Canvassers, and the renegade North Car olinian. Settle, whom vance thrashed nut wi handsomely on the 7th of Novem ber. At tho ttmc ol 'A:i'"n i!? rr'-,c~ matters . remain unchanged from what, they were Friday night. A majority ot the Demo- ? erais are sleeping, and a large number of i the liad i cab) Mein to regard the whole business as a good joke, and to act a* they would at a big barbecue, a camp meeting or a militia muster. Meanwhile, the old peanut seller in the lobby is driv ing a pretty fair trade-thc average B?d ica! statesman being able to hohl out a long while on "goobers" and the hope ol' tt'tiuO a session. MONDAY, Dec 4, 1870. Thc monotonous show at the capitol ended yesterday. Thc constitutional House and the rump body having ipent the Sabbath in the hall together, every body frit that un end of some kind would bc reached on yesterday, and not a few thought it would be a bloody end. The city was full of men from the surrounding counties. Many of them had come to I attend the fair, and large numbers had j come tc see fair play in the count which it was understood wotdd be hud yesterday. The partiel who hud a copy of thc real returns were inside of the hall, an 1 it was known that Mackey had a set of the doc tored return-. Thc rump and their backers hail taken the precaution to keep everybody out except members and the repr?sentatives of the press, and had in tended to have what tlicy called a count ol'the vote, but which would have been a nu re opening of the thirty-two envelopes ol' doctored returns which Huyno, the Secretary of State, had turned over to Mackey," the bogus Speaker of th?j rump. The hall presented pretty much the appearance it had for three or four morn ings previous, tb-' long watch . id fitful sleep telling upon many of the '.embers. At a (piarter to 12 the usual Lrinul ad journment took place, without anybody leaving their scats except the member who ma?le the motion. The roll was called and thc Speaker and pretended Speaker then announced to thc respective bodies over which they presided that the House of Representatives was opened. Mr. Urr, of Anderson, then made a motion to adjourn, when Speaker Wal lace arose and made the following re murks : Gentlemen of thc Honst of Representative*:: I have just been officially in formed that there ure now in readiness upwards of 100 armed men who are about to enter the hall for thc purpose of ejecting certain members upon this floor. The members to whom it is intended that the force shall be applied have been recognized by this House as members, und wc dispute the authority of the State Government to eject from this floor any member of this House upon the ground that he is not a legal member of tlie House of Represen tatives of the State of South Carolina. Wc insist that this House is thc only competent authority to pass upon thc qualifications and election returns of its own members. The force to which I have alluded is acting directly under the au thority of Governor Chamberlain and under his commission. The chair is given distinctly to understand that if that force is resisted by the members of this House, the military force of the United States will be invoked to its assistance ; that that assistance will bo rendered not for the purpose of upholding another body claiming to be th? Houso of Representa tives of~South Carolina, but lipon the ground that that force is under the Gov ernor, and that the action of the military is in support of the Executive authority of thc State. With a view of preventing a collision upon this floor in which lives may be lost and blood shed, with a view i/i preserving the public peace, with a view of submitting to proper and legal arbitrament all the rights we claim on this floor, thc Chair is of the opinion that this House should withdraw from this hall. While we assert our rights as the legal House of Representatives of South Carolina, while- ?e dispute any authority ut der the sun to decide for us who have rights upon this floor, but solely for the purpose of preserving tho peace and pre venting bloodshed and of conforming our conduct to the public teachings ol' the political leaders of the State, I am of opinion that this House should withdraw to another hall. It is not essential to the legality of the House of Representatives that it should Bit in this hall. The con stitution requires that tho General As sembly should meet in thc city of Colum oia, and with a view of giving emphasis ttl the reasons for our withdrawal, I desire to repeat that while we claim and insist upon all our legal rights, for the purpose of keeping the peace and preventing vio lence and of preventing bloodshed, we will repair to another hall and exercise the proper functions that appertain to this body. I may as well "state that the only legal House that can exist in South Carolina is a body consisting of sixty three members. That constitutes a quo rum of that body under the constitution, the membership of that body being fixed at 124 ; the constitution also providing that a majority of those members is alone competent lo do business. I, therefore, gentlemen, upon the grounds stated, and for the reasons given, while insisting that we ure thc only con stitutional House of Representatives in South Carolina, that for the purpose of preventing bloodshed, I recommend that we do adjourn to another ball in this city. At the conclusion of General Wallace's remarks, Mackey banded a paper to Mr. Marshall, Reading clerk ol' thc last House, and requested him to read it. Mackey prefaced this action with the re mark that he had intended to request that the preamble and resolution be read tbe first thing after the roll call, but that he had, through courtesy to General Wallace, withheld it until he had finished his remarks. Mr. Marshall then read thc following: Whereas tho House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina did assem ble in the hall of the House ol" Repr? sentatives on Tuesday the 28th day of November, 1876, a constitutional quorum of all the members duly elected ns mem bers thereof being present and answering to their names, and did organize by the election of Hon. E. W. MT Mackey us Speaker, and A. O. .lone?, Esq., us Clerk. ...,.l -II -.~?.-f !.. -1-. : .-..w V? i - ... ...??. ,u^jvK?a ?.cu |,i.-.? ft??fc its organization in conformity willi the constitution and laws ol' South Carolina, and has continued In session froru day to day until thc present time; and whereas on Thursday, tho 30th November, 18.6, ? body of men comprising many perso, s having no legal claim or credentials, diu citer the hall of the Houso of Represen tatives by force and arms, and did pro ceed to usurp thc Speaker's chair and Clerk's desk, and did refuse upon tba de mand and order of the Speaker of tho Home of Representative- to yield tho same; nnd whereas said body of men have been since tho said 30th day of No vember, 1870, engaged in.interrupting tho proceedings and defying the authority of the House of Representatives, and are now preventing the House of Represen tatives from proceeding with business; und whereas the Semite and House ol' Representatives, by concurrent resolu tion, havo appointed this thc 4th day of December, at 2 o'clock p. m., in thc hall of the House of Representatives, us the lime and pince for opening, .'ountuiguitd publishing tho returns of tho election of Governor and Liouteuaut Governor ; and whereas tlie House ol' Representatives is unable to enforce its authority uguiust said body of men, who have unlawfully intruded themselves into tho House ol Rtyra^tisxSves { arAl wbcrti? Salli Id truders have openly proclaimed that the, will not obey the orden? of the Hou?' Representatives, or retire from th?l.? thereof, but will resist hy farce of ,52 any attempt on the Dart nf A? :^.^ said House U enforce ?U orden 'l?T0f tbority; therefore be it M* Resolved, Tiiat the Governor sf tu State he, ami he is hereby, requesbjd t! take such measures a- will protect t)T House of Representatives against tk! unlawful intrusion, interruption aral vin?' lenee causea ar.? done hy thc said booV of men who have unlawfully intrurUa themselves into tho hall of the Hous?rf ReprcRcntativcs, as hereinbefore set fortrf and who now are engaged in unlawfnff.' interrupting the proceedings thereof ? who also by their unlawful conduct an presence in the House of Representative preventing the assemblage of the G?nerai Assembly ?ti joint convention ?m h DlT vided by thc constitution of the stat* ?r South Carolina. 10 ?r After tho reading of this document th* Democrat? withdrew in a body. "Li they were in the act >f doing ifaZ Mackey requested the reading 0f (ht paper, and the rump, without even n?j?i they term a quorum-thc fraudulent Barnwell and Abbeville delegates in cluded-were left alone in their glory Tims ended one of the most disgraceful" and humiliating proceedings that has ever disgraced any assembling of thc Lettish. lure of this State. 6 NOTICET" A LL pesons indebted to Gilre?p, f J^. ?'copies, and also to J. E. People, will please come and Hettie at once as w? need ?air nionev. ' QILRBATH ? PEOPLES J. E. PEOPLES Dee 7, 1870 21 o WOTSCE. MY Notes and Accounts for medical services for tho years 1874 and 1*75. are in thc hands of Alexander Campbell for collection. All persons indebted to nie will save cost by settling with him (minni; utely. M. C. PARKER, Sf. ?. Dec 7, 1S?G 21 .>?. LAND AT PUBLIC SALE. IWI LL sell before the Court House door at Anderson, on Salcday in January next, the Tract of Land whereon Robert M' Graham now resides, situate near f?neca River, and adjoining lands of Thos. K.Pal mer. A. J. Graham and others, contantfae 10OJ acres, more or less. Terms of saStu-L STRICTLY CASH. SYLVESTER BLECK LEY Dee 7, 1870 21 4 TAKE NOTICET A LL persons indebted to 0. M. Mc -CX. PH AIL A CO., are hereby notified that unless their accounts are paid by first. January next, they will bc placed in the hands of John E. Brcazcale, Esq. for rollec tion. Settlements must be made io Smith Sloan & Poe, Pendleton, S. C., or C. M. McPliail. Pendleton Factory. C. M. SLrfcltAIL & CO. Dec 7, 1870 21 2 Christinas Presenta! A LARGE LOT OF FINK JEWELRY Of every description will bc on hand for Ilia Christmas Holidays. Please call and ses it. Repairing fine Gold Watch.es a specialty. J. A. DANIELS, Masonic Building.. Dec 7, 1876_21_4 TOLLED, BEFORE mc by Jasper N. Pool, who? lives three miles from Calhoun, ir? Anderson County, two STEERO-one red colored horned St^er. marked in the right ear by a crop and swallow fork, and in the Icft ear with a crop and under bit. Thee other is a ?nalsy white and red colored. Steer, unmarked. Have been at Pool's six weeks. The owner will come forward, prove property and take them away, or they; will he disposed of according to law. WARREN D. WILKES, T. J. A.C. Dec 7, 1870 21 1 NOTICE. COU.VTY AunrroR's OFFICE, Anderson C. H., S. C., Dec. 4,1870. To Samantha Garrett or her assigns: "V7"OU are hereby notified that forty-four JL dollars and nine cents have been de posited with B. D. Dean, Treasurer of An derson County, for the redemption of 20O acres of lund in Hopewell Township, behr," the tax, costs und penalties on 241 acres ar* one building, assessed in the name of (.la rissa Garrett, of which the above 200 acres were purchased by you at a delinquent had sale, held on the fifth duy of June, 187I?. TIIOMAS J. WEBB, Auditor Anderson County. Dec 7, 1870 21 2 TILDEN ttud HAMPTON SHOE SHOP. THE undersigned hereby notifies the citi zens of Anderson and vicinity, that he hus opened a Shop for the manufacturo of Boots, Shoes, Ac., for gentlemen und ladies, in the Town of Anderson. Ile is prepared to do fine and substantial work, and will he prompt i? the execution and delivery of work undertaken oy him. Ile will call al residences to get measures for ladies' arden. WANTED-Two Journeyman Workmen, capable of doing fine work, can obtain situ ations by applying nt his Shop in Dr. Scad' dav's building, west Bide Benson House, first door below Fcatherston ?S Browns law office. R. Y. II. NANCE. Dee 7, 1870 21 il?? SHERIFFS SALE. BY' JAS. H. MCCONNELL, Auctioneer. STATE OF SOOTH CAROLINA, \ Anderson County, j In the Probate Omrt. A. C. Stott, Plaintiff, ugainst Dniyton M. Stott, Hr.. M. J. Kay, ct aL-OtmytaM to Partition the Real Estate of Mrs. Hamel Itiehardton, deceased. BY virtue of an order to inc directed from W. W. Humphreys. Esq:, Probato Judge of Anderson County, in tho abovo stated cuse, I will expose to sale on trio FIRST MONDAY in JANUARY neil, ut Anderson Court House. TRACT NO. 1. Containing 90 acres, moro or less, sit?te in Anderson County, H. o., on both sid* or the Six and Twenty Mile Crook, and ^to ing lands of John Harper, John Dalrvmpi*. Mrs. Thomson and others. Trams OF SALK-One-third cash ; the re maining two-thirds on a credit of wei jo luuiiths, secured by a bond with .PP"*?T surety, together with a mortgage of tue premises. Purchaser to pay extra for au necessary papery McOUKIS. 8neritT. Dec 7, 1870 21_ SHEEIFF'S SMiE. DY JA8. H. MCCONNELL. Auctioneer. STA'V OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANOBBSO.N COUSTT. Tn (he tV-Vite Court. J. P. John-on, Adm'r. of Elijah Elrod m Cornella Fleming, et rf? Cition of the Real Estate of btnah IJroa, ac ceased. ruo BY virtue of an order from W. W.IM? pineys. Judge of Probate for Anda son County, to nie directed in the abo?? stated CAJO, I will exposeito sale 011 uw FIRST MONDAY In JANUARY" cw, ut Anderson Court House, the following uo o-ibed tracts of lands TRACT NO- 1. Containing 152 acres, more or less. ?Uua'cf in Anderson County, bounding InwW ?? John Spearman, Micheal Dickson, Tract** 2, and others. TRACT NO. 2, Containing 07 acres, moro or less, bounded by ?roct No. i. ?.??cheal Dickvm, VP Martin tuid others. . TERMS OF SALK-One-third cashrrJH* remaining two-thirds on a credit ol 1* ?V months, with Interest thereon from t*f?J or sale, tobe secured by a bond proved security; together with a n??"Vtra i.f tho premises. Purchaser to pay ?tr* for papers WM. McQU KI Ni Sheriff. Dee 7, U>b 21 - *