The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-02-09

Fishburne went to Wrigh,'s Hot.l and
sent his card up 10 Trial Justice Mar.
shall, gho was at dinner. When Mr..
Marshall came down Mr.. Fishburne
told him that he was not satisfied with
the disposition of the case made by him
in the morning, and that he desired to
be rearrested and committed to Jail in
order thrt ho might have the privilege
| OF testing the right of Col. McCrady to
withdraw the affidavit upon which he
(Fishburne had been arrested. Hc also
stated that he intended to do bodily
harm 10 Messrs Smythe, McCrady and
Izar unless he was put under duress
Mr. Marshall told Senator Fishburne
that, if such was his intention, it would
be his duty as peace officer to require
him to give bond to keep the peace or
commit him TO Jail in default thereof.
Senator Fishburne accompanied Mr..
| Marshall TO the sherin7s office, aud in
the presence of Mr. +. r. Arthur, clerk
Of the court, Mr.. Samuel w. Rowan.
sheriff OF the county, and Mr.. l.. I.
Levin. Jr., deputy sheriff. reiterated the
statements made to Mr.. Marshall, and
said again that if he was not arrested
and put in Jail he would do bodily harm
to the gentlemen already named; where.
upon Mr.. l.. T. Levin, at the request Of
Mr. Fishburne, made affidavit to the
above stated facts, and thereupon war
rant was issued. An examination was
held and Mr. Fishburnc required to give
bond to keep the peace in the sum of
$4,000 or 60 TO Jail. Mr. Fishburne de-
clined to give the bond, "in order" as he
stated, ito test the legality of the ques-
ton" whether Col. McCrady had the
right TO withdraw the affidavit upon
which he had been arrested without an
investigation Of the charges contained
in it.
Mr.. Fishburne was then turned over
TO the sheriff and given until 8 o'clock
to secure bis bondsmcn. Not having
made his bond at that hour he was COM
mitted to jail where he remained until
about 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
when he gave bond, and was released
from confinement.
Senator Fishburne and the Lieutenant Gov
ernor have Personal Difficulty.
Especial Dispatch 10 the Ne'r, and Courier
COLUMBIA, February 3.-The most
disgraceful scene ever witnessed in the
Senate Chamber Of South Carolina
occurred to-day, during debate on the
bill to exempt the Counties of Charles.
ton, Colleton, Beaufort and Hampton
, | from the operations Of the general Stock
law. This bill has been pending fol
, some days and yesterday occasioned
considerable debate. 1t was made the
, special order for o'clock to-day on mo-
: tion of Senator Fishburne.
t Dir. Wylie moved to strike out tho
second Section of the bill, which pro
vides for the levy of special tax te
build the boundary fence, on the ground
that it was unconstitutional for such &
, bill to originate in the Senate.
, Dir. Fishburne opposed the motion
and spoke for on hour and half in q
rambling and incoherent manner, lug
! ging into his remarks all sorts of ire,
, levant and totally extraneous matter
| He was consequently told by President
, Kennedy that he WAS out of order in no,
, speaking to the question before the Sen
: ate. Dir. Fishburne then raised count
: less points of order. AS q sample, he
+ raised the point Of order that the Speak
/ er of the House could not be admitted
, to the Senate for the purpose of ratify
, ing Acts while he (Fishburne) occupied
| the floor, and again, when he was called
!, to order by the President, he contendeo
that the President could not make him
J take his seat while he was speaking to 6
3 point Of order. The President Lieu
. tenant. Governor Kennedy behaved with
| singular forbearance, and on account o.
his personal friendship for the Senator
, and his deep feeling for one in such 6
condition he actually compromised the
r dignity of his Office by his Ienien
course
/ mr. Fishburue was at last required Il
} take his seat, snd motion which hac
been made by Senator T. J. Moore tc
/ lay the whole matter on the table wa.
: adopted by large vote. The Senate
then took recess until half-past
O'Clock this evening
) A majority Of the Senators at once left
t the Chamber, but quite number of per
sons seemed to fear some trouble ant
stood around in cxpeciunt groups mir
t his seat and, walking around into the
, open area in front OF the membcrs' seats
, took his stand directly in front of Sena
, tor McCalps desk. He remained rer
: fectly still, with his eyes fixed on the
, floor before him, stroking his chin whis
, kers with his left hand. AS soon as he
had taken off his official robes, Gen
Kennedy took up his overcoat and, put,
ting on his hat, went down the steps on
the right of the Presidents stand in or
der to reach the door of the Senate
, Chamber. He bad to pass directly in
J front of Mr.. Fishburne. When he
, reached that point, as he was leaving the
: Chamber, Mr.. Fishburnc said Coy
, ernor, your rulings have been very unjust
to mc. You have treated me in an un.
, fair aud unjust way between man and
man." Gen. Kennedy Cooking Fish.
burne full in the face) said: "No, Bob
l have done no such thing. l have been
just as fair to you as could be-" With
/ out another word Fishburne said: al
you say that you lie' Gen. Kennedy at
once struck Fishburne just under the
, left eye, and clutching him by the throat
forced him back through the little aisle
separating Senators Byrd and McCallf
desks, overturning Byrd's desk and
, bringing up against the second row OF
desks. There was at once a rush for the
scene, and before any serious Injury
could be done TO any one the parties
were separated.
, Col. A. d. Goodwyn, the reading clerk
} Of the Senate, pushed his way between
Gen. Kennedy and Fishburne and said
to Fishburne in firm but excited tone
of voice: "He is Lieutenant- Governor
, and am not" Senator Jeter and othert
caught hold of Gen. Kennedy and in
j sisted that the trouble should stop right
there, and several Senators seized Mr.
, Fishburne. As soon as he had recovered
} his overcoat, which had fallen to the