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q impm TI-WEEKLY EDITION.} WINNSBORO, S. C. THURSDAY, MARCH27,1879 NOL TIE ELECTION CASES. Duty of the Public--The Democrats Must be Protected from Persecution. ( Mom the News and Courier.] The expectation is that at tho'April term of the United States Court, which begins next Monday week, in Charleston, a largen umber of cases growing out of the elections of 1878 will be tried. There are, to begin with, the cases which were continued, or resulted in a mistrial, at the last term of the Court. There will be some now cases, and it will not be forgotten that, with many offences under the Election laws, the District Attorney can proceed "by informa tion,' it is called, and need not submit the indictments to the grand jury. Charleston, Colleton, Hampton, -Sumter, Barnwell, Or angeburg, Richland, Aiken and Georgetown will be represented, it is believed, and perhaps other coun ties. The government, restrained by the presence of an economical Congress, is desirous of avoiding any unnecessary expense, but there is no roason to expect that there will be either a halt or a retreat. For its own justification the govern inent is anxious to secure the con viction of some prominent persons who are accused of fraud or ,intimi dation at the elections. It is a political necessity, and the District Attorney will be certainly instructed to follow Grant's order to Sheridan and "Push thinge !" The Govern iont officors must take the law as it stands, without reference to its coil s titutionality. The drawing of juries for the United States Courts is controlled by the Federal oflicers. As well as can be judged the grand jury is bad, but. the petty jury is fairly good. The all-important thing is to e:ire the attendance of theso jurors. Appli cations to be excused, it is said, have been made by the most respectable jurors on the list. It is not to be expected that equilly respectable jurors will be drawn in their plaev The chances are largely against it. In the hands of the bettor el iss of jurors is the fate of the accuseo. And we know that we express the sentinents of the Democracy in general.when we say that, in the present condition of afl:irs, it is a crime, and nothing less, for a respectable citizen to seek to avoid serving as a juror, boeause it will interfere with his business or his comfort. The failure to attend, leaving his fellow-citizens without protection, will hurt him far more than temporary asbenceo from home caT do. The accused should be repr,sented by the ablest lawyers in the State, and by auch an array of them as will bear witness that these oleet:on cases do not stand on the same level as prosecutions for illicit distilling or failinn to cancel a revenue stamp. It should be mace n,nnif . t that li is a question in which every Deino-. crat is interested, and in which the whole Sta' a is concerned. The lawyers get their full share of the public offices. They pick up the i ruit when othe men shake the tree. lb is their duty, therefore, to come forward now, in a body, to offer their services in defending the accused. The members of the Bai' in the country will do it. We hope that there is no less spirit in Charleston than there is in-B3arnwell, Aiken, Edgefield or Sumter ! The plain truth of it is that the Democratic party will be badly beat en, in several counties, at the next election, unless the communities which enjoy the advantages of a Democratic rule uphold and defend the stalwart Democrats who "rani the machihe" last autumn. In no instance have- the Republicans failed to take care of their men. Pender grass is the latest example. In a few days over five hundred dollars were raised to pay the fine imposed ' upon him by Judge Mackey, upon his conviction of libel. How long would it take to procure 'the same sum to discharge a similar fine imposed upon a Demoerat ? Until the political millennium shall come, there will be a vast, amount of uin pleasant work to be -done at every election. The Republicans know it, and their plan is to -deprive the Democratic party of its most valu, able agents, by deionstrating that it cannot, or wvill not, protect theseI F who make themselves, the targets of the 1Republicanr p)olitidians by organ.i izing Democratic victories. It rests with the p)eople, at large, to say wvhether the Republican scheme, carry,ing in its train~ the pestoration, of' lRacical rulde in several counties, shall accomplishlii purpose, 0r nlot] With an amplo defence fund wihl, th' juries as dr awn, and with able counsel to defend the "aoo'eed before the court and the country, there is nothing to fear for tle accused, for the party, or for the State. A POLICE COU'e INCIDLNT.-At the request of Judge Wilson yesterday John Sullivan stood up before the bar of justice to answer to the charge of drunkenness. Mr Sulli van put in a plea of not guilty, and stated to the court that he was a hard working man, and had not tasted a drop of liquor for six months. "You promised me yoster lay that you .would have your employer hero this morning to testify that you are a working man ; is ho on hand ?" inquired the court. "Perhaps I ought not to mention it in public," said Sullivan, looking around with a smilo on his face, "but my onployor had an episode in his family this morning-weight ten pounds ; mother and child doing well, as the newspapers say-which prevented him from coming ont." "Is there no other person in the citys who knows you have been working ?" "Hundreds of them, your Honor, hundreds of them." "Perhaps l'ome of the officers present could testify in your behalf," suggested the court. "I have no doubt many of them would be glad to do so," said Sulli van, as he wiped his nose on his coat sleeve. "Four officers,one after the other, swore that Sullivan was out every night until a late hcur, carousing around the wicke 1 places of the city, add was drunk during the day on an average of six times a week." "It has often been hinted to me thit the entire polico of Civcinnati had an animo:ity against me, but no one could have convinced inc of the truth of it. I see it all row," groaned Sullivan. "He puts us to more trouble than any man in that part of the town," said another .oilicer. "I don't I don't I don t" replied the prisoner rapidly ; I've been working almost day and night for past six mour,hs" "But whero's your witnesses ?" de mando I the court. "Didn't I tell you my employer had an episode in his family, and couldin't come ?" "And there will be an episode in your famnity, Mr. Sullivan," said the ( irt. "it is in the shape of a sentence agai1.st you of three months in the workhouse. Pass under the rod, and miako way for that gent with the black eye." t,incinnati Enquirer. A NEW THEORY REARDING DIun MIEs.--Iaving observed that Egyp. tian mummies could be divided into two classes, one embracing thoee bodies which had been emhbaluod intact, and the other including those bodios which had boon eviscerated, Dr. Gauselback, a Swedish chemist of reputo and Professor of the Un'.. versity of Upsal, has formed the opinion that the -mnmmies of the frtcasare not really dead, but are only in a condition of suspended animation, the secret of bringing them again to life having been lost. In support of this theory lie adduces the result of his own researches and expel'iments, one of which con%ists in submitting a snake to a process, the details of wvhich are, of course, kept secret, whlich potrifies it. In this condition it has beeni laid aside for a year or two at a time, and it is then restored to life by some equally mysterious vivifying process. This ha~s now been going on about fi:teen years, and thie,snake does not seem to dislike ist. Dr. Gauselback is said to have applied to the Swedish Government for leave to experiment on a condemned criminal, the under, standing being that if the experi ment is successful tihe criminal shall receive pardon, because of -the service thus rendered to science and possibly to humanity.-Jour~nal of Qlhemistry/. It is calculated that.the new ateel brcech--loading Krupp -gun, which is to be experimiented with ait Meppen, in Westphalia,- next month, wvill send a pro jectile ..VeIghirng. 1,000 pounds a distance of fifteen miles, with a veloity, as. it. leaves th9. muzzle, of. 1,640 feet per second; or as the LondQn Times puts it "an' energy of very nearly 81,000 foot tons." . No armnon, plate yet c'on strueted couldl successfully resist such a force. -The Washington (Ecy.) . .Watch man says a mani in Nelson county gave bis. childrenthe fo,llowpag pe:Hnbrew Foshion, Marriage Be1, Southern Soil, 4ndon Judge,I Ithe1then. -1 CO USINV SALL,YDILLARD. [By 7familn'C. Jones.] This story first appeared upwards of fifty years ago. We give it now for the benefit of the junior members of the bar and the respectable class of law students who will soon bo called to sift evidence in tho courts of our States. Scene-A Court of Justice in North Carolina. A boardless disciple of Thomis arises, and thus addresses the court. "May it please your worships, and you, gentlemen of the jury, since it has bon my fortune (good or bad I will not say) to exercise myself in legal disquisitions, it has never before befallen mo to be obliged to prosecuto so direful, marked and malicious an assault-a more willfull violent, dangerous battery, and finally a more diabolical breach of the peace has seldom been your duty to pass upon, one so shocking to benevolent feeling, as this which took place at Capt. Rico's in this county. But you will hear from the wit'ness." The witnesses being sworn, two or threo were examined and depos, ed. Ono said that ho had heard the noise and did not see the fight another that he saw tte row but didn't know who struck first ; and a third that he was very drunk and couldn't say much about the scrim inage. Lawyer Chops-I am very sorry, gentlemen, to have occupied your time with the stupidity of the wit nesses examined. It arises, gentle men, altogether fromn misapprehen. sion on my part.: Had I known, as I now do, that I had a witness in attendance who was well acquainted with all the circumstances of the case, an:] was able to make himself clearly understood by the court and jury, I should not so long have trespasse(I on your time and patience. Come -forward, Mr .Harris, and be sworn. Har ris-"Exactly"-giving the lawyer a knowing wink, and at the same limo clearing his throat. Capt. Biles, he gin'a treat, and Cousin Sally Dillard, she came over to our house and axed Ime if' my wife moutn't go. I told Cousin Sally ily wife was poorly. being as how she had a touch of the rheumatics in the hip, and the big swamp was in the road, ani the big swamp was up, for there had been a heap of rain lately, but howsomever, as it was she, Cousin Sally Dillard, my wife she moat go. Well, Cousin Sally Dillard then asked me if Mose ho niuta't go; I told Cousia Sally Dillard that Moso was foreman of the crop, and the crop was smartly in the grass, but somohowever, as it was she, Cousin Sally Dillard, Mloso ho mout go. Chops-In the name of common sense, Mr. Harris, what do you mean by this rigmarole ? )o say what you know about the riot. Witness-Capt. Rice ho gin a treat, and Cousin Sally Dillard she caine over to our house and axed mne if my wife she mout go. I told Cousin Sally Dillard Chops-Stop, sir, if you p)lease we don't want to hear anything about Cousin Sally Dillard .and your wife-toll us.about the fight. Witness-Wol1l, I will, sir, if you will lot me. Chops- WVell, sir, go on. Witness-Well, Capt. Rice, he gin a treat and Cousin Sally Dillar'd she camne over to my house and axed me if my wife she moutn't go Chops-=-There it is a gain ; wit ness, witness, please to sitop). WVitness.~Wo~Vll, sir, w:hat do you wiant ?. Chops-We want to know about the fight, and you must not p)roceedl in this impertinent story, Do you know- anything about the matter before the court'? Witness--To be suro I do. Chops-Well, jon go on and tell it ; and nothing else. Witness-Well, Capt. Rice, he gizg a treat *Chops -This is intol orable. May it please the Couit, I move that this witness be committed for contempt. Ho seems to bp trifling with the Court. Court-Witness, you are now before a court of jusfice ; unlossi you behave yourself in a more becomning manner you ill be sent to jail ; so begin and tell what you knoiv'df the fgtat Capt. Rice's. Witness. larmqd-Woll, gentle,. men, COn t. )~j ~ in a treat, and Cousin haIll i&r Chops-I hop this., witnes may be ordered into, custody, Opurb (af ter . deliberating)-Mr. Attorney, the Cour.t. is of opinion ahet we may save time by tellinig the ,witposs to g ni i w ay Proceed, Mr. Harris, with your story, but stick to the point. Witnoss-Yes, gentlomem ; well, Capt Rico ho gin a treat, and Cousin Sally Dillard she came over to our house and axed me if my wife she moutn't go. I told Cousin Sally Dillard that my wife she was poorly, being as how she had the rheumatics in the hip, and the big swamp was up ; but hlowsomever, as it was sho, Counsin Sally Dillard, my wife she iout go. Cousin Sally Dillard then asked mo if Mose he moutn't go. I told Cousin Sally Dillard as how Mose, he was the foreman of the crop, and the crop was smartly in the gras,., but howsomovor, as it was she, Cousin Sally Dillard,. Moso ho mout go. So they go' on together, Mose, my wife, and Cousin Sally Dillard, and they come to the big swamp, and it is up, as I was telling you; but being as how there was a log across the big swamp Cousin Sally Dillard and Mose, like gentle folks, they walked the log, but my wife like a drattod fool hiosted up her petticoat and waded through, and that's all I know about the fight. A PosER FOR TI E "HAWKEYE" MAN. -A young man, who evidently rep resents some St. Louis house, asks me where I ahn from. I toll him. His eye brightens. He;says : "Do you know Gust. Hirsch, there?" No, I tell him, I do not. "Know Marx Oppenheimer ?" I don't know Marx Oppenheimer. "Do you know Joe Holminghau, sen ? I fail to remember Mr. H. "Then do you know Chris. Er lingenschaftlicher?" I don't believe I do. "But you must know Ernest Gundlachenstreibichdukirchsenliob alstenheininghaus ?" I think possibly that I may have known some of him, and possibly a great deal of him, at different times, but I am quite positive that I never knew him all at once. The young man from the St. Louis house looks amazed. "Well," lie says at last, "you ain't got much acquaintance in Burling ton." And I sadly remarked that my acquaintance there is rather limited, and he goes away.. Presently he returns. "Oh," he says, "them fellus I said to you about lives in Davenport." And I feel greatly relieved, for I had beguti to think that I didn't know anybody in Burlington.--R. J. Burdette. IrnTAx REMAINs.-In the French Broad is an island containing about three hundred acres. During the first flood of. 1875, the soil from about ton acres from its upper end was entirely washed away. In culti vating the sub-soil afterwards, the plow went through beds of earthenr ware so that now the surface is lit erally covered with these fragments of ancient pottery. On a fair esti mate, enough of these remain on every square rod to make a pot of ordinary size. In nearly every instance where ditches have been dug ~along the banks, or where the high water has taken awvay the soil, human pones have been exhumed, and in many p)laces entire graveyards have been uncovered. In a certain locality on Pigeon River, a branch of the Ten.. nessee, it is impossible to dig a post hole ,without coming upon human remains. It is true that the banks of Ten nesse River', from its source to its mouth, are a continuous sepulchre, in many' placee literally pp.cked with human bones. Surely "those that walk the earth are but a,handful to the tribes that slumber in its bosom." MUNICIPAL ELECTION. NOTICE is hrtreby given that an elec tion for intendant and four war dons for the town of Winnsboro, S. C., will be hold in the Town Hall on Mon - dlay, t.hoseventh cday of April, 1879, b's tween the hours of seven o'clock, a. mn., and five o'clock, p. in. TIhe following persons,.are hereby ap)pointed managers of said eleet.ion, viz: A. H1. Fleming, E. S. Chandler and Willis Goode. The books will be opena for registrrtion on Thurs day, Friday and Saturday next preceding the dlay of election, commencing at vix o'clock, mn., and closing at six o'clook, p. mn. order of Council: WM. N. CHIANDLJER, : inch 22-tdClerk, DR. C. H. LAIDD, Hl AVIN(G returned to Winnsboro, and resumed the practice of mnedicino, offers hisa professional services to-the oiti-. zons of tho"townl and county, ;f' 00ic0 in .Bank 'Range, up stairs, ext1to Newos and Herald ofiloc. Entrance Pay yolar subscr'iption. THE COLUMBIA REGISTERa DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY. Best Newspaper ever Published AT TILE CAPITAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA. CIRCULATION LARGE AND CONSTANTLY INCREASING. WEL respectfully invite the attention of the reading community to the excellent newspapers we are now publishing in Columbia. THE REGIS. 'ER is the only paper ever published at the capital of South Carolina which is con, dueted as are the leading dailies of the principal cities of the country. We have an able and distinguished corps of editors-gentlemen well known all over the State for their learning,, ability and sound Democratic prinoipies;-nten who have served the State and the South on every occasion when the demand arose for their services, and who may be safely depended upon as reliable leaders of the Democracy in the line of journalism. THE DAILY ICEGISTER is a twenty eight column paper, 24x38 inohds. print e on good paper and with large, clear cut type, containing the latest telegraph. io news, full market reports, editorial matter on the leading oecurrences of the times, and replete with interesting mis cellaneous reading. The LOCAL NEWS is full and ifnteresting, one editor devot ing his time exclusively to that depart ment. Our correspondence from Wash ington and other places of note gives an entertaining resume of all the important events of the day. TIE TRI-WEEKLY REGISTER, with some minor changes, comprises the con tents of the Daily at $2.50 less per year. TIIE WEEKLY REGISTER is a large, handsomeiy-gotten-up eight page paper, 29x42 inches, containing forty-eight col umns of reading matter, embracing all the news of the week and the most im portanteditoria land local news. TERMS-IN ADVANCE. Daily Register, 1 year - - - - $7 00 " "o 6 months - - - 850 "4 " 3 " - - .1-76 Tri-Weekly Regist er, 1 year - - - 5 00 "s i" 6 months - -250 "1 "i 3 - - 125 Weekly Register 1 year - - - - 200 "s " 6 months - - - 1.00 -s " " 3 -" - - - - 50 Any person sending us a club of ten subscribers at one time will receive either of the papers free, postage prepaid, for one year Any person sending us the money for twenty subscribers to the Daily :may re . 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