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ght LAus and ;0rald WINNSBORO. S. C. Tuesday, Optober 9, ; 1877. R. MEANS DAVIS, Editor, JXO. S. REYNOLDS, Associate Editor. MoCLELLAN'S nomination im ex' citing unproo'dontd enthusia.4n. Almost all the ex-sokdiors in Now Jersey, irrespectivo of party, will support him. SAWYE, AFTER having been re moved from the assistant treasury ship in Washington, is said to have taken to drinking and gambling, until he became a perfect wreck. Had he stuck to his school in Charleston, instead of dabbling in politics, his present condition would be far different. TiE NEw Yojq: DQtnocr,tts had an exciting convention last week. The contest was between Tildon's faction, who desired the ronomina tion of tho proet officials, and Tam many and its allies, who desired a new ticket. The latter woro con pletely victorious. Only the minor Stato officos are to be elected, Gov ernor Rob?nson holding over. AN EiLEOTIoN will bu hold to day in Ohio and Iowa. The result in the fornior Stato is of considorablo importanceo, for upon the character of the Legislature choson depends the question whether the Diemocrats will gain a United States Senator. The Democrats, Republican, Work ingmon and Groonbackers all have tickets in the field and the result is doubtful. Iowa is an undoubted Republican State. A NUMBER of Statos will voto on November 6th. Of these the Philadelphia Times says: Now York, New Jorsoy, Virginia, Mis sissippi, Maryland and Connecticut will be Democratic ; Massachusetts, Nebraska and Illinois will be Re publican ; while Pennsylvania, Wis consin and Minnesota are doubtful, depending soqwx\vhait on the result in Ohio. Goorgia will adopt her now constitution on the 5th of .Docomber by a heavy majority. County Courts. From all portions of tho State como grave complaints of the pros ent trial justico systom. Several grand j ties have -demanded a change. Thisj matter will be one of the most important that the Legis. * laturo will have to deal with at its next session. The most practical solution of the difficulty appears to * ~ be the reosestablishmoent of County * Courts. The judiciary committee * by a large majority resolved, at its recent session in Greeonville) to ro p)ort in favor of this change ; and the Legislature will doubtless adopt the suggestion, coming as it does from lawyors of experience, who have made the matter a careful a Ludy. The Poisoning in Charleston. * A horrible case of poisoning has occurred in Charleston, the manner of which is involved in obsurity. TJ.he salt theory, at first advocated, is not now beOlieved. It is the custom, in some locali ties, to foed chickens on,nux vomnica with the idea that while innoxious to them, it will destroy hawks and carnivorous aninmals who prey upon them. Can it be that the chickens, q which seemed to have caused the poisoning, had been thus fed1I True, nurvomica is not a mineral poison, but would not :the symp toms of the poisoned persons indicate the presence of a vegetab)le, as well as a mineral poison 1' What say the physicians and chemists ? Still After the Rloguos. Governor Hampton has made s of the Supreme Court of th( .DitrctofColumnbia, for the ox traitin o HoestJohn PattersoD one o hc safln.Cror I'm it is said, will surrender the honora ble Senator into the hands of the deputy jail'or who is now in Wash. ington to receive him. For years Patterson has ddfied overy rule ol Jhonor, hon.esty .and doey..- His cqrrnption was'more nffanniva be causo of his effrontery and impu donce; and the wholo State will rejoice at his incarceration in the Richland jail. The chargos against him are specific and minuto, and there is little doubt that in a few weeks he will stopj out of the Senate and into the ponitontiary. The Honorablo Robert Smalls, colored, congrossman from the Beaufort distrint, has also been arrestod on tho chaigo of sw' indling tho Stato in a land commission transaction. le, too, has strutted his briof career on tho political stago. . His soat is contestod by Colonel Tillman, but it is probable that a petit jury will save Congress the trouble of adjudicating this dolicato question. Requisitions have also been issued for tho arrest of Parker and Kimp ton. The latter cannot be found. Justico will not be satisfied, how. over, until both ho and his con federate, Chamberlain, shall have boon put on trial before the poplo for their shauiclems betrayal of trust. A MYSTEWOUS CASE. - --o - A W .II J1.11L) POISOXSED IN Uil. i i 1 TU N. A Terrible Result, Two Deaths and *Seven Dying--The Reported Caso of of the Tradgedy. Charelon Journal of omumerce. The community of the Upper Wards wore. startlod Thursday by the annouiiioinent that the lato Julge Graham's family wero all on their death bods, having partakon of poisoned food. During the entire day their residenco, corner of Spring street and Rutlego avonue, was crowdod with anxious friends of the family, inquiring as to their condi tion.' The circunstaneos of the caso, as far as can be learned, are as follows : MrH. Graham's sister resides in the upper. portion of this State on the b6rders of North C11rolina ; her daughter, Miss McCall, Mrs. Gra ham's niece, on Saturdhy last deci ded to visit tho Graham family in this city, and spond a little time with them, and her mother availr herself of the opportunity of sending or having her take with her to Mrs. Grahtam some country delicacios, such as swoot-meats, pies, and eight fine chickens wvhich she had roasted. In the p)reparation of these pies and chickens dressing salt was used1, which was p)urohaLsed the day before from a country grocery store, and1 this salt it is now. supposedl was pois - oned. The ground from which this supposition is based is that a cargo of salt was on her voyage either to this p)ort or Wilmington, on the cargo was a number of casks of arsenic. The vessel had a rough passage, and is reported to have been wrecked on her voyage. Water got into tIhe cargo, a portion of tihe salt wvas umol ted, and the arsenic casks;5 wCo infjumred b)y thle wvater also. And it is conjectured that the saltwvas lying at the bottom and was well saturatedl with arsenic, poison ing it. 'When the vessel arrived at her port, wvhich has not yet doicnite ascer tainodl-somle say at Wilming - ton, others in this city-the cargo was discharged, the salt dr'ied and sold, and this country merchant purchased several sacks of it from them, and is selling it to his custos moers, not knowving that it contains poison. This is only the rumor that is afloat, and that has not yet booen definitely ascertained ; still it ap pears quito plausib le. Howvever this might be, to return to the dlelicacies, we find Miss McCall arrives in .this city Tuesday night at 10 o'ctoek, and goes to her relatives, the Gra,~ hami family. Sho' delivers the pros.. ents from her mother to Mrs. Graham. Two of tile family the same evening partook of a pol'tion of the chiickens, and during the same night were taken ill Nothing was thought o.f this, and the next morning all p)artook at the break fast table of thle same poisoned dish. Mrs. Graham, Miss McCall, Miss Lizzie Graham, Mrs. Graham's ~four sons-and afterwards the two female abri'ants, the cook and chambermaid-and during that very day all nine woero taken down, one after another, with the most exeru cintinig pains. ~Medlical assistance was called in, when it. was discovered that the entire family had parta ken of poisoned food. They hil suffeied during the balancn of hnday ad 't owifngw night tho most oxcruciaiing pains, which woro plainly visiblo by tho violent contortions an( writhing in tho agony of pain. The cries and screanis of all at once and at the same time, woj!o most heiartrending, andalarmed the entire noighborhood. Tho most eminent physicians in this city wero cal ed in ono after tho othor to minister to their sufferings, and overything that medical scienco CoIld COIciV3 WOr1- ad Minlistered to allay the pa:n, but until yesterday morning .thcir sufforings did not abato. At noon yesterday, Elvira Sumniet s, the colored girl employed in the family as chambermaid, died after :sufl'ring untold agonies. The coroner was summoned to hold an inquest, and Drs. Buist and Michel called in by the coroner to hold ia post morten. over the body. Dr. F. Poyro Porcher, the family physician, being professionally on gaged with them. The body of the unfortunate colored girl was duly dissected, and the contents of the stomach removed. After which, the committoo of examinors made the following report to the coroner : To r. 111. H1. Collins, Coroner qf (%arleston. county: Dear Sir: At your request we have eximined the body of Elvira Summers, who died this bday, October 4, and found the miucus membruae of the stomach striking ly congested in many places, ex hibiting patches of vascularity, no ulceration or other oi-ganic lesion, and the whole surface covered with tenaci ous mucus highly colored, of a reddish yollow hue. We are under the impression that the above ap, pearanices indicate the prosonco of some corrosi% e or irritating sub sLalnce having been the cause of the gastric symptoms which proceded her doath. Wo recommend the anaitlysis of the contents of the stomlach, which have bct removed by iL coipotent chemist. (Signed) MInDLETON MicHEL, M. D. J. S. BUIST, M. D. At seven o'clock last evening Miss Lizzio Graham, a most estimable young liady, died, after intonso suering, and at at later hour Miss McCall was lying at the point of death. Mrs. Graham and her littlo boys 'aro all in the same condition, with little hope of their recovery. Miss Lizzio Graham was a young lady of great culturo and refinement, having graduated at Miss Etta A. Kelly's Seminary, but two years ago, with the first honor, and since that time she has aisisted Miss Kelly at her school. Sho has a host of friends in this connunity, who aro sadly stricken at her untimely end. Last night a largo concourso of the aiflicted friends of the family romained at tho house to assist the four physicians who remained, in minis toring to the suffering family. In conscquence of the death of Miss Elizabeth H. Graham, the coroner requests us to say that lie will have'the analysis of the con.. tents of the stomach, with the stomach itself, the liver and other organs of thme colored girl, poformed by Professor Shophard, at his owvn expense if neessary. Capt. Jno. RI. iot, of Columbin, died in that city on the 5th inst. 0 tptain Miot wvas born in Charles toni in 1829. At the ago of sixteen he enlisted in Company F of the Palmotto Regiment, which did such good service in the wvar wyith Mexico. Thme City of Mexico wvas captured on his seventeenth birthday, and his gallant conduct on that occasion was brought to thme attention of thoc South Cairolina Legislature by Col. A. H. Gladden, the commander of his rcggiont, who testified to the fact thait young Miot was the first t6 plant thn United States flag upon the ramparts of the captured city. lHe also served wvith distinction as captain of cavalr'y during,.the war, and, in the capacity of aid--do,camp, did fine service at Battery Wagener, on our owvn coast. He wvas after wvardls taken p)risoner, and was con fined at Point Lookout until the end of the war. - He wvas captain of the prosent Columbia Artillery, and didl much towards raising that corps to its present standard of efliciency. The grand juiry of Marlboro c'oun ty have been showing things up in good style. They find that the former clerk of court and judge of probate are defaulters, each in a largo sum not accurately ascertained. They report,.the former school com missioner incompetent, and the school system a failure. They thinki the present trial justice system ox. pensive and inefficient, notwith.. standing the good character of the present justices. They find the former Radical treasurer a defaulter in large amounts, and his books mutilated. They ~present H. J. Maxwell, the mulatto semrator, for obtaining money under false pre tenses and for breach of trust with fraudulent intent. And they pre sent the towvn council of Biennetts ville for failing to keep the pumps in order and for allowing the sale of whinkey. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Governor Hampton will ; nd I the Darlington agricultural faii The personal offects of Neaglo and of Parker have boon sold at auction in Columbia. Columbia vagrants, hearing rumors of a rovival of the chain-gang sys tom, are clearing out to work. Yellow fever provails to an alarm ing extent in Port Royal. Thoro have already boon soveral deaths. A small number of United States soldiers will remain at Columbia during the winter. A malignant typo of diphtheria prevails among the colored peoplo in Charleston. Sume scoundrel set fire to the University buildings in Columbia last woek, but the flames were dis covered boforo damage was done. Governor Hampton has been in vited to deliver an address before the agricultural society of Muiryl county, Tenn. Rev. J. B. Seabrook, rector of St. Mark's church, Charleston, and superintendent of tihe public schools of that city, is ill with paralysis. lon. D. Wyatt Aikon, nembler of Congress, lis left for Kentucky, from whonco ho will go to Washing ton. Dr. W. T. Field, of Pickens coun-. ty, has on his plantation a corn-stalk Which is seventoon fket high, and a tobacco-stalk which is eight foot high.ct Hon. L. C. Northrop has duly qualified as United StatBIes district attorney. The position of assistant has not yet been filled. The -N'em and Uourice mentions Mr. J. C. Shppard, of Edgofield, as the probamble -uccessor of Speaker Wallace, in case the latter be placed on the bench. General Loach, of North Carolina, was recently sent as a colmmittee to induce Governor Hampton to visit the North Carolina fair. The gov ernor accepted the invitation. The governor has commuted the sentence of Joe Henderson, who was to be hung at Edgeiek onl Friday to ton years' imprisonment in the ponitentiary. All the Georgotown county ofli Cs, oxcept the probate judgeship, are vacant because tihe parties elect ed to them have boon iable to pro, cure the necessary bondsmen. The Newberry Volunteer Regi ment held an election for oflicers last wook with the following result colonel, T. J. Lipsc'omb ; lioute ant colonol, D. A. Dicket ; major, T. J. Moffet. The Democratic County Conven tion of Darlington will meet on Thursday, to nominate candlidatos for county commissioners. The election will be held on the 16th It is thought the bond committee wvho have been1 and are still enor, gotically engaged in investigating that p)art of the indebtednoss of the State, will not have time to reach the floating debt before the Legislature meets. Capt. James F. Iziar has been app)ointed brigadier general of the third brigade South Carolina Vol un teer Infantry-comprising the counties of Aiken, Barnwell, Beau fort, Colleton, Edgefield and Orang burg, with headquarters at Orange burg. An "Honest Man's Club" has been organized in Darlington county. The organization has for its purpose the detection and punishment of crime, anid it is composed of both white and colored citizens. It has already done much towards check ing crime, and the peopl)1 are all well p)leased with it. Hall and Folker, the two men who recently made a tour of the State giving lessons how to detect counterfeit money, have been found guilty by the United States Court in Charleston of passing some of this money in Columbia. They were sentenced each to a fine of $1,000, and imprisonment for five years. J. CLEIING ROt *111(. Sh300 Mang ft't irer', ' WINNS[BORo, S. C. THlE unlderFigned re pc full anouncos to the Geen dcitizens of Fairfieldl that lhe has removed his ]Root and Shoe Manufactory to 0110 door below Mr. C. Muller's. I aum >r-epared to manufactumro <dll styles of work- in a substantial and orkmnanlike mnner, out of the very boat materials, anfd at prices fully as8 low as the same goouds can be manufactured for ait the North or elsewheo. I keep constantly on hand a good Stock of Solo and Upper Loather, Shoe F'indings &o., which will be sold at reaIsonaIble prices. Repairing promnpt attended to. forms strictly Cash. I .p-- iried Hides bought. lseo 12 J. CLENDININQ. SPECIAL NOTICES. Will You Believe It I VoMAN'S BRr Fani).---ro reliove tho itching heart of woman and bring joy wlier sorrow reigned supromo. is a mi-sion l-4ore viicl the smiles of kings 1windle into utter insigtit*camce. To do this is the pvctilinr pro%ince of Dr. J. sadii-id's Female Regulator; which rom the inumberless Ores it ha11m flecom plishol, is appropriately styled Woman's lest Friend. Tho distressing complaint. known is the "wiites," and tho various iregularities of the womb, to which wo 1i:in1 is sulbject disappear like magic be rore a single bottle of this wonderful [1om1ipound. It is preparod by J. Brad Ield, Athinta, Ga., and sold at $1.50 per bottle by Dn. W. E. Anc:N. Phvsiciai prescribe it. Its action is prompt, suro nd decisive. LIVER CU RE. HAVE Yo1 Dvsi.:'su ?-Withi its a1tten danit trouibles, conls(ipationl, headlce, 1oss of appetite, gloomimis, water brash, dIistrelis afttir vating, etv ? If so, t.ako 1,MMONA' IEPAT1' COMP ND and he well. It- n suilts aire istonishin.g, anll ;muo reliet is gm-ranh't1 in overy eas(, whlt re it i! usel Is dirctiied. It assists digestion, Iones up the stomach,strength ens the dvbilititted, restores ita naturiil apptlite, and as ia Liver Ro.ulator has no -in. "It is 1,h1e vey tiountain of 1111ealth." To all who are suffering from a disordered stomIt or liver, or who ive di a gentlo spring and suimmur tonic, we s ty try it, :1nl you will 11.t k us for th. advice. Il).ictte f7ema-Ilts will fir.d it p'eculliarly adapted to their va-ious disorders. It lis the most, elia.iolus an11tilote tor all dis vase,; ariginp I'vomn ot dikordtredl stomach, liver or it !ov state of the svstei. that has evor been pro-wribo.1 or 'a-vertised. Try it jist oncvo, vm(l Yo! will, like t lious indst of others, bveomo its entlhusia-stia advooate. -FOR1 SALE TIY WV. E. AzK i:x, Wilm.shWro. 8. C. 1Z. V. Jnrci- & to., Wqp)dwardl's, X. C. D)OWIE & .\OISE, 'opiietors, oct 9-2W Charleston, S. C. ][a OLx7r :1 r da ca: THOS. R. ROBERTSON, Attorney at Law AND TRIAL JUSTICE. ;W All business entrusted to him in either capacity will recoive prompt atteln Lion Oflico on Washington street, one door cast of Winnsboro Hetel. 11. A. GAIrA.CT). Jso. S. R oI:YNO.1m. GAILLARD & nEYNOLDS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW NO. 3 h>A W RANGE. A. M. MACKEY, Attorney and Counsellor at Lawv, WVinnsbo,ro, S. C. .KW? Special attenitin ai to~l tho speedy collection of clims.i~ Will pracice ini all the courts of this State anid the United 1The Sitate of South Carolina, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. In the Probate Court. John Chapman, as Administrator of the Estate of Richard Dove, Senior, de ceased, Plaiutift, Nancy Dove, Richard C. Dove, William Dove, Robert Doveofe al, Defendants. To the defendants, Nancy Doveo Richard C. Dove, William Dove, Roebert Dove, Walter Dove, Mary Dove, Elizabeth Austin, wife of WVilliam Austin, Sarah Hanks, Hlyrami Dove, Shmel1 D)ove, the heirs-at-law of .Boni Dove. deceased, and the heirs-at-baw of John Dove,diceoased: Y7OU ARE HER'UEBY SUMMONED and .Lrequaired to answer thle comp)laint in this action, which is -filed in tihe otlice of the Judge of Probate for the said county, and to servo a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their ,1icc, en Main street, ini the town of (Chester, in the county of Chester, S. (I., witin twenty days aftor the service hereof, exclus'ive of the (lay of such ser vice; and if you fail to answer tihe coml plaint within tihe t ime aforesaid, the plan. tiff in this action wvill apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the comnplaint, Dated 28th September, A. D). 1877. jiRICE & SANDERS, Plaintiffs Attorneys. To the defendants, Sarah Ilanks, wife of Jamecs Hlanks, Hfyramn Dove, Samuel Dove, the heirs-at-law of Ben Dove, de ceasedt, and tile heirs-at-lawv of John Dove, deceased: Please take notice that the summons in this aotion, of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed in the office of the Pro bate JTudge, at Winnsboro, in the county of Fairfield, in the State of South Carolina, on the 20th day of Septenmber, A. D. 1877: BR1ICE~ & SANDERS8 oct44lawO Plaintiff's Attorneys. T have just finished plainiting, papering -L and thioroulghly renovating my hluel from top to bottom, and nlo'v have it In first claiss order and am prepared to en tertain my guests wilth munch more con vienco and comfert than crotofore. Oflico en first Iloor and opening oni min street, wvith dinning rooml and sampio room adjoining. Every effort will bo madoto make my guests comfortable. f& Hotel Idcated pext door to F. E fder's large grocery an d dry good atores, anid in the central an.d business portion o' town. Charesi to suit the times. MA. MORRIS, p anrftlA-ti Pronprintor