The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-10
AFFAIRS IN DARLINGTON.
wHITTEMoRE AT HOME.
The Darlington Court-Intercsting MUIR
der Trials-Acquitta1 of Mr.. Davis.
[rRoN OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT


DARLINGTON, March s.
The Court of Common Pleas and Genera
sion s1 last Saturday. 10 civil business S wa: was
done, the whole time being consumed in Grim
inal business. Practically there is denial Of
| practice and remedies OF law to the people o.
shis county, ald it Is evident that ihiS must
last. and Inc Court OF Sessions Continue tc
, swallow up the Court of Common Pleas, unit
the courts are severed. Three murder cases
were tried, resulting In the acquittal of Ezra
n. Davis and Calvin Josey; and the conviction
OF Paul Brown. Men oil ali classes and colors re-
leiced in the acqulttal Of Mr. Davis. Frenzied
by liquor, he had mortally stabbed his body
servant. The faithful fellow spent the re-
naming hours Of his life in earnestly implor-
ing all who saw him to save his master from
being harmed for the deed. The testimony
and very many OF the incidents of the trial
were pathetic beyond description, and 1t Is O
pity that no steM0grapher was present to pre-
serve and report the whole case. 1t illustra-
ted In the most touching and mastery manner
that devoted attachment made 80 common,
throughout these Southern States, by the insti-
Through life will ring in his cars the exclama-
ton Of his faithful servant, when the fatal
blow was struck: "0h, Mass Ezra, you have
ruined me, and was trying to bcfrlend you.'
What Temperance lecture
Paul Brown was convicted Of the murder of
John L. Dixon. Of the particulars Of this
atrocious murder, your readers were, at the
time it occurred, made familiar. No one saw
Paul do the deed, but never did circumstahtlal
evidence more clearly convict criminal.
There was no place to hang doubt. Mr..
Dixon, an aged and feeble man, was within two
hundred yards of his own gate, walking on q
frequented road, in the broad daylight, with q
bowed head and body, toward his home. OF
an distracted turn, he looked neither to the
right nor to the left. The assassin crept up bc-
hind him, and Knocked ,lim down. Though
conscious before his .iicalh, he did not know
now now ne nad r.-su hurt 1t was In evidence
t'"'' .sn minutes before the deed was
uvne, Paul Brown was seen walking close
that, few minutes after, he was seen
beyond Mr. Dixon o hundred yards,
,oithout the stick, but with parcel under mis-
coat. When arrested there was found In his pos
session Il knife the old man had had for fifteen
,ears Paul was sentenced to bc hung OH tile
9th day of May. Since the trial lie has con-
fcsscd He says he did not intend to Kill MT
Dixon. but only TO knock him scnsclcss anc
rob him. VIII Governor Scott PARTON hni?
asked uneasly by everybody. By-thc-Way
YOU will be glad 10 hear that the Governor has
oycrrcached himselfin in this thing OF pardons.
Instead of making him popular, 1t has brought
him into disrcpule with his own party in This
| section OF the State. The sensible men OF lhe
party, including many colored men, condemn
his conduct in this particular in 10 measured
language. ,,,,,,.
The "Revcrcnd Representative Rascal" Whit hit
temore, as, with apt alllteralion, you describe Os
| him, Is mt his home, keeping himself yer!
close. He has, hear, spoken once to con
course of negroes, and convinced them tha
be did just tie right thing, in selling the cadet
ship The talk Is that he will be sent back u
Washington. A few days ago gentleman
asked his servant If he knew that Mr.. White
more had got into trouble, and received 10
reply: "Ycs, sir, hear um say he sell snip.
understand that, on his way home, he wa
Kissed on the train from Wilmington.
Sale-day was thinly attended. A small
| amount of real estate changed hands at goot
| prices One tract of land brought sl2 pc
acre, that two years ago would not, perhaps
have sold for $4. Yours, II.