Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-01-19
From Columbia.

SSbC"oJhD OuuuuTy o. l1Otn houses OF
the General Assembly succeeded this morn.
ing IN getting u quorom. There was. a per
feet dnugc OF bills. which had been concoot.
ed during the hoidny recess, introduced in
each branch. A message was received from
Governor Scott, ANNOUNCING that he l,ad siaa.
ed the following bills. nt,G r,tr q
town. 5 !aau .1. 19FC3aib -
TO renew the charter Of Strawberry Ferry.
To readjust the boundary between South
Carolina and Georgia
10 validate the action Of tho Qconee Coun.
~ commissioners ia the matter of tho jail.
TO incorporate tho Aountaineer Fire En-.
eine Company Of WalhaIla, and 70 amend
section 270 Ut tho Gods of Procedure. BIC III,
The Governor also announced his veto Of
tho bill to repeal the joint resolution author.
izing the Governor to empluy an arned force
tor the preservation nf tho pence on tho
ground that the exigency which required tho
passage of the joint resulution may ut any
inc recur.
The special message in reply to Bowen's
onslaught will be sent in t, morrow
In tho Senate. Arnin,. Introduced a reso.
luton to provIdeo f'r the nppnint,nent Of an.
other joint tinnnsial Investigating committee
to sit in Columbia four u,nutl,s also a bill
to divide tho State into Eve Congressional
districts. ~
Cutd'zo proposed on amendment tn tho
constitution pr"v;diug f"r the eleu,ion of tile
Genrr"I Assembly ty cumulative voting
Bicnan intr,"iuctd hill to extend the
time i"r paying taxts until Mnroh L.
The Senate theu went into executive sas.
sion Tor the consideration of nominations,
Several appuntmrnt Of trial Justices were
confirmed. 'nculding that Ut NJ. Uau!fiud fur
Charleston County. .a.
ln the House, Bowen introduced bill to
create crininnl court for Charleston Coun.
ty, with jurisdiction very similar to tl,at
now exercised by tho Court Of General Ses,
siuns
III the Uuitel Suites Court to-day Mr.
Ficklin applied tur writ of huLcas corpus
in the eases Of h. II. Mitchell and j. j.
Grirr. in order that the questions involved
may he carried bef,,re the Supreme Court of
the United States for adjudication. Judge
Bryan reserved his decision
COLUMBIA, January 8 The Governor
sent in Special Message tn both Houses this
morning, containing reply to the charges
contnined in the report of the Investigating
Committcc. lio denies the clargcs Of the
fraudulent issue of bonds, and says, "in my
case. tho foremost Of my assnilnnts Bnwen
aud Whittcmore, ure well knwn tu the Grimm.
al records of the country. and seek under the
garb of impeuchers, to hide the brand uf con.
victs." H..
In the House, upon the reading of the
Message, Bowen and Hurley arose to oncs
tion of privilege, md pitched into the Gov
ernor without mercy No other business OF
importance wns transacted in either House
.he Nlessnge ard report will be taken up on
Thursday III tho Senate aud on Monday in
the House. uia.N at Nst
COLUMBIA, January 1l.-This has been
dull day in both houses.
The Scnnte sustained the veto Of the net
to charter tho Northwestern Rnilroud Com.
pany.
The House passed the resolution declaring
vacant the seat Of Mr.. j. Banks Lyle, the
representative from Spartanhurg, who Is ub.
sent without lenve; sisn, Il hill to amend an
act to establish and mint lin system of
free common schools. The joint resolution
to appoint committee to Investigate nnl re.
portnpon the returns made to the State by
the phosphnie companies, was cbncurred in
The bill to Incorporate the Charleston Ln,n
- w.
introduced Il Till to Incorporate the Peoples
Savings Institution Of CharIcston. .h' .h'h
The Metrnpaltnn poIice bill will be intro.
duced to uu'rr'w by Joues. ifp,5,i ar al III
Judge Brypn. 70 day, denied the petitions
FIR n,writ OF habeas corpus in the eases Of
Robert Hayes Mitchell and j. Jeffnrson
1rier. These cnses will now 20 to the Uni.
ted Suites Supreme Court
THE S0UTH CAROLINA CoNaREssIoNAL
C"NTEsTANTs,- ~ The Washington. .correspon
dent Of the New York Ur,uM writes to that
Journal as follows concerning the Boweh.De
large contest ,lioSa ,m6 III 2a S'a6
/ Mr. D.wes believes TINT G. g Bowen il III.
eligitle for tho seat III tho House OF Rppre.
srntatives, from which le il enie,..vori6y! Z,
'oust Roberto. DeI.afae, tile cnhIorcd member
from Snuth Cnr,ii,n. on the ground that lie
hns accepted nud exe,c cisph the functiDns ,of il
neuher oftha Stnta Legislature. . pnsition
lie is mt likely to surrender while Ills eI,a,,.
cca for the higher place are 8" doubtful NJ 1T
prcsent. The lively fi,icy Of Mr.. Dawes
pictnrcaa siwnltantnus "ca)l Of the House,
i, Washingts.a and tt,aIuHhia.i MIA tile arrest