The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-05

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thence to some po.ct on the Georgia State
line, Ia the County OF Beaufort; the particular
location and route of the same to be deter.
mined by the directors. Section four fixes
the capital stock of the company at ten mil
lion dollars, 10 be Increased at the discretion
Of the board Of directors, in shares OF one hun.
dred dollars each. The remaining sections
confer the powers usually granted to railroad
corporations-authority to Issue mortgage
and other bonds, and permission 10 towns.
cities and counties to subscribe to the capital
stock or purchase the bonds of the company.
Senator Hope, Of Lexington, gave notice Of
the introduction of bill that promises to be
of some importance, and which Is to be en-
titled "a bill to give the election of a conpe-
tent number Of Justices of the peace (now
styled trial justlces) and constables, as directed
n the Constitution of the State Of South Caro-
Ina, Article 4. Section 81, to the qualified
voters of the State"
Senator Calm, of Edgedeld, introduced hls
bill to authorize probate judges to perform all
the duties heretofore performed By commits
sioners in equity, as defined on The first day
of January A. D. 1869, the principal section OF
which Is as follows:
Be 10 enacted, 30, That the several judges
of the Probate Courts In the various counties
In this State shall be regarded to al! lntents
/ and purposes as the legal successors In ONCE
| of tire lale commissioners 10 equity 30 Tar az
| rels.e s to estates; and 1t !s hereby made the
| dutg OF the late commissioned In equity OF
| the various counties to turn over to the re-
| s~pective probate judges all moneys In their
hands, as well as all books, papers and memo
randa.
Senator Whittemore presented. q request
from the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of the United
States army for the cedlng of q certain tract
of land In Darlington County, known ss the
National Cemetery, to the United States, and
gave notice OF the Introduction Of a bill to
that effect. The senator from Darlington also
gave an unmlstakable Indication of his lnten-
| ton to keep q look out upon the despollers OF
the ststehouse granite, aud to renew hls cru
| SADIE of last winter against the mysterious re-
moyal of that public property. He submitted
a long resolution, the preamble to which re-
cited that during the last session the Senate
had discovered that the large and valuable
blocks of stone Intended for the completion OF
the Statehouse, and stored In the Statshouse
yard, were being carried away and destroyed;
that thereupon the Senate had passed q decld-
ed protest against such removal, land by a reso-
luton had Instructed the encouragement to
Institute proceedings to prevent IL; hat the
Governor had thereupon Informed the Gene
raj Assembly that the removal would be
stopped, but that since the last session OF the
Legislature the stone had all been removed
aud destroyed. The resolution therefore pro-
vldes for the appointment OF q committee OF
three to ascertain and report by what su-
thorlty the stone has been removed, to. whom
it has been sold, tor what consideration, and
what has bean done with the proceeds. This
resolution was Immediately. considered and
adopted, and Senators Whitteaore, Nash and
Duncan were appointed as the committee to
look Into the merits of this granite grievance,
which has appeared to have LAIN 30 heavily
upon the mind of the fret named gentleman
for the past twelve months. The same seaa-
tor offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the comptroller general be,
aud is hereby, requested TO Inform the Senate
by whose orders the ''of1clal" Advertisement
Of IAN act TO regulate the agencies OF insu-
rance companies not incorporated IN The
State Of South Carolina" and '.An act TO bet
ter protect-holders Of Insurance policies 10 this
State" Is published In the various papers OF
the Slate. Also at what rates the said acts
are published, and out OF what appropriations
paid.
Also the following preamble and resolution,
and the Senate adjourned. In accordance with
the same, until twelve M. tomorrow:
Whereas, it has pleased an All-wise Provl.
deuce to afaict us AS a nation In the removal
by death OF Hon. Horace Greeley, q great and
good man, whose life has been az epitome OF
sacrifice aud toll In the cause OF human liber-
ty, whose zeal In all that elevateS q people
has been eqnalled only By bis untiring deVo-
tlon to the great principles of truth and JUS
tlce; therefore,
RESOLVED, That as an expression OF the re-
spect due the memory Of Hon. Horace Gree.
ley, the Senate do now adjourn.
In the House there were also q number OF
Important measures introduced or noticed.
The titles of all these measures have already
been reported. Among the most important
is a bill introduced by Representative Artson,
of Charleston, to encourage the rebuilding of
the burnt district 10 the City of Charleston,
which provides as follows:
Whereas, the City of Charleston has been
universally recognized as the commercial en-
porlum OF the State, and Is everywhere re-
Rarded as one OF the most important maritime
depots on the South Atlantic %seaboard; and,
whereas, every practical business interest OF
the State, as well "a Of the neighborlng States,
Ia involved In the rebuilding and prosperity OF
the City by the S.a; and, whereas, the City Of
Charleston. laid waste By the terrible oonfa-
grafton of 1861, has been unable to recover
because of The heavy burden of taxation,
while her citizens owniag such 9 large pro-