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Jttie )rse lutli fy to be P*ur- ^•el- had |ber of East ooca- topios fhe par- tulated feather [ed, and iture of Pould be Ft by the | evening. \mrxxx\X~ 51ue and iervatory, fiite House tbeir call excursion* re two or »cay several fen them by Wash- kber of the r, attended iBuuderland’s >rtuue. i7irtsl • on Intimate Gordon, and fork just before forgia and an- fsays there is no iral’s bona tide rests in Florida. S700,000—*200,000 cash in hand, paid ou the 1st information we 3kelson and >pped thus who c Late Homicide on Mine Creek. Edgefield Chronicle. Mt. WiiiMNO, 8. C., July 12 Mr. Editor: We write to ask you to withhold from publication the reso lutions and article sent you last week, and to publish the article herewith en closed. Yours truly, P. W. Barnes. E. T. Goggans. W. A. Watson, W. W. Padgett. Mt. Willing, S. C., July 9. Mr. Editor: For the?-reason that erroneous impressions hav^gone out, and for the further reason that state ments altogether incorrect havd been pulished, relative to the killing of young Robinson on the 3rd instant, we have concluded to give vou a cor rect version of the sad affair. Preoeeding the killing, Mr. James B. Robinson, fatllet ->f Uie aTurcToren^ man, had had some trouble with Char ly Anderson, the man who did the killing. Anderson had been bound over to keep peace, and Mr. Robinson had been bound to appear before the Court of Sessions in August. Ander son had the reputation of being a dan gerous and unprincipaled fellow, and there was some apprehension that he would perpetrate some foul deed, al though Mr. Robinson and his family had determined not to have any trou ble with him. Despite all this, the fatal shaft fell, and young Robinson is no more. It was on Saturday evening last, young Robinson, after having been to church and returned home, weni out with another young man, Stan- more Rogers, who hud come home with him from church, to hunt for squirrels. They passed down the line of Mr. Robinson’s laud until they were near the line of the land belong ing to Anderson’s mother-in-law. Just as they were near said point. An derson rode by them. Ho passed on to the house and did pot take time to unsaddle his horse, but got his gun and wont to the poinj^where the kill ing Robinson and his [thought of meeting they saw him ap- ifh the bushes,with his ready—it being di- Ison. Anderson’s wife dm. Approaching near ,, with his gun in said itlerson said: “Johnny, », light over the fence!” >onded: "Ok, no,Charley that!” About this time, nc- to the evidence at the Coro- luestand fucs since solicited Jbegan, the first two shots bo- [simultaneous, and young to his knees, ho being and side. Robinson irsoj-i an 1 wounded R’foinson then fell fnce and Anderson je line and follow- and shot him |.nd then picked him over the moi fsj)ecially Senators of nator Hafnptonis the the bill making it a misde meanor for a member of either branch of Congress to solicit a place for any one. Two of the most important po sitions in the departments at Wash ing have been given to South Carolina men who have insisted even ou the’ * 1 adoption of a local reform law in their State, as the best means of mak ing an end of tiie color line in poli tics. And now, in an article in the qualiticatious of the next Governor of the Slate, the News and Courier of Charleston, says: "It should be known what are the convictions of the candidates for Governor on such nationab-queswons/as tariff revision, civil service reformfcrthe currency * * * arKtohdjJike.” Tins is in noticeable cojpijawt with the "issues” on which old soldier” campaign for Gov ernor of Georgia has just been won oy Gordon, as well as with the ac tion df the Democrats in the Central Congressional district of North Can - lina, who threaten to refuse Chair- manCox, of the civil eerv oe reform committee, a renomination, partly be cause of his loyalty to the reform. : Gom« win* j*i*o,oocrrrrT7wKj. [rly an hour and saying that he >111 him, bu^l m was a Baltimore, July 19.—Capt. James R. Willing, of the firm of William Ellis & Co., oyster packers, of this city, has not been seen in bis accus tomed haunts for ten days, and in quiry developed the fact that he had left the city with from $30,000 to $35,000 belonging mostly to his friends and that no clue to his whereabouts could be found. He was a member of the last State Legislature and was in strumental in having the bill passed refunding the money paid by owners of oyster vessels as a tonnage tax. Certificates amounting to 2,800 were intrusted to him for collection. Ho had them cashed, but failed to make returns. He also borrowed largely from his friends and several notes re cently due were allowed to go to pro test. His wife is said to have received a letter saying that he was on routo for Canada, and she has left the city. Capt. Willing was administrator of the estate of a deceased cousin who left considerable property. One of the heirs recently came of age and en deavored to get a statement of the money in the hands of his guardian i ut failed, and the matter is now be fore the courts. As far as can be learned the firm of William Ellis & Co. has not been obligated by the abscon der, The missing man was an active politician and has tv/ico been a mem ber of the State Legislature. The Harm it Has Hone. Columbia Record. One result of the so-called farmers’ movement is seen in the inactivity and reticence of people generally with regard to nominations of can didates for the fall elections. This movement has brought such a vol ume of abuse against office holders generally, and against electing to office men of other classes than farm ers, that men of the character and qualifieatioi s that are needed in the dis«Varge of official duty seem dis posed to stand a-ide and let the farm ers have iheir «*wn way. If officesaro not only to be gained by catering t* ignorance and ppditdice, if salaries are less remunerative than private business, and if nn u arc to be viliifled simply because they h-dd office, w 1 *'- respecting and competent men will not be disposed to seek them. If tuo next election should f d t upon us a crew of inefficient and worthless legislator.- and Wtate and County < Ul cers, there need be no surprise, and do wilLJ^'W who