Show by tele telegraph 9 graph AMERICAN COLUMBIA 8 0 29 the trans 0 only ly matter of importance that transpired since noon iwon is the missing member of the republican legislature who las been discovered and brought in which gave that body ti their belr quorum orum of 69 59 immediately afterwards the committee en on privileges and elections appointed yesterday by speaker mackey submitted the report of seating the republican members five in number from barnwell county the democrats participating in the democratic house have certificates of election from the secretary lofstate of state there were no contests in the senate which seems to be recognized i both homes houses passed a res resolution appointing friday noon as the hour to commence canvassing the vote for governor the following protest signed by all tile the democratic sen ben acors was entered upon the records of the senate in id accordance with the notice given yesterday we the undersigned undersigner under signed senators of the state of south carolina beg bieg leave to place on the record this our solemn protest against the proceedings ce edings of this body which in any degree recognize or propose to recognize the legality of the body eail call calling ng itself the house of depre of south carolina over which E W M mackey claims to preside as speaker which met on the and claimed to organize in the hall of representatives the constitution of south carolina makes each house the judge of the ele eie elefson ohn returns and the qualifications eions of f its own members the court irl rrt of the state has by formal jut iut judgment that the bembi members rs from the cu eug of edge field nie fie liand lland and laureus li iiii liti received the tho highest number of votes oties were entitled to seats 1 cheso heso members have been refused id to the hall and all part pari i i pation in the or organization animation by a ned soldiers of the united state 91 who barred with bayonets the doo H s of the hall hail of representatives a and ad acted aj a as j judges of the election returns and qualification of its membris is we ve have seen armed forces of the tho united states riding over the plain declaration of the constitution of the state we have witnessed the solemn mockery of of guard reviewing the judgment oatlie oft the tue highest court W we have sen seim ben a spectacle humiliating milia milla ting tift in the last degree to every rip rig right ht minded american in the halls of legislation occupied at the hour of midnight and holding them against ingress of the law making powers and this at a time of the profoundest peace when not a single bingle act of violence furnished the slightest pretext for usurpation we have been seen the still more humiliating milia blila ting spectacle of united states troops placed under the immediate control I 1 and receiving orders from citizens with authority and a partisan power we have seen this citizen assuming absolute control of the capitol of the commonwealth and admitting through lines iines of arm armed e d sentinels of his own sans upon his own edict or a writ wiit from one J jones ons another citizen who was sele selected te bb by these partisans n s to org organize aniz t the he juse anse of ire ile representatives wa ye hav av seen thip this a body of partisans thus admit ed claiming to organize without a quorum in violation jawin of defiance of the supreme court and under the protect protection i on of united states troops we therefore enter this our protest against any ay ot said body pretending t to be the house of representatives of the state of south carolina and for the following reasons said body having organized without the constitutional quorum theme there being but nifty fifty members present as shown by its own journal whereas a majority of the entire representation is to a quorum to wit 63 members as set forth in the journals of the house during the ps past rast eight ight years and is confirmed by immemorial practice in legislative hod bod bodies in e every ery cry american state we do fur further her alle nile allege g e on our own responsibility as se senators natoMi that sald said body still is im without a constitutional quorum therefore wanting in the organic character of the house of representatives of south carolina and ought not to bo be recognized as such NEW YORK 29 suit sult will be begun against tweed to bimpel oo lapel rapel him hini to tian transfer to the caty certain property hlad h eid by him in putnam county ahen 1 i head of the public works and there being a scarcity of croton water he advised v I 1 sed the board of aldermen to purchase certain tanks in putnam county which c h would give the right to certain water privileges arising out of lakes carmel carmels gilead and Mak ahac nhac and there being littie little in the city treasury at the time tweed offered to put up the money mone fer far the property erty on condition that he won would d be repa repaid iid ild by the city with interest a t thereon he now refuses to make a transfer and may refuse to allow the water to maz maj be 0 drawn off from those lakes NEW ORLEANS 29 in a game of billiards last night made a run of the highest run on record CHICAGO 29 the times st louis special ecial gays says carl paper the hest West ive ife liche JP posten osten editorially says gic lic according cording to present accounts from south carolina carolinas we and all law abiding citizens must conclude that there is la usurpation of power which has haa no lawful ground to stand on and unless a dif dlf different state of affairs prevails than the dispatches indicate indicates the people will loudly protest against this overstepping all party boundaries 1 TA 29 the board of can cau canvassers met at 10 when alachua alacqua county was called the id democrita demo crata introduced objections to archer precinct in alachua alacqua Ala chua reciting that the returns from had been raised votes over the poll cast they supported their claim laim by affidavits one from mr fremery who swore that he stood at the door and took the name of every voter as it was called that only votes voted were wera cast whereas the returns sent up claimed that were cast another from mr tucker who swore to the same effect affidavits were also presented from members of the county board one swears that ho was cognizant of this fraud but felt bound to sign the return that thab it might go to the state board for final action there is also the tho affidavit of the circuit judge who swears that he saw the archer ballot box opened by the proper officials and counted and that only votes were found therein there were a number of other affidavits sustaining the above the Journ journals aps aVs re reporter orter otter in attempting to force an interview interview with general sheridan this thia morning was guilty of indiver indiscreet beet language and was ordered out of the mi military 1 gitary headquarters by general drum fred grant coming in at the moment and hearing the order struck the reporter reporters for which the latter has aused caused the arrest of grant who was as brought before the police court and held in bail ball crenn CHEYENNE E SO 30 additional particulars tic ulars of gen mackenzie fegl night fight t with the was recel received e d at fetterman tonight to night the victory was most complete the entire village villages with all its winter store of subsist subsistence ence enco and re roles es fell into the hands of the troops leaving tho the the bravest and most warlike baud band of hostiles ho stiles wholly destitute in the face vf of a rigid winter the contemplation of which fact caused them to fight with desperation their loss in killed is about twenty nive five and a large lare number wounded general mackenzie Macken characterized as brilliant entailing only the loss cofone of one oue officer mckinney of the fourth cavi Cali calidro Ca dry of memphis tenn and floden nive five enlisted men were killed and awen twenty wounded the pawnee scouts rendered valuable service and were ere richly rewarded in spoils general alac Alae mackenzie kenzie kenzle will join general crook on crazy womans fork and a attack will be made on crazy horse who is reported to be on the rosebud NEW ORLEANS 30 30 this morning the board heard a pro protest test lest signed by all the republican candidates for the city and parish offices in new now orleans asking for a eare care c ful count of the city ballots before canvassing the official returns of the same they allege that nearly all the tickets were so peculiarly colored and closely printed that without particular attention given to each name thereon alterations in the camb beof the candidates would escape observation and without close inspection of the entire ticket they could not be discovered they expressed a confident belief that the commissioners in haste of failed to notice the alterations favorable to them y also call a attention to them grear great v number of ballots cast by persona or those thone i naturalized within a few days ot of th the tho e electia election n and article 98 of the state constitution which provides for legal voting and ana claim that these poisons were not within tile the scope of this law they quote also from the united states laws jaws and precedents on the subject and re respectfully speet fully ask the rejection of buc suc sueh such h votes they invite the special attention of the board to t tho the e irregularities in certain polls of new orleans and ask the board to throw them out if their discretion indicates that it is tho th proper course governor wella announced that the board would hear arguments an hour houi long iong from each bide side on this question james R walker opened for the republicans followed by Za zacharie charie charle for the democrats the east baton rouge case ease was called up and seven boxes which had been locked up by error or design were produced the supervisor had omitted the statement and the board after discussion decided not to open the boxes or consider sider any statement as to the vote except by the supervisors A similar action was wag taken in in the ton gue pahoa case where the vote in on one poll Is not returned by this action the democrats lose 1136 votes in east baton rouge bouge no nol 1 more witnesses will be heard and all interrogatories must be filed be I 1 fo p m on friday or tuesday mor morning m it is understood the electoral vote and also that of the state will be promulgated the members of the board think that the same testimony applies to the state vote which applies to the electoral vote rew NEW YORK 30 the new orleans special says governor palmer upon being interviewed said he was thoroughly satisfied that whilst the pinkston murder was a great outrage outrages yet it bad no political end f aim dm or motive his remarks yeste yesterday d were in denunciation of the crime itself and because he thought the board ought to allow the fullest investigation instead of confining the defense to only two witnesses aa as proposed he had told the republicans that he would be willing to stay here six months and investigate it with one of their number which proposition they declined he is now clearly satisfied the affair was worked and pr presented dented purely for sensational and ora orn cra dramatic matic effect and that hat the wo woman an had hid plancy overacted over acted her ber part parts as the developments of toda today to da day y plainly prove he is perfectly satis satisfied fled fied that the white men charged in her affidavit had bad nothing to do with the murder so fa far ad as that charge goes he regards her story as pure fiction the worlds new orleans special says yesterday several loads of arms were ere delivered to the metropolitan police at Jack jaek jackson soil street station aiso also at the same il time me a demand was wasser served vedon on two military organizations in the city to return to the urse arsenal hial fial the arms which had been loaned to them by the state the arms consist of two light field pieces lent to the washington artillery for firing salutes and small arms for a parade lent to the con the state authorities are collecting a large stock of arms and ammunition at the arsenal colombia COLUMBIA 30 the T democratic and republican houses both entered the hall of representatives at noon HOOB today toddy to day both speakers on the stand wallace democrat was in the chair and mackey republican at the clerks desk hamilton and republican members denounce liou llou rice lice the republican house as il II I 1 egal legai and unconstitutional everything Is peaceable 3 pm the situation is ed both sides are in good humor and a compromise is possible gen ruger buger sent bib bis staff off meers officers to the speaker and notified him that the edgefield members will not be permitted on the floor of the house tomorrow to morrow the information eliel elicited ted a letter from senator gordon n wade Hamp hamptlon tion and A 0 basell to td gen ruger buger expressing unbounded surprise at tho the order in the face of his pledges to them individually the writers denounce the action of the federal troops on tuesday as contrary to the constitution and call attention to Itu gers gors statement to hein them that the troops had misunderstood the orders that ho he did not intend to decide upon the right to enter the hall they refer to dennis command of the troops as an outrage they continue that when they represented these faults to ruger saying that this shame sham upon our free institutions could still be remedied without violence or bloodshed by the withdrawal wal wai of the guard from the doors and i ad 1 t allowing ng the majority of the le votes to d decide all questions he ruger buger promised that the troops should be withdrawn and not interfere except the peace bace was seriously disturbed th this he had twice affirmed yesterday and once today to day yet now this order Is issued they say there is no breach of the peace pence petg or no prospective disturbance he 0 knew officially that absolute rood good humor prevailed in the hall they express the fear that because the leading republicans take issue with the legality of the probe proceedings edings by the republican house his views have changed as to his S line of duty they relied upon his honor as a man and character as a soldier to maintain his pledges in the position of intervention nonintervention non the democrats from edgefield and laurens are entitled en titled to seats by the judgment judgment of the state supreme court and the tho writers have advised them to remain until removed by the troops that the issue may be made whether we have the government of law as construed by the courts or a centralized despotism whose only law is force lt let t the american people behold tho th spectacle of a brigadier general of the army seated by the side aide of governor chamberlain in a room of the state house and issuing his orders to the th e legislative body peacefully assembled d in one of the original commonwealths of this union 30 30 the board of canvassers met today to day alachua county was called and passed and baker county taken up the democratic managers called attention to the fact that the second return from baker besides the points of illegality brought against it yesterday was signed by a justice of the peace appointed since the election that it was not certified to in the county clerks office and that the county clerk was not summoned to attend the canvass upon u w aich which it was based that tha t the e official 0 zon yon cial elal precinct returns were omitted from that return and a false result rea reached ched ebed the alachua county testimony was listened to with interest the democrats first offered testimony that the alleged affidavit from green grden B R moore purporting to deny certain facts in another affidavit he made was d ted and executed on the while |