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THE SUMTER WATCH3?AN, Established April, 1S50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 1866.
Consolidated Aua. 2. 1881.1 SUMTER. S. C.. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, 1881. New Series-Yoi. I. No. 6.
y "Pa'eliske? crery Tuesday,
-BY THE
Watchman and Southron PuhUshing
Company,
SUMTER, S. C.
TERMS :
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
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nterests will be charged for as advertisements, j
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lished free. j
For job work or'contracts for advertising
address Watchman and Southron, or apply at
the Office, to N. G. OSTEEN,
Business Manager.
Fi H. FOLSOM, Er. W. FOLSOM
F. H. FOLSOM & BIO
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Native-born Sumtonians.
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Practical Watchmakers and Jewelers,
Main-Street, opposite John Reid's,
DEALERS J>"
Watches. Clo?ks, i
GOLD AND PLATED JEWELRY, j
Spectacles, Silver ana Platea "STare,
FISHING TACKLE,
. Sewing Machine Needles, Oils, Etc.
General Repairing done at Conscientious
.Prices.
Give os a cali and be coat inced.
Oct 25 3m
GRAHAM'S STABLES,
REPUBLICAN-STREET,
JUST ARRIVED
One Car Load of
CELEBRATED
Old Hickory Wagons,
Manufactured by the Kentucky Wagon Manu?
facturing Company,of Louisville, Ky.
They are made of the best material, by j
skilled workmen. Every Wagon sold guar- !
anteed for ]2 months. They run lighter; and j
are in every respect as good as any Wagon !
made, while at the same tia^e their price is as
low as Wagons of inferior grade.
Also, on hand, a Sue assortment of
BUGGIES,
OF ALL STYLES AND GRADES,
At prices to suit thc ?imes
JUST ARRIVED ONE CAR LOAD OF j
Fine Eentuckv Horses, ;
some of them extra good drivers-se'ected :
with care for this market.
Oct 25 vV. M. GRAHAM. !
CHERAW A?\0 DARLINGT ON AND CHERAVVj
AND SALISBURY RA?LROAOS,
PK ES1D KXT'S OFFICE.
S"CifTV flint. S. C.. Mav 23; i SSI.
("XX AX1> AFTE? TUIS DATE. TKAiXS
J on the?c lt?aui will ruu a> fallows,-every
except Sunday.
Leave IVadesooro. S 40 \ m
Leave Bennett's. 9 >.'0 a ta
Leave M orren. 9 lb a m
Leave 3*eE?r!?n. 5' ?.b a io
Leave Cherow. lit 15 a U>
Leave Society li iii. 10 50 a m
Leave Darlington. 11 35 tu
Arrive at F?orer-ce. 12 li) p ru
CP.
Leave Florence. 12 ?O p in
Leave Darlington. i 20 p tn
Leave Society Hill. 2 10 p tu
Arrive at Cfceraw. 2 5U p ia
Arrive at \lfo3est>or?. -i i.> j> tn
The freight tr.?n will lehre Fiorencea* 0 3l* A
M every dav except Sanduy : making the mund
trip to Cfceraw every iay, and U> Wadcsboro HS
often as may be necessary-keeping OU? ?. the
way of passenger train.
_1} I) TOV."XSi-;XI>. Pres Went.
?-Ott.', um^Ajim^juj.'.. ?ui i .wua .o-ma?^a<ac?
Olim! KMftlT,
.Direct importation.
PJERCYEA? eU?LfO,
Direct from the Agent of the Peruvian Gov?
ernment.
FISH GUANO,
6(?3 per cent. Ammonia.
NOVA SCOTIA LAND PLASTEE.
South Carolina Ground Phosphate,
Fine Ground and High Grade.
HERMA?f BIWIMLE,
KERR'S WHARF,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Jan 17 3m
PAVILION HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
THIS POPULAR AND CENTRALLY
localed HOTEL bavin;: beet- entirely
renovated during the past Summer i.-> tow
ready for the reception of the traveling public. J
Popular prices >2 and 2.50 per day
Special rates for Commercial Travlers.
E. T. GAILLARD,
Oct 26_ Proprietor.
THE ?SA?lT CEN THAL HOTEL.
CO LU M iii A , C.
HAVING renewed my Lease of: The Grand
Centrai Hotel" for a tc-j-rn ofyears, 1 |
beg leave to inform the Public the ?f<?u~c j
has been thoroughly re-pai:.?cd, and now j
furnished with* new an-1 improved Riack :
"Walnut Furniture. Wire Spring !V'is with j
best Hair Ma?tresse?. Velvet and lirtis--*- .
Carpets. Electric Annunciators connect with j
every room, and the Hotel is conueceu
through the Co'um-'ia Telephonic Exchange
with every prominent place of bosb; s
throughout the City. These ad van fa Cfs, -hu ;
competent attendants, warrant me in .-insuring 1
the traveling pairie as good accommodations ;
as the Sot'.th can afford.
JOHN T. WILLEY, Proprietor. !
_Sept 20 3m
COLUMBIA HOTEL I
R. N. LOWRANCE, Proprietor j
cou;MU?A, S. C.
Table, Rooms ana Servants First-class, i
RATES RE A SON A BLE.
Sept 20-3m ?
R??BBEE STAMPS- I
_I
NAME STAMPS Fj?l MARKING CLOTHING !
Withaindeliibte ink, or for printing vbiiing j
S*t?^PS OF A N V K s x i> ;
Ct?8i?!y P. O^TEivX, j
At ?c Watchman and Soutar n Office. I
\Vli:??\ii'rX\. COLUMBIA AND
AUGUSTA K. K.
ON and ...ter Jan. sst. ?SS2. the following :
schedule will he run on this R?.ad :
NIGHT EXPRESS ANS MAIL TRAIN. (Dillly )
(Nos. 17 West and 4S East.)
Leave Wilmington.10 15 p ni ?
Arrive a; Flcreace. 2 20 a in j
Leave Florence. 2 50 a ::i
Leave Sumter. 4 20 a in :
irrirc at Columbia. S 10 a ar!
Leave Columbia.10 00 p ni
Leave Smiter.?2 OS a ni
Arrive a: Florence. 1 24 a a
Leave Florence. 1 52 a m
Arrive at Wilmbgtoo. C 20 a ta
This T^in stops only at Brinkley's. White
viilc. Flemington. Fair Bluff, Marion, Florence,
TiramonsviRe. Mayesville, Su cater, Camden
Junction ami Kastover.
THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIS;
Da-ly. except Sundays.
Leave Florence.ll 40 p m
Leave Sumter. 2 2S a m
Arrive at Columbia. 5 30 a m ?
Leave Columbia. 5 00 p ra
Leave Sumter. - S 20 p tn
Arrive at Florence.ll 10 p in
LOCAL FREIGHT-(Daily CXCCpt Sunda?.)
Leave- Florence. M. 6 00 a m
Arrive at Sumter. !0 55 a ra
Leave Sumter.ll 40 a DI
Arrive at Columbia. 4 00 p ra
Leave Columbia. 7 00 a m I
Arrive at Sumter.ll 15 a tn
Leave Sumter.12 15 pm
Arrive at florence. 5 10 p m
A. POPE, G. P. A.
JOHN F. DIVINE, General Snp't._
Columbia and Greenville Rail Road,
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT,
COLUMBIA. S. C., ?ugest 31. ISSI.
ON AND AFTER THURSDAY. September j
1st, ISSI, Passenger Trains will run as
herewith in-iicatcd. upon this road and its
branches-Daily exeepi Sundays :
No. 42 Up Passenger.
Leave Columbia (A). li 20 a m
Leave Alston._.12 26 p m
Leave Newberry. 121pm
Le*ve Hodges.. 3 52 p m
L?a vc Belum . . 5 05 p m
At:tv? at Greenville. 0 27 p m
No- 43 Down Passenger.
Leave Greenville at.10 33 a m
Leave Belton.li 57 a m
Leave Hodges. 1 12 p m
Leave Newberry. 3 47 p ra
Leave Alston. 4 4ft p in
Arrive at Columbia (Fj. 5 5?i p tn
Sr-'.RTANEITnc, UM?N ? COLUMBIA R. R.
No. 42 UK Passenger.
Leave Alston. 12 40 p m
Leave Sparenburg. S U & C Depot ( li) 4 03 p m
Arrive Spartanburg R ? D Depot (li) 4 12 pm
No. 43 Down Passenger.
Leave S pa rta a bu ;.?; Vt ? D Depot ( ii) 12 4S p ra
Leave Spartanbarg S U & C Der : (G ) I 07 p ai
Leave ?uion.7.. 2 '?6 p m
Arrive ac Alston. 4 30 p m
LAURENS KAIL ROAP.
Leave Newberry. 3 55 p tu
Arrive at Laurens C. Ii. 6 45 p m
Leave Laurens C. H. S 30 a m
Arrive at Newberry.U 30 a m
ABBEVILLE BRANCH.
Leave Hodges. 3 5C p in ;
Arrive az Abbeville. 4 46 p m '
Leave Abbeville....12 15 {> us ;
Arrive at Hodges. I 05 p m
BLUE RIECK R. Rf. ? AxDeitsox BRANCH.
Leave Bebo?. 5 OS p m
Leave .Anderson.- ..... 5 41 p ai
Leave Pendleton. 6 20 r, ra
Leave Seuaca CO). 7 20 p m
Arrive at Walhalla. . 7 4'? p :u
Leave Walhalla. ? 23 a tr.
Leave Seneca (l>). 0 54 a m
Leave Pendleton.1" 30 ;. tn
Leave Anderson. .li 12 a m
Arrive at Beit-n. .-...ll 4S a tu
On and after above dato througli cur; will bi
run between Columbia and Henderson ville witl>
out change.
CONNECTION.-.
A-With South Carolina Rail Rond froui ?
Charleston; with Wilmington Columbia & Au j
gusta li R from Wilmington and all point? ao?tb ;
thereof: with Charlotte. Columbia ? Augusta ;
Rai? Riad frota Charlotte "and points north j
thereof. !
B-With Asheville it Spartai?b?irg Rail Road .
for points in Western N. C.
G-With A. & C. Div. R ? L. R. R; for al! j
points Sou:*: and West. :
D-With A. ? C. Div. R. ? D. R. R. from At
lar.ia and beyond.
E--Wirb ? A C. Liv. R. ? D. R. R for ali
po tr; ts 5-.uth and West.
F-With South Carolina Rail R<ad for C'nar
teston r willi Wilmington, Columbia vt Augusta
Rail Road for Wilmington and tin? North : wi h
Charlo: te. Columbia it Augusta Rail Road foi
C'iari'.'tle arri the North.
(i-Wir?i Asheville & Snartanburg Rail ?load
fr o i a Ii e n ders on vii ? e;
li_\VUh A. ?. C. Div. R. vt D- R. R. from
Charlotte vt be;,ond.
Standard time used ii Washington, D. C.,
which is Cf teen minutes faster than Columbia.
J. W. FRY, Sup't.
A. POPE. General Passenrrer Agent.
Auirnst 2?. ?SRI rf.
South Carolina Railway Co,
COMMENCING JANUARY Stu. 1SS2.
Passcttifcr Trains or> Camden Brattcb will
run as follows:, until further notice:
EAST TO COJ-OMEIA.
Leave Camden . 7 40 a tn
Leave Camden Juac'ioa. S ?5 a tr. !
A ?rive at Columbia .10 52 ?-. m
WEST Fi?o-51 COLUMBIA-1>ATLY EXCEPT SUNDAYS- ;
Leave Columbia. 5 15 a rn... 6 !:'..' p ni ,
.Arrive '"..muir Junction, li 10 a io... 7 40 p m
Arrive at Camden. 1 ? 0 p m... S 15 p m j
EAST TO CHARLESTON AND AUGUSTA
Leave Camden. 3 50 p m ;
L?rnve C.'alden June*. 5 37 p m
Arrive a: Charleston. ?0 30 p in :
Arrive at Augusta. 7 35 a n. '
WitST FRo>l CHARLESTON ANO A tr G I'S"" ?.
Leave Cnarigsto'fi. t? 15 a '.ti 1
Leave Augusta. -1 45 p :.:.. '
Arrive Camden .lune*.ll tm a m i
Ariive a; Camden. 1 00 p m .
coNVKirnojcs"
C';u :i??j;a s .-d G feeov.'le Ra'-l-or.d both tray, ;
for ?'i! points on -hat Ko;ui and on thc Spar
tacburg. Union and Columbia and Spartanburg j
and .A>hv::b; Railroads; a?-o wR*.< -Ire Ch id?
iotie Columba uod Augusta Ra.?-1 roa tl to and
from a'1 p: "??-i Norin i>v : .ii-ps leaving Camden !
at 7 40 a m. and arriving at S 45 p m.
Coooe-t'oos yiade :u Augus'a ;.. :>!! points ;
tt'esi :uii S'oitb-: a'.-') nt Charleston with j
Steamer?* for New Yo k a a rf Florida-on Wed- :
r.e^da vs and Sa"iiirdriA-s j
Trains <.n Camden Burnell run daily except
Sunday. On main line. Columbia and Augusta '
Divisions, trains run daily, P?llruaii Cars aro
ran oetwe^n Charleston and Wa.'hintjton; on ?
tr&iiiS arriving at Columbia L'!:52 and depart': ',
tag at 0:00 V. >L Local sleepers between
Charles; J". Columbia and Augusta
Oa Sa? JCf?ay? ROUND lltlP TICKETS are i
sold t-? a*i'l from a" Stations at "tie first <?'..-.
frre for the round trip-tickers !?<?':ag good ?iii
M o :>h- v i??..?n. tu rer u-n. Exciiy ?-n t?eke??
. i ? .r tn a-v regularly on sale t<> ;ititi .
trr-ai all s ns at 6 cents p- r mile f T noni'! j
s rip. :
TiiROIIGII TICK V. I'S t > al! [.'."ats. can he
purc!i-?s;."l oy applying to Jatnes Ji'Res. Agent
a< Cam Len. DC. ALLEN.
General Pa?-enger a a I Ticket Agent;
JOHN E. i'i^CK. G<m<:i..! S'lb't,
Charleston, S. C.
ImfMhmm fi, Wm7
CTJP??KINTKNDEIiT'S OPTICS,
N lytVVi ? KASTE RN RAILROAD C??.
CHARLESTON. S. C. Nov. 2G, ISSI.
On and after luis date the following SdiC
linle v.ill !>;. rt?iv, Sundays includc'l :
Leave Charleston. Arrive Florence.
H 00 A. M .12 55 ?\ M.
.? :.?) ?.. M.li ;.
S 15 P. M.i :-:'> A. M.
Leavo Florene.*. Arrive Charleston.
2 40 A. M.?J A. ::
1 05 :\ M.5 ::."? ;. >r.
4 VJ A. M.S 45 A. '.r.
Train i'-ayi'ig Fh?f iitc al 2 .!'< A. M. will
not stop for xx nv passetsarers.
J."F. Di Vi NE, Cen'l Supt.
p. L. CLEA PCR. (t-r:M. Ti'Vei A vent.
" ROBERT teri ? SONS.
IMPURTER? AND DEALERS IN f
B?s, Wises aa? fife,
44 S"nfh-Sirrrt) H'fJt.imorc, Md.
Dewaibcr 0
A FATAL RAILWAY CRASH.
A Crowded Train Telescoped Near
New York.
! NEW YORK, January 14.-Tbe ex?
press from Chicago to New York reach?
ed Albany twenty-three minutes late
? yesterday afternoon. Owing to thc
great crowd of legislators and others
''? who desired to leave the capital, fifteen
additional cars were put cn, eight of
; them being palace coaches. Two extra
engines were attached, and the train
1 got under way. It was Glied with men
of note and prominence of both the
Republican and Democratic parties, in?
cluding flmost tho entire New York
City, Brooklyn and Long Island and j
Staten Island delegations in both branch- j
es of the Legislature, which had ad?
journed over tiil Monday.
At Spuyten Duyvil the train became
disabled, and owing apparently to the
failure on the part of the rear flagman
the engineer of tue Tarrytown special,
which followed at an interval of a
few minutes, knew nothing of the dan?
ger until he was almost upon the dis?
abled train, and running at high speed.
The-two rear drawing room cars were
telescoped and immediately caught fire
from the over-turned stoves and lamps.
Some of the passengers were caught in
the wreck and burned to death.
The wounded were promptly cared
for, scattered among the houses of the
vicinity and hospitals. About forty were
more or less injured. Accounts vary
as io the number of killed, but four
bodies have been recognized and five
were burned beyond recognition. The
recognized dead are Senator Webster
Wagner, E. L. Ratnsom, of the Hoff?
man House, Park Valentine of Ben?
nington, Yt., and wife, Oliver B. Kelly
of Pennsylvania, a m?'n supposed to be
the Rev. F. Marshall, a book of ser?
mons bearing that name being found in
his effects, and Miss Maud Brown of
New York. '
The railroad officials say the cause
of the stoppage of the train was thc de?
rangement of the air-brakes. As soon |
as the train was stopped the rear brake?
man, named Melius, was sent back
with the daugcr signal to warn the
other ?rains, and had time enough to
go back half mile, but seems to have
gone but a short dislance. He disap?
peared immediately after the accident,
and has not since been seen.
AWFUL DETAILS OF TilK CRASH;
The New York papers bring us the
harrowing details of thc collision, from
.which the following is taken:
Thc ill-fated train, just after passing
Spuyten Duyvil, entered a deep cut
alongside thc Harlem Kiver. At this
point the rocks and high ground rise
up on ono side, and on the other thc
land slopes down toward the water.
The bend is abrupt at this turn, and
thu sudden curve of the track leaves
only a small scctiou of it visible from
any point along the line. As the cars
roiled into tho cut it appears that seine
one inadvertently pulled the rope tight?
ening the air brake, and the train stop- i
ped for a tew minutes to give thc train !
hands an opportunity to see what was J
thc matter. In this interval a passen?
ger was standing on thc roar platform j
o?'the parlor car ''Idlewild," which was I
the last car of thc train. Suddenly, as
he looked back along thc lines of thc
rails, they glistened like fire. A whir?
ring sound throbbed in the air, and in
a twinkling a great glare of light burst
forth in the gloom and the ground pal?
pitated under the rumble oi a coming
train. The onlooker saw the inevitable
destruction and made for tlie front of the
car, when the catastrophe came. There
was no tune for warning, no chance for
speeding an alarm. An asthmatic out?
burst of the steam whistle-the ominous
"down brakes" so often indicative of
impending danger-inst in a deafening
crash and then an infernal uproar of
steam and human voices. That, was
about ali any of the occupants of thc
crushed cars were sensible of. The
Tarrytown special had come sweeping
about thc curve with unabated speed.
IIOilKOR AND DISMAY.
The warning whistle had hardly cf
fected a brake, and when her engine
struck the Idlewild it cut through the
car like a knife and burst into thc Em?
pire till the glare from the broken
head-light streamed upon the startled
and affrighted passengers there. The I
occupants of the last car were dashed
hither and thither. Some made fer the
door and squeezed their way out. Some j
burst throng!) the windows. Some caught j
by the crashing seats, struggled with j
desperate strength to extricate them- |
solves A few were crushed to death j
nt thc moment of the collision. Pu-' !
those who were only disabled crawled j
to the openings and strove, with what
despairing efforts thc witnesses of that j
scene alone know, to drag th ems elves
out of the reach of thc terrible death
that was coming upon them. As the
whistle of the Tarrytown express sound?
ed so fearfully close at hand only one
person in the "Empire" (which was the j
car next to the Idlewild) gathered its j
significance. "Sit still !" he called, as
the crash drowned his words. They
had scarcely been uttered before thc
"cowcatcher" of thc locomotive was cut?
ting through the timbers of tho car, and j
thc hot breath of the boiler was fearful- j
ly palpable to the affright'd passengers. ?
Tiere thc rush tr? the doors was as fran- j
ticas in thc Idlewild. Thu pack of j
politicians were on their foot in a twink- !
ling and went tumbling out in a heap :
from thc crashing ruin. The group of j
men who found themselves scattered ?
about oil ibo soft ground in o moment- i
dazed and bewildered, every one of j
;;: -rji--rf presen tl v to bc witnesses ?
of.- spectacle dreadful beyond cou cop- j
tion
i
FI;:!: S W:::AT>:UL II/- vue.
Tn a breath fire had added its hor- j
rors to tho disaster. Th? over tu mci j
stoves uud tho dropping ashes from the ;
railroad furnace had donc t Ii ctr work.
Tbc \v and upholstery had burst into !
rn mes, and a blaze w::s now leaping up .
above the wreck and sweeping along as
if to swallow it. Dreadful cries rang ;
out upon thc air. Thc hoarse calls of j
mon were mingled with fhc horrified
?.Krudes of women, and there wr.s a-v [.'th
of agonv ab^.'.-t tho tones that betokened
too wei! I.aw kc-?ny :V;>e wiso jittered j
thom felt thc sense of tho fate that was j
overtaking thom. All along ti.? train '
the lights had been put out by tho shock j
of thc collision; and now thu long lino .
of fon*? arv) cars lay clark and su ll er:
with the engine snorting in front,
while they disgorged from platform and
window a throng of terrified and be?
wildered beings. Thc glare of tho Gre
brought all swanning to thc rear. Train
bands halloed and wont rushing wild?
ly about in a futile quest for buckets.
The more cool-headed passengers lent
a hand where it could be of service.
Miraculous escapes everywhere marked
a few moments which will never be for?
gotten by the actors in that dreadful
scene. Meantime the residents of thc
neighborhood, aroused by the infernal j
glare in the railroad cut and the wild i
hubbub tb at arose from it, came throng?
ing down io dozens ready to lend what
assistance they could. But their ap- j
pearancc was of no avail whatever. The j
train was hopelessly devoid of any ap- j
pliance that could quench the fi?mes. ?
Buckets were unknown : vessels of any ?
kind were unheard of. Conductor and j
brakeman bustled about and made fur- j
live sallies in quest of axes which did j
not exist aud iron uteusils which could !
not be found. The passengers stood j
about in groups, in thc snow and mud
on the slippery embankment and saw j
the fire darting through the wreck of j
thc two cars, powerless to assist those !
within, who were groaning and
SCREAMING FOR SUCCOR.
A few gathered about the blazing
vehicles aud crowded up to them
through the suffocating vapor, hoping
to reach some of the many arms that
were stretched to them so supplicating
ly. But driven back by the outburst?
ing of the flames, they had to join the
rest in the hunt for buckets or axes, or
stand tamely by while the fire did its
murderous work. No faces appeared
at thc car windows, but cries in a dozen
voices were beard from within, lt wa?
evident that they came from persons
pinned fast beneath the debris and un?
able to escape. And now the people of
the neighborhood set au example which
illustrates better than anything else
how destitute they were of resources for
aiding thc perishing. They turned the j
thin film of snow covering the ground !
to account. They rolled it into great
balls and honed bv flinging it in among
thc fiamos to quench them. Some of
the passengers and the trainmen joined
them in this vain task, while others
scoured thc neighborhood for buckets.
And all this time the water of the Har?
lem Uiver lay within easy rcuch, but j
there was no vessel to make it of avail.
At last some people came about with
axes. Trainmen and all lent a hand to
burst through the shell of that fiery
prison, from which those agonized cries
were now issuing less frequently. Thc
iron rang upon the metal and timber.
Holes were forced in and glimpses of
the ruined and Suming interior began
to appear, but in spile of the efforts of j
all. the fire closed over all and the on?
lookers saw the appealing arms stretch?
ed from the windows shrivel in the
names and burn to a'crisp.
A passenger says: "The fiamos
spread with astonishing rapidity and
tho cars seemed Like tinder boxes made
to burn. I saw a lady and gentleman
standing together in one of thc cars.
They did nut seem to be mach hurt., as
they were obie to stand, but. they did
not move. I was so excited at their
danger that I shouted to them, 'Tor
God's sake look out for the fire/ but in
thc general excitement ar.d noise it is
safe to think that my voice was not
beared. The fire reached the spot j
where they were in loss time than it I
takes me tell it. Thc young woman
fell first, it appeared- to me as if she
dropped with the heat. First her head
sank on the man's shoulder and then
they both foll and ? saw thom no mere.
I never want to see such another horrid ?
sight.'
A SAD SEQUEL TO THE TRAGEDY.
BENNINGTON, VT., January 15.
The bodies of Park Valentine and his
bride, two cf the victims of the Spuytcn
Duyvil disaster arrived her this morn?
ing. The parents of the dead bride
and groom are almost distracted. The
same clergymen who officiated at thc
marriage of the young couple last
Thursday evening will conduct their
funeral services to-morrow afternoon.
STATEMENT OF THE ENGINEER OF THE
LARKYTOWN TRAIN-ARREST OF THE
NEGLIGENT BRAKEMAN.
NEW YORK, January 16 -Frank
Burr, the engineer cf the Tarrytown
train which ran into thc Chicago Ex?
press at Spuyten Duyvil on Friday,
made a statement to-day in which he
says the brakeman, who was sent back
to warn thc coming trains that the Ex?
press had stopped, was only about
thirty-five feet i om the roar car of tho !
.stationary train when he first saw his j
danger signal, and it was then too late !
to stop his own train. The brakeman j
was arraigned in court to day and rc- j
leased on ?5,000 bail.
GU?TEAU.
The Assassin in thc Best cf Spirit-.-His
Intended Speech for thu ?Xnry Furnished i
to il:;; Associated I*ress fur the Hen et it
of the American L'eonle-Ai: Abstract of I
"What lie hus to say in His Uefencc.
WASHINGTON, January 15.-Gui tenn j
was apparently in the best of spirits j
this morning when thc reporter ol']
thc Associated Press called at the
jail. "1 have decided not to sell my
speech for money/'' ho remarked,
"but to give it the widest possible j
circulation through the Associated '
Press I want every mau, woman |
and child in America to have an op- j
porluiiity lo rem! it.'*7 ito was asked, j
'.How were you pleased with Mr. j
Reed's speech yesterday V1 and lie j
replied, "Weil, I don't take any stock j
in Scoville':? theory or Reed's either, j
and 1 should not like to ti tist my tlc- j
fence to either of ihotu. (.'harlie ne-de !
a good speech, though, and it inter- j
esud me; but 1 wouldn't give ti cent j
a bushel for timi kind of talk.5' Then, j
aflor a sher! na:;se. "1 dun" I k;ne?wyr!
though, but it may bo just as wei! to :
have thai go before tho jury" ( with ;
a gr:" ); "lit'Mc may be some soft Iel- |
lows among Hiern who will believe j
I ut an imbeei!'-.
W.AriM.vc? or, January 15.--The fol?
lowing Isasbee:! furnished for publica.- ;
?ion : j
To the New i'oi-k Associated Press :
G EN i us M KN :- i have tho honor here- j
with io fransmit m}' speech, lt is :i i
histori?;?! document, and I desire it j
sent broadcast to the American na-'
, lion. I am not certain that J.i
Cox will allow me to deliver ii, I
j send it to my countrymen, and
J and thc President of thc Un
; Status, if necessary, will tinnily
j indicate lilis case, i have ai: euc
I um on Judge Cox, at the close of
! spcecii.which 1 allow to stand, but
not think it possible, on mature re
tiou, that he really intends lo gag
and prevent delivering; the sp??
If he doea his name will go into
tory blackened as thc "gag law mr
1 am sure that thc able Chief Jus
I and his associates, who represent
Washington Court, in bane, will
with scorn upon the position of Jn
Cox., and I am sine that the lr
toned men of tho nation will do 1
wise. Because I am my own conn
and it is infamous that I an: not j
milted to address the jury when
life is at stake. I would not tr?*t
best man in America to close
case. 1 lake no stock in Mr. Seovil
and Air. Heed's theory oi' defence,
removed the President, and '>
speech contains my defence, ant
should bc read by every Am eric
and I desire you to give it thc wid
publicity by printing it in its e:itirt
1 have thc honor to be, yours, etc
O?J.\S. Gi'its??
United States Jail, Washington,
C . January loth, 1^2.
The speech which accompanies I
letter makes Icu or twelve thous;
words, but contains very little wh
is either new or important Tue ii
part of it is a mere repetition
Guiteairs Christmas address, wh
1ms already had a wide publican*'
Of the remainder the following
tracts give a fair idea. After revit
iug the history of the conflict betwc
tho Stalwarts and the Hal f-B iee
Guitcau says :
"Soon after Robertson's appoi
ment the Republican party began
heat. This was about the middle
May. By thc first of June it ii
red-hot. By the first of July it w
white-hot. if this spirit had not be
killed by the President's removal, t
nation would soon have been in t
Same of civil war. Our late reboil i
cost the nation nearly a million
men, and a bi i iou of money, and
desolated the hearthstones ol' the ;
public. To prevent a repetition
this desolation the removal oi thc la
President was necessary. By his i
mo val the Republican party w
cemented, and trie nation to-day
happy and prosperous. To-day
suffer in bonds because I had the ?
spiration and nerve to remove tl
President that thc nation mimili live
but 1 expect you, gent ?oman of i\
jury, will remove these bonds to tl
end that I go forth a free and vi
dicated man. That is what you a
here for, and 1 ask you to liberate m
Tell thc American people that ye
find no evil in me, and that my i
spiration came from the Deity: &?
that he, and ho alone, . is respoiisib
tor the President's removal. 1 rn,
review this case since July 2nd, ai
cali special attention to the acts; i
the Deity, wherein ho hus bike
special pains to protect mo and co
firm in}' inspiration, to the end ali rn-:
may see, and, seeing, may believe i
my inspiration."
After reviewing again the histor
of the weeks which immediately pn
ceded the assassination ol' thc Pri s,
dent, and the motives kvhich impelie
him to the murder, ti ti i tea ti says :
"I never had the slightest doubt
to the divinity for the act or the m
cessit3" for it. Ah opportunity cami
I shot him on July lind. Not bein
a marksman, ho lingered unlii'Se;
tember 19lh, when he passed quiet!,
and gently away-the Lord tbcreb
Confirming my inspiration. Th cr
was a special providence ir. In's dyim
in New Jersey. I undertake to sa,
the Deity allowed him to die there I
protect me from thc.possibiiity of lega
liability for simply executing his will
Sf?uuld this ju i y condemn me to b
hung, which is hardly possible ii
view of thc facts appearing in ihf.
trial, the Deity has probably fixed tin
law so that their vcr dice cannot hi
legally enforced. It is thc opinion o
sonic of the ablest members of titi:
bar that this Court has no jniisdietioj
to try 'this case. Th;:;, point wit' h;
pressed if necessary in arrest oi'judg
mont. But ' expect you, gemirme:
of the jury, to justify the act. Yo;
are here to vindicate my inspiration.
You are here to say that 1 novel
would have shot the President on my
personal account. This is thc litera
truth. And now I propose to call
your attention to thc acts of thc
Deity confirming my inspiration. !
wont to the Ballimore & Potomac
Depot on the 2d of July, and shot thc
President twice. Only one bal! took
effect. 1 would not do it again for
one million of dollars, lt was the
most insane, fool-hardy act. possible-:
no one but a mad mau could have
done it: but 1 would have done iL
at any time after June 1st if 1 had
known I was to be beheaded the
next moment. I had no power to
.) re vent it. My free ago ney was en?
tirely destroyed, i was In duress,
and in law any one in duress is nd
responsible for his net. On this
ground I ask you to acquit me. How
do we know you were under duress ?
my word for it. No one oise can
know tin's fact but the Deity and ni'1.
I knew it; the Deity knows ii: and
the Deity has taken special pains to
thus far protect me. If it bo true ab?
solutely thar. Providence nod 1 s.:ivcd
t!:C nation why should m>I i be a '?oro
ami the equal of Washington and
Lincoln and Grant ? Many people
are beginning to see that ! have
saved the lunion. Tisis trial lins de?
veloped my motive an! my ? ; pi: a
lion, and to-day rho peuple consider
mu a patriot noil a groat man. The
prosecution rh.ive made a gro.nl ii -::isi?
with their insane rx poi.is. The ..?.Ay
insanity in this ease is what tluise
experts rail transitory mani:!, i. e..
the - Abraham' sty le of insanity. Tie-re
are thirty-eight, rases ol Abrahsuuic
insanity in tho'Bible., i. e., o fi I legal
kiiiieg resulting from lie v<lesion
..i transit orv rveaby divine ;urrh. ri
ty. I fa single man on this jury ha.-1 tho
slightest doubt as to wh itier! bred
that shot on my personal accord, or as
the agent of tho Deity, he is bound un
: der thc law te give me the benefit of
the doubt and acquit me. The prosecu?
tion have attempted to show L>y their
. paid experts that I was not suffering
(rom transitory mania at the time 1
tired on the President, but what do*
they know about it Absolutely
! nothing*. JJad I plenty of money I
j could g.??- fifty reputable experts to
' swear 1 was insane absolutely at that
tfmo; ? take no stock in the shape ol'
the head or the hang of ibo tongue,
cr in the opinion of experts on either
side of this issue. I leave my justi?
fication to (?od and the- American
people, and to-day, six months after
' the shot was fired, llic Deity has re?
peatedly confirmed the act as indica
i ted by my experience as set forth in
: this speech, and tho American people
arc satisfied to let this prosecution j
go by default, and that is the way !
yen wiii probably let it go."
Guiloan then quoted in extenos a !
large number ol' letters which he !
j claims to have received from the j
! American people, approving his act, i
; and gives extracts from the prayers
I of a number ofpromiucnl clergymen, j
after Garfield's death, to show that in i
their opinion ii was God's will that ;
i he should die. The address closes:
: with a eulogy on Justice Cox andi
! the following :
i
i "in general I am satisfied with j
your Honors proposed instructions,
but I would humbly suggest that the
jury bo charged as follows : That if
tiley believe that i believed it was
right fer me to remove the President
because 1 had special Divine authority
for 60 doing, they will acquit on the
ground that 1 was overpowered by the
Diety, ?'. e., that I was suffering from
thc transitory mania. Your Honor
has suggested that the law of jurisdic?
tion in thia case may be different from
what some of the leading Washington
lawyers say it is. .Should it be nec?
essary lo have your Honor pass for?
mally on this issue, I expect we shall
(ind plenty of authority to show that
your Honor has no jurisdiction. I am
also of tho opinion that the Court in
bane wiil so decid?; if necoessary.
The Judiciary of this District is not
surpassed by that ot'thc ablest j?dici
arv iii the Union. Chief Justice Car
ter is the peer td'any justice on the j
American bc null, and so arc his asso?
ciates.
And now, gentlemen, I must close.
Two months ago you left your homes
and loved ones to listen to this case.
I have no doubt but you have given
it your most solemn and pray ful at
teetion, and that your verdict will be
act gu i "tv, as charged \:i tho indict-1
mont ; and now, gentlemen, I leave
this case with you. At the last great
day yon and ail men will stand in tuft
presence of the Deity, crying for
mere}' and justice. As you act here,
so will be your abode in the great ?
hereafter. I K'gyou do not get the
Deity down on you by meddling with
the case. I beg for your own sakes,
and for the sake of the American peo?
ple, and for ti it; sake of generations
yet tinborn, that yon let the case
ai on e. You cannot alford to touch it.
L'-v your verdict bc that it was tho
Di-'ty's act., not mine. When the
President was shot, his Cabinet tele?
graphed to foreign nations that it was
thc act of a madman and it will bc
far belter every way that it be offi?
cially decided that it was the act of a
'madman." ;'
??GXDAY. JANTAUY 16. 1882.
Tho Senate met al ll o'clock, Presi?
dent- Kennedy in the chair.
The following new measures were in?
troduced :
Mr. Islar-Bill to provide the com?
pensation for persons acting as Solicitor
pro tempore, by appointment of the Cir?
cuit Judge.
The following bills frere passed to
their third read ii; sr : A hill to incorpor?
ate the Camden Cotton Factory Com?
pany: also, bill to regulate the distriba
tiorrof books by Clerics of thc Courts of j
rbis ^fnie to Co an tv officers: also, joint ;
resolution io direct thc purchase for dis?
tribution of 340 copio? of the -'Law of
Trini Justices," prepared by Junius il.
i-jvnns.
T?:c Cot?mijtes on Minos and Mining
made a lengthy report covering nil the
bills relative to phospnato rights recom?
mending that none of them pass, and
proposing the following as a substitute
for thom all :
A bill to regulate and provide for the
proper development, of tho phosphate
rooks and phosphate deposits in the j
navigable waters of the State.
The House m?t at ll A. M.. Speak?
er Sheppard in the chair.
Mr. Johnson, of Barnwell, submitted
a petition of citizens of Barnwell Coun?
ty that tho stock law be not forced upon
thom.
Ways and Moans-Favorable on a
joint resolution authorizing tho County
Commissioners of Clarendon County to
apply the proceeds of sale of jail lot in
Man ni n gi;
Mr. Murray introdtteod a resolution j
io instruct tho Judiciarv Committee to j
enquire and report a hill to osf.nhlish j
County Courts for tho purpose of reduc- ?
ing tho jurisdiction of Tr?-1 .lusfiees |
and relieving thc Circuit Courts of a j
portion of the business, if. in its judg- j
mont, such a in casu re will be beneficial i
iv the public in forests.
Pending tho consideration of tho ;
measure a message from thc Governor j
was received covering tho report of the j
Commissioner. James P. Campbell, in;
relation to tho 1'nifed Slates direct, tax ;
Act. after which thc railroad bill was i
resumed ?
Mr. Murra-m ev M-to amend Section I
"?2 so as lo provide for tho election of
tho Commissioner bv the General As- |
sombly.
A long and disep.sstvc d?balo ensued '.
on the genera" sulijr.fl of tho eompara- ?
tiro, advantages of elections hy the Gen- j
era' Assembly and thc people, tho mer- ;
its and demerits of the convention sys- ?
to rn -if nomination, and whether it was ?
easier or cheaper fa- corporations to
purchase the L?gislature er tho people,
tho (.?>.:.?!:i>ion of ?he u-ho'o matter be?
ing !:,nt. noor tts was the average Dem- j
Oerath: !o<::<*'t>ir. thero was not money
oifM?gh itt till tho railroad combinations
io thc laud to buy him. j
Mr. Haskell called upon thc previous i
nucstton, and rho aajccdiscut of 3!
Murray was adopted.
Mr. Mn r ra y offered aa an endmost
Section 87 requiring the rai ?roads
provide two suitable rou ?ns, proper
furnished, for the acec ra -v. oda ? iou
passengers nt ail stations where :ic!'e
are sold ; a ioptod. Also, an ar'-?m
mont requiring the railroads wdiemivi
thc trains arc more than one-half ht?:
behind time, to post bulletins at a
telegraph stations along the line, nor
fyiug tire persons of the time at wu ic
such trains are expected to arrive.
Pending this amendment Mri Ila;
kell moved to discharge the fun ht
consid?ration of the bili for nest-da1
which was adopted.
m. Simonton submitted the rcpo:
of the cummission appointed at the la:
session of thc Legislature to provi<]
for the assessment and taxation of pn
porty. The Commission say that it In:
been impossible for them to frame a Ia
less complicated than that which co
exists, and reports a bill which correct
and simplifies some of the forros an
methods of the present law. It wa
made the special order for to-nvorro'
and from day to d:.y -.hereafter..
Vv ays and Moans reported uafavor.*"
biy cn a bili to provide for the rcdemr
ti on of certain forfeited Inads ; also on
bili to provide a mode for the pay in ct!
of the interest cn the public -lebt ol' th
State.
Mr. Rice introduced a bill to doclar
the law in relation to liens.
TUESDAY, JANUAKV 17, 13S2.
The Senate rna at ll o'clock. A. M
President Kennedy in tbs chair.
Mr. Ren bow-Petition of numerou
citizens of Clarendon County asking fo
an extention of the time when thc gen
oral stock law shall go int ? eiTect.
The favorable report, of the Ccmmitte
on thc Military on a bill to provide fo
the government, discipline and organ;
zation of the militia of the State and t
reduce all Acts in regard to thc sam
into one Act came up on its secern
reading.
When thc third section was reacho?
Mr. 3iiiler moved that it bc Striekel
out. This Section reads as follows :
That thc organized militia, know a
volunteer troops and national guard
shall be kept strictly separate ; and fo
all purposes of parade, drills, muster
and encampments they shall not be pa
raded together. In the event, however
of war, riot or insurrection, or i ni minen
danger thereof, where it may be neces
sary to call into active service the Na
tional Guard, thc companies, regiment
and brigades shall be under the coal
maud of thc senior chicer of the volun
teer troops theo prtsout."
Mr. Miller made a short speech fa
voring his motion.
The motion to strike ont this sectil,
was voted down by an overwhelming:
vote and the bili was passed to its thirc
reading.
The following elicited a short but an?
imated debate :
A bill to regulate and determine th-'
righi of dower : That whenever a wid?
ow shall claim homestead in the real
estaie of her deceased husband aud tbi
same shall be sot off to her in thc man?
ner prescribed by law, the hcaissteau
so set off shall be in lieu aud bar the
widow's right of dower, in all thc land:
of which the husband died seized aud
possessed.
Pending the discussion cf this motion,
Mr. Wylie moved that thc bili be re?
committed to the Judiciary Committee.
Adopted.
Th-- following, among others, ?;ere
passed to their third reading:
Rill to authorize ?he Comptroller
General io make a cou.position with thc
sureties o: Samuel Place, late thc
Treasurer of Kershaw County ; bill
ceding ibo jurisdiction of the State ct
South Carolina to the United States of
America over such lands as may bc re?
quired for deeping, widening and
straightening Mosquito Greek, between
Wiuyah Ray and Santee River, so as
to facilitate commerce.
The House mel ai II A. 31. Speaker
Sheppard in the chair.
Tlie following new measures were in?
troduced :
Mr. Thomas-Rill to prohibit the
keeping of a dog ever three months "ld
without a license
Mr. Allison-Dili to prevent as
against creditors thc sale and transfer of
the real estate of a deceased person by
tho heirs at law uni i j t ii roc years after
the issue of letters testamentary or ad?
ministration.
The following committee reports were
submitted :
Ways and Means- Favorably ou a
bill fo author'.:-*::' the town ot Sumter to
issue certaiu bonds.
A bill to dvtrue the duties of County
Commissioners, School Cou; mission ors
and Treasurers in reference to the audit?
ing of claims allowed by tnc:u was made
the special order for to-morrow.
Thc following bill was read the third
time and sent to tho Senate : To re?
open ti:e South Carolina Military
Academy. So the bid passed the itincU
to which it had boen subjected in the
House and sent to thc Senate-ayes ob :
nays 40.
The special crier being the election
law '.vas then taken up. and although it
was understood tua* tho caucus which
was held on Monday night had deter?
mined definitely the passage of tie bil!
to-daw. it was evident that some of its
opponents wore determined to hamper
it as much as possible, '-nd accordingly
tito usual paliamentary t::r-;ics were ap?
plied to s'.-di on after section until tho
whole bill had passed its second reading.
Puring thc tedious and annoying pro?
cess various a m end ni en ts were made,
among which, that tim Governor shall
appoint two assistant supervisors, who
shall soi":e without compensation, win)
shall sit. in all ca.-a-s whore the super' ;.
sor s?mil refuse to register ?he applicant ".
thai in pei mu bia aud Charleston, caen
ward sled! be a : ?registration preeiuet :
that the".'supervisor shall kt-ep a 1: '
applicants for r.-gis'rr.thm rejected by
him and lav the same bi ? re the a.-sn*.
ant supervisors when they meet with
him fer that purpose, and lin.'- such i;-t
shall h-' ^e.ijcct to revu-ion bj? ?he .-aid
*>..;?rd o? Supervisors, ar. ; tn::: tue rejcelr
cd applier.:it sha!' have, .a tho last retort',
the riiih; lo :: t ?'. w by tho circuit
?o:?r;v of the action of ibo supervisors
reivetmg his application to register.
The foo for renewal lost or defaced
certilicntcs was stricken out. The com
pensa lion of .supervisors was fixed afc*
SH,OOO for Charleston, and ia other
Counties at ?500, to be paid out of the
i Treasury of thc State. The hcur for
j opening thc polls v:as fixed at 8 A. M.,
! and ibo b'-ur for closing at 0 P. 31.;
pi- M-parar.e ballot and ballot boxes
j were provided for at each genera] elec
j ??f>n. as follows ; One for Governor and
; Picu-emtni Governor, one for other
j ?tate osiecrSj one for members of the
j Geueraal Assembly, one for Circuit
! Solicitors and Country officers, ouc for
j members of Congress and one for Pres
I idential electors.
These changes were ail ?n-aoe by
friend.? of the bil!.
its opp merits endeavored to strike
out or change mau}* of its essential pro?
visoes, but in every instance where the
test was applied by ayes and nays a
large majority, amounting in some in?
stances to a two-third vote, sustained
thc bill.
It was therefore, a matter of no small
astonishment that when the hp.I had
passed iis second reading and the ques?
tion was put by the Speaker: '-Shall
tho bili be ordered to a third reading?"
and Mr. VT. ll. Parker catted thc ayes
and nays, it resulted in thc refusal of
the ?louse by ayes 50, nays 05, to pass
: he bill. This result was evidently as
much asurprise to the opponents of the
b'il ac- to irs friends, aud the reporter
sought, in vain among the astonished
members a solution of this remarkable
freak cf legislative juryman diving.
In reflecting on the causes which
produced this result we have reaebed
the conclusion that there were two
things which bad much to do in bring?
ing it about, if uot wholly chargeable
with the disaster of tue bill. The pa?
tience of the House bad been severely
I taxed by thc course which thc member
from Hampton (Mr. Til!>:ighast)thougbt
proper to pursue during the considera?
tion of the bill, and which, ouquestioa
ably, pretrae'ed the matter thrice as
! long as it would otherwise have taken,
I and warned those who had eharge of
f the hill into calling the previous ques
! tion on the whole bill as the only meaas
open to them of ridding the debate of
this factious harrying. This was an
unfortunate movement on the part of
; Mr. Mnrray, and was resented at the
! moment by many who doubtless favor?
ed the bill, as a purpose to cut off a
careful consideration of thc remaining
parts of the bill, and they manifested
this feeling by voting with the opposi
! tion and thus defeating the third read
\ ing of the bill. It is to be believed
that a night's reflection will temper the
irritation cc used by the injudicious zeal
of tho members from Anderson, ai>d
that upoD a reconsideration to-morrow
thc^nill will pass without much opposi?
tion.
Mr. Crawford introduced a measure
in which Columbia and the traveling
public are much interested. It was a
bili to provide for and require the con?
struction ol' a union passenger station
in Columbia.
WEDNESDAY, JA^AEY 18, 1882.
The Senate met at ll A. M , Presi?
dent Kennedy in the ch?ir. Thc pro?
ceedings wore opened with prayer by
Kev. H 0. Judd.
Mr. Bossard introduced a Bill to in?
corporate the Bellemont Cotton Factory.
The third reading bills were taken
up and the following were passed and
ordered to bs enroiled for ratification :
Bili to est.-.biisli a new Judicial aud
Election County from a portion of
Charleston County, to be known as tbe
County of Berkeley, to ascertain and
define the boundaries cf said Counties,
and to provide for and fix thc salary of
County o "doers thereof.
Thc bili to provide for the better en?
forcement of ibo poli tax came up oa its
third reading and was productive of 3D
aimateu debate, in which Messrs. Cal
lison. Gaillard, Wylie, Henderson,
Smythe, -Perry aud Izlar engaged.
The motion to strike out thc enacting
clause was voted down by a large ma?
jority. The bill, so amended that tho
imprison inuit chaire reads "fire days"
instead of s*thirty days,;; was finally
passed, by a vote of 18 to 12.
Mr. Mulh r submitted a petition sign?
ed by over seven hundred citizens cf
Lexington County praying fer tho re?
peal ot the g?nerai stock law.
Tho Code was then taken up and oc?
cupied thc attention of the Senate till
?h-: hour of adjourn meut.
The House met. at ll o*eh>e!r, Speak?
er Sheppard in the chair. Prayer was
offered by Kev William Martin, of Co?
lumbia
The following now measures were in?
troduced and referred :
Bili to authorize thc Canal Commis?
sion to transfer and deliver to the Board
of the South Carolina Penitentiary the
property known rs the Columbia Canal;
bili to resurvey and remark a portion of
the boundary Hoe between this State aud
Nor! h Carolina ; bill to incorporate the
Bellemome Cito;; Manufacturing Com?
pany : "alii toallow tenantsreotmg or leas?
ingham! to sell or remove at the expira?
tion of loase ail manure raised by them ;
bill prescribing the form of book ia
winch the County Com missioners shall
keep the record of claims against the
County; bili to ameud the Act to regu?
late the suie of intoxicating liquors.
This latter was introduce?! by Mr. Mar?
shall, of Richland, and provides for the
striking from Section 2 of said Act thc
amount of ?10G\ now required to bo
paid to tho State for license to sell
liouors. il is tho most direct and
radical assault which has yet been made
on tho liquor hiv; at tho present session,
as ir socks io strike out ono of the dis
tiiictivo features of tho law. it is made
in the interests of tho poer whiskey
seller, wi o cannot afford to pay thc li?
cense -ind will, th cr; fore, have togive up
tho bustness cr carry it on claudestine
:v. P. is safe io p:edict that the meas?
ure will not find much favor in the
Lieuse.
The Mlowing reports of committees
w< re. submitted :
\ g : i a 11 u iv Un fa vor.? bly on a bill
in relation to crops; als^. unfavorably
on <i bili to prohibit the keeping of a
dog over throe mouths cid without a
license
The following were returned from the
Senate :
Bill provide for the restriction of
ages .>t" pupils in public schools.
The std ?li; ia bili was reiuraed to* the
House with amendments, which were
; concurred in.
