Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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(taps and facts. ? Five thousand Indiana school teachei are going to the Centennial. ? One hundred tons of mail matter are sen from the city of New York every day. ? The State election of New Hampshire o< curred on Tuesday last. ^? The keeper of the Confederate cemeter at Raleigh, N. C., is a disabled Union soldiei ? The Charlotte market house has bee locked up by the city marshal because th lessee failed to pay the rent. ? A legislature is a place where membei have a good deal to say and get a good pric for saying it. . ? There are about 3,000 Chinese boys i California, natives thereof, who. when of atri " ' ' 9 ?O will be voters. ? Somebody nominates Babcock for Presi dent, as he's the only Republican that's beei acquitted by a jury. ? Ex-Gov. Letcher, of Virginia, who wa stricken with paralysis a few days ago in Ricl mond, and whose recovery was "despaired of, i slowly improving. ? When you see anything in a newspape that you think not worth publishing, remen ber that it takes a good many readers to suj port a newspaper. ? An orange tree in Columbus count) Florida, presents the unique spectacle of las year's fruit, this year's crop half-ripe, an buds for another crop on its branches. ? There are 3,000 white men in Florida wh have not voted since the downfall of the Coi federaey?enough to ensure a Democrati triumph at every election. ?No important changes in postal rates ai likely to be made this session, and the tari on newspapers will not be disturbed at al That is the impression in Washington. ? The Tweed suit is at an end, and a verdit for the people has been rendered for $6,537 117.38. Sheriff Connor, who, it is allegec permitted Tweed's escape, has been arreste on a charge of contempt of court. ? Tennessee has a law which prohibits man from marrying the daughter of his di ceased wife, but a farmer living near Men phis did it. He was indicted, tried, convicte and sentenced to the penitentiary, but Go1 Porter has pardoned him out ?The Wilmington Post has been informe , that the Carolina Central Railroad Compan has offered to furnish iron and stock to tli Hickory and Lincolnton Railroad, if the cit zens will grade and furnish the cross-ties for i which it is said they will do. ? An Iowa postmaster spent a week in ?ain effort to balance his accounts, and the ms wnepchacavenng wnat ne was aDout, u formed him that she was in the habit < drawing her "pin money" from the offit funds. ?Major Lewis Merrill, Seventh Cavalr has been detailed for duty in connection wit the international exposition of 1876, und( the direction of the President of the Unite States Centennial Commission, to whom h will report at Philadelphia for instructions. ? Alphonso Taffc, of Ohio, has been appoin ed to succeed Gen. Belknap as Secretary < War. Mr. Taft has never held any publi position except that of Judge of the Suprem Court of Cincinnati, though he is regarded i a lawyer of eminent ability. ? AhrKi, a Chinaman, has fallen aptly int American political customs. He is a coui interpreter in Virginia City, Nevada, an when the demand for his services is so ligl that he fears the abolition of his office, h goes at night into the Chinese part of th town, inritfis 6edits amnnfr his nnuntrvmei and thus creates cases in which his interpre ing is necessary. Besides that, he make the testimony to suit the highest bidder. ? A celebrated wholesale merchant of Loi don, some time ago, presented the proprieto] of the Telegraph with a printing press that Ctt $25,000, as a slight token of his appra&fioi In.doing so, he accompanied the gp A letter, in which he said: "In youY^ppei by judicious advertising, I first built the four dation of a fortune, and in your paper, by ji dicious advertising, I have amassed the foi tune which enables me to offer you this test mony of regard and good will." ? Successful experiments have been receni ly made in France with a view of determinin whether lines could be sent ashore from stranded vessel by the aid of pigeons. Th pigeon from the wrecked vessel, when set fre< and naturally flying to land, is able to conve a thread four hundred feet long and two-thoi sandths of an inch in diameter. People o the shore, by pulling the string, obtain a core and at length a strong rope, by which commi nication is had with the ship. ? Henry C. Bowen has given the finishin touch to the Beecher scandal. In his length statement to the advisory coucil of the churcl he cites instances of Beecher's acts of adulter with females of his congregation, withholdin names for obvious reasons, but offers to furnis names to a committee of the council if the sai committee shall be pledged to secrecy. I addition to other cases, he says from facts i his possession he has no doubt of the crim nality of Beecher and Mrs. Tilton. ? The Charlotte Observer says: The wife < Mr. D. Austin, the well known shoemake has received a telegram that her brother, I L. Marshall, a merchant living at Camdei Arkansas, has just died, leaving her all of hi property. The real estate amounts to $10,00 in value, and Mrs. Austin received a lette from her brother, a short time ago, informin her that, in addition to property of this kin< he was worth from $20,000 to $25,000, mi king the value of the real estate in the neigl borhood of $35,000. ? A dispatch from Montgomery, Ala., d< ted the 11th instant says: "The United Stat< marshals have, in the last four days, arreste a number of citizens of Jefferson and Blour counties, on the charge of acts committed si years ago. The men arrested have not bee away from their homes during the past si years. The officials refused to take bond an hurried them off to Huntsville. It is suj posed this is the renewal of the plan pursue in 1874, when there was a state election. Th election this year comes off in August ? The New York Times publishes an inte estiug report on the condition of the labc market in that city, both for skilled and ui <-*!? J11 rt/1 InVVAX oViATwmr* fKof fKA mAAKOTIIAQI II 3IVHICU iauv/1) ouvmii^ iuai/ mtv uivviiauivai u dustries have not yet recovered from tl depression caused by the financial panic < 1873. The number of hands employed seen to be gradually decreasing, and the wag< show a corresponding reduction. The tradi unions now number only about one-third < their total strength three years ago. Th is especially to be seen in the building trade the societies of 1873 numbering over te thousand, while at the present time the nur ber on their rolls in good standing is not muc above three thousand. In 1873 the varioi unions had 48,180 members, while at tl present time they contain less than 18,000, < which 3,790 are out of employment. A can ful estimate of the workmen outside of trad organizations shows the probable number I be 58,350, of which 21,420 are idle. Tfc plumbers, gasfitters, painters, and those ei gaged in the building trades, appear to ha\ suffered most. Wages in all the buildin trades have come down to two dollars a da; and those of laborers and longshoremen t one dollar a day. Furniture-makers, tailoi and bakers suffer perhaps the least from noi employment; but the general downward tei dency is unmistakable. ? Col. William Johnston, of Charlotte, ha recently attended a meeting of the Directoi of the Southern Life Insurance Company a Memphis, which company failed several week ago. In regard to the company, the Chai lotte Observer says: "Col. Johnston reporl that the directors found the failure to be ' very bad one; the company is entirely swamj ed, and in such a condition that it could no' pay almost nothing at all. The causes of th failure are, in brief, the failure of the Carolin 1 Lifejto pay up its reserve?$88,000?and the deaths of the policy holders from cholera and 2 yellow fever. A great many of these policies 8 were held in the infected districts, and the losses by death from these diseases have not ^ been less than $500,000. The directors, at their meeting, assessed the stockholders 40 per cent, and appointed two agents, the late secretaries of the company at Memphis and at Atlanta, to go to work and ascertain if they y could not effect some kind of compromise with r* the creditors. These can make nothing by o forcing the property of the company to sale, e since at the present time the property would go at an enormous sacrifice. If a compromise "s of any kind can be made, it is hoped that the :e company can be reinstated to its former position among the insurance companies of the n country, and resume business. By this means the policy holders at least would be protected, nnd nrAfinrrAd stock could be issued to credi [_ tors." " m jfotMR #w)uiw. d YORKVILL.E, S.C.: ? THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 16,1876 C THE LEGISLATURE. During the past week the time of the Sen ff ate has been principally occupied with the 1. impeachment trial of Judge Montgomery Moses, of the seventh circuit. The trial is ;t progressing very slowly, and the indications i . i 1 :n .1 u*1,, ?" are tnai several weens win eiayoe uciuic end is reached. In the House, on Friday last, a resolution was adopted proposing tc a adjourn sine die to-morrow. When the reso a. lution was received in the Senate, it was im i- mediately laid on the table. f PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 5th, a large numbei ^ of private bills were reported adversely dur ty ing the morning hour. Mr. Sherman spoke te at length on the financial question. The i- Postmaster General was then called up to give information in regard to straw bids for carry' , ing the mails. It seems that there are sever a al hundred bids of this class from the differ ent States, and the Postmaster General is in doubt as to his duty in the premises undei ;e existing laws. He therefore suggests speedy legislation by Congress. In the House the y, following bills were introduced : To provide h for the manner of taking proof before the Southern Claims Commission. To amend |e the Pacific railroad bills. To exempt from criminal prosecution a witness before eithei House of Congress or any committee of the )f same. For a continuous line of railway from ic Norfolk, through Virginia, North Carolina. 16 Tennessee, Arkansas and the Indian Territory 18 to the Pacific ocean, and to incorporate the Atlantic, Okohoma and Pacific Railroad. ^ In the Senate on the 6tb, the bill appointd ing a commissioner to investigate the destruc < . 1 rru? :? it tion oi crops Dy insects passeu. iue icmaiuic der of the session was devoted to the discuse sion of Pinchback's claims to a seat. In the 3> House a lengthy and acrimonious debate en^ sued on a question of privilege originated by Mr. Clymer as to whether the members of au investigating committee can be made to aprg pear before a grand jury and disclose the evi3t dence in their possession. During the discusi. sion Mr. Lamar, of Mississippi, offered a resoa lution reciting the history of the Belknap r' case, declaring the mandate of the court to be j] a breach of the privileges of the House, and r_ directing the members of the committee to [. disregard such mandate. The resolution was agreed to?yeas, 130; nays, 75. t- In the Senate on the 7th, a resolution was g offered to adjourn both Houses to the 1st oi a May. Referred to the committee on appro? priations. The Pinchback case was then rey sumed and his claim to a seat in the Senate was rejected by a vote of 32 to 29. In the n House the bill to protect from prosecution 1, witnesses testifying before either House oi l- Pv>nr*rooa nr antr pnmmit.tPft thereof. Or before ~v.wg.www ? ?J , ? the Senate sitting as a Court of Impeachment, & when such witnesses testify under protest, was ^ called up and passed, y In the Senate on the 8th, Mr. Gordon's resg olution to amend the revenue law gave rise tc h a lengthy and spirited colloquy between that d Senator and Senator Morton. The debate n was also participated in by Sherman, of Ohio, ? and Withers, of Virginia. In the House the committee on Indian affairs was instructed tc ^ consider the expediency of opening the Indian r Territory to settlement. A bill authorizing the sender of any third-class mail matter tc a, write on the outside of the wrapper his adis dress and name, and the number of articles ? contained, passed. !r In the Senate on the 9th, the only business ol ^ importance was the passage of the bill authorx. izing New Mexico to form a State constitui tion, which, after a lengthy debate, was passed by a vote of 3b to lb, wnen tne senate aai journed until Monday. In the House the bill s extending patents on sewing machines was ^ tabled. A somewhat bitter debate occurred x relative to the departure of Marsh for Canada, n in which members of the investigating comx mittee attempted to refute charges of blame d therefor, which were made by members of the 5* House. soutiTcTrolinanews. Iv ? Strawberries and green peas have appearr_ ed in the Charleston market. >r ? Governor Chamberlain has accepted an i- invitation to address the literary societies ol 3" Newbery College in June next. ?The shipments of fertilizers over the South Carolina Railroad to the end of February 38 aggregate 25,196 tons, exceeding by 2,00C ss tons, any previous year to that date, since 1870 " A ; T?_: --1 A _L? ?? ? JI iimzi naiuey, UUlUieu, wuv nao a puuit is nent witness against several white men of ?? York county during the ku-klux trials, is nov ? in the jail of Union county, on the charge o: stealing corn from his employer. jg ? A gentleman residing in Anderson coun ie ty, has informed the editor of the Intelligen Df cer, that all the colored men who were undei 0- verbal contract to work on his farm this yeai 6 left him, and assign as their reason that they 10 do not intend to work for any man who be 10 I ^ * 3 longs to a Democratic club. re ? The Union-Herald publishes a table show g ing the exact share of each county, in th< y, State appropriation for public schools. W( *> extract the following: York, 810,215.65; ^ Chester, $9,049.74; Fairfield, 83,342.05; Lancaster, $3,285.70; Spartanburg, $12,944.30; Union, $5,468.65. The apportionment if LS made on the basis of school attendance. g ?The Abbeville Medium says : "The main it question in the State canvass will be that of :s honesty and capacity against corruption and r* villainy. It is not hard to tell .upon which M side good people will stand. Let us form a solemn league and covenant against the thieves N who have cheated and despoiled us, and ree solve to win next fall, or know the reason a why ?" i THE CHARGES AGAINST JUDGE MACKEY. Tbe Chester Reporter of last week contain1 ed the following telegram from Judge Mackey: 1 Columbia, March 7, 1876. - Editor Chestei Reporter /--County Treasurer Yo; com is here caucussing with notorious corrup, tionistsof the Ring to procure my instant impeachment. The pretext is that I had Mahaley DeGraffenreid arrested last month in Columbia, ; and conveyed to Chester without a preliminary hearing. She was charged with complicity in the burglary committed in Wylie <fc Agur's store in 1870. The proceedings were strictly legal; a warrant issued by a trial justice here on oath of Deputy Sheriff'Marshal and telegram from Intendant ' Melton, of Chester. She admitted facts showing her complicity in the burglary. The real motive i of this impeachment movement is to prevent Yo, com and others from being brought to trial at the ensuing court for reissuing school certificates that had already been paid, to the amount of many i thousand dollars. I have fearlessly and impar, tially enforced all laws for the protection of persons and property in my circuit, and especially to 1 bring corrupt officials to justice for violating public trusts. If I go down in this battle with criminals, I fall in the cause of the people. T. J. Mackey. After the above appeared, the following circular was freelv distributed in Columbia, ? ~ 7 ~ . copies of which were also placed on the desks of members of the Legislature: CIRCULAR. The following charges against the Honorable T, J. Mackey, judge of the sixth circuit, will be presented to the general assembly: For that the said T. J. Mackey. judge of the sixth circuit of the State of South Carolina, it charged with the following high crimes and misdemeanors, to wit: Charge 1. Prostituting the judicial office in po litical ends, conventions for personal ends, and especially at a convention of the republican party held at Chester, in the county of Chester and State of South Carolina, in the summer or fall o: ? 1874, by threatening to send persons who opposed his will to jail. 2. Prostitutingthejudicial office at York at lasi spring term, by reviving prosecutions against certain persons known as ku-klux, for the purpost of enriching his nephew, Arthur Mackey, by ; forcing a money contribution from said persons , and, by an order of court, corruptly permitting and authorizing such compromise. 5 3. Prostituting the judicial office by borrowing money from officers of the court and county offi' cers in the sixth judicial circuit, without any abil; ity or intention to repay the same; and, by th< terror of his official power, precluding the said officers from demanding payment. ) 4. Tyrannically threatening to send Colonel W A. Walker, a member of the bar at Chester, U " iail without any cause, and without authority sc . to do. 5. Tyrannically threatening a grand jury of th( court of sessions for Lancaster county, at Feb ruary term, 1876, dismissing them from their du ties, and usurping the authority alone possessed , by that body. 6. Corruptly and tyrannically causing the pros. ecution of Dublin J. Walker, senator in the general assembly from Chester county, from person' al enmity, and in effect conducting the prosecuj tion and "procuring a conviction by intimidating and seducing the jury. ' 7. Corruptly and tyrannically prosecuting B . (J. Cannon, at Chester, January term, and send ing him for twelve months to the penitentiary ' from personal enmity. 8. Corruptly procuring the prosecution of Johr Lilly, in the court of sessions for Chester county i upon a charge of larceny and breach of trust, a' . September term, 1872, having himself drawn the affidavit before the trial justice, and afterwards r tried the case as judge of the court of sessions. . 9. Corruptly causing the arraignment, trial anc conviction of John Lilly, at Chester, on the ? ! day of February, 1876, for grand larceny, before a court and jury which had no legal authority tc either sit or try his case. I 10. Corruptly procuring the prosecution o Pleasant Nowland, in the county of Chester, or the 25th of February, for conspiracy to defraud the State of South Carolina,' in connection witl certain teachers' pay certificates of that county ' with intent to screen his brother-in-law, F. B i Lloyd, school commissioner for Chester county from prosecution for a like offense. ' 11. Corruptly visiting the county jail of Ches ter county, and having a secret interview with B. F. Michael, a convicted felon awaiting sen! tence, with intent to screen his brother-in-law, F B. Lloyd, school commissioner, from prosecution 12. Inhumanly permitting the execution ol Stenhon "Vonnir. fnr murder, at Chester, on th( , 28th of January, 1876, he having been tried before the court of sessions for Chester county, al the January term 1876, when before said execu, tion he was notified that the jury which tried hiir was wholly illegal. ! 13. Corruptly endeavoring to procure a bribe of $2,000 from the Chester and Lenoir narrow gauge railroad for his decision made in the case of Glenn and others vs. the county commissioners of York county. 14. Illegally and tyrannically causing the arresl of Mahaley DeGratt'enreid, In the city or Columbia, upon his own warrant and out of his own circuit, and by force carrying her to Chestei . county and imprisoning her in the county jail for many days, she, the said Mahaley DeGrafienreid, being innocent of any charge whatever, i 15. Attempting to ejuborn Mahaley DeGraffenreid to commit perjury, to-wit, at Columbia, on 1 or about the 15th of February, 1876, as appears by her affidavit. i The above charges, after their promulgation i in Columbia, created a considerable degree oi excitement, and the editor of the Union-Heri aid having learned that Governor Chamber lain had given his attention to the Bubject, asked for his views upon it, which are given at length in that paper of Friday last, and i which we copy entire: i We called on the Governor yesterday, and drew his attention to the charge^ which had ? been circulated in a handbill against Judge Mackey. The Governor said he had seen 1 them, and we then asked the Governor if he 1 had any objection to giving his views of these i charges. He replied that he had not, inasmuch as he had no function in connection . with the impeachment of a public officer; and, , while after impeachment had taken place, it might not be proper for him to express opinions, yet before impeachment he had as much ! right to hold and express opinions as any one ? else. > The Governor then said the whole move> ment against Judge Mackey appeared to him , to be prompted by personal and interested , motives on the part of two or three persons. ' "Look at the way," said he, "in which this ' thing is started and worked up?a secret caucus, incessant buttonholing of individuals, i lobbying in all the bar-rooms of the city, and, finally, this issuing of an anonymous handf bill. What does all this look like? Does it . look like the work of men who are trying to serve the public? or like a plot hatched up to overthrow a man who is dreaded for some good reason ? If these enemies of Judge Mackey have well-founded charges to make against him, i why do they resort to all these devices to forestall public opinion and prejudice the minds of the members of the general assembly in advance of any movement or action in or by the general assembly? The air has been filled ! for days with accounts of terrible disclosures 1 to be made, and now we have this circular, which seems to proclaim little but the combined malignity and cowardice of its authors? an anonymous, irresponsible attack on a high judicial officer. Every public man ought to regard such an attack with the gravest suspi1 cion. But look at the charges themselves. F No less than seven of these charges in this handbill relate to criminal trials or proceedj ings in Chester county, and the judge is charged with grave violations of law, and yet ' in no one of these cases have the defendants taken an appeal from Judge Mackey's rulings. One charge is that Judge Mackey permitted the execution of Stephen Young "when he was notified that the jury which tried him was f wholly illegal." I would like to know who p notified him ? One would suppose from the style of the handbill that Judge Mackey muBt have been "notified" by some court or higher indimnl nnwpr whinh nnnld not err. SteDhen fW " "" " ?? ?? ? - - 4 Young had able and zealous counsel, who " knew his rights and duties. That counsel, f Mr. Brice, an able and unspotted gentleman, r and a political opponent of Judge Mackey, . told rae to-day that he, a counsel for Young, examined the whole question of the alleged illegality of the jury, and was so satisfied that it had no foundation of law or fact that he 5 declined to even make a motion in arrest of > judgment or as the basis of an appeal to the ; supreme court. He further states that no man . ever had a fairer or more impartial trial than | Stephen Young. I know that no one ever whispered to rae while Stephen Young was 1 living that there was the least ground for questioning the correctness of the verdict in 1 the legality of the trial. As to the charge of endeavoring to procure a bribe of $2,000 from the Chester and Lenoir railroad company, Mr. Brice also informs me that he was the attorney of that company as well as a director, and that the board of , directors of their own motion, in consideration of Judge Mackey's most efficient services in I aid of the road in securing local county subI scriptionsin North Carolina, offered to Judge . Mackey a present of $2,000, through its pres . ident, Dr. Davega; that he was present a the interview, and that Judge Mackey posi tively refused the present, and further refuse< . to allow them to make the purposed presen to Mrs. Mackey. Another charge is, that he caused the ar rest of a woman here in Columbia on his owi warrant. Mr. Sill, a trial justice herein Co 1 lumbia, informs me to-day that he issued th< warrant himself and caused the arrest, upoi a dispatch which he (Sill) now has fron ; George W. Melton, intendaut of the town o | Chester, asking her arrest as a witness in i burglary case in Chester. As to the charge of tyranny in dismissinf ' the grand jury of Lancaster county, I knov that \V. L. DePass, Esq., a leading raembe of the Camden bar, and a democrat, who wa ' present at the time, states that Judge Mackey . was well warranted in his action. I am assured by the most reputable wit nesses, who are familiar with the other charges that they are equally unfounded. They all to my mind, bear the marks of the same ea ) ger interest to prejudice the public mind am accomplish personal ends. The fact is that there has been a larcen; from the county treasurer's office in Cheste of a large amount of paid but uncancellet II - 1- - J .'n 4. T>? Bcnooi leacners pay ceruucates. ay ?u ui ! der of Judge Mackey, a committee of th . grand jury of Cheater county have been am are now engaged in investigating this offense [ A special solicitor, a democratic lawyer o r Chester, has been appointed by Judge Mack 1 ey to advise and assist this committee ii [" reaching the bottom facts. A great man; facts have already been established respect t ing this larceny which, as I am informed J point to the guilt and complicity of severs r parties. i The investigation is still going forward > and is in vigilant and trustworthy hands. I . is even said that a member of Judge Mackey1 family may be involved; but still, unde ' Judge Mackey's ruling, the investigation goe l on, and the truth is likely soon to be mad known. Now, I ask, is it not remarkable that a , such a moment this movement against Judg Mackey should be started ? No charges wer 3 made, so far as I know, till the lines of thi ' investigation began to close in around cei I tain parties. Is there any reason to believ that the grand jury of Chester county wil not do their duty ? I cannot resist the conviction that the al tack on Judge Mackey is a movement to d< feat justice iu Chester, and that it ought no to receive the countenance of any man wh wished to see justice done. I am not a chare fion of Judge Mackey except when I thini see him doing his duty, and then I am hi nlmiYininn H? iuimnptnmiR and at timps ei [ ratic in his manner of doing things, but he i i fearless, and I believe just in the administrs tion of his office; and when I see him pui \ sued by such charges as these, and at a tim > when he is engaged, through the agencies c > the proper officers of the law, in ferrettinj f out an audacious conspiracy to carry out am i cover up a great crime, I take my place, as ii I duty bound, at his side, and I deplore am ' oppose any movement to arrest his arm o ' assail hisjudicial character. A great effor , was made to prejudice my mind agains Judge Mackey in advance in this matter, ant i I have waited till the movement developei itself before holding or expressing any deci * ded opinion, but I now have such evidence } from many sources as satisfy me that th ) charges are grossly unjust and unfounded ant " put forward from the worst of motives. . The publication of the above interview im 1 pelled Mr. Hamilton to print a lengthy card ) addressed to tbe Governor, in which he except j to "intemperate and abusive language" of th Governor, directed to himself, and reiterate t the charges against Judge Mackey as con tained 1n the circular, 'with ther exception o \ the case of Mahaley DeGraffenreid, whose at i rest, he has since learne'd, was caused by i warrant issued by trial justice Sill, of Colum bia. The card of Mr. Hamilton iB a stron| | argument in support of the charges brough up against Judge Mackey, and the temper ii > which it is conceived can best be judged b; < the following paragraphs : I am a member of the bar, practicing my pro , fession faithfully and honestly, I hope, whei Judge Mackey was elected to the bench of th i Sixth Circuit, from his antecedents, as brought t us from those who knew him, it was with real ap ' prehension that the members of the bar com menced tbe discharge of their duties before hino A more unfit man could not have been chosen He is a violent partisan, and has carried this pe culiarity into bis administration of Justice, an< holding such power as a Judge does, it has neve been safe that he should be entrusted for one mo ment with it. He has overawed the people (par ticularly the colored people) by his arbitrary ex ercise of authority, so that I may almostsay ther is a reign of terror, at least, in Chester county He is arresting magistrate, judge, jury and solic itor, in one. He directs every prosecution iron its inception to landing the accused either in th penitentiary, or if he happens to take a freak fo i acquittal, to send him forth "unwhipt of justice.' I have sat by, a silent spectator, for more thai three years, and witnessed the tearing down o all the safeguards of liberty at the hands of a ju dic-ial officer, before whom I had to make nr i bread. As the members qf the bar are the mouth Sioces of public opinion, their silence has save< udge Mackey up to this time?not that we havi ' not freely discussed among ourselves all th charges which have been put in print. Self-in terest has closed our mouths, but I have for i long time felt that every day I stood by, looke< on and concealed what I knew, was a loss of self i respect on my part and that of all my brethren o the bar. I have no personal grievances to com plain of at his hands; I do not remember a sin gle instance where he has ever attempted to trea me with disrespect, although I have often hearc him very offensive and tyrannical to other mem bers of the bar. I have been so fortunate as t< be very successful with my cases before him But as a law-abiding citizen, I have come to thi ( conclusion that either J udge Mackey must be re moved from office, or we will have trouble in thi 1 Sixth Circuit. In the meantime Judge Mackey's pen ha not been idle. He has written and publishet in the Columbia papers a lengthy etatemen to the public, reviewing a number of his offi cial acts which form the base of the charge made against him, and concludes in the fol lowing strain: Time will not permit me to answer the chargei against me in detail. Not one of them thatim putes to me a corrupt act or motive has any foun dationin fact, and the series is crowned fitly hi the affidavit of Mahaley DeGraffenreid, a notorioui prostitute of the city of Columbia, who is now under recognizance to answer in the Court of Ses siona of Chester for the crime of burglary and larceny. B. G. Yocom seeks to substitute an impeachmont by the house of representatives in 013 case for a verdict of guilty by a jury in his own The court of General Sessions will open at Chestei on the 20th day of this present month. If I arr 1 stricken down, what judge will dare bring hin , and his confederates in crime to trial? The 011I3 | | mode in which the said B. G. Yocom can avoir j his fast approaching trial for the crime of grant j larceny i*s by corrupting the judge or by displa j cing him. He has unconsciously paid a tributt to my integrity oy selecting iue iait?r uittwuu Criminals of Yocom's large pecuniary resource.' 1 do not fear a trial before a corruptible Judge i Will the House of Representatives of South Caro , lina perform any act on his motion to paralyz* the arm of Justice, now uplifted to strike him foi 1 his crime ? I do not believe that it will, and 1 ' | confidently await its action, protesting againt th< i appointment of a so-called "Committee of Inves i tigation," which, under its rules, hears only tin 1 , accuser and his witnesses, and renders its judg , ment upon the accused unheard. To Major Hamilton's card, the Governo: makes the following brief reply ; Major Hamilton's letter addressed to me in thi I Register of to-day requires little, if any, notice ! I prefer, howover, to state that in my interview i j as reported in the Union''Herald, I had n< , I reference whatever to M^jor Hamilton, and ] j will add that nothing but his own volunteer ap i j plication of my remarks oould have persuadec I me that he was responsible for the present at j tacks upon Judge Mackey, and especially for th< ! modes and appliances used in prosecuting thes< ! attacks. I have no time to discuss questions o I "taste" and "propriety," but I see nothing in mj remarks whicnl now consider "intemperate," o: ' "abusive," or "unbecoming." On the contrary I see constantly increasing evidence that tni I movement against Judge Mackey, for whict ; Major Hamilton makes himself rasponsible, wai a movement which it was my duty to oppose : The only regret I feel on acoount of the interview l which you reported, is that it has brought to lighi I Major Hamilton's connection with an affair whiot , I I still think I there properly characterized? a r& ! gret which I believe will be shared by all his ju. dicicus friends. D. H. Chamberlain. March 11, 1876. Touching the charges against Judge Mack I ey, the following proceedings were had in th( h House of Representatives on Saturday last: t J. A. Smith, Republican, from Darlington, in. troduced the following resolution: , Whereas certain grave charges have been made, 1 and are now freely circulated, against Hon. T. J. t Mackey, judge of the sixth judicial circuit of South Carolina, be it, therefore, w Resolved, by the house of representatives, That a committee of five be appointed by the speaker l to inquire into and make rull examination of said . charges. That said committee be authorized to send for persons and papers, and to report the 0 result of such investigation by resolution or oth1 erwise. j Mr. Crittenden, Democrat, from Greenville, e moved to indefinitely postpone the resolutionyeas, 54 ; nays 14. Agreed to. * In connection with the proceedings in the House on the 11th, Mr. Yocom submitted a ? request to the Speaker that a committee of r investigation be appointed from that body to s make a thorough examination of the transac7 tions of his office, which request, on motion of Mr. Crittenden, was not granted. Regarding the action of Judge Mackey in ' dismissing the grand jury at the last term of ,! the Circuit Court of Lancaster, we take the i following from the Ledger of the 8th instant: "At the close of the mass meeting held at 7 this place on Monday last, which was the r larges$ that has been held here for a number 1 of vears. an indignation meeting was organ ' ized, and several speeches made by prominent e citizens disapproving of Judge Mackey's conJ duct toward the grand jury at the Febraary >. term of the court. The following resolutions, f introduced by N. G. B. Chafee, Esq., were > unanimously adopted: a Resolved., That it is the sense of this meeting ? that the action of his Honor, Judge T. J. Mackey, ' in his treatment of the grand jury at the last term 'r of the court, was contrary to all law, subversive I, of civil liberty, and a flagrant usurpation of au] thority. Resolved, That we have the greatest confidence in the integrity, intelligence and moral worth of I, the members of the grand iury, and we view t with pride their dignified demeanor under the peculiarly trying circumstances of their situation. 8 John B. Erwio, Esq., then offered the subr joined, which was also unanimously adopted: 8 Resolved, That a committee of five be appointe ed by the chairman of this meeting to proceed to Columbia and lay this matter of Judge Mackey's conduct in all its details before the Governor and ,t; Legislature. e The following named gentlemen compose e the committee: John B. Erwin, Esq., N. G. is B. Chafee, Rev. D. P. Robinson, Col. T. F. ** Clyburn and J. M. Caskey. 8 The committee went to work at once to take d testimony as to Judge Mackey's misconduct in many other things than those named in t- the resolutions, and are to go to Columbia next Monday." it o THE FALL OF BELKNAP1. >- All accounts from Washington agree that ^ no event since the assassination of President f Lincoln has produced an effect so profound |g as was made by the revelatious of the corrupk. tions of Secretary Belknap. It is the first instance in the history of the Government e that a merdber of the President's cabinet has been impeached by the House of Representa? tives. Coming unannounced?uoaccompanied by previous accusations, denials and perj sonal statements, such as. usually precede the r labors of a white-washing committee in sirait lar cases?the developments fell upon the * Li! i!i .1 j e ? 11 puDiic ear use a map ui tuuuuci uuui r? tiuuu^ lees sky. The origin of the disgraceful transactions a is briefly told as follows : e By the act reorganizing the army, passed by j Congress in 1860, the office of sutler in the army 3 and at military posts was abolished, and the following year the commanding general was authorized to perm it a trading estamishment to be maintained after the 1st day of July, 1867, at any mili? tary post on the frontier not in the vicinity of any city or town, and situated at any point between the 100th meridian west from Greenwich and the e eastern boundary of California, when in his judgment such an establishment was needed for the 8 protection of emigrants, traders and other citi1 zens; provided that after the commissary depart.mfjit vn"" prepared. _alnreg--to golrflprs. 1 ?s required by law, any trader permitted to remain at such post should not sell any goods kept by the commissary department to any enlisted 1 man. By an act passed July 15, 1870, and now i. embodied in Section 1.113 or the Revised Statutes of the United States, the law regulating the ap? pointment of post-traders was amended so as to I give to the Secretary of War, instead of the commanding general of the army,the authority to per3 mit one or more trading establishments to be maintained at any military post on the frontier. 7 "The persons to maintain such establishments," the law says, "shall be appointed by him (theSec_ retary of War,) and shall be under the same pro^ tectionand control ascamp followers." Soon after e the passage of this act the Secretary of War went 0 to Long Branch to spend a portion of the summer. The privilege of maintaining a trading establish" ment at these frontier posts was a very valuable one, and no doubt numerous applications were at ' once made to Secretary Belknap by traders and ononniofni-u tn Ka oiinwpH tn avail themselves of ^ tfre opportunities thus presented for profitable r trading. While at Long Branch the Secretary and his family became acquainted with Mr. C. P. 2 Marsh, of New York, ana before their return to 7 Washington, in the fall, made a visit at Marsh's " house, where Mrs. Belknap was taken seriously ill. During her stay there she informed her host 7 of the valuable franchises in the gift of her husband, and proposed that he should apply for one e of them. This must have been within two or three r months after the passage of the act giving the ap, pointmentof these traders to the Secretary of War. Whether an understanding was arrived at ? that Mrs. Belknap should have a share of the profits should Mr. Marsh receive such an appoint' meat, or not, does not clearly appear in the testi_ mony. But it does appear tnat a few weeks later j Mr. Marsh did receive the appointment, through | Mrs. Belknap's influence, of post-trader at Fort Sill,and sold the privilege thus obtainei, to a trader already on the ground with a stock of goods, ' for $12,000 a year. When the first quarterly payj ment under this contract was made to Mr. Marsh m he immediately forwarded one-half of the money to Mrs. Belknap, but before the second payment was due the latter died. Mrs. Bowers, the first 7 Mrs. Belknap's sister, and the lady whom the I Secretary subsequently married, seems to have j arranged with Mr. Marsh on the day of Mrs. Belknap's funeral that the payments should be ' continued, and they were continued from that day until the end of the last quarter in December, * 1875. The money, with the exception of the first _ payment (made in November or December, 1870,) and me last (maae in uecemoer, 1010,) waBuiwajo sent directly to the Secretary of War, sometimes in the form of checks or certificates of deposit, 9 sometimes in bank notes forwarded by express, i and on numerous occasions it was paid to him in 1 New York city. 1 Many of the officers of the frontier, while cognizant of Secretary Belknap's corruption, 3 dared not protest against his acts, for fear of ' the persecution which they well knew would have at once been instituted. In proof of [ this, it is asserted that Capt. Robinson, of - the Tenth United States Cavalry, for having 3 the temerity to report the facts to President ' Grant, was soon after court-martialed for _ preferring ungrounded charges against a su" perior officer, and by a commission instituted . and organized by Belknap himself, was dis' missed from the service. Having been thus i deprived of his commission, and being no I longer under the fear of the wrathful ven1 geance of the Secretary and his powerful influence, Capt. Robinson determined to pursue his object of exposure to a final termination. Accordingly, early in the present session of Congress, he preferred the charges of corruption before the military committee against Secretary Belknap which have led to the recent startling developments. The post-trader, 3 Marsh, was subpoenaed by the committee in accordance with suggestions made by Robinr son, who has probably been more familiar with Gen. Belknap's corrupt practices than 3 any one else. This knowledge Robinson . claims to have derived under the following 3 circumstances: 1 In 1868 he was ordered, with his regiment, to - the Indian Territory. As engineer of the military 1 district he selected the site of Fort Sill and super intended the erection of the fort. By his contin3 ued residence at this post for six years he became 3' familiar with the details of military servioe on the f frontier. As a member of the post council of ad7 ministration, and for a time its president, it der volved upon Capt. Robinson to inquire into the , prices charged for merchandise by the post tra3 ders. At this time, 1868 and 1869, the post-trai dership at Fort Sill was controlled by J. S. Evans > & Co. Complaint having been made to the firm ; that exorbitant prices were charged, they replied ' ; that the difficulty oould not be remedied, as for t: the privilege of trading at the post fifteen thousi i and dollars per year had to be paid to Wm. W. | Belknap, seoretary of war. This, as was shown, was the oontract prioe. The post council, through Capt. Robinson, then demanded that the statement of Evans <fc Co. should be put in the form . of an affidavit. This was promptly done, and the affidavit was sworn to in the presence of sev) eral officers of the Tenth Cavalry. It is now on file In the records of the council, with other documentary evidence of a similar character. It afterwards appeared from statements of Evans & Co., that the annual payment at the end of three ?ears was reduced to twelve thousand dollars, his amount was, by agreement, payable monthly, in advance. It is known, by statements of J. 8. Evans to Capt. Robinson, that the monthly payments were continued up to March, 1875. The accuracy ot these statements was unquestioned among the officers of the Tenth Cavalry and Sixth United States Infantry, and the facts have for several years been notorious among army officers generally. That a like amount was paid annually to Secretary Belknap by the post trader at Camp Supply, Indian Territory, is stated on the authority of Gen. W. B. Hazen. When Gen. Hazen evinced a disposition to criticise the corrupt practices of his chief, he was ordered to a more remote point on the frontier. Marsh, who had received the appointment of post-trader, but subsequently sub-let it to Evaus & Co., on being interrogated by the committee, substantiated the above statement, proving conclusively that the Secretary was guilty of bribery on a grand scale, and leaving the committee no alternative but to report him for impeachment. Subsequent to the proceedings in the House of Representatives, of which we gave a full account last week, a warrant for the arrest of Belnap, under criminal prosecution, was issued by Judge Snell, of the Police Court of Washington, and at once served upon the ex-Secretary and his residence placed under the surveilance of a police force to prevent a possi ble escape of the accused, and on Wednesday he appeared before Judge Snell, who fixed his bail in the sum of $25,000, pending the action of the grand jury. Belknap has retained as his counsel Jerry Black, Hon. Matt Carpenter and Montgomery Blair. The woman in the case, who comes in for a full share of notoriety in the unfortunate transactions, is described as follows in a late Washington letter: The lady who has been the central figure of the scandal, and to save whom from exposure every effort has been made, as the committee in their report show, is thoroughly known in Washington, where she has been among the gayest and most fashionable in the seasons gone by, and especially in the one just ended. Her equippage and toilets have vied with all. The shocx, therefore, experienced to-day when the revelations made by the Investigating Committee were made public can scarcely be realized by outsiders. The fact that any laay was even remotely connected vfrith so great a scandal would have startled society, but that one who was so universal a favorite as Mrs. Belknap was implicated,was a denouement which produced utter consternation. This lady has been the object of general admiration since first she came to Washington, six years ago, to visit her sister, the former wife of General Belknap. Her handsome face and figure and witty conversational powers at once made her a central figure in any gmamhlaM 8h? la tall hiufl wAllavalnnAri nnH roundedlorm and graceful carriage. Her features are regular, her complexion clear and fair, while her hair is black, and her eyes black and very bright. When first she came to Washington,Mrs. Belknap was the widow of a Mr. Bowers, who had died some months before in Cincinnati. Her family name was Tomlinson, and she was a native of Harrodsburg, Ky. Her father, Dr. Tomlinson, was an eminent physician, and highly connected. He bad a large family of sons and daughters. All of the latter were noted for their beauty, and were reigning belles of their native State. The mother of Mrs. Henry Clews, of New York, was one of the sisters, and the second and present wife of General Belknap another. Mrs. Amanda Tomlinson Bowers was married two years ago, in December, to the Secretary of War. She was heartily welcomed to the cabinet circle here, and has held a foremost place among the ladies who are acknowledged queens in society. She has been especially distinguished for her ready tact in receiving the strangers who each week throng the houses of the members of the Cabinet. Sne always had an appropriate greeting ready for each comer. She has appeared to the greatest advantage this winter, and has gone much into society, as from her position she was fA Ar\ Qho HlunlatfAH OTAut. tilutA in WiilpOiiGU WW MU( MliV VKO|?>uj v? ... dress, and wears the richest materials". Her bank account is stated to be $125,000. The following is given as the story of Belknap's confession as related by the President: "On Thursday I had just finished my breakfast," said the President to a correspondent, "and was opening some letters in the drawing-room, when Secretary Bristow was announced. It was only a little after 9 o'clock, and I wondered why Jig,itufna gj .Barky hut. I* inii'ifld.. hivLJzi*" tl???. room, and we talked for a time over some matters referred to in my mail. After a time the secretary said, 'Mr. President, therearesome very sad stories in circulation about one of your Cabinet.' I told him I had not heard anything. The secretary said they were dreadful stories, almost too bad to be believed. I Inquired what they were, and the secretary began to tell me, when in came Belknap and Chandler. Chandler looked very sober, and Belknap was changed so that you would hardly have known him. He looked as if be had not slept for a week. I got up and shook hands with him, and asked him what was the matter. He went on to tell me, in an incoherent way, about the Congressional investigation, that it was going to damage him very much, and he said he bad written his resignation and brought it with him. He took out the letter and I read it. I said to him that I would regret very much his leaving the Cabinet, for I had confidence in him. At that he burst into tears and took hold of my hand. I asked him the nature of the investigation, and bis manner more than the words of nis reply showed me that it was something of an unusual character. I understood be was expecting an investigation that he could not avoid by resigning ; that the facts if exposed would not damage him so much as bis wife. He spoke of his dead wife, too. I told him that he had a great many friends, and tney wouia neip nun oui, ddi be said it was impossible; that be bad shouldered all tbe blame and would be ruined. He insisted that it would save me and tbe rest of the government a great deal of trouble if bis resignation was accepted. I tried again to induce hira to wait awhile, but be said be must go before the committee that morning, and wanted to tell them he was no longer an officer of the government. 80 I wrote bim a letter accepting the resignation, and, after thanking me for that and for what he called my kindness to him in the past, be went away with Chandler. Then Edmunds and Mor* ton came in, and thev told me the whole story. I could not believe tnem, and sent a messenger for Bass, who; I understood, was a member of the investigating committee." The President also said that if he had known the whole truth, he would not have accepted the resignation as he did, but would have suspended Belknap until the investiga1 tion was over. Regarding the probability of procuring an indictment against Belknap by the grand jury, a Washington dispatch of last Saturday says: District-Attorney Welles had an interview with the Attorney-General last night, in which he recounted the difficulties in the way of procuring an indictment against Belkoap. Gov. Welles said he had seen all the members of the committee and cannot obtain from tbem any testimony. Marsh, having fled, cannot be reached, and as the case now stands he cannot get an indictment. A clearer insight to the present status of the case may be gained from the following i correspondence of the New York Bulletin, under date of the 7th instaut: The Belknap matter has assumed a strange phase as a matter of fact. The committee has gone forward upon an irregular proceeding, and has not the slightest evidence of any legal character against him. The Committee on Expenditures in the War Department 1 took the testimony of Marsh without power to administer an oath, and while all the tes- 1 timony there is undoubtedly true, there is no 1 - /? x! _ _ testimony competent in a court 01 justice, or before the Senate, as the high court of impeachment. Still there are enough things 1 yet at issue and disoovered to convict Mrs. 1 Belknap of all sorts of peculations and dis- 1 honest transactions, and it is thought that 1 General Belknap will fix the guilt wherever* | guilt is charged against his wife, and assume the responsibility to himself. The Judiciary Committee merely wants the opportunity to | take competent testimony, and authority to ] administer oaths and send for persons and papers. It cannot be doubted that they will I get all the evidence they want,and it is highly probable that Gen. Belknap will be convicted. ' The witness, Marsh, is looked upon here as a J consummate scoundrel, and it is shown that he did not tell the whole truth. It is believ- ' ed that he joined with Mrs. Belknap in de- ! ceiving ber husband, and that he was the < man who oaused the deception from beginning to the end. There is sympathy here lor Bel- 1 knap, and the case is quite distressing from any point in view. ? ? ? i Sample of prices at Fort Sill: Six i boxes matches, 50 cents; pistol, $28; suspen- J! ders, $1.75; four yards or cambric, 80 cents 1 a yard; broom, 75 cents ; six plates, $2.25 ; . five gallons coal oil, $10 ; two bushels of po- ! tatoes, $10; water cooler, $14; two bottles of t ale, $1.50; bottle soothing syrup, $1.25. / / Correspondence bf the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. CHESTER, March 13,1376. ? While a brief account was given in my last letter of the meeting of the Democratic Convention of Chester county, held at this place on the 1st Monday of this month, it may not be amiss to give a more extended account in this correspondence. In the first place, as this Convention will be the governing power of the party in the. county, aud as such. vill hold frequent meetings during the campaign, it will be?well to give the names of delegates from the different precincts. Chester was represented by Messrs. J. J. Hemphill* W A. Sanders, W. S. Gregg, J. -A. Withers, W. H. Harden and G. W. Simpson. Tortit's Store by Messrs. Hemphill McDaniel, William Simpson and W. J. Henry.- Camel Hill by Messrs. J. W. Davis, J. B. Atkinson, and J. W. Carter. Lewis' Torn Out by Messrs. Julius Mills, G. C.Gill and Dr. G. W. Jordan. Landsford by Messrs. Joseph Nunnery, W. E. Fudge and C. W. McFadden. McAliley's Mill by Messrs. J. S. McLure, J. G. McAliley and J. C. McAfee. Rich Hill by Messrs. 0. Barber, John Knox apd O. A. Wylie ; and Boyd's Store by Messrs. R. T. Mock bee, R. K. DeBardelaben and ?T.L. Carroll. It is needless to say that the delegates are gentlemen of high character and worth, and will discharge the important daties assigned them faithfully and fearlessly. Lowrysville, Hazlewood and Rossville precincts were not represented in the Convention at the meeting on last Monday, bat they Will doubtless have their delegates at the next meeting of the Convention, that takes place on the 1st Monday of next month. The names of the officers chosen to preside oyer the Convention were given in my last correspondence. The following resolution offered by W. A. Sanders, Esq.: "Resolved, That the County Convention hereafter be composed of delegates from each club in the county in the proportion of one delegate for each one hundred and fifty Dem- v ocratic voters polled at the precinct at which the club is formed," did not meet with arfavorable reception from the county delegates. The feeling that the town was endeavoring to obtain an undue share of representation in the Convention took possession of them. The 'principal participators in thediscussion, which was quite spirited for a while, were Messrs. \filla Qonrlova en/1 MnnhKaa Tka Yaffato /). X'JLlilUj kjouuci a ouu iuuvav^i AUO IBbbW OW justed the difficulty agreeably to all; parties by an amendment providing for a representation of three delegates from each precinct. As Chester takes within her loving embrace two precincts, this gave the town the desired number of delegates, namely, six. The Convention, at the next meeting, will elect three delegates to the State Democratic Qoayeniion, that meets in Columbia on May ,4th. -The number of those who will afpire to gP,to the capital at that time,in a representative capacity, will doubtless be considerable On Wednesday morning the ftepuiySh&iff of Lexington county passed through our town on horse-back in pursuit of a man named ?Williams, who had stolen st^toree from IsomO one living near Lexington, and selected this oniiraa Ha tha wrv of aaoAna. Tha thiaf hp rived here on the Saturday previous, and remained a short time. After making arrangements for sending his valise tO'Yorkville by the train, he took the public ibad* leading' to that town, mounted on the horse bh had stolen. Had the villainous act he had committed been known at the time, his captpra could have been effected with ease. However, the Nemesis of justice is upon his tracks, and, the information may reach us any moment that she has laid heravenging hand Upon her victim. My young friend, W. 6. Campbell,-formerly of this place, after the prescribed course of study at the Charleston Medical College, recently graduated with high honors, and is now invested with all the dignity and qiBtinc?iftnuiaeim% to irie tmrm, uocwr or medicine. He will practice his p&ffesio'n at Ranalesburg, Mecklenburg county, N. C., and will, doubtless, by his devotion to duty, establish himself so firmly, in theihearts of t.hfl Twmlfl amrmcr whom he will labor, that ? """rr? " ~"? f? " ?rTr,Frr"" bis success in life may be regarded as & mat* ter of certainty. The best wishes'of his Chester friends attend bitn in his'netfhbme. A negro, charged with being one of the party who recently effected an entrance? into Major Sanders' store, and. stole therefrom a considerable amount of money and goodfnhas been arrested and lodged in jail. Wj^le, like all thieves, he avows bis innocence, of aDy complicity in the crime, it is well kndwn that he left CSrmel Hill, where the stdfO is located, the morning of the commission-'of the burglary, and for some mysterious pur* pose made tracks for Rock Hill?.wbete.baWae arrested. The probabilities are (bat be will weary of prison life before a great while, fusd with a view to regaining hlsTibertyVwfll'disclose the names of his accomplices, The important revelations will very soon Ifo followed by the arrest, trial, conviction, sentence and lodgment of the guilty parties in the Penitentiary, < x' t C. 8. Brice, Esq., who had been summoned , to Columbia by Judge T. J, Mackey in orjjler to defend him in the event of impeachment^ returned on Saturday. He says that tfte'impeacbment scheme is doomed to dbfoat' "He is of the opinion that any resolutions that may be offered in the Legislature waommsading the appointment of a committee ;to investigate the official conduct of Judge. Mackey, will be defeated. B. G. Yocom, who has been active in poshing the proceedings'" against Mackey, has been aided by the legal assistance of Major S. P. Hamilton. Yoconi and *4-.-i ?. J -?fi.? luau&ejr rciurueu uu jrcstciuaj nuiu iuv w?? of war, the latter coming forth from the: conteat with flying colore. Before the train reached Chester Yocotn was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Walker on a warrant issued'by Trial* Justice Sanders, charging hiih wfth larceny and conspiracy to defraud the oottoty. He was released upon giving bond in tbeaom of $5,000 to appear for trial at the next term of the Court of General Sessions. George W. Melton, Esq., became his bondsman.. The charge, upon which the warrant wias issued, ,? was cased upon developments elicited last week in the preliminary examination-bf Jas. Kinard in the matter of the abstraction of school certificates from the office of tbd County Treasurer in May last. Startling disclosures may be anticipated at the approaching term of the Court. It is a delightful reflection that a day of reckoning is coming for the political vampires, here and elsewhere, who have been preying with an unsatisfying and remorseless appetite upon the substaboe of the people. . > The Israelites of Chester gage, a masquer ade ball and supper at the residence of Mro. C. Simmons on last Thursday evening, which was a great success. The ball was in celebration of the deliverance of the Jews from ihe hands of Hainan, whose machinations designed their total destruction. Upon ihe interesting and happy occasion Mr. J.H. Kaufman represented Don Carlos; Mr. B..Simmons, Daughter of the Regiment; Mr. Simon Wachtel, a countrymapselling poultiyjQtr. Lewis Samuels, a prince ; Mr. Ssiieig Heyman, a prince; Mr. J. L. Simmons, an Italian, with harp j Mr. 8. Samuels, HeoiyWard Beecher; Mr. Henry Samnels, an organ grinder; Mr. J. Ehirlech, Black Domino; Mr. J. Strus, Black Domino; Mr. P. N. Cohen, Red Domino; Mr. J. M. Myers, State of South Carolina; Mr. B. David, a farmer, and Masters Hey man, pages. The ladifcs "were beautifully dressed and performed their jpiaris gracefully.' Mrs. I. L. Goohouse represented s peddler; Mrs. Isaao Heyman, an old none; Mrs. S. Samuels, a peddler; Miss Sallie.Heyman, night; Miss Alice Simmons, a beggar; Miss Esther Simmons, a sunflower; Miss Jennie Simmons, a rustic; Miss Eva Jacobs, an Hungarian lady; Miss Hana Heyman, a laundress; Miss Rosa Samuels, an orfAan j Miss Sarah Samnels, a flower girl; Miss Esther Gunjhpase, an Italian violinist t Mis& RoseH^maD, Red Riding Hood; Miss Ada Hainan, a school boy; Miss Kate Carry, an Klipse, and Miss Eva Heyman, a page. }