The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-11

will fail into the hands OF the State auditor.
Many and varied will be tue ways of winding
up the affairs Of the land commission; but It
has to be done some time, and better now
than never.
! AFFAIRS IN UNION.
! But little has been said in the Senate Ia re-
gard 10 the disturbances In the up-eountFys;
Mr.. Hayne to-day unsuccessfully endeavored
to star; discussion. and gave notice OF res
| oluticr authorizing the State auditor to levy q
tax OIL Union County for the support OF troops
while there. He said that this course was pro-
yided Sor by an act passed at the special ses-
sion. He did not favor the sending Of United
States troops there, because the people liked
to see them come for the, reason that they
made money out OF them. More discussion
will doubtless occur when the resolution Is In
| trnduced.
SUSPENSION OF PROCEEDINGS BY STATE AUDITOR
The Joint resolution authorizing the State
auditor to suspend proceedings In the cases of
| the State against certain railroads Of the State
| for non-payment of taxes, {they claiming that
their charters exempted them from such pay
ment,) came up to-day in the Senate, on the
favorable report of the finance committee, and
passed It's second reading. Mr.. Corbln stated
should pass, as by the tax law the auditor was
compelled to levy taxes each year and insti-
| tute new proceedings. There were cases now
before the United States Courts which when
decided would settle the whole matter.
ENFORCEMENT OF THE COLLECTION OF TAXES
There came up before the Senate, to-day, %
| iont resolution ordering the State auditor to
enforce the collection of State taxes. The re-
| port of the committee was unlavorabie, rs the
resolution itself amounts to nothing. Some
Etaik was had, however, as to the necessity Of
an efficient move in this direction. Mr.. Cor
| bin said that something must be done to COM
| pei county officers to properly execute their
duties. At least from $4,000 to 5000, 900 had
been lost to the State during the last year
through their neglect. The result is that the
collection Of taxes Is put of some three months
when no money can be collected. He thought
some penalty should be attached for neglect OF
duty.
Swais did not see the use OF such resolu-
ton as this. The law. as 1t now stood, (sec-
ton 142 ofthe tax law provided for penalty
fur remission of duty. The report OF the COM
mittee (lnfavorable) was adopted.
REPORT OF THE SINKING FUND COMMISSION.
The sinking fund commission have as yet
made no report OF their transactions for the
past year. A resolution was introduced to-day,
in the House, appointing o joint committee to
obtain one. The resolution was opposed by
Smith, O'Connell and Mobley, and its consider
alton postponed. Smith said the law already
provided for such report, and OConnell and
Mobley said similar resolution had already
passed the House. -
1NsTRuCrING THE MILITIA. :. I
The House seems TO have gotten into afeVer
these last few days: Lne aiialrs ID Union, ths
the chronic desire Of the House to spout, have
eliminated in discussions Of the affairs of the
State, ot the nation, and OF almost anything
Wild Byas to-day, introduced resolution
requesting the Governor to ask the President
OF The United StatestO send to South Carolina
drill-masters for the militia. AS the discus
sion of the resolution occupied by far the
larger portion Of the time o! the House, we
may be pardoned in giving it some space.
Among those who made themselves promt-
nent, and it may be notorious (Ior when the
cats away--and Scott was, you know-&c.,)
were Hurley and Jones, who
DENoUHcED TUE GOVERNOR,
In. good round terms The former made n
Witty, and. considering all things, sensible
speech. He thought that the Governor had
not done bis daty. He had appointed incom-
petent men to Office and he was to blame. :.
Byas, afflicted as usual with his "personal
explanations" &C., frequently interrupted
Hurley included Byas In the list of incompo-
tents, not by name, however, which brought
the latter to his feet ior the fOrty-eeyenth.
Time. He (Hurley) referred to him as 1.-THE;
gentleman who was interrupting him." Byas
denied being incompel ent, and Hurley asked
If he had referred to him. Byas said he was
the man who interrupted him. "Then," says
Hurley, 'syou ought to be ashamed of your
SELF" and that ''cOrked" Byas for o time.
Hurley continued his remarks on the Gov
ernOr, and said that the man whom they had
elected as Governor was ehristened "a.
TIE DoG.KILLER OF THE SEVENTEENTH ARMY
coRrs,
but that was not the man who was now Gov.
u., hoA
Harry in order that he might be reelected.
Hurley wanted the officers Of the militia
sustained. He wanted to see the first In
stance where the State had been benefited by
United States troops. The men who had COM
mitted outrages in the up.ccunty were just
such men as could be found In New York and
Boston to-day.
Whipper followed, and favored the sending
of three thousand militia from the seaboard to
the upper counties-tho5e who had seen &c
tual service. He did not favor special officers,
and thought that the gentleman who intro
duced Lhe resolution (Byas) sadly needed an
officer to instruct him, and he thought the
officer would have hard work to lead him TO
the front.
RESOURCES OF THE uP-CouSTRY.
Jones followed in. an incendiary speech,
stating that two thousand men, with Winches-
ters, could be put on horses at any moment In
Spartanburg County, which was as promptly
denied by Smith, the representative from hat
county, Jones grew poetical, and said thai
he would dig up the graves of the murdered
men, stand their bodies side by side, and ask
the Governor to view them-he wonld place
their widows beside them. and see what effect
that would have upon his EXcellency.'
The resolution was postponed until Friday,
when We mny look out for more hell-broth,.
coMaTTTEE OF TIE WHOLE.
The House met tonight at seven, as 10 conf
mTrtee OF the whole, TO consider the political
state of affairs in South Carolina. The same
old ground was gone over, Whipper aud
Jones, from Georgetown, taking the time and
making Irrational speeches. From the Ian
guage used, no one could fail to conclude that
they desired war of races. The committee
sat until very late hour and then adjourned.
NEW COMMITTEES.
The speaker to-day announced two new
standing committees That on religious and
charitable institutions has tor It's chairman
Mr.. Hacood, from Pickens. He also announc-
ed committee to wait on the Governor TO as
certain what steps he had taken TO check dis
turbunces In the up-country.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS.
This evenings trains brought to us what re-
mains of several prominent State officials after
their long sojourn North. Friend Crews, Gov
ernor Scott, the erratic Leslie, the terooious
Hubbard and the Governors brother-in-law,
Waterman, all came In. Colonel Childs and
host Of others, numbering some forty, also
arrived. They tell some thrilling tales of
their Potomac sinking scrape, but don't seem
ff,nx Ror