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XXI. ICKENS, S. C., TIIIRSDAY, UNI.5, 189. ununnnCK1e nJunUNE.n '''.'i/4,ioTI y 1t' l) JjA IV, AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE TO BE WARE OF JUDGE LYNCH. Judge l:4 It m in CI trging a Jary Takem (cualsoun to Warnt te Pieepte Atainnit Ith Dianger of the IoltrIatfe i Mob1. DARIANIVTON, S. C., J title 7.-Court convened here on Mondav morning. Judge lLiid-ion closed his ctarge t) the grand jury as follows: "I exhort you, gentleinen of the grand jury, and you, petit jurors, to see that th law is fearlessly, faithitil ly and inpartially enforced .f far as your duties enable you to do. In this endeavor all ):tw-abiding, libert3 -loving peopli! should co-operate. It we ceCea to hoa lw-abiding acnd de spise and defy its Imlandates and smnc tions we resolve the cominitity into a state of barbarism, where might makes right and each miin b9comes his own judge and avenger. tictiroy the confidence of man in his fellows and teach him to despise the law and the Courts and you break the bondi which hold society together and upon which all govern ient rests for security. The rule of the mob is anarchy in its otst alarming aspect. There is nothing so calculatett to spread terror among a people as'the cry of the infuriated mob. It is more to bo dreaded than the war whoop of the savage, the bugle blast of the rouber band, the roar of the tor nado, or the silent. approach of the deadly pestilence. These, at m' -st, are temporary, and may be resisted and checked. They bina man closer to his fellows and sustain him i his in creased reliance upon the laws of God and man. They ('all forth the exercise of t lie noblest qtalities of the soul and the display of I le highest attributes of manhood and patriotism in the effort at resistance and relief. From the de vastations of tho savage and the han lit, !he'stori, pestilence and f-umine society soon recovers, ani the law and government are as strong as before. if not st ronger. Not so with the howl of the frenzied mob. Its deeds are more alarming and far-reaching in their ef fects upon society and government. It. is vain in a land of' Chris'lanity, en lightenment and good government to apologize for the excesses of the mob, because the crime of its victim is atro cious. The most heinous and revolt ing crimes can be effectually punished by the law of the land. Appropriate punishment is prescribed by statute against all crimes known among our people, and the Courts are invested by the Coistitm.tion and statutes with full power to enforce the law. "These reflections are appropriate to this place and occasion, and are sug gested by the alarming progress of mob law in our State. U'ntil recently the mob rarely assembled and then always aimed at secrecy, manifesting thereby a consciousness of the lawlessness of their bloody deeds, but now the lynch ers assemble in da3 light, and, in open defiance of the law and its officers, slay their victims. More alarming than the lynching itself is the fact that frequent 4 mass neetings are being held in the State at which the lynchern are com. mend d and the mlvocates of law aild order denounced as er enies to woman. I t is indeed time that all citizens of te State should strive to check this ap palling 1progress of lawlessness, and to rest.ore inl the minds of a.ll the people a reassuring confidence in the law and the Coirts. Mass meet ings to denounce lynch law have been toll:wed by Iuass meetings to eiidorse and comtilend it, P and(t thus bittern ss and strive have been enuendered and the public mind iiiihimed. We should alf sfrive to aIlIv excitement and restore reason. "Th1e idea has taken root In the mfindst of1 some1 of t.he cit izetns of t.he State I hat t he (teat ht penalty for rape imulst be executed biy the mob as the only mieanes of a veniging tIhe wrong done to innocent, woman, and as the only metho of(1e pr eventing I he crime Thleis sentimnent. i'; ent ertained by some *good and lpatrit:e men, and it can not hie eradhicate el by <tr mina' ion) .ti.. - ccrmination, invect'ne .. ud vi tipe-ra tioii, biut mu tst be dlone hby reason and by a prompt, andi( rigd Otu Iorcemte nt, of the law against all crineunals. "Thei e is t:0o cr1im e so shock inig atid a larmt ig as rape. Th ii eassaumil.t, uponi thie sacred person of womian arouses a feeling of in digna inn in ihI e br'east of nman and( a thirst for v'engeari(e far greaiter Itai n mirder, a rron, buiirglary or anly othcr crimte. Thle co existnce of the tIwo race s initensilIi's this feeling ofI indlignattini man10111(e whIent ihe nm gro ass,muits a whit e woen.:mt. A ll coit i-uir in the 1 lolle that liii :av'ishe'r shftei sulffer (tealhI for 1.i sheoeisineg crIme14, aind such1 is Ih h1'I . Ihis ex Ireie penualt y is prescibe.l ttr rape,l inurder and arson e, acid lie gro at er ''o tl be~ enacted againtt any crime. 'ITimt the itolerable crimte ot rape shoul t promptly punished mt:e crushted out rno one will (dety, and1( 5 ', ti.00, wi t h11 murder i and1( arison. itt how shall t fis fe ac . conip~l ishea? Shall it, lie (done1 by Iihe e nforcement, of thle law t.hrough our I 'ourts of justice or by the maddle nied mob? IIlere ist the vItal cinewst.ion, and upon it there is a wIde dlifferetnce of ('p)nion1, a small potrf ion of ou11r people I bought lessly adv'ocat.ing swi ft execu tiotn hey ihe mnob , but thle great body of Iaw-abidiung citizens p referri toI''h yoe t. e dleat,h pl)(tIty executted' t>y thle t ourts atid I be oflicers of t he law. 4(Can the peace, happiness atnd piros perilty oif a.tciety b t eprotmoted Ly~ turin Iig Ieoo e men'i wvithI theoir unb1 rid ledl passionis 1 a set law' at defiance an d take io t heir own hands the ext cii tieni of the (leathl penally against (lne chargi withI or guiillty of this frightful crIme ? Ia t he lust fitl btute iniore die terredl from perpetrat ing t his cr ime by the btowIs of I lie 1 inurild mob t hian bty thlie s(eh on1 si it e 1Ieo of a C ou rt of' Iaw, plronotineed at.I1 ith n of a fair ai impilartiial trial ? "Hilt a short, t ime ai o a Ihigh ly re spect able youtng whliite lady, in t he couloty (if Marlbotro, was ravished by a iiegroi manli. iIe w as arreal cd, incarce rated, t rie d andI COin victedi in t lie Court, of (tiner; I Sessions~ and e'x(ctt i'd. T[he fathe-r of the ladly a ided ini rt strainn the Iidination1 of u he Peole, and in secIuring t he t rIiuph of I fee law aund order. 'Ihis Chrittaan imit deserves praise, andl no( onte of the nielighbors has aniy remnorsi' ofICi cinsilieor anly ause of regret t hat the law wvas thus~ vindi guated acid the wrong r dIressed. it ito coummittiy aro mien more brave, chiy alric aunt loyal to womant, befing ready to make the greatest sacrifices to de "eLd her. biut they renonize the f,a. IIEARI TIIE OTHIElR SII)E! 'i t[ 0 DIlOR W. H. WALLACE, OF NEW- bC BERRY, ON THE NEGRO QUESTION. Il loral ioterioraition of the X )itli tr Negro tihe Cause of "tie Usnal Crinnn ' Ii" anti Lyuehing am al Unavoldais1e Con et sequelnce Tiereof. vi CILARLIES'TON, S, U.. Junp 7.-The " tllowill,. article was ptl)IisIe(d in tie a !ews andl(] Courier of this date: at] l'o the Editor of' The News and La ourler: There is io questio- of tihe c ty more misunderstood outside of tio y auth than the "negro questlon;'' in1 let, only a S)utherner undcratands the iaracter of the ueLro. A great deal ofe imby-pamby sent,im<mt is wast,ed on li by some of our Northern bretbren S I propose to speak of Ili, neLro .t tizen and ItOorer, and( in iboi,h res cet, Cx)ect to show that lie ii not a desir- it ble poSsession. Lit As a citizen the negro's sphere ii very rCumscribed. lIe exercises i> itila 3ce on the social or industrial life or the W Late, and sinco the enactmient o! 0he A !istraton law and the eiglt-hox law L C) influence In politics. lie is Iherelore, nonentity except in so far as hiA moral iaracter is concerntd, anil in that lidt will consider him, tn For twenty-eight, years lie hais borne te responsIbilit,ies atnl dut.ie. of citizen. iij). All these years lie has had schools ke ipported by the State for his vilucation; a his had his own ministers andm itirches, and has had tine example of te Lest clabs ot whites to help Im to at gher lfife. IIe has learned to read anl Iite; i n a great mnily 4 i anstanice3 he hai L arned to live without work; he ialso arned a certain kind of slirewdnies, o in I a. imitate(I the taults more thai ar no virtues of the white people. liii toral character is best exemplili2od by .lerence to some notable eventis that ive recently transpired it-, this State, , fich the at,tention of the whole c 'y has been directe -', and wh;ch serve i comparisons betweein his c'aracter ow and heretofore. pi Within the past dec;ad,!, and icreas- te be n, i freqiuency as the years liave !olU y rapes have been (It freqkueit. occur ice. Tle crime has reaclied anm larming state of prevallence. Withmiit IC past, two iontlis three negroes have i cen lynched in South Caroliia for ol aging white women, and one ollenider as so far escaped caltile; ail within lie same time tour or live negro Virls ave suflereil like ftte froni men of Itheir wn race. It has coim: to be a very serious inat er with people who live In the countrI nd have to send their children by lon"L nd lonely roads to school. 'There the hildren are all small they run a fearful isk. Many of the cases have happened is way. The lynching it Denmark, ie 24th of April, and that at Laurcns, ic 10th of May, werz for olitrages coin. tted on young girls on their wRy to id from school in the c,untry. W From 1861 to 1865, when eve-y able- re Ddied white man was in the will and t1, to womei were at, the mercv ol' the eroes, there was not even an insilt C. f'ered by one of theimi to a white wo- 9 eat. This isloften recalUed to their credit. te 'rue they were then slaves, bt slavezi (,I i they were they had no more reaon fIear the conseqiuences then than now. hey were Ihen nol onv respectful, as U(came1e their position, ftit they were inid, inl their disposition. And during tine "lec ,nstructioni' eriod-the days of social and political pheavaI-when the entina Sate wa nder his control. wit.h U nited States .Y ayoinets to hack him and ourts a n iries all in his hands, such crimes as I ra ave referred t,o were tiot known m this t Lte. ni WVhen the Northerni people undelnrstanni ie situation dlowni here they willI as- .a tiriedly cease to condemn us lor fakmng i ummaniry venigeatnce n the deCsple rs ofl !omien ; whether they dlo or noL, hiw ver, sw'ift and( certain (leathl11 awit the Uf ffender. We don't care to argue aborut it ,but, we arne ful ly deotermined,I ain:ne- ti unciations agamnst " mbl liv"' are as ie idle wind. RecentI oc:currenmcs i i >mie3 of theO N'ortheurni SRates shii t' 1hat i this reCspect the two( secntionsi ai -: 4f thne tae mind. I mii2ht show ffhat1 in othenr fparticular 19 ian thlat ment,ionled the negro .nas d(.'m 3rioratedl morally since lie secured hitsti -eedom. iIe g'rows more lanzy ant li hif t ~ss every dayv; lhe is miore givein > tIev ig, an ci t1e nmber of execuou m on i n1l1 1e iincrean,ing number1)1'id of negro coinviet the State Peiiten tiary for hoinunc'ies bow that I riom hayvmg bnee'iInrin hrme iu tractable lie has b hecomne blId.tir ,' and1 revengefl'. Th'ley ofteni ki eac in thner for t'en cel y any priovocatin -all" irry firearms and are quick '0t' A aem . In shlo t, it, is a hinet so un ivei sal recognlir.ed do(wn herice tha~it nahei I'dyi ill di' put.e it that theo ne ro fas de. ~rioratedu mi :ral ly *iince i he heramet aI I speuak. nif cour.', of the anver.i.:en ro. T1'here are. man1ily niegroes w'ho havn. e l lade goouse oiii(f their' freedomnn and thne p;iortumtnies it fias br oui2ht themli, aind hlo are0 an hnor to t iri r'ace,- lint lIat. hats hecn Inhertv to t.hese inns bneeniIl c('ni e to it greauit many11 more, whoilnm hae ronOii up1 like wa ibni animliIn, wa~ih no ouranl ebarai.cter' and noi res~trinti uin')l hir. hnintali faions)i. lint [ear. ft is ant snurprisinig, t.herefore, Li.hat whnere u hev:~ ithinn t.hey e':1in-"scape detectio~ n a hety someitimes pnrove' thiemiselves- li niasts liin hmniiii formu. liiIn ut n thait. >ritalh oI the subjin;' . Am 9 a labn 'rer the Ine'gr'o is aj curs o \y lie State. li is to,fu tIne Sawhi. ni el-d y toi Sout' ( 'aroniin, whatn thne "I [e-Iinh (. Il Cinene ithrea'-nI ton n hm' uil' toa the t aillein Sites, and li'Iw i iIl:\a lui * he i ; ca o ori thne Anui-(:h no 1- ic-l nuil by Ia neni in South i ( 'ann hina are riu' -I by a megro cheapl faborun. in IhI s > e Ihenn tI; anid is going ito tie po:-uss-in oh a Ire ['hem *lair...e landI o)wneri' Id >n n bne -I 0 white latbon'; they hadl a9 hr hn ' a1 w whit.e man on the pnlantatin aus at mr -,n ' 1 ind wvill pay im' iau miu.h - -andn in'a nmre. ii iwhi'.e mian t cannot livye denently aoin d< negro wvages any mnore thni hc u::m onc hinee wages. thLi It might. aeem thait a hona of fami. Li .-- zyuby LU WoUII is ijest shown by loyally to the law. "IIf lynch law for rape is right and the most elicacious, thenl wily not E have it legalized by the Legislature? Can a man in a land of law and Chris tianity be found who would introduce in your Legislature a bill to take from j the Courts of justice jurisdiction of the crime of rape and turn those charged with it over to the mob? Would he not be regarded as dement. ed? Away, then, with the boasted doctriie of a "high law." It is a delu sion and a snare, and the plea of those who would plunge society into anarchy under the vain pretence of punishing arime suiinmarily. "Trhen why should anyone advocate ( rr participate in these lawless execu- d 1ions? It is clear tQ any reflecting S muind that the punishment for no ft Lrime, howe.er- atrocious, ca! be safe- c y intruste-l to the mob. The conse- u luences are too far-reaching when peo- 1 pe thu defy the law and familiarize ,heinsel ves with deeds of violence. bo - ,iety is thus torn loose from its moor ugs an( has its foun:ations and secu Ity destroyed. Lawlesuness approved a )r tolerated by public opinion easily m inevitably proceeds from bad to C worse. From lynching for rape the e itep is natural and easy to lynching for S nurder, arson, !trglary and other ri !rines. "The only safety of a people is to a li)st-iin from all l-wlessness and to e naintain the law and aid in securing its mforcement. Tolerate the rule of the nob and who can arrest it? Where vill it stop? To what extremity will t not go? It is frightful to coitem- a late. s "There is no foundation for any I Aant of confidence in the elliciency of C mr Courts to punish the crime of LI ape. Jurors have never failed of their h luty in trial-3 of this nature and never % vill. The people cal safely rely upon lc lat. They will let do guilty nian es- I( :ape when charged with rape. lrratic a' md erroneous verdicts may have been tj 'endered in trials for murder, but no11 me charged with ra->e or arson has r wer been acquitted when ie bliould lave been convicted. h "All falie sentiments in regard to nob law must be abandoned, and the tl )eople must array themselves upon the a tue of law and order and do all that u ,an be done to maintain the law and itrengthen rather than enfeeble the it "ourts of justice. By this course alone b ,an the peace. happiness and prosper- r lty of society be secured." 19old IRobbers.t Lot:isvitti-:, Ky., .1tine G.-A special L rrom Rogers, Ark., says: This town was thrown into the wildest excitement about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon by 1 % band of six robbers rushing ill with c Irawn Wincliesters and robbing the People's Bank of all its gold and cur rency. amounting to about $10,000. 'They ca(he into town by a back alley, and left one of their number to hoid their horses, while three of them went into the bank and, at the point of r Jheir guns, compelled the cashier to t Zive them all the cash in the vaults and t ,wo of their number stood guard at the t loor and fired into the streets at every n nan that showed his head. The citi- a .ens, however, as soon as possible got what arms they could and began firing b it the robbers, finally wounding two of LI ,iem, but to what extent is not known. n l'lree citizens were wounded in the n ight; George .J. Jackson, slight wound in the head; Tom Saker, slightly wound- n A in the chin; Taylor Stone, shot in lie groin, t he ball coining out at the I lip; lie is dangeroisly wounded and ti nay (lie. When the robbers left the ' )ank they compelled some of the bank h >licials to go before and behind then k i order to protect them from the citi .ens. The sheriff with a posse started p i pirsuit immediately, and at last ac- u souints was only a quarter of a mile be-u iind thlem. It Is thought that thleyb Nill be cap)turedl, but it is niot probable. -hat they will give up without a hard ~ ight.- It is supposedI that they are naking for the Indian Te'rritory, as ~hey are trav'eling In that direction. Xfter three engagements with the rob- t jets, in whichl thie sherliff's posse was a worsted, the party returned. The pun- s suters lost live horses killed in the sec- v 31n( fight, and six others were wound- e ad. May or LPat.ton and a farmer named o LGri'v eshy contintied thle pursuit, and i ~amne upon thle dead body of one of the : janduits just across the linle in the CThen >kee Nation. T1he dead mian~ was about 30 years o1 age, biut his body was strip-). e( of all marks of Identity. Th'le ban iii1s are thought to be a remnant of the 8 'id Stai r gang. United States Marshal LUopeland, with a strong posse5 of depu- t ies, intercepted the robbers after they L' lad got int.o thme Nation, and an effort fi is being mladie to exterminate the entire bh zang. Th'ley were corralled in a clumilp m it h)'shes' at night fall and1( there is no 01 ieapet for theiin. i T i:i-:N-ro N, N. J. , .June i.-Chiarles Y. lliihmond(, aei-onaut, made a 3l.000 toot t ascen[sioni here today, and lost his life. 0 TIhe ii tiir took pilacue at Cochlrane park c pleie gi-und ui on l )el ewa e, near Tlren- t t,jn. Nemanly -lt,000 perFsons witnessedi I thle ac-idlenit.. l i ihmondl nose graceful- e ly, saiing withf the wind in a South- LI iasterl y dIirect ion. When'i he cut loose il froim ihe b al loon it was noticed by the spie(tators that thie pariaeh ite fai led to work p)ropierly ard they were hiorr ilied to stee luichmondu desceind with light ninig rapid ity,' miakinug re-volumt ion s in the air as he camie downi. Se-veralI wvoimeL. faintedi, aiid ever-ybIody inr thei' great throng wvas t hrille-d or sickenedl by thle Spectacle. 10 ichmoi nd li un led in a imuddy little streami called St irig P'ondl, andi when takeni out was5 dead.l t itichmiond hails from Sprinlglield, I11 ri and was 38 years of age and unmarried. Ilie has made about 500) ascenisionis al-i together and never before ex periencedu( 1 any mishiap. ChmanAeu Frount. SA N 1" RA NCISCo, ,Junie 7.- Th1 le siehm er Gaelic arrivedl from JIong K~ong anid Y'okohmame, via lionolulu, at 11 o'c-lock this morning, bringing advices fromn the latter place uip to May 30. It mayI now be positively saidl thlat Ministe~r lilount has comae heartily to approve of the resolution and p)robably that he .ust-iies nearly all of the course o1 stevens In it. lihe has never for an In stant thought of rest oring the ex-Queen or of recommendling that It be (lone, notwithlstandling dilIgent andi persist. ent, assertionis of the lloyalsts that he so initende(d. Whet her he will necoim imendi annexatiomn Is -ot clear. iIe may possibly take the ground that It Is tin- I (desirable on account of tihe hangs pro portion of Nn.Ameriann nr mlaion :5 (ie, and their lands are divided 3on-, their heirs, the number of land eners wouli increase, and that would the case it small farmers, who are tre laborers than proprictori did not ,ve to Compete with nuiuroes. Tihe tiber oft land owners in Smuth Caroli Was 3 per cent, less in 1890 than in 80. Small farms, instead of being di led among heirs, are put oi the mark and the proceeds of the sale are di !ed. The firns are usually bought, by mn who already have large holdings, d who let thei out to negro "ten ts.'" The heirs of the simill farmers kc their little shares and g> West., I n call over the names of hundreds of ung White men between the ages of aid 30 who have le tthis small coun of 30,000 inhdiaail,s in the Iast lif mi years nt I what has happened here s happened over a lairge part of the Mae, the emigration being largest iere the negiroes are most numerous. in censui shows that, despite the large :reae in the town -caiused chell y by i buildin' of an immense cotton mill d spIlIn id graded schools-thi popu ion of the county, including the town 14 bixt,V-live less ll 190 than ill 18SO, small colony of neg-Oes left the cod' tlye years tigo, and anottier I.wo ars ago, through ,hi influence of a estern emigration eruit; but the Ite has iut i i 4tO, to tilas sort ot ng by enactinu.- a law tmaking it a me punishale With 1,1000 line to liit "laboteis" t. leave the State. hile this law l'ulJs a C!:inese wall to eil the ieLr'es in, tie young white mn atre emi-rating- consr-intly--driven by abunmlint and ciap negro lator. The iegro is a cleap laborer, and it is why lie is guarilded so jealously 1m t,e ISed1uctive foni1guC o1 ,t emigra n aIe-d. Big ptitatinisis iand hordes (hetill negro haborers to work them - robbinz this Stite of its besi blood, As purely a laborer our vounz white n ii turn tW the niechanic arts; d even there the nevroes ar.- begin ig t) crowii them. Cotton mills and ilroals give emplovnivit, to thoui ds (' white men and pay them muu1h tier wages than they could get on the intation. besides ofleriwg them pro -tionl auainst liegro comipet,ition and, tter still, agiinst niei.ro associa Mn. There re many white LIn ill "ut.h Crohna who rK on the farms, but they are:ts Mly small lande-A proprietotors work telr own !arms. As a rule the hir h-ibor on the IMris is negro labor, hile labor on the railroads andI in the Ottoni mills is white. It would seem om this Ilct, that the State ought, to loAiurage inanufacturing and railroad lildinlg, but she doesn't. To try to clain why she doesit might lead eile LO a Jiscussion of' South Carolina poli :,'uld I will thereFore Stop. Ni imrry..JIune 5. V. 11. WA LL.ACt.: A Novel Exhibit. Clr1A i,1EsrTN, S. C., June 8.-The >uth Caroiina Railway Co. has just ilped t0 Chicago for exhibition at, the orit. s Columbian F.ir one of the uos', iarkible, if not one of the most at Letiv', exbibits hkely to lie maite ini iinection with railroading. It e> n ts of a box twenty-four inches wide, I inches deep aul sixteen feet two Im es iong, made of material (it from a ict i I lail the coImaIy owHedl as far A a, 18%f. It coit:ni ine vomplet,,, rail of the -t lainw_i, co)nsisitim g ol' a simple s rap teen '_-et in tei-it, oiztued uid ted W' Opposite ends. Frlon die best iiA'11tio'i which cii tie obtained this i Ia 1 aid upon the track during the ar 1830). in addi tioni t,here aire sc. 'ns (mie foot ini length oF'each stanidaird it use<t subsetiuen('ltly uiponi the road up and incluinig t,he presenit, time, mauik I t,welve in all, andt consist,tng of every neeivable foirm , coverinig tthe alncIe it, thet " c'-mib" (still in use on the Sutl ani's Istatul Ili ilro)ad,) the~ - '" rail fies, fo ansd itncliuding atl t.he various 'mls of "T"'' rali. E' ucch rail hias lm>stedt 05n it ai sho rt descript)ion1 or history ofI induistrial carl'eer, uinon one of whftieb c li)llow ing aippears: "T''Pvist,ed by cermain's arm i dur tiiiing i N- mian-hc r<l proba ibl yU t)arallfeted else where. Theii niotaioni goe's 'n to state that it, 1s "cliiture from time frederalt' by' the miifo'eerat.e' armiiv odurinig the e unp iagias 'JmiTinessee', purltchased aind laidl uponii ii Sili (Carolinai, takeni tip an I benut, iund ai tree by Sh'derinaii's arimyv durt Sits miar(ih thromugh Carolia '' A. igu 'ar 0' rcuinstanc mn connlectLionm ti wich is t,bait th e miaker et tI:he box nt'aininig LIhese reth as ont he (f She r in's soldiers, wh claims to have hiat si:i in tie Ltitig anit beninug. The si: al.,o cotinls ai sti,andardl fansteniin apltedI ii in:i'i radl. A miore Uuiue fleet.n w ~as probabi~hly niever gottell 'ilehi. I ),ie of the molst remiarkabile whichis a ito' l stee' c ihain, uised ini the Eter fort l. This chtainl is very thinu d strione, -u n I so hard'i that the ordinary 11 wilt nit rut it tlhitlties i! a isciellanieousi ntutre ate hiteted, eaoch fhi'armis a c:ard setting ih wti:t . known' : , cuirrentl y at ""i fti be ir. ii.,toiry. Th'e b)ox is att tgoitteniil uilan'ii ('ther' stode hils: xliti of the Snh Carolina Itaif y. A t r.ne end( ''S. ( '. It'y, 18$30, dt at flhe 'othier '"S. ( '. It'y, 189i0. iis tx hibi t will no dioub't attract a great it u1 attenitin, not because of its i':tit: nrt so muih, perhiaps, as its tri i woi-th. -- Newts asnd Couier. A I )er re'on in i vor ci. Col.i.'iisA, S. ('., ,lute 5.-,hudge tthierspoont ha.i. wtenered an imlportait Listoni as to dower-i asol divorce. Nir. WV. Ai'eireery of t his city brought a it suit, against i. ,I. II. J)avis to mpel the lat.t.er tom take two fits ofl id which hi been bomughit from hin. . )av is ref iuied to ei ny ly w ith lie ree mentLit the jiuirchia-e on5 the gnnrouta I it Air. AlcCrneersy had been divorcedt on is wife twit could slot release the wetr. It is niot, necesNary tom go istio a tory of the ides oh the case. ,1 ud ge iberspon idecidedi thait accnordling Li) I laws of this S mte the mnariae bis ot been annulledc , andl t,be right, oft 'wer stilt hiolds as far as civil act,ion is niernedt. This smakes it, necessary at the dtivosrceud woisnan should release e dowar -ister THE SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICERS. Steattor It,u!Aor igiii,4 a 1,ong I nterview Withh '1111President. W M NI I we , ,1 utIe .--Senator I htt - ler had a lorig conference with the 'resident today relativo to i the Sautih Carolina i a* tpointitents. 'eli' inter view was arrangetI yester<fav anti the South Carolinat Seniator v1sith-d thet White llo'-ime. Jist aftler tle cabiiet meeting adjon-uned. Thv apoiint ment of a distri, attorniey and a 1nited Stat,es marsial were tihle priti.ipal Sbit. jects disciissed, but, diring Ihe conver sation, which lasted abott ian honir, tilh 3ittittio: in South Carotin: was gtrii ally reviewed. 'Fhe l'resident, is pretlY well Ilfor-ini ed aq to t,lt- conditi0i ot aff,ti it South Caroliri, for Ie I i hatt I Jti,t. ble suIggestions troln varit I' I-n i. lIe is a ious Lo see te I)t' % III South Caroliit inited tntt hi. ii)tilO, andi( he is not disp)osed to itakc s that will increame tih !acItil:i it I-lnme that has existed there since tht- :til%ivI of, 'Tillin Inismil. lie has it)lO t to adopt i it iiiar policy in N ew Y oi:, and other States, where thtre art- I w4 or more factions, aid inl in-0,ing ip pintments te ill eiIeavOr I w viwo age liriuoty in the ),ioi,r it.Ie rank-:4. 'Senat-r Ih 1 (ler vallt ilt . :I uhv itn la( the 'resident. to tL. tact tait )is:rit Attorney Lathrip l:i rre-tsis, I am i trved that his 81cceSor bte . et.. ' wititt IrLther delaY. Ife gave ilie L'resident, the iiaties d filte vaiou candid:ttes, including Nltssrs. l r'an, ilhiott, l)ollglass, the I wo .IWroveys. Ragsdalo. Ciraydin, Sebimilwert, and ot,hers, and rt qucsted ain einitintat i'I of the several ap yli atilols, togethetr1, with thltpprs om liie. TI'l- . m-ito said he had Ir.dors i tral of tIlt' NO plicant s as tiing I hlly f utiliod It I id the oflie acc ptaly, In. hie di: !o at temlpt to) dletate tho appmintinenit. ()I aiy indiviial. In conntetiln with l he inarshalship Iih adoltve a siul ir co u rs - a ii in wu n et .\l s-;rs. ).tv It - lI I nter, 1,rrioks, 1;ioykin, Centevr, I l i: phreys and all of hliv other appt111halit i, whose mnaties are on fil' in f fit' dt'], irt. Inlelit, of justice. .Senator Bhtlier cmticurrett in the views exprtssed by the P'rt-sittiln, and cited several incidients to shit x Il it dividually he was disposed to do ill that is reasonable to bring ihtt sitch a resiult. 'lie 'rsident s.id i WO woti like farther time to look int a the int - ter and r'olite.-tt. I St,nator litil-r 'to cal) upoll himn later inl lit, pres.".. week. 'I'lie Senator lelt tht \hilt 1101use with the n1pr'1essioi that tht. P'resident intends to distri:>te Ihe lp pointmenits among thte tntire )emo cratic party ii South Carolitia witlitif regard to factioinil ill orci s,cs. II object is to select t.lt hti t vail tile miien in every instance. At the treasury-dviartmiot it i.; s:tid that E0. Ak. Webster. will not, be peivinl I - ted to serve olif. his lour years' teri of oflice as collector of internal revente. Under the ordinary riling of Secretary Carlisle, Mr. Webster's nour years will expire on the :1ist of' next A ugiistf, l or lie entered utpon his duties -eptitmber I, 188I. 'li Secretary hohls I fiat f lit fo'tr years' term of' svrvict! dates from the aily tihe- app)oinL'e entered pij in his duties. Thle Adins rato s bwe . lil torined of Collector Wvst e'.i 41. l i VI partisanship, anI therofor it was it Ilecessary to look for aiNy l,1 1rther' charges agaiiist him. H is altivity at the Milinaplols C'onvventionl :lld t.h11 eagerness wit.h whlih, it' I i th itnia r of the h-lmblican Ifi z-l se'k r:i in Soui t,h Cia t illIt, soi t'li l I,)til iln 1 1 1)enoc .it l i d re l C l-il. %Iilna the iepIlvals, l.-'k aid iit, as soon ias I'resieitl, 11 .lrriio was m:: i gttr'ated, is well renomb'emfsi bIy flit' Solith Caroinia l)i'inic'r'iv, ant<f heny have not, faiiled to cailflt' f atf t i 'I t,he Il'residlen t atnd alIs iSt'cretaryi( ar iisle to that, fact. A1it. \Vebtstr i'i'dil I It fltwIers wortiie fike In set' the centi to yr,u nt.weeni the Tliiiinitfes and hie C2onserv'at,ives conftiue feor ain ifth i nife period, hiopinig fth'i'eby Li riti their ollices fin fte iwianut.ini. Frin thet best, inufor'utat.eiin I cati tnt itn i iierst.andf Ihat the I 're'sidf''uiprepi s t.o appoItin t I 'ollheet.or ~ o iester's sces or dufrinig the' pre'sent mnut fi. \\Vtftt wviii be dtone wvit h t he otther Sout Ih (.ir Sft iihtlie in. Ornyi,, itiatly it ,,i ej.tc. werie ftht ht(tvi'st iit hive hub.l :n 0 Stite for 51a ie tiine. aiii GI ii - ' In ' ingi, to) Cretfs thi.i ainy tar r :I h Lion (if Lhe Sftate, aiilu intt. se: .' wh'ich ilh'b'e ruined. Siuc it i l i :t p miti allyf rt inSed b, e'hi'''n.n un'roLtrd byiii t't wain: i. A Ihert thle titithei' ahi- ri thii s tr p. o t'r e t lt it stiii' I ' | the al badtwel k fi'r 'the jf'-i let I -'oe a,tl i. ;riti pitt i i"e.ri'arons i"'in ; ant lNl at' hI ift u iln i thle lOrte'dridistelt hiisIlf whie sl~niic e' Ior' w;i; lottepp i 't toisssurreie'hs i'Xticfi l'at o b.til a'hii' allegd wriftstien a le te to CD-veliii t iat thle laffe ( ot.;t r th ' N t'li I art ifa . thortit ude'r fit fe sInture ofuigi', to rftilovei illiC('s f.. ;l'pirt sn. i the senat cniie . ties utel hsta hecano,heroceiut obetff oi'retu'I jih'i'tiss(m arits afibtjiet. t conVit eti b ret enatoe of fle i'niftifisf St;ttt New lYmmrt ~~Ar.(Yeal,si ~ofloene.tiy, ,n io lan:k1 i lect.o for the~n s,t ati larg ic ilds ntored ai su$ccesor Wi',h l' motn ' i i :weh Voli l I i .i fir to i i .d n 'tor) ofe lst isaordinatvoe . ptassed)tJX) ovensrew Yokjs,h-r 'lc CilME AMONG 7 HE NEGROES. 111plolo l!onickt Startling Statement Abtout our ltrotior in lilack. BA ur iu.:, -lune 7.--Bishot Charlei Clif ton P'en ick, general agent ol'th 'rotestant Jpiscopal commission to work among the color !d peoW>e. preache< Sundyiv mornins at the Church of tit Melath. of which he was rector From 1873 to 1877. It wts the Blshop'8 lirl sermon in hIis new position, and he said it was a sinvuiar coincidnice that this sermon sh1ubd be pr.ched in th ecihurcb 01 wlocli i(e wts once tie recLor. Tile voiliRsiol ndiler which BIshop 'ck's worki were reo 'z/od at the (G1e1ill ('onvention olt el 'rotestant 'iso l(71hur".b, which mlet, inll t,11 - move1,41 Iwo,1 ll. In giseakinmg of his ivork B1i0h01) I 1'enick slli le would use all mi-th i14s 1 ossible ti improve the conli t in ot the c,dored rate. "It i" he ! nid "but one part of the _enertal work Ilr thi 1 or :1 icinedy. Its aim is both X (itwd :1n11 k (lu'ation'-1. S!)methIiln,_ muiist il dipne. 1Tie negro is today the ii,:h.s! tod r tit thet. vriminal arena. Thle clred. r.e tlrm-s one filth of the pop Ilktt in (1 Ill%' nlited SLA'1s, YCIt is r-e tp1ni , me ltn-tird ot the crimie. It ih ri. I r I rav istion belore the A mv..:.;lI pl)ple thankl tha;t of thle ne Imri'o Iur I. diinot knmv it. It there iill 1141-L <hnil'n mrepOmplt aittenl hIlm :1ut treaItIti ient I have not hw:lrd it. It t' rl I, lne thml is testing :11d wo-,-!t'l (%r.i:ut of, thisR I111-i mI Ivthrnal it doe's [lot ap lwar. Tml'.' "iIn.e iii dvtmandi the best .1u itn i4 Il l v r pa V * ;ti ' t,, th o praI i e rs, h I IrinII.: II.h "n .-, and hVr'l akIc tion )I f cvi Irv ( -briII Iti. ''Th ut .d l ubit ti. [ this country, ' "r I ( i it.e vcnsu-i to I iii, i 62,. .'.25v ofc 1h7e ;, lin re tegroe. Tin-r ne lr 4 he istly in the terri ll,'l1 0i \Icilik 'Aithl ar t d t IkV ( WIE 'St. rn h,r,iier o i s in w il lakes in 11 the t i 1lIillllittIv tp.wk ,Ia il. sei -u oIr (Irl.leos. Ila tiit territory hv-re mi-o, Iml -nia itanits 411 whoml , - t i: tIe:t : Ilath , it uIr mr' Ielle tol vv. (ryI.w. whilt'.-. h! O. rest 41 11he (.t Ilten! it1- 1111. tire a toir tiv arto its'5-' rl es, aicin otw Vt:otvera>- wh titet ' I)te klt w .11unw 1 11there wert in 1'rl4, 1i1i t d V1' e w il 41 tin d e il th v a ct ilu ttry\ #_'l pew ld,: i Ihe-.ot 2,. - .,re nit::r..)(t. ilk,t(t we see thal iilt it 1:!i'it's rat th Wi oq ittO, g 11 i Mittrwet . iv nit lthetttttIiy Vn' Lh tne hid o h1 11 lde t . (the j. h tre lm i'itsty I It I c I I I i: 1 ti't I V r I I I e W%V rt! 92 Lo) thet 111,111- rill n a Q i t ,i I ) l' h v are ll-t all t ', an -rait e t 27.1-t pnt- r I l t inl the S- b th m the. :1 tti 1 t- the il in; Int th. .'1 th (:.Ien Iv r I' I tx W t in t hitio lir lhM ivi l i t ion, tun1h iess of ( hris ti:in i thern hIs h : i- buit i Such I rt1fil Ii..1ues o hoiltle in tie ver"y vortex of 2.r endol or even clviliz2d illilce, J know it 'o' Iw:as rearled a11m iLf 01hese peoldt. 11nd' thi wcru t t at v s race. Il ever. .4aw- a1 drunkven tihive andl but (,ne negrro 1 i'-e thirint t1 n' t t yearl's of y Ij!- behiorv thle war.. While 1mn slept z!rts it' b1 d luive been sowni antd t he !I lit ) lrvwi raik(ly wmrse, ats is 4ilownl by toe if earfill raj,h0it.y v'iL!h whicebI '"11"'w the b* Il. q a li I ht' e' iut'gilet' ".t 1.' 39, 1llu iutt I t'i, Vrom t he se ;n t in A2 cxer v -. 1.-)2 Il. () th..-- 7W 1i m t 51 di ti' w 'a o -ti I t i - e. nhe ' '' td t t'i - -er 2 6t tpeih it whies :Uli jitt licese t.it weu~ resangroes, "rti one hal t hetx77 wini and 1s a,er Irts te b. lealet' horixeades ot are nattv. $Ct'tr' wit lesnc ir sd n-d5, i05, II lic i edt mwn :tcitim the7.1 ins. ot I. ht 'atg i nI Si i o anote form,n it, Icutretor t 5::9'nt ive whi'to hanihurce Lounsi he i1y oldine avera poepua he took upd i!hwetc kMt'l other crimr pteopl ire, . Tir r p g LYNCH LAW IN ILNOIS. THE DECATUR JAIL STORMED BY A HOWLING MOB A 8ot thern Neg ro, Who i i1 v., the Ustaa Crimne, 11:6,4, ) O t It.14 Ilanged in tie Ieart of tithe City. DECATUP, Ill., June 3.-Etrly thi.i morning a mob attacked the cutinty jail and lynched Samutl J. Bush, a negro who made a C itminal assult upon Mrs. William 11. Vest. in Mount Zion townahip, [ant Tutmday. The aetails of the lynching were senantional from start to finish. Bush was in jtil awaiting trial. A guard of twelve ien had been put in the jail and an extra force of men were put on duty outside. About 300 curious people stood around the jail all night, though most of them thought no serious attempt would be made ta take tle prisoner out. At joist. 2 o'clovk twenty-five men came oin a rush ip Wood sreet. I'ney were <p met. wit hout. inasks, and moved in a solid Ia_v. Tley fourced their way through I he ciow d and knovked on the jail door. IDpputiy SherilIf Midkiff and Special oflicer Po4tor sat just inside an(i rel tist.i then admission. One blow Iroiti asledge crasite in the wooden loor anld the otlicers were sirroinded by twenty-iive aried men. The keys of the jt it were de mantled, but both ollieerz delared they did not have thei. The men then went, to work with sledge hat mers aid chisels, and workeki forty ininittes at the two doors -one of solid trot an i,tcht titek and tho other of steel II "rci ii linem both. Meanwhijt, a .-it of' Dt,eatur people stood 1 11-1 s ' -d No one seemed to care ImuetiIN. T% -r- a i no tal%K of resistance and the (Ili -ers were not, upbraideti tori making no miore objection. Marshal Mason forced his way throtiLgh the spectators and ino the jail, and start.ed to aiodress the men at. work. They sei/ed hini and crowd Cd him mit of the door. There was omlv 1n occasional yell, amid ait,)gether it was :t Iuiet attack on tie jail. A t rightelled eiero pointed out I 111shi's cell. Throe tn-n riished in, and Iouto it, apparenty etytv. They jorke-i oer 1.1ht, mattresi ati hired it Ilp. atnd (lilt titbleiI t he legro. lie hail crawoiui itisile. I Ie was diragged into the sI Iel, wer 1,' > tfiwl-pwo ple hlit a3seikaled, ant takel t.1 a telegraph iole, ott oie of tile most promient coriers inl the city irectly in front of thet court, house. An are light made the street intersection as liirlt as day. A rope itade ol luilter str:is.hatt been put around the negro's nleck. When Ihe crotwd stopped at the foot of the poli- ho asked for Lte to ptav. T 'he iten sit- , "GIv,e hiim all tile Lime ri1 wants." lie knelt, down on the bricks, ant t-gan to pray int a sing song way. lie would call on 1estts to come and take his soul and forgive tile mten who wer murdering hiim, and then declare that he was innocent. lie prayed disconnectedly fully ten iimtites, while a thousand people crowfed around as close together as they cotil, many jestitig, and nto one seeming itpressed with the awfutlness of the scene. 1inally the spectators began to get impat,tent. A ian had climbed half way up the pole, and :tootd in the glare of the light all th time. "Cit Lhat short," Ie said. "Ile gave those women rio tin." oIthers took ill the cry. Illang him' lie's prayed enough!" t ey .w'il I. Ti14 r,p0 was ha tand-if to the mnan on tI e pole 11-- put it. iver it wite. and I lie crmvtt diub-. Ile litigr's body, n.owv naked, sw tinig ip lInto stght four feet, fremu the grotintd anid fell back. 't he ttegro titteredl no sound. iIe was Pitt ott t01) of' a cabt, the cabi was driven tinder the pole, the~ rope fastened to tite crossarm, the c,.b dlrivent away, and thet man was hanged till dea I. The coroner cuit him down. .Amotng the lyt'chers wats William \ est, hutsband of' thet second( woman otiragedh, andt( lIolIa 1)ill, brothter of the Ii rst wottnan atssautlted. Ihish was born at, Mason, Miss., in 1860t, lhe said; his father and brother live there. lie catme North three or ion tr moniIth atgo, an< Ilihas b'een doIng i)ddf job'. arountd l)ecattzr about six wveeks. Monday, it is chaurged, he went in thet hot 1sc of Mirs. IH. I )ill and comn tntt ted art assault otn her. Abot 11 o'clock lTuesdayL tiioriniig Jtshi, it is alliegedI, went, to oh hotise of' Willitam \ t,ieit. ileis f rotm Decatur, In Aount Ziton I own'siip, anid Iinding~ the wlinant atltone, ti raged her in the~pres tlnef ol her sinall children. She only stnceeud in es-capinig further outrag~e by troutimig im money. IN e ws el the crime spread over the I owtish ipi, anid farmers dlroflpf'd their work anid Itiuned ot to hu tnt'the niegro, whoi, hotwetver, kept in the brush until h got about, t weinty-livye miles away. 'heta lie came ouIt and was catpturedl. Iii' atdmittd being at Vest's arid seiz lng ,Mr.n Vest by the arm "jiust to scare iher' he, dentedt outraging her. A nieighor' i'letitied him as having been cear' the Vest's houise. It, was thle ist lynching that ever Occit,#d it Mlacon coilmly. I lundreds o1 citizens~ 'rouird thre scene today took it ('ooIy, thouigh they cotiiemrned the duetd. If. is thought ,hat there will not be any~ Prosecution. A Traugedy, wiAk K|s v l ri., Ga., ,Juneo i.--Carie Me'lltae, colored, was seen running up C2otmierce street with her throat ctit f roml ear to ear. Shte dropped in tront of' Merritt & Whijttleld's ha3rdware store, where she expiredl, ahotit live mitites after cut,. Will Clements, her lover, did the cutting in the presence of her'sist,'r. Tlhe coroner was sent for, and,( tha jury found a verdict of murdter mi the Iirst degree against (Me. mnents. After being cut, the woman ran at kiit 500 yeards before falling where she died. it is supposed that the affalir Was cautsedl from jetilousy. Cltents escaped, and is stilit at large. A Itoit froun thae Skies. - .FlA N KFlORUT, K Y., Junite 5.- -Last I i ht at the little town o1 Saditzer, tive miles from Franukfort, Farmner Jamtes . Iteddin-g, his wit'e and( visitors, Mrs. . John Lymnan antd Alexand(er Barbour', -were sitting Onl tl'e front porch, when aL bolt, of lightning descended on the dloomed house, instanitly killing Mrs. ILyman, liedding and Harbour. Mrs. " tedding, who is in a delicate condition, ii Was so shocked . that her recovery is dI hardly possible. T1hiree corpses lay at heirfeet. The honse was not burned.