Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-29

reIGsi.t, - 80, 49, sis---' t'
the Eoli sing taro'eSi
Asa ,neatt4c si,c hl:.l an-,l'-'
of tie ,1.,asF :rois-, ii7 -
conn. s..t ---.i-it3
soid sca,i.i5sy,.6i} .Shis BIZ, Cn rs sro 1Ac
that section two' OF SalQ DIE LII -
and requires the State treasurer to dcliy-
cr to the President of the Blue Ridge
Railroad Company certificates OF inGebs-
c(lneSl 10 the amount CT eighteen nun
dred thousand dollars. as u condition
prete0 ,nt of tho surrender by said conf
pany of the balancn nj tie fur :hil...:
of bonds issued under the PROVISIONS q
the act OF September 18th, 1868. saic
eighteen hundred thousand dollars beng
largely in excess OF the amount require"
10 paw the indebtedness OK the ROAD, i"i
which the State is now liable, ah.i WhicH
was reported 10 the c3lnnittce Dy ti''
president OF said rUad to be NOE more
Than eight hundred and twenty--tnii:
thousand dollars. also give notice tli;''
I shall ut ms leisure make i minority
report on the bill.
Corbin made Il long aud powerful speech
I'm opposition tc the bill. II Was ~ :a
the ablcst speech made in the Senate tii.*
session. He called it 4 scheme to swii.-
die the State out OF its interest III III
Blue Ridge Railroad, and to swindil ~
State out of two millions besides. ne
showed that the bill so,tyht To oa!iaoIVetn,
company from its two hundred tiiousa:!''
dollars of indebtedness 10 ;nc Sti-e, AL
to swindle the State umt vi eighteen hui'
dred thousand dollars ln',i: III lnoiicy.
Leslie. Arnim and Wnittcmcrc' >:~ii'
in fnyor Of the bill, aud Cardozo an'. Nash
against it.
An amendment by Duvall ID strike OF.
the a. words "eiyht hundred ,housan,!
after the words lone million, wills los;
fy eight yeas TO twenty mays. The b!'-
vas finally ordered to its third rcgcili
by TWENTY-FIVE yeas tn SIX nays. Ihor'
who voted nay were: Holcombe, Wilson,
Duyall. Corbir, Cardoao and Mort"nm-
ery. Bieinan, Democrat &ad Nash vo-
ted aye. -,
It is rumored that Governor scott viii
veto the bill, but ia that event it is likely
TO pass over the veto. Tho refcnde bono
-crip authorized in the bill Is alrcau.s
printed, and in the hands OF Paiters"l.
showing the contidensa OF the King IL
the ultimate success nj the sAilflne.
The House passed Jeryey's electl"n
bill. Tine metropolitan police bill Wa
not taken up.
The House met in night session at scv-
q, o'clock. and resolved itself into coin-
mittee of the whole, and invited Comp
troller Seagle to mako III address.
Neaclc. to whom need hardly a;ty the
;nvitofion was 10 surprise, igade lonG
snae,h. He estimated the expenses -
f,e curreut wear Il; follows: Ordinary
a-nanses. $3.50. 900; interest Tor the cur
rsnt wear, S7i8, ,G0D; legislative OK pcilsc
St0O. .00O; printing, s3'D. .V9; dctciriI',,.
aiOOO0o; total, 2,46> 500. I'M; "o,iio
require a State tax ot ii!te.h hhii>. III
arGrega, tax of t;ic las our e'i ~
tWenty., -rht auCr .:,ie-hair.lni:!S. beiii.
an ove-.r., of seyc.! and one si%tceDti
mills per aluu,n. Aodrns 9!seeii nili;a
the ayc1 .ate OF tic iiSe year. ~o!tld u,
forty-th .ee and one-haii mills, pr ;in aN-
eraTe OF uiSi. a::d :wG-liiirds mills Pc!
nnnum. The taxable proFe.ty ni ~
State. he sad, is one hunure't :i:id eighty
three million dollars, ~ whicii eisiitec'
milIicn dollars is exempted, leaving one
hundred and sixty iiys million dollar
The I,egi stature should lsTe levied la'
ger taxes in former years: No%. hc:ai';
the time had come when the trouD:c mus
he met. The Legislature had authorized
large expenditures, and but small taxes,
leaving the State officers no optIor :'u' o
issue bonds on poor credit.
Bowen Sayagely attacNeu NeaSie .
sneech. They were asked. he said, to
Spte an exorbitant, and unprecedented
tar lew 10 pay debt of which nobody
knew the amount. He warned members
that if they voted this tax, it would not
ha safe tor them to appear before thci-
constituents. The issne of the next cam
naion. he believed, wouldnot be between
Rann blicans ana Dem ocrats. but between.
honesty and rascality; and he predicted
that the rascals would inevitably be
h,irled from power by sp OUTRAGED pen-
pie.
The business in the General Assembly
IN saturday was .unimpprtant. In the
senate long debate Wax held over Car
Jozo,s proposal q ,Dco,.-,;iu'ione'sioend-
,nent to allow of cumulative voting,
which was finally lost by the decisive
yota of two to eighteen.
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ew Rev. Jonas Byrd a stauneh ca'aF- H'-
ed citizen OF C.it!t-es'.-., :, - Il ~ e''''
mn IN. szfi int,