The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-29
All .fHOU7' THE .ST.f7Es.
Shooting Affair.


The Spartanburg Spartan says: Lone ,;,y
last week. at II sale ut Dir. Dillard DubbnS.
Jeremiah Martin was shot in the arm by II. NJ.
rurher. we are Informed that the parties
were engaged In friendly conversation, when
Iurnrr drew his pistol and fired There was
no Immediate pruvocation, though there had
been difficulty between them some wears auu.
we understand thut Turner says IL was I'm u,
cidcn."
Bold Robbery.
The Kingstrcc Star says: ''We learn that Mr..
bradshaw, while travelling on foot In I'M.
nelghborhOOd Of lndiantOwn, fell in co,npnny
viii viii Young negro hoy scarcely grown, who,
shaw, struck him IL blow on the buck of th,.
head with ii hoe which knocked him scnscIrss.
Thc negro then rllcd his pockets Of all the
money ne had and made his escape. This oc-
cured In day time on tho public rOud."
Nowberry Court.
The Herald says: "Thc cxtr, fern or ,h,.
Court of Common Pleas, which convened ON
the lth instant, IL continued 10 this the third
week OF lis session. In our Judgment IL gives
relief To the country, inasmucl as the jury
nave unanimously agreed that In all antc-wur
eases Judgments shall only be- given for one
half Of the principal and Interest To the LIST of
January, ,.i,r 1861, against the principal and one
hitit OF thnt sum against the slrciics And ON
the most of the debts Contracted tlurinU th,,
war, the same rule Is applied, cxccpt in on
trcmc cases, where the true value OF the prop-
erty Is looked into, and n verdict given for
onc-h,llr OF that sum, In cases of personal
property, and for tho whole amount where the
contract was made for real estate. Contracts
made during the war for substitutes, and all
contracts for purchase OF slaves under the
ruling Of his Honor Judge Orr, are thrown out
Of court, or held 10 be unconstitutional, and
cannot he collected. About four hundred iii
gated cases have been disposed Of OH the Issue
docket"
Hold on to Cotton.
The Spartanburg Spartan advises It's readers
10 hold on TO- their cotton. II SAYS: uThc
mercantile interest may suffer for q short time.
put the general adoption OF this policy will,
merchant Will receive the benefit of whatever
advance there mny bo upon the present price.
and he ought To be willing to wait. It Is said
that twenty-five cents Is good price for cot
Ton, ana farmers ought TO be- willing to take il
In preference to rsking IL further decline; but
we do not think this il IL fair price this year
There III but little over Il half crop made II, the
n,, e",t9h o,nies' and IN South Carolina not so
iltich rs That. So that tweuty-two cents IL 0nly
about eleven cents for q full crop. Reduce
eleven cents TO gold and the farmer realizes
Diit eight and half cents in gold for his cot
ION, Wnicn was mol q rcmrncrniivc price he
lore The war, when labor was much cheaurr
ana more productive thnn IL is now We urc
now more thoroughly convinced than ever
That the decline In the price is the result of n
cruel combination among spectators and cam
itasts. The farmers of this district uru ven
crally able t0 hold their cotton for some tinc
yet, and we hope they will do it,"
The Murder at Dorn's Mines.
The Edgcfcd Advertiser gives the following
account OF the recent murder ut Dorn's Mines
ION Saturday night, October 9TH, Il brutal
murder was committed at one OF the quarters
connected with Dorn's Steam Mills, near Rocky
ponn, In this county. All inquest was held by
ccroncr o. M Hart @ ESQ: ,d, magistrale, aud acting
"Stabbed with knives In the hands OF some
person or persons unknown
III appears that DR.. Gheslein, who had the
,c,. lease Of the mill, had paid of his hands ON
Thursday, October 7th, and retired from the
business decming it unprohtnbc, for various
reasons. VIM. Dorm, Esq, owner of the mill.
requested nelEhbor, Geo: D. Tillman, Esq,
10 employ some persons t0 tuke Charge of the
property hntil he could make some disposition
of II. Mr.. Tillmnn, employed John i.an,lon.
Zone OF the old cmployees,j who with his wiic
Loulsn l:andon, were lcfl on Saturday night In
charge OF the property. During the might they
were both attacked In their own quarters and
Drlltaliy stabbed TO death. FL .ht shots were
hrcd into and through the house, supposed to
be from Winchester riflca-the calibre heinz
the same.
ut Is known that I.andon had some propcr-
y, and something like $50 or $50 i'm money.
NO clue has yet been found to the muricrcrs
1t is presumed that whoever committed the
ACT '-cre In possession OF the fnct that the de-
ceased had money, and were alone
ihe coroner turned the property into the
hands OF friend of I.andon's, WhO hns since
taken ont letters of administration.
'rhc old couple were good livers and we're
universally respected by the people of the
nciEhborhood, white and colorcd. The only
theory that can mt present be formod is, that
the mnrdercrs killed the old man, and after
compelling the woman to show where the
money was, murdered her TO prevent rccugni-
tion or discovery. 1t is certain that they Mt
tempted to burn the house, as piece OF burn
ing wood had been thrown upon the pallet on
the floor, and become eItingushcd The
scene OF the occurrence Is over q mile from
any house, and the entire matter seems en-
reloped In mystery. We hope that efforts will
DC made by the people In the vicinity, NJ well
as elsewhere, TO ferret out this matter, and
have the hcartlcss villains brought to justice"
Shrcds OF State News.
Governor Scott has appointed Wardale g. Nc
Allistcr, commissioner Of deeds for the State of
South Carolina In New York. J. $. Steward
has been appointed notary public for Fairfield
County: George A. Richmond, notary pub
lie OF Charleston County, has been removed.
Darlington has u steam grist mill.
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