The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-12-09
LETTER FROM COLUMBIA.
[FRoM OUR OWN CoRREsPoNpEN

[FRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
COLUMBIA, December Your unfortunate cor
respon dent imagined yesterday ut the hour of adj
journmcnt OF the House, that he would have a
holiday, as that body had adjourned over until
Friday; but on reaching the hotel he learned that
the Senate, boing behind hand in work, had deter
mined to sit to-day. In the faithful discharge of
his duty, he went to tho College Library this MORN
ing, and spent great part of the day in listening
to the District Court Bill AS the time was spent
In fixing the salaries of Judges, nothing occurred
that would interest your readers, who certainly
caro- nothing about what the District Judge of
Barnwel or Colleton may be allowed for his valu-
ablo services
The only other matter that was under conside-
ration, was resolution offered by Mr. HEprp1IrI1
to empower tho Bank of tho State to borrow for
the State the sum of ono hundred thousand dol.
lars, for tho payment of which, within one year.
tho faith OF the State should be pledged This
opened the batteries of the opponents of the
bank and several speeches were made
General WILLIAMS said that this was tho Tro-
jan horse on which the bank designed to ride
again intopower, and hIr. TIIIMAN said that it was
rotten, stnking instituion that it's little assets
are employed to subsidizo the press of the State,
and to purchase the tongues of it's orators. He
effrontcry as the statement of the President TINT
he had opened an Office of deposit, which means
that tho State is to pay the salaries Of officers.
The measure was supported by Mr.. BuIsr and
others, but, before q vote could be taken, the
clock struck four, and, as that had been aereed
upon rs the hour of adjournment, the hammer of
the President fell, and the Senate adjourned. The
measure will probably be passed tomorrow. tits
necessary that tho State should have funds and
no one IS so able to obtain them for her as the
able President of that Bank, which has 30 long and
30 we'll discharged tho duty of her fiscal agent
The opposition to the Bank Of the State is
largely founded OH the political influence that
such q body may exercise, but no man can assert
that lts present managers have ever prostituted
her to any such purpose. She has certainly kept
the, State comparatively free from taxation and
preserved her credit unsullied; and if the State
ct any time moro than anoth er, required her sor-
vices, thattim is the present. One change. how
ever, would be beneficial. The number of Direc-
tors should be small and no Director should. Mt
any time, and under any circumstances be allow
ed to borrow money from the Bank, or to endorse
any note offered there for discount. Each Direc-
tor should be allowed fve dollars day for his
services The tone of South Carolina merchants
has, up to the present time, been generally too
high for them to seek such positions merely for
the purpose OF bolstering up failing credit; but
great changes have been and are taking place
and it is, perhaps, the part Of prudence to guard
carefully against every contingency.
Ex-Governor MAanATH is understand, in this
city, at the house of Col. SLOAN 1t is impossible
to say when the elections for Judges and Chan
cellors will take place. They may occur to-mor-
row and may not during the session. The House
has already signifed its Willingness, but the
Senate seems still to hesitate Tho most promin-
ent candidates for the Judgeship are the Hon. F.
]. MOSES, the Hon. A. P. ALDR1cH, MIR. PRESLEY
and Mr. DAwKrNs For the two vacant seats on
the Chancery bench are, believe, Messrs. JoHN-
BON, THOMPSON, LEsEsNE, MILTON and HUDSON