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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ~~ ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 3. 1879._VOL. XIV-NO. 51. NAPOLEON IT. Hl? Birth, Education and. Early Lifo. On the 16th of March, 1856, twenty three years ago, the population of the city of Paris was at the same time pro? foundly agitated, and delighted. That day- a son had been horn to the Emperor and Empress of France, and a prospec? tive ruler to tho French people. At six o'clock in the morning the cannon of the Invalides announced to the yet scarcely awakened city the tidings of the arrival of an heir to the Imperial throne. The fact, however, was hardly known in the city until about eight o'clock. Tele? graphic despatches were sent to all the various diplomatic agencies of France on the Continent. Notice was sent to the representatives of other Powers resident in Paris, and in tho course of tho morn? ing they visited the Tuilcries and left their names. Preparations were made at all the public offices for illuminations and decorations. Many houses on the Boulevards were embellished with stream? ers. The dags of England, France, Turkey and, Sardinia floated united at this moment of rejoicing as they had during the long ana dreary hours of suf? fering and danger. No one visiting Paris could mistake the temper of the people. Three years had elapsed since the mar? riage of the Third Napoleon with the ouug Spanish lady, who had received ut beauty and ambition as her only dowry from her mother, the Counter de Montijo. The young Prince had an English nurse provided for him, and he remained under her charge until his seventh birthday, so that he could speak English before he could pronounce his . own tongue, and he always spoke it with remarkable fluency and a pure accent. All through his childhood and boyhood the Prince Imperial had an inseparable companion in the young Louis Conneau, son of the Dr. Conneau who aided his father to escape from Ham, and this lad was as good as a second tutor to the Prince. In his first teachers the young Prince was not fortunate. One began by teaching him republican doctrines. Tho next turned out to be affiliated with what was considered a highly dangerous community. He was dismissed "Before be had an opportunity to influence the boy's mind. Gen. Proessard was then selected by the Emperor. He was popu? larly supposed to be a military eagle, out he proved a much tamer bird. The Prince Imperial, under this more courtly than erudite warrior, learned a little mathematics, some Latin, less Greek, and a good deal of horsemanship and fencing. Being fond of the study of history, he gathered a good deal through his own efforts. He was a quiet-mannered boy, naturally shy, and disposed to become more so by the diplomatic reserve con? tinually inculcated upon him. He bad, nevertheless, from his earliest childhood, a considerable amount of shrewdness, and used often to say, "I always take off my hat to the Parisian;, because they take off one's crown so easily when they are offended." When he was three years old he was placed on the roster of the Imperial Guard. At five he was promoted to a corporalship. He was made a sergeant at seven, and wore his sub-lieutenant's epaulet for the first time when he started for the German war with his father. Af? ter tho peace, when Napoleon 171. was released from his captivity at Wilhelm shoe, the young Prince, who had been spirited away to England at the first French defeat,'was entered at the Wool? wich Academy. A banquet was given in August, 1875, to a few of the older adherents of the Napoleonic dynasty, while the Empress ana her son were en? joying a holiday at the Castle Arenen? berg, and the young Prince addressed his friends with considerable tact and political ability in the following words : "Should the people some day recall me to power, I will force all honest men to rally round the Empire by erasingfrom the French language the words 'Exile' and 'Proscription.' If it could only be known what lessons I have learned from the past, what resolutions I have drawn from experience of the events which passed under my own eyes, it would be seen how well I understand that I must only look backward for example and teaching, but not for objects of vengeance and bitterness. A great people is not to be governed by hatred and revenge." The birth of the Prince Imperial was regarded by all who wished to be consid? ered true Frenchmen as a good omen, second only in its European importance to the millennium. Thenceforth the sun of peace and prosperity was to shine upon everything French and everybody who had the surpassing happiness to be born on the soil of the favored nation. The Prince's birth was to be the panacea for all grumbling, disaffection and discon? tent; the dynasty was firmly established, and, as to the future, did not his Impe? rial Majesty himself presently assure all the world that "the Empire was peace?" It was a halcyon time for France. Time, which was rude enough to go on in France much as it did in other and far less favored countries, and even in a neighboring State peopled by such barba? rians as the ill-conditioned Prussians had invariably proved themselves to be? Time, which would not acknowledge the supremacy even of a Bonaparte, passed, and France, the model nation, the envy of the civilized world, basked in the warm but enervating sunshine of pros? perity. It is true that the country was ru led" with what some few millions con? sidered an iron hand; that, if a stranger, ?ou were watched by the police with cat ike vigilance; that, despite the gay ex? terior of every Frenchman and the smiling face of every Frenchwoman, there were people who, when they got you safely ensconced in their charming country houses, were prone to compare English and other institutions to the great disparagement of the latter. The young Prince was meanwhile oc? cupying himself in much the same man? ner as other boys of his age. His chris? tening at Notre-Dame, on the 15th of June, three months after his birth, was one of the most magnificent spectacles ever witnessed even in France. At the age of six months the Prince was admitted with becoming ceremony into the ranks of the first regiment of Grenadiers of the Guard, who, as the recognized victors of the Alma, Inker mau and tho Malakoff, were the objects of adoration. As he grew in years the little Louis, to the unfeigned delight of the people, made public appearances in bis grenadier's uniform; and when, as sometimes happened, the Emperor, splen? didly mounted, as he always was, placed the boy before him on his horse, and the troops, in endless defile, saluted father and son, the enthusiasm of the populace knew no bounds. A little story narrated by M. Dupont, apropos of the boy soldier at this period, is worth reproduction. About the time of his promotion by the Emperor to the grade of corporal, some of the Paris newspapers, hard up for pabulum where? with to feed the' nobemouches, whose mouths are perpetually yawning for scandal, stated tnat the Emperor, in a fit of anger at somi act of insubordina? tion committed by his son, had degraded bin by ordering him to give up the in-1 signia of his modest rank. The day after the publication of this calumny.the Prince met an officer in the forest of Fontainebleau and thus addressed him: "You read the papers, sir? They pre? tend that I have been wanting in respect to my father and mother, and that the Emperor has degraded me. That is very wrong, and all the more wicked because it is not true. I love my parents above all. Whatever they have ordered me to do I have never disobeyed them. I try to do all that is agreeable to them ; and I assure you that I am greatly grieved that the papers have spoken so unjustly of one who has never done harm to any? body. You will tell your comrades, will you not, that the account in the newspa? pers is the greatest falsehood ?" The time was at hand when the Impe? rial youth, who had not "shunned de? lights," albeit he bad certainly "lived laborious days," was to be hurried away from his pleasant, happy boy life in Paris and St Cloud, and to witness?indeed to some extent to take part in?that out? march of la grande armee which was to end so disastrously. When the fateful war broke out, and when all Paris was screaming farewells to the troops whose route was direct to the Kaiserstadt, the Emperor, compelled by the rude temper of the times to place himself at the head of his armies, took the little Prince with him. Before many days Monsigaor had his bapteme du feu, or, as we say, he "smelt powder." It was on the famous Exercir-Platz at St. Johann that the first bullets of the war whistled, the first shells hurtled through the air, and the grim, murderous rattle of the mitrailleuse was was first heard by the astonished Prus? sian soldiers on the heights opposite the Exercir-Platz. The boy who behaved so coolly at Saarbruck above all others, re? tained a vivid recollection of those sad days which began at Forbach and ended at Sedan. It was, happily, not given to him to witness the appalling results of the 1st of September. He had parted company with the Emperor at the latter's desire, and had been taken to Mezieres, from thence to Avesnes and so to Man beuge, where he heard for the first time of the overthrow and rout of the flower of the French army, the capture by the victorious enemy of 80,000 men and the surrender of the Emperor to King Wil? helm. "I am the King of Prussia's pris? oner; send the Prince to England.?Na? poleon." This was the curt telegram which reached the Prince Imperial at Maubeuge. A few hours after its receipt the boy, who bore up marvellously well under the heavy blow which had come upon him, was on his way to Belgium. At this time, too, the Emperor, a prison? er, was at Verviers en route to Wilhem shoe, little thinking that only a few miles separated him from his son. From Paris to Chiselhurst! The most daring astrologer who ever pretended to read the Book of Destiny would never have ventured to predict so quick and complete a collapse of the imperial power as that which foHowed Sedan. In a sense the exiled family were happy enough in their beautiful Kentish home, in the adornment of which nature has been so lavish, and perhaps the life of the Tuil eries, St. Cloud and Versailles was hardly missed by Prince Louis Napoleon. How stoutly and successfully he worked at Woolwich everybody knows; his life since be passed out of the great military school is not so well understood. It will not be amiss to sketch, although in the briefest outline, the short career of the Prince since 1870. No sooner had he arrived at Chiselhurst with his mother than he settled down to work with the ardor which has, at all events of late years, been one of his characteristics. His tutor was M. Filon, who had received his appointment some two or three years before, when General Frossard was su? perintending his studies. The best pro? fessors of mathematics and German which London could afford were called in to as? sist the youth, who was entering upon the second stage of his eventful life.? These home studies were, however, soon to be stopped. The Emperor came to Chiselhurst from his captivity at Wil helmshire, and displayed those democrat? ic theories which never left him by send? ing his son to the classes at King's Col? lege, in order, as the fallen monarch himself said, that the boy might be "brought up as one of the people, among the people." The Emperor's influence over his son was almost absolute. Obe? dient and respectful to his mother the Prince has always been, but it is perhaps not too much to say that her influence upon his character has been practically nil. Intellectually, Prince Louis Napo? leon was better endowed than most young men of his age. He had a profound contempt for superficial knowledge, and while among his elders he was quiet, re? served and thoughtful, seldom speaking except to ask for explanations or infor? mation, there was no end to his gayety and love of fun when he was surrounded by those of his own age. Like his fa? ther, the Prince was a firm believer in the Napoleonic star, and be would as soon think of denying his own existence as of entertaining the slightest doubt of the ultimate restoration of the Imperial dynasty. Such up to the time of his leaving England was the career of the young Prince, who has just met so unexpected and tragic an end in Africa. Since the death of the Emperor and while the il? lustrious family were occupants of Cam den House, in England, if they were vain they might point with natural pride to the attention always given them, and the fact that while they resided at Chis? elhurst their goings and comings, their sayings and doings, were as sedulously looked after by the press of England as the movements of their own royal family. They retained there the semblance of a court, but although on some and certain occasions the Empress received, and Camden House was filled with enthusi? astic Bonapartists, there was little to recall the magnificence of the Imperial Court, and still less to suggest the pres? ence of an Empress and the heir to the throne of France. On the 27th of Feb? ruary of the present year he sailed from Southampton for Africa. He was re? commended to Lord Chelmsford as an extra aide-de-camp, and was gazetted with the local rank of captain. On the 25th of February, of the present year, he wrote to If. Rouher explaining the mo? tives that had led him to resolve on going to the Zulu war, and was as follows: "My Dear M. Houher: I am about to leave Europe, and my absence may continue for some months. I have too many faithful friends in France for me to remain silent as to the reasons for my departure. For eight years I have been England's guest. I completed my edu? cation in one of her military schools, and have kept up connection with the British army by joining it on several oc? casions during its great manuvres. The war Great Britain is now carrying on at the cape of Good Hope has lately as? sumed a much more serious aspect than it had previously. I felt anxious to watch the operations, and I sail in two days. In France where, thank Heaven, party spirit has not extinguished the | military spirit, people will comprehend j that I am anxious to share the fatigues and dangers of those troops among whom I I have so many comrades. The time 11 shall devote in assisting in this struggle of civilization against barbarism will uot be lost to me. My thoughts, whether I am near or far, will constantly turn to? ward France. I shall watch the phases she will gradually pass through with interest and without anxiety, for I am convinced that God protects her. I trust that during my absence the parti? sans of the imperial cause will remain united and confident, and will continue to hold before the country the spectacle of a party which, faithful to its doc? trines, remains constantly animated by the most ardent patriotism. "Napoleon." The Battle of the Cowpens. The battle-ground of the Cowpens is in Spartanburg District, about seven miles from the town of Spartanburg, and four or five miles from the North Carolina line. The surrounding country is a beau? tiful and almost perfect plain, with a fine growth of tall pines,'oak and chestnut. This was the case fifty years ago. This growth may have been all cut down.now, and the land in cultivation, for aught I know. On the memorable 17th of Jan? uary, 1781 the entire country for miles around the battle-ground was one vast untouched virgin forest. The inhabi? tants of the lower part of the District had been in the habit of driving their cattle into this part of the country for the purpose of grazing, and had erected pens in the neighborhood for salting and marking them. Hence the name of the battle-ground. The field of battle, how? ever, was about two miles from the Cow? pens; but inasmuch as there was no nearer known place in the neighborhood, it was called "The Battle of the Cowpens." I was shown many years since a map representing minutely and most satisfac? torily the scene of this signal and glori? ous victory, with the order and position of the opposing armies. I also had the pleasure of having the entire battle? ground pointed out to me by one of the surviving gallant officers who comman? ded in the battle. The American army, under Gen. Morgan, had encamped the night before the battle between the wa? ters of Suck Creek and a branch of Buck Creek, which are only two or three hun? dred yards apart. There was, fifty years ago, a little field on either side of the road, where the American army had en? camped that night. On the morning of the 17th of February, 1781, about day? light, Gen. Morgan drew up his little ar? my on a slight ridge extending from the head of one of these spring branches to the other. The road over which the American army had been retreating to avoid Col. Tarleton and the British Drmy leads from the upper part of Union Dis? trict into North Carolina, and passes im? mediately between these two branches, which at that time were pretty well lined with cane and small reeds. The road leading from Spartanburg Court House also intersects the Union and Island Ford a few paces south of the head waters of this branch of Buck Creek. Gen. Morgan was unwilling to give battle to the enemy until he had crossed the river into North Carolina. He was informed, however, that the militia were unwilling to pass out of the State, and he was therefore forced to risk a battle. The enemy had been marching all night to overtake him, and was worn down. This contributed, no doubt, in some measure to Morgan's great victory. His men were fresh and had rested all night. The South Carolina and North Carolina mili? tia, under the command of Gen. Bickens, were posted one hundred and fifty yards in advance of the Continental troops, un? der the command of Col. Howard. Col. Brandon's Regiment was placed on the left of the road, and Col. John Thomas, Jr.,' and Col Roebuck's on the right. They were ordered not to fire till the en? emy come within proper range, to stand the enemy's fire as long as possible, and then to fall back and form a line of battle in rear of the Continentals. The British army marched up the road within one hundred yards of the American lines and then deployed to the right and left with a corps of cavalry on each wing. The Americans were permitted to shelter themselves behind trees whilst the enemy was marching on them and firing rapid? ly. Several of the old soldiers told me at the celebration of the anniversary of the Battle nearly fifty years since, that as many as three were very often behind the same tree. Some of them undertook to point out the very trees behind which they took shelter. There was at that time no undergrowth on the battle? ground. The British marched up, said the old soldiers, with a terrible huzza and shout? ing as if they anticipated an easy vic? tory. They fired rapidly as they came, but their fire did little execution, as the militia were protected by the trees. It would seem too that their firing was wide of the mark, as I saw bullets cut out of the trees twenty feet above the ground. The militia under Gen. Pickens fired but once. The enemy charged them with fixed bayonets, which they had not, and consequently they made rapid retreat and formed as ordered behind the Conti? nentals. But their fire did great execu? tion, and the old soldiers told me that when they went to bury the dead the next dry, they found the bodies close together in a straight line clear across the battle-field. The brunt of the battle was bravely borne by Col. Howard's regulars after the militia fell back. Three hundred of the enemy were killed and wounded, and five hundred of them taken prisoners. The remnant of Col. Tarleton's cavalry was pursued by Col. William Washington fifteen or twenty miles to Goudelock's, where lie was falsely informed that the enemy were out of his reach, when in fact they were just ahead of him. Tarle? ton had pressed Mr. Goudelock to go and pilot him across the Pacolett. Mrs. Goudelock was afraid that her husband might be killed if Washington overtook the British, and therefore said that the enemy had passed long since. The feel? ings of a wife overcame her principles of patriotism and truth. Had the Ameri? can cavalry continued their pursuit fif? teen minutes longer, this remnant of the British army would have been captured. The places where the dead were buried were distinctly to be seen at the celebra? tion of the anniversary, to which I have already alluded. Sundry relics of the bat? tle?such as bullets, ramrods, and bayo? nets?were given to me on that occasion. I noticed that two or three of the bullets were pewter. Lead being scarce, no doubt some of the Whigs had converted their pewter spoons and plates into bul? lets. As York District prides herself on King's Mountain, and is about to cele? brate the centennial of the Battle, Spar? tanburg may well have equal pride in her Cowpens. B. F. Perry. Sana Souci, June 15, 1879. Compare.?A careful comparison of Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Extracts with others in the market, will convince any pe rson that for strength and delica? cy of flavor, Dr. Price's is far superior. While the other flavorings have a tur pentiny taste and odor, Dr. Price's is as the fruits from which they are made. THE TRAGEDY IN COLUMBIA. Killing; of Mr. John E. English?Policeman Rose Arrested for H1h Munler?Synopsis of TcHtlmony before the Coroner's In? quest?Rencounter on the Street lie tween Policemen and n Brother of tho Deceased Who Was in Charge of a Jus? tice'? Constable. The following details of the killing of Mr. John E. English in Columbia on I the night of June 22nd, and the rencoun? ter between his brother, Mr. Joseph M. English, and policeman Rose, who is charged with the killing, a brief account of which we gave in our last issue, is ta? ken from the Register of the 24th : This community was shocked yester? day morning by one of the saddest occur? rences that has taken place in our city for many years, and this was followed by what came near being a most bloody af? fair. About half-past 8 o'clock on Sunday night Mr. John E. English was taken to the guard bouse in an insensible condi? tion by Policemen Rose and Daniels. He remained there till about daylight yesterday morning, when he was convey? ed to the Central Hotel by his broth? er, Mr. J. M. English. Here he was cared for by his relatives and friends and physician till he died, which oc? curred in a few hours. Coroner Lowndes empaneled a jury, consisting of the following members: J. M. Roach, foreman, E. C. Crews, John Scoffin, J. W. LaMotte, W. A. Black, F. H. Percival, J. B. Pollock, H. G. Guerry, J. H. Kinard, L. C. Levin,. J. A. Selby, George Randall, W. A. Reckling. The Coroner and jury proceeded to the Central Hotel and began an examination at half-past 1 o'clock p. m., and contin? ued in session till 8 o'clock last night, when they returned a verdict "that the aforesaid John English came to his death from a blow on his head, inflicted by some person or persons to this jury un? known." Dr. A. N. Talley made tho post mortem examination and gave the following cer? tificate : I certify that I have this day made a post mortem examination of the body of John English, deceased, and find that he came to his death from an injury of the brain caused by external violence. The appearance presented was that of exten? sive hemorrhage on the left side of the brain, between the brain and skull. The blood vessels of that part of the brain were all overloaded with blood, and the amount of clotted blood on the brain was not less than a teacupful. (Signed) A. N. Talley, M. D. Early in the afternoon the body of de? ceased was conveyed to the residence of his uncle, Colonel Wm. Wallace, where he had made his home whita in the city. coroner's inquest. The inquest was held on Monday, and a verdict was returned that the deceased came to his death by a blow iuflicted by some person unknown to the jury. Several witnesses were examined. Fred Rice (colored) testified that he saw Rose and another policeman standing togeth? er, and heard a lick and saw a man fall, whom he recognized as Mr. English. Rose bad a stick in his band in the act of striking him again. Mr. English was put into a cart, which was driven away by Policeman Rose. He heard Rose say he would kill Mr. English. Monroe Smith testified that either Rose or the other policeman, Daniels, struck Mr. English with a club. Saw him spin around and fall, and saw Rose attempt to strike him again, after he fell. Also heard Rose threaten to kill Mr. Eng? lish. The policemen put him in the cart, where he was lying doubled up and strang? ling. L. H. Embleton (white) heard a blow, and saw Policemen Rose and Daniels standing over Mr. English. Daniels said, "Don't hit him again." George Daniels (white) testified that Mr. English was lying drunk in front of Dr. Geiger's house. Afterwards Mr. English cursed Ro:se aud collared him, when witness threw English to the ground. Wm, Hall (white) testified thathe found Mr. English lying on some boads in the yard of the guardhouse. He was breath? ing hard, and fell over a brick abut? ment. Foster Suttou (colored) testified that Rose told him that Mr. English made at him, and he hit him. In the guardhouse, Rose asked witness, in a. laughing way, if English was dead. the difficulty between the de? ceased's brother and policeman rose. Yetserday morning Captain Radcliffe, Chief of Police, appeared at the office of Trial Justice Marshall and made affi? davit that Mr. J. M. English, the broth? er of the deceased, had threatened to shoot Policeman Rose on sight, and ask? ed for a warrant for his arrest and to have him bound over to keep the peace. Justice Marshall issued the warrant, and delivered it to his constable, Mr. John H. Altee, to be served. Mr. Altee started to the Central Hotel to arrest Mr. J. M. English. After Mr. Altee had left the office, Justice Marshall directed Police? man Rose, who was present with Police? man Daniels, to go home and remain out of the way till Mr. English had given bond to keep the peace. They went out of the ollicc, but it seems from what fol? lowed that Justice Marshall's advice was disregarded. Mr. Altee met Col. Wal? lace's carriage near the Wheeler House, containing Mr. English, Col. Wallace and the colored driver. They were on their way to Justice Marshall's office to take out a warrant for Policeman Rose. Mr. Altee stopped the carriage. They invited him to ride with them to the of? fice. He got in the carriage, telling Mr. English that he had a warrant for his ar? rest, to which Mr. English assented. As the carriage turned the corner by Law Range, Policemen Rose and Daniels were standing on Peixotto's corner, and as soon as the carriage came oppsite them the firing of pistols began, Mr. English fir? ing from the carriage and both pliecomeu firing at tho carriage. Accounts differ as to which fired first. At least five shots were tired altogether. No one tired from the carriage but Mr. English. As soon as Mr. English drew his pistol Mr. Altee grasped the hand iu which he held it and the driver caught the other hand. After some struggling Mr. Eng lise succeeded in getting his hand out of the carriage, and tired till his pistol lor some reason would shoot no longer. From the appearances of the pistol it would seem that he lired three times. Mr. English says he had all the time re? garded Mr. Daniels with especial friendly feelings, as, although he did not know him personally, he had heard that Daniels had interfered and prevented Rose from striking his brother oftener, and he had been inquiring for him in or? der to get a true statement of the matter from him; he did not know that the po? liceman with Rose was Daniels, and he saw both policemen draw their pistols before he drew his. By the time Mr. English could fire the first shot the carriage had proceeded as far as in front of Bachman & Youmaus' office. Tho horse becume frightened by the firing and ran past the Trial Justice's office, and could not be stopped till he reached the court house corner, half a square away. It seems almost miraculous that no one was killed, as there were four persons in the carriage. Mr. Altee fell from the carriage and was picked up in a senseless condition and taken to Mr. Marshall's office. For some time it was thought that he was shot and killed, but after an examination it was concluded that he was only stunned by a blow on the head received in falling. Late last night, however, Dr. Turnipseed having made a further examination, expressed the opin? ion that the contusion on his head had been caused by a pistol bullet grazing it. We were glad to learn that he was doing very well and his wound was not consid? ered setious. Mr. English was arrested and required to give a bond of ?'S'JOO to keep the peace. Policeman Rose was also arrested and lodged in jail on the charge of murder in killing Mr. John English, and Policeman Daniels was also required to give bond of $500 to appear before Justice Marshall next Weduesday and answer to the charge of assault and battery with intsnt to kill. A second warrant was also issued against Mr. J. M. English on a similar charge. threatened lynching of police? man rose?the governor orders out the militia. The excitement occasion by the killing of Mr. English and the difficulty between his brother and the party charged with having committed the deed was very high on Tuesday, and the City Council was informed that a party of men intend? ed to take Rose from the jail on Tuesday night and lynch him. This information was conveyed to the Governor by the proper authorities, when the following order to the military companies of Co? lumbia was issued by his Excellency: - Executive Chamber, Columbia, June 24. Capt, Wilie Jones: Information having been furnished me through the City Council of this city that there is a strong propability that an ef? fort will be made to-night to take from the jail a prisoner named William Rose by a band of armed men without the au? thority of law, upon application of said Council you are hereby ordered to take such steps with your company, the Gov? ernor's Guards, and the Richland Volun? teer Rifles, commanded by Capt. Keenan, who will report to you, as may be neces? sary to protect the jail and prevent the said prisoner from being taken thence. Be careful not to use unncessary vio? lence, but you are authorized to use all the force necessary to accomplish the end above. You will act as a posse to the sheriff. W. D. Simpson, Governor and Commandcr-in-Chief. the prisoner in no danger, and everything quiet. The following from the Register of the 20th establishes beyond a doubt that the rumor of the intended lynching was without foundation, and that the friends of the murdered man are willing that the matter shall be settled by the Courts: Tuesday night the three companies of the city, the Ricbland Volunteers, the Governor's Guards and Columbia Flying Artillery, guarded the jail all night till daylight to prevent the lynch? ing of Rose, if any such thing should be attempted. Nothing occurred during the night to show that there was any foundation for the rumor. There seems indeed to have been none. The friends of tho deceasee deprecate any such thing. And among the members of the compa? nies who guarded the jail Tuesday night where many of the best friends of Mr. English and his family. Indeed, it is thought that no attempt to take Rose from the jail of Richland County could possibly succeed. The sentiment of the [icople of this community is against all awlessncss, and a summons from the Sheriff for a posse would be answered in force in a few moments. SheriffDent yesterday expressed him? self as feeling no apprehension and as having felt none the previous night. Col. Lipscomb, the Superintendent of the Penitentiary, offered to take the pris? oner to that institution and guard him there, and the Governor was ready to give him an order for the transfer, but Mr. Dent did not think in necessary. The military were not ordered out last night. The following from the Register of Fri? day shows the feeling of the citizens of Columbia in regard to the unfounded ru? mor that lynching was contemplated: Last night passed offquietly. Nothing occurred to mar the quiet of the city or to warrant any apprehension of a distur? bance. SheriffDent yesterday reported to Captain Wiley Jones, commanding the Richland Battalliou that no demon? stration was made upon the jail, and that his prisoner was still safe in his custody, and requested him to report the fact to the Governor, which he did. The seutiment of the community, as gathered from the expressions of very many of our citizens, is that a very grave injustice has been done to the people of Columbia and of Richland County as a law-abiding community by the rumors that lynching was contemplated. It is feared by some that the military demon? stration to guard the jail will give an ap? pearance of importance to the matter which it does not deserve. But the mat? ter being brought to the attention of the Governor in his official capaciy he could do no less than he did, that is, call upon the military companies of the city to act as a }iosse to the Sheriff and take the nec? essary steps to prevent the prisoner being taken from the jail, and the companies did but their duty in obeying. The mat? ter is universally regretted. A Republican's Sketch of Gen. eral Johnston.?Mr. J. M. Horton, the excellent correspondent of the Phila? delphia Bulletin, (Republican,) sent the following special to that journal last week: "Amid all the turmoils and trou? bles of the Democracy, and the follies of his Southern fellow-members, General Joe Johnston sits calm and undisturbed in his seat in the back row attending to his correspondence and making friends with all who come in contact with him. Rarely is his voice heard except to vote, but when any measure affecting the army, his State, or the general interest of the country is concerned, he immediately takes his stand, and, without any bravado j or desire to make himself conspicuous, he modestly but firmly expresses his views. He is genial and social in his, disposition, and it can be safely said that! he has as many friends among the Re publicans as among the Democrats. Al- ' most the first question of a visitor to the House is, 'Which is Joe Johnston ?' and when the quiet, gray-haird member, who ? looks not over sixty, is pointed out to him, there is a shade of disappointment that one whose military fame has gone all over the world should be so unassum- j THE LYNCHING OF JOHN J. MOORE. Judge Pressly's Charge ? Presentment of the Grand Jury of Spartanlmrg County. From the Sjutrtanhurg Ifcrald. Court opened here on last Monday, His Honor, Judge B. C. Pressly, presi? ding. His Charge to the Grand Jury was short but clear and comprehensive. In alluding to the recent summary exe? cution of John J. Moore, charged with the rape and murder of Frances Heaten, Judge Pressly stated that his attention had been called to the matter by the proclamation of the Governor and the accounts given in the papers?that he knew nothing of the guilt or innocence of Moore?that no matter what his guilt may have been it was wrong for the peo? ple to take the law in their own hands? thatastop must be put to such proceedings ?that it was his duty to call their at? tention to the matter and charge them to ferret out and bring to punishment the perpetrators of the offense?that hav? ing charged them with the matter the responsibility of taking action thereon rested with them and it was a solemn re? sponsibility. As Judge he could not have said less, and under the particular circumstances of this case he could not have said more. He discharged the del? icate du:y faithfully and wisely under all the circumstances. The Grand Jury made their Present? ment, an extract from which we publish, as follows: grand jury presentment. In reference to the case of Miss Hea? ten, to which your Honor called the par? ticular attention of the Grand Jury, we should find it difficult to excuse ourselves if we refused to state that we have been informed and believe that the testimony submitted to the Jury of Inquest which was held over her body, established the guilt of John J. Moore as the demon in human form who outrageously murdered this young woman while she was defend? ing her virtue. This is the greatest of all possible crimes, and too shocking to be recited in this report. The moral sen? timents of the community have been so outraged that the criminal has been seized and put to death by the indignant citizens of the vicinity in which this atrocious murder was committed. They acted under the sudden impulse that the great end of the law is the administra? tion of simple and exact justice. The question, then, arises, has injustice been done this ofTender by such summary pun? ishment? It is an established principle that the murderer deserves to die, and hence, in putting him to death, those cit? izens have done nothing more than a simple act of justice. But it may be said that they have taken the law into their own hands; and for this they should be punished. This is plausible, but it springs, perhaps, from a too con? tracted view of expediency. That the murderer deserves to be put to death, is the "law of God written on the heart." This is the supreme law; expediency is merely subordinate rule, and should always give place to the awful dictates of justice. In putting this murderer to death, therefore, those citizens acted in obedience to tho dictates of justice, and merely anticipated the sentence of the law of the land. We have witnessed such manifestations in otherpartsof ourcoun try, and have shuddered with indescribable horror at the exhibition of its terrific power. In one of the most enlightened cities of our Union, have weseen learned men, and intelligent men, burning with the desire to gratify this feeling of vindictive wrath. We have seen them seize their victims, reeking with the blood of his fellow man, and drag him to the stake, and there burn him to ashes. The Judge who decided upon the merits of the burning above referred to, held it to be a case of "justifiable homicide." Public opinion, said he, is the source and fountain of all human law; and the act in question was a "clear expression of public opinion." We do not admit, however, that lynch-law under any cir? cumstances ought to be administered; though we do not deny that there are cases where the criminal escapes from the too great leniency of juries in capital felonies, and this is the overflowing source from which all lynch-law springs. Yet we should struggle to preserve, even to the last resting place of hope, the right of trial by jury, for all look to it for safety and protection. This Grand Jury is, indeed, paiued to find that a lawless feeling exists in any part of our county, but it induces them to present that our penitentiary system of punish? ment is not calculated to repress the disorders of society; and we believe its system of punishment has to a certain extent, failed in opposing sufficient re? straints on the commission of crime. Before this new mode of punishment was substituted for the old, could any one point out a State of an equal number of inhabitants, where crime was so unfre qucnt? It was then, the proud boast of South Carolina that her jails were, for the greater portion of the year, empty, and that the atrocious crimes which stained the criminal calendars of the very States where penitentiaries had been established, seldom occurred here. But this condition of things has been re? versed, and now, we find our jails filled with penitentiary convicts. We believe that crime has increased, wherever peni? tentiaries have been established. In all the States where the system has been adopted, old prisons have been enlarged, or new prisons built. We have looked in vain for any facts which show that crime has anywhere diminished upon the establish men t of penitentiary disci? pline. The Pennsylvania plan, (of soli? tary confinement with labor,) which, in theory, seems the best of any, has not succeeded with all its extreme rigor, in repressing crime. We havo little faith in the reformation of criminals, and we would not hazp-d the safety of society for an object that has seemed hitherto unat? tainable. The criminal that will hasten to the gallows needs no protection and it is right to clear the way for him. Bet? ter he should reach his goal by natural proclivity, and be removed from society than expensively detained in a peniten? tiary. _ Over Niagara Falls.?Mrs. A. Row? land, aged about '2'j years, wile of .Mr. A. Rowland, manufacturer of firearms, 51 Boulevard D'Avroy, Liege, lost her life at Niagara Falls on the 21st of June. The couple arrived at tho falls on the ISth from the West, being upon an ex? tended wedding tour around the world, and were intending to go to New York on the day on which the unfortunate ac? cident occurred and sail for home the week following. In company with her husband she visited the Three Sisters Islands, and borrowing a pocket cup of her husband, stooped over to get a drink, when she slipped and fell over the bank into the water, being rapidly carried over Horse-shoe Falls, which arc but a short distance from where she fell in. Her husband stepped back a short distance from where she was, with his back toward her at the time, when he heard hcrscream, but was unable to reach her. The hus? band is prostrated with grief. Reports which might convey an idea of foul play have no foundation in fact. Every ellbrt has been made to recover the body. MRS. HULL'S MURDERER. Ho 1m Arre*te<I In BoHton liy u Newspaper Reporter. Boston*. June 23. The murderer of Mrs. Hull, of New York, was arrested here to-night, and is now in custody. His name is Chastine Cox, a copper colored negro, who was em? ployed for a year and a half in the neigh? borhood of the Hull residence. He was traced by means of a set of cameo jewelry belonging to Mrs. Hull, which he dis? posed of at a pawnbroker's shop in this city. From the pawnbroker the officers obtained a description of the person who pawned it, and by this description W. R. Balch, a newspaper reporter, recog? nized him walking along Sliftwmut ave? nue yesterday evening, and, after follow? ing and speaking to him, notified the officers and caused his arrest. Cox made no resistance, but went quietly to the police station, where he was searched and Mrs. Hull's watch found on his per? son. He admits his guilt, and says he lived a long time opposite Mrs. Hull's house in New York; that on the night of the robbery he entered through the lower window and went up stairs to Mrs. Hull's room for the purpose of robbery, but did not intend to kill her. The negro appears calm and indiffer? ent, and gives the details of his crime without hesitation. He says he had a key for the door of the Hull house, but was unable to make it fit, and conse? quently raised the window in the lower story and fastened it up so he might readily escape. He had a candle with him. On ascending the stairs he heard some one snore, and thought it was a man. He blew the candle out, walked into the room and stepped up to the side of the bed. Mrs. Hull awakening asked, "Who is it?" "The doctor," replied the negro. She put her hand up and touched his face. He threw her hand back, at the same time laying his own hand heavily over her mouth. He then got hold of a cologne bottle and dashed cologne into the lace of the struggling woman, after which he got upon the bed and made a gag of the bed clothing. She was by this time in an exhausted condition and he tied her in the manner in which she was found iu the morning. Afterwards Cox says he relighted a candle and hold? ing it close to her face, the cologne ig? nited, which accounts for the singing of the eye-brows and the other burns on her person. The robbery was then commit? ted, and the robber made his escape, soon leaving New York for Boston. He repeats his statement that he had no oth? er motive than robbery. The police au? thorities here do not think there is any? thing of a reckless bravado about the negro, but on the contrary that he is very cowardly. He is a native of Pow hattan County, Virginia, and is about 32 years of age. It was his intention to go from here to Providence and endeavor to get a birth as cook on some foreign bound vessel, and had it not been for accidental and almost intuitive recognition of him from the pawnbroker's description by Mr. Balch, of the Boston Herald, he would probably have made good his es? cape from the country. There is nothing to show that he had any confederate or accomplice. He will be taken to New York to-morrow. How the Kansas Exodus Begast.? How did this fever start? The answer seems ready to hand: A few years ago there came to Vicksburg a mu.atto, some 40 years of age, named Thomas W. Ray more. He opened an intelligence of? fice, and made it his principal business to induce Alabama negroes to come to Mississippi. Some eight months ago, it is said that a railroad company, whose line runs from St. Louis into Kansas, (not the Missouri Pacific) furnished Ray more with maps and gaudily colored circulars, giving eloquent descriptions of Kansas. These circulars were headed with these words: "Show this to no White Man." The negroes, who are Free Masons in their way, kept the cir? cular dark. The colored preachers got excited, and began to preach "Going to Kanzy." From this slight flame came the conflagration. One of the circulars merits description. It gives a gaudy picture of the "Colored Man's Home in Kansas." The colored pater familias is seated in a rocking-chair on the veranda of his exquisite stone cottage, reading the Tribune. The sun, huge and golden, is indolently pillowing itself on a rosy cloud in the Western horizon. Through the lace curtains of the parlor windows may be seen the colored mater-familias languidly reclining on a sofa, listening to the music elicited from the piano by a dusky maiden whose slender fingers ?weep the key board. To one side of the cottage is a grove in which may be seen some fine deer. Turkeys fly by at easy range. The corn is growing high and luxuriant. It is the dream of an ideal? ist, but to Southern Sambo it was "de truf fcr sho." The exodus idea is not dead. All through the South, and espe? cially in the Mississippi Valley, the col? ored people are quietly discussing a fu? ture and mightier exodus. The return of home-sick and disgusted emigrants has an effect in their immediate neigh? borhood ; but let a boat be sent down the river to take away negroes, and the ex? citement would be renewed ten-fold. There is little reason iu this exodus movement. The practical side is not looked at by the average negro. He is ready for a "skursiou" at any time and to any place. If the genuine fright the employers of black labor have experi? enced leads to the formation of a public sentiment which will intimidate extor? tioners, lead to a fair adjustment of rents, and improve the political condition of the negro, much good will follow a tem? porary evil.?F. R. Guernsey to Boston Herald._ Southern Sentiments. It is not often that the Southern peo? ple will speak appreciatingly of North? ern enterprise. They treat Northern people courteously, even cordially, if called upon at their homes, but they do not like Northern political principles, and take very little interest in Northern inventions and discoveries. A notable exception to this general rule is the warm aud even enthusiastic appreciation with which the Southern people speak of Dr. Pierce's Family Remedies?a pretty sure indication that they possess unusual and undeniable remedial powers. In warm climates the human system is peculiarly susceptible to accumulations of morbid matters. The heat tending to diminish the action of the heart, a corresponding diminution of the activity of every mem? ber results, and unless occasionally aided by an efficient alterative and cathartic, the system becomes clogged with mor? bid matter which it has not sufficient en? ergy to expel. The sale of Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets, for the year 1877, ex? ceeded one million bottles in the South? ern States alone. Stephexsvilxe, Texas, Aug. '10,1877. Dr. R. V. Pieuce, Buffalo, New York ? Dear Sir: Since I commenced the use of your Family Medicines in my family, and followed the advice given in yo?r Common Sense Medical Adviser, I have not had to employ a physician. Yours truly. W. W..CAN. Will He go lo the Senate? A telegram from Washington, dated June 17, says: Well informed Republi? cans from Mississippi say there is no question but Jefiereon Davis will l>o re? turned to the United States Senate if he lives and his disabilities are removed. Ali indications poiut very strongly in that direction, and many Democrats from the same State do not deny that Davis will be a candidate. They say that it all rests with him, and that if he is a candi? date the Mississippi Legislature cannot refuse to elect him. The friends of Mr. amusemeut and comfort to the Republi Davis here feel a little sore that his pos? sible election to the Senate should afford cans. They say that Davis was not an original secessionist, and that he was no more responsible for the rebellion than any one of a thousand Southern men who might be named, many of whom are now living, and some holding high po? sitions under the government. They al? lege that Davis did no more in support of the Confederacy than Alexander H. Stephens, the Vice President, who is re? ceived with open arms in the govern? ment councils. Lamar, in a recent speech in the Senate, said that Davis did no more for the success of the South? ern cause than he (Lamar) did, only that Davis had greater ability, but each did all that he could. It is said by bis friends that should he be chosen to the Senate his course will be such as to disarm passion and criti? cism ; that he will not be in his seat three months before it will be shown by bid speeches and votes that his presence is conducive to harmony and good-fellow? ship between the sections; in other words, that he will become the leader of the moderate men from his section, and win back the respect which healways had in the North before the war. It is cited that when the Vice Presidcntof the Con? federacy was returning to the House there were mutterings of discontent and sharp criticisms in the North, but that he had not been in his seat a year before he becamo one of the most popular of Southern men, viewed from a Northern standpoint, and that to-day no Southern Democrat has the good will and respect of the North to a greater degree than Mr. Stephens. South Carolina Cotton Mills. Au instructive correspondence from Greenville, S. C, to the New York Times gives us some interesting facts and figures touching our Carolina cotton factories. The correspondent, in speaking of the progress of the mills, says : The chief obstacle in the way of suc? cess was the scarcity of competent ope? ratives, but with the aid of a few taken from Northern mills, a sufficient number of young native women and men have been taught to feed and direct the ma? chines. We are told the Piedmont Com? pany's book shows the following profits on sales for the fiscal year ending March 31,1876: New York, $9,401.58; Boston, yarns, ?10,619.64 ; Baltimore, $7,1S0.12; local. $24,320.04; all .>ther sources, $5, 163.46. A visit to the several establishments within the past week elicited the follow? ing interesting particulars: The Langiey Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1870; capital of $450,000. Its mill is in the town of Langiey, Aikcn County, on the Charleston and Augusta Railroad. 5S0 horse power; spindles 10, 880; looms 328; hands 325. Consumes monthly 450 bales of cotton, with an average production of 598,000 yards of shirting, sheeting and drilling. Trade brisk; prospects very encouraging. Glendale Mill, on Enoree River, six miles east of Spartan burg. Horsepower, at low water, 250; spindles 5,000; looms 120; hands 125. Weekly consumption 40 bales of cotton, with average produc? tion 50,000 yards shirtiug, sheeting, and drilling per week. Trade better than in five years. About caught up with orders. Reedy River Mill, on Reedy River, four miles from Greenville. Spindles 2,000; looms 48; hands 50. Average, production daily 2,500 yards sheeting and 300 pounds yarn. Capital $47,500.? Trade local and very lucrative. Graniteville Mills, on Horse Creek, near town of Graniteville. Horse power 350; spindles 10,000; looms 300; hands 240. Monthly consumption 148,00 pounds cotton. Average production 360,000 yards sheeting and drilling. A short time ago the company also purchased 2,200 acres of land, and the water power used by the Vauclause Mill, burned in 1874, and built a new mill of granite and brick which is being rapidly supplied with the most approved machine 7, and will soon commence operation;!. Tho dam for this new mill is built of granite, and measures 342 feet in length. The expenses for the latter were paid from surplus funds and without an increase of the capital stock?which is $600,000. Trade reported good for the season. Piedmont Mills; capital, $335,000, on Saluda River, Greenville and Columbia Railroad, about 11 miles from Greenville. Spindles, 15,300; looms, 3S0; hands, 275. Consumes daily 18 bales of cotton, with an average of 16,000 yards of cloth and 2,300 pounds of yarn. The water power is unusually fine. It has been estimated that a pressure of 42,000 cubic feet of water per minute can be easily obtained, which would be amply sufficient to work 100,000 spindles. The company's books, on March 31, 1S79, exhibited surplus as? sets over all liabilities amounting to $36, 869, and $56,684 gross profits for the pre? ceding twelve months. Plans have been drawn and preparations are being made to erect another building without delay, which is to contain room and machinery for 15,000 more spindles. Camperdown Mills, on Reedy River, Greenville; capital $300,000; spindles, 13,000; hands, 260. Consumes weekly 100 bales of cotton, with an avenge pro? duction of 30,000 pounds of yarn. The mill produces a very superior yarn, much sought after in local markets. Bleaching and dyeing establishments have been re? cently added with gratifying results. Trade reported satisfactory. The Westminster Thread Manufactory is owned by a machinist named Stribling and a few well-to-do farmers residing in the vicinity of Westminster?a small station on the Air Line Railroad, in Oco nee County. They commenced opera? tions about one year ago iu a two-story wooden buildiug, with a small capital. The machinery used is known as the Clement attachment, which transforms seed cotton into very superior thread. Various superiorities are claimed for this invention, which are open to doubt, but nobody can dispute its labor-savng qual? ities. The laborious task of ginning and packing the cotton after it is picked is entirely dispensed with. The local demand exceeds this mill's production. In addition to those already named, there are two more?the Saluda and Batesville?factories ; the former is near Columbia, and tho latter at Bf.tesville, Lexington County. They produce about the same quantity and quality of goods as the Reedy River Mill. Both appear to prosper. ? The church, rightly miuistered, is the vestibule to an immortal life.