The PRESIDENT announced that the Message related to Executive business.

PAPERS FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House sent to the Senate,

Concurrent resolution that the Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives be instructed to issue pay certificates to members for salary and mileage, and for officers and employees, according to amounts allowed by law.

Ordered for consideration to-morrow.

NOTICES OF BILLS.

Mr. GREEN gave notice that he will on to-morrow, or some subse quent day, ask leave to introduce

Bill authorizing Robert Smalls to build a wharf and collect wharfage in the town of Beaufort.

Mr. DUNCAN gave notice that he will on to-morrow, or some subse quent day, ask leave to introduce

Bill to regulate the appointment and salary of Trial Justices of Orangeburg County.

BILLS INTRODUCED.

Mr. CORWIN asked and obtained the unanimous consent of the Senate to introduce, without previous notice,

Bill to extend the time for officers to qualify.

The Bill received its first reading, was ordered for a second reading and consideration to-morrow, and to be printed.

Mr. COCHRAN asked and obtained the unanimous consent of the Senate to introduce, withcut previous notice:

Bill to reduce the pay of jurors;

Bill to render officers of corporations personally responsible in certain

cases;

Bill to regulate the appointment of County officers;

Bill to reduce the pay of County Commissioners and their clerks ; Joint Resolution proposing certain amendments to the State Constitution.

The above Bills and Joint Resolution received their first reading, were ordered for a second reading and consideration to-morrow, and to be printed.

RESOLUTIONS.

Mr. JOHNSTON introduced the following:

Whereas the time for adjournment is fixed for the 22d of this month; and

Whereas two important Bills and other matters are to be considered and acted upon by this General Assembly; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, That the General Assembly meet at thirty minutes past eleven o'clock every day until the day of adjournment.

Ordered for consideration to-morrow.

GENERAL ORDERS.

The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the General Orders on the Calendar, to wit:

Report (unfavorable) of Committee on the Judiciary on Bill to require State officers to report promptly to the General Assembly.

The question was taken on agreeing to the report, decided in the affirmative, and the Bill accordingly rejected.

Bill (by Mr. Whittemore) relative to the annual examination of the bonds of the various County officers;

Bill (by Mr. Whittemore) to amend Section 37, Chapter XVI, Part I, Title V, of the General Statutes of South Carolina, relative to examination of County offices;

Bill (House) to provide for the better protection of the State House and State government against domestic violence;

Bill (by Mr. Cochran) to prohibit the unauthorized absence of certain officers from duty.

The above Bills were read by their titles, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Bill (by Mr. Warley) to make appropriation for the payment of the salary and mileage of the members of the General Assembly, and the salaries of the subordinate officers and employees, and other expenses incidental thereto.

The Bill was read by its title, and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Resolution (by Mr. Warley) to place on the Calendar all Bills and resolutions laid over from the last session.

On motion of Mr. WARLEY, the resolution was ordered to lie on the table.

Resolution (by Mr. Whittemore) that the Committee on Privileges and Elections inquire as to disqualification of any sitting member holding a seat in the Senate.

Mr. WHITTEMORE asked and obtained leaye to withdraw the resolution.

Resolution (by Mr. Johnston) that the two Houses meet in Joint Assembly, Monday, December 18, 1876, for the purpose of entering into an election for an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

On motion of Mr. SWAILS, the resolution was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. CRITTENDEN rose to a question of privilege, relative to certain misrepresentations in the Union-Herald as to his position on the resolution to print one thousand copies of the Inaugural Address, and stated that he withdrew the words "so called" in the amendment offered by him, assuming that D. H. Chamberlain was Governor de facto. Mr. NASH rose to a question of privilege, and disclaimed the remarks attributed to him in the Union-Herald, relative to Hon. J. J. Wright.

The PRESIDENT announced the hour arrived for the

SPECIAL ORDER FOR 12 M.

Joint Assembly to hear read the Journals of Senate and House of Representatives, relative to the election of United States Senator.

The Senate proceeded to the Hall of the House of Representatives to unite with that body in Joint Assembly to hear read the Journals of proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives relative to the election of United States Senator.

JOINT ASSEMBLY.

The two houses having met in Joint Assembly, it was called to order by Hon. R. H. GLEAVES, President of the Senate.

The PRESIDENT announced that, pursuant to Act of Congress, the two houses had now met in Joint Assembly for the purpose of hearing read so much of the Journals of both Houses as relates to the votes given in each House for a person to represent the State of South Carolina in the Senate of the United States, for the term of six years, commencing March 4, 1877.

The Clerk of the Senate read from the Senate Journal of Tuesday, December 12, 1876, so much of the proceedings of the Senate as related to the election of United States Senator.

The Clerk of the House of Representatives read from the Journal of Tuesday, December 12, 1876, so much of the proceedings of the House of Representatives as related to the election of United States Senator.

The PRESIDENT then declared Hon. D. T. Corbin, having received a majority of the whole number of votes given in each house of the General Assembly, duly elected Senator to represent the State of South Carolina in the Senate of the United States, for the term of six years, commencing March 4, 1877.

The PRESIDENT announced the Joint Assembly dissolved.

The Senate, at 12:15 P. M., returned to the Senate Chamber.

Mr. MAXWELL desired to record on the Journal that, had he been present, he would have voted for Hon. D. T. Corbin when the vote was taken for a person to represent the State of South Carolina in the Senate of the United States, for the term of six years, commencing March 4, 1877.

Mr. COCHRAN moved to take from the table

Resolution that a Committee of four be appointed to inquire as to the fact of a legal quorum existing in the House of Representatives.

After debate, participated in by Messrs. Cochran, Johnston, Livingston, Swails, Nash,.

On the question of agreeing to the motion of the Senator from Anderson,

Mr. SWAILS called for the yeas and nays.

The yeas and nays were taken, and resulted as follows:

Yeas-Messrs. Buck, Cannon, Cochran, Crittenden, Evans, Gaillard, Jeter, Livingston, Meetze, J. M. Williams, Witherspoon-11.

Nays-Messrs. Bird, Carter, Clinton, Corwin, Duncan, Green, Johnston, Maxwell, Myers, Nash, Swails, Taft, Walker, Warley, B. H. Williams, Whittemore-16.

So the Senate refused to take the resolution from the table.

On motion of Mr. JETER, at 12:35, P. M., the Senate adjourned.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1876.

The Senate assembled at 12 M., and was called to order by the PRESIDENT.

The roll was called, and, a quorum answering to their names, the PRESIDENT announced the Senate ready to proceed to business. Prayer by Rev. C. W. Mossell.

On motion of Mr. B. H. WILLIAMS, the reading of the Journal of yesterday was dispensed with.

The Sergeant-at-Arms announced

MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.

Message No. 8, from His Excellency the Governor, was presented to the Senate by Mr. Charles J. Babbitt, Private Secretary.

The PRESIDENT announced that the Message related to Executive business.

PAPERS FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The House returned, with concurrence,

Concurrent resolution that the General Assembly adjourn sine die, Friday, December 22, 1876.

The House sent to the Senate,

Bill to raise supplies for the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1876. The Bill received its first reading, was ordered for a second reading and consideration to-morrow, and to be printed.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

Mr. DUNCAN, from the Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries, to whom was referred Bill to establish and charter Yauhanna Ferry, in Georgetown County, reported back the same, with the recommendation that the Bill do pass.

Ordered for consideration to-morrow.

Mr. WHITTEMORE, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the following Bills, reported back the same, with the recommendation that the Bills do pass :

Bill to amend Section 37, Chapter XVI, Part I, Title V, of the General Statutes of South Carolina, relative to examination of County

offices;

Bill relative to the examination of the bonds of the various County officers.

Ordered for consideration to-morrow.

Mr. MYERS, from the Committee on Engrossed Bills, reported as duly and correctly engrossed, and ready for a third reading,

Bill to repeal Sections 55, 56 and 57, Title IV, Chapter CXX, of the Revised Statutes of South Carolina, relating to liens on crops.

Ordered for consideration to-morrow.

Mr. MYERS, from the Joint Committee on Printing, submitted the following report:

SENATE COMMITTEE ROOMS, COLUMBIA, S. C., December 13, 1876.

The Committee on Printing of the Senate, and the Committee on Printing of the House of Representatives, met this day at 4 o'clock P. M., pursuant to the requirements of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the public printing," approved March 17, 1874.

Your Committee find that due advertisement in the daily papers of Columbia and Charleston for proposals for the public printing was made by the Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, and that but two proposals were made, one by the Republican Printing Company, and the other by the Phoenix Publishing Company.