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The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-02-22
TIE FUTURE OF COTTON.

Tic New York Commercial and FL
nancia, Chronicle has this to say on the
future srr:'ly of the great staple. Let
planters take heed in time:
These appears 20 be disappointment
among some ihat prices hare not i'm
pr1geI ;oure IN the fail Of Paris. This
Is due iu tSy fac;s-irst, that the effect
of secir au event is always in very great
par anticipated ami discounted; aud
seconG, 'he continued very large receipts
are pscessarily weighing down the
market. With our own crop reaclins
oyer 3.700,0OU bales, We certainly do
got sec any lair prospect of getting
nrices =, permanently. Either one Of
i've circumstances might, however. help
the market-a decren.e in the shipments
from Inaia CT d decreased planting this
,pripg mere. As to India, it does not
pppesr probable, in view Of the stock
this year hsld over. and the present i'm
rsoyed cendiion Of the eroP. that The
moremen. hence wiil show any falling
81, Add yet, as The season advances
If nrico, should decline further, 20 one
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-02-22
ELECTION OF COL. MONTGOMERY
MOSES OF SUMTER, AS JUDGE.

The two Houses Of the Legislature
now in session, met in Joint assembly at
l o'clock, ?. NJ, on Thursday last, to
elect q Judge of the Seventh judicial
Circuit
From the PAoaic Of Friday last we
get the following report ofthe election
Hon c. w. Montgomery, President
pro ten. of the Senate, called the as
sembly to order. Mr. George Lee, of
Edge6eld, led off with the nomination Of
Col. Warren D. Wilkes, Of Anderson.
Mr.. Whipper nominated VIM. Z.
Earle, Esq, Of Greeuville.
Nlr. Singleton nominated Colonel
Montgomery Moses, Of Sumter.
Rev Mr.. Moore, of Edge6eld, uorDi-
nated Hon. S. J.. Iloge.
Mr.. Smith, of Charleston, nominated
Gen j.. Wiusrnith, Of Spartanourg.
Mr.. Wilkes arose, and in very few
we'll pu; and appropriate remarks, de-
cliael to be candidate.
Mr.. Smart, Of Fairfield, withdrew the
name of Hon. S l. IIoge.
Mr.. Leslie nominated Colonel Simeon
Fair, Of NeWberry.
A vote was taken AID resulted as fo.-
lows: Moses SO, Earle 81, Winsmitb
SO, Fair Il, scattering 2. Whole num-
ber Of votes cast, 146; necessary for a
choice, II. There consequently being
no choice made, the joint assembly pro-
eecded to q second ballot, which result
ed as follows: Whole number Of votes,
1874: necessary Tor a choice, 6S. Col.
Montgomery Moses was declared to have
received 10, and vas consequently de-
clared elected.
AD effort to have the declaration of
the chair verified by a call Of the roll
was defeated Cries of fraud were heasd
all over the house, and scene Of wild
confusion ensaed. when tho chair de-
clarod the joint assembly adjourned.
Subsequently, certain members pub.
lishsd protest against the validity o
the election, and the Rstter was brought
up 10 both houses on o resolutian to De.
clare the same nuil aed voisa 0u
Friday last, this resolution, after y long
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WEDNESDAY, .FEBR'Y22
THE UNION TROUBLES.

We give, on another column, an ac-
count in detail, taken from..the Charles
ton Courier, Of the recent terrible affair
at Union Court House.
In common with the press ofthe State,
We deeply regret the occurrence of
such things. We do not believe, nor
have we everbelieved, that the remedy for
the ills from which we suffer is to be
found in such course of action; but the
rather the aggravation Of those ills, and
the protraction of the strength of the
dying party that conceived aud forced
them upon US by the power of the
bayonet.
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suggested by Morton, that the bill
repeating the test oath might yet be
vetoed. There has not been as much
aerimony between the Radicals for some
time as was displayed yesterday, and
Senator Norton did not look any more
pleasant for being proven to have spoken
falsely, when he said the repeal Of the
income tax was done by fraud in the
Senate. He is previously bitter pill.
Notwithstanding what was indicated
in the speeches OF the sore headed anti
test oath repealers, Morton and
Edmunds, it is not at all probable that
the President will veto the bill. He
was at first inclined to veto it, but other
counsels have prevailed, at least had up
till this morning? but what day will
bring forth with the uncertain Grant
none can tell.
Creswell is staving off Investigation
into his envelope contracts with Reay OF
New York, and the sub committee on
Appropriations, who were appointed to
investigate the matter, seem desirous
Of helping him. Of course the Post
Master General will be whitewashed.
How could Radical Committee OF
Congress prove one of Grants cabinet
officers to be a swindler? OF course not.
Mr.. Rodgers, of Arkansas, yesterday
made an Intellectual attempt at driving
the female suffrasists from the commit
tee rooms, which they have taken
possession Of, and in which they transact
their business. Since Mrs. Grant has
endorsed the "suffragists," and the
general dotes on their society, they
don't purpose to let any member of
Congress trample on their rights ol
privileges, whether natural or assumed
So stand from under ye wearers Of stove
pipe hats and trowscrs.
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could know positively the effect Of the
diminished drawing power Of the lower
quotation on the ryot. Itis matter Of
history that ir 1861 rise to It'd (the
average for fair surats during the year)
increasing the India shipments, without
any additional planting to 986,60O
bales, from $50, 200 bales the previous
year, showing that the previous price
had not been sufficient inducement to
lead them to market the crop.
as to the extent of planting in the
South for the next season. it is Of course
too early at present to say anything
about it. The planter knows best at
what price he can afford to raise cotton
One thing, however, is very certain,
that it we have the prospect next spring
of another crop equal to this one, low
prices will be accepted; and it becomes
the Southern merchant in making ad.
vances and the planter in singing con-
tracts for labor to bear this fact in mind.
To obtain an idea of the ruling rates
when there is full supply of cotton,
We have only to remember that the
acreage price of middliDg upland at
Liverpool for series ofyears before the
war was each year as follows:
ls45. AID. | ls4e..5ld. 1S55..5s 1s57..73d.
lS4s..4Ed. Is5O.7{d. ls54-5sd. lS5S..6td.
lS47..6sd. 1851. SD. ls55-52d. 1s59..6td.
IS4S.43d. lSo.5sd. ls5s..6d. 1860 SID.
Of fcourse the planter must be pre-
pared to accept these figures when the
world is oversupplied.
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THE INEVITABLE BOWEN.

The papers say that report was cur
rent in Charleston, few days ago, and
generally credited, that Bowen's last
wife-Mrs. Petigru King-has abapd-
oned him with indignation and disgust,
because CT his i'll treatment Of her, COM
menciDg soon after their marriage.
Meanwhile, dispatches from Wash
inston say that he has been arrested on
another charge Of bigamy, at the in
stance of Francis Hicks, who, the
charge alleges, he married at Augusta,
Geo., iu 1852. The jury in the former
case vas discharged without a verdict,
cleven being for conviction and one for
acauittal.
In discharging the jury, Judge Wylie
said if the prosecution failed TO obtain
a verdict on that evidence he did not
think that they would ever have a yer.
dict.
He said that one bribed juror was
more than match for his eleven fellows
but he did not mean to intimate that
there was a bribed juror on this panel.
lie did not see how juror could hesi.
tate for moment in finding q verdict
in case like this, and he thought that
the evidence of two witnesses who tes-
tifel to their own infamy should not
have much weight. A wretch Of that
kind ought not be believed.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-02-22
Approved February Il, 1871.
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED
AN ACT To ESTABLISH = STATE Oh
PtlaE ASYLUM"

AN ACT TO AMEND An ACT ENTITLED
AN ACT To ESTABLISH STATE Oh
PLAN ASYLUM"
Bel; enacted BY the Senate anl House
Of Representatives Of the State of South
Cmo,iua, now met and sitting IN General
Assembly, ard BY the authority of the
SAM, Tbat Section 6 Of the Act 20 es>
ta5iish a State Oryhan Asylum, passed
JAM; ary 10, 1867, be so amended as to
give to the Trustees thereof the power
to bial out orphan children re: dent
therein Prora}cd, That said Trustees
shall make it, in all cases, condition
that said children shall receive i good
coa,a.on school education, and that said
Trustees sha'l exercise 4 supervisory
control over such children, duriDg the
continuance Ct their apprenticeship
Approved February IL, ISL.
JOINT RE:0LUTION AUTHORIZING TIE
EXECUTIVE To COMMISSION RIDLEY
E.CAKLTON As CORONER oF BEAUFORT
COUNTY.
Whereas, Elisha p. Hutchinson, elec-
ted Coroner gi Beau!o.t County for four
yea, ending October, 1872, has re-
mored his residence to foreign country,
to wit, Germany, without duly fling bis
letter Of resignation Of his Office: and
the said oliice has remained vacant from
aul after March, $50: and whereas,
Notwithstanding due proclamation was
oct made previous 70 late general elec-
,ion thai a vacancy existed in the said
oaice Of Coroner, in ssid County, the
pcoy.,a did proceed to vote for Coroner,
and Ridley X. Ca:l;on was aiterward
declared by i:e Board Of County Canvas
scr> to Aaye received the highest num-
Der Of votes for Coroner Of said Coun-
ty:
BE it resolved, BY the Senate and
House OF Representatives, Of the State
OF South Carolina, now met aud sitting
in General Assembly, and by the au-
thorith Of the same. Tha: Ridley X.
Carlfoa, elected Coroner Of Beaufort
Ccuntf at the general election of Octo-
her II, 1870, lie commissioned by the
Executive of south Carolina Coroner,
TO fiji tie uaezr,red term Of Elisha z.
Hutchinson.
approved Feb uary II, 1871.
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Acts and Joint Resolution
Passed By the eLeEIslaRre--.SessIon 1870
and 1871.
foEFICIAL.l

AN ACT cEDING THE JURISDICTION OF
TIE STATE oF SOUTH CAROLINA TO
TIE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
OVER SUCH LANDS AS NAY BE AC-
OUIRED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES BY
TIE SAID UNITED STATES OF AMERI-
Ca.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives of
the State of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and
by the authority of the same, That the
jurisdiction ofthe State Of South Caro-
Ina is hereby ceded to the United
States Of America, over so much land as
shall be necessary for the public purpo-
ses Of the United States: Prosiaed,
That the jurisdiction hereby ceded shall
not vest until the United States Of
America shall have acquired the title to
the lands by grant or deed from the
owner or owners thereof, and the evil
denecs thereof shall have been recorded
III the Office where, by law, the title to
such land is recorded, and the United
States Of America are to retain such
jurisdiction so long as such lands
shall be used for the purposes in this
Act mentioned, aud no longer; and such
Jurisdiction is granted upon the express
condition that the State Of South Caro-
lima shall retain concurrent jurisdiction
with the United States in and over the
said lauds, so far as, that civil process,
in all cases not affecting the real or
personal property of the United States,
and such criminal or other process as
shall issue under the authority of the
State of South Carolina against any
person or persons charged with crimes or
misdemeanors committed within or
without the limits Of the said lands, may
be executed therein, in the same way
and manner as if no jurisdiction had
been hereby ceded.
SEC. 2. That all the lands and tese-
ments which may be granted, as afore-
said. to the United States, shall be and
continue, so long as the same shall be
used for the purposes in this Act
mentioned, exonerated and discharged
fron all taxes, assessments and other
charges which may be imposed under
the authority fthe State Of South Caro-
lima.
Approved February Ii, 1871.
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Nj ARRIED

On I6'h inst at the residence Of the Brides
Father, Black Mingo, Williamsburg, by the Rev.
N. Graham, JOSEPH II. N. WILDxn, Of Sumter,
TO Miss MARY J. BRocEixsfoA.
A. home. on the morning Of the 1e,h Februa.y,
1871, by the Rev. L. s. Shuck, Mr.. J. F. W.
DeLoRzE. Of Sumter, s. c., TO Lizzie n. eldest
daughter Of Mr.. Rober! James, Of this city. No
cards
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-02-22
NOTICE..

TaB MEMBERS. OF THE LADIES MON
UafENTAL ASSOCIATION, Of Sumter and the
Community generally, both of town AID country
are hereby notified that Supper for the benefit
Of said Association, will be given early in March
and are earnestly requested to prepare and re-
serys contributions for the same. Such ladies IS
are willing to take charge Of Tables, will please
confer with the President as her residence, ct .
period as esrly as practicable.
Oh. MOSES,
:. .: Prseident L. Il. A.
RsczAl1 D. LBss Secretary. : =,
Feb - zs
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COMMERCIAL.
SUMTER MARKET FEB,RY 81

SUMTER MARKET FEB'RY FL.
N~~~>~~<~N~-<~~~~~~~ ~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~>O
Cotton still rules dull, With further decline.
Sales past week have ruled from to l2i &C.
coriing to grade. Sales s5 bales, market closes
dull.
BAcoN-sidss, 12a@ls; Shoulders. ll@1as
Hams. rs.
LARD-2o@25c.
FL0UR-Per bbl. S7@$12.
cOPFEE-Laguayra, $1,000; Java, 4o@oo;
Rio, 20@25.
SALT-$250
sUGAR-Brovn, 17i@14; c., ls@ls; A., II
@e0 Crushed, l7@ls.
BAGGING-25@1373.
IRON-TIES-S@10.
hOPE-I0@l5.
BATRsvILIE sHIRTINGs-Psr bale sle.
YARN BY THE BALE-$l,4oe. Per bunch.
NEW YORK MARKET. FERRY 90.
COTTON l53
GOLD liz.
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Bart Edwards, Joe Vanloe, Eiiisou Scose,
Tom Byers and Aaron Eustis, who had
been shot. 8
The bodies of two Of them, McBobo
and McKissick, barn burners, have not
been found. 1t is supposed, however,
that they will turn up "missiug."
AS soon as the Sheriff was made
acquainted with the, terrible ssate of
affairs, be repaired to the scene, and
Immediately dispatched Q messenger
for the Coroner, Who resides some dis
tance from the town Of Union. The
Coroner had not arrived when che
Sheriff left for Columbia.
THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF TIE rEoU-'
BLEs. ~
It became known that the Sheriff
had received orders on Thursday last,
from Judge Thomas, to quietly (or clan
destinely) remove the persons charged
with the murder of Stevens and Smith,
to Columbia, another County, for trial,
where it was believed they would have
been discharged, or so dealt with that
they would have escaped punishment
for the terrible crimes they were char.
ged with.
It appears that Judge Thomas had
granted writ of Ha6eos Corpus, which
was served on Sheriff Dunn, requiring
him to bring the prisoners before him
at Columbia. The Sheriff deeming the
proceeding unusal, consulted legal ad.
vice in reference to the matter, when
some error was discovered in the writ,
which made it inefficient and inopera-
tive, where lpon Sheriff Dunn declined
to comply With its mandates, and SO in
formed Judge Thomas. A writ was
then issued for the arrest Of the Sheriff.
Before its execution, however, he had
determined to take the prisoners to Col
unbia, and fixed upon Monday, the DAY
succeeding that on which the deed oc-
CURED, as the time to carry out his in-
teutlon.
Our informant, who is quiet and
law abiding citizen, assures Us that the
prisoners would have received fair and
impartial trial at Union, by ajury COM
posed principally of their own color.
The citizens of the County were deter
mined the trial should be conducted in
fair and legal manner, giving the
parties charged every opportunity OF
establishing their innocence, if possible
do so.
APPEARANCE OF THE ARMED BODY, Oh
KU KLUx.
Our informant learned from the
sheriff Of Union that the appearance Of
the armed body who visited the Jail, as
above narrated, was the most hideous
imaginable. What at 6rss sight had the
resemblance of dwarflike men, would
suddenly be transformed into giants,
with huge limbs. Their color was as
varied as were their sizes and forms,
which, altogether, filed the jailor and
Deputy Sheriff with such terror, that
they were frightened nigh unto death
THE FEELING OF THE CITIZENS OF
UNION.
Our informant, who, as before stated.
is quiet and law.abidipg citizen, says
the citizens of the county deprecate the
existing state of affairs in their midst,
and are anxious and willing to co-ope-
rate with the civil authorities Of the
State in maintaining order, if it can be
done without submitting themselves to
a degree Of degradation tha: would not
be tolerated under the most tyrsnnical
form of Government ever known.
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"a Mr.. HoRNsBY, arrested under
suspicion ofshooting into the Green
Vile train on Tuesday last, has been
discharged, snd the person who COM
mitted the deed found to be one DEx-
TER GIBSON, a luuatic, formerly an
inmate of the Asylum at Columbia.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-02-22

p9 A shooting affray at Columbia
on Thursday last, between two young
men-L. Won BIEMAN and H. GREY
resulted in mortal wound to the latter.
The difficult was of personal character,
and seven or eight shots we're fred in
the most rapid succession.
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and somewhat excited debate, passed,
and Col. Moses, through the Speaker,
returned his certificate Of election
This was highly commended, and it was
determined to 60 into the election again
on the 21st inst. Col. Moses friends ex-
pressing confidence in their ability to
re-elect him.
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sHERIFF,s SALES

Wy v;r,us os ,undrv E,eout;op, 10 mo d;r.e,ss
X v;,i \. .old 4, snntsr Conf Hou.e' an N,
~. uo,d,, and i.v solIov;,o In M,rrh ,.,.
within lseal hours Of sale, To t6e highest hiddss
for cash, shs following property, situated 10 son
tsP county. Purchaser To pay Tor titlea and
stamps.
m. Tact ~ 17go Aeras OF Land. nore q, less
=, W.,s,.s R;ver Sv.nn bonndcd an fhe Hoyth
hv ianda Of Vim. J. Joiner and J. B. Moore. on
sSe Past by land, Of J. 3. Moore and 3. R,
Gin ,ieton. South sad Test by lands OF r. R
sinSleion. levied upen ~ the property Of John p
Bronn. At the sui,, OF J. @, Gibbes. J. 8. Rich
ardson, Jr., J. c. Dial, and other n. Fas.
One Tnet Of 300 Acres Of Land moro or less,
adjoining lands of Dr.. r. Muldrov, Est. of John
p. Muldrov, ond Estate Of Mathew E. Muldrox
and Estate Of J: B. Muldrow and J. II. Cooper,
levied npon e. the property o. Estate . q Aasne"
Crawford against 9rs. sopefone a. A1iofow sna
otoess 70 - Fs'''0 - 'ae 'sA o' '0e '''me' Po''
chaser.
()ae Steam Saw aud Grist Nil, near Lynch
suie, lsvisd % - she pecpsrty Of O. Boyle, 9,
he suits Of ". B. Lsvftaes and chss. b.
Reid.
Dsfsndants interest h ons TYas Of 500 Acres
Of Land moro or less, known % Carrots Swamp
plaza, levied on - Tie property Of yosu I. .aad
Elizabeth Moore, at the scis Of Eavin ".
Noise.
One Lot OF 3 Acres Of Land, more or sess, In
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MASONIC.

Y1,HR REGULAR MONTHLY c0MMUNICA
TON OF CLAREA ONT LODGE, NO "a
A.. e.. NJ. will be held on Thursday evening
March 2, 1870, at o'clock.
By order Of
7. v. WALSH, W.. n.
NJ. C. WILLIS. Secretary.
Feb 8, 1871.
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Estate Sale.

= Estate Sale.
By Psruissisn of G. II. Hufas, Judge Of Pro-
bate Of Sumter County, 8. G..
will offer for sale at public outeTy, TO the
highes. bidder for cash, in 'front.' Of The Conrt
House, at Sumter, on sales day in March next,
the personal property Of Joseph White deceased,
consisting of Household and Kitchen Furniture,
one Horse, 10.
Sale commencing at 10 o'clock, A. n.
BURREL JAMES,
Administrstor.
rsl 90 -
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Approved February II, 1871.
AN ACT TO RECHAKTER MoORE's FERRY,
UNDER THE NAME Of DlNKIN'S FER
RY, OVER THE CATAWBA RIVER.

SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
OF the State OF South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and by
the authority OF the same, That the ferry
over the Catawba River, known as
Moore's Ferry be, and the same Is here
by rechartered under the name of Din
kins' Ferry, and vested iu l.. N. Dim
hius, and his legal representatives, Tor
the term Of fourteen years from the
passage Of this Act, with the same
privileges, rights, franchises and emolu
luents as are at present. secured by law
Proc1lrd, howcr'r, That children going
to and returning from school, and 9th.
ers going to and returning from church
or from elections, shall be passed free
over said ferry.
Approved February II, 1871.
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Estate Notice.

A Ii persons indebted to The Rssats Of Jaues
"A Mcbride, are hereby notified that the in
terest on their notes to let January, lS5o, nsst
be paid promptly, othsrpiss their aeles nay b
placed in the hsnds Of On oscar for eellsetioa.
J. A: MAYRS. Ex'E.
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Sale to Foreclose Mortgage.
DY authority of COLIN c. PORTER, I
ID will sell on the 9Th day Of March, next, at
the Plantation Of said Porter. occupied during
the last year by Foxworth 4 Co., the following
property, 70 viz:
Twelve Mules,
Two Wagons,
Plantation Implements,
Said note to foreelos. Mortgage given by D.
A. Poxuorsh and 7. W. Leo. 70 Colin G. Porter,
for rent and supplies for 1870.
Sale to commence at II o'clock, A. M., Terms
cash. D. j. WlSN, Agt
Feb 22-2t
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County Commissioners Once,
SUMTER COUNTY. g. c., Feb. 1871.
The Board Of County Commissioners having
determined to repair the bridge In Bradford
Springs Township, known Is Reynolds bridge,
the repairs Of said bridge will Be let out 10 the
lowest bidder, on Tuesday, tho 2sth inst, az II
o'clock, A. NJ.
Specifications will be exhibited at the bridge
at that time and place.
By order
in. coBBErT, C. c.
Feb 2z-ft
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Notice
OF Extra Session Of Court.

NIoTIcE is hereby given, that in pursuance
~ of an order issued BY His Honor, Judge
John 7. Green, at the January Term Of Court
1871. an extra Term Of the Court Of Common
Pleas for the County Of Sumter, win be held at
Sumter, commencing the 4th Monday in March,
1871, (being the 9th day in said month).
There will be NO State cases tried at this Extra
Session of the Court; Therefore the Grand Jurors
drawn for. the year need not atiend.
GEO. W. REARD0N,
Clerk Of Court Of Common Pleas and
General Sessions for Sumter County.
P.h 81 At
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AN ACT cEDING THE JURISDICTION OF
TIE STATE 0F SOUTH CAROLINA TO
TIE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
OVER SUCH LANDS AS MAY BE AC-
OUIRED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES BY
TIE SAID UNITED STATES OF AMERI-
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TIE WORK OF DEATH.

The prisoners were taken to Q place
known as the hanging ground, in The
vicinity Of the jail, where the work Of
death commenced, as subsequent events
show. ..''' >'.,
Andy Thompson and sylvssus Wright
were found hanging by the neck to the
limbs Of . tree, whilst under the tree
lay the dead bodies oil Bill Fineher,
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Sails TO Foraclose Mortgage.

Feb 22-zt