Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-21
South Carolina Notes.

The c1lored troops of the State are to be
organized into brigade.
The cold winter killed many small pines In
the woods throughout Fairfield county.
meeting Of the Executive Committee Of
the Water Company was held Monday even
ing. at Columbia, without action, but ad-
journed until today, having decided to wait
until consultation can be had with Capt W.
n. Brown. o: Boston. who is expected daily.
William Meredith lost his leg and Thomas
post giving way under the strain of a hawser
Of the steamship Delaware as she was swing
ing into dock in Charleston Tuesday.
The English bark Isabel Craggs Captain
MINES arrived at Charleston on Sunday night
from Liverpool, having been on the passage
since the 29th of January. The vessel expert
enced heavy gales during a portion of the
voyage. and one of the compartments contain
ing water ballast was injured, shifting the bal
last forward and rendering the vessel almost
unmsnageable. The Captain, however, fortu-
nately succeeded In bringing her into port with
out serious injury.
The habeas corpus case argued in the Su-
preme Court on Monday, ex-parte Henry
Duckett and Griffin Duckett, was a test case
to determine the legality of hiring out con-
victs sentenced under the usual formula to
hard labor in the peniJentiary. Col r. G..
Watts, of LaurenS. appeared for the D tition-
ers and Attorney General Youmans for the
state Colonel Watts argued that until the
passage of an act authorizing the transfer of
prisoners, notwithstaL ding the sentence such
transfer was unwarranted." The court re-
served its decision, but is expected to render it
Ia few days This being the first legal pro-
test made against the custom of leasing out
c nvicts the result will be eagerly looked for.
The State Superintendent of Education has
succeeded in securing the services of Prof.
Louis Soldan to conduct the exercises Of the
next Normal Institute. This announcement
will doubtless be sufficient of itself to attract
a large attendance. TIE session Of the nsti-
tute will be held during the month Of August.
The place Of meeting has not yet been sell cted,
but will be announced Immediately after the
meeting of the State Board of Examiners,
which will be held during the first week in May.
Returns for the past month to the State Ag-
ricultural Department from two-thirds of the
are from twelve to fifteen days later than last
year: the acreage in cotton is considerably in
creased and much larger quantity of fertii-
iZerS will be used. The small grain crop has
been very much injured by the severe winter,
but the stands are generally good, and with a
favorable season henceforth will result in q
fair yield. Fruit prospects are very bad /;
peaches have been entirely destroyed; a good
crop of apples, however, may be made. The
farmers are generally buying more supplies
than last year. Every report shows a scarcity
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but without much effect, and the labor when
secured is very unsatisfactory.
Isaac Cossach, formerly pastor of the Calva-
~ Baptist Church, Ten Mile Hill, and two of
his lay brothers and three church sisters were
before Justice Gleason, in Charleston. Monday,
to answer the charge of the burning of the
church. II appears that Cossach and some of his
church people had had falling out, which led
to his being supplanted as minister by ]. Pugh.
This occurred about a month ago. Cossach's
friends as a matter Of course, seeded with
HIM. and established ameetiDg place elsewhere
for themselves. On Saturday, the 9Th, grand
preparations were made at the church for
Pa m Sunday service When Palm Sunday
came the Ten-Mile Church was burned to
ashes The Rev. Pugh. thinking that the
secessionists had committed the act, took out
= warrant for them and their minister: but
when the investigation was had proof what
ever was produced, and the Justice dismissed
Il { case.
On Sunday morning between 10 and II o'clock
the body of a cOlored man named Henry Nc
Cants was found lying in ditch on Mr.. La
tham's place, near Red Top Church. in st, An
dreW's Parish. The deceased, who had been
engaged as a carpenter at Mr.. Lathams phos-
phate works, was last seen, before his death,
in LIindstedts store, near Red Top Church, be-
tween and O'Clock on the same morning. He
was at this time sober, and the short time
that elapsed before he was found
foul play. Coroner DeVeaux went up to the
place Monday to investigate the case, and found
that tile bOQy OF the ueceaSeu uau Oeeu IOiCcu
through cane thicket into the ditch DIR. NJ.
S. Whaley held post mortem examination
and discovered that the neck of the deceased
had been dislocated- No. marks of other vio-
lence were found on the body. A jury of in
quest, with Mr.. Latham as foreman, after an
extended examination, returned a verdict that
the deceased had come to his death by violence
at the hands of unknown parties. The deceas-
ed was about 25 years old.
There is good reason to believe that the negre
xrh rqpantIV assaulted Miss Cunningham nj
Orangeburg county has been ceged at last. A
negro known as John Joseph Jones' alias joe
Jones, who has a wife in the lower part of
Richland county is believed to be the guilty
man. Jones was arrested in March, 1877, for
an outrage on negro woman, but while on
his way t0 Jail escaped from his guard and
fed the State. He reappeared after a long alb
sence but nothing was done to secure his re-
arrest He had been at his home for some
time until the week of the attempted outrage
n Miss Cunningham, when he was absent, and
o. said to be in Charleston. He has since
was TO Richland. Mr. N. NJ. Man
retui lt; in his neighborhood, coupled
sell lN,.ieiouS absence at that time with
ms 80 -aro,rd, and as he answer to the
1ls 11lsR;,.tion given OF the assa1lant OF Mss Gun
osiPa, oesciP he communicated with Mr. Summing,
ming am Hs csSns to investigate the matter, and
NAM ~. ~ Ionees aDpearance ccrresponoed IN
IOe -asnaet with his daughters recoleStlqn ~
essI;5, 0ranoeburg brute. Trial justice u n
CLARK issued q warrant, and Moneay Moea1;y5 His
;,e- before day. Jones' house wss vIslesu, -. ans
,Ie0!e said that he had gone to Coluhlola ~
nnon entering, the party founo JULES ~ SaA
Ne was brought to the city ana lousSu s,S,-- - and
NJ Cunningham has gone 20 OFahgeDI1i o 3, -it t
Lii either bring his daughter or olher wiz
anssS 70 identify the prisoner. Jones was very
-eticenf on his way 70 Jail, but SAID ne cou,u
nroye an aIfbf. His face shows marks OF he"is
healed scratches.
yUbera for twenty wears q person had no