The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-14
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o. (PROM, OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
COLUMBIA, December IL.
The hobby of the Senate, as Nash calls 1t
financial investigatton-is still being ridden
to death. Some old adage about "beggars on
horseback" occurs to me. here; but as we all
have the most profound respect for Messrs.
whltemore, Leslie, Bowen, Dennis, Hurley
ct al, of course will not introduce 1t. To the
Joint special Investigating committee, whose
title Is as long drawn out as its labors, is new
added Bowen's House committee of five,
created last Saturday, and both are hard at
work every day, aud calling for persons and
papers at terrible rate. In the meantime.
more bonds are being issued under the very
elastic laws of last winter-there Is no doubt
about that; and the necessity of such action Is
plauslbly explained by the State officials as
follows: They say that the financial dis
closures (how;s, they term them,) Of, the Con-
servative press have SO nearly destroyed the
credit of the State, that Its bonds can be
bought for song; that the present Is there
fore a good time TO secretly buy and retire
them for the benefit of the State. and that, for
that purpose, 1t is necessary to raise actual
money to send to New York and elsewhere
for the purchase of bonds. Of course 1t Is
necessary 10 keep this scheme as secret as
the grave, In order TO insure Its success. The
majority OF the members oil the Legislature
are densely ignorant of 1t. Enough of the
scheme was explained at the Governors
champagne ambuscade the other night TO
prevent any effective opposition to 1t In either
house; but the bulls OF the Assembly were not
allowed 10 get very far into the Governors
china shop The full knowledge of the scheme
Is confined to the members OF the Scott Ring,
the Reform leaders in both houses, Financial
Agent Kimpton, the officers OF TWO banks In
Columbia, your humble correspondent, and q
very few others, and the intention Of the con-
spiratoIs is now, and will be nnil they read
this revelation, te keep the thing quiet until
no more money can be raised In that way, and
then bring forward the wonderful report Of
"Ingersoll" Dennls's committee, which re-
porf, as now drawn, contains rather full ex-
planation Of this device. In the meantime, q
very pretty farce Is playing In the Assembly.
In the House. Bowen Is mildly bowling fog
reform, and Jones, Mobley, Byas, Jamison
and the other fellows of that ilk, are talking
at random for the same reason as
is explained by DR.. Watts as causing
the little dissension Of dogs. In the Senate
the members are talking against time by gen.
eral consent, with good deal of Incidental
throwing Of mud between Leslie and! White
more for the very obvious purpose OF throwing
sand in The eyes of the people. The comedy
ally. however In the House there Is always
an abundance OF stable yard wit and the Sen
ate is not without Its little Jokes. One of them
was perpetrated by one OF the Communists,
this morning, in The statement 1--WE don't
know nothing, officially" This remark, amend.
ed by cutting off Its last word and straighten-
Ing out Its grammar, would, Of course, be
L. ,nt,a tpl-a
perpetrated to-day by another member, on The
same side OF the Senate, In making some dec
claralion or ether ''upon his honor as sena-
tor" -.
The actual business transacted by the Senate
to-day was very small. The following bills
were referred to the Judiciary committee:
Bill 10y Mr.. Whittemorel 10 amend an act
entitled "An act to revise, simplify and abridge
the rules, practice, Headings and forms OF the
courts Of this State"
Bill (by Mr.. Hollinshead) to repeal an act
entitled San act to establish the Charleston
Charitable Association Of The Stale oil South
Carolina, fer the benefit Of the Free School
Fund" approved March 8, 1871.
The bill 10y the committee on fnance) to
amend an act entitled IAN act TO regulate the
manner of keeping and dsbnrsing funds by
certain officers" was made the special Order
for tomorrow afternoon, and Whlltemore's
the comptroller. general to commence legal
proceedings to secure books, accounts. vonch-
ers and papers OF financial agency OF the Stale
OF South Carolina, over which the Senate have
been haggling since last Thursday. was finally
adopted, but will doubtless be killed In the
House.
In the House there was some business of
considerable importance. and some that would
seem to Indicate that another champagne sup-
per at the Executive mansion would be rpQuir-
ed 10 fix things" with some OF the dusky and
rural legislators. The following notices and
resolutions were introduced:
BY Wilkes, notice OF bill TO further provide
for the administration of derelict e, tates.
BY Cain. notice of bill to repeal the act au-
thorzpg the employment of u Stale constabl-
larry force.
BY Kennedy, resolution declaring vacant the
seat OF J. Banks Lyle. Sparlanburg.
By Smart, notice Of bill 10 invest clerks of
courts with The duties heretofore performed
by comm ssloners In equity.
By Adamsop, notice Ot q bill to amend an act
relating 10 the duties and jurisdiction OF county
commissioners.
By CorWin, joint resolution authorizing a
special tax In Newberry Of two mills on the
dollar Ito pay county indebtedness.)
By Gary, resolution requiring the committee
of Investigation into the affairs of the land
commission to make report by Monday, the
18th inst.
By Thompson, notice of bill to authorize
the erection of new courthouse in Richland
County.
By Frost, bill to confer upon trial Justices
cerlain civil Jurisdiction.
By White, a bill to prohibit the superlnten-
dent of the Penllentiary from hiring out con-
vlcts confined therein.
Another bill was also introduced by White
TO provide Tor the payment ol pensions to the
widows and orphans of persons skilled by the
ruthless hands OF an organization known az