The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, October 21, 1880, Image 1

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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C.. THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOPER 21 1 MMT VOLUME XVI.-NO. 1.1 Testimony ns to Death or Capt. T. P. Henson. Coroner S. B. Ezell held an Inquest on Sunday morning, 10 inst., over the body of the Into Capt. T. P. Henson, at which the following testimony was taken : J. R. ThRckam, sworn, says : I am cleric in this hotel. At five minutes before 4 o'clork on yesterday, tho 9th of October, 1880, I le:t the office of tho hotel to go to tbs depot. I left Captain Benson in the office. Ho was alone and at tho safe. I returned about 420 o'clock. Did not see Captain Benson when I returned. At about 5.4-3 Mrs. Benson asked me to wako Captain Ben son, as it was about time for him to get up. I told ber I would go in a jew minutes. She paid she would go, and asked mo where he usually slept. I told her No. 4. Slio returned, and said it was locked. Asked me to examine thc other rooms and seo where ho was. I examined and found all the rooms locked. She then said, "By the way, lie told mo ho was going to No. 21." I .jame, knocked at 21, and received no answer. I went to the office and got some keys to try the door. She caine with me. We found a key in tho door on tho inside. She asked if I could get in. I told her by breaking tho door. I broke it open. Wo carno in together and found Captain Benson lying ou the bed, as you see him, except that bis head was a little off the pillow aud his face slightly turned towards the wall ; was neither on his buck or sido exactly, but slightly turned towards the left side ; had his clothing and shoes on. He was in the habit of taking a nap in the after noon ; usually went to Nu. 4, but some times to others. He always told some of us where he was going. He had not been complaining of ill health to me. Was temperate in his habits. JAB. R. THACICAM. Dr. J.| H. dawson, sworn, say3 : I Baw the body of Capt. T. P. Benson soon after it was found. Ho was lying on his back, tho body limber, mouth and eyes closed, hands by thc side. I examined h in pockets and took the things out, giv ing them to Mr. Parrott. 1 found pa pers, keys, cigars, match-box, knife, &c. Did not examine tho articles. Found uothing Uko medicino or poison. I saw nothing whatever to indicate thc cause of death. One shoo was lying between his legs. I took a watch from his pocket. _1 _ _T_Ll * i_ unu u niuo mn ui tum, x on ir/ mu? nave a large, red pocket-book on yesterday morning. That '.vas not in the puekcis when I examined them. I saw Captain Benson every day. Never heard him complain but once, theu I was speukiug of some ono who had heart disease, aud ho remarked that Ita had some trouble hero (putting his hand over the region of the heart.) J. H. CLAWSON. Dr. H. A. Ligon sworn says : I am a druggist. I think I sold Captain Ben son about all of his drugs. I Bold him a little bromide of potash a few days ago. Have not eold him anything like mor phine, opium, or anything that would destroy life. Mrs. Benson, wife of de ceased, han told me Hie* Captain Benson thought of going to Greenville on the 4'oclock train yesterday afternoon, and dressed for tbat purpose. Just before Crain time ho stood for a short time with his hand on his forehead, and said to her that he felt a little badly and believed he would not go, but would go up to No. 21 and lie down. Mrs Benson also told me that when Captain Benson changed bis clothing that ho laid his large, red pocket-book and momoraudum-book on the bureau and went up stairs, leaving them there. She put them away. These articles, together with the others found on his person, are now in my safe. Thc deceased was subject to headache and used bromide of potash for it. I never heard him complain of ill health, oxcept headache. H. A. LIGON. Prof. A. T. Pecte, sworn says : I hnvo been boarding in this house about two years. I was in room yesterday after noon, about 4.45. My room is about four doors from tho room in which Captain Benson was found. I was sitting in tho corridor reading, when tho clerk cume up, look, ing for Captain Benson. He asked if I had been him. I told him, "No," He went tb No. 21 mid knocked some fifteen minutes. He xhen went down stairs and returned with Mrs. Benson. Both tried tho door. Mrs. Benson directed tho clerk to break tho lock, and he kicked the door open. Ho ran out to me und aaid, "Mr. Pecte, tho Cap?;?n h dead 1" I rnn into tho room. Mrs Benson screamed, and said, ' He is dead 1" I put my hand on his pulse and ou his heart, and was satisfied that be was dead. He was getting cold. I sent the clerk for a physician and remained with Mrs. Benson. Dr. dawson came in with the clerk within five minutes. Dr*. Russell and Means also caine iu and examined the body, pronouncing it dead. His business interfered with his aleen at night and he was in tho habit of sleep ing in the daytime. I often saw bim como to tho rooms on this floor- the third in tho hotel-to sleep. I have seen the waiters frequently bavo to knock for HO.?irae to wako the Cap tain, which would indicate that ho was in tho habit ot locking the door inside The body was found about 5.45 p. m. on yesterday, October 9. The body was found in a very easy, natural position, on tho back ; eyes and mouth closed ; no change in the countenance; arms easily down by tho sido ; one shoo off, lyinp; on the-bed between his feet ; the other shoo waa taken off by Mr. Poinier later in tho evening. ALFRED T. PEETE. Edward Richey, sworn, says : I am Sorter in this hotel. I saw Captain ienson in-tho office about 4 o'clock yes terday evening. He was Ibero when tho omnibus started to the train. I havo seen him take a drink of liqu ,t occa sionally, but not often. Never ?aw bim intoxicated or hoard of it. Have not seen him take a drink lately. Ho usual ly takes a nap about 2 or 2} p. m. I met bim yesterday afternoon coining out of No. 21 ut 3}. I'have not known lum tn como on this floor to sleep lately. EDWARD RICHEY. Dr. Win. T. Rasselt? sworn, says: I nm a regular practicing physician of this State, nave made an examination of tho body of tho deceased, Thomas P. Benson. I have dissected the bend, and find tho brain congested. I would say that the causo of his death was congestion of the brain. WM. T. RrjssELL, M. D. . S. F. Parrot, sworn, says : I board In this hotel. Went into tho room where '. Captain Benson was lying dead about 5.45 p. m. on yesterdny. Dr. dawson examined tho pockets of deceased and bant* )d tho contenta tn me. I have er unlined those articles. They consist of watch, lotter*, receipted bills, .renell, cigars, keys, small tape line, ?hinilr, some silver change, very small bnemo . rahdum-book, ? notification of avbattk check duo at Sparenburg NarK?n?l Bank on yesterday, and perhaps oU - Jillie articles. I havo also examined L huge, red pocket-book, which, 1 am in foi med,-belonged to Captain Benson, and On i iii it letter, addressed to a1' wi;oin it may concern." I have Been Captain Benson's hand writing, but canuot say that tho letter ie in his writing. The letter was taken out of the pocket-book by Dr. H. A. T.-'xon in niy^Cpicsence. i came to my room about 3.30 yesterday afternoon. It is No. 22. AH I entered, Captain Benson came out of 21. He spoke to me pleas antly, and asked where I wea going. I thought of going to Atlanta. He asked me if I wns going on the 4 o'clock train. I told him I was. ii J said I did not have much time, and that ho thought of going to Greenville himself. While talking ho stepped into the door of my room, and tuen went down stairs. About 4 I went down stairs and found bim in the office. He said the bus bad just gone out and that ho had conclud ed not to go. I did not reach tho depot in time, and was left. SAM'L F. PARROT. J. II. TliAckam, recalled, says : I have often seen Captain Benson write and seen his writing and signature. I have examined this letter produced by Mr. Parrott and think this looks like Captain Benson's signature. I think tho fetter was written by him. Captain Benson had been up very late on tho nights of the 7th and 8tb. JAS. R. THACKAN. Dr. H. A. Ligon, recalled says: Mr. Purrott and I have been,.as requested by this inquisition, and examined thc arti cles in my possession belonging to Cap tain Benson. In tho large, red pocket book wo found the letter produced here by Mr. Parrott and addressed "To all whom it md" concern." I took the let ter out of tito pocket-book in Mr. Par? rott's presence. I am familier with Captain Benson's writing and particular ly ilia signature. I believe the writing and signature iu the letter to be his. The book in which the letter was found lins Iiis name in it. He was a gentle man of cheerful disposition. Do not remember that I ever saw bim gloomy. Tho red pocket-book contains some bank bills. H. A. LIGON. Dr. W. T. Russel, recalled, says: After tho discovery of the letter written by Captain Benson, and at the request of the Coroner aud Jury of Inquest, I have ninda n fort her examination of tbs body of deceased. I find the heart and lungs healthy ; tbs bowels distended, uni pre senting a natural appearance: the stomach empty, of a congested condition, and somewhat softened. In considera tion of the circumstances and condition of the stomach, Ldeem it necessary and important that the stomach be analyzed by a chemist. The stomach is of an unnatural appearance. WM. T. ROSSEL, M. D. A Sketch or Judge Cook. The News and Courier Bays of ex-Judge Cooke : Judge Cooke is a native of South Carolina. In 1874 he was elected Judge of the Eighth Circuit, and served upon tho bench until the expiration of his term of ofBce in 1878. He waa elected Judge by a Republican Legislature as a member of the Republican > arty, defeat ing Gen. McGowan, who was the Demo cratic candidate and his btro:igest oppo nent. Ho continued to act with the Re publican party until the autumn of 1376, when he declared that he could not sup port such nominees as Chamberlain and Elliott, and at the meeting in Abbeville in September renounced his allegiance to the pirty of plunder and became a most bitter and uncompromising Demo crat. In 1878 he failed to be re-elected Judge, and went into the canvass in Greenville County as a candidate for ! momberoi tho Legislature and was elec ted by Democratic votes. He sate in the Legislature at the cessions of 1878 and 1879, mid nt tho opening of the present campaign published a card declining to becoino n candidate for office, alleging that the Democratic party had not kept faith with him. He is now a candidate for the State Senate, and will be suppor ted by the Greenback, Independent and Radical voter? of Greenville County. Even with this support bo cannot he elected, but Ilia present desertion of tlic Democracy shows bow much faith can be placed in the declarations of such a man ns he bas proved himself to bo. Ou the bench and oil' it, Mr. Cooke was brilliantly successful as a judicial alcoholometer. Leading lawyers hold that, in other respects, he failed conspic uously. But he delivered mauldin lec tures on temperance to thc disgust of the grand juries to whom they were addressed. In the Legislature he did not originate a single measure of any public good, and made only a third-rate member. The object nearest his pericadium was to ob tain payment of somo arrears of sal ary us Judgo which he claimed were due. While the Radical party was in power Judge Cooke was in full fellowship with the theives and assassins of thc period. In 187G ho was n prouounced Democrat partisan, and as long as offices wereplen lifiT* be claimed connection with this party, bot now he has thrown off II?B dis guise, and like the eow of tho Rcrinture*, has returned tn his wallowing in the mire. Holaffected to be politically honest in '76 because ho thought that would be the cheapest way to make a living, and now ho hopes to get into office again by tu-ing his coat and going against the ! party he claims to have helped to get in to power. He stands beforo tho country in Ilia true light at last, and is unworthy of tho support of either political party or of any intelligent voter. It wero better to givo over tho government to (ho Rad ical party nt oucc than bestow public offices upon a moral and poliitcal uncer tainty ortho type of T. H. Cooke - A negro barber, at St. Louis, studied law nt night for sc? ?-. al years, and was finally admitted to tho brr. Ho now works tn tho shop on Saturdu..? and Sun days, and practices .with considerable success in the courts on other days. - Gen. Hancock says that be has had only one application for office as yet, and that was from a man who wished to go as Minister to Corea. Ho had understood that every white man, on landing there, had his head taken, and he desired tho operation performed on himself.' - In Baltimore on Monday, a lady dropped a roll of bills containing $1,390 in the street. They were scattered about and picked up by persons who took them to be advertising dodges and lit cigars with $20 notes, pasted thom on walls, and handed them about pr J ?niscuoualy. Only $450 wero recovered. - On February 1, 1879, the Chicago Tribune denounced Gen. Arthur, tho Re publican candidate for the Vice Presi dency, as the head center of a "syndicate of revenue thieve?," and asserted that "every member of tho ring of crooked importen in New.York city desires ?nd u laboring for tho return of Mr. Arthur lt> tho Collectorsb.ip." Tho Tribune if now heartily laboring to have this disre ?iutablo follow elected Vice President of bo United States. WORSE THAN THE BENDERS. Tlie Shocking Dead? of Sawney Ileane ?nd the Members of III? Numerous Family. History contains no parallel to tho hor rible cruelties and robberies that were committed by one Sawney Beam?, a Scotchman, in the reign of King James I., before be came to the JcroKO of Eng land by the demise of Qu ?n Elizabeth. Sawney Beano was born about eight or nine miles eatward of tho city of Edin burg, in the county of East Lothian, of ??nrents who went a hedging and ditching br their daily bread, and who brought up this, their bloody-mi" lcd child, to tho same occupation ; but as he grew up, his disposition to idleness not permitting him to follow an honorable employment, bc left bis father and mother, and ran in to the country, where, following a most wicked life, and taking up with a woman ns vicious ns himself, instead of living in tiny city, town or village, they took'up their lodging on a rock by tim seaside, on the shore of Shire Galway, where they lived for upward of twenty-five years, having both children and grandchildren in that time, whom they brought up BO wickedly that they never separated, kept no other company but themselves, and supported themselves entirely by robbing, and, what was worse, they never commit ted n robbery without a murder. LIVED UPON TH El lt PREY. They never frequented any market for provisions, but as soon as they had mur dered any man, woman or child they did not lcavo the carcass behind, but carried it to their den, where, cutting it into quarters, they would pickle them and li vo upon human flesh until they got another prey of the same kind. But they bsd generally a superfluity, insomuch that they oftentimes in tho night time, but nt a great distance from their sanguinary mansion, threw legs and arms of some they bad killed into tho sea, which thc tide frequently cast up at several parts of the country, to tho great as tonishment of tho beholders. Persons who went about their lawful occupations fell often into the bands of laeso merci less cannibals and never returned homo again. This raised a general cry among their friends and relations, insomuch thnt the whole country was alarmed et such a common loss of tho people, which hap fiened in traveling into the west of Scot and, and privato spies were sent out into all parts to find out, if possible, how these melancholy events happened. F;;r a length of time their strictest searches au inquiries were to no purpose. However, several honest travelers were taken upon suspicion, and wrongfully hanged upon bare circumstances, besides several inno cent inn-keepers, who were also executed for no other reason than that persons who bad been thus lost were known to have lain in their houses, and were supposed to have been robbed and murdered by them an-^ their bodies privately buried in obscure places to prevent a discovery. To such an extent was this carried that several inn-kcepers on tho western rond of Scotland left off their business for fear of being made the liko examples, and followed other employments, so that trav elers again were put to many inconven iences for wont of accommodation. However, after several had bsen exe cuted, and no ono made any confession at the gallows, but declared they were innocent of the crime for which they died, this rigorous way of proceeding was giv en up, and tho finding out of the murder ers left wholly to God. A SAVAGE FAMILY. Sawney Beauo, with hin wife, children and grandchildren, still pursued their barbarous actions with impunity ; and. being somewhat numerous, they would attack four, five or six men together, if they were on foot. As for horsemen, two were the most they would ever Bet on, and then with such caution, that an am buscade was laid to secure them, ride which way they would, provider1 ono or both m ado their escapo from thc first as sailants. Thus, whose fortuno soever it waa to fall into their barbarous hands, he or she never came off with their lives. Tho place was solitary where they inhabi ted; and, when tho tide came up, the water . .-.nt fer nearly 200 yards into their subterraneous habitation, which reached almost a mile underground; so that if they were teen thereabouts by any person, it was not in the least suspected that any thing human resided in such a dismal pince of perpetual horror and darkness. The number of people they had killed was not exactly known ; but it was reck oned thnt in tho twenty-fivo years they had reigned in these inhuman slaughters Uiey had washed their hands in the blood of about 1.000 mou, women and chirdren 1 At last the discovery of tho cannibals wns thus made: . A man and his wife, who was behind him on the samo horse, coming one eve ning from a fair, nnd fulling into ambus cade ofthese merciless wretches, they fell upon them in the most furious manner ; the man to snvo himself, os well ns he could, fought it bravely against them with sword ana- pistol, riding some ot them down by main force of his horse, from whiebjhis wife in thc conflict fell off, and was presently murdered before tho hus band's face; for toe femalo cannibals forth with cut her throat, sucking her Kl^..,i -.:.I--?-?-ie:, i-1 i ~. ...... ?025. cai. aguaiu OQ lt .lr UQU uovu wine, ripped up heroelly, and pulled out all her entrails, which unparalleled bar bariry made, tho poor man make tho moro obstinate resistance, as expecting the same fate if he fell into their impi ous hands. It pleased Providence that twenty or thirty passengers were ridinsr that way from the' same fair that ho had been at, and Sawney Beano and his blood thirsty clan withdrew, made, the best of their way through a solitary wood, and so retired to their den. ONE MAN'S STORY. Tho man. who was the first that ever carne off alive after falling into their hands, told the passengers wnat had hap pened, and showed them the bloody spec tacle of his wife, whom the murderers bad dragged some distauce off, which struck them all with stup?faction and cmaxement. They carried bim with them to Glasgow, and, relating the matter to thc Provost of that city, ho immediately sent to thc King about it, who, in three or four dayB, came in person thither, be ing desirons of seeing tho apprehending of this villain, who for so many years, had been the pest of the western part of tho kingdom. A body of about four hundred men, well armed, set out on horseback with thc King,' who had several blood-hounds with him ; and wont with the man to tho wood by which he WM* attacked, but found no sign of any habitation all over it. They then went through it, which led down to tho seashore, when, tba tido being out. aod going along tho ?bore, they passed by the cave of Sawney Beano without laking any notice of it aa a place of hab itation, until, some of the blood-hounds running into it lind setting up a most hideous barking, howling and yelling, the King and his attendants came back and looked into it; but, seeing nothing .but darkness, they could not tell what to think of it, but, nevertheless, imagnied ' something; mora than ordinary by (ha blood-hounds macing auch a troiso there1 going out of sight and appearing qui'.o : ur.willing to come out. Torches wore I sent for, and a great many men ventured j into it; though there were several intri ; cato turningsaud windings in this private '; recess from mankind, yet they at last came to the APARTMENTS OF SAWNEY ii JW. NI", j where, to their great surprise, they bo ? held the legs, arms, thighs, hands and feet . of men, women and children hung up like ' dried beef, and some limbs lying in nickle, j n gr^at mass of money, both gold and j siller waches, rings, swords, pistols ! end a great quantity of clothes, both linen i and woolen, which they bad taken from j those they had murdered. All theso tbay seized, took what hu I mun flesh they found thero and buried it i in tho sands, and brought out Sawney ! Ileane and h?B murdering family, which, j besides himself, consisted of his wife, eight son?, six daughter,* eighteen grand sons and fourteen granddaughters, begot ten in incest. They were pinioned and carried to Edinburgh. All the country, as they passed along, flocked in multi tudes to see this cursed tribe, who were no sooner como to their journey's end than they were put into thc Tolboth for ono night, whence tho next day, being conducted under n strong guard to Leith, tho men, without process or any manner of trial, had their hands and legs cut off, by which amputation they bled in Home hours to death, all this torturo being justly inflicted upon them in sight of the wife, daughters and grandchildren. They wero then all burned in three separate fires, all dying, like the men, without re pentance, but cursing and venting dire imprecations to the last gasp of life. Daylight hy Electricity. It is reported that a Boston electrical engineer is about to try tho experiment of lighting the large manufacturing ceutrc of Holyoke, Mass., with thc elec tric light in n manner that will strike tho Eresent generation as novel, but which os been essayed before. It ?H proposed to erect a tower 75 feet high overlooking thc town. This is to bo surmounted by an immense lantern of such illuminating capacity as to put all previous lamps in the category of trifles. At present only one tower will be erected, but if tho prin ciple should prove a success, seven or eight will ultimately bo built, with a view to render the city as light aa day and completely ta supersede gas and kerosene." The iden of the inventor of this daring scheme is to charge tho upper strata of the atmosphere with luminous vibrations in the same manner ns is dono by tho sun, and thus to produce the same effect that is obtained during tho day from the reflected, refracted aud diffused light cf that orb. In tliis manner it is believed that electric light can be made to permeate spaces which are inaccessible to direct rays by the Bamo law by which daylight difluyes itself-that is, by virtue of an expnnsivo property which is con stantly illustrated on tho largo scale of solar illumination, but has no place in our text-books ou optics. Tho light given by the solar orb a few minutes alter sunset, when only thc upper Btrata o?' the atmosphere are directly affected by the solar beam, furnishes, perhaps, the best exarupie of the diffusion and expansion that our engineer proposes to imitate arti ficially. Ills plans provide for an illu minating power from each lantern equal to 300,000 candles, which is nearly twenty times that of any electric lump yet man ufactured, but is not st all impracticable, as it involves only un increase in electri cal volume and pressure, and a corro Bpcr.ding increase in the diameter of the carbons. The cost of the tower, lamp and generator for a single light is esti mated at ?15,000, irrespective of the en fine-power required to run the latter, lagnificent and original as this concep tion seems, it hus been attempted before, ] in the iufancy of electrical engineering, by a Western experimentalist, who con ceived the idea of lighting the City of Cincinnati in a similar manner, by placing enormous lights upon the high ground overlooking the town. Thv, idea was not successful, but possibly tho fail ure was due to the crude electrical en gineering of that day, not to any inhe rent difliculty. To sny the least, the re sult of tho Holyoke experiment will be viewed with interest, and if it succeeds Edison must look to his laurels. HE WAS NOT ELI PERKINS.-He was being examined in a Galveston court for trying to pass o counterfeit money. When questioned be said be had received the questionable ten dollar bill from one of tho leading citizens of a neighboring city. "But when you wero first arrested you said you picked it up on the corner cf Mar ket street and Galveston avenue." "I believe I did say that. It is a fact, too." "And when you got to the police sta tion you bad received that ten dollar bill as a birth-day present in a letter from your brother, wno is a New York alder man." "Cometo think of it, I did say some thing like that. Yes ; that was thc true sto ry.? "And you told a fellow-prisoner the ten dollar bill in question was given you by . Qj.1 vcf I?.. .,"1:. j--lp elect him to office." "So ho did, and promised to give me some more of the same sort to distribute among the colored voters. That's a fact ; lie has got n whole wallet full of them." "And you told a detective who was locked ur? with vou in the cell that you didn't know how you came by that bill, but you thought that the wind must bavo blown it into your pocket." "That's the only way I can account for it. Judge. It must have dropped out ol a three story window into "my vest pocket." "I suppose you can reconcile tho con tradictory statements ?" asked the judge, sternly. "There is only one man in tho world who can reconcile them statements, Judge and rather than to bo taken for him I'll plead guilty." Judge ; "Then you arc not Eli Per kins. I am glad there ia one mitigating circumstance in your case." "Thank you, Judge."- Galveston News. "DON'T KNOW HALF THEIR VALUE." -"They cured me of Ague, Biliousness and Kidney Complaint, ns recommended. I had a half bottle left, which I used for my two little girls, who, tho doctors and neighbors said, could not be cured. I would have loci both of them one night if I lind not given them Hop Bitters. They did them so much good I continued their use until they were cured. That is why I cay you do not kuow half the value of Hop Bitters, and do not recommend them high enough."-B., Rochester, N. Y. Seo other column.-American Rural Home. - Democratic legislation has saved nearly $100,000,000 for tho country du ring the psst foifr years. Republican robbery and extravagance wasted nearly $250,000,000 on tho navy, alone, during Grant's Presidency, and there is nothing" to show for it. Free Speech Ia the South. From the Agricultural (Mich.) World. DEAR SIR : Your letter of September 10 arrived at this point in due time, but was not answered earlier because 1 was away from home. In it yon say : "Some farmers and Patrons in Michigan believe that tho Southern States are ready for another rebellion ; that the right of free speech is denied to Republicans in the South, and that great outrages are being perpetrated there upon men for their political opinions," and you ask me, aro tbc?o things so? Well, to givo a flat denial to the three allegations, would not convinco those in tho North who assort them merely "for political capital ;" and to attempt to provo tho charges false would bo an at tempt to convince a man against bis will. Tbereforo it seems a futile tisk to en deavor to correct these maliciou: accusa tions against n pooplo, whose immense annual products should convince tho world, that neither rebellion nor political disquietude is nt present giving them much concern. What is meant by being "ready 'bran other rebellion," I do not exactly com prehend. If another civil war is meant, the charge is simply ridiculous. I know I speak thc sentiments of the entire South when I say we have had quito ns much war ns these pcoplo will want during your life and mine ; v, 'nat futuro generation* may do neither you nor I cnn tell. I will dismiss this part of tho sub ject with tho assertion, that tho genuine national conservatism of tho country rests to-day in tho South, and we are really more anxious for a "Solid Union" tbnn aro tho people of tho North ; wc aro determined, however, if by our efforts it cnn bo made "solid" it shall beso Demo cratically. Hut "the right of free speech is denied to Republicans ;" where and by whom ? Certainly not in South Carolina, nor by the Democrats. Wherover they desired it, tho Republicans have bad their public meetings-a few Beedvscnlnwngaand idlo negroes constituting tho assemblage. At all such meetings gentlemen desiring ficacc and harmony between tho races tere, and a successful development of our resources, have requested to be beard in reply to tho Republican speakers. Wherever consent was given, replies wero made ; where denied, no further demand was made. The negroes aro generally willing for these discussions; tho white iv- pliant s ?? wa j o object. Tho noa do script adventurers, eupho niously styled "carpet baggers,'' have left our country, and the ignorant, corrupt, miBerablo scalawags, who joinr-d them in desolating the South from 1808 lo 1875 inclusive, have not the power to organize tho '.cgrocs, simply because tho negroes know that for the post four years of Democratic rule they bave been unmo lested and have accumulated property, and aro content. For this reason, and this reason alone, we hear very little claim made anywhere for "Republican speech." Republican county, district and State conventions have been held, and let one instance of their actions ?milico on this point: Tho Congressional Convention of tho Third South Carolina District, which I now have the honor to ropi^ent at Wash ington, met and nominated au my oppo nent ono General Stoibrand, of (tho Un ion army in tho lalo war ; a man who, during tho carpet bag regime, was tbo keeper of our penitentiary, and who nineo that collapse has lived-God kncw? where-a man who does not now live in tho State, that I am awaro, and certainly neither pays taxes, owns property, nor lives in this Congressional District; a man whose son was appointed a West Point cadet during the forty-fifth Con gress by one of our dusky representatives in Congress, but denied admissicn by a Republican Secretury of War, because his father was a non resident of Sooth Carol'iia ; a man-well, what is the use to go farther? Do you think tho Third South Carolina District will ever submit to such mlE-rqprcsentation ? Would Grand Ripids submit to being represented by a man from Chicago? Ibis man Stoibrand claims to live in Washington, D. C. I assure you upon tho fraternity of a Patron, ali such trumped up charges as thia denial of free speech to Republicans in tho South, aro so utterly falso that tboy would be laughable but for their falsity. But no argument of mine can chango the opinion of any Northern man, whoso political views and persuations nre not in accord with mine. "Great outrages are being perpetrated upon men for political capital ;" perhaps so, but if so I don't know it. About three weeks ago Senator Bayard, of Delaware, attended our Stato ratification meeting in Columbia. Democrats from all over the State attended tho meeting, not only to evince our universal and unanimous approval of tho National Democratic ticket, but to hear Mr. Buyard, a man whom our peoplo delight to honor. In the throng on that occasion "fed Bhirt," emblematic of tho Republican bloody Bhirt that Senator Morton used to love so to flaunt in our faces, was quite conspic uous, and was worn by scores of Demo cratic negroes. That afternoon a Re publican mob attacked ono or two of th PRO Democratic red shirted negroes, be cause they rather boastfully asserted their Democracy. One of tho Democratic ne Sroes was beaten most unmercifully, teyond this, if Ibero bas been a ''politi cal outrage" committed in South Caroli na ?ince tho fall of 1870, when tho Dem ocrats came into power, I have not heard of ii. But why writo moro? I can convinco one in Michigan. I will tbereforo closo by extending to you, and to as many of the most rampant, anti-Southern Repub licans as will accompany you, an invita tion to como down amongst us. Come to my house and stay as long as you please, look, learn and act for yourselves, and while you remain herc it shall, not cost you a dime, and every possible opportu nit. will be afforded you and them to gather all tho information you may desire to carry back to Michigan, to lay before your friends, politically or other wise. This is a delightful country to live in, and we want moro inhabitants. Landr aro good, climate unexceptionable, water pure, ohools abundant, churches everywhere, people kind and industrious, railroads running everywhere, living cheap, and all else that is needed to make upa good homo; but we want labor. Can't you send us down somo of your surplus laborers ? Send mo a family or two of blatant Republicans, if they will work, (such men are generally not .ndua trious) and I will give them employment long enough to ranko them good Demo crats, or agree to pay all expenses. Very truly and fraternally, D. WYATT AIREST. Cokesbury, 8. C., Sept. 27,1880. - Not a distilery, brewery, cr wine factory in all tho Stato of Maloo; all have been summarily suppressed by the Maw. - "Never push a man because he's going down tho hill." No; far better to noaa him off and and kick him until ho is glad to streak up that hill again i Uko all creation afire.-Danbury Xiews. 1SC0-187Q...18SO. AV hat Superintendent Walker Has tu ?ny cf the Cenaua. WASHINGTON, October 9. Secretary Schurz bas mario public tho report of Superintendent Walker, of the census bureau, on tho alleged census frauds in South Carolina. After review? ing the statements made by thc press, alleging frauds and the action of the census bureau in investigating thc ??ame, Gen. Walker sa;: "The extraordinary gains reported in certain of the counties of South Carolina and in the State ns a whole over the census of 1870, demanded therefore investigation. It wns notorious that 8outh Carolina had uot profited materially during tho ten years nineo 1870 by immigration either from foreign countries, or from other States of the Union. With a slight advantage from immolation it was not possible that nn old Slato could have gained in popula tion in the interval since 1870 to a de gree which is shown bv n comparison of tho two censuses. It follows as the con clusion of the highest authority cither that the census of 1870 was grossly de fective in regard to the whole of tho State or some considerable part? 'hereof, or else that the census of 1880 was fradu lent. Tho census of 1870 might have been defective in a high degree, without fradulent intention, through the incom petence or negligence of tho enumera tors employed ; but thc ceneus of 1880 could not have exaggerated the popula tion of tho State without absoluto fraud, inasmuch ns the census law requires the name of every person reported to be written at length in thc schedules with a scoro of particulars as regards their age, sex, nativity, occupation, &e, so that any illegitimate addition whatever to the schedule must bo in tho nature of conscious and purposed cr.me." Gen. Walker then gives his reason for believ ing tho report of 1870 incorrect, attribut ing it mainly to tho defects of tho law under which it was tnken, namely, that of 1850, ?and says thero was moreover lacking in 1870 throughout tho general region ono very important subject of enumeration, viz: public interest in'tho result. Tho interest generally manifested throughout tho United States in the ninth census was far below that which has been shown the present year, but nowhere did tho in torc ;t in tho work of the census ?fall BO low as in the State.? referred to in which political activity under thc Constitution of tho United States had scarcely rovived. No specific allegation of fraud in tho enumeration of South Carolina has ever been ntado to this office. The entire reason for im peaching tho iutegrity of tho recent cen sus was based on the reported gain of population between 1870 and 1880. The result of tho investigation places beyond possible question by any fair minded man tho entire fault upoo the census of 1870. I kr.3\J of no reason therefore why any further cbnrgo should be .nade against tho enumeration recently brought to a conclusion by the commissioned and sworn officers nf tho government in South Caroline.. The presumption which existed against that work has been completely overthrown and a strong counter presumption has been created by verification upon tho ground of sched ules of the inhnbltans in tho enses of eighteen enumeration districts succes sively tnken for special investigation on account of their exceptionable question able character. Gen. Wnlker closes with a consideration of the objection urged against the rea sonableness of the result of the census of 1880, derived from a comparison of tho ratio of inci so of population in South Carolina between tho years 1820, 1800 nnd 1880. After stating thnt the popu lntion of tho State increased 41 per cent, during tho first mentioned period of forty years and 41 per cent., or tho same per centage between 18G0 and 1880, a period of only twenty years, ho Bays: "Such a comparison, however, is not fuit without reference to certain general causes operating. During tho two peri ods from 1820 to 1860 South Carolina was a bebive, from which swarms were continually going forth to populate the newer cotton growing States of tho Southwest. Between 1820 and 1830, immense tracts of fertile lands belonging to tho Creeks and Cherokees in Georgia were ceded to the United Stales and wero largely occupied by South Carolini ans. Later in the period nn nctive emigra tion of whites from South Carolina sprang up and was maintained in favor of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, while South Carolina negroes wero sola in great numbers to cultivate the cotton, rice and sugar fields of thoso States. Still later the annexation of Texas made further drafts upon the population of South Carolina. With reference to immigration from the State between the years 1860 and 1880, the report concludes as follows : We do not know fully what effects tho destruction of slavery and tho vast change resulting in thc conditions of labor have produced upon tho emigrat ing propensities of tho people of South Carolina. Wo do know that thc negroes nre no longer eold South to cultivate tho lands of Yaroo. Red River r?nd Brazos. It is reasonable to suppose that concur ring causes may have checked in an equal degree the outward movement of the white population. A comparison of "free" natives of South Carolina living in other States in 1860 with white nntives of .South Carolina living in such States is 1970 ?bcvrs tbs su-sber tc have been respectively 193,889 nnd 148,674, a re duction of 45,000 in ten years, between 1860 and 1870. -Frederick Douglas-, tho well-known colored Republican, has' published a let ter, in which ho says that dut lng bis visit to North Carolina last week he saw and heard enough to convince him ti-at tho impression in tho North that there :?* a conflict between tho races in the South is wrong. Ho says that be was extremely pleased with his reception in Raleigh, and made hopeful of the future of bis race in that State by the kind and friendly words he heard from Governor Jarvis on th> occasion of tho colored people there assembled, and he hails it as a sign of the coming time when there will be perfect pence nnd concord between tho different races and colors of tho whole South. -Was it reason or only bruto instinct? The engineer of a train near Montreal saw a large dog on the track. He was barking furiously. The engineer blow tho whistle at hin?, but he did not stir, and crouching low, he was struck by the locomotive, and it attracted the attention of the engineer, who stopped his train and went back.jajfThere lay the dead dog and ft dead child, which had wandered upon the track and gone ta sleep. The dog had given his signal to stop the train and had died at his post. - An army of worm?, gnawing, gnaw ing, night and day, eating the vitals away, is-frcquently the causo of convulsions and fit?. Shrines Indian \ jrmlfugo is the remedy. INCIDENT OF WESTE UN LIFE. The FOOT Hull uluich ers of Bitter Greek Perhaps every person who issomewba ndvaueed in lifo can remember somo in cident of his carly years which he woulc really like to forget-something that re suited from the freshness and vast inex porience of youth. I remember ont which I have ?peut a good deal of time trying to forget. Jus't. before the Union Pacific Railroad reached the Bitter Creel country I made my first overland trip tc tho Pacific const. I staged it from thc then terminus of tbo Union Pacific tc tho Central Pacific, which was pushing East. Tho etngo broke down on Bittet Creek, and the passengers had io walk to the next station. I grew tired of walk ing before I reached tho station, and coming, late in the afternoon, to where some teamsters were encamped. I con cluded to stop with thom for the night. On asking their permission to du so they assented sn heartily that I felt at home at once. Life in the Weat was something new to mc. I was young and buoyant, and just nut of college. I was fond of talking. I thought it would be novel and delightful to sleep out with these half savage ox-drivers, with no shelter but the vaulted, star gemmed heavens. There were four teumsters, and as many wagons, while thirty-two oxen grazed around in tho vicinity. Of the teamsters, one wus a giant in stature, and wore a bushy black beard ; auother was shorter, but powerfully built, and one eyed ; the third was tall, lank nnd hamo jawed ; whilo the fourth was a wiry, red headed man. In my thoughts I pitied them, on account ot the hard life they led. and 6poko to them in a kind touo, and endeavored to mako my conversation instructive. I plucked a flower, nnd, pulling it to pieces, mentioned the names of the parts-pistil, stamens, calyx nnd so on-nnd remarked that it must bo in digenous to tho locality, and spoke of the plant being endogenous, in contradis tinction to exogenous, and that they could nee that it was not cryptogamous. In looking at some fragments of rock, my thoughts wandered off into geology, and, among other things, I spoke of tito tertiary and carboniferous periods, and of tho pterodactyl, ichthyosaurus nnd dino thorium. The teamster.! looked nt me, then nt each other, but made no response. Wc squatted down around the frying-pan to take supper, nnd ns tho big follow, with his right hand, slapped c-r sort cf larruped, a long piece of fried bacon, over a piece ot bread in his left band, sending a drop of hot grease into my left eye, he said to the one-eyed man : "Bili, is my copy of Shakspearo in yo' wagon ? I missed it to-day." "No. My Tennerson nnd volura' of the Italian poets is in thar-no Shak espeare."' Tho lank looking teamster, biting off a piece of bread about the size of n saucer, said to tim big man, in a voico which carno huskily through the bread, "Jake, did yer ever read that volum' of po'ms that I writ?" "No, but hev often beam tell on 'em." "Yer mean 'Musin's of au Idle Man,'" spoke up the red-headed man, addressing trio poet. "Yes." "Hcv rend every line in it a dozen times," said tho teamster with tho red hnir ; nnd ns bc sopped a four-inch swath, with a piece of bread, across a frying pan, ho repeated somo lines. "Thom's they," nodded the poet. "The Emp'ror ci" AuHtry writ mo a letter high ly complimcntin' them po'ms." "They're very techin'," added the wiry man. I took no part in these remarks. Some how I did not feel like joining in. The wiry man, having somewhat satis fied his appetite, rolled un a piece of bacon rind into n sort of single-barreled opera-glass, and began to squint through it toward the Northern horizon. "What yer doin', Dave?" asked the stout man. "Takin' observations on the North star. Want to mako some astronomical calki huions when I get inter St?. krymonter." "Well, yer needn't ter made that tel' Bcope. I could er tuk yo' observations for yer, bein' as I haint but ono eye." "Git out thar, yer darned old carbon iferous pterodactyl," yelled the hame jawed driver to an ox that was licking a piece of bacon. "I give a good deal of my time to "ulronomy when I was in Yoorup," re remarked thc tall man. "Over thar long?" asked one. "Good whilo. Was rai- lister to Rooshy. Then I spent some time down to Rome." "Rome!" cn ck; i med t"w V.j?k individ ual. "WnB born thnr. ?iy father wns a sculptor." "Good sculptor?" "Yes." "Well, ono wouldn't cr thought it, to look at yer." "I never wns in Yoorup," remarked tho one-eyed man. "When I ocypied the cheer of nncient languages in Har vard College my health failed, and tho felters that had mo hired wanted me ter go ter Yoorup for an out, but I concluded to come West ter look-Hold up thar, yer infernal ole flea-bitten ichtny'sau rus," he bawled to an oz that was chew ing a wagon-cover. 1 felt hot and feverish, a.-iu a long wey from home. "I got ready onco ter go to Rome wanted to complete my studies thar-but give it up," said the ono called Dave. "What for?" "They wanted me ter run for guv'ner in Virginity." "Ynr hp?t >rn V? "Thunder, yes." "Why didn't yer stay thar?" "Weil, when my job as guv'ner give out they 'lected me 'PiscopalBishop, an' I hurt my lungs preachin'. Come West for my lungs.'" ' I "Found 7em?" "Well, I'm improvin'." I did not rest well that night. As day came on, and tho men began to turn over .ri their blankets and yawn, the tall ona said : "Hello. Bill. How yer makin' it ?" "Oh, I'm indigenous." "An* Dave?" "I'm endogenous." "An' you,Xanky, yer son of a sculp tor ?" .'Exogenous." "How you feel, Jake?" inquired ono ol tho three who had responded. "Cryptogamous, sir, cryptogamous." I walked out a few step to s little stream to get a drink. I felt thirsty and I ached. Then I heard a voice from thc. blankets : "Wouderif them darned ole dlnother1 urns of oura sro done grazin'." Then a reply : "I guess thoy've got to the tertiary pe riod. I walked a lUtle piece on the road t* breathe the morning air. I kept on.-Loci Malone, in Oclobe Californian. - Children naturally tove the truth Tho four-year-old will toll in the prtsenc of company that his first trousers are i pair of his dad's cut down. -- There are 170 colleges in tho Unite? States wbcre both sexes aro admitted a students. The Gentleman Clown. The man who rode al tho head of the circus procession yesterday morning, on tho white horso was John Lonlow, ono of the most noted clown in tho country. Ho Is Southern born and bred, and has a great many personal friends South of Mason and Dixon's lino. Tho fact that he waa once a student at the University of North Carolina, ia, we believe, gener ally known. In the absence of tho Rob inson brothers he ls boss of tho show and in tiiis capacity a reporter tint bim yes terday just beforo the performance began. He is exceedingly quiet and gentlemanly in his manners but brim full of humor which occasionally lights up his face liko a sunbeam. How did you get into this business any how ? Mr. Lowlow was asked. Well, you seo there was five of us boys in Savannah-that's where I was born -and thoy couldn't do any thing with us. At last tho old folks concluded to send us up to Chapel Hill-in tho woods, but tho woads couldn't hold us. We ran away from tho University end walked all tho way from the University to High Point where wo took tho train. We weren't goln?* any where in particular, and when wo got down in South Caroli na wo struck tho circus. I concluded to travel with them, but tho rest couldn't stand it. Estill, tho present editor of tho Savannah Morning, Nace, was one of tho gang. Ho left us ut Charleston and went home. Ho is still the editor and I'm still in tho show business. That was in 1856. Rough sort of lifo, isn't it? May bo it is, but I'm used to it. Wo get plnnty of Bicep and work about four hours a day. I got married up in New York a good many years ago and my wife's people got after mo to quit the show business and go into something moro respectable. Well, I did. I had Baved up between $14,000 and $15,000 dollars, and I put it into tbe merchants business. It took me just a year to get away with it all. I thought I bad bet ter go back to something I WOB used to, r 1 I bavo been with tho show ever since. Yes, continued the clown, I liko it, cf conrso. Then, I couldn't do better at anything else. I bavo a nico home ia Cleveland, O., ono of tho prettiest of towna in tho United States, nnd try to live Uko a gentleman when I'm there. We aro generally on tho road about eight month in tho year, and they paymo $150 a week and nil expenses. That's enough to livoon. Don't your local bits sometimes get you into troublo? Very rarely. Once, out West, a fel low ran into tbo ring at mo with a long; knife. I dropped on my knees this way (clasping his bands like a man in prayer) and said you wouldn't kill a foo), would you? Tho people hero would think you were tho biggest fool of tho two. Ho looked down at me a minute and then said, I believe you aro a damn fool, and walked away. But I don't bnvo much of that sort of thing. But tho band's playing and I must get out of tbeso clothes. Como again. Charlotte Obeerver. Tho First Marriage. "Morning without n cloud; amos pbero without a chill ; foliage without a crumpled leaf ; meadows without a thom ; lit morning for the world's first wedding. It rh all be in the church, tho great temple of a world, sky-domed, mountain pillared, sapphire-roofed. Tho sparkling waters of Gihon and Hiddckel, rivers of Eden, will malro tho font of the temple. Larks, robins and goldfinches, birds of Paradise, will chant tho wedding march. Violet, lily and rose burning incense in the morning 6un. Luxuriant /ines sweeping their long trails through tho forest aisle, upholstery of a spring morning. Wild beasts stand ing outside tbe circle looking on, like family servants from tho beck door gaz ing upon tho nuptials. Tho eagle, king of insects ; the lion, king of beasts, wait ing. Carpet ot grass like - emerald spread by God's own band for the fi rot bridal party to walk on. 'Hum of excitemont, as thero always is, beforo a nuptial coremony. Grass blades and leaves whispering, and the birds a chatter, each one to his mate. Hush all the winda, bush all the birds, hush the voices of tho waters, for the king of tbe human race advances with hi? bride, n perfect man leading to the altar a perfect woman. God, her father, gives away tho brido, and angela are tho wit nesses, and tears of morning dow stand in tho eyes of tho violets, and Adam takes the round, soft hand that had never been soiled or hardened .with work, or stung with pain, into his own stout grasp as ho Bays, 'this is now bone of my bono and flesh of my flesh.' "Tumulta of joy break forth, end all the treea of tho wood clap their hands, and all the galleries of the forest sound with carol and chirp and chant, and tho circle of ?denic happiness is complete ; for while every quail hath answering quail, and every fish answering fish, and every boast of tbe forest appropriate companions, at last man, the immortal, Koa fr** his mate, kroman, the immortal: Mnrrieofon tho second Tuesday morning in May, in the year ono, Adam, the first man, to Evo, the first woman, high heaven officiating. No cards."-De Witt Talmage. ASSOCIATION OP OLI> MAIDS.-Tho O?d Hai?V Association, of Ueauga coun ty, Ohio, had a picnic on tho lakn recently and mustered eighty-six souls. Thia so ciety was an outgrowth of tb? hours, and was organised in 1862 by a bevy of young ladies whose brothers and r u ^cth ear t9 were fighting for their country ?nd left them without the resource of malo escort, ex cept the laggards who remained at home. 'Unwilling to accept the gal lantry of these young ladies preferred to depend upon themselves, ano formed the association mentioned. Out of revenge the gallants dubbed these independent damsels, "Old Maids," and they accept ed tho cognomen and make il their own. A humorous constitution and by-iaws were drafted by Mrs. O. E. Henry, then a single yoong lady.andonoof tho found era of the institution. Man was declared the "common enemy," and one of the chief objects of the society waa a contin ued war against his advances. He wa? religiously excluded from all meetings, and a special clause of tho by-laws Bald that any member who should marry, should bo fined one hundred big capper cento and should bo branded with tar on the solea of hor feet, "U. D. I." meaning "up and dono it." The beautiful consis tency of woman's natara will b*? appreci ated when it is known that every one of tho charter members and nearly all cf eligible age ?nee are m*rried,--A<?ia York Tribune. _V - Tho census shows that tho^opda tion cf Florida has Inc??ised 45 per o I cent. It la 271,764, of whom 143,821 are ? I whites. ' _ , - Work on the Hudson River Tunnel, Ar the recovery of the dead who were entombed on the 21st of July last, is still going on..