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TRIWEEKLY EDITION.} WINNSBORO. S. 0., SAT TR DA f. DJCEMB ER 21, 1878 {VOL. 2. NO. 1i3 BULLDOZING IN NEW YORK. H0Wr1 JolNNY DAVMXPor NTI2z JS JWD DAEOaArxo VoTwas. A Terrible Record of Outrages--Grosq Violations of Law--An Offset to Tie sure Ballots. Okaotiou of Fernando Wood, of Now kork,. a committee of the House has been appointed to inves tigate the conduct of John I. Daven port, chief supervisor of elections for New York, who is charged with wholesale intimidation and gross violations of law, in imprisoning naturalized citizens for attempting to vote at the last election. Daven, port's plea is that in J868 a num ber of frauduleit naturalization papers were issued. During regis tration he objected to many ap plicants on the ground that they were not entitled to vote. The State courts decided that he had no tuthority for his conduct, and still more recently the Federal judge discharged one of DAvenport's prisoners for the same reason. It is charged by the Democrats that Davenport's conduct was a conspira cy to frighten off all voters (most of whom are Democrats) who were naturalized in 1868, as he arrested indiscriminately, without investigsit ing whether the p %poes were rogular or not. The petition on which Wood's resolution was baso:1, signad by sixty personi illg illy arrost, sets forth the facts, froan iwhich wo make extracts, to 3hOW that iltiMi dation was not all on on side. The law makes it a felony for any person to use any certificate of naturalization, knowing the same to be forgel or count,wrfeit or ante dated, or krowing tie stino to have been procured by fraud or otherwise uulawfully obtained, or without lawful excuse know'ngly to be pos sessed of any. huch ber. (Revised Statutes, Reo 5,425.) Even if th e paper is irregu14,,knowldqdp oftft fact by the voter is -necessary to constitute crime. There are 141 000 naturalized citizens in New York, and 90,000 natives. Of the former, at least ten thousand regis, tered in 1876 who were naturalized in 1868. This year only. 5,000 registered and 2,000 voted, the remainder being "b.ldoed.' THE PRINTED cOMPLAINTS. On the 8d and 4th, days of No vember, 1878, the day precading the election, Commissioner John I. Davenport caused the said Stephen Mosher to swear before him to about 4,000 printed complaints against the persons registered as voters in the different' election districts in this city as having natu ralization papers issued in the ve.tr 1868, charging them with having "unlawfully used a certificate of naturalization, knowing that it had been unlawfully issued or- m ide, but containing no further partiepzlars, said mosher having and being known by Davenport to have no iknowledge whatever of theparties.or the facts except such as he might have ob.. tai4ed from copies of the registry lists." On each of these so-called "complaints," many of which he ad mnitted upon his recent exainiination in court that le did t906 rea, Com missioner Davenport issuec} a war rant for the arrest of the accused and placed the same in the hands of the marshals he had detailed to the various pollinig places in the city, so that they werE. there at th~e opening of the' poild, the' prodeed ings being kept strictly seot'eia DEMocIIATs DRAGoED 130o1 THE POLLS As sooin as each voter who had registered upon papers issued in the year 1868 ptesen ted himself, he was arrested and dragged from. the polls, unless known to be in favor of the conflbinatin ticket, 'wheni he was not molested. Early in the day the men were arrested, ang, ken away to. intimidater others. 'When this result had been accomplishel those coming later were told that if they did not vote they would not be interfered with. If they did vote they were arrested on the spot. In many cases those arrested were taken in the fir's place to the Itepublican headquarters of the district and from there to Davenport's rooms. The others were taken there di rectly. Tas sLTay P3W. . On the upper door of the post offlee a large "slave pen"--had (66 provided, into wliceh theseo men gi4l#ess of.y w idiep wde4fgf like wild be-Rts,. until it w.s p -. with a struggling m iss of suif *-t humanity, and they weio kopt i i this condition for hours withet food or water. In addition to those I thus confined the court rooms of I -the circuit court were crowded With .4 other prisoners waiting the slow bl process of having their cases di-- I poied of by three Coimini ssiiio ors-' Davenport, Denel and bields. There.-wore several otier Ommis sioners in the building, or whore their services could have boon ob tained, but these cases woro only brought before these three, one being the instigator of the whole: proceeding and the other two olerks employed by him in his office as olerk of the United 8tates Circuit Court, and therefore subservient to his will. In addition, it was physi., cally impossible for 'these three men to hear the vast number of oases brought before thetu dJuring eection day. WAVINPORT'S FROOEMM The process pursued in the ma jority of the cases wia uniform and evidently agreed upon beforehand. The men were called up one by one and asked a number of questions, particularly if they had voted. If they had and if their naturalization was regular according to their state. ments they were informed that if they waived an examinatian they would be released upon their own recognizances to await the action of the grand jury, and were according ly discharged. If it appearod not to be regular they were held to bail. If they had nut voted they were I told that t'iy would be req-1ired to give bail varjing fro.n v 1,900 to 5,000, U1les they wouil pledge theiselves no. to vot-, bjing al:io told that th3y woul be ar.osted a Gecond tim- if they broka their promines, it havitig been previo.-.ly announed by Comnmissioner D -ven, port tuat he woild exurcise, what ho tormed hi legal rivght, of taking twouLy-four h1OUrS to e!m11o -irto the. fi31liciency of any bail which might be oiferod, antd would commit the party arrested in the mo!tnime. This was equivalent to informing t46ae wa they would bi looked ap for at least a day if they refused to give the required pledge, and, with- anore or less demur, it was given by all. Nor was the threat of punishment for its violation' an idle one. Patrick Wheolan, who voted after arrest was re-arrested, and although he offered bail jaitified to largely in excess of the requirement, w.ku kupt in jail two days. All through the day the etamina, tion dragged along as slowly as possible, ten men being brutght in under arrest vhere one man was re leased, until after the closing of the Ipolls, when the reinuidur were re leased in a mass. CONSEQUENT HAUDSHIPS. With scarcely an exception the persons arrested had gone to the pol1s with the idea of only being there for a few moments, and their arrest caused.great hardships. Some had sick and-.even dying relatives who needed them, or were sick themselves ; others would lose their situations by their absenca sevar.d were cabmnen wvho had left their teiams standing in the streiti and dli. not know what had become of , theum many wvere lightly clothed and suf fered from the exposuire.' In short, ever possible injury that. could- be imagined, from the- sudden- arrest of this great number of unsuspeet..I ing citizens in a great city, wa&s. suf fered by theset men. AGAINST .DEMOcRATs ONI4r. It is unnecessary to say th;t,4hs intlimidation du directed agaunst Depocrats. .A few Repuiblicans. were arrested, but it was by mis tgke, and they were generally re leased by the marshals. For enam pIe, Thoma K(eyworthy and John Sparrow were both naturalized in the Superior Couirt on the samQ. day and in' the sameo manner, and t both registered. The fomiier who is well known as a Democrat, wuis arrested and kept a prisoner for several hours. TL.he latter, who is equally well kgnown as a Republican, was not interfered with. A number were told that that would n<ot bea' arrested if they would vote for sormel Republican candidates. Although 4,000 arrests were made, oly. -680 were tried, and only 80 were sent to jail. Thie petition justly' says, that the issuing of 4,000 warrants secretly at daylight on eleefionimorning for the arreo *f efthat. numbsrw of the republic s citizens was a ~ndicill outr ae which has ,bad no arale) in soons'tisy. If it. ha tae on inMnmItai wou1& M4a , mitelii' tho ovrtirow of the arty resonsible for it. In Paria it YoulI have produced a revblutloh. When the matter is fully Investi rated it will be -be diseovered that he outrages at the North more than -ountorbalane any irregalarity that n:y have existod'hi the In'lh In igned South. LNGISLATIV ro BMDZV Q&.' \VEDEsDAY, December 1it878. SENATE. A large number of bills were re-,d 6 third time, among them the fol owing: To appoint 'a railroad com nitmioner ; to utilize convi t labor, tnd to continue the 11"' law. 3ary's National Bank ra lations vere referred to the coalitee on Federal relations. At 1 p. m. the House ent4re4l the 3unato chamber, and the fdllowing its were ratified by the pleMiding :MC>ets, to wit : To amend an act bo provide for the govern nent of 'he South Carolina Penitentiary; to ithoirize and direct the intendant md wardens of the town of York ville to levy a special tax for certain purpoies ; to authorize the- county omminissionere of Riebiand th open t certAin road; to levy a'd .colleet it special tax to pay the p st in lebtedness of the county o Ches Werfield; to alter and am nd the law in rlation to appeals fibm the Circuit Courts to the 4yprerne Court ; to anthorize the -county 2omnmissioners of Fairfield county to Lovy and coilcet a special tax ; to xempt telegraph operators from >i,dinary militia and jury duty ; to [)rovide a mode for revoking letters Lestimentary, &c.: to amend and mipply an omission in an act to Provide for the custody of.-offleiAl bonds ; to repeal dA aet;to' prohib!t tho sale of spiritku)us lquors within >ne mile of.any sohool houset'church >r college in- thjs State ; tW1an1bor ze h i school conisisioner . of Pickens county to draw his w trrnt for the payment of certain glaimns.; bo incorporate tho Latheran 'Evan gelische St. Jolannea Kir-che, of Charloston, S. 0. Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The State tax was raised from 2j to 2t mills in consequence of re ductions in assessinents. A hot lisoesion arose over the appro pri-Ltion of nioney for interest on the public debt. The bill of the provius night was amended so as to leave $137,000 to meet the un. L-ecognizod interest if declareJ valid. The bill to exempt the coun by U.x from bearing its sh.Lre of bills :>f the Bank of the State paid in was killel. Alo, a bill ta faul the Jills A resolution waspassed authoriz ing the attorney-general to look if ter the State's interest in the S. 0. railroad. A large number of bills passed a third reading, among theni a' bill to 3,nend the school law. The' bill providing for registratior of votera was colatinkued 5'to, inext y/sr. numnber of local bills were killed. Adjourned. THUnSDAY, December 19, 1878. SENATs. A lar/nibe i fb" w(re bassed-'ont dfth of'enrl interest. The House sent to the Senate several bills--among them the gen-. 3ral appropriation bill. This bill wais at once refered to the comn nittee on fince, and was discussed n the Senate in theevemnn session. No fil action was reached. - -HousE OF REREsENryIvd. A large numnber of,,bills w,erg :tssed and sent to the Senate, and a Iar:ge n pnyber of others were read decon d time. The proceedings were of no speciLI interest. .A '2Wls nBUhE-At the close of he troublesa of 1871--'72, ini Paris, avhen the eaLonsa wer' shafly: 'opeit ing their dd3om, an 'elegant soiree wvas going on in the apartment of a th0 guests was a younag French liehtenant, the bearer of an ancient name and a decoration gallantly WvoI.: A qorman tuneidian set lown.to the piang 'satt 'bgan -te lay th d trhiflihlal niai'L nV tIle lIhmperor of Genmnany! Th' dbm .. pany excbastge& glaftee N #Ii lieu.. tenant rose.gra#elf, Went to -the iniantleplece, took . hQ, tongs, shastchedI tip th~e' fe df mtthi,, ad threw it ipto tJlAre. Tinring towardis the amkIl miusiciati Eae It is.of still-mn~ $unax ma to --b A REMARKABLE TRAGEDY. --- A YOUNG WOA4I ACCUS ED OF MUn bJR'N MAR YnAND. Her Bosom Friend bh Vitim- trnng Story of Love and Morbid Jealausy Verdiot of the Coroner's Jury. ;ALTIMORE, Doe. 12, 1878. -- The official investigation .ii,to the fatal shooting of Miss Ella Horn by Mis Lilly Duer at Poconoko City, Md., has just been concludel, and some startling disclosures rivo boon made, going to prove that the shooting ws. intentional an( not accidental, as at first reportod and generally believed. The families of both young ladies are among the highest in point of social standing in that section of the State. The girls were only about eighteen years of age and beautiful and attractive. They had only recently graduated with honors, and wore acknowledged belles in society. They had also been on very intimate terms, although the affection of Miss Duer for Miss Hearn seems to. have been of an extraordinary or morbid nature, and if the state ments made of her tragic act are correct she became blindly jealous at the love of Miss Duer for an other lady friend, and in , moment of passionate excitement fatally siot her. THE FATHER'S STATEMENT. Mr. Hearn, the father of the murdered, girl, makes the following statement: - In the winter of 1875 my daugh ter ElI and Miss Duer first became ,icquainted. I did not object to the gi-1 associating t,gethor at first, -lowving, as I did, that Miss Duer i well educated and intelligent. I .thonlght that auch an association woult benefit both of them. 13e, sides, I admire and respect Miss Puci's father very imich. Finally, however, she began to frequent tie house alost too often, which seemed to bother our child. Froim the faill of 1876 Ella made a strong effort to break off the associattion1 altogetier. This was, however, in vain. Every tffort met with the same result. T110ee wore o1t tux days in the whole year during some time of which Miss - Duer was not present in my house, unless, in deed, she happened to be out of town visiting sajme one in the coun try. She daily tried to get Ella to waik with her in the woods or re main alone in the parlor with hor. Ella would, in the kindliest manner, often tell her to go home and not cali again. But this was all to no purpose. - Still sl-e cane, still begged her to take a walk or re main with her in the parldr or some other room alone. November 4 she (Ella) received 4om Miss Duer a note asking her to go to Miss Duer's house that night, and stating that it was about somne important business. She, in company with her younger sister, Louise, called that~ evening -at Miss Duer's home. WVhen they arrived Miss Duer tried to -' pursuade EIla to go into'the' Woods the next day for the purpose, as neuial, df ,tkdig a walk. Eda* deelined to go, Miss Duer then declared before Almighty God that if she did not go this time she would never ask~ her to do anything else as long as she lived. November 5, that fatal day, Miss Duet came; to out house and in sisted that Ella shpuld go into the woods with her. Ella st.ill declined.. She then asked Ella to say that she loved her, Miss Duer, more than any one else. Ella reoise<J to say o.She then, in a state of great excitement, walked fromi the front door to the gate several times, and finally wvent into the passage and shut the door. Walking hurriedly toward Ella she .quickly threw her arms around her. and tried to kiss her." Ella pushed her away, and Iwhile so doing M is s Duer slipped and fell. It was but a few seconds after this whemn the shooting occur - red. Miss Duer drewv her pistol, tcooked it and deliberately fired. A FEMALd! RIVAL. The young lady of whom Miss Duer is aid to have bedome jealons, and who, it is alleged, supplanted her in Miss H{earn's 'affotions,. 'is Miss Ella ERoste," t06 Po8oonoke,, ;A lady of 'intelligence and'- highly esteetated? on Friday last was quie; and peace. ful. THE VERDIoT. The jury rendered a verdict that Miss loarn came to her death from n>wvous depression, caused by a b dlsh'it from a )istol. in the hand of Miss Lilly Duer, on the 5th day of November, 1878. A r0porter interviewed Miss Dier. 4After stating that the shoot ing was purely accidental, Mids Duor said 1 calle,l to see Ella for the pur poso of tiking a walk. She did not wiih to go. I beggod her. She refused. [ tried to kiss her. I had the pistol in my hand, after giving up the attempt to kiss her, and was looking at the cartridges, counting them, when the pistol acideitaliy vwent off. Miss Duer said that her favorite anthor wis Byron, "whose nature," she remarked, "is similar to my own.. For the past six iponths Miss Duer has been studying medicine. On Monday she gave bail, amount ing to $2,500, before Judge Nook, for her appeairance at the May term of Court. The little town is great ly agitated over this distressing tragedy, public opinion being divi,led as t ) whether the shooting was accidental or not. MRS. SERTO .rO.ES' DrArovDs. [ W-hington Letter to Phiaddphia Times.] hei.ttor Jones, of Nevada, havin g replenished his depletod exchequer by a fortunate rise in Sierra Nevada stoekL, comes back with his beauti ful young wife and maiden* sister to occupy hiR half of the Butler block on Capitol hill. He left here five months ago for his home at Gild Hill, "dead broke," in. vulgar parlance, or "busted," as the miners term it. Fo:eseeing the rise in mining stocks, he iiverted all ,he c uld raise or borrow in Sierra Nevada and reaped 'a rich roturn. Still lie had not enouzh to fill the neasuro of his opportunity. His wife had a splendid diamond neck lace, for whichi he bad paid in oPulent ayai the sum of $35,000, and which ihe, being- a retiring little body, not giNen to dispLiy. had never worn but once. "My do:r," said he to her, one day, "if you will let mo invest your - diiamoijda in Sierra Nevada you shall have the proceeds for pin money." "As you please," said the - dutiftil little woni.n. "You know I never we:ar them." Seni.tor Jones is not the m-in to. go hawking his wifi's jew'ls about the streets, so he offered them 'to the flrstJew he mot and received $12,003 for them, which he i60s6d on margin in her name, and to-day she is worth $110.000 in registered bonds. He paid his debts, canceled the mortg.tge on his $100.000;worth of furniture, which Ben Butler held as collateral for three Veira' rent, and in less than halfa year reft,uis with soveral m'illions to "#1are. And that is the way they do things "out West." *L'he Jones family will give several grand entert a3iments during the Winter, a la San Fran. c1sco. -. ' : ,JUDoMENT. REvEnRsD.-'Some time ago Harvey Terry. a metnber of' the' bar of Colutnbia, 89. 0., published an article in the Obseruer which was conceived to he a reflection upon.the judipiary of Soi@ Carolina., A~ rule wais adcordingly ,served) upon)gmny Judge Aldrich, of th~e Circuig Coudt of that State, sitting a~ that ti,rpp at at Columbiai, to s,howv 'cuse 'why he' should not-be guilty of conteinpt in making the publication iMferiei 'to. Terry appeared through 'co 'nel, wasl reprimanded, sentenced to .pay a fine, but not unfrooke'l. He bat ried the case on appe a~ to the. St.. preme Court of the State, and it has recently been argued before that tribunal, a Georgia attorney appedr. ing for T.Lerry. As *-,result of that a; hearin~g the judgmnt ,of the court 'below.has been rempaed, and Terry. emerges from thetrtiy yictory Tis information reach~s .us tyi pr1ivato source. T ho, Soub a na papers have m~de~ nq. qet9t. D far as we hav dbsr.vd qthe result of the cs. ' scruer. A 'Gr.D Goap-B8Is.---We are heartily glad that the' Legislatur'e has adj ourned. A sordr bbd~ 'of men than the prosht Lower Hoqe~ never Asembled ineyil(M 4 tnmob ite howilngaonygg dith ra; spiiing .of a Mi$ 4