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?hc \toclniUc (fnquivcr. J YOItKVILLE, S. C.: 1 SATURDAY, APRIL 1,1899. t ~= t ? We see numerous difficulties in the t , way of the formation of J. Sterling ( t-ifr?r?napH "f^onservative" > iUUI IUU O v^/vwvv. party. The very fact that a man ( desires to go iDto it would furnish t prima facie presumption against him. , * * c ? The letter of Augustus Deal, pub- t lished today, paints in rather lively { style the demoralization of army life, and the delicate touch with which the j brush is handled seems to lend addi- . tional charm to the work. ( ? ? \ ? The manner in which the Filipinos are lighting for their liberty seems to f show that they are capable of making t pretty good American citizens. That ( this country should be under the nec- t essity of conquering such a people, j however, is certainly a pity. t ? A correspondent writing to The 8 New and Courier from Mataozas, Cuba, has something to say of the personel of the engineer corps statioued there, and which is said to have been doing excellent service. The corps is in commaud of Colonel D. D. Gaillard, and . Henry C. Davis is a major. Both of- ^ ficers are West Point men aud both have distinguished records. They are ^ represented as being from York county. This couuty would be delighted ? to claim both of them; but it happens that the correspondent bas made a mistake aud credited York with an ? honor that is due to the couuty of Fairfield. b n ? While we believe we have made ^ the purpose of The Enquirer perfect- u ly plaiu in regard to the Confederate re-union ticket contest, we are espe- e cially anxious ihat there be no misun- P derstandiug. In our judgment, it will '' be more pleasing to all if the people 0 elected happen to be men to whom transportation will be a consideration. 1 There are few Confederate veterans in c this section, we are happy to say, who, ^ if they set their minds on it, cannot P raise the means with which to take in v the Charleston re-union. There are c hundreds, however, who do not feel ^ thpv nsn well afford the trip in f V? .?J ? ? justice to themselves and their fam- ^ ilies, and who will be kept away for * that reason. To these, uo doubt, a 0 round-trip ticket would prove very v acceptable. We would rather see J them voted for directly ; but still, as elsewhere suggested, we do not propose a to offer any restraint in voting, except ? to confiue it strictly to Confederate e veterans. ? t t1 CLEANER POLITICS. " If there is any one thiug that this jj country needs more than another to . elevate the moral tone of the people, s it is cleaner political methods than ti have been in vogue for a number of t years past. We do not refer especially to York couuty. While the dema'1 gogue has bad his day to a greater or j less extent here, we honestly believe ^ that upon the whole, York couuty has p not suffered nearly so much as many jj other counties in the state; but if the g plain truth is to be told, the political 1 conditions in South Carolina, nor in * any part of it, are nearly what they ^ ought to be. u tfA fKof /Intnu arnnrilPtt hflVP h U UCU ??C oaj Ultti \?vuiW&v^v.vw ??' - V been abroad in York county, we do c not feel that we are in danger of being 1 pressed for proof. If we should be ? pressed for proof, we would feel more g or less embarrassed, because we do not 'j care to take upon ourselves the uu- s pleasant office of mentioning names. F But it is hardly necessary to do so. ^ While our public offices geuerally are filled by high toned gentlemen, there ^ is hardly an intelligent individual in t the couuty who is not aware of more or less demagogy, unscrupulous slander aud political trickery from time to I time practiced upon our people. s To trace our unclean politics back to j3 its inception would be difficult. It f existed previous to the war, to a great- t er or less extent; but was not nearly j so bad then as since. There was not t so much slander, falsehood or trickery. J The worst period of the state's history came immediately after the war, and J though we may be loath to admit it, t one of the most serious disease spots t in couditious as they exist today, pro- 1 bably had its origiu iu the methods 1 used in working the revolution of 1876. ' No man, however, hightoned or honorable, can regret that revolution. The situation justified bloodshed. It real- 1 ly called for a great deal more blood 1 than was shed. But, instead, it was ? deemed best to resort to different meth- 1 ods. All the older people of today are , fully aware that in the revolution of { 1S7G there was more recourse to trick- ] ery?to cheating?at the ballot box hun there was to either intimidation J >r force. And the evil effects have >een with us since. By the precedent established them, there has since been ^ ustiffed slander, abuse, ballot box ituffiug and other political crimes too ininerous to meution. We do not care now to condemn ' inything that was done back in 1876. t is too late for such condemnation. What was done cannot be undone; >ut it is not too late to forget these P hincs as a precedent. However jus- " ifiable they may possibly have been ? ben, they cannot possibly be justified | low. At this day, and under present conditions, in a white man's couutry, S| estored to white men, no man of hon- ft >r can continue to practice the frauds hat were ouce perpetrated with im- ^ junity, and for men without honor to v continue to practice them is something he people cannot, with regard to their ti >wn safety, permit any longer. P England, perhaps comes more near- w y to having a government of the peo)le, for and by tbe people, than any ^ >ther country on the face of the earth. c< tVe proudly claim to have such a gov- V crnment ourselves. But ours, espe- ui cially in high places, is a government of ^ he politicians by and for the politicians. This is not a pleasant reflec- l ion ; but it is true. Education and p ntelligence govern everywhere, when hey try. There is more education s< imong the English masses than among ^ he masses of any other country. Tbe . Englishman prizes his civil rights much ^ ore than we Americans do. He v :eep3 thoroughly informed with regard u o those rights, and as between Eng- sl ishmen, especially, he loves absolute v ustice. Therefore, the demagogue toes not and cannot flourish to any ^ onsiderable extent in England. Cnowing the truth when they see it, nd demanding nothing but the truth, englishmen are not easily deceived, it ligh or low, rich or poor, our people w re as honest, individually and col- b ectively, as are the English people; ai >ut lacking education or general infor- t* nation, they are not such difficult prey or the demagogue. It is easier for P nscrupulous politicians, bound toether by ties of mutual selfish inter- ^ sts to dupe the people for their own ^ ersonal benefit, while the people be- ^ ieve that they themselves are their 01 wn real sovereigns. s( So if our people would work out aI heir own best interest, they must give loser attention to public affairs. We o not mean that all should become c< oliticians or candidates. The man P: rbo serves his people in auy public 111 apacity is highly honored ; there is no w uestion of that fact. Fortunately, only w few are needed in public capacity. t is extremely important, however, hat only the best and fittest be hon- w red with public positions, and this is w > ?- ,?;?o si ihy itie WDoie peopie auuum 6?*" heir close attentiou to public affairs. ^ t is necessary that they should be in C( position to distinguish the competent u< lan from the ignoramus, the patriot rom the demagogue, the hightoned entleman from the hypocrite. When P' hey qualify themselves to unerringly lake these distinctions, the day of P ishonest politics in this country will si e done, for when the general informa- w ion of our people is advanced to the C| tandard of their honesty, such misakes as have sometimes been made in he pust will be impossible. ? A special dispatch to the Chicago g| Vibune from Omaha, Neb., credits . Sterling Morton, formerly a member of Cleveland's cabinet, with the " mention of forming a new political tr iarty, which he declares will be the fr reatest political organization since la he formation of the Republican party. )iscussing the proposed new party and g he sidelights likely to develop thererom, Mr. Morton says: "I have the a! itmost faith in the plan. A party will st ie organized July 4 that will stand for p onservatism pre-eminently. No doubt w he platform will coutain some elements s) ommon to all parties; but the keynote vill be conservatism. There is a vast ield for the new party's operations. 1,1 rhe late war and its monotonous is- 'f ues, the struggle of the two great V larties over bimetallism, the rise, the tecline and absolute decay of Popu- 0 ism, all these elements contribute to n situation as nreirnant as those which ? ;ave birth to the Republican party ou P he approach of our civil strife." P ? ? The navy department is bending ^ orth every energy to the hurrying of hips and sailors to Manila. It is in Cl inswer to a telegram that was received jj ast week from Admiral Dewey. The idmiral explains that with the force it hand, it is impossible for him to 0 )atrol the Philippine islands, or even o hose on which the war is being waged ft vith such vigor, sufficiently close to n ceep out arms and ammunition. It ^ seems that the Filipinos have plenty of nouey and the conditions are such as o make the proposition of selling con- 0 raband of war an inviting one. The o probability is that all the available o rnval force that can be spared from tl his country will be sent to Manila. MERE-MENTION. 11 Up to last Saturday, 27 bodies had Jeen recovered from the ruins of the c Windsor hotel. The Second United tl states infantry has been ordered to go c, .0 Cuba from Anniston, Ala. The js Chicago was expected to arrive at Portress Monroe yesterday, with Setiltor Sherman on board. The cruiser 0 Raleigh is expected to arrive iu New h Vork from the Philippines shortly. c uOCAL, AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Irist Cousins?Stop! Irs. T. M. Dobson?'Tells you what Miss Ken and Miss Maggie Glenn are doing in the millinery line. Mrs. Dobson wants you to remember that she is selling Red C oil. 'he Ganson Dry Goods Co.?Reminds you that their challenge sale continues. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Philip L. Moore has secured a ositiou as guard at the stale peuiten ary. Mr. C. R. Simmons, of Forest Ciiy, T. C., was iu Yorkville Thursday and "ridav. Mr. Johu A. Neely, of Rock Hill, pent Sunday in Yorkville with his ither's family, Mr. H. A. D. Neely. Mr. J. Donuom Witherspoon, of lounlvillq, Laurens county, is visiting elutives and friends iu and near Yorkille. Mr. C. G. Parish, traveling represenitive of the Rock Hill Buggy comany, is at home spending a few days dth bis family. The result of the quarterly examiations at the South Caroliua college as been published. We note York ounty boys referred to as follows : G. V. YVitberspoou, (Senior eia.-*) proliient iu poli'ical science, political conomy and philosophy of religion ; 1. L. Parish, (Junior class) profieieut i constitutional law, psycology and iatin ; J. E. Ardrey, (Freshman class) roficient iu histoiy and biology. Mr. J. H. Normeut, traveling repreintative of the Charleston News and ourier, was in Yorkville on Wednesay and Thursday in the interest of aat excellent paper. Mr. iSorment as done a considerable amount of 1 aluable work, especially in the matsr of writing up resources of the ate. It was his first visit to Yorkille. He was delighted with the town, , nd the people who had the pleasure ' f meeting him were delighted with irn. AT THE OPERA HOUSE. I There has beeu a plethora of shows i Yorkville this season, especially ithin the past few weeks. Some i ave been very good, some indifferent ad some poor, or in a more expressive, irra, "rotten." The Murray-Harlt company, which layed an engagement of three nights eginnrng last Monday, was one of the est that has yet been in the opera- , ouse. It is not as large as many of i le other companies; hut is composed i f thorough-going professionals who ; >em to know their business, and who | re possessed of unquestioned talent. ( But from a financial standpoint, even lis last named company was not sue- i ;ssful. Its receipts were sufficient to i ay expeuses; but not a great deal 1 lore. The audience Monday night < as a fairly large one, and the play < as excellent. There was a still bet- | sr audience Tuesday night and a still j stter play. Quite a number of ladies | ere out Wednesday night; but other- < ise the house was discouragiugly nail and the effect was noticeable on i ic players. They did their best, of i )urse; but the play did not go off early so satisfactorily as the night i ifore. i The cotnpaDy made a splendid im- s ression upon the play-goers of York- i ille, and also upon a number of peo- < le whom they met socially. If it i lould ever come back here again, it ill, no doubt, be welcomed witb < owded houses. < CLEAX OUT THE STREAMS. ' There is an interesting suit in proress down in Bullock's Creek townlip, brought to enforce the law rel- ' Live to the removal by laudowners, uring the month of August, of all ees, rafts, timber, driftwood, etc., om streams running through their inds.. The prosecutor is Mr. Wm. G. Mc. ailey, of Olive, and the defendants, 5 the proceedings were originally in,ituted, were Messrs. Willis, Kirkatrick, Crawford and Hardin, all of 'horn had failed to clean out their :reams in accordance with the law. The matter came up before Magis-ate Plaxco on last Wednesday; but developed that the name of Mr. Willis had been omitted from the sum ions, Mr. Kirkpatrick was not the wner of the land in question last Auust, and for various other reasons, rincipally technical, it was decided to ostpoue the trial until next Thursday, -hen the case would be pushed against lessrs. Crawford and Hardin. As to just what the merits of the ase are, The Enquirer is not fully 1 iformed. The reporter has heard it tated that Mr. Willis, and probably ne or more of the others, had cleaned ut streams as the law required ; but | tiled to do certain blasting that was ecessary. About this, however, we ave nothing deGnite. It is undertood also, on the authority of rumor nly, that Messers. Crawford and Harin have entirely neglected the portion f the stream in question running arough their lands. i rr"- -? '? - onmamioctinn nmnnc J. iiere una uccu oumv, B ae lawyers as to the constitutionality f the act requiring landowners to | lean out streams; but that is all set- ! ed. A recent decision of the supreme ourt, just reported, holds that the act ' ? constitutional, and that prosecution ' uder it is equally within the province J f private individuals or the county oard of commissioners. The recent hange iu the county government law i does not in the least affect the status of the law. The outcome of the prosecution instituted by Mr. Bailey, is being watched with much interest. This is the first case in this county that has gone beyond the county hoard of commissioners, and the result of it will probably have much to do with further proceedings in different sections iu the same direction. THE SECOND PRIZE. Mr. G. W. Kuox, of Clover, the maker of the second largest club in The Enquirer's recent premium contest, came down to Yorkvilleon Thursday, accompanied by Mrs. Knox and their little daughter, to see about the prize?a $50 suit of furniture. It happened that Messrs. W. B. Moore & Co., from whom the furniture was to be procured did not have on hand a $50 suit of the kind offered ; hut he had a $60 suit, and proposed that Mr. Knox might take that, without any extra charge. The suit indicated was about as fine as is ordinarily brought to this market, and Mr. uud Mrs. Knox very sensibly suggested that they would be better satisfied with more utility and less show. Mr. Moore was again equal to the occasion. He suggested that Mr. and Mrs. Knox might take out the value of the suit in whatever furniture they desired and that they could just go aheud and make their selections the same as if they were planking down the cash. This suggestion was duly acted upon, and after careful deliberation here is what they got. Haudsome 3uit of oak furniture, a very pretty and substantial sofa, half a dozen dining chairs, a big arm rocker, and such a baby carriage as would be in appropriate keeping with the original $50 suit. Mr. Knox was satisfied, Mrs. Knox was satisfied, Mr. Moore was satisfied, and The Enquirer is satisfied. The fact is, the whole business was a very pleasant transaction all round. FREE TRIP TO CHARLESTON. The Charleston re-union cocoes on May 10 and lasts until May 13, and among those who will desire to make this trip, there will, no doubt, be many who cannot afford the expense, [t is the desire of The Enquirer to give every old Confederate in the county a few days of outing, and if we could, we would be glad to send the last one of them to Charleston, and not only pay their railroad fare ; but also their other expenses. This, yf course, is out of our power ; but we can do something in this line, and we hereby offer to pay the railroad fare of it least nine of them from Yorkville to Charleston and return, on the occasion of the reunion. Although nine round trip tickets will present a pretty good contribution for one business concern, we have determined on that number, for the reason that there are just nine townships n the county, and it is our desire to send one representative from each township, and then again we do not wish to show any partiality in this matter. So to avoid any sign of it, we want to leave the selection of the old soldiers, who are to receive the tick its, to the readers of The Yorkville Enquirer. Here is the plan by which we propose to proceed : On the last column of the third page of each issue of The Enquirer, up to and including the issue of May 3, will be found a blank ballot, which, when made out with the name of the veteran to be voted for and the township in which he lives, and returned to this office within the lime fixed, will he accepted as one vote for the veteran named. While it is our earnest desire that the beneficiaries of the complimentary transportation that we are offering, be veterans to whom such transportation will be a consideration in inducing them to enjoy the pleasure of attending the re-union, still this is a matter that we will not pretend to try to control arbitrarily. All coupons properly made out in the names of Confederate veterans living in any of the several townships of York county, will be counted for the veterans designated, and if the veterans elected happen to be men to whom such tickets would be but a triflng consideration, then these veterans will have the privilege, if they do not see fit to use the tickets themselves, of bestowing them upon other veterans of their own selection, in their respective townships. It is our purpose to see to it, however, that none of the tickets will be good except iu the hands of bona fide Confederate veterans. The terms under which the elections are to be conducted are as follows: 1. All voting must be done on coupons clipped from the last column of I the third page of The Enquirer. No other votes will be recognized. 2. Coupons may be sent in at any j time; but in order to facilitate the count and classification that will he necessary, we prefer as little delay as J possible. i 3. Coupons will be accepted only in i sealed envelopes; but may he forward- i ed to The Yorkville Enquirer , either by mail or by hand. There will be no objection to a number of coupons ' for the same veteran or for different ( veterans in the same envelope. But ' in all cases, the envelopes should be I plainly marked "Confederate Veterau i Ticket Contest." \ 4. Coupons will be published in each issue of The Enquirer up to and including May 3. Noue will be published after May 3. The competition will ' close with the arrival of the last mail I to Yorkville at 9 o'clock on the even- I ing of May 4. No coupons will be , counted that are received after that i hour. If possible, the names of the fortunate veterans selected will be an- ' uouueed in the issue of The Enquirer ( for Saturday. May 6. This will give 1 these veterans until the following I Tuesday?May 9?to make other nec- < essary arrangements for the trip. y All of the tickets that we propose to j distribute are to be over the ''Old Reliable" South Carolina and Georgia railroad. We have selected this route 1 for the reason that it is the most direct, most convenient, cau gojthrough with- 1 out change of cars, and is most satisfac- ^ tory as to schedules. All the tickets * will be good from Yorkville and re- ? turn. v . a WITHIN THE TOWN. 8 Court convenes next Monday. I Next Monday is salesday for April, ii A committee of four members of the t Daughters of the Confederacy has v been canvassing the town during the c past few days in behalf of the Con- t federate re union. One of the ladies g reported on Thursday morning sub- t scriptions to the amount of $29 and 1 collections to the amount of about $26. The other members of the committee 1 were also doing well. The result of 1 the cauvass will be made known later. ^ The regular monthly meeting of the 1 county board of commissioners takes ^ place next Wednesday. ' The northbound Carolina and North- 1 Western passenger train brought the c southern mail last Wednesday morn- r T*. *-vf rlulair at I ing, It WH3 UU tttXUUUl Ul utic*j wv Chester. The reporter has not learned the cause of the delay ; but it was suggested on the street during the day that probably Mr. A. C.Izard, of the Southern, carried out his promise to put the heavy freight train across the track of the Narrow Gauge. Mr. A. F. McConnell reported yesterday# morning that the municipal registration up to that time aggregated 141 names. This includes nearly all of the citizens of the town who have state registration certificates. There are a number of citreeus who have never been registered to vote in state and county elections. Such registration is prerequisite to municipal regis- v tration. The office of the county su- y pervisors of registration will be open a next Monday, salesday, for April, and " those citizens who are still without ^ registration certificates, will do well to 0 call on the county supervisors. The v town registration books will be closed n on April 29, and after next Monday J" there will not be another opportunity J to secure a state registration certificate 11 until the first Monday in May. The town registration now is larger than it has ever been ; but still every citizen ' who is otherwise entitled to vote should, by all means, provide himself ^ with a registration certificate. The town council is making repairs 1 on the fountain in the courthouse yard. Mr. A. Cody is doing the work, c and, of course, it is being done right, j3 EQUALIZATION BOARD. 11 The county board of equalization c met in the office of Auditor Boyce last 0 Tuesday and organized by the election 0 of Major A. H. White, as chairman. a Major White becomes au ex-offieio e member of the state board. 1,1 The most interesting development of c the meeting was a controversy over the representation of Bullock's Creek township. It seems that Dr. J. H. Saye, F who is a resident of Broad River township, bad been appointed a member of D the Bullock's Creek board, and the -] other two members elected him chair- I man, by virtue of which office he be- t came the representative of Bullock's v Creek township on the county board. v Certain citizens of Bullock's Creek 1 e township appeared at the meeting to j, protest against this arrangement. They b began their attack with a protest ? against the action of the board in rais- ^ ing certain returns. It was quickly 0 made to appear, however, that the j action of the'Bullock's Creek board j, had been unanimous. The action of a d majority of the township board is T binding. There was no question as to the status of the other two members, g and, therefore, with or without Dr. 0 Saye, the work of the board was en- n tirely regular. Then came up the Jj main issue as to whether Bullock's w Creek township could be legally rep- g resented by a citizen whose place of c residence was in Broad River township. w The board of equalization declined to ^ attempt to decide the question, on the g) ground that it bad no power to do so. k It had the work of the Bullock's Creek b board before it. That work was legal tl in that it had been sanctioned by two .w members, the status of whom could not be questioned. There was nothing p in the law to show that the members g] of the board had to be residents of the n townships they represeuted. Besides e< this, Dr. Saye was a regular appoiutee ^ of the governor, and there was no ^ other power with authority to name his successor. So, under these condi- w tions, it was only possible to leave fa natters in statu quo and proceed with jusiness, which was done. Dr. Saye is not to blatne in the least ' for the controversy. It was quite embarrassing to him. He had been apxtinted a member of the equalization joard for Bullock's Creek township without his knowledge or consent. Although he bad no desire to serve, he vas perfectly willing to discharge his Juty in the matter, and it was upon egal assurance of bis elegibility that "* U/\ nnt! r> r? jo prcsoukcu iiiujscii ni uic uicctiu^ >f the county board. As to how the vhole thing will be straightened out ias not yet developed. LOCAL LACONICS, it Was Not Reese. The story of the capture of Reese n Arizona turns out to be another leeting vision of that $1,000 reward. ). P. Bishop, the man who wrote the ;overnor that he "had 'em" etc., now vrites Sheriff Logan that it was all i mistake. It developed that the man uspected as being Reese, has been in Arizona for several years, and that he s a drinking man, while Reese was lot. The tendency of that $1,000 revard is to make suspicious characters lut of almost any two strungers; but he request of the sheriff for photo;raphs is a test that usually punctures he bubble. The "Catawba Bridge." Mr. C. P. Blankenship, accompaned by Mr. C. T. Crook, of Fort Mill ownship, came over to Yorkville last llonday on account of the meeting of he equalization hoard, of which Mr. 31ankensbip is a member. They left lome shortly after daylight, and did lot reach Yorkville until about 3 >'clock. It was on account of bad oads and the river. They had to go " ip to Wright's ferry, and after crossng the river, had to travel several niles before they could get across the ireek. The equalization board bad idjourned before they reached York-ille. Both gentlemen suggest that heir experience seems to emphasize ? he necessity for the proposed Catawba liver bridge. die Tarns. There have been stories to the effect hat the South Carolina and Georgia ailroad was to be sold. First to the Southern, then to the Seaboard, and ben to the Atlantic Coast Line. The Jews and Courier has had a talk with Jeneral Manager Sands on the subject /ho said in part: "Mr. Sands said it /as certainly gratifying to the mangement of the road to know that so iany people desired to have it. All e could say was that the present wners were vigorously pressing forward work on the road in a way that lust end in immense advantage to Sharleston. The Sumter branch was irgely graded, and in a month or two raius would be reaching to a territory /bich could not now trade with Charjston. On the Ohio River and Charjston, or South Carolina and Georgia Extension, as it is now called, the line /ould soon be at Clifton and Spartanurg and open up new connections for be road and the port of Charleston. io far as the main line of road was nn/lonnoj olpoaHu ninA TTlilpS of 70 1/UU^lUVUj Mi VMV.J ? _ ound steel rail bad been laid in tbe ist few weeks, nine more are now be3g put down and 18 more miles in tbe ourse of tbe summer, making 82 miles f new iron altogether. The terminals f the road had been vastly improved nd its connections in the way of forign trade by water and with the inerior by rail were being extended ontinually." SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Ittkewell tbe Suspect. Reports from Charleston indicate bat suspicion is centeriug on Benjaain B. Bakewell as the murderer of ^bomas C. Pinckney. Bakewell is the ^ttsburg society man who is engaged o Miss Barden, the young lady near those house Pinckney was killed, and rhom tbe young man bad visited on be night of the murder. It is rumord that the grand jury will probably diet Bakewell. It will be rememered that at the coroner's inquest, iakewell claimed to have arrived in Charleston the next morning after the aurder. Many people have suspiioned that be was in town that night, f there is any evidence of bis presence Charleston at the time of the murer, it has not yet been made public. UC I lUtnuc^ AU> V?..a~..v Charleston Post, Tuesday: The rand jury is in session today working n the Pinckney case. It has sumloned Lieutenant McManus, of the olice department, and he will be put brough a close examination. The fitness has not appeared before the rand jury, nor did he testify at the oroner's inquest. No one knows rhat information Lieutenant McManus i in possession of. It is said by some bat of late he has been making a scret investigation and has come into nowledge of some important facts; ut how true this is cannot be said at lis time, and is given for what it is forth. For the past few days the try, it is said, has been trying to solve le mysterious disappearance of Mr. inckney's hat on the night he was lot. The members of the jury canot understand why he was barehead3 when he was found on the sidealk just a few minutes after the lots were fired, since the hat was not mud near the spot. They take it lat had his hat been on his head hen he was fired on and afterwards ,llen off, it would have certainly been