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Morn that's night and night that's morn, Both a fio wer and a thorn. Sweet and bitter, bitter sweet, Line where joy and sorrow meet. ?Chicago ?nter- Ocean. Forger Wood. How He Worked the Town of Griffin, Georgia. Elected Captain of the Spaldivg Grays and Marries a Wealthy Lady?Bis Banking Scheme?The End, Atlanta Constitution. Griffin, Ga., is just now stirred op from centre to circumference* over tbe sudden and mysterious disappearance of one of her citizens. A full state ment of the coming of the party and his history while here is demanded by his conduct. In February, 1886, a tall, erect, prepossessing stranger, weak from ill health, walked into the Nelms House, and in a bold, free hand, wrote, . 0. Wood, Boston.' Mr, Wood had every appearance of a gentleman and was given one of the best rooms in the house. Mr. Wood soon began to make the acquaintance of the people and impressed all favorably. He showed clearly that he was a man of extraordinary intelligence, well read, and a man who had seen much of the world. He began to grow strong in health, and expressed himself so pleas ed and delighted with our climate that he had decided to make this his per manent home. He was elected a member of the Grantland Club, and was soon the leading society man of Griffin. The impression was made that he was very rich ; he was lavish with his money, discussed improve ! ments of different kinds with our : moneyed men, and expressed a will ingness and desire to put his money in sound enterprises. When spring came he purchased cue of the handsomest turnouts that ever rolled through the streets of Griffin, and the man or woman who was fortunate enough to ride out with Major Wood, as he was now called, was considered a favorite one, and was looked upon with envy by the less fortunate ones. Major Wood was now the petted favorite of society. No tea or dining was complete with out the presence of this entertaining and brilliant son of favoritism. He verily lived the life of a lord. He had hie servants, who went and came at his beck and call ; he had the free doni of the city, and was received and welcomed wherever he called. His star was at the zenith of its glory, and he floated graceiully aud quietly npon the wave of public favor. The fourth of July came and the Spalding Grays gave a barbecue. Major Wood was called upon for a speech, and made a pretty patriotic address. He said : 'For four years I carried the musket and haversack and wore the blue ; I met on many a Seid the boys who wore the gray, and stand here a living witness to your bravery, hero ism and patriotism. During the war I respected your devotion to the cause for which you fought, and while I then and now differ with you in reference to that cause, I yet honor you, and say that braver boys than those who wore the gray never went to battle." Many patriotic expres sions made by him had telling effect on the Spalding Grays, and in a short time they elected him captain, and the Spalding Grays, who for four long years fought for secession and state's rights, grounded their arms and elect ed a man who fought them in that sa cred cause their captain. Soon after this, the captain gave the company, and a few friends, an elegant banquet. The magni6cent plan apon which the banquet was arraugad was the sensa tion of the hour, and Capt. Wood was wafted higher upon the tide of pop ular favor. In the meantime Cupid had net passed the Captain by untouched. The piercing black eyes ?nd brilliant intellect of one of Griffin's wealthiest daughters had had its effects upon the Captain's heart. He was all devotion to this lady, and on the 31st of August, after only six months' resi dence in our midst, he had success fully cleared the course of all con tending rivals, and in the parlor of the young lady's father, as the sun was reddening the western skies he led his lady to the marriage altar and they were pronounced man and wife. They immediately too& the north bound train and left for an extensive tour through Europe. The day after the marriage was spor.t in Atlanta. The father of the bru had given her as a wedding present fave or six hun dred acres of the most valuable lands in the county, lying broadside of the city and almost entirely in native growth woods, valued at from ?40 to $50 per acre. While spending the day in Atlanta, Captain Wood mort gaged this land to the Corbin Bank ing company, for twelve hundred and fifty dollars. When the papers were sent here to be recorded, and became public news, the eyes of the Griffinites popped with astonishment. Why should the brilliant son of thousands of dollars mortgage his wife's bridal ; present. This transaction brought i out others of a questionable character, which had been shrouded in secrecy. It was learned that Wood came to Griffin with only one thousand dollars, that shortly afterwards he borrowed eight hundred dollars from an Atlanta getlemau with whom he had become intimate. He bad also got possession of a note from a lady here by repre senting that he and two moneyed men here were soon to start a bank and she could put this note, which was on a firm here, in as that much stock. After obtaining (he note Wood discounted the same at the bank here and got about seventeen hundred and fifty dollars on it. Dur ing this time Captain Wood was having erected on South Hill street a bqputiful house on one of the finest four acre lots in Griffin ; the grounds were being elaborately graded and terraced, house being built in the latest style, private water and gas works were being put in, and the score of workmen were busy finish ing the place for the reception of Captain Wood and his bride on their return from their bridal tour through the old world. The tour was made in the very best style, a colored valet was carried at the expense of fifty dollars a month, the best that Europe could afford was not above the ele gant taste of the newly wedded pair, and to them their tour was a happy honeymoon, ignorant and innocent of the change rapidly taking place in the public mind at home in reference to the bridegroom. In November the bridal pair return ed home. Their surprise was great when they found that the kuee that had bowed a few short months ago to the gallant captain had grown stiff, the friendly and cordial greeting that he was wont to receive had become as cold and chilled as the November air. Griffin had heard too much ; she wanted an explanation, she bad courted and favored, but the favored one had violated her confi dence. What was his explanation ? The captain and his bride were in dignant, grew themselves cold and indifferent to the opinion of the peo ple, and virtually said, "What has been done was our private affair, the world has nothing to do with it." short while after his return from Europe, the party from whom he bor rowed the eight huudred dollars and friends of the lady from whom he got the note, begun to press him for a settlement of these matters. He put off and delayed them, until threats of an exposure were made, when he finally sold the land that was given to his wife for twenty dollars an acre? Less than half its value. He paid the Atlanta man his eight hundred dollars, the lady'? note, and raised the mort gage given to the Corbin Banking Company. Wood tried to drive down the un favorable opinion with his handsome equipages and elegant and fashionable mode of living. His home was a per fect gem of beauty and comfort, everything that could be had to make a home attractive was procured, and public opinion to some extent melted. There were some who renewed their faith in the man and became his friends. To these he unbosomed hirase?f and exhibited letters, and papers to show that he was a man of considerable means and of high posi tion in Boston. His persuasive man ner told on these persons, and they Btrongly advocated the man. Others were still doubtful, while a few were open in their denouncement of the man as a fraud and adventurer. Matters went on this way until about the middle of May, when Wood announced through the press that he had organized a bank, to be known as the "Merchants' National Bank," with a capital of $200,000?that $150,? 000 had been put up by a Boston syn dicate and $50,000 by moneyed men here ; that all the stock bad been taken and takers need not apply. He pro cured a building and began to have it put in condition on a style that made people wonder. The finest and most elaborate furnitre and fixtures were ordered ; the building was to be reno vated from top to bottom, and as he said, "It would be the handsomest banking house in Georgia." During the preparation Wood went to the president of a private banking estab lishment there and iu the most suave manner offered to buy his bank. The banker said he would sell, and said he aeked $??\000 for the concern Wood said he would look into the matter and give him a reply. In a few day ? he returned and said he would accept the proposition, and in the most assuming manner said I will pay you two thousand dollars cash, and give you my note for the balance. Fortunately this getleman had not been one of the believers in Wood, and he deliberately rose, took Wood by the arm, carried him to the door and said : "Mr. Wood, I can get hundreds of my own people who would make the same proposition. Good morning, Mr. Wood." Wood continued preparations for his bank. About June 1st he went to two gentlemen, who were to be officers iu the bank and got two thou sand dollars from each of them, pro mising to issue stock for the same. To one of those gentlemen he gave a receipt, to the other he did not give a scratch of a pen, It is reported that he got six hundred dollars from another gentleman, making $4,600. He then left for Cincinnati to see the Hall Safe and Lock Company about the vault. That was three weeks ago last Thursday. On his arrival in Cincinnati he telegraphed here that he was called to New York. Since then not a word has been heard from II. ?. Wood. The most persist ent inquiry iu Cincinnati, New York and Boston fails to get a reply. In quiry to Boston disclose startling facts. The references given by Wood were fraudulent. H. O. Wood is not known in Boston. Although he claimed that the treasury department was ready to issue the bill for the new bank and exhibited a letter to that effect, the treasury department disclaims any knowledge of such a bank and says that no application for the establishment of the same has been made. II. O. Wood also forged the name of his father in-law to a note and obtained four thousand dollars on the same from the Gate City Na tional Bank in Atlanta. The conduct of Wood shows him to be a villain of the deepest dye. lie seems to have concocted a deep laid scheme to rob the people of Griffin for as mnch as possible. Not content with that lie hae ruined and blasted the lippes of a noble woman, wrecked and desolated a hap py home, financially involved an old man just tottering on the brink of the grave. The indignation of Griffin is at fever heat, and if hands could be laid upon the cold, calculating ras cal, that in one short eighteen months sowed ? mach disaeter and unhap piness in our midst, it would noi be a summer day for him. The wife and family are prostrated with grief, and loving hearts of our people go out to them in their Bad ness and depression. Unwritten History. Federal Plot to Kill Mr. Davis During the War. Two Convicts Released ly the Gover nor of Pennsylvania and Paid to Assassinate the President of theCon federacy?Mr. Garrett Secured Mr. Davis* Release from Prison. Baltimore, July 9.?The Morning Herald of this city will publish to morrow a six column contribution, giving an account of recent important interviews, with Jefferson Davis. In these interviews, Mr. Davis, among other things, charges that the Federal Government conspired during the late war to have him assassinated. On this subject Mr. Davis said: 'While the Confederate Government was at Mont gomery, Ala., in 1861, I received an anonymous letter from Philadelphia, the substance of which was that the Governor of Pennsylvania bad released a noted desperado from the penitentiary on the condition that be would go to Montgomery and assassinate me, with the promise of a reward of $100,000 if he succeeded ; that after his release the man stated that he could not prob ably succeed alone, and gave the name of another convict, a character like himself, with whose assistance he felt sure of success, and the second convict was released to go with the first. About the time when this letter was received I was going from my office to my residence I observed a -'AN SQUATTING DOWN on the brick ?".?1 which was about three feet high, and upon which the paling of the yard rested. Walking rapidly, I had gone a few steps before the posi tion of the man so impressed me as induced me to go and look after him. Then, walking back toward the corner of the fence behind which he was crouching, I saw him looking over the wall toward the gate through which I was expected to enter, but as I reached the corner he jumped up and ran toward the rear of the lot, upon which my residence stood where there was an alley. I followed him rapidly, but when I had reached the alley he had disappeared. The only way in which he could have escaped appeared to be through the gate which led into my stable ; thither I went and found my servant in the lot throwing down bay, who, upon inquiry, denied that anybody had come there. He was a servant I had reared, in whom as E afterward learned I had misplaced confidence. Accepting his statement as true and making a fruitless, search elsewhere the hunt was abandoned, but the warning received was not forgotten. The Commissary General, Colonel Northrop, my friend and old army comrade, soon thereafter went with me by rail to Richmond, and was on the alert during the whole trip for the reap pearance of the assassin. I sent TUE ANONYMOUS LETTER referred to to Hon. William B. Reed, of Philadelphia, asking him to make such inquiry as would verify*or disprove its allegations. If he ever replied I do not know, as communications were closed soon after that. While in Rich mond it was my habit to ride out often in the evening to visit the defensive works we were constructing around the Capital. On one occasion, accompanied by my aid, Col. Wm. Preston Johnston, I bad ridden across Gills creek, and was going up the hill, when a rifle ball whizzed just behind 'me and in front of Col. Johnston, who was riding by my side, a little in the rear. Warning him to seem as if nothing had occurred, we rode rapidly around an unoccupied house, from which it was thought the shot must have beeo fired, and from which we could see distinctly the ground over which any one must have fled, if after firing he bad taken to flight. NO ONE WAS VISIBLE. After returning to the city in the evening Col. Johnson went to the city provost marshal, who sent out some men more skillful than we had been to make a further search in the bouse. They found in the upper story some planks cut out of the floor so that they could be removed, and underneath that found a man with a rifle, who gave a lame account of himself as hiding there to avoid conscription. His story of be ing employed at a bakery in the city was found to be, upon inquiry, unfounded. Next morning I was notified that the man, with a liberal retainer in gold, bad employed a lawyer to sue oat a writ of habeas corpus. Aware that though circumstantial evidence might produce moral conviction, that he would proba- I bly be discharged in compliance with the writ, and that as the man was of the proper age and physical vigor for a sol dier. 1 directed him to be sent to Gen- j eral li?e at Petersburg with an explan-1 atory note and the hope that he would be put in the front line to stay the bail intended for a better man. What be came of him I never learned.. Matters of large importance engrossed the atten tion of Gen. Lee as well as of myself. On another ocension, returning from an afternoon ride with my aide, Col. Joe, R. Davis, just as we entered the suburbs of Richmond A StIOT WAS FIRED from behind a high garden wall at very close range, but without effect. Wo rode up to the wall, and by rising in our stirrups looked over into the garden, but uo person could be seen. It was twilight and the shrubbery afforded some means of concealment and escape. There were many reasons before the Dahlgrcen raid for believing that efforts inconsistent with the rules of war, as practiced by civilized nations, were made to secure the assassioation, especi- ! ally of the President, and to acquire in- j formation by spies, resident and transi tory, and that large rewards wore offer ed for murder. On one occasion, when I was known to be travelling on the railroad to the army, information was brought by a lady, who had OYcrhcad a conversation in a barn, that obstructions* were to be placed on the track, and the information was veri?ed by. a detach ment Bv?t who found obstructions and some soldiers secreted in a barn near to the place where the train was expected to be wrecked." Mr Davis gives his moves and politi cal status in 1861, and claims that he never was a disunionist, but that the Northern Senators rejected at that time every proposition that promised pacifica tion. He refers to B. F. Butler voting for him fifty-seven times at Charleston, S. C, as a candidate of the Democratic party for President to prevent disunion, and declares that he did not desire to be President of the Confederacy, but took "prompt and, as he thought, adequate means to prevent it.,} After bis election and inauguration > at Montgomery, all bis efforts were di 1 reoted towards securing for the seceding , states a peaceful separation, though he never thought of going back in the Union to escape the last resort to the arbitrament of arms. Mr. Davis is eloquent in bis praise of Generals Albert Sidney Johnston, Lee, Jackson, and A. P. Hill. He says A. . Johnston had -no peer on either side during the war, if he ever had in American history, and his loss to the Confederacy was irreparable. Gen. Lee was hie associate and friend at West Point, with Leonidas Polk and James B. Magruder, and there never was aught but harmony between them. Speaking of the seven days battles around Bichmond, Mr. Davis says Gen. Lee CONCEITED AND EXECUTED the desperate plan to turn the flank and rear of McClelland army, and added that the failure to annihilate the Feder al army was due chiefly to the fact that General Lee had no map of the country below Kichmond, and that his enemy moved in ignorance of the conntry and with guides, who, for the most part proved themselves utterly inefficient He says that Gen. Lee's object in the retreat from Petersburg in the last day ? of tbc war was to reach Danville aiad then unite with Johnston and crash Sherman before Grant could join him. He declares that McClellan and Mcadc were the two best Federal Generals, and if the former had been permitted to car ry out his campaign against Kichmond as be had planned it, and had received the hearty sapport of the Federal War Department, it would have resulted dis astrously to the Confederates. Speak* ing of Stonewall Jackson, he said nobody expected that this quiet Professor, when he left the Virginia Military Institute, would have an opportunity to show the great qualities he possessed and become the great hero of the war. Had he not fallen at Chancellorsville, Mr. Davis says, the Federal Army of the Potomac would have disappeared into history un der circumstances far different from those which marked its dissolution two years later. He says of A. P. Hill, that no truer, more devoted, self-sacri ficing soldier ever lived. Mr. Davis and his family are warm in their praise of the late John W. Gar rett, and confirmed Garrett's statement made before his death of how he secured Davis* release from Fortress Monroe, which is as follows : Garrett stated on one occasion that Russell, a distinguish ed lawyer of Wheeling, W. Va , who bad been in the Baltimore and Obio Railroad Company's employ, and who had been a delegate to the Charleston Democratic National Convention, came to his office at Camden station, and sent in bis card. At that time he was en gaged with a large delegation, which kept Russell waiting for an hour and a half. In time he went out to meet Rus sell, who introduced him to a LADY riEAVILY VEILED, who proved to be Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Garrett apologized for keeping the party so long waiting and said if be had known the lady was present he would bave been more prompt. Mrs. Davis told Mr. Garrett she had just arrived from Fortress Monroe, where her husband was closely confined in casemate, and that unless he was re leased be would die. She said she was informed that Mr. Garrett had great influence with Stanton and she wished him to see him for her. She desired Mr. Garrett to go to Washington with ber but Mr. Garrett replied : "No, yon had better remain here until I go first." She promised to do as requested, and remained with the late John S. Git tinge. Mrs. Davis in her interview with Mr. Garrett laid before him all the difficulties she had to contend with to secure her husband's release. Among other things, she said McCul lougb, S?cretary of the Treasury, on his way home from Fortress Monroe had said that Garrett could count on him to aid him in hie efforts to obtain Davis' release. Garrett started for Washing toe, immediately upon his arrival there called on McCuIlough, and, after stat ing the nature of his business, told him that he intended to see Secretary Stanton about obtaining the release. McCuIlough was thunderstruck with amazement, and said it was preposter ous to think of doing anything with Stanton. Garrett told McCuIlough what Mr. Davis had said, about his proffered aid which he attempted to deny or evade. Finally, it was agreed that tbey should go over and lay the subject before At torney General Stansbury. Upon the arrival at his office, McCuIlough was about to introduce Garrett to Stausbury, but the latter stopped him by saying he remembered Garrett very well, as they had met before. McCuIlough then narrated tho Dature of their busi ness, to which Stansbury replied that be had sect: STRANGER TIHX'OS DONK, and coniti see now no objection to the plan proposed. After talking the mat ter over Garrett, contrary to the advice of bis associates, said be would go and see Secretary Stanton, who wai> at home j sick, and it was said could not be seen j by any one. He told the two gentle men to wait for his return as he intend ed to sec Stanton, who they said would be furious at the mention of Davis* name, Garrett drove to Stanton? I house, seut up his card and was admit ted. He found the War Secretary lying on a I gunge loo ill to ri*e up to greet him. Garret stated his business, when Stanton prew furious. He told Stanton that two-of ihc Cabinet officers were willing for the release of Davis upon his eseca ting sufficient, bood, and that President Lincoln was waiting to receive the order from his War Seere- j Ury t?eiv>"e executing it. Ourrett ; pleaded for Davis, whom he regarded asa dying man, and stated that the country would applaud his act. Finally Stanton agreed that be would not raise ! any objections if the Attorney General ! arranged for the release of Davis. Garrett went back to his waiting asso ciates, who were astonished at his suc cess. The preliminaries were aranged, he offered bail, and the character of the bondsmen came up for discsBsion. Garrett proposed Horace Greeley, who Stansbury agreed to accept with others. Finally Stansbury said that Charles O'connor, Davis' councel, would have to come to Washington to arrange the terms of the ex-President's release. Stansbury said he would not make any advances to O'connor, as he had published some very objectionable articles about the release of Davis, and had taken very high constitutional grounds upon the subject. Garrett returned to Baltimore and reported to Mrs. Davis the result of his trip, which gave her great satisfaction. It was agreed that she should get O'Con nor to come to Garretti boose on the following night which she accomplished. Prese ott Smith, who was a favorite with Greeley, was sent after him, and he came to Baltimore on the samo night when the whole matter was arranged. Mr. Davis was taken from Fortress Monroe to Richmond, and by the efforts of Garrett, was quartered at a hotel un til the preliminaries for his discharge were arranged in the United States Circuit Court. Mr. Davis says be has no wish to enter public life, but is deeply solicitous for the welfare and prosperity of the whole country, and says the only disturbing element to be discerned now are the efforts of extrem ists of the North to keep alive for po litical purposes the animosities and hatreds of the past. He says he thinks the time has come when reason should be substituted for passion and when men who have fought in support of their convictions shall be able and willing to do justice to each other. Fine Wedding Notice, A young man from out in the Pan handle came down to Austin last week to marry Miss McNeester, daughter of Gen. McNeester, who suddenly struck it rich while herding his cattle on the public lands. The McNeesters were not going to do things on halves, so tbey had a swell supper, and invited the reporters. Next morning one of the daily papers, among equally florid sentences; and paragraphs, contained the following ; The jellies were pure amber and agate masses of quivering, delicious, translucent sweetness, catching the scintillating rays of chromatic showers as they were flung from the transfigur ing prisms of the daxzling chandelier, and made the perfumed air rosy and violet as they seemed to hold them a moment in their tremulous embrace be fore darting them forth on the assem bled beauty and chivalry.' Gen. McNester with the bridegroom, met the reporter next morning and said : 'Young man, did you write this beer notice of the wedding V I?ah !?let me see Y said the re porter, in doubt as to the object of the inquiry. He was an old Texas reporter, and knew he had better leave a loop hole for emergencies. *0, you needn'ter deny it/ said the General, while the groom blushed : 'It's the finest thing ever written up, and Fra going to bave the tailor tc make you a fine suit of clothes.' 'An, Fm goin'to send you a boss an'a par o'spurs* an' a six-shooter?a reg'Iat gentleman's outfit/ said the delighted groom. mm o ? * 4?? A Bride Frightened to Death by a Drum. On the 4th of last May Mr. Deroy Deaton, living near Enochville, Rowan county, was married to an estimable young lady o? tbc neighborhood, and io a few day.? thereafter the couple paid a visit to friends at Mooresville. On the night following their arrival at that place some of the friends of the couple concluded to serenade them, and at a late hour repaired to the house where they were stopping. One of the serenading instruments was a drum, which, when the serenade began, was thrust through an open window of the roc?n in which the couple were sleeping and beaten violently. The shock cauecd by the unexpected event was too great for the nervous system of the young wife, and she was thrown into spasms from sheer fright. Every effort has since been made to restore ber to her usual health, but she gradually grew worse until last week, when she died, and was buried at Enochville. Weds a Chinaman. A dispatch from New Haven. Conn , says: Van Phon Lee, of Fragrant Hills, China who graduated with high honors at Yale's last commencement, was to-day united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Maud Jerome, a New Haven heiress The ceremony was quietly performed at the residence of the bride's mother, 34 Gilbert avenue, by the Rev. Dr. Twitchcll, of Hartford. Yan Phou Lee first came to America in 1S73, and resided for fivo years at Springfield, after which lse came to New Haven and epent four years in the Hop kin's grammar school, entering Yale in the class of'SI. At the end of his frc6hmau year he was ordered back to Chiua by the government, which had sent him and other sons of prominent Cbincso residents to America f<?r an education. Before returning to his na tive land Miss J?r?me had fallen fu love with him and the couple were engaged. The Chinaman became tired of home and surroundings, and at the first op [ port unity he ran away, and finally reached New Haven and his sweetheart. He again entered Yale in the class of ?S87, and greatly distinguished himself throughout his college course. This wedding is the first on record in New Haven where a Yankee girl has married a Chinaman, and the event excites con siderable comment.. After a wedding trip to JVarraganset Pier, Mr. and Mrs. Yan Phcn Lee will reside in New Ha ven,-the groom inteudiog to eater the joursalrstfc Selci. Our State CoRtef?aporaries. William$buTg ?erald. Capt. 6. R. Tilloiao bas accepted the invitation of the Williamsburg Agricul tural Society to address them. The meeting will be held Wednesday. 27th inst., and those who attend may expect to be entertained for the Captain is cer tainly an interesting speaker. Chester Bulletin. W. H. Parker of Abbeville, made last year on a two-horse farm, by ?ot?a! weight and measurement, ?l bales of cotton, 266 bushels of corn, 600 bushels of cotton seed, 5,000 pounds of fodder, 7,000 pounds of elover hay, 35,000 pounds crab grass hay, 2,000 pounds mtlo maize, 240 dozen shocks of oats, 10 bushels of barley, 35 bushels of peas, 100 bushels of sweet potatoes and 20 loads of shucks* Who can beat that record ? Mr. Parker says that his crop at this time is as Cne as the land will bear. He makes his own manure and is a model farmer as well as ? capital law yer. . Abbeville Mediata. If our laws are so framed aa not to be understood by the majority of people it is the patriotic duty of every good citi zen to search for a remedy. Perhaps a radical change is necessary. If so, nothing short of a constitutional con? vention will be able to bring relief. The organic taw of the State must be chang ed. All the patchwork We may supply cannot set matters right. We have too much machinery for one small body politic. The Constitution may suit larger and more populous States, but it Is calculated to make oar commonwealth top-heavy and hard to pilot. Such a convention would cost a great sum of money, but in the end we could save an enormous amount of expense annually. We could do this by destroying manj useless and unnecessary offices. Then the whole body of our statutes could be overhauled and simply arranged. Our courts being organised and the i?ws abbreviated, there would be no further cause for dissatisfaction. The Supreme Court has decided that in order to remove the trial of a case from one trial justice to another, an afi davit must be made setting forth the grounds of belief why the party cannot obtain a fair trial/. In consequence of this decision an affidavit Was recently made before a trial justice of this county assigning ?s a reason why the party did not believe he could get a fair triai, that the trial justice was completely under the control of the prosecutor, would seek his conviction regardless of the law aod evidence, and that the said prose cutor, in his ambfticn io be known, as the hero of prohibition in the vicinity, would use frrs influence over the trial , justice to the great danger of deponent's rights and liberties. We don't think the Supreme Court has properly con strued the law. At affjr rate both the person making the affidavit and the trfal justice are placed iu a very un pleasant dilemma. Columbia Record. Captain B. R. Ti 11 m an, in a public address last summer stated that he was , 'under bond to Captain Dawson' not to oppose the Citadel Academy. Is the News and Courier 'under bood to Cap tain Tillman* to fight for the establish ment of the proposed agricultural col lege ? ? Winnsbcro Herald. Senator Butler has been spoken of as a probable successor of Secretary Damar in the interior department io the event that the latter is appointed to fill the vacancy on the Supreme bench Caused by the death of Mr. Justice Wood. A more suitable selection of a successor to Mr. Lamar could hardly be made. Sen ator Butler is one of the ablest of South ?era Senators. Naturally endowed with splendid talents he has also the advan tage of many years of experience ?n public life. His elevation to the Cab inet will give satisfaction to the whole country, and especially to the more intelligent who feel a pride in thejper sonnel of the Executive, and wish to seo it represented by our ablest men. Laurensville Jlercld, July 15. Our town bad a brand-new sensation last Monday. We occasionally read of such occurrences in large towns and cities, but this episode was as unexpect ed as it was sudden in our usually quiet and confiding borough, where the gen eral rule is to regard every man honest and upright until he proves to be other wise. Perhaps it would be well to re verse the rule, at least, occasionally. But to the sensation aforesaid : A young, pretty, well-drcseed female arrived on the North-bound train of the G. L. & S. Road, on the evening referred to. She hailed from Augusta, and inquired for one S. G. McDaniel, formerly a section master on said road, but recently pro moted to a conductorship on a material traiu. She went at once to the resi dence of Mrs. Nelson, a widow lady of this place, where, to the astonishment of tbc latter, the newly arrived lady an nounced herself as the wife of said McDaniel, to whom she was married about seven years ago. She said she eloped with him at the age of 15, and was married in Augusta, Ga., and to whom she had borne two children. The recreant husband left ber, she said, about two years ago, just before the birtli of her last child, and she had not seen hiui since She said she cared nothing for McDaniel, who had &o heartlessly deserted her and her child ren, but she was determined, if possi ble, to hare her little daughter, whom her cruel husband, had, by treachery obtained possession of. She said she was left entirely dependent upon her own exertions for the support of herself and children, aud had been employed in . the Sibley Mills for some time past. | She was born and raised in Kdgeficld County, and is the daughter of L. G Swcarcngen, she stated. McDaniel had been regarded very favorably here, and some four or five months ago married Miss Kffio Nelson, a highly respected young lady; a daughter cf th* widow- lady before re ferred to. Wife No. 1 called upon-Trial Justice Hunt' while here, and swore out a war- i r&ut for the arrest of McDaniel. The warrant was placed in the hands of Con Stable Monroe, who left here ea Tues day morning last in quest of the;.?&(?[ married t?in; who was found, we learn^ somewhere ?n the Savannah Valley Railroad, but that after his arrest made his escape. It is to be hope? l?^^te may yet be apprehended, and punished in accordance with his offense. ,. Since the above was put in type life are able to announce that J5c?>a??el ** re-capttftcd yesterday at B?cS&ff?efe, and was brought to this place to-day, Thursday, and has been committed lo ? Slanderous Speech. WalUrboro' Star. Mr. S. L. Withers o? ^air?ele! County a recent graduate of the South' Carolina Co??ege, is credited w?tfr having made use of the. following language itt his valedictory adar?s? . bef?r? the Euphradian Society of that College ; It is now very difficult to ?ang a white man in South Carogna fot kilt ing another whHe maii, but it is impos able to hang one for killing a negro.. This is justified by saying that he is only a negro/ This language would sound perfectly natural coming frot?' John Sherman or cue of hie ilk, but of a native Carolin ian we expected something better If Mr. Withers had been at heart an enemy of the white peo0e o? South Carolina it seeu?s that feelings of grat itude towards t?'e people who had coo* tributed so largely towards his educa tion would have staid his tongue ere it ga^e utterance to" such a vile slander. We ?r? reminded of the serpent that turned and struck the hand which had warmed it baca to fife; But it is possible that Mr. Withers did not ?naerst?nd the full force of the language which he used. If not tb is is a harsh criticism. . If he d?o* not , mean what-h e said it is his duty to him eH and to the St?t? wfc?cBr educated him to s?y so as early as possible. Greenville News. The New York World and Tribune were the two newspapers of the country : that found fault in Mr. Cleveland's let ter to the mayor of St. Louis declining to visit that city. Tircy hfar? now gained an ally In the New berry ?bser vet. The Observer Suds that the (tond Army men who objected to the presi dent's presence had much right on their side, and that the president's, tetter is undignified, in bad taste and in bad judgment. In matters of taste there ; is no disputation. In matters of fact the record -may be safety appealed to. The Observer finds th? president's letter 'petulant/ An accusation was never made with less foundation -of j truth. We challenge the Observer to show one word or line in the fetter in dicative of ill temper, anger or passion, or to confess that it has m?d? a state ment exactly contradicted by. the facts. Mr. Cleveland is charged with* ?ri?&hi^ into the newspapers/ whereas bis letter . was addressed and sent to Mayor Frauds and given to the press by him:. As well as we can understand the theory of the Observer, ijt re that the president of the United States in with ' drawing his acceptance of a hospitable ? invitation given him by twenty thou* 1 sand American citizens should have expressed bis withdrawal in a curt note* of ten lines after extracting from the person to whom it was sent an affidavit of secrecy. The vast majority of the newspapers and people of this country believe the letter to be a model of fairness, good temper and dignity, whib a" scorching rebuke to the rowdies whose bad con duct caused it to be written. We fear our friend the Observer Has been so I blinded by its opposition to some elf? meets of the president's policy that It denies him the justice given' htm* by his bitterest enemies, and is witting to be wrong for the sake of saying HI natored things about him r" Or; t'krt ft? its eagerness to be conspicuous ft ut ready to be absurd. It Won't DoV Temperance Worfef. A goodly number of our people, church members at that, hoitoit?f tte Hevc high license is the most effectual way of bringing about temp?rance re form. As we see it, the best w?y to* prevent drunkenness is to remove the drink. In fact this is the only way it can be done. High license lias no tendeticy 5 that direction whatever. It legalizes what suoniti ancf m\ffit he exterminated in order to bring refor mation. If high license decreased the. num ber of Saloon, which however it doe? not, it does not follow necessarily that less drinking will be the restitt. In Chicago the home of high license wc find in one ward iwV) hundred saloons or one to every 2S; votera. In another ward, one foif ?very 27 voters, while still hi cfnot?rcr one sa loon for every 14 voters. It will not do there, here ?or cf?ewhere?Prohi bition is the oirly sure remedy. ??ews ?tems; Tkc South Carolina cofo?y fa Birci-* ingh?m i3 now about five hundred* strotrg and air arc doing well*. Mr. J. P. Hunter sold' tvfo Hundred; and twenty watermelons [u Florence on' the 2nd insti, for $00. His crop paw* him fairly. The Springfield (Ohio)' Tories ort Thursday of last week published two* column:? of presidential preferences; jbt prominent citizens' of that city.- The list shows t?p the fact that one hundred and one are for Blaine, sixty-six for John Shciman and two for Forafrer. Primus W. Jones, of Georgia, as' usual, pu the first bale of cotton ?h* market this year. Se ginned it Tucs^ day, the 5th of July. He ssys he does it in this way : Be gets up at three a*m? a half o'clock every morning ?nd* is t?i? hardest wor?rc? man in the State. Ho uses the intensive system, manures heavily, rrftd saves his first picking for seed. This year he has $0(> acres <f early cotton and ft Was from' this he g't his first bale, fskfng a liolr here and there as it opefied. The ?ft?c was sold at auction on the New York Exchange last Saturday for 20 cents. The grade was poor and its market vartre nine to ten ee*u.