The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-14
THE NEW REGIME.
The Personnel of the General Assembly
NUMBER VI.
rzEK1E1. rEn1rER. AND OTHERS.


Philip E. Ezekiel is mulatto, and represents
Beaufort County. He seldom spoke and has
no influence. John H. Feriter is white man,
a native Of South Carolina, and represents
Sumter County. at the beginning of the last
session he was very moderate, but this did not
satisfy his political friends, and the party whip
was cracked over his head, resulting in his
being brought up to the desired political bit
terness. He Is revenue assessor, also coun-
| ty commissioner of Sumter unity. Simon
Farr, mulatto, and representative of Union
County, may be very properly termed use
less member. VIM. H. H. Gray is an old black
man, and represents Charleston County-by
voting as DeLarge, Elliott & Co. desire him to
| do. John Gardner is black man, represents
Edgefeld County, and Tor all the good he does
his constituents, might as we'll stay al home.
L. P. Gufin is white man, represents
Abbeville County, Of which he is also county
commissioner. He has no influence. John G.
Grant is white man, and represents Chester
field County, 4Esop GooGson is mulatto, and
representative OF Richland County. The
delegation Of this county is under the control
of Scott, Parker, Neagle e. Co., and Esop
votes as he is told. Eben Hayes is an old un-
cleanly white man. He represents Marion
County. He is known as the Patriarch Of
the House,. The Marion Star sis informed,
and has good reason to believe that poor old
Eben Hayes, for the last twenty or thirty years
pretended minister Of the Gospel" sold his
vote on the Phosphate bill for the pitifill sum
OF one hundred and twenty-five dollars Hayes
believes in permanent session of the Leg!s-
lature. Charles D. and James NJ Hayne are
two ignorant colored men, and representa-
tives of Barnwell County. The former is post
master at at Aiken.
HUMPHREYS, HENDERSON ANB OTHERS.
Barney Humphries is black man who rep
resents Chester County by sitting in his seat
during The session, and regularly drawing his
per diem. GxHolliman is white man, and
representative of Darlington County. James
H-tson is a black man, representative Of
Newberry County, and like Hoffman may be
put upon the unservlceable list. James Hen
derson is q mulatto man, aud represents New
berry, County, but he lives in Columbia, fearing,
as stated, to go home, as the courts are wait
ing to take cognizance of several offences
which he is charged with committing. David
Harris is mulatto, a clergyman by profession,
and representative Of Edgefeld County.
He and John B. Hyde, q white man, repre-
senting Greenville County, are useless men,
bers. Joseph II. jerks, street inspector Of
this city, and representative of Charleston
| County, Is native of the North, and was an
officer in the United States army during the
late war. He was frequently absent during
the last session, but, when present, his vote
was always recorded against the corrupt mea-
sures OF the party. 1t is believed that the de-
feat Of the Charleston Extension bill was In
great measure due to his efforts D. J. J.
Johnson, representative Of Chesterfield Coun-
ty, is black man. He seldom spoke. Henry
Johnson, Samuel Johnson and Griffin Johnson,
representatives respectively of the counties Of
Fairfield, Charleston and Laurcns, are all
colored men, with no influence whatever
B. F. JACKSON
Is q native OF the North, q white man, a clergy
man, surveyor by profession, and represen-
advocate Of the workingmen in his speeches,
which, however, resulted in nothing that
could be of service to them or to any one else.
At the beginning of the session he had some
influence, but none towards the close; then,
in fact, he was looked upon even Dy the ne
groes as an object Of contempt. The loss Of
this influence may be attributable to his action
partly, but mainly to DeLarges exposure In
the House. During the session two of the
Sisters of our Lady of Mercy were in Columbia
seeking signatures to petition to Congress
for an appropriationj0 rebuild their orphan
house in this city, which was destroyed
during the bombardment. The Senate
passed resolution requesting Congress
to grant the appropriation. When the resolu-
ton came into the House it was referred to
committee Of which Jackson was chairman.
He did not report as soon as was desirable,
and resolution was passed instructing him
to do so. When the day appointed for the re-
port to he madc arrived, DeLarge stated that
he and Jackson had been 10 conversation with
the Sisters relative TO the resolution, and that
Jackson had been rude to them. asserting that
they were not entitled to the appropriation, and
that Methodisin was the only true religion,
&c. Jackson denied the truth of DeLarGe's
statements, whereupon DeLarge asked Jack
son if he had not stated what had been related
by him, (De L. and receiving negative an
swer, exclaimed, ''Great God, Annanias still
lives" Jackson wited uniler this, and had
nothing further to say, and since then he has
been known as "Annanias Jackson"
JACOBS, JAMES, M'KINLAY AND OTHERS.
Henry Jacobs Is black man, and represents
Fairfield County. As u legislator, his services
could be dispensed with. Burrel James, q
mulatto, and representative of Sumter County,
spoke frequently, was profuse in scrptural
quotations, and had some influence. Henry
James, a mulatto, and representative Of
Charleston County, was good for one vote.
when duly instructed how to dispose of it, W.
R. Jervay, another one of the representatives
Of Charleston County, is colorcd man, and
though little better qualified for the duties of
legislation than many of his colored asso-
less of them. His forte, US he thought, was in
making amendments. After mixing up him
self and the bill or resolution lie was en-
deavoring to amend, lie sat down. leav-
ing the matter to be rearranged by some
one else j. H. Jones is an ignorant