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VL11WINNSBORO, S. C., WED)NESDAY M'0RNING2 SE PTEBR 9166 NO THE ] FAIRFIELD HERALD, - IS FUnLISI111D1 .YPtKLY BY Ga. Ila rd Despo r Wte Vo Terms.-Tns HnToLD is publihol Week ly in the Town or Winnsboro, at 93.00 in - areably in advance. AW All transiont advertisements to be paid in advance. Obituary Nutices and Tributes $1.00 'per square. The Burnling of Columbia-letter from Han. Alfred lluger. CHAnLESTON, S. C., August 22. To the Editor of the World: Slt :. I most unwillingly leave the retirement and obscurity which oki age and circumstances have provided; but a remark in your paper of the 13th seens to doinand it. A writcr signed "S.," replyitg to au artielo in lIurper's Maga. z ine for August, introduces my name in tiese words "'lhcy nitist --fer toAl. fred Huger, for many years postmaster at Charleston," &c., &c. I ti .n 'o O'he Magazine., and to my supriso finO a con. 'tributor whose pirposes and motives it is not my business to define, niking a capital out of so batren a subject as my 'I self. Beginning with the "Burning of Columbia," and the abuse of General Hampton, he says: 'Anong others to, whom I was sent to give assistance was Mr. IHuger, a well-known citizen of South Uarobiia," and then recounts an ni!aborate conversation about a band of thtieves, calling themselves Wheeler's cavairy, &c. ; and in atiother part of his narritavo writes: "W hen the citizens of Columbia begin their investigations of the bnriiig of tiat city, and the pit laging of bondes aid robbing of citizens, let tem not forget to take the evidence of Mr. ltiger !" I am thus put on the stand wvitLhout being contiled, aud shall commence by saying that if this inidivid unl or tiy other was ever sent to my "Cassistatnce,' - the mission has * been 'strangely disregarded. I never saw such a person as he claims to bte, though I was an eye-witness to the burning of Co lumbij. I never had'any such -inter. courso with jiny hutnan being in Sher. sitarem.NyAnnes of it! and t inveti gatons are made and: the evidence.' , Mr. Huger is called for, I shall,- wkh a deep conscionsness of what is due to trIhttli ay tilint, before Almighty God, all , tuat I saw, all that I heard, all that I suflered, all that I believe, is in direct opposition to what is affirmed by the writer for Harper's MAigaziue, .and for wlill lie quotes Mr. Hiuger'as a portion 01 his ntRlio ity ; and I ask leave ta add, a ft er maturely reflecting utpon the events of itt fearful night, when every feel. ing of hunmnnity seemedto be obliteratod if my "well.baing" here and hel-eafter depended 'on the accuracy of my state. ment, I would say- that the precision, ordcr niethiod, and discipline which pro. vailed from the entrance of the Federal army to its departure, could only ema hatu from mih*tary antlhorit'. flow could I com11e to any other conclusion, 5 with the fact, regitred as indisputable that the city was doomed before it was taken? and that, as the trnjegy pro gres'ed, everybody saw the pogramni)e carried out, as they previously expected or how am I to believe my own sensis when an.individual, pretending to be an ollicer, talks -of burning the city, pilla ging houses, robbing citizens,' &c., as if "these" were unifounded charges ? Why., sir, I never supposed l was dealt with rnore hardly than others, because I know that the "plunder" was universal. Yet, Mr. Hunger, who is to bear witness for tine who was sent to assist hitn, now do cl ares "that he was muercilessly robbed; that his~ persqu was rtdhlessly violated; t ~hat fond'was taken away from 'his or. phan children, and that is family were S brutally insulted by well-mounted and well-armed men in the uniforn of the ~' United States!" For aught I know, it. nisy be usual or even necessary to grant thisljcense, whtile the denial is egnally absurd and wicked , anad the, attetript to implicate other people is -the cotnsuma tion of bothi But;-this is thieei that sutch things come to, and the natural gonsequence of calling witnesses to prove wvl. the witnesses themselves know- t~o be false. T' saw those who weres appar e ntly plying their vocation deliberately set fires to lboases, carryimr with thbem combustible prepartaiotns for doing so. Of the eff'ort made to .prevent theni I. say inothing,because I saw nothing. It gratifles me, however, to relate this in. atance of Ikindntess. My owni hotuse was about to be destro'yed by the firing of an adjoiniing building. 'There were two WVestorn men looking on-soldiers in the trite sense of the word, I asked, oue of thiem (their names were Elliott and Good man, one from Indiana, the other f'romu Iowa). liave you a family at home?" ie answered "Ye.' I& said to hipi,"My famiily are ill in that root'; hiave you no thought of your own ?" 'The mian showed 'that .he had a heart, and, as the incendiary moved off to oth-. er ojjects, he did assist nie, without be ing "sent," and with my servants, and the only child big enough to hand ''a abucket ~t, save dtho house, with its .helpless inmates, thanks to this gdod Samaritan. Afy conviction is that Columbia was *cruelly and uselessly sacked and burned *without resistance, after being in 'com plete possession of Gen. Sherman's army; bu w ho gave.tho order to apply the tcrch, is not, for the victiuis either to - e know or to care. Hundreds of helpless women and children were turneiT out to their fate.. It is the historian's busitiess to find evidence to meet thQ case, not mine, and my voice would never have be. n heard had I Pot been unjustly dragged before the public. The "truth and the whole'truth," will probably nev. er appear ! but it is "recorded in the High Chaicery of Heaven," where no human power can-make the erasure. Mr. E'ditor-I crave your patience a little longer, and beg your attetion to the first selitence in the articleof which I :oniplain. It reads thus: "If Mr. Wade Uampton is anxious to add a deeper shame to a dishouored name, lie has at. tained that end by l'!s renewed attempts to hold General Sherman responsible-for the burning of Columbia and its terriblo consequtmce," &c. Now, sir, I speak for every hiounet man betweenl the noun. tains and the seacoast, and between the Savannah'River and the Peedee, when I say, "If this ogiition and this epithet are not equally revolting and insulting, then the common sensibilities -of nature are made extinct-by the sufferitigs we have endured." If Hampton is a "dis honored name," there is none within tle limits of this down-trod ien and perser. ted State that can be considered as - bullie&. Here in South Carolina, and throughout the South, every human be ing, fuels that where the name of Hamp. ton is best known it is the most revered, and he who bears it is the nost.beloved. Before the present incumbent saw the the light that name was identified with all that waslravo and honorable and gen. erous. W hat a noble sire (who emphati. cally and habitually "did the honors" of his native state) has left impressed upon the hearts of his countrymen as a legacy to his children, tibis slandered Mr. Wade Hampton, late Lieoutenant-Geno. ral of the Confederate army, will trans. mit to anoth-r generation,. bright and unta.nished. If there is one among as more cherished than the rest, it, is h1o upon whon this gratuitous. assault is so brutally and yet so feebly made. And if to-day or to-morrow a einvass should be opened for our "representative mian" to fill the highest office in the gift of a b.roken-hearted but grateful people, none could be found strong enough to " with.him for their favor; and dea if such were ieot the urtanmmons do. cision. I have said that the historian must get evidence as to the burning of Columbia, and ie will find it; the fool. ish attempt to he0dut Hampton responsi. ble is beyond the tether of his last ea Iumniator, and is hardly of a serious re futation, These few questions, who they are asked, will be found difficult to answer. Where was Hampton - when thm conflagration began to take its regn. lar, course at eight o'clock .at night ? Did the cotton which-was burning at the east end of Main street travel against a gal of wind to i.he extreme west, more than a mika off?- Was it not there anud then that we were called on to, per ceive that our doom was sealed? Why talk of putting qut the ffro in a church yard when it is notorious that teh sacra* ment silver belonging to the altar was stolen, and I thimk, subsoquently given up? '. Did Hampton burn the comuitry seats "surrotnding Coinmbia, leaving his kith and kindred without a shelter? Did lie burn every farm house on the ~way side ? every gristernill and flour mill ?. Did he burn Camden, and Winnsboro, and Cheraw ? Was the quantity of silver plate taken from the citizer.s of Columbia sold for H~a-pton's benefit in Now Ymlk and elsewhere? Is it the necessary province of war to obliterate all mierey ad all shame? 'But enongh'; when the Searcher of Hearts commen. ces His "iinvestigations," Ham pion will be found entrenched bj' truth-surround ed by that strength, which "prosperrity and victory cannot give, and which ad versity antd miihgumity" cannot take away. W r on Mr. Editor:W ardon our best with J-Ieaven's hllp, to have ji cquntry once mere. North, South East and West, are enlisted in this holy enterprise. All have joined hainds in -this saci-ed ivork, and a Chief Magistrate, distin guished for' his high "sense of 4dty," and tor his ;ifoxible "courago" in its perfor matnce, wisely tells us, "if we cannot forget the 'past' we can never hiavo a 'future;' and standing as I do, almost in sight of thme grave, amniag tha oldest meni in the State that gave me birth, I will say Amen to their sentiment. Let the past be to ttten, if such Is possible ; at an~y rate, 19 it not be referred to if the object is "peace, and .he hope'is iii,. the future. I anm,'verysrespectfully, your obedient: servant, .L - DHGEL The Richmond Examiner says: "Passengers from Hampton report that Genoral Armstrong has recently made a speech to the freedmen it Ham pton, informing themi that on thid 1st of J)anuary they must leave the landi they now oceupy, and emigrate .to.Florida. 4ome forty families we hear, have enrolled the~r names. 'J1'hls is the ogly mode b~y . which they can es great suffering from want dutr in ,comuig winter." .Why Is *eeeish friend like the let.. ter P. Blecause, though he ,Ia thie a in pity, ho is thilaat 'hlelp . When sorrow 'thasleft its a what becomes of- the re ksh f the bor. ness ? LEGISLATJLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. SATUNDAY, SE PTEMBER 8. 1800 SlXNATW. The Senate met at 12 m. Messrs. Davant. Thom pson and. B uist presented reports of sundry committees. A message was.received from the House, refusing toconcur in the resolt tion relative to the action of the General Assembly, ut this special session, sont to the House by bhe Senlate. At 1 p. in., Message No.2 was corn municated to the Senate. Mr. 'Woatherly introduced a bill to secure advances for agricultural pur. poses. M r. Shingler introduced a bill to, pro. hibit the sale of agricultural products by laborers and einployecs. Also, introdu. cod a bill to prolbilit and punish hunting and fishing on the promises of the others without permission. Mr. Buist introduced a bill to enable certain banks to be put in liquidation. Mr. Thompson introduced a bill to amend an Act entitled "An Aet to establish and regulate the domestic rela uIons of persons of colo, and to amend t'o law i1i relation to .paupers and va 4rancy." Mr. Townsend offered a'rosolution, which was agreed to, that it be.referred to the Cdminittee ou Roads and Build ings, to examine into the oxpedienoy of tinishing the new State House, in such manner as to *iake it suitable for the uses of the Legislature;- anl to this end, that they obtain reliable estimates of the cost of covering the huilding with a good -shingle roof, and finishir.g off tihe interi. or of the san, together with the neces sary stairs leading thereto, in such plain manner as shall be least expensive to tihe State, but which, at the same time, will be compatnble with the convenience and comfort of the Legislature whilst occupying the building.; and that the Committee be allowed until the first week of the next regular session of this Legislature to obtain the information and make their jeport. After the transaction of sonie other unimportant buisness, the Senate ad journed. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESr Message No.2 was received rnl is -Excellency t be Governor, and was read by Johi L. Boat wright, Esq., his Privato Secretary: STATE OF SoUTH CAROLINA, EnX:cuvUv-: Dr'"T CoLuXn1uA, Sept. 7. Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Represcntatives : The Congress of the United States, on the 2d day of July,. 1802, passed an Act, entitled "An Act donating public lands to the several Stites and Territo ries which may provide colleges for the benefit ofagricultural and the mechanic arts." By this Act, 30,000 acres of lanid was apportioned to each Stite, for each Senator and Representative, by the apportionment under the census. of 1860. \Vhere no public lands are situated in any State, then the quota of such States shall be paid in land scrip,- Which shall be sold, and the proceeds applied to the uses and purposes preseribed in the Act. All the expenses connected with the securing and selling of the scrip are to be paid by the State, so that the gross prodeeds of the sale shall be appropriated as aforesaid ;.tho proceeds to be n~vested in stocks yielding not less thtan five per cent, iuterest; the interest alo,nn to be used in-'mamntaining one college, "where the, leading object shall be, wvithont ex. chuding other scientific and classical studies, and including militarr 'Lactics, to t~each such branches of learning as are t.related to agricultural arnd thme mechanic arts, in such manner as tho ldgislatures of tho'States may respectively prescrabeg in %rder to promote the liberal and prac tical edncation ofthe industrial classes in the several pursuits" end professiona in life." Other conditions are annexed, uneo of which requires a' college to be in cotaillete operatidnr within five years from the..passage of tiihot; otlierwise, the grant to the State ceases; arnd an., .othler "rhat no State shall be entitled to the benefits of this Act, 'unless it shall excpresa-its acceptance (,hereof, by its Legislature, within two' years from the date of' its approval by the Pre*sident,." On he 4thApril, 1864, thme tinme was exeddtwvo years from that dat e, anid .on thm-day of July, 1860,. it wvas fur ther extended, so that no impediment now ojists to this State except the pro visions of thme Act. ,The quantity' of land ' tcrip to wvhichu thtis State is entitled will be' 180,000 acres, mand will, perhaps, realize to the State more than $50,000. . .1 ecomimend that the Gcneral Assent bly, at its prteent session, acoopt the provisions of this -Act of Congress. A joint commi~ttee of thme two Houses, or a commuission, can mature .a plant for or. ganizing and establishing a- college, in conformity ' to the' requirement of' thbe Act of Congress, and report at the an nual session of theo General Assembly.. 'I - comtmumcato herewith, ~ f o dt information, a copy of the Act af Gen. gross of the 2d July, 186., Messrs. Mikell,., B. Aiken/~Wage. ner and others Aubmitesd reports of egna tnittees. - Mr. -Waudey irtrdattesn the 4ylotri bills: A bill two. synend the h ir i t tion to~ textanoisa i.0 bill (t oid~ ans expedtionsmodeof ejecting treapassori. Mr. Wgenerinteodufd a bill to arend-an Act, entitled "An Act to lend the credit of tile State to secure certain bonds to be issued by the South Caro. lina Railroad Company." Mr. F. ). Richardson 'uitroduced the following bills: A bill to dissolve* the corporatio known as the Presideqt and Directors of the- Bank of the State of South Carolina, and to transfer assets to the now Bank of the State; a bill regu. lating suits brought against the incorpo rated banks of this -State for the recove. ry of notes issued as circulittion; a bill to amend the law allowing-discounts to be plead iN action at law. Mr. Hough introduced a bill to raise a fund to provide .'ok the necessities of the people Mr. Lord introduced -a bill to enable certain banks to be put in liquidation; also, a bill to amend the law establish. ing District Courts. Mr. J. S. Richardson, jr., .ihtroduced a resolution, which-was agreed to, that it be referred to the Committee on-Roads, Bridges and forstes to inquire and report, by bill or otherwise, upon the propriety and expediency of authorizing the Boards of Commissionors of goads of the several Districts and Parishes to levy a tan upon the inhabitants of their respective Districts and Farishes, as is now don by the Boards of Com missioners of Public Buildings and of the Poor, for the pur pose of kegging up tht roads and bridges of the State by contract, instead of working them as now provided by law. Mr. Maat'in introdaced a resolution, which wasagreed to, that it be referred to the Judiciary Committee . to inquire and report upon the expediency of so ameriing the laws in relation to trespas ses.on lands as to mttke-it an indictable offqnce for any person to enter a dversely upon tile real estate of another,'whether enclosed or not. % - Mr. Talley introdluced a resolution, iwhich was agreed to, that it be referred to tile Conmit.toe of Ways and Means to consider and report soine more con venient ano dxpeditious mode for the transfer of State stocks than that now in 'use. . Mr. Hayes jntroduced -the fullowing preamble and resolutions; which w'ere jordered for considoration on, Mohda next: Whereastuany persotns.1ittl; U ~ ' raise supp Ies or tie ye r e . in October, 1865," aid ratified on i(11 21st day of December last, have failed to comply with the conditions of said Act; and whereas itis the donviction of this General Assembly 'that such delin qIuency. has resuld.not from any wilfil 11utention Lb in ilde the paymiit .,f a just and equitablo portion of the expe-nses of the StaL butL. is due to the-emburrass. edi anid impovished condition o: the country consequent upon tie late die astrons war; and whereas it is the poli. cy of the Government to render Ohe bur. den of taxation as little oppressive as possible; be it, therefore, Resolved, That all persons who have failed to pay their taxes, are hereby al. lowed until the 15th day of Novem. ber to do so ; and all executions issued and lodged in the- hands of any oillcoi in this State for collection, are hereby. sus pended until after the .day and date above recited; and no doule tax shall be imposed or executed until after said date. Resolved, That the time .allowed Tax Collectors to compete their retnrns, is here by extended until the 15th day of Decembe~r neCxt. .Mr- $huaw intrediiced a resaotat ion, wiilt was agreed to, thamt it, he referred to the Conlnmittee on the Jndiciarh to inquirsatndrepett at tiris, or theQ next regylfkr.session of the Genet Assembly as to'thid.expediincy and'necessity of re qvir.ing the re-registry Sithm a limited. 1period, of all ntortgagks,.deeds and othm er lpapers now r'eggired by liuw to be re corded, tle records of which were 'de str'ayed oir lest during ie late war ; with leave to report by bill or othuerw is. My. Ea'aly introduced a bill to alter and amend tihe jaws of: tis tate in relation to insolvent debtors, -On puotion of Mt, Warley, the House Rr9%ep4ed to tile consideration of resolu. tiodh (by MJr. Qarlington) in rdtion to the condzitlaw of tde pulie, growing opit of their indebtedness as ofreoted by the results Of thao war, and thIe naecessity of remedial legislation ; whien were discuis sed and-finally made the special order of the day' for-Monday~ npxt, at 1, o'clock p.m. . - Holkuse-adjournel. MOND A Y, SE PT EMB!CR 10, 1866. SENIATR. '1'e Senate met a 12 m. Mr. Thompson inttroduaed a bll to amend* an Act entItled "An Alt. to etablish Dis trici, Oourts';" and a bill to suake parties plaIntiffs and, defenudants, in all caisecom petest/Ao give testimony in sucha Cases la lke maunner as other witneOses Murs Tilman offered a resoluitan, which Was agreed to and was ordered to be senat to the Hoasso for concurrenoce, that, the At tor'ney.G09neral aid Sellettors, of this Site be, and they are hereoby, -instructed and a'eqired to take immediate iesures to thhuekany. and all vielgliop; bj th. csvera,1 rgilrvoad comp nies chartered by the Acts ti the Genera Assetnbly of the State, En the~ma et ie verwoharetof the sid 4 orither oef theme, for -freight -G . t Soioltra .be-requirelto ry o ig by ue. otW e geN o~hW .haaftsra'of said now violating, te Prviions of theair char Str or chartrs;-and that the Attoraey Generals and Solicitors ench mirke a speci. fio and seporate report to this Oeneral Assembly, on the first day of tie ensutig regular session, of their action respectively uider the resolution. Adjourned. HOUST' OF ltEPRESENTATIVES. The ouse met at 12 o'ciock, . - Mr Sheridan presented the memoriaV of sundry citizens of Colleton District, and accompanying documents, -in relation to the financial 'ondlition of lie couitry and the1 relief of debtors. Mr. Warley introduced the following pio. Anmble and resolution, which were made the special order of.the day for to -iorrow, at half-past 1- o'clock p. m.:, Whereas, the condition of the cointry demands that the Legislature shalt, by all legal means, Interpose to prevent the saori flue of property a sheriff's rales; Be it remitled, That a cominite, to coai. sist of live uclnber? of the louse illd three of tio Senate, h1., appointed to ilnquire and tepert upon the propriety and expediency of appointing three assessors i enoli 1)i triot, whose duty -it shall be to assess and doternlino the real value o' any property upon which levy, under eecution, has beon or may be made, and to return such assess mont, under oath,- to the sheriff. And to report fufthor upon tlie proprioty of a laiv which shall provide in substanoo: That it 1he property levied on'bo sold for snore't han Its assessed value, the plaintiff inl excesitio: shall pay five per cent. on the aissessiot - if it be sold for os that its assessed value, but for more than three-fourtis of sutch value, the plaintiff shall pay fifteen per cent. upon Nho. assessment; if it he sold for more than one-halfatud less (nan I liree. fourt.hs of Its assessed value, the plaintilff in oxecution shall pay thirty per cent. of its assessed value ; If it be sold for less that one. half of Its assessed value, the plaint ifl in execution shall pay forty p1e' cent. upon the assessment. Thatt ho tax itus impoivfl shall~e retainell, by ihe sheriff, and be sh) Ject to the order of the Commissioners of' tie Poor of the District in which the sale is inade. Mr. J. S. Richardson, .jr., introduced a resolution, which has agreed to. (lint it be referred to the Committee on Officers anti Offices to inquiro and report, what, legisla tion, if ony, is necessary to continue the Conmmissioners of t.he Poor in oiceo util the next. general election, ind that ihe cot. mitteo have leave to report by bill or other Wise. Mr. Johnt S. Richardson, Jr., introduced a bill to alter the law inl regard to lions and miparlance in certain cases. The following bills were ordered to bo "d on the table: A bill for the establish-' Sof agricultural and mechanical sohools tb !various)Districts of the Sthtte, and iacal night school for apprentices t t'n btilettosa In'Charleston:'a hill Sn ori ndent of Free & e ihoolo ; a bill to provide for the'eleo ion'of onmmssioners, blasters and llegis tors in Equity &y the people; a bill to niter and amend See. 28 of Art. I of the Consti tution of this State. - Air. Keltt. intrbducocd a resolit ion, which was agreed to, (tat all teho unflinished busi noss of tIh last regular session be contintued to the noxt regular session of the General Assembly. The resolutions (by Mr. Uarlington) lit relation to the condition of the people, grow. ing out of their indebtedness as effrtoted by the results of the war, and the necessity of remedial legislation, were considered, anid, ott inotion of Air. Warley, referred to a spe oial committee, with instructions to report thereon, at .this session, by bills or other wise. . Air Bolnhan introduced a bill to amend the law in relation to the bonds required of I public officers. Mr. DePass introduced a resolution, which was agied to, that tie bill to provide arti. ficial legs for ail citiens of the State who have lost their legs during the recent wtir, read for the first time Inl this House, he referred to a special joint commillee, con. sis'.ing of threo membera of-tie House aind i Sio ofLite Senate ; and that this * resolution 1 be sent to the Senate for concurrence. Adjourned. TUEJQDAY,;SEP TEAtBEl , 186. . - SENAT1K .Thie Senate meut it 12 am A resolution was rebo1'ed froim - thu . H1oumse; thunt the' bill providi'ng artifieial legs for all.citizents of the State, who ' have lost their logtidurinug the recent war ruad (or the first titmo mn the House, be referr~ed to a special joint. commnitteeo, consisting of three memblersg of thto House antd f'wo of the Sofnte, which was adreod to, and Messrs. Weathuerly atnd Wianhwere appoint~ed. -the comn'it tee, Mr. Buist introdtuced a bil11 to provide forl thme funding of the intereot, and prn-'. cipal of the stocs ansd bonds of the Stata past dtto. .L Mr. liemphill submitted a report of the joinut dommnittee rel'ativn to the os. tablishmewnt~ of it pen tent itry int this Stato, and recommthended the aduptiont of a resohttionthiat the Goveatior he, andl he is herg y,' inst rtucted to asppoint a commission, t'o oonsist of otne or tmoro persons, to prepare a' plant for the estab. Iishinent and disciplinq~ of a penitentiary in thi's State; to make investigations in respect to a etsitablo location for tho same, and fui-nish estimates as to thte probable coat of.conatru~ctionu, anud report to thte General Assembly ntt its netoa regular session ; whuich was latid on thme tabl~e -tel.. - HO10 SEF1 RtEP~USENTATIVES. ''Te Hujtse met, at 12 o'clock. Mr. Win. WValac p.resented tIj pe' tition of "the Ladies.' M emorial 4ssbeut. tion of Columbia," asking permission to use certain granite and marble -belong-i ing toThd State, '(or. hoad-stones for the graves of Confederate dead. Mr. J. 8. Rlichardson, Jr., introductd a resohtion, which was agreed to: That t1im Comnaissioners of the Poor (or Sum--. r ter District, throuh mismapprehensiori as] ttheir tenturo of t4Ce have failed to levy and gollect, Poor Tx'for the said t Disef ct and wheresis the -distress atl i suffering in this unfortutnate class in Baid t District, owing to the uroat scarcity of provisions of all kinds. must be greatly increased by the failure to afford them the usual relief extended by nani of thie tax aforesai( ; and that it, be- reforred to thC Comittee of Ways a1d * Means to inquire and, if practical fiad expiulieni, to report such le.gislIion as will fT.-et. an advalcte by the Stite to lie Cotiminission era of the Poor of said Distriel, for the benefit, of the ploor of said Distriet, eq6ivalent to 10 per cent. upon thq gen. etIal tax of said District, the amouni t, thus advanced to bo returned to ti Stato out of tho Poor Tox of said District for the year 1867. Mr. Wagener introduced.a resolution, which wts agreed to, that it is expedi ent to make le poor hiouises in this State inidustrial instituitions, and that the Coin mitee on Public 13niidings inquire into and submit a plai for the ime, by bill or othierwise. Mr. Trescot introduced a resolution, which was referred to tho Comnmittee on Railroads, that the President ant Direc ors of the Blue Ridge Rilroad Compa. ny, in South Carolina, be, and are here.. by, authorized to deal with tho shares held by tie 8tat inl sa'td Company in ilit saine manter as with tile siares of Ill other stockhollors, in tny arraige. m-nt that may be made with any other :ouiimnies, or it.dividuals, for th com dletiun of the said road, by the issuing >f pn-rri- shAn res, pr redlueing Cio umti )Lr of shares held hy the State in- the min rn.tio-in Which tho city of Charles. -I nid 'other sto-:kholders hiay consent .lint their shares shall be reduced, or in ny '.hter inatner li which -it may be oiutieceossary to surreider a portion > tihe capital already invested, to ac mimplish the icontruction of the said -oad : Provided, That in any arrange nentI that may be made, the stato Shall iot bu held liable for aiiy additional as. sessment on tle shares so held. M[r. Martin introduced a bill to malco respasses on real estate liable to indict n10nt. Ajourned. L'EBXJESDAY Y SEP"VMIJTBER 12, 1800. SENATE. Tho-Senato met at 11 a. m. Mr. J. It. Ililliams presented the potitlon f W. W. Ifouseal, Sheri' of 'ewberry Dis riot, praying an appropriation fo subfa ende 6t-prtadou-i . Messrs. MoCutchen and IeIomhill sumibilt ed reports of uoamkitteps. - A bill to aniond an Act to lond the oredit 'f the State to scouro certain bonds of the ;outi Carolina Rallroad Company, received lie second reading, was agreed to, and was iered to b, sent, to the louse of liepresen atives. The report of (to Comnuittee on tho Lu Latic Asylum and hieical Accounts on thie idniorial of George H. Tresootl. and Samil ,ogan, relative to sautpply of limbs to so) liors, wss post poned to tle regular session. After the disops sion, of several matters, lie Senate adjdrned. HOUSE OF REPIlESENLATIVES. The i1on's4 met at 12 o'clock. Messs. Easloy, J. J. Ityan. Coker, Simaw, fatrmett, MoKown, Campbell, Trescott and .8. lItiohardson, Jr., submitted reports of ommtit tees. Messrs. Bachiman tind Price gave notice f the introduction of bills. Mr. hiaskellintroduced a resolution ehich was made the speoisl order of the ay for to.morrow, at 12 b' lock p. In. linti a commitiee, consilting of three mem. >er, shall be appointed to frame an address. o be issuied by tlhid louse, to thae peoplo of his Staito, concerning the peouniary di0i ultiqs of' the country, and reoowmending hia, which hs dleemedh tho best miannter in rhich those dlifiloultiis may be oorit tiution hi ete, aind lisfA comittee relort. -(lhe ad.. ress proposed by thiem to this flouse. Mr. Hlanokel introduumd a resolutIon rbich was agreed to,and was.ord~ered to bo sint to (lie Senate for conicurence--that as lio South Carolina ilroad and the Char ot to ahd South Carolina Itailroad hutee bean, or somne time, allowing refugee famnilies ini educed elronmstances to trayel over their cads at reduced rates o' tare, anti as timer. .r many refugee frmities in the upper Dis alots anxious to return to their homes, but, re unable to do so at -the present st, of raveling, that the 4irectors of all the rail o-ads of ipe State be requested to reduce the arc of thes.*roads for retugee families anid heir sortants.' Mr. DePash lttrodluced ai bill to further irovide for (hao cellection of debts and for lie rollef of debtors. Mr.. Trosoot,, fiam~ the Special Cornmittee, unado a report on a bill to raise .a fund to rovidofor the necesettles of the people, andI eporthd a bill for the purposeo; which svns eadi the Girst. tiame, sud wais made the spe mal order of thie tday for to-morrow, at half ea't 1 o'clock p. ni. Adjourned. TJHURZSDAY,~ SRPTEMJR 18, 1800; SENA.TE. .'Tie senato meot at10 a. mo.. .Messrs. Sullivan,'Tillman, -Traoy, Wit. lame and Townsend submitted reports ok otmmittees. Mr. Frierson preseirded 'the petit ion of tev. 0- lrue Walker, praylutg an appro riation to *epai* mutilatedl furniture be Iuging to Iie library of Ine University', Adjournod. -IOUSE OF RETPtESEfNTAT1VES.* -Thme hlonio met aL 12 so, Messrs. Shaw, Ceker, GIodwyn, Hlutson, <: It. Aikeng Perry, B~uttler ap~d. Qarlington resotnted reports ofoanimlttens. Mfr. ?rice introduced a b',h1. t'o suppresse ho distillation of 'spirituous liquors f'romn ny 'of'the ceresi grains of the State., Mr. Dutie loaInrodeeed a bll to, doelare. he law Ja regard to the .liability of pur haso of slaves. - n~Mliggv Messrs, fluteon, Lord adMliggv totice of the imtrodluction of bills. Mr. T. P..'Mlkell nt reduced a bill to pro. ide ioompenssationa for the servIces of certain (Ecers ef the- Senato and hlouse. ~' Mir, Bieojiap. uttoducid a bill to vesl in lie city of" Cofll bla thf right nd (fige of he St ato in certain jois, Adjourned. fhe Comiuilltee on the Judiciary. To whom was, ref red "A B1ill to aber find fix the time. of' hlding the .Courts of Sessians and Common leas . i this State," respediu[lly The1y haftve'eln~nsieel 1e recommend thatt Said Min . 1 % .1A i . I, striking ont all pjj t hre f id-r ie enmictilig word., and ilsertiig th e hi lIw. -:1. That from and iflimr the rati.. jition of this Act, the Jndges of the Superior Courts of Law in this State shall hold the first and next sitting of the Court of Common Pleas for the tritri of civil cases, on the several Circuits now established by law i this State, in tho ensuing Spring at the times and pli'.cos in each District already fixed by Lw.. Sbe. 2. That all suita and other pro' cessa of the said Courti, mesuc and finai, now made returnable to the Fall- Terms heretofore stablished, shall be return. able to the Spring erms of the Court, in the year of our Lord one thousaPA ' eight hundred mid sixty-soven, the sailio as if already so directed ; and that the mie rules of imparlance, and the sana - order of proceedings now existing, shall a pply to the Colirts as established by the first section of i his Act. - St-,. :3. That all Acts and parts of Acts of the General Ascombly of this itate, in conflict with the provisions of this Act, be, aud the same are hereby-, ropeided. Tho Commitboo forthur recommend that the title of saij 11ill bc amnended',. by striling therefron thu words "Sea. sions and," Respectfully submitted. G. W. WILIJrM6; For the Commnitteo. IN TUE SENATE, 8ICPT. 1,1800. A BILL To alter and fix the Titiies for Hold mg igo Courts of Sessions and Conmon Pleas ill this State. Sim. 1. Bo it enacted by the Sonato and House of Rleprerentatives, now inet and sitting i General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the ratification-of this Act,. the Judges of the Superior Courts of Law-, in this Sato, shall hold .tlie courts of: so,;J reid in this Stto, annually in the Spring .of every yoai at the timos and places, in each District, alroady fixed by law. S.c. 2. Bo it fiurther elahted, That nil writs and other process of the said Couri, mesne and final, now mado re. inable to the Fall Terms leretofore es tablishod' shall bo returiabil to, the an. nual Spring Codlurts, the same as if al reatdy so directed ; and that the samo' rules of imparlance, and the same order of proceedings, now existng for the seli anlinal Courts, shall be extended to and qpply to the Courts established by this Act. Sim. S. Be it further oiacted, That all Acts and paris of Acts of the Gene. ral Assombl-y of this State, in conflict, with the provision-s of this Act, be, and the same are hereby, repaled. COTToN.-Tto following statistical infornation may be of Interest: TIM 113"P. 1850-51.............,5 1851-52.................3,!0hh 1852-53.................3,20,2111 1 853-5.P................3,929,130;t I845 ..:...-...2,855,729~ 1855-56...............3524,242 1856-57.................2,944.,805 18571-58.. . .............-..;17,496 1858-59................3,851,091 1859-0..'.... .... ......4,06,4i17. SEA JSLANfl COTTON. 1853-54........... .....39,6.86h 1854--55..................40,841 1855-56....... ..... .....,..44,512 1856-57................ .45,814 1857-58... .... ..... . .. ..40,56G 1858-59...................47,592 .85.40..............,...,..46,413 The estim@ of this year's yield v. ries from 4,000,00O---a' most egregi ous brror--to 2,207,700. This latter estima te, a Southern oneo,is almost ex. ajpy hat of the New York. miarket, 2/00000.Tile truth is, the croy will not *i'onch evon that, and-produers should be caroful to tot full value.. Goxgia is 0st~mated; nl the foregoing figgregates, at 260,000 bales, South Catrollna at 158,000, Alabamnaat S60 000, and Flor.fda at 65,000--al d&oubtless much~ too high. ]Hotwoon I,. 200,000 anrd 1,800,000 will izbont hit it, ''I say, Mister, did you' seea dog cotno by hlore that look as if lie were a yearay year and a half, or two year. old ?' said a Yankee to a cotrty~pan at the roadsideo. rYoe," said theoun'trymanistheinking hmefquizzed. -1Hq passed shout a" hour, or an hour and. a half, or~ 'two hojire ago; and is now a milb,4 a mile and a hall, or t wo miloa kh 4; atid he had~ a tail about an inch, or an inch and a half, or two inchses long." - "~'ia'ht do," said the Yankees~ "yoftre into me a foot, or a ?oot' and'a half, or two feet." Tile rapidacoumlatlon oef pJ dli the Treasury wIll,- If. oontinuo p O affotd a 'tallo basis for the T~~t~ nota~s ~n 'orocuatdorik Jtht4I that by thaaend of thit in~, troanurt will iavo nearlfj, it~tq ono )i drea nillions in