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AYll EiALSE 1865. NEWBERRYs S. C., FRIDAY9 JANURT410.TIEA EK 15 IA THE SOLONS IN SESSION TRZ WORK OF THE LAW MAKERS OF Tui STATE Ats8XBLED IN CO LUMBIA. A Co0dened Report of the Proceedingt Takes From the DaLy ipers From Day to Day as the Work rroceedv. January 25. IN THE HOUSE The house was the only body in amaion today in so far as legislation is annarnad. There was a whole lot of:dismussion on bills presented, but as a rale they were passed over or otherwise disposed of. The S"hly commendatory resolu tio came up one day last week, it b9og introduced by Representative j4 aof Fairfield. When it came u1or cnsideration today there was mach d n on the resolution. ) immber of members thought the -reWaltions were unduly hard on rieiaism of the naval board, and whe the house was as a rule "Schley men," they did not want to commit Gs state of South Carolina to a par a expression of opinion. The after much discussion was -. -teed to the committee on federal s hions, but the Schley-Sampson - was largely debated be -pthis was done. 2 TExT BOOKS FOR THE POOR. .'Loma's bill to provide free ,wbooks for poor children was then 7. and Mr. Rucker defended He thought the bill a voneived measure. It waspro not over five per cent. beinvested in any one year (hool books, and the books are remmain the property of the school Ashley thought the bill was and it ought to pass. r. Lomax said he was familiar The school situation of today r i846I-hid that the bill was on the Wwrx"ine. His whole purpose was Alp the public sehools. Last ~~Ie proposed to the trustees of s chool that they would buy books loan them to the children and '.c~result was that every school child Ibe district attended the schools. r.~ Webb said he. was the friend Sthe poor children. His sympa i ewent ont to the poor children. j h~ill foroes the children to take hthat they were unable to buy Er Ashley and Mr. Lomaxinm uiete that no oath was required. .Thbbst thing was to improve the edici and get them on a cash basis. Books are now very cheap. Mr. F. H. McMaster favored the bit with a strong speech. The bill waahen& ordered to its third reading as fqllows: Section 1. That whenever it shall -be made to appear to the satisfaction of the trustees of any school district that any patron of such school is un able by reason of poverty to purchase the necessary books for the use of his or her child or children, then in such case the trustees of such schools district may in their discretion pur chage sush necessary books for such pupil.. Provided, the sum so ex pended for the pairehave of said booki shall not exceed the snm of 5 per cent. of the se1t al fund of said dis trict in any one year: And provided further, That the books so pur chased shall be the property of such public school district. Several other matters were dis cussed but nothing of importance was disposed of. -1,1I THE SENATE. January 20.-The Senate met at 8:00 o'clock tonight. Among others the following new bills were intro duced: Senator (ioodwyn: To provide for an oil inspector and regulating his duties. Senator Douglass: Regnlating the aid given by counties to Ex Con fed erate soldiers and to prevent their disfranchisement. Senator Gaines: To deliver cer tain relics to the Daughters of the Confederacy of Greenwood. Senator Raysor: To compensate township boards of assessors. Senator Stanland: Providing for a Confederate hoine. The Senate then went into consid eration of third reading bills The following bills were passed: Senator Hy drick: To authorize the county treasurer and county sup erintendent of the several counties to borrow money for any fiscal year to pay school 3laims of said ) ear. The House bill proposed by Mr. McGowan, to authorize refunding bonds issued by school districts, was given a third reading. A special order was made of Sena tor Sheppard's bill relating to kid napping. Senator Sheppard's bill relating to two election boards came up, and the Senator explained that the present law reqnired one board for State offi cers and another for national. There are appointed in each precinct two sets of managers. The purpose is to have one board. Where it costs now $30,000, it will cost under this bill half that amount. The bill was passed to a third read ing on motion of Senator Sheppard. The bill to establish Congressional :istricts in the State, being one in roduced by Senator Marshall, was -ade a special order for Friday. Senator Graydon's jury bill was read in its great length with various imendments suggested by the com nittee. Senator Aldrich moved that Sec ;ion 1 should be amended so that the 3overnor should be instructed to ap xoint three distreet persons in each mounty, who should receive certain *mpensation, who should draw the uries. Senator Aldrich proceeded o make a forceful and interesting iddress on the jury law generally, aking instances in hi- own expe -ience to show why his amendment ihould be adopted. He argued very 4loquently for the purity of the jury nd jury law, and thought the selec ion of juries should be intrusted to nen who have no offlice or political spirations. Senator Graydon, in a general de. ence of the jury system, declared hat ninety nine times out of a hun red the verdicts of the juries of south Carolina were right. These erdicts might not please the news >apers, and the amendment would rtainly put the appointees of the jovernor in the primary, and even f it did not do that, it might provide ome jobs on the recommendation of senators. Senator Aldrich replied and sharged very earnestly that the pres nt jury law is not properly carried >ut He declared that some of the est citizens were not on the jury ist, because the juries are generally Irawn by politicians. Senator Mayfield discussed the ill and moved to postpone indefin tely the amendment offered by Sen ~tor Aldrich. His motion was ~dopted. There was a good deal of discus. ion as to the amendment in reference o the number of names put in the ry box. Senator Mayfield and Sen tor Mower made suggestions. Af :er a great deal of discussion the >ll was finally passed, with some inor amendments, one being by Senator Mower, to put in the jury box one name out of every three of bhe qualified electors in each county. iany other amendments were voted cn, but tnere were so many of them hat the bill was ordered engrossed and printed before it is sent to the onse. It was provided that the bill should become effective at once, as soon as approved by the Governor. Senator Douglass introduced a bill making it unlawful for any indig ent Confederate to be commritted to the poor house and providmng that he should receive county aid. IN THE sENATE. January 21.-On account of the election of jadges, the Senate only remained in session about a half-hour this morning. Several bills were introduced, the most important of which being a bill introduced by Senator Aldrich, of Barnwell, to pun ish any party needlessly exposing any child to fire. The bill was given its first reading. The bill of Senator Sheppard tc provide only one set of commission ers for election passed its thbird read ng, and was sent to the house. In the house, only routine business was done, and no important matter , was taken up to delay the elections. January 22.-The various re districting bills introduced caused the house to spend almost the en tire morning session in discussion, and at one time it looked as if there would be hard words between Mr. Weston, Richland, and Mr. Cosgrove, i of Charleston. E The ball opened by a speech by~ Mr. McGowan, who spoke for some E time in favor of his bill; As there j are bills by Messrs. Weston, Free- s man and McGowan, he was inter- a rupted several times by a number of t supporters of the various bills. He 1 made a strong argument, however, a and it could be seen that he won b over several to his side. t After a speech by Mr. Weston in d favor of his bill and remarks by sev- 0 eral other members- of the house, Mr. i Cosgrove, of Charleston, moved that s the whole matter be referred to the t committee on privileges and elec tions, as that committee had never h beard of the bill, and there is where t the bill should have been referred. In 8 fact, the members of that committee t should have been consulted about the , matter. He further moved that one d week be given all who wanted to d discuss the bill to appear before that C committee. a Mr. Weston was on his feet at 8( once and replied that he never had V introduced a bill in the house by con- p sent of any committee, and if they B thought that everything should be w referred to them before being intro- a duced, then "to hell with the com- w mittee on privileges and elections." I Messrs. Dominick, Weston, Cos- cl grove and Smith engaged in a little f< squabble, until somebody moved that c( the house adjourn. c The resolution of Mr. Cosgrove - was lost, and the house adjourned v after deciding to visit Augusta Fri- a day and take part in the good roads n convention there. The Senate de- t ided yesterday not to go.c IN THE SENATE.A In the Senate little was done, ex ept in discussion of the three or four bills up for consiaeration. ti The. bill to prohibit corporation a attorneys from becoming members g of the general assembly was killed. ~ Senator Appelt's bill to regulate h the traffic in cotton seed was killed, s' after much discussion. i The bill to punish kidnapping with ti life imprisonment passed its third s' reading. After that a rumor was C whispered around of the debate go- J ing on in the house and senators ~ commenced going over. Later they b adjourned to meet tomorrow. C EXPRESS MESSENGER SHOT. b McCloud R~eceives a Bullet Through His Leg at the Hlance of sanders. n [Greenville News, 21st.] C Express Messengers McCloud and Sanders had a difficulty on the incom ing Atlantic Coast line passenger train yesterday which resulted in Mc Cloud receiving a bullet through his left leg. The affair occurred between Kii nards and Newvberry while the train was in motion. It seems that Mc Cloud was a passenger on the train, but being a brother Messenger wente into Sanders car, where he was at work. In a short time, it is said, Sanders began a quarrel with McCloud and finally cursed him and called him a e lie. McCloud reseuted the insult by ,~ striking Sanders, who pulled his pis- 3 tol and fired, the bullet passing throu gh his left leg. McCloud grabbed the pistol from Sanders and said, "I have a good notion to kill you." A witness in the car, however,1 grabbed McCloud's hand andl pre- t vented him from firing the weapon. The wound in McCloud's leg is not considered serious, but a physician after examining it said that the1 young man had a narrow escape. "Had the bullet struck about two inches higher it doubtless would have killed him." It is not known whether Sa -ders will be prosecuted. Both of the young men run as messengers on the A. C. L. between Laurenis and Charleston and are experienced men n their work. TILLMANi'5 BAD "BREAK." lot Belag ronivervinnt With HItory at it is Waitt:ai ln Boston He ig Unaware that "the Revolutionary War was Waged Sevlely "nd Vxcl mively by tihe D.s-cend ants of the Ilgr.rm Fath. ra." [Baltimore Sun.] In a speech in the Senate yester lay, Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, aade an observation which will give rievous offence to New England, ,nd doubtless provoke a crushing re oinder from the Senators from that ection. Mr. Tillman, according to , Washington dispatch, "spoke of he achievements of the South Caro ina troops in the Revolutionary war, nd said that the battles fought in is State were more important than bose fought in Massachusetts." "We on't want Massachusetts to bag all f the glory," he added, "for as our lustrious Rear Admiral Schley has aid of a later triumph of our arms, ere is glory enough for all." It is regretable that Mr. Tillman as been led into this indiscreet ut 3rance. Upon the best Massachu Atts iluthority it can be asserted at the Revolutionary war was aged solely and exclusively by the escendants of the Pilgrim Fathers, espite all ,tatements to the contrary. reorge Washington, the great sol ier of the Revolution, was not, as >me ill-informed persons assert, a irginian of the cavalier type, but a are-bloodee son of a "Praise-God arebones" sire. Thomas Jefferson as of undiluted Puritan ancestry, ad the Declaration of Independence as a rehash of the expressions of oston tea-party patriots. Massa insetts troops alone and unassisted )ught Burgoyne to a standstill and )mpelled him to surrender. The ipture of Cornwallis at Yorktown, a., was a triumph of New England lor and generalship, the French Ilies of the Revolutionists being terely spectators, who were permit d to be present to see how. Massa.. 3setts could humble "Perfidious lbion." The battles in the South were all >ught by New England warriors, ie natives coming upon the field Eter the victories were won to con ratulate the legions from Boston pon their invincible courage. Some istorians who have not availed them yves of the only reliable sources of Lformation have rashly asserted iat John Paul Jones, the dashing a.fighter, was born in Scotland. I course, this cannot be the fact. ones's ancestors came over on the [ayflower, and the naval hero was orn under the shadow of the Sacred odfish. In the second war with ~ngland Massachusetts maintained er supremacy. That cultured Bea nian, Andrew Jackson, was in comn xand of the New England troops hich won the famous battle at New rleans, while the glorious achieve ients of our navy on the great lakes nd elsewhere must be fairly attribn d to New England. Mr. Tillman's friends will be sur rised to find that he is not convers nt with history as it is written in oston. After the Senators from bat. part of the country have fin sed with him he will be a wiser and sadder man. He will learn that very great and good man who has ad a hand in the making of this Re ublic was a New Englander. South ~arolinians, Virginians and Penn ylvanians may have made feeble iforts to be useful, but their labors iere, of course, in vain. When Mr. Iar turns his batteries upon Mr. 'illman the latter will discover just LOW insignificant and trivial a part verybody except the Pilgrim Fath rs played in the development of the Jnited States. It is impossible not o feel sorry for the South Carohina enator, for his motives were good, yen if his discretion was below par ud his knowledge of American his ory sadly inadequate. .Job Couid'nt Have Stood It. If he'd had itching piles. They tre terribly annoying; buft Bucklen's rnica salve will cure the worst case f piles an earth. It has cure thcou sands. For injnries, pains or bodily ruptions its the salve in the world. Price 25c. a box, Cure guaranteed. Sol by F. U Lake. ELECTIONS HELD AND AGONY IS ALL OVE] PURDY AND DAN1ZLER ARE TO I THE NEW JUDGES. DispenDs-try Offmcials Win Out.-No Can dates In Oppopition to Williams and Ornm; Evans and Dukes De feated Their Opponents. [The State, 22nd,] The election for judges was he 3 esterday according to the announc ments already made, and the electic of dispensary officials was also held rather unexpectedly. A [1 of tl judges whose terms expired were r ele-ted, except judges W. C. Ben and 0. W. Buchanan who declin re-election. Hon. C. G. Dantzler had. no opp sition for Judge Benet's place ar was unaniomously elected. F Judge Buchanan's place H1on. R. I Pardy of Sumter was elected on ti first ballot. H. H. Crum was re-elected dispei sary commissioner; L. J. Willian ,had no opposition for the place i chairman of the dispensary boar H. H. Evans and A. F. H. Duk were elected directors after a rai which was closer than expected short time ago. Until yesterday at noor it was n, thought that these elections could I held yesterday. Mr. F. H. McMaste on behalf of the committee on confe ence, reported that the committi had agreed that the house should r cede from its position in regard 1 the time of holding the election other than for the judgeships. Tb would mean that the elections wonl be pulled off at 3.30 o'clock yeste day afternoon. The committee alb recommended that, as another vacal cy had occured on the Clemson boari four trustees be elected instead three. Mr. Moses raised the point of ordi that this latter proposition was E amendment and for that reason coul not be incorporated in the report a committee on confarence. M Cooper also called attention to ti fact that the judiciary committees the two houses were to meet at ti hour suggested Lo consider the ma ter of adopting a code. The house refnsed to accept ti committee's report and a comnmitt< on free conference was asked for, ti the members from the house to 1 Messrs. Tatum, Cooper ad~d Colcoc The senate at a short session aft, the adjournment of the morning SE sion of the joint assembly appointe members of the free conference cor mittee. The committee met and a: pointed 4 o'clock p. m. as the tin for holding the elections for directo trustees, etc. This report was adopt< by both houses and the elections he rather unexpectedly. At 10.30 o'clock the senate and ti house assembled in the hall of ti house of representatives and pr ceeded to the election of THE JUDGEs. Senator Raysor of Orangebu nominated the Hon. Chas. G. Dant ler. This was seconded by Mr. Cc grove of the Charleston delegatic by Senator Sbarpe of Lexington ai Mr. Prince of Anderson. There we no further nominations. The tellei Senators Raysor and Shairpe ai Representatives Tatum, Sinkler ai Spears, a:anounced that Mr. Dantzl had received 155 votes. For judge of the second circu Senator Henderson of Aiken non nated the incumbent, Judge Janm Aldrich of Aiken. This was second by Mr. Wilson of Snoter and otbe: There were no other nominatior The tellers, Senator-i Henderson ar Aldrich and Messrs Kinsey, Willial and McGowan, reported that Jnd Aldrich has received 153 vot<-s For judge of the third jndic circuit, Senator Manning of Sumni nominated Hon. T. B. Fras-r Sumter. This was seconded by a Craft of Aiken, andl Mr. Freeman Malboro. Mr. McLeod of Sumter nominal Mr. R. 0. Purdy of Suhmter. T: was seconded by Mr. Henry Richardson of Clarendon and Ca ill of Colleton. Mr. Well of Florence nominated Mr. George Galletly of Florence. This was seconded by ".r. Lockwood of Beaufort, Mr. Dominick of New E berry and Senator Aldrich of Barn well. The tellers were Senators dl Manning and Ilderton and repre sentatives Carter, Murchison and Theus. When the vote was first taken Mr. Fraser received 37, Mr. Galletly 42 and Mr. Purdy 76. The [d latter needed just three votes of e election. Then succeeded a number n. of changes, the break being made by - Mr. Lyde of Orangeburg, who ie changed from Galletly to Purdy. The a- final result was: Total number of et votes cast 115; of which number Mr. d Fraser received 31, Mr. Galletly 40 and Mr. Purdy 40; necessary tj a, D. choice 78. d Senator Blakney of Chesterfield >r nominated Judge R. C. Watts of ). Cheraw to succeed himself as judge se of the fourth circuit. This was seconded by Mr. McGowan in behalf of the Laurens delegation. There were numerous seconds to the nomi nation. The tellers, Senators Blak ney and McDermott and Messrs W. L. Parker, Efird and Dennis, reported e that Judge Watts had received 154 a votes. Senator Glenn nominated Judge Geo. W. Gage of Chester to succees >e himself. This was seconded by Mr. r, Williams of Lancaster, Mr. Brice of r York and others. The tellers, Sen ators Glenn and Hough and repre eentatives Woodward, Beaumguard and Richardson, reported that Judge S9 Gage received 155 votes and was is declared jndge of the sixth judicial d circuit. r- Judge Klugh was nominated to o succeed himself as judge of the . eight circuit. The nomination was i, made by Mr. W. H. Parker of Abbe f ville, seconded by Senator Brice of York and a number of others. The 3r tellers were Senators Graydon and Herndon and representatives Gunter McCraw and Moffatt. Judge Klugh received 148 votes. LMr. Williams of Lancaster nomi e nated the Hon. Ira. B. Jonns of ~fLancaster to succeed himself as a e justice of the supreme court. This t. was seconded by Mr. Dominick on behalf of the Newberry delegation, 1e by Mr. Haile of York, by senators se Hough and Glenn. There were 130 1votes cast and Justice Jones received >e130. k. The election of judges was then 3r concluded and the joint assembly was s- adjourned after having been in ses a sion two hours and 15 minutes. AFTERNOoN SESSION. At 4 o'clock another seseion of the es joint assembly was held. Lieut. Gov. J. H. Tillman, the president of the id body, ordered the sergeants at arms to clear the floor of all persons not entitled to seats thereon. This re 1quired some time as there were a 1great many interested spectators. oThe galleries were filled by the over flow from the floor below. This is the first time that such an order has rg ever been issued by the chair and its z- salutary effects was noticeable. As s soon as the dispensary elections were n,over the crowd in the gallery deserted d the hall, and the other elections drag re ged heavily. -s, For the office of commissioner of id the State dispensary there was but done name put forward, that of H. H. er Crum, the incumbent. He was nom inated by Mr. Tatum of Orangeburg, it, seconded by Mr. Birens of Dorches li- ter and several others. There were es 147 votes, Mr. Crum receiving the ad entire number. rs. For the office of chairman of the 1- board of directors of the dispensary Ld there was only one nomination, L. J ns Williams of Edgefield. Mr. Wil ge iams is the incumbt nt. He was nominated by Senator Sharpe of ial Lexington, seconded by Mr. Strom ;er of Edgefield and Mr. Croft of Aiken. of Tbe name of Senator Stanland was Ir. iot pr esented, although it was ex of pected that it would be. Mr. Wil liams receive(a the entire vote polled, ed 146. 1iii Then came the vote for the other B two members of the board of direc pt. tors of the State dispensary. TherE we,.e si candidates, Senator J. A AeDermott of Horry; A. F. H. Dukes of Orangeburg, foimer mem ber of the general assambly; H. H. Evans of Newberry, former member of the general 'assembly; B. H. Theis, reprensentative from Hamp ton; A. H. Dean, Sr., representative from Spartanburg; L. W. Boykin of Kershaw, recently a dispensary m spector. When the vote was first taken, it was seen that Mr. Evans was elected. There were 155 votes cast, 78 being necessary for election. Mr. Evans had received 80, Mr. Dukes received 69; Mr. Boykin 54; Mr. Theus 24; Mr. McDermott 23; Mr. Dean 48. As soon as the last vote was cast, Mr. Theus' supporters began to break, a number of them -voting for Mr. Boykin. For a while it ap peared that Mr. Boykin would catch up with and pass Mr. Dukes. Sen ator McDermott's supporters also began to dissipate. When one of Mr. Dean's supporters voted for Boykin, this was the signal to sev eral others and they changed from Dean to Dukes and the latter's elec tion was ensured. The vote as finally declared was Evans 80; Dukes 80; Boykia 72; Dean 31; McDermott 20; Thets 15. PENITENTIARY DIRECTORS. There were four candidates for the two vacancies on the board of direc tors of the State penitentiary. The incumbents were re-elected, W. B. Love of York of receiving 96 votes; W. D. Mann of Abbeville 78; J. 0. Wingo of Greenville 66, and W. C. Vincent of Beaufort 62. There were 151 votes cast, 76 being necessary to elect. The joint assembly at 7 o'clock took a recess until 8:30 p. w., at which time to reassemble to el.ect trustees of several colleges and a State librarian. NIGHT SESSION. There were two vacancies on the Winthrop board, the incumbents be ing Dr. T. A. Crawford of Rock Hill and Col. Wilie Jones of Columbia. There were three nominees. Dr. Crawford and Col. Jones were nomi nated. The nomination of Hon. J. E. Braezeale of Anderson created somewhat of a surprise. Mr. Brea z'ale was a member of the original board which established the college. He was nominated by Mr. Tatum and the nomination received numerous seconds. The result was Crawford 51; Breazeale 111, and Jones 100. The two latter were elected. There were two nominees for places on the South Carolina college board to fill two vacancies. The in cumbents-Col. Jno. T. Sloan of Co lmbia and Robert MacFarland of Darlington-were re elected without opposition. There were four trustees for Clem son to be elected. The nominations were L. A. Sease of Lexington, W. D. Evans of Chesterfield, A. T. Smythe of Charlestoa and Jno. S. Garris of Spartanburg. The three former were re elected. Mr. Garris fills the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Redfearn. There was one vacancy on the board of visitors of the South Carolina Mil itary Academy. Gen. Ellison Capers declined re election and Mr. Orlando Sheppard of Edgefield was unan imously elected. Mr. Sheppard is an alumnus of the Citadel, as is re quired of all members of the board of visitors. Mr. W. K. Sligh of Newberry de clined re-election as a trustee of the colored college at Orangeburg and Mr. Cole. L. Blease of Newberry was nominated to suceeed him. Mr. A. L. Dukes of Orangeburg was nomi nated for the otber vacancy. Both were elected without cpposition. Miss L. H. LaB3orde was unan imously elected State librarian to 6il1 the unexpired term of the forme'r librarian, resigned. Miss LaBorde has filled the position a(1mirably for several months by appointment of the governor. The work of the joint assembly be ing concladed, that body was declared ad journed at 10.20 p. mn., having spent the greater part of the day in session alltngn.