The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-03-23
OUR COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE.
COLUMBIA, S. c., March 20, 1876.

COLUMBIA, S. c., March 20, 1876.
Dear Editors: Not great deal has
been done during the past week in either
branch of the General Assembly. On
Thursday, the managers who conducted
the case against Montgomery Moses
closed their testimony, and the lawyers
for Moses asked some considerable time
to prepare before going into the defence.
The whole time they asked was not given
them, as they had been allowed nearly
two weeks, when the case was. begun,
and Monday, the goth, was set for them
to begin their defence. They wrote a
very severe communication to the Senate,
saying that it had not given them justice;
had not followed the precedents of other
Impeachment trials, and had not been
governed by the laws as laid down and
understood by all lawyers, &c.; that they
had not been allowed sufficient time,
and therefore they would not make any
further defence. In other words, they
practically "threw up the SPONGE" and
yet I understand there are some of the
Senators who are so blind to reason, and
so wrapped up in prejudice and party
zeal, that they willatill vote4to clear him,
and thus give their actual and moral
support to corruption, plunder and igno-
rance in official position. This, however,
is not surprising, as their standard of
official duty and integrity is so demor-
allied and degenerate. The vote will be
taken on Tuesday at IL o'clock, and the
miserable farce will be ended, and the
menagerie be disbanded for the summer.
The amendments to Cochran's bill tin
kering with the Trial Justices of Ander-
son County, have been concurred in by
the Senate, except the one in reference to
the salary of the Justice at Anderson.
The bill and amendments are hereto at
tached, and you can decide for yourselves.
1t strikes me that the absurdity and in
justice of its provisions renders comment
from me unnecessary.
The Mackey matter came up again on
Friday, and was voted down by only a
small majority, the aspect of things hav-
ing changed materially since its first in
PRODUCTION. Lancaster County has sent
a respectable and representative commit
tee to complain to the Legislature of
Mackey's usurpation of authority and
tyranny, and their representations have
caused good many of the Conservatives
to change their views from what they at
first entertained, and induce them now
to vote Tor an investigation.
The Senate has at last agreed to the
House resolution to adjourn on the 23rd
March, but they have already repented
it, and there is some talk of reconsidering
the vote, and putting the adjournment
further of, but it will probably be futile.
The Columbia papers are constantly say
ing how tired the Columbians are of the
members, but if they were half as tired
of them as the members are of this city
of low prices and high morals, there
would have been separation ere this,
and no longing to return.
The House bill redistricting the State
was killed in the Senate, and Senate
bill putting the Piedmont Counties into
one Congressional District, as you sug-
gested some time since, is now before the
House, and There is some slight hope of
the white people having one representa-
tive. Col. w. 81. Trescot, who was on a
few days since from Washington, has
done some good service for the bill, tell
ing them that if something of the kind
was not done, the whole representation
of the State would most probably be
thrown out by the next Congress. So
their liberality, if they show any, won't
be quite so unselfish as they will claim.
J. L. O.
A BILL TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRI-
AL JUSTICES IN ANDERSON COUNTY,
AND TO REGULATE THEIR COURTS.
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:
SECTION 1. That within ninety days