Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-12-27
IN SENATE.

Mr.. Benucu submitted the report Of the
committee on Finance, ou the bill FROM.
the House, entitled "A bill TO amend an
ActtO l,nd the credit of tue State to Sc
cure any loan which may be made by the
louisville, Ciuclnnu,ti and Charleston
Rail Road Compauy;" ordered Tor con.
sldcratIDn tO-nnOrrOw
Amessage was received from the House
proposing to Tue Seuute TO proceed to the
election of Superintendent Of Public
" orks at O'clock to day; aud imuiedi-
ately to the election o: State Reporter;
ordered To bc laid on the table.
he special order of the day, the report
Of the committee Oh Federal Relations; ON
the controversy between the States of
Georgia and Maine, was then taken up.
and, after some discussiOn;
On motion of MIR Gregg, it was order
ed, That the report lie ON the table until
TO- morrow.
The President submitted the report of
the Special committee Of the House, in
relation To the resumption Of specie pay
ments, and the restoration Of the trade and
credit OF the country; referred to the COM
mittec ON Federal Rclntions:
The Senate then resumed the consider
alton OF the Special Order of the day;
a ball eniilled "a bill the more effectu-
ally to prevent Gambling" when
MIR, Aston moved To postpone the bill
to The first day of January ncx,; aud, the
Yeas and Nays being required, are as
follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allston, Beatty .GoureIin
lineer, Jenkins Jeter, Jones, l.awton and
Powe-9
Nays-IIon. A. Patterson. President,
man, Crawford, Dawson. DrTreviilc, Du-
bose, Dunornni, English, Evans, Glover,
Gregg, Hcri"t, Lit,lejohn Massey, Minis,
Mlunro, Aurdock, Morris, Pray. Pinckney,
Qua>h. Rlru Scou, Smart, Stone. Vcr-
der AMI Wiisun.-3l.
So ti.e bill was not postponed
The hill was then read over, clause Ivy
clause, when
On motion of Mr.. Huger, the Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
THURSDAY, Dec. 18th.
Ihe iousc met pursuant to al djourn-
ment
On mmion of Mr.. Colcock, a message
was ordered 10 the Senate, proposing to go
at one O'Clock to-day. into the election of
metiately thereafter into that of State Re-
porter.
Mr., John Douglass, from the committee
ON Agriculture. submitted Il Report ON the
memorial Of ". Is. Willard, iu relation To
lis discoveries Of Mari.
MIR. Colhoun, from the committee on
Roads. Bridges, and Ferries, TO whom
WAS referred the petition of the owners of
tnnt h,<lO Il x>l.
citizeus of Abbeville and Edsetield. in ia
vor Of charterine sad bridge, and the
counter petition of &. Il. Lamar. owner of
the old bridge, reported Bill to establish
toll bridge over the Savannah rivcr,near
Augusta; which was, ON motion Of Mr..
Dawkins, made The speciaf order of The
Lda y f,t . 3 Saturday, at l2 O'Clock.
bill to repeal an Act. 10 amend The
lay: IN relation to granting license to
retail spiriruous liquors, md for other pur-
Desau,sure move its indefinite postpone
ment Mr.. }. z. Reed opposed the morton.
and called for the yeas and nays, viii,
were ordered by the House, and wer: as
follows:
Yeas.-Hon. D. l.. Wardlaw, Speaker,
Akin, Arnold Arthur, Belin, Bellinger,
DuCudtild1s
Bull. Burt, Gaines, Carroll, Davis. De-
saussure. Eckhard. Elfc. Elliott. Evns,
Fair. Finley, Frost, Fulmore, Gage, w.
W. Garvin. Gavin, Griffin, Ilane, liender-
son. Hibhen, Hibbler. lIuscr, Iusraham,
Jackson. Jacobs. Jamison. Lcnoir, Nc
Dowcli; Magra'h, Marsh. Memnnscr.
Mofie,t, Moyc. Murray, E. G. Palmer.
Patterson. Perry, Phillips. Porcher. j. s.,
Richardson, Schnicrie. Seymour. Taylor,
Tyler. F. Fl. WarlIaw, Whaley, VIM
bish, Wingare.-63
Nnys-Allison, Boozer, Bradley, Brown,
Caldwell. Calhoun, Canty. Carr, Colcock,
Colhoun, Cox, Crockett. David, Daw-
kins, James Douglas John Douglass, FL
more, Evans. F.. n. Gar, in, Hoy Hunt.
Love, Mckinney, Moore. Moody. Ncel,
Poole, Powell, J. L. Reed, VIM Reed,
Reid, Rogers; Saxon. H. II. Thomson.
Walker, WhiteGeld, Wilder, Williams,
Williamson. Wilson, Witherspoon, Woods
10
bill " author the South Western
Rail Road Company to establish branch
c> aud agencies in this State, which had
been ordered to the second reading. was
referred 10 The committee Of Ways, aud
Means
a bill to increase thr pay Of Grand and
Petit Jurors, taken up for the second rea-
ding, was referred to the judiciary com
mirtcc.
y bill to repeal certain sections au
Act To provide for the military orcaniza.
ton OF this State, passed 10Th December;
1888, and other purposes, after short dis
cussion between M"ssrs. Arnold aud Ell
more. was agreed TO, aud ordered The
Senate.
a Bill 10 amcnl the Militia Laws of the
State, was read the second time, clause by