Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VIII. The County Clerks in eaih county, at least fifteen days before the commencement of any regular term of the Court of Gen eral -Sessions; fQr the county, and ten days before any special session requiring a jury, and in the Coun ty of Charleston like periods be !re- the first of each alternate w ok -of her Court of Common Pleas, and at such other time as the respeetxe Courts may order, shall issue writs of venirefacias for jmors, and shall therein require the attendance of jurors on the irst day of the term, and for the Court qL Qiapmon Teas for the County ofChbarWetonb the first od. eae. alternate week thereaf. ter, and such other days as the Ooartsmay order. The petit ju rors returned foithe Court of Gen eral Sessions for Charleston County ehaa serve for the term, and the jurors returned for the Court of Common Pleas 'for two weeks. IX. The Clerks, in issuing . the vinires ehnfl require from' each town. and city.a numberof jurors as nearly as may'be in -proportion to their respeetive number of in babitants, so as to equalize, as far as possible, the duty of serving as jurors.i .:X. The venires shall be deliv red to the Sheriff of th. country, md by him ti ansmitted to a Con ;tablo in each of the towns and :ities to which they are respec tively issued, and they shall be ;erved by the Constable without elay on the Selectmen and Town Lierk. X1. Nothing contained in the preceding Sections shall prcvent any Court from issuing venires for additional jurors in term time, whenever it is necessary for the ;ouvenient dispatch of their busi :ess ; in which ease the venires ;hall be served and returned, and he jurors required to attond on weh days as the Court shall direct. XII. When a suit is pending in :he Circuit Court wherein the in Labitnts of any town in the coun 1y are interested, the Judge of the Court, in tcrm time or in va ation, may order the Clerk of the Dourt to issue writs of venire facias for a suffiient number of jurors to try such cause, from any town whose inhabitants are not so in terested, and the Clerk shall issue venire facias accordingly. IIII. All jurors, whether re uired to servo on grand or petit jury, shall be selected by drawing ballots from the jury box, and the persons whose namaes at e borne n the ballots so drawn shall be returned to serve as jurors. XIV. When jurors are to be so drawn the Town Clerk and Seleet men shall attend at the Clerk's effee, or some- other public place appointed for the purpose, and 'if the clerk is absent the selectmen may proceed without him. The balance in the jury box shall be shaicn and mixed together, and one of the Seleetmen, without seeing the names written thereon, shall openly draw therefrom a nuber of ballots equal to the number of jurors required. If a person so drawn is exempt by law, or is unable by -reason of sickness or absence from home to attend as a juror or if he has served as a juror in any Court within the year then next preceding, his name shall be returned into the box, and another drawn in his stead. XV. When a person is drawn and returned to servo as a juror in any Court, the Selectmen shall endorse on the ballot the date o1 the draft, and return it into the box; and whenever there is a re vision and renewal of the ballots in the box, ?he Selectmen shall transfer to -the new b'allots the date of'all the drafts made within~ the year thea next. prededing. TVI. A ny tcen may, at a legal meeting, order that all drafts for jurors therein shall be made in open town meeting; in which case the drafts shall be made by the Selectmen in the manner pre scribed in the two preceding See tions, except that it shall be done in town m&ting. In such town when a venire is served upon the Selectmen, they shall cause a town meeting to be notified and warned for that purpose, in the manner ordered by the town, or other wise prescribed by law. XVII. The meeting for drawing 1jurors, whether the draft is made in town meeting or before the Selectmen and Town Clerk only, shall be-eld not less than seven, nor more than fifteen days before the 4ay when the jurors are re quired to attend. XViII. The Constable shall, at least four days before the time when the jurors are required to attend, summon each person who is drawn by reading to him the venire with the endorsement there on of his having been drawn, or by leaving at his place of abode a N ritten notification of his having been drawn, and of the time and place of the sitting of the Court at which he is to attend, and shall make retarn of the vnire,. with his doings thereon, to the Clerk ,before the opening or time of hol ding the Court from which it is sued. XIX. A list of jurors in cities shall be prepared and posted there in, by the Mayor and Aldermen, in like mauner as required of Se lectmen ; and when posted for ten days shall be submitted to the Mayor And Aldermen, who shall have power to revise and accept the same. XX. The Mayor and Aldermen and the Cleiks of each city shall severally have and excreise all the powers and duties with regard to drawing, and all other matters re lating to jurors therein, which are in this Act required to be per fbrmed by the Selectmen and Town Clerks of their respe.-tive towns; and all venires "or jurors to be re turned from cities sha~ll be served on the Mayor and Aldermen. XXI. On the day when the ju rors are summoned- to attend at any Court, the Clerk shall prepare a list of their names arranged in alphabetical order. The first twelve on the list who are not excused, shall be sworn and empanneled as a jury for the trial of causes, and shall be called the first jury. The next twelve on the list shall then be sworn and empanneled in like manner, and shall be called the second jury. XXII. Supernumerary jurors may be excused from time to time until wanted and may be put on either of the juries, as occasion requires, in the place of absentees. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the transferring of jurors from one jury to the other when the convenience of the Court or of the jurors require it. XXIII. Each jury after being thus empanneled shall retire and choose their foreman, or shall make such choice upon retiring with the first cause with which they are charged; and whenever the fore man is absent or excused from fur ther service, a new foreman shall be chosen in like manner. XXIV. Nothing contained in the preceding sections shall apply to the emnpaa'neling of juries in riminal cases; but the jurors shall be called, sworn and em panneled anew for the trial of each ease, according to the established practice, and their foreman shall be appointed by the Court, or by jury when they retire to consider their verdict. XXV. When by reason of chal lenge or otherwise, a sufficient number of jurors duly drawn and summoned cannot be obtained for the trial of any cause, civil or riminal, the Co*rt.shall cause ju rwr +o ha reur!2e from the by standers or from the County at large, to complete the panel; Pro vided, Thereare on the jury not less than seven of the jurors who were originally drawn and summoned as before provided. XXVI. The jurors so returned from the bystanders shall be re turned by the Sheriff or his Deputy, or by a Coroner, or by any disinterested person appointed therefor by the Court, and shall be such as are qualified and liable to be drawn as jurors according to the provisions of lhw. XXVII. The Court shall, on, motion of either party in a suit, examine on oath any person who is called juror therein, to know whether he is related to either party, or has any interest in the cause, or has expressed or formed any opinion, or is sensible of any bias or prejudice therein; and the party objecting to thu juror may introduce any other com petent evidence in support of the objection. If it appears to the Court that the juror is not in different in the cause, another shall be called and placed in his stead for the trial of that cause. XXVII. In indictments and actions for the recovery of a sum of money or other thing forfeited, it shall not be a cause of challenge to a juror that he is liable to pay taxes in any county, city or town which 'may be benefited by such recovery. XXIX. If a party knows of any objection to a juror in season- to propose it before the trial, and omits to do so, he shall not after wards be allowed to make the same objection, unless by leave of the Court. XXX. No irregularity in any! writ of -enire facias, or in the drawing, summonil y, returuing or empanneling of jurors shall be sufficient to set aside a verdict, un less the party making the olbjec tion was injrred by the irregularity, or unless the objection was made before the returning of the verdict. XXXI. If either party in a case in which a verdict is returned, during the same term of the Court, before the trial, gives to any of the jurors who try the cause anything by way of treat or gratuity, the Court may, on the motion of the adverse party, set aside the verdict and award a new trial of the cause. XXXII. -When -a jury, after due and thorough deliberation upon any cause, return into Court with out having agreed upon a verdict, the Court may state anew the ev idence, or any paait of it, and ex plain to them anew the law appli cable to the case, and may send them out for further deliberation ; but if they return the second time without having agreed upon a verdict, they shall not be sent Out again without their own consent, unless they shall ask from the Court some further e)xplanlation of the law. XXXIII. The jury in any case may, at the request of either par ty, be taken to view the place or premises in question, or any prop erty, matter or thing relating to the controversy between the par. ties, when it appears to the Court that such view is necessary to a just decision : Provided, The par ty -making the motion advances a sum sufficient to pay the expen ses of the jury and the oificers who attend them in taking the view, which expenses shall be af terwards taxed like other legal costs, if the party who advanced them prevails in the suit. XXXI V. If a person duly drawn and summoned to attend as a juror in any Court neglects to at tend without sufficient excuse, he shall pay a fine not exceeding twenty dollars, which shall be im posed by the Court to which the juror was summoned, and shall be paid into the County Treasury. XXXV. Whenby neglect of a ny o n te dia fedi d in ti Act to be performed by any of the officers or persons herein men tioned, the jurors to be returned from any place are not duly drawn and summoned to attend the Court, every person guilty of such neglect shall pay a fine not ex ceeding twenty dollars, to be im posed by the same Court to the use of the county in which the offence was committed. XXXVI. If any City or Town Clerk, Selectman, Mayor or Alder man is guilty of fraud, either by practicing on the jury box previ ously to a draft, or in drawing a. juror, or in returning into the box the name of any juror which had been lawfully drawn out, and drawing or substituting another in his stead, or in any other way in the drawing of jurors ; he shall be punished by a fine not exceed ing five hundred dollars. XXXVII. Nothing contained in this Act shall affect the power, and duty of Coroners, Magistrates or Justices of the Peace to sum mon and empannel jurors, when authorized by other provisions of law. XXXVIII. The Clerk of the Court of General Sessions for each county, not less than fifteen days before the commencement of the first term of the Court in each year, shall issue writs of veiire,fa cias in each county for eighteen grand jurors to be returned to that Court, who shall be held to gerve at each term thereof through out the year, and until another grand jury is empanneled in their stead. XXXIX. Grand Jurors shall be rawn, summoned and returned in the-same manner as jurors. for trials; and when drawn at the sine time as jurors fur trials, the persons whose names are first drawn, to the number required, shall be returned as grand jurors, and those afterwards drawn shall be jnrors for trials. XL. In case deficiency of grand jurors in any Court, writs of venire facias may be issued to the Con stables of such cities or towns as the Court may direct to return forthwith such further number of grand jurors as may be required. XLI. No more than thirty-one persons to serve as petit jurors shall be drawn and suimmoned to attend, at one and the same time, any Court, unless the Court shall otherwise order. XLII. This Act shall take ef feet from and after the organ iza tion of the townships under' the Act entitled "An Act to define the jurisdiction of County Commis sioners," except the sections from twenty-one to thirty-four, both numbers inclusive, which shall takc effect immediately. In the Senate Hlous~e, the twen ty-sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. L. BOOZER, President of the Senate. , F J. MOSES, Ja., Speaker Bonus of Representatives. Approved: Rn==xe K Sor, Govermor. Address of the Central Dem ocratic Club to the Demo cratic Party of South Caro lina. FELLOW-CITZENS : The election for President and Vice-President. of the United States is now close at hand. The great principles in-i volved in the contest ; the magni tude of the interests at stake, and the influence which this State may havo on the result, make this a proper occasion to lay before you a brief address. The tendency and purpose of the.radical party, as manifested in words and acts, are the absorption of the liberty of the individual ; the destruction of States ; the sbversion of the Constitution, and the erection upon the ruins of individual and public liberty, a grand, grinding, con soli dated dptsm. Already it has made Little, now, is loft for it do but to fuse into one mass and then crystalize into permanent form its various acquisitions of usurped power. Its capricious acts; its wanton cruelties ; its corrupt prac tices; its enormous burdens you have felt and do know. Against these, and more than these, you are now called upon to continue a resolute fight with the peaceful, though potent, weapon of the bal lot. The Democratic party here and everywhere are striking with you for the princip?es .of liberty, and the forms of Government to which we have been accustomed, for a writen Constitution, a Fed eral Union and a distinct existence of the States. Surely, then, the principles of the contest are important, and the interest ;reat. Arouse, therefore, to the magnitude of the emergency, and spare no efforts for success. When the time fur registration shall come, let no man fail to ap pear, and none fail to vote. Let each one remember that his indi vidual vote may decide the election in his own District, and that the electoral vote of the State may turn the scale in favor of the Democratic party. Our people must not respond, nor relax their efforts, if there should be failures elsewhere. On the contrary, they will have reason to hope, and much to stimulate them to increased energy, for it is yet possible to win. State elec. tions are influenced, and sone times controlled by local issues; and it haaoften happened that these go one way, and in a few weeks thereafter, in the same place. the Pr.esidoutial election another. This may be the case in the present canvass ; and, indeed, we have reason to hope so. Re cently we have received reporte from all parts of the State, whicb induce the belief that South Caro lina, with proper effort, will b( carried for Seymour and Blair Let not the failure to do so be as cribed to you. The canvass in which you are now engaged, is full ofexcitement which will probably continue and increase to the end. We trust, therefore, that it will not be amiss to drop you a word of caution. T be criminality of a few, and per haps the indiscretion of many, have placed it in the power of malice and misrepresentation to injure us, and seriously to damage the common cause. We urge you, therefore, not only to prevent violence, but to abstain from the appearance of it. We are dealing with a false and subtle foe-pro lific in inventions and vemonous 'in purpose-a foe wbo fully under stands the temporary profit of a nimble lie, which to often achieves its end before the truth can even bckle on her armor.. We need not urge upon you the policy and the duty of treating, with great kindness and forbear ance, the colored population of the State. This you . have ever done, and will and continue to do as long as you are permitted. We have no doubt you will make man ifest the untruth of the maelicious charge, that by force you have compelled their votes or by in. timidation kept them from the polls. Their minds are rapidly opening to the truth that the vagrant white man from the North, as well as the renegade of the South, who live by deceiving and pludering them, and who have been driving them to destruction, are not true friends, and are un worthy of confidence and support. With a'fair opportunity they will return to you, as their estrange mnt is owing entirely to the false teahings and malignant ef forts of the Northern emissary It cannot be forgetten~ that the State voluntarily, inj 185 invest ed the colored population with e-e.y civil right;- and tha.t the in April last, recognized them, up. der the previous action of the State, as an integral element in the body politic-and expressed its willingness, when in power, to enfranchise them to the extent which the public weal and their own good might warrant, he position then taken by the ton. vention, and which was announod to the people of the State and the country, is now re-affirmed. We beg you to remember that the Democratic party of the State was not organized for tie purpos merely of supporting the nodi nees of the party, but for higher purposes and more enduring ends. It is possible that our present leaders may be defeated, but oar principles will survive. The 'tb. erty of the individual, the 14tg and welfliro of States, the Consti tution of the United States and "a Federal Union undef it, are Ob jects worthy of patieiiee and en during efforts. In the success We hope for, our organization will be most useful' and in case of defeat it will become essential. We"there fore desire to impress upon yet the necessity of preserving i#t t and in full energy the adwic e organizations of the DemnocA party of South Carolina. WADE HAMPTON, Chairman Executive Conimittee. J. D. POPE, J: P. THOMAS, F. W. MXMASTEE, W. M. SHANNON, S. McGOWAN, JAMES CHESNUT, Chairman Auxiliary Committee. Inbmous Attatk ea the Wmsat tM Noa. In a recent article addressed to Badical Spcakee* ind caivassers the Balsi&h Standard says . "But wherever else you work don't for-* get to work among the women. The Coufdracy wouldn't have lasted a- yr if it hadn't been fur t.em. One good. rebel woman is worth a dozen rebel wen. de after the women then. They will mais t.heir bushands and their lu*ers shent- er Grant and Culfsx until they re bs, if you will mwnage to re lace some of diamond rings and laces rauk Blair from them when be was here. And don $ he.si tate to throw your armi: arouuu th necks now and then, when theAe-. hands are not around, and give them ,a god-' Thef all like it, and the Yankeer you are the better it taet Our experience with female rebs in, tEat with all their iiin.s they have ? inis amounit of hiumian nature, and only wags to have it app.reciated to be.the most lev ing creatures iaiab'le. 8calawags and carpet-baggers! don't. failt.therefore, a. you canva~ the Sjate to lotak afte. the somien. Yo'u are a1[ good looking a th;ey know it, but A ibh the nativ. 0ed estLy, like sweet New Engeand girls, thigr like to be approaced fin4. )' b afraid of their eyes-they glare hks young ieopards by daylight, but sndir the moon uo blue da athi sticken fee3ls is b.df so tender or half so deep. Don' reed Judge Pearaun's letter ta them, hi give them Byrona and Sheily in. volpwes. and you will have them in yo6r ar,. 0 not in your party, i.o less than a-e.k." Another railway across the Alfs, besides that by way of Mount CeN nia, will soon be in operation. The third section of the road.by wa o.f the simplon, was opened onSe 'tember 6th. Thia route, it is *&e sorted, will form the high road tu India, since it will trminaM th th, heel of the boot-ed penmasular of Italy, at Briwdisi,fro most convenient port for travelesu bound for the Isthmaa of BAes. A traveller in Viiginia, a few days ago, stopped atY b ouse oc. cmpied by two isdies only. -In the night 'he heard a noise and went to the head of the stair.. A negro head appeared, .and he shot it. Another and he shot that, then going down stairs he round a negro in' the ladies room, and after shdoting him had leisure to examine and find that both girls lay with their throats cat. It is said there is a Yankee in Springfield, Massachusetts, who rides every day in the omnibes and always sits near the forward end, so as to pass up thetfare of his fellow passengers. Each one gives him a 10-cent piece, but hogivesth driver instead a ticketNhioh, as he buys them in quantitt%~ him nii Nni