The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-06-30
Correspondence Charleston Hcws.5
From the Btate Capital.


Correspondence Charleston Kcws.5
From the Btate Capital,
CoLuMBIA, } unc 2q.--1'he Columbia
Canal, viii, >tein,mense @aIer-power oi
ten lundredand sixty-four horse. power,
Is soon agam to come before the public
eye. The limit of time allowed te the
pnrc'msers--Serator Sprague md Col.
PenrceLl-to begin operations, comes OH
the ,5thof July. u is geaerall under.
stooa3Clat these purchasers intcnd to
forfeit ,he"5arga1a. 1t Las not been so
annSnnced ,an,horlatively but the i'll
ference from existing lacte ia well nigh
conclusive. When that date arrives,
should nothing have been done by
Aessrs. Sprague and Pearcc, the com
missioa-Gov. Scott, Il. N. Lewis and
Postmaster CHARLES NJ. Wilder-will, it
is understood, proceed with their duties
Of disposing Of The canal 1t is hoped
hat this time they will require larger
forfeit than Two hundred dollars, so as
not to keep the State another six
months out OF The immense benefits to
be derived Crom a thorough develop
ment Of that fine water.powcr. Let the
canal be this time given to man who
sncahs business
PHYSIOLOGICAL. JUSTICE
r.. At the last term OF the Cour: OF Gen
cral Sessions, it will be remembered,
very Interesting case was that Of the
State Us. Thomas Richardson for the
murder Of Dallas P Smith, in Col,m-
bia, last summer. Fart Of the interest
Of the case arose it will be remembered,
out Of the fact that richardson was a
memh"r OF the Gcncral Assembly, a
Radical, and a urgro, while Smith was
Democrat anA a white man, and a
part OF II out Of the Intense excitement
that attended Lha act at the timo Of its
rerpetreuon. Judge Boozcr heard the
case. Both prosecution and defence
were ABLY argued. The jury consisted
o( i've white men ad seven negroes
They remaiucd on. about two days.
They took vote on the case but once ;
that vote was for conviction five
(wIhi'c.) aud for acpmttal seven Color
"a One Of The whites was Of the
plisoncr's q political party. The jury
tal!edtoagrer. u! It, was a /, mistrial.-
Judge ,Hpoz"r ba:lcd the prisoner. ....
This case came up at the present
term T. The evidence, pleadings, charge
Nhfeeshonrs and a halt long,) and ali
were repeated in entenso. The jury
this Lime We're twelve, negroes. They
remained ont an hour, and returned n
verdict OF not gully. THIS verdict, like
the one at tho first trial, is purely eth.
no1ogjcal. AS soon as the jury was
impancled. IN both cases, nobody in
tins community for moment doubted
as to what the verdict would be-
Among the witnesses for the prosccu-
ton was one who swore that he was
near Smith when The latter was shot
that he knew Richardson and recognz-
ed him, and. saw, Richardson shoot
Smith; and all this in moonlight. The
testimony of this witness was not in.
validated at all and the stongest Offset
to il, o the direct kind, was the testimo
ny OF the prisoner HIMSELF f.nu|
Those Of our community who are dis
posed to give Richardson the benefit o.
all doubts in the case. think That he
shot Smith, but did 80 III state O
mental CONSERVATION or panic that he
was hardly aware of what he was
doing.
BILLS OF THE BANK w THE STATE.
twill be remember that the Genera
Assembly at its last session, in pursu
ance OF an ''Act to close the operation.
of tho Bank of tho S.ate," appointed &
~ a.
two from the House to examine anc
destroy, in Company with the Comp
tr"llcr.General. the bills OF this banl
that had been funded or redeemed b,
the treasurer with bonds. The commit
tee consists Of Senator Rainey (colored,
cdr. Bosemon (colored, and Mr.. Crews
the Comptroler"G General being DR.. Nea
.gle, These parties have been At worl
The past week. am Informed, in The
,Comptr"ller Generals Office III Colum
tbiaHat thlatask Of examining and de.
.sstroying these funded bills. Each mem
Der comis his Pile. verifesSthe amount
end lays il aside TO be burned and " /
is burned. That is regular. That j.
right. That is what the law requires
These men are. OF conrse : honest bu
enpp"se, by some possible mistake OF til,
Legislature, some unprlnclpled man hat
b en- put on That committee. Is it no
{pfa:ticable for such A person to pu
false labels on some Of the piles and pu
80 Of the bills ints his pocket?g Sucl
b lls'might after awhile, find their way
into he hands Of some banker, who, BY
ajndicions use Of portion Of them
might secure The passage Of law te