The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-02-05
S. c., WEDNESDAY, MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1868.

floor Of the assemblagc, ana among them
might be recognized seprt&i native born
Charlestonians.
The meeting was opcnuI with prayer
by Isaac Brookington, real black negro
delegate from Darlington, and it .n,,st
De confessed tkat his pra9@r was mere
truly Christian than that .0s any of the
several Write Pharsees Who have here.
tofore olliciated.
The roll was called AID quorum
being rrescn, she .assemlTl ge proceeded
10 business.
The minutes of the last ,aectiug were
read and confirmed
q " NJ Mackey rose - q personal
explanation, and said tks hc had TO
apologize for 80 far forgetting himself
that he had made pnrsonR attack on
an individual in the honsc but hc plead
as his excuse the cxci&menc under
which he labcurea owing Va low and
scurrlous attack made upon his father
in a certain dirty and Indecent sheet, but
willie making his excise to the convcn.
ton he had 10 excuse to make 20 the
low and contemplate inlividual whom
he justly chastisrd.
Langley moved 'hat McGregor
Mackey's excuse be accepted. Agreed
| to.
a letter OF resignation was read tr.m
John e. Terry, OF Colleton.
Allen moved to amend by striking
out the dog tax
VIM. McKinlay moved 20 amend by
laying !il:y cents tax on every dog in
excess Of one dog to each family.
| J NJ Rutland made poirt chat dogs
were not property, and, therefore, not
liable 10 the tax, according TO tie Recon-.
struction acts -
On Il division Of the house tile dog tax
was struck out.
McGregor Mackey tried 10 make up
for the loss Of the dog tax by increasing
the piano sax
The folly el the embryo legislator was
shown by several members, and his
amendment laii on the table.
| After much laughable debate on the
subject of figures, to which Leslie con-
tributed his full quota the report was
rccommltteI and made the. sneu:sl order
Of "Wednesday at halfpast one O'clock
p. NJ.
| Jesse Craig moved Lhatsthe ordinance
! providing Tor the pay an& mileage OF
members be postponed unsl it was deci.
ded in what currency they were going
to be paid.
| II J Robertson hoped i$Lht the mo ion
would not prevail because The finance
Committee had found no other means to
4 pay the delegatcs,hau in bills rocriva.
I bic, and the nine dollars pe,' djcm allow
ed would bring seven dollars aud twenty
conus and that would great deal more
than pay the expenses of most of tie
dolegstes.
| Pillsbur, thouGht that anything Gne
convention would do to raise the va!ne
of the State currency would only insurc,
because II Tho convention had power to
vote PAIR of Gahrel'& wings to each
white inhabiant of this State, they
would tear those wings from their SOCK
cts, and continue oplod on 'ieos in the
dust OF this mundane sphere.
Robertson said The bills could not 20
o. 40 ''o ""''!S"'" ,'o''i o'"' 'eStoh
sa'd' because the provisional and mIIla"
| ~ governments OF tne state 'acNnow'~
e"ee" the i"' ny OF me onls' and re-
ce'Ne 'them at far value ana mat there
is more tax due than there are bills
ont :,
Parker said that If all the taxes due
were paid by The middle Of April, all the
bills receivable proposed 10 be issued
woulu DE absorbed
Bowen obisctoS tn .nut,ino 90 on .rha
record .ona .then ,ol5;no ,a.liv orlv 60
l ~ II.
y' ~ was propose" 20 pu. soV'ooo ~
Chese Ol Is on the market IN TIE hands OF
one hundred and wea'y-fopr people -
r,h: 10y ,wo'''o ''p'eei"'u = oeFo'o measure
l'.'' was q '"oVG 'oi 'ne 'specu'"'"r |"
81! p0s'eSs'"n OF ',ese o,''s az avery 40"
p.'ce anu i,e We nopeu 'i'a' u wonl" nc nov
s"'ceea' ~ ",h''ev"' NC was 70 geE' Il |"
was o"hy M'oo' ne "aHeeo III 'coffsc'iy
S'SIa" 1oa.o. on c.",,s ,nen"G"f", ,h",., =
Il 20 rf