The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-01

! we're transmitted TO the Military Command
! ant OF the Department of the Carolinas, at
| Charleston, and on the first day of October
| last, by General Orders he remittel all
cases in which The inhabitants of this State
were concerned, civil and criminal 10 the
civil authorities II equal and exact us-
ticc is mctcd out to ull the inhabitants OF
the State hy couts and jures-if the freed
men receive !hat protection of person and
property which the laws now guarantee
them, We will not again DC adiudged by
Provost Couus and Military Commissions,
ana we will vindcate before the world our
high sense of moral rlghr; by enforcing i'm
partial justice. whether the suitor be num-
bic or exalted.
Experience vii, demonstrate the wis
dom of your enactment authorizing negroes
TO TESTIFY III all cases. Ii takes away the
impunity which bad men have long en-
ioyed, in tempting these ignorant people 10
pcrpctrate crime for the benefit of the temp
tcrs.
The result OF tho cyrc"imcnt Mt the ,aio
Fall Term OF the Conrts has been entirely
satisfactory, and most of the freedmen who
have been called TO the witness stand, have
manifested highly crediablc desire to tell
the truth. Tho extension of the privilege
has hnd saluIary influence in encouraging
n"d clcvatinG their moral sense Many of
them appreciate their obligations to society
and readily assist in bringing to punishment
cvil-docrs Of their own color. They arc in
valuable TO The productive resources of tho
STATE, and If heir labor be lost by removal
10 other sections, it will convert thousands
of acres Of productive land into n drcorv
wilderness For this reason, | have felt il 70
he my duty TO discourage the migration
The short crops OF the present year should
stimulate the p!aoicv and farmer TO renewed
energy and enterprise. He will. however,
find his (nnds OF little vauc. if he cannot
command labor to cultivate them If tho
ucgro remains here his labor must he mad,
sutiicicnily rcmmnOratiyc to subsist and
cio'hc him comfortably. Schools must bn
established to educate lis child ell, and
charchcS built for his moral training.
The experiment of free labor, whilst IT,
has not been entirely satisfactory, is far
from proEing " failure. Where the blacks
have been adequately combcnsatcd and.
kindly treated, they have generally lnborcd
faithfully. Suddenly relieved from the con-
trolling will OF others. and exempted from
the compulsory labor which had, through
life, been cxactcd from them, they have
performed, during the present year, an
amount Of voluntary labor which may we'll
excite surprise The Incidence of some.
aud the improVidcncc Of many win doubt
less cause them to undergo much suffering
before they arc educated fully to the ncccs.
slty of constant and unliring labor, and to
proper thrift and economy.
Humanity and sound policy unite in de-
manding that we should provide f,r the
aged, the inirm and the helpless, and
therefore respectfully recommend the pas
sage of an Act making it incumbent on the
Commissioners Of the Poor to provide suit
able buildings at the various Di. tr ct Poor
Houses for their accommodation and to sub
ssl them.
The Regents Of The L,,naiic Asylum have
wisely and mmnncly made pro,i ision for
the reception and treatment Of insane color
ed patients, and the Commissioners of the
Poor iN the several Districts should be re-
quircd to make The same provision for thc.r
support in the A3yum ms now exists for
white raupcr patients in that Institution.
The idotic and cpilcptic may be well taken
care Of at the District Poor House.
TIE PINANcEs OF TIE STATE, TAXEs AND,
THE BANK OF THE STATE.
The taxes levied unlcr the Ac; of Dcccm-
Der. 1860, amount TO four hundred and
nineteen thousand six huadrcd and sixty
eight dollars and scvcnty.onc cents ($n9,-
6687D.
There has been paid into the Treasury,
three hundred and iwcmty-scvcn thousand
seven hundred and thirty seven dollars and
twenty five cents. 1927, G37 25
Collectors commissions, 80 869 96
Freedmen $ returns unpaid (prin-
cipNlly capitation taxG 2l,3l907
Jury tickets deposited by Tax
Collectors. I.962.ll
Tax executions issued and in
hands of Sherifs and bal
lanccs due in hands Of Colec-
Tor,
Total, S4l9,6SS.7l
This estimate does not include executions
issued by the Tax Collectors, against per-
sons who have failed to make returns, nnd
who have been double taxed The state
ment at the Comptroller General is here
with transmitted for ,ur information
The entire rcvenuc received into the
Treasury FROM Taxes, Bills Receivable re
gistcrcd and carried 10 ciislrand otter mi
nor sources is, $i76,74 81
There has been paid out by the