The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-26

time Grant would be elected, and Major s..
would be good Republican, and they would
keep him in Office indefinitely. Nash saw
there was no chance for his resolution, 80 he
withdrew it, and explained his reasons in q
humorous speech, which kept the Senate
aughing for half an hour.
The following is q choice extract from Nash's
speech ssHere is my constituency from Co.
lumby hab been standing round me eber since
de beginning OBJ de session wild dere mouths
gaping wide open expectin me to glib EN- some
thin. Dey hadn't got nothing de whole ses-
sion. now T wanted ter wind up de close OBJ
my glorious career here dis session by gittcn
jus one little vacant Office for Columby, on l
thought was about to git de Senate to throw
cherry into the gaping mouth OF my constltu-
ency, and now you turn roun and spit IN 1t.
You soy it is too close de cen OBJ de session. !
KEEP dis resolution back to de cen OBJ de session
on purpose. because want ter spring it on
desc gemmen sudden. I want to surprise
dem into giving somethin to Columby. Why,
if YOU pospone em to de next session,
Charleston will bs here, Georgetown will
be here, Darlington will be here, Kingstree will
be here, and, for all know, Massachusetts,
will be here too, and Columby won't stand no
shown at al. Some you gemnnen say dat de
man what got de Office now is good man. I
know he is good man. But dat amt de ting.
He is good only till you find some friend O.
yourn to take de place. Den you say, 'We
want dat place, We must hab dat place, dat
mans head mus fall; and know it will fall,
but not in de basket OBJ any my constituency
OBJ Columby.' 1 did want mighty bad to Rit
somethin for Columby, but see amt goin git
nothin, 30 withdraw the resolution. hope,
do, in de excitement OBJ de Presidential cleo
tial election, you will forgit dis one little va
can't Office, so can spring 'em on you agin at
de first oh de- regular session, and den ma be
I kin git it fur Columby arter al."
The resignation of B. F. Whittemore, M. O.,
from his seat in the Senate was read Just
as that body was about to adjourn. White
more requested that it might take effect from
the 10th instant, having written it before that
time, and, doubtless, thinking that the Senate
would adjourn before that date and that he
day any longer. The Senate accepted the re-
signatlon at once, but not without an effort on
the part of one Of Whittemore's friends to de-
lay the acceptance to the last day OF the ses
sion, 30 that he might make the last possible
dime.
In the House, in discussion on the salary
bill, great objection was made to allowing the.
treasurers clerk one thousand eight hundred
dollars. W. J. McKlnlay said that if the Legis-
lature had elected IN incompetent treasurer
they ought to get rid of him, and not pay o
clerk one thousand sight hundred dollars to do
his work and conceal his iIlcompetsncy. It is
thought that the treasurer is making his per
centage out of the per dsc,n and mileage-i. e.,
that he is paid commission by To Lesson and
others to secure them against loss. It is
known that he has charged officers o commits
sion on their salaries, and this, coupled with
The fact that he paid the draft Of the Ser
geant-at-arms Of the House, signed by the
Speaker only, without the signature Of the
President OF tho Senate, as required by law,
makes members distrustful Of him.
Whipper introduced a bill insa the House to
punish lawyers for prosecuting claims for
debts, the consideration of which was the pur-
chase of slaves.
The Township bill is conspiracy to Yankee
ize South Carolina The frequent occurrence
in it Of "selectmen," and other Yankee terms,
is enough to turn ones stomach.