The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-05
TEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
A GLANCE 1T TEE DOINGS OF FRI
D1Y And SATURDAY.
More Railroad Rascalities-The New
AppDrttonment-Insp OF Phos-
phntes-Trifing In the House-The
Governors Dilemma, &c.
[FRoa OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE

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There has been no business of any great i'm
portance in either House of the General As
sembly during the past two days. A consld
cradle number Of bills have been Introduce
In each, including one introduced in th
House this morning, which, as will be seen b.
the synopsis ofits provisions given below, !
revival In all its essential features of th
daring Blue Ridge Railroad scheme, whic
found so short shrlft and 30 speedy grav
In the Senate last week. Another measure In
:! troduced in the Senate to-day Is reported b.
some very shrewd observers to BE- bold devic
to get possession of the Spartanburg ant
Union Road, ostensibly for the protection oflh
State, but really for the benefit Of the same
Ring that has controlled the desinies of thu
Blue Ridge and Greenville Roads with suct
eminently satisfactory results 10 themselves
but with such disastrous consequences 10 the
people of the Stale.
There have also been. as matter of course
the usual wordy debates in both branches o.
the Assembly. In the Senate these have been
Leslie, the one buslly defending his own i'm
maculate puchritude and defylpg his tormen-
TOR, who, In turn, deals chiefly in innuendo,
side thrusts, and such light artillery, all oil
which keeps his bury antagonist In q perpet-
ual terment OF Indignation, and serves adml-
rabiy 20 beguile the otherwise weary hours 10
the Senate chamber. The battle was renewed
yesterday morning upon the consideration OF
Whittemores bill to provide for uniform sys-
| tenn OF school records, and lasted fer about an
4 hour, with considerable amount OF personal
| scurrllity on either side, ending In victory
| for Leslie by the indefinite postponement of
| the bill upon his motion. A large amount of
anta do k,,oIp o1o oad nf IN
action being taken, however, only upon the
two following bills, which were passed:
Bill to authorize the erection Of certain
bridge over the Wateree River.
Bill to provide for the redemption of certain
lands sold under order OF General Ed. r. 8.
Candy for taxes.
The following named trial Justices were con-
ty, A. NJ. Mackey, l.. 1. Woolf and George
Cannon; 0rangeburg County, G. G. Stevens
and A. B. Knowlton; Lexington County. A. r.
| Taylor.
This morning, the Senate committee on
county offices and officers reported unfavora-
bly, upon the bill TO regulate the appointment
| OF county officers and submitted substitute,
| which provides that the Governor may ap-
point dd interim, county officers during the
recess OF the Legislature, subject to the ap-
proval of the senator for the county for which
the appointment is made. This modest and
graceful proposition was received with favor
and will doubtless pass the Senate, but Its
favorable reception by the House, or Its ap-
proyal by the Governor, are far more proble-
maiical.
The Senate special committee, to whom was
referred the bill introduced some time ago by
Mr.. Cardozo to divide the Slate into five con-
gresslonal districts, reported this mornlng a
substitute for that bill which makes the fol-
lowing division:
First Dlstrlct-Georgetown, Williamsburg,
H srry, Marion, Marlboro Chesterfield, Oar.
lington and Clarendon Counties.
Second Dstrlct-Chareston Colleton, Or
angebnrg and Lexington Counties: .o
~, Laurens, Anderson -Plckans-and Oconee
3eunties.
Fourth Dlstrict-Sumter, Kershaw, Lancas-
ter, Chester. York, Union, Spartanburg and
Greenville Counties.
Fifth Dlstrlct-Beaufort, Barnwell, Aiken,
Edgefeld and Abbevlle Counties.
This apportlonment Is almost Identical with
that provided for In the scheme introduced In
the House few days ago by Mr.. Yocum, ths
Infamous design of which was clearly explain.
ed in the editorial columns Of TIE NEWS OF
the I'd instant.
MI. Whiltemore introduced q suspicious
looking concurrent resolution, which instrucls
the Governor 10 ascertain the liabilities of the
State on account of Its guarantee OF the Spar
tanburg and Union Railroad bonds, requires
him to send the State auditor to the sale OF the
railroad on Monday next, with instructions to
bid in the property on behalf of the State, pro-
vlded sufficient amount be net offered by
and authorizes the mptroler-general to
draw warrant for the payment Of the cash
| portion of the purchase money. This was de-
| Tended by Mr. Whittemore, who stated that
| the liabilities of the State on this account
were between six hundred thousand dollars
N "A
was adopted with the elislOn Of the last clause
authorizing the payment OF the money.
| Mr., Cardozo then moved 10 take up the re-
port Of the joint special financial lnvesll-
eating committee from the table, where 1t had
been quietly accumulatlng dust since the
early days of the session. He was in favor of
some action upon this important document.
He owned his allegiance u the Republican
party, but protested that he was for right be-
| fore Republicanism, and II the grave charges
| of fraud that had been made We're true, he
wanted to know II. He submitted that the
Republican party could not afford to remain
silent under such charges, and that the Senate
the committee, could not, with any decency,
| stultify Itself by refusing 10 consider their re
port.
Mr.. Maxwell objected. He could not see
| the use Of taking up this matter. He noticed
that Mr.. Leslie was on The floor all ready to
make speech, aud II they brought the re-
port up he might stay there and talk till next
October, and he thought 1t would simply lead
10 endless discussion and amount to nothing.
Mr.. Nash also opposed the taking up of the
report, and as nobody was found to favor 1t
the mollon vas quietly tabled, the vote OF the
author Of the famous report, assisting in this
| direction, and this will beyond all doubt be
the last to be heard, In the Senate at least, oi
this wonderful report.
The following acts were ratified In the pres,
ence of the Senate, by the presiding officers oi
both houses:
Act to approve, adopt and make of force
the General Statutes of the State of South
Carolina, prepared under the direction and by
| the authority of the General Assembly.
Act to incorporate the Town Of Chesterfield.
Act to renew the charter of the Pendleton
Male Academy.
Act to incorporate the Saxton Rifemen t1
Charleston.
Mr.. Holcombe gave notice of bill 10 char:
ter the Town Ct Minneola, Horny County,
Mr.. Smalls introduced a bill 10 provide fol
| the appointment of an inspector of phos.
pilates, which authorizes The Governor, im
mediately upon the passage of the act, TO ap
point suitable person as inspector Of phos.
| pilates and phosphate deposits, whose duty il
shall be to attend upon all mines or digging:
OF such phosphates and see that full and fall
return of each AMI every ton of phosphate:
thus dug or mined Is made according 10 law
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