The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-30

| pcct fUr The c0orcji people. They claim that
| the State cannot afford TO pay these proposed
| commissioners, and consequently they will
| have TO nuke their living from the fees
| charged the employer and employee for ,y-
aininng and atiestn. the contracts Some
| few o! the delegates were Informed that they
would receive mileage and u per diem, and
| when they learned that they had been deceived
were very indignant and Joined the others.
who had spent their money, and with them
| importnncd their Radical friends 10 lend the
whercwithal TO take them home. heard Of
several delegates who came to Columbia On
the railroad and returned home Oh :. Shank's
| m0rc'
THE LAND COMMISSION.
The delegates who came to work and to ,lo
their best 10 aid their co-aborcrs, were not, i'm
conversation, enthusiastic in their praises of
| the benefits accrung to their class from the
| cXcrtions ofthc land commission. Not II few
| ofthem denounced il in unsparing terms, and
| called IL n ''ring' TO make money for the mem
| bers Of thc chosen circle. Reports are flying
| thick and fast of the operations of this .ring.'
They speak Of IL prominent member OF the
Legislature, who bought tract of land for
$1,000 and shortly after sold 1t TO the commits
sion for $4,000; of n Judge, who bought
tract for $500 and sold It to the commission for
$1,000. Some of these delegates have asserted
That lands (sornc of which ere, during por-
tion OF the year, under water, and others mere
'pnc barrcns,') have been purchased
by the commission Mt rates which only
the most fertile lands In the vicinity
would bring, and some OF them plainly hint at
! Golluson between the sellers and the agents
| Oft tl1n bar 10 fhot
| L. Cardoza, (colored,) Secretary Of State, and
member Of the Advisory Board of the Com
r'asion. has resigned because Of his dis
gust az .he cvrr"ption which existed in the
operations OF the commission There should
be some Inquiry into the management of lhe
affairs of this Gland ring" as it is Called; vet
there Is no probability ofit-in fact, there Is
more reason to believe that more money will
| be appropriated for H. r. II. Cain, colorcd,
gave notice to-day of his intention to intro
| dnce, OH Monday, or Us soon thereafter as
practicable, bill to authorize the issuing of
one million dollars of State bonds. TO be ar-
| Piled in purchasing lands In the State for
holnesIor the poor and laborins classes.
THE CLUB HOUSE BILL.
Corbln's bill, to give the consent of tie Ir.s-
| islaturc 10 the purchase by the United States
| of the Charleston Clubhouse, OH Meeting street,
prepared to meet the provision of an act OF
| Congress passed on the 81 nj March, 1859, an
propriaing si6, 600 for the purchase and fitting
up OF said building Tor the use of the United
States Courts, and authorizing the Secretary
OF the Interior to carry out the provisions OF
the act, provided tat IL could be done ut
an expense not larger than the above men,
| toned amount. Tho bill was brought up In
| the Senate today, and recommittcd to the
| Committee on the Judiciary for some slight
amendments. II will be passed. 1t provides
that all the buildings already ON the lot or that
may hereafter be erected thereon shall be for
ever exempt from all taxes of the county nnd
| City OF Charleston and Of the State.
SPECIE PAYMENTS.
| The recommendation of the Governor, In his
message to the Legislature, TO stake into con-
! sldcration the propricty OF authorizing the
| State Treasurer to meet in future the interest
due on the State debt in SPECIE" has OCCASION
cd, If report be true, the Matching of n bill to
provide for the payment of principal and In
| tcrest OF the bonds and stocks of the State In
gold or silver coin, and authorizing the trcas,I-
rcr to make the necessary exchanges through
| the financial agent in New York to carry the
net into effect. This bill will be Introduced at
| an carly day, and will slip through both houses
| MS easily as knotlcss cord through greasy
! hands. 1t Is claimed that in less than sixty
days alter the passage Of this bill the bonds
Will have advanced fifteen per cent. at least.
THE SUPREME DENcu.
AS the day, tMonday,) for tho election to Ill
the vacancy on the supreme bench, occasioned
by tho resignation of IIoge, approaches, the
interest In regard TO the election increases.
Judges Orr, Boozor, Carpenter, and Whippcr,
colored, (Corbin won't take II unless the salary
is Increased sufficiently large to make II an in
duccmcnt to vacatc his and numerous other
persons sharc of the Offices OF tine State,) are
still prominently mentioned. There is talk of
"ring" among the State officials TO elect
Judge Orr, and OF another to elect Whippcr,
colorcd. Certain 1t Is that at the present wri-
Ting Whipper has the inside track over all COM
pcttors. All Of the colorcd mon In the House.
and few In the Senate, with q number of
white members I'm both housea, arc claimed as
his supporters.
NOVEL PETITIONS.
novel petition was presented In the House
to-day and referred to the Committee on the
judiciary. 1t Is that Of white man named
w. II. Walker, who begs for " the removal of
his political disabilities under which he Is now
laborlng by reason of having been convicted
OF larceny by Judge Munro. at spartanburg,
In 1906" stating that the knowledge that he
was true and loyal citizen OF the State and
the United States was the prime cause OF his
conviction, no real proof having been offered
TO warrant tile same" The House, not know
Ing what TO do with such petition, referred
1t, ut n venture, TO the aforesaid committee.
Another petition, presented TO tho samo
body. and referred to the same committee, is
ofintercst to tho constables and deputy shorins
of the State. II Is from number of citizen,
OF Anderson County, who represent that
tho c0nstables and deputy shcrifr5 arc irc-
quenily mt considerable expense in securing
tho attendance of witnesses and prisoners
and yet receive no compensation praying
lhot I'M net may be passed TO pay them for ser
vices Of that kind.