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Suspension of WllU?jns.^Birnle ft Co., of Hew
. There was some excitement in the city 011
Monday evening, caused by the announccincnt
that the firm of Williams, liirnie & Co., of New 1
York, bad suspended on the Cotton Exchange.
The usual rumors were sodn in circulation, and
the liabilities of the suspended firm were said
to bj enormous. Yesterday morning it was curft
rentlw^reported that Williams, liirnie & Co.
wSl^flfchort"' of 70,000 bales of "futures," invo\viug
a loss of several huMrod thousand .dollars.
tSome anxiety urge fWt, ma Mr. O. .W Williams, of
/ Charleston, was Known io be connected, more i
or less, with the New York firm of Williams,
liirnie & Co., and it was feared that (lie firm of
G. W. Williams & Co., of Charleston, and the
' > 1,-- ?j-_, i,.
Carolina oaviugs uuim, uugm u? <u?wnv?.?
'This is not (he ease.
The firm of Williams, Birnie & Co., of New
York, had no connection whatever with the firm
of O. W. Williams & Co., of Charleston, but Mr.
Willams, the senior partner in the Charleston
House, was a limited partner in the New York
firui. Neither the firm of G. W. Williams & Co. '
nor the Carolina Savings Bank lose* a dollar by
the New York failure. Mr. Williams was in New
York when the trouble cnmc on, and with characteristic
coolness and courage insisted that the
New York firm call a halt,. and "make their
loss." This was done. The firm was dissolved.
And every draft made npon Williams, Birnie
& Co. has been promptly paid.
The firm of G. W. Williams & Co. lias almost
unlimited credit, andyostorday morningthemanaging
partners here were approached by wealthy
fricnus and offered any assistance they might
need. No help was required, but the kindness
that prompted the offers was appreciated and
will not be forgotten. At the Carolina Savings
Bank the experience was the same. A few
thousand dollars were drawn out early in the
day, but against this is set the opening of new
account, by gentlemen who seized the occasion
to give practical evidence of their confidence in
the Ilank and Mr. Williams.
The story of what was done in New York, and
how the Charleston firm stauds, is best told perhaps
in the following telegrams :
to u. w. \y i i.i.i a ms a co.
New York, May 21.
6*. 11". Wtllinms <j- Co., Charleston:
Draw on Drcxel, Morgan & Co., and on Park
Hank ns heretofore. Finn of Williams, Hirnic
& Co. dissolved. 0. W. Williams.
to president a. s1mond8.
New York, May 21.
Andrew Simonds, President National Hank:
O. W. Williams k Co. are not implicated in
the affairs of Hirnie & Co. They (G. W. Williams
& Co.) have one and a half millions of unencumbered
assets. Drcxel, Morgan & Co. will
cash their drafts for any amount they wish to
draw. G. W. Williams.
to resident a. simonds.
New York, May 21.
The drafts of Messrs. G. W. Williams k Co.
on us, to the extent of $100,(XX), will be honored.
Drexel, Morgan & Co.
tfl t1ic news axi) courier.
New Yobk, May 21.
To the Editor of the Xctc* and Courier :
liirnie & Co. did not suspend on the Cotton
Exchange for want of money.
Tlicir friends ottered theui $-300,000, if needed.
1 was unwilling to put another dollnr to aid
the cotton gamblers iu their demoralizing speculations.
The firm did not have a hate of cotton on their 1
own account. They pay every draft drawn on i
them. ,
Parties arc sending margins freely, rather
man lose (ncir cooiracis wmvu uiuurmsu wuuiu
be forfeited. Tlic friends all approve of my
prompt action. G. \V. Wiluaiii.
This last dispatch discloses the tvholc situation.
The Southern customers of Williams,
liirnic & Co. got on the wrong side of cotton,
mid were unable to keep up with the rapid advance
in price. Mr. Williams insisted on stopping
at once. This was done, every obligation
is met as it matures, and margins are now coming
in freely from customers, which will, by so
much, reduce the losses of the New York firm.
The house of G. W. Williams & Co. of Charleston
and the Carolina Savings Dank are as
steady as a rock. This tlutler in New York has
only demonstrated more clearly the stability
and impregnability of their financial position.?
Newt and Courier.
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Would be Senator Cokuin Arrested.?
Charleston, May *23.?Ex-United Slates District
Attorney Corbin, who is here as counsel in the
railroad cases before Chief Justice Waile, was
held to bnil to-day, at the instance of the Attorney
General of the State, in a civil suit pending
against him for recovery of $24,000. The origin
of the suit is as follows : In 187fithe State
retained Corbin to prosecute a claim ngainst a
phosphute mining company for phosphate royalty
due the State. A judgment for $28,000 was
recorded and Corbie paid into the State Trcos
ury $ZUt>, retaining me balance, wiucli lie
claimed as counsel fees. The State purposes to
allow him only $3,000 and expenses, which was
the award of a referee, as his tec, and the presont
suit against him was instituted for $2-1,000.
Corbin gave satisfactory bond to answer the suit
and abide tlie process of the court.
The New* and Courier says : The arrest of
Mr. Corbin was only a constructive arrest, and
was under the law only a constructive nrrest,
and was under the law permitting the arrest of
a debtor who is about to leave the State, The
nttorney-general sew Mr. Corbin in the Courthouse,
and, stating the case to him, requested
his presence at the office of the solicitor of the
first circuit to give the necessary bonds. A
short time afterwards Mr. Corbin appeared at
the solicitor's office and gave bond in the sum
of $50,000, conditioned to appear and answer
any process of the Court of Common l'leas aris- I
ing out of the suit. The following gentlemen :
signed the bond : Alva (Inge, J. II. Fisher, C.
II. Baldwin, 0. I. Cunningham and K. M. Wal- 1
lace.
The Reporter for The Newt and Courier next \
aoiigui oiu .Mr. i.oroin una iouuu nun id ine u.
S. Courthouse. In response to inquiries as to
t'he prolabJe length of his stay in Charleston,
Mr. Corbin replied that he would be here several
weeks. He added that he had come here on
business, and that it was his purpose to make
arrangements to resume iiis business here, and
live here the balance of bis life, lie added that
he expected that his nomination for the position
of Chief Justice of Utah Territory would be rejected
by the United States Senate, in which
event he would come back to Charleston to live.
His partner. Mr. Stone, he stated was now living
in New York, but he did not say whether it
was his intention to return also.
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Mkmorial Oat in thk Conseuf.b ate Capital.
? Richmond, May 21.?Memorial day was observed
with the usual decoration of the graves
of Confederate soldiers in Hollywood Cemetery.
The immense monumental granite cone on the
grounds?was covered from apex with flowers
ana evergreens, while a thonsnnd graves/eceive J
like attention. The State offices at the capital
and many of the principal business houses were
closed during the afternoon. The military display,
however, was not as great as in former
years. Two companies visited the cemetery.?
James Lyons, Jr., delivered the memorial address
this afternoon, in the presence of a large
concourse of people. It is estimated that from
lf>,000 to 20,000 persons visited the cemetery
during the day.
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3Jhc chlti 'fflnion ?im?i.
R.M. STOKES, Editor. ~
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OUT lion. Thomas Jones, member of the
House of Representatives from Edgefield County,
died ou Sunday night last.
Dr. John T. Darby, a former eminent physician
of Columbia, is lying hopelessly ill in the
City of New York.
When Court Cofltmences.
Tho next term of Court for this County will
be convened on the third Monday in next month
?June?Judge l'rossly to preside.
Death of Miss MoKnight.
With much sorrow wo see it announced in the
Columbia litgitter that Miss Nannie, eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. McKnieht. died I
in that city Inst Tuesday. We sincerely sympathize
with the bereaved parents in the loss of
so sweet a child. <
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The Greenville Female College.
We acknowledge an invitation from A. 8.
Towucs, President of the Greenville Female College,
to attend the Annual Commencement of .
that Institution, which will commence on Thursday,
June 12th. The Annual Address wiil be
delivered by llov. W. E. Hatcher, D. D., of
Richmond, Va.
Hail Storm in Barnwell.
A disastrous storm of hail, rain and wind,
passed over the village of EUenton and surrouning
country last Friday. The storm lasted
tlirco hours and hailstonos (as largo as pigeon
eggs fell. Whole fields of Cotton were left
without a leaf on a stalk. Corn on bottom lauds
was covered with water. Lands were washed
bad IV. and irarilmiH rnin?i1
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The Weather?Crops.
We have had two good ruins iu this immediate
vicinity the past week ; but in some sections of
the County no rain lias fallen for six weeks.?
Generally the corn and cotton crops are doing
very well. Wheat and oats continuo promising,
so far as we have heard, llnd stands of cotton
arc complained of in many neighborhoods,
but what is up looks well.
The Soap Man Among Us.
Mr. Gufftc, >\gcnt for McGiiupsey's newly
patented sonp is in town. We gave his soap n
severe test and it proved to be all that the maker
claimed for it. It can be made in live minutes
at a cost of a little over a cent a pound. This
sjnp, it is claimed, saves one-half the rubbing
and does away with the clothes-destroying custom
of "battling-" We think it is a "good
thing to have about the house."
The Prise Story,
Now being published in the Weekly Xctca and
Courier, grows more intcristing with every issue.
It is Jecidcdly-a fine literary production nr.d
places its author among the most attractive Lady
writers iu the country. We understand that
back numbers of the Xewa and Courier, containing
tlie first chapters of Anhurst, can be obtained
by application to the proprietors of that journal.
A Painful Acoident.
On Sunday last, as Mrs. Nancv Gretrorv w*?
returning from services at Mt. Vernon church,
in a buggy, the mule she was driving took
fright at something and ran away, throwing .
Mr*- Gregory from the buggy with great force
and so seriously injuring her that she has beet)
confined to her bed in a painful nnd helpless
condition ever since. Fortunately no bonts
were broken, but she was painfully bruised on
her hip, side, shoulder and faoe.
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Another Editor with Two Hats.
We rejoice with you, friend Groncker. We
feel glad all over, at learning that you've got a
new hat, and also that you've got one wholesouled
liberal Merchant at Newberry who appreciates
your labors in behalf of the town enough
to present it to you. We know it is a handsome
one and you look handsome under it. Every
man in Newberry County should trade with the
large-hearted merchant, Capt. A. C. Jones. If
for no other reason we shall attend the l'ress
Association to compare, perhaps swap, hats with
you.
Change of Sohedule.
On Monday next the cars on the S. U. and
C. and S. A. roads will be run on a new and
taut Schedule. The down train will leave Hen;
iersonville, N. C., at G A. M.r arrive at Union at
10.50, and reach at Alston in time to connect
with the up train on the O. and C. It. It.
The up train will leave Alston at 12.10 P. M.
irrive at Union at 2.03?stopping 2 minutes?
ind reach Hendersonvills at 6.20. Hy this
Schedule passengers will be put through from
llendersonville to Charleston in one day?the
piickest and plcasantest trip from the seaboard
.o the Mountains,
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Improving tha.Rtreeta.
Our (own Council is doing a grand work in
:utting down the "Dogan llill," filling up the
leep gully besi.le it and generally putting that
inrt of Main street in good condition. It is
he first time since we have lived here that any i
vcrk has been done in that part of the town, I
nid the Dogun llill had become almost impassa- l
lie, particularly nt those seasons of the year i
vlleo it was most traveled. Mr. Dunbar, the |
iverseer of the wcrk, appears to understand <
tow to make permanently good roads and he is
loing faithful work. The people of the Cross
Keys section will be glad when they find what a
^rcat improvement has boen made to the road !
ending into their County seat. Now let the i
I'ounty Commissioners go to work and continue i
!he improvement over the worst part of the
road. 1
Ihe OM Board of Commissioners. A
As man/ unkind remarks and suspicions hare
been freely made about the transactions of the in
old Boapl of Count/ Commissioners, the Clerk M
has be?% re*/ careful to make oat a full, konest M
and explicit report of all its transactions. If fii
any wrong has been done the-Count/ or its la- to
dividual creditors we cannot discover it. In a >V
pecuniar/ v|ewit was the most tr/ing two years
tb^wMnMNfliCount/ Commissioners ever went b<
through, and it at an/ time the line prescribed ec
by the law was either not plumbed or slightly fo
over-stepped, it was for the good of the Coun- di
ty, nnd mainly to relievo it from tbo heavy debt ol
that pressed upon it. Of our owu knowledge
we can say that it was the great ambition of U
the Board, nnd particularly of its excellent
chairman, Col. 1). P. Duncan, to get the County tl
out of debt, so as to relieve the people of the bt
"Past Indebtednes tax." To do this in the
quickest possible time required bold business p
qualities at tlia head, and Col. Duncan, at the ai
risk of being greatly censured by many, bent h
his whole talents aud energies to the accomplish- w
inenl of that laudible object. Although he was p
not permitted to remain in the Board until that
part of its work was completed, the Board have *
the proud satisfaction of knowing they loft its
debt in such condition that, by economy and tact, P
no tax for past indebtedness will be necessary n
hereafter. We could tell of many things done by l'
the an'd sanctioned by the other mem- n
of the Board, wherein many dollars were saved
to tho County. One instance,?when the Board a
had no money, and its credit was so low that it 3
had to pay the highest lien prices for every ar- ^
ticlc needed for the Poor House, &c.; when Bacon
was selling at 20 to 22 cents per pound, the ^
Chairman borrowed money upon his individual ^
credit to purchaso bacon for the Poor House,
nud saved the County from 0 to 10 cents a pound. c
And this is but one of many instances not gene- ^
rally known to the pooplc of Union, by which c
the old Board risked much for the benefit of the 0
County. It was an honest Board, and if a few
derelictions could be noted, the good it did
should outweigh all errors and full credit given.
Tho present Board is composed of as true and
honest ineu as can be found, and we claim for
them the full confidence of the people, believing
that nil the County affairs will be managed
with fidelity and strict economy.
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A Merited Compliment.
The Italcigh N. C., Obterver pays the following
merited compliment lo a young man well known
aud much respected in this community and, in
fact, all along the line of our llnilroad.
Mr. Basil Manly, Master Machinist of the
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, a young
gentleman who had the pluck at the close of the
late war lo learn a trade, though his father had h
been Supreme Court Judge nnd his uncle Gover
nor, was regietereu ai ine national ycsiertiny.
For some years Mr. Manly wns nn engineer I
on the S. U. and C. R. 11., and while in tlint po- I
sition was elected Master Machinist of the A. a
and N. C. railroad.
But Mr. Manly is not the only "young gentleman"
whose father had been a Judge who,
"had thVplu^k at the close of the war to learn
a trade." Mr. William Spencer, a most excellent
gentleman and one of the most capable engineers
in the country, now an Engineer on the
S. U. and C. K. it., is the son of Judge Thomas
Spencer wf Georgia. Both of these gentlemen
maintain the dignity and respectability of their ,
honored sires in the positions they occupy, while ]
their intelligence and manliness of character is I
well calculated to elevate and dignify the branch '
of Meq^anical industry they have selected from .
which to obtain an honorable livelihood. If ]
more of our young met would follow the noble 1
exampleof these two gentlemen it would be better '
for the country, far more profitable than clerking
and the crowded professions, and fully as
respectable.
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S'Cold-bldeded Murder.
News comes to us of murder committed on '
Wednesday of last week, near Wilkinsville, in
the upper part of this County, by a man named
John Edward Murf, a Gin-saw sharpener, upon
Mr. John Sanders a resident of that neighborhood.
While we have no authentic account of
the affair, from what we can gather from the reports
received, it appears that the two men had
difficulty the day before, and on the day of the 1
shootinjr Murf saw Sanders In the field and '
resting his rifle upon the fence deliberately shot
him?the ball enteriug the side just above the
hip bone, from which he died on 8unday evening.
Murph immediately fled and has not
been heard of since.
Sanders was about 24 years old and all accounts
say he was a quiet, steady and industrious
young man. A correspondent of the Spartan,
resiJing near the place of the murder, closes
a detailed account of the bloody deed as
follows i
Great indignation prevails at the cowardly
act. Bdwards has been in the neighborhood
only a short time, and was considered a dangerous
man, lie is supposed to be an escaped con- '
vict from Alabama, and that his name is John 1
Edward Murf. He boasts of having 12 wives. I
Considerable efforte have Seen made to arrAst i
him but her is still at la.-ge, and supposed to.be
in Spartanburg County. A reward will be offered
for his arrest.
A Change of Diet.
For the information of our friends Greneker
and Farrow, we state that through the very liberal
kindness of the large-hearted landlord of
the Union Hotel we have changed our bill of
fare from "baeon and greens," to fat mutton,
English peas, young beets, new Irish' potatoes,
and sweet potatoes, and we find no inconvenience
from the new diet. You see, it came about in
this wa> i Thompson killed two or three fine fat
ilieep laat'wtek, for his owa table, and In Ihe
goodness of his heart presented us with a whole
r)uarter of the flattest one. Thompson knows just
where and how to tickle an Editor and a traveller,
and to make them his everlasting friends.
And after we got the mutton our esteemed
friend, Mrs. Koon sent us a basket of Irish and'
iweet potatoes, the latter jost out of the "bank,"
and as sound as when first dug. Didn't we and
ours just heap up thanks (o such thoughtful
friends, as we eat of the good things bestowed.
Wadding in High Life.
Married, at the reeidence of the bride'e father, J
the town of Union, 8. C., on the 22d day of '',e
ay, 1879, by Her. 1L I). Smart, Faslor of the
. ?. Church, Hon John C. SuarrARD, of Kdge- ,
:ld, Speaker of the House of Representatives, by
1 Miss Hklkn, eldest daughter of Judge W. it. yoi
allack. J
For some weeks this important event had
sen the leading topic of conversation in our
>mmunity. Miss Wallace was beloved by all ma
>r her amiability, brightness and geniality of J*i'
isposition, and in losing her the social circle ^
f Union has lost its brightest star of attraction.
The wedding was one of the grandest seen in tbi
nion for many years and was enjoyed by a *
sry large number of the friends and relatives of ^
te bride and groom, not only of this County, D)a
tit of other parts of the State. eve
Feelitag confident that the refined and noble *>el
eople of Edgefield will properly appreciate P|j
ad fondly cherish the bright jewel which Union jit
as consigned to their keeping, it is our earnest pit
ish that a long life of true happiness and
rosperity may be the lot of the happy pair. ,
mpobtant Corrections. I1'1
In the report of the County Commissioners
ublithcd lost week, two important errors were Ki
Hide by us, to which we call particular otten- m<
ion, and for which the Clerk of the Board is in
o wise to blame.
At the close of the Past Indebtedness nceount, or
fter the item "Credits allowed by Auditor," hi
houtd be, Balance in hands of Treasurer, en
1317 62.
In the report of the Railroad Tax fund, the cr
alancc in the hands of the Treasurer should be Wl
.505 82, instead of $205 82.
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There is also a typographical error of a few c,
cuts in the footing up of the credits of the "Orlinary
County Tax" fund, which is soinsignifi.
ant that we ran't suppose the most captious
ritic would fight about it.
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L Beautiful Flower.
We saw a few days ago, at Dr. J. M. Oibbes' r(
tore, the most exquisite specimen of the large is
rimson Cactus our eyes ever rested on. It had ^i
8 large, full deep crimson blooms and about
he same number of buds ready to burst into full
lower. It certainly was n magnificent sight.? 4o
Phc plant was grown by the Dr's. "gude wife," 7"
vho we believe lias the finest collection of raro
ind choice Flowers in the State. Her collcc- p,
ion of Geraniums alone embraces every known sn
rariet}?over .three hundred?while her numerius
other plants are all of the rarest and cliolcist
varieties. Mrs. Gilihe* 1? nn oitilmatn.i :?
?? "* >11
lie cultivation of choice and rare flowers, and pi
he surroundings of her homo beautifully ex- 01
libit her exquisite tasto and skill.
Hiineas F. Frazee, formerly Sheriff of ^
tichlnnd Couifty, attempted suicide Inst Sunday
iy taking laudanum. Antidotes were applied
,nd he is likely to recover.
List of Petit Jurors. Ji
Drawn for June Term, 1879.
1. Win. Vanderford, 19. A. O. Bentley,
2. W. S. Vnughan,* 20. J. Lancaster,
3. Peter Rice, 21. W.J. Vanderford, ftl
4. John McNcaco, 22. J. D. Mct'ulloch, fr
5. W. A. Lindsey, 23. K. C. Whitmire, ||
G. Beoson Crocker, 24. Jns. II. Bodger, .
7. F. G. Nnihiiin, 26. G. W. Kales, - 01
8. Willis Iiames, 2G. Robert Lnwson, w
9. Alexander Goodwin 27. J. K. Coficld. O
>0. Joseph S. Sims, 28. F. M. Roundtree, 9(
>1. Joseph II. Koon, 29. O. K. Hammett, .
12. J. S. Iturgess, 30. Henry R. Fowler,
13. F. M. Whitlock, |81. Daniel llarnett, P1
14. William Little, 32. John Wilbanks, T<
15. Wm. Ilollingswi rtli 33. J. Monroe Font, hi
IG. J. G. Adams, 84. William Leo,
17. J.J.George, 85. G. C. Wilbourn, et
18. O. W. Gault, 36. Wm. A. Bealy. b,
Witness : CHARLES BOLT,
Clerk of Court. w
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News From Brown's Store. *
Mn. Editor:?Since my lost communication f?
wo have been blessed with genial showers of ol
ain. which was muck needed and has started !
lie crops of corn and cotton to growing nicely, tl
There are generally good stands of cotton, with w
lerhaps, an increased acreage over last year's ai
>rop. Oats are improving rapidly since the ol
ain. Wheat now in the ear, and promising. ii
The Sunday School at Asbury Chapel was en- ai
ertained last Sunday morning with an inter- u
sting lecture by Dr. Thomason, of Pacolet. It o
sros evident that the Dr. had studied his subject n
ind his heart is in the noble work of training p
.he youngof our country in grod morals, through ft
his important agenoy. No doubt his visit to tl
>ur community will be blessed with rioli results, ft
May he live long to do good and we trust he will ti
-.1. V. to .loll. Jo -....-It., -no--. e~- it
in the future. s<
On Saturday the 17th there waa quite a crowd 1<
>f young folka aaaerabled at Brown't Store to o
injoy a I'ic-Nio. And though our expectations
were at a high point, there could have been
no one who went nway disappointed. 11 waa *
:ruly a pleasant day to us all. Uut that fellow, ^
Dick Dundas has gone and told you all about it, "
10 ray account would be uninteresting. 81
OCCASIONAL. ?
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A Tcbkkt Qoiibi.kii L athTiirkb Eaus.?Miss !'
Doss, of Lebanon. has a turkey gobbler just a
little ahead of anything in the turkey line in *
jistory or tradition. 1-nst week the turkey was r
\ gobbler in all the pride of his gobblerhood ; Sj
tow he is a turkey hen, and as a proof of his .
ihange of sex laid-three eggs on the diy sueseeding
this monstrous metamorphosis. This
ale will seem almost incredible, but the owner tl
ias the eggs to show for themselves. How can u
luch an unheard of change be accounted for??
iVhat do the scientists say? And what's to be- *j
some of us when turkey gobblers turn against
heir own sex in this way and settle down into
aying hens? Oh, it is awful.?Abbeville He- ||
Hum. 0
Miss Bass, no doubt, has three turkey eggs, k
>ut before we can eggsactly break the shell of ^
inr doubt as to a gobbler's laying them, we ?
ihall first require indubitable proof of their pa- f
ernity, and then it will be neoessary for our a
yes to see the gobbler deposit an egg in a nest, 1
ir any other place that may suit his gobblership.
rhat gobbler must belong to the Dr. Mary Walk- 1
>r species.
A Wira Musdrsxr Huso.?Harannah, May ?
IS.?A special dispatch to the Morning Newt s
lays 8. Kelly (white) was hanged to-day at j
niackahear, Georgia, for wifsmurder. lie cop- c
'rssed, and raid the man who caused him to ?
till her was present. There were 1,600 people '
present, lie died apparently unconcerned. I
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An Ugly Threat.
iIrssrs. Editors :?You will please publish
following communication received by me on
16th Inst., and mailed at Ureenvillo C. II.,
the 14il>, evident!/ written in'diaguise :
Mr. SMI:?You will ba7e to do something
which /ou can save/our own life ; and what
i will have to do is to so and relieve McNlnch
rou have gpt to get biid out of jail, or., /our
i will pay the penalty,^ You have acted a
t in that which calls, flfr justice ; you have
ed a traitor to houoy, to justice, and to hu- .
nit/. Tbu hive decoyeu thaCpoor tr>y into ' f ....
I when you knew that he trould be hafcged.?
u came to this place and entered the jail and
le&vored to bribe a prisoner to swear false .
unst an innocent roan. You owe your life to J
s Order, for you have led us inio trouble and
in betrayed us. You must either save Mcach
or die yourself. You need not think to
ape us, fo? our name is Legion?for we are
ny. We are all rtund you. We see you
ry day. It is either save McKincii, or die
"ore the twenty-sixth of June. You can get no
ice that we are not. You will be personally
ervicwed, so decide whether you will live or
>. You have acted contrary to your word and
>dge in cases of years ago.
(Signed,) YOUR ENEMIES."
The reference made to the McNinch-Kilgore
Ticulty, and nay connection therewith is simppreposterous.
With it I have had nothing to
of which I am ashame^or afraid. For poor
lgore I had a high regard, and respect his
tnory, whilst humanity required some symthy
for McNinch, inasmuch as he was in my
? wx.w*.. j-i.. i-.i
mytvj uuu *? j/uui, uhiui iuiiuic, uviuucu crw
re. I neither ileceitcd nor decoyed McNiach
anybody else, as will be seen by reference to
s certificate appended. The remaining inu
does therein contained, are mythical, and like
e brute who seeks to defile me, buried in inilily.
The source from whence this scareow
comes is easily conjectured, and in reply
Duld say, whilst 1 have large responsibilities
id much to live for, yet if those who conspire
;ainst me can afford to carry their threat into
Lccution, I ennbut submit to their cruel decree.
Respect fully, A
0. W. SHELL. V
Laurens C. II., S. C., May 20, 1870.
CARD FROM McNINCII.
A letter directed to 0. W. Shell, and signed
r those claiming to be his enemies, has been
tad to me. In that letter the life of Mr. Shell
threatened, unless he releases me l>y the 26th
vy of June next; and he is charged with bar>g
decoyed me into jail and thcu of having
strayed me.
This is to certify that I surrendered and came
jail of my own free will; that in no manner
neither directly or indirectly?did Mr. Shell
iflncnce me in the course I pursued. I did
>eak to Mr. Shell as to the course I should
trsue and he declined to give me any advice,
tying he would assume no responsibility in
ie matter,
1 have Always regarded Mr. Shell as one of
y best friends, and 1 yet ao regard him. Put*
tg my misfortune he has kindly cared for my
lor old mother, for my wife and for hit little
ics, and this, 1 doubt not, the public will agree
ith me, is to act the part of a friend.
The letter written to Mr. Shell contains only
. v ...I > mil tuunrucu, UMU nil]
riter or it is no friend of mine.
his
ALFRED x McNISCK.
Mark.
In presence of A. McCarlky, K. C. Watts,
ons W. Fr.noiso'5.
May 19, 1879.
Tiie Fence Law.?We take the following froui
i interesting letter to the Columbia Rtgitler
om "11. K." the travelling coriospondent of
tat journal. In this County a similar change
' opinion is particularly uptrked among those
ho moBt bitterly opposed the new law at first,
nly those who are determined not It put Iheinslves
to the trouble of testing the law continue
teir opposition to it. All who have trade any
rovision for their stock are becoming warm adDenies
of the law, and in a few years it will be
ard to find any one opposed to it :
With regard to the fence law lately putin opration
in Anderson County, ray inquires have
sen tuany and very carefully made.
In llonea Path, the information I obtained,
as eminently satisfactory and to the point.?
-hilat the negroes, pretty much as a rule, fought
srd against its passage, there were also many
hite citizens who left no stone unturned to derat
it. Many of the negroes ribw are converts
f the most decided character, agd the whito
itixens, who were its bitter enemies, declare
tat, rather than go baok to the old system, they'
ould spend their "bottom dollar." Enquiries
L Andeison Court House have resulted in the
btaining of testimony as emphatically strong
i favor of this law. Where, as in this instance,
ltd in many similar instances, the proof is so
nequivocally strong that the Interests of allk
f the poor certainly not less, and probably
iuch mors than those of the rich, have been
romoted by the practical observance of thin
. t :> A - j?i.!? '- ?
jiivu 111 it , am lb uaiigutuuo UWIUUO iu ufcuro
?at the people's representatives, to whom then*
tots are known, cannot, without doing injusice
to themselves and their constituents, connuc
to plead the voiee of "the people" of their
sveral constituencies in justification of their
sgislative votes in opposition to the enactment
f a law so urgently demanded f
PitocEF.m.sua or Tim Iktkrnatioxal Y. M. C;
l.?Baltimore, May 23.?The International
bristian Convention have adopted a report of
lie executive committee recommending that the
econd Sunday in November next be made a day
f special prayer for invoking God's blessing on
lie association, and also recommending the hold-,
ng of parlor conferences and the raising of
wenty-two thousand dollars for use in the West
nd South among the colored young men, ralh
oad men, Germans, commercial travelers aud
olleges, and for work at the central office.?
ubscriptions to the fund called for were made
y the States with very enoouraging results.
We are jlpclde lly in favor of (bp work among
be "eommereial travelers" and would suggest
bat a considerable portion of the time and mon?
y be spent among the "commercial clerks" who
lay at home/ [En. Tim as. ;
MoNincm Kstusshd.?A Nnw Trial.?8l?err
Fike returned with McNinch from Columbia,
n last 8aturdny. As is probably generally
;n#wn by this time, be was granted a new trial
j the Appeal Court. The new hearing wa#
;ranted on a technicality, and not on the merits
if the case. His counsel will doubtless apply
or a change of venue, and the trial will .be had
t some other place than Laurens.?Laurtnttill*
'Itrald.
It is reported that the case will be tried at th?
text (June) terip of Court for this County.
PooD-Svrnviiie Cobmthiks.?tLondon, Mty
!8.?At a meeting of the Royal Agricultural
lociety, the Council were recommended te in >tmet
the qualified commissioners to obtain and
tublish separate and reliable reports as to the
orn spd meat raising capabilities of the United
Itates, Canada, Russia, India aud Australia,
vilb regard to the probable food supply intended ^
or the English market.
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