The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-31
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COLUMBIA, January 90.
COST OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS.
In the Senate yesterday there was introduced
for second reading bill "to limit the cost oil
criminal prosecutions providing that in no case
shall the fees of more than three witnesses be
| taxed against tie State in the examination oil
criminal cases, before trial Justices or maGls.
trate's courts unless their materiality or import
ance shall first be certified to by the solicitor 1or
the circuit in which the examination shall take
Mace and that no trial justice or magistrate shall
be paid fees for binding over more than three wit
nesses in any one criminal case, to appear before
the Court OF General Sessions, unless the solicitor
for the circuit shall certify their materlality and
Importance Corbin spoke in favor Of the bill,
and stated that the witnesses fees in Charleston
County, for one year, amounted to about thirty
thousand dollars. Hayne stated that at the June
term OF the Marion court there were sixty VIII
nesses bound over TO appear in two cases-thirty
| for each-that the solicitor examined them ana
retained only ten, dsmissing the others because
their testimony was mmaterial. The bill received
its second reading and was ordered to be en-
crossed.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
Senators Hayes, Lunney and Rice, to whom
was referred the bill to amend the law in relation
to the license and registration OF pharmaceutists,
apothecaries and druggists, and regulate the
vending OF drugs and poisons, reported unfavora-
ably yesterday, stating that while they would IA
vor any scheme OF practical character whereby
the dispensing OF deleterous and poisonous drugs
might be confined to skilful and scientific hands,
still they were OF the opinion that this bill would
entail such an amount OF inconvenience upon o
large and highly respectable class OF fellowcitl-
zens as would largely overbalauce any advan-
tages that might accrue from Its passage. 1t
seems to me that the adoption OF the clause OF the
bill providing for the punishment OF apothecarles
who employed incompetent clerks would be judi
cious.
TIE SINKING FUND.
Last week, Cain introduced in the Senate bill
to provide for sinking fund, which provided
that Governor Scott, Comptroller-G General Neagle
and Attorney General Chamberlain be appointed
commissioners OF the sinking fund.-" to sell and
convey, for aud on behalf of the State, all such
real or personal property belonging to the State
not devoted to educational or charitable purposes
from time to time In such manner and upon such
terms as they may deem most advantageous to
the State. the proceeds Of which shall be known
as the sinking fund Of the State, and applied to
The eXtinguishinent OF the public debt.
LONG AND SHORT HAIR.
The bill was the especial order'' for O'Clock
yesterday, and at that hour was called mp. Max
we'll moved to postpone the further consideration
n Er1
able to say upon the bill and against its postpone
ment, stating that ir those who desired It's post
ponement did not understand it now, they would
never be able to do so. AS the colored senators
seemed to bsthe chief opponents OF the bill, they
were naturally indignant at the insult offered Dy
Leslie who In his fierce denunclattons showed
clearly that he was anxious that the Oil shoulu
be passed at once. Cain, colored stated that per-
hans as his skull was thick and he could not run
his fingers through his hair easily, 1t might De
more difficult for him to understand thing as
well rs the senator from Barnwell, but wnen
slight was thrown upon subject he could
"sec'' as easily as h.. Leslie had more TO say,
and intimatel that The members OF the Finance
Committee (who hai reported upon tile bl,)
were not as intelligent as they should be. Rainey,
colored, who is chairman or that committee, and
hard.working aud an earnest senator, made
brief and digniaed reply to leslie, defending the
action of the committee, and at the same time re-
plying to the mputation cast by him tLcsliel upon
the colored senator's generally. He alluded briefly
to Leslie's conduct rs senator, and then stated
that his recent action had been unjust and un-
charitable but nothing better could be expected
from such a source. After this motion was
made to refer the bill to the Judiciary Committee.
Corbin and Leslie both favored this, Corbin having
previously stated that he had some amendments
to offer Finally the further consideration OF the
hill was made the special order for Friday next.
WHAT'S TIE JOE FOR?
During the debate upon the BILL Cain, colored;
called it the s(DinEng fund; stated that If three
men were to be entrusted with such power rs
the bill provided for, he wanted another bill In
troduced to provide forthe guarding OF them: he
was no. positive whether the provisions OF the
bill were to provide for sinking fund or fund
sinking. There were numerous remarks made
du; ing the debate which proved that some of the
debaters saw something very suspicious In the
bill. There arc numerous reports afoat in regard
to it, some asserting that 1t was introduced In
order that the State authorities might transfer 10
the new owners of the Greenre and Columbia
Railroad the interest Of the State in it; but it is
| more generally believed that 1t was originated
for the purpose OF buliinS'' up the stocks OF the
State This seems to be more probable. During
the debate yesterday, Corbn said that while he
did not favor the bill rs it stood, he wanted some
thing of the kind adopted, as It was well known
that the credit of those States which had 'sink.
ing fund.-" stood much higher than those not so
situated.
THE THREE SINKING FUNDERS.
Whatever may be the object OF the bill, 1t Should
not, probably will not, be adopted. To put so
much in the hands Of any three men would be un-
advisable, even though they were above suspi-
cioa-and it is we'll known that Neagle, one OF
the three mentioned in the bill, is not-so, at
least his Radical friends assert, and his sneaEing
look does not tend to make any one place conf
dence in him. According TO Neagles annual re-
port, the value OF the personal property OF tile
State such MS bonds and stocks, is two millions
seven hundred anu nfty-four thousand six hun
dred and sixty dollars. What the real property
is worth is not Known but, including "phos-
phatic deposits it must be worth several mil
lions Some OF the Radicals desire to give to
three men the power to SELL when, where and
how they please, all Of this property. II such
mower be entrusted 10 any three Radicals, the
Democrats may expect when they come into
mower TO have no place to meet in general as
sembly" for the sinking funders true to the prin-
ciples of the Radical party, will exercise their
power to the utmost limit, and sell with the other
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