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From the Boston Olive Branch.
AUTUMN.
Had sweet sen son ! Whnt solemn
and tender recollections cluster around
thee ! With every changing leaf that '
tin tiers in the breeze, falls some chtuis-
bed memory upon our spirit path.
It is well that we should feel pecu
liarly tender and solemn in this melan
choly time for let the artist with glow
ing pencil tinge as ho may the ruddy bac- i
clius god of his imagination and enll him
autumn, depicting him with hale ilorid
health, and the broad sensuous smiles
of pleasure, still, the season with its
chilling breath and cold pale skies, is
melancholy-
The trees—poor naked things—how
sorrowful they seem. Hinging upwards
their hare brown arms in the keen air !
They have given us our abundance, !
shed the fruit so that lieautil'ully clothed I
them in purple ami in gold upon the
changing eaith and now they are turn
ing black, ami w itheiing at the frosty
touch of Autumn.
The llowees in my garden too are
paling drooping and riving. They turn
their siuhly heads to the sun but alas!
in their very hearts the hoar frost is nes
tling gnawing away their gentle lives,
so when the kindly glance of their good
physician falls softly upon them, there
is no longer vitality iu their beautiful
forms.
They are dyiugMMP
And so arc many gentle ones of
caiih; outwardly lovely, like those
tweet flowers, the angel of death is
shadowing them with his broad wings,
and they are swiftly passing away.
i know of one who rejmses upon the
couch of his last sickness. Stricken
iu early manhood with that fell des
troyer, consumption no earthly skill
cun rescue him from the grave.
So lovely in life, so moral in exam
ple, so gentle of heart it seems strange
that he should know the constant pangs
of unrelenting unpitying disease. But
God's ways are not as our ways.
Liver by his side, stands a true ami
tender w ife, w hose soft hands smooth
his fevered brow, and whose wliisper-
ings of aHection fall gently upon his
spirit.
Ho has a sweet blue,-eyed babe, an
only one, whose artless prattling like
tke murmur of angels wakens new love
as often as it falls upon his heart.
Does it not seem to him, at times,
hard tohust the earthly hoods t to have
and many were actually engaged in re
moving the furniture, under the appre*
hensioti that the time had come, which
was spoken of by the prophet. Bellinger,
when Charleston was to be made a se-
com! Mo“u»w. The hie companies were
out, ami their engines thundering through
die streets, accompanied by all the noise,
bustle and confusion o fa bona fitle emi
gration. But as soon as it was tbuml out
that it was nothing but the “iVorlA” that
was on fire, our whole population cried
out, vna voce, “let her burn r and turned
away—put up their engines, and went to
the Secession Meeting at Hibernian Hall.*’
ELECTION RETURNS.
The following is a statement of the
votes polled at the respective precincts
in Darlington District, for members to
the Southern Congress:
DARLINGTON, S. C.
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J. H. NORWOOD, Editor.
Till RS1IAY MORMMi, OCTOBER 16, ISil.
AGENTS FOR THE DARLINGTON FLAG.
H. I). Haelford, - Camden, S. C.
Chari.es Df.I.okme, Sumterville, 8. C.
Cotton—at the latest advices, quoted
in Charleston from 7 a 9 1-8 cents.
“ A LITTLE MORE GRAPE, CAPT.
BRAGG !*’
Those of our subscribers who have
not paid us their subscriptions, can avail
themselves of our advance price by set
tling up between this and the first of No
vember. We are iu want of som ■ of the
“needful” just at this time, and throw
out this gentle hint, as next week jg ihe
time for our fall Court, and will be a fa
vorable opportunity for many to settle
who seldom come to town at any other
time.
er-F rom our Charleston and Colum
bia exchanges, we learn that a large
vote was polled at each of those places
on Monday last.
IVHIT CAN BE THE MATTER!
We have frequently received com
plaints from our subscribers In Charles
ton that they do not get their papers reg
ularly. We have forlrome thus far to
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Society Hill, •
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67
53
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Leavenaworth,
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95
93
Kilgores, •
Segar’s
- 14
15
41
42
- 36
37
9
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Mt Finn, -
- 279 274
44
38
Windhams, •
- 133
133
23
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Keith’s, -
- 75
73
40
37
Effingham, •
• 3
3
104
104
Salisbury's, •
• 11
11
26
25
Carter’s,
- 2
2
24
23
Hill’s, - -
- 58
58
22
22
Cannon’s,
- 52
52
26
20
Court House,
- 212 210
161
156
955 949 668 649
Total, -
1623.
Majority for Co-nperntion, 287.
MARLBORO’ DISTRICT.
Zimmerman,
Dudley, ....
Wilson, ....
Dozier, ....
Total number polled, 845.
Majority for Co-o|ieration, 179.
p decided majority—for Foote jg even could invest as the advances of a
outre ridiculous personally than gubmu
sioniam is theoretically. It it had
pent tampering with that which belon
ged exclusively to themselves ? Bet-
enough for Mississippi to submit, but it | ter go boldly to work, like Peter the
Hermit. Either coarse would render
us obnoxious to the charge of meddling
—cither coarse would defeat its own
puqiose.
Let South CarnMna act imle|>emieiit-
iy and she will command the respect
of her Southern allies—she will give
cause of offence to none—she will not
have assumed, in any respect superior
ity of split or intelligence—site will
only have qlaimed her undeniable pre
rogative of deciding her course for her.
self. If her action should preach Dis
union with trumpet-tongued power, it
will be the legitimate effect ofthe exer
cise of a right which must and will be
Congressional vote of the same year I sustained by the true Patriots of the
was 55,442. South. Mp
j She lias essaved agitation by addres-
01’R COURT. | ses resolutions, arguments and appeals
The Fall Term, of the Court of Com-^nmtil she has become proverbial for
mon Pleas, for thin District, was held the | “bullying” and “bravado.”
would be too bad for her to descent! to
the Foote of submission.
The following is from the New Or
leans Bulletin a submission paper:
The Result ix MiN*i«"rr'.—The
convention returns are nil in with #.e
exception of two counties—(’oahoma
and Green—both of which have elect
ed Union delegates. Tlte present Un
ion majority is 7,162 in a poll of 49,-
662. Allowing for these counties, the
full majority will be about 7,300 in a
vote of 50,100. The entire Presiden
tial vote of Mississippi in 1848 w as 52.-
459. The total vote for governor in
the State—was 56,384. The entire
A non, sobbing a. 1 i K ,ugh his
•itlKXIgl
V%the «
in4e<t, a
past week, his Honor Judge Wilbers, pre
siding. There were no important cases
on eilher docket, and yet the week was
consumed without getting through with
ihe business. No one, we think, can at
tend our courts, without feeling the deep
est disgust at the long array of little petty
of Justice.
heart would burst, bcr%ov
body of the father. It W7 '
harrowing scene. Such a one
never to witness again.
The most intense anxiety was fe\t by
all our citizens lo learn the •Stent of that i
danger of Mr. Whitflehfs wound. As it
was attended with the most profuse
mg many.teared it woul^tprove morti
We are gratified, howevW, to be able
state, upon the authority of his physician^
that the wounds although a most severj.
and painful one, is not considered dan
gerous. Mr. kVhittield was actuated by
the most prupMorthy motives. He was
influenced solely by a desire to prevent
bloodshed, and being on the most friendly
terms with Kirby; he hoped to prevail on
him to desist from his terrible purpose.—
In the attempt he came near losing his
own life. The proceedings of the Court
were, of course, brought to an abruj t
close for the day, by the occurrence, in its
presence, of such a terrible scene.
HYMSHEfl.
It is only by the agitation of action
that she enn now expect to command
the attention and respect of her sis
ters.
The French are always trying cur-
dirty cast's, which consume the time of ious experiments upon men and beasts,
the Court, to the exclusion of other more Some years ago the Minister of War
iiiijv'rtant matters instituted a commission for the purpose
Would it not hi. better for the State and f)f irlvesti , everything in and way
all the parties concerned, it our l.egisla- . 7 ‘l i l cl j
tore would establish a quarterly public connected with the health ol horses
court, having exclusive jurisdiction in all generally and especially thoae belong-
such cases; leaving to the courts of com- ing to the army: Hcvernl members of
inoti pleas other, and we think legitimate the Academy of Sciences belong to
Married, iu Darlington District, on the
1st day of October, by the Rev. Robert
Campbell, Mr. Timothy Lee to Miss Eliz
abeth Lock art, daughter of Owen fcock-
art, all of Darlington District.
Married, on Tuesday the 7th inst., at
the house of T. G. Harrell, by Asa Gar
land, Esq., Mr. Lewis Loyd to Miss Mary
Jane Holloway, all of Darlington Dis
trict
512
512
333
331
MARION DISTRICT.
'Hie following is the result of the
election in this District:
Co-operation, 931
Secession, 892
Majority for co-operation, 39
Total number of votes polled, 1823.
CHARLESTON.
matters ? As things now exist the parties
and witnesses in civil suits have to at
tend from day to day, listening to details
which must disgust or corrupt. This
should not be so.—Cheraw Gazette.
Raleigh and Gaston Road.—The di
rectors ol this road assembled in this city
on Thursday last.
George W . Mordecai, Esq., was elected
President of the Road, and H. D. Bird,
Esq., of Petersburg, was chosen engineer
and superintendent of the same. Mr.
Mordecai, declines, we learn, to receive
any compensation for his services; and
Mr. Bird, we understand, is to receive
1 $2,000 per annum. Preparations for re-
constructing the road will lie made im
mediately ; and in the meantime the road
will be kept in operation, and every effort
put forth for the accommodation of the
public.—Raleigh Standard.
Murdered by her I/jver.—The War-
n , r ,, , . ,, .. saw (III.) Journal mentions a case of ag-
The Daily Charleston Mercury of murd ,, r ilt McDonough county,
yesterday morning says that enough a few days since. A young man was
bring to the notice of the public the neg- foas j^ en ascertained to show that the P a > ' ,1 K his addresses to a young lady, and
ligence which is justly chargeable upon c ..operation ticket wi
the Post Office in Charleston. We are i
not insensible of the latior and trouble >
toslio
tfPflrev
ail in that
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t.
necessarily incident lo so large an office :
but when complaints are repeated and
reiterated lime and again we must be’ieve
there is culpable negligence. We were
in Charleston a month ago and took the
MANSLAUGHTER IN‘NEW ORLEANS.
The violent deaih of Alderman I>augh-
lin, of the Second Ward, 1st municipality.
iVew Orleans, has produced a great seie*
sation there. Below we extract some par-
The ]
j had been engaged to her, but was dis-
i carded. He went to her residence to ef-
1 feet a reconcilliation, but was unsuccess-
, ful, and he stabU'd her to the heart. The
! miscreant was pursued to within six miles
of Warsaw, but escaped.
etoi
name of a gentleman there as a sulwcri- tieulars of the affray whio« led to it.
her, and have been sending him our pa- Lj”?"* 1 w, ' , d Si ' k ’ ,he |
° . 1 Niredecessor in office of the deceased.
per ever since. To-day we received a Throughout the day the city was in
letter from him, stating that he has never a great state of excitement, as both the de-
rec. ived a single copy. Tims it is that ' ceased and his antagonist were well 1
this body. The commission lias just
terminated the tirst series of its investi
gations. One of the quest ions decided
is that relative to the use of salt, ob
tained from the sea water, in the daily
rations of the horses of the army.—
Trials were made during ten years and
upon over 3,000 horses and the result
is that sea salt is ofno advantage what
ever ; it neither preserves them from
sickness nor does it assist them in re-
gainingflesh when worn down by fa
tigue. But on the other hand, it is
produetive of no harm. These results
are believed bv the commission to be
now beyond doubt. It was likewise
settled by the committee that a horse,
while trotting or galloping, digests, fas
ter and better than when standing still.
It also invited veterinary surgeons to
communicate to it any important facts
they might have learned in the course of
their practice. Many have already-
done so. 'Flic committee offered a
all surgeons in the army for the liest
treatise on the following subject;
The horse, kind in France considered
in rrfircncc to the mounting of the ar-
my."
[From the Tuscaloosa Monitor.]
A SAD AND BLOODY TRAGEDY.
Since our connection with the press,
we have.never had occasion to chronicle
a sadder or more tragical occurrence than
that of which the Court House of our city
was the scene, on Tuesday evening last.
OBITUARY.
Died, near Cartersville, on the 6ih inst.,
of a protracted illness, Mrs. Mary Doro-
thT, aged about eighty years.
“Death,great proprietor of all! ’tiethine
To tread out empire, and to quench the
stars."
Died, on the 10th inst., at Ihe residence
of his father in Darlftigton district, near
Lynches Creek, William Yaicy Raines,
third son of Edwin and Sarah Raines,
aged 13 years, 6 mouths and 2 days.—
He leaves a father, mother, three brothers
and four si«tcrs to mourn his untimely
fate. His sufferings were great, and lie
died on the 5th day of his illness.
“How blest are they whose transient
years
Pass like an evening meteor’s flight;
Not dark with guilt, nor dim with tears.
Whose course is short, unclouded, bright.’
MARYLAND ELECTION.
The delegation from Maryland, in the
next Congress, will stand as follows:
Fiist district—Richard J. Bowie, whig
re-elected.
Second district—Wm. T. Hamilton,
democrat, re-elected.
Third district—Edward ilammond.de- , As fully as we have been able to gather
hia be* loved to travel the weary world onr kubscribera frequently fail to receive ; lias Jr!! a mKnt,
path alone! their papers through the negligence of
Poor Edward, child of Buffering soon Post Masters, and we arc blamed for it.
jn triumph thy voice shall join u itb the
host of the redeemed around tliellirone THE ELECTION,
of God. j The die has been cast; the fiat has
Memories ofthe dead awaken anew gone forth, and the question been de
in the Autumn season. cided whether South Carolina is to march
How many a mother exclaims forward with the proud motto inscribed
last autumn a bright eyed babe nestled
U|M>n myh^iom—this autumn he sleeps
calmly upon the cold lap of earth.”—
And the \\We, with the warm tears of
grief bedewing her jade cheek, wliU|>ers I
—•‘•ln*t autumn, how fondly 1 leaned
upon the arm of one whom 1 loved ;
upon her banner, “nulla vestigia retror-
sum," or to permit its hitherto untarnished
and victorious folds to trail in the dust;
whether she is to t'cedc., or to recede from
the !ofiy and honorable post of Standard
bearer of Southern Rights, which has
next to my God now thaw crisp leaves been assigned her by the “ few but un-
circle about itis narrow grave. Ah,
me my keart seems breaking at times!’
And the father bowing hisgrey hairs
because he beholds mte seat at the ta
ble vacant, and one chair on the health
stone lone and empty mourns in the ;
desolation of his spirit. “Oh my son,
my son ; last autumn joyous full of
life truly the light of eyes he cheeredw itlx,
his merry smiles, l.is innocent mi; th"
now alas, he lies I know not where.—
Some little mound in that golden but
tikaelierous laud some neglected hil- ,
lock, round which none laM ttrnngMrs
tread holds Itis dear form in its close
embrace.”
And the brother too murmurs “my
sweet sister how she bounded along tins
path, chasing the whiiling red leaves
her ringing langh echoing over the
fields her cheeks and ruby lips bearing j
the flowing impress of joyous health.
This autumn of glorious evenings, tlte ;
shinning moonbeams glitter upon the
marble head/done, and tlte moss is
was at the time of his death. Chairman of j
the Finance Committee of the Council, of;
which he was a useful and efficient mem
ber, and was also Captain of that flue
body of men, the Emmet Guards, among , . - ,
whom he was beloved and esteemed, we I ^ elected in this district, over Joseph S.
might add reverenced, as the Father of i *" ot!,nan, u l1 ^ -
the Company. He was a native of De
mocrat, re-elected.
Fourth district—Thomas Yates Walsh,
whig, gain.
Fifth district—Alexander Evans, whig,
re-elected.
Sixth district—Daniel M. Henry, the
regular whig nominee, will, it is thought,
up;
land, and not more than forty-two years
of age. He leaves a widow and several
children to mourn his untimely fate.
The following is the tootimony of one
of the witnesses:
them from eye-witnefses, we give the de
tails of this most lamentable affair.
it will bo recollected that, sometime in
April last, a difficulty occurred between
Mr. Frederick P. Hail and Mr. John Kir
by, bolh old and respected citizens of this
county. The result of that difficulty was
that Hall wounded Kirby (w ho was un
armed at the time) and injured him so
badly that the life ofthe latter was for a
long time despaired of. Hall was held to
AGITATION AY HAT WILL IT AlAII t bail for his appearance at the prevent term
The mode of action proposed by the of the court, and on Tuesday evening the
opponents of early Secession is to n
rouse the public minds of the South
case was called for trial. A cdhtinuance
was asked for by the defendant’s counsel.
Last night (Sunday) between the hours ; Carolina is to become the great agita- | a,,( J 0,1 'be affidavit ol Hall, it wasgrantnl
r., , l' ... , ^ b P . by the Judge. At thw moment, Mr. Kir-
of 11 and 12 oclock p. M.,affiant was m | tor. Me do not know precisely t,! h 0 v va w siith
whether it is intended that she shall ’
in this character wait money or wind.
We suppose the latter, principally.—
Perhaps a little steam to move a pow
er-press or two, may also be called in
to requi.-ition. 'Hu'se wind and steam
operations will not surely be confined
sitting w ithin the bar, rose
and asked permission to address the
court. Judge Walker remarked to him
that it was unnecessary, and Kirby tlieii
sat down, but was seen immediately to at
tempt to draw a pistol from his pocket,
rising from his chair at the time. Mr.
Newton L. Whitfield, who was standing
Mr. Rathman’s Coffee-house, situated at
the corner of Marais and Bienville streets,
in which were also Messrs. Wm. Laughlin
dismayed” of the resistance party in our and Wm. Silk, when this deponent saw
sister States. So far as our own district them leaving quite e/cited, having previ-
is concerned, it is our unpleasant duty to 0U8 'y e.yhawgedb an *b words; that affiant
. .• • . , then called upon Katham to assist him in
announce that the secessionists have been , prevenling ,* affray between the parties; _ r v
; • aten , yes, beaten, hut not whipped ; ilmt when he and Rathman Btepped out, to the limits of our own State. This
though the principles for which we have Laughlin and Silk had already crossed would be the old thing over again.—| Rl ,e,I, the pistol and the'eontents fired—a
n "I'-Vi 1 I he object must be to enlighten other large ball passing through the hinder part
ossed over and after Whites a9 to ^cir rights, and to draw of Kirby’s thigh, ranging down and com-
ihat they are based upon the immutable talknig to them.' this deponent', thinking Ahem by moral or intellectal suasion, ing out on the leg, severing the femoral
foundations of truth and justice, and that that lie had been simcessful in quelling up to our mark. *1 o effect this, the
them, tendered to eacffiif them their sticks several expedients of printing and spea-
which they had thrown aside; that he like- j king will be resorted to. In other words
wise picked up a dirk similar to the one : 0|)r S j s . t<?r g tat<>8 ^ t(> he k t C(m .
here exhibited ,(• small silver handled inundated with Carolina tracts
contended have met with a temporary de- o' ** Marais street, and were a tew steps
feat in this District, we religiously believe , * om !* id C ?"H
6 7 they itmnedmtely crossed over, and after
near, attempted to prevent the drawing of
the pistol, and in the igfuggle which en-
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the gates of hell cannot prevail against
thqat. The doctrine of secession, for
which we have battled, and for which we
are*\villing lo peril all that we have or
hope for, will, we believe, rise Phoenix
like from the afhes to which this district
small
dirk in a common velvet sheath) and be- i i i . . ,
keying it to be the property of Laughlin, ’ -.P" 1 '"™' c.loporteora are to be sent
handed him the Fame. Deponent th«m , ^ ' va y ani * with nags of Seces-
. , . , . . beard Silk ask Laugblin whether he had sion matter, to innoculate as they go
has consigned it, and prove triumphant a kl ,ife ; ,h a , Laughlin having answered 1 —and lastly some of the High Priests
are to go forth and rouse tip a rushing
crusade m the great .Southern breast.
Now it has been insisted upon of
late, that our sister Southern States
browning at the of her grave.
And to ail this sad season brings
tenderness, yet sorrow ofheart for who THE AURORA BORE ALIS,
does not mourn some dear departed The ap;>earaiice of this natural phenoin-
frieuds. euon has given rise lo some amusing in-
: cideuts. To the minds of the supermi
ni Uto oud, or this government will be- j n th*. affirmative, tliey both drew their
come a vast consolida.ed empire, in weapons and advanced towards each oth-
u hirh a reckless majority, regardless of cr;tbat be (affiant) bad hardly time to
.• .i r. H -j throw himselt aside to avoid being woun-
dlfe barriers ol the Consttiution. w .11 rtde ^ ^ ^
rough shod over tluyights ol the mmon-, w h 0 bad attempted to separate the partia*
ty. God grant that the result may be got wounded iu the hand, and also with-
different elsew here.
some
ITIA.
A well informed corregnondtpit la
New-York writes to the Washington
Union that he has seen a lettc. by the
last Britsh steamer which sUips that i
I aiwlfleg
lions, in many places, it has been made to
portend war, pestilence and famine. A
correspondent cf the Erskine Miscellany,
g lepm Charleston, gives the !o!l<
Spain I rafcee awl Engimnl nraHegntiat- j •"§ •ccount of it:
ingjji f\ify re -peering thf .guaranty ol i “0;> Monday ever ing, lb.- 29th tilt., we
( ubftiXTAto condilii
shall
lltoda
and brilliant display <
and that
gradual t
land. Slioul#
> o<i
Aurora.Jtepks, which lit up,’wfth
jl 1 rid glanv^M* whole Northern horizon
rid; wiide some whre gazing with wonder and
lorthe upon this Irnto magnificent phe-
lavery in the Is-' nomt-non, thousands were rushing into
true Cuba the streak to them of /re, etch
drew aside; that after exchanging
passes, deponent saw laughlin fall.
The dirks used by the paliies are in the
office of Recorder Genois. They are
about the same size—say five or six inch
es in the blade, each. That of .folk’s is
broken off at the point, and the handle of
Mr. Laughliu’a is bent. Mr. Silk’s right
arm is pi-treed through in the .glRioii of
the elbow. Ily surrendered himself to the
police immediately after the unfortunate
ccurrence, and.was this moniihg com-
itted/o the parish prison, to await an
ligation which has been fixed for to-
morniug.
MSSISXIPPI ELECTION.
It tarns out that the Union majority
prove
will not sowu bo&unoxed to tbe United thinkw
* to the cry ol fire, each one
the next block was * i fames i
in Misaiasippi is about seven thouaaud,
as the subunssiontsts reimrted. This
iortonds the election of Gen. Davis by
are very jealous of their claim to canal
spirit and intelligence w ith Caroli
—eery jealous.
with Carolina
Admitting this to he
so hiiyv will they look upon 8*wth Car-
when she volunteres as School-master
and Rousicator General to teach and
stir up their peoitR* ? It may he an
swered, “Oh we don’t intend to present
such an appearance of systematical
efforts as will be odious!” _ No “ap
pearance of systematic What
then ! Ah ! we see now—IHt of clan
destine, Jesuitical plan will ^ adopted
which will convert whole States hopic
they know it. Woll, that would ell he
very fine if it could so hapfien. But
does any one suppose* that our keen-
flteftitcd and hawk-eyed opponents in
(nose States would fail to (lereeive the
rever guardedly madeT And
donht that they would
the colors With sarcasm
those States >
efl^fetwevc
artery and causing his death iu a few min
utes. .Such was the foice of the boll, that
after passing through the thigh of Kirby,
it penetrated Whitfield’s a little below
the knee, also cutting an artery and in
flicting a most painful but, we sincerely
hope, and it is believed, not a dangerous
wound.
Kirby immediately fell from hn chair,
and one ofhis sons, who was standing
very near him, and who thonghfoas it is
supposed, that his father was shot by Hall,
fired a pistol at Ihe latter, the ball of which
pierced (hi back of chair, gOSzed the fool
of one of the jurymen who were in the
box, and rebounded from the wall upon
the floor. Judgp Walker, who was *611
on the bench, supposing Kirby to have
been shot by Hall, commWled the sheriff
to arrest him, 4flen HR approached
tl»e Judge, and offered nis pistol—the
Judge asking him if he shot that man; to
which he replied he did not, that his pis-
tel was still loaded. Hall was unhurt,
and placed himself in the custody of the
i-lieriff.
Hitch is a hurried, but we believe, im
partial account of this moot deplorable at-
fair. Of course much excitement and eon-
fusion prevailed, and many contradictory
reports were in Mteulatioii. Considering
the crowded .*-tatc of the court room at
that moment, it is strange that mom fives
we-a not loot. We have never Winese-
ed a more harrowing scene thitolhe Court
House presented a after the
occurrence. Tl»e lifeless body of Kirby,
stiffening into the rigidity of death, and
BUSINESS GARBS.
GLOVERS & DAVIS,
FACTORS AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
Soiitli-.<tl!;mtic Wharf,
t^XRLESJpN, S. C.
Aug. 28
»y
Wm. M. LAWTON & Co.,
FACTORS £ND COMMISSION
AGENTS,
No. 13 Southkkn Wharf,
('harleMon, S. C.
Wm. M. Lawton, I Wm. M. Taylor,
R. W. Uacot, j Joseph T. Dill.
Aug 21
2ft
WM. & RYi
FACTOR AND COM MR
CHANT, CHARLES
Will make liberal advanc
and other Produce, and will give strict
attention to the selection of all ar
ticles ordered through him.
July Id 20 -> tf
THOMAS BONNELL,
Faufor and C«mmiw>i»u .7Ic*r-
chaut,
No. 13 EXCHANGE STREET,
(back of TI1K POST OFFICE.)
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Will also attend to Receiving and For
ward ing Goods, and Executing all
orders for Planters.
March 1 tf
MANSION HOUSE,
Camden, /South Carolina.
E. G. ROBINSON, Proupetor.
THE best accommodations and attention
to Travellers.
Stables I^rge and Roomy.
June 11 15 ly
STANLY’S HOTEL,
{Sign of the Palmetto,)
DARLINGTON, C. H, S. C.
91. B. NT AN LY, Proprietor,
Li grateful for past favors, and hopes to
merit a Oontinuarflfe.
March 19 3 tf
almost floating in his own blond, lay stark
shJ stiff, III the very" centre of tliu*teu>^!c
^gAiTirrfgWW
IN LAW AND EQUITY.
The undersigned have formed a Co-part
nership, for the practice ofljiw and Equity
in Darlington District. Their Office is
on Pearl street, one door above R. dt R.
M. Rollw’s Store.
W. Vi. HARLLEE,
$ J. IL NORWOOD.
March 5 1 t
REMOVAL.
The subscriber begs leave to inform his
friends and the public generally, that he
has Removed to the Store formerly occu-
’ pied by Thomas Bonel & Co., one door
below Zemp’s Drug Store, where lie will
cqteinue to keep a large and choice assort-
rom of
’ Fi&h and Desirable Goods,
of atVqna’ities and descriptions, siittab!''
to the trade of this market, consisting of
Dry-Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Glas*.
Ware and Crockery, Hats, Caps, Cloth
ing, die. Which lie offers on reasonable
terms, and to which he invites the atten
tion of the public.
S. D. HALLFORD.
Oct 2 31 . U*