The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-17

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; IA correspondent Of The Utica
-HelWta repaits eX-Govornor Hoffman
ns saying that one day near the CLOSE
: OF hie term he was sitting in tho cxocu-
I tive chamber when strange man Gil
! tered, unann0unccd, and unccremoni.
ously seated himself. In a moment he
extended his hand, in the palm of
which lay Il somewhat battered musket
ball. "Govcrnor," said he, "tbat
musket ball killed my brother in tho
streets Of New York. II was fired by
one OF the militia, who were acting b;,
virtue OF your orders. | regarded vol,
us my brothers murderer, and over
his dead body sworc that would take
the samc bullet that killed him and
with it kill you. have many times
started to make good my vow, but
| each time deferred it. For certain
reasons | have made up my mind 10
let you live; but l want you to know
that you owe yOnr life to me, and con-
tinuc to live by my sunurancc." The
man then quietly arose, picked up his
hat and mconc"rncdly walked away.
The Governor, this writer saws, adj
mitted that the episode startled him {:
but when asked by a prominent Demo-
cratic Senator what hc would do uouin
III an emergency similar to that of
July, 1871, he promptly rcplicd:. 81
would do precisely rs did before"
AARON BURR'S GALLANTHY.-Col.
Aaron Burr wore Il lOiliness OF mien
that could not pass unno:iccd bv q
stranger. His dcportnacnt was polish
ed and courlly. The appropriate
cirilitics Of the drawing room were
performed with a grace peculiar 10
himself. His whole manner was in
concrivablv fascinating. He acted
upon the principle that the female
were Tie weaker sex; that they were
all susceptible Of flattcrv, and his great
art consisted in adapting it to the
grade Of intellect he addressed.
Such traits of character would ap-
pear to be incompatible with an ecvat-
cd and towering mind, vet they trc-
qucntly controlled one Of the most cX-
traorlinary men Of the age. a VOL
umc of anecdotes might be related as
evidence of Col. Burr's quickncss OF
perception and tact at reply. After
his return from Europe, in 1912. lie met
i:icntl, II maiden lady, in Broadway.
llc had not seen her for many years.
AS she passed him she exclaimed.
"Col. Burr! you do not recollcct mc?''
- 60 not, madame" was the reply.
'It is Miss K, sir.'
"What I" said he, "Miss x. yctY
The lady somewhat piqucd, reitera-
ted, "1cs, sir, Miss X. Yeti"
Feeling the dclccacy Of his situation
and the unfortunate error he had com
miitcd, nc gently took her hand and
cmphatlcally remarked: "Well, mad
am, then | venture to assert that it is
the J""W Vmy scnF'
TURKISH BRlGANDs.-It is ALWAYS a
pleasure to note that things are i'm
proving in particular departments in
anyparlicular part of. tic world. II
is popularity throught that matters in
Turkey, instead of improving, have
been going steadily backward for
many years past. This is only partly
true. Some Of Turkeys institutions
show great advancement during the
last few years. There arc her brig
ands for instance. Several years uWo
the bands contained only five or ten
men, now they go in detachmcnts num-
bcrlng as many as one hundred and
fifty. They then had old ilint-locll
guns that would not go Off on II damp
day, and when they did 90 Off were
generally more dangerous to the bri-
gand than the individual he was shoot
ing at; now they arc armed with the
very best rifles and rcvolvers made.
The ears and noses of their victims arc
cut off with the finest kind of English
cutlery, and torture is inflicted by the
latest modern devices. Let those
who arc fond Of dccrying Turkey,
ponder on these facts and admit that
the march Of improvement goes stcndi-
ly onward, even in the Sultan's do
mains.
a NEW METHOD OF SECURING
JuRY.-A n New York genius has de-
viscd Il new method Of securing a Jury
III murder cases. lie proposes to have
a panel of forty-cight men drawn, cx-
amlncd and sworn in tho usual way.
These arc TO sit together and hear the
evidence, Just rs the twelve do now
but when The case is closed twelve Of
them arc to be drawn by lot and retire
to deliberate. If they agree, that ends
the case. If they do not, twelve more
are drawn; and the process isrcpcat-
ed as often as necessary until an agree
mcnt is reached or the panel gives out.
The device is no. yet patented; and the
inventor will probably find it some
what difficult to bring it into use.
When change is made from the
present system il will probably be in
the direction Of SIMPLICITY, and not TO
anything so cumbrons as the method
described. 1t would be better than
that to have, for special use in murder
cases, standing jury Of twelve men
perhaps idiots would be bctter-wlo
shall be kept secluded from their kind
and from all means Of obtaining infor-
nation on any subject. TO avoid the
possibility of disagreement, provision
could be made for q majority verdict.
-Lccky, thc historian, is sort Of
literary phenomenon. Though he has
hpnp hofo,D tho nubl;c on ouIhnr