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DARGAWS ANSWER. THE MAYOR OF DARLINGTONS VER SION OF THE TROUBLE. Be Denies Some-htug Governor TI.iman Sdd In His tperch-Says the PetrPi! of Dazlington Wanted t, Arrest the Can stables for Murder. DARLINGTON. S C., Apnl 4 -Mayor Dareaa was Interviewed thi mornIne on the speecn- made by Governor Tillman to the troops yesterday. Mayor Dargan is an inteligent and fiae looking man. This is what he said to the reporters: "I have seen the Governcr'a remarks published in the Columbia Evening Journal. I have not much to say. You Jnow the Governor is a politician, and he was making a csmpaignspeeh, When a politician gets in a bole he naturally tries to get out and if he bas committec a mistake he is the last man under the sun to honestly own it. He tnes to put it on some one else. "There are one or two inaccurate statements of minor importance which I do not like to pas over without cor recting. He says speaking of consta bles, that "they had been seft -9cie because the mayor bad allaweA1therm to be insulted and cnre'd to their faces." If the Governor 4&s so iWformed that I. that I, ot iayor, had allowed that. his w!ornant is just a liar. This is the first mformatlon I have ever received ot such a chare He says arain, "two boys, merestripoigs, got into a figbt, and soon fifty men armed to the teeth went to the depot and picked a quarrel with the con stables, and men on both sides were killed." I don't know who informed aim of this, but who ever did just lied and knew he lied when he give such in formation. Again he sass: "The fault cannot be clearly platced, and possibly never will be known " The Governor Is a very badly informed man if be lays that isttering unction to his soul. and I venture the prediction that be will find I be fault clearly placed and that it will 'e found that the coasables simply did an)thing else but their duty. - "You will fnd I never said, as he states, that the Governor nad exercied power that no Governor bad ever at tempted; but I say It now, and I think that facts well known to the penoie of South Carolina bear out my statement. But what I did say was "Governor Till man assumes that his spies have privi legs that are not enjaved by any other citizens or this State," and I will add. prilvileges that even he does not er j av - sI notice wtat the Governor trief to - get in an April j.Ake. Well. I hope b6 enjoyed it. It does look a little funny that after all this fuss and feathers the chief ofcer ot the State would march his troops up the bill and then maren them down again. That is a joke we have en loved very much these serious times, but it does look funny that the Governor and his fiends go to so much trouble to tr% and get.his constables out of tte hands o' people who were not trying to find them and I reckon it is a good thing they did not, because had they done so, possibly some good citizens wonud have had to die before these spiesbit the dust.. "I notice that he asked the question, "why did they not lynch the man they had in their power, who was ad uitted ti be in the row?" I will tell you why; because we are sot lynchers, we are not cutthroats nor robbers. We are South~ Carolinins. We fight a man as long as he is up, but we never hit the man that is down. We don't fi.ht that way, and that is the reason that man was nol lynched. "I know pretty well what Governot 1illmian wanted us to do. I understanc him very well. Heis not the first politn clan I have seen. The Governor would have liked our people m their ragetc have murdered this man McLendon, who I am informed boasts of the fact that he has killed three other men. He would nave liked us to have destroyec the dispensary because then there would have been two facts which be could haye pointed to as a instificationof.his unpre cedented ccurse in this whole matter, but thank God, our people are not o0 that sort. They are made of differen1 stuff from what he lmagm.es, and Wi congratulate ourselves-today that the man &!cLendon (who, I am satisfied will be shown to have brought on this -bloodsbed) having been shot down anc theresy disabled from making his escape and thrown into our hands helpless, ha' been treated as all helpless men are, an< as wounded men are by civilized people This action stands cut In a startling anc stiking contrast to the action of - i privileged State officers, who. it appear from the facts, shot the body o1 pool Frank Norment after he was down, iu four different places with Winchester ri fles, and our chief of pollce, discharging his duty. That was enough to "fire thb blood of age and make the infant sinewi strong as steel," but cool heads wer' here and possessed by men who wer' not politicians, who were not looking fo votes, who were not playing to tickle tha fancy of crowds and reason had ful sway. "Yes, I know now, after that speech c the Governor, that he wanted us to de stroy' the State property, but lam thank ful to say that it, with all property of thi town of Darlington, has been protecte and is intact today. Our people onl wish that the lives of our fellow citizens now lymng cold and stiff, were as we] "The Governor ls a canous kind c Indrvidual. There is one peculiar an< stinking thing about him-he judges ev erybo.: by himself. When he wanti 'information about anything he neve goes to the man who is charged witl knowing the state of affaira.uless tha man is either a hireling otaim.or one c his own peculiar p liticarfaith. H< would take informatios given him by -bootblack if he belonged to his parV about the condition of a municipalita ratner than the information furnnishe< him by the officers of it. I always. wbei I want information, go to the man whoa' peculiar duty it is to have charge of thei concern wich I wish to inquire of, anc waste no time seeking information fron people who have no character, know ledge or standing. "In the commencement of this mat ter, if the Governor had not been judg ing me by hiumself had wishea infor mation aboum the status at Darlington hadt addressed his communications t< me who am chraged under tne lae with the adaniuistration of the affair1 of the State, he would have been in formed acciarately and truttfully of thi situation, but instead of that it appean from the telegrams I saw publushed that he gave full credence to his hire ling of a dispenser over here, J. B Floyed, who in the administration of thi affairs of this town Is absolutely a' nothmng. IfI could not have heen re. lied or, or if he had information thal from my character and standing ha could not trust me to give him reliable Information, surely he could have soughi information from some gentleman o! standing and respectability in this com. munity. He did not choose to do so. and that occasions his many mistaket and blunders made in this matter. "No one is irightened by all thiL bluff and bluster of the Governor's anc no one fears him or anything be can do, except the Tillmnanites. I think thel are all very mucb afraid of him. I dc noat thinklyoym else is" THE 0 TH ER S!De. Mai c- Drgan, et Dariiwg o -v, Makes the St .t Mmor .Below. DARLINGTON, S. C, April 2 -As the position of the people of DArlington lids DOt fully understood, The News and Courier's special correspondent has gotten the follo wing con.ise state ment from Mayor Dargan, chairman of the advisory committee. Mayor Dargan said: 'i he trouble in this matter is that Governor Tillman assumes that his con stables enjoy privileges or have privil egts that are not enjoye-d by any otmer citizdn of thisstate, or of these Unired Stite-, and not possessed by any judge on the bench, or even -he president of these United States, whicn is that by rrason of the fact that they are state constables they can, with impunity, shoot down citiz-ns of tne common wealth and bp ex4-mpt from arrest un der the lax. I know of n : s in tnis eountry that ailas an ofdieer of the state to commit mu:der avd be i exempt fruon arrest. Wnether these constables are guilty is not the question. The fact is that they have shot to death two of the citizens of the state of .Sotuth Carolina and wounded several others. As soon as the fact was made know to me, as mavor of this town, I unD'.cZLooK to have them apprenrded at once, believ irg lt to be ir auty to do so. Such ef forts to arrest escaping maderers were =aae as have ever been made in this state or any other under civil govern ment. -Posses were immediately organized as has teen done time and again, and pursuit commenced as soon as possible. "Tiey were armed as best they. could be under the circumstances, necause they knew that they had an organized body of desperate men armed with most improved weapons to encounter. As a matter of fact, I had no idea that those constables would be willingly ar rested or would be willing to subLnft to the authority of the land, because Gov ernor Tillman had instructed them to shoot down the citizens whenever they interfered with them, and he caused these jostractions to be published to the world, anid I did not except that our posse would even wish or desire to arrest them, but I hat they would, if caught'up witn, fight to a finish. There was no great superior force at first and there was considerable uneasiness on account ot the ciizens of our to xn who were sent in all direci.tous, and who were armed with outy snotguns, s'Oe with pistols, and one or t wo with r,fles. ['he ael: iu gettiog th'e posse enauly the state constabies to rain consider able time in ge tiug ajead, and Ignt comirg on enoled enem to escape in tne darn as, oar me'a followiog tnem until they got oeyond the county liaes and were immediately called to. "It Governor Tiliman has made any attt-mv. to arrest thtes-3 -en I am ao. awarc of it. If suca a number uad beeL committei by say one 4ls -, or by any o.ner person tnan tnese stu-s coa stables, I suppose he wiuld have issoed a proclamation offering a re war tor the apprehension or toe arm-d body of murderers. A great many offers of as sisrance have c.ame in from our f riends all over the state. "To theste I replied that we needed no help, for life and pr perty were per fectly safe-il- h is l says ben. "But wihat -e did -eed wasaist ance to cu- off the escape 6f these ma and brind ti-m to jutai-ce There is no doaot that there was nothing mpusual in this as to all other off-rs of help. I replied that we need-d none. I wished to keep out foreigners, as our people were excited. I had full contidence in thet officers of the town to protect life and property as long as we were let alone. "There has been no disorder what ever or any posses or riotous crowds 1n this county since the deplorable affair of Friday Proclamadou by the Governor. COLUMBIA, S. C., April 4 -Gov. Till man yesterday issued the following proclamnatian: STATE OF SOUTH CARIOLIA. EXECUTIVE H A MBER, COLUMBIA, S. C, April 3. 1894. Whereas Section 519 of the General Statutes of tbis State declares that "The Governor shall have authority, whenever in his judgment it shall be necessary, to arm the constabulary, and in any emergency to assume the sole control of the whole or any part of the municipal police in cities and Incorpo rated towns, and to authorize the Chief Constable o[ the State, or any Deputy Chief Constable, to commana assist ance in the executiod oi process, sup pressing riots and in preservi.-e the peace." And, whereas, it is made the duty of, and the power is given, said pouice to enforce the Statute, known as the "Dispensary Law" but that instead of obeying the requirements of said law the said police,except in a very few towns, have been an obstruction and are active alders and abettors of those who are defying the law. And, where as,aunder the same Statute, the Gover nor Is given the power to appoint 8tate Constables for the purpose of its enforcement. And, whereas, the re bellious and lawless elements of society have hounded and insulted these offi cers aLd sedulously educated the pub lc mind to resistance, causing several encounters resulting in bloodshed be tween constables and illicit whiskey sellers, producing intense excitement and danger to the peace and welfare of 1the state. Now, therefore, I, Benjamin R. Till man, Governor of the State of South Carolina, db issue this my Proclama tion, giving full and official notice to -the municipal authorities of every city and Incorporated town in the State of South Carolina and to the police and -marshals thereof, that, under the pow ers given me by said Section 519, the emergency contemplated has arisen and does now exist, and that I do here Sby assume sole control of the whole force of municipal police and marshals of the several cities and incorporated towns of this St ate. They are niereby ordered to enforce all laws on the Statute Books, together with ail muni Scipal ordinances and orders from mu Snicipal authorities not inconsiste't with the purposes of this procla.iation. As soon as the emergency whird is inow upon us shall no longer exist!I will relinquish control and restore the former status. B. B. TILL~tAN,I Governor. By the Governor: The State Agricultural So.-e; o Alabama havinhg passed the regulation reolution advising farme-rs to red ce the cotton acreage,the Aberden,Miss., Examin'r says: "At 7 or 8 cents a -pound in the Soutnern States of A mer ica cotton raising can be made enor mously profiteable to tne home-ilving or home-supporting farmer, and In no other region in the world where cot ton fourisets can all the- t trm's need be met on The farm. This is no lotnger a -'theory,' but a condition demonsirated by the experience of multitudes in every cotton producing country in the South last year, and demonstrated oy every cotton planter's experience before -the war. In this region, and in no other in the world, can we make a thoroughly good living on the cotton plantation and make cotton as a sur plus crop, and it is all important that we do this, and that we meet the world's demand as to quantity, for this will ultimately result in Southern mo nopoly, Southern independence of for eign supply markets and a degree of prosperity that no other country ever has enjoyed." This is the whole situa tion compactly and sensibly expressed. There is not a farmer in Alabama who made his supplies last year to last him during this who has not made money even at the present low price of cotton. All the others can do the same thing They will have to come to the home supply aisin&e platfom or quit farm What the Fress Says. South Cirolia is now being general y dis-ussed by the press all over the ,ountry, and in order that our readers nay all know what is thought of our amily row we will quote some ot the 0o'oments of the papers in different nrts of the country. The Augusta .hronicle says, in speaking of the ac ;ion of the military in refusing to re ;pond to the call of the Governor, "rhere seems a lack of reason for the yourse of -a part. of the military in re using to go to DArlington. They were n ply or-ril tete to Reep the peace iud it was their duty to obey the or ler. They had no reason to believe they would be called on to fire upon the :tizens of Darlington." Tne Chronicle s right. The Charlotte Observer says: "The v ar in South Carolina is deplorable be Fond expression. and if the present routlz is healed another o- simirla kind is liable any day to break out somewhere tlse in rhe State. Tbe feel ing between oifferent elements of the white people in Soutiu Carolina is in ecse. As there is no hatred so impla atle as that between brothers, sD there a no public strife so bitter as that aheh exists between tnoss of kindred :it izenship and of allied interests." The New YorK Mail and Express says: " Without passing on the merits )t the Tillman Dispensary statute, it seems to be clear that it is a law, and is long as it is such it should be obeyed )y the people of the State. The action )f the citizens of D.arlington is there rore equivalent to rebellion against State authoritv." The Mail and Express hea reads us this lecture: "Perhaps fter the white people of South Caro lisa have had a little experience among hemselves of the evil results of mob rwileuce the lesson which should have been taught them long ago will be bet er apprecia'e:." The 6Avannah Morning News says: 'Will the Governor be able to force ompliance with that law? That is a guestion that is doubtless in the minds f many of South Carolina's people ow. The whiEkey constables can do Dothing without the military compa Dies and the companies of the princi pai cities have disbanded. The com panies in the small towns and country isrricts are supposed to be in accord with the Governor. If that be the case Lhey may respond. If they do are they aos likely to meet with resistance I:' the cities? Is tnere not dauger of th people of the rural districts being ar rayed agiinus'. tnose of the towns? If iiev soi.id be, and with arms in tbeir ands, there woul1 be sad times in S uttn Caroltaa. Fuels woud be eo age-d that would last for a generation. L pital and immigrants would avoid The Spartanburg Herald says: "If rhe. ever was a time for the men of -aut b Carolina to keep cool heads and jo !beir duty now is the time. This paw-r has no apology to mak" for I a ori-aois. We believe 'be military com pasi-s in Colluiie, Charieslon and ether pices, who be-tia reg ular eatisted mmoers of the Stale militia. refused t go to Darlington rur the puxposi of restoring peace. when t nt- civil a -:hori ies wer- overpowered and th6 Gover ior if the State called them out, are uu worthy to be called soldiers. We can fitd tro excuse for such conduct. M;li lary compauies are supported for tne purp >se of suppressing lawlessness and preserving the peace. They are not to te oaruisans. The plain duty of every militiaman in the St ate, the first lesson as a soldier he was taught, was obed i ence to superior eff -re. When the civil authorities in Datrlington were powerless and the military were regn arly called on to preserve peace, it was heir duty to go to Darlington, and to suppress insurrecriona, no matter who caused it, or who was engaged in it. Sntiment is well enough in its place ut the last place wne~re sentiment should be allowed to Interfere with du ty is in the militia." The Herald is an ti-Tillman in politics. The Atlanta Constitution says: "We sympathize with Governor Tiliman as a fearless, able and honest executive, but we also sympathiz4 with his people. The dispensary la w may be the wisest solution of the itquor problemever at tempted, but it will fail if the spy sys tern is a part of it. Governor Tillman's patriotism will probably cause him to come to a halt until the defective fea tures of the law are remedied. He will not be willing to plunge his State into a civil war simply because a few citi zens who are suspected of having un stamped bottles and casks in their dwellings defend the sanctity of their homes against an army of spies. Re model the law. It would be better to repeil it than to overthrow the old~ doc trine that every man's house is hts cas te. We believe that Governor Tillman has enough Anglo-Saxon blood in him to cause nim to take this view of the situation when he thinks it over. He If not the man to start a war fare against his o wn people. Doubtless the trouble is merely a passing Incident. South Carolina will soon regain her normal condition, settle -down to busi ness and come to the front as one of the leading States of the South." The Jacksonville Times Union says: Probably neither side is responsible for the scenes at Derllngton. Whoever was responsible, enough blood Jias been shed-too much by far. And the con duct of the millitary companies In re fusing to go to the scenes of riot Is re prehensible beyond the power of words to express. South Carolina Is a State of soldiers; her people are famed for their military spirit. The volunteer companies of'the State ought to know that the first qualification of a soldier is obedience. When men put on miu itary uniforms they lay aside the right to think. They become parts of a vast machine. Nothing is right but obedi ence-nothing wrong but disobedience. he Dispensary law, doubtless, is trying. The system or espionage that it puts in force is repugiant to the feelings of the American people, andi abborrent to the spiritof American in stituti'.'s. It should be obeyed, how ever, tilt It is repealed. But this is not ibh- question. Shall the officers o1 the State be pursued to the swamps ad butchered ? We do not see how a South C;,rohinuian can answer this ques tin im the affirmative. Tne man who tired the fi at shot Is dead. Ehere is no proof that the sujrvivors did anythircg a. precipitate the cos flict. They are not respon-ible fo-r the law, and they -hould be protected." R- Bouahr thu. aiO .. MONTGOME RY, Ala., April 4 -A special to rne Adv'-r..iser from Selma, Ala., saye: R-v Byri Mloore, pastor of the E.ist Methoacist (lhurch', pur chased the bar r ,om of \fose Isaacson, c>rrer or Maxey aud Water steets, Tis barroom is across the etreet from the .E s; Tennts railroad shops. Mr. M,ore arted off m-et of the liquor and ihert amastied the rest and l-t it go to waste. He missed a few bottles of whis key anti a doze or so bottles of beer. The shop boys destroyed this in the old fashioned way after the good man had gone. The buying anid destroying of this saloon was an act of Unristian philanthropy that will be highly com mented by all right thinking people. I removes a temptation away from the gateway into the shops, where some 300 men work. All a Yarn. SPRINGFIELD, April 4-Rev. K. P. Stoodard of Boston, secretary of Na tioal Association Opposed to Secret Societies, made an impassioned denun ciation of Free Masonry at the Chris ti-n Alliance Convention in Shiloh Chapel yesterday afternoon. In the course of his remarks he said that the candidate for tbe first degree is sworn to secrecy under penalty of having his throat cut from ear to ear and his tongue pulled out by the roots, and is required to renounce his religion, whether Pagan or Christian, before croasing the thresholti of the lodge COL.UMB!A NOTES Items ef Interest Pickod Up About th 1 Capitol. COLUMBIA, S. C,. April 6.-The war clouds wnich have been making South 4 Carolina so gloomy for a week past are now rolling away and by this morning t the white-winged angel of peace will I come ferth in the district which has b e so racked and torn, and take her t sest upon her throne. Governor Tillman last night issued t orders to Gen. Richbourg, commanding the troops in the accused district, to I mobilize the men and bring them nack t to the Capitol City early this morning. p The troops upon their arrival will be ' paid off and mustered out of service. a The orders to the general in com- t mand of the troops in Florence and Darlington were issued last night. a Gen. Richbourg is ordered to mobilize c the mea early on this morning and t bring them back to Columbia. Here c they will bA oaid off by Pay master Gen. L eral W. A. N1. 0 Last n'gi,. Governor Tillman stated that he h;di had only four hours sleep a between C'arsday and Manday nights, h and haa taken practically nothing to s eat lie says the money spent don' t amount to a raw of pins as compared t with the good which wili result to the 't, State from the display of its powers. e Mayor Fisken of Charleston will n this morning have a consultation with a the Governor in regard to tne enforce- n ment of the provisions of the procla- s mation by which Governor Tillmsn as- z sumes control of the police forces of a!l d the towns and cities. The consultation a will mean a great deal for it is possible si that serious trouble will cms from in- h jadiciousenforcement of the provisions 1< of the proclamation. b Chief Gaillard Is in a. terrible physi- 1 cal condition. 'L'he awfal strain of the past two weeks has proven too much a ror him. When he arrived this morn- t ing he went to the executives offi-e and a reported to G->vernor Tillman immedi- t atAly. This duty done he started to a private boarding house to taks his bed. t The State Representative met him at s the entrance to the capitol He was a barely able to stagger along. His skin i: looked yellow and looked thin. His ii eyes were heavy and he was really a sick man. The chief stopied and c talked for a few moments. He s Lid he t was a sick man and was going to bed. r, G ivernor Tillman was last night go- f ing over the entire lst of companies c a.id marking thos which are to b dealt with with a nig rea pencil. Only a e-ghteen companits out of the entire a force in the State respuuonded to the cab. c l'he Governor says insom case-s courts b of ibqliiry will oa necemssary, but in c mo-t instinces he sivs tie will need no ii inquiry into the disobedieuce of or.lers. r. He htas a r-cord of all the telegrap 1ic 9 refas 4ls, and intim.itei that there will e he a sert-s of court inartials. The G )vernor has looked th- mil irary i- ssor tut Sate up carefally. H#- d s-sys heret.ofore be has been letting th. s miiks severely alone, but now he in tends to reorgauiz-- the entire s'-cvice of a the State. H- said: "I wonid rather 9 bave twenty five good companies which - could be relietl upon than a buodied I companies like soei of those which re- ( fused to ooev my orders there iere r s ,me companies I did not order out be- c cause I coold not reici them by wire', I out of all those I aid order oat, only A epghte-n respondied." I'he Governor tonight set the ball in motion to reorganze the State's mli- t tia service. He gave orders to Assis- r tant Adjatant General Watts and Col. &ixson to proceed to Charleston early tomorrow morning and proceed to col lect all the rafn-s and other State prop - erty which is in the bands of thie cam-J panies of the Fourth Brigade, the crack t military corps of the State. This brig- t ade refuseed to respond to the call ofa the Governor. The officers have in- I structions to collect everything, put it all on special coaches and bring it toe the State armory here. This disarming of the entire militia force of the State t which did nos respond to Tillmnan's or ders will doubtless continue until all are without arms and equipments.- t State. A Negro Witnesa KUled. 1 DARLINGToN, S. C., April 4.-For C a little while today the town was in a 1 flurry, which happily was soon over. t At 2 o'clock whil~e some correspondents1 were trying to wheedd news out of Gen1 Richbourg, one of his men ran breath- 1 lessly Into headquarters with the news that a man had Deen shot at the Cleve land Hotel, two blocks away. A iush was made by reporters and milltary, and those who got in ahead of the guard, which was promptly placed at all the doors saw a brawny, shirtaleeved negro lying dead at the dcor of the din ing room, with hIs heart almost blown out, while the cries of women and children rang through the halls; andi Capt. Henry Thompson of the Darling. ton Guards led through the crowd by the arm, a good looking youngish man. The negro was Henry Green, a cook at the hotel, and his slayer was Dr. H.I B. Payne, a Tennesseeian, who has 1 been here for several weeks~represent ing an insurance company and a hedge 1 fence concern. It seems that Payne with the clerk of the dispensary had 4 been charged with taking goods from the dispensary, and an examination was about to be held. Gr'een told some one that he had seen Dr. Payne coming out of the dispensary Payne heard of it and today he was about to enter the dining room when his wife called Green in the bail and denounced him. The lie passed Green seized Dr. Payne by the arm. In a flash Payne's pistol was placed against the negro's breast and the next moment he was a corpse. Payne, who gave himself up, was as cool as possible. He was surrounded by a squad of sold'ers and taken to the jail and a sbort time thereafter the dead body of his victim, escorted by soldiers, was hauled through the streets in a wagon. The military at once took possession of both hotels, jail, court house and other buildings in and around the sqnare. Not only was the 1 elegraph offi -e closed to the newspaper 4 men, but citizens who had offices in the same building were not allowed to enter them. Capt. Thompson was a very busy man for a half hour, but the town was soon quiet again. The shooting Is deplorable, but the homielde is not a cmze-n of Dariing'on, and the aff iir, while ag sin traceable to the dspens ary, hail no connection with recent events kbere. Five CS z-nm Arr-a- ed FLORENCE, April 4-All Is quiet here toeay. GAn. FarI.y c-al-: a mettinlg at the court house at 10 o'clock 1 t his m.>rning, of all those who knew anythamg about the setzure of the gnns of the Floren-ce Ridl-s. T wenty-five citizens were present, most of '-hem ac kno sledging having been furnibbed with the rifles but denied taking them from the armory. Five citizens ad mit'ia the takmng. Their names are E P Poweil, E. F. Douglass, J. W H-mmond Julian Pendergraas and T. E Wallace. Toey explained that they had taken them to ald in the capture of men who had been engaged in eom mitting murder. These Darties were arrested and taken into custody by Maj. Wardlaw, but thy are now out on their o wo recognizance and attending to business as usual. Would Have Had No Show. LoUISVILLE, April 5.-A jury at Frankfort had before It a case similare to the Breckinridge-Pullard case, onlyr the parties involved were not of suffi-I cient promineuce to give it the same S notoriety. In the midst of the jury's 2 deliberations in the jury room one of the jurors jucosely remarked: "Now let's vote on Breckinriage. All who think beyond the possibility of a doubt I that he is guilty hold up vour right r hand." Straightway 11 Democratic o and one Rlebublican hand went up. C Then one ot the jurors remarkea: Gee, g goshl It's a good thing .Breck, ain't on a THE TROOPS RETURN. Vhey are Me' and Addresaed by the GoV ernor. COLUMBIA, S. C.. April 7.-At 12 clock yesterday the special train bear ng the militia arrived from Darling on. It was a few minutes late but ong before the train arrived the union lepot was a mass of people attracted here by curiosity as well as a desire to Lear what Governor Tillman would kave to say. The Governor, however, lid not drive to the depot but accom ianied by John Gary Evans went to he Plain street crossing of the Geor ,!a, Carolina and Northern railro -d. [his soon became known ana in a hort while the crowd moved over to he crossing. After a long wait the train rolled up ,nd Gen. Richbourg marched the men ut. bome time was consumed in get ing them in proper shape owing to the rowd present but being finally drawn p in line, Governor Tillman, standing n an embankment, addressed them. He said: Soldiers, two trains which re to bear four companies to their omes are now waiting and what I -nall say will be brief. I feel it Impor ant and necessary and indeed due you o return the thanks of South Carolina D you for your valiant services. Call d without a moment's notice you did ot hesitate a moment to leave your vocations to respond-. There was ever the least intention that you bould shoot down your fellow citi mns, but you were sent there to repress isorder, restore the law and prevent iobs from committing murder and to ee that South Carolina Is obeyed and er la ws upheld. I know you are anx )us to get home and you deserve the nizon's aDd God's blessing of all )vers of peace. The time has come for bitterness, ngtr and animosity among breathren 3 cease. Henceforth iet us, one and i, be united and stand together for be good of South Carolina. One man broke out into a cheer but hat was all. This fact created con derabie comment but it was after rards explained that orders had been isued by Gen Richbourg that no cheer ig should be done. Col. W. A. Neal was presaut with becks for the companies. Each cap uin was ctlled up and given a ch-ek e having previously signed a voucter or the sum his company was to re elve. Governor Tillman said that the mone~y would be pro-rated among offi rs and men alike and all would re -ive the %ame psy. It this nad not ten done the men would not have re -ivea morm than 50 e-nts a aay but as is they widl get $1. It is not likely bat the money will be put Into the eneral treasury of the companies ex pt in cases where all dii not go on count or sickness. It is evidently he intention of the men generally to ivide what little hey get among them elves. The Georgia, Carolina and Nort hern ad Richmond and Daaville trains ratted for the troops. pae Greenvill1 ompany weat on the RTchrm and and ).nvlIe, whde the Aonbeville and ire-nwood comp4nies took the Rtch. Wond and Dauvfile. The Edgt-fleld opani.' left this afternoon on the Lietm.md and Danville as did the A-I en companies. rne Fort Motte and: )raugs.urg companies went via the iouth Carolina Railway. The Spartan ure 6ompanies had to wait until the egular train left this afternoon. The euitentiary authorities had dinner pro 'ided for the companies that rem tined ever. The Hampton Guards, however, ame up street and weat to the Hotel orome. T'his company carries a very andsome United States flag which was Ifurled this morning. The soldiers re certainly all glad to get home. They ad as pleasant a time as possible un er the circumstances. They re~iort verything perfectly quiet. McLendon was brought over by the roops. He is under arrest for murder md was bronght here for safe keeping. :Ie was turned over to the sheriff of his county. One of the militiamen aid that at Florence last night as Mc Andon was being taken to the hotel he vas followed by a large crowd, so me >f whom pulled pistols half way out of heir pockets. He said it looked as if here might be a row but McLendon was surrounded by Edgefleld militia who rushed him into the hotel and the hreatened trouble was averted.-Jour al. __ _ _ _ _ The Dariington Trouble. The unfortunate affair at Darlington ast Friday is one long to be remem ered by all the people of South Caroll ia, Irrespective of faction or political ffiiation. The State is confronted ith a grave crisis, and our leaders with a very serious responsibility. The C)arlington trouble Is too ominous and he results that may flow therefrom are oo far reaching to he dealt with light y or to be considered In a partizan iht. This is a time for serious ~hought and moderation in speech. In he language of the Augusta Chronicle the patriotic and conservative men of ~oth factions need to come together or the good of South Carolina, and ~onsder this matter in a broad and Iberal spirit, unfettered by partisan af ilations and prejudice. This Is not Imply an unfortunate outbreak result ng from the sudden heat of passioni, >ut the legitimate and necessary results >f the poiicy advocated and carried out y the Tiliman and anti Tillman fac ions. They have sowed the wind and are reaping the whirlwind. Neither ide is wholly to blame, and neither de is blameless, but both are deeply nterested in a peacefnl solution and quitable adjustment of the unfortun ite conditions which exist. Democracy s bigger than Tilimanism and Soath arolinia is bigger than anti-Tillman sm. Laying aside bitterness and bias, et the most influential and conserva le men of the State get together, and ~almlyand patriotically seek a peace ul solution of the unhappy conditions wich now exist. It is a time for pr u ent and conservative coussels to pre rail, and for patriotic action to take .he place of intemperate speech and asty conance. In benalf of the past nstory, the present responsibility, and he future po.ssibilities of the State of outh Carolina, we appeal to her true Lnd loyal sons, wit hout reference to actional alignments, to come together ow in a patriotic endeavor to re.lieve ier from a condition of things that ilI cl-'ud her fair name and retard her >rogress for the next decade if wise :ounseis and prudent auction do no't on prevail. A grave cris a threatens he peace, the progress and the pros. erit~y of South Carolina. We trust hat her loyal people will prove them elves equal to the emergeney,'' These ,trotic words sfiould find a respon ye echo in the heart of every triue outh Carolinian. We want peace, we ieed peace, ar'd we should take some tep to prevent a recurrence of the )arlii g'on trouble. Such occurrenc--s t no good, but will if continued make ~outh Carolina a ster-cb in the nostril-i t the States of the Union. Let us not orget that bewever much we may dif er politicallf that we are brethren, vith the same hopes and aspirations in if e. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Gone Wrong. FROIDENCE. R. I., Anril 5.-In last 'ear's election the Democrats secured orty-one members of the House and ourteen in the Senate. This year they lect but three Senators and three Rep. esentatives. Governor R. Russell Irown will have 6,000 plurality in the tate. Brown's vote last year was 1,830 and Baker's 22,015. Shutting oft the Press. CHARLESTON, April 2.-A special rom Darlingtonl to the News and Cou ier at 11 o'clock, says: "Telegraph 'flice has been closed to all newspaper isatches. impossible at this hour to et your dispatches, filed four hours go, off. Gen. Richbourg says he can ot allow It nnder repeated orders. THE PROHIBITIONS'S. They Meet and Issue a Call for a Con. vention. COLUMBIA, S. C., April 6.-The State of this morning publishes the fol lowing: Following directly upon the upheaval on account of the dispensary law the Prohibitionists of South Carolina come to the front and indicite to the outside world, after the most mature delibera. tion that they want not the leading re form measure and intend to go to the polls with a strong ticket in N ovember and mal. their light at the ballot box; no Ilonger relying upon the faithfiess promise of any faction of the Democratic party. Tbey have made the move anc it is a meaning one. It has all along been stated that there was some liklihood of such a move being made upon the part of the Prohibition ists, and it follows the norising of tkt people against the dispensary law. It shows to the worl't too that the Prohibt. tignists are not satistird with the dkpea sary law as a itettlement of the dem-.On they have made. It has been generaily thought for some time that a Prohibtioo ticket would meet with strong Cuoport if the Prohibitionis's put up good men men who are absolutely neutral in poli ti.s and have been associated in no way with either faction in the State. The cxecutive co ;.mittee cf !he Pro hibitionists met yesterday afterneon at 4 o'clo;k in the chapel of the Ws.sbing. ton Street Methodist church. Bat few kcew that they were in the city. Chair man L. D. Childs presided. The com mittee remained in session until after dark and then returned, and it was no until nearly 2 o'clcck this morning that the result of tbe long deliberation wS known. 'Everything the cormitt-. did was very thoroughly and :ompletely discussed. The entire field was careful ly surveyed and the situation carefulih considered. Lstters and papers fr ii: many (f the strongest prohibitionists io the State were read. A special commit tee was appointed to prepare an address to the people of tbc S!ate. A recese was then taken ani in the meaotime the committee prepared the address. A the evening session cheirmen for ench. of the counties in the S;ate were elect(c and plans looking to ward to a thort uei or.,auizauon in the Ssate were laid. The I llowiog is the addre!-s it.d c sbu-d. There is no' much of it, bu, hni a we:i ->f siguofi ice: To the cit z~as of Sou;h Carolin: Whereas the people of toe Stale a -he gla.t election 1id with the conse t and approval of bo'.h political fac'ions vote up -n the qutlstion of pro-b:.ior; that the andersandhing of agreement ti abide the result 01 Lhat vote wai gener ally accepted by most of our people an that in ea:d election prohibition receiv4 a large maiorit. of the vote-s cast, therE by showing that pro)hibition uf ih-, q-im traffic plan and simple was the demaad of the people ci South Carolina. An, whereas the legisla:ors of cui State chosen at the same election witi the undermanding as above set forth did contrary to the demand of the peoi'e enact a law whicr, whlle it probibite< the citizen trom selin izq-ior made i monopoly of the business fir, in and b3 the State. Now, therefore, in o: der to carr3 out the wishes of cur people as ex pressed at the election .two years ag and in order to heal the terrible dissen sion and strifsi in our State, in order tha peace and prosperity may soring up un der the benign influence of prohibition and in order that our- people may oncl again become a happy and united pee pe, we, the State Prohibition E!xecutiv Committee, do hereby request all Demo cratic voters of the State who will sus tain prohibition in the coming electioi to ansemble at their respective count: seats on tbe first Monday in June next and elect delegates double the numbe: of Bepresentatives in the General As sembly from said county to a Stats con vention to be held in Columbia Thurs day, June 7th. Said convention to take into consider ation the best menas to remove the li quor traffic from our State, and if deeme< advisable to nominate a full State ticke to be placed bef are the Democracy of tha State for election. JoEL E. BRUNsON, J. P. GissoN. Tuos. J. L AMoTTE. Committee. Worry and ladt gestion. Worry is a curse and source of un told evils and it seams the face witI lines and furrows, and has a moet dis tressing effect upon the hyperswasi tive organ, the stomach, which at suet times becomes a most unwilling an< laggard seryant. Indeed, it is safe r< say that unless encouraged by a cheer ful temper and bright, or at least hope ful thoughts, tbe stomach will play tru ant or sulk and do no work which il can shirk. The physiological explana ton of this is the close alliance of th! great sympathetic nerves which are worse than the telegraph for carrying bad news; the worry and auxietj which depress the brain produce simul taneonely a semt paralysis of thh nerves of the stomach, gastric juicet will not flow, and presto! there is no in digestion. One sign of mental healtt is serenity of temper and a self-contro that enaoles us to bear with equaunh ol ty and unruffled temper the petty trialt and jars of life, especially those arisina from contact with scolding, irascable irratating folk. It is well to remembei at such times that these unfortunatel are tbeir own worst enemies; and t cultivation of the art of not bearinal will help us very much. It is a verb useful art all trirougn li-i, and well worth some trouble to acquire. Imipo S rt. It Ira-. UMITER.S. C, April 4 -Ycur cor resp:n:deut learne.d today tnat Crhiel Cnrtabe G-riilard had had a convern; tion with Col. D. J. Auld. of to hi c on the eve-nng of the tigcht im Darlic g 'on andi that he had g tven inaformnatioa a lch should be made known to the public. I called on Col. Auid and h. sucstntated what I nasd be-std, whlicb is in, sui.stauce as fullows: That he (Gaillrd) had fcr several days previous to this ignt. found great difficulty in retraiuitng his men trom geingti te~ a fignt; thatt the men wante-d to tigat; th:-t several or them were Cesperate and recklesas fellows; that they were leavimg Darlngton mad because they had not beean allowed to fignit. Ibis conversation took place on board of the Cnarleston, Samwer and Northern train the aftertoon of toe riot, and beore G-ailinrd krnew what had hap pened at the Atlantic Coast Line depot. It is also a fact that these men, who precipitated the fight, had bee-n drink ig all day. Mr. WV. H. Commander. a citzen of Sumter and a nephew of She iff Scarborough's wife was at the home of the Sneriff on iFri-day, March 30 and positively asserts that manay of thetai were drinking and at least six were drunk.-News and Courier: The Voe Vote. WasHINGToN, April 5.-The House voted on the question of passing the seigorage bil over the president's veto. The vote stood 144 to 114-not two thirds-and the selanmorage bill is nw dead. An analysis of the vote shows that eight more than two-thirds of the Demccrats voted to pass the bill ever the veto. With the Republicans out it wculd have passed. The 144 votes in the affirmative were composed of 118 Democrats, eighbteen Republicans and eight Populists. The necauive vo'e showed 55 Democrats and 59 Republi cans. Every Georgian voted to pass the bill over the veto. Speaker Crisp iselfa ha hs name called! and voted HORRORS OF HYDROPHOBIA. A Beralitai Girl of RsaoukA, Vi., Die the Terrible De tb. ROANOKE, Va., April G -Some time last January, a larze black dog, belong ing to Mr. G. L. Canady, who lives on craig Road, near Salem, bit two or three children slightly and his daughter, Mise Annie Laurie. a beautiful girl, a-ed 20, was also bitten in eeveral places by the same dog, which was then killed without any one inquiring as to whether or not i1 was rapid. The wounds were cauterizedi, and in time healed, so that nothing more was thogtiht of the matter until Thu-eday morning, when D:. 0. Wiley was sent fcr by Mr. Canaday. Arriving at the house, he ascertained that sin e Mon day. Hiss Annie Laurie, had been un able to sleep; that she was despondent and nervous, something unusual with her, and on that very morning, when her lather brought a bowl of water to ber hedside, she had been seized with a ter rible paroxysm. After railying, she res.ted somewaat and then asked for a tooth brush and r-ru. to rinse h-r mouth, which were haroly brought in sight ere she was again ee-zedgwith violent con vulsions, this time requiring to be held. And so on through yesterday, these pa roxysm feartul to behold kept recurring duneg which her strength became won derful, and it required strong hands to hold her. Nor could she s*allow, though her thirst was excessive. In her calmer moments, she was resignid to her faar. tul fate, and touching the wounds on her arm, exclaimed: "Perhaps it is for the best; these will be the means by which I will soon be in heaven." Dr. Wilev ano Dr. Saanks did all that their skill couM szggest to relieve her sufferings, but ebe herself knew that her case was hopeless, and on Fridy morning in answer to her question, Dr. Wiley told her there was no hope, and she seemed resigned. A little later she prayed with her pastor, and thea re marked to some friends that she had only a few hours to live. Just before her death. which o:'curred at 1:20 Friday -f-ernoon, the family assembled around her bedside, wbile her brother, Profes s->r C. B. Canadv of Roanoke College. led in prayer. Her death ocured dur - ing one of the terrible snaams of pain. and wben Drs. Wiet, Shanks and Kil rain returned from the ;.ouse, they said 'e "emed as one who bad been as 'xizted. Toe !uneral services will ke pl..ce at the residence between 2 .at 3 o'clock tomorrow aternoon. when ne remains will be brought here to in erred :n t'e city ceweterp. A Suo -crid.iou is being taken no at Salem to -end the children, who were bitten bv t."e some dog to the Pastur Institugi, Yew York, for treatnient. The Eft-ctoi wee. ,zs&rd. The Camd-n Journal says the t-liz zard predicted ny R4v. Ira Hicks reachee us on time, and the ruin and damage done to the fruit and truck farms is so great that it is har I to place an estimate upon it at this time. From be middle of sum.ner,as it were-, last week, we dropped into the middle (d win'er on Tuesday morning, when the thermometr registered 24 degrees, a fall of 64 degrees in a few days. The long continued warm spell had brougnt out all kinds of vegetation, and had ad vanced it at least one mouth in this section. As a consequence, all of the fruit has been killed-peaches, pears, plums, cherries, grapes, strawberries are all a clean s weep. Even the scup pernong grapes are seriously damage-a The melon crop is about the only kind of fruit we caoi count on this year The truck farms and gardens are serf ously damaged, too; they were far ad vanced over what they usually are al this time, but the freeze even killec -many of the cabbages, lettuce, beets radishes and other such vegetables thal ordinary frosts do not hurt at all. At to the gardens, we can begin over agali right away; but as for the fruit it it done for at least a year. 'The newi from Charleston says that the truck and fruit farms around there have beet damaged over a million dollars worth by the cold, while from Georgia and Tennessee similar reports come. Or the truck farms around Wilmingtor and Norfolk, the loss is said to run up into the millions of dollars. To take it all in all, we do not believe the "old est inhabitant" can recall just such a calamity. On the 26th of Apri], 1872, we had a cold snap that did a great deal o1 damage, but nothing to compare witli what has been done by this one. If a fire had passed over the country, vege tation would not have been injured much worse than It has been. Who Teok the B;~sei. FLORENCE, S. C., April 3.-As stated in the Southtern; Associated Press dis patches seat from here thre investiga tion to-day as to the looking of the Dis pensary here was a failure. The work was done by a small number of men who are unknown. As to the taking of the arms of the Florence Rifles there was no effort at concealment. The men who took the weapons admit it and say they did so becanse they had heard that a foul murder had been com mitted at Darlington and that they were expectea to assist in the pur suit and captur of the alleged mur derers. Trial Justice Smith in his tes timony, as to the~ taking of the guns, gives the names of the following per sons passing his home, most of them with rities on their snoulders: J. D. McCall, E. P?. Pauley,E. P'. Berry, E.F. Douglass, D. S. Elise, J. M. Hankin, Julin's Pendergast, C. H. Whithead, J W. i-smmond, H. M. Ayer, Reese Gregg Eller by Wallace and Messrs. Sligh and McKay. It was not necessary to have taken any names as all the men admit heir acton and are ready for arrest if such action is contemplated. It is not thought, however, that any of the men well be . arrested. D irling~on will be tne ce-ntre~ of interest in tuis section to morrow. It is er pacted that the inquest into thbe zragedy will begin then. The ctiz--ns_ wil! proh-iy testify fist and :e onzstables wi:' then be brought ove-r anid give their evidecnce. The troops .vii stay at Dirhr'gnon until the in ques,. is coupi't. The soliers here r.- gro sing tired. Tnev expected ex ciiis scenrs and find themse lve-s kill rng titine in the most mon-itoniuc man ner There is sorne excited talk here to-o ight about Governor Tiliman's pro clamatiou on tai- police f:,rees, at it will not am->uilt to anythng. Ao A'ken~ Mnrd.r. AIKEN, S. C. Aprit 5 -Elbert Reed, a yui. :g negro, way laid his wife' and mother-in-law near Montmorenci, S C., yesterday and snot his wife twice, in fcing two serious wonads, and then shjt and killed his mother-lu law- He then made his escape. Today patties scoured the contry in search of Reed and succe-eded in capturing him late this aternon. Before surrendering 'we shot one of his captors, a colored mao, in the face, and was himself shot mi the side with a load of small shor.. H e then attempted to Kill himsalf, and pu-tne his pistol up to his head, fired, and the ball entered hisear, and, rang ing d!ownwards, lodged. He was bnought to Aiken and lodged in jail. Hde may recover, is wife had left him, and he accused her mother of in ducing her to leave. Peullar Death. SHELBY. N. C., April 6.-Jeffries King. colored, a tenant ot Luther Lutz in upper Cleveland, died at his home while praying. He seemed to have a premonition of his approaching death, and remarked: "I will die within thir; ty minutes." Then he prayed long and earnestly for help and strength. As he arose from his knees he said: -"Father am I ready ?" For a few minutes he prayed in silence, and soon answered hs own que-stion. "Yes, i'm ready," A smile racmated his dusky face and bis head fell backward-the spirit had io wn and Jeff ries King was no more. Chrloe Observer. A Modern Enoch Ardeti. WADESBOCO. N. C., April 7.-Dur ing i be year 1875 John Powell married Mist Georgia Ann Bailey, daughter of Mr. Asbury Bailey, who lives near Wadesboro. Powell and his wife lived together for three or tour years. when suddenly, without warnin. the man dis arpeared. For ten years after Powell's disappearance hi wite remainea true to him, but as nothing was heard from hiin during all that time she resumed her maiden rame and married agpin. In 1889 she married Jas. A. Dixon and has since lived happily with him, bearinz him several children. Bat the peace and quietude of Dixon's horne was rude ly broken in upon last week when Powell, the recreant husband, suddenly appeared on the sceen. Powell claims that he has been in Alabama ever s:nce he first left Anson, 16 years ago, but, so far ar we have beard, he does note offer any excuse for his peculiar ac tions. He claims that he did not know that his wife had rarried aginr uinul be was in half a mile of her hcm-, when one of her neighbors gave 1im the infor mation. He appears to ba very :nuch disappointed and says thu'. he came back after his wife, as he wished to take her to Alabama with him. Powell visited the office of the register of deeds last Fri day to look up the record ot his own marriage and also that of Daxon, both ot which he found duly recorded. During his visit to the office he requested Mc. Benton in a very sericui manner to please tell him wsose wife the woman in controversy was anvhow, as he wanted the matter sett'ed. Hi sai'd that Dixon was willing to Live her up, but that Mrs. Powell; or Mrs. D;xon. as the c~Ase may be, had a vry decided predilection for D.xon, and up to toat time he had not been able to inducs her to leturn with him to his Alabama home. Mr. Benton was not able to suggest a way cut of the d.leman, and the last news we have o tue matter the woman was till Mrs. Dixon. - The Pay at the Hlil-Is. COLUMBIA. S. C., April 6.-Yester day morning there were hasty prepara tions being made looking to tne recall of the troops this morring. The Gov ernor hid not decid.-d wnat he wo)uld do about recalling thiiem up to late in L11- afternoon. Phe pay rolls were made up as rapidly as nossinle. Dar ing the morning a pretty question of law arose in regard to the matter of paying off the mili-,14. I. was a ques tion as to what the troops had Deen called out for. Tne sections of the general statutes proviind for different pay for different kinds of service. One section says that tne miitia shall ne paid $1.50 per day for each man for active duty in case they are c-ialed out to aid any civil uflicer in prevetnting and suppressing iosurrectioa or riots and atding the civil officers in the exe cution of the law. When they are or dered out, on tue other hand, by the commander-in-chief tor service other thanaiding the civil authorittwa the law provides that tney shall be paid just tue same as the troops of the Uuited States Army. Under ttis. latter ar rangement the m-!n who r-sp ind-d to the call and went out in tne ranks will get ouly $15 per montb, woile the com manding general will be psid at therate ot $5,000 per year, and all the ofizers would get pretty big p-ty. Governor Tlilman has construed his call so as to make it plain that he called them oat as the chief civil officer of the State to assist in the'enforcement of the laws of the State, consequently each man who went out will receive as nis pay $1.50 per day. The total expenses of tne mustering out of the militia during the present trouble will not be less than $18,000.____ ___ A Sad Suicide. Mc ADENSYILLE, April 5-One of the most respected young women of this place, Miss Marietta Petty, committed suicide by drowning herself in the riv er some time during last night Her body was found lodged near the dam tais morning. She was a member of the Methodist Church, quiet and mod est, and led a most exemplary life. She was to have been married to-night to Mr. C. P. Heffner of our place, a young man of excellent habits, and In every way a good citizen. The cause as signed, in a note she wrote him, was bad health and the fear that she would be a burden instead of a help to him. Miss Petty came here from Spartan burg, S. C., about six years ago, and was probably 20 years old. The suicide was deliberately planned and executed. She wrote the note to IHeffner some time yesterday, locked it in her trunk, and went to the house of a married brohter, who lives close to the river, to spend the nlight. In order to oe. con veniert (as is now snppsed) to the wa ter. The remains, acevnpanied by a delegation of friends, will be taken to Spartanburg for interment. Ooaht to be Lynched. WINSTON, N. C., April 6.-About sundown, last evening, a negro named John Horace, 19 years old, attempted to outrage the six-year-old daughter of W. L. Bruce. Horace was working for Bruce and carried the girl in a wheelbarrow to the stable over one hundred yards from the hous6, where the fiendish attempt was made. The child's underclothes were badly torn. She went to the house- crying and re lated to her parents what had been done. The negro ran away but was caught last night by several officers. Considerable excitement prevailed here last night and theise was talk of lynch ing the inhuman brute. Everything, however, is quiet today. Horace was given a preliminary hearing before Justice of Peace Staley this mnorning and bound over to the courr. The ne groes are very much incensed at the ac tion of the brute as well as the white people and lynchivg is yet feared. Stabbed Bim te tha ifeart. SALUDA, N. 0., April 6.-Miss Lucy Pace staooed and k01 d a man named Johns~on here yest erday. It seems t hat Johnson was en'gaged to be~ mar rned to Miss Pace, but wished to bre-ak the eneagemnent. Hie had circulated damasgmg re-ports about her. somne o which re-iched b'-r e-trs. Yeste-rday mnorning be called on her and ac.cused her of being too iut imate wir h a mar ried man living in Saluda. Miss Pace denied the enesrge most empiatically, and in her rage st-t'bed Johnson in the side, penetroting :,e hear', with an or dinary pocket knife. Johnson died in stanztiy without. utteri'g a word. Miss Pace has b. e-n taken to H~e.ndersonville and 1s con;B ed in jail. She is a hand s .me woman, and has beretofore borne a good reput-aton.-State. PRESIDENT Cleveland r-eemS to be torougniy discour ,g-d. He is report ed as naving said to one of his frie-nds: "If I bad know-n how hard it wav-s go log to be-, I doubt whether I would have accepted the nomination. Nothing could irAuce me ;o renain~ here a day longer tnan I am comp-lied to s'ay." His st-cond term so far has certataly and signally failed to fulfill the promise of his tirst. It h is been as rrem table for political blunders and unfortunate administrative steps as his former term was remarkable for being free of them. A Mining Borror. lBRESL AL-, A pril 5.--The caving in of one of the shafts of Koscwlm mine took place near this city this morning. Eleven men were killed and a large number injured. The killed were near ly all buried beneath falling earth and :ebris. THE E'igefleld Chronicle, in its last issue, gives an occount of ayoung doc tor in that county who farmed last year andl kept a close account of his ex penses, etc. At the close of the ye-ar he fgured up every thing and found that ie had made a net profit of one wagon loa of pnavinesaonrd 15 cents in cah -