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gf ^ THE JNiiWS AM) HfcKALD. WDvNTSBORO. S. C. mf: WEDSrajDAT, April 26, : : : 1882. j P X. MJiAXS DAVIS, Editor. ay ft. s. REYXOLD8. Associ*tk Editor. The democrats have organized a \ j| - national financial committee with scv- j r''feral millionaires on it. Mr. Brewstkr writes down that j there must be no politics in the trials ; now pending, and therenpon the Dis- ! trict Attorney makes all Democrats stand aside. Judge Boxd has issued an order for the appointment of Federal supervisors j to scrutinize the registration of voters j In this State. The order was sigued j on the 19th, and the following day was ! appointed for transacting the business. kTHE New York Hew Id. which patted ; Mahone on the back and lustily abused j {he Bourbons last vear, begins to think ; Mahone somewhat previous, and inti- j * mates that he is indulging in over I conch trickery for a reformer. Just so. j g\. The two detectives that shot Jesse j James have pleaded guilty to a charge j of murder and been sentenced to hang.' Iresi ^ oat governor ^nucnucii u.?> aucun j pardoned them unconditionally. Quick pC; work all round. % E. W. M. Mackey is said to be responsible for a Yaukee yarn that by abolishing county lines South Carolina ; Democrats will secure a solid delega-j tion to Congre-s. Perhaps Mr. Mackey ; will condescend to explain that method. What influence do county lines exert in aii election? We have ho doubt whatever that if tbe Radical jurors and witnesses in Charleston were notified that Mr. Sanders is a Democrat, they would con: Yict him in fifteen minutes on evencount of any kind of indictment that | ought be brought up against hiin, j a ballot box to stfling a j g^iitf^iupe rvisor. gi^.- Senator Jones, of Florida, is becoming quite popular with New York audiences. He has addressed several III meetings already by invitation in New p\. York, and will soon speak before the young Democracy of New York. Senator Jones is a native of Ireland. ?& And began life at a carpenter's bench, j Be has good stuff in him, and makes; a capital Senator. The English have a straightforward way Qf doing business that deserves ! emulation on this side of the water, j Freeman, the would-be assassin of the i Queen, was put on trial the other day j ty for treason, and in less than twenty-; . four hours was adjudged not guilty, I 011 the ground of lunacy. The Guiteau travesty had evidently disgusted our n British cousins. yg . Usdek the painfully incompetent B||^ management of Speaker Joseph War-! xrr,.t. ti,0 Uaiica nf Kpnrpspnfa- ! Igv l^U XV^llVl J V*IV uvu^ 1'" tives periodically becomes a boar garjden. The last outbreak was on Mon?> day over a new Chinese bill, which ^ passed almost unauimously after the Speaker nnd different members had dhonted themselves hoarse in controversy. General Keifer ought to get Meu Dallas Sanders made a very |p~- fevorable i?upression iu Wiriusboro as a fair-roiuded, honorable man. He' bfr fcas gotten into very bad company, it is true, and his zeal as a reformer is 5r- causing him to give countenance at least to some very questionable pracx*l, tices. The trouble is that the enormities of the Radical ring in Philadelphia that he helped to overthrow, have : - > made him suspicions of all local governments and he sees a <4?as trust" ||| man in every defendant. Had he lived ?%/*? a nnt? ^11?"?a l?A V>OT*A%Knai? oKIa UvA ail v Lll&JV U 1/1UU uai^ vttu auig *& to discover, in the coal-tarry visages 0.. of Mr. Melton's swift witnesses, where ^ ; the South Carolina "gas trust ring" I?;- - - really is. %: The State Democratic Executive Committee was to have met in (JolumJva r?n Wwinp?/??r \\rit nirinor tn (nmp ||. misunderstanding. only Messrs. Izlar. Sbeppard, Murray, Johnstone, Unt-on IandBrattou were present. A formal call will be issued for a meeting- on the ? ISthofMay, at which time Comity Chairmen will be invited to participate. A thorough discussion of the situation is expected, and a policy will be mapped out. An aggressive policy should be planned and pursued. The Denio, crats are too prone to sit down quietly after every struggle and permit the v . enemy to lav deep schemes and plots to be sprung at opportune moments. ? Missouri at present has four or five nj&publican-Iudependent-Gre e 11 b a c k Congressmen who slipped in by major5-r Hies ranging from 7 to 250 each; hat spiv the Legislature will redistrict the State pi &?> as to secure a solid Democratic delegation of fourteen. Not much change -?^^jfineeded to effect this. Kentucky has ^vehvbelzned her lone Republican with - . owvuititv iuvxmiiu x/ciiiik;rauc majorUv. Ou the other hand Ohio has been arranged so as to give thirteen Eepub- ; |r. t:cans and four Democrats, with four ' ^ donbtful districts. Saintly Massachuseits will carvo up Boston so as to j m ensure a solid Republican delegation BK 1 from that .State. Mississippi has given 1 ?:r the Kepublicans two Congressmen. ' j?" Mahoue-'s little game has been blocked ( jgV' for the present. And so the work goes ( Hi ?a. I According to the New York Her- ' oldy the country is not giving Secor t liobeson his just dues. He did squan- * ?1cr$150,000,000on the navy; but al- 1 though he left no ships to speak of, lie j 1 accumulated $1,900,000 worth of j i dothes, on which $400,000 still remain j t - - . unpaid. By official reports it is shown i gthat he bought pea-jackets enough to lc?t twenty five years, and of trousers, i s | Wouses, shirts, etc., a supply sufficient i 1 " to ?0 round for from six to fifteen j c H years, besides investing' in a large i55 pV stock additional of uncut cloth. Robe- 4 eon is a secona edition of the "elderly c jiaval man" who having devoured the a rest t>f the crew on the desert island t ^fc^/*at and croaked: m a cook, and a captain bold. i ^ |^k? tight, and a nUdsWpniltc, kuLof the captain's gig." ( ^Chester, died { in mammmmmmmmammmmsammtmmaamBmmmmmmmmmmmaK rhe arrav as cantnin of avalrv under i Hampton, and before it* close Irtscame : HeutenantHColonel. In I860 he was i elected to the Legislature, and then i retired from politics until 1S77 when ' he was called to represent the county j in the State Senate, to which he was ! unanimously returned at the last dec- ] lion. Senator Walker was a gentle-; man of high character, genial manners and strong sense. He was deservedly; beloved at home, and lii.s friendships were not limited by county lines. Hi> State can ill a fiord to lose so good a mail. . a m Withix the next year three hundred and nine'v-three national banks will "be compelled to cl?se opeiations by! expiration of charter. Under the [ present law even it" a bank secures a j new charter it must first go into litjui dot ion. To do this, it must close business by securing enough green-' backs for the redemption of its circa-j lation, and depositing them with the j United States Treasurer in order to! obtain possession of its bonds. It j must also call in outstanding loans. The liquidation of these three hundivd j and ninety-three banks will involve, I it i* said, the temporary looking up ol'j about $70,000,000 in greenbacks for; the retirement of an equal value ofi banknotes, and the calling in of $150.- j 000,000 in loans, or a total temporary ' contraction of $220,000,000. The; period embraced is the coming summer ; and autumn mouths, when money is | - - ? ? scarce, ami it is argiira mat our nnan- > ces will be considerably disturbed by j such a measure. A bill lias been in- j troduced into Om^rcss to abolish the ; summary provisions and permit banks j further time. Whether the system he ; permanently continued or not, it would be wise to enact such legislation as will prevent this liquidation of so many institutions at once. Mr. Harijis, of Massachusetts,; Chairman of the Naval Committee of' the House, declared in a recent speech i that "The navy of the United States at! present contains thirty old ships rated | -?1 - # ?i.:?u I as Mii[)5 <>i wstr* nunc in ** uiuw van even fire a gun. while there are a number of other?- utterly unseaworthv and unfit for service. With the exception of the fourteen iron-chute we have not a ship ro-day that would dare to go into battle. The best ship we have is j the Trenton, and the next best are the sloops of war. We have one old ship j lying in the harbor of Boston, tied up i * - -i - 4.* 1 t *1 i oy me nose to uie \* nan mere timi is j not worth $25,000, but which has costj $98,000 to take care of her since she j lost the power of motion." This a ! damaging and mortifying disclosure, j and it comes from a Republican. Yet between the years 1869 and 1877, j during Grant's administration, while j Robeson, of New Jersey, filled the office of Secretary of State, the enor- j moussnm of$149,000,0<)0 was disbursed j ostensibly for the construction of a j navy?enough to nave set anoat a nun- | dred of the most formidable iron-clads ; that modern ingenuity can devise. Be-! sides this mi.lions more were received j for the sale of condemned hulks, and j likewise squandered by Robeson and j ms wicKeci partners, itooeson oareiy escaped impeachment, notwithstanding which he now sits in the House and is chaijj*u, or sub-chairman, of all iln.ijHFi'ii'lii" i 111H1117 I" thenaasxL. that he secured these three positions in order to control the navy department and push through other fraudu-! lent jobs, has had the effect of chilling | both Democratic and Republican zeal j for the construction of a navy that will not reflect disgrace on the country. The facts should be remembered, j One hundred and forty-nine millions .^uauucicu vn a uavv >v nil liiu resuu as shown bv the Republican Chairman of the House Committee. The Charleston Trial3. The trials in Charleston are conducted ostensibly in accordance with the laws of South Carolina; but to laymen j it would appear that these laws are j obeyed or disregarded according- as I they are favorable or not to Mr. Mel-1 ton's peculiar ideas of "justice." In! the prosecution of Hugh Kane for murder, the Court held that the State of South Carolina was limited in its challenges, and by virtue of this ruling Kane secured jurymen to acquit. Before "the ink was dry," said Attorney General Youmans, "with which this ruling was recorded," the case against the Democratic managers was called. and on motion of Mr. Melton the Court held that an unlimited number of jurors might be made to stand aside in addition to the peremptory ehallanges, thus ensuring a jury to convict. On Sunday morning the jurors j in the Acton case brought in a sealed I verdict, which was not published until the meeting of Court on Monday. Before the clerk opened the seal two of j the jurors rose in their seats and an- j nonnced that they had signed die verdict through misapprehension, so that ' the verdict about to be rendered was ; not their verdict. The Court refused to hear the excuses or protests at the i time, and ordered the verdict to be * spread upon the ininntes. Now, what 1 is South Carolina law in accordance < ivith which these prosecutions are ] Dstensioiv conductedi Uur court has > long since adopted Blackstone's princi- ' [)le that "a privy verdict is of 110 force ( unless afterward affirmed by a public < verdict given openly in court wherever 1 :he jury may, if they please, vary from ( :his privy verdict." In 1880 our Su-1 j [>reine Court expressly affirmed thatj i nntll O T'nrriiof Koc Ivonri rvnlJ?c^A/l ! I UttlAA M 1\,IU1VV WllUUv^iJVU J v I * ind recorded it may be recalled and j1 altered by the jury; and if it is made i j enow 11 to the court when it is pro- I ^ josed to render to render the verdict j hat any one of the jurors does not * hen assent to it such verdict cannot be t eceived.** - j c Chief Justice Shaw, of Massachu-> ? ietts. speaking of a sealed verdict, j ^ iohis thar it must be jifilrinod in onpti C ' t xjurt as the unanimous act of the jury, i md in the presence of the whole panel, j t Such an affirmation is the ovly evi- i ieuce the court can receive of ihe fire j 7 md unanimous assent of the jury to j i he verdict." ; f Nothing can be plainer than this. It ? $ possible that Judge lijiid \v:is un- j! iware of the recent decision of our j x>urt; but Mr. Melton is entirely too ; r ihrewd and well posttd not to know I ^ >recisely all the points of South Care- ( ina law. s I j What.is tl?e net result of his week's j J A;i acquittal on every (fount I fej^mdaiut ballot-box stuffing; I asserting thr.t: 0 R^oiuspcct the j r ballot box before the voting: bewail, he j secures a so-called verdict which is re- j muliated by two of the juror- before it I is opened, and therefore should be no j verdict at all. OFFICIAL CI ICC VI. A It. To the Democratic Chths of Fairfir hi County: The State Democratic, j VvUHMtit'fl ( Vitntliltf/Xl 1??1C KvllO/l <411 111*-! gent appeal for funds to aid mi paying the expenses incident to iho trial of the parties charged in the United States Court with violationsol the Federal election laws. In this matter, the cause of! one is the cause of all. It is therefore j hoped that the Democracy of Fairfield will make a prompt and generous response.. The President of each Club is hereby requested, either by calling a meeting of the members, or by such other means as may be suitable, to pro- j cure as lar?re a sum as practicable, and j forward the same without delay to Mr. j Jno. S. Reynolds, the Secretary of the j Countv Committee, at Winnsboro The funds thus collected will be remit-1 tod at once to the State Committee. 1 trust that the Clubs will respond promptly and liberally to ti>i> call. T. W. Woodward, County Chairman. THE POLITICAL CASES. The IMfayesvitle Manners -3 he Cafe of the imxnter Con?nu?t>ion?rH Cometi to a Sudden End-Unexpected Developments. Sl'KCIAL TO TH.". NliWS AN" .HfiTtv) 1> *' Charleston, April 24.?The jury in the case of the Mavesville managers is ?tiil our, with no prospect of agreement. The trial of thirtv-ei;'ht Barnwell men. charged with conspiracy to obstruct. voters, etc., began this morning. The jury is composed of ten Democrats and two Republicans. Melton's standing aside" dodge was ineffectual. and was abandoned, in consequence of the absence of the eleven Republicans on the Mayesvillc jury. Tiie grand jury has been discharged for the term, and the political weather is clearing. Later, 5. P. M.?The iurv in the Mayesville case was called into Court at haif-past three o'clock, and, having tailed to agree, they were discharged and a mistrial was entered in the case. Judge Bond, in discharging this jury, said that he was sorry that they had not agreed, as the mistrial won hi necessitate another trial of the case at this term. Charleston*. April is.?in me l-iuted States Circuit Court, before Judges Bond and Bryan, the grand jury returned a true t?ill against Henry C. Dickerson and otlwrs of Barnwell county, charged with conspiracy to intimidate United Suites witnesses. The grand jury is composed of thirteen Republicans and seven Democrats. The court then began the trial of Lucien L. Carroll, Samuel E. Shaw and George II. Wilson, managers of election of Mavesville precinct.in Sum ter county, charged with stuffing the ballot box and interfering with the United Suites supervisors. A jury was empanelled and consists of eleven Republicans and one Democrat. The District Attorney did not find it necessary to use any of the challenges to which the prosecution is entitled, finding the new system of standing aside j jurors allowed by Judge Bond to be sufficient to secure such a jury as he desired. The irovernment then examined ten witnesses, seveu of whom were colored. The testimony showed that yiji.v a?i? t'o*jL>feWciKctr?rot"- ulum Slates supervisor did not reach the poll until three minutes after six o?clock in the morning-. When he got there the voting had commenced and several ballots had been deposited. The supervisor testified that he asked the managers to open the box so that he could see into it, but they informed him that ! the voting had commenced and they J could not again open the box, and that they had exhibiied the bux before the j voting commenced. The election pro- j ceeded quietly all day, and when the I box was opened and the votes were being counted a bundle of ten Demo-! cm tic tickets and two packages of j Republican tickets, with two Republi-! can tickets folded together in eaoh.; were found in tl>e bov. The managers counted one ticket of each and destroyed the others. The number of votes in the box exceeded the nameon the poll list by two hundred and twenty-one, and the managers drew out the surplus ballots without seeing j thcin and then destroyed them. Ofi ?he ballots destroyed one hundred and forty-seven were Republican and seventy-four Democratic. The government then closed the case for the prosecution. The defence will open to-morrow morning, and will then examine their witnesses if thev think it necessarv to . ..? .,ti [nil hi aii\ fviuuiitu at an. Charleston, S. C., April 19.?In the United States Court to-day, before ; Judges Bond and iJryan, the grand jury , found true bills against thirty-eight j citizens of Barnwell conntv, charging I < them with obstructing voters at Bu- i < ford's Bridge precinct in Barnwell j county at the general election in Xo vember, 1880. In trie original indictment forty-four defendants were in- < eluded, but the grand jury found "no ; bill" as to live of the number. s The trial of the case of the United States against Lucien L. Carroll and J1 others, Managers of Election at Mayesville. in Sumter county, which was i commenced yesterday, was resumed I j and the testimony on both sides con- < eluded. The testimony for the defense was delivered by fifteeen white i witnesses, including three of the de- . fondants. These witnesses all testified i that the poll at Mayesville had been opened promptly at 6 o'clock on the i morning of election in 1880; that be- ( fore the voting began one of the tnana- ( jfei-s opened the box and exhibited it < publicly to the crowd on the outside 1 md turned the box upside down to ] show that there were no tickcfcs in it \ when it was locked. All the witness- ( ?s who were present stated that they taw into the box clearly and that it f ivas perfectly empty. The Republi- i ;an Supervisor arrived at the poll * . 1 4. 4.. i... * ^ _ . ..A A.I - I? t iooui twenty nuiiwes uuer imp voiuur i xi^uu. He was admitted into the f *oom, but the managers refused to re- j \ >pen the box so thai he could see into I ? t. telling him tha'. the box had beenjj :xhibited and that if they reopened tlie | i ><>x after the voting had begun they ! t vould invalidate the whole poll. j a The testimony for the defense went j 3 hrther to show that the surplus tickets bund in the box were deposited' i hrough the aperture in the lid by vot- I :rs. The good character of the defend-! A mis w:is testified to bv a number of vitnesses, both Republican and Demo-} :ratic. The argument will be heard : o-inorrow. L.' /"< * :i nn r.. I T V/iio. V.., JJJ'il Z".?III ; r) he United States Circuit-Court to-d^y. | v icforc Judges Bond and IJryan, the j d rrand jurv returned a true bill against I li >avid and James Wimi and Henry J. j ti JcLurkin. Commissioners of Election . o or Sumter county, on an indictment ii harirhijf them with refusing and fiil-.j r HIT to count three of the polls in Sum- ; v er county. ' si The trial of the case against the ! uanagers of Mavesville precinct in ' a iuintcr county, which otnmcnced i a .'uesday, was resumed. Dallas San-: e lers oiK'itetl the imminent for th#> ' r< irosccutioii ami was followed by i c oseph 11. Earle, of Sumter, f>r the ; h ccused. Attorney General L. F. tl "oum.tus had opened his argument b rhen Court adjourned to meet at 10 cl Vlock to-morrow morning'. To-iuor- ! u o\v Youmaus will couolude hi* arjju-1 ai rnent and District Attorney Melton will close for the groverntnent. Chaklestox, S. C., April 21.?In the United Slate4; Circuit Court to-day. the argument in the case of the Ignited , States against the inanj?j"rs of election j at Mayesville precinct in Sumter conn- j tv was resumed. Aitorney General j 11.. * A? \ ounmns couciuncii ins argument ior i (hedeteuse- li was a powet Jul effort awl was listened to by an immense audience. District Attorney Mellon closeil the argument tor the prosecu-i tion. ili? argument was .-trots# and; eloquent. The jury was then changed very hiiefly bv Jmhre Bond and retired to their room. The ca>e as ro one of; the managers, Lucicn L. Carroil. was ! nolle, proved by the District Attorney. : the government having failed even eir- . cumsfaiitially to connect him witli any j circumstance of the alleged offense. .Fvom the Charleston -u d v N'vr<.; The United States Circuit Court was. | convened at 1<> o'clock on Saturday i morning. The expectation of hearing | something from thejure charjred with | the ease against the Mayesville niaaa-1 irers attracted a lanre crowd to the i court-house, it was soon Ion ml out j that I lit* jiiry was still in their room j and had not agreed to a verdict, and i the crowd perceptibly diminished. As soon as the court was called to order District Attorney Melton announced tha* the witnesses in al the liicidatid cases were discharged f >r tlie present, and that those who were wanted hereafter would he notified. The District Attorney then called the attention of the Court t > the two cases again>t David James Winn and Henry J. MeLaurin. commissioners of election for Sumter county, charged with reusing to count certain polls in Sumter county, and s;iid that counsel on the other side desired to niuke a statement. Gen. E. \V. Moise, representing the defendants, then rose :u?d read an atfidavit made by the defend* :.s. [I'he affidavit sets forth that the commi?ioi! ers, being in doubt as f > counting1 tiie votes in question, caller in I lie counsel of three lawyers of high repute in the community, and, as advised by them, decided not to count the boxes; thai they did not then know that as commissioners they could act only in a ministerial capacity; and J hat they had acted throughout in good faith and with an honest desire sud purpose to t-arrv out the law.] District Attorney Melton then said: j Upon the reading ot't-hi.- affidavit I pro- j pose, by an understanding with conn- j >cl on the other side, to discontinue counts 1, o and 6 of the indictment, as well as the same counts in the intbnna-! tion against these parties. In accord-1 aiice with this arrangement I therefore move to discontinue the case against j Henry J. McLaurin alone, and vol. pros, counts 1, o and 6 of the indiciisient against b-->th of the parties, these being the counts charging conspiracy. Counts 2. 3 and 4 are admitted by the defendants to be true, and upon those counts they enter their formal pica oj guilty. In these cases now disposed oi L became persuaded that the defendants had given-themselves to the advice t.fnl ln.n?nu<t 11* rl\/fc 1<1 W Wi (AIUII^UI ?vai Hru ill HIV !'.? *r jftiishfd and having the confidence of Hie public?gentlemen upon whose judgment they rni*rht rightly rely, and that they followed that advice, honestly believing it to bo right. 1 am persuaded that lite affidavit that they make truthfully represents their case and that their o lie nee is purely of a technical character. They have come forward with the utmost frankness and admit what they did, state why they did it and propose to submit themselves to the f'ourt. The Government of the United States is not seeking to punish, i-t. is seeking to achieve the great purpose of vindicating the integrity of the ballot-box. Enough has b; en done in this case. 1, therefore, move that the case be transferred to the contingent docket; and ask that the judgment of the Court be suspended indefinitely, and I have made an agreement, under the sanction of my office, that I shall move that this case is not to be called up for judgment,, unless, hereaftecy these people shall be convict?'odrrrfcr" vr: Tiitrr^r^T?"lTnn' said: May it please the Court, I'desire on this occasion to return to the officers of the Government my sincere, ac- j Kuowieagement tor tne spirit 111 winch , they have acted in this matter. I c-.wue here at the request of diese accused irentlemen, who were both personally known to mo, and known to he incapable of committing an intentional wrong. Upon approaching (lie officers representing the G vermnent, I was received with (he utmost kindi ess and consideration. Il was made known to me that the great <roveni merit under which ; we live, did not desire to punish men who were guilty only of technical offence without intent to do wrong. In my own opinion?most likely incorrect <4 1 m i ii it* i\j c.'v: M 1121 i iiom; WHO hart differed with me?those wore min-j isterial officers a11ci h.ui 1:0 judicial \ powers. Yet I knew thai these ?eni!cinen had acted purely, and in perfect jitx.d faith. May we nor hope thn: the kindly spirit manifested in this eise, may influence the fu; lire proceedings of this iiiiih court, that gentle iodines may* prevail and that the National Government under which we all live?too Hi />! <*! 11 tf> In. r.i.nr l.n |/u?? VI mi IV WV i 4144V V l/v IV/*-/ merciful to prosecute. Judge Bond then said: The Court takes phasv.ro in saying that thi< is the proper termination of the case. I had hoped tlmi every citizen i.'i the United States knew that the United States Government ha? no malice surainst its citizens and tint, the sole Dbjeet of the (Government is to vindicate the puritv* of the hallot-box. I h:ive been looking at the Statute to see whether there could not be some nominal tine imposed, but I lind that the costs will be too much. The Court will iccept vcur suggestion, and if it is de ,?:ii . - >u cue \,v/ui L win ium; JJJirilMU'tt III =i?r!iiiiir an application to the Executive for a pan ion altogether. Judge LJvvan said: It is customary under such circumstances to suspend indg nent, in order that Executive ;leinency may be invoked. Judge Bond: There can he no judgment in this case unless the District Attorney calls for judgment, which he is not going to do. Mr. Melton said: The statement which I have made will of course gov?rn my processor in office. Under the , :ircutnstances I will discontinue further proceedings against tlie managers at ( Rafting Creek and Carter's Crossing precincts in Sumter county, and the witnesses in all the Sumter cases are uscnargeu. The next ease on Saturday was tgainst Joseph Bates, of Barnwell, for ( roting at different- boxes. W. 11. Marshall for t ie prosecution and Messrs. ] flayer, A":drich and Bryan for the deence. A number of negroes swore , jositively to the deed, but the defend* mt proved an alibi no clearly that the ury acquitted Bates in three minutes. Vs the MavesviIIe jury was still shut in, ( he supply of Radicals was exhausted, md a decent jury was secured, with , lajor Jujrcs Pa?ran as foreman. IIK VKRJiTCT I.\ THE A CTOV CAST". / L<-tion of the Petit Jury-Jn<ipj Bond's ! Vif?s of the Verdict?The Liefen.iams File Their Exceptions. , F:o:a tl e News and Courier. Apnl :s ] 1 Tlie United States Circuit Court, udires Iiond and I?ryau )>rc<i?lin<r. j us convened at 10.25 o'clock vesteriay rnorniiiy. The intense interest sit by the community in the political c b*iolc uiifwv)) K\* tiir* I 1' people, black ami white, who strove r , every way to pet into the court r oom or at h*ast secure a position from s rhicli the coui.i see into it and obtain uine idea ot' what was goingon in-ide. r The jury charged wish the ease * gainst Joseph Bales, John E. Gayden nd John LJ. James, tiie managers of lection at Acton precinct in Richland ounty. had come into court and oc-; ? niiuut tlm !im\* flip twKirlt' *? l?*i M* i. I IHV< J?U ? UVA IV! I lv(?> <4 iliili | | our before the Judges came in. Who.) i ? ie court was finally convened and the j uzz of voices had been hushed, (he j lerk callert over the jury and an- j n ounccd to the court that the jury were | n 11 prcseut. The ckrk then said: i J ? & * y . ? j "Gentlemen of rhe jury, have you agreed upon a verdict?*' Mr. Tindali. the foreman of the jury, " pi J e l a document from his pocket and hawh-d it to the Judge. Just at this point Mr. Fountain, one i of the jurors, rose in his seat and said: j ! 'May it please your Honor, we have j1 not agreed upon a verdict* That is j t not my verdict. I signed that verdict | under a misapprehension, and since I j signed it 1 have thought over it, and 1J find I was misled.*' I 1^. T? 1. .lAU 1,001. ! i UUJiU L>(1||||. v/ll, \VU f " ?> j j thai sort of an excuse. You have been ; , discharged. and that's the end of it." ! j Mr. Fountain. "I signed the verdict I, without knowing whatit meant, and I !r told die foreman that that is not my verdict. I was sick and I was misled j when 1 signed it." jf ?Jii?lire Bond: "'Yon waited too Ion#' to think over it. You thought over ic j . after you were discharged. A juror I m:iy Hud out afterwards?*' Mr. Strom, another member of the 14 jury, here rose and interrupted me j Judge by saying: '-May it please your j Honor, 1 signed that verdict in mis-! lake. I was in pai 11 and I went to the j foreman for relief, and he couldn't j j give it tome. It was not iny conclu-1 sion, but I had to sign it. I don't thi:ik 1 had a riirlit to sign it." Mr. Abncy. "Is ir not the practice. * m;iy it please the Court, under such j circumstances, to send the case hack to the jury?" Judge Bund. "No, sir; these gen- ' ?!.. .!<>< om iifit- l'iVM 111.>11 -ill ?lii< in<i'_ J............ ~ |( Tuey h::vc been discharged." Mr. Haskell. * Will, your Honor i bear lis on that point?*' ~ L Judge Bond: '*Xot now we won't. | After tnc verdict is published and re- . corded we can lix a time for hearing tiic argument on a Tn?v?ioir to set aside j the verdict." The counsel for the defence excepted. The clerk then read" the verdict as ' follows: 1141!. \tAlUHJL* Wfi find the 'defendants, Joseph Bales, John 15. James and John E. Gayden, guilty as to the first count, and not ?ruilty to second and third and ; all other counts on the information, and would respectfully recommend j them to the mercy of the Court. John M. Tiudail, Foreman. J. W. Fountain, E..). Pinckney, John (t. McIUair, 1>. F. Strain, Paris Simkins, Geoifrc Stevenson, ; GusK:iine\, J. D. Howard. t k m xr J. F. Chestnut. Mr. Abney then offered to file a : foiM;:il exception to ti>e entry of tlir j ! verdict, which exception lie read to the ! 1 Court. Jmijre "Bond, after hearing the paper ] j read, said there would he no objection j ' :o the recording of the paper. 1 Mr. Melton: "Any motion for aj1 new trial or in arrest, or judgment | 1 ought to lie tiled so that we'in-iv have | notice of it." Mr. Ahne> : "We think so too and ! we will liie it." Jud^e Bond: "I think you have 1 twodavs to do that in.*' 1 WAy> E MACVEACU'S LAMEST. His I'arty with Only Thro* Principles, and He in 0;?po*?ition to All of Them. ( n? ..... . % . ..:i ir a j. I i Hii4Ai/&i?r2ii*9 *ipni 10.?Uii: | annual meeting of !he civil service reform association to-night the Hon. ( Wayne MacVeagh presided, and, in tlisciissinir a resolution condemning- (he ' letter of First Assistant Postmaster- 1 General Ilattou exempting postal em- , ploye- from the provisions of the civil ! service order, broke for the first- time the reticence that has characterized his conduct since he retired from the cabinet. Mr. MacVeagh said that Presi- \ dent Hayes had cousnlted him in the 1 preparation of his famous civil service , order, a portion of which he (MacVeagh) was the author. "When, how- ; ever, Mr. Hayes was put to the test practically, he failed. There had been 1 questionable political services rendered 1 WiKiJ/Ia'.O 111 C/\tt til A f i;? in in i liaycs allowed himself to be overpersuaded, and the ai*thors of these "Ff;)riiTa~ were rewarde^7ivith public : office. After that all hope of Mr. Hayes* civil service work was gone, and closing clays of his administration witnessed Sherman trying to elect himself President by the aid of the I treasuav department. Then came the short-lived Gartield administration. * Whatever hope was in that was cut short by Guiteau's bullet. lie continued: ' What Arthur was 1 in the New York custom house he is to-day in the President's chair. Per- ( sonally, he is a kindly, well-disposed OI'./J r??tr iiilAnHimvn rVMVl%.UIUIM ??M 111 * IUH IW/lU.-t Willi him was of the pleasantest character. 1 as if was with Mr. Hayes, but men raivlv change their political training .-iftcr arriving at (he age either of these iron! lemon attained. My party leaves me in this predicament: It has but 1 three principles, and I find myself . opposed to all three. Its first grout principle is the spoils system; the second is opposition to civil serviee ' reform, and the third seems to consist of repudiation in old Virginia. Then * the boss system is a degradation; it. <rt\('-i t'r/nn tli.. ?.* itw? , i House; it subsists on the spoils of office. The duty of this associuMon. '< and of the country, is to supplant these ' bosses; until that is done you work 3 will not be executed. Y<>u cannot 1 pretend to he interested in the dcjrrad- ! in<r principle of Mahonuism in Virginia ?the deliberate prostitution of government powers to aid repudiation of a I State's obligations. If we could charge that upon the Bourbon Democrats U would be some relief, but, to our sor- ( row and humiliation, these things are done in the name of the party of Abra- c ham Lincoln. Instead of gfoinjf forward. the Arthur administration makes 1 a retrograde movement." r ^ in j Grand Lod<;>: Knights of Honor. ? ) The Grand Lodge met again on the j 19th iiist.. the business beinjr of matters v of a nature relating to the order. t The information from all parts of the e jurisdiction gives the gratifying fact ( that, the order is in a hio-} iv snfwfnfrn. rv condition. f Tlie following: officers were elected j; for the ensuing term: i Past Grand Dictator?Dr. John Si. f Hujrhson of Sumter. Grand Dictator?Col. J. "W. Perrin, of Abbeville. Grand Vice Dictator?Professor R. 8 0. Sams, of Limestone Springs. Grand Assistant Dictator?Colonel A. Coward, of Yorkville. Grand Guide?Henry Kohn, of Or!in^ebur?r. 0 Grand Chaplain?Rev. E. H. Buist, ^ Df Cheraw. , Grand Reporter?Rev. G. W. Hoi- , loit/3 ivf Vnii'^Ai ^ Grand Treasurer?Col. J. T. Kobert- 0 :on. of Abbeville. Grand Guardian?J. D. Maxwell, of 0 Anderson. . Grand Sentinel?M. B. McSweeny, :! >f Hampton. Grand Trustees?Capt. W. R. Del- 11 rar, of Sumter; A. H. Mo wrv, of Char- 11 eston; M. F. Ansell. of Greenville. j"! Representative to Supreme Lodge? Jul. J. W. Perrin, of Abbeville; alterin te, Dr. George Howe. Jr., of Co UIIM'il. | Aiken was selected as the phce of! icxt mooting of the Grand Lodge in ! ,v \pril, 1#83. ' ! , Dr. George Ifowe, Jr., of Columbia, [ J1 s the State Medical Examiner. *??=- tj Qrics A>:i) SCKJ5.~M.*?r?v miserable people . tm-r tuemselws about with railing strength. ; eelinjr that they are stead ly sinking To their it rrave.-- when by using Parkerv" "'* * To tile ..1 bey would flt;d a cure cocmt nvz villi the ! ' Irst dose, and virility strength -okly aud t<urely comlr.jr back to thfe:n~ * n< Tiik IIiohkst Rank.?Made from harmless | T nnterials. and adopted to rlw* needs of lading ; '3 in a rilll'-jr hair, Parker's Hair Balsam ha* i ai ,ak< i' the hlph'-si rack as an elegant and rella- j hair restorative. - * . | tl. ?The harsh aspect of. the autumnal! gf rray. which betokens the shady side of j ^ ife, is easily modified by the use ofjji's Oyer's Hair Vigor. * j -c^ . ? j m ?Messrs. 1?. J. McCarlev & Co. are : pi iow* selling the best cotton* gilt in our \ c-a ijrirket. Notice testimonial of Mr. j ccj -.mcs Jones. , * ?H MELTOy JSD WOODRirFF. District Attorney Melton's Reqneet of a ! Loan from Woodruff?A Radical'* Opinion. ! From the News arid Courier. Columbix. April 19.?The following J etter, which has been fished up out of} Foe Woodruffs voluminous correspon- i lence, will ho read with interest: Melton & Chamberlain*, } j Law Office, > ; Columbia, S>. G October. 1876.) I Dwtr.To: 1 am bu*tod, broke, strap-: )(*d, insolvent?haven't a cent. Send I ne your check for one hundred dollars.! f only for lo days. If you haven't it I ro a:id <;et it somewhere. Yours, faithfully. Sam'l YV. Melton. ! It will be observed that the letter is j lated October G. l>S7(i. just a, litiie virile before tho final collapse of the Jhaniberlain Goveriinieiit. There was lothing wrong in asking "Dear Jo" j "or the loan of a hundred dollars it*j Dear Jo" had been in a position to nake the advance honestly. The story >t'liis stealing wa? well known the l:ifp ?f thn Afelron enistle. lie had lothing that, belonged to him honestly.! Lint :i still worse l**ntnre of the trans-1 iction is that, after asking for such a | avor. the immaculate Melton should ; ihnost instantly have turned around j uid smitten the hand which helped! lim. The i)iihlie have not yet forgot- ! en how "Dear Jo*' was handled by Mr. Melton in the Cardozo case. It is. perhaps,one of Mr. Melton's rreatest misfortunes that he will nor >e true to hi> friends. I saw a promi- | lent Republican politician irom j Charleston tiiis morning who used the wact language which I now quote: il" (Melton) has done some d?d nerni tricks, and I hope they (th<Di-mocraN) will scorch him like h?11. He wouldn't stand by his own party, ind h' is getting just what he de:erves;" j. c. II. C Ell HA f. FOODS. Fvo'J, tho Sc-<T.ilflc Am* ;can.i Dr. K. S. flaillard, the editor of rail lard's Mwlicnl Journal, of New Fork, requested Dr. E|?hr;iiii) ('utter, >f Harvard. to examine uiicroscopicaly ail these foods, and report results, kvith she design of demonstrating th? ?xaci value of cereal foods, showing Allien arc jrcnuine and which are de Alll'I I'llilll iJJUllLiJa 1/1 VIH* ;er presents these facts. <>ivai foods (wheat. oats, corn, rye md barley) com'aiii almost exclusively :lu!en and starch. Gluten is t.i.e y;iacioti? subs:ance of dough. By itself it secures complete and prolonged nutrition. Glulen is easv of digestion. Starch is incapable alone of sus-liiiing 'iff. Infants' food should bo i! g!u en and contain the least l>o*sii>le propo!'!i-?n of starch. In sickness starch jn highly injurious, while rluten i> liie-jrivi:i*r and restorative. Flour.?Three-fourths of the gluten is removed by taking out the bran to u:;ke it whiJe. and the chief strenirth >f the fo-d is thus desf roved. Imperial (ranum.?This cereal ranks j.ilv v. ifh common flour?no gluten. Ridge's Food.?No gluten?not even :ii? to flour. II?,riieU?s Food.?This approaches >>mm->n flour?no gluten. Mel leu's Food.?This stands high on ilic list. but. has not the full proportion jfglu e.i. dufcm Flour, N. Y. Health Food rP1i<? CMiiwi .ioinm.'\u no ^v/. aih ^auiv> c*o vvuiiiivii uwui ?*v/ i iiuion cells. Fine Flonr cf the Entire Wheat. Franklin Mills Co., Loekpwrt, N. V.? ! I3c=t flour examined. Full of gluten. A reliable in tain's food. Arlington Wheat Meal.?A cereal rrotuid coarsely without bolting. This is pure Graham flour, rich in gluten. Crosby's Brain and Nerve Food.? This claims to be vitalized phosphates from ox brain and wheat germs. Theie is very little gluten, if any. in rhis food, nor any other of the constituents which it claims. Blanchard's Glutena.?Ninety per cent, of starch and only ten of gluten? reverse exactly of its claim. T>?,-. T. TV1 r J?'?' ^tAlch. Xcstle's Milk Food or Lacteous Farina.?All starch?110 jarlutfU!. Anjrlo-Swiss Food.?A uiilk food with some jrluten :ii:d cooked starch. 13:i!>y is'/p. Nos. 1. 2. 3.?Containsall the element* of the oat ?an abundance :?f?!'!we?. Sustains its modest claims. kciimond's ('erealino.?Made up ot ivlieat starch?not sustained in it> claims. I)tirkec?s Glutena.?No gluten?full >f si arch. FarwcIKs Gluten Flour.?Xo jrluton. Victor's Baby Food.?Like cracker mm Discuu pound up. Pure Bermuda Arrow Knot of Taylor Bros.?The claim of purity is L'umic.il indeed. Minnesota Surprise Flour.?Xo gluen. Trade Dollar New Process Flour.? No <thit(-ii. liubball's Prepared Wheat.?Xo gluten. Mother's Cereal Milk Substitute.?A in I'j'iH i?llull. HawJey's Liebi<r's Food.?A good j food ;;nd its claims arc sustained. The following' food stuffs contain no duten: N. Y. Food Co.'s Cold Blast [lour; hurley flour; buckwheat flour; India wheat flour; Lost Nation wheat lour; common wli'-at flour: Ilazleton lour: Puritan flour; Patapsco flour: Jnderwood flour; fine granulated .vheat flour: Gorber's food for intams ind children (crackers ground); Germiltr fVvrwl Ive;i.'bev & Mattisoifs Infant's Food jonfiins no irhttcn. Savory & Moore's Food?same as loinmon flour. Mead's Huiled Wheat Flour?prcpa ations good. Dr. Giiilfard's summary is, that foods ire classed as nifro?renizod and 1:011jitro^enized. The nitroirenized foods, /?A ?IAf /lAllfotli r-fl.ttrtli ir HiVil UV/ live tVlHaiii Ct(U</(J? v.'l iit, arc necessary to repair the natural vear and (ear of all the true tissues of he body. Kepair of waste cannot he fleeted by those who consume only ion-nitro?rcnized foods, an exclusive liet of non-iiitrojrenized food being , atal if persevered in. Gluten is a litrogenized element?the life-susiainng element and is all-important as Dod for infants. COL. ASBVRY COWAltD. Am* pAQflAne fn* ?A Juet Tribute to a "Worthy Carolinian. From tie Yorkvllle Enquirer. The name of our honored fellowitizen, Col. Asburv Coward, is 1 rominentIy mentioned in connection ' nth the nomination for one of the '< Jongressmen at large from this State. 1 L writer in the Spartanburg Spartan I f last week brings forward Col. Cow- [ rd's name in the following terse but i cnnplimeHtary style: Editor Spartan: I bog leave. ' iirotigh your columns, to nominate j f lolonel Coward tor Congressman ar i ? irjre. Ilis ?fot>d practical sen.se. his i * lodest. merit ami his manly virtues I iiidcr liim eminently fit for the po<i- 1 on. 7.. '< To which the Spartan remarks edi>rial!y: 'This nomination is made by one i i ho has never been in politics and ( "bo never expects to be. Having * nown Colonel Coward for a jjnjr time ( o takes pleasure in bringing a man of i | [ nuine worth to the front. The edi-! i >r of the b'/jftrfn/t would endorse ali ! 1 tat is said and even more. Colonel : oward is an earnest and indefatiira- ! 1 !/ > i.,. i,. ? .wi.I ;i M- ? WJM'J, IIIT linu (luuiiiii^ii tiiitr jilityand lie has an unsullied charac- '1 r. We most heartily second this j * limitation." " j I A correepondent of the Anderson j iie.Uigp.ncer proposes Colonel Cow- j a (i's name as follows: Mr. Editor: Permit me through i if: medium ol' the Intelligencer to su%- j > i>t the name otTol. A. Coward, of j T ork, as one of the eanciid ites i'or ('on- j > e.-s at hirire from this Si ale. lie is a ; e jntlemau in the broadest sense and j 8 caning of the term, a soldier :nr el sans reprncke, and his qnaliti- j ti tions for the pi^iiioii are universally j ii unaided. lie was rvjimwl of the 5ih i O lament of South Carolina Volun- s y teers in tiic late war. and by his c;>nspicuousiiallantry and devotion ro duty earned a name and fame for himself and command that will be as enduring as history itself. 5?iiu*e the war he lias boon equally conspicuous as the enlightened Principal of Kind's Mountain Military Academy. In every relation of his life, whether a< prompt patriotic ami chivalrous and instructor of the voting tn?*n of our country, he has acted a noble and .successful part. Colonel Coward i* a representative of that lottv devotion to principle on a hijfh plane of politics characteristic of Southern Statesmen before the war. lie is also, and this is morn important in our present condition, progressive, and therefore fitted to understand and to advocate the needs ot the present rime. If a statesman be one who com bines the disposition to pnserv^ with the ability to improve, tiie:i South Carolina may expcct- in Col. Coward a representative worthv and true. Let iiis many friends throughout tlie Stare present and urge his claims for recognition at this time. \ndkksox. We find also the 1-^owinir ;:o;iisnuidcation in the last Camden Jour mil: Mr Editor: The names of several di>tin<rui>hed gentlemen of our State iiave been mentioned m connection with the position of Congrtsstijan at large. Without disparagement to the claims of any who have already been - 1'm.^.irt.ii* Ki> i>l.>,.<?<! i?r> il?p people, I <ksire to invite special attention ro a most true and worthy son. Although he has hitherto preferred the quiet, walks of.i retired lite as an instructor of the youth of our laud, and has heretofore declined to accept public office, he i> nevertheless ftillv compe enr for the important and responsible duties pertaining to this hisrh position. 1 therefore propose for the eonsideration and warm support of our Stare tluf name ol the pure patriot, the intrepid soldier and Christian gentleman, Col. A. Coward, ot Yorkviile, S. < Kkkshaw County. The Journal gives the above the following editorial endorsement: In another column will be >een the nomination of Col. A?burv Coward for i lie high and honorable position of (ongressman at large. We depart from our usual custom and editorially endorse t!ic same. No name has been mentioned in South Carolina, among the many which have been brought forward, that we more heartily and cordially approve. The services of thisable^nd accomplished scholar in the dark days of our civil struggle are not only familiar to those of his comrades who marched under him during ihat fearful period, but are known throughout the State. He was laithiul ai!(] true, wearing his sword with honor to hN State. At the clo-e of the war lie returned to the quiet grounds of Kihit's Mountain, and with that tideliy becoming a Christian gentleman he b<?ga? to rebuild the place which haw wasted during his absence. Quietly ai.d unobtrusively he lias remained at his post discharging his duties without show or ostentation, but carving deep -- - t- .c +\... c iiuom r.ue miiMis ui me vuuwj 01 uur State the impress of his own noble nature. We would be truly rejoiced to see Colonel Coward at Washington, and fee! assured that he would make tor .South Carolina one of her ablest and best representatives. Let us send hitn. From the Chester Bulletin, Elsewhere we publish from the Camden Journal a communication nominating Col. A. Coward, Principal of ivniJi's .uouiiimii iuiiuarv ocuooi --<1/ Yorkville. tor Congress at large. We :ilso reproduce with pleasure the Journal's editorial endorsement of Colonel C Jo ward for this honorable position, and oureelf would yield him the Bulletin's earnest support were it not for reasons of local significance. Thb Deathbed Robbeky Bill.?In the House, Mr. Tax lor, of Ohio, chairman of the committee to audit the expenses of the illness and death of President Garfield, submitted a bill and report on that subject. Mr. Blackwere referred to the committee of the whole. The bill appropriates for the relief of Lucretia It. Garfield the sum <>f 850.000, less any sum paid to the late President Garfield on account of his salary as President of the United States. It pays to Dr. Bliss $25,000. to Drs. Asrnew and Hamilton ?15,000 facli, to Drs. llevburn and Boynton $1<>.00(J each, to Dr. Susan Ed sou At txisi\l\ w? f\ A.? /-.A#k iu tVJllKUM r?. V/IUUJp ?>>.ouv. to the secretary of the navy $2,788.40, }<> \V. R. Spcare, undertaker, SI,835. to (J. If Jones, of E!boron, $ 1.01/2. and to various merchants and others sums varying1 from 50 cents to $1,000. It provides that when Surgeon-General J. Iv. Barnes shall be retired from active service he shall be placed on the retired list with the rank and pay of m::j.>r-general. It further provides that there shall be added to the medieul corps of the army one surgeon with the rank, pay and emoluments of lieutenant-colonel, and authorizes the President to promote J?s. J. Woodward to that position. Messrs. Sp. inger. Illaekburu and Lefevre, the minority of the committee, presented a Injur report io the House, protesting against the passage of the bill by the majority, and requesting its recommittal, with instructions to the committee to require all the beneficiaries of the bill to render accounts and furnish proof of the value of services rendered, and in case of allowance for professional services as phvsioians or stir geons to make such allowances only as would be properly chargeable against the estate of the President, and to provide in the bill when again reported such further appropriation of the increased salary as would cover the amounts audited for such professional services. Brkwstkk Smells Blood.?Two more letters from Attorney General Brewster to Dallas Sanders have been made public, one dated April 1, and the other April 10, both very long. In the second one the Attorney General says: "i caiiuoc see now juage liouu or Judge Bryan co'nld have decided other i i han they have decided, but it appears to me that informations or indictments containing such charges for conspiracy should have been permitted before this and filed as new and disitnet complaint? against these new parties wiio were irregularly introduced upon the former information. It is rather late in the day. These things might have been prevented, and I fear that the delay will either be the cause of the escape of some of these persons or involve fhe Government in heavy expense bereiferin pursuing th'-m. I am sine that they ought, to have been or ought to be indicted, 01 there would not be m attempt now to put thein in these informations. 1 do not want to be liarsh and exacting in this business, mt these matters involve questions of rreat magnitude, and the public at urge, the whole country are alive to it, ind any ueglcct or omission upon the jart of those in charge of these c:ises iviII be; a subject of very stern criticism, is it ought to bo." A Belt Canal.?The Kentucky Legslat lire has passed a bill chartering a j company to build a canal around the | Milire city of Louisville, a distance of I ...... K,. *..11 i J\i:i MA Billies* 1IIU1U Will lie U let 11 111 j hirty feci the whole way. thus afford- j n?r an unsurpassed water power for lit* driving of machinery, which will J ifibrd superior advantage and safety j or transportation purposes. The mthorized capital of the companv is ?0.000.<>00, but $1,(kjO,000 will be stificient for an organization. lions. E. ). Standford. Proctor Knott and I>aac ,ahlwell, ami -Mrs. b. 1. fcuit art mong the corporators. ?California's pasture lands, vineaids and wheat fields are now more notitable tlian licr gold mines. The ield from her mines is becoming less very year, while from the other ources'it if becoming greater. ?A big German colony is being esablished on the Cumberland plaieau, u Tennessee. It is under the direction f Cyrus Clarke, a prominent i'ean* j ylviiuiaa of practical view?. 1 DKnHHHBBBHMMnMniMBHi 1 i Good merchant, whenever he makes a n< 1 liis friends where they may find him. an< the most advantageous prices. Old and I -YOE I Are interested in this information, becai 1 things to wear. The undersigned prop* | of I)KY GOODS, FANCY GOODS, BC ' ?'? irwtitV tl?<? llf flIIV 1 UtS ^UUV 5UIV iw piuviij vuv - ^ -LA] i In the Comity. Having1 pnrchased the < : having added largelv to it by recent inv | assure my friends that whatever they inj j establishment. It shall be my constant i times, and to show a line of goods supei If my customers do not acknowledge th< ?KIL1 With kindness, it surelv <=ha!l not be my ain bound to convince them that whencv -AT 1 - * i - ^ i.! . n i ^tore m tnesomn enn or me wnn ouw i BROWN and F. E. PROPST, will be al | polite attention to all who may favor ine j to take a round at I he -KKATIN ; (nnd we all know thev do) I ran supply j ut very low prices. Come and see uie. Verv Respectful 1 v, JOSJ April 22 toe lore T J FOR THE. SPRING A > Received a fuU line of SPRING CLOTBI greatly r> duced. Middlesex Flannel]. guaj Spring stO';k of soft and stiff kals in all the Green, Granite and Pearl. <3-IE2>rTS' JiTJIRlTI This line is complete m ail gm ies irom z ning in size 34 to 44. SCAKF and TIES i of STRAW BATS, iD ell the ]r=ndir??r style*. Gaiters. li E ME MB EJ2 T1 Tel. I.. K3 OPPOSITE THE GRJXD CEXI /p?nuy\ BA?ls\_= ^\PA!N / 1 I A N'ever-T'iilinfj Cnre for Earns, ? Scalds, Bruises, Curs, Sores, etc. ; After forty years of trial. Perry V Davis' Paul Killer stands unrivaled. i It is safe! It acts immediately! It f * never fails! i * t ? Editor cf the St. Join CU. E.) ITerrs, fay3: < la wou.icLs, aciic3,$ai jS, s^res. rie.,.. 5 It is the vio^t c factual rci2< Cy we knew cr. ? ? J.'o family shoiid Oe without a LoUic or Itr | for a slagle hour. j sFrora tha Cincinnati Dispatch: We have wen l's magic effects, and knew; S It to be a good article. ; 8 From I. S. PottDr, U. S. Coacnl at Cxcfeld, ? 2 Ehenish Pruasia: After Ion'* ye.' r3 cf csc, I e.:n satined Itr 2 Is positively evident e.% r. fceulicg ic-.wiy 2 for vrounos, truism ar:d sprains. r 0 W. 17. Sharper, Yaldocta. Ga.. aay?: It is a jjanacca r .->r all crclscs tad bares. * Frczi R. "W. Adaacj, 23-co, He.: I It crave me lO ;iidi:ite relict ^ SlUICTviB sars: . la'orty years' t:? it r^vor hasfan^fi ne. ;W. "W. Lrm, KicholvUIc. V. Y.. to.7&: 1 I use your IV tk Kii.r.Ka It f rf'it"* p-da aad soreaessycnd *?cZ? v. <. oso 3 r.:.e magic. * J.W.D--* cavr.: i'orsc-IcLj-ard r-j- sitliC3CocrcsL 3 rTTTtTtT !>.* TIT I\*TX r.ZZZ.TH. w>! 1 a R::\r uatri^l remedy. I or forty > %; r~ 1 it h:v*T>? ?.n iit constant use; a:?<l iha*c v. L? | have used it liio lougx^st ere?.< is tji-./see. | lis succcssism^Vtfjf. 8 Since the Par.j IviUertvas ilrs tiutretlncee, i kun-lrcd* of now i nod 5siuf? havo ccr.? ? :x: | gone, wJiile I s?-d?r t'sit luedicine is jrore. ,J&2??^<?r r?Sr?^S^^?fc. J a bottle a>*r 5 doctors' l>il*s r:-"-/ c rv-*, ,*<; * ?. ,*)?cicp* | application of t?i? Fa!;*KUirT. r '. r.c^- , C rr-edicivies. iti* r-rr/ffi'-t rr<; rvr ri i n f * e lr.--.iCs * of a clsi'J. Try It onco i iior^r^I" ?r, s - 4 Jf 3 will prove its v?ln<?. Xo:-r drr>rrr::i?.l?a? if.; > at 50c. and S1.00 rpr J > PERRY DAVIS & COM, Prcjttjetcr-t, JIfeT |RECEIVED I o?o j SEW SPBITSTC3CA&ICO&&. I i ALSO, TIIE BEST MAKE Up j? NEW CORSET, WHICH WE SELL VEIIY LOW. o?o ! GREAT REDUCTION IN PIU(Jh& Glssiflg Out fitter GOODS, WITHOUT REGARD TO VALUE!? Having determined to close out I all our ttt r \T'n-nr? n/\/\r\n WliNlMt tfUUiW, regardless of value to make, room for i Spring Goods, it will be to the imtereit of all to examine our STOCK AND PRICES before purchasing elsewhere. An earlj call of inspection ia cordially solicited. P. LAN32CZ3B & B20. Feb 28 TOWS" OKMXASrCE. SECTION SEVEN, of an Ordinance passed March 1st, 1678. is published for tLo information of the jnbho: Be ii further Ordained, That it shall no be lawful for any person or persons to per mit hogs goats, shevp, cows or gft*>e to ran at large or to mind them for paslura/jr within the corporate limits of the town.'" mid<rr a t>en:iltv of :weiit.r-fivr> fpnr.fi iirr hca'l for violation of this Ordinance. By order of < ouiicii: E. CKANDLEE, Ckrk. Mob 1? JPJl IINTS, ETCTwcntv-five gallon* of ''Prepared Paint," of various shades and color?. One hundred cans Ecady Mixed Paints fl and 2 round size^ at reduced price, for ta!e at the Pniir Store of W. E. AIKEN. Also Fiftj Miller Almanac for fair by Yt. E. AIKEN. Feb 28 bw departure, alwavs desire? to inform' tl where, also, they may buy goods at FNG? '.|j use evervbodv likes to have pretty ' -m >ses to keep constantly on hand a stock )OTS. SHOES, HATS, etc., which wilt gentleman or . sntire stock of B. Sugenheimer, and oices from the Northern markets, 1 can, iy desire can be fonud at ray new endeavor to keep fully np with the ior to any ever brought to this markets eniselves almost fault. Whatever else they may feel, I J^[ cr they want bargains they should C4ii flinjf. Mv salesmen, Messrs. A. W. - . ways at their posts, ready to giv$ i with a call. If the young people wish " ^1 G-RINKthem with SKATES of good quality EPH GROESCHEL. ? AGENT. .fi o Tii8 front | .1) SUMMER OF 1882! Nvr, for children, boys and men, at pricdjr. .'[Ui ran tee J wool and will not fade, for $12.50/ latest shapes and colors, of Blue, Black, GOODS. oi be Imported to Domestic Underwear, nil' - ^ n all shades and styles. Also, a fnll lin#. fonts' line low quarter an? IE PLACE, [HTA RD, VBAL HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C. ~ " JM AGENJ^^I S JILa^c3 PHrL CLOTH I^HH MADE. TO ORDER. I CALL AND LOOK AT S A.MPLES I AND HAVE YOUR ; '/ MEASURE TAKEN!: ST7ITS-GUARANTEED TO EETI ' ? ^ J. M.^ CARD WELL THRESHER, SWEEPSTAKES THRESHES, BUCKEYE MOWER AND REAPER, CANTON MONITOR ENGINE, TRADE MONITOR ENGINE, BOOK WALTER ENGINE, LITTLE GIANT COTTON AKD HAY PRESS. WE are Agents for the abcr* -4^ HMSRY, Which vre guarantee, and vill seJl ior uis.'i or sstisiactory paper on time. J. Z McMASTER cj- CO Jk Ap 15 V -jM THE BEST REftlEBY FOR fl Diseases of tte Tiirost asi Lieu, Aye Ws a"safe*s?jd reiijvbl*' remwly ^nwaJj ^ ' \ CmKKIvT PliCTOKAj# ^ Si /X is such a remedy, It is a ; $? i' con>Tiitiatioa ol thy medicinal pnncs? CHERRT ft^?EJB3 -. ;i u drugs. cL-niicallT tli? greatest poss?? fbM We efficiency, and " ^ DT/TAD n r uniformity of re? nlvi \Jr*t\L. suits. It strikes &f - .'iSsBi the foundation of all pulmonary disease*, affording prompt relief and rapid cure*, and is adapted to patient# of any age or either sex. B<nng very palatable, thf^ . , youngest children take it readily. Inordinary Cou^lts, Colds, Sore Throaty Bronchitis, Influenza, Clergyman's. Sore Throat, Asthma, Croup, and Catarrh, the effects of Ayku's Citkkk* Pectoral are inagieal, and multitudes are annually preserved from serious itW * 1s9H uess by its timely and faithful use. 1^ ; should be kept at hand in every hons?? ~ - wnu lor (.uts jxoKcaoa jt aitorus in su<i* H den attacks. In Whooping-cough and Consumption there is no other remedy to efficacious, soothing, and helpful. Low prices are inducements to try some of the many mixtures or syrn;>*, % -Inade of cheav and ineffective ingred*. ents, now offered, wnich. as tliey coa? tain no curative r.:i:ii:ti^s. <-an affortl only temporary rc:Iie:', and arc sure ? disapi>oin* the patient. ]>iscascsof tb* throat and lungs demand active anil effective treatment; and it is dangerous experimenting with unknown and cheap medicines, from the great liability thajl these di?,a.<?cR may. while so trifled with, become deeply seated or incurable. Us$ Avek's Chskjiy Pkctokal, an<l you may confidently expect the l>est results JoA It is of acknowledged curative power, and is as cheap as its emvhtl preparation and fine ingredients will allow. Emi> nent physicians, knowing its compost tion, prescribe it. The test of half % century has proven its certainty t? corf .gM all pulmonary complaints not already beyond the ieacii of human aid. fiDCDinra dv nn i n iwpa * aa J rntrnimu 01 uri. j. w. Mien ftactiol and Analytical Chemist^ - ..vj^ Mia >7 AU. ?wu??x*Ta fiTsarwEU?