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Thomas Je6erson.--In the House OF Del
egates of South Carolina, OH the 18th inst,
a Preamble and Resolutions from the Sen
ate, were read by the Speaker, appropriat-
ing the sum of ten thousand dollars OF SIX
per cent stock, rcdcemable in the year
1850, to the legal Representatives, for the
benefit of the heirs of THOMAS JEFFER-
SON. On the motion being put they pass
ed unanimously. They had passed the Sen
ate with nearly the same unanimity.


The following letter details the circum-
stances which attended the passage of the
bill through the legislature


Extract of a letter from Columbia, s. c.,


Dec. 81, 1926.


"I wrote YOU by the last mail of the sue
cess of the appropriation of $1,000 to Mrs.
Randolph in our Senate, and ventured to
predict that it would succeed in the House.
It has done so But the next day, (yester-
dav.0 when the question occurred on the
appropriation bill, there was an unexpected
and serious opposition to it. Seven gentle
men. the number required by the rules OF
the House, rose to demand the ayes and
noes. Upon this the matter was discussed ;
and then the Speaker asked, will seven gen
tlemen rise tor the ayes and noes! -Four
got up-then another. Cries OF shame
Shame! we're heard in the hall, and the ut
most excitement manifested. Another one
rose-and tho most breathless anxiety pre-
vailed. When the Speaker announced
"Tbere are six up" several voices cxclaim-
ed awe will surrender our pay bills" The
Sneaker, with manifest exultation, said 'the
ovcs and noes are not demanded--.here are