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THE CLARENDON TROUBLE. CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE MURDER OF I.EMON. How the Negro Mob Marched to Manning- and Marched Away Again. m >- . From die Clare n<l on Press. ]''utc|. J.Xciuun, (colored,) county couniiT&foricr? tats found dend in- his ))tytyc^at a .Ltuucli near Fellowship qu Thursday morning, the 20th toistr lite7 had been to . Manning the ffjfy feklTore, lOrtr inst., and started home some time before sunset. When found vasJyipg ijo the foot of the buggy f cr/cctly dead, the horse havings reinalne^. applied to tlie buggy the en frjrc n?glitt'\at or very, pear the spot where thp murder occurred. It was sppp^ed. that he was shot about or probably-a little before sunset, by parties con coaled iu the edge of the branch, aa tracks were found in that locality, poruner Jamcs.M'. Gamble, with ajury of ^inquest, repaired promptly to the epyt, but nothing could be elicited save that the deceased came to his death by j-easuu&jof guushot wounds inflicted by parties unknown. Upon his person w?erefownd twenty-one buckshot wounds ranging from the forehead to the knees - the jurge majority of which wouuds wpi^Jdj. have proved mortal. It was a tjpfxiblc deed and deeply to be regretted, as political capital is ever manufactured ,yut of these occurrences by our cucmics to the disfavor of tho whites.? There is no evidence as to who the ^^ictnators of the deed aro. It is true thi4$ the only approach to evidence .jvhich we havo up to this moment been able to gather was from a colored witness (and ajhcpublican) on the inquest which occurred last Monday?that he had heard a colored man, now a refugee from justice, supposing to be skulking about here in the woods, threatened lj'eter. J. Lemon's life. Whether this individual carried out bis threat o*- not, we are unable to form an opinion; but of one thing wo are . certain, that the whole affair has. engendered some bad blood in our district; which, but for the fortitude, and" promptness of the white people In meeting it, would have been productive pf much evil. The body of Lema? was buried on Friday on Santee >rhere the deceased lived. At his funeral it was proposed by some of the ^infuriated negroes, upon mischief bent, that they would orgauizea large forcfe ami march to Mauuiug the next-day, the ,(own, terrify the women and pb'l|lren, and insult and ill use the white men on account of Lemon's death. In accordance with this programme the "army of occupation," led by the valorous. Lionel Oliver Gilliard, (negro,) cywuieuccdr the forward movement against the doomed city on Saturday uioruing., The, citizens were apprised vv1j owii vu1 mvii wvuiiug^ mum mmm mm short timo . persons in the country were notified of the hostile demonstrations taking, place. Before many hours had elapsed}, a; number of white citizens, Variously estimated at from three to fo^r, jhuudrcd, rallied to the defence of ^hC/town, fully prepared to give them a jsaroi reception, hut to acton the defen- J sivc until the negroes should commit the first overt act. The force of the negroes, hearing of the preparation made to receive, them, wisely concluded tQ;cull. a. -halt.wheg ou the suburbs of the town, arid after some parleying Colppyl 'Gllliard and a squad- came iu ouly partially armed and commenced an ^li^rcation with one Egbert Nelson, (colored Republican,). for the great and mighty reason that said Egbert was supposed" -to be "rejoicing over Lemou's death" and had, moreover,-written J^einon a letter tb come to town on the 4ay-iu which ho was killed. Upon this flight and (unsatisfactory evidence it was. demanded that Egbert should be given,,up to an infuritcd mob, which tho. ..whites refused to suffer done.? Binding that, Republican as Nelson is, that,.the whites were determined that lie should have a fair chance, and that everything, should be done in a legal I way,-they, took their departure, uttering curves both loud and deep against tho town, and swearing that they would couie back in greater force on the following Mouduy and hare it out, in sacking and laying everything in ashes, i/oui Aiaoniug to Santce. Forewarned was to be forearmed, andjong before the suu had reached its meridian splendor on Monday a large force of several hundred . citizens were under arms in town; uuder competent officers, selected on the occasion, and again ready to try conclusions with the redoubtable black warriors, who seemed to have an itching ibr deeds of martial glory. But "a change has coinc over the spirit of their dreams." They were not as warlike as-on the previous Saturday. This time the negroes came in a more pacific Way, led by a negro of more sense than Colouel GUliard. They came this time with very few arms, and if they had them at all, did not bring them as far us the church, some three miles from town, whero they halted, and the coro. uer held another inquest, as arrange the previous Saturday, in view of further evidence which they deemed they hud, hut which turued out a failure.? Coroner Gamble andf other gentlemen froui tuwn went out, but found everything more pacific and; quiet than we had reason to expect from the demonstrations on Saturday. Tho second inquest having been held, the party of yrbites returned tp town, %nd the negroes* to their home on the Santec, having concluded not to enter Manning under "the glorious pomp and circumstance ofwar.'^ ? Our thanks aro due to our friends and fcllow-citizcns in Suintcr, who, hitting'that'we were in great straits, anftn bloody drama enacted, sent us ?p$Piul. . couriers . to know if we wanted assistance, and proifering several hundred men at short notice. ;oc fe' v. r: t* .r ^he-word "unquestionably" contains Iflt the newels. & ^ THE JOURNAL. %, Vt ?.'* ' ' CAMDEN, MAY 4, 1S71. The 3I(?y Festival. For some weeks past, the MisseB Reynoldsiiave been preparing for the children of .their school, a celebration of the first day of May, which* was destined to'eclipso all their former efforts. Sileutly and swiftly, as- the day grew near, were these preparations completed and the birth of May, 1871, was celebrated in a manner which reflected credit upon all concerned. As the sun was declining, troops of children iq most instances, accompanied by thoir parents or relatives, could be seen we 1ing their happy Way to the spa t,as premises of Mrs. Reynolds, where the stage was arranged and tastefully deco* * - mi. i rateu lor ine occasion, mo nappy Queen of May, Miss Annie Kennedy, was crowned in a highly creditable manner, and her willing subjects paid free tributo to Iler Majesty, in the gentle laDguago of poesy, with great taste and courtesy. The pieces recited were some of thein, very fine, and were composed for the occasion by a lady of | Camden. After the coronation and a song the little ones were summoned to a feast of cake and a flow of lemonade and ice>crcam, which speedily disappeared bcfcrc the determined attack of the invincible and irrepressible courtiers, assisted in no small degree by the lookers on. During the performance an April (?) shower which may have been intended to cool the ardor of the attack, came on but it had no effect other than to cause Sunday bonnets to be taken hurriedly off" and covered up. After the little ones had enjoyed themselves to the full extent of their desires, a general adjournment took place,.thus ending one of the most pleasant May festivals we have ever had tho pleasure of attending. For tbo Cumden Journal. The Samtcr Union. Mr. Editor:?As a sbort sketch of this Association of Christian Churches may not be uninteresting to somo tf your readers, I submit the following, and ask its insertion in your columns : On Friday before the fifth Sabbath in May, 1870, delegates from the Antioch, Bethany, Camden and Pisgah Churches, assembled at the place of worship of the latter, and formed a Uuion, having for its object the supplying tho destitute places within their bounds with the gospel. At this, our first meeting, God's ohildren were graciously blessed, sinners made to tremble under the faithful preaching of the Word, and a number were received into the Church, as the first fruits of our little Union Our next meeting was held with the Bethany Church, commencing on the Priday before the second Sabbath in August, and here, the faithful brethren of this well organized churoh, together with their zealous pastor, Rev. N. Ghaiiam, were delighted to receivo and welcome those for whom the united prayers of the church had long been lifted up. Here, the efforts of God's ministers were owned and blessed of him?an addition to the Church of six, we believe, was the result of this meeting. Tho next meeting of the Union was held with the Antioch Church, and here, as at tho othor meetings, tho preaching of tho gospel was attended by the blessing of God. It would have been pleasant to report in full, the proceedings of the Union at each of the churches, but our'spaco docs not permit it. mi i? * 1? ila TT__ L 1 a.no iunas 01 mo union, naving uucumulatcd to justify a commencement of missionary operations, Itev. V. J. Hatfield of the Pisgah Church was appointed to that labor and a field assigned hiin, in which he has been engaged for the past six months. On Friday last, the Union met with tho Pisgah churoh, a full list of delegates from all the churches forming it being in attendance. An application for membership from the Piedmont church was received and accepted, and her delegate cordially welcomed. Among the interesting business transacted, was the reception of the report of brother Hatfield, who has supplied four destitute churches ono Sabbath in each month, has travelled to do so, six hundred and ninety-four miles, and preach* ed thirty-seven sermons. After the adoption of the report, a call was made for contributions for his support until our next meeting, which was liberally responded to. Un Saturday afternoon the Union adjourned to meet with the Bethany Church, on Friday bofore the fifth Sabbath in July next. Our Sab" bath School, which is a flourishing one, under the superintendence of that pious man of God, Brother 13. F. Khamc, assembled at nine o'clock, and were addressed by several speakers. After a sermon and un exhortation from Bros. Graham and Durham, the benediction | was pronounced, and thus terminated one of the most harmonious and soul-rc* freshing meetings it has ever been our privilege to attend. II. v.. . * ' ' ' " * *. 4 " * V. ' f 7* p wjj it . The South.?Tiik Tribune's Cor-respondents.?A correspondent --of. tho New- York:- Tribune has strayed, down in our State, tut J after investiga- ' ting tlting3 about Chester, reports aA follows: ' : * Chester, S. C., April 23. "It is impossible to doubt tho. existence and constant activity of Ku Klux bands in all tho Northern counties'Of" South Carolina. It was io Chester that the battle between tho whites* and .the black militia took place in February last. It should have been called rather a massacre of the blacks, for the timid, ignorant negroes, after firing one volley threw away their guns and ran, the whites pursuing thetn and killing all they could cutcb." Then follows tin account of tho Chester troubles, Which itf in the main correct, save in a trifl'o of color for Kepublican effect. He next interviews what he calls somo of the nativos:* !f lie result of his iuterview is given as follows: "My acquaintances had taken a drink on starting for the plantatiou, and when we returned to the hotel they took another, nothing being begun or ended at the South without drinking. -Thoy became quite talkative, and the absorbing political question soon oame np.?1 "1 tell you, stranger/' said-one,//^ve can't stand bein' ruled by niggers ahy longer; the're just roiuln' the State.? The'ro taxiu' us and plunderin' us in a way that no white tnan would stand.? They don't pay a dollay of taxes themy selves. No, not even the poll tax; for the nigger Legislature was mighty careful to put it in the law that they needu't pay the lax to get to vote.-1Look here, stranger, wHarfrbouts do ydu come from ? "I replied Ltftff toy 'native State was Ohio. "Wall," do you think folks in your State would sttfnd to have a lot of ignorant, degraded niggers, not worth a dollar, making laws and-hold ing all the offices, and taxin' thoir pro perty, and they not hav a word to say?" I replied that I was confident the people of Ohio would Dot like such a state of affairs. "No, I reckon they wouldn't, and they wouldn't stand it neither, not for a single d.iy. And I tell you, Sir, that wcv'e borno it as long as we can, and now its got to stop. The Diggers have got to lot men ot property and intelligence hold tne offices, or they've got to leave this part of the country." . . This I find to bo the unanimous sentiment of the white men hero with whom I have talked. A one nrmed lawyer, who had been a colonel in the rehol army, told me this morning that he believed the negroes would soon abandon this part of the State and go to the sections where they are largely in the majority. I asked him what he thought of an intelligent qualification for suffrage as a remedy lor the present evil. "That would suit us," lie replied, "but how arc we going to get it. The negroes will never pass a law disfranchising themselves. The only way is to force them to give up the power tlicy have got, and we uuan to do it." t* ?u..? lw to i? uwjr uyiuuiji biiab tuu whites meaa to try to get control of th'e State government, and that they' have a thorough organization for this purpose. It mattor* not whother it iscalled the White Brotherhood, the In* visible Empire, the Ku Jvlnx Klan, or the Council ot' Safety?the lust heins the name which they give it here in . Chester?its purpose is the same, and that is so to intimidate the blacks that at the next election they will not dare to vote for any of their own race for office or for any white radical. Genetnl Sherman was cordially rc> ceived in Now Orlcaus the other day by one of the clubs of that city 11c made a brief but happy speech, in which he referred to tho fact that he had once held a commission us a colonel of militia of the State of Louisana, and that he was at' the head of the State Seminary. He said that it always gave him pleasure to visit Louisana, and to meet not only tho members of the Union army, but also his old friends upon the other side. "Geueral Bragg and I," said the general, "are close An/) T IriiAW f J nnorol .1^iio nvn_ liiUlIUDj UUU X AUU If VJIUUOIIM XJ UUU1 w* gard very well, but bavc not bad the pleasure of meeting him this time.? General Hood called upon me to-day/ and I intend calling on bim tomorrow." In alluding to the matter of reconstruction, General Sherman said that it was a most delicate and difficult problem to solve. England has.been endeavoring to reconstruct Scotland for two hundacd years, and still who couldfail to detect the marked characterise tics of a Scotchman. If a peoplo liked to hare laws made for them, they liked to have something to do with the max king of them themselves. In time, he thought, the people of the South would come around all right, but they wanted it to be seen that the work of recou* struction emanated from themselves.? His remarks were received with applause. News ?rom the East?Tite Eaiith Girdled.?We had the pleasure of a flying visit yesterday from our fellow-townsman, W. K. Brown, Esq., who has returned to his native city after a long absence. Daring the period of his absence. Mr. Brown ha3 visited China, Japan, and the other Vi?nn(i.i(i? nffho for T^ncf. nnrl hrirura tidings from the Celestial of the completion of an important enterprise. Hfe states that the cable, undertaken by a Danish company, has been laid between Hong KoDg and Shanghai, a distance of two hundred and forty miles, and that iq six. months the lightning girdle around the earth will be completed, and Puck's famous forty minutes' jaunt eclipsed. He left San Francisco on tho 15th, and arrived in New York on the 25th of April, by way of. the Pacific Iload. Our young townsman has evidently been well treated by the pigtails, as he bears every murk of good treatment, and his numcroos friends in'the city will ho pleased to welcome him hack to the place of his nativity.?Courier, ' > *" fl - '? ".Xi. * .4. , . ggggggg ?j#==g A-Notable Scene. Since tiid yc'aT lbG5, which inaugurated a new.?^^^ ;ytr^rly atvyariwrcc with the customs,^Mnners cud habits of the South, and of this Stale more especially, the people of- Charleston h^vc been nccu:-fdiiJc<Cto 6ch oNTst range sights. " Tlic 'strangest and naGst"startling perhaps was the parade, of armed negroes. To the", music of rtfsonant brtit<H bande^or to ClnjiiHUrtinV bray oft!ie bujzle, the growl of the dnixn and the squeak of tho. fife, ltaye tjie. do*k? battulioris uiarclrcd wi.tTi hayoiitta glittering in the bud- atop oi Winchester" rilles. Not only -was- this,kind of pageant' exceedingly; frcrjuenty butr'it" was all the more remarkable 'from the fact that nothing of a similar ghuructer c.vcr took place ML.tl.ie part, of' the white population, ft too statue 01 Brutus! removed,'..by -ordfcr (rpm the Roman prooessiops, made Brutus all the lucre remembered, so the.total alinqgaticm of Pgblie.arniB-bcaruig and parade on the part of the whites made itne pegro monopoly of malitia glory .all the more extraordinary. and suggestive. But a change bos come at last, pa gratifying as it is momentous, t Onrypsterday, for the ^firat time since the surrender of General Lee, white men of Charleston paraded our .streets in uniform, in soldierly order, and armed with the rifles of tho State. The strains of instrumental rnpsic inspired Jlipic gallant tread, but hot in bravado. Instead of bristling bayonets, we noticed that chaplcts of roses?emblems of peace and good will?adorned the muzzles of tbp-rifles. These armed bands moved in solid phalanx, not to hear incendiary harangues promotive of strife, but to tisten rather to fhe gentle words of icuuty, tiie generous overflow of fraternal sentiment, and to a spot consc* crated to manly sport and friendly skill. It is to tho credit of Governor Scott that he has so fur cast off the shackles t)f prejudice and party as to have done his part towards rendering such a pageant as that of yesterday possible. It has given to the people of Charleston, strangers from abroad, and'citizens of different parts of our own Stated a proper glimpse of the new era of harintiny and prosperity will eh is, wc siucbrely believe, about to dawn upon this sorely tried, desperately calumnated and noble Commonwealth.? Charleston NtADt.. Beautiftil Stars. i Just now the heavens are in their most resplendent beauty; it is seldom Qiir?li n nnnnnrrnnn/i r\f 1 ortrn cf*>rc is seen. Between 8 and 9 oMock in the evening, a short distance above the Western horizon, wp behold Veuus,-th6 jewel of all stars; a littjo farther East, Jupiter, the next uiost brilliant,, and near the mcridiap, fiery; Mars.? Llorc, then, wo have th'o three moat brilliant plaucts in a line, with the moon as a crescent, making her way Easward among them. Ou Sunday evening ^she was between Jupiter and Venus, last Monday evening she was a little East of Jupiter, by tliiar evening sho will have reached Mars in her Easterly course through the heavens. Veuus and Jupiter will- be approaching cueh other until the 12th of May, when they will be in conjunction, or in the same longitude, and very close together, after wliich'Jupiter will con-' tinue his Westward course, and by tho. 80th of June will bo in conjunction with the sua. For sometime, before nnd after his conjunction with tho sun be will he invisible, after which lie will be sceu West of that luminary as morning star the remainder of the summer. Veuus will continue to move Eastwarl until June, when it will remain station, ary, relatively for sometime and then reirugrudo Westward. It will.appear as eveningVhf the whole summer.. 3Iars will coutinuc moving slowly Westwardly, and, will be visible in thti evening until late in *hc aututnn. TIic la'ter part of summer Venus and Mars will appear at no great distance from, each other. Soon Saturn will appear, rising in the early evening and shining the whole night, "But our object,. when we started out, was not to trace the course of these planets, but to speak of the present beautiful appearance of the heavens. Besides these three prominent planets, we behold some of the most brilliant fixed stars. Nearly South of Venus, near the horizon, is the splendid constellation of Orion; South-cast of Orion, also near the horizon, but a little more clcvatod, we see the Sirius, or the Bog Star, the brightest of all the fixed stars. North-west of Sirius is Betelquose, and about the same distance Nui th-cast is Prpcyon. East of Jupiter, at a considerable elevation, are the two bright stars, Castor and Pollux, and a short distance North ot Vcrius is Cupella. Nearly overhead is the con, II TT If..!? -- ,1-- /*< 1 stuiiaiion urea, lunjor, or uiu uiwi Bear, with tho two pointers, Dubbc and iMerak, pointing downward toward the Pole Star; about the same distance beyoud the Polo Star is the constellation Cassiopeia. East by South, about half way between the horizon aud zenith, is the bright star Arcturus. Toward the North-east is seen the brilliant star Vega orLyroe. On the whole, the hcavous present at present, a most beautiful appearance, in the. early evening, especially in the West and South-west. When we contemplate upon the wouders and immensity of the countless numbers of worlds and suus scattered throughout the endless space, wc are led to look upon the Creator of ail and exclaim: "What is man that Thou art mindful" of him ?"?-Augusta Chronicle aiul,Sciir llcl. Peters' : Musical MoNTnt.Y for May is on our table. It is infinitely the best musical monthly published in the, country?in fact, it stands alone, being ahead of all competition. All its spaco is devoted to'music; giving in caeh month's issue thirty-six full size pages of music, and eight pages of reviews of music, .books, &c. All wbo wish to keep up with the popular music :df the country should at onco subscribe to it. ' . : ' " . Published by J. L. Peters/ JNcw York, at 88 per annum, or 30 cents for a siuglo copy.i.i .. V* 'v "> .. ' V :: P : " N * v' ? ^ * .v" % * . 4 */> fa e-lLast pftho Stevens Murder* ! . .- '1 '* . .ers; \ - . * A corrcppoqjcnt writyig from Union; Court House, under the datc^f the 21st > iosfc, says: . Th6 t\?p negroes, Henry tffinnoiijand i-^uylor'Pttlurer,-.. qoimcted' at" the- 1hb6 term of-otir court of the murder of GF. ! M. Stevens, were executed to-day under j the sc"u,ffencc of Judge - Thomas. They j-were token from, the jail undec'guard of the compfny of United .States cavalry, stationed here, mid carried by the jheri|f to'the usual* placre of public execution, a uiUe from town,-whew "a gallows was erected for. thooccnsion.. They were ealni and' firm in .their step, but tliqir countenances indicated deep concern. To tlie- Ecry last they asaertod their innocence of the killing,hutacknOweifg' ed that tlicy were of the party, that halted poor Stevens. Tbey said the .plan was to go to-Joncsville to fight Ku Klux, and fining none to return home and."get somebody's head on the way.1 But they went up the road'ddly as far as Duck Pond Church, where the tragedy was enacted. Golden Foster, colored preacher, was their spiritual adviser. They said they were prepared to meet their God. The bolt was drawn at about half-pnst twelve, and Henry Canuon nud Taylor Palmer. passed from life iuto death. Cannou'f npek was broken. Palmer struggled somo minutes?and all was over.., After hanging about thirty minutes, lifo was pronounoed extinct hy Dr. J." M. Moore, and the bodies were taken down. All the circumstances of the trial and the evidence left no doubt upon the minds of any one of tho gnilt of these negroes. Human testimony is not iufullible, and it is possible thut these two raeu did j not actually kill Stevens; but it is a possibility, not a probability. The evideoce of their guilt was very stroDg iudeed; far loo strong to be born down a feather's weight -by thoir opposing confession before execution. Hut ifthehr statement is*true, they are" nevertheless gutPy of the foul ciinac of murder in its lull extent. This ends the Stevens - tragedy. Somo ofithc ringleaders*' are still-at large, but they will probably never be arrested. It has been the source of " wops udoumbered". to Uuion, and'its effet upon fbia nmnmnnifv will nprpr~ 1>p -t'oN gotten by this generation. It was the death-knell o? negro rule in UnionCounty. ' , V, v> , - ;j The lawyers of this bar are unanimously of opinion that no jury cases can be tried in this county until further legislation." There being no'chairinau of the board of county commissioners, the board of jury commissioners i*. incomplete ; and without the prcscnocbf every member of the latter board,. they Can rake no action as the law now stauds. Thanks to stupid legislators and no less stupid legislative legal advisors,say we; thanks to tho'Ku Klux says his- Excellency the Governor. The Southern Planting Interest.?Cotton planting at t!ic South seems to have progressed on the whole favorably, and notwithstanding tho low price of the staple, it .is quite probable, that not far from jin ayoroge area will bo devoted to tho plant.There are cotnnlaints from some section with -re gard to the inadequate supply of lubor, out the results of last year's operations lead to the conclusion .that t'his lubor difficulty is exaggerated. The want of the South at this time does not appear to he 60 much an increase of laborers as patient intelligent skill, to utilize and direct thoso .already at its disposal? laborers suited to the clifnate and accuse tooted, to every kind of work the country affords. When supplies are needed from other sources, as they may bo in the near future of renewed prosperity to which the whole country looks for* ward, it will not be difficult to obtain them in.the, ordinary channels of Eu* ropean immigration. To this end the establishment of in* dependent lines of stsarn ships between Germany and some of the Southern ports is the most, sensible nodertaking that has yet engaged attention. The division of large landed'estates, and the seating apart of suitable portions for the benefit of those who arc able to^buy and disposed to cultivate them, is another excellent means to the end of attracting a good class of laborers. In a word, the cultivation of good feeling and harmony of interests between those whose fortuues have been cast together upon the favored soil, and the introduction of intelligent and self-respecting labor as fast as the field requiros it, will speedily and satisfactorily solve the labor ques* tion. It looks now as though the price of cotton had about touched bottom for the present, and with increased consumtion, consequent upon low prices, and a decrease of India cotton, a reaction is by no means improbable.?Xcio York and Commrricul List. Gen. Gauev's Lftter.?Gen M. W. Gary, writes from Pine Bluff. Arkansas, a letter to Col. McLure, of Chester, in which he states that a gen* oral misapprehension exists out West, with regard to the intentions of the peoplo of the State as to their present indebtedness. As he understands the Charleston resolutions, they refer only to the future indebtedness of the State.. Wc have lost all, lie says, save honor, and wo liavo no intention of letting that go. lie concludes : 'I, therefore, think that the proceedings of the 0007001 tion should bo regulated and controls ed with prudence and caution. I think that substantial assurances sliouid bo demanded from the leaders of the party in power,, that retrenchment, economy and: honesty, should'govern tho futuro financial policy, of the pre* sent administration; that taxation will bc'rcduccd to- a reasonable standard; that tho present, indebtedness should, nob be increased, and that the collection of the present taxes be postpond until tho people make another crop. With some such assurance we can atford to bear for a time the ills wejiave, "then lly to others wc kuowuotof." ' ' . - * ?.~ . . y ' >N' , <$' . " ? , i ? -ssssa. : A Mahonio FCHMAL CERE WONT.. ?One ;.Qf Ihoaet pleasing iocideniathou2h_ mournful in its association, Which-' illustrate the, sympathetic) ties unite theM?on?c brotha-hood'through- * out 4ho worW, oceuri'ed io Charleston- . ^ yoatcrilay^^. While onfcoftown, the intelligeii'ce reached R._ S, Burn, a,- Elfc . deputy grand mastoid and deputy grand * high priest of th5 Jlnited 6tatt?, that ^ Jhrother W.C. M orey r of B tft tony had died at the Clmrleatoj?^Kftoroing to r cq uo^ t i 11 g t h a t 11) e- rehjaius ehould i m mediately< "bo Yorwarded ^ hornet Thn craft were, in'consequence^ ^inr$jfly . convoked (or the purple of paying the-' lnfrt 7f~-rn?r hnnnm tn > hfotlpii and the/ancral look place ?*tlje hotel yesterday- afternoon, Brother. W. ,B. - * Yatesofficiating as. gfand^hrfjlWnJr-Previous to the reading of the ritua^ ' a funeral address in whfch he'fediaSv alluded to the sad e thcra together around tho remains of a stranger in a strange fond/ami dwe$jjp upon tho Masonic rirtneft,. elicit the tribute of affaetiop andfta?* opcet from members of the der. Agreeably to instruction^Jj$e body was then conveyed to. the Express Office, where, in tho box that entombed the coffiD, was placed a Masonic apron, to signify to the brethern in Boston that their decease'd friend received % ;-; from the Masons of tho Palmetto State | the fraternal care upon which he had so high a olaim?Charleston fictdi. . ^ '% & Plucky.?One day last w.eek, as a little son of Mr.jfoel, joJFlaveona,' '-M aged about fonrteea. jeara, vaa |]q|v* ing in the field,- a good taoHtigjMn' with long black whiskers ecme oat of the woods near by and 'told him he wanted that mule/" The boy told him he could not get him, whereupon ho said he would have him, and proceeded to cut him loose from the plei*/ The little follow called to his brothers . who jrere hunting, jo the field.to bring him (he gao, which the; did' at oooe, coming ap-Jbeforo the ceodcd in getting the mule loose.' Ho fled to the woods' _wfen be naw the gun getting so close, and the. little plowuianmountedthe stole aod pared' cd him some distance,'firing at him -once aehe'disappeard in the woods. v He sajs ho4 think he struck him, but did not'bring him down. Ckfuiottexilic ( Fa.) Chronicle. Beaufort. Commissioner# or JjlLtib Tio?v?Alfred .Williitns, white, and L. 9- Latfgley,' colored,' convicted at thisterm oft he United States' Circuit Court. for changi ng'hadies oo the ballots east at Beaufort, S. C, in tho?orgresttowiJt * electiop, in Which (X (1- Bo woo aud R. ' r 0. Dc Largo were candidates,-were sebteDpcd jestorday, hy bis Honor JudgeHugh L. Bend, to bo imprisoned two yeHrs and pay a fine ofSpOO each. They were committed to jail. v ' _[Q,'carle*fbn Comrier. Affray is Salem?A NegroShot.?On Thursday of last week, ia> the neighboYhoodioftlie Jlriek Church,, in this County, David Fullwood shot V Aleck Cowsar, hi* father in-law,. iu the left arm with small shot, infliotinga slight wound. " Both Hie parties are negrvea. The quarrel originated in.adispute about the use of-a howe, ?dd. run into family matters.?Sinriter New*.. Columbia (S. C.) Daily Union pleasecomment. [JotR.] , * .. ~ . ==?Council Onjunber, . CAMDEN1, S. CM May 2nd;' 187L Capt. SAMUEL PLACE, 4s appointed Chief Firu Muster, Dr. A. A. Mooaa and' Geouok Cbosby; Esq., Assistant Fire fcJjM ovb 'TIipv will bo ohcvwi nCMirdinfflv. 17"~ " " jA M E JUL 1) A VIS," IntcnI't. >; (Extract from Minutes of Council.). J. k. Witueksiuox, Recorder. _ ; ' May 4. - 80 *.1 PROSPECTUS fOK ' V ? > THE DARLINGTON Bpf L1LES & WESTllURY,.. Proprietor*. , The undersigned, having purchapftt-<h$ Press and Material of the Dariington^Owi ocrat, propose to commence on the 11th d?3f of May next, at Darlington C. H.^Jhc pnhlication of a Weekly Newspaper undcrtbi) abutc caption. 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In Politics they will seek to avoid extranet and to make the Index a true exponent of thb opinions of the moat intelligent and most discreet of the gpod people of the County.* 4 -V The selected matter will bo carefully gathered, and the Editorial columns will be presided over by a gentleman of acknowledged ability. All persons friendly to the establishment of a paper of the characterabove described are earnestly and reepsetfully requested to give it a prompt support. TEEMS?Subscription Price T wo Dollars. Per Annum, invariably in advance . ADVERTISEMENTS?$1.00 Per Square for the first insertion, and u0 cents for each* subsequent one. A square to be ten lines or less, or less of Brevior.. Liberal dcduc'!?? ?/t? an MntWnt j fnr the month. OE VlVUi^ Uittviv v? ?? r ? ?:rTT. H_ r year.' Address at Darlington, 8. C.t LLLES & WESTBDRr. " May 4.?tf, fl -yf-. * '' - "> > : . i I Administrator's Notice* All persona Laving claims ngajnst the Estate of J L. 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