Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-07-24

ROBERT *. SCOTT
Governor ofSouth Carolina.
i Proceedings Of tho Legislature.
! Co1uMBrA, July l4.--Ihomas j. Robert.
son was clcctcd senitor f& the short term,
expiring 1871, on tie 6rstballot. Tho vote
stood iu tho Uouse( Robertson, lO7; B. y.
Perry, Ia. In tho Senate; Robertson, 28 !;
B. 3. Perry, s..
I A committee fromthe House then announ-
ccd to tho Senate Tint thoir body would be
ready to 90 into jant ballot tomorrow for
tho election Of oenRor for tho long torn.
J The result in thoSonato to-day was ~ fol-
| lows: First ballot, Sawyer g.; Maoacy s.;
Frcnch7; j. u. Ctnpbcll5. Second ballot,
| Sawyer 13; MackIS; French s; Campbell
L. Third ballot, Sawyer Ia; Mackcy 81;
French S; Campbell l. Fourth ballot, Saw
yer, IA; NIackcy 81 French s; Campbell l..
Fifth ballot, sawyol Is; Mackey 8; French
8. O1npbcll 0. lN,
In tho House butonsballot was takop, with
tho following results Maokoy go; Sawyer
"a; French rs; Campbell l3; Perry l.
| The House thon adjourned The Licu-
tennnt-G oyeinar5Yas inaugpratcd day. No
other business wsa transacted.
COLUMBIA, July l5.--Tho Senate met at
IL NJ.
After tho calling ef the roll, aud prayer by
the Chaplain, tho Journal OF tho proceedings
of tho previous day WAS read and confirmed
The homestead hll was taken up for sec
ond reading, but ony few scctions had boon
considered, when Ito Senate received mes
sage from tho Howe of Representatives, an
nouncing that that tbody was prepared to so in
to Joint session with the Senate and ballot for
| a Senator to the United States Congress !;
| whcrcupon the Sctatc proceeded to the hall
Of tho House of Representatives, and after
returning therefore,, Immediately adjourned
until IL NJ, to-mprrow.
The roll was chilled, and the proceedings
| opened with prayar.
| The journal wad read and confirmed.
A message was sent to tho Senate, inform
ing that body thht the Uousc was ready to
proceed in joint SESSION, to ballot for a Senator
to fill tho remainder of tho long term in the
Senate Of the Ul|itcd States, which expires
March, 1873
y petition frorl 9. T. Sullivan, and other
citizens Of Sparta burg, calling the attention
of the Legislature to the excessive rates Of
taxation imposed By tho Town Council of that
place, was received and referred to tho Com
mittoc Of Ways 4nd Means.
ate was announcca, and after going through
poaicd. tho two bodies proceeded to ballot for
! q person to nil tho Senatorial Chair Five
ballots were taken as follows:
a. Ct, NIackoy-First ballot 60; second So +:
third os fourth 60; iiftM62.
I; y; Ha%ycr--Frst ballot 40 second 81 ;
third 90; foiSth 81 Gr,h so.
M. Frcnch--First ballot "a /; s,vuIl az
fourth 25; fifth "a.
j. b. Campbcll-First ballot Ii second
IL third II, fourth Ia; fifth H.
Whole nuniDo- 1S1 necessary to a uhooo
| 76.
| On motion, tho joint assembly then dispcr-
sod, to meet again Tomorrow morning, II
o'clock, and continue tho balloting, no candi
date having yet secured thu "s",hnr nf votes
| requisite for his election.
Immediately aftcr the Senate retired, tho
House without transactingNny other business,
adjourned to meet at l1.s0 A. NJ, to,mor,
.ow.
| COLUMBIA, July 16.-Ncthcr branch o
tho General Assembly accomplished anything
to-day, beyond tho clcctioa Of Ion. Frcdrick
4 "A. Sawyer, to fill tho unxpircd portion o
tho long term, ending March 8, 1878; no,
was any other business attempted.
| At IL o'clock, tho Senate and House, in
compliance with previous ordor to that Of
feet, met in joint session, and renewed the
balloting, which had been ;nef;ectual the day
before, with the following result: On the
first ballot, Mr.. A G. Maokoy received 59
I! votes; T. A. sawpr 81; M. French 26, and
| j. 3. Uampoenn 1s s
i At this stage, IS. j. ,"taa;;rrncr. who had
been one Of Mr.. Fnnch's staunchcst friends
withdrew his namq from the canvass, and as
the roll was called, he curiosity to know how
, each ono of tho Frcich men vas going to vote
became very intcns., A general impression
prevailed that tlis a,cond ballot would deter
mino tic contest. Such, however, was not
tho case, as the Democrats of the House again
voted solidly for j. y. Campbell, and the re.
suit stood: Mackey88 Sawyer &C; Camp.
I boil Is; ncithcr Of whom received the roqui
sito number of votcs-A75.
On the third ballot Mr.. Sawyer received
several acccssions from tho old French mon
and from tho Domocmts, Ind was elected by
one majority--the vote stlnding Sawyer 7G :;
Mackcy So; Campbell I So ended the
s1uabblc which has becnb pending for weeks
past, and has kept tho Legislature in az state
Of fcvcrish cxcitomcnt sibco the commence.
mcnt of tho session W6sinccrcy hopo that
body will now 50 earnestly at tho work they
propose to accomplish, md earn their ,,cr al.
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