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Thi-WEEKL EITIN.} WINSBPO.S. ..THU~DAY.JANUARY 301187Th IVOL NO13 THE END OF A L1BEL SUIT. ---_-_ VOL. IClIT' AG.IFNi' vT IEI NIC 1V YoiC TIMECS. The Law and the Facts in the Caso $50,000 Damages A .ked for--The Jury Give the Plaintiff a Verdict for Six Cents. (MFrmim hew ot York T7bnev.] Early in September, 1877, Thom as Keitt, a mulatto member [f the South Carolina Legislatm-c, residing at Newberry Court..honrso, in tit St-Ito, all sOlletimUos called, mulr)Ing his intilmto associatos, "Col. Keitt," was arrested at Nowberry and coim mited to jail on a chargo of bigamy. The fact of his arrest was comnmu nicated to the Times on Scpt. 5th, in a special dispatch from Washing ton, Which was publi:3hed in the Times on Sopt. Gth. On this pub lication Ellison S. Keitt. a brother of the lato Lawronco M. Keitt, sued the Times, in the Ui 3 1tates Circuit Court for libil, claim i' tit I 113 V b 1 ) il, "Col. litt" residing at Nowherry Court house ; that the dispatch referred to and reflected injuriously upon him, and that it was fi:lse. Ho asked for $50,000 damages. Tho trial wasd begun on Wednesday last, before Judge Shipman and a jury, in this city, and yo.3terday tho plaintiil received a verdict awarding hi1 siN c.nts damages. The priiited dia. patch from Watzshington set fortU that one "Col. eitt, of r S- G-," had been arrested and held tc await the action of the ora:d - utiy at that place, on a chargo of bigamy that he was a near rolativo of .[AW ronce M. Koitf, who was somewhat conspicuous inl Congress be fore th( war, and that the (X)ose would mac a stir among the Lest people in that section. The plailifl, in his com, plaint, set forth that he was widely and favorably known and respected in South Caro:iia and other States ; that the publication il question was false, defamatory, wicked, and malicious, and was published witi intent to injuro him in his good name and reputation. Nolson Smith and William A. Boech allppear' od as counsol for the plaintiff, n d Joseph H-. Choato and Allen W. Evarts for the defendant. On behalf of tle plaintifT a largo number of depositions were road, among tihe doponents being Gov. Wade Hi mp ton, Gen. John S. Preston, A-ch bishop Lynch, of Charleston, Attor ney-Genecal Youmans, and other eminent residents of tho Palmetto State. Tloe gentlemon ail depos, ed, in effect, that they had known Ellison S. Keitt for periods, varying from ten to twenty- fivo years ; that they know his brothor Lawrence Ml. Koitt, who had been for yo-irs a member of Congress, and who was killed il hattle near Richmond, in June, 1864 ; that since his death the plaintiff was known to them) and generally throughout thec State as "Col. Keitt," or as "Col, Koitt, of Newberry," and that they knew of no other Col. Keitt. Mr. Choate asked the witness wvhether Lawvrence M. Keitt was not the same Keitt wh~o was commlonly known as having assisted Pr oston S. Brooks in his assault on Chmarles Sumner, on the floor of the United States Senate in 1856, but the qnestion was excluded by the couri on general groundls of thme avoid anco of acerbity anid upleasani reminiscences on this trial. Mr. Choate claimed the right to prove ii as an element tending to show ir what respect the Keitt family had won its most historical renowvn. Ellison S. Keitt testified in sub, stance that lhe was a citizen of South Carolinr, born at Orangeburg and had lived since 1862 at Now berry; in 1863 lhe went into th< Confederate Army as a Captian ; or the evacuation of (Charleosion he wam placed in command at Saullivan'm Island, and, after that period, wvas called.Col. Kcitt, and hocame sc knowvn throughout the State ; i 1868, 1869, 1871, and 1872 he visit ed the North, and was wvidely intro duced as Colonel Keitt ; he kneow r colored man named Tom K~eitt, whc achieved political, distinction and was born a slave in tihe Keitt house hold, but he had never held any military rank or title. It was common thing for slaves and ex slaves to adopt the names of theia former masters-sometimes thiey adopt fancy names, the names o: distinguished men-they had num bers of Washinigtons and Jacksom down there, and there was also Eu~insw Qhoate, This informatioi creatod a lively ripple of amusoment in court, which Mr. Chonto hoarti ly enjoyed, and thoroupon Io pro ceeded to cross--examino Mr. Keitt. The witness admittod that ho never had received an actw'd commi3sion for any rank in tho rebel service, and that it was only after the war closed he was known as Colonel, having boon, as Mr. Choate phrased it, "a Captain in war and a Colonel in peaco." Mr. Kcitt said hol did not think it was a very common thing for persons ait the South to call each otLher "Colonol" or "Major' whlen they had not been in the military. The namo Koitt belonged to Tom. the colored man, only by adoption. From this point Mr. Choato led I tho witncss to admit squarely that lie wasi well known whorovor he was known at all, and that anion g thoso who know him ho was still as well th ;ght of as over. -To had been at widower since MAlay, 1862, and that fact also was generally known to all his personal friends. "Thou" rejoin cd Mr. Choate, "no one would havc supp)osed that you could commit ti crimo of bigamy ?" The witness replied in effect that some of his friends, who had not heard from him for somo time, and did not know whether lie wias married oi not, wrote to him, and as time. were very corrupt in South Carolinn then, there was no telling what a man might do. His friend Gen, Garlington wrote asking if it was t-rue, and offering to defend him on trial if it was a fact that ho hal beenl so charg ed. For the dlefense it was shown, by deposit ions~ of m~Imer('ous residenft! of Newborry, that the negro Torw Kettt wast reputed by local gossip il tihe comvy to be the natural son o1 s01110 iCmber of the Keitt family by a slave mother, among the afli ants being many county officials and old settlers in Newberry ; that he had hold varionis public positions, and was ultimatoly convicted of biganly. Witnesses were examined orally also, showing that the writerh and the publisher of the dispatch had never heard of di plaintiff, noi that he was known as Col. Kitt ; that the dispatch containing the ;lleged libol was published as ordi nary current news, and was in tended by the correspondent who wroto and sent it to refer to a negro, thero being a political contest it tho time for the possession of hi soat as a member of the Legislature, and it was thought this arrest was a means resorted to to got rid of him politically. Gen. Carlos J. Stolbrand, now a resident of Columbia, S. C., but who had been chiof of artillery of the fifteentli and seventconth army corps, under Generais Me Pherson and Sherman, during the war, testified, ah:o, that lhe know Tom Keitt as a member of the Legislaturo and that Io had at first been pointed out to him as Colonel Keitt, a member of tho Logislature from Newberry county, Keitt being at the time a member of a commit. too before which th)e witness had] o.)licial business p)ending. Ablo argument was heard on both sid1es, the judge delivoered his charge and the jury, after three hours, brought in a verdict of six cents for the plaintiff, throwving the Times in the costs. P rANos A-n1 Or~oxNs A'r FACTr IBA TEs. - Gran(d In trold~ctO)?,/ Sale, commencing Nov. 1, 1,000 Magnifi cent Instruments from t mnakers to be placed, for introduction and] advertisement, inl Sou thcern homes at Aqgenet' Wholesale ra(teS. E logant 7 Oct. PiaTos only $125. Magnili cent Squar-o Grands, catalogue pr'ice $1,000, only $250. Handsome (J Stop Organs, $58 ; 13 Steps, $71i Mirror Top, 13 Stops, $86. Choice intruments at lowest prices ever known. Six years written guaran. tee. Fifteen days test trial. Writ( for Introdaction Sale circular. Address LUDDEN &5 BATEs' Southern Music 1-onse, Savannah, Ga. The Great Wholesale Piano and Organ Depot of the South. 'Nov 12-x3m The following anecdote, which is Irein ted of Governor Garcelon, of Maine, is said to have added greatliy to thle popular esteem in which bo n held. During the spring of 1870, in Augusta, an Irish woman had] fallen, helplessly intoxicated, and] was floundering about in the mud and mire. Surrounding her was ai crowd of men and boys, and as she made repeated attempts to rise ahd fell back again-making a most immodest spetacle-a loud jeering laugh arose from the bystanders. Dr. Gaieelon, riding through the streets in his privat e carriage, was dr'awn to the spot, and immlediately1 getting out of his carriage, lifted] tthe senseless woman into it and c arried her-to her home. G.IC EMNIRACKS AYD GOL D. ( !)-om the New York 1krad. I BosTON, January 11, 1879.-A fow days ago you published somo remarks I mado at tho Greenback Conference in this city. The report was correct as far as it wont, but was imperfect. Allow me to state my views a lit tlo moro definitely. % I think the greenback party, or the new finance party. has been thus far uniformly victorious and has gained everything it has askod. First-The party deoianded the remontization of ilver. It is done, and the stop is ot likely to bo reversed. Second-Wo claim that tho greenback should not be destroved, but b reissued. Tho Secretary of . the Treasury, who was in his usual chronic state of perplexity and be wildermont, gladly submitted to this compulsion ; indeed welcome our victory. Thus tho derided "rag" tho "dishonored rag," is tho nationil currency to-day aid likely to remain so. Third-Wo asserted that if the greenbacks were mado receivable at the Custom House and for all debts due the Government, coin and greonbacks would be c(ual in nine ty days, and that this was the proper step to be taken. For this we begged, argued and petitioned throo years ago. Then we got no attention. Now the Secretary, without law or authority, has ordered lis3 stop to be tceii, and Congress is about to sanction what lie illegally did. Without thi8 stop resumption would be impossi bl. or ext remely dangerous if pos siblo- Without this hll) resump tion would ho a failure. 'Whon, in Ma'.ch, 1876, I argued for such.a step before the Boston Board of trade, the Solvmons of that body hold up thoir hands in holy horror, iL'sistiing Chat the Govern mont was pledged to tho public creditor to demand its customs in c0in. It was a very convenient d odge-a plausible exeuse-but one easily forgotten the moment the Govereiiont needed -tho help of such a meaeuro as I proposod That pledge to the national creditor is as binding to-day as it was in March, 1876. But the men who screamed themselves hoarse in. lying talk about tho greenback as a dishonoi ed note now clamor that the Government shall break its pledge to its creditors by receiving greenbLacks at the Custom House. "When I said I would die a Baclho, lor," cried Benedict, "I did not think I shonld live till I were married." When I said I would die a hard rioney man, exclaims Sherman, I did not think I should live to owe my salvaticn to greenbacks. With those three victorio3 behind us we now advanco to the next outwork of the enemy. In the future, as in the past, the true poihcy is to attack one thing at a time-to pledge the mov'ement to eonly one claim at a time. The peop)lo can attend to only one issue at a time. Every unnecessary word in a platform robs it of v'oters by the thousand. The next point to attack is bank issues of currency. Put only one line on our flag, "No State or National B~anks of Issue." Lot the Government issue all the currency the nation uses. This claim--that the nation shall resume its sovereignty over the currency, and not share it as heretofore, with privato corporation s-is debated to-day and well received in England. All commercial naitionis mst soon1 see its importance and all free nations its necessity. Lot journals and coventions discuss all points as freely as they please- bonds or no bonds; Idemonetiz'tion of gold and of all coin ; funding the debt or paying it in greenbacks, and all methods of regulating the amount of the cur, rency ; but lot the party-tihe movement-be responsible for only this one claim, an exelusive national currency. When that stop is gained we will rally on1 tihe next. Planted now on this one issue ' we, shall not wait long for victory. Buit the moment that point is gained the Republican party and ' John Shere man wvill claim it as "their thunder." Let all good people remember this, my prophecy, and when, a few years hence, they hear the loud party bpasts of what wonders they have done and how muclh ,we owe them, it will be seen I prophesied truly as to their self-.conceit and adroit pretense of being themselves vietor rious, while they have only - been| slyly stealing the measures and prmneipl9e they have all al ~rg deih nouncnd. ' ant Pmzrsap EXCHANGE ! OME TO-DAY, COME EVERY DAY, Tnd Exchange YOUR CASH for DRY GOODS, CLOTHING AND HATS, BOOTS AND SHOES. -o GROCERIES. Dofee at from 15 ets. to 20 ots. por pound. Bugar at 12 pounds for $1.00. Parched Rio Coffee, Ground Coffee, Brown Sugar, Extra C, Granu lated Sugar, Pulverized Su gar, Candy, Crackers, Cheese, Macaroni, Raisins, &c. 300D GOODS AT LOW PRICES Romember those substantial B)ots uid Shoes, the "Bay State" stan lard screwed und wire sewed. J. M. BEATY. If you detest a bursting lamp buy Ihm Vestal Oil. If you like a bril tnt light buy the Vestal Oil. dce 24- J. M. BEATY. FRESH GOODS ! JUST RECEIVED. -CONSISTING IN PART OF 24 bbls. Molasses-all grades, [00 lbs. Choice Buckwheat Flour, LO boxes Cream Cheese, ) boxes best Italian Maccaroni, [2 bbls. Sugar, all grades, [4 sacks of Coffee-10 Rio, 4 best Java, 50 bbls. Choice Family Flour. BAGGING AND TIES. GARD in bble., cans and buckets Bacon, Best Sugar Cured Hams. Choice ]Red Rust Proof Oats, Seed Rye and Barley. Rails, Trace Chains, Horse and Mule Shoes, Axle Grease, White Wine and Cider Vinegar, Smoking Tobacco Durham's best, Chewing To bacco. Raisins, Currants and Citron. ALSO, Fresh Canned Salmon, Peaches and Tomatoes, Mixed Pickles, Chow Chov and Pepper Sauce. ALSO, i. fino lot of BOOTS AND SHOES. till of which will be sold cheap for nov 9 D, R. FLENNIKEN. FACT. IN order to prepare for our spring stock, we from this day offer extra inducsments to CASH CUSTOMERS. Dross Goods, Shawvls, Jeans, Blankets, Flannels, Dassimeres and Clothing at prices bhat will ASTONISH YOU. McMASTER & BRICE. jan 28 BOOTS AND SHOES. pHE largest stock of the above ever lofeebyhim. Great inducemen~te o eanh customerse. REMOVAL. --- MESSRS. F. Gorig & Son would inform their friends and cus tomers, and the public generally, that they have removed into their own storo, next to Sugenheimor A Groesehel's-combining the two stocks into one, and making a COMPLETE STOCK OF Hardware, Tinware, Woodenware, Saddlory, &c. ALL PARTIES indebted to F. GERIG or to F. GERIG & SON are requested to settle at once, as we expect to keep only one set of books. F. GERIG & SON. jan 15-t&x3mos. DANA BICKFORD'S NEW GARDEN and FIRE PUMP. Thin novel and ox.. traordinary machine is invaluable at the outbreak of fire, and for wvatering gardens &c. Its construction dispenses with hoth Piston and Stuflen v Box,doing aw it P all Friction, LvIakage, &c. It is9 worked so easily that with it, a lndy or child can th'mrow a steady stiea-.n of water over an area of ninety foot. Patented January 14 and 15, 1867, March 11, 1873. Send for Circular. PRICE, $6 AND $8. ' Agents wanted everywhere. THE DAN A BICKFOIRD CO., 689 Broadway, New York. Offiee of Danoa Bickford's, Family Knitting Machine. doc 28-3m THE BURLINGTON -0 $1,000 IN THREE PREMIUMS. W E will pay tho agent sending us the largest list of subscribers before March 1, 1879, one first-clans 74 octavo, rosewood or walnut, NEW soALE, UPRon PIANo, $860.00. This list to be at least 850 names, For the second list. not to be loss th'an 200 names, $100 in gold. For the third lint, not to be less than 100 names, $50 in gold. For $13.00, at one time, we will send ten copies one year. For $7.00, at one time, wowill send five copies one year. For three names and $6.00 we will send the Companion Scroll Saw and Drill, value $3.50, as a special premium. For five names and $10.00 we will send the Conipanion Scroll Saw, Drill, and Lathe, value $5.00, an a special premium. We wvill send TuHE [IAwEYE anud "GLEAN INos FOn TH E CUazous" to agents at $3.00 and return $2.00, if the bookc is not wvantedl en examination, for its return, post-paid, if returned at once. Address HIAWKEYE PUBLISHING COMPANY, doo 5 Burlington, Iowa. New Summer Cook. The Safety HOT BLAST OIL . p@ DOES NOT HI EAT THE HOUSB Perfect for all kinds of Cooking and Heat ing Irone. Always ready and reliable, The most satisfaetory Stove made and tho Cheapest. Ji Send for oirculIars. WHITNEY & HALL MF'G. CO., ?-ly 123Ohestigut St., Phila. TII&f WINNSB ORG HOTEiL --BY MRS. M. W,. BROWNi rHIS Hotel, situated in the oentre of he town, offat and guarantees to the public inducemet0 fltzidryaged by ani other house hil the pft#e ,'alo'sp. plied with the best 14 the nmaiket. 06na. fortable rooms and polite at it . Term*460 %ior da)' M4