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Straight-out democrat. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1878-1879, 1878-06-28
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meets Oh Monday.
Court opens in Greenville on
Monday next. Judge Kershaw pre-.
sidins,
Miseissippi's colored Senator. b.
F. Bruce. and his wife sailed for Eu-
rope in the Algeria.
The Consistory appointed to be
held at Rome on July S has been
postponed until July Is.
Lord Dufferin will accept an ex-
tension Of his appointment as Gov
ernor General or Canada.
1t is understood that the National
party propose to run Peter Cooper
for Mayor of New York City
Ex. .Licntenant-Governor Hahn. of
Louisiana. will be appointed superin-
tend&nt of the New Orleans mint.
The opinion is that the laburs OF
the principal lplenipotentiarics can be
concluded by the 10th of July.
Mrs. Susan G. DeBruhl. the vcme-
rable relict Of the late Stephen
DeBrnhl. died at Abbeville C. Il.
The Communists Of Brooklyn ap-
piled To the Mayor for permission t.
parade on the lst of July and were
refused
The War Department is advised
that Bnffal" Horn was killed in the
charge Of Towards troops OH the
hoatiles camp
President Hayes will attend the
celebration Of the Wyoming Centcn-
nial. near Wilkesbarre, Po., on the
81 and 4th oT Snly
All the members of the Potter
sub. b.committee. to investigate the
Louisiana branch of the inquiry have
departed for New Orleans.
The Republicans of the Second Jn-
dical District. of North Carolina.
m"stly colored pcop'e. have nomina.
ted one of their own race for Sulici-
TOR
The Roumanian cause has appar-
rently been abandoned by the Powers.
The Bratiano Cabinet will probably
60 out after the c'ose Of the Berlin
Congress.
Russia has given her consent that
the boundaries Of Ronmelia shall not
touch the Egean Sea or approach
Sa!onica dependent on the conces-
SIO'i OI VaTna anu the reSC Of the
QnadriIateral to Bulgaria. 1t seems
that this will DC ultimately agreed
to.
Orders have been received ut the
naval station at Portsmouth to des-
patch three Indian troop ships to
Malta. The circumstance causes con
siderable excitement and it is re-
ported that these vessels will be en-
ployed to take back the Indian con
tingent.
The most important witness before
the Potter Committee was ex-Judge
Campbell, of New Orleans, who tes.
titled. in answer to Anderson's state.
rnent that Campbell had affixed his
official signature to certain pagers
without Anderson. having sworn to
thfm. that he did not remember to
fiXssd .ejs game Z any pakss:s
sSn. but if it was there, the docm-
merits had been sworn tu in the pro.
nor tvav
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AT HoME.-Senat0r Butler has ar
rived home from Washington. The
Military Committee, Of which he is
q member, meets at the White Sui
pher Springs on the 22ud Of July.
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DEATH We are panied to any
nounce the death of Mr.. John Glass,
one of the oldest residents of this
city. who died about halfpast i
O'Clock. last evening. J
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sSn. but if it was there. the .docn-
merits had been sworn to in the pro.
per way.
Col. j. S Murray, of Anderson.
chairman Of the Committe charged
with the duty Of visiting Augusta
and comforting with the citizens
in the interest of the Savannah Val
ley Railroad. will visit that city on
the 10th of July. Arrangements will
be made to bring the committee face
to face with the people. to the end
that the advantages which may ac.
crue to Augusta by the construction
OF the Savannah Valley, may ho
made known 1t is proposed that
this road shall tap the Augusta and
Greenwood at Dorm Mines.
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REsIGNATIoN OF THE PENIrENTIARY
COMMISSIONERS The Board of Peni.
Tertiary Commissioners met at 9 a.
M yesterday. at the Executive
Office. The Governor and all with the
exception of Capt. Allen were pre-.
sent. The issue in regard to The
present superintendent was squarcly
made anl squarely met by the Co
vernon Governor Hampton cndeav-
ored t" secure compromise which
would bring about II reconciliation.
but found it impossible Gen Earle.
Chairman of tho Board. then signified
his intention of resigning. rather
than stand in the way of nj adjust
ment. Mcssrs. Scegers and and
Bradley are to follow his example
The action to be taken by Mcssrs.
Shields and Allen is not yet known
positively. A card to the pcblic
will probably be issued when the re-
signations are formally rendered
and the motions which are based on
high patriotic grounds fully made
known.
Straight-out democrat. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1878-1879, 1878-06-28

PREPARING.-A scaffold is being
erected around the State House pre-.
paratory to repairing the roof
The New York herald., 1878-07-04
Hunter Convictsd.

The trial of Hunter for the murder of Arm
strong, his former partner, at Camden, n.
j., has resulted in verdict of guilty. This
conclusion is entirely in accordance with
the facts and the evidence in the case, and
its justness will be universally indorsed. 1t
was in fact, the only honest conclusion
that could have been arrived at; but jurios
nowadays are so fearfully and wonder
fully made up that in nine cases out OF
ten it is always the unexpected that hap
pens SO far as they are concerned. Hunters
crime was cold, premeditated. mercenary
murder. The object of it was to get the
amount Of the insurance policy he held on
the life of his victim, SO that, in addition
to the greater crime of murder, there was
the lesser one of the robbery of the insur-
ance company. His hiring Of Graham to
commit the deed was prompted by his
cowardice and cunning. In the event
of detection he evidently calculated
that he would be able to send his miser-
able tool to the gallows instead of himself.
The conviction is a great gain for the cause
Of justice. He has been fairly tried, ably
defended and, as we have said, justly con-
victed. There is not shadow of reason
why the clemency of justice should be ex-
ercised in his behalf, and it is to- be hoped
the law will be allowed to take its course in
his case
The New York herald., 1878-07-04
Juvenile sports.

It is decided in the case of one Of the
Greenwich street boys that to place OBJ
structions on the elevated railway with the
intention of throwing train into the street
is not crime; consequently a great career
is opened to the ragnmuffin of the period.
From oil the neighborhoods that swarm
with these heroes of the gutter they have
only to come down to the streets where the
elevated roads operate, mount and build
distractions. If they throw a train into
the street they will be the heroes Of their
neighborhoods, and from the mangled re-
mains of 'the rich people" in the trains
the other Juvenile adventurers may help
themselves in the midst Of the horror and
excitement to watches and coin. But, on
the other hand, il they fail to throw train
down, no harm is done to anybody and
they themselves are none the worse for il.
Tried for such IN offence, a sympathetic
jury will consider the oulptit's tender years
and the exuberance of youth; and when the
counsel points out that the persons really
to blame are those who make elevated rail-
roads the embryotic cutthroat will be dis
charged to plan more effective murders. It
is unfortunate to have it thus conspicuously
shown that this game may be practised
with impunity.
The New York herald., 1878-07-04
Frontier Con veniem 9 es.

A droll despatch comes from Portland, in
Oregon. There is great alarm in Umatilln
county at the threats of the Indians. ''Set-
tiers" we read, 'are moving their families
to places Of safety. The Umatilla Indians
have put their women and children on the
reservation and have joined the hostile
bands"
We respectfully suggest to the President
that he shall give the white settlers at least
what they would call ''fair show" If he
allows the Indians to place their families
ON reservations when they 60 out to fight
the settlers, he ought to offer similar con-
veniences to the families of the settlers
ALSO As the case stands the Indians have
ON important advantage. The United States
government shelters. feeds and protects
their women and children while they are
on the warpath, but the unlucky settlers
must look out for their own families
at their own cost. Let us have fair
play all around. Either drive the
Umatilla women and children off the
reservation and force them to take the
chances of war-in which case we fancy the
'buck" Indians will quickly leave the war
path-or else let the government provide
food, shelter and protection also for the
families of the settlers, in which case we do
not doubt that tho white men, with their
hands freed, will give q prompt and salts
factory account Of the Indians
Mr. Hayes is just visiting the scene of q
great massacre of white women and chill
dren in the Wyoming Valley. What he
hears there will, we hope, induce him at
least to close the reservations against the
women and children Of hostile Indians. It
has been too long the fashion to allow In
dians TO grow fat and accumulate supplies,
guns and ammunition on the reservations.
and then leave their families in charge Of
agents while they 90 out to attack white
settlements. It has not even been upcom-
mon after battle between whites and In
dians for the latter to send their wounded
in to O reservation to be cared for and cured.
It is time to stop this nonsense.
The New York herald., 1878-07-04
Don't Let Il Ne y Farce.

The city ordinance which prohibits the
use of frecrackcrs. pistols, &C., in the
streets to-day is in force. 1t met with the
approval of the citizens when II was passed,
and the Common Council very properly
refused to reconsider or suspend its opera
tion this year. The dealers in fireworks
had years notice before it became opera
tive and have no injustice to complain Of.
1t remains with the police to SEQ that the law
is properly enforced. If it is to be dead
letter to-day. or to be generally violated
with impunity, 1t can never be of any value
hereafter. 1t will be proper cause of COM
plant against an officer who may fail to
arrest any violator OF the ordinance. and
The New York herald., 1878-07-04
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

Francis HGGsr's new book the Troubadours 10
exceedingly Interesting IN . historical sense.
A new edition Of "roms Wife" has boon Published
BY Carleton with The title Of Gust Married."
Tho second volume Of the war correspondcncs Of
the LONDON Daily News Is pabiishcd BY Macmiilan
Co. The thread 10 taken up IRON the fell Of Kars and
there Is q conuectsng narration forming continuous
history OF tho between Russia and rorkey. THIS
collection comprises The graphic letters OF shs
Mr.. j. A. Msctishan, Archibald Yorbss. y. D. M,les
and other correspondents The book Is particularly
valuable ~ 10 history Of the events written ~ shs
very time when they took place. and II has tho meris
OF ensh usssm well Of accuracy. No more snter.
tanning reading tho subject could be found. The
personal descriptions reliable than apt
TO and In history unless be porsnsous, and
the style OF the writers 10 vigorous and siDRuary
descriptive.
The New York herald., 1878-07-04
Horse Docking and the Hsrss Doc
tors.

Mr. Bergh's persistence in forcing the
docking question to an issue is very praise.
worthy, because it is practical expression
of his intense sym pathy for q noble animal.
He desires to show that on the broad prin-
ciple Of justice every horse and pony has
an inalienable right to his tail-to all his tail.
BY citing, in his communication printed
on Tuesday, the opinions of a number of
more or less renowned veterinary surgeons,
Mr.. Borgh claims to prove that docking"
is very cruel and absurd practice, unwar-
ranted by the necessities Of the horse owner
and suggested only by caprice Of fashion.
It originated, he suggests. in Englnnd-a
land Of muddy roads and grumbling
grooms. Another point on horse tails made
by Mr.. Bergh is deserving of notice. He
argues that the toll is q kind of steering
apparatus as well as fy-fap, and when
put "hard aport" when the horse is run
ming at full speed, enables the animal to
turn round on q short curve with safety
and ease. This he conceives to be useful in
polo playing, where rapidity of motion and
change of direction are highly important.
We do not see why Fashion should not de-
mand the cropping of horses ears as well
as the shortening of his tail if the whim
seizes her. According to the experts in
horse it would be less painful and
certainly less dangerous operation. Emf
nsnt practitioners in a special line twist
off the tails and clip the ears Of prom
ising Juvenile bull terriers. Indeed, for
some unaccountable reason, people come TO
regard mutilations as necessary TO the hap
piness of many kinds of animals. In this,
as one of Mr.. Bergh's authorities remarks.
The New York herald., 1878-07-04

to protect them against whatever foes may
come, as the men of rs did from George Ill
and the men Of 1860 from the madness of the
South. We do not believe that thisspirit is
less ready now than it has been hitherto, or
that it is likely to be less intelligent in its
perception of danger. Apparently our next
danger is to come in the name of an agita-
tion for social as well as political equality
in the name of demand that the freedom
by which the people have grown great, and
which they hold as their one inestimable
treasure, shall be set aside in order that the
notion of a community of goods may be
tried. 1t is an insidious danger
that assumes the form of philan-
thropy and presents itself to the
people as contrivance to make them
happy. But dead level of social equality
and a central despotism in authority are
inseparable facts and the instinct of the
people will teach them this, and will inn
pei them to defend themselves as resolutely
from danger in disguise as they have
hitherto done from open enemies.
The New York herald., 1878-07-04

The WITNESS WEBER continued yesterday
Icforc the Potter Committee the chapter of his
interesting revelations in regard to the action of
the Louisiana Returning Board. The visiting
statesmen who were sent to New Orleans for
the purpose of seeing fair count are placed in
. very unpleasant light. He says they con-
stanty advised the exercise of the most arbi-
trary power In throwing out votes lie reiter-
atcd his statements of the day before in regard
10 the Sherman letter. When the committee
again meets, which will not be until the 10th
Inst, Mr.. Sherman will do well to submit the
proofs he claims to have going to show his limo
ccnce In the matter.
The New York herald., 1878-07-04

TIE Doc CATCHING BUSINESS is SO dull that
It is feared the bankruptcy lists will be largely
increased before the season is over. The ranks
of dogdom have become fearfulfy decmated
that in the hope of rcviving trade the jealous
and indefatigable gentlemen engaged in the
business are casting covetous eyes on the rich
pastures of the Jerseys and Long Island.
The New York herald., 1878-07-04

THE WEArHKR---Thc general distribution of
prcssurcs remains very nearly M 1t was OH
Wednesday, but local modifica ations have de-
velopcd new relations between the dc
iressions aud the areas of high pressure
without advancing eastward to any great
distance The depression Of the Northwest has
induced very heavy winds in that region, and
the Encouragement of the pressurcs over
the Ohio Valley and northcastward has
centred the rainfall In that and the lake
district While New York and the neigh
boring cities were having partly cloudy or
slear and warm weather Immediately TO the
westward aud northwcstward cloudiness and
general rains have prevailed. On the
South Atlantic coast the movement of
the Gulf depression has caused rainy
and threatening weather, with rising
winds, mostly from the east aud northeast
and variable winds in South Florida. Alto
rethcr the conditions in tho Gulf are
by no means indicative of fair weather.
The temperatures are lowest in the lake
region aud in Northern Maine. Thoy are
highest In the Upper Ohio Valley and Middle
ard East Atlantic coast districts. The weather
IA New York aud its vicinity to-day will be
warm and fair, followed by cooler and cloudy,
with occasional rains. Tomorrow the cloudi-
ness will probably continue.
The New York herald., 1878-07-04

The ALDERxANIc COMMITTEE engaged in the
pursuit of fraud in the civil courts hnd o very
interesting witness before them yesterday.
This gentleman had acted for some time in the
capacity OF disposscss clerk in Judge Dinkels
court. His qualifications for the position may be
ndgcd from the fact that he can read and write
little and that he has obtained a finished legal
education from the study of the revenue regula-
tions on cigar wrappers The legal standard of
Judge Dinkels court is evidently high.
The New York herald., 1878-07-04
A smell or tho Horse Railroads.


number Of physicians and surgeons,
some of whom are capable enough men rs
ordinary practitioners or in surgery, have
published startling paper or protest., as
they call it, setting forth the evils which In
their judgment will result from the noise
occasioned by the passage of trains on the
Metropolitan Elevated Railway. These gen.
tlemen declare that, in their deliberate
professional judgment" the continuous din
will prevent the healthy development of the
growing brain of childhood and rapidly
waste the faculties of mature life.
According to them the unfortunate
beings who live along the line
OF the railway will be subject to
perverted mental and moral action. cere-
bral exhaustion, insomnia, hysteria chorea,
mania, paralysis, meningitis and decay OF
nutrition, unless they find relief in deaf
ness, dementia or DEATH In the cases OF
those who are temporarily brought within
the influence Of this terrible engine Of
destruction the NECESSITY of speaking in an
overload voice to drown the clatter of the
ever passing trains and the strain
on the function of respiration due
to the smoke and coal gas will pro
duce laryngeal catarrh, bronchitis, en-
physema and pulmonary hemorrhage,
with pulmonary consumption in the back
ground This catalogue of diseases to be
produced by rapid transit is a fearful one,
and yet it can scarcely be pronounced COM
plete. Tanners Index" would have fur
nished the authors of the protest With the
names of twenty times as many maladies
equally startling and incomprehensible to
the non professional Enough have been
enumerated, however. to horrify the public
mind, and when the learned doctors assure
us that in addition to these evils of rapid
transit we may look for an indefinite num-
Der of surgical injuries, and need not be
surprised at O confagration SURPRISING
those of Chicago and Boston, we begin to
see that, like the student Frankenstein, we
have galvanized into life monster that
will spread devastation and misery oil
around and be curse to its creators
The protest is, in truth, extravagant
enough in it's assertions to warrant the sus.
picion that it bears about it the aroma Of
horse railroads or of Sixth avenue real
estate speculations. According to these
medical alarmists there never has been such
o monster in the world as this Metropolitan
Elevated Railway, which people have been
foolish enough to regard as a pleasant
means of travel and great blessing to
the city. We may, however, find some
consolation in the belief that as the
Sixth Avenue Railroad special diseases are
to be so numerous and so fatal they
will fully supply the bills Of mortality, and
that henceforth such minor causes Of death
as cholera, diphtheria, malaria, policemen's
clubs, smallpox, revolvers, scarlet fever.
bowie knives, typhoid and pneumonia
will be unknown. 1t is remarkable, how
ever, that the earliest instance Of brain dis
ease developed by the running of the
Metropolitan Elevated Railroad should be
that of the doctors who have signed this re-
markable medical aud surgical protest.
The New York herald., 1878-07-04

II EAST ST. LOUIS were Oh the frontier of civil
ization the action OF its Coroner in sulnmoning
his jury entirely from of the factions which
have violated the law and then conducting the
inquest in secret would not be very surprising
but it is certainly remarkable performance
in that latitude at this date in the century. 1t
is what is called wild Western justice.
The New York herald., 1878-07-04

they come to improve on the Creators work.
While we deprecate any unreasonable zeal
on Mr.. Bergh's part that may lead him into
ridiculous antagonism with the great ma
jority of his fellow citizens, we cannot but
admire the generous impulses that govern
many of his acts in defence OF our dumb
servants.
The New York herald., 1878-07-04

Who Wimss England or America
Few even of the most patronizing Eng
lish papers pretend to doubt that there will
be hard racing on the Henley water to-day.
Easy as it is to detect faults in the work Of
either American crew. there is no denying,
nevertheless, that they both go and stay
we'll The Columbias row in two trial heats
to-day, the Shoewaecaemettes in but one.
1t is unfortunate, perhaps, that both OF
them happen to be drawn in one heat in
the Stewards race, with Dublin University
in between them. In the Visitors Colum-
bia, sandwiched between about the best
fours Oxford and Cambridge can turn out,
will have plenty to do. Fortunately, in
the Stewards, she has drawn the inside, or
Berks station. If she can hold her place
sufficiently for one mile to prevent
Dublin from crossing in front OF
her and snatching the inside, then
the rest Of the way the course curves,
and the curve is worth fifty feet to Column
bia, which ought to make her win. Again,
if the Shoewaecaemettes on the outside
work over, as they naturally will, towards
the shorter side of the track, we need not be
astonished. especially in country where
washing is 80 popular and whore racing on
these crooked courses directly encourages
it, if, on the last half mile, she and Colum-
bia may be rowing side by side and SO close
together that Dublin cannot get in if she
tries and will have to take the wash either
Of one or both, while America wins the heat.
Unless the interval before the Visitors race
is long Columbia will be tired from the
Stewards race, at least enough to endanger
her chances, although both her rivals will
also have rowed in the Stewards.
In the single SOULS Lee, of Newark, prac-
tically decides the race in the trial heat, as
in it he is paired off with the champion,
Edwardcs- Moss. Of the latter Julian Haw-
thorne, in letter from London in the
HrRALD of April 18, 1875, said:--"Edwardes-
Moss, Of Brasenose, is the best oar next to
William Simmons, Of Harvard, that ever
remember to have seen. He pulled in a
spontaneous, leonine, unconcerned style,
delightful to contemplate" Though Lee,
of Newark, is not exactly leonine he is still
not just the man to be beaten hand-over-fst
either, as many good scullers have already
found out, and before nightfall he may pos
sibly, after all. prove o cat-o'-nine to his
brawny antagonist and the six other gentle
men who row in the other heats.
The New York herald., 1878-07-04
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.
WITH SUPPLEMENT
NEW YORK. THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1873.

persons going into he country during the summer
al Me rate Of one dollar per month, postage paid.
The New York herald., 1878-07-04

MONMOUTH PARK presents a first class racing
bill to-day, and the management of the course
thus far gives the assurance that it will be fully
carried out. The other great event on the track
will be the race between Ten Brock and Molle
Mccarthy, at Lexington.
The New York herald., 1878-07-04

WALL STREET YEsrERDAY.-The stock mar
ket was active and very strong. Gold opened
and closed ut 1OO5s, selling in the interim Mt
1908. Government bonds were firm, States
higher and railroads strong. Money on call
was easy at 2 q 3 per cent, closing at 2 a212
per cent Hrsa
The New York herald., 1878-07-04

WYoMISG's TERRIBLE MASSACRE was re-
called yesterday, its hundrcth anniversary, with
Interesting and appropriate ceremonies There
was large attendance OF spectators, among
whom was the President.
The New York herald., 1878-07-04

"DIPLoMAcY' is having good run in the
courts, but it is not very profitable one for the
management tsfaf
The New York herald., 1878-07-04

OSE OF TIIE MosT IMpoRrANr ARRIvAIs in
the city yesterday was that of the first bale of
the new cotton crop. 1t was sold at an advance
OH the regular market price. it'ss