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r s. _h_____ V O L . X 1 I I , , "PICIENS, S. C., T1 IJSI)AY , JANUARY 26, 1~ O B III LAW AN) TIE LYNCIIERS. A I)IS'ASSIONATH: E ISCUSSION OF A I)IVFICU U S'1IJ IC'I. The Opinion of a CotiHorvatIve Carollni .Journal--Thto Caxo Consher(I i liier eunt AspetN. (Etditorial in tho Keowee Courier) The opiinions of the press, in dilloront parts of the State, on this startling occur rence, dill'er widely, it is generally con coded that the act is the natural result of a precedent established by the whites in like cases of ofl'ence. As a conse (jltnlo some condemn the net and all acts of lynching in the abstract. Others, winking at such summary vengoanlce, when prompted by e pure lnd high plur pose to protct virtuous women from violence worse than death, favor a thorough investigation in this case as to whether this act was the outcome of an outraged sentiment or the olpring of projudico and imitation. Others take the bold ground that if deceased wts guilty of the crime with which ho w:is accused, ho deserved the fate he; met, and the perpetrators deserve canoneda tion rather than censure. \V find ot hers, who neither in ternts approviug nor (o) demnint the ly nelit+g, 1i4id in the occur renco a pregnant tit;,.'for dimeonrring on the ineflicitcy of tihe adminiistint i of ut tho criminal law by our courts and juries. - No law abidiiig citizen wiil dtny but lynch law is wrtn ; it it setIf anI daur ons to society. W ile this i tre, theire are crimes so revolting to nt' t 'i'+ mal nature, so destruct t s t societ v, 0o awful in their consetuences to indlvidtu als and by sympathy to coutnilitis, that neither human nor livitno law (ver has or ever can stay th+ hand t venlge ance in their putishntctt. Of these crimes fiendish and brutal vio!ence to respectable wonen is the 1ihighst, and wo hardly think, in such et:os, oiuy earthly power could stay tht ,venin,g hand of an outraged coutiiiit. T ie certainty of the conviction ount un ih ment of the guilty party eun:.ot do thi, and the divine conIL1ntd, tu h alt not kill, has proved linally p)oWe -. liespoect for wuzinn, prido in htr Xe vation and protetioxn is a striking Citar acteristic of Anglo iax n eiviiizt tot and the crowning glory of Ciris t.at j& gpr s. Summary punishment .1f tL brte, black or white, who assaults i. pure wotian, we cannot Condelun, and yet we caannot deny it is a dangerots ltrcccietdt, not only tending to aou e for the cont nis siolt of the naul k ss ceriiu chiu ged against dec+'asnl, uti; as grow j g and ex tending to ice;. L tir le cri nto, until no limit being lixed, the writtn law b1 comes a dead letter, and for it the (x cited and pitrtially itformied op'iniot of a mob is subtitiut ed. In sone e:lss the highest good ot ;ociecty, its pre.s 'vition and the ptotectiot of the m< Iliho aul daughters of our State, will cotnstitute nu acceptable excuse in the public mind tfor lynching. While we hold this, we think (:very case of lynching shotild 1) thoroughl'y investigated and on the trial of p:t:es charged with it, we feel suro our jturis would convict or acquit on their honiest judgmtent from the facts, whletir the lynching was promnpted by the single motivo of vindicating vitirte and pro tecting society, or by a spoirt of rtce re-I venge and imitation. Even in the moet excUOabl) form the enforcement of lynch lw it; play ing with fire, tnd if ever junt"i;td nr to tt,e actors the justilicatioln shout be Ibtsed on the honest conviction tia. it i tLe betst, ti. I saf.st ait the lighe, t pren.t ive of .a irreptanri wrong aod a vittixd niecestity to the preaservationi oh society. ]n the atbsttrae', lo ncth law meets our and pubhile conidintucioni, but circumt stances maxy ex ist, such.i as the chlaracter of tho assailant, and ca-ailei t lie natu're augl extent of' the injury, w hichn may ex cusoe~ if not juistify it. H1 ow do they stimtd ini the (Cntral lynchinig? Waldiop is reported its b oing a hltl wittedl person, by - some as a pi-ont Lia ii tally irresponsihl '. Thlis sh ould int his case have stayed summacry puitishmtcet it is further stated by sonotthat lid.is guilt wits a imatter (if <b>ubit, atnd I hat lie denied it to thle lat. Tijsi should lhave led to inquiry in any ecase behire te death penalty was enh>rteed. And~ hiim lies the great danger it hynch iw i, th at uplonl excitemienit, gioni inig otf tatnI aig gravateud crime, pacsion ulsturps lea >nii to the crimie andii the gttolt of the pair: y cArgedin,nuc cases tilm stta. ding ofl the assailed shoultd hi c-toiideratl, .1lla the inegro race esittabhedt by thei r lii. and conduct that haghi miondt ch a rateri, that reptiin o for vir tute wihih nitake, such a wrong to thleir race irrep111 thi, the life oi tht vict imi a hivitngi (Itnd We maitint they nave 'ot. They~ ii mariv and itlernmarry with ttxlei reol i, p i chastity and neithera the'ir itara ionio habits loemi themi to value t he reji-itti n of their wvoinen, as th> thie w hilt .W dho not deniy but i er citi. n, ii i .s feailo, whitit iaind black, tire i n th ii and shioluluttecivt ii Iual im . ntojil prtctrin umh, ei i'th ia li t e tx-t .n'iia whit stonlydt wh<x lter ai whine tul neault nla bha-k wi'nnot an ar eltiux tihat us feeluh of(te ifdinti,t, eXie it andlole ror, etttia i ,opedi w It li geubI. oexchlmwnt, wItitith . hk aml t tona whviteiromaib a blako orwitet tot an law and both here, we thmk, wonti mI justice. Hlero both shoui .I.- ii, l:t with the white:s thare is aii 0 tih t; wil and preserve sotiety itt tall hiiz iri --. cannot awatit the Ilh>w~J it'i>s oi th' courts. I the nigi' t-' :tiu biy lihi samoi motive? Ila ht e t by habxa the -alo. inb orn printciples andl i purpotiy li-Oei reaider mtust answer for hiitmseh t Again, the detmoniziat amt of ti teegro froma suddetn eniip at iii toonI elevat ion from 1 8c hadi( unle litun atir"1ant, event beyond cit izonshipt, xad led him i to fre 'quent acts of ctiintal asautlt otini'ritt ble whitei wmen'i wic h treaitenedt, ini its incereasitng tendenc~y, to sublver't ouri social fabric unl1e ss prompjt ly chtecked . This stt of things led to lynch law for that one crime, and in a fewe instance. only for aggravated crimes has it been pursued by tho whites in other cases. On the other hand cases of criminal as salt on negro women by whites have been ofrare occurrence, in fact, the ease of this half-witted man at Central is the only one we can call to mind. In this respect this case of lynching dill'ors from others by whites, in its excusatory char acter. 'Tho security of white women, traveling or dwelling unprotected, was in constiant jeopardy and demanded prompt if not extra-judicial acts of pro tection. T1he security of the ategm. wo man has lever in the same way been ii jeopardy. gain, this caso assumes brportance in iew of the characteristics of the two rnecs a to citizenship and property. ['he white race, as a rule, is intelligent, moral au habituated by training and intere t to obi y law. E:ven in exception ad cases of violations of law, by taking the law into their own hands for the protection of virtue from fiendish and brutal outrage, the whites have moved qt ietly as an oi grtnized citizenship, bent r"ther on the prevention of similar crines than on revenge. Owning the property of the country, their interest in its preservation, having families, their respect for them and their safety, oper ited to check any spir iof general law liness, tending to anacchy. handling fire, they movad cautiously, checking its ilpretad to other thant the object in view. Oin the otihe1 a nd, the black race, as ; iule, is ignr:et, im ?''al anil ofte lisionest. They are ibesils ai iipul ;i peope, wito, uudter t'xeitenent, are 'lot subtject to the cnitrol and direction of re t-ot. Owning little property, no :ut ive of pecuniary interest operates to ieek excesses, but rather to stimulate tiemn. There are sonic striking excep tions to the rule andti we hope these may 110 tt'tlht.aa Fron these facts, lynclh law, always Angorous and never dl (nasible in morals >r strict law, is in the hands tf the negro race a widely different thing from lynol law nii the h .uds of the whites. Lhe latter Ihave alwai iatl it as a cor rective and pt eventivo of the highest and mto: t revolt tng crimes, aac even then ini decant or orderly way. Tae latter, once adopting it witl imnpunity, from tir latlre anti traiuning are likely to us, it ter reveng1eat or a spirit of reclkless lt lawl'snos. Wtile eachi race is entitled to ulal and impuartial protection u'uder the law, utill all c:sei; of lynching, as Vio! ,ions of law, elhoulul bo viewed iii conuection with the pero,ons concerned tud surrounding circilastances. As the Central victim of :utrage died hrm her injuries, the )er)etraor would latve been found guilty of murder and' xt cited, if mntally and morally rt - httlwii)e. If \atldrop Was the guilty 1 tv, assumning hin deli captax, he "uitrerd ol:ty the late the law would have 'bstted him, though in a cruel way. It ai not the guilt or innocence of Waldrop or the lyt,cters that so nuhuell conacerns iety, as this new advance of lynch j L w, both in the autos tall the surround circumstances. There is far more in it than the simple fact that A. was lynchel for ia naiaelcss crime on I. It is an exception to past acts. Lynch ing by whites for this crime has not been to!iined to negro perpettuttors, but hnas bet 11 inflicted on whites and blucks pro mlia:euously. With the whites it hta1seen id is basal on the vindication of virtue from brutal violence. It is ia principle f preservation. On the other hand we lo not call to mind a case where blacks live lynched a black for such a crime on their own race, though our court calen dtars contain numbers of elarges for uch arimos. Thi departuro by the blacks from puast precedenlt, int that, too, on a whit e man of known doubtful sanity, '',,ests other mtives thllil those here toilore lactuatinIg whIite men. Whlat w1aa tIle re-al mot i v, mand witt wvas theo prot)ing)tt inicentive ill thtis view, bie a.omes-- m)atenaal ninti demanlIds full inves-. ti pt ion,u aurrt fromi the aet ill itself, as if (o13er lko) acts, being a very high v>l at lin of law. Th'le inlvestigatioan and hral ofc thel part iest charged iay result ini theI partial,1 if not entire suppIlression (If I,lynch law , to whtich Clud all citizenIs anx3iousaly look. --4 Sott.hI, o a ; ,' One o f tile stirrinmg buiine,s maen of >w Ei.rk is Jamesii S., Lew;, whlo is l'ontweid wN ~ ith a. rotck drhill caomnljay, anti haas Iccasionjut in hte coulrso of t be year tt via.it mnanay Ilrt of the counlltry. lI f pIotuitiesa- for coaatarintg thec r'lahv I rowa a t h o1 (f tile iiferent sections 1 art .- xer lhol Withain two) or thr-eo .'I- ra' lus b'conIta- imprjtessed with thle "Newa Houth" a- -a growing field of iln lutryl tl 101 exhtada molmtinag iln the eyes of ' omet ofhlt i fials to~ Saaathern fever. Mr. ILewI aris rears "Tere is no atever in myv11 tathe1'1'- l South811. It isa thae sI il aresuit (If ob.a-evation11. I f 11or1c0 GreelyI ' wais taltie to-tiay heo would sae-ret (atf- Southernm goth I is e asily un1 dierl-ttaod ater a few v it'. T he wara left thie youngl' n11n of that re'giaon impoveIlr hbe I attotet tto thle vearge of starlttat. ltarm d whI a thir fathers aw, ithfa bi pa I iltin :al udr--ves of a1i.,ta laadal --ver h ain of bt aitig. a, sy ilarnul to Itb aI nd aave tha-ir a-arnings Il 'fTey hiave -a ( Ine moaa-aker.-. tad tuon1ey a1aversa. '[hay ka:'.v- the vahlw (of weaallth bay tit- fblit 1r expermienae otf lackh oft it. They-VWi wd eaa ndlilV Iav a11 dohtr wherenl we alt Ihoa Nothi wvill atpeedt Iive. Thie war a-.f-t u31 up ha re ill a st ino bitead prlls lany, ft, left themia (In bare1 boanes-. 'Tay had to (10 or (lie. Th'ley decidted tol do lad noat tao *0." N'-:: Yorki I'l .\Ow , nI olG VM. Wie allrae praaredl i to II 1I ianos- Iland ( )r:-aus. of la la thee tia at, faletary trwats fill ('ala taor.. Iar laitaanltsa-aa. I 'ianaat fromta :-2 up a; (O)ganat: fr-om . a >2 Ip. 'I he verdI toi Iaae peophle is that t:hey cana sav e thea fin ighat andt twety--ive perC (et,t. ha)'llying itf ts. Instr-tinaaen,ts taital. Wet paty fre-ight botih wiays if iLt sa-bio: r. de and al te13s11 t inl y-our 0own ha lueal. IR spa-Itfully', Thea' alhIunb ianhnt It tart inl ouIr keaapinaa, :naat we rowea it to) tta em t h all-ir w%:ants ire piroampatly sup1 ahi-al If we lantlta dto th is, we slht,ddi praompt ly meliniipraishI (113 chargre o,f thlei,,. I.Aws o 'rOii si' . holllo of the Work of tIho Ifee,it SrM,ion of the I.e lainture. An Act to amend Section 2,182 of the General Statutes of South Carolina, ltolating to housebreaking. '1'hat Section 2,182 of the General Statutes of South1 Catolina, relating to housebreaking, ho anended so as to read as follows: ''Section 2,182. Every person Who shall break and enter, or who shall break with intent to enter, in the lay time, any dwelling-house or other house, or who shall break and enter, or shall break with intent to enter, in the night tie, any house, the breaking and enter ing of wicli would not constitute bur glary with intent to commit a felony or other crime of a lesser grade, sh1ail be hold guilty of a felony, and punishalie at the diserotion of the Court by iipris onment in the county jail or lieniten;iary for a term not exceeding one year." i1A L.JUSTli FE.ls. An Act to prohibit Trial Justices who receive Salaries charging or receiving any Fees in Cilu:tl business. Section 1. That frot and atIcr tin' passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any salaried trial justice in this Siate to receive .tny compensation for their services iin any criminal causes olhe r than his alary, or to receive for liis n use any portion of his cons:ta''It fees (.r 5)ahir3 in anyv crimtiid iaui e W;um:., Vt vliether F-id (;ti.s(e ate iiCtuatiiy ti- ! cotulromnis td oii triasko'i +t tur hiI .I: gatil to the Court of (Geen;i h.u' Section 2. Any trial ji:cet' ws r,al violate the lr(('e(iinig SCCtin of tiii As;t sh:atll e doenied gtiii 1 of It iI me' r, and, upon convictiii therof, i hi i 1 lined not less than liit doLh-.rs, and1 1i it more than two hunidred dollars, or i prisoned not less than thirty days, ned1 iot more thiu six iuoiitlis, or liot a liin and iilpri.lunmcnt It the diseretion of the Court. oisrtlec'loN ANi NA1I;vi'\ON. An A:t. to prohibiiI the Oh:struction of Navigation by Bridges over and .tcross livers in this State. Section 1. That no peri on or ptersoins or coilorations in thi; Si ate, shall leep or cause to lie kept, punt or eau.ed to be lilacel, any Iridgs over and acres auv ot the nav:gatbIe rivers within this St:te so as therhy to injure or obstruct the free 1avigation of said rivers, :td eerV i btChl l,vr.otl or l,ercouK or eorpotatinia tu olleidiig s1al lo eit, fcr eatch asd c'; such ol;.ilce, the sum of two !itidlrcd dollars for eacich a that such diayge may be so kept, or reinom as an o1,truo tion to said ice navigation, for tie ut of the State. Section 2. That any raib- ,t 'nltialiy or other corporation in tli . tate, whit i may now have any bfi i.e over anu across any 1na11igic rive tis dtato too low fot the purpos' of li and ni obstructed niavigation ', and they arc hereby, required to rtiove the satim, or to st conist ruct and nutnage (drr IV spl':e Is in said bridges as will secure !ae 111( unobstructed navigi tion of :aid sream which sitd sptatls s1l bi le not less ;hian sixty feet in width in tie clear, anU shall be properly lu_ated witi reen. 11e( to doee) water and the conve nieIlce uf uavi gation, and slall he 1provided 0n both sides of the span with strong and suita ble hinders extondintg not k.' th n lie hundred i ml fifty feet abo,o, a"l not less than eighty feet below t ho I idge, and rising itbovo ordinary high water mark to within i_ot less than one foot of the lower cords of said spans. And upo1 failure tU do ao, said railroad oompany or other corporation shall forfeit for each and every day that said bridge may remain too low for free and unobstructed navigation the sum of two hundred dol lars, for the use of the State; P'rovided, That this Act shall apply only to suclh as arc now naivigable by steami boats or mlay hereatter h inadeitl( soi. Sectionl :1. That this Act Siiidi go intio etiket and becoine at Jaw wit hint SIX Iiolt hs after the ajpiroval of the sa.11. Secti -10 . Tlhait Acts amlii partL (it A is iiconlsi't ut her!ewith aritie hereSby re p ea led. TE'lNANTN' N i)T TO INJ ti'l li' il' Ty, An A('t. to anliendx St etion1 2, 85 of th iiunerail Statuites of tilt Stiat' ini rit aletd H ouses. That Sectiin 2,.lsu of the (ii n, iIutttti ot tis State ben, ad ihe mun "Sec i t o , hl S.itti \' e sii i i tii l ii. tiii2ly, tuhtwftully amil wiltidly biirni or c tit dstriied, any 'iu teuddru cu inihe ho-o b iing( of anyi framill or Il ramis of tuuhilier tof any oth er personi, madtue or' prieJ irtd, fIor or towa 'iis t.he tt me shad li it beiiuintt' for~ thei puri>se for wicjh it wais iriepart I; awl nimy ti'irait or1 tenaitnts at willt, ftr vials iir fir tle, who si int wilful y mal iGdii stl'tio Or ollewi i 11e i i i r any duii .i'li house oc i uti>isl, etion biltul' ii-U ior tiro ii ofe i nIii. th i .s t il n oft'. 'lite Ot!or t ita ijii, uel , ii 11y pismt, or both,'si int t dixen'm lif AniAt toii punlish(ehig ii iittee omils oft any chaderedt' e,tir ionl ofI(!'4 lringist in i is inte.f n in Tht it terslef a 14 miiienn-anor io n ty pnrAct to eg i nh't ati bct prniteol'ntt chtered imntitutio i of ie ( ihn Stat, o1 ay pesonfoui goi esim eral Statuten, relating to cases tried or exautield beforo Trinl .distices,'' ap p>roved D)ecember 21;, 1i88'1. That an Act to antend Sct ion 810 of the ( Gc'neratl Statutes, relating to cases tried or examined before trial jubtices, ap)rovet! I )cccmher 2;, H1 I, be and1 is hereby aiended so as to rc;d as follows; "'section 810. Whene(v(r a p)ersont charged wit Ih eriu', to be tried or to be examtuitel udtlter section 829 hlertof be fore a trial justice, or whiuev('r either pairty to a civil action which is to be tried )efore a trial justice, shall n,ake and file iefore the trial issuing the papers an aflidavit to the cifeet that he iois not be lieve that lie can obtain a fair trial or cx antiiation I befor. the trial jl'tiee, the i)pers l bi I be tu rned over to the near est trial juttice of that couniy, who shall prced to try the case or hol the cx aiii aith>n ao t ihe hadl i et te pt l)ers: I'rtvidet, That such ailtvit .tthall set forth tegroiunud of ' ich b,e!if; that two d:vs' lit itice of tho application for ieli ttransfer shall be given to the ad verse paty, and bat one schii transfer .hall be allwed t,> each party ini any case. This sction sihall not. apply to trials 1u-f tre tlie jutlieial trial justices of the (City of ( Cimrleston." Tj t l t i. rir: ktr: ) -r-- i r .t t'tnt . An :\rt to I 'tuhlt;t the traflic in seed t t n in tih' ctu!ii(s of' Ablui'villo I Ailen, Sumter, -tr, I; igetiell, Berke iv, 'l , i'iliiuI, Oreuit r I Ir .;m, ('i taier andI IUniotu S iu' !. That Ilth tratile in steil cot t-n " ' 1iirth'. l tier or exciuu e', in tlhCl'silils t"t .\iib"t"yijle, Suttlt[ i, ] o1"k I'td',c u, AI. r'h yu , i' crshawv, R l ttibal, t iun l,t:ry, ('C i I 1(it, C hut r i' t ld t. i :., th': i: p rids hi r'iniftlr 1. i .d . . u 1t1 li e 1i her< by ire hibi . Seti tn . 'i hat lhe ('h'le of tll (urt. of1 (C 1441n '' l4i. I 'ii- imis inr d c u t ofi i ui ';' I ' t * i \ i 't'' , tut tt ut ( In I i t1t ii 4 1 in4. (" ly'1 "!V i1a td ini the(' a it seeti,n n If At" laeh, anlld artt hereby, auititur;iu'+t utt;l uta iwtice to 1i11 e h t;t; t i h a!e )!in s.l c,"t'nt by pur ch:t ., l a':er , r i xclba:-I;c, wtithinl the t di l ;;iii gi ' i'le l;th if .ugust anid 'ndlin; ihue Ilil of ih-c'ilnher (if ettlb .1'tr, t" . -lt }ursonu or lier -4ut ast slhul ic wtth -said (;lu'.r i_.:r. etivtely at writ-I tit 1a,phiationu tht tisfrt, the grnting of' whii: shall }: bi un uded byh. l at lattI t n lini-owvt:trs rte:"ident wvithini the tttws,til) whreint_- aidl appllie:tint ittntds to td. h,t,it,.:,. "Iwh lieu nm shill spi'eify the xaet pht:ec. Whelt t' nid Ii"t." t .it u.;". ii I c.a'iit".o on anldt' thet14 ]). rit, ; \ ite it i : il 'c i ot rallieI is ' per. i -1, tll :i etiinu in force ' it i tlt e for 111 1101 i: if. titlic lic. te ir f anted a t'. ( thr"-' it n' h ln e o llt Ie.l ie paid i}y 1he: 4l4:udl ti cu y tr'aurer nior t t : i ithe e iintiC, r(esp)ective ly, t x'urt i,t th c rout faft.r of IJ trkelev andl Cliueh it, vy,rhcr the litc tit) shall be lity ci<dlar s. Si-el ati o. That any l)tr-Oi WI h(1 tilhatlI herafte(Ifr trale in si'cid cotton bIy pr. ' it:e, hanrtter or ehatnge, withount lirstl hatttiutg ubh dliuclIict[ as uabove proe vh, b dl ae guilty of a titu!'ndenanor, ati, n cniti.on, shall be pniisid for tinh (Ioliee b p a lint of i >t less than t e l:ulird( loltturs, urlby implrisonmett u-1 iot !y t n t o i ae y eari', ur lib buthlt ile antd, unher'ei d,, Withi i t dlis ni-inon of he C Lt. rtcti.In 1. 'hat ( v(1 ry plitrsc+tn t > whom belien ,) to tratlic iii sct. d Coth-n1 iinay I.e gtattnt.l 'iil keep at sa[id prtat". 44f busi ness a book in whtich shatll imtente-redt the datto of OVery p)urchl , fromu whom purchased and the quantity putrcasted, which book shall always ba open to inepeotion of persons applying tlerefor; and anty P:-rson to wutoml a Iiiesn" maty be graitntte, its herein p1rovidl 1d, iiling' to e'ulty wt,ithlt the re(ttirlm'tts of thui se t:n 4 nII , n onicti on, het li ab14 ll to44 theli pities s11 ie nSetin. 14 eet, i n . Tii' i t n othi v ing e re-i 41(' 1'" in -n IN 1a 14, .'n uI 1141 it '4' . r fi jili s 1(1 . An44 it to Inu l S 41 O Ptio ti i'hiih of th ne4raII.. llt (h -dteI 1, re .tlatng to' the11 turn "'Sil ti on , l.\Ii'ersh ll in th ON I: MOM EN I' TI)() I[TE. The IiMtory of a Confteriito MIL Iliary Ixicuts ion. (N"romt the i iilit(ic'phia' Tinues) The scene of my tale ol)('l1n in a little cab)in in tho Al1.ghllny Nlount+inst, in \'est Virginia, twenty-livo years ago. A wontatn wtaH anxiously Leuling over ia siek child tossing and muttering in the unrest of fever. Ivery now and then the word ''father" escaped the child's lils. '"1'he child grieves powerfully after her father,'' said one of i ho neighbori; who had come to help the mother niurst the ill chihl. "'hat she does," replied the poor miotier, with a wetarv si;;h. "lle alwaiys set a world of store by tier. It. almost broke her little heart wht'n he went to the war, aiid sinice slt luis 1een siek she has beggel for hii in the pitifulest you ever heard." ''Can't he come to see her?" asked the neighbor. No,'' replietd the woman; ''his colo - nel said lie cdulti't he +laroi now. lIe hail a furlough list. sutnier. If he just had known about this anil waited. teenis to itn shem nii t get well if ie could just see her fatl her, amd it wotinll't fall so hau on me, cit her, if he was bhere." 5teveral days went by, and little Sallie, the sick cliild grew worse. .t lengtIi the mother wrote an ii rgeit let tr to her hushi aud. tlt of the agony of her heart, iinlloriug limt to eilm hiie at all eusts if ho wistleil to e hi ttI' llaugh ter alive again. ( )iie' nori' he askeid for i fuirll,uigi, autl iaain hle was refiisil. .\n engagieenit was p liii;. h'I e ecniey'a force was greatly spilo r to ours, al not a ian ciuilt ie sliarel. .Joh hall was a brave man; lie hiad proved that iii mainy an enalittgenetnt. Nothing coul have tmte uttd him to swerve fri nii hi lu ty a,, a si'Iiher, e.xeept his franttie tleiri to ti' his clihl onc, ntore. U tdi. I s t'pnoiue ihu lit the cainp again t oths, a,il liel to hils rote cabin among the Al legi:umits j tat t in tiino to see little )allie's fare light. it. up ncl niie witi a Ieam of joy,ful reciogittionl, anil to receivo her p)arting kis.. To th. this ho haud intcurrtd the liraul of die ierter, anid lud takent his life in his-o'; hais. 1iEi't"NINi i 'ii iE I{ANlS. Searcely were the chiltl'a r mains in terrei tlin he, wideiio wait ing to oem fort his sorrow atriuk'en wile, started back to camn p, iLit eutling ti throw himt self on thu mercy of his eoniualtier for ext illpation of any uiufise cmi mnitti un-ler so overwheling a pressure; or, if the wirst cain' to the wor.t, ti meet his late like a imn. I;at i new coilli eattiiii hail arieni. I uri'ig the few <ly>, he hi l been atsent the mitn on the othlr side hail chtiged their p,osition blte the ligures on a chess honn+i, an t lie t m'my's triiips hiil como bletwt n lhiinitand lii;; comimand. lIe traveleil tiruii i it cil:l, drenching rain, sleepiiig at iiigit ini a forest to lessent the risk of fall ii ig into the enemy ' hanids. lie began to feel a str:tmge stupor Creepiig vt r ii iii ulwits just itle to hiag htiniselft ti tlholse of a ifrienlly ceunutryiitn, who b ok him in aint kept. hii for the i next ft tw weeks, il 'rimg which time he Iv ill uft pteumn tit. Just its he wits begiiiaig tI cinval' see, aad before he ha<l hail tiiie to volun - tarily give hinslf ut1tp, he sias at rcst t as a deserter. 11 is wile filh>weil ii in to camp and pleaded f~r him, telling the cause if hiis desert wii Withi all tht elo ltuuece thatt strong ci>tion couldictaito and taling all the ituitnie on herself, In vain; he was tried antid coiidi:med by every r uile of war as a deserter. The con imtiitiing oflicer, Ihowever, made tliis Con1Cession to the ag)nizel wife lie i oitl defer the execit ion ifi or three i Iy. Sii it: to give her inne to go to B?ieh iin(niil iamil imilphore thle elemneey of Prhesidlent I)atvis, whichi wits nowi tIhe sole hope for the pirisoer's life. Like Jliamie I )eanis goiing toi plemui hie forei the Quei'n fori lI-r si-tie' lfe, the Ihiisbni<l's caulse 1befo re dem ii raion I )av is. She hait it in her ii>wer toi provi ilii lie haid shiowii hiisilf ai brajve i.ihlieir, tiit hei lunti iot left. fle eaiiiy fromi~ owaniiii or fruin ilefection to the catusi, init from ehii amd his iniitensi itesire ti see' her. inec m;ore beforie she jaei awaty. I )tvis ihmhy I grante<t iiiIw m:t' paltt'n, aid t rew up it paiiiiIr to t t.i---t, whicb hie give toi a miltsonuger, <dirtect ing: hii iileer. I i, iin(reoiver gitve the wolnium i <llilcatti paper toi maktei Irr huisbiamii's reh-asie i ii imore i'rtaiiin. .Joiyfully shi shttil oli withI the prc ('iOus <liieiiieiit thait. wais ti'carry life mtail hieavilv hIi -ti i iho. e libcdys; theire was shut ing ut IhI troopis frii one i>iit to diuig th wa; 'ur tue nrits gotin it-ices, isin-inlai y towan i the cl>i; of thli warii. ( )n thh. latifiuh ti ip iine of thise igh~lt. It waus niot a veriy ilhitriouis atei dent, ut tl i i iiIit ca in theiir dt i n ieesary reiin rs cioi l lie inadiei. i:0110|asifii 'ihe.haNilfui eiiiirts fught against"' the coolitiiniii i ti-itiuin, but thuie wast noi ihlp for it. iueiit seiiim'l to her itn hiiiir. At lenugthi shii was speiiling' iin heir waiy igin,i tad in it fiw hour ro; u re she rti;eau lii r tistartedX tog ty in a waio thr thei camp, wife shiivir iiit turn pal. 'Thiey reachedi thle etiiip. Shte conl not ats1 a <puestion, hut thei nwseniger rupqietedi tha:t thley shiiihi bt comiiu eitedl toi thei co mm andiier's teint. S-u entl y alhe louualed himo the Pre(sidt's papehir. lIte took it, readt if with hi lte fatce and lips indil ently hituuned awaty friom her. It wits to o hate; thei terrible I nithI was 1borne to her without at word beiing spoken. WithI a hieartrendinig shriek shit fill ini 'iensibile on the ground. 'Tende.rly tIe bravo buit stern me!? aironm1 me lifted her up and ministered to her, and tears sttood in many a veteran's eyes over the sorrow-stricken woman. Tihe coninaiInding ollicer had deferred the execution three dlriys, and evenu late intto tho ifternoon of the third dary. Then thirteen uent from another regi inent than .1ohln 1tlal's were chosen, antd twelve of theiu were given muskets, though only on e of theso mutskets had shot inn it. Thre thirteenth mani was held in reserve in ease of the first shot not doing its work ul'etually, and to render the scene unore Iiarrowiig this actually proved to he the ei ae, so the th irrheiuth Inon was cndalld on to give the death wound to tie ill-fated .Johu Btli. This mini declared afterwards to a friend that this was the nost terribtl mouent of hit+ life, and that he would rather have un dergone death )iuns(lf thati to be called Oi to fulfill such a t'tsk. I have given a fietitious name to the prisoner, but in all other respects I have adhered to facts. Ti li WIi's F.vI'i:. When the wife recoverca from her swooi her brain was so tltranged by the terrible Ilow that sle seenued iiereifully unahle to reai.11 or clearly reeall tlie tragedy that had hefallen her. Al bruato fits of wild exeitetn -nt aini gloomny apathty suiecetteed elach other. She slipp]ed out of comp aind instintively fouri her wa, latek to hit'r linlde cal 'in, aid after piin'ig the re a few wer"e; she was one ioruiug foli lying dead i on the grave of little Sallie. II 1111'e ;i I'Pii.m -lliI,er \\ Itllte flrt' I.:,reiny \\or.A .\itri an ing., 'Ilrwlr Ttvr,lpr. (Ii s i ihr 't. I..iii. Iepul is an ) ( ener:1I I ). . 1P"rst h:is beeIn ac < lintI 'witl thie di n on"'-d t ("ee r ice lihe 'rininiii'g of the lich ili in, and gave a l;e])uiblicatn rep]oneor allneaccount of the ird l Ietw,iIn thie ieaed governor and irigadier1 (h-et al Walker,of Ttintsse'e, at in iht. At tle tine the iuel was foiglht, (ielr:n Frost WaS i!n comiand of a tlivin 1it111 lor (i'neral I'rice hofore Lit. le Hoek, aind, as (itenra I I 'rice was in Ic lphis at th:t tin', (Inneral Frost was praetieatll' Iii conutl of all the Uonfederatte forces at Iitle Roek. Uir oral Frost relates the story or the duel iii this Iianner: "1h ;h of the mien were excel-nt gen tlenein and tlitre was n> neecssity for a dltl. I;viyl roly knows that (Itivernor 3aarmeln Ike bl n(i trr ian exoelhit famn ily. i,>tha h.re thle ti f rlyidier genernl, iiaurn l .larsh Wia her was con ii) eted wiIi the ibest faiitlies of Tcnnes se'' il- WaiS relitt-tl to thie K i i'x andi 1'olk families of t hiat State, anid his own fanily was of high -.iiiiuling. Thrre wtas snie jeailou-y ex ist ing beta een the two mlen on aeounit of r,aik. \Walkt'r was \larmaduke'a suptierior inl rank, hut inn som1110 nOunwr or other j ulousy arose he tweti thit iii aald ( It"enrl Marmailuke nlttta slome reference to (In'neral Walker in clnversationl. It wats not long until \launuuli hi 's remarks we'u earlired to Walke''s ears bny b ttHy-bodiues. Walker ieiinildetl tIhat i\latin:.: tluke rulake a re tlitiiol, which the l iter refused to do. \\alker then sorit a eluileinge to (iteratl \laurlildutike to ight it dtelh, mii hit coull not dlo it hrt ise Itii ntecept the t+lutd le0. 'I'h(" duel Wans fouctglht wiile Steele w\ as nutk ing at ctdvnes o Il'ri'+'e Coi auaal, nraid our p ickts ;Were aetuatl!y t n gaged wtitlh the (t enuy at thit lime. 1'ai:tols wereu the wreapns resorb I t ,, anid onlyv (l.n' i-hot wasT li.ttd b) eanch. ( ientral \1arruaduko's ulk t pierccl W'allor through the kidneys, at he died after ltgering for severil days in great agony. (ieneraIl Matrmuadtnie escaecdt unhurt. '1'he llnipY occur rcnr'.. as a source of inuclh rigrt to him Vten up1 ti the p reslnt tine. lie never spo'ke' of thet duel, lbut I knmv thait ho~ 1imi,at abury:, honentedll tliit it ever' took hiso. I have ne4ver Il re i (if thie'cor re'spondenceio' whlichl f 4edI lletwvteen thei hhln vid, thait thei dull was the resuOlt of ora:u oil lothI tuni. Theliy hissedi Itrogh lay ('1un114as Ihe-y wnt tot ho f;liht the( thiia 1110h r arried, 1111 tIs01 thue dulI t imei for an1 ii eurrt lie' of that kini, any wmk I h, aini weI ne(idl all of oui 1n1 tor I ti k 14( wa' iton hI tinut engagedOt itol bt Inarr d,iicc itlyi ater the1 waril ebol,toi a: im t g i hly ofl Ahl-.uprhitt hei Joa' itiot i1 ihre as, toIt hat, l icilit wa s very i Il atenivec t theal ld uni.yha fi <rre, nIin. nggnn ee x Imrn. Af'hterwais the he 'itlv nmrried riiImle get'iltaa nthi.th h (iverniorii was li wtd hipper oflittl 1*.iiinlc . i)lM n i s r hVilthl $i, tf(Ith. Jo h 11 . hI irrih iiioi ts w ilrth s. el,0 th. atlltho liSston liv5-. All I ii dioleys wlIino rei the owns a lslifarm. I.hune Ihino, the circus-rider,1( thase l(Iar. Thayr thmie notaliizircsgr.re as liinIS I le.t jls fi Ilt~tli TOO MUCH MAlItILED. An Atl.inta Flreien Charged with Having Four Viver, One of Them from Plckoi, annl Another from Anclereon f'ounty. (From the Atlanta Journal.) BIenjamin Burton, a supernumerary of the fire department, was arrested and locked up at police headquarters this morning on a charge of bigamy. This morning a lady called at .police headquarters and had a private talk with the chi"f. She introduced herself as Mrs. Ienjamin Burt n, of Homer, (a., and stated that she married Mr. Burton atb.mut two years ago and separated from him after learning that he had wives elsewhere. Before marriage she was a Miss Lizzie Kirkit v. The lady had a little girl with her of whom Mr. Burton was said to be the father. It was at the instigation of this lady visitor that the chief arrested Burton. This afternoon Mrs. Burton, of Homer, will swear out a warrant charging the ptrisoner with bigamy. Last August Burton married Miss )elia Wilson, daughter of Mr. Riley Vitlson, in Atlanta, and if what Mrs. Burton, of lfomer, alleges is true, this will make the fourth wife that he has living. II.' will be charged with marry'n; the following ladies: Mise l'ziio hirkley, of Homer, Ga. Miss Lola lb rtsoii, of E tsley Sta tiot, S. C. i\iiss Lula Hall, of Anderson county, S. C. liss I )-lia Wilson, of Atlanta. liuitton caine to Atlanta thre years ago, and worked tinder Sanitary Oflicer lung for tuo years, and since last Au gust has servcl as a supernumerary in tih. tire depattnent. The prisoner was roe,n by a .Journal reporter and asked what he lad to say about the charge of too mucu wife, and he replied "Why, I have only one wife and wor had btt one, and that is the one that T married last August, Miss Wilson. I have never lived in South Carolina, nor in I tomer, Ga., and never married any bol v in either place." '"ilow oldl are you?" " l'wenty-two." "Yon must have'married very rapidly." ''Yes, it seems so from the charge against me. But I am not the man wanted by the alleged Mrs. Burton, from lomer. She has simply made a mis take." ''Where does your family live?" "1 don't know. 1. was born at Powder Springs, and my people went from there to Ellert county, and I have not heard fromst them e in several years." "Ad the four wives are not yours?" "Only one of them is. Can't you send wordh to my wife where I am?" ''Which wife?" "I have told you that I had only one." liqiries were made of some of the menbers of the tire department as to Iurton's antecedents, but no one seemtd to know anaythit.g about him. At 2 30 o'clock Mrs. Burton, formorly of Ilomer, (Ja., and working in Lynch s t.ailor shop, called at polic headquarters and Confionted Burton in th eenco of the chief of police, the .Journal r t r and others. A stuipid stare was all he could give the woman. "1 don't know you. Who are you?" lie s'atmmer, d out. ''O hi, it is a great pity you don't,'' re ldi0l the little lady, und she proceeded at once to give hint a piece of her mind. lBir,on, accoitbug to the woman's statement, married first in South Caroli nt; then mtarried h'r; returned to South C trolina, married again, and then came to Atlanta and married again. M's. Burton No. 2 did not know of Mrs. larton No. 4 until yesterd. y after noon. ASi.i~E' FOlt St liN YEAlt04. A Utica (l linni.) telegram saiys: Hier-. nmiain aes has sIiyt ialmnoit cont,inually fo on yeurs. lie has been treated in ia doizni tlY-re'int ways, but not one has h e'n atble~ to break his protracted slum her. P owe'rful ('lectric battteries have besen app~ lied to hiis boduy, the only effect beninzg a coiitraction of the muscles. liIai nts is now forty-nine years ohl, and ten ye'ars age was a prosperouts farmner in St. Chair county, Ill. At that timie he was liale and hearty, his weight being In 18s77 lhe was stricken with fever and a'.tie, andit in the spring of 1880) moved hie wits brought tot Utica. A few months atettr his arrival ini this State lho fell ash 'pl, andi iu bts Ii veid in this strange coijt ion ftor inre than seven years. In the suitmiter of 18581 hei awoke one morning, artose fronm his bedl, puit on his etltthes, and went abtltit his work. When t 11( that lie hail slumbered four ye'ars be gruow indi(igi:ant anid would iiot believe that lhe hiad slept more than a ntight uin til b di before a mirror and shown his long b lack hair and boeard( and sunken che ks and eyes. Fotr a mot th his heal th andit habt its seemetd perfect, lie wen t to bend at the uisual liour, slept through the night, and arose with the lark. In Augiust, 18N1, his wife became %ry ill, and IItaintes was obliged to deprive hiiruiself of needed rest. One niight, while titking her it cup (if teat, lie suddenly fell aslee'tp, dlrioppedt the cuip, san k to the ll oor, itnd hadt( to he taken to his bed, frotti which lie has never since risen. II it' e lie hit ch, b reathes niatuirally, itndt sotins little pain -i butt is wasting itwey. Iliin weight is now less than iinety poundtis, and he is no longer able to triovo' himself in bed. Abtuit II o'clotck every evening lhe itwitkis for five otr six minutes, (durinig wIhjih t.im oi is hurriedly given a soft botiled egg, it littlhe soup, anid a swallow or two oft e utec, his only (daily nourish met ife is extremely nervours during his b rief wakhing intervals, butt his eon versiatioin inidicittes that his mindl is not b eeloudtedl. No medicine has pass*ed his lipis for two years. His children are bright and liealIthy. .o T'. oible ii to all|ow . Dr. ieree-'s " Pellets''(the origintal ''little hiver pillIs" ti and tno ait tr gri ping. Cure siek tir btlhous hetdithitle, sour stomacth .tint lee th5(Ile s4ystem ittd bowels, 25i et. ai vial. ()etting tip with the son Is a common pirtitice where there is a teething boy baby it the fiamiluy