Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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In every Instance we charge by the *pace occupied, as eight or ten lines can be ni'p.to occupy four or five squares, as the advertiser may wish, and is charged by the spacG. *' Advertisers will please state the num bar ofsquares they wish their advertisements to make. 4 $- Business men who adWertise to Le beuefited, will bear in mind that the SENTINEL has a large and increasing cir oulation, and is taken by the very class of persons whose trade they desire. From the Washington Capital. H &MPTON. No bgjh of stain upon his name Deny it he who can I for friend and foe have but one voice d"God wot a knighty man." Through him 1-a grnd Arthurian days Are brought again to earth, And courtly deods and courtly praise l Inew their golden birth. The gorgeous splendor of the past. Which fabled legend tells, Throgh him is brought before our gase, *1o lvEng miracles. No hooted knight in arms bedight Eer wore a lordier name, And glbry never haloed round .grander, purer name. U t haed for his own, but when Fate Orushed the fabric down 8hetill, that she might bless the w3rld, queathed it his renown TMq hero whose untat nished sword Gleams brightest in defeat, Who turned in ecorn rem Fortune's horde TPk-ieel at Honor's feet. iats oC0 Althopgh, ne victor hej The"ialdr'1 he h'as won Stand peer beside the proudest bays ~e p.roudest brow upon. Ists off I A hero passes by, A rose of chivalry, Who shows the world how gratd a thirig Aanquished mail may be. " ore Prom Maekey. TIE UDGE 5 TALK IN WASHINGTON. $In. T. 3. Mackey, says the Wash inghon Capital, Republican Judge of the sixth Cheoter Circuit Court of South Carolina, at present in Wash. iing(n as the legal advlset or repre sentative of GWneral' Hampton, is a gentleman who, in London, for ex ample, wouil becomne in one .season the autocrat of the English dinner table., .He was described to me by O'erforl Oalvert Butler, Senator el ect, as the most wAonderful con versa-. t ooalist in the State, and aicquain lance,not only affirms, but etlarges ]izuler's descripuiort, Zn course of ~ recent conversation Judge Mackey rel*ted the, following incident, as hay ing come under bis judicial ob serstion in his administratont ol jutifeo, which, owing to the peculiar condition of society in his Circuit, ij p5art'ly statutory and partly patriarch al in, its nature. The: Jndge said that some two or three years ago while holding Court at winnaboro lbe noticed a girl of wonderfuil beaut~ at-t4e poluntry taverrr where he pul up, 2a:n,' upon ingniiy concernin, her,A.ar'ne4 that sher belonged to e family living there, related to th( tavern keeper and of 'the class usuall3 terp d in South Car oLina "poo fitee." He learned that she was soon to be married tas a 'Yoong mar of.ler own clase, and be took so muebo interst in heor fortunes that be seni him w edding present. About i, mnlths afterward the Judge wai .lourneying by rail from one court tc anothev in his circnit, and met thi girl on the cars. She was dressed frn dean monrninga na m...ed ingr affliction. The Judge approached h6r and inquired what bad happened She said she going bask to her bus bsnds birthplace to burry him and that the corpse was in the baggage car. In reply to a remark that the death seemed to have been very sudden the girl began to cry and told the Judge that she had killed ler husband by accident. She said they had lived quite happily together for about four months, when she dis. covered that he was surreptitiously visiting and corresponding with a young wouian who lived several miles away. fhe bad ascertained these facts by intercepting some of the correspondence. As soon as the husband found out that his amour had come to the knowledge of his wife he resolved to murder her. So one morning he ordered his breakfast early, announcing his intentention to drive to a town several miles dis tant from York, where they lived. Just as they were sitting down to breakfast be sent his wife for some bread and in her abscence emptied into her coffee cup arsenic enough to kill half a dozenpeople. But as she was returning to the table his horses which were hitched at the door, be came very restive and began to puli at their halters. He rushed from the table and went to attend to them. W hile lie was gone the wife noticed some coffee grounds or oiher impu rities floating in her husband's cup; and, woman like, took it herself set, ting her own cup, which was clear, by his plate. He then came in and ate his breakfast. As he rose from the table and began to put on bis overcoat, he was seized with a cramp in the stomiacl, scceeded by violent pains, dizziness and utter prostration. The wife, alirmed, assisted him to the lounge and sent a negro boy for the doctor, who lived a few doors away. The doctor came in a few minutes, and prionouiced it a case of poisoning as soon as ho saw the symip tons. After a few 2mnent of ex amination of the patient, the doctor said the case was hopeless, owing to the corrosion of the walls of 'the stomach, which had alredy taken plac; that he could allay the pain while the sufferer lived, but that was all. Upon the ministration of ano dyne the patient recovered his speech and lived several minutes in a con eclous state, during which he made a confession, and called the doctor and other neighbors who had coine in to witness the facts above stated. A post itoirtem was held, and a verdict rendered by the coroner's jury in ac cordance with the confession of the dying man and the testimony oft tihe physician and other witnesses. The facts are of jurdieidi record in Judge Mackey's Cotrt. If ifbad bee put in the form of a plot, in a romance, crit., ics would bave deelared themn too ig. credible to be made the basis of af. fiction professing to represent the possibilities of poetic jiusti(ce in real life. Another incident was etnn more remarkable. One morning, said the Judge, I wais opening court, 001. lIi. gram, a planter *4'o'm I had known for several years, stepped up to the bar, accompanied by his nephew, a boy of thirteen. This boy was tile son of Major Craw ford, of the Con, federate army, who tell at Get tysburg. He was a pale, slender little fellowv, quite effeminate and unusnaally bash tul. Indeed, said the Judge, be act ed more like a girl than a boy. Col. Ingram addressed the court and said: "I am here for the purpose of surren. dering this boy into the custody of the officers of thbe law. Hie shot and killed his stepfather last night." Tihe Judge then proceeded to state the circumstances as follows: Some time after the close of the war Mrs. Crawford, the bo0ys mother married for her second husband a man named Legge. She h&ad a daughter two or thfee years older than the boy who was! before ithe edurt, They lived pleasantly enongh on the plantation owned by Mrs. Orawford utll the girl beaie about fourteen, when Legge effected her ruin. After the intimacy had continued some time Mrs. Legge disoovered that her husband had'sedilced her daugh. ter, but to prevent a scandal, the af-. fair was hushed up on condition that Legge should leave- the State and never, return. iIe left and af:er he bad been, gone some time, Judge Mackey granted a divorce upou po tition of the lady, who resumed her widowed name of Crawford. About a year and a half after these events Legge returned suddenly and pre, sented himself at Mrs. Crawford's re sidence just after dark. The house stood some distance from any other dwelling, and on the occasion of Leg ge's return Mis. Crawford had no one with her except this boy, the unfors tunate girl and an old negress. Leg ge entered the house, and said he had come to get the girl and take her away with him. He displayed a re volver, and commanded- the negro servant to pack the girl's trunk im. mediately, as he intended to take her away with him that night, he having brought a carriage for that purpose. Legge paid no attention to the boy who while his mother' was exposto lating with the wretch, qietly went into his mother's room. On a shelf is an old secretary in that room were several mementoes of Major Craw tord among them was an old revolver which had been preserved just as it was unbucied from the body of the dead officer upon the field where he fell. Three barrels had been dis charged at Gettysburg, and the other three renainqd. loaded with the satue charges and capped with the same caps that had been put there by Crawford before he went into battle. In this condition the revolver .had lain thirteen years, and now it was In the hands of the dead soldier's son-who, I believe, Judge Mackey said, had been born af ter Crawford left his home for the last time-to avenge the wrong that had been done to his little girl. The boy crept out of his mother's room, and, as soon-as he saw Legge, ahot him through the head, killing him instantly. Judge Mackey heard the boy's statement and then said: "My child, the jail at Chester is very strong. The Waflk are thick, the doors are of golid iron and the windows are strongly graded It has securely held many bad and dangerous men. It has defied many attempts at escape from wthitn and somne efforts at resene from without. It is said to be the strongest -county jail in Gouth Carolina. But it is not strong enoug~h to~ hold yocr. I would not dare risk its waifs to restrain you from your liberty. You may go bac to your mother,- w ho needS your protection. tou will be indicted by the grand jury, and when your trial occurs I will let you know, because it is neessarfthat a prisoner on trial for homicide should bva presen~t du ring his trial." The J4udge then directed the Dis trict Attorney to present the indict m'ient in the usual form uponi infor mnation, and the day was set for trial The boy appeared, accompaied by Colonel Ingranm and his mother. Af ter the usual formalities of arrange ment the Judge said *to the boy: "Please write upon a piece of paper the words 'not guilty.'" The boy did as directed, and the piece of paper was handed to the Judge. The Dis trict Attorney then asked the mother of the boy a few questions relative te the circumstances of the shooting, and announced' that the case on the part of the State was closed. The re, volver which had done the work was then produced by Colonel Ingram, and Mrs CraWford said it had not been reloaded in thirteen 'years. The trial thdoJ conmnmed, perhaps, half an hout, wheW1 Judge Mackey rose to plarge the jury. This charge was an argument in phalf of the boy, the force .nd plths 'f which could not be imagined by any one who has xever beard the. Judge speak. At its conclusi)n he handed to the foreman of the jury the piece of paper on which the boy had writ ten the Words "not guilty," and said: "'You will now render a verdict in accordance therewiths" The 'jury' without leaving their geats, return6d a verdict "in accor dance therewith." Such is the semi statutory, semi-pstriarchal in the 'Mountain Circuit of South Carolina.' Judge Mackey's Return-He Addresses the People. Judge Mackey arrived at his home in Chester, on Monday night at 12 o'clock. He was at once requested to address the people on his visit to Washington and give his views of the outicok for South Carolina. On Tuesday, at 12 o'clock, a 'arge num ber of the citizens assembled at the Court House. Captain J. L. Agurs was called to the chair. Judge Mackey was introduced and spoke substantially as tollows: "I presume that I am called upon by my fellow ciiizens in the same spirit as was customary in the late war, when the fate of our people was trembling in the balance; then the people greeted with welcome those who came from the front, that they may inquire of them whether our flag was waving or falling. I am happy to be able to say to you that I bring good news. I am authorized by the President of the United States to say to you that in two or three days more, at farthest, the United States soldiers who, for months, have snetained usurped authority in South Carolina, will march out of the State House, and that divil atthurity, ado ministered by Gov. Wade Uampton, will prevail thdoughout the State. The order for the removal of the troops has been prep)ared, but its en. forcement is delayed nodl covernor Hampton's arrival at Columbia. This delay is made that the public peace may not be threatened, and thai Chamberlain may transfer the books and records o1 the ofHece to Governor Hampyon.. Chamberlain will go as United States Minister to Sweden. Hie de sired to go to Ital'y, but is to be sent to Sweden, in order, I presume, that that the severe cold of that region may operate as a disinfectant to his corrupt nature. The removal of the troops, and the consequent establishment of the authority of Wade Hampton as the undisputed Governor of South Caro lina, was noit reaehed witho'ut a long conflict. Okasmberlai n drew arounid hir:i such men as Mor ton and Blaine, who persistently declared to the Pre, sident that, with Hampton as Gov ernor of 8'omth Carolina, a reign of terror and blood w$uld at once lbe gin; that Republidans vQould be mar dered or be drivena from the State. These false assertions were met by an assurance that under' Wade Hamp ton just laws will be enacted and enforced. Hampton had declared that under his rule the humblest negro should be as safe as the hrigh-~ est whitotman; that educational fa cilities should be afforded to all, white and black. Before Hampton went to Wash ington, tho President anid Cabinet had decided that he was Governor. When he arrived, at the hour of 2 o'eloek in the muormning, men and wo.. men erowded the immense depot to receite hidm. At 4 o'clock on that morning, he wrote to President Hayes 'nforming him ot his arrival. At 10 o'clock, the President sdat by his pri. vato aseretars a reply. congratulat.. ing Goternr 14amptor on his svfe arrial and tendering it' edirrie fo convey the Governor to the WlAte Houe now different all this from the case of Chamberlaint As he went to Washington the slow finger of scorn was pointed at him. When he arrived at Washinigtcn he hurried to the White House, accompanied by Corbin and. Patterson-a trinity of scoundreli6m, reauinding me of those words ir the Episcopal Prayer book: "The world, the.flesh and the devil." The loaditig" idea of President Hafs' adrhifistration will be pacifi cation of the Wetions; reconciliation and fraternal feeling between the Nortb andhe South. As an illus tration of this, when President Uayes nominated Fred. Douglass, the ablest colored man in the United States, for the office of Marshal of the Dis trict of Columbia, the nomination was strongly opposed by Northern Senators, Democrats and Republi catis. But six Southern Senators, under the lead of General John T. Morgan, voted for his confirmation, and lie was confirmed. Southern Democrats, residents of Washington, were his bondsmen. In an interview with Fred. DouglasR, he said that lie had watched, with intense interest, the fortunes of his race, and lie was rejoiced that Wade Hampton will rule over South Carolina, for he will rule in justice and wisdom. This is a common sentiment in the North. President Hayes earnestly desires that the s' rong hand of power shall be litted from our people. There are two unhappy classes in this country, viz: Northern Demoeiate and Radical Republicans. These last fear that they will lose their grip on the pocket3 of the Southern veople; and -the former fear that Pro: sident Bayes' generous policy will divide the Democracy of the South. Governor Hampton will desire that meetings be held in this State to ex press the gratitude of the people to the President for his pacific 'course. President Hayes will doubtless aisk Governor Hampton and Gen. Gor don to give him the nane ot suita. ble persons for the ofhices of District Marshal, Collector of Reivenue, and DYistrict Attorney in Georgia and South Carolina. It would be Well for us to r'ear a bronize column on the State House grounds at Columbia, to commremno rate our deliver'auce from the rule of the stranger, and upon that column should be inscribed in living letters that this deliverance was wrought out for South Carolina by her sons of both raes, and polical parties. A Tribune Discovery. In an article on the earpet bag ex-. odus the New York Tribune has made a discovery which has been apparent to all brrt violent paz tisans for n'any years. It says: "The fact is that the Republican party has been running a po'itical poor house quite too long. Trhe ono fatal defect of its policy since the war has been that it gave opportunis ty for adventurers, who were utterly wit hout standing or consideration in any Northern commnunity, and who, it not propped up by United States bayonets, could not have been elec ted to any office by colored men o1 the South, to fasten themselves upon the party and the comntry as the rep. resentativye Republicans of recon strncted States." h ad the Tribune held to this view years ago it might have done the country a service. As it is, the very excesses of the earpet bag govern ments in the South have at length proved their downfall. The, people tnroughout the country have voted their extinction. It is often easier to pCi flaws than to do bietter yourselt * An Ipotat. DiSecovery. 'ho-advandomont in soience of late years is Wonderful. There, seems to be no end to the d1soov,9rie of its disa eiples. . The latest relates to iton, which plays a most important role in tho overy day business of lie. Ro. cording to the London' Times, Profes. sor Barff, an English I Cherbidt,- has succeeded in preventing iron from rusting, which will make tbat-metal perfectly firm. Rust has alWays 6on the enonhy ot ibon in all its protean shapes, and the efforts that have beorl mUde heretofore to p'event or coun toraqt it have only extended- its du-; rability to a .imited extent. Fainting, galvanizing and coatings of all kinds have only retarded temporarily the fatal process of oxidizing and use and exposure for a few years at mosb bri'g oh the' rdft, that, once starfedi oats away the substance. Professor .btrffar experiments havo boon in the way of' making thiil vo!ry weakness of tho ir6n a now element of strength. Ie has discovered that an iron article e. posed at a high tenpoiaturo to' thd action of superpoated stoam produces a black oxide, which is harder than' the iron itsolt, which adhereg to the iron moro firmly than even the part* ticles of the iron adhere to'dach other, .and' vhidh cannot be affected by air,, water or oven strong acids. It is impossiblo to cstiMAT th' '01 uo of this discovery to m%nkid. . The household, the farm, the navy, work siops,- labor, society, every branch' of industry will be benefitted 6.y iti. 'the small arms and great guns ot war may be m-ado to outlast the timo- o peace. Iron ships, railways, 4 0d irol roofs oi houses, always the duable, will reap its advantages. There ;wilt be no nood for copper boilers for cook ing and leaddn' pi'pes foi doidd'Itg water may be dispensed with. With this improvemont, iron' bridges may become absolutely shia' agairtt thd w0ar, of years, and such cata9trophost as the recont Ashtabula horro averb ed for all time. n fact, threia mo other discovery we Oan imagine thatr will be of suoh univoratrj asoend bere fit to tbe world as .a chWip and praw tical means of protecting ir' agist rust, such as this Englishr cheatisS tmems to have found. Mr. Watteson dons his War paint and feathers and goes for a class of. Democratic jouruals in a vigorous style. iI' says8 "It is about thbt. that certain newspapers in the .NoItha which claim to be Democratic,- ehotuld susp)end thoir assaults upon the fidel.. ity' of those Sout'hern Uem'ocrMW whos ref uscd to fillibuster. The bistorf' of the effort to place Mr. Tilden iri the ofice to which he is elected' is not creditable either to 'the states-. manshuip or thre courage of thre North~ erni Democratic leaders. When Con gress met, Northern Democrats were& mightly afraid of Southern indisere tion. Unless Southern men chirped a soft and dulcet note they must take back seats. They did take back seats, leaving their Northern brett,~ rerr to rad. The Northren Demo-. crate knew they had a blank draft uplonl the South;- they could fil1 it at will and it would be honored o:1 sight. They led, and led, and led; and, finally, when they had lost, a few of them~ fi red up and wourld be contented with nothing less than a row. Thieir valor came too late arnd the Sonth refused t& follow. It is all over now, and the best thing both parties can do is to forget it. The difference was not great enough to~ qjuarrel over at the time. It is cer tainly not recollectable enongh to quarrel over now." Trho South is anxions to have tiro Presidont speak out a little louder. Jfr doesn't distinctly hear. If the league of friendship is one broken, the cabinet of secrets is unl4 looked, and fly wildly abont like ut'i caged birds. Charleston's artesian well is 1,250 feet dep. so fatr.