The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-22

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SALARIES OF TEACHERS.
The Senate Committee on Education, to whom
was referred the joint resolution providing that
the Treasurer OF the State be authorized to pay
the accounts of school teachers for services rem
dered in the year 1859, at a rate Of notless than
five cents per day for each scholar, reported by
hill to-day, which received first reading 1t
proyides that the State Treasurer be authorized
TO pay out OF the funds appropriated for the sup
port of free schools for the fiscal year commen-
cling November l, 1868. and ending octooer 81,
1869, consisting Of fifty thousand dollars, IN
addition to the amount TO be raised by
the captation taX.) the claims OF teach
ers for services rendered during the
year aforesaid, at the rate OF five cents per
dav for each scholars actual attendance; that II
any person shall make out or swear to false or
fraudulent claim, such person shall, on convic-
tion thereof, be fined in sum not less than twice
the amount Of such false or fraudulent claim,
which fine shall be applied for the support of
schools; that such sum as shall remain Of the fund
appropriated for the fiscal year commencing No
vember 1st, 1865, and ending October Slst 1862
for the support OF free schools, after the payment
OF the claims described In this act, shall be ap-
piled for the support OF free schools for the fiscal
year commencing November lst, 1869.
DEAF AND PUNB ASYLUM.
| It will doubtless be recolected that q few days
ago, the Committee on Claims and Grievances, to
whom was referred the petition OF Woodward
Allen and Raymond owen, late contractors for
building the asylum for the deaf dumb and blind,
at Cedar Springs, in Spartanburg County, recon-
mended that the petitioners be paid the sum Of
| seven thousand dollars, and the balance OF their
claim, amounting to three thousand one hundred
and ninety eight dollars and twenty cents,
be rejected. This work was doue In
1857 To-day the report came mp for
consideration. Rose opposed the adoption,
| and said that there was no prooF that there
was such building in existence as was claimed
to have been erected by the petitioners before the
war; If the General Assembly paid this claim, it
might as we'll get tape line and measure the
secession ditehc-, and pay for the work done on
them in fact 1t would he better to do it, Tor there
we're proofs that these were in existence. Jilson
and Hoyt stated that they had seen the building
recently, and the latter stated that he had exam
iued 1t closely, and found that it was well con-
structed edidce. 1t was his opinion that the pet!-
tloners (who were the contractorslS2d executed
their work remarkably well. Nash objected TO
the paying Of this claim, If for. no other reason
than that 1t woHld establish bad precedent. II
we vote to pass this claim said he there will be
other claims amounting TO over q hundred thous-
and dollars, presented here this session.
There are now claims in the hands OF par
<sfes for jobs executed during the war which will
be presented for payment If this one bc paid.
There Is one for eighteen thousand dollars from
the architect OF this building now In the hands OF
committee and this man was engaged In con-
structing breastworks on the Congarec when
Sherman came yet lie will want his money. Why
did not these men present their claims to the
Democratic Legislatures? Perhaps they did and
they were rejected. Now they send them to u.s.
thinking to deceive us iato paying them Leslie
made one OF his roaring, wandering speeches,
during which he related how lie had witnessed
cook fight, abused the Democrats. stated that he
wanted the senators to show by their votes that
they would pay no more "war Claims" and then
offered resolution providing that no claims
against the State contracted between December
1861, and December, 1865. should be considered
during this session. He afterwards withdrew
this resolution. The vote was then taken upon
the adoption Of the report Of the committee and
decided in the negative. This action Is considered
as deciding not to entertain any more claims
against the State contracted previous to the close
OF the war.
THE BILLS OF THE BANK OF THE STATE.
Last week the Joint committee, appointed at
the last regular session of the General Assembly
to enumerate and destroy bills Of "the Bank of the
State: for which bonds have been issued, report
tab vi
ed the aforesaid bills, to the amount OF one mil
lion one hundred and ninety-four thousand three
hundred and niuety-two dollars. Since the In
PRODUCTION OF the report there has been a rumor
in circulation that after these bills were counted
and put up for destruction, brown paper was SUB
stituted, and the committee instead of burn
ing bills of The Bank Of the State, innocenty
destroyed parcels OF brown paper only. These
bills were counted in Comptroller General Nea-
giles Office and, as the report had It, lie tamper-
Ell with the parcels To-day l inquired OF the
chairman OF the committee, whose Guty 1t was TO
destroy the bills, II there was any truth in The re-
port He assured me that there was not, as the
committee saw the bank bills destroyed afier
having counted them; that they had found bllls
amounting to nearly three hundred dollars more
than the exhibit OF the treasurer called for have
written the above with view Of setting before
the people tile truth in regard to the destruction
of these bills 1t is asserted that the fact that
Seagle was somewhere around when the bills
were counted occasioncd the report that he was
tampering with them. People vii! not believe
in his being tile noblest work Of Goa-an honest
man.
NOT TO BE GAGGED.
To-day In the House there was discussion
upon the question whether a joint resolution was
not equivalent to q bill or something equally
as important, when the "warhorse" of that
body, Elliott, raved over ruling of Speaker
Moses, appealed against the decision, and assert
ed that he was responsible 70: what lie said. For
several moments there was the greatest confu.
sion, and both Elliott and Moses intimated that
II the other had strayed i'll the least 1t had been
always from the path Of truth. Finally, the
Speaker raped Elliott down, to Which Elliott re-
sisted, and asserted that the Speaker could not
gag him with his gavcl. The vote on tile appeal
resulted in tie Speaker being sustained by
large majority.
STRAY ITEMS.
To-day Perrin, colorcd, of Laurens, and Mickey,
colored, Of Charleston obtained leave of absence
for six days each the former "to attend TO minis
teria duties' and the latter Ito attend to church
Matters
1t is stated that the reason Of the defeat Of the