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COLUMBIA, S.C
'?'?Sunday Morning, June 20, 1875.
'?-A "IMiijtary Mistake.?All of tho
'.{?Boston speeches nt the assemblies prc
* paratory to the Bunker Hill celebration,
seem to have been in good taste, with the .
single exception, perhaps, of an inci-1
? dental remark in a speech of Genend ?
Burnside. He said that "he was willing
i to forget all the past and to do every- j
thing for harmony, except to say that we
were wrong in putting down the rebel- 1
lion." Nono of the other Northern j
officers and gentlemen who spoke j
seemed to imagine that any such decla?
ration was expected of any one. No one I
from tho South had asked it, or would
have deemed it reasonable or graceful to
make such a preposterous demand.
The allusion was an uncalled-for and
superfluous display of loyalty upon the
part of General Burnside, and was no
?doubt as distasteful to the enterUiners
..i\s to the guests of the Bunker Hill festi?
val. The General made a liberal, hand
' some speech at the American celebration,
-recently, in Maryland, but he wns not so
happy on this occassion. All Southern
men admit that the North was right in
acting up to its convictions, and would
despise it if it had nob They award to
.their adversaries in tho civil war the
name sincerity that they claim for them?
selves. However, military men will
make mistakes sometimes, as General
Burnside knows from his own experi
once. If all the Federal officers had
. been BurnsideB, the "rebellion" might
. not have been "put down" yet. Per?
haps the General was too amiable to in
Calge the necessary severities for that
^purpose.
The letters of Charles Nordhoff in the
Herald, throw n good deal of light in a
Northern direction on the condition of
?affairs in the States of the far South. The
account he gives of affairs in Mississippi,
.- is particularly interesting. The mass of
. the whites, he says, desire peace and
cotuot; but thore is what the Congressional
Committee called a wickod element,
composed of the old Bowie knife and
pistol men, whose bad language about
"niggers" oxerta, in Mr. NordhofFs opi?
nion, a most injurious influence on poli?
tics, in keeping the negroos massed to?
gether and making them afraid of the
Democratic party. The Republican party
contains a Bmull fraction, headed by Sc
. n&tor Ames, Butler's son-in-law, but it is
as feeblo in numbers as in character,
'though it has heretofore bad the Admi?
nistration nt its back, and the Republi?
cans of the best class have nothing to do
-with it. The "Amos Republicans," Mr.
N'ordhoff says, "have unscrupulously
used tho ignorance and greed of the ne?
groes to help them in their political
echemes." They put into such offices as
County Supervisor and Treasurer, as
well as into the Legislature, negroes
who were often "not only unable to read
?and write, but wdio were corrupt and
corrupting demagogues," and he fur
uishes some shocking illustrations of
negro incapacity and dishonesty. Well,
this is no doubt a very correct picture of
the shite of society there.
?-?-??-?
In .spite of the friendly assurances ex?
changed at Berlin, the Emperor of Rus?
sia eloes ne>t appear to have entire confi?
dence in the good faith of his imperial
cousin of Germany. His St. Petersburg
organ, the (Hohr, declares that the three
Emperors have lost the power of guaran?
teeing peace, "since ono of them has
been suspected of warlike designs," and
it suggests a new alliance bctweon Rus?
sia and England. It is not strange that
this publication should create a "sensa?
tion" in Vienna, for it is really Austria,
beyond a doubt, and not France or Bel?
gium, that the war party in Germany is
anxious to whip, anel if ono of the Em?
perors withdraw from tho tripartite cove?
nant, ho will only leave tho other two to
quarrel at their leisure. It does not ap?
pear, however, that the war is to be ex?
pected immediately. Bismarck has gone
off to tho country for his summer holi?
day, having assured the foreign repre?
sentatives before he left of "the peaceful
"disposition of Germany," and there is
not likely to be a fight before his return,
so that we need not add anxiety on this
score to the other eliscomforts of mid?
summer.
The oration of the day at Boston, on
the 17th, was delivered by Gen. Charles
Devons, Sr., who gave a graphic descrip?
tion of the battle of Bunker Hill, and an
eloquent appeal for a burial of all politi?
cal animosities engendered by the late
war. Other speeches v/ere delivered by
various prominent gentlemen. Darkness
caused an abrupt termination of tho ex?
ercises. The South Carolinians planted
a palmetto and a pine tree on Bunker
Hill, which attracted much attention.
Jobeph CrtEWH.?Wo referred briefly,
on yesterday, to the card published in
tho Pkcxiox, over the signatures of
Joseph and Adam Crews. There has
boen, perhaps, a too sensational tone
given to tho communications, with re?
ference to tho terrible murder commit?
ted by these men. This has emboldened
Joseph Crews; he has been led to be?
lieve, perhaps, that we were not in pos?
session of conclusive testimony to
establish his participation in the murder
of Dr. Shell. But tho time has now
arrived when we should treat this so?
lemn Ipiestion as its importance de?
mands, and from this time forth, basing
our statements on the irrefutable testi?
mony which has been produced before
us, we shall, turning neither to the right
nor the left, leave no stone unturned in
our effort to bring this murderer to his
doom. Our object has been, since cer?
tain facts woro brought to our notice, to
call forth, from tho numerous reservoirs,
wherein tho records of this man's vil?
lainy have been concealed, such proof
as would aid in tlie vindication of jus?
tice. Take his denial. Analyze it.
First, what doos it mean? Second, what
does it amount to?
Ho says, first, ho denies the charge
brought by*the tnen who confess under
oath they murdered Dr. Shell. Thi? is
puerile?his word against their oaths;
and, to go one step farther, what would
be the value of his oath against thoir
oaths? It is true, that they are colored
people?true, that they arc criminals;
but it is also true, that in Laurcns
County, the oath of any man, white or
black, weighed in tho balanoo against
that of Joe Crews, would turn the beam.
This, not alone in the opinion of the out?
raged whiteB, but also in that of tho de?
luded blacks whom he has led into the
paths of guilt, and then permitted them
to expiate his crimes. But there is an?
other feature of the question to be consi?
dered, before it be determined whether
Joseph Crews speaks the truth, or whe?
ther Sullivan and Parks speak the truth.
What have these latter to gain by mak?
ing false statements? If they have told
tho troth as to their participation, then
it is inevitable that they havo told the
truth as to Crowe. It would be impossi?
ble for any men to describe so clearly
the details of a murder, in which so
many were connected, without, if not
founded on fact, its falsity being evident
and apparent And here we ask a ques?
tion, the answer to which is illustrated
by the record of Crews referred to be?
low: Does not his record in South Caro?
lina render the truth of this charge more
than a probability?
But to answer our question as to the
effect of his denial, we may, with pro
Briety, say that it amounts to nothing,
f course, he would deny it. He could
not remain silent, and he must cither fly
or make this denial. But to continue
our analysis. He says the men who in?
stigated tho criminals to accuse him,
have their own skirts dyed with blood.
Who does he mean? Who has instigated
these men to tell the truth? Is it the
jailor, or the sheriff, or the judge, or is
it he himself? Almost the first man who
rushed in hot hasto to see them upon
their arrest was Joseph Crews. It may
be that he means tho men whom he pro?
scribed in Laurens and Union, and
whom he then sought to murder through
the agency of the Now York roughs,
whom he brought here. True, he denied
the truth of the sworn statements made
in 1871, as ho denies the statements made
in 1875. But he brought them here.
They were his accomplices, and their
sworn testimony was that he was to pay
them so much for the body of each of tho
men whom he wished murdered. Tho
oMhs of his accomplices in these hellish
designs are upon record, and the oaths
of his accomplices in the murder of Dr.
Shell are also upon record; but now, as
then, he proposes to do away with the
effect of this testimony by a newspaper
denial. Does any man doubt the guilt
which was fastened on him in 1871?
Does any man doubt that fastened on
him in 1S75? He would destroy tho tes?
timony of his accomplices by charging
them with the commission of the crime
for which he paid them. And yet, this
blood-stained man dares to appeal to
"those who know him best.-' Who are
they? They fire the nu n whom he has
driven from their homos - they are the
men who mourn some loved one, mur?
dered by Joe Crews' hireling bnnd?they
are the negroes who, in the penitentiary
or on the gallows, havo suffered for the
crimes he paid them to commit. These
are the men who know him best. Citi?
zens of Laurens and Union, is not this
true?
Then let the answer come from them
to the question?have these ignorant,
deluded negroes, this man's tools, sworn
to the truth? But what doos ho ask
those who know him best to bear witness
to? We quote directly?"that there has
never been anything in our conduct to
[justify the assassination of our fellow
nun." Who ever heard ot justifying
assassination, nnd that justification based
on the mode of life of tho assassin?
It is a wonderful thing to which ho
asks those who know him best to bear
witness that his course in life would not
justify him in assassination. Who ever
supposed it would? "Hunted and per?
secuted," should read hunter and perse?
cutor, for if over one man was a curso
to a community, that man is Joseph
Crows. He has driven the best men of
Laurens from thoir homes; ho has perse?
cuted, through Federal aid, innocent
men, and brought upon them imprison?
ment and upon their families want and
suffering. He has brought his tools to
tho penitentiary or the gallows, and yet
he tries to delude the colored people that
he may ruin more of thorn and enrich
himself at their expense; and greater
than all of his known crimes is tho
murder of Dr. Shell. All these things
he has done, and yet he sneaks around
the country and with a hypocritical
whine, talks about persecution!
But the end is approaching. He may
have covered up the signs of his other
villainies, but the light shines plainly
upon his tracks in this case, and he can?
not escape his merited punishment.
Doubtless, as our readers see this, they
?will learn of the arrest of himself and
his son, and speedily they will bo
brought before a tribunal which shall do
justice. No tricks or evasions will serve
in a case like this. Tho grand jury
muBt find a true bill on the evidence al?
ready published, and a petit jury must
convict, on that same evidence, together
with other proof of his complicity,
which will be adduced on tho trial. The
court m?ht do it? duty, tho solicitor
must do his. The people will stand
much, but in a case like this, they will
bear no trilling. With men, Joseph, you
cannot make your peace; at least, not
with the outraged people of South Caro?
lina; but the time has come when you
had better try and make your peace with
God. ? Greenrille Xeics.
A-The full testimony of Albert Parks,
signed with his mark, relative to the
murder of Dr. Shell, in Laurens, is as
follows: Knows John Bolt; have seen
him at Laurens often; knows that Dr. I
Shell was killed about seven years ago;|
was with the crowd who killed him; the <
party consisted of Tuxberry, Adam
Crews, John Bolt, George Simpson, Bill
Riley, Abe Jones, Adam EppS and wit-1
ness; the party assembled at Joseph |
Crews' and started from there; Adam
Crews told me to tire when the others
did or I would not get my money; I fired I
when others did; after the shooting Ii
ran back to town to Joseph Crews, who
put me in tho barn to keep me from tell?
ing it; I hollowed so that he came to
stop me, itnd I ran out; there were others
present who I did not know; Mr. Josoph
Crews paid me; don't know how much
Bolt got; did not tell it before, because
I was afraid; I was paid $30, but Joseph i
Crews afterwards took it away from me;
Adam Crews gave me a pistol that night;
Joseph Crews said after the killing that
he would take all the responsibility on
himself; Mr. Joseph Crews gave a paper
to Tuxberry and lie read it; it was from
Dr. Sholl, saying that Joseph Crews
would not be alive the next morning; I
havo hod no inducement held out to me
to make this statement; have no spite
against John Bolt; Wright Sullivan was
the first one I ever told it to; I was tell?
ing him about the way Joseph Crews did
about it, and ho told me he was there.
Lion Ann Unicorn.?When we were
younger, by many years, than wo are
now, wo used to hear tho rude doggerel
which narrated tho contention between
the lion and the fabled unicorn "fight?
ing for tho crown," in which fight and*
in the midst of the conflict, a small spe?
cimen of the canine species stepped in
and knocked both down. Though this
simile may not be a happy ono, it may
serve to illustrate the attitude of some of
our contemporaries, who seem to differ
widely in their opinions concerning
Gov. Chamberlain. Some appear to re?
gard him not only as "the right man in
the right place," but as embodying, also,
wisdom, strength and beauty in the go?
vernment of State affairs? the very acme
of gubernatorial greatness. Other jour?
nals, again, both in and out of the State,
differ widely from this opinion, and
very pointedly hint that the Governor
may yet be implicated in the Parker
frauds. What good the aforesaid jour?
nals expect to accomplish?some by
their persistent, fulsome flattery of the
Governor, and others by dark hints of
his possible corruption?wc arc at a lost
to conjecture. But, at any rate, we are
getting tired of hearing a man lauded to
the heavens for simply doing his duty.
Some of our State press seem to have a
decided penchant for heaping praises on
the Governor, whilst others still shake
their heads in doubt as to whether ho is
just the man he ought to bo - thus giv?
ing us, at each mental lunching with our
exchanges, a sort of sherbet as a tonic, in
which the predominant element is bit?
terness. One serious objection to the
Governor's champions is, that they are
not liberal enough in their vtews to per?
mit others the unquestionable privilege
of an honest difference of opinion.
Hence, the slight ripple upon the edito?
rial waters.
Chamberlain, as "Governor, has done
well, and he knows it. He knows it of
his own knowledge, and he has been told
of it by the press. He deserves praise,
(a certain amount of it,) but there is
such a thing as "over-acting" in a news?
paper world as well as in tho dramatic.
Cut the adulation slices thinner, and
give us fewer of them. Let us have a
little more consistency in the meantime.
Some of the papers loudest against
Chamberlain during his campaign for
Governoz, now seem ready to lull down
and worship him. The Governor has
had his day of abuse and of praise.
Now, let him rest, at least for the pre?
sent, and let the editorial lions and uni?
corns cease their contention for "the
crown," lest tho diminutive poodle step
in and gobble up the fruits of the con?
test. In short, and to bo a little more
explicit, let tho honest Republicans and
the Conservatives unite in their support
j of tho present State administration, with
' a strong and reasonable, hopo of finally
redeeming tho Suite. Without such
union, and with contention in Conserva?
tive ranks, rings and corruptionists may
yet gain greater ascendancy and hold the
State in their ruthloss coifs indefinitely.
[Laurensv'Me Herald.
Scottcitkd uy the Wind.?Mr. Caddin,
who is planting on the old Thomas C.
Lamar place, in Aikon County, S. O,
states that the gale of Wednesday abso?
lutely scorched up several acres growing
cotton on his farm. Several neighbors
reported the some phenomenon. The
stalks and leaves of cotton so scorched,
appeared as if they had passed through
a name. This is evidenca that the wind
was accompanied by a strong electrical
force.
City Items.?Subscribe for (don't bor?
row) the Phoenix.
New bonnets ore loaded with dowers.
No storm, yesterday, for a wonder; bat
a steady heat.
j We are not made judges of other's
I actions.
To-morrow, June 21, is the longest day
j in the year.
I Water is nature's best tonic, and abso?
lutely necessary for good health.
Five deaths in Columbia for th- week
ending the 19th?whites 2; colored 3.
Ladies in want of embroideries should
call at the store of Wm. D. Love & Co.'s. J
They nre nlmost giving them away. I
The dog law will be enforced on and
after to-morrow. Dog-owners who have J
not paid tho tax, will bear this in mind.
An impressive yearning for the green
i fields and shady dells of the country j
: begins to mako itself manifest in the J
j hearts of all people.
The great rush at Wm. I). Love A Co.'s
j during the past week has demonstrated
I to the public the place to buy goods
I cheap.
Monday, the.?th of July, will be gene
j rally observed as a holiday the present
year, in consequence of the Ith fnlling
j on Sunday.
Mr. Burke, of the City Hall Commis?
sion House, publishes whllt he can fur?
nish customers with. Read, and then
call and see.
There are occasions when it is our duty
to speak out in exposure of wrong; but
I in general it is best to abstain from evil
speaking even of evil persons.
A great reduction in pictures to suit
the times, at Hix's gallery. Beautiful
miniatures and paintings cheap, and
something new. Go and see them.
Tho clearing out sale at Wm. D. Love
A Co.'s will continue next week, and
until their stock is reduced; bargains
every day.
Mr. Julius D. Dreher, A. M., of South
Carolina, has been elected Professor of
English Language and Literature, in
Roanoko, Va., College.
The Charleston and Augusta trains
now arrive in Columbia an hour earlier?
the first at 12.55, and the second at 1.18
P. M.
Those who wish bargains, will do well
to atte nd the auction sale of clothing and
dry goods, at l?t Main street, on Tues?
day next, at 10 o'clock.
Winthrop Williams, Esq., has gone into
the insurance business, and as he is run?
ning the non-board agency, claims that
his rates will be much below those
usually charged.
Even the best of u3 have our faults,
and if every one should presume to de?
nounce the vices and misconduct of
others, the world would be given up to
defamation.
All tho necessary arrangements having
been completed, the now Washington
Street Methodist Church will bo dedi?
cated to the service of Almighty God, to?
day.
Judge Carpenter has issued c.n order
for a special term of the Court of Com?
mon Pleas, for Richland County, com?
mencing on the flth July. The case of
ex-Treasurer Parker will then be heard.
Mineral and other medicinal waters
arc increasing in this State. A pure sul?
phur spring has boon discovered in the
vicinity of Tort Royal; while another,
similar to Glenn's, has bubbled up in
Laurens.
Richard's patent dining table and tly
cxtcrminator is a great curiosity, and will
prove a valuable addition to any dining
room. Servants as well as flies are dis?
pensed with. Tho machine is neat and
tasty-looking. It can be seen at Mr.
McKenzie's saloon, where chances can
be secured, as it is to be raffled.
If "Clinton Subscribers" will take the
trouble to peruse tho back numbers of
the Piiosnix, it will bo seen that the
charges or statements made by the Green?
ville Xeies, with reference to Representa?
tive Crews and his son, wore copied
immediately, These statements covered
the whole ground, as they contained tho
substance of tho confessions of John
Bolt, Wright and Sullivan.
New Opera House?Theatrical.?An
j attempt is to bo made, on Wednesday
ovening next, to securo the necessary
funds to purchaso new and improved
chairs for the Opera House, in this city.
The Columbia Coinody Company, under
the management of Mr. Eugene Cramer,
the artist-painter, givo a performance on
that occasion which will, doubtless,
prove attractive?"Lost in London" and
Shakspeare's "Taming of the Shrew."
Several new scenes have been prepared,
which are truly beautiful; among them
may be mentioned an illuminated moon?
light scene in London; a coal mine,
with working shaft; snow storm?never
before witnessed in this city, The box
sheet will be ready on Tuesday.
St. Nicholas, for July, opens strongly
and docs not flag to the end. Its list of
contributors is headed by three of the
most popular female writers for children.
The number has also onoof the liveliest
and most natund boys' stories that have
appeared for months, entitled "A Great
Speculation." Our patriotic pride is
awakened by the fine portraits and anec?
dotes of "American Orators:" and the
Fourth of July spirit is addressed by an
historical sketch of the first naval battle
in American waters, Kit) ysars ago; an
entertaining account, by a Nebraska wo?
man, of "How the Grass-hoppers Came."
There are also two capital stories for
girls. Tie; poems of the number are cx
I cellent; the illustrations an? up to tho
i usual standard of iS7. Nicholas, which
! leaves nothing to be desired; and there
I are as many more attractions in the num
j Trial Justice Sill, on a warrant issued
' by Trial Justice Irwin, of Laurens, and
, upon the affidavit of II. C. Alley, arrested
J. Adams Crews, yesterday afternoon, on
a charge of murdering Dr. E. E. Shell..
I of Laurens, in 186S. Young Crews was
j lodged in jail, subject to the orders ci
I the proper authorities of Laurens County.
The Washington Street Methodist
j Episcopal Church.?The following brief
history of this church will be perused
with interest. Tho new and handsome
edifice occupies the site of the old build?
ing, destroyed in February, 1865:
The Washington Street Church, of Co?
lumbia, S. C, was founded in 1803,
under the auspices of Rev. Jshn Harper,
and was completed and consecrated in
1804. This was the first house of
Christian worship ever built in thia city.
I This building was soon added to, but
j being unsightly and incommodious, the
j congregation determined to erect a moro
suitable church. This was accordingly
done, and in 1831 the church was begun,
under the auspices of Rev. Dr. (after?
wards Bishop) Capers, and in 1832 was
dedicated to tho worship of Almighty
God by Bishop Andrew. This was then,
and continued to be, the largest church
in Columbia until the 17th February,
18C5. On that memorable day the city
was formally surrendered to Gen. Sher?
man by. the Mayor, in spite of which, on
tho ensuing night, this church was set
on firo three times from within and with?
out by soldiers of the United States army
and burned to the ground. This fact has
been certified to by credible witnesses.
By the same hands the spacious lecture
room, station and district parsonages
were destroyed and the communion
silver stolen. The congregation, which
was reduced to bitter poverty by the
same calamity which had overtaken
their church and city, was scattered and
dispersed, and had no place in which to
worship the God of their fathers.
Through the courtesy of their brethren
of the Baptist Church they assembled in
their house for worship every Sunday
afternoon, until they succeeded in build?
ing a small chapel on the site of their
old lecture room. This chapel was
dedicated to the service of tho Holy
Trinity on the 12th of August, 18G0, by
Rev. Wm. Martin. In 18GS, the work of
rebuilding the church was begun, undor
the auspices of Rev. Wm. Martin, and
to-day is to be set apart from all un?
hallowed purposes, and dedicated to the*
i worship of the Father and the Son and
I the Holy Ghost, by Bishop Wightnian.
1 incidents connected with the erection of
I this church and its consecration to-day.
Dr. L?rick Pierce, who laid the corner?
stone in 1871, and who unites in tho
solemnities of the occasion, was pastor
of the church in 1K08, sixty-seven years
ago. Dr. Pierce is the oldest effective
minister of any denomination on the
continent of America. Bishop Wight
man and Rev. Wm. Martin are two re?
maining of a class of young ministers
who were admitted to holy orders in the
old church, in 1830. The church, too,
is rendered peculiarly dear to the hoarts
of all Southern Methodists, from tho
fact that the mortal remains of Bishop
Capers, "the founder of missions to the
slaves," rest beneath the pulpit.
Religious Services To-Day.?St. Pe?
ter's? Rov. Father Quilter?first masB, 7
A. M.; second. 101 A. M.
Trinity?Rev. P. J. Shand, Rector;
Rev. J. H. Stringfellow, Assistant: H A.
I M. and G P. M.
Washington Street?Dedication ser
! vice and sermon, by Bishop Wight
man, assisted by different ministers, 10A
A. M.; Rev. Lovick Pierce, D. D., 4 P7
M.; Rev. W. T. Capers, D. D., 8J P. M.
First bell will ring half honrbeforo each
sermon.
Preaching at Hibernian Hall, over Ag
new's store, by D. B. Clayton, at 5 P. M.
Lutheran Church?Rev. R. McBwaine,
D. D., 10.\ A. M. Sunday School, 5
P. M.
List of New Advertisements.
Opera House?Columbia Comedy Co.
Jacob Levin?Auotion.
W. B. Burke?ChiokeiiB, Ac.
Meeting Columbia Lodgo.
.. W. B. Stanley?Self-sealing Jars.
Hotel Arrivals, June 19.?Mansion
House?Andrew Crawford, J. T. Seibels,
W. E. Owens, S. J. Perry and wife, B. A.
Wilson, E. A. Brown, oity.
Hendriz House?W. B. Seal, Va.; H. A.
Gibson, Alston; J. J. Mellichamp, city;
G. Ross, St. Louis; R. F. McCasland,
Charleston; D. H. Ruff, Ridgewoy; J. W.
Moore, Richland.
I her as those wc have mentioned.
There are some
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