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~ere ,dti~ reapd to take touri, idd doubtless Intended do so when they arrived here. ol Oothran, the Circuit Solieitor, on hand, and well prepared 9ppose this action, as lie was do ied to meet the issne and force to a final settlement. The alter W6neti coorse of moving for a change 1venne be- had decided not to re sist, for reason already stated in the News and Courier. Court convened at 10 o'slock, and tre grand jury being pr-esent several bills were submitted to them for ac.. tion, and Judge Kershaw delivered his charge. A TRUN BILL AGAINST THE OFFICERS. The jury retired and quickly re turned with a true bill in an anim portant case, which had at once prom ceeded to trial and was soon disposed of. A seoond time they retuined and handed in a "true bill" in the case of the State against Kane, Dur ham, Morse and Scruggs, indicted for the murder of Amos Ladd. The counsel for the prisoners, who bad beard the Judge's charge, and doubt. less considered that they had little to hope for in forcing the fighting at this time, asked for a change of venue to Anderson county (Greenville be Ing objected to on the same account as Pickens;) the necessary affidav it to the ef'ect that lie did not believe his clients could have a fair trial in Pickens or Greenville was filed by Mr. Mackey, and Judge Kersibaw granted the rule allowing change of venue, and fixing next Tuesday at Greenville as the time and place for bearing argument on the question of removing the case to the United States Court. THE ISSUE SQUARELY MADE. This will be the first time this issue has ever been squarely mrade and met in this State, and no more im portant one has perhaps ever engaged the attention of the court or of the people. If the case in question is removed to the United States Court and buried there, as it is claimed such cases have been buried hereto fore, all, even the Ieast, restraint will have been removed frm the power and presumption of the revenue offi cers, and the worst consequence may be expected to follow, as iheir out raged victims are now fully deter mined to protect themselves hence forth against lawlessness to any ex tremnity short of actual resistance to the armed force of 'this State or ol the United States. On the othier hand, should those whom they lhon estly believe to have murdered Ladd be fairly tried and acquitted at An derson, they would be as eafe in Pickens County as in W asbingtou? 6JUDGE KERsHAW's oHARGE. A After some well considered re marks on the many natural advan tages of this favored region, J1udge Kershaw referred to the matter oi the new railroad, and pointed out in) brief and clear terms the many ways in which it is now working and will always continue to work for the ad apncement of the best interests ol the pgeople. He then said: "My pre decessor, Judge Mackey, at the last term of this court instituted an in vestigation into cert ain alleged abu ses of power committed by persons acting in the name of the revenne authorities, which have produced a sense of indignation not only in Pickene, but in every portion of the State where the rumor of their ocA currence has reached. It grows ont of the attempt to force the provis ~QIons ot a law of the United States, a 4:-law passed by Congress, a law which h 's the sanction of ju~dicial decisions e fr a. great portion ot the time durn w ~gKhich this Govet nment has ex " Judge Kershaw traced the Shistory of the Revenue laws, de8 y*ted the Whiskey rebellion, its LappteasIon by W ashington, and the . beequent repeal of the Excise law. ~ k~~lthe recent war broke out, 'Vs no such excise in this y Judge Kershaw said:-.. *itht wat the necessities of metiDk OanSed it to 'be re aLi aJVn th, stamp d. is evsionj and~tbe greter the temp tation to evade it. * * * * I ied to a great many frauds in the manufacture and .le of whiskey. It led to the adulteration of the article. I remember that in 1865, while a prisoner of war at the North, I read advertisements in the Obicago papers offering whiskey for sale at five cents per gallon less than the tax imposed by the Government. "I mention these things to show how these revenue troubles have originated. The Government has lawfully imposed that tax, and it is as much a part of the law of the land as that on which Ibis court now rests. It is not the same law, but a law of superior authority, because under the changed relations which I he State now bear to the United States Gov ernminent there can be no longer a question as to the supremacy of the law of the United States % benever an instance of supervision can be found. "The obligation to obey the laws is get.er-al, and no citizen can hold himself at liberty to violate one law which he disapproves, while he obeys the other which be sauctit ns. The law must be obeyed as a whole The obligation and the duty to obey it, right or wrong, is the most sacred and important which a citizen owes. In a free State we have, indeed a right to our opinion of any law, and to protest against a foolish one. To do so, as this Giand Jury has done, for the purpose of bringing before the puble the injuries we have suf fered and which, in our j-dgment, affect nmost unfavorably the bebt in teres'e of the country, is both a i ight and a duty. We have the right, through our representativcs in Con gress and in the State Legislature, to piotest against such laws in order to secure their repeal, and it is tihe dutly of enlightened legislaitois to abolish a low which injures and op presses the people. The law is the guardian of thbe rights of the people as a whole, and should be admainis, tored wis b a view to the geueral welfare: and if there be aiy e'v il ar isin~g from thbe nature of' the revenmue law-anything whbich tile enactment of new laws are calculated to scure -it is our right through our reprne sentatives in Congress anid in the Legislature, or even by an alpproach to the Executive authorities of the United States, to demand, not ask, thlat such evils be corrected. Now, h aving d. ne this, we have a right to lake the law into cur own hands, or to suipport those who violate the law, in a continuance of such praictice. "On the other hand, gentikmenl, the oflcer who in the name ot the la w violates tihe rights of thbe citizens; who abuses the power entrusted into his hands for enforcement of' he aw; who tram 1les upon the iights of the citizens; who viol ates due sancs Lity of the homestead; and the personi of the citizen; the officer' who does any act of an unlawful char'acter does that which any zitizen has the right to resent, arnd the courts of justice are open at all times for their' trial and punishment. "While the revenue , law does pro, tect its officers in the execution of that law in a lawful manner, it tbrows no cloak over those who violate it in at tempting to enforce it. Tbere is no law which will justify the invasion of a man's household without a warrant. There is no law by which any officer who does that act under any circuma stances can justify himself, If a man charged with felony should be seen to take refugei In the house of a nitizen, thogefficer in pursuit of him would have~ the right to institute'a search; buL, in the absence of such circum stances, without a search warrant the offlcer would act as an individudl and upon his own peril whenever ho in-. vaded a man's house. And unless the officer comes armed with a process of la w or a legal justifioation; or see that a felon has taken refuge, a n has a right to stand upon his threshold and vindicate the sanctity of his house. "But when these wrongs have been done and suffered there is no remedy except through the intervention of the courts of justice. If it be true that, snecb oflences have boon commit,. ted bsve anid the ai'les have escaped thr@4tAgbieaptervention of the Upifed his ovsd I . Pyer undet-take that every man' becoms his own judge and jry and egg,. tioner, society returns to a statiopf barbarism. Thee wrongs-, can only be redressed through the cOffurt of Wil4 State. They are offonoes against the laws of the State. The duty of'the Executive of thisState-that princely gentleman who now holds in his hands the sceptre of authority-is to see that the law is enforced. It is the duty of public officers, trial justices, judges and sheriffs to see to the pro tection of society thiough the courts of justice, and they are bound to stand up and throw the agis of the Constitution and laws of South Caro* Jina around her citizens, and to vin dicate them by a proper punishment of all violators of law. "If there be interference on the part of the Federal Courts they outlaw themselves, so to speak, unless that interference is within the limits of their jurisdiction and power. It is not to be assumed that a court of the most enlightened government in the world -a Court of the United States of America-would at any time inter pose its power outside of its authority and jurisdiction to protect any offen der against the law. It, however, a court of that character should so act; if it should act outside of its Constitu tional authority, that act would itself be in violation of law, and would be utterly void and of no effect whatso. over, so far as the conduct of this court or any other court charged with the matter was concerned. If they act within their constitutional au, thority this court will aid them in ad. ministering and enforcing their power and authority. If they act outside of it, it will be the duty of this court to disregard it as an unlawful inter. forence. "There has been a debate in Con gress on this question quite recently. It was brought up on the motion of a gontleman from North Carolina, and grew out of just such trouLehis in that State as you have complained of hero. It was an attempt on his part to procure an amendment to strike out the 043d section pertaining to reovenue eases. The amendment in that form did not meet with the approval of Congress, but in a modified form was passed, having the effect of modifying the section and of removing many of its greatest objections. In legard tfo the case of' citizens maltrea ted by re venue oflicers there have been grave questions among lawyers w hether any sach power as is claimed existed to transfer such caIses to United States Courts. To do so is to sink the case in such courts because they have no authority in such cases. In that de-. bate in Congress it was denied that any such right has ever been claimed, but it has been claimed and has been sanctione'd by the Supreme Court of North Carolina. I cannot say, of courso,what our Supreme Court would hold. 1 can only bring to the notice of the grand jury what has been said." Judge Kershaw then reviewed the authority of the Federal Court to claim jurisdiction in case of certain crimes committed on the high seas or without the jurisdiction (of any State court, and concluded his charge by saying: "I can only say that whatev er has been the abuse of' the power re ferred to, it can never justify the abuse of law on the part of any good citizen, nor can we over be justified in lending our moral sanction to the violation of the laws on land. I have spoken thus at length, because I see there are evidences of excitement in the country, and it is laid down in some of' the best authorities that it is the duty of the presiding judge to do all in his power to allay such excite.. mont. My rem arks have been for the pu' ose of stating your rights, and thonly means by which they may be insisted upon and your rights reme died."-C. 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Hel og idAnyamswopj 0. e14i lf On 4 Iae dand loeetbe 19, 4 Passens Tras on 4u o'nth' 'aWr ill r3.a el 02~ COLUK914B. 7 W(Ban4as exdepoed. Leave Charleston Arrive at Columbia . FOR AUGUSTA. - (Sundays *eet94-) Leave Charleti on 9-1 N Arrive at A u3nsa 6 1N P FOR CBARLESTO7..2. (udays esoepted.) Leave Columbia 4 Arrive at Chm leston 4 45 P Leave Augniwa . 9 00 0 Arriv9 at Charleilon 4ik p COLUMBIA NIGHT EXPRE8. Leave Chaulol.on 915p Arrive at Columbia 7 20 LeaveColumbia 700 Arrive at Obi leston 640 AUGUSTA NIGHT EXPRESS. Leave Charleston 8 00 Arrive at AuguSt.a 7 46 Leave AuautaI 8g0 Aive at C18 le'..on) 7 40 S(UMJERVTLLB TRAIN. (S4ada.ys exceped.) Leave Summervie a4 78 A r. ve at Charlei on 84 a Leoive 0 ba- e-o o'n 8 1 to Aive at& Svmn vlIn 4C U A I DKNK TRPA T N Counecli at .i'-avneo daily [except I - days] WiL1a UP aat Down Day and Pis e Fraius. Day and Night Trains connect at A %.ts with Geo-.-aia Railroad, Macon sud A .9a Raihoad auid Central Railroad. olis ne via Adlanta is the quickest and mo ee6 route, and as conifoi table and cheap a other route, to Montgomery, Selma, lie, New Orleans. and all other points Soe eat, and to Louisville, Cincinnati, Chic S. Louis, and all other poiots West atad rtb west. Day Train connects at Columbia the Through Train on oliarlottee Roa hick leaves at 9 p. in.) for all points Nort S. S. DOLOMONS, Superinte . S. B. PicKass, General Tieket A Greenville & Columbi R. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE Passenger trains run daily. Sunda oept ed, connecting with night trains South Carolina Railroad up and down. nd aft er Monday, July 16. 1877, the fol ng will be the Schedule: TIP. Leave Columbia at loam Leave Alston at.1p Leave Newberry at .8pi Leave Hodges at .& Leave Belton at.0pm Arrive at Greenville at 8.86 p an Down. Leave Greenville at 7.20 a a Leave lBelton at 9.10. a Leave Hodges at 0.47 a in .neave Newberry at 1.42 p m Leave Aiston at 8.20 p in rrive at Columbia at 6.00 p in ljConneet at Alston with s on the Spartanburg and Union Railro connect at Columbia with Night Trains on South Car olina Railroad up and down ; a Ith Traits going North and South on the rlotte, Co lumnbia and AngustaL and the W ington, Co' ABBEVILLE BRlA Tramn leave Abbeville at 9.1 -, conneed ing with Down Train from Or ille. Leani Cokesbury at 2.15 p im., conn ng with t. Train from Columbia. Accomi ation Train, Mondays, Wednesdays and ays. L~.y( Cokesbury at 11.15 a in., or lhe arrival os the Down Train from Greenv Leave. At beville at 1 o'clock p. mn., co tinig with (J 4 Train from Columbia. ANDERSON BRANCH! AN LUE RIIDOR DIVISION Leave Waihalla at 6.6Aa na Leave Seneca at 6.20 a n Leave Perryville at 6.80 a as Leave Pendleton at 7.20 a a Leave Anderson at 8.1Q a m A: rive at Belton at 8.O a ma Leave Belt on at 7.056p Leave Anderson at 7.60 p ia Leave Pendleton at 8.46 p a Leave Perryville 9.20 p m Leave Seneca at 9.80 p m Arrive at Walhalla 10.00 p uen Accommodation Train, ween Belton and Anderson on Tuesdays, adays and.Satur'. days, Leave Blelton at 9 a in., or on arrit a al of Down Train fro reenville. Leave Anderson at 2.00 p mn., neoting with Up THOM ODAbMEAD, Gener uperintendent. JABKz NORON, Jr., 0 alTicket Agent Sche 0. SAtlanta & Richmon ir Line Railway MAIL T N. Leave at Atlanta at6 pi' Leave Tocoa City at942pi Leave Westminster at104'a Leave Seneca city at111p I Leave central at Leave Liberty at j120 a Leave Eenle at 10 Leave GEenle at /12a Leave Spartanburg at 28 Arrive at charlotte at 61~ Leaves Charlotte at . 7p I Leaves Spartanburg4128 a Leaves Greenville at 22 Leaves Easley at24a as Leaves Liberty atI 0a i, Leaves Central at 82 'y Leaves Seneca City a, Leaves Westministe t 41 a- Leaves Toccoa at Oa ' t, Arrrives at Atlanta 8m - DAY esNaI. ILeaves Atlanta at Leaves Tooooa at Leaves M estinist t Ilt* Leaves Beneca cit I.1 1 Leaves Central at 2bt~ Leaves Liberty at Leaves Easley at as Leaves Greenville1 0ja Leaves Spartanbur t Arrive at Charlott t 1.i* Leave Charlotte atU0 9 aweave Spartanbur t i ~ Leave Greenville 1p Leave -Eesley sit Leaves Liberty 'at Leave (ientral a . Leave Beneca Cit atI Leave Westmins ' lLh 749 t at