The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-08-12

nolnteo III pursuance OIL the power here.
in conferred, such Office or Offices, to.
gcthcr with all moneys, books, records,
papers and property Of any kind or
character whatever, pertaining thereto,
whenever such person or persons so
elected or appointed shall have qualified
and given the bonds required by law,
such person or persons shal. be deemed
guilty OF misdcn,eanor, and, on convic,
ton thereof shall be punished bv zinc
or mprlSonmcn,, or both, in The discrc.
ton Of the court such fine no. to cx-
coed one thousand dollars, Eor be less
than Que hundred dollars, and such i'm
prisonmcnt not to exceed one year at
hard labor in the pcnitcn,iarv An
Acts, or parts OF Acts, inconsistent here.
with, are hereby repealed
The House then adjourned.
SENATE.
Nash gave notice ola bill so define
the law of contracts for hire"
The bill to incorporate TIC education.
al society Of Columbia, was read Il
second time and ordered to be cngross.
cd
The bill authorizing The Governor to
negotiate loan of $4,000, was pass.
cd-yeas lG; nays5.
The Joint resolution authorizing an
appropriation to be made for rcpsirs to
the GovcInar's Mansion, was recommit.
ted. with Instructions to- the committee
to send the bill, SO as to empower the
Governor to supcrintcnd the work, III
stead OF a committee.
The joint resolution from the House,
providing for the appointment Of Il Spc-
clal Committee to inquire INTO and re-
port upon the circumstances connected
with the disturbance Of Saturday night,
was agreed TO
a favorable report from the Commit
tee on Military Affairs, on bill TO cs-
tabllsh State police, was read and or
dcred for consideration TO- morrow.
Adjourned
fwENTY-EiGlITIf DAY.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The judiciary Committee made a IA
yorablc report on the Senate bill To- or
gan'ze the Supreme Court; which was
ordered for consideration tomorrow.
The Committee on the T,unatic Asy.
lnm made report on tho icondltlon of
that institution. saying lha5Sit was found
by the committee to be l9pcrfrcL :r.m
that all The patients were well treated
and cared for, and that its fna, cial COLI
dltlon was better than at any previous
time since the close Of the war. The
committee spoke IN Tie highest terms
praise OF the Superintendent, Dir. Par.
ker, and recommended that the Govern.
or be advised to retain lis services.
Whppcr gave notice OF bill to reg.
usate the admission Of persons to the
practice OF law.
a resolution was adopted, instructing
the Committee on Privileges and Elcc-
tons 10 inquire and report upon the en-
pedIcncy of reducing The number of poll
ing precincts in the Stale and to confer
with the chairmcn of the several dclc.
cations as to the best method Of doing
thus.
O'Conncll offered resolution providing
tnat The University Of South Carolina be
closed from january /, 1860, for one year,
hnd That tlSo fund to bc economical in this
way, appropriated 10 the repairs of the
buildings Laid on the table.
The bill authorizing the Governor to nc
got'ate loan Of $l25,000, was passed Jy
vote of9l ayes TO 8 nays. The Democrats
all voting nay.
The bill TO define the jurisdiction and
regulate the practice of Probate Courts was
read and referred to the judiciary Commit
tee.
The bill to determine and pcrpc,natc the
homestead was taken up, and pending the
discussion Of the first section, il was sus-
pended and made the special order for TO-
morrow.
SENATE
Nothing important was done today. cx.
cepL the passage Of the bill to establish the
State Constabulary force, md notice of a
bitl to repeal the act creating tho Bureau of
Immigration
THE Tuscaloosa OUrRAGEs.-1hc
Montgomery NAL publishes long ac-
count of the disgraccful proceedings
at Tuscaloosa can officer of the
United States army writes most scur-
rilous article for q Radical paper,
couched in filthy inucndoos against
number of the most respectable ladies'
of Tuscaloosa. Tho article was q vile
and cowardly assault upon those ladies
for the friendship they had exhibited
towards Mr.. Ryland Randolph. Mr..
ltandoIPh worry properly slapped tho