, 1880-01-10
MILITARY PROTECTION.

Augusta, A[c., Jan. 0.--Early this morn
Ing Mai. Chamberlain Issued gullernl nrtler,
stutiMg that. Tin view Of the extraordinary
situation NOW presented ut tho seat Of guy
ern,'lcllt, he would asx,slne command a,d
protect thu public property at,d institutions
uf thu Stte, lit trust for tic people, until the
t;avernor's successor l,as been legally elected
and duly qualified" BY this order Gen.
Chamberlain assumes temporarily the office
Of Governor and o'nmancr-ln-Chirf. Tho
entire poiee force ut tic Stnte-lIouse was
cllangGd this u.ortlng, ti4ose Indicated by
Gen. Chamberlain taktng tho place of thuse
who hayo been drilling there fur seycrnl
weeks. The clange was ,aa,le quietly.
THE SENATE.
At tho opening Of tlle session but ORC Re-
publican appeared and tnok his seat-Sen-
ntor Locke, Of Cumberland.
Tho vote on thu bribery order WIS rccon-
stlcred, nlId the order WIS laid OH the table.
COMMITTEES
The Committee nplmlntt.l OH tubcrnatortal
votes arc Mcssrs. Atwcil, Lylnl, Thompson
fof Knox, Barrett, Locke, Dinglcy, aid
Flint.
The Committee on Senatorial Votes. which
Will proceed ut once t1 Its duty, are Afcssrs.
Strickland, 1'atten, Thompson lot Knox,
1AtAh4ht NUOluSs 4ttl!p5Ois
HOUSE.
Sevcnty-twn members only appeared this
morning III the llouse,--all FnsiuMtstS. Tho
lIouse attempted to exclude all hut the oil-
cial reporters, but several wero s1nuggel In.
lsEsOSSTI,.>NCEs.
a. lnrgu number uf re,nnllstrnnccs were
presented by persons claiming seats III tho
House.
u. l.. Murcll, Of Ellsworth, clallus tue scat
OF Eugene Hale.
4 committee Of live WIS appointed to liz
yestfgatc the attempted bribery ut members.
a committee 0f seyellty-iiyo was appointed
OIL t;Ibcrnnt0riAl votes.
There was
LESS THAN 4 QUO1,uM
III tho House at my lime, antl the session
dragged, several lncu1burs sending for their
lunch.
The House remained III continuous, ses-
sion, although but few members were III
their seats.
III thy Senate petitions were presented Of
John r. Wallace, Jr,, Ut Washington County,
claiming Il seat.
Tho President statcl 1t had been !ntInlatcd
that after tho adjournment OF tho Senate tho
chamber would be tukcn possession OF, md
TINT tho necessary precautions would be
taken nEAli,st 1t.
Thu House continued in session nil the aft
er,lnon waiting for qslt'ril1n. No business
WIS transacted. About forty members were
present, e0llyersi,,g Il, groups with
ANXIETY DEPICTED Els,N TltEIts cOUNTl:-
NASCEs.
hfr. Talbot, Spenkcr; Col. William Dlckey,
Mr. Perry, Ut Camden; Afr. lla!stett, n1ud
other leaders, llasl frequent sessions 0f COLI
sultat1otl, md appeared extremely anxious Mt
the situation Ut atTairs. Fears seemed to be
expressed, and Erny0 npprehcnstUns enter
tatnetl, that tic Republicans were af0ot to
swa0p down upon them mnl capture tho Gov
crnmcnt. a c0lnlnlttco WIS appointed to
whit oil Afal.-fseii. Chamberlain In regard to
tic condition OF at1nin. Thcy inquired II he
Houses. The t;encrAl would tnnke u0 pronl.
iscs. but that llo will tlo his duty M actlng
Governor and CullElmaiRlcr-lnA,hief no ono
doubts.
Tile House was evidently
ANXIOUS III utsr \ Qu0nu,f,
Flistonfsts agltn sent f0r Mr., V0ter, Of
Farlntngtoll, who l,as frequently refused to
tako hls certificate. lit WIS reported tllat TIE
session wis prolonged In waiting for Voter,
bltt'ha fAtlcd to come, md At q quarter to
tho House adjourned without transacttnx the
least Item Ut business during the afternoon,
While the Fusionlst leaders nre doing their
best tu fntly their furceH by constant CANVASS
aiatt personal appeals, Il IL the general optnlon
that their forces aru weakening, mud ii 1t
shall Droye to le the plum Ut the Republicans
to tirn their opponents out and make ttlci!@
give up fronl sheer exhaustion. the curly de-
Velbpments seein to arKue snccecsS.
: uESEAAL ORDER