The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-08
D0IN0S IN DARLINGTON.
Franks OF Governor 3cott-Snles of
transformation of the County.
IrnoM OUR own CORRESPONDENT

pARLiSGTON, November 4.
On last Friday evening the Court of General
Sessions and Common rlcas for this county,
Judge Rutland presiding, adjourned, after n scs-
sion Of three weeks, The ordinary session OF two
weeks having been heightened by the prefix of
an extra session of one week. The entire session.
with the exception OF two days ami Il half, was
occupied by the sessions court, and yet the jail!
was barely cleared, leaving unirIcd the many i'll
dictmcats against parties out on bail.
Perhaps the most startling incident OF The scs-
sions court WINS the rendering of II verdict Of
mot guilty." by full negro jury, under Il? III
dctmcn for grand larceny, in the face of fun,
positive and undispuied evidence Of ,,uil.. Bc-
lore ihe trial was had: The counsel for the de
accused. To plead guilty, provided the Judge
would assure punishment not greater than that
prescribed for petit larceny. one Of This cnl.rht-
encu jury, OH being asked TO explain 50 astCnlsl-
ing q verdict, replied that 'thcy could no, see amy
particular evidence against The accuscd.'' l,i
the audience. generally, the result was nscribcu
TO the influence of Il most disrcputablc appeal to
the prejudces of race anu color, Oh the part Of
the counsel for the defence
During the progress OF the Court OF Sessions the
fact was developed that the Governor of the State
had, by letter, ordered one OF the negro hdyis-
fiUieS of tec county TO release. on bail, certain
parties who had hcen arrested on II charge Of
murder that Inc magistrate had obeyed the lille.
tile law, had since released other parties charged
with the same offence or course, Governor
Scott Is on one of the horns of the following Ill
lemma-eiihcr lie IS ignorant OF the laws of the
State over which lie prcSi'lcs, or regardless Of
those laws, takes advantage or the ignorance of
one of his negro apprentices To violate them.
In the little Time allowed the Court of Common
Pleas, much more was done taan was expected.
The bar, generally, agreed to withdraw mere
sham dcGcnccs, ana consequently the Judge went,
;cdh q great crash, through the sum. pro- and
inquiry dockcts. leavinE but little behind. The
issue docket and the equity docket however, are
still like great mountains ahead. When will our
docHetS he reduced 10 Il manageable SlZcg-iS the
anxious quest ion constantly troubling tile minds
OF the lawyers and clients of this county.
In the opinion OF your correspondent, the Stay
law, Order No. 10, aud the various circumstances
that lave, up To this time. contributed to block
our courts and render uncertain the condition OF
property, have done more damage to The mate T.
rial prosperity Of this county fhdm ala the ,raT.
as an Illustration and proof there Is The County
OF Marlboro, where, far The past two years, hy
some fortunate accident. the dockets have bceii
manascahlc AMI the course of Justice unimpcietl.
II Is, without dispute the most prosperous county
this county, are regarded as high 1T SIX and
seven dollars per acre, sell there for twenty and
thirty dollars per acre. Our progress must con-
dead body OF dHtc-baHum debts.
Monday last was salcs-,lay, ana aG unusually
large and motley crowd nllcd our nuiiic square.
Some 1000 acres 0f land were Sold ami 81 consi,l-
erthlc amount of personal properly. Tie prices
and tcs;icd to very cosi,icranIe iucreast III. n,
the value OF the property of the county. One
tract of land sol,i as high rs tSS do-lOT eight and
u half dollars per acre Tie continued depression
IN tile price OF cotton Affects Very inIriousiy ,hr
plans OF every class nr O.Ir citizens. The pIas-
pcct OF an carly advance In the price, ana The
proprety OF holding back the crop, until all ad-
vance does take place, were the main iubjcc;s OF
'ne SacSday talk.
Yesterday "wednesday there was sold ut Tim
monsvi,lc, III this county, large amount OF real
estate belonging TO the estate Of John ". TIN
mons, bankrupt. Over one hundred lois In the
Town OF 'rimmonsvilc were sold and brought as
tonishingly high prices. It is believed that this;
sale WILL In q short time, double the size Of the
thriving Town of TimmOnSrille. \ few days be-
Tore the sale the Rev. John NJ Timmons died nj
his place OF residence. at Tlmmonsvlllc. lie was
Bnptlst minister, much respected, and OF great
usefulness. lie belonged 10 Il noble band or old
men, to whose energy and character is mainly
due the wealth obtained by this county IN the last
f1ty years. In proof OF this, il is enough to say
tnat lie wgs tho founder or the prosperous little
TOwn OF TinmOnsvc. r.