The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-11

PIC ibEitaWIcfi.' But wllut OF mai. The Land
Commission lid not care for the iaper Il was OF
no consequence anyhow. AneE this outburs,
the Land Commissioner prucecuctf 20 show that the
proposed salaries, when Judged sy The deprcca
ted currency, WAS really no grca'lis than WAS paid
10 "thc O!ltimc Judges"
TIL: RESNa or CSik.
Shortly after the earthquake iant didn't even
bring oIt 4 little ncrS, the SenatN decided to pay
The Chief Justice ana his two associates four
| thousand five hundred dollars .Seh per annum
Then came :hc clause relating t,kpay ing the Cir
cult Judges fur thousand dollars each. Corbn
had come in about this time, antf moved That the
Judge Of the Firs: Circuit rcccivs four thousand
live hundred dollars per ann,.3i. Arnim, (sar-
casiicallyl moved to make It SIX thousand dol
lars. This called up Oan colorot and he spoke
| nj length In dcnuucation OF J:lnge Carpenter
| saying, substantially: ] aul orposed to paying
Judge Carpenter any more than amy other OF the
Circuit Judges. 1T is true that wi en- we consider
the number OF commitments bs has made; the
number OF men he has sent,xo the penitcn-
tiary, he may be entitled ID morc salary;
but when we think Of trS poor women
ami children whose husbands ni,Syfa;hels hc has
committed 10 The peniicntiatp for stealing T.
chicken, lie Is hot entitled toit aid ought no; to
get IL; I'd rarher cut hlI salary Down. I take IL
tint men who arc elected to be ulges selected
because Of their legal ability, fof their nice sense
OF honor anu Justice, which w. give them the
true understanding of the law Il d cause them to
mcie II out TO rich and poor, white and colorcd
0!Ikc But how is it that he tJgdgc C.l brought
old inws 10 bear, anl ''ruied O3i'' OF his court
woman who bore on her the darG hue OF her race;
because SHE was coIored worItSn-rued her out
OF his court because shc was Dy.ck, aud the man
she sued was white. And now tFc must Pay him
five hundred dollars more thnn ihe slher judges,
because he ruled on, OF his ceart woman be-
cause she was black.
Donaldson. "hJ 30 Joa Mi, IL you know
these charges you alcge to u true take the
necessary steps to have him inpeachel2
Cain. That IL not my business.
Leslie Ucstfully.) Are there 20 other charges
that you conld mention: is there nothing else you
can tell about him besides tie Orangcburg az
fairy
Cain. do not desire to tell ali know; he voted
against the homestead law; hIsDbjects to col0rcd
jurors. After further arguing that Judge C.'s ex.
penscs were not much greater than that OF the
other Judges, anu therefore he was not entitled
10 larger salary, Cain said: I'll iix him when ne
comes before us for reelection. I'll write "Icha-
boln over hLs loor-pos;, ns hts glory Is departed
CorOin. Low do you know you will bc here
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CHn. VA, l'H riSk II; II am not mere, III see
that nly aucccssor fXes HIN. We are having too
many lawyers anu too mach law. Tf here had been
some oil farmer on the bench. With good COM
mon sense, ut THAI 0rnngeburg case, lie would
not have quibhlcl over the law, but would have
seen that the poor woman got justice. under
stand thet lie has since found ont iha, he maize
mistake, aud has ordered the rcatresi OF the white
man.
This last clause was evidently spoken from in
| formation whispered to him bJ DcLarge, IL men,
bcr, who was sitting by Cain.
Leslie observed this, and said that he hoped
that the member who gave this information
would be heard in his own house.
FLAMING down To s.tTs
Corbln had llstencd very irarksitntsy TO this
TRADE OF abuse hurled upon h:s friend, Judge Car
penter, and az sooD az he gbt. an opportunity,
9apstaatialEj satd trdoGs .iia s...Y at
orangebsrg. Thenct!on was brought by 1 col
ored woman agaiust white man for bastardy.
A distinguished legal gentleman Of orangcblirg
defended the accused, and early in the casc
called the attention OF The cour: to law 1887,
which showed tina; the action against his client
could no: live. Tile Solicitor for the State-not
Mr.. Chamberlain, but his assistant, Mr. SeabrooI,
OF charleston-eSamined the law presented, and
stated that lie would yield, hut he did not call the
attention OF the judge TO any subsequent law.
Judge Carpenter said If thai Was tho law he would
have to Yield TO 1t, although he knew It to be ui-
qucsti0nably unjust. After the decision lie was
made acquainted with the law OF 1859, repeating
that OF 1887, whcreupen he Immediately ordered
that the defendant should be tearrestetl. Judge
Carpenter was eScusable FOR this mstake-all OF
Ill arc liable TO make them. lie had not been In the
State very long, and bad not had time to make
hiInse!f Thoroughly acquainted with our laws; and
then he had the opinion OF two native lawyers
thai the law presented was the right one.
ON OF TuEin rLIrgNr.
Cain. II he was not acquainted With the laws
of the State, why was he ccc.cd7
Corbin. Ny friend tOainl is q minister, bnt III
warrant that can find something in both the Old
and New Testament which ho mas never heard Of;
and the law, like the Bible, is iillmitable, AMI q
man to sny he knows all about the law would be
abont as foolish az one who would say that lie
knew all that was In the Bible.
After an eulogy to the talents, energy and in
dnstry OF Judge Carpenter, Corbin took hia seat
before doing 80, saying. that as the people OF
Charleston County paid $500. 900 taxes per annum
-rnore t'ian oneihiri of ali paid by the res. Of
the Statc-they should have ii, ,ht now 10 II
judge among them.
Nash. DO you think IL twas left TO the people
OF Charleston County they would decide TO keen
himH
Corbin. Yea, think they would.
Nash. Well, they are bigger fouls than though.
they were.
Leslie said he thought Tint the religious scna-
torn Calm always wished to 60 right, and always
ncant what he said, but he did think that he had
gone just step too far when lie attacked Judge
Carpenter lIe WAS fully convinced that even n
the senator agreed 10 pay Judge Carpenter four
thousand Ave hundred dollars, the House would
refuse and therefore moved that he receive the
aame salary ns the other cIrra, judges, viz: four
thousand dollars.
The vote was then taEen and il was agreed TO
pay the circuit judges four thousand dollars each,
and the Senate adjourned.
THE scHO0I~EooH RIG.
Rumor hath 1t that certain officials have organ
lied themselves int0 ring to purchase the school
books for the frec.sch0ois OF certain publishing
house In New YorS-for the purpose OF saving
money to the State, OF course.
PRNITESrIARY DELHaATI0S.'
Sheriff Z. W. II. Hackcy, arrived from Charles
ton this morning, bringing to the pentcnliary