The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-05-31
South Carolina News,

It is positively stated that thcr
, were about fifty negroes cngaged il
; tho lynchins Of tho mtlrdordrs of tn
, Harmons, i'll Idgciield.
. The bar of Sumter hn"o udtrcHsn,
. Judge Shaw, requesting him t,
hold on to his judscship for his fu!
term, and pledgins him their supper
to that end.
The court house in Lancaster bo
ing unfit fol use. the grand jury ro
commend that the Legislature a,l
thorizc the levy Of II special tax, fol
the erection of new ono.
Two prisoners confined in tho
Williamsburg jnil--which cost SIS,
0o0-recently picked n hole in tho
wall with al iron spoon, and would
have escaped but for the timely visit
of the jnilor.
Active measures are being taken
for the early completion of the Blue
Ridge Railroad. There was large
and enthusiastic meeting, in Char
lesion n few days ago, of the friends
of the enterprise and nll seemed very
hopeful.
The prisoners were removed into
the new jail ut Aiken II few days
ago, and one ancient darkey remark
ed ",lat dc calnvan VII. oncomplctu
widout dc probate judge md de
county commish." That old fellows $
head is level.
Port Royal and Beaufort will
scnl delegation to Wash.
ington to make clear statement
Of the advantages possessed
by Port Royal AZ naval station
over those Of Tybcc, Ga, where il
is now proposed to establish such II
station.
The board of directors Of the
state pcnitentiary, after consultation
with the governor, determined, in
view of the present embarrassed
condition of the State finances, to
hire about two hundred convicts to
work on the railroad between Column
bia and Alston. The contract will
be made as soon us engineers grade
the road
Distressing accounts aro received
of the condition of the people in
Colloton county. A Wnlterboro
correspondent "f tho N'e.rs uud
F"uricr says "Thc wolf is ut the
door. There are people, and n large
number Of them, heretofore making
their own provisions and in depend"
cnt OF factor and merchant, who
will lose their crops again, and, fail.
inS to get labor. will absolutely
sfnrrc if help cannot be obtuincd."
The Augusta L'nYsfitutiouuli$t
lcnns that an attempt will hc made
to stay the execution of MvEvoy.
the Granitcville murderer, by an up
peal to the supreme court. The
hardened youth recently sent to his
home for Il fiddle with which to
amusc himself in Jail. The jailor
told MclGvoy if he would pay his
lawyers certain sun of money that
they would get him new trial, and
beng told that it would probably
take 5000, he uttered II terrible oath,
and said he would not give that
amount to live forever
Several weeks ago, one Kceynn, u
correspondent OF the Washington
Chronir/r, during conversation
with Tim Hurley III the piazza of tho
Charleston Hotel, took occasion to
use dispnrnginG language with re
gard to Governor Chamberlain,
which Tim resented by breaking nn
umbrella over the head Of tie cor
respondent. Admirif'B friends of
Tim, residing in New York, have
sent him !. fine new silk umbrella, to
, replace the orc broken.
I In nearly every county in tho State
steps have been taken TO compel
=, county trcnsurcrs to receive bills of
the Bank of the State III payment of
taxes. According to II recent stat
ute, these caSes must be tried in
Columbia, but it is now stated that
II question will be raised before
Judge M"ckcy, respecting tho con
stitutlonality OF that st.ltnto. AIT,
gether there seems likely to be
much vcxntious litigation over this
matter, which might have been casi
ly settled by the exercise of little
common sense on tho part Of the
Legislature.
A "Rcpublican" writes from Dar.
lington to the Washington Rcpnbti
cst", saying that "Lhc political prob
lem in South Carolina has been at
last solved by the determination
Of the Republican leaders to place
1iou> A. $. Wallace in nomination
for governor this fa The cores
pondcnt goes on to say "LI. the
upper counties he can carry every
Republican vote, with hundreds Of
Democratic, while he il q universal
favorite with the masses in the mid.
die and lower counties" The writer
speaks Of Chambcrlain's "trcachcry,"
and yearna for the "prospcrity Of
long ago. that is, probably, Of tho
days Of Scott md Moses. a, S.
Wallace for governor Almost as
bad as r. J. Moses, Jr., for Judge.
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