The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-12-11
CAROLINA SPARTAN
! LEGISLATURE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
MONDAY, DEcEmpEn /, 1856.


SENArE.-Mct mt 81 o'clock, TO attend the Com
mencement Of the South Carolina College
AT half-past two Senate returned TO the chamber,
when reports. petitions, Sc, weie presented.
Mr.. CHESNUT submitted a favorable report
from the Committee Federal relations on n bill
70 authorize the United States Ia purchase certain
lands for the CT, ciion Of Light Houses and Bea-
cons. and for other purpo cs. recommending that
the bill do pass.
Resolutions were submitted; by Mr.. DUDLEY,
that further operations the Blue Ridge Railroad
be abandoned, aud that the funds remaining fnr
that purpose. he applied to the building Of the nSw
Stnte Capitol, which was referred To the Commit.
tee on Flnancc aud 3anks
MIR. HASF.-a moved that the first and second
pages OF the ASYLUM Report he reprinted, and ,ha,
she names Of patients be suppressed in said reprint
and that name on page 90 be erased before de.
livery.
Mr.. CANNON, on secontiing this resolution, re-
marked that the procedure OF publishing the
names oi patients unusual, il not urpre, G.
dented; that 1t was enough for the friends of the
unfortunate persons, who were inmates of the In-
st'tuton, TO know the Fact themselves and that by
publication Of those names, no public or pr va,e
benefit would or could accrue. while the feelings
sensibilt'es and sympath.s o those most interested
would be wounded. and pcrchancc confidence in
the Asylum might be affected.
The motion was adopted.
MIR. JOHNSON moved resolutions, recurring
tuS S"utuittcc ON rcuefnI tSSlatOns to InQulre
the cxpediency Of meraorialzing Congress To forty
Port Royal Harbor, Beaufort, and to establish there
n naval depot.
Alter which the Senate adjourned.
HousE-Asscmbled at 81 o'clock. 10 which
hour they had adjourned. TO attend the Commence
nent.
The SPEAKER announced Nessrs. Read, Spain.
Perry, Sullivan, and Dmtzcr. rs the Committee on
Business from oIi. Session to the next, under
che resclutic,i previously adopted.
Sundry reports were made from Committees.
MIR. TRACY presented the rrpor, oi the COM
muee ON Interpretations bill, Ia incorporate tire
air line railr"wl company in South Carolina
str. MENMlNGER introduced a bill to define
and extent The powers of the commissioners of free
schaols in ST. Philips aud ST Michacls.
lhc House here took recess, to attend The
Commencement.
When th''y rr-nssembed
Mr.. T. Y. SiMONS. Jr., introduced the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were referred To the Com
mtt-e on Federal Relations:
Rcsolrcd, That the Con.t tu,ional Union Of the
States OF this Confcdieracy, should be- IN object ol
primary Importance to every wise and patriotic
citizen
Resolped That in the election Of Jame. Bu-
chanan OF Pennsylvania, and of John Brerkrn-
ridge, OF Kentucky, ;o the Presidency and Vice
Presidency Of this Confcderacy we recognise a sig
nal rebuke to the enemies oi constitutional liberty
and urn guarantee that the rights OF each and
ResoiUed That the Continual agitation Of mere
abstract theories twhethcr they assume the shape oi
the re-opening of the slave trade or any other frm)
can give neither repose security To the instt -
tons OF the South, but must tend distract ana d-
vide the councils OF our beloved State and 10 alien
nte from her the support and sympa,hies Of her sis
ter States
ResoIoed, That the true policy OF the citizens Of
this commonwealth, united they are on every
qu's'ion ''' vital principle is devote their cnrr-
gies To The re'orm o' her internal abuses and The
Development of her internal resources
BY Mr. EASLEY: bill t.,incorrora,e the S,s-
salras Gap Turnpike Company; a hI To- incorpu.
rate the Cashier Valley Turnpike Company; nnd
oLi to amend an act To Incorporate the town OF
Walhalla.
by MIR. NJ, j. KIRK: bill to incorporate the
Savannah River Steamboat Company, and bill T..
amend an net to authorize the Stats Ia mid in The
construction Of The Charleston and Savannah Rail
road Company.
by Mr.. G. GiDBERRY: bill to repeal an ae,
tn increase the amount OF property exemp, from
levy and sale
And shortly thereafter the House adjourned