Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-01-18

is required to be held on the day when the
State officers are elected. The County Com.
missioners are not touched by the decision Of
Judge Reed S7''@s''s' s.1'
Judge Carpenters Decision.
In the habeas corpus case of the re-
prieved convict, on the decision of which will
depend, 80 far as the decision of Circuit
Judge will extend, the question Of who is the
rightful Governor of South Carolina, no
decision has yet been made by Judge Carpen.
ter, before whom the proceedings have been
had. The decision may be expected in few
DAYS. Under date of the 18th, the Ns,o, and
Courier has the following dispatch, foreshad.
owing what it is rumored in Columbia the de-
cision of Judge Carpenter will be:
Persons who are usually well.informed, as
sert that Judge Carpenter, in the habeas cor.
p,s case, will decide that, under the ruling Of
the Supreme Court in the case of Wallace
vs. Mackey, the Mackey House is an illegal
body, and that there was, therefore, no legal
declaration of the election of Governor by
Mackey, nor legal installation of Chamber.
lain. Nor does Chamberlain hold over as
Governor until bis successor shall be elected
and qualified; for, in asserting to the declsr.
alton of his reelection and being sworn in,
he relinquished the title he held under the
election of 1874 as completely as if he had
resigned his Office, and. if not legally declared
elected and installed, he cannot resume the
position he held before his installation. Judge
Carpenter, according to the rumor, will deny
that Governor Hampton was legally INSTALL
ed, and will hold that Lieutenant Governor
Gleaves succeeds to the Office of Governor,
and will hold Office until Hampton or Cham.
berlain shall be legally declared elected and
be installed. This will tumble down all the
legislation of the Mackey Legislature, and
leave the Chamberlainites without dime.
There is no possibility of their making up q
lawful House. while Governor Hampton vii!
undoubtedly be able to secure, ere long, full
Senate and complete his Legislature. Such
a decision as that now promised will be the
last nail but one in the coffin of the Cham
berlain.M n.Mackey faction.
Gsv. Hampton's Tax Collectors.
Governor Hampton has issued the fol-
lowing circular in connection with the collec'
tion of the contributions called for by the
Wallace House of Representatives:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, J
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
COLUMBIA, January 10, 1877. }
The following special agents have been ap-
pointed to collect the contribution of 10 per
cent. of last years taxes, and they are reques.
ted to proceed. at once. to discharge this duty.
Appointments will be announced for the re-
naming counties in a few days. Books of
receipts and instructions will be forwarded to
all agents.
By the resolutions of the House of Repre-
sentatives authorizing the call for this con-
tribution, all agents are required TO execute
bonds similar to those exacted OF the treasu'
rers of counties, and in all cases this require:
ment must be fulfilled. All funds collected
under this call must be transmitted to this
office, to Gen. johnson Hagood, who, for the
present, will act as State treasurer and comp
troller-ge general. All expenditures, contemPiia-
ted by the resolutions of the House, will be
made by checks given by Gen. Hagood, and
countersigned by myself.
The rea adiness of our people in responding
to the call made upon them has already ena,
bled me to provide for the immediate and
pressing wants of the Lunatic Asylum and the
Penitentiary, and I confidently trust that all
the legitimate claims of the lawful govern
ment of the State will be rs promptly met.
WADE HAMPTON, Governor.
Abbeville-J. Wardlaw Perrin.
Anderson-James A. Hoyt.
Charleston-CharlesT T. LOwndes q 20.
Darlington-J. A. Law. ... s... g..
Edgefeld-Benjamin F. Mays.
Greenville- WIN. w. Gilreath.
Horry-James T.. Walsh.
Kershaw-E B. Csntey.
Lancaster-W. B. Dunlap.
Lexington-D. j. Hendrix. g..
Marion-George A. Mcintyre -.
Newberry-N. B. Whites. ..-
Oconee-R. S. Porcher. . ..
Richland-W. H. Gibbes.
Laurens Anderson.
York-Thomas G. Robertson.
Colleton-J. 1. Fox.
Clarendon-J. I. Ingram. --
Pickeus-W. R. Berry.
Spartanburg- II. Blassingame.
Union-John G. Thomas.
Fairfeld-James S. Davis.
Adjournment Of the Senate Committee.
The Senate committee to investigate the
election in this State, after holding secret ses-
sions for several weeks, adjourned last Friday
evening and have returned to Washington.
The correspondent of the Neus and Courier
furnishes the following brief review of their
work and its general results:
The committee refused to the last to allow
the counter testimony of the Democrats OF
Edgefeld to be admitted, while they have
that the other side in an indefinite quantity.
They we're urged to remain, in order to allow
further evidence to be submitted, which they
were assured would throw important light on
tho testimony already submitted, and the
character of some of their own ready witness
es, but, having what they desired, they de-
clined. They finally agreed to 60 to Charles
ton to hear evidence concerning the Cainhoy
and other riots, but restricted the time to one
day. and MI. Merrimon Indignantly refused
to accept such terms.
The efforts of the committee have been d.
rected to the manufacture of evidence. Per-
sonal auarrels in the State.House have been
perverted into political ones. The effort to
prove that Georgians voted in border counties
nroyed an utter failure. No stone has been
left unturned to damage Gen. Butler to the
advantage of his opponent, Corbin, whose
witnesses have been used freely and secretly