The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, July 26, 1866, Image 2
COLUMBL?i.
I
Thursday Morning, July 26,1866.
Kc.1' ii ton . **
We find the following paragraphs !
published in the Newbern Daily j
Times, as having been extracted from j
a Goldsboro paper:
.There is no trying; to eoueeal it
the Northern and Southern people
don't like each Other muck- whether >
they ever will, we aro not able to pre
diet. Whether they ever ought, we j
are scarcely enough of a moralist to ?
say. Much hap been said-and tho !
prattle still goes on-about recon- j
structiou. rehabilitation, reconcilia?
tion, ?te., but we can't see what
interest the down-trodden South bas
in any of thom, for thc present nt
least. Her duty is to be silent mid
mimi lier own business. Whit is it
to tim lately rebellious Stntos, whe?
ther they have seventy or seven, o?
no representatives in the present radi?
cal Congress"?
"Why then manifest so much
anxiety to be restored to the friend?
ship of a people who only hate ns
mut speak of us ns barbarians. Then'
tree no feelings in common, social, ]>o
UliCal or religious, between the fjeop/e of
the North and the S<ju(h."
We extrai t the above for the pur?
pose of expi casing our dis.- tit there?
from. Sueh utterances and senti?
ments we thought hud boen laid
aside, at the close of the war, ?md, if
the Southern people have in reality
accepted the result of tin' arbitra?
ment to which they appealed, sueh
paragraphs as the ubove can only be
calculated to do harm. Especially at
this time, when the Executive of the
country and the conservative men of
nil sections aro so heartily engaged in
the great work or restoring peace and
harmony, such language as this falls
with peculiar discord ou our oars.
Tlie Southern States have been in?
vited to meet their friends in conven?
tion, for the express purpose of de?
vising uieaus to re-establish friendly
relations between the sections, and
to restore these States to their former
full relations with the Government,
and we take the ground that, having
to bear their share of the heavy
taxation, it does make considerable
difference whether they are repre?
sented by seventy or seven. Had they
been fully represented, much of the
evil legislation with which the coun?
try is now afflicted would have been
uverted, and the faction which has
now such a clear working majority
would have been unable to pass theil
unconstitutional Acts, such as tin
civil rights. Freedmen's Bureau bills
.vc.
Nor eau we perceive that, in un;
sense, would it be a humiliation tc
the Southern people to unite in tin
accomplishment of the patriotic em
in view. Every Southern State ha
elected her Senators and Representa
lives, ?md if they did not desire rep
resentation in Congress, why did the;
choose them? If they still wanted ti
1>> a separate people, it certainly wa
not dignified to elect their represen
tatives tt> the United States Congress
The largo majority of the people hav
taken the amnesty oath of allegianc
to the Government, and if they d
not aid in restoring that Govern
ment to its former position, they ur
wanting in their duty ns good an
loyal citizens. This is the true pos
rion of every Southern tuan who lui
taken the oath to support the Gi
\eminent, and the ditty imposed 1>
that obligation requires him to sm
tain the President and the Constiti
tion, now being sought to bo ove:
ridden and subverted by the etienne
iff our common country.
We eau see no good, hut much pr<
bable harm, in giving expression t
these sentiments. It is playing int
the hands of the radical party, wit
will use them and their tltteranc
with great effect. We hope, for tl
good of the common cause-that .
restoring peace to the country tl
Southern people will be as a unit .
defence of the Constitution again
radical plotters and Jacobins. L
tin; dead past lay quietly in its res
i ng place, and k-t us stowaway wi
it nil sectional bitterness, or any th ii
that would contribute to revive
l liis we believe to be the sentime
of the entire people of the South.
faljournmcnl of Congres*.
By reference to otlr telegraphic c
bunn, it will be seen that both lions
of Congress have agreed to adjou
on Saturday next, the 28th instai
ir is, therefore, probable that Gi
Orr will issue his proclamation ii
few days, calling the L?gislature
this State to meet in extra HI M?
early next month.
Thc- State of flic Country.
The country has readied a fearful j
state of demoralization and disor- I
g.-mizatiou. We scarcely opon an ex.- !
cliang" that does not neuron ?tspage* ?
tho record of some crime. Murder, j
robbery, arson, burglary, anti other J
crimes not los? heinous, are terribly I
prevalent throughout the land, and j
society is moro unhinged aud demo?
ralised than, we presume, ut any for
mer period of her history. It is
true, that war. especially civil war.
almost always demoralizes the peo?
ple, but wc were not prepared for
such a general decline in virtue and
morality as the country non- presents
in every section.
Not only have we mime in its
most revolting form, but wo ?nive
other indications of tko sad change
to which we refer. Tim party organs
of the radicals deal in nothing lint
abuse of those opposed to them, no
matter how elevated their position,
and this foul language and studied
misrepresentation furnish daily read?
ing for hundred-; of thousands
throughout the land. Forney's Chro?
nicle, his Pre.<% thc Tribune and other
sheets are rilled constantly with abuse
of the President and all who support
him; and to cap the climax, here
comes a so-called Governor of a Stab
in an official despatch, with terms of
JJilingsgate applied to the Chief Ma?
gistrate of tile land, that would shock
the coarsest mimi in thc country.
The civilized world will read this de?
spatch with unmitigated disgust, ami
will form a fair estimate of th.- cha?
racter of a man who could r - snell
language.
lint these ure all signs thal our
country is passing through an ordeal
that will try her people as with tire.
God is doubtless permitting her to be
thus temporarily afflicted, humiliated
and scourged for some wiso purpose
in His good Providence, and. if this
season of correction from His hand
should fail to?ronse th" good ami the
true of all se.-N, creeds and denomi?
nations to the work of regeneration,
we fear for the future of th" United
States. Lot all, then, go to work,
and show their faith b\ their works,
in doing their full share in purging t he
hind from corruption, whether it bc
in lier high places or among tl?,-.>rdi
nary classes ol' society.
The rising generation requires this
at our hands, for. if ive neglect i!,
the future citizens of tho couutrj
will be badly fitted for their dutie.?
and responsibilities.
Tl??- t allie-Telegrama from Km <-?>r
A week will probably determim
whether the general confidence en
tertained that tho effort now beiuf
made to lav tho cable '.. to bi- real
i zed.
A few facts we co lulen so from vari
ons statements in our exchanges. Tin
present cable differs from th.- old ii
one or two particulars. Theoonduc
tor in this is composed of seven cop
per wires-six around one euch wir
separated and embedded in a clu-nii
cal compound, and ib.- winde sui
rounded by layers of gutta percha, s
as to form a core bali* an inch thick
this, again, is still further protocto
by ten iron u ires, each covered wit
five, strands of Manilla yarn- th
wires being laid spirally around 111
core.
Tim company have established
tari!! of charges forty words froi
London to New York costing ahoi
$300, and the cost to the daily pref
of the country-forty words per ?la
-will be about ?> 1,700 per week. TL
Associated Press Committee ha.
arranged for two daily reports, of m
less than twenty words each, and ?1
many inore as the importun?e of tl
news may justify.
The difference of time lu-twee
Londou and New York is about li\
hours in favor of the latter, and wi
I allowa large margin for the reeeptio
! of news for the morning ami evenin
! journals. Th' reports will be pr
! pared respectively in London ?in
j Liverpool ?it A. M. and '?) i*. A
I As I, A M. London time is equal 1
j 10 V. if. New York time, the d
I spatclt of that hour will arrive
time for tho morning pnblicatioi
in New York of tlml> day's busine
in Liverpool, ami the English '' J
M..being 10 A M. this side, the tel
grams will be in time for the a ftp
noon papers.
All this will be wonderful -provi
j e/1 the cable shall be successful laid
Hook-? have boen opened in 7 ;. ne
burg to estnbl?h a first-clas. Mcth
dist female educational in. .tntio
The prospects are promising.
State Items.
FAIRFIELD. -Tho Winnsboro News j
says : j
Wo have just heard of the dreadful |
murder of Mr. Alex. Walker, of Ches- ;
tor. Nb particular?.
ABBEVILLE. -The HanUiw saya:
Wo learn that, on Thursday after- ;
noon last, Amasiah Payton, a free
person of color, was shot at Hodgo's
Depot, by li. L. (?olding. Theparti
cnlars we have not learned. The citi?
zens of that place express their strong
disapproval of the act.
Abbeville sends the following dele?
gates to the Columbia Convention, to
meet the 1st August: Hon. D. L.
Wardlaw, Gen. A. C. Haskell, Hon.
Thomas Thomson. Gen. S. McGowan,
W. A. Eec, Esq., Maj. J. A. Leland,
Dr. J. W. Hearst, James M. Lattmer,
Esq.. ?">r. J. 1. Bonner, F. A. Con?
nor, E'tl., Jus. A. Norwood. Es?].,
Col M. O. Taiman.
QRANGBBL'K?.-Tuc following gen?
tlemen have been appointed dele?
gates to the Convention from Orango
bnrg: Col. 1>. J. Bumph, Capt. W
V. Liegarc, Col. Perry Amaker. !>r. j
Jos. Ki ller.
The Times says: 'Dr. S. D. liad
srinsky, Assistant Surgeon I". S. A.. j
who has taken the place heretofore '
filled by Surgeon Hoot , requests us
to state that he will assist the poor
and needy by advice and with m?di?
cal stores as far as he is able."
BAJ.NW r.ia. Corni' Hocsn.-At a
meeting held at this place, on Mon- |
day last, the following gentlemen ;
were appointed to attend the Conven- I
tion, which meets at Columbia on tho
first of August next: 1?. H. Brown. !
Johnson Hagood, J." J. Brabham. C.
J. C. Wood, and Alfred Aldrieh.
-? < ? ?
Rel le f.
ConioMMA, July ll. LNtiti.
.Mr.ssns. Enrrons: Wo arc grieved
on every hand about our financial j
matters, creditors and debtors. This
lute wai has deranged all ?>f the finan?
cial movement-, ita fore the war we
had from 8lO.O0O.O00 to S14,(MM>.000
banking capital iu thc Slate, in the
different banks, and nu-n who wanted '
a loan could obtain it: but now, it i>
a dark day with the luniks, and hov, ?
i- the debtor to pay ria- creditor? j
The personal slave property in th? :
negro is no more -8200.000.000 to !
?300,000,000 of property gone- all j
but the landed property, real estate, !
still in hand. We have'?10,000 square '.
miles of laud in our State, at an ave?
rage of Sd per acre, which would I
make 855.000,000. This is a good
basis for n capital to be erected for
financial purposes. As we are a cot- ;
ton people, there cm be easily raise?!
810,000,000. less or more, of cotton
per yeal-. Now, if the Governor
would cali the Legislature t?>gether, :
and create a bank of 810,000,(100, less ,
or more, then be who is debtor and j
has lands, say in this proportion, his j
land worth $5,000 and his debt is
82,500, let him borrow ol the State i
82,500, give his property a-> security
for the payment of the debt, and let j
the interest be paid to thc State in '?.
cotton or gobi, lt' thc amount ot ;
capital. 810,000,000, was put out, this i
would lanko in tho first year a gold j
basis of u Slate b mk nf ST?M 1.01 M?, the !
necessary expense;; of conduction to j
be deducted. As each man pays his ;
indebtedness, let the bills of tin-State j
bc cancelled, a> they do in the Bank j
of England. In two or three years :
th?' State would have a large capital !
todo business upon, and we would'
go nu swimmingly io business, and
tho cred" r and debtor made happy,
j Something must bc ?lone. Think nf j
it, and let UN 'o ar t'roni \ mi.
I'llll.o.
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Tur. Bi rtKAi' IN NnutiiCA?OMXA.
Major-Generul linhinso?, at the lo ad
of the Bureau in North Carolina, ro
plies io a letter from Governor'
Worth, in which lie *a\ s:
lil reply, I have the pleasure to
inform your Excellency that I have
I this day issued an order fa copy ol'
j which is enclosed) directing the of?
ficers and agents of tho Freed men'a
j Burean, to refer all cases to which
freedmen ur? parties, tn the proper
County and State Courts, wit li thc
i single exception of claims for wages
j ?lue under coutracts approved or v. it
nesscd by officers of the Bureau.
I have made this exception for the
reason that the condition nf thc
? freedmen is believed to be such that
j they cannot be subjected to the delay
; sometimes incident to proceedings in
1 civil court?.
FoKEK?.N Mustons. Thc S'ii i- ..ni
lixlellifjeiWi' says;
"We understand from Mr. (Jo
bright, agent al Washington of the
Associated Press, that in case of the
success nf thc Atlantic telegraph en?
terprise, the expense of two messages
a dav from London, of twenty words
each, will be 82,000 a week to the
newspapers receiving Associated Press
despatches. Tims, the expenses of
enterprising presses augment, while
the embarrassed condition of financial
and commercial affairs, arising from
continued political agitation against
the South, is depressing to newspaper
business.*1
Some of thc Paris papers state that
ex-Confederate Commander Maury,
?d* the United States, is about to be
attached to tho French navy fis Chief
of tl.e Meteorological D?partaient
Generous.
Iii the Congressional pri?eectfags
of Saturday last-, we find the follow?
ing:
i?r. Niblock, of Indiana, hom the
Committee on Appropriations, report-j
ed a bill to provide for and to regulato
the compensat ion of Senator?, Repre?
sentatives and delegates in Congress.
Head twice, ordered to be priuted,
and postponed till Wednesday uext.
Tin; bill fixes the compensation at
-"?.4,000 for each Congressman and thc
mileage at the rate id" ten cents per
mile. The President of the ?Senate is
to have Hie same compensation as
the vice-President fd" tb.- United
States, ami tin- Speaker is tu have
double the compensation of members,
except ns to mileage, which is to be
the same. In case of tho death ol' a
member, his representatives an- io
receive at tho rate of si.ooo per an?
num from th?* date of the commence?
ment of Contres-, up to the time of
deatli. and bis successor is to be paid
from that d.i\. The Lill ia /<> apply to
the. member* .>/' ti/-: present Congress
from th- Uh of IA ".<./,, IKf?O. e.o'e'p' os
tn mtlmtg*.
Tile .ibnvo modest proposition
deserves the especial notier of tax?
payers throughout the country.
These liberal-minded gentlemen prie
pose to increase their own pay Si,Out)
per annum, although they knew whal
theil compensation was when Hi oj
were elected. Wo are anxious toset
thc yeas und nays upon this?pies!iou
Tl?e Plotter*.
Tile liichmond Titres says:
That fearless and ably edited paper
the N'ili'tii'il /..'. <?/./-./<>.'has v.'i't
pointedly called public attention b
the meetings of the secret, oath
bound canons nf the radical maj-.rit;
in <'ont.'ress. Our readers need no
be told that these nocturnal a-.-, m
blages of radical Congressmen, wit!
closed and guarded doors, undt r th
injunction of profound secrecy, bod
no goo'l to th?- e??uutry. No hone;
purposes rn* legitimate poliev al Hii
time demand timi the popular r- nr.
seiitntivi's ot a portion of the Xortli
ern States shonhl meet like a bandi
conspirators ?>r :t ?-?>neluv? of thieve.
Ther?' is danger i- the shrouded my
tories of these midnight meeting!
au.i the honest, manly masses of th
American peopl?' haven right to ii
quire what they m. an. These g;
therings. ?..? repeat, uro ominous i
bad men and evil dootls, and w?t n
cognize tiii- sign .1 . the worst t!;::t w
have seen in the conduct of tin- rad
cals. Have v.?- li?. ? 'ieer?? t?> stan
before the American people and di
notine?! whal seems to be a parallel 1
the memoraba ronsph.iej of 1'.it:
line 'i
Wheo KlH)V.--Nothiugisill I'.iUle.l i
grave in Virginia, in is??. w.- i ie>ugl
that the days of seeret oath-bom
ass? ?-i at ions won bl imvor 1 ?turn agai
We know n>>t wh> any party, it ?
intentions ar?' pure ami patrioti
shonhl fe.ir pulii: knowledge ?d' i
deeds and woi?i-. Vre tb? Anierie:
people no longci tobe I rusted. t!i
they sh,l,e in nit. ?I lei such e..
duet in their st rumts? lt strikes
that those Congres ;:i -n ar?' nolon<>
to h.- trusted themselves whose .1
liberations cannot stand the light
day ami the scrutiny ol" th?- pnbl
and it i< well cat.- :!:it 1 t?i make t
people restless and suspicion . \vh
tiny bellell SUeil prot ?? .? ,1 i I! V - goi
on nt Hm national eanilnl.
if our liberties aro t.. be .iv,
turned, let the blow como bohlly a
in broiul davhght. I,? us not
stabbed or throttled in darkness I
it be remembered whal has be? 11 !
danger ?d' the.se seo.ei conspirad
and what the fate of Hie j? opie ?
failed to ciiish them.
Tm l'ii 11. \ H..t e.! i v CoxvKM it
A radical Washington despatch sa
..The.'" is sro.l to l.-> it great deal
trimble brewing i" r? fere nee t<> I
I'hilndelnhin Coiiwntion. Tl inri
Weed ha's been - et for. A mimi
of New York changes Hmt he had
commended have not been un
promptly, and the present indicati,
are that tho Northern and South
Hemx-n.'s will take possession of
Convention, and run 1! t?> -?it tin
solves, while those" claiming t..
Union men assort that they mus?
excluded, or else He y will bolt, wi
the Democrats tell tim IV? shield I
thev :.!.?. Hie "?'Iv reliable fi ?ends
h:m."
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THU CoXKiiUKUATK Di.i.r.
purposes <?l party profit. Hie rmi
papers nm full of charges that i
the intention of tin ir political ?id
saries to pay the "rubi i del
Holding a small iracti. I
article, w<- can say that, by it-< t. r
it is payable "S?N months after
ratilii'ation of peile?: Imtweeu
United States and H." Confedc
Stales of America." lt is i rn poss
thal the time of payment sin
ever come, und the mun who w,
present such ;i claim bas nobod
apply to. There is. in fact, no s
debt in existime? and li ? who r>
believes it i- f?? ?1. anti he vt!?.'
tend ? to believe it is a kna\ e.
-??- ? -o
A negro mau in Heard C.mnt.v
cen tl y obtained a license t! ron;
third party lo marry a w hit?- wo.
and tin- ceremony wns performci
a .lustic of the Peace, after tin
tended brid?1 made affidavit thal
had negro blood in her \.'in--.
(liand Jury lui ve found a true
s".iiin:-< them, and lhe\ will bc ?
m Hie next term ol 111? court
Tennessee.
Wc clip the following from tho
Nashville ZTHtoncntU American, <>f thc
22d instan 1 :
It wa? quite ?uirently reported,
yesterday ?. vening, that the State ( lo?
ve rn m IM it of Tennessee was to b<* '
superseded by a military administra?
tion, and the name of General Gor?
don Granger was connected with tho
Governorship. We cannot trace it
to any authentic source, and presume
it was founded upon a telegram to
the Cincinnati Uazeth:, which will lie
fuiiuil in our news column.
The wide-spread, well-founded and
in tense dissatisfaction which is felt at
the management of our State affairs,
is calculated not only to give cur?
rency to snell rumors, hut to excite
the wish that it might 1><- true. We
dono: .iceni it probable, however,
that such a step is in contemplation.
In the House, there was no quorum.
Mr. Jarvis und others presented a
protest against the so-called passage
of the constitutional amendment. It
vus not admitted to the journals, he
cause there is no journal of a regular,
c. ni ditntionull-orgauized House.
Mr. Arnell offered a resolution to
appoint :i committee to investigate
the alms?- of the privileges und dig?
nity! (Heaven save the mark) of the
'.Hous?;.*' This is the initiatory step
towards the contemplated impeach?
ment ot .Judge Frazier. The Speaker
il cela red no quorum, 1 mt was over?
ruled, and the resolution passed.
That officer, decliucd to appoint thc
committee*, and was released in that
duty by the calling of Mr. Norman
to the elia ir. who selecteil one, the
majority of the members of which
ure utter radicalism*s own heart. As
a mutter of curse, this and every?
thing else that Assembly do? -<, but an
adjournment from daytoilay. is ille?
gal; but men wilfully blind are blindei
than those who have no sieht.
The exhibition of malignity and
folb will ?>e roamed again <m .Mon?
day.
< iru I ?i:.\n. A recent issue of th?.
Lynchburg \'iryini?in contains a lisl
ponded prisoners of war who die?:
ni board nf United States transport:
go ?nit 'rem l'oint I.o..kout. Mary
land, t . Savannah, Georgia. Wt
lind th?- name.-, of the following fron
tin- Sta;.- included in thc list:
I ?. Van Hon,. Co. I, 1 Ith Itegi
ment, died November .">. 1st,4. Win
L. Blanton, Co. Iv, Md, died Nnvem
l.ei ii. 1,>G4. J. S. Bobsou. < Jo. G
llth, died November I. lStiJ G. V
Barter. O?. D. 14th. died Novombe
i. lM?',4. Wm. P. Mallow Co. B
27th. died November 2 1.S04. Th.
til...ve n.mied nre buried al Fort res
Monro..
Scrgt. B. M. Bcese. Cn. B, ?-Jd
died November l l. I st 54, buried a
Port Boyal, S. C.
The Shephonlstown uleffersoi
County. West Virginia, j Rct/iste
notes the t ame-, of the followin
South Carolina soldiers buried n
that place:
Lieut. ( 'call. -- S. Davenport, tr u
Chartaston.
T. .1 ( 'rim. ( 'o. B, 1st Begini -nt
. -o
I'KOM TviiKK- TnECHOI.KKA II ma
to MUOK AI. TnF.vTJtiKNi'. By th
kiudin ss of a friend, we were pet
milted tO Si*I* lt lode fr??ll Capt. Ell
worth, w hieb --lat' s that the diseas
had reached i'.-> culminating poin
and \v:is yielding t.. medical tren
ment.
Iii- .t..-.tm-tng K. ll. Websti
v. cut th >w it, v estertlay afternoon, wit
stoics for the quarantine camp <
Tybce Island. Among lier passet
gers was the Rev. James O'Hara, a
--istant pastor ?>: the Cathe?1ral, win
in the spirit of self-sacrifice whic
au i i .i t* - - the good man. has got
dow ti to minister t > the spiritn
waul.-> ?d' the troops. The R?v?rer,
i athel Kirby is also on the isl?n
engaged in his work of hive ai
Christianity. Wo wore informed 1
Dr. Sc?u-?t i!'.ii, -mee Sunday, ai
upto'.l o'clock, yesterday moniin
but one death occurred, and m> ni
cases bad bei n reported.
\S,,ra,.nah R,-].HWOM. -?4M.
-.-??-*- -
Th?1 New Orleans Crescent say
.'Tin fe is.another State about to
admitted into the Federal Uni?;
We haven't kept tho run of then :
curat? ly, but we believe it is t
thirty seventh or, on radical tin
lies, the twenty-sixth. Th?? mime
the fledgling is Nebraska. She 1
broken h< r territorial shell, and m
trives :, little squeak of Statitndc
etacting t wo persons to represent 1
in thc F ni ted States Senate,
course tiny will g. t in without tr?
hie. as Nebraska enjoys the bless
Privileg?; i '. never having been
State before. As to Louisiana a
-si?-!i like,' they may be very gc
looking, but they can't by ney p
sibility come in. They might v.
w rone. "
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( i nr. vi ll AI o m Cot s nutria i Bits
Thc Government detectives have ?
covered the scat of operations, u
captured the men and the imj
ments that have flooded the conn
with counter? it small notes. 'J
establisnment was on Staten isla:
The officers burst into thc room :
caught the knave- at their work. ?
captured seven of them, with tl
?lies, presses, tools, ?Src., and ab
$00,000 iii bogus currency, put ti]
bun Hes or packages nf sion each,
ready for delivery.
Orders have been issued by
Secretary, ot' the Navy tor thc im
d?ate release ot ali prisoners held
ortler of tho Navy Department
X-?oo?,l ItoxxL?i.
We aro indebted to Col. !.. 1). Child* toi
?apios at late Washington papers.
We tender oar sincere thunk? tu rn
m?iubvraof "Charley's Burlesque Troop*-"
for a debghtfnl serenade, on Tuesday night.
The ninnie b:?th vocal nod instrumental
Was .-Xl-olll-llt.
Wi would r.niiud our country friends
that Mr?. I?. C. spe^k, formerly proprie?
tress of the ''American Hniiv," hits again
resumed operations: Her establishment is
nov. located ou Main ntr.-ut, ncaa Lanni
a few doors above the old stand.
C. C. ("layton, Es>p, Sn perin t. udeut utttiti
Mobile and Oliio Railroad, passed through
this city, yesterday aftcrn<M?n, on hi? way
to the North,'ia business connected with
hi? load. Wecomtimud him tu our brethren
of the pri s.-? tiie railroad men, wc pre?
sume, know linn sufficiently well to make
it luincccssarv to mention htm particularly
to tin nt.
The 'dong dry spell'" wa? relieved, hutt
ni^-lit, by a rain-storm nf small propor?
tions, which had thc effect ot cooling Un?
heated atmosphere. It --nine in a rather
bad time for Mr. McKenzie, as hi? garden
was rapidly tilling willi the lovers of ice
cream?, etc. Those present quietly re?
tained their seat-, however, rinding them?
selves perfectly protected in the light an.I
airy summer-houses with which the Kar?
den is surrounded.
(*oa? ix BR'S INOCKSX. - V jury of inquest
?as empannelled last week, near Gadsden,
in the lower part ot the District, upon
?-h w of a corpse found in I'edar Creek sou m
two weeks ago. supposed to he thc body of
a Mr. Van Eaton, of North Carolina, who
was |ieddling about in th.- neighborhood.
There hi ing HO om to identify the body,
tin-jury was adjourned. OH Sunday last,
i ti tor mat ton was given Coroner Walkei
that certain parties from North Carolina
bad arrived in the city, who could identity
th- holly, and could give important evi?
ct, ncc in the casi-. Accordingly, on Mon?
day morning, the ( 'oruner, with Magistrals
Hay. met th.- jury, at Gadsden, and ex?
amined several witnesses. The most itu
portant of whom, testified that-about thc
ii isl ot April Issi, he left Columbia with
Van Eaton, the deceased; tn.it a man call?
ing himself Samuel Hodge olio* Henry
Thomas, before loaviug, tried to pur
chas.- Nan Eaton's horse and wagon,
but en tdd not raise the money. When de?
ceased was som.- miles from Columbia,
Hodge overtook him and stated that be
purchased a wagon and team from Bailey,
in Columbia, and he would return for it
and overtake deceased at Garner's Ferry,
and take his load -Mid pay linn for it.
1>- ceased supposing that it was all right,
waited st that place for him ?orsome time.
Hodge overtook him near tho ferry, and
told him his team was coming on, and pro?
posed that Van Eaton should leave hi?
team in charge of the young man, and
they would go to State'nurg together, ami
he would pay him in cotton or money.
They hit the camp together on Monday
morning. Hodge returned to the camp on
Tuesday night ab>>nt 12 o'clock, without de
i-eased. The young man inquired alter
liim, and was told by Hodge that he had
-i-ttled with him. and he had gone home.
This rather alarmed bim, as Hodge had
brought back the gun that deceased had
taken oft'. Hodge's saddle-quilt wa? abo
missing. Next day, the pipe, pocket-book
and knife, belonging to deceased, were
found in Hodge's possession; he said that
Io- had bought him dean out. Hodge then
c:;ne on to Columbia and stayed their
sonic hours; leaving the wagon and team
in charge of the yoting mau ai
the ferry. When Hodge returned, be was
asked what Van Eaton's hat was doing in
Hie tt agon. He stated that he had bought
anew om in Stateburg, and Van Eaton
had taki ll it. nod left his old otic. Hodge
.uni tin young man went un to Augusta
together. Hodge tva* to give bim ?8 per
mouth, a -nit of clothes, and pay Lis way
home, ii In- would remain with him forthat
h ngth oi oin. Mod;;, soon after arriving
at Augusta Haded off hi- team, and re?
fit-! I !.. pay tb. young man anything.
Mi. wagon ?md o am were identified and
taken Ly a rt latin of deceased. Soon after
this. Hodge-was am sud in Augusta, and
; hu ed MI prison, noon the charges of mur
d- r. forgery and larceny. Upon the exa?
mination of tin- lindy, the clothes, shoes,
.Vc. of deceased wore- identified as being
thc same as in- had on when he left camp
with Hodge for i-lateburg. The quilt iii
which thc body was wrapped was also
idcntirii 1 as tie one belonging to Hodge,
.uni which he took with bini on that occa?
sion. The hoad had been severed from
tie-1 ody. Other witnesses wei examined.
Th. jury rendered the following verdict:
That the said Charles F. Yan Eaton
came to his death, on or about the 9th of
vpril. 18(56, from the ifleets of wounds in?
flicted by one Samuel li. Hodge, alia:>
Henry Hodge, olios Henry Thomas; anti
so tin- jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths
?for. saul, do say that tile said Samuel D.
Hoilge. alias lienry Hodge, alias Henry
Thomas, ?lill wilfully and feloniously kiil
and mm di r the said Charles E. Van
Eal on, A c.
We learn that thc deceased was a highly
re-tpcctable man, and leaves a large family
living m Davie County, North Carolina.
I he necessary steps have been tak?-n by
Mn'Coroner to lui ve the prisoner brought
from Augusta to stand his trial HI thin
Pla. i .
Ni.?\ AnVEUTisicaiEXTs. --Attention is call
cd :-. the following advertisements, which
ate published thin morning foi the lira!
time
Trevel & Beraghi fui tlc Soup,
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Mrs. Walter Gipsv Queen*.
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