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A llrutal Murder.
One of the ntos., terrible crimes that
shock and appal a whole community, was
perpetrated near this town on the night of
the 22d inst. The circumstances are briefly
as follows- Mr. Alex. D. Walker, residing
within half a milo of the corporate limits,
was aroused from his sleep about 12 p. iu.,
by i. negro man who stated that a Mr. 1
Owens, of Spartanburg, camped near the
f bridge, was very ill and desired some tea.
The tea was prepared and sent to the supposed
sufferer* In twenty minutes after,
the same ncgio returned, with the information
that Mr. Owens was dvinc. and re
quested Mr. Walker to accompany him to
the camp. Mr. Walker at once arose, and
in company with Butler Estes, his cousin,
obeyed the summons. After proceeding
some distance, the party was hailed by a
man in the woods and informed that the
wagon had been moved some distance back.
They retraced their steps and were joined
by a second negro. While walking in the '
direction of the supposed wagon, the two I1
white uien somewhat in advance, Mr Estcs
was alarmed by a half stilled shout, and on 1
looking back perceived that Mr. Walker 1
was in the gr.isp of the negro who first 1
visited the house At the same instant (
the negro who had joined them on the f
road attempted to seize Mr. Kstes, who j
being unarmed, fied to the house. lie
outran his pursuer and before reaching (
the house, heard the discharge of a pistol. 1
Fifteen minutes allcrwards the front door '
was burst open by the same two negroes, 4
one of whom discharged a pistol, the ball '
V from which narrowly escaped -triking the 1
aged mother of Mr. Walker, who was lying *
in bed.
They then ransacked the house at their
leisure, remained for an hour or longer, c
and selecting such articles as suited their s
inclination. The body of Mr. Walker was 1
found eaily Monday morning, lying in the
centre of the public road. A pistol ball
had entered the right temple, traversing
the brain and producing inst&nt death. No '
other rounds were discovered. Mr. Wal- 1
kor was one of our most esteemed citizens '
and his untimely fute has elicited general ^
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sympathy. Ihc two muruercrs arusun ai
large, and appear to liavc been complete j
strangers. One is described as a stout,
black fello ? , twenty-one or two years of
age and of quick speech The uther is
copper colored, taller and heavier than his
companion. Itoth were armed with pis
tola. Col. liliss, the commandant ot this
Post, in conjunction with the citizens, has
r spared no efforts to secure the arrest ol the
villains. The murder was most boldly
planned and deliberately executed, and has
occasioned an intense degree of excitement
It is sincerely to be hoped that the scoundrels
who committed the atrocious critnc
will speedily he captured and brought to
justice? Cluster Standard.
Tiie Kings of Hanover and Saxony.
?The following are sketches of the sovereigns
whoso territories have been so sud
denly ravaged by Prussia:
(leorge V of Hanover succeeded bis
lather in 1851- he is about forty five years
of age, and married to a daughter of tho
Puke of Saxo Allcnburg, by whom lie has
a son and two daughters. His father was
tho Duke of Cumberland, a son of George
III. of England.
King John of Saxony, 65. is a son of
k Pri nee Maximilian and the Princess The- i .
k resn of Saxony. His consort is a Princess
W of Buvaria, by wh m he has had three sons |
I and six daughters. One of the latter, re 1
ccntly deceased, was Grand Duchess of i
[ Tuscany. He succeeded his brother, whe
died, leaving no children, in 1??)4. lie is .
a Cathqjjp, his ancestors having formally
adopted that religion in order to be eligible |
to the crown ol Poland.
Tho present Elector of Ilessco Casscl is j
Frederick William I, who descends from
Ilenry I, the common ancestor of the three
I families of IIcsscc. in 1831 he married
[ morganaticolly the divorced wife of a l'rus'
sian officer. His successor is Prince Fred- (
crick, one of his cousins. The present j J
Elector distinguished himself by his re 10 ^
tionary ardor in 1849, during the ministry f
of the rather notorious Hapscnbug. 1
Tho valuo of a negro voto in Cincinnati f
has been put at one cent by a jury who rocently
gave in a verdict in a ease in which
a negro sued a judge of elections for ten ^
thousand dollars damagos for having refus c
cd his voto. 1
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Homicide.
Mr. Lemuel Lane, of tliia district, was
brutally murdered last Friday night, by a
number ot freedmen, together with one or
lyfo white men, as we urc informed. The ,
instrument used was an axe or hatchet. 1; !
ippears that he wus asleep under the shade
at u largo tieo near the door of his dwelling,
with a little sou by his side The
party stealthily approached the sleeper,
tnd with one tell blow despatched (lie un .
fortunate uian, who passed, apparently,
without a groan or muriuur, to tlie eternal t
world, for h'is little son slept culmly on, i
mc nscious of his father's cruel faie. Mr 1
Lane had in his possession between eight !
ind nine thousand dollars in gold, which j
was the key to this atrocious design, llis :
laughter, eldest son and Mr. licllcr. a 1
*uest. escaped. The two latter were car ied
some distance and tied, but succeeded
n libdt-ating themselves. It is believed
.hat the party alter getting the gold, made
i general distribution, then stealing a
juantity oi meat, whiskey and two mules,
went in the direction of Columbia, lieore
daylight, Saturday morning, as soon
is a few men could be got together, puriuit
was made. But strange arc the ways
)f Providence. It would seem that two of
he p:'rty, arriving near Columbia, met
leveral 1 ttlc boys at play, and accosting
hem, asked if there was not a nigh cut
icross to the Charlotte Railroad, which
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here was not. a spring near by. The hoys
vent with them to point oat the spring,
when, in stooping to drink, a bag 01 money
"ell from one of the party, which excited
in exclamation of surprise from the boys,
rhoy were hushed up with an oath and a
brent, The men then left the spring,and
he boy?, alarmed, went I onic and intorin
id Pursuit was then made by several
iitizens of Columbia, whereupon the party
liscovering their pursuers, instantly ran
n opposite directions. They Would not
lalt. One was shot and the other captur:d.
The man shot was recognized by a
rolored boy who formerly lived here, as
Folui Counts, alias John Dawkins, the
ither was confined in the Columbia jail
fohn Counts had eighteen hundred dollars
n specie about his pcr.-on. The other,
vho gave his name as Cook, had a small
irnount of money, and a pistol with Mr.
lane's name engraved thereon. We unlerstand
that twelve or thirteen are under
irrcst here suspected of complicity in the }
nurder.?jWicherry Herald.
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Ancient Masonic Memorials.
While digging in various parts of ling- !
and for the purpose of securing fouuda ;
ions for new edifices, many ancient me j
norials have from time to time been t
wrought to light, which seem to afford sonic j
ividence of the antiquity of Masonry, in
Lsmueh as they have been of a character j
mown and understood as appertaining to
he ancient craft, and cannot properly be '
ippropriated by others than operative Maions.
They are, at least, of interest. Jan
lary 17th, 171-, in a ploughed field in
he parish of Stunsford, near Woodford,
Oxfordshire, was found an entire tesselated
>avemeut of thirty five feet in length, and
wenty in breadth, formed of little square
stones of the size of dice of various colors,
ind disposed in regular order. It appeared
to have been constructed upwards of
1,400 years.
August 15th, 1733, a Roman pavement
)f mosaic work was discovered in digging
or a foundation in Jiishopsgate street,
vhich must have been exccut? d coiisidera
?ly more than one thousand, seven liun
Ired years.
April Itfth. 1730, a mile beyond Stilton,
i leaden coffin was dug up, containing a
resli skeleton, and there w? re also found :
nany ancient coins in silver and brass; an
irn containing ashes, on which was repre
icuted a female. It is supposed that those
vlies must have been there since the year
1808.
September 4th, 1747, a curious tcssclaed
pavement was discovered in Lincoln
iliire, being twelve feet wide and thirty
ong, wrought in circles with a crust in ilm
:cntre, representing a man, ill tlie same
nosaio work as rhe paveiin nt.
September 2Jd. 17;*> 1, several workmen
ni ployed in excavating upon tie- s to nl
he ancient city ot Aveiil euin, limit I v
Vespasian, and destroyed in the fifteenth
:entury, discovered a mosaic work sixty
eet long and forty feet broad, with figures
md ornaments well preserved. They also
ound several broken columns and valuable
nurbla statues.?Masonic Record.
Removal of Remains.?The remains
)f General Richard Henry Leo (lather of
Robert E Ece) arc to be removed from |
Icorgia to Lexington, by order of tlie Yir- \
;inia Legislature, and will be rcinterred
lie 10th of September next, on tho occa
lion of tho inauguration of tho Washington
itatuo.
A man was found on the levee at Louisrille
with 110 stabs in his body, his cars
tnt off, both eyes torn completely ont, and
lis body otherwise mutilated.
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Slack. Ruin 111 Scotland.
A heavy lull of Mack rain took place
last month near Aberdeen, Scotland. Tho
Aberdeen Journal says:
The black rain showers, which arc now
so well ku mil in Scotland, and about which 1
the inhabitants of a part of Aberdeenshire
are in the way of speaking with mo greater
astonishment when one ol them falls front
a peculiarly colored dark cloud, blackening
materials expos d to it, thai they speak ot
a white shower from a snowy cloud, have
been at least recognized in England. He
tween tho beginning of January, 1802, and
the middle of January, 1800. there have
been no fewer than eight authenticated
black showers in Scotland. Seven of these
fell in Slams, and the extensive surrounding
district. Two of them were accompanied
with pumic stones, some of the bails
of which measured eight to ten inches in
diameter, and weighed upwards of a pound
avoirdupois. The first four, including the
v>!inuKc snowcr, and the eighth', were con
temporancous with outburst ot Vesuvius,
and the intermediate thiec with those of
Etna, But now, through the instrumentality
of the llev. Mr. Kust, ot Slams, who
was the first to draw general attention to
the Scottish showers, it has been discovered
that England gets her share likewise of
black showers, although she did not think
that she was so distinguished. On the
third of May, of the present year,at eleven
a. m., and again at four p. in., the town ot
Birmingham and surrounding country
were, for three quarters of an hour each
time, enveloped wii.li black clouds, producing
darkness and rain. Accidents took
place n the streets j vehicles were upset,
and gass had to he lighted at sotue of the
cn s?ings, and nearly in all places of business.
Mr. Kust, writing tor information,
got inquiries instituted, and the result is
found to be that a large quantity of Mack
ruin similar to the Scottish fell and blackened
rain water in tanks and clothes on
greens, not only in Birmingham itself, but
at rural places many miles distaut, unaffected
by soot and smoke, and even wind
ward of that town. So far as known, however,
no word has yet arrived of any volcanic
outburst, although judging from
what has taken place in S? -tl:.nd,a j^roha
bility exists that some volcano has been in I
a state ol activity, emitting its contents, j
whether it be heard of or not.
A Si.ANDr.u Suit is Mississippi.?A
venerable widow lady, in Macon, Miss., in
the course of a tea party conversation, uttered
some insinuations against the character
of a young lady, an orphan, residing in
the same city. The young lady was plucky,
and unwilling to have her reputation, her
only possession, taken from her in that
way, and the old lad}' was indicted for
slander. The broadest latitude was given
to the examination of witnesses, and every
incident in the life of the complainant was
made the subject of inquiry. .Such a case
naturally created much excitement in the
neighborhood. Not a stain eould be fast- ;
ened upon the young lady's character, anf^l
the iurv brought in .1 v??rdipt ni .mi!n- i'i..? i
members uniting in a recommendation of
mercy on account of the age and infirmity
of the defendant. The Court, in an impressive
manner, sentenced the slanderer
to be fined live hundred dollars and be imprisoned
six months. On hearing this,
the younu 1 dy v ho was the sul>jeet of the
slander burst into tears and implored the
Court to remit the sentence, declaring that ,
her only object was the vindication of Iter j
character, and that she had no vindictive j
feelings, tier plea tor mercy was success j
fill, and the fine and imprisonment were
remitted.
A New Source ok Quinine.?A pa- j
per read before one of the scientific societies
of Kngland contends for the existence
in the texture of animals of a substance
closely resembling tpiininc Henry Hence j
Junes and Or Huprc found that animal
substances contain a substance which ex
hihitcd a fluorescence similar to (juininc.
This sut stance can be shown to exist in
the living ami dead t xtures. Kvery texture
was i xuinii ed, and in every one this
substance occurred 1 he lenses of the
eye, from their transparency, are above ull
other.-, most suited lor experiments. The
uimi ,ii (luinoidiue, us the authors have
named it, is procured from the other textures
in the following manner : The kidney,
lor instance, is treated with diluted
acid, neutralised with alkali, and then extracted
with ether. As regards the amount
of fluorescent substance in different parts
ui 111:111, mc Kiuncys, cartilages, liver, ami
lenses seem to contain most, but no very
accurate estimate could bo made.
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Cowardice?Vou are a coward if afraid
to tell the truth when you should do soYou
arc u coward, when you insult tho
weak. You are a coward if afraid to do
right, if you shrink frotn defending j-our
opinion, from maintaining that which you
know to be just and good; and you arc es
pecmlly a coward it you know certain
things of yourself, and cannot own them to
yourself.
Horrible Death?an infant killed
by rats.?The Pittsburg Gazette, of
Tuesday says :
Wc have just received the particulars
of a horrible occurrence which transpired i
a few days ago in Robert street, in the 7th ;
ward. It appears that a young married ;
lady placed her sleeping infant?a little
cherub three months old?in a cradle and
left the room. Five or ten minutes afterwards,
she heard a piereing shriek from
the little innocent, and immediately rush- j
ed to i?s side. She arrived in time to sec !
a large rat jump from the cradle and cs- !
cape through the open door. Upon raising
the infant, she found it cold in death, the
rat having bitten through the lip and cheek
producing spasms, in one of which the
babe had died. The corpse was laid out
in the parlor, and being left unguarded a
few minutes, a swarm of rats entered and
attacked it, devouring nearly the entire
face and arms before their presence wa3
discovered. The hcusc in question is lit
erally swarmed with large, ravenous Nor
way rats, which frequently attack grown
persons, and are a source of terror to the
occupants.
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Richmond College?Its Re-organization.?Thtf*Board
of Trustees on Tuesday
evening unanimously elected the Itev.
John A. Broadus, D. D., of South Carolina,
President of Richmond College. The list
of Professors was also filled.
The election ol President Broadu9 wil1
thrill with delight the hearts of the whole
Baptist denomination in Virginia. Ilis
learning, and peculiar iuct for imparting
instruction, have placed him in a position,
not to be excelled by any scholar in our
midst, while the sweet, golden tongued clo
qucnce, for which he may be termed the
Chrysostcm of the Southern pulpit, added
to his fervency and piety have rendered
him dear to all the communities wherever
his voice has been heard. lie is now a
Professor at the Greenville, South Carolina,
Theological Seminary, was formerly
pastor of the church at Charlottesville and
Chaplain to the University.
[Richmond Times.
Death of a Remarkabt.e Old Neono?The
"orfolic Day Book says: "Tony
Xelson. an aged old negro man, died
near Suffolk, and was buried on the 4th
instant, in the ninety-fourth year of his
age. This old man was formerly a servant
in the Washington family, end help to cut
what is known as the 'Washington Ditch."
a canal leading from tho Western margin
of the Dismal Swamp to Drummond's Lake,
an enterprise which was projected by Gen
1 Iff. I " *
cr.il >? asmngton Tony had always lived
two miles from the Dismal Swamp, and
most of his time in the swamp. He lia?been
the husband of twenty one wives, six
of whoui are now living, and yet, in his
extreme old ago and last sickness, no one
of them would nurse hiin. Beint; freed by
the proclamation ot tho President, anil
subsequent action ot the State, he died in
extreme poverty."
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Thk Heart in the Right Place.?
Two brothers, soldiers from this district,
and married men, fell ut their post of duty
in the late war. Their wives and little
children saw bolore them a very gloomy |
pro?peet. Since the war, however, two old
bachelor brothers of the heroic deceased
have sacrificed the charms of "single blessedness,"
to a sense of duty and married the
t widows. In the place of suffering and
despondency*' there is now food, and protection
and contentment. These tracheal
ted old fellows say, it was our duty to :
take eare of tho families of our poor brothers,
and we knew no better way of so
doing. The Knglisli Parliament could |
scarcely rclusc to make an exception of
such a case and dcelaro these marriages
valid. The example is worthy of all eom- ;
inundation and imitation. Darlington
Southcnior.
A Man Covered up in a Well.?A
frightful accident occurred in Hanover on
Friday last. A farmer employed a laboring
man to clean out a well for him. The
well was forty leet deep, and it was suceesslul
v cleaned, hut the well eive.l in
covering up the unfortunate man. The
neighbors were summoned, and at once set
to work to dig him out. After laboring
lor several hours, the body of the sufferer
was reac ed and taken out in an in.sonsiblo
state. Upon examination it was found
that he had cut his throat in two places
with his pocket knife. The victim of this
Irightiul accident feared he would not be
rescued, and cut his throat to put himself
out of his misery. At last accounts tho
man was still alive, although fatal results
were feared.?Jackson (Mo.) Citizen.
Mr.
James Shea, a rioh old bnohctar of
St. Louis, died recently, leaving u bequest
of S 100,000 to tho hospital of the Sisters
of Charity, in that city, in which in6titu?
tion, when poor and friendless, ho had received
medical care and nourishment
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Dr. Cumming lectured at Halifax, England,
lately, on the "Signs of the Times.
The lecturer did not claim to be a prophet,
but expressed his belief that these were
solemn and startling times, and that the
world was on the point of great events.
The great lines of policy seem to intersect
the year 1867. The world, he believed, *
would not be destroyed, but would endnre
forever in a more purified and exalted
state. Though he was unable to explain *
the increase of Romanism in England, he
believed the heart of the country was still
true to Protestaniism. In 1792 there were
5,000 priests in Paris, but though tho population
of the city had doubled itself sinoe
that time, there were now 900 priests only
in Paris. He believed the Saturday evening
of the world was very near, and that
on the Sabbath of a thousand years, whieh
were at hand, there would be a sunrise
which would experience no Western declension.
A Wonderful Prisoner.?There is,
and has been for some time, a vounw man
by the name of Boone confined in the Mo*
b.le jail, who is a perfect prodigy. Sometime
ago the Mobile Register published an
almost incredible account of that young
prisoner's ingenuity in throwing off any
number of cuffs and shackles in three
minutes after he is ironed. That publication
aroused the curiosity of the public,
and the jailer received several letters inquiring
intojthe truth of the story, and answered
that it was all true, and even then
all the truth had not been told. Bolts,
locks, bars, cuffs and shackles he can overcome
with marvellous ingenuity. He
throws off double shackles with the ease
that a snake sheds its skin-perhaps easier.
This is no humbug.
Driso Counsel.?Sir Walter Raleigh,
equally celebrated for valor, genins and
learning, addressed his wife, in view of approaching
dissolution, in the following pious
strain : ''Love God, and begin betimes.
In llim you shall find true, everlasting and
endless comfort. When yon have traveled,
and wearied yourself with all aorta of
worldly cogitations, yon shall ait down by
sorrow in the eiid. Teach your son, also,
to serve and fear God whilst ho is young,
that the fear of God may grow up in him;
then will God be a husband to you, and n
tathcr to him?a husband and father that
can never be taken from you.
Victor Emanuel's Chief Signal
Otficer.?A Norfolk paper saya the prins
cipal signal officer with Victor Emanuel'Italian
forces is Colonel Victor Gucrson,
well and favorably known as a member of
the Independent Signal Corps, C. S. A.
Mr. Guerson entered the Confederate States
service as a volunteer in the First Louisiana
regiment, and was transferred to Cspt.
Small's First Company Signal Corps on its
organization in this city in April, 1862.
Victor Guerson was born in
is a Gorman Jew, and master of several
languages. It is more than probable he
left fur Europe with General Beauregard,
as he returned to Louisiauo after Lea's
surrender.
Pension's.?The proient pension list of
the United States is about $16,000,000
per annum, and it is estimated that the
proposed changes will swell it to $22,000,U00.
Should the widows and orphans of
the soldiers of the "War of 1812 be included,
it will be at least S3#,000,000.
This is one of the frilits of the election
of Lincoln and the Republican triumph in
1860 They necessitated measures and
brought into existence a pension list nearly
as great as the amount of money that a few
years ago, under Demotratio Administrations,
defrayed the whole expenses of tbo
Government.
The battle of Sadowa has been a great
victory for the Prussian army ; the troops "
fought with the most determined courage;
they stood for hours under a terrible fire,
for there are supposed to have been nearly
one thousand five hundred guns in aotion,
of which seven hundred and fifty were
Prussians. The immediate oause of tho
victory was the Crown Prince's attack oa
tho \ustrian left flank, which turned tho
position, but the attack in front had a great
effect on tho issue, as, unless it had been
steadily maintained, tho Austriaus might
have repulsed the attack in flank.
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A Point of Law Concerning Emancipation.?Tho
Supremo Court has deoiced
in Tennessee that in regard to all
slaves purchased prior to or during the
war, the emancipation proclamation destroying
the right to bold such slaves, the loss
must fall upon th: parties holding the property
at tho time the proclamation wts
made.
Just the revorse of the deoision of Judge
Sheffuv. of Viftfinift?and elaarlv
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Tho best defeoco of lying that vu mr
read, is the remark of Charles Lamb, related
by Leigh Hunt, that "truth was precious
nnd not to be wasted on erary boay.n