Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 28, 1875, Image 2
?craps and |f acts. 1
Sis inches of snow fell in Canada on the s
12th instant. 1
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The new fifty cent fractional currency j
notes are ready for issue. j
The total number of registered voters
in New York city is 144,934. t
President Grant has taken to the use t
of spectacles. j.
The second day of November will see c
elections in 11 States. e
The Fall River operatives by taking ; t
their two months' "vacation," lost $1,000,000 ; ?
in wages. j c
Butterick & Co., the fashion plate '
dealers, of New York, have failed with lia- ;
bilities amounting to $200,000.
Ex-Senator Chandler has been appointoil
^oorofnrv* nf tho Tntorinr T^olnnn ro.
signed.
The New York Tribune publishes a
letter from Pittsburg reviewiug the Pennsylvania
campaign, giving a gloomy showing of
Democratic prospects.
It is thought the sickness prevailng throughout
the Mississppi valley will prevent
a considerable portion of the cotton crop from
beiug saved. '
For Federal soldiers killed in the
civil war, eighty-five thousand headstones q
have already been completed in West Rut- 0
land, Vermont. t
Only a fourth part of the farming ter- 0
ritory comprised within the United States is t
under cultivation, and that not up to its full t
productiveness by one-half of its capacity. V
Gov. Tilden has sent instructions to t:
every district-attorney in the State of New ^
York, to prosecute all improper and illegal
uses of money iu the forthcoming election. 1:
The town of Vermillion, Ohio, is whol- ?
ly burned. Eleven business blocks are in
ashes. Loss, $75,000. Two suspected incen- o
diaries have been arrested.
The revivalists, Moody and Sankey,
have commenced a series of meetings in New
York. Fully 10,000 people were present at
the first meeting on Sunday morniug.
The Warren Avenue Baptist Church,
of Boston, has stricken out that portion of its
declaration of faith which makes immersion
a prerequisite to communion. This church
is one hundred and twenty-five years old.
Mr. Walker, a Cincinnati scientist, has
allowed himself to be stung once a day for
three weeks by bees to ascertain the effect. He
says that after about the tenth time the pain
and swelling were slight, the body seeming to
become inoculated with the poison.
Carruth, the Vineland (N. J.) editor,
who was shot in March last by Mr. Landison
account of an offensive article he had published
in his paper, died on Sunday morning last.
Landis' bondsmen have surrendered him to
the authorities.
The Democrats in Mississippi are holding
immense mass meetings thoughout the
State, and a notable feature of these gatherings
is the attendance of a large number of negroes.
The signs of a defeat of the Ames-Republican
party multiply daily.
Germany, with a population about equal
to that of the United States, graduated about
six hundred and sixty physicians last year,
while our own glorious country turned some
three thousand new doctors loose in the same
period of time.
Gov. Allen is philosophical at least, s
His last words to an interviewer are: "I I
don't care a baubee for the office. You can
say that I am fully satisfied with the verdict
of the people, and congratulate the Republican
party on its luck in electing so good a
man as Gen. Hayes."
A Westerly, R. I., clergyman married
a couple the other night, received his fees aud
sent them away, apparently satisfied ; but a
day or two after the bridegroom returned
anrf sairf that he had conic to pay more, as
the woman had turned out much better than
he expected.
A special agent of the Department of Justice,
sent to Texas and Arkansas to investigate
the affairs of those States, reports to Attorney-General
Pierrepout that the only efficient
means to reform existing abuses is to remove
nearly all the present incumbents of offices.
Grant's oration at Denver has been
published. It is not quite such a "masterly
effort" as was his Des Moines speech. Here
it is in full : My Friends?I have got a bad
cold and sore throat. I don't think this
cool air will do me any good. I am going in i
anyhow. I will be here again in few days, and j
you can see me then.
A candidate for a vacant vicarage in j
England announces an invention of his own
which may prove to be useful. It is a pecu- (
liar arrangement of the pulpit, with a clock
to give warning. When at the end of the
half hour the clock sounds an alarm, if the
preacher does not conclude within three ruin- I
utes, down comes the pulpit, with the parson i
and the rest of the appendages. \
Recently, at the Old Swan Borax Man- (
ufactory, Liverpool, a man was literally :
ground to pieces in a mortar. While engaged
about the machinery he was caught up and
thrown into a powerful mortar used for '
crushing the substauces used in the manufuc- '
ture of borax. He was not seen for some i
time, and the first intimation of an accident ?
was received by a boy who saw his legs hanging
out of the mortar. The engine was stopped,
and with some difficulty the body was
taken out, completely crushed out of shape.
All the colored orders aud societies ofj:
Richmond, Ya., have accepted invitations I'
to participate in the ceremonies of inaugura- >
ting the statue of Stonewall Jackson. For c
several years previous to the war, Gen. Jack- g
son was the Superintendent of a colored Sun- t
day school at Lexington, Ya., aud took an ac- |
tive interest in the welfare of that race. The |
participation of the colored people in the ic
u-hiph arp tr? hp r>Rid to t.hp crrp.'lt Rfil- I C
? " "" I ~ " B' I
dier's memory, is a creditable recognition of j 1
his friendship for them, and an illustration of g
the good feeling prevailing between the two j
races in Virginia. j ?
The following 9tory is told as a reraarka-1 j
ble instance of the appreciation of humor. A .
German soldier was ordered fifty lashes for , 1
9ome alleged act of insubordination. Fritz, 8
disciplined to silence, was fixed to triangles 1
in the presence of his company. When the J
first lashes fell upon his naked shoulders the t;
worthy fellow, instead of displaying evidences f
of distress, burst into a fit of uncontrollable
laughter. The executioner, regarding this ?
manifestation as by no means complimentary I *
to his skill, laid on w th redoubled ardor. But h
the more he laid on the more Fritz laughed.
When cut down he still found great difficul- t
tv in restraining his mirth, aud indulged in v
loud intermittent guffaws. The officer in com-!
mand of the company, with a cariosity nat- ,
urally excited,approached the bleeding wretch
and inquired the cause of the mirth. "Why," c
replied Fritz, breaking into a fresh fit of t
laughter, "I'm the wrong man!" v
A remarkable tragedy has lately occur- s
red in Rome, the details of which are of pe- h
culiar interest. In August last, great alarm t
was created by the disappearance of two children,
a boy nine years old and another of
eight. It was supposed that they might have *
fallen into the stream where they went to
fish and bathe, but no traces of their clothes ?
could be found. Recently a lady heard c
frightful shrieks proceeding from the work- 0
shop of one Carlo Grandi, a carpenter. The
neighbors quickly made for the work-shop,
and after vain attempts to get Grandi to 1
admit them, they burst open the door aud c
found him struggling to force a boy into a t
hole. He had cut the child fearfully about t
the head and had tried to force a wedge into 8
his mouth to gag him. After the man was :(
secured, it was observed that some of the
bricks of the flooring were loose, and on these
beiug removed the first thing seen was quick- r
ly dug up, and the mutilated bodies of the 8
two boys who hail disappeared ten days be-1 b
ore, ami other children's bones, were found si
it the bottom. It seems that the murderer, g
irandi, was a deformed man of diminutive 0
tature, high rounded shoulders, a very large I ^
lead, upon which there was not a scrap of |
lair, and repulsive features?a kind of Quilp. 81
Is is only too often the case in Italy, such ! r'
infortunate creatures become the object of.tl
pen public ridicule. The boys had been in e
he habit of teazing Grandi and playing jokes
ipon him, and it was in revenge for this that I g.
le had, as opportunity offered, enticed now ; ^
iue and then another of the urchin riuglead- ;
rs into his workshop and there murdered j v
hem, burying them under the floor. : s
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THE GREENVILLE FAIR. Jj
The annual fair of the Greenville Agricul- s
ural and Mechauical Association, held last a
i .i? . c..t a
vees, WHS Lilt; ILIUSl MJUCeasiui uuiumun ui
my previous year. The number of entries s
vas large, and the display of articles propor- ?
ionately finer and more extensive. One of ^
he features of the fair was the address of s
jovemor Chamberlain, which was delivered r
,o an audience of over 3,000 persous. The ?
iddress contained no allusion to politics. The ?
opics of the address were: 1. The dignity of
igriculture, and how it had always been chershed
in this State and formed as the basis of \
ill prosperity. 2. The fanners must be edu- a
:ated to succeed, and intelligence would a
louble the crops. 3. Immigration must be 1
mcouraged and immigrants warmly wel:omed.
4. There should be no despondency, Jj
>ut cheerful hopes of the future; evil is tran- j
iient, but good eternal, and soon South Car- t
)lina would arise from the dust and put on r
he beautiful garments of education, wealth t
ind glory. 5. Good, honest government must 1
je maintained. Government must not be a
jurden, but a blessing; taxes must be low; t
luything higher than ten mills State tax is a
jppressive and enormous. t
The correspondent of the News and Courier I
lays that in his address, "the Governor clear- ^
y indicated his sympathy with the Grangers, 0
vho, he said, had only to make the demand .
n order to compel tne puonc servants to give f
hem an honest government. As their rnul- n
itudinous arms reached in every direction, t
hey were in a position to make their influmce
felt so as to enforce an honest adminisration
of public affairs. He expressed great
:onfidence in the future prosperity of South 0
Jarolina, and iutimated very plainly that her
nountain region was the source to which we e
nust look for the leaven of honesty aud re- 0
"orra. The masses of the people were honest,
ind they were entitled to have their wishes 0
espected in preference to the wishes of politi- ^
nans and tricksters. The entire address was
n good taste; its diction was elegant, and its n
lelivery was constantly interrupted with ap- ^
ilause."
Governor Chamberlain returned to Colum- ^
)ia on Saturday and expressed himself as ^
lighly pleased with the result of his visit, 0
ind acknowledges in the kindest terras the
jordial welcome he received and the eviden- c
:es of good feeling manifested toward him, F
inth in nnhlic and nrivate. bv all classes and 11
:olors, without distinction of party.
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THE SCHOOL-BOOK COMMISSION. 0
It would seem that it was not so much the t
rnrpose of the school-book commission, when
ecommendiug a uniform series of school- h
jooks last summer, to force upon the people 0
)hjectionable books, as to make the scheme a J
ob for the members of the commission, or
iuch of them as would enter into the arrange- e
nent, which was engineered by J. Douglas f(
Robertson, of Beaufort, chairman of the com- | }1
nittee on education of the House of Repre- b
ientatives.
According to the New York correspondent n
)f the News and Courier, Robertson visited e
he North last spring aud proposed, in behalf g
)f the State, to make a coutract with such
louses as would join him, by which the State c
vould be bound for ten years to the adoption , d
>f such of their books as the commission should : 0
!
elect. The consideration for this was that s
hese houses should appoint his brother-in-law c]
is the sole distributing agent for their publi- 0
:ations, and that a central depot should be ! tl
istablished, say at Columbia, in charge of this (_
)rother-in-law, where the books should be p
eut on commission, and that the brother-in- j
aw should get a percentage on all the books (;
listributed from this depository. Robertson \ M
lirnself said he should be elected State super- ?
ntendent of education at the next election, : r,
md that he would then use the influence of n
lis office to force the books into the schools, b
o this very bold and impudent scheme, he c
lid not succeed as well as he expected. lie ^
'ound that the large houses, whotu he suppos- tj
d would be eager to jump at his bait, spurned 2
dm and his proposition, and so he returned .
lome much discomfited.
This scheme failing, it is alleged that he
ipyf. nnnrnached Ivison. Blakeman & Co.. h
-J J _ , nth
the intimation that SoOO or 81,000 were I
leeded for bribing the colored members of the o
look commission. But this Arm, as well as
thers of high standing, did not accede to the C
erras proposed, and hence their publications ; o
I'ere displaced, and with one exception sub- J
tituted by books hardly known outside the j I
louses where published. What influences , 1
he houses used whose books were adopted are i
lot apparent; but under all the circumstances tl
here can be but one opinion on the subject. ; I*
The Governor and Secretary Shrewsbury, b
Senator Nash and Maxwell, of the school-book
ommission, all deny any knowledge whatever e:
f improper arrangements or proposals until C
fter the work of the commission was comple- 1:
ed. They say that the Governor was pres- fi
nt at all the meetings of the commission, and
hat their own action was governed wholly by
heir views of the merits of the books pre- h
ented for their examination. Since the ad- p
ournruent of the commission, information has w
eached them that Robertson has made cor- k
upt proposals to the firm of Brewer & Tile- y
ton, in Boston, and a copy of a letter writteu a
iv Roberston to a member of that firm was tl
hown to the Governor, which, if the letter be
enuine, discloses the most corrupt purposes
n Robertson's part. They further say that
hey sought the advice of Mr. Jilson, the State
uperintendent of education, and of Mr. Waren,
principal of the State Normal School, in
he selection of books, and were largely influnced
by the written views of Mr. Warren,
'hey have no knowledge that Robertson's deigns
were communicated to any other memiers
of the commission, and, while their own
iews of the proper selection of books were
ometimes overruled by the commission, they
egarded these cases as fair matters for differuce
of opinion. Finally, they declare that
o far as they are able to accomplish it, the
aatter shall be investigated to the bottom,
udifany of the commission have been guilty
f corrupt practices, or if any of the books
elected are shown to be intrinsically objecionable,
they will make the proper changes ;
.nd, if the charges against Robertson are susained,
he shall be exposed and his corrupt
rork undone, so far as it may have affected
he work of the commission. The Governor
ias directed Mr. Shrewsbury, the secretary
if the commission, to call a meeting of the
oramission immediately, to take into considration
the charges made against Robertson,
,nd to take such action as may be deemed
idvisable.
THE SOLOMON BANK CASE.
In the Court of Common Pleas, in session
,t Columbia last week, Judge Carpenter preiding,
Attorney-General Melton applied for
aid obtained the following order:
On hearing the report of Thomas C. Dunn,
Ssq., receiver of the property and effects of
he South Carolina Bank and Trust Compa
ly, and ou motiou of Messrs. Melton, Charnterlain
and Wiugate, attorneys for receiver,
t is ordered : 1. That the report be filed, aptroved
and confirmed; and it is further orlered,
2. That the said Thomas C. Dunn, as
uch receiver, be, and is hereby authorized
nd directed to commence aud prosecute such
ctions as may be deemed necessary, and in
uch form as counsel may advise, to enforce
layment of the choses in action in the possesion
of the said receiver, aud included in Exlibit
"A." filed with the said report; and that
uch actions be brought aud prosecuted in the
lame of the said, "The South Caroliua Bank
nd Trust Company," as plaintiffs ; and it is
urther ordered, that the said Thomas C.
)unn, as such receiver, be, and he is hereby
uthorized aud directed to commence and
rosecutein the Court of Common Pleas for
lichland county aforesaid, and in such form
,s counsel may advise, one or more actions
gaiust the said Hardy Solomon, to recover
he amount of money belonging to the said,
The South Carolina Bank and Trust Coralany,"
alleged to have been illegally paid to
nd appropriated by the said Hardy Solomon
n the purchase and retirement of the stock of
coir] nncn/irutinn oo uof fnrfh in thp snifl
eport; and the amount of money belonging
o the said corporation alleged to have been
llegally paid out by the said Hardy Solomon
vhilst acting as president of the said corporaion,
and charged to the account of "legislate
expenses," as stated in the said report;
,nd that such action or actions be brought in
he name of the said, the South Carolina
Sank and Trust Company; aud the said Thos.
Dunn as such receiver ; and it is further
rdered that the said Thomas C. Dunn, as
uch receiver, have leave to apply to the court,
n term or at chambers, from time to time,
or such further orders and directions as he
iay be advised are necessary and proper iu
he premises.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Dr. Hubert W. Gibbes died in Columbia
n Sunday last.
? Twenty-five thousand pounds of stationry
arrived in Columbia last week for the use
f the legislature.
?The County Fair of Union county, will
ommence at Union Court House, on Wednesay,
the third day of November, next.
? Jatnes H. Goss, of Union, has been admitted
to practice law in the courts of this
>tate.
? By the failure of the Bank of Mecklenmrg,
Dr. J. F. G. Mittag, of Lancaster, lost
6,011.77. The losses of Lancaster depositrs
aggregate ?13,851.25.
? The Ledger reports that cotton in Lanaster
is "turning out" badly, one hundred
munds of seed cotton, on the best gins, givug
but thirty pounds of lint.
? Great complaint is made in regard to the
mount of counterfeit money left in the wake
f Howe's Circus, which has recently passed
hrough this State.
? The Wheeler House, in Columbia, which
ias been closed for several weeks, will be
pened on the first Monday of November by
Tr Oivpn Dalfiv.
? The epizootic or horse disease has appeard
in Charleston and Columbia in a mild
orm. The following is given as a simple
nd effectual remedy for the disease: "Take
rown or black mustard, grind it, and give a
easpoonful scattered over the horse's branmsh
or chopped food. Give this much to
ach feed. It serves to cut the phlegm, and
ives quick relief."
? The State Fair of South Carolina will
ommence at Columbia, ou Tuesday, the 9th
ay of November. Gen. Alfred H. Colquitt,
f Georgia, will address the Grangers on the
ubject of Direct Trade. Governor Henricks,
of Indiana, will speak upon subjects
f national interest, and Col. II. H. Capers,
he mainspring of agricultural enterprise in
Jeorgia, will deliver a plain talk to the peoIe
of this .State.
? The largest day's work ever done on the
,'harlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad,
as on Saturday, the 16th instant, as follows:
lar loads of cotton delivered to connecting
oads at Columbia, 111; car loads of promiscuous
freight, 14 ; cars sent from Columia,
56 ; the regular passenger trains, one exursion
train and two circus trains from
lharlotte to Chester, total coaches, 60. Toil
number of cars handled during the day,
41.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? An Alamance Granger, says the Gleaner,
as raised a gourd five feet in circumference.
T<1 . TT' I A :...W....l ntl 11 nnnn
1 IK! niCKiiry ^Vglicuituiai JL- an mil Ujjtu
d the 10th of November.
? The State Conversion of the Baptist
Ihurch will assemble in Shelby on the 10th
f next month.
? The United States Circuit Court, Judge
)ick presiding, is in session at Statesville.
"lie docket is quite large.
? Mr. T. B. Kingsbury proposes writing for
lie use of schools and families, a history of
iorth Carolina from 1568 to I860, and will
egin the work at an early day.
? The State Fair was the most successful
xhibition of any previous year since the war.
!ol. T. M. Holt was unanimously re-elected
'resideut of the State Agricultural Society
jr the next twelve months.
? The Winston Sentinel says that Henry
lartin, an inmate of the Stokes county poorouse,
was found dead in the road near the
oor-house on Wednesday morning of last
eek, with a partially empty bottle of whisy
lying near him. The deceased, when a
oung man, was a lawyer of bright promise,
nd at one time represented Stokes county in
:ic Legislature ; but the demon of intemper
auceseized him and bore him down to a lonely
and miserable death and a pauper's grave.
? The Charlotte Observer gives the details
of a horrible accident on the Carolina Central
Railroad, which took place on Monday night
oflast week in the outskirts of that city.
Wm, Dulin, while in a state of intoxication,
i had started on horseback to his home in Cabarrus
county, and being near the track of
the railroad as a train was passing, his horse
became unmanageable, and he either fell or
was thrown from his horse across the track.
The night was dark and a storm of rain and
wind was prevailing, which prevented a discovery
of the catastrophe until after three
trains had passed over the unfortunate man,
crushing and tearing his body beyond recognition.
TRIAL OF
! ?T. ALBERTUS HOPE AND MARY E. HOPE,
for the murder of
J1ISS MARY ISABELLA CASTLES.
[continued from fourth page.]
ascended the stops. The candle was a "bought"
candle and gave a good light. The stops are six
feet long. There was blood at one end of the
steps?to the loft, passing out of the door. Mary
was sitting 011 that side. She had 011 her clothes.
I took notice of her having on her clothes because
I stopped in front of her when Lee asked the
question. I said nothing. The blood was not
taken from the house. The candle was taken into
the yard twice?the first time when we gave Mary
the pills. The tea was given in the room while
she was sitting on my trunk. She did not say,
when asked a second time to bike more tea, that
she did "not want any more of that stuff." She
did not take the candle when she went to the
water-bucket; the candle wsis not then burning
and the fire-light was low. I could not see her
distinctly, while she was at the water-bucket.
When she took the pills she was sitting on the
steps. The door opened to the sitting-room. There
was a small lire. The candle was not burning
' when she went to the water-bucket; it was lighted
when we went into the yard to give the pills.
After Mary was placed on the pallet and after she
died, my husband made up a fire, but not a large
0110. While before the fire her dress was down to
her feet. Her leg was not blistered when she was
placed there. I cannot say how it became blistered.
She was covered, a portion of the time,
with a linsey quilt taken from a bed in the room.
The quilt did not appear to be scorched. I am
positive her leg was not blistered when xho wax
placed before tiio lire. I deny having ever heard
the reported language of the child at the suppertable.
The child mentioned, Lulu, is iny second
child, and was thon about six years old. Mary
went to school all the time, to the last day of the
school, except, perhaps, a week. Her monthly
periods were irregular. I never discovered that
they had stopped. Mary and I did the washing.
We washed all the clothes in tha same tub. Her
clothing had menstrual marks all the while. I
saw her clothing a mouth or two before the child
was born, and it bore such marks. I was not
there the last washing day before her death.
When Margaret Whisonant gave expression to
me of her suspicions about Mary's condition, she
did not caution me to notice her monthly periods.
To the Court.?When I saw Mary at the tiro, I
asked her what she was doing, and she complained
of her bowels paining her. She did not remain
long at the tire, but returned to bed. I re-kindled
the lire. When she groaned, my husband
made the inquiry. When she first groaned, I
understood she was in the bed. The sitting room
is nearest the steps. The entry does not lead to
the sitting-room. There was no whisky or other
liquor in the house at the time. 1 put on the tea,
' and remained bjr it until it was made. Mary was
in my bed room on the trunk when I gave her
the tea. She drank the tea from a saucer. I made
the tea in a tin-cup; took the saucer from the cupboard.
I gave her the pills; gave water with
them. I think Lee got the water.
I)r. J. W. Ali-ison. sworn.?This witness went
over the same grounds of other medical exports
who preceded him, and as his testimony led to
the same conclusions, wo omit it.
Mi.ia.min K. Smith, .sworn.--1 remember the
death of Mary Isabella Castles, I had arranged
to go with Hope to King's Mountain Station on
the day of the morning the death occurred. We
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cral days previous. I do not know of my own
knowledge that Hope had made preparations to
go. I live three or four hundred yards from
Hope's house. I visited his house. I saw Mary
two or three months before this occurrence; noticed
nothing peculiar. I did not lose a dog of
my own. I knew from report that a dog on my
place was lost. I missed the dog, and have never
seen it since. The dog was on my place and I was
accustomed to seeing it often.
Croxs examined.?I never had a dog stolen. I
do not know of the circumstance of a dog having
beon stolen. I have heard of dogs being stolen.
Once I lost a dog myself, but some one else found
it and restored it to*1110. J don't know that the
dog missing from my place was not stolen. I
don't know what ailed the dog that is said to have
died. I testily to only 0110 missing dog. I live
three or four hundred j'ards from Hope's house.
1 don't know the name of the missing (log. I often
saw the dog on tho plantation. I think it was
reported dead in October. I have gathered and
hauled up my corn in November, hut think notthat
year. I don't know when Hope hauled corn that
year. From my gate to Hope's house the distance
is two or three hundred yards. From the
boundary line it is about two hundred yards.
There is* no cross fence on tho boundarv lino.
Tho cotton wo were to have taken to king's
Mountain Station belonged to mc and Hope.
There were no arrangements made, nor 110 understanding
was bad, in case Hope failed to be
able to go 011 that morning.
To the (Jonrt.?Tho missing dog had been on my
place about one year. It belonged to a negro
named Jim Hvers. Jim is now living in this
county. Hope had complained to me of being
annoyed by dogs, and threatened to use poison.
I told him if tho annoyance was from dogs on my
place, not to let that deter him from ridding liiniself
of their annoyance.
7V.//./. A'/i/iViV/ii-?f don'ttliink ft W White
sides hsul a bale of cotton on the wagon. I don't
recollect the day. We were to have gone on the
morning of Mary's death. There were four or
live bales loaded on inv wagon in the yard. I
never made the trip to King's Mountain Station
and returned in a day. Nothing had been said
about our going and returning that day.
To the Court.?Mope's dog had been agoodono,
but at that time, from old age, he was not a good
watch-dog. He had two other dogs?lices.
L. M. MvAmstkr, invom.?I live within two
miles of Hope's house. The most part of the
year previous to the death, I lived eight miles
from him. I was at his house four days previous
to the death of Mary Castles. I saw Mary that
day. I had not seen her for some time previous.
I noticed nothing unusual in her appearance.
Cro.s.s examined.?I had seen her a few months
previous to the day of which I speak, and 011 the
last occasion I percievcd no change in her appearance.
I was not close to her. She was in the
far end of the room, the cooking-stove between
us. I wasthero on Friday before her death, and
ate dinner there. I do not remember R. W.
Whitesides being there. I am a married man.
lie-direct examination.?Mary was standing behind
the stove when I saw her. There was nothing
to prevent me from seeing her. The stove
did not obscure her from my view. She was
cooking on the stove.
J a mks M. Horn:, .sworn.?I am the father of the
prisoner, J. Alhertus Hope. I remember when
Alary Isabella Castles died. I was at my son's
house a month before she died, in company with
F. Whisonant and his wife. About bed-time,
my son J. A. Hope, returned from King's Moun
tain Station. We were an conversing irionmy
around the lire. He came with a wagon. He
met lis all in his usual manner. His conduct was
the same as it had previously heen in the same
company. I saw Mary that night. She had gone
to school to me. I observed nothing unusual
that night.
Cross examined.?Mary was of low stature. J.
A. Hope returned from King's Mountain the
evening I was at his house. I went to his house
between sun down and dark, f don't know on
what day ho went to K ing's Mountain. I talked
with Mary at tiio supper table; also conversed
with her and the other members of the family
around the hearth. I disrememher whether any
one sat between Mary and I around the lirc-plaeo.
I saw her about a month before she died. It is
| very probable that I saw her four or live weeks
previous to the occasion J have spoken of. I noticed
she seemed to be growing fleshier, and appeared
to be hearty.
The defense here closed.
Tiff! STATU in kki'ly.
Dr. llAMimmiiT, recalled.?I never conversed
with Hope about his getting strychnine from me.
| The first I ever heard upon the subject was when
I I was informed of it by my wife on the night Mary
' Castles was a corpse.
To Counsel.?I and Hope were often together
land had frequent conversations; but if he ever
spoke to me on the subject of strychnine I have
j forgotten about it.
1 To the Solicitor.?I think, under the cireumi
stances, I would recall to my memory such a
! conversation, had it ever occurred,
i Sidnky Hill, re-called.?I never knew of a dog
' being troublesome around llope'shouse of nights,
i 1 never knew of strychnine being placed on the
! cellar door for the purpose of poisoning a dog. I
generally got up first of mornings, especially in
the fall and winter. I generally done the feeding
of mornings. Sometimes Hope was up first.
Had strychnine been prepared iorauog, i iiuiik i
! would have board about it. I saw a dead dog in
! the neighborhood, when hauling corn at Mr. M.
Smith's. The dog was, say two hundred yards
from Hope's. Two negroes were with me. I do
not know how long the dog had been dead. The
dead dog was spotted?yellow and white. It belonged
to Jim Smith, (tlius Jim Chambers. When
I saw it, it seemed to have just died. I saw it
about h o'eloek in the morning. I don't know
where Hope was that day. The dog was lyingon
its side, with its legs stretched out?similar to a
dog as it would be lying in the yard. Its feet were
stretched out straight. There was no contraction
of the legs or feet.
To (hansel.?I did not examine the dog particularly
; I looked at it only a minute. It was not
offensive, though I did not go near to it. I never
saw a dog with a straight hind log.
To the (Jourt.?We had fresh beef on the table
occasionally?onco in a while?I do not know
how often. Hope killed no beef. I don't re,
member that he had any in the month of October.
1 He did not buy beef regularly, but was supplied,
first by one and then another, with what he used, j
There was a short chain to the latch of the cellar- I
door. The door of the cellar would be to my j
view if I passed around the house in one direc- i
tion ; but on going to feed, it would not. I nev- j
er heard Mope complain of a dog annoying him,
! nor 1 never heard him say he had put out poisoned
beef for the purpose of killing a dog. I did ,
not know he had strychnine in his trunk. None :
I of Mope's dogs died at that time. Mis largest
dog had been a good watch-dog, but he was old ;
and not valuable. Mope had a gun, and may be
a little ammunition.
To the Solicitor.?The dead dog I saw was of;
medium size.
,J. A. Wallace, recalled.?At the inquest, Hill!
related the supper-table scene. I disremember j
who asked the question that caused him to tell it.
I asked him a number of questions. Questions ;
were asked promiscuously by members of the
jury. The coroner also asked a number of questions.
I asked to have the testimony committed to
writing, and the coroner said it should be done,
omitting verbiage?that he would exclude nothi
ing of importance to the jury.
| To donnsc!.?With the exception of Mrs. Whisonant's
testimony, it was all read to the respective
witnesses in* the presence of the jury. The
proceedings were all had in open day-light.
R. W. Whitesidks, recalled.?I liad a conversation
with Sidney Hill at Mr. Hell's. Thomas
Brown was present. I went there two or three i
days after Mary's death, in the effort to carry out
Mope's suggestion to get a starting point?to get
information. I went to Mr. Bell to consult him
in the capacity of a lawyer. Mr. Boll desired to
i nvaminn Hill* a ml Brown and Hill accompanied
I inc. Mr. Hell interrogated Hill in my presence. I
j No threats were made, nor no inducements of|
fered. On that occasion, Hill related the supper- I
table scene, .and made the statement near about
as he made it here in court.
To Counsel.?Hill knew the purpose and object
of our visit to Mr. Bell.
Dr. H. G. Jackson, rc-called.?Strychnine lias
the same effect on animals that it has on human
! beings?producing convulsions and contractions.
! I don't know that the litnbs of animals dying
j from the effects of strychnine would contract the
same as the arms of a human being. The effect
i might be to straighten or distend the limbs of a
dog. I do not know from observation. Medical
writers say the effects of strychnine are the same
on animals as on human beings.
J. B. Whitksidks, rc-called.?M. R. Smith and
J. A. Hope live three-fourths of a mile apart. I
once owned the land on which Hope lives. From
Hope's gate to Mr. Smith's, the distance is four
hundred yards.
Tho State here closed. Argument for the prosecution
was opened by T.J. Bell, Esq., who was
followed for tho defense by I. D. Witherspoon
and W. B. Wilson, Ksqrs., Mr. Solicitor Mackey
closing for the prosecution. The argument was
conducted with marked ability, both sides confining
themselves to a fair review and calm discussion
of the evidence. At the conclusion of
Mr. Solicitor Mackey's argument, his Honor delivered
tho following charge to the jury:
Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the
Jury: The prisoners on trial?J. Albertus Hope
and Mary Elizabeth Hope?stand charged with
the crime of murder, committed by poison, on
the body of Mary Isabella Castles, in the county
of York, on tho 17th of November, 1874.
Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being
with malice aforethought. Malice is wicked
intent. When the law charges a crime to have
been committed with knowledge aforethought, it
means that the wicked intent was deliberate.
This case has been argued with signal eloquence
and ability by tho learned counsel of tho defendants,
and "by the Solicitor and his learned associate
representing the* State, which will make the
ease memorable from the ouestions involved?
the arguments being wortliy'of the magnitude of
the cause itself?a magnitude measured by the
value of two lives, and also by the high, solemn
duty imposed upon I he Common wealth, to enquire,
through all the agencies of the law, to ascertain
if murder has been done.
It is the special duty of the Court to declare the
law, and it is your duty to pass upon the facts.
You constitute a tribunal of judges as to the facts.
Your hands hold the scales ofjusticeiu which the
facts aro to bo weighed with even poise, and neither
passion nor prejudice is to change the balance ;
but the law and the evidence shall decide you in
forming your judgment.
It is proper for the Court to state to the jury the
features that distinguish direct from circumstantial
evidence. Direct evidence is delivered by
one whoseos the event. If a written letter sboulcl
be produced, and the witness could testify that
he saw it written by the alleged writer, that would
be direct evidence; but if he could not so testify, |
and the jury were required to determine the authorship
by comparing with handwriting as ex- I
hibited in other letters und proved to lmve been
written by the alleged writer in other cases, that
would be circumstantial evidence, for the reason
that men would come to a conclusion from the
formation and features of the writing?each individual
having a style peculiar to himself that
could be relied upon as a guide.
Into every cause there enters, in lower or higher
degree, elements of circumstantial evidence.
Where the charge is murder, the rule of law is,
when conviction is claimed by circumstantial evidence
only, the circle of circumstances must so
surround the accused as to exclude every reasonable
hypothesis of innocence. The circumstances
must be such that upon no rational supposition
they could attach themselves upon an innocent
man. That is the test; and the chain of circumstances
produced must be measured by the
strength of the weakest link.
The proposition is true in law that it is dangerous
to convict upon circumstantial evidonce; but
such is the fallibility of human judgment?such
is the infidelity of man to truth?that it is dangerous
also to convict on direct evidence. The jury
must exercise their best judgment, viewing the
question at issue by the clear light of the evidence,
and convict only if the guilt charged be proved
beyond a reasonable doubt.
The mode in which it is charged that this murder
was done,is among the dark and occult forms
of crime, whose perpetrators shrink from light
in the execution of their designs. There is no
case of poisoning but will rest on circumstantial
evidence. There are none recorded but what the
main, controlling facts upon which a verdict depended,
were based upon circumstantial evidence.
If circumstantial evidence could not furnish
a foundation for a verdict of guilty under an
indictment for administering poison, it would
follow that to inflict death by poisoning, in a majority
ol eases, would be absolutely safe from judicial
detection.
The Court charges that the discovery of poison
in a stomach is not legal proof that the person
died from poison. Why? Coincident witu poison,
another and eflicient cause of death may have
interposed before the poison could produce the
fatal elfect designed. The discovery of poison in
the stomach, however, would form the strongest
link in the chain, if the motive 011 the part of the
accused were also shown. The actual adminis
j is also a solemn one. You are to perform tliis
duty without regard to consequences. The juror
who would fail in the discharge of his duty, either
to himself, the State or the prisoner, is unworthy
of the high trust reposed in him.
With these instructions of the Court, the jury
retired at 11.40o'clock, on Wednesday night, and
after an absence of forty minutes, returned a
( verdict of Not (Iuii.ty.
I BeT Signer Bertolotto has now a troupe of
one hundred educated fleas on exhibition in
New York. These insects have been trained
to go through a variety of curious and interesting
performances, such as dancing, drawing
vehicles, telling fortunes and other tricks.
tration or the poison oy tne accuseu is me unknown
quantity in the problem to be determined.
The motive would strengthen the link.
Evidence of a general character, such as concealment,
false statements, etc., would bo signs ot
guilt and make tip a complete circle, to which,
when made, could be applied the legal test, to
wit: that the guilty circumstances proved must
be such its to exclude every reasonable hypothesis
of innocence. Circumstantial evidence is
worth everything or nothing. It knows no
mean?no medium?and commands faith as fully
as would a revelation from heaven, whenever it
can stand unshaken t he highest legal tests.
Both the crime charged, and the special incidents
that have attached to this case, impress it
with features of awful solemnity. The young
woman, just blooming into womanhood, diesdies
a mother. She yields her life up, not in giving
birth upon the marriage-bed, consecrated and
sanctified bv human and divine law, paying the
sad tribute of a mother's pangs to the tender loyalty
of a wedded wife; hut she goes to the bridal
of the grave stained with dishonor. The State
alleges that she surrendered her virtue to the cunning
and lust of the seducer, and that she died by
his band, so that as to his guilt her lips might be
silent, and the only and best witness should be
hushed forever.
The State alleges that she died by poison. You
have seen, gentlemen of the jury, a sample of the
poison exhibitod before yon, on a piece of yellow
paper, alleged to be the instrument of death employed.
A quantity that may be held between
the delicate lingers of an infant is a sullieient
amount to destroy the life of the strongest man.
To the eye it appears as white and innocent as the
.snow-flake itself; but yet if taken into the human
system, it instantly blanches the cheek of robust
and rosy youth, renders powerloss the arms of
the strong, shatters the mind of the wise, conquers
the fountain of life, corrupts the blood, and in a
| brief period reduces the human frame, witn its
I exquisite machinery, to a form motionless, lifeless
and repugnant to human sight. The State
charges this to be the agent used?so powerful
that if given to man in the brightest hour of
health and gladness, brings him in a few brief
moments, to the embrace of death with his icy
garments.
j The State undertakes to prove that Mary Isaj
bella Castles was poisoned by strychnine. The
burden rests upon the State?first, to prove that
she is dead, and that she was done to death by
poison. Being satisfied that she is dead, you
must he satisfied that she has been murdered, before
you can render a verdict against these de!
fendants. If it is not shown that a murder was
j done, it is vain to look for a murder. But if you
1 are satisfied that she was murdered by poisoning,
I then the question for you to answer, is whether
or not J. Albertus Hope and Mary Elizabeth
' Hope, are, or either one of them is, the murderer
: of Mary Isaliella Castles. On that question you
must be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt:
| otherwise you must renders verdict of not guil!
tv. Inarrivingatyourconclusion, you will keep
| within the circle of the evidence, and be swayed
! by the law and evidence alone. You areto judge
j of the issue under the calm, steady light of the law
i and the evidence. The red glare of passion must
not guide you on the path of duty.
! You have a delicate duty to perform to the
State and to the prisoners at the bar. Your duty
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
t
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. j
Clark Brothers?Cash Prices?Look Out?Cream
Cheese?Sole Leather. t
Yorkville Furniture Store?Furniture. 1
T. M. Dobson A Co.?Shirting?Cotton FlannelUmbrellas?Cartridges?Cotton
Cards?50 I
Cents per Dozen?Handsaws? Water-Proof j
Cloth?Jewelry?Stoves?Curtain Lace?Sa- .
lem Jeans?Sausage Grinders?Gent's Un- l
dervests?Bevel Squares?Ladies' Shoes? (
Miles' Shoes?Alamance Yarn?Pistol?Auger
Bits?Coffee Mills?Powder and Shot? i
Pocket Knives?Boys' Boots.
J. B. Ford A Co., Publishers?Book Agents and
Good Salesmen. a
A. Williford?Pay Up.
J. \V. P. Hope?Notice. *
Jofferys it Melts--'That Cotton Option. t
A. A. Barron and M. S. E. Barron?Executors'
Notice. *
Piano for Sale.
W. H. A J. P. Herndon?Seed Wheat?Buckwheat
Flour?Packing?Shoes?Cheese. 1
PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD.
The Synod of the Presbyterian Church of *
South Carolina will meet in Yorkville on J
Thursday next. J
KING'S MOUNTAIN, N. C. ?
By a business letter from the above thriving J
village, first laid off only a little more than j
two years ago, we learn tbat the population is (
about 250, with eight business houses, a car- |
riage shop, a steam cotton gin, eight cotton
buyers, two practicing physicians and a drug- j
gist. A fine church edifice is in progress of j
erection, and no spirituous liquors are sold
within a mile and a half of the town. The f
I town has several neat residences, two or three y
of which are now approaching completion,
and a high school will be opeued about the 1
first of next January. Speaking of King's
Mountain as a cotton market, our correspon- 1
dent says about 500 bales have been sold there 1
within this month, at fair prices. '
EX-POSTMASTER RICHARDSON.
A. S. Richardson, who was removed from
the postmastership of Chester a few months ]
aero, and who is alleged to be a defaulter to i
the Postoffice Department in the aura of $258.79,
was arrested in Chester, by Deputy Marshal
Grist, on Saturday last, and brought to
this place on the same evening, for a hearing
before Commissioner Latimer. By instruc- ;
tions from the office of the Solicitor of the
Treasury, Department of Justice, suit has been :
com menced against the parties to Richardson's i
official bond for the recovery of the amount J
for which he has defaulted, and criminal pro- I
ceedings have also been instituted against '
Richardson for embezzlement. After a hear- i
ing before Commissioner Latimer, Richardson, ,
in default of the required bond with "perfectly
good security," was committed to jail, to ,
await his trial at the November term of the
United States District Court in Columbia. ?
Richardson is a light mulatto, of more than 1
ordinary intelligence, having advantages of ;
an education. In the last campaign he made ;
a number of political harangues in this county,
and was the Republican candidate for Sheriff
of Chester county at the special election only i
a few weeks ago. The sureties on his official j
bond as postmaster are J. B. Dennis and Niles <
G. Parker.
PARDON OF E. ROSS SEPAUGH. J
E. Ross Sepaugh, one of the York county .
ku-klux prisoners, sentenced to the Albany
npnit.pnt.iarv in December last for one year. ,
was pardoned on the 14th instant, and has
returned to his home in this county. This j
will be remembered as one of the test cases, (
in which the Supreme Court of the United i
States failed to render au opinion. Sepaugh ^
was first committed to jail in Yorkville on i
the 8th of January, 1872, and was tried and J
convicted on the charge of murder, before the <
United States Circuit Court, at Charleston, iu j
April of the same year. An appeal was i
taken and the case was twice argued by Hon. J
Reverdy Johnson, pending which proceedings i
the prisoner remained in Yorkville jail; and
on the 11th of December, 1874, he was order- *
ed before the United States District Court at
Columbia, which tribunal granted a motion
for a nolle prosequi as to the indictment for i
murder on which he had been convicted, but 1
sentenced him to one year's imprisonment in
the Albany penitentiary on the charge of conspiracy,
for which he had never been tried. <
Counsel took the ground that the last sentence
was unauthorized and illegal, and it is sup- 1
posed the prisoner was pardoned in order to
etyp further proceedings. There are now, according
to our recollection, three prisoners
remaining in the Albany penitentiary on !
the charge of ku-kluxing, viz: Robert Moore,
John Wallace and Pinckuey Caldwell.
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
The following are the transfers of real estate |!
recorded in the office of the County Auditor
since our last report:
Alexander Williford to James M. Williford.
Tract of 275 acres in Catawba township.
Consideration $2,750
J. H. Clawson, Assignee, to Andrew K.
Smith. Tract of 230 acres in Catawba township.
Consideration $1,322.
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to S. L. McCarter.
Tract of 124 acres in King's Mountaiu township.
Consideration $300.
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to Robert Barber. <
Tract of 237 acres in King's Mouutain town- ,
ship. Consideration $400. <
Robert Barber to S. L. McCarter. Tract ]
of 521 acres in King's Mountain township. 1
Consideration $300. j
T. M. Whitaker to Frank Happerfield.
Lot in Yorkville. Consideration $10.
Elizabeth F. Nichols to John Shillinglaw. (
Tract of 71 acres iu Catawba township. Consideration
$36.25.
J. R. Bratton to Adolphus Rice. Lot in
Yorkville. Consideration $20.
Rhoda Jones to E. J. Gordon. Lot of 3} '
acres in Catawba township. Consideration 1
$5.50. J
W. C. Hicklin to J. Edgar Poag. Tract of t
601 acres iu Bethesda township. Cousidera- ji
tion $5,000. t
THE TRIAL OF FRED JONES. J
On Friday of the recent term of the Cir- (:
euit Court for York county, Fred Jones, col-1 \
ored, was tried for the murder of Mr. Leoni* r
das McNeel, committed at the house of the t
latter, near McConnellsviile, on the 5th of e
June last. The jury was composed of color- e
ed men, with the exception of two whites? ^
Wm. Sahms and M. L. Owens. The prose- f
cution for the State was conducted by Mr. d
Solicitor Mackey and I. D. Witherspoon, n
Esq., and the defense by Mr. Couch, of Chester,
and T. J. Bell, Esq. !e
The evidence as elicited from quite a nura-1 ^
ber of colored witnesses, who were laborers | p
on Mr. McNeel's farm, was to the effect that ^
on the morning of the 5th of Juue, the pris-1 w
oner, who was a tenant on Mr. McNeel's place, i h
went to the house in an ill state of humor, j P
caused by an upbraiding Mr. McNeel had j P
given him the day before, on account of re-; *
missness in the discharge of his duties?es- 8|
pecially in the matter of feeding that portion r
of his stock which it was a part of his allot- ti
ted work to do, and permitting his mule to | d
run at large on a lot planted iu cottoH. Seek-! s'
ing Mr. McNeel, who, as witnesses stated, was NV
quietly in his house reading, an altercation of t|
words ensued, which resulted in an attempt,
by Mr. McNeel to eject Fred from the yard i tl
by force. To effect this objefct Mr. McNeel I C
eized the prong of a broken pair of tongs,
hreatening to strike Fred if he did not
eave, and followed Fred some distance in
he direction of the fence enclosing the lot.
iVhen near the fence, and while Mr. McNeel
vas in the act of turning, as if to walk back
o the house, and from twenty to thirty feet
n the rear of Fred, Fred also turned and
Irew a pistol and fired, the ball striking Mr.
McNeel in the right breast. The witnesses,
lone of whom were close to the scene of the
ihooting, generally gave this version of the
iffair, though some contended that Fred fired
;hree times and others that his pistol snapped
mce and that he fired twice.
The prisoner's statement was to the effect
,hat Mr. McNeel had struck him several
jlows with the iron instrument; that he was
mdeavoring to escape from the angry demonitrations
of the deceased ; that the deceased
pursued him across the fence, striking him on
the neck as he was climbing it, and that as
the last means of defending himself, he drew
his pistol and fired ; and that when he fired
lie and the deceased were close together?
within striking distance; and that he fired
Dut one shot.
The above is the substance of the testimoly.
After the case was fully argued, his
Honor charged the jury to the effect that the
leed was committed in self-defense, and initructed
them to find a verdict of not guilty,
which they did.
PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY.
On Thursday of the term, the Grand Jury,
through their fjreman, R. E. Guthrie, made
the following presentment, which was read in
apen Court by the Clerk:
State of South Carolina.?York County.
To the Hon. T.J. Mackky, Presiding Judge:?
rn accordance with the instructions from your
Honor, the Grand Jury have visited the several
public offices of this county. In the Sheriff's office
we find the books correctly kept, showing
the disposition of the business passing through
that office. We visited the jail and found everything
well and cleanly kept, and sufficiently se2ure
for ordinary purposes. The prisoners say
they are well fed and have sufficient bedding for
the present; and the Sheriff informs us that he
lias an order from the County Commissioners to
increase the quantity of bedding whenever necesjity
may require.
We have examined the books of the Probate
Judge, and find them well and systematically
kept. The funds paid into the office are kept in
the office, until paid out to the different parties
interested. The Grand Jury are of the opinion
that the bond of tiiis office is entirely too small
for the amount of moneys passing through the
iffice. The bond is only $5,000. while the amount
passing through the office averages $20,000 annually.
We have no fears for the present; but
for the sake of future security, we think the bond
dionld bo trebled.
Tiie office of the County Commissioners has
been examined, and we find the books and vouchers
well kept and conveniently arranged.
We have visited the poor house andfind everything
connected therewith in first-rate order.
The hospital and tenement houses, recommended
it the last term of the Court, are nearly completed,
and fully meet our approbation. There was
issisted in support in the county during the year,
ff? paupers; at the poor-house, 46, ana outside,
30, which cost, at the poor-house, $1.52 each, per
week; those outside, each, 34 cents per week.
Total cost at poor-house ending September 30,
1875. $2,770. Amount of land owned by the coun
ty, 471 acres, valued at $5,300 ; Value of personal
property, $700. Total value of real and personal
property, $6,000. Expense of one superintendent
and three hands, per year, $710. Value of
crop sold and used on the farm, $816. Cost of
conducting the institution, outside of crops raised,
$2,850. We find everything at the poor-house
in a much better condition than when we first
risked it.
The roads and bridges are generally reported in
* good condition, witn pointers up, or ready to be
put up.
We have visited the School Commissioner's
office, and find the books satisfactorily kept, and
ill matters recorded up to date.
There are 7,107 children in the county between
;he ages of 6 and 16 years, of whom 4,428 are standing
school. The number of free common
ichools is 120; number of touchers employed,
123; number of public school-houses, 50; averigo
numlter of months the schools have been
iaught for the year ending 30th of June, 1875, 3;
iinount paid teachers $7,675.50; deficiency received
from State and paid out on back claims,
$2,433.90; amount received from State $8,056.65;
poll tax collected $2,585, which latter amount is
now being paid out by the treasurer on back
claims. There has only been $327.36 assessed and
collected for free school purposes, as local tax,
(in Catawba township.) But we will here state
that several townships have made assessments
for the year beginning July 1st, 1875, though
some have not. We think the law should be enforced
taking away the amount appropriated by
the State, and giving it to those townships making
assessments, until they see the necessity of
complying with the law in making a special tax
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amount of back claims, after paying out the
funds on hand, will be about $5,000.
We have examined the County Treasurer's office,
and lindhis books well kept, with vouchers .
on hand for all moneys paid out. AU moneys
on hand are deposited in the National Bank at
Chester.
We have visited the office of the Clerk of the
Court, and find everything connected therewith
in commendable order. The books are properly
indexed, and all business is recorded up to date.
The Clerk informs us that all moneyH paid into
his office are doposited in the Bank of Chester.
The Trial Justices' books have all been presented
for examination except those of Trial
Justice Goode.
We recommend that all business under the jurisdiction
of Trial Justices be restricted to their
own townships, unless for good and sufficient
reasons, as we find witnesses have been brought
i distance of 25 miles to attend cases of no conjequence.
Wo recommend that the County Commissioners
be authorized to confer with the owners of the
lot on the west side of the Court House, and if it
^an be bought at a reasonable price, that they be
luthorized to purchase so much of said lot, with
:he offices thereon, as may be necessary for the
erection of a water-closet "for the use of suitors
md witnesses who are compelled to attend Court.
The Grand Jury fully concur with your Honor
in regard to the evil of the traffic carried on at
night by country store-keepers. We can think of
no better plan for its suppression than your Honor
uiggests?viz.: that no produce be sold after sun
iown and before sun rise. We hold ourselves in
readiness to return true bills against every offenier,
without any regard to his social standing,
ivlien evidence is produced to convince us of a
violation of your suggestion.
We have investigated the matter in l ard to
;he refusal of the authorities at Rock Hill, iu this
ounty, to grant license to certain parties to retail
ish. The Grand Jury are perfectly satisfied in
egard to that matter." After an investigation, we
ind there has been no discrimination made in regard
to race or color. After 10 o'clock, the market
s iree 10 an wmmui iircuav.
All of which Is respectfully submitted.
R. E. GUTHRIE, Foreman.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, October 25,1875.
The quietness and dulluess of last Tuesday
brined a striking contrast to the excitement
ind activity of the preceding day. The view
in Monday afternoon from the platform at
he depot was not dissimilar to that presented
ilong the line of a leading thoroughfare in
my of our large cities. The eyes of the specator
from that poiut rested upon a moving
nass of humanity,composed of all ages, sexes,
aces, classes and conditions. And the pelestrian
from the same point to Main street,
vended his way through the crowd with alnost
equal difficulty as in taking a walk from
he Astor House in New York to Stewart's
stablishment. This host of people bad just
merged from the grand pavillion of the cirus
company, where, with admiring eyes, they
iad beheld the astonishing feats there perurmed.
The colored people were especially
ielighted with the show, and after the perforaauce
left for their homes quietly and happiy.
The number of people who attended the
xhihition in the afternoon is supposed to be
bout three thousand, which speaks very well
jr the circus-loving propensity of the Chester
opulation. The crowd at night was not so
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irge, ana prooaoiy more seieci, inougu mere
ras considerable room for improvement iu the
itter particular. A number of ladies were
resent at the eveniug entertainment, and apeared
to be as much pleased with the bold
nd fearless riding of the female performers
nd jests of the clown, as the members of the
teruersex were. Possibly they hope, by their
efining influence, to improve and elevate the
me of amusements of this character. In ad*
ition to the main performance, there were side
(lows which did a thriving business. There
ere probably no less than six or seven thousnd
dollars carried away from the county by
le circus company.
One of the characters in attendance upon
le show at night was the notorious Budd
wens, of ku-klux notoriety. The notorious