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WINNSBORLo, a. c. Thursday, DeO. 7, : : : 1878. JN. . MNOLDS, Editor. When Judge Mackey presented himself at the door of the State House, and was confronted by soldiers with muskets on which are fixed large trowel bat ieta, he took a glance at the gleaming weapons, and remarked to a com anion that there was no cause for alarm-there had been a great deal more steal about the State House for the past eight years than was then presented to his view. It is stated on what is deemed good authority that Governor Hayes will decline the rresidential office, should it appear that he was counted in by any impropor means whatever. He is represented as being very rostive under the pres sure now brought to bear upon him, to induce him to be silent upon the trickery done by the Louisiana Roturning Board, and the sanction given to that trickcry by loading Radical journals. A considerable commotion has been stirred up in political circles by the toshimony of a negro woman calling herself Mrs. Pinkatom, beforo the Returning Board in Louisiana. She represents that her hunband was brut-lly beaten, theu killed and his person mutilated in a most shocking manner-all because ho was a staunch Republican. She likewise says she herself was very ornelly beaton, and, to crown the outrage, her child was taken from her, killed and its body thrown into a strcam. The horror over the terrible affair had about reached its olimax, when it was shown by the testimony of trustworthy persons that the misfortunes of the ready female witness wero the* result of low negro brawls and general bad behavior-the whites having had nothing whatever to do with the afair. This is a specimen of the cases brought before the Returning Board, with a view to show that there was intimidatiein at the eleo tion. The letter of General linipton, General Gordon and Colonel Haskell, addressed to General Ruger, shows that officer up in a moat unenviable light. The action of General Ruger, in his capacity of Post Commandant at Columbia, has been at once .par tisan, unjust, vacillating and high handed. It was by his order--as it could not have been otherwise--that troops. were placed at the doors of the State ifouse, and the credontials of mem born subjected to the serutiny of a sergeant of infantry. It was by his orders--as it could not have b~een otherwise-that insolent questions wore put to white men (as to their having arms) and none to the negroes, white Radicals and hang ers-on of the Columbia ring. It was due to his action that the IRump was emboldened up to the point of making a formal organiza tion, and his bayonets wore used to guard the doer of the House, at the roquest of the door-keeper who told a lie to got them there. It is use lens for Genoral Rluger to attempt to wriggle out of his responsibility by saying that his subordinates had misconstrued his instruction. What was done, must have been done by his order. This~ is well proven by the fact that Ruigor sent a staff.. ofileer to Speaker Wallace, to in form him that the Democratic mem bers from Edgefield and Laurens would be ejected from the House on Friday last. At tho time we write, this high-handed step has not been taken, bnt that it has not, is duo, in all probability, not to any proper spirit in Rugor, but to the faCt that he fears he is going too far, and thought it best to send to Washing ton for further instructions. The General has truly shown himself up in a most unenviab~le light. Here after he must exp~eot to be classed with the Morrills of the army. Strong Language. The New gQrk J~erald is di. cussing the attempt of the Bump to establiish a bogus quorum, uses the following strong laniguage : "The tSouth Carolina RIepublicans have t'tken the position tlsat p norumi of . pach brauch of the * slature does not consist of a Sority of all the members, but a ,~4~ritithoge having certilleates detodsaer~ of members of wlich the lower House shall consist. In .the State of New Yoik the Assembly consists of one hundred and twenty-o'ght membersi of which a majority i4 a quot um. It has never been pro tended at Albany that less than sixty fivo mombors could transact businoss, and disputod Boats have never made any differenceo in this respect. The same rule has always heretofore prevailed in South Caro lina. The constitution of that Stato doclares that "the House of Repre sentatives shall consist of one hun dred and twenty four membors," and that "a majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business." The plain meaning is a majority of the one hundred and twenty four. But Chamberlain's satellites have sot up a now rule, and claim that a majority of those who have received certificatos is a quorumn, reducing it from sixty-three which the Stato constitution requires to fifty-nine. They woro unable yes tcrday forenoon to get even this bastard quorum, owing to the doser tion of ono or two republican mom bors, and all their proceedings wore brougit to a dead halt for a time. If one1 of the republicin members should Omsent hiiself it will be iniposibOlo for Governor Chamber lain to gut. himself counted in, even with the aid of the fodoral troops. But, as the Governor holds his office "for two yearsV IId until his suC cos01 isO ellos"i and clualifiod. Chamberlain will hold over so long as the deadtock may continue. If the republit-ns shoild get the full number of the falso quorum togoth or, canvass tho votos and inaugurate Chamborlain we 3uppose lie might bo dispossessed by the Supreme Court if the law of the Stato wro permitted to take its course. But 1 it looks now asi if the Stato tribunals would be set at deliance by foderal troops, if Chamberlain should be sworn in and the Supreme Court cf the State decide that lie had no logal title to the office. OUR COLUMBIA LETTER, I orrespondeice f The Nezis and Hera'd. COLxmiim, Dember 4.-The events of the ptat weck have been very exciting and the hopes and fears of the Democraey have been excited altornately. On Monday night the 27th November the Demo crats held a caucus in the State House, and this was made a pretext by Gov. Chamberlain for having the building taken possessiot of by Federal troops. At midnight Gen. Rugor marched several companies into the corridors of the building, locking all the doors but one and placing a Eentinel at that. It was thought that tihe troops would pro vent tihe Edgofiold and Laurens delegations frcm entering the build ing as they held certinenates from the Clerk of tihe Supreme Court instead of from the Secretrry of State. A Cordingffy these deleYga tions were placed in the vanu and the Democrats marched in procession to the State House. Theeo delega tins were prevented by the guard from passing and tile wihole line halted. Col. Haskoll then went to Gen. Ruger and asked if lie propos 0(d to pass5 juldgment upon01 the judgment of the Supreme Court. This dumfounderod the General and he ordered all pers~ons having eer tificates of either kind to pass. The Democrats were thus admiittedl to the lower floor, but Col. Kellogg commanding, seemed to take un necessary time in readling these credentials, as if he wished to de tain the members. In' the mnean time Donnis who stole thousands of dollars from the State, prevailed on Gol. Kellogg to Put an inlsido guard at the door of the Hall, and this again excludeld tihe di.aputed delega tions. The Deomocrats withdrew in a body to Carolina Hall. That night they organized. Wednesday they woent into secret session. Thursday morning they woen in a body to the State House having re ceived a p~romnise of non-interference by Ruger. Gon. Wallace took the chair. An hour after, Mackey's house entered the Hall. And Mackey demanded his seat. Speak or Wallace remained seated, and re plied : "I have been elected by a majority of the House of Represen tatives of tihe State of South Caroli na, duly sworn in, in the Carolina Hall, on Tudsday, the 28th day of November, instant. Tile Constitu tion provides that the Legislature shall meet in the City of Columbia, on the fourth Tuesday in November. It makes no provision that thle House of Representatives shall be organlized in this hall. On Tuesday last sa majority of the theombers of thgRouse of Representatives, with. certificates of election, were regused admission to this hall. They re. tireod to the Otrolina Hall and or ganishd with a memblership of sixty ein, who, according to the constitu tiom, were duly sworn In and their *Mct 6oit. ~We are heo in COIktl4ion pf S tatkoiSoh Carolia. WVe desir's to oppress not ofleg atid f' deprie'no knan of his' rights on this floor. We desire to claim only the rights that belong to us, and those rights wo intenA to have." Mackey said: "I claim that I was elected Speaker of this House by a legal quorum of membors legally sworn in. We do not recognize that any- others than those sworn in here on Ihtfoday lWst are mombers of this House, and these men who are visit ingthis-hall without our consent must kep order. I must again demand that you. Gen. Wallace, leave this chair." Speaker Wallace: "I have already declaroel that I am the legally elect ed Speaker of this House, and I must request you to retire." Mackey: "The iergetn t-atarns will please stop forward and enforce my ordor." Speaker Wallace: "The sergeant at arms will please step forward and enforce my order." Both sergeants advanced, looked at each other and the respectivo Speakers, anid then stopped. There was considerable confusion but no violence ensued. After a pria montary wrangle fei several hours both houses collapsod into silence. It was a question of endurance, and the members remained all night an .1 the nett day. On Friday at noon the two rolls were called and some further debato ensued. The members continued in this way for the whole day; Members sometimes speaking all at once. but generally giving way to each other in a spirit of true harmony. In fact the two houses got as thick as peas. THE LEosLATIvE DEADLOCK. Monday morning found the situa lion in Columbia practically un changed from what it had been for Reveral days previous. The Demo crats however had received two notable accessories to the Constitu tional House, in the persons of Thomas Hamilton and N. B. Myers, representatives from Beaufort county. and both of them prominent colored leaders. Disgusted and feeling outraged at the disgraceful proceedings of the rabble presided over by Mackey, Hamilton and Myers had the courage und man hood to denounce them, . and to cooic out from amongst them, and to place themselves on the side of the constitution and laws of the c'ounfltry. At 12 o'clock Mon lay, the Demc - crats with four Republicans left the* State House, and repaired to Caro lina Hall. The rerkon for this uin expected action on the pairt of the Constitutional House is based upon official~ information conveyed to Speaker 'Wallace that a strong force of State constables would enter the House, and p~roceed to eject the memnb.ers fr mn E~gefield and Lau rens, and that in case of resistance the Federal soldiers would b~ack upl th econstables. Under these cir ecumstances, and with a view of pre venting a 11ot and p~robable blood shed, Speaker Wallace advised a withdrawal, which advice was fol lowed as indicated above. On Tuesday at 10 a. mn., the legal House met at Carolina Hall. John Gibson and Dainiel Bird, representatives from Fairfield, presented themselves b~ef ore Speaker Wallace, took the necessary oath, and wore duly enrolled. The Constitutional House has now on its roster 62 members, hold ing certificates from the Secretary of State, and it having been intinmat e-. that the Washington authorities wvould recognizo no Homso that did not have 62 members holding cor.. tificates from the Secretary of State, only one more member was requnired in ordler to obtain recognition from the national government. An ad journment wvas had until 7i p. in., but as the additional member l e quired wa not foi thcoming, another adjournment was had until Wednes day at 10 a. m. Pursuant to adjournmnent the Legislature met Wednesday at ten o'clock, at Cr'rohina Hall, Speakr Wallace presiding. . Bridges, a colorell Republican elected from Newberry county, came into the Hall and was sworn in by Gen. WVallace. This gives the legitmate House of Repi esentatives, aixty. three menibbra oling c ertificates of the Board of' State Cainassers. This gives to .the. Constitutional House a quorum, oven excluding the members 'frosa Edigefleld' and Laurene. The Supreme Court has rendered a decision recognizilig Gen. Wallace as/pdkei . thUHotefand hold ipn (th memiders lae from ftAelga,~4 Laurrnu are, entitled lWtelr seat's. 'E'ierything looks pr'omising for the Demoo-'ate. D. South Carolina News. . Abbovillo is going to have a new hotel. The tide of pleasure travel is set ting towards Aiken. Over one-third of the male popula tion of Edgefiold county was in Co lumbia last week. Fire alarm telegraph boxes will soon be put up all over Charlston. The tolograph company is now haul ing poles for the purposec. Mr J. E. Dilarge, of Darlington county, lins had his gin housc broken opon and several hundred pounds of cotton stolen. . A colored mim named Fiold Fos tor, living in Newberry, had his house burned doii last week, and his little child was Lurnod in it. The dwelling of Mr. J. 11. Dorham of Horry, with mt l of.itscontents, was accident.lly burned last wook. ohe three county comlmissioners of Newberry s-tt oighty-two days, and received as compensation $1,. 055 70. Abbeville has been entortained by a corps of Amatr 'Tihe.itricals. Tlloir perforimince was both inter esting and highly creditable Rev. B. F.Porter, acolored Massa chusetts earpetl-bagger, has wee'y emoved hinself from Abbeville, and is now engaged in the curo of souls at Newborry. All of the pI isioners conifind in the Lexington jail, six in iumbor, took log bail last week, and have forever rid that county of thoir presence. There is now not a single inmate of that jail. The first cargo of iron for the Spartanburg and Ashoville Railroad has arrived at Spartanburg, and the work of laying the track will be im mediately comnienced. The Sumter Po:nocratic C:ub have pledged themselves not to lend their mid or patronage to the Republican party by becoming surety on the bonds of any of the late elected county oflicials. In compliance with a request from the bar, made in view of the present disturbed condition o public affairs, the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County has boon adjourned until 3rd day of January, 1877. The enino of the ( amden )raneh,' .. C. P. R., latel-y colitect with the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta train near the Wilmington crossing, last week, trowing one of the cars from the trak and slightly danag ing the engine. No one was hurt. An accident occurred on the South Carolna Railroadl, near GIran iteville, last w ek, by wich fourteen freight cars were 1njured, and some other slight dlamrge done. The accident was caused by an engine breaking loose and colliding with the shift ing engine. There have been two late incen diary fires in Edgefield ; a barn belonging to Miss Annie L. Gomnil lion, withi its contents, seven bales of cotton, 200 bushels of wheoit, 100 bushels of oats and a quantity of fod lor ; and a gin house of Mr. Jack Smyley, with six b~ales of cot ton and fifty bushels of-wheat. A negro nam ad Charles Turns, residing in Hamburg, lately fired at wo young men pa sing through that place. Turns, who is a desperado, had preOvions'y declare3d his inten tion of waylaying and killing young Goetsen who was one of the two young men. A resident of Line Street in Charleston has a very p~eculiar idea about the eternal fitness of things In the middle of his cow lot stands a gloomy white tomb stone, all alone in its glory. How can a cow got fat which continually has to observe so melancholy a reminder of the muta bility of earthly things ? Nelson Williams, a colored boy, wvas shot in the hip by John Hiagan, while escaping from the house of Mr. George Nickles, at Abbeville. T1'he house had beenx robbed several times of sm-dh valuables, and Mr. Hasgan resolved to watch for the intruder, which he did on Monday night, wvith the above result. The thief is badly, but not dangerously wvounded. Mr. Maxey Gregg, who resides on the west side of iedee River, in Marion county, shot and severely wounded a colored femahe' cotter. thief, last week. Having been a severe sufferer from cotton stealing, lie and his brother undertook to watch for the rogues. As a band of thenm were carrying off some cotton lie p~ursued them, and as they ran off, he fired with the above result. John Hampton Parris was killed in Spartanburg by a colored man by the name of Leonard Stroud, a few days ago. Par~iis had gone to the house of the negro to see him about some matters, wvhen a difficulty ensued, and Stroud struck Tharris on the head with a billet of wood, killing him instaintly. Stroud ha's been arrested and the matter will be settled by the Courts. The eighth annual fair of the Abbeville Mechanical and Agricul tural soolety was held in the grounds of the Association at that place, this past week. The attendance was slim. The old officers of the Asso elation were re-eleoted with the ex ception of the Seoretary and Treas, urer who resigned, His place was filled by the election of Mr. T, P. Quorbes rgt* of ni~y xis10re J give ne ali M-A,1':said&a printer 2 his swe herrt. She adea .----.. at liim a plante her 8w between hie 2 ii's wvhidh adn him n one The court denied the writ, hording that the grounds of the applicationi were not siliient to warrant their issuing it. They havo captured a fish in Florida, near Cedar Keys, to whicli the inhabitants havo given the name of the carpet bagger. It hasi the head of a catfish, the body of an col, and the logs of -a lizard. It is allied to the screwfish, well known in Florida, whose habits have been made the study of Pratt, of Palatka. In the summer time, when the St. John's yields its beautiful grasses, it swiis up and unscrews Its head, which by the aid of four well defined legs. goes out on the bjanks and cats the sweet grasses. When winter comes it goes back, screws the tail (n, and makes the water of the lovely St. John's its home. Naturalists have designated it as bolong to tho family of "Spiratus Arobinadoous." Can it be that all of the offico holding Smiths havo been colonized in Georgia ? This record would almo.-t make it appear so. J. M.i Smith, No. 1, is Gavornor of the State ; J. M. Smith, No. 2, is repre sentativo elect from " Oglethor county ; J. M. Smith, No. 3, was candidato for Ordinary in Heard county ; J. M. Smith, No. 4, was eandidate for Tax Collector in Ta! bot county ; J. M. Smrith, No. 5, is one of the most popular Justices of the Peaco in Harris aounty ; J. M. I Smith, Nos. 6 and 7, have just vacated offices, and J. M. Smith, No. 8, was -omlmlder-in chief of all 110 depity marshals in the State on election day. When the Democratic caucus mot in the hall of the House of Ropresen tativos at Raloigl, N. C , to nominato a United Stc.ts Senator, Hood, the Republican nemiber from Henderson county, walked in. The door-koper told hii none but Demnocrats need; apply, and that he would havo to go out. He got out accordingly. Next morning a member went into Hood's room and'- found hii packing his trunk. He asked for an explanation, when Hood told him that his people had sent him to the Legislature, but if- he was to be collared and put out of the ball, lie be dad-drat if lie wasn't going homo. Had he not l'en stp)cd in time he would have gone sure enough, and the sholiff with his posse would Jrobably have visited Raleigh to reseat him. How H1e Bet. A short time ago the steamer Lee, in miking her ti ip from New Or leans, had her full complement of passengers. As they walked about listlessly aind -were apparently an noyed, they listened willingly to a suggestion from an individual who ownied a mionte bank that just to pass away the time they should buck at monte. The dealer found a ta'Il handy anid opened h'.s bank. In a short time most of the ccmpany were engaged in the gsmo. After it had progressed a wvhile, a rough loo king stranger, who was choselv observing' the game, handesd the dealer a $5 picc. T1he dealer', surl [prised asked him-w~hy lhe had done so, when lie wah told that lhe (the stranger) had lost it fairly, as he had bet in his mind on the queen. Aft;er several deals the stra~nger gave the dealer $10, mxaking a state ment similar to the first, wihereupon the baniker p)ocketed the money, thinking that he had found a lunatie. After a short time had elapsed, the passengers, startled by3 a mos't terrific yell, looked in wonder and ahlrnm at the contortions of the stranger, who, jumpin~i g about the groups, cried at every jump: "I've won ! I've won I've won i! "WVon what?'' asked the banker'. "WVhy, 1've woni $250. I bet in my mind onl thle cavier, and lie won. Hand over the money." As the banker had permit ted him to lose when betting in his mind, he had to pay him the money. The stranger received the monmey, and also a request to be more audible in his bo0ts. According to the German philoso.. pher Adolnay, the number of Ian guiages spoken in Europe is 587, in Asia 937, in Africa 276, and in Ameri ca, 1,264 ; making a total of 3,067 In London, a Jew has been eharg ed 'with the murder of a Jew. It is said that this is tihe first time such a thing has happened, and that the last Jew hanged in England wvas hanged two hundred yeairs ago for forgery. "I assure you, madam, it is no trouble to show goods," said a weak dry goods clerk oni Broad street, who had been taking down and puntting up everythung in his dlepartmnent for twvo hours without making a cent. ie said it very sweetly, but lhe A co'or-ad mn n uned Edmond Gregory was killed cn E~dista Island a few days ago, by another colored man by the niame of John Johnson, as lie was returning from a religious meeting. The weapon used' was a regular "Jim Island possumn bunting musket." The cause of the murder was a fatmily grudge. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of willful murder. Johnson has been arrested. Six negroes were brought" before Trial Yustice Mcdord, in Oolutibbi, a few days since, charged with whip. pin a colored man tiamoc4Ben Mack indt ,oretmst ces of hocig b snan into a feld, bound hintwh alk tii ms ~hsh was trnby laver ated. They then set, a vic ou dog upon hirn which toake ~ n a1 dreadful manunT ' str~pped .hin and throw hhn a cre~k fr'od whicht le * die o Ceean Miscellaneous News. It is estimated that 100,000 ole )bants are annually destroyod for the sako of their ivory. The city of Atlanta, Ga., has just completed twolthirds of a milo of sewers, at a cost of $300,000. The outhern Home records cases of maltreatment of colored Democrats in North Carolina, by the Radicals, of their own color. Georgia's Congressional dologa. tioi will be compuoed (ntirely of regular Democratic nominees ; the Radicals and Independents having been overywhere boaten. J. W. Poe, a colored Democrat of Charlotte, has been appointed. a messeIger in the House of Repre sentatives at Raleigh. P"The cotton crop of Egypt shows a deceroiso this year as com pared with last year, of at least 110,000 hales. Gen John T. Morgan has been elected as a Democratic United States soniator from Alabama. Wild ducks are plentiful in Au gusta, Ga., at pricos ranging from fifty cents to one dollar and a (Iai for a pair. The wonder in that a man feeling as big as Gov. Stearns of Floridat does, was not around to save the country in the place of George I Washington. The main building of the Centen n'al Exposition at Piladelphia has been1 purchased by the International Exhibition Company, for a quarter of a million dollars. The big cotton factory of Atlanta, Georgia. will commnience Opera Otis on Christmas day, idfl thel oOpening will be celebrated with duo 'festivities. In the caso of the United States vs. B. H. Claflin & Co., for $150,000 for sumggling, the Supreme Court of the United States has affirmed the decree of the Court below, in favor of the defendants. A fire occurred in Chicago, last week supposed to have been caused by the spontaneous combustion of liquor. Four blocks were destroyed and four lives were lost. The vic tims seem to have been suffocated Water. P. Shomwell, Radical As Ristant postmaster at Cedar Kevs, Florida, was lately arrested and brought to Jacksonville, charged with stealing thirty dollars from the mails. Liout Col. Fred Grant was ar rested in Chicago last week for as. naultng a reporter of tCe ]fooning Journal, and was held to hail in the snm of four hundred dollars. He denies striking tihe rep~orter. The-post office at Hutfordi, No-rthi Carolinn, was broken into lately andl robbbed of about four humndiod dollars. Trho valise, which con tained the money. was afterwards found, empljty, near the river. Bummers pnaing iln thc wake of Robinson's Circns, pickedl up a good deal of B:rnk of Meckienberg money, at Charlotte, N. C., which they i'n tend to pass of as good in other localities. At the present rap~id rate of pro grss one parish counted in two days, tihe vote of Louisiana for Presidential Electors will he coin pleted in suflicient time to allow tihe people of that State to cast their vote for President in 1880. It is reported that Tweed contem State authorities. Tihe fact that his former counsel have not seen T weed since his return would seem to give probability to the statement. The Governor elect of Newv York is hard at work completing his re port as Comptroller, and propling his first mcsSage as Governor. Tho is a great deal of speculation at Albany about tile appointmenta under the new State Government. Jefferscn Davis. ox-President of the Sou thern Confederacy, return ed from Liverpool, by the Adriatie, last week. He wvent immediately on to Vickshiurg, where, it is stated, ho had an appointment on .the 1st Dec. inst. Last week tihe residence of Mr. J. K. Wimberly, thirteen railes from Augusta, Georgia, was totally de stroyed b~y fire. All the furniture excep)t that in tihe upper story was saved through the efforts of the FGrangers, wvho were holding a meet ing in the vicinity. Timi Hurley, one0' of the Hayes Presidential Electors, seems to be getting on tihe fence about his duty next wveek. Whether lie is in doubt whether he was fairly counted in seenms uncertain, but lhe is evidently concerned in mind, and may do something different from what he was elected to do. InCave City, Kentucky, the Re.. publiean negroes vowed vengeance against one of their race who haf voted tihe Democratic ticket, and -in fulfillment of their threats, recently went to his house at night, took him out and deliberately hlung him to a tree. The perpetrators of tils out rage have been recognized and cap tured, and it is not tumlikely will have to appear in tile eenrt of Judge Lyneh, as intense feeling has been excited vgainst themy. Henderson and others, convicted of whiskey frauds in New Orleans, and confined in a prison in WVest Vir'gia.lately moved the Supreme Conrt of the United Statch fo' .a ka~ea (%lPJto on theq ground4 that thiej were convieted .ip Zouisiana, an4 West irginia bad kovem aesent ed to the use of her prisons for the confinemento It edmra prionrs Gov, Stearns, of Florida, whose right to count alone the votes for elotors in Forida is now being defended by the entire Republican press of the country, has an excel lent reputation in his own party. This is what Congressman Purman, Republican, said of him in Congress Only last March. "The unfortunate death of Gov. Heart in 1874 precipitated this incubus upon our Stato, and as South Cal olina once had its Moses a nd Now York its Tweed, so Florida has now its Stearns." An Emphatic Letter. Gen. Bradley T. Johnson recently wrote the following ernphatic letter to the secretary of war. Gen. John son and Secretary Cameron wore follow students at Princeton College, and their relations have always been pleasant and hiendly. 1ere is the letter: COLUMBIA, S. C., November 30. Hon. J. Donald Cameron, Sccretary of I"r, W asAington, -. U. Owing to the interference of Uni ted States troops yesterday, the Legislature of South Carolina failed to organizo in the State House. The Republican members, with 5o pres ent, organired in the hall of the House of Representatives. The Democrats, with 64 memnbers, pre vented byt roops from entering the hall, organized in another place. To-day, the Democratic Rouse en tered the ball poaceably, and shortly afterward the Republican Houso entered. The two Speakers are ox ercising control of their respective bo(lieso. The united asserably thus nieeting as a dual House are debating p0 opositions IOf adjustment and their respecftive rights in a peaceable and orderly manner. Parliamentarv qulestions are decidedI by each Speak er as they arise in his own House, and the struggle is a parliamentary one for control of the hall and. the acknowledgment of the House as the legal representatives of the people of Souti Carolina. Thereis not the alightes', probability of a breach of the peace. The differenca will be adjusted according- to, legal parliamentary methods. It has no referenoeto the Presidential electors. The reialt ean in no way interfere with the e!eotion 'of Presidemt or members of Congress. In this condition of affairs,, when the people of South Cartlinu them selve. irk legal, orderly innler, are settling their own diffezences atn -g themselves ; when their action can in 0no Way influence o tend to influ ee the Federal questions, I ask you. as one of the legal advisers of the President of the Unitel States, as the hvad of the army of the Uni ted1 States, as a citizen who desires to protect the constitutional rights of all citizeno and of all States,, not to allow the troops of the Union to miter ftre,, hut. to allow the peole. of the Stat3 to nurke their omai adjust mnent of their own differences ini their own way. Urgent alpeals are doubtless made to you to prevent an alleged breach oif the peace. I tell you there is no (langer of such a breach hap peninug. BnADLEY T. JOxI~sON.. Hi Y~ M EN lA I. NMarried, at Ridgoway on the 30th of November, 1878, at the residenco of the bride s father, by the Rev; Geo. M. Boyd, Mn. S..B. ANDEnsON, of Chester county, S. C., to Miss HATTIE I. . As of F'airfield county S. C. FOR SALE. /\PENDID) two horse Carringo, as go d aew. Will sol it for I Jfit value. Address JNO. D. COCHRAN, - Columbia, S. C. hr. JOSEP~HI QUATL~EBAUM,. WILL be in Wininshoro, at Mrs. 11. B. McMaster's frota the o iath to the 15th Decembier, prep~ared to operate in the various de piratmlents of the Dental professioin in the most a >proved manner. Hie a .ated calls addrosscd to hinm at Dok. dec 7--x2 Sealed Proposals. 2, OFFIE COUNTY COMMXssIONERB, F"A1FIELD COUNTY, Nov. 25, 1876. EQS~ED proposals will be received at KJthis ofh cc for (30) thirty days from date of this notice, 'or the building of a Bridge over the north fork of Wateree Creek, on the road leading north from W hite Oak. For plan and specifications r~plly to tihe nindorsigned. All proposals must be accompaniedl with names oft at least two or more good mure ties. The Coflmissioners reserve the right to reject , ny or all bids, if, in their* opin ion, theo interest, of the County require HEFNRtY JACOB. doo 7- Chairman B. C, C. - U Id ripo ss. .OFFrCE COUNTY CoMMjssroNERa's, FAuuIELI, COUNTY,. M{o. 26, 187G SELEvpop l lhe reeived at Lit this otio' for) bhirty -days froma latof hisritic, fr'the repairing of the irest1e of inieaid 's Bridge -over Little ver. Fir plan an " pegl~cegions applj All prop( smllst be accobmpanied with the names of at aleast one or two good wretieos. The OommiissioneOrs regerve the i it to ~eeo e 'nor all hids if in their $~i~st pf the Co inty requirs dee 7 IIENRY JACOB, 'ON SAUE ORt RENT. oferf ale ri rent the e~sidence hI Ote onVanderbora ttiet, near eASR90iate ;Jteformied Ohuroli' The. muse: id eottage style, eltaIitin three ipih oehta at i ,;d kitohen