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4 y . o kT ON, Manager. AIKEN S> C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, ISSO. VOLUME 5.r—NUMBER 44. ereon is making in the land since Europe, and his i straight to the mar* ifTair* in the follow- tray: Uie party, as represent- fessionul leaders, is, in lars, no bettor tiian the kpeu and lave got rhd all the fcrds into tiie ne managers of ■ anyt^ing except iprinciple or leTf betweeh them iir ambition. The tnerhtiU^ of political Ignited amtes 1ms not worthvhepding or coiniHjscd a sentence isaUieinhered. How to |make money without working for it, and how to get oi ( lice quick and easy, doth possess them only. Your aver- [age (Congressman rarefy knows when iis soul is his own, or wljetHer ha has .soul. At Washington it is the beg- Ear cukhoirieback tvbo i# in the sad- miPfilUlieDl apouhirs in produced a tin ^studying, or rorthy to lie f/UTTtS'a’S CHBfJKEKE® CAREr.ii. His Nomadic Hiator}’ as Itelated by His Brothers in Michigan. Jveu’ York World. DfcfRorr, Mich. Aug.—In the town of Clinton, Mich., lives Charles J.aud Straight Into lH. D. Cutting, the only l*rothers of h a Noble j Editor Cutting, who is now figuring Dcmocrai ic j ag an inter-national ciiaracter. The elder, Charles, is the village clerk and express agent, and the younger is President of the Michigan Bee Keep ers’ Association. They went there in the COs and have ’leen respected citizens ever since. They tell the fol lowing story of their brother’s life: August Cutting was born in the lit tle town of Hudson, N. Y., in 1839. After a few years in the public schools, at an early age lie went into the village newspaper office, the Star, to learn the trade of a printer. In those days a printer’s education in the art was not considered complete until he had travelled from place to place as a “jour.” Young Cutting rounded out his apprenticeship iu the usuul way, and the roving habits he con tracted then have clung to him more or less through his career. He work ed in various newspaper offices in the East, and was on the Albany Evening Journal for several years. In ISoS, about the time the family moved to Michigan, Cutting was employed on the Cleveland Leader. Growing tired of the place ho drifted South. The war came on, communicatioi^ietween f o t w7 NO FEAB OF MEXICO. lie, l\v\< lown ruthlessly the ’of freedom and free- gallop aroubeLtlie lit- Jilr which he has construc- df out of tlie wreck of the Jeffersonian system, inot say, as I am made to At tljre President is a party to desecration which is go- or that lie was wanting in pd courage. On the con- one man amongst a fhom I have epcoun- [tioiml Capital who is to emancipate our 'itafenoble surround ed whilst I Ii atllmes ill advised ami''unfortunate in hoi-*? In my judge- [v in advance of those is not a man of LLo IsNa extent , a mSu of vvinci-1 ho iUxsh beVievt^Vn tn utoro thn.i il« it xne le question of H and given it a irtion which do m t he has been steadily rail'd gaining, and I am not to say, or wiUiug to say, that fistraiiap^is u failure. If it i T e to the Democratic hopes isstofi, for upon its success ^future and the fate of the, party. Tiie President kor wrong, but, right or ist work out his salva- io u^Ljttitioset the North and South was cut”ofT and the family lost all trace of his where abouts. Finally they heard that he was in Nashville, where he had joined an independent home company form ed to protect the city. When Nash ville was taken by Federal forces Cut ting returned North. From this epi sode iu his career has arisen the vari ous stories that he was in the Confed erate service and deserted it, that he belonged to a Union Missouri regi ment, and deserted to the enemy, etc. After his return North Cutting worked in Cincinnati at his trade, thence con^jjaJtoJ^g.troit wherglke stayed a short fTme/aiuiiy of jbireJki printers of the city still retain a dim recollection of him. From Detroit he went to Pcrrysburg, O., thence to To ledo. At Toledo he married. The marriage proved an unhappy one and the /uiyple separated, a divorce being sdn^^ntly obtained. Numerous papers have Cut ting once resided at (.•lintoir'^— learned his trudQ~-4h£re^ Such was i rlot y ,l ° cane. In 1S05 ho piiM a visit i to his mother and brothers iu Clinton, remaining perhaps a week. This, and his brief sojourn iu Detroit, constitute the only claim Michigan has upon Cutting for friendship. After his visit at Clinton Cutting turned his steps to the growing West as a fitting field for his energy. He .was located at Kansas City for a few years, and in partnership, with a man mod Williams published the Daily ’ na ’/Tii mes. Cutting married again at Kansas City and with him since, wife has lived in El of Geus. Schofield and Chandler Bold— What Sheridan Thought JYete York Star. The possibility of a war with Mex ico lias aroused a good deal of feeling in New York. Yesterday a promi nent member of the Maritime Ex change, who is currently reported to be an autliority upon naval affairs, held an animated conversation with a veteran of’47in aBroadway restaurant. “Why, sir,” he exclaimed, “we should think twice before we grapple with those greasers. What preparation have we? Look at our coast defenses or rather, don’t look at them, for they are not there to look at. Look at our navy—what’s left of it! Not a single ironclad of the first-class among the whole of tiiem! Why, there is noth ing to peeveut the Mexican navy steaming into New York harbor to morrow and blow ingthe island ofMan- hattan into the heart of Westchester county!” The veteran suggested torpedoed, but the maritime man laughed. “Tor pedoes! Fiddlesticks! All the Mexi can would have to do would be to send a number of dummy ships across our torpedo line. These would be blown up, and the harbor would be free for the men-of-war to enter,” Commodore Chandler w r as fanning himself with a prodigious palm leaf in his headquarters at the Navy Yard Brooklyn, when the foregoing con versation was repeated to him. “Oh, my!” and the Commodore smiled. “Do you know anything about the Mexican navy which the Maritime Exchange man talks so glibly about? This book contains all the navies of the world worth speaking about, and Mexico is not among them. Still they have some cruisers—either three or four, I have forgotten which They are small affairs, but each of then is armed with three modern breech-loading steel rifles. I met two of them off tiie Pacific coast last year. If there were more of them they might be worth discussing, but as it is they amouut to nothing.” “But have we any vessels of the first rate at all,Commodore—-not scows but meu-of-w'ar?” “Humph!” said the Commodore. “There is the Chicago, now building < >made by Diaz in 1877, when ho took and observation teaches me that for raw,poorly disciplined troops they are a positive detriment; for well disci plined, superior troops only a small advantage; but for steady, good ordi nary soldiers a decided advantage. Now, I doubt if the Mexicans come within this latter category. The rea son for this seeming anomaly is plain to every miiitarV man. A sharp shooter can handle cartridges nearly as quickly as a magazine gun can push them into place; while a raw man would muke a greater uless of a magazine gun than he would of loading a single-shot breechloader.” “What do you believe would be the result of war between the nations?” “Let them tackle us and find out,” replied the General, grimly. When Gen. Grant made his tour of Mexico five years ago, he was accom panied by Gen. Sheridan. In conversa tion with army officers and other gen tlemen, after their return, both Gen erals expressed surprise at the efficien cy of the Mexican army. They made full notes of everything they saw, in cluding the topography of the country, the roads, situations of towns and for tifications. The Mexican government treated the visitors with every mark of respect, and wherever the soldiers were stationed reviews were held. In tire City of Mexico the military dis play was a most imposing one, and was the subject of frequent references by Gen. Grant and Gen. Sheridan. The latter was heard to say one daj’ that it would take 400,000 of our troops to march to the City of Mexico. The ef ficieucy of the Mexican army, he said, was admirable,butthey lacked officers. With officers of equal ability, Gen. Sheridan thought that the Mexican troops would prove as formidable an enemy as the United States could en- feounter. After the last revolution, which ended iu the overthrow of Lerdo, Gen. Diaz immediately began a system of rigid army discipline, which has resulted in bringing the Mexican regulars' up to a remarkably tine standing. In commenting upon this subject a prominent army officer well acquainted with Mexican milita ry affairs said that the troops of the sis ter republic are hardier andean stand much more fatigue than ours. As an illustration of this he cited the march COLUMBIA. 8. C. CUTTING IN JAIL. MUUDURa IN BOGKFiKJbD. PUVAJL IN DUKAXCB VILIC. ^-^Atlanta, which trial •md many put it Chester; fourteen guns, 4,500 tons displacement. She could be got roadyin a vtry short time. Then there’s went on hor , ^ is of the second rate, but sn*-iai 3 eight gu modern improvements.” “What other vessels are there which Could be immediately active service?” The Commodore took up a naval guide and ran over its pages, ticking oil the serviceable boats with a blue pencil and keeping up a running fire of comments all the while. “The Boston, eight guns, 3,000 tons displacement; she is now in Chester almost completed. The Trenton, ten guns, 3,900 tons; on her way home from the Asiatic station. The Lan caster, also ten guns, 3,250 tons; cruising in the 8outh Atlantic. 4,000 troops seventy-four miles iu one day, These soldiers were infantry. Mexican soldiers are said to be as tough as their mustangs and capable of more endurance. Where Will it End, hr/micle August lUh. be mills in Au- locitl o«>;i’!HMS. s a deplorable one. Four orkers are divorced from s of support. Bix thous and thrown out to find a piecarious \j s ^ ence> does not mat- ter ju?>t noiv ,j io . g ^ ()r w j 10 to dame. V u ^hall R0 t, stop to con sider these tl • Ifc is enoUffh for us to know the bu8iueS8 of the town is serious tbreatened and the elfare of one-/. . _ sixth of our population [Brooklyn, fourteen guns, 3,000 t«M^Wj , Jf 0 P ard y/ it is enough to know “~^her way to China, The the clothing which n guns; now the can buy will not be d that the comfort and the ch settled occupation lied. It is 1 A New State Liauk Personal and Po litical Mention. Augusta Chronicle. Columbia, S. C. August 12.—A State bank will bo organized here in a few days. A charter has been ob tained and several of the incorpora tors met yesterday and discussed the matter. They subscribed $24,000. Among the prominent gentlemen present were Governor Sheppard and Judge A. C. Haskell. The bank is authorized to commence business on a capital of $20,000, lint it will not go into active operation until $50,060 has been subscribed, this will be done in a few days, as several wealthy gentle men have already signified their In tention to become stockholders. Judge Haskell, who is the money spirit iu the enterprise, says that a bank organized under the State law has many "advantages over the na tional banks. It is a fact that the State banks in Charleston do a much larger business than the national banks. Foreign capital has been offer ed tiie incorporators, but they prefer to make the bank a home institution and want all the stock taken here. Judge Haskell will devote his time to the banking business, and his repu tation is a guarantee of its complete success, The charter of this bank authorizes it to establish branches throughout the State, and this will be done as soon as business justifies. The question of the hour is who are the three men on the State ticket that Capt. Till man claims to have been nominated by the “farmers’ move ment?” There were several farmers on it, but none, so far as known, who have expressed their full sympathy with Mr- Tillman’s views. Several of the counties have pre pared. regular little catechisms for their cafididates for the Legislature and the aforesaid candidates ara stu dying these questions carefully. They will have a hard time to please all their constituents. Yesterday n^orning a servant brought a vessel of boiling hot water into a room at Comptroller General Stoney’s house, and left it to attend to some other duties. Captain Sto- uey’s two-year-old child was near enough to reach the vessel and taking hold of it, turned it over and the boil ing water scalded it so badly that it died from the effects last night. Cap tain and Mrs Stoney’s friends deeply sympathize with them in their severe affliction. Governor Sheppard refused to grant the petition for the romoval of J. W. Furman, a Trial Justice of Barnwell ooimly. • Ho. was requested to do so on the ground that Mr. Furman was too old to discharge the duties of the of fice, hut the petition did not show that Mr. Furman vas inefficient. Mr. N. G. Go«/Hies, the resident correspondent of the-News and Cour ier, has gone to Flat Bock, North Carolina to enjoy a summer vaca tion. Work of the Conveution. Georgetown Enquirer. The ticket selected by the Demo cratic State Convention will give gen eral /SatUifactiou. It represents, to a great extent, the “now deal” idea and yet its composition is such that con servative people need feel no appre- lension for the safety of the State and tions. The most remarkable he ticket is that it should How He Looks and What He Thinks of His Case—The Sentence. Correspondent of the New York World who saw Editor Cutting in the Mexican jail at El Paso del Norte on Sunday says: The prisoner was found In the open court of the prison in his shirt sleeves enjoying the cool evening preparatory to spending a hot, uncomfortable night in his cell. The only visible change in his looks since his incarcera tion is a slight tinge of gray In his hair. He is enjoying good health, and since the extra allowance for his support has been made be manages to live very fairly. He takes his present predicament calmly, and has the ut most confidence that something will turn up to succor him. His theory is t mt diplomatic relations will cease on Monday, and, in that case, Mexico will back down. Booncr than go to war it will grant him a pardon, he thinks. Outsiders do not take such a san guine view of affairs. They say that Cutting is a doomed man. Should the United States take the final step and declare war, Cutting undoubtedly will be the first man to be put to the bayonet. On the other hand, if the goverument does not interfere and the prisoner is compelled to serve out the sen- teuee imposed on him, he will never live to see it’s expiration, as no Ameri can can do the work that will be im posed on Cutting, on the allowance for food of five cents a day. That lip will be pardoned is generally disbeliev ed, as the Mexicans have got their backs up. In passing sentence upon Cutting, the Mexican District Judge at Paso delNorte used the following language: “It is the decree of this court that tiie defendant, A K Cutting, bo condemn ed to serve the State of Chihuhua at hard labor on public works for the period of one year,and in addition pay to tiie treasurer of the State the sum of $G00, and, in the event of failure tp pay this fine, that the said A-. K. Cutting oe held to serve out an addi tional 100 days at hard labor on pub lic works of the State. It is further more decreed that the said A. K. Cut ting be held responsible to a civil suit for damages to Emigdio Medina, the party injured by the illegal publication by defendant, should the said Medina desire to institute such a suit. In re gard to tiie application of the prosecut ing attorney, asking that the court recommend that the United States Consul at this point be withdrawn on account of offensive officiousness, the court holds that it is a matter of such importance as to be entirely beyond its scope, and the application is therefore respectfully referred to the Supreme Court of Chihuahua for action.” As soon as the virdict became known on the American side the ex citement became intense, every one seeming to understand that a crisis was rapidly jpproaching. Places were opened for iho enrollment of minute- men, nearly^yv-ery able-bodied man in the community volunteering. On the Mexican side the excitement is equally intense. One Humlretl ami Twelve Men Killed The Hluhwaymun of the Rockies on In Twelve Years. News and Courier'. Edoefielp, August 9.—Mr. M. L. Bonham relieved his brother, Solici tor It. G. Bonham, of the duty of con ducting the cases that came up to-day and disposed of thocases against John Holmes, colored, indicted for com pound larceny, verdict, guilty; and George Washington and Benj. Adams, both colored, for highway roberryand larceny. The last two prisoners were represented by Mr. O. Sheppard which is sufficient in itself to say that that the verdict was “not guilty.” The case of the State against R. L. Jones, whit,e for murder, was set for to-day and called, but on account of the absence of five of the jurors who were drawn to serve this week, it was impossible to proceed with It until five;additIonal names could be drawn and the persons drawn brought here Tiie case, therefore, had to go over until to-morrow. The R. T. Jones case is the worst on the calendar, and isexciting great in terest. The interest manifested in it is unprecedented for Edgefield, as they generally give such frequent oc currences as murder no more thought or concern than they would a common place incident, such as a street fight. Just for curiosity Mr. 8. McG. Sim- kins, a young lawyer of the Edge- fl.-Id Bar and your correspondent went over the Sessions docket for the past twelve years to see how many cold-blooded murders had been com mitted in this county and brought to trial during that time, and the result arrived at shows one hundred and twelve, distributed as follows: 1874 16 1881 8 1875.... 4 1882 5 1876 4 1883 • 5 1877.... 12 1884. 5 1878.... 14 1885 15 1879 3 1886 14 1880.... 7 Canvass Before the Nomination, Columbia Record. When the Republican party had sufficient life In this State to make the result of an election doubtful, and to render it necessary that voters should be won over from that party to vote for the Democratic nominees, it wag right and proper to carry on a vigo rous campaign between the time when the nominations were made and tiie time when the election was to take place. The speeches were made and arguments put forth to convince Republican voters that the best inter ests of the country and of themaelves required that they should abandon that party and vote the ticket presen ted by the Democrats. Now, ho\v« ever, this necessity does not exist. The Republican party has been so badly beaten and demoralized, the exposure of the abominable abuses has been so damaging that it cannot get support of a sufficient number of voters in South Carolina to enable it to make a fight with even a slight hope of success. The campaign after the nominations are made will he of no practical use. Wecau carry the election without making a single new convert r• v ^ 1 at nnrtv Indeed it begins to His Way to Albany's Walls. Eew York World. Chicago, Aug. 6.—Col. Claude Duval, of the Rocky Mountains, is in one of the dungeons at the Central police station. He was brought here to-day by United States Marshal W. Si. Desmond. To-morrow he will taken to Albany penitentiary, New York. He is under a life sentence for robbing the United Slates mall. Marion Gamble Is bis name in private life, and be is 20 years of age. He is not a particularly attractive individ ual shackled in a close cell, but when his chains were removed 4hi,s evening and he told the story of his first high way adventures, the while blowing little puffs of blue smoke from a ciga rette in a nonchalant way, there was a strange facination about him. “I’m an Illinois boy,” said he “and I struck out for the West and landed in the mountains when I was sixteen. I knocked about roundin' up and cut ting out cattle for ranchmen for a while, and then I got tired of work and went to Wyoming Territory. I got married there, and I’ve a wife and a 6-year-old baby somewhere. They don’t know where I am, and it’s just ao well as they don’t, but that’s none of your business. “I got poor and my lines were hard. One night in July, 1882, Tom Sheldon the traitor, Frank Wiley and me were settin’ in a drinkin’ place In Deer Lodge, vffien a wealthy stockman came in. I forget his name, but we found out that he had $25,000, and that he was gain’ to take the stage coach tor some point across the rocky divide on Thursday. We set out on our horses and waited near the divide for Thursday and the coach. Along about noon the old coach came a creak in’ up the pass. When it readied the little clump of bushes where we wei» tetherin’ our horses we rushed out and ordered the driver to hold up. Hr was an eld stager and knew his busi ness. He just dropped his lines and held up. Wiley held the horses, and Sheldon and me ordered the passen gers out. I stood ’om all in a line ex cept the women folks. I don’t believ* in robbln’ women. They were most scared to death, andtho coach full o< shootin’ irons at that. “We only got about $4,000 In Jewel# and money, for the stock man vjlgm’t in thechach. He had got drunk4nd missed connection and he never got tired bloivin’ about the good luck whiskey uta^ht him. He talked about it so much that now he’s tbo worst drunkardUL-Dger Lodge./ ~ mlssiu’ him wasn’t the elriy bad fi had. While I was searcl flyer my mask fell off, fled me when I was wards. By the, name was PenroJ clothin’ drummer i United States offle from the Wells-Fs a durned lie," His profits on^ mated varlot $200,000. There T - -V ^ TiS ■'SSsfiSs jaS-C -• SSskL THE MILITARY ACADEN Recruits Wanted for tho Cl Academy at Cl**