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month and expenses. Central Council, when
In session, five dollars per day and travelling
expenses.
The Committee suggested that, as their re-
sources were chiefly derived from the poorer
classes, the strictest economy and vigilance
should be carried out in their disposal A vote
of thanks was passed to the three Senators,
Messrs. Meary, Sinnot and Mullen who had re-
manned faithful to their oaths in supporting the
legitimate authority of the Brotherhood.
vote OF thanks was also passed to the Rev.
Mr.. Curley, who by his presence had added dig
nifty to the body, and by his wise counsels had
aided their deliberations.
The reverend gentleman replied in very ap-
propriate speech, thanking the Convention for
their good opinion OF him, and hoping, now that
they had unanimously placed the organization on
a firm and secure basis, that they would all tell
their constituents at home what good things
they had done, and impress on them the neces.
further the cause of Irish independence. He next
read the address to the House prepared by the
Committee on Address. II was resume of the
proceedings of the Convention, and what they
had accomplished.
1t stated that never before had SO respectable
and intelligent body OF Irishmen in this coun-
try sat In grave deliberation on questions of
suah vital importance. Never had an organiza-
tion so strong and powerful been so threatened
by designing parties; but the verdict of this
house and its great and truly national resolve
proved that we were not to be turned aside from
the great problem of Irish Independence The
people, assembled through their delegates in
their might, had settled the difficulties that
threatened the Brotherhood.
INAUGURATION OF HEAD CENTRE.
Colonel 0Mahony now rose to subscribe to
the declaration of Office. He repeated it after
the Chairman, and when he concluded the
House rose and gave him three cheers.
THE CHARMANs ADDRESS.
Mr.. Corbet was moved from the chair, and a
unanimous vote of thanks passed to him. In
reply he said:-He had never seen convened
together a body comprising more intelligence
and forbearance, He did not think there
was a really cross man in the house.
True, the tribes of Manhattan and Shaw
NUT had some occasional little broils but they
could now go home amidst their braves and
smoke the calumet off peace
Our labors are now about closing, and you
have satisfactorily settled the differences that
have SO long distracted the Brotherhood. The
country will accept your verdict, given after
such searching investigation and mature dellbe-
ration. We have placed the Brotherhood on
firm basis; and let us exert ourselves to aid our
brothers who are ready for the struggle. Do
this, and the spirit of liberty and community
that now influences us will soon place Ireland
free nation in communion with the great nations
of the earth. Her green flag will soon be recog-
nized as taking place among the proud ban
ners Of free and happy people.
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Shall be retained by the sheriff, and be sub
Jeot o'ihe order OF the Commissioners of
the Poor OF the District in which the sale is
mace.
MIR. .. .. richardson, jr., introduced y
resolution, whicir has agreed to. that it be
referred 10 the committee on Officers and
oihces 10 inquire ADD report what lcgisla-
tion' IL any Is necessary to continue the
commissioners OF the Poor in office until
the next general election, and that the com
mittee nave leave TO report by bill or other
WISE. ne, $50.
MT. John 5. kichardson. jr., introduced
Dill TO after inc law IN regard to liens and
imparlance IN certain cases.
Inc ioiiowing oliis were ordered to be
iaid on me table: Dill Tor tho establish
ment OF agriouiturar ana mechanical schools
IN 'he various DISTRICTS OF the State, and
lor teonnieai nignt school LOT apprentices
ana youths IN business In charleston: bill
90 create tne once OF superintendent OF Free
Sohoois, ana to amend the law in relation to
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dustry of the emancipated negro to a
sufficient degree to make his labor as
productive as before, but my observa-
tion leads ne to confess that | WAS
mistaken. Man is naturally averse to
wearisomo labor to prompt to it
there must be fear of penalty or de-
sire of reward. The education of this
people has had no tendency to create
fear of want, it is thing of which
(never having had to provide) they
are utterly ignorant, and degree of
intelligence beyond what they possess,
Is necessary to produce that ambition
which arises from hope of gain.
The power of habit, opposed to these
stimulants to exertion, is equally op-
posed. to exertion itself, when there is
no Immediate prompter, and to the
ability to labor successfully without
the direction of a superior Judgment.
The want of mental culture will
much rctard the acquisition of means,
the want of means will operate against
the acquisition of mental culture, and
the mutual action and reaction of
these, though, probably not the great
est hindrance, would alone, in the face
of the greatest encouragement render
Improvement in intelligence extreme
ly slow. The want of intelligence
and the absence of the fear of punish
ment, there being no way to punish
common offences until man has ac
quired character or capital, will rem
der moral improvements equally diff
cult.
1t is to be feared then that the hope
of the country's redemption, from it's
wasted condition, by the labor of tho
former laboring class, is a chimera.
If this be so, and the country is to be
redeemed, others of its population
must go to. work in earnest, assisted by
such immigrants as can be- induced to
take up their abode among us, by rep
resenting to them what can be done by
energetic and intelligent labor.
Gives.
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ure would dispense with two terms of
the Court in Fairfield, and substitute
one in their place. This is unques-
tionably tampering with Courts, and
according to the decision of the Court
of Errors, it seems, it is in round
about manner impairing the obliga
tion of contracts. 1t is a great pity
that any action is to be taken that
smacks Of stay law principle. More
harm is to come of it than good. AS
the News has always held, compro-
misc between debtor and creditor can
effect more good Immediately and ul-
timately, than all Legislation in Chris
tendon can effect. McC.
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tors Of the Blue Ridge Railroad Compa.,
ny, IN South Carolina, be, and are here.
by, authorized to deal will, the shares
held by The State in SAID Company in
the same manner as with the shares Of
all other stockholders in any arrange.
ment that NAV be MAIDS with any other
companies, or individuals. for tic cn,n.
pleton OF the said road. by the issuing:
Of preferred shares, or reducing the nun.
Der Of shares held BY the State in tho.
same ratio in which the city of Charles.
ton and other stockholders may consent
that their shares shall be reduced, or in,
any other manner in which it may be-
found necessary to surrender portion
OF the capital already invested, to ac-
comphsh the construction OF the said
road: Provided, That in any arrange
ment that may be made, the state shall
not be held liable for any additional as
sessmcnt on the shares so held.
Mr.. Martin introduced bill to make
trespasses on real estate liable toindict
ment.
Adjourned
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LEGISLATURE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1866.
SENATE.
he Senate met O II m.

The Senate met q II m
MIR. Thompson introduced bill to amend
an Act entitled "An Act to establish Dis
trict Courts" and bill to make parties
plaintiffs and defendants, in all cases COM
petent to give testimony in such cases in
like manner as other witnesses.
Mr.. Tilman offered resolution, which
was agreed to, and was ordered to DO sent
to the House for concurrence, that the At
torney General and Solicitors, of this State
be, ard they are hereby, instructed and
required to take immediate measures to
check any and all violation by the several
railroad companies chartered by the Acts
of the General Assembly of the State, in
the matter Of the over-charge Sof the said
companies, or either Of them, for freight
| or passage money, and that the said Attor-
| ney General and Solicitors be required to
institute the necessary proceedings by rule.
quo Warranto, otherwise, for the forfeiture
of any one or more of the charters of said
companies, who may, in the particulars
indicated, have hitherto violated, or are
now violating, the Provisions of their char
ter or charters; and that the Attorney
Generals and Solicitors each make a speci-
fc and seperate report to this General
Assembly, on the first day Of the ensuing
regular session, of their action respectively
under the resolution.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House met at l2 O'clock,
Mr. Sheridan presented the memorial Of
sundry citizens Of Colleton District, and
accompanying documents, in relation to the
financial condition OF the country and the
relief Of debtors. E
Mr.. Marley introduced the following pre-
amble and ndresolution, which were made the
special order Of the day for to morrow, OF
half-.past O'Clock p. M: :.
Whereas the condition Of the country
demands thatthe Legislature shall, by all
legal means, interpose 70 prevent the saori-
fee OF property at sheriff's sales;
Be kresoloed, That committee, to con.
sisi Of five members Of the House and three
ofthe Senate, be appointed to inquire and
report upon the propriety and expediency
OF appointing three assessors in each Dis
trict whose duty it shall be to assess and
determine the real value Of any property
upon which levy, under execution, has beeh
or may be made, and TO return such assess
ment, under oath, TO the sheriff. And TO-
report further upon the propriety ofa Law
which shall provide in substance: That If
the property levied on be sold for more than
pits assessed value, the plaintiff in execution
shall pay FIVE per cent on the assessment;
ifit be sold for less than its assessed value,
but for more than three-fourths Of such
value, the plaintiff shall pay fifteen per
cent. upon the assessment; ifit besold for
moro than one-half and less than three
fourths Of Its assessed value, the plaintiff in
execution shall pay thirty per cent. Of its
assessed value; II itbo sold for less than
one-half Of its assessed yalus, the plaintiff
In execution shall pay forty per cent. upon
the assessment. That the tax thus imposed
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Notice..

fI'HE BOOKS OF JOHN CREMER g. CO.,
l. Cremer & Co., and ]. Smith Phillips,
nave been placed in my hands and an early
settlement is required if those indebted
wish to save costs. The accounts are gen
orally small, and it is hoped that those ow-
ing them will call in my office and pay them
without further notice. of the7 are NOT
paid soon. am instructed to sue upon them.
A. s. DOUGLASS.
sept 15-x2t1
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TUE,SDA Y, SEPTEMBERlI, 1866
SENATE.

ne Oenate met ar IL m.
a resolution was received from the
House, that the bill providing artificial
legs for all citizens Of the State, who
have lost their legs during the recent war
read for the first time in tho House, be
referred to special joint committee,
consisting OF three members of the House
and two of the Senate, which was
agreed to, and Messrs. Weatherly and
Winsmlth were appointed the commit.
tee.
Mr.. Buist introduced bill to provide
for the funding Of the interest and prin.
cipal of the stocks and bonds of the State
past due
Mr.. Hemphill submitted report of
the JOINT committee relative to the es
tablishment of penitentiary in l.. this
State, and recommended the adoption of
resolution that the Governor be, and
he Is hereby. instructed to appoint a
commission, to consist of one or more
persons, to prepare plan for the estab-
lishment and discipline of penitenLiary
in this State; to make Investigations in
respect to suitable location for the
same, and furnish estimates as to the
probable cost of construction, and report
to the General Assembly at its next
regular session which was laid on the
table.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House met at IL o'clock.
Mr.. VIM. Wallace presented the pe-
tltion of 1.-THE Ladies' Memorial Assocla.
ton of Columbia" asking permission to
use certain granite and marble belong
ing to the State, for head stones for the
graves Of Confederate dead.
Mr.. j.. s. Richardson, Jr., introduced
a resolution, which was agreed to: That
the Commissioners Of the Poor for Sum.
ter District, through misapprehension as
to their tenure of Office, have failed to
levy and collect Poor Tax for the said
District and whereas the distress and
suffering in this unfortunate class in sald
District, owing to the great scarcity Of
provisions of all kinds. must be greatly
increased by the failure to afford them
the usual relief extended by means of
the tax aforesaid and that it be referred
to the Committee Of Ways and Means
to inquire and, if practical and expedient,
to report such legislation as will effect an
advance by the State to the Commission.
ers Of the Poor of said District, for the
benefit of the poor of said District,
equivalent to 10 per cent. upon the gen.
eral tax of said District, the amount thus
advanced to be returned to the State
out of the Poor Tax of said District for
the year 1867.
Mr., Wagner introduced resolution.
which was agreed to, that it is expedi-
ent to make the poor houses in this State
industrial institutions. and that the Com
mittee on Public Buildings inquire into
and submit plan for the same. by bill
or otherwise.
Mr., Trescot introduced resolution
which was referred to the Committee on
Railroads, that the President and Drec-
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Editorial Correspondence.
COLUMBIA, September IL.


the City of Magnificent Distances by
anothcr route.
Had you been hero yesterday after.
noon yvu would have thought, and
correctly, that this city does lie in the
route of lawlessncss in so far as the
pledge of the military authorities that
the civil power should have some re-
Spect shown it, after the agreement be-
tween Gov. Orr and General Sickles.
The General is here, and yet in spite
of promises and agreements the Jail of
this place was broken open by Major
Walker and a prisoner taken out by
mere brute force, by mobocracy.
1t appears that the prisoner was
citizen confined for debt. In that con-
dition lie was enlisted in the army.
Maj. Walker demanded his release.
Those in charge of the Jail declined to
give him up until written order was
received for his release. No respect
was in this particular paid to the right
of civil authority. The said Major
not only forcibly took out the prisoner,
but abused the Sheriff, Mr.. Dent. in
his absence, to such an extent that
the son of the latter told the officer he
would report his language to his faith.
or. So he did, Mr.. Dent made a
personal matter of it, attacked the
officer and was about to chastise him
la fisticuff, when two other soldiers
came up, drew pistols and threatened
to shoot. The assailed citizen polite
ly invited the valorous three (the Ma
jor had in the meantime drawn a pis-
tol) to perform the flashing operations
they promised. But they didn't.
The Major remarked that he was call
ed upon to fight in manner he. was
not accustomed to. The solo party
challenged all three to walk round the
conner and. he would fight all of them
in their own style of belligerency.
With this closed the episode of anti
civil order.
The emigrating element of the coun-
try may be accelerated in those plans
by such high handed measures as this,
and the non-emigrating may we'll ask,
"and who can blame them for getting
ont of such a country 2" What will
come of it we cannot say. 1t is
thought that Gen. Green, Command
ant at this Post, was not party in
this matter He is highly respected
here.
In the Legislature the matter en-
gaging most attention is relief for the
debtor class Of the State. The vari-
schemes seem to have eliminated in
GA bill to alter and fix the times for
holding the Courts of Sessions and
Common Pleas in this State" There
will doubtless be considerable dis
cussion in the Senate to-day upon this
Bill. 1t will be likely to pass.
This bill provides for relief in this
way. 1t proposes to have the Spring
Terms Of the Courts of Law held as
usual, but that all suits and "other
"process Of the said Courts, mesne and
"final, now made returnable to the
"Fall Terms heretofore established,
"sball be returnable to the Spring
"Terms of the Court, in the year OF
"our Lord one thousand eight hun.
"dred and sixty-seven, the same as il
"already SO directed; and that the
"same rules Of Importance and the
"same order ofproceedings now exist
"ing, shall apply to the Courts as es-
Established by the first section of this
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TFoR THE NEws.1


Precedcnted situation of the country
renders the character of it's future
quite problem, but time will furnish
the solution. Twenty-Five years hence
the country may be in condition of
prosperity, even greater than its past,
with the products of agriculture and
the mechanic arts more@abundant and
commerce more hourishing, or it may
be In state even worse than some of
the more responding anticipate, with,
instead of cultivated fields, unimprov-
ed and neglected lands instead of
cities and towns, collections of rude
huts the abode of squalor and wretch
edness {; instead of intelligence, virtue,
and religion, ignorance, and every
form of vice, instead of the literature
OF the past or present, perhaps one or
two poorly supported newspapers in
the territory of what was the once
proud South Carolina. This retro
grade progress, if without precedent,
would not be impossible, but as great
changes have occurred perhaps not
in SO short time, but this is a fast
age.
Which of these will be the future
condition of the country depends upon
our action. The political condition
of.the country and the character of
its legislation effect much its prospefi-
ty by influencing industry and econo.
my, but these, encouraged by the
former, and energetically and skillful-
ly exercised, can and will produce
that desirable future condition, and
their neglect will as certainly induce
the undesirable condition mentioned.
This industry and economy in order
to effect the desired result, must be-
come general. Perhaps the greatest
difficulty to be encountered is, to pro-
duce the practical conviction that the
success of the whole depends upon the
conduct of individuals. In conYers-
ing on this subject the remark is often
heard "nothing that you or I can say
or do will affect the condition of the
country" 1t may be we'll sometimes
for man TO be sensible of his insignifi-
eance but this does not relieve him of
a responsibility, proportionate to his
power, as member of society. AS
sure as rivers are formed by the union
OF smaller streams so sure does the
prosperity of a country consist in the
prosperity of the individuals of which
it is composed. Here the purest pa
triotism and self interest unite as
soon as all become convinced of this
fact and act accordingly, so soon will
the prosperity of the country begin to
increase in geometrical proportion, but
the man who thinks and says that he
can DO nothing only adds to the leaden
weight that retards the whole.
The press and public speakers of the
country might effect much by repeat
ediy presenting to the minds Of men
the idea Of individual responsibility.
The idea adopted, there must be
something to work it, and a way to 90
to work.
The labor system of the country is the
first subject that demands attention as
on its success depends the ability to
make IN oyements in other depart
ments, for as this fails capital will
disappear. Can the present laboring
class be relied on for the proper and
necessary agricultural labor of the
country is a grave question.
am. one of the few who thought
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-" T. p. SLIDER, Esq, is the
sole agent Ior this paper in Charleston
S. G.
" Mr.. JAS. II. SMlru, formerly
Of this place, hut now residing in
Charlotte, n. G. is our authorized
agent for the News.
Mr.. SNrITu can be found at the
Times Office
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Local Items.

New Advertisements.
Cathcart g. Matrhews-Corn at
$l,55
Carriage for sale. See notice.
Notico-~By A. S. Douglass.
Religious Services
May be expected tomorrow as fol.
lows:
Episcopal Church, L A. NJ.
A. r. Church, Rev. G. B. Belts, 8
P. NJ.
M. E. Church, Rev. A. G.. Stacy, IL.
A. M. and 5 p. M.
-. =
10 Advertisers. Orders for advertis
ing should be handed in by noon of
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, to
secure insertion in the next days issue
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hereby given that application will be
L made at the next regular session Of tho
Legislature for renewal and amendment Of,
the Charter of the Town of Winnsborough.
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! de soumettre hor5 de rordre rognlicr, sur le
bill de la chambre No. 90
| Aete a Iettet dorganiser la milice dc lEtat.
| I'm rapport favorable ayec amendement.
Sur motion de Nj. Halsey, les rGglements
sont suspendus ct lie bill de la chambre, No
100, intitulG:
''Aete a leffet d'accorder Il Mime J. Gala
nan 1, dc Ia Pointe-CoupGe, Ia charte non-expir6e
port;
Est appele.
M. Couvillon- .
,o ant Ia motion que lie bill de Ia chambre No
ISz' par tne maiorite du comit6 des afaires
parolsslales, soft adopte CONNIE substitute nm
NJ Halsey-
bureau. ''-' ''l'('o '''i 1t
M, NIeEnery-
Fait la motion dajourner indeiniment tonto
action sur lie bill No, 100, ct lie substitut No
1872 ''4'"V w
M. Elan
Demande que la motion de M. MeEnerv soft
d6pos6e sur lie bureuu
Sur cette motion aucune decision nest dom
nee taute de quorum,
Sur motion de NJ. Holt, In chambre s'a-
journe.
THOMAS L. MAXWELL.
Grefier de la Chambre DIES ReprGsentants.