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THE SUMTER WATCH3?AN, Established April, 1S50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 1866. Consolidated Aua. 2. 1881.1 SUMTER. S. C.. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, 1881. New Series-Yoi. I. No. 6. y "Pa'eliske? crery Tuesday, -BY THE Watchman and Southron PuhUshing Company, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : Two Dollars per annum-in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS. One Square, first insertion.$1 CO Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will | be made at red ucea rates. All communications which subserve private j nterests will be charged for as advertisements, j Obituaries and tributes of respect will be . charged for. j Marriage notices and notices of deatbs pub- j lished free. j For job work or'contracts for advertising address Watchman and Southron, or apply at the Office, to N. G. OSTEEN, Business Manager. Fi H. FOLSOM, Er. W. FOLSOM F. H. FOLSOM & BIO j i s i Native-born Sumtonians. I /SIX 8 |? V ^1 M 00 GD Practical Watchmakers and Jewelers, Main-Street, opposite John Reid's, DEALERS J>" Watches. Clo?ks, i GOLD AND PLATED JEWELRY, j Spectacles, Silver ana Platea "STare, FISHING TACKLE, . Sewing Machine Needles, Oils, Etc. General Repairing done at Conscientious .Prices. Give os a cali and be coat inced. Oct 25 3m GRAHAM'S STABLES, REPUBLICAN-STREET, JUST ARRIVED One Car Load of CELEBRATED Old Hickory Wagons, Manufactured by the Kentucky Wagon Manu? facturing Company,of Louisville, Ky. They are made of the best material, by j skilled workmen. Every Wagon sold guar- ! anteed for ]2 months. They run lighter; and j are in every respect as good as any Wagon ! made, while at the same tia^e their price is as low as Wagons of inferior grade. Also, on hand, a Sue assortment of BUGGIES, OF ALL STYLES AND GRADES, At prices to suit thc ?imes JUST ARRIVED ONE CAR LOAD OF j Fine Eentuckv Horses, ; some of them extra good drivers-se'ected : with care for this market. Oct 25 vV. M. GRAHAM. ! CHERAW A?\0 DARLINGT ON AND CHERAVVj AND SALISBURY RA?LROAOS, PK ES1D KXT'S OFFICE. S"CifTV flint. S. C.. Mav 23; i SSI. ("XX AX1> AFTE? TUIS DATE. TKAiXS J on the?c lt?aui will ruu a> fallows,-every except Sunday. Leave IVadesooro. S 40 \ m Leave Bennett's. 9 >.'0 a ta Leave M orren. 9 lb a m Leave 3*eE?r!?n. 5' ?.b a io Leave Cherow. lit 15 a U> Leave Society li iii. 10 50 a m Leave Darlington. 11 35 tu Arrive at F?orer-ce. 12 li) p ru CP. Leave Florence. 12 ?O p in Leave Darlington. i 20 p tn Leave Society Hill. 2 10 p tu Arrive at Cfceraw. 2 5U p ia Arrive at \lfo3est>or?. -i i.> j> tn The freight tr.?n will lehre Fiorencea* 0 3l* A M every dav except Sanduy : making the mund trip to Cfceraw every iay, and U> Wadcsboro HS often as may be necessary-keeping OU? ?. the way of passenger train. _1} I) TOV."XSi-;XI>. Pres Went. ?-Ott.', um^Ajim^juj.'.. ?ui i .wua .o-ma?^a<ac? Olim! KMftlT, .Direct importation. PJERCYEA? eU?LfO, Direct from the Agent of the Peruvian Gov? ernment. FISH GUANO, 6(?3 per cent. Ammonia. NOVA SCOTIA LAND PLASTEE. South Carolina Ground Phosphate, Fine Ground and High Grade. HERMA?f BIWIMLE, KERR'S WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 17 3m PAVILION HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. THIS POPULAR AND CENTRALLY localed HOTEL bavin;: beet- entirely renovated during the past Summer i.-> tow ready for the reception of the traveling public. J Popular prices >2 and 2.50 per day Special rates for Commercial Travlers. E. T. GAILLARD, Oct 26_ Proprietor. THE ?SA?lT CEN THAL HOTEL. CO LU M iii A , C. HAVING renewed my Lease of: The Grand Centrai Hotel" for a tc-j-rn ofyears, 1 | beg leave to inform the Public the ?f<?u~c j has been thoroughly re-pai:.?cd, and now j furnished with* new an-1 improved Riack : "Walnut Furniture. Wire Spring !V'is with j best Hair Ma?tresse?. Velvet and lirtis--*- . Carpets. Electric Annunciators connect with j every room, and the Hotel is conueceu through the Co'um-'ia Telephonic Exchange with every prominent place of bosb; s throughout the City. These ad van fa Cfs, -hu ; competent attendants, warrant me in .-insuring 1 the traveling pairie as good accommodations ; as the Sot'.th can afford. JOHN T. WILLEY, Proprietor. ! _Sept 20 3m COLUMBIA HOTEL I R. N. LOWRANCE, Proprietor j cou;MU?A, S. C. Table, Rooms ana Servants First-class, i RATES RE A SON A BLE. Sept 20-3m ? R??BBEE STAMPS- I _I NAME STAMPS Fj?l MARKING CLOTHING ! Withaindeliibte ink, or for printing vbiiing j S*t?^PS OF A N V K s x i> ; Ct?8i?!y P. O^TEivX, j At ?c Watchman and Soutar n Office. I \Vli:??\ii'rX\. COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA K. K. ON and ...ter Jan. sst. ?SS2. the following : schedule will he run on this R?.ad : NIGHT EXPRESS ANS MAIL TRAIN. (Dillly ) (Nos. 17 West and 4S East.) Leave Wilmington.10 15 p ni ? Arrive a; Flcreace. 2 20 a in j Leave Florence. 2 50 a ::i Leave Sumter. 4 20 a in : irrirc at Columbia. S 10 a ar! Leave Columbia.10 00 p ni Leave Smiter.?2 OS a ni Arrive a: Florence. 1 24 a a Leave Florence. 1 52 a m Arrive at Wilmbgtoo. C 20 a ta This T^in stops only at Brinkley's. White viilc. Flemington. Fair Bluff, Marion, Florence, TiramonsviRe. Mayesville, Su cater, Camden Junction ami Kastover. THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIS; Da-ly. except Sundays. Leave Florence.ll 40 p m Leave Sumter. 2 2S a m Arrive at Columbia. 5 30 a m ? Leave Columbia. 5 00 p ra Leave Sumter. - S 20 p tn Arrive at Florence.ll 10 p in LOCAL FREIGHT-(Daily CXCCpt Sunda?.) Leave- Florence. M. 6 00 a m Arrive at Sumter. !0 55 a ra Leave Sumter.ll 40 a DI Arrive at Columbia. 4 00 p ra Leave Columbia. 7 00 a m I Arrive at Sumter.ll 15 a tn Leave Sumter.12 15 pm Arrive at florence. 5 10 p m A. POPE, G. P. A. JOHN F. DIVINE, General Snp't._ Columbia and Greenville Rail Road, PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, COLUMBIA. S. C., ?ugest 31. ISSI. ON AND AFTER THURSDAY. September j 1st, ISSI, Passenger Trains will run as herewith in-iicatcd. upon this road and its branches-Daily exeepi Sundays : No. 42 Up Passenger. Leave Columbia (A). li 20 a m Leave Alston._.12 26 p m Leave Newberry. 121pm Le*ve Hodges.. 3 52 p m L?a vc Belum . . 5 05 p m At:tv? at Greenville. 0 27 p m No- 43 Down Passenger. Leave Greenville at.10 33 a m Leave Belton.li 57 a m Leave Hodges. 1 12 p m Leave Newberry. 3 47 p ra Leave Alston. 4 4ft p in Arrive at Columbia (Fj. 5 5?i p tn Sr-'.RTANEITnc, UM?N ? COLUMBIA R. R. No. 42 UK Passenger. Leave Alston. 12 40 p m Leave Sparenburg. S U & C Depot ( li) 4 03 p m Arrive Spartanburg R ? D Depot (li) 4 12 pm No. 43 Down Passenger. Leave S pa rta a bu ;.?; Vt ? D Depot ( ii) 12 4S p ra Leave Spartanbarg S U & C Der : (G ) I 07 p ai Leave ?uion.7.. 2 '?6 p m Arrive ac Alston. 4 30 p m LAURENS KAIL ROAP. Leave Newberry. 3 55 p tu Arrive at Laurens C. Ii. 6 45 p m Leave Laurens C. H. S 30 a m Arrive at Newberry.U 30 a m ABBEVILLE BRANCH. Leave Hodges. 3 5C p in ; Arrive az Abbeville. 4 46 p m ' Leave Abbeville....12 15 {> us ; Arrive at Hodges. I 05 p m BLUE RIECK R. Rf. ? AxDeitsox BRANCH. Leave Bebo?. 5 OS p m Leave .Anderson.- ..... 5 41 p ai Leave Pendleton. 6 20 r, ra Leave Seuaca CO). 7 20 p m Arrive at Walhalla. . 7 4'? p :u Leave Walhalla. ? 23 a tr. Leave Seneca (l>). 0 54 a m Leave Pendleton.1" 30 ;. tn Leave Anderson. .li 12 a m Arrive at Beit-n. .-...ll 4S a tu On and after above dato througli cur; will bi run between Columbia and Henderson ville witl> out change. CONNECTION.-. A-With South Carolina Rail Rond froui ? Charleston; with Wilmington Columbia & Au j gusta li R from Wilmington and all point? ao?tb ; thereof: with Charlotte. Columbia ? Augusta ; Rai? Riad frota Charlotte "and points north j thereof. ! B-With Asheville it Spartai?b?irg Rail Road . for points in Western N. C. G-With A. & C. Div. R ? L. R. R; for al! j points Sou:*: and West. : D-With A. ? C. Div. R. ? D. R. R. from At lar.ia and beyond. E--Wirb ? A C. Liv. R. ? D. R. R for ali po tr; ts 5-.uth and West. F-With South Carolina Rail R<ad for C'nar teston r willi Wilmington, Columbia vt Augusta Rail Road for Wilmington and tin? North : wi h Charlo: te. Columbia it Augusta Rail Road foi C'iari'.'tle arri the North. (i-Wir?i Asheville & Snartanburg Rail ?load fr o i a Ii e n ders on vii ? e; li_\VUh A. ?. C. Div. R. vt D- R. R. from Charlotte vt be;,ond. Standard time used ii Washington, D. C., which is Cf teen minutes faster than Columbia. J. W. FRY, Sup't. A. POPE. General Passenrrer Agent. Auirnst 2?. ?SRI rf. South Carolina Railway Co, COMMENCING JANUARY Stu. 1SS2. Passcttifcr Trains or> Camden Brattcb will run as follows:, until further notice: EAST TO COJ-OMEIA. Leave Camden . 7 40 a tn Leave Camden Juac'ioa. S ?5 a tr. ! A ?rive at Columbia .10 52 ?-. m WEST Fi?o-51 COLUMBIA-1>ATLY EXCEPT SUNDAYS- ; Leave Columbia. 5 15 a rn... 6 !:'..' p ni , .Arrive '"..muir Junction, li 10 a io... 7 40 p m Arrive at Camden. 1 ? 0 p m... S 15 p m j EAST TO CHARLESTON AND AUGUSTA Leave Camden. 3 50 p m ; L?rnve C.'alden June*. 5 37 p m Arrive a: Charleston. ?0 30 p in : Arrive at Augusta. 7 35 a n. ' WitST FRo>l CHARLESTON ANO A tr G I'S"" ?. Leave Cnarigsto'fi. t? 15 a '.ti 1 Leave Augusta. -1 45 p :.:.. ' Arrive Camden .lune*.ll tm a m i Ariive a; Camden. 1 00 p m . coNVKirnojcs" C';u :i??j;a s .-d G feeov.'le Ra'-l-or.d both tray, ; for ?'i! points on -hat Ko;ui and on thc Spar tacburg. Union and Columbia and Spartanburg j and .A>hv::b; Railroads; a?-o wR*.< -Ire Ch id? iotie Columba uod Augusta Ra.?-1 roa tl to and from a'1 p: "??-i Norin i>v : .ii-ps leaving Camden ! at 7 40 a m. and arriving at S 45 p m. Coooe-t'oos yiade :u Augus'a ;.. :>!! points ; tt'esi :uii S'oitb-: a'.-') nt Charleston with j Steamer?* for New Yo k a a rf Florida-on Wed- : r.e^da vs and Sa"iiirdriA-s j Trains <.n Camden Burnell run daily except Sunday. On main line. Columbia and Augusta ' Divisions, trains run daily, P?llruaii Cars aro ran oetwe^n Charleston and Wa.'hintjton; on ? tr&iiiS arriving at Columbia L'!:52 and depart': ', tag at 0:00 V. >L Local sleepers between Charles; J". Columbia and Augusta Oa Sa? JCf?ay? ROUND lltlP TICKETS are i sold t-? a*i'l from a" Stations at "tie first <?'..-. frre for the round trip-tickers !?<?':ag good ?iii M o :>h- v i??..?n. tu rer u-n. Exciiy ?-n t?eke?? . i ? .r tn a-v regularly on sale t<> ;ititi . trr-ai all s ns at 6 cents p- r mile f T noni'! j s rip. : TiiROIIGII TICK V. I'S t > al! [.'."ats. can he purc!i-?s;."l oy applying to Jatnes Ji'Res. Agent a< Cam Len. DC. ALLEN. General Pa?-enger a a I Ticket Agent; JOHN E. i'i^CK. G<m<:i..! S'lb't, Charleston, S. C. ImfMhmm fi, Wm7 CTJP??KINTKNDEIiT'S OPTICS, N lytVVi ? KASTE RN RAILROAD C??. CHARLESTON. S. C. Nov. 2G, ISSI. On and after luis date the following SdiC linle v.ill !>;. rt?iv, Sundays includc'l : Leave Charleston. Arrive Florence. H 00 A. M .12 55 ?\ M. .? :.?) ?.. M.li ;. S 15 P. M.i :-:'> A. M. Leavo Florene.*. Arrive Charleston. 2 40 A. M.?J A. :: 1 05 :\ M.5 ::."? ;. >r. 4 VJ A. M.S 45 A. '.r. Train i'-ayi'ig Fh?f iitc al 2 .!'< A. M. will not stop for xx nv passetsarers. J."F. Di Vi NE, Cen'l Supt. p. L. CLEA PCR. (t-r:M. Ti'Vei A vent. " ROBERT teri ? SONS. IMPURTER? AND DEALERS IN f B?s, Wises aa? fife, 44 S"nfh-Sirrrt) H'fJt.imorc, Md. Dewaibcr 0 A FATAL RAILWAY CRASH. A Crowded Train Telescoped Near New York. ! NEW YORK, January 14.-Tbe ex? press from Chicago to New York reach? ed Albany twenty-three minutes late ? yesterday afternoon. Owing to thc great crowd of legislators and others ''? who desired to leave the capital, fifteen additional cars were put cn, eight of ; them being palace coaches. Two extra engines were attached, and the train 1 got under way. It was Glied with men of note and prominence of both the Republican and Democratic parties, in? cluding flmost tho entire New York City, Brooklyn and Long Island and j Staten Island delegations in both branch- j es of the Legislature, which had ad? journed over tiil Monday. At Spuyten Duyvil the train became disabled, and owing apparently to the failure on the part of the rear flagman the engineer of tue Tarrytown special, which followed at an interval of a few minutes, knew nothing of the dan? ger until he was almost upon the dis? abled train, and running at high speed. The-two rear drawing room cars were telescoped and immediately caught fire from the over-turned stoves and lamps. Some of the passengers were caught in the wreck and burned to death. The wounded were promptly cared for, scattered among the houses of the vicinity and hospitals. About forty were more or less injured. Accounts vary as io the number of killed, but four bodies have been recognized and five were burned beyond recognition. The recognized dead are Senator Webster Wagner, E. L. Ratnsom, of the Hoff? man House, Park Valentine of Ben? nington, Yt., and wife, Oliver B. Kelly of Pennsylvania, a m?'n supposed to be the Rev. F. Marshall, a book of ser? mons bearing that name being found in his effects, and Miss Maud Brown of New York. ' The railroad officials say the cause of the stoppage of the train was thc de? rangement of the air-brakes. As soon | as the train was stopped the rear brake? man, named Melius, was sent back with the daugcr signal to warn the other ?rains, and had time enough to go back half mile, but seems to have gone but a short dislance. He disap? peared immediately after the accident, and has not since been seen. AWFUL DETAILS OF TilK CRASH; The New York papers bring us the harrowing details of thc collision, from .which the following is taken: Thc ill-fated train, just after passing Spuyten Duyvil, entered a deep cut alongside thc Harlem Kiver. At this point the rocks and high ground rise up on ono side, and on the other thc land slopes down toward the water. The bend is abrupt at this turn, and thu sudden curve of the track leaves only a small scctiou of it visible from any point along the line. As the cars roiled into tho cut it appears that seine one inadvertently pulled the rope tight? ening the air brake, and the train stop- i ped for a tew minutes to give thc train ! hands an opportunity to see what was J thc matter. In this interval a passen? ger was standing on thc roar platform j o?'the parlor car ''Idlewild," which was I the last car of thc train. Suddenly, as he looked back along thc lines of thc rails, they glistened like fire. A whir? ring sound throbbed in the air, and in a twinkling a great glare of light burst forth in the gloom and the ground pal? pitated under the rumble oi a coming train. The onlooker saw the inevitable destruction and made for tlie front of the car, when the catastrophe came. There was no tune for warning, no chance for speeding an alarm. An asthmatic out? burst of the steam whistle-the ominous "down brakes" so often indicative of impending danger-inst in a deafening crash and then an infernal uproar of steam and human voices. That, was about ali any of the occupants of thc crushed cars were sensible of. The Tarrytown special had come sweeping about thc curve with unabated speed. IIOilKOR AND DISMAY. The warning whistle had hardly cf fected a brake, and when her engine struck the Idlewild it cut through the car like a knife and burst into thc Em? pire till the glare from the broken head-light streamed upon the startled and affrighted passengers there. The I occupants of the last car were dashed hither and thither. Some made fer the door and squeezed their way out. Some j burst throng!) the windows. Some caught j by the crashing seats, struggled with j desperate strength to extricate them- | solves A few were crushed to death j nt thc moment of the collision. Pu-' ! those who were only disabled crawled j to the openings and strove, with what despairing efforts thc witnesses of that j scene alone know, to drag th ems elves out of the reach of thc terrible death that was coming upon them. As the whistle of the Tarrytown express sound? ed so fearfully close at hand only one person in the "Empire" (which was the j car next to the Idlewild) gathered its j significance. "Sit still !" he called, as the crash drowned his words. They had scarcely been uttered before thc "cowcatcher" of thc locomotive was cut? ting through the timbers of tho car, and j thc hot breath of the boiler was fearful- j ly palpable to the affright'd passengers. ? Tiere thc rush tr? the doors was as fran- j ticas in thc Idlewild. Thu pack of j politicians were on their foot in a twink- ! ling and went tumbling out in a heap : from thc crashing ruin. The group of j men who found themselves scattered ? about oil ibo soft ground in o moment- i dazed and bewildered, every one of j ;;: -rji--rf presen tl v to bc witnesses ? of.- spectacle dreadful beyond cou cop- j tion i FI;:!: S W:::AT>:UL II/- vue. Tn a breath fire had added its hor- j rors to tho disaster. Th? over tu mci j stoves uud tho dropping ashes from the ; railroad furnace had donc t Ii ctr work. Tbc \v and upholstery had burst into ! rn mes, and a blaze w::s now leaping up . above the wreck and sweeping along as if to swallow it. Dreadful cries rang ; out upon thc air. Thc hoarse calls of j mon were mingled with fhc horrified ?.Krudes of women, and there wr.s a-v [.'th of agonv ab^.'.-t tho tones that betokened too wei! I.aw kc-?ny :V;>e wiso jittered j thom felt thc sense of tho fate that was j overtaking thom. All along ti.? train ' the lights had been put out by tho shock j of thc collision; and now thu long lino . of fon*? arv) cars lay clark and su ll er: with the engine snorting in front, while they disgorged from platform and window a throng of terrified and be? wildered beings. Thc glare of tho Gre brought all swanning to thc rear. Train bands halloed and wont rushing wild? ly about in a futile quest for buckets. The more cool-headed passengers lent a hand where it could be of service. Miraculous escapes everywhere marked a few moments which will never be for? gotten by the actors in that dreadful scene. Meantime the residents of thc neighborhood, aroused by the infernal j glare in the railroad cut and the wild i hubbub tb at arose from it, came throng? ing down io dozens ready to lend what assistance they could. But their ap- j pearancc was of no avail whatever. The j train was hopelessly devoid of any ap- j pliance that could quench the fi?mes. ? Buckets were unknown : vessels of any ? kind were unheard of. Conductor and j brakeman bustled about and made fur- j live sallies in quest of axes which did j not exist aud iron uteusils which could ! not be found. The passengers stood j about in groups, in thc snow and mud on the slippery embankment and saw j the fire darting through the wreck of j thc two cars, powerless to assist those ! within, who were groaning and SCREAMING FOR SUCCOR. A few gathered about the blazing vehicles aud crowded up to them through the suffocating vapor, hoping to reach some of the many arms that were stretched to them so supplicating ly. But driven back by the outburst? ing of the flames, they had to join the rest in the hunt for buckets or axes, or stand tamely by while the fire did its murderous work. No faces appeared at thc car windows, but cries in a dozen voices were beard from within, lt wa? evident that they came from persons pinned fast beneath the debris and un? able to escape. And now the people of the neighborhood set au example which illustrates better than anything else how destitute they were of resources for aiding thc perishing. They turned the j thin film of snow covering the ground ! to account. They rolled it into great balls and honed bv flinging it in among thc fiamos to quench them. Some of the passengers and the trainmen joined them in this vain task, while others scoured thc neighborhood for buckets. And all this time the water of the Har? lem Uiver lay within easy rcuch, but j there was no vessel to make it of avail. At last some people came about with axes. Trainmen and all lent a hand to burst through the shell of that fiery prison, from which those agonized cries were now issuing less frequently. Thc iron rang upon the metal and timber. Holes were forced in and glimpses of the ruined and Suming interior began to appear, but in spile of the efforts of j all. the fire closed over all and the on? lookers saw the appealing arms stretch? ed from the windows shrivel in the names and burn to a'crisp. A passenger says: "The fiamos spread with astonishing rapidity and tho cars seemed Like tinder boxes made to burn. I saw a lady and gentleman standing together in one of thc cars. They did nut seem to be mach hurt., as they were obie to stand, but. they did not move. I was so excited at their danger that I shouted to them, 'Tor God's sake look out for the fire/ but in thc general excitement ar.d noise it is safe to think that my voice was not beared. The fire reached the spot j where they were in loss time than it I takes me tell it. Thc young woman fell first, it appeared- to me as if she dropped with the heat. First her head sank on the man's shoulder and then they both foll and ? saw thom no mere. I never want to see such another horrid ? sight.' A SAD SEQUEL TO THE TRAGEDY. BENNINGTON, VT., January 15. The bodies of Park Valentine and his bride, two cf the victims of the Spuytcn Duyvil disaster arrived her this morn? ing. The parents of the dead bride and groom are almost distracted. The same clergymen who officiated at thc marriage of the young couple last Thursday evening will conduct their funeral services to-morrow afternoon. STATEMENT OF THE ENGINEER OF THE LARKYTOWN TRAIN-ARREST OF THE NEGLIGENT BRAKEMAN. NEW YORK, January 16 -Frank Burr, the engineer cf the Tarrytown train which ran into thc Chicago Ex? press at Spuyten Duyvil on Friday, made a statement to-day in which he says the brakeman, who was sent back to warn thc coming trains that the Ex? press had stopped, was only about thirty-five feet i om the roar car of tho ! .stationary train when he first saw his j danger signal, and it was then too late ! to stop his own train. The brakeman j was arraigned in court to day and rc- j leased on ?5,000 bail. GU?TEAU. The Assassin in thc Best cf Spirit-.-His Intended Speech for thu ?Xnry Furnished i to il:;; Associated I*ress fur the Hen et it of the American L'eonle-Ai: Abstract of I "What lie hus to say in His Uefencc. WASHINGTON, January 15.-Gui tenn j was apparently in the best of spirits j this morning when thc reporter ol'] thc Associated Press called at the jail. "1 have decided not to sell my speech for money/'' ho remarked, "but to give it the widest possible j circulation through the Associated ' Press I want every mau, woman | and child in America to have an op- j porluiiity lo rem! it.'*7 ito was asked, j '.How were you pleased with Mr. j Reed's speech yesterday V1 and lie j replied, "Weil, I don't take any stock j in Scoville':? theory or Reed's either, j and 1 should not like to ti tist my tlc- j fence to either of ihotu. (.'harlie ne-de ! a good speech, though, and it inter- j esud me; but 1 wouldn't give ti cent j a bushel for timi kind of talk.5' Then, j aflor a sher! na:;se. "1 dun" I k;ne?wyr! though, but it may bo just as wei! to : have thai go before tho jury" ( with ; a gr:" ); "lit'Mc may be some soft Iel- | lows among Hiern who will believe j I ut an imbeei!'-. W.AriM.vc? or, January 15.--The fol? lowing Isasbee:! furnished for publica.- ; ?ion : j To the New i'oi-k Associated Press : G EN i us M KN :- i have tho honor here- j with io fransmit m}' speech, lt is :i i histori?;?! document, and I desire it j sent broadcast to the American na-' , lion. I am not certain that J.i Cox will allow me to deliver ii, I j send it to my countrymen, and J and thc President of thc Un ; Status, if necessary, will tinnily j indicate lilis case, i have ai: euc I um on Judge Cox, at the close of ! spcecii.which 1 allow to stand, but not think it possible, on mature re tiou, that he really intends lo gag and prevent delivering; the sp?? If he doea his name will go into tory blackened as thc "gag law mr 1 am sure that thc able Chief Jus I and his associates, who represent Washington Court, in bane, will with scorn upon the position of Jn Cox., and I am sine that the lr toned men of tho nation will do 1 wise. Because I am my own conn and it is infamous that I an: not j milted to address the jury when life is at stake. I would not tr?*t best man in America to close case. 1 lake no stock in Mr. Seovil and Air. Heed's theory oi' defence, removed the President, and '> speech contains my defence, ant should bc read by every Am eric and I desire you to give it thc wid publicity by printing it in its e:itirt 1 have thc honor to be, yours, etc O?J.\S. Gi'its?? United States Jail, Washington, C . January loth, 1^2. The speech which accompanies I letter makes Icu or twelve thous; words, but contains very little wh is either new or important Tue ii part of it is a mere repetition Guiteairs Christmas address, wh 1ms already had a wide publican*' Of the remainder the following tracts give a fair idea. After revit iug the history of the conflict betwc tho Stalwarts and the Hal f-B iee Guitcau says : "Soon after Robertson's appoi ment the Republican party began heat. This was about the middle May. By thc first of June it ii red-hot. By the first of July it w white-hot. if this spirit had not be killed by the President's removal, t nation would soon have been in t Same of civil war. Our late reboil i cost the nation nearly a million men, and a bi i iou of money, and desolated the hearthstones ol' the ; public. To prevent a repetition this desolation the removal oi thc la President was necessary. By his i mo val the Republican party w cemented, and trie nation to-day happy and prosperous. To-day suffer in bonds because I had the ? spiration and nerve to remove tl President that thc nation mimili live but 1 expect you, gent ?oman of i\ jury, will remove these bonds to tl end that I go forth a free and vi dicated man. That is what you a here for, and 1 ask you to liberate m Tell thc American people that ye find no evil in me, and that my i spiration came from the Deity: &? that he, and ho alone, . is respoiisib tor the President's removal. 1 rn, review this case since July 2nd, ai cali special attention to the acts; i the Deity, wherein ho hus bike special pains to protect mo and co firm in}' inspiration, to the end ali rn-: may see, and, seeing, may believe i my inspiration." After reviewing again the histor of the weeks which immediately pn ceded the assassination ol' thc Pri s, dent, and the motives kvhich impelie him to the murder, ti ti i tea ti says : "I never had the slightest doubt to the divinity for the act or the m cessit3" for it. Ah opportunity cami I shot him on July lind. Not bein a marksman, ho lingered unlii'Se; tember 19lh, when he passed quiet!, and gently away-the Lord tbcreb Confirming my inspiration. Th cr was a special providence ir. In's dyim in New Jersey. I undertake to sa, the Deity allowed him to die there I protect me from thc.possibiiity of lega liability for simply executing his will Sf?uuld this ju i y condemn me to b hung, which is hardly possible ii view of thc facts appearing in ihf. trial, the Deity has probably fixed tin law so that their vcr dice cannot hi legally enforced. It is thc opinion o sonic of the ablest members of titi: bar that this Court has no jniisdietioj to try 'this case. Th;:;, point wit' h; pressed if necessary in arrest oi'judg mont. But ' expect you, gemirme: of the jury, to justify the act. Yo; are here to vindicate my inspiration. You are here to say that 1 novel would have shot the President on my personal account. This is thc litera truth. And now I propose to call your attention to thc acts of thc Deity confirming my inspiration. ! wont to the Ballimore & Potomac Depot on the 2d of July, and shot thc President twice. Only one bal! took effect. 1 would not do it again for one million of dollars, lt was the most insane, fool-hardy act. possible-: no one but a mad mau could have done it: but 1 would have done iL at any time after June 1st if 1 had known I was to be beheaded the next moment. I had no power to .) re vent it. My free ago ney was en? tirely destroyed, i was In duress, and in law any one in duress is nd responsible for his net. On this ground I ask you to acquit me. How do we know you were under duress ? my word for it. No one oise can know tin's fact but the Deity and ni'1. I knew it; the Deity knows ii: and the Deity has taken special pains to thus far protect me. If it bo true ab? solutely thar. Providence nod 1 s.:ivcd t!:C nation why should m>I i be a '?oro ami the equal of Washington and Lincoln and Grant ? Many people are beginning to see that ! have saved the lunion. Tisis trial lins de? veloped my motive an! my ? ; pi: a lion, and to-day rho peuple consider mu a patriot noil a groat man. The prosecution rh.ive made a gro.nl ii -::isi? with their insane rx poi.is. The ..?.Ay insanity in this ease is what tluise experts rail transitory mani:!, i. e.. the - Abraham' sty le of insanity. Tie-re are thirty-eight, rases ol Abrahsuuic insanity in tho'Bible., i. e., o fi I legal kiiiieg resulting from lie v<lesion ..i transit orv rveaby divine ;urrh. ri ty. I fa single man on this jury ha.-1 tho slightest doubt as to wh itier! bred that shot on my personal accord, or as the agent of tho Deity, he is bound un : der thc law te give me the benefit of the doubt and acquit me. The prosecu? tion have attempted to show L>y their . paid experts that I was not suffering (rom transitory mania at the time 1 tired on the President, but what do* they know about it Absolutely ! nothing*. JJad I plenty of money I j could g.??- fifty reputable experts to ' swear 1 was insane absolutely at that tfmo; ? take no stock in the shape ol' the head or the hang of ibo tongue, cr in the opinion of experts on either side of this issue. I leave my justi? fication to (?od and the- American people, and to-day, six months after ' the shot was fired, llic Deity has re? peatedly confirmed the act as indica i ted by my experience as set forth in : this speech, and tho American people arc satisfied to let this prosecution j go by default, and that is the way ! yen wiii probably let it go." Guiloan then quoted in extenos a ! large number ol' letters which he ! j claims to have received from the j ! American people, approving his act, i ; and gives extracts from the prayers I of a number ofpromiucnl clergymen, j after Garfield's death, to show that in i their opinion ii was God's will that ; i he should die. The address closes: : with a eulogy on Justice Cox andi ! the following : i i "in general I am satisfied with j your Honors proposed instructions, but I would humbly suggest that the jury bo charged as follows : That if tiley believe that i believed it was right fer me to remove the President because 1 had special Divine authority for 60 doing, they will acquit on the ground that 1 was overpowered by the Diety, ?'. e., that I was suffering from thc transitory mania. Your Honor has suggested that the law of jurisdic? tion in thia case may be different from what some of the leading Washington lawyers say it is. .Should it be nec? essary lo have your Honor pass for? mally on this issue, I expect we shall (ind plenty of authority to show that your Honor has no jurisdiction. I am also of tho opinion that the Court in bane wiil so decid?; if necoessary. The Judiciary of this District is not surpassed by that ot'thc ablest j?dici arv iii the Union. Chief Justice Car ter is the peer td'any justice on the j American bc null, and so arc his asso? ciates. And now, gentlemen, I must close. Two months ago you left your homes and loved ones to listen to this case. I have no doubt but you have given it your most solemn and pray ful at teetion, and that your verdict will be act gu i "tv, as charged \:i tho indict-1 mont ; and now, gentlemen, I leave this case with you. At the last great day yon and ail men will stand in tuft presence of the Deity, crying for mere}' and justice. As you act here, so will be your abode in the great ? hereafter. I K'gyou do not get the Deity down on you by meddling with the case. I beg for your own sakes, and for the sake of the American peo? ple, and for ti it; sake of generations yet tinborn, that yon let the case ai on e. You cannot alford to touch it. L'-v your verdict bc that it was tho Di-'ty's act., not mine. When the President was shot, his Cabinet tele? graphed to foreign nations that it was thc act of a madman and it will bc far belter every way that it be offi? cially decided that it was the act of a 'madman." ;' ??GXDAY. JANTAUY 16. 1882. Tho Senate met al ll o'clock, Presi? dent- Kennedy in the chair. The following new measures were in? troduced : Mr. Islar-Bill to provide the com? pensation for persons acting as Solicitor pro tempore, by appointment of the Cir? cuit Judge. The following bills frere passed to their third read ii; sr : A hill to incorpor? ate the Camden Cotton Factory Com? pany: also, bill to regulate the distriba tiorrof books by Clerics of thc Courts of j rbis ^fnie to Co an tv officers: also, joint ; resolution io direct thc purchase for dis? tribution of 340 copio? of the -'Law of Trini Justices," prepared by Junius il. i-jvnns. T?:c Cot?mijtes on Minos and Mining made a lengthy report covering nil the bills relative to phospnato rights recom? mending that none of them pass, and proposing the following as a substitute for thom all : A bill to regulate and provide for the proper development, of tho phosphate rooks and phosphate deposits in the j navigable waters of the State. The House m?t at ll A. M.. Speak? er Sheppard in the chair. Mr. Johnson, of Barnwell, submitted a petition of citizens of Barnwell Coun? ty that tho stock law be not forced upon thom. Ways and Moans-Favorable on a joint resolution authorizing tho County Commissioners of Clarendon County to apply the proceeds of sale of jail lot in Man ni n gi; Mr. Murray introdtteod a resolution j io instruct tho Judiciarv Committee to j enquire and report a hill to osf.nhlish j County Courts for tho purpose of reduc- ? ing tho jurisdiction of Tr?-1 .lusfiees | and relieving thc Circuit Courts of a j portion of the business, if. in its judg- j mont, such a in casu re will be beneficial i iv the public in forests. Pending tho consideration of tho ; measure a message from thc Governor j was received covering tho report of the j Commissioner. James P. Campbell, in; relation to tho 1'nifed Slates direct, tax ; Act. after which thc railroad bill was i resumed ? Mr. Murra-m ev M-to amend Section I "?2 so as lo provide for tho election of tho Commissioner bv the General As- | sombly. A long and disep.sstvc d?balo ensued '. on the genera" sulijr.fl of tho eompara- ? tiro, advantages of elections hy the Gen- j era' Assembly and thc people, tho mer- ; its and demerits of the convention sys- ? to rn -if nomination, and whether it was ? easier or cheaper fa- corporations to purchase the L?gislature er tho people, tho (.?>.:.?!:i>ion of ?he u-ho'o matter be? ing !:,nt. noor tts was the average Dem- j Oerath: !o<::<*'t>ir. thero was not money oifM?gh itt till tho railroad combinations io thc laud to buy him. j Mr. Haskell called upon thc previous i nucstton, and rho aajccdiscut of 3! Murray was adopted. Mr. Mn r ra y offered aa an endmost Section 87 requiring the rai ?roads provide two suitable rou ?ns, proper furnished, for the acec ra -v. oda ? iou passengers nt ail stations where :ic!'e are sold ; a ioptod. Also, an ar'-?m mont requiring the railroads wdiemivi thc trains arc more than one-half ht?: behind time, to post bulletins at a telegraph stations along the line, nor fyiug tire persons of the time at wu ic such trains are expected to arrive. Pending this amendment Mri Ila; kell moved to discharge the fun ht consid?ration of the bili for nest-da1 which was adopted. m. Simonton submitted the rcpo: of the cummission appointed at the la: session of thc Legislature to provi<] for the assessment and taxation of pn porty. The Commission say that it In: been impossible for them to frame a Ia less complicated than that which co exists, and reports a bill which correct and simplifies some of the forros an methods of the present law. It wa made the special order for to-nvorro' and from day to d:.y -.hereafter.. Vv ays and Moans reported uafavor.*" biy cn a bili to provide for the rcdemr ti on of certain forfeited Inads ; also on bili to provide a mode for the pay in ct! of the interest cn the public -lebt ol' th State. Mr. Rice introduced a bill to doclar the law in relation to liens. TUESDAY, JANUAKV 17, 13S2. The Senate rna at ll o'clock. A. M President Kennedy in tbs chair. Mr. Ren bow-Petition of numerou citizens of Clarendon County asking fo an extention of the time when thc gen oral stock law shall go int ? eiTect. The favorable report, of the Ccmmitte on thc Military on a bill to provide fo the government, discipline and organ; zation of the militia of the State and t reduce all Acts in regard to thc sam into one Act came up on its secern reading. When thc third section was reacho? Mr. 3iiiler moved that it bc Striekel out. This Section reads as follows : That thc organized militia, know a volunteer troops and national guard shall be kept strictly separate ; and fo all purposes of parade, drills, muster and encampments they shall not be pa raded together. In the event, however of war, riot or insurrection, or i ni minen danger thereof, where it may be neces sary to call into active service the Na tional Guard, thc companies, regiment and brigades shall be under the coal maud of thc senior chicer of the volun teer troops theo prtsout." Mr. Miller made a short speech fa voring his motion. The motion to strike ont this sectil, was voted down by an overwhelming: vote and the bili was passed to its thirc reading. The following elicited a short but an? imated debate : A bill to regulate and determine th-' righi of dower : That whenever a wid? ow shall claim homestead in the real estaie of her deceased husband aud tbi same shall be sot off to her in thc man? ner prescribed by law, the hcaissteau so set off shall be in lieu aud bar the widow's right of dower, in all thc land: of which the husband died seized aud possessed. Pending the discussion cf this motion, Mr. Wylie moved that thc bili be re? committed to the Judiciary Committee. Adopted. Th-- following, among others, ?;ere passed to their third reading: Rill to authorize ?he Comptroller General io make a cou.position with thc sureties o: Samuel Place, late thc Treasurer of Kershaw County ; bill ceding ibo jurisdiction of the State ct South Carolina to the United States of America over such lands as may bc re? quired for deeping, widening and straightening Mosquito Greek, between Wiuyah Ray and Santee River, so as to facilitate commerce. The House mel ai II A. 31. Speaker Sheppard in the chair. Tlie following new measures were in? troduced : Mr. Thomas-Rill to prohibit the keeping of a dog ever three months "ld without a license Mr. Allison-Dili to prevent as against creditors thc sale and transfer of the real estate of a deceased person by tho heirs at law uni i j t ii roc years after the issue of letters testamentary or ad? ministration. The following committee reports were submitted : Ways and Means- Favorably ou a bill fo author'.:-*::' the town ot Sumter to issue certaiu bonds. A bill to dvtrue the duties of County Commissioners, School Cou; mission ors and Treasurers in reference to the audit? ing of claims allowed by tnc:u was made the special order for to-morrow. Thc following bill was read the third time and sent to tho Senate : To re? open ti:e South Carolina Military Academy. So the bid passed the itincU to which it had boen subjected in the House and sent to thc Senate-ayes ob : nays 40. The special crier being the election law '.vas then taken up. and although it was understood tua* tho caucus which was held on Monday night had deter? mined definitely the passage of tie bil! to-daw. it was evident that some of its opponents wore determined to hamper it as much as possible, '-nd accordingly tito usual paliamentary t::r-;ics were ap? plied to s'.-di on after section until tho whole bill had passed its second reading. Puring thc tedious and annoying pro? cess various a m end ni en ts were made, among which, that tim Governor shall appoint two assistant supervisors, who shall soi":e without compensation, win) shall sit. in all ca.-a-s whore the super' ;. sor s?mil refuse to register ?he applicant ". thai in pei mu bia aud Charleston, caen ward sled! be a : ?registration preeiuet : that the".'supervisor shall kt-ep a 1: ' applicants for r.-gis'rr.thm rejected by him and lav the same bi ? re the a.-sn*. ant supervisors when they meet with him fer that purpose, and lin.'- such i;-t shall h-' ^e.ijcct to revu-ion bj? ?he .-aid *>..;?rd o? Supervisors, ar. ; tn::: tue rejcelr cd applier.:it sha!' have, .a tho last retort', the riiih; lo :: t ?'. w by tho circuit ?o:?r;v of the action of ibo supervisors reivetmg his application to register. The foo for renewal lost or defaced certilicntcs was stricken out. The com pensa lion of .supervisors was fixed afc* SH,OOO for Charleston, and ia other Counties at ?500, to be paid out of the i Treasury of thc State. The hcur for j opening thc polls v:as fixed at 8 A. M., ! and ibo b'-ur for closing at 0 P. 31.; pi- M-parar.e ballot and ballot boxes j were provided for at each genera] elec j ??f>n. as follows ; One for Governor and ; Picu-emtni Governor, one for other j ?tate osiecrSj one for members of the j Geueraal Assembly, one for Circuit ! Solicitors and Country officers, ouc for j members of Congress and one for Pres I idential electors. These changes were ail ?n-aoe by friend.? of the bil!. its opp merits endeavored to strike out or change mau}* of its essential pro? visoes, but in every instance where the test was applied by ayes and nays a large majority, amounting in some in? stances to a two-third vote, sustained thc bill. It was therefore, a matter of no small astonishment that when the hp.I had passed iis second reading and the ques? tion was put by the Speaker: '-Shall tho bili be ordered to a third reading?" and Mr. VT. ll. Parker catted thc ayes and nays, it resulted in thc refusal of the ?louse by ayes 50, nays 05, to pass : he bill. This result was evidently as much asurprise to the opponents of the b'il ac- to irs friends, aud the reporter sought, in vain among the astonished members a solution of this remarkable freak cf legislative juryman diving. In reflecting on the causes which produced this result we have reaebed the conclusion that there were two things which bad much to do in bring? ing it about, if uot wholly chargeable with the disaster of tue bill. The pa? tience of the House bad been severely I taxed by thc course which thc member from Hampton (Mr. Til!>:ighast)thougbt proper to pursue during the considera? tion of the bill, and which, ouquestioa ably, pretrae'ed the matter thrice as ! long as it would otherwise have taken, I and warned those who had eharge of f the hill into calling the previous ques ! tion on the whole bill as the only meaas open to them of ridding the debate of this factious harrying. This was an unfortunate movement on the part of ; Mr. Mnrray, and was resented at the ! moment by many who doubtless favor? ed the bill, as a purpose to cut off a careful consideration of thc remaining parts of the bill, and they manifested this feeling by voting with the opposi ! tion and thus defeating the third read \ ing of the bill. It is to be believed that a night's reflection will temper the irritation cc used by the injudicious zeal of tho members from Anderson, ai>d that upoD a reconsideration to-morrow thc^nill will pass without much opposi? tion. Mr. Crawford introduced a measure in which Columbia and the traveling public are much interested. It was a bili to provide for and require the con? struction ol' a union passenger station in Columbia. WEDNESDAY, JA^AEY 18, 1882. The Senate met at ll A. M , Presi? dent Kennedy in the ch?ir. Thc pro? ceedings wore opened with prayer by Kev. H 0. Judd. Mr. Bossard introduced a Bill to in? corporate the Bellemont Cotton Factory. The third reading bills were taken up and the following were passed and ordered to bs enroiled for ratification : Bili to est.-.biisli a new Judicial aud Election County from a portion of Charleston County, to be known as tbe County of Berkeley, to ascertain and define the boundaries cf said Counties, and to provide for and fix thc salary of County o "doers thereof. Thc bili to provide for the better en? forcement of ibo poli tax came up oa its third reading and was productive of 3D aimateu debate, in which Messrs. Cal lison. Gaillard, Wylie, Henderson, Smythe, -Perry aud Izlar engaged. The motion to strike out thc enacting clause was voted down by a large ma? jority. The bill, so amended that tho imprison inuit chaire reads "fire days" instead of s*thirty days,;; was finally passed, by a vote of 18 to 12. Mr. Mulh r submitted a petition sign? ed by over seven hundred citizens cf Lexington County praying fer tho re? peal ot the g?nerai stock law. Tho Code was then taken up and oc? cupied thc attention of the Senate till ?h-: hour of adjourn meut. The House met. at ll o*eh>e!r, Speak? er Sheppard in the chair. Prayer was offered by Kev William Martin, of Co? lumbia The following now measures were in? troduced and referred : Bili to authorize thc Canal Commis? sion to transfer and deliver to the Board of the South Carolina Penitentiary the property known rs the Columbia Canal; bili to resurvey and remark a portion of the boundary Hoe between this State aud Nor! h Carolina ; bill to incorporate the Bellemome Cito;; Manufacturing Com? pany : "alii toallow tenantsreotmg or leas? ingham! to sell or remove at the expira? tion of loase ail manure raised by them ; bill prescribing the form of book ia winch the County Com missioners shall keep the record of claims against the County; bili to ameud the Act to regu? late the suie of intoxicating liquors. This latter was introduce?! by Mr. Mar? shall, of Richland, and provides for the striking from Section 2 of said Act thc amount of ?10G\ now required to bo paid to tho State for license to sell liouors. il is tho most direct and radical assault which has yet been made on tho liquor hiv; at tho present session, as ir socks io strike out ono of the dis tiiictivo features of tho law. it is made in the interests of tho poer whiskey seller, wi o cannot afford to pay thc li? cense -ind will, th cr; fore, have togive up tho bustness cr carry it on claudestine :v. P. is safe io p:edict that the meas? ure will not find much favor in the Lieuse. The Mlowing reports of committees w< re. submitted : \ g : i a 11 u iv Un fa vor.? bly on a bill in relation to crops; als^. unfavorably on <i bili to prohibit the keeping of a dog over throe mouths cid without a license The following were returned from the Senate : Bill provide for the restriction of ages .>t" pupils in public schools. The std ?li; ia bili was reiuraed to* the House with amendments, which were ; concurred in.