Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-12-12

UuiS, PISScUteu 10 us UOllCC, III lIe WcS-
sage. The State is already sufficiently
involved in this magnificent failure, and
will, | am inclined 10 think, decline any
| further aid.
The condition of the Bank ofthc State,
excites much interest at this time. Al the
last session, special john Commitce of
both Houses was raISHd, 10 eXauiue its af-
fairs aud report TO tn" present LrgIsla-
ture. That rrlnrt has heen made III both
Houses, and contains matter thai will
elicit perhaps. much ieiale nf an exciting
character: abuses in The management Ut
the Bank are alleged aud rcprobated in
the report. These abuses, you will per-
c"ive. are inlicared in certain resolutions
which Won will find in lhe Charleston pa
pers of the I'd inst. The Hnuse has APP
pointed n Committee to Srrutinizr the con.
drinn of the Rail Road Company, which
assemblies here Tomorrow. The House to
day Resolved itself into ~ Committee Of the
Whole, on a bill introduced by Mr.. Perry
of Greenvlle, to alter the constitutional
tenure Of the Judges office To GU years;
AMI after discussion of The measure by The
mover. for, aud Messrs. Bellinger and A.
w. Thompson against, the vote was taken
aud the Committee determined TO recon-
mendio The HOUSE its rejection, fnn will
have seen that a special joint ComnilIee
ofhoth Houses has been crcalpd on The va
rious memorials aud prcSenments Of Grand
Jurors. in relation TO the License Laws
and drunkenness. Public opinion through
ont the State seems To be deeply aglaled
on this snhject,and judging from evidence
Afforded in these documents, will never
resi- satisfied with any measure short OF
The entire prohibition. There seem 10 be
much ronlrariety in the remedies suggest
ed. and whether the friends of the reform
will he brought to harlnonize on any one
measure of relief. is dnnhlful. All admit
the evil. but many fearing that their con-
stItuentS are moi yet ready to suppress II,
hesitate To support any efficient !eglsla-
ton on The subject. The special Commit
Iliee have not yet reported.
Great douh. seems To he entertained
whether any thing will he dune on The Re-
port of the Solicitors on District Offices
and Officers, or OIL The system Of Free
Schools.
Mr.. Perry submitted Yesterday Report
and Bill from special Committee OF the
las, session, recommending and providing for
the establishment of Penten,iary in this
State. The minority submitted a counter
Report. These were both ahle papers,
and were ordered to be printed. Various
amendments of the law have been pro-
posed. | send you Report ofthe special
Commission, selected by the Governor.
on the proposed reform Of The Free School
system.
Decembcr9, 1899.
Two weeks of the sesSiun have elapsed and
but little has yet been done. The Commits
sion composed of Officers who sat during the
week have reported Il very long bill altering,
in some respects, but in the maili compiling
the existing Militia and Patrol laws. The
Committee on District Officers and or
frers have been diligently engaged Ina oonoid
ering the report of the Attorney General and
Solicitors upon the various matters referred
to them at the last sessiol /. With some atera-
tions. it is understood that the Committee of
the House, will recommend the adoption fthe
bill, constituting general board of police in
each district, but it is regarded doubtful wheth-
er The measure will receive the sanction Of the
House. The Committee have rot reported on
the subject of the proposed change in the Free
School system; the report Of Professors Elliott
and Thornwcl, il is Thought will not be adopt
ed. There are ahout six hundred schools in
the State, and it will he seen at once that
superintendent of schools could not possibly
visit the whole number in the year. In the
House, will he taken up to day. the Report Of
the special Commiilc" appointed 10 investigate
tho affairs Oft the Bank OF the State. This Re.
port has excited much discussion in the Senate
where it s still under debate, and will doubt.
less produce considerable discussion in the
House. II is supposed that it is the purpose of
some to put the Bank under the control ofthc
commercial interest, to the exclusion Of the ag-
ricutural. But whether this be true or not,
time and circumstances will devcope. The
Convention Of the Stockholders in the Louis
vile, Cincinnati aud Charleston Rail Road, e.
lerted on Saturday Mr.. Melee, Of Greenvillc,
as their President. This co,nnany will again
ask legislative aid, but will certainly fail To re-
ceive it.