The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-07
COL U NJ B l A .
DoISGs At THE CAPITAL.
HOW A REPRESENTATIVE WAS BR1BED.
Vacancies in tho OHice of Sheriff-Diet-
ing o6 Prisoners - EducntionaI-The
Land commission-Didn't Recognize
Him-Strny Items.
rrRoM orR own CORRESPONDENT
COLUMBIA, February S.

rrRoM ouR own CORRESPONDENT
COLUMBIA, February s.
VACANCIES N THE OFFICE OF SHERIFF.
Last week Swails, colored, introduced in the
Senate a bill providing that when vacancy
occurs in the Office OF sheriff, whether from
death, resignation or other cause, the Govern
or shall have full power to appoint some suita-
Bile person to hold the office of sheriff for TIC
uneXpired term of the former incumbent: The
bill was referred TO the Judiciary Committee,
which reported yesterday, stating that lneJ
had very grave doubts OF the cconstitutlonaiity
of the proposed law" as ''by the CONSTITUTION
the right to designate the sheriff OF the county
is q franchise lodged in the hands of tie peO-
ple." 49,
DIETING OF PRISONERS.
A few days since a portion of the present
ment of the grand jury of Marlboro County,
for the January term, was presented 10 the
Senate. The jury suggested that TWENTY-FIVE
prisoner per diem, as they thought that amount
would furnish each man in Jail with O halt OF
mound OF bacon, quart OF meal or flour, salt
in sufficient quantity, also vegetables during
the summer months, and that they further
thought twenty-five cents per day enough to
pay the sheriff for his trouble, and loC the pnr-
pose OF. paying employees about the Jail. The
prcsentment was referred 10 the Juaiclary
Committee, which reported, recommending 1t
to the careful consideration Of the General
Assembly, as it was the opinion Of the commit
tee that there should be some legislation on
the subject oil dieting prisoners In jail.
RAILROAD MATTERS.
Since the commencement of the session OF
,,,IN1 N1r
tions. &C.. concerning railroads, have been
submitted to the Senate and referred TO the
Railroad Committee OF that body. OF these
several have never been heard from, despite
the requests that they be reported upon. Yes
teIday Jillsou introduced u resolution provld-
ing that the Railroad Committee be in
structed to report to the Senate on alf bills.
Joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, reSo-
lutions, petitions, memorials, statements, and
other papers and documents which have, from
time TO time, been referred to them, on or
before Wednesday next He then moved that
tine resolution be considered at once.
Swails moved that it be referred to
the Railroad Committee. The resolution
was adopted. The next business was
the consideration of resolution to I'LL the va,
cancy in the Committee on Railroads, caused
by the resignation Of j. j. Wright. The col
ored senators thought that as a colorcd man
had left the committee, a colored man should
replace him, and Wimbush moved to amend
the resolution by striking out the name Ol III.
j. Donaldson" and Inserting in lieu thereof,
the name 'R. ii. Cain" Lunncy called for the
yeas and nays upon this motion. They were
called as follows: Ycas-Arnim, Allen, Barber,
Buck, Cain, Duncan, Greene, Hayes, Maxwell,
Nash, Owens, Raincy, Reid. Rodgers. and VIM
bush-Q5.) Nays-Corbin, Dickson, Donaldson,
Foster, Hoyt, JilIson, I.llnney, Montgomery,
and Sims-(9.) Alter this, on motion OF Jill
son, Donaldson was also placed upon the CON-
mittee A motion 10 put all of the senators on
the committee was not entertained. Leslie Is
chairman OF the committee.
WEIGHT OF CRUDE TURPENTINE.
The House bill providing that sin the
absence of satisfactory proof Ofa special stipu-
lation to the contrary 1t shall be presumed and
held that the quantity and weight of crude
turpentinc to make barrel thereof is two num-
drcd and eighty pounds, received q second
reading in the Senate yesterday. AS am in
formed, u law like this is very much needed,
as disputes continually arise among dealers in
turpentine because of the lack Of u standard
weight for q barrel ofthe article.
SOUTH CAROLINA CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.
The bill introduced in the Senate yesterday
the county commissioners OF Car
endOn County to subscribe one hundred thous
and dollars to the capital stock Of the South
Carolina Central Railroad Company; to issue
bonds of the said county tOr the said sum OF
money, payable twenty years after the date
thereof, bearing interest at the rate of eight
per centum per annum, payable annually; anu
that they shall have the further power and
authority to assess upon the said county. and
have collected from the taxable property there
of each year, taxes sufficient 10 pay the said
interest, or so much of the same rs shall not
otherwise be provided for; that when the bonds
are issued, they shall bc placed in the hands of
L. F. Rhame, Juscph Spra!t, Thos. \. Brough-
ton. Il. A. Walker and w. j. McFaddrn, who
shall, by virtue Of this act, constitute board
Of trustees to carry ont Tie objects of the ss,,
and shall have power to ill va
cancics in their own body, and to represent
the interest of the said coanty in the said
EDUCATION.
From the advanced sheets of the annual re-
port of the State Superintendent OF Education
/ glcan the following Statements. There have
been no returns from the Counties OF Andcr-
son. Barnwell, Laurens, OcOneeelnd Orange
burg: The whole number of children in the
rest of the counties between the ages Of five
and eighteen years is one hundred and sixty
cirht thousand eight hundred and nineteen
(lCs. Cs.sl0)-sXty-cight thousand one hnn.,. ed
and eight (GS, ,l'0S) whites; one hundred thou
sand seven hundred and eleven Q00,7lD COL
orcd. The whole number of public schools is
three hundred and eighty-one (3sl,) and tive
hundred and twcnty-cight (52S) teachers-of
whom four hundred and seventy-cight (47S)
are white, and fifty (5O) colored OF the white
tour hundred and five (4O5) are
Southern. and scventy-thrce (73) Northern.
Of the coloreGi teachers six (G) are females
Northern ! and furty-four (i4) males (South
,rn.l OF fhe one hundred anu sixty-eight
hor.s sand eight hundred and nineteen llGs,sl9)
;. .,.dldrcn between the ages of five and eighteen,
only sixteen thousand four hundred and cign.
cen QG.4lS) attend the public schools. VI
his number eight thousand two hundred and
itty-five (S255) are whites, and eight thousand
one hundred and siXty-threc (slG3) coleretA
SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CHARLESTON. =
The following table, containing an exhibit,
by wards, OF the whole number of children in
the City of Charleston, between five and eigh,,
teen years of age, classified as white and
coored, male and female, arranged from the
report of the school commissioner OF Charles
ton County, accompanies the report:
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