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I LM . ~~ *~ " "rr VOL. I. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY fi, 1885. NO. 32. m * Richmond and danvim.e railroad. patmtgrr fk/ktrtuhnl.?on ami after apr 5lh, 1885. pukscnpnr train service on the a and c. division will be us follurr.s: A'ortAicard. no. 51* no. 53' i.parc atlanta ft oil p m mo j n arrire (iainest'illa 8 os p in 10 .12 a n i.ill* a 8 3s p in 10 5a a n | rabun (lap juae i . 9 22 p in 11 21 an l toccoa r 9 50 p m 11 55 n n | - rcneca citjr d.... 10 50 p m 12 51 p ii (treeurillo t 12 27 a m 2 23 p n spartanburg./".... 1 42 a m 3 84 p n (jastonia g s 15 a m 5 2t> p n charlotte A 4 -45 a ni 6 10 p n Sonikxcard. no. 50* no. 52' I.cava uharlottc 3 00 a m 1 00 p n arrircUaHl?uia 3 50 a m 1 41 p n Spartanburg 5 53 a m 3 34 p n ' reenville 7 1# rnn 5 0:1 p n Seneca city 8 52 a m 6 39 j, u Toecoa 9 53 a m 7 35 p n Itubun <>ap junc.. 10 32 a ni B 34 p n Lnta 11 07 a in 9 10 p it (ininesTilla 11 33 a in 9 28 p n Atlanta . 1 44 p in 11 SO p ? Kxpross. fMail. Freight trains ?n this road all carry passen Cera; passenger traius ran through to I)an ville and connect with Virginia Midland rail way to all'eastern cities, and at .4tlnuta will all lines diverging. No. 50 leares Ricliniom 1 24 p en and No. 51 arrives theru 4 20 p in: 51 eaves Richmond at 2 00 a ra, 53 arrives then at 7 #0 n in Buffet Sleeping Cars trillion *hati</e: On trains Nor. 50 and 51, Xev York and Atlanta, via Washii.jrlon anc Danvillo. Greensboro and Ashuvilk1: ot trains Xos. 52 and' 50, Richmond an< Danville, Washington, Augusta and NVw Orleans. Through tickets on sale al Charlotte, Greenville, Seneca, Spartanburg and Gainesville to all points south southwest, north and east. A connect? with N. K. railroad to and from Athens 6 with X. K. to and from Tallulah Fulls ? with HI. Air Line toandfiom Klhcrtor and Bowersville; <i wiih Blue Ridge tc and from Walhalla; e with G. and G. tc and from Greenwood, Xowberry, Alstor and Columbia;./' with A. & S.* and S? IJ. fic C. to and from Hendersonville, Alston, A*c.; f/ with Chester and Lenoii to and from Chester, Yorkville and Dalian; ft with X. O. division and C., C. A A. to and from Greensboro, Raleigh, ?Src Edmund RBr.n.ET, Supt. V SIntinhtr.r (Jon. Airt A. Ij Ktven, Id V. P. tud Gen. Man. S" OUTFI CAROLINA RAILWAY COMPANY, ('omtneneing Sunday, Sept. 7th, 1884, at 2 85 a in, Put.songer Train* will run ns follows until further notice, "Kantero time:" Columbia lUtition?Daily. Leave Colombia 7 48 a m 5 27 p in One at Charleston 12 20 p in U 38 p m Leave Charleston 7 00 h in 4 30 p in Due at Columbia 11 00 p m 9 22 u in Cawdtn Picition?l>ailv except Sundays. Learo Columbia 7 48 a m 6 27 p in Due Camden 12 53 p m H 2i p in Leave Camden 7 15 a in 4 00 p in Duo Columbia 11 00 p m 9 22 p m h Anpv*ta Dirim'on?Daily. Leave Colnrubia 5 27 pin Da? AujruMw ^ 7 41 a an _ - Leave Augusta 7. 3 50 p ui Due Columbia fl 22 p n? LChtm-Uonfi Mado at Columbia with Columbia and Greenville railroad by train uriivinir at 11 DO n. m. and departing: at 5 27 p. m.; at Columbia Jonotion with Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad by Haute train to And from all points ou both rands. At Charleston with steamers for New York n Saturday; And on Tuesday and Saturday witb atcamcr for Jacksonville and points on St. John's river; also, with Charleston and Savannah Railroad to and from Savannah and all point* in Florida. At Angust* with Georgia and Central rail r?ada to and from all point* West and South: nk Black ville to and from all poiutson Barnwell railroad. Through tickets can be purchaaed to all points South aud West by applying to I). McQrKKX. Afjent, Columbia, S. C. John B. I'kck. General Manager. I>. C. A [,i.kn, Gen. I'ans. and Ticket Ag't COLUMBIA A XI) GREENVILLE RAILROAD. On and after October 6, I8S4, I'ahsksgek Trains will run as herewith indicated upon f ' thia road and its branche*. Daily/, exaept Sumfityf. No. 5S. Ul? PASSENGER Leave Columbia S. C. Junc'n 10 45 pm " Columbia -C. & G. 1) 11 10 j> m Arrive Alston 12 10 pm " Newberrr 1 IS p m Xinety-Kix 2 47 p m k Greenwood 3 09 p m nnu?u? > p in Helton 4 40 p hi at Greeunlle 6 05 p m No. 52. I>OWX PASSENGER. Leave Oreenrillcat 0 50 a in Arrivo Helton 11 13 h m IlodgeH. : 12 2.1 p in (Jrmiwflud 12 4S pm Nmctr-Kix 1 82 pro Newberry H 02 p in Altiton. 4 10 p in . ' Columbia C. A (J. D 5 15pm Arrive Columbia SC. Junc'n 5 .10 p m r AKTANBllKJ, UNION * COLUMBIA RAIL-BOAI). NO. 53. UP PASHKNUKlt. Leare Alston 12 52 pm " Union S 55 p in " Spartanburg, 8.U.AC.depot .5 50 p tu VO. 62. DOWN PABHKNOP.R. Ii?-ve Bpnrt'ff K. A I). Hepot .... 10 25 a ni 44 Spart'jc S. II. A C. Dupot ..10 50 am * " Luion 12 50 pin Arrive at Altiton 3 18 p in L Al'BRNK RAILROAD. Leare Newber'v 3 80 nm Arrive at Laurens ('. H <$ 50 p in Letra Laurens C. II 7 40 a in Arrive at Kewberrj 11 10 p ui ABBKVILI.K IBiiiCII. Lcitc Hodpcn 3 45 p m Arrive at Abbeville 4 46 p ir Leave Abbeville 11 00 a va Arrive at Hodgca 12 00 p tx ?I,CX KlttOK BilMOAD i. it if JWUKUBON UK ANC1I, I/eav* Belton 4 45 p m Arrive Anderaon 5 18 p in " Pendleton 6 t>6 p ir " Heaeca c 6 40 p re Arrive at Wathalla T 03 p n S--w?ve Walhalla 8 60 a ir Arrive Heaeca 9 15 a ir " Pendleton 9 62 a n ' '* Anderaon 10 33 an A rrive at Belton 11 08 a ir (JO IV A' K CT 10 XH. A. With South Carolina railroad to and fron Charleston; with Wilmington, Columbia am Aniruata railroad from Wilmington and ml points north thereof: with Charlotte, Coluin oia and Augusta railroad from Charlotte im 11 point* north thereof. I). With A she villi and Hpartanburjr railroad from and for point) in Western N. Carolina. C. With Atlanta am Charlotte dir Richmond and Danville railway for Atlanta and all points south and west. Standard BatUrk Time. ^O. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. X. 8i.AP?BT*R,Gen'f Passenger Act. UXCAiDWSbi., Asu't .Gon'l A*t. DON'tVoROET, we hare a raoderr wift> running power press won type, rulo/ tmj blank paper, envelope? and cardan-go bring in jour printing. iSfc^Y v\ . 1 . <- \ m- > \ . JIONDKXSKD TIME CAltD ? Magnolia Passenger Route, ti In effect March 15, 1386. COINS SOVTH. * ? i Ti Leave Laurens *5 20 a in f8 50 a ni , " Waterloo 6 00am 9 55 a in * " (Sreenwood 7 00 a in 2 15pm ] Arrive Aujruata 10 45 a in 7 45 p in 4 Leavo " 10 60 am 10 00 pm Arrive Atlanta 6 40pm 0 40 a m 1 Leave Aucnxta 11 SO a ui Arrive Henufort 0 20pm r.-. Arrive 1'ort Royal 6 S5 pm I " Chnleston 5 50 pm ' " Savannah 7 00 pm i " Jacksonville 7 00 am . is 1 OOlNfl KOKT1I. ] Leave Jacksonville *8 50 pin " Savaunali 6 55 am ofl Leave I'ort Uoyal 7 35 ain " Beaufort 7 47 am TU " OhnrlMton 7 50 am im Arrive Augusta 1 50 pm n j Leave Atlanta f8 20 pm Arrive Augusta 0 10 am in Loave Au?uh(h *2 SO pm 0 15 am . [ Arrive (Jrcenwood 6 10 pm 11 40 am tlR, * " Waterloo 7 04 pm S SO pm J " Laurens 7 60 pui 4 40 pm I *l)ailv f Daily except Sunday. J Tickets on salo at (Jreenwood to all points Hla i at through rates?baggage chocked to desti- vrl nation. Connections made at (Jreenwood ( With C. ii ii. H. U. K. T. CllAHl.TOH, (?. I*. A. nc * Augusta, f?a. \{j 1 ITtTILMIXOTON. COI.l"M1IIA AND Al*- nnl I Vv (;i:STA KAII.KOAL). fcl ' Going Sou h no 48 Kn 40 fio, Leave Wilmington 9 30pm 11 10 pm t Arrive at Floriyice 1 60 a ui 2 20 n in 11H Arrive at Columbia C 40 a nt i-i Going North No 43 No 47 ' Leave Columbia 10 O0 p m otl ! Leave Florence 4 50 p in 1 52 a ni c. I Arrive nt Wilmington. . .7 40 p in 6 10 a ni ; Train ko. 43 >tops nt all stations. Nos. 48 the , and 47 stop onlv at lirinklav's, Whiteville, .ry. Fleiniugtou, Fait" "Jvff, M*.rion, Florence, ' Timmonnville,.Sumter, Camden junction ar-d pr< ' Kastover. 1'assengcr* for CMlmnbia and ". 11 ,? i points on c a ? n n, c, c * a r k. Aiken June- * lion and all point.* beyond, should take no. 48, glo night express. Separate Pullman sleepers , for Charleston and Augusta on trains 48 and 47. All traion run solid between Charleston liv and Wilmington. . anc Atlantic coast link, s(,? od, PASSENGKR DKI'AUMMKNT, <10, Wilmington, 2f. (July 10th, JSS.i. "fa NKW LINK brtwoen Charleston and t|,(, Columbia nnd'Upiior South Caroling. bt'UBIIUI.B. (JOIVO OOlNfl wjt.iv. rapt, pel 7 hi tin Lt Charleston Ar. 9-IS pip trai 8 40 " " Linos " 8 *5 " 0 43 " ' Suiuter " 6 56 '? lnc 11 no pm Ar.... Columbia I<v. 5 30 '? the 2 SI 14 " .... Winnnboro ... " S 48 " v?, 3 4ft" " ... .Chester " 5 44 " * ftl 5 Si " " .... Yorkrilto " 100 " t\V< 6 25 " " .... Lancaster " 9 00 " 5 00 " " ....Uockllill " 2 00 " WUI 6 15 " " Charlotte " 1 00 " per 1 13 pm Air.... Newberry Lv 3 02 phi trai J OH " " Crecnwnod " 12 48 " ? 6 50 " " ....Laurens " 7 40 nn 6 18 ? " Aixlerncin " 10 3.t " an<i 6 " '' (Jrrenville " 9 50 " 7(M " " .... Walhnlla " 8 50 " Mtt 4 46 " " .... Abbeville " 1100 " Ti t 5 50 " " .Sti.trlAnburp ..." 1050 " . 9 30 J" " UcnderKonrillo.. " 8 00 " Solid Trains between Charleston and Colum- 'ou hi*. S. C. COH J"F. D1YIXK, T. M. KMKRSOX. ClOn'l SllD't. Ol'll'l l'?n A?r/?n* . * " W01 can SPARTANBURG ANT) ASIIEVILLE RAILROAD On and after Apr. 6tli, 18A5, passenger *7 1 trains will bo run dailv, except Sundav.be- Sht tween SnartanbMrir and Ilendersnnville ah follows: ,nK l;P TRAIN*. C'n Leave R. k IV Depot at Spartanburg 4 00 p in _a. Leav? Spartanburg, A. L. depot.... CIO pm Leuve Saluda f. 2" |i ui a ? Leave Flat Rock 7 00 p m ] -4rrivc ITendersnnvilic 7 15 z. m DOWN MR.41N. cub Learu llendersonvillo 7 00 am Leave Flat Rock 7 li a in Leave Suluda 7 50 a m S. . Lenve .fir Line Junction 10 1 o a in Arrive R. k 1) Depot Spartanburg. 10 Ji) a m Trains on this road run by Air-Line tinio. itoth trains make connections for Columbia and Charleston via Spnrtanburp, Union nnd cor Columbia: Atlanta nn>l f'hsrlotte bv Air Line. of JAMES ANDERSON. Superintendent. nnt: EXCHANGE HOTEL, ntti trii Gitkkn vtl.l.b. S. C. the THE ONLY TWO-UiASS HOTEL IK ?11.' THE WORLD. tl" W. R. WniTB. PKOIMMKTOK. 48 inn ?JENTRAL HOTEL, rep Muh. M. W. Tho hah, Proprietress. ? nac Broad street, Angusta, <Ja. 49 j__ ure Dl, MABltY, pe' a HRV Atorney and Counsellor at Law. ^ AHKV1I.I.K C. II., H. C. tati dot Offico formerly occupied by Judge Thomson. J tf-50 a*fl i ?. in . Ij. W. rKRItlN. T. r. COTIIKAX. tw< ! I)ERRIN A rOTIIRAN, of i 1 riti Attorneys at Law, 51 Abbeville 8. C. , ' M? 1?UGF.5R U.UAUV, or J ins i Attorney and Counsellor at Law, ,||a 52 Abbeville, S. 0. pr? Fr JAMES 8. I'KKItlN, in < *n< Atto?-n?T and Counsellor at Law, b1)< Abbkvii.I.k, ('. II., S. C. ^ Jan. Jft, 1885-tf &3 ^ b?< BOUT. B. HKMI'HII.I.. WM. P. CAI.UH'K. V01 HKMPIIIIjL & CALHOUN, an Attorneys at Law, ^ f Abbkvii.i.k. S C. Will practice in all the Court* of the mi State. 64 ^ un AI.L the new shapes in Hats and Bonnota <n( with Ribbons. Birds, Flowers, Satins tlx r and Velvets to inptch. , R. M. HADDON & CO. 26 Mi i , * "Circus" Court in Aiken. IK "DANCING 1MHJ WOMAN" VS. A SHOW AND MUSEUM. vo l)ay? Spent Over a Claim Tor MOiS?Humors of (i "Himlod" Companjr?Htowc & ltowe and their Convenient Alternative Ownership >f Canvas, Crocodile and Other 'Properties"? A Verdict Tor $350. rom a Special News aud Courier Correspondent.] Aivvv \r?ril 9B 'I'lio frequently alludad to by the unletteras the * Circus Court," but it is not ten that the terms aro literally conrtible. One of thu cases on tho Com>n Ploas docket for this term of the >nrt for Aiken, however, makes a caso point, in which two whole days, Frij and Saturday, wore consumed in 3 litigation of a somewhat interesting it. The plaintiff in tho case is the illirrod prima donna, so to speak, of lat is or was known as the 4,(irost Va- , ty Show'' of one, Frank Stowe, of . chighan. This is the same unfortute organization which dissolved and : 1 to pieces at Vaucluse in this county ue time ago under numorous attach- ( >nts by the Sheriff for past due hotel Is and sundry other claims of sundry , n-r innocent admirers of the Frank | >we Variety Show. The history of i i show begins at Troy, Tennessee, i iere also originated the c&uru of tho | went action. At that place, when ( ngs with tho "show" were at their Oiliest, Frank Stowo telegraphed to j Irs. Josephino Hecke, who was then 1 ing at Manchester, Now Hampshire, ] \ offered her an vngagoment Tor tho , Ron. Madame llecke. an nho is term- j accepted the ongagemont and came < ir 11 South much after the fashion of , ir Inez*' who pushed WoRtward with j i same object in view, that is ty say , : conquest of new worlds of fashion 1 frirolity. Madame llecke was, aij.d } haps is, the fortunate ownci of I c ined dogs, which, as Appears, worfr\,j special xitraction in the eyes of the manager of the Frank Stowe riety Show. The agreement ho en tho manager and "the Madam" < that she was to be allowed as coinisation for the services of horself and nod animals $25 per week and, as the dame expressed it ''hoard for myself I my dogs." .Under this contract dame Heckc joined the troupe at >y, Tennessee, and after six months varied misfortunes and sdvuntures nd herself out of a joh when the icarn fell through at Yaucluse not ny months ago. From Yaucluse sho tit to Augusta, from which place she io a few days ago and entered suit in i Court for $402, balance due on salatts per contract with Frank Stowo. i appeared in Court on Friday mornwith h?*r counsel, the Hon. O. W. ? >ft and Wra. B. FUyd, Ksq., and as it i oxpected that she would make out ood ca?o tho Courtroom was crowded hear thji pro and con of the only cir case of the term. Tho defendant , :u? was represented by the Hon. 1). Henderson and O. 0. Jordan, Ksq. , THK 1'I.AIMTIKF CIHCCH f by hor counsel, and presented by ? trust with the legal "customary suit ( solemn black," a somewhat dashing i I captivating appearance. She wan 1 ired in a handsome brown nilk dress, nmcd with velvet to match, and al- < mgh somewhat subdued by her nor- < mrroundincn, there was still some- I ntr in hor fni/f onaentlil* cn<?i?iiotifn < -o - - ""ts-""1 the light "gymnustic too," and of an 1 ate greatness tha*. could scarcely be < ressod by judgo or jury. From a 1 rely aesthetic point of view, her eyes I 1 that "come whero my love lien < aining" expression, which is ho indis- ? liable a fcaturo of tho ladies of the ' rdnst persuasion. Tho proof in the i ?, however, Bliowed that Madame i ckc "saw dust" in the financial accep- I ion of the word in very small broken 1 ips, and in fact was more sinned i linst than (tinning. Considering that i tier day. which wrs not ntoro than < j months ago, she was the observed, i all observer? and travelled as a celeb- i f from Troy, Tenn., to Vauclusc, S. i in an me unrivauou pomp and glorii circumstanco of the "inimitable ! dame Josephine," her qniet demean- 1 in Court waa at onco a Had but edify- i ; illustration of the mutability of hu- ' n affairs in general and the total de- < irity of circus managers in particular, j am time to time she would lean over i consultation with counsel, and ovor ? 1 anon having givou or taken advico I 9 would apply a lovo of a little vial a nosu which wore n permanent and , ronic curl of disdain and thon^ lapse ck into a state of Frank riety-show-beatitudo. THE DEPENDANT CIRCUft, il on his right sat a Mr. Howe, a ride Tennessee partner. Mr. Howe and r. Stowe were both sued by the folio circus, as it appoared that Mr. 3W? had buried all his available assets der a bill or sal* to Mr. Uowe, with tent, her, the said Madame Josephine, en and thus to cajole, " defraud .and ladle. Mr. Row* ran the "Monster meuai," and one of ih? bills of sa!? recited the transfer of an alligator, or m rather of an alleged crocodile, and several tl ether foreign reptilos which grow nu- pi nicrously in tho neighborhood of Yau- in cluse. Tho reason for the joinder of ni Ur. Stowe and Mr. Jlowe aa co-defend- A ants wm also based on tho fact that pi when the '*Monater Museum" got into ?1 trouble it was automatically transferred to the Frank Stowe Variety Show, and Q| whon the latter became liable for Itoating debts and sinking funds it could on- ^ ly be found in the "Monater Museum." AN AIKRN IiAWYKD, p( however, caught up with thif| iranspar- tl ent circus racket and brought the "Hon- f?J ster Museum" and the "Variety Show" fc face to face with their joint lilBHlities to tl Madnmo Josephine, and bunco the tc uresent anit. Besides Madame Josephin^ and Mr. Rowe and Mr. Ktowe, there W*re present as witnesses the clown, the bosscanvasser, tho thimble-rigger, tho bossacrobat, the tight-rope dancer, the wirnwalker, and, among others, tilt boj who ^ *tole four dollars' worth of tickets, the clandestine sale of which broaght the show to the verge of insolvfncy. All these were sorry-looking objects, inloofl llnvoutii/l #?f finual #!??% ... w .?c (Slct md the feathers and paint irfcideot to a Bc regulation circus raid on uniheorp orated towns and villages of less than ten f? thousand and not moro than one hun- ,n Jntd and thirty inhabitants apiece. 0,i With all thcHe compatriots in the fore- jj, ground, tho Madame was courteously {], ushered to the witness-stand by the p( ligh sheriff" of the Comity of Aiken m H'ith all the gravit yand dignity becom- th ng the occasion. Madame Josephine Q| hon sank into her chair as Cytherea n( ivovild have dona on a bed of pansy bios- ni ;oms or a bunch of t?u-cent hyacinths, jn ind began to tell the story of ,n tiik sibuk or T?07. j? ?b<> described hor doga au "three littlo th >nes and three small tinea," which, as rc I.? ..l..u:ti 1 1 ?! i iu puun win [iiuuutcu in eviaence gjjroVftd, could stand on their own heads ne )r each others' heads, or the heads oT re he spectators, just as tllG occasion de- WJ nanded. SIhi proved conoluiiifel}' thnt ,;o he most invaluable services wore perbrmed by the animals, and that the r(| ilaiiu sued for was a just and true one, tit rhich on tho least calculation was 8? vorth $402. i-'he produced...liar books j?r o that effect, and although she admit- t;t ed having broken hor contract bj con- 0p inual absence from "the canvas," she ileaded as a set-off to that the fact she w| van suffering on such occasions from th acute neuralogy.'' She inveighed bit- l,c erlv against the ingratitude of tho t,| 'Monster Museum" man and the "Yuri- Hc r,y onow man, as uric naa onco pawned ?jf kt diamond ring to get bond for their pr appearance in tho Criminal Court in I'ennessee. Having given her testiino- tfa >y she stepped down with a becoming pj. iir of injured innocence, and settling her- ,iP telf comfortably proeeeded to fan her- Pg i?lf violently and use the sedative into- Uj iia with equal emp tenement. t0 The other parties in the Trojan war nf .hen gave their version of the Madam's he itory and claimed five hundred dollars to lamages by reason of her failure to sti comply with the contract. The defend- w, mts Howe and Stowc claimed that the ^>1 >laintiiF Madam Josephine was HAI on rV AND IMt'KKIOUH, tnd would rofuse point blank to como pr lown to "the canvass," where anxious .housands were awaiting her triumphal A] ?ntry. On this point the defendants ;iut up one of the "boss-gymnasts" to ^ :estifj\ Ilis name was ''Mexican Joe." yC [Io said : "1 go one time to dn hotela th :o demand do Madam to bring down le poodle la. She sit in the piazza da ind much have a rosa in do bnozom ah. co She swing ah da see she swing ah da so, cu n I don't know what you sny, I tink a y< roq^in chair. Madam no come for me. _ for Rowe, for whole shebang a lab." Qf Stowe and Howe wero then examined, efl ?nd the hooks of Stowe Terr put in ex- th idcncc. These were examined and cross-examined, and finally were inves- J* ligated with a microscope, as there was |y many things in which woro character- ad ixed as *? ail I'ATKKT POHOKIUBS. ^ Madam Josephine's accounts current jt wrere also suspected of the same arith- I i inctical obliquity, and were also submitted to the scientific test of that mildGi oyed, one-oyed instrument. Argument in thft case was then begun. During ^ the argnmont for the defence one of the ;R counsel alluded in no measured terms to ?j the "dancing dog woman from New Hampshire," ami the spangles and the glittering tinsel, and the nondescript ac ' tight*'' of the exhibitors in tho saw- te dust ring. When allusion was made P' to the "dancing dog women , from jj3 Hampshire in lights" a man in the ^ audience interrupted the counsel and F said, "I would like you to know,. sir, d< that my wife don't woar tights." The Court promptly suppressed. any further tj. conversation. and intimated to the oyer- tl r.cal<?ns champion of the plaintiff** ward- <1 *ohe that any further gnjLiiitou* in- j' formation to counsel might be indulged in by way of soliloqur in cht county *{ jail. A gread deal of comment tu el lado anion* tho audience on the fact lat tho explanation of Madam Jo.soliine's "costume de canvas"' was made i the present tenHe, a fact which had ot been questioned even by implication, fterthis little incident tho argument rocoeded without interruption to the one. tub two i1kht bl-kkchkh r tho present Court campaign were lade in this case; and for the di-fence y Hon. 1>. S. Henderson, nnd for the laintifl'by the Hon. (Jeo. W. Cmft, r??socti vely the Hector and Achilles of ii? modern war of Troy. The jury tund a verdict for Madam Josaphino >r $350, which, though somewhat leas tan the amount claimad, is understood i be ''satisfactory without further reendation." Taking Him at His Word. OW GEN. LAWTO.V IiOST THE MISSION TO llL'SHIA. ite President Accept* his Declinnttftn in l>cad Earnest, bat Expresses Ills Kegret Thereat in the Most Complimentary Terms?The Attorney-General's Opinion in Lnwton's Favor. Wahhinutok, April 28.?Upon reriving on tho last day of tho special Ksion of tho Senate an intimation from nt body that Mr. Lawton must n*ly r bin qualification to hold the office of inister to Russia upon a pardon grantL hj the President prior to the adop>n of the Fourteenth Amendment of 0 Cons'ililtinn. unit li?i\rn5n?r tlml iKn lint had been made against his confiration ihnt he watt still ineligible under e terms of that tmondinont, President levelahd immediately withdraw his imination. This, in his judgment, was anifestly the proper course to pursue deference to the opinion of certain embers of the confirming body. In atio* to Mr. Lawton and to the end at the legal question involved might ceive a careful and deliberate considation, it was conceded that the nomi- i e was a fit and proper person to repBont tho Government abroad, and it expressly stated there was no rean why he should not be ' confirmed, i cept the technical one which concorn- | his legal status under the constitunial amundment. This question was | bmitted to the attorney-general by the eaident, and after a ctreful oxaminam the attorney-general submitted his inion, entirely sustaining th?i eligibilr of Gen. I.awton to ihn ofiieu to tiicli he had b??*n nominated, liefore o opinion of the attorney-general had 11 communicated to Mr. Law ton, and : ider date of Apiil 17, he wrote to the cretary of iitatf, referring to the qucs in waien iixK n?en rumen, un<l ext-xniuir hi? ftriu belief iit his eligibility 1 it requesting that his name hp not furer considered in connoctitn with tho | ace. Before this letter reached its stination Gen. Lawtnn received a telram from the secretary of Slate based ion the determination of the President ho guided by the opinion of the attory-goneral, and informing Lnwton that i might proceed with his preparations undertako the mission. Notwith- , inding this Lawton immediately formled another letter dated April 18, in liich he adhered to all that he had said his communicatin of the day before. The following is tho .reply of the i esident: Kxrcutivr Mansion, Washington pril 22, 1886.?The Hon. A. K. Lawton vannah, Georgia?My Dear Sir: 1 gret exceedingly that for any reason e Adminirtration is to be deprived of iur honorable and valuable services in c mission to Hussia. The opinion of e attorney-general upon tho question your alleged disability under the 14th iicndmcnt to the Constitution was ho unpletely satisfactory and removed so itirely from my mind all doubts as to >ur eligibility, that upon reading it I once decided to ask you to accept the tuition, and 1 learu from the secretary Btato that he telegraphed you to that rect. But it seems that your letter of e 17th was then on its way, which was Mowed by that of tho 18th, affirming >ur decision. I sincorely regret this itermination on your part, sounsolfishfonued and patriotically expressed, id whilst I must reluctantly accept it announcement of your doliborate dere and personal wish, I can but feol st the country is greatly the losor by with sincere regard and high respect im your obedient servant, GROVF.lt Clrvki.anii. The following is Attorney-Goneral arland's opinion in full: Departmentor Jutrucic, Washington . April 14,1885.?Sir: My opinion requested on tho following cnse: Alcander It. Lawton who had been & cast at Went l'oint and held a cemmifton as lieutenant in the United Statea my and in one or both of theae charter* had taken an oath which, it in conndwd and which I ain to asiiumo an irt of the case submitted, bound him i.Hiipport the Constitution, afterward* >ra arms against the United States in le war of tho robellion. On the 6th of ehruary, 1807, ho received a full par* 3ii and ainncMy for the part he haa tapn in the rebellion, and the question is liolher he can hold civil offlco under le United States notwithstanding the tird suction of the 14th amendment of iu (Constitution, which took effect on te 10th of July, 18U8, and is in the fol wing word*: ' flection 3. No person shall Senior or Representative in Congress, or, ltdtor %r President and Vice-rrogidenfc nr hold any office, civil or military, un- < der the United States or under any I State, who. having previously taken an i oath a* member of Congress or as an officer of the United States or an a member of any Stnte Legislature or as an executive or judicial officcr of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insur- i rectior. or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to tho enemies thereof, but Congress may, by a vote of < two-thirds of each houso, remove such disability.'1 The question presented will be dis- 1 posed of upon the logal intent and meaning of the amendment. Prior to the adoption ef this amendment the Kxccu- 1 live, in the exercise of unquestionable power, had granted pardons to the per- 1 son whose case is now under consideration and others standing in the same predicament of guilt. Tho power to pardon vested in the Executive by the constitution was not given to be oxerciscd I capriciously, but when resorted to in the ' present it should be in furtherance of 1 iho peace of society and in tho interests of the Government. Such being the theory, it must be pre- 1 suiued that every exertion of that power in such case bv tho pxnriitivo ment of the Government was in furtherance of the objects for which the pow- ' or was granted, for nothing is better established than that want of fidelity to itH constitutional duties iu never to be imputed to any one of the thre? great co-ordinate departments of Govarnmeni if it be possible to avoid it. At the timo the Fourteenth amendment wvnt ?riio upcrauon ijRWion ana me oilier persons referred to had been restored, by par dons previously granted, to all their rights as citizen#, and had become bv virtue of those pardonH as innocent an if ' they had never committed the otfVnco 1 fergivon. (Kx parte Garland, 4 Wall, p. ( 380: United Stales vs. I'adelford, 9 Wall . 531; United States vs. Klein, 13 Wall, 1'28; Armstrong vs. United States, vs. II.. < 154; 1'argond vs. Unitod States, 15G; < Carlisle vs. United Slates, 1G Wall, 148.) , The question, then, for my opinion is whether it was the intention of tho 14th amendment to take away rights which previous pardons had restored, or, in other words, whether it was the purpose . of that amendment to cast reproach upon the executive department of the (Jov- J j. i i:.i:? ' -r ( ciiiiutriii uj iv|iiiiiiaiiiig us uuworiiiy 01 credit its acts of unquestionable validity by destroying right# which had undoubtedly vested under those Acts and liy violating national faith solemnly pledged. It cinnot be denied that the Amendment id &a S^nilHrnhoimive as lam guage could make it, but at the Maine lime it must be remembered that the words of every law are to be taken in nubnr<lination to its intent, and that where they are gsneral their Bens? will be restricted, if nece-tsary, to prevent an unjust or absurd consequnce, which it must be presumed that tho Legislature could not have contemplated. It was upon^this principle that tho Supreme Court of the United States held that an individual pardoned for taking part in tho rebellion was not debarred from suing in the Court of Claims by a law providing that in order to recover procueds of captured or abandoned property the claimant must prove that lie has nover given any aid or comfort to the present rebellion. The Court aaya: ' "It is not to bo supposed that Con- i fraao inforxlnil Kw tKn (VAnA**i>1 6.-.? "J - > goauiui laiifcilBgc of the Act to encroach upon any of the prerogatives of the President, and especially that benign prerogative of mercy which lies in the pardoning power, t It is more reasonable to concludo that j claimants restored to their rights of ( propeity by the power of the President were not in contemplation of Congress in passing the Act and were not intend- < ed to be embraced by the requirement in question. All goneral terms in statutes should be limited in their applicalion so as Jnot to lead to injustice, op- ' pression or any unconstitutional operation if that bo possible. It will bo pre- ( sumed that exceptions wore intondud | which would avoid results of that nature. (Carlisle vs. tho United States, 16 Wall, p. 153.) In a very important caso recently decided the same Jourt i restricted tho general language of a stat ute ill order to avoid giving it a sense that would have involved Congress in the violation of a treaty obligation." 1 (Chow Heong vs. the Unitod Stated, i 112; II. S., 555; same doctrine is forcibly presented in United States vh. Kirby. 7 Wall, 483.) 1 That this principle is as applicable to interpretations of the Constitution ai the i statutes was conclusively established by the Supreme Court in tho Slaughter- < house case, 16 Wall. 77, where the Court refused to acccpt tho full meaning of , cortain general words in tho first sec- j tion of the 24th amendment, in order to < avoid an interpretation that would have involod so great a departure from the | structure and spirit of our institutions i as in tho absenco of explicit language, could not bo presumed to have been intended. Applying then this sound rule of in- | terprotation to tho third seotion of the 14th amendment, 1 am of opinion that the consequcnccR of allowing its general words of oxclusion to operate without i limitation in favor of persons in the sit- < uation of Mr. Lawton, would be pro (luctive or an injustice and disregard or public faith which nothing short of the i most oxplicit and controlling language < should authorise. If the conclusion I have reached is not well founded then it follows that if the people of the United States should amend the third section of the 14th amondmont in tho singular practicular of requiring a unanimous instead of a two-thirds vote of both houses to remove the disability imposed, all persona whose disabilities had been hero torore removed by a two-thirds vote would find themselves again undor the necessity of applying to Congress, a result which would not ba a whit less at war with justice than what would occur if Lawton and others in his situation were held to have beon degraded by the amendment to the condition of disability from which their pardons had raised toem. , In am also of the opinion that Lawton is I*>t affected by the amendment, be . - : * ' " .v > . . cause at the time it was ordained the offences on which tho disability imposed in halted could not havo boen imputed to him for the reason that ho had by virtue of his pardon become 4,a new man," endowed with "a new credit and capacity." Ilis guilt had been "blotted out." and he had become "an innocent as if he had never committed the offence." Whatever was his cennectiou with the rebellion, tho effect of the pardon wan to close tho eyes of the law to the perception of it. These positions have been laid down after the gravoat consideration by the Supreme Court of the United States in cases already cited, which make it entirely clear that to hare accused Lawton of any of tho abovenamed offences at the timo the amendment was adopted would have been de? famation. for which an action might have lain. Two years before the amendment became a law the Supreme Covrt laid down, in a case already cited, that a n?rdnn l?o?l 1? r... f?u Mio vivauniug, r?UUT aung effect I have described. and it almost seems like imputing to the framert of the third Rcction of the amendment either ignorance oflaw or a purpose to set ? snare, to Ray that they intended to include persons already pardoned without Rpccially referring to them. I am of the opinion that Mr. Lawton is qualified to hold civil office under the IJovernment of the United States. I liaTe the honor to be yours, *ery respectfully, A. H. Garland, A ttornsy-General, Not Guilty ol" Heresy. I From tho AiiRusta Chronicle of Friday.] In pursuance of a request by Dr. James Woodrow, embodied in tho letter pubished below, a meeting of the Augusta I'resbytery was held last night in tho ecture room of the First Presbyterian Jhureh to investigate tho question of Dr. Juntos Woodrow's orthodoxy in rcfsrence to his teachings on the question )f evolution. The letter referred to was ead as follows: To the Preabeytcry of Auqxiata, in Scxnion at Union l*oint, Oeoryia.? Dkak IIuktiirek : It is known to you luring the last eight or nine months I lave been repeatedly charged in public ournals with heresy, and Synods of. our :hurch have declared that my teachings in a certain subject are in conflict with ' he teachings of the Sacred Scripturoi. Deeming myself aggrieved by these in- ^ urious and unfounded sntcments andeports, I ask as one subject to your au~; hority, over whom it is your duty ,to SvTok?" cs?.,*hst you investigate.-them mil ascertain whether I *Ui .. guilty a* diarged and wheth.r the statements nado concerning me are true or false, ask that if such investigation should > exult in raUing a presumption of injr juilt, yau shall institute process against lie in accordancc with the Book of Dissipltne, chap. 5, par. 2. Praying that you may be guided br he Holy Spirit to such a course as will rindicato the truth and preserve tha pu ity of Christ's Church, I am your fellow , icrrant, Jas. Woodbow The committee who were appointed ,(o nvestigate the rumors and current charges in pureuance to request mado in [)r. Wood row's letter presented as their inanimouH report the following: "First. We And nothing that waranta . i_:_i e 1 i irim lur iierwwy. "Second, As no ono appear* or offer* :o make out charges, no process can be natitatod, See Rook of Discipline, :hapter 6, par. 2." Tho following substitute report was )ffercd by Itov. G. T. Goctchius : "Wo find nothing to warrant judicial >roress in rcgnrd to the matter referred ;o in Dr. Woodrow's lotter.'* Tho proponed substitute elicited exrntled dobato' which wa< paricipated in jy Dr. Adams, Dr. Woodrow, Key. Mr, iootchius and other*. The followinf amendment and a?b> ititutc was offered by Dr. John Jones: "That our action in this matter is not o bo understood as calling in questioa he action of the Synod of Georgia, held it Mavietta. Ga., in 1884." The substitute), with ita amendment, was lost by a vote of 7 to 6. The original report was then unani* nously adopted. The following resolution was also a* Innlo 1 "liesolced, That our action in this nattor ik not to be understood aa calling in quextion tho action of the Synod of Grcorgia, held at Marietta,in 1884." . I)r. Woodrow notified the President that ho would complain ef their action to the Synod of Goorgia. QUANT'S HALtAKY, How tho Amount Is Forward?k1?No DutioH to Perform In Kstara, Washinoton, April 29.?An official of the Paymaster General's office said today : "Gen. Grant was entitled to his first month's pav on the retired list on April 3, but he did not draw it for a week after that time. Though the House concurred on March 4 in the Senate bill placing him on the retired list, the approval of the act was dated March 3, as that legislative day ran until Congress expired legally. His appointment to the army on the retired list, though made. only a few minutos beforo noon on March 4 is dated March 3. Everything that would bo dated March 4 would haveto be dene by President Cleveland. Gen. Qpst'i salary will be as long as he lives $13. 500 per annum. Ho will be paid monthly, and every month a check for $1,983* 33 will he sent him by the armp pay* master at Now City. He baa no flttties whatever to perform in re<jtui1)v, JJptin thin respect he is only like Geh, Sherman. ill the army officer* except those two when- placed on the retired (lot TftceiveW twp-thirf)s-of their salary.. By they lfrei" i; \ v '