Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1877-05-17
18TH DAy--THURsDAY, MAY 10.
SENATE.
The Senate assembled at IL NJ.


The Committee ON Finance, to
whom was referred joint resolution
to repeal the special tax levied on
Edgefeld County, recommended that
the joint resolution do pass. Order
ed ior consideration tomorrow.
Mr.. Gary introduced bill. to
amend act entitled "An act to reduce
all acts and parts of acts, inrelation
to County Commissioners, their pow
ers and duties, into one act, and to
amend the same"
The House resolution relative to
Executive clemency was taken up.
Mr.. Johns on moved that the vote, ol
the Senate refusing to agree to House
concurrent resolution invoking Exc
cutive clemency in behalf of certain
citizens Of this State held under
bonds to answer certain charges in
the United States Court be recon
sidered. 49,
The yeas and nays were taken, as
flllows =
sraEH. aaa{5, dyH, Rflahs
Howard, Jeter, Johnston, Livingston
J. C. Maxwell, Meetze, Todd, With.
erspoon-l5.
Nays-Messrs. Bird, Carter, Cor
win, Duncan, Green, Fl. j. Maxwell
Myers, Swails, Taft, Williams, Whit,
temore-l2. 2
The motion of the Senator from
Sumter was agreed to.
Messrs. Clinton and Nash desired
to record on the journal that if not
joine | with absent Senators they
would have voted on the above mo-
ton in the negative.
Mr.. Cochran moved as an amend
ment, to substitute the following: (.
Whereas, in the opinion Of the
General Assembly, the people of this
State earnestly and sincerely desire
to cooperate with the good and vir-
tuous citizens of all the States oi
this Union, to promote general recon
ciliation and good feeling, and tc
harmonize the different States with
the general government in every
effort looking to that end; and
whereas there are numbers Of the
citizens Of this State, of one political
party, under bonds to charges in the
United States courts, for alleged VIC
lation of law Immediately preceding
the last general election, said offenses
arising. perhaps, from the heat and
violence of great political canvass
most of these persons being poor and
unable tomeet the delay and expenses
of judicial trials therefore
Rcso5vcd, That his Excellency the
Governor be required to communicate
with the President of the United
States in reference to the particular
cases alluded to above, and TO ask fol
such Executive .clemency as the cir.
cumstances will warrant, upon the
assurance that the State of South
Carolina will not prosecute any other
person or persons of the other politi.
cal, party for any participation in the
same ofensss for which ciemency il
now asked and the Attorney Gen.
eral is hereby requested to mol. pros
iall cases already commenced or thai
/ may be hereafter commenced.
The yeas and nays were taken al
follows: ai2ai
~ Yeas-Messsrs. Bowen, Butler
Cochran, Counts, Crittenden, Evans
Gary, Howard, Jeter, Johnston, Liv
ingston,cJ. c. Maxwell, Meetze,, Todd
Witherspoon-15.
Nays-Me Messfs; Bird, Carter, Cor
win, Duncan ~ Green, q. J. Maxwell
Myers, Swails, Taft, Marley, Will
liams, Whittemore-l2. "a .sqeti
So the amendment was agreed to
Messrs, Clinton andso Mash desired
to record ont the,ajouEnal,that if no
! paired with absentrsSenators ithe,
4 wouldyhave voted in the negative
4 = On the question Of agreeing to th
!: esolutionsaas amended, Mr.. Greer
moved to amend by the addition 0
The following ;.e} o.' i,i5,5. '' "a a,I-s rs.
wResoloea, J1h4hey, That we de
! I-nounce, ,.;n-uumeasured terms, the &C
ton ofzthe Judgetof the Sixth Circui
in causing the arrest Of a Senate
and releasing him on receipt of hi
j resignation. C.as'F4ha s,1tl! -flT ],
!! 3saMr. Cochran moved that the furth
er consideration of the anendmen
dsproposed by the Senator from Beau
i, fort be indefinitely postponed. izae
4 The question was takenon agrcein
to the motion hof tliea Senator 'frol
a,Andsrson, and decided in, lhe. affirm
ative. .eo4
question Of agresinglto th
resolution. az amended. Mr.. Swail