Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-12-18
From Columbia.

ings III general ci b0tn No"scS' h"'s
had PASSED, md no great deal of work periectel'
The present week however will tell OF Acts IN
stead of Bills.
Among the matters of iutcres; since our last
We may chronicle the following
4 hill to authorize the City Council Of Charles
ton 10 issue and put into circulation notes recelVa-
G. in xcs or dues to the city, received the Sec
ond reading, and upon the question oi agreeing
to The bill,
ri. yeas and nays were ordered to be taken,
and they Us follows:
yrAs'-Hou. ". D. Porter, President: MeSsrs.
Barker Bull, Cannon, DrLoach, Fick!ing, Hupe,
Lc.csne, Mazyck. McAliley, Mckrwn, i. Pa1-
mcr, and Ware-li.
NArs.-Messrs Arthur, Deaiy, Blukeney, llar-
risnn Irby, Manning, Moses, Rotcrds, SESSIONS
and WAtsUn.-lO.
The bill was therefore agreed TO, and was Or
dcrcd to be sent to the House Of Representatives,.
Mr. Bulsr, of Charleston, introduced the follow
ing preamble and resolution in the House, which
was agreed to and subsequently adopted in the
Senate:
Whereas since the last session of this General
Assembly it has pleased the Almighty DisPoser
of Events to remove from his position OF earthly
usefulness and honor to the scenes OIL another e4-
istcnce. an abe public functionary, in the person
of Chancellor Francis Hugh Wardlaw, whose pro-
found knowledge Of the law, md high order OF
intellect, attracted tho admiration Of the just and
learned throughout the State.
Resolrcd, That the Legislature of South Caro-
lima has received with the most profound emotions
Of sorrow the intelligence of the death Of that
great man and most carned judicinl magistrate.
Mr. WN J. LAVAL has been reelected Treas
A. Nil, SD.
icitor of the Eastern Circuit.
Mr.. TRENHOLM, Of Charleston, introduced the
following resolution which was considered imms-
iately. was agreed to, and was ordered to bc sent
to the Senate for concurrence:
Resolred, That his Excellcncy, the Governor
he, and he is hereby authorized to employ Il Spe-
cial Secretary, at salary of fifteen hundred dol
lars per aunun and to allow compensation Of
fifteen hundred dollars for the past year to the
person who performed the duties uf Special Sec
rctary for that period.
The Senate concurrel and Mr.. F. J. MosEs,'
who has acted acccptaby in that position during
tho year, has received the appointment from the
governor in form.
The Committee on Confederate Relations, to
Elum was referred the following papers, to wit /:
The demand Of Governor Pickens on President
buchanan FOR the possession of Fort Sumter; the
statement uf Col. Hamilton as to the delivery Of
said demand the statement of Mr.. VIM. Henry
Trcscott MS to the withdrawal Of the same: tho
letter Of President Buchanan to Governor Pickens,
accrediting General Cushing as m agent Of tho
United Safes the letter Of Maj"r Anderson to
.Adutant- General Thomas, protesting against
Fux's plan for the relief Of Fort Sumter; the
official notice from President Lincoln Of his inten
ton to supply For; Sumter with provisions; beg
leave TO report: That they have carefully consit-
cred the same. The Cu!amittee are Of opinion
tha: these papers for;a valuable contribution to
the history Of the present revolution. They prove
the caruest desire uf South Caroline to avoid the
cGusion uf blood and the calamity of war, in en-
crcisiag her constitutional right to secede from
the Union. They also SHOW the deliberate inten-
ton of the Government ut Washington to precipi-
tate tic country iuto rrro'Eti"n and 'rnr, by de-
tcrmining to sacrifice Fort Sumter and the small
number Of troops by which it was garrisoned.
The fall of Fort Sumter, and the forbearance of
of our authorities, in allowing the exhausted and
conquered defenders TO come out "t their strong
hold with the honors of war, is the first pnsc IN
the history of this senseiess and wicked war. In
rlar to prrpetuntc all the facts. and place III
strong contrast the generosity Of the Government
of the Confederate States and the tnplicty Of the
Govyrnmcn, Of the United States, the Committee
rccom,u end that the documents be printed i'll the
tonrual OF tic House for This day.
Other papers Of much interest, connected with
hc early days of Gur secession, have been pub
shcd by order Of the lIcusc,-soms of Which we
will Iay bccurc the readers Of this paper next
week.
Mr. BrIsT offered the following resolutions :;
which were considered Immediately, and were
agreed to:
Rcsolrcd, Tia: the sum of one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars be appropriated from the
military contingent, which u:ay 1T the present
session be placed ut the dSp'sal "I 'hc G"verno:,
for the immediate construction 6: IN ir"n-clad
yun-boat and ram for the llarlur of Charleston.
Ecs,lrrI. That the construction of the said IRON
clad sun-5nat and ram, be a;rusc'l to 4 buard Of
three naval officers. who shall be appointed by
mis- Excel!ercy the Governor.
The Bill to assume the Confederate War Tax
was still pending aud likely to pass. 1t is simply
this The money is to be paid overly the Bankofthc
State. or borrowed If thought best, and paid over
to the Confederate States Government: the Samo
To be replaced By collecting from the pe"p!'
Books tn he opened, .irst, from 3iih April to End
June Payments then made to save Grc psr cent; /;
again to be opened from the 15th os August to
18th Sept, when nG deduction will be made. In
this way some little relief will be aaorie'l the peu
plc, but not very mnch, rs the wholc amount mus:
be paid in within nine months. The State a:su-
ming the payment. will ulEa throw the business Of
collecting into The hands Of the present District
Tax Collectors with compensation OF MT more
than six hundred lulIars in any Of the districts,
except as to St. Philips and St. Mchaes parishes,
where they will be allowed two thousand.
The Old Resolve.