The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-03-02
A bill to define tho criminal juris.

WI '"nhiuS ahu iuSt SOmpany.
The civil rights bill again came up,
pending the debate on which tho SEN
ate adjourned.
The following bills wero passed in
the House
A Senate bill to fix the por diem
and mileage of the members of the
noxt General Assembly.
A bill 70 further amend md per.
petuate tho homestead.
A bill to grant to certain persons
the exclusive right to dig and minc
III the beds of tho navigable streams
and waters Of the State of South
Carolina, for phosphate rocks and
phosphate deposits.
COLUMBIA, February IS. - The fol-
lowing bills were passed by tho House
yesterday
A bill to provide for tho appoint.
mont Of trial justices.
A bill to regulate bail in criminal
GASES.
a bill to authorize and require the
probate judges of the State to take
charge of certain Of the bonds and
records III the Offices f tho lato COM
missioners in equity.
a bill to authorize tho Attorney
Gcnoral to institute proceedings
against the South Carolina railroad
company for violation of charter.
A bill to amend the charter of the
Columbia bridge company.
a bill to extend the limits of the
town of Camden.
A bill to incorporate tho Young
Mons Brotherly Association.
A bill to incorporate homo for
invalid olergymen.
A bill to limit the cost Of criminal
prosecutions.
a bill to amend can net to cstab.
lish State orphan usy ylum.
In tho Senate, yesterday, Cain in
troduced concurrent resolution to
postpone the day of adjournment
from March lst to March 18th.
During tho debate that onsued, Jillson
spoke in favor Of tho resolution, say
ing duty called on them to finish tho
business before leaving, and he was
even willing that no por diem should
be drawn after the lst of March.
This was decided unconstitutional by
Corbin. Leslie spoke against it. lie
said they had staid hero churtering
churches and hook and ladder compa.
mics till they had spent $500, 900, and
if thoir constituents held him to &C.
count, not one would over SEQ tho
legislative halls again. lie thought
the appropriation bill enough to
damn tho whole Republican party.
Nash wanted to stay till July, or
root out corruption, and find why
100000 moro than had been appro-
priatcd has boon drawn for tho land
commissioners. These remarks in
volvcd the commissioner in net that
ho could only oxtricato himself from
hy threatening TO make fellow sena-
"as, who "efo mostly his agents,
ticmbio and quake by exposing his
reasons for rcsigning his commission.
johnson said that he had never re.
ceived an agency, as lie was most too
honest for him. Leslie even dared to
compare tho State to hor former con.
dition, under the old regime.
The most Of the day was spent over
the appropriation bill.
EXCITING SWORD CoMBAr.-A duel
with broad-swords occurred in New
York city at an early hour Monday
morning, between Senior francisco dc
Porto, ayoung Cuban, and Mr.. George
Proude, n young Englishman of some
means and good standing. Do Porto
was severely wounded last summer in
q duel fought with pistols, by Senior
do Conto, editor Of tho Spanish Jour-
nal lGl Conista. Tho origin of the
present duel was n slur thrown ky
Proude upon the Cuban Junta, who,
he intimatod, were living like towards
on tho struggles of the patriots. The
fight was arranged to take place in
room in fashionable house in West
Nineteenth street, and thither, at
late hour Sunday night the combat.
ants, with their friends, repaired. BY
two O'Clock, e. M, all preliminaries
wore completed. Admirable sword
manshlp was displayed, the outs being
rapid, we'll directed and parriod with
precision. After about ten minutes
fighting both were wounded. Proude
receiving a severe out on tho right
shoulder, causing wound some fvo
inches in longth and about ono and
half in depth. His sword arm was
disabled. Subsequently, tho parties
shook hands, and the wounds were ex-
amined. That inflicted on Do Porto,
though some eight inches in length,
was scarcely quarter of an inch in
depth, while Proude's was of serious
character, the blood streaming from it
in profusion.
DESPERATE INDIAN DATTLE.-~Chi
cago, February ga letter from
Fort Sully gives the particulars of
desperate fight between three hun.
dred Sioux and Grow Indians early in
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