The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-24

/ COMPLEXION OF THE GENERAL ASSEAbLi'
The following will be found an accurate and
complete statement Of the complexion Of the
present General AS enbly:
The Senate consists of thlrty.two members. six
teen OF whom are for the long term, and hold
over. One of these, Henry Buck, died during thu
last year, and an election was ordered to I'LL the
vacancy. Another (Wrght) resigned. Or the
eighteen the following were reelected: Duncan
Dickson, Johnston, Maxwell, Nash, Swails ant
Wlmbush. The following are new senators: Bur
roughs, Cardozo Clinton, Duvall, Holcombe, Lo
max. Mlshaw, Mcintyre, Smalls Whittemore and
Wilson, Mlshaw aud LomaX have died since the
election, leaving thirty active senator's. The fol
lowing are white: Allen, Arnim, Bieman, Bur
roughs, Corbin, Dickson, Duncan, Duvall, Foster
Green, Hayes, Hayne, Holcomlre, Leslie, Mont
gomery, Mcintyre, Owens, Rose, Whittemore
Wilson-twenty. The following are colored: Bar
ber, Cardozo, Clinton, Johnston, Maxwell, Nash
RaIney, Smalls, Swails and Wimbush-ten.
There are FIVE Democratic members, all white.
as follows: Bieman, Burroughs, Duvall,. Foster
and Holcombe There is one Independent white
member, Wilson, from Anderson. OF the Radical
1 members, the following are white: Allen, Arnim,
Corbin, Dickson, Duncan, Greene, Hayes Leslie
Montgomery Mcintyre, Owens, Rose and White
more-thlrteen. The following are colored: Bar
| Der, Car1ozo, Clinton, Johnston, Maxwell, Nash,
Rainey, Smals, Swals and Wimbush-eleven.
The House stands as follows: Forty-one mem
hers reelected, eighty-three new; forty;n Inc
white and seventy-hve colored. There are in the
House TWENTY-FIVE Rerormers, one Independent
and one hundred and one Radicals; twenty-six
| f>rt,r MI podtnolc.
One member has died, leaving the Radicals ma
jorlty OF exactly one hundred, including the
speaker OF the lower House. On Joint ballot the
Radicals have majority OF one hundred and
eighteen; the blacks OF sixteen. a!r
SENATE COMMITTEES.
The Senate Is organized with the following CON-
| mittees:
Printing-Allen, chairman; Owens, Wimbush,
! Hayes, Foster, Maxwell.
Judiciary-Corbin, chairman; Leslie, Moftgom-
| cry, Wilson, Holcombe.
EducatIon-Hayne, chairman; Duval, Mcintyre,
Raroad..-Leslle, chairman; swalls, Rose, Ar
MIN, Bleman, Barber, Allen.
Finance Green, chairman owens, roster,
Hayne Nash, Duncan, Swails.
Contingent tAccounts-Le5lie, chairman; Nash,
Rose, Arnim, Wimbush.
Claluls-Hsyes. chairman; Wimbush, Dickson,
III,
Nllitary-Swalls, chairman; Burrows, Cardozo,
Green, Rayne, Maxwell.
Public BulldIngs-Allen, chairman Duncan,
Holcombe, Arnlm, Cardozo.
Mines and Mlnlng-Coron, chairman; WIN
bush, Smalls, Maxwell, Burrows, Arnim, Mcin-
tyre. A..
well, Bieman Smalls.
Roads, Bridges and Ferrlss.-Owens, chairman;
Nash, Holcombe. Swails, Barber.
Agricuture-DicEson, chairman; Duval, wilson,
Mcintyre.
ston, Bieman, Hocombe.
Eleetions-Corbin, chairman; Owens, Hayes,
Montgomery, Wilson, Barber, Burrows.
County Offices-Arnim, chairman; Whirremore,
Foster, Dickson. Corbin, Hayes Duval.
T Enrolled Bllls-Maxwell, chairman; Hayne,
Cardozo.
Retrenchments- Foster, chairman; Bleman,
his creating some LOUD smillng,-REP.l
PAST PRAYING FOR.
n the election of chaplain for the Senate Mr..
1t sie desired to indefinitely postpone the matter
He did not wish TO vote against any ones pray
ing for them, but he considered 1t place for re-
trenchment to comeiu. He wanted to make this
point: Rev. Mr. Adams had prayed all the last
session and they only got worse aud worse, and
their votes showed It. Mr.. A., however, drew his
per diem with striking regularity. 1t was last
ing outrage to pray for this Senate He thought
them 81! past praying for, and that the minister
PRAYED for the Sc per day rather than the good OF
the State.
Mr.. Corbln hoped the good old time-honored
custom would continue, and his counsel pre-
vailed.
CoMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
As soon as the House had organized 1t went
into a committee OF the whole on the state OF the
country. Rather unexpectedly remarks OF an In.
cendiary nature were made. Whipper, 'colored,
opened the ball, and spoke for some time about
protecting now those men who had during the
campaign, as he said, exposed their lives. The
"Hon.n Joe Crews followed. He evidently had
spent some tine in preparing himself for the ef-
fort. His voice was lifted to the pathetic key,
and his eyes at least seemed as II they were not,
In rLct, in good working orler. TO those unac-
customed to Uncle Joe's touching appeals, and
to those who have not seen him behind the
scenes. his remarks were touching. 1t reminded
one too forcby Of the report Of the investigating
committee OF last winter, and seemed TOO
much like. the second book OF Martyrs. Joe
was closely questioned by the Radical members,
and his remarks evidently taken with large
grains OF allowance. In answer to question,
he said he was told that there were twelve per-
sons who were killed, but he had not got their
Names He thought 1t was the duty OF the Gene
raj Assembly to sustain him, and all that he ask.
ed for himself was protection. He had been
promised that the law should be enforced, and
believed that Governor Scott had done all that he
could for him. iJoe seems to know that Scotts
influence in this Legislature Is pretty much as
strong as it was In the last, and doesn't want to
array himself against the Dr. He did not doubt
but that IL the whole Of the constabulary were
sent to Laurens they would be, every mothers son
OF them, murdered.
"Have you made q proper statement OF these
facts to the authorities" asked Davis, colored,
from Charleston.
eyes"
"what have they done '''
"Nothing,n answered Crews. There Is plan
on foot though, but 1t Is private. General Grant
said: have no cavalry that can send you.'"
Davis here got on the rampage, TOO, and e&-
claimed that the present state Of affairs Was
nothing new. 1t had continued from the m,arder
Of .:audolph. He wanted the Legislature to take
strend ous measures-to arm every School boy, II
necessary.
Crews then gave his versin., OF his trip to Wash
ington. in the midst of aich he was interrupted
by an anxious inQulrec who wished to know If
there was railroad running In the locality OF
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