The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-07
was commenced, or to any county, in the dis
cretion of the presiding Judge.
LEGAL RIGHTS FOR THE co1oREp PEOPLE.


cretion Of the presiding judge.
LEGAL RIGHTS FOR THE Co1oRED PEOPLE.
The bill from the House ito secure equal
civil rights, and to provide for the enjoyment
of all rcmctlicS~in law by all persons, regard
less of race or Color" which received second
reading in the Senate yesterday, has been
mistaken for the bill to enforce the Civil
Rights bill of Congress. which is now In the
hands OF the Senate Judiciary Committee
The first received bill provides simply that
wherever authority has heretofore been con-
ferrcd 10y law upon any free white person or
persons to institute any suit or proceedings,
or to prefer any information or complaint in
any matter, civil, penal or criminal, the same
rights shall be enjoyed by, and the same rcme-
dies applicable to, all persons whatsoever,
regardless Of race or color, subject to the same
conditions and none other.
TIE LAND COMMISSION.
Land commissioner Leslie's reign is looked
upon rs q sort of tyranny by many oil the mem
bcrs Of the House. who desire to hurl from his
throne the too, it is to be feared, firmly seated
tyrant. These malcontcntS q short time ago
introduced bill to amend an act entitled 'an
act to provide for the appointment OF land
commissioner and to define his powers and
duties" which provides that the advisory board
ito be composed of the Governor and six per-
sons, to be chosen by the General Assembly,
shall appoint a suitable person to be known as
land commissioner of the State of South Caro-
lima. and sub-commissioner in each county;
the said commissioner before entering upon
the d"'iA OF his office, shall execute to
the people of the State Of South Carolina
written undertaking, with good and sufficient
surety, in the penal sum Of twenty thousand
dollars, for the faithful discharge Of the dil-
ties of his office; said undertaking to be ap-
proved by the advisory board. and filed in the
office of the Secretary of State. The salary
of the land commissioner shall be at the rate
OF two thousand dollars per annum, while on
duty; that it shall bcSfhc duty of sai land
commissioner to cause to be pilrl.- sed,
through the sub-cOmmissioners of the rcspec-
tive counties, any lands in any portion OF the
State, improved or unimpr0red, without the
corporate limits Of any city, town or village,
at such price as the said advisory board may
determine, not to exceed in the aggregate
amount, in any one fiscal year the par vaiuG
Of the public stock created by the General
Assembly for this purpose; that the sub-com-
missioners shall receive one-half OF the fees
now allowed the land commissioner by the all
visory board. andathe land commissioner shall
receive the other half. The sub-commssioners
shall also receive such mileage and per diem
as the advisory board shall determine.
The special committee to whom the bill was
referred have reported flrOraby, but no
further action has been taken.
If the members of the House would dcliber-
ate q moment, they would see that this move
ment to overthrow the elratic senator from
Barnwell must prove futile. Perhaps tho in
PRODUCTION of the bill was not accustomed SO
much from desire to benefit the colorcd pco-
pie rs from spite, because they (thc malcon-
tcnts) We're not appointed agents Of the land
commissioner II caused by spite, 1t shows Il
great want Of reasoning. There arc only
lhirty-one counties in the State, and there can
be only one agent tor each county. There are
about one hundred and twenty-five members,
and il the land commissioner had not taken
care of the senators there would bc only
thirty-one ':soft Places to be divided. As il
is, however, the senators have BEEN so libcr-
ally provided for in the way of agencies, that
it is next to impossible to get through the Scn-
ate any measure which would be in the least
to the land commissioner. The
only way for the members 10 get even with
the dispenser of the Glands TO the landlesS,
and homes to the homeless" is to defeat all
measures looking, to an appropriation for the
If they only do this until ii Dc
shown that the operations Of the
commission have been of benefit to the land
less and homeless, they will do service TO the
State and to the colored people.
PuosplIArEs.
The interest in the subject Of phosphatcs has
entirely died out, and il is not probable that 1t
will be revived. The report of the Committee
on interpretations, on bills Ito incorporate the
South Carolina Chemical and Mining Company,
and to license and authorize and empower the
same to dig and mine in certain navigablc riv-
crs in this State, under certain restrictions and
conditions" and ''to regulate the digging and
mining OF phosphate deposits from the naviga-
BILE streams and waters Of the State OF South
Carolina" was called up in the Senate yester-
day, and when one senator arose TO move That
the further consideration OF both the report
and bills be postponed until Thursday next,
the senators seemed to be surprised that any
one of their body should have interest enough
in the subject to say anything about it. The
bills were made the special order for Wcdncs-
day next
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
AS was predicted the Senate refused to con-
cur in che House concurrent resolution TO meet
in joint assembly on Friday next, to elect an
associate justice of the Supreme Court for Il
full term of six years. When tic resolution
was called up yesterday Corbin spoke in oppo
sition TO ii, saying that he thought the bodies
had met too often in joint assembly, anu he did
not see any necessity for meeting any more.
Wright had been elected to ill the uncXpired
term. and if there were no election this scs-
sion he would hold over until the next. The
vote on The question not to concur WAS largely
in the affirmative.
DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM. -
Last week bill was taken up in the House
for second reading, when member moved
that the enactment clause be stricken out, and
his intention To defeat The bill IL
possible. party Interested in the bill at Giiue
went over 10 the scat of tile mover and asked