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A New Trial for Aughtry. Strong Suspicions of His Guilt Wiil Not Do. COLUMBIA, April 10.-Augbtry has a new lease of life. He will be .given aootber trial by order of Judge Earle. It had been thought that the case was at an end, bat no one will complain that Augbtry has been given another chance to show that he is an innocent man. Wheo the Coart assembled this morning Judge Earle without delay ad? dressed himself to the motion for a new trial and explained his position iu these words: Well, Mr. Solicitor and gentlemen of the defence, in the case of Thomas <}. Augbtry I have given to this motion a most earnest consideration, indeed I have thought of little else, except when I am actually engaged in Court, since | the motton was made. I have rea^ and reread the testimony. I have tully digested all that has been said ob both ?ides. Io this State tbe jory are the judges of the fact, aod (he Court is the judge of the law, and where a jury has rendered a verdict of guilty the only j course left open to the defendant, so far as tbe facts are concerned, is to move for a new trial. If that motion be re? fused that is ao end of ?be matter. That is his last chance. The Supreme Court has only jurisdiction io matters of law. Io some other States upon a demur? rer to tbe evidence tbe Supreme Coart of the State review the testimony and determine whether or not the verdict is sustained by the testimony. Io this case twelve good aod true men have passed opon the questions of fact The Court was impressed with their intelli? gence and bas no doubt that they were entirely conscientious. This killing occurred at a recent date and the whole community naturally and properly has been wrought up to the highest pitch The public mind was scarcely in a con? dition to give to the case that cool and deliberate consideration a case of this kiod demands. Bow far should a Circuit Judge interfere with a jury, when the presid? ing Judge is satisfied that the jury was an intelligent jury, that the jory is con? scientious and that tbe jury have weighed all the testimony, aod so far as able have found a verdict accordiog to the evidence and the law as given to them ? How far shall the opinion of the Circuit Judge, if it should be contrary, if it should be interposed, interfere with their finding. It is a position of the greatest responsibility, because, as I have said, io this State there is no other tribunal that cao be appealed to, and so upon a motion for a Dew trial it devolves oo the Circuit Judge to say whether the mao should suffer death or not. That beiag the caa?- hts con? science compete him. if he does not concur with the jury, to say so. Now the weil established rule to cirou^asteotial e^idetce is that the cir? cumstances mast not only point to the guilt of the accused, that the circum? stances. uMist not only be consistent wirb the guilt of the accused, but absolutely inconsistent with any other responsible hypothesis of bis innocence. It is nos ioccDsistent with any reason? able hypothesis of his ioooceoce if it does cot establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt ; excludiog any other hypothesis tbao his guilt, which may be reasonable, theo circumstantial evi? dence fails. I cannot say io this case chat my mind is satisfied aod it devolves upon me, under th? law, if I do oot graot this sew trial, to sigo the sentence of death, aod if I should sigo it, oot con? curring with the jury, theo I would feel that I have taken part in a judicial murder. It bas bees said that it is better for ninety-nine guilty persons to escape punishment tbao for ooe innocent man to perish, aod I might add that it is better for the country that a murderer go un whipped of justice tbao that he be fouod guilty and sentenced to death where the proof fails to come up to that full measure which the law re? quires. Unquestionably the evidence io this case warrants the conclusion that it is highly probable that be is guilty. There are strong suspicions of his guilt, but 8troog suspicions will not do The maa who takes the lils of bis fel? low mao forfeits his own life, hut wheo the people- io their sovereign capacity undertake to say "your life shall be takes because you have taken the life of your brother," the people must be careful that his guilt be proven. If he is guilty the State must establish it, no matter what expense is attending a second trial ; DO consideration of trou? ble OD the part of the State can be con? sidered, because the majesty of the law must be vindicated. As long as I have the honor to preside over the Courts of South Carolina, whatever the opinion of others may be, ? shall never sign a sentence of death exeppt when my mind not only concurs with the jury in the guilt of the prisoner, but where it concurs that the guilt has been established beyond a reasonable doubt. Let the new trial be granted. ?-i ???. -- Addison's specialty was thc history of medals and coins, and he eagerly perused anything treating of this sub? ject. The sea-galley in tropical seas is very dangerous to bathers. One of these creature? fastened to the body cau*~s a pain so intense that swimmers have been known to faint ere they oould reach the shore. The pain has been compared to that of a very acute attack of inflammatory rheumatism. Liberty, Thc Pearl i _ i For Which Cubans are Pay? ing so Great a Price I ! TAMPA, FLA., April 10.-Lyceo ? Cubano was the scene of one of the ? ; most enthusiastic meetings to night | ever held here. The occasion is the ! celebration of the twenty sixth anni I versary, of the constitution of the Cuban republic. There were 3,000 I people present, including several i hundred ladies, who joined most heartily in the Remonstration. The I hall was packed with an eager throng. ! The street for nearly a block was ! thronged with Cubans and their friends and all around the building j I the people stood i:i great numbers The hall was gail}* decorated .with j bunting and national emblems. The j Cuban and American flags were gracefully wreathed about the pic? tures of Cuban patriots on the walis and on the stage Among those who had a place ou the platform were Ra? mon Rivero, president of the society, Dr. Valdes Dominguez Fernando Figueredo, leader of the party here, Enrique Callejo, Guallerio Garcia and Jose Herrera. Rivero, editor of Cuba, was master of ceremonies The speeches abounded with fiery patrio? tism and the reading of the proclama? tion of the republic in 1869 by Colonel Figueredo was continually interrupt? ed by applause. One speaker declared ..Spain would never take her hands off the throat of Cuba until her grasp was severed by the blood of Cuban courage." Another said: "The coming of Campos means the reestablishment of the regime of the revolution whose j anniversary this meeting is called to j honor Then garroted and shot the ; patriots, "outraged their wives and daughters and burned their hornes The same fate now hangs over the heads of our fair native isle and our blood kindred there. They* will be subjected to the basest cruelties ever heaped upon the head of a liberty loving people and they will be call? ed upon to wade through seas of blood, but over and beyond it lies the pearl of great price, liberty for Cuba. Let them do their worst, we are prepared for them. We have made up our minds fully to the great struggle and we are determined to win the freedom of Cuba and redeem her from Spanish bondage at any and every cost. When garroting and shooting and the outraging of our womeo and the burning of our homes begins, we shall pay them in kind for their hellishness. Mark you, we shall not begin these blood curdling outrages and shall only condescend to meet these devilish things on an equal footing when we are forced to do so by their own example." The speech was greeted with con? tinued applause. Other speeches were made by Sotero Alfonso, Nes? ter L. Carbonell, Edgardo Reina, Francisco Diaz, and a Spaniard, San? dalia Romaella One of the principal features of the evening was the speech of Miss Luisa Sanchez, a charming and intelligent blond. The speech was made ex tempore and her every movement was grace itself, while ber patriotic elo? quence raised a storm of enthusiasm in and around the hall. At the close of the meeting, the following resolutions were unani? mously adoped: Resolved, That the Cubans assem? bled in mass meeting, endorse the ac tiori of the councils in selecting Jose Marti as a delegate and Benjamin I. j Guerra as treasurer of the party, and j accord a vote of thanks to the secre I tary. Gonzalo de Queseda, for his j work through Florida in representa ! tion of the Cuban delegation, j The resolution was at once wired to Queseda in New York. Benjamin Guerra, the treasurer, is in the city, bot was unable to attend the meeting on account of illness. j Remarkable Accident to the Steamer Alvena. NORFOLK, VA., April 10.-The British steamship Alvena, Captain Dow, bound from Kingston to New York, with passengers and general cargo, arrived here last night, leak ing. It was learned that on the 8th, when in about latitude 31.04, longi tude 74.16, and with a heavy sea running, a large plate fell from the bottom of the steamer, and that the whole of the after compartments were soon full of water up to the second deck. Three steam pumps and one hand pump were at once put to work, but could not free the vessel. The passengers became excited, and it is said considerable praying was done. About 240 tons of the steamer's cargo, consisting of coffee, sugar and honey, was thrown over? board, hut even this did not seem to help the matter. The cargo jettison? ed is estimated to be worth $24 00.0 The boats were cleared away and provisioned ready for launching,, but fortunately were not called into use. The Alvena arrived here at \-' o'clock last night and is now anchor? ed off Atlantic City. Servia has 19,000 etjuar^ miles, and is as large as Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island com? bined, j A Kentuckey Traced1 G ashier Sanford Killed Senator Goebel. COVINGTON, KY , A pi il ll -S Senator W. P. Goebel shot and ed ("ashier Sanford of the Fan and Traders Bank, this afternoo: front of the First National Bani this city. Senator Goebel, act panied by' Attorney General F dricks of Kentuckey, and Fr Heirn, president of the First Nati< Bank, was en route to the bs When they reached the door, tl stood Sanford. He shook hands v Hendricks, uaing his left hand T he asked Goebel if he wrote an art attacking him. Goebel answei "I did/' Immediately Sanford fit the ball passing through Goeb trousers Quick as a flash Go? leveled his pistol and fired. To so, he had to place the pistol bene Helm's chin The ball crasi through Sanford's forehead, who in the doorway of the bank, bb ozing from his fatal wound. Hel chin was badly powder burn Great commotion prevailed instant the street and bank being well cnn ed at the time. During the confus Senator Goebel walked to the stat house and called up his brother, J tus, who is a tnembar of the firm Lowry & Goebel of Cincinnati, a ing him to come to Covington, he was in trouble. Senator Goe then emerged from the telephone t and addressing the lieutenant charge said : ''I wish to surreni myself 1 have shot and killed Jc Sanford." thief Goodson placed Goebel t der arrest, but allowed him to sit his private office. Senator Goe was calm at first, but later beca visibly excited At first ne refue j to discuss the affair, but under 1 j excitement, he finally gave his v I sion of it I "Here is the reason I ki led bin ! exclaimed the Senator, as he show ; where the ball of cranford's pistol h passed through his trousers, teari away a portion of cloth "Ile v. lying in waiting for me," continu the Senator. I saw him when I reac ed the gas office, about twenty fe away Irom the steps of the Fi National Bank. I was on my way the Citizen's National B?.nk with r friend, Hendricks As soon as I S? him reach for his revolver I reach for mine." President Helm and General H< dricks give very similar versions the tragedy The homicide grows out of a bu ness' and political feud of sevei years standing and was not a si prise Both were among Kentucky best men, being leaders in politic business and society Not since t famous Goodloe-Swope affair, Lexington, in which both of tho distinguished men died, has so d plorabie a tragedy occurred. It has created a State sensatio while locally, the greatest exc?teme prevails, as a continuation of the i feeling that made the murder pc 8i'ble is certain to result in mo bloodshed. For years, Theodo Hallam and Harvey Meyers, two the briglrtest lawyers in the Soul nave been the Democratic leaders this county. Goebel appeared on tl scene while they were at the zenil of their career and under the guise an anti-ring8ter, fought for prestig in the parly. He was frequently rt warded most generously and becam deservedly popular. Personal il feeling naturally resulted and it wi not confined to the leaders. Part sans sprung from every quarter. Sar ford was one of these and he espou? ed the cause of Hallam and Meyen Personal encounters and conventio fights were numerous. It is not a exaggeration to say that a hundre prominent citizens have constantl carried pistols for the past thre years, expecting an attack any mo ment. Besides t li is bitter feeling, Sanfon j and Goebel were rivals in business I Goebel is a director of the Citizen National Bank of Covington. an( I Sanford had for years been a directo ! and the cashier of the Farmers am Traders Bank. The men have been enemies since the two factions in politics began and there have been some bitter at? tacks and counter charges made by both men and their friends througfc the columns of the various Covington newspapers Last Saturday an article j appeared in a Covington paper called the Ledger, in which a bitter attack I was made upon Sanford . The head ? line of the article referred to Sanford in the most depraved language. The publication aroused Sanford and his friends, who declared that they would have satisfaction fron) the au? thor. It was generally said about the streets ol Covington that Senator Goobel was at least responsible for thc publication of the article and that neither he nor his friends took the trouble to deny the allegation It was even charged that Senator Goe? bel wrote the article Goebel is married and Sanford leaves a widow, a ?ister ot' the ta? ni'ms Tom Marshall. ?>t Kentucky, and several children, one a grown son, from whom more trouble is feared. Blairs pen and pencil tablets, stationery of all kinds, ink, pens, pencils, blank books, typewriter supplies, etc., at H. G. Usteen ? Co's., Liberty Street, next to Watchman i and Southron office. BY-AND-BY. What will ?t matter by-and-by, Whether my path below w.is bright, Whether ii wound through dark or light, Under a gray or polder sky, Wheo ? look back on it, by-and-by? Whit wi;l it runtier by-and-by. Whether, unbelped, I toiird alone, Dnohit)? my foot against -i stone, MirSitig the coarge of the angel nigh, Bidding me think of the by-and-by ? Whnt will it matter by-and-by, Whether with dnncing Joy I went Down through theyear3 with a gay content, Never believing,-nay not I ; Tears would be sweeter by-and-by ! What will it matter by-and-by, Whether with cheek to cheek I've lain Close by the pallid angel, Pain, Soothing tnysf.f through sob and sigh, -"All will be elsewise, by-and-by !'J What will it matter ?-Naught, if I Only am sure the wav I've trod. Gloomy or gladdened, leads to God. Questioning not of tbe how, the why, If I but reach Him, by-and-by. A M??Fschaam Pipe Cinch. "Talk about luck," said an actor, who is "at liberty," and likely to re? main so for the next five months, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. "I am the luckiest man you ever saw. I was in a joint in iMontreal last year and the bartender showed me a meerschaum pipe-a beauty, worth "'lou see,v said the barkeeper, 'there was a drummer in here from Buffalo and he went broke and p??t up thirteen pipes of this kind for his bill out of his sample case. I've got seven of them left, and if you'll give me ?7 I'll give you the lot.' "ito he showed rae the others, and I saw it was a snap ; so I borrowed ?7 and took the pipes. I put up the best one for raffle with our company, the first day the ghost walked, for $12, and one of the girls won it. As 6he didn't need a pipe she put it up again and got ten out of it, and I won the pipe back on a 50-cent chance. I raffled it off again the same day for $6, and had six pipes left Well, sir, you'd never believe it, but I cleared $37 off of those pipes the first two weeks out and kept this one." ile took out a dark and grimy meerschaum, with a broken stem and an amber mouth piece that smelled worse than a dead mackerel. "Got any smoking tobacco about you ?" he required. The brain is not affected by the movement? of the body, even though these are sometimes very* violent, be? cause it rests oo a basis of soft cushions between the bones of the spine. Many cultivators of the dahlia may not be aware that this flower, Damed after Dahl, a Swedish botanist, came very near being called "Georgia." in honor of our reigning family; probably it would have been bad not an Ameri J can state al-eady owned the oame. 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SUMTER S.C., j OTTO I f EITERS, WEOLESALE GROCER, AND LIQUOR DEALER, OFFICE AND SALESROOM: 1S3 East Eay, Charleston, S. C. Nov. 7. Sumter Institute For Womeii? rpBE TWENTY-SEVENTH COLLEGI J_ ate year of the Institute will begin September 11th 1S94. With its full corps of t-lhcient teachers ami high standard of schol? arship, it o?'ers advantages tor educatiug young ladies, equal to any Coiiege tor wo? men in this State. We intend that it shall grow in efficiency a< it grows in years, and thus command the continued ravor cf its patrons, and Commend itselt to ?he favor c? al! who have daughters to educate. Entire expenses for the year from Si50 to $200. For particulars applv to H. FRANK WILSON, President, July 4. Sumter, S. C.