The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-25
PROCEEDINGS OF TUESDAY.
A Detailed I,eport-rhe Defamatory
Publication Investigation.
rFRon QUE OWN CORRESPONDENT

IFRoM DUB OWN CORRESPONDENT
CoLUABIs, 8. c., January %.
Both houses of the Legislature got to work
with !commendable promptness to-day, and
disposed OF considerable amount Of business.
In the Senate there were no new bills intro.
duced, but considerable inroad was made
into the calendar business, and The following
measures were passed and sent to the House:
Bill to require the county commissioners OF
Barnwell County to construct jail ut Black
Vile, the county SCAT: Third reading.
Bill TO regulate the labor of persons confined
In the penilentiary of the State OF South Caro-
lima. Third reading.
Bill to authorize the construction OF pub
lie road from Binnaker's Bridge, via Honey
Ford, across the Big Saltkehatcnle. Third
reading.
Joint resolution authorizing the State treas. ls.
nrer to pay the salary f,d'e Of he late Judge fas'
Considerable debate was had upon the con-
current resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
Whlttemore that the Assembly adjourn s1ns
die on the 18th of February, but the sense OF
the Senate appeared to be that, on the whole,
the Assembly had outlyed Its usefulness, ana
the resolution was carried, and s'nt to the
House with single amendment, substituting
the 18th for the 18Th of February. resolu.
tjon was also carried to discharge all special
invpstigating committees, which resolution, II
concurTed In by the House. Will make very
short work OF the phosphate committee, Whlch
i was was 10 ~ 9sgn sge ov od ID
Charleston, with prospect oi sone JonS oiu
In the House the following bills and resolu-
tIons were introduced: ,-,
Levy, a bill to incorporate the Citizens
BuIidlDg and Loan Association, of Cnarleston,
with the following incorporators: VIM. =
Heriot Hu,son Lee, B. 8. Rhett, d. L. z.
Mccormick, w. B. Sleedmsn. VIM. Fair, L. L.
MoWey. F. a. Wilbur and Y. J. Tobias.
By Whipper, q resolution to lmpeacL r. 4.
Scott for high crimes and misdemeanors. Ihls
resolution, which would seem to Indicate that
the lmpeachers proposed to GO. "once more
unto the imminent and deadly breach" was
ordered for consideration tomorrow. when 1t
ia expected that General Whlpper, MIR. Bowen
and tpossibly) Byas may have something TO
say about IT,
By Hedges. a joint resolution to authorize
the land commissioner to execute titles 10 Ger
tain lands in Charleston County.
8y Jervey, resolution TO devote Tuesdays
and Fridays of each week to the considera-
ton Of private Incorporation bills:
By s. j. Lee, resolution dlscharging the
ioint special financial investigating commit
tee.
of notaries public.
The following notices Of bills were given
By Levy, bill 10 prohibit trial Justices
from praciicing In each others courts.
By Jeryey, bill to Incorporate the st. An
,drew's Rifle Corps of Charleston County.
By Barker, q bill to grant power 20 the Au.
gusia Canal Company TO bullo uam across
the Savannah River.
By Gather, bill to provide tor the better
protection of crops under ul'lVa!lon.
ColoHcl Yocum Introduced the folloWlug
resolution, from which 1t might appear that
he as well as some other members OF Inc
House desired to curlail the freedom Of ex'
preston which journalists are very apt 10 uss
In speaking of the proceedings OF this remark
able assembly, but the invesl1gat on proposed,
If 1t can be made thorough enough, Will Ger,
tainly reveal some curious transactions, AND
afford ample vlndlcatton for all the structures
of the press.
whereas. certain defamatory statements
have appeared In the columns OF the New
York SUN. Of December last, purpor Ing tc
emanate from the reguar correspondent O
shat Journal In Columois, who occupies sea
at the reporters table, corroborated snose
ouenily by an almost similar statement IRON
the Washington correspondent of The New
York Herald, az constituting The result OF al
interview with member oil this LsgiSlatu
which said statement, together with others
have been most extensively copied through
out the Union. and more generally oy I'M
press of South Carolina, IN which 1t wa
CQdrQ6O LldG uuuuc luuuCpSCo WIZ SA't'NJS
In certain proceedings upon the floor OF TIL
House, and ,.,-
Whereas, sald statements materially aztec
the speaker of this House aud Olher', and ar
calculated 10 prejudice The party interest
representing the majority OF this Legislature
therefore, be Ii
Resoived. That committee of three mem
bers of this House be appointed by the speak
er to inquire into the iacts connected with al
such allegations and report the same at tn
earliest possible moment; said committee Il
have power to send for persons and papers.
The committee appointed are Yocum, Jone
and G. D. HayLe.
suppose your readers have heard befor
this OF little affair occurring In the Slalehous
to day, in which Byas, OF OrangeburG, at
tempted to cowhide me-, hut which resute
in.trad in my shooting him, and will nc
tire them with reprtIlion OF II. 1t was u
extremely clumsy attempt 10 muzzle the press
hnt unf ,riunal.Iy for the man from Orange
burg The NEWS doesn't muzzle so easily.
s PICKET.
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