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I i > v V . ** ' ? (' V.> * x JOHN C- & EDWARD B U. *. TUWiSKB, BIJIlUli. J. C. BAILEY, ASSOCIATE MuBBOR?p'tio5 Two Dollars per annum. AnvaRTisaMjeiivs Inserted at the rate* of one dollar per square of two I to Minion linos (this sited typo) or less for tbo first iasertlon, fly cents each for the second and t&ird insertions, and twenty-fire cents for subsequent insertions. Yearly contract* will bo made. All advertisements must hgve the ptimber nf insertions marked on thopi, or tbey will be Inserted till ordored out, and charged for. .Unless ordered otherwise. Advertisements Will lurariably bo " displayed." "Obituary notices, and all matters inuring to to tho benefit of any one, are regarded as v Advertisements, t .. . . ftortj fat tire laitiea. TO! A WIFE MURDERER S END. Execution of Jamet Jeter Phillip* at Jliehmand, Va.?A Trmjie Story of Lave and Jfurdcr. No criminal case, within tho memory of tho oldest citizens of Virginia, has awakoncd throughout that Stato an interest or cxcitomcnt that can bo in any wav com pared with that created t>y the Drinker's farm murder, the pcrpo trator of which paid the penalty of his crime, in Richmond on Friday last, by death on tho scaffold. The deed for which ho forfeited his life, wascommittod more than three yours ago. To realize fully tho guilt of the murder, and Ibo circumstances of the crime, it 18 necessary tor tuo reader to go back a few years to tho days when war was still shodding its baleful light over tho wliolo Southern country?when ovcry Virginian was a soldier, and tho Stato was one groat battle-field. SEVEN YEAK8 AGO. Ono spring day, in the year 1803, a weary Confederate soldier, travel-worn and foot 6ore, stopped at tho door ot a farm house in tho County of Essex. lie was a young man, hardly of ago, and tho sal low complexion of his beardless face, no less than his hollow cheeks and feoblo Step, betokened tho prcsonco of discoso in his emaciated body. Ho dragged himself up tho stops, and then almost exhausted?too weak even to knock? sank upon a bench in tho porch. But there was no need for knocking; a lady to whotn tho dingyrobel gray was dear as the uniform worn by a dead and a living brother, discerned him long betoro ho reached tho gato> and now opened tho door to give tho soldier wol cotno. In kind words sho banc him entor and rcceivo tho hospitality which she, her sister, and their acred mother were clad toe* tend. Ho did enter, and under that huinblo roof, ho lingered for months?for on the very night of his arrival, disease obtained tho mastery of his body. Ho was SICK A I.MOST UNTO DEATn, and while the fever raged, ho was carefully and tenderly nnrsed by the same kind woman whose thin hand had clasped his as he crossed tho threshold oh that May evening. She was ever at his bodside administering the cooling potion and tho soothing draught, bathing: his burning forehead, excluding the too bright sunlight from the room, adjusting the wrappings about his torm, and reading to hitn when he was ' convalcsocnt and able to hear. Theso kind ofllces, under God, saved tho life of Jas. Jeter Phillips. Ilis preserver was . Mary Emily t'itts. A NATURAL RESULT. 8ho foil in love with her patient, and ho, apparently, with his nurse. She was nearly ten years his senior, and there was but Httle trace of youthful beauty in Lor faco? sho was pmsce. But then sho was intelligent and well-read ; she had a better tnlnd and warmor .heart than her patient; she was not homely, ana sbo had been so kind to him during all thoeo weeks of suffering iust drawn to an end.? So thought Phillips, and ho did what many other men would have done. Hardly was he strong enough to walk about, before the sick soldier fell upon his knees and swore he loved her beyond all else on earth. And she? She did what most women wonld have dftne under tho same circumstances; the patient, bluo-eved boy, had won tier heart. fiiia twtrmd in hie words of iovo, accepted his offer of matrimony. On tho 13th of July, 1805, a minister was summoned, and James Joter Phil lira and May Emily Pitts were, by tho simple ceremony ot tho Baptist Church, mado husband and wife. AVTBR MARKIAOE. For a short time all wont well; bat only two months after marriage Phillips became restless, and talked of doing something tor a bring, and, in truth, be was now well enough to work. His wife and the members of her family - - m w , % Orvoi eb to TXcwo, iAILE^ PRO'RS. Pegged him to stay in Essex and 1 carry on the farm. But no, be 1 had a father and mother in Eastern Virginia, near Richmond, and he would go and consult them about . his future business. So one night , ho packed np his clothes and the | next morning started off, promising to come l>ack in a few weeks. , But weeks and months, nearly a ] yoar, passed before he was again seen in Essex; and meantime his , wife grew thinner, paler, sadder, and though slio said sue often heard from him, people began to whisper i "deserted," when her name was ] mentioned. > ( - tub But ho did come at last and re* mained in Essex until February, 1867?six months and more. Then, ! to hor great joy, ho proposod to ' take her to his own home, which, m Baid, was in the County of Henrico, not far from Richmond. On | tho 16th of February they left the ] old homestead in Essex and took tho cars for Richmond. On Sat nrday evening they arrived in the city, and put up at the "Virginia House, a second class boarding- 1 house near tho Capitol square.? , To the landlady Phillips introduced his companion as nis wife, and they occupied a room together. Tho next morning they took broakfast togcthor, and were seen at tho table by several of the , boarders. She spent tho morning in her chamber, cofnplftining ot being unwell; lie went out, and ] did not return until after dinner, J She was sitting with the landlady in tho parlor, when a footstep was | heard on the porch, and she ran out, exclaiming, "There's Jeter j now." Sho was never seen again at the boarding house, and the only clue to her whereabouts was a remark made a few moments be foro, to the cO'ect that her haaband was going to take tier to the conntry to see his relations, with whom sho was unacquainted. A IJKAD WOMAN IN THIC WOOtW. Just eleven days after that Sunday, an old gentleman of Ilenrico County, walking through his wooded property, found tho dead body of a woman lying almost immediately in his path. The s(Jbt was an unfrequented one?a long distance from the farm house, but not ' very far from a negro cabin. No attempt bad bocn made to hide j tho body. It was lying upon its xuc?, unu uic uninp garments wcro decently smootbea out. One liand was under the head, and the other strotched out at full length, tightly clasped n tuft of grass. There i were bruises about tho eyes; tho 1 nose was broken; there wcro finger marks about the throat and tho arms; legs and abdomen seem- 1 cd to have hoen beaten with some heavy, blunt instrument; on tho ground, just beneath tho breast, was a pool of what appeared to be blood and water. AN INQUI6T HELD. Tho finding of tho body having : been rep< rteu to tho nearest mag 1 istrate, an inn nest was held, and tho jury found that deceased came to her death by violcnco at tho bands of somo person or porsons unknown, whereupon the body received a pauper's burial. But the facts being published in tho newspapers of the day, created au excitement almost unparalleled.? Tho officers of the law were aroused, and ovory effort was made to discover the perpetrator of a murder committed under snch mysterious circumstances, and upon a young and apparently respectable woman. Buc all efforts seemed unavailing. and wlion a(>Ai? turn D7 " -w" ??w " v months tlio murdered woman had not been identified, new sensations took the place of this, and the "Drinker's Farm Murder" seemed forgotten by the world. AiiRKST oy rauLurs. Mcanwfiilo a zealous magistrate and an expert detective wore at work, and four months after the finding of tlio body the commur.ity was startled by the announcement that a young man hitherto of unbioniialicd reputation, and the son of an ex-sheriff, baa been arrested as the perpetrator of the Drinker's Farm Murder, and committed to jail. 'I he accused was Jeter Phillips. The murdered woman was said to have been his wife. The new^was the moro startling, because Phillips was supposed to be a single man, and at tne time of his arrest was actually engaged to bo married to tbo daughter of a well known citizen of ilenrico County. But in his trunk were found articles of woman's apparel, soveral woman's trinkets, ana books witti the name " Mary Emily Phib lips" upon the fly leaves; and, to crown all, the certificate of marriage was bronght from Essex County, and with it oamo the brothi or of Mrs. Phillips, who bad boon present at the wedding, and who -imr'"" - 1 H : ! : n v i ptftxiitt, 3ttlelli0c GREI ??? T fir "ii.it far identified the exhumed body as a ?!..? _r ?.i -* j tuM ui unj uiuruorou Bisier. c LOOOKD IN J Alt,. Hie prisoner was very soon Vis- ? ited by Hiss Box anna Pitts, the 1 sister, and Mr. B. F. Pitts, the ' brother of the deceased. "How are yoo, Frank? How t are yon, Roxy ?" exclaimed Phil- c lips. c Both drew beck, and the broth t Br cried out, "Don*t touch him, c Roxv!" I Phillips repeated the words, < 11 Don't touch mo," and with head < bong retired to another part of the < cell. - c " WHERE IB NY 8IBTKR I" 1 Miss Pitts then asked: "Mr. t Phillips, where is my sister whom t von took from ns on the 15th of f February ?M No reply. f Presently Phillips inquired when 8 air. I'ltts Jett Lome. The latter i exclaimed. "Home! Whose t home I" No reply was given, bnt i Phillips sat down, and Mr. Pitts i continued : " Wbore is your wifo! l Did you carry her to Surry, as < you said!" Still no answer, and i Miss Pitts then asked, " Oh, Jeter, c do you remember what occurred 1 in our parlor on the lB'.h of July!" ' Sbo alluded to his wedding day. ] " A great many things," he rc- i plied. 1 " Do you remember when you i sat on the sofa with Miss Anna 4 Dishman and she asked whether 1 you were frightened? Y-.u told t her 'No;' andasked if your voice 1 trembled when you saia, 41 will.' i You said Em was more frightened i than you!" 1 The piisouer again hung his I head in silence. i Frank Pitta then asked, "Do 1 you remember promising to pro- < trect her, 6aying clearly you i would 1" 1 Receiving no reply, Miss Pitts 1 asked if he know that Dr. Jtayn- < ham, tho minister who performed the marriage ceremony, was with them. . * j " I havo heard so." 41 Can vou face himf" "Yoa* 44 Can you face our mother 1" f "Yes, lean." 14 Your mother ?" I 44 Yes, I can face anybody," he ) nnswcrcu, with a slight suitle. Miss Pitts then remarked in a , low tone, " 1 left at homo a heart- l broken mother and sister, who navo not tostod food since Saturday. Yoo kavo disgraced one mother and broken another's heart. ] Here we stand side by side, with 1 a just God looking down upon us. ' Can you deny that you murdered < my poor, dear sister ?" 441 refer yon to my counsel for ' an answer to that." ' 441 left at homo," continued Miss \ JL'itts, " a mother who wants to ] know ' 1IKR DAUGlirEli's DYIKO WORDS. 1 What did my sister say!" The prisoner was still silent, and the visitors rose. Miss Pitts ex- ( claiming, ns she looked once more | upon tho prisoner, u My God 1 i My God I Could he offer me tho 'f hand that clasped my sister's . throat 1" Phillip turned away with tears , in his eyes, and the party then left the cell. TRIAL AND CONVICTION. . Soon after came the trial, when, in tho presence of an immense audience, tho moro and more convict- ( iug testimony was adduced. It 1 was proven that Jetor Phillips had | married Mary Emily Pitts; that i thoy came to Richmond on the i 17tu of February, 1867; that they , were at the boarding house and on ] tho street together on the next day; that eleven davs after she was found murdered in Drinker's Wood that her husband had inado no inquiries for her; and that during tnese eleven days he J had plnnged into a round of gaye- < ty little befitting the circumstances. i Letters were also produced written by him to his wife^B family, < weeks after her dead body was ' found, in which he represented. < first, that she was with him ana < woll, then she was sick, and finally, < she had tho lock-jaw, and her lite ] was despaired of by physicians.? It was established that he bad always deported himself as an nn- < married man j that he had been 1 paying attentions looking toward i marriage with a young lady of i Henrico County; that his family ' were kept in ignorance of bis mar- i riage, and that he was in the honse 1 to which the body of bis mnrdored 1 wifo was brought by the coroner, onrl wnnM nsit. crrt (a uu> it V?f the evidence vu purely circumstantial, and the nrst jury could not agree upon a verdict. Another oould not be found in the city nof county, and a venire had to be summoned from remote parts of the State. Then ho was eonvicted of murder in tho first degree, and ' rr n T V . LLIj ujcjt, attij ti)t 3tttpt SNV1LLE, SOUTH CAROLINA enteooed to behanged on the Oth f ?f November, 1868. b But in this case there was to be ? i moet nnhsbal and emphatic fnl- t limeot of tho old saying, VH1LS THERE'S LOT THERE'S BOPS. ' j^irst, the case was carried to * he Ootxrt of Appeals on bills of | acoption filed by the prisoner's counsel during the progress ot the rial. This involved respites and a IAIAW MaAm4k? k?4 4V*A l?t?k 4M! ? IVtOJ V> UlVUtUSf UUk IUU UlgU H I* I >unal to which the appeal was ad-1, Iressed saw nothing in the technical questions raised) and in a learned decision affirmed the judgment >f the lower judicatory. Every- I x>dy then thought that Phillips & nust die, and he deeming death 1 ligh, is said to have ma^ a con- t esaion to his spiritual adviser, and ' jiven instructions as to the dispo- r lition of his trunk and its contents. * nut not so. His counsel had in ' he meantime matured a plan in- ^ solving, as it turned out, a whole t rear's delay. Hie case was brought t >efore the United States District S 3ourt (Judge Underwood) on a 1 vrit of habeas corpus, and tho pri- t toner's discharge was asked for on 1 the ground that the Judge by < whom the sentence of death was < nrnnnnnnoil trao <t!onnol!fin/t !> > I J, . v..v wu WMf * iau v> lO'J IIUII UVVt uj " the Fourteenth Amendment to the ' Constitution of tho United States, > ind that the Judges oi the Court of 8 Appeals, by whom tbe sentence ? was affirmed, wore laboring under v he same disability. It took Judge a Underwood a long while to get 1 nto tho merits of tbe case, but c inally he decided adversely to the petitioner, and an appeal was taven to Chief Justice Chase, who \ ilso, only last spring, decided that Phillips was not entitled to discharge. While these matters were In progress, the Governor of course tiaa to be appealed to, to stave off the day of execution, and Phillips svns ] TWELVE TIMES RESITTED. t When Choif Justice Chase's dc c csion became known a desperate t ifibrt was made to obtain a com- > nutation of the sentence to impria- f >nment for life, and a petition to 1 hat end, signed by about five < mndred persons, was presented 1 :o Qovronor Walker. The Govcr- ' nor took a few weeks to consider * the matter, but his final decision ' was announced on the 5th inst. It 1 was that ' ? lum.ups MUST DIE. The prisoner's spirtual adviser, > Rev. Dr. Jeter, (after whom ho was named) was selected to inform lim of his fate, and went iminediitely from the Executive mansion ;o the county jail and obtained an ? ntcrview with the doomed mah.? 1 3n entering the cell Phillips rose 1 tiid stepped forward, and extend- I ng his band to the doctor. After < interchanging a few commonplace ( remarks, and after a breif bnt ) solemn and suggestive silence, the ' reverend doctor gently as possible 1 broke the news, and with tearful 8 2ves told PhilliDS that the end of 1 ?is days was fast approaching. 1 tMiillips received the information < itoically?yea almost indifferently merely remarking! "Well, I thought that's the way it would t lie." lie evinced neither emotion < nor surprise. Tlie stolid de- j meanor and unconcerned manner , which he has all adong maintained, , waa in no wiso altered, lie star- , ed fate in tlie face, and made no Bign of fear nor tltow of remorse. The doctor remained with him abont half an hour, advising him i to look away from the things of ] this earth, to ceaso to hope for hn- j man interposition, settle nis world- | ly affairs, and to mako his peace t with his God. f UIS DEIORMKNT |M fRlBON. The deportment of Phillips in | prison is worthy of notice. During the whole of his long imprisonment he never but once seeined affected by the prospect of death. Not that ho showed absolute in- (. difference, but he was a man of j strong will and had schooled him- j self to taking things coolly, lie never showed snrprise, he seemed J emotionless. Nothing ever y wrenched a tear from his eye.? 1 To the last he was in excellent 1 health, and his handsome personal ' appearance was altered but little by fi confinement. His appette was 1 always excellent, and no always 1 alept well. He read his Bible and ( hymn book regularly, bnt never 4 seemed to caro particularly for the 1 company of clergymen, though ho ! always roceived thera politely.? Ho waa an enigma to all with j whom be came in contact. THE LAST NIGHT ON EARTH. At an early hour yesterday t morning the fathor of the doomod \ man proceeded to the Executive j mansion and made a fervent ap- ( peal to the Governor for a commutation of the sentence of the ' court, statins that the disastrous 1 consequence that had already be. 1 ElTE ot>mrnt of ti)t St I, AUCD8T 10. 1878. . all on tbe Immediate members of n lis family would probably be si greatly aggravated by the execu- tl ion of his son. tl Tlie Governor listened with feel- b ng to tbe appeal of the distressed it >arent, but declined firmly to jrant bis request. Mr. Philips ocn afterwards conveyed to his on the intelligence that tbe last ay of hope bad departed, and was urpriscd to bear from his son's ivn lips what he never before be- j ieved, that he was GUILTY or ItURDBUINt} HIS WIFE. r The scene was truly distressing; s >oth were in tears, and tbe voner- s ible man told his son that he had v loped that he would at least have s he consolation of going to his grave r vith the belief that his son was in- 11 locent of a crime so fonl and nn- I latural. He then bade him fare- i< veil, forever and last night Mr. r (Voodward, tne minister, was with t he prisoner during the fore part of h lie evening, and the prisoner en- ^ jngou ireeiy in conversation with t lim. About 10 o'clock the minis- I er shook hands with the prisoner x ind lett him. llo then lounged 1 iboul the room till about 1 or 2 ! /clock, when he undressed him- \ iclf and went to bed. After lying 1 i few moments lie became quite 1 -est]o68 and cross, and sat upon the \ ide of the bed. Here he eat 1 iwhile, and finally got up and a calked up and down the floor for a l few moments, and then went to J >cd and slept soundly until 5 'clock this morning. rRETARINQ FOR DEATH. 1 At 5 o'clock he awoke, rubbed r lis eyes and stared vacantly about c he room. He arose in a few mo 1 nents thereafter, stripped himselt ( o the waist, washed himself and 4 iombed his hair. He took consid- 1 jrablc care in the arrangement of * lis carls. Alter this lie took lu's ' Bible, opened it, and read a cbaper. lie showed no sign of nerv- / ineness during this time, but read * with great composure. At a few s ninutcs before 1 o'clock the oris- 1 mer was brought in the vara by Deputy Sheritt Wnlsh, who walked iminediatvlv behind and supported him. They were followed !>y Drs. Jeter and Dickinson. Ilis ( irms were pinioned in front of > ilin. Ho wore a linen coat and ilack pants and black slouch bat. ] lie walked slowly and cautiously ] ip the stc|>s, bis eyes all the while I eating on the ground in iront of ] um. tie wore a sad look, but hot r i rnuecle of the face moveth ] ON THE 8OA**0Lt>. t Mounting the scaffold, he took a ] icat in a chair immediately under lie beam. Sheriff Smith then ' Vrtlri ll\n aenflford. nnd witli rrrpaf 'celing stated that ho had bech : jailed upon to perform a solemn ] iuty?one which was the most minful ho had ever had to per- J ortn. and turning to the prisoner, 1 laid : " If you have anything to ^ lay ample time will bo given you." L'ho Rev. Mr. Dickinson then stepted forward and road the prison- J sr'a ? HYING OONFE8S1CN. < " I acknowledge that I nm guil- j y of tho crime for which I am c sondemned, and descrvo the punshmcut which the law ptononnces f n gainst me. Circumstances of my i crime are mainly as they were pre- ] seated in the testimony on my tri al. I lived unhappily with my wife. I scarcely know when I formed the purpose of getting rid of her. Wuile on my last visit to her mother, I revolved tho sufcgoct in my mind. After I brought her to Richmond, my purpose was settled. I borrowed a pistol, amjh ? ; t Sunday evoning took her from-the. i hoarding house, and wo walked to i the place where he* twrtjy was found, and murdered* bef.** I confess tho greatness of mjrguift, and [ do not understand how I should have been led to commit suclj a 1 read ful deed. I have confessed t with sorrow before God, and , lopo that ho has forgiven hi hrongh the merits of Jesus Chri*. Acknowledging my sin before the ?'orld, I hope that all will forgive ] no now. I die in peace with all nen. but with a deep sense of mv < guilt and unworthiness. I wish to lay distinctly, before Qod and all >ersons present, that I am alone in ny guilt. Not one suggested my crime to me, know my purpose, ' >r gave me the slightest connteiance in my deed, either before or ( ifter the act. All the rumors that [ was engaged to be married or . vftA in love are entirely falso. I ?ad no motive for the commission t >f my crime, but to escape from a connection which seemed to deitroy my prospects for happiness o life. 1 Did yon all farewell, hop- ( ng we may meot again where sin ind sorrow are unknown. Let oth j srs be warned by my example and fate. And now 1 yield my body to tho dust, in hope of a joylul " 'I' . ? . ] J -1-11 ]RPR , . iff. ^ <v- ? ^*7* ; * ate avto Country. !?1 J-J L. .. -1! I . ?urrectk>n, sod I commend my ml to God, who gave It, and to le Lord (teens Christ, who, I link, redeemed it by his precious lood, and fitted It, through grace, >r His eternal kingdom. (Signed) Jaxxh J KTKft Phillips. PRATER FOR THS OOItDKMlfKD ras then offered np to the Throne f Grace by the Rev. Dr. Jeter, Iter which Dr. Jeter turned to the loomed man. and bis extended land was taken by Phillips, who eated his head npon the Doctor's boulder and wept. Dr. Dickinon next took him by the hand, then he again wept upon the boulder of that gentleman. The irisoner then corcually shook SherOf Smith and others on the scaffold >y the hand, thanked tho officers or their kindness, and stated his cadiuess to dio. At 1.20 o'clock he spiritual advisers of Phillips laving retired, Deputy Sheriff Vakli placed the black cap over he prisoner's head, pinioned his tanas, and he steppea firmly for vard to the centre of the drop.? While in this position he stated to Sheriff Smith that he had none but the kindest feolings towards lim and bis officers, ana reanested n'm to say so to those present, vhicli tbe sheriff proceeded to do. lis legs were then pinioned, and, X a given signal from the sheriff, t precisely 1.25 o'clock^ James reter Phillips was LAUNCHED INTO ETERNITY. "The body fbll with a dnll, heavy hud, and for a moment there was to motion save tbe vibration caused by tho fall; then followed i series of violent struggles and :onvulsions, which grew less fre-j inent and more fcoble during the succeeding few moments, at the 2nd of which timo no signs of life vcro visible. iimgintu iMtnmnmcimnttfl. Jnited States District Court Western District of South Carolina?August Terra. 18Y0?Hon. George 8. Bryan District Judge, Presiding. The Court was opened on Monlay 1st, at 11 o'clock. The Jurors ,vcro organized as follows t Grand Jurg? J. li- Goodwin, foreman ; l3enj. Donaldson, (col.), Li. J. Jennings, Daniel Stone, G. IV. Moore, T. L. Fowler, Wna. ilcKav, W. G. Gibson, J. S. Ashnore, Zion Turner, (col.), W. It. 3. Farr, Ilenry Baldwin, J. C. Alexander, L. Ii. Shumate, G. B. Dyer, Thos. Briers (col.), Richard Williams, (col.), Thos. Thompson, col.) Petit and Pleas Jurors?Jury JVtf. 1 J- H. IlirlfB. Fnrplrmn I D. D. Mooro, Robt. S. Brninblett, Wilson Cook, (col.), Gaston Terry, r. J. Chapman, T. II. Cole, John \. Smith, B. M. llamby, Charles \lexandcr, (col.), John Thompson, Wm. Moore. Jury No. 2?Wm. Cleveland, Foreman ; J. C. Turner, Aaron rohnBton, (col.), Riley Smith, J. W. Austin, John McBetli, J. B. Smith, Joeiah Chandler, Jamos Hyde, AdolphusLong, John Ilowill, Wm. Vaughn. Supernumeraries?Adam Alexmdcr, (col.), Elias Alexander, Wm. Lewis, (col.), Albert Williams, (col) Tcbbday, 2d August. The Court was opened at 11 o'clock, A.M.*, lion. G. S. Bryan presiding. The jurors answered to their names as on yesterday. Criminal Docket.?The following CAS08 were disposed of: j llnitcd States vs. James Richfljfda-^-fftaking false returns as Irerenue officer; discontinued.? f 1 t'l.l T>-- - I I "t T uuiwu outlet* vp. mciiaru IjCO, jr. Bifrfclr warrant to answer orderod. United States vs. Tlioe. lloltzclaw ?struck off the Docket; defendant dead. , The Grand Jury returned into C^fbrt^with the following u Truo Unitc<VStates vs. Alfred Rumpus?Distilling without paying tax. United States vs. Jos. Cantrcll, ?r.?samo as preceding. Unitod States vs. Alborry Cash ?samo. United 8tatce vs. Newtoti Thomis?samo. UntfA/1 fitalAfl wa ~ WUIIVU VO. Xiumuil 1IIUIU" w?same; Section 28, Act 1806. United States vs. Zera Thomas ?same. The Court then adjourned until *> morrow at 10 o'clock, a. m. Wednesday, 3d August. The Court was opened at 11 )'clock, a m., ns on yesterday. Criminal Docket.?The United States vs. Zera Thomas and Newton Thomas?distilling without paying snocial tax. The defendants plooa guilty. The Grand Jury returned into 1 . - 'I ISE. ~ % % > -r i N A*!is Vi -S/ia*'- - ' '* VOLUME XVII-NO. 12. , , '.. Court with the following bills and findings, as follows t Henderson Cash, Francis Fisher, Riol Seay, Wm? Sear, Kendrick Davis. "No liillsn and "True Billsw In the following cases: United States vs. Felix Dormnn Don Parnnm .Tnnao fna. ter, Columbus M. McOlnre and John C. McOlure; and Roland Gk McClure, J. H. McKinnoy, Calvin Petit, Daniel Scruggs, Daniel Seay and Columbus Seay, for distilling without paying special -tax. For carrying raw material to illegal distillery. R. H. Lane Huff, " True .Bill*'* United States vs. Alfred Bumptis?distilling without paying tax. D. T. Corbin for United States, and ?. P. Jones for defendant. Jury No. 8, charged with this case, rendered the following verdict: " Not guilty W. C. Cleveland, foreman. U n i t o d States vs. Jas. Cantrell, Sr.?distilling without paving special tax; D. T. Corbin for Unitea States, Gk Q. "Wells for defendant. Jnry No. 1, charged with this case, rendered the following verdict: "Not gniltyJ. C. Hicks, foreman.? United States vs. Zera Thomas? distiller without paying tax. Do| fondant plead guilty ; sentence, six months imprisonment and fine of nnn tlinnuonrt dnllora TTn!?iwl States vs. Newton Thomas?idem, idem, idem; sentence, tlireo months imprisonment, and fine of twenty dollars. United States vs. Felix Dorman?idem, idem, idem ; sentenced to six months imprisonment, and fine of one thousand dollars. United States vs. Calvin Petit?idem, idem, idem ; sentenced to two months imprisonment, and fine of eighty-eight dollars. United States vs. Jas. II. Mclvinney?idem, idem, idem ; sentenced to three months imprisonment, and fine of twenty dollars. United States vs. Alberry Cash? distiller without paying tax. D. T. Corbin for United States, E. P. j Jones for defendant. Jury No. 1, charged with this case, returned the following verdict: u Guilty J. C. Ilicks, foreman. Unitod States vs. Alberry Cash?distiller without paying tax; sentenced to six months imprisonment, and fine of one thousand dollars. On moa ?j* ? nun ut xyioinut atwiuc/, uruureu that Zera Thomas, Now ton Thorn* as, Felix Dor man, Calvert Petit, Jas. II. McKlnney and Albert B. Cash, now under sentence of imprisonment, bo transferred from the jail at Greenville to the jail at Spartanburg, and there confined during their several terms of imprisonment. The Future of Dull Boys.?Parents should never despair bocanso their children give little promise of eminence in early life. Donglas Jcrrold, was considered a dull boy; at nino years old he could scarcely read. Goldsmith was a very unpromising boy. Drydon, Swift ana Gibbon, in their earliest pieces, did not show any talent.? The mother of Sheridan, herself a literary woman, pronounced him to be the dullest and most hopeless of her sons. The father or Barrow is said to have exclaimed: " If it pleases God to take awav any of my children, I hope it will be Isaac." The injudicious parent regarded the lad as a miracle of stupidity, but he afterwards proved the glory of his family. A body of Egyptian troops recently disembarked at the shoro of tho Ray of U6hah, which is recognized as Italian territory, attacked the settlement, and after a short fight took possession and tore down tho Italian flag. The Rochester (N. Y.) Express, Radical, comes out fairly in favor of sending Ered Dong)ass to succeed Judge Davis in Congress. It says Mr. Douglass is tho ablest and most wtaely known public man in his Congressional district. "One bumper at narting," as tho drunkard said wnen he ran against tho poet. Stkono minded womon don't cat eggs. They can't baro tho yolk, you know. In breaking open safes, buglais I use crowbars 80 as to mako unrn of their pries. A i.adt in Syracuse is said to rest hor head on a grammar while slcoping, in order that she may dream correctly. The first name of the Chinese riant at the Museum is Obang.? His full name is probably Chang High. Tiikkk is a man down east, rather a facetious fellow, whose name is New. Ifo named his first child Somothh g, as it was something now. llis next child was called Nothing, it being nothing new.