The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-04-16
In the fire of February, 1865, which

were again cent to England, TO lie rccasl
at the same foundry at which they were
originally made. In February, 1867,
the bells were brought back to this
country, and duties to the amount of
S1,5S9.G5 were paid under protest The
Committee on Ways and Means. has
agreed to submit favorable report, en-
bolying the prayer of the petitioners.
PROFESSOR WALLACE DUNCAN, Of
Wofford College, recently delivered an
address in which he said that there
we're some of the most patriotic men in
South Carolina that he had ever seen,
and they give unmistakab!e evidence of
their desire to serve their country by
the fact that if the Democratic party
does not nominate them for Office they
nominate themselves in order simply to
get the chance to serve their country.
This is a fine satire. the force Of which
will be seen by all to apply to indeP"n-
dent candidates.
EARLY in the special session Of the
present congress, petition was intro
duced in the House for the relief of ST..
Miclaers Church, Charleston, S. e..
praying for the remission Of the dd'ie'
upon the bells of the Church, which
were recently recast in England and re-
placed in the tower of the cdiicr.
These bells have historic interest. The
chime was imported from England
into the province of South Carolina
in 1863. They were seized in th'
city of Charleston, in 1880, and sent to
England, wherc they were bought by
an English merchant. In 1874 at tho
close of The Revolutionary war. the bells
were returned to Charleston and again
hung in the Steeple Of st. MichacPs
where they remained undisturbed until
1863 when theFederal forces began shell
ling the city. The church steeple being n
conspicuous mark for artillery practice
and within the range Of shells, the bells
were removed to Columbia for safety.
Alexander Fl. Stephens has introduced
bill providing for an increase OF the
Supreme Court Judges Of the United
States from nine members, as at present
constituted, to fifteen members, who are
TO be divided into FIVE sections, OF three
each. and shall divide the business of the
Court among the several sections as fol-
lows: One taking all cases involving
commercial law, banking, and conflict OF
law tho next taking cases Of admiralty,
criminal cases, claims upon foreign Gov
ernments, and insolvent laws; number
three taking all cases involving patents,
wills, estates. copyrights, cjeciments,
public banks; numbea five taking all
cases involving taxes, chancery, Federal
duties aud reEennes, uses end trusts and
mandamus practice. Under Mr.. Ste
phens' bill, all ca-es exceeding $500 in-
volved can be brought to the Supreme
Court; all cases Of original jurisdiction,
of treaties under the laws and authority
of the United States, in which the Uni.
ted States OF any of tho Statea may be q
party, or any appeals from State Courts
on constitutional questions shall be ar
gucd before the entire bench Of the fif-
teen judges as at present.
PRINCE r. MARTIN, Il colored men,
bcr Of the Legislature, from Fairfield
County, was convicted in the General
Sessions Tuesday night, of the charge
of obtaining goods with a fraudulent
intent to cheat 1t appeared from the
evidence that Martin purchased a watch
frpm Q Columbia jcweller for Sl4O.
He paid $50 down, and gave al order
on Col. Sloan, the Clerk of the House
of Representatives, for the balancc OF
the purchase money. After obtaining
possession of the watch, he counter
manded the order, directing Col. Sloan
not to pay it. In few minutes after
Judge Shaw instructed the jury, (Which
was composed Of white mud colored
men, } they returned verdict of guilty
of misdemeanor. The prisoner was
defended BY able counsel, and had every
opportunity offered him to prove him
self an innocent man, but the evidence
was two strong against him, as tho
result proved. When called up for sem
tcnco, yesterday, he appealed to the
mercy of the court, breaking down and
weeping profusely before he could con,
cludc his appeal. The court Was visi-
bly, affected by Martins remarks and
tears, and so stated from the bench, and
gave him a light sentence. The Of
fense of which Martin was convicted,