The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-07-27


| accounts, was passed. -,
The resolution in reference to . stenographlc
report Of the proceedings OF the Senate WAS
laid.upon the table.
The resolution to appoint e special commit
tee Of five to consult with the Governor as
Senate, was amended by striking out the WORDS
| in quotation marks aod passed.
| The resolution to authorize the FINANCE
/ Committee to 6x the compensation OF the ON
GERS of the Senate Yas passed.
The resolution to request copy OF certalI
ordinance from President OF the constitutional
Convention, was laid on the table.
The resolution for the Committee on lncor-
uorations to inquire into the usefulness OF
General incorporation act was adopted.
The resolution instructing the Committee on
Railroads TO inquire into the propriety OF ffam-
ing free railroad law, was adopted.
The House Joint resolution, in relation to the
political disabilities Of @. B. Farmer, was con-
CURED in.
The bill to establish q Board Of Commission
ers Of Public Lands was referred to the Com
mittee on Public Lands.
The bill, to provide for the appointment Of
Tax Collectors was referred to the COMMITTEES
on Finance.
The bill to regulate the manner of keeping
the Committee on the Judiciary.
The calendar OF business having been gone
through with, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
COLUMBIA, July 25.-After preliminary ousl,
ness, report Of the Committee on Internal
improvements, recommending the passage of
the bill to create the County OF Aiken, was
read and adopted.
The Committee on Interpretations reported
bill to incorporate the Langley Manufactur.
ing Company, which was read first time.
Also, a bill to incorporate the Cheraw Hook
and Ladder Company, which was similarly DIS
posed of.
The Committee on Privileges and Elections
made report on the concurrent resolution re-
lmmending the removal Of the political dlsa-
bilities Of r. L. Heriot and John O'Connor, OF
Sumter County. The committee recommended
that the petlton be approved as far as Her1ot
is concerned, but thatit be amended 80 ss to eli
inmate the name of O'Connor. who did not sp-
pear to have any political disabilities. The re-
port was adopted.
a resolution was adopted instructing the
Committee on Offices and officers to make re-
port at as early day as practicable, to tx the
salaries Of the officers Of the State.
On motion Of DeLarge, Rule No. 80, OF the
House. which required that no rule should be
suspended, rescinded or altered, except by a
vote Of two-thirds of the members present,
after one days notice, was suspended Tor the
rest Of the session.
Woody offered q bill to protect the right of
Huur6S0, WHICH, Wd6 Ioet1 d uice oiA4h0 ope cP
popriately referred.
Purvis offered joint resolution. providing
that the present Mayor and Council Of Colum-
bia remain in Office until the time for holding a
regular election under the present city charter.
Made o special order for Monday, 90 II 50
O'Clock. -
Accounts of O. B. Glover, for services as
acting coroner and magistrate, were laid over
for future consideration.
Also, account Of J. P. Dubois, jailor of
Marion District, for supplies furnished prison
ers.
The petition Of the Board of Commissioners
of Williamsburg County, praying an approprla--
tlon for the building Of q new jail, was referred
to the Committee on Public Buildings.
Neagle offered resolution providing that
the report Of Major T. B. Lee, superintendent
Of the penitentiary, as contained in the last
message OF e1-Proyisiona Governor Orr, be
referred to the Committee on the Penitentiary,
with instructions to report 30 soon as practl-
cable. Adopted.
Neagle also gave noticeof bill TO create
loan Of 81, 900, 900.
presented by Neagle, read first time, and or
dered to be printed and referred to the Ways
and Means Committee. It provides that all
SUMS claimed to be due and owing as State,
county or municipal oapitation taxrs, or any
sums due as executions for non-paYment OF
said taxes, by any person who has heretofore
been denied the right OF suffrage, shall be void
r ,cn January 1st, 1868, and makes it o misde-
rosan, nr for any one to collect any part there
of. If Ret;:Wed to the Committee Of Ways and
Means. ..
appropriately refsrred;
4 bin to determine aud perpetgats tsshe home
stead, .,,. ~,
TO the Supreme Court.
A bin to organize Circuit Courts.
A bill to amend the charter OF the City OF
The bin to establish the County OF Aiken was
taken up for second reading, but was ordered
to be printed and laid over for consideration on
Monday.
orin. er charged full rates per page for the cal
eudar, which frequently contained only feW
lines. Nesgle desired to know what was the
price asked, and said he understood it to be
would make the charge for the calendar $500
day). His ludicrous Ito use mild terml mis-
take was corrected. but neither member OF the
committee could inform the House what the
preoise charge was, and motion to dispense
with the calendar altogether, as matter OF
economy, was only defeated by resolution IN
structipg the Committee on Prlnting 10 MAKE
LQ6 ueC6ohdIy 1A9oha0o eaAAA @Sf>~s w -
The report Of the Committee Of Ways and
Means on Neagle's bill to provide for the re-
demption Of bills receivable, by the imposition
of taxes ON cotton and rice, was then made and
considered. The committee showed that, be-
sides other objections to it, the bill was clearly
unconstitutional, and therefore, recommended
that it be indefinitely postponed. The report
was adopted.
The Speaker laid before the House commu.
nication from Mr.. b. P. Hammett, President u
the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, i"form--
ing the members that;an excursion train would
start for Greenville, tomorrow, and return The
next day, and inviting them to accompanyit:
The invitation wss accepted, and the rules
SO far as required Che House to meet at II
O'Clock, Monday, we're suspended, and the
House agreed that, when it adjourned, it would
stand adjourned until 5 o'clock, P. NJ, Mon
day.
The House then adjourned.
a LADY OUTRAGED AND HER BROTHER MUIR
DERED.-Some days ago we copied from the
Nashville Banner horrid story o: violence to
q young white girl of thirteen, named EZel,
by o negro named VIM. Cuisine. Gustiue was
pursued, arrested and commit edto the jail in
Franklin County, to await trial for the crime.
On the night after the day Of his arrest,
large body Of armed men rode into Franklin,
and demanding the KEYS of the iail from the