The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-01-13
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ing tlle court df officers disqualified IN:
derthe fourtctntll am4ridmci;t.i&t sIiai
=" TAGtAItAssEE, JANUARY 5. "
The regular scssinn Of llle L4gislal ure
convened to-day. :" No quorum III ili6
Senate. The blower House organized
and reported to Gov. Reed rs ready to
reccivr any communication from lin
An5attempEwassmade t.. .displacesSpea.
kGf Moa,i.~ @nt'iCA proved "a &failnrE!..s4-g
Lieut. Gov. Gleason occupied The Spea.
ker's Clapiniafe ssaa' aS2SIGY@1
.saea - yx,}>sr Hrw ssYfaHH.ks,ssJ YoHk, January s.
Charles E>on, prominen: cotton
mercllan', Is dead {" hisngr was sixtyS
five. &.kV AKA
v&sS~s&,2& Ae}RAGh,oii, 5Ja, ,iary @.
quorum in hoih lIouscs Of the, Lcgsla
turc. The public Trtasufer" submitted 4
report, Istatiag ls nfailurcjto pay he. in
terest on tIaS rSsaie debt, ON account OF ina
bility to borrow the necessary . S35, ,OUU
withoutspledging, The stocksg., &oHof tho
State MS coln,cfal STfc Legislature will
Ieinst @sslhe Supreme Co6rt'in theit proper
rooms. "'s~ rN93 dd4S&
RlcnMoxn january g.
Tho State Treasurer, ,bnying written 10
Gen. Stoneman rccoh,hichdihg payment to
members softhe,lateEeopsttatio of
tionNof- tho 6a'ancc Ndnc" ikem;S S1dncuan'
replies that, hxSing' consultcd' Searefary
Schofield,s WHO Commanded itle aistfict al
the time the Convention Vas N stssiSni, he
doclines 70 ISSUE an order fer Tho pawn crils
ofsaid balance. lIaR bn@ ha~oq SEQ TtSSslN
The revenue collections in this district
last year were S7o0ODh, being nearIy7
S2O0,OO0 more than III 1897. '''HoY $50 q -
Thc'Sate' iprcss rs far as heard fram,
stands rs follows on the new movement foi
unisers al Suffrage, With the hope OF uuiriySeFe
sal amnesty: In, favor eleven Deinooraticc,
papers; ahd iaEainst"it eight Democraiic
aud tvo Republicans papers.. '9,& ,a0,.'o.i"
-HHEau yynBAITlAoRs, january G., !.
In the Circuit Court, yesterday, ~ Gdge
Pineknpy delivered an, opinion in tho easr
of Addison rs. Addison. Tho bin ia the
caseI~ast fled for the sale of certain proper-
tty,thc tMleeto which inyolyeda question Of
the legality cfthe, marriage lc0nirnct be,
tween slaves. The ) Court decided that n
contract off, marriage between slaves was
legatnnd valid by 4 consent Of the tnasieN
and the moral assent Of the slaves nj
though. daring slavery; but from lhe MO
ment Of freedom, il produces. all The effects
which 'rcshlt from Q" marriage contract be
tween tfce persons. ~ 'l'A sfi''' ,'t'"A y
"A brakeman named Nciding, employca
ona Pcnnsylvaniai railroad train. fell fran,
the cars a few days Sgo, but his feet camsht
in tho tnachncry,i and the,poor fellow Ind
the life dragged out Of him. The irain Ind
run two miles before he vas dicovered!R ~
-ess hzs ssi1 NoRFuLx, .Jannatyi7sig,
aA' communication was read last Iiislit
from ll,e, sheriff, ot princesss Ahne Coin
ty, addressed to the. commanding, officer
OF this post, stating hat In attemptingtto
serve ar"rit oftjee,ment, he had been
f3rcbly resisted by iii armed bahd q
abc3s a!ty negroes, IN compliance with
n request t2rr assistance, to eXecuial the
law and preserve tho peace, the military
sent'a' force oftwenty men to the aid ol
the civilauthorities. "Later information
received from tbet scene, Of The dis,ur-
bapce,is to.lheleffeot thai il. an : encoup.
ter to-day, between the military and
negroes, a sargeant had been mortally
wounded and three negroes killed. The
ofiieerIeloNmpman}ipgo 9etaehhehlk lmakes
application for re;nforcements and says
the negroes III Notwithstanding country
are arming and threaten an open attack,
Additional military force will probably
be'sent out to4nght.,Fi III, 90 ,orad>nntl
81. ST. LeyIs, January &,
Santa Fe adviccs report an affray between
tho white and colored tpoops.; Two white.
and ibree col9rediWore killed and ,,ss larg,
number wounded. fbe difficulty, oooure,
BLACKS claimed the wight 10, dance. "a Il O.
their eX pllsion from The bou tho l,l,ck