The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-09
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, forth pay OF tile members and clerks
was ratified.
llnyne introduced bill to provid,
Tor The transportation OF convicts dis.
charged from the State Pcnlcnliary,
The bill to provide Tor commission
TO codify the statue laws Of the State
was passed, amended 50 as to give the
power Of the appointments ofcommisson
cr&, To The Governor -nakinr thcu
compensation ST. 900 each per :,nnum
and appropriatng Sc, coo for the pay.
ment Of their contingent expenses.
The rest OF the session was devoted 10
the consideration Of the discrimination
0lil. Violent arguments were made in
favor OF social, as well IS political equal
lty, III Aircano soph;sliral set speeches
by Randolph, Swuils ard other negroes
but the remarks ofCosNan, OF Sumter
out Herodcd llrrod, AMI fairly entitled
h'm to the distinction hr seemed anxious
~ to rcacll-that Of being almost as
good as negro. Before The Senate had
determined that question, an adiourn-
mcnt was made.
MIR. President Boozer has returned
and Wright, the coorcd President pro
tcm., vacated the chair.
FlFTY-FoURTii DAY.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,
DrfIc offered resolution to au,bor-
no the Governor to make temporary
appointments OF Justices of Peace, which
was referred 10 the Committee on Officers
and Offices.
Communication were received from
the Governor announcing his approval
OF the joint resolution to appropriate
$4,000 for the pay and mileage of
members. and also covering request
from the municipal authorities OF Co.
lnmbia, that The fencing around the new
State House be restricted to its proper
boundaries, rs 1t touches upon the pub.
lie streets. The latter was properly
referred.
The bill to incorporate the Columbia
Educational Society (darkics) was read
third time and passed.
The resolution proposing that The
General Assembly adjourn sine tie on
the lth instant, was laia on the ia
bic.
The bill to allow minors aud others
to recover monies, stocks, bonds, &c.,
converted by guardians a4id, others into
Confederate money, wa pos,pcned until
the regular session.
The Railroad Committee rcpor,cd (o :
vorahly on the bill to authorize addition
al aid to the Blue Ridge Itailroad and
the bill was read the first time. 1t au-
lhorlzes the President and Directors Of
the road TO issnc $l,0OO.000 worth of
bonds for the payment OF contracts under
the Act of December ~, 1854 no issue
of bonds under that Act having been
previously made, and for the payment of
these bonds the faith and credit of The
State ispledged and the Comp,rollcr
General directed so 10 endorse on them,
1t further pledges the faith and credit of
the State for the payment Of So, 600, 600
worth of bonds to be paid for the fulfill
m"nt Of contracts provided the in,crcs,
shall not exceed per cent, and further
provided that no part Of such bonds
shall be used unless Congress or private
capitalists furnish The money in exchange
Tor or on the security Of these bonds
Al the property OF the road in Georgia,
Tennessee and South Carolina, is plcdg.
cd by mortgage having priority of all
lnLurc liens for the payment of these
loans. The Board of Direction is to be
increased to fifteen, Of whom the Gov.
ernor shall bo ca 9Gic!o member. The
Governor IS authorized to draw $40, ,OU0
in bills receivable, from the State, to
keep the road in working order.
The bill TO appoint u commission to
codify the statute laws of the State was
passed, with an amendment. appointing
D. i. Corbin, James NJ. Rutland and
y !. WohIippcr, (negro), as com,nis-
..g 4, SENATE.
Nothing ofimportance was done in
this body. The attention of the mem
bcrs was principally devoted to the con-
s'deraslon ct a communication spread
before them by the President to whom
u vas addressed. recording the fact that
Republican County Convention, of
Barnwell, had requested Senator Leslie
to resign his seat, as his speeches and
actions indicated that he no lunger rep
resented the party which had placed him
in power. The reading Of tho paper
had been concluded, Mr.. Loslie address
ed the Senate in his usual vigorous
style, skowing that the County Conyen.
t'oa referred to. was composed Of fifteen
men eleven Of whom were negroes, who
could neither read nor write, and tho
rest mean white mon, whom he had
actually saved from disgrace and starya.
ton,
Randolph, Senator from thebnnt dis
trict, made several effort, TO launch into
one his fts Of blacksuartljsb,, But
even those ofhis own color and party
cried him down; and he succeeded Ii
saylnng nothing more in substance than,
that hef@as present at the Convention
which uorninatad T ,na1ie n ,ub;oj,E r ..el; /,