The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-22
PROCEEDINGS or TUESDAY.
A Dull Day and a Stormy Subject
Lands for the Landless-The Spartan
burg and Port Royal Railroad-An
Ambitious Scheme.

] A Dull Day ana d SLOrmy SuOJect-
Lands for the Landless-The Spartan
burg and Port Royal Railroad-An
Ambitious Scheme.
FRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
COLUMBIA, S. c., February 20.
The superior attractions of another mena.
gerle have again proved too strong tor the
General Assembly, and that delectable body
has had but slim attendance to-day. The
convention, charged with the wonderful task
of selecting bakers dozen of the flltest per-
sons to misrepresent this State in the city of
brotherly love next June, has monopolized
the attention of the members of the Legisa-
ture and the .Jaaneurs of the capital to such an
extent that both houses have for once foregone
their accustomed oratory. put through their
business with the bells on, and adjourned at a
reasonable hour. The session Of the Senate
was as humdrum and dec0rous an affair as
could be wished. The only thing to relieve
of the investigation as to the removal of the
granite and other building material from the
Statehouse yard. This subject appears to be
an old standby Of the Reformers In the Senate,
and when business is dull the subject comes
up. The facts appear to be that under the
authority of some elastic resolution which
the Legislature last winter passed one
next day, q large quantity OF valuable cut
granite, marble, &C., intended tor the COM
pletion Of the Statehouse, is now being
Knocked to pieces by convict and other labor
and carted of to private purchasers, the pro-
ceeds being supposed to 60 to that mysterious
r~or, ,xrIhn mr.
the sinking fund. All this has very naturally
aroused the suspicious Of The viglant reform
| ers, and has led to number of inVestiga-
| tions, each of which has resulted In the assur-
ance that everything was all right, or, If not,
| that 1t would be made all right, and there the
| matter has rested. 1t is periodically revived,
| however, and last Saturday Messrs. Corbin
and Whittemore brought up the matter in the
Senate, and secured the passage of resolu-
| tIon requiring the attorney-general to look
| into the matter, and see II legal steps could
not be taken to prevent the continuance OF
| the little scheme OF plunder. This elected
| the following paclhcatory reply. which was
this morning read In the Senate:
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,
COLUMBIA, 8. c., February IS, 1872.
To the President Of the Senate
SRI have the honor TO acknowledge the
| receipt OF copy of resolution adopted by
| the Senate on the l7th instant, requesting me
L
| the blocks OF granite from the Statehouse
ward. I have the honor now to reply that i'm
| nediately upon receipt of your resolution
called upon his Excellency the Governor, who
at once, and In my presence, Issued orders for
/ bidding any further removal OF the said gran
ite. have no doubt, therefore, that The OBJ
| ject aimed at by the Senate has been accom-
plished. It is proper that should add that
the Governor considers that authority has
| been conferred 10 sell the granite which Is
now in process of removal.
Very respectfully, your o6edient servant
| ID. II. CHAMBERLAIN,
| Attorney General.
This appeared to be eminently satisfactory
with the addition OF the following concurrent
resolution as q clincher:
ResoIved, That on and after the passage of
| this resolution no more granite or marble or
any other building material shall be removed
| from the Statehouse yard.
/ After this Mr.. SmalIs introduced "bill to
provide for the sale of lands purchased by the
| land commission of the State OF South Caroli-
/ na.n The bill empowers the county auditors In
all counties in which lands have been Pul chased
/ by the land commission 10 g. IL and transfer all
such lands, and 10 execute warranty titles for
| the same, and requires them to advertise for
| sale all such lands in tracts OF from twenty
1 FIVE to fifty acres at one dollar per acre; act.
ual settlers 10 have the privilege Of purchss-
| ing the tracts upon which they have located,
\ the purchasers In all cases to pay the expen'
ses of locating, papers, stamps, recording, &c.
This, with The proceedings already tele'
graphed, completed the business ol tns oay gym 10
to allow of the participation by its memDersln
the State Convention.
In the House the proceedings were also briel
and unimportaut. DR.. Barker introduced
bill to create new county out OF portion ol
Edgeheld to be known as Saluda County. This
(tIt hi
| attacked the proposition on general prlncl
plesH4nd declared that If Edgeheld were 10 be
sliced up much more its name should be
changed to "a territory ior the creation o
new counties for The benefit OF aspiring poll
tlcians."
DR.. Bosemon introduced bill TO incorpor
ate the Fireman's Union OF Charleston, winch
bell, P. 8. Attel, b. B. Pickenpack, A. b.
Mitchell, N. s. Robinson, Daniel s. Brown
and few other colored flremen as incorpOra-
tors, and conters upon them the usual rights
and privileges Of chartered companies,
The committee on privileges and electlons
reported unfavoratly, as was expected, upon
both the Senate bills to secure reform IN The
present manner of conducting general elec
lions; and the committee on railroads re
ported in favor of the ambitious little
scheme known as the bill to incorporate
the Spartanburg and Port Royal Railr0aC
company. This bill names as lncorporatOrE
w. j. Wblpper, R. Smals, James n. Baxter
]. J. Patterson, James N. HGyne, b. G. Cor
win, H. G. Worthington, G.. Cannon, B. A
Bosemon, W. Il. Jones, H. w. Duncan, J. S
Mobley, D. B. Duncan, Timothy Hurley, Wm
Munro, R. NJ. Smith, 8. j. Lee, J. 81; EVins, j
B. Jeter, L. WOfford and W. j. Wilkins, anc
their associates and successors, authorizes lht
construction of railroad from Spartanburg K
Port Royal, and Is said to be pet device o
the ring that has recently obtained possession
OF the opartanburg and Union road.
PICKET.
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