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\ THE_DNION TIMES. I UNION, S. C. PALMETTO POINTERS. 'INTERESTING ITEMS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. Hard Times iu Beaufort. i The Beaufort correspondent of the (Columbia State says : We are without .doubt undergoing the most stringent (financial depression that bus been experienced iu this section since the war. The times are harder than ever during ;tha period that followed the August ' 1 ti ??1 ?t vj LiuiJCt i iitiu 11 mi ?iv ivai ^ uut vi ^ money to relievo embarrassments thau / at any time resulting from nntural disasters by earthquake or by wind and 'storm. Tko groat industries that the ( ^ 'phosphate mines created are suspended f aud loss of circulation from the cm- 1 ploymeut of labor has caused such a ' Iscarcity of money that all business and ' emploj-ments aro paralyzed, aud there iis suffering among a eln6s of people that have everything tu buy t?ud nothing to buy with, The agricultural pop- 1 ulation and the comparatively poorer classes aro better off' than those who 1 have unremuuerative properties and 1 calliugs and occupations and professions that can get uo money either as 1 private creditors or as creditors of the 1 courts. A great many people who have 'properties find it dfficult to raise 1 'money to pay their taxes. The small 1 taxpayers have been able to raise their i pittances for tho public trensury, but ithe larger taxpayers can only do so at great sacrifice. As a consequence tho i fre'ditors of tho courts have to wait for heir money, and they are a class also fin great straitH. Tho outlook for the 1 resuscitation of tho phosphate industry [is gloomy on account of the low price vx x wvn. x uu it ui no ?i x. \tvnu and tho mills are hardly working. Tho cotton crop has bcon a good one, but 1 the prices aro low. Fortunately the provision crops have been abundant and the negro farmers are the least sufferers. ] A Harrowing Occurrence. i A very burrowing occurrence is reported from near Yemassee, the details of which uro most sad and distressing. Mr. W. C. Webb, the telegraph oper- > rator nt Unit station, quite a line, i steady young man, had married sonio i years ago a Miss Hicks, to whom he was tenderly devoted. A short timo ago she died under distressing eircum- i stances. The disconsolate husband refused to bo comforted and lost his reason from grief. Tuesday night ho * suddenly quit home and the family, < who had anxiously watched his demented condition, became alarmed and ' weut in search for him. After an ineffectual hunt, with their w'orst fears for his safety being exited, they re- i paired to the cemetery, where the re- i mains of his w ife were interred. There they were confronted, in the early dawn, by a spectacle that was enough to curdle tho blood of the most inscusibles Reaching thegrave, they found the wretched, demented husband down in the freshly-lilled grave, his body naked and begrimed with mud and dirt, where he had been all night, diggong out the looseued earth with his hands until he had well-nigh reached tho casket iu which were encased his beloved wife. It was with ditlicnlty they could tear him away from tho spot, while uttering the most heartrendering screams that portrayed the depth and measure of his woes. Ho was taken to Charleston for treatment. - A Klre in Kershaw. The new hotel building fit Kershaw, owned by I>r, Ilaile, and which was being pushed to completion for Cant. Benton's occupancy, was burned Wednesday morning. Also Mr. L. i\ Stratten's residence, near by, was burned. The Ilaile building was nearly finished. It was a twelve-room, two-story building. ('apt. Benton was to eommeuce moving to-morrow*. Dr. Ilaile, who occupied a room in the w'ug of the house, escaped undressed. He lost some valuable furniture and lilies. Mr? St rat ten had been sick for over two weeks, but was taken out and carried to Col. Ashe's, across the street, ami a part of their furniture w as saved. The loss is probably $ Id'00. Dr. Ilaile had about-SI,o00 insurance and Mr. Strattcn r>l"0 or jCulo. The general impression is that it was the work of nil incendiary. To tio to I.Iberia. The Newberry correspondent of the Charleston Xews.v Courier says: About one thousand dollars have been sect by tworrni it fit iklVtlit 11 < ' 1111 f i tii till rolniwo ?-O" " o ? " l v i passage t?> Liberia. How many negroes are goiug from Newberry cannot bo determined, but many of them are in an unsettled state of feeling on the suffrage question and do not know whither to turn. I'etitioned Congress. Three hundred and seventy-four citizens of Lancaster county have prorented to Congress, through Senator "Lodge, a petition for an investigation of the elections in this State. -4??A Christmas Dinner. T*!e penitentiary authorities gave tlie 400 convicts a big Christmas dinner and allowed tin in a day lor 1'iolie. Southern Kailroud Kami rigs. 'lie* S lUlhern Kill way reports for No tier gr earning < of .7 I ,s7ii.:tii t, an lie-re1 ? of 7S'-.7.I"> : e\!'i :ises aid taxes 7 1. 1<> 1 .-'10, in-reii-.e 7717, aiel net eariiiiigsi.il iTU'.',Pit, iiii're?is.> 7 Mi.'.'sT : am! from .h !v l-t i-. N iv ii m-r :ni:li. gr..,s earning- a sji, 111 rea.se 7a41,iy*.?. THE NEW CONSTITUTION THE LAW THE PEOPLE MUST NOW LIVE UNDER. i DOCUMENT WEIL WORTH KEEPING. Tire Full Text of South Carolina's New Organic Law c.s Adopted. I ARTICLE IV. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Section 1. The supremo executive authority of this State shall bo vested iu u chief magistrate, who shall bo styled "the governor of the State of South Carolina." Sec. 2. The governor shall be elected by the electors duly qualified to vote for members of the house of representatives, and shajl hold his office for two years, and until his successor r-hall be chosen and qualified, aud shall bo reeligible. He shall bo elected at the first general election held under this Constitution for members of the general assembly, ami at each general election thereafter, and shall be installed during "10 first session of the said general as mbly alter his election, on sncli day us sha'l bo provided by law. The other State officers-elect shall at the same time enter upon the performance of their duties. Sec. 3. No person shall bo eligible to the office of governor who deniesthe existence of the Supreme Being; or who at the time of such election has not attained the age of 30 years; and who shall not have been acitizen of the Uuited States and a citizen and resident of this State for five years next preceding the day of election. No person while governor shall hold any office or other commission (except iu tho militial under the authority of this State, or of any other power, at one iitid the same time. See. 4. The returns of every election for governor (-hall be sealed up by the boards of canvassers in tlio respective counties anil transmitted by mail to the seat of government, directed to the secretary of state who hIiuII deliver them to tho speaker of the house of representatives at the next ensuing session of tho general assembly; and duplicates of said returns shall be tiled with tho clerks of tho court of said counties. It shnll be the duty of any | clerk ot court to forward to tho secretary of stato a certitied copy of said returns upon being uotitied that tho returns previously forwarded by mail have not been received at his office. It shall be the duty of the secretary of Btate, after the expiration of seven days from the day upon which tho votes have been canvassed by the county board if the returns thereof from any county have not been received, to notify the clerk of court of said county, ami order a copy of the returns tiled in his office to be forwarded forthwith. The secretary of state shall deliver the returns to the speaker of the house of representatives, at the next ensuing session of the general assembly-; and during tho lirst week of the session, or as soon r.s the general assembly shall have organized by the election of the presiding officers of the two houses, the speaker shall open and publish them in the presence of both houses. The person having the highest number of votes shall be governor; but if two or more shall be eipial, and highest in votes, the general assembly shall ilnrinc same aession, in the house of representatives, elioose one of them governor, viva voce. Contested elections for governor shall bo determined l?y the general assembly in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. Sec. r?. A lieutenant governor shall be chosen at the name time, in the same manner, continue in ollice for thesaine period and be possessed of the same qualifications as the governor, and shall, ex-ollicio, be president of tin- senate. Sec. ?!. The lieutenant governor while presiding in the senate shall have no vote unless the senate be equally divided. Sec. 7. The senate shall as soon as practicable after the convening of the general issembly, choose a president pro tempore to act in the absence of the lieutenant governor, or when he shall till the ollice of governor. See. S. A member of tin- senate net ...H <W K<J> rruor or nemcnaiir governor Khali thereupon vacate his scat ami another person shall he> elected in his stead. See. 0. In ra-c of the renn valof the governor from olliee hv impeaehnient, death, resignation, disqualification, disability, or removal from the State, the lieutenant governor shall then be governor; and in ease of the removal of the last named officer from his office by impeachment, death, resignation, disqualification, disability, or removal from the State, the president pro tempore of the senate shall be governor ; ami Ihe last named officer shall then forthwith, by proclamation, convene thu senate in order that a president pro tempore may be chosen. in ease the governor be impeached, the lieutenant governor shall net in his stead and huve his powers until judgment in the case shall have been pronounced. In case of the temporary disability of thu governor the He t riant governor hall perform the duties of the gov rnor. See. 10. The governor shall be commander-in-chief of tin- militia of the State. vept when they shall be ft j' *' <.J I in the service of the United Stater. , Sec. 11. He shall have power to ( grant reprieves, commutations emd j pardons after conviction (except in j cases of impeachment,) in such man* t ner, on such terms and under bucR re- j strictions as be shall think proper; and , no shall have power to remit fide^apA forfeitures, uuIcrs otherwise directed ' by law. It shall be his doty to .rduort to the general assembly, at tl^rLext , regular session thereafter, all pardons ] granted by him, with tho report of the board of pardons. Every petition . for pardon or commutation of sentence j mav be first referred by him to a 1 board of pardon*, to be provided by j the general assembly, which board , shall hear all such petitions under , such rules and regulations as the gen- ( eral assembly may provide. The gov- ] ernor may adopt the recommendations ( of said board but in case he docs not t he shall submit his reasons to the general assembly. Sec. 12. Ho shall take care lliut the laws be faithfully executed in mercy. Sec. 13. The govern .ir and lieutcuant governor shall, at stated times, receivo for their services compensation, which shall be neither increased nor diminished during the .period for which they shnll have been elected. Sec. 14. All oflieers in the executive department, aud all boards of public institutions, shall, when required by the governor,.give him information in writing up<A/ any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices or the concerns of their respective offices or the concerns of the 'respective institutions, including itemized accounts of receipts and disbursements. Sec. 13. The governor shall, from time to time, give to the general assembly information of the condition of the Stute, and recommend for its consideration such measures as he shall deem necessary or expedient. Sec. 10. He may on extraordinary occasions convene the generul ajisem- ^ !bly in extra session. Should'-- Either g house remain without a quorum for e live days, or in case of disagretluent f between the two houses during any , session with respect to tho time of - adjournment, ho may adjourn the&i to such time as he shall think proper, not beyond the time of the annual Bession then next ensuing. See. 17. Ho shall commission all officers of the State. Sec. 18. The seal of the Stato now in use shall be used by tbe governor officially, and shall be called "the great seal of tbe State of South Carolina." Sec. 10. All grants and commissions shall V.a issued in the nume and by the authority of tbe State of South Carolina, sealed with the great seal, signed by the governor and countersigned by the secretary of State. Sec. 20. The governor s4 JLfteuant governor, beforo cnt% Bwipon , tho duties of their respecn^&'jK shall take and subscribe the oaT^ of office as prescribed in article 3, seL .on 20, of tho Constitution. V Sec. 21. The governor shall reside at the capital of the State, except in eases of contagion or the emergencies of war; but during the sittings of the of the general assembly he sha1. reside where its sessions are held, j See. 22. Whenever it shall be brought to the notice of the governor by affidavit that any officer who has the custody of public or trust funds, is probubly guilty of embezzlement or the appropriation of public or trust ! funds to private use, then the gover nor shall direct bis immediate prosecu- 1 ti<?n l?y the jiroper oflicer and upon ] true bill found the governor t^all < . suspend such oflicer and appoint lone ] - in his stead, until he shall have been ac- ] (putted by the verdict of a jury. In l ease of conviction, the oflice shall be ( declared vacant and the vacancy tilled j aH may be provided by law. Sec. Every bill or joint reso- ] | lutiou which shall have passed the geni eral assembly, except on a question of ; adjournment, shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor, ! and if he approve he shull sign it; if not, he shall return it with his objecI tions, to the house in which it origi 11 a* ] 1 ted, which shall enter the objections j at large 011 its journal and proceed to ] reconsider it. If after such recousid- * ( ration two-tiiirds of that house bhnll i agrco to pass it, it shall be sent, to- j getlier with the objections, to the oth- ] er house, by which it sh <1 be recoil- J sidered, and if approved fly two-thirds 1 < of that house it shall linvt the same ef- j < feet as if it had been signed by the j .? governor; but in ail such cases the vote of both houses shall be taken by I yens and nays, and tho names of the ] persons voting for and against the bill ?>r joint resolution shall be entered on the journals of both houses respectively. bills appropriating money out : of the treasury. shall specify the object and purposes for which the same are made and appropriate to them respectively their several amounts in distinct items and sections. If the governor shall not approve any one or i more of the items or sections contain- i cil in any bill, but shall approve the 1 residue thereof, it shall become a law as to the residue in like < manner as if he had signed it. i Tho governor shall then return the i bill with his objections to the items or i sections of the same not approved l>y ? him to tho house in which the bill originated, which house shall enter the j objections at large upon its journal ] ami proceed to reconsider so much of said bill as is not approved by tho gov- i ernor. The sumo proceedings shall"',>e had in both houses in reconsidering the same as is provided in caso of an entire bill returned by the governor with his objections; and if any item or < section of said bill not approved by the governor shall bo pussod by two- |; thirds of the two houses of the gener- n ill assembly, it shall become a part of ' -.aid law not withstanding tho objec- J lions of tho governor. If a bill or ? J oint resolution shall not be returned jy th? governor within three days ifter it? shall have been presented to lim, Sunday's excepted, it shall havo he s^ne forco and affect as it he bad dgn?d it unless the general assembly, >y adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it shall have such force and iffect unless returned within two days ifter the next meeting. Sec. 24. There shall be elected by the qualified voters of the State a secretary of state, a comptroller-general, in ttiwrDOj-geuerHi, a vreiuiiirur, an jutant and inspector-general, and a superintendent of edncatioD, who shall bold their respective offices for the term of two years, and until their several successors have been chosen mid qualified; and whose duties and ;ompensation3 shall be prescribed by law. The compensation of such officers shall be ucitlier increased nor liminished during the period for which .hey shall have been elected. ARTICLE V. JUDICIAL. DEPARTMENT. foe. 1. The judicial power of tinState shall bo vested in a supreim court, in two circuit courts, to wit: A court of common pleas having_^civi. urisdiction and a court of goueral icssions with eriminul jurisdiction >uly. The general assembly may also establish county courts. municipal jonrts or such courts in any and all of ;he counties of this State inferior to nrcuit courts as may bo deemed neeesiary, but none of such courts shall ever jo invested with jurisdiction to try rases of murder, manslaughter, rape jr attempt to rape, arson, common law jurglary, bribery or perjury: Prodded, Before a county court shall be rstablished in any county it must be submitted to the qualified electors and ?nd a majority of those voting must rote for its establishment. Sec. 2. The supreme court shall conlist of a chief justice and three associite justices, any three of whom shall ;onstitute a quorum for the transac;ion of business. The chief justice ihall preside,* and in his absence the icnior associate justice. They shall be jlected by a joint viva voce vote of the general assembly for the term of eight rears, and shall continue in office anil their successors shall be elected and nullified, and shall be so classified that >ne of them shall go out of office every ;wo years. Sec. 3. Tho present chief justice and issociute justices of the supreme court ire declared to be the chief justice and ;wo of the associate justices of said ;ourt as herein established until the ;erms for which they were elected ihall expire, and the general assembly it its next session shall elect the third issociate justice and make suitable provision for accomplishing the classtication above directed. Sec. *1. Tho supreme court shall iavo power to isaiio writs or orders of njunction, mandamus, quo warranto, prohibition, certiorari, habeas corpus md other original and remedial writs. \nd said court shall have appellate jursdictiou only in cases of chancery and n such appeals they shall review the tindiugsof fact as well as tho law, except in chancery cases where the facts ire settled by a jury and the verdict aot set aside and shall constitute a jonrt for the correction of errors at law under such regulations as the general assembly may by law prescribe. Sec. 5. The supreme court shall be tield at least twice in each year at the seat ot government and at such other [dace or places in the State as the general assembly may direct. Sec. 0. No judge shall preside at the trial of any cause in the event of which tie may be interested, or when either jf the parties shall bo connected with tiim by affinity or consanguinity with m such degrees as may be prescribed by law, or in which he may have been counsel or have presided iu any inferior court. Iu case all or any of tho justices of the supreme court shall be thus disqualified, or be otherwise prevented from presiding iu any cause or causes, the court or the justices thereof shnll certify the samo to the governor of tho State, and he shall immediately commission, specially, the requisite number of men learned in the law for the trial and determination thereof. Tho samo course shall be pursued in the circuit and inferior courts as is prescribed in this section for cases of the supreme court. The general assembly shall provide by law for the temporary appointment of men learned iu the law to hold either spend -r regular terms of the circuit cour whenever there may be necessity for such appointment. Set. 7. There shall be appointed b> the justices of the supreme court a reporter and clerk of said court, who diall hold their offices for four years uid whoso duties and compensation dinll be prescribed by law. See. 8. When a judgment or decree s reversed or atlirmed by the supreme ourt, every point mudc and distinctly itated in the cause and fairly arising tpon tho record of the easo shall lie considered and decided and the reason thereof shall be concisely and briefly dated in writing and preserved with the record of the case. Sec. 9. The justices of the supreme lourt and judges of the circuit court ihall each receive compensation for their services to be fixed by law, which shall not be increased or diminished [luring their continuance in office, fhey shall not be allowed any fees or perquisites of office, nor shall thov hold any other office of trust or profit under this State, tho United States or any other power. Sec. 10. No person shall be eligible fo the office of chief justice, associate justice, or judgo of the circuit court who is not at the time of his election a citizen of the United States and of this State and has not attained the age of 2(> years, has not been a licensed at torney at law for at least five years and been a resident, of this State for live years next preceding his election. ? CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUE. J .. \ I % LORD DUNRAVEN RETURNS. He Comes to Reiterate Ills Clmrxel of Foul Sttilltic A~ainst the Defender. Lord Dunraven, owner of Valkyrie III., aceompaniod by his legal adviser, George Asquitb, of London, and Arthur Glonnie. Rear Commodore of the Royal Portsmouth Yacht Club, arrived at New York City on board the Teutonic. fjL vwVir- / LORD DUXRAVEX. Lord Dunr.vvon's visit is for tho purpose of doing what ho can to substantiate tlio charge of fraud which ho made against tho Defender after his return to England, and which set yachtsmen of the two continents by tho oars. Tho managing owner of tho Valkyrie brings with luin several deposit ions, of members of his crow and will appear beforo tho special committee of the yacht club appointed to make tho investigation. .Mr. Asquith will conduct the Earl's case, and it is said he is famous as a cro.-v,-examiner. Ho is a brother of Henry Asquith, who was Homo Secretary under Gladstone. The committee, which consists of J. Pier* pont Morgan, William C. Whitney, GeorgoL. Itives, Edward .1. Phelps and Captain A. T. Mahau, engaged no counsel, but it was said that Joseph II. Choate was retained by tho Y)efender syndicate. It was decided that tho hearing before tho investigating committee should be strictly private. Captain Hank Huff and tho crew of tho Defender. Captain Hrstop, tho official measurer, and the members of tho Defender syndicate wore summoned to appear before tho committee. It was also said that tho designer of the American yacht, "Nat"' HorresliofT, had boon informed that ho would bo called upon to testify. W1IKX A TEN CENT PIECE ISCOOI) Supri'tiip Court of the tinted States Made an Important Drcision. t)n<' phase of tho silver question came up in tho supremo eourt of tl>?? United Stales in a case decided by ( I)iff Justice puller, fames E. Morgan ami wif? were 011 a car operated l>y tin- Jersey City J terpen Kail road Company. The eonduetor refused to accept for their fare a ten cent piece, hecause he thought it was not worth par, being worn by abrasion while circulating as a part of the national currency. Morgan was ejected and brought suit against the railroad company for damages therefor. He recovered judgment for $315 and costs, and the judgment was affirmed by the supreme court of the state. The railrond company sued out a writ of error ami brought the case to the supreme court of the United States. In disposing of it the chief justice referred to the law regulating the defaced and ubraded coins, and stated that there was no (.revision agni st silver coins which were abraded in circulation and that they were a legal tender as long as they boro <1... 1.1........ ,.r .. ..,.1.. Tilt* writ of orror wus dismissed. thus affirming Mio judgment of the state supremo court against the rail road company. Schools lii Alaska. The Unitoil Statos Commissioner of Education has issued a report on education in .Alaska, from which it appears that during Itho last year there have been maintained Ithero sixteen day schools with twenty-four (teachers. Thov have also been maintained reven contract scliools with forty-nine teachers and employes. The Commissioner recommends an appropriation of f50,000 for tho ensuing year for education in Alaska. A cabin is to be laid in tho Amazon River from I'ara to Manaos, a distance of 1101 miles. Arizona's calf crop is reported to bo very malL N -A' M 1 ?w?????I " 'if TKLKGRAPIIIC Tl KS. Harry Monier, oi Brooklyn, jumped from the bridge at St. Pnril into the waters <>f tho Mississippi Christmas day, a leap of 125 feet. Ho came ont Ft alive. It is said that Russia hnH offered to loan this country 8100,000,000 in gold, without interest. A terrible fire occurred Baltimore on Friday, corner of Charles and Baltimore streets, and before the Hames could bo extinguished $350,000 lwd gone up in smoke. Tho Savahnali, fla., board of trade l and the city council of Savannah have < adopted resolutions endorsiug the bill introduced in Congress by Senator Squire to provide for fortifying the coast cities. There was a cry of fire at Front Street Theatre in Baltimore on Friday 1 night, and the large audience made a mad rush for the exits. Thirty-three persons were Killed, una ten otners, , more or less injured, ure at the city hospital. Secretary Carlisle has been inter- a viewed in regard to the pending bond ' bill and tariff measure. Ho says the bond bill "falls short," and that there T is only one romody for our ilnanuial { embarrassments, and that is to provide for retiring aiyl cancelling the legal tender notes. The President has pardoned Peter S. Davis, convicted in Georgia of robbing a postoffice and sentenced to 1') years imprisonment. The lirst national congress of colored women in the United States conveiled with the Cotton States and International Exposition Friday. At a special meeting of the Charleston, S. chamber of commerce held Saturday resolutions were adopted calling upon the South Carolina Congressmen and Senators to support the Squire bill. Charleston endorses the proposed measure as a unit. A dispatch from Constantinople to the Central News says that the United States have demanded from the Porto the payment of an indemnity for the loss sustained by American mission- a aries through the action of the mobs in Asia Minor. Kuoxville, Term., merchants have received the contract, through a Baltimore merchant, to furnish a hall million pounds of dried apples for the German army. Secretary Herbert announces that the twin bister of the battleship Kearsarge has been named the Kentucky. Wesley Watson, a young man 22 years of age was killed near Ararat, Surry county, X. (>., Saturday night in his attempt to jump from a passenger train on the Cape Fear ?te Yaukin Valley road while it was running it the rate of '2~> miles per hour. mti AN AWFUL AC( ll)KXT. Kottcn Piling Throws An Knglnc Into a Klver, aiulTwo Men Instantly Killed. Engine No. 2f?, of the South (Carolina and Georgia, pitched into tho ' Ashley river on Tuesday morning through the West Shore terminal trestle, two miles beyond (Charleston, i. Engineer Oeorgo Baxter and Brake- ! man Clarence Turner losing their lives and Fireman William Boyce receiving severe injuries. On the dock a hundred yards from the scene of tho disaster tive empty cars had been placed and the eDgino was backing from tho wharf, when tho trestlo wont down. In tho cab wero Engineer Maxtor ami Fireman Boyco. Hitting on tho pilot of tho engine wero Brakeman Clarence Turner and Conductor M. I*. Banner. It was 9 o'clock a. in. when tho engineer started to back tho locomotive from tho dock. When it wuh a few yards from tho .wharf one hide of the trestlo suddenly settled, and before tho engineer could realize the terrible danger the engino went over sideways into the river with a terrible crash. I As it went down tho whistle wa? I thrown open and until all of the steam i hud escaped it kept up one long shrill I screech that brought tho people to tho | scene from ull directions.