Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-01-26
wALuAI1A, CAROLINA, FRIDAY JANUARY &C. 1872

w w "SiihSCoH, Wncro Che DOCKS OF WillHrdB
Hotel would show him as registered with a
notorious woman from Philadelphia, aud to
New York, and expose his visits to No. l12
West 26th street, house that had become
so notorious through his patronage that it
was known as the Palmetto House.
This brought dozen more Of the Govern.
or's Hessians 70 their feet with all sorts of
interruptions. The speaker repeated his for.
mcr ruling, and Byas appealed from the deoi.
sl"n OF the chair. The House, however, sus
tanned the speaker by seventy two to twelve,
and Bowen resumed. He said he could tell
about another woman in New York--Pauline
Markham he believed her name was-to
whom the Governor had given diamonds
worth seven hundred and fifty dollars, but
Pauline said it wasn't enough
Mr.. Bowen continued with these exposures
at some LENGTH tho members sitting with their
brogans elevated on Ingersoll Denniss furni.
tnre, smoking their pipes and cigars. and
drinking in the salacious details of these rev.
el"tIons withappurent cagcrDess, until at five
o'clock the House adjourned till noou to.
morrow, when the fight will be resumed with
Byas on the floor.
COLUMBIA, January IA new plan for
tho adjustment of the difficulties connected
with the State debt is to be tried Mr.. Wesley
OF New York, in bchalfof the Union Trust
Company, and Colonel l.. d. Childs, the Pre-
sident of the Carolina National Bank of Co.
lumbia, had long interview yesterday with
| Governor Scott, aud submitted the following
propositions, with view to the arrangement
OF the debt, and the acceptance Of the finan.
ciIl agency of the State BY the Union Trust
Company: 10 compound the entire debt of
South Carolina, by calling in al the existing
bonds of whntever class, and issuing in ex
change fnr them new bonds, ut tho rate Of
fifty cents on the d1lar; the Union Trust
Company to guarantee tho fulfllunent OF the
contract; the same company to advance the
money necessary to redeem the bonds now
hypn,hecatcd aud to Charge only lcgrl inter.
| est therefor; to settle the indebtedness of the
State to Financial Agent Kimpton, nnd to
advance the money for The pay,ncnt of the
Jnuuary interest. Governor Scott gave his
assent to the schcuc, and Mr. Wesley return
ed this morning. to New Ynrk. to draft the
necessary legislation and perfect the details
Of tho arrangement @'as4 esSt+t
At a caucus Of the Charleston delegation
ia the General Assembly held last night.
the proposed lIendricks's Metropolitan police
! bill was considered, nnd upon Il vote hcing
| taken, the whole delegation, with the excep.
tion of single member, voted against the in
famous measure.
The House to day passed the hill to incor.
| sorate the Grand Council of the Independent
Order of United Brethren Of Spnth Carolina
Whipper and Jones spoke on the Govern
or's special message
Moses made speech defending himself
from charges made in the jnint financial com
mittee's report, after which the report was
laid on the table, yeas sixty three, nays eigh.
teen
COLUMBIA, January 18.-At1 p. NJ, the
hour for the meeting of the Joint Assembly,
for the purpose Of electing the Circuit Judg.
cs and an Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court, arrived. The Senate was received in
the hal of the House. Lieutenant Governor
ltanser took the Chair and announced that
the first election would be for an Associate
Justice.
Mr. Johnson, of Sumter, after few eulo.
his nominee, nominated Judge Willard for
reelection
Byas, of Orangcburg; seconded the nomi-
nation, but said no did so, not because he
thonght Judge Willard altogether qualified,
bo1 pCoauSo io tuOuSuG HID Gu6 OeSG man
that could be obtained. In answer to an in.
quiry of Beverly Nash as to what was the
nature of his objection to Judge Willard, he
said that Judge Willard had made discrimi.
nation in favor of white men. Nash wanted
to know what kind of discrimination the
gentlcman referred to !; for, if it was 80.
cial discrimination, as he presumed to be
the case, it was matter with which the
General Assembly had no concern. Byas did
not reply ,, I'LL. rs
juno Mobly arose and stated that he wish.
ed to nominate ono of South Cardinals most
distinguished and ablest citizens, the Hon.
Benjamin Byas, of Orangeburg. This created
a general laugh, and Byas Indignantly declin.
ed the nomination.
Jamison nominated S. j.. Hoge, but his
name was afterwards withdrawn in favor of
Judge Willard. u
A ballot was then taken, aud resulted as
follows: Whole number votes cast, l30; for
Judge Willard, 1913; scattering, Z.
The Assembly then went into the election
of Judge of the First circuit u raI,s,5 sf'.g
Jamison nominated Hon. r. Il. Graham.
There was no other nomination, and Judge
Graham was unanimously elected. Tie
announcement of the result was received
With considerable olappiug Of hands and ap
plause. ila-aa ~ t''s 2a uaG3 III
For the Second Circuit, Hayne, Of BArn.
we'll, presented the hame Of J9J. hIaher.-
The nomination was seconded by Jones, of
! Williamsburg. The latter gontleman spoke
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