The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-02-01
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Tho chairman, A. q. Mackey, stated ,thatit,
would be necessary for him on. Monday to mt,
tend the United States District Court to- takes
care OF the interests of the govcrimellt, hndi
asked leave of absence for that day, with, peri,
mission to appoint Lemuel Boozcr, of I.Lexing.l
ton, to take his place during his nbscncesGa ,eI,
LIS. l. nglcy objected, on tho ground fiat
the convention should have thc'Iibcrty offchoosl,
ing their. own chairman pro tenn. ir.5r,, iti9;YH
DeLurge moved that Boozer be clected tem.f
pornry chairman. ;ne,.i 4s,ise H.; ad1
Langley said that if fnnmi,ati,,ns wcrc In 6r4,
der he would nominate Il. l.. Cartloza. z.t.,.- IS
,Cardoza declined in favor of Whippery and
Whipper declincdlin favor of iBoozer, audtso.
Boozer wds elected without furthcrl opposi-
tion. >,54 i3 ...t., Il .i5fr estfstfe;f.,2 ->d}
Parker. from tho Fnuncinl Committed tot
whom was referred resolution, in regard TO
the bills of the State, known as bills rcreixu-fi
bic, said that the committee would report byp
ordinance on Monday. J.i.n a9usi!t.aas Isl,
DeI.arge. from the Committee on Ruintingsn
reported two bids-one froul II. .J udge MHoss
and one from Mcmillan g. Jowitt t.a t.e,i si,9
Bowen said he had learned thaa MooEs, rhaif,c
already sub-lct tho printing to PARTIES twho;i
though Northern men, wcse not la sympathy.
with the convensian- 5b ,liee ,r,di ann s,
Randolph n,erea that the bid Of IT, Judge.
Moore be accepted andhe be declared fhciprih-
tor of the convention. .fu,7-G i d .ni,
Bowen said that, as Randolph was cceditorii
of the same paper with Moore, he might natua1i
rally have been expected to show moro deHcacy,n
about the matter than to be in such hSt haste,
to,havc him elected. M '13i @stti& AIT
Randolph explained that, shonshlhe uasas-..I
sociated with Moore cditorially, he was not,p
personally Interest ed in the printing! !,
Allen, of Grecnvillc, said there had becnii
talking enough on this sufiject in ,wasst nos,a
stood it, and they had already spent fiy64 huzs~.
drcd dollars talking about it. -Thoro was toou
much wind work about the convention anyh6wli
tor hlm.1oi'' '.s-le - ~. i.,s III, ~ inE
The asscmblagc took tho hint ,and III. Julge,s
Moore elected printer. = I }jto3,si
I'D. Mig t;offcred resolution ,thatsG en..,i-
Candy bo requested to ISSUE an order exempt1lt
ing f-om levy aud sale fur four months, torie; ~
hundred acres of land of any debtorr. Adopts
In supporting the resolution, Wright sdid,aa
ciiwould prefer to make it fur hundred id.
stead Of ono hundred acres, because nit.ch eS,f
the land in South Careiunwas so poor that IT, i
took four acres to mako one, but lie left it as it
was TO avoid opposition. i-Aslni rnma,:f.;Y
Tho spooial orlcr was called and tho prey2i,
ious question hciug called, L. I,Moses, .;ude-e
20 olo.l hfoT.o
MS was his privilege. ed; .t-il aieia
Tho preyio..s question was then put, and re.n4
suited, ayes 81, nays 6a i i' e.ad aaeJd
The convention thus rcsalving to- ipetition,h
General Candy to stay for three months all exit
ccntions for debts incurred since 1S60!l s1nsodri
The analysis of the vote is us followss "A yps,o
whites, So; blacks,22. Total, i57sn NayslL
whites l2; !; blacks, 40. Total,52. g .isafYiado
BE Whittcmorc introduced tho following
resolution. which was passed almost unanimous
ly. ,,,.i.... Fl, .a..,5,, -,,..r "a, .,.
Rcsotreti, That while wc, the members ,,ef
this convention, will not favor any scheme foy;,
the reputation of debts. the violation of tho
obligation of contracts or the taking of lnndsc 80,
from the bands Of lawful owners of the same :,
ing to further any measures Of relief consist ,d
cpt with the powers delegated to us by the Rs7l,,
construction ACTS of Congress. Ns, 3,t,t,. s,,,,
The convention then adjourned. ..,,,i ...,,a
| ia - MONDAY 27Tu. III, ~.
The meeting was opened with prayer hyu,
Jackson, outside white who, in unctuous, Ian, >,
guage, expressed his horror Of war, but thanked
God that he had through war worked out his
purpose and freed this great country FROM tho
outrageous sin and wrong Of slavery. y''i''i,ish
/ The roll was called aud a quorum being ptes' Y
soht tho ,assonhase proceeded to business,
4 The mna.9s q! the !as. injecting $s4s III Sss;s si'
aud confirmed. s'ti - ht''f1 "'ai
| - iE .s.}A--iis.si' J eT. jn,a5 ,s.Sse,I f3R,rsl
FL. Moses from tho Exec 1.-Two Committee,
to whom was referred prca, bic anu resola.
tions providing for tho romova Of State officers,
rep rted thit in thoir opinion ho'Fprcscnt fc-
NOV of tho said officers would be highly pre- 81 no
judicial to Tho Interests and welfare of South
Carolina, and they recommend TINT the whJed