, 1877-03-23
WASHINGTON.
Another Cabinet ConsuIta-
ton on the South
Carolina Case.
The Rival Governors Will
Probably Dc Invited to
Visit Washington,
That They May Present Their
Claims to the President
and His Advisors.
Hampton Desires the Privi-
leges Enjoyed by Mich
oils in Louisiana.
Believing that the Disputes Can
Be Quickly Settled In
tho Courts.
Chamberlain Willing to Step Down
if It Gan Be Done Grace
fully.
| All Of the Louisiana Commits
sioners Selected by the
President.
The Commission VIII Start for
the South Some Time
Next Week.
Democrats at New Orleans in High
Dudgoon Over the Presidents =.
Decision.
Minister Wasllburne Asks to Dc
Recalled from tho French
Mission.
Ha Desires to Try Conclusions with
| 0glesby for the scnatorahip
In 1870
Democrats at New Orleans in High
Dudgeon Over the Presidents =,
Decision.
Minister Wasllburne Asks to Dc
Recalled from the French
Mission.
Ha Desires to Try Conclusions with
0glesby for the sonatorahip
In 1879.
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Epecfd7 D9spdfeh 10 7As 7ffbunA
WAsu1soroN, D. G., aiareh :a-rhc Cabinet
hold two sessions, and both wero devoted NJ
mort exclusively to tho consideration OF thc
South Carolina question. It appears from what
can be learned Of the discussion that majority
Ut tho mcmhcrs fayorcd IN Immediate with
dsawal OF the military guard TINT has sur
rounded Chamberlain and the Columbia State
Iuttse, and that the President himself favored
this course. Eyurts, Bchurz, Thompson, aud
Key nre understood to have expressed them.
selves In favor OF adopting forthwith
policy of non-!ntertcEeure, and, acrordlng
to some accounts, ntth MtmbeFt
probably Attorney General Devcns, agreed with
them. II ID reported On what seems to be cred"
itablc authority that tho decision finally ar-
rived at was to postpone decisive action until
HAMILTON AND CHAMBERLAIN CAN CoMu ON
and present their respective arguments In per
sou beforathc President aud the Cabinet. THIS
unlooked.for determination would seem to be
taken out OF Difference to tho Wishes Of the
minority Ut tho Cabinet, who think that chau'.
ber1ain ought to be sustained, aud who seek aa
. last resort to postpone proceeding that
would bo fatal to Ills hopes until lu can bc
heard in Ills own dcfontc. It IL suggested that
when tho rival GoycFnnra arc closcted Will. TIC
President aud lila aly!aora Ill effort will bo made
to induce them 10 settls thclr dispute then and
there
WITHOUT FURTHER DEMANDS
for recognition or assistance trom tho United
Htatca Government.
Gen. NJ. @. Butler eays tonight That he has
received telegram from Hampton, stating that
he will not 90 to Washington OF Ills own lnutlun,
but will do 10 II specially requested BY the Pres.
ilen. This dispatch vas sent befort anything
concerning tho action Of the Cabiuct to-day had
leaked out.
judge Mackoy, who IL actively representing
the tntcrests Of tho Hampton Government hero.
received the following telegram tlls evening:
To Judge $, J. Aatksp, Hashlnpto", D. o.: Tho
removal Ut tho troopa from tho 6tatc.IIonsc pnts
u In the same condition ~ Loutsluna. We cef-
talnly can demand this. WApK HAMPTON.
The meaning Ut thin diapatch IL that Hampton
claims that Chamberlain Il protected by tho
guard OF United Btates troops surrounding tho
btate-uouse from bo!ngj gjserTsa With writs tssued
by tho coustA which do not recogu!xs hi,M n Gov
ernor. 1n Louisiana, under the order Of Prcsl.
dent Grans Of March ., tho troops IN no way
interfere with tho civil processes, but merely
PRESERVE THH srATu QUO.
Tho representatives Of the Hampton Govern
tnent Indicate very clearly the course that wtl!
bo puraued Ut Columbia ~ soon Al tho troops
aro withdrawn. Under IN act Of tho Ltgisla-
ture passed soon after tho rcconstsuctlon, uoY.
| f{u.uptop will make q complaint before \
| Justlcp OF tho Supreme Court charging Chans-
betlaIu with being In lllcgpl possession OF the
olllro Of Governor, and u the books and pa.
pers belonging thereto; thercupon tho Court
ulll grant sn order directing Chamberlain 10
| show cxpsc WHY Io should not bo compelled 10
deliver the same to the complainant. It he falls
answer, Judgment .........
! WILL Ell HNThR1n A0AIHBT HIN.
| II ho sppcars and makes answur 10 the CON-
plalpt the case will have hearing. and, accord
luz tu ths belief Of tho Hampton party, tue
JUDGE will decide that Chamberlain must turn
over the oaice to biz competitor, and thus hs
Gnu, II be desires, under tho laws VI the
State, bring IN action Ia tho Circuit Court
sRalnat the party evtcsing httn and this ran "
carried On appeal 10 the Supreme Court, wAcn
tue whole merits oi the controversy eau be gons
into. An action Tor ejcctment on tho primd
fzcio eass can be cousideEed. According 70 thl'
programme there will be no cause for sppse
bending any disturbance OF violent measured
following the withdrawal at the troops, aud tht
whols quarrel Wilt resolye itaele into
yxpxRAL PROCEEDING.
Tho South Carolina case differs In mani
essential particulars frog, that OF Louisiana. Ii
the lattes State nobody call deny that P&ckare
bas tho pttma.farie title TO the Goyernorshlp O.
tho popular vote Of the State, He had \ large
proportion shAa tue Hayes Electors, and hl
majority, II reported BY the Returning Board
WA also greater thau that for the Electora
tirkcs. There Il ko,ne question whether th'
Legislature that announced ~ election VA
| lcg4lly organized or not, aud II 1t was, whether
| the CANVASS Ut yotts mado wa4 consfitutloua
que, II the acts OF ths Returning boart and y
tue Republican Legislature were legal and valid