The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-14
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COLUMBIA, s. c., January H. The action of
the Senate in unanimously passing the bill ex-
| tending aid to the Greenville and Columbia
Railroad may be considered fair indication OF
the disposition of the General Assembly to-
wards the Savannah and Charleston Railroad.
No doubt is entertained Of the passage of the
bill extending aid to the latter, with, perhaps,
some slight amendments. The memorial in
the Charleston papers, so Dumerously signed,
has had happy effect on the prospects of the
Savannah and Charleston Railroad, and the
friends of tho measure are very sanguine Of
success
Mr.. Corbin was in favor of the passage Of
the Greenville and Columbia Railroad bill!
uoon the ground that it was but third con-
frmation Of measure passed upon by former
Legislatures. While, however, he was in favor
of railroad, enterprises generally, he liked to
see them individual enterprises, and not the
creatures of the State. The State, he thought,
was not adapted to such business, and was
never intended for it. State government is
organized for the purposes Of government, and
to see that protection is extended to an-that
order is kept throughout the State, and that
iustice and equity are extended to all parties.
The State, he said, is not trading corpora
ton, and he deeply regretted that the State
had ever .eptansled itself in anything Of tho
kind; but this measure having received the
sanction of two Legislatures, the question was
whether the present Legislature should have
the benefit of what had beea done, or give it
third confirmation.
NJ. Leslie took somewhat different view,
and warmly supported the passage of the bill
as matter of public policy. He denied that
it was contrary to public policy for State
government to aid in the construction OF rail-
roads. He showed how the State must event
ually be the gamer by the development Of the
resources Of the country through which the
road ran, and how it was the inevitable ten
dency of the present condition of affairs that
lands should be divided, trade and commerce
increase, and the railroads become principal
source of revenue to the State.
On motion of Swails, the bill was amended by
the addition of the following section:
SECTION 2. 70 enable the said company to
fund the interest due upon their mortgage
and guaranteed debt fer the Six months, to
wit: from January 1st to July 1st, 1868, the
Comptroller-Generaii is authorized md direct
ed to endorse the name and credit OF the ; tate
upon the bonds and certificates OF indebted
ness of the said company to the amount OF fifty
thousand dollars, to tie applied, in all respects,
in the same manner as is provided 10 the said
act of December 20, 1866. for the funding OF in
terest, and the statutory lien is Hereby extend
cd 10 cover the additional sum OF Fifty thousand
dollars herein provided.
On the question OF agreeing to the bill, as
amended Mr. Corbin called for the yeas and
nays, which were ordered, and are as follows:
Yens-Mcssrs. Allen, Barber, Buck, Bieman,
Corbln, Cain, Duncan, Foster, Greene, Hoyt.
HAYES, Hayno. Jill5on, Leslie, Lunucy, Nash.
Rainey. Red, Rose, Rodgers, Swails and VIM
bush-22.
Ndys-Ncne.
The blll, as amended, was therefore unani-
mously agreed to, and oldercd 10 be engrossed
for third reading.
MIR. Corbin introduced the following bills,
which received their first reading, and Were
ordered for second reading and consideration
tomorrow:
BILL TO ALTEB AND AMEND IHE CRIMINAL LAW.
Be it cnacted by the Senate and House of
ma, now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by tho authority OF the lame:
SECTION I. Capital punishment, except in
the case of wilful murder, is hereby abolished.
Sec. g. Manslaughter, or the unlawful killing
of another without malice, express or implied,
shall be punishable by hard labor in the Peni-
tentiary not exceeding thirty years nor less
than two years.
SEC. 8. The crimes of burglary and arson
shall be punishable by hard labor in the Peni-
Tertiary not exceeding thirty years nor less
than one year.
SEC. 4. The benefit Of clergy is hereby abol-
ished.
!. BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE RENEWAL OF STATE
STOCKS AND BONDS LOST OR DESTROYED.
Be it enactel by the Senate and House of
Representatives OF the State Of South Carolina,
now met and sitting in General Assembly, and
by the authority OF the same:
Whcncvcr proof shall be exhibited to the
satisfaction OF tue Treasurer OF the State and
Comptroller-General of the loss or destruction
of anv State stocks or oonds sued under the
authority of any act OF the General Assembly,
it shall be lawful for the Treasurer OF the State,
upon receiving bond III double the amount OF
SAID stocks OF bonds 80 alleged to be lost or
destroyed, with sufficient surely, to indemnify
the State against any other claim un account
OF said stocks or bonds, to issue 10 the person
who had lost the same, or IN whose possession
the same was destroyed, or 10 their legal rep
resentatives new bonds or stocks as the case
MAJ be, Of the samo value and character with
that lost or destroyed: Prooaded, That no
bonds or stocks issued between the twentieth
day of December, 1860, and the first day Of
April, 1865, in behalf OF the late rebellion, in
whole Or in part, shall be so reissued OF re-
newed.
The petition OF Risley & Creighton for the re-
funding Of over-paid taxes was referred to tue
Comptroller-G General, with the request that he
give the House any information he may have,
and his views in regard to said claim.
Concurrent resolutions for the relief Of the
disabilities Of C. B. Jarvis. OF Conway yboro,
Ely Goddard, OF Marion. W. c. Harris, J. K
Under, ). J. Under, Daniel Keels and Eli
Cornwel were adopted.
A resolution introduced by Mr.. Corbin tor
adjournment sine die on February Z, was or
derea fer consideration Tomorrow, as was the
! fcllowine: