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yoL == ~ ^ ' " W1XXSB0R0. S. C., ,^ECEMBEB 18, 1889. ^ ^ ^X0' 2L THE LEGISLATURE. PROGRESS OF OUR LAWMAKERS IN LAWMAKING A Heavy Calendar in the Ilou.e, and Lott of Work for the Senate. At the c\of-c of the speonri week of the session of 1389 the Legislature of South Carolina appeared to have made decided ly slow progress, if judgment may be formed from the number of public measures carried through the final stage of law-making. The House calendar contained 271 measures?bills, resolutions and claims. A resolution was passed pro idicg that no bills be introduced after tee lxtn lose, except oy ine committees on ways and meaus, judiciary, and privi ? leges and elections. Tae Senate has exhausted its calendars much better, to be in readiness for the avalanche of bills, 'that must be expected from the House. Both bodies will put on steam for the last pa t of the session.THE PUBLIC PRINTING. The bill, by Col. McKissick, of Union, . to ametd the law in relation to State nrinfimr name nn in the Homo for ji nor- . ood reading. It provides for a less | costly method of binding the Acts and , other volumes of State printing, substituting paper binding for cloth in some , cases, and cloth for calf in others. ^>o- , body made any attack on the bill, lmt'its , author rose to justify and advocate it. , Many members were anxious that their , local bills should have a chance and j wanted to omit speeches < Mr. Irby presently interrupted Col. ( McKissick's speech by saying that no ( ODe opposed the bill. The member from j ri on looked bewildered, and rather re-1 j n tant to give up the floor, whereat the < whole House laughed. The speech was \ resumed, but very soon abandoned with ? a shrug of the shoulder, and the bill was j passed without a dissenting voice. The ] passage was greeted with such an outKdvnf Aif ft (Mifrt 1 n 11 f n* V\ 'f A uuiak ui apyiausc auu lau^uici iuau luc j Speaker had to ply his gavel vigorously t to reduce the hilarity of the House. j MR. DAYIS'S BIRTHDAY. i Mr. Childs, of Richland, introduced * the following bill to amend the Section c 1,636 of the General Statutes in relation * to legal holidays: f Be it enacted, etc,, That Section 1,636 of the General Statutes of the State be amended so as to read as follows: "Section 1,636. National Thanksgiv- ' iDg days and all general election days, the 1st day of January, the 22d day of ? February, the 4th day of July, the 30th day of June and the 25th of December, shall be legal holidays." The bill was placed on the calendar c without reference. ? THE RAILROAD COMMISSION. The committee on privileges and elec] C tions called up their bill providing for 2 the election of one railroad commissioner li __ftJLtbis session of the Legislature as the ' successor of Commissioner Bonham, and the election of succersors to the other c commissioners upon the expiration of their terms of office in 1891 and 1893. respectively. Mr. Graydon immediately moved to Q strike out all of the bill after the enact- a ing clause, and insert a substitute pro- ^ viding for the immediate election of c three railroad commissioners, one from r each section of the State as at present, d nn aaan oo vnacmKIa oftof olor?_ W LIKJy ao owu ao auti v-itv ^ tion, shall draw lots to decide who shall serve for the reopective terms of two, g * four and six years; that upon the expiratioc of their terms of office the Legisla- ^ ture elect successors to serve for sis years each, so that every two years an t election shall be held and that each com- c missioner after those first elected shall ? serve six years; that the terms of the three commissioners to be elected this session begin January 1, 1890, and that the Governor shall have power to fill any vacancy arising until the Legislature c shall fill it by election- c Gee. McCradv presented tEe legal g views inducing the committee to make t the report it did, and Messrs. Graydon t and Gary opposed them. The arguments r were technical, and, therefore, not of in- j terest to the great non legal majority. Mr. Graydon's substitute was adoptee I by a vote of 81 to 23. 2 PROHIBITION DEFEATED. 0 The bill, with an unfavorably report, j to prohibit the sale of intoxicating, j liquors, introduced by Mr. Childs, of , Ri'thland. was called for by that gentle nS&n when it was reached on the calendar, < rand he made a gallant but unavailing j fight for it. Mr. Childs said that South 1 Carolina had always been found in the T front rank of advancement against any ( enemy threatening its rights, its liberties, , its peace or its welfare, the empty , sleeves of many of the members of the House attesting their devotion to their country's cause. To-day she was confronted by an enemy that checked her ] prosperity, retarded her advancement and , hindered the progress of Christianity. . Mr. Childs then reviewed all the argu- j ments for and against the prohibition of the liquor traffic, and 3aid that it was evident mat. me nowisg uae was oa me side of temperance reform, and tbat it was the next great question that must be settled by this couniry. The bill he had introduced did not affect the question of individual abstinence, but was openlj meant to check the evils resulting from the liquor traffic. High license, he contended, could not check or control the thing. He then appealed to the Christianity and moral sentiment of the Legislature to throw the weight of their influence on the side of the bill, and let the State give the matter a lair and satisfactory trial. The vote on the motion to kill the bill was 38 follows: Yeas 55, nays 46. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES. Among the bills passed by the House are the following: To prevent the killing of fish in the fresh waters of the State by the use of any explosive material; to amend the General Statutes relative to - x -C 1 U- TT?UA/? tne acquirement ui iauus u_> mi; ^uutu '.States government; to require testimony taken before masters or referees to be reduced to writing and signed by the witnesses; to ?>r)vide for the separation of general law pa joint resolutions* from those relatint %o other mattacs in bind * - ing and index.ag thereof; to authorize the issue of certain notes by the town council of Barnwell and to provide for the payment of the same; to authorize the town council of Camden to issue and dispose of certain bonds; to. regulate the salary and appointment of trial justices and constables in Hampton and Union Counties; to amend the Code of Procedure relating to the Courts of the fifth and seventh circuits; to amend the law in relation to the giving of bondi re quired bylaw; to incorporte ;be beard of church extension of the Kethodist Protestant Church in South Carolina; to t u j amend the charter of the Pelzer Manu- j ! facturing Company; to authorize the j treasurer and school commissioner of i Fairfield County to borrow money to pay i school claims; to iacoporatc the town of j Westville, Kershaw County; to incopor-j ate the Greenleaf Presbyterian Industrial Institute and Female College of Orangeburg; to amend the charter of the city of Spartanburg. Tee DM I in relation 10 attorneys cus^s in equity cases was withdrawn, by Mr. Irby, who soid that its purpose had been accomplished by the Act of 1SSS. Other bilis were withdrawn, including that to amend the Act enabling the County Commissioners of Spartanburg, Colleton and Aiken Counties to borrow morifv A Senate resolution asking the Senators and Representatives from South Carolina in Congress t take into consideration the matter of straightening Wateree River, in Sumter and Kershaw Counties was concurred in. There was a skirmish ever the bill to incorporate the Hampton and Branchville Railroad Company, Messrr. O'Brien and Brawler desiring further time t<; consider it, and Messrs. Hutson and Ilaysor pressing it. It GDaUy'weut over and was then passed. 1 Tbe committee on priviieges and elections to which was referred the of Mr. 1 H. L P. Bvlger, of Charleston, ieported ' ihat as he had accepted the office of ; trial justice, he had thereby vacated his seat in the House. 1 Among the bills that passed their sec- \ :>od reading were the following: Proriding for graded schools in Newberry; ! relating to ine lorm c-i conveyance c-i 1 real estate; providing a salary for the 1 sheriff of Fairfield County; authoring 1 :he erection of a new Court- House for 1 Spartanburg County; providing for 1 juaranticing the Srate iy land against T iiseases and infection; authorizing cer :ain incorporated towns to substitute 1 iard labor on their streets for fine * md imprisonment in cases of misde- 2 neaoor; recbartering Sand Bar ferry; c{ joint resolution to provide-for the ^ ;peedv publication of the Acts of.the c Legislature. s The following bill (Gen. McCrady's) c 'eferred -to above, was read a second 1 ,ime and passed with amendment; while * Hr. Bean's bill on the same subject wos 1 ndefinitely postponed: To araend the } aw in regard to leasing and hiring out c >f convicts, and to provide for the sup- l,; )ort and employment or the same upon >ubhc works, ana to establish an en- I ;ineer bureau in connection therewith. .' Bill No. 130, to fix the salary of rail- 1 oad commissioners at $1,000 per annum, T ^as killed, as was also the bill to give * rial justices jurisdiction in cases of a arrying concealed weapons, and fixing heir compensation therefor. s The following bills were read a second 1 ime and passed: 1 To amond Section 510 of the General itatutes of the State of South Carolina, r elating to the duties of solicitors. F To exempt certain portions of Colleton 1 Jounty from the operations of Chapter >7, Titlfe 10. of the Generai Statutes, reating to the stock jaw. ^ Senate. ^ The bill to amend Section 1,99S of the reneral Statutes caused some debate. ,iiv? aui^uuujgub \s ? iU'vC . "That no waiver of the right of home- 0 tcad, however solemn, made by the bead 5 ? a family at any time, prior to the ssignment of tha homestead, shall ceeat the homestead provided for in this hapter: Provided, however, that no ight of# homestead shall exist or be Uowed in any property, real or personal, j lieaed or mortgaged, either before cr f. fter assignment by any person or perons whomsoever, as against the title or laim of the alienee cr mortgagee, or his F >eir, or their heirs or assigns." a Senator Patterson, moved to recommit he bill. Senator Murray moved to table e Senator Patterson's motion. The motion E o table prevailed by a vote of 16 to 14, nd the bill passed a third reading. XO REDUCTION OF SALARIES. : X, When the salary reduction bill was ailed, contrary to expectation it v;as c iisposed of withouq additional debate, j Senator Moise made the motion to con- c inue, which is regarded"as a fair test of be strength of each side. The yeas and lays oemg nemac::ea, tae vote stouu ?. rcas 13, aavs 12, as follows: r Yeas?Byre], Buist, Danztler, IIowcll, c ztar, Mois?, Moody, Moore, Muaro, I tfurrav, Rhame, Sinkler and Yerdier i -13. ' Nays?Alexander, EJwards," Fields,' ^ iennedv, Mason, McCal!, Patterson, J ?ope, Ready, Smith, Sojourner an-d * tVilson?12. ^ Senator Woodword was paired with ^ senator Donaldson, otherwise he would jave voieu "ajc. ocuatvi icas paired with Senator Smvthe, other- s ffise h*e would have voted "do." Sena- 1 ;or Er^ifi wos paired with Senator ] Btemphill, otherwise wookl have voted i ;,aye." 1 rights of MAlililED WOMEN. 5 Several hour3 were consumed ia de bating tbe question of toe lights ot mar- i ried women, as developed in two bills to 1 amend a certain section of the General Statutes, and to declare the law relating to tbe separate estates of married 1 women. 1 The substance of the bills is in relation : to the right, of married women to acuuire by purchase any species of property iQ her own name and to take proper legal conveyances therejor, and to contract and be contracted with in tte same manner as if she were unmarried, and that all CQUVtjf'dUl'C^ llil'l ciuu 11 rwV/ jyinstruments of writing, executed by a married woman, shall be effectual fb convey or charge her separate estate, whenever the intention so to convey, or charge such separate estate is dcciared in such conveyances, mortgages or other instruments of writing. The bill was unfavorably reported. A general debate ensued on the motion to indefinitely postpone, and the bill was linally rejected by a vote of 23 to 0. The bill to limit the right of dower was rejected by a vote of 20 to 10, after a spirited debate. KCXDS FOR COSTROLLrSCt DISEASES. '1 WA A? A AVfiAnfirn X UC UiCUIVliai VI IUW mittee of the State board of health, relating to the control of contagious ar.d infectious diseases, was favorably reported, and the committee recommended that the aid asked for be granted and that the amount of $-"00 be appropriated for the purposes mentioned in the memorial. The report was adopted. MISCELLANEOUS MEASU11ES. Among the bills passced to a second reading are the following: To prohibit members of the General Assembly from accepting free passes from any railroad in the State or doin?j business within the ? 0~ tU/, r?f 1 CLUlCi IV t-ACUUW jji.o-vv.-. | I justices for Hampton and Beaufort Couu i ties , reside fit a: or near Yemassec and | Ridgc!anri; ;o amend an Act in relation to forfeited hind, delinquent lanri ana collector of taxes, approved 24th December, 1SS7, and the amendments of 34tii December, 1SS8; to provids for the re vision, digest and arrangement of the statute laws of this State; to pa; certain expenses of elections in this State. Bill to prohibit the sale or furnishing or giving or providing to minors of cigarettes, tobacco or cigarette paper, or any substitute therefor, and to provide penalties for the same, was passed. Joint resolution to authorize and direct the comptroller general of tbis State to drawn his warrant on the State treasurer! to pay the Rev. John Johnson the sum I oi *our nunarea uouars iur uue , full bound copies of bis recently published historical narrative of the defense of Charleston harbor, including Fort Sumter and adjacent islands, to become the property of this State, and to be placed in the libraries and other public institutions of this State, was passed. Senator Pope secured the passage of an amendment to this bill requiring these books to be distributed to the libraries of all the colleges in this State, both male asd female. Notts of (he S^oNion. The leaders of the Clemson College movement in the Legislature have assured the trustees of the University that they utiiy want for their new college half of the land scrip and all of the Hatch fund, snd that they will not interfere with the mechanical department of the University, ano mar. laey propose 10 voce to uie University the full sum of money it 3eed3, $45,000, on condition that the Ulemson College is allowed these funds, rhe trustees have decided not to fight he Clemson College. Of course the igricultural department will oppose to he last the dismemberment ot that desartment and its subordination to the rustees of the Ciemson College, and it ;vill be on this issue that the contest will vage most fiercely. The Secate concurrent resolution proriding for postponing from the 11th to be 13th inst. the election of a commisionor and members of the board of agri:u^ture and other officers was amended )y the House so as to provide for their election on the 18th inst., and in such : 'nape returned to the Senate. This was >n Mr. Benet's motion, and carried out 1 be original purpose of the Clemsoa ' College measures subordinating the comnissioner of agriculture to the trustee of bat college aDd doing away with the : >oard cf agriculture shall be adopted ; )cfore an election be entered upon. ; The Senate, by . a vote of 14 to 11, 1 )assoc3 to a third rpadincr the ir>int. ipso ution calling a Constitutional Convenion. The vote on the third rr-ading pas 17 to 10. Less than two-thirds of ! he whole Senate having voted in the., ffirmative, the joint resolution failed. 1 The joint resolution to amend the con- ! titution so as to provide for four Jus- \ ices of the Supreme Court was killed in he Senate. i The Seuate has passed a resolution ecommending New York as the best 1 >iace for holding the World's Fair in ' 802. Mr. Guess introduced a resolution imiting all speeches to fifteen minutes. , 'he House promptly tabled the resolu- . 10D. i General Sews I-cems. ?Tennessee made 80,000,000 bushels j f com and 100,000 bales of cotton this c-ar. \ ?Col. J. H. Rathbone, founder of the s rder of Knights Pythias, died at Lima, ? )., on Monday. ?W. W. Russell has rented a house { a Anderson, and will soon move his j amiiy to that city. ?The students of the State University j lassed appropriate resolutions oo the j leat'n of Jefferson Davis. ??ne xupper Dm to regulate ine mployment of children in factories aeets with general disfavor. ?The flags over the State House vill float at half-mast for thirty day, a honcr of the late President Davis. ?The Farmers' Alliance of Oconee louoty recommends Capt. J. L. Shankin, its president, as one of the trustees >f the Ciemson College. ?The work of refining sugar was com- 1 nenced on Monday in Claus Spreckles' lew sugar refinery in Philadelphia. The ; :apacity of the refinery is 2,000.000 jounds of su^ar every twenty-four :ours. ?It is estimated that-it will take >500,000, to carry the Three C's RailGad to Charleston. A committee of nerchants has been appointed to confer iviLh representatives of the Company on >UV UJUkbUlt ?The Australian ballot is being ;er;ouslj considered by the Virginia Legislature. In a column of interviews printed by the Richmond Dispatch a iiajoritv of the talkers favor a system where the citizen can cast hi3 ballot in lecrecy. ?Charles A. Whitemire, who was appointed by the President last April postmaster at Newberry, and his commission held up" because the people did not svant a negro, has got from Postmaster Grcneral Watiamaker, a position as laborer in the postofiice department in Washington at a salary of $G20 per year. ?The Sumter cotton mills will soon be lighted with electric lights, the Elcctric Light Company haviDg taken the contract. The inside wiring has been completed, so that by January 1, at least, the operatives will be working by the new iignt. me couon mm nas ueen running on double time for many months. ?A colored boy, aged 14, employed in the burbcr shop of Tom Ballard, also colored, in Yorkville, attempted suicide on Sunday by hanging himself to a limb of a tree. lie was found, in an unconscious condition, on the ground ?the rope having broken. He claim3 that Ballard's ill treatment led him to the act. PrormvoHrtns -frtv t.TiA hall nt.TTnt.Al Cniquola, at Anderson on the night of ihe 31st, are being made, and everything: is on a magnificent scale. One thousand invitations are now being made out. Visitors are expected from Charleston, Columbia, Augusta, Atlanta, Greenville, and many other places in this State, Georgia and North Carolina. The banquet and ball will be given on the night of the 31st, ana | will be followed by a german on the 1st of January, ?The contemplated resignation of Congressman Cothran, to accept the position of general counsel of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company in | South Carolina, has already brought out some candidates for the succession. Mr. | Benet. of Abbeville, has announced himself ifcaudidate for election to fill the vacancy. and there has been a movement in Newberry circles indicating the probable candidacy of Mr. George Johnstone. nrT^an oot'nd VTTVi Q f VtlQ uuuaiui jiuiiiij j TVULVU asocu rru*b u<g intentions were, said that he had not made up his miud yet whether or not to THE CLEflSON COLLEGE. THE PLANS PROPOSED FOR ITS ESTABLISHMENT. Provisions of (bo Jiili Framed in the Recent Conference in Columbia?The Full Text of the IJocumenf. The following is tbe full text of the hi!! introduced in the Legislature for the establishment of the Cifctr;fTn Agrieul- j iural College: Be it enacted by the Senate and H&use of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: I Section 1. That one-half the land scrip fund, heretofore vested by Section 1,045 >of the General Statutes in the board of trustees of the University of South C-rc- i lina, be, and the same is hereby, vested in the board of trustees of the Cler-fcon 1 Agricultural College of South Carolina; i and the State treasurer is hereby author- i iz^d and required to issue a certificate of < otcoif -in ihp sum nf ninetv iive j thousand nine hundred dollars, bearing i interest at thu rate of six per centum per 5 anuum from July 1, A. D. 1S89, payable < semi-annually to the board of trustees of < the said Clemson Agricultural College, to < be held as a perpetual fund, the capital t of which shall forever remain undimin- 1 ished, the income of said fund to be used by said board of trustees for the building t aud maintenance of the said Clemson 2 Agricultural College, iu accordance with 11 thu nnrnnspQ rnr which the said land I 2 scrip was donated 'oy the Acts of Con- c gress of the United States in relation F thereto: Provided, That the State treas- 1 urer shall issue, and he is hereby author- t ized and required to issue, to the board I of trustees of the University of South { Carolina a certificate of Slate stock in c the sum of ninety-five thousand nice ^ hundred dollars, bearing interest at the 0 rate of six per centum per annum from 0 July 1, A. D. 1S89, payable semi-annual- t ly, to be held as a perpetual fund, the F capital of which shall forever Remain uc- s diminished, the income of said fund to b be used by said board of trustees for the a use and maintenance of the South Caro- d lina Agricultural College and Mechanics' 0 Institute, now in operation for the bene- F fit of colored students, as act forth in 1 Section 1,04G of the General Statutes. Sec. 2. That the annual erant of fifteen & thousand dollars, commonly known as v the Hatch bill fund, made to the State 1 Df South Carolina by the Congress of the n United State, according to the terms of 7 an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to s sstablish agricultural experiment stations * in connection with the colleges estab- S iished in the several States under the" provisions of an Act approved July 2, Sl 1S62, and of the Act supplementary 5 thereto," approved March 2, 18S7, be, u and the same is hereby, withdrawn from d the control of the board of trustees of \ the University of South ^Carolina, in ^ whom it was vested by an Act entitled d "An Act to amend Chapter XX of the * Seneral Statutes entitled 'Of tbeUnivei- n ii?V rtf flnrnlina ' " annrnvftf^ TTtf- U "-J v* ~? J -rr-~ member 22, 1887; and tbe said grant of t: ifteen thousand dollars is hereby vested 31 .n the board of trustees of the ?*Clemson Igricultural College of South Carolina; *! ind an agricultural experiment station ^ shall be established in connection with the P jaid Clemson Agricultural College and mder the direction of the board of trus- ^ :ees thereof, to be supported by saicf q ?rant according to the provisions of the j, let of Congress hereinbefore mentioned, v Sec. 3. That the sum of money collect;d by the commissioners of the sinking ti fund during the fiscal year ending Octo- c aer 31, 1S80, and now on hand to the ^ ?redit of said commissioners, shall be f, paid into'the State treasury, and shall be j? ippropriated to the building and main- ? ;enance of the said Clemson Agricoltural 5 College, and shall be paid by the State p ;reasurer to the treasurer of the board of ^ ;rustees of the Said Agricultural College, -u jpon the order of said board of trustees, d signed by their president and secretary; t] inH nil mnnpva that shall hereafter be collected by the said commissioners of the sinking fund, arising from tbe re- ( iemption of lands, leases and sales of s property, or otherwise coming to the said commissioners, shall be paid into a the State treasury, and shall be kept on a separate account by the State treasurer, and shall be appropriated to the building & and maintenance of the said Clemson 0 Agricultural College; and the State treasurer is hereby authorized and re- ? quired to pay the said moneys annually ^ to the treasurer of the said Clemson Agri- r cultural College, upon the order of said ? aF fTiietooa cnrrrinr\ V*tt tVipir r^rnci. * dent and secretary. Sec.*. That three-fifths of the moneys f; arising from the privilege ta^on fertil- * izers sold or offered for sale in this c State collected by the Department of x Agriculture during the fiscal year ending c October 31st, 1S89, and now on hand to ^ the ciedit of said department of Agriculture, shall be paid iDto the State Treasury, and shall be appropriated to 3 the building and maintenance of the 1 aforesaid Clemson Agricultural College * and shall be paid by the State Treasurer the Treasurer of the Boord of Trustees ] of said Clemson Agricultural College * upon the order of said Board of Trus- ^ tees, signed by their President and Sec- c retary; and three-fifths of all moneys } arising from the privilege tax on fcrtil- , izcrs sold, or offered for sale, in this ^ State which shall hereafter be collected by the Department of Agriculture, or , those upon whom the duty of collecting said privilege tax may by Act of Assem- , bly be devolved, shall be paid into th^ ( State Treasury, and shall be kept on a separate account of the State Treasurer, ; shall hrt annrnnriated to the building and maintenance of the said Clemson ' Agricultural College; and the State . Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay the same annually tc t'le . Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the said Clemson Agricultural College, , upon the order uf the said board of trustees, signed by their president and secretary. Sec. 5. All and every estate and property, real or peasonal, which have heretofore been of the Department of Agriculture shall vest in and become the property of the board of trustees of the said Clemson Agricultural College, to be managed, controlled or disposed or by the said board of trustees for the use And benefit of the aforesaid Clemson agricultural College: Provided, That no sale of such property shall be made without the consent of the General Assembly: Provided, further, Tbat the cnid hnftrri nf trnstpes are herebv au thorized to sell and dispose of the Agricultural Experiment Station, known as the Columbia Farm, situate in the county of Richland, and to sell and dispose of the Agricultural Experiment Station t known as the Spartanburg Farm, situate | in Spartanburg county,-the proceeds of: said sale to be paid into the State treasury, and to be appropriated to the build-, ing and maintenance of the said Clemson. j. * l Agricultural College, and to be paid by the State treasurer to the treasurer of the board of trustees of said College upon the order of said beard of trustees, signed by their president and secretary. Provided, further. That the said board of trustees shall not sell nor dispose of nor discontinue the Agricultural Expeiment Station known as the Darlington Farm, situate in the county of Darlington, but shall maintain the same subject to their control. And the Department of Agriculture is herety authorized and required to execute all deeds and other papers necessary to thf. due conveyance i and transfer of the property described! and referred to in this section to the said board of trustees. Sec. 6. That the ^jard of directors of the State penitentiary are hereby authorized and required, upon the order of the board of trustees of the said Clemson Agricultural College, signed by their president and secretary, to furnish to cqi/1 Knar/3 r\f ^mcfppc fthlr* victs not to cxceed fifty in number at one time, said convicts to be employed by said board of trustees in work conaected with the erection of the buildings 3f said Clemson Agricultural College or :n the preparation of the ground and the materials therefor: Provided, That the aid board of trustees shall defray the jxpenses of the transportation of said , lonviccs to and from the penitentiary, 1 he expense of medical attention, and ,he expense of furnishing such convicts vith proper food and lodging. Sec. 7. That the board of trustees of ;he said Clemson Agricultural College ire hereby authorized and empowered .0 procure forthwith, from competent 3 irchitects and contractors, plans ana : istimates of buildings suit ble for the ] mrposes of the said Clcmson Agricul-1. ural College, acd to crect said College ] mildings upon a suitable eite on Fort 1 Iill plantation, situate in the county of ] )conee, and to defray the expenses inci-- ] lent to the erection of said College s tuildings and tothe proper maintenance 1 if said Clernson Agricultural College < ut of the funds and moneys hereby, in 1 he preceding sections of this Act, ap- J inatea ana maae avauaoie, ana out 01 < uch other funds and moneys as may, iy the General Assembly, be hereafter ppropriated and made available, and to lo all other things necessary to carry ut the provisions of this Act, and the irovisions of the Act entitled "An Act o accept the devise and bequest of 'nomas G. ClerrsoD, and to establish an Lgricuitural College in connection therenth," approved 27th November, A. D. SS9. Provided, That this Act shall ot take effect until the exceutor of the nil of the aforesaid Thomas G. Clemson hall have executed a deed and conveynce of the property so devised to the 1 * s - - ? - --l -1 mi_ - 2. _ r t cace: I'roviaea, nevertheless, xuat ui he funds and moneys by the several ^ ections of this Act appropriated, the am of three thousand dollars shall, 1 pon the approval of this Act, be imme- 1 iately paid by the State treasurer to ^ he treasurer of the board of trustees of ^ he said Clemson Agricultural College to efray the cost of plans and specifications * cd estimates of suitable college build- ? Dgs as aforesaid; said sum to be paid 1 pon the order of the said board of ? rustees signed by their President and 1 sciciaij. Sec. 8. That all Acts or parts of Acts ? ^consistent with the provisions of this j; .ct be, and the same are hereby, reealed. ^ Two other bills connected- indirectly c rith that for the establishment of the c ilemson College have been introduced I 3 the Senate. One comes from Senator c 'erguson, of Laurens, and provides for t ae uansfcr of the duty of collecting the a ig tax on fertilizers from the Depart \ lent of Agriculture, to the Comptroller reneral and allowing him $1,800 to de- I ray the expenses of the collection. It i stated that this will insure a saving of g TOO a year in this item alone. The other ] ill was brought in by Senator Pope and j rovides for the abolition of the entire v agricultural Department and the Tzest- c ig of all the property and duties of the t epartmect in the board of trustees of t ae Clemson College. v Tho Debate on the Bill. t pecial to the Greenville News. e Columbia, S. C., December 13?For 1 week the bill to establish and main- 1 - ~ i f ain the "Clemson Agricultural uoi- L ege of South Carolina" has stood on he calendar of the House as a special rder. To-day it was taken up and he battle oyer its adoption fairly be;un. There had been ample time for riends and opponents to study the aeasure. There was no attempt at nap judgement. All day the House las discussed the bill and also in the ivenins session. So far the light has >een a distinct and signal success for he bill. Though the ground has been untested inch bv inch in the face of voluminous efforts to emasculate and :urtail the bill, its friends have suc:eed.ed in retaining all its material eatures. When the bill was called up the entiment of the House on its general J uerits was tested by the vote on the notion of Mr. McCrady, of Charleston, ' o strike out the enacting words. The notion was killed by a vote of S6 to !7. Then the contest was opened on sections of the bill, Mr. Hutson, of ? ? ? A +U a vr*f iampton, moving amcuu mc section by allowing the title to onelalf the land scrip fund to remain in ;he hands of the trustees of the South Carolina College and giving the interest only to the Clemson trustees. That imendment was rejected. Then Mr. Hutson moved that the ritje to funds given by the first and second sections of ;he bill, namely the land scrip and Hatch bill funds, be L'PstPfl in the six members of the board di trustees of the Clemson College to be elected by the State. The amendment was accepted by the friends of the measure and adopted without opposition. When Section 3, diverting the proceeds arising from the redemption of Linda, leases and sales of property by the sicking fund commissioners to the use of the Clemson College, was reached, the big fight of the day came on. It was opened by Mr. Graydon, of Abbeville, who moved to strike out the* section, and supported the motion in a clear and able speech. Mr. Tindal, of Clarendon, led in defence of that feature of the bill Mr. Graydon's motion was lost. The attack was renewed by a motion of Mr. Graydon to strike out that part of the section providing for appropriating tne proceeas arisiug num luc oiuaiug fund for future years, but leaving that portion making appropriations for the coming year. This was discussed warmly and at much length, the debate running over into the evening session. The charge was made that the diversion of the sinking funu would injure the credit of the State. Messrs. Brawley and McCrady, of Charlestoo, and others joined in strong speeches against this feature of the bill. The supporters of the measure were not united ofi that point and on the final vote the provisions for future appropriations from the sinking fund was stricken out by a vote of 58 to 43. An amendment offered by 3Ir. Irby, of Laurens, who was one of the leaders in the fight for the bill, providing that not more than ?25,000 in any one year and that for not more than six years should be taken from the sinking fund for use of the collcge, was voted down. In the fourth section, giving the privilege tax income to the college, the same tactics were repeated, a motion by Mr. Hazard, of Georgetown, to strikeout the section being overwhelmingly defeated. Mr. Brawlcy, of Charleston, then moved to strike out all that portion of the section which provided for appropriations year by year in future of all proceeds from the privilege tax. Lost. All through the debate the leaders in opposition to the specific provisions of the bill, Messrs. Brawley, Graydon, McCrady and Hutson, expressed themselves as heartily in favor of the general measures. Calmness and fairness characterized the debate. W. C. Benet, who had the bill in charge, managed it "with ability, tact and discretion. Later.?By a vote of 54 to 4S the House refuse to strike out any portion of Section 4, so that the provision remains giving three-fifths of the tag tax to :he Clemson College. THE WESTERN STYLE. j A Horrible Crime in Wisconio?A Crnzv ' 5Ia.n Lynched. 1 The following dispatch of Thursday ' from Milwaukee, Wis., narrates the < most brutal and dastardly crime ever j perpetrated in the name of Judge t Lynch. On Sunday, at Preston, Trempleace County, Hans Jacob Olsen was * torn from his house and lynched by a. party of masked men. Olsen was 2 partially insane and somewhat quarrelsome, and had been ordered by neigh- { iors to leave the county. He neglect- c ;d to do so, and was strung up. Olsen q ivas seized in bed, pulled o.ut, and his ? lands tied behind, despite his desper- q ite struggles and those of his family. c Without even allowing him time to t >ut on his clothing, they led liim out t )f his house. Once outside Olsen T earned what was to be done with him. t 3e caught sight of a new rope hang- g ng over the limb of a tree, which 0 ;tands not more than twenty feet from q he little cabin which was his home. _ 3e struggled to free his hands, tearing ? he flesh from his wrists, until they g >led freely; but finding himself unable ? o get loose, he submitted in sulien v Hence while the rope was put around lis neck, and willing hands drew him t lp to strangle. His legs were not iAfl his kinlnno- and strujyorlinar vas fearful. ' f The mob remained sometime lest his v emains might be cut down. Then ^ naking threats of lynching any one t vho should dare cut down the body, hey dispersed. - * The body was discovered in*the | uorning and was not cut down until he coroner arrived. The coroner's nquest was held yesterday at Preston, i md the following verdict was reurned: c "Deceased came to his death by 0 .trangulation caused by being hanged 0 >y the neck, by masked persons un- D :nown." No evidence as to the identity of the J ynchers was offered. It is Preston's . xl_ _ J.L - 1 1 I.J T 1 ;ossip iliac me lynuaers were icu uy , >ne of the most prominent larmers in 'reston. Further facts will be brought 0 mt by evidence following arrests about s o be made by the State. The district P iitorney has the case in charge, and c wholesale arrests are expected. 'rcssisScncy of the Richmond and EanvilSe. u It is said in Richmond that 3Ir. Geo D 3. Scott will Dot consent to serve the Richmond and Danville Railroad Com>anv as president for another year, as he vishes to go to Egypt with his family arly in January for recreation, and hereby losiDg his valuable services to he Richmond and Danville system, vhich he has managed so well and a&ly ind satisfactorily to the public. It is hought the management will decide to ilect as president of the Richmond and Danville Mr. John II. Inman, who will nake an excellent president, and who is he second choice of the Richmond tiends of the system. I?Ir. Inmah is low president of the Richmond and (Vest Point Terminal Railway and Warelouse Company, and is well acquainted \ vita the wants of the Southern people. ' 3e, as well as Mr. Scott, is largely in- [ .eres'ced in the South. The election of * ^Ir. luiran to succeed Mr,- Scott as' president of the Richmond and Danville c Company will probably be made on the ? L8th of this mouth, when the adjourned c mnual meeting of the stockholders will 1 De held.?Ex. ? Blown to I'icces by Nitro?Glycerine. j Butler, Pa., December 11.?At a ] Tv.ct () this moraine i Butler was shaken by a nitro-glycer- ] ine explosion at the Butler Torpedo 1 Company's magazine, two miles south < of town. The explosion occurred when ] cans were being put into wagons at J the factory. James O. Woods and i William Mediil, and their wagon and < team were blown into unrecognizable < fragments. . ] The woods i^ the vicinity of the ; magazine are being searched by hun- j dreds of men for remains of the vie* tims. "the factory buildings were mostly demolished. The factory ^ras crushed down, and only the smokestack remains intact. The rafters of the magazine fell down over the glycerine there, but it did not explode. Wood's shoulders and right arm have been found twenty-eight rods away. A small part of Medill's trunk was taken from the top of a tree. The theory is that Woods let a can of explosive drop when handing it up -to Mediil, who was in the wagon. A great hole was made in the ground were the wagon stood. tL.il Oil M JbtllC^ ACuitrcui?uw Thomas A. Edison's latest achievement was to invent a light by which pictures may be seen at night with nearly all the advantage of daylight. Electric lights have heretofore thrown either too brilliant a light, like the arc light, or else too yellow a light, such as the Edison light. Edison secured a perfect light for pictures by placing at the back of the bulbs in his system of lighting a lead piece covering half of the bulb and fitting it closely. Inside of the bulb is a coating of silver. The yellow of the light and the silver reflection makes a light that brings out all the col on o vu. a, picture harmously. was first used in the illurr>in?-?'uon of the "Angelus" in the Barye collection. The Teachers' Association of Anderson County will hold its next meeting at i^lton the 21st inst. An attractive programme has been arranged, and. will Sio doubt prove both interesting and instructive to those in attendance. A GRAND GATHERINGTHE FUNERAL OBSEQUIES OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. Tliousandit Visitinz tlie Bier?JIany Dis? ! tinzaislied Visitor*?A Vast Procession ! Follows the Body ? The Officiating j Clerzv Itepresentinz all Denominations j --A Beautiful and Imposing Tribute to j the Dead Statesman. New Orleans, December lO.-ThroDga j of people continue to pour through the i city hall this morning, embracing be- i sides the common multitude, numerous [ organizations, schools and societies. I Many distinguished gentlemen from the < South and leading cities of that section were also among the visitors. General ^ Stephen D. Lee, of Mississippi, ex-Gov- , ernor Lubbock, of Texas, and General < P. M. B. Young, a cavalry leader in the ' Confederacy, paid their respects. Floral tributes from different sections j of the South were received to-day and ; the mortuary chamber is filled to over- t flowing with beautiful designs. The j! caisson is being prepared and will be e suitably draped. Ic 13 loaned by the t: State and the route has been so arranged v that the funeral car will have a smooth ^ passage along the streets. The religious q :eremonies are to be brief acd will not ti occupy more than a few minutes at the t< sail. Three divisions will march out to n he cemetery. The remainder will take unerai cars at ^iairuurtie otreet. C Governor Buckner, of Kentucky, is ss imong the arrivals this morning. & New Orleans, December 11.?The s' lay, notwithstanding the threatening and ^ >ppressive character of the weather ?J iuring the past several days, could not ^ lave been more propitious or beautiful. ^ Che portentous, pregnant looking clouds if tbe night previous and the great ranks of heavy fog that prevailed during 151 he early part of thi? morning, had ^ rholly disappeared by seven o'clock as C( he sun burst forth" and the beautiful Southern summer day dawned for the bsequies of the Southern chieftain, ?he city is crowded with thousands of leopie representing the prominence, v reaith and chivalry of the Southern ~ itatts. Six or seven Governors are here ttended by their staffs and bringing D ?ith them great delegations of people, tl The floral decorations were adtfed to his morning. They came from every g< Itate and city is the South, and are uperb in their design and beauty. The own is draped from one end to tde otiier {* rith the most elaborate showings of a, 'lack. Business fronts and residences cj hat were barren of mourning emblems ^ esterday are covered thw morning, and very bit of bunting there is in the city w .ies on its staff at half mast. p. At an early hour this morning the 'j treets were thronged with soldiers and ^ remen in uniform, members of various w ivic organizations and representatives cj f every profession, avocation and asso . iation, all en route to their respective ^ aeeting stations. r As soon as the doors of the City Hall p rere opened a stream of citizens began q. o pour into the death chamber to take a ft arewell view of the remains of the amous Confederate leader. The crowd f visitors was even greater than that of esterday, there being hundreds of it eople from abroad whose visit to this tt ity had been delayed until to-day. e: It was not until 11.30 o'clock that the ei id of the casket closed down forever pi .poii the features of the dead. The re- ^ nains were then conveyed to the front & tortico of the City Hall building where ai he simple but impressive rites of the hi episcopal Church were performed. La- c< eyette Square in front of the City Hail, li he banquettes and streets were densely ii lacked with people and the balconies ty nd every available space from which sc he pageant could be viewed were m rowded in the extreme. tc Obedient to the universal request, Mr. )avis was given a funeral in full accord it vith his superior rank as a military offi- al :er, in addition to which numerous civic r< ,nd other organizations combined to. p ender the cortege to-day in all respects n: he most imposing, cot only with refer ti nee to numbers Out in the pomp and J! :ircumstance of its elaborate ceremonial. tl rhere are participating in the obsequies h >f the Father of the Confederacy today n jesides veterans of ?tbe Lost Cause who h lave once again been called upon to r< :lose up their decimated ranks, -many n jallant soldiers whose unflinching valor p iisplayed on numerous hotly contested t] ields resulted not unfrequeDtlv in both r< jlory and victory to the stars and stripes, ij The following gentlemen acted as pall i( rearers: Geoeral George W. Jonet, of [owa; Hon. Charles E.Feoner, of Louis- 11 ana: Sawyer Hayward, of Mississippi; c 3on. Thos. H. Watts, of Alabama; mem- *1 )er of President Davis' cabinet. Hon- C >rarv pall bearers: Governor Francis T. o Xichols, Louisiana; Governor Jtiobert u Lowry, Mississippi; Governor S. B. Buck- a aer, Kentucky; Governor John B. Gor- s 3on, Georgia; Governor J. P. Richardson, South Carolina; Governor D. G. o Fowle, North Carolina; Governor F. P. c Fleming, Fioriaa; Governor James P. Eagle, Arkansas. r About 12.19 the casket was couvcyed t from the memorial room to the impro- j vised catafalque, in the center of the t front portico where the massive pillars t were entwined with a profusion of crepe. Over the casket "was thrown the soft ' folds of a silken flag of the lost cause. ^ and also the glittering sabre with which < the dead soldier had carved fame and i honor for himself, and glory and victory J for his country on the crimson fields of * Chapultepec and Monterey. Irnmedi- ^ ately surrounding the coffin were the 1 clergy and armed sentries, they bting * the only persons admitted to the plzce or portico during the service. The rela- < tives of the deceased were assigned to \ seats in the Mayor's parlor, from the ] - ' <- ^ ?~ i windows 01 WD1CU IUK] n;ic cuaviw nu witness the ceremonies. The obsequies, which were According to the ritual of ' the Episcopal church, were conducted : by Bishop Galleher, assisted by five officiating clergymen of various denomi- 1 nations, as follows: Father Hubert, the Rev. Mr. Thompson, Mr. Davis' rector at Riioxi, Miss., the Rev. Dr. Markham, the Rev. Mr. Bakewell and the Rev> Mr. Martin. There were altogether fully twenty sur-.. pliced Ministers of numerous clergy of different denomi. cations from various Southern States. A curpliced choir of thirty-six voices I nanied bv an or.wan. the an them, "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death/' after which Bishop Galleher made an address. Following Bishop Galleher the Rev. Dr. Markham read the lesson, while the Rev. Mr. Martin repeated the psalm^ the Rev. Mr. Bakewell the verses and the Rev. Mr. Thompson the j creed. And thus ecdsd the services at j the City Hall, which, although simple J| I and bn'ef, were wonderfully impres- ;i ' sire, During this period the immense -/ < throng, representing every conceiva- |g i ble variety of religious and social Dre- ?? dilection, profession and nationality ' p| stood in reverential tiieDce and with . heads uncovered. At the conclusion " > of the religious services the casket was borne by a detachment of sol- 3? diers to a handsomely decorated cais- ; son which bad been especially prepared for its reception ann on which it wa%to be conveyed to the cemetery. From the caisson arises a /vAneiotSn/. ? "N'J wuuwvmg U1 -vJ a unique and beautifully designed canopy ^ measuring eight feet in length and four ';.rin winth and supported by six bronze _ canncn braced with muskets- The dome of the canopy i3 ornamented in bronze % with furied United States flags draped _ % on either side. The sides of the cata- " falque are superbly draped in black cloth with bullion fringes and gimp. The Jl lasket rested on a slight elevation and -3| :he caisson was drawn by six black .-inI lorses, two abreast, caparisoned in artilery banners and plumes and each animal ed by a soldier in uniform. With marvellous military precision the varioas "|| )attalions wheeled into line, preceded by . detachment of the city police and r:;? ollowed in turn he th/? nlorer-CT j rs, and soon by others in their respec ive order until the mammoth procession ras formed. The procession, after leay- % ctg the City Hall, proceeded^ap Jharles to Callipe and fromjGstffipe into . ^ lamp, thence to Chartres, to S^. Louis, >?jS o Railli and carried faTke direct route : 1 3 the cemetery. It was an hour and ten linutes passing a given point. As the grand funeral cortegp traversed vfae streets, from the turrets of every burch a Knell was tolled,, the clack of )bres and tramp of iron-shod feet echoed long the interminable liae, while soul . lbduicg diiges blended with tie solemn ooming of tne minute guus. The parts r : J* -* - *" jJ" l lue city cot aireciiy located on the . - : ine of march, or in anywise remote from le scene of the pageaot, were literally $i epopulatea, their inhabitants having athered in countless .numbers on the ' inquettes and in other available places om which an easy view of the marching . )lumns could be had. northern" opinion. |?j| iews of the New York Press una people-" . Sacecsiion of a Family Fond. ew York Special to tie-Baltimore Sen; -r 'v| The news of the death of Jefferson avis reached here too late for more it ian a brief line in the very latest edion of two of the morning papers. The .;||| meral Dnblie dii? not. Vrr-.w nf if. till .-'35a le afternoon. OPINIONS OF THE PSES3. * The evening papexa^gftSiL^ESrteaits?,^^! id long biographies ..of the73ea^f*:^,^^5 lief, and kindly editorially comment ^ td on his death, with only one ex- p?|| option - the Mail and Express. This as the drivel he got into a small aragraph: "Jefferson Davis is dead. he rebellion which ho led still lives ' 77^ l a large portion of the country ' S here he has been worshipped as the?3ri5?lS lief champion of the false doctrines :^Si lat justified secession as a State's |||| ght. The form which the present sbeliicn takes is clearly described by ?p| resident Harrison and Attorney -it; eneral Miller in their references to Le suppression or intimidation of the -, J lArace.'' ?2= The Evening Telegram says: The . iad chieftain had many lovable qual- ^ ies, which the impulsive people of ie South appreciated to their fullest ^ ctent. Not a breath of suspicion 5 ,-er tained the absolute honesty of his ablic life. His personal friendships / " ^ ere sacred as his domestic joy3. The"" luse for which he risked his secuon ?$ id himself was lost, but no wf'eck of is political fortunes, no matter how - ^ )mplete, could eves darken the brilancy of his intelllct o? the u21 flinch- >| ig courage of his convictions. He . '.' as one of the greatest and most gifted : O >n this country ever produced. His ^ lisguided geDius must be left to his- ^ The Sun says: "We presume that : i t.hft fht.nrA avpttt nn? .-if thnce acc/v>i. ' v ?7 v-vwvwwww* ted with Mr. Davis in his-effort to .-:3 ieate a new Confederacy will be " ractieally forgotten, and that 'his ame will stand alone as representing le idea connected with the struggle. [r. Davis probably never regretted ic knowledge which he mus; have * ' ad that thus history will associate his %$| ame. * * * His name will be i=torical, and in the future'when men -|| sad of the measures with which his " V '^ ame is associated without passion or vlfjf rejudice-. it will doubtless be asserted Eiat he was the able aad sincere |jgga| epresentatives on one side of ani inrifoWA otnrvD?/?/>ne s*rinfl v; J\>riVMVi.V UUU CWU^/V/UUVVM WUUIVU Vl> leas." The E vers ing Post concl udes its com- "" -i lent with; "We have given kr-^her olumn a sketch of the career ofEM^*^""* eparted lealer of the long departed || Jonfederacy. We have there stated \.-M ur belief that nobody could have done aore than Davis did to give success to ; cause that was doomed at the out- ^ et to fall before superior force. It folows that he was one of the ablest men f his time, for ifc was by no stroke of . hance that he was chosen to guide a;-. aasterful raje through a struggle for tational existence. He was selected * iecause?he was believed by good n/^iv?v? on/1 <r " /! auu >Y 1LJJL , xautiwc.l 9 o be their best equipped represent* iye and strongest man.5' .. .-J's T^he Commercial Advertiser says: 'With ail bis /aults, mistakes^>lunders, Jetferson Davis was through- x >ut his public career a man of spotless ntegrity and honest devotion to what le believed to be the right-. Sis par,icipation in the council hails of the ? i| LTnion in a conspiracy to break up the >; inion by using its own weapons against it nust be stamped as a wrong. B Many oi the methods employed in the 1 jBrlv days of secession,where beyond V question unrighteous and wrons. But fl in the cause for which they were done he honestly believed." These views may be taken as a general concensus of New York's opin- v.S ion. There is nowhere, probably where the influences of Southern residents is " so potent, and nowhere, probably, where the inclination to let the war rest is so strong with the death of Mr. Davis that last obstacle to complete forgetiulness is removed, and there is regret at once for the loss of so able <m-American, and that he could not M make his talents ava 1 aoiei3rife$_g?^^ South. * c-Jjgs . l^a ?W. G. Shillinglaw, who lives a fe* miles from Yorkville, exhibited oriS*t? -Jj urdav some fine specimens of potterj made from clay taken from his plants- 'M tion. The clay had been sent to* a fac- '"?1 tory to test its qualities. The test proving satisfactory, Mr. Shillinglaw now contemplates organizing a company to * ~ manufacture pottery of every description. ~'W