The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-30
TIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Senator Sprague and the Water Works
The Furniture Bf1l-The Survey of
the State
rrnoM OUR owN CORRESPONDENT ]

COLUMBIA, November q.
In our statement OF the complexion of the
General Assembly, slight error crept In In re
gard to the Senate Hayne, from Marion, was
classed among the whites and omitted from the
list Of co!ored Radicals The list, as corrected
should tally nineteen white senators and eleven
colored Haynes name being only omitted from
the list OF Radicals leaves it as before-thlreen
white and eleven colored. BY omittlng the name
of Rainey, OF the Senate, who will resign the
complexion now is-twenty mine active senator's :
twenty white and nine colored; thirteen white
Radicals, ten colored. On joint ballot the Rad
icals have majority of nlnety.four, and the
blacks of fourteen. The above count Is exclusive
of the vote OF the speaker OF the House and the
| vote Of the president Of the Senate.
CAUTION.
The Columbia correspondent Of the Radical
| sheet OF your city must in future be careful Of
| the statements he makes. Making all due allow.
ance for his lack Of experience and acquaintance
with the affairs Of the State, we very much doubt
IL he can afford to put his reputa' ion fIr yeracity
to the test Of contraticting statements made by
those who are right ninety nine times to his once.
MIR. Davis. Of Charleston, at the Crews lovcfeast,
at the State House last Tuesday, said he was In
favor OF srmlng "every school boy in the State"
Why any one should deny 1t, 1t is hard to say, for
1t is matter of no moment. Mr. Correspondent
must remove the wax from his ears and try a
new pen.
Another ! tile 'matter-the speaker OF the House
wants the public to know that lie granted the
moor at once to Mr.. Wilkes, on that occasion.
Well. so he did, and what OF it? Mr.. Wilkes had
difficulty in obtaining the floor though, and 80 we
stated. 1t was the evident intention OF some Of
the members to choke him OF, and they were un-
successful.
1t really makes one feel as if he was getting
down to some one e,se's level, when he notices
these trivial things. Tie dearth OF n"ws is an
excuse for 1t, however.
COST OF FURNISHING THE sTATEHoUsE.
We are inclined to the opinion that when the
bill comes in for the furnishing of the satehouse,
the amount viii not be as large as contemplated
by some. Daddy Cain thinks 100000 will be the
figure. We estimate 1t at Slo,o 900. or coursea
bill Of s6o,oeO could much more easily go through
than one OF $40, ,06b for the same work If General
Dennis will give US fair bill, we will thank him,
and 1t will be feather In his hat. or the quality
OF the goods no one can complain, but when that
bill comes in for reading we viii see how much
we have paid for our whistle. Beside the large
and magnificent chandelier in the House, there is
another we understand, which has not been
brought out. 1t Is intended for the rotunda.
This reminds one very forclbly Of the two little
boys who were presenting their rival claims to
little girl. "My pas got cupoa on his house."
said one. "Oh, that's nothing said tic other, my
pas got mortgage on his, and two of them too"
Poor old South Carolina had better remove that
mortgage before completing the rotunda.
lust here let US call attention to the miserable
and shabby. manner In which The work on the
Statehouse has been done. We don't know how
much Mr.. Allen gets for his work, but we 10 know
that the State can afford to have the necessary
work done Suostanttallyif if not extravagantly. Mr..
Allen wants stirring upand If General Dennis can
not stir the animal up. some one else should do It,
The roof over the whole building will shed water
about as we'll as seine. The plaster work on the
interior has suffered severely, and away down on
the first floor, In the treasury and comptroler's
Office. the walls have the appearance OF sweating
out corruption at every pore. Dir. Allen drew his
pay with more than "striking regularity In
fact, he orerdrew 1t, and then during the cam
paign ceased WORK. All at once he strikes out
again, aud work Is being rushed through hastr
or course rome show OF work must be made ,.,n.
the General Assembly Is in session. T. ~ ssa,a -,
the entrance to the statehouse, ,thouxn tenn nora,
are disgraceful and dangerous.
cOMPLETIoN OF THE aeo,oa1oAt sn1pvry NJ
THE STATE.
This matter IS being TALKED OF nese The survey
made BY Oscar Lieber some years ago was In
complete. The mini ng and mineral interest ol
she State are assu'n ming etery day vast proper
lions. Foreign ca pitalists desire to deyeiopahe