The daily gazette., 1876-12-04
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Defeci0n Of tlc0 COtOrcd Representatives
from the Republican House and their
adhesion to the Democratic Body
the Supreme Court Inroked to Restrdin
ne Republican SpcdkerfrOm Counting
the rote for GoreInor-Fow more
Negroes admitted TO the RepuJUcdn
House.
tBy telegraph to the y. Y. Herald
COLUMBIA, Dec. =, 1876.
The scenes of yesterday and the day
previous in the hall of the House of Rep
resentatives were enacted over again to-
day, with perhaps some additional excite
ment. The members, of both side ap-
peared tagged, sleepy, and ndunkempt. Piles
OF blankets and bedding, fragments of
meals, banana and orange peels and dirty
dishes were seen on the desks and in the
recesses Of the windows, in profusion on
the democratic side of the House. The
black Representatives comprising the
Mackey House were not so we'll provided
through some of them did fare sumptously
at the expense of democrats.
THE DUAL LEGISLATURE ASLEEP AND
SNORING.
The night passed quietly. 1t was in
tensely cold, and both houses went early
about making themselves comfortable for
the night. BY midnight the chamber
presented the spectacle of avast dormitory
where the silence was only broken by the
snoring of the members from the rural
districts and the sable legislators from the
rice fields and sea islands.
The morning found them all drowsy,
and it was near midday before the demo-
Gratis had, by going out in reliefs of twos
and threes, performed the necessary ablu-
tions to make them feel comparatively
comfortable.
RESUMPTION OF LEGISLATIVE WORK.
When the hour of noon was near Speak
ers Wallace and Mackey adjourned their
houses and Immediately called them to
order again simultaneously. This was
followed by prayer from colored prea-
cher, at the conclusion of whicha repeti-
tion of the din and confusion ofthe preced-
ing days began.
BLACK DENUNCIATIoN OF TIE CONVERT
This created fearful excitement among
the negro members of the Mackey House,
and Hamilton was denounced in the most
unmeasured terms, amid scene of con-
fusion and disorder rarely witnessed.
MYERS FOLLOWS HAMILToN's SUIT.
The next exciting scene was the defec-
ton of w. +. Myers, another member of
the Mackey House, from Beaufort county
He also went over to the democrats,
marched boldlyup and was sworn in as
member by Speaker Wallace.
A GREAT LEGAL AND MORAL. ADvANT-
AGE.
As soon as it is made the banks which
hold the State bonds will refuse to ac-
knowledge Mackey's House, and will pay
no money on its orders.
THE HAYES ELECTORS TO DE RESTRAIN
ED.
At the same time writ OF quo ,rdlrdns
to was issued against the Hayes electors.
This nails their vote. Next Wednesday
they will cast it pendente lite and if the
Court afterward decides it against them,
at any time before the Court in Washing
ton, next February, the democrats will
have unanswerablc ground to stand on
''that it is not the vote of South Carolina
for the Supreme Court of the State has so
decided
WHAT TIE DEMOCRATS HAVE.
The vote for Governor in Mackey's
hands, will then by rendered unlawful
and the vote for Hayes also invalidated.
Besides this two colored members, Ham
ilton and Myers, from Beaufort, both de-
clared tllatt they believed Wallace's House
the true House, and We're sworn in by
Speaker Wallace. The democrats there
fore have made sensible moral progress
during the day. They are in better spir-
its and believe they are sure to win, I'M
less General Ruger's ready relief is app
piled.
POOR SHOW FOR THE RADICALS.
The republicans have been at q stand.
They look for Ruger and no Ruger ar
pears. Their only hope is from him.
COLUMBIA, Dec. 9, 1876.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
To two must prominent and intelligent
colored republicans in the House Thoma.
Hamilton and Nathan b. Myers, of Beau
fort county-have declared in speeches
to-day the illegality and fraud of the
"rump" Legislature, have taken the oath
and become members of the legal House.
Reedish, one of the most intelligent of
the white republicans, Joined at the out
set. Several others have declared their
determination to come over to-day, not
withstanding the threats andintimdation
of their leaders. Every effort imaginable
is being made to prevent these accessions,
but the probability is that six or eight
more will come over to-day.
JAMES l.. ORR, Representative,
Member of the House of South Carolina
COLUMBIA, Dec. 3, 1876
The two Legislatures manfully hold the
fort in the hall of the House. They re-
manned there all last night and all day
to-day, and are now preparing to stay
there all night. Contary to expectation,
there were no religious services beyond
the singing of a few hymns by the ne
groes. The Sabbath was, however, the
most harmonious day since the two
houses occupied the hall. Even the negro
orators subsidized in Difference to the day
to divine worship.