Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-11-20

dues to the State, arising from the sale Of
lands under the provisions of the land
Q c,nmiss.oner for the present year.
The favorable report of the committee
an finance on bill to make an appropria-
ton 20 pay t!leclaima Of the South Caru-
lima Bank and Trust Company against
the State of South Carolina, caused de-
bate, and several attempts were made to
postpone the consideration OF the same,
aud make it tho special order for some
given day. The general ides prevailed
that if the claims were just they should
be paid, but some of the senators desired
more time to look over the report Post
poned until Monday night, the 10th.
The House WAS wranglins over the hill
t, reduce tho volume of the public d. bt
the forty per cent. bill--nearly all the
time it was in session, commencing pref
ty early in the morning session and c:'ri-
tinuing until halt. past ten atnight. Judg
ing the temper of the House by the talk
in;lu,ged in ard by the voting, the bill
will doubtless pass.
There was very important md siSni
ticant amendment made TO section OF
the bill by Mr.. Meetze CONSERVATIVE, OF
Lexington. It declares that the conver
sion bonds having been issued without
authority of law, be declared absolutely
null and void, and also that no tax shall
ever be levied to pay interest upon any
o:her bon,ls than those enumerated III
the bill. Bowley, Minort, and one or
two Others are opposing the bill because
they wish To get the omnibus measure
through, but tho great majority of the
House sruln decidedly in favor OF its pas
s,ye. The vote for the amendment oi
Mr.. Mcetzs was S5 to II.
'.Qui Vive." under date Of the 18th,
says:
The most spicy piece of legislation or
political gossip about tho Statehouse JUST
NV in the threatened duello between
Timothy Hurley and the chief Justice Of
tae State and Judge Willard. The Judges
have seen myself, and a POI ton ofwhlch
have read, demanding a retraction of
the charges made by him Hurley in the
caucus last Friday night, and which was
that 1t was currently reported and be
lieved. or perhaps he stated it positively,
that Judge Moses had received s25,00O
and Judge Willard $4,000 The judges,
T believe, demand either an uncondition-
al retractioA OF the language used or q
production of the evidence upon which
It was based. Maj. Gen. r. 3. Elliott
black and Brig. Gen. Robert Smails
(;,rowii) are acting as the friends OF the
Judges in the apprehendcd ditflcuity;
rim Hurley has not engaged second
yet. He saws that there is an evident
com binatiun between the militia and the
judiciary power of the State to oppres>
IN honest, law abiding and taxpayine
citizen, and he will call on all good peo-
ple to act as his friends. He declares,
moreover, that with a view to comply
with tho request that he should produce
the evidence, he intends to publish in
few days a card in the dailies Of Charles
,on. New York and Columbia, calling
upon any and everybody who ever knew
OF heard of the Supreme Court acting
corruptly to come forward and say 80.
On Friday, the 14th, the House made a
rush and finished all the business in
hand. The forty per cent. scaling bill
was put through its second reading with
some amendments, all in the right di
rection. The bills requiring chartered
money institutions of deposit to publish
quarterly statements, and to repeal an
act to provide for the issue of $4,000 in
bills receivable TO pay the State debt,
passed their second reading.
The bill to declare that Bills of the
Bank of the State issued subsequent to
December goth, 1860, we're in aid of the
rebellion, was postponed until the regu-
lar session.
A fArge number OF bills were reported
by the committees. The following were
passed: Bills to al.er the General Stat
utes relating to county treasurers paying
money to State treasurer; to renew the
charter of Sand Bar Ferry; Mackey's =
bill to prevent officers holding over after
their successors have been duly elected
and qualified; also, a bill to make pro-
vision for the payment Of certificates and
bills payable, held by Phineas F. Prazee,
amounting to nineteen thousand dollars.
If the treasurer should not have the
funds to pay the warrants they are to be
received for taxes; and thus the ball rolls
on.
Another scaling bill was introduced by
Prince Rivers. 1t proposes to fund the
old bonds and the new bonds and stock,
except the fraudulent conversion bonds.
at fifty per centum, and to issue certit-
Gates of Indebtedness in lieu of the pay
certificates, bills payable, &c. issued un-
der the resolution of March II, 1872, and
the warrants of the Governor drawn un-
der authority of the act Of February 8.
1869, at the rate of twenty-five per cent.
of their face value. The certificates OF
Indebtedness to be receivable for all tax
es due the State. The other features are
the same as the two preceding bills.
The committee of ways and means re
ported the bill to raise supplies for the
fiscal year commencing November lst'
1873. The aggregate is sixteen mills
seven for general State purposes, four for
deficiencies OF last year, two for public
schools, and three for county purposes
The bill makes it a felony for any State
officer to collect any tax other than that
named in the BILL. There is nothing said
about the interest on the public debt.
The tax is to be paid in gold, silver, Uni
ted States currency, national bank notes,
or bills receivable. There is no mention
of the certificates Of indebtedness or bills
Of the Bank of the State.
The House adjourned until Z P. NJ,
Monday.
In the Senate, Jervey introduced a bill
TO repudiate the s45o.Oo of the bonds il
legally issued under the act Of August
Is, 1858. The concurrent resolution rela-
a.. l.. aot.korl l;,~ ro1y corff Fl na{oa and