The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-23

Why the Sherman Substitute was Deseated.
The following extracts from the speeches OF the
most violent Radical representatives, made on
Monday evening, will show why they defeated the
SHEBMAN substitute for STEVENS bill in the House
recently: It was not Radical, revengeful enough,
and did not provide for the plunder Of the South
ern people.
Mr.. Boutwell, said My objection to this bill is
this-(t IS fundamental it is conctuslYe:) that It
provides, if not in terms, by the measures which
It proposes, for the reconstruction Of those gov
ernments at once, through the agency OF disloyal
men, and say that that great fact, which Is near
to rs if this bill passes, ought to restrain us from
any action in favor Of this measure, although we
be compelled to let the 4th Of March pass without
doing anything whatever for the restoration of the
Go7ernment, Under this bill there is
not one rebel in the South, from Jefferson Davis
himself II he were released from Fortress Monroe
to the humblest soldier who trained in the armies
of the rebellion or practiced the nefarous business
of the guerrilla, deprived Of the right Of suffrage.
It provides for universal amnesty and restoration
to political power.
Mr. Stokes opposed the Senate amendment be,
suffrage. He did not understand the English Ian
guage If it did not enfranchise every rebel in the
Southern States. He, for one, would never cast
his vote to place the government OF those States IN
the hands Of rebels.
Last Saturday gentleman from Alexandria
came to me, one Of the judges there, and told me
Of the case of an old gentlemaa who had bought
some seventeen thousand dollars worth OF pro-
perty under tax sale Of the United Saates, but
that the rebel whose property it had been, came came
for the restoration Of the property, and an eject
ment has been brought in the State court, and be-
yond all question the recovery will be had. Sir,
more than two billions, so far as can ascertain,
of property belonging to the United States, confs-
hnf ioas
perty has been given back to enrich traitors, Oul
friends, whose houses have been laid in ashes
whose farms have been robbed, whose cattle haye
been taken from them, and whose houses have
while Wade Hampton and his black horse cavalr.
is enjoying his millions 1T dollars, and while al
these men along the valley and elsewhere with
their manors Of thirty Thousand acres are still on
Toying them. God willing,. and | living, there
shall be a question propoanded to thls House ant
men shall not be paid by the contiscated propert.
of rebels. But this bill cuts us all out.
ANOTHER TRAoEpY.-iesterday evening, shortl,
after dark, as policeman W. H. Bradley was OF
dnty in the neighborhood of West Broad and Ca
nal streets, he heard noise as OF people fighting
and was called upon to arrest an Irishman name'
Dennis Welsh, who was beating q relative know
Welsh and the policeman went off together as ia
as Joachim street, the latter firing two shots Of
the ground for assistance. At this point Welsl
broke from the ohicer'a grasp, taking from hin
his club. Bradley followed, until they reached tn
junction of Cooper Shop lane and Ann street, whe
Welsh suddenly turned and hit the policeman witt
his club. Bradley then fred upon hls prisoner
the ball taking effect in the left breast, and caus
ing almost instantaneous death.
DR.. Mcfarland made post-mortem examination
and found the cause Of death gun shot woun
over the region of the heart. He also found severa
wounds on the head, none of which were nocessa
The iury returned verdict that deceased cam
to his death from gun shot wound, at the hand
of some person unknown.-SaUanraah Aduertfse