The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, May 03, 1872, Image 2
COLUMBIA, & C.
Friday Morning. May 3, 1872.
Flexibility lu the Government.
The vacillation of the New York He?
rald on political questions, and its syco?
phantic pjrbeliTiti'es to' iden^tyl^jtself
always with the winning side in party
contests, have'passed into proverbs.
Mistaking . the quiet which prevailed
throughout the political field, np till a
very short while back, for ? general
acquiescence and Batiefao^ion of the pSQj
pie in GrantV administration', .the He?
rald, as a matter of coarse, baa boon one
of the warmest and etaanohoat support
?re o! the great gift-taker. So eonfldent |
wat th? Herald of Gran t's re-eleotion
thal, by ita fulsome zeal tn praising and.
sustaining whatever he has done, it has
irrevocably commit tod itself to support j
him through think and thin in the oom
ing canvass. AH of this we can readily
understand, for it comporta precisely
'with the past history of tho journal.
'Bot the Herald, fickle and un r eli ab lo as I
it has been in its political teachings, has
- always enjoyed the repa ta ti on of being
an ably conducted paper; and we must
confess our otter astonishment at finding
ancfarernde and false notions Of the na?
ture' of our Government as were con?
tained in its editorial columns in its
issue of the 29 tb ult. Wo are. there
given a two coln mn ar tide in apology
for Grant'e course in the matter off the
Washington treaty; and an effort to shift
the responsibility upon the shoulders of
Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. In the
course of this there is a digression npon
what the Herald terms the want of flexi
. bility in cur Government, and its views j
npon the nature and objects of the Pre
ridential office, is what excites onr sur?
prise.
The "want of flexibility" of which
the Herald complains manifests itself,
according to that journal, in oases of an?
tagonism or differences of opinion be-]
tween the Executive and Congress,
when, from the "rigidity" and nndue|
power of the executive office, the "po?
pular will" can be effectually thwarted
for a terka of years, or until the next
. Precedential election, by the caprice or
crotchets of a single individual. The)
case of A edy Johnson is' referred to as
illustrative of the point, and'that noble
old devotee to the Constitution receives |
*a side stab, because he regarded' rather
his oath of office and dnty to the Con?
stitution, than the threats and high?
handed measures of Congress. Says the
Herald: "Had he been Prime Minister
Ot a Government like . the English, he
ijbjfQnld have been driven out of pswer by
of a want of confidence." The
evidently thinks this a defect and
, "?rec sf weakness in our Govern?
ment, and that it. is a matter of regret'
that there is .not some equally faeile me
|od Of ridding Congress of an obpox
?ns President aa there is of ridding
Parliament of an unpopular Premier.
In the South, at least, we have always
been taught, to regard the President BB
bearing tho relation to Congress of that
Of the King or that of Prime Minister
to Parliament. Further, too, that the
executive was a co-ordinate and co-equal
branch of the Government, with all its
rights, datieaitnd powers well defined,
and as suored as that of either of the
other two. So far ss the popular will is
concerned, it is difficult to see why Con?
gress should be considered any more its
authorized month-piece than the Presi?
dent. They are both the creatures of j
the people", equally responsible to them,
and equally liable to their sovereign dis?
pleasure. The President swears to sup?
port the Constitution-not to be the]
slave to do the biddings of Congress ;
and when the office ia sunk so low, if it
ever is, that the occupant descends to be
simply a sort of great high sheriff or
marshal to Congress, sane men will pray
for the speedy institution of an empire.
? i ? ? e ? ?
The great majority of people of this
oonntry who are opposed to being ruled
by a mere band-fall of wire-pullers, sin?
cerely hope th?t the Cincinnati Conven?
tion will at least break the io? in favor
of cumulative voting. This system pro*
mises to result in th? only practical so?
lution of ona of the greases! evils inci?
dent to the republican system of
government, and is one to which no
honest man or honest party can objsot,
since its sole aim is to protect, in a limit?
ed degree, the interests of the minority.
The new departure inaugurated at Cin?
cinnati would not he complete without |
this reform, being prospectively engraft
. .ed upoh j Us platform, partipolarly as it
promises tp be more favorably received
than any, other yet suggested to the
A ma r i o a p. people.
-;-?.??-?1-!-.
Mrs. Peter Oronda, of Maokinao
County, Michigan, is the mother of
twenty-three sons sud daughters, eaoh of
whom is parent of a dozen or more, con?
sequently Mrs. Gronda is grand-mother
to at least 300 little ones.
The Radical party, tempest-tossed
opon the flea of pol?tica, is already ia ss
desperat ea strait aa the*jrew of the boa ?
in which; Jonah, osonped from Winafyeb j
Jonahs aro plentiful with them, an&aru
constantly being tossed 'overboard from
tho preeluontl.il ticket. Cod? Colfax
was the first who smiled bat Bank. Thea
Wilson, the cobbler, plumbed tho depths
like a lap-stone. Tho next victim Was
Grant's special Mend, Wilson, of Iowa,
who has just ?sen given, to tho fishes,
.and- -Senator-Soottr' of Pennsylvania,
now eiaoda io hie shoea. Ho il is: who
is to save the Keystone State, -by acting
as a cDun?or irritant to Ourtin and Geary
-deserted. Long before port is reaobed
Scott will probably drop over the taff?
rail, and some other unfortunate will
become a candidato for ibo last sall bath
to be taken in the general wreck.
Spotted Eagle, Esq., Big Io j uul hesp?
of tba Cheyenne tribe, gives official no
tico to the Government that no Pacific
railroad shall be built throogh his terri?
tory, and the soldiers of Undo Samuel
ont on the plains are preparing to go?
vern themselves * accordingly. While
admitting* 3. Eagle, Esq.'a conduct In
the premises to have been somewhat
considerate, we cannot help viewing it
as in the highest degree injudicious. A
fiori m na ago Will be the inevitable conse?
quence, out of which S. Eagle and hie
friends will emerge well plucked, with
no tuions or tail feathers to speak of. He
had much better to be content to whot
his beak with plenty of bad whiskey, in?
stead of blood, and allow the Pacific
Railroad to rail away toward the home
of the setting Bun, where Indian senti?
ment locates tho happy hunting groundi
he now stands a chance of visiting pre
maturely.
PASSING SENTENCE.-Sixteen of thc
Ka Klax prisoners, recently on trial it
Charleston, most of whom had pleader!
guilty, were sentenced os follows':
Leander Spenser, convicted of oonspi
racy, was sentenced to ten years' impri
sonment and $1,000 fino. ?
Wm. Smith, convicted of the sam<
offenoe. ten years' imprisonment an<
81.003 fine.
Pinch ney Caldwell to ten years' impri
sonment and 81,000 fine.
Julias Howe to foar years' imprison
men! and 8100 fine.
Allison Hayes to four years' imprison
ment and 8100 fine.
W. LaFayette Hood to three yean
imprisonment and $100 fine.
Elijah Hardy to four years' imprison
ment and $100 fine.
James A Sanders to two years' impri
sonment and 8100 fine.
Felix Dover to three years' imprisor.
ment and 8100 fine.
William Ramsey to eight years' impri
sonment and 8100 fine.
Walter Dawson to eight years' impr
sonment and $100 fine.
Walter Moore to eight years' impr,
sonment and 8100 fine.
Joseph Luokey to eight years' impr
sonment and $100 flue;
H. F. Floyd to two month?' imprisot
ment.
Creighton Popo was called up for set
lenee, but upon a ?tatemen! from h
counsel, judgment was suspended.
PBOORESS or TBK Aitt-LiNB RAILROA
-THE FIKST PASSBNGSB CAR WEST C
OHABXIOTTX.-By the courtesy of Pres
dent Johnson and Superintendent Ale:
ander, of the Charlotte, Columbia an
Augusta Railroad, an engine and passet
ger car were yesterday placed at the di
posai of some of the prominent visitin
railroad men, and at about ll o'oloc
started from the intersection of Trac
street, and prooeeded Westward on tl
Air-Liue Road some twetve miles, to
place to be known hereafter as Potiphi
Station. The advent of such a train c
the new line created quile an extende
excitement in the Western part of ot
city, as heralding "the good time co^
mg," when traius will be run every dr
and all the time. Among tho nota
railroad men on beard were Colon
Hud nutt. General Inspector of tl
Pennsylvania Central Railroad; Colon
Buford, President of the North Oarolii
and Richmond and Danville Railroa
Superintendent Talcott, of the abo'
roads; General Alexander, Supericten
ant of the Charlotte, Colombia and A
gusta Railroad; Superintendent We
ford and Captain Allen, principal assit
ant engineer of the Air-Line. The
were also several d ii ac tors of the Son
Carolina Railroad, and other gentlemi
interested in railroad improvement
The day was cloudy and pleasant
warm, without being nnoomfortab]
.nd the excursionists enjoyed to the ft
the pleasant and exhilarating sensatio
of the ride. The country, the grade
the road and the track were all daly co
aldered, and the best of satisfaction <
pressed by the distinguished visitors
their excellent appearance, generally a;
severally. - CtorloUe DUp?i?h.
FATAL AoorDEKT.-On last Sstard
evening, jost before sun-sot, Willis
Goddard, a colored lad about fifte
?eara of age, was shot and instan
iliad by Henry Zeithweith. From t
most reliable accounts we have heard,
give the, following as the iaots of I
case: Young Zeithweith was handling
loaded gnu, when his floger slipp
from the hammer and it went off; t
whole load lodging in Ihe right breast
William Goddard, who was just al tl
moment walking in the store. The jt
of inquest have rendered a verdict
accidental homicide in acoordanoe w
the faots.-Marion Crescent.
Th? Harder of Minor F?ru-Ti;* Tra?
Version or UM nimboO?VBCB.
In these days of degeneracy and crime,
th? country" i H BO often shocked by hor?
rifie (fiedfbf blood, that the mero kill?
ing of % siigle man makes little or no
iQ^resaioaS upon; .tb? jtWlfr^^nd'^ i :&
min is shot; tho news spreads ewiftly
over the ?otrntry. Maby indignant re?
marks are mude, a few abort cdoiments
by the press, and there's an end ofi the
mutter.* Tho victim ia-Boon forgotten,
the act lost sight of amid other and
fresher sensations, AUd . tba world moves
gayly on'. . Such ia the way of th? world/
euch it bea a i woy a been,-and euob it-wilt
ever continue to bo, perhaps; but wo
must confesa that we feel Tor thbse who
suffer unmerited ills, and we shall not
pass them hurriedly by, careless of the
evil which hot befallen thom.
We have read with indignation the
details of the ra>h killing of Minor Pa?
ris. He was a poor man; be was ob?
scure-unknown, perhaps, out of eight
of the smoke of his own oabin; and his
untimely end is a matter of small con se?
quence to the public He may have
been the Griminal he is obarged to be;
the indiotment against him may have
been true; he may have violated the En?
forcement Act, and actually committed
the horrid (?) crime of intimidating
some colored voter; bnt for all this, he
was a human being, an Amerioan citi?
zen, and was entitled to be treated as
such, and not fie dealt with as an outlaw
and shot down like a dog. Various ac?
counts of the shooting have appeared in
the columns of the newspapers. At first
the versions of the affair differed widely,
and in many points were totally false;
i but now the true story of the unfortu?
nate affair has been laid before the pub
[lie ic tbe evidence of the witnesses, who
testified at tho coroner's inquest. The
substantial facts appear to be these:
Dsputy Marshul Duncan, having bench
warrants for Miuor Paris, Morion Har?
ris and others, went up into the Broad
Uiver country to execute tho warrante.
He was accompanied by a detachment
of Federal cavalry, who, as is stated by
Major Merrill, in his despatch to the
War Department, were "acting as a
posse to the United States Marshal."
When the force reached the neigh?
borhood of the Cherokee Iron Works, a
squad of soldiers were stationed at a
point on the river wbero a certain boat
was lying, and ordered by Lieut. Ben?
ner, who aommanded the detachment,
"not to allow any one to take the boat
away; and to arrest any person that
came there; and not to allow them to go
away, and if they insisted on going to
fire on them." This was the rash order
whioh Hamilton Grider, the hui co cor?
poral, who was in immediate command
of the squad, testified that he received
from Lieut Benner. While the squad
were guarding the river bank two men
(Minor Paris and Marion Harris) came
up, intending to cross the river in the
boat, or to visit Paris' fish-traps out in
the river, it does not appear clearly
whioh. They were ordered by Grider to
halt. Harris did halt, but Fnris re?
fused to halt, and going to tbe boat, got
in and rowed off into the river. After
he had got some distance from shore, the
detachment, having called to him re?
peatedly to halt and come back, fired a
volley at him, one ball inflicting a death
wound through the bips. A short time
after tbe shooting, Marshal Duncan and
Lieut. Benner, who, we are told, were
asleep (1) at the house of Mr. Lat h an, a
few handl ed yards distant, at the time of
the firing, arrived at the scene of the oc?
currence, aud the wounded man was
brought on land, where he died after suf?
fering intensely for eight hours. These
are the plain unvarnished facts. Now,
it appears from this state of the case,
whioh we take to be tho true one, that
the Deputy Marshal, to whom tho bench
warrant was directed, and the only one
in the party who had a legal right to ap?
prehend the accused, was not only ab?
sent at the time of the attempted arrest,
but was actually asleep.
No warrant was served upon Paris.
No authority was shown which he was
bound to obey. The marshal who held
the warrant for his arrest was iu bed
asleep, several hundred yards from the
scene. Had Paris refused to surrender
to the marshal, tho lawfully constituted
officer of the Federal Government, upon
his exhibiting this warrant, and the
marshal had ordered the soldiers to fire
upon him, and he had been killed, the
aol, perhaps, would have bean justifia?
ble. Bat tbe military were acting only
as a posse to the United States Marshal;
and operating in that capacity, they
oould be used by the marshal only in
case of foroible resistance to the mar?
shal; and without his immediate pre?
sence, they had no authority to demand
the surrender of the accused. Surely, it
would be a monstrous thing if citizens,
it matters not if they are sooosed by
Federal courts, must yield to any United
States soldier who chooses to demand
their surrender, or be shot io death ! Thc
veriest criminal in the land is entitled to
the same rights whioh the most virtuous
oitizen may claim, The law presume?
him innocent until he is proven to be
guilty, and throws a shield about him
until he is properly condemned by s
legal court The fact that he is charged
with the violation of an Aot of Con
greeo, does not place him beyond the
pale of the law.
Upon this cursory view of the oase, it
appears to ns very clearly that the kill?
ing of Paris was not only unwarranted
but a most reckless and inexcusable Uk
iug of human life. The majesty of th<
law ought to be vindicated, and the dutj
of investigating the affair will devolv<
upon the grand jury of the next cour
held in Spartanbnrg County. The re
sponsible parties ought to be prosecutor,
to the foll extent of the law. Blood ha;
been shed wrongfully; a man has beet
shot by the military without proper au
tbority. Let it be settled now, once foi
all, whether the lives of our citizens an
at tho meioy of the Federal soldiory
Tbe poor man whoso life was tuna reok
leasly taken leaves a dependent wife ant
five helpless little children to mourn his
loss. They have our sympathy, and, we
imagine, that of all who feel for the vio
USDS of GrVntftj cru?l military despotism,
I We append' below Corporal ?rider's
sworn testimony, taken hafora tho coro?
ner*- jury, .4&riL19:& JM '*
?'Hamilton' Gfidor' (Lonee Corporal)
being sworn: says: That lie belongs to
.Troop IV 7th United States Cavalry;
that on Friday morning, the 12th of
April, I was toidi by Lieutenant : Benner
not to allow any one to take the boat
away, and to airest ?any, persons that
Dame there; not to allow them to go
awny, and, if tbtry insisted on going* to
8roon them; two men carno np; they,
ad 'blankets on their shoulders; I order?
ed them to hidt; one. man did halt, and
the other Rwore that he would not halt;
the man ran; part of the detachment fol?
lowed him and ordered bim to halt, and
he did not halt, and used the remark,,
'he be dammed if he would;' after that,
part of the detachment halted him fre?
quently; after he had got some distance
io the river, the .detachment fired on
bim; after that, be showed signs of
being wounded. Lieutenant Benner
took a boat and went out into the river
after him, and brought.him baok on this
side of the river."
MAJOR MERRILL'S VsRSlON OF THE AF?
FAIR.-The following despatch baa been
received at the War Depattment from
Major Merrill, who, os he was in Charles?
ton at the time, knows nothing person?
ally of the affair:
Friday last, Minor Paris, indicted for
Ku Klux murder, WBH shot and killed hy
troops noting as posss.to United'States
Marshal, while he wan escaping the
efforts of the marshal to arrest him on a
bench warrant of the Circuit Court.
Telegrams to newapapers to create sen?
sation, headed a "Diabolical Ca trage,"
are totally false.-Rock Hill Lantern.
METHODIST G KN EB AL CONFERENCE.
One of the great ecclesiastical events of
this mouth is the General Couferenco of
the Methodist Church, which meets to?
day in Brooklyn. It is considered re?
markable from the fact that it is the first
assemblage of that kind in the Metho?
dist Ohurch in which the laity have had
a representation. Since the last General
Conference, in 1808, that question hos
been submitted to tho church and the
conferences, and has been adopted in
the affirmative. The lay delegates are
men of high character and enlarged ex?
perience, and will give dignity and
weight to the assemblage. The confer?
ence will consist of 421 delegates-292
ministers and 129 laymen. There are
also five bishops. Both sets of delegates
Rit and deliberate together as oue house,
but may vote separately whenever one
third of either set of delegates shall de?
mand it; and in euch oases, the concur?
rent vote of both sides of the house
Bhall be essential to carry any measure.
Among the delegates are two from Libe?
ria and one from India. There ere a
number from the Southern States; from
Mississippi 4, Louisiana 2, Georgia 4,
North Carolina 3, South Carolina 4, and
Alabama 2. The appearance of these
Southern delegates ii looked upon at the
North os the augury of the final settle?
ment of the differences between Metho?
dists North and South, though that can?
not be unless these, delegates are from
bona fide Southern Methodist Churches,
and not, os we take them to be, from
churches ot the Northern Methodist
Church established in the Sooth.
1 Ballimore Sun.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.-The annual
meetiugof the stockholders of the Char?
lotte, Colombia and Augusta Railroad
Company convened at Charlotte, under
a call from the President and Board of
Direotors. The stockholders assembled
at the Court House at 10 o'clock A. M.,
on May 1. 1872.
Ou motion of Col. William Johnston,
Goo. W. H. Neal was appointed tempo?
rary chairman.
Messrs. J. M. Morehead, M. P. Pe
gram and S.X. Johnston were appointed
a committee to verify proxies. Mr. J.
M. Morehead, from the committee, re?
ported 4,631 shares of stock represented
in person and 713 by proxy.
Gen. R. Barringer read the by-law re?
gulating the holding of stockholders
meetings. The by-law requires a majo?
rity of the stock to be represented,
which is 12,890. There being only a
small proportion present, and there
being no probability of having a suffi?
cient amount represented, he moved an
adjournment under the by-law govern?
ing the proceedings of meotings in such
oases. Carried.-Charlotte Dispatch.
TBS CAMPAIGN OPENED.-On last
Saturday we wore sorry to see in our
streets several muskets, cartridge boxes,
?to., and to hear later in the afternoon
the drum beating, as if some military
body was drilling. We are informed
that theoolored people have again formed
m - i MmmmM? ktt J ~ "_
av ?*UVA VUUllilUUUVU IAS Ul Al,
having met for the first time on Satur?
day, a week ago. We say wa are sorry
to see and hear this, for we are confident
no good will oome ont of it. We have
bad a quiet time since the last election,
and we don't wish to see a change.
\ Marion Crescent.
DEATH or A GOOD CITIZEN.-On Mon?
day last, the sadden death of Mr. Abner
W. Glanton caused muon surprise and
distress in the Ivdd HUI section, of which
he was one of the most useful and
hooored citizens. On the day before
Mr. Glanton was at church, at Antioch,
in bis usual health, and on Monday died
of a severe congestive chill. His memo?
ry will be muoh cherished.
I Edgr?dd Advertiser.
Coil. O. W. MILLEE.-This gentleman,
who lived for many years in Marion, and
who was well known throughout the
County, died in Florida about a month
since. He had readied a ripe old age.
It is stated that a railroad from Black?
ville to Barnwell is a fixed fact, and it is
said that it will be completed in timo to
ship tho next orop.
HM o o A X Ito m a?.
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CITY MATTKBS.-The pri?e of single
oppies of the EfeosNi* ie|?v^ oj^ity.
..Treasurer.mkelexpects to occupy
his new residence inf ? snort tune. It is1
being put in i?p-top order, and is to be
el?gautly furnished.'*- "*..
There is an nnnsnally large number of
able-bodied young men standing around
the street oorners day after day. The
question is:. Where do they sleep nights,*
and who pays for the tobacco they are
wasting?'
Mr. R. Franklin wiU accept Our thanks
for a mess of new potatoes, ? of the
"Early Bose" variety, grown, we pre?
sume, on bis island farm.
Eleven State guaranteed bonds of th?
Greenville and Columbia Railroad were
sold by Messrs. Seibels ?k Ezell, yester?
day, at an average of fifty cents. !
An amateur oonoert, for the benefit of
Trinity Church Sunday Sohool, will be
given in Irwin's Hall, on Tuesday even?
ing next. Extensive preparations have
been made for this musical event, and it
will, doubtless, be well worth attending.
In front of the store of one of oor
principal colored merchants hangs the
following sign: "Purl Grits." But if
that don't spell pearl grist, what does it
spell?
Our old friend, E. R. Stokes, Esq.
the chief of tho book-binding fraternity
-is np with the times. He can print,
number, rule ?nd bind any and every
kind of work coming under the head of
"book-binding;" and has lately added to
or increased hiB business facilities by a
stationery branoh, where plain snd
fancy paper, pens, envelopes, penoils,
ink-stands, slates, etc., ore obtainable,
at low figures.
Mr. Edward F. 3tokes, of Greenville
who claims to be an out-and-out Demo?
crat-proposes to address the Colum?
bians, this evening. See his card.
Messrs. Brookbanks & Co. have fur?
nished us au acceptable present-a bas?
ket of delicious strawberries, grown in
the "City by the Sea." These gentle?
men keep fruits and early vegetables on
hand.
Notice has been given to all County
Treasurers, that unless they settle
promptly with the County Commission?
ers, as required by law, they will forth?
with be removed from office.
Gov. Scott bas removed C. S. Green
leaf, a Trial Jnstioe at Union, and ap?
pointed George E. Tuxberry in his
stead. P. A Eichelberger has been ap?
pointed County Treasurer for Edgefield
County, upon the express oondition that
he will promptly settle with the Gonnty
Commissioners, vice John Wooley, re?
signed.
The following is the programme by
the 18th Regiment Band for this after?
noon:
DeMolay 'Quickstep-G. A. Pats.
Grand Concert Medley-Downing.
Narcissus Waltzes-W. J. Wade.
Crear Atout-Ziohoff.
New Year's Polonaise-Appetus.
TRIAL OF COUNTY COIE&IISSIONEES.
On Monday next, the trial of Messrs.
Frank Miller and M. McLaughlin, Coun?
ty Commissioners of Charleston-so long
postponed-is to come o?? in Judge
Lee's Court. There were seven indict?
ments in each case.
MAIL ARRAHOKMEHTS.-The Northern
mail opens at 2.30 P. M.; closes 10.45
A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.30
P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston
night mail opens 7.15 A. M.; closes6.00
P. M. Greenville mail opens G.45 P.
M. ; doses 6.00 A. M. Western mail
opens 12.30 A. M.; closes 12.80 P. M.
Wilmington mail opens 2.30 P. M.;
closes 10.80 A. M. On Sunday office
open from 8 to 4 P. M.
SUPREME COTJBT, THURSDAY, May 2.
The Court met at 10 A. M. Present
Chief Jue ti oe Moses and Associate Jus?
tices Willsrd and Wright.
Mr. Yournane returned his argument
for appellant in MoNsmee es. Waterbury
et al. Mr. Carr for respondents.
Ex parte Augustus Knowlton. Peti?
tion for admission to p?sc?GO is thc Su?
preme Court. W. J.DeTreviUo for peti?
tioner. Petitiongranted.
Executors of W. A. Alston vs. devi?
sees of W. Ai Alston et al. Be-argument
ordered. -
At 8 P. M., Court adjourned to Fri?
day, 35, 10 A. M.
It might aa well be noticed en paitan;
that betrothal parties ara now the uni?
versal ouatom in good society at thc
North. As soon aa a couple beoomo en?
gaged, a party is given, to which all
friends are bidden for congratulations.
This loaves no escape for the unhappy
victim, and also aota as a public liotifi
ontion for "other iel lo wa" to keep ont ol
the way. tn foot, it ; beare a ?i etiler re?
lation to the ceremony with the public
sentence wbloh precedes the execution.
Marriage itself, we are, told, ia a custom
of Divine origin, bot "betrothal parties)1
is evidently a ouatoni bf' mother-in-law
origin. ' '
MESTIHO OF STOCKHOLDERS OF TUE
GREENVILLE A*LV COLUMBIA RAILROAD.
The annual meeting of tho stockholders
Sf this company VB? held .yesterday, in
aehr ball, OTC? the ?flBcecbt the Booth
Carolina Bank and TrustOompany. Tho
?tock representation A Wae very large
68,609 vote? being casi. On motion of
President W. J. Magrath, the meeting
waa called to order1. ?Jen.' M. WV Gary
waa eleeted Chairman, and O. Y. Car?
rington,-Esq.., appointed Secretary. The
reports of the President and Directors,
and also of the General Superintendent,
were read. No business of importance
to the public was transacted. The fol?
lowing is tbe result of the election for
President and Directors! -
President-W1.1 J! Magrath. Direct?
ors- B. Adger, T. D. Wegner, Timothy
Hurley, Charleston; J. O. Boa tb, Lt. D.
Childe, Edward Hope, John E. Marley,
Columbia; B. L. MoOaughrin, Newberry;
Joseph Crews, Laurens; F. F. Gary,
Cokesbnry; James L. Orr, Anderson;
H. T. Farmer, Flat Rock, N. O.
The report of Superintendent Doda
mead, published on our fourth page,
gives an exhibit of the condition of the
company.
HOTEL ABBITAU, May 2, 1872.-JWofcerJon
Houte-J P Reed, Anderson;'J A Boardalu
and wife. Hrs Small, child and servant, K J
Hubbard, wife and maid, N Y; W H Lvlea,
J ti Mills, Fairfield; E Cadd, Bar's Landing;
G H Abbott, Augusta; J L Perrin, Abbeville;
GE McCall, Darlington; Fra Cleveland and
daughter, Greenville* H J Evans, 8 Williams,
SC; Judge King and wife, J H Bitter burg,
Philadelphia. '
Columbia Hotel-VI Dudley, J H Arenel,
Charleston; C Durand. W ?. Durand,. WB
Oathligb, W D Kyle, N Y; W H Montgomery,
Due West; P M Cohen, Union; AMBraelaford,
Clarendon; D M Cobb, J H Bofttwr?ght, N C;
C Smith, Marion; O F Ootchett, BC; T H
Crosby, Md; P L Ives, Conn; W H Evana, Ire?
land; G W DubeU and wife. N Y; J O Bailey,
Greenville; H P Tarrant, W Y Fair, Newberry.
LIST OF Nsw ADVERTISEMENTS.
Amateur Concert at Irwin's Hall.
To the Dem?crata of Columbia.
D. C. Peixotto & Son-Auction.
Hos tot ter'a Stomach Bitters.
Statement Central National Bank.
GOOD FOB TEXAS.-Tho people of
Texas seem to be in the oondition in re?
spect to worldly goods for which Agar
fervently prayed. They have neither
poverty nor riches. The Texas Intelli?
gencer say?: "We have not an alma house
in the State, nor do we need one. We
are all rich, We venture the assertion
?bat not a man, woman or child in all
the State necessarily goes to bed hungry
this year. Come to Texas. This is the
place to live well and look well." To
which the Galveston Newe adds: "We
suppose that there is no part - of the
world in which the Saviour's statement,
'The poor ye have with you always,' is
not found atiiotlv, true, bat it is difficult
for as to realize the faot. There is not
to-day in all Texas a poor man or wo?
man, as poverty is understood elsewhere.
There' are thousands who .cannot buy
silk dresses nor broad-cloth coats. There
are tens of thousands who .have no gold
watches nor solitaire diamonds. There
aie bat few who caa own fast horses or
indulge ia the more expensive luxuries
that many think indispensable. But
there are uone who need want for neces?
sary food, clothing and shelter. Any
man who is able to work two hours in
the day can have all these, and for those
whom sickness or infirmity render help?
less, the neighborhood has always an
abundance. If we have bat. few rich
men, there are no poor fines.. .If we
have bat little luxury, we h?ve every ne?
cessity that man needs."-South Land.
A MELANCHOLY END.-The even tenor
of life in thia town was disturbed on Sa?
turday morning last by the information
that the dead body of a'man had been
found in a well situated upon the Wa?
verley House lot, Efforts were made
soon after discovery to get the body
from the well, and when this was accom?
plished, the remains were identified as
those of a stranger in this vioinity,
named P. W. Moms, who had been
stopping at the Waverley Honse for five
or six days previously. The appearance
of severe wounds, as if inflicted by a
knife upon the throat and left arm of de?
ceased, indicated foul play; but the tes?
timony adduced at the coroner's inquest,
wbioh was held during the day before
John C. Whitefield, Esq., Trial Justice
and acting Coroner,, thoroughly dis?
proved this assumption, and clearly de?
monstrated that the deceased committed
suicide, which was caused by intemper?
ance.-Anderson Intelligencer.
? Duluth was startled the other night
by two heavy explosions, which proved;
to be an - attempt, partly emcsessfal, to
destroy the new dyke wbioh secares to
Duluth the benefit of St. Louis River.
The rival city ox (BopjpBOf is accused cf
the deed. ? . al > ... "??
A drunken Scotchman, returning from
a fair, fell asleep "by the road-side, when
? pig fleend his?, end befan licking his
month. 0awney1 roared: "Wha's kisa
iug me noa? xe see what it is to be woll
liked amang the lasses."
Tris DALLY TBATN.^-AS promised, the
running of a daily train over the King's
Mountain Bailsroad has been commenced.
The train leaves Yorkville at 6.80 A. M.,
and arrives at 6 P. M.
'^[YorkviUs Enquirer.
At . meeting ot the Board of Regents
of the State Lunatic Asylum, held Mon
day? AMorpej'General D. H. Chamber?
lain was eleeted a Regent, vice Dr.
Ma^4# rjfl?J^V' Fl
AKO?HEB CENTENARIAN.-Sarah Ro?
binson, (cplored,) died of paralysis, j in
Charleston, on the Itt, at the advanced
age of 101 years.
"Massa Christoper Columbus wss a
queer man," said a negro orator; "a
notion crossed him one day, and den he
crossed ah ocean."
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