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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-03-16
The Political Prosecutions.
SUMTER. S. c.. March

SUMTER, S. c., March IL.
The political prosecutions arc begin
ming TO assume some definite shape and
the purpose Of the representatives of tho
Federal Government is slowly unfolding
ITSELF AS already indicated District At.
torney Meltnr vii! selec! :or ,ria, at the
April term of the United States Court in
Charleston such cases rs se .m to involve
more open and fragrant violations of the
law than the mass of prosecutions which
have been instituted, and with the view
of getting Mt the bottom facts, his assist
ants have been Mt work for several weeks
in different parts Of the State, examining
witnesses, reading the records and sitting
out the cases that seem best calculated to
insure conviction. No general report Of
tho services Of these assistants has been
made, and probably no such report will
be given to the public, but the mill is
grinding. The first arrests that have
been made since this work began were
effected in this county yesterday. S. r..
Frazer and DR.. Henry Stuckey, managers
ut Carter's Creek precinct, and II. p.
Sanders and p. a. James, managers ut
the Raftin Greek poll. were arrested on
warrants issued by United States Com.
missioner Frederick p. Ieivcher upon
'affidavits made by two coorcd men,
charging them with conspiracy and neg
Letting and refusing to perform their
duties as election officers, under Section
5,5l5 Revised Statutes OF the United
States. Col. J. II. Earle appeared as
counsel for Mr.. Frazer, and Mr. Dallas
Saunders, of Philadelphia, appeared for
the Government. Certified copies OF
D. James Winn and S. r. Fraser, on file
in the Office of the Secretary of State in
the protested election case from Sumter
county before the State Board of Can.
vassers, in 1880, were introduced in evi.
dence By Mr.. Sanders and the parties
waving examination entered into bail in
$500 each for appearance at the April
term Of the United States Court.
Al. Al. Dlayer, the remaining manager
at Carter's Crossing, was sick with
typhoid fever, and on this account was
not arrested. Mr.. Brunson, the remain
ing manager at Raftin Creek, has moved
to Darlington county, and warrant for
his arrest has been sent to Darlington to
be served. r. l.. Mcleod, who was
originally appointed manager at Raitin
Creek, but did not serve, was also arrest
ed, but was discharged upon the state.
-ment that he had not attended the cleo
tion on account of broken arm. 1t is
presumed that these arrests are ,1tended
to tighten the chains around Zoe County
Board Of Canvassers of Su,hter county
who have already been c..ested.-J G
H'S Special Dispatch to Sunday Neics.
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Eight 10 Seven, Again.
WASHINGTON, March 13.

The sub, committee in charge of the
case of Mackey VS.. O'Connor met 70 day
and overruled Mr.. DiDble's motion to in
vestigate Mackey's forgeries. They also
determined to report to the full commit.
tee i'll favor Of allowing Mr.. Dibble six
days in which to file his brief upon the
merits of the contest.
AT the last meeting of the sub commit.
tee they allowed Mr.. Dibble's counsel to
occupy thirty five minutes in arguing for
an investigation of the charges against
Mackcy. On account Of the short time
allowed most Of the argument prepared
had to be presented in print. 1t is
very doubtful, from what / can hear,
whether the Republican members of the
committee took the trouble to read this
when it had been sent them. The full
committee will meet tomorrow, and the
report of the sub. committee may or may
not come up then. If it does, Mr. Dib.
bic will probably be required to iic his
brief by next Monday. He has had no
time whatever for preparation, being
constantly engaged on the preliminary
questions Of the case.
Mackey had access TO the testimony all
last summer, and was allowed q month in
which to prepare his brief 1t is moi
necessary to point out the disgraceful
position which the committee has ad.
hered to from the first. In everything
they have shown the most uuscrupulous
partisanship. Because Mackcy feared
investigation, they resolved that he
should not be Investigated in spite Of the
mountain of proof against him. There
could be no better justification for fight
in the House than this last action
| Special Dispatch TO the Melts and Courier
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The Committee on Privileges and Elec.
tions in the House OF Representative,
were to have taken up the contested elcc-
tion case of Stolbrand va. Alike. from
this District Or Wednesday. The con-
testant has presented { .ery novel case,
in that he nowhere states what Col.
Aikens majority was, and only shows
from his own statements enough fraudu'
lent votes to reduce COL Aiken's minority
to something over $4,000. Gen. Stol.
brands testimony was taken largely by
Commissioner Stoeber, who is his sonin-
law, and by Commissioner Eaton. It is
said that these Commissioners sometimes
acted rs the Attorney for the contestant
Taken altogether, the case presents in
Vulnerable evidences Of .frivolity and 4
lack Of merit. Nothing short of the
most unqualified partisanship cnn rot
Col. Aiken Of his seat
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Gen. Grant Said to be Ruined Oh Wall
Street.

NEW YORK, March 8.
The town has been talking for two days
over q rnmor that General Grant has
failed, the story being that he has been
speculating in Wall street stocks, and has
been cleaned out by the tender vultures
there. Grants friends deny the rumor,
and say that it originated in the fact that
the General has transferred his Long
Branch cottage to his wife. This transfer
was made last week, and the considera-
ton was said to be $4,000.
There have been stories anoat for some
time that the General is plunging into
all sorts of wild cat speculations, without
regard to the advice Of his friends on the
nature of the schemes and it has been
limited that he has lost considerable sums.
That the General has taken hand in
current speculation is evident from the
talk of his son Ulysses, who to day said
with reference to the above mentioned
ruMor:
''lt is Il liz from beginning TO end, and
has no more foundation than hundreds of
stories which are started il: lie street
every day for the purpose OF influencing
the prices Of stocks. In the first place,
my father could not fail, for lie is not en- !.
gagged in active business. He owns a
small line oF securities, which lie could
hold even if they went down to bottom.
He has no outstanding notes except a
few for small amounts, and is fully able
TO meet all his liabilities"
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
New YORK, March HIT was pretty
openly declared on Wall street to day
that General Grant, who has been loaded
up with variety of stocks ever since the
break of last month-pronlinent among
which are Wabash Pacific and Denver
and Rio Grande-''lnid down" on his
brokers yesterday, being unable or iLdis-
posed to make good his dissipated mar
gins. The steadily accommodating losses
which he has been obliged to submit to
is what led him to deed his LorS Branch
property to Mrs. Grant week or more,
ago. AT present it is declared the Gen.
eral is without any personal income
worth speaking of 1t is even reported
that the $250,000 raised for him by
George Jones was all invested in Wabash
securities, which have fallen from par to
nearly fifty cents on the dollar. This is
doubtful, however, as by the terms of the
subscription Mr.. Jones was made the
trustee Of the fund, and would not have
been likely to invest it in n shifting stock
like Wabash. Nothing that General
Grant has gone into lately has been very
successful, and his name has at last
ceased to be of much importance to L:s
enterprises. In other words he is no
longer drawing card OIL Wall street.
His son, "Buck," however, is said to have
made pretty big pile.-Special Dispatch
10 the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Hon. Alexander II. Stephens intends
to retire from public life at the end Of
his present term in Congress. There is
no man in American history who has
been so implicitly trusted and uniformly
honored by his immediate constituents
as Mr.. Stephens. From his entry into
public life up TO the present time, be has
been continually in official position, with
the exception of n short time at the close
of the war Mr.. Stephens has exertcd
great influence upon the history of his
time, and though we have not always
thought him right, yet he has invariably
impressed those who know him best with
thorough confidence in his integrity Of
purpose aud sagaciiy Of intellect. He
is remarkable man, and it will be diff.
cult, if not impossible, to secure man
of equal power and influence to succeed
him
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Georgia Railroad Law.
ATLANTA AIur,.', 10

ATLANTA, Mare, 10.
The Attorney Generals decision rs TO
the validity Of the Western Atlantic lease
bonds is based on The fact that the rail
road companies signing mad no right to
endorse under their charters, except by
unanimous consent Of .he Stockholders
President Wadley, of the Central Rail-
road, holds that his road is not bound by
the signature. and protests have been
made by the stockholders Of each road
Shares in the lease are held by various
parties, and the total amount of value is
about 81 100000. About 100000 of in
come bonds, based on the earnings Of the
lease, are yet outstanding. The lessees
will contest the Attorney Generals de-
Cision in the courts.
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The Lau,ens Railroad has been report.
ed to Commissioner Bonham AS in an
unsafe and dangerous condition by nu-
merous citizens Of Laurens County, in
consequence Of whicl. The Cc@@issione:
made all examination of the road on
last Tuesday. The law authorizes him
to require the necessary repairs to be
made promptly, and to stop the running
of the road, if necessary, when such re-
pairs are not made. The action of the
Commissioner in the premises has not
been made public yet
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Because Gen. James Chestnut was in.
vited to address the independent ~.eeting
in Sumter, and when his name was pub
lished in the Sumter papers as one of the
speakers, wrote polite note to the paper
stating the reasons why he could not be
present on the occasion indicated, some
persons imagined that possibly he was
infected with the independent fever.
This very naturally was source of sur
prise, annoyance and modification to
this most excellent and honorable gen.
tleman, whose whole record has been
identified with the honor and tho dignity
of South Carolina. The suspicion was
unjust aEi unreasonable, for Ill who
know Gen. Chestnut know that his uni.
form urbauity to every one would have
required him to write the note declining
to be present; aud they should also
know that had he been present he would
have spoken nothing for which true
Carolihisn would have any condemna-
tiou. II is unreasonable. unjust and
unwise 20 suspicion good men until they
have given some cause for suspicion.
In our opinion, there is not q more pol.
ished gentleman, m able man, or Car.
Gilman of higher sensibilities and patri.
o.ism than James Chestnut. We wish
lie could have been present and have
addressed the Sumter meeting, Sor we
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= Congress will probably take some
step looking to ths establishment Of
standard time throughout the country
q, much desired object 1t is said that
the committee will report favorably on
the bill nppropriating $25,0 900 to enable
the Secretary of the Navy to send 70
maritime cities and The larger inland
towns the standard Washington time
evory day at noon. If this standard is
universally adopted it will relieve tray.
elem, especially, of many annoyances to
which they are now subjected.
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Fatal Accident in Hampton.

HAMPTON, S. c., March lO.-AIr j. c..
Campbell, who was tried yesterday in the
Court of Sessions for this county for as
sault and battery with intent 10 xiii, but
was acquitted, was accidentally killed OH
his way home last night. He was riding
in his buggy in company with another
gentleman, when his horse ran away,
throwing him out and breaking his neck,
causing instant death. He was a mer.
chant and planter on the Savannah River,
and was man of enterprise and success
in business.-Dispatcht TO Nc,gs s. Courier.
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The trial of Sergeant Mason for shoot
ing at Guiteau while guarding him in the
Washington Jail has just been concluded
by the Military Court Martial with a
verdict of guilty, and a sentence Of dis
honorable discharge from the army and
seven years imprisonment at hard labor
in the nenitentiary, This sentence has
been approved by Gen. Hancock, and
Mason's only chance for clemency rests
now with President Arthur. The sem
tenoo 10 o0IsiJi1T5d u soycru one, and in
some places petitions are in circulation
asking for his pardon by the President.
In our opinion this is wrong. Guiteau
was o prisoner, and to have killed him
would have been more brutal aud cow
ardly than the assassination of President
Garfield. Sergeant Mason's attempt to
kill his prisoner was not only morally
and legally wrong, but it was an utter
defiance of every regulation Of the army.
The sentence is o severe one, but the
offense was very serious, and merited no
small amount of punishment, not only
for the deed itself, but for the future dis
cipline of the U. S. army. It is credi-
table to the government to establish the
precedent that prisoners in the custody
of the United Ste.es government are
safe from murder and asasssination,
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The independents do not seem 20 lie
thriving. They have tried to have pub
lie meetings in Colcton and Sumter
counties, and in each their efforts have
been crowned with sublime failure.
They, Of course, selected the counties in
which they are strongest to give them u
good send-on, and the meetings in qucs.
ton were both characteristic Of the com
position and purposes OF the new organ
izaion--they were composed for the most
part Of Republicans, with II few dissatis-
fled white people, and some who locked
! on from distance out Of curiosity to see
the fun. Neither Of them cyinced any
strength, and the effect must be c0nsid-
erably chilling to the hungry Office
seekers, who would be willing to sink the
cause of good government in South Car
olina in order to place themselves in
some lucrative Office. Before this year
rolls lis round, the SO called Indcpcn-
dents, who are really either willing or
deceived dupes Of Radiculsm, will find
that thny have made II very small split in
the Democracy. In fnct, they will prove
to be very small splinter off Of very
large and very solid log. The good
people of South Carolina, who embrace
nincty.nin hundredihs of the ;n,elli-
gence, the property and the moral scnsi-
bility Of the State, are not going to con
| aanf fnr fh;c onvorrnont A., I,o ,,,-,o,,
over to Il party composed in the proper
ton Of one Independent to about one
hundred and fifty Republicans 10 reform
it. We have had some experience in the
Radical idea Of reform, and do not care
tc have any more OF that Kind of good (?)
government. Our people also have com
mon sense enough to know that if the
one Independent really wanted to reform
the government, that the one hundred
fifty Republicans would not allow him to
do so. We have heard of tho tail wag-
gng the dog, but the invariable obscrva-
ton of our people has been that the dog
wags the tail therefore we cannot risk
the Independen. tail to wag the Repub-
lican dog, when common sense, expc-
rience and the laws of numbers show us
that the Republican dog will surely wng
the Independent tail Those who join
the Independent party either want the
Republicans to succeed, or are, nt the
very best that can he said of them, will
ing for them to succeed. The people of
the State are to be congratulated that
mono but disgruntled office seekers and n
few eccentric rciormers, whose idea Of
reform is that they ought to rule, are
willing to join such moyemen, in this
State.
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Gniteau's Doolis.

WAsuINGroS, March 10.-Mr. Sco-
vile, Guiteau's counsel, has lift for Chi
cago. The bill Of exceptions to be filed
with the Court in Banc for ney trial is
still in the custody of District Attorney
Corkhll for review, who will be assisted
by Judge Porter, special government
counsel in the case, who is expected in
tho city. Scoville took with him to Chi
cago the manuscript for Guit> us new
book, to be called The Truth" Guiteau
in his work declaims bitterly against
Scoville's "fool theory" and Spitzka's
"moral monstrosity theory" which he
holds convicted him. Notwithstanding
this, Scoville has undertaken to attend
to the business Of publishing it, expect
ing that from the salcs Of the book money
will he realized to employ counsel. SEQ
vile says he will net have anything to
do with the manuscript, or change word
in it.
Mr.. ScoYi!lc, while Mt work Oh his 70.
luminous bill of exceptions, has uot
neglected the book which he has an
nounccd he would write and publish
He proposes, he says, to show that the
prosecution was not prompted by spirit
oi iaitueSS. Oue stoTy uc inteLuS lC
bring out is, that shortly after the assas-
sination a secret session of the cabinet
was held, at which District Attorney
Corkhill and detective officers were
present, when the conclusion was unani
mously expressed that Guiteau was crazy
Notwithstanding this, and Attorney Gen
eral MacVeGgh's frequent statements Of
his belief that Guiteau was insane, Mr.
Corkhill insisted OH the prosecution
Upon this point Mr.. Corkhill in conver
sation said that the only persons with
whom he conferred AS to the advIsabiity
of prosecuting the prisoner were the
physicians.
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BlOOdshed In BarnveIl.

BLACKvILLE, March l3.-Bud Minis
was killed at Hairs Mill. near Eko, i'm
this. county on Saturday Inst by his
nephew, both white. The deceased quar-
relied With his nephew and assaulted
him with knife, when the latter struc.-
him blow with stick on the side ii
the head, from the effects of which he
died in very short time Dispatch TO
Nc,cs and Courier.
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- Boston now has murder mystery.
a Mrs. Bell, handsome woman Of mys.
teriCus antecedents and rather loose
character, was met at her own door one
day last week, in broad day light, and
stabbed in the jugular vein by man
who coolly walked down the street and
disappeared, two policemen declining to
arrest him, thinking the row only n
trivial family disturbance. The woman
left thirteen year old daughter, who
knows nothing of herself, except that
she was % have come into property when
she became sixteen. There is no clue to
Mrs. Bells past life, although she had
spoken Of family troubles, husband
alleged to be dead, and efforts to abduct
their daughter.
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COMYNG,

EXPECT to be in the Ci,v
H. the coming Spring or s' y! AA3s
will practice Dentistry for u' I asanas
Very great improvements h. shon
recently, r e; ; and | shall come 1ue 'nrens seea
all al the ,,1 HEST IS appliances. One opepa' pa
aenotic s9ae Wtil Ge Maiio. G1ld Filings with tSs
iaminatorMmS magn9.o MalIs' ow Another IS the se
can SEE oil parts of the mon.i mUni-bys ii
BY the aid of these improvua.n.
make what is termed the eKR,neme1ta |
which prevents the food nuekle n
gum where teeth have beapna packlns o,
filling. Nearly every one IL sepans.'
separated suffers FROM this prea. mno h,i
and ! speak from cxper;enaaa nsaI ,a,nneI
mouth) when l say it paws to sin M
ings removed and the troubis ahye Ihaye oi
H4.r,,, 20 w; ,oSa G. BROWNE, % DsN,;.
AAtlAlta
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Fratrlcidc In Chesterfield.

CHERAw, March S.-Information has
just reached here that another homicide
has occurred in this county. A few
nights ago two brothers by the name of
Baker, residing il. 'he upper part of this
county, met Mt one of their homes, and
becoming engaged in an alteration, the
younger was shot and instantly killed.
The elder Immediately surrendered him.
self to the sheriff and is now IN jail.
The parties are white aud have borne a
good name Dispatch 10 Netcs & Courier.
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The United States Senate passed the
anti Chinese bill last week by vote OF
90 to 16. All the Democrats, with one
or two exceptions, and several of the Re-
publicsns Of tho Senate favored the
measure. It prohibits the importation
of Chinese laborcrs for the next twenty
years, and makes it penal oflense for
any one to bring them to this country.
It provides that those authorized to visit
this country under the trenty recently
negotiated by Mr.. Trescott with the Chi
nese government, such Us merchants,
traders, tourists aud students, must como
duly accredited by passports from the
government Of China, and prohibits the
naturalization of the Chinese by any OF
the courts of this country. The passage
of The bill in The Senate is received with
great rejoicing by the Pacific States, and
is considered something Of Democratic
triumph. 1t still has to pass the House
and receive the Presidents approval, SO
that it is rot yet certain to become q law.
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The disposition .. colored people to
visit and console sick friends is illustrated
in n case in Georgia. A colored woman
was attacked by collie. About one hun.
dred of her sympathizing friends collect
ed around her bedside. The floor gave
way and the house was wrecked.
= A little 4-year old daughter OF Mrs.
NJ. Fountain was burned to death ir a
forest fire near Barnwell Court House
last week.
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- The Senate passed the anti Chinese
bill on last Thursday, defeating an effort
to allow naturalized Cinnamon TO vote
Fourteen Republicans voted against tho
bill, and Jones, of Nevada, made a red
hot white supremacy speech for which he
was warmly congratulated by many Re.
publicans.
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Mr.. Belford, of Colorado. h

= Mr.. Belford, of Colorado, has intro.
duced a resolution in Congress reciting
the miseries of the Jews in Russia. and
protesting in the name of the United
States against the spirit of persecution.
The resolution does credit to Mr. Bedford.
but what the people of the United States
or any other country may think, will
have but little weight with. the Car.
Nothing be-: the determined attitude of
the European Powers Will make him do
justire to the Jews.