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Hampton's Speech at Auburn.
Goiernor Robinson, in his speech
of welcome to Governor lHampton at
the Shields celebration in Auburn,
Now York, Wednesday, dwelt large.
ly on the contest in South CArolina,
in which the latter has taken so prom
ihent. part.
Gdvernor .Iampton, in the course
of his speech in relAy, said. "Your
distiniguished Governor has been
pleased to allude to te contest in
South Carolina. That, my iiends.
was not a political struggle. It rose
far higher than any such c ,ntest ever
waged on this continent. It was a
C )ntest for civilization, for home rule,
tOr gotd government, for life itself.
It was a contest waged by the people
of Sonth Carolina, not, as demagogues
wiyuld ipl yoi, against Nortliri
men, btt a contest waged against
carpet baggers-and when I say.car
pet baggers I mean by that thieves.
We & not -call any Northern man,
any Irishman, any German, any
Englishman, wvho settles in our midst
as an honest citizen, a car pet-bagger
We welcomue such withl openi ar'ms.
We tell thbem to come to our genial
skies and fertile soil, come one and
ali, and I pledge them, in the name
of the State, a hospitable, warmi
hearted r(captimn. We do not ask
wvhether they are Republicans or
Democrats. I want to impress this
a n.our usinds, and will do it by
illnakation. What was done by the
Dem.ocratic Legislature ot South
Carolina in almost its first action? A
taeaney occurred on the supreme
bench of the State; it was a place
whith had been filled by men of the
very bighest reputation in our com
monwealth; the names of honored
sons of Carolina, who would have
done honor to any bench iin any
countr'y, wore presemnted, but that
.Democratic Legislature elected to the
Supreme Court a citizen of New
York, who came to the State as a sol
dier, and who is a Republican. W hat
other proof do you want that we are
not governed by proscriptive feeling?
Ddes it not show that we have iuI
tielod the pledges and promises made
through the last cauvass to make no
distinction on account of race, color
lof party? We wanted to show you
people of the North that we were
actuated by the highest and most pa
triotic feelings. We did not wage a
political canvass; we were fighting
for every intercet dear to freemen,
and) hanks to bravo and true men
and iglorious women of South Caroli
na, this war for good goverunent
was succsful. T~hey have estab
lished it ini every department of the
State government. They accomplish,
ed this, and they now propose to ful
fill to the very letter the pledges I
made, and appealed to fligh IUeaven
to witness that they should be car
ried out. I declared that if elected1
people of South Carolina;- that 1
should know no race or party, no colf
or; that all men who stood on the soil
of South Carolina, native or foreign
born, white or black, should be equal
bef6re the law, and, so help me God,
it shall be donel I am glad to say
the bitterness which marked that
strife is passing away, and I say to
you, men of New York, as I say at
home, I owe my election to the color.
ed mon of South Carolina. Thou
sands of them voted for me, knowing
that I had been a good friend of the
race; knowing that I was the first
man after the war to roccommend
that they should be given the right of
suflrage; and I have never yet chan
ged on that subject, knowing they
sustained me in large numbers, and
I am happy to say the fears of the
ignnirant are )a.ming away, and they
are satisfied they will be dealt with
in all respects as citizens of South
Carolina. We intend to try and ele
vato thorn, to educate them, and. try
to show them the responsibilities as
weil as the blessings of liberty. We
want them, as other citizens of Amer
ica and South Carolina, to be worthy
of the areat boon of citizenship of this
great republic. My friends, I must
again thank you fur this most cordial
greeting, doubly gratifying because
it is the voice of New York rovo ber
ating toSouth Carolina. I cane, as I
said, to do honor to my distinguished
friond, Gen. Shields. IIe wore the
tblue and I wore the gray; but we can
let the curtain drop over those years,
and go back to that time when that
flag, borne by him, waved over the
South and over the North, and we
can look to the future u hen that flag
shall float over a free, united and
prosperoui people. [A pplanso.] I
say tllis to you as a Southern man, a
rebol, for, when I fought, I fought as
iard as I know how against you; and
I say also that, if that flig floats, as
it s.iould do, over freo and equal
Statea; if it shall be the symbol of
liberty and equality and justice, all
the States and every man of the South
will honor it and love it, as of old,
and the time may come, once more,
wi hen Now York and South Carolina
shall stand shoulder to shoulder
against the comnmon enemy, and their
blood mingle upon the soil. [A p
lause.] My friendls, I shall bear
this cordial greeting back home with
mue to the little Palmetto State, and
assure our people that your hearts
here throb kindly for us. I trust in
God that a bettor future is before the
whole country, anid that we shall
have peace, prospority and liberty to
every man upon tthe continent. [Ap
plause.]
Acts Passed and Approved at the Spe,
cial Session of 1877.
An Act to prescr'ibe the mode of
proving bills of the Banik of the
State tendered for taxes, and the
rules of evidence applicable thereto
'WrinIcIIAs the corporation known
as "the Prmesident and Directors of
the Bank of the State of South Caros
lina" had becomne inisol ven t an d its
bills had ceased to be current as
money prior to the 1st of January,
1868, and thme General Assembly of
the State, by an act entitled "An act
to close the operations of the Uanik of
the State of South Carolina," ratified
the 15th day of September, 1868, on,
actedf thiat all bills issued by said cor'.
poration prior to then 20th day of
December, 1800, be funded, and ott
the surrender and delivery of said
bills to the T1reasurer of the State
bonds of the State shall be issued to
the owne f said bills in pay mont
and redemption ofthe anmount of said
bills, and that "thme 16thm section of
the act ratified the 10th day of De-.
ccmber, 1812, entitled "An~ act to
establish a batnk on behialf of and for
thu benefit of the State,". and nll
acts and parts of acts which retnder'
the billa of said COI'rL4rtiun ..C ..
able in payment of taxes and AlI oth
er debts due the State be, and the
same are hereby, repealed;" and un"'
der said act $1,260,134.75 of the bills
of the said bank wore funded, and
bonds of the State issued therefor, and
the bills so funded were by joint re
solution of the General Assembly, or,
dered to be burnt aud destroyed, and
there is reason to believe that said
bills were not burnt or destroyed, but
have since been fraudulently uttered;
and whereas the plates from which
the bills of the bank were originally
printed are not in the custody of the
State, but are and have been for
years past beyond the limits of the
State and in the custody of irrespon
sible parties, and there is reason to
believe that forged bills of the said
bank have' been fraudulently printed
and uttered; and whereas a large
amount of the bills of the said bank
were, in the years 1861 and 1862,
loaned to the goverinment of the Con
federate States, and the payment of
sai( bills by the Stato is prohibited
by the constitution of the State and
of the United States; now, for the
protection of the State against bills
of the Bank of the Stale which are
not genuine, or the payment of which
is prohibited by the constitution, or
which have already been funded by
the State and have been fraudulently
uttered.
SECrIoN 1. Be it enacted by the
Sonate and House of Representatives
of the State of South Carolina, now
met and aitting in General Assembly,
and by the authoiity of the same,
That the Treasurers of .e Several
Counties in the State shall not re
ceive in payment of taxes to the
State any bills of the corporation
known as the President and Direc
tors of tho Bank of the State of South
Carolina, which are not genuino and
valid, or the payment of which is
prohibited' by the constitution of the
State and of the Uni(ed States, or
which have been funded by the State
and since fraudulently uttered. And
all bills of said corporation wvhish'
shall be tendered in payment of any
taxes, and shall not bo received as
pay mnent, shall be enclosed in a pack-.
age, sealed and signed by the party
tendering the 8aid bills, and by the
Treasurer to whom said tendai' ie
made, and said package shall be de-'
posited by the Treasurer with the
for the county,..vho shakl give dupli,
cate certificates of the 'said deposit,
one to the party tenderingsaid llWs,
arnd the other to the 'Tr'asurg, to
abide the decision of the court in any
p)roceedings which may be instituted
in regard to said bills; and that in all
proceedings, by mandamus or other
wise to compel the reception of-bills
of the said corpozlation as a legal ten
der for taxes to the State and refused,
an issue shall be f ramned under the
directio n of the Judge, and at a re
gular termi of the Court of Comnmoni
Pleas for the county wherein said
bills ar*e tendered, shall be submitted
to a jury to inqu?ire, and detormine
by their verdict, if the bills so ten
dered in p)aymIent for taxes are geni
nine andl valid hills of the said cor
p)oration, and have not been funded
by the ftate, and since fraudulently
uttered, andl are bille, the payment
of which is not prohibited by the
constitution of the State and of the
United Stat es. Anrd upon1 the trial
of said issue the burden of proof shall
be upon t 1o personi tenidering said
b.illis to estabhish that the said bills
are the geunine and valid bills of the
said corporation, and hauve not been
funded by tho State and since fraud
ulently ut tered, and that the said bills
are bills the p)aym)ent of wvhich is not
p)rohibited by the constitution of the
Stato anid of the Un ited States. Andl
if the jury shall by their verdict e -
tablish that the bills so tendered are
geniui no and val id bilks of the said
corporation. aund have not beeno n...
dad by.tie State and since frauda
lently uttered, and are bills the pay..
ment of which is not prohibited by
the contitution of the State and of
the United States, the the Treasurer
of the county sLall receive such bills
in payment of all taxes due the State.
And it the jury shall by their ver
dict establish that the bills so tender,
ed are not genuine or valid bills of
the said corporation, or that they
have been funded by the State and
since fraudulently uttered, or that
they are bills the payment of which
is prohibited by the constitution of
the State and of the United States, it
shall then be the duty of the Clerk of
the said Court to cancel the said bills
in the presence of the court, and to
make a sealed package of the bills
and file the same in his office with
the record of the case.
Sji. 2. In all proceedings by
mandamus or otherwise under this
act no costs shall be taxed or allowed
against the State or any officer rep
resenting the State.
Sieo. 3. Nothing in this act contain.
ed shall preclude tho Treasurer of
any county from making such other
defenses to the proceedings by man
damuns or otherwise as the nature of
the case may require.
SEO. 4. All nets and parts of acts
inc.)nsistent with or reptugnant *to this
act are hereby repealed.
Approved June 9, 1877.
An Act to investigate and ascertain
the actual bona fide indebtedness
of the Various counties in this
State, and to regulate the manner
of paying the same.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
S:uate and IHouse of Representatives
of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in G,noral Assem
bly, and by the authority of the
same, That upon the petition of fifty
tax payora of any couity ini the State,
stating that said aounty is in debt,
and that the v&lidity of said debt or
some portion thereof is doubted and
challenged, it shall be the duty of
the Governor of the State to appoint
a commission, densisting o-f three
competent and discreet citigens of
said county, to investigate and as,
certain theo trud and real bona fid
indebtedness of said county, who
ab.411 report in writing to the Board
of County Comm issiQners a stateO.nent
of said Jbana ftide indebtedness, .aud
shall also report to-tthe Ganeral As
serbbly at ita next session the amnonnt
of said bona fide indebtedness.
Sec. 2. That the said commission
eball have the p)ower1 to senid for per
sons and papers, be authorized to
swear witnesses, and to call all par.
sons having claims to appear before
it, and establish such claims, after
due and sufficien t not ice, by publica
tion of thirty days in the paper of said
county; that pending said investiga~
tion the pr-oper offUcers of saidl coun
ty and counties are hereby directed
and restrained from lovying and col,
lecting any special tax for the pay
ment of the said past county debt,
created prior1 to the first day of No
vember, A. D .1876.
Sec. 3. Thait the members of said
commnission shall each be entitled to
receive $2 per diom for each day ac,
tually employed in such work, unot to
exceed in all thirty days.
A pproved June' 11, 1877.
An Act to provide for the drawing
of jurI1ies in! certaini couties, anud
to amniud the haw in relation to the
drawing of juIriCs.
Section 1. Beo it enacted by the
Senate and llouse of Rop)resettivesj
of the State of South C3arolinia, nIow
ruet and sitting in Genecral Aseemibly,
and by the auithority of the same,
That in all counties of' the State
where there has beena a failurzo to
)tepare prIoper and legal liets of jn-.
r'ors; for the year 1877, as prescribed
by law, the lhard of' Jury Commiuis-.
bloners, or a illnyou ity t hereof of iIr.
said counties, respectively, sball,
within twenty days from the pass
age of this act, prepare legal and
proper lidte ofjurors, and from the
lists so prepared all grand and petit
jurors, required by law for the said
year 1877, shall be forthwith
drawn, summoned and returned, in
the manner now prescribed by law,
and the jurors so drawn shall serve
at the general and special terms of
the court first following the time of
such drawing, whether or not the
same shall have taken place the nums
ber of days before such general or
special term now required by law.
Sec. 2. When, by reason of chal
lenge or otherwise, there is a de6ci
ency in the number of grand or pe
tit jurors duly drawn and summoned
at any term of the court in any coun
ty of the State, the Judge of the Cir
cuit Court shall order the Board of
Jury Comnmissioners, or a majority
thereof, forthwith to attend in court,
and to draw, in the presence and
under the direction of the court, such
number of jurors as the court shall
deen necessary to fill such deficiency,
the jurors so drawn to reside within
five miles of the court, house, and
when drawn shall attend and serve
during the *erm, except for the coun
ty of Charleston, who shall serve in
accordance with the law relating to
jurors in said county. And no juror
who has been drawn to serve at any
term of the court shall be excused,
except for good and sufficient cause,
upon affidavit, which, together with
his application, shall be filed in the
office of the Clerk of the Court, and
remain of record. And no jurore
shall be summoned from among the
bystanders, other than in the manner
herein pirecribed; and all acts and
parts of acts providing for tie enm%
moning of jurors from the bystand
ers are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. That whenever, during
any year, in any counlty of the State,
thAlit Of jurors pIrepared shall be
adjudged ililegal or irregnilar, the
Judge of the Circuit Court in and
for satid county shall order the Board
of Jury Commissionets in and for such
county forth with to prepare proper
lists o'f jurors, after the manner prec
scribod by law, and therefrom to
draw all Bsuch grand and petit jurors
as shall 11e necessary for such ,year,
who shall be drawnm; suurtagoned and
returned in the manner pr'escribed
by law, and shall ser to in like ,azan
ner as if such lists had been prepared
during the month of January in
such year and the said jurors drawn
therefrom at the times now required
by law.
Sec. 4. That when the jury lists
are prep)ared by the Jury Commi8s
sioners for each year, they shall
place in a separa'e apartment in the
jury box the names of fifty persons,
qualified by law to servo as jur'ors,
who shall reside within five miles of
the courft house, front which sirall be
drawni the furors to siupply tire dc=
ficienIcies provided for ini tihe second
section of this act: Provided, That
in the county of' ltch land the~ numn
ber of nIamesU to be p)laLcd in thle
separ'ate0 apartircut iheretof 're pro
vided f)>r shaLll be 100, and in the
county of' Charleoston 250.
Soc. 5. Thmat all acts and p)arts of
acts inconsistunt with this act be and
the same are hereb)y r'epealed.
A pproved June 8, 1877.
An Act to pr'ohibit thme saile of seed
cotton betwoon them time of'the sit.
ting and r ising of thle sitn, and to
reogu late the Bale of s'ed dotton.
Section 1. llo it enacted by the
Senate and llouse of R'epr'esenttives
of the Siale of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and( b)y thie authority of' the same,
T1hat on and after thme passage of t his
act, it shall not be lawIfal for any
persotn to buIy, 0r sell, or' receive by
way of l,arters exchanig. or tridhi of
any sort, any seed cotton, bt"wee
the hor's- of fnn d'own and sub rie
of any day. -
Sec. 2. That any person wo sla
vio-tate the provisions of setrion 1 of
thid act, shall', upOh conviction in the
Court of General Sessions, or of a
Trial Justice,- be fined the inrx of
$50, or impreisoned' irdthe county jIif
for a periud of thirty days, or both,
in the discretion of the court.
Sct. 3-. That all acts or parts of
acts inconsistent with this act, be, and
the same are hereby, repoalecd.
Approved June 8, 1877.
An Act to provide for the0 custody of
official bonds of county officeri,,
and for tho- examuination of the
same from time to tilne.
Section 1. Be it enacted by .tA
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of South Carolina, noy
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of tho esarnei
That section 7 of chapter 28, of
title 7, of the reviled stAtutes of
South Carolina, be amended by
striking out the woi-ds "S8te Of..
ficers" and inserting in lieu there
of the words "puiblic oficers of. this
State."
Sec. 2. That the pturetles to the
several bonds of the county offiiore
herein referred to, and required by
law, shall be in every case citizens ot
the several counties in which theif
principals respectively hld office.
Apprcved June 9, 1877.
An Act to alter and repeal sectiod
90 of an act entitled "An act to
regaiate attarhments," approved
September 24, 1868.
Section 1. 1h it enacted 6. .the
Senato and I1ouse of Ropresentati ves
of the State of South Carolina, now
met and'si'tting in General Assem
bly, and by the authority of the
saini, ThM the ff'ist ten- words ot
secion 20 of an act mititled "An act
to regulato attachmeots," approved
September 24, 1868-, be stricken out,
and tihe rrgghts a'nd remedies in such
cases existing before the passage of
said adt are hereby restored,
See. 9. That the powers asnd du
ties formrorl'y exorcised by Magis
trates, so far as the sama related to
distress for rent, bo anid the saie
are herey,. conferi'od npog Trial
Justices.
* pyrgyed .June $187'[.
An Act to ameniliection 5( and 5#
ebapter 120, of' the revised stat.
utes, relative to lions on crops.
Section 1. B-o it enacted by the
SenIate and Ilouse of Representatives
of the State of South Cariolinua, now
met anid sitting in General Assem
bly, and by the authority of thesame,
That section 65 and 50, chapter 12@
of the revised statues, relgtive to
liens on cr'Ops, and all amndmen
thereto, arc hereby repealed on and
after thoist of January, 18'88,
Sec. 2. That all acts and marts of
alcts inico-nistent with this Act aroi
hereby recpealed.
A pproved Juneo 8, 1877.
An Aet to reduco anid fix the price of
dieting prisioners
Be it enacted by the Senate and
[louse of Representatives of the state
of South Carolina, now met and sits
ting in Goncral Assembly, and b'y
the anthority of the same, That here
after the Shmeriff of the different
coun ties in this State shall be entitled
to charge anid receive thirty centa
p)leim for dieting prisoners, and
no mnorop any lavi or usage to the
contrary niotwithistandinig.
Approved Junie 8, 1877.
Smith, wishining to say a *ma*ts
thing, remarked: "Jones is not so'
great a fool as lho looks;" to wI. ok1
Jones retorted; "Tfhat's jmust theo dif
torenco between Sumith and me."
A boy in Salem, Mass., died last
week from lock,jaw, res'lting froth
thbe filling of a tofth.