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gw?ewn jnttnigmm. 13. B. MUICKAV, lJilltor. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1879. lu Michigan a law has been paused forbidding lawyers to take cases on spec ulative fees. Such a law would prove very beneficial in every State by putting an end to thc practice of taking cases on condition that they arc lo have a portion of all that is recovered. This is a prac tice which lends to increase litigation and induce persons with doubtful cases, which have little or no merit in them, to trouble *'.ic Courts with their suits. It is one of tho causes of so many suits throughout tho whole country, and if abolished would at once ?trike from the Court calcndnrs a large number of causes which now find their way into the Court Houses. The Democrats in thc United States Senate have acted judiciously in electing Hon. A. G. Thurninn, of Ohio, tempo rary president of that body. He is an able, impartial aud experienced presiding officer, and in every way qualified to discharge any duties which may fall to him. Ibo Republicans ran Senator Ferry, thc past president ]>ro tim., and the vote stood Thurman 29, Ferry 2f>. Mr. Thurman was escorted to thc chair by Senator Ferry, who said to him as they walked up thc aislo" to tho desk, "turn about is fair play." Tho truth of this old adage will impress itself forcibly upon other Republicans than Senator Ferry before another two years roll around. Speaker Randall has been very partial in thc appointment of his committees in the House of Representatives, and by his course lias shown that the objections urged to him by his opponents were iu';.e than electioneering dodges. Not that thc appointments made aro in them selves bad, but that they have been made through inexcusable partiality and pre judice. For instance, ho has failed to give a single chairmanship to Ibo State of South Carolina, although every pre cedent would have made Col. Aiken chairman of the Committee on Agricul ture, a position for which our Represen tativo is eminently qualified. Wo advo cated the election of Mr. Randall, and still think it was best for the Democratic party that he was elected, but wc must condemn thc prejudice which ho has evinced in the formation of his commit tees. He has, to say the least of it, done himself poor honor. The Republicans charge the Demo crat1? with election frauds, and by packed juries and false witnesses they have suc * cccdcd in convicting some of tho accused parties, but their course ia not likely to meet tho approval of the American peo ple, for on no account will they ever consent to have the courts of justice con verted into englues of oppression or machines for grinding out political cap ital. If every Democrat in South Caro lina had cheated in the last election, tho consequences of thc offence would have been littlo compared to tho evils likely to flow from the perversi?n of tho courts of justice of which the Republicans are guilty. Whatever may bo Baid of the election casca, their force for the Repub licans will bo overshadowed by tho reck less crime of tho Republicans in attempt ing to procure convictions even at the expense of polluting tho very fountains of justice. Convictions under tho cir cuinstances cannot be lo- 'red upon by fair men aa any moro than .a exhibition of tho dangerous power which is pos Kesaed by tho Republican party which controls the Federal Courts, and of the reckless and violent use which that party has made of its control. Tho Legislature of Illinois is debating tho propriety of so amending tho Con stitution of that State as to abolish tho Grand Jury ayatem, substituting in stead tho plan of proceeding by information. Tho ground upon which thia chango ?B advocated ia found in the increasing idea that something new would bo belter, and that the old Grand Jury proceduro ia not what its ndvocatcs have claimed "ar it. Thc State of Michigan now has t^.s new modo of criminal procedure, by which tho successive steps on tho criminal sido of her courts aro tho affidavit, the war rant and thc right to a preliminary trial, after which tho Stato'a attorney has the authority to file an information against thc pat ty or not, aa bc may see proper. There arc several objections to the chungo which, in our opinion, will prevent the Statca from adopting it. In the first place, it ia contrary to tho Constitution of thc Uuitcd States. In the next place, it gives the Stato'a attorney too much power, from which a favoritism "J likely to arise which will oppress the weak or fail to prosecute the strong. Tho Grand Jury ia au old and time-honored institu tion, tho wisdom of whoso creation has been vindicated by centuries of practical operation. It is not perfect, of course, but then it is a great safeguard to thc people, and ita abolition would almost inovitrihlv load fo vi?ry dun<r?rniiH ... .ul;-; There would bo no protection from the worst forms of corruption and oppres sion. _ Judge Bryan deserves the highest appreciation of every person for the firm, able and independent position ho has assumed in regard to the political trials now progressing. Without es pousing either tho prosecution or tho defense, he baa held tho law with that dignity, force and impartiality which is the highest ornament cf those who wear tho judicial ermine, and the greatest se curity of a free people. In these triuls the venerable Judge has shown a clear conception of the law, sod a readinc*-. lo enforce it according to his conception. The differences between 'ulm and Judge Bond will bo certified up to tho Supreme Court of the United States, and there finally determined in a manner, wo have oo doubt, which will reflect most favora bly opon the legal lore .of the faithful Judge. If tho view? of Judge Bryan aro named out, the political complexion of the cases will bo taken from them, ?nd they will be tried simply as violai 'ons * of-tba law, without reference to their political btork'g. Thii ia as it thosld be. It ls much to bo regretted that these cases aro tried under such strong jpilitical aur-p?cc?, and that iii? contest is nul of justice against crime, but of Rad icalism attempting to convict Democrats by a pcrircrs'on of justice. F jr this un utfornate state of tilings Judge Bryan is not rcspon<dblo, and if his wisc coun sels had prevailed there would bave been none of it. The Republicans of the United States Senate nominated and voted for ex-col ored Congressman Kahley for Secretary of the Senate, a position to which tiley knew that they could not elect any per non, with a view of exhibiting their friendly disposition to give the negro an office. Kahley, however, wa? not to be satisfied with au empty honor. Ile has been so accustomed to enjoying the re ceipt of his living from thu public crib, that lie docs not see how it is possible for him to get along without some public position; and us thc people of South Carolina were too ungrateful, as he views it, to return him to Congress, he has in his extremity turned to the President for un appointment, asking for thc position of Third Auditor of the Treasury, which is a very comfortable and desirable posi tion. Hut thc Radicals have no idea of giving a good place to a colored man ; and therefore one of Zach Chandler's friouds from Michigan obtained it, and Mr. Sherman, thc Secretary of tho Treas ury, offered to give the ex-Congressman a minor clerkship instead. This Rainey refused, and since his new discomfiture it is saiil that he is very much disgusted with the negro's chance for office at the hands of the Republican party. Mr. Hamlin, the Senator from Maine gave the President mi affront which il set is is not lo be forgiven him. At tin lime of tho vole in tho Senate over tin. confirmation of General Merritt as Col lector of Customs at New York, the gen tlcman from Maine was absent, but 01 tho next morning he arose and, witl.ou any excuse lor doing so, announced tba had he been present he would have votci against thc President's nominee. Thi provoked Mr. Hayes, who had nominale? a friend of Hamlin's for Collector a Bangor, and be at once withdrew tin nomination, and ?nil in one of an anti Hamlin man. This was not confirme) by the Radical Senate, and the Presiden has just sent in another nomination c an anti-lliiuiliii man, which he hopes t see confirmed by tho Senate. Wo do u< object to seeing Mr. Hamlin slaughtere whenever and wherever the Presider sees lit to do so, but, in our opinion, th Democrats of tho Senate should be slo I aboui, confirming the President's noni I ncc? unleiH he approves tho approprii tion bills. There is no reason for built ing up his administration if he allot himself to become ?lie tool of designir and bad men. The President has a along been supported in his pretenses i reform by the Democrats, who prevent! the stalwart Republicans from complet ly fettering him. If, therefore, bo pr poses to go mit of his way to fight tl Democrats, it seems to us that tin should do him liku he is doing Senat Hamlin-teach him that he cannot rec lessly oppose those who have befriend? and supported him without incurrii their opposition. If ho has to bo fong ho should be made to feel tho attack i along the line. The proceedings of the United Slat Circuit Court, now in session in Char!? ton, have been such as to shock the sen I of justice in all men who have intel I gence and honor. The whole trans: j tion has upon it tho appearance of diabolical political plot to convict t Dem?crata charged of election frauds I tho purposo of affording material for I bloody shirt campaigners, who ha about exhausted every theme of abu against the South. The facts arc that jury has been drl?wn consisting partly good men bul principally of those w aro Republicans of very bad charac at home. Of tho good men on the jr the greater part were tho.so who coi not take the lest oath ; and thus, wh there wns a semblnuco of partial l'ai rn in the drawing, it was known that I better element of the jury would be jectcd, and their places tilled with i very worst hangers-on of tho Co House loafers. Such men na N. K. S livnn, John Knox, W. A. Evans, I Milam and Mr. Goodwyn wero reject to he replaced by Purvis and men oft stamp, selected by tho United St? Marshal because of their well kno political pr?judice and lack of stand in thc community. The manner which tho test oath was applied is i far from creditable to Judgo Doini, ho manifestly desired tho appiicatiot tho oath, but did not wish the responsi! ity of directing it in his discretion, order to secure its administration w out committing himself, ho decided allow its application under a section t in tho opinion of the best lawyers t not admit it, and which opinion is \ sustained in the law itself. Pur instai Section 82? of United States Rev Statutes provides that any person i has been engaged in trca.-on, rebcll &c, shall be ineligible to sit upon a j and Section 821 provides that the Dist Attorney may, in -tho discretion of presiding Judge, appiy the test o This section of course clearly negat tho idea that the District Attoi can npp'y the oath of his own ace for it would bo nonsensical lo add a tion giving him tho right to apply oath if the Judg? consents when already hos tho right to do so indc dently of the Judge. Tho Section never intended to confer any such po but to simply give the District Alto power to prove by outside testimony any person bnd been engaged in trer rebe1..ion Ac, and in that way exe them from a jury. But then Judge I did not caro for arguments, nor di appear io consider law, for his ru have boen uniformly ic favor of prosecution, and he lins, without a t of condemnation, seen thc unfair iniquitous manner tn which the j have been composed, lu add it io these things the prosecution of tho i has Dcen bitter and vindictive undc lead of E. W. M. Mackey, who sei this an opportunity, by packed j and false witnesses, to convict D crate, and thus revenge himself upoi people of this State for his pol?tica feats. Tho pieeont term of court wi a blot upon thc judicial history o Union as long as tho dangerous humiliating facts connected with trial of these cases is remembered. WHAT IS Tili: COUNTRY COMING TO' A United Slates Circuit Judge has decided that participation iii tr. a u, re bellion and insurrection are uot disgrace ful before the law. Is the Republican party preparing for a new rebellion, and at present engaged in inunufucturing a publie gentiment in its favor.' These offences have always been held dUgra. ful befe, c the law, but Judge I loud re verses the doctrine. Would it not be well for Ibo Democrats to quote this decision in reply to tho hackneyed abuse of the South hy thc Radicals. The South has found a new vindicator in Judge lloud, but Iroin such vindication the country ut large should desire to he delivered. Jt will hardly become famous as the enunciation of a great principle in the law of nations. It i*, however, remarkable as thc finit decision that we have met from thu judiciary of any country holding that participation in treason, rebellion and insurrection is not disgraceful. THE FOLIATION OF JUSTICE. As an evidence of the marun r in which the political trials now progressing in Charleston ure conducted and gotten up, we ?Jilote below a little i pisoilc ill the testimony of Fred II. Nix, colored, of Barnwell, one of th?: witnesses upon whose allidavit citizens of Barnwell have been arrested and placed on trial upon the charge of interfering with elections: Mr. Kobt. Aldrich, the cam-el for thc defence, asked the witness if he had not sworn lie had seen Osceola Gantt aim a pistol al Smalls lu shoot him. Thc wit ness replied that hu could not remember all that he had sworn to. He had made a general affidavit, but could not say what bc bad sworn to. The counsel then read thc allidavit nunle by Nix be fore the United States Commissioner, in which he had sworn thal In- had seen (.ault level a pistol at (?en. Smalls, and would have shot him if a Uepublicuti had not knocked his hand down and caused ibo hiad to hu discharged into thc ground. Thu witness then made the very extraordinary statement in explana tion of this afiidavil thal lie had furnish ed tho Commissioner with the names of thu persons to he arrested, and /<?/</ .<?//?r</ the uj/iilarit in blank lo ic jilted out Inj the t ouiiHitfioiicr. The District Attorney here interposed with the announcement that there was nothing si range in Ibis, us the allidavit hud been made out in precisely thc Hame way as thousands of others. Mr. Aldrich : I have no doubt that it was the practice ?d'the Commissioners l<> manufacture their affidavits in this way. The witness, he said, had admitted that hu hud signed au allidavit in blank und was prepared to swear to anything thal the Commissioner chose lo put down. The witness went oil to say that he hail not even heard the allidavit read over by the Commissioner after it had been drawn ?mt. He had seen Gantt, White, Bennett, Williams ami Walker there, the oilier defendants hu di?! not know whether they were there or not. lie had sworn in his allidavit that ail the defen dants were present. When he had said that lie would not have dared to call a meeting ho meant a mass-meeting, lie had called private meetings subsequent to tho meeting on tho ll th of October. Tho Republican ticket was made up of Democrats with Smalls, (Rep.) for Con gress. The Republicans did this ILS a blind, however, as they ?lid not intend to vote for the Democrats. A meeting of thc executive committee of the Republi can party was held subsequent lo thc convention ami a full Republican ticket was put in tho field. The witness was asked if he bad been assaulted subsequent to tho meeting on the 11th of October, and began to tell how Mr. Luther Williams had come down lo his house on the night after the meeting, and had a pistol in his hand mid was going to shoot and kill and mur der, Sic, &e., but the Court cut the nar rative short bv asking tho witness a few pointed questions, in which he admitted that Williams had not shot him, not shot at bim, uol fired his pistol at all. ami had not even th rea tened lo shoot him. By tho Court : Well, what did lie do ? Witness: He came there for water. [ Laughter. I The facts elicited in this ease carry their own comment. When affidavits arc signed in blank and filled out to suit the wishes of those who aro engineering the eases, no language is necessary to portray the iniquity of the p. i'd tag. When witnesses are reckless enough lo swear in blank, and officers aro unprin cipled enough to till out affidavits thus made and to arrest citizens upon them, it is high time to have a change. Justice umler such management is but a name for thc blackest of villanies. The people of the United States can well see that a conviction of men tried by a packed jury on the testimony of witnesses who, in their anxiety to procure conviction are willing to swear to anything, even mak ing out their affidavits in blank that whatever is necessary may be put in, is no true test ol guilt or innocence. The great shame, however, is that the Repub lican party should keep men in positions connected with the administration of jus lice who are unprincipled enough to do such things. If this of itself does not condemn the Republican party, then it may as well be admitted that justice sleeps in America, and that tho death of liberty its . f ,s neai at band, THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL. Tho discussion in thc United States Senate on thc Army Appropriation Bill still continues. Thc Republican party in Congress is a unit in opposition to thc repeal of tho obnoxious provisions of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which practically place the juries of the Federal Courts in the South and the bal lot-boxes of the wdiole country nuder the control of tho Federal government ; Ihus giving to the party in power tho oppor tunity of controlling the elections and making the Federal Courts huge politi cal machines for party success and op pression. In South Carolina we know what it is to havo our people murdered, and the murderers wrested from the St.de authorities and set ut liberty without trial, and wo know what tho uso of troops, marshals, deputy marshals and supervisors mean at the polls on tho day of election. Thc discussion of these questions in Congress will produce a rev olution in public sentiment, which in 1880 will whirl from power the party which advocates such measures of .yranny and oppression. In tho debato . in the Se?alo on thc provisions ol the Army Appropriation Bill which repeals theso obnoxious Statutes, Mr. Randolph, of New Jersey, tells what he knows of Ibo use of United States troops In sus taiuing fraudulent Stato governments as tulluna : Mr. President, I have been winn ss to the use of tho troops of thc United Stat? s protecting so-called official* of a State gove: nmeut as they trod upon the lifer tics of c?t?7.< lis and thc rights of thu Slate. 1 have ?cull the military powers of this ! govern meut put forth within three yen-. ! -the Senator (rom Maine will observe j within three years, und successfully put forth, and unlawfully put forth, ami hy tho President nf the United States, to j keep one Bo-called Mate Legislature in I power ami another from its rights, ami of that Legislature thus unlawfully ami I forcibly kept in, scarce one ol them '< to-<lay is not an inmate ol* a penitentiary, I umler indictment for ?onie mean crime or a fugitive fruin jiMioc. Titi* was the I chtss ol "citizen*" thal the army of the I Uniteil stat<s wa? compelled to "protect i ami defend" against the people's choice, j Can ours bo au idle warning to free peo ! pie that have seen and lek the usurping 'power.' Will it he said, cir, thal no I President of a Republic w ill dare to mis j Use this power '! THOM'S IN Bl M III f'AltOI.INA. I know to the contrary. I had the honor to bear a message in IHld from (?overnor t now Senator) i lampton to the then President of tin; United States, re (jtt< Hiing him to w ithdraw his troops from the Slate House of South Carolina, m deference' to a decision of the S?pleme and highest court ofthat State. I urged tin' importance of it with all the force . il language ai my command, i told thc President thai, in the judgment of emi li' nt lawyers, the < ?overnor-theil out of ofliee by expiration of his term -had not lawfully invoked the assistance of fede ral power, inasmuch as he had made no Utfort to convene his Legislature, though easily lion?:, and obtain their action ou a matter HU vital that the newly elected (?overnor desired the attendance of the representatives of the pennie in their State li ouse, from which federal bayo nets, as 1 myself knew, kept, them ; and filially, that thc contest being om: of purely Slate cooee 'I, regard i ny only thc claims of State ot?., ers, and these having been definitely settled by thc highest legal tribunal that could ever take cog nizance of thc casu-that is, the Supreme Court nf South ('anilina-I urged that the federal forces should be promptly withdrawn from the State Capitol. WHAT Ult A NT SAI I?. You may imagine, slr, my astonish ment ami indignation when in angry tone and uncivil manner the President replied : "I won't withdraw the troops ; I don't regard the. decision of the Supreme Court, and if I bad any message losend to Hampton it would bc that his message to mc i- an impertinence." "An impertinence," sir, for the (?over nor of a State to com mu?iente his wishes, not demand his rights as he might prop erly have done to the President of the United Slates ; an impertinence, indeed ! "Upon what meat doth this our Ca-ar feed that bc is grown so great?" No, Mr. President, we cannot make too much haste to guard thc liberties of free men everywhere in this broad lan i from thc chance of blotting the pages of our his tory with a repetition of the usurping act of a President less than three years ago. I may say, sir, in conclusion, in ibo earnest, forcible and stirring lau? gunge of the patriot Jennings, Speaker of the New Jersey Assembly, in his ad dress to thc British t?uccn "more than a century and a half ago : "Liberty is too valuable a thing to be easily parted with, and where such mean inducements procure such violent en deavors to tear it from us they have not either heads, hearts nor souls that are not moved with the miseries of the country and arc not forward with their utmost power law fully tp^redress them.'' SOUTH CAROLINA SEWS. ..I.'.lollies Iront our Stale l-:\eltaii|;es. ('hester Bulletin: A meeting of the Northern boru residents of Chester is called for the 18th instant. Mr. N. Du mont, of Charlotte, will address the meet ing. Spnrtanburg Herald: Mr. John Garri son, near Tymn, bail his crib and eight hundred bushels of corn, lot of tobacco, three wagons, two oxen and one cow de stroyed liv lire, the work of un incen diary, last Friday night, the 4th inst. Loss about two thousand dollars.The line old mansion at Cherokee Ford Iron Works, occupied by Capt. F. G. Latham, agent, was accidentally destoyed by fire on Friday, the Uth inst. Tho llames spread so rapidly that Capt. Latham only succeeded in saving sonic of his clothing and a few articles ol' furniture The fire is supposed to have originated from a coal dropping from tho cook stove. Loss of building and furniture, &C, estimated at about $2,000. Spnrtanburg Spartan : Two car loads of large walnut logs came down the Asheville Road Monday. They are to be shipped to the North, there sawed up and made into furniture and then shipped back to us.From various parts of the county we have gatherct the information that farmers are quite for ward with their work. Cotton planting is now commencing in earnest. Peaches have been killed in low and exposed places. On thc high dges an abun dance has been left. Abbeville Medium: Our announce ment that Mr. Hurt would, at no distant day, retire from the bar, was unauthor ized and premature. Our exchanges that copied our statement will please publish this correction.Thcgold fever in the lower part of the county has not abated yet. The prospects hold out as well as when tho first vein was struck, and the more sanguine are hopeful ol early fortunes. Barnwell People: The rice crop in this section was slightly damaged by the re cent freeze.Some planters say that the late freeze has seriously injured for ward wheat. Chester Reporter: On Saturday, fllh instant, the county commissioners retired five thousand dollars of the Chester ami Lenoir Railroad bonds at 701 ; they were retired last year at 72.Since thc 1st of January, 1870, there have been filed in tiro office of the clerk of the court of this county seven hundred and sixty liens, mostly for small amounts. Kershaw (Luelle: There has been a considerable difference made in freight over the South Carolina Railroad during the past eight or ten days. Some of our merchante complain that thc advance cn former rates is altogether unbearable. Orangeburg Democrat: A quantity of lumber is passing ?'own the river on ita way to Charleston or Beaufort market. This is a source of considerable income to many ol our citizens, and doubtless yields larger profits than cotton at the present prices. Collcton and u portion of Hampton nre also large dealers in ranging and sawn lumber. Pickens Sentinel: For thc last two years thc town council have not had a disorderlv nordon IQ deal with, nor h?Yc the citizens paid a cent of town tax. - A special dispatch to the New? and (burier from Spartauburg, dated April 10, says : Revenue officials Landlord, Byron and Johnson were out raiding yes terday afternoon and found a si iii in full blast eleven miles from this place, mid while demolishing the same two whit" men, one armed with a shot gun. in. their appearance on tho hill near by and threatened their lives if they did not de sist. The officials, thinking the threat was only made to frighten them off, kept on destroying thc still and fixtures, and tho attacking party became very violent, and swore they would kill some of the force if they didn't stop. About this time tho man with tho shot gun, who had sneaked up behind a building near by, fired. The gun was loaded with buckshot, three of which struck Byron in the lett shoulder, thigh and band, in dicting severe but not dangerous flesh wounds. The revenues tried to capture tho offenders, bul their logs were not long enough. i ?imMiiii?. i-miiiimwiiMinmiiiMiii THE ?'HECK OF WA LT LR BO IMP. j 'll?<' l.o-- ?I fit.- Sol ><> Gr? il ui nt l ii-i ICi-porW-il ih.l) Tin ci* Whin- r?*r?oii*i ?nil Three NrKriMn lilli, il Outright Tun Willie l'i i itu* '.c't.'K ly anil "A'uii Ni'^l'iH'" Miirlallj Woiuidcil. Spahl Ih'.'j-t I, Ai ' - mu? ?Utrirs? WAI.TKHHOI.O. Friday, April 18, Thc effects of thu cyclone which virit eil ttii- town "H Wednesday evening are worse limn I anticipated. Thc appear ance of the eastern portion of thu loirn is simply indescribable, trees and ruined houses hi ing massed together in every direction, and all the streets and laud marks totally obliterated. The following is u full list of tho casualties In the lown and vicinity : KIl.l.KO. Mrj. l)r. Cleo. M. Uiver-, Philemon Sanders and lienj. Ucynolds, white, a hoy aged fourteen named Scott, the wife of Jackson (?raul, and Lydia Ford, col ored. Total, six. WOUNDED. Miss Eliza Voungblood, arm broken ; Mi - Annie Rivers, severely ; Mr. (Jims. Farmer: ihe wile of (leo. Washington, colored, mortally ; Julia Terry, colored, mortally. A number of others are eut and bruised, more cr le.-s, severely, Four colored men <>n a turpentine plantation in thc track of thu storm are missing, ?ind il is reported that the bodies of two colored children are lying at a c;.mp ground eight miles above here. Tin houses of I>r. (Itorgu M. Rivers, State Senator Robert Fishburne, Charles ll. Farmer, F-'j., John W. Burbidge, E.**<|., Dr. Fostell Fishhurnc, Lucretia Campbell, Miss Fl iza Voungblood, Or. ('harli.s Wit-ell, Rev. Mr. Dun woodie, Mrs. Daniel Unison, .Jackson (?rant, Mrs. .lames Wood, dames W. Fraser, Kan., Israel Ranks, John Scott, .launs Brown, Daniel Robertson and C. B. Brock are totally destroyed and are mere niasses of ruins. The residences of Miss G. Voungblood, Carnot Rel li tiger, James Clover, Clarence Lucas, Rev. K. E. Bel linger, J. LL Richardson, J. J. Kline and Mrs. M. W. Webb are so injured us to be untenable, and it will bo almost ini possihlu to restore any one ol' them, i bis i only a partial list, many other houses being either destroyed completely or rendered uninhabitable. The seven churches ol'the town, Epis copal, Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, and Baptist' and Methodist, colored, are heaps of rubbish, and thc Academy is in thu same condition. Nc stores were destroyed. The court house and jail arc uninjured. The people arc crowded in tho few re maining dwelling-houses and provision! are short. Much distress is inevitable and assistance is greatly needed. A. B. W. MU. .1. \v. lll;KUIIU;i:'.S ACCOrXT. Mr. J. W. Burbidge, au old residen of Walterboro', thoroughly ncipiaintei with every man, woman and child, nool and corner in Walter, oro', sends the lol lowing graphic description of the burri cane to bis friend Mr. John B. Steele, o this city, with ncr mission to publish ii the ?Veten and (ourler: Yesterday afternoon, about -I o'clock our village was st rock- hy H tornado fron the south southeast which swept acres the centre of the town, completely dc molishing many dwellings and ever church in tile town. My house is un roofed, and '.he additions and ever building on the lot flat. I was at lb store ami heard thc storm coming fi about three minutes. Where we were was a dead calm, until thc storm cann I stood by the oliicu door and saw it al I am uncertain whether I breathed ( thought, until Clarence Lucas carno I carry me in ; then I discovered thc fon of the storm was spent. They were t\\ dreadful minutes. When I said to hi the damage is all done, he. started witl oui hat or cover for his head to look aft his family. I went into the o Hi cc, p rm my oil cloth coat, and started acre lots to look after my family. Imagine my horror, when I got ne enough, to see my home in ruins, ?ii standing upon tile debris were my t\ grandchildren screaming for grandin When I got w here they wer?; I lound o waiting boy Jimmy working to ino some pieces, and my daughter Ma crawling out. Immediately alter cai thc cook. My wife had left home i hour before the storm to pay a visit the country. I have, heard they stopp at a school house on the road and a safe. She was with Mrs. J. D. (Cdwan In front of my house was the Acadcr building. lt is gone. Further sou was Dr. Rivers' house, and it is gone a Mrs. Rivers killed, also Philemon Sn ders, who had come to consult tho dod about his bride. They wen: only a wi? married. * * I do i know how many arc killed. The < store stood the shock, but the big oak down, and all the trees around us, HI tho two oaks at the north door, and th tops aro tw isted oil'. The wind drove one of our north windows, and did so damage to goods, not much. A cori of our storehouse next to thu market \ knocked otT and about fifty bushels corn run out on the ground. The storm came from thc south, bl straight for about one minute, tl shifted to northwest, and caine back w new fury, striking and bounding li and there. The In es are piled with tl tops both ways. One tree in front of store bas its bark peeled clean. Sevi are snapped short oft", and as far a have seen not a pine is standing a where in the track of the storm. ' streets are blocked with trees, and roads to the east almost i m passa The destruction commenced about a i south of tho village, near Henry Ney farm, and came straight for us. < hundred trains of steam cars ruin: over bridges at full speed could not li created a more terrible noise. I bel: I was dazed by the approaching hoi of which somehow i gathered an idea said to a young man standing near something terrible is coming; Wal boio' bas never yet experienced what sha'.! sec to-day. I saw it, I hear and was powerless. What could I b it wait the result. To add to the horrors last nigli thunder storm hung over the village tho most terrible thunder continued vvlwdn r| J ??bl Ti?, fl ii v W<5 Im v.. n do of rain, ami can do nothing m Thunder all around us. It will I good limo for tho charitable pcopl Charleston and elsewhere to give rt Cod help thc poor and destitute, have plenty of them here. We have heard of eight killed, uumber of injured cannot be uscertai The damage to turpentine farms been heavy, and we hear of some f: desolated to thc cast of us. I havo written this full description cause I know thoro arc several ol citizens now in the city who wil anxious to know the facts. OAKLEY TURNED OUT OF DOOKS OAK i.r.v, N. E. R. R., April I have seen the tracks of toma through our pine forests, but I have er been in the centre of ono until ye day afternoon, and hope I may or bo in a like situation again. ?ieople in this vicinity had been pn> br rain for some timo, but now the] praying for boat?. We had a s shower on yesterday morning, whet clouds began to break and signs cloar day were visible. About 2 o*< tho clouds began to gather again, ni 4 thc whole heavens were obscure dark ominous looking clouds, with sional flashes of lightning U:M1 low linet thunder. At 5 o'clock the burst upon us with all its iury. It seems to have originated and t natcd in the open field adjoining th pot. The rain fell in torrents ace?; uied by bright Hashes of lightning loud peals of thunder. Almost im I Hely with the rain came thc wind, \ in ?i Pew second* increased t > "ttcli vi??- ! lenee thai ! was fearful the de|K>t un i tii<.' adjacent bu i I tl iniri would bc blown ' down. They were ?linken to their tonn- | dation?, and I threw my combined weight and strength against the door to assist the looks m holding it shut. There was an incessant roaring sound, similar to that made by a long train of cars run ning at full ?peed, with an occasional re port like tiiat of a pistol. When thc wind abated I opened the door on tin' opposite side of the house, when a terrible scene was presented. There were four colored families living near the depot. Every house was g mu and tho people were running for thc de pot, the only house left to give them -helter. All the dwelling houses and barns were blown into a thousand pieces and scattered for a mile around. .Strange to relate only one person was killed; six others were wounded, some seriou-ly. The unfortunate people have lost m arly every thing they had--ali their furniture, crockery and cooking utensils being bro ken, ami a portion ol their clothing and bedding entirely lost. One man found one mattress on a fence about one hun dred yards oil", and another mattress bas not yet been found. Some of tin: things have been seen in a swamp nearly a mile from thc place. A cart that was stand ing at one of the houses was carried a distance of a hundred yards and broken to'picccs against a tree, a lire from one of the wheels being taken three hundred yards and deposited in a neighbor's yard. A plough mould was taken from thc same earl and carried about one hundred yard-. I'oxes, tin pans, tin buckets, occ, arc to be seen in every direction. Trees, gardens and fences are all blown down, and roads completely blockaded. A gentleman this morning hail to leave bis buggy near a quarter of a mile oil' and wadu tho balance of the way. One man was taken up and carried about seventy live yarcls, when he came in contact willi a stump that brought him to a stand-still. The half has not been told, but enough. OAK i.KY. TIIK STOIIM AT OKANOEUl'RiJ. "Quelquefois," writing from Orange burg, says : A bout 3 o'clock on Wednesday after noon a violent rain and wind sturm set in from thc northwest, attended with lightning and thunder. Leaks were abundant and old fences went down. During the night the wind shifted to the southeast, and a deluge of rain lins been been coming down since. The farmers had just put their lands in planting con dition, and it is feared that a greal deal of work will have to be done over. The wash to the field* is unusual. It is gen erally admitted that the fruit is all des troyed by late frosts. PROM SUMMERVILLE TO CHARLESTON. There are but few indications of the late storm along the South Carolina Railroad from Summerville to the city. At Ladson'a eight or more telegraph poles were struck by lightning, com mencing at the station successively to wards thc city. Some of thc posts are mattered to splinters, while others are qdit spirally towards the ground. At Summerville there was no incident, save perhaps that a party of pleasure seekers who had indiscreetly ventured it good wetting. TIIK RELIEF MOVEMENT IN CHARLES TON. As soon as the news of the distress pre vailing in Walterboro' reached the city, the Mayor issued an order for the immediate purchase of such provisions as were deemed most wanted. Alderman Hissnll, who was entrusted with the purchase and forwarding of the articles, bought 20 barrels of grist, 4 boxes of bacon, 1 cask of beans, lo bar rels of dour, 4 barrels of sugar, ? bags of cofl'ee and several sacks of salt, the whole costing about St?oO. These goods were at once forwarded to Walterboro' where they will bc placed ii the hands of a competent relief committee for distribu tion. A meeting of City Council was called yesterday to consider the matter, but only eight aldermen were present and no meeting was held. The action of the Mayor will doubtless bc confirmed by the Council at thc next regular meeting of that body which takes place on Tues day next. Resides thc City's contribution $SG5 were coll? cted from the citizens by Messrs. Steele and Capers, and ?fSOO were sent ou by Express last night. HAMPTON' IN "WASHINGTON*. A Touching und Impressive Seen?; In tlio Semite when tho Great limn of South Carolina Took Ms Seat. WASHINGTON, April 17. The arrival of Senator Hampton, of South Carolina, yesterday, was the occa sion of all manner of expressions of kindness and good will towards bim, for he has thousands of friends and ad mirers in Washington. The welcome ac corded him is not only that shown an il lustrious statesman or renowned soldier, but such us is desei ved by a man who adds to sound sense and. true bravery a patriotism which makes him utterly for get sell in his all-absorbing desire to do good for his country and his fellow men. As I heard a well-known Virginian put it to-day, "Wade Hampton had rather the ficople would believe, as they do, that ie tries to do his whole duty faithfully than to be regarded as the greatest of liv ing men." Your correspondent, felt glad that he had at last come, because the South wants practical statesmen in Con gress who will make the most of things as they are and not as they ought to be, ac cording to some Hourbonic theory of thc past. When he was sworn in tho vast crowd in the gallery watched thc pro ceedings with an interest moro intense than has been yet exhibited when tho oath was administered to any other sen ator. 1 fe wassoinewhnt pale, and showed that lie had suffered a groat deal during his afilction, and every man and woman in the Senate Chamber looked ready to pray that he might be made strong again for the good of the people, not only of South Carolina, but of the whole land. The South bas a right to he proud of her representative statesman, for bc u Ilruve Knight, and true, as ever drew His sword with gallant Roland, Or fell by Sobicski'a side Or stood with Cromwell's Ironsides, Or fought with Great Gustavus, Or on the field of Austerlitz Poured out bis dying aves. The South Carolina delegation met Governor Hampton at tho depot and es corted him to his quarters on Capitol Hill, near the Senate Chamber. He subsequently went to the Senate, and was Bworn in. Thc South Carolina members already seem strengthened by his pres ence, "for during all his illness they seemed more concerned about his re covery than if he had been allied to them by thc strongest tics of blood. They be lieve, as .io, that a change of climate und scene will benefit him, if he is not tempted into working beyond his itreiigth.-NeiD? and Courier. Thc Iron Hand in Russia. ST. PKTF.nsnunn, April 19. A ukase has just been issued, ordering tho appointment of governors-general For six of the most populous districts in Russia, wah perfectly despotic powers. It begins by stating that recent events tiave shown that there exists in Russia a band of criminals who, though not nu merous, aro very determined, and nim at tndcrmining the State. A lier referring to thu recent murderous attacks upon tiighcr officials, mid thc attempted as lasstnntion of the Emperor, the ukase continues : "These crimes have necessitated the provisional adoption of exceptional meas ures in order to pr Trait of tho exemplary pu.iishmont of guilty persons, nnd to pro vide government officials with, the ncccs nary power. f?V maintttinlng order." ! STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Till? ukase proceeds to announce the pn - COUNTY OK ANU?..'.-ON. visional appointment of govcnor.s y> mr- COU UT ol' COMMON PLEAS, al of St. Petursburg, Cliaikolf ano Ode*, j N Kr<ij?IICi iMuititifl'. aa, invested with extended and extraordl- ngnliut nary power?. Similar power? art- cn- Murgurct Erskine, James S. Erskine and ferrcd upon thc goveiiors-gcucral of Moa- Preston Erskine. Refendants.-'Summon* cow, Kieff and Warsaw. The civil ad- I for lUlt'ef-Ounjdutnt Served. ministration of thc above mentioned dis- To the Defendants Margaret Erskine, Junie:? trieta are placed under the control of thu ! S. Erskine and Preston Erskine : goveruors-gcuearl in the same manner as I ?roi' are hereby summoned and rcqui thev are subordinate to the commander- : JL red to answer thu complaint in this in chief of the armv in time of war in , ?etion, of which u copy ia here.vith served ? . ? i *. , i i i 1 niton von. und to serve a cony ol your an districts where martial law has been pro- : "??"?"J1,;.colll,dui", the subscrl claimed, l he control of all education ^ at th,,ir umCe, Anderson C. H., 8. C., establishments is vested in govenora-gen- j within twenty days hiter the service hereof, eral, who are empowered lo fend before i exclusive of Ibu day of such service; und military tribunals all civilian lu districts il von fall to answer the complaint within over which they preside. the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this ur The 'governors-general arc further au- i <*."' will applv tu the Court fur the relict thorin! to summarily remove ?rom their . *T?' JJ5?? respective districts ad persons Whose . * Mooni.; ,<? A I.LEN. continued residence may be considered j PlaiutitPs Attorney!. dangerous; to order the arrest of any ? April 21, 1ST'.? ll o' persons whatever on their own judgment i niinyii iiJHfl,rl? ^ and responsibility : to suppress t?mpora- I? lcr-iNis A IC KC is(AwS? rily or permanently any newspapers or I A KOTH ER lot of beautiful < abo, l npic, '.I-I i ..i i ,i * i .. II ' XJL Eon? l loth, ( ottonado, (migliams, periodicals should they appear lo follow ; ^??J iTom??p?ns.C'tahiiiarils, tte. subversive tendencies, and generally to ^t R. TOWERS Sc CO. adopt such measures as they may consul- I April 1", lt>7'.> 10 er necessary for the preservation of thc I - - public peace. ? VIRGINIA CASHMERES. -- TUST H KC HIV Kl), a lot of those excel Sr H I PK.-Thc community was shocked I (J len: goods that gave such perfect satis yesterday afternoon to hear that .Mr. ll. I faction. Call soon and make a selection. L. Habenicht had committed suicide by . _ A. If. TOWERS & CO. shooting himself through the heart. Ile Apnl 17. 1:<7D 40 wa? proprietor of thc establishment rc- CiltOCEIilES? eently opened on the corner of Main and ftijll line of KAM I LY Cl HOC KUI KS is taylor streets, and was formerly a resi- \J complete. Fine TEAS, viz. : Cunpow dent of Charleston, ile waa about .'12 der, Young Hyson, Oolong und English years of age, and left a wife and several Breakfast-a Specialty. small children. His wife had just left j A- JJ- TOWERS .V CO. the room where he was about three or I . Al'nl !"< . 10 _ . _ . four minutes, when a pistol shot was j VEE? CUTTEHS ?fcC heard within, and on the wife going to ; wj.- ,mvu jnflt receIved "'"Jther l?t of hun he was found lying on Ina side j \\ Drennan & Co.'s superior ina speechless, with bis clothes on fire and ? chines-such as Dexter Feed Cutters and the pistol on the bed by his side. The Corn Shel lera, Grain Fans, Cider ?nd Mor billi entered just below the nipple, be- ghum Milla. The very best, tween the third and fourth ribs, passing A- J{- TO WE Ri? it CO through the heart and lodging under the Al>ril iL i2i5 40 spine between the seventh and eighth ribs. GREAT REDUCTION No one was it; thc room with him when -r\ ,ir?(f.s 0f CARPETS. Wc have just the shot was fired. He lived about ten JL marked down our entire stotk to aston minutes, and never Spoke, though he ishitlglv low prices. Anybody can buy tried to do so .several times. The coro- ??'w- We have ii few pieces of beautiful ncr immediately caused a jury to be sum- patterns suitable for Mats and small Ung. moued A jml morUm examina, io,, was ???? w" ?1,1 lT\ T0WERS & C0. made by Dr. 15. \\ . Lavior, and the jury April 17, 1S7U -10 found a verdict that thc deceased caine to his death by a gun-shot wound fired QUECK SALKS from a pistol in his own hand.- tulum- AND ^ Ky"*"- _ SMALL PROFITS -, _ _j. g,ty ? i-?.? V^w TS our motto, and weean make it to your (vIvAIN LKADliKN X interest to call and see ns when you av.1 DON'T buy your (?rain Cradles until in need of anything. We will sell you von see ours. Thev will he in in a youd Cootia at low prices, few days, and will be sold at extremely low ' A. Ii. TOWERS A CO.. prices." A. IL TOWERS it CO. No. 4 Granite Kow. April 17, 1?7!) 40 April 17, 187!) 40 HURRAH FOR ANDERSON ! HAVING employed Mr. HENRY RITZ, a first-class Raker, I nm now prepared to furnish Fresh 33read, X^iesi Calves, &c.3 Every day. I have also received a fresh lot of Cturned Goods, Conioctionorics, lY?<uitH, FRUITS of all kinds on hand. I am still offering inducements in i'ICSA?t?? and TOISAC'C'O. New brands arriving every week. Give mc a call, AND DON'T FOU GHT THE PLACE. JAMI'S A.XDEHNOV, East End of Masonic Hall, or under IL F. Crayton it Sons Store, Anderson, S. C. April 24. 187?_ _30 _ _ 3m TO HOUSE-KEEPERS ! EVERYBODY SHALL KNOW IT THAT IF. C3-. MASSEY HAS ON HAND THIS LARGEST AND HOST CO.Mrl.KTK STOCK OF CROCKERY WARE Ever brought to Anderson, which he will sell at the VERY* LOWEST PRICES for the casu. CHINA, STONEWARE, CL A L'S WA RE, and in fact everything usually kept in a first-class Croekeryware Establishment, of the very best quality, can always be found at my Store in tho HENSON HOUSE. Clive ino a call and see my Goods. JP. <Jr. M A S SET". P. S.-I have also on hand a small lot of SHOES that will bc disposed of at cost. April 24, 1879 _32_ly NEW FIRSYS AGAIN, rT*lUK undersigned, having bought out tho entire stock of SULLIVAN & CO , will nm X linne the GENERAL MERCANTILE BUSINESS at the same stand formerly oc cupied by them, under the name and style of J". HP. STJLXJI"V"-A_Zsr & co. We will keep constantly on band a large and well-selected stock of Groceries, Provisions, Plows and Patent Plow Stocks, FLOUR, from $,r>.f>0 per barrel up. 15ACON, very low. N. O. MOLASSES, now crop, price reduced? COFFEE, seven pounds tor one dollar. SUGAR, ten, twelve and fourteen pounds for one dollar. HATS, from 10 cents un. SHOKS, men amt ladies, 7?c. a pair un. DRY GOODS, a full lino. We have just received a new and beautiful lot of SPUING and SUMMER C.'AI I COKS. Our terms are CASH EXCLUSIVELY. Therefore, we are prepared to oller inducements in the way of good bargains, and respectfully solicit the patronage of our friends nutt the public gent rally. J. P. SULLIVAN. C. F. JON MS. W. A. VANDIVKU. April 17. 187i)_ _____ 40_ Spring, ai Siro 18,9. Sig id flaw 1879. CLOTHING AT BOTTOM PRICES. "VITE ANNOUNCE to the people generally that weare now receiving a larger lot of VT READY-MADE CLOTHING than we have ever bad before. You can buy from US a Suit or 4 lot hes from $.4.00 to fe 80.00. Wc arc also receiving a tine as sortment of SHIFTS, Cheaper than you can make them. We also carrv in our stock Piece Goods, comprising nil tin! late styles of Ulunk Doealtiiiu mul "rosdrleihr:, Fancy sL'?-m? inoroM, ?lucir timi Fancy Cn*hiuarctH, which wo will cut and make ap at tho very Lowest Figures. NOTION DEPARTMENT.iS^T'^i,^,^r\??z Collars, Cravats, Suspenders, Gloves, Linen and Silk Handkerchiefs, Ac, Ac. QPUIINP MAPUINIT? -We have a few Sewing Machines on band that OC-WlllU III HUM I ll LO. we will guarantee, nnd sell at very low figures. It will pay you to call in and examine our stock. Wc respectfully ask you to g?vo us n trial. J. R. & L. P. SMITH, iUcC'ully'ft Corner. Andcraon, N. SJ. Mandi 20. 1870 3(i 3ni LOOK IN FRONT OF THE TIDE. LADIES' STORE STILL AHEAD ! -o IVIlSS LIZZIE WILLIAMS has just returned from thc North, where she super intended tho selection of her doods in person. Past experience gives promise of futuro success. Wo promise our friends if they give i's a call to ahow thom 'ALL THE NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON, In great variety. We have tho latest in the way of Hats, Grloves, Shoes, Pretty Things for the Neck, Face and Feet, In fact, everything to make the Ladies loot- neat, ?weet and dear to the henri, but CH EAP Tl) TH E POCKET. Give us a call, examine for yourself, don't tak? our word. Remember, we aro not to be undersold. Thanking thc public for patt fa ver?, wo solicit a continuance of thc same at the r-^ LADIES' STOKE. March 27, 1879 14