, 1880-09-03
Who Was Imprisoned Simply Because
He Persisted in Furnishing
Moonshiners.
Postmastcr-Gcncrnl Maynard AL.
dresses tho Members OF the
Tennessee Club.
A New Plan for Furnishing the
Country with q Fractional
Currency,
~ Issuing Divisiblo Groenbaoks Of Small
Denominations.


A SOUTHERN OUTRAGE.
IN OFFICER lSCAttCEHATEN Foit lI:tsF0IlM-
tSfs III. N;FY.
Sptefat I}4pateh 10 Tht Chicago Trfbnnf. =
WASHINGTON, u. e., Sapt 2.-Arntlier
!l,npter uf Sont, Carolina lnfamy WIS et,aed
o-ttay. Tic f4,ct TINT the Governor 0f tho
,ta.e has issued turdy pardon tO II Federal
tcer whom 1le knew was nn]Nstty coll
leuucd l,y Stntc law will not Ntolle tho
uEcllsu against humanity nr against tho Ntt-
ion. Tho Commissioner nf Internal I}ev-
.r,ue received this afternoon this following
eleErNM:
Co,.uMnIA, 9: G.. Sept, s.-Grrfn u. Rd,tn
*s!%T @ s'" aer fIc"tF vo "r ~ IN ,1 Hill,
wo yenrs h.s been !! convict "a tho S.1lt" l.n-
ent!nry. fns secn lmsst'Naea. l.. NJ. H".yT'S.
Tho history OF sho conviction atut pardon
II Collector Springs furnishes another illus~
,r,tfon Of tho hostility To Federal laws w!itcll
sNisis lit lna,ly portions hf the South, antl OF
no ease with which S3tntr communities Snnt'1
,i,l teiisl,ee to NnttO!,al authority through
;t,e uledium Of faise cltargts In State Cunrts
nd I, subserylent judiciary. Springs, rs
[,eputy Collector, and his brother, Ientis
Springs, M Deputy hlutsltal, were very
active agnillst tho mD0hsl,iters, particularly
isaust tho fa,nulls outlaw 1stait1nfnl. They
70 vigorously executed the Fetlcrn1 1aw tll!t
tho 'moollsI,tners determined 10 bc rid Ut
:Ilels,. and lsuf,'s Springs
MAS wAftA1p AND MtRpEIsl:D.
". j.. Springs, WIN WIS much more wary
nd suspicious Of tho class Of people with
whom, l,u had to deal, could not be wayia III.
1't'1ongfl there wur" ,'snlty aitcltpts to ao 50.
I;cco,irsu was finally hnI BY thnsn who ,lely
'" To- Y}' n,r.y l to ts Sia's { ,,sirs cSass II
..-.s wus IL Ilu1rtt-tn-hMild conflict wtt'! tho
uu,Iuws In wlirl Sprines kllpeketl down o'sa
IF te ln;,onSl!ierS VII. the butt o. l'is EI!.
a afsa; sH111! Sr i' liz sat s a}syse aWa lru re- d,
All ani'' fi buncI. warraut was Issued.
10 bo removed 70 thu distant, will region
as Sprlngs believed, tint l1r might be lynGllest
by The coIlfrtlerates Uf the lnaonsl'l!nrS
whom, he l!u'i ~ VI vlg'ro.lsly tSrmteu. Ing
un!,cd States C"i,rt, aow'sser, W. inseriergi,l.
eiTectual attempt was nae tn nrrcst Springs
by il,e StNio Ct,.lrt III ,leiitnce Of tI!u pro:
ccss u the United States Enl,rtS Defeated
IN III elt.se ntenpts t1 dispose, OF Springs.
tho charge WIS trllmpea up nE:llllst him that
lie HAD srUl.l:S
an old silver watch frol!, II, cotorcst Man,,
worth possibly ~ Or ~. liz Ws.s tried.
Thctu WIS s,u eyitlclleu h9at.lst HIN except
lle u's,pcrtd sta.e.leit q oS i:;'inrai,t
1I there wt,s ~, Galsse .lssig,Gl Tor Stealing
tile watch, M SrrttlEs Ind It much better
onu ol his own. Lint slu wns convicted, n1nl
ycars il. ti,s lis rcnitrntiary Simpson, thSu !,
Itr;lctictng lawyer. HOW t!nvcrtsbr nt Suuttl
curoliIln, WIS PRESENT IN tho eG'Irt-rnon! ut
The tin,e "f tho sessteuee, a19d sa!sl tllen,
WIS greutly surprised Mt tho conviction,
AMI tint II WIS, ii grlGvnls wrong. Wn!!n
ltnimpton wes tl'ei, Goycrnor. The details
OF tia .cssu wnre lal!t lwforc him, nnl thu
# Wr,tn ljumutnt>tS t.fu5it,s fir