The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-02

owners to keep In repair their mill dams or
bridges thereon was taken up, and motion made
to strike out the enacting clause. On this motion
Morrison, colored, said substantially Mr.. Speak
er. Wees been scussing dis question some time,
an, il lie mill dams aint Wort d-n, well den
d-m me If I see de use OF any longer scussng dc
d-m subject, and move to lay de whole matter
on de table. The Speaker called him to order for
using profane language and he began to apollo
gze, when the Speaker put the motion and twas
adopted.
RELIGION.
On the above subject Speaker F. ]. Moses will
deliver lecture next Thursday night for the ben
eft OF the African Methodist Episcopal Church OF
this place. There will, doubtless, be large
audience. 1t has been suggested, with view OF
giving all of Columbia's citizens an opportunity
of hearing the Speaker that he repeat his lecture
week after next, in Janney's Hall, and that he
have scenic accessories. First scene Moses In
the burushes; second, Aid-de.camp Moses cling
ing amid political revolution to the desk on
which he wrote Governor Pickens' order to fire on
Fort Sumter; third, chameleon Moses 'unuer TWO
nags,n with appropriate mottoesby ouida; fourth,
ambitious Moses clinging to the dizzy heights OF
fame the highest pinnacle surmounted with
cap (which, If it Gt he will weary bearing the in
scrption, "Lleutenant-Govefhor OF South Caro-
lina;" fifth, disappointed Moses tumbling head
long from the heights he essaEed to climb into the
gulf OF political and social oblivion With these
scenes, and the doubtless novel way the Speaker
will have OF handling his subject, the lecture will
be entertaining, If not beneficial.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
Tomorrow, If nothing prevent, there will be an
election for associate justice for the Supreme
Court, for an uneSpircd term, and for the term Of
six years, commencing on the 3oth OF July next.
If man desired to bet upon the election he
would be in q state OF uncertainty as for which
Of the two candidates, Whipper or Wright, 1t
would be best to clay his money down." The
friends OF each ore confident OF success, yet Whip
per's friends appear to be more earnest workers.
They have started report that Wright is tile
leader OF "Thlrdn political party In the State.
colored man who is engaged upon some work
about the Capitol. and has some influence, was
told that he could secure five dollars more per
day by exerting that influence to secure the votes
OF the Edge1ed members for Whlpper. Last Sat
urtay the Forty Thieves organization of the
House were in open revolt against Whlpper. but
tunty OF looking at Congressional appropriations,
these rebels have doubtless ere this been con-
ciliated.
NIGHT SESSIONS.
In the Hoase. to-day Elliott, from the Commit
tee on Rules, to whom was referred resolution
provlding for the holding OF evening sessions OF
the House, reported back the same, accompanied
by substitute, providing that from and after
Wednesday, 2d OF February, 1870, night sessions
be held on Monday, Wednesday and Friday even
ings of each week, commencing at p. NJ, and
ending pleasure, for the purpose OF considering
the Code at which session no other business but
the Code shall be considered. The report was
adopted.
RATIFICATION OF ACTS.
The Speaker OF the House Of Representatives
attended In the Senate to-day, when the following
acts and Joint resolutions were duly ratified: An
act to incorporate the Charleston Loan Company;
to incorporate the Winnsboro' Baptist Church, OF
Fairfield County; to emend the charter OF the
Georgetown Railroad Company, and the several
acts ameniatory OF the same; to grant and give
consent Of the Legislature OF this State to the con-
| vcyance to the United States OF the lot OF land
situate on Richardson anu Laurel streets, in the
CITY of Columbia, hereinafter described, for the
purpose OF a postonlce and courthouse, or for
other purposes, and to cede to the United
States Jurisdiction therein; to authorize the
Governor to remove county auditors, trea-
surers and other officers by him appointed; to
vest in Toney Stafford the charter of ferry from
Dil's Bluff on James Island, to the City of Charles
ton; to incorporate the IIeston Fire Engine Com.
pany, OF Georgetown, South Carolina; joint rcso-
luton to authorize the State Treasurer to issue
renewal Of six per cent. State stock to the en-
ecutur Of the estate of Maria Brisbane, or to his
legal representatives; to extend the time in which
the claims of teachers for services rendered dur
Ing the year commencing October 81, 1867 shall
be presented for payment; authorizing the treas
urer to advance SIX thousand dollars per month
to the superintendent OF the Pcntentiary Of South
Carolina.
| STRAY ITEMS.
There was no meeting OF the new board OF re-
gents OF the Lunatic Asylum Saturday night,
consequently there was no election for superln-
tendent.
Lafayette Woolf, one Of the lesser lights Of
Charleston Radicalism. has been taken into the
Radical sheeprod here; II anybody suffers, 1t will
be the wor not the elambs, In this instance. L.