The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-17
beds of the navlgable streams and waters Of the
State. 1t received a second reading and was or
dercl to be engrossed for third.

| beds of the nsvlgable streams and waters of the
state.n it received second reading, and was or
dercd TO be engrossed for third.
WHAT Is THIS BILL FoR9
There are very few persons here who believe
TINT this bill was introduced for the purpose OF
"extinguishing the public debt" 1t is generally
| thought that its object ls 10 give the men first
named in IL the power to sell the States interest
| in such OF the railroads which the big railroad
monopoly rlngn may desire to possess or already
lave purchased. There Is something wrong
about the BILL 1t provides that those commission
ers NAV sell "all the real and personal property
of the State from time to time, in such
| manner and upon such terms as they
NAV deem most advantageous to the State"
To-Day Cain desired to add another section to
the BILL providing that at shall be the duty of the
said commission to give notice in the public press,
at least thirty days previous OF all sales to be
made of lands, stocks, and OF bonds OF the State,
and dispose cf the same to the highest bidder"
r. was sent TO the clerk and read, but at Leslie:s
| instIration. was withdrawn. In one OF Nash's
speeches about the bill, he intmated that he knew
all about the "ring" in whose interest the bill
was but the Lord had given him two ears and
| two ewes to hear and see much, hut only one
mouth, so that he should not tell oil he saw
and heard Cain spoke OF 1t as in the interest of
sring,m and said 1t was useless to attempt to
stop intellect and capital; these would rule, and
| their measures must pass.
EDUCATION.
A Senate bill to provide for the payment OF
| claims of teachers for services rendered during
the fiscal year commencing November lst, A. u.
1865 and ending october alst A. D., 1869, being
the unfinished business Of yesterday, at the hour
of adjournment was taken up in the House to-
day, and read q second time. Benz. A. Bosemon,
Jr, william r. Jeryay, Robert Smalls, James n.
Hayne, Philip E. Ezekiel and Reuben Tomllnson,
| voted "non OH the motion to pass 1t to second
reading, sbecause OF the cXtravagant and enor-
nous amount that will be paid teachers under Its
proysions-many OF whom VIII receive
more pay for their services In primary
schools than ls received by the teachers In the
most advanced schools In other portions OF the
country; that they believed 1t to be an act OF in
Justice to compel the citizens or the State to pay
for teachers services twhen, In many instances
It is not certainly known that such services were
ever rcndcred) at rate fixed by the county
! school commissioners, said commissioners not
being authorized or empowered to establish any
rates whatever; and that the precedent establish
ed will be detrimental to the free school interests
Of the State; for If it be once decided that free
school teachers are TO be 30 cXtravagantly paid
for their services, as they Will be most certainly
under tile provision Of this section, when rcgu-
lar salary Is fixed, which must, of necessity, be
much lower than the above rates. 1t will be diIll-
cult, If not altogether impossible, to obtain conf
pctcnt and efficient teachers.
RESOLUTIONS.
A resolution providing that the Governor be
authorized to open correspondence with the
Governor Of the State OF Georgia, with view so
secure cooperative legislation with The said State
as 10 the mutual rights OF navigation and flshc.
rics in Savannah and Tuga;oo Rivers, was adopted
and sent to the Senate. Another resolution pro-
yiding that the Committee Oh Ways and Means
be requested to report tomorrow or bill author
lzlng and requiring the county commissioners OIL
Sumter County to cause forthwith to be- assessed
upon and collected from the taxable inhabitants
OF said Sumter County q sum OF money herein
after to be set forth, indemnify David G. Robert
son and the firm OF Dubose & Co., for certain
abuses and losses, was ind ennitcy postponed.
I ACTS APPROVED RATIFIED.
| ,,. coo,.. - nvusv -vi REPRESENTATIVES,
attended In tile Senate today, when the following
acts we're duly ratified: An act to establish and
maintain system OF free common schools for the
State OF South Carolina; to authorize the county
commissioners OF Darlington County to levy o
specisl tax for the construction OF courthouse
to authorize the county commissioners OF Cole
ton and Spartanburg Counties to levy an addi
| tional tax to pay the Indebtedness OF their req
| pectIve counties, and for other purposes therein
mentioned; to incorporate the Grove Station
Bridge Company; to amend the charter of tht
Granitevllle Manufacturing Company.
The Governor today sent messages to the
House and Senate notifying those bodies that hi
had approved and signed the following acts Ar
net to amend an act entitled an net to empower
Circuit Judges to change the venue for the tria
OF actions both civil and criminals for the bette
protection OF migratory fish; to provide Tor TN
appolnsmcnt OF certain officers therein named; Il
Incorporate the Delaney Rifle Company, o
Charleston. South Carolina; to incorporate th
Columbia Oil Company; to incorporate the Sum
ter Manufacturing Company; TO secure equal civi
rights, anu to provide for the enjoyment Of nj
remedies In law by all persons, regardless OF rac'
or COLOR TO regulate inc rights anu powers vi Tall
road companies; to provide for general election
of county officers; toincorporate the Independcn
Elliott Hook and Ladder Company, No. ], o
Orange burg, South Carolina.
| STRAY ITEMS.
The judiciary Committee did not report unfa
yorabis upon the bill TO provide for the appoint
mcut Of trial justices, as was reported.
The bill to provide for the general elections
and the manner OF conducting the same, the pro
visions OF which were published In yesterday.
NEWS, received second reading in the HOUSE
today.
Ex-Governor Or visited the Senate to-day. l.
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EUROPE.
Imperialism on Ice c-COnstitutionnl
GnycYnment.