The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-03-24

S 'to ""Do''ty vi lbe people IN thiS
State, insist and demand of our reprcsen.
tlves in Washington that no person shall
be appointed to Office in the civil SER
vice OF the United States in this State
who ls not known to have been and
now ia the true and tried friend Of liber.
ty, free ballot, the enforcement of the
reconstruction laws Of Congress and
maintenance of the present State gov.
ernment, and further, that every man
holding Office in this State who has not.
III days gone by. earnestly and unrouiv.
ocally favored the system of rcconstruc
tion OF the Unitrd STATES Congress and
the maintenance Of the present STATE
government shall not he allowed 80 hold
ohce and control the Federal patronage
in this State to the excl ;sion Of those
who, in tho dark hours Of the pasl, have
been true to tho principles which are
the foundation slunes Of the present
o'ate government to wit: A frr. bal
lot, equal and exact justice before the
law Tor all, and the Jealous advocate of
inc principles enumerated in tho present
State Constitution esta blishrd hy the
people OF The State Of South Carolina in
pursuance of the requirements OF The
reconstruction acts of Congress.
Hesofued, That in consideration of
these things special committee be ap.
pointed to consist Of the following gen
liomen OF tho Senate and House Of Rep
rcscntatlves, TO draft IL suitable rcam.
bio and resolutions expressive Of tho
sense OF the Republican party in this
State, and to forward the same to unr
senators and representatives at wash
ington, to wit:
On the part OF the Senate; Hon. c..
~. Montgomery, President, pro tenn. ;.
lion. J. K. Jillson, w. 'B. Nash, S a.
SwaIls, Hon. W. e. Rose, Hon. w. b.
Hoyt.
On The part Of lie House Of Repre-
sentativcs: Hon. II. j. Moses, Speaker ;
W., j. Whipprr r. G. De'I.arge, r. b.
Elliott, A. J. Ransi-r, Hon. II. w.
Webb, and Hon. Reuben Tomlin
son.
Resolocd further, That said commit.
tee be instructed to forward copv OF
Tins preamble to the President Of the
United States, copy to the Pres,,lcn,
OF the United States Senate, and = copy
to the Speaker Of the House of Repre-.
sentatives at Washing o., DC
Elliott withdrew his namp.
During tho meeting Tim. Hurley, who
was present, was apparently the most
indignant person III attendance. Sitting
at one of the tables, "a each speaker
arose, Tim. would calculate, Here soes
, more Indignation" Tim. claims that
the "ndig:i"nts" have been fooled. aud
, that the three hundred and twenty rou.
Federal offices 10 be gwen out in South
Chfoi'na have no. jet been arpor,iontd d.
llo says he speaks er catheti,u in refer
ence to the proposed distribution, and
names some Of the leading ones as fol
lows: Collector OF the Port, Reuben
,, romlinson Postmaster of Charleston
,, John Is. Dennis; Major l.. johnson
Assessor OF Internal Revenue; Mai. ID
Il. Corbin, United States District At.
torney; j. p. NJ. Eppiug United State:
, Marshal; ; G. w. Clark, temporarily Col
lector of Internal Revenue; John D
Ashmorc, Collector Of Internal Revenue
Tor The Third Congressional District G.
Il. Baldwin, OF Columbia, in place q
, HerrlcE, for Assessor; SENATOR II. j
Donaldson, Collector Of Internal Revc
nue. ior tho First Congressional District
G. II. Pet,englll, Assessor for Thir,
Congressional District; James S smith
Tor Inspector Of Lighthouse, NJ. Nc
lIanghlm, Boarding Master of the Porv
Of Charleston; DR.. ~ G. Mackcy, Uni
,. ted Stntes Consul to Liverpool; b. O
Duncan, Consul to Frankfort; G.. NJ
Wilder, Postmaster at Columbia.
Besides the above, Tim. says large
number of special agents of the Post
Office Department, three on lie North
eastern Railroad, eight on The Soul
Carolina Railroad, two OH tho Savan
nah and Charleston Railroad, and so on
are to be appointed; also thirty tw,
census takers, or one for each county +;
supervisor of internal revenue for ,ht
State. with tho power Of appointing
assistants, deputy collectors and asses
. sors.
The above arc only small portion
OF the Offices which Tim. announces as
ready to be given out and dist,ibut.
cd among the indignant brotherhood
lilo also reports that Mr.. Trott will
be called to Washington to take
charge of department. there, having
; been postmaster for General Grant al
yioksburg and other places during
Tho various boards of County Com.
missioners are sending in thoir reporte
IN reference to the new formation
and division Of the counties. The
Commissioners of Greenville County
report that county divided into six
teen townships the Commissi toner's of
Horry County reports three town
ships.
CoLumBIA, s. G., March l3.-On
Friday, Delarge amid somo ap-
piause, introduced tho Appropriation
Dill, which received its second reading
to.day,was amended and ordered to be
engrossed, as follows: