The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-02

be exempted aud for this or some other reason
he became very garrtllouS ana obstinate. lie at
tempted to say something, what he did not know,
nj least his audience lid not. lie was frequently
called TO order, and became indignant, TO which
point Dcl.arge also arrived. Observing this. Nc
kinlay attempted his concillatory powers, aud
proceeded to relate something, which, as lie re-.
marked, ''would make the members smile" Ills
story MAS very rambling, and embraced scraps Of
almost all OF the Information he possessed (; but
the gist OF II was that he was once Il tailor nnd
met peLarge's mother and admired her very
much and wanted to marry her, and, with an
insinuating smilc,l said how nearly he came to
e"ing Bob's father, :nd how nearly Bob came to
hcing his son.
During this bathurst there was the utmost dis.
order Many OF tile members were standing, aud
nearly all rising 10 "polnts or order" The
speaker, with his gavcl and shouts for order, was
making as much fuss rs nearly all combined. Fl.
nn!iy, Dcl.argc, who did no, appear TO like the
conciliatory mood, nor the man who came near
being related to him, got n chnncc TO speak, and
inimatcd that McEnlay was strongly imprcgna
ted with ''morphinc,' and that Wright was too
cownrdly to go outside Of 'tlic four walls OF the
city" or fCEarlcston-fcarng to 'trust his precious
carcass" where there was u chance OF getting II
injured, and further he (wrSht) was not 50 en-
traor'linarily honest; that he knew nothing OF
the census or nny other law; that he
had consistently and with perseverance worthy
OF Il better cause alscntcd himself from his scat
last session and neglected his duty rs n lcgisla.
tor. Having devoted this much OF his remarks TO
demolishng his opponents, tMcKinlay and
Wrlght) the former all the while smiling In
sicNy, feeble sort OF way, and the latter laughing
until, like Santa Claus - stomach, he '.slook
like bowl full of jelly" lie proceeded TO talk Of
himself, and asserted that the census was n sore
subject for him to talk OF, rs he had lost money In
taking the ccasus Of Charleston County. After
concluding his remarks he went over to Wright's
seat and shook hands with him, whcreupon he
laughed oil the more.
ELLIOTT EXPRESSES HIS orIXIoS
At this point Elliott tcolored) arose. Elliott &C.
cupie5 the same position in the House that en-
Alderman I. J. Mackcy occupied In Council after
that ai1ectionate attempt 10 increase the weight
OF his nephew by shooting lead Into him. When.
ever hc arose the Aldermen looked anNiously first
ut the doors OF the chamber to see if they were
open, then at him, TO ascertain, IL possible, at
once what was his mood. Now, Eliott having
cowhdcd white carpet-bagger, and thereby
established reputation for bravery and reckless.
ness, his colorcd brethren, whenever lie arises
look at him with an expression which means al-
iniration slightly allaycd with uncasiness that he
may "break ont." However, rs stated, he
arose, and all eyes were turned TO him, nnd hc
commenced hearty abuse OF the recent scene OF
disorder, and had succeeded In characterzing It
rs "most disgraceful exhibition when Alder
man McKinlay obtained the floor and desired to
know. or, rather le,l the members TO infer that
he desired to know, If hc was one or those who
had contributed TO the dIsgraceful exhibition;
whereupon Elliott stated that lie was not par.
ticularly referred to. Alderman McKinlay then
smiled benignantly and sat down, which seemed
to be signal for everybody else to get up. Mo.
tion followed motion, points OF order were raised,
the Speakers garel kept up an incessant rapplng,
but quiet was not restored until the shouters were
hoarse. In the lull that cnsued, motion to pass
the bill was made and carried, and the members
sank back In their seats exhausted from, laughter
and their cSertions.
THAT CENSUS.
During the debate, Mr.. Sparnick, Commissioner
Of Agricultural Statistics received several raps
for not furnishing the proper books to the cen
sus takers by the 18th ofApril as he was directed
to do. What was probably ncgect-it could not
have been any desire to save the State any eX-
pense-renlly caused o saving to the State. Had
lie furnished the books to his subordinate officers
at the time designated, and the census taking
then commenced and continued to the Ist OF No
vember, which was the time fixed for the final
report OF the suborlnatcs 10 the commissioner
the expense would have been largely greater
than II already has been, for the simple reason
that very few OF these officers would have felt un-
der Sny obligations 10 decapltatc themselves 0ni-
cially and instead OF the State having to pay one
hundred and sixty-onc oiIlcIals from the time
when the books were officially deliv-
cred, which was about the first of June,
It would have been compelled to pny them
from April 18th. Now, let US see what economy
taccidental) hns been effected by this delay, no
matter how caused; for Mr.. sparnick has neither
30 far no nm aware, been calcd upon to explain,
nor has lie volunteered to do II: From April 18th
TO June 1st say fortynye days, the pay OF thirty
one chief census takers, ut SIS per day, would be
se975; one hundred and thirty assistants, ut "a
per day, would be S23 +0o-in oil, s30,37s. And
yet the work was almost complete, notwithstand-
ing the delay In furnishing the books. Only few
counties were unfinished, and the census takers
Of these, taking advantage Of their necessities
proposed the change in the law. or course no
discrimination" can be made, and all census
takers will apply for tile benefit OF the provisions,
whether their work was done by the first Ut No.
vember or not.
CHARLESTON FIRE. SCHOOLS
In poth houses to.dny was presented the report
OF the Commissioner OF Free Schools OF the City
OF Charleston for the year ending September 80,
1852 1t was read and referred to the Committee
on Education. II shows that during the year
there were 5252 pupils-3l71 white and 2osl colo
red; that the average attendance OF the former
was POPS, at an average cost OF sl1 is. and tile
average attendance OF the latter $50, at an aver
age cost OF sla 6l and that the total cost OF main.
taining the schools was s42.3o4 so.
MODEL RADICAL JUDGE.
Judge ]. n. Rutland, man who was elevated
by the Radical party TO the Judgeshlp OF tile Fair
field Circuit, Is subject OF conversation at pre-.
sent among the "mcmbers," some of whom
speak or having him impcaccd. 1t is charged
that he follows the prccept laid down to all judges
to be blind so strictly that lie gets "blind drunk;'
that altogether he is incompetent, and dlscrImf-
mates In favor OF whites. II Is said that when
he sentences colorch man to twenty-five
years. imprisonment, he warns him not to appear
before him again. tcllinr him thot m he sho,,Id