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T m IN . _ E R VOL m.] WINNf3BORb,.- S. 0It- TRUR19DAY, OjCTOBER 4 , 1'868. 106 TIE TRI-VERILURVS, eUELIsHZD IaVRT TUMSDAT, THIURIO VAT AND SATURDAY, g 1 G 'd, Desportes & Co. il Witsboro,' S. C., at <46.00. per an num, in advan6e. HE FAIRIELD HERALD, I UBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORN INGt AT $8.00 PER ANNUM. An Act TO AMEND AN AOT ENTITLED "AN ACT - TO ESTABLISH DISTBIT COURT8." I.- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and y the authority of the same, as follows: That an Act to establish District Courts, Pas. sed on the twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred aind sixty-five, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, except as to its first and second sections, to wit: In ach Judicial District of thp State, ex :ept Charleston, there shall be establish ed a District Court.which shall be or ganised by the Judge thereof as soon as possible aftor his election ; exoe k in the Judicial ,Distrie% of. Charlestoit there shall.be established two District Clurts, one for the Election'District of Charles ton arid one for the ElectM.'District of Berkeley. The Judge of bh District Court shall receive from the Treasurer pf the Stath a salary of five hindred dol: la'r a year, payable quarterly, ahd he shall be' ,eatitled, for a further compensatior, to jreceive annually, from the Distaict Court Fund, as hereafter prescribed, an additional sum, to be paid, quartfrly on his own'draft, as follows: F4or Abbeville Diatrict, seven hundred dollar.; Barnwell Distrit- Seven hun idred dollars: Colletdn District, bne thousaitd dollars; Chester District, Rve hundred dollars; Darlington District, live hundVd dollars; EdIgefield District, eight hundrea dollars; Fairfield District, tivo hun'dred dollars; Guorgetown Dis. trict, oVie thot.sand dollars; Laurens District, five hundred dollars; New. bprry Dirot five hundred dollars; Orangeburg District, five hundred dol lars; Richland District, one thousand dollars; Sumter District seven hundrd dnllars; Unvion Nistriok hve hundied dollars; York District, fiVe hundred dol. 1arb ; Williamsburg Didtrict, fye hun 'dred dullers; Berkeley Election Dictrict, one thousand dollars;-Charleston Elec tion District,, one thousand dollars ; Beaufort Distri.-:t, one thouskud dollats ; Kersh'aw District, five hundrd dollars; ard for the District Judge of each of the 'othur Judicial Districts of this State,. five hundred dollars: Providad, houever, That in case the District Court Fund in any District shall prove insufficient. for the purpose fok such additional compen satiort, He herein provided, no claim for the whole or an part of %Qdh additional compeisation, upon the treastry of thd State, shall arise by. rkason df such defi - tiency : And prov' , aho, That. the time when the salaries herein provided for shall bommence shall be when the Court is urganised, and the Judge is em. powered to execute this Act. .. ft. That the District Courts hereto fore establhed by law.he orkanlEed by 'the Judge thereof, immediately, after the paeeage of this Act and that each of the said JTud s~ respectively, shall rE-. e4i'e the sala y heretofore p*ovided by~ law. III. The OlerIj.and $heriff of the sev eral Judicial Districts of the State shall act as the Clerk aind Sheriff of the Dis trict Court, or Copurts, within their re pactive District.' and may perform tir duties in person or by deputy. Te JudgE', Clerk and Sheriff~ of a Dis. t'set, shailla'i, before entering o1k the - duties of his offoes take the offecal 1 dth prescribed by the .Conetitnuion.'of .the state, and also the oath or oaths requir ed epedially to be rakren by the ii:uur beets of such oiloee an the Seperior C)ourts. IV. insat the District Court shall hiave exclusive jerIstuion, 5,et t ithte'igh't et appedl ini CAo'de in all oadas of lar8ay av msdeneanol,. h -eaed etvagrancy and inal *1 ases ofrising wathl'b the limits of 'the ~9~i~aDistrict in which they ar~ V. 41jsetiene Id - he -District tosrta AaIb.fi by the Attor. ' hey General or b the S4holor '4 the it o wich Damit Coweat b4 or b zet O,4e by suc ~absence of tse, eatorneysppein* Moucrrttwiasiiotb Mabje to peal as aforesaid with the Court of Common Pleas, in all civil causes in which the title to land is not involved, and in which the debt sued. fo or the amount of dam. ages claimed, does not exceed one hun. dred dollars1 and the sum which limits the proceedings by summary process, in all Courts of law, is enlarged to one hun. dred dolla's, exclusive of dosts;- and exclusive jurisdiction in all uhaiters of contract between employer and employ ee, master and dpprenuce, where the amount exceeds t1enty dolluft. V1. The Judge of the District Court shall be invested with po*lr to examine and supervise all prosecutidli% tommit. ments and warrants of streAtsmute before or issued by any Majisrate writh in his District. for an! N meanor; And it shall be his da* 4p 'o aade to him, to ixAitui aw e mor its of Oie same at.any tile befor, trial, and toAirego the discoWttna thereof, on such terms and. conditidfio .ae may :seem to hin most conadve to the ends of justice; and for this purpoe, he is authorized to summon before him the parties and-such witnesses as may be niecessary V1. The Judge of the District Court shall, in all respec.., have the power of a Magistrate of his district. He shall ox. ercise supervision over the Clerk sad 8wriff of his Court in all matters apper VAining. tb-hejurisdiction and business of sand Curt; also deer the coroner, all Magistrates, Constables and Boards of Commissioners pf his District, and fVom him to any of them may prodeed orders, rules, attachments or writs of mandamus, prohibition, ceiervi fo warranto, or sciri facias . IX. The Judge of the District Court shall have the pswe, and be subject to the duties, and U liable to the penalties, in respect to babaescorpw, conferred aid imposed upon t**t Magistrates, under the ninth section of the "Act concerning the office and duties of Magistrates. passed th twenty-first day of December; Anno Dotin one thousand eight kun dred and thirty nine; lie may admit to bad in all casos bailable, and in all cases triable in his Court, and may also exer-, cise jurisdiction, under habeas eeus, at Common Law, In all cases within bis District-, except that he shall not have the p4wer to discharge or let to bail ady persau charged with a felony not clergy able after a truq bill has been found. X. The Judge of the District Court shall have the power given to two Mag. istrates by the "Act for the promotion of industry and for the sapprebsion of vagrante and other disorderly *0rons," ratified on the twenty eighth 'day of March, Aniio Dommni ou thousand seven hundred and eighti-seven," and shall likewise have the pdwer which two Magstrates have under the twenty. third section of "An Act conoerning the ofcl and duties of Magistrates," ratified dn the twenty-Br day of Deopmber, Anno Domini one thousand eight hun. dred and thrty-nine Is .pt, to ten ants holding over; and ii ae of a ti'n ant's holding bver, or of an issue of Ma under the PYrison'Bound Att, or in any other case wh*n, by lats, there I pr?vis. ion made for tnAl by i Jury or More Magisttates bre'now dirwWted to dd, and have trial before himself, or may take the 'as& in. his own 0eur and submit to a Jury org nised thet as heriaftef provided. In all sich -aee, senept those in relatqn to tosnan holdiut over, of totoible entry and 'etainer,' *d* of issues indir the Prison Oxenk0 Act, there shall eXist a right of app"I to the C~ircuit Judge at 0himbev,re in open Court, who sel'have powr ibsrse the decision, grants a.nw tria1 or order an issue to be madeop to be taled in the Circuit CotuA II. *he bistrlqqCoat shalt bo:a Court of Recor'd and sliej: be' qmys open. It aha)l evt. the ,Same Wwer aund jurisdiction, subb - -to rtight o' -p peal to the Appeeiont, a sthe Suer. or court of lAW in referemo t is .lsJnroks51-dpasIbb uWb 06e* of tenkacti *I @Wif, Di*tict plice, ad the Judge of the DistrikouA ihll have. diadretionary power to hoe ad deternine all cases, civil and ori within the jurisdiction of the agie, osubmittiig them to a Jury1rovided neither shall de. - ma ury.. al P , An ap. peal may be to the Court of Ap. peals in all ited bef6re the said Court in whias peals are allowed by law from the 01 t Corts, and in no other oases whbever. It shall sit in such place as L*be furnished 'by the Commissioners blio Buildings, who are hereby to provide a suita ble place, wh be held at the Court House of District; except in Oarieley, in whiab the places shall be Axed by the Ditiot Judge; anJ in. the Di'Strict of MiA. where the Court shall be held tely at the Court House in the 0 of . Beaufbrt 1id at Lawtonvillb. XII. The Di Court shall hold quarterby sessioe, and the Judges of the Court of Appoals shall, froni time to time, fix the dy4k# the quarterly ses. sion of the Distr"*i Court. They shall also, from time to time, make-rules and prescribe ahort ad simple forms for the transaction af business and the conduct of causes the Districtiourt. Xlii. The $ of the District Court may pra in the Superior cotirt; except in whicl have 'etO ar#utd before him heard in his Codrt; but lie shall not a partner in the practde of law uity in the bistrict of which he is J XIV The re 4ay Pf the quatterly seson of the D O6urt shall be ten days before the 4ay of the sitting thereof. X lW l (3rk id -$het. iff shalt be paiR in assh, by the 'party requirihg the servioesand according to the Judgment'of the Court, may or may ant be reovered from the oppostite par ty. XVI. TIhe Clerk shall keep, separate ly, for the District Court, the dodket rulee book and journals, as prescribed by law for tie Superior Courts, to be furnished hint by the Oommissioners of Publio Builing, and shall file all papers In the mode prescibed in seventir section A. A.,.1839, .11th Statutes . pt Large, p. 70, but he shall enter al. judgments and decrega along and in chronological order with the judgements and d reed of the Superior Courts. The aerif' shall enter all f4pers and -sales in - the bookd niow kopk by law in his office. . XVII. In cae of a, vacancy in the office of fistrict Judge, by death, reig nation orbLherwise, the Governor shall immkediatdly appoint a , suiceessor, ho shall hold oc. uttil a Jvdge shallI appobited by the Legisature, and sha:1 have qualied. Dutng his ootinuuoei in office, he shall hold no other offle of proft or trust in this State.or the tuni ted States. KVIII. The rules of practice which prevail in the Superior Otrte shall be applied to the District dourt, unless othegwibo specially provided by the rules to be made by the Courtof Appeals or .by the Act of the Legislatur' but no rAle o: order ofany Court ot Judge in this State shall rumire the printing by a party to a-suit of any repott, bri, or other paper convected wIth aPPeSS. %IX. All ones impdwtt by the Dial I ti Oou4t shall be paid to the COpmis- I sionere of Publig Buildngs of the Judi. I clal Dispict sn which the -Courtis dost- I ed i but all fines inposed by %he Oourt oGeneral Sesions - shall consLitute a i part of the District Fund, and in Charles torn District be egnally divided between the District Courts of Charleston and Betkeley, And the said District Fund, In addition to the said Auss,.alu dun ist - of a docket fee of one dollar', In civil eases in which the amou*t distnaaded is nder' Aly dollars, qdtwo dollars If the j aim demianded exdsd that ajeoupts ;1 twO dollars in,every criminal cause, and two deliars for the report inueveryOsae a ctfp.ltheaid dooket fees to bel padbt.same parties who ar.liabe fthedther fess :n the esfsby the or~ sf thiA%. - andthllbehed by MarG 'e. of et his sessh ends e I rate book kept for the pukpose, in whidh he shall enter all money received and all money paid on the dift of the Di. ri6t Judge, withddt *hich he will make no 0ayment. He shall make semi. annual returas of said account to the Distrilt Jt1dge, u annual returns to the Comptioller-4eneral, oh or -belore the first of Ocwbet, acoonipanied by vouchers. XXL The feib fr Attorneys, Attor. hey-General, the Solicitors aid their Deputies, Sheriffs idd Clerks, shall be the same in the Astribt Court as now rovided bylaw in the Superior Cdtrrt n a crumanal casei'if the acueed be convited, he shall be liAble to all the cots of prosecution. If bollettidli from the convict cannot be had; th6h the State shall.be liable for oft-half 76f said costs. If.the aocused be actluittd ths Judge before whom the trial $114ll be had, if he has become aaised duHift the trial that the prosisutibn wfs with. out probable cause, may order that the prosecutor shall pay the costa of the prosecution, for which the Clork shall issue execution. -As soon after the or aisation of the District Court.as may be practicable, the Judge thereof shal rder a sTal Court, at which he shall cause to drawn a full panel of Griand sail Petit and Please Jurors, in the manner prescribed by44w for the Sup. ior CouR, and at- bach term of the District Court thereafter, Jurors shall be drawn in the manner now prescribed by law for the Superior Coutt. In the Senate House, the tWenty-first diky of September, in the year of ouc Lord one thousand eight hun. dred aud sixtyix. ft . W11 rosar, AwU is'qeaO"th Bmeast' U., H. SIXoN'IoN, SDeaker House of Represontatives. Approved: Jiss L. Olu. (Oorreipoudenee of the Baltimore Sun.] he President ad 'the ocbst4tutional Amendment--Rooommendment to be 'ade in the Pfsident's Next Message. WASHINGToN, September 30.-All statements to the effect that the Presi. lent has announced his determination to recoimend the adoption of the amend. ments to the 0o11titution proposed by Dongress are utterly unfounded. He ias not said to any one he wao in favor )f those amendments. It is tine, never hlesp4bat.the President has-had under )onsidevation some of the political points a be embraoed iq his itext annual nida ige o Congress, add some of thesi oind have been submitted to his Cabi et. There is a good reafon tor saying hat Mr. Johnson will %ihere strictly to he policy that has chalcterised his ad= ninistration. Anidng other things he will urge that while the Constitution eavdes it an open Iestion for the Uourts whether ordinary W islation is or is iot )inding while t,he United State are euse4 reprwentationj that instrument s distinct and emphatic in its require. nent that ih the preparation of amdtid. nents to the Constitution, all the Stas .bat claim and .tre *illibg to exercise th t ltshall be 6presented. qhe lresiAditt will itisAst on the imme i6te addifisidi of loyal and legally juslified hlrsftitatitti ironi all the dn.repredtited States, in order that 3ongre may be enabled to prepare ueh ameddlentsa. th. condition of he dountry dttlad. He *111 likewise ioommedd that whEti Congress is in ceordanoo with this view of the re Lirements of the- Constitdtion, amend .ents. may be prepared' adapting the uestionsof fd sraetation and taxation o meet the ganged coadiion of tile inty. It is Also understood that the 'resident *111 embody in his aissaAge, ae)gestanto Oongtess, the two repositi.ns a meudiwent submitted at winter in ehe reported eversittiou ,ithbmoator- Pizon. A 'eswmsted dind ssea copy of - the sens -fbr n.eudIt ie bes.hbih StMd withiales #1h4.eestilg t Premrbed of eSta hess -es n be . ili ADVERTISMG RATES. 1rdfoary 46M %ft og s more than us 1 6q, - t%A%* il be Ww4eItik - TIRNf W'"e $'.1 &r Wh 1stUIttonald 78 0onts for 4A sib! For U144061gi eeaadWdWe to 64. 04 Vf proWt, Aoor ji trust, $14. HarKage, Obituary Notdeesr, 'o., will bA ohtg6d the' adve eimebh' wheA oerr~ 11 , an 'ust be d to wI'ei hand 'a, Ar they WIll 46a this Unio Hi to 0e ale of all @"ot ghd to66 id each a:nef m ent .not to taki gdhill the a6de6 of 1t0 ail hiV4 Wtdnsed i6ary f -JW; A%dut 260 years . 4&., Nero; of AIeza, dri, formed a toy, ihlo ethibited icte of the O%wers df steam; and Irae iieved by iA A.. 640, Anthodilaus; id ArIihiteet, arripged several cauldrons Uf *sar, each advSed with's le*thorn tube, *hIch risi to the uA0row top, #Ith pipes efihding to th4 rafter. of the adJ66rning builling. A fir was kindled beneath the oauldkons, And th4 house was shaken with the efforts of thi steam seAnding the tubes. This 14 thE first notice df the power of steam roodrde4l. In 1648, ilIni 17, Brasoo do Gar tried a steamboat of 200 ton% with tolers,41 ad cess, at Baroelondi Spain. It conit Nf a cauldron of, Volllng water ai a inR Wheel on each side of the ship. It wal laid -aide as Imprabtioeble. A present, how. eer, was made to Garay. . The, 1st idea of a steam enine In Eng 14idwasi A the Marques of Warbester's "History of4ventions," A. D. 1668; In 1701* ewmormen made the Brst steam, engine in Wlad. In 1718, patents w6re granted to Savary for the frast, kb$ll4Ubk of the steam, en gins. . I 1784, Qaii *kfts iiae the ftst $or tot englild In Bhglhd. In 1766, $ohnathA Hulls Akt set N4rtL the Idba of 4tesa til$i on. Is 1778, Thomas P = 0rst Ipo*44 its - 'p!1781, udJureooithtd A steamboat on th e , In 1.786, two A*erlots pullhed I *ork on It. In 1789; Wni. 8!VyUWt iiado a,voyfge In one, on the Fort ad Clyde Canal. "In 1802, i 41pstImeat was repeat6d. * s probaled a. beet by In 1789, John #Itoh, dt onnectltit, navigated a boat by i steatd idgie on the Deleware. In 1794, Robert Filton im giiegat to apply his attention to steam. In1788, Oliver Evneville; i itlve. of Philadelphia, constrdoted adtoam thgIne to travel on a turnpike road. The first steam ves61 that arosed ths Atlantic was the Savannah, in tho t8onth df June, 1810, brom savannah to Liverpool. PsasAL.--We regret to leatn that Gof. Orr was suddenly summoned to his home'ida Monday last by the Illness of his two sons, One of them was announced to be at the pist of death by parties who came dowd m Anderson on Monday night, and we greatly ftar that his Excellenoy will be oalz' ed upon to endure a burden of afilation, before which the oares of the State will pale almost into Insigni1oanos. lie has' the sympathy of or' pople, one and all, in these domestic trials, and their estest prayer that his beloved ones mahboap"di ly restomd to health.-Oarounihs, Sps. 80. Asctmn 8*hsmox8tona..TheCharles City (oa) Ne~upner, of the 80th ultimo, The Captalt of a tssl hit been arrested at Savitinah tur.hating on. board woolen goods ilfected bith pestiiende 'which he oonf4dsde were iittended to oirigisatb disa easeb 4nd deathi in New York. A d1iilper of ridonstruoted ifebels are imillidathiMtud about thirty ariepte. will illow. -- The Bavannah 5.rald udti6bs the it4tsetid6 to braild It as otis of those anfamous fulds. hoods, which are induitriously irdillated through the Radlcalprees, to infsgo th4 passions of the Nov thorn nadee against, the people df the South, withouit 4 pridle df proof. Tuns Cobaavdw or 1noduie '+d ai Inovils --The 'WashiagtonsorrepoLdsat the Philadelphia PPe.. writes. Thearil 4f trosIn this .rliiit.y has given rise t eakeae uors of the Intended'ooncdd triaet of a milild fVtee et from 28, 000 t.0oQU this -oM.The feet Is, that thenwutlter of solder fill soase mouthS' has avlgd cay2,000 or 8,000, and at 4 b66 sli oft he tirelfth Inana ' try6na afsw ohler regillMe 'roihv bedd resently ordevrd; thed beitdg less than tile $4sgnmn is presumed the W~ 14umbr In this ct and viainlty, wh& itbe aa entee are eilipised, will not ezosod6, e. Ur. J. S. ZeIner, of .ienos leinIs, who~ went to8S9nth Ostisa ttiid eta 'lateading to btd tas toV*f4 'eo 'V he And th4oU674 -