The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-20

| privilege or digging FOR twenty years in the Co..
| sawhatchic River alone. [Laughte,.,
After some qulbbng In regard to the time for
The postponcmcnt OF the consideration OF the bill,
II WAS decided TO make II the special order for
one O'Clock Oh Tuesday next.
ANOTHER PHOSPHATE BILL.
In the House today. George A. Wells. pursuant
TO notice, Introduced "bill IL grant certain per-
| SONS therein named .he right to dig, mine and
| remove from the bells or the navlgablc streams
ami waters OF South Carolina, phosphatcs and
phosphate dcposts;'' the provisions of Which are
similar to the bill already before the Senate cx.
ccptinG that this provides that Tic company shall
give to the State forty cents for each ton of tue
rock removed. Tic names OF those desiring In
corporation, as follows are also different : i. j..
Moses Jr, Speaker Of the House; II. II. Caiu COL
orcd Senator II. G. Judi, Of New York; Joshua
| ;. Mays, Robert Smalls, colorcd member; II. j..
donaldson, senator; y. J. Ranser, colorc,l mem.
Der; ID. a. Boscmon, co!orcd member; +. L. Ezc.
kicl, coloicd mcmbcri r. B. Elliott, colorcd men,
ocr; w. j. Whppcr, colorcd member; Alfred
| Wulans, Shcrir OF Beaufort; II. C. DcLargc COL
| ored member; j. y. lIaync colored member; w
X. Jcrrey, colorcd member; Archiball aIcI.cisl,
| H. $. Taft OF Charleston; Rawson Ward, s. w
Whitwcll, OF New York; Vim. Gurncy, or Charles.
toh George NJ Wells, membcr; and Joseph H.
| Itnks, member.
|
ing incorporation IN this bill Is to Kill the Senate
| bill, form combination with some OF the scua.
tors, 'et up = sort Of compromise, and place the
moi.JroiJ IN the hands of the members OF the
| Legislature and the SIX outsiders whose names
are above given. This bill will pass the House
Woh :Ae ctRer cannot ,lo, and II is believed thot
(since the introduction or the legislative inOnop.
oy biD 1t has very poor chance OF passing the
| Senate.
lriIERY and CORRUPTION.
There is bill now waiting TO he made n law
proV:iinY FOR the prevention OF bribery ana cor.
| rnnton. II Is doubtful whether its provisions
will ever bc enforced upon several members of
the Legislature. There is considerable talk among
| several OF The members IN regard TO Bowen who
| promised them money 10 vote for the gold bill
and forgot 0 pay them. II Is known that Bowen
toos Il man into one or the committee rooms The
day before the bill passed the House and offered
him twenty-five dollars for every vote lie secured
FOR the ILL. lie refused TO accept that or another
bribe which WAS offered. 1t is freely asserted
that thirty.scvcn men were bribcd, OF which mum.
| ber two received one thousand dollars cach n few
TWO hundred dollars piece, and tic rest brlbes
| varying from tlrty-sevcn TO ten dollars Some
two or three colored men express great indigna.
tion against one. man because he demanded and
received two thousand dollars, whcn as they as
scrt, he has been known To give only one del,ar
| Tor vote. 1t Is probable that VIII he able i'm n
short time to furnish list uf those brIilcd and
| the amounts received
Several OF the senators drew up n protest
against lc bill, and intended Offering Il I'm the
Senate to-day, but the Governor persuaded them,
| Tor one OF them at leasi) not to do it.
! IL Is reported here that there is now running
| through the press OF New York publishing
house a work entitled, ..The Secret History OF
pu nr Sn,,f
1t Will, as am Informed, give the name OF each
member who was brlbcd, what amount lie re-
ceivcd anu for what object; also, brief sketches OF
the lives OF the more prominent ones. The author
Is known to only u few; TO the public llc VIII he
only "Asmodcns." Tile book VIII be In panplct
FORM, aiiu Le i'such ia the spring. IL viii be-
doubtless, very Interesting. and will sell we'll
WHY ourrrS WAS NOT ADMITTED
IL has been source or considerable remark
that the Senate refused to admit l.. l.. Quinn to
seat as senator from -Abbcville County There l.,
story In circulation Which may account for II.
According to the report, lie "maic 10 bones" of
telling the people OF Ahbeyc that ic Intended. If
this or that thing be offered, use his influence
to get rid OF the carpct-pag clement in the State
de not vouch for the truth OF The story but II It
be true there's no wonder that he was kicked out
OF Il scat In that body, where there is large rep
| rescntaton or tile clement alluded to.
COURSE OE LECTURES
number OF c0lored people OF Columbia with n
view OF Kidding themselves OF n debt on th,ir
church, 1.-THE African Methodist Episcopal Church,)
have concluded 10 have q course OF eight lectures
one To be delivered each Tuesday night I'm the
cilurch, commencing next Tuesday night The
speakers and their subjects nre as namod:
T. J. Minton, Polite Literature; j. u. Harris,
NJ. d., Equality; ]. X. Jillson, superintendent
State education, Education; f. J. Adams, color.
cd, chaplain OF Legislature, The Ground OF Hope;
Il. j. Noses, Jr., Speaker OF the House, Religion;
j. f. Green, colored, sergcant-at.arms Of Senate,
Science aud Religion; r. Il. Cain, colured, senator
from Charleston. Tho Negro, Yesterday, To-day
ana Tomorrow; +. l.. Cardoza, colored, Secretary
OF State, Luther and bis Times; II. T. Jackson,
member from Charleston, Progress; J. ]. Wright,
colored, senator from Beaufort, subject not
named
THE blue RIDGE HOT.
One or more Of the late contractors or tho Blue
Ridge Railroad gave hop last night, which con.
cuacu, II Is supposed, with grand sovcnty five
thousand dollar walk around, the principal mem.
Ders being III The ring. 1t was a grand success.
There have been several hops and receptions since
the General Assembly convened, to which all OF
the White officials and the prominent white scna.
tors and representatives were Invited; but none
who wore on their brows the dirk hue OF their
race. some few OF the equality element OF the
colorcd people are very much dissatisfied at this
rrangem 1T, aud talk about 1t considerably.
PIsHY.
The joint resolution providing that fish com.
mssoners be appointed Whose duty will be TO
draw pay and see that twenty sliad Shall sell I'm
Columbia at one dollar, and other fish proportion
ateiy cheap, was taken up In the House yesterday
Ncaglc moved TO strike out "apponted by the
GOVERNOR" and insert " elected on joint ballot of
General Assembly," IN support OF this motion,
ho stated lie was In favor OF clccting all officers,
even the county officers, by the General Assem-.
Dly. tueLargc soto r0ce, 1t would have been
bad for you II the General Assembly could hayc
elected the Comptroller. GENERALLY Nenglc thought
tho Governor and Senate had too much power;
the House was more entitled to yoIco than tile
Senate, for half Of the senators were only elected