JOURNAL
OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OP THE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA:
BEING THE
SESSION OF 1862.
COLUMBIA, S. C.:
CHARLES P. PELHAM, STATE PRINTER.
1862.
JOURNAL
op the
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
of t'he
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
AT THE JREGULAR SESSION OF NOVEMBER, 1862.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1862.
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, begun and held at the
Capitol, in Columbia, on the twenty-fourth day of November, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two ; on which day, being
that fixed by the Constitution for the meeting of the General Assembly,
Mr. W. S. MULLINS (a member elect from Marion) was called to the
Chair; when John T. Sloan, Clerk of the late House of Representatives,
commenced a call of the House by Election Districts, and the following
gentlemen Appeared, produced their credentials, were sworn by the Chair,
and took their seats:
From Abbeville: Messrs. R. A. Fair, P. H. Bradley.
From All Saints' Parish : Mr. Benjamin E. Sessions.
From Anderson : Messrs. C. S. Mattison, 0. R. Broyles, B. F. Crayton.
From Barnwell: Messrs. A. P. Aldrich, J. M. Whetstone.
From Chester: Messrs. N. R. Eaves, James Hemphill, Jas. McDaniel.
From Chesterfield: Messrs. A. M. Lowry, W. W. Blakeney.,
From Christ Church Parish: Mr. M. W. Venning.
From Darlington : Mr. T. P. Lide.
From Edgefield: Messrs. W. S. Mobley, J^ F. Talbert, A. Jones, John
Huiet, Henry T. Wright, W. W. Adams.
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24.
From, Fairfield: Messrs. T. McKinstry, P. D. Cook, J. B. McCants.
From Greenoille: Messrs. B. F. Perry, James McCullough, Randell
Croft, Jas. P. Boyce.
From Horry :^Mr. C'. B. Sarvis.
From Kershaw : Messrs. J. M. DeSaussuve, Dan'l D. Perry.
From Lancaster: Mr. T. L. Johnston.
From Laurens: Messrs. B. S. Jones, II. R. Shell, G. W. Sullivan, Wm.
Power.
From Lexington: Messrs. Wm. Fort, A. Efird.
From Marlboro': Mr. T. C. Weatherly.
From Marion : Messrs. J. C. McClenaghan, W. S. Mullins, R. F. Gra¬
ham.
From Newberry : Messrs. J. H. Williams, R. Stewart.
From Orange Parish : Messrs. James G. Jenkins, Thomas Oliver.
From Pickens : Messrs. J. A. Doyle, Morgan Harbin.
From Prince William's : Mr. Wm. F. Hutson.
Fr6m Prince George., Wiuyaw : Messrs. P. C. J. Weston, J. H. Read, R.
Dozier.
From Richland : Messrs. John Wallace, R. M. Johnston, Campbell R.
Bryce, J. H. Boatwright.
From Spartanburg : Messrs. J. W. Webber, J. H. Evins.
From Sumter : Messrs. T. B. Fraser, J. S. Bradley.
From St. Bartholomeio's : Messrs. B. Stokes, J. B. Sanders, D. L.
Smith.
From St. Helena : Mr. Stephen Elliott, Jr.
From St. James', Goose Creek : Mr. J. B. Rliame.
From St. John's, Berkeley : Mr. P. C. Kirk.
From St. Luke's : Mr. Leroy F. Youmans.
From St. Matthew's : Mr. R. W. Bates.
From St. Philip's, and St. Michael's : Messrs. G. A. Trenholm, Richard
Yeadon, M.*P. O'Connor, E. Magrath, R. S. Duryea, l1. L. Hutchinson,
William Whaley, Thomas P. Lockwood, H. L. Pinckney, Jr., Alexander A.
Allemong, R. W. Seymour, J. D. Aiken, Wm. Henry Trescott, William
Lebby, J. R. Boylston, James B. Campbell, Wilmot G. DeSaussure.
From St. Paul's i Mr. Daniel J. Wilkinson. *
From St. Stephen's: Mr. J. J. Williams.
From St. Thomas' and St. Dennis' : Mr. Simons Lucas, Jr.
From Union: Messrs. T. N. Dawkins, A. W. Thomson, F. Scaife.
From Williamsburg : Messrs. S. D. M. Byrd, S. T. Cooper.
From York : Messrs. J. T. Lowry, G. W. Williams, John S. Bratton,
S. C. Youngblood.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24.
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Mr. OR AH AM presented the protest of sundry citizens of Marlboro' in
relation to the election of D. McD. McLeod ; which was ordered to lie on
the, table.
A quorum of the members being present, the House proceeded to the
election of a Speaker, to preside over its deliberations, and on examination of
the ballots cast, it appeared that Mr. A. P. Aldrieh received 86 votes ; Mr.
B. F. Perry, 31 votes, and Mr. T. N. Dawkins, 28 votes, and no one having
received a majority of the ballots cast, there was, consequently, no election.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, the House proceeded to a second ballot for
Speaker, and on examination of the ballots cast, it appeared that Mr. A. P.
Aldrieh received 42 votes; Mr B. F. Perry, 27 votes; Mr. T. N. Dawkins,
21 votes; C. T. <N. Dawkins, 1 vote; A. P. AlJridge, 3 votes; T. N. Haw¬
kins, 1 vote; andgjao one having received a majority of the ballots cast,
there was, consequently, no election.
On motion of Mr. I1UTSON, the House proceeded to a third ballot for
Speaker, and on examination of the ballots cast, it appeared that Mr. A. P.
Aldrieh received 48 votes, which being a majority of the votes cast, he
was elected.
Whereupon, Mr A. P. ALDRICII was conducted to the Chair by Messrs.
Whetstone, Lide, and Yeadon, a committee appointed for that purpose,
and addressed the House as follows :
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
This distinguished honor, so generously bestowed, commands my liveliest
gratitude. 1 thank you most sincerely. Did I attempt to express the
feelings which now oppress me, I cotriftf find no language in which to give
utterance to the swelling emotions of a grateful heart. I will try to do
my duty. I know that I occupy a responsible and delicate position. With¬
out your aid, generously yielded, I cannot hope to succeed. The dis¬
tinguished and accomplished Speaker who has so long presided over your
deliberations, has erected a standard of excellence which I may not hope to
reach. To come after one so experienced, so calm, so dignified, so just, so
courteous, so learned, places me in a very difficult position. Whenever a
comparison is instituted, I must suffer. I can only attempt to imitate him.
A strict adherence to the code of order which you have adopted, greatly
facilitates the transaction of business, protects the minority, and insures
justice. I will enforce this code; you will render ready and willing obedi¬
ence. In my experience and practice on the floor, I have always tried to
observe the Rules; but I must confess that I have never paid much at¬
tention to forms, although I acknowledge their importance. These Rules,
the result of experience, and approved by the many wise men who have
preceded us, are admirably calculated to prevent confusion, promote har-
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mony, and secure a dignified performance of the high duties of our station.
Let us preserve them. Let us enforce them.
Representatives, we are now engaged in a great revolution; mighty in¬
terests are at stake. We are fighting for our liberty and our civilization.
There is scarcely a family in the State that does not mourn the death of
some beloved member. Every citizen has lost a relative or a friend; all
grieve, all suffer privation, but none despair. We must win. We cannot
afford to lose. If every member will sink self, and think only of the State,
we will leave a record which will command the respect of posterity, of
which our children will be proud, and for which God will bless and prosper
us. Relying on His aid, gentlemen, let us hopefully and earnestly address
ourselves to the duties before us.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS, the House proceeded to a ballot for
Clerk.
A message was received from the Senate, by their Clerk, informing the
House that a.quorum of the members of the Senate had met, and elected
Mr. W. D. Porter, President, Mr. William E. Martin, Clerk, Mr. R. C.
Kennedy, Reading Clerk, A. D. Gaillard, Messenger, J. D. Gaillard, Door¬
keeper, and was now ready to proceed to business.
Mr. HUTSON offered the following resolution; which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That the Rules of the last House .of Representatives be adopt¬
ed as the Rules of this House.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, the House proceeded to a ballot for Read-,
ing Clerk.
On mbtion of Mr. MULLINS,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to mfeet to¬
morrow at 11 o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA,
Ordered, That a committee be appointed to wait upon his Excellency,
the Governor, and inform him that a quorum of the House had assembled,
and was now ready to receive any communication which he may be pleased
to make.
Whereupon the Speaker appointed Messrs. Duryea, Yeadon and W. G.
DeSaussure, of the committee.
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Mr. W. W. ADAMS, from the committee appointed to count the ballots
cast for Clerk, reported that Mr. John T. Sloan had received a majority of
the ballots cast.
Whereupon the Speaker announced that Mr. John T. Sloan is duly
elected Clerk of the House of Representatives, and administered to him
the constitutional oath of office.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, a message was sent to the Senate, inform¬
ing that body that a quorum of the House had assembled, had elected Hon.
A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and John T. Sloan, Clerk, and was now ready to
proceed to business.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, the House was adjourned at 10 minutes
past 4 o'clock, P. M.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1862.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being- present," the
Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The following additional members attended, produced their credentials,
were sworn, and took their seats :
From St. John's, Colleton : Mr. T. P. Mikell.
From Abbeville : Messrs. J. W. W. Marshall, James M. Perrin.
From St. George's, Dorchester : Mr. John May.
From St. Philip's and St. Michael's : Messrs. Charles T. Mitchell, J.
M. Eason, H. T. Peake.
From Pickens : Messrs. Moses Hendricks, Samuel Lovinggood.
From Spartanburg : Messrs. William M. Poster, George W. H. Legg, S.
Bobo.
From Clarendon: Messrs. G. A. Huggins, J. S. McFaddin.
From Darlington : Messrs. W. H. Evans, J. H. Norwood.
From Lancaster : Mr. James L. Reed.
From St. Peter's : Mr. Alfred M. Martin.
Mr. O'CONNOR introduced the following resolution; which was con¬
sidered immediately, and was agreed to :
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Resolved, That the Reading Clerk of this House be authorized and di¬
rected to prepare and have printed, forthwith, ah alphabetical list of the
Members of the House, designating their places of residence, their Election
Districts, and professions or occupations.
Mr. HUTSON presented the Memorial of James M. Cawley, against
the election of J. S. McFaddin, which was referred to the Committee on
Privileges and Elections.
Mr. BLAKENEY, from the Committee appointed to count the ballots
cast for Reading Cl^rk, reported, that Mr. J. H. Baggett had received 80
votes, which was a majority of the votes cast.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced that Mr. J. H. Baggett is duly
elected Reading Clerk of the House of Representatives, and administered
to him the constitutional oath of office.
On motion of Mr. A. M. LOWRY, the House proceeded to a ballot for
Doorkeeper.
On motion of Mr. O'CONNOR, the House proceeded to a ballot for Mes¬
senger.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee appointed to wait on his Excellency
the Governor, reported that they had discharged the duty assigned to them,
and that his Excellency would communicate with the House at half-past
12 o'clock, this day.
Mr. BOBO, from the Committee appointed to count the votes cast for
Doorkeeper, reported that Mr. C. M. Gray had received 93 votes, which was
majority.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced that Mr. C. M. Gray is duly
elected Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, and administered to(
him the constitutional oath of office.
Mr. YE ADON introduced the following resolution; which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to.
Resolved, That the Reporters of the Carolinian and Guardian be admitted
to seats on the floor of the House.
The SPEAKER, under the rule of the House, proceeded to call for pe¬
titions, memorials, presentments of Grand Juries, returns of Commissioners,
and such like papers, in the order of Judicial Districts, commencing with
Abbeville.
Mr. PAIR presented the Annual Report of the Trustees of the Estate of
Dr. John De La Howe; which was referred to the Abbeville Delegation.
Mr. PERRIN presented the petition of Jas. Gillam, praying to be re¬
funded a double tax; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means.
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Mr. ALLEMONGr presenter! the petition of the Charleston Savings In¬
stitution, praying an amendment of their charter; which was referred to the
Committee on Incorporations.
Mr. A. JONES presented the petition of P. R. Blalock, praying to be
refunded a tax twice paid; which was referred to the Committee of Ways
and Means.
Mr. MO RLE Y presented the petition of sundry citizens of Edgefield
District, praying the appointment of a magistrate; which was referred to the
Committee on Offices and Officers; also,
The account of the Edgefield Advertiser, for public printing; which*
was referred to the Committee on Claims; also,
The petition of James M. Richardson, praying that the rights of legiti¬
macy may be conferred upon James Madison Richardson, an illegitimate;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. TALBERT presented the petition of S. B. Strom, praying that
he have refunded to him a sum of money paid by him to the Collector
of the War Tax for Edgefield District; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee of Ways and Means.
Mr. ADAMS presented the petition of R. T. Mims, praying to he
refunded a sum of money paid to the Tax Collector for Lexington Dis¬
trict; also,
The petition of J. T. Cheatham and W. J. Cheatham, executors of the
last will of B. M. Cheatham, deceased, praying to be refunded a sum of
money paid to the Collector of the War Tax for Abbeville District; also,
The petition of Dr. R. T. Mims, praying to be refunded a sum of money
paid by him to the Collector of the War Tax for Lexington District; which
were severally referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. WRIGHT submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free
Schools for Edgefield District.; which was referred to the Committee on
Education; also,
The petition of Daniel Holland, to be reimbursed excess of taxes for
1861; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. B. F. PERRY presented the petition of T. C. Boiling, praying to
be refunded a tax improperly paid; also,
The petition of Martin Edwards, praying to be refunded a tax improperly
paid; which were severally referred to the Committee of Ways and Means;
also,
The petition of sundry citizens of Greenville District, against stopping a
public road; which was referred to the Committee on Roads, Bridges and
Ferries.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25.
Mr. FORT submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free Schools
for Lexington District, for 1862 ; which was referred to the Committee on
Education.
Mr. WEATHERLY submitted the Report of the Commissioners of Free
Schools for Marlboro' District, for 1862; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Education.
Mr. WALLACE presented the account of Dr. A. W. Kennedy, for a
'postmortem examination ; waich was referred to the Medical Committee.
Mr. BOATWRIGTHT presented the petition of the Mayor and Alder¬
men of the city of Columbia, praying for a lease of the Columbia Canal at
the Expiration of the lease to F. W. G-reen, Esq.; which was referred to the
Committee on Internal Improvements; also,
The accounts of Powell & Templeton, for post mortem examinations ;
which were referred to the Medical Committee.
Mr. J. H. EVINS presented the petition of sundry citizens of Spartan¬
burg District, praying for a just and equal support of the families of
soldiers; which was referred to the Committee on the Military.
Mr. COOPER presented the petition of A. M. Dozier, praying to be re¬
funded a tax improperly paid; which was referred to the Committee of
Ways and Means.
Mr. Gr. W. WILLIAMS presented the petition of sundry cittzens of
York District, for the appointment of a magistrate; which was referred to
the Committee on Offices and Officers ; also,
The petition of sundry citizens of York District, for a modification of
the law relating to the support of the needy families of soldiers; which
was referred to the Committee on the Military; also,
The petition of William Mitchell, to have .refunded a tax twice paid;
also,
The petition of W. O. Moss, to have refunded a tax improperly paid;
which were severally referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Message No. 1 was then received from his Excellency the Governor, and
was read by Mr. F. J. Moses, Jr., his private Secretary.
MESSAGE NO. 1.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives :
Since the last Legislature met, the country has gone through scenes such
as are but seldom witnessed in the destiny of a people. Amid the fierce
and bloody conflicts through which we have passed, South Carolina has lost
many of her bravest and most talented sons, and whilst we deeply feel and
grieve for their loss, we yet are consoled by the proud reflection that the
urns which hold their ashes will stand around our household altars as pre-
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25.
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cious mementoes, to be loved and cherished through all time. I trust that
you will immediately take steps to provide for the families of our heroic
dead in such a manner that none shall feel the sufferings of want. It is
our solemn duty to discharge this, our first debt of gratitude. An agent
has been appointed to brake a roll from the most authentic sources, ana this
will aid your deliberations in ascertaining where there may be any want
amongst the families of such as have fallen in our defence.
The country is in a far strouger condition for defence than it was a year
ago. All the arms and munitions of war are more abundant, and we are
now making for ourselves such necessary supplies as last year we were en¬
tirely without. Pressure aud difficulty have forced up productions not
thought of before. These stern lessons are necessary to make us, in reality,
an independent people. If our nationality had been admitted without a
struggle, such compromises, relating to trade and commerce, might have
been entered into as would, in the progress of time, have brought us practi¬
cally back iuto co'onial servitude. Whereas our independence, achieved by
suffering and blood, will be prized more dearly and become more perma¬
nent. This is made absolutely necessary by the difference of races, and the
radical differences in the internal civilization of the two great sections.
The old Government had fulfilled its destiny. It was formed to prevent
re-conqUest by any European Government. We had outgrown that state
of tbiugs. By the repeated elections of the chief magistrate, the people
had been brought together to act as one people, instead of preserving the
Confederate principle of separate States. All great Republics usually split'
upon the choice of a chief magistrate. In our system, that provision of
the Constitution forming an independent electoral college was, in the pro¬
gress of events, entirely subverted in its spirit, and the election of Presi¬
dent became the mere action of the people as a whole, thus converting the
Government into a simple Democracy of numbers, instead of a Confederacy
ol States. The fundamental organization of the Government was a Con¬
federacy of States, and this election of the chief magistrate became prac¬
tically at war with this great principle. The inevitable consequence was,
that the Government must necessarily become a consolidated Democracy,
where the separate power of the States would be absorbed, cr there must
be a revolution, in order to sustain the great federative features of the
, Compact of union. Although the term of office is lengthened, and there
^an be no re-election by our new Confederate Constitution, yet, in the
course of time, it will become liable tc the objection'that the mode of elec¬
tion or appointment of the President is, in its practical operation, in con¬
vict with the leading principles of a Confederacy of States. The Govern¬
ment must be simple and harmonious in all its main parts. If it be a
Coulederacy, the appointment or election of President should bo by the
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States alone : if it be a Democracy, then it should be by the people as one
people. It is almost ceitam that a mixture of the two great principles, if
not modified, must inevitably lead, in the pre cess of time, to conflict and
separation.
The great weakness in all Republics is a want of fixed forms and estab-
ished orders in society, by which the conservative interests and wealth of
the community may become permanently identified with the Government
and its administration. No Government can last unless it commands the
regard and support of the virtuous and intelligent portion of society. Any
Government whose practical operation drives all this class from any interest
in its honors and its action, muse necessarily fall into corruption, degrada¬
tion, and speedy dissolution. In thise Southern States, our slaves, which
occupy the lower strata of society, give us the ranks and classes out of
which a conservative government can be formed. And if the action of
the separate States can be felt and acknowledged in the habitual adminis¬
tration of Government, then we shall be able to secure through them a
substitute for the great landed interest and hereditary classes in other forms
of government, so essential to the stability and conservative firmness of any
form of government calculated to command the peimanent support of the
virtuous and intelligent.
The Northern States are doomed to great conflict and confusion amongst
themselves, from the want of a conservative basis of society in any acknowl¬
edged ranks or orders in the organization of their political and social sys¬
tem, and they must, in all probability, run from absolute Democracy into
anarchy or civil war, and thence into a military despotism. Under a mili¬
tary despotism they will become dangerous to us; and when we emerge from
this terrible war, there will be many pretexts to induce us to adopt a more
military and absolute form of government also. It will require all the
wisdom and firmness of an enlightened public opinion to shape our Govern¬
ment so as to avoid the calamities of a consolidated -military form of gov¬
ernment. The existence of an army, the largest, in proportion to our white
population, that has ever been created by any people, will add greatly to
this danger.
We were the first State to withdraw from the old Union, under circum¬
stances of great peril, and the other States nobly came to our side, and they
have suffered the greatest ravages of a bitter and malignant war. It is,
therefore, the part of magnanimity and patriotism for us to make as few
issues or complaints as possible against the action of the Confederate Gov¬
ernment. Our present duty is to give it a cordial and warm support, with
all our resources, for defence against the fanatical and infamous enemies of
our common country. Withhold nothing, and make no complaint calculated
to weaken the hands of the Confederate authorities in any particular. This
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is the reason I do not think proper to urge any objection to the Confederate
Acts of Conscription, although I deem all such Acts against the spirit of the
Constitution. It was intended by that instrument that the Confederate
Government should usually call upon the State authorities to furnish their
quotas for all military service, except when Congress might deem it neces¬
sary to create a standing or regular arffiy. It might, perhaps, be more ex¬
pedient, also, to allow each State to organize- its quota, according to some
plan adapted to its own local interests, particularly if the mode and mauuer
of executing conscript laws should lower that grade of service in, the public
estimatipn. There is a great State necessity, at present, for such laws; but
the general spirit of the Constitution intended that in the raising of alj
military forces, excepting an enlisted regular army, the Government should
act through State authority, rather than directly upon the people as a con¬
solidated whole. It savors strongly of absolute power to absorb all the
material, in men, of the States without consulting the local authorities, and
to call it out without the agency of the States. Nothing can justify such
action but'the nature of the implacable war in which we are engaged, in¬
volving, as it does, not only subjugation, but our total extermination as a
people. Congress has passed two Conscription Acts, and our whole force,
rrom eighteen to forty-five, is subject to Confederate service at any day. It
may be said that the State has now no military system, and I urge your
immediate attention to this all-important subject. Some action is absolutely
necessary as soon as possible. I would recommend that the remaining force
that we have, which consists in men from forty-five to sixty, and youths from
sixteen to eighteen, be organized under some sytem of military police. Let
them be formed into companies in each District, and let there be a regular
District guard formed, of some sixty-four men, with the necessary company
officers, and stationed at the Court-Houses of each District, to perform State
guard duty, each company alternating every four weeks, or for such period
of time as the Governor may designate, and in such Districts that he may
select as necessary, under whose command, for the time being, the whole
police duty of the District shall be performed. To make this efficient, let
State arms and fixed ammunition be deposited in the District prisons, for
the use of these companies, and the lower story of these buildings be made
their barracks. To make this police guard more efficient, a few horses for
couriers should be kept. A system somewhat similar to this has been
proposed by the Council, but I recommend it tp your revision, so that
representatives from the different Districts may suggest any additions or
amendments.
The President of the United States has recently issued an infaqjous
proclamation, with a view to incite insurrection, and although I consider it
instigated by base principles of atrocious warfare, contrary to all the usages
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of a civilized, people, yet, with firmness and organization, it will produce
none of the objects intended by its vulgar author. If I had the military
power, or our State forces actually iu service, I would, of course, issue a
proclamation, directing all enemies taken acting under that proclamation to
be tried and executed as felons, or even more expeditiously. But the forces
in the field are nearly all under Confederate command, and from necessity
the'whule matter is left with Confederate authority. But to protect our¬
selves from any efforts, instigated by the deluded or the ignorant, I would
urge the immediate organization of a large State Police Guard, under the
direct command of the Governor, to be ordered out at such times? and in
such Districts as he may think proper, and to be kept at least for some months
in actual daily duty, to give a feeling of safety to the helpless portions
of our communities. We have arms and ammunition to put into the
hands of such a State Guard, and let it be done thoroughly before the first
of January. In connection with this, let a cadet, fro;n the graduates of our
Military Academy, or one of the senior class, be appointed and assigned tor
duty as drill-master—one for each of these State companies, at each Court-
House in the State. If any emergency arises, lbt the captains of the local
patrols be ordered to report occurrences to the captains of those central
District guards In those Districts where Provost Marshal courts exist, these
guards- might be used by the courts to great advantage.
Some more efficient system should be adopted for the protection and sup¬
port of the families of our soldiers in service. The taxation for that pur¬
pose should not be on the District alone for the support of the families of
soldiers from such District. As the law now is, the soldiers' relief com¬
mittees, appointed by the last Legislature, are limited to forty per ^ent.
upon the general taxes of such District. The ^Districts in the upper por¬
tion of the State furnish far the largest portion of soldiers, because of the
preponderance of white population, and these are the very Districts that
raise the least general taxes, so that the forty per cent, upon these taxes
furnish but a poor supply to their soldiers' families, whereas the tund is
more than ample in those Districts where the white population is sparse, and
the slaves dense. The soldiers from the former Districts do not go into
service to defend their mountain homes only, but they go to defend the
State, as a State, and are required precisely where, from the nature of the
population, the local defence is weakest and the country is most exposed.
I urge that the system of property valuation in this State, adopted in
eighteen hundred and eight, be changed to a more equal and just system,
and that taxes to support the families of our brave soldiers in the field be
at ljjast forty per cent, upon the general State taxation, .and be distributed
from a common fund, thus raised from the whole State. It is due tb justice
and fairness that this should be done. I would further recommend that
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each planter be required by law to contribute bushels of corn
for each hand liable to road duty, and that the District committees for the
relief of soldiers' families be authorized to call tor the same, or any part
thereof, to be distributed as they may direct. Efficient measures should be
taken to secure all that may be necessary for the support of this class of our
people. While our poor and patriotic men are exposed io defence of our
homes, we owe it to jusjfe and to every generous and manly feeling to place
their helpless families beyond any suffering. The committees for their relief
in each District should be selected with great care, and one, at least, should
be located in each battalion of the State, and two responsible men at tire
Court-House of each District. They should be required to hold their meet¬
ings once a month, through the winter months; and if they know certainly
of undue speculation by any individuals in any of the breadstuff's, they
might be authorized, upon affidavits made to the frets before any magistrate,
to seize all such breadstuff's for the benefit of soldiers' families; and the
same power might be given them to seize aoy grain to be used by any dis¬
tillery not authorized by law. These commissions should be required to make
their full reports regularly to the Judge, at every meeting of the Court of
Common Pleas in the Districts, and the reports should be published as soon
as made.,
I recommend that the Act passed the twenty-first day of December last,
entitled " An Act to extend relief' to debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice
of property at public sales," be repealed, except so far as it extends to all
persons in actual military service. There is no reason why those at home,
and not in military service, should not pay their debts; on the contrary,
there is great reason why they should.
The profits of the Bank of the State, the President informs me, have
been, for the past year, three hundred thousand dollars. From this is to be
deducted, for interest paid to holders of stocks issued to holders of Blue
Ridge Railroad Stocks, forty-seven thousand seven hundred and ninety dol¬
lars ; also, amount paid to holders of State Bonds,issued in eighteen hundred
and sixty-one, to the amount of four hundred thousand dollars—one-fourth
due—one hundred thousand dollars, of which the amount presented—seven¬
ty-seven thousand five hundred dollars—was paid. The balance was passed
to the Sinking Fund—one hundred and ninety-oDe thousand six hundred
and fourteen dollars and seventy-one cents—after deducting the other usual
items. The Confederate War Tax, advanced by the Bank, is sixteen hun¬
dred and forty-seven thousand five hundred and ninety-seven dollars and forty-
three cents, ($1,647,597 43.) There is now in the Treasury twelve hundred
and thirty-one thousand five hundred and seventy dollars and thirty cents,
read}7 to be paid over to the Bank for this advancement, and all the returns
are not yet made. I transmit with this a letter from the President of the Bank.
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The amount of capital the State has vested in this Bank, from all sources,
may be put down at about four million of dollars. We are, as far as I am
informed, the only State that has such an institution, and we are deeply
interested in preserving it, if possible, from bankruptcy or injury. From
the extraordinary emergencies of this revolution, the Confederate Govern¬
ment has been obliged to issue a very large amount of credit circulation in
the shape of Treasury Notes, and by the sale of USjids drawing eight per
cent., the Government has absorbed much of the capital of the country in
this investment. They have also been authorized to have subscribed, for
the use of the Government, a large amount of the produce of the country,
upon certain conditions. All these items embrace, in amouut, several hun¬
dred millions. The banks have agreed to take Treasury Notes in adjust¬
ment of all balances between themselves. To this extent, they are thus
made equivalent to gold and silver, and of course it gives them almost ex¬
clusive circulation. If the war were to close, the Government, for some
time, would be the largest exporter of the produce of the country, and by
these exports, which are so universally demanded in the commerce and
trade of the world, they would command gold and silver, or foreign ex¬
change, to the amount thus shipped, which would be used as a basis for
sustaining their credit circulation. This would bring them into direct com¬
petition with all the local banks, and we should, 'by strengthening its
resources, prepare our State Bank for this issue. From the necessity of the
case, the Confederate Government will be compelled to have an Exchequer
Bank, in some shape or form, and Commissioners, or Government Directors,
must be appointed to administer it, for there will be growing up a power
too vast to be trusted in the hands of any Secretary of the Treasury. It
will be a power deeply affecting not only all the local banks, but the com¬
merce of the country and the distribution of wealth. As the bills of our
State Bank are in demand, and our people are used to them, I would recom¬
mend that the State set aside an amount, in them, which may be deemed
necessary, and stamp them, by authority, as bills for which the State itself
is responsible, and use them instead of borrowing any more from the banks
of the State. Let the President and Directors of our Bank be authorized
to use this paper, so stamped, in exchange for the Treasury Notes that now
circulate, on such conditions as they think best for the State, and these
Treasury Notes could be used in all disbursements of the State. The notes,
of the Bank of the State, thus set aside and stamped, would be able to
maintain their circulation, if not excessive, under any circumstances that
might arise after peace, and might be finally used by the State to strengthen
the Bank in the conflicts that must arise. There is no reason for our con¬
tinuing to issue State Bonds, to be taken up by the banks, and our giving
them seven per cent, for their paper in exchange. It is, in substance, giv-
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ing them the credit of the State in exchange for their credit, and seven per
cent, difference besides, when, in fact, the credit of the State is better, or
ought to be, than that of any~of the banks with which it is exchanged. I
therefore urge you to take up this subject, and use pur own State credit in -
some such way as I have suggested. True, the Constitution says that no
State shall " emit bills of credit," but a " bill of credit" has a distinct com¬
mercial meaning and form. The form in which I propose to use our State
credit, on the bills of our own Bank already in circulation, is not strictly
making ''bills of credit." Certain funds are set aside by the State, and a
corporation is created, under the style and title of a bank, in order to bank
upon these public funds thus set aside, and this fund is alone responsible for
•the bills issued upou it, and not strictly the State. Yvre have the Bank,
and there is little business doing on private account now, and, in this great
emergency, we can use the bills of our own Bank for the benefit of the
State.
The Legislature wisely legalized the suspension of all our banks. It
would be proper that you should inquire into the conduct' of these institu¬
tions, and if a course has been pursued by any of them dderpecl not patriotic
or proper, then the benefits of the Act should be suspended, as far as any
such banks are concerned. Erorn what I have heard, I believe that all of
our banks have acted with a patriotic and loyal determination to sustain
the Government fully, but I do not profess to be entirely informed on this
point.
I have heretofore recommended that a more just and equal valuation of
property be made in the State for taxation, and that the two treasuries be
united in one. I would most respectfully again urge the same recommend¬
ations. The last would require an alteration of the Constitution. The
present Legislature should, at least, enlarge the objects of taxation, and tax
the evidences of luxury and accumulated capital more, while, at the same
time, the taxation on productive or active labor should be reduced. You
will be able to see, from the Comptroller's Report, how the collection of
the Confederate War Tax operated, and I recommend it to your attention.
The State taxes collected for the fiscal year have amounted to seven hundred
and ninety-three thousand three hundred and fifty-three dollars and ninety-
seven cents, ($793,253 97;) and the common civil expenditures have amount¬
ed to-eight htindred and thirteen thousand five hundred and thirty-five dollars
and seventy-three cents, ($813,535 73.) The extraordinary expenditures,
under the Ordinance of the Convention for the " removal of negroes and other
property," and so forth, have been sixty-seven thousand four hundred and
seventy-six dollars, ($67,470;) and for the relief of the sufferers by fire in
Charleston, thirty thousand, ($30,000.) The collection of the State War
Tax, up to the thirty-first of July last, amounts to one million two hundred
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and thirty-one thousand five hundred and seventy dollars and thirty cents,
(81,231,570 30 ) The balance of this War Tax, under the second collection
directed by law, ending the fifteenth day of November, has not yet been
returned; and in several of the Parishes the collectors have bten directed to
suspend the collection of the same in those portions of the Parishes in pos¬
session by the enemy. Copies of these orders are herewith transmitted.
The total amount expended by the State, both civil and military, up to
the thirtieth of September last, is two million five hundred and fifty-two
thousand one hundred and ninety-five dollars and forty cents.
Congress has passed an Act exempting certain districts that might be in
possession by the enemy, or in such a disturbed condition as to prevent col¬
lection, from the collection of the War Tax. I have notified the Secretary
of the Treasury as to what Parishes or parts of Parishes I think come
under the provisions of this Act. A copy of the correspondence on this
subject is herewith transmitted. There is yet a small balance to come in,
and the exact amount allowed us, for the Parishes we have claimed to be
exempt, has not yet been entirely settled.
The last Legislature, in every thing relating to the military expenditures,
made but one item, of appropriation, which was for " military contingencies,"
and amounted to eighteen hundred thousand dollars, (81,800,000,) but three
hundred thousand of it was estimated as already due the Bank for advances.
This would leave fifteen hundred thousand dollars, ($1,5U0,000,) strictly for
military contingencies. This sum was directed to be raised by the Bank of
the State, selling bonds of the State drawing seven per cent, interest. The
different banks of the State then took these bonds in proportion to their
respective capitals, the proceeds of which were deposited in the Bank of the
State. The amount of the bonds thus negotiated for, is one million two
hundred and eighteen thousand three hundred and seventy-seven dollars and
seventy-two cents, ($1,218,377 72.)
On the ninth of January last, the Executive Council held its first
informal meeting, and on the sixteenth it was efficiently organized. Two
Chiefs of the Treasury were at first appointed, and had charge of all the
disbursements and accounts. I refer to the Report of the present Chief of
the Treasury for a statement of its administration, and of all details con¬
nected with his department. It will be seen that, of the sum above named,
there has been expended one million one hundred and sixty thousand four
hundred and thirty-nine dollars and forty-seven cents.
A clear abstract of the same, made by James Tupper, Esq , is herewith
transmitted and referred to.
Of the amount above named, there was three hundred thousand dollars
appropriated by the Council for a State gun-boat, which has been accepted
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by tbe Confederate authorities, and that Government is now bound for it by
agreement.
I refer to the very clear Report of General DeSaussure, Secretary of the
Treasury, for the amount of all funds used from June, eighteen hundred
and sixty-one, up to the ninth of January last. There is with this an im¬
portant book, giving the aggregate amounts under different heads and de¬
partments. The items are all set forth fully, and the report accompanies this.
Congress passed an Act appropriating two million one hundred and
eighty-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-five dollars and seventeen
cents, dated March the eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, expressly
to pay us for expenditures for and on account of all troops in and around
Charleston, from the eighth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-one,
and we have received payment, through General DeSaussure, on account
and vouchers presented, of two hundred and ninety-four thousand four
hundred and seventy-five dollars and ninety-three cents. This, added to the
amount received through Judge Frost, makes six hundred and fifty-four
thousand seven hundred and forty-four dollars and thirty-four cents. Add
to this the thirty-two thousand dollars ($32,000) paid for the Lady Davis,
and the eighteen hundred dollars received from Major Lee, Confederate
Quartermaster, for horses purchased from this State, and it makes an aggre¬
gate of six hundred and eighty-nine thousand and four-four dollars. There
is still a large balance due us under that Act—about $1,314,162 99.
The amount the State expended from the twentieth of December up to
the ninth of February, the period we were alone, is a subject of just claim
agaiust the Confederate Government. We turned 'over the forts and public
arms and stores which we acquired during this period, and, of course, we
should be refunded the expenses incurred, particularly as the Confederate
Government gained a full equivalent.
I recommend that an Agent be appointed, whose duty it will be to attend
to all these claims, and have them acknowledged, as soon as the Government
may be in a condition to adjust them. I sent on General DeSaussure to
settle our accounts under the Act of Congress above referred to, and he,
by his energy, had made great progress, but the difficulties of the
Government and the great pressure in the country, made it proper
to suspend any very urgent demands under the then existing circum¬
stances. Judge Frost, the former head of the Treasury, also showed much
assiduity at Montgomery in adjusting many of our claims, and he did obtain
three hundred and sixty thousand two hundred and forty eight dollars and
forty-one cents. His report comes up to the eleventh of May, eighteen
hundred and sixty-one. It will be seen by the report from General DeSaus¬
sure, herewith transmitted, that not a cent from public funds was lost in any
quarter, and that all accounts, from the heads of every department, were
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fully and correctly rendered up to tlie ninth of January, eighteen hundred
and sixty-two. The $250,000 advanced for claims, stands on a different
footing. I recommend that just compensation be made to General DeSaus-
sur§.
I refer to the Adjutant General's Report, which is herewith transmitted.
It will be seen that we had actually mustered into Confederate service, up
to the ninth of January kst, the period when the Council was inaugurated
and remodelled the Executive, thirty-two thousand one hundred and forty-
six men, all armed by the State. All estimates n^de after that time are
necessarily conjectural, as, under the Conscription Act passed by the Council,
and the Conscription Act of the Confederate Government, many men went
into service as individuals, and joined such companies and regiments as were
already in service, and no authentic reports have been officially made from
the officers commanding such companies or regiments as to the number thus
received. This increase in our forces resulted from no particular organiza¬
tion, but from the choice of the men, who preferred to join such regiments
rather than waif for particular commands. It has been merely conjectured
that the number heretofore mustered in from this State was about forty-two
thousand. Recently, eight regiments of State Reserves, which may be
estimated at six hundred each, have been received, by special arrangement
with the Secretary of War, for ninety days' service in the State.
I transmit herewith the Quartermaster General's Report, which gives a
full £tatertient in detail of supplies on hand up to the ninth of January,
from which it will appear that in large amounts the material for our sol¬
diers—blankets, shoes, wollen clothes, and all the essentials—the purchases
of the same were ordered by myself, and made previous to the formation of
the Council, afld that since that period but little has been added to the
stores then on hand. The funds which have been collected in this depart-
ment^rom the Confederate Government have been principally acquired by
our being refunded for the cost of this material, in advancing it to our
soldiers. Recently large supplies of clothing and blankets have been sent
from the Quartermaster's department to our soldiers in Virginia, and of
course you will immediately appropriate a sufficient sum to provide all
necessary clothing for our men who may be suffering in Virginia or
elsewhere.
I also refer to the Commissary General's Report, to show that, up to the
same period, the supplies of bacon, flour, salt beef and salt were almost
entirely purchased and procured previous to the same period, and the de¬
partment has been reimbursed in the same way.
I would suggest that you take the first steps necessary to amend our
Constitution so that the Governor shall be subject to re-election. There is
no reason why so important an office should be filled every two years by a new
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man, if the duties have been performed faithfully. Just as soon as he becomes
thoroughly acquainted with the duties of his office, and informed as to the
wants of the State, he has to leave his office, and another is selected to go
the same round. Besides, if the office is important, the Governor should
be held responsible by being subject to re-election, and by being brought
directly under the censure or approbation of those who have the power to
continue or dismiss him. There is still a higher consideration why the
Governor should be subject to re-election, or his term of office be length¬
ened, and that is bec<^ise it is all-important to add to the power and influence
of the State amongst a Confederacy of States. Make the chief magistracy
an office of high responsibility md dignity, and thus, too, you make it an
object worthy the highest ambition, to be sought by men of talent and
character as their ultimate aim. This will tend to prevent that class from
too eagerly seeking honor and'distinction alone in tlie offices of the Confed¬
erate Government. The reason why the framers of our wise Constitution
limited the office of Governor to two years, and gave such small powers to
the incumbent, arose from the extreme sensitiveness that was engendered in
our early colonial struggles with the mother country. The colony was,,
more or less, all the time in conflict with the Governors of the Crown, sent
out to govern the province, aod our ancestors began to think that the great
danger to liberty came only from the Executive branch of the Government.
They, therefore, carried out this jealousy towards a Governor's power by
giving but little power, in times of peace, to the Executive office. This
was eminently wise, when the appointing power was in the Crown, and that
Crown interest antagonistic to the people or the interests of the State.
Under our system, the people occupy the same position, as far as govern¬
ment is concerned, that the Crown,interest does under more arbitrary forms
of government. The power of the Governor is no more than the power of
the people, as he is their agent, and responsible to them. As we are to
commence a new career, under a new Confederacy of equal States, I think
there could be ho more fit occasion to reorganize the Executive branch of
our State Government, which might be made to add greatly to the dignity
and real power of the State. I would recommend, in connection with this
subject, that the appointment of ordinary, sheriff, and tax collector for the
Districts be made by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the
Senate. These are not properly mere District officers, but officers for the
State, engaged in the administration of general State laws, and the appoint¬
ment thus made would generally secure, the most energetic and .impartial
administration of those laws. It is the election of salaried officers that
tends to corrupt the people, and to lower the tone of public opinion, and
involves them in a constant round of low electioneering and combinations
for the possession of monied offices, all unfavorable to elevated feeling. The
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true principle of a Republican Government is to make all legislative offices
subject to election by the people, so that the law-making power may ema¬
nate directly from them, and to confine this representation, thus elected, to
small localities or divisions, and let all those who administer the general
laws of the State be appointed by State authority. By confining the elec¬
tions of the people principally to those who make the laws, you elevate the
elective franchise, and make its exercise a high and sacred duty, deeply
valued; but enlarge it to offices of profit, and exactly the reverse is pro¬
duced We have esteemed this high and noble privilege of the people too
lightly. The experience of popular elections,, and of extending the extreme
' principle of democracy to all offices of all kinds, has been full of bitter
fruits. We see it in the universal profligacy and vulgar brutality that is
exhibited in all the Northern States, corrupting the very fountains that
spring up around the temple of liberty, where the people gather to worship
the new idols of their daily creation. If we are wise, we will have the
manly independence to avoid these extremes, and to realize the great truth,
that liberty does not consist in unbridled privileges to the people, but in a
system of wise laws, virtuously and firmly administered. Considering my
position, I would be unfaithful to my trusts if I should use the measured
language of. flattery, and disguise the truth.
This bloody revolution has tahght us many solemn truths, as to the un¬
limited elective franchise, and the extremes of democracy, and the people
will perceive them, if public men and politicians will do their whole duty,
and not use the smooth language of flattery, intended but to deceive and
betray.
Perhaps this may not yet be the proper time, but I cannot forbear from
calling your attention to the duty you may owe your -State, to incorporate
into our Constitution a principle refusing to allow any man to vote, except
those who were citizens at the time of our adoption of the present Confed¬
erate Constitution, or unless hereafter born in some one of the Confederate
States. I would make it the highest privilege of a freeman to vote, and a
mark of rank, and therefore allow none this privilege hereafter unless born
in this country. Let it be made, by all the safeguards of fixed law, as high
a mark of pride and rank to be called a citizen of this Southern Republic,
as in former times it was, in Rome, to be called a " Roman citizen." This
can never be done with indiscriminate elections, and granting the privilege
of voting indiscriminately to strangers and foreigners, who make only a
short sojourn, without interest in our country, and without knowledge of our
peculiar institutions. To exercise a sound discretion in this high privilege,
upon which the liberty and purity of the country depends, can only be
acquired by that kind of education which is alone obtained by being born
and raised here. To make this privilege common is to throw away a pearl,
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around winch glitters every thing that is bright and pure in Republican
government.
It is a source of deep regret that the war has suspended our literary and
theological institutions, and more especially our State institution. I was
opposed to it, and endeavored to procure the adoption of a measure which,
I was in hopes, might have saved ,them from the necessity of being brought
under influences that have drawn off the students into military service in
the field. I desired that they might be organized into separate and distinct
corps, and kept undesj officers appointed or selected from their professors,
and held under military organization, and thus kept from being absorbed
by general service in the army. If the State should have been in a pressing
emergency, they could have been ordered out, and all institutions of that
kind in the State could have been kept together under an independent,
united command. But it was decided otherwise by those who had the
authority, and, as they thought, from necessity. The consequence is, that all-
are now suspended, and it is to be feared that the injurious effects will be
seriously felt in the progress of events. I hope, however, that no consider¬
ations will ever induce the State to take any steps that may lead to a with¬
drawal of its patronage, heretofore bestowed, upon this noble institution.
It is too deeply consecrated in the hearts of our people, by the blessings it
has shed over the State, ever to be abandoned. Under existing circum¬
stances, however, it cannot be expected that the appropriations should be as
large a3 heretofore. I therefore recommend that the salaries of the Pro¬
fessors be reduced, for the present, one-half, so that we may be at least able
to secure and retain the services of the very able Professors, who are now
"temporarily thrown out of employment. As the Library is still regularly
opened, and is very useful, it ought to be strictly kept in order, the same as
ever. Perhaps, therefore, the Librarian sjiould receive his usual salary,
which is but small.
In these distressing times of great pressure and derangement in supplies,
I earnestly recommend to your most charitable protection the Lunatic Asy¬
lum, and also the Christian and benevolent Institution for the Deaf, Dumb
and Blind. The great increase of prices in breadstuff's will require some
addition to the usual allowances for the support of the unfoitunate who may
be too poor to pay for their own support. The reports from these institutions
are referred to your attention. I also call your attention to the Report of the
Trustees of the Marine School at Charleston. It deserves your patronage.
The report of the Superintendent of the State House, herewith trans¬
mitted, is referred to your special attention.
In my Message to the Extra Session of November, eighteen hundred and
sixty-one, I called the attention of the Legislature to the state of our Mili¬
tary Academies. I now take this occasion earnestly to suggest again that
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their capacity for usefulness be enlarged. As all other institutions are now
suspended by the young men going into the war, our State Military Acade¬
my is the only public institution practically open to education, and surely,
at this period, no system of education cau be more essential to our success
and defence. As we are now involved in an entirely new state of things, I
would recommend that you increase the number ol' Visitors, and that they
be filled by election, exactly as the Board of College Trustees is now filled,
or, as it is a military institution entirely, perhaps the ap-ointment might be
by the Governor, with the advice sftid consent of the Senate. It is worthy
of your immediate consideration how far this institution, in all its branches,
should be enlarged, and arrangements also made to receive cadets from other
Southern States. A portion of the college buildings might be, for the pres¬
ent, assigned for the use of cadets, if more than usual are admitted.
There are more applicants this year than common. I transmit with this a
letter from General Jones, Chairmau of the Board of Visitors, and recom¬
mend that an appropriation be made to enlarge permanently the buildings
at the arsenal. The State should select the sons of meritorious officers who
have fallen in battle, leaving no means, and assign a son of each for educa¬
tion in this institution, aud the sons of our heroic naval officers ought also
to he included. It is due to many who have left their children penniless,
and we owe it to ourselves, that they should not be neglected. Our State
is comparatively small, and cannot rival, in physical resources or material
developement, the larger States, but by a high grade of military education,
as well as every other system of culture and education, we can enlarge our
influence and usefulness. We can only hope to enter the race for power
and ascendency by the high moral and intellectual endowments of our peo¬
ple. Large territory and natural resources, with a large population, will
make any State powerful, but to make a small State a great one, with power
and influence, .requires profound wisdom in measures calculated to develope
intellectual and moral culture, as well as devoted patriotism and heroic \ralor.
While other States expend millions in aid of material advancement, we
must spend millions in thorough education.
Our principal arsenal and depot for small arms ought to be permanently
in Columbia. The climate is dryer, and more suitable for both powder and
arms, than Charleston.
In previous communications to the Legislature, I called attention to the
importance of establishing a manufactory for small arms, and indicated
Greenville as having had such a factory in the war of eighteen hundred
and twelve, and I also drew attention to the iron of Spartanburg as being
eminently suitable, from its great adhesive qualities, for large cannon, and
so forth. The Executive Council have made such an establishment at
Greenville, together with a foundry. The place is well selected, and the
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practical judgment of the Chief of Construction, aided by the energy and
mechanical talent and knowledge of the Superintendent, has forced the
establishment into rapid maturity. I refer to the reports of both these officers,
and also to the report of Major Eson, State Ordnance Officer, for all details,
and most cordially recommend the whole matter to your immediate atten¬
tion. The Legislature, by the Act of eighteen hundred and sixty, created
a Board of Ordnance, with an ordnance officer, ranking as colonel of artil¬
lery, with a salary of three thousand dollars. The law required this Board
of Ordnance to be appointed by the Governor, and the ordnance officer to
be appointed by the Board. Since the resignation of Colonel Manigault,
an officer was appointed by the Council, with the rank of major, and a salary
of eighteen hundred dollars. I recommend that the original rank and pay
of the officer be restored, and that the foundry, together with the factory
for small arms, be placed directly under the supervision of the State Ord¬
nance Officer, as part of the duties of his office. The whole military re¬
sources of the State, with ail our men up to forty-five, are now, by law,
placed under the immediate control and absolute command of Confederate
authority, and if, under these circumstances, it should be thought more ex¬
pedient to transfer this establishment over to the Confederate Government,
it could now be done without the slightest loss to the State; but if this
course should be pursued, a condition should he made that, at the close of
this war, it should then be transferred back to this State It ought to be
our policy to keep up a State Armory, in order to place the supply of arms
for the State beyond all contingency in any future emergency. We have
seen the danger of our position recently, and I trust the day will never
come again that will find the State without an ample supply of arms.
The Council established a saltpetre plantation near this place. I believe
it is the first of the kind ever established in our country. The expenses
have been moderate, and I refer you to a report from Dr. Ford, the Super¬
intendent, for all details. There was great danger of scarcity in the mate¬
rial for gun-powder, and it was deemed essential to put ourselves beyond
1 difficulty as to this matter. It is hoped that it will soon begin to yield re¬
turns. As an experiment, it was eminently useful, in calling public atten¬
tion to the enterprise. If it is thought proper, I have no doubt the whole
matter could be turned over to the Confederate Government without loss.
In several countries in the north of Europe, taxes are partly paid in salt¬
petre, so essential is it to a country's independence. Perhaps it might be
proper to place it also directly under the supervision of the State Ordnance
Officer, if the State retains it.
The Executive Council have repealed all their laws, or resolutions having
the effect of laws, relating to distillation of spirits, to take effect at the
close of your present session. I call your attention to this, because I deem
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it of the highest importance to the welfare of the people, and particularly
to our soldiers, and their families at home, that you should pass the most
stringent laws against all distillation of spirits from grain, except for medi¬
cal purposes alone, and I trust wise and energetic system will certainly be
adopted by which your law, in relation to this matter, shall be strictly en¬
forced. The reasons for this are so obvious that it is not necessary to urge
them.
The Executive Council have endeavored to stimulate the manufacture of
salt, and fifty thousand dollars were set aside for this purpose. Much has
been done, but much more is required to be done to satisfy the wants of the
people as to this great necessary of life. I refer you to the report of the Chief
of Justice for details on this subject. I endeavored to make a contract with
the owners of the salt works near *Abingdon, Va., but they accompanied
their proposals with such conditions, bearing upon the private rights of one
of our distinguished citizens, who holds a mortgage on the works, that I
could not, with justice, think of accepting them. I appointed a gentleman
to try and make arrangements for transportation over the railroads for one
hundred thousand bushels, but he found it impossible to get it. Besides, I
do not believe any large amount of salt could be procured, within the time
we required it, from the works, even if I could have obtained transporta¬
tion. I hope, by the production now being furnished from our own coast,
which is increasing, that by the last of January enough may be procured to
suffice, upon the most limited economy in its use. Three hundred sacks of
Liverpool salt, a part of that which I took in our different towns last year,
for the State, have been recently directed by the Council to be sold, in
small amounts, by the committees for the relief of the soldiers' families in
the different Districts. True, the wants of the poor are very serious, but.it
is incident to our situation in this great struggle for our homes and exist¬
ence, and I trust that those who have the supply and the means will use
all their best exertions, in every neighborhood, to see that there shall be no
actual suffering.
The last Legislature created by law Provost Marshals, with their Asso¬
ciates, in the sea-coast Districts of the State, and allowed their establishment
in any other District, not already provided for, whose representatives desired
it. These Marshals established courts, under instructions which I sent
them—a copy of which is herewith transmitted. I suggest that the books
and records of these courts be examined, and that the whole matter be re¬
vised by your body—suggesting such amendments as may appear proper,
or discontinuing them, if you think it best. My impression is, that under
proper accountability, they might be made of great use in our present
situation.
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One great cause of the unanimity and deep enthusiasm of the "whole
people in this war for our independence, arises from the fervor and religious
zeal in the cause which our clergy and laity, of all denominations, have
manifested. They have made it almost a holy war. Added to this has been
the patriotic and intense feeling our women have universally exhibited.
No men who have such mothers, such wives, and such sisters, were ever
horn to he enslaved. We, ot this State, owe a debt of lasting gratitude to
the women of Virginia, in particular. There is scarcely a mother, a wife,
or a sister in South Carolina, (and there are thousands,) mourning for the
loss of their loved ones that have perished, on the bloody fields of Virginia,
whose grieving heart has not received comfort from the thought that the
sinking soldier and hero had his dying moments soothed by the kind atten¬
tions of some tender female of Virginia. No people of any age or country
have ever suffered more than they have in the noble State of Virginia, and
no people, with the same amount of population, have ever, in the annals of
histcry, presented to the world more captains of higher qualities to lead
and to command, or soldiers of more heroic valor, than has Virginia, amid
her tenible sufferings; and hereafter, when ask<ftl for her jewels, Virginia
will not be confined alone to her sons, but she can turn and proudly point to
her daughters, as pearls that will throw a more royal lustre from her diadem
of honor.
I would recommend that an energetic, responsible Agent be appointed by
the State, to be stationed, for the present, at or near Richmond, whose duty
it will be to aid and assist our sick and wounded soldiers in obtaining
their furloughs in proper form, and transportation also, both on their coming
home and returning, so that none shall suffer from ignorance or neglect.
This Agent could be charged with seeing that all aid and assistance, in.
supplies of all kinds for our soldiers, should be properly attended to and
forwarded. It might be, perhaps, of great relief to the helpless and unin¬
formed of our men, who may be exposed to imposition or neglect. I would
respectfully suggest that this Agent may have the rank and pay of a captain
in service, and a limited sum of money might be placed in his charge to
relieve all the pressing and immediate wants of the needy, who are sick,
wounded, or honorably discharged. This appointment might be made by
the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Although
I agreed to the mode, because it was the best I could do under the circum¬
stances by which I was surrounded, yet I do not think that any Executive
Council is a fit and suitable body to make appointments in the military, as
a general rule. I still think, however, as I have heretofore urged, that,
during revolution and war, the most suitable way to fill all field offices for
active service, is for the appointment to be made by the Governor, with the
advice and consent of the Senate. The representation in this body of
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every Parish and District in the State, would enable it to judge of any unfit
nomination made by the Governor, and to refuse it.
It is necessary that the Legislature should agree upon some permanent
plan by which negro labor shall be furnished, for work to be done along our
sea-coast, and particularly for the defences of Charleston. The manner in
which the impressment of this labor has been executed, has produced an
unpleasant state of feeling, and much complaint. Then the extremely care¬
less government that has been instituted over them, after they are placed
under Confederate officers, together with the poor attention paid to them,
has also increased this dissatisfaction. Perhaps all this is naturally incident
to any corps not regularly under strict army regulations.
Just at the close of the last Legislature a joint resolution was passed,
directing the Governor to furnish labor under requisitions from Confederate
Generals, and to exercise, if necessary, the power of impressment for that
purpose. In April last I proposed to the Council to adopt a plan by which
a corps of negroes should be organized and attached to each regiment or
brigade, as axemen and spadesmen, to be placed under military government
and orders in service. Pdesired this organization, upon the basis that every
owner of negroes should furnish as many men as he might select, and put
them regularly into the army, to draw regular rations, and the owners to
receive their pay. One per cent, on the four hundred thousand slaves in
the State would give four thousand for such an organization, and this would
be more than ample for all purposes. Let these corps be formed into axe¬
men, ditchers and laborers generally, and under regular orders and discipline
suited to them. Let this be a permanent arrangement, which would relieve
all the agricultural negroes of the country from arbitrary and irregular calls
at seasons not at all suitable. Besides, this would enable every man to send
off, to be put under the military regulations of the army, all negro men who
might be difficult to manage at home, where women and children are, for
the most part, left alone. It would have the further effect of identifying
our slave population, to a certain extent, with our armies, which would pro¬
duce a wholesome feeling of allegiance, and thus aid in the police govern¬
ment of that class. All this system could be organized readily, and, I think,
upon a far more certain footing as to labor, and with far less expense and
inconvenience to owners. Many small owners of slaves would volunteer
none, but large owners would, and in many sections, particularly where they
are exposed to the enemy, they would select perhaps five per cent, on all
they own, because they could thus select those most unruly and uncertain,
and secure them in the army. If lost or killed, then let the Government
be responsible for their value, exactly as it is to those who furnish cavalry
horses. My impression is that it would be a good police arrangement, that
would strengthen the interior peace of the State.
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This was the substance of the proposition I made in April last, but as I
was overruled, I was compelled to give my assent to the other system pro¬
posed, because, lik-e in many other, cases, where I was called on to do any¬
thing, I had to do the best I could in relation to secondary measures. I
think, if what I had then proposed had been adopted, it would have saved
much unpleasant feeling in the State, and also large losses from the irregular
mode of calling for labor when it is engaged in agricultural pursuits. I
therefore recommend that you take this subject up as soon as possible, and
adopt some efficient system, in concert with and by assent of Confederate
authorities, such as I have presented. I wrote to General Beauregard, and
suggested to him my plan, and in a letter, dated the eighth of November,
instant, he highly approves of it, and recommends that "each brigade of
four regiments shall have two hundred negro pioneers or laborers." A copy
of all that portion of the letter is herewith transmitted.
The works around Charle&ton are extensive, and it is of the last import¬
ance they should be completed on the most scientific and solid scale. Now
that we have witnessed the desperate and malignant hostility of our exas¬
perated enemies, we may certainly expect that, even after peace, they may
threaten us at any moment hereafter, and it becomes us to be permanently
and thoroughly prepared. The works around Charleston are, therefore, not
to be viewed as temporary, but in the course of events they must be looked
to as part of our permanent defence, and necessary to our future safety.
The whole State is deeply and directly interested for our independence and
protection against these our worst and most bitter enemies, and we cannot
be secure without the largest and most substantial system of defences around
and' near Charleston. Let no man, in a remote part of the State, imagine"
that the work done there is not necessary to the protection of his own home
and fireside.
The Convention, at their last meeting, have referred the proceedings of
the Executive Council to your supervision and jurisdiction, and have expressly
submitted to you the power to continue it or not. This Executive Council
was established early in January last, and as soon as the Ordinance creating
it was sent to me, I addressed a communication to the Convention, dated
January the eighth, a copy of which is herewith transmitted. I thus most
respectfully filed my objections and protest.
The first section of this Ordinance declares, that the " Executive Council
shall consist of the Lieutenant Governor, and three other citizens of the
State, to be chosen by the Convention by ballot."
The second section then speaks of the " Governor and Executive Council
acting together," and confers unlimited power " to declare martial law," " to
arrest and detain all disloyal and disaffected persons," and " to order and
enforce such dispositicn of private property for public use as the public
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good shall appear to them to require." It also confers absolute power over
the organization of all military forces, from " the whole or any part of the
population of the State," to draw money from the public Treasury without
appropriation by law, and to make all " nominations and appointments here¬
tofore made by the Governor." As to " disloyal or disaffected persons," it
uspends habeas corpus. This, together with the power to declare martial
law, to seize private propertjq to make any absolute orders of a military
nature, embracing the whole population, and to draw money from the Treas¬
ury without appropriation by law, makes a complete concentration pf all
power in the hands of the Council. True, the Governor is spoken of as
separate, but whether it was intended that his concurrence and -consent
should be necessary to consummate any or all of these powers, does not dis¬
tinctly appear. At first the inference would seem to be, that it was neces¬
sary that the Governor and the Council should " act together." However?
the mode adopted by those best informed of the intention of the Conven¬
tion was, in fact, a_total absorption of the Governor, for every proposition
and crder was taken Ly vote, each vote counting one, and a majority making
the order. This, of course, is a direct violation of all the constitutional
attributes that necessarily attach to the clause which declares that the
" Governor shall be the Commander-in-Chief." It will be seen, by the re¬
ports from members of this Council, made to the Convention at its recent
session, and more particularly from the Report of the Chief of the Military,
that all the rules for the administration of the separate departmepts were
made by the members themselves, and by the fifth rule for the Military
Department, even the nominations to "all offices, "heretofore vested by law
in the Governor," were expressly vested in the head of that Department.
The Council partitioned out the powers of the Executive, and assigned
themselves as the heads of the Departments thus created. According-to
the second clause of the Ordinance, I could not even appoint an Aid. Of
course, under all these circumstances, I should certainly have called the
Legislature together, and resigned my office, but for tbe extraordinary po¬
sition the State was in at that time. It will not require a close analysis of
this Ordinance to show that, under the pretext of " strengthening the Ex¬
ecutive," the Constitution was grossly and needlessly violated, and the result,
as exhibited in the confusion and opposition created in the State, heretofore
so united, shows that men, however learned and able as exponents of law,
may yet be entirely ignorant of all the practical workings and actual needs
of the governing ppwer for a free people.
I had been elected, by the regularly constituted Legislature of the State,
to take charge of her destiny and direct her movements, when she was
rousing herself to step forward and form the nucleus around which a new
Confederacy might gather—thus standing like a shining target before her
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powerful foes, with doubt, danger and uncertainty on every side. The very
d^y after I was inaugurated, I sent a trusty Agent and located him in
Fortress Monroe, with orders to give me the most authentic information
constantly of what was doing there, because I knew it was the nearest post
from which military reinforcements could be sent to Charleston harbor. I
could thus tell what we were to expect by what I heard from that fortress,
for-1 knew we would have war. It was my order, on the twenty-seventh of
December, eighteen hundred and sixty, by which, in the face of a powerful
fortress and an armed foe, the two first' Federal forts were taken, from whose
parapets the proud flag of the old Union was lowered, and the defiant flag
of our independent State run up in its stead. This was done while the
Convention was yet discussing the propriety of doing it. So, too, on the
ninth of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, it was by my order,
against solemn entreaties to the contrary, that the first cannon was fired
into the Star of the West, bearing armed men and succor to Fort Sumter.
These are the acts which practically inaugurated this war, the effects of
which will be deeply felt for ages to come. I well knew the danger then,
and fully understood my deep responsibility. At that time there was no
certainty as to any other State moving. I mention this, not in credit to
myself, for I was but the exponent of the will and spirit of the State, but
I mention it to remind you, that by your appointment, I thep stood on the
quarter-deck, when the sea was dark and the ship alone. I saw the breakers
through which she was to be driven, and no man can say that the helm
ever trembled in my hand, or that the vessel ever veered, for one moment,
from her direct and onward path. My record was before the Convention,
but I have yet to learn on what act or acts of mine they predicated their
remarkable experiment in government.
A sense of injustice, and the influence of ardent friends, might have im¬
pelled me to a difljprent course from that which I pursued at this juncture,
but my high sense of duty towards the State, and my sincere desire to secure
her ultimate good, induced me to bear all with such patience as I could, and
to pursue that path which I deemed wisest, in her behalf. The loss or
change of power to me, personally, was nothing, but to the Constitution and
the State it was every t<hing. The presence of a malignant and ravaging
foe upon our coast, with a powerful army threatening Charleston, and the
absence of a large portion of our men in the army of Virginia, rendered
unity of feeling and purpose in our domestic government absolutely necessary
for the time being, and weighed deeply in my determination to await events,
and to submit to what had been done. I also knew that dissatisfaction and
confusion would arise when the immediate danger and pressure had passed,
and I desired that the responsibility should rest where it properly belonged.
I preferred that the issue should be made between the people of the State
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and the body which had assumed all power over them ; for I well knew that
a people, born and educated to freedom, would rebuke the attempt which in
this case had been made to create an arbitrary and illegal Government.
The Convention, at its last meeting, seemed to desire to shift the respon¬
sibility of terminating the existence of a tribunal which they had, at a pre¬
vious meeting, ordained should continue for and during the war, and to
throw that responsibility upon the Legislature, coming fresh from,the
people. Instead of protecting it agaiust accountability to another body,
they have made its acts open to full inspection and investigation, and that,
too, under peculiar circumstances, where they themselves ought to have
assumed the responsibility of restoring the regular and ordinary Govern¬
ment. This might have saved any further discussion or division.
The second section of an Ordinance passed at their last, session, expressly
makes it my duty to open up all its proceedings to you—at least back to
the commencement of that session—and, by inference, to an examination
of all before; because you could not have a full understanding of the
duties they required you to discharge in relation to the policy of continuing
the Council or not, without knowing all the facts and all its proceedings.
With that view, I believe, they declared all their proceedings open to the
public, with the books of record kept by their Council.
By an Ordinance passed the second of January last, entitled " An Or¬
dinance for the removal of negroes and other property," a commission of
three from each of the sea-board Districts was elected, and, by the tenth
section of the said Ordinance, this commission was expressly authorized to
draw upon the Treasury for any sums they might deem necessary to remove
and support negroes. Each separate commission of three had this power,
limited only by what they might think " necessary." They were not di¬
rected to let the Governor, or even the Council, know what amounts they
might at any time draw, nor do I see any provision for their accounting,
except to the first meeting of the Convention, if that should take place
before the meeting of the Legislature. The tenth section concludes in
these words: " And that the Legislature be directed to provide ways and
means to reimburse the Treasury." It will be seen that this Ordinance
directly violates that great principle of the Constitution which declares
that " no money shall be drawn out of the public Treasury, but by the
legislative authority of the State." This has given to a tribunal created
separate from the Convention itself, this direct power. The whole Ordi¬
nance sets a dangerous and impolitic precedent in our State, and I recom¬
mend that steps be taken to cause proper accounts for all moneys drawn
under it to be rendered, and that the records kept by those commissions
be examined. The eighth section seems to contemplate this, if the Con¬
vention itself had not, in the meantime, held a meeting.
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I can appreciate tlie circumstances under which the Convention acted.
But they acted under the excitement produced1 by the fall of Port Royal,
and I knew the time would come for the State to right itself. That time
has come, and I most respectfully recommend that, as the guardians of the
Constitution and Law, you do now restore to the State the regular and ordi¬
nary Government.
To vest power to make, construe and execute law, in the same hands, is
of the very essence of despotism, and the exercise of any such power, even
in the hands of the wisest and purest of men, would necessarily produce
the deepest dissatisfaction in any community trained up as freemen, and
who had lived under the regular administration of fixed law. The dissat¬
isfaction and restiveness under this new and unauthorized system, exhibited
in certain portions of the State, has not .arisen from any disloyalty or indis¬
position to discharge all their duties faithfully, but from a feeling of sensi¬
tiveness under what they deemed an unnecessary and arbitrary establish¬
ment of an unusual and irregular Government.
The example quoted from the early history of this State, when one of
our most illustrious citizens was vested with a Dictatorship, is not at all ap¬
plicable to the State in her present situation. We were then in our infancy,
and had never beeu accustomed to independent self-government. We had,
comparatively speaking, a wild country, with sparse population. We were
simply a Colony, and in fact with no Government. We have now had eighty
years of self-government, when our forms and laws have become fixed and
settled, with a dense population of sensitive and educated freemen. No
people upon earth are more restive under arbitrary power than we are.
Besides, our whole form of Government is conservative, and full of checks
and restraints—more so than that of any other State in the Confederacy.
Our Senate represents mere territorial divisions, and is so formed as to check
the more dominating influence of other branches. We have representation
of property in both Houses. For every sixty-second part that the taxation
of a Parish or District bears to the taxation of the whole State, it is en¬
titled to one Representative; and for every sixty-second part that the white
population of a Parish or District bears to the white population of the
whole State, it is entitled to another Representative; and we take a State
census every ten years, and estimate the taxes that have been collected
during that period, and according to this we readjust our representation
every ten years, so that it shall follow this combined principle wherever
any changes in population or in property have been made. It is, in fact, a
representation of taxation and population combined, and is the wisest and
most philosophical principle that has been adopted by any State in the
Confederacy. From this, population has all the strength necessary to give
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it power and contentment, and property has all that is necessary to protect
itself. This it is that makes us so eminently a conservative State and a
united people. Under our wise, but complicated system, we do not, in any
great measure, take the sense of the people of South Carolina, as a people,
hut we take the sense of the interests or estates of the State, which
is equivalent to consulting the estates of the Realm—a process so
deeply identified with all our ideas drawn from the great common-law
land of English liberty. Any single Assembly, without the checks that
come from the action of separate bodiajf, that assumes to exercise, of itself,
legislative powers, must necessarily amalgamate these estates, and produce
confusion and discontent, by deranging the order of our whole system.
The clause in our Constitution giving power to call a Convention, is pecu¬
liar. It does not say the Legislature may or can call a Convention, but it
declares that "no Convention of the people shall be called," except on
certain conditions. No Convention can be called, except by a concurrent
vote of both branches of our Legislature, and then by a vote of two-thirds
in each House. The Constitution of the State is itself a compact between
the people, in which the sense of the State is taken by a full representation
of estates which form the State. The aijgry controversy between the
upper and lower country, previous to eighteen hundred and eight, need
barely be alluded to for full illustration of this. The Constitution itself
can be altered by two successive Legislatures, and there is no necessity for
a Convention to alter it, which shows that under our system, so far as or¬
ganic law is concerned, sovereignty is expressed through two successive
Legislatures, or the Legislature is supposed to express the sense of the
State, taken, not by p6pulation, or the people alone, but^ by the different
estates represented.
The clause giving power to the Legislature to alter the Constitution, fol¬
lows immediately after the clause giving power to call a Convention, and is
also very peculiar in its language and guards. It does not say the Legisla¬
ture may alter the Constitution upon certain conditions, but, directly follow¬
ing upon the other clause, it declares that " no part of this Constitution
shall be altered," except by the forms prescribed in the clause itself. There
is no other State, that I know of, which allows the Legislature the high
power of altering its Constitution. It is granted here because those who
made it intended to guard peculiar interests and privileges in the State.
No Convention, under our system, need ever be called, except for one
purpose only, and that is to withdraw our State from any compact with other
independent States, and this merely because it was through such a body
that the compact itself was originally made binding upon the State. Under
this view of the question, it must be clear that it is against the whole
spirit and genius of our system that a Convention should alter or amend
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tlie Constitution on local points; and if so, how much more true must it be
that they cannot, on points affecting our internal relations, legislate on any
matter. And if this be so, by what right can it delegate to another body, of its
own creation, the power to legislate. It has no right to legislate; and even
if it had, it could not delegate the right to another body, emanating alone
from itself. It can only legitimately act upon the specific matter or question
which it was called to act on, and this is upon the presumption that the
very question has been decided by the people, through the legitimate repre¬
sentation and forms that express the sense of the estates of the State.
Upon that subject-mat,er, thus decided, they are sovereign, but upon no
other. They are not necessary to alter the Constitution, for I have shown
that this express power is given, by the Constitution itself, to two ordinary
Legislatures. Any mere formal portion of the Constitution that it may be
necessary to alter, in order to adapt it to a new compact with other sove¬
reigns, and to the new Government, can be made, but no other. It can
make a compact of fundamental law with other States. Any change of the
Constitution, by a general Convention, ca^ed exclusively to withdraw from
an old compact, and to form a new one, in ' those provisions acting solely
upon the people of the §tate, within themselves, is not only beyond their
legitimate power, but deeply dangerous to our conservative system, and a
precedent which, once established, might overthrow all the guarantees of
the instrument touching our local interests, without giving us the protec¬
tion from the safeguards made by the compromise of eighteen hundred
and eight, and incorporated into our organic law. The Ordinance creating
the Executive Council did change the Constitution, as far as the executive
power oljjthe Governor is concerned. The second clause utterly annihi¬
lated his office as " Commander-in-Chief." There is not a single attribute
attach6d to "Commander-in-Chief," as derived from the very nature of the
office, and defined in the Constitution, which is not destroyed. True, the
Governor, in times of peace, has but little power, but in revolution and
war, that single power of" CommaWer-i'n-Chief" is of the highest and last
importance, so long as the State acts for herself, or has forces in the field.
In fact, during a revolution, it may embrace all power. A division of it
into four heads destroys all that may be essential in dispatch, energy and
decision. If it had been in existence on the twenty-seventh of December,
eighteen hundred and sixty, and during that period, it would have been'
contemptible, from its imbecility and division. To say that the Constitution,
in its vital parts, is not altered, because it has not been done by a specific
clause, is to chop logic on words. In everything relating to the military
and military orders, from the least to the most important, it made an abso¬
lute change—no military order, of any kind whatever, could be given
without first receiving a majority of the votes of the Council. It was
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most fortunate for us that every company in the State had been mustered
into service under the command of Confederate Generals, and all the mili¬
tary resources of the State were being transferred under the absolute orders
of Confederate authority. If we had been in actual command of forces,
we would have had great confusion and weakness. In times of revolution
and danger, to vest all the powers of the " Commander-in-Chief" in the
hands of four men, is simply a pragmatical experiment, that has failed,
whenever tried, in every age and in every Government.
In relation to what may be urged as to the necessity for such action, I
have only to say that State necessity has ever been the patent plea for de¬
spotic power wherever assumed. Amongst an enlightened people the true
strength of an Executive does not depend so much on specific grants of
power, as on doing with firmness whatever is right, and in patriotic devotion
to the country, and nothing but the country.
The Convention have turned over to you the responsibility of deciding
upon the propriety of continuing the Council. According to the Ordinance,
its existence terminates on the second Monday in December next. By thus
ordaining, there are now established in the State two conflicting powers of
legislative or law-making authorities, sitting at the same time. It is an
anomaly in government. I would recommend that you do discontinue the
Council, and that no other of that kind be created. The duties of the Chief
of the Military ought to be discharged by your Adjutant General, and the
duties of the Chief of Construction should be discharged by your Ordnance
officer; the duties of Chief of the Treasury should be discharged by your
Treasurers, and the duties of Chief of Justice and Police can be discharged
by your Governor, together with the Attorney General. The ordinary
forms of government should be forthwith restored. It is due t(Mhe Con¬
stitution and the country, that you should put your disagreement to the
precedent that has been set, in such a shape that it shall be distinctly under¬
stood, hereafter, that all the ordinary branches of the regular Government
were opposed to the creation of this extraordinary and unnecessary Govern
ment. >
In the meantime it might be proper, during the continuance of the war,
that you should pass a special Act, well guarded, giving the Governor ex¬
traordinary powers in certain emergencies. The Convention at first passed
a Resolution, giving me the power to appoint a Council for consultation,
which was done on the thirtieth day of December, eighteen hundred and
sixty, and the Council was organized a few days after. They made it the
duty of this Council, " when required by the Governor, to advise with him
on all matters which may be submitted by him," but expressly made the
Governor, " in all cases," still responsible, " and to decide upon his own
action." In conformity with this I appointed four distinguished gentlemen,
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and, for convenience as to business, I made a division of labor, and assigned
to each a Department. This was a very wise and proper conception of Gov-
ernment, on the part of tbe Convention, and did not, in substance and re¬
sponsibility, alter the office, as established by the Constitution. It is with
great pride alid pleasure that I now say I was much aided and strengthened
by the able men whom I then called around me, at that trying and critical
period of our history. They served without compensation, and for their
patriotic and firm discharge of duties, the country owes them a debt of
lasting gratitude. If it should be thought necessary, in any great emer¬
gency, such a Council might again "be authorized, which the Governor could
call around him whenever he might deem it proper to do so. But do
nothing to divide the responsibility of your Chief Magistrate; always make
him directly responsible. A division 'of' responsibility but weakens the
whole, and takes away that direct accountability which is so essential to all
energy and decision. Any other form makes hesitation and division, which,
in the midst of a progressive revolution, is of deep injury to the public
service, particularly in all military matters.
As I am soon to retire from office, I may be permitted to say, that when
appointed to preside as Chief Magistrate of tbe State, I had just returned
from abroad. I had comparatively but little personal acquaintance withi
those who had been of late years on the public stage. My difficulties were
embarrassing. We had been habituated to indulgence by long years of
peace, and were utterly unprepared for this gigantic struggle. I never, for
a moment, doubted we would have war, as will be seen from the first steps
taken the day after I was sworn into office.
The State acted alone, rose erect and defied power. I determined that
she should lose her existence rather than lose her honor. As the storm
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grew dark around her banner, and many were in doubt, I watched the star
of her destiny as it twinkled and flashed above the horizon, and I looked
with Eastern devotion to that star alone. Many supposed themselves
wronged, and their counsels neglected, but it was because I had no other
light to guide my path, save the rays that ever fell from that star before me.
We have passed the worst. If we are true to ourselves, and if our
forces are directed with judgment, we cannot be conquered. But instead
of relaxation, we must rely solely upon our own strong arms, and redouble
all our energies to meet any and every event.
We have suffered much, and may suffer more, but if we humbly rely
upon a superintending Providence, we will go through in triumph. Let us
remember that no people ever jet reached a high destiny without an abiding
faith in the dispensation of justice from a Supreme Being.
F. W. PICKENS.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25.
Mr. DURYEA offered the following resolution; which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That two thousand copies of Message No. '1, of his Excellency
the Governor, be printed, and that it, with the accompanying d®cutnents, be
made the special order of the day for to-morrow, the 26th inst., at 1 o'clock,
P. M.
Mr. P. H. BRADLEY, from the Committee appointed to count the ballots
cast for Messenger, reported that Mr. A. P. Nicholson received 46 votes; J.
Thornwell Pargan, 19 votes; R. H. Bomar, 24 votes; D. J. Hay, 3 votes;
Thos. P. Walker, 6 votes; W. B. Timmons, 11 votes; and that no candi¬
date having received a majority, consequently there was no election.
On motion of Mr. VENNING, the House proceeded to a second ballot
for Messenger.
Mr. WESTON submitted the report of the Commissioners of the Poor
for Georgetown District, of Disbursement of Transient Poor Fund, and pe¬
tition from the same ; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means.
Mr. G. W. WILLIAMS presented the petition of sundry citizens of
York District, for the change of an election precinct; which was referred
to the Committee on Privileges and Elections.
Mr. BRATTON submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free
Schools for York District; which was referred to the Committee on Edu¬
cation.
Mr. YOUMANS submitted the returns of the Commissioners of Free
Schools for St. Luke's Parish, for the year 1861-62 ; which was referred to
the Committee on Education.
Mr. TRENHOLM presented the petition of the Stockholders of the
Privateer Jefferson Davis, for the cancellation of a bond executed to the
State for armament; which was referred to the Committee on the Military.
The SPEAKER called for bills, resolutions and motions, in the order of
Judicial Districts, commencing with Abbeville.
Mr. YEADON gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce a bill to prevent and punish extortion ; also,
A Bill to abolish Fees Conditional.
Mr. YEADON introduced the following resolutions ; which were consid¬
ered immediately, and were agreed to :
Whereas it' is the imperative duty of an enlightened State, as well in
time of war as in time of peace, to care for the education of the rising
generation; And whereas the Legislature of this State, mindful of its
duty in that regard, did, at its last session, make the usual liberal and am-
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pie provision for the support and continued operation of the South Caro¬
lina College :*
And whereas the said College, in disregard of the expressed will of the
Legislature, has been disorganized and disbanded, and its buildings conver¬
ted into a Hospital, and otherwise appropriated to other than College uses ;
Be it, therefore,
Resolved', 1. That the Committee on Education be instructed to inquire
and report by what authority, and for what reasons, the said College has been
disorganized and disbanded, and its buildings appropriated as aforesaid.
2. That the Committee on Education be instructed to inquire and report
as to the expediency of forthwith reorganizing the said College, and restor¬
ing to the youth of the State the inestimable blessings and advantages of
a collegiate education.
Mr. WHALEY introduced the following resolutions; which were con¬
sidered immediately, and were made the special order of the day ior to¬
morrow, at 2 o'clock, P. M., and were ordered to be printed :
Resolved, That we feel unabated respect and affection for our State Con¬
stitution, which has so long secured the rights, and contributed to the pros¬
perity, of the citizens of the State.
That we still regard the separation of the legislative, executive and judi¬
cial powers as fundamental and necessary to the existence of the Constitu¬
tion.
That all attempts to set aside this necessary distinction, and to associate
these separate departments of political power, should be regarded as mis¬
chievous, and, if successful, must inevitably lead either to anarchy or des¬
potism.
That, according both to our historical experience and to sound theory,
conventions should be called to provide for important constitutional changes,
and not to conduct the government of the State, either directly or through
committees or Council delegated for that purpose.
That there is, and always must be, an essential and insurmountable differ¬
ence as to power, capacity and right, between the people themselvps and any
convention of their delegates, for whatever purpose assembled, and that to
confound this must, in the end, lead to gross usurpation and wrong.
That, while the Constitution may be abrogated or amended according to
its own provisions, it cannot be suspended by any power, for, in ceasing to
operate and control, it loses its distinctive character as a fundamental or¬
ganic law.
That every sentiment of reverence for constitutional right, and security
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25.
under its protection, would be extinguished, if this were deemed possible
or within the power of any council or committee.
That we regard, with profound regret, any measures which may have
been adopted by the late Convention at variance with these principles, or
any such action as may have been had under its countenance, and feel that
it is incumbent upon this Legislature to remedy, as far as they can, any
mischief or inconvenience that may have resulted therefrom.
Mr. TRENHOLM presented the Report of the Commissioner on the
Code of the Statute-Law of the State; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary.
Mr. 0. R. BROYLES, from the Committee appointed to count the ballots
cast for Messenger, reported that A. P. Nicholson had received a majority
of the ballots cast.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced that Mr. A. P. Nicholson is duly
elected Messenger of the House of Representatives, and administered to
him the constitutional oath of office.
Mr. A. M. LOWRY introduced the following resolutions; which were
considered immediately, were agreed to, and were referred to the Committee
on Commerce and Manufactures:
Whereas the great scarcity of Salt renders it highly important that
the State should take measures to secure and deposit, for her citizens, at
the Court Houses by which the railroads pass, and at the' termination of
the roads in this State. Therefore,
Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures inquire
into the expediency, and best and most expiditious manner of furnishing
Salt to her citizens, at cost and charges.
Resolved, That they inquire into the propriety of establishing Salt Works
on the sea-coast, to accomplish the object; and report by Bill or otherwise.
Mr. NORWOOD introduced the following resolution; which was con¬
sidered immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That the Clergymen of this city be invited, by the Speaker,
to attend and open the daily Sessions of this House with prayer.
Mr. CROFT gave notice that he will ask leave, on Thursday next, to
introduce
A Bill to prohibit the distillation of all grain in South Carolina.
Mr. BRYCE gave notice that he will ask leave, to-morrow, to introduce
A Bill to authorize the Banks to issue small bills.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 41
On motion of Mr. MULLTNS,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to¬
morrow at 12 o'clock, M.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS, the House was adjourned at 46 minutes
past 2 o'clock, P. M.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1862.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with Prayer to
Almighty Grod, by the Rev. J. P. Boyce.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The following members attended, produced their credentials, wgre sworn,
and took their seats :
From St. Andrew's Parish : Mr. Jos. M. Mikell.
From St. James', Santee : Mr. Daniel DuPre.
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The SPEAKER then proceeded to call for petitions, memorials, present¬
ments of Grrand Juries, and such like papers, in the order of Judicial Dis¬
tricts, commencing with Abbeville.
Mr. FAIR presented the petition of sundry citizens of Abbeville District,
praying for legislation to suppress extortion; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. WHETSTONE presented the petition of Lucius Bellinger, praying
compensation for a negro lost in the public service; also,
The petition of C. A. Myers, praying compensation for a slave executed ;
which were severally referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; also,
The petition of J. Patterson, Esq., praying to be refunded the excess of
a Confederate War Tax improperly assessed; also,
The petition of Rev. Barnwell B. Sams, praying to be refunded Con¬
federate War Tax; which were severally referred to the Committee of Ways
and Means; also,
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26.
The account of the Barnwell Sentinel, for public printing; which was
referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. MABTIN presented the petition of Wm. E. Robert, praying to be
refunded a tax improperly paid, which was referred to the Committee of
Ways and Means.
Mr. TRENHOLM presented the petition of the Bank of Charleston,
praying for sundry amendments to the charter; also,
The petition of C. H. Simonton, praying to be released from payment of
a double tax; which were severally referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means.
Mr. HUTCHINSON presented the abstract of the number of persons
admitted into the Alms House of Charleston for the year 1862, and also,
abstract of the number of persons who are getting relief from the City
Council of Charleston, South Carolina, granted by the Commissicfcers of
the Poor, from September 1st, 1861, to 31st of August, 1862; which was
referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. PINCKNEY presented the petition of B. S. D. Muckenfuss, pray¬
ing to be refunded a sum of money paid by mistake; which was referred
to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. SEYMOUR presented the petition of James H. Marshburn, praying
to be relieved from an improper War Tax assessment; also,
The petition of George W. Wilkie, agent of Miss Ball, praying to be
relieved from an improper War Tax assessment; which were severally re¬
ferred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. YENNING submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free
Schools for Christ Church Parish for 1862; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Education.
Mr. HEMPHILL presented the account of E. J. McDaniel, proprietor
of the Chester Standard, for public printing; which was referred to the
Committee on Claims.
Mr. McDANIEL presented the petition of sundry citizens of Chester
District, praying relief for the families of poor soldiers in the army; which
was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. HUGGINS presented the petition of sundry citizens of Clarendon
District, asking for the change of an election precinct; which was referred
to the Committee on Privileges and Elections; also,
The accounts of the Clarendon Banner against the State of South Caro¬
lina, for printing; which were severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. STOKES submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free Schools
for St. Bartholomew's Parish, for 1862; which was referred to the Committee
on Education.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26.
43
Mr. MAY submitted the report of the Commissioners of Eree Schools
for St. George's Parish, for 1862; which was referred to the Committee on
Education.
Mr. T. P. MIKELL presented the petition of sundry planters on John's
Island, praying remission of certain taxes upon property lost and abandoned
to the enemy; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. LIDE presented the petition of J. W. Owens, praying the remission
of a tax of 5 per cent, interest on a balance due State Treasurer for 1861;
which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. TAJ/BERT presented the petition of J. R. Stalmaker, praying to be
relieved from paying the War Tax on money at interest, improperly returned
to the Assessor of the War Tax for Edgefield District; which was referred
to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. WRIGHT presented the petition of sundry citizens of Graniteville,
for appointment of a Magistrate; which was referred to the Committee on
Offices and Officers.
Mr. BOYCE presented the petition of Reuben Smith, praying the return
of a Confederate War Tax improperly exacted; which was referred to the
Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. B. F. PERRY presented the petition of sundry citizens of Green¬
ville, praying a suitable provision for the support of the families of poor
soldiers in the service of their country; which was referred to the Committee
of Ways and Means; also,
The petition of F. Gossett, praying the payment of jail fees for keeping
a prisoner; which was referred to the Committee on Claims; also,
The petition of the Commissioners of Roads and Bridges for Greenville
District, praying to be relieved from keeping up any portion of Jones'
Turnpike Road; also, -
The petition of sundry citizens of Greenville, praying the discontinu¬
ance of a public road; which were severally referred to the Committee on
Roads, Bridges and Ferries.
Mr. SARVIS presented the account of Dr. J. E. Grant, for a post mortem
examination; also,
The account of Dr. J. F. Harrell, for a post mortem examination; which
were severally referred to the Medical Committee.
Mr. SESSIONS submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free
Schools for All Saints' Parish, for 1862; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Education; also,
The petition of Peter Cox, to be refunded an amount of money overpaid
to the collector of the War Tax in All Saints' Parish; which was referred
to the Committee of Ways and Means.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26.
Mr. D. D. PERRY presented the petition of Dr. J. Reenstjcrna. for a
2>ost mortem examination ; which was referred to the Medical Committee.
Mr. J AMES L. REED presented the petition for an Act of Incorpora¬
tion of the Munich Baptist Association ; which was reierred to the Com¬
mittee on Incorporations; also,
The petition of sundry citizens of Lancaster District, praying that a cer¬
tain voting poll be removed to another locality; which was referred to the
Committee on Privileges and Elections.
Mr. SULLIVAN presented the account of Thomas Carter, for tax"over¬
paid ; which was referred to the Committee of "Ways and Means.
Mr. B. S. JONES presented the account of Dr. "W. LI. Henry, for a post
mortem examination; which was referred to the Medical Committee; also,
The petition of James McCrary, praying to be refunded a double tax ;
which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. EFIRD presented the account of Dr. J. Caughman, for a post mor¬
tem examination; which was referred to the Medical Committee.
Mr. WEATHERLY presented the account of Jas. H. Bolton, Coroner;
also,
The account of Thos. P. Quick, Special Constable; also,
The petition of J. L. Breeden,- Sheriff, for compensation under requisi¬
tion ; which were severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. STEWART presented the petition of John T. Long, praying to be
refunded tax paid the Confederate Tax Collector; also,
The petition of J. M. Boland, praying to be refunded taxes overpaid the
Confederate Tax Collector; also,
The petition of John A. Hipp, Jr., to be refunded double tax paid Con¬
federate Tax Collector; also,
The petition of Chief Justice O'Neall, praying appropriation of the
quarter's salary of Thomas J. Gantt, Esq., Clerk of the Court of Appeals,
or such part of it as was due at his death; which were severally referred to
the Committee of Ways and Means; also,
Submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free Schools for Newberry
District, for 1862; which was referred to the Committee on Education;
also,
The petition of George Neil, to he appointed Coroner for Newberry Dis¬
trict ; which was referred to the Committee on Offices and Officers.
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Mr. JENKINS submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free
Schools for Orange Parish, for 1862; which was referred to the Committee
on Education.
Mr. OLIVER presented the petition of David Bowman, praying compen¬
sation for a slave who died from a disease contracted while in employment
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26.
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of the Government in the vicinity of Charleston; which was referred to
the Committee on Claims.
Mr. BATES presented the petition of Dr. M. K. Holman, praying remu¬
neration for a slave who died of disease contracted in the public service;
which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. DOYLE presented the petition of M. R. Hunnicutt, praying to
change the location of a road in Pickens District; which was referred to
the Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries.
Mr. WALLACE presented the petition of Messrs. Kennedy and Geiger
for services rendered in examinations of reserves, not authorized by the
Executive Council; which was referred to the Committee on Claims; also,
Submitted the report of the Regents of the Lunatic Asylum; which was
referred to the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum, and was ordered to be
printed. 1
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the House then proceeded to the considera¬
tion of Message No. 1 of his Excellency the Governor, which had been made
the Special Order of the day for this day, at one o'clock, P. M.
Mr. DURYEA introduced the following resolutions; which were consid¬
ered immediately, and were agreed to:
Resolved, 1. That so much of the Message No. 1 of his Excellency the
Governor, as relates to making provision for the families of deceased sol¬
diers ; the military system; militia State police guard; the reports of the
different military officers ; the marine school; the military academies; the
arsenals and depots for small arms; the armory and foundry for 'the manu¬
facture of arms; the saltpetre plantation; the appointment of an agent
at Richmond to attend to the wants of sick and wounded soldiers; the ap¬
pointment of military officers, and all matters relating to the military
organization of the State, with the accompanying documents, be referred to
the Committee on the Military.
2. That so much as relates ,to the support of the families of soldiers in
service; the change in the system- of property valuation and taxation ; the
finance and banks of the State; the currency; the Confederate War Tax;
the reports of the Chief and Secretary of the Treasury, and to the consoli¬
dation of the two Treasuries; the appropriation of the Confederate Congress,
for and on account of certain military expenditures by the State; the ex¬
penditures of moneys; the claims against the Confederate Government, and
to compensation to the Hon. W. G. DeSaussure, for services rendered in re¬
lation to said claims, with the accompanying documents, be referred to the
Committee of Ways and Means,
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26.
3. That so much as relates to education, to the South Carolina College,
and the institution for the education of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, be re¬
ferred to the Committee on Education.
4. That so much as relates to the State House, be referred to the Com¬
mittee on the State House and Grounds.
5. That so much as relates to the Lunatic Asylum, be referred to the
Committee on the Lunatic Asylum.
6. That so much as relates to the distillation of grain into spirits, be re¬
ferred to the Committee on Agriculture.
7. That so much as relates to the manufacture and procurement of salt,
be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures.
8. That so much as relates to negro labor, and to the Ordinance of the
Convention for the removal of negroes, with the accompanying documents,
be referred to the Committee on Colored Population.
9. That so much as relates to the Confederate Consci'iption Acts, be re¬
ferred to the Committee on Confederate Relations.
10. That so much as relates to undue speculation in breadstuff's; the
" Act to extend relief to debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice of property at
public sales;" to the Provost Marshal Courts; to the suggested change in
the election of Governor; the increase of the powers of the Executive;
the appointment of certain officers by the G-overnor; be referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary, with the accompanying documents to this
Legislature by the Convention; and, so much as relates to the Constitution,
powers, continuation, modification or abolition of the Executive Council, be
referred to a Special Committee, to consist of one member from each Con¬
gressional District of the State.
11. That so much as relates to the right of suffrage, be referred to. the
Committee on Privileges and Elections.
12. That so much as relates to such ordinances of the Convention and
proceedings of the Executive Council, with the accompanying documents,
as have been referred to this Legislature by the Convention, be referred to
the Special Committee of one from each Congressional District of the
State.
Message No. 2 was then received from his Excellency the G-overnor,
with the lequest that the same should be communicated in secret session.
The House resolved itself into
SECRET SESSION.
The House ordered the doors to be opened at forty-five minutes past 3
o'clock, P. M.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27.
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SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. WIIALEY, the House proceeded to the consideration
of resolutions in the matter of the Executive Council, which had been
made the Special Order of the day for this day, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. WHALEY, the Special Order was discharged, and the
same was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at 1 o'clock,
P. M.
On motion of Mr. VENNING,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it he adjourned to meet
to-morrow, at112 o'clock, M.
Mr. TRESCOTTintroduced the following resolution; which was consid¬
ered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be respectfully requested to
furnish this House with all information concerning the disbanding of the
Fourth and Tenth Regiments of Reserves.
On motion of Mr. VENNING, the House was adjourned at 50 minutes
past 3 o'clock, P. M.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1862.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with Prayer
to Almighty God, by the Rev. Dr. Leland.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The SPEAKER announced the following as the Standing Committees of
this House:
COMMITTEE ON PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS.
Messrs. Geo. A. Trenholm,
2. W. S. Mobley, 3. R. W. Seymour,
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4. C. S. Mattison,
6. J. II. Norwood,
8. J. B. Campbell,
10. LeRoy F. Youmans,
5. J. T. Lowiy,
7. Daniel DuPre,
9. A. Efird,
11. J. B. Rhame.
COMMITTEE OE WAYS AND MEANS
Messrs. Wilmot G. DeSaussure,
2. J. Harleston Read, 3. P. C. Kirk,
4. Geo. A. Trenholm, 5. Simpson Bobo,
6. A. M. Martin, 7. Campbell R. Bryce,
8. James M. Perrin, 9. James P. Boyce.
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.
2. William Whaley,
4. T. B. Fraser,
6. G. W. Williams,
8. J. B. Campbell,
Messrs. B. F. Perry,
3. R. Dozier,
5. T. N. Dawkins,
7. J. B. McCants,
9. R. A. Fair.
COMMITTEE ON CONFEDERATE RELATIONS.
Messrs. William S. Mullins,
2. Richard Yeadon, 3. A. W. Thomson,
4. Wm. Henry Trescott, 5. John M. DeSaussure,
6. Plowden C. J. Weston, 7. Wm. H. Evans,
8. Henry L. Pinckney, Jr., 9. D. J. Wilkinson.
2. W. W. Adams,
4. John Huiet,
6. T. C. Weatherly,
8. B. F. Crayton,
COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Messrs. R. S. Duryea,
3. J. Read Boylston,
5. T. McKinstry,
7. G. W. Sullivan,
9. J. B. Sanders.
COMMITTEE ON MILITARY.
Messrs. W. Ferguson Hutson,
2. Stephen Elliott, Jr., 3. J. H. Williams,
4. John T. Lowry, 5. James MeCullough,
6. J. D. Aiken, 7. W. H. Evans,
8. James M. Perrin, 9. R. F. Graham.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27.
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COMMITTEE ON INCORPORATIONS.
Messrs. M. P. O'Connor,
2. T. P. Lide, 3. R. W. Seymour,
4. Wm. Fort, 5. D. D. Perry,
6. N. R. Eaves, 7. J. H. Norwood,
8. Randell Croft, 9. LeRoy F. Youmans.
COMMITTEE ON ROADS, BRIDGES AND EERRIES.
Messrs. John M. DeSaussure,
2. C. B. Sarvis, 3. J. M. Whetstone,
4. J. S. Bradley, 5. N. R. Eaves,
6. A. A. Allemong, 7. W. W. Blakeney,
8. Morgan Harbin, 9. H. R. Shell.
COMMITTEE ON RAILRbADS.
Messrs. H. T> Peake,
2. M. P. O'Connor, 3. J. M. Whetstone,
4. C. S. Mattison, 5. A. Jones,
6. T. L. Hutchinson, 7. B. S. Jones,
8. Sam'i Lovinggood, 9. J. H. Evins.
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.
Messrs. William Whaley,
2. R. Dozier, 3. Simons Lucas, Jr.,
4. John Wallace, 5. J. D. Aiken,
6. E. Magrath, 7. J. L. Reed,
8. J. S. Bratton, 9. J. C. McClenaghan.
COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
Messrs. T. N. Dawkins,
2. J. M. Mikell, 3. T. P. Lide,
4. J. S. Bradly, 5. J. F. Talbert,
6. T. L. Hutchinson, 7. P. D. Cook,
8. T. P. Lockwood, 9. F. Scaife.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27.
COMMITTEE ON STATE HOUSE AND GROUNDS.
Messrs. P. C. Kirk,
2. J. J. Williams, 3. W. W. Adams,
4. J. T. Lowry, 5. J. H. Boatw'right,
6. William Lebby, 7. Benjamin Stokes,
8. James Hemphill, 9. R. F. Graham.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Messrs. George W. Williams,
2. A. A. Allemong, 3 J. A. Doyle,
4. Wm. Lebby, 5. G. A. Huggins,
6. James McDaniel, 7. W. Power,
8. D. L. Smith, 9. H. T. Wright.
COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTS.
Messrs. James Hemphill,
2. M W. Yenning, 3. D. D. Perry,
4. C. T. Mitchell, 5. Wm. F. Foster,
6. P. D. Cook, 7. J. S. McFadden,
8. B. E. Sessions, 9. R. M. Johnston.
COMMITTEE ON COLORED POPULATION.
Messrs. J. Harleston Read,
2. J. M. Eason, 3. J. J. Williams,
4. P. H. Bradley, 5. ST. Cooper,
6. Randell Croft, 7. A. M. Lowry,
8. T. P. Lockwood, 9. S. C. Youngblood.
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.
Messrs. 0. R. Broyles,
2. J. M. Mikell, 3. M. Hendricks,
4. C. B. Sarvis, 5. W. W. Blakeney,
6. S. T. Cooper, 7. P. H. Bradley,
8. Thos. Oliver, 9. J. L. Reed.
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COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES.
Messrs. Richard Yeadon,
2. J. M. Eason, 3. William Fort,
4. J. Read Boylston, 5. R. M. Johnston,
6. B. F. Cray ton, 7. J. W. Webber,
8. A. Jones, 9. R. Stewart.
COMMITTEE ON OFFICES AND OFFICERS.
Messrs. A. W. Thomson,
2. William M. Foster, 3. H. T. Wright,
4. J. S. Bratton, 5. J. A. Doyle,
6. A. Efird, 7. C. T. Mitchell,
8. T. L. Johnston, 9. Gr. W. H. Legg.
COMMITTEE ON LUNATIC ASYLUM.
Messrs. S. D. M. Byrd,
2. J. W. W. Marshall, 3. R. W. Bates,
4. J. Gr. Jenkins, 5. T. L. Johnston,
6. Jno. May, 7. T. P. Mikell,
8. B. S. Jones, 9. John Huiet.
MEDICAL COMMJTTEE.
Messrs. W. S. Mobley,
2. J. H. Boatwright, 3. Jno. May,
4. J. Gr. Jenkins, 5. R. W. Bates,
6. J. W. W. Marshall, 7. S. D. M. Byrd,
8. T. P. Mikell, 9. Gr. A. Huggins.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PRINTING.
Messrs. T. B. Fraser,
2. H. T. Peake, 3. Stephen Elliott, Jr.
4. B. Stokes, 5. R. Stewart,
6. Thos. Weatherly, 7. J. F. Talbert.
COMMITTEE ON ENGROSSED ACTS.
Messrs. J. H. Williams,
2. R. S. Duryea, 3. J. B. McCants,
4. H. L. Pinckney, Jr. 5. E. Magrath.
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committee on legislative library.
Messrs. Plowden C. J. Weston,
2. Simons Lucas, Jr., 3. C. R. Bryce,
4. Wm. Henry Trescott, 5. J. H. Evins.
cashier.
Mr. J. C. McClenaghan.
assistant cashier.
Mr. J. B. Sanders.
The SPEAKER announced the following gentlemen of the Special
Committee to whom was referred certain portions of his Excellency the
Governor's Message No. J :
Messrs. Mullins, Trescott, B. P. Perry, Hutson, Hemphill, and Perrin.
The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, Nov. 26,1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully proposes to your House, to unite with this body
to-morrow, at half-past one o'clock, P. M., in a ballot for Secretary of State.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, the message was ordered to lie on the table.
The SPEAKER then proceeded to call for petitions, memorials, present¬
ments of Grand Juries, and such like papers, in'the order of Judicial Dis¬
tricts, commencing with Richland.
Mr. BRYCE presented the memorial of J. Townsend, B. M. Palmer,'
Wm. F. DeSaussure, and M. La Borde, on behalf of Central Associations,
praying for an appropriation of money for relief of sick and destitute
soldiers; which was referred to the Committee on the Military.
Mr. BOATWRIGI1T presented the account of R. W. Gibbes, for public
printing; which was referred to the Committee on Claims; also,
The petition of the " The Right Worthy Southern Grand Lodge of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the State of South Carolina," pray¬
ing an act of incorporation; which was referred to the Committee on In¬
corporations.
Mr. LEGG presented the "petition of sundry citizens of Spartanburg
District, to establish an additional election b6x in Spartanburg District;
which was referred to the Committee on Offices and Officers; also,
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53
Submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free Schools for Spartan¬
burg District, for 1862; which was referred to the Committee on Educa¬
tion.
Mr. WEBBER presented the account of the Spartanburg Express for
public printing; also,
The account of the Clerk of the Court of Spartanburg District; also,
The accounts of J. M. Elford, H. White, and J. H. Walker, Magistrates,
Spartanburg District; also,
The accounts of J. T. Holt, Wm. Petty, J". W. Otts, E. B. Mitchell, J.
F. Smith, L. M. E. Walker, S. Cr. Langford, Special Constables in Spar¬
tanburg District; which were severally referred to the Committee on
Claims.
Mr. FRASER presented the account of the Sumter Watchman, for pub¬
lic printing; also,
The account of the Horry Dispatch, for public printing; which were
severally referred to the Committee on Claims; also,
The petition of Jas. T. Brunson, Jailor, for increase of fees; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; also,
The petition of Isaac W. Lenoir, to be refunded tax illegally paic(; which
was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; also,
Submitted the returns of the Commissioners of Free Schools for Sumter
District, for 1861; which was referred to the Committee on Education.
Mr. J. S. BRADLEY presented the petition >of T. S. C. DeSchamps,
praying that a tax improperly paid be refunded; which was referred to the
Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. DAWKTNS presented the report of the Commissioners of the Deaf,
Dumb and Blind ; which was referred to the Committee on Education;
also,
The account of R. A. McKnight, for public printing; which was referred
to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. THOMSON submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free
Schools for Union District, for 1862; which was referred to the Committee
on Education.
Mr. COOPER presented the account of S. McBryde Scott, Sheriff of
Williamsburg District, for nulla bona, cost on double Tax Executions;
which was referred to the Committee on Claims; also,
The petition of sundry citizens of Williamsburg District, to establish a
new road, to be called the Singletary Mill Road ; which was referred to the
Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries.
Mr. DAWKINS piesented the petition of William S. McJunkin, asking
to be refunded a tax paid by mistake; which was referred to the Committee
of Ways and Means.
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Mr. G. TV. WILLIAMS presented the petition of sundr}T citizens of
York District, for a modification of the law as to the support of the needy
families of soldiers; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means.
Mr. J. T.. LOWRY presented the petition of sundry citizens of York
District, to prevent speculation and a renewal of the Stay Law; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; also,
The account of the Yorkville Enquirer, for public printing; which was
referred to the Committee on Claims; also,
The Report of the Agent of the Catawba Indians; which was referred
to the York and Lancaster Delegations.
Mr. WHETSTONE presented the application of the Intendant and
Wardens of Aiken, to have Salles Randall, Esq., appointed a Magistrate;
which was referred to the Committee on Offices and Officers.
Mr. ALLEMONG presented the petition of T. Alphonse Jackson,-Con¬
federate States Navy, Engineer in charge of construction Confederate States
Navy Powder Mills, praying renewal of lease of Columbia Canal; which
was referred to the Committee on Internal Improvements.
Mr. DuPRE submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free Schools
for St. James', Santee; which was referred to the Committee on Education.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE presented the Annual Report of the Presi¬
dent and Directors of the Bank of the State of South Carolina; which
was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and was ordered to be
printed.
Mr. BROYLES presented the petition of the Field Officers of the
fourth regiment of reserves, praying that their former organization may be
preserved ; which was referred to the Special Committee on a part of the
Governor's Message No. 1.
Mr. FAIR submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free Schools
for Abbeville District; which was referred to the Committee on Education.
Mr. LUCAS submitted the return of Commissioners of the Free Schools
for St. Thomas' and St. Dennis' Parishes; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Education.
Mr. WILKINSON presented the petition of B. E. Keddell, of St.
Paul's Parish, praying to be refunded a portion of War Tax illegally col¬
lected; also,
The petition of Wm. C. Meggett, praying to be refunded a certain
amount of War Tax; which were severally referred to the Committee of
Ways and Means.
Mr. YEADON presented the petition of the Trustees of the Marine
School, of Charleston, praying further aid for the continuance and im-
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provement of the School; which was referred to the Committee of "Ways
and Means, and was ordered to be printed.
Mr. GRAHAM presented the account of the Marion Star, for public
printing; which was referred to the Committee on Claims; also,
Submitted the return of the Commissioner of Free Schools for Marion
District, for 1862; which was referred to the Committee on Education.
Mr. CRAYTON presented the memorial of James Thompson praying
to be refunded a double tax; which was referred to the Committee of Ways
and Means; also,
The petition of sundry citizens of Anderson District, for the renewal
of the Charter of the Generostee Church; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Incorporations.
Mr. ADAMS presented the petition of H. Boulware, late Sheriff of
Edgefield District, praying that his account be paid; which was referred to
the Committee on Claims.
Mr. EAVES presented the petition of Joseph Melton, praying aid from
the State, his sons now being in the Army; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Claims.
Mr. OLIVER presented a petition for an Act of Incorporation of the
Orangeburg Baptist Church; which was referred to the Committee on In¬
corporations.
Mr. JENKINS presented the petition of sundry citizens of Orangeburg
District, for the appointment of a Magistrate; which was referred to the
Committee on Offices and Officers.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. WHALEY, the House proceeded to the consideration
of resolutions in the matter of the Executive Council, which had been made
the Special Order of the Day for this day, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Mr. BRYCE moved to discharge the Special Order, and make the same
the Special Order of the Day for the seventeenth day of December next, at
1 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. YE AD ON, the motion was ordered to lie on the table,
Yeas, 84; Nays, 28.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
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Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Ppeaker, and
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.Marshall,
Allemong,
Mattison-,
Bates,
May,
Blakeney,
McCants,
Boatwright,
McClenaghan,
Boyce,
McCullough,
Boylston,
McDaniel,
Bradley, J. S.,
McFadden,
Bratton,
McKinstry,
Broyles,
Mikell, T. P.,
Byrd,
Mitchell,
Campbell,
Mobley,
Cook,x
Mullins,
Cooper,
O'Connor,
Crayton,
Oliver,
Croft,
Peake,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Perry, B. F.,
DeSaussure, W. Gr-,
Perry, D. D.,
Doyle,
Power,
Dozier,
Rhame,
Duryea,
Reed, J. L.,
Efird,
Read, J. H.,
Port,
Sanders,
Graham,
Sarvis,
Harbin,
Scaife,
Hempbill,
Seymour,
Hendricks,
Shell,
Huggins,
Stokes,
Huiet,
Stewart,
Hutchinson,
Sullivan,
Jenkins,
Talbert,
Johnston, R. M.,
Thomson,
Johnston, T. L.,
Trescot,
Jones, Abram,
Venning,
Jones, B. S.,
"Wallace,
Lebby,
Whaley,
Legg>
Williams, J. J.,
Lockwood,
Williams, G. W.
Lovinggood,
Wright,
Lowry, J. T.,
Yeadon,
Lucas,
Youmans,
Magrath,
Youngblood,
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Those who voted in the negative, are:
Messrs.Aiken,
Messrs-Hutson,
Bobo,
Kirk,
Bradley, P. H-,
Lide,
Bryce,
Lowry, A. M-,
Da^kins,
Martin,
DuPye,
Norwood,
Eason,
Perrin,
Eaves,
Sessions,
Elliott,"
Trenholm,
Evins, J. H.,
Weatherly,
Evans, W. H.,
Webber,
Fair,
Whetstone,
Foster,
Wilkinson.
/
Fraser,
So the motion was ordered to lie 00 the table.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
Mr B. F. PERRY, was ordered to lie on the table ;
In the Senate, November 26th, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully requests your House to unite with this body, to¬
morrow, at one o'clock, in an election for Solicitor for the Western Circuit,
and immediately thereafter for Solicitor of the Middle Circuit.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the Special Order was dis¬
charged, and the same was made the Special Order of the day for to-mor¬
row, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Mr. MULLINS introduced the following resolution, which was consider¬
ed immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That a message be sent to the Senate, proposing to that body
that the Committees of the Senate and the House, to whom were referred
^0 much of Message No. 1 of his Excellency as relates to the Executive
Council and kindred matters, act together as a Joint Committee.
Mr. MULLINS, from the Special Committee to whom was referred (in
Secret Session) Message No. 2 of his Excellency the Governor, made the
following report, which was considered immediately;
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27.
The Special Committee, to whom was referred Message No. 2, of his Ex¬
cellency the Governor, with the accompanying documents, as also sundry
resolutions, have had time to consider only so much of the Message and
other papers as relate to dissatisfaction among the regiments of reserves,
and the notice given by his Excellency to the Executive Council, on Mon¬
day last, and ask leave to report at present upon those matters alone.
The Committee are of the opinion that it is inexpedient at this time to
discuss the wisdom or justice of the course adopted by the Governor and
Council in the organization of these regiments. It is enough that there is
pressing and immediate need of these regiments, for the defence of our
State, and that the acting Executive authority of the State has pledged the
State to furnish them.
The pledge must be redeemed, and the troops must go forward at once.
Nor can it be doubted that our patriotic soldiery will, at once, upon the
call of this General Assembly, waive their complaints, whether just and
reasonable or otherwise, and march where their services are needed. Their
term of service under their present organization is for ninety days only, and
for the defence of their own State, by special contract with the Confederate
authorities, nor need they apprehend any violation of the terms of this con¬
tract.
With regard to the relations of his Excellency and the Executive Coun¬
cil, a majority of the Committee are of the opinion that he ought, as spee¬
dily as possible, to be freed from the restraints imposed upon the exercise of
his constitutional functions by the Convention, but that until this is done
by the General Assembly, in due form of law, it is advisable for him to
act with the Executive Council, according to the provisions of the Ordi¬
nance of the Convention.
The Committee recommend the adoption of the following resolutions :
Resolved, That this General Assembly has heard with regret that dissat¬
isfaction exists in certain regiments of the corps of reserves, with regard
to the mode of appointment of their field officers, and other points connect¬
ed with their organization; and without expressing any opinion as to their
grievances, appeals to those who are dissatisfied to waive, in the present
pressing need for their services, all causes of complaint, and respond at once
with patriotic zeal and energy to the call of their State.
Resolved, That in the opinion of this General Assembly, the Governor of
South Carolina ought, as speedily as possible, to be freed from the restraints
imposed upon the exercise of his constitutional functions by the Convention,
but that until this is done by the General Assembly in due form of law, it
is advisable for him to act with the Executive Council in the discharge
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of "his Executive duties, according to the provisions of the Ordinance of the
Convention.
Mr. YE ADON moved to amend, by inserting, after the words " Executive
Council," in the last resolution,- the words as a matter of expediency and
of right."
Mr. BRYCE moved to lay the amendment on the table, and the question
being put, will the House agree thereto, it passed in the negative,
Yeas, 39 j Nays, 74.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Messrs.Aiken,
Messrs.Lebby,
Bates,
Lide,
Boatwright,
Lovinggood,
Bobo,
Lowry, A. M.,
Boylston,
Mag rath,
Bryce,
Martin,
Croft,
MeCants,
Dawkins,
McClenagham,
DeSaussure, W. G.,
McCullough,
DuPre,
McFadden,
Eason,
Perrin,
Elliott,
Perry, B. F,,
Evins, J. H.,
Sessions,
Evans, W. H.,
Trenholm,
Fraser,
Trescott,
Graham,
Weatherly,
Huggins,
Whetstone,
Hutson,
Wilkinson,
Jenkins,
Youmans.
Kirk,
Those who voted in the negative, are
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs. A dams,
Allemong,
Blakeney,
Boyoe,
Messrs.Bradley, J. S.,
Bradley, P. H.,
Bratton,
Broylesj
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.Byrd,
Messrs.Mikell, T. P.,
Campbell,
Mitchell,
Cook,
Mobley,
Cooper,
Mullins,
Crayton,
Norwood,
DeSaussure, J. ML,
Oliver,
Doyle,
Perry, D. D.r
Dozier,
Power,
Duryea,
Rbame,
Eaves,.
Reed, J. L.r
Efird,
Read, J. H«,
Fair,
Sanders,
Fort,
Sarvis,
Foster,
Scaife,
HarbiD,
Seymour,
Hemphill,
Shell,
Hendricks,
Smith,
Huiet,
Stokes,
Hutchinson,
Stewart,
Johnston, R. M.r
Sullivan,
Johnston, T. L.,
Talbert,
Jones,-Abram,
Thomson,
Jones, B. S.,
Venning,
Begg,
Wallace,
Lockwood,
Webber,
Dowry, J. T.,
Weston,
Lucas,
Whaley,
Marshall,
Williams, J. S.,
Mattison,
Williams, GT. W.;
May,
Wright,
McDaniel,
Yeadon,
MeKinstry,
Youngblood,
Mikell, J. M.,
So the House refused to lay the amendment on the table.
Mr. WESTON'moved to amend the amendment, by striking out the
words "of right," which was accepted by the mover; the amendment was
then agreed to.
On motion of Mr. BO BO,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to¬
morrow, at 12 o'clock, M.
On motion of Mr. BOBO, the House was adjourned at 20 ininutes past
4 <!elock, P. M
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1862.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with Prayer
to Almighty God, by the Rev. A. Efird.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The following additional members attended, produced their credentials,
were sworn, and took their seats :
From Abbeville: Mr. S. B. Jones.
From Barnwell: Mr J. J. O'Bannon.
The House resumed the discussion on the report from the Special Com¬
mittee to whom was referred (in Secret Session) Message No. 2 of his
Excellency the Governor.
On motion of Mr. TRESCOTT, the Report was amended by striking out,
in the first paragraph, the following words: " And the notice given by his
Excellency to the Executive Council on Monday last; " also,
By striking out the word " those," and inserting " this;" also.
By striking out the following paragraph :
" With regard to the relations of his Excellency and the Executive
Councif, a majority of the Committee are of the opinion that he ought, as
speedily as possible, to be freed from the restraints imposed upon the exer¬
cise of his constitutional functions by the Convention, but that until this
is done by the General Assembly, in due form of law, it is advisable for
him to act with the Executive Council, according to the provisions of the
Ordinance of the Convention; also,
By striking out the letter 11 s" in the word " resolutions;" also,
By striking out the following resolution :
Resolved, That in the opinion of this General Assembly, the Governor
of South Carolina ought, as speedily as possible, to be freed from the
restraints imposed upon the exercise of his constitutional functions by the
Convention, but that until this is done by the General Assembly in due
form of law, it is advisable for him to act with the Executive Council in
the discharge of his Executive duties, according to the provisions of the
Ordinance of the Convention.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS, the report was amended by adding the
following resolution:
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28.
Resolved, That a copy of this report be furnished to the Governor, at
once, to be forwarded by him to the regiments, if he thinks proper.
Mr. J. T. LOWRY offered the following amendment:
Resolved, That the Governor be requested to issue an order for the
election of Field Officers in all of the regiments of the First Corps of Re¬
serves.
And the question being put, will the House now receive this ?
It passed in the affirmative.
Yeas 77; Nays 35,
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative are—
Messrs. Allemong, Messrs. Jenkins,
Blakeney,
Johnston, R. M.,
Boatwright,
Johnston, T. L.,
Bobo,
Jones, Abram,
Bradley, J. S.,
Jones, B. S.,
Bradley, P. H.,
Jones, S. B.,
Bratton,
Lebby,
Bryce,
Lide,
Byrd,
Lockwood,
Campbell,
Lovinggood,
Cook,
Lowry, A. M.,
Cooper,
Lowry, J. T.,
Dawkins,
Lucas,
DeSaussure, W. G.,
Magrath,
Doyle,
Marshall,
Duryea,
Mattison,
Eaves,
May,
Efird,
McCants,
Evans, W. H.,
McClenaghan,
Fair,
McCullough,
Fort,
McDaniel,
Foster,
McFadden,
Graham,
McKinstry,
Hemphill,
Mitchell,
Hendricks,
Mobley,
Huggins,
Norwood,
Huiet,
O'Bannon,
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Messrs.Peake, Messrs Talbert,
Perrin,
Thomson,
Power,
Trescott,
Reed, J. L.,
Venning,
Sanders,
Wallace,
Sarvis,
W eatherly,
Scaife,
Whaley,
Sessions,
Williams, J. J.,
Shell,
Williams. G. W.:
Smith,
Wright,
StokeS,
Youngblood,
Sullivan,
Those who voted in the negative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Adams,
Messrs.Kirk,
Aiken,
Legg,
Bates,
Martin,
Boyce,
Mikell, T. P.
Boylston,
Mullins,
Broyles,
O'Connor,
Crayton,
Perry, B. F.,
Croft,
Perry, D. D.,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Read, J. II.,
Dozier,
Rhame,
DuPre,
Seymour,
Eason,
Stewart,
Elliott,
Trenholm,
Evins, J. H.,
Webber,
Harbin,
Weston,
Hutchinson,
Wilkinson,
Hutson,
Youmans,
The amendment was withdrawn.
The report was then agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate
for concurrence.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the House proceeded to the
consideration of resolutions in the matter of the Executive Council, which
had been made the Special Order of the day for this day, at 1 o'clock,
P. M.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28.
On motion of Mr. B. F. PERRY, the Special Order was discharged, and
the same was made the Special Order of the day for to-morrow, at 1
o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. O'CONNOR, leave of absence was granted to Mr.
Pinckney, on account of illness in his family.
On motion of Mr. LOCK WOOD, leave of absence was granted to Mr.
DuPre, for the purpose of removing his negroes from an exposed position.
The SPEAKER announced that Mr. S. B. Jones is added to the Com¬
mittee on the Military, and the Committee on the Legislative Library;
also,
That Mr. J. J. O'Bannon is added to the Committee on the Lunatic
Asylum, and Medical Committee.
On motion of Mr. T. L. JOHNSTON, leave of absence, for one day, was
granted to Mr. J. L. Reed, on account of pressing business.
On motion of Mr. GRAHAM, and by unanimous consent of the House,
the protest on the election of one member from Marlboro' was taken up;
and,
On motion of Mr. GRAHAM, was referred to the Committee on Priv¬
ileges and Elections.
The SPEAKER then proceeded to call for petitions, memorials, present¬
ments of Grand Juries, and such like papers, in the order of Judicial Dis¬
tricts, commencing with Abbeville.
Mr. O'BANNON presented the memorial of B. H. Brown and others,
Soldiers' Board of Relief for Barnwell District, asking additional assessment
to meet current expenses for last year; which was referred to the Commit¬
tee of Ways and Means; also,
The petition of E. Park and Andrew Stirkie, for license to distil; which
was referred to the Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries.
Mr. KIRK presented the petition of W. R. Davis and others, praying
that Nelson's Ferry be re-established, and vested in W. R. Davis; which
was referred to the Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries.
Mr. TRENHOLM submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free
Schools for the Parishes of St. Philip and St. Michael for 1862; which
was referred to the Committee on Education.
Mr. A. M. LOWRY presented the petition of sundry citizens of Ches¬
terfield District, asking the Legislature to increase the taxation to eighty
per cent, on the General Tax, for the relief of the families of soldiers in
the army; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. HUGGINS presented the counter memorial of J. S. McFadden, in
relation to the contested election in Clarendon District; which was referred
to the Committee on Privileges and Elections; also,
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65
The accounts of Y. N. Butler, Sheriff of Clarendon District, for costs on
nulla bona Tax Executions; which was referred to the Committee on
Claims; also,
Submitted the report of the Commissioners of Free Schools for Claren¬
don District for 1862 ; which was referred to the Committee on Education.
Mr. LIDE presented the account of J. M. Brown, for public printing;
which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. \V. H. EVANS presented the account of Charles B. Fort} which
was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. NORWOOD submitted the presentment of the Crand Jury of Dar¬
lington District, Fall Term, 1862, in relation to taxation for the families of
soldiers; also,
The presentment of the Grand Jury of Darlington District, Fall Term,
1862, in relation to the Poor Tax; which were severally referred to'the
Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. SULLIVAN presented the petition of sundry citizens cf Laurens
District, for the-incorporation of the Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church; which
was referred to the Committee on Incorporations.
Mr. FORT presented the petition of Wm. IT. Baker, praying compensa¬
tion foT a negro who died in the service of the State; which was referred
to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. MULLINS presented the petition of Hugh Giles, that the charter
of Galavant's Ferry, on Little Pee Dee, heretofore granted to Matthew Mar¬
tin, be revoked, and a charter granted to himself; which was referred to
the Committee on Incorporations.
Mr. LOVINGGOOD presented the petition of sundry citizens of Pickens
District, praying for the passage of a law to punish extortion; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: also,
Petitions of sundry citizens of Pickens District, in behalf of Wm. Phil¬
lips, to be returned a fine; which was referred to the Committee on Claims;
also,
Petition for the appointment of a Magistrate for Pickens District; which
was referred to the Committee on Offices and Officers.
Mr. BOATWRIGHT presented the account of Dr. Rawls, for a post mor-
tim examination ; which was referred to the Medical Committee.
The SPEAKER la>id before the Plouse proposals from Dr. R. W. Gibbes,
for Public Printing; also,
Proposal from C. P. Pelham for Public Printing;
Which were severally referred to the Committee on Public Printing.
The SPEAKER called for Reports from Standing Committees.
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Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report on
the petition of the stockholders of the Privateer, Jefferson Davis; which
was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. THOMSON, from the Committee on Offices and Officers, reported
the offices of Secretary of State, Surveyor General, Solicitor of the Middle
Circuit, and Solicitor of the Western Circuit, as vacant.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS, the Special Committee was discharged
from the further consideration of so much of the Governor's Message No. 1,
as relates to a mounted force, to be raised in each District; and the same
was'referred to the Committee on the Military.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions, in the order of
Judicial Districts, commencing with Abbeville.
Mr. O'BANNON gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce
A Bill to continue the operation of an Act entitled " An Act to extend
relief to Debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice of property at public sales,"
for and during the continuance of the war, and until twelve months ther£-
after.
Mr. TRENHOLM introduced the following refeoludon, which was referred
to the Committee of Ways and Means :
Resolved, That the President of the Bank of the State of South Carolina
be, and he is hereby, authorized, on and after the first day of February,
1863, to pay all arrearages of interest that may then appear to him to be
lawfully due, to citizens of the Confederate States, on all Bonds issued by
Railroad Companies, on which the endorsement of the State has been given,
and in respect of which the Railroad Companies may have made default;
and to report the same to the Legislature, at the next Session, that the
Bank may be refunded for its advances, and such proceedings be adopted
against the defaulting Companies, as the interest of the State may require.
Mr. TRENHOLM introduced the following resolution, which was con¬
sidered immediately, and was agreed to.
Resolved, That the Committee on Privileges and Elections hive leave to
send for persons and papers, in the case of the contested election of J. S.
McFadden.
Mr. MITCHELL gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce
A Bill to incorporate the Importing and Exporting Company of South
Carolina.
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67
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. YEADON introduced
A Bill to prevent and punish extortion ; which was read the first time,
and was referred to the Committee on Commerce and* Manufactures; also,
A Bill to abolish estates in fee simple conditional; which was read the
first time, and was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. AINEN gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to introduce
A Bill to exempt from legal penalty, for not making their regular animal
returns, all Guardians, Administrators and Executors, in Confederate ser¬
vice.
Mr. TRENHOLM gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to in¬
troduce
A Bill in relation to the suspension of specie payments by the banks.
Mr. SEYMOUR gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce
A Bill to repeal so much of the Act of the General Asssmbly, passed in
the year 1861, as exempts the members of the Legislature from the per¬
formance of military duty.
Mr. O'CONNOR introduced the following resolutions; which were con¬
sidered immediately, were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence:
Resolved, unanimously, That in the engagements of the past year, in this
contest for the liberty and independence of the South, it has been the proud
privilege and distinction of South Carolina to have witnessed, on the part
of her troops, a heroic display of constancy and endurance, under privation,
which never bent in the camp of valor—which never broke in the field. The
splendor of their triumphs, and the lustre of their achievements, has re¬
flected greater glory on their State, and furnished a glowing tribute in the
world's history* Long will those men be remembered, whose brilliant ex¬
ploits and matchless bravery at Shiloh attracted the gaze of an admiring
world. Seven Pines and Chickahominy attest their superior bravery, when
they rolled back the tide of battle in the face of their foe, as they charged'
against the advancing hosts of tyranny. Near the walls of Richmond, and
under its heights, victory flew before their impetuous and resistless onsets,
and was borne, with their triumphant banners, to the northern banks of
the Potomac; and Manassas, twice bathed in angry and patriotic blood,
will be a lasting lesson to tyranny, and a living example of their deeds, for
generations to come.
Resolved, unanimously, That the people of this State hold in grateful rec¬
ollection the gallant services of her illustrious dead, who fell, fighting
bravely, in obedience to their country's call. Their bones lie mingled with
the sod of every battlefield, from Sharpsburg to Mobile, and honored they
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Will lie there forever. They have bequeathed to their Slate the richest
legacy a nation can inherit-—an immortality of fame; and to their children
they have left the etetnal memory of their worth. The State honors them.
The State mourns them.
Mr. YEADON introduced the following resolution; which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow:
Resolved, That the officiating clergymen who may conduct the daily de¬
votions of this House, be requested, if it shall meet their approbation, as
often as they may deem proper, and in such manner, and with such adapta¬
tions or alterations as they may see fit, to introduce or use the solemn and
appropriate prayer offered by the Rev. J. Duche before the Revolutionary
Congress of 1776, as a portion of the religious exercises ordered by this
House.
Mr. Norwood gave notice that, to-morrow, he will* ask leave to introduce
A Bill to prevent the depreciation of the currency; also,
A Bill to increase the fees of jailors; also,
A Bill to prevent the sacrifice of property at public sales, in certain
cases.
Mr. NORWOOD introduced the following resolution, which was con¬
sidered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That the Messenger of this House be, and he is hereby, in¬
structed to forward to the Post Office, in time for the closing of each mail,
all letters deposited with him by members of this House; and that for
this service he be allowed the sum of thirty dollars.
Mr. READ gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to introduce
A Bill to amend a Bill to afford aid to the families of soldiers, passed
on the 21st December, 1861.
Mr. BOYCE introduced the following resolution; which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be directed to inquire
into the expediency of offering the Confederate Government to guarantee
its bonds for the proportionate share of the State of South Carolina, ac¬
cording to the basis of the late War Tax, to the amount of one hundred
millions.
Mr. BOYCE introduced the following resolution; which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to :
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69
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to inquire
into the propriety of making all fi. fa's, issued by the Sheriffs of this State,
payable in current funds, until the Act suspending specie payments be re*
pealed.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. CROFT introduced
A Bill to prohibit the distillation of ardent spirits from any of the cereal
grains in this State; which was read the first time, and was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
Mr. B. F. PERRY, a message of concurrence was ordered to be sent to the
Senate:
In the Senate, Nov. 28th, 1862.
Mr. Speaher, and Gentlemen ofjhc House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully proposes to your House that the Judiciary Com¬
mittee of the House act with the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, as a
joint committee on the report of the Commissioner of the Code.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
On motion of Mr. B. F. PERRY, a message was ordered to be sent to
the Senate, proposing to that body to unite with the House in the election
of Solicitors for the Middle and Western Circuits, at half-past 12 o'clock, P.
M., to-morrow, and for Secretary of State at half-past 1 o'clock, P. M., on
Tuesday next.
On motion of Mr. BYRD, a message was ordered to be sent to the Sen¬
ate, proposing to that body to unite with this House in the election of
Surveyor General, to-morrow, at three-quarters past 12 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. B. S. JONES,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to¬
morrow, at 12 o'clock, M.
On motion of Mr. VENNING-, the House was adjourned at 4 o'clock,
P. M.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1802.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the
roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present,
according to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with
Prayer to Almighty God, by the Rev. Mr. Wannamaker.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The SPEAKER laid before the House the following communication :
Columbia, S. C., November 29, 1862.
Hon! A. P. Aldrich, Speaker of the Home of Representatives :
Sir: I have the honor to inform you that, by resolution of the Conven-
tion, adopted at their last session, I am directed to deliver five copies of. the
Journal, Ordinances, &c., of the Convention, to each member of the Gen¬
eral Assembly.
As the surest and speediest mode of effecting this distribution, I have,
to-day, deposited with the Messenger of the House of Representatives 150
copies, and will deliver the remainder as soon as they are received from the
Printer.
The publication has been delayed much longer than was expected. I am
informed by the Printer of the Convention that this delay is to be attribu¬
ted to the great difficulty of procuring labor and materials.
I have the honor to be,
Very Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
B. F. ARTHUR, Clerk of the Convention.
The SPEAKER resumed the call for Bills, Resolutions and Motions,
lb the order of Judicial Districts, commencing with Lexington.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. BRYCE intro¬
duced
A Bill to authorize the Banks to issue small bills; which was read the
first time, and-was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. R. M. JOHNSTON gave notice that, on Monday next, he will ask
leave to introduce
A Bill to prohibit extortion, and punish extortion.
Mr. LEGG introduced the following resolution; which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That the Committee on the Military be instructed to inquire
into the expediency of vacating the commissions of all militia officers in
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29.
71
this State, of and under the rank of Colonel, where the incumbent is under
the age of forty-five years, with a view to fill all such offices with exempts
and non-conscripts; and that they have leave to report by Bill 01* otherwise.
Mr. LOWRY introduced the following resolution; which was ordered
for consideration on Monday next:
Resolved, That in the opinion of this House, the regiments of Re¬
serves of this State should be authorized to elect their officers; and that
this resolution be referred to the Committee on the Military, with instruc¬
tions to report a Bill to that effect forthwith.
Mr. MULLINS gave notice that, on Monday next, he will ask leave to
introduce
A Bill to encourage the manufacture of salt; also,
A Bill to alter the law in relation to the election of District officers.
The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, November 29, 18G2.
Mr Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully informs your House that the Senate concurs in
your proposal to enter into an election for Solicitors of the Middle and
Western Circuits to-day, at half-past 12 o'clock, P. M.; and, also, on
Tuesday next, at half-past 1 o'clock, P. M., to go ipto an election for Secre¬
tary of State.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The Senate attended, and joined the House in an election for Solicitors
of the Middle and Western Circuit.
The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, November 29, 1862.
Mr Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully informs your House that they concur in your
proposal to go into an election for Surveyor General this day, at three-quar¬
ters past 12 o'clock, P. M.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The Senate attended, and joined the House in a ballot for Surveyor
General of the State.
The SPEAKER resumed the call for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20.
Mr. FOSTER gave notice that, on Monday next, he will ask leave to
introduce
A Bill to exempt overseers, and others, in the First Corps of Reserves,
according to the Act of the Confederate Congress.
Mr. J. T. LOWRY gave notice that, on Monday next, he will ask leave
to introduce
A Bill authorizing the election of Field Officers in the First Corps of Re¬
serves.
The SPEAKER then proceeded to call for petitions, memorials, present¬
ment of Grand Juries, and such like papers, in the order of Judicial Dis¬
tricts, commencing with Abbeville.
Mr. AIKEN presented the account of Evans and Cogswell, for public
printing; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. BUR YEA presented the accounts of the Charleston Courier, for pub¬
lic printing; which were severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. HUTCHINSON presented the expenditures of the Alms House, in
the fiscal year ending August 31st, 1862, and same for Lazaretto, same pe¬
riod; which were referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. SEYMOUR presented the petition of John Williamson, praying to
be refunded a portion of War Tax, paid on an over assessment; which was
referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. LEBBY presented the memorial of the Loan and Building Associa¬
tions, for a continuance of the Act authorizing suspension of instalments;
which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; also,
The memorial of sundry citizens of Charleston, for the charter of the
Carolina Cotton and Woolen Factory; also,
The memorial of the Sweedish Iron Manufacturing Company, for amend¬
ment of charter; which were severally referred to the Committee on Incor¬
porations.
Mr. HEMPHILL, presented thfe memorial of Giles J. Patterson, in rela¬
tion to the Office of Commissioner in Equity, for Chester District; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; also,
Submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free Schools, for Chester
District, for 1861; which was referred to the Committee on Education.
Mr. McFADDIN presented the petition of sundry citizens of Clarendon
District, praying for license for the establishment of a distillery; which
was referred to the Committee on the Military.
Mr. TRENHOLM presented the memorial of sundry citizens of the State,
for the charter of a railroad, to enable the iron companies in Union, Spar¬
tanburg and York Districts, to obtain coal from the coalfields of North
Carolina; which was referred to the Committee on Railroads.
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73
Mr. COOK, from the Joint Committee appointed to count the ballots cast
for solicitors of the Western and Middle Circuits, reported that J. P. Reed
had received a majority of the votes cast for Solicitor of the Western
Circuit, and that Simeon Pair had received a majority of the votes cast for
Solicitor of the Middle Circuit.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced that Mr. J. P. Reed is duly
elected Solicitor of the Western Circuit, and that Mr. Simeon Pair is duly
elected Solicitor of the Middle Circuit.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. B. P. PERRY, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of resolutions in the matter of the Executive Council, which had been
made the Special Order of the day for this day, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS, the Special Order was discharged for three
minutes.
By unanimous consent of the House,
Mr. MULLINS, from the Special Committee to whom was referred so
much of Message No. 1 of his Excellency the Governor as relates to the
constitution, powers, continuation, modification, or abolition, of the Execu¬
tive Council, made a report, and reported
A Bill to abolish the Executive Council established by the Ordinance of
the Convention entitled "An Ordinance for strengthening the Executive
Department during the exigencies of the present war;" which was read the
first time, and was made the Special Order of this day for one o'clock, P. M.,
this day, with the resolutions in the matter of the Executive Council.
The House resumed the consideration of the Special Order.
On motion of Mr. BOBO, the Special Order was discharged, and the same
was made.the Special Order of the day for Monday next, at one o'clock, P. M.
The SPEAKER resumed the call for petitions, memorials, present¬
ments of Grand Juries, and such like papers.
Mr. LOYINGGOOD submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free
Schools for Pickeus District, for 1862 ; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Education ; also,
Submitted the presentment of the Grand Jury of Pickens District, Fall
term, 1862; which was referred to the Committee on the Military.
Mr. J. S. BRADLEY presented the account of W. W. Holleyman for a
post mortem examination ; which was referred to the Medical Committee.
Mr. R. M. JOHNSTON presented the petition of Thomas S. Minton,
praying compensation for provisions furnished the Quartermaster and Sur¬
geon of the Fourth Regiment South Carolina Volunteers; which was
referred to the Committee on Claims.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29.
Mr. CRAYTON, from the Joint Committee appointed to count the bal¬
lots cast for Surveyor General of the State, reported that Mr. W. E. Ervin
received 105 votes, being the whole number cast,
Whereupon, the Speaker announced that Mr. W. F. Ervin is duly elected
Surveyor General of the State of South Carolina.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the account of the Yorkville Enquirer, for public printing ; also,
On the account of the Horry Dispatch, for public printing; also,
On the account \)f the Sumter Watchman, for public printing ; which
were severally ordered for consideration on Monday next.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the Committee on Claims was discharged
from the further consideration of the account of E. J. McDaniel, for print¬
ing. (The account was withdrawn by Mr. Hemphill;) also,
From the account of the Clerk of the Court for Spartanburg District.
(The account was withdrawn by Mr. Webber ;) also,
From the accounts of J. M. Elford, H. White and J. H. Walker, Magis¬
trates for Spartanburg District. (The accounts were withdrawn by Mr.
Webber); also,
From the accounts of J. T. Holt, Wm. Petty, J. T. Otts, E. B. Mitchell,
J. F. Smith, L. M. E. Walker, S. G. Lanford, Special Constables in Spar¬
tanburg District. (The accounts were withdrawn by Mr. Webber); also,
From the account of the Spartanburg Express, for public printing.
(The account was withdrawn by Mr. Webber); also,
From the accounts of Jas. H. Bolton, Coroner, and Thos. B. Quick,
Special Constable. (The accounts were withdrawn by Mr. Weatherly).
Mr. BOYLSTON, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the petition of Joseph Melton, of Chester District, praying aid from
the State, his sons being now in the army; which was ordered for con¬
sideration on Monday next.
Mr. WEATHERLY, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the petition of J. L. Breeden, Sheriff of Marlboro' District; which was
ordered for consideration on Monday next.
On motion of Mr. O'CONNOR, the Committee on Incorporations was
discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Hugh Giles,
praying that Matthew Martin's charter of Gallavant's Ferry, on the Little
Pee Dee, be revoked, and the same be granted to him; and the same was
referred to the Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries.
Mr. O'CONNOR, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report
On the petition of the members of Little Generostee'Church, Anderson
District, praying a renewal of charter; also,
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On the petition of the Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church, Laurens District,
S. C., praying an Act of Incorporation; which were severally ordered for
consideration on Monday next; also,
On the petition of the Charleston Savings' Institution, praying an amend¬
ment of their charter; and reported
A Bill to enable the Charleston Savings' Institution to purchase and
hold real property; which was read the first time, and was ordered for a
second reading on Monday next!
On motion of Mr. FOSTER,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet on
Monday next, at 12 o'clock, M.
On motion of Mr. EFIRD, the House was adjourned at thirty-five
minutes past 3 o'clock, P. M.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1862.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with prayer
to Almighty Ood, by the Rev. S. B. Jones.
The Journal of Saturday's proceedings was read.
On motion of Mr. R. M. JOHNSTON, the privileges of the floor of the
House were tendered to Col. Arthur P. Hayne.
The SPEAKER resumed the call for reports of Standing Committees.
On motion of Mr. J. M. DeSAUSSURE, the Committee on Roads
Bridges and Ferries, was discharged from the further consideration of the
petition of E. Part and Andrew Stickie, for license to distil, and the same
was referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Mr. J. M. DeSUASSURE, from the Committee on Roads, Bridges and
Ferries, made a report
On the petition of William Ransom Davis and others, praying for a re-
charter of Neilson's Ferry over Santee river; also,
On the petition to change the location of a road in Pickens District; also,
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 1.
On the petition of sundry citizens of Greenville District, praying the dis¬
continuance of a public road, and also on the counter petition ; which were
severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. WHALEY, from the Committee on Education, made a report
On the report of the Commissioners of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind ;
which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. B. F. PERRY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made a report
On the petition of Lucius Bellinger, prating compensation for a negro
lost in public service ; also,
On the petition of James M. Richardson, praying that the rights of
legitimacy be conferred upon James Madison Richardson, an illegitimate ;
also,
On the petition of Charles A. Myers, praying compensation for a slave
executed; also, on
A Bill to prohibit the distillation of ardent spirits from any of the cereal
grains in the State; also, on
A Bill to abolish estates in fee simple conditional; which were severally
ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. ADAMS, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the petition of Messrs. Kennedy and Gieger, praying payment for
services in examination of Reserves, not authorized by the Executive Coun¬
cil ; also,
On the petition of F. Gossett, praying the payment of jail fees for keep¬
ing a prisoner; which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. YOUMANS, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report
On the memorial of the Swedish Iron Manufacturing Company, for
amendments of charter; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
The SPEAKER then proceeded to call for petitions, memorials, present¬
ments of Grand Juries, and such like papers, in the order of Judicial Dis¬
tricts, commencing with Abbeville.
Mr. CRAYTON presented the petition of O. R. Broyles, praying to be
refunded a double tax; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means.
Mr. B. F. PERRY submitted the returns of the Commissioners of Free
Schools for Greenville District, for 1862 ; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Education.
Mr. SARVIS submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free
Schools for Kingston Parish, for 1862 ; which was referred to the Commit¬
tee on Education.
Mr. SESSIONS presented the petition of Frances T. Cox, for a re-char¬
ter of Cox's Ferry; which was referred to the Committee on Roads,
Bridges and Ferries.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1.
77
Mr. J. M. DESAUSSURE presented the petition of R. A. Cuningham,
who was R. A. McElheran, praying a release of the right of escheat to a
lot of land in Columbia; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary; also,
Submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free Schools for Kershaw
District; which was referred to the Committee on Education>
Mr. WEATHERLY presented the petition from the Reserves of Marl¬
boro' District; which was referred to the Committee on the Military.
Mr. JENKINS presented the petition of S. E. Rickenbacker, for re-ap¬
pointment as Magistrate; which was referred to the Committee on Offices
and Officers.
Mr. BOATWRIGHT submitted the Annual Report of the Architect
and Superintendent of the New State House, for the year 1862; which was
referred to the Committe on the State House and Grounds, and was ordered
to be printed.
Mr. RHAME submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free Schools
for the Parish of St. James, Goose Creek, for 1862; which was referred to
the Committee on Education.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions, and Motions.
On motion of Mr. SMITH, leave of absence was granted to Mr. May for
two days, on account of sickness in his family.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. O'BANNON
introdnced
A Bill to continue the operation of an Act entitled "An Act to extend
relief to Debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice of property at public sales,"
for and during the continuance of the war, and until twelve months there¬
after ; whicjh. was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
Mr. YOUMANS introduced the following resolutions; which were con¬
sidered immediately, and were agreed to:
Resolved, 1. That so much of an Ordinance of the Convention entitled
" An Ordinance to give to the General Assembly power in reference to
certain ordinances and resolutions of this Convention,"
And
u An Ordinance to exempt overseers from the performance of military
duty,"
And to
" An Ordinance in relation to a portion of the militia," together with said
Ordinances be referred to the Committee on the Military.
2. That so much as relates to
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 1.
"An Ordinance to enable citizens of the State who are engaged in military
service*to exercise the right of suffrage/' together with said Ordinance, he
referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections.
8. That so much as relates to
" An Ordinance to provide for the removal of negroes and other property
from portions of the State which may be invaded by the enemy,"
And to
"The resolution annexed to said Ordinance in reference to persons willing
to remove in anticipation of an order," together with, said Ordinance and
resolution, be referred to the Committee on Colored Population.
4. That so much as relates to
" The resojutions subjoined to the report of the Special Committee No. 2,
which resolutions relate to the removal of persons from the city of Charles¬
ton, who by reason of age, sex or infirmity, are incapable of taking part in
its defence," together with said resolutions, be referred to the Delegation
from St. Philip's and St. Michael's.
Mr. DOZIER gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to introduce
A Bill to alter and amend the Act of 1839, in relation to the office and
duties of Ordinary.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. J. HARLESTON
READ introduced
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to afford aid to the Families
of soldiers; which was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee
of Ways and Means.
Mr. J. HARLESTON READ introduced the following resolutions;
which were considered immediately, and were referred to the Committee on
the Military :
Whereas it has been made^manifest that the recent call into active ser¬
vice for ninety days of all the citizens of this State between the ages of 35
and 50 years, embraces a larger ^portion of the citizens of this State than
that of any other in the Confederacy: And whereas this call leaves the
homes and families of our citizens in a comparatively defenceless condition,
at a period of peculiar trial and danger; be it therefore
Resolved, That the Governor be, and is hereby, requested to communicate
immediately with the President of the Confederate States as to the proprie¬
ty of discharging all such soldiers as are over the age of 40, and that all
others capable of bearing arms be regularly enrolled under the Conscrip¬
tion Act, and placed in Confederate service.
Resolved, That all militia officers in this State be forthwith vacated, and
all citizens under the age of 45 and over 18, be enrolled and mustered into
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Confederate service; and the offices thus vacated shall be filled by elections
in their respective beats.
Mr. CROFT gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to introduce
A Bill to authorize the Governor to purchase salt for distribution to the
poor and needy families throughout the State.
Mr. BOYCE introduced the following resolution, which was considered
immediately, and was referred to the Committee on Colored Population:
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to secure to
the citizens of this State arrangements for the negroes on our coast, similar
to those obtained, by the State of Georgia from General Mercer-
Mr. B. F. PERRY introduced the following resolution, which was con¬
sidered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Sen¬
ate for concurrence:
Resolved, That the copies of the third and last numbers of Mr. Peti-
gru's Code of the Statutes of this State, now in the Legislative Library,
be distributed amongst the members of the present Legislature, after re¬
serving twenty copies for the use of the Library, five copies for the College
Library, and ten copies for the Court of Appeals.
Mr. DOYLE gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to introduce
A Bill to provide a District Police Guard of Military Cadets.
Mr. WALLACE gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce
A Bill to prevent the undue consumption of grain by distillation.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr., R. M. JOHNSTON
introduced
A Bill to prohibit extortion, and to punish extortion; which was read
the first time, and was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. FOSTER introduced
A Bill to extend the benefit of the Exemption Act of the Confederate
Congress to the First Corps of South Caroline Reserves; which was read
the first time, and was referred to the Committee on the Military.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. MITCHELL intro¬
duced
A Bill to incorporate the Importing and Exporting Company of South
Carolina; which was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee
on Incorporations.
Mr. DURYEA introduced the following resolutions; which were consid¬
ered immediately, and were referred to the Committee of Ways and Means :
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Resolved, That James Tupper, Esq., be appointed agent of the State to
proceed to Richmond, and superintend the audit and settlement of the
claims of this State against the Confederate G-overnment, and to receive all
moneys that can be immediately collected upon such claims as have already
passed to a final audit; and to deposit the funds so received in the Treas¬
ury of the State, and to report as soon as practicable to this Legislature.
Resolved, That the foregoing resolution is intended to embrace the ad¬
justment of all the claims of this State against the Confederacy, from the
20th of December, 1860, to the present time; and also the stating, in
proper form, of the claims of individual citizens of the State against the
Confederate States as have sustained loss from the invasion of the enemy.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. TRENHOLM
introduced
A Bill to extend some of the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act in
reference to the suspension of specie payments by the Banks of this State,
and for othef purposes," to the first day of January, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four; which was read the first time,
and was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS, the Plouse proceeded to the consideration of
Resolutions in the'matter of the Executive Council; also,
A Bill to abolish the Executive Council established by the Ordinance of
the Convention, entitled " An Ordinance for strengthening the Executive
Department during the exigencies of the present war;" which had been
made the Special Order of the day for this day, at one o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS,
A Bill to abolish the Executive Council established by the Ordinance of
the Convention, entitled "An Ordinance for strengthening the Executive
Department during the exigencies of the present war," was taken up, and
was read the second time.
On motion of Mr. O'CONNOR, the Special Order was discharged, and
the same was made the Special Order of the day for to-morrow, at one ">'clock,
P. M.
On motion of Mr. O'CONNOR,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to¬
morrow at twelve o'clock, M.
On motion of Mr. ALLEMONG1, the House was adjourned at four o'clock,
P. M.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1862.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the
roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present,
according to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with
prayer to Almighty God, by the Rev. Mr. Mullally.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The following additional member attended, produced his credentials, was
sworn, and took his seat:
From Newberry—Mr. C. H. Suher.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
Resolutions in relation to the unexampled bravery and heroism of our
State troops.
' The Senate sent to this House
Resolutions in relation to the Executive, Judicial and Legislative De¬
partments of Government; which was referred to the Special Committee
on Message No. 2 of his Excellency the Governor; also,
Resolution in relation to reducing the public printing; which was re¬
ferred to the Committee on Public Printing.
Message No. 3 of his Excellency the Governor was then received, and
was read by his Private Secretary, F. J. Moses, Jr.
MESSAGE NO. 3.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Head Quarters, ")
Columbia, December 2d, 1862. j
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives :
I herewith hand over to you, for safe keeping, four flags, or banners, taken
by our heroic and brave men, under the command of their gallant officers.
General Jenkins delivered to me the Michigan banner, and Captain Mc-
Cord delivered the other three. I send with this copies of their letters to
me, and my replies. You will see that they were taken upon the bloodiest
fields of battle.
I think some order ought to be taken, directing them to be properly pre¬
served, as banners upon whose staff the names of our brave young men who
are immediately identified with their capture shall be handed down to pos¬
terity, for their love and admiration.
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One was taken by private Henry Brandes, of Captain McCord's company,
Hampton Legion, in the battle of the 30th of August, 1862, at Manassas
No. 2, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Geary. Another was taken
by Lieutenant B. E. Nicholson, in Captain "Watson's company " B," Hamp-
ton Legion, in the same battle. Another was captured by Lieutenant E.
A. Thomas, of the Washington Light Infantry, Hampton Legion, in the
battle of the 29th of August, 1862, at Manassas No. 2. The other was the
flag of the sixteenth Michigan Regiment, and was taken at the battle of the
27th of June last, near Richmond, by the Palmetto Regiment of Sharp¬
shooters, commanded by Colonel, now General, Jenkins.
F. W. PICKENS.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the Message and accompanying documents
was referred to the Committee on the Military.
Message No. 4 of his Excellency the Governor was then received, and
was read by his Private Secretary, F. J. Moses, Jr.
MESSAGE NO. 4.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Head Quarters,
December 1, 1862.
Gentlemen of the^Senate and House of Representatives :
I have been directed by the Board of Trustees of the College, to com¬
municate all the facts in relation to the suspension of the College exercises,
and of the occupation of the building for hospital purposes.
In conformity with this, I herewith transmit the papers. It is important
for the Legislature to decide whether the College shall remain suspended
during the war, or whether it shall be re-opened, at least for all under the
age of eighteen. I would most respectfully recommend that it should be
kept open in some modified plan for the present, subject to the admission of
all not liable to Confederate Conscription. With that view,' I recommend
a great modification of the regular requirements for the collegiate course of
studies. It is to be hoped that many will be applicants to enter on these
modified arrangements.
F. W. PICHENS.
3
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the Message and accompanying documents
was referred to the Cohimittee on Education.
Message No. 5 of his Excellency the Governor was then received, and
was read by his Private Secretary, F. J. Moses, Jr.
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MESSAGE NO. 5.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Head Quarters,
Columbia, December 2d, 1862.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:
Under absolution of the last Legislature, I sent, in the summer of 1861,
twenty thousand dollars on to Virginia for the use of our sick and wounded,
who were suffering so much after the battle of Manassas.
This fund was placed in a bank, subject to the draft of the senior Colo¬
nel from South Carolina, which was Colonel Kershaw. All drafts were
subject to his approval, to be given out to the different regiments, upon
proper requisitions made by the commanding officers of the regiments from
this State.
All but thirteen thousand four hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty
cents has been accounted for, and this sum was, by the action of the last
Legislature, placed at the disposal of the Rev. R. W. Barnwell.
His report on the disbursement of this fund, was not received in time to
be sent in with my first Message. I now transmit the same herewith.
L have no doubt but that the disposition of this fund has been a great
blessing to our suffering soldiers, and would most respectfully urge, as I
have heretofore done, that an amount be' set aside, subject either to the
order of the Governor, or of .some agent, whose duty it will be to see that
our sick and wounded shall not suffer. I know of no better system to be
adopted than that which has been so benevolently inaugurated by the
Rev. Mr. Barnwell.
The benefits of the system ought to be extended to our troops in the
Western army also. It is our sacred duty to see that our brave men are
not neglected in. any part of the service. Perhaps an agent might be ap¬
pointed, with military rank, whose duty it should be to visit our troops
wherever they are, and the Governor might be entrusted with a specific
fund to supply the wants of our men wherever there is suffering, upon re¬
quisitions made by this agent.
F. W. PICKENS.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the Message was referred to the Commit¬
tee of Ways and Means.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
Mr. B. F. PERRY, was ordered to lie on the table :
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2.
In the Senate, Dec. 2d, 1802.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully proposes to your House to go into an election
to-morrow, at 1 o'clock, for Commissioners in Equity for Lexington, Colle¬
ton, Abbeville and Pickens Districts.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The Senate sent to this House, for concurrence,
The report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On the petition of John R. Ellis, praying that an error in the return of
his Confederate War Tax may be corrected; also,
On the petition of James Gillam, prajing to be refunded a Confederate
War Tax twice paid ; also,
On the petition of Isaac W. Lenoir, praying to be refunded a tax illegally
paid; also,
On the petition of the stockholders of the Privateer Jefferson Davis,
praying the cancellation of a bond executed to the State'for armament; also,
On the petition of B. E. KiddelJ, praying a return of portion of War Tax
illegally collected; which were severally referred to the Committee of Ways
Means.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to incorporate the Wando, Wambaw, and Winyah Canal Company;
which v^as read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on Incor¬
porations.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to abolish the Executive Council established by the Ordinance of
the Convention, entitled "An Ordinance for strengthening the Executive
Department during the exigencies of the present War;" which was read the
first time, and was referred to the Special Committee on Message Ho. 2 of
his Excellency the Governor.
The SPEAKER announced that Mr. C. H. Suber is added to the Com¬
mittee on Confederate Relations, and the Committee on the Military.
The SPEAKER then proceeded to call for petitions, memorials, present¬
ments of Grand Juries, and such like papers, in the order of Judicial Dis¬
tricts, commencing with Abbeville.
Mr. FAIR presented the petition of the citizens of the village of
Lowndesville, Abbeville District, praying that Wm. At Giles may be re-ap¬
pointed Magistrate; which was referred to the Committee on Offices and
Officers.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE submitted the abstract of the Roper Fund;
which was referred to the Committee of Wap and Means.
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85
Mr. O'CONNOR presented the petition of Asa George, praying aid from
the State in the construction of a new revolving cannon; which was referred
to the Committee on the Military.
Mr. YEADON presented the petition of F. Harrison Baker, captain of
late Privateer Savannah, to have a bond cancelled; which was referred
to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. CAMPBELL presented the memorial of Alfred Hugcr, W. J. Glray-
son and others, praying Legislative action concerning extortion; which was
referred to the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures.
Mr. HUGG-INS presented the account of Y. N. Butler, Sheriff of Clar¬
endon District; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. NORWOOD presented the account of J. M. Hunter, Sheriff of Dar¬
lington District; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. ADAMS presented the petition of J. P. Wright, praying compensa¬
tion for taking the census for the United States in Edgefield District; which
was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. HUIET presented the account of Elijah Still, Constable of Edge¬
field District, for extra service; which was referred to the Committee on
Claims.
Mr. T. L. JOHNSTON submitted the presentment of the Grand Jury
of Lancaster District, for Fall Term, 1862; which was referred to the
Committee on the'Judiciary.
Mr. MULLINS presented the petition of Jas. R. Bethea, praying com¬
pensation for a slave who died while employed on the fortifications near
Charleston; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. McCLENAGHAN presented-the account of Dr. F. M. Munro, for
services rendered criminals in jail; which was referred to the Medical Com¬
mittee.
Mr. DOYLE presented the petition of E. M. Cobb, for leave to distill
alcohol; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Mr. LOYINGGOOD presented the petition of sundry citizens of Pick¬
ens District, praying for the appointment of a Magistrate; which was re¬
ferred to the Committee on Offices and Officers.
Mr. R. M. JOHNSTON presented the account of E. B. Stokes, for
binding done for the State ; which was referred to the Committe on Claims.
The SPEAKER called for Reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. W! G-. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a report
On the petition of S. B. Strom, to be refunded a sum of money paid by
him to the Collector.of the War Tax for Edgefield District; which was
ordered for consideration to-morrow, and was ordered to be printed; also,
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On the petition of P. R. Blalock, to be refunded a tax twice paid; also,
On the petition of Daniel Holland, to be refunded an excess of War
Tax; also,
On the petition of T. C. Boiling, to be refunded an excess of War Tax;
also,
On the petition of J. T. Cheatham and M. J. Cheatham, executors of B.
M. Cheatham, to be refunded a War Tax twice paid; also,
On the report of the Commissioners of the Poor for Georgetown District,
of the disbursement of the Transient Poor Fund; also,
On the petition of B. S. D. Muckenfuss, to be refunded a War Tax paid
by mistake; also,
On the abstract of persons admitted into the Aims-House at Charleston,
and also of expenditures for the Aims-House for the year 1862; which
were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. P>. F. PERRY, from the Committee on the "Judiciary, made a report
On the memorial of Giles J. Patterson, in relation to the office of Com¬
mission! .r in Equity for Chesterfield District; which was 6rdered for con¬
sideration to-morrow.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the petition of sundry citizens of Pickens District, in behalf of Wm.
Phillips, to be returned a fine; also,
On the account of W. J. McKerral, for public printing; also,
On the account of J. M. Brown,.for public printing; also,
On the accounts of the Charleston Courier for public printing; which
were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the Committee on Claims was discharged
from the further consideration of the account of C. B. Fort, Magistrate.
(Mr. W. H. Evans withdrew the account from the files of the Plouse.)
Mr. ADAMS, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the petition of PI. Boulware, late sheriff of Edgefield District, pray¬
ing that his account be paid; which was ordered for consideration to-mor¬
row.
On motion of Mr. HUTSON, the Committee on the Military was dis¬
charged from the further consideration of the* presentment of the Grand
Jury for Pickens District, Fall Term, 1862, and
On motion of Mr. HUTSON, the same,was referred to the Committee
on Roads, Bridges and Ferries.
Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report
On the petition of sundry citizens of Clarendon District, praying for
the establishment of a distillery; which was ordered for consideration
to-morrow.
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Mr. O'CONNOR, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report
On the memorial of the Carolina Cotton and Woolen Factory, praying as
Act of incorporation; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. FORT, from the same Committee, made a report
On the petition praying an Act of incorporation of the Baptist Church
in Orangeburg village; which yas ordered for consideration to-moirow.
Mr. YEADON, from the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures,
made a report, on
A Bill to prevent and punish extortion ; which was ordered for conside¬
ration to-morrow.
Mr. MOBLEY, from the Medical Committee, made a report
On the account of Dr. Reenstjerna, for a post mortem examination ; also,
On the acpount of Dr. A. W. Kennedy, for a post mortem examination;
also,
On the account of Dr. W. W. Holleyman, for a post mortem examination ;
also,
On the account of Dr. W. H*. Henry, for a post mortem examination ; also,
On the account of Drs. Powell and Templeton, for a post mortem exami¬
nation; also,
On the account of Dr. Jos. F. Harrell, fof a post mortem examination;
which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. FRASER, from the Committee on Public Printing, made a report
Appointing C. P. Pelham Printer of the House of Representatives;
which was considered immediately, and was agreed to.
Mr. MULLINS, from the Special Committee on Message No. 2 of his
Excellency the Governor, made a report, on
A Bill, from the Senate, to abolish the Executive Council established
by the Ordinance of the Convention, entitled, "An Ordinance for strength--
ening the Executive Department during the exigencies of the present war;"
which was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at 1 o'clock,
P. M.
The SPEAKER then called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
Mr. TRENHOLM introduced the" following resolutions; which were
made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at half-past 12 o'clock,
and were ordered to be printed.
Resolved, That it is the opinion of the Legislature of South Carolina that
one of the chief causes of the present high price of all the necessaries of
life is the redundancy of the currency; there being in actual circulation
two hundred and fifty millions'of dollars in treasury notes, when one hun¬
dred millions would afford an ample supply for the business of the country.
Resolved, That there appears to be but two remedies applicable to this
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evil in the present circumstances of the country. One is a tax, of general
application; to produce a universal demand for the Treasury notes, and of
magnitude sufficient to absorb an amount adequate to produce a sensible
reduction in the volume of the currency. The other, and most complete,
will be for the people, by unanimous consent, to invest all their surplus
money in the funded debt of the Confederate States; the effect of which
will be the immediate absorption of the entire excess that now exercises so
pernicious an influence on all the transactions of life, and so largely con¬
tributes to aggravate the difficulties and privations of our gallant soldiers
and their families, by enhancing the cost of living.
Resolved, That in view of the momentous character of this evil, and the
necessity of applying an early and effectual reme dy, it is the imperative
duty of the Congress of the Confederate States, at its next session, to impose
a heavy tax on the property and business of the country; and the duty of
all patriotic citizens of the Confederate States scrupulously and speedily to
invest in the stock and bonds of the Confederate States all their surplus
funds, as the best means of contributing to the relief of the Government and
of the people, in mitigating the evils of areduced and depreciated currency.
Resolved, That it is as much the interest as the duty of the Government,
and of the people, to adopt the course here recommended, for the ex¬
penses of the war cannot, by any financial contrivance or expedient, be evad¬
ed; and in preserving the value of the currency, we insure the utmost
economy in these unavoidable expenditures, while, on the contrary, in per¬
mitting its progressive depreciation, we destroy the standard of value, re¬
move every restraint Upon the-price of commodities, and contrive the surest
means of enhancing to the utmost the cost of the wr r.
Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be transmitted by His Excel¬
lency the Governor to the Executives of the several States of the Confed¬
eracy, to be laid before the Legislatures of the same, in the hope that they
may concur in making similar recommendation^
Mr. TRENHOLM gave notice that^ to-morrow, he will ask leave to in¬
troduce
A Bill to furnish aid to the Cheraw and Coal-Eields Railroad.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. AIKEN, intro¬
duced
A Bill to exempt from legal penalty for not making annual returns, all
guardians, administrators, executors, &c.. in the Confederate service; which
was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on the Ju¬
diciary.
Mr. DURYEA introduced the following resolutions; which were con¬
sidered immediately, and were referred to the Charleston Delegation.
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Resolved, That the Commissioners of Public Buildings for Charleston
District be, and they are hereby, authorized to take charge of the. books of
record and papers of the Register of Mesne Conveyance, Secretary of State,
Clerk of the Court, Register in Equity, and Ordinary of the District cf
Charleston, lately removed from Charleston to Columbia by order- of the
Executive Council, and that they be authorized to hire and *fit up a room
or rooms in the city of Columbia, and to have the said books and records
placed therein, in such a manner as shall render them accessible to the
public under the usual terms.
Resolved, That the said Commissioners are hereby authorized and re¬
quired to make such arrangements with the various officers, or to hire some
suitable person, as to them shall seem best, for the proper care and custody
of said books and records, and to fix the salary of such custodian ; so that
the said books and records shall be safely and conveniently kept, and be
open for the inspection of the public during business hours every day.
Resolved, That the said Commissioners shall have power, when the pres¬
ent dangers shall cease, to order the said records to be returned to Charles¬
ton, and to the custody of the various officers.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. SEYMOUR intro¬
duced
A Bill to amend an Act entitled, " An Act to amend and suspend cer¬
tain portions of the Militia and Patrol Laws of this State;" which was read
the first time, and was referred to the Committee on the Military.
Mr. LEBBY gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce
A Bill to renew and amend the charter of the Swedish Iron Manufactur¬
ing Company of South Carolina, and to change the name of the same.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. O'CONNOR, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of resolutions in the matter of the Executive Council; also,
A Bill to abolish the Executive Council established by the' Ordinance of
the Convention, entitled "An Ordinance for strengthening the Executive
Department during the exigencies of the present war; which had been
made the Special Order of the day for this Day, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. CAMPBELL, the Special Order was discharged, and
the same was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at 1
o'clock, P. M.
Mr. TRENIIOLM, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections,
made a report
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3.
On the petition of sundry citizens of Marlboro' District, protesting against
the return of the Managers of Elections declaring D. McD. McLeod elect-,
ed one of the Representatives from that District; which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. YEADON,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to-mor¬
row, at 11 o'clock, A. M.
Mr. DURYEA introduced the following resolution ; which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow.
Resolved, That hereafter, in all debates before the House, where the
debate shall be adjourned, or matter which has been partly debated and
been a Special Order and adjourned, that all amendments which may have
been offered, or orders made and not voted on, shall be printed in the Jour¬
nal of the House, so that the true state of the question before the House
shall appear upon the Journal.
Mr. J. M. DeSAUSSURE, from the Joint Committee appointed to count
the ballots cast for Secretary of State, reported that no candidate had
received a majority, consequently there was no election.
On motion of Mr. YEADON,
Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate, proposing to that body
to go into a second ballot for Secretary of State to-morrow, at half-past 12
o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. CROFT, the House was adjourned at ten minutes
past 4 o'clock, P. M.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1862.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with prayer
to Almighty God, by the Rev. Mr. Shand.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
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The SPEx\KER resumed the call for Bills, Resolutions and Motions, in
•the order of Judicial Districts, commencing with Charleston.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. NORWOOD intro¬
duced
A Bill to prevent the depreciation of the currency; which was read the
first time, and was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; also,
A Bill to increase the fees of jailors; which was read the first time, and
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. J. HARLESTON READ gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask
leave to introduce
A Bill to increase the compensation for the capture of runaway negroes.
Mr. J. HAPvLESTON READ introduced the following resolution;
which was considered immediately, and was- agreed to:
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, to
inquire into and report on the propriety and justice of exempting from
taxation the lands formerly under cultivation on or near the Winyaw Bay,
as loDg as the navigation of that bay and the tributary rivers continue
Tinder control of the gun-boats of the Abolition Government.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. CROFT intro¬
duced
A Bill to authorize the Governor to purchase salt for distribution to the
poor and needy families throughout the State; which was read the first
time, and was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. MULLINS gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce
A Bill to limit the production of cotton within this State during the con¬
tinuance of the present war.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. DOZIER intro¬
duced
A Bill to alter and amend an Act entitled " An Act concerning the
office and duties of Ordinary," passed in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-nine; which was read the first time, and was re¬
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. BOBO gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce
A Bill to alter and amend the third section of an Act entitled " An Act
to charter a Cotton Planters' Loan Association."
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. LEBBY intro¬
duced
A Bill to renew and amend the charter of the Swedish Iron Manufac-
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turing Company of South Carolina, and to change the name of the same ;
which was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on In¬
corporations.
Mr. THOMSON, from the Committee on Offices and Officers, made the
following report:
The Committee on Offices and Officers beg leave to report as vacant the
office of Adjutant and Inspector General; also the offices of Commissioner
in Equity for the Districts of Lexington, Colleton, Abbeville and Pickens.
Mr. THOMSON introduced the following resolution, which was consid¬
ered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That the Delegations in this House from the several Districts
and Parishes in this State be, and they are hereby, requested and required
to make out a full and complete list of all the various offices in their respec¬
tive Districts and Parishes in the State that are now vacant, stating therein
who were the persons who had filled said offices, and who they now wish to
be appointed at this time to fill the said offices; and that the said several
Delegations make out a full and neat report, giving the information now
sought, and hand the same to the Committee on Offices and Officers, and
that the said reports be made out on at least a half-sheet of foolscap paper,
and at as early a day as may be practicable.
The SPEAKER then proceeded to call for* petitions, memorials, pre¬
sentments of Grand Juries, and such like papers, in the order of Judicial
Districts, commencing with Abbeville.
Mr. O'BANNON presented the account of Dr. W. B. Warren, for a post
mortem examination; which was referred to the Medical Committee.
Mr. SMITH presented the account of Dr. John A. Warren, for a post
mortem examination ; which was referred to the Medical Committee.
Mr. McEADDEN presented the memorial of the Eighth Regiment,
First Corps of Reserves, praying redress for certain grievances; which was
referred to the Committee on the Military.
Mr. NORWOOD submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free
Schools for Darlington District for 1862; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Education.
Mr. DOZIER presented the petition of H. F. Detyers, to be paid for
certain service rendered the State, and not provided for in fee bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. T. L. JOHNSTON presented the petition of sundry citizens of Lan¬
caster District, praying the appointment of Joseph Clark to the position of
a Magistracy; which was referred to the Committee on Offices and Officers.
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Mr. MULLINS presented the memorial of James DuPre and others, of
Marion District, praying that the Second Regiment, First" Corps of Re¬
serves be disbanded ; which was referred to the Military Committee ; also,
The petition of H. W. Sellers, and sundry other citizens of Marion Dis¬
trict, complaining of certain allegations made in a report cf the Chief of
the Military Department of South Carolina, and praying an investigation ;
also,
On the petition of S. A. Ilairgrove and sundry other citizens of Marion
District, complaining (f certain allegations made in a report of the Chief
of the Military Department of South Carolina, and praying an investiga¬
tion ; which were severally referred to thf Committee on the Military, with
instructions to inquire into the.allegations contained in said memorials, and
report thereupon to this House, and that said Committee have power to send
for persons and papers.
Mr. STEWART presented the account of R. II. Greneker, for public
printing; which was referred to the Committee on Claims; also,
The account of Dr. I). C. Glen, for a post mortem examination; which
was referred to the Medical Committee.
Mr. BRYCE presented the account of W. W. Purse, for work done in
the House of Representatives; which was referred to the Committee dn
Claims.
Mr. J. S. BRADLEY presented the memorial of certain members of the
8th Regiment of Reserves, condemning the policy of drawing so many men
from their homes, and their deprivation of the right of electing their field
officers, and asking Legislative interposition; which was referred to the
Committee on the Military.
Mr. G. W. WILLIAMS presented the petition of James Brian, praying
that he be exempted fiom the payment of certain taxes assessed againsf
him; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to-mor¬
row at 12 o'clock, M.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. TRENHOLM, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections,
made a report
On sundry petitions from citizens of several Districts, praying for change
in certain election preciacts; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the Committee of Ways and
Means was discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of
B. II. Brown and others, Soldiers' Board of Relief for Barnwell District,
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3.
asking additional assessment to meet current expenses of last year; and
the same was referred to the Barnwell Delegation.
Mr. W. Cr. DilSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a '-eport
On the petition of Isaac M. Lenoir, to be refunded a War Tax improperly
paid; also,
On tie petition of James McCrary, to be refunded a double tax; also,
On the petition of W. F. Roberts, to be refunded a tax improperly paid;
also,
On the petition of Rev. Barnwell B. Sams, to be refunded a Confeder¬
ate War Tax; which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. TRENHOLM, from the same Committee, made a report on
A Bill to authorize the banks, to issue small bills; which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. B. F. PERRY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made a report on
A Bill to continue the operation of an act entitled " An Act to extend
relief to Debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice of property at public sales/'
lor and during the-continuance of the war, and until twelve months there¬
after; also, on
A Bill to exempt from legal penalty for not making their annual returns,
all Guardians, Administrators, Executors, &c., in Confederate service; also,
On a resolution making all fi. fa's payable in current bank bills; which
were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. HUTSON, the Military Committee was discharged
from the further consideration of the petition of sundry citizens of Spartan¬
burg District, praying for an equal support of families of soldiers; and the
petition of sundry citizens of York District, for a modification of the law
relating to the support of the needy families of soldiers; and the same were
severally referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. AIKEN, from the'Committee on the Military, made a report
On the memorial of members of Reserve Corps from Marlboro', on pre¬
amble and resolutions requesting the Governor to communicate with the
President, &c., and on
A Bill to exempt reserves over 45 years of age, &c.; which were ordered
for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. O'CONNOR, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report on
A Bill, from the Senate, to incorporate the Wando, Wambaw and Winyaw
Canal Company; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr J. M. DESAUSSURE, from the Committee on Roads, Bridges and
Ferries, made a report
On the petition to establish the Singletary Mill Road; also,
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95
On the petitibn of Hugh Giles, praying that the charter of Gallavant's
Ferry be vested in him; also,
On the petition of the Commissioners of Roads of Greenville District,
praying to be relieved from keeping up any portion of Jones' Gap Turn¬
pike Road; also,
On the petition of Francis P. Cox, praying the re-charter of Cox's Ferry;
which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
The following message was received from the Senate:
In the Senate, Dec. 3, 1861.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully assents to the proposal of your House, to enter
into an election, this day, for Secretary of State, at half-pkst 12, P. M.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
Mr. BROYLES, from the Committee on Agriculture, made a report
On so much of the Governor's Message as relates to the distillation of
grain; and reported
A Bill to suppress the undue distillation of spirituous liquors from the
cereal grains of this State; which was read the first time, and was
ordered for consideration to-morrow; also,
On the petition of Andrew Stirkie, to be permitted to distil alcohol; also,
On the petition of E. M. Cobb, asking leave to distil alcohol; which were
severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. TRENHOLM, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a
report
On the petition of the Bank of Charleston, praying for certain amend¬
ments to the charter; and reported
A Bill to amend the charter of the Bank of Charleston, South Carolina;
which was read the first time, and was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. MULLINS introduced the following resolution; which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate
for concurrence.
^Resolved, That Henry Mclver, Esq., Solicitor of the Eastern Circuit, be
excused from attendance upon the Legislature at its present session, on ac¬
count of military engagements.
The Senate attended, and joined the House in a second ballot for Secre¬
tary of State.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. TRENIIOLM, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of resolutions in relation to the currency, &c.; which had been made
- the Special Order of the Day for this day, at half-past twelve o'clock, P. M.
The resolutions were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the Senate
for concurrence.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS, the House proceeded to the consideration
of
A Bill, from the Senate, to abolish the Executive Council established by
the Ordinance of the Convention, entitled "An Ordinance for strengthen-
©
ing the Executive Department during the exigencies of the present war,"
which had been made the Special Order of the Dav for this day, at J o'clock,
P. M.
The Bill Avas read the second time.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, the Special Order was discharged, and the
same was made the Special Order of the Day for this day, with kindred
matters, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. CAMPBELL, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of
Resolutions in the matter of the Executive Council; also,
A Bill to abolish the Executive Council established by the Ordinance of
the Convention, entitled " An Ordinance for strengthening the Executive
Department during the exigencies of the present war; also,
A Bill, from the Senate,
To abolish the Executive Council established by the Ordinance of the
Convention, entitled " An Ordinance for strengthening the Executive De¬
partment during the exigencies of the present war."
The resolutions in relation to the matter of the Executive Council were
taken up.
On agreeing to the last clause of the resolutions, to wit:
" That we regard with profound regret any measures which may have
been adopted by the late Convention at variance with these principles, or
any such action as may have been had under its countenance, and feel
that it is incumbent upon this Legislature to remedy, as far as they can, any
mischief or inconvenience that may have resulted therefrom,
WEDNESDAY) DECEMBER 3.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Yeas 88 ; Nays 15.
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.Johnston, T. L.,
Aiken,
Jones, Abram,
Allemong,
Jones, B. S.,
Bates,
Jones, S. B.,
Blakeney,
Lebby,
Boatwright,
Legg,
Boyee,
Lockwood,
Boylston,
Lovinggood,
Bradley, J. S.,
Lowry, J. T.,
Bradley, P. H.,
Lowry, A. M.,
Bratton,
Lucas,
Broyles,
Martin,
Campbell,
Marshall,
Cook,
McCants,
Cooper,
McCullough,
Crayton,
McFadden,
Dawkins,
McKinstry,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Mikell, T. P.,
DeSaussure, W. Gr.,
Mitchell,
Doyle,
Mobley,
Dozier,
Mullins,
Duryea,
Norwood,
Eaves,
O'Bannon,
Efird,
O'Connor,
Evins, J. H.,
Oliver,
Fort,
Perry, D. D.,
Foster,
Pinckney,
Fraser,
Power,
Harbin,
Reed, J. L.,
Hemphill,
Read, J. H.,
Hendricks,
Sanders,
Huggins,
Sarvis,
Huiet,
Scaife,
Hutchinson,
Seymour,
Jenkins,
Shell,
Johnston, R. M.,
Smith,
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3.
Messrs.Stewart, Messrs. Weston,
Suber, Whalej,
Sullivan, Williams, J. J.,
Talbert, Williams, G. W-,
Thomson, Yeadon,
Trescott, Youmans.
Wallace, Youngblood,
Webber,
Those who voted in the negative, are :
Messrs.Bobo, Messrs.McClenaghan,
Bryce, Perrin,
Evans, W. H., Sessions,
Fair, Trenholm,
Graham, Yenning,
Hutson, Weatherly,
Kirk, Wilkinson.
Magrath,
The resolutions were then agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence.
The Bill from the Senate
To abolish the Executive Council established by the Ordinance of the
Convention, entitled " An Ordinance for strengthening the Executive De¬
partment during the exigencies of the present war," was ordered to be re¬
turned to the Senate.
The»yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Yeas 96; Nays 6.
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.Bratton,
Aiken, Broyles,
Allemong, Campbell,
Bates, Cook,
Blakeney, Cooper,
Boatwright, Crayton,
Boyce, Dawkins,
Boylston, DeSaussure, J. M.,
Bradley, J. S., DeSaussure, W. G.,
Bradley, P. H., Doyle,
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3.
Messrs.Dozier, Messrs Mitchell,
Duryea,
Mobley,
Eaves,
Mullins,
Efird,
Norwood,
Evins, J. H.,
O'Bannon,
Evans, W. H.,
O'Connor,
Fair,
Oliver,
Foster,
Perrin,
Fraser,
Perry, D. D.,
Graham,
Pinckney,
Harbin,
Power,
Hemphill,
Read, J. H.,
Hendricks,
Reed, J. L.,
Huggins,
Sanders,
Huiet,
Sarvis,
Hutchinson,
Seaife,
Jenkins,
Sessions,
Johnston, R. M.,
Seymour,
Johnston, T. L.,
Shell,
Jones, Abram,
Smith,
Jones, B. S.,
Stewart,
Jones, S. B.,
Sullivan,
Kirk, ■
Talbert,
Lebby,
Thomson,
Legg,
Trescott,
Lockwood,
Venning,
Lovinggood,
Wallace,
Lowry, A. M.,
Weather ly,
Lowry, J. T.,
Webber,
Lucas,
Weston,
Magrath,
Whaley,
Marshall,
Wilkinson,
McCants,
Williams, J. J.,
McClenaghan,
Williams. G. W.;
McCullough,
Yeadon,
Mc Fad den,
Youmans,
McKinstry,
Youngblood,
Mikell, T. P.,
Those who voted in the negative, are :
Messrs.Bobo, Messrs.Hutson,
Bryce, Martin,
Fort, Trenholm,
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS,
A Bill to abolish the Executive Council established by the Ordinance of
the Convention, entitled " An Ordinance for strengthening the Executive
Department during the exigencies of the present war," was ordered to lie
on the table.
Mr. DOZIER, from the Committee appointed to count the ballots cast
for Secretary of State, reported that William R. Huntt had received a ma¬
jority of the votes cast;
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced that Mr. William R. Huntt is
duly elected Secretary of State for South Carolina.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, the Plouse was adjourned at forty minutes
past 4 o'clock, P. M.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1862.
At the hour to which the Plouse was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with prayer
to Almighty God, by the Rev. Mr. Gamewell.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The following additional member attended, produced his credentials, was
sworn, and took his seat.
From Barnwell—Mr. J. J. Brabham.
Messrs. Rhame, B. F. Perry, Croft, Wright, Mattison, Peake and Elliott
asked leave to record the votes they would have given, if present, -on the
last clause of the resolutions in the matter of the Executive Council; and
Mr. Rhame, being called, answered "Aye."
Mr. B. F. Perry, being called, answered " Aye."
Mr. Croft, being callpd, answered " Aye."
Mr. Wright, being called, answered " Aye."
Mr. Mattison, being called, answered "Aye."
Mr. Peake, being called, answered " Aye-"
Mr. Elliott, being called, answered " Nay >" a's0>
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101
Asked leave to record the votes they would have given, if present, on
returning to the Senate,
A Bill, from the Senate, to abolish the Executive Council, established
by the Ordinance of the Convention, entitled " An Ordinance for strength¬
ening the Executive Department during the exigencies of the present war;"
and,
Mr. Rhame, being called, answered " Aye."
Mr. B. E. Perry, being called, answered " Aye."
Mr. Croft, being called, answered " Aye."
Mr. Wright, being called, answered " Aye."
Mr. Mattison, being called, answered " Aye."
Mr. Peake, being called, answered, " Aye."
Mr. Elliott, being called, answered " Nay."
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers, in the order of Judicial Districts, commencing
with Abbeville.
Mr. HUTSON presented the petition of Perry F. Buckner, to be re¬
leased from paying the costs of a tax execution ; which was referred to the
Committee on Claims; also,
Submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free Schools for Prince
William's Parish; which was referred to the Committee on Education ;
also,
Submitted the annual report of the Board of Yisitors of the South Caro¬
lina Military A.cademy, for 1862; which was referred to the Committee on
the Military, and was ordered to be printed.
Mr. YENNING presented the petition of Nathan Legare, to be refunded
a double tax ; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. J. J. WILLIAMS submitted the return of the Commissioners of
Free Schools for St. Stephens' Parish, for 1862; which was referred to the
Committee on Education.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE presented the report of Commission for the
city of Charleston, under the Ordinance of the Convention; which was
referred to the Charleston Delegation.
Mr. TRESCOT submitted the report of the Central Secretary to the
Commissioners for the removal of negroes from the Districts of Beaufort,
Colleton, Georgetown and Charleston; which was referred to the Commit¬
tee on Colored Population.
Mr. HEMPHILL presented the petition of Giles J. Patterson, praying
to be refunded a War Tax paid twice; which was referred to the Committee
of Ways and Means.
Mr. A. M. LOWllY presented the petition of sundry citizens of Chester¬
field District, praying that all persons in the first Corps of Reserves, second
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Regiment, be discharged from service; which was referred to the Commit¬
tee on the Military.
Mr. NORWOOD presented the petition of sundry citizens of Darlington
District, for the relief of Susannah Andrews; which was referred to the
Committee on Claims.
Mr. B. F. PERRY presented the petition of Daniel McJunkin, praying
to be refunded to him a War Tax improperly paid; which was referred to
the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. J. L. REED presented the account of the Lancaster Ledger, for
public printing; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. WEATHERLY presented the memorial of sundry citizens of Marl¬
boro' District; praying some action in relation to the reserves being ordered
into service on the coast; which was referred to the Committee on the
Military.
Mr. JENKINS presented the petition of sundry citizens of Orangeburg
village, praying to be refunded a certain sum of money expended by them
for the relief of the destitute soldiers' wives and children; which was
referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. BRYCE presented the account of P. B. Glass & Co., for stationery
furnished to the House of Representatives; which was referred to the
Committee on Claims.
Mr. BOATWRIGHT presented the account of Dr. W.' C. Freeman, for
a post mortem examination; which was referred to the Medical Committee;
also,
The memorial of the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Columbia,
praying an appropriation for the relief of the transient poor; which was re¬
ferred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. G. W. WILLIAMS presented the petition of the members of com¬
pany "B," 8th Regiment 1st Corps of Reserves, praying for leave to elect
their field officers, and for a redress of their grievances in other particulars;
which was referred to the Committee on the Military.
The following Message was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
Mr. WHALEY, a message of concurrence was ordered to be sent to the
Senate.
In the Senate, December 4th, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully proposes to your House to go into a ballot, to¬
morrow, at two o'clock, P. M., for Adjutant and Inspector General.
By order of tfe Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4.
103
Message No. 6, from his Excellency the Governor, was then received,
and was read by his Private Secretary, Mr. F. J. Moses, Jr.
MESSAGE No. 6.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Executive Department,
Columbia, December 3, 1862.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives :
I transmit with this a communication from General Beauregard, the dis¬
tinguished Confederate General now in command of the military District
of South Carolina.
It will be seen that it relates to the adoption of some concerted plan for
furnishing negro labor as soon as possible, in order to finish the defences in
and around Charleston. By this communication, Brigadier General Gist is
appointed to act in concert with State authority in organizing such a sys¬
tem, and anything he may agree to will be adopted and performed by the
Confederate Government.
No officer could have been _more properly selected than General Gist for
this purpose, as he is entirely identified with the agricultural interests of
the State.
I therefore recommend that the Chairman of the Committee to which
was referred that portion of the Message No. 1, relating to the organization
of negro labor, to be attached to our forces in the field, should have an in¬
terview with General Gist, who is ready to act, and to present the views of
General Beauregard, as well as his own, on the subject-matter. The Con¬
federate Engineer has made his statement as to the number that may be
required to finish the present necessary works. A temporary plan might
be agreed upon for the present demand, and then a more permanent sys¬
tem might be adopted for the future. I urge your immediate attention to
this matter, as the demand is pressing.
F. W. PICKENS.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA,
Ordered, That the Message be referred to the Committee on Colored
Population, and that they have leave to sit during the sessions of the
House; and that a message be sent to the Senate, asking leave of that body
that the Committee on Colored Population, of this House, and Committee
on Military, of the Senate, be allowed to act as a Joint Committee on the
matter submitted in Message No. 6, of his Excellency the Governor.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4.
Message No. 7 was then received from his Excellency the Governor, and
was read by his Private Secretary, Mr. F. J. Moses, Jr
MESSAGE NO. 7.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Executive Department,
Columbia, December 3, 1862.
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
I have just been informed of the adoption, by your body, of the follow¬
ing resolution :
uResolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be respectfully requested
to furnish the House of Representatives with all information concerning
the disbanding of the Fourth and Tenth Regiments of Reserves."
I enclose herewith the resolutions of the Executive Council relating to
the subject-matter. The regiments were reported to be in a state of con¬
fusion and disorganization, and it would have been difficult to get them into
service'immediately, and their situation would have made it exceedingly
difficult to extend or execute any orders. Besides, the Legislature being
about to meet, it was thought best to leave the whole matter to that body
for further action. I think these were the reasons for disbanding the
regiments. This was, at least, my view of it, and there was no further ac¬
tion, except what is herewith enclosed. The Chief of the Military intro¬
duced a resolution into the Council, requesting the Governor to order a
court martial on some officers in the Fourth Regiment who had made oppo¬
sition to the organization, or the field officers of the Regiment; which
resolution was never acted on, and I entered on the back of a paper which
the Chief of the Military handed to me, as sent from that regiment, a
memorandum that a Court of Inquiry should be ordered, in order to ascer¬
tain the facts of the case, before a Court Martial should be ordered.
Some papers were sent from Captain Russell, of the Fourth Regiment,
purporting to be the result of an informal election held in that Regiment,
and they were sent by me to the Adjutant General's office. Some claim, or
request, for commissions was indicated in these returns, but as the Regi¬
ment, with others, was to be disbanded, and as at that time we supposed
that all would be, no action at all was had.
F. W. PICKENS.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4.
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STATE OE SOUTH CAROLINA.
Head Quarters.
Columbia, November 28, 1862.
To B. E. Arthur, Esq., Secretary of Executive Council:
Dear Sir : I am directed by bis Excellency tbe G-overnor to request
tbat you will furnish him, as soon as possible, with an official record of the
proceedings of the Executive Council in relation to the disbanding of the
late Fourth and Tenth Regiments of Reserves.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed.) F. J. MOSES, Jr., Private Secretary.
Columbia, November 28, 1862.
Colonel E. J. Moses, Jr. :
Dear Sir : I have received your note of this date. The Journal of the
Council has been delivered, through you, to the House of Representatives,
and is not now in my possession. From a printed copy of the resolutions of
the Council, of the 7th November,, I have made a copy of the resolution on
the subject referred to, which I have the honor to enclose. I have no recol¬
lection of any other proceedings of the Council on the subject, but not
having the record before me, cannot speak with certainty.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed.) B. E. ARTHUR,
Secretary Executive Council.
November 7, 1862.
"9. That the Fourth and Tenth Regiments of the First Corps of Reserves,
heretofore organized, be, and the same are hereby, disbanded; and all com¬
missions issued to officers of such regiments are hereby vacated."
(Signed.) B. F. ARTHUR,
(Official Copy.) Secretary Executive Council.
On motion of Mr. TRESCOT, the Message was referred to the Special
Committee on Message No. 2 of his Excellency the Governor.
Message No. 8 was then received from his Excellency the Governor, and
was read by his Private Secretary, Mr. F. J. Moses, Jr.
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MESSAGE NO. 8.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Executive Department,
Columbia, December 3d, 1862.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit a report of the Committee appointed by the Gun¬
boat Commission of Charleston, to examine the plan and specifications of
Crenshaw's shot-proof vessels of war. The Committee seem well satisfied of
its practicability and efficiency. Lieutenant Maury, of the Navy, also ap¬
proves of it. The main principle that distinguishes it from other shot-proof
vessels is, that it has compressed cotton placed in such a position as to re¬
sist the most powerful shot. It seems to have been tried on the Mississippi,
but it is proper to say that the Navy Department refused to adopt it. I
suppose the great difficuty in the way is that we cannot) at present, procure
engines strong enough to propel them. I call it to your attention for con¬
sideration as to its feasibility; and if successful, it would add greatly to our
means of defence along our extended sea-coast. We have the timber and
the cotton in abundance, if we could get the iron and machinery.
F. W. PICKENS.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the Message and accompanying documents
was referred to the Committee on the Military.
Message No. 9 was then received from His Excellency the Governor, and
was read by his Private Secretary, Mr. F. J. Moses, Jr.
MESSAGE NO. 9.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Executive Department,
Columbia, December 4, 1862.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives :
I herewith transmit the application of Lieutenant Jackson, of the Navy,
for the extension of a lease of the Columbia Canal. It appears that he is
the agent of the Confederate Government, and desires that the use of this
Canal may be allowed him for establishing a powder-mill for the Navy.
The Legislature leased it to Mr. Green on certain conditions, and Lieuten¬
ant Jackson bought out his lease. It only extends now for two years, and
the application now is to continue it to the Agent of the Confederate Gov¬
ernment.
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It seems that permission was obtained from the city Council to establish
a powder-mill, and as the Canal is of no use to the State, I think there is
no objection to your granting what is desired, but I suggest that if granted
it shall be on condition that if the State thinks proper, in any pressing
emergency, she can resume her jurisdiction over or possession of the Canal,
by giving one year's notice. The powder-mill is now in operation.
All the papers in relation to the matter are herewith transmitted.
F. W. PICKENS.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the Message was referred to the Committee
on Internal Improvements.
The SPEAKER called for Reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. YOUMANS, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, made
a report on the Ordinance of the Convention referred to them; and reported
A Bill to enable citizens of the State who are engaged in military service
to exercise the rights of suffrage; which was read the first time, and was
ordered for consideration to-morroW.
Mr. W. Gr. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a report
On the Report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On the petition of Isaac N. Lenoir, to be refunded a tax illegally paid;
also,
On the petition of the Trustees of the Marine School of Charleston; also,
On the petition of 0. R. Broyles, to be refunded a double tax; also,
On the petition of John M. Boland, to be refunded a tax twice paid; also,
On the petition of J. Patterson, as Commissioner in Equity for Barnwell
District, to be refunded a War Tax improperly paid; also,
On the petition of Peter Cox, to be refunded an amount of War Tax over¬
paid; also,
On the petition of John T. Long, to be refunded a Confederate War Tax |
also,
On the petition of John A. Hipp, Jr., to be refunded a Confederate War
Taxj also,
On the petition of J. B. O'Neal], to be paid the salary, or so much thereof
as was due at the time of his death, of Thos. J. Grantt, late Clerk of the
Court of Appeals; also,
On the petition of S. C. DeSchamps, to be refunded a War Tax improp¬
erly paid ; which were severally, ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. B. F. PERRY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made a report
On the petition of sundry citizens of Pickens District, praying legisla¬
tion to prevent extortion; also,
On the petition of James F. Brunson, Jailor, for increase of fees; also,
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4.
On the petition of sundry citizens of York District, for a continuance of
the Stay Law, and legislation to prevent extortion; also,
On the petition of sundry citizens of Abbeville District, praying legisla¬
tion to prevent extortion; also,
On a Bill to increase the fees of Jailors ; also,
On a Bill to prohibit extortion and punish extortioners; also,
On a Bill to alter and amend an Act entitled "An Act concerning the
office and duties of Ordinary," passed in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-nine; which were severally ordered for considera¬
tion to-morrow.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the account of R. W. .Gibbes, for printing; also,
On the account of E. R. Stokes, for binding; also,
On the claim of Elijah Still, Constable, Edgefield District, for extra ser¬
vices ; also,
On the account of Evans & Coggswell; which were severally ordered for
consideration to-morrow.
Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report
On the memorial of the Central Association for relief of soldiers; which
was ordered for consideration to-morrow; also,
On Message No. 3 of his Excellency the Governor; which was consid¬
ered immediately, and was agreed to.
Mr. W. H. EVANS, from the same Committee, made a report
On so much of the Governor's Message No. 1 as relates to the Military
System and Police Guard; and reported
A Bill to amend, suspend-, and repeal certain portions of the Militia
Laws of this State; which was read the first time, and was made the Spe¬
cial Order for the day for Monday next, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Mr. O'CONNOR, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report
On a Bill to incorporate the Importing and Exporting Company of South
Carolina; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. SEYMOUR, from the same Committee, made a report
On the petition of the " Right Worthy Southern Grand Lodge of the In¬
dependent Order of Odd Fellows of the State of South Carolina," praying
an Act of Incorporation; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. YOUMANS, from the same Committee, made a report
On a Bill to renew and amend the charter of the Swedish Iron Manu¬
facturing Company of South Carolina; which was ordered for consideration
to-morrow.
Mr. MOBLEY, from the Medical Committee, made a report
On the account of Dr. John A. Warren, for a post mortem examination;
also,
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On the account of Dr. D. C. Glen, for a post mortem examination; also.
On the account of Dr. F. M. Monroe, for attending criminals in jail;
which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. O'BANNON, from the same Committee, made a report
On the account of Dr. J. E. Gantt, for a post mortem examination;
also,
On the account of Dr. W. B. Warren, for a post mortem examination ;
which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. BOYCK, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a report
On resolutions to inquire into the expediency of endorsing the bonds of
the Confederate States, and reported
A Bill to authorize the State to guarantee the bonds of the Confederate
States; which Was read the first time, and was made the Special Order of
the Day for Tuesday next, at half-past 12 o'clock, P. M.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Special Committees.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Charleston Delegation, made a report
On resolutions in relation to the records of Charleston District; which
was considered immediately, was agreed to, and ws ordered to be sent to
the Senate for concurrence.*
Mr. BRABHAM, from the Barnwell Delegation, made a report
On the memorial o^the Soldiers' Board of Relief, of Barnwell District,
and reported
A Bill to refuud to the Soldiers' Board of Relief for Barnwell District
moneys advanced and expended by them, as a Board of Relief, out of their
private funds; which was read the first time, and was ordered for con¬
sideration to-morrow.
Mr. PERRIN, from the Abbeville Delegation, made a report
On the estate of Dr. John De La Howe; which was ordered for con¬
sideration to-morrow.
The Senate sent to this House,
A Bill to abolish the Executive Council, established by the Ordinance
of the Convention^ entitled " An Ordinance for strengthening the Execu¬
tive Department during the exigencies of the present war;" which was
read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be returned to the Senate.
The Senate sent to this House, for concurrence,
The report of the Comgnittee on Finance and Banks, on the petition of
T. Harrison Baker, captain of Privateer u Savannah," to have a bond can¬
celled ; also,
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On the report of the Comptroller General, on the subject-matter of pe¬
tition of Thos. B. Clarkson, for himself and for the estate of ffm. Clark-
son, deceased, praying to be refunded a tax illegally collected; which were
severally referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; also,
The report of the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum and Medical Ac¬
counts, of the Senate,
On the account of Dr, T. J. Goodwyn, for services rendered prisoners in
jail; also,
On the petition of Dr. N. H. Johnston, praying payment of a medical
account; which were severally referred to the Medical Committee.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions, and Motions.
Mr. MARTIN gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to introduce
A Bill to authorize the Relief Committees throughout the State to pro¬
cure and distribute corn to the needy families of soldiers.
Mr. LEBBY gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to introduce
A Bill to charter the Carolina Cotton and Woolen Factory.
Mr. MAGRATII introduced the following resolution; which was con¬
sidered immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary to
inquire and report whether any, and what, legislation, retaliatory in its
character, is expedient at this time, in view of the late proclamation of
Abraham Lincoln, in reference to our slave population.
Mr. NORWOOD gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce
A Bill to provide for the appointment of Commissioners of the Poor for
Darlington District.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. NORWOOD intro¬
duced
A Bill to present the sacrifice of property at public sales, in certain
cases; which was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
Mr. ADAMS gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to introduce
A Bill to authorize the Clerks of Courts of Common Pleas to take testi¬
mony of witnesses in writing, and for other purposes.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. J. HARLESTON
READ introduced
A Bill to increase the compensation for capturing runaway slaves; which
was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. DOYLE introduced
A Bill to provide a District Police Guard of military Cadets; which was
read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on the Military.
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Ill
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of tbe House, Mr. BOBO introduce^
A Bill to alter and amend the third section of an act entitled " An Act
to charter a Cotton Planters' Loan Association;" which was read the first
time, and was referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Mr. THOMSON introduced the following resolution; which was consid¬
ered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That the President of the Bank of the State of South Caro¬
lina be required to inform the Legislature whether it be practicable for that
Bank to furnish the State with small bills, sufficient for the purposes of
change.
Mr. THOMSON, from the Committee on Offices and Officers, made a
report, and reported a vacancy on the Appeal Bench; and also, that the
office of Assessor for St. Philip's and St. Michael's is vacant.
On motion of Mr. DAWKINS, leave of absence was granted to Mr.
Scaife, until Monday next, on account of sickness in his family.
On motion of Mr. BOYLSTON,
Ordered, That a message be sent to tbe Senate, proposing to that body to
unite with the House in a ballot for State Assessor to-morrow, at half-past
one o'clock, P. M.
The SPEAKER laid before the House the report of the Comptroller
General on the Contingent Acccounts of the Upper Division; which was
referred to the Committee on Accounts.
On motion of Mr. BOBO,
Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate, proposing to that body to
go into an election for Judge of the Appeal Court on Tuesday next, at one
o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr PERRIN,
Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate, requesting that body to
unite with this House in an election for Commissioners in Equity for the
Districts of Abbeville, Lexington, Colleton and Pickens, to-morrow, at one
o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to-mor¬
row at 12 o'clock, M.
The following message was received from the Senate:
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In the Senate, December 4th, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully concurs with your House in a proposal to go into
an election for Assessor of St. Philip's and St. Michaels, to-morrow, at
half-past 1 o'clock, P. M.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, December 4th 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully concurs with your House, in a proposal to go into
an election for Commissioners in Equity for the Districts of Abbeville,
Lexington, Colleton and Pickens, to-morrow, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, December 4th, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully concurs with your Hojise in a proposal that the
Committee on Colored Population of the House, and the Committee on the
Military of the Senate, act as a Joint Committee on his Excellency the
Governor's Message No. 6.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
Mr. FRASER, from the Joint Committee on the proposals of R. W.
Gibbes and C. P. Pelham, for printing the permanent work, made a report,
which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
The following message was received from the Senate,-and,
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, a message of concurrence was ordered to
be sent to the Senate.
In the Senate, December 4th, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully proposes to your House to go into an election, this
day, at a quarter past 3 o'clock, P. M., for Printer of the permanent work
of the State.
By order of the Senate,
W- D. PORTER, President.
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113
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
The following reports were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence :
Reports of the Committee on Claims,
On the account of the Yorkville Enquirer, for public printing ; also,
On the account of the Horry Dispatch, for public printing; also,
On the account of the Sumter Watchman, for public printing.
Resolutions in relation to the Regiments of Reserves electing their offi¬
cers, were agreed to and were referred to the Committee on the Military.
Resolutions in relation to the form* of prayer to be used in opening the
daily sessions, were ordered to lie on the table.
The report of the Committee on the Military, on the petition of the
stockholders of the Privateer Jefferson Davis, was agreed to.
The report of the Committee on Claims, on the petition of Joseph Mel¬
ton, of Chester District, praying aid from the State, his sons being now in
the army, was disagreed to.
The petition was taken up, and Mr. EAVES introduced the following
resolution, which was considered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered
to be sent to the Senate for concurrence :
Resolved, That, from the peculiar condition of the petitioner, Joseph
Melton, it is just and right that he receive aid from this State, and that he
be placed under the care of the Soldiers' Board of Relief, and receive his
portion of the fund allowed in such cases.
The Senate attended, and joined the House in a ballot for Printer of the
permanent work.
A communication was received from the Senate, in Secret Session, where¬
upon, the House resolved itself into
SECRET SESSION.
The doors of the House were ordered to be opened at 56 minutes past 3
o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. B. S. JONES, the House was adjourned at 4 o'clock,
P. M.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 18G2.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with prayer to
Almighty God, by the Rev; Mr. Glennie.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers, in the order of Judicial Districts, commencing
with Abbeville.
Mr. SEYMOUR presented the petition of Thos Williams, to be paid
the appraisement sum for property destroyed on Sullivan's Island, by order
of military authority; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. O'CONNOR presented the petition of P. O'Connell, State Consta¬
ble, praying that he be allowed the sum of twenty dollars, due upon his
last annual account against the State ; which was referred to the Commit¬
tee on Claims.
Mr. A. M. LOWRY presented the memorial of John S. Burd, praying
compensation for the loss of a negro who died while engaged on the forti¬
fications near Charleston ; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. SMITH presented the petition of James Bell, in regard to " Burk-
head Causey/' asking to be relieved from the lease of the same; which was
referred to the Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries.
The Senate attended, and joined the House in a ballot for Commissioners
in Equity for Abbeville, Lexington, Colleton and Pickens Districts.
The SPEAKER laid before the House the annual private report of the
President of the Bank of the State of South Carolina; which was ordered
to lie on the Clerk's desk for the inspection of members.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
Resolution excusing Henry Melver, Esq.,'from attending on the Legis¬
lature at the present session.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to enable the Charleston Savings' Institution to purchase and hold
real property; which was read the first time, and was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Incorporations; also,
A Bill to organize and provide for a District Police ; which was read the
first time, and was referred to the Committee on the Military; also,
A Bill to alter and amend the charter of the Bank of Charleston, South
Carolina; which was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee
of Ways and Means; also,
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115
A Bill to renew and amend the charter of the Swedish Iron Manufac¬
turing Company, and to change the name thereof; which was read the first
time, and was referred to the Committee on Incorporations.
The Senate attended and joined the House in a ballot tor Assessor for
St. Philip's and St. Michael's
The Senate attended and joined the House in a ballot for Adjutant and
Inspector General of the State.
Mr. W. H. EVANS presented the memorial and resolutions of citizens
of Darlington District, in reference to the pardon of W. H. Wingate, and
praying the limitation of the pardoning power.
On motion of Mr. YEADON,
Ordered, That so much of the proceedings of a meeting of the citizens
of Darlington as memoralizes the Legislature to take amendatory action in
relation to the pardoning power, be referred to the Committee on the Ju¬
diciary ; and that the residue thereof be laid on the table.
Mr. FAIR, from the Joint Committee appointed to count the ballots cast
for Commissioners in Equity for the Districts of Abbeville, Lexington, Col¬
leton and Pickens, reported that R. A. Thompson, C. B. Farmer, W. H.
Parker, and H. A. Meetze having received a majority of the votes cast,
were consequently elected—to wit: R. A. Thompson, of Pickens District,
C. B. Farmer, of Colleton District; W. H. Parker, of Abbeville District,
and H. A. Meetze, of Lexington District.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced Messrs. R. A. Thompson, C. B.
Farmer, W. H. Parker, and H. A. Meetze duly elected Commissioners in
Equity for their respective Districts.
Mr. FRASER, from the Joint Committee appointed to count the ballots
cast for Assessor for St. Phillip's and St. Michael's, reported that Mr.
James S. Johnson received a'majority of the votes cast, and was conse¬
quently elected.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced that Mr. James S. Johnson is
duly elected Assessor for St. Philip's and St. Michael's.
Mr. EFIRD, from the Joint Committee appointed to count the ballots cast
for Printer of the permanent work of the Legislature, reported that Mr. C.
P. Pelham received a majority of the votes cast, and was consequently
elected.
Whereilpon, the SPEAKER announced that Mr. C. P. Pelham is duly
elected Px-inter of the permanent work of the Legislature.
Mr. McOANTS presented the account of Isaac H. Means, Secretary of
State, for work done in his office, in 1862; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Claims; also,
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5.
The petition of Robert A. Buchanan, to be refunded a part of the War
Tax paid by him; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means; also,
The account of Isaac H. Means, Secretary of State, for work done in his
office in 1861 ; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. J. M. DeSAUSSURE presented the account of J. T. Hershman,
for public printing ; which was referred to the Comfhittee on Claims.
Mr. SULLIVAN presented the account of Elizabeth Moore, to be
refunded a War Tax improperly paid ; which was referred to the Committee
of Ways and Means; also,
Submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free Schools, for Laurens
District; which was referred to the Committee on Education.
Mr. WEATHERLY presented the memorial of the citizens of Marlboro'
District, praying the restriction of the pardoning pbwer of the Executive;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. STEWART presented the petition of the Board of Soldiers' Relief,
Newberry, requesting their continuance, and that John F. Glymph and
Matthew Hall be added to their number, and praying the taxing power to
be increased; also,
The petition of Elizabeth Henson, to be refunded a War Tax twice paid;
which were severally referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. BATES presented the petition of Captain J. C. Edwards, for com¬
pensation for a slave who died in the service of the State; which was re¬
ferred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. DAWKINS presented the petition of Thos. A. Carlisle, to be paid
for a slave who died from sickness occasioned by exposure in the service of
the State; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. J. T. LOWRY presented the petition of the Sixth Regiment, First
Corps of Reserves, asking leave to elect their field officers, or be disbanded;
which was referred to the Committee on the Military.
Mr. LOCKWOOD presented the petition of A. Pudigon, and others, to
organize and establish a patrol for a portion of Charleston Neck; which
was referred to the Committee on the Military.
Mr. VENNING presented the petition of holders of lots on Sullivan's
Island, praying exemption from taxation during the War; which was re.
ferred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. HEMPHILL, from the Joint Committee appointed to count the
ballots cast for Adjutant and Inspector General of the State, reported that
Mr. A. C. Garlington received a majority of the votes cast, and was conse-
qently elected.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced, that Mr. A. C. Garlington is
duly elected Adjutant and Inspector General of the State of South Carolina.
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117
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the Committee of Ways and
Means was discharged from the further consideration of Message No. 5 of
his Excellency the Governor, and the same was referred to the Committee
on the Military; also,
From the petition of T. Harrison Baker, captain of the late Privateer
Savannah, to have a bond cancelled, and the same was referred to the
Committee on the Military; also,
From the presentment of the Grand Jury for Darlington District, at Fall
Term 1802, in relation to the Poor tax, and the same was referred to the
Committee on Offices and Officers.
Mr. W. G: DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a report
On so much of Message No. 1 of his Excellency the Governor, as relates
to a change in taxation; which was ordered to be printed, and was made
the Special Order of the Day for 'i uesday next, at half past one o'clock, P.
M.; also,
On the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On the petition of the stockholders of the Privateer Jefferson Davis,
praying cancellation of a bond executed to the State for armament; also,
On the abstract of the accounts of the Roper Fund; also,
On the petition of A. W. Dozier, to be refunded a tax improperly paid;
also,
On the petition of Reuben Smith, to be refunded a tax illegally exacted;
also,
On the petition of Martin Edwards, to be refunded a War Tax improper¬
ly exacted; which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow; also,
On the memorial of Loan and Building Associations, for a continuance
of the Act authorizing suspension of instalments; and reported
A Bill to continue of force an Act entitled " An Act to authorize cer¬
tain Building and Loan Associations to suspend the call for monthly in¬
stalments ;" which was read the first time, and was ordered for considera¬
tion to-morrow.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the account of W. W. Purse; which was ordered for consideration
to-morrow.
Mr. O'CONNOR, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report
On the petition of Mariah Baptist Association of Lancaster District,
praying an Act of Incorporation; which was ordered for consideration to¬
morrow.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5.
Mr. PEAKE, from the Committee on Railroads, made a report
On a memorial of sundry citizens of the State, praying the charter of a
railroad to enable them to obtain coal from the Coal Fields of North Caro¬
lina ; and reported
A Bill to charter the Shelby and Broad River Railroad Company ; which
was read the first time, and was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. DAWKINS, from the Committee 011 Internal Improvements, made a
report
On the petition of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Columbia,
and the memorial of the Confederate States of America, in relation to the
Columbia Canal: and reported
A Bill to vest in the Confederate Government* a part of the Columbia
Canal for the term of twelve years ; which was read the first time, and was
ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. FRASER, from the Committee on Public Printing, made a report
On a resolution, from the Senate, in relation to reducing the public print¬
ing; which was considered immediately, was concurred in, and was ordered
to be returned to the Senate.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Special Committees.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions, and Motions.
Mr. HUTSON introduced the following resolution; which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow:
Resolve<1, That it be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, to in¬
quire and report at the next Session of the General Assembly, whether it is
expedient to amend the first sentence of the eleventh article of the State
Constitution, and if so, in what particulars; and that they havp leave to re¬
port by Bill or otherwise.
Mr. O'CONNOR introduced the following resolution ; which was con¬
sidered immediately, and was agreed to :
, Resolved, That a Committee, consisting of one from each Congressional
District, be appointed on the part of this House, to nominate suitable per¬
sons for President and Directors of the Bank of the State of South Carolina,
and that a message be sent to the Senate, requesting the appointment of a
similar Committee.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. LEBBY intro¬
duced
A Bill to incorporate the Carolina Cotton and Wooleji Factory; which
was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on Incorporations.
Mr. ALLEMONG introduced the following resolution; which was con¬
sidered immediately, and was agreed to :
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119
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to inquire
and report upon the necessity of making some provision, and if necessary,
what provision, for holding the Court of Common Pleas and General Ses¬
sions for Charleston District, as required by law, during the coming year.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE introduced the following resolution; which
was ordered for consideration to-morrow :
Resolved, That the General Assembly will recede from business on Fri¬
day, the 19th of December, instant, at 12, M., and will reassemble for busi¬
ness on Friday, the 16th January, 1863, at 7, P. M.
Mr. A. M. LGWRY introduced the following resolution; which was
ordered for consideration to-morrow :
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee on Education to inquire
and report upon the expediency of appropriating the Free School funds,
hereafter, to the families of soldiers in the field, and those who have sons in
the army, and those who have heretofore died in consequence of wounds or
exposure, in this State or the Confederate States.
Mr. STOKES introduced the following resolution ; which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee on the Military, to inquire
and report upon the expediency of calling into the military service of the
State all persons of color, as fatigue men or teamsters.
Mr. A. JONES gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce
A Bill to render the owners of slaves liable for hogs, sheep, and goats,
stolen by theiA slaves.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. ADAMS introduced
A Bill to authorize Clerks of the Courts of Common Pleas to take testi¬
mony in writing, and for other purposes; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on the Judiciary.
Mr. BOYCE introduced the following resolution; which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Colored Population be instructed
to inquire whether negroes sent to work on the coast defences have not been
kept there beyond the time for which they were called out, contrary to the
will of their owners and the arrangement made by the State, and to report
who is responsible for the wrong thus done to our citizens.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5.
Mr. SULLIVAN introduced the following resolution; which was con¬
sidered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Sen¬
ate for concurrence:
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be respectfully requested
to distribute all the ocean salt on hand and that may be received during this
month, belonging to the State, to the different boards of soldiers' relief,
throughout the State, for the benefit of soldiers' families, in such propor¬
tion as will be just, according to the wants of needy families of soldiers of
the State.
On motion of Mr. STEWART, leave of absence was granted to Mr. J.
H. Williams for the remainder of the session, on account of military en¬
gagements.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. J. T. LOWRY intro¬
duced
A Bill to authorize and empower the First Corps of Reserves to elect
their own field officers; which was read the first time, and was referred to
the Committee od the Military.
Mr. SEYMOUR introduced the following resolution; which was con¬
sidered immediately, and wa: agreed to:
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, to
examine and report upon the propriety of exempting from taxation prop¬
erty of soldiers of the army, on sums amounting to fifteen hundred dollars,
so long as they shall remain in the service of the country.
On motion of Mr. YEADON,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to¬
morrow, at 12 o'clock, M.
On motion of Mr. SEYMOUR, the House was adjourned at 4 o'clock,
P. M.
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1862.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll;
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with prayer
to Almighty God, by the Rev. A. Efird.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The SPEAKER laid before the House the following communication;
which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Moans.
To the Honorable the Speaker and Members
of the House of Representatives of South Carolina :
In reply to the resolution requiring me to inform the Legislature whether
it be practicable for the Bank to furnish the State with small bills sufficient
for the purposes of change, I respectfully state that, in my opinion, it will
be in the power of the Bank to supply the change bills that may be needed.
When the issue of these bills was commenced, there was some difficulty in
obtaining paper. I believe we can now be adequately supplied. When
the demand for change bills first arose, the Bank was required to supply one
and two dollar bills as well as change bills, but since the Confederate Gov¬
ernment has commenced to supply the former currency, the Bank has ceased
to issue it, and our attention can be exclusively given to the providing of
change bills. Soon after we commenced the issue of such bills, we found it
necessary to annex a condition to supplying them. From the facts that
bank notes commanded a premium, and that the change bills disappeared
immediately after being put out by the Bank, we were induced to believe
that they were hoarded, and we therefore required that parties (except sol¬
diers and persons belonging to the army) who called for change bills should
present our own bills for exchange. This rule has been relaxed, but it is
still found necessary to use some caution, so as to secure that the bills shall
go into circulation, and not be made a subject for speculation.
Respectfully submitted,
C. M. FURMAN,
Preset Bank State of South Carolina.
The SPEAKER called for petitions, memorials, presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers in the order ©f Judicial Districts, commencing
with Abbeville.
Mr. O'BANNON presented the petition of Hiram Weeks, praying to be
refunded a War Tax improperly assessed; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee of Ways and Means.
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6.
Mr STOKES submitted the report of the Solicitor of the Southern
Circuit; which was referred to the Committee on Offices and Officers.
Mr. J. HARLESTON READ presented the petition of 31 r. Alston
Pringle, as representing Julius Izard Pringle, praying to he refunded a
double tax; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. POZIER submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free Schools
for Prince George, Winyaw, for 1862; which was referred to the Committee
on Education.
Mr. J. M. DeSATJSSURE presented the petition of Thos. Lang, praying
payment for a negro who died in the public service; which was referred to
the Committee on Claims.
Mr. LOVTNGGOOD presented the petition of sundry citizens of Pickens
District, for the support of destitute families of soldiers; which was re¬
ferred to the Committee on the Military; also,
The petition of citizens of Pickens District, against opening a road known
as the Pendleton Bachelor's Retreat, old road; which was referred to the
Commktee on Roads, Bridges, and Ferries.
Mr.* KIRK submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free Schools
for St. John's, Berkeley, for 1861 and 1862; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Education.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. TRENHOLM, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections,
made a report
Respecting the vacancies in the Board of Managers of Elections at Small's
box, in Lancaster; which was considered immediately, was agreed to, and
was ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence.
Mr. O'CONNOR, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report
On a Bill, from the Senate, to renew and amend the charter of the Swedish
Iron Manufacturing Company of South Carolina, and to change the name
of the same; also,
On a Bill, from the Senate, to enable the Charleston Savings' Institution
to purchase and hold real property; which were severally ordered for con¬
sideration on Monday next.
Mr. DAWKINS, from the Committee on Internal Improvements, made
a report
On Message No. 9 of His Excellency the Governor; which was ordered
for consideration on Monday next.
Mr. MOBLEY, from the Medical Committee, made a report
On the account of Dr. Thos. P> Rawls, for a post mortem examination;
also,
On the report of the Lunatic Asylum and Medical Accounts, of the
Senate,
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123
On the account of Dr. N. TI. Johnston, for & post mortem examination;
also,
On the account of Dr. T. J. Goodwyn, for services rendered prisoners in
jail; which were severally ordered for consideration on Monday next.
Mr. BROYLES, from the Committee on Agriculture, made a report
On a Bill to alter and amend the third section of an Act entitled "An Act
to charter a Cotton Planters' Loan Association ;" which was ordered for
consideration on Monday next-
Mr. LOWRY, from the York and Lancaster Delegations, made a report
On the annual report of John R. Patton, Agent of the Catawba Indians;
which was ordered for consideration on Monday next.
Mr. BO AT WRIGHT, from the Medical Committee, made a report
On the account of Dr. W. C. Freeman, for a post mortem examination;
which was ordered for consideration on Monday next.
Mr. TRENHOLM submitted the report of the Treasurer of the Lower
Division and the President of the Bank of the State, respecting the Con¬
federate War Tax ; which was referred to the Committee of. Ways and
Means.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
Mr. LUCAS introduced the following resolutions; which were considered
immediately, were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the Senate for
concurrence.
Whereas Charleston is now threatened with an attack by the land and
naval forces of the enemy, which, should it prove successful, will be pro¬
ductive of influences the most unhappy, not only on the armies, but the
entire people of the Confederacy, who have been taught to regard our me¬
tropolis as the representative of the principles and patriotism of the South ;
and whereas preparations have been made for its defence, on which we
rely with every hope of triumphant and complete success,
Resolved, That in the opinion of this General Assembly, at whatever
cost of blood and treasure, Charleston should be defended to the last ex¬
tremity, and against every odds; that her citizens, and those of the State
generally, who shall rally to her aid in the hour of trial, ought to imitate
the indomitable courage and unfailing endurance which, in times past,
characterized a Saragossa, a Harlem and a Leyden. If she must fall, let
liberty arise from her ashes, baptized anew in the blood of her defenders.
Resolved, That, entertaining unlimited confidence in the ability, judgment
and patriotism of Gen. Beauregard, we assure him, and the naval and mili¬
tary officers under his command, that whatever measures they may adopt to
protect the city, so that it may never be surrendered, will receive the ap¬
proval of this General Assembly, and entitle them to the lasting gratitude
of the whole Confederacy.
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6.
Pursuant, to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. TRENHOLM intro¬
duced
A Bill to authorize the State to aid in the construction of the Cheraw
and Coal Fields Railroad; which was read the first time, and was referred to
the Committee of "Ways and Means.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. NQRYfOOD iutro-
duced
A Bill to provide for the appointment of Commissioners of Poor for
Darlington District; which was read the first time, and was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. HUIET gave notice that, on Monday next, he will ask leave to in¬
troduce
A Bill to afford relief to the families of soldiers.
Mr. DURYEA introduced the following resolution ; which was con¬
sidered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee on the Military to inquire
and report-upon the expediency of having manufactured 1000 or more of
Morse's patent breech-loading carbines, according to the pattern manufac¬
tured at the State works, and left in the Governor's office.
The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, December 6th, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully informs your House that they concur in your
proposal to appoint a committee to act as a Joint Committee with the Com¬
mittee of the House in nominating suitable persons for President and
Directors of the Bank of the State. The Committee of the Senate consists
of J. C. Hope, W. D. Johnson, J. C. McKewn, G. \V. Oswald, J. W. Mil¬
ler, and R. G. McCaw.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The SPEAKER announced Messrs. O'Connor, J. Harleston Read,
Hemphill, Boyce, R. M. Johnston, and J. J. Brabham, a Committee to act
jointly with a similar Committee of the Senate, to nominate suitable persons
for President and Directors of the Bank of the State.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
The following reports were agreed to:
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125
Report of the Committee on Incorporations, on the petition of the mem¬
bers of Little Generostee Chureli, Anderson District, praying a renewal of
charter; also,
On the petition of the Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church, Laurens District,
praying an Act of incorporation ;
Report of the Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries,
On the petition of sundry citizens of Greenville, praying the discontinu¬
ance of a public road, and also the counter petition; also,
On the petition to change the location of a road in Pickens District;
also,
On the petition of W. R Davis, praying for a re-charter of Neilson's
Eerry over San tee river.
Reports of the Committee on the Judiciary;
On the petition of Charles A. Myers, praying compensation for a slave
executed; also,
On the petition of James M. Richardson, praying that rights of legiti¬
macy may be conferred upon James M. Richardson, an illegitimate. (Mr.
MOBLEY asked and obtained leave to withdraw the petition from the
files of the House;) also,
On the petition of Lucius Bellinger, praying compensation for a negro
lost in public service.
Report of the Committee on Claims,
On the petition of Messrs. Kennedy & Geiger, praying payment for ser¬
vices in examination of Reserves, not authorized by the Executive Council.
(Mr. BOATWRIGHT asked and obtained leave to withdraw the petition
from the files of the House).
Report of the Committee on Incorporations,
On the memorial of the Swedish Iron Manufacturing Company, praying
renewal and amendments of charter.
Report of the Committee on Claims,
On the petition of sundry citizens of Pickens District, in behalf of
William Phillips, to be returned a fine.
Report of the Committee on the Judiciary,
On the memorial of Giles J. Patterson, in reference to the office of Com¬
missioner in Equity for Chesterfield District.
Report of the Committee on the Military,
On the petition of sundry citizens,of Clarendon, praying for license for
the establishment of a Distillery.
R,eport of the Committee on Incorporations,
On the memorial of the Carolina Cotton and Woolen Factory, praying
an Act of incorporation ; also,
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6.
On the petition, praying an Act of incorporation of the Baptist Church
in Orangeburg village.
Report of the Medical Committee,
On the account of Dr. Reenstjerna, for apos£ mortem examination; also,
On the account of Dr. W. H. Holleyman, for a post mortem examina¬
tion. (Mr. TALBERT .asked and obtained leave to withdraw the account
from the files of the House;) also,
On the account of Dr. W. H. Henry, for a post mortem examination.
(Mr. POWELL asked and obtained leave to withdraw the account from
the files of the House;) also,
On the account of Dr. A. W. Kennedy, for a post mortem examination.
(Mr. BOAT WRIGHT asked and'obtained leave to withdraw tlie account
from the files of the House.)
Report of the Committee on Claims,
On the petition of H. Boulware, late sheriff of Edgefield District, pray¬
ing that his account be paid. (Mr. ADAMS asked and obtained leave to
withdraw the petition from the files of the House.)
The following reports were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence:
Reports of the Committee on Claims,
On the petition of Joseph L. Breeden, sheriff of Marlboro' District; also,
On the petition of E. Gossett, praying the payment of jail fees for keep¬
ing a prisoner;
Report of the Committee on Education,
On the report of the Commissioners of the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind;
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of T. C. Boiling, to be refunded an excess of War Tax;
also,
On the petition of P. R. Blalock, to be refunded a tax twice paid; also,
On the petition of Daniel Holland, to be refunded an excess of War Tax;
also,
On the petition of B. S. D. Muckenfuss, to be refunded a War Tax paid
by mistake; also,
On the petition of S. B. Strom, to be refunded a sum of money paid by
him to the Collector of the War Tax for Edgefield District; also,
On the Abstract of persons admitted into the Aims-House at Charleston,
and also of Expenditure for the Aims-House for the year 1862; also,
On the report of the Commissioners of the Poor of Georgetown District,
of the disbursement of the Transient Poor Fund; also,
On the petition of T. J. Cheatham and W. J. Cheatham, executors of
B. M. Cheatham, to be refunded a War Tax twice paid;
Report of the Committee on Claims,
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On the account of W. J. McKerral, for public printing; also,
On the account of J. M. Brown, for public printing; also,
On the accounts of the Charleston Courier, for public printing;
Report of the Medical Committee,
On the account of Drs. Powell and Templeton, for a post mortem exam¬
ination ; also,
On the account of Dr. Jos. F. Harrell, for a post mortem examination.
A Bill to prevent and punish extortion, and
A Bill to prohibit extortion and punish extortioners, were made the
Special Order of the Day for Monday next, at one o'clock, P. M.
Resolution in relation to printing in the Journal certain matters, was in¬
definitely postponed.
The following Bills were read the second time, and were made the
Special Order of the Day for Tuesday next, at 2 o'clock, P. M.:
A Bill to suppress the undue distillation of spirituous liquors from the
cereal grains of this State; and
A Bill to prohibit the distillation of ardent spirits from any of the cereal
grains in this State.
The following Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be sent
to the Senate :
A Bill to enable ^he Charleston Savings' Institution to purchase and hold
real property.
A Bill to abolish estates in fee simple conditional, was indefinitely
postponed.
The Senate sent to this House, for concurrence,
Report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On the accounts of the Roper Fund; also,
On the petition of Giles J. Patterson, praying to be refunded a War
tax paid twice; also,
On the report of the Transient Poor of the city of Charleston; which
were severally referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; also,
The report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
On the account of W. W. Purse, for work done in the Senate Chamber
in 1862; also,
On the petition of Hon. J. B. O'Neall, praying-to be paid a quarter's
salary of Thomas J. Gantt, deceased, late Clerk of the Court of Appeals;
also,
On the petition of Wm. H. Baker, praying compensation for a negro
who died in the public service; also,
On the petition of Lewis Mott, praying compensation for the loss of a
negro by disease contracted in the public service; also,
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 0.
On the account of Evans & Cogswell, for printing the Code of Statute
Law; also,
On the account of Evans & Cogswell, for binding done for the State;
which were severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
The Senate sent to this House, with their concurrence,
Resolution for the distribution of Petigru's Code; also,
The report of the Charleston Delegation on resolutions in relation to the
records of Charleston District.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to provide against dearths of salt; which was read the first time,
and was referred to the~Committee on Commerce and Manufactures; also,
A Bill to increase the fees of Sheriffs for dieting persons confined in
jail; which was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary; also,
A Bill to suppress the undue distillation of spirituous liquors from the
cereal grains of this State; which was read the first time, and by unani¬
mous consent the reference to a Committee was dispensed with, and the
same was made the Special Order of the Day for Tuesday next, at 2 o'clock,
P. M.
The Senate sent to this House, for concurrence,
A resolution providing for educating certain youths in the Military Acad¬
emies; which was referred to the Committee on the Military.
Mr. J. HARLESTQN READ, from the Committee on Colored Popula¬
tion, made a report
On the report of the Central Secretary to the Commissioners for the re¬
moval of negroes from the Districts of Beaufort, Colleton, Georgetown and
Charleston; which was ordered for consideration on Monday next.
On motion of Mr. J. HARLESTOK READ,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet on
Monday next, at 12 o'clock, M.
Mr. TRESCOT introduced the following resolution, which was consid¬
ered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be respectfully requested to
furnish this House with the letter of Colonel J. B. E. Sloan to the Adjutant
General, in reference to certain proceedings of the 4th Regiment Reserves;
also, the communication from Colonel Russel in reference to the same pro¬
ceedings, and any other papers referring to the same matter, either in the
Adjutant General's Office or in the Department of the Chief of the Mili¬
tary.
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Mr. THOMSON introduced the following resolution, which was con¬
sidered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That a Special Committee be appointed, to consist of seven
members, one from each Congressional District, and one from the State at
large, whose duty it shall be to devise a more just, equitable and uniform
rule of taxation for this State than that now in force, and that the said Com¬
mittee report as soon as may be practicable.
On motion of Mr. EFIRD, the House was adjourned at fifteen minutes
past 3 o'clock, P. M.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1862.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the
roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, ac¬
cording to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with
prayer to Almighty God, by the Rev. Dr. Reynolds.
The Journal of Saturday's proceedings was read.
The SPEAKER announced the following gentlemen as the Committee
on a resolution to devise a more just, equitable and uniform rule of taxa¬
tion than that now in force: Messrs. Thomson, McCIenaghan, W. G. De-
Saussure, Hutson, Mobley, Bryce, and B. E. Perry.
The SPEAKER called for petitions, memorials, presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature, in the order of Judicial
Districts, commencing with Abbeville.
Mr. P. H. BRADLEY presented the petition of the Board of Trustees
of Erskine Theological Seminary, praying for a charter for the same; which
was referred to the Committee on Incorporations.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees. ^
Mr. TRENHOLM, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a re¬
port,
On the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On a Bill to alter and amend the charter of the Bank of Charleston; which
was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 8.
Mr. B. F. PERRY, from the Joint Committee, made a report
On the communication of J. L. Petigru, Esq., Commissioner of the
Code; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. O'CONNOR, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report,
On a Bill, from the Senate, to incorporate the Carolina Cotton and Woolen
Factory; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow; also,
On sundry petitions and memorials, praying the incorporation of certain
Religious and Charitable Societies, and the renewal and amendment of the
charters of others, heretofore granted, and reported
A Bill to incorporate certain Religious and Charitable Societies, and to
renew and' amend the charters of others, heretofore granted; which was
read the first time, and was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
The following additional member attended, produced his credentials, was
sworn, and took his seat.
From Sumter : Mr. F. H. Kennedy.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Special Committees.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
Mr. YOUMANS introduced the following resolutions; which were con¬
sidered immediately, and were referred to the Committee on Confederate
Relations :
Resolved, 1. That it is the opinion of the Legislature of the State of South
Carolina, that representatives of foreign Governments should not be allowed
to exercise their functions within the limits of the Confederate States of
America, unless accredited to the Government of the said Confederate
States.
2. That copies of these resolutions he sent the Senators and Representa¬
tives from this State in the Confederate Congress.
Mr. O'CONNOR introduced the following resolutions; which were con¬
sidered immediately, and were agreed to:
Resolved, That the supply of military clothing by the Confederate Gov¬
ernment having heretofore proved inadequate and insufficient for the demand
of its soldiers, it is expedient that some legislation should be adopted to
provide such articles as may be necessary for the troops of this State in
Confederate service.
Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures be in¬
structed to inquire and digest some plan for supplying the State Quarter-
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131
roaster's Department with, such clothing as may be necessary for her soldiers,
and that they have leave to report by Bill or otherwise.
Mr. MOBLEY introduced the following resolution ; which was con¬
sidered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Sen¬
ate for concurrence:
Resolved, That an additional Magistrate be allowed for Beat No. 1, of
Upper Battalion, 10th Regiment South Carolina Militia, on account of
the absence of the Magistrate of said Beat in the service of the Confede¬
rate States.
Mr. MULLINS gave notice that he will introduce a resolution to-morrow,
suspending, for the remainder of the session, so much of the Sixtieth Rule
of this House as requires the Speaker to call, in alphabetical order of
Judicial Districts, for Petitions, Memorials, and such like papers, and in
the same order for Resolutions, Bills or Motions.
Mr. BYRD introduced the following resolution; which was considered
immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for
concurrence:
Resolved, That the drafts of the Commissioners of Free Schools, who
may not have made returns to the Legislature during the present session,
shall be paid by the Treasurer^ notwithstanding such default: Provided,
Such returns shall be made to the Comptroller General at any time before
the first day of July next.
On motion of Mr. J. S. BRADLEY, leave of absence was granted to
Mr. Fraser, for one week, on account of military engagements.
Mr. PINCKNEY introduced the following resolution; which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow:
Resolved, That the members of the Executive Council be invited to take
seats on the floor of this House during its present session, and that they
may be permitted to inform and address the House on any subject which
may arise, connected with their respective departments.
Mr. RHAME presented the report of Henry R. Frost, Treasurer of the
Vestry of St. James', Goose Creek, on the Ludlam School Fund; which
was referred to the Committee on Education.
Mr. EAVES presented the report of the Solicitor of the Northern Cir¬
cuit on District Officers and their Offices; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Offices and Officers.
On motion of Mr. BRABHAM, leave of absence was granted to Mr.
O'Bannon, on account of military engagements.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 8.
The SPEAKER laid before the House the Special Report of the Comp¬
troller General in relation to certain funds in the Treasury 3 which was re¬
ferred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. TRENHGLM, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a re¬
port
On a Bill to extend some of the provisions of an Act entitled " An Act
in reference to the suspension of specie payments by the banks of this
State, and for other purposes," to the fh*st day of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURF, the Committee of Ways and
Means was discharged from the further consideration of the report of the
Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate, on the petition of T. Har¬
rison Baker, Captain of Privateer Savannah, to have a bond cancelled 3
and the same was referred to the Committee on the Military.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made reports
On the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On the petition of James Gillam, to be refunded a War Tax twice paid 3
also,
On the petition of James Thomson, Administrator of Dabney Wansly,
to be refunded a double tax 3 also,
On the petition of Daniel MeJunkin, to be refunded a War Tax improp¬
erly exacted 3 also,
On the petition of Nathan Legare, to be refunded a double tax 3 also,
On the petition of James Gillam, to be refunded a War Tax improperly
paid 3 also,
On a resolution directing the President of the Bank of the State of
South Carolina to pay up the arrears of interest of railroad bonds upon
which is endorsed the guarantee of the State 3 also,
On a Bill to authorize the Governor to purchase salt for distribution to
the poor and needy families throughout the State 3 also,
On a Bill to prevent the depreciation of thep currency 3 which were sev¬
erally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. MAGRATH introduced the following resolution, which was consid¬
ered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee on the Military to de¬
vise and report some scheme of legislation having for its object reasonable
aid and assistance to the indigent families of soldiers in active service.
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Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House^ Mr. HUIET introduced
A Bill to afford relief to the families of soldiers; which was read the
first time, and was referred to the Committee of .Ways and Means.
Pursuant to notice and by leave of the House, Mr. THOMSON introduced
A Bill to make owners of slaves liable for sheep, cattle, hogs and goats
stolen by said slaves, under certain circumstances; which was read the first
time, and was referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Mr. BOBO introduced the following resolution, which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee on the "Military to report
a Bill prohibiting the sale of spirituous liquors, in small quantities, in the
State during the present war.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. W. H. EVANS, the House proceeded to the conside¬
ration of a'Bill to amend, suspend and repeal certain portions of the Militia
and Patrol Laws of this State; which had been made the Special Order of
the Day for this day, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Mr. T. P. MIKELL moved to amend the second section of the Bill, by
striking out the following: " The overseers of all persons in Confederate
or State military service, if actually living on the plantation of such person
or persons, and attending to his or their business, and overseers of all per¬
sons holding property in fiduciary possession, and females having fifteen
working hands," and inserting the following: " Provided, That nothing
herein shall be understood to interfere with or repeal the provisions of ex¬
isting laws requiring the presence of one white man upon every settled
plantation having thereon a certain number of slaves."
Mr. ALLEMONGr moved that the amendment be ordered to lie on the
table,
And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in
the affirmative,
Yeas, 46; Nays, 41.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs. A dams,
Aiken,
Allemong,
Messrs.Boylston,
Bradley, J. S.,
Bradley, P. H.,
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 8.
Messrs. Byrd,
Cook,
Cooper,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
DeSaussure, W. Gr.,
Efird,
Evins, J. II.,
Evans, W. II.,
Fair,
Hendricks, *
Huggins,
Huiefc,
Hutson,
Johnston, T. L.,
Kennedy,
Kirk,
Legg,
McCants,
Mc Daniel,
Mob ley,
Those who voted in the
Messrs.Blakeney,
Bobo,
Boyce,
Bratton,
Broyles,
Campbell,
Crayton,
Dawkins,
Doyle,
Dozier,
Duryea,
Eaves,
Fort,
Foster,
Harbin,
Jenkins,
Johnston, R. M.,
Jones, Abram,
Lide,
Lovinggood,
Lowry, A. M.,
Messrs. O'Connor,
Ferrin,
Ferry, B. F.,
Pinckney,
Read, J. H.,
Reed, J. L.,
Sanders,
Sarvis,
Sessions,
Seymour,
Shell,
Stewart,
Talbert,
Trenholm,
Webber,
Williams, Gr. W.,
Wright,
Ye.adon,
Youmans,
negative, are:
Messrs.Lucas,
Magrath,
Mattison,
McClenaghan,
McJGnstry,
Mikell, T. P.,
Mitchell,
Mullins,
Norwood,
Power,
Rhame,
Suber,
Sullivan,
Thomson,
Trescot,
Venning,
Wallace,
Weatherly,
Wilkinson,
Williams, J. J.,
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135
So the amendment was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. O'CONNOR moved to amend the second section of the Bill, as fol¬
lows : by inserting, after the word "Banks," the following: "And the Treas¬
urers of the several Savings' Institutions."
And the question being put: Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in
the affirmative,
Yeas, 40; Nays, 39.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Adams,
Aiken,
Allemong,
Boyce,
Boylston,
Bradley, P. H.,
Broyles,
Byrd,
Cook,
Crayton,
DeSaussure, W. Gr.,
Duryea,
Efird,
Evins, J. H.,
Fair,
Fort,
Huggins,
Hutson,
Johnston, R. M.,
Legg,
Messrs.Lide,
Magrath,
Mattison,
Mitchell,
O'Connor,
Perrin,
Perry, B. F.,
Pinckney,
Read, J. H.,
Reed, J. L.,
^arvis,
Sessions,
Seymour,
Trenholm,
Trescot,
Yenning,
Webber,
Wright,
Youmans.
Those who voted in the negative, are
Messrs.Blakeney,
Boatwright,
Boho,
Bradley, J. S.,
Brat ton,
Bryce,
Messrs. Cooper,
Dawkins,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Dozier,
Eaves,
Evans, W. H.,
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 8.
Messrs.Foster,
Messrs Mobley,
Harbin,
Hendricks,
Huiet,
Jenkins,
Jones, Abram,
Kennedy,
Kirk,
Lovinggood,
Lowry, A. M.,
McClenaghan,
McDaniel,
McKinstry,
Mikell, T. P.,
Mullins,
Norwood,
Power,
Rhame,
Sanders,
Shell,
Stewart,
Suber,
Sullivan,
Talbert,
Weatherly,
Williams, G. W.,
So the amendment was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the Special Order was discharged, and the
same was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at three-quar¬
ters past twelve o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. YE ADON, the House proceeded to the consideration of
A Bill to prevent and punish extortion, and
A Bill to prohibit extortion and punish extortioners, which had been
made the Special Order of the Day for this day, at one o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, the Special Order was discharged, and the
same was made the Special Order of the Day for Wednesday next, at quarter
past twelve o'clock, P. M.
Mr. J. HARLESTON READ, from the Joint Committee on Message
No. 6, of his Excellency the Governor, made a report, and reported
A Bill to organize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in compliance
with the requisition of the Government of the Confederate States; which
was read the first time, and was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. J. HARLESTON READ,
I
• Ordered, TJhat when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to- meet to¬
morrow at twelve o'clock, M.
Mr. DURYEA offered the following resolution; which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Military inquire and report as to
the expediency of purchasing, for the use of the Military Academies of the
SPECIAL ORDER.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9.
137
State, a limited number of copies of " Mahan's Compilation on Permanent
Fortifications/' lately printed in Charleston, by Messrs. Evans & Cogswell.
On motion of Mr. MAGrRATH, the House was adjourned at fifty-five
minutes past three o'clock, P. M.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1862.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with prayer
to Almighty Glod, by the Rev. Mr. Boyce.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The SPEAKER announced that Mr. E. H. Kennedy is added to the
Committee on Internal Improvements, and to the Committee on Education.
The Senate sent to this House, for concurrence,
The report of the Committee on Military and Pensions, of the Senate,
On Message No. 3, from the Gfovernor; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on the Military.
The Senate sent to this House,
A Bill to authorize the Banks to issue small bills; which was read the
first time, and was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Gfrand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature, in the order of Judicial
Districts, commencing with Abbeville.
Mr. WHETSTONE presented the petition of sundry citizens of Barn¬
well, praying the appointment of a Magistrate; which was referred to the
Committee on Offices and Officers.
Mr. HUGGTNS presented the petition of M. M. Benton, and others,
praying the re-charter of Neilson's Ferry, for military and other purposes;
which was referred to the Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries.
Mr. FORT presented the petition of sundry citizens of Lexington Dis¬
trict, as to the distillation of grain j which was referred to the Committee
on Agriculture.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
Mr. WIIALEY, a message of concurrence was ordered to be sent to the
Senate:
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9.
In the Senate, December 9, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully proposes to your House to unite with this House
in a ballot, on Thursday, the 11th inst., for Judge of the Appeal Court, at
1 o'clock, P. M.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
On motion of Mr. B. E. PERRY, the Committee on the Judiciary was
discharged from the further consideration of a resolution in relation to
providing for the holding the Courts of Common Pleas and General Ses¬
sions for Charleston District; and the same was referred to the Charleston
Delegation.
Mr. B. F. PERRY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made a re¬
port
On a resolution proposing retaliatory measures in reference to Lin¬
coln's Proclamation; also,
On a Bill, from the Senate, to increase the fees of Sheriffs for dieting
persons confined in jail; also,
On a Bill to provide for the appointment of Commissioners of the Poor
for Darlington District; also,
On a Bill to prevent the sacrifice of property at public sales in certain
cases; also,
On a Bill to increase the compensation for capturing runaway slaves;
also,
On a Bill to authorize the Clerks of the Courts of Common Pleas to take
testimony of witnesses in writing, and for other purposes; which were sev¬
erally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. IIUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report
On a resolution in regard to Mahan's Work on Permanent Fortifications ;
also,
On a resolution as to Morse's patent breech-loading carbine ; which were
severally ordered for consideration to-morrow, and were ordered to be print¬
ed; also,
On the report (from the Senate, in Secret Session) of the Committee on
the Military and Pensions, on so much of the Message No. 2 of his Excel¬
lency the Governor as relates to the First Corps of Reserves; also,
On petitions from sundry citizens of Marion District; also,
On the petition of members of Eighth Regiment of Reserves; of sun¬
dry citizens of Marion; of Eighth Regiment Reserves; of members of
Eighth Regiment Reserves; of sundry citizens of Marlboro' District; of
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9.
189
members of 6th Regiment Reserves, and of sundry citizens of Chester¬
field ; also ,
On a resolution to vacate all Militia Offices of and under the rank of Colo¬
nel; also,
On the'petition of T. Harrison Baker, Captain of the late Privateer Sa¬
vannah, to have a bond cancelled; also,
On a Bill, from the Senate, to organize and provide for a District Police;
also,
On a Bill to provide a District Police Guard of Cadets; also,
On a Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to amend and suspend cer¬
tain portions of the Militia and Patrol Laws of this State; also,
On a Bill to authorize and empower the First Corps of Reserves to elect
their field officers ; which were severally ordered for consideration to-mor¬
row.
Mr. J. M. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee on Roads, Bridges and
Ferries, made a report, '
On the petition of James Bell, in regard to Buckhead Causey, praying to
be relieved from the lease thereof; also,
On the presentment of the Grand Jury of Pickens District, at Fall
Term, 1862; also,
On the petition of sundry citizens of Pickens District, against opening
the Bachelors' Retreat old Road; which were severally ordered for consid¬
eration to-morrow.
Mr. J. M. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee on Roads; Bridges and
Ferries, reported
A Bill to. establish and re-charter certain roads, bridges and ferries, and
for other purposes; which was read the first time, and was ordered for con¬
sideration to-mortow.
Mr. YEADON, from the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures,
made a report
On a Bill, from the Senate, to provide against dearths of salt; which
was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. TRENHOLM, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a'
report
On a Bill to authorize the State to aid in the eonstruction of the Oheraw
and Coal Fields Railroad ; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. ADAMS, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the petition of Julius P. Wright, praying compensation for taking
the census for the United States in Edgefield District; which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a report
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9.
On the petition of Hiram "Weeks, to be refunded excess of War Tax ;
also,
On the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate, on
the account of the Roper Fund; also,
On the report of the Committee 011 Finance and Banks, of the Senate, on
the petition of Giles J. Patterson, to be refunded a War Tax twice paid;
also,
On the report of Transient Poor of Charleston ; also,
On the petition of Robt. A. Buchanan, to be refunded excess of War
Tax; also,
On the petition of Elizabeth Henson, administratrix of Robert G. Gil-
lam, guardian of James Goree and R. Thompson Goree; also,
On the petition of Giles J. Patterson, to be refunded a War Tax im¬
properly paid ; which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow;
also,
On so much of Message No. 1 of his Excellency the Governor, as relates
to the support of the families of soldiers; also,
On the petitions of sundry citizens of Greenville, Chester, York and
Chesterfield Districts ; and also,
The presentment of the Grand Jury of Darlington District, on the same
subject; and upon
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to afford aid to the families of
soldiers;" and reported
A Bill to make appropriation in aid of the families of soldiers, and to re¬
peal an Act entitled uAn Act to afford aid to the families of soldiers,"
ratified on the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-oue; which was read the first time, and
was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the account of J. M. Hunter, Sheriff, for removing a prisoner; also,
On the account of Isaac H. Means, Secretary of State, for work done in
his office in 1861; also,
On the account of Isaac H. Means, Secretary of State, for work done in
his office in 1862; also,
On the account of P. B. Glass & Co., for stationery furnished to the
House of Representatives / also.
On the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
On the account of W. W. Purse, for work done in the Senate Chamber;
also,
On the account of Evans & Cogswell, for printing the Code of Statute
Law; which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
TUESDAY, DEI EMBED 9.
141
Mr. O'CONNOR, presented the report of the Special Joint Committee
appointed to nominate a President and four Directors of the Bank of the
State of South Carolina; which was ordered to he printed, and was ordered
to lie on the table for six days.
The SPEAKER, called for reports of Special Committees.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
Mr. LIDE introduced the following resolution; which was considered
immediately, and was referred to the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum:
Resolved, That in view of the inadequacy of the amount allowed for
pauper patients in the Lunatic Asylum, it be so increased as to meet their
absolute necessities.
Mr. McCANTS gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to introduce
a resolution to suspend the seventy-fourth rule of this House for one day.
Mr. JJDE introduced the following resolution; which was considered
immediately, and was referred to the Committee on Education :
Resolved, That in consideration of the fact that a large number of ap¬
plicants for admission into the Arsenal Academy have been declined for
want of accommodations, the Board pf Visitors he authorized to appropriate,
for the time being, such of the College buildings as may1 be necessary for
that purpose.
Mr. FORT introduced the following resolution.; which was ordered for
consideration to-morrow:
Resolved, That when the Convention called by the Act of the Legislature
of South Carolina, in November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, for
the purpose of taking into consideration the dangers incident to the position
of the State in the Federal Union established by the Constitution of the
United States, and the measures which may be necessary and proper for
providing against the same, and thereupon to take care that the Common¬
wealth of South Carolina shall suffer no detriment, ratified the Constitution
of the Confederate States of America, and were informed of the ratification
of the same by five States, and had communicated the same to the State of
South Carolina, that then its powers and duties, as the agents of the State
in the before recited behalf were fully discharged and performed, and that
it was then functus officio.
Mr. MULLINS introduced the following resolution, which was consid¬
ered immediately, and was agreed to :
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9.
Resoilop.il) That so much of the Sixtieth Rule of this House as requires
the Speaker to call in alphabetical order of Judicial Districts for Petitions,
Memorials and such like papers, as also for Resolutions, Bills or Motions, be
suspended for the remainder of this session.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. BOYCE, the House proceeded to the consideration of
A Bill to authorize the State to guarantee the Bonds of the Confederate
States; which had been made the Special Order of the Day for this day. at
half-past 12 o'clock, P. M.
The Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be sent to the
Senate.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On notion of Mr. W. H. EVANS, the House proceeded to the consid¬
eration of
A Bill to amend, suspend and repeal certain portions of the Militia Laws of
this State; which had been made the Special Order of the Day for this day,
at three-quarters past 12 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. ALLEMONG, the Special Order was discharged, and
the same was made the Special Order of the day for to-morrow at 1 o'clock,
P. M.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the House proceeded to the
consideration of the report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on so
much of the Governor's Message No. 1 as relates to a change of taxation;
which had been made the Special Order of the Dav for this day, at 1
o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. W. G-. DeSAUSSURE, the Special Order was dis¬
charged, and the same was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow,
at quarter-past 1 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to-mor¬
row at 12 o'clock, M.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. CROET, the House proceeded to the consideration of
A Bill to suppress the undue distillation of spirituous liquors from the
cereal grains of this State ; also,
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10.
143
A Bill to prohibit the distillation of ardent spirits from the cereal grains
of the State; also,
A Bill (from the Senate) to suppress the undue distillation of spirit¬
uous liquors from the cereal grains of this State; which had been made the
Special Order of the Day for this day, at 2 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. CROFT, the Special Order was discharged, and the
same was made the Special Order of the day to-morrow, at ten minutes
past 12 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. O'CONNOR, the House was adjourned at fifty-five
minutes past 3 o'clock, P. M.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1862.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, aceord-
• ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with prayer to
Almighty G-od, by the Rev. J. Leighton Wilson.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. CROFT, the House proceeded to the consideration of
A Bill to suppress the undue distillation of spirituous liquors from the
cereal grains of this State; also,
A Bill to prohibit the distillation of ardent spirits from any of the cereal
grains of the State; also,
A Bill (from the Senate) to suppress the undue distillation of spirituous
liquors from the cereal grains of this State; which had been made the
Special Order of the Day for this day, at 10 minutes past 12 o'clock, P. M.
A Bill to prohibit the distillation of ardent spirits from any of tie cereal
grains of this State, was read the second time, and was ordered to l.'e on the
table.
A Bill (from the Senate) to suppress the undue distillation of spirituous
liquors from the cereal grains of this State, was read the second time, and
was ordered to be returned to the Senate. .
A Bill to suppress the undue distillation of spirituous liquors from the
cereal grains of this State, was ordered to lie on the table.
144
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature.
Mr. O'CONNOR presented the petition of Richard Yeadon, Chairman
of the Executive Committee of the Free Market of Charleston, asking
State aid for the institution ; which was referred to the Committee of Ways
and 3Ieans.
Mr. MARSHALL presented the petition of sundry citizens of Abbeville
District, to prevent slaves from raising.hogs; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture.
Mr. SULLIVAN presented the memorial of the Board of Soldiers' Re¬
lief for Laurens District; which was referred to the Laurens Delega¬
tion.
Mr. J. M. DeSAUSSURE presented the petition of the Protestant Epis¬
copal Church of South Carolina, praying for an Act of uniform incorpora¬
tion of Churches; which was referred to the Committee on Incorporations.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a report
On a Bill to afford relief to the fatpilies of soldiers; also,
On the petition of James Brian, to be refunded a War Tax paid in ex¬
cess; also,
On the petition of the Board of Soldiers' Relief, of Newberry District,
and of sundry citizens of York and Spartanburg Districts, relative to the
relief of soldiers' families; also,
On the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On the report of the Comptroller General on the petition of Thomas B.
Clarkson, for himself and for the estate of Wm. Clarkson, deceased, to be
refunded a tax improperly assessed ; which were severally ordered for con¬
sideration to-morrow.
Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report
On resolutions, from the Senate, providing for the education of certain
youths in the State Military Academies ; also,
On so much of the Governor's Message No. 1, as was referred to them ;
which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow, and were ordered
to be printed; also,
On Message No. 5, of his Excellency the Governor; alsOj
On a resolution of inquiry as to free persons of color; which were sev¬
erally ordered for consideration to-morrow; also,
On the Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the South Carolina
Military Academies ; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow, and
was ordered to be printed ; also,
On Message No. 8, of his Excellency the Governor; also,
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10.
145
On a resolution, from the Senate, on the petition of T. Harrison Baker ;
which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. TRENHOLM, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a re¬
port
On a Bill, from the Senate, to authorize the Banks to issue small hills;
which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. O'CONNOR, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report,
On the petition of the Board of Trustees of Erskine Theological Semi¬
nary, praying an Act of incorporation; which was ordered for considera¬
tion to-morrow.
Mr. BROYLES, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report
On the petition of sundry citizens of Lexington District, in reference to
the distillation of grain ; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. MULLINS, from the Committee on Confederate Relations, made a
report
On resolutions in regard to representatives of Foreign Governments;
which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. MULLINS, from the Special Joint Committee of Six, on sundry
ordinances of the Convention, made a report; which was ordered for con¬
sideration to-morrow.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, the House proceeded to the consideration of
A Bill to prevent and punish extortion; and
A Bill to prohibit extortion and punish extortioners,
which had been made the Special Order of the Day for this day, at fifteen
minutes past 12 o'clock, P. M.
A Bill to prevent and punish extortion, was indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, the Special Order was discharged, and the
same was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at fifteen min¬
utes past 12 o'clock, P. M.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the claim of J. T. Hershman, for public printing; also,
On the claim of the Edgefield Advertiser, for public printing; also,
On the claim of the Barnwell Sentinel, for public printing; also,
On the claim of W. M. Conyers, for public printing; which were sever¬
ally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. BOYLSTON, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the petition of Perry F. Buckner, to be relieved from paying the
costs of a tax execution; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. ADAMS, from the same Committee, made a report
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146
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11.
On the account of S. McBryde, sheriff of Williamsburg District, for
nulla bona costs on double tax executions; also,
On the claim of Y. N. Butler, Sheriff of Clarendon District, for nulla bona
tax execution; which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to¬
morrow at twelve o'clock, M.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. ALLEMONG, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of a Bill to atnend, suspend, and repeal, certain portions of the militia
laws of this State, whieh had been made the Special Order of the Day for
this day, at one o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. ALLEMONGr, the Special Order was discharged, and
the same was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at half past
one o'clock, P. M.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the House proceeded to the
consideration of the report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on Mes¬
sage No. 1, of the Governor, in relation to a change of taxation, which had
been made the Special Order of the Day for this day, at a quarter, past one
o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the Special Order was dis¬
charged, and the same was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow,
at two o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. HUTSON, the House was adjourned at forty-five
minutes past three o'clock, P. M.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1862.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with prayer
to Almighty God, by the Rev. Dr. Palmer.
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The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The Senate returned to this House, with-their concurrence,
Reports of the Committee on Claims,
On the petition of Joseph L. Breede, Sheriff of Marlboro' District;
On the petition of F. Gossett, praying the payment of jail fees for keep¬
ing a prisoner;
On the account of W. J. McKerral, for public printing;
On the account of the Yorkville Enquirer, for public printing;
On the account of the Horry Dispatch, for public printing;
On the account of the Sumter Watchman, for public printing;
On the account of J. M. Brown, for public printing;
On the accounts of the Charleston Courier, for public printing,
^he Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
Resolutions in the matter of the Executive Council.
'he Senate sent to this House, for concurrence,
leport of the Committee ou Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
)n the account of the Charleston Mercury, for public printing; also,
On the petition of Wm. Carter, for payment for services as Deputy Mar¬
shal in 1860; also,
On the memorial of John S. Burch, praying compensation for a slave
who died in the public service; also,
On the petition of J. J. Belser, praying compensation for a slave exe¬
cuted ; which were severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to incorporate the Importing and Exporting Company of South
Carolina; which was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee
on Incorporations; also,
A Bill to vest the Columbia Canal in the City of Columbia for the term
of years herein mentioned; which was read the first time, and was referred
to the Committee on Internal Improvements.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. McCANTS intro¬
duced the following resolution; which was considered immediately, and
was agreed to :
Resolved, That so xpuch of Rule number seventy-four of this House as
prevents the reception of petitions or memorials of a private nature, after
the second week of the Session, be suspended for this day.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers.
Mr. B. F. PERRY presented the petition of Matthew Carter, praying to
be refunded a War Tax improperly paid; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee of Ways and Means.
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Mr. WIIALEY presented the petition of Wni. Lindsay, to be paid for
services rendered the State • which was referred to the Committee on
Claims.
Mr. FATR presented the account of Dr. J. F. Baskin, for a post mortem
examination; which was referred to the Medical Committee.
Mr. CROFT presented the account of Dr. M. B. Earle for medical at¬
tendance on a prisoner in jail; which was referred to the Committee on
Claims.
Mr. TRESCOT presented the account of the Charleston Mercury, for
public printing; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. WHETSTONE presented the petition of J. J, Carter, praying
to be refunded a'tax incorrectly paid; which was referred to the Committee
of Ways and< Means.
Nr. McCANTS presented the petition of the Soldiers' Board of Relief for
Fairfield District, asking authority to levy additional tax for the past year;
which was referred to the Fairfield Delegation ;( also,
The petition of David C. Means, asking compensation for a slave who
died while in the public service; which was referred to the Committee on.
Claims.
Mr. HUGrGrlNS presented the account of the Clarendon Banner, for
public printing; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. YEADON presented the petition of John H. Honour, to have a tax
execution cancelled; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means.
The SPEAKER called for Reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. W. G-. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a report
On the petition of holders of lots on Sullivan's Island, praying exemp¬
tion from taxation during the war; also,
On a resolution of inquiry as to the propriety of exempting from taxation
a certain amount of soldiers' property; also,
On the petition of sundry citizens of Orangeburg Village, to be refund¬
ed certain sums of money, expended by them for the families of soldiers;
also,
On the petition of sundry planters of John's Island, for the remission of
certain taxes on property lost and abandoned to the enemy; which were
severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. BRYCE, from the same Committee, made a report
On the memorial of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Columbia,
praying an appropriation for the transient poor; which was ordered for
consideration to-morrow, and was ordered to be printed.
Mr. MOBLEY, from the Medical Committee, made a report
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149
On the account of Dr. J. Caughman, for a post mortem examination;
which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. CRAYTON, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the petition of T. S. Minton, praying compensation for provisions,
&c., furnished the Quartermaster and Surgeon of the Fourth Regiment
South Carolina Volunteers.
Mr. WHALEY, from the Committee on Education, made a report
On the report of ITenry R. Frost, Treasurer of the Vestry of St. James',
Goose Creek, on the Ludlam School Fund ; which was ordered for conside¬
ration to-morfow.
Mr FUR YE A, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the accounts of the Clarendon Banner, for public printing; also,
On the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the
Senate,
On the account of Evans & Cogswell, for binding done for the State;
which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Special Committees.
Mr. TRENHOLM, from the Charleston Delegation, made a report
On a part of an Ordinance and certain Resolutions of the Convention,
in reference to the removal of negroes and other property from the city of
Charleston, and also of white persons incapable of taking part in the de¬
fence of the city ; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. BROYLES, from the Committee on Agriculture, made a report
On a Bill to make owners of slaves liable for sheep, cattle, hogs or goats,
stolen by said slaves under certain circumstances; which was ordered for
consideration to-morrow.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet
to-morrow at 11 o'clock, A. M.
Message No. 10, of his Excellency the Governor was then received, and
was read by his Private Secretary, Mr. F. J. Moses, Jr.
MESSAGE NO. 10.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Head Quarters,
Columbia, December 11th, 1862.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:
The Superintendent of the New State House has sent me the accompany¬
ing paper.
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There are three fire-proof rooms in the New State. House now ready to
receive public papers. There are a great many books and records sent here
from Charleston for safe keeping-, and many of them are exposed about the
passages and rooms of this present building.
I respectfully recommend that the rooms or vaults in the New State
House, that arc now in thorough preparation, be forthwith used as a safe
place to deposit the public papers and records, that may be designated by
a proper Committee, for safe keeping. I also recommend that a watch be
appointed to take charge of the new building at night.
For some years a watch has been employed by the State-House Keeper,
and paid regularly out of the Governor's Private Contingent Fund. T call
attention to it, and suggest that a regular appropriation be made for that
purpose; and, as the quantity and value of the records and papers have
been greatly increased, and the dangers from fire and from other causes
have also increased, I recommend that an additional night-watch be em¬
ployed, who shall be armed.
F. W. PICKENS.
On motion of Mr DURYEA, the Message was referred to the Com¬
mittee on the State House and Grounds.
Message No. 11, of his Excellency the Governor was then received, and
was read by his Private Secretary, Mr. F. J. Moses, Jr.
MESSAGE N0. 11.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Headquarters,
Columbia, December 11th, 1862.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives :
I send in the accompanying papers, in answer to the following resolution
passed by your body :
a Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be respectfully requested
to furnish this House with the letter of Colonel J. B. E. Sloan to the Adju¬
tant General in reference to certain proceedings of the Fourth Regiment
Reserves; also, the communication of Colonel Russell in reference to the
same proceedings, and any other papers referring to the same matter,
either in the Adjutant General's Office or in the Department of the Chief
of the Military."
F. W. PICKENS.
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151
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the Message and accompanying documents
were referred to the Special Committee on Message No. 2 of his Excel¬
lency the Governor.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, a resolution in relation to a
recess of the House from the 19th December, instant, to the L6th January,
1863, was taken up, out of its order.
The resolution was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate
for concurrence.
The report of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, on sundry,pe-
titions from citizens of several Districts, praying for changes in certain
election precincts, was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. J. T. LOWRY,
A Bill to authorize and empower the First Corjbs of Reserves to elect
their field officers, was taken up, out of its order, and,
On motion of Mr. J T. LOWRY, the same was made the Special Order
of the Day for to-morrow,.at half-past 12 o'clock, P. M.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, the House proceeded to the consideration
of
A Bill to prohibit extortion and punish extortioners, which had been made
the Special Order of the Day for this day, at quarter-past 12 o'clock, P. M.
The Bill was read the second time.
Mr. TRENHOLM moved to amend the first section of the Bill, by add¬
ing the following proviso:
Provided, That when it shall appear that the prime cost of any property
or commodity had been paid in specie, or specie funds, that the said prime
cost, and twenty-five per cent, in addition, shall be paid in specie, or its
equivalent in currency.
Mr. J. S. BRADLEY moved that the amendment be ordered to lie on
the table.
And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in
the negative,
Yeas, 39; Nays, 57.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
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Those who voted in the affirmative are
Messrl. Blaken ey,
Messrs. Legg,
Brabham,
Loviuggood,
Bradley, J. S.,
Lowry, A. M.,
Bradley, P. H.,
Lowry, J. T.,
Bratton,
Martin,
Broyles,
McCullough,
Byrd,
McFadden,
Cook,
McKinstry,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Mobley,
Eaves,
Power,
Fort,
Sarvis,
Foster,
Sessions,
Harbin,
Shell,
Hendricks,
Stewart,
Huggins,
Sullivan,
Hpiet,
Webber,
Jenkins,
Whetstone,
Johnston, R. M.,
Williams, G. W.,
Johnston, T. L.,
Youngblood.
Jones, S. B.
se who voted in the negative
are:
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
s.Adams,
Messrs.Evans, W. H.,
Aiken,
Fair,
Allemong,
Graham,
Bates,
Hemphill,
Boatwright,
Hutchinson,
Boycej
Hutson,
Boylston,
Jones, Abram,
Campbell,
Jones, B. S.,
Crayton,
Kirk,
Croft,
Lebby,
Dawkins,
Lide,
DeSaussure, W. G-.,
Magrath,
Dozier,
Marshall,
Duryea,
Mattison,
Efird,
McCants,
Elliott,
McClenaghan,
Evins, J. H.,
Mikell, T. P.,
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153
Messrs.O'Connor, Messrs. Talbert,
Oliver,
Thomson,
Perrin,
Trenholm,
Perry, B. F.,
Trescot,
Pinckney,
Wallace,
Read, J. H.,
W eatherly,
Rhame,
Whaley,
Sanders,
Wilkinson,
Scaife,
Wright,
Smith,
Yeadon,
Stokes,
Youmans.
So the House refused to lay the amendment on the table.
The amendment was then agreed to.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS, the Special Order was discharged, and the
same was made the Special Order of the Day for Tuesday next, at 2
o'clock, P. M.
Mr. HUIET, from the Joint Committee appointed to count the ballots
cast for Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, reported that the Hon.
Thomas J. Withers received a majority of the votes cast, and was conse¬
quently elected.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced that the Hon. Thomas J. With¬
ers is duly elected Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals.
Mr. WHALEY, from the Committee on Education, made a report
On Message No. 4, of his Excellency the Governor and its accompany¬
ing documents, and on resolutions, all relating to the College ; which was
considered immediately, and was made the Special Order of the Day for
Saturday next, at one o'clock, P. M.
Mr. KIRK, from the Committee on the State House and Grounds, made
a report
On the report of the Commissioner, Architect, and Superintendent of
the New State House ; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow, and
was ordered to be printed.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. W. H. EVANS, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of
A Bill to amend, suspend, and repeal certain portions of the Militia and
Patrol Laws of the State; which had been made the Special Order of the
Day for this day, at half-past 1 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. W. H. EVANS, the Special Order was discharged, and
the same was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at half-past
11 o'clock, A. M.
20
154
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SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the House proceeded to the
consideration of the report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On Message No. 1 of the Governor, in relation to a change of taxation;
which had been made the Special Order of the Day for this day, at 2 o'clock,
P. M.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the Special Order was dis¬
charged, and the same was made the Special Order of the Day for to-mor¬
row, at half-past 12 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. ALLEMONG, the House was adjourned at twenty
minutes past 4 o'clock, P. M.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1862.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with prayer
to Almighty God, by the Rev. Mr. Breaker.
The Jouriial of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The SPEAKER called for petitions, memorials, presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature.
Mr. OLIVER presented the petition of members of the 11th Regiment,
First Class South Carolina Reserves, for relief, &c.; which was referred to
the Committee on the Military.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. BROYLES, from the Committee on Agriculture, made a report
On the petition of sundry citizens of Abbeville District, for a law to pre¬
vent slaves from raising hogs or poultry; which was ordered for considera¬
tion to-morrow.
On motion of Mr, HUTSON, the Committee on the Military was dis¬
charged from the further consideration of the petition of A. Pudigon and
others, and the same was referred to the Charleston Delegation; also,
From a resolution in relation to aid and assistance to indigent families
of soldiers, and the same was referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means; also,
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155
From the petition of citizens of Pickens District, for the support of des¬
titute families of soldiers, and the same was referred to the Committee of
Ways and Means; also,
From a resolution in relation to prohibiting the sale of spirituous liquors,
and the same was referred to the Committee on Roads, Bridges and
Ferries.
On motion of Mr. J. M. DeSAUSSURE, the Committee on Roads,
Bridges and. Ferries was discharged from the further consideration of the
petition of M. M. Benbow, and the same was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. O'CONNOR, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report
On a Bill, from the Senate, to incorporate the Importing and Exporting
Company of South Carolina; which was ordered for consideration to-mor¬
row.
Mr. POWER, from the Laurens Delegation, made a report
On the petition of the Soldiers' Board of Relief of Laurens District,
praying to be authorized to levy a tax to reimburse to them certain funds
expended for the relief of soldiers' families, and reported
A Bill to authorize the Soldiers' Board of Relief for Laurens District to
levy an extraordinary assessment on the State taxes of said District; which
was read the first time, and was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
_Mr. McCANTS, from the Fairfield Delegation, made a report
On the petition of the Soldiers' Board of Relief for Fairfield District,
asking authority to levy an additional tax, and reported
A Bill to authorize the Soldiers' Board of Relief for Fairfield District
to levy an additional tax; which was read the first time, and was ordered
for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the petition of P. O'Connell, State Constable, praying that he be
allowed the supi of twenty dollars, due upon his last annual account against
the State; also,
On the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Sen¬
ate, on the petition of Wm. Carter, for payment for services as Deputy
Marshal, in 1860 ; also, on the report of the same Committee,
On the account of the Charleston Mercury, for public printing; which
were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
Mr. MAY gave notice, that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to introduce
A Bill to incorporate the Edisto and Ashley Canal Company.
Mr. G. W. WILLIAMS gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to
introduce
A resolution to suspend for one day the 74th Rule of the House,.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12.
Mr. FORT gave notice, that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to introduce
A Bill to alter and amend the Constitution of the State, so as to adopt
the Ordinance of Secession as a part of the same.
Mr. McCANTS, introduced the following resolution ; which was consid¬
ered immediately, and was referred to the Committee on Claims :
Resolved, That it is the sense of this General Assembly, that this State
should see to it that the owners of slaves employed on the defences and
fortifications on our coast be compensated for all slaves lost in such service,
where it is satisfactorily ishown that such loss occurred by reason ot such
service.
Mr. THOMSON introduced the following resolution; which was consid¬
ered immediately, and was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary :
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be, and they are hereby,
requested and instructed to inquire and report to this House, at as early
a day as may be convenient, whether any citizen or citizens of this State
now are, or have been, imprisoned under the order or orders of the Execu¬
tive Council of the Governor; and if so, for what alleged offence or offences,
and in what Districts ; and whether any fines and penalties have been im¬
posed and collected in any of the said cases, and from what District; and
whether any motion or motions have been made for the discharge of any
of the said parties, and what was the result of the motion; and if an order
of discharge was refused, on what ground. And delegations from the sev¬
eral Districts and Parishes are hereby requested to report all such cases to
said Judiciary Committee immediately, as far as the same may have come
to their knowledge.
Mr. DURYEA gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce
A resolution to suspend, for the balance of the Session, so much of Rule
No. 74 of this House as prevents the introduction, by a member, of a Bill
after the third week.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to charter the Shelby and Broad River-Railroad Company; whicfi
was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on Incorpora¬
tions; also,
A Bill to continue of force an Act entitled " An Act to authorize cer¬
tain Building and Loan Associations to suspend the call for monthly instal¬
ments ; which was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee
of Ways and Means; also,
A Bill to provide for the appointment of Commissioners of the Poor for
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157
Darlington District; which was read the first time, and was referred to the
Committee on Offices and Officers ; also,
A Bill to incorporate the Carolina Cotton and Woolen Factory; which
was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on Incorpora¬
tions.
The SPEAKER laid before the House the report of the Solicitor of the
Western Circuit on District Offices and Officers; which was referred to the
Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. J. I1ARLESTON READ, from the Committee on Colored Popula¬
tion, made a report
On a resolution of inquiry in reference to the detention of negroes em¬
ployed on the coast defence; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. MULLEN'S intro¬
duced
A Bill to limit the production of Cotton within this State during the
present war; which was read the first time, and was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Agriculture.
Message No. 12 of his Excellency the Governor was then received, and
was read by his Private Secretary, Mr. F. J. Moses, Jr.
MESSAGE JNX). 12.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Executive Department,
December 12th, 1862.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives :
I herewith enclose resolutions from the Legislature of Alabama, together
with a letter from his Excellency, Governor Shorter.
It seems that the Alabama Legislature offer to guarantee the debt of the
Confederate Government in proportion to its representation in Congress. It
does not appear whether the proportion is to be according to the popular
representation in the lower House of Congress, or whether it embraces both
branches, the Senate and the House. There might be a material difference,
particularly if the State were a small State, as the proportion of the two
Senators is much greater where the representation is smaller in the House.
It does not appear, either, whether it is intended to guarantee the bond
debts and Treasury Notes already issued, or whether it is only intended to
guarantee all future debts.
If intended to apply to what is already issued, then it would have the
effect of giving a premium to bond holders, and would operate unjustly, but
if only intended for the future, then it is all right and proper. I would
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12.
recommend it to your earnest consideration, and, if adopted, it should be
with particular and specific guards. We are engaged in a common cause,
and our actual existence is staked on the issue. One of the most essential
elements of strength and success is a sound currency, and full faith in the
final responsibility of the Government for all credit issues. Unless some
safe system be adopted by which an inducement may be held out to capital¬
ists to absorb their investments, or employment of capital in Government
bonds, the circulation of Treasury Notes or Government credits will con¬
tinue to increase, until nominal prices of all commodities and supplies will
become so high as to derange all the ordinary transactions of society.
This guarantee of Government securities or bonds will furnish this in¬
ducement for investment, and thus diminish the necessity for the increase
of credit circulation from the Government.
Perhaps the greatest danger to be apprehended will be from the tendency
to consolidate all financial power in the hands of the Confederate Govern¬
ment, but it will be difficult to avoid this under any circumstances. All
internal wars and revolutions of any people have been accompanied, from
the necessity of the case, by the use of large credit issues. In modern
times, especially, under the credit and paper system, this has been the only
means left to carry on the sudden expenses of a revolutionary Government.
The only question to be considered is, whether the country or people en¬
gaged in the revolution have the resources to make them finally indepen¬
dent, and by which they can redeem their paper issues. In this point of
view, no people have ever excelled these Southern States. Their produc¬
tions are demanded as essential in the commerce and trade of civilized na¬
tions. There has been no large production of the earth equal to cotton in
clothing the great masses of society, and the raw material that we possess
has become almost absolutely essential to the comfort of that class, and to
the advance of the poor and needy in progressive civilization.
The other great production of tobacco has become almost a necessary
luxury for the rich and the higher classes. These two productions alone
have their highest cash value in foreign countries, and of course can com¬
mand gold and silver, or foreign exchange. No two productions of raw
material can command, to the same extent, gold and silver, or credit bills
bearing equal cash value in any part of the civilized world.
Of these productions there are now locked up in the Southern States, at
present prices, at the least estimate, four hundred and fifty millions of dol¬
lars. If the Government is compelled to exercise the power, this can be
used as a basis for our credit circulation.
The present price of gold and rate of foreign exchange, is only a test of
the blockade, showing that we have no foreign trade, and have no produce
in Europe to draw on. It is not a true test of our currency or credits. If
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159
our ports were open, our vast productions, so much demanded in foreign
markets, would be immediately thrown forward to sustain our Government
circulation, and all our credits. If our ports were open to the world, the
price of gold and exchange would be a true test of the unsoundness of an
expanded currency, as gold is used to adjust balances between nations, and
constitutes a common standard by which to measure the credit circulation of
different countries.
The mutual guarantee of our separate State Governments, as to the bonds
and debts of our common Government, would raise them to the highest
standard that our system is capable of. This, together with our vast and
valuable productions, now so much demanded by foreign nations, will give
us the best prospects for a final redemption of all liabilities that any revo¬
lutionary Government has ever had in modern times.
F. W. PICKENS.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the Message was referred to the Commit¬
tee of Ways and Means.
Mr. YEADON introduced the following resolution, which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow, and was ordered to be printed.
Resolved, That, while this Legislature has felt it a constitutional duty
to express its sense of the departure from constitutional right and the
principles of republican government, involved in the prolonged existence
and administrative action of the State Convention, and the institution of
the late Executive Council, it yet intends no disparagement of the eminent
citizens composing those bodies, but entertains the highest appreciation of
their worth and merits, as men and patriots, and cheerfully awards them
the meed of honor and ,praise for the able, efficient and distinguished man¬
ner in which they discharged their legitimate functions.
Mr. J. M. DeSAUSSURE introduced the following resolution; which
was considered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That the Chairman of the Standing Committees and Special
Committees do consult together, and report to the House, to-morrow morn¬
ing, what Bills now on the Calender it is essential to the public interest
should be passed before the Legislature take a recess.
Mr. YEADON introduced the following resolution; which was consid¬
ered immediately, and was referred to the Committee on the Military :
Resolved, That the Board of Visitors of the State Military Academies
be, and are hereby, directed to admit, as a Cadet, in the institution,
and in such clafes as he may be qualified to enter, John Chapman Hu-
lfiO
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12.
ger, elder son of the late Thomas Bee Huger, the heroic commander of the
Confederate Steamer McRae, destroyed in the defence of New Orleans,
who early pledged his devotion to his country, and redeemed the pledge by
the sacrifice of his life.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
Mr. B. F. PERRY, a message granting leave to the Senate to so amend,
was ordered to be sent to the Senate :
In the Senate, December 12th, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully requests leave of your House to amend your
resolution in regard to the distribution of salt, by striking out the word
"ocean," so as to read, "all the salt now on hand," &c.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr W. H. EYANS, the House proceeded to the conside¬
ration of
A Bill to amend, suspend and repeal certain portions of the Militia
Law of the State; which had been made the Special Order of the Day
for this day, at half-past 11 o'clock, A. M.
The Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be re-printed, with
the amendments adopted and those proposed, and, on motion of Mr. BOYCE,
was made the Special Order of the Day for Monday next, at 12 o'clock, M.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. J. T. LOWRY, the House proceeded to the conside¬
ration of
A Bill to authorize and empower the First Corps of Reserves to elect
tSeir field officers; which had been made the Special Order of the Day
for this day, at half-past 12 o'clock, P. M.
The Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be sent to the
Senate.
Mr. WALLACE gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce
A Bill to prevent the undue distillation of spirits from grain.
Mr. BYRD, from the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum, made a report
On the report of the Regents of the Lunatic Asylum j which was or¬
dered for consideration to-morrow.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12.
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SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the House proceeded to the
consideration of the report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on Mes¬
sage No. 1 of the Governor, in relation to a change of taxation, which had
been made the Special Order of the Day for this day, at half-past 12 o'clock,
P. M.
The report was indefinitely postponed.
Mr. THOMSON, from the Committee on Offices and Officers, made a
report
On a Bill, from the Senate, to provide for the appointment of Commis¬
sioners of the Poor for Darlington District, which was. ordered for conside¬
ration to-morrow.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of S. B. Strom, to be refunded a sum of money paid by
him to the Collector of the War Tax for Edgefield District;
On the petition of B. S. D. Muckenfuss, to be refunded a War Tax paid
by mistake;
On the abstract of persons admitted in the Aims-House of Charleston ;
and also of expenditures for the Aims-House for 1862;
On the petition of T. J. Cheatham and W. J. Cheatham, Executors of
B. M. Cheatham, to be refunded a War Tax twice paid ;
On the petition of P. R. Blalock, to be refunded a tax twice paid;
On the petition of T. C. Boiling, to be refunded an excess of War Tax;
On the petition of Daniel Holland, to be refunded an excess of War Tax;
On the report of the Commissioners of the Poor of Georgetown District,
of the disbursement of the Transient Poor Fund.
The Senate sent to this House, for concurrence,
The report of the Joint Committee on the communication of J. L. Petigru,
Esq., Commissioner to codify the Statute Law; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary ; also,
Report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On the petition of Mrs. Elizabeth Hinson, praying to be refunded Con¬
federate War Tax wrongfully paid; which was referred to the Committee
of Ways and Means ; also,
A resolution for sending the papers with the Road Bill, on which it is
ordered; which was referred to the Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to incorporate, with uniform rights, powers and privileges, Protes¬
tant Episcopal Congregations in South Carolina; which was read the first
time, and was referred to the Committee on Incorporations.
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162 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet
to-moz-row at 11 o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS, the House was adjourned at forty-five
minutes past 3 o'clock, P. M.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1862.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
' when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with prayer
to Almighty God, by the Rev. S. B. Jones.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The following Message was received from the Senate, and,
On motion of Mr. L.IDE, a message of concurrence was ordered to be
sent to the Senate.
In the Senate, December 12th, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully proposes to your House-to appoint a Committee
of Three to confer with a similar Committee of the Senate, composed of
Benjamin H. Wilson, Alex. Mazyck, and Samuel McAliley, ill regard to
the subject of a recess of the General Assembly.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The SPEAKER announced the following gentlemen as the Committee
on the part of the House : Messrs W. G. DeSaussure, Aiken, and McCul-
lough.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature.
Mr. McKINSTRY submitted the return of the Commissioners of Eree
Schools for Eairfield District, for 1862; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Education.
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163
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. MOBLEY, from the Medical Committee, made a report
On the account of Dr Jas. T. Baskin, for a post mortem examination ;
which was ordered for consideration on Monday next.
>'X. O'CONNOR, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report
On a Bill, from the Senate, to incorporate, with uniform rights, powers
and privileges, Protestant Episcopal Congregations in South Carolina; also,
On a Bill, from the Senate, to incorporate the Carolina Cotton and
Woolen Factory; also, /
On a Bill, from the Senate, to charter the Shelby and Broad River Rail¬
road Company; which were severally ordered for consideration on Monday
next.
Mr. BROYLES, from the Committee on Agriculture, made a report
On a Bill to limit the production of Cotton within this State during the
present war, which was ordered for consideration on Monday next.
Mr. B. F. PERRY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made a report
On the Senate's report on the communication of J. L. Petigru, Esq.;
which was ordered for consideration on Monday next.
Mr. DAW KINS, from the Committee on Internal Improvements, fhade
a report
On a Bill, from the Senate, to vest the Columbia Canal in the City of
Columbia for the term of years herein mentioned; which was ordered for
consideration on .Monday next.
Mr. YOUMANS, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report
On the petition of Bishop Davis, praying an uniform Act of Incorpora¬
tion for Protectant Episcopal Churches ; which was ordered for considera¬
tion ©n Monday next.
Mr. HEMPHILL, from the Comntittee on Accounts, made a report
On the report of the Comptroller General, on the contingent accounts of
the Upper Division; and, on motion of Mr. HEMPHILL,
Ordered, That the report of the Committee on Accounts, with the aC-_
companying papers, bo placed on the Clerk's desk for two days, subject to
the inspection of the members of this House, and at the end of that time
be submitted for consideration, without reading.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. MAY introduced
A Bill to incorporate the Edisto and Ashley Canal Company; which was
read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on Incorporations.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. MARTIN introduced
A Bill to authorize the Relief Committees throughout the State to pro-
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cure and distribute corn to the needy families of soldiers; which was read
the first time, and was referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. WALLACE intro¬
duced
A Bill to prevent the undue consumption of grain by distillation; which
was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Pursuant to notice, and by feave of the House, Mr. FORT introduced
A Bill to alter and amend the Constitution of the State, so as to adopt
the Ordinance of Secession as a part of the same; which was read the first
time, and was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. G. W. WILLIAMS
introduced the following resolution ; which was considered immediately, and
was agreed to :
Resolved, That the 74th rule of this House be suspended for this day.
Mr. G. W. WILLIAMS presented the petition of W. E. White, to be
refunded a War Tax improperly paid; which was referred to the Commit¬
tee of Ways and Means.
Mr. J. M. DeS AUSSURE presented the petition of John Milling, pray¬
ing payment for a negro who died in public service; which was referred to
the Committee on Claims.
Mr. J. H. BRADLEY presented the petition of J. J. Stuckey, praying
compensation for services in guarding and carrying to jail negroes con¬
demned to be executed; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. STEWART presented the petition of S. Fair and others, for incor¬
poration of a Cemetery; which was referred to the Committee on Incorpo¬
rations.
Mr. J. M. DeSAUSSURE presented the account of the Camden Confed¬
erate, for public printing; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. WHALEY moved that a message be sent to the Senate, proposing
to that body to go into an election for a Chancellor, to fill the vacancy occa¬
sioned on the Chancery Bench by the election of Chancellor Dunkin to the
Court of Appeals, on Monday next, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
And the question being put, will the House agree thereto? it passed.in
the negative,
Yeas, 41; Nays, 53.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Hon. A. P. Aldkich, Speaker; and
Messrs. Allemong, Messrs.Bradley, J. S.;
Boylston, Broyles,
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165
Messrs. Crayton, Messrs.Lovinggood,
Croft,
Magrath,
Dawkins,
May,
Doyle.,
McCants,
Dozier,
Mikell, T. P.
Duryea,
Mullins,
Evins, J. H.,
Norwood,
Evans, W. H.,
O'Connor,
Fair,
Perrin,
Fort,
Perry, B. F.
Harbin,
Pinckney,
Hendricks,
Sanders,
Johnston, R. M.,
Scaife,
Kennedy,
Seymour,
Kirk,
Webber,
Legg,
Whaley,
Lide,
Wilkinson,
Lockwood,
Williams, J. J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.Lowry, J. T.
Blakeney,
Martin,
Boatwright,
Marshall,
Bradley, P. H.
Mattison,
Bryce,
McClenaghan,
Byrd,
McDaniel,
Cook,
McFadden,
Cooper,
McKinstry,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Mobley,
Eaves,
Oliver,
Efird,
Perry, D. D.
Foster,
Power,
Graham,
Read, J. H,
Hemphill,
Reed, J. L.
Huggins,
Sarvis,
Huiet,
Sessions,
Jones, Abram
Shell,
Jones, B. S.
Smith,
Jones, S. B.,
Stokes,
Lebby,
Stewart,
Lowry, A. M.,
Suber,
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13.
Messrs. Sullivan, Messrs. Whetstone,
Talbert, Williams, G. W.
Trenholm, Wright,
Yenning, Youmans,
Wallace, Youngblood.
Weatherly,
Message No. 13 of his Excellency the Governor was received, and was
read by his Private Secretary, Mr. F. J. Moses, Jr.
MESSAGE NO 13.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Executive Department,
Columbia, December 13th, 1862.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:
The Convention passed the following resolution:
" Resolved, unanimously, That this Convention begs most sincerely to
mingle its sympathies with the relatives and friends of those who have fal¬
len in the service of their country, whether in battle, amidst the clangor of
arms, from wounds received in battle, from disease, or from accident; and
that the Executive authority of this State be requested to collect the names
of all such and have them transcribed in a suitable record book, designating
the corps to which they belonged, their rank in the service, and the cause
of death, to be preserved amongst the archives of the State, as a token of
respect to their memories, and a legacy of inestimable value to their
friends."
Under this, William B. Johnston, Esq., was appointed, and I now recom¬
mend that some adequate sum be appropriated to enable him to discharge
the duty. It is a high and sacred duty to have the names of our brave and
heroic dead properly recorded. I suppose, perhaps, twelve hundred dollars
per year will be all that is necessary.
F. W. PICKENS.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the Message was referred to the Committee
of Ways and Means.
Mr. B, S. JONES presented the petition of Wm. Blakely for compensa¬
tion for a slave who died in the public service; which was referred to the
Committee on Claims.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13.
167
Mr W. G. DeSAUSSURE, from the Joint Committee of Conference on
the matter of the recess, made a report; which was considered immediately,
was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence.
Mr. TREN^IOLM, from the Special Committee, consisting of the Chair¬
men of the Standing and Special Committees on Bills and Repoitson the
Calendar, which it is essential to the public interest should be passed before
the Legislature take a recess, made a report; which was considered imme¬
diately, and was agreed to.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the
Senate,
On the petition of Hon. J. B. O'Neall; which was considered imme¬
diately, and, i
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, a message was ordered to be sent to the
Senate, asking leave of that body to amend the report in certain particulars.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. DURYEA intro¬
duced the following resolution; which was considered immediately, and was
agreed to:
Resolved, That so much of the seventy-fourth Rule of this House, as
prevents the introduction of a Bill by a member after the third week, be
suspended for the balance of this session.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE introduced the following resolution; which
was considered immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to communi¬
cate to the House of Representatives whether the lots upon Sullivan's Isl¬
and whereupon military works are erected, or taken for military purposes,
were taken or used by authority of the Executive of the State, or whether
only by permission given to the Confederate military authorities to assess
and use: and that he will commuuicate any correspondence or communica¬
tions relative to this matter, if in his judgment the same may be done
without injury to the public cause.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
A resolution requesting his Excellency the Governor to distribute salt.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to alter and amend an Act entitled "An Act to afford aid to the
families of soldiers," passed in the year of our Lord ope thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one; which was read the first time, and was referred to
the Committee of Ways and Means.
The Senate returned to this House
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13.
A Bill to authorize the State to guarantee the Bonds of the Confederate
States, the title having been amended, so as to read,
A Bill to provide for a guarantee by the State of the Bonds of the Con¬
federate" States.
The Bill was read the third time.
Resoloe ;, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed ; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be sent to the Senate.
The House proceeded to the consideration of such matters in the Gen¬
eral Orders as had been made, by the report of the Special Committee, the
Special Order for twelve o'clock on each day, including this day.
A Bill to prevent the sacrifice of property at public sales in certain
cases, was read the second time.
Mr. BRADLEY moved that the Bill be ordered to lie on the table; and
the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in the
negative,
Yeas 33, Nays 60.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Blakeney,
Messrs. McKinstry,
Bradley, J. S.,
Bradley, P. H.,
Byrd,
Cook,
Cooper,
DeSaussure, J-
DeSaussure, W- &•>
Eaves,
Foster,
Graham,
Kennedy,
Kirk,
Legg,
Lowry, J. T.,
McClenaghan,
Mullins,
Perry, D. D.,
Power,
Read, J. H.
Reed, J. L.,
Sanders,
Shell,
Smith,
Stokes,
Suber,
Webber,
Whetstone,
Williams, J. J..
»v imams, o. a.,
Williams, G. W.,
Youngblood,
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169
Those who voted in the negative, are :
Messrs. A dams, Messrs.Lovinggood,
Aiken,
Lowry, A. M.,
Allcmong,
Magrath,
Boatwright,
Martin,
Boylston,
Marshall,
Broyles,
Mattison,
Bryce,
McCants,
Campbell,
McDaniel,
Crayton,
McFadden,
Croft,
Mobley,
Dawkins,
Norwood,
Doyle,
O'Connor,
Dozier,
Oliver,
Efird,
Perrin,
Elliott,
Perry, B. F.
Evins, J. H.,
Pinckney, H. L.
Evans, W. H.,
Sarvis,
Fair,
Scaife,
Fort,
Sessions,
Harbin,
Seymour,
Hemphill,
Stewart,
Hendricks,
Talbert,
Huggins,
Trenholm,
Huiet,
Trescot,
Johnston, R. M.
Venning,
Jones, Abram,
Wallace,
Jones, B. S.,
Weatherly,
Jones, S. B.,
Whaley,
Lide,
Wilkinson,
Lockwood,
Wright,
So the House refused to lay the Bill on the table.
Mr. YOUMANS asked and obtained leave to record the vote he would
have given, if present, on laying the Bill on the table, and
Mr. Youmans, being called, answered "No."
The Bill was ordered to be sent to the Senate.
Mr. B. F. PERRY moved that a Bill to continue the operation of an
Act entitled "An Act to extend relief to debtors, and to prevent the sacri¬
fice of property at public sales, for and during the continuance of the war,
and for twelve months thereafter," be ordered to lie on the table ; and the
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question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in the affir¬
mative
Yeas, 63; Nays, 33.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are :
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.Marshall,
Aiken,
Mattison,
Allemong,
May,
Boylston,
MeCants,
Bradley, P. H.
McCullough,
Broyles,
McDaniel,
Bryce,
McFadden,
Campbell,
McKinstry,
Crayton,
Mikell, T. P.,
Dawkins,
Mobley,
Dozier,
Norwood,
Evins, J. H.
O'Connor,
Evans, W. H.,
Oliver,
Fair,
Perrin,
Fort,
Perry, B. F.,
Foster
Pinckney,
Harbin,
Sarvis,
Hemphill,
Scaife,
Hendricks,
Seymour,
Huggins,
Shell,
Huiet,
Stewart,
Johnston, R. M.
Sullivan,
Jones, Abram,
Talbert,
Jones, B. S.
Trenholm,
Jones, S. B.
Trescot,
Lebby,
Yenning,
Lide,
Weatherly,
Lockwood,
Whaley,
Lovinggood,
Wilkinson,
Lowry, A. M.,
Wright,
Magrath,
Youmans.
Martin,
Those who voted in the negative, are:
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Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Blakeney,
Messrs.McClenaghan,
Boatwright,
Bradley, J. S.
Byrd,
Cook,
Cooper,
DeSaussure, J. M.
Doyle,
Duryea,
Eaves,
Graham,
Hutchinson,
Kennedy,
Kirk,
Legg,
Lowry, J. T.
Youngblood.
Reed, J. L.
Sanders,
Sessions,
Smith,
Stokes,
Suber,
Webber,
Whetstone,
Williams, J. J.,
Williams, G. W
Read, J. H..
Mullins,
Perry, D. D.
Power,
So the Bill was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. McCULLOUGII asked and obtained leave to record the vote he
would have given, if present, on laying the Bill on the table; and
Mr. McCullough, being called, answered " No."
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
The report of the Committee of Conference on the matter of the recess.
The Senate sent to this House, for concurrence,
The report of the Committee on Commerce, Manufactures and the Me¬
chanic Arts, of the Senate,
On the petition of the Trustees of the Marine School of Charleston, pray¬
ing aid, and on so much of the Governor's Message as refers to the same
subject; which was referred to the Committe on Gommerce and Manufac¬
tures; also,
A resolution requesting an early report from the Committee of the Legis¬
lature charged with the contingent accounts against the Upper and Lower
Division; which was referred to the Committee on Accounts; also,
The report and resolutions of the Committee on the New State House,
on the report of the Architect, Superintendent and Commissioner of the
New State House; which was referred to the Committee on the State
House and Grounds.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. WHALEY, the House proceeded to the consideration
of the report of the Committee on Education, on Message No. 4 of the
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 15.
Governor, and on sundry resolutions in relation to the College, which had
been made the Special Order of the Day for this day, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. WHALEY, the Special Order was discharged, and
the same was made the Srecial Order of the Day for Monday next, at 45
minutes past 11 o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Mr. B. F. PERRY, the House was adjourned at 10
minutes past 4 o'clock, P. M.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1862.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the
roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, ac¬
cording to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with
prayer to Almighty God, by the Rev. Dr. John B. Adger.
The Journal of Saturday's proceedings was read.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to punish persons or corporations for sale or purchase of bills of
any of the local banks of any State in the Confederacy at a premium;
which was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
dieiary; also,
A Bill to suppress the undue distillation of spirituous liquors from the
cereal grains of this State; which was read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass, that the title thereof be changed, that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be returned to the Senate.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report
On resolutions, from the Senate, on Message No. 3 of his Excellency the
Governor; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow. .
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a report
On the report of the Comptroller General; also,
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15.
17B
On a Bill, from the Senate, to continue of force an Act entitled l( An
Act to authorize certain Building and Loan Associktions to suspend the
call for monthly instalments ; also,
On petition of J. J. Carter, to be refunded an excess of War Tax; also,
On petition of William 0. Moss, to be refunded a War Tax twice paid;
also,
On Special Report of the Comptroller General, in relation to certain
funds in the Treasury; also,
On report of Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On petition of Mrs. E. Ilinson, to be refunded a, War Tax wrongfully
paid ; also,
On a resolution in relation to indigent families of soldiers, and a petition
of certain citizens of Pickens District on same subject; also,
On petition of Matthew Carter, to be refunded a War Tax improperly
paid ; which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow ; also,
On the Annual Report of the President and Directors of the Bank of the
State of South Carolina, and on Special Report of the President relative to
change bills, which was ordered for consideration to-morrow, and was or¬
dered to he printed; also,
On Message No. 12, of his Excellency the Governor, concerning a copy of
the resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama relative to a guarantee of the
Bonds of the Confederate Government; which was considered immediately,
was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence.
Mr. J. M. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee on Roads, Bridges and
Ferries, made a report
On a resolution, from the Senate, for sending the papers with the Road
Bill, on which it is based; also,
On a resolution directing them to report' a Bill to prohibit the sale of
spirituous liquors in small quantities during the present war, and reported
A Bill to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors in small quantities during
the present war; which was read the first time, and was ordered for conside¬
ration to-morrow.
Mr. YEADON, from the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures,
made a report
On certain resolutions in relation to the clothing of our soldiers; also,
On the report of the Senate Committee, in relation to the Marine School
of Charleston ; which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. KIRKl from the Committee on the State House and Grounds, made
a report
On the report and resolutions of the Committee on the New State House,
from the Senate, on the report of the Architect, Superintendent and Com-
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 15.
missioner of the New State House; which was considered immediately,
was concurred in, and was ordered to be returned to the Senate.
Mr. COOPER submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free
Schools for Williamsburg District, for 1862; which was referred to the
Committee on Education.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
Mr. W. 0. DeSAUSSURE introduced the following resolution; which
was considered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to
the Senate for concurrence :
Resolved, That the President of the Bank of the State be instructed to
advance the per diem, and mileage of the members of both branches of the
Legislature, and the salaries of the several offices thereof, to the time of
recess.
The SPEAKER laid before the House the following communication :
Camden, S. C. 13th December, 1862.
Hon. J. M. DeSaussure, House of Representatives:
Dear Sir : I thank you for the kindness manifested in your letter, re¬
ceived last night.
My best acknowledgments are due, and they are cordially tendered, to
the General Assembly for the distinguishing compliment implied by the
vote you have been good enough to report to me, by which I am invited to
join the Court of Appeals.
I am constrained to aver—and there is no affectation in this—that the Gen¬
eral Assembly has more confidence in me than I have in myself; for I seri¬
ously question my sufficiency to hear and determine causes on appeal in
both Law and Equity, in the court of last resort. Inclination, perhaps,
from the habit of sixteen years, leads me to prefer Circuit duty on the Law
bench. Yet I feel deeply that, in the circumstances which now surround
us all, it is the imperative duty of each to render whatever service he can
to the general cause of the country, and I suppose his place can be most
fitly assigned by the constituted authorities of the State. In this light, the
recent ballot of the General Assembly assumes almost the force of a com¬
mand ; and, yielding my inclination and distrust, as I have frankly avowed
them, to the deliberate judgment expressed by that body, I accept the seat
tendered upon the Bench of the Appeal Court.
I beg you to take suitable measures to make this determination known to
the two Houses of the Legislature.
Accept, I pray you, friendly salutations from
Yours, respectfully,
[Signed.] T. J. WITHERS.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15.
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Message No. 14 of his Excellency the Governor, was then received, and
was read by his Private Secretary, Mr. F. J. Moses, Jr.
Mr. DURYEA introduced the following resolution, which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to :
Ordered, That two thousand copies of Message No. 14 of his Excellency
the Governor, together with the accompanying Statement by the Auditor,
be printed, and that a Committee be appointed, in conformity to the request
of his Excellency, and a message be sent to the Senate, requesting the ap¬
pointment of a similar Committee.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced the following gentlemen as the
Committee : Messrs. Duryea, J. J. Williams and, W. G. DeSaussure.
Mr. WHALEY presented the Commissioner's Report of property de¬
stroyed and lost on the coast of South Carolina, A. D. 1861 and 1862 ;
which was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. DOZIER moved that a message be sent to the Senate, inviting that
body to unite with this House on Tuesday next, at 1 o'clock, P. M., in an
election for Law Judge, in the place of the Hon. T. J. Withers; and
the question being put, will the House agree to the motion ? Messrs. Broyles
and Trenholm were appointed tellers.
Yeas, 51—Nays, 45.
So the message was ordered to be sent to the Senate.
On motion of Mr. YEADON,
• Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate, requesting that body to
unite with this House in a joint ballot for Governor and Commander-in-
Chief of the State of South Carolina, to-morrow, at 2 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. WHALEY,
Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate, inviting that body to
unite with this House in an election for Chancellor, on Tuesday next, at
half-past 2 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. O'CONNOR,
Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate, proposing to that body to
unite with this House in a joint ballot for President and four Directors of
the Bank of the State of South Carolina, on Wednesday next, at 1 o'clock,
P. M. '
Mr. BRYCE presented the account of P. B. Glass & Co., for stationery
furnished the House of Representatives; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Claims.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 15.
On motion of Mr. KIRK, the report and resolutions of the Committee
on the State House and Grounds, on the report of the Commissioner, Archi¬
tect and Superintendent of the New State House, was taken up, out of
its order, and was ordered to lie on the table.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. WHALEY, the House proceeded to the consideration
of the report of the Committee on Education, on Message No. 4, and on
sundry resolutions in relation to the College) which had been made the
Special Order of the Day for this day, at three-quarters past 11 o'clock,
A. M.; and the question being put, will the House agree to the report ? it
passed in the negative,
Yeas, 45—Nays, 55.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Adams,
Messrs.Huiet,
Aiken,
Hutson,
Allemong,
Johnston, T. L.
Bates,
Kirk,
Boatwright,
Lide,
Boyce,
Lovinggood,
Boylston,
May,
Bryce,
MeCants,
Campbell,
Mitchell,
Croft,
Perry, B. F.
Dawkins,
Pinckney,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Read, J. H.
Dozier,
Scaife,
Eason,
Seymour,
Eaves,
Steward
Elliott,
Suber,
Evins, J. H.,
Thomson,
Evans, W. H.,
Trenholm,
Fair,
Trescot,
Fort,
Wallace,
Fraser,
Whaley,
Hemphill,
Youmans,
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Those who voted in the negative are :
Messrs.Bradley, J. S.
Messrs. McClenaghan,
Bradley, P. H.
McCullough,
Bratton,
McDaniel,
Broyles,
McFadden,
Byrd,
McKinstry,
Cook,
Mikell, T. P.,
Crayton,
Norwood,
Doyle,
O'Connor,
Duryea,
Oliver,
Efird,
Perrin,
Foster,
Perry, D. D.,
Graham,
Power,
Harbin,
Reed, J. L.
Hendricks,
Rhame,
Huggins,
Sanders,
Jenkins,
Shell,
Jones, Abram,
Smith,
Jones, B. S.,
Stokes,
Jones, S. B.,
Sullivan,
Kennedy,
Talbert,
Lebby,
Yenning,
Lockwood,
Weatherly,
Lowry, A. M.,
Webber,
Lowry, J. T.,
Whetstone,
Magrath,
Williams, G. W.,
Martin,
Yeadon,
Marshall,
Youngblood.
Mattison,
So the House refused to agree to the report.
The report was ordered to lie on the table.
The following messages were received from the Senate :
In the Senate, December 15th, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully informs your House that they concur in your
proposal to go into an election, on Wednesday next, at one o'clock, P. M.,
for President and four Directors of the Bank of the State of South Caro¬
lina.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 15.
In the Senate, December 15th, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully concurs with your House to appoint a Committee
of Conference in the matter of Message No. 13 of his Excellency the Gov¬
ernor, in regard to Executive matters, and have appointed as Senate Com¬
mittee Messrs. Arthur Simkins, F. J. Moses and F. J. Sessions.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
In the Senate, December 15th, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully informs your House that they concur in your
message to go into a ballot for Governor apd Commander-in-Chief, to-mor¬
row, at 2 o'clock, P. M.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
On motion of Mr. J. HARLESTON READ,
Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate, inviting that body to
unite with this House in a ballot for Lieutenant Governor immediately
after the ballot for Governor.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
A resolution directing the President of the Bank to advance the pay
of members and officers of both branches of the Legislature to the re¬
cess.
The Senate sent to this House, for concurrence,
The report of the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum and Medical Ac¬
counts, on
The Report of the Regents of the Lunatic Asylum; which was re¬
ferred to the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum; also,
The report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances,
On the account of the Clerk of the Senate, for stationery, &c.; which was
referred to the Committee on Claims; also,
The report of the Committee on Finance and Banks,
On the memorial of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Columbia,
asking an appropriation for the relief of the transient poor; which was
referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
The following message was received from the Senate :
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15.
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In the Senate, December 15th, J 862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully informs your House that they concur in your
proposal to go into an election for Lieutenant Governor to-morrow, imme¬
diately after the ballot for Governor.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
Mr. SULLIVAN offered the following resolution, which was ordered for
consideration to-morrow:
Resolved, That in the distribution of salt, ordered by this Legislature at
this Session, that his Excellency the Governor be requested to require pay
for the same from the several Boards of Relief at cost, and distribute in
proportion to the population of the several Districts, according to the former
rule adopted heretofore in former distribution, and that his Excellency be
allowed to retain two hundred sacks Liverpool Salt.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr W. H. EVANS, the House proceeded to the conside¬
ration of
A Bill to amend, suspend and repeal certain portions of the Militia Laws
of this State; which had been made the Special Order of the Day for this
day, at 12 o'clock, M. '
Mr. KENNEDY moved to strikeout the 19th section of the Bill, and
insert the following:
"That immediately upon the passage of this Act the Adjutant and In¬
spector General shall issue an order for the election of field officers in the
Regiments of State troops, (known as Reserves) the said Field officers to
be commissioned by the Governor."
Mr. B. F. PERRY, moved that the amendment be ordered to lie on the
table ; and the question being put, will the House agree thereto ? it passed
in the negative,
Yeas, 18—Nays, 90.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Messrs.Aiken,
Bates,
Boyce,
Messrs.Croft,
DeSaussure, W. G.,
Dozier,
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 15.
Messrs.Eason,
Elliott,
Kirk,
Lide,
Martin,
May,
Messrs.Perry, B. F.,
Pinckney,
Trenholm,
Weatherly,
Webber,
Youmans.
Those who voted in the negative are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Adams,
Allemong,
Blakeney,
Boatwright,
Boylston,
Bradley, J. S.,
Bradley, P. H.,
Bratton,
Broyles,
Bryce,
Byrd,
Campbell,
Cook,
Cooper,
Crayton,
Dawkins,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Doyle,
Duryea,
Eaves,
Efird,
Evins, J. H.,
Fair,
Fort,
Foster,
Fraser,
Graham,
Harbin,
Hemphill,
Hendricks,
Huggins,
Huiet,
Messrs. Jenkins,
Johnston, R. M.,
Johnston, T. L.,
Jones, Abram,
Jones, B. S.,
Jones, S. B.
Kennedy,
Begg,
Lockwood,
Lovinggood,
Lowry, A. M.,
Lowiy, J. T.,
Magrath,
Marshall,
Mattison,
McCants,
McClenaghjan,
McCullough,
McDaniel,
McFadden,
McKinstry,
Mikell, T. P.,
Mitchell,
Mobley,
Mullins,
Norwood,
Oliver,
Perrin,
Perry, D. D.,
Power,
Read, J. F.,
Reed, J. B.,
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Messrs.Rhame,
Messrs.Thomson,
Sanders,
Sarvis,
Scaife,
Trescot,
Yenning,
Wallace,
Whaley,
Sessions,
Seymour,
Whetstone,
Wilkinson.
Williams, J. J.,
Williams, G. W.,
Shell,
Smith,
Stokes,
Stewart,
Suber,
Wright,
Yeadon,
Sullivan,
Talbert,
Youngblood.
So the House refused to lay the amendment on the table.
On motion of Mr. W. 0. DeSAUSSURE, Messrs. W. H. Evans and
Hutson were excused from voting.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS, the House was adjourned at 4 o'clock,
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with prayer
to Almighty God, by the Rev. J. P. Boyce.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to organize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in compli¬
ance with requisitions of the Confederate Government; which was read
the first time, and was referred to the Committee on Colored Population.
The Senate returned to this House
An Act to provide for a guarantee of the State of the Bonds of the Con¬
federate States ; which was committed to the Committee on Engrossed
Acts.
P. M.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1862.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16.
The report of the Committee on Accounts, on the report of the
Comptroller General, on the contingent accounts of the Upper Division,
was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. O'CONNOR, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report
On the petition of S. Fair and others, praying the incorporation of a
Cemetery Company in Newberry District; which was ordered for conside¬
ration to-morrow.
Mr. BROYLES, from the Committee on Agriculture, made a report
On a Bill to prevent the undue consumption of grain by distillation;
which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. BRYCE, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a report
On the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On the Memorial of the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Columbia,
asking an appropriation for the relief of the transient poor; which was
ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report
On a resolution in relation to educating a son of a deceased officer;
which was ordered for consideration to-morrow; also,
On certain Ordinances of the Convention, and reported
A Bill to repeal an Ordinance of the Convention, entitled " An Ordi¬
nance to exempt overseers from the performance of Military Duty," and an
Ordinance entitled " An Ordinance in relation to a portion of the Militia;"
which was read the first time, and was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. KIRK, from the Committee on the State House and Grounds, made
a report
On Message No. 10 of his Excellency the Governor; which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. PERRIN, from the Committee on the Military, made a report
On the petition of members of the Eleventh Regiment Reserves; which
was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Special Joint Committee on Message No. 14 of
liis Excellency the Governor, made a report, which was considered imme¬
diately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for concur¬
rence.
The Senate sent to this House
Complimentary resolutions in relation to Brigadier General Walker and
Colonel Thomas G. Lamar; which were referred to the Committee on the
Military.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16.
183
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
On motion of Mr. McCLENAGHAN, the vote ordering the report of
the Committee on Education on Message No. 4 of his Excellency the Gov¬
ernor, and resolutions relating to the College, to lie on the table, was re-con¬
sidered, and was re-committed to the Committee on Education.
. N
Mr. W. H. EVANS introduced the following resolution, which v^s con¬
sidered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That the Clerk of this House do make up, during the recess,
a Calendar for Tuesday, January 20th, next, to be forwarded to the mem¬
bers of the House of Representatives and Senators by mail.
The following Bills were read the second time, and were ordered to be
returned to the Senate :
A Bill to incorporate the Importing and Exporting Company of South
Carolina;
A Bill to enable the Charleston Savings' Institution to purchase and hold
real property;
A Bill to incorporate the Carolina Cotton and Woolen Factory;
A Bill to charter the Shelby and Broad River Railroad Company;
A Bill to renew and amend the Charter of the Swedish Iron Manufac¬
turing Company of South Carolina, and to change the name of the - same.
Mr. THOMSON introduced the following resolution; which was con¬
sidered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That the Comptroller General be required to furnish a state¬
ment, showing the gross amount of commissions on both general and local
taxes received by the several Tax Collectors of this State, as shown by their
returns for the last fiscal year, and report the same to this House.
Mr. CAMPBELL introduced the following resolutions; which were or¬
dered for consideration to-morrow:
Resolved, That James Tupper be appointed Auditor for the State, of the
accounts of the Military Bureaux of the Quarter Master, Commissary,
Ordnance Officer, Pay Master and Surgeon General, and of the Military
State Works at Greenville, the Saltpetre Plantation at Columbia, and the
Lead Mines in Spartanburg; and also of such other accounts as may be
referred to him by the Governor. He shall, after examination, certify the
true balances of the said accounts, and transmit the same, with the certifi¬
cates, to the officers of the State who may be charged with the payment or
custody of the said accounts.
Resolved, That the said Auditor shall prepare and present for adjustment
and settlement all claims of this State against the Confederate States, and re-
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16.
ceive, as agent of the State, all moneys that may be acknowledged and paid by
the said Government on account of the said claims, and deposit the moneys
so received in the Treasury of the State, together with a particular account
thereof. Provided, that the remaining unsettled claims that were present¬
ed in July, 1861, to the Second Auditor's Office at Richmond, by General
Wilmot G. DeSaussure, under the act of Congress "to make appropriations
for three thousand men for twelve months for the defence of Charleston,"
approved the day of , 1861, shall be adjusted and collected
by General DeSaussure.
Resolved, That the said Auditor shall be authorized to take and certify
such evidence as may be offered before him by citizens of this State, to au¬
thenticate their claims against the Confederate States, or against this State,
for losses sustained from the present war.
Resolved, That the said Auditor shall receive a salary at the rate of
dollars per annum; and also the expenses actually incurred
by him while absent from home, at the Confederate Capital or else¬
where, engaged in the adjustment and settlement of the claims of the
State. The said expenses to be submitted to the Governor, and approved
before the payment thereof.
Mr. J. HARLESTON READ, from the Committee on Colored Popu¬
lation, made a report
On a Bill, from the Senate, to organize and supply negro labor for coast
defence, in compliance with requisitions of the Confederate Government;
which was considered immediately, and was made the Special Order of the
Day for to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M.
A Bill to grant the aid of the State to the Cheraw and Coal Fields Rail¬
road was taken up, out of its order, and was read the second time; and, on
motion of Mr. DAWKINS, was made the . Special Order of the Day for
Wednesday, the 21st day of January next, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. WHALEY, the Commissioner's Report of property
destroyed and lost on the coast of South Carolina, A. D., 1861 and 1862,
was taken up from the table; and, on motion of Mr. WHALEY,
Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do furnish the Honorable James
L. Orr, Commissioner appointed by the Confederate Congress, a copy of the
Commissioner's Report of property lost or destroyed by means of the ene¬
my on the coast of South Carolina, A. D., 1861 and 1862; and this being
an extra duty, that the Clerk be paid therefor a reasonable compensation.
The report was then ordered to lie on the table.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16.
185
The report of the Committee on the Military, on the memorial of the
Central Association for relief of soldiers, Was taken up, out of its order, and
was ordered to he printed.
The following reports were agreed to:
Report of the Committee on Claims,
On the claim of Y. N. Butler; (Mr. HUGGINS asked and obtained
leave to withdraw the claim from the files of the House.) also,
The petition of Perry F. Buckner; (Mr. HUTSON asked and obtained
leave to withdraw the petition from the files of the House.)
Report of the Medical Committee,
On the account of Dr. J. E. Grantt; (Mr. SARYIS asked and obtained
leave to withdraw the account from the files of the House.)
Report of the Committee on Claims,
On the petition of Thomas S. Minton; (Mr. R. M. JOHNSTON asked
and obtained leave to withdraw the petition from the files of the House.)
Report of the Medical Committee,
On the account of Dr. James T. Baskin; (Mr. FAIR asked and ob¬
tained leave to withdraw the account from the files of the House.)
The Report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of Rev. Barnwell B. Sams. (Mr. WHETSTONE asked
and obtained leave to .withdraw the petition from the files of the House.)
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. TRENHOLM, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of sundry Bills and Reports, which had been made the Special Order
of the Day for this day, at 12 o'clock, M.
A Bill to amend, suspend and repeal certain portions of the Military
Laws of this State, was taken up.
Mr. KIRK moved to strike out, in the 14th section, the following words :
u The Colonel of each Regiment shall have authority to grant indefinite
furloughs to all overseers, and owners in charge as overseers, and to such
other persons as, in his judgment, public interest requires should stay at
home."
Mr. S. B. JONES moved that the amendment be ordered to lie on the
table; and the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? Messrs.
J. S. Bradley and Eason were appointed Tellers.
Yeas, 43; Nays, 37.
So the House refused to lay the amendment on the table.
The Senate attended, and joined the House in a ballot for Governor and
Commander-in-Chief for the State of South Carolina.
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186
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18.
The Senate attended, and joined the House iu a ballot for Lieutenant
Governor of the State of South Carolina.
The House resumed the consideration of
A Bill to amend, suspend and repeal certain portions of the Militia Laws
of this State.
Mr. JENKINS, from the Committee appointed on the part of the House to
count the ballots cast for Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the State of
South Carolina, reported that no candidate had received a majority, and
consequently^ there was no election.
The following message was received from the Senate, and,
On motion of Mr. KIRK, a message of concurrence was ordered to be
sent to the Senate :
In the Senate, December 16th, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully proposes to your House to go, forthwith, into a
second ballot for Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the State of South
Carolina.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The House resumed the consideration of a Bill to amend, suspend and
repeal certain portions of the Militia Laws of this State.
The Senate attended, and joined the House in a second ballot for Gover¬
nor and Commander-in-Chief for the State of South Carolina.
The following message was received from the Senate, and,
On motion of Mr. HEMPHILL, was ordered to lie on the table:
In the Senate, December 16th, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully asks leave of your House to amend the report of
the Committee on Accounts, on the Comptroller General's Report on con¬
tingent accounts against the Upper Division of the Treasury, by adding:
- For Newberry District,
N. E. Johnston, Sheriff, $114,50.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The House resumed the consideration of
A Bill to amend, suspend and repeal certain portions of the Militia Laws
of this State.
The Bill was ordered to be sent to the Senate.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16.
187
The following reports were received from the Senate :
Report of the Committee on Finance and Banks,
On Resolutions for appointing an agent to settle claims against the
Confederate Government; which was referred to the Committee on Com¬
merce and Manufactures; also,
On the petition of W. A. Willingham, praying to be refunded a double
War Tax ; also,
On the petition of holders of lots on Sullivan's Island, praying exemp¬
tion from taxation during the war; also,
Resolutions relating to the Treasury of the Lower Division; which
were severally referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report
On complimentary resolutions, from the Senate, in relation to Brigadier
General Walker and Col. Thos. G. Lamar; which was considered immedi¬
ately, and was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. BOYCE, leave of absence -was granted to Mr. McCul-
lough, from and after to-day, on account of military engagements.
Mr. MAGRATH, from the Committee appointed on the part of the
House to count the ballots cast for Lieutenant Governor, reported that Mr.
Plowden C. J. Weston had received a majority of the votes cast, and was
consequently elected.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced that Mr. Plowden C J. Weston
is duly elected Lieutenant Governor in and over the State of South Carolina.
Mr. McCANTS, from the Committee appointed on the part of the House
to count the ballots cast for Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the State
of South Carolina, reported that no candidate had received a majority, and
consequently there was no election. ,
A Bill to extend some of the provisions of an Act entitled " An Act in
reference to the suspension of specie payments by the Banks of this State,
and for other purposes," to the first day of January, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, was read the second time,
and was ordered to be sent to the Senate.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the account of the Clarendon Banner, for public printing; also,
On the account of the Charleston Mercury, for public printing; also,
On the account of Dr. M. B. Earle, for medical attendance on a prisoner
in jail; also,
On the petition of John J. Stuckey, for service in guarding and carry¬
ing to jail negroes condemned to be executed; also,
On the petition of Wm. Lindsay, for service rendered; also,
On the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17.
On the petition of J. J. Belser, praying compensation for a slave exe¬
cuted; which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, a Bill to prohibit extortion and punish ex¬
tortioners, was made the Special Order of the Day for Wednesday, 21st of
next January, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
The Senate sent to this House
The report of the Committee on Accounts and Vacant Offices, of the
Senate,
On the Comptrollor General's Report on the Contingent Accounts of
the Lower Division; which was referred to the Committee on Accounts.
On motion of Mr. HUTSON, the House was adjourned at ten minutes
past 4 o'clock, P. M.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1862.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with prayer
to Almighty Hod, by the Rev. A. Efird.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
Mr. MAY asked and obtained leave to record the vote he would have
given, if present, on striking out the 19th section of
A Bill to amend, suspend and repeal certain portions of the Militia
Laws of this State;
And Mr. May, being called, answered "No." 4
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to incorporate the Importing and Exporting Company of South
Carolina; also,
A Bill to enable the Charleston Savings' Institution to purchase and hold
real property; also,
A Bill to renew and amend the charter of the Swedish Iron Manufac¬
turing Company of South Carolina, and to change the name of the same ;
also,
A Bill to charter the Shelby and Broad River Railroad Company; also,
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17.
189
A Bill to incorporate the Carolina Cotton and Woolen Factory; which
were severally read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bills do pass; that the titles thereof be changed;
that they be called Acts.
Ordered, That they be returned to the Senate.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public naljure.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
Mr. J. H ARLESTON READ introduced the following resolution ; which
was considered immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That a Committee of Three be appointed to communicate with
the Lieutenant Governor elect, inform him of his election, and ascertain
when it will suit him to qualify, and that a message be sent to the Senate
asking the appointment of a similar Committee on the part of that body.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced the following gentlemen of the
Committee: Messrs. J. Harleston Read, John M. DeSaussure, and Croft.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. HEMPHILL, from the Committee on Accounts, made a report
On the Report of the Comptroller General on the contingent accounts of
the Lower Division; which was considered immediately, was agreed to, and
was ordered to be returned to the Senate.
Mr. NORWOOD presented the petition of sundry citizens of Darlington
village, in relation to disbanding a militia company; also,
The petition of certain members of the 2d Regiment of 1st Corps Re¬
serves, in relation to disbanding those over the age of forty-five years;
which were severally referred to the Committee on the Military.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the account of the Camden Confederate, for public printing; which
was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. BYRD, from the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum, made a report
On the report of the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum and Medical
Accounts, of the Senate,
On the report of the Regents of the Lunatic Asylum; which was
ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. BROYLES, from the Committee on Agriculture, made a report
On a Bill to authorize the Relief Committees throughout the State to pro¬
cure aud distribute corn to the needy families of soldiers; which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17-
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a report
On the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On petition of lot-holders on Sullivan's Island, to be exempted from taxa¬
tion during the war; also,
On petition of J. R. Ellis, that an error in the return of his War Tax be
corrected; also,
On petition of J. R. Stalmaker, to be relieved from a War Tax improp¬
erly assessed; also,
On petition of Wm. E. White, to be refunded a War Tax twice paid;
'which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. ELLIOTT, from the Committee on the Military, made a report
On the petition of Asa George, praying aid in the construction of a re¬
volving cannon; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow, and was
ordered to be printed.
Mr. W. G DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a report
On a Bill, from the Senate, to alter and amend "An Act to atford aid to
the families of soldiers," passed in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty, and,
On motion of Mr. W. Gr. DeSAUSSURE, the same was made the Special
Order of the Day, with sundry matters, fqr this day, at 12 o'clock, M.
Mr. MARSHALL introduced the following resolution; which was or¬
dered for consideration to-morrow :
Resolved, By the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that
the resolution of the General Assembly^ providing for a recess from Thurs¬
day, the 18th inst., until Tuesday, the 20th of January next, be so modi¬
fied and amended as that the recess shall commence on Tuesday, the 23d
inst., at 4 o'clock, P. M., and continue until Tuesday, the 6th of January
next, at 12 o'clock, M., when the session shall be resumed.
On motion of Mr. W. H. EVANS,
Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate, inviting that body to join
this House in a 3d ballot for Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the
State of South Carolina, this day, at a quarter past 12 o'clock, P. M>
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. J. HARLESTON READ, the House proceeded to the
consideration of
A Bill, from the Senate, to organize and supply negro labor for coast de¬
fence, in compliance with requisitions of the Confederate Government,
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191
which had been made the Special Order of the Day for this day, at 11
o'clock, A. M.
The fallowing message was received from the Senate:
In the Senate, Dee. 17, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Home of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully informs your Plouse that they concur in your
proposal to go into an election this day, at a quarter past 12, M., for
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of this State.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The Senate attended, and joined the House in a 3d ballot for Governor
and Commander-in-Chief for the State of South Carolina.
The House resumed the consideration of
A Bill, from the Senate, to organize and supply negro labor for coast de¬
fence, in compliance with requisitions of the Confederate Government.
The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, Dee. 17, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully informs your House that they concur in your
message in regard to' the Committee to communicate with the Lieutenant
Governor elect, to inform him of his election, and ascertain when it will
suit him to qualify, and have appointed Messrs. Mazyck, Wilson, and Ham¬
mond, a Committee to act with the Committee of the House.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The House resumed the consideration of
A Bill, from the Senate, to organize and supply negro labor for coast de¬
fence, in compliance with requisitions of the Confederate Government.
Mr. YOUMANS moved the following as an additional section : " That
in case means heretofore provided shall prove inadequate to compel the
labor of slaves required by the Governor, under the third section of this
Act, the Governor, if in his judgment it be demanded by the public neces¬
sity, shall have power to impress such labor, to be paid for at the rate
hereinbefore provided; and the question being put, Will the House agree
thereto ? Messrs. Huiet and Boyce were appointed Tellers.
Ayes, 42; Noes, 50;
So the House refused to agree to the additional section.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17.
The Senate attended, and joined the House in a ballot for President and
four Directors of' the Bank of the State of South Carolina.
Mr. A. JONES, from the Committee appointed on the part of the House
to count the ballots cast for Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the
State of South Carolina, reported that Hon. M. L. Bonham had received a
majority of the votes cast, and was consequently elected.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced that Hon. M. L. Bonham is
duly elected Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the State of
South Carolina.
The following message was received from the Senate, and,
On motion ol Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, a message of concurrence was
ordered to be sent to the Senate :
In the Senate, Dec. 17, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully informs your House that they have appointed a
Committee, consisting of Messrs. J. C. McKewn, W. D. Simpson and J.
W. Blakeney, to inform the Governor eleet of his election, and to ascertain
when it will suit him to be qualified, requesting your body to appoint
a similar Committee.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
Whereopon, the SPEAKER announced the following gentlemen as
the Committee on the part of this House: Messrs. W. G. DeSaussure, Tal-
bert, and Suber.
The House resumed the consideration of
A Bill, from the Senate, to organize and supply negro labor for coast
defence, in compliance with requisitions of the Confederate Government.
The Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be returned to the
Senate.
Mr. YEADON, from the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures,
made a report
On resolutions, from the Senate, in relation to the appointment of an
Auditor to adjust the claims of this State against the Confederate Govern¬
ment; which was considered immediately, and was made the Special Order
of the Day for to-morrow, at half-past 10 o'clock, A. M.
Mr. HUTSON introduced the following resolutions; which were consid¬
ered immediately, were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the Senate
for concurrence:
Resolved, unanimously, That while we are grateful to a merciful God for
again enabling us to repel our remorseless foe, we mourn, with bitter grief,
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193
the costly price which, in His inscrutable wisdom, He has required us to
pay for victory.
Resolved, unanimously, That in the death of Maxcy Gregg, while
maintaining with his sword those great principles to which he had given a
life-long support, the State feels that she has lost a brave and skillful soldier,
a wise, pure and consistent statesman, and a most loyal citizen. And while
it is becoming to bow in humble submission to this most severe chastisement,
to mourn with real sorrow is the tender privilege of a Christian people.
Resolved, unanimously, That to evince our deep respect for the life, char¬
acter and services of Gen. Gregg, this Legislature will proceed in a body,
with its officers, to receive and escort his honored remains, whenever they
shall arrive,' to be laid in the bosom of the mother he loved and honored ;
and that his Excellency the Governor be invited to unite with us in this
last sad tribute to the worth of the lamented hero.
Resolved, unanimously, That our sympathies are due and are tendered to
our sister, Georgia, who mourns, like us, a loyal, honored, useful son. In
Thomas R. R. Cobb she has lost one who was worthy to be the com¬
rade and compatriot of Maxcy Gregg.
Resolved, unanimously, That copies of these resolutions be sent to the
family of Gen. Gregg, and to the Governor of Georgia.
SPECIAL ORDER
On motion of Mr. TRENHOLM, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of sundry Bills and Reports, which had been made the Special Order
of the Day for this day, at 12 o'clock, M.
A Bill, from the Senate, to alter and amend "An Act to afford aid to the
families of soldiers," passed in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty, was taken up.
Mr. CAMPBELL moved to amend, by striking out " $400,000," in the
first section, and inserting " $1,000,000."
Mr. THOMSON moved that the amendment be ordered to lie on the
table, and the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? It passed
in the affirmative,
Yeas, 55—Nays, 46.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative are :
Hon. A. P. Abdrich, Speaker; and
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.Blakeney,
Aiken, Boatwrighd^
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194
WEPNESD AY,. DECEMBER 17.
Brabham,
Lowry, A. M.,
Broyles,
McCants,
Bryce,
McDaniel,
Cook,
Mikell, T. P.
Crayton,
Mobley,
Dawkins,
Pinckney,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Read, J. H.
DeSaussure, W. Gr.,
Sarvis,
Dozier,
Scaife,
Duryea,
Sessions,
Eaves,
Seymour,
Efird,
Shell,
Elliott,
Stewart,
Evins, J. H.,
Suber,
Fort,
Talbert,
Fraser,
Thomson,
Hemphill,
Trenholm,
Huiet,
Yenning,
Hutchinson,
Whetstone,
Hutson,
Wilkinson,
Johnston, R. M.
Williams, Gr. W.
Johnston, T. L.
Wright,
Jones, Abram,
Yeadon,
Kirk,
Youngblood.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Messrs. Allemong,
Bates,
Boyce,
Boylston,
Bradley, J. S:,
Bradley, P. H.,
Bratton,
Byrd,
.Campbell,
Cooper,
Croft,
Doyle,
Eason,.
Evans, W. H-,
Messrs.Eair,
Poster,
Graham,
Harbin,
Hendricks,
Huggins,
Jenkins,
Jones, B. S.,
Jones, S. B.,
Kennedy,
Lide,
Lovinggood,.
Magrath,
Marshall,
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195
Messrs.May, Messrs.Rhame,,
McClenaghan, Sanders,
McFadden, S^ith,
Mitchell, Stokes,
O'Connor, Weatherly,
Oliver, Webber,
Perrin, Whaley,
Perry, B. P. Williams, J. H.
Perry, D. D. Youmans.
So the amendment was ordered to He on the tabl$.
Mr. J. L. REED asked and -obtained leave to record the vote he would
have given, if present, on laying on the^able the aaqceridment striking out
"$400,000," and inserting "$1,000,000," in the first section;
And Mr. J. L. Reed, being called, answered "No."
Mr. CAMPBELL moved to amend the third section, by adding the fol¬
lowing proviso:
Provided, That the Executive Committee of the Free Market of Charles¬
ton be, and they are hereby, constituted the Board of Relief for the
Election District of St. Philip's and St. Michael's, with full. power to dis¬
pose of the proportion of the Relief Fund allotted to those parishes under
the provisions of this Act, for tjie purposes thereof, and to extend the boun¬
ty thereof to the families of sailors, marines and privateermen.
Mr. W. Or. DeSAUSSURE moved that the amendment be ordered to lie
on the table, and the question being put, Will the House agree thereto? It
passed in the affirmative,
Yeas, 88; Nays,. 20
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are i
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.Bradley, J. S.,
Aiken, Bradley; P. H.
Bates, Brat ton,..
Blakeney, Byrd,
Boatwrjght, Cooper,
Bobo, Dawkins,
Bo^lston, DeSaussure, J. M.,
Brabham, DeSaussure, W. G-.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17.
Messrs.Doyle, Messrs.McFadden,
Dozier,
McKinstry,
Duryea,
Mobley,
Eason,
Norwood,
Eaves,
Oliver,
Efird,
Perrin,
Elliott,
Perry, B. F.
Evins, J. H.,
Perry, D. D.
Fair,
Pinckney, H. L.
Fort,
Power,
Foster,
Read, J. H.
Fraser,
Reed, J. L.,
Graham,
Rhame,
Harbin,
Sanders,
Hendricks,
Sarvis,
Huggins,
Scaife,
Huiet,
Sessions,
Hutson,
Seymour,
Jenkins,
Smith,
Johnston, R. M.,
Stokes,
Johnston, T. L.,
Stewart,
Jones, Abram
Sullivan,
Jones, S. B.,
Thomson.
Kirk,
Trenholm,
Legg>
Trescot,
Lide,
Yenning,
Lovinggood,
Webber,
Lowry, A. M.,
Weston,
Lowry, J. T.
Whetstone,
Magrath,
Wilkinson,
Martin,
Williams, J. J.
Marshall,
Williams, G. W.
May,
Wright,
McCants,
Youmans,
McClenaghan,
Youngblood,
McDaniel,
Those who voted in the negative, are:
Messrs. Allemong,
Boyce,
Broyles,
Messrs.Campbell,
Cook,
Crayton,
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197
Messrs.Croft, Messrs.Mikell, T. P.,
Evans, W. H.,
Mitchell,
Hutchinson,
Mullins,
Kennedy,
O'Connor,
Lebby,
W allaee,
Lockwood,
Weatherly,
Lucas,
Yeadon.
So the amendment was ordered to lie on the table.
The Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be returned to the
Senate.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence, the report of
the Committee on Accounts, qn the Comptroller General's Report on the
Contingent Accounts of the Upper Division ; also,
The report of the Special Joint Committee,
On Message No. 14 of his Excellency the Governor, to examine the
Contingent Accounts; also,
The report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On Message No. 12 of his Excellency the Governor, covering a copy of
the resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, relative to a guarantee of the
bonds of the Confederate Government.
The following message was received from the Senate, and,
On motion of Mr. LIDE, a message of concurrence was ordered to be sent
to the Senate:
In the SIenate, Dec. 17, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully informs your House that they have appointed
a Committee, consisting of Messrs. G. W. Oswald, F. J. Moses, Robert
Maxwell, and Ed. J. Arthur, to make arrangements for the reception of
the remains of the lamented General Maxcy Gregg on their arrival in the
city, and propose to your body to appoint a similar Committee to confer in
regard to their reception.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced the following gentlemen as the
Committee on the part of the House: Messrs. Lide, Brycej Perrin, and
Graham.
The Senate sent to this House-
Resolutions in relation to the reception of the remains of General Maxcy
Gregg; which were considered immediately, were agreed to, and were
ordered to be returned to the Senate.
198
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA,
Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate, asking leave of that body
to amend the order for a recess of this General Assembly, by striking out
twelve, meridian.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, from the Special Committee appointed to
communicate with the Governor elect, reported that they have discharged
the duty assigned them, and that the Governor elect will be ready to qual¬
ify to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M.
Mr. 3. HARLESTON READ, from the Special Committee appointed to
communicate with the Lieutenant Governor elect, reported that they have
discharged the duty assigned them, and that the Lieutenant Governor elect
had signified his readiness to qualify immediately after the qualification of
the Governor.
The Senate sent to this House
The report of the Committee on Military and Pensions,
On the Message of his Excellency the Governor, in relation to Creua-
baur's iron plated vessels of war; which was referred to the Committee
on the Military.
The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, Dec. 17, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Qentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully informs your House that th§y grant leave to
amend the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the
Senate, on the petition of J. B. O'Neall, praying payment, &c., by striking
out the words " one hundred and fifty dollars," and to insert the words
"one hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The report, as amended, was concurred in, and was returned to the
Senate.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, the House took a recess until half-past 7
o'clock, P. M.
RECESS.
The SPEAKER resumed the Chair.
The Senate sent to this House
The report of the Committee on the Military and Pensions, of the Senate,
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199
On a resolution to authorize the Governor to appoint an Assistant Adju¬
tant General; which was referred to the Committee on the Military; also,
Resolution for suspending proceedings under a tax execution against the
property of G. W. Roberts and G. Truesdell; also,
Resolutions authorizing Treasurers to make certain payments; which
were severally referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; also,
The report of the Committee on the College, Education and Religion,
On the Message of the Governor, No. 4, relating to the College, with the
accompanying documents; which was referred to the Committee on Edu¬
cation.
The Senate returned to this House
A Bill to authorize and empower the First Corps of Reserves to elect
their field officers. * (The title of the Bill having been changed so as to
read " A Bill to authorize and empower certain Regiments to elect their
field officers.") The Bill was read the third time, and the question being
put, Shall the Bill pass ? it passed in the affirmative,
Yeas, 62; Nays, 13.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who vcfted in the affirmative, are :
Messrs.Adams,
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Efird,
Allemong,
Bates,
Blakeney,
Brabhan,
Bradley, J. S.
Bradley, P. H.
Bratton,
Broyles,
Bryce,,
Byrd,
Cook,
Cooper,
Crayton,
DeSaussure, W. G.
Doyle,
Duryea,
Eason,
Eaves,
Evins, J. H.
Fair,
Foster
Fraser,
Harbin,
Hemphill,
Hendricks,
Huggins,
Huiet,
Jenkin$,
Jones, Abram,
Jones, B. S.
Jones, S. B.
Kirk,
Lebby,
Lowry, A. M.,
Dowry, J. T.
Magrath,
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17.
Messrs. May,
Messrs.Sanders,
McCants
Sarvis,
McClenaghan,
Sessions,
McDaniel
Shell,
McFadden,
Smith,
McKinstry,
Stokes,
O'Connor,
Sullivan,
Peake,
Wallace,
Power,
Whetstone,
Read, J. H.,
Wilkinson,
Reed, J. L.
Youngblood.
Rhame,
Those who voted in the negative, are :
Messrs.Mobley,
Talbert,
Thomson,
Trenholm,
Webber,
Wright,
Messrs Boyce,
Croft,
DeSaussure, J. M.
Evans, W. H.,
Fort,
Martin,
Mikell, J. M.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass ; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be sent to the Senate.
Mr. LIDE, from the Special Joint Committee appointed to make suitable
arrangements for the reception of the remains of the late Gen. Maxey
Gregg, made a report; which was considered immediately, and was agreed to.
Mr. KIRK, from the Committee appointed to count the ballots cast for
President and four Directors for the Bank of the State of South Carolina,
reported that C. M. Furman had received a majority for President, and W.
C. Dukes, J. B. DeVeaux, C. F. Hanckel and W. C. McMillan had each
received a majority for Directors, and were consequently elected.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced that Mr. C. M. Furman is duly
elected President of the Bank of tlm State of South Carolina, and that
Messrs. W. C. Dukes, J. B. DeVeaux, C. F. Hanckel and W. C. McMillan
are duly elected Directors of the Bank of the State of South Carolina.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the House was adjourned at
half-past 8 o'clock, P. M.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1862,
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with prayer
to Almighty God, by the Rev. Dr. Palmer.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The following additional member attended, produced his credentials, was
sworn, and took his seat.
From Marlboro1: Mr. C. P. Townsend.
The -following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, Dec. 17,1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives
The Senate respectfully informs your House that they accept your invi¬
tation to attend the inauguration ceremonies of the Governor elect, to-mor¬
row, at eleven o'clock, A. M.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The following message was received from the Senate, and,
On motion of Mr. LIDE, a message, granting leave to amend, was
ordered to be sent to the Senate :
In the Senate, Dec. 17th, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully proposes to your House to amend the resolution
for recess, by striking out twelve, M., and inserting five, P. M.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The Senate sent to this House, with their concurrence, resolutions in re¬
lation to the death of Gen. Maxcy Gregg ; also,
Resolution on the petition of Joseph Melton; also,
Resolutions in relation to the defence of the City of Charleston by Gen,
Beauregard.
The Senate sent to this House
The report of the Committee on the College, Education ani Religion,
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202
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18.
On the report of the Commissioners of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind; which
was referred to the Committee on Education; also,
The report of the Committee on the Military and Pensions,
On the petition of Asa George, praying aid of the State in the construction
of a new revolving cannon ; which was referred to the Committee on the
Military; also,
The report of the Special Joint Committee,
On Message No. 13 of his Excellency the Governor; which was concurred
in, and was ordered to be returned to the Senate; also,
The report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances,
On the petition of E. R. Plowden, praying compensation for a slave lost
in the service of the State; also,
On the account of Saml. Watson, Sheriff of Sumter District, for articles
furnished the jail; also,
On the petition of E. N. Plowden, for compensation for a slave lost in the
public service; which were severally referred to the Committee on Claims;
also,
The report of the Committee on the State House and Grounds,
On Message No. 10 of his Excellency the Governor; which was referred
to the Committee on the State House and Grounds.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to organize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in compli¬
ance with requisitions of the Confederate Government; also,
A Bill to alter and amend " An Act to afford aid to the families of sol¬
diers," passed in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six¬
ty-one ; (the title having been changed by the Senate, so as to read, A Bill
to make appropriations in aid of the families of soldiers, and to repeal an
Act entitled " An Act to afford aid to the families of soldiers," passed in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty;) which were
severally read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bills do pass; that the titles thereof be changed; that
they be called Acts.
Ordered, That they be returned to the Senate.
INAUGURATION OF THE GOVERNOR,
The Senate then attended in the Hall of the House of Representatives,
and immediately after, Hon. M. L. Bonham, Governor elect, accompanied
by his Excellency, Governor F. W. Pickens, and the Joint Committee of
Arrangements, entered the Hall.
The Governor then addressed the members of the General Assembly.
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203
The Governor elect then addressed the members of the General Assem¬
bly.
The SPEAKER then administered to the Governor elect the constitu¬
tional oath of office.
The SPEAKER then administered to the Lieutenant Governor elect the
constitutional oath of office.
The SPEAKER, accompanied by the members, and attended by the offi¬
cers of the House, proceeded to the Senate Chamber, when the President
of the Senate delivered to the Governor elect and Lieutenant Governor elect
their Commissions; and from thence the Governor and Lieutenant Gover¬
nor, accompanied by the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, and their officers, with the members of the General
Assembly, repaired to the eastern portico of the Capitol, when the Sheriff
of Richland District read the Governor's Commission, and made procla¬
mation of his election.
The SPEAKER resumed the Chair.
The Senate sent to this Hoy.se
The report of the Special Joint Committee in reference to the remains
of General Maxcy Gregg; which was considered immediately, was concurred
in, and was ordered to be returned to the Senate.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. BOYCE, the House proceeded to the consideration of
the report of the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures,
On resolutions, from the Senate, in relation to the appointment of an
Auditor to adjust the claims of this State against the Confederate Govern¬
ment, which had been made the Special Order of the Day for this day, at
half-past 10 o'clock, A. M.
The resolutions were concurred in, and were ordered to be returned to the
Senate.
Mr. YENNING introduced the following resolution ; which was consid¬
ered immediately, and was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Resolved, That the War Tax Executions, issued for Charleston District,
against the property of G. W. Roberts and D. Truesdell, be, and the same
are hereby, ordered to be stayed, inasmuch as the great portion of the land
upon which the tax was levied is situate upon Dewee's Island, now in pos¬
session of the enemy, and the remainder on Sullivan's Island, which latter
has been appropriated to military uses, and has not been yielding any rev-
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enue to the owners ; and the owners themselves being engaged in Confed¬
erate service, as privates in the army of General Evans, now in the State
of North Carolina.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a report
On certain resolutions, from the Senate, relative to the office of Treasurer
of the Lower Division ; also,
On a resolution authorizing the Treasurer to make certain payments;
which were considered immediately, were concurred in, and were ordered
to be returned to 4he Senate ; also,
On the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On the petition of W. A. Willingham, to be refunded a double War Tax;
also,
On so much of Message No. 1 of his Excellency the Governor as relates
to the Banks of the State and the currency ; which were severally ordered
for consideration to-morrow.
The Senate sent to this House
Resolution in relation to the distribution of salt; which was considered
immediately, was concurred in, and was ordered to be returned to the
Senate; also,
The report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances,
On the account of Theodore Stark, State House Keeper, for the contin¬
gent expenses of the Legislature. The reference to a Committee, by unani¬
mous consent, was dispensed with, and the report was concurred in, and
was ordered to be returned to the Senate.
The SPEAKER laid before the House the Report of the Comptroller
General, in relation to commissions received by Tax Collectors, under reso¬
lution of the House of Representatives, 16th of December, 1862; which was
referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and was ordered to be
printed.
Mr. O'CONNOR, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report
On a Bill to incorporate the Edisto and Ashley Canal Company; which
was read the first time, and was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report
On resolutions, from the Senate, in relation to Creuzbaur's iron plated
vessels of war; which were considered immediately, and were concurred in,
and were ordered to be returned to the Senate.
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Mr. THOMSON introduced the following resolution; which was con¬
sidered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate
for concurrence:
Resolved, That the Commissioners of the several Boards of Soldiers' Re¬
lief, appointed under an Act entitled 11 An Act to afford aid to the families
of soldiers," ratified the 21st day of December, A. D., 1861, be, and the
same are hereby, continued in office, and appointed to discharge the duties
and administer the relief provided by the Act passed at the present session,
entitled " An Act to make appropriation in aid of the families of soldiers,"
and to repeal an Act entitled " An Act to afford aid to the families of sol¬
diers," ratified on the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one—the appointment of said
Commissioners to continue until the adjournment of the present session of
the Legislature, and ten days thereafter.
Mr. J. M. DeSAUSSURE introduced the following resolution; which
was considered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to
the Senate for concurrence :
Resolved, That the house of the President of the College of South Caro¬
lina, with the appurtenances, be tendered to the Governor of the State, as
a residence, free of rent, until the same shall be needed for the use of the
College.
Mr. DURVEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On a resolution of inquiry in relation to the payment for slaves lost in the
service of the State "; which was considered immediately, was agreed to, and
was ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence; also,
On the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Sen¬
ate,
On the account of> the Clerk of the Senate, for stationery, &c.; which
was considered immediately, was concurred in, and was ordered to be re¬
turned to the Senate.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Engrossed Acts, reported the
following Act as engrossed and ready for ratification :
An Act to authorize the State to guarantee the Bonds of the Confede¬
rate States.
The Senate sent to this House
Resolution for payment of Messenger of Senate; which was considered
immediately, was concurred in, 'and was ordered to be returned to the Sen¬
ate; also,
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An Act to authorize and empower certain regiments to elect their field
officers; which was committed to the Committee on Engrossed Acts.
Mr. ALLEMONG introduced the following resolution ; which was con¬
sidered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Sen¬
ate for concurrence :
Resolved, That the Commissioners of Public Buildings for Charleston
District be authorized to permit the Clerk of the Court of General Sessions
and Common Pleas for Charleston District, to carry back to Charleston such
papers and records as may be necessary for the transaction of the usual
business of the Court, the expenses to be paid out of the State Treasury.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
The following reports were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence :
The report of the Committee on the Military,
On resolution as to Morse's patent breech-loading Carbine; also,
On petition of Asa George, praying aid in the construction of a revolving
gun;
Report of the Committee on Claims,
On the account of W. W. Purse.
A Bill to refund to the Soldiers' Board of Relief for Barnwell District
moneys advanced and expended by them as a Board of Relief, out of their
• private funds, was taken up, out of its order, and was made the Special Or¬
der of the Day for 22d January next, at 2 o'clock, P. M.
A Bill to make owners of slaves liable for sheep, cattle, hogs or goats,
stolen by said slaves under certain circumstances, was taken up, out of its
order, and was made the Special Order of the Day for 21st January next,
at 1 o'clock, P. M.
The report of the Committee on Claims,
On the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
on the account of W. W. Purse, for work done in the Senate Chamber,
was concurred in, and was ordered to be returned to the Senate.
The following reports were agreed to:
Report of the Medical Committee,
On the account of Dr. D. C- Glen; (Mr. STEWART asked and ob¬
tained leave to withdraw the account from the files of the House.)
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of John A. Hipp, Jr.;
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On the petition of T. Long; (Mr. STEWART asked and obtained leave to
withdraw the petition from the files of the House.)
The Senate sent to this House, with their concurrence,
The report of the Committee on Privileges and Elections,
On sundry petitions from citizens of several Districts, praying for changes
in certain election precincts; also,
Report of the same Committee, respecting the vacancies in the Board of
Managers of Elections at Small's Box, in Lancaster District.
On motion- of Mr. BATES, the House took a recess until 3 o'clock, P. M.
RECESS.
The SPEAKER resumed the Chair.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to extend some of the provisions of an Act entitled " An Act in
reference to the suspension of specie .payments by the Banks of this State,
and for other purposes," to the 1st of January, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four ; which was read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be returned to the Senate.
The following messages were received from the Senate:
In the Senate, Dec. 18, 1862.
i
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully invites your House to attend, forthwith, in the
Senate Chamber, to ratify the Acts passed at the present sitting of the
General Assembly.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
In the Senate, Dec. 18, 1862.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully informs your House that they grant leave to
amend the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, on the petition
of Jno. R. Ellis, by striking out 11 the adoption of the following resolution,"
and inserting " that there be refunded to Jno. R. Ellis the sum of two hun¬
dred and two dollars and forty-eight cents, the excess of tax incorrectly
levied," and also the resolution appended to the report. "
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
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The Report, as amended, was concurred in and was ordered to be returned
to the Senate.
The House attended in the Senate Chamber, when the following Acts
were duly ratified:
ACTS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE.
1. An Act to incorporate the Importing and Exporting Company of
South Carolina.
2. An Act to Charter the Shelby and Broad River Railroad Company.
3. An Act to suppress the undue distillation of Spirituous Liquors from
the cereal grains of this State.
4. An Act to abolish the Executive Council established by the Ordi¬
nance of the Convention, entitled " An Ordinance for strengthening the
Executive Department during the exigencies of the present war."
5. An Act to enable the Charleston Savings' Institution to purchase and
hold real property.
6. An Act to renew and amend the Charter of the Swedish Iron Manu-
%
facturing Company of South Carolina, and to change the name thereof.
7. An Act to incorporate the Carolina Cotton and Woolen Factory.
8. An Act to organize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in com¬
pliance with requisitions of the Confederate Government.
9. An Act to make appropriation in aid of the families of soldiers, and
to repeal an Act entitled " An Act to afford aid to the families of soldiers,"
ratified on the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
ACTS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE OE REPRESENTATIVES.
1. An Act to provide for a guarantee by the State of the Bonds of the
Confederate States.
2. An Act to authorize and empower certain Regiments to elect their
Field Officers.
Mr. PERRIN introduced the following resolution; which was considered
immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for
concurrence:
Resolved, That an additional box be established in Abbeville District, to
wit: At the place usuallyTinown as Tribbles' Box, at Cason's Store, and
that Robert Stucky, Geo. W. Bowen, and A. McGee be appointed managers
of the same.
The Senate sent to this House, with their concurrence,
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209
Resolution for appointing* an additional election precinct for Abbeville
District; also,
Resolution permitting the Governor to occupy tbe dwelling-bouse of tbe
President of tbe College ; also,
Report of tbe Committee on Claims, on tbe account of W. W. Purse ; also,
Resolution authorizing tbe Clerk of the Court of Charleston District to
perform certain duties.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA,
Ordered, That tbe Clerk of the House of Representatives be instructed
to advertise for four days previous to the assembling of the Legislature, for
proposals to furnish the House with stationery, &c.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE,
Ordered', That a messsage be sent to the Senate, delivered orally by the
Clerk, informing that body that the House has discharged the business be¬
fore it, and is now ready to suspend business, pursuant to the joint resolu¬
tion of the General Assembly.
A message was received from the Senate, which was delivered orally by
tbe Clerk, that the Senate had discharged the business before it, and .is now
ready to suspend business, pursuant to the joint resolution of the General
Assembly.
The SPEAKER adjourned the House at 5 o'clock, P. M., to meet in the
city of Columbia on Tuesday, the 20th day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, at 7 o'clock, P. M.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1863.
Pursuant to the order of adjournment, the House met at 7 o'clock, P. M.
The Clerk called the roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a
quorum of members not being present,
On motion of Mr. G-. W. WILLIAMS, the House was adjourned at 45
minutes past 7 o'clock, P. M.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1863.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the
roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present,
according to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with
prayer to Almighty God, by the Rev. P. J. Shand.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE introduced the following resolution, which
was considered immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed to wait upon his Ex¬
cellency the Governor, and inform him that the House has reassembled for
the transaction of business, that a quorum is present, and is prepared to
receive any communication which he may see proper to present.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced the following gentlemen of the
Committee:
Messrs. W. G-. DeSaussure, B. F. Perry, and Lide.
Mr. TRESCQT introduced the following resolution, which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to :
Whereas This General Assembly, upon the 18th December, 1862, passed
an Act providing for the relief of the families of soldiers of this State, now
in service, which Act provided also for the appointment of Boards to dis¬
burse the appropriation, made by the said Act for the purposes thereof;
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211
And whs venn, for rea=ons deemed good and sufficient, by them, the General
Assembly postponed the appointment of the said Boards until after the re¬
cess, which they had taken ; And whereas, immediately upon their adjourn¬
ment, the Executive of this State published a proclamation declaring that
the Legislature had failed to make these appointments ; that in consequence
of such failure there was " danger of r uffering and distress " among the
people cf the State, and that therefore he, ty the said proclamation, ap¬
pointed the old Boards of Relief under an Act repealed by this General
Assembly, "to be and constitute 'he Boards of Relief for the distribution
of the fund," appropriated by the Act of this General Assembly, and au¬
thorized the said old Boards "to receive and pay out" said appropriation;
therefore,
Resolved, That this House, deeming such proclamation unusual and with¬
out precedent, it be referred to a Committee of five members of this House
to take into consideration the said proclamation of his Excellency the Gov¬
ernor, bearing date the 20th December, 1862, and to inqure under what
authority of law, or the Constitution, it has been issued, and what circum¬
stances (if anyj required its publication.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced the following gentlemen of the
Committee:
Messrs. Treseot, B. F. Perry, W. G. DeSaussure, Mullins, and Dawkins.
Mr. BOYCE introduced the following resolution, which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That the Special Committee on the Governor's proclamation
concerning the Boards of Relief, be also directed to inquire into the author¬
ity by which the superintendent of negro labor on the coast has declared, by
public proclamation, that the Act passed by this Legislature on the 18th of
December, 1862, entitled "An Act to organize and supply negro labor for
coast defence, in compliance with requisitions of the Government of the
Confederate States," is no longer in force, aud that the negro labor of the
coast must be furnished according to the plan arranged by the Executive
Council.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature
The SPEAKER called for Reports of Standing Committees.
The SPEAKER culled for Bills, Resolutions, and Motions.
Mr. BOBO introduced the following resolution, which was considered
immediately, and was referred to the Committee on the Military:
212'
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21.
Resolved, That Joseph McOarter, of Spartanburg, who received three
wounds at the battle of Seven Pines, and lost his left arm, be received as a
beneficiary in the Military Academy of the State.
Mr. MOBLEY gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce a resolution to suspend the 74th Rule of this House for one day.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS, the reports and resolutions were taken up
out of their order.
Mr. W. G. BkSAUSSURE, from the Committee appointed to wait upon
his Excellency the Governor, reported,
That they had discharged t^he duty assigned them, and that his Excel¬
lency the Governor will communicate with this House this day, at 1
o'clock, P. M.
A message was received from the Senate, delivered orally by the '4erk,
that, in pursuance of the joint resolution of the General Assembly, a
quorum had as-embled, and was now ready to proceed to business.
Mr. J. HARLESTON READ introduced the following resolution;
which was considered immediately, and was ordered to lie on the table.
Resolved, That it be referred" to the Committee on Privileges and Elec¬
tions to inquire into the fact, whether or not a vacancy has occurred in the
Delegation from Winyaw, and if so, to adopt such measures as may be neces¬
sary to fill such vacancy forthwith.
Mr. YEADON introduced the following resolution; which was con¬
sidered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved., That the Speaker of this House be requested forthwith to
issue a Writ of Election, to supply the vacancy in the delegation from
Prince George, Winyaw, caused by the election and qualification of the
Hon. Plowden C. J. Weston as Lieutenant Governor of the State.
Mr. DURYEA presented the account of the disbursements from the 8th
December to the 18th December, 18<''2, of the fund appropriated by the
Act of the General Assembly, passed in December, 1861, for the military
defence of the State; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE introduced the following resolution; which
was considered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee on Confederate Relations
to inquire and report whether any legislation is necessary in consequence of
the Emancipation Proclamation of iibraham Lincoln, President of the
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21.
213
United States, and of the course to be pursued by Jefferson Davis, Presi¬
dent of the Confederate States, relative to such officers of the army of the
United States as may become the prisoners of the Confederate States.
Message No. 1 of his Excellency the Governor was then received, and
was read by his Private Secretary, B. F Arthur, Esq.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the Message was made the
Special Order of the Day for Thursday, the 22d inst., at 1 o'clock, P. M.,
and was ordered to he printed.
On motion of Mr. YEADON,
Ordered, That a message he sent to the Senate, "nforming that body
that, in pursuance of the joint resolution of the General Assembly, the
House had met, a quorum was present, and the House was ready to
proceed to business.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
The following reports were agreed to :
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of .Tames McCrary, to be refunded e, double tax;
On the petition of G. S. C. DeSchamps, to be refunded a War Tax im¬
properly paid.
Reports of the Medical Committee,
On the account of Dr. John A. Warren, for a post mortem examination.
(Mr. >MITH asked and obtained leave to withdraw the account from the
files of the House) ;
On the account of Dr. W. B. Warren, for a post mortem examination.
Reports of the Committee on the Judiciary,
On a resolution making all Fi Fa's payable in current funds;
On ihe petition of sundry citizens .of Pickens District, praying legislative
action to prevent extortion;
On the petition of James G. Brunson, Jailor, for increase of fees;
On the petition of sundry citizens of York District, for a continuance of
the Stay Law, and for legislation to prevent extortion ;
On the petition of sundry citizens of Abbeville District, praying legisla¬
tion to prevent extortion.
Reports of the Committee on Agriculture,
On the petition of Andrew Starkie, to be permitted to distil alcohol;
On the petition of E. M. Cobb, asking leave to distil alcohol.
Reports of the Committee on Incorporations,
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21.
On the petition of the Right Worthy Southern Grand Lodge of the In¬
dependent Order of Odd Fellows of the State of South Carolina, praying
an Act of Incorporation ;
On the petition of " The Moriah Baptist Association, of Lancaster Dis¬
trict," praying an Act of Incorporation.
Report of the Joint Committee,
On the proposals of R. W. Gibbes and C. P. Pelham, for printing the
permanent work.
Reports of the Committee on Roads, Bridges, and Ferries,
On the petition to establish the Singletary Mill road;
On the petition of Hugh Giles, praying that the charter of Gallivant's
Ferry may be vested in him;
On the petition of the Commissioners of Roads of Greenville District,
praying to be relieved from keeping up any portion of the Jones' Gap
Turnpike.
The following reports from the Senate were concurred in, and were or¬
dered to be returned to the Senate:
Reports of the Committee on Finance and Banks,
On the petition of the Stockholders of the privateer " Jeferson Davis,"
praying the cancellation of a bond executed to the State for armament;
On the petition of Isaac M. Lenoir, praying to be refunded a tax illegally
paid;
On the account of the Roper Fund.
The following reports were ordered to lie on the table:
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petion oP Hon. J. B. O'Neall;
On the petition of the Stockholders of the privateer "Jeferson Davis,"
praying'cancellation of bond executed to the State for armammt;
On the abstract of the account of the Roper Fund.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the House proceeded to the consideration of
A Bill to prohibit Extortion and punish Extortioners; also,
A Bill to grant the aid of the State to the Cheraw and Coal Fields Rail¬
road Company; also,
A Bill to make owners of slaves liable for sheep, cattle, hogs, or goats,
stolen by said slaves, under certain circumstances; which h id been made
the Special Order of the Day for this day, at one o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. YEADON,
A Bill to prohibit Extortion and punish Extortioners was made the Spe¬
cial Order of the Day for to-morrow, at one o'clock, P. M.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21.
215
On motion of Mr. TRENHOLM,
A Bill to grant the aid of the State to the Cheraw and Coal Fields Rail¬
road Company was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at
a quarter-past one o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. THOMSON,
A Bill to make the owners of slaves liable for sheep, cattle, hogs, or goats,
stolen by them, under certain circumstances, was made the Special Order of
the Day for to-morrow, at half-past one o'clock, P.*jVL
The following reports were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence:
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of Martin Edwards, to be refunded a War Tax improperly
exacted;
On the petition of Reuben Smith, to'be refunded a tax illegally exacted;
On the petifion of A. W. Dozier, to be refunded a tax illegally paid;
On the petition of I. M. Lenoir, to be refunded a War Tax improperly paid;
On the petition of W. F. Robert, to be refunded a tax improperly paid;
On the petition of the Trustees of the Marine School of Charleston;
On the petition of 0. R. Broyles, to be refunded a double tax;
On the petition of John M. Boland, to be refunded a War Tax twice paid;
On the petition of J. Patterson, as Commissioner in Equity for Barnwell
District, to be refunded a War Tax improperly paid;
On the petition of P. Cox, to be refunded an amount of War Tax overpaid.
Reports of the Committee on Claims,
On the account of R. W. Gribbes, for printing ;
On the account of E. R. Stokes, for binding;
On the claim of Elijah Still, Constable for Edgefield District, for extra
services;
On the account of Evans & Cogswell.
Report of the Medical Committee,
On the account of Dr. F. M. Munroe, for attending criminals in jail.
Report of the Abbeville Delegation,
On the report of the Trustees of the estate of Dr. John De La Howe.
Report of the Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries,
On the petition of Francis P. Cox, praying the re-charter of Cox's Ferry.
On motion of Mr. YEADON,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to¬
morrow at eleven o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Mr. O'CONNOR, the House was adjourned at two o'clock,
P. M.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 22.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1803.
At the Hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clei'k called the
roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present,
according to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with
prayer to Almighty God, by the Rev. Dr. J. J. O'Connell.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature.
Mr. WHETSTONE submitted the report of the Commissioners of Free
Schools, for Barnwell District, for the years 1861 and 1862; which was re¬
ferred to the Committee pn Education.
Mr. HUGGINS presented the memorial of sundry citizens of Clarendon,
praying for legislation against the crime of extortion; which was referred
to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr. J. L. REED submitted the report of the Commissioners of Free
Schools, for Lancaster District; which was referred to the Committee on
Education.
Mr. B. F. PERRY presented the petition of the citizens of the " Dark
Corner," in Greenville District, for opening a public road, &c.; which was
referred to the Committee on Roads, Bridges, and Ferries; also,
The petition of Maria Thompson, praying to be relieved from paying a
War Tax the second time; also,
The petition of Jonathan Waldrop, to be refunded a War Tax improperly
paid; which were severally referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. G. W. WILLIAMS presented the petition of W. B. Daniel, praying
that the rights of legitimacy may be conferred on Mary E. Daniel; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; also,
The petition of members of the Associate Reformed Church, at York-
ville, for an Act incorporating said Church; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Incorporations.
Mr. OLIVER presented the petition of R. A. Bowman, praying com¬
pensation for the loss of a negro slave, who died of a disease contracted
while in the employment of the Government; which was referred to the
Committee on Claims.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. B. F. PERRY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made a report
On the memorial of the citizens of Marlboro' and Darlington Districts, re¬
lating to the restriction of the pardoning power; also,
On the report of the Solicitor of the Western Circuit; also,
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217
On the presentment of the Grand Jury of Lancaster District; also,
On a Bill to alter and amend the Constitution of the State, so as to adopt
the Ordinance of-Secession as a part of the same; also,
On^i Bill to punish persons or corporations for sale or purchase of bills
of any of the local banks of any State in the Confederacy at a premium ;
which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House,
Mr. MOBLEY introduced the following resolution, which was consid¬
ered immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That the 74th rule of this House be suspended for five days.
On motion of Mr KIRK, leave of absence was granted to Mr. DuPre,
for the remainder of the Session.
The SPEAKER called fot reports of Special Committees.
Mr. TRESCOT, from the Special Committee to whom was referred a res¬
olution in relation to the supply of negro labor on the coast, made a report,
which was considered immediately, was' agreed to, and was ordered to be
sent to the Senate for concurrence.
Mr. O'CONNOR presented the memorial of owners of lots on Sullivan's
Island, to be released from State taxation; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee of Ways and Means.
Mr. MOBLEY presented the petition *)f W. David, praying compensa¬
tion for a slave lost'in the service of the State; which was referred to the
Committee on Claims.
Mr. MAY presented the petition of Peter Horn, executor of the estate
of Matthew Sandford, praying to be refunded a War Tax twice paid; which
was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. LOCKWOOD presented the petition of Josiah J. Tennent, to be
relieved from payment of a double tax execution; which was referred to
the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. SUBER presented the petition of Henry Burton, praying compensa¬
tion for a slave lost in the service of the State; also,
The petition of James B. Floyd, praying compensation for a slave lost in
the service of the State; which were severally referred to the Committee on
Claims.
Mr. ALLEMONG presented the petition of David Ramsay, praying re¬
lief from a tax execution on property destroyed by the Confederate States;
which was referred to the Committee on Claims; also,
Presented the petition of E. P. Milliken, Assignee, praying to be refunded
a double tax; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; also,
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Presented the petition of Dr. J. D. Rruns, to he paid for a jpos£ mortem
examination; which was referred to the Medical Committee.
Mr. LIDE presented the medical account of Dr. IS orment; which was
referred to the Medical Committee.
Mr. SARYIS presented th'e account of Dr. J. E. Grant, for a post mor¬
tem examination; which was referred to the Medical Committee ; also,
Presented the petition of James Howell, to be refunded a War Tax im¬
properly paid ; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. FORT presented the petition of A. G-. Mayer, praying to be re¬
funded a tax improperly paid ; which was referred to the Committee of
Ways and Means.
Mr. KENNEDY presented the petition of the Eighth Regiment Re¬
serves, to be relieved from duty at the expiration of their present term of
service; which was referred to the Military Committee.
Mr. FRASER presented the petition of Francis M. Mellett, and J. H.
McKnight, praying relief in the matter of the election held in the Eighth
Regiment Reserves; which was referred to the Military Committee.
Mr. FAIR presented the account of Dr. J. T. Raskin, for a post mortem
examination; which was referred to the Medical Committee.
Mr. BOBO presented the account of Dr. Styles T. Brewton, for a post
mortem examination; which was referred to the Medical Committee; also,
Presented the petition of the Trustees of Wofford College, to be refunded
a War Tax; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. McFADDIN presented the memorial of C. R. Harvin, praying com¬
pensation for a slave who died from the effects of disease contracted while
engaged at work upon our coast fortifications; which was referred to the
Committee on Claims.
Mr. SESSIONS presented the petition of the tax payers of All Saints',
to be refunded the amount of War Tax paid by them; which was referred
to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. JENKINS presented the petition of D. L. Connor, praying com¬
pensation for the loss of a negro slave, who died of a disease contracted
while in the employment of the' G-overnment on the fortifications; which
was referred to the Committee on Claims; also,
Presented the account of Dr. R. W. Bates, for a post mortem examina¬
tion ; which was referred to the Medical Committee; also,
Presented the petition of W. W. Tyler, praying to be refunded a tax im¬
properly paid ; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. MULLINS presented the petition of Levi Leggett and sundry citi¬
zens of Marion District, for a change of the law with regard to the publication
of advertisements for Sheriff's sales; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary; also,
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219
Presented the claim of C. P. Pelham, State Printer, for balance due him;
which was referred to the Committee on Public Printing.
Mr. B. F. PERRY introduced the, following resolution, whieh was con¬
sidered immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That it be referred to. the Committee on Roads, Bridges and
Ferries, to inquire and report as to the propriety of calling out all males
between the ages of fifteen and sixty, and all female slaves who are field
hands between those ages, to work on the public roads,
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave
to introduce
A Bill to revise and amend certain sections of an Act entitled " An Act
to establish a Board of Ordnance and an Ordnance Bureau, and for other
purposes."
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the House proceeded-to the
consideration of Message No. 1 of his Excellency the Governor, which had
been made the Special Order of the Day for this day, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE introduced the following resolution; which
was considered immediately and was agreed to :
Resolved, That Message No. 1 of his Excellency Governor M. L. Bon-
ham, with the documents accompanying, and relative to the same, be dis¬
tributed as follows, to wit:
1. So much as relates to the Act of the General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, " to prevent and punish the planting and cultivating over a certain
quantity of land in cotton," together with the resolution thereupon, and
the opinion of his Excellency relative thereto, to the Committee on Agri¬
culture.
2. So much as relates to the resolution of the General Assembly of the
State of Florida upon " a guarantee by the States of the debt of the Con¬
federate Government," to the Committee of Ways and Means.
3. So much as relates to the resolution of the General Assembly of the
Statp of Florida, " in relation to the present war," to the Committee on
Confederate Relations.
4. So much as relates to the resolution of the General Assembly of the
State of Florida, "relating to salt," to the Committee on Commerce and
Manufactures.
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5. So much as relates to the communications with the Secretary of War,
and with General Beauregard, upon the subject of negro labor on the coast,
to the Special (Committee appointed relative thereto.
6. So much as relates to the communication from. General Beauregard
upon the subject of the State forces; the mounted forces; the communica¬
tion of the Superintendent of the State. Military Works; the appointment
of Cadets to the Military Academies; the creation of the office of Assistant
Adjutant General; and the election of Field officers of the First Corps of
Reserves, to the Committee on the Military.
7. So much as relates to the communication of the President of the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company, to the Committee on Railroads.
8. So much as relates to the communication of Major William Henry
Cumming, and also that relative to the sick and wounded soldiers, to the
Medical Committee.
9. So much as relates to the Boards of Relief under an Act to make
appropriation in aid of the families of soldiers, to the Special Committee
appointed relative thereto.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, the House proceeded to the consideration of
A Bill to prohibit Extortion and punish Extortioners; which had been
made the Special Order of the Day for this day, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, the Special Order was discharged, and the
same was made the Special Order of the Day for Saturday next, at fifteen
minutes past 1&,o'clock, P. M.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
The following reports were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence :
Report of the Medical Committee, on the account of Dr. W. C. Free¬
man, for a post mortem examination ;
Report of the York and Lancaster Delegations, on the Annual Report of
John R. Patton, agent of the Catawba Indians.
The following reports were concurred in, and were ordered to be returned
to the Senate:
Reports of the Medical Committee,
On the report of the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum and Medical
Accounts, of the Senate,
On the account of Dr. A. H. Johnson, for a post mortem examination;
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221
On the account of Dr. T. J. Goodwyn, for services rendered prisoners in
jail.
The report of the Committee on Colored Population,
On the report of the Central Secretary to the Commissioners for the
removal of negroe's from the Districts of Beaufort, Colleton, Georgetown,
and Charleston, was taken up, and the question being put, Shall the re¬
port be sent to the Senate for concurrence ? it passed in the affirmative,
Yeas, 64; Nays, 29.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs. Aiken, Messrs. Kirk,
Allcmong,
Lebby,
Boatwright,
Legg,
Bobo,
Lide,
Boyce,
Lockwood,
Boylston,
Lowry, A. M.,
Brabham,
Magrath,
Bradley, J. S.,
Mattison,
Bradley, P. II.,
May,
Broyles,
McCants,
Bryce,
McClenaghan,
Campbell,
McDaniel,
Cook,
McFadden,
Cooper,
McKinstry,
Cray ton,
Mikell, T. P.
Dawkins,
Mullins,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Peake,
DeSaussure, W. G.,
Perrin,
Evins, J, II.,
Perry, B. F.
Evans, W. H.,
Pinckney,
Fair,
Read, J. H.
Fraser,
Smith,
Graham,
Stokes,
Hemphill,
Suber,
Huggins,
Townsend,
Johnston, R. M.,
Trenholm,
Johnston, T. L.,
Yenning,
Jones, S. B.
Wallace,
Kennedy,
W eatherly,
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Messrs. Whetstone, Messrs. Yeadon,
Wilkinson, Youmans.
Williams, J. J.,
Those who voted in the negative are:
Messrs. Adams, Messrs.Marshall,
Bates,
Mobley,
Bratton,
Power,
Byrd,
Rhame,
Doyle,
Sanders,
Eaves,
Shell,
Efird,
Stewart,
Fort,
Sullivan,
Foster,
Thomson,
Harbin,
Yandiver,
Hendricks,
Webber,
Huiet,
Williams, G. W.
Jenkins,
Wright,
Jones, B S.
Youngblood.
Lowry, J. T.
So the report was ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence.
The Senate sent to this House,
Resolution for the adjournment of the General Assembly on Friday, the
30th instant; .also,
Resolution providing for a meeting of the members of the Legislature,
for nominating Boards of Commissioners for the Soldiers' Relief Bill;
which were severally considered immediately, were concurred in, and were
ordered to be returned to the Senate.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. TRENHOLM, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of
A Bill to grant the aid of the State to the Cheraw and Coal Fields
Railroad' Company; which had been made the Special Order of the Day
for this day, at a quarter-past 1 o'clock, P. M.
The Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be sent to the
Senate.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. THOMSON, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of
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223
A Bill to make owners of slaves liable for sheep, cattle, hogs or goats
stolen by said slaves, under certain circumstances; which had been made
the Special Order of the Day for this day, at half-past 1 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. THOMSON, the Special order was discharged, and
the same was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at 1
o'clock, P. M.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. WHETSTONE, the House proceeded to the consid¬
eration of
A Bill to refund to the Soldiers' Board of Relief for Barnwell Dis¬
trict, moneys advanced and expended by them, as a Board of Relief, out
of their private funds; which had been made the Special Order of the Day
for this day, at 2 o'clock, P. M.
The Bill was read the second time, and the title having been changed so
as to read, "A Bill to refund to the Soldiers' Board of Relief, for Barnwell
and Laurens Districts, and for St. Matthew's and Christ Church Parishes,
moneys advanced and expended by them, as a Board of Relief, out of
their private funds; it was ordered to be sent to the Senate.
On motion of Mr. BOATW RIG PIT,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to¬
morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Mr. BOATWRIGHT, the House was adjourned at 3
o'clock, P. M.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1863.
At the Flour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the
roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present,
according to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with
prayer to Almighty God, by the Rev. J. P. Boyce.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 23.
Mr. B. F. PERRY presented the petition of James E. Hagood, praying
that he may be paid for a slave who died in the public service; which was
referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. DAWKINS presented the petition of sundry citizens of Union Dis¬
trict, asking to limit the price of corn; which was referred to the Committee
on Agriculture.
Mr. MAY presented the petition of sundry citizens of St. George's
Parish, praying a change of election precinct; which was referred to the
Committee on Offices and Officers.
Mr. WEBBER presented the petition of sundry citizens of Spartanburg
District, to increase the annuity of Elizabeth Smith; which was referred
to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. O'BANNON presented the claim of S. H. Stallings, for services
rendered the State; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
The SPEAKER laid before the House the petition of Wm. Fuller, M.
D., to be- refunded overpaid tax; which was referred to the Committee of
Ways and Means.
Mr. CRAYTON presented the petition of L. P. Gaines, to be refunded
a double tax; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means;
also,
The petition of B. F. Crymes, for payment of account for services ren¬
dered as Special Constable; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. J. J. WILLIAMS presented the petition of Robert Tuttle, praying
to be refunded a War Tax improperly paid.
The SPEAKER announced that Mr. C. P. Townsend is added to the
Committee on Incorporations, and to the Committee on Education; also,
That Mr. H. R. Vandiver is added to the Committee on Commerce and
Manufactures, and to the Committee on Internal Improvements.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. B. F. PERRY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made a report
On the petition of Levi Leggett, and other citizens of Marion, praying a
change of the law in regard to advertising Sheriff's sales; also,
On the petition of the citizens of Clarendon District, praying for legisla¬
tion on the subject of extortion; which were severally ordered for con¬
sideration to-morrow.
Mr. G. W. WILLIAMS, from the same Committee, made a report
On the petition of W. B. Daniel, praying that the rights of legitimacy
may be conferred on Mary E. Daniel; and reported
A Bill to confer the rights of legitimacy on Mary E. Daniel; which was
read the first time, and was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. ERASER, from the Committee on Public Printing, made a report
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23.
225
On the claim of C. P.''Pelham, State Printer, for balance due him;
which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. KIRK, from the Committee on the State House and Grounds, made
a report
On the Report of the Senate's Committee on Message No. 10 of his
Excellency the Governor; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions, and Motions.
On motion of Mr. FAIR, leave of absence was granted to Mr. Marshall,
on account of pressing business in Florida and other States.
Mr. T. P. MIKELL gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to
introduce
A Bill to exempt from levy and sale the estates of deceased soldiers,
leaving families, to a certain amount.
Mr. MULLINS gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to introduce
A Bill to establish District Boards of. Health.
Mr. R. M. JOHNSTON gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to
introduce
A Bill to declare the twentieth day of December a holiday.
On motion of Mr. ALLEMONG, the petition of David Ramsay, which
was referred to the Committee on Claims, was referred to the Committee of
Ways and Means.
Mr. O'CONNOR introduced the following resolution, which was con¬
sidered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That the usual committee of investigation of the Bank of the
State and its Branches he appointed on the part of the House, and that a
messagevbe sent to the Senate requesting the appointment of a similar com¬
mittee on the part of that body, to meet with the committee of the House
in the discharge of that duty; and that they be allowed, as heretofore, the
same per diem and mileage as members of the Legislature, while engaged
in the discharge of that duty.
Mr. BOYCE introduced the following resolution, which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to :
Resoved, That it be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means to
consider the propriety of so amending an Act passed 18th December, 1862,
entitled An Act to provide for a guarantee by the State of the Bonds of
the Confederate States, as to authorize the State guarantee of the Confed¬
erate Bonds according to a plan to be adopted by Congress, to the amount
of thirty-four millions four hundred and eighty-two thousand seven hundred
and sixty dollars, instead of the guarantee provided by that Bill.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 23.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
On motion of Mr. B. F. PERRY, the report of the Committee on the
Military,
On memorial of the Central Association for relief of soldiers, was takea
up, and was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at 1 o'clock,
P. M.
On motion of Mr. MAY,
A Bill to incorporate the Edisto and Ashley Canal Company was taken
up, out of its order, and was made the Special Order of .the Day for Tuesday
next, at a quarter-past 12 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. BOYCE, the House departed from the consideration
of the General Orders.
Mr. BOYCE introduced the following resolution; which was considered
immediately, -and was agreed to :
Resolved, That James Tupper, Auditor, be authorized to have exempli¬
fied copies made of all papers in the archives of the House of Representa¬
tives relating to public and private claims, which he may require in the
preparation and adjustment of the claims of this State against the Con¬
federate States.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. W. G. DeSAUS-
SURE introduced
A Bill to revise and amend certain sections of an Act entitled " An Act
to establish a Board of Ordnance and an Ordnance Bureau, and for other
purposeswhich was read the first time, and was referred to the Com¬
mittee on the Military.
Mr. W. H. EYANS presented the report of the Solicitor of the Eastern
Circuit on District Offices; which was referred to the Committee on the
J udiciary.
Mr. DURYEA gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to introduce
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to make appropriation in aid
of the families of soldiers, and to repeal an Act entitled An Act to afford
aid to the families of soldiers, ratified on the twenty-first day of December,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one," ratified
on the eighteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two.
Mr. BOYLSTON gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23.
227
A Bill to incorporate the Atlantic Steam Packet Company.
The House resumed the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
A Bill to authorize the hanks to issue small bills, was ordered to lie on
the table.
A Bill to incorporate the Wando, Wambaw and Winyah Canal Company,
was read the second time, and was ordered to he returned to the Senate.
A Bill, from the Senate, to authorize the Banks to issue small hills, the
title having been changed, so as to read,
A Bill to authorize the Bank of the State to increase its issue of small
bills, was read the second time, and was ordered to be returned to the
Senate.
On motion of Mr. DAWKINS,
A Bill to vest in the Confederate Government a part of the. Columbia
Canal for a term of twelve years; and
A Bill, from the Senate, to vest the Columbia Canal in the city of Co¬
lumbia for the term of years herein mentioned, were made the Special
Order of the Day for to-morrow, at 12 o'clock, M.
Mr. WHETSTONE asked and obtained leave to withdraw from the files
of the House the petition of Charles A. Myers.
Mr. READ gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to introduce
A Bill to amend an Act to provide more efficient Police regulations for
the Districts on the sea-board.
A Bill to continue of force an Act entitled " An Act to authorize certain
Building and Loan Associations to suspend the call for monthly instalments,"
was ordered to lie on the table.
A Bill, from the Senate, to continue of force an Act entitled " An Act to
authorize certain Building and Loan associations to suspend the call for
monthly instalments, was read the second time, and was ordered to he
returned to the Senate;
A bill to limit the production of cotton within this State during the
present war, was taken up, out of its order, and was made the Special Order
of the Day for Monday next, at one o'clock, P. M., and was ordered to be
printed.
The report of the Joint Committee on the communication of J. L. Peti-
gru, Esq., Commissioner of the Code, was agreed to, and was ordered to be
sent to the Senate for concurrence.
The report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks,
228
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23.
On the petition of James Gillam, to be refunded a "War Tax twice paid,
was agreed to, and a message was ordered to be sent to the Senate, asking
leave to amend the report of the Senate in the particular indicated.
The following reports were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence:
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of Nathan Legare, to be refunded a double tax; also,
On the petition of Daniel McJunkin, to be refunded a War Tax improp¬
erly exacted; also,
On the petition of James Thomson, administrator of Dabney Wansley,
to be refunded a double tax;
Report of the Military Committee,
On resolution in regard to Mahan's work on Permanent Fortifications;
Report of the Committee on Roads, Bridges, and Ferries,
On the petition of James Bell, in regard to Buekhead Causey, and to be
relieved frbm the lease thereof;
Report of the Committee on Claims,
On the account of J. M. Hunter, Sheriff; also,
On the account of Isaac H. Means, Secretary of State, for work done in
his office in 1861; also,
On the account of same, for work done in his office in 1862; also,
On the account of P. B. Glass, for stationery furnished the House of
Representatives.
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of Robert A. Buchanan, to be refunded excess of War
Tax; also,
On the petition of Hiram Weeks, to be refunded excess of War Tax; also,
On the petition of James Brian, to be refunded excess of War Tax.
Report of the Military Committee,
On the Annual Report of the Board of Visitors of the South Carolina
Military Academy.
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On a resolution directing the President of the Bank of the State of South
Carolina to pay up the arrears of interest of Railroad Bonds upon which is
endorsed the guarantee of the State.
Reports of the Committee on Claims,
On the claim of W. M. Conyers, for public printing; also,
On the account of the Barnwell Sentinel, for public printing; also,
On the account of the Edgefield Advertiser, for public printing; also,
On the claim of J. T. Hershman, for public printing.
The following reports were agreed to :
Reports of the Military Committee,
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229
On the petition of members of the 8th Regiment of Reserves; of sun¬
dry citizens of Marion; of 8th Regiment Reserves; of members 8th Regi¬
ment Reserves; of sundry citizens of Marlboro'; of members of 6th Regi¬
ment Reserves; of sundry citizens of Chesterfield; also,
On resolution to vacate all Militia oflices of and under the rank of Colonel;
Report of the Judicary Committee,
On a resolution proposing retaliatory measures in reference to Lincoln's
Proclamation;
Report of the Committee on Claims,
On the petition of Julius P. Wright, praying compensation for taking
the Census for the United States in Edgefield District; (Mr. ADAMS asked
and obtained leave to withdraw the petition from the files of the House.)
Reports of the Committee on Roads, Bridges, and Ferries,
On petition from Pickens District, against opening the Bachelor's Re¬
treat old road; also,
On the presentment of the Grand Jury of Pickens District, at Fall Term,
18C2;
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks,
On the report of the Comptroller General on the petition of Thomas B.
Clarkson, for himself and for the estate of William Clarkson, deceased, to
be refunded a tax improperly assessed; also,
On petitions of the Board of Soldiers' Relief of Newberry District, and
of sundry citizens of York and Spartanburg Districts, relative to relief of
soldiers' families;
Reports of the Military Committee,
On a resolution of inquiry as to free persons of color; also,
On Message No. 8 of his Excellency the Governor;
Report of the Committee on Incorporations,
On the petition of the Board of Trustees of Erskine Theological Semi¬
nary, praying an Act of Incorporation.
Report of the Committee on Agriculture,
On the petition of sundry citizens of Lexington District, in reference to
the distillation of grain.
Report of the Committee on Claims,
On the account of S. McBride Scott, Sheriff of Williamsburg District,
for nulla bona cost on double tax executions. (Mr. COOPER asl^d and
obtained leave to withdraw the account from the files of the House.)
Report of the Special Joint Committee of Six,
On sundry Ordinances of the Convention.
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 23.
On the petition of sundry planters of 'John's Island, for the remission of
certain taxes on property lost and abandoned to the enemy.
The following reports were concurred in, and were ordered to he returned
to the Senate :
Report of the Military Committee,
On the report (from the Senate, in secret session) of the Committee on
the Military and Pensions,'on so much of the Message No. 2 of his Excel¬
lency the Governor, as relates to the First Corps of Reserves.
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks,
On the report of the Transient Poor of Charleston; also,
On the petition of Giles J. Patterson, to be refunded a War Tax twice
paid.
Report of the Committee on Claims,
On the report of the.Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
On the account of Evans & Cogswell, for printing the Code of Statute
Law.
The report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks,
On the petition of Miss Elizabeth Hinson, to be refunded a War Tax
wrongfuly paid, was agreed to; and a message was ordered to be sent to
the Senate, asking leave to amend in the particular indicated.
The report of the Committee on the Military,
On so much of the Governor's Message No. 1 as was referred to them,
and on Message No. 5, was made the Special Order of the Day for to¬
morrow, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
The following reports were ordered to lie on the table:
Report of the Committee on the Military,
On resolution (from the Senate) on the petition of T. Harrison Baker.
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of Giles J. Patterson, to be refunded a War Tax improp¬
erly paid; also,
On the petition of James Gillam, to be refunded a War Tax improperly
paid ; also,
On the petition of Elizabeth Hinson, Administatrix of Robert G. Gil¬
liam, Guardian of James Gorce and R. Thomson Gorce.
Report of the Committee on Confederate Relations,
On resolutions in regard to representatives of foreign governments.
Resolutions in regard to representatives of foreign governments, were in¬
definitely postponed.
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231
Resolutions (from the Senate) providing for the education of certain
youths in the State Military Academies, were re-comm tted to the Commit¬
tee on the Military.
Mr. FORT asked and obtained leave to withdraw from the files of the
House resolutions as to the Convention of the People.
The Senate sent to this House,
An Act to extend some of the provisions of an Act entitled, "An Act in
reference to the suspension of specie payments by the Banks of this State,
and for other purposes," to the first day of January, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four; which was ordered to be com¬
mitted to the Committee on Engrossed Acts; also,
A Bill to vacate the commissions of Militia officers; which was read the
first time, and was referred to the Committee on the Military.
Mr. YOUMANS introduced the following resolutions; which were con¬
sidered immediately, and were referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means:
Resolved, That all taxes collected under an Act of the General Assembly
of this State, entitled "An Act to raise supplies for the year commencing
in October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one," ratified on the •
twenty-first day of December, in the year, of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one, upon lands or slaves in this State, in possession of
or under the control of the enemy, on the last day limited for the payment
of said taxes; and such other lands in this State as were abandoned by the
owners prior to said day, in consequence of the action, of the military au¬
thorities ; and also all taxes collected under an Act of the General Assem¬
bly of this State, entitled "An Act to provide for the payment by the State
of the War Tax of the Confederate States, and for the collection of the
same from the tax payers in this State," ratified on the twenty-first day of
December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
one, upon lands or slaves in this State in possession of or under the control
of the enemy on the last day limited for the payment of said taxes, and
such other lands as were abandoned by the owners prior to said last men¬
tioned day, in consequence of the action of the military authorities, be
refunded; and the collection of all such taxes under the Acts aforesaid
unpaid, be restrained, and such taxes remitted.
Resolved, That the Tax Collectors be required to furnish the Treasurers
of their respective Divisions, and the Sheriffs of their respective Districts,
in sixty days from the adjournment of this General Assembly, with lists of
all persons who have paid the taxes hereby ordered to be refunded; and
the amount to be refunded to each, and of all persons who have not paid the
taxes hereby ordered to be remitted, and the amount to be remitted to each.
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On motion of Mr. YOUMANS,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to-mor¬
row at eleven o'clock, A. M.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. THOMSON, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of
A Bill to make owners of slaves liable for sheep, cattle, hogs, or goats,
stolen by said slaves, under certain circumstances, which had been made the
Special Order of the Day for this day, at one o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. THOMSON, the Special Order was discharged, and
the same was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at two
o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. B. S. JONES, the House was adjourned at thirty-five
minutes past three o'clock, P. M.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1863.
At the Hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the
roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present,
according to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with
prayer to Almighty God, by the Rev. Samuel B. Jones.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The SPEAKER announced the following committees to investigate the
Bank of the State and its Branches:
Charleston.—Messrs. M. P. O'Connor, Alfred M. Martin, ¥m. Lebby.
Columbia.—Messrs. J. D. Aiken, C. H. Suber, J. H. Evins.
Camden.—Messrs. Stephen Elliott, Jr., R. E. Graham, J. C. McClenaghan.
Abbeville.—Messrs. James M. Perrin, James McCullough, Jno. F. Talbert.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers.
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Mr. A. M. LOWRY submitted the return of the Commissioners of Free
Schools for Chesterfield District, for 1862; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Education.
Mr. DOYLE presented' the petition of sundry citizens of Pickens Dis¬
trict, to re-appoint A. Bryce, Sr., Magistrate; which was referred to the
Committee on Olfices and Officers.
Mr. BLAKENEY presented the memorial of Zachariah Ellerbe, Sr., pray¬
ing compensation for the loss of a negro, who died from disease contracted
in the service of the State; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. JENKINS presented the petition of Rev. John Larr, to be refunded
a certain sum of money paid by him for medical attention to the negroes
sent by him to work on fortifications at James' Island; which was referred
to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. SULLIVAN presented the memorial of citizens of Laurens District,
for a change in patrol law; which was referred to the Committee on Colored
Population.
Mr. BOYLSTON presented the memorial of sundry citizens of Charles¬
ton, praying an Act of Incorporation of The Trading Company of the Con¬
federate States; which was referred to the Committee on Incorporations.
Mr. STEWART presented the account of R. H. Greneker, for public
printing; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. KIRK, from the Committee on the State House and (grounds, made
a report
On the report of the Commissioner, Architect and Superintendent of the
New State House, and reported
A Bill to authorize the issue of stock for the purpose of continuing the
construction of the New State House; which was read the first time, and
was ordered for consideration on Monday next.
Mr. J. 31. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee on Roads, Bridges and
Ferries, made a report,
On the petition of the citizens of the Dark Corner of Greenville District,
for opening a new road; also,
On a resolution as to calling out all males between the ages of fifteen and
sixty years, to work on the roads; which were severally ordered for con¬
sideration on Monday next.
3Ir. MOBLE Y, from the Medical Committee, made a report,
On the account of Drs. Styles and Brewton, for a post mortem examina¬
tion ; also,
On the account of Dr. B. C. Norment, for attending prisoners in jail;
which were severally ordered for consideration on Monday next.
Mr. 3IAY, from the same Committee, made a report,
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On the account of Dr. R. W. Bates, for a post mortem examination;
which was ordered for consideration on Monday next.
Mr. BOATWRIGHT, from the same Committee, made a report,
On the accounts of Dr. J .D. Bruns, for post mortem examinations; which
were ordered for consideration on Monday next.
Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report,
On Senate's resolution providing for the education of certain youths; also,
On the petition of F. M. Mellett and J. H. McKuight; also,
On Senate's resolution to authorize the Governor to appoint an Assistant
Adjutant General; which were severally ordered for consideration on
Monday next; also, made a report
On a portion of the Governor's Message referred to them, and reported
A Bill to repeal, in part, an Act entitled "An Act to authorize and em¬
power certain Regiments to elect their Field Officers;" which was read the
first time, and was ordered for consideration on Monday next.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the Committee of Ways and
Means was discharged from the further consideration of the petition of C.
H. Simonton, praying to be relieved from payment of a double tax; and
from the petition of Dr. R. T. Mims, praying to be refunded a sum of money
paid by him to the Collector of the War Tax for Lexington District; and
the same were ordered to lie on the table. (Mr. ADAMS asked and obtained
leave to withdraw the petition of Dr. R. T. Mims from the files of the
House.)
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a report
On the petition of W. A. Pringle, as representing J. I. Pringle, to be
refunded a double tax; also,
On the petition of B. E. Kiddell, to be rufunded a War Tax illegally
exacted; and also,
Upon the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, upon the same
petition; also,
On the petition of Wm. C. Meggett, to be refunded a War Tax illegally
exacted; also,
On the petition of Thomas Carter, to be freed from a War Tax improperly
assessed; also,
On the petition of R. T. Mims, to be refunded a sum of money paid to
the Tax Collector of Lexington District; which were severally ordered for
consideration on Monday next; also, made a report
On the Report of the Treasurer of the Lower Division and President of
the Bank of the State of South Carolina, respecting the Confederate War
Tax, and reported
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A Bill for the payment by the State of such War Tax as may he imposed
by the Congress of the Confederate States during the year one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three, and for the collection of the same from the
tax payers in this State; which was read the first time, and was ordered for
consideration on Monday next; also,
A Bill to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the payment
hy the State of the War Tax of the Confederate States, and for the collec¬
tion of the same from the tax payers in this State; which was read the
first time, and was ordered for consideration on Monday next.
Mr. BOYCE, from the same Committee, made a report,
On the resolution as to State endorsement of a specific amount of Con¬
federate Bonds, and reported
A Bill to provide for a guaranty by the State of the Bonds of the Con¬
federate States; which was read the first time, and was ordered for consid¬
eration on Monday next.
Mr. GRAHAM, from the Committee on the Military, made a report,
On the petition of sundry citizens of the town of Darlington, praying
that the Militia heat company in said town be disbanded, and reported
A Bill to disband the Militia beat company organized in the town of
Darlington; which was read the first time, and was ordered for considera¬
tion on Monday next.
Mr. BATES, from the Medical Committee, made a report,
On the account of Dr. J. T. Baskins, for a post mortem examination; also,
On the account of Dr. J. E. Grant, for aost mortem examination; which
were severally ordered for consideration on Monday next.
Mr. T. P. MIKELL, from the same Committee, made a report,
On that portion of the Governor's Message relating to the vaccination of
the people of South Carolina; which was ordered for consideration on
Monday "next.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions, and Motions.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. J. HARLESTON
READ introduced
A Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide more efficient Po¬
lice Regulations for the Districts on the sea-board ;" which was read the first
time, and was referred to the Committee on the Military.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. BOYLSTON intro¬
duced
A Bill to charter the Trading Company of the Confederate States; which
was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on Incorporations.
Mr. WHALEY introduced the following resolution; which was consid¬
ered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to he sent to the Senate
for concurrence :
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Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be paid the sum of three hundred
dollars, for furnishing the Hon. J. L Orr with copies of the Commissioner's
Report, the returns of property lost and destroyed on the coast by the inva¬
sion of the enemy, and index of the same ; also, thirty-nine dollars for paper
furnished for the same; and that the Speaker be authorized to draw his
warrant on the Treasury for the same.
Mr. WIIALEY introduced the following resolution; which was consid¬
ered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That the report of the Commissioners appointed by the last
Legislature to receive the return of property lost on the sea-board by citizens
of this State, made to this Legislature, and ordered to lie upon the table, be
taken and referred to James Tupper, Esq., State Auditor, to take such ac¬
tion in the premises as the nature of the case may require.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. T. P. MIKELL in¬
troduced
A Bill to exempt from levy and sale the estate of deceased soldiers,
leaving families, to a certain amount; which was read the first time, and
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr R. M. JOHNSTON
introduced
A Bill to declare the twentieth day of December a holiday; which was
read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. DURYEA introduced
A Bill to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to make appropriation in aid
of the families of soldiers," and to repeal "An Act to afford aid to the
families of soldiers," ratified on the twenty-first day of December, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one;" which was
read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on the Military.
Mr. DURYEA introduced the following resolution, which was considered
immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for
concurrence:
Resolved, That the Commissioners of Public Buildings of the District of
Charleston shall be, and are hereby, required to deliver over to the Ordinary
of Charleston District the following books belonging to his office, and lately
removed from the city of Charleston to Columbia, by order of the late Ex¬
ecutive Council, and lately placed in the custody of the said Board by
order of this General Assembly, to be by him opened and kept open for the
use of his court, viz:
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1. General Index, from 1840.
2. " " prior to that time.
3. Last volume Ordinary's Journal.
4. The Will Books, from E to L, inclusive.
5. Annual Return Books, from D to L, inclusive.
6. Inventory Books, from 1®40.
7. Letter Books, from D to F, inclusive.
8. Bond Book, D and E.
9. Real Estate Book.
10. Index Book of Accounts.
11. " " " Orders for Sale.
12. Cash Book and Receipt Book.
Mr. DOZIER presented the petition of Charles A. Lesesne, to be re¬
funded taxes paid twice; which was referred to the Committee of Ways
and Means.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. DAWKINS, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of
A Bill to vest in the Confederate Government a part of the Columbia
Canal for a term of twelve years; also,
A Bill (from the Senate) to vest the Columbia Canal in the City of Co¬
lumbia for the term of yea^s herein mentioned; which had been made the
Special Order of the Day for this day, at twelve o'clock, M.
A Bill to vest in the Confederate Government a part of the Columbia
Canal for a term of twelve years, was read the second time, and was ordered
to he sent to the Senate.
A Bill (from the Senate) to vest the Columbia Canal in the City of Co¬
lumbia for the term of years herein mentioned, was ordered to lie on the
table.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. YE ADON, the House proceeded to the consideration of
A Bill to prohibit extortion and punish extortioners; which had been
made the Special Order of the Day for this day, at a quarter-past twelve
o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, the Special Order was discharged, and the
same was made the Special Order of the Day for Monday next, at twelve
o'clock, M., and the amendment proposed by Mr. YEADON was ordered
to be printed.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 24.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. B. F. PERPtY, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of
Reports of the Committee on the Military,
On the memorial of the Central Association for the Relief of Soldiers;
also,
On so much of the Governor's Message, No. 1, as was referred to them;
also,
On Message No. 5 of the Governor; which had been made the Special
Order of the Day for this day, at one o'clock, P. M.
Report of the Committee on the Military,
On memorial of the Central Association for the Relief of Soldiers, was
ordered to lie on the table;
On so much of the Governor's Message No. 1 as was referred to them,
was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence;
On Message No. 5 of the Governor, was ordered to lie on the tabic.
Mr. B. F. PERRY introduced the following resolutions; which were
considered irtimediately, were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence:
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby, author¬
ized to employ a competent and suitable agent, whose duty it shall be to
reside in the city of Richmond, and assist the soldiers of South Carolina in
going to the army and returning home, in procuring their pay for services,
transportation tickets, passports, and passage on the railroads.
Resolved, That the said agent, when necessary, shall employ others to
assist him in the discharge of his duties in Richmond, and also to assist the
wounded and sick soldiers in their passage through Petersburg, and such
other points as the Governor may deem necessary, on their way home.
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby, author¬
ized to pay the said agent such salary as he may deem proper, and all
necessary expenses which the said agent may incur in procuring assistants,
or pay out for the sick and wounded, who are destitute, on their way home.
Resolved, That the said agent shall, from time to time, as the Governor
may require, render a correct, statement of all expenditures by him made,
as above directed ; and it shall be the duty of the Governor to furnish him
with such funds as in his opinion may be necessary, and draw for the same
on the public Treasury.
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is, required to
report his action under these resolutions to this General Assembly, at its
next meeting.
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The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, January 24th, 18C3.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Scuate respectfully informs your House that they concur in your
request to appoint a Committee to investigate the Bank of the State and its
Branches; and have appointed a Committee, consisting of Wm. Murray, H.
D. Lesesne, and Gr. W. Oswald, for the Bank at Charleston; R. Gr. McCaw,
Robt. Beaty, and J. C. Hope, for Branch at Columbia; A. H. Boykin, P. T-
Hammond, and J. W. Blakeney, for Branch at Camden ; Thomas Thomson,
Robt. Maxwell, and Arthur Simkins, for Branch at Abbeville. And that
the members of said Committee be allowed the same per diem and mileage
as members of the Legislature while engaged in that service.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
The report of the Joint Committee on the communication of J. L. Peti-
gru, Esq., Commissioner of the Code.
The Senate sent to this House,
A Bill to continue ot force an Act entitled, "An Act to authorize certain
Building aud Loan Associations to suspend the call for monthly instalments;"
which was read the third time.
Resolved, That the bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed ; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be returned to the Senate.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. BROYLES, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of
A Bill to limit the production of cotton within the State during the
present war; which had been made the Special Order of the Day for this
day, at one o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. T. P. MIKELL, the Special Order was discharged,
and the same was made the Special Order of the Day for Monday next, at
one o'clock, P. M.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. THOMSON, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of
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A Bill to make the owners of slaves liable for sheep, cattle, hogs or goats
stolen by said slaves, under certain circumstances; which had been made
the Special Order of the Day for this day, at 2 o'clock, P. JM.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS, the Bill was indefinitely postponed.
The Senate sent to this House,
A Bill to incorporate the Wando Wambaw and Winyah Canal Company;
which was read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be returned to the Senate.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
On the petition of Lewis M. Ott, praying compensation for the loss of a
negro by disease contracted in the public service; which was ordered for
consideration on Monday next, and was ordered to be printed.
Mr. MULLINS, from the Special Joint Committee, to whom was refer¬
red the Ordinances of the Convention, and the proceedings of the Execu¬
tive Council, &c., made a report, and reported
A Bill to declare the law in relation to the proceedings of the Executive
Council; which was read the first time, and was ordered for consideration
on Monday next.
Mr. YOUMANS introduced the following resolution; which was con¬
sidered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee on Confederate Relations
to inquire and report whether any, and if so, what legislation is necessary, in
regard to the election of members of the Congress of the Confederate States.
Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report,
Oil the petition of the 2d Regiment of Reserves; also,
On the petition from the 8th Regiment of Reserves; also,
On Senate's resolution on petition of Asa George, for aid in constructing
revolving cannon; which were severally ordered for consideration on Mon¬
day next.
On motion of Mr. BOATWRIGHT,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet on
Monday next, at eleven o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Mr. EFIRD, the House was adjourned at half-past three
o'clock, P. M.
MONDAY, JANUARY 26.
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MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1863.
At the Hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the
roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present,
according to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with
prayer to Almighty God, by the Rev. Mr. Mullally.
The Journal of Saturday's proceedings was read.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers.
Mr. O'CONNOR presented the petition of Chas. F. Mitchell, and others,
praying an act of incorporation for the Charleston Exporting and Importing
Company; which was referred to the Committee on Incorporations.
Mr. A. JONES presented the petition of G. M. Wever, praying to be
refunded a War Tax improperly paid; which was referred to the Committee
of Ways and Means.
Mr. BOATWRIGHT presented the petition of Thos. S. Minton, praying
compensation for board and lodging furnished Capt. Elam Sharpe's Company
of Cavalry; also,
The petition of Thos. S. Minton, praying compensation for provisions
furnished the Quartermaster and Surgeon of the 4th Regiment South Caro¬
lina Volunteers; also,
The petition of Drs. Kennedy and Geiger, for services rendered in exam¬
ination of Reserves, not authorized by the Executive Council; which were
severally referred to the Committee on the Military.
Mr. HUTSON presented the petition of Philip Terry, to be paid for a
negro lost in service; also,
The petition of N. W. Heywood, to be paid for a negro lost in service;
which were severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. IIUGGINS presented the accounts of Wm. Lesesne, B. G. Pearson,
W. S. Johnson, R. K. Rutledge, Charles Martin, and Thos. A. Slawson, as
witnesses, and J. M. McFaddin, as messenger, in contested election from
Clarendon; which were severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
The SPEAKER called for Reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. LIDE, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report
On memorial of citizens of Charleston, praying an Act of Incorporation
for the Trading Company of Confederate States, and
On a Bill to charter the Trading Company of the Confederate States;
which were ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. WHALEY, from the Committee on Education, made a report
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MONDAY, JANUARY 20.
On the report of the Committee of the Senate, on the College, Education
and Religion,
On the report of the Commissioners of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind ; which
was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. SANDERS, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the account of P. B. Glass & Co., for stationery furnished the House
of Representatives; which was considered immediately, was agreed to, and
was ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence; also,
On the petition of H. F. Detyers, for services rendered to the State,
not provided for in the Fee Bill; also,
On the account of Y. N. Butler, Sheriff of Clarendon District; also,
On the petition of Thos. "Williams, to be paid the appraised sum for prop¬
erty destroyed on Sullivan's Island, by order of military authority; which
were severally considered immediately, and were agreed to; also,
On the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
On the account of Sam'l Watson, Sheriff of Sumter District, for articles
furnished the Jail; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a report
On petition of James H. Marshburn, to be relieved from an improper
War Tax assessment; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow, and
was ordered to be printed j also,
On memorial of Richard Yeadon, Chairman of Executive Committee of
Free Market of Charleston ; also,
On account of Elizabeth Moore, to be refunded a war tax improperly
paid; also,
On petition of Wm. S. McJunkin, to be refunded a tax paid by mistake;
also,
On petition of George W. Wilkio, agent of Miss Ball, praying to be re¬
lieved from an improper war tax assessment; also,
On petition of J. W. Owens, praying remission of a tax of 5 per cent, in¬
terest on a balance due the State Treasurer for 1861; which were severally
ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. YEADON, from the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures,
made a report
On resolutions of the State of Florida, in relation to the manufacture of
salt; which was considered immediately, and was agreed to.
Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report,
On a Bill to revise and amend certain sections of an Act entitled An Act
to establish a Board of Ordnance and an Ordnance Bureau, and for other
purposes; also,
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243
On a Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to make appropriation in aid
of the families of soldiers/' and to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to afford
aid to the families of soldiers/' ratified on the twenty-first day of December,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one ;" also,
On a Bill, from the Senate, to vacate the commissions -of the Militia
officers; also,
On a Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide more efficient
Police for the Districts on the sea-board ;" which were severally ordered for
consideration to-morrow.
Mr. O'CONNOR, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report
On the petition of members of the Associate Reformed Church at York-
ville, for an Act incorporating said Church; which was ordered for consid¬
eration to-morrow.
Mr. BOYCE, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a report
On the resolution to appoint an agent on claims against the Confederate
Government; also,
On the Military Accounts and Contingent Fund; which were severally
ordered for consideration to-morrow.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Special Committees.
Mr. TRESCOT, from the Special Committee on resolutions of inquiry
on the Proclamation of the Governor, made a report; which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow, and was ordered to be printed.
Mr. B. F. PERRY, from the same committee, submitted the minority
report; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow, and was ordered to
be printed.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions, and Motions.
Mr. SESSIONS introduced the following resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on the Military:
Whereas, under authority of the Executive Council, certain arms and
ammunition were ordered to be distributed to the different Districts of this
State, and to be kept at the different Court Houses, under certain regula¬
tions : therefore,
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee on the Military to in¬
quire and report upon the necessity of having a portion of the arms
and ammunition for Horry District transferred from Horry Court House to
the village of Little River, for the purpose of arming the Militia company
of that place, in case of an invasion by the enemy.
Mr. MITCHELL gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce
A Bill to incorporate the Charleston Exporting and Importing Company.
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MONDAY, JANUARY 26.
Mr. TRENHOLM gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce
A Rill to amend an Act entitled, " An Act to authorize the City Council
of Charleston to issue and put in circulation notes receivable in taxes or dues
to the City," ratified the twenty-first day of December, A. D. 1861.
Mr. B. E. PERRY introduced the following resolutions; which were
ordered for consideration to-morrow :
Whereas, during the last fall, his Excellency and the Executive Council
saw proper to call out the Militia of the State, between the ages of thirty-
five and fifty years, organize them into several Regiments of Reserves, and
tender them to the Confederate Government for the term of three months,
although the said Government had called for no soldiers, in any of the
States, over the age of forty years, very properly considering that those over
that age should be left at home for agricultural purposes; and whereas it
is highly important that all persons now in service in the said Regiments
of Reserves, who are over the age required by the Confederate authorities,
should return home in time to plant their crops for the present year; and
whereas, in the absence of such persons, there will be, in many sections of
the State, scarcely any one left to cultivate their farms, and make provisions
for the support of their families during another year: Be it, therefore,
Resolved, That, in the opinion of. this Legislature, all the soldiers in
the several South Carolina Regiments of Reserves, now in Confederate
service, over the age of forty years, are entitled to their discharge
at the expiration of the term (three months) for which they were called
out; and that to continue them in Confederate service after that period,
would be in violation of good faith on the part of the Confederate Govern¬
ment, and work great injustice to the soldiers.
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby, in¬
structed to see that all those in said regiments who are not liable to Con¬
scription, under the Acts of Congress and the call of the War Department,
be discharged and returned home at the expiration of their term of service.
Mr. DAWKINS introduced the following resolution; which was con¬
sidered immediately, was agreed to, and was referred to the Committee on
Commerce and Manufactures.
Resolved, That the Governor be authorized to cause to be erected, or to
aid and assist any person or company to erect, an establishment for the
manufacture of cotton cards, at such place, and upon such terms and con¬
ditions, as he shall deem most advisable; and to effect that end, the sum of
ten thousand dollars is hereby directed to be appropriated.
MONDAY, JANUARY 26.
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SPECIAL ORDER.
On moticn of Mr. YEADON the House proceded to the consideration of
A Bill to prohibit extortion, and punish extortioners, which had been made
the Special Order of the Day for this day, at 12 o'clock, M.
Mr. LIDE moved that the Bill be indefinitely postponed; and the ques¬
tion being put, Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in the negative,
Yeas, 30 ; Nays, 70.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Messrs.Allemong, Messrs.Jones, S. B.,
Blakeney,
Lide,
Bobo,
McCants
Boyce,
McClenaghan,
Boylston,
Mitchell,
Bryce,
Mobley,
Dawkins,
Mullins,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
O'Connor,
DeSaussure, W. Gr.
Pinckney, H. L.
Dozier,
Sessions,
Elliott,
Sullivan,
Evins, J. H.,
Trenholm,
Hemphill,
Trescot,
Huiet,
Yenning,
Hutson,
Weatherly.
Those who voted in the negative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs. Duryea,
Eaves,
Efird,
Evans, W. H.,
Pair,
Fort,
Foster,
Harbin,
Hendricks,
Huggins,
Jenkins,
Johnston, R. M.
Messrs.Adams,
Boatwright,
Bradley, J. S.,
Bradley, P. H.,
Bratton,
BroyleS,
Byrd,
Campbell,
Cook,
Cooper,
Crayton,
Doyle,
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Messrs.Johnston, T. L. Messrs.Read, J. H.
Jones, Abram,
Reed, J. L.
Kenpedy,
Rhame,
Kirk,
Sanders,
Lebby,
Sarvis,
Lockwood,
Scaife,
Lovinggood,-
Shell,
Lowry, A. M.,
Smith,
Lowry, J. T.
Stokes,
Lucas,
Stewart,
Magratli,
Talbert,
Martin,
Thomson,
May,
Townsend,
McCullough,
Yan diver,
McDaniel,
Wallace,
McFadden,
Webber,
McKinstry,
Wilkinson,
Mikell, T. P.,
Williams, G. W.,
O'Bannon,
Wright,
Oliver,
Yeadon,
Perry, B. F.
Youmans.
Perry, D. D.
Youngblood.
Power,
So the House refused to postpone the Bill indefinitely.
Message No. 2, from his Excellency the Governor, was then received,
and was read by his Private Secretary, B. F. Arthur, Esq.
MESSAGE NTO. 2.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Executive Department,
Columbia, January 26th, 1863.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith copies of a communication from Mr. W. A. McSwain,
together with certain letters and certificates, intended to show that Ser¬
geant Horace A. McSwain, of Company K. (Spartan Rifles) Palmetto Sharp
Shooters, is entitled to the honor of having captured the flag of the Michi¬
gan Regiment, which, with others, was sent to your honorable bodies by
Governor Pickens. In his Message on that subject, the name of the per¬
son entitled to the credit of capturing the Michigan flag is not given, as
MONDAY, JANUARY 26.
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it would seem the name, at that time, was not known, and I now transmit
the papers I have received in relation thereto, for such action as to you
shall seem proper.
M. L. BONHAM.
On motion of Mr. W. Gr. DeSAUSSURE, the Message and accompany¬
ing documents were referred to the Committee on the Military.
SPECIAL ORDER.
The House resumed the consideration of
A Bill to prohibit extortion and punish extortioners, which had been
made the Special Order of the Day for this^ day, at 12 o'clock, M.
Mr. YEADON offered the following amendment:
To strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert
That from and after the passing of this Act, any dealer or speculator in
clothing or materials of clothing, shoes, leather, raw hides, meat, grain,
flour, fish, coffee, sugar, tea, salt, saltpetre, wool, cattle, hogs, and other
live stock, poultry, or other necessary of life whatsoever, or any producer
for sale of any of the said articles, who shall, during the continuance of the
existing war, sell or dispose of any of the said articles, at exorbitant or
unreasonable rates or prices, or at an exorbitant or unreasonable advance
or profit on the cost thereof, or cost of the production thereof, or shall re¬
fuse to sell or dispose of the same for cash, either in specie or in current
funds, at fair or reasonable rates or prices, or at reasonable advances or prof¬
its on the cost thereof, or cost of the production thereof, and all other
persons who shall sell or dispose of any of the said articles at exorbitant
or unreasonable rates or prices, or at an exorbitant or unreasonable ad¬
vance or profit on the cost, or cost of the production thereof, shall be
deemed and held guilty of an extortion, and on conviction thereof in any of
the Courts of General Sessions of this State, shall be fined not more than
one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not more than twelve months; one-
half of the fine in each case to be for the benefit of the informer, and the
other half for the benefit of soldiers' and seamen's families, to be paid over
to the Soldiers' Board of Relief for the District in which the conviction
shall take place; and the informer to be a competant witness, any law, cus¬
tom or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That no one shall
be liable to conviction under this Act who shall sell or dispose of any of
the said articles at a rate or price, or at an advance or profit, not exceeding
seventy-five per cent, on the cost thereof, or cost of the production thereof;
And, provided, also, That no importer of foreign merchandise shall be lia¬
ble to the penalties of this Act.
248
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Sec. 2. That in all cases arising under this Act, it shall be left to the
Juries to determine what are exorbitant or unreasonable rates or prices, or
exorbitant or unreasonable advances or profits, due regard being had to the
circumstances of each case; and it shall be lawful for the Court of Appeals
to review the facts as well as the law of all such cases, and to set aside ver¬
dicts and order new trials for want of conformity to either fact or law.
Sec. 3. That no person prosecuted under this Act shall be allowed any
right or privilege of traverse or imparlance, or postponement of trial, at the
first term of the Court in which he shall be indicted, unless an affidavit of
the necessary absence of a material and necessary witness ; and no technical
or formal exception to any process, indictment, or other pleading, shall
avail the defendant, but each case shall be tried and adjudged according to
the merits, without any regard to form.
Sec. 4. Corporations, by their corporate names, and corporators of incor¬
porated companies, shall be liable to indictment and punishment for extor¬
tion, under this Act; and when corporations are indicted and convicted of
extortion, they shall be liabl° to fine as aforesaid, and to forfeiture of char¬
ter, at the discretion of the Court.
And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in
the affirmative,
Yeas, 63; Nays, 38.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs. Adams,
Messrs.Eaves,
Blakeney,
Boatwright,
Boyce,
Boy Is ton,
Bradley, P. H.
Bratton,
Broyles,
Byrd,
Cook,
Cooper,
Crayton,
Dawkins,
Doyle,
Dozier,
Efird,
Evans, W. H.
Fair,
Graham,
Harbin,
Hemphill,
Hendricks,
Jenkins,
Jones, S. B.
Kennedy,
Kirk,
Lovinggood,
Lowry, A. M.,
Dowry, J. T.
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249
i.Martin,
Messrs.Stokes,
Mattison,
Stewart,
McCants,
Suber,
McOullough,
Sullivan,
McDaniel,
Talbert,
McKinstry,
Thomson.
Mikell, T. P.
Townsend,
Mullins,
Trenholm,
Perry, B. F.,
Yandiver,
Pinckney, II L.,
Weatherly,
Power,
Webber,
Rhame,
Wilkinson,
Sanders,
Williams, G. W.,
Scaife,
Yeadon,
Shell,
Youmans,
Smith,
Youngblood,
Those who voted in the negative, are:
Messrs.Allemong, Messrs.Lide,
Bobo,
Lockwood,
Bradley, J. S.,
Lucas,
Bryce,
Magrath,
Campbell,
McClenaghan,
DeSaussure, J. M.
McFadden,
DeSaussure, W. G.
Mitchell,
Duryea,
Mobley,
Elliott,
O'Bannon,
Evins, J. H.'
O'Connor,
Fort,
Oliver,
Foster,
Read, J. H.,
Huggins,
Reed, J. L.,
Huiet,
Sarvis,
Hutson,
Sessions,
Johnston, R. M.,
Trescot,
Johnston, T. L.,
Wallace,
Jones, Abram,
Whaley,
Lebby,
Wright.
So the amendment was agreed to.
Messrs. YENNING- and MAY asked and obtained leave to record the
votes they would have given, if present, on agreeing to the amendment; and
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Mr. Venning, being called, answered "No;" and Mr. May, being called,
answered "Aye."
Mr. BOYCE moved to amend the amendment, by inserting the word
"Cotton'' between the words "Wool" and "Cattle."
Mr. MULLINS moved that the amendment be ordered to lie on the table;
and the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in
the affirmative,
Yeas 80; Nays 23.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs-Adams, Messrs.Johnston, R. M.,
Blakeney,
Johnston, T. L.,
Boatwright,
Jones, Abram,
Boylston,
Jones, S. B.,
Bradley, J. S.
Kennedy,
Bradley, P. H.,
Kirk,
Bratton,
Lide,
Broyles,
Lowry, A. M.,
Byrd,
Lowry, J. T.,
Cook,
Lucas,
Cooper,
Martin,
Dawkins,
Mattison,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
McCants,
DeSaussure, W. G.,
McClenaghan,
Doyle,
McCullough,
Duryea,
McFadden,
Eaves,
McKinstry,
Efird,
Mikell, T. P.,
Elliott,
Mobley,
Evins, J. H.,
Mullins,
Evans, W. H.,
O'Bannon,
Fair,
Oliver,
Fort,
Perry, D. D.,
Foster,
Pinckney, H. L.;
Graham,
Power,
Harbin,
Read, J. H.,
Huggins,
Reed, J. L.
Jenkins,
Rhame,
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251
Messrs.Sarvis,
Messrs.Trenholm,
Scaife,
Yandiver,
Sessions,
Yenning,
Shell,
"Wallace,
Smith,
W eatherly,
Stokes,
Whal.ey,
Stewart,
Wilkinson.
Suber,
Williams, Gr. W.
Sullivan,
Wright,
Talbert,
Yeadon,
Thomson,
Youngblood.
Townsend,
Those who voted
in the negative, are:
Messrs.Allemong,
Messrs. Lockwood,
Bobo,
Lovinggood,
Boyce,
Magrath,
Bryce,
May,
Campbell,
McDaniel
Crayton,
Mitchell,
Dozier,
O'Connor,
Hemphill,
Perry, B. F.
Hendricks,
Sanders,
Huiet,
Webber,
Hutson,
Youmans.
Lebby,
So the amendment was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. S. B. JONES moved to amend the amendment, by striking out, in
the first section, the following words : "and all other persons who shall sell
or dispose of any of the said articles at exorbitant or unreasonable rates or
prices, or at an exorbitant or unreasonable advance or profit on the cost, or
cost of the manufacture thereof."
Mr. YEADON moved that the amendment be ordered to lie on the table.
And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? Messrs. Broyles
and Cook were appointed tellers.
Yeas 49; Nays 46.
So the amendment was ordered to lie on the table.
On motion of Mr. LIDE, the House was adjourned at 15 minutes past
4 o'clock, P. M.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 27.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1S03.
At the Hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the
roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present,
according to the order of the 'House, the deliberations were opened with
, prayer to Almighty God, by the Rev. Dr. Palmer.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers.
On motion of Mr. DAWKINS, leave of absence was granted to Mr.
Scaife, for the remainder of the Session, on account of illness in his family.
On motion of Mr. TRENHOLM, leave of absence was granted to Mr.
Hutchinson, for the remainder of the Session, on account of severe indispo¬
sition.
Mr. STEWART presented tjie petition of Micah Harriss, asking compen¬
sation for a slave lost on the coast while in the service of the State; which
was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. J. S. BRADLEY presented the petition of J. T. Green, praying
compensation for a slave lost in the public service; which was referred to
the CommitteQ on Claims.
Mr. WHALEY presented the Treasurer's Report to the Honorable the
Board of Trustees of the South Carolina College; which was referred to the
Committee on Education.
The SPEAKER called for Reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. PERRIN, from the Committee on the Military, made a report
On the petition of Joseph M. Carter, praying to be educated in the State
Military Academy; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. WHALEY, from the Committee on Education, made a report
On the Report of the Committee of the Senate, on the College, Education
and Religion, on Message No. 4 of his Excellency the Governor, in relation
to the College, with tlte accompanying documents; which was made the
Special Order of the Day. for to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M.
Mr. DOZIER, from the Committee on Education, to whom was re-com¬
mitted the Report on Message No. 4 of his Excellency the Governor, rela¬
ting to the South Carolina College, made a report; which was made the
Special Order of the day for to-morrow at 11 o'clock, A. M.
Mr. CRAYTON, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
Ou the petition of B. E. Crymes, praying compensation for services ren¬
dered as a special constable; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27.
253
Mr. WEATHERLY, from the same Committee, made a report
On the memorial of sundry citizens of Darlington District, praying
relief for Susannah Andrews; which was ordered for consideration to¬
morrow.
Mr. WIIALEY, from the Committee on Education, made a report
On the annual returns of Commissioners of Free Schools of the several
Districts and Parishes j which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
The SPEAKER called for Reports of Special Committees.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
Mr. O'CONNOR gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce
A resolution to suspend, for one day longer, the 74th Rule of this House.
Mr. PERRIN gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to intro¬
duce
A Bill to amend the charter of the town of Abbeville.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mf. TRENIIOLM inti-o-
duced
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An'Act to authorize the City Council
of Charleston to issue and put in circulation notes receivable in taxes or
dues to the City," ratified the twenty-first day of December, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one; which was read the
first time, and was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
The House resumed the consideration of
A Bill to prohibit extortion, and punish extortioners.
Mr. TRENHOLM moved that the Bill be indefinitely postponed) and
the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in the
SPECIAL ORDER.
Messrs.Allemong,
Messrs.Campbell,
Boylston,
Brabham,
Blakeney,
Bobo,
Bradley, P. H.
Bryce,
Boyce,
Dawkins,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
DeSaussure, W. G.,
Dozier,
Duryea,
Efird,
Elliott,
254
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27.
Messrs.Evins, J. H., Messrs.McKinstry,
Fair,
Mitchell,
Fort,
O'Bannon,
Foster,
O'Connor,
Hemphill,
Perrin,
Hendricks,
Pinckney,
Huiet,
Rhame,
Hutson,
Sarvis,
Jones, Abram,
Sessions,
Jones, S. B.
Shell,
Lebby,
Sullivan,
Lide,
Trenholm,
Lockwood,
Trescot,
Lucas,
Yenning,
Magrath,
Weatherly,
McCants,
Whetstone,
McDaniel,
Wright.
Those who voted in the negative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs. Adams, Messrs. Lovinggood,
Aiken,
Lowry, A. M.
Boatwright,
Lowry, J. T.,
Bradley, J. S.
Martin,
Bratton,
Mattison,
Broyles,
May,
Byrd,
McClenaghan.
Cook,
McFadden, .
Cooper,
Mikell, T. P.,
Crayton,
Mobley,
Croft,
Mullins,
Doyle,
Oliver,
Eaves,
Perry, B. F.,
Evans, W. H.,
Read, J. H.
Graham,
Reed, J. L.,
Harbin,
Sanders,
Huggins,
Stokes,
Jenkins,
Stewart,
Johnston, T. L.
Suber,
Kennedy,
Talbert,
Legg,
Thomson,
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255
Messrs.Townsend,
Messrs. Wilkinson,
Williams, J. J.,
Williams, G. W.
Vandiver,
Wallace,
Webber,
Whaley,
Yeadon,
Youmans.
So the House refused to indefinitely postpone tbe Bill.
Mr. S. B. JONES moved to amend, by inserting :
Provided, Tbat no speculator or dealer shall be liable to conviction under
this Act, who shall sell or dispose of any of the said articles at a rate
or price, or at an advance or profit, not exceeding twenty per cent, on the
cost thereof.
Mr. YEADON moved to lay the amendment on the table; and the
question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? Messrs. B. E. Perry
and Wallace were appointed tellers.
So the House refused to lay the amendment on the table.
Mr. T. P. MIKELL moved that the Bill be indefinitely postponed, and
the question being put, will the House agree thereto ? it passed in the
affirmative,
Yeas, 42; Nays, 50.
Yeas, 53; Nays, 52.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Messrs. Allemong.
Messrs.Pair.
Blakeney,
Bobo,
Boyce,
Boylston,
Bryce,
Campbell,
Dawkins,
DeSaussure, J. M.
DeSaussure, W. G.
Dozier,
Durvea,
Efird,
Elliott,
Evins, J. H.
Fort,
Foster,
Graham,
Hemphill,
Huiet,
Hutson,
Jones, Abram
Jones, S. B.,
Kirk,
Lebby,
Lide,
Lockwood,
Lucas,
Magrath,
256
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27.
Messrs.McCants, Messrs.Sarvis,
McDaniel,
Sessions,
McKinstry,
Sullivan,
Mikell, T. P.
Thomson,
Mitchell,
Trenholm,
Mullins,
Trescot,
O'Bannon,
Yenning,
O'Connor,
Weatherly,
Perrin,
Whaley,
Pinckney,
Whetstone,
Read, J. H.
Wright.
Rhame,
Those who voted in the negative, are:
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs. Adams, Messrs.May,
Aiken,
McClenaghanj
Boatwright,
McCullough,
Bradley, J. S.,
McEadden,
Bratton,
Mobley,
Broyles,
Oliver,
Byrd,
Perry, D. D.
Cook,
Power,
Cooper,
Reed, J. L.
Crayton,
Sanders,
Croft,
Shell,
Doyle,
Stokes,
Eaves,
Stewart,
Evans, W. H.
Suber,
Harbin,
Talbert,
Hendricks,
Townsend,
Huggins,
Yandiver,
J enkins,
Wallace,
Johnston, R. M.
Webber,
Johnston, T. L.
Wilkinson,
Kennedy,
Williams, J. J.
Legg,
Williams, G. W.
Lovinggood,
Yeadon,
Lowry, A. M.,
Youmans,
Lowry, J. T.
Youngblood.
Martin,
So the Bill was indefinitely postponed.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27.
257
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. MAY, the House proceeded to the consideration of
A Bill to incorporate the Edisto and Ashley Canal Company; which had
been made the Special Order of the Day for this day, at 15 minutes past
12 o'clock, P. M.
The Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be sent to the
Senate.
Mr. J. J. WILLIAMS introduced the following resolution, which was
considered immediately:
Resolved, That a message be sent to the Senate, proposing to that House
to rescind the resolution to adjourn on Friday next, and to fix the time of
adjournment on Friday, the 6th of February, 1863.
Mr DURYEA moved to amend, by striking out all after the words " Fri¬
day next;" and the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ?
Messrs. Huiet and Mullins were appointed tellers.
Yeas, 44 ; Nays, 38.
So the House agreed to the motion.
The resolution, as amended, was then agreed to.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. MITCHELL intro¬
duced
A Bill to charter the Palmetto Exporting and Importing Company;
which was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on Incor ■
porations.
Mr. OLIVER introduced the following resolutions; which were con¬
sidered immediately, and were agreed to:
Whereas, amid the indiscriminate destruction of the raging battle, it hath
pleased the All-Wise Sovereign of the Universe, and the Supreme Ruler of
the destinies of men, to remove from a scene of unsurpassed usefulness
Col. T. J. Glover, (late member of this House from Orange Parish,) who
received his mortal wound on the sanguinary field of the Second Manassas,
while gallantly leading his command: Be it, therefore,
Resolved, unanimously, 1st. That this body has heard with deep grief
and unfeigned sorrow of the death of Col. T. J. Glover.
2d. That in the death of Colonel Glover, his District and country have
sustained the loss of an accomplished gentleman and an eminently useful
citizen; and that the sacred cause of that country has been deprived of the
services of an efficient and chivalric officer.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 27.
3d. That copies of the foregoing preamble and resolutions be sent to the
honored father and the family of the deceased.
On motion of Mr. BROYLES,
A Bill to limit the production of cotton within this State during the
present war, was taken up, and made the Special Order of the Day for to¬
morrow, at twelve o'clock, M.
On motion of Mr. THOMSON, the Committee on Offices and Officers
was discharged from the petition of sundry citizens of St. George's Parish,
praying a change of election precinct, and the same was referred to the
Committee on Privileges and Elections.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the petition of sundry citizens of Spartanburg District, to increase
the annuity of Elizabeth Smith; also,
On the account of S. H. Stallings; also,
On the petition of Rev. John Larr, praying to be refunded a certain sum
of money paid by him for medical attention to the negroes sent by him to
work on the fortifications on James' Island.
Mr. THOMSON introduced the following resolution; which was consid¬
ered immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Offices and Officers have leave to make
their report, and submit the same to the House without reading, and the
same be laid on the Speaker's desk for at least one day, for the inspection
of the members, that they may correct errors, should any such be found to
exist therein.
The Senate sent to this House, with their concurrence,
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of W. F. Roberts, to be refunded a tax improperly paid;
On the petition of Isaac Lenoir, to be refunded a war tax improperly
paid;
On the petition of Reuben Smith, to be refunded a tax illegally exacted;
On the petition of Peter Cox, to be refunded an amount of war tax over¬
paid;
On the petition of A. W. Dozier, to be refunded a tax improperly paid;
On the petition of J. M. Boland, to be refunded a war tax twice paid ;
On the petition of Martin Edwards, to be refunded a war tax improperly
exacted;
On the petition of 0. R. Broyles, to be refunded a double tax;
On the petition of J. Patterson, as Commissioner in Equity for Barnwell
District, to be refunded a war tax improperly paid.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27.
259
The Senate sent to this House,
The report of the Committee on Finance and Banks,
On the petition of James N. Cochran, to be refunded a Confederate tax
twice paid; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means;
also,
The report of the Committee on Agriculture and Internal Improvements,
on a resolution in relation to Iron; which was referred to the Committee
on Agriculture; also,
A Bill for the appointment of Commissioners of the Poor for Lancaster
District; which was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee
on Offices and Officers ; also,
A Bill to vest the title of the State in certain escheated property in
Rose Ann Carnighan and her heirs; which was read the first time, and was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The Senate returned to this House
A Bill to grant the aid of the State to the Cheraw and Coal Fields Rail¬
road Company; which was read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called " An Act"
Ordered, That it be sent to the Senate.
The report of the Committee on Claims,
On the petition of Wm. Lindsay, was agreed to, and was ordered to be
sent to the Senate for concurrence.
Mr. HUG GINS asked and obtained leave to withdraw from the files of
the House the account of Y. N. Butler.
A Bill to establish and re-charter certain Roads, Bridges and Ferries, and
for other purposes, was read the second time, and was ordered to be sent to
the Senate.
On motion of Mr. BOYCE,
A Bill to provide a guaranty by the State of the Bonds of the Confed¬
erate States, was taken up, out of its order; and the same was made the
Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at half-past 11 o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Mr. ALLEMONG,
Ordered,, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to¬
morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Mr. O'CONNOR, the House was adjourned at 5 minutes
past 3 o'clock, P. M.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2°, 1863.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the ioil,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with prayer to
Almighty God, by the Rev. Mr. Efird.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
The Report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of James Brian, to be refunded a War Tax paid in ex¬
cess; also,
Resolution to pay the Clerk of the House for extra services : also,
Resolution in relation to the Books of the Ordinary's Court for Charles¬
ton District; certain records to be returned to the custody of George Buist,
Ordinary.
The Senate sent to this House,
A Bill to amend an Act entitled, " An Act to organize and supply negro
labor for coast defence, in compliance with requisitions of the Government
of the Confederate States," and to authorize and direct the Governor to
proceed to furnish negro labor under said Act; which was read the first time,
and was referred to the Committee on Colored Population; also,
A Bill to prevent and punish the planting and cultivating, in this State,
over a certain quantity of cotton, during the war with the Abolitionists;
which was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on Agri¬
culture; also,
A Bill to amend an Act entitled, " An Act to make appropriation in aid
of the families of soldiers, and" to repeal an Act entitled " An Act to afford
aid to the families of soldiers," ratified on the twenty-first day of December,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one; which
was read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on the Military;
also,
A Bill to continue in force an Act entitled " An Act to extend relief to
debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice of property at public sales ;" which was
read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature.
Mr. W. H. EVANS presented the memorial of citizens of Darlington
District, praying the exemption of James Blackman, a blacksmith, from
military service ; which was referred to the Committee on the Military.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28.
261
Mr. BOATWRIGrHT presented the petition of Asa Chisolm, for himself
and Company, praying the fulfilment of a contract made with the State of
South Carolina, to manufacture ocean salt ; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Claims.
The SPEAKER called for Reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. W. G-. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committe of Yv^ays and Means,
made a report
On a Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to authorise the City
Council of Charleston to issue and put in circulation notes receivable in
taxes or dues to the City," ratified the twenty-first day of December^ in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one; which was
ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. O'CONNOR, from the Committee on Railroads, made a report
On so much of Message No. 1 of his Excellency the Governor as relates
to the communication from the President of the Charleston and Savannah
Railroad Company, in relation to the Ashley River Bridge; which was
made the Special Order of the Day for Friday next, at half-past 11 o'clock,
A. M., and was ordered to be printed.
Mr. BROYLES, from the Committee on Agriculture, made a report,
On a Bill from the Senate, to prevent and punish the planting and culti¬
vating, in this State, over a certain quantity of cotton, during the war with
the Abolitionists; which was considered immediately, and was made the
Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at half-past eleven o'clock, A. M.
Mr. O'CONNOR, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report,
On the petition of Chas. T. Mitchell, and others, praying the incorpora¬
tion of the Charleston Exporting and Importing Company; which was
ordered for consideration to-morrow; also,
On a Bill to charter the Palmetto Exporting and Importing Company ;
which was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at twelve
o'clock, M.
Mr. SUBER, from the Committee on the Military, made a report,
On resolution to inquire and report as to the necessity of having a portion
of the arms and ammunition for Horry District transferred from Horry
Court House to the village of Little River; which was ordered for consid¬
eration to-morrow.
Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made reports,
On Message No. 1 of the Governor; which was ordered for consideration
to-morrow ; also,
On Message No. 2 of the Governor; which was considered immediately,
was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence.
Mr. WHALEY, from the Committee on Education, made a report,
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On the Treasurer's report to the Board of Trustees of the South Carolina
College; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
The SPEAKER announced that Mr. James M. Perrin is added to the
Committee on Confederate Relations, in place of Mr. Plowden C. J. Weston.
On motion of xUr. HUTSON, the Committee on the Military was dis¬
charged from the further consideration of the petition of Drs. Kennedy and
Geiger: also, from the petition of Thos. S. Minton; and the same were
referred to the Committee on Claims.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
Mr. BOYCE introduced a resolution as to the office of the Secretary of
State; which was referred to the Charleston Delegation.
Mr. CROFT gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to introduce
A Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to suppress the undue distil¬
lation of spirituous liquors from the cereal grains of this State."
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. PERRIN introduced
A Bill to amend the charter of the town of Abbeville; which was read
the first time, and was referred to the Committee on Incorporations.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. O'CONNOR intro¬
duced the following resolution; which was considered immediately, and
was agreed to :
Resolved, That the 74th Rule of this House be suspended for this day.
Mr. KENNEDY presented the petition of William A. Ramsay, Exec¬
utor of Willis Ramsay, deceased, praying compensation for a slave who died
in the service of the State; which was referred to the Committee on
Claims.
Mr B. F. PERRY presented the petition of G. M. Chaplin, praying to
be exempted from paying a double War Tax; which was referred to the
Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. HUTSON presented the petition of T. W. Gillison, to be paid for
three negroes lost in public service; which was referred to the Committee
on Claims.
The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, Jan. 28, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully informs your House, that they concur in the pro¬
posal to rescind the resolution to adjourn on Friday next.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28.
268
Mr. THOMSON, from the Committee on Offices and Officers, made a
report
On a Bill, from the Senate, for the appointment of Commissioners of the
Poor for Lancaster District; which was considered immediately. The Bill
was read the second time, and was ordered to he returned to the Senate.
On motion of Mr. BOYCE, the House proceeded to the consideration of
A Bill to provide for a guaranty hy the State of the Bonds of the Con¬
federate States; which had been made the Special Order of the Day for
this day, at half past 11 o'clock, A. M.
Mr. DUBYEA moved the following proviso:
" Provided, That none of the bonds so endorsed shall be used by the
Confederate Government to take up any portion of the funded debt or in¬
terest-bearing notes of the Confederate States, or any bonds already issued
hy the Government."
Mr. TRENHOLM moved that the proviso be ordered to lie on the table;
and the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in the
affirmative,
SPECIAL ORDER.
Yeas, 59; Nays, 43.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker; and
Messrs. Aiken,
Allemong,
Messrs.DeSaussure, J. M.,
Bates,
Bobo,
Boyce,
Boylston,
Brabham,
Bradley, P- H.,
Bratton,
Broyles,
Bryce,
Cooper,
Crayton,
Croft,
DeSaussure, W. G.
Dozier,
Efird,
Elliott,
Evins, J. H.,
Evans, W. H.,
Hemphill,
Huggins,
Hutson,
Johnston, R. M.
Johnston, T. L.
Jones, Abram,
Jones, S. B.,
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Messrs. Lebby, Messrs.Rhame,
Lockwood,
Sarvis,
Lowry, J. T.
Sessions,
Lucas,
Shell,
Martin,
Stewart,
Mattison,'
Sullivan,
McCullough,
Trenholm,
MeKadden,
Yan diver,
Mikell, T. P.,
Yenning,
Mitchell,
Wallace,
Peake,
Whaley,
Perrin,
Whetstone,
Perry, B. F.
Williams, J. J.,
Perry, D. D.
Williams, G-. W.,
Power,
Youngblood.
Those who voted in the negative, are:
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.May,
Blakeney,
McCants
Bradley, J. S.,
McClenaghan
Byrd,
McKinstry,
Campbell,
Mob ley,
Cook,
Mullins,
Dawkins,
O'Connor,
Doyle,
Oliver,
Duryea,
Read, J. H.
Eaves,
Reed, J. L.
Fair,
Sanders,
Foster,
Stokes,
Graham,
Suber,
Harbin,
Talbert,
Hendricks,
Thomson,
Huiet,
Townsend,
Jenkins,
Trescot,
Kirk,
Weatherly.
Lide*,
Wilkinson,
Lovinggood,
Wright,
Lowry, A. M.,
Youmans.
Magrath,
So the proviso was ordered to lie on the table.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28.
265
The Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be sent to the
Senate.
The Senate sent to this House,
Resolution for the adjournment of the General Assembly on Tuesday,
Feb. 3d, at 5 o'clock, P. M.; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. WIIALEY, the House proceeded to the consideration
of the report of the Committee on Education, on the report of Senate's
Committee,
On Message No. 4 of the Governor; also,
The Report of the Committee on Education, on Message No. 4 of the
Governor; which had been made the Special Order of the Day for this day,
at 11 o'clock, A. M.
The report of the Committee on Education, on Message No. 4 of the
Governor, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for
concurrence.
The report of the Committee on Education, on the report of the Senate's
Committee, on Message No. 4 of the Governor, was agreed to.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. DAWKINS, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of
A Bill to limit the production of Cotton within this State during the
present war; which had been made the Special Order of the Day for this
day, at 12 o'clock,"M.
On motion of Mr. DAWKINS, the Special Order was discharged, and
the same was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at half-
past 11 o'clock, A. M.
The following message was received from the Senate ; which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow.
In the Senate, January 28th, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives : .
The Senate respectfully asks leave of your House to amend the resolu¬
tions of the House, in regard^ to the payment for slaves lost in the service
of the State, by striking out all after "Resolved," and inserting the fol¬
lowing, viz:
" 1st. That it is the opinion of this General Assembly that it is proper and
just that the State should compensate the owners of slaves taken by the
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266
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28.
authority of the State for the public service, who have died from disease
contracted in.said service, and whose death or loss has been occasioned by
reason of such service.
"Resolved, 2d. That James Tupper, Esq., Auditor of Claims, be required
to procure certified copies of the evidence before the Legislature in all cases
of the character indicated by the foregoing resolution, which may be acted
upon favorably during the present session of this Legislature, together with
such additional evidence as may be necessary, and present such claims, with
the evidence,_to the Confederate Congress, or such Court of Claims as may
be established for the consideration of the same; also, that the said James
Tupper do procure, as soon as practicable, information as to the character
and forms of evidence which may be required by the Confederate Grovern-
ment, for the future use of this Legislature; and that after such informa¬
tion has been obtained and published, all future applications to the Legisla¬
ture for compensation for negroes lost in the public service shall be required
to conform thereto."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The following Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be sent
to the Senate :
A Bill to incorporate certain Religious and Charitable Societies, and to
renew and amend the charters of others, heretofore granted.
Mr. THOMSON, from the Committee on Offices and Officers, made a
report
On nominations for Soldiers' Board of Relief; which was considered im¬
mediately, was agreed to, and was.ordered to be sent to the Senate for con¬
currence.
Mr. W. Gr. DeSAUSSURE introduced the following resolution; which
was ordered for consideration to-morrow:
Resolved, That the same pay be allowed to the officers of the House and
Senate as was allowed at the adjourned session held in Charleston, January,
1861.
Mr. MULLINS, from the Committee on Confederate Relations, made a
report,
On a resolution of inquiry with regard to the election of members of the
Confederate Congress, and reported
A Bill to provide for the election of members of the House of Repre¬
sentatives in the Congress of the Confederate States of America; which
was read the first time, and was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28.
267
On motion of Mr. TRESCOT, the House took up, out of its order, the
report of the Special Committee,
On resolutions of inquiry on the Proclamation of the Governor; also,
The minority report of the same Committee, on the same matter.
Mr. B. F. PERRY moved that both reports be ordered to lie on the tablee
And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto? it passed in
the affirmative,
Yeas, 58 ; Nays, 33.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative, are:
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker; and
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.Mattison,
Aiken,
McCants,
Blakeney,
McClenaghan,
Boatwright,
McCullough,
Brabham,
McDaniel,
Bradley, J. S.,
McKinstry,
Cook,
Mobley,
Cooper,
O'Connor,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Oliver,
DeSaussure, W. G-.,
Perry, B. F.
Doyle,
Reed, J. L.
Efird,
Sanders,.
Evins, J. H.,
Sarvis,
Evans, W. H.,
Sessions,
Fair,
Shell,
Graham,
Stokes,
Harbin,
Stewart,
Hemphill,
Suber,
Hendricks,
Sullivan,
Huiet,
Talbert,
Johnston, R. M.
Townsend, C. P.
Jones, Abram
Trenholm,
Kennedy,
Venning,
Kirk,
Wallace,
Lebby,
Whetstone,
Lockwood,
Wilkinson,
Lovinggood,
Wright,
Magrath,
Youmans.
Martin,
268
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28.
Those who voted in the negative, are:
Messrs.Allemong, Messrs.Jones, S. B.
Bates,
Lide,
Bobo,
Lowry, A. M.,
Boyce,
Lowry, J. T.
Boylston,
May,
Bratton,
McFadden,
Byrd,
Mikell, T. P.
Campbell,
IVIullins,
Cray ton,
Perrin,
Dawkins,
Perry, D. D.,
Duryea,
Thomson,
Eaves,
Trescot,
Elliott,
Yandiver,
Fort,
Whaley,
Foster,
Williams, 0. W.
Huggins,
Youngblood.
Johnston, T. L.
So the reports were ordered to lie on the table.
A Bill to charter The -Trading Company of the Confederate States, the
title having been changed, so as to read u A Bill to charter the Atlantic
Steam Packet Company/' was read the second time, and was ordered to be
sent to the Senate.
The Senate returned to this.House,
A Bill to refund to the Soldiers' Boards of Relief for Barnwell and Lau¬
rens Districts, and for St. Matthew's and Christ Church Parishes, moneys
advanced and expended by them as boards of relief, out of their private
funds; whiah was read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be sent to the Senate.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of Hiram Weeks, to be refunded excess of War Tax;
On the petition of R. A. Buchanan, to be refunded excess of War Tax;
On the petition of Nathan Legare, to be refunded a double tax;
On the petition of Daniel McJunkin, to be refunded a War Tax improp¬
erly exacted;
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28.
269
On the petition of James Thomson, administrator of Dabney Wansley, to
be refunded a double tax;
On a resolution directing the President of the Rank of the State of South
Carolina to pay up the arrears of interest of railroad bonds upon which is
endorsed the guarantee of the State.
Exports of the Committee on Claims,
On the account of the Edgefield Advertiser, for printing;
On the account of W. M. Conyers, for printing;
On the account of the Barnwell Sentinel, for printing ,
On the account of Evans & Cogswell;
On the account of E. R. Stokes, for binding;
On the account of P. B. Glass, for stationery;
On the account of J. T. Hershman, for printing;
On the account of R. W. Gibbes, for printing;
On the account of J. M. Hunter, sheriff, for removing a prisoner;
On the account of Elijah Still, Constable, for extra services;
On the account of Isaac H. Means, Secretary of State, for work done in
his offiqe in 1861;
On the account of Isaac H. Means, Secretary of State, for work done in
his office in 1862.
The Senate sent to this House,
The report of the Special Joint Committee,
On the Ordinances of the Convention, and the proceedings of the Execu¬
tive Council; which was referred to the Special Joint Committee on the
same matters; also,
The reports of the Committee on Claims and Grievances,
On the account of the Clerk of the Senate, for stationery; also,
On the petition of Thomas Lang, praying payment for a negro who died
in the public service; also,
On the petition of William Young, praying compensation for a slave who
died in the public service; also,
On the petition of Zachariah Hall, praying compensation for a slave who
died from disease contracted in the public service ; also,
On the petition of W. W. Caller, praying compensation for a slave who
died from a disease contracted in the public service; also,
On the petition of C. A. Saxon, praying compensation for a slave who
died in the public service; also,
On the petition of Sam'l. Jordan, praying compensation for a slave who
died in the service of the State; also,
On the petition of Joseph T. Baker, praying compensation for a slave
who died in the public service ; also,
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On the petition of C. R. Harvin, praying compensation for a slave who
died from disease contracted in the public service; also,
On the petition of Jesse Briggs, praying compensation for a slave who
died from disease contracted in the public service; also,
On the petition of John T. G-reen, praying compensation for a slave lost
in the public service; also,
On the petition of Philip Terry, praying compensation for a slave lost
in the public service; also,
On the petition of J. J. Vv ells, praying compensation for a slave who
died in the public service; also,
On the petition of Jesse Jones, praying payment for ammunition pur¬
chased for the use of the State ; also,
Resolution instructing the Treasurer to pay a certain sum to Dr. A. N.
Talley; which were severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
The Senate sent to this House,
A Bill to declare the law in relation to the proceedings of the Executive
Council; which was read the first time, and was referred to the Special
Joint Committee; also,
A Bill to authorize the Banks of this State to purchase Confederate and
State securities; which was read the first time, and was referred to the
Committee of Ways and Means.
On motion of Mr. MARTIN,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to¬
morrow at 11 o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Mr. YENNING-, the House was adjourned, at 45 minutes
past 3 o'clock, P. M.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1863.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the
roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present,
according to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with
prayer to Almighty G-od, by the Rev. Mr. Pringle.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29.
271
The Senate returned to this House,
An act to grant the aid of the State to the Cheraw and Coal Fields Rail¬
road Company; which was committed to the Committee on Engrossed Acts;
also, sent
A Bill for the appointment of Commissioners of the Poor for Lancaster
District; which was read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be returned to the Senate.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a report,
On a Bill, from the Senate, to authorize the Banks of this State to pur¬
chase Confederate and State securities; which, was ordered for consideration
to-morrow;
On report of Comptroller General, and Message No. 14 of his Excellency
Governor Pickens; and reported
A Bill to raise supplies for the year commencing in October, one thou¬
sand eight hundred and sixty-two; also,
A Bill to make appropriations for the year commencing in October, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two; which were severally read the first
time, and were ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. J. HARLESTON READ, from the Committee.on Colored Popula¬
tion, made a report,
On the jnemorial of citizens of Laurens District, for change of the patrol
law; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. BROYLES, from the Committee on Agriculture, made a report
On the petition of sundry citizens of Union District, asking to limit the
price of corn ; also,
On the report of Senate's Committee, on a resolution in relation to Iron;
which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. TRENHOLM, from the Special Committee of the Charleston Dele¬
gation, introduced the following resolution; which was considered imme¬
diately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for
concurrence.
Resolved, That the Commissioners of Public Buildings for Charleston
District be, and they are hereby,'instructed to request the Military Author-
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29.
ities of Charleston to remove all military offices or stations from the Court
House in Charleston, that the same may be prepared for the sessions of
the Court.
Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report
On memorial of citizens of Darlington, praying the exemption of James
Blackman, a blacksmith, from military service; which was ordered for con¬
sideration to-morrow.
Mr. BOYCE, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a report
On the resolutions of the State of Florida, " to guarantee, by the State,
the debt of the Confederate States," and so much of the Message of his
Excellency the Governor as had reference thereto; which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to.
Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report
On a Bill, from the Senate, to amend an Act entitled " An Act to make
appropriations in aid of the families of Soldiers," and to repeal an Act en¬
titled " An Act to afford aid to the families of soldiers," ratified on the
twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one; which was considered immediately. The Bill was
read the second time, and was made the Special Order of the Day for to¬
morrow, at 12 o'clock, M.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions, and Motions.
On motion of Mr. POWER, leave of absence was granted to Mr. B. S.
Jones, on account of sickness in his family.
On motion of Mr. SUBER, leave of absence was granted to Mr. J. H.
Williams, on account of illness.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
The report of the Committee on the Judiciary,
On a Bill to exempt from legal penalty for not making their annual returns,
all Guardians, Administrators, Executors, &c., in Confederate service, was
ordered to lie on the table ; and the Bill was read the second time, and was
ordered to be sent to the Senate.
The report of the Committee on the Military,
On the memorial of members of the Reserve Corps from Marlboro',
On preamble and resolutions requesting the Governor to communicate
with the President, &c.; and on
A Bill to exempt Reserves over 45 years of age, &c., was agreed to.
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273
The following Bills were ordered to lie on the table:
A Bill to extend the benefits of the Exemption Act of the Confederate
Congress to the First Corps of South Carolina Reserves.
A Bill to amend the charter of the Bank of Charleston, South Carolina.
A Bill, from the Senate, to alter and amend the charter of the Bank of
Charleston, South Carolina, was read the second time, and was ordered to
be returned to the Senate.
The following Bills were read the second time, and were ordered to be
sent to the Senate,
A Bill to authorize the issue of stock, for the purpose of continuing the
construction of the New State House;
• A Bill to provide for the appointment of Commissioners of the Poor for
Darlington District;
A Bill to enable citizens of the State, who are engaged in the military
service, to exercise the right of suffrage.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. MITCHELL, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of
A Bill to charter the Palmetto Exporting and Importing Company, which
had been made the Special Order of the Day for this day, at 12 o'clock, M.
The Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be sent to the
Senate.
The House resumed the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
The following Bills were ordered to lie on the table.
A Bill to increase the fees of jailors;
A Bill to incorporate the Importing and Exporting Company of South
Carolina;
A Bill to renew and amend the charter of the Swedish Iron Manufactu¬
ring Company of South Carolina, and to change the name thereof;
A Bill to charter the Shelby and Broad River Railroad Company.
Resolution of inquiry as to the Free School Fund, was agreed to, and
was referred to the Committee on Education.
Resolution of inquiry as to the eleventh Article of the Constitution, was
agreed to, and was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Message No. 3 was received from his Excellency the Governor, and was
read by his Private Secretary, B. F. Arthur, Esq.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29.
MESSAGE N"0. 3.
STATE OE SOUTH CAROLINA.
Executive Department,
Columbia, January 29th, 1863.
Gentlemen of the Senate and Home of Representatives:
, In accordance with the joint resolutions of the General Assembly, passed
on the eighteenth day of December, A. D. 1862, authorizing the Governor to
make a contract with certain persons therein named, I have to communicate
that I made such contract on the second day of January, inst.
I call your attention to the necessity of providing by Act the means
requisite to enable the Governor to comply with the terms of the contract,
in the alternative, as stipulated in the resolutions.
I also transmit copies of a communication from Mr. James Tupper, Stite
Auditor, made at my instance, containing "Estimates of Expenditures;" of
"present available means under control of the Executive;" and of "re¬
sources to meet deficiencies;" the recommendations of which I adopt, and
ask your favorable consideration of the same.
M. L. BONHAM.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the Message was referred to
the Committee of Ways and Means.
The following Bills were read the second time, and were ordered to be
returned to the Senate :
A Bill to increase the fees of Sheriffs for dieting persons confined in jail;
A Bill to provide against dearths of salt.
The following Bill was read "the second time, and was ordered to be
sent to the Senate :
A Bill to alter and amend an Act entitled "An Act concerning the office
and duties of Ordinary," passed in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-nine.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
Mr. B. F. PERRY, a message of concurrence was ordered to bo sent to the
Senate:
In the Senate, Jan. 29th, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully proposes to your House to go into an election to¬
morrow, at 12, M., for State Reporter.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
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275
SPECIAL ORDER.
Oq motion of Mr. MULLIN3, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of
A Bill, from the Senate, to prevent and punish the planting and cultivating,
in this State, over a certain quantity of cottoa during the war with the
Abolitionists; also,
A Rill to limit the. production of cotton within th's State during the
present war; which had been made the Special Orier of the Day for this
day, at eleven o'clock, A. M.
A Bill, from the Senate, to prevent and punish the planting and culti¬
vating, in this State, over a certain quantity of cotr.on during the war with
the Abolitionists, the title of the Bill having been changed, so as to read,
" A Bill to prevent and punish the planting and cultivating, in this State,
over a certain quantity of cotton during the present year," was read the
second time.
On motion of Mr. MULLTN3, the Special Order was discharged, and
the same was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at one
o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. YENNING,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be ac journed to meet to¬
morrow, at eleven o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, the House was adjourned at four o'clock,
P. M.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1863.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the
roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present,
according to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with
prayer to Almighty God, by the Rev. J. B. Adger, D. D.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature.
The SPEAKER called for Reports of Standing Committees.
276
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30.
Mr. B. F. PERKY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made a re¬
port
On a Bill, from the Senate, to vest the title of the State in certain es¬
cheated property in Rose Ann Carnighan and her heirs; which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. YOUMANS, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a report
On a Bill to amend the charter of the Town of Abbeville; which was
ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. WHALEY, from the Committee on Education, made a report
On a resolution in relation to the Free School Fund; which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. J. IIARLESTON READ, from the Committee on Colored Pop¬
ulation, made a report
On a Bill, from the Senate, to amend an Act entitled-" An Act to organ¬
ize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in compliance with requisi¬
tions of the Confederate States," and to authorize and direct the Governor
to proceed to furnish negro labor under said Act; which was ordered for
consideration to-morrow.
Mr. B. F. PERRY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made a re¬
port
On a Bill to declare the twentieth day of December a holiday; also,
On a Bill to exempt from levy and sale the estate of deceased soldiers,
leaving families, to a certain amount; which were severally ordered for con¬
sideration to-morrow.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Special Committees.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
On motion of Mr. FAIR, leave of absence was granted to Mr. Perrin,
after to-day, on account of sickness in his family.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. CROFT introduced
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to suppress the undue distil¬
lation of Spirituous Liquors from the cereal grains of this Statewhich
was read the first time,- and was referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
The following Report was agreed to :
Report of the Committee on Internal Improvements,
On the Governor's Message, No. 9.
The report of the Medical Committee,
On the account of Dr. Thos. J?. Rawls, for a post mortem examination,
was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30.
277
The following Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to he sent
to the Senate:
A Bill to alter and amend the third section of an Act entitled "An Act
to charter a Cotton Planters' Loan Association."
The report of the Committee on the Lunat'ic Asylum,
On the report of the Senate's Committee on the reports of the Regents
of the Lunatic Asylum, was ordered to lie on the table.
The following reports were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence :
Report of the Committee on the Military,
On a resolution relative to arms and ammunition.
Report of the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum,
On the report of the Regents of the Lunatic Asylum.
The following Bills were ordered to lie on the table:
A Bill to incorporate the Carolina Cotton and Woolen Factory;
A Bill to authorize the Governor to purchase salt, for distribution to the
poor and needy families throughout the State;
A Bill to prevent the depreciation of the currency;
A Bill to organize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in compli¬
ance with requisitions of the Confederate States;
A Bill to increase the compensation for capturing runaway slaves.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. O'CONNOR, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of
The report of the Committee on Railroads, on message No. 6 of the Grov-
ernor, relating to the communication of the President of the Charleston
and Savannah Railroad Company; which had been made the Special Order
of the Day for this day, at half-past eleven o'clock, A. M.
The report was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for
concurrence.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
The Report of the Medical Committee, on the account of Dr. F. M.
Munro, for attending criminals in jail.
The Senate returned to this House the following Acts; which were com¬
mitted to the Committee on Engrossed Acts :
An Act to refund to the Soldiers' Boards of Relief for Barnwell and
Laurens Districts, and for St. Matthew's and Christ Church Parishes, moneys
advanced and expended by them, as Boards of Relief, out of their private
funds;
278
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30.
An Act for the appointment of Commissioners of the Poor for Lancaster
District.
The Senate sent to this House,
A Bill for the better organization of the Militia, and for other purposes;
which was read the first time, and was referred to the Military Committee;
also,
A Bill to provide against dearths of salt; also,
A Bill to increase the fees of sheriffs for dieting persons confined in
jail: also,
A Bill to alter and amend the charter of the Bank of Charleston, S. C.;
which were severally read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bills do pass; that the titles thereof be changed;
that they be called Acts.
Ordered, That they be returned to the Senate.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the Committee on Claims was dis¬
charged from the further consideration of the accounts of R. A. Grcueker.
(Mr. STEWART asked and obtained leave to withdraw the accounts from
the files of the House.)
The Senate attended, and joined the House in a ballot for State Re¬
porter.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the Hchise proceeded to the consideration
a Bill, from the Senate, to amend an Act entitled u An Act to make ap¬
propriation in aid of the families of soldiers," and to repeal an Act entitled
"An Act to afford aid to the families of soldiers," ratified 21st December,
1861 ; which had been made the Special Order of the Day for this day, at
12 o'clock, M.
The Bill was ordered to be returned to the Senate.
The House resumed the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
A Bill to authorize Clerks of the Courts of Common Pleas to take testi¬
mony of witnesses in writing, and for other purposes, was continued to next
session.
Message No, 4 of his Excellency the Governor was then received, and
was read by his Private Secretary, B. F. Arthur, Esq.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 80.
279
MESSAGE NO. 4.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Executive Department,
Columbia, January 30, 1863.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:
Since sending my last communication, I have received from Major John
R. Niernsee, of the Engineers, a very interesting report, a copy of which is
herewith transmitted.
The Executive and Council having had legislative as well as executive
powers, I deem it proper to refer th:s report at once to the General Assem¬
bly, and ask your early attention to the important matters therein con¬
tained.
M. L. BONHAM.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the Message and accompany¬
ing documents was referred to the Committee on the Military.
The House resumed the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
The following Bills were ordered to lie on the table :
A Bill, from the Senate, to organize and provide for a District Police;
A Bill to provide a District police guard of Military Cadets;
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to amend and suspend certain
portions of the Militia and Patrol laws of this State;
A Bill to make appropriations in aid of the families of soldiers, and to
repeal an Act entitled " An Act to afford aid to the families of soldiers,
ratified on the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one;
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to afford aid to the families of
soldiers;"
A Bill to afford relief to the families of soldiers.
The following reports were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence:
Report of the Medical Committee,
On the account of Dr. J. Caughman, for a post mortem examination ;
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of holders of lots on Sullivan's Island, praying exemption
from taxation during the war;
280
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30.
Report of tlie Committee on Claims,
On the accounts of the Clarendon Banner, for printing.
The following Reports were ordered to lie on the table :
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the memorial of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Columbia,
praying an appropriation for the transient poor ;
Report of the Committee on the Military,
On the petition of T. Harrison Baker, Captain of the late Privateer "Sa¬
vannah," to have bond cancelled.
The following Reports were agreed to:
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On petition of sundry citizens of Orangeburg village, to be refunded
a certain sum of money expended by them for the families of soldiers;
On resolution of inquiry as to the propriety of exempting from taxation
a certain amount of soldiers' property.
The report of the Committee on Claims,
On the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
On the account of Evans & Cogswell, for binding done for the State.
The following reports were concurred in, and were ordered to be returned
to the Senate:
Report of the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures,
On the report of the Senate's Committee in relation to the Marine School
of Charleston;
The report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On the memorial of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Columbia,
asking an appropriation for the relief of the transient poor.
On motion of Mr. ALLEMONG, the report of the Committee on the
Military,
On the report, from the Senate, on the petition of T. Harrison Baker,
was taken from the table.
The report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On the petition of T. Harrison Baker, Captain of the Privateer " Savan¬
nah," to have bond cancelled, was concurred in, and was ordered to be re¬
turned to the Senate; and
Report of the Committee on the Military,
On report, from the Senate, on the same petition, was ordered to lie on
the table.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30.
281.
A Bill, from the Senate, to prevent and punish the planting and culti¬
vating, ih this State, over a certain quantity of cotton during the present
year ; also, '
A Bill to limit the production of cotton within the State during the
present war; which had been made the Special Order of the Day for this
day, at one o'clock, P. M.
And the question being put, Shall a Bill, from the Senate, to prevent and
punish the planting and cultivating, in this State, over a certain quantity of
cotton during the present year, be returned to the' Senate ? it passed in the
affirmative,
Yeas 79; Nays 23.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs. Adams,
Aiken,
Bates,
Boatwright,
Bobo,
Boyce,
Bradley, P- H.,
Bratton,
Broyles,
Cook,
Crayton,
Croft,
Dawkins,
Doyle,
Eaves,
Efird,
Evins, J- Do
Evans, W. D >
Fair,
Fort,
Foster,
Orahaflb
0arbin,
JlemphiHj
Jlendricks,
0ugginS>
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Messrs. Huiet,
Jenkins,
Johnston, R. M.,
Johnston, T. L.,
Jones, Abram,
Kennedy,
Lebby,
Lide,
Lockwood,
Lovinggood,
Lowry, A. M.,
Lowry, J. T.,
Lucas,
Martin,
Mattison,
May,
McCants
McCullough,
McDaniel,
McKinstry,
Mikell, T. P.,
Mitchell,
Mobley,
Mullins,
O'Connor,
Oliver,
FRIDAY, JANUARY 80.
31 essrs.Perrin,
3Iessrs.Talbert,
Perry, B. F.,
Thomson,
Perry, D. D.,
Townsend,
P ower,
Trenholm,
Reed, J. L-,
Van diver,
Rhame,
Yenning,
•Sauders,
Webber,
Sarvis,
Whaley,
Sessions,
Williams, J. J.,
Shell,
Williams, Gr.'W.,
Stewart,
Wright.
Suber,
Youmans.
Sullivan,
Youngblood.
Messrs. Magrath,
McClenaghan,
McFadden,
Read, J. H.,
Stokes,
Treseot,
Wallace,
Weatherly,
Whetstone,
Wilkinson,
Yeadon.
Those who voted in the negative,
Messrs. Allemong.
Brabham,
Bradley, J. S.,
Bryce,
Byrd,
Campbell, x
Cooper,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
DeSaussure, W. G.,
Dozier,
Hutson,
Kirk,
So the Bill was ordered to be returned to the Senate.
A Bill to limit the production of cotton within this State during the
present war, was ordered to lie on the table.
The Senate sent to this House,
A resolution for granting pay and mileage to the Commissioners to ex¬
amine the Code of the Statute Law of this State; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary.
The following message was received from the Senate; and, on motion of
Mr. THOMSON, a message granting leave so to amend was ordered to be
sent to the Senate :
In the Senate, January 80th, 18G3.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully asks leave of your House to amend the report of
the Committee, making nominations for Soldiers' Boards of Relief, to wit:
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283
For Horry District, S. W. Beatty, instead of S. M. Anderson.
For St. Helena Parish, by adding H. M. Stewart, J. 0. Rhodes, F. F.
Sams, C. E. Bell, Win. Chisolm.
By order of the Senate,
W. I). PORTER, President
The House resumed the cousideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
The following reports were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence:
Report of the Committee on Education,
On the report of Henry R. Frost, Treasurer of the Yestry of St. James',
Goose Creek, on the Ludlam School Fund;
Report of the Delegation from St. Philip's and St. Michael's, on a part
of an Ordinance, and certain Resolutions of the Convention, in reference to
the removal of negroes and other property from the City of Charleston,
and also of white persons incapable of taking part in the defence of the
City.
The report of the Committee on Agriculture,
On the petition of sundry citizens of Abbeville District, for a law to pre¬
vent slaves from raising hogs and poultry, was agreed to.
Mr. THOMSON, from the Committee on Offices and Officers, made a
report
On nominations for Boards of Commissioners and District Officers ;
which was considered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent
to the Senate for concurrence.
Mr. MULLINS, from the Special Joint Committee, to whom was re¬
ferred a Bill, from the Senate, to declare the law in relation to the pro¬
ceedings of the Executive Council, made a report; which was considered
immediately, and was ordered to be made the Special Order of the Day for
to-morrow, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Mr. McDANIEL, from the Joint Committee appointed to count the
ballots cast for State Reporter, reported that Mr. J. S. G. Richardson had
received all the ballots cast, and was consequently elected.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced that Mr. J. S. G. Richardson
is duly elected State Reporter.
Mr. AIKEN moved that the House now take a recess until 7 o'clock,
P. M And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? Messrs.
Lide and Bobo were appointed Tellers.
Yeas, 42 j Nays, 41.
284 FRIDAY, JANUARY 30.
So the House took a recess from half-past 3 o'clock) P. M-, until 7
o'clock, P. M.
RECESS.
The SPEAKER resumed the Chair.
The House resumed the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
The following Bills were ordered lie on the table :
A Bill to authorize the Soldiers' Board of Relief for Laurens District
to levy an extraordinary assessment on the State taxes of said District;
A Bill to authorize the Soldiers' Board of Relief for Fairfield District
to levy an additional tax.
The following reports were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence :
Report of the Committee on Claims,
On the petition of P. O'Connell, State Constable, praying that he be
allowed the sum of twenty dollars, due upon his last annual account against
the State.
Report of the Committee on Colored Population,
On a resolution of inquiry in reference to the detention of negroes
employed on the coast defences; -
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the report of the Comptroller General,
On the petition of J. J. Carter, to be refunded an excess of war tax;
On the petition of Wm 0. Moss, to be refunded a war tax twice paid;
On the petition of Matthew Carter, to he refunded a war tax improperly
paid;
On the petition of J. R. Stalmaker, to be relieved from a war tax im¬
properly assessed;
On the petition of Wm. E. White, to be refunded a war tax twice paid;
On the petition of B. E. Kiddle, to he refunded a war tax illegally
exacted; and also, upon the Report of the Committee on Finance and Banks
upon the same petition;
On the petition of W. A. Pringle, as representing J. I. Pringle, to be
refunded a double tax.
Reports of the Committee on Claims,
On the petition of J. J. Stuckey, praying compensation for services in
guarding and carrying to jail negroes condemned to be executed ;
On the account of the Camden Confederate, for public printing;
On the account of the Clarendon Banner, for public printing;
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285
On the account of the Charleston Mercury, for public printing;
On the petition of 13. F. Crymes, praying compensation for services as
Special Constable;
On the memorial of sundry citizens of Darlington District, praying relief
for Susannah Andrews.
The following reports were agreed to :
On the petition of the Rev. John Larr, praying to be refunded a certain
sum of money paid by him for medical attention to the negroes sent by
him to work on the fortifications on James' Island. (Mr. DURYEA
asked and obtained leave to withdraw the petition from the files of the
House);
On the aceo.unt of J. H. Stallings. (Mr. WHETSTONE asked and
obtained leave to withdraw the account from the files of the Housn).
The following reports were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence:
Reports of the Medical Committee,
On the accounts of Dr. S. D. Bruns, for a post mortem examination ;
On the account of Drs. Styles & Brewton, for & post mortem examination ;
On the account of Dr. B. C. Norment, for attending prisoner in jail;
On the account of Dr. R. W. Bates, for a post mortem examination;
On the account of Dr. J. E. Grant, for & post mortem examination ;
On the account of Dr. J. T. Baskin, for a post mortem examination;
Report of the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures,
On certain resolutions in relation to the clothing of our soldiers;
Report of the Committee on Public Printing,
On the claim of C. P. Pelham, State Printer, for balance due him;
Report of the Military Committee,
On the petition of Joseph McCarter, to be educated in the State Military
Academy.
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of Thomas Carter, to be freed from a War Tax improp¬
erly assessed;
On the petition of William C. Meggett, to be refunded a War Tax ille¬
gally exacted ;
On the petition of R. T. Mims, to be refunded a sum of money paid to
the Tax Collector of Lexington District;
On the annual report of the President and Directors of the Bank of the
State of South Carolina; and,
On the special report of the President relative to change bills;
On the memorial of Richard Yeadon, Chairman of the Executive Com¬
mittee of the free market of Charleston ;
286
FIIIDAY, JANUARY 30.
On the petition of James II. Mashburn,. to be relieved from an improper
"War Tax assessment.
Resolution for the payment of the officers of the Senate and House of
Representatives, was agreed to, and was ordered to bo sent to the Senate for
concurrence.
The following Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be re¬
turned to the Senate:
A Bill to incorporate, with uniform right, power and privileges, Protes¬
tant Episcopal Congregations in South Carolina.
The following report was ordered to lie on the table :
The report of the Committee on Incorporations,
On the petition of Bishop Davis, praying an uniform act of incorporation
for Protestant Episcopal Churches.
Resolution relative to the Convention and Executive Council, was or-
dered-to lie on the table.
The report of the Committee on the Military and Pensions, of the Senate,
On resolution on Message No. 3 of his Excellency the Governor, was
concurred in, and was ordered to be returned to the Senate.
A Bill to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors in small quantities, dur¬
ing the present war, was read the second time, and was ordered to be sent
to the Senate.
Resolution for sending the papers with the Road Bill on which it is
based, was concurred in, and was ordered to be returned to the Senate.
Report of the Military Committee,
On resolution, from the Senate, to authorize the Governor to appoint an
Assistant Adjutant General, was ordered to lie on the table.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA,
The report of the Committee on Claims,
On the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
On the petition of Lewis M. Ott, praying compensation for the loss of a
negro by disease contracted in the public service, and message from the
Senate, with accompanying documents, was made the Special Order of the
Day for to-morrow, at 12 o'clock, M.
The following reports were concurred in, and were ordered to be returned
to the Senate:
The report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
On the account of the Charleston Mercury, for printing;
On the petition of Wm. Carter, for payment for services as Deputy Mar¬
shal, in 1860;
Report of the Special Joint Committee,
On the communication of X L. Petigru, Esq , Commissioner of the Code;
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287
Report of the Committee on the College, Education, and Religion,
On the report of the Commissioners of the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind;
Report of the Committee on Finance and Banks,
On the petition of W. A. Willingham, praying to be refunded a double
tax;
Reports of the Committee on Claims and Grievances,
On the account of Samuel Watson, Sheriff of Sumter District, for articles
furnished the jail; *
On the petition of J. J. Belser, praying compensation for a slave executed.
The following reports were agreed to :
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On special report of the Comptroller General, in relation to certain funds
in the Treasury;
On a resolution in relation to indigent families of soldiers, and a petition
of citizens of Pickens District on same subject;
On the account of Elizabeth Moore, to be refunded a War Tax improp¬
erly paid;
On the petition of Win. S. McJunkin, to be refunded a tax paid by
mistake;
On the petition of J. W. Owens, praying remission of a tax of five per
cent, interest on a balance due State Treasurer, for 1861;
On the petition of George W. Wilkie, agent of Miss Ball, praying to be
relieved from an improper War Tax assessment.
The report of the Committee on the Military,
On a resolution, from the Senate, providing for the education of certain
youths, was taken up for consideration, and a message was ordered to be
sent to the Senate, asking leave to amend the resolution in certain par¬
ticulars.
The report of the Committee on the Military,
On a resolution, from the Senate, on the petition of Asa George, was
taken up for consideration, and a message was ordered to be sent to the
Senate, asking leave to amend the resolution in certain particulars.
The report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the Military Accounts and Contingent fund, was taken up for con¬
sideration.
Mr. CAMPBELL moved that the report be re-committed to the Com¬
mittee.
Mr. McCLENAGHAN moved that the motion be laid on the table. And
the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in the
affirmative,
Yeas 48; Nays 37.
288
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Adams,
Aiken,
Allemong,
Boyce,
Brabham,
Byrd,
Cook,
Cooper,
Crayton
Croft,
Doyle,
Dozier,
Evins, J, H.,
Evans, W. H.,
Fair,
Graham,
Huggins,
Hutson,
Johnston, R. M.,
Johnston, T. L.,
Jones, Abram,
Lebby,
Legg,
Lide,
Messrs.Lowry, A. M.,
Lowry, J. T.,
Magrath,
Martin,
McClenaghan,
McFadden,
Mobley,
Perrin,
Perry, B. F.,
Perry, D. D.,
Read, J. H.
Rhame,
Sanders,
Sessions,
Talbert,
Yandiver,
Weatherly,
Whaley,
Whetstone,
Wilkinson.
Williams, J. J.,
Wright,
Youmans.
Those who voted in the negative, are:
Messrs.Bobo,
Bradley, J. S.,
Bradley, P. H.,
Bratton,
Campbell,
Dawkins,
Eaves,
Efird,
Fort,
Foster,
Hemphill,
Messrs.Hendricks,
Huiet,
Kennedy,
Kirk,
Lockwood,
Lovinggood,
May,
McCants,
McCullough,
McDaniel,
McKinstry,
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289
Messrs.Mikell, T. P.,
Messrs.Stewart,
Mitchell,
Sullivan,
Mullins,
Thomson,
Oliver,
Townsend,
Power,
Webber,
Sarvis,
Williams, Gr. W.:
Shell,
Youngblood,
Stokes,
So the House ordered the motion to lie on the table. And the question
being put, Will the House agree to the report? it passed in the negative,
Yeas, 39Nays, 45.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs. Allemong, Messrs.Magrath,
Boatwright,
Martin,
Brabham,
MeClenaghan,
Byrd,
McFadden,
Croft,
Mikell, T. P.,
Dozier,
Mobley,
Duryea,
Perrin,
Evins, J. H.,
Perry, B. F.,
Evans, W. H.,
Read, J. H.,
Fair,
Rhame,.
Graham,
Sanders,
Huggins,
Sarvis,
Hutson,
Sessions,
Johnston, R. M.,
W eatherly,
Jones, Abram,
Whaley,
Kirk,
Whetstone,
Lebby,
Wilkinson,
Legg>
Williams, J. J..
Lide,
Youmans.
Those who voted in the negative, are:
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.Bradley, J. S.,
Bobo, Bradley, P. H.,
Boyce, Bratton,
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290
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31.
Messrs.Campbell, Messrs.McCullough,
Cook,
McDaniel
Crayton,
McKinstry,
Dawkins,
Mullins,
Doyle,
Oliver,
Eaves,
Perrv, D. D.,
Efird,
Power,
Fort,
Shell,
Foster,
Stokes,
Hemphill,
Stewart,
Hendricks,
. Sullivan,
Huiet,
Talbert,
Johnston, T. L.,
Thomson,
Kennedy,
Townsend,
Lockwood,
Yandiver,
Lovinggood,
Webber,
Lowry, A. M.,
Williams, G. W.,
Lowry,-J. T.,
Wright,
May,
Youngblood.
McCants,
So the report was disagreed to.
On motion of Mr. HUTSON,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to¬
morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Mr. McCULLOUGII, the House was adjourned at fifty
minutes past 9 o'clock, P. M.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1863.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the
roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present,
according to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened with
prayer to Almighty God, by the Rev. Mr. Martin.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31.
291
The Senate sent to this Eouse,
A resolution correcting a clerical error in the report of the Committee
on the New State House; which was concurred in, and was ordered to be
returned to the Senate ; also,
A resolution in relation to the bonds on contracts with the State, for the
manufacture and delivery of salt; which was referred to the Committee on
Commerce and Manufactures ; also,
The report of the Committee on the Military and Pensions, of the Senate,
On so much of the Governor's Message as relates to questions arising in
the two companies of mounted rifles, and the accompanying report of the
Adjutant and Iuspector General on the same subject; which was referred
to the Committee on the Military.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
Report of the Committee on the Military,
On a resolution to inquire and report as to the propriety of having a
portion of the arms and ammunition for Horry District transferred from
Horry Court House to the village of Little River; also,
Resolution in reference to an agefley for the assistance of South Carolina
soldiers.
The Seuate sent to this House,
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to make appropriations in
aid of the families of soldiers," and to repeal an Act entitled " An Act to
to afford aid to the families of soldiers," ratified on the twenty first day of
December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
one ; which was read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass ; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be returned to the Senate.
7 \
The Senate returned to this House,
A Bill to vest in the Confederate Government a part of the Columbia
Canal, for the term of twelve years; also,
A Bill to establish and re-charter certain roads, bridges, and ferries, and
for other purposes; which were severally react the third time.
Resolved, That the Bills do pass; that the titles thereof be changed; that
they be called Acts.
Ordered, That they be sent to the Senate.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
292
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a report,
On Message No. 3 of his Excellency Governor Pickens; also,
On the petition of Jas. Howell, to be repaid a War Tax improperly paid;
also,
On the petition of A. G. Mayer, to be refunded a War Tax twice paid;
On the petition of Peter Horn, executor of Matthew Sandford, to be re¬
funded a War Tax twice paid ; also,
On the petition of E. P. Milliken, to be refunded a double tax; also,
On the petition of Jonathan Waldrop, to be refunded an excess of War
Tax; which were severally ordered for consideration on Monday next.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report,
On the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
On the petition of Jesse Jones, praying payment for ammunition pur¬
chased for use of the State; also,
On the account of the Clerk of the Senate, for stationery at the present
session; which were severally ordered for consideration on Monday next.
On motion of Mr. WHALEY, the Committee on the Judiciary was dis¬
charged from the further consideration of a resolution, from the Senate,
for granting pay and mileage to the Commissioners to examine the Code of
the Statute Law of this State, and the same was referred to the Committee
of Ways and Means.
The SPEAKER called for Reports of Special Committees.
The SPEAKER called for Rills, Resolutions and Motions.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
The Report of the Committee on the State House and Grounds,
On Message No. 10, of his Excellency the Governor, was agreed to, and
was ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence.
The following Bills were read the second time, and were ordered to be
sent to the Senate :
A Rill to provide for the payment of such War Tax as may be imposed
by the Congress of the Confederate States, during the year 1863, and for
the Collection of the same from the tax-payers in this State;
A Rill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to provide for the payment by
the State of the War Tax of the Confederate States, and for the collection
of the same from the tax-payers in this State;"
A Rill to provide for the appointment of Commissioners of the Poor for
Darlington District.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31.
293
The Report of the Committee on Incorporations,
On the petition of Simeon Fair and others, praying the incorporation of
a Cemetery Company in Newberry District, was agreed to.
A Bill to prevent the undue consumption of grain, by distillation, was
ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. CAMPBELL, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made a report
On a Bill, from the Senate, to continue in force an Act entitled " An Act
to extend relief to debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice of property at pub¬
lic sales; which was ordered for consideration on Monday next.
On motion of Mr. BOYCE, the House reconsidered the vote disagreeing
to the report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the Military Accounts and Contingent Fund.
The report was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for
concurrence.
[This order was ordered to be expunged from the Journal. See page
2§6.—John T. ivloan, C. H. R.]
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS, the House proceeded to the consideration of
The report of the Special Joint Committee, and a Bill, from the Senate, to
declare the law in relation to the proceedings of the Executive Council, which
had been made the Special Order of the Day for this day, at one o'clock, P. M.
The Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be returned to
the Senate; and the report was concurred in, and was ordered ,to be re¬
turned to the Senate.
The following Message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, January 31st, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully refuses your House leave to amend the Senate
resolution on the petition of Asa George, praying aid in the construction of
a revolving cannon, &c., by striking out all after the word "Resolved," and
inserting the following:
" That the Governor be authorized to have completed the six revolving
cannon commenced by Asa George, and to have sheet iron defensive armor
applied to the same, and to have constructed a gun of larger calibre on the#
same principle, and that he shall be authorized to employ the sai^ Asa
George to superintend the said work, and to pay him a suitable sum for his
services, as well those to be rendered as those already bestowed, and that
ten thousand dollars be appropriated for these purposes, to be drawn by the
Governor."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER,' President.
294
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31.
On motion of Mr. HUTSON, a message was ordered, to be sent to the
Senate, insisting on tbe amendment proposed.
The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, January 31st, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the, House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully grants leave to your House to amend the resolu¬
tion of the Senate, providing for the education of certain youths in the State
Military Academies, &c., by striking out all after the woid "Resolved,''
and inserting the following :
u That his Excellency theGovernorbe,and he is hereby, authorized to select
one youth from each Congressional District in this State, sons of officers or
soldiers of the Army, or of officers or men of the Navy of the Confederate
States, who, during the existing war, have died in battle, or icho have died
from disease contracted either by tcounds or exposure, or who, not being sops
of officers or soldiers, are under the age of twenty years, and have behaved
with gallantry on the field of battle; who shall be placed in one or other
of the Military institutions of this State, to be educated at the charge of a
grateful, country.
" 2. That this appointment be made in every year; and that two thousand
($2,000) dollars, if so much be necessary, be appropriated therefor, the
same to be increased by the same amount in each succeeding year, until it
shall- reach eight thousand ($8,000) dollars, at which sum it shall continue
an annual-appropriation."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The report, as amended, was concurred in, and was ordered to be returned
to the Senate.
The Senate sent to this House,
A Bill to incorporate, with uniform right, power and privileges, Pro¬
testant Episcopal. Congregations in South Carolina, which was read the
third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act
,,rdered, That it be returned-to the Senate.
The Senate returned to this House the following Acts, which were or¬
dered to be committed to the Committee on Engrossed Acts :
An Act to establish and re-charter certain roads, bridges and ferries, and
for other purposes.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31.
295
An Act to vest in the Confederate Government a part of the Columbia
Canal, for the term of twelve years.
The House resumed the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
The following reports were agreed to:
Report of the Committee on the Military,
On the petition of members of 11th Regiment Reserves ; also, •
On a resolution in relation to educating the son of a deceased officer.
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On so much of Message No. 1 of his Excellency the Governor, as relates
to the Banks of the State and the currency.
Report of the Committee on the Judiciary.
On the memorial of citizens of Darlington and Marlboro' Districts, pray¬
ing restriction of the pardoning power.
The following Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be sent
to the Senate:
A Bill to repeal an Ordinance of the Convention, entitled " An Ordinance
to exempt overseers from the performance of military duty," and an Ordi¬
nance entitled " An Ordinance in relation to a portion of the militia."
The following resolutions were ordered to lie on the table:
Resolution in relation to the distribution of salt;
Resolution in relation to auditing various accounts, and adjusting the
claims of the State against the Confederate Government.
The following Bill was ordered to lie on the table:
A Bill to authorize the Relief Committees throughout the State to pro¬
cure and distribute corn to the needy families of soldiers.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. HUIET, the House proceeded to the consideration of
the Report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
On the petition of Lewis M. Ott, praying compensation for the loss of a
negro, by disease contracted in the public service, and message from the
Senate, with accompanying documents ; which had been made the Special
Order of the Day for this day, at 12 o'clock, M.
On motion of Mr. HUIET, the Special Order was discharged, and the
same was made the Special order of the Day for Monday next, to be con¬
sidered in Committee of the Whole, at 12 o'clock, M.
296
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2.
On motion of Mr. T. P. MIKELL,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet on
Monday next, at 11 o'clock, A. M:
On motion of Mr. T. P. MIKELL, the House was adjourned at 50
minutes past 2 o'clock, P. M.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened by prayer to
Almighty God, by the Rev. Dr. Leland.
The Journal of Saturday's proceedings was read.
Mr. DURYEA introduced the following resolution :
Resolved, That so much of the Journal of Saturday, January 31, be ex¬
punged as states that " the report of the Committee of Ways and Means on
the Military Accounts and Contingent Fund, was agreed to, and ordered
to be sent to the Senate for concurrence," inasmuch as the vote on that
question had been ordered to be taken by the yeas and nays, and was not
so taken, but by acclamation, which vote has been objected to; and that the
said report be restored to the General Orders, and regarded as an adjourned
debate.
Mr. DOZIER moved that the resolution be ordered to lie on the table.
And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in the
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1863.
negative.
Yeas, 16; Nays, 66.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Messrs.Byrd,
Messrs.Evans, W. H.,
Cooper,
Dozier,
Foster,
Graham,
Lide,
Evins, J. H.,
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2.
Messrs. O'Connor,
Read, J. H.
Sarvis,
Sessions,
Messrs."Wallace,,
Webber,
Whaley,
Whetstone.
Those who voted in the negative, are:
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs. A dams,
Messrs.Mattison,
Allemong,
May,
Boatwright,
McCants,
Boyce,
McClenaghan,
Bradley, J. S.,
McCullough,
Bradley, P. H.,
McDaniel,
Bratton,
McFadden,
Bryce,
McKinstry,
Campbell,
Mikell, T. P.,
Cook,
Mitchell,
Crayton,
Mobley,
Croft,
Mullins,
Doyle,
Oliver,
Duryea,
Power,
Eav.es,
Rhame,
Efird,
Shell,
Fair,
Smith,
Fort,
Stokes,
Harbin,
Stewart,
Hendricks,
Sullivan,
Huggins,
Talbert,
Huiet,
Thomson,
Hutson,
Townsend,
Jenkins,
Trenholm,
Johnston, R. M.,
Trescot,
Johnston, T. L.,
Venning,
Jones, Abram,
Weatherly,
Legg,
Wilkinson,
Lockwood,
Williams, Gr. W.,
Lovinggood,
Wright,
Lowry, A. M.,
Youmans.
Lowry, J. T.,
Youngblood.
Magrath,
So the House refused to lay the resolution on the table.
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298
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2.
And the question being put, Will the House agree to the resolution ? it
passed in the affirmative,
Yeas, 67; Nays, 16.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich:, Speaker; and
Messrs.Adams, Messrs Mattison,
Allemong,
May,
Boatwright,
McCants,
Boyce,
McClenaghan,
Bradley, J. S.,
MeCullough,
Bradley, P. H.,
McDaniel,
Bratton,
McFadden,
Bryce,
McKinstry,
Campbell,
Mikell, T. P.,
Cook,
Mitchell,
Crayton,
Mobley,
Croft,
Mullins, *
Doyle,
Oliver,
Duryea,
Power,
Eaves,
Rhame,
Efird,
Shell,
Fair,
Smith,
Fort,
Stokes,
Harbin,
Stewart,
Hendricks,
Sullivan,
Huggins,
Talbert,
Huiet,
Thomson,
Hutson,
Townsend,
J enkins,
Trenholm,
Johnston, R. M.
Trescot,
Johnston, T. L.
Yenning,
Jones, Abram,
Wallace,
kegg,
Weatherly,
Lockwood,
Wilkinson,
Lovingood,
Williams, Gr. W.
Lowry, A. M.
Wright,
Lowry, J. T.
Youmans,
Magrath,
Youngblood.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2.
299
Those who voted in the negative arc i
O '
Messrs.Byrd,
Messrs. O'Connor,
Read, J. II.,
Cooper,
Dozier,
Sarvis,.
Sessions,
Webber,
Whaley,
Evins, J. II.,
Evans, W. II.
Foster,
Graham,
Lide,
Whetstone,
Williams, J. J.
So the resolution was agreed to.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report
On a Bill, from the Senate, for the better organization of the militia, and
for other purposes, which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. TEENHOLM, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections;
made a report '
On the petitions in relation to election precincts, and the reports of dele¬
gations in relation to vacancies in the Boards of Managers of Elections,
which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. BOYCE, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made a repor»t
On the petition of Wofford College, which was ordered for consideration
to-morrow.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, from the same Committee, made reports
On the petition of G. M. Wever, to be refunded a war tax twice paid;
On Message No. 3 of his Excellency the Governor;
Ou the petition of Robert Tuttle, to be refunded a war tax twice paid;
On the petition of L. P. Gaines, to be refunded a war tax twice paid;
On the petition of John Williamson, to be refunded an excess of war
tax;
On the petition of C. A. Lesesne, to be refunded a tax twice paid;
On the petition of W. W. Tyler, to be refunded an excess of war tax;
On the petition of the tax payers of All Saints', to be refunded the
amount of war tax paid by them ; .
On the petition of Wm. Fuller, to be repaid a war tax;
On the report of the Comptroller General, in relation to commissions
received by tax collectors;
Ou a resolution relative to exempting from taxation lands on Winyaw
Bay;
300
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2.
On the petition of Maria Thompson and G. M. Chaplin, to be relieved
from a war tax execution;
On the petition of Josiah S. Tennant, to be relieved from a double tax
execution;
On the petition of David Ramsay, and owners of lots on Sullivan's
Island, and a Senate resolution, all relating to suspending tax executions;
On the petition of John II. Honour, to have a tax execution cancelled,
and for compensation for damage to property;
On a resolution as to refunding and remitting certain taxes;
On a resolution, from the Senate, relative to the Commissioner of the Code;
On the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On the petition of Jas. N. Cochran, to be refunded a War Tax twice
paid; which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report
On a resolution, from the Senate, on so much of the Governor's Message as
relates to questions arising out of service of mounted rifles; which was con¬
sidered immediately, and a message was -ordered to be seat to the Senate,
asking leave of that body to amend the resolution in certain particulars.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Special Committees.
Mr. TRENHOLM, from the Charleston Delegation, made a report
On a resolution proposing1 to rescind so much of the resolution adopted
at this Session of the Legislature, as relates to the records of the Secretary
of State; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
Mr. BOYCE introduced the follo.wing resolution, which was considered
immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for
concurrence:
Resolved, That the Governor be authorized to have constructed one or
more machines for the making of cotton cards, and that he be directed to
make such arrangements as may be necessary for putting them in effective
operation in this State. The cards thus made to be sold to the citizens of
this State at the actual expenses of making and distributing them, and that
for this purpose the sum of twenty thousand dollars be appropriated, subject
to the check of his Excellency, if so much be necessary.
Mr. BOYCE introduced the following resolution, which was considered
immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for
concurrence:
«Resolved, That the Governor be authorized to purchase or import an
amount of cotton cards not ©iyjeedins thirty thousand, and of wool cards not
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2.
801
exceeding ten thousand, to be distributed axnoug the election Districts of the
State, in proportion to the representation in the House of Representatives,
to bi^sold therein at such a price as will cover the actual cost and expenses,
and that he be authorized to borrow from the Bank of the State any amount
necessary, from time to time, for carrying out this resolution; the amount to
be re-paid the Bauk upon the sole of the cards, and that for this purpose
he be authorized to pledge the faith and funds of the State.
Mr. TRENHOLM introduced the following resolutions; which were con¬
sidered immediately, were agreed to, and were ordered to be seut to the
Senate for concurrence.
Resolved, That the people of South Carolina regard with sentiments of
profound •admiration and gratitude the heroic valor and patient endurance
of the brave defenders of their country, both by land and sea. The military
genius of their commanders, and their own heroic valor, have already given
to their country a national reputation, of which the oldest nations might be
proud; and every new act of walor they display is regarded by their country¬
men with increasing admiration.
Resolved, That the victory achieved over the enemy's fleet off the harbor
of Charleston, and destruction of the sloop of-war Mercidita and other ves¬
sels, by the gun-boats Palmetto State and Chicora; and the capture of the
gunboat John P. Smith, in Stono River, by a detachment of artillery, are
conspicuous examples of naval and military skill and daring, and achieve¬
ments of signal promise to the country.
Resolved, That the cordial thanks of the G-eneral Assembly of South
Carolina are hereby tendered to Flag-officer Ingraham and Captain Rutledge,
of the Palmetto State; and to Captain Tucker, of the Chicora; and to
Lieutenant Colonel Yates, of the Artillery, and the officers and men of their
respective commands, for the important service rendered the country by
these gallant achievements.
Mr. W. Gr. DeSAUSSURE introduced the following resolution; which
was agreed to:
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee on the Military to inquire
and report upon the facts connected with the transfer, by the State of Ten¬
nessee, to this State, of certain machinery and tools for the Military "Works
at Greenville; and also upon the expediency of adjusting the amount due
to the State of Tennessee, for the said machinery and tools, and of making
an early settlement therefor.
302
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS, leave of absence was granted to Mr.
Hendricks, after to-day, on account of sickness in his family.
The following message was received from the Senate, and the report, as
amended, was concurred in, and was ordered to be returned to the Senate:
In the Senate, Feb. 2, 1803.
Mr. Speaker, a> d Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully inform-: your [louse that they grant leave to your
body to amend the Senate's report on the petiti >n of holders of lots on Sul¬
livan's Island, by striking out the resolution appended to the report, and in
lieu thereof, inserting the following :
" Resolved, That during the continuance of the war between the Confed¬
erate States of America and the United States of /Vmerioa, the lots on Sul¬
livan's Island, Charleston District, be exempted from taxation.
By order of the Senate,
W. I). PORTER, President.
The Senate returned to this House,
A Bill to charter the Atlantic Steam Packet Company of the Confederate
States; also,
A Bill to charter the Palmetto Exporting and Importing Company; which
were severally read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bills do pass; that the titles thereof be changed; that
the/ be called Acts.
Ordered, That they be sent to the Senate.
The Senate sent to this House,
A Bill to suspend the ninth section of an Act entitled " An Act to estab¬
lish a separate Court of Appeals;" which was read the first time, and was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; also,
A Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the City Council
of Charleston to issue and put in circulation notes receivable in taxes or
dues to the City," ratified the twenty-first day of December, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, which was read the
first time, and was. referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; also,
The report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On the memorial of John Townsend and others, members of the Central
Association for the relief of soldiers of South Carolina; also,
Report of the Committee on the Military and Pensions, of the Senate,
On Message No. 12 of his Excellency the Governor, in relation to record¬
ing the names of persons who have fallen in service of the country; also,
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On a resolution in relation to the present war, transmitted to the State
authorities of South Carolina by the Florida Legislature ; which were sev¬
erally referred to the Military Committee; also,
A resolution authorizing the Boards of Commissioners for relief of
soldiers' families to pay out certain funds; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee of Ways and Means.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
Reports of the Committee on the Military,
On a resolution in regard Mahan's work on permanent fortifications;
On the resolution as to Morse's patent breech-loading Carbine; •
On the Annual report of "Board of Visitors of South Carolina Military
Academy.
Report of the Committee on Offices and Officers,
On nominations for Soldiers' Boaids of Relief;
Resolution from the Charleston Delegation.
GENERAL ORDERS.
The House resumed the debate on the report of the Committee of Ways
and Means,
On the Military Accounts and Contingent Fund.
The House ordered the report to be printed in the Journal; which is as
follows:
The Committee of Ways and Means, to which it was referred to audit
the military accounts of the State, and the disbursements of the contin¬
gent funds, report
That they have carefully examined the accounts placed in their hands,
and find that many vouchers are wanting during the administration of
Judge Frost, having either never been taken, or, if taken, lost; and that,
of the accounts during the administrations of Judge Frost and General
DeSaussure, a number of vouchers relative to claims against the Confede¬
rate Government have been fprwarded to Montgomery and Richmond, and
left until their further adjudication, and no duplicates exist. The remaining
accounts are all correct and properly vouched.
The Committee would suggest that it be made the duty of the Auditor
to require the vouchers which seem to be lacking under the administration
of Judge Frost, to be furnished, and also to obtain duplicate "vouchers of
all past and future claims against the Confederate Government, or in some
manner to provide that the vouchers shall be on hand in the archives of
the State Treasury, in addition to the papers necessary to be presented for
Confederate claims.
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The Committee would further suggest that, in the present state of the
accounts, they cannot be passed. They would recommend that the papers
called for be procured, and the accounts again presented for audit at the
next meeting of the General Assembly.
The Committee would further suggest that the sum of one thousand dol¬
lars be allowed General DeSaussure for the services rendered in presenting
the claims of this State against the Confederate Government, and that he
be directed to prosecute further the claims he has had under his charge.
They also recommend that General DeSaussure be compensated for
services as Secretary of Treasury, at tlie rate of twenty-five hundred dollars
per annum.
The Committee present the enclosed resolutions for the action of the
House.
JAMES P. BOYCE, for the Committee.
Resolved, That it is hereby made the duty of the Auditor to take into
his charge the papers connected with the military accounts of the State of
South Carolina, referred by this House to the Committee of Ways and
Means; to require all missing vouchers to be provided; also, to obtain dupli¬
cate vouchers of all past and, future claims against the Confederate Govern¬
ment, or in some manner provide that the vouchers shall be on hand in the
archives in the State Treasury, in addition to the papers necessary to be
presented for Confederate claims; and that the said accounts be presented
to this General Assembly, in due form, at its next session.
Resolved, That the sum of one thousand dollars be allowed General Wil-
mot G. DeSaussure, for services rendered in the prosecution of claims against
the Confederate Government.
Resolved, That General Wilmot G. DeSaussure be charged with the fur¬
ther prosecution of the claims placed in his hands.
Resolved, That General Wilmot G. DeSaussure be, and he is hereby,
allowed the sum of two thousand dollars, in full compensation for his service
as connected with the Treasury Department; and for his service in Rich¬
mond, in auditing the claims of the State against the Confederate Govern¬
ment.
Resolved, That for services rendered in the office of Secretary of the
Treasury, General DeSaussure receive compensation at the rate of twenty-
five hundred dollars per annum.
The resolutions were amended to read as follows :
Resolved, That it is hereby made the duty of the Auditor to take into
his charge the papers connected with the military accounts of the State of
South Carolina, referred by this Houso to the Committee of Ways and
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Means; to require all missing vouchers to be provided; also, to obtain dupli¬
cate vouchers of all past and future claims against the Confederate Govern¬
ment; or in some manner provide that the vouchers shall be on hand in the
archives in the State Treasury, in addition to the papers necessary to be
presented for Confederate claims; and that the said accounts be presented
to this General Assembly, in due form, at its next session.
Resolved, That General Wilmot G. DeSaussure be charged with the fur¬
ther prosecution of the claims placed in his hands.
Resolved, That General Wilmot G. DeSaussure be, and he is hereby,
allowed the sum of two thousand dollars, in full compensation for his service
connected with the Treasury Department.
And the question being put, Will the House agree to the report and
resolutions, as amended ? it passed in the affirmative,
Yeas, 79; Nays, 0.
The Yeas and Nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldbich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Adams,
Messrs.Foster,
Allemong,
Boatwright,
Bradley, J. S.,
Bratton,
Bryce,
Byrd,
Campbell,
Cook,
Cooper,
Crayton,
Croft,
Dawkins,
Doyle,
Dozier,
Duryea,
Eaves,
Efird,
Evins, J• H-,
Evans, W- H >
Fair,
Fort,
Graham,
Harbin,
Hendricks,
Huiet,
Hutson,
Jenkins,
Johnston, R. M.,
Johnston, T. L.,
Jones, Abram
Kirk,
Lide,
Lockwood,
Lovinggood,
Lowry, A. M.,
Lowry, J. T.,
Lucas,
Magrath,
Mattison,
May,
McCants,
MoCIenaghan,
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Messrs. McCullough,
ifylcKinstry,
Mikell, T. P.,
Mitchell,
Messrs.Talbert,
Thomson,
Townsend,
O'Connor,
Oliver,
Perry, D. D.,
' Power,
Read, J. H.,
Reed, J. L.,
Mobley,
Mullins,
Trenholm,
Trescot,
Yenning,
'"Wallace,
Weatherly,
Webber,
Whaley,
Rhame,
Shell,
Smith,
Stokes,
Sullivan
Whetstone,
Wilkinson,
Williams, J. J.,
Williams, G. W.
Wright.
Youmans,
Younghlood.
So the House agreed to the report and resolution, as amended, and the
same was ordered to the Senate for concurrence.
The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House, Mr.
J. HARLESTON READ in the Chair, and proceeded to the consideration of
The report of the Committee on Claims,
On resolution of inquiry in relation to the payment for slaves lost in the
service of the State; also,
On the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, cf the Senate,
on the petition of Lewis M. Ott.
After some time spent in the discussion thereof, the SPEAKER resumed
the Chair.
i
The House resumed the consideration of the
Resolution, from the Senate, for the adjournment of the General Assem¬
bly on Tuesday, February 3d, at 5 o'clock, P. M., was taken up.
On motion of Mr. DOZIER, a message was ordered to be sent to the
Senate, asking leave of that body to amend the resolution, by striking out
"Tuesday, February 3d, at 5 o'clock, P. M.," and inserting "Friday, the
6th inst."
The following reports were agreed to :
SPECIAL ORDER.
GENERAL ORDERS.
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307
Report of the Committee on the Judiciary,
On the petition of Levi Leggett, and other citizens of Marion, praying a
clnnge of the law in regard to advertising Sheriffs' sales :
On the presentment of the Grand Jury of Lancaster District;
On the petition of the citizens of Clarendon District, praying for legisla¬
tion on the subject of extortion.
Report of the Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries, ,
On the petition of the citizens of the Dark Corner of Greenville District,
for opening a new road.
Report of the Committee on the State House and Grounds,
On the report of the Senate's Committee on Message No. 10 of his Excel¬
lency the Governor, was concurred in, and was ordered to be returned to the
Senate.
A Bill to punish persons or corporations for sale or purchase of bills of
any of the local banks of any State in the Confederacy at a premium, w*as
ordered to lie on the table.
A Bill to confer the rights of legitimacy on Mary E. Daniel, was read
the second time, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate.
A Bill to alter and amend the Constitution of State, so as to adopt the
Ordinance of Secession as a part of the same, was continued until next
session.
The report of the Judiciary Committee,
On the report of the Solicitor of the Western Circuit, was referred to
the Committee on Offices and Officers.
A Bill to raise supplies for the year commencing in October, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two, was read the second time.
Mr. McCLENAGHAN moved to amend, by inserting, at the end of the
first section, the following :
11 Twenty-five cents on every dollar of the amount of profits from the
sales of goods, wares, and merchandise, embracing all articles of trade for
sale, barter, or exchange, which any person shall have made, from the first
day of January, 1S62, to the first day of January, 1863, either on his, her,
or their capital, or borrowed capital, or on account of any person or per¬
sons as agent, attorney or consignee : Provided, That the profits on such
sales shall have been equal to, or greater than, fifty cents on the dollar:
And provided, further, That nothing in this clause shall be held to apply to
sales of raw cotton."
And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in
the negative,
Yeas, 30; Nays, 54.
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The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Messrs.Bradley, J. S.,
Messrs. McDaniel,
Bratton,
McKinstry,
Byrd,
Mikell, T. P.,
Campbell,
Mullins,
Cook,
Oliver,
Doyle,
Perry, D. D.,
Fort,
Power,
Grrakam,
Read, J. H.,
Harbin,
Sessions,
Jenkins,
Smith,
Kirk,
AVebber,
Lovinggood,
Whetstone,
Lowry, J. T.,
Williams, Gr. W
May,
Youmans.
McClenaghan,
Youngblood.
Those who voted in the negative, are :
Ijfon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker; and
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.Hendricks,
AllcmoDg,
Huggins,
Boatwright,
Huiet,
Boyee,
Hutson,
Bradley, P. H.,
Johnston, R. M.,
Bryce,
Johnston, T. L.,
Cooper,
Jones, Abram,
Crayton,
Legg,
Croft,
Lockwood,
Dawkins,
Lowry, A. M.,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Magrath,
DeSanssure, W. Gr.,
Mattison,
Dozier,
McCants,
Duryea,
McCullough,
Eaves,
Mc Fad den,
Efird,
Mobley,
Evins, J. H.,
O'Connor,
Evans, W. H.,
Reed, J. L.,
Fair,
Rhame,
Foster,
Sarvis,
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309
Messrs.Shell,
Messrs. Trcnholm,
Stokes,
Stewart,
Sullivan,
Talbert,
Thomson,
Wilkinson,
Wright.
Trescot,
Yenning,
Whaley,
Townsend,
So the House refused to agree to the amendment.
On motion of Mr. O'CONNOR, the House was adjourned at 25 minutes
past 4 o'clock, P. M.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened by prayer to
Almighty G-od, by the Rev. Mr. Breaker.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The Senate sent to this House, for concurrence,
Reports of the Committee *on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
On the petition of Henry McKee, praying compensation for corn fur¬
nished the army;
On the petition of R. L. Hart, praying compensation for a slave, who died
of a disease contracted in the public service;
On the petition of William B. Means, praying compensation for fodder
furnished the army; which were severally referred to the Committee on
Claims; also,
The report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On the petition of David Ramsay, praying relief from a tax execution on
property destroyed by the Confederate States; which was referred to the
Committee of Ways and Means.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
Reports of the Committee on Claims,
On the account of P. B. Glass & Co., for stationery;
On the petition of William Lindj&y, for services rendered;
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Report of the Committee on the Military,
(Jn Message No. 2 of the G-overnor.
The Senate sent to this House,
A Dill to prohibit extortion and punish extortioners; which was read the
first time, and was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; also,
A Bill to prevent aud punish the planting and cultivating, in this State,
over a certain quantity of cotton during the present year; which was
read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof he changed; that
it he called an Act.
Ordered, That it be returned to the Senate.
The Senate sent to this House,
A Bill to declare the law in relation to the proceedings of the Executive
Council.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS, the Bill was re-committed to the
Special Joint Committee.
The Senate returned to this House,
A Bill to provide for the appointment of Commissioners of the Poor for
Darlington District, the title having been changed, so as to read,
A Bill to provide for the appointment of Commissioners of the Poor for
Darlington District and for Chesterfield District; also,
A Bill to incorporate certain religious and charitable societies, and to
renew and amend the charters of others, heretofore granted ; which were
severally read the third time.
*
Resolved, That the Bills do pass; that the titles thereof be changed; that
they be called Acts.
Ordered, That they be sent to the Senate.
Mr. J. HABLESTON BEAD, from the Committee of the Whole, to
whom was referred the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances,
of the Senate, on the petition of Lewis M. Ott; also,
The report of the Committee on Claims,
On resolution of inquiry in relation to the payment for slaves lost in the
service of the State, made a report; which was considered immediately,
wus agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSUBE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a report
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311
On a resolution, from the Senate, authorizing the Boards of Commis¬
sioners for relief of soldiers' families to pay out certain funds; also,
On a Bill, from the Senate, to atrend an Act entitled An Act to autho¬
rize the Ciiy Council of Charleston to issue and put in circulation notes
receivable in taxes or dues to the city, ratified on the twenty first day of
December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
one; which were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report
On resolution, from the Senate,
On memorials of John Townsend and others; also,
On resolution, from the Senate, on G-overnor Pickens' Message, about
recording names of soldiers who have died in service; also,
On resolution, from the Senate,
On Governor's Message aboiA Florida resolutions; which were severally
ordered for consideration to-morrow ; also,
On resolution in relation to machiney and tools at Greenville; which was
considered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence.
Mr. J. T. LOWRY, from the same Committee, made a report
On Message No. 4 of his Excellency the Governor, and accompanying
papers; which was considered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered
to be sent to the Senate for concurrence.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the Committee on Claims was discharged
from the further consideration of the petition of Thos. S. Minton, praying
compensation for board and lodging furnished Capt. Elam Sharpe's Com¬
pany of Cavalry. (Mr. BOATWRIG1IT asked and obtained leave to with¬
draw the petition from the files of the House.)
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the petition of Asa Chisolm, for himself and company, praying the
fulfilment of a contract; also,
On account of R. A. McKnight, for public printing; also,
On the petition of Thos. S. Minton, praying compensation for provisions
furnished Quartermaster and Surgeon of the 4th Regiment S. C. V.; which
were severally considered immediately, were agreed to, and were ordered to
be sent to the Senate for concurrence.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
Mr. J. T. LOWRY introduced the following resolution; which was
referred to the Military Committee :
Rusulucd, That his Excellency the Governor be authorized and required
to have disbanded all the Regiments of the First Corps of Reserves, at the
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expiration of the ninety days' term of service. By special contract of tlio
Executive Council, the said term of service commencing on the 5th Novem¬
ber last.
Mr. SARVIS, from the Committee on Agriculture, made a report
On a Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to suppress the undue dis¬
tillation of spirituous liquors from the cereal grains of this State;" "which
was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
The House resumed the consideration of
A Bill to raise supplies for the year commencing in October, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two. The Bill was ordered to be sent to the
Senate
The Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means gave notice that,
on the third reading of the Bill, he will offer certain amendments.
A Bill to make appropriations for the year commencing in October, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, was taken up.
Message No. 5 was received from his Excellency the Governor, and
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSUBE, the House resolved itself into
The doors of the House were ordered to be opened at 1 o'clock, P. M.
The House resumed the consideration of the Bill to make appropriations
for the year commencing in October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
two.
Mr. BOATWBIGHT offered the following amendment, to be added to
the first section of the Bill, " for fire-wood, at the rate of five hundred dol¬
lars per annum, and for provender for horses at the rate of five hundred
dollars per annum, during the time he may remain in Columbia."
Mr. MULLINS moved that the amendment be ordered to lie on the
table. And the question being put, Will the House agree to the motion?
it passed in the affirmative,
GENERAL ORDERS.
SECRET SESSION.
Yeas, 54; Nays, 36.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
These who voted in the affirmative, are :
Messrs. Allemong,
Bates,
Boyce,
Messrs.Bradley, J. S.,
Bratton,
Broyles,
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313
Messrs.Byrd, Messrs. McKinstry,
Crayton,
Mikell, T. P.,
Dawkins,
Mullins,
DeSaussure, W. G.,
O'Connor,
Doyle,
Oliver,
Dozier,
Peake,
Eaves,
Power,
Efird,
Read, J. H.,
Fair,
Sanders,
Fort,
Sarvis,
Harbin,
Sessions,
Huggins,
Shell,
Jenkins,
Smith,
Jones, S. B.,
Stokes,
Lebby,
Stewart,
Lide,
Sullivan,
Lovinggood,
Thomson,
Lowry, A. M.,
Townsend,
Lowry, J. T.,
Trenholm,
Magrath,
Trescot,
Mattison,
Webber,
McCants,
Wilkinson,
McDaniel,
Williams, G. W.
McFadden,
Youngblood.
Those who voted in the negative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.Johnston, T. L.,
Boatwright,
Jones, Abram,
Boylston,
Kirk,
Bryce,
Pegg,
Campbell,
Lockwood,
Cook,
Lucas,
Croft,
May,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
McClenaghan,
Evins, J. H.,
Mobley,
Evans, W. H.,
Perry, D. D.,
Graham,
Rhame,
Huiet,
Suber,
Hutson,
Talbert,
Johnston, R. M.,
Yenning,
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3.
Messrs. Wallace,
Whaley,
Whetstone,
Messrs. Wright,
Yeadon,
Youm,ans.
Williams, J. J.,
So the amendment was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. HUTSON offered the following amendment, to come in at the end of
the Bill:
" The sum of one hundred thousand dollars, for the supply of the destitute
soldiers of the State with shoes, clothing and blankets, the same to be paid
to the Central Association for the relief of the soldiers of South Carolina,
on the drafts of their Chairman, countersigned by their Treasurer, to be
expended in purchasing, and forwarding to our soldiers, shoes, blankets and
clothing, and in refunding to the said Association the sum of twenty thou¬
sand dollars already advanced on contracts made for shoes; and that the said
Association do account therefor to the General Assembly, at its next
Session."
And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto? it passed in
the affirmative,
Yeas, 85; Nays, 5.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Messrs.Adams,
Allemong,
Boatwright,
Boylston,
Bradley, J. S.,
Bradley, P. H.,
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker; and
Messrs.Eaves,
Efird,
Bratton,
Bryce,
Byrd,
Crayton,
Croft,
Dawkins,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
DeSaussure, W. G.;
Doyle,
Duryea,
Evins, J. H.,
Evans, W. H.,
Fair,
Fort,
Graham,
Harbin,
Huggins,
Huiet,
Hutson,
Jenkins,
Johnston, R. M.,
Johnston, T. L.,
Jones, Abram,
Jones, S. B.,
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315
Messrs.Kirk,
Lebby,
Lockwood,
Lovinggood,
Lowry, A. M.,
Lowry, J. T.,
Lucas,
Magrath, ,
Mattison,
May,
McCants,
McClenaghan,
McCullougb,
McDaniel,
McFadden,
McKinstry,
Mikell, T. P.,
Mobley,
Mullins,
O'Connor,
Oliver,
Peake,
Perry, D. D.,
Power,
Read, J. H.,
Tbose who voted in the negative, are:
Messrs.Reed, J. L.,
Rhame,
Sanders,
Sarvis,
Sessions,
Shell,
Smith,
Stokes,
Stewart,
Suber,
Sullivan,
Talbert,
Thomson,
Townsend,
Trenholm,
Yenning,
Wallace,
Webber,
Whetstone,
Wilkinson,
Williams, J. J.,
Williams, G-. W.,
Wright,
Yeadon,
Youmans,
Youngblood.
Messrs.Boyce,
Campbell,
Cooper,
Messrs.Lide,
Trescot,
So the House agreed to the amendment.
The Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be sent to the
Senate.
The Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, gave notice that, at
the third reading of the Bill, he will offer certain amendments to the same.
On motion of Mr. DAWKINS, leave of absence was granted to Mr. Yen¬
ning, on account of the threatened invasion of the enemy.
On .motion of Mr. COOPER, leave of absence was granted to Mr. Byrd,
on account of military engagements.
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Mr. HUTSON moved that the House take a recess until 15 minutes past
7 o'clock, P. M.; and the question being put, Will the House agree to the
motion ? Messrs. Crayton and Huiet were appointed tellers.
Yeas, 56; Nays, 30.
So the House took a recess from 4 o'clock, P. M., until 15 minutes past
7 o'clock, P. M.
RECESS.
The SPEAKER resumed the Chair.
The following Message was received from the Senate, and the resolution,
as amended, was ordered to he returned to the Senate :
In the Senate, Feb. 2, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully informs your House, that they concur in your
proposal to amend the resolution in regard to adjournment, by striking out
"Tuesday, the 3d," and inserting "Friday, the 6th February."
By order of the Senate,
W. I). PORTER, President.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
Mr. HUTSON, a message was ordered to be sent to the Senate, insisting
on asking leave to amend, and asking for a Committee of Conference :
In the Senate, Feb, 2, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully insists on refusing your House leave to amend
the Senate's resolution in the matter of granting aid to Asa G-eorge, in
constructing revolving cannon, &c., by striking out all after the word
" Resolved," and inserting the resolution annexed :
" That the G-overnor be authorized to have completed the six revolving
cannon commenced by Asa George, and to hate sheet iron defensive armor
applied to the same, and to have constructed a gun of larger calibre, on the
same principle; and that he shall be authorized to employ the said Asa
George to superintend the said work, arid to pay him a suitable sum for his
services—as well those to be rendered as those already bestowed; and that
ten thousand dollars be appropriated for these purposes, to be draw* by the
Governor."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3.
317
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
Mr. W. Gr. DeSAUSSURE, a message was ordered to be sent to the Senate,
granting leaTTe so to amend :
In the Senate, Feb. 3, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully asks leave of your House to amend the resolution
of the House in regard to the late exploits of the gunboats Palmetto State
and Chicora, &c., by striking out, in the second resolution, '' and destruc¬
tion of the sloop-of-war Mercedita and other vessels."
Also, in third resolution, to amend by inserting, after Lieut. Col. Yates,
the name of " Major J. Welsman Brown."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The following message was received from the Senate, and the report, as
amended, was concurred in, and was ordered to be returned to the Senate :
In the Senate, Feb. 2, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully informs your House, that they concur in the
proposal to amend the resolution on so much of the Governor's Message as
relates to questions arising on the services of two companies of Mounted
Rifles, &c., by striking out, in the sixth line, the words, to wit, " from the
fifth day of September, 1862," and striking out, in eighth line, the word
" same," and adding after the word time, the words, " he entered on the
duties of his office."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
Message No. 6 was then received from his Excellency the Governor, and,
on motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the House resolved itself into
SECRET SESSION.
The doors of the House were ordered to be opened at 11 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. LIDE, the House was adjourned at 11 o'clock, P. M.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 18C3.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened by prayer to
Almighty God, by the Rev. Dr. Howe.
The Journal or'yesterday's proceedings was read.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, cn motion of
Mr. DAWKINS, a message was ordered to be sent to the Senate, granting
leave so to amend :
In the Senate, February 3, 1803.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully asks leave of your House to substitute the report
of the Senate Committee, heretofore transmitted to the House, for the re¬
committed report of the Committee on Education, of the House of Repre¬
sentatives, on Message No. 4 of his Excellency the Governor, relating to
the South Carolina College. The Senate further asks leave of your House
to substitute the following resolutions for those sent to the Senate with the
recommitted report aforesaid:
Resolved, ls£. That the Trustees of the College be advised to permit the
College Buildings to remain in possession of the Confederate authorities, for
the purposes of a military hospital, until such time as the Trustees may see
fit to recall the privilege, on the following condition, to wit: That said au¬
thorities return said buildings to the Executive Committee of the College
on the termination of the lease, in as good condition as they received them,
and more especially in those particulars that relate to the hygiene of the
institution, and, in the mean time, that the exercises of the College be sus¬
pended.
Resolved, 2d. That the organization of the College, as regards the corps
of professors and officers, be preserved entire, and that they be allowed to
occupy their present residences, and that appropriations be made for the
payment of the salaries heretofore allowed.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The Senate sent to this House
Resolution in relation to extortion and extortioners, which, on motion of
Mr. DAWKINS, was ordered to lie on the table.
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319
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
Resolution for the payment of the officers of the Senate and House of
Representatives.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a report
On the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On the petition of Daniel Ramsay, administrator of Eleanor Ramsay, to
have an execution for taxes staid, which was ordered for consideration to¬
morrow.
Mr. DAWKINS, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made a report
On a Bill, from the Senate, to prohibit extortion and punish extortioners;
which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. DOZIER, from the same Committee, made a report
On a Bill, from the Senate, to suspend the ninth section of an x\ct enti¬
tled u An Act to establish a separate Court of Appeals ; which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. MULLINS, from the Special Joint Committee, made a report
On a Bill, from the Senate, to declare the law in relation to the proceed¬
ings of the Executive Council; which was ordered for consideration to¬
morrow.
Mr. MULLINS introduced the following resolution; which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow:
Resolved, That J. K. Sass, C. M. Furman, W. C. Courtney, Geo. A.
Trenholm, and Wm. B. Heriot, be, and are hereby, appointed commissioners
for the construction of iron-clad steamboats for the city of Charleston; and
they are hereby authorized to continue the building of the boat now in pro¬
gress of construction under their charge, and to apply the funds in their
hands to the completion of the same; jmd when completed, they shall have
authority to transfer said iron-clad boat to the Confederate Government,
Upon receiving from said Government the amount of the cost thereof; and
the said commissioners shall be authorized and empowered to employ the
funds they shall so receive in the construction of another boat, or other
boats, as in their discretion may be deemed more advisable, and to make a
similar arrangement for the transfer of such boat or boats as they may have
constructed to the Confederate Government; and they shall be further
authorized and empowered to continue to employ 'the funds they may receive
from the Confederate Government, from time to time, in the construction of
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other iron clad boats, until the next annual session of the Legislature. And
the said commissioners shall submit a full statement of their proceedings
under their appointment to the Legislature, at its next regular session.
Mr. THOMSON introduced the following resolution; which was ordered
for consideration to-moirow:
Resolved, That a commission, to consist of seven members, one from each
Congressional District, and one from the State at large, be raised for the
purpose of devising a more just and equitable system of taxation for this
State than the one now in force, and that they make and publish their re¬
port, under this resolution, before the next regular session of this Legislature.
On motion of Mr. SARVIS, the House resolved itself into
SECRET SESSION.
The House ordered the doors to be opened at twenty-eight minutes past
twelve o'clock, P. M.
The Senate returned to this House
A Bill to provide for a guaranty by the State of the Bonds of the Con¬
federate States; which was read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be sent to the Senate.
The Senate returned to this House the following Acts; which were com¬
mitted to the Committee on Engrossed Acts :
An Act to charter the Atlantic Steam Packet Company of the Confed¬
erate States;
An Act to provide for the appointment of Commissioners of the Poor for
Darlington District, and for Chesterfield District;
An Act to charter " The Palmetto Exporting Company;"
An Act to incorporate certain Religious and Charitable Societies, and to
renew and amend the charters of others heretofore granted.
The Senate sent to this House, for concurrence,
Reports of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
On the petition of J. A. Cunningham, for a slave who died in the service
of the State;
On the petition of Z. Ellerbe, Sr., praying compensation for the loss of a
negro, who died from disease contracted in the service of the State;
On the petition of Edward Kinsler, praying compensation for a slave who
died from disease contracted in the service of the State;
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321
On the petition of George C. James, praying compensation for a slave
lost in working on the fortifications near Charleston, under impressment;
which were severally referred to the Committee on Claims.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
Resolutions complimentary to Flag-officer Ingraham, Captains Rutledge
and Tucker, &c.;
Report of the Committee on the State House and Grounds,
On Message No. 10 of his Excellency the Governor;
Report of the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures,
On resolution of the State of Florida, in relation to the manufacture
of salt;
Report of the Committee on Railroads,
On so much of Message No. 1 of his Excellency the Governor, as relates
to the communication from the President of the Charleston and Savannah
Railroad Company, in relation to the Ashley River Bridge;
Reports of the Committee on Claims,
On the petition of P. O'Connell, State Constable, praying that he he al¬
lowed the sum of twenty dollars upon his last annual account against the
State;
On the petition of J. J. Stuckey, praying compensation for service ren¬
dered ;
On the petition of B. F. Crymes, praying compensation for service ren¬
dered as Special Constable;
On the account of the Camden Confederate, for public printing;
On the account of the Charleston Mercury, for public printing;
On the accounts of the Clarendon Banner, for public printing;
On the memorial of sundry citizens of Darlington District, praying relief
for Susannah Andrews.
The Senate sent to this House,
A Bill further to declare the law in relation to the proceedings of the
Executive Council; which was ordered to lie on the table.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS,
A Bill, from the Senate, to continue in force an Act entitled " An Act
to extend relief to debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice of property at pub¬
lic sales," was taken up, out of its order.
Mr. MULLINS moved that the report of the Committee on the Judiciary,
on the Bill, be laid on the table, with the exception of the 5th section. And
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the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in the
affirmative,
Yeas, 46; Nays, 85.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative, are:
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Bradley, J. S.,
Messrs.O'Bannon,
Bratton,
Oliver,
Cook,
Power,
Cooper,
Reed, J. L.,
Doyle,
Rhame,
Eavos,
Sanders,
Foster,
Sarvis,
Harbin,
Sessions,
Huggins,
Stokes,
Jenkins,
Stewart,
Johnston, R. M.,
Suber,
Johnston, T. L.,
Sullivan,
Kirk,
Talbert,
Lide,
Townsend,
Lovinggood,
Thomson,
Lowry, J. T.,
Wallace,
McCants,
Weatherly,
MeClenaghan,
Wilkinson.
McDaniel,
Williams, J. J.,
McFadden,
Williams, G-. W..
McKinstry,
Wright,
Mobley,
Youngblood.
Mullins,
Those who voted in the negative,
are:
Messrs.Adams,
Messrs.Campbell,
Aiken,
Crayton,
Allemong,
Dawkins,
Boyce,
DeSaussure, J. I
Boylston,
DeSaussure, W.
Bradley, P. H.,
Dozier,
Broyles,
Duryea,
Bryce, Efird,
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Messrs.Evins, J. H., Messrs.Magrath,
Evans, W. H., O'Connor,
Fair, Peake,
Fort, Read, J. H.,
Hemphill, Trenholm,
Huiet, Trescot,
Jones, S. B. Vandiver,
Lebby, Webber,
Lowry, A. M., Youmans.
Lucas,
So the motion was agreed to.
The Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be returned to
the Senate.
Mr. MULLINS gave notice that, to-morrow, he will move the suspen¬
sion of the fifty-first rule of this House.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
Mr. MULLINS, a message was ordered to be sent to the Senate, stating
that it was a clerical error, and asking leave to amend the message by strik¬
ing out11 also, at 5 P. M."
In the Senate, February 4, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully informs your Flouse that the resolution for the
adjournment of the General Assembly has been returned to the Senate,
amended differently from the leave granted by the Senate, to wit: that the
hour of 5, P. M., has been stricken out as well as the day. The message,
as received from the House, having requested leave to amend only as far as
the day is concerned.
By order of Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, Feb. 3, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully concurs with the House in the proposal for a
Committee of Conference in regard to Asa George, &c., and have appointed
a Committee of Conference, consisting of Messrs. A. C. Garlington, J. W.
Harrison, and T. Edwin Ware, on the part of the Senate.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4.
The House resumed the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
The following Bills were read the second time, and were ordered to be
returned to the Senate :
A Bill to authorize the Banks of this State to purchase Confederate and
State Securities;
A Bill to amend an Act entitled u An Act to authorize the City Council
of Charleston to issue and put in circulation notes receivable in taxes
or dues to the City," ratified the twenty-first day of December, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Mr. J. HARLESTON READ, from the Committee on Colored Popula¬
tion, made a report,
On Message No. 6 of his Excellency the Governor; which was con¬
sidered immediately, and
A Bill, from the Senate, to amend an Act entitled " An Act to organize
and supply negro labor for coast defence, in compliance with requisitions of
the Confederate States," and to authorize and direct the Governor to pro¬
ceed to furnish negro labor under said Act, was taken up for consideration.
Mr. J. S. BRADLEY moved to amend the Bill, by striking out " two
dollars per diem " and inserting " one dollar per diem."
Mr. J. HARLESTON READ moved that the amendment be odered to
lie on the table. And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ?
it passed in the negative,
Yeas, 38: Nays, 45.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldkich, Speaker; and
Messrs. Allemong.
Messrs.Evins, J. H.,
Boatwright,
Boyce,
Bo^lston,
Brabham,
Bradley, P. H.,
Bryce,
Croft,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
DeSaussure, W. G.,
Pair,
Hemphill,
Huggins,
Huiet,
Johnston, R. M.:
Jones, S. B.,
Kirk,
Legg,
Lockwood,
Lucas,
Efird,
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325
Messrs. Magrath,
McCants,
McDaniel,
O'Bannon,
O'Connor,
Peake,
Read, J. H.,
Reed, J. L.,
Messrs.Sanders,
Sessions,
Thomson,
Whetstone,
Williams, J. J.,
Yeadon,
Youmans.
Those who voted in the negative, are :
Messrs.Adams,
Bradley, J. S.,
Bratton,
Campbell,
Cook,
Crayton,
Dawkins,
Doyle,
Dozier,
Eaves,
Fort,
Foster,
Harbin,
J enkins,
Johnston, T. L.,
Jones, Abram,
Kennedy,
Lide,
Lovinggood,
Lowry, A. M.,
Dowry, J. T.,
Mattison,
May,
Messrs.McClenaghan,
McFadden,
McKinstry,
Mobley,
Mullins,
Oliver,
Power,
Sarvis,
Shell,
Smith,
Stokes,
Suber,
Sullivan,
Talbert,
Townsend,
Vandiver,
Wallace,
Weatherly,
Webber,
Williams, G-. W.,
Wright,
Youngblood.
So the House refused to lay the amendment on the table.
Mr. J. HARLESTON READ moved to amend the Bill, by striking out
"two dollars," and inserting "three dollars."
Mr. J. S. BRADLEY moved that the amendment be ordered to lie on
the table. And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ?
Messrs. Foster and Wright were appointed tellers.
Yeas, 49 j Nays, 31.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4.
So the House ordered the amendment to lie on the table.
Mr. J. S. BRADLEY moved to amend, by striking out " two dollars,"
and inserting " one dollar."
Mr. BOYCE moved to amend the amendment, by inserting "one dollar
and a half," instead of " one dollar."
Mr. J. S. BRADLEY moved that the amendment to the amendment be
ordered to lie Qn the table. And the question being put, Will the House
agree thereto ? it passed in the negative,
Yeas 42; Nays 43.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.McFadden,
Bradley, J. S.,
McKinstry,
Bratton,
Mobley,
Cook,
Oliver,
Cooper,
Power,
Cray ton,
Rhame,
Dawkins,
Shell,
Doyle,
Smith,
Dozier,
Stokes,
Eaves,
Stewart,
Fort,
Suber,
Foster,
Sullivan,
Harbin,
Talbert,
Jenkins,
Townsend,
Jones, Abram,
Wallace,
Lide,
Weatherly,
Lovinggood,
Webber,
Lowry, A. M.,
Wilkinson,
Mattison,
Williams, G-. W.
May,
Wright,
McClenaghan,
Youngblood.
Those who voted in the negative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Aiken,
Allemong,
Boatwright,
Messrs.Boyce,
Boylston,
Brabham,
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327
Messrs.Bradley, P. H.,
Messrs. Lucas,
Bryce,
Magrath,
Croft,
McCants,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
McDaniel,
DeSaussure, W. G.,
O'Bannon,
Efird,
O'Connor,
Evins, J. H.,
Peake,
Fair,
Perry, D. D.,
Hemphill,
Read, J. H.,
Huggins,
Reed, J. L.,
Huiet,
Sanders,
Johnston, R. M.,
Sarvis,
Johnston, T. L.,
Sessions,
Jones, S. B.,
Thomson,
Kennedy,
Whetstone,
Kirk,
Williams, J. J.
Legg,
Yeadon,
Lockwood,
Youmans.
So the House refused to lay the amendment to the amendment on the
table.
And the question being put, Will the House agree to the amendment?
it passed in the affirmative,
Yeas, 49 j Nays, 36.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Aiken,
Allemong,
Boatwright,
Boyce,
Boylston,
Brabham,
Bradley, P. H.,
Bryce,
Crayton,
Croft,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
DeSaussure, W. G.,
Messrs.Duryea,
Eaves,
Efird,
Evins, J. H.,
Fair,
Hemphill,
Huggins,
Huiet,
Johnston, R. M.,
Johnston, T. L.,
Kirk,
Legg,
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Messrs. Lockwood,
Messrs.Read, J. H.,
Lowry, J. T.,
Reed, J. L ,
Lucas,
Sanders,
Magrath,
Sarvis,
McCants,
Thomson,
McDaniel,
Wallace,
McKinstry,
Whetstone,
O'Bannon,
Wilkinson,
O'Connor,
Williams, J. J.,
Oliver,
Yeadon,
Peake,
Youmans,
Perry, D. D.,
Youngblood,
Those who voted in the negative, are:
Messrs. Adams,
Messrs. May,
Bradley, J. S.,
McClenaghan,
Bratton,
McFadden,
Cook,
Mobley,
Cooper,
Power,
Doyle,
iRhame,
Dozier,
Shell,
Fort,
Smith,
Foster,
Stokes,
Harbin,
Stewart,
Jenkins,
Suber,
Jones, Abram,
Sullivan,
Jones, S. B.,
Talbert,
Kennedy,
Townsend,
Lide,
Weatherly,
Lovinggood,
Webber,
Lowry, A. M.,
Williams, G. W.;
Mattison,
Wright.
So the amendment was agreed to.
Mr. J. S. BRADLEY moved to strike out the third section, and insert
the following:
" That the Governor be not authorized to furnish labor according to the
terms of this Act, unless the Confederate Government shall first, through
its agent, agree to pay for any slaves lost in this service."
Mr. BOATWRIGHT moved that the amendment be ordered to lie on
the table. And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ?
Messrs. J)uryea and Sessions were appointed tellers.
Yeas, 43 ; Nays, 18.
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329
So the amendment was ordered to lie on the table.
The Bill was read the second time. And the question being put, Shall
this Bill be returned to the Senate ? it passed in the affirmative,
Yeas 54 j Nays 29.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Aiken, Messrs.Kennedy,
Allemong,
Kirk,
Boatwright,
Lide,
Boyce,
Magrath,
Boylston,
May,
Brabham,
McCants,
Bradley, P. H.,
McDaniel,
Bratton,
McFadden,
Bryce,
McKinstry,
Cook,
Mullins,
Crayton,
O'Bannon,
Croft,
Oliver,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Perry, D. D.,
DeSaussure, W. G-.,
Read, J. H.,
Duryea,
Reed, J. L.,
Eaves,
Sanders,
Efird,
Sarvis,
Evins, J. H.,
Sessions,
Evans, W. H.,
Stewart,
Fair,
Thomson,
Hemphill,
Wallace,
Huggins,
Whetstone,
Huiet,
Wilkinson,
Hutson,
Williams, J. J.;
Jenkins,
Yeadon,
Johnston, R. M.,
Youmans.
Johnston, T. L.,
Those who voted in the negative, are:
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.Dawkins,
Bradley, J. S., Doyle,
Cooper, Dozier,
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4.
Messrs.Fort, Messrs.Stokes,
Foster,
Suber,
Jones, Abram,
Sullivan,
Jones, S. B.,
Talbert,
Lovinggood,
Townsend,
Lowry, A. M.,
Trescot,
Dowry, J. T.,
Weatherly,
Mobley,
Webber,
Power,
Williams, G. W.
Rhame,
Wright,
Shell,
Youngblood.
Smith,
So tie Bill was ordered to be returned to the Senate.
The following message was received from the Senate, and the report, as
amended, was concurred in, and was ordered to be returned to the Senate:
In the Senate, February 4, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully grants leave to your House to amend the report
on the "petition of James Gilliam, to be refunded a Confederate War Tax
twice paid," by adding, after word cent, in the fourteenth line, the words
" less five per centum thereon."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The following message was received from the Senate, and the report, as
amended, was concurred in, and was ordered to be returned to the Senate:
In the Senate, February 4, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully grants leave to your House to amend the report
of the Committee on Finance and Banks, on the petition of Elizabeth Hin-
son, to be refunded a War Tax wrongfully paid, by adding the following
words: "and that if the tax was paid on or before the 31st of July, 1862,
five per centum be deducted therefrom."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the House took a recess from
twenty minutes past four o'clock, P. M., until seven o'clock, P. M.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4.
331
RECESS.
The SPEAKER resumed the Chair.
Mr. YEADON introduced the following resolution, which was considered
immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That the Senate Bill to prohibit extortion and punish extor¬
tioners, and the report of the Judiciary Committee thereon, be printed for
the use of the House.
Mr. YEADON, from the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures,
made a report
On a resolution, from the Senate, in relation to bonds for the execution
of salt contracts; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. YEADON introduced the following resolution, which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow :
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and is hereby, author¬
ized to allow such increase of prices, under existing contracts for salt, as in
his judgment may be warranted by the circumstances of each case.
Mr. YEADON introduced the following resolution, which was considered
immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for
concurrence :
Resolved, That Frederick A. Ford be, and is hereby, appointed an
additional Magistrate for the District of Barnwell and town of Aiken.
The House resumed the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
A Bill, from the Senate, for the better organization of the militia, and
for other purposes, was taken up.
The Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be returned to the
Senate.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the
Senate,
On the petition of Wm. B. Means, praying compensation for fodder
furnished the army; also,
On the petition of Henry McKee, praying compensation for corn fur¬
nished the army; also,
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4.
On report of the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum and Medical Ac¬
counts, of the Senate,
On a resolution for paying a certain sum of money to Dr. Tallcy; also,
On accounts of Wm. Lesesne, B. G. Pearson, W. S. Johnson, R. K.
Rutledge, Charles Martin, and Thomas N. Slawson, as witnesses, and J. M.
McFadden, as messenger, in contested election from Clarendon; which
were severally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
The House resumed the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
The following reports were agreed to, and were ordered to he sent to the
Senate for concurrence:
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of Peter Horn, executor of Matthew Sanford, to he
refunded a war tax twice paid;
On the petition of A. G. Meyer, to he refunded a war tax twice paid;
On the petition of James Howell, to be refunded a war tax improperly
paid;
On the petition of E. P. Milliken, to be refunded a double tax;
On the petition of Jonathan Waldrop, to be refunded an excess of war
tax.
On Message No. 8 of his Excellency Governor Pickens;
On the petition of Wofford College;
On the petition of G. M. Wever, to be refunded a war tax twice paid;
On the petition of Robert Tuttle, to be refunded a war tax twice paid ;
On the petition of L. P. Gaines, to be refunded a war tax twice paid;
On the petition of John Williamson, to be refunded an excess of war tax.
Report of the Committee on Privileges and Elections,
On petitions in relation to election precincts, and the reports of Delega¬
tions in relation to vacancies in the Boards of Managers of Elections.
The following reports were concurred in, and were ordered to be returned
to the Senate :
Report of the Committee on Claims, on the report of the Committee on
Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
On the account of the Clerk of the Senate, for stationery at present
session;
On the petition of Jesse Jones, praying payment for ammunition pur¬
chased for the use of the State.
The following message ,was received from the Senate:
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5.
333
In the Senate, Feb. 4, 1863.
Gentlemen of the Senate and Souse of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully grants leave to your House to receive the report
of the Committee of Conference, in relation to retaining the Regiments of
Reserves in service, in open session.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
Mr. W. H. EYANS, from the Committee of Conference on a resolution
in relation to continuing in service the eight Regiments of Reserves, and
calling others into service, made a report) which was made the Special
Order of the Day for to-morrow, at half-past 11 o'clock, A. M., and was
ordered to be printed.
On motion of Mr. BOYCE,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to¬
morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Mr. BRYCE, the House was adjourned at fifty minutes
past 9 o'clock, P. M.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1863.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Cleric called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened by prayer to
Almighty God, by the Rev. S. B. Jones.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
Reports of the Committee on Claims,
On the petition of T. S. Minton, for compensation for provisions fur¬
nished Quartermaster and Surgeon of the 4th Regiment S. C. Y.;
On the account of Dr. M. B. Earle, for medical attendance on a prisoner
in jail j
On the account of R. A. McKnight, for public printing;
On the petition of Asa Chilson, for himself and Company, praying the
fulfilment of a contract;
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Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of James H. Mashburn, to be relieved from an improper
war tax assessment;
On the petition of William E. White, to be refunded a war tax twice
paid;
On the petition of Thomas Carter, to be freed from a war tax improperly
assessed;
On the petition of J. J. Carter, to be refunded an excess of war tax;
On the petition of J. R. Stalnaker, to be relieved from a war tax im¬
properly assessed;
On the petition of Matthew Carter, to be refunded a war tax improperly
paid.;
On the petition of William 0. Moss, to be refunded a war tax twice
paid;
On the petition of R. F. Mims, to be refunded a sum of money paid to
the tax collector of Lexington District;
On the petition of W. A. Pringle, as representing J. I. Pringle, to be
refunded a double tax;
On the report of the Comptroller G-eneral;
On the memorial of Richard Yeadon, Chairman of the Executive Com¬
mittee of the Free Market of Charleston ;
On the annual report of the President and Directors of the Bank of the
State of South Carolina, and on special report of the President relative to
change bills;
Reports of the,Military Committee,
On resolution in relation to machinery and tools at Greenville;
On Message No. 4 of his Excellency the Governor, and accompanying
papers;
Report of the York and Lancaster Delegations,
On the annual report of J. R. Patton, Agent of the Catawba Indians;
Reports of the Medical Committee,
On the account of Dr. J. Caughman, for a post mortem examination;
On the account of Dr. R. W. Bates, for a post mortem examination;
On the account of Dr. J. T. Baskins, for a post mortem examination;
On the accounts of Dr. J. D. Bruns, for a,post mortem examination;
Report of the Committee on Education,
On the report of H. R. Frost, Treasurer of the Yestry of St. James',
Goose Creek, on the Ludlam School Fund;
Report of the Committee on Colored Population,
On the report of Central Secretary to the Commissioners for the removal
of negroes from the Districts of Beaufort, Colleton, Georgetown, and
Charleston;
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335
Report of the Committee on Public Printing,
On tbc claim of C. P. Pelbam, State Printer, for balance due bim ;
Report of the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum,
On the report of the Regents of the Lunatic Asylum.
Report of the Abbeville Delegation,
On the Estate of Dr. John De LaHowe ;
Resolution authorizing the Governor to purchase or import Cotton and
"Wool Cards, and to distribute the same; also,
Resolution authorizing the Governor to have machines made for the
manufacturing of Cotton Cards.
The Senate sent to this House, for concurrence,
Reports of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
On the petition of James Legare, praying compensation for a slave exe¬
cuted ;
On the petition of M. Harris, praying compensation for a slave who died
in the service of the State; which were severally referred to the Committee
on Claims;
Report of the Committee on the Military and Pensions, of the Senate,
On so much of Message No. 1 of his Excellency the Governor, as relates
to the enforcement of the Act authorizing and empowering certain Regi¬
ments to elect their Field Officers; and the report of the Adjutant and
Inspector General on the same subject; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on the Military.
Resolution for appointing Proxies to represent the State in the Laurens
Railroad Company; which was referred to the Committee on Railroads.
Report cf the Committee on the Judiciary,
On the reports of the Solicitors on District Officers and their Offices; also,
On so much of Message No. 2 of his Excellency Governor Pickens, as
relates to the Executive Council, its documents, &c.; also,
On so much of Message No. 2 of his Excellency Governor Pickens, as
relates to the notice given to the Executive Council in reference to acting
with said Council since the meeting of the General Assembly; which were
severally referred to the Special Committee.
The Senate sent to this House,
A Bill to authorize the Bank of the State to issue small bills; which was
read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be returned to the Senate.
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The Senate returned to this House the following Bills, which were sev¬
erally read the third time :
A Bill to enable citizens of the State who are engaged in military service
to exercise the rights of suffrage;
A Bill to incorporate the Edisto and Ashley Canal Company;
A Bill to authorize the issue of stock for the purpose of continuing the
construction of the New State House ;
A Bill to provide for the payment by the State of such "War Tax as may
he imposed by the Congress of the Confederate States, during the year one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and for the collection of the same
from the tax-payers in this State;
A Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the payment
by the State of the War Tax of the Confederate States, and for the collec¬
tion of the same from the tax-payers in this State.
Resolved, That the Bills do pass; that the titles thereof be changed;
that they be called Acts.
Ordered, That they be sent to the Senate.
The Senate returned to this House the following Act, which was com¬
mitted to the Committee on Engrossed Acts:
An Act to provide for a guaranty by the State of the Bonds of the Con¬
federate States.
The Senate returned to this House,
A Bill to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors in small quantities during
the present war.
The Bill was read the third time.
Mr. O'CONNOR moved that the Bill be indefinitely postponed. And
the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in the
affirmative,
Yeas, 48; Nays, 45.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Messrs.Allemong, Messrs.Dozier,
Boylston,*
Duryea,
Brabham, •
Evans, W. H.,
Bratton,
Fort,
Campbell,
Foster,
Cook,
Harbin,
Cooper,
Hutson,
Dawkins,
Johnson, R. M.,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5.
Messrs.Johnston, T. L.,
Messrs.Sanders,
Jones, Abram,
Seymour,
Kennedy,
Shell,
Kirk,
Smith,
Lobby,
Stokes,
Uegg,
Thomson,
Lockwood,
Treseot,
Lowry, A. M.,
Yandiver,
Lowry, J. T.,
Wallace,
Mattison,
Whetstone,
McCants,
Wilkinson,
Mikell, T. P.,
Williams, J. J.,
O'Connor,
Williams, Gr. W.
Perry, D. D.,
Yeadon.
Power,
Youmans,
Rhame,
Youngblood.
Those who voted in the negative, are:
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs. Adams, Messrs.Magrath,
Aiken,
May,
Boatwright,
McCullough,
Boyce,
McDaniel,
Bradley, P. H.,
McFadden,
Bryce,
McKinstry,
Crayton,
Mob ley,
Croft,
O'Bannon,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Oliver,
DeSaussure, W. Gr.,
Peake,
Doyle,
Reed, J. L.,
Eaves,
Sarvis,
Efird,
Sessions,
Evins, J. H.,
Stewart,
Fair,
Suber,
Hemphill,
Sullivan,
Huggins,
Talbert,
Huiet,
Trenholm,
Jenkins,
Townsend,
Jones, S. B.,
Weatherly,
Lide,
Webber,
Lovinggood,
Wright.
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So the Bill was indefinitely postponed.
Tlio following me.-sage was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
Mr. DURYEA, a message was ordered to be sent to the Senate, asking lor
a Committee of Conference on the subject :
In the Senate, February 4, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Mouse of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully asks leave of your House to substitute the reso¬
lutions of the Comniittee of the Senate, on Claims and Grievances, hereto¬
fore sent to the House, on this subject, in lieu of the House report referred
to them.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The following message was received from the Senate, and the resolution,
as amended, was concurred in, and was ordeied to be returned to the Senate:
In the Senate, February 4, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Mouse of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully grants leave to your House to amend the reso¬
lution in regard to Asa George, &c., as heretofore requested by your House,
in a former message, the 30th of January last.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The Senate sent to this House,
A Bill to raise supplies for the year commencing in October, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two, the bill having been amended, by inserting
" fifteen cents on every hundred dollars in the value of all lands," &c. And
the question being put, Will the House agree to the amendment? it passed
in the negative,
Yeas, 11; Nays, 80.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are:
Messrs. Allemong, Messrs.O'Connor,
Boyce, Peake,
Boylston, Read, J. II.,
Fort, Wallace,
Kirk, Yeadon.
Lobby,
Those who voted in the negative, are:
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Hon. A. P. Aldricii, Speaker, and
Messrs. Adams, Messrs.Mattison,
Aiken,
May,
Boatwright,
Mc Cants,
Bradley, J. S.,
McCleuaghan,
Bradley, P. H.,
MeCul lough,
Bratton,
MeFadden,
Bryce,
McKinstry,
Cook,
Mikcll, T. P.,
Cooper,
Mitchell,
Crayton,
Mobley,
Croft,
Mullins,
Daw kins,
O'Bannon,
DcSaussure, J. M.,
Oliver,
DeSaussurc, W. G-.,
Perry, D. D.,
Dozier,
Power,
Duryea,
Reed, J. L.,
Eaves,
Rhame,
Efird,
Sanders,
Evins, J. H.,
Sarvis,
Evans, W. H.,
Sessions,
Fair,
Seymour,
Foster,
Shell,
Harbin,
Smith,
Hemphill,
Stokes,
Huggins,
Stewart,
Huiet,
Suber,
Hutson,
Talbert,
Jenkins,
Thomson,
Johnston, R. M.,
Townscnd,
Johnston, T. L.,
Trcuholpi,
Jones, Abram,
Trescot,
Jones, S. B.,
Yandivcr,
Kennedy,
Weatherly,
Lugg,
Webber,
Lide,
Wilkiuson,
Lovinggood,
Williams, G. W.,
Lowry, A. M.,
Wright,
Lowry, J. T.,
Youmans,
Lucas,
YToungblood.
Magrath,
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So the House refused to agree to the amendment.
The Bill was read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass ; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be sent to the Senate.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to authorize the Banks of this State to purchase Confederate and
State securities; also,
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to authorize the City Council
of Charleston to issue and put in circulation notes receivable in taxes or
dues to the City," ratified the twenty-first day of December, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one; which were severally
read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bills do pass; that the titles thereof be changed ;
that they be called Acts.
Ordered, That they be returned to the Senate.
The Senate returned to this House,
A Bill to confer the rights of legitimacy on Mary E. Daniel; which was
read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be sent to the Senate.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
Resolution appointing F. A. Ford, Esq., additional Magistrate for Barn¬
well District and the town of Aiken.
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of Wm. C. Meggctt, to be refunded a war tax illegally
exacted.
The Senate sent to this House, for concurrence,
Report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances,
On the contingent account of the State House Keeper; which was
referred to the Committee on Claims.
The SPEAKER laid before the House the account of the Clerk of the
House of Representatives, for stationery; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Claims.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and suoh like papers of a public nature^
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341
The SPEAKER called for Reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
made a report
On so much of Message No. 1 of his Excellency Governor Pickens, as
relates to a consolidation of the Treasuries, and reported
A Bill to amend the first section of the tenth Article of the Constitution
of this State; which was read the first time, and was continued until the
next session. Also, made a report
On the petition of Wm. Mitchell, to have refunded a tax twice paid;
which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the Committee on Claims was discharged
from the further consideration of the petition of Drs. Kennedy and Geiger,
for services rendered in examinations of Reserves, not authorized by the
Executive Council; and the same was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the account of the Clerk of the House, for Stationery furnished the
adjourned Session of 1863; which was considered immediately, was agreed
to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence; also,
On the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
On the Contingent Account of the State House Keeper; which was or¬
dered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. HUTSON, from the Committee on the Military, made a report
On the report of Senate's Committee, on so much of Message No. 1 as
relates to the enforcement of an Act to give certain Regiments the election
of Field Officers; which was ordered for consideration to morrow.
Mr. YOUMANS, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, made
a report
On memorials of the sitting member and contestant, in the matter of the
Clarendon election; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. PEAKE, from the Committee on Railroads, made a report
On a resolution, from the Senate, appointing proxies in the Laurens Rail¬
road company; which was considered immediately, the report of Senate's
Committee was concurred in, and was ordered to be returned to the
Senate.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Special Committees.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
Mr. D. D. PERRY asked and obtained leave to withdraw from the files
of the House the account of Dr. Reenstjerna.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. MULLINS intro¬
duced the following resolution, which was considered immediately, and was
agreed to:
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Resolved, That the fifty-first rule of this House be suspended for the re¬
mainder of this session.
Mr. YEADQN introduced the following resolution; which was con¬
sidered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Sen¬
ate for concurrence :
Resolved, That the Professors of the South Carolina College be, and
are hereby, authorized and requested, during the suspension of the regular
curriculum, to instruct such students as may offer themselves for collegiate
instruction, under such regulations as to tuition fees, discipline, studies,
and otherwise, as the said Professors may deem expedient.
Mr. "W". G. PeSAUSSURE introduced the following resolution ; which
was considered immediately, \yas agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to
the Senate for concurrence :
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be authorized, if in his dis¬
cretion necessary, to employ Major W. G. Eason as an acting Ordnance
Officer, and P. H. Chazul as Clerk, with the salaries allowed to the Ord¬
nance Officer and Ordnance Clerk by an Act entitled An Act to establish
an Ordnance Board and an Ordnance Bureau, and for other purposes, ratified
on the 20th December, 1860, until the end of the next regular session of
this General Assembly.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. W. II. EYANS, the House proceeded to the consid¬
eration of
Resolution in relation to continuing in service the eight regiments of
Reserve-;, and calling others into service; which had been made the Special
Order of the Day for this day, at half-past eleven o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Mr. BOYCE, the resolution was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. YEADON, from the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures,
made a report,
On a resolution in relation to machines for making cotton cards; which
was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. CAMPBELL introduced the following resolution; which was ordered
for consideration to-morrow:
Resolved, That hereafter written amendments to Bills, Reports, and
other papers before the House, which involve material change or modifica¬
tion of, the matter under consideration, shall bo recorded in the Journal;
and if the Clerk is at any time in doubt, iu such cases he shall be governed,
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343
as heretofore, by the opinion of the Speaker, as to the materiality of such
amendments.
Mr. BOYCE introduced the following resolutions; which were ordered
for consideration to-morrow:
Whereas, from information received by this General Assembly, it is
thought highly probable that an attack on Charleston by the Federal forces
is imminent; therefore,
R*solved, That the Governor, if in his opinion it is necessary, be
authorized and directed to order out the First, Fourth, and Tenth Regi¬
ments of Reserves, and any other forces subject to his orders, and that they
be tendered to the Confederate General commanding this Military Depart¬
ment, for thirty days, if so long a time be necessary.
Resolved, That the Governor be directed, in the event, also, that he
deems the danger imminent, to address a communication, through its com¬
manding officer, to each of the eight Regiments of Reserves whose time
is now expiring, stating to it that, in consideration of the pledge made to
these regiments by this General Assembly, that they should be disbanded at
the end ot their present term of service, the Legislature feels compelled to
decline to order them into service, even for a short time, in the present
emergency, and requesting it, in view of the danger to the city and State,
to volunteer for thirty days, if so long a time be necessary.
Resolved, That the Governor be requested to address a communication to
the Commanding General of this Military Department, requesting him to
allow the persons liable to conscription in the eight Regiments of Reserves,
to remain in said regiments until the term of service for which they shall
volunteer shall have expired.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
Mr. YEADON, a message was ordered to be sent to the Senate, refusing to
return to the Senate the Bill:
In the Senate, February 5, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully request the House to return to the Senate a Bill
to prohibit the sales of spirituous liquors in small quantities during the
present war; which, it appears, was sent there by mistake.
The Senate also ask leave of the House to amend the report of the
Committee on Offices and Officers, by adding, for Sumter District, in the
list of Magistrates, the name of William E. Richardson.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
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On motion of Mr. a message was ordered to be sent to the Senate,
granting leave to amend the report of the Committee of Offices and
Officers.
GENERAL ORDERS.
A Bill to declare the law in relation to the proceedings of the Executive
Council, was read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be returned to the Senate.
A resolution appointing commissioners for the construction of gunboats,
was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence.
On motion of Mr. YEADON,
A Bill, from the Senate, to prohibit extortion and punish extortioners,
was taken up, out of its order.
Mr. CAMPBELL moved to amend, by inserting, after the word "poultry,"
"sterling exchange."
Mr. YEADON moved that the amendment be ordered to lie on the table.
And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto? Messrs. Duryea
and Rhame were appointed tellers.
Yeas, 32; Nays, 42.
So the House refused to lay the amendment on the table.
Mr. YEADON moved to amend the Bill by inserting the following
proviso:
"Provided, That any one who shall wilfully and maliciously give false
information as the basis of a prosecution under this Act, shall be liable
to indictment therefor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be subject to the
penalties of this Act."
Mr. HUIET moved to amend the proviso, by striking out " wilfully and
maliciously."
Mr. YEADON moved that the amendment be ordered to lie on the table.
And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto? Messrs. Ken¬
nedy and Webber were appointed tellers.
Yeas, 59; Nays, 28.
So the House refused to strike out "wilfully and maliciously."
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345
Mr. CAMPBELL moved to amend the title of the Bill, so as to read, .
"A Bill to regulate prices of various commodities, and to punish receiv¬
ing the market prices for the same."
Mr. CROFT moved that the amendment be ordered to lie on the table.
And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in the
affirmative,
Yeas, 61; Nays, 36.
The yeas and nays were were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are:
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs. A dams, Messrs May,
Aiken,
McClenaghan,
Boatwright,
McCullough,
Brabham,
McDaniel,
Bradley, J. S.,
McFadden,
Bratton,
McKinstry,
Broyles,
Mobley,
Cook,
Perry, D. D.,
Cooper,
Power,
Crayton,
Read, J. H.,
Croft,
Reed, J. L.,
Duryea,
Sarvis,
Eaves,
Sessions,
Efird,
Seymour,
Evans, W. H.,
Stokes,
Fair,
Stewart,
Fort,
Suber,
Foster,
Talbert,
Harbin,
Townsend,
Huggins,
Yandiver,
Jenkins,
Wallace,
Johnston, R. M.,
Webber,
Johnston, T. L.,
Whetstone.
Kennedy,
Wilkinson,
Kirk,
Williams, J. J.,
Eegg,
Williams, G-. W.,
Lovingood,
Wright,
Lowry, A. M-,
Yeadon,
Lowry, J. T.,
Youmans,
Mattison,
Youngblood.
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Those who voted in the negative, are:
Messrs. Allcmong,
Boyce,
Boylston,
Bradley, P. H.,
Bryce,
Campbell,
Dawkins,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
DeSaussure, W. G.,
Dozier,
Evins, J. H.,
Hemphill,
Huiet,
Hutson,
Jones, Abram,
Jones, S. B.,
Lebby,
Lide,
Messrs.Lockwood,
Lucas,
Magrath,
McCants,
Mikell, T. P.,
Mitchell,
Mullins,
O'Bannon,
O'Connor,
Oliver,
Peake,
Sanders,
Smith,
Sullivan,
Thomson,
Trenholm,
Trescot,
Weatherly.
So the amendment was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. TRENHOLM moved that the Bill be indefinitely postponed. And
the question being put, Will the House agree to thereto ? it passed in the
negative,
Yeas, 40; Nays, 55.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are:
Messrs.Adams,
Allemong,
Boyce,
Boylston,
Bradley, P. H.,
Bryce,
Dawkins,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
DeSaussure, W. G.,
Dozier,
Evins, J. H.,
Fair,
Fort,
Messrs.Hemphill,
Huiet,
Hutson,
Jones, Abram,
Jones, S. B.,
Kirk,
Lobby,
Lide,
Lockwood,
Lucas,
Magrath,
McCants
MeClenaghan,
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347
Messrs.Mikcll, T. P.,
Mitchell,
Mob ley,
Mullins,
O'Bannon,
O'Connor
Peake,
Messrs.Read, J. H.,
Sanders,
Thomson,
Trenholm,
Treseot,
W eatherly,
Wright.
Those who voted in the negative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker; and
Messrs. Aiken,
Messrs. McCullough,
Boatwright,
McDaniel,
Brabham,
MeFadden,
Bradley, J. S.,
Oliver,
Bratton,
Perry, D. D.,
Broyles,
Power,
Cook,
Reed, J. L.,
Cooper,
Sarvis,
Crayton,
Sessions,
Croft,
Seymour,
Duryea,
Smith,
Eaves,
Stokes,
Efird,
Stewart,
Evans, W. H.,
Suber,
Foster,
Sullivan,
Harbin,
Talbcrt,
Huggins,
Townsend,
Jenkins,
Vandivcr,
Johnston, R. M.,
Wallace,
Johnston, T. L.,
Webber,
Kennedy,
Whetstone,
Wilkinson,
Lovinggood,
Williams, J. J.,
Lowry, A. M.,
Williams, G. W.;
Lowry, J. T.,
Yeadon,
Mattison,
Youmans.
May,
Youngblood.
So the House refused to indefinitely postpone the Bill.
The Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to he returned to
the Senates
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On motion of Mr. McCLENAGHAN", the House took a Recess from
fifty minutes past 4 o'clock, P. M., until half-past 7 o'clock, P. M.
RECESS.
The SPEAKER resumed the Chair.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
Mr. HUTSON, a message of concurrence was ordered to be sent to the
Senate:
In the Senate, Feb. 5, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully proposes to your House to amend the report of
the Committee on the Military, of the House, by striking out the following
from the House report, viz: "The Committee think that the agency recom¬
mended by them in their report on the memorial of the Central Association
for the relief of the soldiers, will be better than the appointment of a single
agent'anywhere," and to add the following: 11 Resolved, That the sum of
five hundred thousand dollars, in addition to the unexpended balance of the
Military Contingent Fund, be placed at the disposal of the Governor for
military contingencies, to be paid by the Treasurer of the Upper Division."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, a message was ordered to be sent to the Senate,
refusing to grant leave to restore the amendment:
In the Senate, Feb. 5, 1863.
Mr Speaker, and Gentlemen, of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully asks leave of jour House to restore the amend¬
ment made by the Senate at the end of Sec. 1st of the Supply Bill, and
stricken out by the House, which amendment is as follows: " Forty cents
per hundred dbllai's on the Capital Stock of all incorporated Cotton Manu¬
factories in this State."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The Senate returned to this House,
A Bill to raise supplies for the year commencing in October, one thous¬
and eight hundred and sixty-two; which was read the third time*
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349
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof he changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be sent to the Senate.
The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, Feb. 5, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and. Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully informs your House that they agree to a Com¬
mittee of Conference in regard to the matter of claims against the State,
for negroes that have died while in Ccnfederate service, &c., and have
appointed Messrs. Arthur, Houser, J. W. Miller, Moses, and Hope, as the
Committee.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
Mr. LIDE, a message of concurrence was ordered to be sent to the Senate :
In the Senate, Feb. 5, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully asks leave of your House to amend the Bill
entitled a Bill to continue in'force an Act entitled " An Act to extend re¬
lief to debtors," &c., by changing the several provisos of the House into
independent sections of the Act, and whenever the t^ords, "this Act"
occur in said provisos, that they be struck "out, and the words, " the said
Act," inserted ; also, asking leave to insert, in the sixth line of the second
proviso, the word, " received," after the word, " has," with these changes.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The Senate sent to this House,
Resolution requesting the Governor to send to the President of the Con¬
federate States an Act to provide for a guaranty o* the bonds of the Con¬
federate States; which was considered immediately, was agreed to, and was
ordered to be returned to the Senate.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
The report of the Committee on Claims,
On the account of the Clerk of the House, for stationery.
The Senate returned to this House,
An Act to authorize the issue of stock, for the purpose of continuing the
construction of the new State House; which was committed to the Com¬
mittee on En grossed Acts.
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The Senate returned to this House,
A Bill to alter and amend the third section of an Act entitled "An Act
to Charter a Cotton Planters' Loan Association;" which was read the third
time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be sent to the Senate.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
The report of the delegation from St. Philip's and St. Michael's, on a
part of an Ordinance and certain Resolutions of the Convention, in reference
to the removal of negroes and other property from the City of Charleston,
and, also, of white persons incapable of taking part in the defence of the
city.
The Senate sent to this House, for concurrence,
Report of the Committee on Accounts and Vacant Offices, on Contingent
Accounts of the Lower Division; which was referred to the Committee on
Accounts.
The Senate returned to this House the following Acts, which were com¬
mitted to the Committee on Engrossed Acts:
An Act to provide for the payment by the State of such War Tax as may^
be imposed by the Congress of the Confederate States, during the year one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and for the collection of the samd
from the tax-payers in this State ;
An Act to confer the rights of legitimacy on Mary E. Daniel;
An Act to enable citizens of the State who are engaged in military ser¬
vice, to exercise the rights of suffrage;
An Act to incorporate the Edisto and Ashley Canal Company;
An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to provide for the payment by
the State of the War Tax of the Confederate States, and for the collection
of the same from the tax-payers in this State.
Mr. O'BANNON asked and obtained leave to withdraw from the files of
the House the accounts of Dr. W. B. Warren and Dr. J. E. Grant.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to amend an Act entitled An Act to authorize and supply negro
labor for coast defence, in compliance with requisitions of the Government
of the Confederate States, and to furnish negro labor under said Act.
On motion of Mr. J. S. BRADLEY, a message was ordered to be sent
to the Senate, asking leave to amend the Bill, by inserting "one dollar and
a half," instead of " two dollars."
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351
GENERAL ORDERS.
The report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of Maria Thompson and G. M. Chaplin, to be relieved
from a war tax execution, was agreed to. (Mr. BOYCE asked and obtained
leave to withdraw the petition from the files of the House.)
The following reports were agreed to :
Report of the Medical Committee,
On the Governor's Message, relating to the vaccination of the people of
South Carolina;
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On a resolution relative to exempting from taxation lands on Winyah
Bay; '
On the report of the Comptroller General, in relation to commissions re¬
ceived by tax collectors;
Reports from the Committee on the Military,
On a petition from the Eighth Regiment of Reserves;
On the petition of the Second Regiment of Reserves;
On the petition of F. M. Mellett and J. H. McKnight;
On the memorial of citizens of Darlington District, praying the exemption
of James Blackman, a blacksmith, from military service ;
Report of the Committee on Claims,
On the petition of sundry citizens of Spartanburg District, to increase
the annuity of Elizabeth Smith;
Report of the Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries,
On a resolution as to calling out all males between the ages of fifteen and
sixty years, to work on the roads ;
Report of the Committee on Incorporations,
On the petition of members of the Associate Reformed Church, at York-
ville, for an Act incorporating said Church;
On the petition of Charles S. Mitchell and others, praying the incorpo¬
ration of the Charleston Exporting and Importing Company;
Report of the Committee on Colored Population,
On memorial of citizens of Laurens District, for change of patrol law;
Report of the Committee on Agriculture,
On the petition of sundry citizens of Union District, asking to limit the
price of corn.
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition cf tax-payers of All Saints' Parish, to be refunded the
amount of War Tax paid by them;
On the petition of Wm. Tuttle, to be repaid a War Tax;
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On the petition of J. H. Honour, to have a tax execution cancelled, and
for compensation for damage to property ;
On resolutions as to refunding and remitting certain taxes.
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the resolution to appoint an agent on claims against Confederate Gov¬
ernment; was ordered to lie on the table.
The following reports were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence:
Report of the Committee on Education,
On the annual returns of Commissioners of Free Schools of the several
Districts and Parishes;
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On Message No. 3 of his Excellency the Governor;
On the petition of Josiah J. Tennant, to be relieved from a double tax
execution;
On the petition of W. W. Tyler, to be refunded-an excess of war tax ;
On the petition of C. A. Lesesne, to be refunded a war tax twice paid;
Report of the Committee on Education,
On the Treasurer's Report to the Honorable the Board of Trustees of
South Carolina College;
Report of the Committee on the Military,
On Message No. 1 of the Governor;
Reports of the Committee on Claims,
On the accounts of William Lesesne, B. G. Pearson, W. S. Johnson, K.
K. Rutledge, Charles Martin and Thomas N. Slawson, as witnesses, and J.
M. McFadden, as messenger, in the contested election from Clarendon Dis¬
trict ;
Report of the Charleston Delegation,
On the resolution proposing to rescind so much of the resolution, adopted
at' this session of the Legislature, as relates to the record of the Secretary
of State.
Resolution in relation to the discharge of certain soldiers in the Regi¬
ments of Reserves, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate
for concurrence.
Resolution for granting pay and mileage to the Commissioners to examine
the Code of the Statute Law of this State, was concurred in, and was
ordered to be returned to the Spnate; also,
Resolution authorizing the Boards of Commissioners for relief of soldiers'
families, to pay out certain funds; also,
Resolution instructing the Treasurer to pay out a certain sum to Dr. A.
N. Talley; also,
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353
Resolution in relation to bonds on contracts with the State for the manu¬
facture and delivery of salt.
The following reports were concurred in, and were ordered to be returned
to the Senate :
Reports of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On the petition of James N. Cochran, to be refunded a Confederate tax
twice paid;
On the memorial of John Townsend and others..;
Reports of the Committee on the Military and Pensions, of the Senate,
On Message No. 10 of Governor Pickens;
On resolution in relation to the present war, transmitted to the State
authorities of South Carolina by the Florida Legislature;
Reports of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
On the petition of Henry McKee, praying compensation for corn fur¬
nished the army;
On the petition of Wm. B. Means, praying compensation for fodder
furnished the army.
Resolution authorizing the Governor to raise the prices under existing
contracts for salt, was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee of Conference, to whom was re¬
ferred the matters of difference between the two Houses on the subject of
compensation for slaves lost in the service of the State, made a report;
which was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow, at half-past 11
o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Mr. THOMSON,
A resolution on the subject of taxation, was made the Special Order of
the Day for to-morrow, at three-quarters past 11 o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Mr. McCULLOUGH,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to¬
morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M.
The following Bills were ordered to be laid on the table :
A Bill to disband the Militia Beat Company organized in the town of
Darlington;
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to authorize the City Council
of Charleston to issue and put in circulation notes receivable in taxes or
dues to the City," ratified the 21st day of December, A. D. 1861;
A Bill to amend an Act entitled An Act to provide more efficient police
for the Districts on the-seaboard;
A Bill to amend an Act entitled u An Act to make appropriations in aid
of the families of soldiers, ratified on the 21st day December, A. D. 1861;
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A Bill to renew and amend certain sections of an Act entitled " An Act
to establish a Board of Ordnance and an OrJnance Bureau, aud for other
purposes;
A Bill to declare the law in relation to the proceedings of the Executive
Council;
A Bill to repeal, in part, an Act entitled " An Act to authorize and
empower certain regiments to elect their Field Officers.
The following Bills were read the second time, and were ordered to be
sent to the Senate :
A Bill to provide for the election of Members of the House of Represen¬
tatives in the Congress of the Confederate States of America;
A Bill to vest the title of the State in certain escheated property in
Rose Ann Carnighan and her heirs.
The following Bills were continued until the next Session:
A Bill to amend the Charter of the town of Abbeville;
A Bill, from the Senate, to vacate the commissions of militia officers.
Mr. S. B. J ONES introduced the following resolution; which was
ordered for consideration to-morrow:
Resolved, 1. That whereas the faith of the State was pledged, by solemn
Act of this General Assembly, to the First Corps of Reserves, that they
should be disbanded on the expiration of their present term of enlistment,
to wit: February, 5th, inst.—common justice, as well as the necessities of
the case, demand that the pledge be kept.
2. That his Excellency the Governor is hereby instructed forthwith to
issue his proclamation disbanding said corps.
On motion -of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the House was adjourned at
11 o'clock, P. M.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY G, 1863.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the roll,
when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present, accord¬
ing to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened by prayer to
Almighty God, by the Rev. Mr. Efird.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers of a public nature.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. THOMSON, from the Committee on Offices and Officers, made
reports
On the presentment of the Grand Jury of Lexington District;
On the report of the Solicitor of the Northern Circuit;
On the report of the Solicitor of the Western Circuit;
On the report of the Solicitor of the Southern Circuit; which were
seveially considered immediately, and were agreed to.
The Senate sent to this House,
A Bill to continue in force an Act entitled "An Act to extend relief to
debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice of property at public sales;" which
was read the thiid time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it-be returned to the Senate.
The Senate sent to this House,
A Bill for the better organization of the militia, and for other purposes.
On motion of Mr. J. T. LOWRY, a message was orderel to be sent to
the Sonde, asking leave to amend the Bill in certain particulars.
The Senate sent to this House,
A rt solutiou for the appointment of proxies to represent the stock of the
State in the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad Company; winch was con¬
sidered immediately, was concurred in, and was ordered to be returned to
the Senate.
Mr. MLTCIIELL introduced the fRowing resolution; which was con¬
sidered innm diately, was agtceu to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate
for concurrence:
Re idned, That Daniel Ravenel and C. M Furman be appointed proxies
of the State, of whom one or more shall be, and are hereby, authorized and
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empowered to represent the stock owned by the State in the Charleston and
Savannah Railroad Company, at all meetings of said company during the
year commencing with the day of the final adjournment of the General
Assembly at the present session.
Mr. MATTISON introduced the following resolutions; which were con¬
sidered immediately, and were agreed to :
Whereas, since the session of the last General Assembly of this State,
more than one member of that body has offered up his life upon the field of
battle, a cheerful sacrifice for the honor and safety of the State, and it is
just and proper that such examples should be preserved in honorable
record; therefore,
Resolved, That this General Assembly has learned with sorrow the death
of Col. J. Y. Moore, while leading his Regiment at the battle of Manassas.
Resolved, That this General Assembly express their admiration for the
fidelity and courage of this officer, proved in his life and made historical by
his death.
Resolved, That this resolution be published, as a testimonial to his worth,
and the expression of his country's gratitude.
Mr. SUBER presented the petition of Captains commanding companies
of the 9th regiment 1st Corps of Reserves, asking that conscripts in their
respective companies be permitted to return to their homes, before being
assigned under the Conscript law; which was referred to the Committee on
the Military, with instructions to report to this House at half-past seven
o'clock, M., this day.
The following reports were concurred in, and were ordered to be returned
to the Senate:
Report of the Committee on Accounts,
On the report of the Committee on Accounts and Vacant Offices, of the
Senate, on the Contingent Accounts of the Lower Division;
Report of the Committee on the Judiciary,
On the report of the Senate's Committee,
On so much of Message No. 2 of his Excellency the Governor, as relates
to the notice given to the Executive Council in reference to acting with
said Council since the meeting of the General Assembly; also,
On the reports of the Solicitors on District officers and their offices; also,
On the report of the Special Committee, of the Senate,
On so much of Message No. 2 of his Excellency Governor Pickens, as
relates to the Executive Council, its documents, &c.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6.
857
On motion of Mr. J. T. LOWRY, tlie vote agreeing to the report of the
Military Committee, on the petition of F. M. Mellett and J. H. McKnight,
was reconsidered, and the same was ordered to lie on the table.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the House proceeded to the consideration
of the report of the Committee of Conference, on the payment for slaves
lost in the service, which had been made the Special Order of the Day for
this, day, at half-past 11 o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, a message was ordered to be sent to the
Senate, asking leave to amend the report in certain particulars.
The following Message was received from the Senate, and
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, a message was ordered to be
sent to the Senate, insisting on refusing to grant leave:
In the Senate, Feb. 6, 1868.
/
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully insists on asking leave to make the proposed
amendment, at the end of the first section of the Supply Bill, which amend¬
ment is, "forty cents per hundred dollars on the capital stock of all incor¬
porated cotton manufactories in this State."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
GENERAL ORDERS.
The following Bills were contined until next Session :
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to suppress the undue distil¬
lation of spirituous liquors from the cereal grains of this State ?'
A Bill to declare the 20th day of December a holiday.
The following Bills were ordered to lie on the table :
A Bill to suspend the ninth section of an Act entitled "An Act to estab¬
lish a separate Court of Appeals f
A Bill to exempt from levy and sale the estate of deceased soldiers, leav¬
ing families, to a certain amount.
The following report was agreed to :
Report of the Committee on Education,
On a resolution in relation to the Free School Fund.
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
On the petition of David Ramsay, administrator of Eleanor Ramsay, to
have an execution for taxes staid, was ordered to lie on the table.
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Report of the Committee of "Ways and Means,
On the petition of David Ramsay, and of owners of lots on Sullivan's
Island, was ordered to lie on the table; and,
The report of the Senate's Committee on the same petition, was concurred
in, and was ordered to be returned to the Senate.
On motion of Mr. O'CONNOR, a message was ordered to be sent to the
Senate, asking leave to amend the resolution for suspending proceedings under
a tax execution against the property of G. W. Roberts and G. Truesdell,
by inserting'tbe following:
Resolved, That all tax executions that have been issued against owners
of lots on Sullivan's Island, whose property has been in the use and pos¬
session of the military authorities of the Confederate States during the past
year, be, and the same are hereby, cancelled.
Mr. IIUGGINS asked and obtained leave to withdraw from the files of the
House the accounts of W. Lesesne, J. M. McFadden, and W. Gr. Chewning.
The Senate returned to this House,
An Act to make appropriations for the year commencing in October, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two; which was committed to the Com¬
mittee on Engrossed Acts.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
Report of the Committee on the Military,
On so much of Governor's Message No. 1, as was referred to them.
The following message was received from the Senate:
In the Senate, Feb. 6, 18G3.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Mouse of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully refuses leave to restore " one dollar and a half,'" in
the fourth line of the second section, in a Bill to amend an Act entitled "An
Act to organize and supply negro labor," &c.; also refuse leave to restore
the following, in the third section : " to be paid over to the State agent, to
be expeuded for the purpose of hiring negroes to be employed on coast de¬
fence;" and, also, the following: " Provided, further, 'Ihat the twelfth
section of the said Act, passed on the F th December, 18G2, be, and tie
same is hereby, repealed."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. FORTER, President.
Mr. BOYCE moved that a message of concurrence be sent to tli'1 Senate,
and the question being put, Will the House agn c thereto ? it pas-ed in the
negative,
Ycus, 31; Nays, 42.
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359
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative, are:
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs. Aiken, Messrs.McCants,
Allemong,
Mikell, T. P.,
Boatwright,
Mitchell,
Boyce,
O'Connor,
Brvce,
Peake,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Rhame,
DeSaussure, W. Gr.,
Sanders,
Duryea,
Seymour,
Hemphill,
Stokes,
Huggins,
Thomson,
nutson,
Trenholm,
Kirk,
Wilkinson,
Lebby,
Williams, J. J.
Lockwood,
Yeadon,
Magrath,
Youmans.
Those who voted in the negative, are :
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.Kennedy,
Bradley, J. S.,
Legg,
Bradley, P. H.,
Lovinggood,
Bratton,
Lowry, A. M.,
Campbell,
Lowry, J. T.,
Cook,
May,
Cooper,
McKinstry,
Dawkins,
Mobley,
Doyle,
Mullins,
Eaves,
Oliver,
Efird,
Power,
Evins, J. H.,
Stewart,
Fair,
Suber,
Fort,
Talbert,
Foster,
Townsend,
Harbin,
Treseot,
Huiet,
Yandiver,
Johnston, R. M.,
Wallace,
Johnston, T. L.,
Williams, Gr. W.;
Jones, Abram,
Wright.
Jones, S. B.,
Youngblood,
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So the House refused to send a message of concurrence to the Senate;
and, on motion, a message was ordered to be sent to the Senate, refusing to
grant leave to " amend in the particulars indicated."
The following message was received from the Senate; and, on motion, a
message of concurrence was ordered to be sent to the Senate :
In the Senate, Feb. 6, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully proposes to amend the report of the Committee
on Vacant Offices, of the House, on nominations for Boards of Commis¬
sioners, of District Offices, &c., by striking out "John Byars," and insert, in
lieu thereof, " Gr. W. Bonner, for Spartanburg District."
Also, for Marlborough District, to strike out "Nathan L. Sweat," and in¬
sert "Robt. C. Emanuel and John A. McRae."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President
The Senate sent to this House,
A Bill to vest the title of the State in certain escheated property in
Rose Ann Carnighan and her heirs; which was read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be returned to the Senate.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
The petition of E. P. Milliken, to be refunded a double tax.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to prevent extortion and punish extortioners, the Bill having been
amended, by striking out " gold and silver coins." And the question being
put, Will the House concur therein ? Messrs. McCullough and Rhame
were appointed tellers.
Yeas, 32; Nays, 34.
So the House refused to concur.
The Bill was further amended, by striking out " Sterling Exchange."
And the question being put, Will the House concur therein ? Messrs. J.
M. DeSaussure and Gr. W. Williams were appointed tellers.
Yeas, 31; Nays, 35.
So the House refused to concur, and, on motion, a message was ordered to
be sent to the Senate, asking leave to restore the matters indicated.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6.
861
The report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
On the Contingent Account of the State House Keeper, was concurred
in, and was ordered to be returned to the Senate.
The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, Feb. 6, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully grants a Committee of Conference in regard to
a Bill to organize the militia, and have appointed Messrs. Garlington,
McAliley and Rhett, a Committee, on the part of the Senate, at the request
of the House, to restore in the Bill the amendments of the House, striking out
" sixteen," and inserting " eighteen," whenever the former occurs in the Bill,
and also "sixty," and insert "fifty," whenever the former occurs ir» the'Bill, and
also to strike out, on first line, Section 5, the words " two separate rolls," and
insert " a roll," and ask to restore, in first line, page 7, " and all exemptions
granted by the Adjutant General under that Ordinance be repealed, and
new exemptions for overseers shall be taken out, according to the provisions
of this Act."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
Mr. MULLINS introduced the following resolutions, which were con¬
sidered immediately, and were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence:
Resolved, That the election for Representatives from this State to the
next Congress of the Confederate States of America, shall be held on the
Tuesday after the second Monday in October next, at the same places, and
be conducted by the same Managers and in the same manner, as for the
election for members of the General Assembly of this State; and the person
having the greatest number of votes in any Congressional District, as now
constituted by law, shall be the member for that District of the House of
Representatives in the next Congress of the Confederate States from this
State.
2. That the provisions of the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh sections of
an Act entitled " An Act prescribing, on the part of this State, the times,
places and manner of holding elections for Representatives in the Congress
of the United States," ratified on the twenty-first day of December, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, in reference
to transmitting the ballots to Columbia, counting the same, declaring the
election, and providing for a failure to elect, and filling a vacancy in case
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any should occur, he, and the same are hereby, declared applicable to the
election provided for by these resolutions, except that the votes shall be
counted at Columbia, 'within twenty days after such election shall be held.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. THOMSON, the House proceeded to the considera¬
tion of
Resolutions in relation to a system of taxation; which had been made
the Special Order of the Day for this day, for half-past 11 o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS, the resolution was ordered to lie on the
table.
The report of the Committee on Privileges and Elections,
On memorials of the sitting member and contestant in the matter of the
Clarendon election, was agreed to.
On motion, Mr. Lebby was excused from serving on the Committee to
examine the Bank of the State and its branches, and Mr. Youmans was
appointed in his stead.
The following message was received from the Senate, and the report, as
amended, was concurred in, and was ordered to be returned to the Senate:
In the Senate, Feb. 6, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully grants leave to your House, in the matter of
compensation for negroes lost in service on the coast defence, to amend the
report of the Conference Committee, by striking out, in second resolution,
all after the word "Auditor," down to the word "Auditor;" and also all
after the word " claims," and insert, " and that he report to the next ses¬
sion of this Legislature each claim allowed, with the evidence on which his
judgment is based."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, v.President.
The following message was received from the Senate, and the resolution,
as amended, was concurred in, and was ordered to be returned to the
Senate:
In the Senate, Feb. 6, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully grants leave to your House to amend the Senate's
resolution for suspending proceedings under a tax execution, &c., and in¬
serting the following:
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363
11 Resolved, That all tax executions that have been issued against owners
of lots on Sullivan's Island, where property has been in use and possession
of the military authorities of the Confederate Government during the past
year, be, and the same are hereby, cancelled.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
Message No. 7 of his Excellency the Governor, was received, and was
read by his Private Secretary, B. F. Arthur, Esq.:
Executive Department,
Columbia, February 6, 1863.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives :
I herewith transmit, for your information, a dispatch just received from
General W. S. Walker, commanding at Pocotaligo.
M. L. BONHAM.
. Mr. DAWKINS introduced the following resolutions; which were con¬
sidered immediately, were agreed to, and were ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence :
Resolved, unanimously, That the three Regiments of Reserves, now at or
near Pocotaligo, in view of the apparent necessity, he requested by the
Governor to continue in service for thirty days, unless sooner discharged;
and that he communicate the same as the wish of this Legislature.
Resolved, unanimously, That the Governor be authorized to receive any,
or all, of said Regiments as volunteers, for a period of thirty days, unless
sooner discharged.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence, the following
reports:
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the Military Accounts and Contingent Fund;
On the petition of Wofford College;
On the petition of Robert Tuttle, to be refunded a War Tax twice paid;
On the petition of George M. Wever, to be refunded a War Tax twice
paid;
On the petition of John Williamson, to be refunded an excess of War
Tax; „
On the petition of Jonathan Waldrop, to be refunded an excess of War
Tax;
On the petition of Peter Horn, to be refunded a War Tax twice paid;
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On the petition of James Howell, to be repaid a War Tax improperly
paid;
On the petition of A. G. Mayer, to be refunded a War Tax twice paid;
On the petition of L. P. Gaines, to be refunded a War Tax twice paid;
On the petition of B. E. Kiddell, to be refunded a War Tax illegally
exacted; and also,
Upon the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, of the Senate,
upon the same petition ;
On Message No. 13 of his Excellency Governor Pickens.
Report of the Committee on Privileges and Elections,
On petitions in relation to election precincts, and the report of Delega¬
tions in relation to vacancies in the Boards of Managers of Elections.
Report of the Committee on Claims,
On the accounts of Wm. Lesesne, B. G. Pearson, W. S. Johnson, R. K.
Rutledge, Charles Martin, and T. N. Slawson, as witnesses; and J. M. Mc-
Fadden, as messenger, in contested election from Clarendon.
Report of the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures,
On certain resolutions in relation to the clothing of our soldiers.
Report of the Charleston Delegation,
On a resolution proposing to rescind so much of the resolution, adopted
at this session of the Legislature, as relates to the records of the Secretary
of State;
On a resolution in relation to the discharge of certain soldiers in the
Regiments of Reserves;
On a resolution appointing Commissioners for the construction of gun¬
boats ;
On a resolution for employment of acting Ordnance Officer and Clerk.
The following message was received from the Senate,
In the Senate, Feb. 6, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Home of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully informs your House that they concur in the pro¬
posal to strike out 5, P. M., in the resolution for adjournment.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
On motion of Mr. CAMPBELLL, the House took a recess from twenty
minutes jDast four o'clock, P. M., until seven o'clock, P. M.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6.
3G5
RECESS.
The Speaker resumed the Chair.
GENERAL ORDERS.
The following reports were agreed to:
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of William Mitchell, to have refunded a tax twice paid;
Report of the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures,
In relation to machines for making cotton cards;
Report of the Committee on the Military,
On report of Senate's Committee, on so much of Message No. 1 as
relates to the enforcement of an Act to give certain regiments the election of
field officers.
Resolution in relation to certain regiments of Reserves, was ordered to
lie on the table; also,
Resolution in relation to First Corps of Reserves.
Resolution in relation to the printing of amendments in the Journal, was
continued until next session.
The report of the Committee on Education,
On the Message of the Governor relating to the College, was returned
by the Senate, with their concurrence;
The report of the Committee on the Military,
On the petition of sundry citizens of Marion District, was taken up;
Mr. MULLINS moved to amend the report, by adding the following
resolutions:
Resolved, That the section of the State embracing the 4th Division of
South Carolina Militia, alleged to be censured in the report of the " Chief
of the Department of the Military," to his Excellency Governor Pickens,
dated August 30,1862, has not only contributed a full proportion of soldiers,
and done its whole duty, in common with the rest of the State, for the de¬
fence of the Confederacy, but has, also, furnished a just and fair share of
troops for State service.
Resolved, That if in that, or any other section, there has been manifested
an unwillingness to obey calls for troops for State service, it was from no
disregard to the sovereignty of the State, nor because " the spirit was want¬
ing," but from a conviction, common to many of the citizens of the State,
that the extraordinary authority by wdiich the calls were made was uncon¬
stitutional and oppressive."
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Mr. WALLACE moved the indefinite postponement of the whole matter.
And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto? it passed in the
negative,
Yeas, 17; Nays, 44.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Aiken,
Brabham,
Bryce,
DeSaussure, J. M.
DeSaussure, W. Gr.
Foster,
Huggins,
Johnston, R. M.,
Those who voted in the negative, are :
Messrs.Johnston, T. L.,
Lebby,
Legg,
Seymour,
Trenholm,
Wallace,
Webber,
Youmans.
Messrs.Adams,
Allemong,
Boatwright,
Bradley, J. S.,
Bradley, P. H.,
Bratton,
Campbell,
Cook,
Cooper,
Crayton,
Doyle,
Eaves,
Efird,
Fair,
Fort,
Harbin,
Huiet,
Jones, S. B.,
Kennedy,
Kirk,
Lovinggood,
Lowry, A. M.,
Messrs.Lowry, J. T.,
Mattison,
McCullough,
McDaniel,
Mob ley,
Mullins,
O'Bannon,
O'Connor,
Oliver,
Perry, D. D.,
Power,
Sanders,
Smith,
Stokes,
Stewart,
Talbert,
Townsend,
Trescot,
Yan diver,
Williams, Gr. W.,
Wright,
Youngblood.
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So the House refused to indefinitely postpone the matter.
The report of the Committee, as amended, was agreed to, and was ordered
to be sent to the Senate for concurrence.
The Senate returned to this House the following Acts, which were com¬
mitted to the Committee on Engrossed Acts:
An Act to make appropriations for the year commencing in October, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two;
An Act to raise supplies for the year commencing in October, one thou¬
sand eight hundred and sixty-two.
The Senate sent to this House,
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to organize and supply negro
labor for coast defence, in compliance with requisitions of the Government
of the Confederate States, and to authorize and direct the Governor to pro-
proceed to furnish negro labor under said Act;" which was read the third
time.
The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, Feb. 6, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Souse of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully concurs in the following amendments to the Bill
to amend an Act entitled " An Act to organize and supply negro labor for
coast defence," &c., to wit: "to restore one dollar and a half," in the fourth
line of the second section of the Bill accompanying this message; and,
also, agree in restoring the following in the third section, " to be paid over
to the State agent, to be expended for the purpose of hiring negroes to be
employed in coast defence," and, also, the following : " Provided, further,
That the twelfth section of the said Act, passed on the 18th December,
1862, be, and the same is hereby, repealed."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The Bill was so amended.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be returned to the Senate.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
S. B. J ONES, a message, refusing to grant leave to so amend, was ordered
to be sent to the Senate :
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In the Senate, Feb. G, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully asks leave of your House to amend the resolu¬
tions of the House in regard to the three Regiments of Reserves, now at or
near Pocotaligo, &c., by adding the following resolution :
Resolved, 3d, That, in consideration of the services which those persons
who are liable to conscription under the late call of the President of the
Confederate States have already performed in those regiments, and may
hereafter, under the call authorized to be made by the Governor, it is the
opinion of this General Assembly that they should not be assigned to duty
as conscripts, immediately on the expiration of the said thirty days, but
should be permitted to return home', and be subjected only to the regular
enrolment ordered through the commandant of consci'ipts of this State,
with all the rights and privileges of others who are liable to conscription,
and who have not been in service in said regiments.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
Mr. YOUMANS introduced the following resolution; which was con¬
sidered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That the Clerk of this House do make up, and send by mail, to
each member of this House, the Journal of the last day of this Session.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
Report of the Committee on Offices and Officers,
On nominations for Boards of Commissioners and District Officers ; also,
Resolution for the appointment of proxies, to represent the stock of the
'State in the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company.
Mr. DURYEA, submitted the report of the Committee on Claims,
On sundry reports of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the
Senate,
On sundry petitions; and also on sundry petitions presented to this
House, praying compensation for slaves lost in the service; which were re¬
ferred to James Tupper, Esq., Auditor.
The following Message was received from the Senate, and the Bill was
so amended :
In the Senate, Feb. 6, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully informs the House that it has agreed to the re¬
port of the Committee of Conference, with the exception of the following:
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369
" And that the amendment of the House to the 18th section, which was
stricken out bj the Senate, be retained, to wit, ' and all exemptions granted
by the Adjutant General under that Ordinance be repealed, and new ex¬
emptions for overseers shall be taken out, according to the provisions of this
Act.' " The Senate respectfully grants leave to your House to amend the
Bill in those respects in which the Senate has agreed to the report as above,
and request leave of your House to amend the report in that particular, in
which the Senate has failed to agree to the same.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
Resolved, That the Bill do-pass; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be returned to the Senate.
Mr. KENNEDY introduced the following resolution; which was consid¬
ered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate
for concurrence :
Resolved, That the Comptroller General be, and he is hereby, instructed
and required, in his next Annual Report to this Legislature, to state therein
the amounts of the bonds of the Tax Collectors in the several Districts and
Parishes, and state therein the bonds both for the State and Confederate
taxes given by such Tax Collectors.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on motion, a
message, insisting on retaining the amendments, was ordered to be sent to
the Senate :
In the Senate, Feb. 6, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully insists in refusing leave to amend, by adding, after
" hardware/' " gold and silver coin," and after '< poultry," " Sterling Ex¬
change," in the first section of a Bill to prohibit and punish extortion.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The following message was received from the Senate, and
On motion of Mr. DAWKINS, a message of concurrence was ordered to
be sent to the Senate :
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6.
In the Senate, Feb, 0, 1803.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Mouse of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully asks leave of your House to amend the second
resolution of the House, in regard to the Regiment of Reserves, &c , by
striking out, after any or all of 11 said f &c., the word "said," and insert
" the eleven regiments of Reserves," so as to read as follows, to wit: "to
receive any or all of the eleven regiments of Reserves," &c.
By order of tbe Senate,
AY. D. PORTER, President
The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, Feb. 6, 18G3.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Mouse of Representatives:
The Senate respe-ctfully grants leave to amend the Bill to prohibit and
punish extortion, &c., by adding, after the word " hardware," in the first
section, "gold and silver coin," and after "poultry," in same section,
" sterling exchange."
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President
The Bill, as amended, was read the third time.
On motion of Mr. SUBER, a call of the House was ordered, and all the
members answered to their names, except
Messrs.Bates, Mcssrs.Fraser,
Blakeney,
Graham,
Boatwright,
Hendricks,
Bobo,
Hutchinson,
Boylston,
Jenkins,
Broyles,
Jones, Abram,
Byrd,
Jones, B. S.,
Cooper,
Legg,
Croft,
Lide,
Dozier,
Lockwood,
DuPre,
Lucas,
Duryea,
Martin,
Eason,
Marshall,
Elliott,
Mattison,
Evans, W. H.,
McCIenaghan,
Fair,
McFadden,
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Messrs.McLeod, Messrs.Sessions,
Mikell, J. M.,
Shell,
Norwood,
Smith,
Peake,
Stewart,
Perrin,
Sullivan,
Perry, B. F.,
Townsend,
Pinckney,
Vandiver,
Power,
Yenning,
Read, J. H.,
Weatherly,
Reed, J. L.,
Webber,
Rhame,
Whalcy,
Sarvis,
Whetstone,
Scaife,
Williams, J. H.
And the question being put, Shall this Bill be returned to the Senate ?
it passed in the affirmative,
Yeas, 38 ; Nays, 31.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs. Aiken, Messrs.McCullough,
Boatwright,
McDanicl,
Brabham,
McKinstry,
Bradley, J. S.,
Oliver,
Bratton,
Perry, D. D.,
Cook, '
Power,
Crayton,
Sanders,
Doyle,
Seymour,
Eaves,
Stokes,
Efird,
Suber,
Foster,
Talbert,
Harbin,
Wallace,
Huggins,
Webber,
Johnston, R. M.,
Wilkinson,
Johnston, T. L.,
Williams, G. W.;
Kennedy,
Yeadon,
Lovinggood,
Youmans,
Lowry, A. M.,
Youngblood.
May,
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6.
Those who voted in the negative, are:
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.Lebby,
Allemong,
Lockwood,
Boyce,
Lowry, J. T.,
Bradley, P. H.,
Magrath,
Bryce,
McCants,
Campbell,
Mikell, T. P.,
Dawkins,
Mitchell,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Mobley,
DeSaussure, W. G-,
Mullins,
Evins, J. H.,
O'Bannon,
Fair,
O'Connor,
Hemphill,
Thomson,
Huiet,
Trenholm,
Hutson,
Trescot,
Jones, S. B.,
Williams, J. J.
Kirk,
Resolved, That the Bill do pass ; that the title thereof be changed; that
it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be returned to the Senate.
Mr. COOPER asked and obtained leave to record the vote he would
have given, if present, on sending the Bill to the Senate; and Mr. Cooper
being called, answered, " Aye."
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
The report of the Military Committee,
On petitions from sundry citizens of Marion District.
The Senate sent to this House
Resolution complimentary to the women of the South; which was con¬
sidered immediately, was concurred in, and was ordered to be returned to
the Senate.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence,
Resolutions on Message No. 7 of his Excellency the Governor, authoriz¬
ing and requiring the Comptroller General to report the amounts of the
bonds of Tax Collectors of the different Districts and Parishes.
Report of the Committee on Education,
On the Treasurer's report to the honorable the Board of Trustees of the
South Carolina College; also,
On annual returns of Commissioners of Free Schools of the several Dis¬
tricts and Parishes.
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373
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Engrossed Acts, reported the
following Acts as ready for ratification :
The Committee on Engrossed Acts beg leave to report,
That the following Acts, passed at the present session of the General
Assembly, have been engrossed, and are ready for ratification :
ACTS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE.
1. An Act to extend some of the provisions of an Act entitled " An
Act in reference to the suspension of specie payments by the Banks of this
State, and for other purposes," to the first day of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
2. An Act to grant the aid of the State to the Cheraw and Coal Fields
Railroad Company.
3. An Act for the appointment of Commissioners of the Poor for Lan¬
caster District.
4. An Act to refund to the Soldiers' Boards of Relief for Barnwell and
Laurens Districts, and for St. Matthew's and Christ Church Parishes,
moneys advanced and expended by them, as Boards of Relief, out of their
private funds.
5. An Act to establish and re-charter certain roads, bridges and ferries,
and for other purposes.
0. An Act to vest in the Confederate Government a part of the Colum¬
bia Canal for the term of twelve years.
7. An Act to charter the Palmetto Exporting and Importing Company.
8. An Act to provide for the appointment of Commissioners of the Poor
for Darlington District and for Chesterfield District.
9. An Act to charter the Atlantic Steam Packet Company of the Con¬
federate States.
10. An Act to incorporate certain religious and charitable societies, and
to renew and amend the charters of others heretofore granted.
11. An Act to incorporate the Edisto and Ashley Canal Company.
12. An Act to provide for a guaranty, by the State, of the bonds of the
Confederate States.
13. An Act to authorize the Bank of the State to increase its issue of
small bills.
14. An Act to authorize the issue of stock for the purpose of continuing
the construction of the new State House.
15. An Act to confer the rights of legitimacy on Mary E. Daniel.
1G. An Act to amend an Act entitled " An Act to provide for the pay¬
ment, by the State, of the war tax of the Confederate States, and for the
collection of the same from the tax payers in this States
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6.
17. An Act to provide for the payment, by the State, of such war tax
as may be imposed by the Congress of the Confederate States, during the
year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and for the collection of
the same from the tax payers in this State.
18. An Act to enable the citizens of the State, who are engaged in mili¬
tary service, to exercise the rights of suffrage.
19. An Act to provide for a guaranty by the State, of the bonds of the
Confederate States.
20. An Act to raise supplies for the year commencing in October, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
21. An Act to make appropriations for the year commencing in October,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty.two.
ACTS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE.
1. An Act to incorporate the Wando, Wambaw and "Winyah Canal-
Company.
2. An Act to continue of force an Act entitled "An Act to authorize
certain Building and Loan Associations to suspend the call for monthly
instalments.
3. An Act to increase the fees of Sheriffs for dieting persons confined in
jail.
4. An Act to amend the Charter of the Bank of South Carolina.
5. An Act to provide against dearths of salt.
6. An Act to amend an Act entitled " An Act to make appropriation in
aid of the families of soldiers/' and to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to
afford aid to the families of soldiers," ratified on the twenty-first day of
December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
one.
7. An Act to incorporate, with uniform rights, powers and privileges,
Protestant Episcopal Congregations in South Carolina.
8. An Act to prevent and punish the planting and cultivating, in this
State, over a certain quantity of Cotton, during the present year.
9. An Act to authorize the Banks of this State to purchase Confederate
and State securities.
10. An Act to amend an Act entitled " An Act to authorize the City
Council of Charleston to issue and put in circulation notes receivable ia
taxes or dues to the City," ratified the twenty-first day of December, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
11. An Act to declare the law in relation to the proceedings of the Ex¬
ecutive Council.
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375
12. An Act to continue in force an Act entitled " An Act to extend re¬
lief to debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice of property at public sales."
13. An Act to vest the title of the State in certain escheated property
in Rose Ann Carnighau and her heirs.
14. An Act to amend an Act entitled " An Act to organize and supply
negrp labor for coast defence, in compliance with requisitions of the Govern¬
ment of the Confederate States," and to authorize and direct the Governor
to proceed to furnish negro labor under said Act
15. An Act for the better organization of the Militia, and for other
purposes.
16. An Act to prohibit extortion and punish extortioners.
The following message was received from the Senate:
In the Senate, February 6, 1863.
Mr. Spealccr, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully invites your body to attend in the Senate Cham¬
ber for the purpose of ratifying the Acts passed by this General Assembly
forthwith.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The House attended in the Senate Chamber, when the following Acts
were duly ratified:
acts originating in the house.
1. An Act to extend some of the provisions of an Act entitled " An
Act in reference to the suspension of specie payments by the Banks of
this State, and for other purposes," to the first day of January, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
2. An Act to grant the aid of the State to the Cheraw and Coal Fields
Railroad Company.
3. An Act for the appointment of Commissioners of the Poor for Lan¬
caster District.
4. An Act to refund to the Soldiers' Boards of Relief for Barnwell and
Laurens Districts, and for St. Matthew's and Christ Church Parishes,
moneys advanced and expended by them, as Boards of Relief, out of their
private funds.
5. An Act to establish and re-charter certain roads, bridges and ferries,
and for other purposes.
6. An Act to vest in the Confederate Government a part of the Colum¬
bia Canal, for the term of twelve years.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6.
7. An Act to charter the Palmetto Exporting and Importing Company.
8. An Act to provide for the appointment of Commissioners of the
Poor for Darlington District and for Chesterfield District.
9. An Act to charter the Atlantic Steam Packet .Company of the Con¬
federate States.
10. An Act to incorporate certain religious and charitable societies, and
to renew and amend the charters of others heretofore granted.
11. An Act to incorporate the Edisto and Ashley Canal Company.
12. An Act to provide for a guaranty by the State of the bonds of the
Confederate States.
13. An Act to authorize the Bank of the State to increase its issue of
small bills.
14. An Act to authorize the issue of stock for the purpose of continuing
the construction of the new State House.
15. An Act to confer the rights of legitimacy on Mary E. Daniel.
16. An Act to amend an Act entitled " An Act to provide for the pay¬
ment, by the State, of the war tax of the Confederate States, and for the
collection of the same from the tax payers in this State.
17. An Act to provide for the payment, by the State, of such war tax as
may be imposed by the Congress of the Confederate States, during the year
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and for the collection of the
same from the tax payers in this State.
18. An Act to enable the citizens of the State, who are engaged in mili¬
tary service, to exercise the rights of suffrage.
19. An Act to provide for a guaranty by the State of the bonds of the
Confederate States.
20. An Act to raise supplies for the year commencing in October, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
21. An Act to make appropriations for the year commencing in October,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
ACTS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE.
1. An Act to incorporate the Wando, Wambaw and Winyah Canal
Company.
2. An Act to continue of force an Act entitled "An Act to authorize
certain Building and Loan Associations #to suspend the call for monthly
instalments.
3. An Act to increase the fees of Sheriffs for dieting persons confined in
jail.
4. An Act to amend the Charter of the Bank of South Carolina.
5. An Act to provide against dearths of salt.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6.
877
6. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to make appropriations in
aid of the families of soldiers," and to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to
afford aid to the families of soldiers," ratified on the twenty-first day of
December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty7
one.
7. An Act tq incorporate, with uniform rights, powers, and privileges,
Protestant Episcopal Congregations in South Carolina.
8. An Act to prevent and punish the planting and cultivating, in this
State, over a certain quantity of cotton, during the present year.
9. An Act to authorize the Banks of this State, to purchase Confederate
and State securities.
10. An Act to amend an Act entitled " An Act to authorize the City
Council of Charleston to issue and put in circulation notes receivable in
taxes or dues to the City," ratified the twenty-first day of December, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
11. An Act to declare the law in relation to the proceedings of the Ex¬
ecutive Councih
12. An Act to continue in force an Act entitled " An Act to extend re¬
lief to debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice of property at public sales."
18. An Act to vest the title of the State in certain escheated property in
Rose Ann Carnighan and her heirs.
14. An Act to amend an Act entitled " An Act to brganize and* supply
negro labor fofr coast defence, in compliance with requisitions of the Govern¬
ment of the Confederate States," and to authorize and direct the Governor
to proceed to furnish negro labor under said Act.
15. An Act for the better organization of the Militia, and for other pur¬
poses.
16. An Act to prohibit extortion and punish, extortioners.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA,
Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate, informing that body that
the House has discharged the business of the present session, and is now
ready to adjourn the General Assembly, sine die.
A similar message was received from the Senate.
In pursuance of the joint resolution of the General Assembly, the House
was adjourned at twenty minutes past one o'clock, A. M., sine die.
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OP THE
HODSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AT THE
EXTRA SESSION OE APRIL, 1863.
JOURNAL
op the
HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES,
of the
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
EXTRA SESSION OF APRIL, 1863.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1863.
The General Assembly of the State of South Carolina was convened in
the Capitol at 7 o'clock, P. M., on this day, in pursuance of the Proclama¬
tion of his Excellency M. L.' Bonham, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
in and over the State of South Carolina.
The Clerk called the roll, and a quorum of the members being present,
the SPEAKER took tbe Chair, when the Clerk read the following Proc¬
lamation of bis Excellency the Governor:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Executive Depaetment,
Columbia, March 28, 1863.
By His Excellency M. L. BONHAM, Governor of the State aforesaid:
By virtue of the authority vested in me, to convene the General Assem¬
bly on extraordinary occasions, I call upon the two Houses thereof to
assemble in their respective Halls on Friday, the 3d day of April next, at
7 o'clock, P. M., to consider important matters deeply affecting the in¬
terests of the State and the Confederacy, which have arisen since the close
of the last session.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia, this
[l. s.] twenty-eighth day of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-three. M. L. BONHAM.
Wm. R. Huntt, Secretary of State.
382 FRIDAY, APRIL
A message was received from the Senate, delivered orally by the Clerk,
informing the House that that body had assembled, a quorum was present
and was ready to proceed with business.
On motion of Mr. MULLINS,
Ordered, That 'a message be sent to the Senate, informing that body that
the House of Representatives had met, and a quorum was present, and is
now ready to proceed with business.
Mr. A. J. Shaw, a member elect from the Parish of Prince George,
Winyah, attended, produced his credentials, was sworn, and took his seat.
• Mr. W. G. HeSAUSSURE introduced the following resolution; which
was considered immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That the Speaker be authorized to appoint for the present
session a Messenger pro tern., who shall receive for his services the same
mileage and per diem as is allowed to members of the House.
Where upen, the Speaker apppointed Mr. W. T. Gaillard, Messenger
pro tern.
Mr. W. G. HeSAUSSURE introduced the following resolution; which
was considered immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed to wait upon his Ex¬
cellency the Governor, to inform him that the House has assembled, a
quorum is present, and is prepared to receive any communication he may
desire to present.
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced Messrs. W. G. DeSaussure, W.
H. Evans, and T. N. Hawkins, of the Committee.
Mr. W. G. HeSAUSSURE, from the Committee appointed to wait upon
his Excellency the Governor, reported that the Committee had discharged
the duty assigned them, and that his Excellency would communicate forth¬
with to the House.
Message No. 1 was then received from his Excellency the Governor, and
was read by JB. P. Arthur, Esq., his Private Secretary.
FRIDAY, APRIL 3.
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MESSAGE NO. 1.
Executive Department,
Columbia, April 3, 1863.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:
Since your last adjournment, a mighty stride towards despotism has been
made by the Government the North, indicative of a fixed purpose on the
part of the dominant party, if possible, to conquer and destroy the South.
The sword and purse have been placed almost absolutely at the disposal of
their President, in utter disregard of the Federal Constitution, making him
virtually a despot. So far from this exciting a spirit of resistance, as many
have vainly expected, from every portion of the North there comes now
nothing but the note of preparation for a vigorous prosecution of fhe unholy
war. The most sanguine must have abandoned all hopes of peace from for-
ejgn intervention or negotiation; from exhaustion of the enemy's men and
means; or from such resistance, on the part of his subjects, to Lincoln's ty¬
rannical rule. With his control of the purse, and power of draft, there will
be no lack of men for his armies. It does not become us, then, to shut our
eyes to the fact that there can Be no reasonable hope of peace with his
consent, during his term of office. It only remains for the people of this
Confederacy, through themselves and their constituted State and Confed¬
erate authorities, to make adequate preparation to repel successfully the
vandal attack. In their hands are their own destinies. With a country
rich in all the resources which constitute the wealth of a nation; the finest
type of Government that the world ever beheld; a refined, cultivated, and
enlightened people; an army perhaps not surpassed, at any period of time,
in all the qualities which majte troops invincible; contending for all that
man in every age has held dear; it is their mission to go on making every
preparation, submitting cheerfully to every sacrifice, and putting forth
vigorously , every effort necessary to secure the great boon which their
fathers bequeathed them—Independence.
This state of our foreig-n relations,'and important developements in our
own internal policy, which I shall proceed to indicate, have induced me to
convene your bodies. Such measures as you, in your wisdom, may devise
to ifieet the emergency, I shall heartily endeavor to carry into effect.
It is much to be feared, that while your Act to limit the production of
cotton to three acres to the full hand will restrain such as, having over¬
flowing granaries, contemplate withholding their grain from market and
planting cotton almost exclusively, it has yet induced many, as I am in¬
formed, who purposed planting little if any cotton, to plant the full num¬
ber of acres allowed by law. And this is justified upon the grouud that
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your statute is equivalent to an announcement by the cbosen Representa¬
tives of the people that suc.h a course is not 'Unpatriotic. If this feeling
prevails extensively, it will be readily perceived what must be the result.
All fertilizers will be put on the cotton lands, to stimulate them to the
highest production, while the corn lands will be thus proportionately im¬
poverished. In my first Message, in January last, in commending to yodr
favorable consideration the Georgia law, I recommended a reduction of the
number of acres below three. With the lights now before me, I recom¬
mend an amendment of your Act so as to prohibit the»planting over a half,
or at most, one acre to the full hand, and that the hands to be enumerated
shall only be such as work in the crop. I invite your first attention to
this subject, and recommend, in the event a further restriction is imposed,
that the two Houses ratify the Act immediately after its passage.
The spirit of speculation has recently made such alarming strides in this
State as to render your interposition necessary to arrest the evil. Large
' sums are invested in flour, corn, bacon, and other articles of prime necessity,,
to the jnonopoly, almost, of such articles in certain sections of' the country,
and they are withheld from market, or are being exported beyond the limits
of the State, to the great enhancement of prices, and to the manifest injury
of the consumers, especially the families of those whose producing force is
in the army. Under these circumstances, I have called into exercise the
power conferred upon me by the Constitution, to prohibit, for thirty days,
the exportation of provisions from this State, but with some modifica¬
tions which I felt were due to our sister States and the Confederate Gov¬
ernment. I have not gone, so far, beyond the retention of ihese articles
within the limits of the State, and your action is requisite to enable me
to carry fully into effect this clause of the Constitution, as also to continue
the prohibition without interruption, if you should deem it advisable. I
recommend the passage of an Act which will authorize the Governor,
through proper agents, to dispose, at their market value, of such articles as
have been or may be seized in transitu, and after paying all expenses in¬
curred out of the proceeds, to retain a certain proportion, to be distributed
among the Soldiers' Boards of Relief, the remainder to be returned to the
owner—or sjich other appropriate legislation as you may deem better adapt¬
ed to the case. I also recommend that you adopt some legislation to arrest
the purchase and monopoly of articles of prime necessity, even when it is
not intended to export them beyond the limits of the State. The monopoly
and withholding from market of supplies is most detrimental to the true
interests of the whole country, now involved in such a war as has not been
seen in modern times.
Your Act, ratified ISth December last, to suppress the undue distillation
of spirits from the cereal grains of the State, though stringent in its pen-
FRIDAY, APRIL 3.
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alties, docs not accomplish its object. I am informed of numerous viola¬
tions of its provisions in variolas portions of the State, but have not yet
heard of the first prosecution. Indeed, I learn from so.me of the most
respectable citizens that no one seems willing to become an informer. It
might be well to give the informer one-half the fine, but I am free to con¬
fess that I doubt its success even then. Some very worthy citizens of
the State have' urged the Executive to employ agents for the purpose of
suppressing unlicensed distillation,, which of course he has not the power
to do. This is a crying evil, and mostly felt in the grain-growing Districts,
where the distilleries have heretofore been most abundant. The . com¬
plaints to me from those sections are so numerous that this subject con¬
stitutes one of the principal objects of your convocation.
The permits authorized by me under the proviso in the Act to distil a
limited quantity, for medicinal purposes alone, is as yet.probably far short
of the absolute medicinal wants of the whole State. Foj* many Districts
there have been, and doubtless will be, no applications. I regret to say,
that I hear rumors of under-lett.ings and violations of the contracts, though
not in any tangible form, which early steps will be taken to investigate.
The sale under the contracts I have endeavored to guard in every possible
way. I am not sure but that all distillation "for medicinal purposes
alone," should be limited to a single District, say the central District of the
State, under the charge of a competent agent, subject to the control of the
Executive. Rut the trial made of the present system does not enable me
to make any definite recommendation on this point.
This entire subject is commended to your earnest consideration, and I
trust you will devise some means by which the undue distillation of the
cereals (and I would add molasses) may be, for the present, effectually sup¬
pressed. The enormous profits on whisky afford, apparently, an irresistible
inducement to distil grain, and the unwillingness of the citizens and officials
to give information and prosecute.is such that the consumption of grain by
distillation, without any permit, is a great evil. All supplies which the
country affords are needed for our armies in the field and our people at
home. There is no limit to the capacity of .the Confederate States now*to
produce everything'requisite to carry on the war for an indefinite period.
While our soldiers are proving themselves equal to the enemy everywhere,
we at home may ruin our .cause by an unwise failure properly to develope
our resources and preserve our supplies. The two great questions with us
are our finances and our supplies. The Confederate Government is en¬
deavoring to regulate the former—the latter the State Governments and
the people themselves must regulate, and upon them rests a heavy respon¬
sibility.
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SCO FRIDAY, APRIL 3.
The Act to supply negro labor for coast, defences, experience has shown,
cannot be made effectual for the accomplishment of its objects. I have
ascertained, from the United' States Census of 1850, an abstract of which is
herewith transmitted, that each, division, as now arranged by the Afct, con¬
tained then at least five times as many road hands as are called for by the
Confederate General, and at this juncture, doubtless, contains more. Not
over one-half of the road hands.of any one division has heretofore been sent
to the coast. If, therefore, each division would furnish one-half of its force
not heretofore sent down, (that is, one-fourth of its whole force,) it would
afford largely mbre than the number called for. But the second division,
the onl^ one whose time so far has arrived to respond to the call for its half,
has furnished less than one-fifth of the number called for by the Confed¬
erate General. While a distrust as to the treatment of the negroes, and
also as to their prompt return, deters some from sending their portion of
the labor, the fine is too light to compel any. If that were adequate,
the process of collection is too slow; each fine, by law, having to be sued
for in the Court of Common Picas, after being assessed and imposed by the
Commissioners. And when collected, there is still no authority for the
Commissioners to pay the sum to the State Agent, who might therewith
procure other labor. Some more expeditious mode for procuring the labor,
and imposing and collecting the fines, will have to be adopted to secure the
'success of the scheme.
Some Commissioner^ have doubted whether less than a quorum of the
Board can fill vacancies. Many Commissioners being in the army, it may
be well for the Legislature at its present session, for this particular pur¬
pose, to fill the vacancies, and so to amend the Act that one or more Com¬
missioners may appoint the number requisite to constitute a quorum, the
vacancies to be filled from among such as are exempt from road duty, if
necessary.
I herewith transmit a copy of a recent correspondence with Colonel John
S. Preston, commandant of Conscripts for South Carolina, upon a subject
wbicb I presume will give rise to no embarrassment.. ' My action in
the premises, as the Executive .of the State, has been taken in accordance
with the dictates of my best judgment; but as some members of the Legis¬
lature entertain views differing somewhat from my own as to the construc¬
tion to be placed upon .your recent Act connected-with the subject, I have
deemed it proper to lay the matter before you, for such action as you may
consider advisable.
Upon your Own deliberations, and my humble efforts to carry out your
decisions, I invoke the blessings of the Almighty.
M. L. BQNHAM.
Fill DAY, APRIL 5.
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Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE introduced the following resolution, which
was considered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That so much of Message No. 1 of his Excellency the Gover¬
nor as relates to
1. A restriction upon the planting of cotton and the distillation of
spirits from cereal grains, be referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
2. So much as relates to speculation and the exportation of provisions,
be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
o. So much as relates to a supply of negro labor for coast defences, be
referred to the Committee on Colored Population.
4. So much a3 relates to the correspondence with Col. John S. Preston,
Commandant of Conscripts for South Carolina, be referred to the Com¬
mittee on Confederate Relations.
And that 500 copies of the Message be printed for the use of the House.
On motion of Mr. J. IIARLESTON READ,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it be adjourned to meet to¬
morrow, at 12 o'clock, M.
Mr. MflLLINS gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to introduce
A Rill to repeal all laws of this State providing for the payment by this
State of taxes levied by the Confederate Goverhment.
Mr. J. HARLESTON READ gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask
leave to introduce
A Bill to enforce a penalty for the refusal to receive Confederate money'
in this State.
On motion of Mr. 1YILKINSON, the House was adjourned at fifty
minutes past 8 o'clock, P. M.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 4.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1863.
At tlie .hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk culled the
roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present,
the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.
The SPEAKER announced that Mr,* A. J. Shaw is added to the Com¬
mittee on Confederate Relations and the Committee on the Legislative
Library.
The SPEAKER called for petitions, memorials, Presentments of Grand
Juries, and such like papers.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
The SPEAKER called for Rills,'Resolutions and Motions.
Mr. JENKINS introduced the following resolution, which was consid¬
ered immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That the sessions of this body be opened with prayer, and that
the Speaker be charged with The duty of securing the services of the clergy
for this purpose.
Mr. J. HARLESTON READ introduced the following resolution, which
was considered immediately, and was agreed to :
Whereas the financial credit of the Confederacy involves, to a very great
extent, the question of the ability of the Government to resist the attempts
of the Abolition Government to subjugate the slaveholding States; and
whereas certain evil-disposed persons have attempted to destroy and render
unavailable that credit, by refusing to receive Confederate money in pay¬
ment of debts. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee , on the Judiciary to in¬
quire into the expediency of reporting a Bill more effectually to prevent the
injury threatened from the repudiation of, and the refusal of any person in
this State to receive, Confederate money in payment of debts.
Mr. WHALEY gave notice that, on Monday next, he will ask leave to
introduce
A Bill to regulate the sale of goods, wares and merchandise, by Yen due
Masters, at public auction.
Mr. YEADON gave notice that, On Monday next, he will ask leave to
introduce ,
A Bill to repeal the Stay Law.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4.
389
On motion of Mr. ABR.AM JONES,
Ordered, That when this House adjourns, it he adjourned to meet on
Monday next, at 12 o'clock, M.
On motion of Mr. B. F. PERRY,
Ordered, That this House do take a recess until five o'clock, P. M., this
day.
RECESS.
The SPEAKER resumed the Chair.
Mr. B. F. PERRY, from»the Committee on the Judiciary, made a report,
aud reported
A Bill to authorize the G-overnor to seize and dispose of provisions or
articles of food in certain cases, which was read the first time, and was
made the Special Order of the day for Monday next, at 12 o'clock, M.
Mr. BROVLES, from the Committee on Agriculture, made a report, and
reported
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to prevent and punish the
planting andv cultivating in this State over a certain quantity of cotton
during the present war," which was read the first time, and was ordered for
a second reading on Monday next.
Mr. J. HARLESTON READ introduced the following resolution, which
was considered immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That a message he sent to the Senate, asking a conference be¬
tween the Committees of the two Houses, on so much of the Message of
his Excellency the Governor as relates to the supply of negro labor for
coast defences.
Mr. DAWKINS introduced the following resolution, which was con¬
sidered immediately, and was ordered to lie on the table:
Resolved, That it is inexpedient to introduce and consider, during the
u'esent session, any subject for legislation, beyond those referred to in the
Governor's Message.
On motion of Mr. YENNING, the House was adjourned at forty-five
i.iuutes past 5 o'clock, P. M.
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MONDAY, APML 0.
MONDAY, APRIL 6, 18G3.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the
roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present,
according to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened
with prayer to Almighty G-od, by the Rev. Mr. Hammond.
The Journal of Saturday's proceedings was read.
Message No. 2 was received from his Excellency the Governor,
and was read by B. E. Arthur, Esq* his Private Secretary.
MESSAGE NO. 2.
Executive Department,
Columbia, April 0, 18G8.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives' :
1 I transmit herewith copies of a Resolution of the Legislature of
Texas, just received, in relation to the indebtedness of the Con¬
federate States, to which I invite your attention.
M. L. BONHAM.
On motion of Mr. W. G. DeSAUSSURE, the Message and, accom¬
panying documents were referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on mo¬
tion of Mr.. J. HARLESTON READ, a message of concurrence was
ordered to he returned to the Senate:
In the Senate, April 6,186&.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully proposes to your House that the Commit¬
tees of the two Houses, on so much of the Governor's Message as re¬
lates to the supply of negro labor for coast defence, do act as a Joint
Committee.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The following resolution was received from the Senate, which was
ordered for consideration to-morrow:
Resolved, That it is inexpedient to introduce and consider, during
the present Session, any subjects of legislation, beyond those embraced
in the Governor's Message, and the repeal of an Act, passed at the
MONDAY, APRIL 6.
891
recent Session, entitled "An Act to provide for the collection and pay¬
ment of the Confederate War Tax/'
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of
Grand Juries, and such like papers.
The SPEAKER called for Reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. B. F. PERRY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made a
report, and reported
A Bill to regulate, in future, the sales of goods, wares and merchan¬
dise by public auction; which was read the first time, and was ordered
for a second reading to-mofrow ; also, reported
A Bill to regulate and limit the prices of the prime necessaries of
life in South CarolinS,; which was read the first time, and was ordered
for a second reading to-morrow; also,
Made a report on a resolution on the subject of the currency; which
was ordered for consideration to-mofrow.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
Mr. WHETSTONE gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave
to introduce *
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to .incorporate the Edisto
and Ashley Canal Company," ratified Gth day of February, 1803.
On motion of Mr. R. M. JOHNSTON, leave of absence for the pres¬
ent session was granted to Mr. Wallace, on account of the illness of
his brother in Yirginia.
Mr. THOMSON introduced the following resolution; which was
considered immediately, and was agreed to: ,
9.
Resolved, That the Comptroller General be, and he is hereby, in¬
structed and required to report to this House whether any of the
Banks of the Lower Division have returned and paid taxes, for the
year 1802, on loss capital than for previous years, and to report the
amount of any decrease of taxes upon the Bank capital of any of
said feanks, and whether any sum is now due in arrear of such tax,
and from what Bank or Banks.
Mr. YEADON introduced the following resolution; which was con¬
sidered immediately:
Resolved, That, during the present Session, this House will take a
daily recess at three o'clock, P. M., until five o'clock, P. M.; and also
that all Committees be allowed to sit during the sittings of the
House.
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MONDAY, APRIL G.
And the question being put, will the House agree thereto? Messrs.
Yeadon and Bobo were appointed tellers.
Yeas, 54; Nays, 35.
So the House' agreed to the resolution.
Mr. J. HARLESTON READ introduced the following resolution;
which was considered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, Thatit .be referred to the Committee on Engrossed Acts
to inquire add report into the apparent discrepancy between the Bill
entitled A Bill to supply negro labor for coast defences," as passed
by the General Assembly at its last session, and the Bill as ratified,
and that if such discrepancy really exists, they b<^instructed to report
a Bill to supply any omission or change.
Mr. S. B. JONES introduced the following resolution ; which was
considered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee on Engrossed Acts, to
inquire whether the Act to organize the Militia, ratified at the close of
the last session, be the same as the Act passed by this House, and if
not, to report a Bill by which the same may be corrected.
Mr. WILKINSON -presented the petition of Edward C. Perroneau,
praying to be relieved from an assessment of a War Tax twice made;
which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. McCANTS presented the petition of citizens of Fairfield Dis¬
trict, asking that the number of hands employed in the manufacture
of turpentine in this State be reduced; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture.
Mr. WHETSTONE asked and obtained leave to withdraw from the
files of the House the petition of William Fuller.
Mr. BROYLES, from the Committee on Agriculture, made a report,
and reported .
A Bill to suppress the distillation of spirituous liquors in this State;
which was read the first time, and was ordered for a second reading
to-morrow.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. B. F. PERRY, the House proceeded to the con¬
sideration of
A Bill to authorize the Governor to seize and dispose of provisions
and articles of food, in certain cases, which had been made the Special
Order of the Day for this day, at 12 o'clock, M.
TUESDAY, APPJL 7.
The Bill was read the second time.
On motion of Mr. MULLENS, the Special Order was discharged,
and the same was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow,
at 1 o'clock, P. M..
On motion of Mr. MULIjIHS, and by unanimous consent, the order
for taking a daily recess at three o'clock, P. M., was suspended for this
day.
Mr. MULLINS introduced the following resolutions; which were
considered immediately, and were unanimously agreed to:
Resolved, That this House has heard with profound regret the {An¬
nouncement of the death of Captain John C. McClenaghan, late
member from Marion.
Resolved, That from an earnest desire to mark their respect for his
memory, the members of this House will wear the usual badge of
mourning upon the left arm for the remainder of this session.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent by the Clerk of
this House to the family pf the deceased.
On motion of Mr. GRAHAM, as a further mark of respect, the
House was adjourned, at five minutes past three o'clock, P. M.
■Tuesday, april 7,186s.
At the Lour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called
the roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being
present, according to the order of the House, the deliberations were
opened by prayer to Almighty God, by Rev. Dr. Palmer.
The SPEAKER announced that Mr. J. b. Sanders is appointed
Cashier, and Mr. T. P. Mikell Assistant Cashier, of this House.
The SPEAKER laid before the House the report of the Comptrol¬
ler General on a resolution referred to him, which was referred to the
Committee of Ways and Means.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of
Grand Juries, and such like papers.
The SPEAKER called for Repoi'ts of Standing Committees.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 7.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions, and Motions.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. J. IIARLES-
TON READ introduced
A Bill to punish the refusing- to receive Confederate money in pay¬
ment of debts; which was read the first time, and was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. TRENIIOLM introduced the following resolution; which was
considered immediately, and was agreed to :
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means,
to inquire into the expediency of increasing the compensation of
certain public officers.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. WHETSTONE
introduced
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to incorporate the Edisto
and Ashley Canal Company," which was read the first time, and was
referred to the Committee on Incorporations.
The House then proceeded to the consideration of the
brought before the General Assembly at the present Session, was or¬
dered to lie on the table.
A Bill to regulate, in future, the sales of goods, wares and mer¬
chandise by public auction, was read a second time; and the question
GENERAL ORDERS.
Resolution, from the Senate, in relation to such subjects as shall be
Messrs.Adams,
Messrs. Cooper,
Crayton,
Blakeney,
Bobo,t
Bradley, J. S.
Bradley, P. H.
Bratton,
Broyles,
Cook,
'Evans, W. TI.,
Fair,
Fort,
Croft,
Doyle,
Eaves,
TUESDAY, APRIL 7.
395
Messrs.Fraser,
Harbin,
Hendricks,
Iluggins,
ITuiet,
Hutchinson,
Jenkins,
Johnston, T. L.
Jones, Abrarn,
Jones, B. S.,
Kennedy,
Lide,
Lovinggood,
Lowry, A. M.,
Lowry, J. T.,
Magrath,
Mattison,
Slay,
McDaniel, '
McKinstry,
Mobley,
Messrs.Norwood,
Oliver,
Perry, B. F.,
Perry, D. D.,
Read, J. IT.,
Sanders,
Sarvis,
Shaw,
Shell,
Smith,
Stokes,
Stewart,
Sullivan,
Talbert, •
Y andiver,
Webber,
Whaley,
Wilkinson,
Williams, Gr. W.,
Wright,
Yeadon,
Youngblood.
Those who voted in the negative, are:
Messrs. Aiken,
Allemong,
Boatwright,
Boylston,
Bryce,
Dawkins,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
DuPre,
Hemphill,
Hutson,
Lebby,
Martin,
Marshall,
Messr^.McCants,
Mikell, T. P.,
Mitchell,
O'Bannon,
O'Connor,
Peake,
Seymour,
Thomson,
Trenholm,
Weatherly,
Whetstone,
Williams, J. J.,
Youmans.
So the Bill was ordered to be sent to the Senate.
A Bill to regulate and limit the prices of the prime necessaries of
life in South Carolina, was read the second time.
396
TUESDAY, APRIL 7.
Mr. TRESCOT moved that the Bill be indefinitely postponed; and
the question being put, "Will the House agree to the motion '( it passed
in the negative,
Yeas, 30; Hays, 51.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative, are:
Messrs.Blakeney,
Bobo,
Boylston,
Brctbham,
Bryce,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
DuPre,
Eraser,
Hemphill,
Hutchinson,
Hutson,
Jones, Abram,
Lebby,
Lide,
Lowry, J. T.
Messrs.Martin,
Marshall,
McCants,
McDaniel,
Mitchell,
O'Bannon,
Read, J. H.,
Sullivan,
Thomson,
Trenholm,
Trescot,
Weatherly,
Whaley,
Wilkinson,
Williams, J. J.
Those who voted in the negative, are:
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Adams,
Aiken,
Bradley, J. S.,
Bradley, P. IE,
Bratton,
Broyles,
Cook,
Cooper,
Crayton,
Croft,
Dawkins,
Doyle,
Eaves,
Evans, W. H,,
Pair,
Messrs. Fort,
Foster,
Harbin,
Hendricks,
Huggins,
Huiet,
Jenkins,
Johnston, T. L.,
Jones, B. S.
Kennedy,
Lovinggood,
Lowry, A. M.
Mattison,
Mikell, T. P.,
Mobley,
TUESDAY, APRIL 7.
397
Messrs.Nor wood,
Messrs.Stokes,
Oliver,
Perry, B. F.,
Perry, D. D.,
Stewart,
Talbert,
Vandiver,
Webber,
Sanders,
Sarvis,
Seymour,
Wright,
Yeadon,
Youmans,
Williams, G. W.
Shaw,
Shell,
Smith,
Youngbloocl.
So the House refused to agree to the motion.
SPECIAL ORDER.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, the Hojise proceeded to the consid¬
eration of
A Bill to authorize the Governor to seize and dispose of provisions
or articles of food, in certain cases; which had been made the Special
Order of the Day for this day, at one o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. TRESCOT, the Special Order was discharged,
and the same was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow,
at one o'clock, P. M., and certain amendments, proposed by Mr. Daw-
kins, were ordered to be printed.
The House resumed the consideration of
A Bill to regulate and limit the prices of prime necessaries of life
in South Carolina.
Mr. YEADON moved to strike out the fourth clause of the Bill ;
and the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? Messrs.
Dawkins and Youugblood were appointed tellers.
So the amendment was stricken out.
Mr. YEADON moved to lay the Bill on the table; and the question
being put, Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in tho negative.
Yeas, 39; Nays, 37.
Yeas, 37; Nays, 46.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative, are:
jhessrs.Allemong,
Blakeney,
Messrs.Bobo,
Brabham.
898
TUESDAY, APRIL 7.
Messrs.Bryce,
Dawkins,
DeSaussure, J. M.
DuPre,
Duryea,
Eraser,
Hemphill,
Huiet,
Hutson,
Jones, Abrani,
Kennedy,
Lebby,
Lide,
Lowry, A. M.,
Lowry, J. T.,'
Magratb,
Marshall,
Those who voted in the
Hon. A.
Messrs.Adams,
Boatwright,
Bradley, J. S.,
Bradley, P. H.,
Bratton,
Broyles,
Cook,
Cooper,
Croft,
Doyle,
Eaves,
Evans, W. H.,
Fair,
Port,
Foster,
Harbin,
Hendricks,
Huggins,
Jenkins, ,
Johnston, R. M.,
Messrs.MeCants,
McDaniel,
McKinstry,
M itchell,
Mobley,
O'Bannon,
O'Connor,
Read, J. II.,
Sullivan,
Talbert,
Thomson,
Trenholm,
Weatherly,
Whetstone,
Wilkinson,
Yeadon.
negative, are:
P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Jones, B. S.,
Legg,
Lockwood,
Lovinggood,
Martin,
Mattison,
May,
Norwood,
Oliver,
Peake,
Perry, B. F.,
Perry, D. D.,
Sanders,
Sarvis,
Seymour,
Shaw,
Shell,
Smith,
Van diver,
Webber,
TUESDAY, APRIL 7.
399
Messrs.Williams, J. II., Messrs.Youmans,
Williams, G. W., Youngblood.
Wright,
So the Ilouse refused to lay the Bill on the table.
The Bill was then ordered to be sent to the Senate.
The Senate sent to this Ilouse,
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to prevent and punish the
planting and cultivating, in this State, over a certain quantity of cot¬
ton, during the present Avar;" which was read the first time, and was
referred to the Committee on Agriculture; also,
A Bill to suppress the distillation of spirituous liquors in this State;
which Avas read the first time, and was referred to the Committee on
Agriculture.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Engrossed Acts, made a re¬
port, and reported
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to amend an Act entitled
an Act to organize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in com¬
pliance with requisitions of the Government of the Confederate States,
and to authorize and direct the Governor to proceed to furnish negro
labor under said Act," which was read the first time, and was ordered
for a second reading to-morrow.
The Ilouse resumed the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
The report of the Committee on the Judiciary, on resolution in re¬
lation to the currency, Avas agreed to.
A Bill to suppress the distillation of spirituous liquors in this State,
was read the second time.
RECESS:
The SPEAKER resumed the Chair.
The Ilouse resumed the consideration of
A Bill to suppress the distillation of spirituous liquors in this State.
Mr. KENNEDY moved to lay the Bill and amendments on the table;
and the question being put, Will the Ilouse agree thereto ? it passed in
the negathTe,
Yeas, 25; nays, 63.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
400
TUESDAY, APRIL 7.
Those who voted in the
Hon. A.
Messrs.Blakeney,
Boylston,
Brabham,
Bradley, J. S.,
Bratton,
Dawkins,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Duryea,
Foster,
Hutson,
Kennedy,
Lockwood,
affirmative, are:
P. ALDRicti, Speaker, and
Messrs.Lowry, J. T.,
McCants,
McDaniel,
McKinstry,
Mikell, T. P.,
Mitchell,
O'Bannon,
Perry, D. D.,.
Thomson-,
Trenholm,
Trescot,
Williams, G-. W.
Those who voted in the negative, are;
Messrs.Adams,
Messrs.Johnston, R. M.,
Boatwright,
Johnston, T. L.
Bobo,
Jones, Abram,
Bradley, P. II.,
Jones, B. S.,
Broyles,
Jones, S. B.
Bryce,
Lebby,
Cook,
Legg,
Cooper,
Lide,
Crayton,
Lovinggood,
Croft,
Lowry, A. M.,
Doyle,
Magrath,
DuPre,
Martin,
Eaves,
Marshall,
Efird,
Mattison,
Evans, W. H.
May,
Fair,
Mobley,
Fort,
Norwood,
Fraser,
Oliver,
Harbin,
Perry, B. F.,
Hemphill,
Read, J. H.,
Hendricks,
Sarvis,
Huggins,
Seymour,
Huiet,
Shaw,
Hutchinson,
Shell,
Jenkins,
Smith,
TUKSDAY, APRIL 7.
401
Messrs.Stokes, Messrs. Wilkinson;
Stewart, Williams, J. J.,
Sullivan, Williams, J. II?
Talbert, Wright,
Yandiver, Yeadon,
Weatherly, Yoiunans.
W ebber,
So the House refused to lay the Bill on the table.
The Bill was then ordered to be sent to the Senate.
Message Mo. 3 was then received from his Excellency the 'Governor,
and was read by B. F. Arthur, Esq., his Private Secretary.
• «
MESSAGE Mo. 3. ■ ■
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIMA.
Executive Department,
Columbia, April 7, 1863.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives :
I transmit a dispatch just received.
The long threatened attack is begun. , With a firm reliance upon
the God of battles, our troops and our people will meet the occasion
as becomes them.
M. L. BOMHAM.
Mr. HUTSOM introduced the following resolutions; which were
considered jpimediatcly, were agreed to,.and-were ordered to be sent
to the Sen,ate for "concurrence:
Resolved, unanimously, That the General Assembly reposes unbounded
confidence in the ability and skill of the Commanding General of this
Department, and the courage and patriotism of his brave soldiers,
with the blessing of God, to defend our beloved city, and to beat back
our vindictive foes.
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to com¬
municate this resolution to General Beauregard.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, leave of absence for the remainder of
this session was granted to Mr. T. P. Mikell, from and after this day,
On account of military engagements.
Mr. BROYLES, from the Committee on Agriculture, made a report
On a Bill, from the Senate, to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to
prevent and punish the planting and cultivating, in this State, over a*
certain quantity of cotton, during the present year;" also,
51
402
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8.
"On a Bill, from the Senate, to suppress the distillation of spirituous
liquors in this State; which were severally ordered for consideration,
and the Bills for a second reading, to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. FOSTER, the House was adjourned at forty-five
minutes past six o'clock, P. M.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1868.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called
the roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being
present, according to the order of the House, the deliberations were
opened by prayer to Almighty Cod by the Rev. Mr. Efird.
Mr. BOYCE asked and obtained leave to record the vote he would
have given, if present, on sending to the Senate
A Bill to regulate in future the sales of goods, wares and merchan¬
dise by'public auction.
And Mr. Boyce, being called, answered nay; also,
On the motion to postpone indefinitely
A Bill to regulate and limit the prime necessaries of life in South
Carolina; and Mr. Boyc.e,"being called, answered ays; also/
On the motion to lay on the table
A Bill to regulate and limit the prices of prime necessaries of life
in South Carolina; and Mr. Boyce, being called, answered aye; also,
On the motion to lay on the table
A Bill to suppress the distillation of spirituous liquors in this State;
arid Mr. Boyce, being called, answered nay.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of
Grand Juries, and such like papers.
The SPEAKER called for Reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. TRtENIIOLM, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made
a-report
On the Report of the Comptroller General, on resolution of inquiry
as to the amount of taxes paid by the Banks of the Lower Division;
also,
On the petition of Edward C. Perronneau, to be relieved from the
payment of a war tax twice paid; also,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8.
403
On Message No. 2 of liis Excellency the Governor, and the Reso¬
lutions of the Legislature of the State of Texas; which were sev¬
erally ordered for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. J. 1IARLESTON REAL, from the Joint Committee, made a
report
On so much of Message No. 1 of his Excellency the Governor as
relates to the supply of negro labor for coast defences; and reported
A Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to organize and supply
negro labor for coast defence, in compliance with requisitions of the
Government of the Confederate States;" and an Act entitled "An
Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to organize and supply labor
for coast defences, in compliance with requisitions of the Govern¬
ment of the Confederate States, and authorizing the Governor to
proceed to furnish negro labor under, said Act;" which was read
the first time, and was ordered for a second reading to-morrow.
Mr. O'CONNOR, from the Committee on Incorporations, made a
report
On a Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to incorporate the
Edisto and Ashley Canal Company;" which was ordered for consid¬
eration, and the Bill for a second reading, to-morrow.
Mr. B. F. PERRY, from the Committee on the Jmdiciary, made a
report
On a Bill to punish the refusing to receive Confederate money in
payment of debts, which was considered immediately, was amended,
and was agreed to.
Mr. KENNEDY moved to lay the Bill on the table; and the ques¬
tion being put, Will the House agree thereto? it passed in the affirm¬
ative,
Yeas, 43; Nays, 36.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are:
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.Broyles,
Allemong, _ Bryce,
Boatwright, Crayton,
Bobo, Croft,
Boyce, Dawkins,
Boylston, DeSaussure, J. M.,
Bratton, D0yl6)
404
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8.
Messrs. DuPrc, Messrs. Mattison,
Foster,
McCants,
Fraser,
MoDaniel,
Harbin,
Mitchell,
Hemphill,
Mobley,
Hutchinson,
O'Bannon,
Hutson"
Perry, B. F.,
Johnston, T. L.,
.Shaw,
Jones, B. S.,
Sullivan,
Kennedy,
Thomson^
Legg,
Trenholm,
Lovinggood,
Wilkinson,
Lowry, A. M.
Williams, Gr. W.
Lowry, J. T.,
Wright.
Those who voted in the negative,' are:
srs.Blakeney,
Messrs.Perry, D. D.,
Bradley, J. S.,
Read, J. H.,
Bradley, P. H.,
Sanders,
Cook,
Sarvis,
Eaves,
Seymour,
Efird,
Shell,
Evans, W. H.
Smith,
Fair,
Stokes,
Fort,
Stewart,
Hendricks, '
Talbert,
• Huggins,
Townsend,
Jenkins,
Trescot,
Jones, S. B.
V andiver,
Lide,
Weatherly,
Marshall,
Webber,
McKinstry,
Whetstone,
Norwood,
Williams, J. J.,
Oliver,
Williams, J. H.
So the Bill was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. NORWOOD introduced the following resolution, which was
considered immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means
to inquire and report what action, if any, is necessary in relation to
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8.
405
soldiers against "whom executions haye been issued for a double tax,
while absent in the military service "of the country.
Message No. 4 was then received from his Excellency, the Governor,'
and was read by B. E. Arthur, Esq., his Private Secretary.
MESSAGE No. 4.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Executive Department,
Columbia, April 8, 1863.
Gentlemen of the Senate mnd House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith a dispatch received last night, from General
Beauregard. M. L. BONHAM.
Mr. BRO YLES, from the Committee on Agriculture, made a report
On the petition of sundry citizens of Fairfield, in relation to re¬
ducing the number of hands employed in the manufacture of turpen¬
tine; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
A Bill, from the Senate, to amend an Act- entitled "An Act to pre¬
vent and punish the planting and cultivating in this State over a cer¬
tain quantity of cotton during the present year," was read the second,
time; and the question being put, Shall the Bill be returned to the
Senate ? it passed in the affirmative,
Yeas, 59; Nays, 29.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows :
Those who voted in thg«affirmative, are:
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.Croft,
Blakeney, Dawkins, ^
Boatwright, Doyle,
Boylston, Duryea,
Bradley, P. H. Eaves,
Broyles, Efifd,
Cook, Evans, W. H.,
Cooper, Fair,
Cray ton, Fort,
406
WEDNESDAY, APRIL S.
Messrs.Foster, Messrs.Mitchell,
Eraser,
Norwood,
Harbin,
O'Connor,
Hemphill,
Oliver,
Hendricks,
Perry, B. F.,
Huggins,
Perry, D. D.,
Jenkins,
Sanders,
Johnston, R. M.,
Sarvis,
Johnston, T. L.
Seymour,
Jones, B. S.,
Shaw,
Jones, S. B.,
Sh*ll,
Kennedy,
Smith,
Lebby,
Stokes,
Legg,
Stewart,
Lide,
Trenhjdm,
Lockwood,
Yandiver,
Lovinggood,
W eatherly,
Lowry, A. M.,
Webber,
' Marshall,
Williams, J. II.,
Mattison,
Williams, G. W.;
Those wlio voted in the negative, are :
Messrs. Allemon g, Messrs. M cKins try,
Bobo,
Mobley,
Boyce,
O'Bannon,
Brabham,
Read, J. H.,
Bradley, J. S.,
Sullivan,
Bratton,
Talbert,
Bryce,
Thomson,
BeSaussure, J. M.,
Trescot,
DuPre,
Whetstone,
Hutchinson,
Wilkinson,
Hutson,
Williams, J. J.
Jones, Abram,
W fight,
Lowry, J. T.,
Yeadon,
McCants,
Youmans.
McDaniel,
So the Bill was ordered to be returned to the Senate.
WEDNESDAY, APEIL 8.
407
EECESS.
The Senate sent to the House the following resolution; which was
considered immediately, was concurred in, and was ordered to be re¬
turned to the Senate:
Resolved, That this General Assembly be adjourned, sine die, on
Friday, the 10th inst., at 5 o'clock, P. M.
On motion of Mr. SIIAW^ leave of absence was granted to Mr.
J. Harleston Eead for the remainder of the session, on account of
military engagements.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the pay?
ment by the State of such war tax as may be imposed by the Con¬
gress of the Confederate States during the year one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, and for the collection of the same from the
tax-payers in this State;" which was read Hie-first time, and was re¬
ferred to the Committee of Ways and Means; also,
A Bill to punish .purchasing under assumed authority; which was
read, the first time, and was referred to the Committtee on the Ju¬
diciary.
Mr. BEYCE introduced the following resolution, which was consid¬
ered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence :
Resolved, That Joseph Douglas, George W. Smith. James N. Dent,
Dr. Charles II. Miot, Eli Killian, Henry J. Caughman, and Jacob
Leadenham, be, and they are hereby, appointed Commissioners of
Free Schools for Eichland District.
Mr. DUEYEA, from the Committee on Engrossed Acts, made a
report
On a resolution of inquiry as to the engrossing*of the Militia Bill
of February'6, 1863 ; which was considered immediately, and was
agreed to.
Mr. TEENHOLM, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made
a report
On a resolution in reference to double tax executions against
soldiers absent on military duty; which was considered immediatety,
was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for concur¬
rence.
408
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8.
Mr. ERASER introduced the following resolution, which was con¬
sidered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence:
Resolved, That the. time for printing and delivering the Acts and
Resolutions of the last Session of the Legislature be extended to the
first day of June next; and that the Acts and Resolutions of the
jiresent Extra Session be printed and bound with the Acts and Reso¬
lutions of the last session.
Mr. B. E. PERRY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made a
report
On a Bill, from the Senate, to punish purchasing under assumed
authority; which was ordered for consideration, and the Bill for a
second reading, to-morrow.
The House proceeded to*the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
A Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act to or¬
ganize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in compliance with
requisitions *of the Government of the Confederate States, and to
authorize and direct the Governor to proceed to furnish negro labor
under said Act," was read the second time, and was ordered to be
sent to the Senate.
A Bill, from the Senate, to suppress the distillation of spirituous
liquoi*s in this.State, was taken up for consideration.
JVIr. BOBG moved that the Bill be laid on the table; and the ques¬
tion being put, Will th,e House agree thereto? it passed in the affirm¬
ative. "V
Messrs. Bobo and Hemphill were appointed tellers.
Yeas, 32; Nays, 29.
So the Bill was ordered to lie on the table.
.On motion of Mr. HUTSON, leave of absence was granted to Mr.
Martin for the remainder of the Session, on account of military en¬
gagements. '
Messrs. TOWNSEND and MAY asked' and obtained leave to re¬
cord the votes they would have given, jif present, on the question of
returning to the Senate
A Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Apt to prevent and punish the
planting and cultivating in this State over a certain quantity of cot¬
ton during the present year."
THURSDAY, APRIL 9.
409
Mr. Townsend, being called, answered aye.
Mr. May, being called, answered aye.
On motion of Mr. BRADLEY, the House proceeded to the con¬
sideration of
A Bill to authorize the Governor to seize and dispose of provisions
or articles of food in certain cases, which had been made the Special
Order of the Day for this day, at one o'clock, P. M.
The Bill was read the second time, and was ordered to be sent to
the Senate.
Mr. TREFTXIOLM, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made
a report
Oji a Bill to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the pay¬
ment by the State of such war tax as may be imposed by the Con¬
gress of the Confederate States during the year one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, and for the collection of the same from the
tax-payers in this State;" which was ordered for consideration, and
the Bill for a second reading, to-morrow.
The Senate returned to this House, with their concurrence, a resolu¬
tion for the appointment of Commissioners of Free Schools for Rich¬
land District; also, sent to this House
A resolution for the appointment of Commissioners of Free Schools
for Richland District; which was considered immediately, and was
ordered to lie on the table.
On motion of Mr. S. B. JOFTES, the House was adjourned at T
o'clock, P. M.
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1863.
At the hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called
the roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being
present, according to the order of the House, the deliberations were
opened by prayer to Algiighty God by Rev. Dr. Shand.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to prevent and punish
the planting and cultivating in this State over a certain quantity of
cotton during the present year;" which was read the third time.
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410
THURSDAY, APE1.L 9.
JResolvcd, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof he changed;
that it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be returned to the Senate.
The SPEAKER called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of
Grand Juries, and such like papers of a j>ublic nature.
The SPEAKER called for reports of Standing Committees.
Mr. TRESCOT, from the Committee on Confederate Relations,
made a report
On so much of his Excellency the. Governor's Message No. 1 as
was referred to them; which was considered immediately, was agreed
to, and Avas ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence.
The SPEAKER called for Bills, Resolutions and Motions.
Mr. THOMSON introduced the following resolution ; which was
considered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to
the Senate for concurrence:
.Resolved, That Sem. II. Rush be, and he is hereby, appointed a
magistrate for George's Creek Beat Company, Barnwell District.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
GENERAL ORDERS.
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to prevent and punish
the planting and cultivating in this State over a certain quantity of
cotton during the present year, was ordered to lie on the table.
The report of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the report of the Comptroller General, on the resolution of in¬
quiry in relation to the amount of taxes paid by the Banks of the
Lower Division, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the
Senate for concurrence.
The following reports were.agreed to :
Reports of the Committee of Ways and Means,
On the petition of Edward C. Perronneau, praying to be relieved
from a double war tax; also,
On his Excellency the Governor's Message No. 2, and
The resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Texas.
The.following Bill was ordered to lie on the table:
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to organize and supply
negro labor for coast defence, in compliance with requisitions of the
Government of the Confederate States," and an Act entitled "An Act
to amend an Act entitled an Act to organize and supply labor for
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411
coaHt defence, in compliance -vvith requisitions of the Government of
the Confederate States, and to authorize and direct the Governor to
proceed, to furnish negro labor under said Act."
A Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Edisto
and Ashley Canal Company," was read the second time* and was or¬
dered to be sent to the Senate.
A Bill, from the Senate, to punish purchasing under assumed au¬
thority, was read the second time, and was ordered to be returned to
the Senate.
A Bill, from the Senate, to repeal "An Act to provide for the'pay¬
ment by the State of such war tgx as may be imposed by the Congress
of the Confederate States, during the year one thousand eight hun¬
dred and sixty-three, and for the collection of the same from the tax¬
payers in this State," was read the second time, and was ordered
to be returned to the Senate.
The report of the Committee^ on Agriculture, on the petition of
sundry citizens of Fairlield District, in relation to reducing the
number of hands employed in the manufacture of turpentine, was
agreed to.
Mr. BRYCE, from the Committee of Ways and Means, introduced
the following resolutions; which were considered immediately, were
agreed to, and Avere ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence:
Resolved, That the presiding officers of each branch of the General
Assembly do issue to the Clerks of their Houses, respectively, a pay-
bill for the sum of three hundred dollars, and that the Reading Clerks,
Assistant Clerks, Messengers, and Doorkeepers, of the two Houses, be
paid each the sum of one hundred dollars, the same to be compensa¬
tion for the services of each of said officers and their assistants, during
the present extra session.
Resolved, That the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, be authorized to issue to the Librarian,
and to the Clerks of the Solicitors, each a pay-bill for the same per
diem as is by la\y allowed to a member of the General Assembly, as
a compensation for the services of the Librarian and Clerks, during
the present session.
Resolved, That the presiding officers of each branch of the General
Assembly do issue to the members thereof paj^-bills for their mileage
and attendance on the present session, and also the Attorney General
and Solicitors who have attended during the present session, and that
the President of the Bank of the State of South Carolina be author¬
ized to pay the same.
THURSDAY, A PHIL 9.
Air. LECG introduced the following resolution; which was consid¬
ered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to he sent to the
Senate for concurrence:
Resolved, That T. AI. Lyles, Davifs Gnudeloek, and A. H. Ivirby, be
appointed proxies to represent the State stock in the Spartanburg
and Union Railroad Company.
Air. BOATAVRICfHT introduced the following resolution ; which
was considered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be
sent to the Senate for concurrence :
Resolved, That Samuel Beard be appointed Escheator for .Richland
District.
Air. YEADON introduced the following resolution; which was con¬
sidered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to
the Senate for concurrence :
Resolved, That the Commission for removing non-combatants from
Charleston be, and arc hereby, authorized and requested to sell such
portion of surplus provisions as may be in their hands, as in their
discretion they may deem proper, at cost, to the Free Alarket of
Charleston.
Air. AY. II. EVANS gave notice that, to-morrow, he will ask leave to
introduce
A resolution to suspend, for the present session, the fifty-first rule of
this House.
On motion of Air. S. B. JONES, the order for a daily recess of this
House was suspended for this day.
On motion of Mr. S. B. JONES, the Houso took a recess from
half-past 12 o'clock, to 5 o'clock, P. M.
RECESS.
The SPEAKER resumed the Chair at five o'clock, P. AC.
Air. SHAAY introduced the following resolution; which was con¬
sidered immediately, and was ordered to be laid on the table :
Resolved, That the owners of slaves executed in pursuance of the
sentence of any Police Court in this State, organized under an Act en¬
titled "An Act to provide more efficient Police Regulations for the
Districts on the seaboard," passed December, 1861, upon furnishing
the Treasurer of the Division within which such proceeding may have
been had, an appraisement of Said slave, made and certified by the
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413
members of the Court which imposed such sentence, or a majority of
them, at a sum not exceeding the amount now allowed by law to
owners of slaves executed under sentence of a Court of Magistrates
and Freeholders within this State, shall be entitled to the amount of
such appraisement as compensation, and the Treasurer to whom said
appraisement shall be certified as herein provided, is hereby author¬
ized and required to pay the same to such owner.
The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, April 9, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully asks leave of your House to amend the
resolutions relative to pay of officers and members of- the General
Assembly, so as to allow the Clerks of the Solicitors each the sum of
forty dollars.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
On motion of Mr. DAWKIJSTS, a message was ordered to be sent to
the Senate, granting leave so to amend. -
The Senate sent to this House the report of tho Committee on Con¬
federate Relations on his Excellency the Governor's Message Ho. 2,
transmitting a resolution of the Legislature of the State of Texas,
relative to the public debt; which was referred to the Committee on
Confederate Relations; also,
■ The report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, on the
contingent account of Theodore Stark, State House Keeper; which
was referred to the Committee on Claims.
The Senate returned to this House
Resolution for the appointment of Escheator for Richland District;
also,
Resolution for the appointment of Proxies to represent the State
Stock in the Spartanburg and Union Railroad; also,
Resolution appointing a Magistrate for Barnwell District; also,
Resolution on the subject of the mints.
The Senate returned to this House
A Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled
an Act to organize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in com¬
pliance with requisitions of the Government of the Confederate States,
and to authorize and direct the Governor to proceed to furnish negro
abor under said Act," which was read the third time.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 9.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed;
that it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be sent to the Senate.
On motion of Mr. TRESCOT, the House reconsidered the order
agreeing to the report of the Committee on Confederate Relations, on
so much of Message Mo. 1 of his Excellency the Governor as relates
to the correspondence of Col. John S. .Preston.
On motion of Mr. DURYEA, the same was made the Special Order
of the Day for to-morrow, at a quarter-past 10 o'clock, A. M., in Com¬
mittee of the Whole, and was ordered to be printed.
. Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the
Senate, on the Contingent Account of the State House Keeper; which
was considered immediately, was concurred in, and was ordered to be
returned to the Senate.
On motion of Mr. ADAMS, leave of absence for the remainder of
the session was granted .to Mr Cooper, on account of indisposition.
Mr. DURYEA introduced the following resolution; which was con¬
sidered immediately, and was agreed to:
Resolved, That the Clerk of this House be authorized to make ar¬
rangements with the agent about to be sent to Europe to purchase and
import stationery for Government purposes, to purchase such station¬
ery and other articles as in his opinion may be necessary for the use
of this House, and the other departments connected with his office,
to supply the next session.
The Senate sent to this House
A resolution for the appointment of a Commissioner of Public
Buildings; which was considered immediately, was concurred in, and
was ordered to be returned to the Senate.
The following message was received from the Senate, and,
On motion of Mr. BOBO, a message was ordered to be' sent to the
Senate, granting leave to that body so to amend.
In the Senate, April 9, 18G3.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
The Senate respectfully asks leave of your House to amend the res¬
olution for extending the time for printing the Acts and Resolutions
of the General General Assembly, by striking out all after the word
" resolved," and inserting the following :
FRIDAY, APRIL 10.
415
That in the opinion of the Legislature, the condition as to time an¬
nexed to the appropriation made by the last Act for the printing and
depositing in the proper office of the Acts, Resolutions and Journals
of the last session be not enforced: Provided, They are printed and de¬
posited by the first day of June next, and that the Printer publish in
his paper all the qrablic Acts passed at said session, and the present.
Resolved, That the Acts, Resolutions and Journals of the Extra Ses¬
sion be printed and bound with the Acts and Resolutions of the last
session.
By. order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The Senate returned to this House
A Bill to suppress the distillation of spirituous liquors in this State,
which was read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed;
that it be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be sent to the Senate.
On motion of Mr. R. M. JOHMSTOH, the House was adjourned at
45 minutes past 6 o'clock, P. M.
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1863.
At the Hour to which the House was adjourned, the Clerk called the
roll, when the SPEAKER took the Chair, and a quorum being present,
according to the order of the House, the deliberations were opened by
prayer to Almighty Giod by the Rev. Dr. Reynolds.
The Senate sent to this House,
The report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, on the account
of the Clerk of the Senate, for stationery; which was referred to the Com¬
mittee on Claims; also,
Resolution of thanks to the troops, for the defence of Charleston Harbor;
which was considered immediately, was concurred in, and was ordered to be
returned to the Senate.
41G
FRIDAY, APRIL 10.
The Senate returned to this House, with concurrence,
The report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on resolution in rela¬
tion to double tax executions against soldiers absent on military duty ; also,
On the report of the Comptroller General, on the resolution of inquiry
in relation to the amount of taxes paid by the Banks of tbe Lower Divi¬
sion ; also,
"Resolution for extending the time for printing the Acts and Resolutions
of the General Assembly; also,
Resolution relative to pay of officers and members of the General
Assembly.
The SPEAKER laid before the House, the account of P. B. Glass & Co.,
for stationery; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
SPECIAL ORDER.
The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, Mr. HEMP¬
HILL in the Chair.
On motion of Mr. TRESCOT, the Committee proceeded to the conside¬
ration of the Report of the Committee on Confederate Relations, on so
much of his Excellency the Governor's Message as was referred to them,
which had been made the Special Order of the Day for this day, at a
quarter-past ten o'clock, A. M., in Committee of the Whole, and after
some time spent in the discussion thereof, the Speaker resumed the Chair.
Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. W. H. EVANS in¬
troduced the following resolution; which was considered immediately, and
was agreed to :
Resolved, That the fifty-first Rule of this House be suspended during
the present Session.
Mr. TRENHOLM, from the Committee of "Ways and Means, made a
report
On a resolution of inquiry relative to an increase of the salary of public
officers; which was considered immediately, and was ordered to lie on the
table.
Mr. HEMPHILL, from the Committee of the whole House, to whom
had been referred the Report and accompanying Resolution of the Com¬
mittee on' Confederate Relations, on so much of his Excellency the Gover¬
nor's Message as relates to the correspondence between his Excellency and
the Commandant of Conscripts, made a report; which was ordered to lie on
the table, and the report of the Committee was taken up for consideration.
Mr. DURYEA offered the following amendment:
To strike out all after the first paragraph, and inserting the following:
FRIDAY, APRIL 10.
417
Resolved, That by the laws of this State, certain persons having been
declared exempted from the performance of militia duty, and' expressly re¬
served by the State for her internal police, welfare and safety, who are not
mentioned in the exemption Act of the Congress of the Confederate States,
it is the opinion of this House that the right of the State so to exempt and
reserve her citizens is undoubted and indisputable.
Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House, it is inexpedient at the
present time to legislate on the subject-matter presented in the correspon¬
dence transmitted by his Excellency the Governor.
Mr.'MULLINS moved that the amendment be laid on the table; and
the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ? it passed in the
Messrs.BIakeney,
Messrs. Kennedy,
Bobo,
Boyce,
Bradley, J. S.,
Bradley, P. H.,
Croft,
DeSaussure, J. M.
Doyle,
DuPre,
Evans, W. H.,
Eraser,
Hemphill,
Hendricks,
J enkins,
Jones, S. B.
Lovinggood,
McCants,
Mullins,
Oliver, •
Rhame,
Sanders,
Shaw,
Stewart,
Trescot,
Weatherly,
Wilkinson,
Williams, G. W.,
Youmans.
Those who voted in the negative, are :
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Adams,
Messrs.Broyles,
Allemong,
Boatwright,
Boylston,
Brabham,
Bryce,
Cook,
Crayton,
Duryea,
418
FRIDAY, APRIL 10.
Messrs.Eaves,
Messrs. Mobley,
Efird,
O'Bannon,
Fort,
Power,
Foster,
Reed, J. L.,
Harbin,
Sarvis,
' Huiet,
Seymour,
Hutchinson,
Smith,
Johnston, R. M.
Stokes,
Johnston, T. L.,
Thomson,
Jones, Abram,
Townsend,
Kirk,
Yan diver,
Leg'g,
Webber,
Lowry, A. M., .
Whetstone,
Lowry, J. T.,
Williams,*J. J.,
May,
Williams, J. H.
McDaniel,
Wright,
McKinstry,
Yeadon.
So the House refused to lay the amendment on the table.
Mr. LOCKWOOD asked and obtained leave to record the vote he would
Rave given, if present, on laying on the table the resolutions offered by Mr.
Duryea; and Mr. Lockwood being called, answered, No.
The question being put, Will the House agree to the amendment'{ it
passed in the affirmative,
Yeas, 43; Nays, 31.
The yeas and nays were requested and are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative, are:
Hon. A, P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Adams,
Messrs.Foster,
■ Boatwright,
Harbin,
Boylston,
Huiet,
Brabham,
Johnston, R. M.
Bratton,
Johnston, T. L.
Broyles,
Jones, Abram,
Bryce,
Kirk,
Craytou,
Legg,
Duryea,
Lockwood,
Eaves,
Lowry, A. M.,
Efird,
Lowry, J. T.,
Fort,
May,
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419
Messrs.McDariiel,
Mitchell,
Mob ley,
0'Harmon,
Power,
Reed, J. L.,
Seymour,
Smith,
Stokes,
Messrs.Talbert,
Thomson,
Townsend,
V andiver,
"VVebher,
Whetstone,
Williams, J. II.,
W right,
Yeadon.
Those who voted in tlia negative, are :
Messrs.Allemong,
Bobo,
Boyce,
Bradley, J. S.
Bradley, P. H.,
Croft,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Doyle,
DuPre,
Evans, W. H.,
Fair,
Fraser,
Hemphill,
Hendricks,
Hutson,
Jenkins,
Messrs. Jones, S. B.,
Kennedy,
Lebby,
Lovinggood,
McCants,
Mullins,
Oliver,
Rhame,
Sanders,
Shaw,
Trescot,
W eatherly,
Wilkinson,
Williams, G. W.
Youmans.
So the House agreed to the amendment.
Mr, TRESCOT moved that the report, as amended, be ordered to lie on
the table ; and the question being put, Will the House agree to the motion ?
it passed in the negative,
Yeas, 34 ; Kays, 40.
The yeas and nays were requested, and are as follows i
Those who voted in the affirmative, are:
Messrs. Allemong,
Bobo,
Boyce,
Bradley, J. S.,
Bradley, P, II.
Messrs.Bratton,
Croft,
DeSaussure, J. M.,
Doyle,
DuPre,
420
FRIDAY, APRIL 10.
Messrs.Evans, W. H. Messrs.Mullins,
Fair,
Oliver,
Fraser,
Rharpe,
Hemphill,
Sanders,
Hendricks,
Shaw,
Hutson,
Smith,
Jenkins,
Townsend,
Jones, S. B.,
Trescot,
Lebby,
"Weatherly,
Lovinggood,
Wilkinson,
Lowry, J. T.,
Williams, Gr. W.
Mc Cants,
Youmans.
Those who voted in the negative, are:
Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Speaker, and
Messrs.Adams, Messrs.Mattison,
Boatwright,
May,
Boylston,
McDaniel,
Brabham,
Mitchell,
Broyles,
Mobley,
Bryce,
O'Bannon,
Cook,
Perry, D. D.,
Crayton,
Power,
Duryea,
Reed, J. L.,
Eaves,
Seymour,
Efird,
Shell,
Fort,
Stokes,
Harbin,
Talbert,
Johnston, R. M.,
Thomson,
Johnston, T. L.,
Whetstone,
Jones, Abram,
Williams, J. J.,
Kirk,
Williams, J. H.
Legg,
Wright,
Lockwood,
Yeadon.
Lowry, A. M.,
So the House refused to lay the report, as ^mended, on the table.
The report was then agreed to, and was ordered to he sent to the Senate
for concurrence.
On motion of Mr. W. H. EVANS, the order for a daily recess of the
House was suspended for this day.
FRIDAY, APRIL 10.
421
The Senate returned to this House
An Act to suppress the distillation of spirituous liquors in this State;
which was committed to the Committee on Engrossed Acts.
The Senate sent to this House
A Bill to repeal an Act entitled " An Act to provide for the payment by
the State of such war tax as may be imposed »by the Congress of the Con¬
federate States during the year- 1863, and for the collection of the same
from the tax-payers in this State;" also,
A Bill to punish purchasing under assumed authority; which were
severally read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bills do pass; that the titles thereof be- changed:
that they be called Acts.
Ordered, That they be sent to the Senate.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
Mr. S. B. J ONES, a message was ordered to be sent, refusing to grant leave
so to amend:
In the Senate, April 10, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully ask leave of your House to restore to a Bill to
amend an Act entitled An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to organ¬
ize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in compliance with requisitions
of the Government of the Confederate States, and to authorize and direct
the Governor to proceed to furnish negro labor under said Act, the amend¬
ment inserted by this body on the second reading, marked " A," as a sub¬
stitute for the text of the original Bill, and which was stricken out by the
House on the third reading.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The following message was received from the Senate, and, on motion of
Mr. W. H. EVANS, a message granting leave to amend was ordered to be
sent to the Senate:
In the Senate, April 10, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully ask leave of your House to amend the resolution
in relation to the Free Market of Charleston, so that the same shall read
as fbllows:
FRIDAY, APRIL 10.
Resolved, That the Commissioners for the removal of non-combatants
from Charleston be, and are hereby, authorized and requested, in their dis¬
cretion, to sell any surplus or perishable provisions in their hands, to the
Free Market of Charleston, at a reasonable rate.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee on Claims, made a report
On the'account of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, for sta¬
tionery; which was considered immediately, was agreed to, and was ordered
to be sent to the Senate for concurrence; also,
On the report of the Committee on Claims and Grievances, of the Senate,
on the account of the Clerk of the Senate; which was concurred in, and
was ordered to be returned to the Senate,
The Senate returned to this Plouse,
A Bill to authorize the Governor to seize and dispose of provisions or
articles of food, in certain cases, the title having been changed, so as to read,
" A Bill to enforce any Proclamation of the Governor prohibiting the ex¬
portation of provisions;" which was read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that
ip be called an Act.
Ordered, That it be sent to the Senate.
The following Message was received from the Senate, and, on motion, a
message of concurrence was ordered to be returned to the Senate :
In the Senate, April 10, 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Mouse of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully asks for a Committee of Conference on the Bill
"To amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to or¬
ganize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in compliance with requi¬
sitions of the Government of the Confederate States, and to authorize and
direct the Governor to proceed to furnish negro labor under said Act;"
and have appointed Messrs. Garlington, E. G. Palmer and J. W. Miller,
the Committee on the part of the Senate, and request the appointment of a
similar Committee by your House.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
Whereupon the Speaker announced Messrs. Duryea, "W. H. Evans and
J. S. Bradley, of the Committee.
The Senate sent to this House,
FRIDAY, APRIL 10.
428
A resolution in relation to the trial of cases on the dockets, which was
considered immediately, and was ordered to lie on the table.
On motion of Mr. McCANTS, leave of absence was granted to Mr.
Cook, for the remainder of this Session, on account of indisposition.
On motion of Mr. ADAMS, leave of absence was granted to Mr. Abram
Jones, fi;om and after three o'clock, P. M., this day, on account of pressing
business.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, a message was ordered to be sent to the
Senate, asking leave of that body to rescind so much of the joint resolu¬
tion as fixes the hour of adjournment.
On motion of Mr. YEADON, the House receded from business from
three o'clock until four o'clock, P. M.
RECESS.
The SPEAKER resumed the Chair.
The Senate returhed to this House, with concurrence, the report of the
Committee on Claims,
On the account of the Clerk of the House, for stationery.
The Senate sent to this House the following message; and, on motion
of Mr. KENNEDY, a message of concurrence was ordered to be returned
to the Senate:
In the Senate, April 10, 1863.
%lr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Souse of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully proposes to your House to amend the resolution
for the adjournment of this General Assembly, by striking out "five
o'clock," and inserting " eight o'clock."
By order of Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
The Senate returned to this House, with concurrence,
Resolution in relation to the Free Market of Charleston.
On motion of Mr. BOBO, the House took a recess from ten minutes past
five o'clock, to six o'clock, P. M.
RECESS.
The SPEAKER resumed the Chair.
Mr. DURYEA, from the Committee of Conference
On a Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled
an Act to organize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in compliance
with requisitions of the Government of the Confederate States, and to
authorize and direct the Governor to proceed to furnish negro labor under
424
FRIDAY, APRIL 10.
said Act," made a report; which was considered immediately, and was
agreed to..
The Senate returned to this House
An Act to amend an Act entitled " An Act to amend an Act entitled an
Act to organize and supply negro labor for coast defence in compliance with
requisitions of the G-overnment of the Confederate States, and for other
purposes" (the title having been changed); which was committed to the
Committee on Engrossed Acts.
Mr. J. H. WILLIAMS, from the Committee on Engrossed Acts, re¬
ported the following Acts as engrossed and ready for ratification : .
1. An Act to suppress the distillation of spirituous liquors in this State.
2. An Act to enforce any Proclamation of the Governor prohibiting the
exportation of provisions.
3. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled
An Act to organize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in compliance
with requisitions of the Government of the Confederate States, and for
other purposes,"'
On motion of Mr. BOBO, a message was ordered to be sent to the Senate,
asking leave of that body to amend the joint resolution of adjournment, by
striking out eight o'clock, P. M.
The following message was received from the Senate :
In the Senate, April 10,18G3.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate ■ respectfully accedes to the proposition of your body, to
amend the Joint Resolution for adjournment, by striking out eight o'clock,
P. M.
By order of the Senate,
. W. D. PORTER, President.
The following message was received from the Senate:
In the Senate, April 10r 1863.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives :
The Senate respectfully invites your House to attend in the Senate
Chamber forthwith, for the purpose of ratifying the Acts passed at this
session.
By order of the Senate,
W. D. PORTER, President.
Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate, accepting the invitation.
FRIDAY, APRIL 10.
425
The House attended in the Senate Chamber, and joined the Senate in
ratifying the following Acts passed at the present session :
ACTS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE.
1. An Act to suppress the distillation of spirituous liquors in this State.
2. An Act to enforce any Proclamation of the Governor prohibiting the
exportation of provisions.
3. An Act to amend' an Act entitled, An Act to amend an Act entitled
An Act to organize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in compliance
with requisitions of the Government of the Confederate States, and for
other purposes.
ACTS ORIGINATING IM THE SENATE.
1. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to prevent and punish the
planting and cultivating in this State over a certain quantity of cotton,
during the present war.
2. An Act to punish purchasing under assumed authority.
3. An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to provide for the payment
bv the State of such War Tax as may be imposed by the Congress of the
Confederate States during the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
three, and for the collection of the same from the tax-payers in this State.
The Senate and House of Representatives were informed by the Clerks
of each, respectively, that the legislative business was finished, and that
they were now ready to adjourn the present session of this General Assem¬
bly- ,
At a quarter past eight o'clock, P. M., the SPEAKER adjourned the
House of Representatives, agreeably to the joint resolution of the General
Assembly, sine die.
54
INDEX TO THE JOURNAL
OE THE
HOUSE OF EEPEESENTATIYES,
AT THE
REGULAR SESSION OF 1862-'63.
INDEX.
A..
Abbeville, petition of citizens of. 141, 154, 283
Academies, Military, Report of Board of Visitors of. 101, 144, 228, 303
Acts, ratified . .208, 425
Adjutant and Inspector General, elected 116
Aldrich, A. P., elected Speaker • 5
address of 5
All Saints', petition of citizens of. 218, 351
Andrews, Susannah, petition in relation to 102, 253, 284, 321
Arms, removal of. (See resolution by Mr. Sessions.)
Arthur, B. P. (Clerk of Convention), communication from ,70
Assembly, General, convened 3, 210, 381
adjourned, sine die 377, 425
Assessor for St. Philip's and St. Michael's, elected 115
Associate Judge, elected 153
Asylum, Lunatic, report of Regents of. 45, 160, 189, 277, 334
IB.
Baggett, J. H., elected Reading Clerk 8
Baker, W. H., petition of. 65
Baker, T. Harrison, petition of. 85, 139
Bank of Charleston, petition of stockholders of. ....42, 95
(See House Bill No. 31.)
Bank of the State of South Carolina, annual report of the President
and Directors of. 54, 173, 285, 334
Bank of the State of South Carolina, Private Annual Report of Presi¬
dent of. 114
Bank of the State of South Carolina, President and Directors of,
t nominated 141
Bank of the State of South Carolina, President and Directors of,
elected : ...192, 200
Bank of the State of South Carolina, report of President on Confed¬
erate War Tax 123, 173
Bank of the State of South Carolina, Committees to investigate 232, 239
(See resolution by Mr. O'Connor.)
Bank of the State of South Carolina, to pay certain arrearages of in-
Unroof /"Son vno/\1nfi Vitr TVT* \
430
INDEX TO THE HOUSE JOURNAL.
Bank of the State of South Carolina, to advance certain payments.
(See resolution by Mr. W. G. DeSaussure.)
Barnwell Sentinel, account of. ' 42, 145, 228, 209
Baskin, Dr. J. T., accounts of. 143, 1G3, 185
withdrawn 185
presented 218, 235, 285, 334
Bates, Dr. R. W., account of. 218, 234, 285, 334
Bell, James, petition of. 114, 139, 228
Bellinger, Lucius, petition of .41, 70, 125
Benbow, M. M., petition of * 155
Benton, M.. M., and others, petition of 187
Bethea, James R., petition of. 85
Blackman, James, petition for v ..260, 272, 351
Blakely, "Wm., petition of...v : 166
Blalock, P. R., petition of 9, 86, 126,161
Boland, J. M., petition of. 44, 107, 215, 258
Boiling, T. C-j petition of 9, 86, 126,* 161
Bolton, James II., account of 44, 74
withdrawn 74
Bonds of the Confederate States. (See resolution by Mr. Boyce.)
Bonham, Hon. M. L., elected Governor 192
Boulware, H.-, petition of. 55, 86, 126
"withdrawn .126
Bowman, David, petition of 44
jR. A., petition of. 216
Breeden, J. L., petition of..., 44, 74, 126 147
Brewton, Dr. Styles, account of. ,...» 218
Brian, James, petition of 93, 144, 228 260
Brown, J. M., account of. 65, 86, 127, 147
Brown, B. H., and others, petition of. 64, 93, 109
(See House Bill No. 35.)
Broyles, O. R., petition of. 76, 107, 215, 258
Bruns, Dr. J. D., account of. 218, 234, 285, 334
Brunson, JaS. G., petition of. 53, 107, 213
Buchanan, Robert A., petition of. 116, 140, 228, 268
Buckner, Perry P., petition of. 101, 145, 185
withdrawn 185
Burd, John S-, petition of. 114
Butler, Y. N., accounts of. 65, 85, 146, 185, 242
withdrawn 259
Burton, Henry, petition of. 217
INDEX TO THE HOUSE JOURNAL.
431
Bilis of the House of Representatives.
The titles of the Bills marked with an * were changed, either by the members
introducing them, or by order of the House Or Senate.
Introduced by
TITLE.
Other
proceedings.
Mr. Yeadon.,
Mr. Yeadon.,
Mr. Croft
A Bill to prevent and punish extortion.
A Aill to abolish fees conditional
A Bill to prohibit the distillation of all grain in
South Carolina
Mr. Bryce..
Mr. O'Bannon.
Mr. Mitchell..,
Mr. Aiken
Mr. Trenholm
Mr. Seymour,..
Mr. Norwood,.,
Mr. Norwood.
Mr. Norwood.,
Mr, J, Harles-
ton Read
Mr. Rufus M,
Johnston.
A Bill to authorize the Banks to issue small
bills
A Bill to continue the operations of an Act en-
tilled "An Act to extend relief to debtors,
and to prevent the sacrifice of property at
public sales" 7.
A Bill to incorporote the Importing and Ex¬
porting Company of South Carolina
A Bill to exempt from legal penalty, for not
making their annual returns, all Guardians,
Administrators, and Executors in Confed¬
erate service
Mr. Muffins....
Mr. Mullins...,
Mr. Foster-
Special Joint
Committee..,
Mr. ,T.T. Lowry
!'A Bill in relation to the sus|tension of specie
payments by the Banks
*A Bill to repeal so much of the Act of the
General Assembly, passed in the year 1801, as
exempts the members of the Legislature
from the performance of military duty'.....
A Bill to prevent the depreciation of the cur¬
rency ;
A Bill to increase the fees of Jailors .<....
A Bill to prevent the sacrifice of property at
public sales in certain cases ...
*A Bill to amend an Act to afford aid to the
families of soldiers; passed on the 21st De¬
cember, 1S01
*A Bill to prevent extortion and punish extor¬
tioners .'.
A Bill to encourage the manufacture of salt..
A Bill to alter the law'in relation to the election
of District officers ,r
10
*A Bill to exempt overseers, and others, in the
First Corps 9f Reserves, according to the Act
of the Confederate Congress
*ABill authorizing the election of Field'Officers
in the First Corps of Reserves
A Bill to abolish the Executive Council estab¬
lished by the Ordinance of the Convention
entitled "An (irdinance for strengthening the
Executive Department during the exigencies
of the war".,
207
151
120100
87,127,133,115
70,127
70,127,143
94, 227
94,169
108, 273
94
132, 231
139
132, 277
108, 273
138,168
ft
?40, 358
fl08,127,133.
145,188, 214;
1 220, 237, 245.
[253
199
94, 273
f 139,151, 206.
\2u8
375
73 80 80, 89,9G, 100
432
INDEX TO THE HOUSE JOURNAL.
JSHIs of the House of Representatives.
TITLE.
Other
proceedings.
A Bill to enable the Charleston Savings' Insti¬
tution to purchase and hold real property.
30
*A Bill to alter and amend the Act of 1839, in
relation to the office and duties of Ordinary..
A Bill to authorize the Governor to purchase
salt for distribution to the poor and needy
families throughout the State
provide
Cadets,,
Military
A Bill to prevent the undue consumption pf
grain by distillation,
*A Bill to furnish aid to tlfe Cheraw and Coal
Fields Bailroad
A Bill to renew and amend the charter of the
Swedish Iron Manufacturing Company of
South Carolina
A Bill to increase the compensation for the
capture of runaway slaves
A Bill to limit the production of cotton within
this State during the continuance of the pre¬
sent war
A Bill to alter and amend the third section of
an Act entitled "An Act to charter a Cotton
Planters' Loan Association"
A Bill to suppress the undue distillation of
spirituous liquors from the cereal grains of
this State
A Bill to amend the charter of the Bank of
Charleston, South Carolina
A. Bill to enable citizens of the State who are
engaged in military service to exercise the
s of suffrage
rights
A Bill to amend, suspend, and repeal certain
portions of the Militia Laws of this State
*A Bill to authorize the State to guarantee the
bonds of the Confederate States
*A Bill to refund to the Soldiers' Board of Be¬
lief for Barnwell District moneys advanced
and expended by them, as a Board of Belief
out of their private funds
♦A Bill to authorize the Belief Committees
throughout the State to purchase and dis¬
tribute corn to the needy families of soldiers.
A Bill to charter the Carolina Cotton and
Woolen Factory
110
*A Bill to provide for the appointment of Com¬
missioners of the Poor for Darlington Dis.
triot
108
132
139, 279
293
139, 215, 271
108, 273
138, 277
$163, 227, 239,
( 258, 275,282
127, 143
273
350
fl33,142,146,
153, 160, 179,
[185, 186
f 142,168, 181
I 205
268 206, 277
189, 277, 295
130, 277
110124 292 310 138, 320
376
INDEX TO THE HOUSE JOURNAL.
Bills of the House of Representatives.
433
A Bill to authorize the Clerks of Courts of Com¬
mon Pleas to take testimony of witnesses
in writing, and for otljer purposes
TITLE.
A Bill to charter the Shelby and Broad River
Bailroad Company.
A Bill to vest in the Confederate Government
a part of the Columbia Canal for the term of
twelve years
A Bill to render the owners of slaves liable for
hogs, sheep and goats, stolen by them....?
A Bill to afford relief to the families of soldiers
A Bill to organize and supply negro labor for
coast defence, in compliance with the requi¬
sition of the Government of the Confederate
States
A Bill to incorporate certain Eeligious and
Charitable Societies, and to renew and amend
the charters of others heretofore granted
A Bill to establish and recharter certain roads,
bridges and ferries, and for other purposes..
A Bill to make appropriations in aid of the
families of soldiers, and to repeal an Act en¬
titled " An Act to afford aid to the families of
soLdiers," ratified the 21st day of December,
A. D. 1861..
A Bill to authorize the Soldiers' Board of Relief
for Fairfield District to levy an extraordinary
assessment on the State taxes of said District
A Bill to authorize the Soldiers' Board of Be¬
lief for Fairfield District to levy an additional
tax
A Bill to incorporate the Edisto and Ashley
Canal Company
A Bill to alter and amend the Constitution of
the State, so as to adopt the Ordinance of Se¬
cession as a part of the same
*A Bill to prevent the undue distillation of
spirits from grain
A Bill to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors
in small quantities during the present war.
A Bill to repeal an Ordinance of the Convene
tion, entitled " An Ordinance to exempt
overseers from the performance of military
duty, and an Ordinance entitled "An Ordi¬
nance in relation to a portion of the militia."
A Bill to continue of force an Act entitled "An
Act to authorize certain Building and Loan
Associations to suspend the call for monthly
instalments"
110
155
119
118
118
133
133
136
130
139
140
155
J55
163
164
164
173
182
117
237
257
295
55
291
336
Other
proceedings.
138, 278
273
227, 237, 294
149, 206. 214,
215, 222, 232,
240
144, 279
277
320
294
279
284
284
204, 226, 350
217, 307
182
336, 343
227
375
376
375
376
434
INDEX TO THE HOUSE JOURNAL.
Bills of the House of Rejyresentatives-
Introduced'
TITLE.
Other
proceedings.
Mr. W. G. Be'
Saussure,
Committee on
Judiciary.
Mr. T. P. Mi- 58
kell.
Mr. Mulling.
Mr. E.M.John¬
ston.
Mr. Duryea,
Mr. Boylston.
Mr. J. H. Eead.
Committee on
New State
House.
Committee on 65
the Military.
Committee of
Ways and
Means.
A Bill to renew and amend certain sections of
an Act entitled "An Act to establish a Board
of Ordnance, and an Ordnance Bureau, and
for other purposes
219 220
A Bill to confer the rights of legitimacy on
Mary E. Daniel
A Bill to exempt from levy and sale the estate
of deceased soldiers leaving families, to a
certain amount
224 307
25 230
59 A Bill to establish District Boards of Health..
60 A Bill to declare the twentieth day of Decern
bember a holiday
225
A Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to
make appropriation in aid of the families of
soldiers," tmd to repeal an Act entitled an
Act to afford aid to the families of soldiers,
ratified 21st December, 1861, ratified 18th day
of December, 1862
242, 359
340 350
236
236
*ABill to incorporate the Atlantic Stepm Pack¬
et Company.,
63 A Bill to amend'an Act to provide more effi
cient police regulations for the Districts on
the seaboard
227
A Bill to authorize the issue of stock for the
purpose of continuing the construction of
the New State House i
227 235 268 302
A Bill to repeal in part an Act entitled "An Actl
to authorize and empower certain regimentsi
to elect their Field Officers"..™ 234
Committee of
Ways and
Means.
Committee of
Ways and
Jleans.
Committee on
the Military.
Special Joint
Committee.
Mr. Mitchell.
A Bill for the payment by the State of such
war tax as may be imposed by the Congress
of the Confederate States during the year
1863, and for the collection of the same trom
the tax-payers in this State
70
71
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to pro¬
vide for the payment by the State of the war
tax of file Confederate States, and for the
collection of the same from the tax-payers of
this State
A Bill to provide for a guaranty by the State of
the bonds of the Confederate States
276, 357
176, 357
243, 279
241, 320
A Bill to disband the Militia Beat Company
organized in the town of Darlington
A Bill to declare the law in relation to the pro¬
ceedings of the Executive Council
!A Bill to incorporate the Charleston Export¬
ing and Importing Company 243
235
235
235
235
240
243, 358
6 349
292336
292
370
336 350
259, 263, 336
358
359
257 273I302|201, 32(1
376
76
376
370
INDEX TO THE HOUSE JOURNAL.
Bills of the House of Representatives.
435
Introduced by
Mr. Trenliolm
Mr. Perrin..
Mr. Croft..
TITLE.
72 A Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to
authorize the City Council of Charleston to
issue and put in circulation notes receivable
in taxes or dues to the City
Committee on
Confederate
Belations.
Committee of
Ways and
Means.
Committee of
Ways and
Means.
Committee of
Ways and
Means.
73
74
75
77
78
A Bill to amend the charter of the Town of
Abbeville
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to sup
press the undue distillation of spirituous
liquors from the cereal grains of this State...
A Bill to provide for the election of members
of the House of Kepresentatives in the Con¬
gress of the Confederate-States of America....
A Bill to raise supplies for the year commenc¬
ing in October, 1862
244
253
202 270
A Bill to make appropriations for the year
commencing in October, 1862
A Bill to amend the first' section of the tenth
Article of the Constitution of this State
206 359
Other
proceedings.
340
271
341
261
276, 354
312, 357
307 340 I312' 33S> 343<-
307 310 j35gj 3G7
315 340
312, 358, 367
376
376
436
INDEX TO THE HOUSE JOURNAL.
Bills of the House of Representatives.
INTRODUCED AT THE APRIL SESSION, 1863.
Introduced by
Mr. Mullins.
Mr. J. H. Read.
Mr. Whaley.
Mr. Yeadon.
Committee.
Committee.
Committee.
Committee.
■ Mr. Whetstone,
Committee.
Committee,
Committee.
TITLE.
To repeal all Laws of this State- providing for
the payment by this State of taxes levied by
the Confederate States
To enforce a penalty for the refusal to receive
Confederate money in this State 387 394
3S7
To regulate the sales of goods, wares and mer¬
chandise by Vendue Masters at public
auctions
4 To repeal the Stay Law .-.
5 *To authorize the Governor to seize and dispose
of provisions or articles of food in certain
cases
6 To amend an Act entitled " An Act to prevent
and punish the planting and cultivating in
this State over a certain quantity of cotton
during the present war"
To regulate in future the sales of goods, wares:
and merchandise by public auction
To regulate and limit the prices of the prime
necessaries of life in South Carolina.
To amend an Act entitled " An Act to incor¬
porate the Edisto and Ashley Canal Com¬
pany"
To suppress the distillation of spirituous
liquors in this State
*To amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend
an Act entitled an Act to organize and supply
negro labor for coast defence, in compliance
with requisitions of the Confederate States,
and to authorize and direct the Governor to
proceed to furnish negro labor under said
Act"
To amend an Act entitled "An Act to organize
and supply negro labor for coast defence, in
compliance with requisitions of the Govern¬
ment of the Confederate States," and an Act
entitled "An Act to organise and supply
labor for coast defence, in compliance with re¬
quisitions of the Government of the Confed¬
erate States, and authorizing the Governor to
proceed to furnish negro labor under said Act"
Other
proceedings.
409 422 392, 397, 424
391
392
399
403
408
315
425
410
396, 397
403, 411
i 399, 401. 421,
1424
424
411, 424
INDEX TO THE HOUSE JOURNAL. 437
Bills of the Senate.
TITLE.
Other
proceedings
1 A Bill to incorporate the Wando, Wambaw and Winyah Canal
Company
84
A Bill to abolish the Executive Council established by the Or¬
dinance of the Convention entitled "An Ordinance for
strengthening the Executive Department during the exi¬
gencies of the present war"
A Bill to enable the Charleston Savings' Institution to purchase
and hold real property.
A Bill to organize and provide for a District police
A Bill to alter and amend the charter of the Bank of Charles¬
ton, South Carolina
A Bill to renew and amend the charter of the Swedish Iron
Manufacturing Company.
IS
A Bill to provide against dearths of salt
A Bill to increase the fees of Sheriffs for dieting persons in jail.
A Bill to suppress the undue distillation of spirituous liquors
from the cereal grains of this State
A Bill to authorize the Banks to issue small bills
A Bill to incorporate rhe Importing and Exporting Company
of South Carolina
A Bill to vest the Columbia Canal in the City of Columbia for
the term of years herein mentioned
A Bill to charter the Shelby and Broad River Railroad Com¬
pany
A Bill to continue of force an Act entitled "An Act to authorize
certain Building and Loan Associations.to suspend the call
for monthly installments
A Bill to provide for the appointment of Commissioners of
the Poor for Darlington District
A Bill to incorporate the Carolina Cotton and Woolen Factory.
A Bill to incorporate, with uniform rights, powers and priv¬
ileges, Protestant Episcopal Congregations in South Caro¬
lina
A Bill to alter and amend an Act entitled
aid to the families of soldiers"
'An Act to afford
114
114
114
115
128
128
128
137
147
147
156
156
227
183
273
183
274
274
143
227
109
A Bill to punish persons or corporations for sale or purchase
of bills of any of the local banks of any State in the Confed¬
eracy at a premium.. . !
A Bill to organize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in
compliance with requisitions of the Confederate Govern¬
ment
A Bill to vacate the commissions of militia officers..
22 [A Bill for the appointment of Commissioners of the Poor for
Lancaster District
•23 A Bill to vest the title of the State in certain esoheated proper¬
ty in Rose Ann Carnighan and her heirs
156
157
161
167
172
181
231
259
259
183
227
183
286
197
192
263
84, 94
188
239
84, 87, 98
122
139, 279
129
122
139
138
128, 143
145
155
163, 227, 237
163
173
161
189163
294
354
163
202190,193
217, 307
202
271
360
f 184,190,191,
1192
243,354
276
376
208
375
208
376
208
377-
208
377
377
208
208
377
438
INDEX TO THE HOUSE JOURNAL.
Bills of the Senate.
TITLE.
< >thor
proceedings,
A Bill to amend an Act entitled " An Act to organize and sup¬
ply negro labor for coast defence, in compliance with requi¬
sitions of the Government of the Confederate. States," and to
authorize and direct the Governor to proceed to furnish
negro labor under said Act 260
A Bill to amend an.Act entitled "An Act to make appropria¬
tion in aid Of the'families of soldiers, and to repeal an Act
entitled 'An Act to afford aid to the families of soldiers,'"
ratified 21st December, 1861
*A Bill to prevent and punish the planting and cultivating in
this State over a certain quantity of cotton during the war
with the Abolitionists
A Bill to continue in force an Act entitled "An Act to extend
relief to debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice of property at
public sales"'
A Bill to declare the law in relation to the proceedings of the
Executive Council
A Bill to authorize the Banks of this State to purchase Con¬
federate and State securities
A Bill for the better organization of the militia, and for other
purposes
A Bill to suspend the ninth seetion of an Act entitled "An Act
to establish a separate Court of Appeals I
A Bill to amend an Act-entitled " An Act to authorize the City
Council of Charleston to issue and put in circulation notes
receivable in taxes or dues to the City,'' ratified 21st day of
December, 1861
A Bill to prohibit extortion and to punish extortioners.
260
76, 3D0, 358
310 201, 270, 231
321
340
S 283, 310, 310.
i 321
f 290, 324, 361,
'1.300
319, 357
311, 358, 360
f 319, 331, 344,
\ 360, 370
INTRODUCED AT APRIL SESSION, 1863.
TITLE.
§
Other
proceedings.
To amend an Act entitled "An Act to prevent and punish the
planting and cultivating in this State over a certain quantity
of cotton during the present war"
To suppress the distillation of spirituous liquors in this State.
To repeal an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the payment
by the State of such war tax as may be imposed by the Con¬
gress of the Confederate States during the year one thousand^
eight hundred and sixty-three, and for the collection of the
same from the tax-payers in this State "
409 401, 410
402, 408
To punish purchasing under assumed authority.
407, 400
407, 408
INDEX TO THE HOUSE JOURNAL-
439
c.
Page
Canal, Columbia, petition in relation to 10, 118
(See House Bill No. 41.) '
Camden Confederate, account of. 164, 189, 284, 321
Carlisle, Thomas A., petition of. 116
Carter, Thomas, petition of. ' 44, 234. 285, 334
Carter, Matthew, petition of 147, 173, 284, 334
Carter, J. J., petition of. 148, 173, 284
Cashier and Assistant, appointed 52
Caughman, Dr. J., account of. 44, 149, 279, 334
Cemetery. (See Petition of S. Fair and others.)
Central Association for relief of soldiers, (See petition of J. Towns-
end and others.)
Chaplin, G. M., petition of...* 262, 300, 351
withdrawn * 351
Charleston District, Books of Record of. (See resolutions by Mr.
i Duryea.) ^
Free Market, petition of Chairman of. 144, 242, 285, 334
Mercury, account of. --148, 187, 284, 321
Savings' Institution, petition Of 9, 75
(See House Bill No. 20.)
Alms House and Poor, Abstract of. 42, 86, 126, 140, 161
Marine School, petition of Trustees of. 54, 107, 215
Courier, account of. 7J, 86, 127, 147
Alms House and Lazaretto, return of. 72
Loan and Building Associations, petition of. 72, 117
Cheatham, J. T. & W. J., petition of. 9, §6, 126, 161
Chester Standard, account of. 42, 74
withdrawn * 74
Chisholm, Asa, and others, petition of. 261, 311, 313
Church, Protestant Episcopal of South Carolina, petition of. 144
(See Senate Bill, No. 17.)
Associate Reformed, at Yorkville, petition of. 216, 351
Moriah Baptist, petition of. 44,117, 213
Little Generostee, petition of. 55, 74, 125
Orangeburg Baptist, petition of. 5-5, 87, 125
Chestnut Ridge Baptist, petition of. 65, 75, 125
Clark, Joseph, petition'of. 92
Clarendon Banner, accounts of 42, 148, 149, 187, 289, 284, 321
Chirk of the House, elected '. 7
440
INDEX TO THE HOUSE JOURNAL.
Page
Clerk of the House, account of, for stationery..340, 341, 349, 410, 422,423
To advertise for stationery, &c. (See resolution
by Mr. Duryea.)
Senate, account of. 415, 422
of Court, Spartanburg, account of. 53, 74
withdrawn t 74
Clothing, military. (See resolutions by Mr. O'Connor.)
Cobb, E. M., petition of 85, 95, 213
Code of the Statute Law. (See resolutions by Mr. B. E. Perry.)
College, South Carolina, report of Treasurer 252, 262, 352, 372
(See resolution by Mr. Yeadon.)
(See Message No. 4 of G-overnor Pickens.)
College, Wofford, petition of Trustees of. 218, 299, 332, 363
Columbia, Transient Poor of, petition in relation to 102, 148
petition of Mayor and Aldermen of. 10, 280
Committees, Standing, appointed. 52
Additions to 64, 84, 137, 224, 262
Committees, Special and Joint, appointed..57, 69, 112, 124, 162,191,192,
197, 382, 422
Committee of the Whole 306, 416
Comptroller General, Annual Report of. 163, 182, 186, 197, 287, 334
Special report of. 132, 172
Report of on Tax Collectors' commissions
204', 284, 299, 351
Conner, D. L., petition of. 218
Convention, General, and Ordinances of. 77, 107,145, 149,182, 229
(See House Bills Nos. 54 and 71.)
Congress of Confederate States. (See resolution by Mr. Youmans.)
Conyers, W. M., account of. 145, 228, 269
Cox, Peter, petition of. 43,107, 215, 258
Cox, Francis T., petition of. 76, 95, 215
Cotton Cards. (See resolutions by Mr. Boyce.)
Crymes, B. F., petition of. 224, 252, 284, 321
Cunningham, R. A., petition of. 77
Currency. (See resolutions by Mr. Trenholm.)
3D,
David, W., petition of. 217
Davis, Bishop, petition of. 163, 286
Davis, W. R., and others, petition of. 64, 75, 125
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Daniel, W. B., petition of.—-. * 216, 224
Darlington, petition of citizens of. 189, 216, 235
(See House Bill No. 70.)
memorial and resolutions of citizens of, in relation to H. H.
Wingate 115
Deaf, Dumb and Blind, report of Trustees. .* 53, 76, 126
De La Howe, Dr. Jobn, report of Trustees 8, 109, 215, 335
DeSchamps, T. S. C., petition of... 53, 107, 213
Detyers, H. E., petition of. 92, 242
Distillery, petition for, in Clarendon ,... 72, 86, 125
Doorkeeper, elected J* 8
Dozier, A. M., petition of. 10,117, 215, 238
DuPre, James, and otters, memorial of. 93
E.
Earle, Dr. M. B., account of. 148, 187, 383
Edgefield Advertiser, account of. 9, 145, 228, 269
Edwards, Martin, petition of. 9, 117, 215, 258
Edwards, J. C., petition of. 116
Election precincts, petition to change in Lancaster 44, 93
to establish in Spartanburg ' 52, 93
to change in York 38
to change in Clarendon 42, 93
to change in St. George's Parish 224, 258
petition to appoint Managers of, in Lancaster 122, 207
precincts, report on changing sundry 151, 207, 364
and managers, report on 299, 332, 364
Writs of, issued. (See resolution by Mr. Yeadon.)
Elford, J. M., account of. 53, 74
withdrawn 74
Ellerbe, Z., memorial of. 233
Erskine Theological Seminary, petition of. 129, 145, 229
Equity, Commissioners in, elected 4 114, 115
Ervin, W. F., elected Surgeon General 74
Evans & Cogswell, account of. 72, 108, 215, 269
Executive Council. (See resolutions by Mr. Whaley.)
Extortion, petition of citizens of Abbeville in relation to 41, 108, 213
Pickens 65, 107
Alfred Huger, and others 85
Citizens of Clarendon 216, 224, 307
(See House Bills Nos. 1 and 14, and Senate Bill No. 33.)
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Page
Factory, Carolina Cotton and Woolen, petition for 72, 87, 125
(See House Bill No. 37.)
Fairfield, petition of Soldiers' Board of Relief of. 148, 155
(See House Bill No. 49.)
District, petition of citizens of. 392, 405
Fair, S., and otters, petition of 184, 182
(See House Bill No. —.)
Simeon, elected Solicitor for Middle Circuit 73, 293
Farmer, C. B., elected Commissioner in Equity for Colleton 115
Ferry, Nelson's. (See petition W. R. Davis, and others.)
Gallavant's. (See petition Hugh Giles.)
Cox's. (See petition Francis T. Cox.)
Florida, State of, resolutions from, in relation to salt 242, 272, 321
Floyd, James B., petition of. 2L7
Ford, Frederick A., appointed Magistrate. (See resolution by Mr.
Yeadon.)
Fort, Charles B., account of. ,...65, 86
withdrawn 86
Foreign Governments. (See resolution by Mr. Youmans.)
Free School Fund (See resolution by Mr. Alfred M. Lowry.)
Free Schools, Annual Returns of Commissioners of
For Abbeville District 54
All Saints' Parish 43
Barnwell District.- 216
Chester District 72
Chesterfield District 233
Christ Church Parish 42
Clarendon District 65
Darlington District 92
Edgefield District 9
Fairfield District 162
Georgetown District 1 38
Greenville District 76
•
Kershaw District 77
Kingston Parish 76
Laurens District 116
Lancaster District 216
Lexington District 10
Marion District 55
Marlboro' District 10
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Page
Free Schools, Annual Returns of Commissioners of
For Newberry District 44
Orange Parish 44
Pickens District 73
Prince George, Winyah, Parish 122
Prince William's Parish ; 101
Spartanburg District 53
Sumter District 53
St. Bartholomew's Parish 42
St. George's Parish 43
St. James', Goose Creek, Parish 77
St. James', Santee, Parish 54
St. John's, Berkeley, Parish - 122
St. Luke's Parish 38
St. Stephen's Parish 101
St. Thomas' and St. Dennis' Parish 54
Union District 53
Williamsburgh District 174
York District 38
Free Schools, Report of Committee on Annual Returns 253, 352, 372
(See resolution by Mr. Byrd as to payment of drafts of
Commissioners of.)
Freeman, Dr. W. C., account of 102, 123, 220
Frost, Henry R. (See Ludlum School Fund.J
Fuller, Dr. William, petition of. 224, 299
withdrawn t 4 392
Furman, C. M., communication from 121
elected President Bank of the State of South Carolina.. 200
a.
Gaillard, W. F., appointed Messenger pro tern 382
Gaines, L. P., petition of. 224, 299, 332, 364
Garlington, A. C., elected Adjutant and Inspector General 116
George, Asa, petition of. 85, 190, 206
Georgetown, Poor of, abstract of expenditures 86, 126; 161
Gibbes, R. W., account of. 52, 108, 215, 269
Giles, Hugh, petition of. 65, 74, 95, 214
W. A., petition for 84
Gill am, James, petition of. 132, 230, 330
Gillison, J. W., petition of. 262
444
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Page
Glass, & Co., accounts of. 102, 140, 175, 228, 242, 269, 309
Glen, Dr. D. C., account of. 93, 109, 206
withdrawn 206
Glover, Col. T. J., death of. (See resolutions by Mr. Oliver.)
Gosset, E., petition of. 43, 76, 147
Governor (F. W. Pickens), Committee to wait on 6
Message No. 1 10/45, 57, 66, 73, 95, 108,
117, 140, 144, 204, 230, 295
2 46, 57, 61, 87, 261
3 81, 108, 292, 332
4. 82, 153, 172, 176, 183,
252, 265, 318, 365
5 83, 117, 144, 230, 238
6 103, 136, 277
7 104
8 105, 144, 229
9 105, 122, 276
10 149, 182, 292, 321
11 150
12 157, 173, 197
13 166, 364
14 175, 182,197, 271
(See House Bill No. 77.)
Governor, ballots for ....185, 186, 191
elected • 192
Committee to wait upon , 197, 198, 382
inaugurated 202
Lieutenant, ballot for 186
elected .' 187
Committee to wait upon 197, 198
inaugurated 202
(M. L. Bonham), Message No. 1....213, 219, 261, 321, 352,358
2. 261, 310
3 ; 273, 299, 352
4 278, 311, 334
5 312
6 317,324
7 363, 372
No. 1 (April session)....382, 403, 410,
413, 414, 416
2 .390, 403, 410
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Page
Governor (M. L. Bonham) Message No. 3 (April session) 401
4 ....t 405
House tendered. (See resolution by Mr. J. M. DeSaussure.)
Proclamation of. 381
(See resolution by Mr. Trescot.)
Grant, Dr. J. E., account of 43, 109
withdrawn .'. 185
presented 218, 235, 285
withdrawn 350
Gray, 0. M., elected Doorkeeper 8
Gregg, General Maxcy, death of. (See resolutions by Mr. Hutson.)
Green, J. S., petition of. 252
Greneker, R. H., accounts of t ; 93, 233, 278
withdrawn..*..... , 278
XT
JML.
Hagood, James E., petition of. 224
Hairgrove, S. A., and others, petition of. 93
Harrell, Dr. J. F., account of.... 43, 87, 127
Harris, Micahj petition of. 252
Harvin, C. R., memorial of. • .♦ 218
Ilayne, Hon. A. P., privileges of the House tendered to....« 75
Henson, Elizabeth, petition of. 116, 140, 230
Henry, Dr. W. H., account of. 44, 87, 126
withdrawn • 126
Hershman, J. T., account of 116, 145, 228, 269
Heywood, N. W., petition of '....: 241
Hipp, Jolyi A., Jr., petition of. 44, 107, 206
Ilolman, Dr. M. K., petition of. 45
Jolland, Daniel, petition of. 9, 86, 126, 161
lowel, James, petition of. 218, 292, 332, 364
Holleyman, W. W., account of. 73, 87, 126
withdrawn 126
Horry Dispatch, account of. 33, 74, 113, 147
Ionour, John H., petition of. 148, 300, 352
Horn, Peter, petition of.....* 217, 292, 332, 363
House, daily Sessions of. (See resolution by Mr. Norwood.)
Secret Sessions of. 46, 113, 312, 317, 320
Committee of the Whole.... 305, 416
446
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Tabe
Huger, Alfred, and others, petition of. S5
Hunter, .T. M., account of. 85, 140, 228, 269
X.
Indians, Catawba, report of agent of. 54, 123, 220, 334
Ingraham, Flag Officer, and otheps. (See resolutions by Mr. Trenbolm.)
J.
Jackson, T. Alphonso, petition of. ; 54
Johnson, James S., elected Assessor for St. Philip and St. Michael 115
Journal of the House. (See resolutions by Mr. Duryea and Mr. Campbell.)
K.
Keddell, B. E., petition of.
Kennedy, Dr. A. W., account of.
withdrawn
Kennedy & Geiger, petition of.
withdrawn....
presented—
±u
Lands, exemption from taxation, &c. (See resolution by Mr. J. Harleston
Read.)
Lang, Thomas, petition of. 122
Lancaster Ledger, account of. 102
Larr, Rev. John, petition of < 233, 258, 285
Laurens, petition of Soldiers' Board of Relief of. 144, 155
(See House Bill No. 48.)
Leggett, Levi, and others, petition of 218, 224, 307
Legare, Nathan, petition of. 101, 132, 228, 2G8
Lenoir, Isaac W., petition of. ...53, 94, 215, 258
Lesesne, Charles A., petition of 237, 299, 352
William B., and others (witnesses), accounts of 241, 232, 352
withdrawn 358
Lexington, petition of citizens of, in relation to distilleries...137, 145, 229
Lindsay, William, petition of ; 148, 187, 259, 309
Lincoln, Abraham, proclamation of. (See resolutions by Mr. Magrath
and Mr. W. G. DeSaussure.)
Long, John T., petition of. 44, 107, 207
54, 234, 284, 364
10, 87, 126
126
45, 76
25
241, 262, 341
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Pagb
Long, John T., petition of, withdrawn 207
Ludlam School Fund, Report of Treasurer of. .181, 149, 283, 334
Lunatic Asylum. (See Asylum, Lunatic.)
• M.
Magistrate, petition to appoint in Edgefield 9
York 10
Graniteville 43
Aiken 54
Orangeburg . 55
Pickens 65, 85, 233
Barnwell 187
Mahan's Compilation. (See resolution by Mr. Duryea.)
Marlborough, petitions of citizens of. 5, 116, 138, 216
Marion Star, account of....". 54
Marion, petition of citizens of. 138, 145, 295, 365, 370
Marshburn, James H., petition of. 42, 242, 286, 334
Mayer, A. G., petition of. 218, 292, 332, 364
Means, Isaac II.. accounts of. 115, 116, 110, 228, 269
David C-, petition of 148
Meggett, W. C., petition of. J. 54, 234, 285, 340
Mellett, Francis H., and J. H. McKnight, petition of...218, 234, 351, 357
Melton, Joseph, petition of. ;..55, 74, 113, 201
(See resolution fyy Mr. Eaves.)
Members, sworn and took their seats 37, 41, 61, 81, 100, 130, 201, 382
Alphabetical list of. (See resolution by Mr. O'Connor.)
Seats of protested..... 5, 8, 64, 66, 89
Added to Committees 64, 84, 137, 224, 262, 362
Leave granted to record votes 100, 101, 169, 171,188, 195
225, 249, 372, 402, 408, 418
Excused from serving on Committees 362
Excused from voting 181
Leave of absence granted to 64, 77, 111, 120, 131, 187, 217
252, 272, 276, 301, 315, 391, 401, 407, 408, 414, 423
Seat of contested 8, 64, 341, 362
Messenger of the House, ballots for 8, 88
Elected 40
To perform postal services 68
, (See resolution by Mr. Norwood.)
pro tern, appointed 382
448
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Page
Meetze, H. A., elected Commissioner in Equity for Lexington 115
McBryde, S., account of. 46
McCauley, James, protest of. - 8, 341, 362
McClenaghan, J. C., appointed Cashier .....' 52
McCrary, James, petition of ' j 44, 94, 218
McFadden, J. M., account of. 241
McFadden, J. S., counter memorial of. 64, 341, 362
McJunkin, W. S., petition of. 53, 242, 287
McJunkin, Daniel, petition of 102, 132, 228, 268
Mclver, Henry, Esq., excused. (See resolution by Mr. Mullins.)
McKerrall, W. J., account of. 86, 127, 147
McKnight, R. A., account of 53, 311, 333
Military defence of the State, report of disbursements from 8th to 18th
December, 1861 212
Military Account and Contingent Fund, report on 243, 287, 303, 363
Militia Officers, commissions of. (See resolutions by Mr. Legg.)
Milling, John, petition of...; 164
Milliken, E. P., petition of. 217, 292, 332, 360
Mims, R. T., petitions of. 234
withdrawn 234, 285, 334
Minton, Thos. S.,* petition of. 73,149
withdrawn 185
presented .' 241? 262, 333
withdrawn....- 311
Mitchell, William, petition of. 10, 341, 365
Charles F., and others, petition of. 241, 261, 351
(See House Bill No. 72.)
Moore, Elizabeth, petition of. 116, 242, 287
Morse's Patent Breech Loading Carbine. (See resolutions by Mr. Duryea.)
Moss, W. 0., petition of. 10, 173, 284, 334
Muckenfuss, B. S. D., petition of. 42, 86, 126,161
Mullins, Wm. S., called to the chair 3
Munro, Dr. F. M., account of. 85, 109? 215, 277
Myers, C. A., petition of. 41, 76, 125, 227
- 2sr.
Negroes, removal of, Report of Secretary 101, 128, 221, 334, 350
detention of, on the coast. (See resolutions by Mr. Boyce.)
proclamation of Superintendent. (See resolution by Mr. Boyce.)
Neil, George, petition of. 44
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' Newberry, petition of Soldiers' Board of Relief of. 144
New State House, Report of Superintendent and Architect. .77,153,176,233
(See House Bill No. 65.)
Nicholson, A. P., elected Messenger 40
Norment, Dr. B. C., account of. 218, 233, 285
o.
Odd Fellows, R't Worthy Southern G-rand Lodge, petition of. .52, 108, 214
Offices reported vacant * 66, 92, 111
Offices and Officers, report of Committee on »283, 303, 342, 360, 368
O'Connell, P., petition of. 114,155, 284, 821
O'Neall, Chief Justice,'petition of. ^ 44, 107,198, 214
Orangeburg, petition of citizens of. 102, 148, 280
Owens, J. W., petition of.....* 43, 242, 287
i*
3?.
Parker, W. H., elected Commissioner in Equity for Abbeville District, 115
Park, E., and Andrew Striker, petition of. 64, 75, 95
Patterson, J., petition of. 41, 107, 215, 258
Patterson, Giles J., memorial of. 72, 86, 125, 140, 230
Patton, John R., report of. (See Catawba Indians.)
Patrol law, petition of citizens of Laurens in relation to 233, 271, 351
Pelham, C, P., appointed Printer of the House 87
Elected State JPrinter 115
Claim of. 219, 225,285, 334
Perroneau, Edward <C., petition of. £ 392, 402, 410
Petigru, J. L., Commissioner of the Code, report of. 130, 227, 239
Phillips, William, petition of. 65, 86, 125
Powell and Templeton, accounts of.- 10, 87, 127
Presentment, Grand Jury, for Darlington 65, 117, 140
Pickens 73, 86, 139, 229
Lexington 355
Lancaster 85, 217, 307
Printing, public, proposals for 65, 87, 112, 114
Printer, State, elected 113, 115
Pringle, W. A., petition of. 122, 234, 284, 334
Privateer, Jeff. Davis, petition Stockholders of...38, 66, 113, 117, 214, 280
Privileges and Elections, Committee to send for persons and papers.
(See resolution by Mr. Trenholm.)
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Property destroyed and lost on the coast of S. C. in 1861 and 1862,
report of Commissioners ' 175, 184, 236
Purse, W. W., account of. *...93, llY, 206, 209
Pudigon, A., and others, petition of. 116, 154
PL
Railroad, petition to charter. ; 72
(See House Bill No. 40.)
Charleston and Savannah, communication from President of.. 261
, (See Governor Bonham's Message No. 1.)
Ramsay, David, petition( of 217, 225, 300, 358
Rawls, Dr. Thos. P., account of.'. 65,122, 276
Reading Clerk elected 6, 8
Reed, J. P., elected Solicitor Western Circuit 73
Recess x>f the House 209
(See re'solution by Mr, W. G. DeSaussure.)
Reenstjerna, Dr. J.', account of 44, 87, 126, 341
Reporters admitted to the Hall 8
Reserves S. C. M., 4th and 10th Regiments. (See resolution by Mr.
Trescot.)
4th Regiment, petition of Field Officers of. 54
(See resolution by Mr. J. T. Lowry and House
Bill No. 18,)
Of Marlboro, petition of. 77, 94,138, 229, 272
8th Regiment^ petitions. .92,93,138, 218, 229,240, 351
2d Regiment, petition'of... 101, 138, 189, 240, 351
1st Regiment, petition of. 102,138, 229
8th Regiment, Company B, petition of...102, 138, 229
6th Regiment, petition of.... 116, 138, 229
11th Regiment, petition of. .154, 182, 295
(See resolutions by Mr. B. F. Perry and Mr.
J. T. Lowry.)
(See resolution by Mr. Dawkins.)
Resolution (in Secret Session) in relation to 333, 342
(See resolution by Mr. S. B. Jones.)
Petition of Captains of 9th Corps of. 356
Richardson, James M., petition of 9, 76, 125
withdrawn . 125
Richardson, J. S. G., elected State Reporter 283
Rickenbaker, S. E., petition of. 77
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~ Paqe
ROADS.
petition against stopping in Greenville 9, 76
for discontinuance of, in Greenville 43, 76,125
■ for opening in Dark Corner in Greenville 216, *233, 307
against keeping up Jones' Turnpike, in Greenville..43, 95,214.
to change location of, in Pickens >-45, 75,125*
against changing, in Pickens 122, 139, 229
to establish, in Williamsburg - 53, 95, 214
Roberts, Wm. F., petition of. - 42, "94, 215, 258
Roper Fund, abstract of Report on ( ,....84,117, 214
Rule 60th, notice to suspend . : 131
suspended 142
Rule 74th, notice to suspend 141, 155, 156, 212, 253
suspended , 147,164,167, 217, 262
Rule 51st, notice to suspend 323
suspended 342
REPORTS SENT FROM THE SENATE TO. THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
or THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND BANKS.
On resolutions for appointing an Agent to settle claims against
the Confederate Government 187
On petition of W. A. Willingham 187, 204; 286
On petition of holders of lots on Sullivan's Island...187,190, 302,358
" J. R. Ellis 84, 190, 207
James Gillam . 84, 132, 228
Isaac M. Lenoir 84, 107, 214
stockholders of the Privateer Jefferson Davis...84, 214,
280
B. E. Kiddell 84, 364
T. Harrison Bqker : 109, 117, 132
Giles J. Patterson 127, 140, 230
accounts of the Roper Fund ....127, 140, 214 '
Report of Transient Poor of Charleston 127, 230
Comptroller General on petition of Thomas B.
Clarkson, for himself and another 110, 144, 229
petition of Mrs. Elizabeth Hinson 161, 173, 230, 330
memorial of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Columbia,
for relief of the transient poor 178, 182, 280
petition of James N. Cochran 259, 300, 358
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On memorial of John TownsencLand others 302, 311, 358
petition of David Ramsay 309, 319, 357
OP THE COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS AND -GRIEVANCES.
On the account of W. W. Purse 127, 140, 206
On the petition of Hon. J. B. O'Neall 127, 167
W. H. Baker. 127, TS8
• Lewis M. Ott 127, 240, 286, 295, 306, 310
On Ijhe'accounts of Evans & Cogswell....* 128, 140, 149, 230, 280
On the account of Charleston Mercury 147, 155, 286
On the accounts of Clerk of the Senate .'.178, 205, 269, 292, 332
On the petition of Wm. Carter 155, 286
J. J. Belser 147, 286
On the petitions of E. R: Plowden 202
On the memorial of John S. Burch 147
On the account of Samuel Watson 202, 242, 286
Theodore Starke 204
On the petition of Thomas Lang 269
William Young 269
Zachariah Hall 269
W. W. Caller 269
Samuel Jordan . 269
Joseph Baker. 269
C. R. Harvim 270
James Briggs.. 270
John T. Green.... 270
Philip Terry 270
J. J. Wells., 270
. Jesse Jones 270, 292, 332
Henry McKee 309, 331,. 358
R. L. Hart : ' 309
Wm. B. Means.." 309, 331, 358
J. A. Cunninghan 320
T. Ellerbe, Sr 320
Edward Rinsler 320
George C. James 321
James Legare 335
M. Harris..,» 335
On the Contingent Account of State House Keeper 840, 341, 361
On the report of Committee on sundry claims 368
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OF THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTS AND VACANT OFFICES,
Page
On Comptroller's report on the Contingent Accounts of the Lower
Division ..188, 350, 356
OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE MILITARY AND PENSIONS.
On Message No. 3 of the Gdvernor 137, 286
On resolution authorizing the Governor to appoint an Assistant r
Adjutant General * •. 199
On petition Asa George 202, 240, 287, 293, 316, 323, 338
On report, in Secret Session, on Message No. 2 of the Governor. .138, 230
On so much of the Governor's Message as relates to the two com¬
panies of Mounted Rifles, &c *.....291, 300, 317, 341
On Message No. 12 of the "Governor 302, 311, 358
On resolution authorizing Boards of Relief to pay out certain
funds •. 303, 311
, On resolutions from the State of Florida 303, 311, 358
Oft THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
On resolution in relation to iron • 259
On so much of Message No. 1, Governor's, as relates to certain
Regiments electing Field Officers : 335, 365
OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE COLLEGE, EDUCATION AND RELIGIQN.
On Message No. 4 of the Governor 199, 252, 265
On report of the Commissioners of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind,
202, 242, 286
OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE NEW STATE HOUSE.
On report of the^Architect, Superintendent and Commissioner of
the New State House 169, 173
On Message No. 10 of the Governor ; *...202, 225, 307
OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE LUNATIC ASYLUM AND MEDICAL ACCOUNTS.
On account of Dr. T. J. Goodwyn 110, 123, 221
On the petition of l)r. A. H. Johnston 110, 123, 220
On the report of the Regents of the Lunatic Asylum 178, 189, 277
OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES.
On the petition of the Trustees of the Marine' School of Charles¬
ton 171, 173, 280
454
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OF SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEES.
Paoi
On the communication of J. L. Petigru, Esq., Commissioner to
Codify the Statute Law ; 161, 163, 286
On Message No. 13 of the Governor 202
In reference to the remains of General Maxcy Gregg 203
On the Ordinances of the Convention and the proceedings of the
Executive Council .... ". .* 269, 356
OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.
On the Reports of Solicitors on Offices and Officers 335, 356
On so much of the Governor's Message No. 2 as relates to the
Executive Council and their documents 335
On so much of the Governor's Message No. 2 as relates to the
Governor not acting with the Executive Council 335, 356
*
RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRE¬
SENTATIVES.
Mr. O'Connor, instructing the Reading Clerk to prepare an alphabet¬
ical list of the members 7
Mr. Yeadon, of inquiry in relation to disorganizing and disbanding
the S. C. College 38
Mr. Whaley, in relation to the Constitution and the Executive Coun¬
cil 39, 47, 55, 63, 73, 80, 89, 147
Mr. Alfred M. Lowry, of inquiry in relation to the establishment of
salt works, &c .....! ,,!? 40
Mr. Norwood, inviting the ClergJ- to open the daily sessions with
prayer...: 40
Mr. Trescot, requesting information of the Governor concerning the
disbanding of the 4th and 10th Regiments of Reserves 47
Mr. Mullins, proposing to the Senate a Joint Committee 'on a portion
of Message No. 1 of the Governor 57
Mr. Trenholm, authorizing the President of the Bank of the State to
pay arrearages of interest on certain railroad bonds..66, 132, 228, 269
Mr. Trenholm, authorizing the Committee on Privileges and Elections
to send for persons and papers in the contested election of J. S.
McFadden 66
Mr. O'Connor, complimentary to the troops of S. C 67, 81
Mr. Yeadon, in- relation to opening- the daily sessions with a certain
prayer 68
Mr. Norwood, instructing the Messenger to forward letters to the post
office.....* 68
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PJlGI
Mr, Boyce, of inquiry as to the guarantee of bonds of the Confede¬
rate States by the State of South Carolina 68, 109
(See House Bill No. 34.)
Mr. Boy.ce, of inquiry as to making all fi fa's payable in current
funds 69, 94, 213
Mr. Legg, of inquiry as to vacating the commissions of certain Militia
Officers of this State 70, 139, 229
Mr. John T. Lowry, authorizing the Eegiments of Eeserves of this
State to elect their officers..., ...71, 113
(See House Bill No. 18.)
Mr. Ypumans, referring certain Ordinances and Eesolutions of the
Convention to Committees 77
Mr. J. Harleston Bead, in relation to discharging certain soldiers and
vacating commissions of Militia Officers 78
Mr. Boyce, in relation to the detention of Negroes on the Coast.....79, 284
Mr. B. F. Perry, to distribute the third and last number of Mr. Peti-
gru's Code of the Statutes of this State -. 79, 128
Mr. Duryea, appointing James Tupper, Esq., agent of the State to
audit and settle claims of this State against the Confederate
Government, &c 79, 295, 352
Mr. Treuholm, in relation to the currency 1 87, 96
Mr. Duryea, in relation to the removal of the Books of Eecord and
Papers of the several public offices of Charleston District,
89,109, 128,209,352
Mr. Duryea, in relation to printing certain matters in the daily Jour-
nal ...... 90, 127
Mr. J. Harleston Bead, of inquiry as to exempting from taxatipn cer¬
tain lands 91, 299, 351.
Mr. Thomson, requiring Delegations to make lists of vacant offices,
&c 92
Mr. Miillins, excusing Henry Mclver, Solicitor, from attending the
present Session of the Legislature 95, 114
Mr. Magrath, of inquiry in relation to the late Proclamation of A.
Lincoln, in reference to our slave population 110, 138, 229
Mr. Thomson, making inquiry of the President of the Bank of the
State, as to small bills Ill
Mr. Eaves, placing Joseph Melton under the care of the Soldiers' Board
of Belief. 113, 201
Mr. Hutson, of inquiry as to changing the 11th Artiele of the State
Constitution 118, 273
450
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Mr. O'Connor, providing for the nomination of a President and Direc¬
tors of the Bank of the State of South Carolina 118
Mr. Allemong, of inquiry as to holding the Courts of Common Pleas
and General Sessions for Charleston District 118, 138
Mr. TV. G. DeSaussure, providing for a recess of the General Assem¬
bly .' 119, 151, 167, 171, 190, 198, 201
Mr. Alfred M. Lowry, of inquiry as to appropriating the Free School
Funds to the families of certain soldiers 119, 273, 276, 357
Mr. Stokes, of inquiry as to calling into certain military service per¬
sons of color .' 119, 229
Mr. Boyce, of inquiry as to the detention of negroes at work on the
coast defences 119, 157
Mr. SulHvan, requesting the Governor to distribute salt on hand* &c.,
to. the Boards of Relief of Soldiers 120, 184
Mr. Seymour,f of inquiry "as to exempting from taxation a certain
amount of property of soldiers of the army for a certain time..120, 148
Mr. Lucas, in relation to the defence of Charleston 123
Mr. Duryea, of inquiry as to' purchasing a certain number of Morse's
Patent Breechloading Carbines 124, 138, 206, 303
Mr. Trescot, requesting the Governpr to furnish certain information in
reference to the 4th Regiment Reserves 128
Mr. Thomson,' for the appointment of a Special Committee to devise a
system of taxation for this State 129
Mr. Youmans, in relation to the Representatives of foreign Govern¬
ments... '. ..130, 145, 230
Mr. O'Connor, in relation to providing a supply of military clothing,
130, 173, 285, 364
Mr. Mobley, providing for an additional Magistrate in Edgefield Dis¬
trict ". 131
Mr. Byrd, providing for the payment of certain drafts of the Commis¬
sioners of Free Schools 131
Mr. Pinckney, proposing to invite the members of the Executive
Council to seats on the floor of this House 131
Mr. Magrath, of inquiry as to aid to the families of Soldiers in active
service 132, 154, 173
Mr. Bobo, prohibiting the sale of Spirituous Liquors in small quanti¬
ties in this State during the war..... 133
Mr. Duryea, of inquiry'as to purchasing copies of Mahan's Compila¬
tion on Permanent Fortifications 136, 138, 228, 303
Mr. Lide, of inquiry as to increase of the amount allowed for Pauper
Patients in the Lunatic Asylum 141
INDEX TO THE HOUSE JOURNAL.
457
4
Paob
Mr. Lide, proposing to appropriate the College Buildings for the use
of Cadets in the Arsenal Academy 141
Mr. Fort, in relation to the power and duties of the C9nvention....l41, 231
Mr. McCants, in relation to compensation for slaves lost employed on
the defences and fortifications on the coast... 156, 205, 806, 310, 349,
353, 358, 362
Mr. Thomson, of inquiry as to the imprisonment of citizens of this
State by order of the Executive Council 156
Mr. Yeadon, in relation to the State Convention and the Executive
Council 159
Mr. J. M. DeSaussure, of inquiry in relation to the business of the
present Session ...159, 167
Mr. Yeadon, directing that John Chapman HugCr be admitted as a
Cadet in the State Military Academy 159, 182, 295
Mr. W. G. DeSaussure, requesting information of the Governor in re¬
lation to certain'lots on Sullivan's Island 167
Mr. W. G. DeSaussure, instructing the President of the Bank to ad¬
vance certain payments 174, 178
Mr. Sullivan, in relation to the distribution of salt 179
Mr. W. H. Evans, instructing the Clerk to make up a calendar of un¬
finished business 183
Mr. Thomson, instructing the Comptroller General to furnish a state¬
ment'of the commissions received by the several Tax Collectors... 183
Mr. Campbell, appointing James Tupper, Esq., Auditor for the State
for the adjustment of claims of the State against the Confederate
States, &c 183
Mr. Hutson, in relation to the death and funeral servi6es of the*late
Brigadier General Maxcy Gregg 193, 201
Mr. Yenning, in relation to staying the War Tax executions against
G. W. Roberts and D. Truesdell 203
Mr. Thomson, retaining the several Boards of Soldiers' Relief for a
certain time.; 205
Mr. J. M. DeSaussure, tendering to the Governor the use of the House
of the President of the South Carolina College for a certain
time 205, 209
Mr. Allemong, in relation to the Records and Papers of Charleston
District , 206
Mr. Perrin, establishing an additional election box in Abbeville Dis-
' trict T 208, 209
Mr. Duryea, authorizing the Clerk to advertise for proposals to fur¬
nish the House with stationery 209
58
458
INDEX TO THE HOUSE JOURNAL.
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Mr. Trescot, in relation to the Proclamation of the Governor continu¬
ing in office Soldiers' Boards of Relief. 210, 243, 267
Mr. Boyee, relating to the Proclamation of the Superintendent of negro
labor * 211, 217
Mr. Bobo, in relation to the appointment of Joseph Carter a benefi¬
ciary in the Military Academies 212, 252
Mr. J. Harleston Read, relating to a vacancy in the delegation from
Winyah 212
Mr. Yeadon, ordering writs of election to be issued 212
Mr. W. G. DeSaussure, relative to the proclamation of A. Lincoln 212
Mr. B. F. Perry, relative to calling out certain classes of slaves to work
the roads 219, 233,. 351
Mr. O'Connor, for the appointment of Committees to investigate the
Bank of the State and branches 225
Mr. Boyce, relative to the expediency of amending a certain Act 225
Mr. Boyce, authorizing James Tupper, Esq., to have certified copies
of certain papers 226, 243
Mr. Youmans, relating to taxes collected on lands and slaves in posses¬
sion of the enemy ". 231
Mr. Whaley, for the pay of the Clerk for extra service 236,. 260
Mr. Duryea, relative to the records of the Ordinary for Charleston Dis¬
trict 236, 260, 277, 300
Mr. Youmans, relating to the election of members of the Confederate
Congress 240, 266
Mr. Sessions, relative to the removal of arms from Horry C. II. to
Little River 243, 261, 277, 291
Mr. B. P. Perry, in relation to the discharge of the regiments of S. C.
Reserves 244
Mr. Dawkins, relative to the manufacture of cotton cards 244
Mr. Oliver, in relation to the death of Col. T. J. Glover 257
Mr. Thomson, in relation to the report of the Committee on Offices
and Officers 257
Mr. Boyce, in relation to the office of' the Secretary of State 262
Mr. W. G. DeSaussure, for the payment of the officers of the Senate
and House of Representatives for this adjourned Session, 266, 286, 319
Mr. Duryea, to expunge a portion of the Journal 296
Mr. Boyce, in relation to machinery for making cotton cards,
300, 335, 342, 365
Mr. Boyce,, relative to purchase of cotton cards .300, 335
Mr. Trenholm, complimentary to Flag Officer Ingraham, Captains Rut-
ledge, Tucker, &c 300, 317, 321
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Mr. W. G. DeSaussure, relative to the adjustment of the debt to the
State of Tennessee for machinery, &c 300, 311, 334
Mr. John T. Lowry, in relation to disbanding the first corps of S. C.
Reserves 311, 352
Mr. Mullins, appointing Commissioners for the construction of iron
clad steamboats, &c 310, 344, 364
Mr. Thomson, for the appointment of a commission to adjust an equi¬
table system of taxation 320, 358, 362
Mr. Yeadon, authorizing the Governor to increase prices for salt...831, 358
Mr. Yeadon, appointing Frederick A. Ford Magistrate 331, 340
Mr. Yeadon,requesting Professors in South Carolina College to instruct
Students during the suspension ' 342
Mr. W. G. DeSaussure, authorizing the Governor to employ an acting
Ordnance Officer and Clerk for a certain time —342, 364
Mr. Campbell, in relation to printing in the Journal certain amend¬
ments to bills, reports, &c : ,342, 365
Mr. Boycc, in relation to the service of the several Regiments of Re¬
serves for a certain time 343, 365
Mr. S. B. Jones, in relation to disbanding the 1st Corps of Reserves.. 354
Mr. Mitchell, appointing proxies to represent the State in the Charles¬
ton and Savannah Railroad Company f 355, 868
Mr. Mattison, in relation to the death of Col. J. Y. Moore 356
Mr. Mullins, in relation to the election for Representatives to the next
Congress of the Confederate States 361
Mr. Dawkins, in relation to the three Regiments of Reserves near
Pocataligo 363, 368, 370
Mr. Kennedy, instructing the Comptroller General to make a report
in relation to the bonds of Tax Collectors 369
RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED AT SESSION OF APRIL, 1863.
Mr. W. G. DeSaussure, to appoint Messenger pro tern 382
Mr. Jenkins, relative'to opening the Sessions with prayer 388
Mr. J. H. Read, as to the currency, and the expediency of reporting
a Bill thereon 388, 399
• asking a conference 389
relative to a Bill to supply negro labor for coast de¬
fence 392
(See House Bill No. 1£.)
Mr. Dawkins, as to subjects of legislation 389
Mr. Thomson, in relation to the banks of the Lower Division 391, 402,
410, 416
460
INDEX TO TIIE HOUSE JOURNAL.
Page
Mr. Thomson, appointing S. II. Rush a Magistrate 410, 413
Mr. Yeadon, in relation, to daily recess 301
relative to the Free Market 412, 423
Mr. S. B. Jones, relative to the Act, to organize the Militia 302, 407
Mr. Mullins, relative to the death of Captain J. C. McClenaghan 393
Mr. Trenholm, as to the expediency of increasing the compensation of
Certain public officers ; . 304, 416
Mr. Hutson, relative to General Beauregard 401
Mr. Norwood, in relation to double tax executions against soldiers,
404, 40i, 416
Mr. Bryce, appointing Commissioners of Free Schools for Richland
District 407, 409
providing for the payment of members and officers of the
General Assembly 411, 416
Mr. Fraser, relative to the time for printing and.delivering the Acts
and Resolutions of the last Session of the Legislature 408, 416
Mr. Legg, appointing proxies to represent State Stock in the Spartan¬
burg and Union Railroad Company 412, 413
Mr. Boatwright, appointing Escbeator for Richland District 412, 413
Mr. Shaw, relative to compensation for slaves executed 412
Mr. Duryea, relative to-purchasing stationery 414
RESOLUTIONS PROM THE SENATE.
As to subjects of legislation ....- 390, 394
the adjournment, sine die, of the General Assembly 407
For the appointment of Commissioners of Free Schools for Rich¬
land District... 409
For the appointment of Commissioners of Public Buildings 414
Of thanks to the troops for the defence of Charleston Harbor 415
In relation to the trial of cases on the dockets 423
RESOLUTIONS SENT FROM THE SENATR TO THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.
In relation to the Executive, Judicial and Legislative Depart¬
ments of Government 81, 172
Providing for educating certain youths in the Military Acade¬
mies ....128, J44, 231, 234, 287, 294
In relation to reducing the Public Printing 81, 118
In relation to the petition of T. Harrison Baker 145, 230
For sending the papers with the Road Bill, on which it is based,
161, 173, 286
INDEX TO THE HOUSE JOURNAL.
461
Page
Requesting an early report on the Contingent Accounts of the
Upper and Lower Divisions 171
Complimentary to Brigadier General "Walker and the late Col.
Thos. G. Lamar 182, 187
Belating to the Treasury of the Lower Division 187, 204
Relating to the appointment of an Auditor to adjust the claims of
the State against the Confederate Government 192, 203
Relating to the reception of the remains of General Maxcy
Gregg 197
For suspending proceedings under a Tax Execution against G.
W. Roberts and G. Truesdell 199, 358, 362
Authorizing Treasurers to make certain payments 199, 204
Relating to the distribution of salt 204
For the adjournment of the General Assembly on Friday, the
30th inst '. 222, 257, 262, 306, 316, 323, 364
Relating to nominating Boards of Commissioners for the Soldiers'
Relief Act : ...222, 352
Authorizing the Governor to appoint an assistant Adjutant Gen¬
eral 234, 286
Instructing the Treasurer to pay a certain sum of money to Dr.
A. N. Talley .' ....270, 232, 352
For the pay and mileage of the Commission to examine the
Cod*e of the Statute Law of this State 282f, 292, 300, 352
Correcting a clerical error in the report of the Committee on the
New State House 291
In relation to the bonds on contracts with the State for the manu-
, facture and delivery of salt ' 291, 331, 354
In relation to extortion and extortioners 318
For appointing proxies to represent the State in the Laurens Rail¬
road Company 335, 341
Requesting the Governor to forward to the President of the
• Confederate States a copy of a certain Act....m. 349
For appointing proxies to represent the State in the Cheraw and
Darlington Railroad Company 355
Complimentary to the women of the South * 372
s.
Sams, Rev. Barnwell B., petition of 41, 94, 185
withdrawn 185
Sanders, J. B., appointed assistant Cashier House Representatives 52
Salt. (See resolutions by Mr. J. T. Lowry and Mr. Sullivan, also
Senate Bill No. 7.)
•462 INDEX TO THE HOUSE JOURNAL.
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Seeret sessions of the House 46, 113, 312, 3lV', 320
Secretary of State, elected , 05, 100
Sellers, W. H., and others, petition of. 93
Scott, S. McBryde, account of. 53,' 229
Simonton, C. H., petition of. .\ 42, 234
Slaves lbst in service of the State. (See resolution by Mr. McCants.)
Sloan, John T., elected Clerk of the House of Representatives 7
Smith, Reuben, petition of 43, 117, 215, 258
Smith, Elizabeth, petition for 224, 258, 351
Soldiers, petition citizens Chester in relation to 42
» Greenville " 43
York « 54, 144
Chesterfield " 64
Newberry 116, 229
Pickens « 122, 155, 173, 287
, Spartanburg " 10,94, 144
Soldiers, S. C. (See resolutions by Mr. O'Connor.)
Report Central Association. (See petition J. Townsend and
. others.)
Board of Relief. (See petition B. II. Brown and others.) ,
Report nominating Boards of Relief. 266, 282, 283, 303
Solicitor, Middle Circuit, elected 71, 73
Northern " " : 131, 355
Eastern " " 226, 355
Western " " • 71, 73
Southern " report of. 122, 355
Western " ' « 157, 216, 307
Eastern " 11 226
Northern " " .' ,.... 131
Spartanburg Express, account of. 53, 74
withdrawn 74
Speaker of the House, elected 5
Stay Law, petition of citizens of York in relation to 54, 108, 213
(See Senate Bill No. 27.) »
Stalnaker, J. B.,.petition of. 43, 190, 284, 334
Statute Law. (See report of J. L. Petigru, Commissioner.)
Stationery for the House. (See resolution by Mr. Duryea.)
Starkie, Andrew, petition of 213
Stallings, J. H., claim'of. 224, 258, 285
withdrawn 285
INDEX TO THE HOUSE JOURNAL. 463
Page
Stato-House keeper, *,...413, 414
State Reporter, elected 278, 283
St. John's Island, petition of Planters of..: 43, 148, 230
Still, Elijah, account of 85, 108, 215, 269
Steamers, Iron Clad. (See resolution by Mr.. Mullins.)
Stokes, E. R., account of. 85, 108, 215, 269
Shaw, S. B., petition of. 9, 85, 126, 161
Stuckey, J. J., petition of. ...,164, 187, 284, 321
Styles & Brewton, account of. ! 233, 285
Sullivan's Island, petition and memorial of citizens of. 116, 148, 217,
271, 300
Surveyor General, elected 71, 75
Sumter Watchman, account of..'. Y 53, 74, 113, 147
Swedish Iron Manufacturing Company, memorial of.' 72, 76, 125
(See Senate Bill No. 6.)
T.
Taxation. (See Governor Pickens' Message No. 1.)..140,142,146,154,161
Taxation, system of. (See resolutions by Mr. Thomson.)
Tax, Confederate War 234
(See House Bills Nos. 67 amd 68.)
Tennent, Josiah J., petition of. 217, 300, 352
Tennessee, State, debt to. (See resolutions by Mr. W. G. DeSaussure.)
Terry, Philip, petition of. 241
Thomsbn, James, petition of...". 55, 132, 228, 269
R. A., elected Commissioner in Equity for Pickens District, 115
Thompson, Mariah, petition of. 216, 300, 351
withdrawn 351
Townsend, John, and others, petition of..,52, 108, 185, 226, 238, 291, 348
Trading Company of Confederate States, petition of. 233
(See House Bill No. 62.)
Treasurer Lower Division, /report of, on war tax 123
Tupper, James, Esq. (See resolutions by Mr. Duryea, Mr. Campbell
and Mr. Boyce/)
Tuttle, Robert, petition of. 224, 299, 332, 351, 363
Tyler, W. W., petition of. 218, 299, 3ti2
u.
Union, petition of citizens of, in relation to corn 224, 271, 351
464
INDEX TO THE HOUSE JOURNAL.
Y.
Pagb
Vaccination, report on 235, 351
(See Governor Picken's Message No. 1.)
w.
Waldrop, Jonathan, petition of..... 216, 292, 332, 363
Walker, J. H., account of 53, 74
withdrawn v 74
Warren, Dr. W. B., account of 92, 109, 213
withdrawn 350
Dr. John A., account of 92, 108, 213
withdrawn 213
Weeks, Hiram, petition of 121, 140, 228, 268
Weston, Plowden G. J., elected Lieutenant Governor 1 187
Wever, G. M., petition of. : 241, 299, 332, 363
White, H., account of 53, 74
withdrawn 74
W. E., petition of. 164, 190, 284, 334
Wilkie, G. W., petition of... 42, 242, 287
Williamson, John, petition of. 72, 299, 332, 363
Williams, Thomas, petition of. 114, 242
Wingate, H. H., memorial in relation to 115
Withers, Hon. T. J., elected Associate Judge of Court of Appeals 153
communication from 174
Wright, J. P., petition of 85, 139 229
withdrawn 229
Y. •
Yeadon, Richard, petition of. (See Charleston Free Market.)
Yorkville Enquirer, account of...... 54, 74,113,147
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS
OF THE
SENATE
AND
HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES,
*
WITH THEIK POST-OFFICES AND OCCUPATIONS.
a
OFFICERS OF THE SENATE.
Hon. W. D. PORTER, President.—P. 0., Charleston.
"W. E. MARTIN, Clerk.—P. O., Charleston.
J. C. KENNEDY, Reading Clerk.
A. D. GAILLARD, Messenger.
J. D. GAILLARD, Door Keeper.
members of the senate,
WITH
THEIR POST-OFFICES AND OCCUPATIONS.
MEMBERS.
ELECTION DIST,
POST-OFFICES.
OCCUPATIONS.
Appleby, M. T
Arthur, Ed. J
Barker, S. W
Beaty, Robert
Blakeney, J. W
Boykiu, A. H
Bomieau, P. P
Boyle, C. Ryan
Bull, W. Izard
Ellis, D. H
Fickling, F. W
Furman, I. K
Garlington, A. C
Hammond, P. T
Harrison, J. W
Hart, R. L
Hope, John C
Houser, David
Johnson. W. D
Johnson, W. R
Keitt, Geo. D
Lawton, Beni. W....,
Lesesne. H. D
Manning, J. L
Maxwell, Robert...
Mazyck, Alex
McAliley, Samuel..
McCaw, R. G
McKewn, J. C
Miller, E. H
Miller, J. W
Moses, F. J
Murray, W. M
Oswald, Geo. W
Palmer, E. G
Palmer, S. W
Porter, W. D
Rhett, Edmund
Roberds, W. G.
Sessions, F. J
Simkins, Arthur.....
Simpson, W. D
Thomson, Thos
- Ware, T. Edwin
Wilson, Bern. H
Worth am. J. J
St. George's, Dorchest'r St. George's Planter and Physician,
Richland jColumbia Lawyer.
St. John's, Berkeley ICharleston |Physician.
Union jSantuc.
Chesterfield Cheraw
Kershaw jCamden .«.
Christ Church jITaddrell's
St. Paul's jSummerville
St. Andrew's [Charleston
Prince William's | Whippy Swamp.
St. Luke's Grahainville
St.Thomas'& St.I}ennis'
'Newberry
'Lancaster
[Anderson
[Darlington
Lexington
(St. Matthew's
j Marlboro'
iMarion
Orange
Barnwell i
St. Philip's & St. Mic'l's
Clarendon
Pickens
St. James', San tee,
Chester
York
St. James',Goose Creek.i
Williamsburg
Spartanburg
Sumter
St. John's, Colleton
St. Bartholomew's...
Fairfield
St. Stephen's
St. Philip's & St. Mic'l's,
St. Helena
St. Peter's
Kingston
Edgefield
Laurens
Abbeville Abbeville C. H
Greenville Greenville C. H
Prince George's, Win'wiGeorgetovvn
All Suints' iLittle River
Charleston
Newberry C. H
Lancaster C. H
Anderson C. II
Darlington
Hope Station
St. Matthew's
Bennettsville
Mars' Bluff.
Orangeburg
Allendale
Charleston
Manchester
Maxwell's Mills
South Santee
Chester C. H
forkville
Summerville
Black Mingo
Reidville
Sumter
Yorkviile
Walterboro'
Ridgeway
Pioevilie
Charleston
Ashepoo Ferry
Allendale
Con wayboro'.
Edgefield
Laurens C. H
Planter.
Planter.
Planter.
Planter.
Planter.
Planter.
Farmer.
Lawyer.
Physician.
Lawyer.
Planter.
Lawyer.
Physician and Planter.
Farmer,
Planter.
Lawyer and Planter.
Physician and Planter,
Planter.
Physician.
Lawyer.
Planter.
Farmer.
Planter.
Lawyer and Planter.
Planter.
Physician and Planter.
Planter.
Planter.
Lawyer and Planter.
Planter,
Planter.
Planter.
Planter.
Lawyer.
Planter.
Planter.
Farmer.
Editor.
Lawyer.
Lawyer.
Farmer.
Lawyer,
Farmer.
OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Hon. A. P. ALDRICH, Speaker.—P. 0., Barnwell C, H.
J. T. SLOAN, Clerk.—P. O., Pendleton.
J. H. BAGGETT, Reading Clerk.
A. P. NICHOLSON, Messenger.
C. M. GRAY, Door Keeper.
members
OP THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
NAMES.
ELECTION DIST.
POST OFFICES.
OCCUPATIONS.
Adams, W. W
Aldrich, A. P
Aiken, J. D .'.....
Allemong, A. A
Bates, R. W
Blakeney, W. W
Boatwright, J. H
Bobo, Simpson
Boyce, James P j
Boylston, J. R
Brabhan, J. J
Bradley, J. S
Bradley, P. H
Bratton, John S
Broyles, O. R ,....
Bryee. C. R
Byrd, S. D. M
Campbell, J. B
Cook, P. D
Cooper, S. T
Crayton, B. F
Croft, Randell
Dawkins, T. N
DeSaussure, John M...,
DeSaussure, W. G
Doyle, James A
Dozier, R
DuPre, Daniel
Duryea, Robert S....
Eason, James M
"Eaves, N. R
Efird, A
Elliott, S., Jr
Evins, J. H
Evans, W. H
Fair, R A
Fort. William
Foster, W. M
Fraser, Thos. B
Graham, R. F
Harbin, Morgan
Hemphill, James
Hendricks, M
Huggins, G, A,
Huiet, John
Hutchinson, T, L...
Hutsoh, W. F
Jenkins, J. G
Johnston, R. M
Johnston. T. L
Jones, Abram
Jones, B. S
Jones, S. B
Kennedy, F. H
Kirk, Philip C
Lebby, William
Legg, G. W. H
Edgefield
Barnwell
St. Philip's & St. Mic'ls
St. Philip's & St. Mic'ls
St. Matthew's
Chesterfield
Richland
Spartanburg
Greenville
St. Philip's & St. Mic'ls
Barnwell
Sumter
Abbeville
York
Anderson
Richland
Williamsburg
St. Philip's & St. Mic'ls
Fairfield
Williamsburg
Anderson
Greenville
Union
Kershaw.
St. Philip's & St. Mic'ls
Pickens
Prince Geo.. Winyaw..
St. James', Santee.,...
St. Philip's & St. Mic'ls
St. Philip's & St. Mic'ls
Chester
Lexington
St Helena
Spartanburg
Darlington
Abbevule
Lexington
Spartanburg
Sumter v
Marion.
Pickens
Chester.
Pickens
Clarendon
Edgefield
St. Philip's & St. Mic'ls
Prince William's
Orange Parish
Richland
Lancaster,
Edgefield
Laurens.
Abbeville
Sumter,
St. John's, Berkeley....
St. Philip's & St. Mic'ls
Spartanburg
Edgefield C.H.....
Barnwell C, H.....
Charleston
Charleston
McCantsville,
Old Store
Columbia.
Spartanburg, C. H.,
Greenville C. H
Charleston
Buford's Bridge ....
Bishopville
White Hall..'...
Guthriesville
Anderson C. H
Columbia
Lee's
Charleston «...
Doko
Black Mingo
Anderson C, H.
Greenville C.*K
Unionville
Camden....,
Charleston
White Hill
Black Mingo !...
32 mile House
Charleston
Charleston
Chester C. H
Lexington C. H
Pocotaligo
Spartanburg C. H...
Society Hill
Abbeville CH
Lexington C. H
Cherokee Springs..
Sumter.
Marion C. H,
Fair Play.
Chester C. H..,
Pickensville
Manning
Edgefield C. H
Charleston
Pocotaligo
Orangeburg
Columbia
Cureton's Store
Edgefield
Clinton
Clarkesburg
Mechanicsville
Pineville
Charleston
Spartanburg C. H....
Lawyer.
Lawyer and Planter.
Lawyer.
Lawyer.
Physician and Planter.
Farmer.
Physician.
Lawyer & Manufacturer.
Professor of Theology.
Merchant.
Merchant and Planter.
Planter.
Planter.
Planter.
Planter.
Planter.
Physician.
Lawyer.
Farmer.
Merchant and Planter.
Merchant.
Planter.
Lawyer.
Planter.
Lawyer.
Farmer.
Lawyer.
Planter.
Lawyer.
Manufae'er & Mechanic.
Lawyer.
Clergyman,.
Planter.
Lawyer.
Planter.
Lawyer.
Lawyer!
Farmtjr.
Lawyer.
Lawyer.
Farmer,
Lawyer.
Farmer.
Druggist.
Farmer.
Planter.
Lawyer.
Planter.
Bank President.
Physician.
Farmer.
Farmer.
Clergyman.
Planter.
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Mechanic.
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MEMBERS OF THU HOUSE.
NAMES.
POST OFFICES.
OCCUPATIONS.
Lide, Thomas P—
Lockwood, T. P.....
Lovinggood, Samuel..
Lowry, Alfred M
Lowry, J. T
Lucas, Simons, Jr~.....
Magrath, E
Martin, Alfred M
Marshall, J. W, W
Mattison, C."*S
May, Jdhn
McCants, James B
MeCleneghan, J. C
McCullough, James....
McDaniel, James.
McFadden. J. C
McLeod, D. McD
McKinstry, Thos
Mikell, Jos. M '.
Mikell, T. P
Mitchell, C. T
Mullins, Will, S
Mobley, W. S......A
Norwood, J. H
O'Bannon, J. J...„
O'Connor, M. P
Oliver, Thomas
Peake, Henry T,
Perrin, James M
Perry, B. F
Perry, Daniel D
Pincknev, H. L., Jr
Power, William
Rhame, J, B
Reed, J. L
Read, J. Harleston
Sanders, J. B
Sarvis, C. B
Scaife, F
Sessions, B, E
Seymour, R. W
Shell, H. R
Smith, D. L
Stokes, Benjamin
Stewart, R
Suber, C. H
Sullivan, G. W
Talbert, John F
Thomson, A. W
Trenholm, George A...„
Trescot, W. Henry.
Vandiver, H. R
Venning, M. W
Wallace, John
Weatherly, T. C
Webber, J. W
Weston, P. C. J
Whaley, Williarm
Whetstone, J. M
Wilkinson, D. J
Williams, J. J..:
Williams, J. H
Williams, G. W
Wright, H. T
feadon, Richard
foungblood, S. C
foumans, LeRoy F
Darlington
St. Philip's & St, Mie'ls
Pickens
Chesterfield
York
St. Thomas & St. Denis
St. Philip's & St. Mie'ls
St. Peter's
Abbeville
Anderson
St. Geo's, Dorchester.
Fairfield ...
Marion
Greenville
Chester
Clarendon
Marlboro'
Fairfield
St. Andrew's....,
St. John's, Colleton
St. Philip's & St. Mie'ls
Marion
Edgefield
Darlington
Barnwell
St. Philip's & St. Mie'ls
Orange Parish ...
St. Philip's & St. Mie'ls
Abbeville
Greenville
Kershaw
St. Philip's & St, Mie'ls
Laurens „.
St. James', Goose Cr'k
Lancaster
Prince Geo.'s, Winyaw
St. Bartholomew's
Horry
Union
All Saints'
St. Philip's & St. Mie'ls
Laurens
St. Bartholomew's
St. Bartholomew's.
Newberry
Newberry
Laurens
Edgefield
Union
St. Philip's & St. Mie'ls
St. Philip's & St. Mie'ls
Anderson
Christ Church
Richland
Marlboro' -
Spartanburg
Prince Geo.'s, Winyaw
St. Philip's & St. Mie'ls
Barnwell :
St. Paul's
St. Stephen's
Newbepry
York .'
Edgefield
St. Philip's &St. Mie'ls
York .-. McConnellsville,
St. Luke's Gillisonville
Darlington C. H..
Charleston
Walhalla
Mt. Croghan
Yorkvillc
Monk's Corner....
Charleston
Brighton
Abbeville C. H....,
Anderson C. H
St. George's
Winsboro'
Marion C. H
Line Creek
Torbit's Store,
Manning
Bennettsville
Winsboro'
Charleston
Edisto Island
Charleston
Mullins' Depot
Richardsonville ..
Darlington C. H...
Barnwell C. H
Charleston
Orangeburg C. H..
Charleston
Abbeville C. H
Greenville C. H....
Liberty Hill
Charleston
Laurens, C. H
Holly Hill
Longstreet
Georgetown
Walterboro'
Bucksville,
Unionville
Conwayboro'. ........
Charleston
Laurens C. H ..
Walker's
Walterboro'
Newberry C. H
Newberry C. H
Laurens C. H
Longmier's Store..
Unionville
Charleston
Charleston
Townville
Haddrill's
Columbia
Bennettsville
Spartanburg C. H...
Georgetown
Charleston
Midway...#.
Adams' Run
Bonneau's Depot...
Newberry C. H
Yorkville
Edgefield C. H
Charleston
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Merchant & Planter.
Farmer.
Planter.
Planter.
Farmer.
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Physician and Planter.
Merchant.
Planter.
Physician and Planter.
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Physician and Planter.
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Railroad Superintend't.
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Merchant,
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Planter.
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Merchant.
Lawyer.
Planter.
Planter.
Planter.
Planter.
Merchant,
Planter.
Lawyer and Planter.
Planter.
Planter.
Planter.
Lawyer.
Lawyer.
Lawyer and Planter.
Editor.
Planter.
Lawyer,
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