The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-04

lntons then passed, could not De com.
pleted until within the past week, and
my attention was nor called to Your
resolution OF the 18th of September,
directing the Governor to invite pro-
p0sals and specimens Of artificial legs"
Proposals have not becu invited am,
therefore, not prepared to report "thG
name OF that manufacturer who will
present the best and cheapest models,
with the price thereof"
COVERING THE STATE HOUSE.
In conformity to Your resolution Of
the 9th of September last, advertise.
mcnts were published inviting proposals
for estimates Of the cost Of covering the
new State House, aud Of fitting up
therein II sufficient number OF rooms for
the use ofthe General Assembly, and is
officers upon the most economical plan.
Bids have been received from three
builders. They will be laid before the
Committees Of the two Houses charged
with The subject together with their r.-
spccllve plans. sp'c fcaionS and cSt.
mates, Wrliniormed archircc $ repre-.
sent that the building, in its present
condition, will rapidly dctcuoratc, and
recommend that IN appropriation be
made to carry oUt the purpose Of YOUR
resolution
GENERAL LINConpoE'Ar!0N ACT.
respectfully renew my former recon-,
mendation$. that n general Incorporation
Act he passed. Capital should he in.
vl'cd into the STATE by every legitimate
means. and ready facilities for .organi
zng chartered companies, where ii may
be concentrated for enterprise too large
for individual effort, W ull p note the
end, ana are greatly needed. Such an
Act would save much Of ''hc Time which
the General Assembly is now compelled
to devote, to granting charters, and
Woitid rcdlicG, very materially. the an.
nnas cost oi printing BIlls and Acts OF
incorporation.
THE INSANE ASYLUM
l communicate herewith the report Of.
Dir. Parker, Superintendent and Phvsi
clan of the Asylum. You will learn
IRON II that there arc now III the lnSttu.
'i"n l43 patients, Of whom Sc are pay.
ing and ST are charity patients The
later list will soon be increased by trans.
fer from the former. arising from the
inability of present paying patients to
raise funds further 10 support themselves.
The Institution is admirably managed
IN all its departments. and commend it
to yonr continuing favor.
TFE DEAF AND DUNE AND TIE BLIND.
The Commissioners Of the ASYum
for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind,
at Cedar Springs. in Sparranburg Dis.
trict, met in june last and made the
necessary arrangements for putting the /.
schools inro op>larion. under the supcr-
vision OF MeSsrs. Henderson and Walknr.
The .boarling.hous" aud schools were
oLened early in November, and they
have now resumed their long suspended
functions ludpr he most favorable aus
plces. The schools are rapidly filing mp,
and promise to reach, NJ an early day,
the maximum number heretofore attain
ed. The reports Of the Commissioners
anu Suprrintcnd MS vii be soon trans
mitted to yo,i: 7 beg to commend this
noble ahrl haMauo charity TO your fos
,crirg care.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMEmpMENT PROPOSED by
CONGRESS-
| transmit herewith - conmunic alton from
the lion. W. IL. Seward, covering he cons ti-
tional amendment proposed 10 the several
States of tho Union, by tho Congress of The
United States History furnishes few cx-
amples of n people who have been required
to concedc more to the will OF thcir cou-
querors than The people OF the South. Eve
ry concession we have made, however, 81
far from touchiuS the magnnnimity or gene.
rOsity Of the viciorS, haze sharpchod their
malice ami intensified their revenge.
In tho surrender OF our lsst organized
army of the lMte Confederate Goycrnmcut.
Generals Johnson mn Sherman. each re
presenting the military power aud authority
of his respective Government, ngrecd upon
certain terms of cipitulation. While exact.
ting in some respects. these terms wcrc iii