The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, May 06, 1885, Image 2

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* ?P?a%v?5 . V" . l^mHiaiMi THf MWS AND HEKALf. ] wrv~v?r-. c / > i ,. v- ?l U? V# SSh ^ :JIK 55 ?r I kg- ? #v *r ' I WEDNESDAY, MAT G._ : : : !S85 j ry<>. ?l RETS OKI) S. I &Z. xcj&oxjtLm T "DiTc: sCol. T. Stobo Farrow, of South Carolina, has been appointed to a $2,000 position in the Treasury De V. pipartment. ' " Admiral Jouett has informed the j r. - i . !Nary Department that he will go to f*.Papains, and hopes that he may be able to settle the difficulties now existing1. Forest fires are raging in many of the mountain counties of Virginia, and hrrit&iags.in many cases are endanger\ se&Lj It is stated that the a loss is the " *Beavfest for years. Gexeral Grant receives each month the sum of ,$1,333.33, which is onetwelfth of his" annual salary as General of loocf va i^UlCU iiOCr. JL UiO i-J iviu-v enough to keep him comfortable iithis declining years. 'The Government is negotiating to move $35,000,000 from the mint in San Francisco to the mint in New York. The lowest bid for the transferring of it is $S.25 per $1,000, bnt this does not come within the appropriation of Con gress for that purpose. Majoe Caetee Harrison-, of Chicago, has brought suit in the Circuit * Court against the Inter-Ocean Publishing Company for $200,000, and one against Edwin Lee Brown and the Inter-Ocean Company jointlv for $400,v 000. '"V" ~ Senator Mahoxe seems to be the most prominent candidate for Governor. of Virginia on the Republican ticket. It may be that be has lost some of his power in that State, bnt ifc will ..be well for Virginia Democrats to be :^ on the alerfc and prepared for any emergenev. ? miij The following will be good news to those who have made application for office under the Federal Governmenr: Speaking ot the Democratic rnsh for office, so-frequently allnded to by the Aiwonf* o pokinnf infnrmc u? vovuivb viuwi *-?. tor McClare that there arc riot recommendations or names an file in the departments for half the offices that are qow vacant. The rumor which has been afloat for some days to the effect that General Jackson would decline the Mexican . mission is denied by the Savannah ITeics. He has not declined and hopes v?e kticinocc c<*\ ihftfr vla mflv W iU<J V/IM1UVCW CV Wiiwv **v be iB Mexico at the time he originally intended, which will be not later than : : the 20th of May. r We are pleased to note the appointment of Judge John E. Bacon, of South Carolina, charge d'affaires of the United States for Paraguay and Uraguay. His appointment was recommended bv __ the entire South Carolina delegation, and the action of the President will give entire satisiacrion^n|^M^p^?f ?????-v The capital of "West Virginia has again been changed. On last Satnrday the archives, government property and the State officers left for Charles ton, which under the Act passed in 1879 becomes the permanent seat oi the government. It is the second time ' Wheeling has ceased to be the capital of the State. . 1 <m p "WiLLLAii Dickson, who was acquitfp?l snnrtA davs ao-o for attemntin<r to o- - - I = eorrnptlyiirflnence the jury in the first star-route trial, of which he was foreman, has brought suit against ex-Attorney-General Brewster for libel. He lays his damages at $50,000 .for saying that Dicksou "sold the trial." Mr. Brewster maue this remark to a newspaper correspondent in Philadelphia. Ix reply to a circular sent out by the treasary department, relative to the simplification and the reduction of the forces employed in the customs' service, Collector Johnston, of Charleston, transmitted a report in which he reccommends that a redaction of several thousand dollars can be made in expenses by dispensing with the services of several clerks without injuring the business of the office. Senator Blaik, of New Hampshire, , . t , J% , iL wfto recently look a inp mrougn inn South, said the following to a representative of the Commercial Advertiser on the negro problem: ^ \ A There can be no doubt that the colr. ' x ored man will be the subject of gravr legislation in the near future unless educational influences can be exerted more strongly than they are at present to pat him in a better wav rounder-, stand his own condition ami the requirements of freedom. . The adjutant-general 01 me - army pots the strength of the militia forces of Soath Carolina as follows: General officers, 8; general staff officers, 81; regimental field and staff officers, 54; company officers, 328; non-co m missioned officers and privates, 4,036. This is the regular organized troops of the State. The number of meu available for duty in the State is placed at 115,V. 000. If called upon we would be able to raise a right respectable army. The war situation ori Saturday was "i- favorable to a peaceable adjustment of the existing difficulties between England and Russia, and it was stated that they had found a way out, but Sunday's n$ws^*asaotso encouraging. A telegram from London dated May 2 sums " up the-situation as follows: To-night the Anglo-Russian situation is one of uncertainty. There is abso^lately do war news, no peace news and no news of a truce. 2v:o one, that is noone outside of ministerial circles, is warranted in drawing any concln- i sion whatsoever from this abnormal coxxixtkmof affairs. - jTsb following- is an extract from a letter written by Senator John Sher-1 man to a. friend in Tennessee: I bare long desired to visit several cities of the South for my own information, and, if possible, to remove j/sejedip . and jeliese the. apprehen sions of a large number of Southern people tnat Republicans like myself do not have the same hearty desire to promote *heir interests ami prosperity of our own State and section. Per- j U /V.11 T t, T ^ A ^ nays ntixi, iau i iiia\ uu auie IU uu su. The people of tlie South will be glad I to learn that this prominent Itepnbli- j can has at last decided to visit thein, j and see for himself what kind of peo- J pie we have in the South. A\rr?vn the callers ?! thft White i House last week was Gen. Fitzhagh j Lee, of Virginia, it being the second ; time he has entered it since the war. I I On that occasion a number of news- j papers annoyed him by paragraphs j asserting that he was an applicant for r* Panama! f ^ <-\V? Thfl \] ?<\\XT 1 T>Cf I cfc l'UUUlftl AilV j taken from the correspondent of the j New York Herald shows plainly that j he docs not care for a position under ! the Federal Government: He does not want any office, he! says, except that of the Governorship of his own State, and he feels certain that he not ouly will receive the nomination this fall but will be elected. General Lee was accompanied 'bv several ladies, and said he called more on their account than his own. During Mr. Arthur's administration some difficulty arose in the war department between Secretary Lincoln and j General Sheridan as to the latter's authority, Mr. Lincoln claiming that a general officer in the army had no power except that given by the President or Secretary of War. On account of General Sheridan's over-bearing disposition Secretary Lincoln found it necessary to tighten the reins, and as t-hia cat-no difflpnltv priefs fit nrfiSfillf. /r-Mvw "v r Mr. Endicott has found it nccessary to follow the example set by his predecessor, and show the general that he is at the head of the department. It is said that the President will in a short time, by a written communition, define the power and authority of each, and end the present conflict of authority. The President on the 28lh of April appointed Major D. F. Bradley to be Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of South Carolina vice E. M. Bravton, suspended. Maj. Bradley was endorsed by the entire delegation from this State, with the exception of Senator Hampton, who has since recommended him for the position. This appointment will be received with entire satisfaction by the people of the State. He ha^ discharged faithfully ail duties which he has been called upon to perform. Maj. Bradley is a lawyer by profession, and is also the editor of the Pickens Sentinel. Accept our congratulations, brother editor, and best wishes for success in your new field of labor. Let the good work which has been commenced continue. Mr. William S. Roberts, president A nrVi?/^K on C. VI. UUV XJ Lkkk t\ UX AUp LAOVvAj ?? UiVii "JUJ pendcd sometime ago, was arrested in Augusta some\ days ago by an officer from New YorSk. It seems that some time ago a?j*:' J^ctment was found by a grand New York against Mr. Kobe jjBSgUie charge [nisition vqps duly flBfflfrHjpIhe Governor of New York gia. It seems that some bonis were deposited in the Bank of Augusta belonging to the Bethlehem Iron Works of Pennsylvania. It is charged that Mr. Roberts obtained $10,000 apon these bonds from a New York bank. Mr. Roberts was permitted by the officer to consult counsel, and a writ of habeas corpus was served npon him. The result of the affair will be awaited with interest. A special telegram to the Sunday N~sics gives an account of another shooting scrape in Lancaster county in which Bartlett Sims shot W. R. Robert?, it is feared fatally. There had been some misunderstanding between the two at a trial justice court, and after leaving a dispute arose between thera with the result above stated. This is the third shooting scrape"-*^ Lancaster within the last two months, and all on account of the ready pistol. At the last term of Court at Lancaster, if we are not mistaken, there were three murder ca^es. 0:ilv two months have elapsed since that time, and it probable that there will be three more. There is certainly something very radically wrong in our sister j-, which can only be remedied by cnrorcing the law in reference to carrying concealed weapons, and teaching men by example that human life is too dear to be los t by a petty difficulty in which the ready pistol is used. Evolution Xortli and South. The position of the Rev. Dr. Woodrow on the doctrine of evolution, has caused no little comment from the press of this and other States./ The New York Times sa^*: The Rev. Dr. Woodrow, who was compelled to resign his professorship in a Southern Prepjyterian Theological Seminary because he taught a moditied doctrine ol evolution, is to be tried iUl liV>i uo > The South has been eminently conservative in religions matters. Southern ministers have, to a great extent, ignored all schools of religious thought that differ from that in which thev have been educated. The Catholic revival in the Episcopal Church, which has made such great advances in England ard in many dioceses in our Northern States, has few adherents in the South, where the bishops are nearly all Low Churchmen, and where the great majority of the laity hoid "evangelical" theories. On the other hand, rationalism is regarded with horror in the South, and any ap^ proach toward liberalism among Southern Presbyterians, Baptists and Methodists is instantly repressed. In the South a belief in the inspiration and infallibility of every word of the Bible and the literal truth of the Mosaic nrr>rtnr>t r\f thp w'pnfinn fhonchl. to V* v. c?? - I be an essential part of the Christian J creed, and all the results of Biblical! criticism daring the last half century j are treated as though they did not j exist. In the North a Presbyterian minister could hold and teach the views held by Dr. Wood row without incurring censure. Dr. McCosh, the venerable head of the chief Presbyterian college, and perhaps the leading man in his~denomination, lodg ago said that there was rt' ,. yii _ I no necessary conflict Deiween i^uristianity and the hypothesis of evolution, and no one dreams of accusing KS jahM^jfiag iJTmuiffliwnMHw him of heresv. Dr. Woodrow has! never given as unreserved ait apology for evolution as. this, and yet he is to be tried as a heretic. The trial will he interesting, since it will decide whether a nan can be at once a Presbyterian and an euointionist. The hypothesis of evolution has been invented since the .invention of Presbvterianism, and whatever may be the opinions ot mclivKlnal southern Presbyterians, evolution cannot be decided to be a heresy unless it can be shown to be clearly in conflict with the Presbyterian confession of faith. The fact that snch a trial could. not at this day be held at the North shows in a very striking way the difference between the North and the South in their respective attitudes toward modern religious thought. It would seem from this that there is a considerable difference between the North and the South in religious questions, but whether in reality they are farther advanced is a "question which ittill nr\f otfomnf one tirm* "Rnf ? V, ,???! IV/ a.WHU. ""V it looks now as if Dr. "Woodrow will not be tried. Ik He a I>emoerat ? The question whether Mr. James M. Morgan, the recently appointed consul, is a Democrat or Republican still renr.AV?f>Tr?Ai?A/l f A f t> A Ortflf rtf i ATI LLJ41U9 uuaxld? CI cu iu IUC WlUJiaOUVil of the public. The following is a clipping taken from the New York Evening Post: An explanatory statement, semiofficial in character, has been put forth iu reply to a paragrah of ours on the political action of Mr. James M. Morgan in the Presidential campaign. It Ts affirmed that Mr. Morgan "has always been a Democrat and was a supporter of Cleveland." Our reply is that Mr. Morgan spent most of the /*onir?Qinrn noiMArl in Vfitr VAVL' rifp VA*4Ur",o'-' AVS* A " . ? and that he was, while there, openly and notoriously a Blaine partisan, and an earnest believer in the success of the Republican ticket. Oar conclusion upon the whole matter is that Mr. Jatnes M. Morgan is a soldier of fortune, of Democratic prepossessions, but without fixed principles; that he became convinced that Mr. Blaine would be elected, and hastened to put himself on that side of the fence; that after Mr. Cleveland's election was ascertained he had a recourse to a large family connection in the South who were irlad to co-operate in any plan for biiletinsr him on the <rovernment. and who naturally chose the utmost parts of the earth for his official domicile. An editorial in the Xeics and Courier flatly denies that Mr. Morgan was a Blainite in the last campaign. The Evening Post says he was.' Who is correct? Certainly there is enough of evidence one way or the other to settle the dispute. If in his pamphlet last year Mr. Morgau shows himself a i. i... ~ o .L/euiuurabj \vu) auv 4115*1iuur But the Evening Post is not the only paper which says that Mr. Morgan advocated Mr. Blaine's election last fall. The correspondent of the New York World from Washington has something to say of the pamphlet written by Mr. Morgan. It is said thatJJja pamphlet was wrjittejLU^tJvSfrr&Iaine's nomination, but the following quotation from if goes to prove the fact that he liacl^feen nominated and that he a&tfcated his election: Mr. Blaine has as exalted ideas of the honor and sancitv of American citizenship abroad as ever was entertained of the honor and sancity of the British name by Palmerston or Bea consneid. Put :mt:-:Bhrnie~iTit?.--tbrcr executive chair, and, ten to one, Mexico will no longer violate the hospitality and law of nations in the person of inoffensive Americans. In the days of President Blaine will be peace, but peace with honor." . Is not this conclnsive evidence that Mr. Morgan, if not a Republican, at least was an admirer of Blaine and an advocatc of his election ? It certainly seems so to us. Wc fear Mr. Morgan is very much like some of the government clerks at Washington?a Blaineite before the election, but a Clevelandite and a true Democrat since. (Gladstone's TriumphMr. Gladstone, on the 27th of April, brought up the subjcct of the vote of a ; i _-c e.r.r Arvn ??1 .. u.. uieuii ui ^ouy\AJ\jy\AJ\j mjvcu iui u\ iut; government on the army and navy i &?count. The Premier supported his position by one of the most powerful speeches of his life, and the result was that the House voted the entire amount j asked for by the government. Mr. Gladstone said in his spcech that lie did not feel called upon to define the degrees of danger of a war, but that in the event of one ber Majesty's government conld challenge the verdict of civilized mankind whether or not they had used every jast and honorable effort to prevent the struggle between these two great nations, the result of which could only be bloodshed and destruction. The English Goverment secins inclined to play quits in the Soudan, as Mr. Gladstone said that nothing could be gained by continuing the struggle, as Englaud's possession of Khartoum would not put a stop to the slave trade, "and therefore it would be useless to shed blood and treasure in the Soudan." In commenting upon the late strug gle, in which the covenant between England and Russia made 011 the 16th of March bad been broken, he said: England considered it the duty of both countries to ascertain how the calamity occurred. He would not anticipate that the British were right. He felt perfect confidence in the British officers, but he would not assume that they might not have been misled. He i would not say that the Government possessed all the facts in the case. They possessed facts which created an impression adverse to some of those formed by the other party to the covenant, but they would not deviate from the strictest principles of justice by anticipating anything of the ultimate issue of a fair inquiry, which they are. desirous of prosecuting. The cause of the collision is perhaps doubtfnl, but it is certain that the Russians were the I attacking party, aud that the Afghans snnercu in me, spim ana repine. Knowing that a blow has been struck at the credit and authority of our ally, we are unable to close the book and to ' say we will not look into it any more. We must do our best to have right done in the matter. Therefore there is cause for war preparations. He hoped the House would not delay its assent, which would only tend to propagate there and elsewhere the opinion that there was some indecision in the mind of Parliament, whereas he believed that one heart and sole purpose animated them. He believed that while reserving absolute liberty to V jndge the conduct of the Government and to visit them with its consequences, they would go forward to meet the demands of justice and the call 01 honor and only subject to justice and honor to labor for the purposes of peace. The speech of Mr. Gladstone is said to be one of the finest efforts of his life, and the English press is unceasing in its praises. The Post, editorially, says: "The fact that the war credit was voted without any one venturing a reply to Gladstone is "unprecedented rliic nt* out? r*fhor /?nnnfrr ing the situation from the standpoint of this speech, war seems to be inevitable. Already it is reported that there has been a second engagement between the forces. It is generally supposed that some definite action will be taken by the first of the month. Our whole country awaits with deepest interest the result of the difficulty. OUR DEAD HEROES. t>-r-nr rcTTTrn t?v T>"E,r\T"rT7CT "Corer their-graves with flowers, Cover them oV.r with beautiful flowers, Deck with garlands these brothers of ours, Lying so silent by night and by day, Sleeping the years of their manhood away? Tears they had marked for the joys of the brave, Which now they must pass in the mouldering grave; All the bright laurels they watched to bloom Fell from their life to cover iheir tomb. Give them the meed they won In the past, Give them the honors their future forecast, Give them the chaplets they won in the strife. Give them the laurels each bought with a life; Cover them over?yes, cover them over, Parent, husband, brother and lover: Viu?ii in juui ucai to ucnu ui ours And cover them o'er with beautiful flowers, And when the long years have rolled slowly away, E'en to the dawn of earth's funeral day, When at the archangel's trumpet and tt&ad, Rise up the faces and forms of the dead? When the great world its last judgment awaits, And heaven at last swings open its gates. And our long column m^hes silently ihrough T>~ IUa i- ^4-r, rasb tne ^;icu-u captain, iui nuai icvitw. Then from the blood which has flowed for the right Crowns shall spring up, untarnished and bright, Then the glad ears of each war-martyred son Proudly shall hear the good tidings, 'Well done!' Blessings for garlands to cover them overParent, husband, brother and lover. God will reward these dead heroes of ours, . And He will cover tiiem over witn flowers:" HE KTLLED HIS FATHER. '-v. A Young Man who Murdered his Father Id Mississippi Four Tears ago Captured in Spartanburg. ^ " [ brcm the Spvrfifiilmrg Herald.] J?of September, 1880, a farmer ofSpringdale, Lafayette county, Miss., was waylaid and shot through the side. He managed to reach home aud lived about three days. In his ante-mortem statement he charged the crime on his son, Isaac Newton Goodwin. He stated that after he was shot his son came up aud tried to brain ' him, but that by a desperate resistance ? * - _i T tr O .. J JMt ns prevented it. j.saac r*. vtuuujh was arrested for murder, butJ^fl . IHli?l> || Mil ^Pj the magistrate. He immediaterM^H and went to Texas. His wife lollop' ed him, but was forced by his ill-treatment to return to her father for protection. She subsequently obtained a divorce. About two years ago Good win came to this county and lived with relatives near Parris Postoffice, nnder the assumed name of Milton E. Goodwin. Last October he married Miss Emma Ezell (a niece of Mr. A. C. Ezell,) who is now left worse than a widow, and is soon to become a mother. His whereabouts recently became known to the officials of Lafayette conntv, and arrangements were per-, felted fbr">his anm-ehension. On last 1 Thursday night bepntv Sheriff O. M. Gentry surprised and captured him at his house near Parris, and lodged him in jail here. Deputy Sheriff Sbive, of Mississippi, was en route for this place when the arrest was made. Goodwin is a man past 31 years of age, with dark hair and complexion and an unprepossessing countenance. The chain of evidence against him is a strong one, but he nevertheless confidently asserts that he will be able to establish his innocence. He will be take^ to Oxford, Miss., as soon as the necessary requisition arrive, and will be tried at "the Coart of Sessions, which convenes at that Dlace on Moudav next. A Poor Italinn Finds S75.000 in Gold. bignor A. Vatuone, the person who has suddenly come into the possession of a fortune, is one of the proprietors of the Hotel d'Italia, corner of Pacific and Sansome sts., San Francisco, Cal. He drew the $75,000 in the February drawing, on ticket No. 26,600, in The Louisiana State Lottery for $5; He is a little, black-eved Italian, about 35 years of age, and bears a very good character. He takes his good fortune very quietly. He has put his money away, without having made any change ' yet. He made his brother a present of; $10,000, and is going to celebrate bis fortune by keeping house ail next Sunday.?San Francisco (Cal.) Chronicle March 3. * / 1 f Some Preaidential Appointments. ' Washington, April 29.?The President made the followingappointments: Charles L. Scott, of Alabama, to be minister, resident and consul-general of the United States to Venezuela, salary $7,500; Warren Green, of Kentucky, consul-general at Kanagawa, Japan, salary $4,000; John E. Bacon, of South Carolina, charge d'affaires of the Cm ted States at Montevideo for Paraguay and Uraguay, salary $5,000. To be consuls of the United* Staces, Berthold Greenbanin, of California, at Apia, Somoa, salary $2,500; Albert Loeninsr, of New York, at Bremen, salary ~$2,500; Joseph B. Hughes, of Ohio, at Birmington, England, salary $2,500; John H. Putman, of Ohio, at Honolulu, salary ^,wu; victor A. Sartori, of Pennsylvania, at Leghorn, salary $1,500; Robert E. Withers, of Virginia, at Hor.gKong, salary $5,000. The President to-dayappointed John S. Williams, of Indiana, to be third auditor of the treasury department, vice E. W. Keigbtley, whose resignation has been accepted to take effect on the 30th instant. ?Ayer's Cathartic Pills are the best medicine that can be employed to correct irregularities of the stomach and bowels. Gentle, yet thorough in their action, they cure" constipation, stimilate the digestive organs and the appetite, and cleanse, build up and also 1 strengthen the system. * ?L. Q. Washington telegraphs to the New Orleans Picayune that, in the long ran, the Congressional dele- 1 gation of South Carolina will control appointments, '-,/S - ' J THE SUKRENDEE, AT APPOMATTOX, j - J UCLGkLAX. D VUit* VVUiUJISOUlJ WO AW^VO , with Lee's Chief of Staff. ;i Brig-Gen. M. 11. Morgan, of Balti-; more, after reading the recollections j 1 of Col. Charles Marshall, chief of Gen. I Lee's staff, of the surrender at AppoMrtff A\? OTiMfnC i t , >T I x: vo "I was present as an officer of G?m. sc Grant's staff at the meeting at which i the terms of surrender were agreed j ( upon and I find Col. Marshall's account ] the most accurate 1 have yet seen pub-1 lished. Gen. Grant \tk dressed as to ! , uniform as lie had been for months 1 { past. He was accompanied by mem- j bersof his staff, all ol whom wore in fro-: duced to Gen. Lee by Gen. Seth Wil- M liams, who had been Lee's adjutant1 when the latter was'superintendent of j the Military Academy at West Point. | The members of Gen. Grant's staff remained in the room alter having been ' introduced. In the course of the proceedings Ge/i. Lee asked Gen. Grant i to have his army fed, and the latter ' turned to me, his chief commissary, and instructed me to feed Gen. Lee's' army in the manner related in the ac- < companying- copy of a letter written by |, me April 25, 1879, to Gen Badean: j. " 'Headquarters Department ok ; Dakota, Office Chief Commissary of j ( Sf-.. Paul. Minn.. Anril ! , 25, 1879. -Dear Badeau: Your favor j ( of April 7 was received yesterday. 11 remember the matter you allude^to in , your letter very well. After the terms ] for the surrender of Lee's army had . been arranged (April 9, 1S65,) Gen. Lee asked Gen. Grant to have rations issued to his army. Gen. Grant, turn- ' iug to mn, said, 'Colonel, feed Gen. ; Lee's army.' I asked, 'How many 1 men have they? Gen. Grant repeated me question, addressing Gen. Lee. 1 Gen. Lee went into an explanation to show whv he conld nottell the number : of his men. He said, 4I have no complete organization in my army. Many ; companies are commanded by uoucommissioned officers; the books arc lost.' When he got thus far I said, suggestively, 'say 25,000.' Gen. Lee , said, 'ves, 25,000/ 1 went from the ! room at once and meeting Col. M. P. Small, chief commissary of Gen. Ord's i army, asked him if lie could spare me three days' rations (I think it was three days) of beef, salt and bread, for the arinv of Northern Virginia, numbering *25,000 men. He said, 'I guess I can.' I was not at all certain he could do'it, because we had been haviijg some lively marching, and T doubted if the provision trains and herd were up witn xne. troops, out oraau was equal to the emergency, and I told him to issue the rations. You remember we started back to City Point the afternoon of the next day, April 10, and I did not take much more interest in the number of men constituting the army of Northern Virginia. I have since learned that the number of men of that army was at time, officers and men 26,115, divided as follows, viz: Cavalry corps, officers 213, men 1,501; artillery corps, officers 1,527, men 13,333: Gordon's crows, officers 674. men 5,833. Total officers 2,951; total men 23,464. You may be certain that this is correct. You may remember that Fitz Lee went off with his cavalry and Gen. Lee sent out after him to come in and gflflffinfjpiv He canm^j^^think, at terwel mbe r youYwvp well and pleasant!)" JUDGE WYLIE'S COURAGE. Anecdote of the Trial and Execution of I Mrs. Surratt?Opposing the Country. t_j ? ...i.. t i ouugu AKurew o. u vnc uj. uic jl/istrict of Columbia, who recently asked that the President appoint his successor, twenty years a^o distinguished | himself as a bold and fearless judicial i officer by performing an act-which 1 brought down upon his head the cen- i of his political friends , *at the time.. It was < pter the trial of the assassination con suinuurs, wiieu mi uau uwti uuiivicteu . and sentenced to be hanged, including ; that ill-fated or unfortunate woman and friend of John Wilkes Booth, Mrs. ' Mary D. Surralt. The latter's couu- ] sel had resorted to every known I method under the law and bv petition to secure a commutation of Mrs. Sur- 1 ratt's sentence of death, but in vain. As all must remember who read the 1 occurrences of that day, the conspira- < tor had been tried by court martial, > and even the counsel for the defence < of Mrs. Surratt (Hon. Eeverdv John- 1 ston, of Maryland,) had been objected s toby the prosecution. It was ncces- J sary to resort to a desperate move in order.to save Mrs; Surratt, or to even 1 have her life respited for a few days. 1 President Johnson was deaf. He even i declined to give Mrs. Snrratt a desp.ite ] for a day to prepare to meet her God. 1 Not "knowing whether a Judge < woald be found who would dare do { sncli a thing, yet Mrs. Surratt's coun- ] sei, naving a swobs' case ana new evidence, drew up a paper and presented , the tacts, and determined to pray for a writ of habeas corpus. The crisis ^ was a desperate one. The counsel ( called at the residence of Judge Wylie j at 2 o'clock on the morning set for { Mrs. Surratt's execution. They rang ( the bell. Some one came to the front ] window of the second story and gruffly ( demanded. "What is wanted?1' Judirc Wylic, partly dressed, came down stairs and admitted the two lawyers, 1 who stood trembling in his presence. j He, the Judge, turned on the light in 1 the hall and looked at the document ] they presented. Standing there under ' the'gas burner, Judge Wylie read the ] document through without a word, 1 and then retired to a rear room for a i 1 minute. The counsel were in dread j( saspense. They conld hear their i hearts beat. Prejudice ran high in j T "Washington, and it was not thought a l Tn/1/*n AAI-IM Knf/mn/1 mlm nrAiil/1 iccnA 1 . t/UU^Vy US/UiU ly^/iVUUVi H1IV If UVllU IO.JUV a writ of habeas corpus for Mrs. Surr^itt. The Administration, President Johnson; the Secretary of War, Mr. Stanton; the Judge Advocate General, an excited army and nary, and an excited populace, demanded the han<r- j ing of Mrs. Snrratt. Judge \Vylie had not long been on the bench and bad everything to lose and nothing to gain by issning a writ. He returned * to the counsel and said quietly, but 1 firmly: "Gentlemen, your points are ? well taken." He signed a writ to ? bring Mrs. Surratt before him that ^ mornino-. 3 After the writ was served President 1 Johnson suspended the writ of habeas ? corpus. "This act of Judge Wylie was one s that places him in rhe character of one { of the boldest and most upright Judges ] of modern times," said a Washington f lawyer in relating the incident. ~ . j ? ? > 15 The Exposition's Biggest Day. **.T rv * ?..-i rtA riM 1 1NEW <JKLEAN5, iipi'H OKJ.? LIivrc ~ was a great outpouring of visitors at 5 the Exposition to-day in honor of Louisiana Day. It is estimated that r from 70,00u to 75,000 persons were : -v present, and that the gate receipts will \ t amount to $20,000 or 822,000. ]SIili-; 5 tary and fire companies and charitable I ( associations were present, and added c animation fco the scene. | ( ! T ?The "constantly tired-out" feeling I 60 ofcen experienced is the result of impoverished blood, and consequent enfeebled vitality. Avcr's Sarsaparilla feeds and enriches the blood, in- s creases the appetite, and promotes I digestion of the food, and the assimi- c lation of rts strengthening qualities, e The system being thus invigorated, a the feeling rapidly changes to 'a grate- ? fuj sense of strength and energy. * f t / / GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. ?The Chinese forces have evacuated j lan?rso2i. ? Tlie trial of Hichard Short-., who nurderously assaulted Captain Phelan, )Ciran in Xe\v York last Friday. ?A if an Francisco dispatch states hat Gen. Irwin McDowell may be :xpected lo tlie at any moment. ?The publication of tlic revised j idition of the Old Testament h:?s been I postponed iiiitii the 19th insl. ?F. L. Cardoza, "of South Caroli1a," has resigned Iii< place in the i ;reasnry department. ?The Chicago Doaid of Trade have list rm>v?d into their new building, which cost two millions ot dollars. ?The war between the Chicago Uoanl ol Trade at:a tlie western union re!e?niph Company has broken oat ifresh. ?The Virginia Republican Stale Committee, Senator Mahone chairman, was in session in Richmond last we?'k svith closed doors. ?The Paris Figaro says that the Government has decided upon a measure for the expulsion of the Orleans and Bonapartist Princes. ?Orders believed to be on account of the Russian Government continue to be received in Berlin for the pur chase of stocks in London. ?It is stated that Kiel has moved ail his- forces from Batouche and entrenched again in the ravine where the previous battle occurred. ? It is estimated that the statement of the public debt for the mouth cf April will show a reduction of about $4:,000,000. _ ?Au English man-of-war lias anchored at the entrance to the Dardanelles. It is presumed she is watching for the Jayingof torpedoes. ?On Thursday the members of <he New York Uotton Exchange iormauy bade farewell to their old building and took possession of the new Exchange. ?SIossop beat Schaefer in the tenth and last game of the New York billiard tournament last Thursday night, giving him the championship of the fourteeninch talk-line game. ?The President has appointed Anthony M. Keiley, of Richmond, Va., to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the'United States to Austria-Hungary. ?Paul II. Hayne is engaged in pre paring an arncie on "oounicvn war Songs" that will be published at an early day, and will be a choice contribution to the memorial literature of the South. ?Mi?s Nellie F. Phillips, of Chicago, has entered suit against W. L. Cather\vood, of the same eitv, for $50,000 damages for breach of promise to marry. The promise was made twenty years ago. ?Tb" new postal card paper, under the coiuract of 1885, will be a delicate pink in lieu of the cream color of the cards now issued. The texture of the paper is also said to be improved. The size will be the same as now in use. ?Owing to the light receipts and heavy di.-bursemeuts made during the Dreseut month, the nublic debt state mentvto be issued on the 1st inst., sfi^TsSJwji^i^itif.anv redaction. ?Daring April PostmasteT^'iierai~ Vilas appointed six hundred postmasters at fourth-class offices. The great2St number appointed on any one dav was 133 on April 27. The majority of the appointments were made to fill vacancies. ?The Commercial Cable Company began last week to place its wires underground in Xew York city, completing within six days over three thousand feet in the busiest of the Inwn-fnvcn st.vpp.ts. Thr> rpmiundpr will be laid before the first of June. ?Samuel C. Abbott and Julian A. Penniinan are under arrest, charged with having attempted to burn the Hoffman House in Boston. The first Src was started on July 25, 1883, and it intervals since then four other fires have been started in a most mysterious manner. ?General Grant omitted his drive last Thursday in order that he might ievote the lime to the preparation of natter for his book. The General lictated and his utterances were taken dv a stenographer. The G-eneral has since been improving steadily, though slowly. ? Fire broke out in the paper warehouse of James Peters & Co., of Pittsburg, Pa., on Monday night. The aaavy weight of the water soaked paper caused the wall to fall, covering line firemen in the ruins. The work )f rescue was commenced at once, and ill the bodies were recovered but one. Five of the unfortunate men will die. \.. J T.I... n ?*L ?\ju oaiuruay evening tionn omun, 1 baker, of Philadelphia, who was ealous of his wife, arrived unexpect;dly at his home and found her in jompany with George Doherty. The alter fled to the roof and endeavored o clamber down the waterspout to the rround. The spoilt gave way and Dohertv was so badlv hurt that he lied. ?The European situation presents io new leaiurea on which lu uase predictions n> to tbe probabilities of war jetween England and Russia. Both jowers seem to be making active and imple preparations, and the latest impression among the newspapers seems ;o be that the breach between the two jowers is too great to be closed by liplomac}'. ? Mr. Hazen, third assistant postnastcr-sreneral, has given the postvi a i/fliiflw 1 o efo+nir>nnf uacivji tAi o, ouit v/x he result of the reduction from three o two cents in the rate ot postage on lomcstic letters, which went into effect >n October 1, 1883. The loss was estinated the first year at $S,000,000. The itatistics show that it was half a milion less than that sum. ?Private Secretary Laaiont was on Monday able to rise and dress for the irst time since he was taken ill a week tgo. lie spent some time in the room uljcining that in which he has been rick, but saw no visitors, as he remains rery weak and does not recover so apidlv as lie had hoped he would. The President makes frequent inquiries tbout his condition. ?The residence of Dr. J. G-. Bcattle, j ibout a mile from Richmond Va., was otallv burned Wednesday night. Dr. j Seattle loses, besides his house and j uruiiurc, a library valued at $2,000; md a fine collection of valuable paintngs, including a number of works of tarlv New York artists which cannot " 1 J C?M 1 ..A? ^ ^ i. >e replaced, me joss is esumaieu at 310,000, which is insured. ?At Railway, N- J , on Tuesday light, J. L. Freeman's carriage factory vas totally burned, with a large portion of its contents. Loss about 530,000, partially insured. Gordon's )pera-House, built ten years ago at an i.xpense of $50,000 by the late Geo. P. iordon, manufacturer of the Gordon Muting Press, "was also destroyed, insurance $10,000. The Irish Bishops in Borne. Rome, April 30.?The Irish Bishops is-sembled to-day in the College of the 'ropaganda. Cardinal Simeoni adIf/iccnr^ tliA QCcnir*Klo/ro Tho T^icV?/*\r*e VCwv\l 1.11V JkUV/ ICiAVy O xpressed their determination lo treat ,11 questions submitted to them uniur luenced iu any way by political bias oy eeliug. . .. " . - 1* ." . 'J-... . y . ' f> :^ :S.%: >> i?.' A PHENOMENAL CRIME. The Strange Bobbery f a Train in Indiana. Chicago, April 30.?The Louisville express on the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad, due here at eight o'clock this morning, was robbed near Harrodsburg, Ind., shortly before midnight. "The express matter is usually carried in a baggage car occupied by the ine?senger and baggage-master. It was as usual the first car on the train. The messenger's name was George N. Davis, of Loui>ville. Last night at 11.16 o'clock the train stopped four or five minutes for water at Harrodsbr.rg, Monroe county. J. II. Hamilton, a passenger, happened to be looking out of the window, and by the reflection of the light from the engine saw a man emerge apparently from under the trucks and disappear in the direction of the engine. He carried a club or stick. When Smithville Hill station, about two miles north of Ilerrodsbnrjr, I - * 1 it. -t. - : ? x* tU a U~11 was reacnea, uie simrp ring ui uh; ucu in the engine stopped the train, and before an inquiry as to who pulled the bell could be made the baggage-master flung open the door of the smokingcar and reeled in covered with blood. He gasped out to the horrified passengers that a robber had entered the baggage car and shot him and the express messenger, and then he fell unconscious. Conductor Chamberlain entered the baggage car and found TVnric cfrAff hnrl in ft iinr>l nf Tilrtnd hv the side of his safe, which had been broken open and plundered. Everywhere was evidence of a terrific strangle. The floor was littered with paper that the assassin had taken from the safe, and heavy boxes stored in the car were scattered around in confusion. Davis, who was breathing, was carried iuto the smoker, He had been shot in the upper part of the head. Webber, the baggage-master, afterwards said that both' doors of the car were open at Lfarrodsburg aud he and Davis were asleep. Just after the train got in motion >v eoocr was awakened by a violent blo*.v on the head. Staggering to his feet be saw a tall, muscular man straggling with Davis. The messenger was bespattered with blood, which was gushing from a wound in his head. He also had evidently been struck with a club while asleep. "Webber fell to the floor. Davis managed to loosen his right hand and draw his revolver, but before he could fire the robber wrenched the weapon from his grasp and fired. The ball struck the messenger in the head and he fell dying. When the safe had been rifled the robber left the train as it slowed up in answer to the bell. Davis lived at Louisville and" was twenty-two years old aud unmarried. "Webber lives at New Albany, Iud., is twenty-eight years old, married and has several children." MOKE ABOUT THOSE BONDS. [From the Augusta Chronicle.) Our esteemed ..Columbus contemporary has critically examined the account given by Mr. Gonzales of the -"Confederate bond craze," and some doubt is thrown upon the whole explanation. Two facts appear in the latest theory: First.' If Mr. Gonzales can show the total amount of bonds issued aud the rate at which they were purchased, together with the actual .amount paid ouLfejiiJb^m, he^yft?^trrfj LiJtXi i<4UH5 Win uwiivv wjc vu> j/iausible story. Second.' A searching investigation by the United States Government failed to disclose any such conspiracy or scheming on the pari of Mr. Benjamin; and it may be that his friends will repudiate the whole affair, as he might, if alive. On second thought, we concur with the suspicion of the Columbus Times ?i.:~ 1:1.? LlliXV WHO div/l) J IJLJVC V/Uici iugc O LUCia* phyiscal lecture, needs farther elucidation, and it strikes as as an ingenious afertbongbt,, cnnningly contrived to avert detection of the history of the case. Possibly the matter will be sifted farther, aiid it would not suprise us at all, though it is not so charged, to find tliat the Confederate bond speculation was really, as stated in Richmond to the writer, a crafty design of English barristers to settle estates that had dwindled in l heir hands. The poor old bonds of the Confederacy offered convenient vouchers to show, fictitiously but perfancto rily, not how money really was lost by investment, but bow it might hare been. If this be trae; if indeed any English lawyers have jnggled with Confederate bonds to cover up delinquencies of trust, let the world know it. If Mr. Gonzalez's information be "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth," let it be established be> yond perad venture. The accomplished and vigilant correspondent of the News and Courier at Columbia has faithfully delivered the message that was given hi:n for publication. Let it be scrutinized carefully and, if found flawless, accepted. But if it be a misconception, the people should know it. Doubtless there are men in Richmond who could simplify the whole mystery if so disposed. We doubt however if they, can be induced to testify, except unaeroatn anaoeiore a quannea investigating1 tribunal. General Grant's Illness. "Follet," the JTew York correspondent of the Sunday Phcenix, of Augusta, has written a letter on General Grant, which is very different from what most of the newspapers are now publishing. He calls General Grant's present "sickness "A monumental fraud," and says that the whole country has been hoodwinked by the politicians. After the politicians had discovered that Blriue's Aug.nsta speech had utterly- failed to creatc a reaction against Cleveland, thev set their wits to work for some other means of producing this reaction. What would serve this purpose better than "the dying hero of Appomattox?" General Grant commenced dying, when his son, Col. Fred. Grant,' said to the reporter: "We cannot deny to the public that my father is a very sick man." These scheming politician? had no idea of Grant's dying, but wished to work "the sympathy racket for all that it was worth." The management of the Grant testimonials, the placing of the General on the retired list of the army, and the trial of Fish, are being . shaped by the practical party leaders to the nomination of General Grant as the Presidential candidate of the Republican oartv in 1888. The next and final move in the plan will be the trip to California. Politicians hope that he will travel leisurely through the country, arousing enthusiasm all along- his route, and on his return be received with huzzas and open arras as the only man who can resuscitate the Republican party by uniting all its parts. The old guard of 306 is expected to bob up serenely in the next Republican Presi dential Convention lor brrant. The American Medical Association. New Orleans, April 30.?The American Medical Association to-dav UIJ15 VJJULvyCl O i iCCl* dent of the Association, Wm. Brodie, of Michigan; first vice-president, Samuel Logan, of Louisiana; second vicepresident, A. T. P. Garnett, of the District of Columbia; third vice-president, Charles Alexander, of Wisconsin; fourth vice-president, W. F* Prell, of Iowa; secretary, W. B. Atkinson, of Pennsylvania; treasurer^E, J.Dungleson, of Pennsylvania; librarian, C, H. A. Klinsmidt, o the District of Cqlumhia. CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS. A Colored Man in Abbeville Shoot* his SiSr ter in the Forehead. Abbeville, April SO.?Jim Gaillard, colored, working with a pistol to day shot his sister Lizzie Gaillard. The ball entered the centre of the forehead : 3 and has not been fcnnd. The patient , is in a critical condition. Gaillard was immediately carried'before Trial JusDeBrnhl, who, upon examination, released the prisoner, as the facts show- m ed that the shooting was accidental. -Ill A Fireman*# Wild Leap, As the passenger train on the Ches- ter and Lenoir narrow gauge railroad . was crossing the high trestle on Crowder's creek last Wednesday, the tender jumped the rails and the wheels ySS bounced over the crossties for a distance of 150 yards. None of the cars left the track "and the train was finally stopped without any damage having been done to it, but the fireman waslying on the rocks below the trestle with his head crushed in. The fireman. a eolored mail., at the first sisii j of danger made a wild leap from the cab and landed ou the rocky bed of the JB creek below the trestle, striking.square- ' ^Qpi ly on bis head. When the train hands reached him he was found to be in a A dying condition, with his skull badly shattered. There was no hope of his recovery. The accident was a remarkable one, and the entire train had a uarrow escape from being hurled from the trestle to the ground below. Petersburg- l>old Oat. . V Petersburg, April 30.?It is stated here that the Virginia and Carolina . Railroad, which runs from Ridgewsy, 2T. C., through Petersburg to Richmond, has been-sold to the syudi^te?_ nnriijnor .tho f"v>ocf T,Tri#> roads. Only a few mouths ago the city of Petersburg exchanged $100,000 ^ ^jjB worth of her bonds for a like amount of Virginial and Carolina Railroad a bonds to aia in the construction of the J? road, and also gave a bonus of $50,000 JH for the purchase of the right of way through the city and. the erection of depot" buildings within the corporate limits. Major TT. S. G^een, chief engineer, and E. A. Green, assistant engineer of the road, have tendered their resignations, to take effect on the loth of Slav next. An Important Case in Bichnsond. V Richmond, Ya., April 29.?The trial of Wm. B. Fmith, ex-clerk in the office ' of the auditor of public accounts, chained with embezzlement of State funds, which has been in progress here . for the past five days, was concluded to-night. The jury, after having been " out about ten minutes, brought in a 'V~&M verdict of guilty, and fixed the sentence at two years' imprisonment inthe penitentiary. Counsel for Smith . . zM then entered motion for a new trial. There are fourteen other indictments .against Smith, and there are many other cases which have not,yet been brought to the attention of.the gramK v Danffei ? of the Morning Bath. ' Richmond, Va-, April 30.?Major TfT O . V . vT-SBH w in. jl>. ft itt v> iv;n.5 ui iuu - v Gallego Mills Manufacturing Company and brother of the president of the ' v 'sarfmng in .a bamf tubadjoining his. :* >$ chamber. He had been in the habit of /. v taking a bath every morning, and it ' is supposed that he had a congestive chill and was drowned in. the tub, as when found his whole body was .under water. He was 49 years old, and leaves a wife and four children. Koy7 the Account Stands in Indiana. [From the, Philadelphia Press.} Another* Indiana man has got ah office, Bayliss W* Hanr.a having been appointed minister to Persia. The ac~ 'fB;; Annnf o s fAllAnre ' ' ^1 vvu'iv ?jyuJJv*o tio iviivno. '* Indianians who want office .98,"250 Indianians who have got office.. G .|jj Still available 98,244 . j ?Tbe Ui'ited States forces which were sent to Panama, it is expected, will be recalled at in early day. Aizpnra has surrendered" according to a rccent arrangement and given np.his arms, and the "Government tro.ops now occupy Panama. All is qnietand bosi- - A ness is everywhere resumed. This ends the* revolution. SMALL PROFITS! ' quick sai.es. ' h DoN'T FAIL TO SEE ojjr lawns at 5 cents pet yard. Calico at 5 cents per v- 1 ' j yard. PICNIC HATS to arrive first of next week, AT THE CORNER STORE. j. m. beaty & bro. ????? * fig I CBEill TARTltt ONE HUNDRED POUNDS OF PUR E 1 CKEA3I OF TARTAR. ONE HUNDRED POUNDS SUPEIU J CAIiB SODA. 1 Just received ax tbe Drug Store of W. E AIKEN. COT&3Z&IA B??. THE very fast trotting stallion COLUMBIA BOY will stand the season of 188o at Kock City. Columbia Boy is a . very handsome bay sixteen hands high, six x years old, and is of exceedingly kinddis- ~.i position. For terms and information address JAilES MARK, ' At Granite Qtiarrfeg|^fjlgg^^B rosc-oioce?iv mnsooro, c*. u.. Mar24tx2m THEE AB3IIBE1SS J OF THE PRODUCT OF L W. HAR- * PER, Distiller, Nelson County, Kentucky, are hereby - informed that his Whiskey is not sold promiscuously over the country, but is placed only into the hands of one . ] respectable dealer in each place* whose j name is a guarantee that the Whtskev is sold pure as it comes from the Distillery. /<Je9 T. T. LUMPKIN is the only authorized Agent for Winnsboro, S. C. Marl9fx3m A A A A A ?? trffOO"1 io -J* fl V | || | * || |1 I WV//I KXUU. '.- vf $/5UUiUUU xis 5 cents postage, and by ; mail you will get free a package of goods 1 of large value, that will start you in work - 1 that will at once bringyou in nioncv faster 1 thon anything else in America. All about . j| the $200,000 in presents with ach box. Agents wanted everywhere, of either sex, ~ ;. -r3g| of all ages, for all the time, or spare time onlv, to work for us at their own homes. . Fortunes for all workers absolutely assured. Don't delay. H. Kaixett & Co^, Portland Vaino HIGH GRADE FERTILIZER. ReCOGMZINtG> the importance, in a late season, 'of laiaers tisizg HIGELr i AMMO^TEBFERTILIZERS, we have . ; ' M arranged to supply the wants of oar patrons In this line and can offer them, until the 1st of May, a HIGH GRADE FERTILIZER, ammoniatecL witli the best quality of DRIED BLOOD, the highest g and best amraoniated kno?yn to the trade. Shi'nropnta DOMESTIC FERTILIZING CO., -9 Colnmbia, S. C^ f m