The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 25, 1882, Image 1
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?TftiisioUdated Aus. 2. 1881.1 I SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1882. Kew Series-Yoi. I. Ko. 39.
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&^?XT>:AFTER SUNDAY, APRlfr S,
^^^pVa^it?ttDg?^ Trains of this Road will
be run as follows :
Leave Charleston......... 8 15 am
Arrirye at Somter..:...-.... 1 00 p m
Leave ^Suttter...:...1 45 p m
Arrive: at Charleston.._.6 45 p m
P. L.CLBAPOR, J. F. DIVINE, }
; " -Gen^I Ticket Agt. Gen'l Supt.
CHER?W AMO''DARL1N6T0N AND CHERAW
w. AND SALISBURY RAILROADS..
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,
"SocifTT liiLX, "S. C., Maj 23, ISSI.
r^N AND AFTER THIS DATE, TRAINS
AjRon-theseJ^aVwi& rna as follows,-yerj
Leavo^adesboro...-.................... S 40 tn
. v Leaven .Bennett's......... .......j..--_ 9 00 a rc
- I^y?; : J^rren..?.,.^. ..^...^............ 9 15 a ia
- I^yelMcFiirlaa_. ....... 9 35 a io
Leave Ch era w..^_......_10 15 a in
Leave Society Hilt -_.:_.. 10 50 a fir
X^verDarlington............ il 25 a ut
Arrive at Florence.l.*^.-.-.'. 12 10 p tu
CP.
Leave Florence......._12 cO p ni
Leave Darlington.....^.,. 1 20 p m
Leave C'OCNJIV HOI. 2 10 p tn j
. Arrive at Chera sr..........Z~._..... 2 50 p in ;
IK Anive at.Wadesboro_._- 4 15 p m I
The freight tra iq will leare Florence at 6 SO A
AI every .day except Sunday : making the round
trip to Cheraw:every day, und tQ-Wndesboro ns
vften as limybe. .necessary-keepij?g-.out of the
way of passenger tra?a.
S D TOWNSEND? PraMeot.
NORTH-EASTERN R. R. CO.
r QTOJErRTJ?T?rNDE??'T'SOFFICE,
\ Q NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO.
CHABLESTOX, S. C., March 23, 1S82.
On and afterthis date the following Sche?
dule will be run, Sundays included :
Leave Charleston. Arrive Florence.
8 15 A. M ~?-.12 55 P. ac
-' 7 00 P. af. ......... 3 50 A M.
8.30 P. ii.1 30 A. M.
; Arrive Charleston.
...6 50 A. 21.
1 45 ,p. ....5 45 P il.
-12 15 A. "ac.-.~.9 00 A. J?.
Train leaving Florence at 2 40 A. K. will
stop, for way passengers.
J, F. DIVINE, Gen'l Supt.
P. L...CLEAPOR, Gen'l. Ticket Agent.
PAVILION HOTEL,
j? CHARLESTON, S. C.
rpHIS. POPULAR AND CENTRALLY
I v-located EOTEE having beet entirely
renovated during'the post Summer" is now
ready for the reception of the traveling public.
Popular prices $2 and 2.50 per day. .
Special rates for Commercial Travelers.
.. - - , E. T.-G AILLA RD,
Oct 25 Proprietor.
THE AIMAR HOUSE,
CORNER OF
Yaaderhorst aad King Sts
HAVING BEEN LEASED BY
". (Formerly of 190 Heeting-St.,)
TSI NOW OPEN, for the accommodation of
boarders.' Parties visiting Charleston wil1
find this House conveniently situated for busi?
ness^ and-directly on the line of Street Railway.
Tenus, per day, $ I 50
F?b IS _
HILBEBS HOUSE.
King Street, next to Masonic Tem?
ple, Charleston, S. C.
; Kates $130 per day, reduced rates" by the
j week or monthr According to locatiou of
rooms.
This house, so well and favorably known
?S^?SLS.being a strictly_first-class boarding: bouse,
ii centrally located, accessible to wholesale
and retail stores, theatres, and places of in
V-^terest, and especially desirable for business
n#en or families visiting the city^ nothing be?
ing neglected: to make its gcests comfortable.
Ask for carriage at depot.-Respectfully
MRS. 3. EILBEKS PsoppaEi -'sss
r"' Sept20-1*81.
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AUGUSTA R. R.
- CONDENSE SCHEDILE.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
I>ATJE0
April 2, 1SS2
So. 4S,
Dailv.
No. 40
Daily.
Leave Wilmington
Ar've Flemington _
Ar1 ve Marion.
Ar've Florence.
Ar're Sumter.,
Ar've Columbia.,
1? 15 pm
ll 3? "
1 33 am
2 20
4 13 "
6 10 .*
11 10pm
12 17 44
2 01 ata
2 47 "
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
I No. 43,
j Daily.
No. 47,
Daily.
Leave Columbia-. . '..
Ar've Satnter.j......
Ar've Florence..I 1 25 pm
Ar've Marion_. 2 13"
Ar've Flemington. 4 21 "
Ar'veWihnington. 5 55 fi
ia 00pm
12 C7 44
1 36 am
2 3S <;
4 54 ?
6 20 4
. No?. 4S-and 47 stops only at Brinkley's,
Wbiteville,. Flemington, Fair Bluff. Marion,
Florence, Timmonsville, Sumter, Camdeu Junc?
tion and Kastover.
Passengers for Columbia and all points on
C. & G. R. R.. C. C- &. A. lt. R. Stations,
Aiken Junction, and all points beyond, should
take Ko. 4S Night Express.
Separate Pullman Sleepers for Charleston
and for Augusta on trains 48 and 47.
AU trains run solid between Charleston and
Wilmington.
THROUGH FREIGHT TP.^.S.,
Daily, except Sundays.
Leave Florence...._...ll 40 p m
Leave Sumter. 2 2S a m
Arrive at Columbia.. 5 30 a m
Leave Colombia. - 5 00 p m
Leave.Suojter_. - - S 20 p m
Arrive at Florence.--_... 1110pm
LOCAL FREIGST-(Daily except Sunday.)
Leave Florence. 6 00 a m
Arrive at Sumter..- 10 55 a m
Leave Sumter.....ll 40 a m
Arrive at Columbia. 4.00 p m
Leave Columbia.-_.. 7 00 a m
Arrive at Sumter.Il 15 a m
Leave Suinter.._.-....12 15 p m
Arrivo at I lore nee. . 5 10 p m
JOHN F.* DIVINE, General Sup't.
A. POPE, General Passenger Agent.
Columbia and Grreenvii?e Sail Scad,
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT,
COLUMBIA. S. C., August 31, ISSI
ON AND AFTER THURSDAY, September
^lst, ISSI, Passenger Trains will run as
herewith indicated, up-?n this road and its
branches-Daily except Sundays :
' No. 42 Up Passenger. .
Leave Columbia (A).?1 20 a m
Leave Alston........._.12 20 p m
Leave Newberry..-.....*..- 1 21 p m
Leave Hodges... ........ 3 5? p.is j
Laave Belton.:.. . 5*05 p m j
Arrive at Greenville. 6 27 p tu !
No. 43 Down Passeuger.
Leave Greenville at.10 33 a tn j
Leave Belton.ll 57 a m
Leave* Hodges. 1 12 p m
Leave Newberry...... 3 47 p m
Leave Alston. 4 4Gp m
Arrive ai Columbia .(F) . 5 50 p tn
SPAKTAXBURG, UM?"X & Co I. O'. BUL ll. R.
No. 45 ?j? Passenger. .
Leave Alston. 32 40 p m
Leave Spartanbur^W*~~^C Depot (Bj 4 03 p m
Arrive Spartan b is^/tv Iz?) ?eijot (S) 4 12 p m
No. 43 Down Passenger.
Leave Spartanburg R i D Depot (ll) 12 4S p m j
Leave Spartanburg S ? i C Depot (G) 1 07 p m j
Leave Uni?,r?.,-2"36 p in J
Arrive at Alston. 4 3? p m j
LAUREXS RAIL RoAr.
Leave Newberry.-. 3 55 p ai j
Arrive at L-?ureus C- H ..... 6 45 p OJ J
Leave L?creos C II .... . S 30 a m ?
Arrivo at Newberry.ll SO a ni
ABBEVILLE BRANCH.
Leave Hodges. 3 56 p rn
Arrive at Abbeville. 4 4C p m
L^ave Abbeville..12 15 pm
Arrive at IL.dgcs. 1 05 p m
. BLUE RlI>GE R. R. ?? AXDEUSOX BuANCU.
Leave Belton. .r~ 5 0{> p LB
Leave Anderson.. s .... 5 41 p m
Leave Pendleton. 6 20 p m
Leave Sanaca .(0).- 7-20 p m
Arrivo at. Walhalla. 7 45 p ta
Leave Walhalla.. 9 23 a m
Leave Seneca (DJ. . 9 54 a ta
Leave Pendleton. H) 30 a m
Leave Anderson...... .-....ll 12 a m
Arrive at Belton.114* a tu
On and after above date through car? wi?! be
run between Columbia and Henderson ville with?
out change.
COXNECTIOXS.
A-With Sooth Carolina Rail Road from
Charleston: with Wilmington Columbia <t Au
gu?ta R R from Wilmington and all points north
thereof; with Charlotte. Columbia & Augusta
Rail Road from Charlotte and points north
thereof.
B-With Asheville Jfc Spartanburg Rail Road
for points io Western N. C.
C-With A. & C. Div. R & D. R. R. for all
points South and West.
D-With A. & C. Div. R. & D. R. R. from At
lauta and beyond.
?_Wuh ? & C. Div. R. & D. R. ll for all
points South and West.
F- With S*?uth Car olina Kail rV-ad for Char
le.-ton ; with Wilmington. Columbia <fc Augusta
Rail Koad for Wilmington ani thc North : \*\ h
Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Rail Road foi
Charlotte and the North.
t>-With Asheville <Ss Spartanburg Rail .Soad
from Hendersonville
ll-With A. ? C. Div. R. & D. R. ll. fipua
Charlotte ? bevond.
Standard time used is Washington. D- C.
which is fifteen uiitiutcs faster than Columbia.
J. W. PKY, Sup't.
A. POPE. General Passenger Agent.
August 20 IxRl. tf.
South Carolina Railway Go,
COMMENCING FEBRUARY 13th, 1SS2.
Passenger Trains on Camden Branch will
ruc as follows, until further notice:
EAST TO COLUMBIA.
Leave Camdon. . 7 40 a m
Leave Caaiiten Junction.?. 9 50 a m
Arrive at Columbia.12 13 pm
WEST ra?>M COLUMBIA-DA?LV EXCEPT SUX?AYS.
Leave Columbia. 4 05 a ar... 4 15 p m
Arrive Camden J auction. 12 il p m... 6 OU p m
Arrive at Camden. 2 15 p rn... 7 13 p m
EAST TO CHARLESTON AS1> AUGUSTA
Leave Camden-. 3 t'O p m
Leave Camden Juey'. 4 19pm
Arrive, a: Chariest?:.. 9 f'O p tu
Arrive at Augusta. 7 35 a m
WEST FROM CHARLESTON AX JD AUGUSTA.
Leave Charleston. 7 45am
Leave Augusta. 4 4? p ai
Arrive Camden June'.12 0.1 p m
Ari i ve at Camden. 2 15 p tn
CoNNECTZoXS.
Columbia and Greenville Railroad LolL way.-,
for all points on tba l R >ad and ?rn the Spar?
tanburg, Union and Columbia and Spartanburg
and Ashville Railroads, also with the Char?
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad to and
from all points North by trains leaving Camdon
<tt 7 4b a in, and arriving at 7 15 p tu.
Connections made at Augus a t;> all points
Westland South; also at Charleston with
Steamers for New York and Florida-on Wed?
nesdays and Saturdays.
Trains on Camden Branch run daily except
Sunday. On main line, Columbia and Augusta
Divisions, trains r-m daily. Pullman Cars are
run between Charleston and Washington, on
trains arriving at Columbia 12:13 and depart?
ing at 4:15 P. M. Local sleepers between
j Charleston, Columbia and Augusta
On Saturdays ROUND TRIP TICKETS are
sold to and from all Stations at one first class
fare for the round trip-tickers being good till
Monday noon, to return. Excursion tickets
good for 1U days aro regularly ou s.: le to s.ad
from all stations at 6 ccuts per mile fvr round
trip. .
THROUGH TICKETS tb all points, can be
purchased by applying to James Jones, Agent
at Camden. D. C. ALLEN,
General Passenger and Ticket Agcut.
JOHN B. PECK. General ?.. .mager.
Cba.'cston. S. C
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The following Hoes by Mr. Longfellow on
the death of Bayard Taylor, read at the me
moria! meeting in Boston, January 19, 1S79,
need little change to make them peculiarly
appropriate now :
Dead h?May amoog his books,
The peace of God was in his looks.
As thc statues in the gloom
Watch o'er Maximilian's tomb.
So these volumes from .heir shelves
Watch him .ilent as themselves,
Ah ! his hand will nevermore
Turn their storied pages o'er I
Nevermore his lips repeat
Songs of theirs, however sweet !
Let the lifeless body rest,
He is gone who was bis guest,
Gone as travellBrs haste to leave
An inn, nor tarry until eve,
Traveller, in what realms afar,
Io what planet, ia what ?tar,
In what vast serial space
Shines the light upon tby face ?
In what gardens of delight
Rests thy weary feet to night?
Poet ! thou whose latest verse
Was a garland on thy hearse :
Thou hast su cg with organ tone
Io Deukall?n's life thtue own.
On the ruins of. the past
Blooms the perfect flower at last.
Friend! but yesterday the bells
Rang for thee their loud farewells ;
And to-day they toll for thee,
Lying dead beyond the sea.
Lying dead among thy books,
The peace of God in all thy looks.
A ROMANTIC COURTSHIP.
True Sketch, of How a Texas Lawyer Won
a Bride.
Four years ago, in thc progressive
young city of Fort Worth, Texas, a hot?
blooded South Carolinian got into an
altercation with a man, and was so un?
fortunate as to wound him dangerously.
There were circumstances which greatly
mitigated the guilt of the deed, but the
excited citizens did not take them into
account. The young man was ? stran?
ger, and appearances were strongly
against him. He was thrown into jail,
wita every prospect of being found guil?
ty and sentenced to the penitentiary,
in his extremity, he sent tor a . rising
young xa^yer of .?he place to visit him
ic his cell, aud entreated him to* "ta'??
his case in hand.
kI have no money to give you as a
fee,' he said, 'and I shall not apply to
my father He bitterly opposed my
coming West. I will not add to his
troubles by letting him know my wretch?
ed situation. My homo is Walhalla,
South Carolina I haye a dear old
??iher and mother, and I am their only
.son. I have a sister-as tender and
uoble a creature as ever lived. Their
hearts will be broken -if I am sentenced
to the ignominious penitentiary. Will
you uot take my case V
The lawyer considered. Ge was
young and ambitious.. His foot was on
the ladder of b is jjrofesStoo, au?"T?el?cao t j
to mount higher; but this was a case j
that could bring him neither gold nor
glory. There would be no remunera?
tion for his efforts, and defeat. was al?
most sure ; moreover to undertake the
case might make him unpopular in the
town. He had determined to be pru?
dent; so he thanked the prisoner for
his confidence iu him, and declined to
take the case. But after be had left
the jail, the words he had heard in the
j cell, came to him with a persistent aud
pathetic appeal-'Au only son, with
doting old par .nts and a devoted sister,
whose hearts would be broken ; if the
shadow of the shameful penitentiary
should blight my life. He went, back
to the cell and said to the prisoner, *I
wilt take your case.'
j III news flies fast, particularly in
j these, days when the press and the
j telegraph give it wings. The terrible
j ti dugs of their son's impending doom
j reached the far home among the hills of
Walhalla, and brought woe to the fond
hearts there. The parents found out
who would defend their sou, and wrote
to his counsel, the young daughter be
! ing their amanuensis. Ker letter was
j so eloquent with feeling that it roused
j the young lawyer to a deep interest in
i the case. He wrote, feeling as though
j he were speaking, face to face, with
J that sorrowing, true-hearted sister and j
j tried to soothe and reassure, promising j
j to do his best at the coming trial. He
; kept his word ; but the tide was too
J strong for hi tu to stem ; the case weat
: against him, and the voung Carolinian
to * .* O
! was sentenced to the penitentiary fur a
j term of years. His counsel conveyed
j the sad news to his frieuds as gently as
I possible ; then came a passiouate appeal
j from the sister He must not give up
j -he must take the case, to another tri
I bunal. Willingly, but with little hope,
j he reviewed the conduct of the case,
j aud found in it a Saw that gave him
j ground to appeal agaiust thc deci
i sion.
j He carried the case to thc Supreme
j Court. It was some time before he could
! obtaiu a hearing there, and in this ?try
! ing interregnum, he had opportunity
! through her letters to admire the deep
j devotion, the clear sense, the hopeful
I energy of the prisoner's sister.. Au
j hour before the case was called, re
j ceivecTouc of these letters-so a-throb
j with emotion aud earnestness that it in
j spired him, and he made thc best
I speech of his life, drawing tears from
j the eyes of thc jury and the court.
I The prisoner was acquitted I Ile was
i hardly more rejoiced at his freedom
i thau was his counsel, whose first thought
? was of thc sister and parents who wait
S cd the issue in agonized suspense, and
! whose first act was to send the message
I that^ brought relief. Then came the
' out-pouring of ihuuks from .'ie old pa
; re:-:*, through their girlish interpreter,
i ac :. ?pauied by thc prayer that he
would scud his picture. They wanted
to ?ec the face of their son's benefactor.
Thc picture was sent, and appended
was a request that he might have thc
! ^vi/liege of possessing thc semblance of
his fair correspondent, who, taough un?
seen he could not think of as a stran?
ger. His wish was complied with ; the
iiillc sun-picture of a sweet, womanly
was received, and with it a frauk,
t letter ever her own signature,
f course he must write te express
-s, and his sense of the honor
m in be?????? that he would
ther's frieud and adviser,
rcspondcncc did not end
with the esse, but continued, and grew
more intimate, until the two gained a
deeper insight into each other's charac?
ters than face-to-face communication
would have given. From this inter?
course of soul, blossomed a feeling ten?
derer than pity or friendship. But the
young lawyer had his way to make in
a crowded profession. He must do it
by hard work and close atteution to
business. He could not spare time or
money to visit the lad}* of his love; his
energies must be bent towards making
ahorne for her, in which he hoped she
would preside, as queen of his heart and
his hearth.
Years, went by. The young lady had
suitors who pressed their claims; but
her heart had been given tc. thc gener?
ous defender of her brother. It was in
vain that friends " and , relatives shook
their heads incredulously, -and ea#e4
her a dreamer to fancy that this distant,
neverseen lover would keep the faith
plighted in such romantic fashion. She
held to her belief in his honor, and
cheered him with Letters full of trust and
affection. It was arranged at last that
they should meet, and thc scene of this
first meeting was to be Atlanta during
the Exposition. He came at the appoint?
ed time, full of ardent exoectation, and
at once consulted the post office, expect?
ing to receive a letter, containing the
address of the friend with whom she
was to stay. But uo letter rewarded
his frequent application. There was a
misunderstanding. The little lady be?
lieved she had given him the address
io the letter he received from her be?
fore he left Texas. But she had ne-f
lected to enclose the card, or it had
dropped out of her letter.
Days passed, and each, unknown to
the other, walked the crowded streets
of the city a prey to disappointment aud
distrust. At last came a gleam of hope
in the shape of a.line in the society col
umu of the Constitution, baying that
Miss Julia J. was stopping with friends
on-street. The young Texan
read it, seized his hat and hurried to
the residence named in the paragraph
The .servant, who answered his ring,
said that the jonng lady was about
leaving for nome ; she was getting
ready, and would go on the train with?
in un hour. But he must see her, he
insisted, and he sent up his name with
ajijuii^ejji.t.request that she would graut
him a five- rain?tes' interview. She
came down, at that, wearfngjUr?y?lirig
c?-jss. She bowed and touched his
hand formally at first, but when he
grasped her little hand is both his and
looked into her face with frauk eyes full
of tenderness, distrust vanished, and
she did not shrink from the clasping
arms and the kiss which sealed the ion?
o
betrothal by letter.
Tie-lady's departure was postponed ;
the Exposition, which bad seemed a
dull affair, took on new . glories, and
demanded a prolonged sta}-, that its
wonders might be examined.
When at last the lover went back to
lil i TV, nt. f-H-rrr-7 rr ff??s-w H 11 njjO n -
derstanding that he would visit Walhal?
la at the first budding of Spring, aud
claim his bride. That he kept his word
is attested by a bridal card lying by me
as ? write, .whereon the names of Byron
Johnsen and Julia Johnson are daintily
blended. On their way to their home
iu Fort Worth the wedded pair stopped
a' few days in our city to visit relatives
and I heard from their own lips this ro?
mantic story of their courtship.
[Sunny South.
The Armstrong Claim.
September 20, 1814, the American
brig General Armstrong, of 240 tons,
carrying seven guns and ninety men,
commanded by Captain Samuel C. Iieid,
put into the neutral harbor of Fayal,
Azores Islands, for water and while
there was attacked by the British (ships
Plantagenet and Ilota and the brig Car?
nation, carrying altogether one hun?
dred and thirty six guns and two thou?
sand men. lu the subsequent engage?
ment, which lasted all night, thu Brit?
ish lost three hundred meu killed and
wounded, while but two Americans
were killed and seven wounded. The
Armstrong was so badly disabled that
Captain Iieid scuttled and deserted her,
whereupon the British burned her.
The British fleet was detained several
days in repairing damages, and this de- j
lay prevented them taking part in the ?
battle of ?New Orleans, for which port
they wer? bound, thus giving victory
to the Americ.i,ns. Captain Heid pre?
sented a claim against Portugal for re?
lief of men and officers, which was the
subject of diplomatic correspondence for
forty years ; caused thc withdrawal
once of our Minister to Portugal ; was
submitted to Louis Napoleon, who
decided against it because the claimants
were not given the opportunity to pre?
sent evidence : was passed upon favora?
bly bj7 the Court of Claims, whose de?
cision was reversed upon a technicali?
ty : Senate and House committees have
many times reported i? its favor and
never against it, a?d it has been passed
by one house or the other,"but yester?
day it passed the House, having already
passed the Seuatc, and the heirs of
Captain Reid are anxiously awaiting
the President's signature in order that
they can draw from the Treasury $70,
789, the amount allowed in the claim.
^National Rep ubi icon, April 18.
. About forty years ago.a part of thc
militia of Maine were called out and
marched toward the British frontier.
Not a hostile shot was fired, nor was
lhere any actual danger of a collision.
Now the survivors of this 'Mudawosky
war' are pitiyiug Cougress to put their
j uames on the pension rolls.
Tlie other night a Stockton (Cal )
man was aroused by thc crying of one
of his little girls who complained of
iiosc-blccding. A haukerehicf was
.liven her io staunch tue blood, and she
soon fell asleep again, lu a lillie while
b'.-r sister who was sleeping with her
cried out in pain and struck at an ob?
ject and kuocked it ol? the bcd to thc
floor. Thc g ntlcmau, striking a light,
saw where something had bitteu into
thc second little girl's chin and torn thc
flesh cruelly. A search in thc room,
which was^A^e second story, discov?
ered a h'ijfl which was imme?
diately ufl kfr'had bitten com
Dlctelv.J ft. of one of the
THE ELECTIONS TEIALS.
CHAKLESTOX, S. C., April 18.-lu
the United States Circuit Court, be?
fore Judges Bond and Bryan, the
Grand Jury returned a true bill against
Henry C. Dickerson and others of Barn?
well County, charged with conspiracy
to intimidate United States witnesses.
The Grand Jury is composed of thirteen
Republicans and seven Democrats.
The Court thou begau the trial of
Lucien Ii. Carrol, Samuel E. Shaw and
George H. WilsoD, Managers of Blee- j
tion of Mayesvillc Precinct in Sumter
County, charged with stuning the bal?
lot box and interfering with the United
States Supervisors. A jury was empan?
elled and consists of eleven Republicans
and one Democrat. Tho District At- I
torney did not find it necessary- to use
any of the challenges to which the pros?
ecution is entitled, finding the new sys?
tem of standing aside jurors allowed by
Judge Bond to be sufficient to secure
such a jury as he desired.
The government then examined ten
witnesses, seven of whom were colored.
The testimony showed that through
misunderstanding as to where the poll
was to be located the United States Su?
pervisors did not reach the poll until
three minutes after 6 o'clock in the
morning. When he got there the vot
ing had commence and several bahots
had been deposited. The supervisor
testified that he asked thc managers to j
open the box so that he could see into
it, but they informed him that the vot?
ing had commenced and they could not
again open the box, and that they had
exhibited the box before thc voling
commenced. Thc election proceeded
quietly all day, and when the box eras
opened and .the votes were bel?g couut
ed a bundle of teu Democratic tickets
and two packages of Republican tickets,
with two Republican tickets folded to?
gether in each,, were found in the box.
The managers counted one ticket of
each* and destroyed the others. Thc
number of votes in the box exceeded j
the names on the poll list by two bun- |
dred and twenty-one, and the managers j
drew out the surplus ballots without j
seeing them and then destroyed them. J
Of the ballots destroyed one hundred j
and forty-seven were Republican and
seventy-four Democratic.
The government then closed thc case
for the prosecution.
" ":"6??i^ 19-Tn ;
thc United States Court to-day~,yJ>efore j
Judges Bond and Bryan, the GTami*-;
Jury found true bills agaiust thirty- !
eight citizens of Barnwell County, ;
charging them with obstructing voters :
at Buford's Bridge precinct in Barnwell i
County at the general election in No-j
vcmber, 1880. in the original indict- j
ment forty-four defendents were inclu i
ded, but the Grand Jury found 'no j
bill"* as to five of thc number.
The trial uf the ease of the United j
States against Lucien L. Carroll au dj
^rerr-, .U" .-0.u'.-iy-yf J3Iw'-t;utr ?rt. ?S- j
ville, in Sumter County, which was j
commenced yesterday, was resumed aud j
the testimony on both sides concluded. !
The testimony for the defense was deliv- !
ered by fifteen white witnesses, inclu?
ding three of the defendants. These
witnesses all testified that thc poll at j
Mayesvillc had beeu opened promptly |
at 6 o'clock on life morning of election. j
in 1S8? ; ..hat before thc voting began i
one of the managers oneeed tho box and I
exhibited it publicly to thc crowd on i
the outside and turned the box upside.;
down to show that there were no tickets j
wheu it was locked. All the witnesses |
who were present stated that they saw i
into the box clearly and that it was per- !
fectly empty. The Republican. Super?
visor arrived al the poll about twenty
minutes after the voting began. He
was admitted into the room, but thc
Managers refused to reopen the box so
that he could see into it, telling him
that the box had been exhibited and
that if they reopened the box after the
voting had begun they would invalidate
thc whole poll.
The testimony for thc defense went
further to show that the surplus tickets
found in the box were deposited through
thc aperture in the lid by voters. The
good character of the defendants was
testified to by a number of witnesses,
both Republican and Democratic.
CHARLESTON, S. C., April 20.-In
the United States Circuit Court to-day
before Jt dges Bond and Bryan, the
grand jury returned a true bril against.
David James Wiun and Henry J,
McLaurin, Commissioners of Election
for Sumter Couut}:, on an indictment
chargi?g them with refusing aud failing
to count three of the polls in Sumter
County. The trial of the case against
the managers of Mayesvillc precinct
in Sumter County, which commenced
Tuesday, was resumed. Dallas Sand?
ers opened the argument for the prose?
cution and was followed by Joseph LI.
Earle of Sumter for the accused. At?
torney General L. F. Youmar.-s had
opened his argument when the Court
adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock to-mor?
row morning.
Letters from Attorney-General Brew?
ster to Dallas Sanders.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-Two letters
of Attorney-General Brewster to Dallas
Sanders, United States Special Attorney
at Charleston, concerning the South
Carolina election cases, and written
since thc Senate called for tho Attor?
ney-General's letters on that subject,
were made public to-day. In them Mr.
Brewster assures Mr. Sanders, aud
through him Mr. Melton, that party
politics docs not enter into these prose?
cutions, so far as thc Department ol*
J Justice is concerned, nor should it so
! far as Mr. Melton, in the performance
of his official duties representing that
j department, is concerned. It is not a
j question ef Democrat or Republican ; it
j is a <!? <.!? rion of enforcing thc law.
! The ca.M *, he adds, arc to be tried fair
i ly and fully ; fair play all around to
I the Government and to the accused per?
seus, but ftiir and open trials according
to law and according to thc forms of the
orderly administration of public justice.
In a letter dated April 10 he says he docs
not see how Judge Bund or Judge Bryan
could have decided otherwise than they
I did, but it appears to him that informa?
tion or indictments containing such
charges for c ms'piracy should have been
prepared before this, aud filed as new
aud distinct complaints as against the
new parties who were irregularly intrud?
ed upon thc former information, fie
adds :
These things might have been pre?
vented: and I fear that the delay will
either be the cause of the escape of
some of these persons, or involve .the
Government in heavy expenses here?
after in pursuing them. I assume that
they ought to have been or ought to be
indicted, or there would not be an at?
tempt now to put them in these infor?
mations. It is much to be regretted.
It is rather a loose way of doing busi?
ness. * * * I don't want to be
harsh and exacting in this business, but
these matters involve questions of
great magnitude, and the public at
large, the whole country, are alive to it
and any neglect or omission upon the
part of those in charge of these cases will
be the subject of very stern criticism, as
it ought to be. -
I have before said, in a letter which
you have, that I have nothing to do with
the assertions that every lawyer in
Charleston aud all the leading lawyers
in the counties where the prisoner's re?
side are employed, and that the Attor?
ney General is engaged on behalf of
defendants. The better they are regu?
larly defended, thc better will be the
fair administration of justice. And the
better and more strenuously they are
defended the more firm and unrelenting
should bathe prosecution so that justice
can be ultimately bad. * * * Let
the effort bc to strive to attain the right
result ; that is all that can be asked of
anybody, no uiaUcr what may be the
consequence.
Mr. Brewster adds that he has" fur?
nished and will continue to furnish "as?
sistance.
The Two Sides in The Cotton
Frauds.
There are two sides to the cotton
fraud question, it seems. Yesterday
wc gave what an American in England
wrote in a private letter, and not in?
tended, therefore, for tuc public eye,
In the New York Times of the 3d inst.
there is an editorial, according to which
the statements concerning fraudent]j
packed cotton are exaggerated very
greatly or untrue actually The New
York Cotton Exchange has caused the
matter, it is alleged, to lc investigated,
aud with the result just given. The
following from the Times is sufficient to
show the actual facts as developed by
.the investjgatiorj-^^
"^**Tiie^committec has carefully done"
the work allotted toit, making thorough
investigations in every particular. Its
report will be formally presented to the
Exchange to-morrow, and will take the
form of a sweeping denial of ali the
charges that have been made The
committee will declare that 'careful ex?
amination establishes the fact that the
proportion of fraud in packing this year's
crojv ix ia?bitiea^-~
"will be called to tue laws existing zn the
Southern States which make false pick?
ing a misdemaenor and involves severe
punishment. Th?se laws are executed,
and every possible effort is made to
maintain the standard of cotton shipped.
That packin s of a bad character is done
ic the interests of dealers in this city is
ridiculed. As to sand in cotton it is
declared that the product this year is
freer from this special charge than in
mauy years. The past season was an
unusually fair one. The preceding
year was otherwise, and against the
crop of that season it would net have
been unreasonable to have made com
! plaints. The season was dry; the crop
i was storm beaten, and unquestionably
I'much sand was lodged iu rhe bolls.
! Picking was not finished until along in
I March. This year thc picking season
I was over before the 1st of Decemher,
! and thc crop was subjected to such win
I ter storms as assailed the product of
11880-81. Thc Liverpool trade will be
I informed immediately of the concludions
reached by the New York Colton Ex?
change committee, and the charges of
fraud made so freely will have to bc
withdrawn.'
This examination may- satisfy the
English buyers, but it would look as if
the manufacturers, ought to know
the condition of the cotton they work.
Tue examination referred to, as wc un?
derstand it, was confined to the Unit?
ed States. The very numerous com
I plaints from British buyers and spinners
! must have some foundation in fact.
' Wc heard a weil known gentleman of
j this city complaining within a month of
? some frauds in cotton-packing perpetra
! ted upon the concern ho is connected
! with. Thc point-thc practical point,
j is this: there are serious complaints of
j frauds in thc cotton shipped abroad, aud
j it behooves thc Southern planters and
j cottou factors to do all they can to break
? up the rascally business and to bring to
! punishment the fellows who are conspir
I ing to depreciate the value of the South
; ern staple and to bring suspicion on thc
i Southern planters.- Wilmington Star.
"Yon am de squarest man in
Austin," said old Uncle Mose, enter?
ing a drug store and taking the clerk.
"I knowed right off you was a Chris?
tian, sah. No man in de drug busi?
ness 'ceptin' a follower ob de Lord
would hang ont sich a sign as you has
got. Ilit shows you am a Christian
fust, and a wizen mixer afterwards. I
was jost spe'lin' it out. Hit am de
best advice eber I got in a drug
store.'' "What sign are YOU talking
*? rn/ O
about, Uncle?" asked thc somewhat
bewildered druggist." ''Dat ar," said
the old man, pointing to a placard on
the wall, wliic?i read "Tasteless Med?
icine." "Pat ar am dc best advice in
tho world: 'taste less medicine." I
nobber had tasted no medicines, no?
how, and dat am the chief reason I'se
alive and k?ckin' vit. But you am de
lust Christian tlrtiggist ebor I struck."
.ma?
Iz is ?tated that fat girls arc coming
into fashion aplin : that the aesthetic
taste for lean ones has been rejected,
and thc 'willowy willowy, oh !' girls are
rated second choice. -This is entirely
proper. While there will always bc a
difference of taste as to girls, it is al?
ways best when making an investment,
to get thc most you can for your money.
- !? a- -
"Patrick," said thc justice, "guilty,
or not guilty ?" "Faith, yer honor,"
said Patrick, "wait till I hear thc
ividenec."
Upper Michigan.
Mining regions are proverbially
^barren and rocky, -and the upper pe?
ninsula of Michigan-at least that por?
tion of it which is so productive of iron
and copper-forms 'no exception to
this rule. It is old-older than most
of our hills, for it was the first land
that was attached 'to the origiual
Laurentian nuecleus about which our
continent has been formed. It has,
in consequence, always been a favor?
ite field for geological study, and its
novel industrial features make it no
less interesting to the ordinary travel?
ler. .
Thc face of the country is rugged and
seamed and worn Were it not for its
mineral wealth it would remain perma?
nently a wilderness. Lumber compa?
nies would invade it here and there, and
retire after having robbed the forest of
the pine which is found in a few- s?at
tered patches. It would be an eddy
where thc stream of Western migration
had left a few Indians aud woodsmen to
subsist by the methods of primitive life.
The land is generally valueless from the
farmer's poiut of view, for the soil is a
light drift-too light for wheat-and
the climate a winter modified by a sea?
son of summer weather too short for
indian corn to ripen. Hay," oats, and
potatoes yield the farmer a fair return,
but the climate is so rigorous that the
securing of sheiter-and fuel calls for so
large au amount of energy that little is
left to devote to cultivation. It is a
proof of this that a very inconsiderable
fraction of the population attempts to
subsist by farming,'although the freight
from Chicago is added to the price of all
the staple articles of production-^hay,
for instance, being from twenty to
twenty-five dollars a ton, and milk ten
cents a quart. Curiously enough
strawberries and currants reach a per?
fection unknown, io more hospitable
latitudes, a Marquette strawberry re?
sembling in siae a Seckel pear, and in
flavor a wild strawberry. This is owing
no doubt, to the fact that in northern
latitudes-Marquette is about as far
north as Quebec-the few summer days
have from eighteen to tweuty hours of
sunlight and afterglow, and vegetable
growth is - virtually uninterrupted . by
darkness. Light, the botanists tell us,
bears the same relation to aroma that
heat does to sweetness. Such straw?
berries as these must bc seen io be ap?
preciated, and must bo visited to be
seen for they are too large and too
delicate to bear travel themselves.
e^poken of the climate as a win?
ter modi"a^utvi^Na short summer. The
July and AaguslT>$aj?cr I can vouch
for as delightful. Even wTiSfi-^the sun j
is hottest you feel instinetiver^t???
there is no prostrating power io it, and
the nights are invariably cool. lu July
the mean daily range was 39?, and the
monthly range 50?, rhe lowest recorded
the presence of so large a-body of water
which at Marquette never falls below
52?, and on the extreme northern end
of the peninsular never below 48?, acts
as au equalizer, and restricts the range
within comparatively narrow limits.
This low temperature of the lake water,
which is higher than that of any of the
streams entering it, precludes, the idea
of bathing. As a consequence few of
thc lake sailors can swim, and it would
be of little avail to them as a means of?
preserving life if they could. V the
most robust mao if he falls iou Lake
Superior chills and dies in a few mo?
ments. Thc numerous trout streams in
the woods are of au icy coldness. The
suow, which falls to a depth of six or
seven feet, melts and sinks into the
sandy ground, to re-appear from deep
seated springs with a temperature of
39?, which is exactly equal to the aver?
age annual temperature of the place.
The thick forests prevent the sun from
warming the ground or the water.
And finally the lake is so deep-its bed
reaching several hundred feet below the
level of the sea-that the summer air
has little effect on it before it is again
covered with ice. There is no other
place on the globe where sp large a
body of cold fresh water lies atan eleva?
tion of six hundred feet above toe sea.
The air in contact with this deep chilly
water seems to acquire a peculiar vivify?
ing and refreshing quality, quite impos?
sible to describe, but very easy to ap?
preciate. Ilere must be the great sum?
mer sanitarium or cooling-off place for
Chicago and Milwaukee.-Harpers
Magazine for May.
About Jesse James.
His Wire and Children Kccipients of Chari
ty-BL* tiorscs l?ouyjht by a Circus-His
Slayers Sentenced to be Handed.
SEDALIA, Mo., April. 15.-A sub?
scription has been started for the bene?
fit of Jesse James's widow and two
children. It amounts to ?30(J, and it
is calculated that it will be increased.
Although James participated in rob?
beries thc plunder of which amounted
in value to ?263,768, it is claimed that
his widow has only about ?200 left.
She has received thc offer of a good sal
a ry to travel with a circus this summer.
Two of Jesse James' horses have al?
ready been sold for a circus. Mrs.
James, who is now living with her sis?
ter in Kansas City, has been repeatedly
solicifed to give a full account of his
life, but she says : 'There's one tiling
certain, what I do know of Jesse will
never be made public. I'll go to my
grave without telling anything.' She
adds that her husband was tired of a
bandit's life, and was anxious to settle
down-ou a farm, but they could never
live long in one place, as the officers
were always after them, vlf the officers
had just left Jesse alone,' she said, 'we
would have lived all right, and he would
have been an honor to his couutry.' .
Sx. Louis, April 17 -A report gain?
ed circulation here that the Ford broth?
ers, who killed Jesse James, were
hanged at St. Joseph this morning.
Inquiry proves this to be false, but elic?
ited tiie fact that the Grand Jury found
an indictment against them for murder
in the first degree this noon. About an
hour later the boys were taken into
court. They pleaded guilty, and were
sentcueed to bc hanged on the 19th of
May.
Despatches from Jefferson City say
that Gov. Crittenden has granted an
unconditional pardon to thc Ford
brothers.
r
Grand Lodge Knights of
Honor.
Tho Grand Lodge met again jester*
day. the business being of matters of a
nature relating to the order.
The information from all parts of th?
jurisdiction gives the gratifying fact
that the order is io a highly satisfactory
condition.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing term i
Past Grand Dictator-Dr. John 3.
Hughson of Sumter.
Grand Dictator-Colonel J. W Per*
rio of Abbeville.
Grand Vice Dictator-Professor-H.
0. Sams of Limestone Spnngs.
Grand Assistant Dictator-Colonel
A. Coward of ?orkviile
Grand Guide-Henry Kohn .?of
Orangeburg. 2
Grand Chaplain-Rev. ?. A. Buist
of Cheraw.
Grand Reporter-Rev. G< W. Hoi*
land of Newberry.
Grand Treasurer-Colonel J. ?.
Robertson of Abbeville. >?;
Grand Guardian--J. D. Maxwell jot
Anderson.
GrandaSentinel-M. & McSweeny ot
Hampton.
Grand Trustees-Captain W. R.'
Delgar of Sumter ; A. W. Mowry of
Charleston; M. F. Ansell of Greenville.
. Representative to Supreme Lodge
Colonel J. W. Perrin of Abbeville i
alternate, D. George Howe, Jr., of
Columbia.
Aiken was selected as the place .- of
next meeting of the Grand Lodge' ia
April, 1883.
Dr. George Howe, Jr.? of Columbia,
is thc State Medical Examiner.-Reg?
ister.
Guiteau's Kew Book.
Thc book upon which Guiteau has
been for some time engaged has just
been printed, and copies sent to various
representatives of the press. It ls- en*
tilled'The ?ruth and the Removal.'.
The first part is a repriot of the theolo?
gical argument published by Guitea?
some years since ripon the second com*
ing of Christ. The second part isa
summary and a criticism of the recent ??
trial, interspersed with quotations from
newspapers, io an appendix are col?
lected fifty or sixty letters of sympathy,
which the author says bc has received,
including more than thirty pages of'
communications from one young woman
in New York city, which bear varions
dates from December 26 to the day of
thcjjrisonerVconviction. In the pre?
face to the second patt of his book,&
! which bears the date of March 14, the'
I author says : 4If all ether remedies fal
I shall boldly appeal to the President
jor relief under my own hand/ Refer
n^gjojiis crime he says : 41 spit on
adverse opTnT?lr^?Pi^'TtrHj?^tr^ >-*?Y
I am right.v Garfield oa^t^^j^ff^
So it. If I ain murdered on the gal*
lows, this nation and the officials that
do it will pay well for it. It will be a
long time before the Amtgbty lets np -
on them. ? had rather go to glory in
June than to Auburn prison for life.'
Guiteau has sent'the following to ibo
agent of the Associated press i 'Mrs. [ -,
Frances M; Scoville, according to news*
paper report, impudently filed-^peti?
tion in Chicago for a conservators* roy
estate. The only estate I have is the
copyright of my books, 'The Troth*:
and 'The Removal' now in the press.
The absurhy of her pretension is appar?
ent from the fact that I do not live in Illi?
nois, and have not for nearly three
years ; besides I am not' a lunatic
This was officially decided on my trial.
The Seo villes are a nnisance and I
want nothing to do with them.
CHARLES GUITEAU.
j Wealthy New Yorkers sometimes.
I come to the South for surgical treat
j ment. Southern people, not so wealthy,
turn their backs on their own eminent*
practicioncrs and seek those at the
North. All sorts of a world, yon
know.
Mrs; S J. Gray, colored*, wife of
Rev. S. J. Gray of Lexington, Ky., :
who through her husband, sued the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad Company
for refusing her admittance to* tho
ladies1 car OD a first class ticket last
August, and placed the damages at
?50,600, was awarded a verdict of ono
thousand dollars in the United States
Court at Cincinnati, on April 19.
A homicide occured at T. J. Can
theu's mill, in the upper portion oi
Kershaw County, on Saturday last.
A difficulty took place .between Mr
Clark, the miller, and a man by the
name of Daniel Peach. It appears
that Peach was in liquor and boisterous
and attacked Clark with a knife, when
Clark seized a mallet and struck Peach
in the breast, killing him instantly.
Clark immediately surrendered himself
to thc Trial Justice. Peach wai about
40 years of age and leaves a fauiily.^
LancastcrLedjir, April 19.
Jack Wharton, the Louisiana Mar?
shal, who died suddenly the other day,.
\fas one of the rarest and most gifted ot
mortals. Ho was a hero of romance.
In early life, no man was more adven
tuous. The Confederacy had no bolder<,
chevalier. The world did not contain,
his equal as a conversationist and wit.
He turned Republican at the end of the
war, aud was rewarded for. it; but no
Democrat ever spoke an unkind word
against thc man whose head and heart
had nothing mean about them. He had
barely reached his 50th year ; but real?
ly, measured by action, lived a century.
Amena, the daughter of the chfef of
the Algerian revc:t, is the great beauty
of the Arab tribe?, She appears to bo
distinguished above all her rivals, not
i only for her loveliness, but for her ac*
I complishments likewise, being a poetess
j of no mean order, acd for her courage
! io the field, where she takes her placo
by her father's side aud gallops fearless
j ly on her Arab courser, as fleet and
j powerful as his own. The picture is
worthy of Horace Vern'ct, the French?
men say who have pursued the flying
i host under Rou Amena's command-*
the chief with his white bournous flying
behind him, and thc red and purple tas?
sels of his horse gear dancing in the
wind ; while the dark blue and white
striped veil of the girl, with ifrs goldL
border flashes in the sun as it floats ori?
beyond the ftng streaming tail of ber
flying steed.