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? T,OTBBffAY^ KAT?ONAI.XlEmBI?OAK'c?KVJB5mON. The National Republican Executive Committee baa ?i?n%d'? ci?l io? DM publican Convention to meet in the city of Chicago, on the second, day of June, for the purpose of nominating a Presi dent and a Vice President of the United States. The selection of Cam eron as I Chairman of this GommRteo- and tho carly call for the nominating Convention are favoiablo indications for the third termers. The Qwnt managers realizo tho fact that he ^weakening In his chancea for the nomination. They have brought him back too soon. The catha* I ?logia over bb return b dying out, end b giving place to a sober, second thought that b likely to lay th? General opon the political table. AU that can possibly aavo bim now b to hurry up matters. The programme ia to hasten on the State Conventions and elect enough Grant delegations to give him control of the Convention. It b said that thb bas al-1 ready been arranged eo far as the States o' New York, Pennsylvrnia, Indiana and Iiiiuob aro concerned, and that Grant b how looking tip votes in the South to help secure him the nomina tion. There b likely to be a very aol-1 mated and bitter 6ght over the nomina tion in this Conventiou, and lt b by no I means improbable that Hs action will, not greatly improve the Democratic prospecta of success. ' I GRANTS CHANCE'S. General Grant has for some time past taea our favorite for tho Republican nominee for President at the Coming election, not because Wo favor a third term, nor because we think him a suita ble manor a deairablo mari for the South, but because wo boliovo ho can and will be beaten more easily than any oho of a half dozen other candidates they could select. There b a firm and well defined opposition to a third term for any Presi dent among a Very large and Influential c!a~efEcptsblican3, BO that this nomi nation would lose tho. Republicano enough votes to decido several States. Then there b a very respectably number of independent votera who have drifted into the Republic party that cannot bo induced to go for any candidato who disgraced tho country as Pr?sident, by al lowing, if not inducing, tao formation of euch ringa aa preyed upon the public treasury by. Credit Mobilier, Navy and District of Columbia schemes. They cannot bo induced to votofor tho patron and boon companion of tho Belknaps, Robeaons, Badcocks and Sheppard*, In addition to this, there b opposition to a military man for the presidency, and be tween them aU Gen, Grant would stand very littlo chance of election. Already bb "boom" is beginning to decline. . From every quarter wo hear tho muttorr inga of opposition to his renomination, ; even among the Republicans. Tho Ger ??ane of the Weat, who hold tho balance of power in Ohio, Wisconsin, and per haps niinob, have served warning of ; r?volt?t his nomination through their1 leading men and papers. Tho Catholics are nualterably opposed to Grant personal ly, and to tho third term on principle. ^ Laboring men of California and the Ja cule slopo aro in opposition.to Grant r? - on account of his having snubbed Dennb Kearney, their recognized leader in that section. Taken altogether the tide is setting in against the modern Casar, and we fear before the National Republican Convention meeta that ho will bo too badly used tip even for hts riaiho to ba i>ree??tod to tho convention. -V?L? TSSmojm*?? ??t?? ins Svrjrr.X tVtXJ? Tha Etylilay b greatly ag-i*red over tho error in tho Supply BU?, and cannot bo happy because no extra session of tho Lv??Hlature has been ordered. Its zeal ta this instance has mastered Hs usual courtesy and fairness, so that it disposes ? 1 , of the remarks of thc-io who differ from it by pronouncing them ahaUow, painfully .>?'?-.. ignorant and other self-complacent and .'(.';. .- vigorous ier?n?, after which itdigresses i nto two and three column homolics upon ; \ law, etato3rnanshipp principle and about a hr^if dozen otiter ?ui>jccb, tho majority . : of* vbieh have no application to the Sup? pit Bill. Tins is a practical age,' and mr. '.1- ^..-oplc vtava learnod that It b fre quently belier to submit to that' which f? exista rather than invoko a remedy whitur will bo vuoro burdensome than tho evil they beek to remedy. ThU b oxactly tho f { : status cf the Supply B1?L t It ia not ftee from legal objection, but thai objection b v. not tho one of which tho JleffUtcr makes -'. tho greatest complaint, vis., that the BiU . ' was not read threo times in ?.nh House, for it was BO read, and any Oohrt would lila it to be a valid Act so fer as thb I p?vsi ls concerned, tho Scgittcr't opinion 1 to 'tb1-', contrary notwithstanding. Tho A 7 vcr, b-ono'involved in a tn tho form the Act presents, e Courts will a?ttie by going; to mab of both Hou?es, and every db that three errors will be found ??no of which raises the taxes' one- ] of one lulll; New, -tho people j ought not to have been re- j *v thu ?:n ?oro than tho lory intended by' .for?, but they also know that will not be treated by being .y. It will be kept ..nd tJ* that extant reduce?; vf pext year. .Thoy also know iiyway-to eerier thb evil is ho Cour?t with Utigailon that rpewilW.'fcnd injurious-* to tho ' ive an extra eesaton , _ -WOT v? mo for each .and aeon-' sr ?r?Jf???d tr? o ?nstcai of diminished io ? 4} ni?ls, feo that oar tazos ia Anderson 8?W? 10 ihsteid of Of nulla. Know lng alf these things, we repeat that, in our opinUm, it 1? wisest and most econom ical to cany out the Supply Act sad pty tb'o OJ mills, without litigation or soy' extra session of the Legislature. The appearance of a whale io tbs Charleston harbor last week and its cap turo on Wednesday, was the occasion of quite a sensation in tho "City by the Sea." The New* and Courier of the 8th gives a full account and description of the chase, rvhich lasted from 0 a. m. un til about 5 p. m., snd which was partici pated in by a large number of fishermen. Ita length was from forty to fifty feet, aud the thickness of its body from ten to fifteen feet, tts weight could not be ascertained, but the captors estimate that lt will yield $600 or $800 worth of oil. When examined after death the body and sides of tho monster were found to be thickly seamed <md scarred in every direction with the markt, of lances, har poons ard hooks, which showed that ibo hunters bad aimed welt. Hov/ thc fish happened in a place so remote from its r ual haunts in not known. Zn discussing tho Supply Act the Reg ister conveys an error,eons Impression by the following paragraph t "And though it would be competent upon three readiugs to pas? the ten com wau dm ente, and lt might prove very admirable and very necessary, and Mr. Buist, Mr. Murray and our learned con temporary, might congratulate then ."elvo apon tho happy accident, in an erroneous enrollment, of renewing our obedience to the Mosaic law. but it would hardly pass rousted as a tai Act, and we are inclined to trunk tito Comp troller General, backed by tho Charles ton military, would (ind it difficult indeed to enforce it strictly." Our contemporary certainly does not mean to represent the Editor of tbe iKTELLiaiiKcun as glad that ibo tax ? levy *'?B raised ia tho Supply Act, nor as glad th*c tho appropriation of three thousand dollars for tho Charleston Brigade was made, for it is well known that wo opposed both. We are not only not pleased with tho mistakes, but wo are decidedly displeased at them, and if tho Register bad confined itself a little more closely to the ascertainment of the views of individuals before it paraded thom before the Stato as occupying a certain position, tho name of Mr. Murray at least would rot have appeared lo any insinuation as "congratulating himself upon tho happy accident" in the Supply Act. ???i - We fully endorse the fellowing from tho Columbia Reguter: \-'t Tho Republicans aro beginning to dot tho .South with bloody shirt organs to serve their parpen in tho ensuing gen eral election. They havo already estab lished tbe Lcdgtv in New Orleans, which the telegraph announced a fow days ago had made tts debut with a liberal adver tising pntronage from "Democrats"-eave the mark I Last night's dispatches pro claim tho advent at Little Beck of the Arkansas Republican, nod it ls rumored that an organ of th? party is to bo estab lished in Columbia at an early day. We trust if it does the citizens will force it to rely entirely on tho contributions of the party it means to foist upon us if possible to our irretrievable ruin. Colombia News. The correspondent of tho News and Charier, writing from Columbia under date of January 12th, makes the follow lng statements which aro of interest to the peoplo of the State : Mr. Banga of tbe firm of Dolby & Bango, the contracter: in charge ot tbe improvements of Charleston harbor, was hero on Saturday last for the purpose of making arrangements in regard to tho supply of stone for tho harbor jetties. lt waa doterminod that the contract for tho delivery of tho atone on beard cf cars in thia city woi'ld bo definite!" arranged during the present week. Hon. A, P. Butler, Commissioner of Agriculture, arrived here to-day for tho purpose of commencing his duties. Ho has'determined to open his offico in the State House, and not in tho Collego build!ugo aa your' correspondent was in formed. 'General Hagood having returned to tho city, lt ia probablo that the contem ?'atcd teat of the validity of the Supply ct will at once occur. It waa said to havo been postponed last week on ac count of ?he Comptroller's absence. In "ie meantlmo a later discussion hos naen as to who is to blamo for tho errors icorporatcd in tho enrolled bill. There la nn endorsement upon tho back of thc ill, signed by the Clerk of the House, as illowa : "Amendments concurred in by .ho House, December 28. 1870, passed imd ordered that the title bo changed to n act, and enrolled for ratification." ir. Sloan says that his endorsement sim ply related to the action of thoHouso, and hot to any eubswiuent amendment cf the Seriate, of which no was noe nu oft! cor. It has also boon charged that tho rror resuHid frets the inexperience of be enrolling clerk. Investigation dla lo?is the fact that the gentleman who enrolled tho bill has Ailed tho position of Enrolling Clerk for three consecutive sessions. The Board of Commissioners of the Bureau of Agriculture.- consisting of Governor Simposoa, chairman ex oillclo; Hon. B. P. Cmyton, President of. tho Stata Agricultura! and Mechanical So ciety ; Hon. J. N. Lipscomb, Mast*? of State Grange: Hon. Wm. D. Johnston and Hon. A. S, J. Perry, mri to-night at the Governors office in tho State House to anaugo the detalla of opooiug the RamiM Af A tr?lft??ltii?v.- Tiii! "rCViiiO?? ?ftho~Act creating tho Department wera taken up wlatlm, when it wasdetermin W that all sales of fertilisera mado subse quent to December 28.1S70. or hero*A*r to bo offered, shall bo subject to the- pro vlsi it?> of the Act in regard to the safe cf ?any phosphate within thia State. The Board will meet again to-morrow and se lect a phosphate agent for tho State abd a clerk for tho Department, as contem plated by the Act. A consultation was htid to-day on tho Supply Act, and while the Stato officials regarded the: Act as prima /ade legal until cet aside by the Courts, apprehen sion is felt that the issue m,\y bo made and tho Act declared ir*.slid at ai i ?m? Vracn it wiwin nor. be convenient to j assemble the Legislature in extra session. It is certain that steps havo boen taken i on the part of the St*to to bring ?he ques tion before tho Euereme Court, but tho. initiatory proceedings ure withheld. Thcro aro a number of prominent mern boin of iroth House* boro who p.-edict that the L?gislature will bo called to? her again''within sixty days. - Horatio Seymour is tho only man id r United States who can be elected s?ldtmt '?rho caica notb?ncc for tho of MORE ?B?UT MAI Nfc. Oar, Omtemlo^ U ott* !*t=i?cxst r.lio SUM m Jlo-ckbope-Gr*tvi EkclU>w*nt and Doutt, fal Cont? ?t-Tho iMpublircac ?hart*? th* Vemoer&U With Counting tbetu Oat, ant the ti?mocr?iU prov? thant Oaf V ot Vrl~ bery. PORTLAND, January 9. A dUpatoh ?A the ?rpiti ssys tbs He fiubllcana propose to teat the legality of be organisation of the House and bring the matter before tho Supremo Court, one way mentioned being by an Injunction to prevent tho Treasurer of the State from paying th? mileage ?nd salaries of the members. It is said that Blaine had a violent fit Wednesday night, brought on by over work. Physicians were with bim five hours. Startling developments ?re expected when the bribery committee gets to work. The name of tho persons wno paid the money to Swann and ITarriman will bo given. He is said to be a 1? /er from Winthrop. BOSTON, JANUARY 9.-An Augusto, Me., special to the Herald to-day says : "Tho feeling of doubt and distrust which prevails has increased rather than d'min urned within the past twenty'four hours. The military power, though no troops are called out, ls becoming unusually con spicuous for Maine. Cen. Chamber lain ls in constant consultation with the civil authorittf' Gen. John Marshall Brown of bia staff arrived from Portland this morning and other old army officers uro.eXp6cted to-day. The conf?r?bee at Blaine's house lasted until a late hour this morning. Trains nero coming and going to and from bis houso as late as 1 o'clock. In tho State Uouso just beyond all was quiet, the principal offices being brilliantly lighted. No men wero visible, but men were there. At the Augusta House every per son who entered or went out up to 2 o'clock at least was an object of (?'tupici?n and closely watched until his business waa known. This morning the politi cians aro somewhat nervoua and the Fuaionists a little panicky ; aorao of them are anticipating a struggle for possession of tho State House, while all are eager for tho prominent uribcry revelations. This morning when the House met no Republican was in the hall and Mr. Lack waa the only one in tho Senate. This at once gave clue to tho Republican policy. AUGUSTA, January 9.-Early thia morning Major General Chamberlain is sued a general order stating tbat, in view of the extraordinary situation now pre sented at the seat of government, ho would assume command and protect tho gublic property and institutions of tho tate in trust for the people until tho Governor's successor bas been legally elected and installed. By thia order Gen. Chamberlain assumes temporarily the of fice of G o vernor and Commander-in-Chief. The entire police at the Stato Houae was changed thia morning, tboso indicated by Gen. Chamberlain taking tho placo of those that have beon drilling there for aoveral weeks. Tho chango was quietly mado. Thomaa B. Swann, of Minot, rose and read a statement that $1,000 had been paid bim not to appear at tho organiza tion of tho Legislature. Ho stated that tho money had been paid him hy Wal lace R. White, of Winthrop, and that he (Swan) should not claim it. Mr. Harriman, of Kennebunk, atated th&t an offer had been made him by Mr. Whito. BOSTON, January 9.-Mr. Swan, tho Erndon representative, mado a detailed statement in the Maino House of Ropro acutatives to-day of the circumstance;! attending tho alleged attempt mado by an agent of the Republican party to bribe him not to take his seat on the assembling of tho Maine Legislature He said':. I came from my homo to this city Saturday, January 3. On the even ing of tho oth a reliablo pcreon, who is now a member of this IIOURO informed me that Wallace R. White, of Winthrop, had offered him 91,000 cash ta deliver up his certificate and resign bia aeat, ana had told him that ho wanted three more men to resign, and had asked bim to soo me. Upon this information I went to the Augusta House, where I found E. H. Gove, Secretary of Stato, and told him what I knew. Mr. Gove and I then went out and found Hon. Solon Chase, and in tbe'preaence of Mr. Gove and Mr. Choso I hastily drew up and sigasd my affi davit of bribery." [Previously tele graphed.] Mr. Swan then described how a meeting was arranged between himself and Mr. White by a feigned agreement on his part to accept the ottered bribe, and continued as follow-* : "Mr. White took me up emirs into a cor ner room and showed me tho following statement: AUOUSTA, January C.-Tb the Chair man of the Democratic and Greenback Com millee: After mature deliberation I have concluded that it ia my duty as a citizen to obey the laws as thoy are construed by the Supreme Court. I cannot, there fore, loud my aid in keeping cut of their seats tho Republican Representatives whom tho Supreme Court nos declared entitled thereto. I, therefore, give pub lic notice that I will not participate in the organization of . the House, being freely, and fully determined to obey tho mandato of the Court. To resist that mandate is revolution, destructive both to my party and the greatest interest of ?ho State. "(Signed) Tues. B. SWAN. "He informed mo that I must write and sign the statement, sud also sign tho resignation and deliver up my cer tificate to him. He Bald they should not want to use my resignation, but ?anted it to show that I acted in good faith, and that after the House was organized I could take my seat and tho Republicans would put mo upon the important com mittees." Mr. Swan then related how he copied' and signed the above statement, together with the resignation of his Beat, and re ceived from Mr. White $1,000 cash there for. White then asked bim whether bo (Swan) did not know of other of the members ho could get. Swan replied that he thought ho could get Harriman, bf Kennebunk, and promised to bring him to see Willie at 1 o'clock.' Swan then went to the Stato Housn,*and in tho Sresenco of E. H. Gove made an affi avit to tho above facts, stating that ho t_1. iL._--1 _:"... .I .1... ;.t? -*.?.>? r-t* ~ -- - order to expose tho fraud. ! Swan thar; saw Harriman. Harriman had an interview with White in the same censer rt-cn*. ?nd wisc receive-., iuvooy. Mr. Swan concluded as follows: "I then went to the Granite National Bank, taking the money thai White had given me, and bought' a draft on Boston. I do not claim this money, and it is subject to tho order of the poison who furnished it,*"' Mr. Swan's statement was followed by one from Harriman, who displayed the roll of bills he had received. Tho Houae broke into loud applauso, but the Speak er called for order, declaring that such a shameful story should not bo so received. In aa ImniM-?s? ??onner Harri sien call ed on Cod to witness tho truth of his statements as to the facts and his inten tions at the timo of receiving the money. . Mr. dake Nobblcbury next rose anil rando a similar statement regarding at tempts to bribo bim with tho promtai of money arid a custom house. . A op>ial d if-patch to tho Beaten Herat* adda r ''It ia charged that when Whito left Harriman In tho court house to go after tho money ho. waa'.followed down State street and was ? ween to enter Mr. Blaine's house. Upon leaving i; nr ?fc-?% directly to tho couvt houaa." ; indented by persona claiming soats io tho House. ?X 'Lv March, of Ellsworth, Claims the scat *?f Eugene Hale. it hau bseu intimated that after adjourn ment to day tb?. Senate clumber would be taken possession of, but that necessa ry precautions bad been taken against It? There was no quorum in tbe House at any time to-day, bat tbe session dragged along slowly, several members scuding out tor lunch. NKW YOKE, January 9.-lo response to a request made br the ganara* noent r.t the Associated Press foi a"personalstate ment from Senator Blaine with regard to his complicity in the alleged bribery of tbe Fusion members of the House, Mr. Blaine makes the following reply : "Have seen your dispatch. That is the first I ever heard of any charge against me; but whatever the form or pnr?>dofthe accusation^ I pronounce it an Unqualified calumny and merely * part ox the monstrous, wicke?, unpar alelled conspiracy to deprive a free peo ple of their suffrage by fraud, forgery and perjury. I am busy, night and day, in the task of thwarting the conspirators, sud it is merely a part of their dastardly, despicable course to invent some form of slander against mo. I have not seen tbe charge, but I know it is a lie out of the whole cloth, and I cannot now be divert ed from the real work in hand to do more than denounce tho calumny and its authors. "(Signed) J. (i. BLAISI?." AuoufiTA, January 9.-The House continued in session al) the afternoon waiting for a quorum. No business was transacted. About forty members were present. Mr. Talbot, the Speaker, Colo nel Wm. Dickey, Mr. Plaietcd, Mr. Per ry, of Cam?en, and other leaders had frequent consultations and appeared anxious at the situation of affairs. Fears seemed to be entertained that tho Repub licans wero about to swoop down upon them and capture the government. AUOUSTA, ME., January ll. It is intimated to-night that tho pro gramme of tho Fusionists will be to have either Eugene Hale or Professor Young arrested by the sergeant-at-arms 'nd brought to the House to inako a quo in. It now seems utterly impossible td get a quorum without tin* aid of the Republi cans, and the failure to do so thus far has only strengthened the Republicans in their position. The Fusionists will ex haust every means of legally electing the Governor and Council, but how such an election can be bad, or bow if had il will bo regarded by Gen. Chamberlain, is not known. There is a general impres sion that tho members from the disfran chised cities will Boon be allowed tc take their seats. Prominent Fusionists applier] to Gen. Chamberlain on Saturday for thc discharge from duty of the Augusta po lico in charge of tho State-House, ex pressing the belief that the public prop erty was not in danger. Gen. Chamber lain replied that if ho discharged tho po lico he should order two companies o: militia to take their pince, and tho gos tlcmen thereupon withdrew tbo request Tho agent of the Associated Press a Augusta, in erplanation of the circum stances attending M?. Blaine's denial o the charge of complicity in tho briber nf tho Fusion mom bera, kaya Mr. Blaine' house has been constantly filled ever' day from breakfast till midnight with i crowd of fifty or ono huudred pomona and bas been tha headquarters for Re publican members of tho Legislature, si that Mr. White's alleged call there, i true, is without the significance it migh otherwise have had. Mr. White denie seeing Mr. Dlaino during tho entiro da: in question except whilo the latter wa passing hurriedly from ono room to an other. A Dna*. Helga lo Blaine-Two Actina GOT crnoro and Two Legislature*. AUGUSTA, ME., January 12.-On tin assembling of the Senato this morniDf President Lamson sent in a lettor an nouncing that he had assumed the dutie Df Governor, and Senator Ellis, of Wal do, was thereupon chosen President pr? tem. Tho committee on gubernatoria votes report that the following votes wen thrown at the election held in Septem ber: Whole nnmber of votes. 188,807 necessary for a choice, 69,904. Danie F. Davis received 68,700, Joseph I 3mith 47.649, Alonzo Garcelon 21,844 Blon Bradbury 263, Daniel T. David 20C The remainder are scattering. The con stitutional candidates are Daniel F. Bi vis, Jos. L. Smith, Alonzo Garcelon am Dion Bradbury. On tho proposition of th?) Senato t hold a joint convention for the pornos sf qualifying the acting Governor tner was some debate. Mr. Locke, of Cum borland, made a long speech, in which h Maimed that; the certificates issued by th Qovernor and Council to those nc chosen wero not legal, and that the act passed by such a body would mi be rc cognised by the courts or obeyed by th people Messrs. Barker and Stricklan replied, defending the legality of th Legislature, and declaring that the meant as honorable gentlemen to do th fair thing when tho investigation shoul lake place before the proper oommitt* >f the Legislature. The joint convention was formed, an n the presence of the Secretary of Stai ind ^several members of the Counci lohn D.; Lamson took tho oath, and wi proclaimed acting Governor of tho Stat 3nly sixty members were present iq tl riouso, and that body adjourned with?! ho transaction of any business. AUGUSTA, ME., January 12.-At t wei :y minutes to 6 o'clock this evening tl Republican members of the Senato ai House proceeded to the State House f he parp?se of organizing th'_ Legisl ;ure. Tho move .was entirely unknov o tho Fusionists, and but few of tbe B publicans outsido of the immediate met ?ers were aware of the position of amdi Tho news that the . Republicans hi taken possession of the State Hou ipread rapidly and caused croat rejolcli *mong tho.Republicano, who havo bo ira patient'to nave this result broug about. Mr. Lamson. President of the Sena when be saw the people assembling pi ceeded to Gen. Chamberlain's beadqui tero and excitedly said : "I protest agait these men coming in." Tho G?n?ral i formed Mr. Lamson that he should p< mit men to como in and stay as long they pleased. There waa no" forcible : sistance whatever. Tho halls were ligl ed, the minor ofllcou of the previc Lcgjslaturo familiar with the premh taking hold and lending their asalsten In the Senato the Hon. Jercmi ?l?norlw. Jr.. nalhvl th a nioatln? tn nyc and*" Austin Harris was called to t chair. Prayer was offered by the R Dr. Butler member of the House, Char V/. Tut uci. assistant secretary of the I Senate, called the rall and eighteen 8* atora responded to the call. A quon waa announced present, all being rem Heans, who proceeded to qualify. 1 oath waa administered by tho Hon. W M. Stratton. Androw il. S. Smith T, declared Senator from Lincoln ot i face of the returns. Joseph A. Loi was chosen president, receiving alt-1 votes thrown, 19; Chas. W. Tilden * chosen Recretary, and Geo. E. Bract of Belfast, assistant secretary. . The fu??ow?rjg order was passed: *'. dered that ? committee, consisting thrco members of tba Senate, bs pointed by the President to report to Senate for ita action whether the Sen shall call upon the justices of the I p-.ome Court for their opinion touch the loga! organ ballon of the Senato the 69th Legislature, and report for the lion of tba Sonata such questions aa law Slid facts rcqulra In tho premises.1 .AUGUSTA, MJE.. Jauonry -Goa. Chamberlain has issued tho Headquarter* First Division Maine . litia, Angivsta, ??nuS?y l?. Gem Order No. 8. First. The attention of all milli organisations now lu the service of Bute abd ot all wah liable to rollst duty io this State fa carted to th e. foll iDg'ordars t'- - State of ftiruse^ A djuw General's Office, Augusta, 'k&?SSri 1880. General Order No. 12. let. Tba nevera! comities of tole State are con stituted into the first division of the mill; tia of Maine. ld. Maj.-Gen Joshua L. Chamberlain is assigned to the command of tho first dlv'slon.. i'd. Commanding officers of all military organizations ac cepted into the service of the State are required to report to him. He will bo obeyed respected ?cwidingly. My order of the Governor and -ommandcr in-chief." Signed : 6 ,D. Leavitt, Adju tant-Gtneral. Special Order No. 45: Maj. Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain is hereby au thorised and directed to protect tho pub lic property and institutions of the State until my successor is duly qualified. Signed : Alonzo Garcclon, Governor. Second. 1 am now discharging the duties devolved on me in protecting the public property and institutions of the State until tho Governor is legally elect ed and duly qualified. Third. Particular attention is called to the lair requiring it unlawful for anybody of man <? Iber than a regularly organized corp? of militia, with authority expressly given to associate themselves together as a military company, to organize to or pa rade in public with arma. Fourth. All >erson8 and organizations will take notice accordingly, und all or fanized military organizations will un erstand that they arc to report to me for orders until they are otherwise ordered by or through me. Signed : Joshua L. Charnberlr.in, Majof-General. AuausvA, January 12-11 P. M.--It is announced that tho Fusioniets wi!! pro ceed at once to the election of a Gover t .(* and all staff oilkcrs, but it is still claimed that Lamson Will not ho recog nized as Governor hy Gen. Chamberlain. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Gleanings from our State Kschnugea. Beaufort Sea Island News: The Post master-General, has awarded the contract for carrying the mail semi-weekly be tween Beaufort and Hilton Head to Joseph Williams, at the rate of $300 a year.On Monday Mr. F. R. Kleira brought to Beaufort a choice lot of straw berries raised by him on Hilton Head Island. Such has been the mildness of tho weather during the winter in this sec tion that the jaa?aniino ii already in bloom.Mr. S. W. Howland has pur chased of Mrs. Willett (ho McCrea place on Battery Creek, uud it is reported that a cotton factory ia to bc erected soon on tho place. Mr. Howland has been super intendent of the Granitevillo factory sev eral years, and ia a practical man. Cheraw News : There aro eix murder cases on docket for tho February term oi Court. Crime seems to be on the in crease in our usually quiet community. .Mr. H. D. Malloy, a cotton buyer of our town, made $2.000 one day recently in futures.The total value of taxable real estate in Chesterfield County is $770,833, personal property $418,859. The amount of taxes which will be ic alized from tho above is $7,135. ThU will fall far below the estimate made by tho County Commissioners. Their esti mate ia eight thousand dollars. They will only get out of the taxes for County ?urposes thirty-five hundred dollars, 'axation is either too low, or tho Board of Equalization did not value tho real estate high enough to meet tho deficit. Cheater Reporter: Mr. J. H. Barnes killed a few days before Christmas, in Caldwell's mill-pond, a wild goose, some say a swan, which measured seven feet and five inches between tho tips of the wings, and five feet and two i ncr, tn from the point of the beak to tho end of the tail.On New Year's day the gin liou-;e of Mr. W. O. McKeown, near Blackstock, with two gin-heads, a cotton press and 1 other property, amounting in all tn about $600, was destroyed by fire.During the month of December, 1879, there were shipped from Chester 3,726 baies of cot ton. Total shipments nineo the first of September 17,120 balea-within about 1,000 balea of the entire shipments foi the year ending September lat, 1879. Darlington Netos: Tho Agricultural and Mechanical Fair Company have dc* dared a dividend of 7 per cent. Georgetown Times and Comet : Tho tug "Kennie" was, lying at Mr. David Ris> ley's wharf on mat Friday night, when some unknown person went there and cut tho rope that fastened her to tho wharf and sunk her. The supposition is thal Bho was sunk by boring a hole in bei bottom. The "Kennie" is owned by Mr David Risley^ and had been repaired and waa in a row daya to enter the towag< business. Hampton Guardi?n : The house occu ?ied by* the Rev. G. A. Hough, at Earl-. ?ranch, waa destroyed by fire on Tues day night after Chnstmrs. Kershaw Gazette: During the yea 1979 there were 40 deaths In Camden 18 of which were of white persons, nm 21 of which fl ere of colored person jjuring thc >ear ivis there were 8 deaths. Laureasville Herald: Tho crib nm atables of Col. J. W. Ferguson were" ?o tiroly consumed by fire in thia pine .Tuesday night--the aupposed work of a incendiary....'..The following rnan?cip: ticket bas been nominated on the lieem platform : Intendant. T. B. CrowB ; wa dena, O, M. Miller, M. E. Babb, I. J. ( Wood, C. W. Tune. Lancaster Ledger : A te?an? house c tho farm of Mr. J. B. Adams, net CiaigsvlHe, containing . about G,0( pounds of hay, 1,000 of fodder, 300 busl ola of cotton seed and some houechol furniture, was destroyd by fire on Sui day night, 28th ult. It ls tho work of fi incendiary..,...Mr. D. C. Wolf lost h barn and contents on Sunday night ? last week by an incendiary fire. Ali his stables and ono mule. Losa ahoi $1,000......Mr: S.. B. ?tewman sent pa white partridge lost Saturday, which I killed in ibo fields near his promises.. is certainly a curiosity, and might 1 classed aa a monstrosity.On Pridi night, 26th ult., n difficulty sprung t between a negro mau, Morris McPherat and Mr. Minor Blackman, which rcaulb in Mr. Blnckmun getting a severe bk from ? rock, (Supposed to have bc. thrown by McPheraon) and McPherson dangerous wound in tho stomach from pistol shot. Mr. Blackmon wo? i mm diatoly arrested and placed in Jail. Tl Deputy Sheriff, in discharging his dut received a sovcre wound in tho face fro a rock thrown by some unknown pcrao At this wriUng McPherson is consider out of danger, and_Mr. Blackmon b bvC-I. TC !.. .. ; .? Itii U.lii, Newberry News: A number of color people will shortly leave this County f Kansas. Several have already diaper, of their. effects preparatory to rcrnov! . About tea of these people loft on Thui day. Orangeburg ?Democrat: The Baptl congregation at this placo baa called" tl Rev. W, A. Therrell, late of Camden, C., to the pastorate of their Church. ] bas accepted tho call. Wal halla {fourier: We are glad to nc lani -??iwiim-isin?iog tho ainugcncy . the times Adger College ia in a fleuri* lng condition. Since Christ mai ton ni students have matriculated and oth< aro expected. Its proipects,with a go crop, are bright'.for greater patrons next year.,...?The failure of the Legis turo to levy a special tax to meet the p due indebtednera of tho County 1 created considerable fto?log among t holders cf County paper. 3 Sumter Watchman : Jack Johnoc ^colored) the man who shot and kill air, j ona Shiver on the 24th ult., cai into town on Wednesday^ morning, a iro?rr?ndered himself to BUGilrT Tiudu confering the deed. i V Yorklea* Enquirers Col. Thoa. Han , man, of Mac?n, Go., bas been invited deliver the oration st King's Mount.? on the 21 st of February, ?rn the occas) of hoisting the United States flag On t i pinnacle of the mountain. A GMAIN BLOCKADE IN CHICAGO. A dispatch from Chicago, doted January 10, taya : A grain blockade pf prodigious ftroportioDB is a featuro of the grain trado n thia' market. The elevators contain. 10,000,000 bushel?, and are nearly filled to the utmost eoLucity, and several rail? roads are refusing to receive grain for this market, bflfiatm? tb??? ?re no "co*;. raodations for it. The elevators outside of the city and tributary are well filled. The only explanation ia that a grain syn dicate, of which Joseph E. Keen is the representative, have, by constant par chases, forced the market price of wheat in the cit? to a point where it is a dead loss to ship to New York, and toa point where it cannot be shipped from New York to Liverpool, even at the, prevail ing low rate of freight, with any pros Eect of a return of the money invested. roles? prices in Liverpool advance very materially, or decline here something like twenty cents a bushel, there will bo no shipping margin, and the blockade will continue. Meantime the ' farmers aie unable to find a market for their grain, although prices are to their liking. - The Greenbackers have called their national convention to meet in St. Louis on the 4th of next March. - So far the winter baa been very se vere in Europe. The snow storms have been frequent and the weather unusually cold. - Tlie Peruvians do not believe in the old adage about not swapping horses ic the middle of the stream. They sro en gaged in a fierce war with Cbili, and thus far have been getting rather the worst of it. Taking advantage of the unpopularity of President Prado, occa sioned by the misfortunes of tho war. Gen. Nicholas Oe Picroda proclaimed himself dictator ou tho 2d of December, and was at once recognized as the su premo authority by the army and navy. Presidcut Prado at once fled the country, as tiiey have an unpleasant way down there of taking off an official's bead when ho falls to administer tho affairs of bia office wisely. Gen. Pierola baa called to the hoad of bia cabinet the distinguished jurist Do Pedro Calderon. - Governor Cornell's' first message to the New York Legislature has the merit of being brief and busineos-Iiko. It is chiefly noticeable for taking directly op posite grounds to bis predecessor's on tho most important matters of State policy. Thus he advocates provision for nigher formr nf Sanitation in the public Bchools; advises the Legislature to make women eligible as school officers ; urges the ap pointment of a commission for the revis ion of ns*c??ment laws, and favors liberal appropriations for thc building cf the new capital. Measures severally looking to theso objects wero vetoed by Governor Robinson. The only reference made in the message to national affairs is a pun ?;ent paragraph on the prevention of rauds in elections, and specifically a re commendation for a well-guarded regis try law. - The Cincinnati Commercial cf 28th tersely expresses the point of the green back business, thus : "Some newspapers aro alarmed at the suggestion of a decis ion of the Supreme Court adverse to the legal tender quality of greenbacks issued since the war. There is no occasion for anxiety. The decision will not affect tbe value of the greenback. It is at par with gold now, not because of ita legal tender quality, but because of its redeem ability in coin on demand. So long as it is kept at that point the Treasury note, like that of a bank, will circulate at par. The legal tender quality, in case of sus pension of specie payment, will not keep the greenback from depreciation. It did not do it prior to resumption, and it can not do it in tho future. There is no doubt whatever that the legal tenders issued in time of peace are unconstitu tional, and will be BO declared. The constitution is as explicit on this point as the multiplication table that two times two a-?s four." ^TOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. .131 Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned. Administrator of the Estate of W. H. Dalrymple, deceased, will apply to tho Judge of Probate for Anderson Coun ty, cn I7.r? day cf February, 1SS0V for a Fiit?? Settlement and discharge from bis offlco as Administrator of tho Personal Estate of the said W. II. Dalrymple, deceased. JOHN W. DALRYMPLE, Adm'r. Jan. 15,1680 27 5 J. NI? MATTHEWS, BELTON. S. C., MANUFACTURER OV PALMETTO COTTON GIS, CONDENSERS AND POHTABL? PRESSES. Agent for tho Now Economizer Steam Engine, Far? qnnor Thresher and Separator, Saw and Grist Mills, Gin Feodora, An Old EstdncS and Th?cSucf? ??kf-u in ?mri. ?wiy for now ones. Repairing carefully done. Second-hand machines at low figures. Pri ces and terms on application. Orders so licited. Letters by mab receive prompt attention. .Tan J.5.1680_27 Sm OVE PBEM?UM MST FOR 188Q? Beat Peck Irish Potatoes, cash.$?? 00 Beat Peck Onions, cash.c. 2 50 Best sample Turnips, (six) cash'... 5 00 Largest watermelon of good quality... 5 00 Beat s'aniplo Cabbage, (3 heads) cash... 2 50 Earliest quart'English'Peas, (shelled) "Vick's Flower and Vegetable Garden." Earliest quart ripe .Tomatoes. "Vlcks Flower end Ve?otablo Garden." Earliest bunch Eatable Radishes, "Vick's Flower and Vegetablo Garden." The ?bovb premiums are optri only to purchasers of onr Seeds, and will be award? ed with the strictest Impartiality. No near kin or other persons wo might be ebpposed to favor bein., allowed to compete. All tba sauiplcs will no returned, oxcept the Wa termelons. Wo sol) BUIST'S SEEDS, which 'b a guarantee of quality, and buying in large quantities tn bulL, we can offer advantages in tho way. of quantity over those who buy in small panuni Hi et no?'4?b. nest tc .noth ing. For fuV*>or particulars call on us, or communicate ?brough the moils. All ordirs amounting to fivo dollars, (ex cept potatoes, onion peta, peas and beans by the peck,) wilt bo delivered free at any de pot cn tho G. & C. or tba Air Lino Railroad. A good assortment of Vick's Flower Seed?, tho finnst in tho UMtlA; -nra lani rtn hand, and can bc mails ". to any address. 3LOAN BROS., Greenville, 8. O. THE STATE ?F SOUTH CAROLINA, COUXli: ?F ANDERSON. COURT Ol' COMMON Pi.EAS. John c. WhlteAeM, 1'laJ nil If, against Nathaniel Bmtth aud John Owens, De fe adan to.-.Vummotu /or lUlieJ-Omptalnt nat ?krvtd. To tho Defendants Nathaniel Smith and John YOU aro hiroby ??annon?a and required to ao MFcr the complMnt tn Hits action, a copy or which le filed tn tUe ?fiSco of the Clerk of the Coull r>t Common rio?, nt Anderson. C. H, 8. C., ned to ?orve a?opy ox your auawer to the eaM CCK. p?alot oa tho ?nDynifora al . their offlco, at Anderson I Court IJoiua, b. C. within tw?lv dc** tftu tk* Berrico.nerror, cscI?.Uo of the day of such Ber rica} and if yen fall to anawtr tho complaint vlth inthe time aforesaid, tho Plaintiff la this acUoa will apuly to the Otnitt tor th? relief demanded In the complaint. ' 'Skated Sra January, A. u. isra. emil A TR1BBXK, , m . ?.'.-. Plaintiff's Attorney?. [sxAi.] w. tt. noi.vjbcpu ty c. c r. * ; Take notice fhafthe Complaint filed In thu caa? h. to, forMtae * mortgage made by Nathaniel totlthata livy Smith tolUrrfaon ? Whllontld, : \~ ?ns A TRIBoXB, '?'. Jan 15 IS80 KalnUSTa Attorneys. j Ute Estate of Mw. Margaret Cox, hereby I ?Vea notice that bo will apply to the Judge j tit Probate at Anderdon CH.: oh tho HUi ida? of Fehruarj', for a Final Bettlo j mont of H:>; : und a discharge from ?raid Administration. FLEETWOOD CfINKSCALES, ' I Jin? ICM ?">-> " "' - IMPORTANT T*7E would Uko for the Trading Public to understand that we are now closing out VV our entire Stock of BOOTS, JEANS, Al HE??? WOOLI GOODS AST GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. That we can furniuli Supplies at Bottom Prices* That we do not propose to be Undersold by any one. That wo Sell only r?rst ciass Goods. That we bare one Price for alL TOBACCO, TOBACCO, TOBACCO. At wholesale and retail. Never fail to examine our stock of Tobacco, .., WE SELL THE VERY BEST FERTHJLZ Call for terms and prices before buying elsewhere. TUB ME li TEN CIT COURS SI BOOHING. NOVELTIES INCREASING-Ornamental and indispensable Goods almost given away I These Goods have been brought back from Masoni"' Hall here to our rcgu'^r stand. SULLIVAN & MATTISON, BCL in House Place, nor', to Simpson, Reid & Co.'s Drug Store, Jan 15,1880_ -_ . CASH, CASH, CASE WSwill sell Goods for Cash at tho VERY LOWEST RATE, and aa we self only for CASH we can afford to give moro for tho aatno amount of money/ than if we had to run the risk of time sales. Our stock of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, &c., Is complete. We have just received a large lot of Kew Orleans Syrup, Bacon and Flour, Which we aro selling very low. Wo tako COUNTRY PRODUCE la baner, and pay the highest prices for it. We have One Hundred Boxes of TOBACCO which we are Belling very ?heap. Jan 15.1880 F^NT & BRO. NEW FIRM 1,000 BUSHELS CORN, 10,000 POUNDS BACON, 100 BARRELS FLOUR, 35 Barrels N. O. SYRUP, diff?rent grades, Which wo propose to soil at tho VERY LOWEST CASH PRICES, or on time to prompt paying customers. Wo also have a full stock of Dry Goods, Hats, Boots and Shoes, Which we proposo to sell as low as thoy can bo bought in thia market. Pleaee collin and seo us beforo buying. Thoso indebted to tho firm of REED ?fc HERRICK will please call in and settle tho same. Jan 15,18S0 REE|>9 MOORHEAD & CO? J. P. 8ULLIVAN. 1 8 BO C. P. JONES. W. A. VANDIVER. J. P. STJLLTVAi: & CO. ATE IN STOCK, AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL, A LABOE LOT OF N. 0. MOLASSES, FLOUR, CORN. BACON. Farmers buying In small or largo quantities will do well to examino our Btock, prices, and quality of Goods. Wo always keep a full stock of all kinds of GROCERIES? PLOWS AN JD PATENT PLOW STOCKS. We call special attention to our Double Foot Plow Stocka. Remember, too, our Stock Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes. Jan 8,1880 J. 14 P. SULLIVAN & CO. HIGHLY IMPRO VED FAEMS ?OR SALE. BY J. B. McGEE. Auctioneer. 'ILL bo sold at Anderson C. H. on 8ALEDAY In FEBRUARY uext, Monday, February 2, 1880, the following valuable Real Estate, lying within four milca of and Southwest of Pendleton Vil lago: N.M. KnoWn as tho Clark Place, with settlement, containing 8361 aereo by recent survey, has several acres of branch bottom and wood land, and open land in soon proportion. On tho BrucV.a Ford Road. Np. 2, A boOlv of fine Umber land,.containing 185 sores, lying between land late of Maj. Geo. Seaborn and land of Mr. J. B. Adgcr, Jr., and on tho Bruce's Ford Road. NO. 8, Known aa tho Stone Place, with r-cttlemcnt, containing 021 ?cres, Including 13 acres of fine bottom land on Eighteen Milo Creek balance open land and woodland in fair Ore portion, and on th? Brace's Ferd Rcsd. NO. 4, Known 03 Pincknoy Tract, containg '2301 acres, all wooded, except aboot 20 aor^/of fine bottom land on Eighteen Milo Cieek. Thia TrarA Hes Wost of add creek. NO. 5, Known as Ritchie Tract. containing nVu.nt 230 acres, of which about 20 acres'ia fino bottot.? land. This tract has a aettloment, and Hos West of Eighteen Mil? Creek. Thc tract is weil divided between open land and woodland. NO. 6, Contains 101 acres of tino bottom land, ad joining above tract, lying West of Eightcon Milo Creek. These, lands havo been recently surveyed, and plots tran be seen at ofilce o'Mr. J. B. McGee, Auctioneer, Anderson, 8. C. TERMS: One-third cash-balance In one and t>o years, with interest at 7 per ocut., payuhlo annually, occured by rnurtgnge of premises, purehaw to pay mo for papers, and havo O ll lion 'af nav?ni? ?U , '?LLIS'ONTA. 8UYTHE, Apshrnoe. J? J 16, l ?Bb 27 3 Notice to Fiduciaries. 6 LL Administrators, Executors, .mri JiJ other Fiduciaries who by law ar? re quired to mstfce their miaros to tho Judge ot Probate, aye hereby ?otiGed to do iso da rin? tho month of January or tho poniddes of tho law wH! be enforced. W. W. HUMPHREYS, _' AJJ^ Judgo^f Probnto. Jan 8,18S0 ?0 4 . "isa. i ''? ? T^T COTHEAN & SC?BDAY, NT?ft?R Attorneys at Law, Estate of Aaron Vaudtver, deceased, here OrricB-Noahwcfl Comer Sou&on HOUAB hl^rn^^^ , Building._' .... ^e I T;* ijS^vj{ ^ NOTICE. A LL persons are hereby notified not to J3L harbor or credit tay wife, Mrs. Mary J. Barton, for I will not DO responsible for any contracts or debts mode DV her, she having left mo without causo or provoca tlon. j. K. BURTON. Jan 16,1880 - 27 1 SHERIFFS SALE. , STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANOBKSON COUNTY. BY virtue of varions Executions to'rn*11 directed, I will expose to Salo on the ~?..v.?j ... ?... if, losy, ac Anderson Court l?o'iso, South Carolin?, tho following Tract of Land, to wit : ONE TRACT OF LAND, containing forty-six (40) acres, moro or less, bounded by lands of tho Estate of Terrel Bryant, Jane Dickeroon and others. Levied on as tho property of B. R. Bryant in favorof Mary FV Olardy, Executrix, and others, against B. R. Bryant. Terms of salo Cash^-pnrchaser to pay ex tra for all necessary papers. JAMES H. ^MCCONNELL. T o ?her?* Au^-cn CyU?ty, Jan 8,1880 , 20 4 SHERIFFS SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND?aS0N;COTJNTr. BY 7lrtuo or on Execution to mo dlroo tOd. I Will fiinmai in, cala ?J. ^W?olJP^^y ??*^EBRUAllY?oxt; A- j&J^,** 4"de/son Court House, 8.O., ono hundred and thirty-three (133) acres! OT^0T!3?? bounded by lands of Dr. W. H. Nardin, J. B. Simpson, A. E. Bo bannon, \Y m. Archer and others. Levied on ai the property of D. J. ' Boban non tn favor of tho Stat? Savings and Insnranod Bank of Anderson, S. C., ogalnst D. J. Bohannon. Teruis of sole-Cash. Purchaser to nay extra for all necessary papers. Tho above Tract of Land Is known aa the ''Tfaorcaa W?deman Placo," and h?s a very large and comfortable dwelling-house on it. together with about 80 cen* in cultivation 10 acres of fino bottom land, and 30 OT 35 ?a? o? fln* *ocd?ar.d, ^hSA Ia *<?i tim bered, and lies In 81 miles of tho Town cf Anacreon.. JAMES H. MCCONNELL, T ?-'???H Sheriff Anderson County. Jan 8,18&U .' 26 4 ?^.OTICE TO e?mmem. ~ } VF9?T'having claims against tho Estate of B. J. Spoannan, deceased, are hereby notified to present the samo to cUher of tho undersigned, propcily proven, within the Uni? probed by W. ThoSe indebt ed to saul Estate aro retitled td roako na> ment at onco. J. I. SPEAKMAN. * D. L SPEAKMAN