The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-27

THE SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE.
In the Senate, to-day, Corbin presented the
following memorial from the South Carolina Inst.
tute. 1t was referred to the Finance Committee ::
To the Honorable the Senate and House OF Repre-
SentQtireS:
The memorial of the South Carolina Institute
for the promotion OF art, mechanical ~ lngenIl.y
memorialiSt was incorporated under an act OF the
General Assembly OF South Carolina IN 1850; that
the purpose OF such incorporation was wholly Ior
the development OF the various industries OF the
State, by means Of fairs; and, whereas, by the
granting Of premiums to competitive exhibitors,
as we'll as by the exhibition OF such fairs OF arti-
ces OF merchandise, machinery and other WORKS
Of Industry, to stimulate and promote all the use.
full branches; that such fairs were intended as
schools OF design and improvement, and no profit
waaever expected or derived therelrom; that. re,
pardlng the object as laudable, the state
and City OF Charleston each made an
appropriation for the building Of hall
in Charleston that such hall was ouilt
and successive fairs held thereil-the last being
held in November. 1859; that by the disastrous
fire of December, 1861, such hail was destroyed,
and has not since been rebuilt. That from the lll-
surance money received from said hall, your me-
moriast purchased large lot OF land win
view to the erection OF larger hall, the former
having been too small for the fairs held therein.
Your memorialist holds now the TWO lots anu
small amount OF State and city stocS-these be-
ing the remainder OF the insurance money. The
amount OF interest derived from these stocks Is
utterly insufficient to meet the taxes whlch are
levied upon the lots, and your memorIast; re.
parding its purpose as wholly educational, TO
wit: the Improvement OF the Industries OF tRe
State, feels 1t may, without improperly ask that
its lots be relieved from taxation.
WI. NJ. LAwToN, President.
WA. kIRKwoOD. 1st Vice-President.
JOSEPH WALKER, 2d Fice-President.
WILMoT G.. DESAUSSURE Secretary.
LEXINGTON AND NEwDERRY RAILROAD.
A bill to incorporate the Lexington and New
berry Railroad Company received a first reading
in the Senate to- day. 1t provides that F. S. Lewie
Adam Efrd, Samuel N. Root, E. S. ]. Hayes, John
Fox, Simeon Corley, P. A. Hendrix, A. II. Caugh-
man, Henry A. Meetz and Elias ]. CauShman be
declared body incorporate under the name OF
the Lexington and Newberry Railroad Company,
for the purpose OF building railroad between the
Village Of Frog Level, on the Greenville and Col
umbia Railroad, in the County Of Newberry, and
the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, at
some point between Gilbert Hollow and Lexlng-
ton Courthouse; that the capital stock OF the
company shall be five hundred thousand dollars,
which shall be divided into shares Of twenty-five
dolIffs each; that the road shall be commenced
within two years from the ratification Of the act,
and shall be completed within five years from the
time 1t is commenced.
COLLAPSED.
The following editorial in yesterdays NEWS
had the effect Of puncturing the wind-bas known
as Land Commissioner Leslie, and 1t collapsed in
the Senate today much to the disgust OF the
white Radical brethren:
Attempts are making to stave OF the election for
Judge OF the Supreme Court, 50 that Judge Moses
and Judge Willard may not be contaminated Dy
association with negro judge. These scalaWags
and carpet-baggerS are growing 100 prCud lor
their place. They forget who made them the iittle
that they are.
Shortly after one O'Clock to-day-the hour men-
toned in the joint resolution for the meeting in
Joint assembly to elect an associate justice-the
resolution Was called up in the Senate, where
upon Leslie dashed about the room looking for
COPY of THE NEWS Having found one, he moved
that the clerk read an editorial above printedl in
IT, One or two of the senator's objected. Corbin
thought that as 1t was a part OF the senator's
speech he should be permitted to have it read.
Jillson sad he knew the senator from Barnwell
was an original genius and therefore did not need
the aid OF THE NHwS; on that account he objected
to the editorial being read. Finally, leave was
Granted and the editorial read after which the land
commission fairly howled-howled at The NEWS,
md at the Democracy which he claimed 1t rep
resented. During his remarks he gave an account
of his birthplace on the plains OF Saratoga where
the bones OF his grandfather lay; consequently
he l;se L. C.) had the right to come down South