The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, June 05, 1867, Image 4
TEE LOTTERY TICKET.
A- SKETCH FOR HAZAED-SSEKEES.
BY SYLVANU8 COBS, J?
Barnes Laiming was a mechanic?a
young, honest man,- whoser hiebest ambV
%G& was to gain a comfortable home for
blmself-and wife, and to be-thought well
of by his neighbors. He had built him?
self-a' house, and there'still remained upon
ft a.mortgage of five hundred dollars; but
this sum ne hoped to pay in a very few
y/ears, if he only had his health.; He had
. fcaloulated exactly how long it "would take
?KimHb clear off this incumbra.nee, and he
went at work with; hi* eyes- open.
5 - One evening, James came home to his
? sitpper more tbouglitful than usual. His
young wife noticed his manner, and she
?inquired its cause. U . '
lv4 What is it, James ?" she kindly asked.
"Wny, I never saw you look so sober be-'
fore." . ? ^ .
. *-TTeli, I'll ?tall-.yoa, Hannah," returned
tooyoung man, with, a slight hesitation
in his manner. ^1 haye been thinking I
Bhout?biiy a lottery ticket.""
Hannah Lanningdid not answer ftmne
.diately. She looked down and1 smoothed,
the silken hair of her babe, which was
. chirping like a little robin in her arms,
snd.the shades x>f her handsome features
?showed that she was taking time to
think;
? "How-rauch will it cost ?'? she at length
asked,.looking half- tiinidiyvup into.her
husband's face.
. ."Tweutydbllars" returned James, try
-fog.'to assume a confidence, which he did
- not feel. . -
"And have you made up your mind to
?toy.fr?-'- ?? &
?Well, I think: I shall. ' What do you
?think about it ?"
v'lf you should ask ray advice, Jameo,
I should say, d?:not buy it."
'<JBntw-hy so?" . ZJS *
aFor many reasons," returned the wife,
in .a.tremi)ltng tone/ She would not offend
her husband-and she shrank'from giving
-Kim ad vice which. h?;" mlgbt not follow.
"In the first place, I think the whole
sc.heme,,of lotteries is a bad one; and then
you.have.no money to risk."
t "But just look at the prizes," said James,
'drawinga 'scheme' from his pocket.
^Herois one prize of twenty thousand
dollars, another of ten thousand, another
of five thousand" and so. on. Something
tells niethatif I buy a ticket I shall draw
a large prize. And then just think, Han
nab, now easily I could pay all up for my
.iouse, and perhaps have a good handsome
6um left.".
The young, man spoke with much ear?
nestness ana assurance, but he saw that
there was a cloud upon his wife's brow.
''It seems to' mo that the chance of
.drawings prize-is- very doubtful," said
Hannah;, as she took the scheme. "Here
are many thousand tickets ; to be sold."
The Jbabe.tried hard, to snatch the paper,
and Hannah laid .it asSdo.
$[ think JL' shall, run the risk," resumed
James, glancing once more over the paper,
and.resting.wrth a nervous longing upon
the figures which represented the higher
. Prize's. "There's Barney, he drew eight
hundred dollars about fl:year ago."
fYes, I know it," said Hannah, with
moro warmth than she had before mani
iested, uand what has become of . the mo?
ney,?. .You know ho. ha&squandered it-ait
"?wayV -Ah, James, money is of no use to
onrvhappiness unless wo come honestly by
? it". "
' "Eone3tly ?" repeated the yonng man.
^Surely, there is nothing dishonest in:
drawing a prize in a lottery."
"I think there is," kindly, but emphati?
cally v returned the wife. "All panics of
bazzurd, where money is at stake, are dis
Tkineat. Were .you. to draw a prize of
. twenty thousand dollars, you would rob
a thousand.men of twenty dollars each;
or, at least, you would take from them
luoney tor which you return no equivalent.
Is it not gambling in-evorv sense of the
word?" " ? :
r' "?, no$ you look upon the matter m too
:strong a light." ? ? \.
. , ^Perhaps I do, but yet so it lo ks to
nie. -What you draw some one else must
?l?se; aird perhaps it may be some one
who-can afford "the loss no better than }'ou
can. Let us live oh the products of our
honest gains, and we shall be happier."
.' 3araes;Lamiiiig was uneasy. He had
no answer for his wife's argument; at
- least, tio answer that could spring from
his-moral convictions, and he lot the mat?
ter drop. But the young man could not
drive the syren from his heart. All the
-next-day his head was full of'prizes,' and
while he was at his work, he kept mutter?
ingover.to himself, "Twenty thousand
dollars," "Ten thousand dollars," "Fivo
thousand dollars," and so on.
When he went home the next.night, he
was almost unhappy with the nervous
. anxiety into which ho had thrown him?
self; The tempter had grasped him firm
. ty, and whenever he thought of the lotte
. ryvhe saw nothing-but piles of <rold and
? s?ver.. .In short, James Lanuing had
.made up his mind.that ho would buy the
ticket. He went to the little box where
he had already a hundred and twenty
dollars laid up towards pa}'ing off the
mortgage from his house. The lock
' clicked with a startling sound, and when
be threw back the cover, lie hesitated.
He looked at bis wife, and he sa w that
she was sad.
"0, I'm sure I shall draw a prize," ho
said, with a faint, fading smile.
JBo took four half-eagles from the box,
and put them in. his-pocket. His wife
. said nothing. She played with her babe
to hide ber sadness, for she did not wish
to say more on the subject- She hud seen
the little pile of gold accumulating, and
both she'and her h usband had been happy
in anticipating the day . when the pretty
cottage would be all their own. But
when she saw those four pieces of gold
taken away from the store, she felt a fore?
shadowing of evil. She might have spo
- ken again against the movement, but she
?- saw that her husband was sorely tender
on the subject, and sho let the affair go to
the hands of fate.
v A .week elapsed from the time that
James bought his ticket to the drawing
Cf the lottory^nd during that time the
young man hud. not a moment of real en- j
joy men t.- He was alternating between
hope and fettr, and his mind was constant?
ly on the 8?;etclV.-,
At length'-the day arrived. Jafnes
wen t to-the office, and found that the
drawing had talcen place, and that the
list cfv.prizes had been made dirt. He
seized the-list and" turned away so that
those who stood around 6honld not see
his face. He read the list through, but
searched'for his number in vain. It was
not there. He had drawn a blank ! He
left the. office an unhappy man. Those
twenty dollars which ho had lost had
been the savings of two months hard la?
bor, and he felt .their loss most keenly.
When he.went hotne that-night, he to[d
his wife that he had lost. She found no
fault with him. She only kissed him, and
told him the lesson was a good one, oven
though it had been dearly bought.
But James Laiming was not satisfied
he brooded over his loss with a bitter
spirit, and at length the thought came to
him that he might yet draw a prize ! He
wished that he had not bought tho first
ticket, and he thought that if he could
only get back his twenty dollars be would
buy no more; but be could hot rest under
'hisloss. Ho Was determined to make one
more trial, and ho did so. This time ho
purchased the ticket without his wife's
knowledge. The result was the same as
before.-. H? drew a blank !
''Forty 'dollars!" was a sentence that
dwelt fearfully upon the young mechanic's
lips. "Oh, 1 must draw a prize. I must
make up what I have lost! Let me once
do that, and I'll buy no more tickets."
. Another twenty dollars was taken from
thelittle barik,juu>ther ticket was bought,
.another blank was drawn ! At tho end
of three months the little bank was
empty, and James Lanning had tho last
ticket in his pocket. Ah, how earnestly
he prayed that that ticket might draw
him a prize. Ho had-become pale and
careworn, and his wife, poor, confiding
soul, thought ho only repined because he
had lost twenty dollars.' When she would
try to cheer him.he would laugh, and try
to make the matter light.
"James," said his wife to him ono day
?it was the day before that on which
the.lottery was to be drawn in which he
held^the 6fxth tioket^-"Mr. Eowse has
been here to day after his semi-annual in?
terest. I told him you would see him to?
morrow."
"Yes, I will," said: James, in a faint
tone. Yes, to-morrow I shall pay him/'
Young Lanning thought of tbo lottery
and ot the prize. This was the sixth
trial, and. he felt euro that ho should draw.
The morrow came when James Lan
ciing returned to his home at night he was
penniless! All his golden visions had
faded away, aud he was left in darkness
and misery.
"James, have you paid Mr. Eowse Iiis
interest yet ?" asked Hannah.
The young man leaned his head upon
his hands and groaned aloud.
"For. Heaven's sake, James, what has
happened ? cried the startled wife spring?
ing to the sidu of her husband, and twin?
ing her arms about his neck.
Tire young man looked up with a hag?
gard expression. His lips were bloodless,
and his features were all stricken with a
death-hue.
"What is it? 0. what? murmured the
wife.
"Go look in our box?our little bank,"
groaned the |>oor man.
Hannah hastened away, and when she
returned she bore the empty box in her
hand.
, "Robbed !" she gasped, as 6he sank
tremblingly down by her husband's side.
"Yes, Hannah," whispered the husband,
"I?-I havo robbed you."
The stricken wile gazed upon her hus?
band with a vacant look, for at first she
did not comprehend; but she remembered
his behavior for weeks back, she remem?
bered how he had murmured in his sleep
ot lotteries and tickets, of blanks and pri?
zes,.and gradually the truth broke in upon
her.
"1 have done it all, Hannah," hoarsely
whispered the condemned man, when he
saw that his wife had guessed the truth.
"All, all has gone for lottery tickets. Tho
Demon tempter lured me?he held up
glittering gold in his hand, but he gave
me none ot it. O, do not chide me ? You
know not what I have suffered?what
hours of agony I have passed?and you
cannot know how cold is my heart now.
0, my wile, would to God 1 had listened
to you-!"
"?sh !" calmly whispered the faithful
wife, as she drew her hand across her
husband's heated brow. "Mourn not for
what is lost. I will not chide thee. It is
hard thus for you to lose your scanty
earnings, but there might be many calam?
ities worse than that. Courago, James;
we will forget it."
"And Mr. Rowse will foroclose the
mortgage. You will be homeless," mur?
mured young Lanning, in broken ac?
cents.
"No; I will sco him. I will see that
all is safe in that quarter," added Hannah
At that moment the babe awoke, and
tho gentle mother was called to care for
it. On the next day, at noon, Hannah
Lanning gave her husband a receipt for
fifteen dollars from Ruwse.
"Here," said she "the interest is paid.
Now let us forget all that has passed, and
commence again."
"But how?what has paid this ?" asked
James, gazing first upon tho receipt, and
then upon his wife.
"Never mind."
"Ay, but 1 must mind. Tell me. Han
nah."
"Well. I have sold my gold watch."
"Sold it."
"But I can buy it back again. The man
will not part with it, if I want it. But I
don't, Jamos, till we are able. Perhaps I
shall never want it. Yon must not chide
mo, for never did I derive one ioto ot the
pleasure from its possession that I now
?feel in the result of its disposal."
James Lanning clasped his wife to his
bosom, and he murmured a prayer, and
in that prayer there was a pledge *
*******
Two years passed away, and during
that time James Lanning lost not a single
day from his work. He was as punctual i
as the sun, and the result was sure.
It was late one Saturday evening when j
he came home, after supper ho drew a
paper from his pocket and laid it upon the
table.
1 "Tjierej Hannah/' said he; while a noble
pride beamed in every feature, "that is
my mortgage. I've paid it?every cent.
This house is ours?it is our own house.
I've bought it with dollars, every one of
which has been justly earned by the sweat
of my brow. . I am happy now."
Hannah Lanningsaw that her husband
had opened his arms, and she sat down
upon his knee, and.laid her hand upon his
shoulder.
"O. blessed moment!" she murmured.
"Yes, it is a blessed moment," respond?
ed tho husband. "Do you remember,
Hannah, the hour of bitterness that we
saw two 3*ears ago."
C The wife shuddered, but she made no
reply.
"Ah," continued the j'oting man, "I
have never forgotten that bitter lesson;
and even now I tremble when I think how
ratally 1 was deceived by the tempter
that has lured thousands on to destruc?
tion."
"But its terror is lost in this happy mo?
ment," said Hannah, looking up with a
smife.
"Its terror may be lost," resumed James,
"but its lesson must never be forgotten.
Ah, the luring lotte^ ticket has a dark
side?a side which few see until they
fcelit." '
"And are not all its 6ides dark?" softly
asked the wife. \lJf there is any bright?
ness about it, it is on\y tho glare of the
fatal ignis fat< us, which can only lead the
wayward traveler into danger and dis?
quiet."
"You are right, my dear wife. Yon
were right at first. Ah," he continued,
as ho drew the faithful being more closety
to his bosom, "if husbands would oftener
obey the tender dictates of the loving
wife, there would be far less of misery in
the world than there is now."
His Head is Level.?While passing a
?table 3-ard yesterday, in the upper por?
tion of the cit3', our attention was at?
tracted, for a lew moments, to two col?
ored men who were trying to hitch a
mule to a little wagon. The mule was
very obstreperous?lie had his dander up
about something, and he put in a serious
protest against the whole proceedings.
He reared and pitched, and threw his
hind feet about remarkably active, damag?
ing the wagon and several times threat?
ening to knock off the head of two of the
darkies, who was lamming away at his
muleship with a long hoop pole. The
two negroes labored hard, but without
avail. The animal had not been worked
for some time, and he felt bis oats, and
was not to be trifled with. After three
or four ineffectual attemps were made to
get tho mule between the shafts; the col?
ored gentleman with a hoop pole had his
passion aroused and commenced larrup?
ing the animal in good earnest. The
mule accepted tho issue made, upset the
colored gentleman who was tickling him
with tho hoop, and taking French leave,
his muleship dashed down the street in
groat glee over what he bad accomplished.
The old darkc3r who got knocked down,
with the aid of his comrade, slowty got to
his feet again. He gave a glance at the
retreating inule, and SI0WI3' shaking his
head, he remarked : "Pete, dat ar mole
like some niggers. You let 'em hab lib?
erty for a little time, an' den dey won't
do nuffin?but tiy to vote. I bet dat
mule is gwine down to de place whar dey
register now." We didn't wait to hear
anything more, but concluded that that
old darkc3r's head was level.?New Or
Irant Picayune.
The Girls to the Young Men.?The
literary department of the luka (Miss.)
Mirror is edited 03" four 3-oung ladies.
Their last number contains the following
paragraph, which exhorts the 3'oung man
to "depend on himself:"
Most 3*oung men consider it a misfor?
tune to be born poor, or not to have capi?
tal enough to establish themselves at their
outset ot life in a good and comfortable
business. This is a mistaken notion. So
far from poverty being a misfortune to
them, if we 01113- judge from what we
dailj' behold, it is a blessing; the chances
are more than ten to one against him who
starts with a fortune. Most rich men's
sons die in povert3T, while many poor
men's sons come to wealth and honor. It
is a blessing, instoad of a curse, to have to
work out their own fortune.
Reconstruction Cc3imenced in Ala?
bama.?The Montgomery Advertiser, of
Wednesday, contains the list ot registers
appointed in that State. The board is
composed of three members from each
Senatorial District?two white 3nd one
colored. The Advertiser says: "It is not
yet known how long it will be before the
registers enter upon the discharge of their
duties; but one thing is very certain, that
it is the duty of every one allowed the
privilege to register and qualify for voting,
when the opportun^' is offered. The re?
construction or military law is the only
way left for us to get back into the Union,
and, by rejectmg it, we only add to our
calamities."
Reign of Terror on the Virginia
and Tennessee M?rder.? Information
just received from Bristol, on the line? of
Virginia and Tennessee, states that a per?
fect reign of terror exists there, in conse?
quence of the depredations of a company
of -Brownlow's militia who invaded the
tow 11. This company numbers about one
hundred, two-thirds of whom arc negroes.
They are repiesented as brutal and law?
less, and have created the greatest con?
sternation among the inhabitants.?N. Y.
Herald.
? "Mother," asked a tall gawky, "what
did you and dad U6ed to do when he came
courting you ?"
"Good airth and seas! what put that
into the b03''s head ? What do vou mean,
Jebcdiah ?"
"Well, I went over to see Peggy Has
kins t'other night, and she told me I didn't
know how to court. I asked her to show
me, and sez she, "Ax your marm!" "What
did you do, mother?"
"La, suz! WI13'. Jcb., wc used to sit in
the corner and eat roast turkoy !"
"Good gracious! times ain't now as
thc3* used to be, mother, sartin?the only
thing Pegg3' gin me was raw pickle !"
?A con temporal suggests that a lady
on putting on her corsets is like a man
who drinks to drown his grief becauso in
solacing hersolf bhc is getting tight'!
Horace Greeley Defies the New
York Union League,
Mr. Greeley published simultaneously
in the Tribune and World of Thursday, a
letter or proclamation to and in defiance
of the New York evening League, from
which Wo mako some extracts:
BY THESE PBESBftTS, GREETING :
To Messrs. George W. Blunt, John A.
Kennedy, and forty others, members of
the Union League Club:
Gentlcmon?I was favored, or the 16th
instant, by an official note from our ever
courteous President, John Jay, notifying
me that a requisition had been presented
to him for ua special meeting of the club,
at an,earfy day, for the purpose of taking
into consideration the conduct of Horace
Greeley, a membor of the club, who has
become a bondsman for Jefferson Davis,
late chief officer of tho Rebel Government."
[Mr. Greeley then quotes from the
Tribune to Bhow that from tho day of
General Leo's surrender, tr. the day of the
assassination of Lincoln, he had advocated
clemency and forgiveness towards the "ex
rebels."] "That appalling calamity." he
goes on to say, "seemed in an instant to
curdle all the milk ot human kindness in
twenty millions of American breasts. At
onco, insidious efforts were 6et on foot to
turn the fury thus engendered against
me, because of my pertinacious advocacy
of mercy to the vanquished. Chancing to
enter the club-house the next (Saturday)
evening, 1 received a full broadside of
your scowta. ere we listened to a clerical
harangue intended to prove that Mr. Lin?
coln had been providentially removed be?
cause of his notorious leanings towards
clemency, in order to make way fora suc?
cessor who would give the rebels a full
measure of stern justice. I was soon
made to comprehend that I had no sym?
pathizers?or none who dared seem such
?in your crowded assemblage. And
some maladroit admirer having a few
day* afterward made the club a present
of my portrait, its bare reception was re?
sisted in a speech from the chair by your
then president?a speech whose vigorous
invective was justified solely by my plead?
ings for lenity to the rebels.
At once a howl of dorision and rage was
sent up from every side against me by the
little creatures whom God, for some in?
scrutable purpose, permits to edit a ma?
jority of our minor journals, echoed by a
yell of "Stop my paper!" from thousands
of imperfectly instructed readers of the
Tribune. One impudent puppy wrote me
to anbwer categorically whether I was or
was not in favor ot-hanging Jeff. Davis,
adding that I must stop his paper if I
were not! Scores volunteered assurances
that I was defying public opinion?that
most of my readers were against me?as
if I could be induced to write what they
needed to be told.
Gentlemen, I shall not attend your
meeting this evening. 1 have an engage
ment out of town, and shall ltuej> it. 1 d<i
not recognize you aa capable of judging
or even fully apprehending me. You
evidently regard me as a weak sentimen?
talist, misled by a mauldlin philosophy.
Ii arraign you as narrow-minded block?
heads, who would like to be usetul to a
I great and good cause, but don't knuw
how. Your attempt to base a great, en?
during party on the hate and wrath ne?
cessarily engendered by a bloody civil
war is as though j-ou should plant a colo?
ny on an iceberg which had somehow
drifted into a tropical ocean. I tell you
here that, out of a life earnestly devoted
to the good of human kind, your children
will select my going to Richmond and
signing that bail-bond as the wisest act,
and will reel that it did more tor freedom
and humanity than all of you were com?
petent to do, though you had lived to the
age of Methuselah.
I ask nothing of you, then, but that
you proceed to your end by a direct,
frank, manly way. Don't sidle off into a
mild resolution of censure, bnt move the
expulsion which \'0ti purposed, and which
I deserve, if I deserve any reproach what?
ever. All I care for is, that you make
this a square, stand-up fight, and record
j'our judgment by yeas and nays. I care
not how many voto with me, nor how
many vote against me; for 1 know that
the latter will repent it in dust and ashes
before thrco years have passed. Under?
stand, once for all, that I dare you and
defy you, and that I propose to fight it
out on the line that I have held from tho
day of Lee's surrender.
I give you fair notice that I shall urge
the re-enfranchisement of those now pro?
scribed for rebellion so soon as I shall feel
confident that this course is consistent
with tho freedom of the blacks and the
union of the republic, and that I shall de?
mand a recall of all tiow in exile only for
participating in the rebellion, whenever
the country shall have been so thoroughly
pacified that its safety will not thereby
lie endangered. And bo. gentlemen,
hoping that yon will henceforth compre?
hend me somewhat better than you have
done, I remain. Horace Greeley.
New York, May 23, 1867.
-?.
? During the trial of a suit in a West?
ern court, counsel took exception to the
ruling on a certain point, and a dispute
arose" "If tho court please, I wish to re?
fer to this book a moment," said the coun?
sel, picking up a large volume. "There's
no use in your picking up any books," ex?
claimed the judge, angrily, "I have deci?
ded this point." "I know that," was tho
rejoinder; "I am satisfied of that?but
this is a volume of Blackstonc?I'm cer?
tain ho differs with }-our honor, and I
only want to show you what a d-d old
fool Blackstonc was!" "Ah ! that indeed !"
exclaimed the court, smiling all over,
"now you begin to talk."
Wut a British Consul was Remov?
ed.?Tho Mobile Advertiser has the follow?
ing :
"It will bo romcmbcred that during the
war, when this port was blockaded, the
State managed, through the assistance ot
Jas. Magce, Esq., the British Consul th.-n
at this port, to get a specie fund on board
an English man-of-war, tor the purpose ot
payin" her British creditors. Mr. Magee, ;
for thfs service to English capitalists, lost,
his office, the Government of Great Bri?
tain, strangely enough, recalling him for
that act."
_It is stated in a despatch from Mon?
treal that Mr. Davis has purchased the j
AIcGiverin estate, at St. Catherine, for a j
Bummer residence. '
Washington, May 23.
Senator Wilson arrived to-day, and has
gone North. He speaks warmly of the
general courtesy with which he was re?
ceived.
Butler, in print, is positive in his char?
ges of doubtful practices regarding Booth's
diar) and pardoning of West Virginia de?
serters, lie claims to have himself origi?
nated the tamons phrase, "Bottled up."
Internal revenue receipts to-day $453,
000.
There was a full Cabinent meeting to<
day. Gen. Grant assisted. The meeting
was very lengthyjconsideriug Stanberry's
opinion.
Hon. A. R. Riddle, of Ohio, assists in
the prosecution of Surratt. The trial com?
mences on Monday.
Manguert, a Cuban; of literary reputa?
tion, shot his wife and her mother, in the
court room, at Mantanzas, during the
progress of a trial for alimony.
Vera Cruz dates, of the 13th state that
Miramo was badly wounded in attempting
to force the Liberal lines, on the 27th.
The castle of Chepultepec was captured
by Guadarawa, on the 14th, after a fierce
struggle by the Imperialists. Don Sisuen
Peon was executed at Sisal.
Washington, May. 24*
The president leaves on the 1st proximo,
to ba in Raleigh by the1 4th of June:
Judge Ch3se has granted a writ of error
in the case of the United States vs. Joseph
Bruin, whose property was confiscated by
Judge Underwood and sold during the
war. The writ grounded: First?That
the District Court condemned and sold
the absolute estate of the petiouer in and
to the property, which Judgment was be?
yond the power of the Court to pronounce
Second?The condemnation of property
was for treason, of which the party could
not be adjudged guilty, except upon find?
ing of a jury. Third?The proceedings
were in admiralty, when they should have
been open to the common law side of the
Court, by information and not by libel.
The custom receipts from the 12th to
the 18th were nearly 83,000,090. Internal
revenue receipts to-day ?522,000.
The impeachment proceedings are regar?
ded as glowing day by day more feeble.
The July session is regarded as utterly im?
practicable.
The official agricultural report for Apr i
says the prospect tor an unusually heavy
crop ot wheat continues favorable.
Charleston, May 26.
General Sickles, this evening, issued an
order in the case of the negroes concerned
in the recent street car riots, in view of
the general good conduct of the colored
population in trusting to the action of the
authorities for the recognition and- en?
forcement of their rights and privileges,
all are released except Wm. Iluger and
John F. Stewart, who, being charged with
stoning the cars and resisting the police
in the discharge of their duty, and inci?
ting others to riotous conduct, are reman?
ded for trial by the military commission,
in the case ot Stephen Calhonn Smith,
charged with mutilating the national flag,
at the firemen's parade, April 27, the or?
der says, the only extenuating circum?
stances is t!;e prisoner's acknowledgment
ot guilt, coupled with his avowal that the
act was done in a moment of undue ex?
cite::- ent, and the expression of his sin?
cere contrition lor the offence; prominent
and influential citizens having petitioned
for Smith's pardon, representing that his
offence receives no countenance in the
community; and it appearing that the
confinement already undergone by the
accused, added to the condemnation of the
community, will sufficiently admonish him
of the 'consequences of his misconduct;
it is ordered that he be discharged.
Washington, May 27.
John II. Surratt was brought into the
Crimnal Court to-day, to be tried for mur?
der and conspiracy to kill President Lin?
coln. His brother Isaac had been brought
from Texas, and was in the court room,
The defence was ready for trial, but the
United States was not; the latter presen?
ted that they had used due diligence, but
as yet had been unsuccessful in procuring
the attendance of four or five important
witnesses.
A telegram has been received at the
State Department, from New Orleans, the
26lh, transmitting an official letter from
Juares, dated San Luis Potosi, 15th, sta?
ting that Queretaro had fallen by force of
arms, at 8 o'clock this morning. Maxamil
ian, Mejia, Castiilo and Miramon are pris?
oners.
New York, May 26.
A Valparaiso letter says the impression
prevails that the United States is more
friendly to Spain than to Chili and Peru,
and it was probable the proposed mediation
of this country would not be accepted.
The allied squadron was in port, and the
good feeling between the Governments
was restored.
Yokohama advices of March 29 say
Gen. Van Valkenburg re-opaned corres?
pondence with the Japanese Government,
regarding American claims for property
destroyed in 1S63.
New Orleans, May 27,
Advices from Braza, via Galveston, say
that a letter from the American Consul at
Monterey confirms the capture of Maxil
milian. the reply of President Juarez to
Minister Campbell recounts the grievances
of his party at the Conducton0 Maximilian.
He justifies his previous executions, and
declines to promise safety to Maximilian,
in the eveut of his capture.
Galveston, May 27.
An attempt to collect taxes here levied
during the war in Confederate currency,
which" would sacrifice the property of
Union men, has called forth an order from
Gen. Griffin, torbidding the collection of
such taxes. #
Judge Reeves, of the 9th District of
Texas,"decides that negroes arc not com?
petent witnesses in the trial of white men.
London, May 27.
There is question whether the death
sentences of the Fenian convicts will be
carried out or not. It engrosses public
atteutii ii, and the press of England and
Ireland generally urge that the sentences
be commuted to imprisonment for life.
It is said that Minister Adams will in?
terpose to save McClurc trom the scaffold.
Dublin, May 25.
If the Fenians are to be hung, the au?
thorities expect reprisals on the part of,
the Fenians. The houses of the Judges ;
and the Crown Counsel are guarded day
and night, by armed policemen in citizen's
dress.
-o
? Tho real congress water Gognac
Brandy, J
Increase of the Public Debt.?The
next Treasury monthly statement will
show a slight increase of the public debt,
owing to the large amount ot 525,000,000
recently paid as interest on the public se
cureties, and the smallness of the receipts
from internal revenue sources, which, ac?
cording to estimates, will not exceed ?15,
000,000 for the. present month. - The rev?
enue, however, will be largely increased
during June, the income tax being then
due.?Herald.
The New Orleans Crescent of the 16th
says: Probably the closest run ever made
upon a bank in the United States, was
made during the last two days upon the
bank of which Mr. G. W. Cochran is pre?
sident.. Of'8675,000 upon deposit, S610,
000 were drawn out unto boon yesterday,
when confidence was again restored, and
before three o'clock, $110,000 had again
been placed upon deposit.
A"N U?EXPECTED DANGER.?]ODO of the
spread-eagle Radicals, at the meeting of
Monday night, wanted the wings of a
bird that he might fly to every village and
hamlet of the State, and carry the glad
tidings of reconstruction.
A boy near the door sung out: "Dry
up, you-old fool, you'd get shot tor
a goose before you flew a mile."
[Montgomery Mail.
?Alabama is taking her stand in the
rank of gold producing States. The Phil?
adelphia mint~the other day, assaj-edand
tested gold of a very fine quality, sent
from Atauga county, about in the njiddFo
of the State. This is direct South-west
range with the gold belt extending thro'
Northern Georgia, South Carolina, Vir?
ginia and Maryland.
-4?-~
? The annual report of the Association
for tho Relief of Jewish Widows and Or?
phans of New Orleans shows that this as?
sociation is ontof debt, and has a reserved
fund invested ot S13,052.83: cash in hand,
S3,202,S5; collectable dues, ?0,615, and
buildings and improvements paid for, val?
ued at 823,175.70. Number of inmates,
54.
How to "Fixisn" a Dor.?Give him
plenty of money, nothing to do?let him
choose his own playmates, spend his evert'
ings where he pleases, come home when
he gets ready* and he will very soon finish
himself.
? It appears from official documents"
that in 1864 there were in Trance in every
10,000 marriages no fewer than 167 be?
tween relatives. The proportion has been
constantly increasing siuee 1861, when it
was only 129 in 10,UO0.
? A general convention of the Chris
tion associations in the United States and
British Provinces will meet in Montreal?
June 19.
? "Bob, how is your sweetheart get?
ting along?" "Pretty well, I? reckon.
She says i needn't call any more."
? The Republican party in New Or?
leans has split into "radicals" and "Union?
ists." :
Schedule over S. C. Railroad.
GENERAL SUPTS OFFICE;
CuAjibBSTox, S. C, Nov. ;>. 1806.
ON and after Wednesday, November 7. JS*(JfT, fhe
Passenger Trains of this road will lun the following
schedule:
AUGUSTA TRAIN.
Leave Charleston, 8.00 a. m.
Arrive at Columbia, 5.20 p. m.
Arrive m August.-!, 5.00 p. m
Lcr.7e Axgtista, 7-00 a. m.
Leave Columbia,' 0.50 a. m.
Arrive at Charleston, 4.UU p. in.
TIIROUOU MAIL TRAIN.
Leave Augusta, 5.50 p. m.
Arrive at Kingsv.'Pc, 1.0-5 a. m;
Arrive at Columbia, 8.00 a. m.,
Leave Columbia, 2.00 p. m.
Arrive ni Kingsrillc, S.-J0 p. m.
Arrive al Aogusia, 12.00 night
II. T. PEAIsE, GeulSup'i,
Novl5. 1866 ~22
Greenville & Columbia Hail Hoa!,
Generai. Sitkrixtkxdext's Office*
olumbia. Sept. 12, 18CG.
On and after Monday, 17th irrst., the Passenger
Trains will be run daily, (Sunday's excepted) un?
til further notice, as follows :
Leave Columbia at - - 7 15 a. m.- ?
" Aiifton, - - 9 05 "
" . Ncwbcrry, - - 10 35 a. m,
Arrive at Abbeville. - - 3 13 p.m./
44 Anderson. - - 5 10 "
?? ? Greenville, - - 5 40 "
Leave Greenville at - - 6 09 MB/
?? AadcTsc-n, - - - 6 SO . ?
Abbeville, - - 8 35 a. m,
f4 Newbcrry, - - 1 20 p. m.
Arrive at Alston. - - 2 45 "
?* 44 Columbia, - 4 40 "
The bridge at Alston hc-ing now completed, pas?
sengers and freights will be transported without
delay. The expense of freights, by the discontin?
uance of the wagons and boats, will be largely
reduced.
J. B. LaSALLE, Gen'l Supt.
Sept 20, 186G 14
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