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Another Murder.

Johnson was very unpopular with the
negroes. The Spartan says:
We are informed that Anthony
Johnston, the colored trial justice OF
this county, and candidate for the
Legislature at the late election, was
shot and killed by parties unknown.
at or near his house, in the ncighbor.
hood Of ,Pacolctt Depot. on tho night
efthe 29th ult. We have learned
nothing of the particulars of this
outrageous act that eXcites even a
suspicion as to whom were its perpe.
traitors. But accounts we have heard
satisfy us that it was n brutal and
outrageous murder. and no doubt the
good citizens in that section will exert
themselves in attempts 10 bring to
Justice the guilty parties. We will
give the report VIC havo heard OF
The affair, which is briefly this:
That three persons went to the
house of Johnston and made demon
strations of kind that made him
quit his house to find protection in
the woods, and when he had reached
tho distance Of Il few hundred yards
he was shot by parties unknown, and
his body fell in u branch, where II
was found. Johnston's mother was
in the house and saw the party who
is supposed to have committed the
murder, but did not recognize any
! one Of them. We have not learned
that they wcrc in disguise, and We
have not heard ku-kluX mentioned
in connection with the affair. We
learned from our informant that
Johnston had rendered himself very
unpopular with several colored per.
sons in his ncishborhood by acts OF
tyranny and frand towards. them
while acting as tsial justice, by taking
the little property which they had
exempt by law, in payment OF his
costs in cases which he had induced
them to institute without cause, and
lin varions ways dccelving and de-
frauding the more ignorant Of his
color. We only mention these facts
which we have learned to indicate
the course Of probabilities. At this
time VIC have learned nothing that
attaches. this foul deed to any one.
Efforts will bo made to detect the
guilty parties, because our law-ablhng
and peaceful citizens are determined
to put stop to such occurrences III
this county, In this instance we
think it proper to state, the impress
sion exists that tEis act was commit
ted for the qualification of some per-
sonal, malicious feeling, disconnected
with politics, Us the facts above stated
might suggest.
\ coLoRED NAN MURDERED By y
NEGRO.
The Spartan gives the following
account of another brutal murder:
"Jamcs uammett, colorcd man.
was shot with IN Enfield rifle and
killed by Harry Jackson, alsoa col
ored man, on the night of the 29th OF
December ult. This murder was
committed on tho plantation Of Mr..
James +. Jackson, on North Pacolett
River, where one Of the parties i ivcd.
\ jury OF inquest. was assembled 10y
Coroner Willis, who returned u vcr-
diet in accordance with the facts
above stated"
PEACE RESOLUTIONS.
A mass meeting Of citizens WINS
held at Spartanburg Court House on
the 2i The meeting was opened by
Dr.. r. N. Smith. who nominated to
the chair Capt. J. w. Carlisle. The
object of the meeting was explained
by Dr.. Smith, Maj. u. Il. Duncan and
Col. J. II. Evans. The latter gentle
man moved, seconded by DR.. r. NJ.
Smith, that a committee Of ten be
appointed by the chair to draft reso-
lutions expressive of the meeting.
The committee was composed Of the
following gentlemen Col. J. II. EH-
ans, chairman; r. NJ. Smith, II. II.
Duncan, w. NJ. Fleming, J: 3. Tolle-
son, J. G.. Harris, George Hardy, Col.
r. C. Poole, W. P. Bishop and 4. L
Anderson, and reported the following
resolution:
Rcsolced, That we, rs law-abiding
citizens of Spartanburg County, do
look with abhorrcncc and condcmna-
ton upon the recent outrages against
law and order pcrpetratcd in our
county, and VIC do feel it to be the
duty of every citizen to use all effort
-singly and unitcdly-in their powers
TO arrest the perpetrators, and put an
end to such spirit Of disregard of
law and life.