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IHK LAW AM) TUE LYNCHERS.
A DISPASSIONATE DISCUSSION OF A
lilli M I 1,1 SU DJ Jil T.
Tin? Opinion ??r ti CmiflervutIve Carolina
loiiriml-Tho Case OouiddcrrO in Dur?r
ent A?|ioota.
(ttd (loria) lu (ho Ivoowoo Courier )
Tho opinions of tho press, in di llb rout
purls c>f tho State, i n this startling occur
iciire. (lifter widely, lt is generally con
ceded that tho act io tho natural result
ol a proponent established by tho whites
in Uko oases of offence As a couse*
?pionco nonie condemn tl io ucl aud all
acts of lyuohing in tho austrat t. < H horn,
winking at such summary vohgoauco,
when prompted by a jan e and high pur
poHo to protect virtu .us women from
violence worse than dcatli, favor a
thorough investigation in this ease aa to
whether this act was the outcome < [ un
outraged sont knout or tho offspring ol
prejudice and imitation. Ollie's take
tim bold ground thal il deceased was
guilty <d I le-? rime with w hich ho was
accused, ho deserved tho fate ho met.
ami the porpotmtors deserve commenda
tion rat her than cousuro. Wo (bid others,
who neither in terms approving nor cou
dooming the lynching, foal in thc ooour
ronco a proguaut text for diseoi rsiugon
tho incflloionoy of tho administration of
the oriminal law by our courts and
juries.
No law abiding cili'/.cn will deny but
lynch law ?; wrong in itself and danger
ous to SOOloty. While tlii- i true, there
aro crimes so revolting to m in's moral
nature, so destructive lo society, so
awful in thoir consequences to individu
als and by sympathy to communities,
that noither humau nor divino law ever
lias or ever eau stay the hand of Vi tige
ance in their punishment. Of tin o
erinn a fiendish and brutal violence to
respectable women is tho highest, aud
wo hardly think, in such case ;, any
earthly power could stay tho nvougiug
band of un outraged oommunity. Tho
certainty of the conviction un i puni, li
ment of the guilty party cannot no tins,
and tho divine command, thou sh dt not
kill, line proved equally ). ow? doss.
Respect for woman, pride in her ele
vation and protection is a striking char
acteristic ot Auglo Saxon civilization and
tho crowning glory of I'hrisl ?au progro
Summary punishment of a brute, black
or white, who assaults a pure woman,
wo cannot condemn, and-yet wo cai. not
deny it is a daugerous precedent, not
only tending to abuso for tho commit -
sion cd' the nameless crime charged
against doccascd, but as growing and ex- '
teudiug to less homblo crimes, until ao
limit being Used, tho written law be
comes a dead h tier, and for it tho iv
cited and partially informed opini m of a
moll in substitu? eil. lu scone cases tllO
highest .-* ?od of society, its preservation 1
and tho protection of tho mothers and1
daughters of our State, will constitute au
Bccoptablo oxcuso in tho public min i for
lynching.
Willie wo hold this, WO ti... i iel
caso of lynching should bo thoroughly
investigated ami on the trial of parties j
charged with it, we feil .uri our juries
wonld convict or acquit ou thoir honest
judgment from the facts, whether tho
lyuohing was prompted by '.ii.- singh
motive of vindicating virtue au.t pro
tooting society, or by a spirit of race re- i
vengo and imitation.
Evon in tho most excusable form tho
enforcement of lynch iawisplaying with
lire, and if ovor instilled as to tho actors
tho jnstiiieation Should bi based on tho j
honest conviction Hud it i. tho best, the
safest and tho highest preventivo of an
irreparable w rong and a virtual necessity
to the preservation of SOOioty,
In tho abstract, lynch law meets our
and publie condemnation, but circum
stances may exist, such as tho oharnoU r
of tho assailanl and assailed, thc nature
and extent of the injury, which may ex
cuse if not justify it. flow do they stand
in tho Contrai lyuohingV
Wahlrop is reported as hoing a bab
witted person, by .some aa a person na ;.
tally irresponsible. This should in hi?
oaao havo stayed Bumruary punishment.
It is further stated by some thal Li
guilt was a matter of doubt, and that lie
denied it to tile last. TII?H should bavo
led to inquiry in any case before tho
death penalty was cntiocod. Aud lion
lies Hie great danger in lynch law, that
upon oxoitemont, growing out of nu ag
gravated crime, papsion ijsurpH reason
and men net without proper inquiry os
to tho orime and the guilt ol tho purty
olia gi .1.
Again, in such CIUCH tho standing of
thu assailod should bo considered. Hos
tho negro race established by their life
and conduct (hat high mond oharaoti
that reputation for virtue which nnike .
snob a wrong to thoir race irreparable,
tho life of the victim a living doath? We
maintain they havo not. They marry
. and intermarry with little regan! to \ l I
chastity and neither their education nor
babita load them to value tho reputation
of their women, as do tho whites. We
do not deny but every oitizott, m de and
f.'innlo, white and black, ace entitle.i to
And should rooeivo equal m il impartial
protection under the law, bnl wo deny,
or strongly doubt whether a oriminal as
i< mit on a black woman can or should,
under tho character of tho race, atonto
that just feeling ot indignation, that ll rm
and noble resolve, coupled with genuine
excitement, which a liko assault on a
white woman by a black or white man
nocessarily do. n from habit and educa
tion, and which alone, if any ex.Tee bo
allowed, stamin as an excuso for past aots
of lynch law by white mon. Hot h races
havo thoir recourse for protection to the
law aud both boro, we think, would gel
justice. Hero both should seek it, but
with tho whites thero is an innato au well
aa habitual purpose to vindicate purity
and prosorvo society at ali hazards, They
oaunot await tho slow process ol tho
courts. Is tho negro instigated hy the
samo motive? Has ho by habit the une.
inborn principles and purposes? Iv.ioh
reader must answer for nimsolf.
Again, tho demoralization of thouegro
from sudden emancipation and elevation
to citizenship and from political power
from IKtiH brui made him arrogant, oven
beyond citizenship, aud led him to fro
quent acta ot oriminal assault on rcpt.ta
bb? white women whioh threatened, in
ita increasing tondonoy, to subvert our
social fabric nnlees promptly oheokod.
This state of things lod to lynch law for
that ono crime, and in n few iiudauco
only for aggravated crimes bas it been
pursued by tho whites in othor oases.
On tl?e othor bund cases of criminal as
sault on negro women by whitos hnvo
beon of rare occurrence, in fact, Hie case
of this half-witted man at Central io the
only ono we can-call to mind. In thia
respect this caso of lynching differs from
otUOrs by wldtes, in its excusatory char
acter. The security of while women,
traveling or dwelling unprotected, was
in constant jeopardy and demanded
prompt if not extra-judicial acts of pro
tection. Tho security of the negro wo
man hus never in tho same way been in
jeopardy.
Again, this case assumes importance
in view of tbo characteristics of tho two
races us to citizenship and property.
The white race, as a rule, is intelligent,
moral au I habituated by training and
intorest lo obey law. liven in exception
al oases of violations of law, by taking
the law into their own hands for tho
protection of virtue from fiendish and
budal outrftge, tho whitos have moved
quietly asan organized citizenship, bent
rather on tho prevention of similar
ci ina's luau on revenge. Owning the
property of the cou . ry, their iutorcstiu
it . preservation, having families, their
respect for them and their safety, oper
ated to check any spirit of general law
lessness, buding to anarchy. Handling
lin*, they moved cautiously, checking its
spread to other than tho object in viow.
(Ju tho othor bund, tho bluok race, ns
a rule, is ignorant, immoral and often
dishonest. Thoy aro besides au impul
sive people, who, under excitement, are
not subject to the control and direction
of reason. Owning little property, no
motive of pecuniary iuterost operates to
cheek excesses, but rather to stimulate
thom. There aro some striking excep
tions to tho fido and WO hopo tin so may
increase
From these facts, lynch law, always
dangerous and nevi r doh nsiblo in morals
or strict law, is in tho hands of tho
negro nice a widely diflocent thing from
lynch law in the bauds of tho whites,
Tho latter have nlwaysusod it ?8 a cor
rective and provoutivo of the highest and
most revolting crimes, nod even then in
a decent or orderly way. The latter,
onoo adopting it with impunity, from
theil nature and training are likely to
use it for revenge or a spirit id reckless
lawlessness. While each race is entitled
to t (pud and impartial protection under
till law, still all eases of lynching, as
violations of law, should bo viewed in
connection with tho persons concerned
and surrounding circumstances.
As tho Contra! victim of outrage died
from ber injuries, the perpetrator would
Lavo been found guilty of murder and
ex-outed, if mentally and morally ri
sp Lisible. If Waldrop wan tho guilty
party, assuming him doli oapax, he
BU Herod only tho fate tho law would have
allotted him, though in a cruel way. It
is not the guilt or innocouoo of Wuldrop
or the lynchers that so much concerns
society, as thin new advance of lynch
law, both in tho actors and tho surround
ing circumstances. Thoro is far more in
it than tho simple fact that A. was
lynched for a nameless orimo on li.
li is m oxi option lo past acts. Ly nob
in . by whites for this cri mo has not boon
conflu? 1 to negro porpi trators, but bas
be< n indicted oil whites and blacks pro
m ue r. ly. sVith tho whites it has boon
lin I is li . -ed ou tho vindication of virtue'
from brutal violouco. lt ia a principle
of preservation, On the other lian.1 wo
tl . not edi b> miad a cc e where hlaek
have lynohed a black for suoh a orimo on
their own race, though our OOUtt calen
dars contain numbers of charges for such
crimes, This doparturo by tho black?
from past prcoodout, and tied, too, onn
white mau of known doubtful sanity,
Buggests other motives than those herc
tofore actuating white men. What wat
Hie real motivo, and what was tia
promptirg incentive in this view, bc
oomui inatorial and demanda full inven
ligation, apart from tho not in itself, ot
lill other like not-?, being a very higl
violation of law. The investigation ant
trial of tho partios oharged may result ii
tho partial, if not entire suppression o
lynch law, to which cud ail citizen
anxiously look.
"(io Moat li. Voling Alan."
<>"o of tho stirring business men o
Now Volk ls .lames S. Lewis, who i
connected with a rock drill Company
and has occasion in tho connie of th
year to visit many ports of tho comdr)
L"is opportunities for comparing tb
relative growth of tho different section
aro oxoellont, Within two or thrc
yeera ho has becomo impressed with th
"New South" aa a growing Hold of ir
dustry to an extent amounting in Hi
oyes of ionio of II?H friends to Souther
fovcr. Mr, Lewis remarks: "There
no fever in my views of the South,
ii thc simple result of observation. 1
Horace (keely was alive to-day he won!
say, '(lo South, young man.' Ti
Secret of Southern growth ia easily tu
dorstood niter a fev Visits. Tho war le
thu yoting men of that region ImpoVO
i> hod ahnoHt to tho vergo of starvntioi
They lacarno inured to privation. Tin
learned what their falla ra with big plai
talions and droves of slaves had nev
dreaming of learning. They learned I
labor and nave their earnings. Tin
have become money-makers and moue
savers. They know tho %<Jtio of weal
by the bitter experience of lack of :
'lucy will earn and save a dollar who
wo at the ?orth will spend ?vo. Tl
war left us up here in a stimulated prt
pority. lt left them on bnro bom
They had to do or die. They decid
to do and not to dio."-Now Yo
Tribuno.
PIANOS AM? on? \.\*.
Wo aro prepared to Ri ll l'iftnos a
Organs of tho host make nt facto
prices for Cash or easy Instalmon
Pianos from $'210 up; Organs from 8
up. Tho verdiot of tho peoplo is ti
thoy ean Bavo tho In ig ht and t we nt y li
per cont, by buying of us. Itistnimci
dolivorod to any depot on llftccji da
trial. Wo pay freight both ways if l
satisfactory. Order and test in y<
own homes. Respect fully,
N. W. THUMP,
* Columbia, B. C
-i ?W> ?? ?? - a
The dumb animals aro hi our kccpli
'iud wo owe it to them thal all their wn
m promptly supplied. If we cannot
this, wo should promptly rolhimilsh
charge of them.
i.WVS OF THU STATE
Sollie n* Mm Work ol til?1 licci'iil Sos-.mii
of i Im I.vfctalu uro?
Au Act to amend Bootion 2,4.82 of tko
Qonoral Statutes of Boutli Caroliua,
J ?elating to Housebroakiug,
That Section 2,d82 of tbo General
Btatutos of South Carolina, rotating to
housebreaking, bo amended .so as to
read us follows:
"Si dion 2,482. 'ivory porson who
shall break and enter, or who shall break
with iutont to enter, in the day time,
?ny dwelling house or olle r house, er
who shu!! break and enter, or shall
break with intent to enter, in the night
time, any house, tho breaking and enter
ing of which would not constitute bur
glary with intent to commit a felony or
other crime of a lessor grado, shall bo
held guilty of a felony, and punishable
at the discretion of tho Court by impris
onment in tho county jail or penitentiary
fer u tenn not oxoeedingone year."
TRIAIi JUSTICE PEES.
An Act to prohibit Trial Justices who
receive Salaries charging or receiving
any Fees in Criminal business,
Section I. That from and after tho
passage of this Act it shall be unlawful
for any salaried trial justice in this State
to receive .my compensation for their
services in any criminal causes oth< ?
than his salary, or to ri ooivo for his own
une any portiou of his coustablo's fees or
salary in any criminal causi s whatsoovor,
whether : aid causea are actually tried,
compromised or transferred lor investi
gation to tho Court of Ueuoral Session".
Section 2. Any trial justice w ho shall
violate the preceding section of this Aol
shall lie deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
Mid, upon conviction thereof, shall bo
lined not lesa than lift,- dollars, and liol
moro than two hundred dollars, or im
prisoned not lc?* than thirty days, and
not moro than sis months, or both Uno
md imprisonment at tho discretion of
the L on rt.
OBSTRUCTION AMI NWVie VTION.
In Art to prohibit tho Obstruction of
Navigation by Bridges over anil across
Hivers m Ulis State.
Section 1. That no porson or non ?us
jr corporations in this Stato, shall koop
jr cause to be kept, put or cam ed to be
placed, any bridge over and across any
jf the navigable rivers within this State
so 08 thereby to injure or obstruct thc
free navigation of sahl river.-1, and every
such person or porsous or corporation LO
jlVendnig shall forfeit, for each and ovory
mob offence, tho sum ot' two hundred
lollara for each day thut snell bridge
may bc BO kept, or remain as an obstruc
tion to said I roo navigation, for tho uso
>f tho State.
Sectiou 2. That any railroad company
ar othor corporation ni thia Stato, which
may now have any bridge over and
I0I0S8 any navigable river in this Stato
too low for tho purpose of free and un-1
obstructed navigation bo, and they are
hereby, required to remove the same, or t
to so const mot and manage draw spans
in said bridges UH will secure Baie and
iniobstruoted navigation of said stn rn,
ivhioh said spans shall bo not tess than''
sixty feet iu width in tho clear, and shall
bo properly located with roferrenco to
loop water and tho o invoniouco of navi
gation, and shall bo providod on both
lidos of the span with st rong ami suitn
ble binders extending Uot lesa than one
iniudred i nd fifty feet above, and not
less than eighty foot belo..' tho bridg*,
uni rising above ordinary high water
Uiirrk to within rot less than ono foot of I
the lowor corda of said spans. Aud upon I ;
failure to do so, said railroad company ?,
>r other corporation shall forfeit I or ',
.ach and every day Had said bridge may
remain too low for freo and unobstructed i
navigation the sum of two hundred dei- !
lars, for tho uso of the State; Provided, | (
riiat this Act shall apply only to such
is are now navigable by steam boats er!,
nay hereafter bo made BO,
Section ?5. That this Act shall go lu to '.
licet aud become a law within six '
months after the approval of the same.
Section 1. That Aots and parta of Acts
ncousisteut horewitii aro hereby rc- .
pealed.
I'eNANTS Nor TO INJORB PROl'RRTV.
\n Act to amend Bootion 2, !85 of tho ,
( lenor&l Statutes ol the Slate in rein- '
latiou to Burning or Cutting linton-11
anted Houses.
That Section 2,180 of tho Oonoral
Statutes of thia State bi-, and tho sime (
is hereby, amondod so that said scetion
ishen amen led shall r< nd OS follows;
"Section 2,485, Whoovcr shall inalioi*
nisiy, unlawfully and wilfully bum or
MUSO bi be burned, cut Ol' cause to bo
;ut or destroyed, any untenanted or un
linished house or building of any frame
r>r frames of timber of any otlll r pi roon,
undo and propared, or hereafter bi ho
made or prepared, for or towarJs tho |
making of any house or housos, so that
tho name shall not bo suitable for tho
purpOBO for which it WOO prepared; and
uny tenant or tenants at will, for yearn
ur for lifo, who shall wilfully and nialioi
jusly cut, deface, tn uti 1 ito, burn, de
stroy or otherwise injure any dwelling
house, outliouse, erection, building or
QropB then in tile pOf-flCSSion of such
tenant or tenants, shall bo deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by tine or im
prisonment, or both, in tho discretion of 1
ibu Court,
vonni not so COOK-PiailTTSa.
An Act to punish Cock-fighting within
three milos of any chartered institu
tion of learning in this State.
That it shall be a misdemeanor for any
porson to engage in or be present at
eock-llghting within three miles of any
chartered institution of lot ring in this
State, and any person found guilty shall
bo lined not exceeding one bundled dol
lars, or imprisonment not exceeding
thirty days.
TO et NISH SNKAM TTJIBVES.
An Act relating to persons entering or
concealing themselves in any house
with intent to steal or commit any
othor crime.
That any person who shall hereafter
ontor without breaking, or attempt to
enter any honso whatsoovor witli Intent I
to steal er commit any other crimo, or
shall conceal himself or herself in any
bouHO with a like intent, shall bo doomed
guilty of a misdemcauor, and upon con
viction thereof shall bo punished in tho
disorotiou of tho Conrt.
CHANUK OF VRNUB IN TRIAI. J I! STICH CAORA.
An Aot to amond an Aot entitled "An
Aot to amend Section 840 of tho Cen
end Statutes, relating to oases tried or
examined before Trial Justices," np?
. proved Deeembor 20, 1881.
That au Act to amend Section 810 of
tlie (! iu rtd Statutes, relating to cases
tried oi , MU.lined boforo trial justices,
approved December 20, 1884, be and is
hereby amended so as to re id as follows;
"Section 810. Win never a person
charged with crime, to bo tried or to be
examined under Section 820 hereof be
foro a trial justice?, or wheuovor either
party to 0 civil action which is to lie tried
li tore a trial justice, shall make and (ilo
before tho trial issuing tho papers an
ailidavit to tho ? licet that he does not bo
in ve that ho can obtain a fair trial or ex
animation boforo the trial justice, the
papers shall bo turned over to tho near
est trial jutluv of thai county, who shall
proceed to try tho ease or hold tho ex
amination as if bo bud issued (he piepers:
Provided, That such allldavil shall set
forth tho gronuda of such belief; that
two day?' notice of tho application for
such trausfer shall bo given to tho ad
verse party, end but one Buoli transfer
simd bo allowed to oaoh party in any
ease. This scotion shall not apply to
trials before tho judicial trial justices of
the City Of Charleston."
TO IIF.OULATti SKKL) COTTON TRAFFIC,
An Act to regulato the tmllio in seed
Cotton in tho COUtltiRS Of Abbeville,
Aiken, Sumter, ifork, kklgetlold, Berke
ley, Kershaw, lliohland, Oraugoburg,
C liar l?sten, Cuestor and Union.
Section ). That the traillo in seed cot
I :i by purchase, baiter or oxohaugo, in
tho counties of Abbeville, Sumter, Vork,
Edgoflcld, Bcrkeloy, Kershaw, Richland,
Oraugoburg, Charleston, Cli ster and
Union, within tho pi riodp hereinafter
named without beete o is beilby pro
hibited.
Section J. That tho Clerks of the Cont
t>f Common Pleas for the counties in
this State n speotively named in thc lirst
BOOtiou of this Act be, und are hereby,
authorized aud empowered to issue
licenses to traille in seed cotton by pur
chase, linter or exchange, within tho
period beginning tho 15th of August and
ending tho l?th of December of each
year, lo sn.ch person or porsonn as shall
Hie with said Clerks respectively a writ
ten application therefor, the granting of
which shall bo recommended by at least
ton land-owners resident within the
township wherein said applicant intends
to do business. Such license shall
speedy tin; e xact place whereat tho said
business shall bo carried on aud tho
period within which : Uoh hallie, ia per
mitted, and shall continue in force for
lim space eu ene yeal' from tho elate of
issue; and for such 1 ?censo if grau ted a
leo of Hire.? hundred dollars shall bo poid
by tho appiic.mt to tho county tn usurer
for tho uso of the counties respectively,
except in tiie uouuti fl ?d' Berkeley and
Charleston, where the liuonsu thud bo
ii tty dollar-.
Section.'!. That any person who shall
hereafter traillo in seed cotton hy pur
chase, barter or oxohango, without lirst
having obtained <1 icon so as above pro
vided, sh di be guilty e>f a misdemeanor,
iui?l, on coin ici ion, shall boptiuishud for
each oilcinv by a tine of n <t less than
ono hundred dollars, or by imprisonment
of not less than ono year, or by both
linc ami imprisonment, within the dis
cretion of tho (Jouit.
Soolion i. U hat ev? ry porson to whom
license to t rallie in seed cotton may bo
[.ranted shall keep nt said place of busi
ness u book in which shall bo entered
die dato of every purchase, from whom
[nuchased and tho quantity purchased,
which book shall always bo upon to
inspection of persons upplyiug therefor;
md any person to Whom a l?ense may
bo granted, as herein provided, fading
to oom ply with thc requirements of thin j
section, shall, em conviction, bo hablo to I
dio poualtie s npcciilod m "Jootiou li.
Section .">. That nothing heroin con
tained shad bo construed to repeal or in
juywiso modify tho provisions of Section
?,518 of tho Gcuoral Statutes.
Itl'llNINel IIAV, ORALS OU STRAW STACKS, e)H
KU.NS.
\u.' 't lo amend Sootion 2, lsl of tho
Goueral Statutes, relating to tho burn
ing of ricks, A 0,
That Section 2,181 of the GonOral I
Statutes bo, and tho sumo is hereby,
imcniloel, so that saiel Seotion shall roael:
"Soctiou 2,481. Whoo vor shall in tho
night timo maliciously, unlawfully undi
wilfully bum or cause to bo burne I or
destroyed any ricka or stacks of bay,
straw or grain, e?r kilns, shall for e very .
such offouco bo punished by hard labor
in tho penitentiary for lifo or for a
perioel not leas than two years, accord?
mg to tho aggravation of tho oflonco."
tilSTINO FORFRITRD I.AVOS.
An Act to Allow Unimproved Lands
Whioh H ive Not Illi li on tho Tux
Hooks S ne.- 1875 to bo Listed Without
Penalty. I
Section 1. Ba it enacted by (hoSonate
and House of Representativos of tho
State of South Carolina, now nu t and
bitting in Oonoral Assombly, and by thu
authority of tho samo, Thal in all oases
where unimproved lund which h is not
been upon tho tax books since tho tissai
year commencing No,-umber 1st, 1875,
und wiiieh are not o.i tim forfeited list,
shall at any time before tho 1st clay of
October, 1888, bo returned to the*Ooun?
Ty Auditor for taxation, the said Auditor
bo, and ho is hereby, instructed to assess
tim same and to outer it upon tho dupli
oato of tho fiscal year commencing No
vember 1st, 1M8T, with the simple taxes
of that ycxt.
Sootion '-. That all stich lauds as may
bo roturhod to thu Auditen- for tnxatiou
betweon tho first duy of October, 18M8,
and tho lirst elay of October, 1889, shall
bo assessed ami charged with tho simple
taxes of the two fiscal years commencing
rospootivoly on tho lirst elay of Novem
ber, I SST, and tho lirst elay of Novom
bor, 1888.
Section ll. That an soou as practicable
after tho passngo of this Act th?) Comp
troller General is din-otod to furnish ei
copy of tho ?anio to oaoh Auditor in tho
State*, and tho Ambtora ure required to
publish tho samo in cae h of the ir County
papers onco a week for tbrco mouths
during tho year 1888, and for tho same
pt riodof tiYno during tho year l8S0;aud
tho cost of such publication shall be
paid by tho County Treasurer, upon tho
the order of the County Commissioners,
out of the ordinary County tax la> t col
lected.
Approved December 10,1880.
Women aro not allowed to sing lu Mexi
can churches.
ONK ni OM KN r roo I,ATK.
Tho lllatory ol n Confederate Military
Kxeouttau,
(From tin' I'liHaUolpliiu Times.)
Tho Keene of my tale opens in ft little
cuhin in tho Allrghany Mountains, in
West Virgiuia, twenty-five years ago. A
woman was anxiously bending over a
sick child tossing and muttering in the
unrest of fever. Every now and thc ll
the word "father" escaped the child's
lips.
"The child grieves powerfully after
her father," said one of tho neighbors
w ho had come to help the mother mirto
the di child.
"That sho does," repliod tho poor
mother, with :i weary sigh. "Hoalways
st t a world ol store by her. lt almost
bioko her little heart when he went to
tho war, and since she lias been sick she
bas bogged for him the pitifulest you
ever heard."
"Can't he come to sec bor?" asked the
neighbor.
"No," replied tho woman; "his colo
nel said ho couldn't bo spared now. He
bod a furlough last summer, If bo just
hud known about this and w ailed. Seems I
to me she might get well if she could
just see her father, and it wouldn't fall
so bard on nie, either, if be w-.s here."
Several days went by, ?ead little Sallie,
the sick chihl grew worse. At length
tho mother wrote an urgent letter to her
hush nul, oil' of the agony ol ber heart,
imploring him to come bonn; al alloosts
if bc wished to rc:? bil little daughter
alive again. One . mon? he asked for a
furlough, and again lie was refused. Au
engagement was ponding. The enemy's
force wo s greatly superior to ours, aud
not a man could le spared,
John Ball was a brave man; bo had
proved that in many an eugagemont.
Nothing cadd have tempted bim to
Bworvo from his duty as a soldier, i xcepl
his frantic desire to sc;: his child once
more. Under this pressure lie left thc
canij? against orders, and lied to his rude 1
cabin among thc. Alleghenies justin time
to see litt le Hallie's face light up once
more wita n gleam of joyful recognition,
and to receive ber parting his:?. To do
thia ho had incurred tho braud ol do
te; ter, und had taken his lifo in his own
halals.
UKTl'llMNU TO THE HANKS.
Scarce ly were the child's remains in
terred than he, without waiting to com
fort his .sorrow stricken wife, started
baok to camp, int? liding to throw him
self on tho morey of his commander for
exculpation of any offense committed
under io overwhelming a pressure; or,
If the worst came to flic wor t, to moot
his fate like a man. Bul a new compli
cation had arisen. Oaring thc tow days
ho had been absent tho meu on tho other
side had changed their position like tho
ligures ou a chessboard, and the enemy's!
troops hail como between him and Iiis
command, Ho traveled til rough a cold, j
drenching rain, sleeping nt night in a
forest to lesson tho risk of falling into I
the enemy's hands.
Ho began to feel a strange stupor
creeping over him sud was just able to
drag himself to thc houso ol a friendly
countryman, who took him in ami kepi
him for tho next few weeks, during
which time lie lay ill (if pneumonia.
Just as ho was beginning to convalesce,
and before he had had timo to volun- ,
tardy give himself up, ho waa arrested as
a desortor, His wife followed him to ,
camp and pleaded for him, telling tho
cause of his desertion with all thc clo
qnoueo that strong emotion contd dictate
aud taking nil the blame on herself, la
vain; ho was tried and combined by
every rule of war as a deserter. The
commanding oilieer, however, made this
concession to tho ngonizod wife -ho]
would defer tho d cation tor throe days,
so as to givo her limo to go to Bich
mond mid implore tho clemency of
President Davis, w hich was now thc sole
hope for the prisoner's life.
(HUSH TO PL.EAP FOU tIBR nUSBAND.
Like .L anie Dean.-; going to plead bo
fore the Queen for her sister's lifo, the
simple mountain woman wont to the
Confederate oupital and pleaded hor
husband's cause before Jefferson Davin.
Siie had it in ber power to prove that ho
ba I shown himself a brave Boldior, that
lie had not left the. camp from cowardice
or from defection to tho cause, but from
bin overwhelming love for his dying
child und Iii.i intense desire to seo her
ouoo ?uore boforo she passed away.
Davis dually granted the man's pardon,
and drew up a paper to that effect, which
he gave to a mes:engel, directing him
to take the next train and carry lim dis
patch to tho prisoner's commanding
officer, He moreover gave the woman n
duplicate paper to make her husband's
release the linne certain.
Joyfully she started oil' with tho pre- '
cious document that was to carry life and
liberty to her beloved husband. Tho
car? seemed all too slow for her buming
impatience. Tho ti.tin was always
hoftvilv loaded in those days; Ibero was
HO much traveling to and fro, no much
iihifting of tho troops from (?no point io
another. From hard and constant use
daring tho war the railroads g( . into
very bad order, so that accident and
detentions wero quito frequent oconr
rencos, especially toward tho close of the
war. On tbiH fateful ti ip one of those
frequeut accident t occurred during tho
night, it was not ft very disastrous acci
dent, but still it occasioned tho deten
tion of tho train uutil day before thc
necessary repairs could bo made.
NR ABI NO CAMP,
lt scomod as if "tho stars in their
oourses fought against" tho eondomncd
prisonor. His wifo wrung hor hands
with frantic impationco during tho de
tention, bat thero wo? no help for it.
She had to enduro it, though each mo
mont seemed to her fin hour. At length
sho was speeding on her way again, and
in a fow hours moro sho roached her
destination* Sho and Davis* messenger
started together in a wagon for tho camp,
urging tho driver on to almost frantic
haste. As they neared the camp tho
sound of a volloy of guns made tho poor
wife sb i ver and turn pale.
They roaohed tho oamp. Bho ecrld
not ask a question, but tho mossen^or
n < pleated t bat they should bo Conducted
to tho commander's tent. Silently abe
banded him tho President's papor. He
took it, road it with white face and lips
? and silent ly turned away from hor. lt
was too late; tho terrible truth was borne
to hor without a word being spoken.
With a heartrending shriek sho foll in
sensible on tho ground. Tenderly the
bravo but stern mon around her b f tod
her np und ministered to lier, and tears
stood in ninny u votornn's eyes over tho
sorrow-strickeu woman.
Tho commanding ollioer had (Inferred
tile OXOOUtioU tinco days, and own latj
into tim afternoon of tho third day.
Then thirteen nieu from another regi
ment than John Dall's were, chosen, un I
twelve of thom were given muskets,
though only one of these muskets had
shot in it. Tho thirteenth mun was held
in reserve in ouse of the first shot not
doing its work effectually, and to render
tho scene more harrowing this actually
proved to lie tho caso, so the thirteenth
mun was called on to give the death
wound to tito ill fated John Bail. This
mau declared afterwards to a friend that
this Was the most terrible moment of Iiis
life, and that he would rather have un
dergone death himself than to bo called
on to fulfill such u task. I hine given u
fictitious name to the prisoner, but in all
other respects I have adhered to facts.
TUM WIFE'S PATE.
W hen the wife recovered from lier
' wool, her brain was so deranged by the
torriblo blow that she .seemed mercifully
unable to realizo or dearly recall the
trage dy that had befallen her. Alternate
tits of wild excitement and gloomy
apathy succeeded each other. She
slipped out of camp and instinctively
found ber way bael; to her bumble cabin",
and after pining there a few weeks she
was one morning found lying dead on
the grave of little Sallie.
GOVKltNOK M <\ ll M A HU ll K'S mil,.
Killing a l''ellow-OfUeei-While tho K111-1113
Wera Advaiielnt* o ThelrTroopa.
(From the st. Louts Republican )
(louerai I). M. Frost has been ac
quainted with tho deceased ever since
the opening of tl 0 Robt Hi >n, aud gave a
llopublioau reponer nu account of thc
duel between tho deceased governor and
Brigadior Ciencia! Walker, of Tennessee,
last night, .'vt the lime tho duel was
fought, < ?eneraI Frost was in command
ot a division under General Price liefere
Lit.lc ll ?ck, and, as General Brice was
in Memphis al that timo, General Frui t
waa praetioaliy in command of all the
Confed?ralo forocs at Little Hook, (u li
erai frost relates thc istory ortho duel in
Gus manner:
"Both of the mon were excellent gen
tlemen and there was no necessity for a
duol. Everybody knows that Governor
Marmaduke belongs to an excellent fam
ily. Both boro tho title of brigadier
general, mid Marsh Walker was con
nceted with tho bent families of Tennes
see Ho was rolated to thu Knox and
Folk families of that State, und his owu
family was of high standing. There was
some jealousy existing between thc two
men on account of rank. Walkt r wats
Marmaduke's superior in muk, but iu
some manner or other jealousy arose be
tween tin m and General Marmaduke
made some reference to General Walker
in conversation, lt was not long until
Marmaduke's remarks were camed to
Walker's ears by busy-bodies. Walker
demanded that Marmaduke make a re
traction, which tho latter refused to do.
Walker then sent a challenge to General
Marmaduko to iigbi a due!, aud ho could
not do otherwise than accept the chal
lenge. The duel was fought white Steele
was making advances on Price's oorn
muud, and our pickets were uetnnlly en
gaged with tho enemy ut the time.
Pistols were tho weapons resorted to,
and only euc shot was find by
i lob. < ?t n..ml Marmaduke's bullet
pierced Wallo r through tho kidneys, und
he died after lingering for several days
in great agony. General Marmaduke
escaped unhurt. The unhappy occur
rence was a source of muon regret to him
evou up to tho present time. He never
spoke of the duel, but I know that ho
bas always lamented that it ever took
pince. I have never read any of thecor
rospondonoo which passed between tho
two gem rids on the subject, bat 1 have
always thought, and the army generally
I bolioved, that the duel was tho result of
bad management on tho part of the sec
I omis ol both men. Tiny passed through
my camp as they went ont to light tho
duel, niel had I known what they were
going to do I would have placed both of
thom under arres*, und Unis the duel
! might liave been averted. lt wus no
time for an occurrence of that kind, any
how. The enemy was advancing on our
wei ks, and we needed all of our men for
lighting purposes.
"1 t i i iii k lie wus nt one time engaged
to be married, shortly after tho war
olosod, to a young lady of Memphis, but
I am not positive aa to that. He was
very attentive to tho lady und they hud
a quarrel, und if an engagement ever OX
j isted it was broken ol? as a result of tho
quarrel. Afterwards tho indy married
?onie gentleman in thc South. Tho
Govornor was a worshipper of little
children and always seemed happy in
their presence."
Fortuno-i of Circus Man.
(??rom lin Now Yolk I.VOlllng World.)
il. B. Colvin is worth 810, ODO.
John B. Denis is worth 920,000.
John Robinson, of Cincinnati, is
wortli about 8200,000.
Eaton Steno lives in New Jorscy,
where he owns a small farm.
.l?mes Robinson, the circus-rider, has
saved about 8100,000 and owns a nico
farm.
Dr. Thayer, the noted circus proprie
tor, is said to be in tho same condition
ns Dan Bice.
Janies E. Cooke, tho horso-rider and
athlete, ia driving a otrectcareomowhero
in tiic South.
Adam Foropnugh bas from 8-200,000
to $250,01)0. He owns a number of
dwelling-houses in Philadelphia.
P. T. Barnum ia worth from 8-1,000,
000 to $0,000,000.
W. W. Colo and Jamas A. Bailoy each
havo a fortuno of 82,000,000.
Janies E. Cooper ia worth 8500,000.
As soon as ho makos a few extra thou
sands ho erects a row of little cheap cot
tagos in Philadelphia.
James Hutchinson has amassed tho
sum of 81,500,000. Ton yeera ago ho
did not possess $150. All ta money wus
mado in tho cirons busiuoss.
Dan Rice, tho man who used to get
81,000 a week, tho biggest salary ever
paid to any circus man m tho world, is
now said to bo worth a few thousand
dollars less than nothing.
Knows tho ropes-The hangman.
TOO MUCH ?lAKKIKO.
An Atlanta Fireman Churned with ifavinx
Vouv WIVIH, Ona of Thew front ricken*?
ii-.H I A not her froid An<lornon fount jr.
(Ki om i lie AU tinta Journal.)
Benjamin Burtou, a supernumerary of
the lirei department, was arrosto.l and
locked up at police* headquarters this
morning ou a charge of bigamy.
This morning a lady culled at police
headquarters und had a private talk with
tho cid' f. She introduced hersolf as
Mrs. Benjamin burton, o? Homer, Qa.,
and stated thiit she married Mr. Burton
about two years ago and separated from
him after learning that he hud wives
elsewhere. Before rnarriago BIIO wai
a Miss Lizzie Kirkhy. Tho lady hail a
little girl with lier of whom Mr. Burton
was said to bo the father.
Jt was at the iustigation of this lady
visitor that the chief arrested Burton.
This afternoon Mrs. Burtou, of Homer,
will swear out a warrant charging the
prisouer with bigamy.
Lust August Burton married Miss
Delia Wilson, daughter of Mr. Riley
Wilson, in'Atlanta, and if what Mrs.
Burton, of Homer, alleges is true, this
will make the fourth wife that he hus
living.
He will be charged with marryin {tho
following ladies:
Miss Lizzie Kirkley, of Homor, (ia.
Miss Lula Robertson, of Easley sta
tion, s. o.
Miss Lulu Hall, of Andorson county,
S. C.
Miss Delia Wilson, of Atlanta.
Burtou came to Atlanta three yeats
ugo, und worked nuder Sanitary Ollioer
King for two years, and since last Au
gust has served as a supernumerary iu
tho Uro department.
The prisoner was seen by o .Tournai
reporter and asked what he had to sav
about the charge of too much wife, and
he replied:
"Why, 1 have only one wife and cover
had but one, und that is the one that I
married last August, Miss Wilson. I
have neve r lived Ul South Carolina, nor
in Homer, (la., and never married any
body in either place."
"How old are yon?"
"Twenty-two.
"You must hiivojmnrricd very rapidly."
"Yes, it seems so from tho charge
agaiust me. But I um not the man
wanted by the alleged Mrs. Burton, from
Homer. She bas simply mude r. mis
take."
''Where does your bundy live?"
"1 don't know. I was born at Powder
Springs, and my people went from there
to Elbert county, and 1 have not heard
from them in several years."
"And the four wives aro not yours?"
"Only one of thom is. Can't you soud
word to my wife where I am?"
"Which wife?"
"I have told you that I had only ono."
Inquiries wore made of nome of tho
members of the tire department as to
Burton's ant?c?dents, but noone scorned
to know anything about him.
At li.'JU o'clock .Mrs. Burton, formerly
of Homer, Ga., and working in Hyuch s
t dior siiop, called ut police headquarters
und confronted Burton in the prcsenco
of tho chief of police, tho Journal repor
ter und others. A stupid atare was all
ho could give the woman.
"1 don't know you. Who aro you?"
be stammend out.
.?Oh, it is a great pity yon don't," ro
plied the little lady, and she proceeded
at once to give him a piece of her mind.
Bnriun, accoidiug to tlie woman's
statement, married iirst in South Caroli
na; thou married her; returned to South
Carolina, mat ried again, and then carno
to Atlanta and married again.
Mr*. Burton No. '2 dill not know ol'
Mrs. Burton Ne. 1 until yesterday after
noon.
ASI.KUI' rou S KV BM YEAKK.
A Farmer's Curious Affliction Which Fol
low ?ii un At tuck of Fever,
A I'tion (Minn.) telegram says: Her
man Haines has slept almost continually
for seven years. He has been treated in
a dozen different ways, but no ono has
been able to break his protracted slum
ber. Powerful electric batteries have
been applied to his body, the ouly effect
being a contraction of tho muscle.
Haines is now forty-nine yours old, and
ten years ugo was a prosperous farmer in
St. ('lair county, 111. At that timo ho
was hule und hearty, his weight being
ISO pounds.
In 1877 ho was strickon with fever and
ap ne, and in tiic spring of liSHO moved
to st. Charles, Winona county, whouco
ho was brought to Utica. A few months
after his urrivul in this State he fell
asleep, and ho has lived in this strange
? condition for more than seven years.
In the summer of 188-f ho awoke ono
morning, arose from his bcd, put on bis
clothes, und wont about his work. When
t )ld that he hud slumbered four years
bo grew indignant and would not believe
that he had slept more than a night un
til led before a mirror and shown Iiis
long black bair und beard and sunken
cheeks and eyes. Eor a mottb Iiis
health and habits seemed perfect. Ho
went to bcd at tho usual hour, slept
through tho night, and arose with tho
lark.
In August, 1884, his wifo bcoamo vory
ill, and Haines was obliged to doprivo
himself of needed re?t. Ono night, while
taking her a cup of tea, ho buddonly fell
asleop, dropped tho cup, sank to tho
lloor, and hui to bo takon to his bod,
from which he has novor since risen,
11 e lies on his hack, breathes naturally,
and suitors little pain; but is wilting
away. His weight is now loss than
ninety pounds, and ho is no longer able
to nievo himself in bcd.
About ll o'clock overy evening ho
awakes for ilvo or six minutes, during
which timo ho is hurriedly given a soft
lioilcd egg, a little soup, and a swallow
or two of cofl'ee, his only daily nourish
on-ni. Ho is extremely nervous during
his brief waking intervals, but his con
versation i in lieut eh that his mind is not
be doudod. No modioino has passed his
lips for two years. Ilia children are
bright and hoalthy.
No Trouble to few allow
Dr. Pierce's "Pellets" (thcoriginal "little
liver pills") and no pain or griping. Cure
sick or bilious headache, sour stomach,
and cleanse thc system and bowel?, 25 cts.
1 a vial.
Getting up with tho son ts a common
Kacllce where there ls a teething boy baby
the family.