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? At the last session of the Southern Gen- f?
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian church, S(
held at Atlanta, a hymnal with new songs v
and tunes was adopted, and recommended v
for use in the Presbyterian churches in the c]
South, a
? A new postal regulation requires each v
renter of a postofflce box to deposit 50 cents a
with the postmaster as security for the safe- }
keeping of the key or keys to his box. The a
amount heretofore was optional with the a
postmasters. o
? Of the one hundred and forty members *
retired from the last Congress, one hundred C
are applicants for a Federal appointment. (
One or the members in eloquently pleading
for a place, said, "I must have a place ; 1 cannot
earn my living without one."
? The business failures of the seven days
ending last Friday, reported to It. G. Dun
& Co.'s Mercantile Agency number 182
against 195 last week, distributed as follows
: Western States 59, New England 14,
Southern 32, Middle 22, Pacific States and
Territories 15f New York City 9, Canada 32.
? Conductor E. L. Hosley, of the New
? xi x
naven ana iNoixnaiiipion xuuiruuu >vns found
guilty of manslaughter in the Superior
Court at Greenfield, Mass., liist Friday for
disobeying orders and causing a collision on
the State road last September in which 1
three persons w ere killed and others wound- ed.
Exception was taken and sentence was
deferred.
? A young fellow in Texas married his
landlady's daughter. At the end of a week s
the old lady presented her bill for twice the ii
amount of his previous board. He thought ji
he was going to get board free and refused ?,
to settle. On his return from the theatre ^
with his bride he found the door locked and
their joint wardrobe piled on the sidewalk. *
Business. v
? John Brown, so long known as the per- f<
sonal attendant of Queen Victoria, is dead, d
By the way, we have neglected sooner to p
mention that her majesty slipped down the s
. stairs the other day and sprained her knee? '
a circumstance which set two continents
agog. She was not seriously hurt, and is cl
now nearly well, but more than ever real- (
izes that un-kneezy lies the head that wears i
a crown. t
? In Kentucky and Indiana the growing (]
winter wheat has been considerably dam- +
aged. Predictions of a full crop are receiv- 1
ed from most of the "Western States. The
Kansas Millers' Association predicts that ^
with good weather the yield will be from \
thirty to forty million bushels in that State. [
The Hessian fly and cold weather have in- j
jured the wheat crop of Illinois about 25 per
cent. ,
?Rhode Island has about fifty thousand r
voters, but nearly two fifths of them are
disqualified from voting at the State elec- c
tion this week on account of a failure to pay a
their registration tax. The number now on t
the poll lists is 31,070, and of these 12,000 are t
supposed to be Democrats. If the Demo- ^
cratic vote were cast solid for Sprague he
would still need about 3,600 votes to elect
him. The election took place yesterday.
? The progress of railroads in Mexico is alarming
the people ofthat behind-the-times
country. One of the Mexican journals coin- f
plains that railroads take away workmen i
from field labor, and that the locomotives \
burn too much wood. In the early days of s
railroads in the West the farmers of some j
sections objected to them because the whis- t
tie of the locomotive frightened the cattle kand
prevented them from grazing comfort- e
ablyT t
? Col. James Corly, of Norfolk, Va., a t
prominent insurance agent, committed sui- "
eide on Wednesday of last week by cutting i
his throat. He was a graduate of West g
Point, held a commission in the United .
States army before the war and was General J.1
Lee's quartermaster general in the army of f
Northern Virginia. He was a prominent ^
citizen of Norfolk and president of a local
civil sen-ice reform association. No cause v
ascertained. g
? In the criminal court of Washington last e
week the grand jury found indictments I
against Thomas J. Brady for corrupt official o
action in connection with two of Price's d
mail routes and one against ex-Senator r
Wm. Pitt Kellogg for unlawwfully receiv- c
ing money from Price in consideration of o
corruptly influencing the action of Brady in I
regard to his mail routes, and two against C
Thomas J. Brady and Wm. Pitt Kellogg for \
conspiracy in connection with the same s
routes. c
? The friends of Messrs Boynton and Ba- v
t
run, UilllUlUillO 1UI UUVCUIUI ill uuvu^ia, aig
beginning to make things lively in their t
zeal for their respective favorites. Mr. 1
Boynton is acting Governor by virtue of his I
office as Speaker of the State Senate, and at c
first it was thought he stood a fair chance of *
receiving the nomination; but they are pul- I
ling out some old epistles now written by t
him in 18G8, congratulating Bullock on his t
election as governor, and they are damnging
his prospects very much. I
? In the murdercase of Charles F. Kring, ^
plaintiff in error against the State of Mis- *
souri, the United States Supreme Court last A
Monday, by a majority of one, reversed the 1
judgment of the Supreme Court of Missouri *
and remanded the case for further proceed- |
ings. Kring has been tried seven times for 1
the same murder, and is by this decision e
finally released from the sentence of death r
which has been three times imposed. ^
Kring's alleged offence is shooting a woman, a
four or five years ago, to whom he was en- c
gaged.
? A romantic story of crime comes from
Brookneal, Campbell county, Ya. Mrs.
Jonathan Monroe and her son Warren were f
poisoned at that place several nights ago. r
The poison was administered in coffee and c
both mother and son died from the effects .
a short time after drinking the coffee. Sus- ?
picion attaches to a niece of the poisoned "
woman, who was visiting at the house at J
the time of the occurrence. It is rumored kthat
the girl meant only to poison the moth- ?
er in the absence of the son in order to remove
an obstacle to marriage with the lat- J;
ter. Warren returned unexpectedly and c
was also poisoned. ^
?The duty?if duty it is?of detailing a ^
guard from the military service to patrol ^
Garfield's tomb every night, is becoming v
serious to those who are required to per- f
form the duty. One young soldier who was J c
always a light-hearted, healthy young man g
until he went on duty in the cemetery has j
become insane and has been taken to the \ j
asylum, and the whole detail have such a j j,
dread of it that several of them actually
commit offences in order to get punish- \ ^
ed and thus escape it. One old soldier said ! ^
that he could stand it, although he dread- t
ed it, but that it was a very severe strain on [ s
the younger men. There has never been a I r
guard place 1 at any other President's grave ! 0
and kept there. Is this to be a perpetual! ?
arrangement, and if not, when does it stop? j j
? The Irish situation does not seem to be i 0
improving. If we may believe European ! 0
reports, the whole fabric of the British Gov- j t
ernment is on the brink of a dynamite vol-! 0
cano liable to explosion any day. The Lon- i p
don police are in receipt of a letter pur- i y
porting to emanate from Fenian sources. [
threatening that unless the men charged : u
with the Phcenix Park murders and now 11,
confined in Kilmainham jail, Dublin, await- ! a
ing trial, are at once released, the central ! h
telegraph office in London will be blown up. ! n
The Liverpool police are in possession of h
information which indicates that the arrests v
there and at St. Helen's on Thursday of g
men bringing infernal machines from Ire- j
land were timely and prevented outrages ! c
which had been planned and were to have ! D
been executed Thursday evening. Destruc- j v
tion of public buildings involving possibly p
great loss of life was part of the plot. Three a
Conservatives have been elected poor law a
guardians in place of three Parnellites in
the Rotunda ward of Dublin. This indi- d
cates an important revulsion of feeling, and j t
has considerable political significance. i c
?The sinking of the surface over a coal i n
mine near Braidwood, Illinois, last month, \ c
by which a large volume of water was emp-! I
tied into the shaft, drowning about three a
hundred miners, is fresh in the minds of j n
our readers. Several bodies of the unfortu-' li
nate men have been recovered; but despair- j
ingof overcoming the obstructions which j I
now make it difficult to search for the re- j s
maining bodies, the owners are consider-j41
ing a proposition to close and abandon the i e
mine and erect over the entrance a monu- [ s
ment to the memory of those entombed. I e
This suggestion is opposed by the friends j 5
pf theMlead men. No additional progress a
'as made up to a late hour Thursday night
1 clearing away the debris. A meeting of
arious mining superintendents was held
nd a committee appointed to visit the
imilies of those yet in the mine and s?e if
une definite arrangements can be made
nth them. If they will agree to it the
;ork will at once be stopped and the mine
losed. The search progresses, but without
ny bodies being discovered. A passage
ray has been cleared about 150 yards
nd the exploring party are still at work,
ibout 200 tons of stone have been removed
nd it is estimated that there still remain
bout 650 car loads of matter weighing 12,00,000
pounds.
Ihc fJorMlc (inquirer.
l'ORKVILLE, S. C. :
HURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1883.
THE CASE OF CASH.
In the Court of Sessions of Itichland coun>
T-Inrlijnn morln on
)') uii xmusua^ t u nvigv 11 uuwu iiuuiv .?.??
aquiry of the Solicitor regarding the Cash
irisdiction matter. Solicitor Bonham read
o much of the Revised Statutes as applies
o the ease, after which Judge Hudson said
hat the only question was whether, the
mt being served upon the clerk of court, it
*11 upon the presiding judge to issue an orer
to stay proceedings in the case. He suposed
that, as a matter of form, such an order
hould be passed. He did not think it inumbent
upon the solicitor to propose an or[er,
and it was not incumbent upon the
tourt, without the motion of some one to
ssue one. No question of jurisdiction could
>e decided in this Court, because any such
lecision would be disregarded by the Unied
States authorities. That question had
teen already settled in this State when
State prisoners were taken from the Greenville
jail by the United States authorities.
The Court referred in this to the release of
vay, the murderer of Ladd.] He recomnended
that the solicitor suggest to the
Jnited States district attorney to haVe a
ormal order prepared for the consideration
if the Court. From this action, it would
ippear that the case will be transferred to
he United States Court whenever an order
o that effect may be presented by the Dis
ricwvuorney.
WHO is' CROWLEY 1
A dispatch from Washington relative to
he recent appointment conferred upon
x-Congressman Crowley, of New York, is
inportant as an illustration of how the Stalwart
President takes aire of the men who
tood by the "machine" in the Empire State,
dr. Crowley was a leading candidate for
ienator at the time "EVJe Too" Piatt was
lected, and had the support of Senator
"onkling and the "boys*" but failed through
he obstinacy of the "Half-Breed" and
'Leathhead" wings of the party. When
,ord Rosco resigned, Dick Crowley stood
aithful to his master, and now the Administration
seems determined to repay him
3r his fealty to the "Ex-Boss" of New
Iork. The dispatch says:
One of the most successful of the Stalwart
managers of New York, successful in
etting fat fees and revenue from the presnt
Administration, is ex-Congressman
)ick Crowley. He enjoys the reputation
f having much influence with the Presiient
and Cabinet. Such a reputation natually
makes him be in large demand from
laimants, contractors ana others desirous
f securing favors from the government.
Employment of this sort is profitable, and
'rowley and the notorious Tom Murphy,
who has a similar reputation, are undertood
to be prospering. Crowley is practially
a part of the Administration. He
was recently appointed by "Brewster, At
orney General," to serve as a special Atorney
General to conduct the South Caroina
election prosecutions. It has come to
>ass that, next to the presidency, the office
if Special Attorney General is frequently
he most lucrative office in the government.
A>r his services the President receives less
han ?137 a day, while Special Assistant Atorney
Geo. Bliss has been receiving $150
l day. The great Brewster himself gets a
>er diem of only $22. It is more than probible
that Crowley is now receiving not less
han $100 a day for actual and nominal serTice
in the South Carolina cases. This is
nore than probable because last year he
vas paid $7,500 besides his expenses, for
ess than fifty days services as counsel in
wo federal cases in New York. He was
niployed and paid at a time when he was
eceiving his salary at the rate of $5,000 a
ear as a member of Congress. This was
.direct palpable violation of section 1,705
if the Revised Statutes.
A. R. PRESBYTERY.
The First Presbytery of the Associate Reormed
Presbyterian Synod of the South
net, according to adjournment, in the
hurch of that denomination in this city
-esterday, at 10 o'clock a. m. The opening
ermon was preached by the retiring modeator,
Rev. lt.G. Miller, of Fairfield county,
S. C., who selected as the basis of his disburse,
I. Cor., 30 Chap., 9 verse: "For we
re laborers together with God." The sernon
was an excellent one and was well reeived.
After the roll had been called, it
vas found that twenty-one ministers and
he same number of elders were present.
)nly one minister in the entire Presbytery
cas absent, and that one by reason of se ere
illness. The election of a moderator
or the present meeting resulted in the
hoice of Rev. Robt. Latnan, of Yorkville,
>. C., who at once took upon himself the
luties of chairman. Rev. John E. Pressley,
). 1)., the stated clerk of the body, was at
lis post with his characteristic promptness.
After the Presbytery had been constitued
with prayer, the members came down to
usiness. In the reading of the minutes of
he previous meetings, it appeared that
ince the last regular session, two special
ueetings of the Presbytery had been held:
ne at Steel Creek Church in this county,
or ordination and installation of Rev. Chas.
2. McDonald, as pastor of that church ; the
ther at Chester, S. C., for the installation
f Rev. INI a son W. Pressley as pastor of
he church in that place. First in the order
f business, came the congregational" reorts
and sessional records, both of which
/ere referred to appropriate committees.
Mr. \V. M. Plexico, a theological student
nder the care of Presbytery, was admitted
o trial for licensure. On motion, it was
greed that Presbytery proceed at once to
iear a lecture from Mr. Plexico, as a specinen
of progress, and that his sermon be
eard at 7.M0 n. m. in the evening- session.
>'ith a view to his licensure to preach the
ospel.
Rev. E. E. Pressley, of Lancaster, S.
presented a petition for leave to deflit
a part of his pastoral charge, which
ras referred to a special committee consisttig
of Revs. John Hunter, E. E. Boyce
ml Elder Wm. McGill. This committee
fterwards reported in favor of demission.
Before taking the evening recess, it was
lecided by vote that the next meeting of
he Presbytery be held at Elk Shoals
hureh, Alexander county, N. C. about 14
uiles west of Statesville. It was also deided
that the hours of the present meeting
>e regulated as follows: Meet at 9.30 a. m.,
nd sit till 2 p. m.; reassemble at 7.30 p.
n. and hold a night session of reasonable
ength.
At the night session held last evening, the
)resbytersr heard a trial sermon from their
tudent Mr. W. M Plexico on the text:
Tor I say unto you, that except your rightousness
exceed the righteousness of the
eribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case
liter into the kingdom of heaven"?Matt.
:20. The discourse was an excellent one
nd was delivered with great power, Af
ter this exercise, the Presbytery took under
consideration the matter of congregational
assessments but adjourned at 10 o'clock
last night without taking any definite action?
Charlotte Journal-Observer, Tuesday.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Fifteen men went to the jail in Barnwell
last Monday night for the purpose of taking
out Dick Smalls, a negro burglar, and lynching
him. They were thwarted in their designs
by the watchfulness of the jailor.
? The Fish Commission department received
last Friday 1,200 young German carp
from Washington. The fish are of various
sizes, from two to six inches long, and are
in fair condition.
? The municipal election at Gaffney City
on the 26th ultimo resulted in the choice of
a dry ticket as follows: M. Simon, intendent;
wardens, W. F. McArthur, A. M.
Gilmer, L. Baker, L. G. Bvers.
?The United StatesCircuitCourt convened
fn? AtM.il tofin in Clinrlpatnn nn Afnn
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day last. As has been previously intimated.
the civil business will be taken up first, ana
criminal cases will not be tried before the
17th instant.
? The Columbia Register of Saturday says
that the Railroad Commissioners are still
hard at work on the freight tariffs, and are
making as rapid progress as the necessity
for careful and judicious work on this important
matter will justify.
? The freights on goods from Atlanta to
Walhalla via the Blue Ridge Road have
been revised. The new rat?s went into operation
on the 21st of March. The reduction
amounts to more than twenty per cent,
on former rates.
? Greenville News: The Rev. Silas Knight
died on Tuesday at 6 A. M. of inflammation
of the bowels, consequent on a severe attack
of cholera morbus. He \va3 a citizen of
Centreville, Laurens county, and the oldest
Baptist preacher of Reedy River Association,
being in his 79th year.
? Robert McFadden, a colored man of
Clarendon, was arrested and taken from his
home while sick, by U.S. Marshals, charged
with political ofFences. After he had been
taken 75 miles to Florence it was discoverered
that he was not the man wanted, and
he was turned loose, penniless and hungry. I
He has died, it is alleged, from the effects
of the treatment he received.
? Columbia Register: An examination of
the record shows that the amount of fertilizers
upon which the tax was paid in up to
30th March, 1882, was 88,449 tons, and that
for the corresponding period ending 30th
March, 1883, the tax has been paid on 92,143
tons, being an increase of 3,(594 tons for the
present season. It ;s estimated that by the
close of the season the increase will be not
far from 7,000 ions.
? Mr. H. Blanchard, a Boston capitalist
interested in railroad movements, was
in Georgetown last week?the object of his
visit being to make inquiries as to the practicability
of building the Georgetown and
North Carolina Railroad, for which a charter
was obtained in 1877. After consultation
with leading citizens, Mr. Blanchard
expressed the opinion that he could build
the road.
? The Columbia correspondent of the News
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ana Lourier gives me luiiuwmg Humiliation
regarding the pay received by Willard
and Snyder for their sendees as assistants
of the U. S. District Attorney, in the political
prosecutions: It may interest the public
to know what the Government pays
Messrs. Willard and Snyder for their services
in the political prosecutions in this
State. I learn that Willard receives $300
per month and pays his own expenens, and
that Snyder is paid $200 a month and his
expenses. If Snyder's expenses continue
as nigh as they were in December, $130, ho
will be really the better paid of the two.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? A Chinese tramp has been doing the
town of Shelby.
?The Caldwell property on the south-east
corner of the public square in Greensboro
has been bought by the U. S. Government
for $13,000, as a site for a public building.
? The cotton gin and grist and saw mill of
Mr. W. B. Parks, in the Hopewell neighborhood
of Mecklenburg county were destroyed
by an alleged incendiary fire on
Wednesday night of last week. Loss, $4,000.
? The name of the Watauga and Caldwell
Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, designed
to connect at Hickory with the Chester
and Lenoir N. G. Railroad, has been changed
to the North Carolina and Tennessee
Railroad Company.
? The Charlotte Journal says that H. J.
Hayward, an assistant to the United States
District Attorney, was in Charlotte last
week, quietly but energetically investigating
alleged election frauds in Mecklenburg
county.
? The stockholders of the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley Railroad met in Fayeteville |
on yesterday for the purpose of ratifying the j
sale of the road. The company purchasing I
it promise to have the track laid to Greensboro
by next fall.
?T. C. Lingle, a former merchant of Monroe,
who was taken to the Asylum at Raleigh
about a month ago-, for treatment of
softening of the brain, died in the asylum
on Monday of last week. He was a member
of the Knights of Honor, and also of
the Mutual Aid Association.
? Says the Charlotte Journal: It is not
generally known that '.he first Protestant
church ever organized ia Tampico, Mexico,
has been firmly established under the pastorate
of Rev. Neill "fi. Pressly, a young
minister who went from Cabarrus to the
land of the Montezumas, as a missionary
of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church of the South.
? A poor man and his family recently
moved into a house near Matthews' Station,
in Union county, formerly occupied by Jack
Harkey, a miserly man, who died there a
few weeks ago, and in moving an old cupboard,
the new occupants found a tin box
concealed behind it containing$1200 in gold.
The finder promptly reported the fact to
Ilarkey's executor, to whom lie delivered
the treasure.
? Judge Mcltae has rendered his decision
in the case of G. W. Chalk vs. the Richmond
and Danville Railroad Company, setting
aside the verdict, which was in Mr.
Chalk's favor. This suit was brought to
recover the value of a quantity of flour belonging
to the plaintiff, and which was destroyed,
while yet in the possession of the
railroad company, by the burning of the
depot in Charlotte. Mr. Chalk has gained
his case twice?in the first instance the railroad
appealing to the Supreme Court, which
sent the case hack for a new trial. At the
second trial Mr. Chalk once more gained
the suit; but now he has to fight the battle
over again.
? Lyman Potter, of New York, who started
out about six months ago to tramp from
that city to New Orleans within a given
time, rolling a wheelbarrow in front of.
him, was killed near Salisbury last Friday
night, by being run over by a train of the
N. C. Railroad. He started out on a wager,
well supplied with money, but his backers,
finding that he could not accomplish the
feat, hedged their bets and left him to his
fate. He reached Greensboro during last
Christmas week, and eight days after his
arrival there had made but 28 miles. It
seems that after being abandoned by his
backers, he wandered aimlessly about, his
only companion being a pet wolf, with
which he started out 011 his travels.
? The case of the Stanly county^ moon
shiner, Fraley, who murdered air. \v aiKer
about six wee\s ago, was called before Judge
Shipp at A'bemarle last week, and on motion
of the defendant's counsel, it was moved
to Cabarrus Superior Court for trial. Fraley's
counsel, Capt. Charles Price, claimed
that the community was too much prejudiced
against the prisoner to give him a
fair trial, and the case was accordingly
moved to Cabarrus county and will be heard
at the fall term of the Superior Court in
Concord. Walker was a revenue officer and
was shot by Fraley while the former was
discharging his official duty. The people
of Albermale are justly indignant at the
cowardly manner in which the officer was
murdered.
Ax Inventive Genius.?In our opinion
the Democratic party of South Carolina
owes a debt of gratitude to the "man who
waved a board with nails in it" on election
day. We trust that our people will see that
no harm comes to this inventive genius.
If he is encouraged he can in the future
j bring us safely over all our troubles.?AbbeI
ville Preen ana Banner.
LOCAL AT7AXB.S. '
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. *
H. A. D. Neelv, County Treasurer?Tax Notice- 9
1882. " J
John Forrest, M. D., Recording Secretary?S? 1
Carolina Medical Association. f
T. S. Jefferys, Agent?Fertilizers. t
J. A. Darwin, Constable?Execution Sale.
A. B. Crosby?Jones' Improved Cotton Seed. q
W. G. White, M. D.?Medical Notice.
Withers Adickes?Price Reduced.
W. C. Latimer?Millinery, Millinery. r
J. M. Adams?Jo!) Work?Hardware?Razors.
Colcock ?fe Miller?New Goods. f
Hunter A Oates?Boom! Boom!! e
H. F. Adickes?Millinery, Millinery.
Kennedy Bros. A Barron?To our Lady Friends, i
Dr. John May?The Corner Drug Store.
T. M. Dobson?Chat Continued. .
J. C. Kuvkeiulal?York Drug Store Paragraphs. 1
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U. s. JURORS. I
Of thp netit iurors drawn to serve at the l
April term of the U. S. District Court in 1
Charleston, two are citizens of York coun- ?
ty, viz.: Col. J. M. Ivy and W. L. Robert- l
son. ^
SENT TO THE ASYLUM. I
Catharine Archer and Thomas Crosby, ?
both colored, were conveyed to the lunatic J
asylum last Monday, in charge of Air. Alonzo
Rose, they having been adjudged by
competent authority to be non compos.
SALEs'-DAY. 1
There were no public sales of any kind f
last Monday?sales-day for April. A large (
crowd was in attendance, being brought to- (
gether by the double attraction of sales-day s
and court week, but quiet and good order *
prevailed.
COUNTY TREASURER'S NOTICE.
As will be seen by reference to our ad- .
vertising columns, the county treasurer
publishes the rate of taxation in York coun- *
ty for the current year, and also announces r
his appointments for collecting the May in- j
stall men tof taxes. (
PERSONAL MENTION. \
Judge Witherspoon. who is presiding at <
the Spring term of Spartanburg Court, made ]
a flying visit to his home in this place last <
Saturday, returning to Spartanburg on Mon- j
day. Two weeks, lacking one day, were <
devoted to the Sessions docket, which was j
unusually heavy. The civil business in the <
Court will probably occupy this week and ;
the next. 1
THE PALMETTO REGIMENT.
The following gentlemen have been commissioned
on the staff of Colonel Marshall
with the rank of Captain of infantry to date (
from February 28th, 1883:
Captain 0. C. Jordan, Aiken, Judge Ad- j
vocate.
J. P. Meehan, Columbia, Quartermaftter. ,
Dr. E. \V. Aiken, Winnsboro, Surgeon. ]
Captain J. G. Ward law, York, Paymaster.
Appointed?Charles C. Tew, Columbia, i
Sergeant Major.
Fred A Shefly, Orangeburg, Quartermas- i
ter Sergeant. ,
OFF FOR THE PEN. <
On Tuesday morning last Sheriff Glenn :
forwarded to the penitentiary, in custody <
of Deputy Thomas H. Glenn, the following <
prisoners: i
Lewis Pettis, convicted of manslaughter,
and sentenced for ten years. 1
Bradley Castles, convicted of assault and
battery with intent to kill; sentenced for i
three years. <
George Guntharp and Calvin Burton, con- victed
of burglary; sentenced for three
years each. i
Amzi Leech, pleading guilty of larceny 1
of live stock ; sentenced for one year.
James Moore, convicted of grand larce- !
ny?stealingamule; sentenced for one year. <
THUNDER STORM. ''
A severe storm passed over McConnellsville,
last Friday afternoon, about o o'clock. 1
The residence of Mr. John 1). McConnell ,
was struck by lightning, which was attract- '
etl by a tree in the yard. From the tree ;
the current passed into the cooking room
attached to the hopse, shivering the timbers
in its course, and prostrating Mrs. McConnell,
who was the only person in the i
room at the time. The shock rendered her i
..?nn..n/,:/Mfdonmn fimo finrl r.nr inform- 1
uuuuuauiv/uo iui ouinv vii??v) M?*v ...
ant tells us she had not fully recovered from 1
its effects up to Monday. A kettle of boil- <
ing water was thrown for some distance off !
the stove, but no damage was done to any <
of the furniture in the room. The rain ac- j
coinpanying the storm was the heaviest in ]
that section for a long time. 1
EASTER ELECTIONS. :
Church of the Good Shepherd, Yorkville:
Wardens?W. B. Wilson, Sen., A. Coward.
Vestrymen?Jno. C. Kuykendal, Thos. '
W. Clawson, Geo. W. S. Hart, H. F. \
Adickes, J. Ernest Lowry, A. Springs
! Withers, R. B. Lowry.
Delegates to Diocesan Convention?A.
Coward, J. It. Gardner, H. F. Adickes, .
Geo. W. S. Hart.
Church of Our Saviour, Rock Hill: Wardens?Cadwallader
Jones, John R. London.
Vestrymen?J. M. Ivy, Allen Jones, S. 1
G. Keesler, Wm. Dillingham, Iredell Jones. 1
Delegates to Diocesan Convention?John (
R. London, J. M. Ivy, Allen Jones, H. K. 1
Jenkins.
The convention meets in Charleston on (
the 9th of May next.
]
CHURCH NOTICES.
Baptist?Rev. Richard II. Griffith, Corres- \
ponding Secretary of the South Carolina '
State Mission Board, will preach and ad- <
minister the Lord's Supper at Union Church ,
at 10.30 A. M., next Sunday, and preach in ,
the Baptist church at Yorkville at 4.30 P. ]
M., on the same day.
Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss. Services j
j in the Church of the Good Shepherd, York- j
| ville, next Sunday, at 11 A. M., and 8 P. M. ,
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pas- j
I tor. Services at the usual hours, morning ^
and evening. ,
[ Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. (
R. Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his j
regular appointment at Tirzah next Sunday. f
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, 1
Pastor. Services in the church at Yorkville, ?
morning and evening, next Sunday. {
CIRCUIT COURT. 1
March term of the Circuit Court for York 1
county, his Honor Judge Kershaw presid- 1
in<r nrlinnrned last Monday, the hist three s
clays of the term having been devoted to i!
civil business. The Sessions docket was
lighter in point of the number of cases, than 1
it has been for several terms. Besides the i
five cases reported in our proceedings of '
last week, the following were tried : ^
State vs. Elias Falls; obstructing public *
highway. Prosecutor?J. E. Love. Mr. c
Solicitor Gaston for the State; Mr. Hart for t
the defence. Verdict, not guilty. a
State vs. John Rivers, colored; assault f
and battery with intent to kill. Prosecu- 51
tor?John Thompson. Nol. proa. c
State vs. Warren Crockett, colored; rape.
Prosecutor?Sally Ryfield, white. Mr.
licitor Gaston for the State; Messrs. Hart& a
Hart for the defence. Verdict, not guilty, i
State vs. Lewis Pettis, colored; murder, t
This was for the homicide of Sandy Work- e*
man which was committed in this county
last November. Mr. Solicitor Gaston ap- e
peared for the State, and Messrs. W. B. Mc- s
Caw and H. K. Jenkins for the defence. F
Verdict, guilty of manslaughter .._?entem?5cf i
by the Court to imprisonment at hard la- t
bor in the penitentiary for the terra of ten t
years. c
Besides the above cases, three or four | fi
others were continued. The grand jurors : f'
were discharged on Wednesday of last week,
after making the following presentment: o
To His Hotter J. B. Kershaw, Preml- <1
nq Judge: We have examined, as direct- ei
d by your Honor, the public offices, jail, ft
>oor house and farm. So far as the public ffc
>fflees are <joncerned, we find them neatly
:ept, and the duties being faithfully perormed
by their respective incumbents. We 11
Ind the poor house farm well kept, and p
he paupers nineteen in number?ten white n
ind nine colored?well cared for by the g(
uperintendent. We find sufficient corn a]
.nd fodder for the stock, consisting of four
nules, two cows and three hogs.
The public roads in York county are re- V"
>orted in good order; but we would re- pi
ommend the Legislature to enact some h
aw by caput taxation for keeping the pub- s|
ic roads well worked. '
We have been informed that there is some .
axity among physicians in the matter of 81
giving prescriptions for the purchase of a
ntoxicating liquors. We earnestly reeom- n
nend that they strictly comply with the a
aw, feeling assured that in so doing, great n
goodwill result.
Having acted upon all matters laid before
itj u'P hp?r leave to extend our thanks to *
-'our Honor for your kind and lucid inter- tl
iretation of the law, which has so?reatly--o
tided us in performing our dutiegTas grand p
urors. Respectfully sulnTTitted. u
J. D. Hamilton, Foreman. ^
THE UNPRECEDENTED SNOW." t'l
We briefly alluded, in our news columns, ti
ast week, to the unprecedented snow storm a
it points north of this place on Easter Sun- c
lay. Remarkable as the statement appeared,
it was not exaggeration. At Charlotte, d
mow, sleet and hail fell all day, and the t
ihermometer stood below freezing point s
or thirty-six hours. At Salem snow fell to b
;hedepth of8 inches; at Hillsboro, 10 inches; 1<
it Middleburg, 22 inches; at Durham, 18
nches. At Kittrell's the roofs of sever- li
il houses were crushed by the great weight s
)f snow, while trees were bent and broken, t
The snow was very deep on the line of the a
Richmond and Danville Railroad beetween h
Greensboro and Danville. At Greensboro v
:he snow commenced falling at noon on s
Sunday, and continued for twenty-eight
fiours without interruption, attaining a o
lepth of thirty inches on house tops, and on a
the ground, where it was not readily ab- c
sorbed by water, from t wenty-t wo to twenty- t
four inches. The unusual occurrence of so r
severe a snow storm in the South on the I
25th of March, inspired the bard of Greens- i
boro to perpetuate the fact in verse, which c
he contributes to our poetical corner. i
BETHEL ITEMS.
Mr. Walter Quinn and his wife Elizabeth
celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their ^
marriage on Monday of last week. Of the '
invited guests there was one present who
witnessed the marriage of the venerable
couple. Mr. Quinn is 83 years of age and '
hale and hearty, and can do a good day's .
work on his farm. Mrs. Quinn is ong^eaf
the senior of her husband.
A t > 4" ?? ? .1 .\t1 au?%?1 ^
-tv. i;wiiaiux;i2iuic; wiiiu oiui m ^?oowt ww
the Bethel section last Friday. The track N
of the storm was between the residences
of Messrs. G. L. Kiddle and J. >S. McKen- 1
zie. Several buildings were slightly injured,
and the smoke house of Mr. Samuel
Clinton was blown down. The storm was '
also damaging to timber. 1
Several mad dogs have been killed in ?
this section within the past few weeks.
An interesting revival has been progress- c
ing at Bethel Church, and has resulted in *
jight accessions to the church. The pastor, 1
Rev. Mr. Webb, was assisted by Itev. J. 11
Lowrie Wilson. . On last Sunday the communion
of the Lord's Supper was admin- j;
istered, on which occasion the liev. Mr.
Wilson preached an able discourse from f
First Peter, 1 : 12, his text being the last j*
clause of the verse: "Which things the
angels desired to look into."
The congregation of Bethel are building ,
a parsonage in connection with the church. c
An effort to build a Presbyterian church ?
in "the Point" bids fair to succeed??800
having already been subscribed for that
purpose. . *
THE SPRING TRADE. t
Notwithstanding the backwardness of the ^
season, it is generally conceded that the f
spring trade will open out well, andivi#r^
LlltJ V1CW Ul IIlCVllll^ tiaj |7v./g??iiL/ivy uvuiunviu ^
that may be made upon them, the merchants r
of Yorkville have provided ample stocks to t
supply all the wants of the public. As a s
class the merchants of Yorkville are liberal
advertisers, and this fact of itself?no sup- t
posed interested considerations of our own j
taken into account?speaks strongly in their j
favor ; for it is a maxim that buyers have l
long since learned, that merchants who ad- i
vertise their goods and solicit trade, can and f
do sell cheaper than those who make 110 ef- r
fort to place their wares before the public. .]
This is a subject to which we seldom allude t
in these columns, and we do not do so now c
in a spirit of cavaling, but simply to call at- ^
tention to a fact patent to all, and which is j
being verified every day. The larger num- 1
ber by far of our merchants advertise regu- 1
larly and judiciously, and it is gratifying to r
us to know?as we learn from them?that, \
to use a mercantile term, "it pays" them to 1
do so. The merchants of Yorkville are not
Addicted to boasting, and perhaps we have 1
erred on the same side by not more fre- n
juently making reference to the progress f
And improvement?steadily but surely?go- \
ing on in our midst, indicatingJdiafc-Ytjrkv i
ville is by no means ajunsnea village, or (j
that her people are dozing in a Rip Van a
Winkle nap, to wake up t wenty years hence g
md find themselves outstripped by their
neighbors. Whatever may be said of York- I
cille in other respects, we promise thut her g
merchants will always be along with the f
procession, no matter when it passes; and, o
Lf we may judge by the display they are c
making this season, they are in the front fi
rank of any and all competition. Visitors o
"rom other markets, after inspecting the ii
joocis aispiayeu m ine 1 orKviue siurc?, invariably
make the admission that they are 1<
)f superior quality, and on comparison of I
prices with those of other localities, declare tl
;hem cheaper than can be found elsewhere. si
We reiterate this for the benefit of those-at" n
t distance, feeling fully assured that the in- t<
luceuients are sufficient for persons living a o
ong distance from Yorkville to give this b
narket a trial. Since their Spring stocks c
lave commenced to arrive, we have visited
ieveral of our advertisers, and found them rl
dl busy, confident and cheerful. ti
Mr. J. M. Adams, the well-known tin- d
nan, was the first on our rounds. From an cl
mpretentious beginning, a few years agQKA>y
persistent and judicious advertishi^T as li
veil as close attention to his.business, lie has v
luilt up a fine trade, and now carries a stock si
>f goods alike creditable to our town, as n
o his industry and perseverance. Stoves of st
ill kinds, tin ware, hollow ware, and house- cl
urnishing goods are specialties with him, li
ind lie is prepared to meet any competition ai
ither from abroad or at home. h<
Clark Brothers, the old reliable grocers, bi
lave a heavy stock of all that goes to make
, first-class house handling heavy groceries, ir
ron, plantation supplies, bagging and fer- fa
ilizers. They buy in large quantities, at pi
lose figures, and sell correspondingly lowv , pi
At the next door we find Hern don-Broth- g<
rs, young and energetic men, who are well L
upplied with family and fancy groceries, m
ilantation supplies, leather and hardware m
11 this branch of their business ; while from fr
heir bakery they supply the best of bread, H
he sweetest cakes, and the most toothsome p<
onfectionery. They are also agents for the
imous Southern Tropic cooking stoves, and m
iirnish them at manufacturers' prices. fe
T. S. Jefferys, banker, does not restrict his m
perations to buying andselling exchange or
iscounting paper, but deals also in steam st
s
ngines, portable and stationary, improved
inning machinery of various kinds, and
Ttilizers.
Across the way from the hank is Dobson,
e of the "Bon-Ton millinery store," the
ioneer merchant in that line and mantua
laking. Besides a largerstock of millinery
oods than he has ever before displayed, he
Iso has a full line of dry goods, clothing,
rjiions, stationery and hardware. His
ress goods are in an endless variety of
;yles, with trimmings to match, and with
lantua makers in the work room of his
:ore, if required, he can have a lady's dress
lade in the most stylish manner, and at the
lortest notice. Mrs. Dobson, assisted by
11 experienced milliner, presides over the
tillinntttr vifKinU nn'WvlA /wiiot*
nili ut i y ucijaiuiicui) ? uiuu 10 tuupic ^ uai ntee
of the excellence and style of their
lillinery goods.
Our next call was on Dobson & Parish,
'hey are more for utility than ornament,
lieir goods being exclusively in the matterfkfact
necessities of this life. Groceries,
ardware, plantation supplies, &e., make
p their stock, which is marked at bottom
gures; while at their livery stables they
an furnish horses and vehicles or convey
ravelers to any point at short notice. They
lso keep a line of buggies and other vehiles
for sale.
Opposite this house is G. H. O'Leary,
ealer in saddles, bridles, harness and furniure.
He has an immense stock, and can
uit any demand, from the cheapest to the
est quality of harness and saddles, and also
:eeps in stock all grades of furniture.
J. It. Lindsay & Co., dry goods, clothing,
lats, boots and shoes, display an immense
tock in all these lines, and in addition to
his they also keep shelf and fancy groceries,
nd canned goods. Capt. Lindsay says he
las no specialty this season, except that his
/hole stock is under that head, and will be
old at specially low prices.
From this display of dry goods we cross
ver to the York Drug Store, where we find
, full stock of drugs, pills, lotions, powders,
hemicals, paints, oils and varnishes, while
he stock of toilet and fancy articles is imnense.
Besides dispensing medicines, Dr.
vuykendal has accomplished much in treatng
the lands of York, by the sale of the
hemicals for making the popular Harris'
mproved fertilizer, the "improvement" of
vhich originated with the Doctor, and by
lim is copyrighted. At the planting season
*ou will always hear from Dr. Kuykendal;
tnd at any time when you are afflicted with
iches or pains, he has the remedy.
The next house on the line is the family
md fancy grocery of Withers Adickes. It
vould be difficult to think of anv article in
he-above line that he cannot supply. He
nakes a specialty of tine and fancy groceres,
fruits, confectionery, <fcc., while he is
veil supplied with heavy groceries.
In the same building is the dry goods,
nillinery and notion store of H. F. Adickes.
Jis house now contains the largest stock
hat was ever in it. In dress goods he has
ill the latest styles ; his stock of clothing is
arge, while his line of notions and fancy
foods is endless. In connection with this
louse is also a millinery department in
barge of a practical milliner. Mr. Adickes
vill have an opening of his millinery tonorrow
and next day, to which the ladies
re invited.
Kennedy Bros. & Barron have also a
ractical milliner in this department of their
msiness. Their stock of dry goods, dress
foods, shoes, clothing and hardware is large
,nd complete. They do a large business in
hese lines, besides selling improved agriultural
implements of various kinds.
M. Strauss has a large and varied stock ol
Iry goods, dress goods, clothing, hats, boots,
hoes, notions, &c. Mx*. Strauss is a skillful
tuyer, receives fresh goods constantly, keeps
ull lines in stock, and sells at the lowest
)rices.
Colcock & Miller have a heavy stock of
Iry goods, dress goods, clothing, shoes, and
froceries. They also deal extensively in
ertf-li y-o.rs, and can supply almost anything
hat their customers call for, from fancy toilst
articles to the heaviest fabrics. They
ush their business, too, upon the principle
hat the nimble sixpence is preferable to the
low shilling.
We now turn to West Liberty and find
he first business house in Yorkville of!
dain street. This is the new building of
lunter & Gates, into which they but recenty
moved, though they say they have been
n their new quarters long enough to be perfectly
satisfied. Their house has been aleady
described. It is pronounced the bestirranged
business house in this section of
he State, and in it is exhibited a large stock
>f goods. This house has also in connection
vith it a mantua-making and millinery demrtment
in charge of ladies who practiealy
understand each business. The stock of
nillinery and fancy goods is large and vaied,
as is also the line of dress goods, from
vhich a costume of any style may be seected.
Returning to Main street, we next visit
jatta Bros., extensive dealers in family
,nd fancy groceries, plantation supplies and
ertllizers. xney Keep in sioreu large aim
varied stock, are enterprising and progressve
young men, fully alive to the demands
if the times, and successfully compete with
ny other house handling the same lines of
foods.
At the Corner Drug Store we may find
)r. May?"the old Doctor"?smiling and
enial as ever, with a full line of drugs and
latent and proprietary medicines, paints,
lis, chemicals, and fancy and toilet artiles.
The old Doctor only solicits a call
rom his numerous friends, feeling confident
f his ability to please them both as toqualty
and price of goods.
Frank ffapperfield has a fine and well se?cted
stock of family and fancy groceries,
le also conducts his marble business with
be same energy and on as extensive a
:*ale as before he branched out into the
TtTTantile business. While lie bids fair
3 succeed as a merchant, he always did expl
as a marble worker, and in either line of
USineSS lie UUl guuuuucc Iiaunuiv-iivu iu ii 10
ustomers.
W. C. Latimer, 011 nearer the depot, caries
an immense stock of groceries, plantaion
supplies and fertilizers. His dry goods
epartment is also replete with every artile
of dress goods, clothing, notions, &e.
lis line of millinery is superb, in all the
itest styles of goods, made up in the preailing
fashions. 1 le lias the nobbiest dress
lits to be found, with hat and shoes to
mtch. In connection with his dry goods
:ore is also a millinery department, in
large of a practical miliner, and in this
ne Mr. Latimer makes a specialty. As
nnounced in his advertisement this week,
e has also added mantua-making to his
ashless.
John It. Ashe, grocer, opposite Mr. Latner's,
keeps a full line and heavy stock of
,mily and fancy groceries, plantation sup
lies and fertilizers. To more readily suply
the demands upon him for the latter
Dods he has warehouses at the District
ineand McConnellsville, where his custolers
at those localities can receive shiplents,
without the necessity of wagoning
om Yorkville. He is also agent for the
hazard Powder Company, and furnishes
nvder to dealers at wholesale prices.
H. W. Hope represents half a dozen or
tore standard brands of fertilizers, and ofrs
reasonable terms to the farming community.
Prank P. Smith, at his livery and feed
ables, will feed your horse, or hire to you
an animal, or furnish conveyance and send
you to any point, or sell you a new and
I stylish buggy if you prefer riding in one
I of your own.
Having thus at some length indicated
| what our merchants are prepared to do for
i their customers, we would next refer the
reader to the attractive announcements on
the next page, nearly all of which are new,
and advise those in quest of a desirable market
to give Yorkville a trial.
MERE-MENTION.
W. W. Gills, a banker of Clifton Springs,
N. Y., has failed and fled from the town.
He is said to have put out $.'10,000 of forged
paper. One Arm loses $10,000 by him. At
Bienville. Indiana, last Friday morning,
Jackson Wallace was instantly "killed, and
his son Thomas fatally wounded by Simon
Williams, deputy Sheriff, during a drunken
quarrel. Gen. S. B. Buckner is a candidate
for Democratic nomination to the
Governorship of Kentucky. Hon. Thomas
Ii. Herndon, member of Congress from
the First Alabama district, is dead. At
Belfast, on the 2Hth ultimo, Judge Lawson
sentenced twelve of the members of the
Armagh Assassination Society, who were
recently convicted of conspiracy to murder,
to terms of penal servitude varying from
five to ten years. The trustees of the
University of Georgia have accepted the
donation of $50,000 tendered by ex-Gov.
Jos. E. Brown, 011 the conditions named by
the donor. Last Friday morning 200 persons
under charge of Elder Morgan of the
Mormon Church, passed through St. Louis.
Mo., en route for Utah. These converts all
came from the Southern States. More's
the pity : Gen. Gordon, of Georgia vehemently
denies that he proposes to abandon
that State and make his future home in
Florida*. The President left Washington
the first of this week for a trip of recreation
to Forida, where he will remain about
two weeks. The State election in Rhode
Island took place yesterday. A young
couple in Ohio recently got license to marry,
and went to housekeeping. They did not
find out for several weeks that anything
more than the license was necessary to make
the marriage all right. One hundred
and fifty persons have left the Island of
Achill, county Mayo, on the west coast of
Ireland, for America. They were driven
from their homes by famine. That this
is a great country is incidentally illustrated
by the fact that while, a fortnight
since, the ice in the Straits of Mackinaw
was twenty feet thick, corn was ten
inches high in Georgia. Two companies
of cavalry and a large force of Mexicans
are pursuing the hostile Indians in
Arizona. A law has been passed in
Maine to forbid the killing of birds and
game 011 Sunday, but an amendment to prohibit
fishing was voted down.
The Gallows Last Friday.?At Windsor,
Vermont, Mrs. Meaker was hanged
at 1.30 o'clock last Friday afternoon, for the
murder of her ward, Alice Meaker. She
persisted to the last that she was innocent
and said her son's confession was a lie and
' that he had brought her to the gallows.
Charles William Beaver, a colored youth,
was hanged in the jail yard at Leesburg,
Va., for rape committed on a girl aged 10
years, the daughter of George A. Hunt,
near Purcellville, Loudon county. The
' hanging took place in a drizzling rain and
1 was witnessed by about fifty persons! Beaver
passed the night quietly, ate a hearty
i breakfast, and was led to the scaffold at G :40
o'clock. lie ascended the scaffold with a
, firm step, and as the black cap was drawn
he said, "Farewell friends and fellow creatures."
After prayer by Rev. R. T. Davis,
1 the trap was sprung at G :52 and his neck
was broken by the fall. Beaver had signed
a written confession of his crime.
At Camden, S. C., Oliver Bristow, colored,
was hanged for complicity in the murder
of Mr. F. N. McDowell last Thanksgiving
Day, November 30,1882. It will be remembered
that Joe Ross, alias Wilson, the principal
assassin, was shot and killed last December
by the ferrymen named Huntley
whilst endeavoring to escape across the
Catawba River into North Carolina. Bristow
slept soundly last night, but refused to
eat anything this morning. He ascended"
the scaffold at 11.10 o'clock, accompanied
by the Sheriff and a colored preacher. He
said that he was ready to go, but protested
his innocence to the last. The trap was
sprung at 11.19 and Bristow was launched
into eternity. The fall was four feet. His
neck was not broken, and he evidently
died of strangulation. The gallows was
of the usual pattern and was located in the
jail yard. An immense crowd was outside
the walls, but there was no disturbance.
A Drummer's Suit for Damages.?The
case of R. A. Cox vs. the Port Royal Railroad
for $2,000 was tried at the Beaufort
, Court last week, Judge Pressley presiding.
Mr. Cox, who was a traveling salesman for
the well-known Charleston house of Samuel
H. Wilson, stated in evidence that he had
approached the ticket agent at Yemassee
and inquired the price of a round-trip ticket
to Beaufort. That the agent had informed
him the road was not issuing such. Cox
tnen inquired tne price 01 a ticKei ana was
told that a first-class ticket was 9;3 cents and
a second-class ticket So cents. He said he
ordered a straight ticket and tendered a
dollar in payment, receiving back .5 cents in
change. That he then placed his baggage
, in the first-class coach and went into the
second-class coach, where the conductor
took up his ticket. He remained in the
second-class coach until he reached Whale
Branch Trestle, about midway between
Yemassee and Beaufort. After being seated
there awhile, the conductor approached him
and told him he must go into the secondclass
coach. That he aid go into said second-class
coach at the request of the conductor,
who treated him courteously, even carrying
his baggage for him. Judge Pressley
in charging the jury said, that to his mind
the damage sustained by the plaintiff seemed
to be tne difference between a first-class
and a seeond-class ticket, 10 cents. The jury
failed to agree, and a mistrial was ordered.?Charleston
Sunday News.
An Extra Session.?The advisability
of calling an extra session of the Legislature
for the purpose of appropriating an amount
sufficient to meet the expenses of our persecuted
citizens in the United States Court has
been discussed at some length and finds favor
with the taxpayers generally. When
the Sentinel savs it approves of the sugges
tion it believes that it utters the sentiments
of nine-tenths of the tax-pavers of Barnwell
county, for when the fate of the State trembled
in the balances these same persecuted
people were found at the front with shoulders
to the wheel, exerting themselves to
make the government what it is, and it is,
in a great measure, due to their personal efforts
that the people of their section saved
their Congressional candidate by the defeat
of the Greenback-Republican faction's candidate
for the same position. So let the
Legislature be (allied together by Governor
Thompson, and the necessary appropriation
made. There will, perhaps, never be a
time again when the State can show a stronger
and more generous appreciation of the
services of these harassed patriots; besides,
it will serve (in the eyes of the whole country)
as a rebuke to the powers which sustain
those who are employed at the expense of
i the nation for the disgraceful work now go|
ing on.?Barn well Sentinel.
The End of the Chester Cases.?
Colonel JohnC. Haskell returned from Chester
on Friday night at the close of the ex
animation before commissioner Bauskett,
which had been in progress since Wednesday
morning.
The testimony was, if possible, more
| worthless than the Fairfield cases examinI
ed here. The defence olFered no testimony,
J as in their judgement there was nothing to
! rebut, and the government witnesses, uni
der the cross examination, removed any
! shadow of design of conspiracy to obstruct or
I interfere with the election by the parties
' charged. The only violent conduct was
| shown to have been committed by a drunki
en man, whose name was not in any of the
warrants, and who would have long since
been arrested by the local authorities but
' for the fact that he had tied the country.
| Assistant Attorney Willard, however made
; an hour's argument to try to satisfy the
Commissioner that the whole fifty ought to
be bound over, because they did nothing to
prevent the violent demonstration of the
party before mentioned. Commissioner
Bauskett bound over James and Hilliard
Gayden in the sum of $500 each to appear
at Charleston.?Columbia Register, Sunday.