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Executive Committee.

HE MoDocs 1t seems that these fe-
rocious savages do not live by hunting,
but that they are root-eaters, thus form
ing an exception to tho rule which as
signs root.eaters to the lowest class of
Indians. They are said to have some
proud traditions and inspiring legends.
The Missouri Republican, which seems
we'll versed in their history, relates the
following:
''Not far from where they now stand
at bay, they point to high rock, upon
which band Of their warriors was once
beleaguered. All retreat being cut of,
and no escape possible, except by, volun.
tary death, the Modocs stood up in line
upon the brink OF the dizzy precipice,
sang their death song with defiant ges.
lures, in fall view OF their enemies on
the plains below. looked their hands aud
sprang with shout OF triumph to in
slant DEATH"
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A HORRIBLE TALE OF MURDER. A
dreadful murder was committed near
Camden. in this State, on Friday night
last. About Ave years ago, Robert
Pierce, then at work for Alexis Beeman,
seduced his employers daughter, and
married her after the birth of their ohild.
He was always jealous of his wife, and
would hardly allow any one to speak to
her; he even accused her OF unfaithful-
ness to her marriage VOWS, aud in other
ways endeavored to irritate hor and bring
her into disrepnte. and often threatened
to leave her to take care Of herself.
Sometimes ho would bent her, but she
never spoke of these things, except to
her father and ono old lady who was
near neighbor and took an interest ia
her. On Friday night Inst, as appears
from tue testimony Of their little daugh-
ter, Cora, and the appearance of the
room in which the deed was committed,
Pierce brutally murdered his wife with
an axe. as she was preparing for bed.
He then left the honse with bis gun, and
has not been seen since the murder was
discovered. The children-two girls and
baby boy about eighteen months old
passed the night in the room with their
~ oo noGhOAs huo Al VIC SOFa,
the eldest, got some cold potatoes for
them, returned to the bed, and shared
the food with the others. The baby
crawlei or fell off the bed, dragged him
self through his mother's blood, and
marked her clothes with bloody hands,
in its appeals for protection. So the
children passed Friday night, Saturday,
Saturday night and Sunday forenoon,
when sister OF the murdered woman
found them and discovered the awful
crime. Neighbors we're summoned, and
found the mangled body of the woman
lying on the floor, near tho axe With
which the Murder had been done. Tho
baby was lying between it's mothers
feet, smeared with blood, oold and on
the verge CT starvation; tho little girls
were in bed to keep warm. Tie ooro.
ner's Investigation disclosed no other
facts than those given above, except that
Mrs. Pierce was with child when killed.
Neo York Tribune.
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DEATH OF CAPTAIN 81. @. INwooD.
The subject OF this notice died at his re-
sidenee, in Line street, yesterday after.
noon. Of pneumonia, after months
illness. The disease was contracted by
him while making an inquisition in st.
Andrews Parish. The deceased was a
Trial Justice, and had his office at the
Eight Mile Pump. He was an English
man, and came to this State with the
United States army, in which he was at
the time captain and brevet lieutenant
colonel. He married q lady OF tbis city,
who survives Charleston Ners.
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One OF the prime objects o. The ofRA.
nization is TO check Tho dSAin Of eepisa&I
from the South. and at ths'same time 10
furnish to the people % safe and ~ ho-1
neatly managed company as can be
found In any section. s.a ~ - u.
Have the people Of this State any con.
ception Of the immense sums OF noneEt
yearly taken from the entire South for
life insurance? BY calculation, based
on the best statistics which can beob
tained, 1t is estimated that q sum OF not
less than 100000 or SO, ,0O0yQ0O is
sent every year from the Sogth, FOR this
purpose, the aggregate amount since the
war being over $50. 600. 900. We ask
the people TO consider now fapiaIy and
into what gigantic proportions every
material interest OF our section could be
developed by the retention in.our midst
OF these enormous sums and the aocu.
mutation Of compound interest thereon.
This company is prudently and eco
nomically managed. and is doing suo-
cessful business in all the Southern
States. paying largo annual dividends to
its policy anil always settling
its losses promptly.
The Columbia branch is under safe
and discreet management, and just
proportion OF the funds constituting the
reserve will be securely invested In our
State for the Development of the mate
rial interests OF our people. The com,
pany has already made satisfactory ar
rangements to invest in real estate in the
city of Columbia the sum OF about
$25. 1000.
Losses will be adjusted at the Oolum-
bia Office, without the trouble, expense
n mr. kasv to {{nr s~n -
remote points and from unknown per-
his money out Of the South for life in
suranoe, when Southern companies, in
every respect reliable, are seeking pa
tronage.
In order 10 check the immense drain of
capital from the South to the North, 1ce hdoe
made satisfactory arrangements to tra,1Sfer
parties 'oho are noD paying premiums to
Northern companies, 1oittoM loss or dddi-
tional annual outlay.
We urge upon our fellow. citizens the
consideration OF the subject aud the
great Importance Of keeping capital at
home.
The central Office at Columbia and
the auxiliary offices throughout our
Jurisdiction, will furnish all information
and receive applications for ineurauoe in
this Company.
JAMES E. BLACK. President.
j. p. SOUTHERN, Vice. President.
A. H. WARING, Secretary.
J. B. PALMER,
r. D. SENN,
r. O. SILVER,
J. O. SEEGERS,
r. O'NEALE, JR.,
LEROY F. YOUMANS;
Executive Committee.
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We regret to learn OF the death Of Mr..
Garland Meng, highly respectable and
worthy citizen, residing at the time of
his death ON Paoolett River, in Union
County, He died on last Saturday, at
about 2 o clock A. M.-Cdrohna Spartan.
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CO'EUMBI:A,., s.. &C.
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Thurs1ay Morning. April "a, 1878.
IL tho Pope -DyinEs,

4s tho Pope -DyinK1 --.
Pope Plus the Ninth has had q num-
ber OF escapes from death by various at
taoks Of illness, but he ia now stricken
in years. and cannot expect. exhausted
nature to do much Tor him in the way OF
recuperative resources. Frustrated By
rheumatic fever and afflicted With uloera-
tion OF one Of his limbs, he is supposed
to be go seriously assailed that his reco-
very for any lengsh Of time may bs con.
sidered doubtful. as Giouanni Marie
Mastai Fe'reai- the family name of Pho
Nino-was born in. 1870, he is in the
eighty third year Of his age, and has
long life, full Of yioissitndes, to look
back upon and contemplate. In 1870,
he was created Dardinal~Archbishop of
Imole. initAe Romagna. Pope Gregory
XVI died June !, 1849, and, FArrstA was
elected to the Papany fifteen days after.
wards as .Pio .Nino- Plus the TX At
Ere, hss popularity was. excessive. but
zthe French Rs1oiatioG. id 4s4s. inspired
Italian patriots with an enthusiastic
spirit Of liberty, and as the Pope refused
to yield to it, but. on the contrary, ma
infested. STRONG ,re-aetionary tendencies,
his temporal powell began TO 'wane.
Finally, he selected as his Minister Count
Rossi. one Of the most unpopular of
Romea aristooracy. and the popular in.
dignatioa at once. commenced action.
Rossi was sssassinated, and the Pope fed
to Gaeta. The French army finally
drove the insurgents out Of Rome, and
the Pope returned to the Vatican. In
September, 1870. however, the French
forces were Withdrawn from Rore, Vic.
tor Emanuel occupied it with Italian
troops, and as temporal sovereign, the
Pope's career was practically terminated.
Pio Nino has never consented to this
transfer OF authority. and still protests
that he Is the head, not only OF the
church, but Of Italy. He moreover in
sists upon the dogma Of his infallibility.
But death will lsoon render even ambition
silent, and the SORROWS OF the Pontiff, his
errors and his virtues, will become mat.
ters only OF history.
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INFORMATION WANTED. "A letter has
been handed us, making inquiries about
Mr.. Wilson Q. Bruce, who lived in Sum
ter for many years previous and mp to
1859. since which time nothing has been
heard from him by his relations. He
also had q brother -of eccentric habits,
who left Monroe Oounty, N. o., to re-
side With hist brother, w. G. Bruce.
They we're both bachelors. neither under
sixty years OF age, we'll educated and de-
cidedIy intelligent. Any one knowing
anything OF either of these genti.men
will confer o great favor on nunber OF
relations, by communicating with Mr..
Clement DSwd, President Of the Mer-
chants and Farmers National Bunk,
Charlotte, N. O. Sunater News.
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The annual meeting Of the Port Royal
Hallroad Stockholders will be held on
tuesday, the Goth inst.
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BEEoHER ON South CARoLINA-HE
Pays FoR THE INDIANS. Henry Ward
Beecher, in q characteristic sermon at
Plymouth Church, Sunday, drew on
South Caroline for an illustration:
He said that he did not knowon earth
o more pitiable sight than South Caro-
lima. It was at one time the richest and
proudest of the States. 1t inaugurated
those ideas WHICH led to the disaster :of
the war and the cleansing of the conti-
nent. The people OF South Carolina
had risked aud sacrificed everything for
their. principles; they had seen their
children laid in the grave and their
households reduced to beggary, and yet,
in the plenitude of their sorrow, they
would take back no particle of their faith
in the cause. Though in bad cause.
they had shown q neroism IL would 5e
we'll to pattern and admire.
In his prayer, ho besought the Father
of all mankind to remember in mercy
the children of the forest, whose pent ND
wrongs had driven them to bloodshed
and diabolical murder.
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List OF NEW ADvBRT1s RMRNTs.
r. P. Walker-Speoial Meeting.
Prof. G.. T. Sheldon--Dancing.
George Symmers--Ciaret, etc. !,
r. NJ. Wallace-Bankruptcy Notice
Meeting Acacia Lodge.
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A beaufort fisherman while fishing for
drum, hooked turtle weighing about
$50 pounds.
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The Policy OF EXPERIMENTATION. The
diversity of opinion among the daily
papers in reference to the Indian policy
now to be pursued is remarkable. On
one side, the extremists raise cry for
determination; on the other, the Peace
Commission still stands out fox "Peacel |
peace! when there is no peace" Be
tween these two, all shades of opinion
are represented. The Graphic comes
out With q very striking picture Of 'the
only Indian reservation of the future"-
graveyard and gallo VS.; and the World
and many other influential journals go
nearly as far, in words strong. bitter and,
ill-judged. Tribes inhabiting q thou,
sand miles OF territory would be involved
in the revengeiuln feelings excited by
band Of only 800 treaeherous savsges
amoug the 0regonlava beds. We have
300. 900 Indians on our border, 80. 900 OF
whom are peaceable, semI.civilized and
quiet: 1000 savage and roaming. and
the rest giving but little trouble. if let
alone by the white settlers. unscrupulous
agents and o meddling Government.
Give these Indians. then, the Same just
loo that is given to white men-pnnish
the guilty, but let she innocent go free.
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TIE soururaa LIFE IrsunAsox Cow.

TIE SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE. Con-
PANY-EsTADIIsHMENT OF. BOARD OF
TRUSTEES TO BE INVESTED IN
THIS SrATE--ADDR7ssT TO THE PEoPDE.
COLUMBIA, 8. g.. April 2, 1878. .-rAt q
meeting OF tho business men aud other
gentlemen Of the city OF Columbia, 8.
O.. this day. Mr.. Southern was called to
the Chair, on motion OF Nj. r. O'Neale,
and Mr.. Shiver requested to act as SEQ
retary. ~.
Mr.. Southern req1euted some one To-
miliar Herewith to state the object OF
she nootias, wherannon Mr. Black in
troduced General John B. Gordon, OF
Georgia, who briefly explained the
foundation, history, progress and success
Of the Southern Life Insurance Compa-
ny, showing it 10 be very prosperous
and in good condition. He invited gen.
tlemen present TO organize State Board
OF Trustees, for the purpose ef establish.
ing branch Of the company for this
State; whereppon Mr. L. F. Youmans
was requested to read q contract pre-
pared for, the government of such Board,
after which some discussion enaned, and
Mr.. ONeale offered the following resolu-
tion: sas s4S
Resolved. That this emeeting concur in
the plan. prnhosed for a local department
Of the Sonihesn Life Insptsnce Company
at ColambiA: Propided, The contract
be so altered ss, to express more definite
" the per aentum 10 be invested in South
Carolina Of premiums receiyed in the
State, outside Of Charleston.
Which, being seconded, vas unani,
mously adopted.rs'> IT.
I. The peeting, after spirited and har-
moniou5 interchange OF views, then ad-
journed,' subject to call OF J. P. South
ern, Chairman. r. @. SILVER,
=. ;, Secretary.
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QooD TzMP1ARs.-Exoelsi Lodge.
No. Z, Good Templars, held their stated
nesting 1t Masonic Haigs Tussdsy svep-
ing, . large number 81 the members
being present. NominaHons for officers
were made and An intereating occasion
enjoyed, by about eighty participants.
Seven new members were initiated.
Preliminary measures were also taken to
have pic nio some time during the en-.
suing month.
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ment in favor Of homeness over abain-
theism2 .,1
A timid man who, for the first time in
his life, has provided himself with a
pistol Us protection against burglara. is
trying to inure himself to the use OF it
by taking gun-powder with his vicsuals
instead of salt.
When man reforms from drink and
begins to take care of himself, he gene
rally remarks that he is going to build
up his constitution anew. Was it with
q view to this that, for years, he kept
accumulating bricks in his hat?
A theological student on being re-
monstrated with by one Of his pastors,
for indulging in matutinsl stimulauts,
replied that in all his reading of books
on divinity he never once found any
allusion to gin cock tails, and he con-
tinues to take them.
"Will the coming man part his hair In
the middle?" is the subject OF lecture
soon to be delivered here by a we'll
known professor OF .physiognomy.
Browns young men think he will, but it
seems rather anomalous that the coming
man should bo the parting man at one
and tho same timo.
The most patronized barber in Provi-
dence is mute gentleman.
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DEATH. Mrs. Christiana Davis, an
aged lady, who has resided in this city
since 1921. departed this life yesterday
morning. The deceased was born in
Somersetshire, England, and was about
eighty-three years OF age. She has
been an invalid for many years. She
has left large family and many relatives
and friends to mourn her decease. The
funeral services will be held at Marion
Street Church this afternoon, at 4
o'clock.
PARDoNED. The Governor has par
doned Lettie Williams, OF Orangeburg,
convicted OF grand larceny at the Ooto-
Der, 1872, term OF court, and sentenced
by Judge Graham to one years imprison-
ment in the State ponitentiary. James
Horndon, OF Union. convicted of grand
larceny, and sentenced by Judge Moses,
at the Maroh, 1872, term Of tho court to
imprisonment in the penitentiary for
two years. John Donnelly, convicted Of
tito oTime of grand larceny, and sem
tenoed one year to the State pcnitentiary
by Judge Lee, OF the Criminal Court in
Charleston, October, 1872. Donnelly is
an old man. about ninety years OF age.
and was nrraigned on the complaint OF
his mothcr.inlaw, charging him with
stealing COW.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-07-03

A correspondent of the New York OBJ
server says:
In 1865 / had the pleasure Of meeting
Duleep Singh at Cairo, in Egypt, together
with his wife. ssBamban y As she also IL
lustrates the good which can be accom-
plished by teaching a little benighted child
in a mission school, ] must tell you some
thing about her. Her MOTHER who had
been an Abyssinian slave, lived in a narrow
street in Cairo, and dressed and ate like
the Arabs. But she sent Bamba 70 the
girls school at the mansion house Of the
United Presbyterian Church. The little pu-
pil proved TO be very bright and attractive,
as / can myself testify, and not only ac-
quired a fair education, but became an car
nest Christian. and at length engaged in
teaching q class in the mission Sabbath
school. In 1868 DulcGp Singh passed
through Cairo on his way TO India. He
was on q singular efrand. His mother had
died in England, and he was at her re-
quest, returning to England 70 burn her
BODY. Being detained at Cairo, he visited
the mission Sabbath school, where he very
unexpectedlv saw Bamba lie at once be-
came 50 deeply interested in her that he az
fcrward sought fuller acquaintance, and
at Icnrth engaged her 70 become bis wife,
when he should return from Indis. As be
should return in a few weeks the mission
aries took Banba into their oWn household
in order 10 teach her 70 speak English, q
wear the European style of dress, and 20
eat her food with q knife and fork, which
native Egyptians seldom do. IN the juno
following. Dulcep Singh and '.iiltle Bam
bav were happily married, and she. Whr
had always lived poorly 10 5 back street. and
eaten her food from her bands. received
d0wery 81 tens and hundreds 81 fbonsand'
besides bridal presents 81 jewels from he'
husband cquai 10 those u 30 Empress. Tx
wedding fcc given 70 the mieion VA
s.. 900. The elevation 81 Joseph "a illa'
same land from slavery and prison % thl
second place IN the government, vas scarce
y more remarkable When saw k4ml,s
two years iaforin Cairo. whore sIle and he.
husband were spending the winter, 1lle lea
become s refined and altracffFe lady. Ihcs
were boll liberal supporters Of the mis- non.
fhct have been eFcI ince
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Not a new move Of the democratic party
I'VE have had enough of them, ending
with the move towards the negroes in
LOuisiana-but the departure Of his Excel
lency, Governor Davis and suit to wash
ington and New York, which calls forth q
long leader in the ssoficial organ Of the
State, y that is, the organ Of Governor Davis,
which, in the estimation Of Louis the XIV
and the State journal, we suppose, means
the same thing, We are told the Governor
has two main objects in view in this new
departure Of his-frst, to settle the Indian
question, and, second, to procure financial
relief to the State. We shall be heartily
glad if he accomplishes both these satisfac-
torilya But viii he get the Secretary Of the
Interior to leave the delights of summer
watering place for the dangerous vicinity Of
Fort SHli And viii he give up the WAGNER
roasters, Santanta and Big Treel We shall
see what we shall see. As for the money
matter, we wish his financial Ex-
ceIlency great success, but we can
not allow the Journals statement, that
the present necessity for money relief arises
from the conduct of the Thirteenth Leg
islatnre, to go uncontradicted. The States
indebtedness and its present embarrassment
are the natural results Of radical rule and
the doings of the Twelfth radical Legisla-
ture. The bonds, now to be sold, were is
sued under the authority of that radical
body, and the Governor found it impossible
to sell them. Now that democratic legis-
Iature has sanctioned their sale and author
lied the Governor, or his agent, to sell
them, we. understand the moneyed men of
Wall street are willing to take them at s5
or 90 cents on the dollar. His ExceIlency,
understanding this, also come to the con-
clusion that he would go on himself instead
of appointing shreYd financial agent, and
try his hand again. We wish him much
luck. The bonds ought 70 sell for at least
90 cents on the dollar, for the credit of
Texas ought to be on par with the soundest
States of the Union. Considering her small
Indebtedness and her immense resources,
uCA iICA NSuOs Q pCClC DOuuS SHOulu Do CduSilo
at like hot cakes With regard to the per-
sonal compliment, paid the Governor by the
thirteenth democratic Legislature, in author
izing him to sell the bonds, we hope he
may prove himself worthy of it. The
Journal seems to think that the prospect is
not very good, because the reputation of
the thirteenth Legislature will be ''dangling
at his heels, y yet the Governor is hopeful.
If there was nothing worse dangling at
his heelsn than the reputation of the thir-
teenth Legislature, we, too, should be hope
full; and we viii here add, that this thrust
of the Governors organ is but a sorry re-
turn for the personal compliment, said to
have been paid him. But of such is radi-
calism. May his Excellency escape the
scalping knife of the Comanche and return
safe with his 'pockets full OF rocks"
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HE or SHE.


Our merciIess critic in the Houston Tele-
graph persists in the idea that she is man,
and no other than the veritable brother
Webb himself. fl is true she writes 'like
man, " and stands up for sex like man, !"
and fights her battle maRtaVy, but, after
all, there is no mistakihg her sex. There
are indications so peculiar and prominent
in the body of her article, the sentences are
so beautifully and gracefully rounded out,
that even an old bachelor would come to
the conclusion that she was ''truly a wo-
man." Don't let her try to conceal herself
under brother Webb's long tailed black
coat, close fitting vest and neither unmen-
tionables. We can see the lovely daughter
of Eve, within all this coarse and cumbrous
vestment, as clearly as the sculptor can
discern the foamy Venus, with all her in
comparable and matchless proportions in the
rough block of marble. Pshaw Try to de-
ceive usi
Haven't we always had an eye for a
woman and a ''truen woman toog How
coHld.she imagine we had any dislike to the
''better half of creation and 'skick before
she was spurredgp We adore them. We
want them to be perfect-as perfect as
shemQaity can be. Hence our unfortunate
article on ''manners and pclitness" :" Now,
don't come at us again for the use of that
unsanctioned word, 'sshemanity.n 1t is
shorter than ''humanitarianism, and ought
to be in a dictionary, for it expresses, in our
idea, something more than human. Men are
human, women divine. To err is man, to
be perfect is woman. Does that satisfy your
And now, in conclusion, don't you get an
CRY, brother Webb, because we wont let you
play the part of woman. Had you been
our critic, would you not have raked us
over hot Goals for undertaking the present
manners of meng OF course, you would.
We know you and your perfect manhood.
We know your style as we do our spelling
book Editors soon learn to distinguish
one another by their unmistalIabIe ear
marks. You could no more have written
that very wOmanly criticism than you could
dress baby or work a buttonhole. It
shows the woman all over as plain as the
naked truth. Old bachelor as we are, we
could see the needles (and sharps at that
and the bodkins and hair pins sticking out
al over it. It made us fairly tremble in our
boots. Oh, brother Webb, for the sake of
brotherhood, and the great democratic
party, which We are both lhboing for, don't
let her get into your editorial chair again,
or You win have 10 write our obituary your
self, and chronicle the melancholy fact
died Of a woman's bOdkin.