The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-02
The State Legislature.
FIFTH DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
r ,i-ji-. SENATE

s SENATE.
MONDAY, November 80, 1861
Pursuant to adjournment, the Senate
assembled at II M, and was called
to order by the President pro tenn,
Hon. O. w. Montgomery. The roll
was called, and several additional
Senators answered to their names.
The Clerk read the journal of Friday
last.
Mr.. Allen introduced, without pre-
vious notice, bill accepting the do
nation Of land to the State of South
Carolina for the endowment of agri-
cultural colleges, which was read the
first time and ordered for considera-
ton tomorrow.
Hon. D. T. Corbin took the Chair.
Message No. 1 from his Excellency
the Governor was announced, and
presented to the Senate by Mr.. John
Heart, Private Secretary.
MIR. Montgomery offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which was agreed
to:
Resoloed, That so much of the Mes
sage of his Excel !ency the Governor
as relates to matters appropriate to
the several Standing Committees be
referred to the same, and SO much
thereof as relates to other matters
not within the range of those Com
mittees, be specially referred.
Mr.. Hoyt introduced the following
resolution, which was agreed to:
Resotred, That five hundred copies
of Message No. 1 of his Excellency
the Governor, and two hundred
copies of the accompanying docu-
ments, be printed for the use of the
Senate, and fifty additional copies of
the Message and documents be print
ed for the use of the Executive De-
partment.
The President. in reply to a ques-
ton by the Senator from Greenville,
announced that under the resolution
adopted on the second day of the
present session, the Standing Com
mittees as organized at the special
session were continued, and that any
vacancies to be filed or new commit
tees to be formed would be subject
to the action of the Senate, under
rule 10 of the rules adopted by the
Senate, Friday, November 27.
Mr.. Wright offered the following
preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, the Senate has heard.
with the most profound sorrow and
regret, of the death of Hon. Benja-
min Franklin Randolph, late Sena-
tor from the County of Orangeburg,
who, in the prime of manhood and
full vigor of intellect, fell, pierced by
the bullets of an assassin, on Friday,
the 10th. day of October, 1868:
ReSoloed, That in his death the Sc
nate has been deprived of one of its
most esteemed and valued members; ;
of one who, in his private friend
ships, was atfectiOnate and steadfast;
and who, as public man, was ever
the ardent, bold and outspoken
champion of human liberty and HUI
man rights; who, while ever main
tanning his own dignity and self-re-
spect, never, even in the heat of
debate, forgot the courtesy that was
due to an opponent; of one who, in
his entire career, public and private,
was O representative man of his time
and the people.
Resoloed, That these resolutions be
entered upon the Journal of the Sc
nate. and that copy thereof, attest
ed by the President and Clerk. and
appropriately eDgrossed, be forward
Cd to the afflicted relatives of the
deceased, with the expression of our
sincere sympathy and coincidence
with them in this terrible bereaye-
ment.
Enlogies We're then pronounced by
Messrs, Wright, Corbin. Swails and
Hayne, when, on motion, the reso-
lutions were adopted; and it was also
resolved, that as further tribute OF
respect to the memory of the late
Hon. B. F. Randolph, the Senate dc
now adjourn.
The Senate adjourned at l. 10 p. M
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The House met at 12 NJ, when the