Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-01-04

Resolved That the SpeakeS oe direGted iorpn-
with to issue to each membef Oh tne H9usS Pay
eerti6catesto the amount of far hunared aoLaIs'
the said amount to be divide ihU III snree eoe Ser
Gates Of the following amo& SzoO, Sioo anu
" pssoi,sI further That thea certificates shall be
received for taxes; also thatt SUN eoclelAs
and attaches, being pay ceEf ficates tor seFSioeo'
can also be received for taxs$ Auopoeo
es Mr.. Gray, of GreenvilES offered pream-
Bile and resolution denyinY the Legality OF the
tax and annronr;.tion h, ks now under con-
s;dera.iop in the Senate,hnd advising and
warning the taxpayers osEne otate % pay no
attention to the bills, if q fy snouio oe passea
BY the Senate and signe.Py the asutpei, =.
H. Chamberlain, and nctt yleio ooeoience
stt1, ,any of its nrovisions. laid over for con-
s;derat;on to.morrow. jifjourned.
5sSs - THURsnk =, SDecemoer u:
( s,ys sI,S nyr Sru.re tho D ncurrent resolution
z IN regard to Judge Cdffe was lndennitely
postponed. Al - -, .o.,;a...
a. In THE BAyoNET b USE the cons.oera'
ton Of a number of BIZ was postponeo on'
til the next session.
Tzr eonsrrr1 osAL HOUSE,
A. Far tho psnal .c Il of business, went
into secret session ul P. NJ, when the
doors we're agaif g
The snecial ordN - esence to Chamber
lain usurpinp the go7S nent, was taken up
and the following reg pt'on unanimously
passed.: -
Resolued BY the HofH Of Representatives,
That the taxpayers Of e State be, and are
reoinested and admoniis h not to pay the tax
imposed by said pretel q act OF ieg'siat'on'
and not to yield obedit p to any other iegls-
1latiye acts or resolution passed by the pre-
tended House of Reprs ptatives, or procla'
nations and orders viii may be issued oy
!, the said traitor D. h amberlaln, now at.
/: tempting to. usurp the zee OF Governor OF
South Carolina
6s The Clerk was orde 70 furnish pay Ger
ti6cates Of So day q p sergeants. at-arms
for the House, andths }se then adjourned.
I'd |, D.sspss, %.
THE SENATE met abd 70. Iaft, from the
committee on military Fhom was referred
The resolution reouestid hamberlsin to ap-
mint one hundred StsSo nstables in Aiken
i. county. reported that Il had considered the;
same and recommendeah at it do not pass.
The rules were suspend ind the report was
adopted. IL a 5a5 -
Mackey came in, andS and himself
went tbronoh the perfSsmlance which they
calle,l the ratification oil following social.
ed bills: /: Act to amend 8cthon 50, chapter D,
mart Statutes, relative &the examination of
:. county Offices; act to ex xRnd the time for OF
6cers to qualify; act to lake appropriation
for the ordinary expense of the State gov.
arnment. and to make propriation for the
salary aud mileage Of md bers OF the Geper'
al Assembly, &c. act I'd kaise supplies; act
to provide for the registra Pn OF school claims
act to amend the act Fl Pg the salaries OF
public Offices. ~.
Mr.. Jeter attempted I'd make report in
behalf Of the minority of eommittee on the
question of the admission 6eneral Gary as
Senator from Edge6eld. Hdwas not allowed
to make the report, but afeerl debate on ooth
sides, the Senate agreed tclaqow Senators Je'
ter and Witherspoon to put 10 their protest,
to be entered on the Journal 90 Senators, hut
not as minority Of the committee The
Democrats accepted and tAt protest was hled.
A. O. Joues, the usurpip clerk of the Bay.
onet House, came in and anndunced that the
House had concluded its bud Siness and was
ready to oadjourn SINE dae
Whittemore said he desired 10 make state.
ment in relation to the cmmfnication from
Lieutenant-Governor Sinpsoh, which had
been referred to the committee ION the Judlcla'
ry. of which be was chairuan. 1t had been
presumed by some that thecout tmittee desired
to shirk the matter by figeon- -holeIng the
matter. In justification o. himself and the
committee, he desired to say that it had been
utterly impossible to get ahhat matter on &C.
count Of the large amount 81 business before
the committee of privileges and elections.
The committee shrank from no responsibility,
and he was sincerely sorry that they had not
the time to pass upon the matter. He was
sincerely sorry that the Gensral Assembly had
decided to adjourn sine die, and had done all
he could to avert it. He further stated that
some person had put in his hind this morning
communication charging him with going
over to the Democracy, aid warning him
that he was being watched. This he denied,
but at the same time be said he was satisfied
that the condition of affairs was such that
there ought to be some consultation between
the wisest and best men on bdh si9es, to heal,
if possible, the differences nlw existing be-
tween the two factions. He sonsi Hered that
such a course would be for tB beft interests
of the whole people, and he to ml ore regret
ted the adjournment, because / e4dered such
conference impossible.
Mr.. Crittenden said he hadno objection to
the remarks of Whittemore. He sSas aware
that he had been engaged thewho1e time IN
other matters, and only caimd thle right to
present, as member Of the .omHblttee, his
,;o,,s m tho oftor in tho shNa OH protest
to be entered on the journal. There was no
!. objection and the protest was led. Protests
Were also filed by Messrs. Bowe, Witherspoon
and Cochran against the passag of the supply
and appropriation bills. The Senate then
took recess tih3 P. NJ.
The Senate met again at 3r4i, NJ aud i'm
mediately went into executive sion and con-
frmed batch of Observation-Disclosures.
On re.opening the doors, co akitset of six,
consisting of Swails WhittemG and Taft, on
the part of the Republicansak knd Meetze
Witherspoon and Jeter, on tn part of the
Democrats, was appointed to n on January
the Sd, at 7 P. NJ, for the puls ing of pre-
pairing report upon the constf fonal validI
ity or invalidity of the Bayonefe louise. The
Senate then, at $40 P. NJ, adioSked sine die
The BAYoNEr HOUSE met I'LL A. NJ,
and q quorum was announced g
Minort introduced resolution which wa
adopted, that copies of the report pf the sPe.
cial committee appointed to repor lon the va.
lidity of the organization of thd House soi