The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, February 10, 1877, Image 2
WINNSBORO, S. C.
Saturday, February 10, : : 1877,
JNO. 8. REYNOLDS, Editor.
It is said that' ono of the discov
ories made by the Iouso Committee
dnring its investigations in South
Carolina is that thero has been no
valid election in this State ~ since
Reconstruction. 'This decision is
said to be based upon tho fact that
there has been no registration of
voters, as provided in the constitu
tion. There may thus arise one
more point for the Electoral Com
mission to determine.
It is rumored that there has been
an over-issue of the new Consolida
ted Bonds which were authorized
under the act entitled "An act to
reduce the volume of the public
debt, and to provide for the pay
ment of the same." It is said that
the sale of bonds has been unusually
active recently, and it is supposed
that the Chamberlain crowd have
forced bonds on the market, in or
der to raise a little money. A short
time will show what grounds, if any,
there are for the suspicion.
The injunction case brought
against the State treasurer, to re
strain him from drawing any Stato
money from the banks, and to re
strain the' banks from paying any
out, his been decided by Judge
Carpenter. His decision embodies
the saie line of argument used by
him in the gubernatorial case. The
points lie makes are the following :
1. That by tihe law the treasuer
enters upon the duties of his office
when the incoming governor is
duly and legally installed, and not
till then.
2. That the constitution of the
State and the statutes require the
presence of both houses to open
and publish the-returns for govern
or and for his installation.
3. That the Mackey House, in
which Chamberlain was inaugurated,
was illegal and revolutionary ; that its
acts are null and void, and that, there
fore, no legal publication of the ro
turns had been made, and no lawful
installation of the governor had
taken place.
Judge Carpenter has made per
petual the injunction restraining
Cardoza and Dunn from drawing
any funds belonging to the State
now on deposit in the banks. His
decision takes the samo.. position as
that stated in the columns of Tm
NEWs AND HERALD, a few days since,
and is ithe corollary of his decision
in the penitentary case. According
to Judge Carpenter, Chamberlain
has not been legally installed, and as
State officials cannot enter upon
their duties until the installation of
the governor, Cardoza and Dunn are
but private citizens. The liability
of their old bondsmen ceased at the
expiration of their term of office; and,
admitting their re-election, their
new bondsmen are not responsibio
for any acts performed before the
instaillation of governor. So Dunn
and Cardoza will have to suck their
pawsi a whlile longer.
It is some consolation to us, amid
our political troubles, to know that
Mexico is also in an exceptionally hor
rible state of anarchy even for her.
Lorde, the ex-President is a fugitive.
Ygleseas, the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, who assuimed the
reigns of power upon the deposition
of Lerde, also finds the climate of
the United States more salubrious
than that of Mexico, and even Diaz,
whoe chased his other competitors
beyond the confines of the Republic,
Is not happy. While lhe is in the
provinces, crushing out the last
remnants of the opposition, his cabi
not is quarrelling in the city of
Mexico. While but little blood has
been apilled, the material interests
of Mexico have suffered greatly.
Contributions ha~ve been leviedl on
the capitalists and merchants, and
the import dues have been~ squan
dered by the,. rival factions in turn.
An election is now progressing, and
naturplly:. enough. the prospects
favor Diaz, it is idle, however, to
hope for any permanent peace in
thatL distracted enubic. uMc is
destined to be for a long time yet
the prey of adventurers. We would'
suggest to Chamberlain, Kellogg,
Packard and Stearns the advantage
of a speedy immigration to that
paradise of political bummers.
Thanks to Senator Robertson.
The manly course pursued by
Senator T. J. Robertson in vindicat
ing the people of his State from the
false and malicious charges preferred
against them by thieves and carpet
baggers, has won for him the warmest
commendations from thousands of
his constituents, who have for years
differed from him in politics.
Senator Robertson has been a con
sistent Republican throughout, but
he is conscious that Republicanism
is not necessarily synonymous with
perjury and theft.. As an honest
man ho feels constrained to do the
people of his native State justice,
and to fix the responsibility for our
troubles here, whore it should rest
-upon Chamberlain and his corrupt
crew. Senator Robertson knows
that the Democrats carried the State
fairly ; and he is not afraid to ox
press his honest convictions to the
President and to the Senate. His
defence of Hampton and the consti
tutional government of South Caro
liuna is the crowning act of a long
career, and one of which ho may
justly be proud.
It was reported that in conse
quence of Senator Robertson's posi
tion he had been excluded from the
Republican caucus. . This he denies.
The Republican party cainot afford
in its present extremity to alienate
any decent man from its ranks. That
class of statesmen is leaving it fast
enough. Senator Robertson does
not fear ostracism In the name of
the citizens of his native county we
tender him thanks for his timely
aid.
Lawyer and Client.
The following extracts from
the Lectures on the "Study and
Practice of Law," by Emory Wash
burn, of the Harvard Law School,
may correct some popular errors:
"I would not, however, be mis
understood upon this subject of
defending persons charged with
crimes. There is a great deal of
cant and twaddle in the community
about lawyers lending themselves to
shield the guilty and defeat justice,
as if the causo of justice was not
strengthened and the confidence in
its adnmmiistration confirmed in the
public mind, by its being known
that no man can be convicted except
upon a fair trial, even though, now
and then, a guilty man escnpes.
* ** ut the question does
not expenfd itself up)on individual
instances of courage or the convie
tioni 0or escape of this man or that,
charged with crimes. It lies deep r
and goes downi' to the foundation
and constitution of civil government
itself. 01/e of- the purposes of gov
ernment is to create a feeling of
security on the part of the citizens,
that the humblest of them is pro
tected by wise laws, wisely and im
partially administered. Nor can a
people be accounted free who do
not feel that life and property too
are safe from the ti ibunals which
are to pass upon the questions on
which these depend. Next to the
certaintof having- justico done is
the assurance th t the law can and
will apply tests as near'ly infallible
as may be to discriminate between
the guilty and the innocent, between
what is right and what is wroig.
It is here we have to meiet the quo;
tioni with which we started, with no
sickly seniimentalism about the
guilty 'going unwhipped of justice.
'rhe truth is, the p)ublic need and
they must have, a class of able,
trained and disciplined men, set
apart as ministers of the law, whlose
services all may command, who can
and wuill stand by any one against
whom society is aiming a blo0w, so
far as to see that lie is fairly dealt
by, and that justice between him
and the public is meted out with an
even hand.
"But while I am insisting that it
is not only the right but the duty of
a lawyer to act as the advocate of
any man who is charged wvith a crime,
if his ser'vic'es are sought or desired,
I claim no indulge'imce in the way of
tric'k, falsehood or nsrepresenta
tion. He has no muora right to use
these in defending another. than he
has in getting his neighbor's mouey
or cheating by falso pretenses. Butt
such means ais the law has furnished
him, and made it lawful for him to
use, he would be derelict in duty if
he failed to apply,' no matter. what,
his suspicions. npiy be. If a guilty
man thereby escapes, honest men
wv ould feel afenr in the asance
they would thmus gain, that whato-:er
the law is, it is no respecter of per
sons, and that no man is beyond the
pale of its protection, than they
would to see a wiotch sent to prison
because no one could be found to
plead his cause.
"I come. back, then, to the inquiry
with which we began, by saying, so
long as you keep within the limits
of fair, honorable dealing, you need
have no misgiving in lending your
aid to any one accused of crime, or
in giving him the best of your
power and skill, Nor is there any
danger that the State which com
mands the best talent in the market
will not be equally careful in seeing
that the public good does not suffer
from any superior skill of yours."
The "Prophot" Palmer in Plymout1h
Pulpit.
"Dr. Frederick A. Palmer, for.
nerly a physician of New York,"
delivered a brief -lecture in the Ply,
in6utlh church prayer meeting last
evening on "The Truth about
South Carolina." A search in old
directories has revealed only one
Dr. Frederick A. Palmer, who in
1874 was a "magnetic physician" of
this city, with a sign saying as much
displayed in front of his house in
West Twenty-seventh street, near
Broadway. He first came into
notoriety in Now York during the
attempt by a band of professed Comn
munists in the second week of Jan
uary, 1874, to arrange a formidable
demonstration of unemployed work.
ingne~n. This demonstration cul
minatod in what is known as "the
Tompkins Square riot" on January
13. The Park commissioners the
night before the riot revoked a per
mission they had given for an as
senibly at Tompkins Square and the
"Committee of Safety," as the or
ganizers of the demonstration called
themselves, neglected to inform the
workingmen of it. The next day
the unlawful, although in a great
respect innocent, gathering, was
broken up by the police, and some
thing like a riot - ensacd, which the
"Committee of Safety" did not come
in a mile of. This committee, of
which "Dr." Palmer was a member,
met several times at his house in
Twenty-seventh street. Mrs. Eliza
beth La Pierre was also a member of
the committee, and affected the red
of the Commnune in her dress-at
the meetings at least. She was a
olairvoyant, -the divorced wife of
Herbert Dar.iels, and the inventor
of a stocking suspondot, which, in
February, 1871, she had an office for
the sale of in Broad street. During
this Communist business she was
landlady of the house in Twenty,
seventh street, and let rooms to
"Dr." Palmer. Being divorced
from Mr. Daniels the following
March she married "Di'." Palmer a
few days aft'er. Before that she
had assisted him in treating his
patients as a "spiritual medium" for
pay. She wvas, it will be remem
bered, a witness for the defence in
"Tilton vs. Beeher," testifying
principally that she had seen the
plaintiff kiss Mrs. Woodhiull and
put his arm around hier, and
heard him call her "Vickie," all of
which Mrs. Woodhull deniedi. Dr.
Palmer has for a year or more lived
in Aiken county, S. C., and written
letters North, some of which it is
said have been published in the
New York Times. Mr. Beecher
introduced him, jasaying there had
been seine doubt about the wisdom
of having a lecture upon the true
condition of the blacks at present,
but lie thought the church could
stand it.
Dr. Palmer spoke with much fer
vor. The "government of South
Carolina," said he, "is still a white
man's government, and the native
whites heap insu'ts and indignities
upon their colored follow-citizens
that would drive any other people
to inaugurate a reign of terror such
as the world has ijever aeen." He
then proceeded to say that the
Southerners were as determined as
ever not to have the negroes educa
ted ; talked of school teachers be,
ing threatened with tar and feathers
unless they stopped teaching negro
children, and pronounced Wade
Hampton's government a farce-all
with abundant sound and fury, and
at the end with poetry which might
have been original.
When the lecturer was done Mr.
Beechier said a few words. He was
strongly of the opinion that we at
the North would not behave any
better under the same circumstan
ces than do the Southern whites.
"For I do not know," said lhe "of
any reason why Noirthern human na
ture should be better than Southern
hunman nature. All nien are animatls
(laughter) and human nature the
world over growls and tears at times
like an animal." In conclusion, Mr.
Beecher prayed for Indians, Chinese
and negroes.
Agricultural liens 'of all forms are
kept conhtantly on h and at the office
of THE NEws AND HERAL, or sup
plied at short notia, :' Satisfaction
guarariteed -in.. this line of -worir
Priceas low as . the 1owe~t.
SOLUBLE Pi
THE above well ktnown GUANO A
PHIAT1 is now offered for sale at th<
Consumers of this guano will find it
gave snoh univorsal satisfatction. Fo
CUMMINGS & CO.,
-on -
E, H. FROST & CO.
feb 10-3m
NEW GOODS i
NEW GOODS z
JUST IBCEIVED,
--0--,
Spring Printa, Wamnsutta, Frutt of the
Loon, N. Y. Mills Long Cloths,
Bleached and Unbleached Drill
inge,Sea Island HAmespuna,
Cassimer's, Jeans, etc.,
Linen Collars and Cuffs,
Geneta' black and
colored Neck
ties, Bows
etc.
All of which we will soll lheap for Caslh,
Give us a call before purchasing elsewhere,
N. B.-We have on hand a l l: i ck of
Buist'i Garden Seeds, which we guaraptee
to be fresh.
J. F. McMASTER & CO.
fob 1
FINA L IISCRA lOE.
NTOTICE is hereby given toall and sin
i gular the oroditors of 'Thomas Stitt,
deceased, that application will be mnde
to the Judge of Probate for Fairtield
County, in Winnsboro at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon on the 7th of March next for
a final discharge and letters dispiissory.
All persons concerned must nhew pause, if
any, on or before that day.
JAMES L. MARTIN,
J. T. W. STITT,
fob 3-txl EFxecutors.
NEW STOCK
OF
SPRlING 000DS
WILL BE
AT
D AN N E N B E R 0'S
DBY GOODS.
CLOTHING;
AND
snOE
CALL AND SEE THEML
Jsan '36
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ND COMPOUND ACID P1108
following pltces in thin county.
fully up to last y tus quality, whic14
r circulars and prices apply to
Winnebgoxo, A. Q,
ro
Charleston, S. C.
ILAar C arc c.
THOS.. R. ROBERTSON,
Attorney at Law
AND TRIAL JUSTICE.
# All business entrusted to him in
either capacity will rooeive prompt atten
tion
Office on Washingtop street, one door
east of Winnsboro Hotel.
II. A 0 AILLASD. Jro. S RETNOLDn,
GAILLARD & REYNOLDS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
NO. 3 LA W RANGE.
A. M. MACKEY,
Attorney Ppd ounse QIOol' at Law,
No. 1, LAwI RANGE,
Winnsboro, 8. C.
Ae Special attention paid to the speedy
collection of claims. 'Will practice in all
of the courts of thiis Stato and the United
States,
THI CAMPA1GIW
FAIRLY OPENED!
H AS returned and will now display fop
the benefit of his Patrons, the
oitizers of Fairfield,
HATS,
the Nobbiest, Tilden, Hamptorl, Custer and
all other styles,
CLOTHING;
The moat-stylish Buite, of tlhe ltest and
most approved malte 4n d style,
DRY GOODS
of the latest and most becoming styles, to
suit the most fastidious, All I ask of my
friends is do themselves the justice, and
SOL the favQr. to look at his Stock beforq
making purchases, My Stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES
is complete. Hgsiery, Underwear, Shawls,
and Blankets. I can conipete with any
one in this market, or elsewhere. All -I ask,
is a call, to ince my friends hat I meani
busuness.
a SOL. WOL1S,
JUST RECEIVE~D,
Ckofthe Celebrated PJLSENEI)
BERbottled at the Kaisei Brewery
at Blremen. For sale at $2.75 per dozen,
ALSO,
A esk of fine Pale Sherry Wine, fop
table use, of $3$,00 por gallon,
GENTENNIAL, BAR,
F. W. Jlabenicht, Proprietor,
jan 31
Ettenger & Edmond,
10IH MOND. VA.,
MIVANUFgACTUREPS of Portable and
Stationary Engines and Bloiloys ot
all kinds, Circular Saw Mills, Grist Mills,
Mill Gearing, Shafting, Pulleys &c.
AEDMAN TUMfrNM W4TgaWURL
Camerola's Special steam Tumps
Bend for Catalogue,
oet 19
ONION SETS,
W THITE and1 Red Onion 8eta, ah~e
V frosh Garden Seed in great variety
also Herb and Flower Seeds.
Also, a lotof Jiens an4 other Blanks.
For sale by
fob 0 MoMA8TER & DRICE,
ALL prsons are hereby notiAod niot
.)to fish, hunt, enter,upon ont. timber
or in any way treapaan on the lands of
the und rigneod, on pain of proseution,
I also request all portioes indebted to
myself or to I~lohard Jones, to nmako fin.
mediate settlemenot. All parties holding
claims against either will present themn
for pament.
ji 31 4 JAMES8JONES,
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