The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-08
D0FSGS IN DARLINGTON.
How IL Guilty Man was hcquittcd-Thc
Prmnhs OF Governor scots-Snlcs of
transformations of the County.
lFEoM OUR owH CORRESPONDENT

bAkiiSG1oS, November !.
On last Friday evening The Court of General
Sessions ami Common l'cas for Ills county,
Judge Rutland presiding, adjourncd after scs.
sion or three weeks. the ordinary session of two
weeks having been lcnf;lencd hy Tie prefix OF
an extra session of one week. Tie entire scssiua
with the exception 0r Two days and u half. was
occupied hy the sCSSio:IS court. ana Yet Tie jail
WAS barely cleared. leaving unir!cd The MANY in
dicimr:ltS against parties nut on bail.
Perhaps tie most Startling incident q; the scs-
sois court WAS The rendering u! II vrr,!r; uG
mot guilty" lH full negro jury, under an i'll
dlctncn: Tor grand larceny. in iac fac" nf full.
positive and un,liSlWicd evidence OF :. .ic-
! fence, III open court, uirTci, on the part or the
| accused Ia plead guilty. provided the Judge
would assure !, punishment not grca;cr than thal
prescribed .or iicit i'rccny. DIr ut This ci.h-
C;tcd jiry, on Ici: asked 10 explain :sini,i>li-
ing verdict, replied that 'licy could no, any
particular cvt'icc. against the acCGScil.'' i;y
he audience. generally. the result was nScrii,cd
10 me llhMcllcr OF 81 hiGSt di'icuiabic appeal to
the prclu'li"eS Of race ami co.or. "n The part oI
the counsel for thr tlclcuce.
Daring the progress of The Court of Sessions the
fact was developed i the ti'wcrnor ui The State
had, 10y letter, ordered one of The nrgIU i1nyiS-
| hWicS of tie county III release nn bail, certain
! parties WHO had been arrested IN Il r'l,ruc of
mtr'icr-iiat the magistrate ha olicycd The iilc-
tal order. ald supl'oslT ii' the Governor Knew
ihc law, had since released, other parties charged
win the same oIlcncr. or course. Gn"crnur
Scott IS ON enc Of the horns of the ioowini. Iii
ciniil;,-citllcr lie il ignorant of The laws of the
Stale over which lie prcSidcs. or regardless ri
those laws. taxes advantage OF the isuuriacc III
one o! his negro apprentices To vulatc ihcm.
In The lille lime allowed lie Couri Oi Common
Pleas mach more WAS done t.uu was rynyr,r,i
Thc bar. generally. agreed io withdraw mere
ShhM ,'c!cnccs ANA consequently the Judge went,
| 'riht a J!f.ti crash, through the sum. pro- am,l
inquiry dorhctS. lc;:ing but little behind. The
Issue ,lucSc ANA the equity docket. However, are
sill like great mountains ahead. When will our
dockets hc fc'luccd to Il ,anaacahic siZc:-is the
aiXOuS question con S;anly troubling Inc minds
OF the lawyers AMI clients of This county.
III the opinion of yo,Ir correspondent, the Stay
law, Order M. 10, and the various circumstances
| that have, up To iEis time. contributed to block
onr courts and rcI,'ier uncertain The condition of
property, have done more damage Ia The mate
| rial prosperity of this cn:lniy MdM diI TIE ,raj.
rs an Illustration a.:d prnaf, there iS Tie County
uf Marlboro where f;,r The m,st iwu wears, i,y
some fortunate accident. the durkcts Save been
nlna:rei'ie AMI ;c cGtr>c of Justice nnimncI;c,l.
| is without dispute. :hc most prosperous county
| this county. are regarded aS high Il: six AMI
seven dollars per acre. sell there lar ;w"n'y and
hir;y loiarS per acre. Our iy"rrc's ih'i-i con-
dead hndy Of GH'r-b:H',." "r.is.
Monday llS: wa' sacsay. and az ,;l;!s::a:iy
large anl m""y crowd nic,i our iu:.iic s,l,aft.
Some 2oao acrsi of land were Snii AMI cu,.ii.
erahc anintlht ~ personal properly. TIE Price.
and testified 20 very ,n!.,!,icrabe incr,.s,. II,
| the va!s OF The property OF HE county. one
h.ii dollars per acre. ri,r on:.ri",l ,icnr,,.s.nm
III TIE price oI cotton affects vrvy nurioii,ly the
plans o every class I" or citizens. The pros.
peel ni All early a!"ancr III The prize, ana he
prorricty oi holding; back the crop! uniil MI ad.
vance does take place. we're The haiti aiiec;s OF
ihr SalcS.tiay talk.
fcSiersia; wednesday, there was Sold at TIM
moiiSvillc. i'll This county, large amount VI real
estate he.onGins To the estate .! Iola ii. ".in-
mons. bankrupt Over one hundred Ipis in The
Town OF TimnonSvillc were sold and brought as
,onshinGly high prices II Is believed that ths;
sale will, III sor; time, double lie size OF the
thriving Town OF fimmoiivillc. y few days bc.
lore the sale the Rev. John NJ. Timmuns ,licd n,
MS place OF residence, at TimmonSvillr. lie was
Il BAPTIST minister, much respected, anil Of great,
uSrfuncss. lie belonged To noble hand 0f oil
men. to whose energy and character il mainly
luc he wcaltl obtained hY This county in The last
nIty years. In proof of this, 1t Is enough say
that lie WIS the founder or the prosncrUuS little
Town Of TinmOiSvi!lc. H.