The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-03-08

Columbia Correspondence Of The Charles
ton Courier.
| For the past two days the course t
Legislation has by no heahs ruu Il
smoothly US hight have been auticipa
ted. The main fight in the Hvus
has been on the passage Of the Green
Vile Rail }toad Bill, which as | pre-
dicted, has gone through With an over
whelming majority, and whith ha
even received the tWo-thirds vote ne
cessary for its third reading. Til,
fight on the passage Of the Bill begar
on Friday, about two o'clock, whcl
O'Connell, from York, offered sub
stitute for the Bill submitted by tn,
Committee. The substitute was gen
orally regarded asa mobilization of
the old Bill, anI authorized the is,u.
ing of two millions Of bvhds, instead
of $4,000 per uie, as provided fol
in the original Bill.
In other respects, it does not diffe,
from the original. AS soon as it was
offered the fighting began. The op-
ponents of the Bill we're few in mum
Der, but, led by Frost and Bose mon
both coloredaa=-,hey fought long and
gallantly. They resorted to every
conceivable manner of iilibustcring,
and called the yeas and nays on every
conceivable question. But the advo
catos of tho Bill adopted another meth
cd, and simply retained their seats,
voting solidly together on every pues.
tion. During this fillibuster it was
that j. N. Hayne, member from
Barnwell,
&kHf FOR Hurley.
who was on the foor speaking, and at:
tempted to strike him. lie was pre-. e.
vented, however, by the members
standing near, and by the efforts of the
Speaker order was restored. The
minority low resored to another
species of warfare. They left tho
House without n quorum, but the
majority stood the siege, kept their
seats, ordered o call of the House.
and by seven o'clock quorum was
obtained, and the fight renewed. This
time the logged perseverance of the
majority conquered. A call for the
previous question on the whole matter
was sustained, and at half.past ten
O'Clock tho Bill passed its second
reading by the following vote
Ayes-Messrs. Adamsou, Berry,
Briggs, Bryan l.. Cain, r. Cain, CoI-
win, Cousart, Crews, Dannerly, j.
Davis, I. A., Dennis, Ellison Farr,
Ferguson, Ford, Gather, Gardner,
Goodson, Goggins, Guffin, Hardy,
Harris, Hart, Hedges, Henderson,
Hudson, Humbert Humphries, Hun
ter, jackson, Jamison, Jervey, Johns
son, Jones, Keith, Kennedy, Ice,
Littleield, Lloyd, Maddocks, McDan.
iels, T. d. Mcdowell, w. J. Mellow
ell, Mead, Moblcy, Moore, Mickey,
O'Connell, Peudergrass, Ramsay,
Reedisb, Rivers, Saunders, Shaklin,
Simons, J. P. Singleton, Smart,
Abraham Suiii,, Suiiivun, TTuri.;on,
j. w. Thomas. Thompson, Wallaee
and Yocum-66.
Nays-Mcssrs, Audell, Barker,
Bass Bosen.on, Boston, B,wley, Byns,
Derrick, Doyle, Duncan, Dnssnbury,
Frost. Gantt, Samuel Greene, Hagoua,
G. D. HaJne, Holmes, Kuh, Levy,
Litchfeld, Lyle, Miles, Milton, May.
ers, Nehemlas, Perry, Small, Il. Nj.
Smith, Sumpter, Talhert, Taylor,
Marley Whipper, Williams and
Wofford-35.
On Saturday morning the Bill hav.
ing been reported engrosscd, passed
its third reading by vote of II to %,
and was ordered to be sent to the
Senate.
The last finishing blow was admin
istered to tho Blue Ridge Rail Road
yesterday in the Senate, when q Bill
to repeal an Act entitled "An ACT to
authorize additional aid to the Blue
Ridge Rail Road Company" was pass
ed to its third reading. The follow.
ing are its provisions
Whereas the faith and frauds of the
State Of South Carolina, were, i. e.,
by the Act of September Is, 1868,
pleged to the payment of the bonds
of South Carolina, to the amount of
four millions of dollars and whereas
the faith and frauds Of the State we're
pledged upon express conditions
which have not been complied with !;
and whereas it has been found i'm
possible to negotiate sale or hypo-
thecation Of said Loan, either to the
United State Government Of private
capitalists ;ahd whereas only eleven
hundred thousand dollars of the said
bonds have thus far been plsdged as
collateral security ; therefore
Be IL enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the Stats
Of South Carolina, now met and sit.
ting in General Assembly, and by the
Euthority Of the same:
SKcfI6h |. That an Act entitled
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