The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-10
7. THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1870

CHARLESTON, III
the appointment by the Governor OF, eight
commissioners. who shall appoint sub-com-
missioner for each county, and they Shall al.
tend to the drawing Of jurors for the court Oh
the county and be present during the sessions
of the court. The salaries Of the commlssion-
crs will be one thousand dollars each, and OF
the snb-cOmmissioncrs five hundred dollars
each, excepting the sub-commssioner OF
Charleston County, who will receive one tholl-
sand dollars.
TIE CODE.
The Senate bill to revise, simplify and
abridge the rules, practice, pleadings ana
forms of the courts OF this State was taken up
in the House today and several sections reao;
The section providing for the appointment OF
photographer for each judicial circuit was
stricken out. DeLarge spoke against inc
Code, saying it had already cost the State SIN,
teen thousand five hundred dollars, and it had
produced no good to the people. 1t was not
worth sixteen dollars and fifty cents., 1t Woud
have been better TO have purchased bound co,
s.South Carolina" where the words "NeW
York" occurred, and presented copy 10 cach
one OF the Judges.
LABoREEs.
The bill for the better protection Of laborcrs
and others under contracts Tor service, OelllS
the unfinished business yesterday at the holr
of adjournment, was taken mp to-day ana re-
ceived second reading, after sections slXtn
seventh and eighth were stricken out These
sections provide that q lien may be enforced
by petition 10 the Circuit Court, in the circuit
where the land or crop Is situated or may be
found; that the petition may Dc filed in term,
or in the clerks office, in vacation, and The
date of its filing shall be deemed the com-
menccment Of the suit; that when the amount
nI,i,
dollars, the lien may be enforced by
petition to justice Of the peace or magistrate;
that the court, Justice of the peace, or maSis-
tratc as The case may be, shall hear ana deter
mine the matter according 10 the usual mode
of proceeding in the courts Of this State, sum-
mlrly, in the case arising, with or wlliio"t inc
intervention of jury, rs the case may de-
mand, citing all proper parties ana witnesses,
allowing all usual amendments and appeals, us
may be- necessary, and shall render such
judg gneat as justice may require, and there
upon order sale Of the property, If p!aillllll re-
covers.
CoNSPIRACIES AND MoBS.
There are now before the House three .qucs-
tionable bils-one 10 "punish conspllacies TO
prosecute an innocent person, and 1or other
cases." another, ITO assess tax upon the peo-
ple of Sumter to indemnify David G. Robert
son and the firm of Dnbose & Co., OF tlrlt
county;' another, for the State TO indemnify
all persons whose property may be destroyed
by mobs. Tie first bill provides that II any
two or more persons cOnspirc and agree to-
gcthcr, and maliCously TO cause another per-
son TO be Indicted, or in anywise prosecuted,
for an offence Of which he is innocent, whether
he is prosecuted or not, they shall be
deemed guilty Of q conspiracy, and each pun
ished by imprisonment not more than
five wears, Or by u fine not exceeding one
thousand dollars; that If any two or more per
sons conspire and agree together, win lhe
fraudulent OF malicious intent, wrongully ana
wickcdly. to njure the person, character, ol1Si-
ness or property OF another. or 10 40 any llir-
gal act injurious TO the public trade, health,
morals, police Or administration OF public JUS
ticc, or to commit any crime punishable Dy
imprisonment in the pcnitenttlry, they snail
be deemed guilty of Il conspiracy. and every
such offender, and sxery person convicted OF
conspiracy at cOmmonSlaw, Shall DC pnnishcd
by imprisonment moi more than thr'e years
or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.
The provisions of the bill TO indemnify Dll-
bose, and his fellow sufferers, offered by Bur
rcll James, nave already been published III
THE NEWS inc last-namcd bill is offered by
Fcrltcr, of Sumter, and Is. doubtless. lntellu-
ed for the same purpose as Burrell james. n
bill to indemnify all persons whose properly
has been destroyed by mobs VIII DC prGti.cs, !.
tive OF great many mObs. a man VINO is
failing in business can, with q judcious cXpcn-
diturc of small sum Of money, secure Il few
negroes to 70 through his store, anu tnen lie
can secure money to pay for the property de-
stroycd. The Judiciary committee have re-
ported unfavorably upon the bill to prevent
couspiracics. aud the probability is that IL VIII
not be passed What will be the fate Of inc
other two cannot be stated with any certainty.
STRAY ITEMS.
The Senate was not in session to-day.
DIR. A. G. Mackcy had reception tonight;
The parties Interested in the sinking i'ind
bill, are preparing to "recognize' the oill
through the Legislature 1t will pass. l..
The RniIrNad Bill and the RING