The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-07-10
lNDREW JOHNSON
WILLIAM II. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.

THE MURDER OF s. G. w. DILL.-0ur travel
T ing correspondent writes us from South Ediso -
'Un the road encountered passenger, preach
er of the Methodist Church, from whom gather
ell sundry particulars touching the life and death
of the man Dill, lately murdered in Kerslaw
District Dill, it appears, was, at one period, on
the police of your city, or on the city guard and
he served also in the capacity of constable. In
one other or All of these Offices. he cultivated
taste for buneonsc speaking, which made him ct
last distinguished mcn:bcr of tie negropholile
Convention.
"Ilere, Tie sal, that his passion for oratory was
SO great that the Convention was compelled to &c
cord him the privilege Of speaking o.: sll topics,
whcu he pleased in crdtr TO sseT.tc his further
annoyance, and hopeless Of escaping him utterly,
that wise body conicE,ng itself with limiting him
10 fifteen minutes on each occasion These occu-
sons he fully employed; when after much insane
bluherskasing. neise and fury. hc was wont te
subsdc- for brief interval, nj ,h. s!vae OF his
fifteen minutes, but ouly 10 recover breath, snd
seize upon the new occasion. His faculties and
passion for speech making did not desert him., on
! his return to kcrshaw, where he became the nc
gro candidate for the Senate Of The State. T5s
better 10 ensure his chances, he was exceedingly
liberal Of promises TO The negroes, his ordinary
bid for being forty acres Of coniiscalrd lands
and GOOD work mul. 10 each voter.
"Bul he bad sharp eye to 'o!1 rewards as woll
MS to the honors of the Senate. lie persuaded tho
negroes 10 hud tabernacle, partly Cor his oTn
habilnlon, and partly as place for the regular
meetings of the .trool5 loil," when the League
was pleased 10 gather them together.
1.-The negroes dcliy GIFTED with the idea of grand
hall where they could assemble, went eagerly to
work, and very soon had cleared the space on
brother Dll's grounds, cut down tho pines and
squared them. and soon reared double tenement
log house, of large Dimensions. This dono, and
Senator Dill duly elected to the Senate, asd in
stalled in his house, the negroes severaly applied
to him for the forty acres of conhscated lands,
and the plough mule. Their discomfort ut finding
themselves disappointed in their hopes and e1pec-
tatons made them worry angry. and bitter words
and threats, curses at once loud and deep, Were
articuated from choleric throats. and tongues,
which were soon warmed and heightened i'll ex-
preston, when it was found that Dill needed the
whole of the new house for himself, and that no
portion of il was accorded TO the Loyal League or
the Brethren.
1t is the opinion of the white neghbors that lie
owed his death to the keen disappointments OF
the negroes their wild revengcs, irritated by his
broken promises and notorious bad faith IN all all
respects Nothing can be more probable for as
the negro is fond of acquisitions which he Is rare
ly able to keep, and builds largely upon what ha
can procure by gifts, and very slightly upon whas
he can gain by honest labor, is lie more vindic-
tive BY tho failure of a promise to give, than by
the failure of promise to pay
"But it was plausible suggestion to cast sus-
picion upon the wealthy or respectable whites Of
the precinct, especially as the conduct of the mur-
dered man, rs n bitter enemy of the white race, and
as mercenary, who WAS unscrupulous in the de-
sire to rob them equally of property and privil-
eyes. made him an object of general loaihing, ex-
ecration, aversion, and hate, aud prompted no
no doubt, many denunciations of bitterness and
reviting, which might be construed into threats
My informant assured lnc that there would be no
difficulty in establishing. by 1iibi, the innocence Of
all Of the prisoners Charleston Courier, 4M inst.