The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-20

BE NreSOtUed, by the Senate and House OF
now met and sitting in General Assembly, aud
by the autho rity Of the same, That the writ Of
hG0e0s corpus be, and the same is hereby, st1s-
pended in the Counties of Laurens. NewbSrry,
Edgefeld and Abbeviie. Read the first time,
and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Whipper, chairman of Comdhittee on the Ju-
dietary. reported favorably on bill to author-
ize the employment of q reporter to take testi-
second reading
Senator Jlllson, whose name appears aiaoug
the committee published in the resolutions
adopted at the indignation meeting recently
held In this city, desires us to say that hS was
not present, and that the use OF his nan3 was
wholly unauthorized. ~
Several Of the expectsnss who made a. trip
20 snars Ss Ssr ssys r have ave ,Ss
side perhaps Of two Or three personal gfrionds,
the Recommendations for Office will be frade
in accordance with the generally Expressed
" wishes and desires Of the Republicans III the
State at large and the various districts.
The Templeton company made their irst
appearance this evening before o crowded
house. 35a :SNA
COLUMBIA, 8. O., March 1s, 1s69.--The flre
that broke out at the Lunatic Asylum this even
ing caused very general excitement though
out the city, and brought very large crowd
to the rescue Of the inmates of the institstion.
Fortunately the flames were arrested by the
noble exertions Of the f1remen before reaehing
the main building. The building in which the
fre originated ran out from the centre Of The
main building, and was used as q laundry and
ironing department.. Some Of the. poor
creatures made most piteous appeals for
aid and protection. few madety their
escape and wandered about amongst the shrub-
berry, but were afterwards secured without
difficulty, and brought back to their rooms.
The Legislative proceedings to-day have been
OF an unusually dull character. IN the Henate
the Appropriation bill came up for second
reading. and, on motion OF Senator Nash, waas
amended by including $500 to fence ana I'M
sion. The sum of $4,000 is allowed for two new
safes, one for the Treasurer and one for the
Comptroller General. The contingenS! funds
creased $500. A motion by Rainey to include
$500 for a physician for Charleston jall was
lost. The contingent fund Of the Secretary
OF State was increased three hundred, and the
contingent SSaaaag fund for the permanent printing
The bill as thus amended was ordered tobe
engrossed, and will be read third Mnne TO-
morrow oefsg
Next came the special order, to wit, the ms-
on Railroads. on a bill to aid the Port Royal
Railroad Company.
Wright moved to lay on the table the ma
tority report which, recommended that the
further consideration Of the bill be postponed
to next session. esr
On this motion they yeas and nays were taken
and resulted az follows:
sYeas-Messrs. Arnim. Barber, Dickson. Dom
alison, Hayes, Montgomery, Maxwell Nash,
Rainey. Swails, Wright and Wlmbush -sl2.
Nays Messrs. Allen, Buck. Corbin, Duncan,
Foster, Hoyt, Jillson, Leslie, Lunney, Owens,
Rose and Rodgers-12.
SO the motion to lay the majority report ON
the table was not agreed to.
The question then recurred ON agreeing to
the report. r8Fssss"'sTa
A LENGTHY discussion ensued. participated in
by Corbin, Ralney, Wright, Swalls, Allen and
Leslie. s1sS
Senator Leslie spoke nearly three hours, and
then announced that he had only cot oHthrough
tn preliminary portions of his argumAnts upon
which announcements, on motion oE&Jlllson,
the Senate adjourned. 1t was underakd id that
Leslie was apaalsing as atnst tinio, t6l BshSyiew
to prevent the bill receiving its second reading
to-day. Even should it be ordered to be en-
crossed tomorrow they have scarcely time to
have it put upon it's reading and be enrolled
before the adjournment. Senator Leslie claims
and says he will hold the floor tomorrow, end
will probably co -sume the remainder OF the
day, after the morning session, in another
effort to stave of decided action on the bill.