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H Chahlkston. S. U.. -Jan. W.—During
the ttfrnpajgn of last fall there was a dc
tfrininea effort upon the part ol the white
people of this State to enoire every exhi
bition of violence upon the part of the ne
groes. They regarded endurance as poli
tic, and acted in accordance with advice
from the national leaders of the Democratic
partv. This policy, however, was distaste
ful to the Republicans. It took away the
breeze upon which they sailed. Accord
ingly it was necessary for them to raise the j
wind from the recesses ot then o\\ n Himg- |
inations, as they had oftentimes done be- j
l\2e. Murders, inas.-acrcs, aud outrages
upon negroes bv the Democrats had to be
invented and telegraphed throughout the
land, id order to tire the Republican heart.
Accordingly, the Iliunhvtrg horror and El
lcnton massacre were seized upon and col
ored to suit the demands of the situation.
„ Three courts at Aiken, the county scat
where the Hamburg affair should be tried,
have come and goue, and the Republican
solicitor, with a Republican Judge on the
bench, has each time continued the cases,
though the accused were ready for trial.
One of the Tnited States Deputy District
[Attorneys investigated the Fllenton massa
cre and gave his opinion that there was
Biothing political in it, and that the white
people were in the right. Two courts have
passed in Barnwell County, where Ellcu
ton is situated, and the same solicitor and
J udge are not ready to try the cases. In
fact, no bill has been found against the
accused parties.
At the late session of the Senate Inves
tigating Committee in Columbia, Judge
Thompson JL Cooke was called upon for
his testimony, and threw a great deal of
light upon the bloody coloring these trage
dies received during the campaign. Judge
Cooke is a Republican. He was elected to
iiill the place of Judge James 1,. Orr when
she was sent as Minister to the Russian
[Court, and was re-elected about a year ago.
[The Judge was an ardent advocate of
[chamberlain until his fraternizatian with
[the worse elements of the Republican
party in the State, and then the J udge de
clared for llayes and Hampton. When,
however, the Federal troops were poured
into the State, and it became evident that
I Hayes was to be elected by their help, the
| Judge declared for Tilden. Hampton was
nominated before Chamberlain, and it was
liu this interval, while Cooke was still an
[ ardent Chamberlain mail, ami in full fellow
ship with the wirepullers of the Republi
can party, Unit lie was taken into their
confidence.
He said that United States District At
j torney Corbin informed him that something
must be done by the Republican party to
break the enthusiasm of the white people
.JA-r Jlanu.ton oy tfiey Uotjpat .hj
party. Tnis could only be done by bring
ing llnited States troops into the State;
and for that purpose cases had to be made
; for the United States Court, and some ne
[ groes had to be killed. He further stated
that the Hamburg horror and the Ellenton
| massacre followed soon after this conver
! sation.
Corbin lias for years been known as “ Ku
Klux Korbut,"’. having made a specialty of
propogating this class of" outrage, lie
lately pulled the last apple off the Repub
lican Christinas tree in tiiis State by having
himself elected a so-called United States
Senator by" the spurious Legislature. No
doubt, from his previous character, his of
ficial position, and his political aspirations,
he was in a position to effectively set in
motion the conspiracy indicated in his
alleged declarations to Judge Cooke. In
fact, without this direct testimony of the
latter, it is asserted that sufficient circum
stantial evidence could he brought to bear
to convict Corbin of the conspiracy before
any intelligent jury of the country*. His
motive is plain, his accusations against the
Democratic leaders false, and the witnesses
whom he used were notoriously unworthy
of belief.
Corbin being apprised by the Republic#!
members of the committee of what CooijU
had sworn, appeared before the committei
aud under oath denied the charge. He sail
Cooke's character was bad. and that m
should not be believed upon’oath.
•Judge Mackey, however, came to the
rescue of Cooke. The Judge is a Repub
lican who voted for Hampton, fie testilie i
before the committee that Judge Cooke ipi i
informed him of the conspiracy at the t'irihe
of this Corbin conversation, immediately
Chamberlain, Corbin, and their gang gath
ered to swear that these Judges, whoa
they had placed upon the bench, were of
such a notoriously bad charrcter that they
could not be believed upon their oaths.
Rut they desisted from this effort wlen
they were notified that their own charac
ters would be spread upon the records as
depicted by the testimony of clouds of re
spectable witnesses.
Judge Cooke, however, smarting under
the denial of Corbin and the personal at
tack .of Chamberlain, presented the whde
?ang to the Grand Jury of his first Cirmjt
hurt at Abbeville Tor indictment. He
charged them all with a treasonable.con
spiracy against the State, in which't>ey
had levied war upon the peaceable citizms
thereof by brjnging armed soldiers nto
their midst with a hostile intent. Fie iir
ther charged Chamberlain with line! in
publishing false, scandalous, and malicous
statements concerning the peace of puth
Carolina, to the great detriment of hei cit
izens. as an inducement to the Presided of
the United States to send the troops wuich
Chamberlain required in said libelous jub
lication. The Grand Jury have the muter
under consideration, and. should they find
a hill, Judge Cooke says be will iss,u his
bench warrant and bring Chamberlan and
his accomplices into court for immdiate
trial.
Judge Mackey also became indignmt at
his propostM treatntant. ahdnotiHed <ham
beriain unless he relinquished his jreten
sions as Governor, he (Mackey) wtuld on j
$1.50 A VEAR.
the Ist of February publish ccrtiin papers
which would consign the Governor to the
penitentiary. It is generally believed t! at
Mackey lias such papers in his possession.
I pun opening his court in Chester, lie tur
ther gave notice that any person recogniz
ing Chamberlain as the Governor, by pro
ducing a commission from him before the
Court, would be committed for a contempt
of court. , , , ,
The so-called Governor is also oeset ny
other Judges, who question his immunity
from arrest. There is Judge Carpenter,
before whom one Peter Smith, a peniten
tiary convict pardoned by Chamberlain,
lias’ been brought upon habeas corpus,
after the refusal of the penitentiary keeper
to recognize Chamberlain's authority to
pardon. The Judge has to decide the ques
tion ol who is Governor. He could not
make it out at home, and so went to W asli
ingtoH to find out. The decree lias been
foreshadowed by those in the secret, who
say that he will decide Chamberlain s title
under his last inauguration to be defective,
and that he cannot hold over from his first
term on account of having set up a second
title. This decree will strip Chamberlain
of all the immunities which are claimed lor
the office of Chief Executive, and subject
him to the demands of Judges t o >ke anu
Mackey. , . ... ,
The State Supreme Court is awaiting the
canvass they have ordered by a referee of
the election returns of the State before
taking such other steps as they may bo re
quested to take in the work ol ousting
Chamberlain. The referee will report
Hampton, Simpson, Connor, and Leapnearl
of the Democrats on the State ticket
eleited.
Duel in Mid Air.
The atmosphere is so full of duelling that
th way it was done by two Frenchman,
DtCourcy and Remonin, near Barit, is of
interest. 'The quarrel was about the fa
in>us danseuse llenriettc, and as there was
some difficulty’' during the preliminary ne
gotiations about selecting a spot for the
encounter, somebody suggested that the
fight should come oft —in air ! A piquant
suggestion of this kind was suyt to taxe
with Frenchmen, anil it was at ofcoe adopt
ed. Nadir furnished two ballooijs. of about
thirty thousand cubic feet each—Jhat is, of
mpacity for carjry'iag eacib,thfr‘4.pA‘J>pn *,
Vlien all was ready the aerostats werecon
veyed to a secluded spot near the Capital,
where they were expeditiously inflated by
i secret chemical process. Det’ourcy. w ith
its second and a physician, entered one
car; Remonin, Gen. Nebel and surgeon
keeupied another, and preparations were
nade for the start. When all was in read
iness, the word "let go” was given, and
distantly the two aerostats shot into the
fir. J >eCourcy’’s balloon was made of blue
aid white spindles of silk ; that of liemo
lin was white silk, painted with diagonal
stripes of purple and green. At the height
jf 1.000. feet while the balloons were yet
very near together, the seconds exchanged
rapid signals, and agreed that the condi
tions were favorable for the contest.
Ready*! ” —a pause—“ Fire ! ” —nobody
hit. “ Reload and repeat —quick!" Bang!
When the smoke cleared away Remoniii
looked over the side of the car and saw his
opponent’s balloon rushing downward with
frightful rapidity. His shot had pierced
the gas-bag, and the violent out-rush of
gas had torn open tho whole side of the
fabric and a general smash of the occu
pants of the car seemed inevitable. How
ever, the bag. suddenly loosening itself
from below*, gathered upward in the net
ting like a parachute, the terrific descent
of the machine was arrested, and DeCourcy
and his friends reached the earth with no
further damage than a sousing in a small
brook. They landed within a kilometer of
the place of ascension. Remonin and his
friends, honever, were wafted in the direc
tion of 'fours, and a freshening of the wind
made their descent soinewliat more difficult
and perilous. However, they managed at
length to anchor, and got out of the car
with nothing worse than a few bruises.
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Salting Hogs.
Some years ago. a gentleman experiment
ed in giving salt to swine which he was fat
tening. lie selected two pair of harrow
hogs, weighing tvo hundred pounds apiece.
One pair received with their daily allow
ance of ood two ounces of salt; the other
pair similarly red. none. In the course of
a week, it was,easily seen that the salted
| pair bar a stronger appetite than the
■ others, md after a fortnight it was increased
to two ninces,'apiece. After four months,
the weight of the salted hogs was three
hundrel and fifty pounds each, while that
of the insalttd, five weeks later, reached
only tljee hundred pounds. The experi
ment vis repeated with almost precisely
the saiie results.
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A Sleeping Car Adventure.
Amfng the passengers in a sleeping car
of tin Eric Railroad the other night were
a'couple of sisters occupying a berth to
gether During the night one of them had
occasion tp get up, and in getting hack
made a mistake aud got into the next berth
with a man. She supposing it was her sis
ter who had rolled to the front began to
nudge the sleeper to lie over. The fellow
woko up and seized the girl by the neck,
supposing he hkd caught a thief. The
scenp which ensued was mortifying as well
as amusing.
HARTWELL, LA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3J, Is,”.
LOVE AND JEALOUSY.
A Voting thinly tttnbbcil by Her I.over—
At-re*.l ol' llic Dcmnitcil Dun.
Fro in the Anderson (<S. V) Intelligencer,
The quiet community of Williamston was
startled on last Wednesday aught with one
of the most shocking occurrences it has ever
been our fortune to record. In a jealous
rage at the refusal of a yodng lady to re
ceive his attentions aud accept his proposals
of marriage, a young man attempted to tuke
the life of the young lady, afyl Ims thrown
a gloom over respectable households by his
rashness and deaperatiou. The particulars
are stated as follows :
Between the hours of eight and nine
o'clock on Wednesday evening, a young
mail named Lawrence Smith, of Greenville
County, who was visiting the house of E.
J. Pinson, Fsq., induced the daughter of
his host, Miss Pinson, to accompany him a
short distance from her father's house, and
without provocation intiicjf&d eleven or
twelve wounds upon her with a
knife, lie had been a suitor for the young
lady’s hand for the last six (freight months,
and it is supposed that her refusal to accept
his otters ot marriage so on Aged him that
lie resolved to take her lifr. The young
lady was fearfully stabbed, jgnd at one time
her condition was consideijed critical, but
the latest information givqe promise of a
speedy recovery from her \founds.
Lawrence Smith, after qpiniuittiiig this
terrible act, is said to have wandered about
the vicinity of Williamston, but he was
found the next day at his mother's resi
dence, near Grove Station, on the Green
ville and Columbia RailrofEjd. His uncle,
Mr. Trowbridge, upon hearing Uie facts
relative to the tragic occurence, immediate
ly went the house of Smith s mother, and
t arried him to Greenville, where lie was
placed in the custody of the Sherilf. He
belongs" to a respectable family, and is a
young man of intelligence. He stated upon
his arrest that he had always entertained
the highest respect for the young lady, and
declared that there was no premeditation in
the act, though he exhibited no unusual re
morse. and did not seem to comprehend the
enormity of the crime he had committed.
His friends claim that he is demented. The
authorities of Greenville County surrender
ed Smith to the jailor of Anderson County,
and he was brought to jail here on last
Saturday.
Blue Jeans Williams.
The State of Indiana has amongst her cit
izens a tall, gaunt old farmer, less remark
able for his good looks than lie is for his
sound common-sense, familiarly known as
*• Blue Jeans Williams," from the fact that
for almost a score of years he has dressed
in a full suit of blue jeans.
Recently the lady boarders of the Galt
House in Louisville. Ky., through the kind
ness of a prominent manufacturer, were en
abled to select a few pounds of the finest
merino woolgrown in theNtateof Kentucky,
and have constructed a peculiar loom upon
which this wool was woven into the finest
quality of blue jeans ever seen in the United
States'. This specimen of blue jeans was
cut and made into the best fitting suit of
clothes possible by the most fashionable
tailor of Louisville, and formally presented
to the aforesaid Williams, who dressed,
and we may say bedecked in that suit was,
on the Bth' day of the present month, in
augurated without pomp, but amidst the
cheers of an admiring constituency, the
Governor of the great Democratic State of
Indiana.
His inaugural was, of course, sound to
the core, and eminently practical. For tho
benefit of our farmer friends, we publish
the following extract, aud commend to
their especial attention the duplicate idea
of exercising this year the strictest econ
omy. besides discharging all those who are
found to be unnecessary hangers on about
the farm. We say with Governor Wil
liams, produce more, consume less. Here
is the extract:
Our State in common with the rest of the
Union, and especially of the \\ estern por
tion, is experiencing the distress and em
barrassment consequent upon a system of
over-trading and deceptive speculation. Our
consumption having exceeded our income,
the balance must be restored by a corres
ponding excess of our receipts over our ex
penses. We have been lured to the em
brace of debt under the flattering guise of
credit, and we can be extricated only by
the joint aid of industry and economy. We
should again seek the ancient landmarks of
frugality and republican simplicity from
which too many have unwittingly strayed.
Labor is the prime source of wealth in a
State. No community can prosper without
it. Commerce, the business of which is
only to exchange the products of the indus
try of one place for those of another, highly
advantageous as it is to a community, can
not exist without the life-sustaining breath
of labor. It is gratifying to see. from re
cent indications, that this opinion is gaining
ground in unexpected quarters. This should
serve as an encouragement of the advocate
of truth under adverse circumstances, prov
ing, as it does, that sooner or later her
right will be vindicated and her supremacy
acknowledged. Our position, soil and cli
mate, as well as the habits of our people,
all point to that branch of labor which is
devoted to agriculture as our chief reliance
for lasting wealth and returning prosperity.
This calling should rank with us first in
respectability, as it unquestionably is first
in importance. The principal, and indeed
almost the only assistance, which can he
rendered to this vital interest, the removal
of indirect impositions, the more dangerous
and oppressive because unseen and stealthy
in their operation, is beyond tho reach of
State legislation. It is to he regretted that
a growing distaste exists in too many quar
ters against this nurqpry of virtue, tins
surest guaranty of comfort and indepen
dence, this sheet anchor of our conunou
prosperity, as exhibited in the increasing
numbers of our youth who are crowding
the other professions to seek a livelihood
on the accidents of human life.
The true principles of economy in the ad
ministration of public a Hairs are essentially
the same as those which obtain in individ
ual transactions. No expenditure should
be incurred for otficial services or other
wise unless found necessary or useful, and
then at the lowest amount compatible,
with full and intrinsic value and ample
ability of performance. Tested by this
rule, all unnecessary offices, if any arc
found to exist, should be abolished.
Paragraphs of the Period.
The following paragraph from a speech
of Aaron Burr when Vine-President, said
to have been one of the most effective pieces
of oratory ever pronounced under tho roof
of the Capitol, may not be inappropriate
to the present crisis: “This house is a
sanctuary ; a citadel of law, of order, and of
liberty; and it is here—it is here in this
exalted refuge—here, if any where, will re
sistance be made to the storms of political
frenzy and the silent arts of corruption; and
if the Constitution be destined ever to per
ish by the sacrilegious hands of the dem
agogue ortho usurper, which God avert, its
expiring agonies will be witnessed upon
tliis floor.'’ Did he behold in a long vista,
Grant in the White House and Morton in
in the Senate?
Miss Van Sipp goes to church every
Sunday, and occupies a pew near the mid
dle of the house. Last Sunday sHfc 1 enfirted
some curiosity among a portion of the con
gregation by going up and taking a seat in
the “ amen corner" near the pulpit, where
she could sweep the entire congregation
with her eyes without turning her head.
When it was afterwards ascertained that
she had a painful boil on the hack of her
neck it was readily understood why she
‘didn't pop into her own pew. ns usual. It
worries a boil more than a little to have its
owner twist her neck every time the church
door opens.
AYe always did think the cat a spiteful
and ungrateful beast, and now we have
proof of it. A young man in Now York,
on hearing the pitiful and forlorn cry. of a
houseless feline, was moved with pity and
sought to take her in and comfort her. No
sooner did he exfbnd the hand of relief'than
the wretched beast sprang upon it, fixing
her teeth and claws in his flesh. It was
with difficulty and excrucriating pain that
he tore her off, and ran to the nearest drug
store to have his lacerated hand cauterized.
The next time lie hears the pathetic cry of
a cat out in the cold he will pass by on the
other side.
The New A"ork Journal of Commerce has
been investigating the length of time it Lakes
to transmit a message over the Atlantic
cable. The first signal is felt in four-tenths
of a Second: but the following one goes
through more rapidly. As many as seven
teen words have been sent over the Atlan
tic cable in one minute. Fifteen can easily
be sent under pressure; and twelve words
a minute is a good working rate. A fact
not yet explained by the scientists is that
the electricity does not move so rapidly
from New York to London as in the oppo
site direction.
The temperance cause, we are pained to
announce, has received another setback.
John McCummisky, of Erie, intended to
take passage on the fatal tram that went
through the Ashtabula bridge but stopped
at a saloon to get a drink of something that
rhymes with some of his last name, and
thereby missed the train. This is a very
poor incident to build a temperance story
upon.
A Rome miss of seven summers has con
cluded to marry a big man for her first
husband and a little one for the second, so
that she can cut the clothes of the first
down and make them over for his successor.
Thus the hard times force home lessons of
rigid economy and practical sense upon
tender childhood.
“The Rev. Mr Hughes has recently eloped
with one of his flock, Mrs. Faith larbox,”
says an exchange, “ but we doubt if he can
find anything in the Bible to justify the act.”
Well what if he can’t? All he wants is
“justification by Faith.”
The Chinese are the most silent of all
the races of mankind, and account for this
taciturnity on the ground that they never
mind anybody’s business but their own.
Water, though well warmed, would, nev
ertheless, quench the fire that warmed it.
Thus may the character of a treacherous
person he described.
We are glad, says an exchange, that leap
year is over. This having to reject girl
after girl is a cruel strain upon a sensitive
man.
The next Congress will have seven or
eight members each selected by less than
twenty majority.
An old bachelor says that when he wooed
she wouldn’t, and that, was the cause of it.
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mini; Transport**! "■> a Truitt.
t'nni i the Fort Wttynt ttnd.) Ornette*.
The village of Monroeville is nil aflame
with a sensation, the dimensions of which
are in an inverse ratio to tilt* town. On
Friday last a young man named ('harloa
Hurston was attacked with a disease sup
posed to be congestion of the lungs. After
remaining in an unconscious condition for
about two hours the attending physician
examined him and pronounced him dead.
In the meantime lus relatives, living at
Forest, Ohio, hud been apprised by tele
graph ol his illness, but they arrived at
Monroeville too Jato to see the loved one
alive. They were much affected at his
sudden death, and the grief of his sifter,
w hose age was near his own, was distress
ing to see. The remains were placed on
board the afternoon passenger train on tho
Pittsburg! Fort Wayne anu t’hiongo Rail
way, to be taken to Forest, Ohio, for inter
ment. The grief-stricken parents and sis
ter accompanied tin* remains. The latter
refused to go into the passenger coach, but
remained in the express ear, to be close to
the body of him she loved. It was nearly
an hour before the train arrived at Forest,
when a loud, unearthly shriek was heard,
and in a second the young girl was pros
trate upon the Hour in a swooni. Several
persona hastened to her rescue, when they,
too, were, nearly paralyzed by the discov
ery of the cause of her singular conduct.
I lie supposed corpse of (.‘buries llueston
was living, moving and breathing. The
head was thrust above the colfili. and the
and the face, with its deathly pallor, pre
sented a weird and ghastly spectacle. The
young man was evidently amazed at his
surroundings and the first, returning gleams
of consciousness found him in a position of
bewilderment, llueston was taken from
his colfili, restoratives applied under tho
direction of physicians who were on the
tram, am!,when he reached Forest ho was
removed to his father's residence. On Tues
day he was alive, and although very ill he
was improved somewhat, and none was en
tertained that he would completely recover.
The saddtvt feature in the case is yet to tell.
The young lady has not had one moment of
consciousness since the wild shriek which
she gave in the car at the dreadlul specta
cle which met her eyes, it is feared, in
deed, that her reason is permanently de
throned by the shock.
M MISER 23.
Married Couples’ Quarrels.
Peqple talk of lovers* qnarrels ns rat hot*
pleasant episodes. Probably because they
are not quarrels at nil. She pouts; lie
kisses. lie fihftlrns; she coaxes. It is ball
play, and they know it.
Matrimonial quarrels i4'c another tiling.
1 doubt seriously if married people evyr
truly forgive each other after their first
falling out. They gloss it Over; they kiss
and make up; the wound apparently heals,
but only, as some of those horrible wohnus
given in battle, to break out again at Homo
unexpected moment. The man who has
sneered and said cruel things to a sensitive
woman never has her whole heart again.
’The woman who has uttered reproaches, to
a man can never ho taken to his bosom
with the same tenderness ns before those
wonts were spoken.
The two people who must never quarrel
are husband and wife. One may tall out
with kinsmen, and make tip and he fribndH
again. r lhe tie of blood is a strong one,
and affection may return alter it has How u
away; but love, once banished, is a dead
aud buried thing. The heart may ache,
but is with hopelessness. It may be im
possible to love any one else, hut it is more
impossible to restore the old idol to the
empty niche. For a word or two —for a
sharpening of the wits—for a moment's self
assertion, two people have often been made
miserable lor life. For whatever there may
he before, there are no lovers’ quarrels al
tof marriage.
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He Touched Her Heart.
Detririt Free, Pmm.
Yesterday morning a woman living on
Napoleon street was seen on the walk in
front of the gate heaving the snow right
and left, and she only had got fairly settled
to work when a hoy lounged up and re
marked :
“ I’ll clear off the walk for ten cents.”
“ I guess I'm able to do it,” she replied.
” But see how it looks,” he continued.
u Here you are a perfect lady in look and
action, highly educated, and yet you grov el
in the dust, as it were, to save the pitiful
sum of ten cents.”
“ You grovel along and mind your own
business,” she curtly replied, still digging
away.
“It’s worth ten cents,” he said a’rf he
leaned against the fence, “hut I'm a fel
ler with some sentiment in my bosom.
Now, we'll say live cents, or just enough
to cover wear and tear o' my bones. Give
me the shovel and you go in, get on your
sealskin sacquc and best jewelry, and
while I work you stand out here and boss
around, and talk as if you owned the big
gest half of North America, while I had
nothing, and was in debt for that.”
She looked at him sharply, saw that he
was in earnest, and when she passed over
the snow-shovel she put two nickels into
his hand. He looked after her as she wont
in, and then sadly mused :
0! Flattery, thy surest victim is a wo
man homely enough for a scarecrow !”
Can a State Get Drunk ?
A few j-ears ago the State attorney of a
northern County in Vermont, although a
man of great legal ability, was very fund
of the bottle. On one occasion an impor
tant criminal case was called on by the
clerk; but the attorney, with owl-like grav
ity, kept his chair, being, in fact, not fairly
able to stand on his feet.
“Mr. Attorney, is the State ready to
proceed ?” said the Judge.
“ Yes— hie —no—your honor.” stammer
ed the lawyer; “the State—is not — in a
statd to try this case to-day; the State,
your honor, is— drunk !”