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ESTABLISHED IX 1S< A SHOCKING CALAMITY. THREE SISTERS DROWNED WHILE BATHING IN A BAY A Home Kobbeil of all its Sunshine?The Parents Well-Nl^h Crazed by Grief Over Their Terrible Uereveiuent. Hand in hand they tripped merrily along together to their death?Nellie, aged twelve; Lizzie, aged ten, and Sadie, aged eight. As their little feet danced over the sand, the wind carried their shouts of laughter back to the home which they had just quitted, and brought a smile of affection to the face of their mother. Then the sea swept the three children away. The iigbt of the house hold was out and it would be long be fore that mother smiled again. They were the three children of Henry Wyman, a fisherman, living at Far Rockaway, not far from Breezy Point, which is about midway between the village and Rockaway Beach. On one side was the ocean, on the other Jamaica Bay. Their home was a plain but comfortable cottage. They were ? interesting children, of sweet disposi tion, and were not only favorites with their playmates and with the neighbors generally, but were frequently petted by strangers and visitors who happened to come across them playing on the beach. They were the delight of their parents. Accustomed by his vocation to the water it was natural that he should re gard lightly the danger to the children bf bathing alone, and the little girls themselves had no tear. Yesterday morning they went to their mother and asked permission to go bathing. The little ones had been accustomed all the season to do so at a point in Jamaica Day, which had been selected for the reason that the water was smoother there. It was supposed to be perfectly safe tu leave them iu the water alone. Mrs. Wyman consequently gave the desired permission without any hesitation, and the three htUe girls ran joyfully up stairs. A few moments latter their little feet came patting down the staircase, and Mrs. Wyman saw her three daughters, looking in their bath ing suits like three little cherubs ready fur bed. To each she gave a farewell khs. She little knew that it was the \vs-. time her lips were to press their soft cheeks in lire. "Now, take good care of Sadie." was Mrs. Wyman's parting injunction, as with an affectionate hand she adjusted the bathing suit of her youngest child. "Yes. mamma, we will!" listed Nellie and Lizzie. Sadie broke away from her mother. She had a pet hen. which she had caught sight of In the yard, and she wauled to ruu after it. Her. sisters caught her. "Take Nellie's hand and give me yours." said the eldest sister,( who felt tho confidence reposcd'tn lief ^IJy the mother, and who wanted to take good care of both the sisters. Thus they left > their homo forever, Sadie between Nellie and Lizzie. Mrs. Wyman watched them fondly as they waded through the sand until they d'sappcar cd behind a dune. Then she went hack to her work without a premonition of the calamity about to fall un the home. A man sumc. distance away saw them pause at the water's edge, let the dying wave wet their feet and then run back on the dry land with merry shouts. The man turned his looks elsewhere and ceased to think of them. No eye witnessed their death. I t is believed that they died hand in hand. Probably one of them waded out of her depth or stumbled niu! the others were overwhelmed by a wave in trying to save her, too loyal and devoted iu their little, hearts to ioosc their hold on the band they grasped, even if it meant death. Only their cry lor bell) was heard. It reached the ears of their mother in the cottage, and with pale face and anxious heart she ran down to the beach. It reached the ears of the people around, and they hurried in the direction whence it came, eager to render assistance. But one and all they could see only the crested waves breaking on the shore. The bay had seized its prey and carried it beyond the sight of men. Mrs. Wyman was well nigh crazed by grief. It was long before she could be persuaded to leave the fatal beach. It was feared that she would lose her reason, and it was only by the use of opiates that she could be quieted. The father's grief was as great. .JIo had left home early in the morning, and did not learn of his great loss until a messenger was sent to him. He re fused at first to believe she tidings. ?'They can't he dead." he murmured At last he understood what had hap pened. "My Cod! mv children!" be moaned. -Nellie. Lizzie. Sadie! Dead! all dead ! my (?od I my (ioil! ail drowned !" When be reached hi- home he was a hrokeii dow ii man. i as| ni-jlil. Mrs. Wyman. half eon -eious. w:l? calling ulo'u ! for her dab !r< ii. New York Herald. Angus! I i. H .:..<?;*. <l it. :..l ity :i I i?: Clou . t m< Aiso, AtigiM iT. ?)!?. !?*. I.. Trow bridge bad a street altercation v?.-s U i'day with Prank Packard, a barber. A h!'?w from Packard's laid the Dodoi fiat-on I be sidewalk. He immediately lost consciousness and died Iwo niimib ? later. It is supposed death wn> due l?i heart disease superinduced b> Packard's blow. Packard nflirm> thai Trowbridgi .was ilrun!:. V, ? . i . S?,n .: ;? II;,'...I .. A ! ;.[. i t:i;\. .'>.? KoTA. AtlgUs! 17. A heavv wind and rain -lorn: again vis ited Uns v x-inity y si-rday and wepi ov?-r a fifty mile radius, doing muri damage than any previous storm. ,\l Ni vvark. thirty-live mil' - Northeast ol liere. un the new extension of Mil waukee road, the ufi'ering was Liu. heaviest. l-Vur persons were killed am another was fatally injured. "Col M plover .Tan 1, 's,; (>9. OK. COMPLEXION OF THE NEXT HOUSE. The Democrats Have Hopes of Keeping Their Majority. Most of the members of the House go home now to attend conventions and to j fix up their fences for the fall elections. ; ? Before they come back to the capital; i again they will go through a campaign.1 ami at present the speculation is as to i the complexion of the next House. The ?? Republicans expect to make gains in ! the House, but they hardly expect to i overcome the Democratic majority. ? The Democrats arc in considerable of a i taugle all over the country, but their ! quarrels are chiefly over internal faction ? al ascendancy, and will be mostly j settled in convention. Many men now j in Congress will not return, but it is J : claimed by Democrats that the grand ? summing up will show as many Demo crats in the next Congress,as tins, if | uot more. One of the best informed Democrats about the House told a Star reporter to day that he found, after a careful study of the situation, that there were just five Stales where the Republi-1 cans might make gaius. These were Michigan. Illinois. Indiana, Iowa and i ! Ohio. They would probably gain two ;' j in Michigan, two in Indiana, and pos-1 j sibly two or three in Ohio. But in the State the Democrats were in better shape than was generally supposed.' i Halstcad, he said, had aroused internal ] trouble among the Republicans, while the Payne affair had drawn the Demo crats together to resist the Republican ; attack?Washington Star. SERVED HIM RIGHT. A Brutal Siouixhel Hung Uy a Mol? al Ma eon, Ua. M.vroN. Ca., Angus I 13.?James j Moore, a white man. was taken from the I County jail in this city last night by one \ thousand citizens and lynched. He was i hanged to a tree in front of the notorious : assignation boose of Sarah Robinson, j whither he had decoyed Mamie Little, an innocent white girl, and committed a rape upon her. Mamie Little is a poor hard-working girl, ofunblcmishd repu tation in Savannah, where she came from. She arrived in Mncon a few days ago, to seek employment. At the de pot, being a stranger, she met Moore and asked him if he could direct her to a good boarding house. Moore called a back, and placing the unsuspecting girl in it drove her to a notorious assignation house, where, at the point of a pistol, he compelled her to submit to his brutal passion. Everything that has been gleaned tends to establish the fact that the girl's character is all right. She is of good sense, with a pretty fair knowl edge of good breeding, as is evinced by her conversation. The poor girl was most outrageously handled by her ruffian .^nSjSailant. .-Jim .Moore- hA.6 -been 'long Known* aim univcrsilly detested as a ruffian and a conscienceless iellow. He was on the police force, but was dis charged .last year for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and since then his I has bee a familiar figure iu police circles. j He was a married man, and his wife and j several children survive him. DID THEY ELOPE? I Mysterious Disappearance of a Married Man antl a Widow. On Monday, the 2nd of August, says the Abbeville Messenger. J. l\ Vaughn, a respectable and well-to-do citizen of the Sharon neighborhood, left home with his mules and wagon, to do some hauling, he said, in the neighborhood of ML Carmcl. About the same time a Mrs. Sutherland, a widow with five children, of the same neighborhood, dis (appeared, inquiry in the Ml. Carmcl neighborhood has disclosed the fact that Mr. Vaughn has not been there in the past ten days. These two occurrences put together have caused ipiilo a com motion in the usually quiet neighbor hood, and speculation runs high as to the cause of the disappearance of these parties. These mules driven by Mr. Vauyhn, wc understand, are mortgaged to Messrs. Walliugford and Russell, and in addition to that, Mrs. Vaughn, the wife of J. V. Vaughn, has given Wal liugford and Russell a mortgage on a piece of land owned by her. The seem ingly deserted wife was in town yester day in consultation with attorneys, to sec what redress, if any. she had. Mr. Vaughn has heretofore borne a good character iu the neighborhood, and his family are unable to account for bis strange conduct in this all'air. Hi friends predict that everything will turn out all right, while others :u? dubious about it. A WHOLESALE MURDERESS. She I'oUniv. !-!!eveii Relatives In <???! Mom-.*, In.in Kcnelil Vssoeiatloll-. Ro.sTox, August ig.?It is understood that the Soinerville police have informa tion ol suspicious deaths ??! at leasl eleven jicrsons directly or indirectly re lated In Mr-. Sarah datiC IJohm-on. who i> under aiTot. and who were insured in benefit organizations, ihc money in mo-t <a-e- liilliiu: into litis woman's hands. A Mm ot *-\";! 1;-s?11 .1. liul/msim d:< .i ihi innrumv a: hi.- lumber's hon-.?: in irrrlLlc cniivut>inns. with all symptom.- i?:"poi> onmir. Medical Kvamiuer !>ureU ci>m liu need an atitops*) on the bud\ this alioi iiooii. Mi-. Ib.l.in.-oi: am! Tlmmas I!. Smith, hersupi ost d a. comj.lii. . w?-rc brought into Sonu : \ il.< ('??urt :bre lloon, Mrs. Robinson . nine im inbling cud appeart ?! verv mi: !? shaken and sliattored in mind a::,! .'y. To l!:c complaint. which rhnrgi ! tin in v. "mingling noi-i ;! with meilieiiie. with nt : ? kill Win. .'. I?..biusiin." boih pleaded liolguiltv. Judge Slorv held Mr-. L :.i::-. ;. in>J.-. inn. > and Mr* -mi;!; iu oi'i:. It is .-aid thai since the death ..: Mrs. ib.:.i.-u;i\ hu.-baml eleven ol her relative- have died, al! within four v 'ars. mui Mrs. Ru! >u hi nefited by all ol the deaths. tC0 ft .YXGEIJUHK, S. C, TILL DEAD IX A MILL KIND. WAS IT ACCIDENT, SUICIDE OR MUR DER, WHICH.' A Mysterious Tragedy in Greenville Couil ty?A Voting Lntly Found Drowneil?A Strang? Cane. Thomas J. Curcton is a respectable and well known farmer who lives in Grove township, nine miles from the city, on what is known as the "Old \ Adams' Mill" place. His house is about 250 yards from 1'eedy ltivcr, where it is t yet dammed for a mill which has been abandoned. Mrs. Cureton is a daughter of John Adams of this city, and, like her husband, has a number of relatives living here, all people of the highest re spectability. On Friday Mr. and Mrs. Curcton came to the city, leaving the house and their younger children in charge of their daughter Mary A. Curcton. known as 1 "'Mamie," a handsome girl of eighteen I years. According to the testimony of 1 one of the children, a girl often years, a young white man drove to the Cure 1 tons'gate in a buggy about 10 o'clock I in the morning and handed Mamie, who wr?nt to him. a note. The child over ! beard him say" something about, meeting I somebody "'at the river at one o'clock." The man, who had come from the direc tion of the city, then drove away, i Miss Curcton returned to the house, ! dressed herself in her best clothes and I distributed her other clothes ami trinkets among the children, leaving wfth them a handsome gold ring that her father had given her ami putting on her finger a plain black gutta pereha ring. ! She then kissed theili good-by, saying ; >hc was going oil' to be married, and ! left. They made some attempt to follow or detain her but were repulsed. ! When Mr. mid Mr>. Curcton return , ed at night they were astonished und ; distressed by finding their daughter gone, land by the account they received "from J the children of her departure. She had no love affair that they knew of, but ! they were forced to believe that she had \ run oil'to he married, although they were : at n loss to imagine who she had gone i with. A messenger was sent to the ' nearest preacher, but no information was j received and nothing more could be ! done until yesterday morning. Then ! the direction in which the missing girl ! was going when last seen was obtained ! from the children and search was begun. In a path leading through a cotton field ' to the river Miss Cureton's tracks were found. They were followed easily in the soTt ground to the brink of the river where a high and steep bank leads down to the deepest part of the mill pond, the water being about ten feet deep there. Down this bank there were distinct marks ,i)? ll'Creels of her Midfcs whore she had slid Irom the top to the water, apparent ly standing straight with her feet close together. The neighbors were called, and with poles and hooks made for the occasion the pond was carefully dragged. ? Alter a long trying search, impeded ! much by logs and bushes which accu ! initiated in the pond, the body was [ found about 10(1 feet down the river J from the place on the hank described above. It was brought to the surface ? by a pole which had caught in the : dress. The young lady had apparcut I ly died peacefully aud without pain. ' There was no distortion of the face < and the arms wer crossed ou the breast as if arranged forburiaT. Every ? thing about the body was just as Miss .' Curcton had left her home for the last i lime. Coroner McJ3cc was notified by W. M. j Lendcrmcn, who had found the body, j and immediately went lo the scene ol j the tragedy. A jury of intelligent cit : ix.eiis was summoned and the inquest was begun. J)r. (J. Tapper Swandalc, : of this city, made a careful examination ! of the body. He found that death had been caused by drowning and that there had been no other injury ol any kind, and his autopsy and evidence based on it failed to give the least clue, to the mystery. The facts already given were brought out by the testimony-. The closest examination of the place where Miss Curcton evidently went into the water failed to discover any track bill hcr's or the least evidence of a struggle, ; Ilcr father and mother testified that she : had at times during her life been in ti condition of mind in which she did not have the full use of her faculties, al though she had never been violent Ol really insane. It would have been easy enough to conclude from this that the tin fortunate girl had none lo the river wink suiforing from a slight attack of insanity and fallen in accidentally or pnrpo-ch drowned herself. Mut the case was myste rious mid the jury was perplexed by tin story o| the * Imago man from the cily the Hole and the conversation about lh< meeting at the ii--1 r, told by the child Close and sharp examination failed l< shake her evidence. Tin statement sh< had lirsi made was stuck to in < v< ry di tail s?? t:i;t1i>>!*! v Io carry convictioi oi it? iruth. The grief-stricken parent: could give sic. idea of w!?t Ihe man wa: or whnl wa* in the note, ivldeh muh not be found anywhere. No man h e '?i i:. pi rlatilarly'atli lithe to Miss fun inn. and ;! would have bc< 1. ahllo-l in; po.-s-l.uc lor her. ;.\:a^ al home and a ' ijtuclly as sin- did. !?? huvi had irieud: who wen- unknown io I In cliildr? n ?? could Hoi be reeonui/.ed from ihcirdc scription. Her g.: . iiaraclcr wa.- ! i y??nd a wbispK-r on. stiou. and all :i.i evidence went In prove {!;:?; shewn without ;s ; : :; -ir! a breathed. The jury c. aid on!;. !-nd ai open \. nilct and rendered i l:< !?? iln etlecl thai the deceased csilm lo I? death ?'om i ail" i s imki:< u. The .:< ne i ra! belief is that ti.- appearaiict oi ti: mmi wish the not?; was merely a coiuci deuci. ti al it ???a- snme'tody < n buisiu - with Mr. i ur< Ion. und thai lite . !.';'. got ihe snigmeut ". conversation s!i i ? ?verhcani confused with something 'BSD AY, AUGUST 19, 1 sister said, or with her subsequent de parture for the river at 1 o'clock. If this he true, publication of the facts ought to bring an explanation, and it will be evident that the tragedy was the result of accident or design in time of mental distraction. Otherwise the mystery will remain, for it cannot be imagined what ! person would have a motive, for luring j Miss Cureton to the river bank to mur i der her or how a murder could have been ! committed without a trace ofthemur I derer or struggle being left. Another j theory that "Miss Cureton may have j refrt?.'/ gone to meet some friend and fallen . into' the river while waiting is met by j the fact that nobody was seen in the J neighborhood and that no affair of the kind , could have been carried to that length without the knowledge of the family.?Greenville News. A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. . Abduction and I'rohle Murder Ot a Voting Lady by a Rejected Suitor. ! Looansi-okt, Indiana. August 14. ? j There is great excitement over the ! abduction and probable murder of Miss ; Luella Mabbitt. an estimable girl, living ! Southof here. Last week, Amos Green, a rejected suitor, drove in a carriage to her home, seized her and carried her oil'. ; He returned home next morning and ilia , appeared. Miss Mabbitt has not been J seen since then, and as Green threatened ! her life, it is believed she has been mur ] dered. An organized search for her has (been vainly carried on. A trail has been found leading to Wildcat creek, and , some believe the body will be toiind in the J stream. Thursday night a mob, bcliev : ing Green's mother knew the wherea | bouts of her son. went to her house, j A rope was placed around the old wo ' man's neck and she was threatened with j death if she did not reveal the hiding place of her son. but threats of lynching j were of no avail: the mother refused to j open her mouth to betray her son. The ; mystery is deepened by the disappear ance of another of Miss Mabbitt's suit ors,, John Ycrkis. On the night of the j abduction. William Walker made a call ion Miss Mabbitt's sister, and be has siucc been arrested as Green's accom ' plicc. Mrs. Green has has also been ar rested. A NUN AND~ A YOUNG GIRL. They Jump from a Train al Kill I Speed. Frightened by au Absinthe Drinker. A. ?sensational incident, with rather serious consequences, has occurred on a French railway. While a train was going at the usual rate of speed, between A'iceand Marseilles, two women were seen to jump from it. evidently in a slate ot wild alarm. They were picked up, both of them being very badly injured ! by tfieir desperate leap. They proved (to Ijir^Jjun and a young :girl named ' Bassctt who was traveling with the nun. 1 The cause of their singular conduct, was ! the. behavior of a stranger, who had en j tcrcd the compartment in which they ' were, notwithstanding that it was rc I served for the ladies. The man was a sailor, who bad been drinking absinthe to excess and was in a state of hilarious intoxication. When ho got into ttie ; carriage he immediately began to sing ; wildly at the top ot his voice and to be j have like, a violent lunatic, smashing the ' windows and proceeding to wreck every i thing within his reach. The nun and I her companion thought the man was mad and were in fear of their lives, so they jumped from the door while the (rain was going to escape, from him. The ladies are severely hurt and the man is under arrest. A"BALL OF_FIRE. Which It it med to Death an Indiana Kur liter?Kelieve It or Not. Daniel lliley, a prominent citizen of Crawford County, Indiana, was instantly killed Monday evening by a bolt ot lightning. Mr. Rilcy was sitting in the front room of his residence near Boston mending a pair of scissors. A slight shower was falling at the time, but there was no sign of an approaching thunder storm. Suddenly a huge ball of lire en tered the window and passed apparently up the chimney. The family, were sit ting on a veranda in front of the house, and noticed the phenomenon, ran in the room where Wiley had been sitting, and found bis body lying on the tloor burnt to a cinder and entirely unrecognizable. A black streak was found on the carpet [Kissing within a few inches of the chair where lliley had been sitting and thence to wart I the lire-place. A horrible Jodol as ofsulphcr filled the room. The story is vouched lor by a number of eye-wit nesses. 'rotters Killed by Lightning. t linaha dispatch of the 'Uli instant say>: Al I .MO this morning lightning stfuek :1a- main stuhl? of the' ' hiiah: Fair Association, containing sixteen valuable horses, of which eight ?von either instantly kilted by elect rich y m burned to death. The animals were h training for ihe races and were of excel Itm! promise, bdtu Sinip-oi:. a groom was lying a-!-* ;? hi a stall within limi .1 i l '?: win iv ?-Lliiiiiu -iiilc!.. id A as knocked four feet ami thrown avaiiH the wall. Although stunned heal oitci realized the situation and veiled am aroused the oilivT hostler.-, ail wh<-ii worked desperately to release the an; mats, which were rusiiing a>T.t m iheii box stalls eraz> \?1111 excitement. A! ihe doors wi-n- thrown open and grea . Hbrls wen made drive tin hor.-cv mil. bill several oi them could leu In lorcetl move ami wen lefl inc. ssfj. pbic: A MURDER CLEARED UP. Vinee Uellinger Tells Why He Killed fielt' llriltoil. The following letter was written by A'iiicent Bellinger id n friend in IJaru well from Norfolk, \'a., under date of July 30th. L88C: FltlEXJ) Billy:?Finding tliaL the. , United States lias "gone- hack on me," [ 1 leave for Cuba to-day. I leave my nativa land forever. You liave shown ? me kindness when I needed it. 1 have I injured myself by standing by my friends. ' and yet, all who were once my friends [ in Barnwcll, have comdemned me wllti , out a hearing. j AIy object in writing this letter to you is to put myself m the proper light about shooting the negro near Grahams. | The following statement is correct. 1 j do not make this statement expecting it1 I to have any weight at my trial, for I ! will never have one. I will never be 1 I taken alive. I do not fear death, and ; my only motive in leaving South Caro lina, was to avoid killing those who' j might attempt to arrest me. But to conic to what was beaded in the Charleston newspapers, "A foul | ' murder by Bellinger." While in Ornngeburg County, I stop-: ped near Cannon's Bridge, hitched my horse, and when 1 woke up he was gone, I met a negro who told me that Curtis ; Fatist had taken up u horse that answer-1 i ed to the description of mine. 1 went to a negro and offered him live dollars ! to take me to Fnusts. The negro sent: 1 his son. Jeff IJrulon (a big burly negro 'about "J'l years old) with me. The nc ' gro got a quart of whiskey in Grahams; on the way he drank freely. (1 drank nothing.) tliis is the. hardest part oi my tale to believe. When within one mile of C. C. Faust*, ami at a church the negro got out of the wagon to get some ' water ut a well. While at the well, he ; asked me what I wottid give him for the '' horse; be was drinking: I told him thirty I dollars (?30); counted out the money : and gave it to him. I took out my j mcmornudtim-book: wrote a hill of sale I and asked him to sign it?it was a bright j moonlight night; so bright that I could I write without any iliflicultv. To my j astonishment the negro said, damn von. I ! have got your money and will give you I no hill o! sale. lb: thou walked up tu me and put his hand on my shoulder; his general manner showed light; I told him to give me back m}' money; he I closed his hand on my shoulder;"l stcp I ncd hack and shot him at a distance of ! about 10 steps. While] was cocking 1 my six shooter, he turned und 1 shot him again. He ran down the road in ! the direction of several negroes who had I just passed. I 'Now Biily, l w.asj. in this position at night; ^bot 31, maiiMvho f* icucw was j mortally, wounded. ' 'What was I to do without a single witness '/ The negro ? had my money, so I took the horse out ! of the wagon, went '?] or 4 hundred yards ! on the road;told a negro that a man was ; badly hurtnl the church .and I wanted his saddle to go after tue doctor. I went ? from there to where J sold the horse, i and took the train to Augusta. j Now Billy, I tell you this in order to j retain your respects, although I will i never sec you again, I will lind sonic i comfort in thinking that I have left a few who do not look on mo. as a ??mur derer." I have never yet killed a man i only in self defence, or when I thought : my lite waa in danger. If those who , condemn me would look back, they I would see that 1 could have killed, and the lawofS. ('.. would have sustained ' me. 1 went to Colorado after seeing you ? ami sold an old gold claim (that 1 j thought worthless) for live thousand 'dollars. If 1 could only have got ton this money sooner, my life would have had a better coloring in the future. But ? ns it is I have joined a band of desper ate men, who are lighting for liberty in ' Cuba, as we fought in I be right of seces sion; if we win all will he right, If we I fail we will he shot. L doubt if you can read this letter, as I I write it on the tug boat taking us out to sea, and iL is rough. ? l'lcsc let the I Jam well Sentinel copy ; the part of my letter re lative fto the i killing of the negro. j I would have kicked back at the news paper reports about me hut I had not got nut of the picket line. Hilly, if you ever need a friend, day ? or night, who is willing to put up bis life for you, call for Vixck Bkllixcki:. a (iliastl.v Disrwvwry. Panama. July 'II.?The work ol erecting the new theatre is progressing satisfactorily. The building is to lie on ? the site of the l.us Monjas < 'ouvenl, the . outer walls of which are very massive ; and will be kept standing. The work i now -oin.; mi is the pulling down of the i inner pariilion walls, which are abotil twenty niches thick. In the course o! ? ilii- work on I'ra'.v. last there \\a- dis i covered v. iilfln the ma: oliry. in all creel ? l.os'loli. a |Ki'H'cl male skeleton, !?? . which was nll:i< heil a cros?; made o| ? .; which ha-i l>i on an inscription. ? hui i; i> iinl legible lee.'. Almost im I mediately after llu: discover* the ?kcltr ? ton fell to pieces, and hull and ! itoiics can be ecu lying on tin around, i The sKelct??;, was loiiiidii: I he wall which - wa- ver\ near [he aller. I < ; .:'. il I.;. Drink. <. >:.\ ?. l< U.vn I--. .' i u ii.. An.I I. 1 A ' ohl-bl.Ii ?! murdi i was pel pi ira s led :il llock.vard. .Mich.. !?.- lay. ami a kuchiiiu :? probabl.. Th. murderer. :' .iohti ''...yd. being drunk all night, stoh hou^d'-\viilh:nt'i;. ';!ohu '.: |??puu.' ? 1 i< roll' '? l] ? ! ? ;"?' I!.'' .! 1 ? V - ?; i dad mum . bin is ??: a.I family. ? Atti rthi shooiaiglti cooily walki ddowi - the street, ihn iiteniny kill all he mei - and brajguig ufwhatho had doiu . 1!. p also attempted to shoot iwo other . iti '. /.a.-, He [?' under anvrt. awaHmg .:t investigation. E ?1.50 PEI? ANNUM. RICI1LANI) MAKES RKTOKT. WHO SHOULD THE NEWS AND COU RIER "PILLORY." The Support of Col. Mile* l?y the Charles ton Delegation in the late Convention? "I.ft the Punishment lieIntlletetl." C'OLUMIIIA, S. C. Aug. 11.?Sonic time ago the Chronicle mildly advised the News ami Courier to let Georgin politics alone as it would soon he ??mon keying with its own Gubernatorial buzz saw." The News did not take this ad vice, as it felt sure of the succeess of its own candidate in South Carolina, and preferred to extend its operations be yond the borders ot the muddy Savan nah. If it had wisely listened to the advice of its amiable contemporary it might have met with greater success at home. Its candidate for Governor was defeated and it is in much the same con dition that it charged the Chronicle with being after the Bacon defeat, in "a very unhappy frame of mind." It. is easily worried an:', the slightest allusion to combination, etc., is exceedingly "vex atious." Your correspondent ventured to re peat a rumor current during the Con vention that ,-a part of the Charleston delegates only gave Col. Miles a half hearted support." The News and Cou rier to-day vigorously denies the "cruel I story," and then proceeds to prove its correctness. It says: "With but,four \ot?ec lUtHteHfiny roten, the Charleston delegation resolved that it was injurious : to have two candidates for Slate ollices > and the preference of the delegation, in I it/mitt t/ir same ratio was for Mr. Miles." ! &c. Thfcrc were then ?'lour or live" ot the delegates who were not "enthusias tic" supporters for Mr. Miles; and who /preferred to retire Mr. Miles in lavor ol j General McCrady's candidacy. Your correspondent simply repeated 1 a rumor which has now been confirmed by the News and Courier, and if that journal wauls to "pillory" anybody il Is respectfully referred to the writer of I the editorial from which I have quoted. Let the pimiscmcnt be inllicted. L* the i News and Courier is not satisfied with I its own confirmation of the report, let it ! order a poll of the Charleston delegation ' and see if it cannot find some "halt i hearted supporters" of Mr Miles among j those delegates. If it fails to discover I liny such individual, your correspondent i will make the proper correction. In ! the meantime, with the report corrob orated by the News and Courier, he (Iocs not Icel at liberty retract. To do so would be a reflection upon the '. Xews and Courier, ami your correspou j dent would not bo guilty of that for any consideration.- -liichlantl in Augusta Chronicle,_ .. ^ . * THE FOE IN BERKELEY. A County Convention Whieli Itreaks l'p in a ICoiv. M r. I'i.kasaxt. Aug. 11.?Agree able to the call published in Ihe county papers, a convention of Ihe Republican* of Berkeley county was held at the Court House at Mount Pleasant yesler hay. Senator Hubert Simmons took the chair ami called the meeting to order. After ordinary routine proceedings the question of the election of a county chairman arose, and J. II. Ostcndorfi*, now of Beaufort and formerly of Char leston, except on election days, when he hails from Wappelaw, Christ Church Parish, called for a conference of the several precinct chairmen. This was held and Ostcndorfi' claimed that he bail been elected county chairman for four years, and that he still held over for two years longer. In this he was sup ported by W. H. Ahrcns, of Summer Vlllc, and \V. H. Thompson, colored, an old politician and would-be Con gressman. The precinct chairmen dis allowed OslendorlFs claim, and alter so reporting the convention broke up in general confusion. A little while after this irregular ad journment Senator Simmons called a meeting of "all good Republicans of Berkeley" and look the chair, with W. II. Singleton as Secretary. Senator Simmons made a little speech, the gist of which was that if any compromise in the coming election for county officers was to be made with flic Democrats the colored Republicans were to make it ami not Ostcndorfi' or Ahrcns. This was received with great enthusiasm, and on motion of W. II. Singl-tou the Rev. A. 1'. Fori, 0. T. Middlclon, F. .1. Byns. Robert Simmons. X. .1. Clark. .1. Collins ami '1'. Middicbm were ap pointed a committee to confer with the Democrats, with lull power to make any compromise they saw Iii. a Crj I "or llreail. Al'stin. TlLVAf. .Vtt.MtsI ! I. Coy i rimr Ireland to-day is-m-d i!:e following proclamation the n Ii?! <?' !!.? droughi sulferers: "Wherea- il has been made kimw a t.. me thai mi ?;? ? otmi . I i.he unprecedented .Irirngl i which lets pre vailed in the ' otmticsnf Brown Cle itian. ( ;t!l::g!ia:i. La tlai !. Sluplu usiuid >i!n:- i>?ntigi:.?ii-. many families an -urn ring for .vanl ??! \>n>'.\. .\\,w - Ibn . I. .'Mm In iaii i. Goveiimr. enufi .!! i:.. -n lie people oj oihii lo roiiirhiUi ihe relit : "i Jit i:' di-tresse.! fellow cili/.t n.-. h\ for warding, wiihoii! delay, luml- lot 'oiint\ liltlge> o! the sevr-r-'.! Comities a-lvile.: d I." An LuMi ? l':.i.iilt Mitr?!? ? i Maxkwpa. Ak:zon.\. ,\u. u t !_'? Benianl Martin, with his wife ami tw ?hifdren. of V\ e.ivt ?. Arizona -tarn .1 ??11s_r heart! Irom a siar?:h "a- iitstitr. ? ?!. which re .idied in t!n.!!n? :!:? charred ???main ? of tin- entire 'am';? '?Iwoi n V'ultttii Maa a::,' Rh nix. Martin wn n.jtvu !?- have had l.i. with him. calizeti frmii tin. ialt ? I his ram ? :' . I!" ??a- wavlaid !?v robbers, ami the entire am'.ly nmrd. ivd a- the remain bn'-ti?i! .i rovi'.' the c!.'in.ie.