Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Whih "tho Judgos havo oognixanoo of only th< cases that come to trial, the Circuit Solicitor! have knowledge of every oflenco that the hand of tho law touches. The Circuit So lioitors supervise tho record? of the Trial Justice jjourts. and oy them overy indict***' "" Blflu lymwiwi. 'Xuuj auimm roe miter cigntv of the State and wield, as it were, the sword of the Law, while the Judge on tho benoh holds evenly the scaloa. Their reports, thorefore, are of the highest value. In most of them will be found some interesting special fact or suggestivo comment. Briefly stated, with especial reference to the questions immediately before us, tho re ports are ee lOUOWB : ? 1. Solictor Jervcy, of the First Circuit, the Counties of Charleston aud Orangeburg reports that the number of eases turned over to* him by his predecessor in Jjjnc 1877 was 172. At tho November term thorc woro 114 now cases, at thj lfetruary tor#, 1878, ouiyhl cases, and at tho- Juno term GO cases. This is for Charleston alono, and shows a decided diminution in tho "number" of offences. Thcro is also a very decided diminution in the "degreo" of crimes, sine?- Hampton's installation. At tho Junc term 1877, eight murder eosos wero triad At the three ensuing terms there were, in all,only four cases of this character. There, is likewise a marked docrcaso in tho number of burglaries. In only two cases have white 4neu been charged with offering violenee to a colored citisen, and iu one ot those eases both the parties were Radicals, aud tho causo of tho affray was what if politely called "a domestic difficulty." In the otnor cose the defendant was acquitted Orangeburg has had no Sessions Court for some time, owing to defuotive iurioa. but there ia little crime in proportion to the population, and tho offences committed aro confinod almost entisejy trTtho colored people. 2. Solicitor Gantt, of tlfl? i^lcond CirJane term, he had only 26 now oases in throo largo Counties. * ^ 3. Solicitor Hiraoh, of tho ThmLCirpuit oomposed of the^ Counties of Ch&endi)f| Sumter, Williamsburg and Georgetown, u a Bfpabfioap oftjhe slrictosVsect. Ilis re in tW( years where a white man was oha^gsd* witl an offence agaipff* a eolofffff person ; th< Hampton Administration suooossful in erer; Crtioular, and a feeling of good will an< rmony existing among all classes. **** a .a.is.:. o..i _p.i u >1. n:..n:i t. ouiionur OOllCin, ui iuo ruunu uiiouu composed of the Counties of Cheaterfielc Marlboro', Darlington, Marion and Horrj reports that crime is greatly on the deoreas* P^ior to the installation of Governor Ilamj ton, atrocious crimes wore cbmmon. Cast -v whero whites atompt to violate the rights < oolored men are very rare, and when sue cases do occur Solieitor Sellers feels it moi than * doty to prosecute them with wfgo Tho chief eanse of the deorease of orime i the flhpartltl adminhtrathm of the law At |jl^,. 1 tttllllfltf a ** thakjnnishmcnt will follow i 6. Solicitor Abnoy, of the dWS consisting of the Counties of Kershaw Lff !?&: gnfieW and "iohUnd> reporto a d olded diminution 'in the number and degre of onmes. Kvon in Counties where the la< is reverenced least, there has been a dooreai in the number of offenoes. Pew crimes a. p? , juries are scrupulously oar< ful to do justioe to the oolored people. 6. Solicitor QastopLtof the Sixth Cirouii . consisting of the CoWtlfei ot York, Lancai ter, Chester and Fairfield, report a grea diminution in the number and degree o i'iiMiii|flWimflnftfcai1,aepceially of crimes ootr mitted by whiten against oolorod persons. 7 Solioitor Ball, of, the Bevcnth Cirouii consisting of the Counties xjf Ncwborrj Xfaurens. Uaioa and Spartanburg, report th^iijulKiiWijyiine as only ono-fiftb t> orhaTftwasKfllf xt fiamdfftgfa . msUllation He eancot recall abase or outra$l|f bit person upon a negro. Perfect acoord nos seems to reign between the two raoee. 8. Solioitor Cothran, of the Eighth Cir cuit,ooosisting of the Counties of Abbovillc Anderson, Oconee, Pickens aud Greenvillo reports mm more hu been a marked dim ination of crime daring tho present your, The adniinistrtion of the orimioai law haa been perfootly impartial. Ao example is given where, in foar ease* of homicide, (a white man for killing a white man, a white man for killing a negro, a negro for killing a negro, and a negro for killing a whit* man J the only wyllhtlwlipraMnpl the negro charged with killrag a negro. Ne political or qaaai-political offenoae by whiten againat oolored persons are kne#a in circuit. These reports oover every oonnty in the State. The pablio reoords bear witnoaa to tne literal truth of what the Solicitors say. Crime* hare decreased, both in number and * .. VQ&V 7 f tf; > * WJf T? U t%VU J aguinst colored persona aro almost uuknown. ? This is the result of tho impartial adininis9 tratioo of the law, and of the assurance that punishment will swiftly follow crime. Tho r respects for law and authority has been 1 steadily augmented, and tho Dcnfccracy, as ' they declared in the State platform that 1 they would do, havo given protection tw?tho 5 persons, rights and property, of all tho peo' plo," and havo brought to justico any who ' dared to violate them.?Netot and Courier. TREATMENT OF AILIHtF AN X MALE. 1 If there is any one thing which gives a i alleviate. If his children are sick, he or his wife, or tho good grandmother, has ' knowledge and nostrums which aro admini istercd with somo confidonoc?"simples" ; which are useless and harmless, or possibly beneficial. If these fail, they usually havo i near at hand "The Village Doctor * * * Whose ancient sulky, down tho villec? Dragged like a war-car, captive ills and pains." If, howovor, the animals aro sick, wo have i no one to twro to?cow-lcachcs and horsci doctors, black-smiths and stablo boys, whoso i tender mercies ure cruelties, arc always ready k ?to physic and purgo, to scar nnd torture, i with "everything and dovice they can think of,"?nauseous mixtures, the very enurner. atiou of whose ingredients would bo hardly fitting matter for these pages, if no irn, portant good wero to bo gained by it. So i tbo poor things suffer, and got well in spite of us, or they dio in agony whilo wo stand by heiploss. This state of things is all , wrong, and might and must bo remioded. VETERINARY 8UROEONS. I Tbo number of educated veterinarians in > this country is very small; they all find employment in or about our largo towns, > ana as a rulo arc a very respectablo class ' of practitioners. To them, however, when' over wo can, wo confide the treatment of ' our live stockbut not one farmer in 10,000 oaa do so. Wo havo two or thro vet' orinary schools whioh are struggling with Soverty or lack of appreciation, aud would o well if they each graduated a scord of ' practitioners a yoar. Medical schools for ' training human physicians abound, and | their graduating classes number hundreds. II {ftales, nis its educated physician ; while I throughout tho Western State a they arc VMNNMpou?, and within reach everywhere iu I TOmilhfrregioa*--. Nine-tenths of them arc ' making no more than a fair living, aud many aro failing to do that. Other proYesBlonmancUtfilingft tempt them from their * own that they- may get bettor pay. Not 0 that they do not love their profession, nor y that they are not qualified to practioc it, bat it wjll not support them. t WHY SnOULD NOT PHY8ICIAN8 TREAT AN, 1M AL8 A8 WELL AS MEN? r' If a physician has all he can do to treat ailing humanity, certainly the animals Mat' >. be neglected; bat when, as at present, ;8 "doctors" aro making a poor living, or none )f at all, what should prevent them from treat], ing the animals? Nothing binders but a o false pride. Study and experience will enr. able any physioian to do it with success.? la Comparative anatomy is studiedin ; all our id Uiedical schools ; comparative pathology ta should be. jhe kuowledge of. animal *dis^In e- ology i? quite^IeDtiaW^SS^PP e and treating many of the ills that'mkV? w eir to. Were it to become a general onsK) torn among physioians to troat.animals, and ;? " w?mi8ht oo?m??"7 ?? ?* MOST GRATIYYINfl RBIITTO These, or somo of them, I venture to enumerate. Pint, the physicians would l* make better livings; bosides, they would ' at once becomo moro important to their ' oonstitueneies. Second, the oowntry would '* huvo a corps of efficient watch for infectious or contiPotisaSeasesi ?? among animals, and quiek to detect and rer? port upon unusual animal diseases of any kind, whenover they might break out, thus ' providing an aflakni safeguard against All tog our oity mdnffiliyffi tJkiUn~ltTn meat, or 9 the killing of snob fbr OM^ eNteuiigor Third, the wealth of tbw^y^s^y Oj^3T be , hotter ifnd o rs t a ncii n 3' pmvt n tlo a of va, rious murrains and maladies. Fourth, Un provomcnt in the sanitarv snrroiitwli??? both animals and man, and a much higher i degree of health and soundness.?Amer. i Agriculturist. , , Boapaud water is an exoellent lipoid ma, nure for eomo garden oropi, especially for it salary, wbieh, if applied erery other day, I h dnriaatits aaasfts . the afrmhi will ?. o3p 'r Now that it has been definitely aaeertaiaed that the Sew earpet bug h only the anthrotttus wrophularuB, it is hop*) thai people will not make anoh a fuse about it for the fature. ! A. rising uian?a billoouMt. lununiug irora aa exchange on the abovo subject will be of iutcrest to tbosc about to purchase (lain/stock : Tbo head of aa igtremely good cow should be small, as the,best milkers are fine boned; it should be lupg and "out up" under the neck, with -dishing faco. Tbo neck should be thin u4d comparatively long. Tha hips should bo high. Tho hind legs of the cow that is the best for diary purposes should bo somewhat crooked, aud it was here that breeders, p making selections, often made mistakes by preferring fattlc with a log quite straight up and dovfti behind. There should bo a slight '"sag" t* the belly', hips being higher than the shoulder, and tho line from belly to brisket inclining upward. The tails of tho dairy oattlo are generally of pretty good length, with a considerable taper. It is important in selecting caltlo for breeding that all theeo points should be mads known, it boing impossible to maks tho best purchases by lyinmotry alouo. There are four points tlmPilhouid bo specially studied, aud which scnNRM inn iim i * luuiDio indications of milking qaajitfes.? First, the milk veins, so-called, pusidi from the forward sido of the udder alonglllBb tinder side of the animal toward thofjfont.? They arc either small or large, straight or crooked. Consider .|he size of thsjo veins, for tho size is ono of Ihe infallibly tests of a good milker. Bo ?hrcful tq see Jrhcthcr tho vein is double or not. for idsfnictimcs brunches out, and if doublfl^the Iwo should! bo added together, beca equal to ono largo void. The tcins- sometimes form an angle on the front side of the udder. This seldom occurs'except on a very good cow. On calves ^pd fleshy cattlo it is difficult to find tho veWs, therefore the test can only bo applied toqows in milking condition. A net-work .of veins on the pcriucum is a good test and indicates milk. Tho chino, reaching half way from tho shoulder to tho hip, should be examined. If it bo double, tho cow is above the average. Sometimes with a single chino is a depression into which two fingers can be laid, if the animal is not too fat. This is good. It indicates a lax physical condition of tho animal, and this is favorablo either for milk or boOf. Tho fourth tost, and one which is infulltlW?innn ?ia*? nUi.rv?iinn nf tHfl extends from the front of the bag whore the hair begins to grow backwards, ovor the bag and up and around tho thighs. Cows wiia me cscuicneon wen marneu nave strong constitutions, digestion rapid and complete. Tbo rear mirror is divided intc two parte, tho vertical mirror which extendi from the bag toward the root of the tail and tho thigh mirror which extends around the thigh outward. It is a mistake to tak< tho straight vortical mirror as a guide alone and to say that when there is a wide mir ror between the loins up and down, then is a good milkor. The thigh mirror mua thwJUpM.jsnd woll marked. Oval spots o WgW iclPbn the back of the bag are indi cations of a large flow of milk. The fron mirror is the space between tho front tea and the plaoe whero the bag joins the bod in front. If this space is largo .the indici lion is of good milking qAftfUies. TL milk mirror shows on * bull, and should* examined before selecting a male in* The bull will have tba iRirror P?"?0 ly marked, but will not be as ^tended . thigh mirror. beoHyan lemon colored, thero will be rich milk. 1 dry and brown, like the dost, of the flooi there may be poor milk expected. Cow which give a large mess and full off one third within a month after connection wit! the male animal, may be distinguished Tt>, ooarse hair growing uppfflMtfeadmseRtoii eon behind. Cows with'Wfie knots o oo?nekairinllk?o tbeir sjfjjpand shout* Guru for Wounds^?m jammi'V tin woundia inflicted get a little skidflt?a knif* or file bandlo wjfl*do?-and ooatmtnnco to ta| gently on tho Wound. jjk> ogfcop lor th< hart, but ooptfepe umB| b^eun freely auc becomes perfoyy puaff When this point an*f do not^ontj^a'coouut, jelose tho opening with plnte%'Nt|tlkpnora than a little simple ocrat<^a a cloth is neces oorj. >YC KIT ? oca this used on all kinds o? simjtto poneturcs for thirty years, f nd never mvw a single irstanoo of a wound* becoming (inflamed or soro after treatment as above. V/tmong Other cases : ooabrake tooth gdlag entirtljk through the foot, ? bad bite b** pig, several inIft&AfW'IMi A|a ahirlr dJlfftllfrK ffio 111flfiil wm numberleaacaaes of rusty nails, awls, etc., but we nolwr kbew Mailuro of this treatment.?Scientific AmenOlk*. < ' Don't kill the toads. They are the gardener's very best friends, from the fret that they are the mortal enemies of insects and norms that depredate on garden vegetables. i The address of the deinc-cratio Stato Com* i mittee of South Caroliua ought to satisfy evou those republicans who consented to the policy of conciliation with reluctance, for it renews tho generous promises made in the last two platforms of tho Democratic party in the Stato. Tho race issuo is set aside iu express terms. The common interest of the peoplo in a good government is recognised, and the committee claims tho support of all men, whito or black, who desire to soe abuses reformed, the laws faithfully administered and the plunderers of the commonwealth punished. The very fact that the party has renominated Gov. itwwyi >nu?ii?ro- | and good will towards all houcst citizens are made in good fuith; for tho Governor cannot be accused of failing in the slightest degree to perform the pledges which he mnilfl to tho .negroes two years ago. It is Iw^Wf'^esiblo that he should fail to secure a roclection. lie led his party through a long and bitter canvass, during which every artifice was vainly employed to drivo him from the policy of uiaguaniuious forbearauco, and in his success was involved the redemption of the Stato from ruin.? 'During tho trials and temptations which beset tho contest with Chamberlain, subsequent to the election of 1870, ho was not only the nominal leader of tho pooplo but their actual ruler. Impatient of delay, chafing under insult, burning with the . pense of past injuries, fearful of iuipcuding IdnnMrfl. tllliv InnlcnH tn liim <nr ? or ftn lndigQimt gceiurc' might have thrown the State into confusion. Huuipton bore tho great responsibility without shrinking, combated his enemies with cool skill, and restrained his partisans with quiet firmness. It is duo to him that the whole pooplo whom ho liberated from carpet-bag doniiuion should acknowledge the worth of his services by honoring him with a sccoud term. The first election was in their owr. behalf rnihcr than his ; the second is for his sake as well as their own.? Losing few supporters he will doubtless gain many. As he has been the sincere friend of the colored people, they will be apt to show their gratitude in the only way in their power. It is commonly assumed by the opponents of universal suffrage that tho poor and ig>i ?imnt nnrta i>f^k> nyinnl) i ?i prosperous, and that tho possession or politi Ufcl power is deoided by mere numbers ? i The course of events iu South Carolina will i test that matter effectually. Thcro were [ 4icver perhaps so many elements of igno> rairec aud poverty gathered into one coinuiui nity with such strong temptations to orgau, ize and so many chances for obtaiuiug con1 trol of tlTo* government. We do not tliiuk 3 that these elements, which failed to muiui, tain themselves when marshalled by North era adventurers encouraged by Northern o sympathy and supported by the military t power of the Federal government, will oven f attempt to rally and strive for authority i- which they cannot use wisely. On tho t contrary, the ignorant and the poor will be it apt to follow the law of their nature an<] y look for guidance to the intelligent anc t- rieh, and the latter, now that outside iuflu te ences are of no value, will be able to rub K3 South Carolina whother they aro in a ma 1- jority or not, for thcro aro many things h t- society that have weight besides the balloi ts and tend to control bnllots. Not only shoulc te the intelligence of a community rule it b- but tho intelligeno of a community will ruli >? smwPriApwMMNMtMjM d cans ought to ackno wledg^oot^WraWw ;f olusions ?Y. World. r, s A Crazy Man's Frkak.?A special di* i- patch to tho Cincinnati Gazette, from h Greenfield, O., says : An accident to day, on 7 the S. J. and 1* Railroad near Bainbridgc, i* which, for its peculiarity and rarity, makes f it more than interesting. Tho details ore as The train due at this placo at 1:15 ^ engine to-day was loft standing on tho track * as usual, whilo the engineer and fireman > weni to a house about 100 yards distant to > get their moal. They had barely been gono ' <nrer fi. minutes when ic was boarded by a < thai} riftned Albert Pepple, who immediately - clambered over tho tender, pulled the pin connecting tho engine with tbo train, then > getting into cab he pulled the throttle wide upon, ana mo engine shot down tho track towards this place like an arrow at the rate of fully sixty miles an hour. After ruuuing about a mile the engine jumped the track in a rock out, and wns thrown on its side, and is now a oomploto wreek. Pepplc was almost instantly killed. Ho is a married man and aged about 36 years. What his motire was for doing this deed is a oompleto mystery. He had at one time been a woll to do - fWrYWW, bfrt by dtolrtpatfeft had almost Spent all. Some hint a suicide, somo a drunken freak, although it in not positively known that he was intoxicated ; but whatever it was will remain forever a dead seoret. - s <?? Did you ever seo a gooseberry its egga?? AT. T. New*. No, but we have seen a cowtli.lit in ? ' | "*^v mil VUI. | ' ujbifcbina wheat?cottoit 8xkd a8 mah u ee?ashes. "Please tell me how to drill wheat?tho whole "modus operandi." If cotton seed are used ror manure, should they be applied brodcast or in the drill ? I think ashes will help, for whero I burnt some log-heapa last year, tho wheat was a great doal better than any other spots in the fiold. flow much wheat shall I drill on ground thai will make 6 or 8 bushels of coru, if I put 20 or 30 bushels cottonseed on it ??"A Fartiter Man from Jones,'" Jones Co., Ga. Answeu. :?We infer you havo not a drilling machine. This docs tho work ad-* uiirably, where the land is free from obods o'rc~opcn to you: one, to lay off furrows"16 to 18 inches apart, and sow seed by hand or with a cotton or corn planter, if you have one thntcan be adjusted to sow the proper quantity of seed. Then harrow, drag or brush across tho furrows. Tho other is to lay off drills as above, sow seed hrnailoiikf. nml v... 1,1 , ?w.ui uj "i'iuumj unuuics between drills with one furrow of n largo scooter or with a shovel. The seed which fall outside tho drills will bo pretty much all thrown into them by breaking out tho | middles. I If not exceeding 50 bushels of cotton seed per aero is to be applied, kill them and apply in drill. Wlicro tho 2d method of drilling is adopted, tho cotton seed may bo sown broadcast?they will then bo covered up in the drills at the same time the wheat is- w . i .Unloached ashes" very good?ODDlv from 10 bushels to 30 bushels per aero broadcast, after the wheat has been sown and covered in; it will not bo necessary to plough or borrow the ashes in. Three peeks ot seed will be ample for one aero, if carefully drilled.?Southern Cultivator. Fouty in a Duel.?The famous duel in which forty or more gcntlomcn were engaged in 1828 is still remembered in Natchez. Col James Dowio, tho famous fighter and inventor of tho kuifo which bears his name, use to spend a great deal of his timo in that city. He was challenged by a gentleman from Alexandria, La., whose friends, to the uuuiber of fortr or mnro no. couipauicd him to Natchez to sec fair play, ^.a*L'i'o.Jl'i1 1,52*1?_H2?.JR. desporato man ants took their places in the ccntro, separated from their friends in the rear, or enough not to endanger them with their balls. Behold the battle array thus : Twenty armed Louisiauians fifty yards behind their champion and his seconds and surgeon, and opposite them, as far behind Bowie and his seconds aud surgeon, twenty armed Mississippians. Behold the heights of Natchez thronged with spectators and a stoamer in tho river rounded to, its deck black with passengers watching with deep interest tho scene. The plan of fight was to cxebangc shots twice with pistols and to close with kuives, Bowie being armed with his own terrible weapon. At the first fire both par| ties escaped. At the second tho Louiaianian was too quick and took advantago of Bowie, who waited the word. At this Bowio's second eried "foul play," and shot tho Louisi anian dead. Tho second of tho latter.instantly killed tho slayer of his principal. * Bowie drovo his knife into this man. Tho i surgeons now crossed blades, while, with ' loud cries, came on the two parties of . I friends the light of battle in their eyes. In a. 8 moment the whole number was ongaged m U? until ono ft rty drove the otbcHYon^^^^^^^M^^^B mITTOW BeW many nan UtJad sud wounded in all, but it was a dreadful slaughter. Bowie fought liko a lion, but foil covered with wounds. For months ho lingered at 1 the Mason Houso before he fully recovered. 1 ?Atorristown, Trnn., Gazette. i * ? 1 The Fastest Tuottino on Record.? Rarus has not only mude faster time than Goldsmith Maid, but ho is a much squnrcr a rod or two, and eoming down so smoothly and evenly that she not only gains by tho process, but it is difficult for tho judges to note it. She has, at her fastest gait, what may bo called a running trot, llarus, on tho other hand, when he breaks at all, loses ground fearfully in tho effort to brine him ? ?"" uown?not unfrequently, as happened on Saturday, ho lias to bed brought to a stand still to get him into a trot agaiu. And when he does trot ho trots squarely and evenly without a "skip." llonco tho performance of Saturday?a nailo in 2: 131 ? is a pheuomonou of extraordinary proportions. V -- ? Two negroes woro killed by lightning at Preston Bend, Toxas, and the belief among their people wee that they im* uhfouta divine wrath. A revival of religion was (he ' immediate oonsequenoe, and noarly every negro in the oonnty is a convert. Dklioious Cakvs.?Two cupasugar, ono tin (.???? ...ji cutter, udo cup nweet milk, tbroo oggt, three wipe flour, naif teaepoon no<ln, ono tcaapeon cream tartar, flavor with nutmeg.