The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-27

entire discourse. The subject of the Grafton was
the order, its principles, workings, origin, &C.;
and to those who were heretofore doubters, it
was made clear that Odd Fellowship is not Of re-
\ cent creation, but Gun be traced back to the
patriarchs, and has, in every successive age, be-
come more cherished and loved. We were COM
PEELED to leave before the close, and cannot give
full report Of the oration, but can safely assert
that MIR. DURYEA'S forensic talents have gained
many proselytes to the cause Of friendship, love,
truth and charity. The exercises were concluded
| BY . prayer and an appropriate ode. fs Is SO
| MAYORS CouRT-April 26.-The docket again
was bare Of cases, and the duties Of his honor so
light as to require his presence but for moment.
The continued quiet Of our city is certainly gratis
| flying to all, and is recorded BY u.s. with great
p Hiss=5. = = i =E:=s
DISTRICT CouaT-sENTENoE DAY-Hon. GEO: W.
LOGAN, presiding.-Jno. Mitchell cheating by
false tokens; three months confinement in jail
Robert Gaillaird- larceny; three months.
John Francis. larceny and receiving stolen
goods; one month. .....:..s ~.
JAS. Han-larceny; three indictments; seven
months imprisonment.
] Sol Bray assault and battery; three months.
| Jno. Mitchell and Ben Palmer conspiracy to
cheat and defraud; three months each. Mtchelrs
to- commence on expiration of previous sentence.
Josh Glover and Oliver Glover-larceny; one
month each. S.-sz..@
Jas. Sanders-larceny; one month. 80
John Jenkins-larceuy Of q horse: three months.
| Toney ooks-larceny; three months.
John Washington and Henry Thompson-larce-
| ny; three months.
Edward Wright-la1ceny; three months.
John Kelley assault and battery; to pay costs
Of suit
Michael Lawless-assault and battery; sealed
| sentence.
John Wehb-larceny; sealed sentence.
Calvin r. Simons- assault and battery; IS and
costs ofssuit. S::
Julia Kane-retaiing sprituous liquors without
License; $500 and costs.
Henry PlEte--assault and battery; discharged
on payment Of costs. Y =
Alfred Elliott-assault and battery with intent
to kill; sealed sentence.
Margaret Steinmeihr- and battery with
intent to kill; IS and costs.
| John Montgomery assault and battery; sealed
sentence.
! James Casey assault and battery with intent to
XII. an appeal was entered by R. W. SEYMOUR,
Esq, and Casey required TO give bond for $1,000.
Joe Smith-larceny; sealed sentence.
Bob Scott lceny Ave dollars and costs.
Thresea Sweitzer-assault and battery five dol
lars and costs.
Duncan Cameron-assault and battery; Ave dol
lars,and costs. =ia s.''.:..
Thos. Mcran-assault and battery sealed SEN
tence
CONTINGENT DoCKEr.-Ben Hernandez pro-
secutor appearing, the reeognizance Was forfeited.
Joseph IeEy-the same decision - =: Ii; ::
JIenery Wsgeh her:Athe same decision. -; ss'S
! COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS AND COMMON
PLEAs-Hon. R. MUNRO presiding.-The Grand
Jury returned the following true bills:
The State us. WIZ. EDwARDs-Larceny. ~,
| The State us. LAWRENCE CouaHToN-Receivipg
Stolen Goods. =: -
The State us. R. G. GnoRBr-For En-
trance and Detainer. =, l..
| The State os. CARROLL GAINES, MERRITT MOORE,
and WIN. .GREEN-Larceny.
The State us. VIM. GREEN-Receiving Stolen
Goods. - -
The case OF the State os. THOMAS HARRINGTON,
Murder which had. been assigned for this dhy,
was called, 4. ". srRATg and O.. c. P1NckHEY,
Esqrs., appearing for the defence. A. motion was
made by the Counsel for the defaEce to- have the
case transferred to the Military tribunals, rs the
party on trial was soldier Of the United States,
and it was not considered that the Civil Courts had
any jurisdiction in the matter. :.;s..;-:
Judge MUNao overruled this motion, and decided
that Us the Military had turned HARRINGTON over
to the civil authorities, they had considered
the Courts competent to try the case, and under
these circumstances the trial by civil process was
legal.
On motion Of Mr. SPRATT, the case was post
poned until Tuesday for trial, and the Court ad-
journed,
UNITED STATES CoURT.-Hon. GEO. s. BRYAN
presiding c. MERrHEN's application for cit-
'zenship was presented, and granted.
The petition Of SAMUEL W. MELTON to practice
in the United States Courts Of South Carolina was
presented by Isaac HAYaE, Esq, and on his mo-
| tion the petition was granted.
The trial Of the United States us. W. Fl. KIDD T.
Co., for rectfying spirits without Government
license, was resumed and no witnesses appearing
for the defence, the argument was opened by A.
| G. MAGRArH, ESQ.,, who was replied to by D. T.
CoaBN. Esq, the District Attorney, and the de-
fence was closed by J. B. CAMPBELL, Esq. The
Judge charged the Jury, who, after an absence Of
a few hours, returned verdict OF not guilty.
The prisoner was discharged, and motion was
made by J. B. CAMPBELL, Esq, to have the arti-
cles Of Mr.. KIDD, which were seized, released.
This WAS objected to by the District Attorney, and
and an animated discussion arose as to the juris-
diction of the Court in the matter, but the de-
cision was reserved until Monday.
MARsDEN's PECToRAL BALM is by no means a
new preparation. It has been before the public
for the last twenty years, during which time over
five million bottles have been sold and that with
out the expenditure of one dollar in advertising.
The proprietor, confident of success in all cases of
Bron ,hia diseases, has instructed de- alers to re-
fund the amount in any instance where it has
failed to cure For sale by oil druggists
DOWIE & NOISE, Agents.
GOODRICH, WINEMAN & CO., Al ents.