The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-21

for each days absence through sickness, &c:
4 no parL Of crop to be sold or disposed OF Until
division is made; In case Of any dissatisfaction
as to the division of the crop, trial justice
shall be called in as arbitrator, and be paid five
dollars per day for such service. ANY p'anter
violating this law TO be fined not less than s25.
or more than 500, or be imprisoned Tor lhilty
days.
L Logan gave notice Of bill to legalize GER
| tain marriages, and Bowen gave notice OF a
bill TO stop the payment of interest On the
public debt.
A curious sort of resolution was then intro
duced by Boston, to the effect that no further
action in relation to the finances OF the State
| be taken up by the House until the report OF
| the Joint special investigating committee be
received, and suspension of the rules was re-
| ouested for its immediate consideration. This,
| however, by no means suited The temper Oh
the members, who were reserving themselves
| for various and tremendous financial eforts,
and after q few explosions from M0eley, bow
en-, Henderson aud Byas, the motion 10 sus-
pend was rejected 9y nearly unanimous
vote.
There was some further picket firing pre-
liminary 10 the general engagement provoked
by q resolution offered by Mobley, that the in-
vrstiga' ing committee having failed TO make
thei: rrport, if that report be hot presented
TO the Hou.e before the 20ih instant they be
deemed guilty of contempt. and their seals
declared vacant This unfortunate PROPOSE
tion was roughly handled. First, the speaker
reminded the House that such acton on their
part would be wholly imperative any way,
and the resolution was successvely amended
by motions from Yocum, Hurley and Dennis,
until it read as 1.-THE joint high OLD speclai
iuye. tiga'ing committee" rafting DEBATE
ensued between Hurley, Singleton, Jonss,
Dennis. Critienden and a dozen others. Inc
In nod fhnmSplEpS
terrible condition OF Indignation, and dc-
nounced the committee in unmeasured terms.
They declared that they would not be lid
den any longer BY half dozen carpel-oaS-
gers from God knew where; that this negro
Legislature would bear the Stigma oil ftlllng IN
its duty In the present crisis throuSa lns en-,
cauery cf few white members; that the
committee had gone to New York and SOLD
out for $4,000 apiece and a theatre ticket, and
that H. II. Kimpton had paid sl5, 900 10 c!oss
the mouths OF the c)lnmittee. The resolution
was finally amended so as 10 apply only 10
the House members OF the committee. and 10
REQUIRE from them such Information as Is in
their possession, on the 10th Instant, under
penalty of expulsion. and In that shape 1t was
adopted by a vote ofeighly.three 10 eight.
In The meantime three O'Clock drew nigh,
and the consideration OF all the special orders
of the day had been suspended 6y the House
in their eagerness to follow The financial tra'l
o'clock ByaS moved 10 suspend oil TURNER ou-
siness before the House and lake up the reso.
lulion 10 impeach the Governor. Myers moved
to postpone till January 18th, and variety OF
oiher dilatory motions were made, out they
were all lost. The resolution was taken up,
and Mr.. Bo ven was accorded the fGor. BOZ.
said that he intended, before he rot through,
to have the testimony taken before tns COM
mltlee 10 INQUIRE into. the over-s ue OF State
bonds read 10 the HOUSE, and he thought the
House would then see It's Way clearly to the
adoption OF the pending resolution. He de-
sired also to make some remarks concerning
that testimony. The treasurer had les.ilied
under oath that there had been s., 50O, 0OO OIL
bonds sold, and that there were s3.tUo,coo III
the hands OF the financial agent. That was
the sum ami sub stance OF his testimony. They
had asked him 10 bring his papers, aud lhs
statement was oil he had seen fit TO BRING.
He had stalled In the Governors message that
he had had the opinion oil the attorney gene
rdl 10 support him in these issues oi bonds;
but If 80, why had he not brought mat opinion
of the Encouragement In writing 10 tne no
lice OF the committee? (Mler'. Why not i'm
peach the altorney-general and the whole
financial board p B cause II is better 10 put
them ON trial one by one, as In convict nS one
yuu will obtain testimony that will be III value
In bringing the others 10 Justice. he mad nn-
de, stood that there were some VINO wanted 10
maze the treasurer The scaptsoat feT inc Gov
erpor; but hiI del was that it would be better
10 IMP ach The Governor first. Here Myers
again interrupted. asking whether crrtaln
PROPOSITIONS had not recently been made
10 the treasurer looking 10 compromise,
and certain threats Of Impeachment maze III
case the propositions were rejected. 10 WHICH
Bowen eYcitedly replied that no such PROPOSE
tlons had been made by him, and he dened Inc
member to prove that they had. He conlln'
u.d that they might harp atont this pro-
posed action being the ruin of the Repuoli-
can party, but he submitted that II TO uItaitn
fraud we're to sound the death-knell OF The
Republican party, it were better that 1t be de-
stroyed. His cOnsli uenls were tired oil being
lob Jed to support In luxury men IN lhls CITY.
now rcllipg iu golden equlpages. II the Ht-
publican party did not come to their ass 81
anc.. they wond have to take care of them
selves by finding new party affiliations. he
did not ask for o conviction, unless The ACTS
Produced should be such as to warrant
that conclusion. If the parties charged
tn fraud could prove their inuo-
cence, let them do go, and 1t would be oct
ter for the country If they coll'd. he
informed the House that Governor Sc0tC nau
admitted to him, while both were IN NEW Iolk
last summer, that Parker anu h'mplon were
then using and operating upon s220O OOo OF
fraudulent bonds; and further, that they had
q lid to him (ScLt) that 1t was more Than ne
dared to do TO expose them; that they Knew
how much Of the money thus irauduleutiy ob.
tanned had f uund lis way iutJ his pockets, and
that he dare not make The trans &c ions public.
He (Bowep) had thereupon begged The joint
special iuyes isatiug committee 10 90 into
court and begin legal pr. ceedinSs 10 compel
Parker and Kimpton tU dlsgorge. and Parker
and Kimplon had gone so Lar as 10 say lilat
The committee dare not trouble them. ana lnat
they coud put the members Of That com
miltee In Ludlow street jail II They were
so disposed. Within the last three days
the treasurer had said to many members ol
The Legi. lature, that they had had too much
of Ills money 10 dare 10 open their mouths
against them. He also knew, he said, OF ole
recent instance In Columbia in which Coaos 10
the extent If $3.50 0C0 had been Pledged to
,cure private loan IF slOO, 600. These bonns
had been afterward sold at Al GEMS on The do!-
Lar, but The parties pedgirg them had not
even had the decency 10 return 10 the Treas
ury tue difference between that rdle and The
rate at which they were taken FRI IN the Treas
ury, tut had divided the prl cceds between
three men. Mr.. Bowen went ON 10 say thut
he did not expect a vole unGn the qnes ion OF
at that time, and did not wantil.
He la understood that the ruling of the clair
would be that twO-thIds of all the members
elected 10 the House would be required to
pass the resolutions, and he did Eot prop ,se
to submit 10 snap judgment by having The
vote taken when Cniy ghty or ninety mem
bers were present. The HoLsh, however, had
the right 10 send alter It's members aud re-
ouire their attendance. Every man who was
absent from his seat wonld count one against