The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-20

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Box &C 81; 81
Stock &C 80. .
AS to the proposed new route, the
Committee to whom were referred
the reports of the Surveyor and En-
gineer, say:
''They have read tho very able
report of the Surveyor, and arc Of
opinion that new road must be
built as soon rs practicable. 1t has
occurred to them, however, that the
route surveyed may not he the best
one for the road, and they would
suggest that the Directors, before
commencing operations on the new
road, should have additional surveys
made. The President of the Com
pany stated, in the course of remarks
made in the meeting, that if the road
by the contemplated route should
not be built, the road by the present
route would have to be changed SO as
to place the bed of the road several
feet higher and beyond the risk of
freshets. Your Committee think that
| it would be advisable to have this
route surveyed and comparative esti-
mates made Of the cost of the road
upon it. 1t may be found practicable
to get assistance in the way Of new
stock taken, or at least of contracts
taken at low rates, and rights of way
and timber given, which may mako
it, on the whole, advisable to select
the route not otherwise best With
these suggestions, however, they pro-
pose that the whole matter be left in
the hands of the board, with authority
to issue additional stock; and, if ne
cessary, to apply for that purpose for
an amendment of the charter Mean
time, the charter granted Mt the last
session of the Legislature should be
accepted, it being practicable to Sc
cure such changes in it he after as
may the better adapt it .he pur-
poses of the road.
GAS to the time Of commencing the
new enterprise, the Committee sim
ply recommend that it should be as
soon as practicable
The whole proceedings possess
much interest, and the reports Of the
officers show that they have been
diligent and energetic in the perform
ance of their several duties, and il
behalf of the interests of the road.
A special despatch to the Charles
ton Courier, dated Washington, May
IL, says:
The New York Heym,TS correspon
} dent, accompanying Generals Steed
man and Fullerton, writes rs follows
''The Commissioners found the
Freedmen's Bureau in South Carolin;
q disturbing and fomenting discord
, Accounts from the Sea Islands repre-
sent the perpetration of all kinds o
frauds and rascalities under the sha
, dow of the Bureau The lands allot
ted under Sherman's order are uni
/ versally left uncultivated. The ne
groes won't labor, except under tn,
2 alternative of starvation. Affairs lat
terly, however, are improving Th
great drawbacks in South Carolin
| are lack of capital and too mucl. o
: the Freedmen's Bureau
} In the House, to-day, the Judiciar
/ Committee decided that the evidcnc,
F.; adduced to implicatc Davis in tn
} assassination is utterly unreliable
, and the charge is, therefore. dropped
The bill for holding the Fedora
) Court in Richmond next June for tn
trial of Mr.. Davis passed both Houses
and only lacks now the Presidents al
> proval.
, An old colorcd man in Charleston
, getting tired OF life, on Friday last
fastened one end of Il rope aroun