The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-28

financial condition OF the State -"
. From his reply you Yin observe that very small
srao1nt Of national currency is in The Treasury You
WIN also note that Of tho 100000 Of bills receivable
authorized to be issued BY the Act Of Assembly Of
December, 1855, there has bean printed only
S39OOG0. or this amount but s222, 900 has been
5signe6 registered and carried to cash for circula
ton and thereiib now In thevsult OF the Treasury
in these bfls receivable s122 0, which leaves the
outstanding circulation 500, ,919. c% ~ 81 ri
The, unpaid taxes Of the State, Whereon executions
ate now in the hands OF various hherihs, WIN reach
about $780, 600. What amount of these execnhons
car, be nada available, I am not prepared to say.
II The convention should consider II e1pedient 20
uaake apy pledaes for the redemption Of these bills
receivable, In connection with the debt Of the State
existing before the war, St would. inr my Judgment.
dnsI Taae a1S ssaIe Uan sas%
wi II faithfully executed by the different officers IN
the State, Yield about sssoooo II these taxes are
collected an Of the btils which every month msy be
ment Of the State VIII be absorbed by these taIss
and returned 10 the Treasurer. sfr - :,
There is no good reason why these bulls receivable
are now at 30 great discount : r. J..t
have the honor to be,
s Your obedient servant, iss - .
0. .,-..t,-l JAMES L. ORR .
Governor Of South Catolina.
It was moved that the report be received
and ordered, to- be printed The ordinance
received its first and second! readings by its
title, and was also ordered to be printed, and
made the special order for tomorrow IL N. %"
The President stated thst.to remove all fu-
ture discussions, he desired to make the fol-
lowing explanation: When called upon by his
fellow-citizens to be q member Of this CONVEX
tion, he then determined upon his course in
regard to this question. AS an officer OF the
United States he receives q compensation for
services rendered, and it was. his fixed and un-
alterable decision not to receive any compensa-
tion or nav from the convention. 'sSd "7H'
The special order for the day was called,
and the President announced that the division
of Pickens District had been made the special
order of the day at 1P. NJ, and was now be-
fore the convention.
and noes. we're called. The President srscsd
that the question was on the postponement Of
tha Confederation Of the bill, which would have
come up for its second reading. The secretar
~ then called the roll, and the following vote
was announced: ayes 8S; noes 73. =: e.;
oE. NJ. Mackey offered an amendment to
the original ordinance by substituting an ord1-
nance to divide Pickens District into two dis
trfcts or counties, the division to be made by
the legislature on their tirst session under the
new constitution. The question OF division TO
he first referred to the people Of Pickens.
n. ]. Robertson moved an amendment, when
T M. Rutland stated that the Committee on
Tapislation had under discussion certain sec
tions to be Incorporated into the constitution
that would refer all such matters to the legis-
Iature, who would have power to act E. W.
nj, Mackey and others explained their posi-
tions, and o discussion arose, during which l..
j. Robertson called for the previous question.
This was sustained, and the chair explained
the question to be whether the original ordi-
nance as reported by the committee should
pass to it's third reading and be engrossed.
The vote being taken by yeas and noes, result
ed as follows--ayes 65. noes 40. The ordl,
name was then ordered to be read the third
time. After several motions to postpone this
read1g to ia future Day IT %ap mace sne
e. w. M. Mackey offered resolution that
clause be incorporatsdin in the constitution pro-
vidino that hereafter in sales OF oil lands
either for taxes or executions OF whatever sort,
the lands shall not be. sold in lots Of mora than
one hundred and sixty acres, for the purpose
Of enabling all, by their own nugahty ana
economy, to provide themselves with home,
stead. Mackey moved that this be adopted
immediately.
q. j. Robertson thought it was most as
founding to spring such q resolution on the
house and try to rush it through by calling Tor
the previous question before the members
were ACQUAINTED with the resolution. He con.
sidered It momentous question, and one that
would affect generations yet unborn, and ne
hoped that it would not be acted upon hastily,
but would be referred to the appropriate com
mittee. = 49,.
r. @. DeLarge said he was more than sur.
prised at the remarks Of the member, as the
resolution was one that had been already con-
sidered by al on the floor, and he could see
nothing that could be gained by any useless
discussion. The resolution took his rights
from no one, but enabled the poor to purchase
homesteads that were offered for sale.. Ii was
@bo& oil
large profits, and the sale OF land In the guam
titles referred to would prove q beneat tothe
owners It was one OF the besc means to benz
eft future generations, and he believed the
gentleman was in favor OF it. 1t was footish
to waste the money Of the State by consuming
time in debate. All were prepared to vote,
and should settle the question at once.
F. ]. Moses, Jr., said that he was not ops
posed to the resolution, and Was not committed
on either side but he did think it sprung upon
the convention. The proper course to pursue
would be to refer it to the appropriate COM
mittee, and he hoped this would be done.
3. l. Cardoza said he was Of the came opiLn-
ion as Robertson. There ware some ID the
convention who seemed to think that they
have full control. They propose resolutions
and rush them through by calling on the pre-
vious question, though the same gentlemen
had voted against similar resolutions on Satur-
+. C. DeLarge said that il the remarks we're
referred to him, they were "false and slander-
ous." =
T. ]. Robertson said that be was opposed to
hssty legislation, and though he was In favor
Of the resolution, he thought it should be re-
ferred.
The Chair announced that Major D. T. Cor
bin was present and introduced him to the
convention. Major Corbin, in acknowledging
the introduction, said: Gentlemen Of the con-
yenvention, my purpose is not to make any
lengthy remarks, but simply to thank you for
the hoAsu you have conferred upon me in
electing ms one OF your solicitors. Hoping
that your efforts to frame constitution and
restore the State to the Union will be success
full, I wish you Godspeed.
A. j. Ransier, in referring to the question
before the house, said that he appreciated the
position of the people Of the State, and would
do anything to relieve their necessities by &C
tion in the convention, but. he thought thai
springing the previous question would be gag
to the house. It was unwise and hasty, and il
he had thought it could be Of any benefit, ht
would have sustained it. He defined his posi-
| finn ot anna LENGTH.