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The Greenville times., 1877-05-19

TIE FIRST BATTLE.

London, May 1.-the Daily
Telegraph's special from Baltoum
Friday, midnight, says: "Aboat
5 o'clock this morning the Russian
forces which had been largely aug
mented for the purpose, advanced
with batteries Of field artillery,
aud made furious attack on the
heights defending Batoum. The
Ottoman troops were entrcnehed
in the usual elfectual manner on
slopes, and ledges Of the hills, aud
ON the adyantc Of the enemy they
opened ON his columns = terrible
aud well-sustained frc Of cannon
and musketry, which literally NOW
ed the Russians down on the plain
below the Turkish positions. Dur
ing their attempts 10 make way
against this fire, q body Of horse
and foot taking advantage of .
thick forest, broke forth on the
flank Of the Russian column and
effected great slaughter, the Mus
covitcs being upon ground pcrfcct-
" open, and having no choice but
to fight or ny. In = short time the
spot which was tho scene Of this
flank movement, became covered
with dead and dying Russians, but
the enemy quickly brought up re-
Inducements, and the battle was
renewed with much determination
for many hours. The efforts VI the
assailants were desperately main
tainctl, but towards midday their
artillery drc gradually slackcned
and they at length withdrew.
The dead and wounded on tho
Russian side will exceed 1000. The
engagement lasted over eight
hours-actual fighting. The last
Of the Russians did not with
draw until near midnight. The
Russians list many guns.
The Greenville times., 1877-05-19

Escaped from the ReveiIle Plan
tation In Bolivar County, Of Mr..
r. j. Nugcnt, two convicts, Nos.
52S and $40. described as follows
52a, Washington Anderson, scar
on left thigh, long scar on left
shoulder black about 5 feet 6 inch
es high, thick lips, big mouth, feet
turn out when walking, talks fast,
has six fingers on each hand, two
being little fingers.
$40, Mummy Wood, dark CRITIC
about 5 feet 8 inches high, bo7v-
legged, rather slender, las scar
OH right hand from cut, has heavy
short black moustache, but no 9TH
cr beard.
The above reward will be paid
Oh return Of said convicts to said
plantation.
W. II. VAUGHN,
May 18th St.
The Greenville times., 1877-05-19

State Of Mississippi, !
Washington County.
In j. +. Rpcks's Court, to June
Term, 1e77.
NJ. Y. Tamplin vsnditioni
vs.. ExDOuNS
W. 7. Moore. si$ Is.
by virtue Of the above vcnditionl
expOnas to me directed, l shall
expose to Public Sale, Al the door
Of the Court House in Grcenyillc,
within the hours prescribed By
law, 10 the highest bidder for casi,
Oh the 4th day Of June, a. a. 1877,
It being the
First Monday Of June next,
all the right, title aud interest OF
the defendant w. 4. Moore in aud
othe following described property
to wit:
All Of tho right, title and inter-
est Of tho said w. 4. Moore in and
to that portion Of lots four and
five OF block ten Of tho original
town Of Grccnvillc, Mississippi, us
laid oil in the Blantonia plantation
by Mrs. Harriet u. Thcohald. md
described by mctes and bounds as
follows to wit: beginning at the
southwest corner Of said lot five,
running thence in an eastcrly d.
rcctl0n along the southern bound
ary line of said lots four aid five
Of said block ten 1872 feet {; thenco
in a northcrly direction along the
eastern boundary limo of said lot
four 23l feet; thence III Il westerly
direction and Oh q line parallel to
the southern boundary line of said
lots four and five 10 Locust street
thence along the western boundary
line OF said lot five 10 tie point OF
beginning.
Tho samo having been levied
upon as the properly OF the defen.
dant W. 4. Moore, and will be sold
to satisfy PLAINTIFFS claim and all
costs.
w. L. HUNT,
Sheriff OF Washington County.
may IL, 1877.
The Greenville times., 1877-05-19

st. Louis Globc-Dcmocrat: II 10
mighty poor consolation TO a s'nig-
ger" in the tllrocs Of death at the
hands Of Ku.klux to be told that
"thc new Republican policy" must
have fair trial.
The Greenville times., 1877-05-19
The Moral Of Il.

A Radical Publication deiaecs
the following new bat pointed and
significant moral from the Kem-
per affair:
''By this kemper eonnty horror.
Republicans are reminded that the
South wants, aud must have local
seIf-government, even ifeyery Rad.
ieal in the State has to be shot. or
hung"
Ifas ass lmed in this extract s.local
self government" was:sthc issue at
stake In this bloody outbreak, aud
the killing Of Gully merely tho ex-
citing cause, NE who have known
for ten long years the worst and
most debasiny form ofits depriva-
tion, lightly regard the slain. or
the manner Vi their taking o6. II
there isa Mississippi County where
tho bolder Of the foul carpct-bag
gang still clutch and jugglc:i o rob It's
people OF this incstimablc right,
and this papers moral. Is illnstrat-
cd BY application; oil Of the NOR
81 lectures Of the conservative,
wrathful outpouring of the Isadi-
cal, and tho mock condemnation
Of . portion Of tho Southern
Democratic Press, aud Governor
stones extra court term, and .
congressional Investigation thrown
In, availeth not. And that com.
munity that rights its wrongs and
vinslicates its manhood even BY an
appeal TO the last resort, by that
oct, imdissolubly, allies itself to .
Southern opinion /; which since
the removal Of tho military will
sway tho South from centre to cir
cumferencs.
That this was the issue Of the
election In 1875 was never dis
guiscsl. In this county Il was
clearly stated 70 the Radical lead
crs that they might stay here mud
with perfect freedom from harm
or interruption pursue any lawful
calling; but must not take pat
In tho future government or poll
tics Of our county upon local Of.
fairs and issues. Thih agreement
has boon faithfully kept by both
parties; most Of the Radical chiefs
electing 70 leave without waiting
for . call Of tho criminal docket,
- Il II 10 DO regretted, those Of
kempcr county did not do. As
they did moi, q thcy chose to stay
and vcx those whom they had SO
wrongcd, "ihcir blood DO upon
their own hUads."
This papcr further says:
"6uch ailairs as that which late
" occurred IN Kcmpor should ex-
cite but ono feeling In tho breast
Of amy ono, and that should DO q
desire for tho prompt and speedy
punishment Of tho men who so
outraged Kempor aud the whole
State Of Mississippi"
This Is Idle talk. There will DO
no ono punished for his share In
this slaughter; nor yot convicted,
nor do wo believe triDd. So fur as
that object Is concerned, the extra
term Of tho Kcmpcr Circuit Court
will be . farce.
The Greenville times., 1877-05-19

Tho will Of the rich man Of the
future will read: !" TO the respect.
I've attorneys Of my children /
give my entire estate and all INV
worldly goods. Personally to the
children and to my beloved wife /
give all that remains" This In.
strumcnt viii satisfy tho family
aud save the trouble Of proving
tho old ,nax insane.
The Greenville times., 1877-05-19

--Therc is q bee hive IN one Of
the pilastcrs on the Episcopal
Church. The bees hive been At
work for some timo, and must
have q quantity Of honey stored
away.
The Greenville times., 1877-05-19
Notice Of Withdrawal.

Notice Is hereby given that j.
\. JOHNSON has this day with
drawn from the firm Of N. Il.
Johnson " Co.; John Manifold
having purchased his one. illird in
tcvcst therein, and assumed all al
J. Y. JOhnson's liabilities as a
member thereof.
The business will continue under
the same firm name and style.
j. Y. JOHNSON,
JOHN MANIFOLD,
l;rccnville, April 10, 1877.
The Greenville times., 1877-05-19

"A white man named "Jack
Malone was hung IN Friar's Point
on tho nth. lie had murdered a
companion for money, and confess.
ed tho crime.
The Greenville times., 1877-05-19

There arc more babies IN this
city than IN any place Of It's size
on tho continent. Almost any
pleasant afternoon you may SEQ III.
tccn Or twcnty baby carriages IN a
row wheeling along tho streets.
The Greenville times., 1877-05-19
RUSSIAN ARMY CROSSES
TIE DANUBE.

The Russians have crossed the
Danube at various points In heavy
forcc. VIZ may now look for war
In earnest. This momcntous move
has boon delayed to this time, that
. perfect base Of operations and
limo Of communications might b.
established III R0u,nnnia.
The Greenville times., 1877-05-19

1t win bc seen that brother
Mayor 10 IL tho ring with a stirring
announcement Of scasonablc goods.
He measures fair, aud deals on tho
square, and never gets mad and
pulls out his hair.
The Greenville times., 1877-05-19

Liverpool, May l5.--Thc Cour-
icr's Londcn correspondent says
tho India Office has Information
that the Russian vessels at San
Francisco havo bccn ordered to the
Persian Gulf.
The Greenville times., 1877-05-19
RANGER'S NOTICE.

RANGERS NOTICE.
6TATE or M1sslss1pp1,
Washington County.
Taken up on the Courtenay plan
ta ton BY Lee Carter, OH the lst
day Of May.1077, a
Light Bay Mare.
4 hands high, and 3 years old
white face, three stocking fcct and
appraised al $40.
The owner Of the above doscri-
bed cstray is hereby notified 10
come forward, prove property aud
pay charges, or the same will be
dealt With As the law directs,
JAMES RoGElss, l,uurcr
4 Nav q 1s.-
The Greenville times., 1877-05-19
"
StIERiFFS SALE


tIiE STATE Or MISSISSIPPI.
NAsHfxGxox Esrxa
In Washington Circuit Court. to
October Tern. 1877.
L. j. Latham
Nos. 1880. 3l6i y. II. fl.
y. 3. Johnson & Co.
Memphis Wood Works j
Nos. 1926. 1888 " 4. fl.
" Ii. johnson l. Co.
IA Circuit Caurt, April Term fs.7
By virtue OF the above executions
TO me directed. | shall expose to
Public Sale, at the door of the
Mill Of N. b. johnson Il Co., in
Grcenville within the hours pre-
scribed by law. to the highest bid
der for Cash, on the fourth day, it
being the
Hrst Monday Of June. 1877.
all the right, title and intcres. Of
the defendants N. d. johnson 4
Co. IN and 10 the following descri-
bed property, TO wit:
THE PLANNING MILL, with
fixtures and appurtenanccs, to-
gether with all the lumber, SC.
contained within said mill yard.
Tie same having been levied
upon as the property Of the defen
dants on the 10th day OF April.
1877, and will be sold to satisfy
plaintiffs claim and all costs.
w. Il. HUNT,
sheriff Of Washington County
by Il. NJ. HELM, ID. 5.
May IL, 1877. s-ft.
The Greenville times., 1877-05-19

-
Oar State exchanges are assidu-
-ously discussing the various can
di1ales for State ofIiees and with
~ excepticnsin perfect good tenn
pr an1 feeling. At this time We
hove only to ny thss We are for
IL noulnse Of the State Conycn-
tiea, - ~ Who he may. This is no
efme lor ~ isdulesscs OF person
u pss1breaces.
= err Cosnty there appears 10
~ bst ese policy and that il 70
se11ly snlts o. our Convention
. neoissss. which We hope to aee
eoopoesd 81 the best and most In
Auentlal men Of every ncishbor-
.heed sctaated solely BY the viii
- serve the County best.
Eron Bolivar County, VIC cx-
. tssnsly regret TO learn there Is an
intention upon tho part Of some
eondidates an.l their friends to Ig-
nese Coaventional action. In COM
.nnnllies constituted - Is oars, and
Bolivar Cosnty, ''indcpcndent
-sanaldates " should not b tolcra-
-. 1hs very fact Of any man, lot
~ nesit Or claims BE- what they
10y, asssmIny this position, should
uniee 81 good siiiscns against
nIn. We say this in no spirit Of
'eegesry or partissnsh:p. But ffom
. ssue lnsishe Into our cIreum-
seanees 80 surrounding. (The
oveswhelnIng numerical majority
= 0e ignorant and race dlstrust-
selssefaeans. u this section Of the
beases y q present powerlcss for
ntsehleS. Il u and may bc
eely kept 90 b. UNION and or.
gonisation ef lhe property owning
voeefs. DIsuuion among ourselves
= sure % b succeeded BY the
eeeon4 advent Of shrewd crafty,
The Greenville times., 1877-05-19
I. A. NEWMAN,s
New Livery Stable,
BELOW pOSTOFFICE.
Mnlbnrry otw,n4 -.

1I1OW IOoIOFF1CE,
Mulberry street, Grecnville
| return my sincere thanks to nv
old customers for their generous
patronage, and trust they will not
forget to call Oh me at my now 10
cation. ! will give three square
meals Of the best provender for
One Dollar. First class colorei
gentlemen always In attendance 4. 10
see stock elegantly entertained,
The Greenville times., 1877-05-19

fs w. II. HUNT,
sheriff OF Washington County.
may -, 1877.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-01-11
Lincoln had put down his foot for

Lincoln had put down his foot for
broadswords, and nothing could
shake his purpose. Gen Ewing, the
friend of Con. Shield, cursed and
swore, and carried on at a great rate
about 'tho - barbarious practice of
lighting with broadswords in the
nineteenth century" Mr.. Lincoln
very coolly and calmly replied that
for his part ho thought fighting duels
in any way q rather barbarious prac-
tice for the nineteenth century, and
if he had to fight he would chosso
his own weapons. The moro Gen.
Ewing insisted on rifles and pis-
tolls tho moro Mr.. Lincoln held on to
broadswords,. and there was another
dead lock. But it did not last over
an hour or two. Gen. SVield was
finally induced by his friends to with
draw bis challenge; Mr.. Lincoln ex-
planned the offensive matter in the
only lottcr written by himsolf, and
the great trouble about the pin was
'settled honorably to both parties.'--
The second Of Mr.. Shields had de-
clared, before the choice of broad~
sword, shat he would as soon think
of asking Mr.. Shields to but his
brains out against a brick wall as to
withdraw that papcr'-tho challenge
but yet, after all, this son Of blood
and thunder did withdraw that very
paper rather than expose his brains
to the long sword and the long arm of
Abraham Lincoln.
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.NO.18,

and by clothing one man with the
power of allowing and of excluding
votes, and thereby controlling the
Presidential election. I'D: IKE
The purposes of this dangerous
conspiracy must be defeated. The
right ae declared at the ballot box
must be respected and maintained.
AS was said Of Mr.. Lincoln'e elec-~
lion: "Thc people arc strong enough
20 place him in his Office" Our
army must not be used to place either
Governors or Presidents in office who
bavo not been elected. The purpose
OF tho aggressive and ambitious lead
ers which you must defeat is usurpa-
ton. 1t is revelation; its accomplish
ment will disturb the foundation of
our institutions, and endapger tho
cause of free government itself. We
cannot maintain our institutions if
the people allow their choice and
&" iii1 "o SNPiScoSN III puISuanCS Oh
law, to be defeated by fraud and
force.
The committee, therefore, call upon
all the people, without respect to
party who make our country's well
faro paramount to every other con-
sideration; all who say that the vote
of the people shall not be defeated
by fraud, and all who stand by fair
play and honesty, to meet at their
county seats on the day above mon
tioned, and to make an expression Of
the popular Judgment which cannot
DC disros"rded, oven by tho most
abandoned and reckless enemies of
our institutions, and to appoint men
as their delegates to the State Con-
vention, on the eighth day of this
month, who will fearlessly and pru-
IDENTIFY mako such declaration and
take such action as will give our
State her proper position and inhu-
ence in maintaining constitutional
government and the rights and lib
critics Of our people.
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me PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION FROM
A BUSINESS STANDPoINT.-A gentle,
man who returned home yesterday
from visit to Baltimore reports re~
nowcd confidence in business circles
IN that city, resulting from the recent
encouraging indications that Mr.. Til.
don is TO be tho next President. A
day or two after tho election, before
the returning board rascalitics wore
thought Of, the Success of tho Demo-
cratic ticket gavo decided impetus
to trade, and orders from the South
were particularly large. Then came
the developments of the Radical con-
spiracy to count in Mr.. Hayes, and
these orders wero, many of them, re~
voked or held subject to tho settlement
of the Presidential question. Many
merchants thon took steps looking to-
rctrcnchmcnt at the end of tho pres
ont yoAr, involving in some casos the
discharge Of largo proportion of
their employees. One firm has boxod
and ready for shipment South $4,000
worth Of goods on single ordor,
which will not be forwarded until it is
seen that Mr.. TiIden is to bo tho next
President. This is now regarded as
so nearly assured, however, that one
firm ia making arrangements to send
four additional saIosmc; to Virginia
alone. Tho dealers in fortilzors saw
that tho defeat Of tho Radical conspi~
racy will greatly stimulate their busin-
css, and member OF a leading dry
goods house says that the election of
MIR. Tildcn will bo worth $4,000 por
annum TO each membor of tho firm. It
il the universal opinion among the
buslnosg mon Of Baltimore that tho
prosperity of tho country depends on
the inauguration of Mr.. Tildon.-
Washington Union.
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An Addross to the People of Indiana.


at meeting of the Democratic
Central Committee held December
18th, it was unanimously resolved
that meetings of the people of the
several counties Of the State bo held
at the county seats on Saturday, De-
conbor 90, for the purpose Of consid.
crinG tho preseut condition Of public
affairs, and Of giving proper express
sion to tLcir views, and the further
purposes Of appointing Delegates TO a
State Convention, to be hold at the
city Of Indianapolis on Monday, Jam
nary 7, 1877. In calling upon the
people to respond to the action Of the
committee, it is proper to state the
occasion which was doomed sufficient
to authorize ani require it. Samue!
}. Tildcu and Thomas A. uondrioLs
have been elected respectfully to the
Offices OF President and Vice.Presi-
dent of the United States. This
election has been in accordance with
the Constitution and laws of our coun-
try, and by the expressed will OF a
majority exceeding one quarter Of a
million Of the voters Of the United
States. This action wns upon an
issue distinctly made before tho peo>
pie Of economy and reform in all the
affairs OF the Government. The
maintenance ct tho Constitution and
the laws, fair play and honesty, and
tho highest interests of tho people
demand thai they Bhal! be innugu-
rated in pursuance Ok their election.
This i8 known not only TO Democrats,
but to Republicans. All citizens
who voted tor thom demand thuir
inauguration as right, and all who
voted against them owe it rs a dnty.
American honor requires it. The
stability Of our institutions demands
it.
There is now n combination very
formidable and reckless to prevent
the legal results Of tho election, and
to place men in the high Offices who
hNyo not been elected to them, and
thereby to defeat tho changes and
reforms which all classes Of society
and all ot the great industrial and
commercial intcres.s Of the country
SO much require. They have resort
ed to Returning Boards-party mn-
chinery heretofore unknown in ma
tional politics, powerlose for good,
but pregnant with evil. Thoy threat
en- to depart from tho established
usage8 in counting the electoral vote,
by withholding from the peoples
representatives their constitutional
prerosativo OF participating in the
decision cf all questions that may
arise III the progress Of the count,
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similar fraud heretofore, have, against
tho faoo of tho returns, counted in
their candidates for tho Electoral COL
lego, tho Legislature and all tho State
officers, and for tho Congress at WASH
, ington.
No right minded man, as it Sooms
to us, howovor strong his political
preferences, can sanction such pro-
ceodings. Wo arc far moro anxious
that tho people at large should repu-
diato this action than that any parti-
cular candidate or party shall be sue
cessful. 1t is pitiablo exhibition to
make before all the world Of tho ex,
trcmo longth to which partisan zoa
can go in country SO proud of its
FREQ institutions. We mako no reDro>
sentation OF the effect this may have
on either party. Whether if it is sus~
tanned (as We cannot think it will bc)
by tho mass Of the Republicans it will
ultimately crush that organization
bcncath tho odium thus brought upon
it, or if rightly mot and treated by
tho opposition, load to it's ontiro su-
promacy in tho near future and thoroo
aitcr for many years to como-thosc
arc questions not as important to the
public welfare as the possibilities that
grow out Of tho action itself
We need not discuss just now the
way in which tho Congress should
meet this emergency, ,as several months
must clapso before it is called to pass
upon it. 1t is for the honest people of
all parties to speak their minds in
reference to it, and this should be
uttered in no uncertain tones. Not
with violence Of cpithot, not with a
view Of stirring up civil strifo, but in
the spirit Of a calm judicial sentence,
tho whole American people should set
such q seal of condemnation on this
great wrong, that nothing like it will
ever be attempted again in tho history
Of the nation.-N. Y. Journal Com
mcrcc.
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New ORLEANS OUT OF FUNDS
Tho New Orleans Democrat of the
24th says that tho Superior Criminal
Court iii that city had boon compelled
to adjourn ovor for throe days because
thcro was no fire in tho court room,
tho State having thrown tho expense
of providing for that court upon tho
city, and the city bong out of funds.
The delay malCts tho city in hoavy
costs, such as continuanccs, sum-
monses, dotontions in prison at sixty
cents per head per day, &c. And yet
Now Orleans should DO one of tho
most Independent and fiourishing
cities in tho Union. "Roconstruc~
ton" has dono the work for hor.
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WAN OAPlS'h"A q oPOlOSiES uo Will
withdraw the challenge, and the
quarrel can be settled honorably to
both parties. But Dr.. Merryman
says if Shields will first Withdraw the
challenge then l will explain or apol-
igize, and the quarrel may be settled
honorably to both parties. And
there they have come to a dead lock.
Now [ don't see, if both things have
to be done, that it makes SO much
difference which is done first. 1t
seoms to mo that DR.. Merryman is
disposed to stand upon nicoties, and
l don't think he ought to stand upon
niceties in q case of life and DEATH
The situation was plain, [ SYM
patbizod with Mr.. Lincoln, but, while
l fully appreciated his practical good
sense, could not exactly see his nice
sense of honor. 4 know very little
about the code Of honor said I; st 10
branch of moral science for which
| have never had much respect, and
have therefore never studied it. But
if you 60 by that code at all (and l
suppose you must if you fight duels)
it 6ocms to me that DR.. Mcrrynon is
right. | don't see how you can cx~
plain or apologize or say ono word to
mitigate the wrath Of Shields while
the challenge is pending ovor you"
Mr.. Lincoln thereupon tell into one
ofhis muSlng, melancholy no, Is; and
there wac spread over his face that
sad expression which made him an
object Of interest to every man who
had live heart in his bosom. AS
he sat there, looking at the fire, he
seemed to bo saying to himself: 81
have como to the wrong person to
help INC ont of my difficulty. Per
haps Merryman is righ, and thoro is
no help out Of this dead lock- except
, r-ft ,,;tl ca;,lL., 1r;. o.,,,,,,,.
oed lips and firm look evidently indi
Gated fight.
,1,hcro is ,ot tlo 1o,st noooo.;,u t>,.
q f,.,,t ul,o4o,ln a.:3 T. -. ,,,,. -
very easily avoldcd.' How so7' said
Mr.. Lincoln, looking up with q re-
Icivod oxprcssion Of face OVID trr,,in,,
h;s ovos n,,o,, ma q l,a,, cI;aI|,
,vo1l; ro'I;o4, ,,,,3 h;o oa,,,n,.s -
NOT Of Two t,root s,o,,,,. ,,oro - ~
tonetbor foo rnch nf Ilrs,or ou1
br9vodo about thn r,o,, for ,h,, w.
is trvinoto make WON hack nut avd
vor con ro,,o Li,1, hjo,. ,,,t ron,
eas;lv,
sriow oo2,so;l Mr T;roo,o swh,
said eos bo eort tho oho,,aouo Sn
Won bovo tho r;,,ht 70 ohoooo n,o
,voo,,oro on6 e ~,, oI,oooo hno,l,
words NV word tor T. ho r;u rovor
Gnbt rou n tho rvor,d yor ora a.
Irast sovon inchos tolIor than Shio,ds
AND uour or,,,o oro throo f,,u; ;noh
90 ,onoor than lis eo that va, o,n1d
ont him dawn hnf,ro no co,,l o,o+
near ononob 70 ,ouch vn, l,nov, 20
vor will novar r, this hoo,,so ho