The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-09
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rraox OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE

[FRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
COLUMBIA, December 7.
In the Senate IN Friday the first occurrence
of public Interest was the receipt of a com.
munication from Congressman A. ]. Ransier
relative 10 the condition of the inmates OF The
Colored Orphan Asylum at Charleston. A
| concurrent resolution was introduced q few
| days 2 In the House directing an Inquiry
into the reported neglect OF these State bene-
| H~clarles, and 1t was this action which prompt.
ed the letter from the Congressman elect,
| who is one of the trustees of the institution.
| The letter is as follows:
CHARLESTON. December 6, 1879.
To the Honorable the Senate and House Of
Representatives. &C.:
GENTLEMEN-I observe that the condition
| of the State Orphan Asylum at Charleston has
/ attracted the attention Of yonr honorable
| bodies. ASS member of the board of trustees
| permit me to state that the board have sub-
mitted their annual report for The year ending
| October 81, 1872, which report his Excellency
| the Governor will OF course transmit In due
time TO your honorable bodies. I
The report shows the deplorable condition
of the institute, owing to the Inability OF the
board to obtain from the Stale treasurer the
appropriation OF the past whloh was
sis, 900, of which amoun something like SILL
600 liz now due, whilat the institution ls In
debt about $40, 900, with Its credit 30 much.
impaired that members Of the board have
found 1t necessary to give their Individual
notes to obtain food for ths one hundred and
| City furnishing children within Its doors. This
| statement is due to the board as q matter OF
| simple jnttice to them, and 1t Is hoped that
Il rNnr hnnnrphta hNdioQ IInhn tho rpnnnti0n nj
the report referred to, through his Excellency
| the Governor, will In some way come to the
| rescue Of the board, and save from positive
| want and threatened starvation the helpless
| little ones whom We have taken upon the
bounty OF the State, and who are loudly cry
ing 10 us for help.
Senator Hope, Conservative, Lexington,
presented a portion Of the presentment Of the
grand jury OF Lexington County, which re-
commends the erection of q new Jail at Lex
ington County, and asks q State appropriation
therefor.
Senator Hollinshead, of Abbevllle, present
| ed q similar document from Abbevllle County,
calling attention to various disbursements by
the county commissioners, which are alleged
to be exortltant and unauthorized, and
which have caused a deficiency which will
amount, after the incoming taxes shall have
been exhausted, to about twenty thousand
dollars. Both of these p~resentments were re.
ferred to the Judiciary committee, which, 1t is
to be hoped, will not prove the grave of these
serious charges.
Senator Jervey, colored, Charleston, gave
notice of a bill to amend an act to vest In the
Charleston Land Company the charter OF q
ferry from Charleston to the Wando River.
Senator Lee, colored, Chester, gave notice
of a bill to repeal an act giving a lien on the
crop for advances for agricultural purposes.
Senator Hayne, colored, Aiken, gave noti.
ces of bills to Incorporate the Aiken Real Els.
tate and Building Association and TO define
the number of trial justices for Aiken
County.
Senator Hollinshead, Abbeville, gave notice
of a joint resolution to authorize an additional
tax of two mills on tbs dollar In Abbeville
County, presumably to provide for the conse-
quences of the wastefuluess and extravaganza
of the Abbevllle county commissioners as
above reported.
Senator Dunn, Horny, gave notice of a bill
to aid aud encourage manufacturers and In.
ternal improvements In this State.
Senator White, colored, York, gave notice
of a bill to repeal section IL of chapter lO3 OF
an act to provide for the revision and consoli-
dation of the statute laws of the State Of South
| Carolina.
Senator Duncan, Conservative, Spartan
burg, gave notice of q bill to repeal section %
of an act 10 amend an act to establish and
maintain a system Of free common schools,
and SO much Of section 81 of the same act as re-
lates to the raising of an additional tax by the
| vote OF school districts.
Senator Nash, colored, Richland, gave notice
| of a bill to establish a State orphan asylum, to
be located at Columbia.
Senator Jonee, colored, Georgetown, intro.
| duced a bill 10 provide for the payment of the
past due Indebtedness of Georgetown County,
which provides for the levy and collection
| of a tax of two mills on the dollar 10 addition
to all other State and county taxes until the
sum of ten thousand dollars shall be raised,
which shall then be applied to the extiDguish'
ment of the debt of the county.
Senator Whlttemore, Darlington, introduced
a bill In relation to the service OF the lega
process, which provides that the service O.
all summons, &C., and all legal process issu
Ing In the Courts of Common Pleas and
Courts of Probate shall be made by the sher
Ifs of the counties In which service thereof IL
made. He also introduced a bill to designate
the officers by whom court sales shall be made