The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-02-06


|of General Orders No.9 10; and it
would be nnWise TO revive them, even
for 4 ahnrE s,a.;e "a. sIIea4 1T
81 yourSo ediens ssfvanf.
'sS'Sr '@ ED. RS. CANDY,
997 Bfeveb Maj Gen. Oom'dings4
|, Tue unfinished business of yester-
day, being the ordinance invalidating
contracts. based on slaves, was taken
up and speeches made by Ransier,
Bowen, Chamberlin aud Pillsbury.
As a matter for reference, we ap-
pend the yeas and nays on its adop-
ton: =
Yeas-The President; and Allen,
Arnim, Becker, Bell, Bowen. Bonum,
Burton, Brockenton, Bryce, Byas, r.
Il. Cain, F. j. Gain, Camp, Coghlan,
Chamberlin, Cook, Collins, Crews,
Darlington, Davis, DeLarge, Dick
son. Dogan, Donaldson. Driffle, Dun
can. Edwards, Foster, Gentry, Goss,
Gray, Harris, j. N. Hayne, Haynes,
Henderson. Holmes, Humbird, Hun
ter, Hurley, jackson, Jacobs, Jervey,
s. johnson. w. B. johnson, J. W.
johnson, w. E. johnson, Joiner, II.
Jones, G. Jones, Lang, Langley, G.
Lee, s. Lee, Lomax, Leslie, Mackey,
Mayer, Middleton, Milford, Moses,
Nance, Nash, Neagle, Newell,
Nuckles, Parker, PillsbuEy, Ran
1olph, Rainey, Ransier, Richmond,
Rivers, Rose, Runion, Sanders, Sas-
portas, Shrewsbury, Smalls, Stubbs,
Swails, Thomas, Augustus Thomp-
son, b. A. Thompson, S. 3. Thomp-
son, Viney, Webb, Whipper, White,
G. M. Wilder, Wingo aud Wight.
Nays-Alexander, Cardoza, Chest
nut, Clinton, Corley, Dill, jerks,
Jillson, Mauldin, W. j. McKinlay,
VIM. Mckinley, McDaniels, Mead,
Miller, Owens, Rutland, Whittemore,
Williamson and F. E. Wilder.
On motion of w. J. Whipper, the
rules were suspended and the ordi-
nance received its third reading, and
was ordered to be engrossed as fol-
lows:
We. the people Of South Carolina, by
our delegates in Contention assembled,
do hereby declare and ordain, That all
contracts. whether under seal or not,
the considerations. of which wero the
purchase of slaves, ale hereby de-
clared null aud void, and of no ef-
feet; and no suit, either at law or in
equity, shall be commenced or prose
cuted for the enforcement of such
contracts.
That all proceedings to enforce
satisfaction or payment of Judgment
or DEGREES rendered, recorded, en-
rolled or entered upon such contracts
in any court in this State, are hereby
prohibited.
That all orders heretofore made in
any court in this State in relation to
snch contracts, whereby property is
held subject to decision, as to validi-
ty of such contracts, are also hereby
declared null and void, and of no
effect.
B. Byas. colored, offered long
series of resolutions, providing that
every freedman in South Carolina
shall be entitled to collect wages from
his former master for services render
ell since january 1, 1868, to wit:
Male hands, over twelve years of age,
at the rate of $40 per month; under
| tWelVe years, 20 per month; females,
over eighteen years, So per month
under eighteen, Sc per month. Laid
OIL the table, amid great laughter.
w. G. Whipper offered the follow
ing. which was referred to the Com
mittee ON Miscellaneous Affairs:
Resoloed That it shall be binding
and obligatory on tie Legislature I'd
grant charter for any proposed rail
road whenever the said charter shall
be applied for by any twelve respect
able citizens, provided the route OF
such proposed road shall not run
within ten miles on a parallel line
with any other now in existence in
this State.
The same delegate also introduced
an ordinance, which was referred to
the Committee on Miscellaneous AT