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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1884. VOLUME XIX.-NO. 3? THE CH EU AW TRAGEDY. Another Ycrkluii nt tho Itl.'ioily Affray. Wadffboru (.V. C.) Intelligencer, March 1. Last week we Rave the particulars of a fight between Hogan Cash, the out law, and Mr. W. H. H. Richards, Mar shal bi CherftW, which had ito origin in the attempt of tho Marshal tourist Cash for drunkenness and disorderly conduct on the streets of Cheraw, Saturday night, February lddi. When we burlesqued the combat, in our last issue, we little thought tho affair would terminate in so deplorable a man ner ; for we deemed Cash a man of cour age and could not believe he would tako any undue advantage of a man whoso only offense ?as the faithful discharge of bis ditty and the possession of courage superior to bin own. We believed Cash, were he disposed to pursue the matter further, would face his adversary as be comes a brave man, first warning him ; and in this event, we had no fear of Mar shal Richards'ability to defend himself. The sequel, however, shows that Hogan Cash is not only a graceless reprobate, a holly, a bulldozer of timid people, a vil lain" a cruel, brutal wretch, but that he is withal a consummate coward. On Saturday last he went to Cheraw, submitted and paid his fine-forty dol lars. The Mara?al, being just as well as brave, was satisfied, declined to prosecute Cash, and expressed himself ns willing lo let the. matter drop. And BO it did drop. Cash remained in town several hours, attending to certain business mat ters, and appeared unusually quiet and circumspect. Ho passed the Marshal several times during the day, but made no hostile demonstration, and this treach ery led .ac Marshal to believe that he had nothing tr? apprehend. About 4 o'clock iu thc afternoon he wa* standing on a corner, leaning up against a tree, suuuing himself anti conversing with a friend, and thinking, per laps, less of Hogan Cash than ot anybody else in the world. While he thus stood, with his back to tho sidewalk, Cash walked up unheeded if not unobserved. When he had passed BOIOO three or four stepp, he suddenly wheeled and commenced dis charging a No. 38 Smith & Wesson pis tol. Tho first shot missed the Marshal two feet, and struck Mr. Jamen Coward in one side, penetrating bia body to the other side, within a Bhort distance of tho surface, where it was cut out by the sur geon. When the Marshal heard tho explosion of tho pistol, bo turned to seo what was the matter, and as ho turned Cash fired again. The second shot struck the Mar shal in the breaU, pierced ono lung and lodged in the region of thc spine, in about the position that cowardly Guiteau's ball found a lodgment in the body of Garfield. A third timo Cash fired, but missed again, the ball grazing the Marshal's clothing and burying itself in a tree. Then th^re appeared a scene well cal culated to besmear tho reputation for ?courage which the Cashes have acquired .among timid people, and to establish the ?fact that the younger Cash, at least, is a ;ravenhearted, black-hearted, sneaking .oward, even if his miserable ahooting vero not sufficient to prove that he waa :ared out of his wits when he fired at Ihe brave man whom he feared to face, t the third shot Cash rau with all his night for one block-ran as becomes a soward, with his back to the foe. When had run about a hundred yards, he Sumed and, seeing that he was not pur ued, bravely retreated backwards, brand ying his pistol nnd calling for Irin boy bring his horse, which the boy failed do. He retreated backwards-very |rave indeed, as there was no one follow ig him-to wherethe animal was st?nd ig. He leaped upon his horse and gal iped away nt full ?peed homeward. When the up train reached Cash's De it, Cash the younger was standing on te platform, armed with a Winchester Ifie and putting on a great many airs, he old man Cash was also with him, il quiet. He pretended to be defying 'erybody, but when it is remembered int the train had left Darlington before ie shooting occurred, and that the poo le at Dove's and Society Hill, if they id heard of tho ".hooting, bad no time prepare themselves, aside from having authority to arrest him, even if they id the inclination to do so. When the train reached Cash's Depot, ?body on board had beard of the shoot ;, and they did not hear of it until Hie lin reached Cheraw. Cash had calcu ted on this. He knew that no attempt add he made to arrest bim, and his liaut strutting up and down tho depot itform was nothing moro than the tauinglesa brpvado of & coward. Cow are always brave when they know ?rc is no danger. Why is it ho has |t shown himself around the depot (ce tho evening in question ? Why ia not so orave and defiant now as ho then? immediately after the shooting, and fore CaBh had got half way home, J. [McNair, Esq., the Mayor, volunteered Tie one of a party who should pursue I"sh and arrest him. Others quickly unteered, and the assassin might have in caught, but when they asked Depu Sheriff Wells to lead them, he uot ly refused, but actually got down on knees and prayed them not to do 'thing BO raab. v'Hb.cmt & leader and without authori the citizens cared not to act, but pre ed waiting till the Sheriff should jute the law. It was confidently bo |ed that the Sheriff would do bia duty, it was time and again nsserted, [hen Spofford comes weMl havo him," [when Spofford came and went out to st Cash, it would appear that, unlike ^r, he simply went, was seen and was piered. rriving at Cash's residence, accompa I by only ono roan-King Timmons, of Perkins's pals and a henchman of j-he was cordially met at the door be Colonel, who extended his hand, tul him in, and expressed himself as >yed to eeo Sheriff Spofford. Tim Is remained on his horse al tho front bot the Colonel waved him to dis jot, insisting that he should enter I partake of bia hospitality. Ho did If course, for how could a gentleman [>?g Tioimons's calibre be so rude as |[US? ?o agreeable au Invitation from BlUhtfut ?n old gentleman HS Colo Vash ? the inside the Sheriff and Timmons well. The noble old feudal Lord [>t a decanter and with bia own royal * prepared a toddy for his guest*-, imbibing, smacking their lips and ag their stomachs Tn ecatacy, they ?>wn to discuss the passing events of Priod. Tho Colonel jed flte couver t and by a masterly Pank movement l'y carne to tho topic nearest his Mbe heroio action of his son in }w the day before. Fe poke at P tipon the ??We?WSSL ' jing* bim Tell pleased with the deed, bot ex? [Jg ?neera regret that Bogan should Pone anch poor ahooting. Said he : lust ought to have been there ; and, 1W Tf Richard* ddo'tdie. he had die ; if he gets veli;! aboli kill Jyself.'' C~h then "courteously inform^ Haerifir that he could noi see Bo gan, but intimated that Tim nona could see bim if ho so desired. All that passed is not known, but it is known that the Sheriff returned to Che raw without making tho arrest, and that he refuses to render any sort of an ez planntiou for his non-performance of duty. Thus the matter rests. Thus it will rest ; for courage has tied to the hushes and justice is a corpse in Chesterfield County. We will not too readily censure Sheriff Spofford. Perhaps he may know what he is doing, but we venture to say, wero Bogan Cai h a poor man, he would now be in jail. A wonderful immunity in deed does wealth give, if its possessor may murder poor men at will and then dely the law. We hear that Col. Cash is one of Spof ford 'A bondsmen. We do not know if this is true, but if it is true, it may ex plain the mystery o? brave Spoflbrd'a non performance of duty, for he is known to be a courageous man, who ha? never before shrunk from duty or quailed in the face of danger. We go so far as to say, however, that Cash will not be arrested. After awhilo ho will name the terms of his surrender, will he allowed bail and will go unwhip ped of justice. If ho evpr has a trial it will be but a shameless, brazen-faced mockery. He will bo acquitted with honor, and will be turned loose like u mad bull upou the community, to murdor other innocent, unoffending men una wares and to make widows and orphanB at his brutal pleasure. Wc have always denounced the North ern outcry, "Lawlessness in the South," a?i a shame, an imposition, a wrong ; but wa are at laat forced t<> admit Lbac it ia no*, alto^lther a bugbear in some carts of UK South at least, and in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, especially. In that County a mau who Las lived in open defiance of thc law for years is allowed to enter thc principal towu in broad open daylight, walk up behind tbc Chief of Polico and shoot him down like a dog, while a private citizeu falls pierced through and through by a random shot. In his flight, ho passes three sworn po licemen, who make no effort to arrest. When a few brave, law abiding citizens desire to pursue and capturo the assassin, the Deputy Sheriff refuses to lead them, falls upon his kneca and beseecher them to do nothing so rnsh. Tbc Sheriff of tho County, with a warrant in his pock et, goes to the house where the fugitivo is secreted, but, instead of arresting tho outlaw, drinks with thc outlaw's father, who commends the crime, and, comiug away, refuses to ?peak upon tho subject. That is the state of affaira in Chester field County, and it is a blackening, damning shame upon the County whose proud boast is ita chivalry. The truth of the matter is that honest, peaceable, law-observing men aro in the minority in that County. There is a predominating element, naturally lawlesi lu spirit, whose desire is to live unre striated and to he governed only by th? bent of ita own inclinations. This ele ment is proud of the Cashes, and prefer? to be subject to their imperial will rathei than to recognize the majesty of the lav and to see that the law is enforced. Were this not true, the Cashes coull not behave as they do, and the last out rage would not be permitted to pass with out an effort being made to bring tin guilty to justice. Two-thirds of the people in Chester field County are in sympathy with tbi Cashes. Every half hour, day and night a runner posts from Cheraw to their ren dezvous to inform them of what is sai< and doue. Everv chauge in the condi lion of the wounded men is promptly re ported, and they are informed from da] to d-ty of every shade of public eenti ment better than any two men in thi County. Those who would execute justice an silenced if not intimidated, and while i is intimated that thero is a deep-rooter, determination among the good people o that outraged community not to let tin crime go unpunished, yet we fear thei numbera arc too limited for them to di anything. TII1H8T1NCI FOR MOUE UOltE. Cash, we hear from good authority swears lo have the blood of the editor o Ibo Intelligencer. He is welcome to il but if he comes to Wudcsboro after it we shall always feel in futuro that ou existence in this world baa not beei passed without the accomplishment o some good. A Heartless Svrnlu. ST. LOUIS, March 2.-Miss Carri 3wain, ihe actress, who is so well knowi by ber work in "Cad, the Tom Boy," ha begun a suit for divorce in the St. Loni Circuit Court. In her petition she al leges that she was married to Samuel C Swain at 8an Francisco, Cal., on the 15tl day of February, 1876, and lived wit! him up to October, 1881, when he desei ted ber. Depositions taken this aflci noon at the office of Mrs. Swain's attoi neys revealed a case of deception on th part of the husband and devotion on th part of the wife which is, to Bay th least, interesting. Mrs. Swain testifie that about three years ago her husban fell ?ll and it became necessary, as he an his doctor alleged, that he should go t tho Bermudas. Mr. Swain IvflCaliforoi for the Bermudas with the agreemor from hia wife that abe should remit t him half of her salary. She was the getting $80 a week and remitted to bi bankers in New York every week th sum of $40. Happening to go to Nc York Mrs. Swain told some friends abot her husband's illness and trip to tb Bermudas, when she was astonished I learn that he had frequently been see about New York. These sistemen coupled with the fact that her remitirme bad always been sent to New York awol a suspicion, which was verified when sh called at a house where she learned M Swain wa? living. Aaking for him &i was told he wa9 out, "but she could si Mrs. 8wain." She did see Mrs. Swai and from ber learned that she and tl erring Samuel bad been living togeth. as man and wife oo the money sent I her faithful self. Sha never saw Swa again and he has not answered her con Elaint for divorce, ?o that it will prob ly be granted by default. Mrs. Swair testimony was corroborated by ber sistt Mrs. Sophia Thias. How lo Stop Bleeding. If a mau is wounded so that the bloi flows, that flow ia either regular, or I jets or spurts. If it flows regularly, a vein bas boon wounded, ano **tr]i should >e bound tlgbjjy. aroona4 bale the' wounded part, that is, beyond it frc tba heart If the blood comes ont leaps or jets, an artery bas been sever? and the person may bleed to death ic few minutes; to prevent wJdch-apr. tha cord above the wound, that is, I tween tho wound and the haart: In ci a string or cord is not at bane', tie t two opposite corners of a bandkercb around the limb, putastiok between a torn it around until tba handkerchief twist ed sufficiently tight to stop the blet lng, and keep It so until a physician c ba had. ? BILL ARP'S LETTER. Tho "Slijcoon" Dlr vusted-liM Kffort lo i Console, Ktc. .Wanta Oonetitution. I reckon thc elements nresalislied now and will let n . alone for a season. We've j got nothing to complain of ut my house and much to be grateful for, nevertheless one of my props have been knocked from under, for I've Leen saying and thinking for seven years that these bills and mountains that surround us wero j Uko fortifications against storms and i tempests and cyclones aud ci moons and | tornadoes and all those Borl of things. I | thought that the high peaks and ridges broke them to pieces when they come and we were in no danger, but the other day we could look out at our window? and sec the raging balloon on its wind ing way tearing up things and paying no respect to houses or trees or mau or beast. It lifted up the roof otT of Nabor Mun ford's nice dwelling like the shingles wero feathers, and then took hold ol bis big two-story barn and twisted it it all lo j pieces, and then dropped tho fragments about on nine mules aud two horses I and a carriage and all sorts of machines, ? and nine niggers to boot that were inside i the building. No, those darkeys were ? not in. They saw the cyclone fooling ?round the dwelling house and they run out of the barn just as the suburbs of the I monster got there. Says J, "John what did those darkeys do then ?" "Good gracious, boss, I tell you-dcm niggers just frow demselves down on do froun', sir and holler 'Ob, Lordy-good iord bah mercy ou a poor nigger. Keb ber be a bad nigger any more, ob, Lordy -good Lordy'-and de old alyoo.a pay no 'teutioo at all, but jes' Hf 'em up and twis' 'em all roun' and roon' and loss 'em ober de fence into de red mud and Oim, ray soul I wish you could hab seen Oim, for as be was gwino ober de fence he struck a postis dal was stickio' up, and he gethered it with both arms and held on and hollered wus than eber, 'Oh, Lordy-oh, my good Lord. Bless de Lord, hab mercy on a poor nigger ;' aud about that timo the old alycoon twis he tail aroun' and Iif Giin'a feet way up over he's head and his holt broke aud he bounced off on tho groun' and den took r.ooder bounce into de mud hold, and dar de consarn lef him. "Atter de slycoon gone clean away I run up to Gim, and says I, 'Gim, is you dead br no.' Gim lyiu' dar in de mud hole wid nullin but his head out. Gim neber spoke nary word, and his eyes was walled like a dead steer, and so says I agiu, 'I 6ay, Gim, is you dono gone clean I dead,' for you see I thought if Gim dead no use in my wading in de mud atter him, and Oim he grunt aud wall ono eve at me and whisper, 'whar is he.' 'W'har's who,'said I. 'De debbil,'said he. 'Done gone,' said I-'gone clean away. Git up trom dar-git up I say.' Gim gib a groan aud say, 'I can't. I'm done dead.' 'Git up I tell you,' said I, but Gim neber move. Bymeby I frow up my bands and look down de big road and Bay 'my good Lord Almighty, ef dat olo slycoon aint n cumin' right back here.' Neber BOO a dead nigger come to life like Gim. He bounce outen dat mud hole aud start ol? up de road a runnin' and holleiin' for quarter ol a mile. White folks come along and stop him and look all ober him and neber find a scratch. When he got back we was all cuttin' away de timben from nilen de mules, and it was a hall an hour before we could git Gim to strike ary lick. Tell you what, bos9, we all mighty bad skeered, but I neber see i nigger as unready for judgment an da samo nigger, Gim. When de old debi do git him he raise a rumpus down in den settlements shore." "Didn't tho cyclone take off the roo of your cabin, Jubn?" "Of course be did boss. He take di roof oflall along ebery where he go. Lool like ebery house become to he dip dowi and say take your bat off, don't you se me comin', aint you got no manners, am zip be Btrike 'em and take it off hasselt He take de roof offen de colored schoo and oden do white school all de sam? He no respeckter of pussons, bless God Tell you boss, what I tink about dis ol slycoon. I tink he nutnn but dc ob debii on a Bcurscion. Yah, yah, yah,' and John cackled at his own ideas. Well, I was mighty sorry for Nabo Munford, for it tore bim up awfully, bu it left him his wife and bis pretty littl children and bis good old mother and all and he is thankful for that and said ti me that bis gratitude would be complet if his shade trees had been left-, for hi couldest replace them. It was only i few days ago and now you could bardi; tell that the storm had been there, i! twenty-four hours he bad 75 bands a work repairing the damages for ho jus called for ibo hands at the mines dosi by and they came, and it was li vol; times there for a fi v days, and DOW every thing is as good or better than before. I wish all the sufferers could di thut way, but alas, there are a hundrei families who havo lost treasures tba money could not replace-treasures o the heart and home that will never re turn. What a terrible death. Veril; these cyclones seem like things of life, o instruments of vengeuce in the hands o tho gods we read about io old myrbolop Ali that ancient romance has recordci of Ajax and Hercules and Jupiter, o all that the Arabian Knights tell us o the genii does not Burpass the power am grandeur aud desolation of the moderi cyclone. It humbles us more thai prayers or preaching. It takes us una wares. It is the constant dread of tb timid nod defenceless, and now it take ail my philosophy to keep my housebol calm and serene. "There is tho base ment," said Li "and we could all ru down stairs and be beneath tho track c the cyclone, for it never was known t attack a basement that was below tb ground, nor a cellar, nor a well." Mr Arp laid down her kuitting and sah "you don't suppose for a moment thi anybody in their right mind would g dowo in that basement during a cyclon and have all the timbers of the old boui crash in on them ?" "Why, my dear, a aid I, "ibo timbers of thia house are ol fashioned and strong. Do you koo that those sills are 14 inches square an all framed and draw pinned." "So much tho worse," said she ; "tl heavier the timber the heavier it wou fall on us. If the house was light might blow clean away and leave us ui harmed, but these big sills you tell abo would just be lifted up a little and dro ped back into the basement." .'Well ihcE there io tho flower pit said I. "That is a good place. The are oo Umbers over that." i "But bow are we going to get tot flower-pit," ?aid tho girls. T cyclone cornea before anybody knows and whilo wo aro running to tho flow; pit it catches ns and carries ns off." "Not only tba' ' said Mrs. Arp, "fa the trees are all about and they would pulled up by the roots and crash dov on the flower-pit and and even the an frames and tho glass contd Mil -in. a then there is always hall with t eyelone and that would beat us all pieced-no I'm not going to tho flow pit." "All right." said I.\"W0 will stay I right here in the family Vom and seo it out. 1 don't think it wi) do auythiug hut take the roof off." \ "Why, it tore Mr. Mun Kai's big strong barn all to pieces and killoe bis mules," said she. "It wouldn't min . this house i at all." \ "Then where are you all gong," said 1, and there was silence for\? season. Filially Mrs. Arp said she \wnted to move somewhere where thcroYnrere no storms or cyclones. "There isuo such place," said I, "this side of heave?." Last night my women folks stayed up at uabor Freeman's to tea and abfkt ten o'clock ho came down alone and sad he wanted somebody to go up afleVtny folks. \ "Why didn't they como down ttj.h you?" said I. "Afraid" said he. "Afi of what?" said I. "Cyclones." said ? I waj about to express my indignatio when he said they had ali been talkin about spirits and ghosts nud his win didn't want to be left alone and so ho left my folks up there while he carno down. It does look like spirits and mag ii ali.-wu and cyclones are about to take this country and a man don't hardly know whether it is worth while to plant a crop or uot, but I reckon we will plant. Wo have been sowing oats all the week as bard as we eau and are still living in hope that sunshine nod the seasons will continue and tbe earth give its increase and this year bo a better one thnn the lost. So mote it be. BILL A RP. Raising a ?u.siacbe. It might have boen Solomon, but most likely it wa? ?orne of the Latter-day Mormons, who remarked that there were only trro interesting events in a man's life. The first was when hair began to come on his upper lip, and the second when it commenced to go from the top of his head. When a person stops to con sider how much attention is bestowed on these appendages, and how small the most of them aro in spite of all their nursing, the rank they take among ob jects of interest Bcems very remarkable. A doting father at the South End has been watching the unfolding of his son's lipper lip from downy bloom through ali the stages to hirsute callowness with a closeness of scrutiny that only a fond parent can bestow, and has arrived at soma startling conclusions. Ile was talking of his family one day last week in a drug store, and, after alluding to tho ilentition of his youngest, which had just taken place, he droppei off into a reverie and said : "Yes, teething is bad enough, the Lord knows ; but, for real trouble-genuine anguish, you know there is nothing like a mustache that bas sprouted and just begun to break ground. My boy Jack had it dreadful about two years ago, and he hadn't recovered yet. Why, the way that fellow acted was enough to break your heart. He would Btarjd before the glass ipr a half a day at a lime, looking at his face and rubbing it in terrible agony. Now and then he would make a frantic grab i his upper lip, aud stretching it out his teelh the way a butcher l<- of tripe when be is clean' dd rivet his eyes on one c_i uth and ss." 'golly,' in a way tn?-. >a think he was going mad. By ai. oy a few hairs came up on each side of his nose, and when he had got eight little saplings on one side and nine on the other, he commenced to twist them for all he was worth. Such coiling and twisting and fondling and patting and nursing I never saw in my born days. Eight hours every day was devoted to this work, and frequently he got in ten or twelve, (liv ing it a speed of about six revolutions a minute, he would sit facing a mirror and work away without paying attention to any one. Now working eight hours a day at a rate of six turns a minute he makes 8,(MO twists between the time he gets up and goes to bed again, and con tinuing at the same speed for a year it reaches the enormous number of 3,153, G00-more resolutions than the earth has made since the azoic period. Why, if ! he had been boring un artesian well willi j an auger and turned the crank as often ? as he has his mustache, and worked at it ' as Bteadily, he would have made a hole i over six miles deep in a year, allowing ' the auger to cut only one eighth of an I inch to every turn. If he had gone lo work in a net factory the labor he bas put into those seventeen hairs would have twisted marlin enough to catch all the fish that swim o nd had euough over to . fonce a benyard of a million'acres. It hus troubled bira so much that he is sen- . ? i ti ve, and the least allusion to it makes him as mad os a bumble bee. Only last week bis cousin Jennie came down from Vermont on a visit, and when she bad kissed mo, and my wife, she looked up to my boy and said : 'Why, Jackey, what a dizzy little mustacbe you have got.' Jack turned as red as a rooster, and my wife, knowing bow sensitive he was, tried to keep peace in the family by saying: 'If you had seen how much he turned it round and round you wouldn't wonder, it is enough to make anybody dizzy.' Then Jack Bsid, 'Cheese it, mother/ and left the room in an awful fit of temper. He won't come into the room where Jennie | is, ?nd bis mother ia wondering what, j ?oakes him act so odd. All I can say i about it is tbat a father who bas a boy j with a sprouting mustache is a terribly afflicted parent, and bo has my sympa thy, for I have been there." He arose after making these observations, and wandered dejectedly homeward. Governor McDaniel's Wounds. I have before me a letter from Mr. S. E. Keller, of Baltimore, in which there is an interesting n- ory. Mr. Keller writes thst he lived during the war near Funks town, Maryland. As Lee was retreating from Gettysburg a sharp skirmish oc curred in front of his home. While the fight was raging a wounded Confederate ? was brought into, the yard and laid on j the pavement. He was horribly wound-1 ed in the stomach snd the entrails were protruding. His death was considered certain, and this fact was announced to j bim. He replied very deliberately : : "bulee est decorum patria mort-I am in the hands of my Maker-and a Southern j soldier kuows how to die." Mr. Keller j adds that the scene made a profound im- j pression on bim and be bsd often won de red what became of the brave Goofed- ! erato, who was shortly afterward moved ; from bis honse. He says : "HU name waa McDaniel, he was Major of a Geor gia regiment and had an impediment in i his speech. I bsve seen that a msn named McDaniel is elected Governor ot your State, and I thought he might know something of the matter of which I have written." Governor McDaniel was himself the Georgia Major alluded lo,and Dr. Roach, Of tow oily, was the Confed?rate surgeon whose prompt und skillful treatment saved tho Governor from death as by a m i rac'e. The Governor still suffern from tho effects of the wound, and day and night wears s piste that fits over the spot at which the bullet entered. If this r late were displaced.by accident, fatal, certainly serious, results might follow. Henry W. Grady in Atlanta CbnstUution. THE LAW OF THE LAM). The Supremo Court of tho United Stntcs H?hls that tim Federal Klectlnu l.?wi aro Coustltutionwl mut Must ho Obeyed, WASHINGTON, Mareil 3.-A decision was rendered by tho Supreme Court of tho United State? today in what are known as the Kuklux cases, which stand on the original docket under the title Ex/tarte in the matter of Jasper Yarbo rough and others. They aro petitions for writs of habeas corpus to release a number of persons now imprisoned under lUdgtnent of tho United States Circuit Court for tho Northern 1 ??strict of Geor gia, rendered alter the trial and convic tion of tho prisoners for the offence of threatening, beating and otherwise intim idating colored voters at an election in Georgia for member of Congress. The principal question presented by the case? relates to the constitutionality of the law under which the prisoners are held. Justice Miller, speaking for tho Court, after deciding that the offence set h in thc indictment is fully covered Sections 5,508 and .r>,:?20 of the He il Statutes, says: "That a Govero? t whose essential character is rep?b licas, whoso executive head and legisla liv?body are both elective, whose most nutrhrous and powerful branch of tho Legisaturo is elected hy thc people direct?, baa no power bv appropriate laws lltecure this election' from the in fluence^ of violence, of corruption and fraud, ?si proposition no startling as to arrest tty attention and demand the gravest buhidcration. If this Govern ment is amthiug more than a mere ag gregation V delegated agents o? other ; bl ates and governments each ol which is superior to the General Government, it must have .tower to protect the elec tion?, ou which its existence depends, from violence and corruption. If it has not this powerw is kit helpless before tho two great' natural and historical enemies of all Republicans-open vio lence and iusidrjous corruption." Ad dressing himself to the argument made in this case, that because there is no ex press power delegated to Congress to pr?vido for preventing violence exercised on a voter as a meant of Controlling his vote no Buch law can be enacted, he says : "it destroys nt ono blow, in constructing the Constitution of the United State?, the doctrine universally applied to all instruments of writing. That what is implied is as much a part of the instru ment as what is expressed. This princi ple iu its application to the Constitution of the United States, more than almost any other writing, is a necessity by rea son of the inherent inability to put into words all the derivative powers, a diffi culty which the instrument itself recog nizes by conferring on Congress authority to pass all laws necessary and proper to carry iuto execution powers expressly gruntednud nil other powers vested in the Government, or any branch of it, by tlie Constitution." lie points to the power of Congress tc pass laws to punish theft or robbery of the treasury of the United States and depredations on the mails, although Congress has been given no express authority to pass such lavis. As to tho argument that tho States caa pass the necessary laws on this subject, and that no necessity exists for such action by Congress, he points out that tho existence of State laws punishing tho counterfeiting of coin of the United Slntes has nevor beeu held to supersede tiie Acts of Congress passed for the pur pose or to justify thc United States in failing to enforce it? own laws to protect the circulation of the coin which it issues. He directs attention also to the atten pts of Congress to protect officer* <jf the Government iu tho exerciso of their duties in hostile communities, in the nul lification troubles in South Carolina and in tho late rebellion during tho troubles growing out of tbe enforcement of the draft. He asks : "If it be not doubted that Congress has power to provide laws for the proper couduct of elections for representatives in Congress, ore such powers annulled because an election for State officers is held at the same time aud place?" and replies: "These ques tions answer themselves. It is only be cause the Congrfcss of the United States through long habit and years of forbear ance has, in defereuce and respect to the States, refrained from the exercise of these powers that they are now doubted." He holds that the 15th amendment of the Constitution, by its limitation on the power of thc States in the exercise ol' their right to prescribe the qualifications ; of voters in their own elections and hy iis limitation of tho power of thu United States over that subject, clearly shows that tho right of suffrage was considered to be of supreme importance to tho National Government and was not inten ded to be left within tho exclusive con trol of the State. He closes with this language "In a Republican Govern ment like ours, whero political power is reposed exclusively in the representatives of the entire body of thc people chosen at short intervals by popular elections, the temptation to control these elections by violence and by corruption is a con stant source of danger. Such has been the history of all R?publicain*, and though it has been comparatively free from both these evils in tho past, no lover ot his country can idaul his eyes to the fear of future danger from bolh sources. If tho recurrence of such acts ns these prisoners stand convicted of are too common in one quarter of tho country and give omen of danger from lawless violence, the free uee of money in elections arising from the vast growth of recent wealth in other quarters presents equal causo for anxiety. "The rule to show cause in this eas - is discharged and tho wi its of habeas corpus denied." Good Advice. Edison Gaylord, of Floyd County, Iowa, advocates setting treen in a leaning ?osture, to prevent them from being i I led by the combined effects of the wind and the sun on their Southwest side. Prof. J. L. Uudd, of the Iowa Agricultural College, says, in confirma tion of Mr. Gaylord's view, be saw hun dreds of the finer cherry and plum trees in Russia planted at an angle of 45e to wards thc 1 o'clock sun. Ho says that only for a short timo will trees thus set have an awkward appearance Other parties than those named, and in other Stales than Iowa, have recommended ibis method of planting some kinda of fruit trees. The rationale of tho recom mendation is, tbat the effect of the ray? of the sun on the sides of tbe tree stock is diminished, thus lessening the risk of what is called "sun scald," so detrimen tal to apple trees, particularly after severo freeling in Winter, which injures the bark on the Southwest side of the stocks, and ultimately destroys the trees. When the large peach orchards were planted out in the vicinity of Aiken some thirty years ago, which gave n rep utation to the fruit in New York and , Charleston markets, this plan wa? adop ted of aetting the trees with a slight inclination to the Southwest, for lbs very purpose mentioned above. - In the North Carolina Penitentiary there are 118 whites and 894 blacks. SISTER SUE'S WEDDING. Jimmy Tries Ills Printing Tress on Ills Sister's Wedding Invitations. Slit? ought to hiivc been married a long while ago. That's what everybody saya as knows her. She has been engaged to Mr. Travers for three years and she had to refuse lots of oilers to go to the circus with other young men. 1 have wanted her to get married so that I could go and live with her and Mr. Traver*. When I think that if it hadn't been for a mistake I made ?ho would havo been married yesterday, I lind it dreadfully hard, to Iso resigned. Rut we ought al ways to bo resigned to everything when wo can't help it. Refoie I go any further I must tell about my printing press. It belonged lo Tommy Medinina, bul ho trot tired of it and sold it to me real cheap. Ho was going to write to the I??no Peo- j ute'? post-ollico box and offer to exchango lt for a bicycle, a St. Hernard dog, atid twelve good books, but ho finally let mo have it for a dollar and a half. It prints | beautifully, and I have printed cards for \ ever so many people, and made three dollars and seventy cents already. I thought it would be nico to bc able to print circus bills in caso Tom nod I should ever have another circus, so I sent to tho city and bought somo type moro than an inch high, and some beautiful yellow paper. Last week it was decided that Suo and Mr. Travers should bo married without waiting any longer. You should have seen what a state of mind her and mother were in. They did nothing but buy new clothe?, and sew and talk of tho wedding :>.!! day long. Slie was determined to be married in church, and to have ?is bridesmaids and six bridegrooms, and Howers, aud music, and things till you couldn't rest. Tho only thing that troubled her was making up her mind who lo invite. Mother wanted to invite Mr. and Mrs. McFadden and tho Be ven McFadden girls; but Sue said they had insulted her, and she couldn't bear the idea of inviting tho McFadden tribe. Everybody agreed that old Mr. Wilkin son, who once came to a party at our house with one boot and one slipper, couldn't bo invited ; but it was decided that every ono else that was on good terms willi tho family should bo invited. She counted up all thc people Bhe maont to invite, and thoro were nearly three hundred of them. You would hardly believe il but she told me I must carry around all tho invitations aud deliver them myself. Of course I could not do this without neglecting my studies and loosing time, which is always precious, so 1 thought of a plan which would Bave Sue the trouble of directing three hun dred invitations and suve mo from wast ing time delivering them. I got to work ' with my printing press and printed a dozen splendid big bills about tho wed ding. When they were printed I cut a lot of small pictures of animals and ladies riding on horttes out of some old circus bills, and pasted them on tho wedding bills. They were perfectly georgeous, and you could Bee them four or five rods off. When .ney were all done, I mudo nunc paste in a tin pail and went out after dark and pasted them in good places all over the village. Tho next afternoon father came into the house looking very kern, and carrying ono of tho wedding bills in his hand. Ho banded it to I Bogan and said : ''Susan, what does tim mean? These bills uro pasted all over the village, and there are crowds of people reading there," She. read the bill and then she gave an I ?wi? Hhriek and fainted away, and I hurrtfej duwn to the post-office to see if I Hie ro|4i had como. This was on the bill, n*4 J am sure it was spelled all right: Mifeu Susitv Brown announces that alie will , "Wry Mr. Jamca Travers nt tho chink next Thursday at 7.30 shari.. All tb? Friends of the Family, ,, ^llh tho exception of McFadden tribe and old Mr. Wilkinson, j are invited. Cottj* early and bring lots of flowers. Now, what was there to find fault with in that ? Il ? aa printed beautifully and every word was spelled right, with tho exception of the name of the church, and I wasn't quite sure how to spell it. The bill saved Sue all the trouble of, sending nut invitations, and it raid every thing that any body could want to know about the wedding. Any other girl but Suo would have been pleased, And would have thanked me for aa brooole, b-itshe was as Angry au ii i baa done something real bud. Mr. Travers was almost as angry as Sue, and it waa tba first time he was ever angry with ina. I am afraid now he won't aver let mc arno and live with him. He hasn't Haida word about my coming since the wedding bills were put up. As for 'he weddin!it has been put off, and Sue taya she wilt go to New York to be married, for she would per* fectly die if nbc were to have a wedding at home after that boy's dreadtutconduct. What ?H worse, I ara to be sent tfftray to a boarding school, and all because! made a mistake in printing the wedding bills without first asking sue how sheVould liko to havo them prided. To a Yonng Hoisekoeper. [ think you will find tho follow] rules very good. Though the time boiling green vegetables depends niue upon the timo they have tfeen gathered and the more quickly ther are cooked.)! Always let the water boil before putting' them in, and continue to bon until done. Turnips. Should be nor ip ed before boiling, boil from 40 minu?s to ono hour. If mashed, press the water out first. Seels. Should never be cut ut scraped. Boil from 1 to 2 hours, when done put them one at a time into a pan of cold water and Blip the ski us off. Carrots. Can be cut if too large. Boil from 30 minutes to au hour and a half. Spinach. Should boil 1) hours. Parsnips. From 20 to 30 minut?e. OL?OUS. Aro best boiled in 2 or 3 waters, adding milk the last lime. Boil from 20 to 80 minutes. String Beans. From 1 hour to \J boors. Shelled beans. Require from } au hour to 1 hour. Oreen Corn. From 20 to 30 minutes. Oreen Peas. Should be boiled in as little water as possible, for 20 minutes. Asparagus. Same as peas; serva on toast with cream gravy. Winter Squash. Cut in nieces and boil 20 to 40 minutes in a small quantity of water ; wheo done press tba water out, mash, smooth and season with butter, pepper and sait. & Cabbage and Dandelions. Boil from 1 to 1 boui in plenty of water, if the cabbage is large li hours. If salt ia used in greens or cabbage put in while boiling. . ? Old potatoes. Are better to have tba skins cut off the aeed end, aod batter still to be pared and put into cold water 2 or 3 hours before boiling ; then pot them in fresh water : when dona pour off the water, put tba kettle on the top of the stove uncovered until the potatoes ar? dry. A Woman's Plain Talk. It seems to be an accepted fact, writes a clear-headed und noble housekeeper (who signs herself "A Woman") to the Mannaville (Georgia) C 'ede, that wo men are becoming more so..' reliant than of yore, nud alco that moro is expected of them by the men who arc respectively most interested in them. Tho toiling lather exerts himself to give his daugh ter all the advantages that are now added to tho studies for women, and, when ?ho has acquired these-many of which have formerly been considered thc special ad vocation? of the sterner sex-lie very naturally und properly expects ber to make a practical application of her ac quirements. The husbnnd who is forced to labor for tho support of tho family, of course, expects the co operation of Iiis wife in whatever way proves best and wisest for their mutual interests. To the honor of tho sex bc it said, that tho woman, either daughter or wife, who fails to give nil tho aid within lier power, is the exception and not the rule. It is the worker nt home in whom I, nt present, feel most deeply interested, and, of her, I propose to say a few words of encouragement and defense. Wo do not all go out in the world and in return, for services given, come back to our families with wages in hand, so many (lollara and cents to bo expended for their bread and raiment ; few of us ?re capacitated for that, and if we were, tho most of us are so circumstanced that such qualifications would afford us but little advantage. No; bur *ork for the most part muet necessarily be performed within the narrow confines of homo, but is it the less important for this? Nay; on tho contrary, it is tho work that every wife and mother should consider thc most important of ber life, and to it she should give her most faithful attention. It is work that is above price or the con sideration of wages, as every woman knows who has ever tried to turn it over to tho hands of hirelings. How strange, thea, that such work should bo estimated as stauding with the trifles that make up the Bum of lifo. How often do we see men who place this estimate on tho work of women, who spend their lives looking after tho everyday comforts of their hus bands and children. Such men know their homes are com fortable, their meals are regularly Ber ved to them just to suit their tastes ; their clothing ia in good order ; their children nre ueatly and comfortably clad ; every thing is tidy in the houso when they ro turo aft:-tho dny'H labor is over; they know mid injoy these comforts, nod yet how few realizo or even think how much cure is necessary to keep this state of things in order in the household. How tun -.e i hem ever think of tho amount of sweeping, scruvv.w^^uatiog bed ^jug baking, stitching. darnAB, uuudjiuc ironing, milking, churning, nursing, tat.', it requires to keep up even a decent show of neatness and comfort in a household where there are children and inefficient help? Herein lies tho secret of many a wo man's weariness of the whole problem of houso-keeping and its never-lifted bur dens. It is because, toil as she may, after nil her work is done, it is accepted as n matter of course and considered a Rcrvico that should be rendered as a mere pastime. Tho women who perform the duties of house keeping for men of this stamp (they are numerous) soon learn lo expect nothing in the way of compensation for such service. On tho contrary, one finds that sho is expected to do the work and to do it io such an unobtrusive way that her lord may not be annoyed with any of the disagreeable things attending it." He is known as the bread winner and she as tho bread eater. He earns the money and spends it. If she asks for money sho is greeted with a stare of surprise and he forthwith wants to know what sho did with the last be gave her-tweuty-five cents perhaps, i She accounts for twenty ceuts, and be at j once bends all tho powers of bis mind to tho task of finding out what she did with the nickel of which she has not Bpoken. She never asks him for money when she can avoid it, and when she does never gets it until she is made to feel meanly humble os if Bbc had robbed a ben roost 1 She feels that -he has worked us honestly, and far more laboriously, than the gifted man who had painted a picture and sold it, but she dare not think of such a thing as spending ber money as freely, or would not if she could get. it. livery woman ia necjsaariiy dependant upon her 1 husband more or less for the money she spends, and this d?pendance is either very pleasant or very bitter. A right understanding and adjustment of affairs can enable ber to receive money at the hands of ber husband in a spirit not only of self-ret ^ect, but of rejoicing in ber despondency ; or. it can be given to her in such & way that she will feel like a dog when she asks for it and when she receives it. In another article I pro pose to suggest some ideas and the better way. An Old Story Revised aud Improved. An Irishman, noding bis cash at low ebb, resolved to adopt "the road" as a professional means of refreshing the ex chequer; and having provided himsolf wit a a huge horse-pistol, proceeded forth with to the conventional "lonely com mon" and lay in wait. Tho no less con ventionat farmer returning from the mar ket with a "bag of money," of course, I coon appeared, to whom entered Pat with thc regulation highwayman offer of Ihoice, "Your money or your H*\ !" ? rom ark fortified by the simultaneo ut ex mbition of the firearm in the usual way Tie farmer, who was a Quaker, essayed totemporize: "I would not have thee stain thy soul with sin, friend ; and didst thod. rob me of my gold, it would be theft\ and didst thou kill mo, it would be mulder. But hold ! A bargain is no sin, but a commerce between two honest men. V will give thee this bag of gold for tho \\atol which thou boldest at my ear." Tas unsuspecting amateur Mac beth, yielding, perhaps, to the Quaker'i logic and solicitude for his spiritual wel fare, made '.tho exchange without a mo ment's hesitation. "Now, friend," cried the wily Ephraim, leveling the weapon, "give me back my gold or I'll blow thy brains out!" '\Blaze away thin, darli nt !" said Pat. "Sure, there's niver adbrop of powtber in it." The result was a sold Quaker. - "In this issue," said an exchange, "a ata article headed 'What will the oohing girl wear?" We rather think, however, she won't wear any thing-when outcomes." -"How is the earth divided t" asked a pospous examiner, who had already worn out the patience of the class. "By earthqiskea," replied one boy. after which the examiner found that ho had enough of lhat class. - A Wt of women voted in Bingham ton. Nen York, the other day. ana When their . tickets were handed them they wanted te take them home'and ran a hem nrotte? the edges so they wouldn't ravel out ? woman knows lot? about the ballot. A Marriage lu China. I had not been tn the hotel hore in Hong Kong five minutes before my at tention was distracted by a teriific noise. Hushing to the front balcony, I wasjuat in time to see quite a remarkable wed ding procession. At first, from tho noise and general style of the affair, I thought it was n funeral, but I soon discovered the difference. A funeral procession isa more cheerful instruction than a wedding procession-with the possible exception, perhaps, of tho hired mourners. Besides tlii-4 there is one other dilTeronco-tho corpse al a wedding is a live ono instead of u dead one. I think if I had my choice I would rather be the dead than tho live corpse. 'flic inferiority of the femalo Bex is ono of the fundamental principles to which thc Chinese hold. Even Confucious does not seem to havo had a very broad and elevated sentiment in thia regard, for he is quoted as having said : "Of all people, women aro tho most difficult to manage. If you aro familiar with them, they become forward, and if you keep them at a distance, they become discon tented." Many women here aro in tho habit of praying that they may be born men in tho next world. Hut this wedding procession. First came a dozen musicians, who were beat ing gongs and blowing fish-horns, each apparently without any reference to ibo rest. Thees followed a company of men and boyH, bearing flags and lanterns, after which carno a (series of gilded tabica with elaborately carved and painted canopies over them. The disr'av of fruits waB quito tempting, nnu i longed for a BHCO of tho roast pig and the roast sheep. But there were also native dishes which by experiment I had previously found to be far from appetizing. Thus far every thing was arranged just ns a funeral procession would be, and was composed of the same features. But now thero was a slight departuro from tho funeral order of this society. There came a magnificent sedan chair, tho wiudows of which were thoroughly curtained, but which I was told contain the happy (?) bride. This gorgeous se dan chair was followed by others, and also by gayly decorated jinrikishas, in which were seated tho relatives of both contracting parties. Moro so-called mu sicians fellowed,and the procession wound up with a load of boxes, which I inferred contained tho marriage offering?, and perhaps tho trousseau ol the bride. In tho north of Mongolia it is custo mary for the native to capturo his wifo itfter a chase, end in any part of tho Em pire tho latter become? his property ivhen the twain have formerly been mado M?O flesh. Marriage usually takes place nt an immature age. In the great ma jority of cases tho bridegroom never sees Iiis intended wife until the wedding night, all negotiations being conducted ty,,, go-betweens. Thia intercessor lays jec^r^^ re In case of a fav^b?^0 Pif are exchanged, and, ?.fter conslirri^^f auguries, an engagement i? entered into.' In case a piece ot chinawaro Bi??u?rt-w.? broken in either home, or an article bo lost within three days of the engagement, this is considered good ground for the Immediate dissolution of the engagement Astrologers determine the wedding day. which is entirely beyond tho control of the pair. Th" ceremony lakes place at tho home of tho bridegroom, to which the bride ?B escorted by the groom's "best noan," bsiog lifted from her B?daB chair nv<T = pct of burning charcoals at the threshold. Tho bridegroom meanwhile is waiting for his unseen Dulcina in a reception room, being seated on a raised dais. Ap proaching ibis dais, the fair ouo prostrates herself humbly before her future lord. While she is in this attitude of humility he descends benignantly to ber level, re moves her veil and gazes for tho first lime upon her face. Then, without ex changing a word, they seat themselves sido by side, and each try to sit on a part of the other's gown, in order to deter mine who is destined to hold away in tho household. There is no real occasion for this, since there is a tacit understand ing that it will be the man. The trial of skill over, the pair proceed to the ancestrial hall, and there worship heaven, earth and their ancestors, after which dinner is served. Tho most sin gular feature of tho wedding repast is enforced abstinence from all tho dainties on the part of the bride. Later in the evening the bride will answer conundrums as they are propoun ded to her by tho guests. Tho wedding day is the last occasion upon which the wife can enjoy the society of her husband in public-one of the hardest and most barbarous features of social life in China. After the labor of the day no cilizan of the flowery kingdom can take bis nife and family for a pleasant walk at dusk ; neil, jr can bo accompany her to a picnic or public entertainment without violat ing the proprieties. Woman's Tenacity of Life. it appears from the gathered statistica of the world that women have a greater tenacity of life than men. Nature wor* ships the female in all it? varieties. Among insects tho malo perishes at a relatively early period, lu plants the sominate blossoms dio earliest and are produced in the weaker limbs. Female quadrupeds have more endurance than males. In the human race, despite the intellectual nud physical strength of the man, the woman endures longest, and will bear pain to which the strong man succumbs. Zymotic diseases are moro fatal to males, and more male children die than female. Deverg'a assert* that the proportion dying suddenly is about 100 women to 880 men ; 1,050 men in the Uniteo. States in 1870 committed sui cide to 285 women. In temper '.ncc, apo plexy, gout, hydrocephalus, affections of the heart or liver, scrofula, paralysis, ace far more fatal to males than fema'es. Pulmonary consumption, on the other hand, is more deadly to tho latter. Fe males in cities aro more prone to con I sumption than in the country. All old countries not disturbed by immigration I have a majority of females in the popu talion. In the royal families the statis tics show more daughters than sons. The Hebrew woman is exceptionally long lived: the colored man exception ally snort lived. . The married state ia favorable to prolongation of life among women. Dr. Hough remarks that there are from two to six per cent, more males born than females, yet there are more than six per cent, excess of females in the living populations. From which statistics we conclude that all women who can possibly obtain one of those rapidly departing men ought to marry, and that, as men aro likely to become So [ ?cry acaree,-they cannot be sufficiently prited by tho other sex. - It waa a temperance nutting, and the speaker, with a smile ol' modesty, began ; /'Ladies and gentleman,- were I to talk lengthily apon this ?ubjeci X would no doubt bore you.". In a mo ment however, a voico from the gaiter/ waa heard to retort, "No fear, mister, I you're no .hat^ enough for that.