The tri-weekly news. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, December 01, 1866, Image 1

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hET1u.u~Eu~tY NE~i(h,lin;;t:ry advert i:'emeints, Occupying 110l VUBISIIED EVERY TUESDAY) TiIUR'S- 11o1- lh, tell iiut' (one square,) will DAY AND SATURDAY) I, I\te in 'il' N at $1.00 1 ( NIH igts insr in n4 t,s vents for cacl r3(( 1'v Gailard, Desportes & Co. ~I Jr JtOr dnr advert iseriens, cyn g no i, inserted in'TS. :C',S, at .O1.00pfor th m i ad vada, will be charged in exact propor. 11(In, in advance. -rr. l . a ui r w ww ur ion. For ann1lounetinz a candidtte to any ofic IIE FAIRFIELD HER%LD, Tf I.rWt, o I,,n~r or tru,t, '1lt.ol. u!aurrin,ao, Ibjiluary Not ices, & c,, wvilllb 1 UBLISIIED EVERY WEDNESDAY MIotN- - - . - chuarge I clsarrc+l tei s as vetetIs, I e V$ P . IV.] WINNSBORO, S. C., SAT UlDAY DEClIBEBER 1, 180 1 ve n.ne - i )eid roi when IN),h ed in mr they will not appear. MESSAGE NO. 1. EXIFCUTIVE l)EPARTMFNT. COLUMBIA, SOU'T CAROLtA, November 27, 1866. Gentlu men of the 'Snmte and Ilouse of -?Rprescnteti'cs: Your annual assembling at the scat of government has heretofore been the occasion of coigratulation by the Ex ecutive, upon the cintinued happiness, prosperity and improvement - of the commonwealth. I regret that no such greeting can be extended to you on the present occasion. We no longer hear the clgsh of armies, and our people have escaped the scourge of-that terrible disease, which revels in the shocking carnival ">f death. Whilst the getteral health has not been good, the virulence and malignity of disease have been mitigated, and a coinparatively small fatality has visit ed tho sick room. For these bless ings, our thanks are due the great Ruler of the Universe. In the depths of humiliation and contrition, let us invoke Hit to avert the evils that are upon us-to stay the hand of drur pqr secutors, to turn away the wrath, and b -ing to nought the ct u-isels of tho.a who would oppress and destroV us, and to restore to us the happiness and prosperity of forner years. The toil of the husbandnman has brougl.t him a scauty return from his fields-the grain crop is alarmingly small-the cotton. crop in many por tions of the State will not suflico to furnish the means of supplying provis ,ions-our population, white and col ored, are abandoning their' old hoies and country, and are emigrating to, strange places, where they can find bread. With the loss of labor, our farms must dilapidate, our fields re main untilled, our granaries continue empty, and our,progress in develoy ing the resources of the State must be arrested. The failure of the earth to, make a generous return to the toil of tile hiusband man, eause9 the goods of the narchant to rest unsold on his shelves--and keeps the tool of the m)o chanic idle--the learning of the pro fessional man -useluss. The political condition uf the country-the intoler ance of our c"-ognerors-the proscrip tion.to which w, are subjected, by those who shoud 1,e our loving broth ers, and who wield the (istiies ofthise great nation-thlese evils inItimidato capital, paralyze enterprise, disorgan ize labor, and destroy hope and confi dence. The enornnus tax on cotton disc.>urages production, and aggra vates the fiaanial embaarrassatont of the people. Never, therefore, in the history o the State, has ai'Iegisatur.e assembled under less favorable auspices, to pro. vide for the wants of an impoverished I and disheartened constituency. But these extraordinary embarrass monts must be met with wisdom, pa tience and courage, with energy and t i opo, and a manly resolve to subdue t nd overcome thoni. We mustkeop tur population here-we must provide for their present necessities-we must stimulate our white population to go $ earnestly to work, and let them see that labor is honorable and idleness t reprehensible. Entering . now year with this fixed determination, our fields will be better enltivated, and the next harvest time will find our garners well filled with the products of the .soil. The staple rops will be more abulndant, and tile financIal cm-1 barrassmnents of the people will, by conscenee, be greatly relioed. Let us cherish h)ope and( praction suech industry as shall merit tile fulfillment of thlese anticipatoions, I' therefore proceed to touko-such recommendations as will, in my judg monet, promote the intorest of our cotm 11non constituency.. TVh third Article of L.ho Constitut.ion of tliis Stt.oin the third paragraphm of4 the tat Sctiion, dircts iing "tho. Gen eral Aqsetibly~ shall, ps s'oon- as possile, esablish, for itach District of'the Sat.e. a'lufri r On r or Court, t,o be styed 4he Didtriut V.urL-1Ih Judgeu whereof shall be resident-in the District, while in oflice, shall be elected by the Govoral Assembly for four yeatrs, and shall be re eligible-which court shall have juris diction in all cannes wherein one or both of the parties are persons of color, and of all criminal cases, wherein the aceused is- a person of color ; and the General Assembly is empowered to extend the jurisdiction of the said, Court to other subjects." It is unfortunate that this clause was in;erted in' the Constitution. The first paragraph of the Section do clares, that "the judicial power shall he vested in such superior and incrior Courts of Law and1 Eq-tity as the Gen. eral As.setn!v. shall. from time to time. Elirect and establish," anid this is snfi eientlv comprehensive to authorize the establishment of any Ltferior . Court which the wisdom of the General As semb ly mty determiite, whether it he a Police, District, Co-inty or M igis trate's Court. I [,re, the largest discre Lion is given to you ; and such tribun, ls may be established as experienca or nl'! cessity mf dictate; but. the clanse al ready qtt'tad requires the General As. semtly to "establish District Courts " and these Courts must be continued until the Constitutiot is amended in the preseribed manner, or the int.rument its,-If will be violated. In order that. Lhe largest di :cretion may be ilowed LIe General Assemn.y, in devising the best judiciary system to meet our wants in the recently changed relations of so ciety, I.recommenl that the present General A ssemly provido for an amend ment of the Constitution. Gy s' riking out the third parngraph in the Article af,re said. The next General Assembly can onsunnat.e the amendment, and then TtfiL fEgtlhn'Mitb w, -'loe+f withUrtt. stricted discretion, to establish suel tperior and inferior Coirts as, to then., shall seeo meet. Whilst this amend ment is being cottsummtated, tho District Conrts may he put fully into oporation, d one year's experience will, probably lecide whl.ether they are adapted to the wants and meet the necessities of the nnhlic. If they shoul.l be fonutd im racticable, ineflcient, or too expensive .hey may be abrogated, and some b,-t. ,er system toay be instituted. We are ,hrown upon novel times, and all our egislation to meet our new situation is )urely experimental. It woull not be vise to discard and repeal theligislation >f each proceeding session, because "jt ailed to work smoothly or give entire iaisf.tction. When deficiencies are dis 'svered, remedy them, by amendment >r modification. No human wisdom is :qual to thr task of giving a perfect vten of Courts and Laws, when an itreient system must bt rtvoltitiomized, o correspond with radical changes in ecial, do.n-sIic and industrial and polit.i :al relations. After one yt'ar's fair ex. t iment, it may be found that the Dis rict Court is the detideratnm. The Act > t he last seRdion, "to amend the A ct istablishing District Courts," requires :ssential and material amendmens, o reduce its expenses t n i secure its effi siettt operation. The houndary of its urisliction shotild be more distinctly lefined 'ie services of a Grand Jury, is part of its machinery, should be dis. ensel with; the autho'rity conferred on he District Judge, to oxanino and dis nis:t frivolous cases, renders the exist. mce of such of such a body n'tnecessary, ['here is a well defined distinction- be. ween mi.sdemeanors and crime. It, is mnly when the prisoner is charged with irime, that he is entitled to be tred on iresentspent found by a Grand Jury. Petty larceny, anid other petty felotnies, nay be declared, by statuite, to be mis lemeanors; and defendants, itnall mnis lemneitnors, may be tried withuout mre retmenutt or true bill found by a Gr'd fryr. Th'e venire for the P~etit Jury hottld be reduced to -eigliteen. In the District Contrt, it would be seldlom tlMt wo pannels woituld be regnired ; and~ the or,on such ocoasions, could he em >logi witit ot her business not reqitirirrg he- nIi of a joi'y. The jnry duty exact. md will be v-try onerous en the people,: md, as the law standsj,. it cannot be pe;w brtmed at an exptese- l'ess 61:an eighty hom,andtdhllara p.'r annmn -The muds.I icatiotn aniggetled wotuld 'edtie the I rapenses in oir LIird of iba. un t [ both Superior and Inferior Courts. HThe expense to the Treasury, of juries tight be dispensed with entirely, by taxltrg a jury fee in every case tried. All tryver ses and inparlances should be abrogated in th'i District Courts; and all Wplict mnents, recognizances, and other h, pers in the.Superior Court, -not dispoles of. and in which jurisdiction is given tho District Court., should be transfertvd t( the District, and made valid, as if%rigi nally ret.urned to that Court. The. Dis trict. Boards should be required to make their aunrut; returns to the .iUstrict Judge ; and it should be maelo'the dtt v of the latter to examitid the sane, ani to enforce the aw again-it theu4 for mi'feasance. malfenatnce, or niegleko: of duty. V hten t he dt trict Judge is8inte r ested in any caset, civil or crimninsl, of wfvich his court has cogznizaneo, it 9iorrld be transferred to the Siulerior Couht for trial. The court eho aid b- it y tst.e wit h exclusive jutrisdictarn, in casets ov r one hiandred dollars, oily where tihe cd tract, express or implied, b,-tween the eniplov er and employee, is for ngricul.uti.l la pr. The !a-v now provid.s that a ri se entor, who insiiurtes a lrivl Is or groundless prosecution, may be ad idgedl to pay the.costs of. such prt's uti t This is an, ample sitfeguuard ainst. gro.mdletss prosecutions; and t.h laws shold be so amanrntled,.th at thu . party makiing cornplaint before a Matstrat.e should be granted a warrant, upgn his r1co,niz:ace, to prosecute, withttt. re qturing selenrijy. To rsqutiro clinrity to prosecte, i9 to deny justict the poor, the igrnorint, ttie depgltr>kd and. the friendless. These are Ahoi -lasses that it is the p4nliatr province the law to p-o.e't; tlhoe whohave. -alI h ,tit d f." ai re dily... . ro Doubts have arisen whether the Sipe rior Courts of Law can take obgnizanca of any offence commit toil by a person of polor; under the elan-e in the third Ar tl!o of the Constit.ttion, which declares that. the District Cort. shall have jiris diction of all cases itr which l amrson of color is iteresteil, or to wlich he is a party.. The Civil Rights Act, passed by the Congress of itt United States. wvhihh imust be respected and obeyell tntt.it pro. nouncol unonstitutionm l>y the Su prumo Court of the United States, gives t.he persoti of color the sante ri hits in all the Courts, State as well as lIt ueral, as are etjoyed by the white race ; and so long as white persons are triable ondy in the Superior Courts for felov, i same priviletg - must he accorded to per sons of color, notwit hstanding the slp posed prohibition im the State Constir.rt tion, as the Constitution- of' he United States, and the laws ptissed in conformity thereto, is the sutpremne law of the Iaid. If the Civil Rights Act should hereafter be declared unconstitutional by the Su preme Cottrt, or should it be reoaled by Congress, the qucstion under the State Constitution might then b~ full ofeo.bar rassntent. CRiINAL LA.. Thoestablishnient ofa Penite'tlary requires miterial changes in tleepunishments impo'ed in the Criain-tl frtw, Murder, arson an I rnp, snould be piniedeto by deatt The numerous catalogue of felonies punishable. by death, some with and others without aho benefit of clergy, should he abridged. and o utineniut at hard labor in the Penitentia ry be suhstituitol, in most cases. The Lx. treme penalty attaching to many of these felonies is revolting-to htutp'mity. and jurios not frequenmly fail to finl cal otF.-nders guilty, because the pnnishmentis mde. by its enormity, disproportionate to the of. fence. It shiouled lie left discretionary wlih the Judges in the labor In thie Penitointiacry, or try whipping, ip all cases of larceny. Punishment by the lash Is so de'gramding, thet itshiould 40e lmnposedt upon the miost ins corrigible otYeniders alone. A convict, who serves out his term of inrsonment in thie Penitent inry, even for an lnfanious offenee, may reform; hit onie wiheo has been whkipped at the public whipping post, must be over.. whelmed with such a sene ot shiime and degradation. that Ire cannot comimand mor al courage sufficient to enable him ovenm t o make an effort at reformation. - I feel it, inenumbon4 on tao to call y'out attention, espoolally, to the gross neglecr. of duty, on the part; of spine of thmo $horIth and Jallors in thi1s State, In allowig pris oners to escape from th~eir custody. Unof dehl Information has been rceitved at thIs offles, Sbat neArly seveoly prisonters havo' esaped frqmi .6he jails of 'Ui 'e'e since their custody ,was i\trened ever try military to'the ct authorties. ~iur of these criminals were une.r sentence of detA 1, and ility were charged with thi highest crines against society. Iv(ry elfort to enforce lie l' rimina l l,aw, andt suppreGs crirne, must be unavailing. unless t he custodians of prioners who I have ben arrested and confiit ed in jail act with more vigilance and tidei. h'. The existing law pronounces the tost rigor'os punti0acnt atgainst. Shcriflf.t Itl Jailors for voluntary or" negligent esc,ptes, andi it. is tound wholly inailequate to arredt lou growing evil. It is diflicult to satisfy a G:'.ad .lry that their fr"ieid, whom they have ai ld to elect SherilI; or his agent, tho Jlailor', wonbd permit a prisoner to escap,e their good Wtilt t hv;tle tdelinquent leading thet to be readily satisfied that the eseapc tesulted from Ihe insecurity otlthe jnil, it. is even more diffcult to seen, ethe presentment o the o'iiiinssioners of Public U 1 til liugs For their neglect of dilly, in failing to mna:e the j:i seture, and hence thd publie su:N-r withoitt e a medy. When a bill of indirt. tneut. is fo il, it is traverse,1, ::n. wlei Ite d0fenanu t is finally. brought to iakl, p .si tiie pro >f e:tuiu t be otl'ere-l Ihit tIte esc:pe Was v.)huntat-y or t!;gligentt, and t he def'n dant is ,clititIel. The (;eneral A sembly, si o : 18a, hnis been almost anually pass in:{ laws, to enforce the pIerfort:ancwe by Sheritfs of their dtty in civi andt crimtinal ntittter +, nnl the end is as tar i s t m le . islation tin this subtject counentitced. There is but one m eans of eliteling a ioro to is C ironic dise Ise - it. is to provide by 1.1 %w for th' stinntry removal of a Sherii' tt i:hor through the jiiltciial r executive ltrii t ment of the tGovernmttent. for will ::l persistent noglect of dtty, or fr mnife" - s.ibce or m,ulheasantee in wxott: ing his of. i !e- TVhie Ias nowi proide fo' thiie r:v al of a ShA ri from o'lice. on c nvititon befor"e a .)ury: but it i.s b,!i vedi Ihat they hav t not been en+'orced in a single case, sice I :. Is it not .n oturius that. smin e of Ihese oticers shouult h.ave been remt ed ? .1utlge Wa'i'lhta' has d'votd mu ch iume in ! F preparing a Biid wai::h will bie submtitl)". to yoa, detining Ihe luties al ijniiadiction of Uiatrict Courts. and emnbracing thr subt,eets of the d >mestiu rulat itins, atd a coditi+rtt iun of the crimiinal hw. lis long eperien+piUty, an ikJ 'de ih,g ' wi'il ~b ,i i will secure a respect u cUotibi .UTf6Fint'6inw' . labors. COOtSSt(l4ns TO TAtCIt Act'\Owl.1-:citN'r:NT f or ti) i:ns, ,t" -- o .tut .s r ii:t.Iu. The Acts of Ile Gcenrat \ ssembtly confer t npot the Go'erno'r-attority to appoiit. 1 C imm:issionet's to tak: nekt:owle'lgment. of rleeds," in' the ' several Staties and Territo ries, -'to lie nsed and recorde" in' thui Qtate ;" the Continissioners to continue in >Alice d'ing his pleastt'. ''hie duties of t hto e aflicars,' "in I tkini the actkunolelig-. nent. or proof of any deed. mort age, or o: t er conveyanco of any land1(s, I"etneent. i ieredittttents, in this State, or ut any (,n , 'ac:, lettr Lt ofattorney, or all, other wrir. tng under seal," are very imlirtant to the ilerest,'s of the public, and some ruleshtthl lir ado ted to furttish t le mants of v rt it'ying s tich cerlitiottes with rtstunaible c;rtati i, . 1'his tmiy be attined by re.luirin; evt ry a perdon ap1pinted or to be appointel a (,om- I nissioner, to ftow:artd, within ninly days. a o the -cretary ot' State, a-i imporession if tis ollicial seal, onf wax an on p.tper, to. N ether with his :.tograph ; ntirP upon h ! t railure to do so, the :tppnteiCnt. of ch de. 'aulter should he an,tnllel. Notaries Public are, likewise, appointed q itnd commiisione by thme (overnor, and are s invcste,l with grave of'cial dutie+. The N ecretary of the Siate alone, can certify the 'I >Iliciatl character of a Notary Public, and c le cani tmak n- stc certill cate with safety, iloss ,e ch:nces to know lie hand-wit- T ng. Every Nota.y Public. now ohling mnch coimtiss.Otn. or who m:ty he'eat'ter be tppoitntel, shonl likewise he reltiireil to 'uiwarl to the Secretary of State, and im: hi pression of his tlic'ial seal, on wax nnd pa- n ter, with his autograph. within sixty days, t >r his al p >iniment shoul hue revohel' t Cuo(tt ssl\.tt. C:t.::.Tu':'s tl The hI:st-Congre.si mual el,'ct ion in this itate was behl pursua,nti to it reshti in of lie leneratl Assembly, and tltre is unw Ito irovision of law for hohling futur ee ions. Although our lepresent at iveO last. lect:h, hr.'e nit becen permI t il by I he Cot. press of tite Unit.ed States to occipy t lwir te.1t5, it is t he dtty of the General atA ssemti v to pr'ovile, by general satt o, for h lie tolduig (if general elect ionus for each site zeedling Congretis. T1he' coitvenkience oftthe ticjple would indtiicate thatnt these e'lo:stionis 'hotiuld be ot'dered bienntially, on tihe dav hatt. mnembers of' thte Glenerail Assiemtbly are :hoson, to wit.: thetu thirid Wedntestday ini 00-i obt'i, ottacht oddi year. Representatives a Congress wotld lien take their seats the v allowing D)eemrber, comitng fritshl fromu then >eople, and represti popuilar' sent imentit ontt heo pulblie qutestitns at' te day, with more' ortainty tItan If' ceeted as hteretoforec, theT )ctober year precodinig tihe meeting of (Con- g ress.~t If att extra sesstion of' 'Congt'oss uj bhoiild Iho called befhore .the daty ixedl fori T Ito olection, the Governor miaht hie an;hor zedl to order, 'hyi prltatmat in, thtoeleo lotns at. an earlIier' day; andi thus zeciite Ihie 'op'osenitation of Itho Stato at such extra eOsslott, 'UfltsDIC1To! ADM1ITrV.D D H i itTAtRY 'ToTHE C ttVtIl A liTtolt Tt, ti - The cts ntssed-at ihn l-fen extra unmainn ;:,!re tr:t anmittedi to the -Military Cotand. nrt ot' the 1)ep:ri-tunt of the Ctrolint, at. I;hr:'leston, aint un the first day of October list, ny Getneral o)rtlers, lie remittel all 1.a,ee in which the inharbitants of this Stalto wet e concee' edtl, civil tid uimin-il, to the oivil auth:lot: irs. I: e'tlil nn'l exact ,jus iice is metol vut to till the inlhabitnt., of he Sit'e by c(uit.. ani jturies-if the freed Inent rei'C~ve 1 htt prteti'utnit ot' peson iad property which th!e laws now guart"anteo ie ii, we will not again be tdtiuldged by Provost (',tri s tind a lil'ytary ',)itnmissions, tul we will vindicate befuoe the world our igh nsi" of amoral right: by enforci'ng in itrt.ial jusa ie. wbet her the suitor he bui rle or cx [tetl. -xperienc'. Vil' 'liin tti rate tle Wis. t to tesit;i in all ci- .. It lakes away the uni'vutity which latl iten have lotig en oyed,l in teiting Ihest' ign,:ranat people t, d' ae te el i tie it"r tIe benellt of the tcip "':.titi '. i The result of 1h- e%l I,nent at the ):.te r ali T erln of the( t'onrts ihis ioen iit ntirely tii tory, antd nost of the freedmen who ave been eailt ito the witness stiaid, have nt:it'ev a hiighyi i c redita lte desire to tell tie tritl. 'Tho xtensiun of the privilege ias h-il a sahtniry intinence itn encouragig :o 'intitg thtil' moral tiense. ltttv of hem appreciate Iheir obligations to soiciet y utd r,r.d[ily a5.ist in briinging to punishinent, il - tltrs oft e Ihci:" own color. They are inl ah:tlnl! luilho pr,:.lnrtite resources of the1 :,.u t it i l if )-rt' labot' he It)s1 by o al other seei,us, it will convert Ithosanda f a:ires of III41-! i-.iite tul 'l into a dreary vil'erne.,M I-'rr tbis rea:sun, I have felt it to e my iditty to lisctoturage tie migration. 'h: short. cropl. of t he present yeair shoul niimuu'e tt hil,!ute. and t'ituer to renewed nler:y and enterprise. lie bill, l howvettr, ii his tnds uit ltle valne, it' hye cn .t ~m1)1 i hor to cultivteu them. I the et'rO int ihi her. his nlh~t r m111ult hie tr.nde tx,litcity riiourl rativea tta, a lay i s 'n ItJittt iloh' '^I ttt:t ':tli',' ivhll :"I t isl ill, ll[ h - httlii' im,): tt b'y. -iil olt l tl t tahlihed to eduicate 1.hil tit,en, and h:lches built for hlis morlal training.. yIte exIeot,.t of free ltabor, whist it its noi% heen entirely satlisfactory, is far gd, rthe ti't finr"t; hero the blackts avo - ihi n l eq iieTvy"Oa'iotii dc t nni' iudly treatt, whey have -gnerallv labored tithifully. tuditenly reliet ed fro tnhe co rolling will of olhera, fit-] exempted from ht cinaltlstry nr whi ebt' hih had, through fe, been ex:tedc, froml theml, they have "red',) ue,l. dtring the pre-sent year, an mtnt of t3ary lab,')r whicb may well xcie sucprise. The in olence of some, ndl the itprovidnenc of many will doutbt 11t catse tIhen to innlergo tinuch ostll'ering .liOre they ate euad teaetlully to the neces. y ot constant io,l nniiing labor, ttnd to ropler thriflttl nd ecnomy. Iltun nit'y tt l sound p iier unite i:l li. anling oi1t. we shonb, p~rovide 7,r the god, the in irm and. fihe helplt'sS, nndl I Iieref'ore respect I'lli.y reco) nuend the pas i' of an .\e n':king it inculbent o Ohe oi Ilis oh' o the Poor o provide suit. 'ilc huil,ln.,s at the various il: tr el l'oor [ouses for iheit acomm odtion and to sub st t iioem. The llegetnts of the nti nat.ic Al%umilt liole isely n alt utanoely mnatlt prtision for e reception and ireatment of inane color I patients, aend the l'umuaiysiotnesl of the uur ins ite severial flistric,ts shouhd be re uItli o al e i'e the s:"uc provision for lhe:r . lpport inl the .1.. hut, as nto ' exists' for jit itpn itit patiet ill i th lt nstitution. hie idiotil n:ftl epilepli may be will taken i'e of al. the 1i1trict Poor' !fouse. - tir t'rt:N cs i t TIF .r., 't7(,s .N ' tItI He \K 1 oTt 1Wr.tTE:. Tle Iaxes uvi'itun ler the .\' t of Decem ter. G), amount tO four hundred and ineteen thunantl six hu.Idred and sixy hit. dolbars and sevty -ne cents (C I $ , Thtie' h'1) ien pahl inlo the Treasury, free hulndred,an i't waenty-ev"enl thouaIntl ntven hndred nil hirty suven dlollars and venty-live eenls. $a.' '7,1;8i 25 u:leet ' ors'ntnaission i, 82,8611.1)1 reudmlen'a'relurn, unlpaidl (print c:pnlly enpitatien tax), 21, I11.117 ury tickets deposited by Tax Colleot o1's. -71 11 ' atx excentions issue and inl .