The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-03

! his sympathy. lI.aughicrl Anyhow, lie wanted
the Senate to conSur in the resolution. Wright
| wanted the Senate to concur also, hut lie was not
| so certain about Offering that las, man: although,
when lie came To think OF It, lie was. aS he was
convinced that Senator Leslie would be the last
man In the United States To go into the struggle "
Leslie again denounced the resolution, and cN-
pressed the opinion that TO adopt 1t would he TO
doa very foolish thing On Il motion 10 concur
NIL excepting Leslie voic'i In the Affirmative.
| THE LAND COMMISSION.
Early In the morning session Leslie "arosc to II
| question OF prvicgc,n saying he desired 10 make
some remarks in regard To charges preferred
| against the Land Commission in THE NEws. j.
]. Wright, tcolorcdA objected To his doing any
such thing, OH the ground that If the precedent
| were established the whole time Of the Senate
would bc occupied In hearing replies OF senators
to attacks made upon them 10y the newspapers.
The mcInbcrs seemed to concur i'll this opinion,
| but Leslie was determined TO have lis say, and
| did. lie denied that "a promncnt member OF
the Legislature" had purchased land at $1,000
and sold 1t to the Land Commission for $4,000,
or that judge had sold to the commission for
! $1,000 Il tract purchased by him for $500. lie
went OIL To say that if members of other depart.
mcnls would not circulate falschoods abou, his,
all would get along better that there were many
| things done I'm the commission ' for which lie
was not responsible. lie wanted the Democrats
and everybody else TO know that the commission
challenged investigation. He knew that these
AMI other reports were being circulated hut he
dctlcd any one to prove that the alleged charges
| OF corruption were true.
THE CONTESTED ELECTION.
| The report OF the Committee on Privileges AMI
Elections in regard 10 the Abhcvillc election case
| oil I'm ihp n Si,, 4,
]. j. Wright, colorcd, II. Buck, tDcmUcr,i) and
| W. Il. lioyt. II rccilc that the committee had
| given n patient and thorough invcstiga ton OF
the matter and found, from the county canvasscr's $
returns, that there were HOS votes cast for Colo
ncl cohran and 1903 for l.. =. Gunln: That, ac-
| cor,iing 10 the evidence, the polls ut calhoun $
| Mills were not opened until half-pnst s O'Clock,
| when, according to the law, they should have
| been opened at 6O'clock; that three young men
registered and voted OIL that day, but II was the
| opinion OF the committee that If these men
| were legally qualified tn vote this registering
made no difference; that, according TO Guitln's
| testimony, II man was Illegally appointed
to take charge Of the polls; that also, ace Orln9
TO his testimony and twelve anidavits, which he
presented, thirty or forty voters were driven from
tile polls or otherwise prevented from voting; I hat ,
| according to Colonel Cothrans testimony, sup
ported by ten aiildavits, there was no In inita-
| tion or any preventing OF voters from exercising
the right OF suffrage, anu tlis statement SUBJ
| stantntcd during the cross-cNaninatIon of Gutln
when II was proved that at the close OF the polls
he said lie was satisfied. The report con clu,lcl
with the expression Of The opinion that IL the com
mittce sat for q month anldayts from bot par
ties would bc poured In, and that The Senate only
could Judge which OF the two should he seated.
After the reading OF tile above, lIoyt arose AMI
| requested a oil lnov N tl In
dltIonal report, which he wished to be consider
| cd, not as n minority, but us n supplementary re-
port TO the report offered flrst as lie and Y.J. r..
Owen and w. E. Rose, who signed this, concur
red In the first but desired TO a step further.
The report was then read. II stated that because
| OF intimidation, fraud and other Irregularities at
the polls Mt Calhoun's Mills there was not fair
expression OF opinion, and consequently l.. p.
Gunin received II majority OF legal votes and
recommended that lie be declared elected. The
reports were ordered to be printed und made the
| special order for tomorrow.
TAXEs PAST DUE.
| bill introduced In the Senate in March last,
entitled bill ITO define the manner OF collecting
| taxes past due, and for other purposes" received
It's second reading today, and was ordered for
| the third under the title ITO define the manner of
collecting taxes past due assessed under thc lat
military and provisional governments OF South
Carolina" 1t provides that "al past due anl I'M
paid taxes, State or County, laid or levied under
! by authority OF the late provisional govern
mcnt, or under or by virtue Of military ortlcrs.
shall hc paid ana collected in tile same manner
by the county treasurer, to whom the tax cOlec-
tors shall turn over all monies books, tax cxccu-
tions, and all otherproperty now in their posses
sion, as provided In the act entitled "An act to
provide for the assessment and taxation or prop
erty, ratified the 1Gth OF September, 1865"
ANOTHER DIP INTO TIE STATE TREASURY.
IL Is queer economy to refuse State aid to rail-
| roads, anu then consider, rs the Senate is now
doing, Il. II. Gains tcoloredl bill providing that
the Treasurer Of. the State be authorized and d-
rected to issue to the Land Commissioner bonds
OF this State 10 the amount OF million ollars
with coupons, the same to be used under such
regulations rs may hereafter be prescribed for the
purchase of lands in this State to be sold for
homestcads to actual settlers. The bill was sent
| to the Finance Committee to-day. or course It
Will be fnvoraoy reported upon and passed.
| MAGISTRATES, TAKE WARNING
| The prcsentments OF several grand jurlcs, CON-
| planning OF the loose manner In which magistrates
conduct their business, has caused the produc-
tion Of n bill before the Senate, which, It Is
thought, will partially remedy the evil and save
| tho State considerable expense. 1t provides that
| the costs which may accrue upon the Issuing Of
any warrant or process for any penal offence less
than felony, slall follow judgment unless I'm case
OF dismissal OF the complaint, for want OF proper
and sufficient proof, the magistrate having issued
such warrant or process shall be Of the opinion
that the complaint had good and reasonblc
grounds for orinstituting such prosecution, In which
latter case alone shall such costs he paid OH. OF
the county treasury. In all complaints for as
| saut, assault and battery, In which the offence
| Is not an aggravated one, and In oil cases
OF petit larceny, It shall be the duty of
the magistrate before whom such complaint may
bc made to summariiy try the offender or enen.
ders, and In case OF conviction, to sentence him,
her or them, each to pay fine not exceeding
ninety-ninc dollars, nor less than one dollar,
| together with costs OF prosecution; the fine or