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fctaps and Jacts.
? Robeson, Secretary of the Navy, in addition
to hia own duties, is acting as Secretary
of War.
? The opinion is gaining prevalence that
Westervelt, convicted under the Charley Ross
excitement, is innocent of the crime.
?The Connecticut Democracy, in their platform,
adopted the name of "The Democratic
Liberal party."
? The Light Guard, of Green Bay, Wis.,
are going to walk all the way to the Centennial?1,033
miles.
? Ex-Governor Letcher, of Virginia, was
stricken with paralysis on Thursday last, and
is in a critical condition.
? In the Louisiana Legislature the House
ordered a discontinuance of further proceedings
in the impeachment of Kellogg, which
ends the matter.
? In the time of Charles II tobacco was
supposed to be a mighty antidote to the
plague, and Hearne says, when at Eton, the
worst floggings the students ever received
were because they ref used to smoke.
? Mr. Bird, the English chess-player, who
came over here with the title of champion, is
now only a "prominent" player. He has been
badly beaten both in New York and Philadelphia.
? It is stated that appropriate committees
on the part of the Senate and House have
agreed to recommend a reduction of the salary
.of the members of Congress to 84,500 per
annum.
? Mr. James H. Mason, of Taunton, Massachusetts,
has a family Bible, inherited from
his mother, which descended from Sir Thomas
Davis, Lord Mayor of London, in 1552, in
which year it was printed.
? Western Representatives are hearing from
their constituents on the hard-money business,
and the cry everywhere is, "let up." In Ohio,
particularly, Republican petitions are going
round calling for the immediate repeal of the
resumption act.
? The Statesville American learns that the
report of the difficulty between Isbell and
White, in which it was stated that White was
killed by Isbell in Wilkes county, N. C., was
very much exaggerated. The American says
that White was not killed?only slightly injured?and
the parties are on very friendly
terms.
? The envelope makers and printers assert
that the government loses $700,000 a year
in the maiufacture of postal cards, to say
nothing of the cost of carrying them as mail
matter; and they claim that if the government i
should abolish stamped envelopes, wrappers
and postal cards, it would save $2,500,000 a
year.
?The Law Journal suggests that there ought
to be a uniform law of marriage and divorce
throughout the United States. The Courts,
it says, are powerless to remedy the discrepancy
and diversity of decisions in the various
States. And itis indeed becoming more and
more a pertinent question, "Who is married
and who is not ?"
? The Republican State Convention of Connecticut
nominated Henry C. Robinson for
Governor. The platform adopted declares
that the welfare of the country demands necessary
legislation to carry the resumption act
into effect at the time specified in the act
of the last Congress, and believes in the unwrit
ten law of the land, which declares it unwise
for the Chief Magistrate to hold office beyond
two terras.
? A Washington letter of Saturday says :
"It is stated here to-night that a conference
was held to-day between Senators Oglesby,
Logan and Morton, and the question was discussed
whether it would not be politic to anticipate
the action of the House oy proposing
the repeal of the resumption act in the Senate.
Friends of Senator Morton state that he is preparing
a currency speech, which he will shortly
deliver in the Senate, wherein he will advocate
the repeal of the act."
? Rev. Dr. Payne, of Cincinnati, thinks that
notwithstanding the splendid pertinacity of
President Grant, the voice of the country on
the third term question will be decisive with
hira. In illustration, the doctor told a-story
of a venerable negro in Iowa, who was on
trial for an offence against the State. When
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of Iowa versus Sampson Caesar," the aged African
exclaimed, "What! de whole State of
Iowa again dis chile! Den I surrenders."
? One morning during the recent cold
weather, Miss Lilly refused to get up and be
washed. Her aunt, who follows the modern
mode of dealing with children, and considers
that they should always be argued with, but
never made to do as they are bid, in vain exhausted
her eloquence in describing the excellencies
of purification, for the infant logician
fairly confuted her by this ingenious antithesis
: "Aunt Mary, you do as you like,
and let me do as I like. You like to be clean
and cold ; I like to be warm and dirty."
? A strong movement is on foot among the
dry goods commission merchants of New York
city in opposition to the proposed repeal of
the bankrupt act. A petition against the repeal
has already received the signatures of
dry goods commission houses, representing
aggregate sales estimated at $150,000,000.
Similar petitions are to be circulated among
the bankers and other classes of business men
in that citv. Petitions of the same character
have been signed in Boston by most of the
leading houses.
? In the case of Raymond vs Thomas, from
South Carolina, before the Court of Claims in
Washington, it was held that the war of the
rebellion terminated in South Carolina the
2d of April, 1865, and that military officers
remaining in command there between that
date and the return of the State to the Union,
had no authority under the acts of March
and July, 1868, to annal a decree of a Court
of Equity of the State, hence such an order
made by Gen. Canby was an arbitrary stretch
of authority and was properly disregarded by
the Court below.
? A severe tornado occurred in portions of
the West on the 28th ultimo. In St. Charles,
Mo., the court-house was unroofed and the
front blown down. The jail was also unroofed
and the walls blown down, leaving the iron
cells exposed. Two persons were killed, and
several severely hurt At Princeton, Indiana,
thirty-nine houses were prostrated, among
them five public buildings. Several persons
were injured, one or two fatally, and great
damage was inflicted throughout the surrounding
country. A terrific wind, accompanied
with thunder, prevailed at Chicago, and was
particularly severe at Milwaukie.
? A strange case of sudden death from
fright comes from New York. The victim
was a boy who had been ill for some time,
but there was nothing in his condition to denote
the early approach of death. On Thurs
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nay morning nis iatner, wuu u?u uetsu uiicuuing
his bedside during the night, desired to
administer to the patient some medicine which
had been prescribed by the physician, and so
gave, by mistake, some aconite. Discovering '
his error, the father indiscreetly communicated !
the fact to the sick boy, who became so fright- j
ened that he was instantly seized with spasms !
and died. The physicians who made the ex- i
amination of the body came to the conclusion
that death was caused by disease of the heart,
tb^ result of fright.
? One of the most interesting features of'
the "World's Fair at Philadelphia, will be the ;
Women's Department?not a department j
merely presided over by women ; but devoted
exclusively to the exhibition of the products !
of woman's invention, genius, and the results
of her industrial pursuits. The proposition to
give the fair such a feature was first made in
S873, when several women of Philadelphia
set to work and raised some $95,000 for the
purpose. After that, applications for space to
exhibit women's achievements in the arts came
in so fast from foreign countries, as well as from j
different part of the United States, that it I
was determined to construct a special pavilion
and make the women's exhibition a separate
department This made more money necessary.
The women of Philadelphia responded
promptly with subscriptions amounting to
$15,000; Ohio followed with $15,000, and
Massachusetts subscribed $5,000 more. This
leaves about $15,000 still to be raised before
the pavilion can be completed, and the women
of New York have undertaken to make up
the balance.
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YORKVILLE, S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 9,1876.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the Senate on the 28th, a bill was introduced
bv Mr. Ransom for United States build
ings at Asheville, N. C. A number of petitions
from all sections were presented in favor
of a repeal of the bankrupt act. The judiciary
committee reported favorably on the
removal of the political disabilities of Robert
Tansill, of Virginia. The bill to enable Colorado
to form a State constitution passed, and
goes to the President for approval. The bill
appropriates $20,000 for the expense of a constitutional
convention. The West Point ap-'
propriation bill was discussed until adjourn- j
ment. The proceedings of the House were i
unimportant.
In the Senate on the 29th, Mr. Bayard reported
a bill, which was passed, extending
the time to February 1st, 1877, when lands
held by the United States under laws levying
direct taxes, may be redeemed. Mr. Sherman,
from the committee on banking, reported
adversely on the bill authorizing the organization
of national banks with $50,000 capital,
independent of the population of towns.
The Naval Academy bill was resumed and
passed as reported by the committee. It goes
to the House for concurrence. In the House
a message was received from the President
urging an immediate appropriation for the deficiency
at the Red Cloud Agency. Mr. Randall
said the committee was unable to get
needed information, and had requested the
President to send an officer te Red Cloud to
report the cause of the deficiency. Unless the
report of that officer was unnecessarily delayed,
he thought the committee might wait for
it. The bill limiting the cost of the customhouse
at Memphis to $400,000 passed. The
pension bill was resumed. Mr. Jenks, of
Pennsylvania, moved an amendment that no
arrearages be paid to pensioners of the war of
1812 who participated in the rebellion. Mr.
Cook, of Georgia, insisted that the rights of
these pensioners had been restored by the decision
of the Supreme Court. The debate assumed
a somewhat angry and sectional character,
and finally the bill was recommitted.
Mr. Luttrell, of California, offered a resolution
that it was the sense of the House tliat
the Secretary of the Treasury should commence
at once to issue silver accumulated in
the Treasury. The resolution was referred
and the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 1st instant, a bill ap
propriating &YD,UUU to continue wont ou me
custom-house and post-office building at St.
Louis was discussed. The committee on agriculture
reported adversely on a bill to investigate
the grasshopper plague, and favorably
on a bill for the protection of agriculture
against injurious insects. Mr. Alcorn presented
a bill appropriating $3,200,000 for the
purpose of repairing and in part rebuilding
the levees of the Mississippi river, providing
for its expenditure and for other purposes.
It was referred to the select committee on the
Mississippi levees. Mr. Morton moved to
take up his resolution admitting Pinchback,
and the question of that swarthy claimant's
credentials was discussed until adjournment.
In the House, Hopkins, of Pennsylvania, from
the committee on the Centennial celebration,
reported a bill, which passed, authorizing the
President to appoint two Centennial commissioners
for the State of Texas, on the nomination
of the Governor, in place of those now
acting. The Pacific railroad committee, by a
vote of 9 to 4 laid the consideration of the
Southern Pacific Railroad aside, subject to be
called up by a majority of the whole committee
at any time. This action is considered favorable
to the Texas Pacific Railroad. The
Territorial committee have agreed to report
a bill for the territorial government of the Indian
Territory. Gen. Pike addressed the
committee on Indian affairs in favor of the
bill. Dr. Linderman, Director of the Mint,
was before the appropriation committee. He
thinks it feasible to commence specie resump- j
tion now. There are about 815,000,000 of '
silver coin and bullion ready for use, with a j
large amount of quarters and dimes on hand, j
He says he could start the mint on silver any j
time. The committee adjourned, undecided
whether to withdraw the appropriation for
printing fractional currency.
In the Senate on the 2nd, the Pinchback j
matter was called up, but at the request of
Mr. Morton was laid over. A bill pension-1
ing the widow of Gen. Lorenzo Thomas passed.
Also, a bill reducing the number and in-1
creasing the efficiency of the medical corps of,
the army. The committee on commerce re- '
ported adversely on a bill making Chattanoo-j
ga, Tenn., a port of delivery. Mr. West pre- 1
sented joint resolutions of the Louisiana Leg- :
islature relative to stocking the waters of that1
State with fish. Referred. In the House the !
committee on appropriations reported a bill!
appropriating $163,000 for the Bureau of J
printing and engraving, and directing the sec- j
retary of the treasury to issue silver coin in
exchange for fractional currency, whether
now in the treasury or presented for redemption.
The committee on ways and means
will have permission to offer an amendment1
extending the limit of silver as a legal tender. |
Mr. Randall gave notice that he would call
up the bill as soon as practicable, and moved
its recommittal, which was agreed to.
In the Senate on the 3rd, Mr. Hamlin introduced
a bill fixing the rate of third class
mail matter and for other purposes. Mr.
Robertson introduced a bill to restore the |
franking privilege. Mr. Morton gave notice
that he would, at an early day, call up a bill
for counting the vote for President and VicePresident.
Mr. Maxey presented a memorial
of Choctaw, Seminole and other Indians, remonstrating
against the organization of the
territory occupied by them into a territory of
th$ United States. Resolutions appropriating
815,000 from the contingent fund of the Senate
for the purpose of defraying the expenses |
of the contested election case of Spencer, from
the State of Alabama, were adopted. The
Pinchback case was next taken up and dis- i
cussed uutil adjournment. The proceedings
of the House were unimportant.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Mad dogs are the sensation in Pacolet,
Spartanburg county.
?The planters of Barnwell are preparing
to devote greater attention than heretofore to
the raising of grain.
? Robert M. Wallace has been con6rmed
by the Senate as United States Marshal for
South Carolina. - j
? Mrs. Joanna Bryant, of Spartanburg
county, last Sunday evening, after a widowhood
of three toonths and twenty days, married
Mr. Latshaw, of Union, formerly of Canada.
This is her third marriage within ten
years.
? The Lancaster Ledger gives currency to
a rumor, that the leaders of the Regular Republicans
in Columbia, have settled upon a
portion of their candidates, whose names will
be presented and carried through the State
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V^unveuuuu. 1 lie iUJIUVYIlig 10 UlC tiixit/i; ow
far as made up: For Governor?D. H.
Chamberlain, Rep.; Lieutenant-Governor?
Gen. J. B. Kershaw, Dera.; Attorney-General?R.
B. Elliott, Rep.; State Treasurer?G. '
A. Trenholra, Dem.
? James Rowland, of Donaldsville, in Abbeville
county, a young man about twenty
years of age, met with a most painful accident
last week which threatens to take his life. The
facts are as follows: Young Rowland tried
to draw a load out of his shot gun but failed,
and heating an iron rod nine inches in length
and about three quarters of an inch in diameter
to a white heat, threw it into the barrel
of his gun and ran. The gun discharged
itself and the rod entered the young man's hip,
passing almost entirely through on the other
side. The rod was so hot that it could not*be
taken from the suffering victim for about five
minutes?and only then by the help of a pair of
blacksmith's tongs. Rowland suffered untold
agony, and is now at the point of death.
? The Spartanburg Spartan gives the following
additional particulars in regard to the
killing of H. B. Hall, in Spartanburg county,
by Corporal Davis, of the United States
army, a short time ago: "It appears that
Hall, who is said to be a quiet and inoffensive
citizen, was charged with defrauding the revenue.
He had been some months previously
arrested for unlawfully retailing liquor, but
the indictment had been quashed in the State
Court. On Tuesday night, the 22ud ultimo,
a detachment of soldiers went to arrest him
on the charge of illicit distilling. He was
called, and on appearing at the window was
shot and killed by Davis. Davis claims that
the gun was accidentally discharged by the
movement of his horse. Other reports are
that Davis was not mounted. The evidence
at the inquest is reported to have been that
Hall was asleep when called, that he stepped
out of a low window, that Davis exclaimed
"halt!" and then shot him. The coroner's
jury returned a verdict of willful killing.
Sheriff Dewberry, of Spartanburg, demanded
the slayer from the Federal authorities, but
they refused to deliver him up, upon the
ground that the offense comes within the jurisdiction
of the United States Court. Hall
was a good soldier during the war, and his
death excites great indignation. He leaves
a wife and six children.
IMPEACHMENT OF BELKNAP.
Quite a sensation was produced in the
House of Representatives on Wednesday of
last week, when Mr. Clymer, (Democrat) of
Pennsylvania, from the committee on expenses
of the war department, presented resolutions
of impeachment against W. W. Belknap,
who early on the same day tendered his
resignation as Secretary of War, which res
ignation was promptly accepted by the President.
In the midst of great excitement, and
with an unusual stillness in the House, Mr.
Clymer rose and said: "I ask permission of
the House to make a report from the Committee
on Expenditures in the War Department
of so grave importance that I am quite
certain that when it is heard the House will !
agree that I am justified in asking that permission
at this time." Permission was given,
and Mr. Clymer, taking his position at the
Clerk's desk, read the following report:
"The committee found, at the very threshold
of its investigation, such unquestioned evidence
of the malfeasance of General Wm. W. Belknap,
then Secretary of War, that they found it their
duty to lay the same before the House. They further
report that this day, at 11 o'clock, a letter of
the President of the United States was presented
to the committee accepting the resignation of the
Secretary of War, together with a copy of his letter
of resignation, which the President informed
the committee was accepted about 10:20, this a.
m. They, therefore, unanimously report and
demand that the said William W. Belknap, late
Secretary of War, be dealt with according to the
law ot the land, and to that end submit herewith
the testimony in the case taken, together witn tne j
several statements and exhibits thereto attached,
and also a rescript of the proceedings of the committee
had daring the investigation of this subject,
and submit the following resolutions:
Resolved, That Win. W. Belknap, late Secretary
of War, be impeached of high crimes and
misdemeanors in office.
Resolved, That the testimony in the case of
Wm. W. Belknap, late Secretary of War. be referred
to the Judiciary Committee, with instructions
to prepare and report, without unnecessary '
delay, suitable articles of impeachment of said j
Wm. W. Belknap, late Secretary of War.
Resolved, That a committee of five members of I
the House be appointed and instructed to proceed i
immediately to the bar of the Senate and there i
impeach Wm. W. Belknap, late Secretary of ;
War, in the name of the people of the United j
States, of high crimes and misdemeanors when 1
in office, and inform that body that formal articles
of impeachment will in due time be pre- 1
sented, and to request the Senate to take such or- I
der in the premises as they may deem appro- :
priate.
Mr. Clyraer then proceeded to read the tes- j
timony of Caleb P. Marsh, taken the day pre- \
vious before the committee, showing that he >
had paid Secretary Belknap about $20,000 in '
consideration of his appointment as post trader ;
at Fort Sill, Indian Territory. The reading j
was listened to with intense interest by the j
members of the House and by a large audi- j
ence in the galleries. In the more pathetic ;
portions of the narrative Mr. Clyraer was fre-;
quently forced by his feelings to pause until j
his voice recovered from its tremulousness and j
himself from his agitation. At the close of j
the reading, and after the many members who i
had taken up positions near the Clerk's desk, [
the better to hear the testimony and accom- j
panying statements, had returned to their !
proper seats, Mr. Clymer, who had also gone ;
to his own seat, again rose and said, with i
great emotion:
Mr. Spkaker? I would not if I could, and I1
could not in my present condition, if I would,
add anything to the facts just reported to the
House. Another occasion may be afforded me to '
do so. They are so plain that everywhere through- j
out this broad lana and throughout Christendom, i ,
wherever the English languago is read or spoken, I
they will, for long years, constitute a record of : !
official corruption and crimes such as there is no j
parallel for in our own history or in that of any :
other country that I know of. If, in this hour, one !
sentiment of pity, one word of sympathy, could
find utterance from mo, it would be beo-ause I feel j '
that the late Secretary of War is but the proper j
outgrowth, the true exponent of the corruption, |
the extravagance, the mismanagement, that have J '
cursed this land for years past, That being my .
own reflection, I will discharge my duty best to ;
myself and to this Houhc, by demanding the previous
question on tlie adoption of the resolution. (
Mr. Robbins, (Democrat) of North Carolina, a ,
member of the committee, pleaded bis mental and ]
physical exhaustion from bis continuous serving
on the committee as the reason why he should
not addresB the House at any length. He spoke i
of the report as presenting a case of great shatne 1
and disgrace to all American citizens. As to the i
question of the impeachability of an officer who j <
had resigned, he was not prepared to speak worth-. j
ily, except to suggest that it could not be true that 1
an officer who was being investigated and who (
had been found by evidence to be a criminal, 1
could flee from Justice. He alluded to what he. 1
called the unseemly acceptance of Secretary Belk- M
nap's resignation, and referred to the English 1 I
cases of Warren Hastings and Lord Franois Ba- i
con, both of whom bad been impeached after !
they had ceased to hold the offices in which they ;
committed crimes and misdemeanors.
Mr. Bass, (Republican) of New York, another
member of the committee, questioned the statement
of the chairman, Mr. Clymer, as to this case
having no parallel, and said that he would not
have to leave his own borders in order to find
not only a parallel for It, but that he could find
cases compared with which this case was as white
as the driven snow. He admitted that a mere
statement of this case as presented by the testimony
was sufficient to justify every member to
vote for the resolutions presented.
Mr. Lamar, (Democrat) of Mississippi, inquired
from Mr. Bass his opinion as to the impeachability
of a resigned officer.
Mr. Hoar, (Republican) of Massachusetts, in
reference to a casual remark of some member as
to this being a political question, entirely disclaimed
and repudiated such an idea. On the
point of the impeachability of a person not in office,
he referred to the case of Whittemore, of
South Carolina, in which the House had deter
milieu mat ? iuiiiiai| auvutti icuuuviawvu vt an
officer terminated the office, and that any American
citizen could lay down an office held bv him
without any acceptance of his resignation. .fudge
Story laid down the doctrine that it could not be
done in England, but there any citizen could be
impeached; therefore, the English cases of Warren
Hastings and Lord Bacon did not apply in
America. No man could be impeached but a
civil officer, and when he ceased to be a civil officer
he ceased to be within the literal description
of the Constitution. In this country the only
judgment that could be rendered in an impeachment
case was removal from office and future
disqualification from holding office, but by the
statutes, a person guilfy of such offences could
be indicted, tried and sentenced by the criminal
courts of the country. He protested against hot
haste in this matter without having the testimony
printed. He thought Huch haste unworthy of the
grave question, and if ho stood alone lie would
still staud here to say so.
Mr. Blackburn, (Independent) of Kentucky,
another member of the committee, expressed his
satisfaction that the report which had been read
by his colleague (Clymer) showed to the world
that nothing had been left undone by the committee
to shield and shelter from dishonor every
person except the one whom it was the duty of
the committee to investigate and report upon.
He would not consent that the gentleman from
Massachusetts should make this a political or a
Eartisan question. He would not consent that
is side of the House should be placed in the position
of prosecutors and the other side should
take up the position of defenders. It was a
question which addressed itself alike to every
member of the House. He regarded the case as
an unprecedented one in more respects tlian one.
The action of the President in accepting Secretary
Belknap's resignatiori under the circumstances
was unprecedented, and this was the first instance
in the history of the country where any man,
claiming manhood and holding an exalted station,
had sought to shelter himself from legitimate
investigation by interposing the dishonor of
a wife. [Sensation.] Passing to the question of
the impeachability of Mr. Belknap, he suggested
that the question, as Judge Story nad intimated,
might properly be left to the decision of the Senate.
On such astate of facts would the House be
asked to shrink from the performance of its duty
because there might be the mist or shadow of "a
doubt on that point? The House could not do
so. It would not be admissahle. He quoted
from the impeachment case of Lord Bacon, in
which it was stated that when the Lord Chancellor
had sought to save himself by a resignation
of bis high office the attempt was vain, as the
King did not and could not interpose. Was the
House to be told that the man in power at the
other eud of the avenue was able to rob an American
Congress of a right and power which the
King of Great Britain could not take from Parliament?
[Sensation and applause.] It UBed to
be the theory that the King could do no wrong,
but no man had ever been bold enough in this
country to say that the President could do no
wrong. If the man who had uttered the memorable
sentence, "Let no guilty man escape," held
it in his power to rob an American Congress of
its right to inflict punishment or to pronounce
censure on a publicly convicted criminal, where
was the barrier to be found beneath whose shelter
the liberties of the people could rest secure ?
[Applause.]
Mr. Hoar. Does the gentleman say that Congress
has the power to punish any man in this
country ?
Mr. Blackburn. I will not submit to interruptions.
I am the last man who would introduce
one atom of politics into this discussion. It is not
admissible here. The Republican members of
the committee were as earnest and honest in the
prosecution of this inquiry, and in the presentation
of this report, as the members representing
the majority of this House. We have seen no difference
in the committee room. I appeal to the
members of the House that there shall be no difference
manifested here. If fraud has been perpertrated,
if criminality exists, if corruption has
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in this House so declare it and send the issue to
the court, where it may finally be tried, and if we
nU'Ounable to punish U'hjOro guilt io (iltnout.oponly
confessed, let the responsibility for that failure
rest on other shoulders than ours.
Mr. Danford, (Democrat) ofOhio, another member
of the committee, expressed it as his judgment
that the acceptance of Mr. Belknap's resignation
in no manner changed the position of that
officer to the country. He disagreed, however,
with the statement ol'the Chairman (Mr. Clymerj
ihat the conduct of this officer was the legitimate
outgrowth of the principles of the party in power,
and he expressed the hope that there would not
be a single vote on the Republican side of the
House against the resolution.
Mr. Kasson, (Republican) of Iowa, of the committee,
said that a few years ago there had gone
from his State a young, well educated and gallant
gentleman to fight the battles of his country. He
had gone through the war, and the President had
afterward called him to a seat in his Cabinet, placing
him at the head of that army of which he bad
been an humble but somewhat distinguished
member. This morning, for the first time, the
delegation from Iowa had heard that that gentleman,
who had been so much respected in his own
State and so much honored by the nation, had
been found guilty of receiving compensation for
some act of official duty, and that that compensation
had been continuous. The House would
judge of the emotion with which the members
from that State had listened to the reading of the
evidence. He had never heard anything read
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at the close of the reading, he had made an appeal
to his friend from Pennsylvania (Mr. Clymer,)
not for himself alone, but for his colleagues,whose
pride and honor were so touched by the character
of the report, for a moment's'delay, that they
might find whether there might not be in the evidence
one extenuating circumstance, he had
been mot bv the demand for the previous question.
He did not desire to claim any exemption
for Mr. Belknap from all the penalties to which
his acts entitled him, but be found the most painful
feature disclosed b}' the evidence to be the
fact that not one word of it touched the officer in
question until the death which broke a heart had
occurred. [Sensation.] Was he to be blamed
that he and his colleagu&s wanted a night to ascertain
the extent of that officer's guilt by reading
the evidence in print? Was he to be blamed
that when he found the most delicate relations in
human life involved in this proceeding?a relation
so delicate that he dared not allude to it in
detail?he. asked an opportunity to oonsider
whether there was anything to be said in extenuation
of so high and so great a misdemeanor ? But
it was too late to go back to that now. He and
his colleages had been refused that opportunity
and now he only asked the attention of tne House
to the question whether the House did not need
more time to ascertain whether this officer was
impeachable. After quoting from Judge Story
on this point he argued that the powers of Congress
were limited by the Constitution, and that if
Mr. Belknap be impeached the Senate could not
execute the constitutional provision which declares
that he shall be removed from office. If he
were liable to impeachment let it be understood
that they were all, without exception, for impeachment
; but if the House was establishing a
precedent which did not reston the Constitution,
and which was dangerous for the future, he
thought it right that the House should pause and
consider, oy a report irum iwi <jnujuinry ^umiuittee,
the question of its right to make this impeachment.
If the House could impeach n man not in
office it might go hack and impeach Jetlcrson Davis
and John B. Floyd for conspiracy.
Mr. Robbins, suggested that there was a great
difference between a conviction on impeachment
and a conviction on indictment. In the latter
case the man might be pardoned by the Executive,
but in the former case he could not be. As to
the suggestion as to the impeachment of Jefferson
Davis, he replied that it had been decided that a
Senator could not be impeached, not being an officer
of the United States.
The debate being closed, the House proceeded
to vote on the resolutions, and they
were unanimously adopted. The Speaker appointed
as the committee to notify the Senate
of the action of the House, Messrs. Clymer,
Robbins, Blackburn, Bass and Danford,
these members composing the Committee on
the Expenditures of the War Department
making the report.
t. i : 13 lvtnr^vi iho nnaf
11 iruuspiiua Limt VjttlCU A . luuigu, uiv J/VM.
trader, made the bargain with the late wife of
Secretary Belknap and paid the money to h6r.
After her death, the money went direot to the
Secretary, the last payment being for the
ijuarter ending December, 1875.
Marsh, who figures so prominently in the '
transaction, and who is the principal witness j
against the late Secretary, was brought to |
Washington in custody and gave his testimo- i
ay as an unwilling witness, the investigation i
laving its orgin uuder the following circumstances
:
While in search for a home for his family, in
December, Hon, I}. B. Lewis, of Alabama, was
eferred to ft. A. Armes, a real estate agent In this '
?ity. During their search for a house; Mr.
iVrrnes, in conversation, stated to Mr. Lewis that
ie had formerly lwlonged to the army, but was i
lismissed through the enmity of Belknap. That
f he had the assistance of a member of Congress,
ie could, in sixty days, develop facts that wouhj^
brce Hclknap to resign. Mr. LewiBJtggfl^gd!
lis assistance and they su bsequen^r^d several
interviews. Mr. Lewis, being impressed, sought
the advice of Mr. Randall, who advised that the
facts be brought before Mr. Clymer, Chairman of
the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department.
Lewis ana Armes saw Clymer, and
the latter gave a list of the witnesses, including
Marsh. Afterwards Clymer thought Armes was
acting in bad faith, as the Secretary said Armes
had proposed, if he was restored to the army and i
certain other conditions complied with, he would
drop the matter. Lewis said if Armes was seeking
only to levy black mail, of course they would
nnthlnu tn rln with It. hut. oHviiuwl. no Armes
bad furnished the names of witnesses,' that they
be called and examined which was done.
On the next day after the above proceedings,
Mr. Clymer, in the House of Representatives,
made the following report:
"In obedience to the order of the House and in
the name of all the people of the United States of
America, we impeach, as we were directed to
do, William W. Belknap, late Secretary of War
of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors
while in office, and we demand that
the Senate shall take order to make him appear
before that body to answer for the same," and announced
that the House would soon present articles
of impeachment and make them good; to
which the response was made : "Order shall be
taken."
In the Senate the following members were
ap])ointed as a select committee to consider
the resolutions of the House in regard to the
impeachment of Belknap: Messrs. Edmunds,
of Vermont; Conkling, of New York ; Frelinghuysen,
of New Jersey; Thurraan, of
Ohio, and Stevenson, of Kentucky?a majority,
consisting of the three first-named, being
Republicans.
At the Cabinet meeting on Friday it is reported
that the President stated emphatically
that he was not aware of the enormity of the
charges aguinst Belknap at the time of ac
cepting his resignation. The President further
stated to the Cabinet that while he could
take no steps which might look to the prosecution
of any one, he had determined to
shrink from uo responsibility that rested upon
him, and he, therefore, asked the AttorneyGeneral
to take immediate steps to proceed
with criminal charges against Belknap, Marsh
and all others shown by evidence to have had
a part in the transaction. The impeachment
trial and the criminal prosecution will be entirely
independent of each other. In case of
conviction under criminal prosecution, the
penalty prescribed by statute is three years in
the penitentiary and a fine three times the
value of the bribe received.
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EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Throwing off the Partjr Yoke.
On the 1st instant a delegation of colored
men called at the rooms of the Demo.
i n _ \ir _l?
cratic national w)mraiiiee in wusnmgiuu,
asking political recognition. In their printed
declaration, which was adopted by a large
meeting held in Washington on the previous
Friday, they say:
"We, colored men, representing nearly all
the States and Territories of the United
States, are tired of our self-imposed partyyoke,
its injustice to us and its flagrant violations
of the Constitution, in order to trample
out local self-government and insult brave
and well disposed fellow-citizens of the South,
anfl earnestly believe that a division of the
solid phalanx of colored voters will act beneficially
upon the two great parties, and
therefore we propose to stand by principles
and will support only those men who will do
the most for us. This policy we believe will
enure to the lasting tranquility of the country,
and a speedy return to good feeling between
the late master and the now free citizen
will follow. And we invoke the blessing of
* i ^ i <1 /? 1l_ J
Aimignty ijoa upon mis careiuny couamerea
departure, invite the hearty and cordial cooperation
of the colored people of the whole
country, who, like us, have^ cause for well
grounded 'complaint;' to organize, fblhe* en<T "
that the ballots may subserve the peace of the
country, the fraternization of all the people,
and the prosperity and unification of all the
sections of our undivisible republic."
All persons in favor of the movement, desiring
information, are requested to address
Rev. Garland H. White, President, No.
1,013, 18th street, Washington, D. C., or
Howard L. Smith, Secretary National Independent
Political Union, Washington, D. C.
Proposed Postage Rates.
The bill introduced by Senator Hamlin,
last Friday, fixing the rates of postage
on third class mail matter and for other purposes,
proposes for such matter the following
rates of postage, graduated according to the
distance:
For distances not exceeding 300 miles, 1
cent for each 2 ounces or fractional part
thereof; for distances between 300 and 800
milca 9. opnt.q? fnr distances between 800 aud
1,500 miles, 3 cents, and for each additional
1,000 miles 1 cent additional for each 2 ounces
or fractional part. A special rate is,
however, proposed for transient newspapers
and magazines, namely, one cent for every
two ounces or fractional part thereof for any
distance not exceeding one thousand miles,
but for any greater distance double this rate
is to be paid. The bill also provides that all
occasional publications, such as prices current,
catalogues and annuals, and all regular
publications devoted primarily to advertising
purposes, or for free circulation, or for circulation
at nominal subscription rates, shall
hereafter be considered and charged as thirdclass
mail matter. Other provisions authorize
the creating of a brief form of presentation,
or of a brief description upon books, magazines,
or any other articles mailed as thirdclass
matter, and allow insufficiently prepaid
matter to be carried to its destination in cases
where there has not been an evident intention
to underpay the full amount; provided that
double the deficiency shall be collected at
the other end. Where the sender is known,
however, he is to be notified and required to
make full prepayment.
The South Carolina Contested Cases.
In the contested election case of Lee
vs. Rainey, from the first South Carolina
Congressional district, the House committee
on elections have agreed to the following resolution
as a substitute for the order passed
February 21st:
Resolved, That the contestee, Rainey, have
fifteen days for the taking of testimony as to
illegal votes cast for Lee anywhere in said
district, and that Lee shall have twenty days
(o take testimony as to illegal votes cast anywhere
in said district for Rainey, and that
said Rainey then have ten days to rehut the
testimony of Lee, and then Lee shall have
five days to rebut the testimony 01 earn nainey.
This action reopens the case entirely, which j
is said to be unsatisfactory to both parties, j
It will be remembered that Lee contests the
election on the ground that a considerable
number of the ballots cast for Raiuey were
in the name of "James H.," instead of "Joseph
H.," his proper cognomen. Not counting
the ballots on which the mistake occurred,
Lee would have a majority of the votes cast
in the district.
Regarding the Hoge case from the third
Congressional district, a Washington letter
says it seems to have been ignored entirely.
Hoge has now occupied his seat for one year,
half of the term for which he claims to have
been elected, and it is probable that no action
in his case will be taken for the remaining
year of the term. Hoge displayed considerable
cunning in declining to make an .
argument, for this gives him an excus^^gjr
around to the members of thejM||^^individually
and presentJi^ casitTthem. Col.
Trescot's argyyoiefifr^meanwhiBi remains unan8wafeJ7and
though his bry jg before the
t!^mmittee, there is no assurance that it has
been examined by them. J
LOCAL A77AXAS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS*
Ludden A Bates?Pianos and Organs. -v
Nancy D. Tate and others?Pair Warning.
T. M. Dobson?Fair Warning.
D. G. Anderson, Cedar Shoals, Chester county, 8.
C.?$20 Reward. .
T. M. Dobson A Co.?Shawls?Shirting?Gfdce^
ries?1875?March 10th?New Goods?Remember
the Date?Calico?Ready-Made
Clothing?Spool Cotton?Peerless GlossHanging
Baskets?Riin Locks?Dobson's is
the Place?Crockery?Dress Goods.
0. H. Dixon?Boarders Wanted**-??? ? ???
W. H. McCorkle, Agent?White Goods?Glass
? ruit^A
ana urocKervware?onoes?r?iw wuiw.
J. M. Adams?Seeing is Believing.
R. Brandt, Proprietor?A Furniture Establishment?The
Chester Jewelry Store.
H. K. Roberts, Chairman of Board?Road Notice.
James Porter?Notice to Trespassers.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.-Sheriff's Sale.
J. H. Clawson?Assignee's Sale.?In Bankruptcy?In
the matter of James A. Barnwell, .
Bankrupt. ......
TAXES?EXTENSION OP TIME.
We learn from Major Briggs, County Auditor,
that by recent order of the ComptrollerGeneral,
the tax-books in the respective counties
of the State will remain open for collection
of taxes until the 15th instant, at which
date the treasurers are required to close their
books, and the penalty for non-payment will
attach. This order allows the tax-payers of
York county five more days in which to
make settlement than was contemplated by
the previous extension.
TRANSFERS OP*REAL ESTATE. '!
The following transfers of real estate have
been recorded in the office of the County Auditor
since our report last week :
James R. Miller to Thomas H. Lominack.
Tract of 80 acres in Bethel township. Consideration
$900.
John M. Ross to Jane M. Burris. Halfinterest
in a tract of land in York township.
R. H. Glenn to H. F. Adickes. Lot in
Yorkville. Consideration $40.
J. S. Bratton to Michael Duffey. Lot of
one acre at Smith's Turnout in Bethesda
township. Consideration $100.
PARDONED.
Wm. G. Turner and Harvey Herndon, the
former white and the latter colored, who were
sentenced by Judge Mackey at the last term
of the Circuit Court for York county to one
year's imprisonment each in the penitentiary,
on the charge of assault and battery, have
beeu pardoned by the Governor. Proceedings
were pending for releasing the prisoners
under writ of habeas corpus on the ground
that the Court by which they were sentenced
had no original jurisdiction in the cases; but
a numerously-signed petition in the case of
Turner having been presented to the Governor,
he exercised the prerogative of his office
and pardoned both.
BOBBED OF*H18 MONEY.
Mr. Edney, the butcher of this place, while
out last week for the purpose of buying cattle,
stopped on Thursday night at the house
of Samuel Howell, near Howell's Ferty1 ob
Broad river, and alleges that while asleep his
room was entered and his pocket-book containing
$130 in currency abstracted frdm under
bis pillow. On waking at 5 o'clock in
the morning, Mr. Edney discovered his loss
and communicated the fact to Mr. Howell,
who at once summoned before him every person
on the premises; but a search of their
persons, as well as a thorough search of the
various rooms, failed to reveal the missing
money. It is due to Mr. Howell to say tbat
Mr. Edney does not impute to him any blame
for the loss with which he met at his house.
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sales-day.
On Monday last?sales-day for March?
the following property was sold by the Sheriff:
By order of the Judge of Probate the house
and lot in Yorkville belonging to the estate
of J. Bolton Smith, deceased. Bought by
Miss Luella Smith for $430.
By virtue of writs of fi fa., the lands of Elizabeth
Bennett Bought by Robert Mendenhall
for $174.
Lands of H. M. Moore?172 acres?bought
by John Smith for $72.25.
J. H. Clawson, Assignee, sold the following
property belonging to bankrupt estates:
Tract of 180 acres belonging to the estate
of James H. Hemphill, nought oy j. n.
Hemphill for 81,125.
Lands belonging to the estate of T. W.
Sturgis. Tract of 190 acres, bought by T.
W. Sturgis for $1,900. Tract of 382 acrts,
bought by T. W. Sturgis for $3,000.
Lands belonging to the estate of B. F.
Rawlinson. Tract of 235 acres, bought by
A. F. McConnell for $1,057.50. Tract of
215 acres bought by B. F. Rawlinson for
$86?. ____
THE RAILROAD. .'
Considering the unfavorable weather that
has prevailed for a portion of the time since
track-laying on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad
was commenced, the work has progressed
quite favorably. From Mr. John R. Gardner,
Assistant Engineer, we learn that the
track is now laid to Crowder's Creek, a dis^
tance of nine miles from the Air-Line, and
thirteen miles from Yorkville.' Timbers are
now being prepared for erecting a temporary
trestle over the creek, which will enable the
material train to cross it by next Saturday
A fnma ia nnw amnlnwvl IvJHiniy
CYCUlUJJl IX IVkVV HJ MW it vtw^/?vj v%> Q
cross-ties on this side the creek, and as soon
as it can be crossed by the locomotive, the
track-laying force will be increased sufficient
ly to lay one mile of track per day, provided
the weather shall be favorable.
At a meeting of the Directors of the Company,
held in this place last Friday evening,
Mr. J. H. Fayssoux was elected freight agent ;
at Gastouia, and Mr. S. B. Lathan was elected
freight agent for Chester. Contracts have 1
been let out for the erection of depot buildings
at each of the above places, the buildings to
be completed by the 1st of April.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
Monday, February 28. '
In the Senate, the proceedings present
nothing of interest, , .
in iUXj u^vo^t wiuiuuuiwaviuuo 11 uiu tuuu'
ty treasurers relative to the amount of bills of
the Bank of the State, tendered for taxes in
their respeotive counties were, submitted as
follows: Aiken, $8,400 ; Anderson, $748 80;
Barnwell, $232.80; Beaufort, $978.05; Colleton,
$10; Charleston, $52,542.34; Kershaw, <
$542; Lancaster, $200; Laurens $420.16;
Marlboro, $185; Oconee, $225; Orangeburg, i
$652 ; Pickens, 814; Richland. $1,461.87;
Spartanburg, $490. Total, $57,675,61. In i
the following counties none have been'ten- i
dered: Abbeville, Chester, Chesterfield, Ciar- <
endon, Darlington, Fairfield, Horry, Marion,
and Williamsburg. No reports received from
the following counties: Edgefield, George- i
town, Greenville, Lexington, Newberry, Sum- I
ter, Union and York. i
The bill to authorize the hire of convict i
labor, in or outside of the State penitentiary, <
was killed. i
Tuesday, febrys^^^1 1
In thejtehvre<pppcpr^nt resolution wa^ .
adoptgd-tnat the General Assembly , take a 1
IrtBjsfrom to-day to the 6th of March. The I
House reftised to* concur, "bttt alitittided by !
substituting to adjourn from to-morrow (1st <
March) to the 6th March, at 7 p. m. The !
Senate concurred in the amendment. 1
The House was occupied all day in discuss- <
ing the bill for the relief of Mr. E." B. Wesley. <
Messrs. Barnwell, Hirsch, Crittenden and i
Sloan argued against the bill, and Whipper ;
and Lalie for its-passage. The bill wa? finally
defeated by a vote of forty-three to thirtyeight,
and, to prevent its resurrection this session^a
motion to reconsider and to lay that
motion on the table was offered and carried.
The report of the committee of conference
on the apptrj)priation?bill,; yas;jdppfe$l bf t^e
House and Senate, and the bill was then enrolled
and ratified. The total amount of the
appropriation is $545J250, together wUtysuch
an amount as may -be-neceseery of' the proceeds
of the lav oLfaio aailla fhr fir
payment of the January and, June interest
upon; the consolidation bonds wd dedicates
of stock of the State, issued under the provisions
of the act to reduce the volume of the
public debt. ' , CV
C > - '? i ,b >?*fv o'A*
Wednesday, March 1.
> In the Senate, the proceediofes-Wottifcufcfined
to routine work..
In the House, W. J.t Wbipper tendered
his resignation as a member, which was accepted
with great unanimity ;$nd equanimity.
An election of a meojber of the..,Legiilature to
any State office disqualifies hip, and he must
vacate his seat as a member. 1'
Both Houses adjourned until Monday,*6tb
instant. mw -
mere-iejItiou.:ru
A tornado, two miles in breadth, passed
i ^ ' *
through Henderson and .Christian counties,
Kentucky, on the 29th ultimo, killing several
persons and destroying a great deal, of property.""
" The Director of the United^ Statee
Mint says the production of gold and silver
after the 1st of May will"be' ,$T.000,000 per
month, which he thinks will have an unportant
bearing on the,gold premium."*"""No
less than 1,446 petitions, containing 75,000
signatures, from all the States and Territories,
have been presented to Con|jre^ prating
for the repeal of the two-cefaltchfelck
uU-li .!? z: ?; . 1
stamp. .
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Correspondence of the Yorkvftllr InhlfA.
LETTER FROM CHESTERi '
Chester, Marcb; 6^:1876iu
The preliminary examination' in a 'case involving
considerable interest tti- the public,
was held before Trial JtMtfcfrSaodim'Oirtast
Tuesday.! > The defendant, Pleasant Ngwtand,
colored, was charged with mi unlawfu],|i>straction,
of school claims froqn, the- office of
County Treasurer on the night of l9th Msjf,
1875. C. 8. Briee; E^.'i Conducted the^rosecution
on behalf of the State, and Maijbr?.
P. Hamilton appeared for the 'defendant.
James Kinard,colored, the principal vitade
for the Stete, testified as follows: On.tho night
of May 19th of last year, he waa at. John jftlley's
house, and at a lste hour of the night
was awakened by Lilley, and requested by
him to'assort* lot of teachers' pa# eehtifibatee
that were in his (Lilley's)' possession. ""He
was directed by Lilley to select frame tbividt
the uncancelled certificates/or the yean* ,1871
and 1872, a^jhe coul^l draw tbemoftsy npon
them. By way of! explanation. I may* ear
thai these certificates had' been'paid, by Urn
County Treasurer, but this official hwlttilttl
to cancel tbem. ThewttdeSs atootettiSed to
bis assorting the uncancelled certificate^ to
hit giving them to Lilley, and to the d/awiog
of thejnoney upon them afterward- by Lilley.
The witness testified to his. asking Liljey the
way in which he had obtained tho certiomtm,
but received the auswer that' rtthii?'wA* 'none
of his business."* 1 HowevAr, tie w*raft&*whrd
told by Lilley that he (Lilley) bad. gtftf itfaorib
from Pleasant Nowland, i and that* hen had
given ten dollars for theife Lilley JtUp fcdd
witness that Nowland had gotten the cegtificates
from the office of the County Treasurer,
which he had entered ht night byitaeansi of:A *
key in bis possession.' Majof* Hamilton,1 in
his arguinent, held thatwiilarceny bad.'bega
if iff?1 Itf V Tl
the oertihcatea w?re; without valpe, jnwptwfe
as they had been paid. The preliminary, a*amination
was held in the Court Hoiisa for
the accommodation of the' large number of
nAMAAd iakn rlaoirod ft\ hi nananitf
p^iovuo nuu uvoiivu ww ?w |/i wvu* *MV ?< ?
will come up fur trial before' Judge* H <J;
Mackejiat the next terra of. the Conrt.of
General Sessions, to be,hulden here.on-theiW
Monday in March, when some interesUqg developments
uav be expected. The defendant
gave bond for his appearance for trial'ut the
Sessions Court, and was discharged. ' ,(I; i'n
The Treasurer's office was well filled 'With
tax-payers last week, who were anxioustb
settle their claims with the State be^rt the
close of, Friday, which was expected to, have
been the last day, without the attachment ofc
the penalty. Our merchants and business
men generally postponed the agooyof pxjinjf
taxes as long as possible. As each/mand?i?
playing tb&rblelof collector with the-vie*-of
gathering u$ ,tt}e required amount f?Mb#
Treasurer, and making no disbursements
money was probably as scarce an wrticle in
this town last week as it could Weir be, Sowever,
as the pressing demand for money hid been
met and the claims of' thetax-gsthefcfr
have been satisfied, the financial condition
will become easier, and people will breathe
njore ireeiy. un jMiaay mqrning wro7??r
nounceraeot was made .that, the time for^ the
payment of taxes had been extended to the
15th instant : '
On last Thursday morning the stori'of Mkjor
John Sanders, which Is1 located at<8itikteF
Hill in this county, was broken open11 add
robbed of a considesable amount tofi mtmejr
and goods. Mr. Sanders. h*4 lootad 4n4<)#&
the store for a short time for the porpfj^jHf
taking bis breakfast* and while abfeet the
burglary was committed.! Money to the
amount of seventy dollars, and different1 articles
of merchandise were stolen. Thb perpe1
trators of this bold and outrageous act at*4m*
kuown, but tbey will hardly succeed in escaping
the detection and #rwst ponseqognt upon,
the strenuous and unremitting efforts that will
be made to effect their discovery. As they
are walking in the footsteps olthw illpfctrioba
leader and ex-lawmaker, John Lilley^'tbejrwill
doubtlea arrive at the same destination^,
tKo State npnifpntiftrv. } lilK luia
Wade Rosbio rough, William Geld well, Perry
Roe borough, Robert McCrory, ^ .cpjpre^
and D. H. Corder, white, were brought to
town 00 Thursday and con>raitt$d' to jaiL
charged with stealing 6otton' from1' Mr. WJhliara
Caldwell. AH parties are from Roaeville
township, and the ofFeaae> is alleged
have been committed in' December, 1874.
The supposed perpetrators of the,thefi appeared
before Trial Justice Sanders for a
hearing on Thursday, but as tlie warrant roe
their arrest was still ib the posieMidfa'of
Trial Justice 'Ragsdhle whb had isstied it,
they were recommitted to jail, with tbfe'exception
of D. H. Corder, who gave bond for
his appearance at the preliminary examination
to teke place, at an,early, d^y. tisd&jgjfe
Dr. Richard Furman .delivered a 5$y ??r
teresting lecture at the Court House, bn *
Thursday evening, upon the life and' servibei
of General Robert E. Lee. The audfoboe
was not such as met the just requirements; of
the lecture. , The CI araWild man,
performed here several evenings in succession,
and each performance was greeted with
A.1I Uamu Tki. oliAd). ftia annwiAlah'rtfl Af
A 1UU UVUTOi AUUJ ouuno VUO ?jlJM WIMMVH w?
aur people of theatHCai enteftaintoehtsi
Their want of appreciation of a literary-test If
was strikingly, displayed on Thursday <ev?*
iog. Tho#e present, wpret a mply repaid for
their attendance. The splendid achievements
snd noble, oharacter of that great and good
man whose name is embalmed in the heart of
3very true Southern man, were-portrayed in
t forcible and masterly manner. Beginning
(fflfftis birth on the 19th of January, 1907,
he track! bis history through the successive
Itagea?ws career at West Point from whence
hegradua^daVthfl heatjj/^^Mi tifiU
his Lieutenancy Qf Engineers, and JluieFor
Engineers una6t Ge'rieral Wopl in the Mefciuati
(war bis tenantiOolohelcr ifc the
2nd Cavalry Regiment commanded' b^Ab"
hert 8ydney Johnson, down fcfctbu beginning
5f the late wv.in which, as the command
if the Army of Northern Virginia, he . won
i name that, will increase in lustre as!the
fears roll by. General Lee's brilliant career