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l 'I1?- 1 - The Press and Banner. Ify Iliijfli Wilson ami H. T. Wanllaiv. Wednesday, Nov. 30. 1881, Iekms-Two. Dollars a year, in advance: T?'<> iami Kilty Cents, if pavmcut i* eUyed. Lcin.shitiii? on Railroad.-;. Wo notice that there is before the I.o^isla lure an immense bill which has for itsobj*o the control atid practical management of :il the Kali roads of this State. This bill woub regulate neirly everything in eonneciio with Kailroads.exeeptjthe salaries of eondne-1 tors, engineers and other employees. We <!< not believe in half-way measures,and fortlih; reason sljjill urge that the salaries of all employees, ami the price which shall be paid for w.t_ h;> idso regulated by l.nv. As the l?i I? proposes to interfere with t lie schedules of I lie l'o-ight trains, wesee no reason why thepump minders alon.; t!ie ro;ul should not have their hours of labor also prescribed by law. I.et. the bill look into everything fully, ami lint omit any pirl of its s'Mf-i in posed duty of int-ruii'ddling with the railway corp nations in the prac'.bal conduct of their business. Everybody knows, fur instance, that the Clyde Company know very little about their business, an.l that the South Carolina Railway are novices in Uuiiroad matters.and thai it is genuine kindness to regulate tlieir business for tlimn, and then appoint oft'.ccrs to see t iat their direct ions arc carried out. Such a course must be extremely gratifying to the ignorant capitalists who have invested their money liore but lack the brains to manage their property. Seriously, we are sorry to see the Legislature treating tho Kailroad e trporations as though they were public enemies. AH this cry about extortion because of alack of compet ion is without foundation in fact- Capital is conservative. It Is a fact of which the C'ydes arc Woll aware, that there is money enough in the country to build competing lines for every niileef road now in existence, and 110:10 know better than they, that competing lines would be built if they should attempt extortionate rates from any portion of tlie people whom they serve. Self-interest is the strongest reason which could prompt them to serve faithfully and cheaply, fireat corporation* cannot afford to tio little things to spite acy body. The Ciydes are rich men, Iving In distant citlcs and owning juiiiroads lu several Slates. As a mailer of personal feeling they care not one straw for the building up or the tearing down of any town. Tliey arc, however, as a matter, of course, anxious to see every ^<lae<i, tributary to tlieir roads, prosper ami grow. To further tilts end, they have inaugurated a Just and cqultnbio tariff, and freights arc delivered more expeditiously than ever before; they have increased the speed of passenger trains, so 1 hat instead of taking two days to Co to Charleston as formerly, we now leave Abbeville at ha.i-past one o'clock in the ?;fter* noon and reach our metropolis the same n'.ght; nml besides this, the price of tickcts everywhere has been reduced to about onehalf the fonr.ei rate*. With all these facts before our eyes we cannot sco the Justice of i nterfering with the Kailroads. South Carolina Is a very small paVt'Cf this great nation, but cr.r Ilfili roads are a part of the iron network twhlch traverses thaw hole country,and we have no right in law or equity to interfere with or stop trains on the public highway Journeying from Washington to New Orlennser to intermediate points. The result ??>f this interfering with the conduct of tlia Railroads will to a resort for relief to the United Stat"S Courts, which tribunal will Sooner or later, as sure as themm smnes, ueclaro nil Mich Legislation as inimical to the public good and contrary to tiie spirit of our government efiect of this decision by the Supreme Court of the United States will l?e to drive another nail into the eoflin of the doctrine of State's UUhts. and bind us with a new fetter to a centralized government at Washington If we had any influence with the assembled wisdom of the General Assembly, we should crge that august body to wipe out, as with a sponge, all its unjust interference with the Railroads, but we dp not expect anything else than that this aggressive spir'twill lead our people on to the the perpetration of such unwarrantable oppression as will certainly call for the intervention of the highest Court of the conn try. <?>? Annual Report of the County Commissioners. This week we publish a detailed aceSunt of the public expenditures of money In Abbeville county. It will be seen that there will bo, ns was known la?t February there would bo, a deficiency in consequenceoi me heavy expense entailed upon the county by the washing away ol nearly all our bridges across the streams on the.Savannah side. The freshets last winter were unusually destructive to this kind of property, and as a consequence the^present dellciency exists. As a set-o.T to the largo expenditures, there is one matter which Is a subject of congratulation, and that Is, that the bridge at Calhoun's Mills will probably be no more cost lo us for many a day. It will be remembered that heretofore this has been one of the most expensive crossings in the county. If the Commissioners will now put a similar bridge tit Martin's Mill, higher up on the same etream, tit y will do a public service for which future generations will rise up and call them blessed. Another expenditure, which has been enormous, has been the maintenance of prisoners In our J ill. Add to this two or three extra terms of the Court, and it will be seen tbut wo have bwn beset with evils this >ear. The freshets we cannot help. For the extra courts, with Its expensive machinery to waste the public money in trying fiivolous rases, the County Commissioners are not reK!inii<llil<? tln.v h;tVf l(> clicmif on 1l;e treasury for the outlay. The number of prisoners In our Jails is owing to circumstances with which the public are about as well acquainted as we are. If Trial Justices till over the county would be only as lenient to ignorant offenders in contemptible cases, C thegrand Jury were with some of these Judicial officers at our recent Court, our expenses for dieting prisoners would no doubt be greatly reduced. The report of the Commissioners show a faithful and Judicious expenditure of tho public funds, and we have reason to believe they will receive, as they deserve to receive, the hearty well-done of our who'.o people. 4 <0 Canal or Ditch ? Our good friend, the Lnneasler Ledger weeps. Last week we spoke of our opposition to further state appropriations for what is often by courtesy called the Columbia Canal. In mentioning that grand State enterprise which is to bring us, on paper, such immense results, \ro spoke ot the "canal," but callod it by its proper name, "ditch." Our friend holds up his hands in holy horror at the Idea of calliug it a "ditch," and says: "The Coll'MIsia 'Ditcii.'?The Ledger lias never called lho//u>i?/u "ditch.' With all our opposition to the'enterprise'wo have never put it so low down in our vocabulay as 'aditeh.' We thought "canal' somewhat more respectable. Hence, we never called tho thing u'"ditch." The milk of Human kindness would forbid such a slanderous assertion. And that the iVcau and Maimer, one of the old Stand-by and staid Journals of the State, should eh:;racteri:',c the Columbia Canal as a Milch,'causes people everywhere to reason within themselves whether it is a'ditch'or not." As the Ledger so felicitously quoted WcbKter to us last week, we will fcivo him the tame authority on ditches, which is ai? follows: "Ditch: Any long, narrow rerentable of water 011 tnc surface of the earth." And now see what Webster says of canals: "Omul: An artificial water course, particularly one constructed J'or the jsusagcvf boats or vessels." ! We wi'l leave It. to our friend to say whether any body has ever heard of the Columbia ditch being used fur any other purpose than that of furnishing a little water power for a mill or two, while its placid surface atlorded the geese about the city a sood bathing place. "We have never heard of "boats or vessels" in connection with this "long, narrow receptacle of water," although it is said the originators of this sublime enterprise, some fifty or sixty years ago, and before railroads were thought of, did at that time contemplate making a "canal" of what has turned out to be only a good hill side ditch. The Slock Law. \Vc notice from the yews and Cbwicr that there is a probability of a general stock law 1 for the whole State, being introduced into the General Assembly at this session. Such of the old fogy counties however, as may want fences, we presume will be still allowed the privilege of building them. I3ut what justice or equity is therein compelling us to build a fence on the line between Abbeville and our old ante-dcluvian neighbors in Kdgclleld? If Edgefield wants fences she ought to bo required to bttlld hem. It seems indeed a most strange proceeding to requite people to build fences which they do not want. We are however much .delighted at the signs of life now existing in good old Edgefield, which, in the years that are past, has won such a glorious political and military record, Some nineteen hundred of her progressive citizens have got their eyes so far opened as to induce them to sign arelitlon to the Legislature praying? to be vouchsafed the beni'tlts of the best law ever enacted. Representative Ilice, for getting the law for this county, deserves a monument a inllo high, and if any Edgefield Representative would have a companion memento, let him secure the law for that county, it is the best law on I the books, and is one which will be sure to Win favor with oil. Every objection which] Mas urged against It in this county failed i when it came to the test. All that cry aboutj the widow's cow fell through as soon as It was found out thatthe widow was benefitted more than anybody else?she ciui'dn't spilt rails/ and was often too poor k> hire them lit. * I Preparing to Scultlo the Ship. our readers will notice tli:it a number of Kepreseniaiivrs are diposcd to tinker with ! the < oiivtnation. They propose to tear il t">j piivis. lint this they cannot do. Ourpeople need have n > fears on this ?e??sV. So many j ( loiilitliil el:an;;?'s will lie proposed that Ihe , >vho!e will lie defeated. All this erv about i * i ! making the Judges' tenure of ollice fur life is <n the back track. It's Jl'nuy to hear people I .alk <if the purity ol the liench and the neces-1 .itfor keeping (he same Judges in oltice for-1 ver when evcr\ body knows that the iieneh n every country Is ill accord with the Kxecuive aial I.egi.-'.Oive Government. When one s pure the oilier is n ?t apt l?> be very corupiible. four years from now the Ib-pub.can* may elect the Judges,and everybody ..nows what an ntlliclion it would he to have in ol!ioe f ?r life sach Judge* as tlicy would j (ie sure to elect The law as il st'inds Is goo! i enough. Tne Judges can he re elected every! four years for life. *' The (Governor's Message. Klspwhere in the 1'rrsx mxl Htimur we give; I he full text of the annual mcss.igc <?f th?- J - ... ...I \_.-^.. l.!.. M l.i<wl I ' IO\ UI I1UI HI IIIC VH'ill'l .11 ,i.^cuun,i. ...... an excellent document, mid well worthy to| I be road l?y every ctt'/en. I) is a plain ami j dignified statement of fi'rts, without any at; Ie111111 to make a flourish of rhetoric. or a dis-j ! play of glittering generalities or vaj:ucrles.' tin that lmssrtge t !ic Uovcrnor makes! exhibits, which must tie truly gratifying to every good cilizen. As the paper is so com-' pact and so full of solid matter, we will not attempt any synopsis. 4 The "Canal" and Its ".Spindles." j | We notico that the Columbia Canal business j !ias already got a black eye in the General As-J jsemldy. The friends of this enterprise need i I not bo discooraired, however. It has stood ! tVio jiIk s raid Jeers of its enemies for fifty ! years, and can stand it much longer. Some j enterprising member will surely again eailj j the attention of our law makers to the trivat ! benefits to be derived from this magnitbent J j enterprise, o,i paper, whicii will in a llttlvi ! while run thousands of spindles?the spindles i ! also being on paper. The Jml^es. n.o otnoiiim of .Indies bv the I.esislature came off yesterday, Judge Aidrich was re-1 elected liy u large majority. We have no| further Information as to the election, but presume that all of the Judges have heeu reJ elected, except Judge Mackey, who declined i I to be a candidate. There is no do\ibt as to I the reflectIon ?lf either Judges MetSowan or, Oothran. Neither of these gentlemen were to have opposition. .o? Tub Legislative proceedings will be found , of interest. Our Itcprescntativcs seem to have gone actively to work, as though they! j had thv host Intercuts of the country ut heart. j.So far we have been greatly pleased will) j I their preparation for work, and we have no i ' doubt that the public will sutler no wrung at their hands. TIio Governor's Message. Coi.l'MiJiA. S. C\, Nov. 22, 1SS1. The following Is the Governor's message, sent to both Houses of the Assembly and read j to-day: Coixmhia, Nov. 22,1851. ! Senators and PrprcmUativrs i Jl is by the fundamental law made the duty of the Governor to give tothe<Jeneral Assembly information of the condition o! the State j and recommend to their consideration such IihIl'o fn'c. ss-irv orexne | uicntT""" TIIK PUBLIC DKI1T. I There Is no floating debt. The debt funded j j and bHiig founded is S0*,<irJ.:t2l. This Is an in-' j orou.se of a little over upon t!ie amount' rcporte 1 last year, and arises from the time! ; having been extended by legislative action tor: the funding of certain small parcels of bills of the IJank of the State, whleh had not reached | the Treasury within the time prescribed for funding the same. (<f the public debt, the scrip of the Agricnl-| tural College, amounting to Is a per-1 ! man.-iit investment: the Iieflcency Bonds i land StocKS amounting to ">77 mature in! I 1.SS8 ; and consols amounting to S"i,Ss7,911 ma-| i tare in 1*1(3. The whole debt bears interest at' j 6 per cent. j 'J'he board of commissioners of the sinking; fund have had during tiic past year in their j ; hands applicable to the retirement of the; : debt SJT.tWS. Of this amount, they have only i been able to invest in Stale securities at par, j ] exclusive of acerued interest, s3,!?70. There is, j | therefore, remaining in their hands of this debt i?23,l2S; ami legislative instruction is j i needed ;vs to ibe disposition of this balance as ! j well as to the disposition of the sums he real-: I tor to accrue for the same purpose. It seems ; provable that the market value of the State securities will continue above par, which unI der the present regulations the board have re-! ' garded as the maximum price they were war- j j runted in paying. | Interest upon the debt Is payable before the l taxes levied to meet it are lully collected. To! avoid Mi'jjecting any of the puUJic creditors to ' } delay In receiving their dues, t^; last General 1 Assembly authoiizod the Uovcrnoraiid Tivas-' [ urcr to anticipate the collection of taxes, as I I far as necessary for tills purpose, by a toinpor- i i ary loan. The liberal action of the diU'erent' j banks of the deposit in permittiugover drafts j 'and requiring interest upon each only from date, prevented the necessity of these ollicors ! borrowing the full amount necessary at one j ] time, and keeping it on hand until lully paid j out. The interest paid by the State upon this ' loan, amounted to S?71?21. Authority to con-! j tract a loan for aidmilar purpose will be nee-1 j cssary for the ensuing year, or provision j should be made for an earlier collection of! tuxes, nie iiuiTcsv i> nun in York and Columbia. It should nlso be paya-j ! ble in Charleston; and it is Airtlier desirable | toii'lopt,astobo!li eonsol am! delioeney stocks, I ! the plan of the United States Government! 1 witli regard to its registered bonds and stocks! ! ?upon the holder funishlng the Treasury with J j his post otlicc address, the interest due is lor warded lo him upon each January and July. ! There are also certain minor regulations of j the Treasury which impede rather than ad-1 vance tiie public business. These arc the re-! I quirements not only of receipts, but duplicate. receipts, upon payment ol coupons, interest | orders, and warrants notwithstanding these; ; vouchers are given up and cancelled at the! 'same lime; and themakingof the Governor's I (endorsement of the Treasurer's check upon) | the bank of deposit necessary before the public creditor can receive Ihe money due hint. ; 'ftice regulations are the result of law; their \ abolitiou or amendment is respectfully commended to your attention. Jn my observation it. is also desirable that the Treasurer's ! contingent fund should be increased by a ; small amount, to enable him to employ, temporarily, extra clerical force at the periods of payment of interest. The promptness of the payment of interest, as well as every facility given to its collection, enhances the value of ! a security; and it is the obvious interest of the state to placc und keep lis securities upon j the highest plane. When our debts matures, as it speedily will do, the wisdom of this course will, 1 am persuaded, be realized in the | refunding of the debt upon the most fuvoru: ble terms. j The consol bonds bear upon their face the I contract of the State to receive the coupons of I the same in the payment of taxes, and this .! undoubted adds to their value. The lirown . consols have been issued in lieu of sucli Green I consols as have been presented for converj sion, and are in all eases, worth their face value. The coupons from these can be, and are, | ,.t dm |.iv tnliln The Crr'Hii niiKnlii ! outstanding arc tainted more or less with an j i Invalidity which has been established by the courts, and is acquiesced in by the holder, j The coupons from these can not therefore be ; received by the tax collector, but are present* ; ed and paid at the state Troa.su ry where access I to the registry permits the amount of invalidity in each coupon to be ascertained. Thisen tails a serious amount ol" labor upon the Treasury, and it is desirable in the Interest of the suite and of the creditor that the <>recn[ i consols should, at as early date as p.acticable, j be all converted into Brown consols. This I j process is going on steadily, but not as rapid-1 ly as the mutual interest of tlie parlies would seem to warrant. It is worthy of your consideration whether this should not beliasten1 ed by some action on the part of the General | Assembly, eiving notice that interest, after a | date he tlxed, will be paid otiiy upon iirown consols. KEVEXUES AND KXI'EJfDITt'IlES. [ The revenues of tiie State for current ox pontlituiesare derived from phosphate royal-j I ty and the general lax. In the last year the royalty paid into the State Treasury has ex-1 eeeded any previous year, amounting to 8121,-1 .jtl.iM, and it is jtrohabie that the improved; condition of that interest, will continue. The j . Kcport of the Comptroller General, to be sub- j mittedto you, will siiow that the usual and | | ordinary expenses of the State government j i not defrayed by the phosphate royalty can be ! met by A TAX J.KVY OF IU"T 1 -1-10 MIX.r.S |on the dollar. The levy for interest on the : puhlic debt23-10 mills, is to be added, thus! ' making a general tax levy of ;tu-10 mills.! . When these revenues reach the Treasury, they I ' are disbursed in every case under the sanction | 1 of your appropriation, by heavily bonded otli-' eers with elaborately provided checks, one1 . upon theother.anda monthly exhibit Is made! , in the ptililic press of their transactions. Von 1 ; will permit mc to again call your attention to I i the singular contrast in the management ot j ! the county 11 nances. The taxes collected and i t disbursed in tin: counties are t lie Constitution-1 al school tux of 2 mills, the ordinary county I ! tux of 3 mills, and in many cases extraordinu-1 j ry taxes for railroads or otner county im-| provemcnts, the total being considerably in excess of the amount that reaches the state 1 Treasury. The County Treasuter collects and | retains in his hands these county tundsandisj in regard to their disbursement merely the; , cashier of the County Commissioners. In iiisj j annual accounting before the County Auditor j the order of the County Commissioners drawn in accordance wltli the forms of law Is his! suflicient voucher. Upon the County Coin-1 inissloners rests the responsibility of the | ! faithful and judicious expenditure of the fund; t and they are practically subjected to little or j no supervision, it is true they are required ; by law to report to the Comptroller General a detailed account of their transactions to be ; laid before the General Assembly, and it is] : the theory of the law that these accounts are \ i by you examined. Kor the present year but' 1 seven of the counties have forwarded theirac| counts In time to be printed with the Coiim-j 11roller's Iteport. Others will perhaps be laid before you in manuscript during yourscssion, and others will not reach you at all. The] General Assmbly does not find necessarily can j not ellicletiily discharge the duty Imposed ;| neither can any central .State audit lug onicer,; should the duty be transfei red to him. Your; experience aim jimguieiii win mm me proper remedy. There can be no more efficient mi- i peivisioii of tlie management of public funds' tliiin that by those ol'the locality In which' they are coutributetl and in which t hey are i expended. I renew the suggestion that thej grand Juries of the respective counties be, charged with the duty ol examining and and-. iting the accounts of the County Commission1 ers, and that these accounts be pubiishrd in i detail in Die county press for sufficient time. 1 before the session of the ro-irt to tiring them ! fi.lly to the attention of t he tax-payers. The |commissioners should afterwards forward; 1 these accounts to the ConintM.Iter tJcneral to i be by hlin embodied In bis annual repoit as lsUitistlc.il mtormation, and they should still | be required, as now. to submit to the Oenera! Assembly, estimates <>f supplies u;?m which i to base the annual county levy. , | TJX K PUNITENTIA It V. There can be little doubt that the m.ist dc! slrable management ol a Penitentiary is that in which the iumat.esare.kept within its walls, and employed in industries which would at least make tin in self-sustaining. The p< nai and reformatory discipline whieli should adhere to the institution as well as considerations of health and humane treatment would b- thus best subserved. 'J lie present board of directors have kept this leading Idea steadily . in view, and have made considerable progress j i iu that direction. Fur the present, however, 1 . I. and for some time to come, unless Hie main- I t?ianee of the cuiivlets is to be a change upon c t!ie public treasury, tin*employment of a por-1 ( lion ui them beyond tin* walls is a necessity-.:] In this event they loust be lit'lized by the I State's ensu-ting in enterprises wlncli would ; profitably employ tliem, or lliey must be j I eased to privute eon I raetors for private or . i public works. The lirst does not commend it- i s. If to niei and when tried for the last, two ji years upon the I trge peiiitentirtr.v plantation : be:ovv Oi'utnbin, lias mil proved a marked sue- i cess. The plan ol leasing the eonviets lias al- j so been tiled. There have been undoubted I evils connecte I wit n it, most of which expc- i ricnee hnscliiiiin.iled: and this system in my i judgment is the bent that oilers iiscll. My at-1! tentioii lias been closely given to its working I and my eoiielusionsupon the subject have the I strength of convictions. You wii! pennit me I brielly to slate them. The eonviets should 11 >t be leased in small numbers to any one contractor, or for work that necessarily* shifts fjom locality to locality ; and tlie ovei sects anil gimrd* in chaigc <>! tlieui should be appointed and pa hi by ih< Penitentiary iinllioritics. The Annual Keport of tlse Hoard of Dircelors and Superintendent of t-its instil 11 lion to be submitted to you, makes a most gratifying tinaiicial exhibit. The entire appropriation : ol the l.i.st session for the maintenance of tin- i Penitentiary, for continuanceof work on pns- 1 mi wall, and f.ir protection against tire, trJJ.UHU 1 in all.remains undrawn hi slur stale Treasury, , and is applicable to such other purposes as 1 you shall direct. The institution has lor tlie11 ii'stiimcin its history from iH earnings sus- i laine-l its-If and made necessary permanent improvements; is free from debt, and has to its credit a cash ba'assce 10 lie carried 1'orwv.rd lo next year. This amounts pi the sum ofj1 51-"),!mi.i, and 1 am convinced can lie hereafter j jaudrupicd curb year, it the institution con- ]' unties to IjO mituaged upon tliu business prin-1 cipie.< upon which it *s now conducted. Thifij; 0.1 n not be done, however, unless the 1'irector.s . nrc permitted to obtain the market value of the convict labor, anil if thi-y are hampered hy special legislation,doiiatlngany portion of this ItlUor to enterprises which, however commendable, <ire more or less local in their character. M'hen such enterprises are deemed of sutlu-icnt general importance to warrant public subsidy, let it l>e done directly and cu iiainiiir, ami the net stands upon its merits. ]t | seeniK to me t hat such proiits as may he had from the labor of our criminal population should either go into the treasury to iightun the burthen of the general taxes, or. if it tlnd special appropriation, that it sliotiM supple in 211 the fund for education whose beii?iits enure to ail, tlnd whose results decrease crime 1 itself. TIIK I.fNATIC ASYLUM. The aggregate current expenses of (lie State last year for all purposes, except interest, was and of this SlOT.l'iI was expended upon the Lunatic Asylum, being a IIMIe more than one-third of the whole amount. The number of imitates durinir tlej fiscal year was and in the fact that hut^of this number were supported by friends, ami thai the remainder were charged to tlieStateas indigent poor, is found Hie explanation of this heavy J expenditure. There can not be on the part of any one a desire to limit the benefits of tills noble charity; but it should be limited to its purpose and remain a charity. The pauper | alone .should receive the bounty of (lie state;) those who are able to pay in whole or in parti for the benefits of the Institution should liej required to do so; and its propcrshare of use-1 fulness should not be limited by encumbering ; it with inmates not properly within the pur-1 view of its establishment. In thlsconticclion ; I commend your earnest consideration the report of the Superintendent of the Asylum. The remedy lie suggests will undoubtedly correct the evil. It is to turn to the mode prevailing before the war, and to require each county to support those whom its ofliciuls send as paupeis to the institution. The report I of the Superintendent also with much force dwells upon the existing modes of commit-! ineiitof patients and the necessity of a revis: io?i of the lunacy law. inssuggestiotisarcen-1 j IMICtl II) 1IIV WC'iL'Ill, III coming < 11II inn- wuu t liiis made tin- subject a study, -ainJ has exhib- | , Itc*<l much ability in the discharge of liis special duties. The Asylum timler its present management, | in securing nil tiiat pertains to its beneficent j objects, I am happy lo believe, compares fa- j vorably Willi similar Institutions elsevvheie., DKl'AKTMKNT OF AfiKtf'UI.TLMlR. The lately instituted Department of Agri- j culture has during the past year undertaken very fully the duties entrusted to it. and gives ] promise of taking a place in ihc development, j of the State beyond what was anticipated' when it was established. The report of the j Commissioner, to be submitted to you. exhibits the extent of the duties imposed upon him, and the zeal with which they have been j discharged. I have myself had occasion to! observe the intelligent and earnest e!Ibrt glven by the board to their work. No part of the) work of this Department is more won by of j notice than that devoted to the promotion of1 immigration. In the short time since lhiscf-[ fort was Inaugurated *>'>I immigrants have| been Introduced into and settled in the .State;! but more than this, the fact has been established that with a continuance of the same ef-1 fori the amount ol this desirably addition to our population is limi ted only by the capacity J of the State to absorb it. So far the immigrants have been elitelly of the peasant class; I hiirdv. intelligent, and thriftv laborers: but the class vvllli more or less copilal may soon! lie expected to follow; nml, if our people tic- | sire it, wo can soon witness the diversion into our midst of apart of tliatstream of immigration which basso rapidly and wonderfully | enriched oilier portionsof tin* Union. I nio-t ; conlially commend this Department to your] fostering care. RAIl.ttO A 15.*. TheRailroad Commission report an Increase i of the net income of the railroads of thcStatef during the past year, and an improvement of j their jA-nercil condition. All of those which i were in the hands of receivers, except tliei South Carolina iioad, have been sobl and the) purchasing companies permancnlly organ-1 l/.ed. There Is complaint of excessive freight' charges 011 some of the leading roads. The ! Attorney (Jeneral holding that he is not as, sncii counsel for the Kail road Commissioner, | ami there being no fund provided for the em- j ployment of counsel, the Commissioner liasj Iiee'n unable to test by suit in 1I10 courts alleged violations of the law ami of their char-i tershy the roads. Tosecure reasonable charges j lie recommends n Hoard of three Commission-j ers with power to rcmilale freight and passen- \ gertirifl's. lie also slates the gratifying fact; that in the last three years no passenger has, lost his life through the fault of any railroad in the Slate. There is he thinks, much room I for improvement of u"pout at the important stations a?ong the roads, and at the city of Columbia. where it is recommended that the | Legislature require a union passenger depot | to be constructed. Many of the railroads of; the State have passed under the control of the i Kichmond it J'anville combination. The commissioner thinks that in some respects j such consolidations of Interest arc beneficial; but In this case the controlling power being in ! another State, it is highly important that, the Le?lslature sbnll provide through a board or otherwise for a regulation of freicht and passenger tarltT's which will protcct the local patrons of the roads in this Stale. KIlCCATION. The report of the Superintendent of Education shows the condition of the public school system, and the progress madeduring the last i year in providing educational facilities for the "masses. There were In attendance on the pub-1 lie schools(!l,:t;9 white.and 72.119 colored pti-l pi Is; making a total of i:">,t.*?s. There were I 3,!fi- schools in operation and teachers ! employed. The average length of the session j i was months Full reports of the school j fund have not yet. been received; but it. is I ; thought, from careful estiniaes, that it will lie ; about fi'JO.OOD. The Increased facilities for f d| ucation are shown in the fact that the number of schools established riurinz tin' year was j 'greater by XI than at the time ot the last re-! | port, and the number of teachers was greater ; by ~s. The average length of thescssiou shows j a slight Increase over that of former years. I The educational facilities of this State are not I ! yet complete; but n comparison with other I States show that, in this lespect. South Carol)-1 i na is not behind most of her sister States of i the South. The report of the State Superintendent con-1 tains lull statements of the management of the two large and successful institutes held in tills State during the last summer; one for white and one for colored teachers. The effect j of these institutes upon public education In South Carolina has been most gratifying. The report of this office further shows a marked improvement in the management of I the public school fund. In October, 1S77, the amount of claims outstanding against the school luno oi the several counties was saw,-1 lilt. At that time- outers on the school fund! rarely brought in the market more than twen-j ty-ltve cents on the dollar' und often could not i be sold at any pricc. Now, they are paid in I full each year by the County Treasurers, while | the past indebtedness of many of the comities i have not yet tieen entirely li<inidated. Ke-j ports from some of tlie counties have not yet' been received, tut a statement showing the' exact condition of the indebtedness will he) submitted to you during the session. Hy the end of another yeur, the school fund of all of; the counties, except three or four, will be free | of debt. The Superintendent makes the following! recommendations for the coHf.iilcratiouof the i General Assembly: 1. That an act be passed prescribing the manner in which average attendance shall hci estimated, and regulating the mode of appor-j Honing the school fund. I 2. That an appropriation be made in alt! ofj normal Institutes from the same fund from : which the expenses were defrayed last year. I Thnt authority be granted to the faculties j of State Normal Institutes to Issue certificates of (|ualitlcation and diplomas to teachers in publicschools. The fund donated by the United States government for the establishment in the State of agricultural and mechanical schools is In this State appropriated under the direction of the ti'iivtiKic SCnnlli f'lit'filimi f'nl vmvl I \? In tlit' maintenance of two schools. The one al Orangeburg, in connection with the Claf'in ; College, hits been established fur some years,! awl Is accomplishing a valuable work. It. Is1 eon Unci to the colored youth of the Slate, and j during the past year 3in) pupils received not j only ihe benefit, of the technical instruction! implied in tbenameof the school, but also the j advantages of a course in some of the higher; branches of education. The school for the! white youth at Columbia has been more re-1 cently established,and has yet not reached the full measure of Its usefulness. Jt has opened > the scholastic year with ON studeutsin attend- j a nee, and will, I trust, soon obtain a leading |' posit ion among t lie euueat ional inst i t at ions of I the Slate. The Slate Military Academy at') Charleston has been suspended in its opera-j tions since Ihe late civil war. This has been' due to the fact that the building known as 1 he i Citadel, in which it had Its seat, has been,'. since the close of the war, in possession of the I! I'nitesl States authorities, and has been used | by them until recently as a military post. J11 is understood that thetieneral Government is I now prepared to restore it to the custody of j' the State. It is desirable that this property be 1 recovered ami again devoted to the purposes |! of higher education, in the facilities lor which j our needs are greater than the sources of sup-; ply. A measure will probably he submitted | to you at this session to accomplish this pur- j pose; and you will permit me to say that, In i my judgment, it is now practicable to re-open ' this school, and it should be done. j' OEN Kit A I. l.Kf; ISI.ATION'. || At your last session commissions were cre-|' ated to ln<|Uire and report to you at tills session niioii sueb amendinents as were ailvis:i- : 1.1c to the r;iili;o;ul laws of the State, the elee-1 tifin !mvs, the military laws, tin* lax laws, and ]' also upon amendments to the constitution. These commissions iiave thcsubjeels committed to them under consideration, and will no1 doubt report, exhaustively upon ihem. There i is one other law, however, the continuance oi j which has elicited much discussion, and will i no douhl. receive your attention. I allude to, what is known as the lien law. II had lis origin immediately after the late civil war, when the farmers of the Slate were bereft of live', stock, implements, and supplies with which to renew their planting operations. In nddi-j lion lo this lhry were cenerally encumbered i with debt, the lien of which would ill Inch to j any crops tlsey might produce, with such cred-j it as they eou'd obtain for the neecHvaryj means of doing so. It was propose)I by the | law tben cnacted. and now nti<l?>r consider.'!-} lion, to provide Hint n prior lion might lie ere- i ated to protect iiim whoadviinceil supplies for i 11 if making of tbr crop. It11 object was Id pro* j vide against debts existing at the time oi its passage, tbe enforcement of which up.>11 tlio productsof Hie farm would have destroyed the credit without which the plough would have been idle in tin; furrow. It was to enable a ! community of practical bankrupts (for the land, their only properly, had then no saleable value.) to commence the struggle of life, anew. This object was long since accomplished. Those pre-r:;lntiiig debts, the pressure of which was the nsult of the devastation of war. have either been paid or adjusted, or the , unfortunate debtor, succumbing to the Inevitable, luis fallen from the ranks of business life, lint the law has been continued and now operates chiefly as an increased facility to ob- j mining credit tor farming operations, these-, curity it affords tlio lender, and the summary me!boils it employs for the collection of his! debt being tbo pioniiueot feature. Credithasi] ?eon railed tlie poor man's capital. Without' ] jiedit all the operations of commercial liie.j xcept those of the simplest form, must, ceaselint unlimited credit, or credit too readily ot?-1 tallied, is, like wealth derived from others, not I tIways an unmixed blessing. It is claimed j that theercdit which the !len law procures is no exception to the rul?*: that it results iiulisitl vantage to the individual and serious darn- ; me to the best interests of the State. Tin? state Agricultural Society lias resolved to ineinoriaii/.e your honorable; body upon the sub|ect. The Commissioner ol Agriculture, as is liisduty, will bring the matter ftoly to your ittentioii. The Hoard of Agriculture has for- | inally declined to express an opinion on tin*; <n!>jeei, and public opinion, as indicated in Lhe utterances of the press, is divided upon tlu merits of the question. I do not propose losurest a decision. Coming directly irom j I lie people, and insfueted in their wishesand i ill *i. needs, yon are heiterijualilled than I urn I lo reach a satisfactory conclusion. Hut there is one phase of the question upon wliich 1 leetn it my duty to express the convictions I nP-rtaln. It has been in some quartersmiss-, ;est"d to enact a repeal of the law to take effect another year, it seems to me that this will he Incurring all theevilsol repealing the law, without securing one of its benefits. I -ucli action hy this legislature will take effect when a newly elected Legislature is in existence, and can only he operative by tliej sanction of Hie last, while such legislation on i niur part will lie provocative of more injiuie.is agitation than a direct and uiniimlificd repeal : 1 therefore can not hut think this prospective legislation Unwise. 1'AKDOX ANtl COM MUTATIONS. I have deemed It proper to exescise Ex^cuMve clemency in twenty-seven case* during lhe i>ast year, (if these, sixteen were full parilons.ami eleven Were com inn tat ions sentence. In accordance with the provision of thei'onstit'i'ion, l will, at an early day, transmit toi Volt a full statement of eacii case. jomn.son HA?onn. Governor. The General Assembly. / SOMETHING OF WHAT OUR LAW-: MAKERS ARK SAYING AND DOING. The Proceedings in Brief of the Senate and House of Representatives. [CoiicLnsrd from the Columbia Jicyixtcr.] ITii'Ht Day. .SENATE. Iloll ('all of Senators?Specelt of President Kennedy?Going to Work with a Will. CoMTStnt k, S. v., Tcwntr, November 22,1 SSI. Tho Seen'e wiii culled ti> order nt 12 M. by the I'iesldent, Hon. John 1) Kennedy. The Oivrk called tlie r?*iI and tin* following named I Senator# answered to tli>ir name*: Me>sr?. Brown, J oi Newberry; Byrd, of Wllliams'iur,;; ('alllson, of | Kdircllehl; Coker, of D.iriinirfon; Cray ton, <>f An-j il-rs'in: K'>re?fhi. <>f 1/ntrens; Kinhtmi-nc. ?>f (1 ton: (jaliluid. <-f Fait Held; llatllec.of Marlon; lien? | demon.of Aiken; JvV-r. of I'll Inn; Kinsler, of Kicli- j land; I. article, of Barnwell; Mrf'nll. of Marlboro; McQueen. of Cheaterlicld ; .1. W. Moore, of 11 mi)|i- ! t"ii: T. <T. Moure,of Spartntihur?; Muller. of j ion; Patterson. of Kershaw; l'erry, of Oreetivillc; SeiKlini; ami Smj tlx*, of Charleston; Walkqr, nl Chester; Witherspoon, of York; ami Wylle, of'l.micast.T. The absent ones were; Miw?. Heat I)*, of Horry; Renbo'v, o( (Tcendon ; l!ns*ard, of S> niter; Br.nllky, of Picdens; Ir.l.ir, nf Oran^' biirc; Miller, of Beaufort; Shatiklin, of OConeu; and Williams, of Georgetown. [ I In.- R'ffistcr no doubt unintentionally omitted to Insert Senator Maxwells name la the proper place.]?Kd. P. ?fc B. A quorum having been announced to be present, tin; proeeeilincs of the Senate were opened will, prayer by the UeV, K N. Wells, pastor of the Wnsliidcton Street Methodist Church. The President then addressed the Senate as follows: SknaTokR : 'I lie time hisjiinain arrive ! when, by C'onstitutlonal requirement, the General Assembly of South ("urnllna if rnHVetied In its annual session. I Contra!ulate yon that in the providence of (Jod you are perinitted^once more to assemble in your a eus tomeil places, ami I trust yon have prospered during the last year in your private sifl.rr?, biiiI lint yon are now prepared to devote your whole attention to the interests of the State. Von have milcll Work before \otl. involving measures which, in their Importance to the future <>f the State, will demand all of your prudence itud patriotism, and wldeh, In thesr tun'snittn'.e nti)l consequence, will require the h'ghttst and truest statesmanship. Your fldelitv. earnestnees and ability in the paat cive assurance of your doing your n tinl.- dntv in the nresent. Mav the Hatne lii.nn.Hiv which characterized our last session continue t<? mart your deliberations. Craving a continuance of lln" kilVl indulgence yon have hitherto extended to me As vonr |>ri siding officer, ami pledging myself to do all In my power to promote harmony and eiiicleiiey In your counsel*, I now declare tlio Senate of South Cai'olina ready for hu.-iness. On motion of Mr." ('aliisoli, it committee, cons'stln^ of Messi s. Callison and McCali. was appointed to wait on the Govern-.r and inform him that the Soi.ate had met and was ready to receive any coinmuniciitioii which he iiiifht desire to make. A nil hi her of hills ?ere introduced, b-tb of local and general interest the most Important ntnoiig wh'ch were the following: J5v Mr. Sinvth-?lli'l to alter and amend Chapter XCVII of 'I'lt'e V, l'art Ii. of the Cicneial Statutes, relating to assessiiit nth of Insolvent debtors. itiil to rcsulat" the manner of paving the setni-annnal interest upon reglsurcd consolidated bonds of tlie State. liill to render more efficient the quarantine service of the several ports of the Sla'e. Ili.l to amend an Aet to conjnrm all special Acts of incorporation to the provisions nf the Constitution of the Sta'e. respecting tileI'lihiliiivsof stockholders. The report ( iskin^ to he discharg'd) of the Committee on the Judiciary oil bid to simplify a; d an thorize the amendment of pleadings in criminal eases wis agreed to and the cummilleo acco.dihgly discharged. Ilill t'i repeal an Act to amend in Act entitled "An Act to niitiit/e the convict lahor of the State," and to prohibit the tilling out of con vets fur iiirrlcul'ura' purposes; nl>o. liil; to repeal al' Act allowing the ilircclors of llio lVi.ileiittary t< farm out convicts, aini a Hill lo furliier regulate the hiring or farming out of tile convict lab >r of theSUte. Ml*. Calhoun moved to iiidrliult'ly postpone the consideration of tho'above MMU, which motion was I lost; and. on motion of .Mr. Smvtlie. ill" lulls were continued upon the calendar and ordered to be roprinted. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Organization of tlio House?Speaker Shoppard's Speech?The Stock Law?] The Railroads?Constitutional Amend-! incuts?And Oilier Matters. At 12 M. the Clerk of I ho House of Representatives called the ndi of members,and a bunrum answering | to th'lr namrs, Hon. J. C. Sheppard took tho chair; and addressed! the House as follows: (jrsti.Kur.N of thk Housk: 11 gives me great happiness to welcome von back to the discharge of your duties. I trust that you have matureiy consid-1 ered the many important <|Uestions by which you wili be confronted, and that you have come with minds prepared for tho etlicient performanceof thoiabo s before you that has so eminently characterized your work heretofore. You will certainly he called upon to consider and determine more questions uflfcctiii;z the agricultural, industrial nml material interests of the ; country, upon which in a large measure the welfare of: the State and prosperity of lh" p'-ople depend, thnn any other session ol' tins body that has convened in i many yeft.'s. Iteineiuber, in reference to these, that | no enactmentcan we wish mat is noi j>im. .more important, it. may he, tlmn (til these, art- tho questions Involved in llii' proposed amendment* t.i t e fiiiid.'iuientul law, upon whit-Ji yon an* to pass Judgment. The actions of a body of men. ax with int!ivi'lunls, is more or less important Iii proportion to the dilliculiies that are incident ton revocnion or a nioditlc.ition of their work, if any inure eiinetinen'n of th's body should result unfortunately, it might conveniently he repealed, perfected or amended at the ensuing term; hut if an umeiidmeiit to the Constitution should prove to be unwise or unfortunate, under the tedious and tardy methods for aim ndinents, it would require years within which to obtain relief from its consequences. I ardent y hope that your disposition of these matters will be such Hint 110 one cm say that imytliine w?s left urid ine that should have buen done, or that anything was done tlmt should have been left undone. Being under many obligations to you lor the indulgences and assistance you have s? eenerotisly extended heretofore, I beg for a continuance or the same, and pledge myself by all the considerations that are binding upon tne to contribute by any means nt my control to the successful accomplish men* of tho work before you. Thanking you for the many favors you hare done me, and. invoking the blessing of Almighty God upon your deliberations, I declaro the llounc reudjfcto proceed to business. The journal of tiio last day of tho previous session w:k read. On motion of Mr. Johnstone,of Newberry, the Clerk was instructed to repair to the Senate and inform that body tbut the House hud metand was ready for business. Mr. Johnstone also moved that a committee of three be appointed by the Speaker to act with a similar committee from the Semite to Inform his Excellency the Governor that the General Assembly was organized and prepared to receive any communications which he desired to make. Tho Speaker appointed Messrs. Johnstone, Simonton and Gray. The Speaki r announced the resignation nf Mr. E. W. Cannon, of I'arltrigtoii, sinee the last session, and presented the credentials of Mr, Jerome P. Chase as ! the member elected in.his stead; also the decease ol j Mr. I'onglass, a member troin Chesterfield, and the certificate of Mr. Stephen Jackson, wim hud been ' elected in his stead. Mr. Jackson presented himself | at the desk and the Sp'-aker administered to him the constitutional oatt of ollice, Mr. Ward, of Kdgelleld, presented presentment of | the grand Jury of Eduefleld and petition of 1.9U0 citi- I ieiis ot said county lor the passage of n stock lnw. Mr. WoU'ord, of Spartanburg, oflered for immeciato I L-onsulowti n a Joint resolution, that the .Joint As-j sembly unite on Friday, at 1 1*. M.. in an election far | ?n Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Circuit Incises and Commissioner of Aericnliire. The resolution was immediately considered and i ulupt.d. Mr. Haskell, from the J"int Commission on Hail-i rouds. reported n bill to provide u general railroad law . which was r?ftd by Its title. Col. Simontun.'ln behalf of the rommlsslon on Ci nUitulional amendments, submitted a report embodyng six joint resolutiot.s. Intended to rover the pro- | [ioscd Amendments. These areas follows: j 1. An aincnduientto substitute an article for Article i, relating to the Judicial branch of the government I 1'lle chief changes proposed Is that Judges of the Su-! n emc Court and Circuit Courts are to hold ollice dur- ] ng good behavior. 2. An amendment to Section 19, Article 1, of the Constitution, respecting: the summary trial and pun- j shment of iii!sdem<'amirs. 3. An amendment to Section 2. Article 1*. so as to j provide for a Stale board of education and the ftp[loliitm, nt of eonniy school commissioners. 4. An amendment to Section S, Article 8 rejecting lisqualifieation of electors. This makes, in addition : > treason and minder, "burglary, larceny, perjury, orgery, duelling, or any other infamous crime" a dis]liallticatio|? to Vote. 5. At Hole IT to be added to the Constitution. Tills mikes the term of ofliee of the oflicets of Um State iovernment and of the members of the (jcnmul As- j icnibiy four instead of two years. 0. An amendment to Section 3, Article 2, making ! .lie limits of a new county Jut) square miles and 25,,.'()U' nhabltauls. On the J-dnt resolis b>n providing fora Constitution-! il Convention the commission report unfavorably. | Die whole matter was made the special order for l'ri- j Mr. K. 15. Murray, from the Joint commission, nub- l nil trill In- report on the flection laws, which was or- j Itrei! for consideration to-morrow. The nmin feature >f this is the enactment of ii registration luit, SccoikI Day. SENATE. Reading the Governor's Message?Licon-j sing Physicians?The Penitentiary?j Dill to Punish Persons Selling Mortgaged Property. Wednesday, November 2!i. 1831. Notices were given of Uie introduction of Mils, etc., iml a number of report* from st-uidim; C"iiimiUi:te iiiliiultleil iiml ordered f?r consideration on i'riihiy. I '1 lie Governor's minimi inesr-ap- was receivoil and ! end. :iiul tin; various matters therein treated of refer- j cd lo the appropriate connnitlefs. 'I In- bills etc., upon the cdendar wero then taken | ip lor consideration, as fol'owK A hill to regulate tin* !ici nsini; of physicians and j ursjeons. The principal object ol this lull Is to put a >top to the business of ftiiurant quacks. Mr. Calllson thought that one of the features of this i i ll was designed lo debar homeopathic physicians Vom practicing in this State, and bo thcrcfolu moved .o strike out the cnactitu: lau?e. This iiiotioii brought Drs. I.art'cue and Hoesard to ' .m ir iiti, i>r. uifn cii iiihmi uir ct iiciui oi>rcH of the bill, and stated iliat it contained no claim* A'lilcli Mould prevent any lioincopntliic <<Jjyt.ii-i.-m | koldiuit a genuine diploma fiom pursutiii: I'is callln):. { Mr. CulltM-n's motion was r?-juciedand the Mil puss;d to its third. r? :< '!lie. Hill to uinorid Section 2 of Chapter CXI.V of Title I III k1'tliu General fjtatitUs, This proposed auiend- ' rilbnt provides that the Plate Penitential y thai! be miner the direction and Government of n Stip' rlntcndcut, to be ap minted by tin- Governor, by ami with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall hold his lilllcc for four year#, commencing on the first day of January. Mr. Ifnrilje said that it appeared to film Chat this meUMtri: would lake away from the Btmnlof Directors of tin- I'eiiltentlnry nil their powers in the mutter of reetdatiu(; the affairs of that Institution. Mr. Smythe suid tint, as he Understood it, the solo otij. c. of He l>i It was to make the office one of a;i potntment, instead ol an elective one. Mr < a'ljmni was opposed to the extension of the term of any State officer. If we p'tss this bill we may as well elect all of oitr officers for life, and he doi.e with it. lie was nlterlv nppos. d to the bill and moved that its enacting clause be stricken out. The secord reading hills having 1 oen dispi sed of, a bill t;? punish any person or |iersons who s all sell or dispose of any personal property on which a mortsa:!? of any kind may e.\ist without written consent of the mo limjee, came up for Us tbiid reading. A le; Rtliy disctitish'it ensued upon a number of ymemhnents ffered to the bill. Mr. t'alllson moved to Indefinitely postpone the whole matter, which motion was rejected, and the bill, after further discussion, llhidly i>asat!'l, ladtii ilown with amendments. A bill to auth?riz-.' and empower the County Commissioner* of Greenville county to sell and convey o-rtalri public property in the city of Greenville also passed its Ili rd reading. after w hi.di, at 3 M., the Senate adjourned until Friday at 1 '1 M. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Trustees. Do La Howe? Law in Relation tc Dower?To Retrtovo the Statue of Washington?Roll of Confederate Soldiers?Parcelling Out the Governor's Message?Prisoners in Jail to Work the Roads?Sale of Liquors to he Further Regulated^?Adjournment for Thanksgiving. ?r- 1?_?< V l.l...ci 11.. nrnci.nlmi.nl irr.irnl jiin : als-i pctilimi of Tru.-U'i-h of tho Do I-a IlllWe Mr. iJnry, of Abhcvilli?a bill In render more rfilclnil il?t- quarantine laws; a Mil to amend tin* law In relation to ilower; a bill to iliflne lIn* (finde of offense on a sec-nd trial of crimes ami misdemeanors. Mr. Simons, of Charl"?ton?memorial of City Council to lie allowed to remove III : a'.at lie of Wasliiiistun ii"iv in the Capitol to Wmliin^iun Square In Cli.irb s!on. Referred to Committee on Stale Iiouso and ( rounds'. Mr. MoCrndy Introduced a bill to provide for tho preparation of rollMif the troops furnished by the State ?f South Carolina to the army of the Confederate State!1, and of tin- militia ? the State In active scrvice dui li jr the war b> t ween the Confederate and United States; ?l>o n bill to amend Section 1, Chapter I.X11I, Title XIII. of the Oeneial Stnlutes, so a* provide that it shall b come a pa t of the charter of every corporation of the Slate of South Carolina that a majority of the directors thereof nhall be citizens and residents oi llii Male; also, a hill to amend the charter of the Medical College ??f the Statu of South Carolina. A message was received fr?in his Kxcollency the Governor, which was rend by the C.e;k.?| And which may be found in another pari of the Picas aiul /tanner 1 Mr. .lolinston" moved to refer the several subjects of tile messise to committees, as follows: Finance, t" Ways mid Menus; IViiiteiiliary, to Committee on Penitentiary ; Luratic Asylum, to special committee f three; Military Academy, to special couiiuillic of five. Adopted. The Speaker named as special committee of throe on Lunatic Asylum, Messrs. Gary. Crawford find Aldrich. mid as special committee of flvo on Mililnry Academy, Messrs. Johnstons, Simontoii, llasl.ull, Murray, and itluke. Mr. ToIUti, of Kdi'efleM?A bill to recliarter Kil* crease's Feiry, under the name of MoDaniel's Ferry; also a bill to'iautliorlis** tin.* County Commissioners of Kdtjelleld to employ the prisoners under sentence In the County j ill to repair the highways of theX'ounty. Mr. Gray, of Greenville, Introduced a bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to further regulate the sale ol ilit xiiatlnc Honors in theSta'e." Alto, n joint reaoI...i ? _..,l .... .1,., <???_ r?un?r 1,1 t.,r out r.l any unexpended balance In hi* Imnris tlio per diem ai'd mileage ?>f ihe members and i'ttaclic6 of the joint committee fl|>p"inted by this General Assembly at its laM Hei?*i?in upon registration ami election laws. Mr. Broofcer, of Lexington? Petition of citizens ol Lexington niminst the change in lho .stock law; also, a lull to prohibit the sale ol' intoxiculing liiptors tc lid no: k. Mr. White,of Sninter,presented petitions of certain townships for ri't'eal of stock law. Mr. Ninons?M -morini of i-c ntli Carolina Medical Association asking relief by leicl(tlatl*iii from local taxation ol the tin dical profession ; also a bill in relation to niinrntilltie laws. Mr. Fickcti.of Charleston, from Ways and Mennf Committee?lleport (nnf u ori.ldr) on Joint Itesolntlon to pay Gary & Gary for legal s.-tvice. Adopted Also, report on Senate Joint llesoliitlon In relation te stock of tin- State In thu Augusta, Kuoxvllta nnd Oreenwood l.'allroa'd, Mr. Johniitone?Report (unfavorable) to nuihorlzt1 County Treasurers to ri-cciro jury tickets, &c. Adopted. Mr. MorrUon, frnm .Joint Cornmiltee to revise militia laws of the State, reported by bill to provide for government, orir it. izit I -hi and discipline of tlio n.ilititi Ac. Uead ly title nnd referred toCommitteo on Military A flairs. Mr. Sinmnton. from Special Committee on l.'epresentatioii to Centennial at Yorktown, reported unfavorably. as th.- occasion requiting action had passed ; adopted. Unlimited leave of absence was granted to Mr. Tajpart.ol Abbeville, on account of sickness. At 1.20 Lite House adjourned to meet on Friday at 12 M. Tliirtl Day. SKNATE. Hirers Matters Considered?A New Assistant Clerk Sworn In?His Lungs Exhausted tlio First Night. Fuiday, November 2\ 1 SSI. JtThe Senate met at 12 M., and was called to order by President Kennedy. The proceedings wore opened with prayer bv Dr. J. L. Girar^enn. t)r. ino'tii n of Mr. Williams, the rending of the minutes was dispensed with. The following were introduced: Mr. Kinsler? lilll to authorise the Coinptroller-^en ithI to uliutv tin; Carolina National Rank of Columbia lo rnml certain claims in drlkienoy bonds. Mr. Williams?Hill to Incorporate the Georgetown and Lane kaiiroad Company. Mr. l\rry?Joint resolution to relieve Win. Reattie, of Orcpuvi tie, from the payment of certain t*xes. Mr. IV.terton?Hill t" alter anil amend the fence law in Kershaw and Lancaster counties, Mr. Smythe?Hill, to exempt tlie physicians irradnMed Itoin the South Carolina Medical Cullojjc from license taxes. The following were tabled: Favorable report ?'f the Committee on Incorporations on House Idli to amei il nn Act to inc<rporai.e the Ctdutubia and Lexington Water Power Coliijiany, approved Dccetnlior 21. is>79; fnvoralde r< port of the Cotiimilteii on Incorporations on Mil to incorporate thi; Uefo: tucd Synod of theSoutll in fcotnh Carolina. The concurrent resolution to elect six Circuit Judges, one Assoc ate Justice, a Commissioner of Acricuituri snd two luetiib. rs of the Hoard of Agriculture, was taken up. It wis amended go that the joint assembly for the purpose above named shall take place at 1 o'clock t\ M.. next Tuesday. The following were passed to their third read1n ?: lieport of the Committee on Incorporations on bil' to incorporate the News and Courier Company; report of Committee on Incorporations on u bill to repeal sn mncn of an Act entitled "An Act to prescribe the mode and terms upon which the City Council ol Charleston may subscribe lo the capital jtock of railroads, plank roads and canal companies, and to confirm the subscriptions heretofore mad? to them." ns relates to the modes and terms upon which said subscription shall be made; report of Coinniitt-e on the Judiciary on bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to conform all special Acta ol' incorporation to the provisions ol the Constitution of the Sta'e, respecting the liabilities ol stockholders theretorepmtol" Committee on Incorporations on bill to incorporate tin* Merchants' ami Planters' Incorporation Company: report of Committee on Incorporations oil bill to incorporate the Ladles' Henevo'e it HocU-ty of the city of Charleston; rejHirt of Committee on the Judiciary on bill to amend Chapter XCV.lI.. of Title V., I'art II. of the General ijunilll'8 ni llli i ouiie, reiawii^ tu uaaj^ii mciiio vi ? solvent dcbtoni. NIGHT SKSSION. At 730 o'clock tlio Senate reconvened and Immediately proceeded to business. Toe President nr.nounccd that Assistant Clerk Holmes had resigned his position and Fred. J. Ludfttc. Esq., appointed in his stead. Thereupon Mr. Ludette approi.ciicd the bar of the Senate and took the oatb prescribed by law. In obedience to a motion adopted at the morning session making all report ti nnd bids pertaining to th? subject ol elections tho special order for the evening tlm long report of tho Commissioner of Klections *?! read section by section nr.tll the seventy-third section was reached, when the itlilgsof the Heading Clerk and the path nee of the members were exhausted. A motion was made and cheerfully adopted to adjourn, and at 8 o'clock the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. A General Stock Law?Minors and Intoxicating Drinks?Amendments tn Important Laws?Second Mortgages ? Tho Constitution ? Railroads and Wines. The House met at 12 M. Mr. Jerome P. Chase, tbo member elect from Darlington, appeared nt tbc bar of the Honso, and the Speaker administered to iiim the oath of olllce. Mr. Dargan?A bill to provide a general stock law, and to regulate the operations of the .same. Mr. Strom?A joint resolution t>) pay Auditor of Edgefield county for certain serviced. Mr. McMastor?Extract from the presentment of the grand Jury of Fairfield tu to the conpensatlon of supervisors of highway. Mr.Gray; of Greenville?A Joint .resolution to pay special commission on election laws. Mr. Allison?Joint resolution to pay claim ol U. L. Clyburn, late Auditor of Lancaster county. .Nlr. Hrooker?A bill to amend the Act In relation to selling liquor to minors so as to except certain wines from the operation thereof. Mr. Crawford?A bill ti> amend an Act for the establishment of a new school dKtiietln ltlchland county and to authorize the levy and collection of a local tax therein. This bill Is intended to dive greater efficiency to Hie existing Act providing for a separate school dlstric: In the city of Columbia. On the call for reports of c?mmittces tho following were presented: . Mr. Hmonton, Judiciary?Unfavorable reports on the following: On bill to ascertain the bona Jiile Indebtedness of several counties and provide for payment vf same; a'lopted. Hid to alter anil amend the law In relation to dower; adopted. Hill in relation to the crime of rape; adopted. Kill to repeal certain sections uf the General Statu'os relative lo trial by Jury or certain civil actions; od-itited. Mr. I'urker,<fu?iiciitry?Favorable on bill (a substitute) of one for the recovery and protection of junior incumbrances. Mr. Make, Ways anil Means?.V bill to require monthly publication of reports by the .Statu Treasurer. Mr. Chandler, Roads, Bridges and Ferries?A bill to require the County Commissioners of Full-Held to lay out certula new roads in said couuty. Mr. linker?Hill to require the Ounty Commissioners of Orangeburg and Colleton to luy out certain new roails in said counties. Mr. Taylor?Kill to require the County Commissioners of Kichlund to open a certain highway in said county. Thr* hour having arrived for 'he consideration of the special order?being the bill to provide for culling a convention of the people of tills Slate and the several amendments to tlieConstitn'ion proposed by the joint commission?Mr. Siuiontou said that, in view of the absence of Mr. Aliliicli, of Aiken, who bad made tlie minority report, favoring a convention, he was disposed t<> move tile illM'harpe of the order so far as the consideration of tlie convention was concerned, but as the question of a cull of the convention Uy at the fi'illiilatlon of the whole matter and noubl have lo he tiret settled by the Leglitlitlueu In-fore going into the consideration of thr constitutional amendments pro.........I I... ill,, I llu- (1 1h<*li.il i/e of the entire special order, which moiliiti was adopted. Tim L'CIH'l'rtl orders Wero di.-posed of sitt follow*: A 1>I11 t? provide :i general railroad law, .Vc.,on inn Hon of Mr. Haskell, was made the special order fur Thursday next. A joint rcsolntl >n relating to the stork heM br the State In the Aiii;ii?ti? ami Kuoxvilic Kailmad, was amended and ordered In its third reading. resolution to refund to Mr.*. M. Moore tl.e an otint paid her f >r certain forfeited lands purchasid at eidu of forfeited lands erroneously folfulled. KVKNINU SRvSION. The House was :n led to ouler at 7 30 1'. M. The special order for the hour was announced by the Speak, r as a bill f.?r revising and consolidating the Gi'lieral Statutes of the State. The bid was taken tip for second reading and the following chapter.H lead by section xcriiitim: ( hupter I embracing State boundaries, htldges end fettles over Suvar.nah liiver, places ceded to the United States for forte, light houses, j>ostollices, court houses, jetties, &c, and rights of United States government to puichaHM'laiids In the State. Mr. Slmonton hi >ved verbal amendments to one or two sections, which were adopted. Chapter 11 of the Statutes?Mr. Slnmiton called attention to the addition made bj the commission to the 'J8d Section 'if per diem and mileage allowance to Solicitors during their attendance on the legislature, thus rest-ring the provisions on this subject which existed In Ihe former Statutes. t'hater III of the Statutes. Chapter IV. 01 Public lliports and Documents.? The rending of tUe bill was here suspended to receive a Message of the Governor transmitting the reports of the various beards and Statu Institutions; and, on motion of Mr. Parker, of Abbeville, tho somo was rehired to their apprlatc committees. The reading of the bill wnsrMtimed. Chapter V. Of public pro[?erty. Cbopter VI. Of tbo census.?This disposed of Title T, embracing eighty-eight neetlons. On motion of Mr. Simontnn, the titles II, III, IV were pn.-^ed over, as these subject* were In the hands of committees and would count up at a subsequent st'ipj of the proceeding. The reading of the bill was resumed. Title V. Of location and boundaries or Counties.? On motion or Mr. Slinonton, the head lino, "Counties Incorporated," between Sections 414 and 415, was ilriekcn out, and the term "I.ynch's <'reek" was changed to Lynch's lilver, to conform to the Act on that subject. The Speaker announced that the Clerk hid completed the rending of thlrty-llvo pastes ol the bill In the llrst hour, which rate according to the present apportionment of time allotted to con.-ldcr the bill., It would require fifteen days to bompleto the reading or the bill. Fourth Day. SENATE. The Consolidation of Our New Railroads? Now Measures ? The Lien Law?Debate on tho Constitution. Saturday, November 26, ISSi. At 12 o'clock M. the Senate was called tu order by President Kennedy. Tin* following new measures wore introdnced: Mr. Gillisoii- Bill to authorize tin consolidation o! ilio Atlantic and French Broad Valley Itailroud Coin[iany mil the Kdgelk-ld, Trenton anil Aiken Kalitoml Company under the nauie of (he French Broad and Atlanilc Kailrod. Mr. Siny the?Bill 10 charter tho Sea view City, Charleston County; bill to abolish the nse of seals upon certain instruments; bill to repeal the lien law. The following was continued: Bill to authorize and empover the County Commissioner* of Greenville county to sell ai;d convey certain public properly In I tile cl y Of Greenville. The following were passed to th;>lr third reading: Hill to amend s.ction 12 of an Act entitled "An Act to I protect the lights and interests of the State in phogj puate rocks and pho.iplr<lic deposits in navigable streams and waters of the Mate;'* Bill to provide for the right of appeal from the dlclslon of a '1 rial Justice and I hive fret-holders, anting under Section 3, chapter XLIX, title* XI, page 2".'3, of the Geneial Statutes. The following ivos pasird and sent to the llou?o of Repre.n-n la lives: Bill to provide for the punisalng of persons guilty of malicious injury to bridges on the pHDlie roa-:a. Shortly alter one o'clock tho sptclal order was called up?iho majority and minority reports of theootnuiisRion appointed to consider tne question of calling a con vent ion to amend the Constitution and suggest needed unt-mlmi'iiiR. This iinporiant matter, as was expected, produced an animated debate, which was piiiticipaict in by Messrs. Wylie, Smylhe, Callisoii I/Jar, llcmloi son and others. However, no set speechj es were made, only preliminary skirmishing being tn(1 lilted in. Tho short debate did not plainly indicate the spirit of the Senate on this matter. I'ending the discussion, Mr. llsrilee made a motion thai the whoiu subject he made a special order for next Tuetda.' at 11 o'clock A. M. This motion produced a sharp little debate and was Anally adopt d. At 2.40 o'clock the Senate udjournod to meet Monday morning at 11 o'clock. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tlir> Sviln nf T.innnrs?Thi? T,n.\r na f.n the Sale of Seed Cotton Applied to Corn?382 Misguided Citizens?Laborers and Contracts?Mr. Parkers' Bill as to .Junior Mortgages Creates a J,ively Discussion. The amendment of a bill to rrgultta thellcei'sinpol physicians .mil Miigmna was agreed tom.d the bill was ordered to be enrolled. NOTICES, ETC. Mr. NVnli', of Abbeville?Bill to change tho name ol ' Samuel Krrsi Wllhon lo llosena wrick. Mr. Gary? Hill In nmeml illc Act to ropulate the'ale ( f intoxicating liquors, excepting f'om the operations thereof manutacturers selling not |<-m than IbtrtygnlIons ami all domestic wines. Also, bill to amend See ' titui 125, Chapter 47, of KeriSfd statutes, extending tile time to commence actions ngaint executors and . administrators. Mr. l)vTer?.at!X?A bill to repeal an Act on t Hi oil "An Act to an end an Act entitled an Act to extend the time for the redemption of forfeited lands," approved ! December 28, l.s7D, so as to remove the provision thai ; forfeited lands be sold at public sale only. Mr. Simmiton?Concurrent resolution that the election of one Trusteeof University, a Keeisttr of Mesne 1 Conveyance fer I l.urleston county, and two Directors of the South Carolina Penitentiary bo held or. Tuesday liex*. Adopted. 1 Mr. Hempliili?Abstract of presentment of grand jury of Chester; bill to limit Trial Justices for Chcstet I county to one. . Mr. Strom?Bill to uiueml an Act entitled"An Aci ! to prohibit the sale of seod cotton between the hour! I of the setting and rising of the sun, and to r'gulati , the t ile ol seed cotton," approved June S, 1S77, l?y ex i?nd;ng the provisions thereof to grain. *i . mil,... ...1 .... J i<ii. Iiiiiu?uIII , laborers, by mnkinz it a misdemeanor for a laborer l< vlo'aie his contract, whether the Sumts ho Virhitl or li w.l'.lng. .Mr. Alllfon?Petition of Win. Movzck to have * curtain ivml mid br.ii^o of Georgetown declared a pub' lie highway. Mr, Gray?Kill to constitute tho County Com in is sloncrit of GrcenviileCounty Commissioners of llealtl , and drainage, and lo dellnc their powers and duties therein. Mr. Smith, of Horry?Petition of 332 citizens ol Hurry ugdnst enactment <>f stack la.v. Mr. Hay?Dill to authorize the levy anil collection ol n tax in School District No. 1, Kershaw county, te maintnin one or more traded .srhoois; ui-o, joint resolution in relation to school cla.ma of said county; al to, presentment ol the grand jury ol said county t-j? cting triitiic in seed cotton. i Mr. Allison?Kill to amend Section 6, Chaptei LXXXIll, Title 4, of thw Genera! Statutes, so at t< avoid thw expanse ol t!ie publication of citations by l'robate Judges in oil cases of nolvrnt personal estates, not exceeding $800 In value, where letters of admlnis I inition may be granted, under Sui'iiv;n:on 1, 'J, 3 and 1 | of section 1 of the i-ainfc chatter and title. | Mr. lirooker?Bill to amend nn Act entitled "An Acl to Inrtlicr provide for tiie assessment of real estate loi I the |iur'poses of taxation. j Mr. limlget.s? Hill to amend on Act authorizl.is i j County Commissioners of Union, Suinti-r and OrangeI burg to procure unil establish stand >rd scales !or tilt 11 wi-ighlng of cotton and a I produce und merchandise : sobi l?v weight, approved JVceiuber 24, IssO, liy m,' seitltg therein the county of l.aurens. | Mr. Johnstone?Concurrent resolution that thcStaU I Printer he instructed io print 2,C0o copies ol the Gov| ernor's Message, No. 1, for distribution I Mr. Dendy?Bill to prohibit the sale of srdi-nt spirit" in the town of Scneca City, Oconee counly, S. G\, also i bill to regulate the lying out and working of liewrondi > j and highways: also, joint resolution to allow compel! I sallnii to St. Jull> n Jervcy for county, for the puri>os< i of niniutaluitig one or more graded public scliooL ir ;; said disiriet; also, bill to incorporate Adieer Collexe. i j Mr. Keels?Hill to amend an Act to secure landlord! II and persons making advances. I Mr. Wilson?lilil to amend an Act entitled "An Aci , to provide artificial limbs for nil soldiers ol the State :! who lost their logs or arm* during military services it [ the years 1S61, lhC'2,1SU3,1S64, and 18C6." The House proceeded to the consideration of gener al orders. Mr. biinoiiton in the Chair. j Hill to require the County Commissioners of Fairi fluid county to lay out and declare as public highways ' certain roads in Falrlield county, Passed to thiru read j ing. i Bill to amend an'Act entitled "An Act directing and ! requiring the publication of monthly statements bj j the Suite Treasurer," approved March 0, lb"". Passec to third reading. I Bill for the protection of junior encuinbranrers j Also, bill for the proteciion ol junior encumbrances, j (Substitute by committee.) j The tedium of the routine business was enlivened I by an iuterestlnz passage at arms between the lawyer: r. on this unpretending little bill. i Mr. Johustono moved to strike out the enacting i clause. ' i Mr. Parker expluiucd the objectof the bill to remedy | the delay and expense incident to the present proceed ings where senior and junior executions uudajunloi i! mortgage co-exist against property. j Mr. Johnstone moved to strike out the enacting I | clause and stated the objection that the bill made nr ' | provision for the existence ofjuulor execution, and that It might often be that the rights of the inortgngoi I to contest the mortgnge would be prejudiced by tht provision*. Mr. Khame found objection io the provisions of the bill lu that It enabled the mortgagee to collect before | the maturity of the debt nud no provision was made for notice to absent debtors. Mr. Dargan suggested a simple amendment to meel 1 the objections of the gentlemen from Clarendon, und as to tiiu claim that it was prejudicial to the right ol mortgagor or absent creditor, the bill provides exactly ' for the protection of both and a simple method of se' curing uil theadvantages of a foreclosure without the ' expense and delay incident thereto. The provision ! that the surplus after paving the senior execution shall in* vriamcu in uiv num.a ui mc ourr u uy uuui any party in interest saved any possibility of prejudice to his cluim. Mr. Aldricb approved of the bill and saw only beneficial results fiomils operation. Mr. ileinphill reiterated the objection exprpfsed by Mr. Johnstone and thought that it w as manifestly uri Just to allow u mortgagor, by setting up nn unadjudb . ciited claim, to affcct the rights of creditor in execu! tlon by affecting ibe price at the salo of the property. The question was alter ail whether a man has any I' right in thitStatn to sell the property of another before his cluim has been adjudicated and execution obtained In tbu courts. Mr. Murray regarded the bill as providing a speedy and economical mode ?f securing what, under existing methods, was attended with delay, i mbarrassment.i and expense. The protection of the interests of a'l the parties was aB complete tinder the bill as now.mid as to fraudulent mortgages, the provisions of lnvv were ample to reach all such cases. Mr. Johnson, of Marion, regarded tho provision ol the bill as favoring the property by enhancing the value o! tiie property at the sale, and to thai extent the interests ol the mortgagor and mortgagee or.d junior I executor, creditor, and a perfect title becured to the I purchaser. j Mr. McCnidy answered lh? objections of the oppo| nentsof the measure, and contended that the bill pre served the equities of all the panic-. Mr. llutson regarded the question as ono between I the creditors. i Mr. Deudy thought that the hill was unnecessary, ! was an Innovation; anil be thought it would only in| crease the embarrassments of the cases contemplated. | The debate was sii-pended to receive a message from ! the Governor communicating a statement of all parj doiis printed by him and tho reasons therefor. Mr. I'arkcr viewed the bill as a good one. It rcme| died nn existing evil and therefore met his approval, j and he was surprised at theoppogitiou which had been provoked, lie reviewed the injection urged, j Mr. tfoegers was not a lawyer, but had paid for his j knowledge 011 the snblectof mortgages and wanted to know what became of the third mortgage. Mr. Johnstone admitted that there was much in the objections of the gentlemen from Oconee, involving as it iIih-s a grave constitutional question. Tho operation of the bill would by Indirection enable the creil itor to over-ride tlie plain provisions oj tne consuiutl?n respecting the homestead. Iln unit on to show that it might possibly bo obnoxious to tlio objections of impairing the obligations of contracts, and by reason of tlie complications | which would attend the contestor of the Interested I partii s, it wouid disappoint the cluiiu of its friends | tint it was an improved memod. I Mr. Slinniiloii approved altogether of the bill bc| cause it provided a simple and inexpensive mode of ; securing all the HghU of tile parties in interest. 'J'he i|Uesti?n of tho homestead was not involved in ) the issue because the mortgugen'srightsiipplieil only to ! the surplus arising from the sale und?rtl'e senior exeJ Clltioll. 1 Mr. McKissick was bewildered by tho conflicting I opinions of the aide lawyers, but they were entitled to jnll prai.-e for their ell'orts to reduco 'the costs in any ! proceedings. ' Mr. Simons moved to recommit and it was adopted, EVENING SESSION. ] The Speaker called the House to order at 7} o'clock ; and the reading of the bill for revising and consoliilatj in:.' the Oeneral Statutes was continued. 1 Part I, Title VI. of PtateHiul County office's. em' bracing < hapter XIV, General Provisions, relating to i public "dices. ] Chapter XV?The Executive Department and oflicers connected therewith. Chapter XVI?County ollices. Mr. Slmonton stated that Section 420, marked "altered," was simply altered to conform to the opinion I of the Attorney (iuiieml of the law as It stands. ! Mr. Johnstone moved an amendment to Section ! of resrents of I.unatle Asylum, "no two of whom shall be residenls of the same county." Adopted. I This chance* radically tho rule heretofere observed < . - ..( ?U.. A...I..... .....I I III li)C ll|iI>OIIILIMrill IN llin.u <11 ?i.? ??? promises to introduce u considerable element ol emI IrarriiBstnciit Into tin* management of the institution. wliicli ha* attended it to the constant cnre exercised | by tlip regents who were resident* in Coiunitda, and j could therefore cive the a'trillion to the interests of the Asylum which its peculiar naturo so emineutiy | demand*. I Section -T>-\ which authorized the Governor to order | the Attorney General to discharge or satisfy any judiri inelit elltereil in favor of the Slate, was Htlickeu out, ] on motion of .Mr. Slmonton. Section 470 was on motion of Mr. Murray, amended I t:> require the Attorney Oein ral to mlvl.se the iiaiirond Ouimissloner mid Ommissloticr of Agriculture, as I well as other State ofliccrH. I Section WO.?Mr.'M tirrav moved to strike out the requirements that the Treasurer of '.ho State rihall keep I deposit of public moneys in n bank of the city of New ! York. Mr. Murray stated that his objection to the clause was, that It aflnrded the opportunity to persona holding a c'ass of nbli.'atlons whlcll have bren declared invalid | by our Courts to detach the funds so deposited and j Ittlmite In the Courts of New York, to the manifost disadvantage of the State. Mr. Mct'rady protested ngalnst motions to amend and alter this 'since of the proceedings. This was 5 proceeding to codify the law alone, and it was not In amu'dauco with tbo latent af tbo Cummlwlou to tliua. I tnoct Important provisions of lsw without the powers requisite to legislation. Mr. Johnstone regarded the remark of the gentle- 1 men from Charleston, Mr. McCrady, aa u plea fur error, Ami if hia snirai'Stions prevailed and the members 1 tat mute while thla Important ornnlhtisblll wnabeln? | passed through It would become truly an omnibus of ttrrcr. Mr. Parker said If the attention ot the eoinmiASion hail been called to the clause in onestion, they would havu stricken it out and hud no objection to do so now. The motion to strike out was adopted. On motion of Mr. SimoDton, Sections .">75 to 55S, inclusive, relntins to the Kullro id Commissioner, ?'?? pa??ed over, as the subject was now in the hands of a special commission who woiiid report at this session. State of South Carolina, Abbeville County. IX TIIE PROBATE COURT. Ex parte W. A. Blank, as administrator and Petitioner. Petition forSettlement and Discharge. \T OTIC'E Is hereby given tliat \V. A. Black, Lt as administrator, de bonis non of the estate of Enoch M. Bowen. deceased, lias tiled his petil'on asking for a settlement and discharge. It Is ordered, that Friday the 2nd day of December next, be llxed for settling the estate and granting the dlsehamc hs prayed for. All persons having clalnisagalnst the estate will present them to the administrator, and those Indebted must settle before the clay of settlement. J. FULLER LYON, Judge of I'robate. >'ov. 2,1881, tf LUMBER ATYQUR DOOR. I HAVE completed my arraignments to furnish all kinds of LUMBER to to the public: at short notice. M^establishment is on the old Hughes place. I have a new and splendid engine and improved circular saw*. The best sawyer in this section, JAMES H. DUNN, has charge and is always at his post. TRICES LOW?GIVE US A T1UAL. R. A. EICHEY. Nov. 10, 188J, tf ?AND? HAVE now in storo a complete line of all kinds of GOODS. Wo call spc' ciul attention to our largo stock j Fancy and Domestic Bry Goods, Flannels, Woolens, 1 Jeans, Gents Underwear, CLOTHING, lllSIB,1 HATS AND CAPS. ; CUNNINGflAM & TE1PLET0H. r r Nov. 1G, lSSl.tf : The Place to Get What You Want! ; CHRISTIAN & WILSON ALWAYS in store, a complete stock of FANCY GROCERIES, CANNED 1 GOODS ami CONFECTIONERIES of all kinds. The best and cheapest CI, GARS and TOBACCO. The FINEST WINES nml LIQUORS. ' ? ...? ? *TT1 ?_1 ; Sweet Masn t'orn wmsxey ! For medical purposes a specialty. Also, ! Choice Liquors of any kind for medical ' purposes. Give us a cull. Satisfaction guaranteed. t CHRISTIAN & WILSON, Abbeville, S. C. Jsr?v._M,j88i,tr ; NOTICE ?OF SPECIAL TERM? ' Of Court for Aleville CoiHtj! i The State of South Carolina, In tlio Supremo Court. A SPECIAL term of the Court of General Sessions will bo held in and for ; the County of Abbeville, commencing on the first Monday in December next, for the trial of such "coses as may bo brought > before it. I Tne Honorable J. S. Cothran, Circuit ' Judge of the Eighth Circuit, is hereby as: signed to hold the special term aforesaid. . Tho Clerk of the Court will transmit a i copy hereof to tho Honorable J. S. Coth 1 -ran, Circuit Judge of the Eighth uircuit, . and a copy to the Clerk of the Oburt of ' Common Pleas for Abbeville county, who r will see that the duties devolving upon him and other officers in the premises aro performed according to law. I Columbia, S. C., Nov. 15th, 1881. | W. D. SIMPSON, , Chief Justice S. C. A. M. Boozer, Clerk Supreme Court. / '1 petit jurors, witnesses and parties in interesi vvill take notice of the follow' ing provisions of the law relating to special terms and govern thcmsolves accordingly: "All processes, writs and recognizances of every kind whethor respecting juries, witnesses, bail or otherwiso, which relate to the cases to be tried at the . said special session in the same'manner II as if they had been issued or taken in 1 reference" thereto." ? Gen. Stat. Chap. CXXJI, Sec. '2$. j The special term will commence on the > <3th dav of December, proximo. M. G. ZlilGLLR, C. C. P. Nov. 23, 1S81. TEA' TEA ' A S0P2ROR ARTICLE OF YOUNG HYSON at S5c; Imperial at 75c; fjnn i>ou'iici nt W)c: Mixed at SUcc; in [ fancy pound and half poll nil boxes. Edwin Parker. ! June 13,1681, tf Marshall F. DeBruhl, Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE C. II. S. C. THE HEAVIEST, ODORLESS, Machine Oil, At 65.Cents per Gallon. 5 Gallons, or over, 60 Cents per Gallon. H. W. LAWSON & CO. May 25, 1SS1, If CUNNINGHAM tt TEMPLETON Juivo a large assortment of Humburg Edgings and Insertions, Gouts hand soft'ed Shoos. Nov. 10, 18S1. WE WILL FURNISH Pine or Hard lumber AT SHORT notice anil try to pleaso customers in every bill we ti 11 for I them. Mill situated one mile from Asbury Church, near tho 1'romiscd Land. J. C. FOSTER & BRO. Nov. 1?. 18S4, 3tn T, L. CALiiUUH,M. W. Surgeon and Physician, ABliKVII-iLK, S. C. Okkick?In roarof 0. T. Oalhouu'sltuv oflicc. March 16SI, 12m k Silks and SatinsWE have'the most complete assortment of Black Silks and Hlaek Batlns, ever offered In Abbeville. Send for Hum pies an?l prices. W* HADl)0>i & CO. Sept. 14,1881. tf A. m. HILL & SONS, DEALERS IN rtDAfirDTUfl -ANDPROVISIONS, CRACKERS, HAM, TEAS, FISH, SOAP, SYRUP, SUGAR, STARCH, SPICES, FINE TOBACCO, CIGARS, WINES, LIQUORS, &c. Abbeville, S. C. Dec. K. 1980. tf. m Of 1881. : P. Itantag & Co. l) tie Front. WlTH their usual attractive etocB of GENERAL MERCHANDISE A full and complete line of DKY GOODS, ^Motions, CLOTHING, ?of the very best and cheapest BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, GROCERIES LM HARDWARE, and such other goods as nre usually kept in a first-class store. All contained in NO. 3 GRANITE RANGE, ABBEVILLE C. H., S. C. Wo are determined to sell them and owing to the short crop and general complaint of hard times, have marked them at such prices as will insure them quick and ready sale. All we want is that you wilt call and examine. 15uy and be happy, I Oct. 1!?, 1881. tf Tie Iliaiti M Collsp. ItESPKCTFUJ.LY ofTern Its services to those pa rents who desire to secure for their daughters the thorough and symmetrical cultivation of their physical, intellectual, and moral jk>w ers. j I. is conducted on wniu is cauea me "0HS-STU37" PLAN, with a Semi-AXNUAI. Couimk of Study ; and, by a sjstem of Tultional Premiums, its Low Hates are m:>de still lower for ALL who average *5 per cent. No Public Exercises. No "Receptions." Graduation, which is always private, may occur elaht times a year. THE FALL SESSION will open AUGUST 1, li&L REV. 8. LANDER, President, Oct27,80,ly Wtlllamston, S. C. To^Rent. NEW HOTEL IN ABBEVILLE. rFlIE undersigned lias just completed his J. new liotel on the North-East corner of the Public Square in Abbeville, containing fourteen large airy bed rooms, a commodious dining-room,a large office,and a good cook room. This Is very desirable property in the business portion of the town, makes its location'well suited for a hotel. Its convenience to the business portion of the town will make It especially attractive to business men. The most reasonable terms will be ottered. Toan enterprising hotel-keepar thlslsarare offer ami only which should not be neglected. Apply early to JOHN KNOX. July 20,1881, tf "HOI'LAR PAINTED SUITS very handsome X at priccs from 825 to &0 per set. J. D. CHALMERS. Sept 21,1881, tf Bernhart Collars. A>'OXrth,li iOt jusi received. It. M. HADDOX 4 CO. | Oct. 20,18S1, tf Full Stock of Millinery and Dress Goods. We are adding to our stock almost doily. Our lady friends will And our stock very large and attractive. R. M. HADDOX & CO. Oct 26.1881. tf J*. KURZ^ Boots and Shoes, Harness and Tanyard. BEST material used, fine worlcmen employ ed, custom work made promptly, and at the lowest bottom prices for cash. Hides always bought at the highest market price for cash or in exchange for leather or work. January 28, 18S0, ly. iiiilil, Have a large and well selected Btock of DRY GOODS, -AND GROCERIES,) ?and the newest styles of? READY-MADE CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, Hats and Caps, WIIICII THEY SELL CHEAP; Oct e, ijjso, tr RAILROAD NOTICE, SUBRCRI HERS to the onpitnl stock of the Atlantic and French Broad Valley Kailrond nre hereby notified that the tlrst Instalment is now called for. Prompt payment Is required, as the work Is to lie begun at once and will be pushed vlyor-! DUsly. Hy order of W.K. Bradley, President A. and b\ II. V. It. K. J. \Y\ PERRIN, Treasurer. 1 A bbc'vl i 1 C.V May' 10, ISS1. Parlor Suits, UriTOLSTERED In beautiful Spun Silk? the latest style:-. J. I). CHALMERS. Sept. 21,1881, tf Chamber Suits TN WALNUT at prices from Forty (S-JO) dol I liirs to two hundred (?9io)dollars. Someof tlse.se iroods the llncst we have ever offered. J. 1). CHALMERS. Sept. 21,1881, tf HALL STANDS, Whnt-Nots, Brackets and Tables?all new and beautiful. 1 J. D. CHALMERS. SC?t,21, l&il, tf. j roomiM Have In store and to arrive, Large and Varied Stock OF DRY GOODS, STAPLE and FANCY NOTIONS, GROCERIES, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, fRtTNKS, AND mnhy othpr articles. nil of which #111 l>e sold ns close for CAkH, and upon a? GOOD TERMS ?s any lionse In Abbeville. Give us a look and we will give you a bai> Daln. t3-We will ship yonr Cottcm or bay lt.ta Chrumos. A LARGE lot of new Chromos 22 r 2t and 21 x 30.) on exhibition and for sale, at 81.15 each nt LAWSON & WARDLAW'S. April 20. 1831. Received This Week! Three new and stylish walnut Chamber Suites at bottom pricep, at LAW80N <fc .WARDLAW'S. April 20, 1S81. J.W.SIGN ABBEVILLE, S. C, KEEPH on band a full assortment of COFFINS?from the cheapest to the best. Hearse will attend funerals, when desired. He will also Contract for the Erection of Buildings. He Is asrent for the sale of Sash, < Doors Blinds, Mouldings, Stair-rnillngs, Flooring* and everything pertaining loboaisc bailding April 7th 1830, tf W. C. Bkn'ET, J. H. Rics, Abbeville, S. C. > inety-Slx,8. C. beistet"& rice, < .Attorneys at LawWE have formed a partnership for thepractlce of law. And will practice in ail tbe Courts of the State. BENET & RICE. Feb. 23,1881) tf WM. II. PARKER W. C. McGOWAN. PARKER & McGO WAN ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, AliBEVILLE, C. H., S. C. WILL pracl Ice also In the Circuit Court* ol the United States for Sooth Carolina* Jan 7.I880.tr Tr. H. D. WILSON, 0 DENTISTRY, Abbeville, C. H? S. C. CSf Office; Upstairs over tbe Post Offlce.~d J. Knox & Co. -AGENTS *ORMB, TOM YOOHS'5 PURE CORN WHISKEY THE best and purest CORN WHISKEY brought to this market. June 22,1881, tf j E. H. McBEIDE, M. D. ABBEVILLE, 8. C. S II' ILL slve prompt attention to nil prae?tlce in town. Office at Drug Store. August 3.1881, 12:n DAVID H MAGIH, attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE, S, C. WILL practice in all the Court* of tbe State. Jan 2I.lSH0.tr The Best Engine in the World 1 W.R. WALTON, AUGUSTA, SA. ALSO AGENT FOIl TEE Geiser Grain Separator, Saw Mills, and all kinds ol Machinery.' Refer? to Dr. J. A. Glbert, B. C, Wall, and Allen Morajrnc. of Abbeville. Mav II. ISrtl. Cm Shoes. fl I ADIUS who want an elegant fitting Shoo? j should try n pnlr of oor"ru?toru made* goods; manufactured expressly for us. H K. M. HADDOJf & CO. I Sept. " Blue Stone, 9 Fept. 27, lPfil, 41 EDWIX PARKER. ^ Kid Gloves. H FJVERY lady who want* a real good Klfl j Glove, should call for our "Polo"?thH best ever ottered for 51.00. fl K. M. HAD DON* A CO.H Sept. 11.1881, tf H Barber Shop, | rPIIE undersigned respectfully Informs tl^B X public thnt helms recently removed Tonsorial Emporium to the hall above >*oH wood Brother's store, wjiere be is prepared fl| accommodate his customers, and the publ^H generally In hair cutting, shampooing, sha^H In?, dyeing, In the best style, and at reaso^H able prices. EJ Terms per month for hair-cutting, BbanS? pooing and shaving, only 31.00. Respectfully, H| Richard Gantt. B Just Received. I ANEW shipment of Zephyr all colors arHJ shades?10 cents un ounce nt the HI NEW YORK STORE^B Oct. 2fl, 18S1. tf The Artotype. H ANEW and beautiful engraving. Cop^H from fine steel engravings. These c^H beautiful durable pictures. With the ettcci^H light and shade make a nice article ata 1<^H price. They nre worthy ot a place In yo^H parlors and rooms, in place of the high coI<flH ed cheap chromos. J. D. Chalmcrs^B Sept. 21,1851, tf H BARGAINS! I BARGAINS ! l WE OFFER EXTRA BARGAINS IN A^| | >v 1; luils of B DEY GOODi CLOTHING, I HATS, SHOES, &H Try us and you will buy your goods chcaf^HH QUARLES & C0| Oct. 10,1881, lm H. 6. SCDDDAY, I Attorney and Counselor at La?^H ANDERSON, S. COFFERS his professional services to th^HH Izens of Abbeville. Fartiesdeslrln^HH consult with him, may do so At each scsBMII of the Court for the Couuty,or by letter at^^H[ derson C H. RB uneJ-5.1881. tf Sleep Well-Spring BedflS MAKE your beds a comfort and you|H^a arise relreshed. The "Twin Spr^^HH Sl.00: The "Boston Spring" $1.00 and The "Woven Wire Sprlnj?" $8(i0 to $10.(X) "Invigorntor" S2.00 to $2.50. The Twin is tin Improvement on the town Springsoj^HH this county; It clamps the slats so that lt^K^X come off; only $3.00 for -is springs. KB|9| J. D. Chalme^^^B Sept. 21.1881, tf MUSIC SCHOOI PROF. ANTON BERG will open his fiflfl of Music In Abbeville, October 1st. struction on the Fiano, Orgtin und ViolMHW well as Vocal Music. Solo and in class, oughly UiiiL'ht. Terms: Instrumental twenty dollar* per session of five months. references and further Information, ap]U?? K. B. Gary, Esq., attorney auaw. mgcggm Uei>t. -H, lbbl, tf. BM