The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-30
Senator Hayne. Well, let them be destroyed

| injoint assembly, then.
Senator Whittemore suggested that 1t Woult
| be wiser 10 await the report OF the specia
joint investigating committee. There nao peer
reports from the treasurer, from sell constl
tuted committees, and from this and thai
and the other source, but 1t would oe
more proper 10 walt till their own committee
! had reported. and un:I the message OF the
Governor had been digested. he, for one
did not understand what that message amount
ed to. The card referred to had doubles;
| been issued for purpose, and 1t had served
its purpose in deceiving both the people Of
New York and of this State.
Senator Hayne. So were the bonds printed
for purpose, and /, for one, am willing TO
defeat that purpose.
Senator Nash. Then let US have all the
bonds here, If we are going to burn them.
loan bonds now in New York, aud all the rest
of them. But what reason Is there to suppose,
if the card signed by General Dennis were is-
sued for q purpose, that the report OF his COM
mittee will not be prepared for apurpose also
The motion of Senator Hayne was lost, by
an adjournment until noon tomorrow, being
ordered on the motion Of Senator Rose.
In the lower house. after the roll-call, prayer
and the reference OF unfinished business. to
appropriate committees, notice Of the intro
duction OF the following bills was given:
By Mr. Perry-A bill to amend the CHARTER
of the Town of Pendeton.
By Mr.. Yocum-Bils to provide for the pun
ishment of embezzlement of money, and for
other purposes; TO prohibit certain officers
from being interested in certain contracts; to
prevent certain officers from dealing In Ger
tain securities or evidences Of Indebtedness:
to prevent ex.ertion In Office. end enforce
official duty.
BY Mr.. Jones-Bills to protect plantation
laborers who are restricted to payment in
DIM RI
charter of the Town of Georgetown; to ex-
empt tie County Of GEORGETOWN from the pay
ment of fees of county officers, and other per-
sons therrin mentioned.
These details being disposed of, and com.
mittee consisting of Messre. Whipper, Lang
and Smith started off In quest of the annual
message, the fuss Of the day commenced on
pointment of committee of niue, whose. duty
1t shall be to choose the number of solicitors,
clerkssGnd attaches to be employed In the GER
vice of the House; also to appoint mail car
rier-appointment from time TO time not TO
be made without the consent of the House.
The committee to define the duty and regu-
late the pay, and their action to be submitted
to the House for ratification; alse, TO have
power to appoint clerks, &C., to attend on spe-
cial committees; also, providing that no per-
son shall be paid for but one office, and none
to be paid unless appointed by the committee,
except the subordinates. elected by the House,
and the engrossirC clerks.
/ An amendment was offered and adopted
making the number of the committee thirty
one instead Of nine.
Mr. Byas objected. He wanted to know
why that house had not appointed q. commit
tee OF thirty.one last winter when It had been
urged, and when millions were being squan-
dered that mi hit have been prevented.
Mr.. Jones presumed the members knew
what was in store for them, and were pre-
pared for 1t. He had heard that In few days
The DER diem would be reduced from six dol
lars TO one dollar and q half, and the object OF
this resolution was only to guard against get
ting less amount Of pay by making perpet-
ual session on the excuse that, being deprived
of clerks, &C., the members had to do the
work themselves. He knew the speakers
judgment was good, and was willing to rely
upon 1t In this matter Of appointments, and no
also knew of some gentlemen who even
grudged the poor black men their 81 30 per
day for cleaning the spittoons.
Mr., Bowley knew something, too. He knew
of some committees who had appointed tVe
or six clerks, and pocketed the money them
selves. [Here Mr.. Byas INDUCED In an Inter
ruption, and the honorable gentleman from
Georgetown turned upon him with the retort
that he wanted to keep just such individuals
az the honorable gentleman from Orangeburg
from robbing the State. This was too much
for Mr.. Byas, aud he rose to question of privi-
lege, and demanded q retractiou from the
honorable gentleman from Georgetown. The
gentleman from Georgetown accordingly with.
drew the offensive remark, and this little in.
cipient row having thus been averted In Q
manner that would have rejoiced the benevo
lent old soul of even Mr.. Plckwick, Mr.. Bow
ley took his revenge on the House. and des.
canted at length on the bird Of freedom, econ
omy, retrenchnent and reform.l
This opened q flood-gate Of florld eloquence,
the opportunity being improved BY Messrs.
Jamlson, Kane, Hurley. Mobley, O'Connell, ct
al and the resolution finally passed by vote
of rs tot.
The Governors message was received but
not read. The death since the last session OF
Hon. Charles s. Kuh Was announced, and the
House at half.past one adjourned TILL noon TO-
morrow. PICKET.