The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-12
fore, is not subject to taxation, the title to
said property having been acquired by the Fed

| Wnlcn Time Lle Waole VI tue rasisi " os'
Helena was sold by said tax commissioners
for delinquent taxes; and, whereas, the long:
er occupation of these lands by the Federal
Government will be serious and tnsurmount,
able obstacle to the prosperity OF the salo
County of Beaufort, inasmuch as no improve
ments or even repairs are being, or Will oe,
made thereon, consequently said property Is
RAPIDLY deterloratlng in value, many valuable
: houses having already fallen into ruins; and,
whereas, q bill, prepared by the commissioner
OF internal revenue, who now controls SAID
property, Is before the Congress OF the United
States, which provides for the speedy sale OF
ali the interests of the Federal Government In
Beaufort County, therefore,
ReSolved, &C., That our senators IN Con-
gress be instructed, and our representatives re-
auested, to use theE immediate and most
earnest endeavors TO secure the passage OF
said bill, or such other legislation as viii re-
lleve thu JillZens Of this county from this In
cubus upon their prosperity.
The Senate then proceeded industriously
with its calendar of unfinished business, and
with the following results:
/ A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to
provide for the construction and repair of
public highways" was passed and sent to the
j House. The amendment proposes to include
In the class of persons liable to road duty
those between the ages of sixteen and fifty
instead of those between the ages of eighteen
| and forty-fve, as the law now stands.
/ A bill to alter and ameLG an act entitled
can act to charter the Town OF Hamburg =
already passed the House, received Its third
reading and passage by the Senate, and now
awaits the Governors approval.
a bill to amend an act entitled san act pro-
viding for the general elections and the man
ner Of conducting the same, was also passed
| bill, which provides for the Immediate count
Ing and declaration of the vote at the closing
of the polls, but does not proylde for the ap-
pointment Of members of the opposition party
| on theboards Of managers and commission
ers. 1t may be remembered that the Senate,
some time ago, passed a bill which provided
| for both of these much-needed reforms, but
which received an unfavorable report from the
election committee of the House, and Will
probably not pass that body, and Mr.. White
more has advocated his present bill on the
ground that If both of these reforms cannot
be effected, it is best to try at least to accom-
plish one cf them.
Whittemore's bill to repeal an act entitled
,sAn act to authorize the financial agent OF the
state of South Carolina, In the City of New
York, to pledge State bonds as collateral &C.
curIty, and for other purposes" and the joint
resolution, by the same author, to provide tor
the registering OF all bonds and stocks Of the.
State Of South Carolina, were passed and sent
to the House, but the adoption of either Of
them by the House Is exceedingly problemati-
cal for the reasons, first, that this genlleman's
propositions never do happen to strike the
United Brethren favorably; and second, that
these measures are to large extent antago-
nistic to the financial scheme introduced 10 the
House by the financial officers of the State,
and mentioned in this correspondence yester-
day.
The joint resolution that the Hon. W. II.
Thomas, Judge OF the Sixth judicial Circuit,
be allowed Compensation for holding extra
courts, was also passed and senC to the House,
after which the Senate adjourned to Monday.
The lower house accomplished =but very
little business, almost the entire session being
occupied with debate upon the resolution to
pay two thousand dollars TO MIR. G. Werner, OF
Charleston. who designed and executed the
Palmetto Tree, In honor Of the members OF
the Palmetto Regiment who fell in the war
with Mexico, which stands In the Statehouse
yard. The resolution was sustained by Messrs.
Smart and Levy, both of whom are veterans
of the Mexican war, and Messrs. Yocum,
Hayne, Byas, Hurley and Moses, as measure
of Justice to The brave men who composed the
Palmetto Regiment, and who laid down their
lives in defence of the honor o. their country.
The only member opposing the resolution was
Jamison, Of OraDgeburg, who, with his ac-
customed captiousness, objected to the ex-
penditure Of the comparatively trivial amount
named, and maintained that there was no
reason why Legislature composed largely of
colored men should pass the resolution. Mr.
Speaker Moses made an admirable and effec-
tive speech in support of the measure. Re.
ferrlng to the argument that had been raised,
that colored men should not vote for 1t,
any emulation in the matter, the colored mem
bers were the very ones who ought most
especially to favor 1t. The war of Mexico had,
to be sure, given the slave State of Texas to
the Union, but it had also given the free States
Of Arizona, New Mexico and California. with
A. IL lQUinh
wealth of gold and precious minerals; States
without whose approval the ratification VI the
Thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments would not have been secured. For
these considerations he submitted that the
oolored people owed special debt OF gratitude
to the heroes OF the Mexican war; patIng
aside, however, this irrelevant and Incidental
question of race, he declared that every work
Of art and every leaf of history that does honor
to the State should be priced and cherished.
Many nations had no lasting history beyond
their monuments. France; lately changed
from monarchieal to q republican country,
still chung to her monuments as inseparaole
equally those which were erected before or
since the second empire, and the' State of
South Carolina should not suffer one
link of seulptured history to pass. away.
This and the other monuments IN the
thew record whatever there is OF grandeur
and devotion to conscientious convictions IN
those who have shaped the sestinies OF the
Commonwealth, whose citizens had ever re-
sponded with alacrity 10 the tocsn OF war
and marched to battle for the system OF tate
government under which they lived as brave
" as any men on earth. He favored the reso.
luton for the other reason that 1t would tend
TO show that they were legislatlng not for
Democrats, nor for Republicans, but for the
honor and good name of South Carolina, per-
iectIng monument which would exist when
they had passed away. The monument re-
f1ected no dishoH0r on the present govern
ment, and the palmetto tree would never take
one lot or title from the broad and just princl-
pies on which that government was based.
They were Legislators, pledged to do their
duty to the whole people. He did not desire
to take one iota of honor from any class of
people in the State, and he exhorted them, in
conclusion, to do their duty by their State, to
cherish all her works of art, all her produc..
tlons of genius, and all her monuments of
noble deeds This ended the debate on the
resolution, which was passed with only two
dissenting votes.
There was no other business OF Importance
transacted by the House, and, following the
| example of the Senate, that body adjourned
until next Monday. PICKET.
! THE SMALLPOX.