The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-04
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
The Railroad BiIls-The Co1orcd Woman
upon Woman Suffrage--Charleston
Ministers in Columbia-The b N n
District.
frnoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.


COLUMBIA, S. c., March 2.-The House OF
Representatives completed its work on the Sa-
vannah and Charleston Railroad to-day, and
the act goes to the Governor for his approval
tomorrow morning. The next is tho Port
Royal Railroad, which comes up on special
order tomorrow for second reading in the
House, and unless some good and substantial
reasons can be shown why it should be
pressed, will probably be made the special
order for another day. After that comes the
Chatham, if the committee get ready to re-
port. There is growing disposition, however,
to postpone all further railroad measures to
the next regular session.
Charlotte Rollins delivers her address on
female suffrage in the hall OF the House OF
Representatives at ten A. NJ. tomorrow. The
hall will be opened to the public. great
crowd is expected. and arrangements made for
the occasion.
Rev. DR.. Hicks addressed large audience
here this evening, and made very favorable
impression. 1he appearance of the venerable
DR.. Bachman, who also officiated on the occa-
sion, elected the watmest expressions Of love
and esteem for the aged pastor. DR.. Hicks
has received pressing invitations to remain
and preach in other churches in this city.
In THE SENATE, to- laY, Swails introduced the
fol owing joint resolution
BE 1t resolred, by the Senate and House OF
Representatives OF the State OF South Caio-
lima, now met and sitting in General Assem-
bly,, and by the authority OF the same. That
the Gov :cnor be- and he is hereby empowered
to purchase, for tho use OF the State, two
thousand stand OF arms known as the Winches.
ter repeating rifle, with the usual complement
OF ammunition, and that the same be paid for
out of any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, which received it's first
reading.
Wright reported the following joint rcsolu-
ton:
Whereas, The Mayor and Aldermen of the
CITY Of Charleston, in Council assembled, on
tho ninth day of February, A. D. 1863. passed
an ordinance to amend IN ordinance entitled
"An ordinance to aid in rebuilding the burnt
district aud waste places ofthe City OF Charles
tom" in the words and of the tonor following,
10 wit: "Be it ordained, That the restriction
upon the erection of wooden buildings ~
clauses ono and seven in section two OF the
ordinance to aid in rebuilding the burnt dis
trict and waste places Of the city 30 conhhed
to that portion OF the city lying TO tho east OF
King-street, including both sides theroof and
to lie south of Society-street, including both
sides thereof; and that said restriction be re-
pealed as TO all other portions OF the city !:
Provided, however That this ordinance shall
not take effect un.ll the General Assembly OF
the Stute shall have >,;iven to the City Council
aut ority to pass the same : therefore: he 1t
Rescued, by the Senate and House OF Rep
reseptatlyes of the State OF South Carolina,
AQcQmhlV
by the authority Of the same, That the City
Council OF Charleston be, and they arc hereby
authorized to pass the ordinance hereinhefore
recitcd, and their action in passing the same Is
hereby confirmed.
Tho resolution received its first reading,
was ordered for q second reading and consid-
Grafton tomorrow. and to be printed.
The Militia bill introduced by Senator Les,
lie. which was under discussion to-day, elected
q lively debate on the fifteenth section, provi-
ding for the appointment, by the Governor, OF
an Assistant Adjutant- General. Nash moved
that the section be stricken out. The motion
was defeated. The bill as reported will pass
tomorrow, with slight amendments.
In THE HOUSE, Purvis, from the Committee
on Incorrorations, reported favorably on Sen
ate bill to amend the Charter Of the Sulphuric
Acid and Superphosphate Company which
was laid over for second reading.
The Senate sent to the House the following
concurrent resolution:
Resolued, by the Senate, the House of Rep
reseptatlves concurring, That the General AS
sembly do adjourn sine die on Thursday, March
4, A. D. 1869, at IL o'clock NJ.
George Lee moved 10 make the further con-
sideratlon of the resolution the special order
for Thursday, March 4, at haB-past IL A. NJ.
Agreed to.
Also, DILL to alter aud amend the charter oi
the Town Of Greenville, and for other purposes.
Read q first time, and referred to the Commit
tee on Interpretations.
4 bill to provide for the enumeration OF the
Inhabitants of each county in the State was
taken up, read tho third time, passed, and or
dered to be sent to the Senate.
The report Of the Committee of Conference
ON Senate bill to provide for the revision and
consolidation OF the statute laws of the State oil
South Carolina, was adopted.
A iolnt resolution authorizing the Governor
to fill the vacancies now existing In the state
Board Of Equalization, was read the third
time, passed, and ordered to be sent TO the
Senate.
The House had also under consideration to-
day bill to protect laborers andpersons work
ing under contracts on shares OF crops.
Pending the discussion Of this bill Tho House
adjourned.
For many months tho Charlotte Railroad has
bad through tariff via Charlotte to Columbia,
and via Columbia to Charlotte, using the up.
per route, as against New York steamers and
South Carolina Railroad to Columbia, and utct
uersa, pltting the Charleston route against
tho Charlotte route for freights to the latter
city. The consequence has been that the va'
rious steamship aud railr.ad companies be-
tween Charlotte and New York onl per contra
between Columbia and New York, have sub
mittcd to unrcmuneratiye rates in an active
competition for freights. while the Charlotte
Railroad has been having "two strings to ltf
bow" and charging comparatively higher fg'
urcs The capitalists Interested between Char
lotte and New York. and Columbia and No"
York, some weeks since, clme to the conclu-
sion that this game had been played against
them long enough, and have discontinued it:
thinking, perhaps that what was fun tor the
boys was death to the frogs," and 80 the Char
lotte Rlilroad has TO get along on its own mer-
its, aud without having about twenty million
dollars of capital at work for its benefit sra-
tuitously. There IS much grumbling, however,
IN that quarter.
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