The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-17

ferred to.l No vote was taken.
The Speaker announced that the hour for the
special order" 'the bill to prevent and punish
bribery and corruptionn had arrived
Corbn moved that q committee of three be ap-
| pointed to investigate the charges preferred
against the Speaker, with power to call on THE
NEWS and Courier.
Pending the consideration OF his motion, Greene
moved that the House adjourn to partake OF re.
freshments
The Speaker said he would entertain the motion
II the senator from Orangeburg would amend 1t
so that 1t should be refreshments straight.
Greene stated his unwillingncss to have his mo-
ton so amended, and it was put and carried, ard
the Speaker at half-past one O'Clock declared the
House adjourned sine die, to take something
straight away.
CHARLESTON EXTENSION.
The bill to extend the limits Of the City OF
of Charleston and toprovide for an election there.
In, and the bill 10 create metropolitan police
force are the chief topics Of discussion at present.
and the discussions are more exciting than those
upon the subject OF phUsphates. lis claimed that
with the hands employed at the various phosphate
works above Charleston, and those In the vicinity
engaged In "diggins, mining and removing" phos
pilates, there will he at least three thousand five
hundred coorcd men legally entitled to vote, be-
cause OF living between the present and proposed
boundaries Of Charleston. Some claim that q
majority OF these men will vote as their employers
desire them to do; that is vote for Democratic
candidate. This is the favorite argument nc hose
CT the colored members OF the House who n 1 for
the extension bill, but now fear they have opened
grave for the burial Of the Republican party IN
Charleston. These men who though few, are not OF
the Charleston delegation, or their hostility to the
present administration would make them care
less OF results, when they had an opportunity OF
sustaining measure which looked towards the
dethronement OF those so utterly hated, because
they had declared they had no right to take ac-
tlon against any one who disseminated between
"racc, color or previous condition" The mem.
bers Of the Charleston delegation do not hesitate
to assert that the motive for the introduction Of
the bill was their i.atred to Mayor Pillsbury and
the Aldermen. Some hsye declared that they did
not care if Democrats were e.ected under thepro-
visions o. the Extension bl SO that the oiilcers
above referred to were elected from once u Is
claimed that the object Of the bill ts 10 got
DR.. A. G. Mackey elected to the Mayoralty.
The carpet-bag element here generally seem
to recognize in the bill the beginning OF an
attempt to drive from the State the carpet-bag-
gers and place the power now held by them Into
the hands OF the scalawags, who first held 1t after
the war; have heard many of the carpet-bag
fraternity who temporarily dwell in Charleston,
swear that they will vote for any man nominated
by the Democrats in preference to voting for DIR.
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their being called upon to do this, as the bill will
not pass the Senate. There are thirty-one sena-
tors in oil, bet OF these there are seldom more
than twenty -four present on any one day. Fully
eighteen of the whole number will doubtless vote
against the bill-the following named can pe
counted on: Corbin, Buck, (Democratl Bieman,
iDcmocrat,) Donaldson, Duncan, Foster Demo
crat) Greene, HOyt, Hayes, Jillson, Leslie, Reid,
(Democrat,) and Rodgers, (Democrat)-as voting
against the BILL which on Monday WILL perhaps
be called up and referred to the Committee on ln-
corporations. The supporters OF the bill assert
that be not passed they will introduce another
providing only for the holding Of On election Mt
an early day.
As regards the bill to create metropolitan
police force, there are many interested In 1t. 1t Is
Nash originated in the Governors office, and Is a
copy Of the bill under which the New York force
was organized. Rumor further hath it that
Hubbard will be made superintendent If the bill
be passed.
THE GLEN B1LL,'
az the bill introduced In the Senate by VIM
bush to repeal an act TO secure advances for agri-
cultural purposes passed September 20, 1866, is
Tho
to the committee on agriculture, which reported
that ('belIevng that the aforesaid act Is no lon
ger productive OF any advantage TO the agricul'
tural population OF the Stately they would re-
commend that 1t be passed. Yesterday the re-
port and the bill were called up and referred TO
the Judiciary Committee, which will report un.
favorably, and then the bill will be sufficiently
dciunct to be buried
kIMpToS's SECURITY.
AS will doubtless be recollectcd, the Committee
on Finance, to whom was referred Arnim's reso-
luton, ito inquire and report what amount OF
security, If any, is deposited by the financial
agent 10 secure the State,) reported on Wednes-
day last, stating that they had found in the offices
of the Secretary Of State and ComptrollerG General
20 bond, duly and correctly executed according
to law for the penal sum Of five hundred thousand
dollars.n "Apd that it was O voluntary
act on the part OF the financial agent, inasmuch
as the act authorizing the appointment Of said
agent did not exact bcnd.n Since the report
was made, some unofficial inquiry has been made
in regard to the security mentioned, and 1t has
been found that the bond the committee referred
to Is dated 1865, and has only H. II. Etrnpton as
security. 1t is stated that as soon as Arnim's
resolaton was introduced, Kimpton was tee-
graphed, and arerward frequent kilograms pass
ed between him and the officials here. kimpton
gives himself as security in the sum OF five nun
lred thousand dollars, when, according to the
Comptroller-Generals report, he has over two
million dollars of Stale money. Is his security