The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-26

notorious CQuI LQOSe VIII ndSo VIC nuoo. ~ --''.~
or no work whatever. Every influential mem.
her has a certain number of these sinecures at
his disposal, and distributes them around to
his proteges with as much looseness as II IL
was his own money he was spending. Ii Tue
clerks of the General Assembly, male ana
female, bows and old men, black anu tan,
lame. halt and blind, were strung OUT IN TOW,
they would make the most Interesting signI
Imaginable. a large portion OF the $3.50, ,oUU
appropriation has been spent IN these SIX a3,u uol
lar per diems, the clerks drawing pay always
from the first day of the session, even II ap'
pointed on the last.
Wnen the House resolution preventing the
holding OF one clerkship by more than one per
son came up In the Senate, yesterday, lt was
opposed by a few, in an uneasy way, out unan.
inousiy passed. Some way, OF course, VIII DC
found to get around 1t.
NEW SOURCE OF REVENUE.
Much after the fashion OF the fees collected
by the acknowledgements, which net MIN a
fair income outside Of his salary, We are TO nave
q bill providing for ices for the enrolmenC OF
acts; the money, however, in this case, is TO
20 TO the State. The parties in whose lnterest
fhe bills are passed are required to pay fees as
follows: Banks, whose capital Is not over
5000, 900. a fee of 5000; capital not over s400,
600 s4OO fee; capital $780, 600, $500 fee; ,00o,-
600 and over, fee of $1,000. Savings lnstltu-
tions, sl00 each; manufacturing companies,
&c, $500; railroad, canal, express, phosphate,
insurance and lumber companies, Sl00; local
express, ferries, markets, &C., $50. In eacn OF
the above cases where the incorporation
extends for a longer period than twenty
dollars ia to be paid for every act erecting
Il new county, and for every act Of divorce, on
the application of the husband, sl0O; when the
application is on the part OF the wife, $50. the
money Is to be paid into the State treasury
for the use of the State, and by the adoption
of the bill the revenue Of the State will be very
materially increased.
SENATORIAL ELECTION IN ABBEvILLE.
The president OF the Senate, Lieut. enant
Governor Ransier, has ordered an election In
Abbeville County TO take place on the l6tn OF
of February, the returns to be made at the
next session of the Senate. We learn that
Captain Jerry Hollingshead has been nomlna-
ted by the Radicals. He made himself famous
some time since by the capture OF Tolbert. He
Is conservative man, and quite an improve
ment on the senator whose place ne Is to NIL.
WRIT OF HABEAs CORPUS SUSPENDED.
Mr.. T. Fl. Davis, from Charleston, is desrous
to make compromise on the martial law
bill. He introduced, on Thursday last, as a
preliminary measure, bill declaring the
Counties OF Union, Laurens and Spartanburg,
In stale of insurrection. Yesterday lie lol-
lowed 1t up by introducing bill declaring the
writ of ha6eas corpus suspended IN those @
counties The bill also vests the calling OF the
Legislature on the speaker of the House or
president of the Senate during the recess, or
by majority OF the members Of The Leglsla.
tllre. The writ is to remain suspended until
the close of the session of the Legislature.
1t is not the intention OF Mr.. Davis to entire
ly suspend the writ of habeds corpus; BY the
provisions OF the bill, the writ will only De sus-
pended in cases of murder. assault and bat
terry with intent to Kill, and any crime commlt- m :
ted when in mask. 1t is supposed that this
bill will be taken up and adopted by the House,
instead Of Whipper's bill declaring martial
law. It certainly will not pass the Senate.
THAT COSTLY FURNISHING.
Mr.. Levy, of Charleston, introduced the fol-
lowing resolution which he intends to press to
q vote:
Whereas, It is matter OF general report
that heavy expenditure has been incurred 1n
fitting up the House of Representatives ana
committee rooms attached thereto IN the new
State Capitol. and entalling an enormous :s- ex.
pense upon the people of this State In their
.,resent Impoverished condition; and, whereas,
it should be the duty OF this General Assembly,
in performing their obligations to their con-
stituents, to economlZe and retrench all un-
necessary expenditures; therefore be 1t
Resolved, That the committee on contingent
accounts, to whom the various bills for the
above stated purpose have been referred, look
carefully into the matter, report without delay
10 this House, and show by what or whose
authority this lavish expenditure has been III
Cured, the disposition, Of said furniture. as
temized by the various bills, and where depos-
ted, If any in excess Of that in rooms above
named.
Be it further resolved, That in consequence, OF
this attempt to coerce the State through Its
Legislature in approving these enormous ex-
pe6ses,, that the supervisor, Of reft1lng ,1 the
hall and rooms above named be required, un-
der oath, to strictly account to this committee
for any and all the furniture heretofore used
In the House OF Representatives, and now re-
placed by the present e1traTaSant and shame
ful outlay OF money.
Be it further resolved, That as the various
counties here represented are each and all oy
lirect taxation expected to furnish their pro-
portion in liquidation Of this debt, that COM
nittee Of one from each county delegation be
appointed by the speaker, to Investigate and
'eport upon this uncaled for and unnecessary
Expense.