Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1865-12-08
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
COLUMBIA, December 2, 1876!

sit down for the purpose of presenting you
with & brief review Of lis most prominent
incidents. The Abbevillo Delegation with
the exception Of Mr.. Haskell, nre 'pleas-
antly quarlcrcd at q private house-Mr.
Dovitliers-at tho corner of Washington
and Bull Streets, where they would be
glad to see their friends visiting the city.
During the past few days we have had the
rleasure.of the company ne our house oftwo
| Abbeville friends, Gen. MCGOWAN and Mr.
ID. +. Jones, and to the courtesy of these
gentlemen, an indebted for the. opportu.
nifty of scutling this letter. Gen. Meow
an as you have isard before this; has been
elected by large majority to represent the
Third Congressional District. His COL
leagues arc Gen. Kennedy, of the First
Congrcssiona! District; Ex siov. Aiken, of
the Second District; and Col. Farrow, of
the Fourth District. The Senators elect
ed at the Special Session you recollsct arc
tho l1on..D. I. Perry, and Elk Gov. J. L.
Manning. The General came dowp with
the expectation Of going on Immediately
to Washington city, but since his arrival
the l'rov;siona Governor has received
te'egiam advising our Congressional Dele.
Cation 10 delay their coming un.l the Gnes-
ton of their admission shall be decided
The impression seems to prevail that the
delay is only for short time, and that
the efforts Of the Radicals will be unarai-
ing 10 exclude the Southern members
This, we learn, is the opinion of the Pro-
visional Governor, and others who ought
to be well advised. But after all, this is
matter Of conjecture, as. upon this poin,
President Johnson himself rcfrains from
expressing an opinion in the telegram, to
WHICH have alluded. Csa Turrow is The
only one of NE Congressmen elect. who is
going on 10 Washington at present; the
others in the meanwhile will remain at
homo awaiting Developments.
alluded above to our young friend Mr..
D. +. Jones, and in this connection I may
mention that he is the only candidate from
Abbevillc who will Likely be presented fpr
the office of District Judge. His attain
ments we think admirably qualify him for
the position, and his election we Lave no
doubt would bc generally acceptable to our
citizens. The Office seems to excite very
eager competition in the different Districts;
and the candidates are generally. very
competent men, such, for instance, as Mes
,srs. McBeth and Logan, Of Charleston,
Col. Med. Ni,herspoon, of Lancaster,
Col. VIM. II. Campbell, of Grcenville, and
others of equally high character. The
salaries Of these Judges will likely rancd
from $1,000 to $4,000 in the different Dis
tricts according 10 the amount of business
done. The salary for Abbevillc' District
will be fixed Isl ,5o0.. These perquisites
make the office very desirable one and
worthy Of competition. We have had
besides these, the usual number Of candi-
dates for other Offices in the gift of the
Legislature. Some dozen Commissioners
in Equity have been elected, and the cleo.
tion of Judge Wardlaw and Chancellor
Inglis to the Supreme Bench creates va
cancies below, 10 which there are many
aspirants. As the officers are at present
constituted there are two Chancellors and |
three Law Judges to be elected, and in
view OF the probable or possible elevation
of Solicitors Melton and Fair, there are a
plumber of prospective candidates for their
places. There seems to be disposition
to reduce the number of ChancelIors and
Law Judges if practicable, but whether it
will be done, remains to be seen.. Ford
the Chsncery Bench, the most prominent.
candidates seem TO be Messrs. Melton,
Thomson, Lesesne and johnson; for the
Law Bench, Messrs. Dawkine, Fai., Al
drich, Sullivan and Williams. These
elections, or at least some of them, will
likely come off during the coming week.
Owing to failure on the part of the
Senate 70 obtain quorum before Tuesday
no business Of Importance was dispatched
in either House before that day.
1nthe Senate'on Tuesday Mr. Buist Of
tered complimentary Resolutions to the
memory of Judge Wi,hers. =
Committees were appointed IN each
House to inform tile Governor and Lieut..
Governor Of their electiona and to make ar.
rangements for the Inauguration on the
succeeding day.
The most important incident Of the day