Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-02-06

are now unsatiShed, Tor services rendered
to the State in the arrest, prosecution and
conviction of many persons described in
said proclamation:
And whereas such claims are highly
meritotious, having arisen in the enforce
ment Of law and order, and the good
! faith of this State demand their full and
prompt payment; therefore.
I. SECTION /, Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives Of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same, That the sum of
thirty-five thousand dollars, or so much
thereof as. may be necessary, is hereby
appropriated for the payment of claims
arising under the terms of said procla-
| nation,
Sec. 2. The said claims shall, before
payment, be submitted to and filed with
the Governor, whose duty it shall be to
examine said claims, and determine
whether they are properly embraced
within the terms of the said proclama-
ton; ard If he shall determine that the
said claims, or any of them, are valid
claims, under the terms Of the said pro-
clamation, it shall be his duty to draw
his warrant upon the State Treasurer, in
favor of said claimants, for the amounts
to which they may be severally entitled.
which warrants shall respectively specify
the case in which payment is made, and
shall be countcrsigned by the ComptrOl
ler-General, and be paid by the State
Treasurer out Of tho funds hereby ap-
propriated and the State Treasurer shall
make a Special report to the General
Assembly ut its next session OF the
amounts paid, and to whom paid, under
this Act
Now the question is who is to get this
nice plum out of the vaults of the State
Treasury. Surely not the officers uld
soldiers Of the United States Army, be
cause one would suppose that the honor
of the "cloth' would prevent them from
claiming the reward for what to a true
S,ldier must have been very disagreeu-
BILE duty. The numerous Assistant Dis
trict Attorneys and Deputy Matsllals
who have been engaged in the business
have, as is well-known, already bleu
Uncle Sans Treasury very freely for
their services in catching Eu-Klux, and
there is, therefore, considerable curiosity
manifested to know who is to get the
$4,000. Rnmor says that the largest
morcel of it will find its way into certain
official pockets. We shall see.
Of course it will take good figure to
pass the Bill through the Legislature. II
the parties who are pulling IL. wires ex-
pect TO get the job done for nothing and
to ride into the Treasury on the shoulders
of the Ku-Klux spectre. they are yet to
awake to the fact that they are making a
mistake. There il too strong and genu-
inc smell of "blood" abont the Bill for
it to pass without being subjected to lhe
usual bleeding process.
Senator White, of York, introduced q
Bill to incorporate the Yorkville Manu-.
featuring Company. 1t grants fran
chise to Jas. F. Hart, T NJ. Dobson. l..
NJ. Grist, and Geo. r. Ratchford, to es-
tablish a mandatory for spinning and
manufacturing cotton and wooden fabrics,
at such locality in York County us said
corporators may select, with a capital
stOck of $500, 900, in shares of SlOO each
The powers usually granted to corpora
tions il given to the Company, who are
authorized to commence business as soon
rs 900 shall have been subscribed
Senator Corwin gave notice of Bill
to forbid the granting by any of the
Judges of this State of any injunction
restraining the execution or enforcement
of any Act Of the General Assembly re-
IatiDg to the collection of taxes, or the |
disbursement of the same.
In the House, there was as little &C.
complished in tho way of business rs |
there was in the Senate. The morning |
hour was mainly taken up in the discus
sion Of trifling motion to suspend one |
of the rules of the House during the bal
ance of the session. The rest of the day |
was consumed in she discussion of the
Joint Resolution to ascertain the amount
aud validity of the public debt of the
State. This resolution, which was re-
ported by the Committee on Ways and
Means, has already been published in
the Courier. It provides that the Gov
ernor, State Treasurer, Attorney Gene
raj, &c, shah be constituted Commits
sion to register the Bonds of the State.
AS Is usual in matters Of public interest,
every self opinionated financier in the
House had his amendment to be added
10 the Bill. One member succeeded in
getting the Bill SO amended as to make
he committee consist of one legislator
rom each county in the State, and this
,aving been adopted, their other meas
are was practically killed, and there was
,othing to do but to strike out the re-
,olving clause, which was done.
In the Senate, on Tuesday, the 18th,
Tervcy presented petition Of the me-
,hanics and laboring men of Charleston
,raying for the passage Of an ACT to en-
courage the rebuilding of the burnt dis
riot of Charleston, and for other: pur.