The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, March 22, 1877, Image 2
JAS. A. HOTT, ,F.|to
E. B. MURRAY, ?Eduorh
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THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 22,1877.
The United States Senate concluded
its labors in extra session on Saturday
last and adjourned tine die. The confir?
mation of Fred. Douglass for Marshal of
the District of Colombia excited some
interest in the closing proceedings. Sen?
ator Morgan, of Alabama, urged the con
firmotion on the ground that it was a
recommendation of the Chief Executive
as a recognition of the claims of the col?
ored race through their most popular
representative man. Senators Hill, Beck
and Garland also voted to confirm the
nomination. The nomination of Wm.
Stone as District Attorney for South
Carolina, on motion of Senator Gordon,
went over until the next session, when it
- is hoped Mr. Hayes will withdraw the
nomination, and send in the name of a
man-more acceptable to the people of
South Carolina. Earle, of Greenville,
was the chief competitor with Stone for
the position, but his nomination would
be equally distasteful.
It is noteworthy that the extreme Rad?
icals are greatly disappointed in their
expectations from the new occupant of
the White House. Soon after the inau?
guration, when Hayes' inaugural address
was quite fresh, it was Don Cameron who
said, "It would have been better to have
had Tilden." This remark seems to have
inspired others, for Blaine said to a friend
in Washington, only a few days after?
wards, that he "had no more influence
with Hayes than a page on the floor of
the Senate." Col. Bob Ingersoli, the
great orator of the West, whose labors in
behalf of the Republicans were hercu?
lean, asks this question: "What party do I
I belong to how, I should like to know ?"
And Ben Butler is reported as saying,
"We have taken a great deal of trouble,
and won a defeat" These shining lights
of former days seem to think that, with
the "counting in" of Mr. Hayes, "Othel?
lo's occupation's gone." The country
can stand it, if they cannot
"For ways that are dark and tricks
that are Tain," the average South Caro?
lina Republican was always peculiar.
'Washington dispatches state that some
of Chamberlain's friends, who were
pushing his cause with the President,
got themselves into quite a predicament
, not long ago by being among the partio
pants in a faro game at the "Club," one
of the most notorious gaming houses in
Washington. The police made a raid
after midnight upon the saloon, and cap?
tured among others quite a delegation
from Booth Carolina. Among the num?
ber were Ex-Senator F. A. Sawyer, who
was assistant secretary of the treasury
under Secretary Richardson; Judge Car?
penter, the political acrobat of South
Carolina; one Congressman and two Ex
Congressmen from the same State. The
police were even harder than usual on
these distinguished (?) captives, for they
Were kept all night in the station house.
Chamberlain was quite forgotten by these
worthies for a time, and he will doubtless
attribute the failure of his cause to their
fondness for "fighting the tiger.".
Governor Hampton is now engaged in
organizing a strong and effective constab?
ulary force, and has recently appointed
Col. William Butler, of Edgefield, as the
Chief Constable of the State, under the
provisions of the law authorizing this
organization. Col. Butler was in com
maud of the First Regiment of South
Carolina Regulars daring the war, and at
the battle of Averysboro, after the cap?
ture of Col. Alfred Rhctt, commanded
' the brigade of regulars. He was an offi
cer in the old. United States Army, and
paly recently had his disabilities re?
moved. He is a sou of the late Dr.
William Butler, who represented this
section in Congress many years ago, and
is a brother of Gen. M. C. Butler. His
appointment is regarded as an excellent
selection for this responsible position
Gor. Hampton evidently means business
in the right direction, and ? when the
proper time arrives, the "eviction of
Chamberlain" will speedily follow. The
President and his advisers may attempt
. to dally with the question of a dual gov?
ernment in South Carolina, but the right
ful Governor cannot wait always on their
slow and tardy movements.
HEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION.
The annual election in New Hampshire
occurred on Tuesday, 18th inst Very
little popular interest was manifested in
the result, and there was absolutely no
excitement connected with the campaign.
It was conceded by the Democrats that
small gains would be mode by their op?
ponents, and the result has been in ac?
cordance with this expectation. B. F.
Prescott, the Republican nominee for
Governor, was chosen by a majority of
thirty-five hundred. The Republicans
elected two Congressmen?James F.
Briggs, Second District, and Henry W.
Blair, Third District The Democrats j
re-elected Frank Jones by a small ma?
jority in the First District. New Hamp?
shire has been steady in its adherence to
the Republican party for more than
twenty years, and it is not surprising
that the disgusted and disheartened Dem?
ocrats made no extra efforts to carry the j
State, so soon after the fraudulent termi?
nation of the Presidential election. The
only disappointment about the result
affects the Radicals, who were expecting
to secure all the members of Congress,
so much needed by them in the organiza?
tion of the next House of Representa?
tives.
? Washington telegram to the New
York Herald: Unless Mr. Chamberlain
?withdraws voluntarily in South Carolina,
Governor Hampton will, whenever the
arrangements of the federal authorities
are completed, proceed against him in
the courts of the State and under a Stat?
ute, curiously enongh, which was enacted
by the Republicans in 1868, to enable
(hem to pnt out some Democratic incum?
bents, This statute provides for the sum?
mary eviction of any person intruding
himself into a public office by a warrant
issued by a Circuit Judge. The party
evicted under such a warrant is author?
ized by the statute to assert his claim or
Eretentions in the courts if he wishes* but
e must give way first and at once on the
issue and presentation of the warrant to
the officer elepted.
PATTERSON'S PROJECTED PLAN.
The plan proposed for a new election
in this State seems to have emanated
from the fertile brain of Honest John
Patterson, who was backed by the im?
maculate Corbin in its presentation to
President Hayes last week. The plan
embraced nine propositions, involving
the recognition of Chamberlain under
his old title, and graciously permitting
Governor Hampton to take part in the
arrangement of the election machinery.
Indeed, it is stated that the carpet-bagger
from Pennsylvania, who pretends to rep?
resent this people in the United States
Senate, declared his intention of sup?
porting Hampton in the new election.
We are not aware that Governor Hamp?
ton has done anything to merit such dis?
tinguished consideration from - Honest
John, and must conclude that these offers
are among the latest gratuities of that
benevolent individual. Aside from the
source begetting this new proposition,
however, the plan for a new election was
destined to prove a failure, and it is not
surprising that it was promptly condemn?
ed and repudiated on all sides. Governor
Hampton properly regarded the proposi?
tion as an outrage and insult, and spring?
ing from such a detestable source, it was
intensely disgusting. Even President
Hayes did not require much deliberation
to make up his mind tbat the scheme was
impracticable and mischievous, although
Patterson industriously circulated the
falsehood that the President favored this
plan for a settlement of the difficulties
in South 'Carolina. A sober second
thought would convince any man of
average intellect that such a scheme is
worse than useless. In addition to the
untold mischief to be inflicted upon the
industrial and material interests of the
State, the authority to order a new elec?
tion does not exist, and the title of a
Governor chosen under such an election
would be less tangible and more doubtful
even than the pretended authority of Mr.
Chamberlain at this time. No power is
authorized to order a new election in this
State, and it is frivolous and useless for
any one to expect a solution of the pres?
ent troubles other than by the ultimate
recognition of the lawful Governor.
This fresh proposal on the part of the
Radicals indicates that, their confidence
in sustaining Chamberlain is fast waning
and weakening. The, shallow mockery
kept up under the snrveilhtnce and pro?
tection of an armed soldiery does not
gather strength or importance as the days
are lengthened, and the inevitable result
stares them squarely in the face. The
whirligig of time does not bring them
consolation, nor does the atmosphere
around Washington improve their politi?
cal hygiene. Honest John scents the
coming storm, and the fatuitous Corbin
perceives the wreck before him. It has
been a hard task to make these fellows
understand that the honest and oppressed
people of South Carolina were determined
never again to submit themselves to the
artful manipulations of their robber band.
But the light is breaking upon their be?
clouded visions, and new devices are re?
lied upon to beguile the people.' It would
be a blessing that Chamberlain and the
rest of them might realize for one single
moment the attitude of affairs in this*
State. The patience and endurance of
the people cannot much longer maintain
this extreme tension, and it would be
well with such characters as Chamber?
lain, Patterson and Corbin that distance
shall interpose between them and the
righteous indignation of an outraged
populace. We do not believe that the
restraining influences of -public men,
even the powerful ascendency of Gover?
nor Hampton over the popular mind, can
possibly keep the present posture of af?
fairs much longer without a serious out?
break. Hence, it is not only the suprem
est folly, but a monstrous crime against
the peace of the State to longer delay the
only settlement consistent with right,
justice and the consent of the governed.
Ex-Governor Scott Favors the Recog?
nition of Wade Hampton to Seen re
Peace and Prosperity.
In the National Republican of the 12th
inst. we find the following letter, which
explains itself:
Washington, March 10,1877. ,
To the Editor of the National Republican :
Sir?My attention has been directed
to articles in the press placing me in the
position whereby it may bo inferred that
I sanction criticisms made upon promi?
nent Republicans at home. I desire to
state that my recent call upon the Presi
dent, in company with other South Caro?
lina gentlemen, had no reference to the
private character or public acts of any
Republican in that State, but was im?
pelled by the hope that something could
be done to settle the vexed question of
our dual governments; nor did I have a
thought of acting in the premises until a
majority of the Circuit Judges had de?
cided in favor of General Hampton's
chum, and all of the Supreme Judges had
led me to infer that they would so decide
by having frequently declared that he was
elected Governor; indeed, there was no
apparent remedy for alleged frauds that
were charged in the election, as it had
passed beyond the power of the politi?
cians, and had become purely a judicial
question.
I was satisfied that the prolongation
of the contest against the inevitable re?
sult would be to bring financial ruin
upon the whole State, and as a Republi?
can, no man in South Carolina was more
anxious for the success of Republican
principles than myself, and yet I am not
willing to sacrifice everything in an ex?
periment that must result disastrously.'
If the party has met with reverses there,
it would hardly be justifiable, I appre
, hend, to sacrifice the material interests
of a commonwealth in the vain effort to
retrieve what was lost in a campaign that
cannot be recalled. The Chief Justice
of the State having recently deceased, it
may be regarded doubtful as to what his
decision would have been, but by every
fair deduction we have the right to as?
sume that when he made his requisition
upon General Hampton for his salary,
which he accepted on the order of his
Treasurer, countersigned by Wade Hamp?
ton as Governor, he intended to recog?
nize him as Governor of the State.
I may add that Associate Justices Wii
lard and Wright also drew their salaries
in like manner. It is only too obvious
that the decline of the Republican party
in the Southern States since 1870 has
rendered its extinction almost certain
under existing organizations, and what?
ever success has been attained in the
past was, unfortunately, achieved by
many sacrifices to those who were forced
into the leadership. I fully appreciate
the difficulties encountered in the vexed
question of our State, which presents
itself on the threshold of what bids fair
to be a wise and most beneficent admin?
istration of our national government.
Very respectfully, &c,
Robert K. Scott.
? An extra session of Congress will
probably be held about the first day of
June.
LETTEE; FROM NEW YORK.
From an Occasional Correspondent..
New Yoek, March 17th, 1877.
I have not written you for some time,
but as I now have a leisure moment I
cannot spend my'time more profitable
than to give you the latest news, which I
have gathered from trustworthy sources.
The snow fell >n Friday to the depth of
seven inches, and the changes of the
weather in this metropolis may be well
said to be very uncertain. Clear at early
dawn on Friday, it succeeded in getting
cloudy toward midday, and at one o'clock
the snow began to fall, continuing all the
afternoon and all night, which for March,
however, is considered fair weather.
To-day is "St, Patrick's" day, and very
soon we shall hear the rolling of the
drum and the ? arill notes of the fife, call?
ing together our Irish brethren, who, of
course, expect to exercise every right of
American citizenship 09 this "St. Pat?
rick's day in the morn." It is amusing
to see the servant girls wearing the favo?
rite "green" about their necks in the
form of a bow; however, it is not the first
time, I suppose, that a bow (beau) en?
circled their becks; They are a good
and brave set of citizens, nevertheless,
and seem happy to be able to enjoy the
privilege of celebrating their much be?
loved Saint's d t on American soil.
The latest sensation, and a novel one,
too, is the great excitement caused by
the reported "cures" effected by the
means of "blue glass." It has become a
mania. It is particular adapted to the
cure of all nervous diseases, and is a per?
fect cure for "baldheadaess." I am ex?
pecting to takr out a patent for "blue
glass" hats, th?, is blue glass ventilators,
which will find a ready sale, no doubt, as
the cure for baldheadness will stand out
as the most prominent feature of the
patent. T?e action of the "blue ray,"
penetrating the ventilator, upon one's
"cranium" will, ii is believed, (if it does
not furnish a superabundance of brains,)
be highly productive of some good; he
sides a sure met t s of keeping the wearer
of this peculiar hat in a healthful and
happy condition. Enclosed you will find
* "blue glass journal" printed in blue,
the contents of which are interesting, as
it explains, to some extent, the theory of
the effects of th.- "bine ray." It is said
to have a wonderful effect upon vegetable
life, and hence invaluable to the hus?
bandman.
If business in dull in your quiet little
village?and I understand that you have
had some failures recently, which I re?
gret to learn?oiily try the cure of blue
glass; it will create some excitement and,
perhaps, as-on. of Sankey's songs runs,
"Revive us agaia." In many places in
the city, and particularly in Fifth Ave?
nue, the glass ia suspended before the
windows. We ould not suppose that
this peculiar mania had reached the
Capital, yet it appears that it has. There
has been a prop o.tion made, we learn, by
contractors from New York, to cover the
dome of the C:spitol with blue glass,
which would he a good idea, if through
its influence it would supply the members
of Congress With a little more wisdom,
in order that when another Electoral
Commission is appointed, some of its
members will have the wisdom to see
that the oumber of Democrats is equal
the number of Republicans.
This bring us flow to tbe play, "Seven
and Eight," v- ich is being enacted at
Tony Pastor's, and which is a complete
burlesque of the far famed "Eight to
Seven." Now, ia conclusion, let us add
that the sentiment of the people here is
truly one of By&pathy for the people of
Louisiana and South Carolina, and de?
mand, with the rest of the country, that
Mr. Hayes remove the troops from these
States, thereby giving the most popular
and strongest government the chance to
sustain itself. We all acknowledge the
magnanimous Hampton as the legitimate
Governor of tho State, and anticipate a
speedy recognition by the general gov?
ernment of the only man who can con?
trol the State at this present critical
crisis, at the same time restoring the
credit of the State and establishing a
prosperous government.
EIGHT TO SEVEN.
Halting Justice.?It is a puzzling
question whether Judge Reed, of the
Charleston Circuit, expects any one to be
p'eased with the shuffling course he has
pursued in the cases brought before him
to decide the gubernatorial question.
All the other judges except Wiggin.
whom Cbambertaiu nimself pronounced
a mere leaf on the current, have grappled
with the problem, and decided it in ac?
cordance with their ideas of law. Those
who had not originally entertained it
themselves, promptly accepted the de?
cision of the Supreme Court in the Tilda
Norris case. But Judge Reed has per?
sistently evaded the issue, until his wrig?
gling and squirming have made him an
object of general notice. If, as is sur?
mised. Judge Reed really iaclioes towards
Chamberlain, for whom, ia 1874, he
turned his back upon the white people of
the State, let him evince his preference
at once. The people wish to know who
are the enemies or law and order; and
they have less contempt for those who
openly espouse the wrong than those who
secretly abet it, yet fear to take a decided
step, lest it be towards the losing side.
If Judge Reed intends to act as becomes
a citizen and a Judge, let him no longer
resort to evasions, but at once check the
whisper of suspicion.
The decency of the city of Charleston
and of the State prevented Whipperfrom
tossing Judge Reed out of one of the
Court House windows last year. It is his
imperative duty now to screen the decen?
cy of Charleston from the insults of
Boweu and his rabble. If ho fears to
perform his duty, let him resign. He has
exhausted the patience of tbe people.
Let him define his position at once.?
Wirmsboro Nem.
? The New York World, referring to
Presideot Hayes' duty in regard to Lou
isiana aad South Carolina, says: "Gov?
ernor Hampton, of South Carolina, has
told President Hayes plainly at last what
South Carolina needs at his hands to
secure order within her borders and to
liberate her fettered industries. It is
taxing the patience of reasonable people
a little too far for a President who holds
his seat by virtue of a decision that Con?
gress cannot go behind the returns of an
Electoral board in a Southern State, to
assume that the Executive has a right to
go behind the declarations of a Governor
in a Southern State. President Hayes
has no more right or authority to keep
troops in the Statehouse of a sovereign
State when the Governor of that State
has requested him to withdraw them than
he has against or without the rennest of
the Governor of that State to send troops
there. He is openly and flagrantly,
breaking the laws which he has sworn to
support, and it is not creditable to the
good sense or tbe spirit of tbe American
people that he is permitted to do this as
composedly as if he were a Turkish Sul?
tan or a Russia?. Emperor."
LATEST BTTELEGRAEH.
ALL QUIET IN COLUMBIA.
Packard on the Rampage in
New Orleans!
UNFRUITFUL RESULT OF THE CAB*
I NET SESSION.
Hayes' Southern Policy a Delusion
and Snare !
Sjpccud Dispatch to the Anderson Intelligencer.
Columbia, March 21,1877.
There is no change in situation at Co?
lumbia. Hon. S. S. Cos (Sunset) passed
through on his way to Aiken on Monday
last. It was reported that he came as
Mr. Hayes' messenger to Hampton and
Chamberlain, but this proved untrue, as
his visit was purely personal. Nothing
else of interest for the week past.
All attention is now fixed upon Cabi?
net proceedings. It was in session five
hours yesterday. There was a prelimi?
nary examination of a mass of documents
relating to Louisiana and South Carolina,
and it is believed the two cases will be
disposed of together, but nothing what?
ever is known as to what was done in the
session.
Leading Northern papers give each
their own speculations and rumors as to
the ultimate settlement of the matter in
South Carolina and Louisiana, but all
differ, and presumably all of their opin?
ions are worthless. The President and
Cabinet are utterly reticent.
A New Orleans dispatch yesterday
suys that upwards of three hundred ne?
groes enrolled in Packard's militia yes?
terday, making a total of five hundred.
Tho President has received information
of an intention on the part of Packard
to make an aggressive movement. The
President is quoted as saying that Pack?
ard must have a poor opinion of the
[judgment and a worse one of the firm?
ness of the administration if he contem?
plates anything of the kind. .
Two o'clock dispatches says the Rad
[ icals will endeavor to have matters left
to a compromise commission. Nothing
whatever was done in the Cabinet session
yesterday to indicate views of individual
members. It is feared some device will
be found for breaking the promise of an
early settlement and consequent quiet in
the two disturbed States. Hayes' South?
ern policy seems to have been a sen?
timent rather than an active purpose.
All speculation is completely battled.
The situation in New Orleans is more
peaceful to-day. Nicbolla' police have
arrested a number of Packard's recruit?
ing officers on the charge of treason. It
is thought a bloody collision, which has
been feared for two days past, is not now
probable.
Rumors that the State House in Co?
lumbia has been lately re-inforced and
barricaded are without foundation.
This unsatisfactory account of affairs
faithfully reflects the situation up to
latest advices.
C. McK.
South Cabolina in Washington.
?Capt. F. W. Dawson, of the Charles?
ton Newt and Courier, has been spending
some time in Washington, and makes the
following statement in regard to the rep?
resentation of the Hampton administra?
tion at the capital:
" South Carolina is represented in
Washington by Senator Gordon, of Geor?
gia, Senator M. C. Butler, of South Car?
olina and Judge T. J. Mackey. Through
these gentlemen, and chiefly through the
last named. Governor Hampton commu?
nicates with the National officials. Jndge
Mackey says that he was specially reques?
ted by Governor Hampton to go to Wash?
ington, and that when Gen. Kershaw and
Col. Rion left the Capital, Gen. Kershaw
placed him in charge of our affairs. It
is due to Judge Mackey to say that he is
indefatigable and zealous. No man, po?
litically speaking, is so high or so low as
to be beyond Judge Mackey's notice, and
the papers he has prepared and the
thousands of epigramatic addresses he
has delivered have undoubtedly had their
effect. .
"Senator Gordon, a man of very differ?
ent mould, has made it the business of
his political life to secure justice and
peace for South Carolina. We all re?
member that he hastened to Columbia
last fall when the Legislature was about
to meet, and stood shoulder to shoulder
with Hampton and Conner throughout
the whole of tho series of intellectual
combats which followed the exclusion of
the Democratic members from the State
House. Since his-return to Washington
he has labored just as hard as he labored
in Columbia, and to him is largely due
the strength of our position. Nearly
every day he has had interviews with the
President or the members of his Cabinet,
and in the Senate chamber he has been
as efficient as in more private confer?
ences.
"Senator M. C. Butler has necessarily
been embarrassed by the fact that his
seat in the Senate is contested, and could
not do as much as if his hands were free.
But he has won a host of friends for him?
self and the State, and has made an ex?
cellent impression upon the President.
The apprehension was that Senator But?
ler would be handicapped by wildly sen?
sational stories circulated by his oppo?
nent, Mr. D. T. Corbin; but the Outrage
Mill is apparently out of order, and we
do not know any Democrat whom the
South Carolina Legislature could have
elected who would stand better in Wash?
ington than Gen. Butler does. No man
has more personal magnetism, and he
bids fair to be - one of the strongest as
well as most popular of the Southern
Senators."
? Stanley Matthews has been nomi?
nated by the Republicans of Ohio to
succeed Mr. Sherman in the U. S. Senate.
? Hon. W. H. Bornum, United States
Senator from Connecticut, has been elec?
ted Chairman of the National Democrat?
ic Executive Committee, vice Hon. A. S.
Hewitt, resigned.
? Col. D. B. Penn, who has always
been a liberal Republican, is the most
grominent candidate for United States
enator for the long term in the Nicholls
Louisiana Legislature.
? The premium bale of cotton, which
won the $1,000 prize at the Centennial
Exhibition, is to be sent to the Interna?
tional Horticultural Exhibition in Hol?
land by the Cotton Exchange of Mem?
phis.
? H. P. Bell (Democrat) has been
elected to succeed Ben Hill in the House
of Representatives from the Ninth Dis?
trict of Georgia. He defeated an Inde
eendent Democrat and a Republican,
?ood for Bell!
? Judge Campbell, of New Orleans,
mentioned in connection with the U. 8.
Supreme Bench as one of the possibili?
ties from the South, is an old-time law?
yer, and so much like Charles O'Conor
that intimate friends mistake them.
? Senator Cameron has resigned his
seat in the United States Senate. The
Pennsylvania Legislature is now agitated
about the election of a successor. Cam?
eron's object is to make a place for his
son, Don Cameron, the late Secretary of
War."
A QUADRUPLE EXECUTION.
Fonr Negroes Hung for the Murder of
Tiro Germans.
Tragic Close of a Long Career of Law?
lessness and Bloody Crimes.
' Corrttpondence oj the A'ew York Herald.
Aiken, S. 0., March 16,1877.
The four negroes?Adam Johnson,
Nelson Brown, Lucius Thomas and John
Henry Dennis?who murdered Rudolph
Hausinan and Fritz Portman near this
place in November last, were hanged
here to-day in tbe. yard common to the
Court House and jail, in presence of a
crowd of about four thousand people o?
both races, both sexes and all ages. The
fifth "criminal, Steve Anderson, was respi?
ted for thirty days by Governor Hamp?
ton, upon representations made to him
that evidence existed which tended to
modify his crime. The prisoners have
devoted themselves entirely to religious
affairs since their lost attempt to escape
was frustrated, and their last hours yes?
terday and to-day were spent in commun?
ion with two faithful clergymen of their
own race. All having lately professed
conversion the rite ot baptism was ad?
ministered in tbo jail yesterday under
very peculiar conditions as to Johnson
and Brown, both of whom being fathers
of large families born out of wedlock,
were required by the attendant ministers
to solemnize their marriage with the
mothers of their children prior to bap?
tism, which ceremony was duly performed
yesterday in the cells of the condemned.
Quiet protracted religious services were
held in the jail this morning, during
which the Sheriff and his deputies per?
fected the details for the execution upon
a fourfold gallows of novel and ingenious
construction, to the entertainment and
instruction of a somewhat, impatient
crowd. At eleven o'clock the four pris?
oners appeared, clad in long white cotton
garments, their shrouds in effect, unshod,
and preceded by the officers'of the law,
with the two ministers, and escorted by
-six well armed militiamen, part of the
battalion of 126 men drawn up in line to
keep back the throne and repel any at?
tempt at a rescue, which was threatened
and feared.
the dead march.
The cortege advanced to the scaffold.
The prisoners were chained two and two,
and sang a funeral hymn as they marched,
which was dismally echoed by the hys?
terical cries of many colored women in
the crowd. Having ascended the scaffold
their manacles were loosened, and each
man was placed in position on the trap,
and under the fatal loops, which swayed
to and fro about their heads. The huge
engine of death was twenty-four feet long
and sixteen feet high, and upon this grim
platform the ghastly figures of the doomed
men and those of the Sheriff, his assist?
ants and the two preachers stood out in
sharp relief against the cloudless sky.
The crowd was hushed to silence in the
awful presence of death, and then was
heard again the trembling tones of the
miserable men as they sang the hymn,
"Come ye that love the Lord!"
as lined out by one of the preachers.
Following this was the reading of an
impressive religious services. Then the
prisoners were permitted to address the
vast throng.
whiskey, bad company and the scaf
% . fold.
Their remarks were brief, but of solemn
import. All were to the same general
purport, that whiskey and bad company
had brought them to their dreadful end.
All professed the firmest belief in their
salvation through Jesus Christ.
Johnson, the ringleader of tbe gang,
betrayed no emotion.
Nelson Brown denied participation in
the church or house burning, but con?
fessed as to the murder of the two Ger?
mans. He did not, he said, dread death,
but he hated to die as a murderer.
Dennis said he was present at the mur?
der, but claimed his hands were clear of
blood. He was persuaded by Johnson,
and must suffer this anguish with him.
Thomas said he had been called to the
gospel ministry, and attributed his crimes
and shameful death to having neglected
the call. He confessed, for the first time,
that he-had dealt one of tbe murderous
blows. This man was most affected of
the four, and laughed and played with
the rope in painful affectation of indiffer?
ence.
the last scene.
At the conclusion of their remarks 1
their arms and feet were pinioned, all
preserving the most stolidity of demean?
or. Johnson then hade farewell to dif?
ferent spectators whom he recognized, the
black caps were adjusted, the Sheriff
shook hands with them all, and the at?
tendants descended from the platform.
The Sheriff followed, and on the last step
quickly and unexpectedly touched the
trigger with his foot Precisely at noon
the thud of falling timbers fell dully on
the ear, and the four ghastly figures
dropped suddenly and simultaneously the
length of their ropes?four feet or more?
and death claimed its prize at the bands
of justified law.
dead.
Brown and Thomas died instantly,
their necks broken by the fall, Johnson
and Dennis struggled slightly for a few
moments, the knots having slipped in
each instance, and then all were still.
Ten minutes later the attending physi?
cian pronounced life extinct Thirty
minutes later the bodies were cut down
and delivered to their friends for burial.
McEvoy, the white murderer, was, at
his own request, unchained and permitted
to view the execution from the. window
of bis cell.
queer theology.
There is a touch of horrible humor in
the fact that one of the colored ministers
seriously objected to Anderson's reprieve,
on the ground that having been converted
in his extremity he was now sure of
heaven and should be executed before he
could possibly change his mind.
their crime.
A long list of capital crimes was ex?
piated by the death of these four culprits
to-day at the hands of that law they had
so fearlessly defied. Its story, as derived
from their own confessions, shows with
what remorseless deliberation the mur?
derers planned their deeds of horror, par?
ticularly that for which they were at
length convicted and executed. Of that
tragic occurrence the following is the
record. On the morning of November
3rd of last year the community of Aiken
was shocked at the tidings that a triple
murder had been committed the previous
night at a spot about five miles from
town. Two estimable German citizens
had been murdered, their money, valua?
bles and other property stolen and their
home, with the bodies left lying in it,
burned down for the purpose of conceal?
ing the crime. The murdered men were
well-to-do Germans who came to this
country about seven years ago for the
purpose of recuperating their health.
They purchased land, built a mill and
made other valuable improvements. The
elder, Rudolph Hausmann, was about
sixty years of age, and the younger, Fritz
Portmann, about twenty-five. Portmann
conducted the business and acted as gen?
eral agent for Hausmann. They were
unmarried, and occupied a small one
story house together. The nearest per?
son to them was a white man, also em
Eloyed at the mill, who lived about three
undred yards off. When he went to
his work on the morning in question he
saw the house burned to the ground and
the charred bodies of the two men lying
near the door, with an axe by their heads.
No shot had been heard, and this man,
who had been awake until a late hour, had
neither heard nor seen anything to alarm
him during the night.
Suspicions long entertained were fixed
upon certain negroes living an irregular
kind c?life on the outskirts of the town.
Vigorous search, promptly instituted, dis?
covered some of the property of the mur- <
dered men, including the Schuctzen uni?
form of the younger, together with his
Eistol, shotgun and other articles, which
ad been hidden away in one or two of
the houses. In each house from one to
three army rifles, such as were issued to
the colored militia of the State, were also
found secreted. A coroner's jury 'was
soob impanelled, and after en investiga?
tion lasting five days, and conducted in
the most deliberate manner a verdict was
rendered finding that the two men bad
come to their death by the hands of
Adam Johnson, and that Nelson Brown,
John Henry Dennis, Lucius Thomas aud
Solomon Gantt were present, aiding and
abetting, and that Cupid Holmes was an
accessory before the fact.
THE CULPRITS.
It is worthy of notice that the ring?
leader, Adam Johnson, had at one time
been a minister of the gospel. It is still
more notable that four of the murderers,
at the time of the murder, were members
of the militia company at this place and
that one was an officer of the company.
They carried their State rifles with them
on the midnight forrays in which they
were engaged, and with these arms their
deeds of blood were committed in every
lustance. From their confession it
appears that Adam Johnson on the night
of the crime mustered together four of
his men?tb-wit: Steve Anderson, Nel?
son Brown, John Henry Dennis and Lu?
cius Thomas, all negroes and all thor?
oughly armed. On their way to the
house of their intended victims they fre?
quently stopped to inflame themselves
with drink, with which they had amply
provided themselves, and Johnson at one
or two such stoppages, compelled them
to mingle gunpowder with the liquor for
the purpose of "making men or them."
Just before arriving at their destination
the dose of gunpowder and . whiskey was
again administered in large quantities,
and the party disguised themselves by
smearing chalk plentifully over their
faces. Arrived at the house, they crept
with stealthy steps to the door and saw
through a crock that the young man was
sitting up alone and was reading. They
hailed at once, and to his inquiry,
"Who's there ?" they replied by saying,
"Is Palmer here?"
[Palmer is the notorious politician,
now resident here, who recently Occupied
Mr. Beecher's pulpit in Brooklyn for one
service.]
The young man said "No," and came
to the door in obedience to an imperative
command to open it, in order to allow his
visitors to satisfy their pretended doubts
by a personal inspection of the premises.
With singular want of prudence the
young man opened the door, and the
band at once crowded in and demanded
a light to be brought. The young man
complied, adding a request that they
"would not disturb the old man" (Haus?
mann). Having thus ascertained the
fact of his presence also, they forced the
young man into the room occupied by
his partner, and, closing the door, kept
both locked in and guarded while they
proceeded to plunder the house of every
article of value they could find. This
work completed they were brought out at
the point of the bayonet and ordered to
give up their money. They at once sur?
rendered all they hod. amounting to a
few dollars only, together with a check j
for a large amount, which their captors
had the cunning to destroy on the spot.
Adam Johnson then sent one of his men
into the yard for an axe which had been
left outside. The younger prisoner in-'
quired what they intended to do with it,
and was met with the cool reply:
"YOU WILL SEE 1"
As soon as the messenger returned
with the axe, Adam directed two of his
men to hold Portmann between them,
with his face turned from him (Adorn).
Portmann resisted and undertook to look
behind him, when Adam struck him
heavily on the back of the head, felling
him to the floor. The old man, then for
the first time apparently understanding
the character oi the scoundrels with
whom he had to do,' began to struggle
violently, when he, too, was stricken
from behind, and fell bleeding across the
body of his hapless companion. The five
then set fire to the bed, and to different
portions of the dwelling, and went out
together, laughing,. as one of them de?
clares. Hearing groans proceeding from
the now burning room, one or two of the
men returned, and finding the old man
still alive, they repeated their murderous
blows upon the heads of both victims un?
til assured that life was utterly extinct
The assassins' booty aggregated some ar?
ticles of clothing, and, in the words of
one of the gong, about thirty-five or
forty cents apiece!
Finding the country "too hot to hold
them" after this affair the whole gang
fled. One or .two were captured before
they could leave the county, and others
were tracked to different portions of the
State, where they were soon apprehend
,ed, to the number of five, and returned to
the jail at this place te> await trial. A
jury of their own choosing, consisting of
one white man and eleven negroes, con?
victed them upon their own confession,
and they were sentenced to death, which
sentence was carried into effect to-day,
as stated above.
WHILE IK PRISON
and awaiting their doom your correspon?
dent visited them for tho purpose of as?
certaining the state of their minds in
view of approaching death. After one
or two unsuccessful attempts to escape
they had settled down into that state of
apathetic resignation which is a striking
feature in the case of all negroes in their
woful condition. All professed to have
"made their peace with their Jesus," and
declared themselves ready to go. One or
two spoke feelingly of their families, and
expressed some concern as to the dispo?
sition of their bodies after the law had
worked its will. - They had been kept
separated from each other and heavily
ironed during the latter part of their im?
prisonment, and this treatment, together
with the rough and scanty fare with
which alone they were supplied, went
very far, indeed, toward breaking the
wild, fierce spirits which for so long a
time kept an entire county in terror both
by day and night.
STATE fflEWS.
? Judge Cooke says that if Hampton
is not recognized as Governor he intends
to be both Judge and Governor of the
Eighth Circuit.
? Governor Hampton has commis?
sioned the old officers of the Hodges
Rifle Club, which now constitutes a part
of the State militia, under the name of
the Butler Riflemen.
? The annual meeting of the stock?
holders of the South Carolina Railroad
and Southwestern Railroad Bonk will be
held in the city of Charleston on the 10th
of April.. Stockholders will be passed
over the road free.
? Wm. R. Love, of York County, who
was sentenced to the Albany Penitentiary
in December, 1875, for violation of the
internal revenue laws, returned to bis
home last week, having served out the
term of his sentence, less the deduction
allowed for good behavior.
? The election ordered by Lieutenant
Governor Simpson to fill the vacancy in
the State Senate, occasioned by the death
of the Hon. Jones M. Williams, came
off on Tuesday, and resulted in the elec?
tion of Col. Thomas J. Counts, the Dem?
ocratic nominee, without opposition.
? Last Thursday was celebrated in the
Due West Female College as Miss Mc
Querns1 seventy-fifth birthday. College
exercises were suspended a part of the
day, and a splendid dinner was given to
the faculty and senior, class by Dr. Bon?
ner in honor of the event. Quite a num?
ber of handsome presents were given to
Miss McQuerns by her associates and
friends, and the day passed off most
pleasantly. Miss McQuerns has been
identified with the College at Due West
ever since its foundation.
? Post Master General Key refuses to
listen to personal appeals for office, and
says applicants most file their papers,
and.they will be considered ana acted
upon in their order. It is understood
that there will be a cumber of changes
made in the Southern post offices at an
early day. -
^? A correspondent wishes to know, in
view of the fact that Mr. Tilden failed
to be declared President after having ob?
tained a popular majority of nearly half
a million, how large a majority the
Democratic Presidential candidate in
1880 would require in order to secure the
office. The best answer we can give at
this early period is?Eight to Seven.
? A Washington dispatch of the 17th
inst says: It appears that the Admin?
istration still has some hopes that Messrs.
Chamberlain and Packard will yield to
the suggestions of those who claim to be
the best friends of the Republican party
of the country, and of the persons direct
ly in question. The pressure is very
strong to give them a few day?' grace,
aud it is now possible that Federal sup
pc -t will not be withdrawn until after
Friday's Cabinet. Meantime proposi?
tions, honorable to all parties, and look?
ing to the quiet enforcement of the policy
of reconciliation, will be pressed.
? The estimated requirements of the
army for the next fiscal year are nearly
thirty-two millions. It is claimed that
contracts. for subsistence and transporta?
tion can be continued without violation
of law, but the officers and men cannot
be paid after the 30th of June next.
This failure would cause discontent, es?
pecially among the enlisted men, as a
Erivate" soldier is forbidden by law from
ypothecating his pay.
? The election in New Hampshire
completes the list of members of the
next Congress. If the disputed elections
in Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana
be conceded to Republican claimants, the
roll of the House will stand?Democrats
149; Republicans 144. Bat it is not like?
ly the Democratic clerk of the House
will enroll the names of Republicans
from those States, so the majority for the
Democrats at the time of organization
will probably be eight or ten.
? A Federal soldier who killed a com?
rade in New Orleans the other 'day was
turned over to the custody of Nicholl's
Chief of Police by Gen. De Trobriand,
and Republicans at Washington make
haste to explain that this act was not a
recognition of the -NichoUs Government
De Trobriand merely surrendered the
culprit to the only civil power in exist?
ence there. Packard's jurisdiction has
for some time been con fined to the terri?
tory covered by the old St Louis Hotel.
? The Commissioner of Iuternal Rev?
enue has issued a circular to collectors in
the South that the ordinary means of
collecting the revenue in portions of
South Carolina, North Carolina, Vir?
fiuia, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee
ave failed. He advises the collectors
that the use of military should be avoid?
ed when possible, and assigns three dep?
uties for each collection district These
deputies are specially designed to sup?
press the illicit manufacture of spirits
and tobacco.
? A special despatch from Atlanta,
Georgia, reports a terrible tornado on the
8th instant, in the southwestern part of
Alabama. It first appeared upon the
plantation of A. Grummett, in Tallapoosa
County, completely demolishing every
house on the place, except a negro cabin.
Grummett's son and a negro were killed
by the flying timber. The two ladies and
a number of children in the house were
caught under the roof, but all were
rescued. Houses on several other plan?
tations were demolished, but there was
no other loss of life.
Farmers, Mechanics,
and all people who appreciate the value of
keeping a memorandum of business trans?
actions, daily events, and items of interest
or importance, for future reference, should
call on their druggists and get Dr. Pierce's
Memorandum book free. The Doctor's
Grand Invalids' Hotel at Buffalo, which
costs, when finished, two hundred thousand
dollars, will be opened early in June next,
for the reception of patients afflicted with
chronic diseases and deformities. It will
afford the most perfect facilities for the cure
of such affections, and its Faculty of physi?
cians and surgeons will embrace graduates
from both American and European Medical
Schools who have become .distinguished fdV
their skill. The People's Common Sense 1
Medical Adviser, by Dr. R. V. Pierce, a work
of over cine hundred large pages', illustra?
ted by two hundred and eighty-two engrav?
ings, and elegantly bound in cloth ana gilt
is sent to any address by the Author on re?
ceipt of one dollar and fifty cents. Almost:
one hundred thousand copies have already
been sold.
S. A. Craig, Esq., druggist of West Alex?
ander, Pa., says: ^T sell more of Dr. Pierce's,
Sreparations than all others combined.?
hey give satisfaction in every case, and I
can cheerfully recommend them to the pub?
lic."
I NOTICE. ,
ALL persons are hereby forewarned not
to purchase or trade for a negotiable
Note, past due, given by John G. Hall, and
endorsed by Mrs. M. J. Hall and M. Lesser,
as the said Note is without consideration,
and will not be paid by the maker or first
endorser. It is now in the hands of J.C.C.
Featherston, Esq., Assignee of M. Lesser.
JOHN G. HALL.
March 22,1877 38 3
Assignee's Notice.
JAMES H. BEWLEY having conveyed
bis Stock of Goods and Books of Ac
counts to the undersigned for the benefit of
his Creditors, notice is hereby given that a
meeting of said Creditors will be held at my
office at Anderson C. H., S. C, on th? 24th
instant, to select an agent to act in behalf of
the Creditors.
J. L. TRIBBLE, Assignee.
March 22,1877 38 1
XO THE PUBLIC.
CARPENTERING,
IHAVE opened my Shop oh Main Street
and am prepared with new and com?
plete tools and machinery to do contract and
custom Carpenter Work at reasonable pri?
ces, and guarantee satisfaction. Having a
good Lathe, I will make wood-turning a
specialty. A. W. TODD.
March 22,1877 36_3m
DENTAL NOTICE.
THE undersigned returns his thanks to
the citizens of Anderson and vicinity
for the very liberal patronage with which
they favored him last Summer, and will
again visit Anderson between the first and
middle of April, when he will be happy to
see his friends and former patients. Terms
verv reasonable, and satisfaction guaranteed.
E. G. M?RRAH, D. D. 8.
March 22, 1877 36 3
Millinery Goods.
MISS DELLA KEYS begs to inform the
Ladies of Anderson and surrounding
country that she is now receiving a select
assortment of SPRING GOODS, such as
Ladies' Hats, Bonnets, Ribbons, Flowers,
Collars, Cuffs, 4c, which will be sold at the
lowest figures for the cash. A full assort?
ment of SumniSr Goods wdl be added to
ray stock in a few weeks, and every effort
made to please my customers in styles and
prices. Millinery, Mantua-Making and
Stamping attended to.^ ^
No. 3 Brick Bange, Up Stairs.
?March 22,1877 36 3m
STOCK OF GOODS
AT
WILL be sold at auction, at Anderson
Court House,S. C, on 8ALEDAY
in APRIL next, the entire Stock of Goods
lately owned'by Messrs. J. B. Moore 4
Bros, consisting of GROCERIES, HARD?
WARE, Staple and Fancy DR\ GOODS.
? Terms Cash.
1 JOSEPH N. BROWN,
Assignee.
J. L. TRIBBLE,
Agent for the Creditors.
March 22, 1877 36 2
SALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY
State or South Caboldtx,
Akdessov Couktt>
In the Court Common I leas.
Albert J. Olinkacales, Plaintiff; against the
Pendle ton Man afacturing Company, W?
llara Perry and others. Corporators, Wil?
liam Baniply and others,* Creditors. De
fan danta.?Action for appointment of Re?
ceiver. Sale ofproperty, <?c.
BY virtue of an order of the Court of
Common Pleas for the County of An?
derson, and State of South Carolina, I in?
vite purchasers, and offer at private sale, all
111 at valuable Property, known as the ?
PENDLETON FACTORY,
Situate on the Blue Ridge Railroad, three
miles South of Pendleton, about 420 acres
of land, never-failing water-power, Leffel's
Turbine Wate- Wheels running all ma?
chinery in the .main, one-and-a-half story
brick building, 45 by 150 feet, over 2000
epin dies, 60 looms, 21 cards, ana other ma?
chinery appurtenant
Also, adjoining, a one-story Brick Build?
ing, 27 by 70 feet, for machine shop and
picker rooms, with lathes, tools, and every?
thing convenient
Also, another Building, with cotton gin
and wool cards.
Everything convenient to receive scud
cotton, gin it, spin and weave it, and ship
by railroad to any market
The President's house, store-house and
25 houses for operatives, comparatively new
and well arranged for business and comfort.
Many medals attest the superiority of
Yarns made at this Factory.
Adjoining the above is 160 acres farming
lands, on which is a Grist Mill, with fine*
custom, which I will sell separately from
the Factory. Tract.
Bids will be received until the 21st day of
April next.
Come and look at the property. Either
Mr. Wilson or myself will be there every
day, and will take pleasure in showing it.
My Post Office is Pendleton, 8. C.
. TERMS OF SALE?One-third of the pur?
chase money cash; balance in two equal
instalments, payable respectively on 1st
January, 1878, and 1st January, 1879, with
interest from day of sale at seven per cent,
per annum, to be secured by bond and
mortgage of the premises, and poliefes of
insurance, equal to the unpaid balanot-af
purohose money, to be assigned.
JOHN B. SOTON,
Receiver Pendleton Manufacturing Co.
March 22,1877 36 4
SHERIFFS SALUS.
BY virtue of various Executions to me
directed, I will expose to sale on the
First Monday in April next, at Anderson
Court House, the following property, to wit:
Two Buggies, Levied on as the pioimtj
of A. E. Bohannan, at the suit of M_ n.
Kennedy and others.
Also, on Tuesday after Saleday in Aprifl
next at C. K. Wflliford's 8tore House, on*
Six Hone Engine, Boiler and appurtenatv
ees. Levied on as the property of L~ 0..
Willif o rd, at the suit of Jam es B. CbamMae.
Terms Cash.
JAMES H. McCONNELL,
Sheriff Anderson County,
March 14,1877 35 3 .
SHERIFFS SALES.
BY virtue of an Execution to me direc?
ted, I will expose to sale on the Tint;
MONDAY in APRIL next, at Anderson
Court House, the following property, to wit -
One Tract of Laad, containing (800) hun?
dred ncreas, adjoining lands of J. G. HalL
Mrs.-Stevenson, Estate of A. Redd and1.
others, lying on Canoe Creek, waten of Sa?
vannah River. Levied on as
of J. L. Hall, at the suit of :
Terms Cash?-purchaser to . pay extra for
all necessary papers.
: JAS; H. McCONNELL,
Sheriff Anderson County.
March 8,1877 34 4
SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
. Aummoj Cocbtx.
In the Court of Common Pleas.
Mary J. Orr, Administratrix, and J. L. Orr;,
Administrator, of J. L. Orr, deceased, As?
signee of Geo. Roof vs. D. J. Hix, R. Jas-'
per Brown and H. N. White.?Judgment
for foreclosure.
By virtue of an order from Hon. J. P.
Reed, Judge of the 8th Judicial Circuit, Pra
Tern., to me directed, I will expose to 8ale?
on the FIRST MONDAY of APRIL next,
the following tract of Lend, to wit:
One TRACT OF LAND, containing (98|>
Ninety-Eight and Three-Fourth Acres, on a.
branch of Seneca River, bounding lands T
B. Palmer, R M. Graham and others. 8oM
as the property of D. J. Hix, at the suit of
Mary J. Orr, Administratrix, and J. L. Orr,
Administrator, of J. L. Orr, deceased.
TERMS, Cash. Purchaser to pay extra
for all necessary papers.
JAsTH. McCONNELL,
Sheriff Anderson County.
March 8,1877 34 4
SHERIFFS SALE.
State or South Caeolixa, )
Anderson County, f .
In the Court of Common Pleat.,
John W. B. Skelton vs. Edward Davis and
oth m.-^udgment for Foreclosure of Real
Property. ?
BY virtue of the Judgment to me direct?
ed in the above stated case. I will ex?
pose to sale on the FIRST MONDAY IN
APRIL next, at Anderson C. H., 8. C,
ONE TRACT OF LAND,
Containing (239) two hundred and thirty
nine acres, more or less, situate in Anderson
County, on waters of Generostee, bounding
lands or J. W. Prevost, Estate of David 8.
Taylor and others.
Terms of sale Cash. Purchaser to pay, ex?
tra for all necessary jtepers. _
JAMES H. McCONNELL,
Sheriff Anderson County.
March 8,1877 M 4
SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Ahdxbsoh Couktt.
In the Court of Common Pleat.
The State Savings and Insurance Bank of
Anderson, 8. C., vs. Mrs. C J. Roberts
and J. P. Reed.?Complaint for Foredoture.
>T virtue of an order to me directed by
Hon. T.H.Cooke, Judge of the Eighth
Judicial Circuit I will expose to sale on the
FIRST MONDAY in APRIL next, the
following Tracts of Land, to wit:
TRACT NO. 1,
Containing (148) one hundred and forty
eight acres, on Hencoop Creekjn said Coun?
ty, adjoining lands of Geo. W. ?ox. and
land formerly owned by Pembroke Johu
son, deceased. Also,
TRACT NO. 2,
Situate and lying one mile North of Ander- ?
son Court House, on which DefeLdant late?
ly resided, containing (24) twenty-four acres,
more or less, adjoining lands formerly own?
ed by D. H. Silcox, E. B. Cater, Matilda
Anderson and others.
Terms of sale Cash. Purchaser to pay
for all necessary papers.
JAMRSH. McCONNELL,
' Sheriff Anderson County.
March 7, 1877_34_4
TT. S. MARSHAL'S SALE.
BY JAS. H. McCONNELL, Auctioneer.
BY virtue of an Execution to me direct?
ed, I will expose to sale on the FIRST
MONDAY in APRIL next at Andersou
Court House,
ONE HOUSE AND LOT,
Containing one and one-half (1J) Acres
more or less, situate in the County of An?
derson, in the town of Belton, bounded on
the East by the line of Greenville & Colom?
bia Railroad, on the North by street running
Southwest on the West by street running
Southeast on the South by lot of A. h.
Cox. Levied on as the property of G. W.
Cox, at the suit of Hodge, Whitney, Cook
ACo.
Terms Cash?purchaser to pay extra for
all necessary papers.
Sale to be conducted by F. A. Daniels,
Special Deputy. ?
R. M. WALLACE, TJ. 8. M.
March 8,1877_34_4
Xr?TICE T? CREDITORS.
JA All persons having demands against
the Estate of Madison Palmer, deceased,
are hereby notified to present them to the
undersigned, properly proven, within the
time prescribed by law, and all indebted to
moke payment at once.
N. O. FARMER, Adm'r.
March 15,1877 35 ' 3?
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